The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-04-25
The Inharmony Of Competitive
System.

III
o be statesmen, when 1t has al
ways required either the discovery
# a new continent, or some great
to improve The condi-
ions OF a country. But, SO it,
las always been since CONNER.
,lalism, with all its absurdities,
las been the prevailing system of
society. .-------~ -.,.--.- T..
1t takes a large amount of hard
abor, in every industry to bring
unto existence the necessities of
life. First the raw materials must
be had from the great stOrehouse
Of nature-the earth-then these
raw materials must again be sub
iected to more labor, in order to
give to man, finished product,
that he may consume, either for
the satisfaction of his animal
nature, or for the qualification of
those desires that makes life worth
the trouble Of living. Why should
we, then, try to destroy that wealth,
that we have, with so much labor,
createdq Why not use all these
products instead of going to war
and devastating the coun.
try in which such a war prevails!
Would it not be much better to
live in peace with all onr fellow
beings. and each and every one of
the children of men, enjoy that
"Plenty" which there Is no doubt
can be prodeced from the earth,
in sufficient quantities to enables
every beng upon this globe to
live a life of luxury9 For if man,
in the prehistoric ages when he
had only the crudest kind of i'm
plements and tools, were able to
produce enough for his existence;
and when the slaves of olden times,
could extract from the earth, such
an abundant supply, that they
could support, mot only themselves,
but also the large standing armies
of the different states. and when
the serfs, on the lands Of the feu-
dial barons, need only to work for
themselves three days Of the week,
and the balance for their lord,
does it provethat with all the i'm.
proved machinery that does the
work Of the world with but few
men, which formerly took thous
ands, that every individual who
now perfor ms his duty as labor
err, should never want for the ne
cesities of llfes
If this is the truth-and I do MOI
think it can be contradicted,-
why is iG that We see around us
so many people, who are living il
poverty IT is BECAUSE THE
LABORER RECEIVES ONLY
ABOUT ONE.SIXTH OF THAT
WHICH HE PRODUCES, ant
the other fve-sixth goes into tn
hands Of an idle few, who are un
able to consum this surplul
amount; thus, it is that this small
class, the possessors Of the sur
plus productions, must flint
some means by which they can b.
disposed of, so as to enable tn
laborer to keep on producing.
Now that nearly every coruer 0
the world has been explored, ant
there is no possibility of opening
up new country, as was the cas-
in the past other means must b
used to perpetuate the competitiv
system. This can only be done i
two ways, firstly the obstruction
Of property; thus compelling tn
unfortunate ones, to renew by Ia
Dor that which they have lost; and
second : by opening up new mar
kets for the disposal of these SUI
plus goods
4 Both of these means are gener
ally brought about by war; an
the only class that gain by it, ar
the ones who hold in their posse.
sion, the surplus wealth of th
nation.
| The working man, who has al
ways been laboring, that tn
rich might be richer, seems to b
always willing, to still furthe
give his assistance to the employ
ing classes; and help them in til
unchristian act, Of reducing t
destitutlon, those other worklnI