Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-19

born In Dartmouth, Mass. on April IL,
1854, and was educated In the Friends
Academy at New Bedford and the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy. For many years he was on the
editorial STAFF of the Boston Globe
and the New York Engineering Mag
azine. He is linguist of ability and
the translator of the works of Zola,
Tolstoy, Tohernychewsh, Proudhon,
Claude. Til1er. Felix Pyat and Oc-
tave Mirbeau.
Mr.. Tucker has resided In New York
since 1892, but his public activities,
aside from his literary work, have not
been such as to bring him directly in
the limelight which customarily plays
upon kings, presidents and anarchists.
Personally, he is strange combina-
ton Of man of the world and phil
osopher. His sympathies with the
"downtrodden proletariat," 1 suspect,
are purely academic. His books and
his little magazine probably have a
larger circulation among professional
men than. among the laborers. In
other words, Mr.. Tucker is hardly the
sort of anarchist who frequents low
groggeries, eats raw meat, packs red
flag and heaves bombs at bluecoats.
The Tucker atmosphere is that of the
library and his satires on government
are best appreciated with fragrant
Havana and Manhattan cocktail.
In view If the present attempt to
stamp out" anarchy-which President
Roosevelt declares is an issue before
which all others shrink nito insignia
cance"-an examination of Mr.. Tuck
er's philosophy and that of his distin-
guished fore-runners and contempora-
ries lis not without interest
Mr.. Tucker adheres to the theories
of individualist anarchism, as opposed
to the communist ideal. The basis of
the anarchist philosophy, according
to Tucker, is self-interest. In this,
however, he agrees with none of the
other great anarchists, with the ex-
ception of his German colleague,
Striner. Prince Kropotkin and Bakun-
in hold to the evolutionary and scien-
tific view of the progress of the human
race. To Goodwin the basis of anarch.
isem lis the supreme welfare, while to
Tolstoy it is summed up in the one
word, love. 1t will thus be seen that
anarchists. like other people, disagree
among themselves.
Mr., Tucker has no great objection
to law, and even upholds the right Of
society to enforce its general will Of
necessity" by means of imprison
ment and capital punishment In hi
anarchistic society, too, Mr.. Tucker
would secure individuals against hurt
protect their ownership of property
provided it was obtained by labor o.
secured from others without the use
OF force or fraud, and would enforce
contracts. His economic philosophy
Is little different from that of Herbert
Spencer. Land titles. would be based
on actual occupancy, very much in
accordance with the single tax ideal
The state, according to Mr.. Tucker
is the very embodiment of the princi
lie of invasion and should be spewed
out utterly. Aggression and invasion
are synonymous with government and
will not be tolarted by free people
Anything resembling communism or
state socialism Mr.. Tucker rejects
with scorn. Salvation is to be reach.
ed, not by working for society, or DOS.
terity or the glory of God, but by the
development of each Individual by
himself. without help or hindrance
from others.
Mr.. Tucker does not hold to the
propaganda of the deed" He would
make his ideal reality by converting
sufficient number of men to his mill.
osophy to bring about the change by
simply refusing obedience to the man.
dates of the state. He would ;ororo