The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-09-24
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there comes Ito 1nU pinu1'a =. story. = OF
English. life, I. read -mainy years ago.
AAndag THE: iindtdant a%iots: ther.Iiomanee
the. one: sthat most 'impressed:;i me was
the fact;tha agricultural :1aborers wore
iron collars. .oa wiich*:were *dnaprassed
Sa2rasssrs indicating to whom the serf
In my jour11eyings- through England
and Scotland, >and on:the cpntihent, the
past four months, 'I2have never: failed
to find plenty Of men; and womenswear-
ing gust AS 'distinctive,' rigida and ~11n.
breakablei collars >as@'did the d-ttfne.
workers'in Enaand.::, There Zig this diff
terence: however: The iron: collar Of
long ago: Was: placed around the: neck,
Of the serf by The MASTER: whose smiths
welded 6il@ the- ring; wtereas@the toilers
Of today: put: ON their own: badges Of
servitude;; and are proud Of. them. ITO
tear off these modern' la bells Of owner
ship Would be- like inviting the end, of
the world; Is the ,bpftioen Of tie great
inajority'of European wealth producers;
who; living often in city sl1rias or. coun-
try hovels;s cam connective of no other
systefn::of industry of government than
those allowing a few e1fAchosen, fav-
orites the privilege Of living in palaces
Without work. = = al
ACcoUNT1NG FOR DIFFERENCES.
> ThsreSSis no other way. for accounting
for the physical differences between the
masses and the classes. The environ
masses have tended to- produce mental
" and physically. stupted aggregations
of ,seryi1e common people; the environ
ments OF, the classes have tended to
produce arrogant: men and women of
mental and physical superiority. And
III each case the average European citi-
zen comedies that the inferiority Of the
masses and the superiority of the class
es are of divine origin, and therefore
not to be Questioned. Thus does sup
erstiti6n hold as in a wise the doctrines
Of the wage working CLASSES of Europe
There are no economic reasons why
old world wage workers cannot hold
their own with wage workers of Amer
ica,, excepting the fact that they carry
greater artificial burdens and thus are
not permitted to reap full reward for
their exertions as, do their brothers. on
ttie>otherr side Of the Atlantic. Certain
:ly. England..s artisans have the skill
and experience to enable. them success
fully to 9onpe te with al 1.-THE. rest. 81: the
world IN turning, out Manufactured
wares, but the, landholders. of that damp
country, controlling legislation, have
shifted pretty much al .fiscal burdens,
national and LOCAL, On the sSshou derss .of
.enterprise and ihdustr b ana "a have made
II. almost .imposs1b1f ffor & any ,consid der
able NUM- commo n people is
esaape + own lass
S s,up ~ his i,;
While the people 81. eng land
have made; great strides IL acquiring;
by constitutional means, some of: their
industfial rights, not much more; can he
~obtalnedo >py. peacefury and = legal,
methods. BECAUSE Injustice has, been 50
buttresseq by lazy that there. are no
legal,ways, to dump the classes Oft. the
wealth. producers, BACKS. This critic
ism apple still more forciblx to- condi-
tons ;op the, continent, Think; Of the
working: :peoplees of. such, a. great. city
as is Paris allowing their Officials to
charge local tariffs on every food they
heed,'in order that taxes may. be; reduc-
ed On, the prop erty Of the: rich s, and ~of
permitting a.. monopoly xof her street
car and !o11lnibu us serviees:< Think of the
people. OF; France and Ger1nany submit
ting to, the. enormous. taxes that are
needed to- support: great standing ar
ME: arg useless s ;nayies for the glory
AMERICA's SUPERIORITY.
The Omitted States is d better country
for wage workers than: the British Isles
Or Europe, because Of the great quanti-
ties: of cheap, fertile. land easy of, &C.
cess; a ;: dry atmosphere which induces
mentaEa ctiv1ty; good educational .facili:
ties for the common. people; compara-
lively dow. taxes, part Of which Is borne
by the landlords; freedom from govern
mental espionage over: the everyday .af-
fairs: of life, and absolutely internal
free trade, between $4,000, 900 inhabitants
distributed over a wide area and having
every variety Of soil and:climate. Re
public >of mona rchy, with. such; superior
advantages the working. people of the
United States cannot help being more
PROSPEROUS than; are those On H. the con:
tineht Of Europe who enjoy in very. re.
| stricted' ways only a: few of these privi-
Ieges. -. =: -
| North America is a better continen,
to. live on for worl<ing1nen and women
! than any island or mainland on this
side of the, Atlantic. because it is mo-
so CLOSELY welded to inequitable socia
customs. and laws ANTICIPATED, business
methods and superstitiQ GUS, reverence fo1
religious authority. Freedom: to :ac