Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-09-15
THE WORLD is AKIN.
A NARROW PARTITION THE
BOUNDS DIVIDE


, Spirit Of Mutual Aid Will Develop Under
Favorable Conditions Doctrine Of Survival
Of the Fittsst Explained in a New Light
Part Played by intelligence in the Realm OF
Revolutionary Development.
BY BYRON MILLETT
PART III.
Among political and social econom
lists Of late years, the origin Of the
medieval guilds has been the subject
OF much controversy. Those guilds
were the precursors OF the more mod.
ern trades unions. According to Plu-
tarch, Nums, the second king of Rome,
who reigued about 700 B. c., divided
the people into trades Or
dering them to have brotherhoods,
festivals and meetings, and indicated
the worship they had to accomplish
before the gods, according to the dig
nifty OF each trade" History also
records that long prior to King Numa,
trades colleges existed in ancient
Greece. 1t is claimed by many men,
bers of prominent secret brother
hood now active in our midst, that the
work on King Solomon's temple was
performed under the direction and
supervision of associations of crafts.
men working together comparatively
for q common purpose in the same
manner as heretofore stated by the
writer in these articles with reference
to the guilds during the period of the
middle ages. The great Chinese EN-.
pire is permeated with guilds; is said
to be land of secret brotherhoods
and societies. the heritage OF many
centuries. We Americans are learn.
ing more about these guilds in the
Orient since the recent boycott was
declared against the purchase and use
OF our commodities and products.
The Russian artels, exemplifying
strongly the practice OF the principles
Of cooperation and brotherhood among
men, engaged in the various industrial
crafts and agricultural purs uits, as
we'll as in hunting. fishing, ETC., have
been treated upon by me in . sspar-
ate article published in the columns
of the STANDARD few months ago.
Many instances are on record where
noblemen, actuated by tho fraternal
spirit, have divided their possessions
among their poorer neighbors, with
whom they saw fit to cast their lot.
No matter how unfavorable environ.
meuts may become, this spirit of fra
ternalism cannot wholly be obliterated
from mans nature, even among the
privileged classes; whereas among the
down. .trodden OF Gods children harsh
surroundings tend to quicken this
divine impulse.
The eminent Russian writer, Tolstoy,
in some recent articles published in
the London Times, takes the position
that full relief to the people in his
country can only be obtained through
the communal ownership OF the soil,
the source Of all life. This author
years ago, became strongly imbued
with the theories OF Henry George as
enunciated in the work, entitled
" Progress and Poverty" 1t has been
. matter OF wonder to many individ-
uals, why the autocratic Russian gov
ernment ever permitted Tolstoy to
promulgate his ideas and SOW the seeds
of discomfort broadcast among the
people. The writer once heard .
Unitarian minister who had travelled
in Russia, while there had met Tolstoy,
remark, the reason for non-interfer-
ence was because the authorities re.
garded him mildly insane; that there.
after his writings became 90 promi.
nent the government did not deem it
advisable to interfere.
The Medical Academy Of Russia, in
numerous instances. compelled to act
in opposition to powerful govern.
ment, has graduated over seven hun
dred lady physicians. A few years
ago. the public press recorded that
one Of the best surgeons in Europe
was Russian woman, who was 10.
Gated at st. Petersburg, practicing her
profession with remarkable success.
This account purported to have been
taken from German medical journal.
Formed on the principles of voluntary
cooperation and mutual assistance
scattered over this vast empire, there
are over one hundred High schools
for girls containing over seventy
thousand pupils. The high standard
of woman's education in Russia dur
ing recent years has become q popular
theme for comment among literary
characters throughout Europe and fn
this country.
Uncle Toby's society at Newc astle
has done much good work in organic.
ing nearly three hundred thous and
boys and girls into humane societies,
teaching them to be kind to animals
and not to des troy birds nests, en-.
couraging their efforts to the fuller
development of their more humane
impulses in the opposite direction
from Indifference and cruelty towards
helpless dumb animals. It seems
almost needless to remark that those