The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-23

n \, oved ,hcasly beneath their burdens.
Ssiii,a & t.neeiad,,s beneath Etna. Hence
Il thsre ,,ave been instrrectioh, changes
VI AZ dynastics, conquests, which, last were
usually n change OF masters.
THE REPUBLIC,
L 1hen There came otlr owl, movement N
& IA last century to abolish the whole
unnecessary load--king, mobiles. state.
chtIrch. special privileges, all, ana mon
Thought they were free. But tho Dur
am Wns not merely iii names but IN inc
i sh,nr Itself, aud when under the name
81 trusts, monopolies and corporations
thc same control is exercised In giving
"a l,he few tho earnings OF tlie nm, many u
"A S,i,nn1,i,y has found ~ the opening e,
she twentieth eei,t'fgH a ttlat o M AS history
[he fey Htte s4s ID to apRrspsde the
wealth created By the toll and tie aso's
4 I've ~ have ave- The same old foes with new
LEE Let US contrast that which has nee of
~ .h Si liz" stands pyramids. TO build eng
~ nc those Syramids cost he unreG a.! u ats
sDot q ,Hs men tooE or so sSen 'nsn three
w. We k' - carr u n single stone from Ele.
y, eats 20 20 "a sails Records which have
come light IN tns lac, iew Of sVthe Tie old
roborate these s! rir,i,,s md show
that these men toed under the at
With no return save barely rely eh tpe i nIve,
onions and srG Gonc e Inc ee eeompeted work
Mhel, nnlI,,.o wrS uJs tomb useless for
nil time save to CRAFTY, the desire ,,,i 1ur
fame Of some NOW nwn nas liz Ives and labor
~ Was h Sau nnnnle. The palace OF Versailles
cost he lives of another loo, GOO men 70
minister to the VANITY OF q he lan,, MAJ.
rod i;. many another memorial of Ike
On the same River Nile. further up u, a, at
Assoua1, \ in this present year. ulot =. ~
1 treat work has been completed It ,a IS a
treat dam mile and 4 Quarter lo .1,s
which bars the rushing river , ann hi, nr
dItehes to- to fructfy thc soil and add many
millions OF crcs to be titled by the nus
bandnan. 1t is not an idle tomb to 10, E ,au,,
,iy t Syer lie bacFs IF Unwilling labor
ers. and they received their modest WSa lif.e
I, in due season Modern machinery lish..
ncd the P}nnt w Snd fish Subsistence
70 al rf lhsr SR sfT sfHPuBEaoSSSDH oL
But is there much chnnge? brit! I,r,i He
milionaires may receive dividends c,l.s ,,o on
Egyptian bonds bought at q. distance nanes,
and the abqser Is left the bnrc dam eeH in
humber Of laborers who may toll f 3r tl,e
bondholders The tr,b BY more IS d deeency,
With wit m9re h nteEenee has supplied ~
means by which the laborcr may creale
Ercater wealth. The net profit on, OF the
British bondholdcr. He. has his vanl5lcs
to crafty, Ills own method o. Sau,M ,hIci
Ing the product Of naton,s, a ~ o wnIh
the British army amn we e ' HIM FI,s pet
vanity does not happen to be Pile OF
rock iii the desert as tomb 1i,: ,o,or,r
But az regards the ,oilinE , imn9afr:
different in this year of grace from , ,na,
al his namclcss ancestors. who powe1
their backs and toiled In poverty POVERTY nna
in"l,lxurvi.in the thirtieth or thirty-seconu
century before Christi What alienation
OF toll. how much nearer the ehooEt''SS .,'.
own labor has the passage OF iitty cen cen
turtles brought to him in EgNPi WHO ,;. es
aies by his toll the good things OF lifs:
And do you know M pre, !. I,n MON
OF ours are asking themselves THIS que;S;
ZION This DAY. When they look nsf'on q iii.i-
lloa dollars YEAR s ,,,ss-s y ,Sou Sand
dollars ssalarie.; 10 many Others. and ttleii
"a their own squalid SURROUNDINGS, ihAS
are debating the justice al TIE fisSsn is
produced and can he produced ny lap2r
s,rly Mha.rysr Is unjust must I2erisis;;
-il,sse men are NOT Egyptian feiiahs. NC
when thss' demand they V'ah not De a.
,3Snt 39ier. is Tso higher power IN TINS
&lsnd ll9aii The Will OF the people when
ttleF MAKE ~, their mind ]. IS Wlsaoh
= the 1icS,ssst wisdom 10 discuss. rot put
ols OF st..st these social problems and AID
If ne can towards q just spsHtiSh, loF
Essired they will lie in some Way. ~"
present arrangement cannot and MI not
;,iyi6e Hem. George well sad: ITO eou-
cate mer who must be condemned 70
3,presty is but 10 make them resttfe; 70
1pase on u state OF I.2St Ii9slI's Socia y
inequality political institutions undet
which men are theoretically equal. is 10
stand Il pyramid on ills apex mil
3 list, hsyoRets cannot support scch =! "a
.n!Gis upp,l their points.
lin fares The land to fastening Ills prey
II Where wealth accumnlates and men de-
su, ii has never been the ;,rcrnlula-
ton Of wealth that has brought Ills y
my people nor caused men 20 decay. The
Increase Of wealth should bring progress
and development a better fca, better
housed. a better educated, more leis
ured and a nobler race. But the uneQua
distribution Of that wealth, us accu'nua
,i2n in a few hands, leaving the nasi
al OF wealth producers in poverty and neg
lect-st is this tina, has always hrough
down great empires and destroyed grea
nations
4 The Persisng. a Eoblc mountain race
Increased In wealth and developed IN
great conquered territories When BY IN
n nitted 10 accumulate in the hands OF
few neblenlnI. 5000 Greeks under Ale1
snder doubled up the vast empire Tx
Fl paper bag.
H When the Roman peace brooced ovt
the countries around the Mediterrane;ii
population and wealth multiplied, BEN
DO longer destroyed in tribal wars, ~
property passing afterwards into fe
hands. the number Of the people a'
creased tn the babar!ans OF the 1roze
north burst through the depleted Roml
leg!ons, and sweeping over vast irac
where the people had ceased to bree
II laid the civilization Of a thousand yea
In tne dust. The historian. tcrsely tel
81 Us .,latiiundia perdidtre Italian. Gre
II estates destroyed italy"
g Ont OF; the wreck, rose new Kingdom
Gukcdoms, coun,shipa. The leaders 10
the hands Of hereditary. mobiles. plac
81 their followers thereon as tenants !
conquered Inhabitants as aerfs and call
in tho aid Of religion 10 strengthen.
Il its influence over the minds OF men, !
terror which carmel weapons had for th'
bodies, Aguin and again the subjt
n masses moved nneasily beneath the bl
den Of king. knight and priest. In 0
binding fash of light there came I
l9rench Revolution. It WAS the ret
button for thousand years Of opprt
Ssinn and wrongs uncOuntpl, a Carly