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

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ishing marble, and some laying bricks
all engaged in separate employ
ments. Yet the man with his hands in
his pockets is the frame that holds
together, combines and harmonizes
individual efforts to one definite end.
His brains are to their toll what the
cement is to the house; it combines
and holds together the varied ele.
ments into one structure. He touches
neither trowel or plane, yet see what
he contributes to the building. His |
foresight enabled him to lay his fin.
ger on the pulse of the times and
read its current. His courage then
backed his Judgment. Finally, he dis
covered the abilities of the men, as
sorted and marshalled them. Dead
capital lay at the bank; it is incapa-
BILE of making a blade of grass grow
till he comes and touches it with the
genius of enterprise, and 10! it is
vitalized, and becomes the source of
wealth to scores. See what an army
! OF forces this man contributes to the
building. 1t is finished. Time has JUS
titled his judgment. Prices in that
Iquarter of the city rush up. He sells
the houses and makes thousands of
dollars. Every cent of it, the Social
list says, should be divided among the
workme,n for their creed is, "all
wealth comes from labor"-muscle-
labor, of course. The varied forces
he threw into the task are ignored.
Actions Versus Theories.
Let us pursue this reasoning one
step further. Let us suppose that all
his workmen are Socialists. They hold
an indignant meeting. The speakers
: enlarge on the employers villa and
parlor comforts on the rugs and phaet
Y on of his wifA and assure their lead
h ers that all these are purchased by the
S sweat of their labor. We have seer
d that there were other and higher ele
e ments also contributing towards thu
S production of wealth.
It Now, let us see how do the action
n of these workers square with thel
< own theories. Ask the carver an
r. bricklayer why do they claim highe
1t wages than the hod-carrier. If al
e wealth comes from labor, his hour
b. are longer and his work more labor
er Gus than theirs. They quickly answe
IL that. besides muscle-strength, the
a bring technically educated minds an
a. skilled Judgment to their task. Tru
but that answer cuts the ground frol
under their feet as Socialists. The m
ment they admit that there is an
. source of wealth other than labor Il
whole case for Socialism topple
-. There is no argument for the claim
skilled labor to surplus wage abo'
:, unskilled that does not equally no
for the surplus profits of the emplo
err, so much for the fright arm"
"a Socialism.
=. The Second Pillar.
The second pillar of the Social
system is-the rate of wages. 1t
called the left arm of Socialism. TIL
- assume that all the wealth comes fro
~ labor. They they are confronted wi
y. serious difficulty. In the repub
they would establish, they can not
without people who work, not wi
-. their hands, but their heads main
How then, will they reward the s.
:. geon, the general, and discoveries
new machines? Their answer is, sin
- all wealth comes from labor, lab
day wage is the unite of measu
ment. If, let us say, five shllllngs
J day is the fair wage settled on, tn
- the author, general, and doctor
" be paid five shillings for every d
they work. Now think, if they we
. strictly logical, they would pay h
nd nothing, for by doing so they
we knowledge there is another soul
ng of wealth that is not manual, a
In therefore the whole Socialistic sche
Tor tumbles like a house of cards.
ooi Let us pass, and see how the VIZ
20 law would work out in practice. So
hv of the greatest events in the worl
lev history were accomplished in comp
my atively short periods of time. 1t
by, said Napoleon planned the battle, c
seq yerged his forces, and won the
- tory of Austerliz in a fortnight. WI
;s musing on the swaying sanctu
,als lamp in the Cathedral of Pisa,
,ay. ing the brief time of Benedict
the Galileo discovered the laws OF
dds pendulum. Probably in half that
ltah Newton, observing the fall of an
pie, discovered the law of gravltat
he While watching the steam lifting
ore lid of boiling kettle, the idea OF
SIS. engine grew on the mind of Watt.