Capital and labor . tic, and both themoderately and the immensely rich ought to helpsolve this problem for the present and for futuregenerations. If the masses of people will not awake to the situa-tion and take radical action, the prophecy of chaptertwelve will come to pass, and we will go down to ruiaas we deserve. This brings us to ask in the languageof the subject of chapter thirteen, WTiy are rtheWrongs not Righted? This is considered by someof our friends as one of the most reasonable chaptersin the book. .It places the blame of our present condi-tions at the right place. Some radical re
Capital and labor . tic, and both themoderately and the immensely rich ought to helpsolve this problem for the present and for futuregenerations. If the masses of people will not awake to the situa-tion and take radical action, the prophecy of chaptertwelve will come to pass, and we will go down to ruiaas we deserve. This brings us to ask in the languageof the subject of chapter thirteen, WTiy are rtheWrongs not Righted? This is considered by someof our friends as one of the most reasonable chaptersin the book. .It places the blame of our present condi-tions at the right place. Some radical reformers willnot like this chapter very much, just because itsearches after the real truth, and does liot heap flam-ing condemnation on the Monopolists. The questionhas often come into our minds, How many peoplewould continue in poverty if they had the chance to berich? It has always seemed inconsistent to us thatthe one who cannot get wealth should curse the onewho has been able to attain it. In all this we do not20. 334 . A QENEBAL GLIMPSE. 325 wish to be misunderstood; it is not our purpose towink at the methods used to gain riches; but we dowish to say clearly, that the present system of compe-tition, and an insatiable human greed, are the twogreat powers that are mainly responsible for thewretched contrasts in Society to-day. In chapters fourteen and fifteen, we have outlinedthe history and the work of the labor unions, and haveshown what an important factor they have been andare in elevating the mass of workers. They haveovercome many internal and external difficulties, andwill, no doubt, stay in the conflict until the battle isover. It is true that, in many localities, much evil hasresulted from the work of organized Labor, yet it mustbe admitted that the general uprising of Labor hadproved to be a very effective force in fighting againstthe heartless and crushing greed of Monopoly. It hasprevented the total enslavement of the masses, so thatit is now possible for them to
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