Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-24
Natures Voice Calls
, For Justice for ssThem''
To the Editor Of The Star:

Before woodrow Wilson became in
volved In the turmoil of the presidency
he said: Every man with any vision
must see that q radical change Is COM
ing" and the radio with a globe
circling hook-up on Sunday, will as
sure us that 1.-THE most astute states
men Of the world see that some great
calamity Is about to befall civilization"
No humanitarian or patriotic en-
deavor can compare with thought
full, studious disposition to temper such
economic revision with sanity and wis
dom, but the discussion consists, for
the most part, in criticizing the Russia
Of today just as we did the Russia of
old, which Is stupid and futile. In the
background there are influences striv-
ing always to divert attention from
matters Of the utmost importance in
our immediate surroundings by keep
ing matters Of little or no Importance
whether stupid or ssudious. is criminal
because ignorance is crime contem-
plating those who influence legislation
or sway public opinion.
Amid the greatest Accommodations of
wealth we find the poverty, with all its
misery and anguish, that Is the largest
contributing factor In crime and all
our social Ills. No animal-except those
subjugated, like men-lives in want
and misery in the midst of plenty and
comfort. Existing conditions are not
natural. but inflicted by man-made law
legalizing such domination by monopo-
ltsttc enterprises.
Though all the bards Of earth were
dead,
And all their music passed away:
What Nature wishes TO be said,
She will find o voice to say.
There Is q law that comprehends time
and space. 1t reaches to the infinitesimal
in matter, force and life. Violation of
that law, by the individual or by So
ciety. inSures q penalty because what
Nature requires must be delivered. Ma
ture gives to labor, and to labor alone.
There must be human work before
sustenance or any article of wealth can
be produced. In the natural order Of
things the man who toiled honestly
and well would be rich, and he who
did not work would be poor, but we
have SO reversed the natural order of
things that we are accustomed to think
Of the working man as the poor man.
Quoting Abraham Lincoln: "Inas-
much as most good things are produced
by labor. it follows that such things
OF right belong to those whose labor
has produced them. But it has so hap
pened, in all ages Of the world, that
some have labored, and others, without
labor. have enjoyed a large portion of
the fruit thereof. This is wrong, and
should not continue. To secure for each
laborer the whole product of his labor,
or as nearly as may be, Is a worthy
subject for any good government"
Quoting Nicholas Murray Butler:
Repetition is perhaps the only way by
which self-centered and somnolent
public opinion can be stirred to look
deeply before 1t is too late to stem the
tide of discomfort, of disorder and of
political and economic revolution. Great
masses of men will not indefinitely sit
quietly by and see themselves and those
dependent upon them reduced to perjury
and want while that which we call
civilization has SO much to offer. COM
mands such stupendous resources and
seems capable Of accomplishing almost
anything" and then he adds: Some
where and somehow there is q gap,
want of balance, in our social our
economic and our political system which
we have not found ways and means to
fill or supply"
This is the general assumption and
1t Is wrong. The conditions of which
we complain are not the result of omis-
sion, but of commission, and they are
not to be remedied by anything we"
can DO for "them"-by robbing Peter
to pay Paul. This idea. the protection
OF the masses. has In all times been the
pretext OF tyranny-the plea of mon
archy, of aristocracy, of special privi-
lege of every kind. 1t will be a step
in the right direction when we eliminate
any discussion about what I'VE" should
do for them" which should have been
discontinued on the Fourth Of July.
l776. When We yield to others their
rights We make our own more secure
and aristocracy has found occasion to
complain about what they" did to "us."
j. B. CHAMBERLAIN.