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Bible Temperance.THE WBLE AND T1IE WO

MAN’S CHRISTIAN TEM­PERANCE UNION.

A A X X A 3t l X A T J O N—OF THE-

OLAIM O F MOOEItN GIIIUSTIANS-THAT TltE—

B IB L E IS A TEMPEHANCE WOlUv. Bt E. 0, WALKER.

c o n t e n t s :I’rcfniory Note; Introduction; List A.—Pas­sages Unequivocally Condemning tho us© or

Wine. List H,—Passages Commendlm? or Enjoinina tho usoof WJnoor Strong Drlnk.or both, or IncUidlnir a Plentiful supply of Wine among tho UiesBlngi to be Itestowod upon Favored Individuals or Tribes, ©to.. or Inoiud* Ibr tho Deprivation of it nmonir tho Punish* meats Inflicted upon the Disobedient. List C-—Passages Conditionally Condemning the nee of Wine, oto., upon Neared Occasions, by Certain Persona upon Certain Occasions, etc. IJat D.~Passages which IncidentaMy mention the Use of Wine and Strong Drink without either Condemning or Commending Them. Mst E,—Passages Showing that Bcrjptuvc Wine did Into*loute/Concluslou.

“Eteri/ honest ami rational movement in favor o f temperance is to becanuueiutecljmi this nauseating stuff called 'Jlible Temner- ance' is unbearable. J have long felt that this sham ought to be punctured. It has bcendoneat last, and most effectually done by the logical pen o f A\ C. Walker.

J ohn E. Kemsquuo

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CO-OPERATION,splendid reading matter. Jnst what is need­ed to-day. Don't miss it.

-THE MOltTOAGK,We worked through spring' and winter, •

through summer ami through full.But tho mortgage worked the hardest tuui

tho steadiest ot them ail:It worked on nights and Sundays, it worked each holiday; #It settled down among us and it never'vent nwtty.Whatever wo kept from it seemed almost ns

bad ns theft;It watched us every mlnuto and it ruled us

right and lert. »Tho rust and blight wore with us sometimes,

and sometimes not;The dark browed, scowling mortgage was

forever on tho spot.The wcavil and tho cutworm, they went ns

well us curaotThomortgagestayed forever, eating hearty

all the same.I t nailed up every window, stood guard nt

every door,And happiness Hud sunshine tuado their home ;

with us no more.Till with falling crops and sickness we got

stalled upon the grade,Andlhoro raise a dark day upon us whou tho

interest wasn't puid;And tliero ennui a sharp foreclosure am! I kind

o’ lost my hold.And grew weary and discouraged, and tho

farm was cheaply sold.The children left and scattered, "hen they

hardly yet were grown;Mywlfosho pined and perished, an’t found

myself alone:What she died of was' a “uitetery,” an’ the

doctors to ver knew;B u tlk u o w s h o died o f m ortgag i^ -Just as

wed us 1 wuutcd to . ^If to trace a hidden sorrow were within the

doctor’s art.They’d a found a mortgage lying on that

woman’s broken heart.- Worm or beetle, drouth or tempest, on a

farmer's land may lull,B u tio r llrst-cluflS ru ination , tru s t a m ortgage

aY

The R eorganization of Bus-ndVCQ Bi the Store nnd the finnl^on the in& do. Farm and in the Factory, Practi­cal application of the principles of Co-opera­tion.

pBAHTDTTTfHJ An unanswerable av- r ttU n lD lliU W . gnment against sump.tnary methods in temperance reform.

Corporations: ercueo to Hallwaysaud Telegraphs. The ditfereneo between Cor­porations and Co-operation.

Co-operative H omes. S ^ k*family; sexual ethics of marriage; mission of tho oo*operntlvo home; inlluenco upon maternity; status of children; children’s rlaUts; tnnterlul richness; cost of eonsn lion; divi*io» of labor: social economy; sick­ness; woman’s status tho dividing lino; prac­tical considerations; associated homes, eto etc.

T.ayifl T p n i lF f l Ti,g go 'crnm cnt’i AictliU A U ti t t iv , relation to tiiolaiu! commercial rents, interest rent, futility of arbitrary legislation, ;>otoncy of n n tu n il methods, oolonlzatioD, country rents, usovs.OQuaUlbcrty,—equal right usury,va.adraltde- traMon, sb.o and chuructor of cities, land ten­ure tho indox or civilisation, tlst of land g r a n t s .

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Valley FaJJs, JCs.

J . II. S I I U L E I l ,AT BKX.ANP*S O S J i

8 T A X I ) O K D R Q A D 1 V A Y . Has a large Stock of

Z E T ia r ia i t T O - ir e IFor Spring and Vail trade. Full supply of Coflilnsiuways on hand, and hearse to attend l . ,,funerals. 'forms as low as (ho lowest. [ *flrc© caiieu trial,d ifferen tlv ,

’gainst them iW t t i . M . C a h w s t o n ,

I n i l l v i d t i n l i s i n .Individualism ia a belief that each in*

dividual’© seeking his own personal wel­fare ie most comlucivoto sopialprogress.

Under natural conditions this is the true doctrine. I^estrnction of privilege to hold Nature's bounties and demand tribute of labor for privilege of use, would bring conditions iu which Indi­vidualism-would greatly conduce to so­cial progress for all. *

I believe m the individualism of every individual, and not in the' indi­vidualism of one individual as in[Hussinr or the individualism of a few privileged ones as in this country. Individualism to rue means liberty for every one to do ns he pleases with the productions of his own labor, without destruction of tho individuality of others..

.T.M.H.A im i’c l t f x t l c S o c i a l i s m v s , S t a l e

S oC U tliM tt,That sociuliBm which advocates vol­

untariness in co-operative methods of reform, is rightly named Anarchistic Socialism us against S tate Socialism, which advocates governmental co-opera­tion.

Communism, when voluntary, is An­archistic and S tate Socialistic when otherwise, 2Vie difference between the two great branches of Socialism lies mainly in the question of reciprocity or ‘•mutualism.” The im portant question to be decided is; shall the individual be coerced into co-operative societies against his will? Tho state Socialist says, Yes; and is iu favor of State con­trol of laud and labor. The Anarcbistio Socialist eiiys emphatically No; and is in favor of free land .md free labor. Be­tween these two schools of Socialism a compromise is impossible on this point.

F e n w i c k .

E. L. 3 i :x f t ,PHYSICIAN A>n SURGEON.

Valley Falls, Kan.D r, B e n f t u<*os “ E e lc e t J a S p o c it ic M ed lclue .* O ffloe o v e r E v a n s £ K e m p e r ’s s t o r e

l . l h o r l y « n « l C 'l l t u r © .FniENDs:—-I am very glnd L u c i f e r

takes thp true and bravo course respect­ing tho courts and the confined heroes. If the atrocious inquisition murders them Ith iu k thousands will feel the lope with Nina the darling wife of Spies. If the press of the nation generally had taken this enurso tho intlu’enco on sentiment would have been better, aud influenced in turn the demons and hirelings of tho

As it liasgone, hosts of good citizeus suppose the sentence ju st; and also yours, editors of L ucifkr, and Elraina’a, if they torture yon. With such contempt and ready violation of our constitutional rib'htp, thf=*re nppPAra no beednj further making god the head of them. Ti.e catering In

nam ehbersl. As facts stand,popularity is pitted against liberty and whatever favors it; whoever clings to its graces renounces in deeds the love of liberty,and if hedoes not m words must be a tra itor or in a sta te of mental confusion. I have long thought a clear roasoner would scorn to be classed ns popular. Those who have not the nobility to stand by jnst measures in all things, whether ap­proved or scandalized, will not help throw,the tbralldom from law or love, labor or moral principle. Priestcraft begins with children to culture cowards, and gradually fastens on tho slave har­ness. When bravery and knowledge see what will culture free souls, they will begin with e*cry living age from childhood to grandsires,and educate tho pnreots, teachers, examplnrs, that imi­tating childhood may have tru th em­bodied in customs before its eyes. And this one tru th must never lie forgotten, recklessnessnf physical purity lays in the system elements of treachery aud all sorts of turpitude. Sanitary steps aro among the lirst to be taken with both the young and old. If Christian zeal­ots knew th is law, they worked under- standingly to control tho world. Abne­gation of tho body for the ncml'e eak^, of tho present for tbofuture'shappiness, produces dullards to b© duped, too stu ­pid to see by experience that physical purity developed the spiritual, ami that pernors create their own heavens in this and any other world. Ynlirs,

M . E . T i l l u t s o n ,

T h o H om e o f ' t l i o f iH l I v l i tu u l .A. Chtivannos and S. B, Fowler have

each given their ideas o f marriage aud horn© iu Luonfafr ' As n matter of free competition I would liko to place mine on record also. My ideal of marriage is no marriage at all, aiul my ideal home is briefly defiued in my title. My ideal of Society is that of the Anarchist—a society destitute of aggression or inva­sion; in which raw materials ore free in which fro© competition prevails,labor is divided,, and oost is tho foundation principle of commerce. To carry this ideal out will, I ailirm, inevitably result in such homes as I now indicate. The principle o f individualism requires separateness, but marriage merges two or more individuals in one, and homo, ns we have it, merges two or more iudi viduul’s homes in one. Therefore both nre contrary to truo individualism., The home of a froo individual should

be a separate homo; a separate house and grounds, or a separate suite of rooms, or a sepal at© room—iu any eveut a separate abode and ploco of refuge, an extension and reflection of the individual* The sovoreign individual m ust have a kingdom exclusively his own or ho is no sovereign ut all and has no Jdugdom at all.

Observe tho growth of trees, licro aro two standing close togethei—mar ried let us say. And happily married it appears, for unlike many such, one does hot overtop ami smother out the other, bu t both are equal. Beautiful harmony? B ut look closer. Do you not see that the branches of the one go all to the right, and those of the other go all to left; and tho roots tho same? Neither nn8 grown and developed normally,— judging by average specimens of that sort of tree grown undor conditions of scpnr&leuAse,—both are asymmetric)]. l»oth are lopsided. And the little ones below aro shaded and smothered by their great parents.

Now seo berel This is an orchard The trees here nre arranged in that Bcientitio order which centurios of prac­tical experience has demonstrated to be tho best for the symmetrical growth aud development of each individual tree, and the economical appropriation ot soil, water, situ, and air. Each tr**e stands.by itself, yet m* cloeo to its neigh* horns the needs and offices of Nutur© mid arboreal society require. Each trep grows after its own order and fash iou, freely; and if auy are lop-sided here, it is because they choose so to l*4,nud not because they nro compelled. And Urn little seedlings- i*uoh is trmipplantf-d ns

’ Hmii unit 1« snfe and fit, to »» plfiew * where it, a I »•<■», em» gmw iifr^r

injuring none aud uum jurrd hy

homes of tho Heretofore* The orchurd typirys Anarchy and oachtreo having its own separate locution and access to raw material and separate ownership of appropriated material represents the free individual of the future in lus ree homo.

Vcrbum sat sapienti..7 . W w . L l o y d .

Qrahnmville, Fla.

A n o t l i c r C » n « c r l .D ead Mn. E ditor: Your renders will

readily recall tho simple statement by Samuel Fielden, Esq., Teamster and Savior, to John \V, Gary, posing ns u judge, nt Chicago, which was, in sub­stance, “When I first heard at n Labor meeting, that Socialism monot ’Equal opportunities,* I at once beenmo n So- ciulist,” A*c. Upon reading in tenda Bailey Fowler’s “Irene,’* that “Never will the Labor question be solved until Woman is Tree, never will Woman bo *fie© uutil tli© Labor question is solved,” 1 found m? Belt in Mr. Ficlden’s posilion, nnd up I looked away to tho future, and back* ward across th©track of my life, Ire* fleeted In this way,—T.’vo been tramping around on this earth now about fifty- seven years, often nt a loss to know what I was here for. F irs t 1 was called nn Abolitionist, then Spiritualist, Free Lover, Atheist, Coiu-unnist, Social* ist. Umversnlist, Anarchist,-‘-always “Infidel," never “C hristian,** uutil I learned that these attempts at definition formed tho body of “tho Cross for me to l>enri” ‘and i'liavo become bo if© elf to tlie burden that, if I was turned loose and did uotfiud Home of tbeao forms pinned to my coat tail Tehould hardly know who, or whnt, I was. In nil this not unpleas­ant pilgrimage, ns u matter of course, 1 hod tried to examine tho logic of ull the different propositions winch came before me, fit them into pluo© ns well as possi­ble, nnd make of them a light upon the pathway of life—-dim at times, and at times bright, always uaoreor less flicker­ing mid needing constant attention to keep the pathway iu sight. Suddenly, upon coming upon Mr©, Fowler’s “Love nnd Labor Union,” I discovered in them the Grin “babes hi tlm manger,” horn to heoom© the saviors of tho world in tho “New Time rolling ou,” mid how finely sholms constructed in “Iren©” a palace car of progressive thoughts! And it Boomed to mo that I hncl familiarized myself with nil of them except this nue, nnd when it fell into lino it completed the head of tho column, and tho divis* ion was in mnrehing order. Then all the old “duffel” of definition** fell from my shoulders, the old ©rose of many names was loosed from my hack and fell broken to tho ground; tho “Starry Crown," the ouo I had been looking for, took the place of the ohlrotten-eggcd “plug.” Tho staff of TiiUTii was iu ray hands, tho broad girdle of itierd o m fastened tho “garments of purity” around my body, which wns ready tu buret with tliroo cheers for “Tho New Jerusalem I” Upon a closer inspection of my now “outfit” Ifind upon the iusido cover of tho cartridge-box of lmerty this in* Doriptinn, E lam E . L am», Burlington, Wis., Private, Oi>. “A,” First Kogimont of Natural I ndividualists. Unlisted fo r Lite.

1 \ S.—I think I overhearsom© of tho comrades nay “Consulornhl© ’blow’About this aow recru it—they oro not apt to ‘stay’—tell bolter after th o ‘first, fire,*” ,fso.—nnd thou I do remember that my wife h n s“l)OPn away visiting” all sum­mer, uml perhaps it will bo bettor to wait and see her ubout it before 1 do, ac­tually, send in ray name for tho new en­rollment f?) as a

N a t u r a l I n d i v i d u a l .

olnss privilege* and class legislation, nro entirely due to humnu Jaws nnd Governments, llow long would slavery have existed in tine world, had not hu­man laws legalized nod perpetuated that nioet iuiqullcms and unuatural institu­tion? Would not tho bruta force which established slavery liuva been over- com© by the brut© fore© of the enslaved whon they beoamo more humorous than tho mnotors, had not the latter been protected by Governments mul human Jilwu? Would not man, from natural impulse*, attempt to overoom© ovoryovil as soon as seriously felt, wore ho not con­stantly prevented by human Inwp, and by Governments, w I io b o powers wore ob­tained under th© plea of benefiting the innsees, whilst they have generally been ufted to oppress and injur© them? The fact is, there ia not a single proper ob« ject or result sought to bo obtained through Government and human laws, that may not bo bettor, moro fully, and ruoro certainly nttamed by th© mero ac­tion of tho natural laws, forces, or im* pulfios that control man, And,on tho con­trary, there is not a single improper ob­ject now attained by rabiras of human laws and Governments, that could bo obtain­ed were natural luwsnot intorforodwith by human laws ami Governments. This must bo so; for U it not tho natural laws nud impulses ntoim that indue© man to overcome, not only h isow aovil o ro rro n w u s impulses arid actions, but also all U\«> evil pffecta of Governments* and human laws?

Bower nttninod by individuals as indi­viduals, by thovoluutnry but rovocahte assent of the community, ia invariably beneficial; for, whenever it'ceaeoa to bu beneficial, it is withdrawn.; wlioreas power obtained by Governments, is in- variably rotaiued and exorcised long af­ter i t has ceased to bo beneficial to the community, Ju fact, ouch power in never rolinquiRhod or tlostroyoa except by n more or less violent struggle, after Its injurious effects become unendurable.

The old bean ttleal of tho possible re- BuUfl of governmental action is well ex­pressed in that axiom of tho pure, high- minded nnd honest Jerem y Bentham ‘T he greatest good of tho greatest num­ber.” This is really tho utmost result that can b« obtained From human laws ami Governments. B u t. does not this axiom acknowledge fthat tho State oau only protect a majority; nnd that, to do this, itm ny oppress aud injur© the minority? Does not this axiom givean Apparent sanction oven to slavery, as long us the slaves lire in the minority? How much more beneficial, how far more desirable, aro the results produced by the action of Natural laws, which, unlntorfered with by man, protect mi- noritioa as well ua majorities. Under their unimpeded nwny, each man will find means to protect himself, by aomo moaus or other, tor, ns men become more intelligent, thoy perceive nv»to and mor© clearly that to permit nn tuck upon the weakest, soon loads to ns attack upon others; that to aanctiou tho infringement of the most unimportant rights, noon leads to tho infringement of th© mo*fc important. Tho same prin­ciple that permits Ui© attack upon one. permits tho attack upon nil,—-John Moran, Government.

F .tlU ol* (tIHCriHIII'llliThe solo proper object of government

nnd humnu laws is, undoubtedly, the well-being of the governed. To that cud govt-rnmoiit and human laws should especially protect the weak sud the ig­norant, nnd dispense strict and even- handed justice to nil. Th© strong and th« intelligent chu ensib protect them* solve*. has w >’ Government, ntnry time, anjwii. r .t ©ffirionii’y pro- t-* ron ti.e weal; -n, , t. *• ignor..M .-gains' tbpe’nmg and * • nt*-l n-nt? Lo1

T ito h n p r o t io % o u v i 1 ulMUo* (lie I te ro r t l .

In lho“opinion” presented by (ho I l­linois Hint© Bnpm ne Court most ot tho points raised in tJin appeal have been completely ignored. And that ia not all. Tho ©videnc© manufactured by tb© de­tectives to obtniu a conviction in the lower “court” did not satisfy ilia higher court, aud dutifully tholattor furnished what was luckint, As Incredible us it may seem to tlmloynl citizen, it l« vet trim that the opinion-writer I ms fabdtW the ovideuco given iu tb© “t r ia i r Mat­ters aro mummed which aro not sup­ported by nny evidence iu th© record;• dher toetiojony is distracted aud pur- vertod-iti short, tho supremo court of m irStatu has m adooittau entirety new case against the defendants; tho original one, it ia prcusnrnod, was “no gno I.” The coafideucH of the people in <i,tr ju- d in ii-' line nnd <ubt©dly been sp .-ady ‘•lr©nctbe«'*d b ‘ ihin tu-w d*-p«irtnf*d Judge Uagru !**r, d may bo « »id Ui this < onn© » ."1, t»»h jn d ^ h ip t*« ttx’%Ch^-go. & St. L uiiH KailroaiWestruD’e Financial Problem,” price l|*opola» favorforwpiit^tmasndfiuttDcml fp.ui. tb e e n m g and » • n»«*i a -« .f Lor Ch^-go. A*tv« & bt. L uiih

U 5te. For ealeh'&re. ' icteress baa raadum© abtfut tick of tne* Th© two in*© typify tb© cOntmmUito hictory alk^v i. Ql»\vr„ o^pi Com panyr-C*»«^v

X iT T O IIF IE IE tV’i i /U S T Fa l m , ICa b . , Oct. 2 8 ,2 8 7 .

M O SES HARM AN & E . C. W A L K E R E ditobs.

M. HARM AN axd G EO . 8 . HARM ANl ’ CllI.lSIIEIIS.

o u x t I ’x ^ A ’r i i - o r i A i .1'frlecl Freedom ot Thought und Action for

every individual within Uiollmiteof hi* own personality.

Self-Government the only true Government Liberty and Henponsibllity the only Basis

of Morality

The Defense Fund.Previously acltnow loilgeJ.. . . .8380,44

Ju liu s G . F rito n , S t. Louie, M o. 1.7G E . M. Dewey, T u lare , C at. LOO

u i f T n r . v A i n c n u s i : .We have no certain in form ation

in regard to our case in in the U. S. court. When we went to Leaven, worth the grand jury had not acted upon tho information against us, and, so far as wo Anew, it lias not done so yet, although tho prohahil ity is that it has. lint, on the oth­er hand, wo do not surely "know that tho information was before it at all. In short, wo aro completely in the dark in regard to it, not a word )ias been heard from tho attorneys or tho court oflicers since wo returned from Leavenworth on tho 13th and 14th insts. As stated briefly last week wo wore permitted to go, on our old recognizance!;, pending tho action of tho grand jury.

Nearly a wecic ago thero was a newspaper rumor to tho effect that an indictment of 200 counts had been found against “W.,” hut the original report, in tho Leavenworth correspondence of tho Kansas City Times, contained so much that was known by all hero to lio false, that tho entire statement was received very doubtingly by nearly all, friends and foes alike.

L atest : As wo go to press—Wednesday—wo have a letter from our attorney, stating that all threo have been indicted jointly ami sev orally, on several hundred counts.

II. &W.

Mrs. Slenkc/is to ho “tried” tlio tllst inst., and so, before another is. suo of L uc'iit .k roaches our readers, the fato of this bravo and conscien­tious worker forllumanity will havo been decided, most probably. Wo sincerely hopo “Virginia justico” shall prove to be justico indeed and triumphantly vimlicato Mrs. Sion* ker's right to rcccivu end impart in­struction.

The petition lor a writ of error in tho case of tlio Chicago Socialists will bo argued in tho United States Supremo Court on Thursday, tlio 27th inst. (This iH written on the 2<lth.) Gen. 1). I \ Butler, (Jen, ling­er A. I’ryor, Cnjit. W. P. Black and Mr. Solomon aro tlio counsel of tlio Socialists, Will justice prevail?

W.

Mr. 1‘ritou thinks that demooraoy-is tho nearest that wo enu anpronoh, iu practice, to Anarchism. .Inasmuch as democracy (majorityism) is tho very opposito ot Anarchism, I fall to seo that Mr. F. has given us even a h in t as to tho real solution ot tlio difliqulty of recon­ciling Anarchism with every day life, it such dilUonlty thoro he. “Each man should keep withiu his owu sphere'’ is a cardinal priuclplo with AuarchistB. Roaring this in mind, will (ho restrain- meut ot actual invaders (criminals) bo a violation ot that principle? Certaluly it will not he. Rather, that is tho only prin­ciple which can justify their restrain- meut or “punishment,”

C u r d IV oni .H o w s I I i l l I-F riends H aumvs a n d W ai.k o ;: I

send you to-night the last installment of my reply to those parts ot Mr. Braden's speeches which were published m the Jlcgister, I am sorry I could not make them fuller, hut bciug constantly on tho wing I could not carry with we the documentary evidence I used iu my replies; besides that, editing a paper, speaking every day, writiug n hook and traveling has kept mo so much more than busy that I hare liad no time to do my duty by these articles.

I thauk you tor tho iutorest L ucirun lias taken m tho matter, and hopo you and your paper may “live forever,”

Moans H uli„.

PRACTICAL CO-OPERATION.Bv E. C. W alkeh.

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fr H I 3 G R E A T E S T A R E D . ( M f . I I

If I may judge frotri^ib© tenor of tb^ criticism in last issue, tinder tbe bead of "A Dangerous Remedy,” by “W.,” my ar­ticle on "The Greatest Need," in Luci few of Oct. 14,18 open to misconetrnc- tion, and has probably been xmscon- strned by more than one reader. To re­move all ground of misunderstanding

and to emphasize the new s inculcated in that article I ask the readers of Lu- cifeij to exercise the grace of patience while 1 once more go over tho mam points of said article. I t is perhaps needless to premise that no one is re* sponsible for the utterances or doctrines inculcated in the articles signed “H ./ except tbe humble individual who writes them, whether the impersonal pronoun “we” ib used or the individualistic and egoistic “I.” For common uso 1 prefer tho impersonal wo, ottrs and us, as being less offensively egoistic; but lest any one should infer from the use of the plural form that “II.” desires or intends to dictate a policy for L ucifer the sin gular pronouns will bo used in th is arti­cle, and perhaps in subsequent ones where there seems to be danger of the aforesaid erroneous inference.

First, then, I would say, in treating of the needs of the present day and pres- out hour,

There is need of Radicalism to point out the defects of the old systems, tbe errors of the old oustoms and doctrines, and to show to mankind “a more excel­lent way."

There is also need ot Conservatism, to select and preserve tbe good th a t has been left us as a legacy by the genera­tions ot meu and women who have lived on earth before our time.

R ut above all and beyond all we need the stroug common sense, the practical wisdom, that will enable us to utilize, to combine, the Radicalism, tbe Optim­ism, that the future otters, with the Conservatism of the past, that offers us tho treasures of human experience. In other words, wo need the common eenso that does not ignore present conditions, present environments; we need the. prac­tical ability that does not disdain to mnko the best of the materials that now lie within our reach. W e need to heed the homely wisdom that tells us that the human mind is never a blank page—that thero nro no J'oleau sheets” upon which wo eon write our Antonomiera—our In (iividunlistie, our Auarchistiatheories or 'doctrines. That the minds of the poo* plo with whom we have to do are written rill orcr with governmentnllsm—scrib­bled nil over with the precepts of au­thoritarians and m ajority-rulers. W e tlnd ourselves surrounded by n genera­tion of idolnters—meu nud women who worship idols (laws) of their owu mnk ing or made by their ancestors. These people [m u away from us in nngor— they stop their ears and burn our papers wbeu we talk of taking away their idols. Like MicnU of old they are ready to say, If ye take away my gods [laws] that I havo made, and the priest, [ruler that I have elected,] what lmve I more? See Judges xviii,CL These people imagine that they could not live without their “constitutions,” their “statutes” and their paternalistic rulers—for all of which the ballot-box stands as the fittest representative.

Now what are the dictates of common sense iu denliug with these idolaters? Shall we enrage them,endanger our own lives and out off our chances of useful work, by attacking their idols? Should wo uot rather say to them,

’Good friends, do not alarm your­selves. Keep your gods—-your statutes, constitutions and rulors—as long ns you tlnd them Decessary to your health and comfort; or, at least, so long os you find them necosssary to keep you from wrong-doing. I t [us I heard a man say ot himself not long since] the fear of tho law is all tha t keeps you from killing jo u r neighbor, against whom you have a grudge, then, for your stage of devel­opment, your law is, perhaps, a necessa­ry schoolmaster, n necessary evil. R ut because you are yourself an Idolater is no reasou why you should compol others to bo such also. Because you feel the need of sta tutes nud rulers to keep you from wrong-doing does not justify you m nssm&iug that all others need the same. If one man feels that the fear of hell is necessary to keep him from robbing his neighbor’s hen-roost* let him still believe iu hell,but it would cer­tainly be very absurd iu him to demand that all men should believe the same amt should help support the preacher whose business it ia to preach tha t dog­ma.

pies. Now a few words in reply to points raised by our critic.

1st. In speaking of tbe evils attend­ing tbe use of the ballot, o r majority rule, “W.” says, “ ‘Cease to do e v il/is an injunction of primary importance.' Very true. No one deprecates the “profitless craze of the campaign” more than I do. R u t “W." should remember that voting is not, o t itself, an evil. In ­stance, when a local policeman or a board of arbitration is needed, there is prob­ably no better way of making tbe selec­tion than by the ballot. Again: Sup­pose we have one thousand voluntary co-operators. A change becomes neces­sary in the business. The old business has proved itself unprofitable or unde­sirable, A dozen new plans are pro­posed, only one of which can bo adopted. The right of withdrawal is always ,cou ceded, of course, but as between the evils of withdrawal and those of compromise the co-operntor may choose tho latter, In this case there is perhaps no better way to ascertain the possible basis of compromise than by the ballot.

2d. The word "charlatan” was used by me not dogmatically nor arrogantly but m terrogatlvely aud hypothetically.

3d, “ \Y.” th inks tho “parallel be­tween the man sick from alcoholism and the one sick from baliot-boxism does not bold good, because “the former is his own slave m aster nnd his own chief vic­tim ; the latter is the m aster of others, and his may be the casting vote necessa­ry to keep one class in subjection to an­other ”

W hile it is of courseimpossihle to find metaphors th a t bold good ia all partic­ulars, yet even iu this instance it is not hard to find a parallel between the two diseases named. The inebriate from al­cohol is not always content with making himself drunk. Sometimes he tries to compel others to drink with him, or iu other ways, while under the control of alcoholism, he invades the personal or property rights of his neighbors. R ut I have been careful nlways to point out the necessity of tbe repeal or modifica­tion of all laws th a t would “keep one class in subjection to another,” This demand is in full accord with that clause

f the Declaration of Independence which declares th a t “all ju st powers of government are derived from tho con­sent of the governed.” Then if any part of the governed refuse their consent to certain laws these d&s6uters should be excepted from compulsory compli­ance with such laws. This principle has been acted upon in the case of the Friends” or Quakers. This sect of

Ctiristinns are opposed to war, oven in self-defense, nnd they have been ex­empted from military service. They al­so object to the legal formalities in re­gard to marriage, and they have been peclally exempted from compliance

with those formalities. I t has been nnd will be said that governments could not exist without compulsory payment of taxes, but history shows more than one instance wherein the necessary expenses of government were raised without com­p u l s o r y tuxutiou, ns in the case of the “Free Cities” of Germany, Iu short, ns before indicated in this article, we demand that the same principle shall hold in regard to state superstitions that are ostensibly applied to church super­stitions, viz: Let tho90 who w ant them, pay fo r them and let dissenters bo free to worship one god, a thousand gods—mythologie orstatute gods—or no god a t all, so long as they do not attempt to coerce their fellow-citizens, or deprive them of their equal share of rights.

“For znyeelf I want no State. For stat­utes and constitutional have no reverence, no worship. For human law, as law, 1 hav* □ot even respect. Statutes, laws, are simply the work of men’s hands nnd brains, aud, in so far as they invade the natural rights of man, they deserve and shall receive my con­tempt, my opposition, and not my respect or obedience. Bnt for yon, human law is a •ncred thing. To yon the voice of tbe peo­ple, f. r., tbe majority, is the voice of God. Your religions (superstitions) conscience tells you that a law must be obeyed anti! re­pealed bv tbe same power that enacted it. Now, yoo freely acknowledge that we have too many laws—that many of them are wrong in principle and hurtful In practloe. Yet yoa cannot or will not disobey these bad laws because of yoor conscientious scru­ples aforesaid. Let me help yoa oat of yoor dilemma. Agitate for repeat and I will help you in all possible ways, even to going with yon to the ballot box and casting a vote to bury the hatefol thing out of sight forever.

Thus far, by way of re-stating priuci<

VOTING I OR RUrEAI..I certainly do not think .that ‘‘voting

for repeal is n tacit admission of the right of the majority to docide how much of the citizen's private coucerns shall be under tho coutrol of 6ft’d majority.” Many instances can bo named wherein u law lias become a dead letter because of tho passive resistance to , o r general ig­noring of, said law—as the “blue laws” of Connecticut nnd the blasphemy laws ot many states. Rut it a man who con­stantly violates or ignores these laws should vote for their repeal it certainly would not be a ’ tacit admission of tbe right of the majority tocnactnud enforce such laws. By his conduct he has al­ready denied such rightjnow ho votes for their repeal iu order to p roreu tall fu tu re trouble in consequence of their possible enforcement, or attempted en­forcement.

Again: I ’aul aud Jesus, who were an- ti-marringeists, had patience with and charity for their weaker brethren who wore not “able to receive” tbe anti-urn?* ringe gospel, no I think the emancipated re. former should have patience with and char­ity for those who are only half-way out of the tolls of state superstition. Tbe logics! reformer could eay to bta brother,

This, it Beema to me now, is a more feasi­ble, more practical aud practicable way of getting rid of oar oppressive “governmental machine” than would be entire dependence on the passive resistance or “let-alone” poll cy. We certainly have tho Aulonomistlc, tho Individualistic right to isolate ourselves from those who cannot or will not rid them­selves at once of their inherited reverence for laws, law-makers, law-expounders and law-executors, but I most sincerely believe such isolation to be injudicious, not to say, self-destructive. Ab indicated in previous articles I think the philosophic Anarchists, Individualists, Autonomists, can, without any sacrifice of principle, co-operate with the Repealers and thereby greatly hasten tho total abolition of Authoritarian Gov­ernment—all government of man by his fel­low-man. II.

N ote? For several months past the junior has been office editor while I have spent much of my time on the ranch. This gives him the advantage of the “ last word” when­ever a difference of opinion arises, as must necessarily often arise among individualists* As a rale, these differences have not been of a naturo that would make it a matter of any importance as to who shall have the last word in any given number of LucxtEB,and being by □More and habit of a peaceful rather than belligerent temper, I lmve, generally if not always, waived my claim to the closing word in each discussions as have heretofore arisen between the conductors of L u cifeu . H . i

H O M ES ANI> O n G H i l l l l s /The fu tility of going to the animal

and vegetable kingdoms for illustra­tions of tho way iu which human beings should order their lives has often been adverted to in these columns. Comrade Lloyd’s attem pt to make tho tree in tbe orchnrd n typo of the Individu- nl’s home, emphasizes anew the fact that an ingenious appeal of this kind can, like an appeal to tbe Bible, establish any possible theory—so long as no one interferes with the delicately-woven web of exparte statements!

In tho outset, th a t I may not be mis­understood, I will say that, iu tbe main, I agree with our comrade so regard to the individualization of tbe home, and so I shall leave his argument uutouched, confining myself here to the eHsy task of showing that tho orchard is one of tho poorest possible types of the homes of free individuals.

Froporljt tbe orchard is a typo of the paternalistic, Socialistic, State. Tbe trees aro set by the bunds of an outside power, not primarily for their own benefit, their owu development and im­provement, bu t th a t said power may gathor from them the largest possible crop (tax) to r its owu comfort and en­richment. This well illustrates the ob­jects nud methods of the existing State.

The un ifo rm ity of the orchard is State Socialistic to tho utm ost degree. The differences between individual tree® are not considered. Everything is reduced to the dull level ot averages. The average number of feet of ground is fixed upon by a more or lees crude and arbitrary computation nud the trees that require more space nnd those that do not need so much are alike forced to abide by the decision of Authority.

There is no spontaneity anywhere in the arrangement.

“Centuries of practical experience” may have demonstrated that this uni­form arrangement is best for the interest ef the cultivator, although I much doubt it, for reasons that will bo given further along, bu t th a t It ia best for the trees has not been demonstrated. Tho tree has uot developed naturally; remove the coddling baud of man and it will be found th a t all these centuries of cultivation have not produced n spe­cies, or variety of tree that can survive in competition with the uncultivated spe­cies o r varieties. These orchard trees will speedily perish or revert to the an­cestral type. ' In this artificial civilization they are less robust nnd long-lived than their relatives of the thickets and groves.

Do we want tbs Home ot the indi­

vidual to be planted by the hand of Authority for tbe sake of the fruit (taxes) th a t th a t home will yield to this Authority? Do we want all individual differences to be wiped away and men and women made uniform in their wants and the means of satisfyingthoso wants? I s It possible to average said wants and yet give to each individual the opportu­nities to grow needed by that individual? Is it possible, in equity, to make eaob borne the exact counterpart of every o ther,in area aud dct’rabihty? Do we want the resisting and self-helping power o t men aud women weakened or destroyed by any system of artificial or­charding?

Mr. Lloyd says of bis orchard trees:Each tree grows after it« own ord» r and

fa-hton, freely : and if any are lop-sided here. * it Is because they chooso sn to bo, and not because they aro compelled.

This is io no sense true, as the expe­rience ot every orchftrdist in tbe West, if not elsewhere, bears testimony.. H un­dreds of thousands of farm ers know that they have, in the aggregate, lost m illions upon millions ot dollars through tho attem pt to mako their fru it trees w ithstand separately the trying changes of our climate. The young trees are removed from the protecting association of the nursery row and set in the orchard. Here they do not and cannot grow after their “own order and fushion freely.” They cannot “choose.” The prevailing southwesterly winds bend them toward the northeast and so their un­protected boles are exposed to the scorching rays of our utmost tropical sun. This hastens the ascent of tbe sop in the spring and retards its descent In the fall, w ith the result that late “cold snaps” in the spring and sudden freezes in the autum n distend and, burst the cells, eventuating in the splitting of the bark aud finally of the wood, the conse­quent penetration of moisture to the heart of the tree aud its rapid decay and death, in millions of instances the evil has been aggravated and the de­struction of the tree hastened by the “trimming u p ” which is such a mania with the m ajority of cultivators. This has made tbe tree too top-heavy, making it still more difficult for the roots to hold is erect in the loose soil against the strong pressure of the winds, and s u i t has leaned still more to the northeast aud the hot afternoon sun given free play upou its unprotected trunk.

Deliver us from the tree-in-the- orohard style of Individ m l Home, O Comrade Lloyd l W.

S U X IK W A T T H U 1 A P O S 1 T I O X ,Theboiml of directors of tho exposition ntid

a business meeting yostorday afternoon, at which they decided to rescind their former action wltu regard to keeping the exposition open on Sunday. There was a strong curreut or opposition setting In against the closing of thonoors on Sunday. A very largo majority of tbe working- class of neoplo, who taken strong interest Jn such display®, nnd whom they aro Intended lo benefit, were rendered umiblo to attend If the doors were closed fco them on the only day they are free.—K. C. ■ ‘Times “ Oct. £3

I t is d o u b tle ss known to o u r renders th a t a g re a t “ N ationa l E xposition” is now being he ld in K ansas C ity, M o.— th« la rgest nnd best perhaps over held in the w estern , o r, m ore correctly epeak- itig, the cen tra l p o rtio n of tho U nited States. T ho expofitiou build ing Is said to be of im m ense p roportions, “la rge r than any th ing of its lrind on th e co n ti­n en t.” I f wo mny judge from the daily repo rts o f a ttendance , and of the rig h ts and sounds to be seen nnd heard nt the exposition grouuds.tbe m anagem ent are to be cong ra tu la ted , aud may well bo pardoned fo r a little aelf-g ra tu lo tion and fe lic ita tion upon the success of the en terprise .

J t would seem, howover, from reports, such as th e one ju s t quoted , th a t the pathw ay of th e “d irec to rs” h as Dot nt nil tim es been strew ed w ith roses. As usual,tho Sunday question had to b e m et and solved. A t first th ey gave way to tho preBsnro fo r S unday closing, b u t so m anifestly u n ju s t w as th is ru ling , to the th o u san d s of poor w ork ing people who could n o t a tten d d u rin g th e week, th a t th e o rd e r w as rescinded. R u t only p a rtia lly rescinded, fo r w hile th e gates w ill be open a s on week days, the show w ill n o t be th e sam e. T he report Continues:

No machinery will 1>e lnrootlon.no wares will be offered fo r sale, unless It may bo re­freshments. and they can be had nnywhero at anytim e. Sunday at tbe exposition will ho moro quietly and soberly kept than on tfco streets of Kansas City. In tho afternoon thoro will bo a snored concert Riven by ono of the finest. If not tbe finest, company of mu. slciaps on the taco of the globs*

So, then , th e exposition on Sunday m ust be m ade as m uch lik e a church ns possible. M achinery m ust no t be iu m otion, b u t a com pany of m usicians, “one of tb e finest on tbe face of the globe,” w ill be U low ed to m ake more noise, perh ap s than a ll tho m achinery in m otion a t once could m ake. This com pany is none o th e r than the cole- b ra ted “G ilm oro b a u d /’o f “anvil cborus” fame, th e eound of whose instrum ents

In d ited to the “500 voices" ie said to &be simply deafening* I t is not stated ©Whether all tbeinstrumeBts are to bo used JJuti Sunday or not, but if not, why not? ^ V U y should the working people,who can

attend tbo exposition on no other day, be deprived of the pleasure, it it be a pleasure, of hearing all the instrum ents and seeing all the machinery of the place in motion? The music of Gilmore's band is not simply a Sunday feature of the exposition, bu t th rtr “engagement with the maringetr <Nitn is to Inst several weeks. The admittance fee will pre­sumably be the same on Snnday as ou other days, and if so, is it not legitimate to ask on what principle o f justice or equity can the management demand fiill pay for only a pnrt of the usual enter­tainment?

in a previous issue, while- speaking of the Sunday closing business, the Times used this language:

Not only a* a matfov of consideration for thcworkinsr population but for th« sake of the advancement of public Instruction and morality, reopening Inn exposition Sundays would be a butter policy. It Is u bad tlmo for the progress of a nation's morals when tho churches are ranged in opposition to lnco cent instruction because i t is not under their direction.

“True, O King!” bu t did the Times man ever know the time when the churches were not “ranged in opposi­tion to innocent instruction” and amuse' merits th.it were not “under their direc­tion?” Of course, m saying this we do not wish to ho understood as including

p^fjaU church people, or eveu all Christian ministers. Many of theso are better than their ecclesiastical governors, but that the policy of the church has ever been to oppose and destroy whatever it cannot control in its own interests, is indisputably true, and never more true than a t the present time. He

b 'l f tK l lC K ,My friend Finney, of the Wiusted

(Conn,) Press, takes quite decided ex* eeption to some sentences of mine in L vciff.r of October 7, I said th a t it was necessary that men of brains should “have more faith in the whole tru th that they see.” And l also said that the way to reform human conditions was for men and women with progress ire ideas to lead instead of following the masses. I see no reason to alter these statements.

eion and prejudice with - them. AVer© they content to live their own lives in their own way, and leave others undisturbed to do the same, they would not so often be shocked and frightened by the teach­ings of those who, as a m atter of self- preservation, are compelled to try t o ! lead” them—-by education-—to b e ite r!

views and ways of life.Is it "courting martyrdom” wheu u

inau tries to he honest with himself, to make his hf» harmonize with his belief and knowledge? For ebnum, comrade!

t tZeno bus very clearly shown that

there is a great difference lietnecn mo- uopoly of natural resources, nml privet© property in the fruits of one’s own labor. To confound property wilh monopoly

anything but reason,” he says. That ia my opinion, also. His illustra­tion of the hazel thicket, aud fishing-rod is a pt and conclusive. “I f there bo com­mon sense in deeming ownership of my rod ‘robbery* or ‘inouopoly* I should like to hear the argument,** soys Zeno. So should I . “Monopoly of Natnre’ the source of interest,' continues our correspondent. E ight again.

b e i n g t h e d i c t u m o f t h e m a j o r i t y ; t h e m a n is e n l a r g e d i n t o ft c o l o s s u s b y t h e m a j e s t y o f t h e m y s t e r y t

The editorial “ wo” is oue of the voices tlm udering on our ears a warning against msjorityism. In unmistakable language it tells u s that in America th e mau and woman are sinking out of sight in tho mass; they no longer have opinions of their own but delegate to the impersoual, irresponsible “we,**— the majority^—their right to think and speak.

Whatever wcIl-inUntioimtl reform edit­ors who were early in life indoctrinated will* tho false am] pernicious Christian idea oC “poverty of sp irit” (humble­ness) may think, the fact remains that there is far less of pretension ami srro- gtiuen iu the lion of “1” than of “wo” by editors. “ I” talks us man To limn, speak­ing upon liis own individual reeponsi-, bility. “Wo** epeilks as kings speak, with words weighted ns with authority, and responsibility is los) in the un ­known. *

b e l i e v i n g , m e r e l y b e c a u s e hejears t h a t I , s o n s t h a t b e l i e f , w i l l r o b hie h o u r o o s t ,

fc o t a r n s e m n s h i n g i d o l s w i t h m e n t a l c l u b s i s c o n c e r n e d , t h e r e i s n o g r e a t e r i c o n o c l a s t t h a n “ 1 1 ,” a u d u s I d o n o t p r o p o s e t o U 6 e a u y o t h e r k i n d i u b r e a k ­i n g t h e m , t h e r e i s u o r e a l d i f f e r e n c e b e ­t w e e n u s . A c a r e f u l p e r u s a l o f L ucifeu’b p a g e s f o r t o e p a s t f i v e y e a r s w i l l c o n ­c l u s i v e l y a l lo w t h a t h e h a s n o t b e e n o n e w h i t m o r e “ c o n s e r v a t i v e ” t h a n I S o m e o f t h e m o s t u l t r a “ r a d i c a l ” a r t i ­c l e s w h i c h I n t r o e v e r a p p e a r e d i n t h e p a ­p e r w e r e f m m h i s p e n , a n d i t w h s o n e

t 'f t h e s o w i n c h m o v e d t o b e t.l»o s t r a w n e c & E sn ry t o b r e a k t h a b a c k o f p a t i e n c e o f o n o o f t h e o l d m i b a o n b - e r s a n d s u p p o r t e r s o f I i u c i v n n . a m a n w h o clfTig t o bis “ i d o l s " with tho great ©fit tenacity a n d thought us a t our© tin* m o s t bKilifiliionl most w i c k e d o f in m * v a t o r s m i d “ r a d ic a l© ” f o r t r y i n g t o t e a c h him t h a t h e h a d n o t i g h t t o b r e a k o u r h e a d s w i t h h i s p a t e r n a l i s t i c “ c ru tc h .* *

B ut now Zeno gets off the track. He thinks *kafc increase of productive power has been accompanied by increase of want. I shall not dispute it. And when he says that this want has been caused by monopoly I ahull not demur, and I shall agree with him when he specifies th a t “monopoly of natural gifts*1 has been ti factor in producing th is want, but when he adds,—-“and (monopoly) of capital th a t should have been public,”— I stop to ask him, W hat capital “should have been public?” By “capital” he does not here mean the gratuities of nature, for he has just classified them as “n atural gifts*' and stated tha t their mo­nopolization is one o f the causes of wnut.

Perhaps, however, had I said that would-be reformers should keep in ad­vance of the masses, I should not have bean misunderstood, ns Mr. P» bns evi­dently misunderstood me, and so my critic would not Imre had to imply that

“ desire for domination,** etc., inspired my utterance.

“Men are not iufiamed by thoughts far above their own,” snys Mr. I*. I have no desire to “ inflame” men. I wish sim­ply to get them to think, and I know, as does the editor of the Press, that men are induced to think aud progress, not by listening to or reading thoughts upon the line of their own or in the rear of them, but those in advance. Tho vulgar demagogue may hide most or ntt the tru th he sees ami, by hypocrisy, bv catering to ttiolr prejudice* he may “inllamo*’ the masses, but Ue does not Impel them to think, Aud far better is it “to tell tho masses tru ths of which the masses have no comprehension,” than to cover truths, aud inflame them by appealing to their supposed interests, and love of flattery. You will not reach no tnauy ns will the time server and popularity imutor, to bo sure, bu t nei­ther will your influence vanish even more quickly tlma it came.

The fish iu the lake and the hazel thicket are “natural gifts,” aud so, in our search for the “capital tha t should have been public,” we have now to ex­amine only the status of the fishing-rod Zeno made and the fish he caught. Should they be regarded as public prop­erty, public cipitnl? Hear Zeno on this point. (Kepetition is absolutely necessary sometimes.) iieeays:

“The definition for *property*is, 'ex elusive right of possessing.* To con­found the term with monopoly is t any­thing bu t reason.** Again: “I f therebe common sense in deeming owner­ship of my rod ‘robbery* or monopoly,X should like to hear the argum ent Precisely, Zeno, and the onme is true of all products of labor, and we should like to hear the argum ent in support of the assumption that any of these pro­ducts “should be public” capital. Again Zeno: “The ‘right to withhold from use* is not the source of interest. Mo nopoly of Nature is tho source” Then as aocpsa to the raw material is the right of oil, mul as conversion of Hm raw ma­terial by labor into article© of m o ren­ders those articles prof»erty which tho converter has th e “e.xchisivo right ot poe- Koueiug,” aud ne it is uot rooKonable to confound Una possession with monopoly where are we to find the “capital that should hay© been public?**

Beading Mr. P 's strictures upon me, one not acquainted with him would naturally suppose that he trim s his sails to the winds of popularity, and tells only so much of the tru th that he sees as he thinks will be ac­ceptable to the masses. B ut such a con­clusion would not be iu the slightest degree warranted by the actual facte. There is no more fearless writer in America, upon nearly all the unpopular reforms of the day, than th is same Lucian Y. Piuney, Week after week, month after month, year after year, ho gives expression through his paper to ideas aud advocates principles th a t will not be understood and accepted by the masses fo ra hundred years. In short, he is,ns a teacher of reform, ju s t what I said the reformer should be, the utterer of the whole tru th which he perceives. And yet he scolds me for giving ih e advice! My bravo comrade! I m ust •mile at your glaring inconsistency J

“And the way of the masses is toeir own and the beet for them." Until they know better, perhaps, b u t not beet for ns whom they, with, the bludgeon of tho ballot, strike down into the m ire of pas-

Zeno is dotenmnod tu v im u that’ pos­session of labor frniU docs not ouuati- ' lute monopoly and that,therefore, time© fruits cim not rightfully be public property. Hear him onco more:

if a mind cannotsoe Injustice in monopoly of tbo b;izel thicket (or fish in tbo lake.) and ustlou in ownership of rav ro«l. nnd tho tUh . tnke, that mind is lucking* the faculty of

distinguishing between ttiU.gs that are dif­ferent.

I respectfully submit that Zeno has demonstrated tha t monopoly of natural gifts and opportunities is tbeebief cause of wnut, nnd tbnt B y p ro d u c ts of labor belong to the laborer and should not be made public property.

Humanity is not infallible, hence there cau be no “infallibly just restrain t or punishment.” B ut the more neatly we approach the Anarchistic standard, the less organized invasion has to do with the individual, the more we shall simplify I matters and the easier it will be to draw the line between personal rights and those acts of selfish Bgrninlizement which nullify those rights.

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I can see no valid reason for the use of tho plural pronoun by an independent editor, AYby an editor more than other men should seek such adventitious aid I do not know. The editorial “we” is one of tho surface indications of our in ­ward abnegation of individuality; we arc n o toon ten tto stand or full upon our own simple manhood, bu t m ast seek for our views the seeming support of the many, we tnuat give w hat is merely the opinion of one m au the appearance of

Finally, why should it bo taken as an indication of modesty for the editor to write “we” rather than “I ‘* while i t is considered perfectly proper for the preacher in his pulpit, the speaker upon the rostrum , fbe correspondent in the letter to his friend, tho teacher at his desk and the author iu h is book, to aay or write “I?”

t tEspecial atteution should be called.to

the fact that the 11th of“ November is not far away and so everything that is possible should iu tb e meantimobe doue to awaken interest in behalf of the condemned seven in the Chicago jail. This oflice has ju st received from LucyE. Farsous, the bravo wife of A. JL.Par eous.a package of thelAtter’s “Appeal to the People of America.” This sells at 50 cts. per hundred, per thousand, and may be ordered of us or of Lucy E, Parsons, 785 Milwaukee avenue, Chi­cago, 111. All receipts from sales are to be used label ping pay the expenses of the Appeal to the U. S. suprem e court. Send also for “Parson's AppoaUo tlieGovern* or, an open letter asking for his judg< m eat as a lawyer,” Act a t once, friends of free speech and justico. People in town who desire to know the facts should call and get copies of these documents. Free. «

t t iI t is the old stale objection of ortho*

doxy to Freoibougbt that tlie father does not distinguish between the good and the bad in tho past, but would "destroy all indiscriminately. No charge could be more untrue. And it is only tbo most radical investigation that enables us to distinguish tho good from tho bad, tho valuable from the worthless, nud so gives ns power to preserve anything.If we would avoid revolution nnd its in­evitable destruction of true and false together, each man who has n thought differing from those of his fellows must givo it voice. Do uotxuim] about those who cannot understsmd you, Cor them you are Dot talking bu t for fbueo who can u bile rat awl you, Never fear,there are plenty who will talk for tho fonder; the lutormodiate ranks will reinforce yon on the outposts and they in turn wilt be filled from thoco behind. Each man haw bisw ork to do, a work th a t is* not his neighbor's but ins own. The “common sense” method of ngilfttiou is for each uuir to speck /i/i thought those near­est to him; they shall transla ted to tbns-e afc n little greater dtfiinnco end so, if it he bottomed cm facts nud hummi iiroile, It will finally permeate the whi»U> mm-N and grow Into trium phant deeds of righteousness. Do not pu t the sen] of pHence on yotir lips or open them to speak ouly halt tho tru th you see ta»cnu** of feai tha t whole tru tk rw ill uot be un­derstood and valued. They will fin d th'cir otrn. AVith 'unerring instinct they will seek and link to yours all kindred minds.

t tInasmuch as Anarchists would, quito

as Burely as otUore, restrain actual crimi­nals, such cs m urderers, thieves and rapists, there is no question about letting the people retain their “idols ” m bo far as these idols are laws against sack Actual crimes, and so there is no difference be­tween any “common sense” reformer and myself upon th a t point, and noneod to take space discussing it. As is well known, I, no more then "II.,” aim a t the deetructionof “The Bestrainment,” only at the elimination of government. W here there is no divergence, why amplify? W hat I claim should bo clearly taught by every individualist is this, th a t while the man who thinks that he cannot bo kept from robbing his neighbor’e-hen roost except by the fear of hoi] lias a need for and a right to that belief, he has no Tight to vote fo ra law imposing fine and imprisonment upon mo for not

I t would seem that it should ro t b© necessary for mo to sny that in any purely voluntary association (from which, of course, withdrawal is attended by no penalties), where tho things which may be done by majority vote are clearly de­fined,and agreed to by all, and whore the officers (agents) elected have no duties to perfrom which invade the rights of umuvading nssocintors,—it should not bo accessory for mo to sny, I repeat, th a t iu such an association voting is io gitimato, because it is then confined to the selection of agents to perform cor- tain work which uU agree shall be sc performed, aud if nuy arc dissatisfied with the agents chosen they can freely loave with no fear of coercion.

And neither should it have been ne­cessary to say that I was not talking about tho voting in any such association as line, bu t in the existing compulsory state, which is nt the antipodes fromth* Free Society, I d id not for a moment supposo that it was required that should go out of my way in that article to provide against th is “switch” of “ ll.1 from the main track of argument, [i’Uftt I was talking about tho State, and it only, not nuy voluntary association, seemed perfectly clear.

As to endangering “onrowu lives and cutting oft our chances of useful work by attacking their idols,” the above re­m arks fully apply, aud in thosamocon section 1 will say that, up to date, so far ns we know, the “MnrUland letter” has played quite ns im portant a part ns any thing else in threatening at least the la tter result, and the letter found its way into these columns while tho “rndl cal” W. was in tho north and the “con servotivo” and “common sense” Hi in full control ns publisher and office editor. The mornlie obviou®, erpectally when we reoollect the bravely radical editorial from the Benior’s pen, in the second issuo following that containing the letter.

No>v, just a few words{oration of the gi*t of mytid e lost week' I t is absttrd to suppose thut those who thit-k they m ust vote vill confine themselves to voting for repeal, 77<oM« the lart thing in their minds. 1Vr co n tra ., they are, most oftlibin,1‘lead cure I hid; they could gat along © Ithout ]$w» of swy kind, laws either of t he restraining or nf the grm.-nmip st.rf, but they are equally sure that other peo­ple can nob and eo Ibey will continueto vote, not to repeal Iwwh Hint oppress o th­ers, not to make Ihwh for their own/ governance solely, d r even chiefly, but biwR to govern those who do not agree with them. Then why sngnr-ront n tru th which they will not occept one minute sooner because it is sugar- coated?

Lack of Bpaee nrevents further co; fiidcrntion of this subject in this issii-

T I mj V i i l l e y I*n 1 In D e b a t eMoses !lull's Eleventh fipeoch iu Kopiy to

Eld. Clntk Braden,QentUinen Moderators, Ladies and Oetv

tlemenlAll things come to nu end, Including Bro.

BrAdea's Mays of stating his proposition Ills arguments ended long ago, and with a few more propositions the statements end. His tliirty.third statement is ns follows!

Christianity gives to man n social organ­ization. the Church of God, perfect in its di­vinely appointed organs? with perfect com­mandments for obedienco, and perfect or­dinances and service* for worship and per­fection? perfect irnlh In morals nnd re igion, exalted nnd eternal themes for thought, cul­tivation and elevation, prayer, praise, be­nevolence and nobleness of life. It requires at man’s hand a perfect consecration of Ufa

proven; and nothing asserted but what has been asserted and wittiout even an attempt

‘ proof thirty-two times before. I am not astonished that Mr. Braden’s friends are ick of his mode of conducting this debate, I would l>e If I were they. Now, let us search nmoug thla everlasting string of words nnd *ee what ideas cuu be found.

1. Chrisiiauitv gives to mva a social or­ganization.

This social organization is perfect, with perfect oommivuCkreuts, tru:hs aud morals nnd religion.

A U require* of ineu n perfect consecra­tion—love to God, etc.

These are tho prujnwiHonR simplified and itnmht wtlhiu y.mr com? rctienslon. now let

examine them,1. Do<\» t'hii*ti.mit\give to man it wtoinl gmii/Hluut'* If by this Mr, Braden mean* mfor that man m.d no “eo-*nl qr^anlza-

K>n"lwtoru, l.« tr. mistaken, Tvom the Bible utiehe*-that iliu church with Its “ni pointed >rgau« Hud perfect <*immaudMiewiht> wa* an Ut institution when <Te*u% the supposed mi­ll >r of Christianity, was born. Tn Matt, viH: 17 Josus rocoguize* the church aabe- ug an old institution when ho was ou •irth. So if the churoh was what Mr. Bra- leu refors to, U'wa* old, uot only among the r©ws but each nation had ft “nodal organ!* ation” corresponding to the church. If he efers to the various "social organizations” {□own ns churches, to«dny the organization* vhich have existed only to persecute those of different opinion I would like him to name

ho one he moans, Does ho moan tbo “so­da! organization” known ns tho lloly Catb- ilio Church? that is the oldest organization >f the kind to-dny, nnd would exclude him a* quickly aa It would me; and probably, if it had the power, would burn him at the stake

quickly ns It did millions of other heretics. If ho does not refer to aU tho church©* let him (ell ua which he dove mean, Christianity has given u« all or one or uono of thoso organizations. Wheu he poiuts out tho cue Christianity gave with its perfect command* nnd ordinances I want to compare it with others, Alexander Camp­bell said:

The various worshiping establishment* throughout Christendom, cemented together by their respective volumluouH confession* of faith, q?‘C not churches o f Jesus Christ but tho legitimate daughter* of the mother of harlots, the ohurchof Koine,”

Thus,according to the founder of the sj stem thatMr.Bmden proaclios.neitlior the church o Rome uoc tho"worehlping establishments ce.' monied by thetv respective voluminous con­fessions of fatlh” are chnrchos of Christ. 1 foar-TIro. Brnden’s “social organization**!* of late date, and u very small affair. * *

l?. Where are tho perfect commandment* and ordinances in Mr. Braden's “social or­ganization,” that are not everywhere else? that were not before Christianity, and that 1 cannot find whore Christianity was never heard ot? Come, Bro. Braden, these asser­tions are getting n little monotonous, pieave to favor us with a little proof,

3. I ngreo with Mr, Braden, that Christ­ianity requires of man a perfect consecra­tion, but to what? to superstition; to forms and ccremouies, not io nnnliood. Accord­ing to Dr. Draper, the consecrnUou Ohrisl* innlty to shrine cures, to form* nnd cere- ruonlos and to vermin, held the world back from progress fully oue thousand year* Wheu the Mohammedans got Into Spain then consecration to science—to 7uatarto Hisdi'ca; Io physiology, to mi;iioiny,to nation* .»ny, to mathematic* nnd the other soiouee* -moved the world onward very fast, hut

when Christian* got In thorn im-i drove these i ©.former* out, tho hand on tho dial plate of progrt** turned backward, These follows who killed humanity did it for the love of Jod. They were “coihoci* bed t-> God,”

mi*r». than any people hive been since.I.nt Mr, Bruthm, huleuJ <*f *l/m.Hug },©•••

ntifl romUm; Ins Hialu propo^htorH, point cul fh© good Christianity ho* clone that would oot have been done nud theiehcmi noOhr.st. iuody. Vrhon he does that hi* Christltm friend* may regain some of (lie Interest iu his f-iilu <>f this debut©, which h been on the

an*' c\ei‘ since ho read fit** first propouf Ion, Mr. Braden would, If he uonW, iu his ftth

oroiy within lead us to hoUovu that without Christianity children would not love their aments, wive* their hnsbaiul* nor husband* h«-If wive*. Thl* would do very wall If it vet© tint u fuel- that jit the animal kingdom ilrrtost everj thing will fight for its young tud It* rant©. Beside*, tli© heathen* all did jh'o snmo The h«vo of companion*, of pn-

jh-nt* nnd of chikb on was a particular feature »f the o<U Teutonic tribes, nnd It was preached and practiced Among ni’ nations ns far back nt lea*t ns Zoroaster, long before Mosen* day- Cicoro and Seneca both en­joined It, Seneca asserted that he who bent hi* wife or his child laid sacrilegious bands on tho moat sacred thing* In die world.

Mr. Braden’s other two propositions have been root so often in the previous ones that I will not reply to thorn again.

—love to God with hi* whole being nnd his j neighbor *» himself—a life molc’od aud reg-1 nlated by this rule of life which is perfect in 1 teaching Aod model.” 1

Hero i* a long and verbose proposition, |'V.'li'.Valcuar, Maumnir't Iowa, but what is there in it? absolutely nothing j Kansas City, Mo., Dr. 0 , Loxm MftrffUr

LIST OF OVll AUTHORIZED AG EXT# Carthage, Mo.—E. H. Galloway.ITeir Offy,Kalis,—-Dr. J . B< Cooper. Hcnmmonville, Kan.—J. McLaughlin, Omaha, Neb.--James Griffith,1712 Dodge B* Leavenworth, Kim.—II. H, Hatchenson, foplin, Mo.-—J. Henrietta «fc Bro,Joplin, Mo.. (E ast)—Goo H, Hutchinson, Humboldt, Kan., Wm.Kath.Burlington, ” Chris. Brown.Garnett, H 0. Gregg- Ottawa, ” \V, W, Froze*.Cedar Junction, Knn., J-O, Collins. Burlington, Iowa,—Werner Bc&cklin.West Burlington, lown.—James Toft, Baccess, Kan.—Chau. Dininuy,Balina Kan., J . M. Itten.Scranton, Kan., John F. Young. CarbondnU*, Kan„ James 8 , McDaniel. Preston, Iowa, John Darant,M.O. llicks, Hiloam Springs, Ark.II, L. Joshn, Mankato, Mum.

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A HEALTH CORSET—Oh,doyou wearaeorsct? - ,

1 wear ft corset too;Hut the corset that cnclrcdeth me.

3a the arm of my own loro true.' ll* period lu Its at;

I m sure If helps uiy1 forint ll’sbones 1 hope will never break?

•Tls—Oso yloldlng,soft iimSwiirin!' Ifs cords pa&s round my beitrJ,

And tighter draw each du>*.I'uiVtry sure they ne’er will purl.

Will never, never, knot nor fray.It gives jnngroHt support,

And forms ft perfect btav?, ( H teems so indlspeusablo, '

f, l long to wear It night nnd da3'.* *o, If >ou wear a corset,> t wear u corset, loof >. r Hut the corset that eneircleth roe,

.- y Is the arm of my own lore true,J. Wm, Lijivp.

Gruhamyille, Fla.• TJJR CIl0w AND THU FOX.

*»-*. a master crow, perched on fttreo one day,, Was holding in hts beak a cheese;

». Amaslcr.fox, by the odor drawn that way, •** *• Snake unto him in words fikothenej good morning, my Lord Growl

How well you look? how bandsotno you do " growl. . *|»on my honor, If vour note

Hears a resemblance In yourcoiM.'•'You nro the Phoenix of tho dwellers In these

woods.”•’ A t these words does the crow exceedingly .. . rejoice?

And, to display hla beauteous voice," Ho opens a wldo beak, lets fall his stolen

. goods.The to* seized on’t, and said: 4 My good

monsieur,- ‘Learn that every Ihittercr

Lives nt the expense of btmwho hears Mm out? 'This lesson Is well worlh a cheese, no doubt "

' Tim crow, ashamed and much In pain.\ Swore—but u Utile late—they'd not catch him

. so again, La Fontaine.

I r l a l t l l s l c l l o i m i n A m c r l e n .'And bo* wo hav© tho horrors of tlio

Irish evictions lu America nt Inst, Iown . papers giv© purticulurs of numerous ovio-• tions In O'Brien Anti other counties, by <"tl!©"hgeot8*of tho Duke of Hutherlmid

ad(1 other British noblemen,which equal jn h o rro rs tho worst over known m Iro-

. land. These wero not ovictione of ten- ' a r ts either, bu t of homesteaders whom Geu. Sparks says have a perfect right to their homes. Tho luml in questiou was eold by the McGregor Ihiilrond Go. to the English nobles, bu t nano road was built tho land has been declared for­feited and subject to homestead entry. All tho rest of that and much of several adjoining comities belong to n sot of British snobs, whose power ia supremo over their British born comity officers, aud tho U. H. Marshal is also one of the ICuglish snobs, hence tho settlers are powerless unless sustained by the State or general government. I t is said that even the forme of law wero disregarded and much unnecessary cruelty prucUcod, .One very aged and sick woman wua put on the bleak prairie in a cold rain storm

■Hud died before morning, and muuv cases of equal hardship are reported, Tho hypocritical satauiu press, which gronus over tho miseries of Ireland, is silent ns tho grave over those hellish proceodiugs, for fear i t may hurt their tmrtyriiiid opeu the peoples’ eyes to the lufaiuy they have brought on our eoun-

jtry .—.'inH’-J/ono/iof/sf,(Enterprise Kne.)

^ ' T h e r a a r e h o r r o r s o f d e g r a d a t i o n w n l k i h g o u r s t r e e t s b y d u y a u d b y n i g h t ,

5 t h f t t , c o u l d o u r g i r l s u n d e r s t a n d , w o u l d -l p r o v e a n e t T e e t u a l b a r n c r o s B t h e p a t h " t p ^ f u i u . A n d y e t , s h o u l d w e u s o t h e

n e e d e d w o r d s t o p o t t r n y t h e s e h o r r o r s ,. p r i n t a u d s e n d t h e m f o r t h , e x ­

p r e s s l y o s a w a r n i n g , w e t o o w o u l d b o p u t b e b i u d p r i s o n b a r s .• What in the name of luunuuity is it that makes tho people eo stupid? Why do they permit this gradual abridging of our liberties to go on? Ouly think of it—a secret tribiiunl for the Ameri­can people. Not so, do you say? Theu' loll us how you cau find out what tho words are> for which Walker and H ar­man nro arrested for printing uud send­ing through tho lunila, Sbonhl we rc»- print aud send them to you wo aro lia- bJ© to arrest; beside, wo do notkuow, nor bow to find out without violating the law or paying express charges on o letter. We, ns a free people, have a right to know for what our fob loweUtzeua ur© condemned, or are ar­rested and awaiting a trial which is de­ferred from time to time to su it tho pouvenieuco of the prosecutors and an-

“hoy tho prosecuted—wo have n right to know, b n t we aro denied the use of the United States mails. Wo aro a free people—-wo nre.—Hois Waisbrookor,Fimutla t ton J ’rf«ciph's.

.i in i *r<» n n ?The symptoms of Biliousness nre unhap­

pily hut too well known. They differ iu dif­ferent individual s to some extent, A HU- iou* man la seldom n breakfast eater. Too frequently, alas, he has an excellent appe­tite for liquids but none for solid* of rwnorn- ing. H»a tongue will handy bear inspection at any time? irit is not white and furred, it ia rough, nt all events,

Tho digestive system is wholly out of or­der and < ianhervor constipation may be a symptom or the two may alternate. There are often hemorrhoids or even lo*« of blood. Th^re may be giddiness aud often headache and acidity or tlatulenco and tenderness in the pit of the stomach, To correct all this if not effect a euro 1tj* GreenV Augn^t rtow, er, it coats but o tritle, and thousand* attest its ftEkJaty,

—FK E E -P h A T P 0 K M -

Editoru Lucifer! Within fiud »l,2Mo ap­ply on‘n»y subscription to your very valuable paper. I am glad to know one editor who dare* lonny-what be believes to be right (With­out fear or fnvor.

__ ̂ Yours lor the thalh,Jane Bike Wright.

Maquoketa, Iowa, 10-12-’8".li

t'ubiUhev* o f Lucifer: Iuclosed please find #5.00 with which I subscribe for jour paper Bucifui, the balance please place to your “Defense Fond.”

Though Anarchy might be ifiy Ideal hi practice I would favor democracy as the nearest wo could approach it, iuvolviug laws which prove absolutely necessary, and be­sides it needs legislation to but abolish ex- luting laws. Fraternally,

Juuva G. Fiuxon. St. Louis, Mo., 10-lS-’87.

Hannan and Son: Inclosed please find Jlficts. for three months subscription to I.vci- fes, and “Common Sense on the Sexual Question,” Sorry I am not able to send a year’s subscription find $100for books to dis­tribute, but—pou well know that the reform­er is seldom blessed with a sarplas of lands.

Wishing you success in all your endeavors to free the masses from social, political and ecclosmsUcal slavery,

Yours, Ac.,J ames \V. Adams,

Mulberry Grove, Kas., l(M0-’87.Hanna u ifi Son: The sample copy of Lu­

cifer lias come to hand. I have read it with care and much Interest. Tho’ I had never heard of the publication before I have seen nothing in it to criticize, but much that has my heartiest approval. I am getting a good many sample copies of papers cf Irte but mnch to my regret I can not subscribe for oil I’d liko to have. But I propose to try Lu­cifer for three months, Iuclosed you will find 2."c In silver. This capitalistic fraud of n government haR got all our little cnrrcncy so it’s only coin or postage stamp* we poor devils of I ho frontier can get to send for our papers, Ac. Yours,

F hed II. McGowan. Aztec, Arizona, 10-7-’87,

Editor* Lucifer: Inclosed you will find Money Order for $2.u0. Bend Luoirzn one year to iny address.alfio one oopy ofIrev,e;ihe rost use for your defense against Comstock nud Kansas bigots, 1 hope the Liberals will nssiest you nnd also Mrs. K. D. Slcnkor, so your trials wilt not cost you anything. It ought not to cost you oue cent, because this is not your cause alohe; every lover of Free Press and Free Speech has an interest iu it, but 1 am afraid Libenlismls degenerating Into specialties. Some of tho reforms which yon advocate are not respectable enongh for aome of our Liberal pupers? they like to di­vorce nil social questions from Freethought and only oppose the churqh; it Is ao right iu this neighborhood. With only a fow excep­tions, the Liberals havo ouly evoloted out of Uie church and if you extend your Liberal­ism to reform in tho department of love and marriage, yes, even to labor reform, you're nFree Lover aud Anarchist, I have been boycotted and ostracised for the last two years by Liberal and Christian bigots be cause 1 daro to sponk my .opinions, but, no matter whether they suit tho majovityor not, I shall coutiuae to do so.

I hope that yon will gain jour suit and come out all right, but if you need more help make it known in Lucirra and you can count on ine for two dollars.

Yours for liberty,W.M. II. libEKSE.

Talent, Or,, ltM0-'87.

H e rn ia o l l l c a t t l t .I u selling physiological works 1 menu to

iuclndo subscriptions to physiological aud hygienic papers as well, l ’npers nve more valuable in many respects than* books, bo cause they contain the newest qnd latest ideas ou theso subjects, As I have just road the September issue of thel/m th l of Health, published by li. of II. Co, (I*. O. Box 2171, New York! I will say a few words in com- mfcndation of this favorite magazine which has been giving us nil good advice for the last thirty-seven years,

Tho issue before me contains some thirty artlclos and items, The first is ft warning ou “Cigarette Smoking,” and one that is in- valuablo if only heeded. The next is ”Tho Poor Health of American Women” which is attributed to a w«»t of out-door physical cx- ercisomgirlhood,and the precocion.Sjdevelop- meat of mind. It advises active duties nnd Activity of intellect aud feoliug, onlj not precociously so. Work in open air is the great panacea—pleasant, healthful, enjoya­ble work with ti e munxin it. Frosh olr nnd suufhine Indoors, healthful dress and diet, congenial companionship, you will all soo that these nro tho roal neul.i of all women. One article fiko this is worlh a jenr’s sub­scription.

The magazine treats of heredity end nil that creates, as well as builds up, tho wisest, hap­piest and best hamnuity, aud the wholo of this nt only $1 n year.

Order of Excuse f>, Str-NKfcr,.SnowvUlc, Vn.

or Lvcifkh.P ra jM 'itj ' vs. ? In iio (m l3'.

Mr, Janies has demolished Malthus, as I shall show l»y quoting his statcmenis?

1. “ The i>oort‘M class iu a civilized com­munity can live at least as comfortably ns a savage chief.” If so, for them eubsisteuce U certain.

2, “Bot relatively to some.other com­modity, there is said to be overproduction,” etc. But even the lower quantity of this re­lation is sufficient for bare subsistence, for it equals the fare of a savage chief;

C, From the above, Mr. James 'deduces Mr. Malthus’doctrine: “ Population presses upon subsistence.”

Stated briefly: The poorest may subsist; relatively to this poorest subsistence, an ov­er-production is seen {therefore peopleetarve becauso nature canuot produce subsistence forjall. Is this logic?

But the premises'nre false. The poorest do not fare as welt a« the savage chief; for the latter never starves, while mauyiu civilization do, unless helped by charity’. And if charity can find food for the poor, the fact proves that nature is not to blame.

If the savage can subsist' without machin­ery, civilization with machinery ought to and does prevent population from pressing upon subsistence. No case of starvation can be charged to the failure of the earth to produce. I t is oselessto dodseMal ttiusianism by 6tnting other questions. The question is: Does nature produce hurann beings,with wants,beyond the capacity t>f the earth to supply those wants? Mr. George, soys, No, nnd his position is, so fat, impregnable.

“Under the system of remuneration for work alone there could bo no over-produc­tion and no .crisis.” Tho Socialist’s posi­tion precisely’. I have not opposed it.* Now let Mr. James explnin how a mnn can enjoy tho remuneration for his work without exclu­sive ownership in the wealth his remunera­tion buys,'oc “ the power to use or withhold from n«e,”

The definition for property is: “Exclusive right of ?ios»essmg.” To confound the term with monopoly is anything bot reason^ Here is a thicket of hazel shrubs and a lake full of fish. I select a branch nnd, by iobo*. prodnoo a fino fishing rod for my exclusive use; it is property, But if I claim owner­ship of tho thicket nnd allow no ouo else io get a rod, that is monopoly, ,If there bo common sense in deeming ownership of iny rod “ robbery" or “monopoly,” I should like to hear the argument. The “right to with hold from use,” is not the source of interest. Monopoly of Nature is tho source. Prohibit me from cutting a branch for n fishing rod, nnd I must pay interest to one who has two rode.

Mr. James will not recognize “different kinds of property,” It is useless to argue with color blindness. Using my illustra­tion? If a mind cannot see injustice in mo­nopoly of the hazel thicket (or fish in the lake,}and justice in ownership of mv rod, and the fish I take, that mind is lacking the faculty of distinguishing between things that are different.

“Does not the ownership of a thousand sheep bv oue uau render it less easy for an­other to keep ten sheep?”

Decidedly not. This palpable fallacy is the parent of “property is robbory.” One of the ten slice p requires no more urea of grass than oue of the Ihousaudjaud a leg of one will teed ns many people ns a leg of the oth. er; And to preserve the bone for to-morrow’s soup, is to rob the man who has no bone, nnd may not have earned one! Do you doubt*WM that Mr. Jaiuei is a communist? This bone illustration is reductio ad absurdmn. We n\ny now state tho aphorism thus: Fradence is robbery;or Provision for to-morrow is rob­bery,

Some meu think the easiest way to get subsistence is to rob others by for^e or stealth. They aro wrong, but while they think so, they must be restrained. 1 will worship neither the power that formed their imperfect minds, nor the powe’’ that re­strains; (, e,, god or Uncle Sain, I worship nothing. I want to hear more about the scrip that woe suppressed,

“That tho size of families decreases as the powers of production increase is one of the reckless assertions of nnti-Mallhusiaus,”

Vlace tho above against the following from Mr. James* former letter:

“Tho most favorable condition for r rapid increase of population is the facility of get­ting a Imre living, and that this does not oo- cur in old countries where wealthof all kinds is produce -, bnt iu new countries where •hog and hominy* are cheapest.”

Though Mr. Jamoa denies that want in­creases with the increase of productive pow or, I beliove it true, nnd that ©very observer may verify its truth. But tho increase of productive power ia not tho cause of the want; monopoly is tho cause, monopoly of natural gifts and capital thntshould be pub­lic.

Mr. James does not thiukthat the“agen!»” employed to guard sheep, would fill his agreement, if ho concluded that bis employ- crowned too many sheep. The agent thus assumes to limit property wild proceeds to distribute sheep among all who apply. Ho ought at least to forigti his position, to innko way for p faithful agent.

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