The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-12

ard a guarantee OF his right to enjoy
the fruit of his labor; just laws which
hold each and every man accountable
TO the law and TO do his share towards
The support Of public works and chart
ties.
The Labor Socialists are opposed and
their measures are right now being
pressed with great strength to make
them into laws.
The intent underlying each one Of
them is to directly. or IN a roundabout
way. take money Rad property from the
''Eome Owners"
Now lets have a look, and II consid-
ering each bill or act. keep in mind the
underlying plan.
Extract from the thrifty and home
owning people at least a part Of their
savings. TO be divided among the I'M
thrifty Labor-SociaIists
You may have 10 search step by step
through the apparently harmless part
Of these proposed laws. but carefully
follow the steps and it will be seen that
the final end and aim is to take money
away from the House-Owning. thrifty
class and give it 10 the unthrifty
Glass"
Let's first consider the Employers
Liability movement" They rave adrOit-
Iy sought Is have il apply first TO Rail-
ways for fl is now popular TO attack
them. Any employee hurt, even by his
own negligence, Is TO be paid a sum TO
be extracted from the stockholders.
There are over 1850 stockholders IN one
American Fy. Many are widows and
in some cases their hard earned money
and savings invested thus, is the main
source IF their bread and butter. But a
part at least e 10 be taken from them
to be given 10 the unfortunate I'm
thrifty"
That wOulE be benevolence II Il was
not a legal robbery Of some 10 make
gifts to others,
Then it Is the plan to extend this
forced beneyolence to the individual en-
plOyer. just as the Labor-SocIalists have
succeeded in doing in England. It is
an active working law there now I'm
operation under which. If, for instance,
a house servant has an accident no mat
ter whether about the house or else
where and becomes disabled. the en-
ployer's property Is held to pay one
pound (about $500 a week for the bal
ance Of the life OF the servant
Thus in a few years with a bad run Of
Tuck" the home-owner might have sad
died on him a half dozen such pension
ers and his property held TO pay perhaps
SIS. 90 10 5000 a week
Do you see how adroitly this extracts
money from the thrifty?
We viii all admit that theinjured should
have help; that IS human benevoIence.
Every permanently injured man should
have a public home to live in free, all
the balance Of his days; he has. we will
say, done his share of the work OF the
world and is entitled 10 its care. The
law should provide that he had. during
his well Gays, contributed his share,
small or great. towards the support Of
such homes. That is the German law
In other words. every man. Labor-SO-
cialist and Home-Owner should con,
tribute for this pension.
But the LabOr-SOcialist plans 10 take
only the money of onN class, the
thrifty and give it to the unthrifty
That would be a fine levied on the
man for being thrifty and offer a reward
of immunity to the man who would
drink up his extra money. It says,
don't own home or you VIII become
a member of a class which we propose
10 milk"
Later on we are to have sold age
Pensions" for every man when he
reaches say 60 years.
That law is III der considerat ton in
now. The plan is a noble one,
for it would remove that awful ghost
Of fear which haunts most people. Every
man should pay small tax towards
this desirable benevolence. But notice,
when the Labor Socialist leaders in
were asked if the members Of
their class would contribute, the an
swer was, Not one farthing."
They propose to secure the entire sum
from the HOme-OWner Class.
Back again to the principle. you see.
1t seems benevolent to vote large
sums for public work for the ''unem-
ployed." That class is made up largely
Of Labor-Socialists and incapable, botch |
The worthy workmen are
seldom unemployed" Many of these
unemployed" are the noisy chaps who |
called strikes during the prosperous /
years. They wouldn't work themselves /
and kept thousands OF good men from 4
work.
They boycotted the factories and de- 1
stroyed business, compelling other /
workmen 10 lie idle.
They stopped the loading and IN