Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-03-12

, which. hold each and every man &C
countable to the law and to do his
share towards thesupport of public
works and charities.
The Labor Socialists are opposed,
and their measures are right now be-
ing pressed with great strength to
make them into laws
The intent underlying each one of
them is to directly, or in 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 honne-
owning people at least a part of their
savings, to be divided among the I'M
thrifty Labor Socialists
You may have to search step by step
thru the apparently harmless part of
these proposed laws, but carefully fol-
low the. steps and it will be seen that
the final end and aim is to take money
away from the House Owning, thrift
ty class and give it to the unthrifty
class
Let's first consider the Employers
Liability" movement. They nave
adroitly sought to have it apply first
to Railways for it is now popular to
attack them. Any employee hurt even
by his own negligence, is to be paid
sum to be extracted from the stock
holders. There are over $1,000 stock
holders in one American Ry. 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 "Unthrifty."
That would be benevolence if it was
gifts to others.
Then it 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 acct
dent no matter whether about the
house or elsewhere and becomes dis
abled, the employers property is held
to pay one pound (about 5000 a week
for the balance of the life of the SER
want.
Thus in afew 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 $500 to $4,000 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 be-
nevo!ence. 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 entitled
to it's care The law should provide
that he had, during his we'll days, con-
tributed his share, small or great, to-
wards 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 money of one class, the
thrifty, and give it to the unthrlfty.
That would be a fine levied on the
man for being thrifty and offer a re-
ward of immunity to the man who
drink up his extra money. 1t says
don't own a home or you will become
a member of a class which we propose
to milk"
Later on we are to have "Oid Age
Pensions" for every man when he
rea ches say 60 years.
That law is under consideration in
England now. The plan is a noble one.
for 1t would remove that awful ghost
of fear which haunts most people. Ev-
cry man should pay small tax to-
wards this desirable benevolence. But
notice, when the Labor-Socialist lead
ers in England were asked If the mem
bers of their class would contribute,
the answer was, Not one farthing."
They propose to secure the entire
sum from the Home Owner Glass.
Back again to their priaciple, 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 workmen. The worthy Workmen
are seldom unemployed Many OF
these "unemployed" are the noisy chaps
who called strikes during the prosper
Gus years. They wouldn't work them
selves and kept thousands of good men
from work.
They boycotted factories and de-
stroyed business. compelling other
wo-knen to lie idle.
They stopped the loading and un-