The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-13

The capable, successful and well es-
 teemed among these belong to one class. The failures belong to the other. The "Home-Owning' class seek peace, steady operation of industries. Pro lection for every man who wants to work
 and 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 chari- | ties
 The Socialists are opposed and l til cir measures 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 | "HOme- Owners.-
 Now let's have look. and in consid- ering each bill or act keep in mind the | underlying plan.
 "Extract from the thrifty and home
 owning people at least part of thelr savings, to be divided among tn 8 | unthrifty Labor-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 HouseOwning thrifty class" and give it to the un- thrifty class" Let's first consider the Employers Liability" movement. They have adroit-
 ly sought to have 1t apply first to rail ways for it is now popular to attack | them. Any employe hurt. even by his own negligence, is to be paid a sum so be extracted from the stockholders. ! There are over 77.O00 stockholders in one american railway. Many are widows and in some cases their hard earned money and savings invested thus, is the main source of their bread
 and butter. But a part at least is to , be taken from them to be given to the unfortunate "Unthrifty."
 That would be benevolence if it was not legal robbery of some to make gifts 1 to others
 Then it Is the plan to extend this forced | benevolence to the individual employer, Just as the Labor-S Socialists have sue ceeded in doing in England, It Is an active working law there now in opera ton under which, if, for instance, house 1 servant has an accident no matter wheth- CT about the house or elsewhere and be- i comes disabled, the employers property 1 is held to pay one pound tabout $5.OO)
 week for the balance of the life of the | servant
 Thus in few years with a bad run of l luck" the home-owner might have sad
 dled on him half dozen such pensioners
 and his property held to pay perhaps
 s25 % to 5000 a week.
 Do you see how adoritly this extracts | money from the thrifty?
 We will all admit that the injured should have help; that is human benevo- 1 lence Every permanently injured poor man should have q public home to live l in free all the balance of his days; ht | has. we will say. done his share of the | work of the world and is entitled to its | care The law should provide that he had | during his we'll days, contributed his 1 share. small or great towards the sup l law In other words, every man, Labor 1 Socialists and Home-Owner should con i tribute for this pension.
 But the Labor Socialist plans to take only the money of one class, the thrifty | and give it to the. unthrifty. That would be a fine levied on the man for being thrifty and offer re- ward of immunity to the man who
 would drink up" his extra money. II | s.vs .don,t own a home or you will | become a member of d class which we propose to milk. 1 Peu.Ionsv for every man when ne
 reaches say so years
 That law is under consideration In Eng
 land now The plan is noble one' lo | if would remove that awful shost or req
 nhich bannts most people. Every maI | sbo,ld nay small tax towards this de s,rable benevolence. But notice, whei the Labor Socialist leaders in Ens'ah'
 were asked it the members of their cias
 would contribute, the answer was NO
 one farthing.'
 They propose to secure the entire sun
 from the home-owner class.
 Back again to their principle, you see. It seems benevolent to vote large sum
 for public work for the "unemployed,
 That class is made up largely of Labor
 Socialists and incapable. botch workineh The worthy workmen are seldom 'un
 emploved" Many of these 'unemployeo
 are the noisy chaps who called strike during the prosperous years ahe