Protest Against Industrial Capitalism From One Aspect

I Am A Catholic. As Far As Possible, I Go To Mass Every Day. This Is A Rosary. As Far As Possible, I Kneel Down And Tell These Beads Every Day. If You Reject Me On Account Of My Religion, I Shall Thank God That He Has Spared Me The Indignity Of Being Your Representative.

Loss And Possession, Death And Life Are One, There Falls No Shadow Where There Shines No Sun.

It Has Long Been Recognized By Public Men Of All Kinds. . . That Statistics Come Under The Head Of Lying, And That No Lie Is So False Or Inconclusive As That Which Is Based On Statistics.

When The Mass Of Families In A State Are Without Property, Then Those Who Were Once Citizens Become Virtually Slaves. The More The State Steps In To Enforce Conditions Of Security And Sufficiency; The More It Regulates Wages, Provides Compulsory Insurance, Doctoring, Education, And In General Takes Over The Lives Of The Wage-earners, For The Benefit Of The Companies And Men Employing The Wage-earners, The More Is This Condition Of Semi-slavery Accentuated.

When The Mass Of Men Are Dispossessed - Own Nothing - They Become Wholly Dependent Upon The Owners; And When Those Owners Are In Active Competition To Lower The Cost Of Production The Mass Of Men Whom They Exploit Not Only Lack The Power To Order Their Own Lives, But Suffer From Want And Insecurity As Well.