e.

"They have learned, that the competitive system, by the very nature and
terms of its organization, obliges its followers to be selfish, cruel,
heartless, unmanly and unpatriotic. They have learned, that its reign
has become so dominant, that it justifies a recent writer of most
excellent wit, who declares that 'Man by birth, education and training,
has become so essentially selfish, that no preaching has any effect upon
him, if it does not advise him to lay up treasures for himself
somewhere.'

"They have learned, that the dangers which most seriously threaten the
perpetuity of our Republic, do not come from the clamor of dissatisfied
laborers, who are wrongfully accused of law-breaking; but, that these
dangers do come, from the lawlessness of capital, and the anarchy of
corporations.

"They have learned that so far as the interests of the working units of
the Republic are concerned, or care for its continued existence as a
representative government; the press, the university, and the pulpit,
have all been syndicated and censored by the competitive system to such
an extent, that they can no longer be trusted to furnish teachers,
leaders, and guides.

"They have learned, that the only safe course is, for the people to
depend upon themselves, to develop and establish a new social and
industrial order, from which shall spring a class of incorruptible
leaders and statesmen, whose pure, unselfish motives, dominant, evenly
developed minds, and superior ability, shall mark them as fitting rulers
for a more perfect Republic. Such a Republic as shall meet the demands
of a twentieth century progress.

"They have learned, that the remedy indicated is a change to an
industrial system, that will secure to the laborer an equitable share of
the benefits, which follow the introduction of labor-saving machinery.
Under such conditions, the laborer himself, having more leisure and
unexpended vitality, will be stimulated to increase his available
resources by cultivating his brain capacity for invention, thereby
largely increasing his power to produce.

"After many years, the rank and file of the workers in the labor unions,
have learned, that self-employment is the key to the situation. Although
late, they have learned, that if all the money wasted in unsuccessful
strikes, had been invested in the purchase of choice locations,
undeveloped mines and mineral lands, and in the erection of
manufacturing plants, the labor question