Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 429, 11 ʻApelila 1892 — WHY ARE THE MANY POOR? [ARTICLE]

WHY ARE THE MANY POOR?

Editoh Ka Leo We Ki« I» i oomp«llti.v« soeiety «ilh Capital in tbt huuii of indiTidualt.. Wlul are tbo mulU ? A low. nro v*ry rkb, «ono «ell 6|T, tbe majomty īw povxrtt. and a vufct naaiber in mi®ery. v la tb» a jnat aad «laa antm, wortby ol bumanity T Cto we or ean we not improve it ?

|" ' Ki"/ner c V,ns , o. -a •!."<£ v;o ar<: fc o rzcr «?.y \o i auel b\.oau?e h\:ch genera: ;gnorance prevails bo:h as to tb® evi!s to whieh our i'fida«tml di*Qrfcr io* •▼itobly fti7M aitd &i to our power to Uk#a. .Tlm eompetitive system, 6&ch .to stfiiggKe afaia«t end ea&hlee a liw to apppro* pdftt* Ote nwilth ofthe e©fcm»aitr, iaa mftMh§ft whkOi perpetuetee sasjref tHe #viiB of the tges ol op*it with sn added( pkscp teleks of trftde eo vile stnd eflutCwipHhk that worde oanoot ■iitwil>ly deoo«iiee Uiem. WlMteMiheeeid io &Tor of a hteeds and tokrate» &e M«ved "aiaah**," who litree withe«l a etroke of «sefal work; the wage-elave #ofleerB t who toil k the mere moGkery of a human lile; the algect panper and the Ish« mai - minded criminal; — whieh makee ineritable and constant a thf€6*€ornere<l duel of dishom>*ty between the producer. the > nian antl the co:iS'.;:;:;i , r■? j \Vhat i» <' ; ■'>f p:<..]u r.f ,1 r:;u.--s cf :h rt r * •" m * y\r.;. | It> u«'j is V» L-.' :*.• : iii >:ir t g jil to the btiief:l of rl j: ::? f»bu*e in leaving it iu the haiieU of a fe\v to waete its revenues in their own pereODal gratiScation. The present sfltem givēB to tiie few the powei totake from tbe wwken a img« porUeo of the product of their labor—the labar whioh alooe makei froitfal tl» oapital beqimthed bj generation9 of eoeial induetry.

What do6o it gives to tbe many ? Their poiiioo is poverty. This w the in«yitable ontcome of their competition for wajres, and none know 80 we'! as the!■ worktrg. the full hurden ot that terri»?le «r.d lcng c>nt>nued. •n'uioh i-:s .mo", m• :< !v ' y ;•"/ v ' by ;;«•>. - . : ■ vr V • . vii" ' if. '. < : lii tj.j l»Col are ex|) f ' -..le.l ;o . uiMUiy- tliv . est of,virtv -f. Chv 4 Mnty iiivl «n--c?nain wajri'g th» v n.u.-l Bt\:ppl<»to' inai()tn.iri the imU'jM>nd?ncr\ nelfrespcct. Antl honf>ty of īnen and wo men, ar.d put by Bouis-tbing for the rainy day that ip sure to eonie. Let the least depresBioa Uke plaee in the }abor market and th& w<wrker is pitled agaii»ftt his fellow. The poTerty of one ia underbid by tht ffmter neea of another, and Um eo«npetition fov work redu<*t the hi||ieat w«me of eome and the iow«Kt wageofall ooeopalim to a pittaneejQ«taboTeBUrvation point* at whktb Ihe leaai laUur» of tvork or hMlb k«ds to paopeHom. Thk haptie&a to noarly «v«| «dwr; «kttittlM oapitali»t offcea retire* with a m wfekfe he, ekiMiwa a®( 13s *&*««* ebildrea litO withcKit wMt iodt»* try. InaiaMa of impM ferUa« aak)ng ar% «een on «wjr h*nd. Thr famUing apiijfe of ooa* »erce of ow Um it ea*?, fer men who Nnajrd btton prindple, lo aaiart w«&Hli. B«l wh*rearethocbi)dr4&oft!ieee wUoe work mdt tiie lb|rtai»f Th«r [toiMmxs «Mrtinjf io na)it for a

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