The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-13
They re After You

!, enjoy the fruit of his labor; just laws
which hold each and every man ac-
countabe to the law and to do his share
towards the support of public works
and charities.
The Labor-Socialist 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 and property from
the "Home Owners"
Now let's have look, and in consd-
ering each bill orract, keep in mind the
underlying plan.
"Extract from the thrifty and home
owning people at least part of their
savings, to be divided among the UNI
thrifty 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 it 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
Glass"
Let's first consider the employers
Liability" movement. They have adroit-
ly sought to have it apply first to
railways, for 1t is now popular to at
tack them. Any employee hurt, even
by his own negligence, is to be paid a
sum TO be extracted from the stock
holders There are over 1900 stock
holders 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 part, at
least, is to be taken from them to be
given to the unfortunate "Unthrfty."
That would be benevolence if it was
not legal robbery of some to make
gifts to others.
Then 1t is the plan to extend this
forced benevolence to the individual
employer. just as the Labor-Socialists
have succeeded in doing in England.
1t is an active working law there now
in operation under which, If for in
stance, a house servant has an ac-
cident, no matter whether about the
house or elsewhere and becomes dis
abled, the employers property is held
to pay one pound (about SD week
for the balance of the life Of the SER
want.
Thus in few years with bad run
of luck" the home-owner might have
saddled on him half dozen such pen
sioners. and his property held to pay
perhaps s25 to $50 a week.
Doyou see how adroitly this extracts
money from the thrifty?
We will all admit that the injured
should have help; that is human be-
nevolence. Every permanently injured
poor man should have 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 ent1tled
to it's care. The law should provide
that lie had, during his we'll days, con-
tributed his share, small or great, TO-
wards the support of such homes. mat
is the German law In other words
every man, Labor Socialists and Home
owner should contribute for this pen
| sion.
But the Labor-Socialist plans to take
only the money of one class, the thrifty,
and give it to the unthrifty.
That would be fine levied on the
! man for being thrifty and offer re-
ward of immunity to the man who
would drink up" his extra money. 1t
saws. "Don't own home, or you will
become member of a class which we
propose to milk"
Later on we are to have cold Age
Pensions" for every man when he
reaches, say, sixty years,
That law IS under consideration IN
England now The plan is a noble one,
| Tor 1t WOulQ relHoNc NAV tiN .
OF fear which haunts most people.
Every nan should pay small tax TO-
wards this desirable benevolence. But
notice, when the Labor-Socialist leau-
ers in England were asked If the mem
bers of their class would contribute, the
answer was. mot one farthing.'
They propose to secure the entire
sum from the Home-Owner class.
Back again to their principle you
see,
It 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
workmen. The worthy worlSmen 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
work.
| They boycotted factories and Destroy
| ed business. compelling other WOrkmen