The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-03-13

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"Then you are entitled to fourteen
five shilling pieces, for, according to
our law, the makers of empires and
makers of wheelbarrows stand on the
same level-"One man is as good as
another" 'All men are equal" By
the same wage-ratio Calico would be
rewarded with sixpence, and three
penny-bit is all that would come to
Newton, while poor Watt would scarce
ly get sufficient to buy water to fill
his own kettle. The system that would
tpay a surgeon, who extracts a tumor |
and saves a life, couple of pence, |
that would rate the labors of field
marshal and hod-carrier of equal
Importance, that would measure the
work of Shakespeare and the work
of a scavenger by the same standard,
is too absurd to be argued with. So
much for the left arm of Socialism.
The Third Pillar.
We now come to the last pillar that
supports Socialism. "All misery"
they cry, comes from the oppression
of private property. All private pos
sessions should become the common
property of all. to be administered
by the State or municipal bodies"
Before addressing myself to this con-
,tention, word of explanation. A
Catholic is as free as anyone to adj
vocate cooperation of industries, also
to insist on the state assuming control
over this or that department, if the
public good demands it. Men say,
= since the state controls the police, the
. postal department, etc., why not con-
troll the railways, too? There are no
moral reason why it should not. 1t may
!, take up this and that and the other
department 1t is impossible to draw
an abstract line to limit it. But that
there is a line across which no State
must pass is beyond all question. The
= state must never thrust it's hand int
!, your pocket and claim the purse you
4
- brow. Secondly, the state must neve
a invade the sanctuary of your home, t.
;. wrench from you the authority witt
! which God and Nature invested yo
over your child and house. These ar
:, the two tyrant powers Socialism woul
- arm its Republic with. They cry: q
D,,;xy 10 ,>acCnccinn iC ntthlin rnhharN
(2). The State, and not the fathe
nc rules the house. Let us address, gu
~. selves to these two.
"a 1. every man has by nature tn
~ right to posses private property
al his own" says the Pope, land man
.a older than the State, and he holds II
wi right of providing for the life of h
-. body prior to the formation Of tt
State. - 4 God has granted the ear
!, to mankind in general not in Il
80 sense that all, without distinction, C;
-, do with it as they please, but rath
- that no part of it has been assign
INV to anyone in particular, and that t
.,,o limits of private possession have be
-. left to be fixed by mans own indust
- and the laws of individual peoples.
I'VE Clear Statement of Principle.
old Here is the Clear statement of pr
10y ciple bearing not only the stamp
of the Church's teaching, but the appr'
al of common sense. If the possessi
of private property is natural Ia
list you might as we'll legislate against
is laws of maternity, or the circulate
hey of the blood, as to uproot by CT
rom enactment what is based on the la
With of nature That private possession
bile so founded becomes very clear wi
do we go back to the infancy of the
With man family. The home existed Def
MY. the State. 1t had its laws and rig
sur before the States were heard Of Z
J of first pair founded a perfect comm
nce wealth Nature commanded the HI
bor- of the home-the father-to prov
ure- for it's members. Did he alolw
IS a children to starve till a State spri
hen into existence to feed them? He q
will them clothing, built their homes,
day made provision for the future. WI
we're he placed meat and clothes before
him child, to whom did they belong?
&C. his private property his own or
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