The representative., 1901-06-20
INQUISlIlYE BOY
The 0DeotaAa 81 Vested Property
Questionings Of . Talkative Boy.

THAT Is br1ckyard, my son..
Whose brickyard is It, pa?"
1T belongs to me, my SON"
do all these piles OF brick belong to
your"
Eyes, my son; every brick Of them"
my. How long did 1t take you to
make them? Did you make them all
alone by yourself?"
mo, my son; those men you see
working there make them for me-"
do the men belong to you, PAT"
"No, my son; those men are free
men. No man can own another. II
he could, the other would be a slave. =
What is slave, pat"
"A slave, my son, is q man who has
to work for another all his life for
only his board and Clothes"
IF a slave gets sick, who pays for
the doctor, pa?"
"Well, his owner does; he can't afford
to lose his property"
"Why do men work so hard, pa? Do
they like it,"
well, no, l don't suppose they do,
but they work or starve."
Are these men rich, pa?"
mot to any great extent, my son."
"Do they own any houses, pa?"
Il rather guess not, my son."
"Have they any horses or fine
clothes, and do they go to the seaside
when it's warm, like we do, pa?"
We'll, hardly; it takes them all their
time to work for their living"
What Is living, pa?"
why, a iving-well, for them Nv-
ing is what they eat and wear
isn't that board and clothes, pa?"
II suppose it is.''
well, are they any better OF than
slaves, PAT"
''Of course they are, you foolish boy.
Why, they're free; they don't need to
work for me II they don't like to; they
can leave whenever they choose"
And II they 1eaSS, WON'T -they nave
to work, pa?''
"Yes, of course they will: they win
have to work for some one elsa"
And will they get any more than 4
living from him?"
mo; l suppose not"
well, then, how are they better off
than slaves?"
well, they have votes; they are free
men,"
IF they get sick do you pay for the
doctor, pa?"
Catch me! What have 1 got to do
with them? They must pay for their
own DOCTOR"
"Can you afford to. lose one of the
men who WORKS for you, par"
'Of course l can; 1t don't make any
difference to me. I can hire another
whenever like"
Then you aren't so particular about
them as if they were slaves, are you
pa?"
mo, l suppose not"
'Then how is it better for them to
be free?"'
"Oh, don't ask foolish questions,
boy"
What are bricks made of, pa?"
"Of clay, my son."
'Do the bricks belong to the men
when they make them, pa?"
mo, my son; they belong to me"
''Why, when the men make them?"
''Because the clay is miner"
do you make it, pa?"
mo; God made it, my son.
did he make it for you, pa?"
mo! I bought it"
Bought 1t from God?"
mo, from a man."
did the man buy it from God?''
mo, Of course not; he bought it
from another man, suppose"
Did the first man it was bought from
buy 1t from God?"
No, l suppose not"
How did he get it, then? How was
1t his more than anybody's else?''
"Oh. don't know; suppose he Just
claimed It,"
Then If these men should claim 1t
now, would it be theirs?"
''Oh. bother! Don't be asking such
foolish questions"
If you didn't own the brickyard and
the clay. how would you make your
living?'
"Oh. don't know; suppose should
have to work."
Would you make bricks, pa?"
Maybe would"
How would you like to make bricks
for only your board and clothes. and
let the man who claimed the brick
yard have every thing else?"
'Nobody'd care how liked it. Poor
people must work for their livingn
If these men had brickyards Of their
own, would they work for you, pa?"
Not likely; they'd work for them
selves. probably"
Isn't It lucky that that man claimed
the land flrst, and that you bought it7"
yvhyf~
NJ ne hadn't, maybe somebody else
ld have claimed Il, and then maybe
ol these men would own Il now,