The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-25
TWO RADICAL PRIESTS 7.
ON ANARCHY OF WEALTH
One Severely Attacks the Men
Who Are Cornering Nee
essities of Life.
The Other Takes the Broader
Ground and Advocates
Public Ownership.

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 23-Max Hayes,
in the Citizen Of this week, devotes
economics and their relation to the
clergy. He speaks of Rev. Father
O'Brien, of Toledo, who delivered an
address recently which created a genu-
inc sensation. His subject was, 1.-THE
Anarchy of Wealth." He said:
II cannot shut my eyes to the dan
gers that threaten our republic. The
greatest danger that can see now is
the anarchy Of wealth. The union was
saved and slavery abolished by an
army Of poor men from the generals
down to tthe privates, who risked their
lives for the flag. Now we see the
wealth Of the country in the hands of
a few men. The agricultural and min
eral resources of our magnificent coun-
try have been cornered by a few men
with money, and every bite Of meat
we take is doubly taxed by the beef
trust. If our government is ever
changed from a republic to mon
archy, or empire, it will be done by the
men of wealth, not by the poor work.
would corner provisions to raise the
price of living would be put to death.
That was good, natural pagan justice.
The millionaires who have cornered our
provisions and raised their price on the
working people deserve the same fate.
Fears Bloody Revolution.
VETERANS, let us pray that God pre-
serve the work that the Grand Army
has done, but if our officials and legis-
lators do not relieve from the unjust
and unlawful burdens imposed on us
by the trusts the time may come when
we will be obliged to take the law into
our own hands and demand our rights
at the point Of the bayonet. The Amer
lean workingmen are patient, but will
not submit to the tyranny of wealth
forever.
MAY God avert for us the horrors
Of war, and may the white-winged an
gel of peace continue to hover over OUR
beloved land"
Father O'Brien is likely to become
his course of criticising the hog COM
bine, coal barons and other 'best cit1-
zens." But why talk about bayonets
and pagan justice, which are inconven-
lent. vulgar and unscientific weapons
nowadays? We have never yet made
serious attempts to smash the oppres-
sors with the ballot. Let's vote
against the capitalist class and over
throw their system by legal and sane
methods.
Still another priest, the well-known
Rev. Thomas J. Ducey, Of New York,
will find himself cordially disliked by
those who receive their inspiration from
the sources that furnish the almighty
dollar because, of 2 recent sermon that
he preached. IT,. - <:>.t ~:$*<@;r =
Father Ducey Has Solution.
Father Ducey took for his text from
the sixth verse Of St. Paul to the
Thessalonians, THAT no man over
reach or .circumvent his brother in
business, because the Lord is the
avenger Of all these things that we
have told you before and have testi-
fed" and said:
ITO circumvent is the policy of the
trusts and monopolies of the twentieth
century. Let them beware. for the
truth, justice and honor cannot be de-
SlIOySu ny VIC pO"CI1u1.
To-day, when this country has be-
come a power let the trusts, monopo-
lies and the robber wealthy be assured
the people will not stand much longer
their enslavement by combinations of
corporations founded on injustice and
an attempt to crush the rights Of the
people promised by the Lord Of JUS
tice.
public monopolies by the govern
ment for the benefit of the governed
are to be admired and commended.
Private monopolies are danger to all
the people. In this country there ex-
lists a monopoly and trust that threat
ems the safety Of the government, truth,
justice, freedom and education, and pu-
rity of soul in religion and in religious
profession.
How Preachers are Subsidized.
"This paramount trust of the world
is we'll preserved in oil and gold and
is CLOSED over by universities and up
held openly by a denomination, and
criminally approved by the silence
which grants consents of the ministers
of religion Of many other denomina-
tfons.''
A few years ago when men in the
ranks of labor dared to raise their
voices in protest against the methods
applied by modern capitalismm they
were ridiculed and denounced as dan
gerous agitators and enemies Of soci-
ETY.. But time has wrought changes.
To-day the labor agitator need hardly
open his mouth; he can sit back and
listen to the fierce attacks upon capt.
talism that come from its own ranks
and the so-called respectable middle
class. Take almost any popular maya
zine and you find some leading article
devoted to exposing financial kings and
their political grafters; criticisms ga
lore come from lecture platform and
pulpit, and even some of the daily
| newspapers and decent politicians are
hurting hotshot at the big robbers and
their system. Radicalism is cropping
out everywhere, and good is bound to
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