Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-03-16

In the end, the estate had to be garri
soned by soldiers. Seeing that Captain
Boycott had been made very uncom.
Portable, Irish patriots proceeded to
boycott" other agents and landlords
Some gave way under the strain of gen
eral i'll will. Those who did not yield
We're SO harassed and tormentcd that
the promoters of the boycott gained
satisfaction although they failed of
success. 1t was natural that this meth
cd of coercion should be adopted in 9th.
er countries by persons who had vari-
Gus interests to serve. For instance. Ii
cost nothing to order boycott of GER
tain cigar or theater or newspaper. II
a single person needed the admonition,
that was so much clear gain. The prop
osltion charmed by its very simplicity.
Many trades-unions fell under Its spell
and developed boycott habit. Yet
now. after twenty years trial of the
system, one of the largest of the labor
organizations has decided that 1t has
outlived its usefulness. The thing was
overdOnc, 1t is alleged. The list of pro.
hibited articles grew TO be so long that
no man could remember what to avoid.
Moreover. venal headers" sometimes
laid embargoes upon reputable firms.
with the design of helping competitors.
For these and other reasons the FEEDER
alton of Labor has voted to discounte.
nance the practice. Other organiza-
tons may or may not be moved by this
reasoning: but stronger argument re-
mains to he stated. Everything favored
the persons who initiated the boycott;
an unpopular object, limited field. the
fascination of new idea. But while
it is comparatively easy for ncighbor-
hood to ostracize a man, II is extremely
difficult to insure that he shall find no
friends or supporters within the length
and breadth of q land as large as the
United States. That is to say. a boy.
colt. any boycott. is like some physical
affections. "self-limitcd." The custom
itself has added good word to the
language, and picturesque chapter to
the history of the century; but whether
interested parties shall approve or dis
approve. the average citizen can afford
to view 1t with philosophic calm.
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In a recent address Senator HOar said
the most distinctive single characters.
tic of our time Is the rapid and easy nc.
emulation of great wealth In individ-
ial hands. He discussed the phcnom.
enon with his customary calmness and
good Judgment. lie said 1t was In some
respects a public danger. AS whole
his view Is optimistic. for lie believes
the dangers to be of q temporary and
durable nature. Senator Hoar Is not
one of those who fear the unsettling Of
our republican institutions through the
agency of u permanent aristocracy Of
wealth. In one or two generations, he
says. most of these great family for
tunes go back into the general mass OF
/ smaller holdings or are set apart for
, public purposes. AS a rule the rich
men of this country have been stirred
with Il generous ambition to use u
. large part of their wealth for public
/ purposes. Voluntary contributions for
education alone In the last quarter Of a
. century, exclusive of gifts to libraries.
have amounted TO nearly $500, ZOO. 900.
The absence of u law of entail insures
+ the dividing of fortunes among the
. children, and many of these show a
. genius for spending equal to the faith
! cr's genius for acquiring. Our laws
: forbid the tying NJ of wealth for Il
J period longer than twenty.one years
!. beyond the life of living heir. This
: prevents any large mass of capital
: from growing by accumulation fol
4 more than generation. 1t lnsures tue
y ultimate distribution of large fortunes
: among the people In the form Of wages
Q or public donations. One of he bad
= effects of vast fortunes Is their ten
= dcncy to substitute luxury ana extrav
}. agapce in place of the plain living and
high thinking of our fathers. The sigh
of such lavish display tempts many
foolish people 10 live beyond theil
means. Still worse Is the tendency IL
J. some quarters to use money for cor
: r,lpt political ends. 1.-THE millionaire
l. who would corrupt great state to ge
: a great Office" Mr.. Hoar says, must III
U made to feel that his success will brini
y with II neither JOY nor honor Let pub
lie contempt ana scorn blast him. Lee
y him be avoided as one with leprOsy.
y II the whipping post and the branding
i iron are ever brought back into use, III
u adds. their first victims should he tn,
q rich men who deliberately debauch poll
e ties ana buy their way into high offices
. He draws comfort from the fact tina
= England has gone through an era o
l. worse political corruption than tn
United States has ever known ana Ia
@ come out regenerated. What Englan,
Il has done America can do, for the grea
5, mass of the American people Is honest
+. patriotic ana incorruptible.
Q, Students of social conditions In En-
10 gland are tending toward the cOnclu
y sion that the humane sentiment o
2. modern society Is productive OF harm
L. In some OF Its phases. The SpectatO
0, recently showed that the comfortably
n housing of paupers In London, with al
II Its great benefits, has had bad effec
It In increasing pauperism. During tn
he Boer war and the prosperity OF the las
le year 1t was impossible to get enoug
n men In London to do all the work OF