Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-12

The Home Owning class seek peace steady
operation of industries. Protection for every
man who wants to work, and 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 toward the support
Of public works and charities.
The Labor-Socialists 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
AND PROPERTY FROM THE HOMETOWN
ERs''
Now, let's have a look. and in considering each
bill or act keep in mind the underlying plan.
EXTRACT FROM THE THRIFTY AND
HOMECOMING PEOPLE at least a part Of
their savings. to be divided among the unthrifty
La Dor Socialists.
You may have to search step by step through
the apparently harmless part of these proposed
laws. but carefully follow the steps and 1t will
be seen that the final end and aim is to take
money away from the House Owning, thrifty
class and give it to the unthrifty ''class.''
Let's first consider the Employers Liability"
movement. They have adroitly sought to have
1t apply FIRST to Railways, for it is now popu-
lar to attack them. Any employe hurt, even by
his own negligence, is to be paid to be
extracted from the stockholders. There over
1900 stockholders in American Ry. Many
widows and in some their hard-earned
money and savings invested thus is the main
source of their bread and butter. But part at
least is to be taken from them to be given to
the unfortunate ..Unthrifty.''
That would be benevolence IL it was not
legal robbery Ut some to make gifts to Others,
Then it Is the plan to extend this forced be-
nevolence to the individual employer, just the
Labor Socialists have succeeded in doing In Eng
land 1t is an active working law there now in
operation under which, if, for instance, a house
| servant has an accident, no matter whether
about the house elsewhere, and becomes dis
abIed, the employers property is held pay
one pound (about $500 a week for the balance
Of the life Of the servant.
Thus in a few years with bad run of luck
the home-owner might have saddled him a
half dozen such pensioners and his property held
to pay perhaps $500 to $4,000 a week.
Do you see how adroitly this extracts money
from the thrifty:
We will all admit that the injured should have
help; that is human benevolence. Every per-
manently injured poor man should have a public
home to live in Free all the balance Of his days;
! he has, wifi say. done his share of the work
Of the world and is entitled to Its The
law should provide that he had, during hf well
days, contributed his share, small great to-
ward the support of such homes. That is the
German law. In other words, every man, Labor
Socialists and Home Owner, should contribute for
this pension.
But the Labor Socialist plans to take only the
1t to the unthrifty.
That would be fine levied the man for
being thrifty and offer a reward of immunity to
the man who would drink up his extra money.
| 1t says, don't home you will become
a member Of a class which propose to milk. -
Later on we are to have .'OI4D AGE PEN
SIONS'' for every man when he reaches say, 80
years.
That law is under consideration in England
now. The plan is noble one, for 1t would re-
move that awful ghost of fear which haunts most
people. Every man should pay small tax to-
ward this desirable benevolence. But notice,
when the Labor-SQcialist leaders in England
were asked II the members of their class would
contribute the answer was. Not one farthing .
They propose to secure the entire sum from
the Hometown ''class.
Back again to their principle, you see. 4,
II seems benevolent to vote large sums for
public work for the unemployed" That
class is made up largely of Labor-Socialists and
incapable botch workmen. The worthy work.
men are seldom unemployed" Many of these
| unemployed" the noisy chaps who called
strikes during the prosperous years. They
wouldn't work themselves and kept thousands OF
good men from work.