Part 21 (2/2)

The friends of the abuse cite particular instances; they name the persons and their workmen ill be disturbed, while the poor devil of a reforood_, whichthe masses This does not have the effect which the other has

Thus, supposing it is a question of abolishi+ng slavery ”Unhappy people,” they say to the colored s, but he also distributes rations”

It is not seen that it is not the master who feeds the slave, but his own labor which feeds both himself and master

When the convents of Spain were reforars, ”Where will you find broth and clothing? The Abbot is your providence

Is it not very convenient to apply to hioes, we see e lose, but we do not see ill come in its place”

They do not notice that if the convents gave alive them more than they could receive back

Thus, workmen, a monopoly imperceptibly puts taxes on your shoulders, and then furnishes you ith the proceeds

Your false friends say to you: If there was no monopoly, ould furnish you work?

You answer: This is true, this is true The labor which the monopolists procure us is certain The promises of liberty are uncertain

For you do not see that they first take ive you back a _part_ of it for your labor

Do you ask ill furnish you work? Why, you will give each other work With the er be taken from you, the shoemaker will dress better, and will make work for the tailor The tailor will have new shoes oftener, and keep the shoemaker employed So it will be with all occupations

They say that with freedom there will be feorkmen in the mines and the mills

I do not believe it But if this does happen, it is _necessarily_ because there will be more labor freely in the open air

For if, as they say, thesemills can be sustained only by the aid of taxes imposed on _everybody_ for their benefit, these taxes once abolished, _everybody_ will be more comfortably off, and it is the comfort of all which feeds the labor of each one

Excuse reat a desire to see you on the side of liberty

In France, capital invested in manufactures yields, I suppose, five per cent profit But here is Mondor, who has one hundred thousand francs invested in a manufactory, on which he loses five per cent The difference between the loss and gain is ten thousand francs What do they do? They assess upon you a little tax of ten thousand francs, which is given to Mondor, and you do not notice it, for it is very skillfully disguised It is not the tax gatherer who comes to ask you your part of the tax, but you pay it to Mondor, the manufacturer, every time you buy your hatchets, your trowels, and your planes Then they say to you: If you do not pay this tax, Mondor can work no longer, and his employes, John and James, will be without labor If this tax was reet work yourselves, and on your own account too?

And, then, be easy, when Mondor has no longer this softhis profit by a tax, he will use his wits to turn his loss into a gain, and John and James will not be dismissed Then all will be profit _for all_

You will persist, perhaps, saying: ”We understand that after the reforeneral more work than before, but in the meanwhile John and James will be on the street”

To which I answer:

First When ees its place only to increase, theon the street

Second There is nothing to hinder the State froes of labor in the transition, which I do not et out of a rut and get into a condition which is better for all, and which is certainly more just, it is absolutely necessary to brave a few painful rant that it may be the same with employers

Well, because you are workent and et it It is surprising that they discuss such a subject before you, speaking of wages and interests, without once pronouncing the word _justice_ They knoever, full well that the situation is _unjust_ Why, then, have they not the courage to tell you so, and say, ”Workmen, an iniquity prevails in the country, but it is of advantage to you and it must be sustained” Why?

Because they know that you would answer, No