The Wrong Culprit is Blamed.

Daily we see knots of idlers talking in the streets and laying the blame of all their want of work and troubles to the wealthier classes; daily we hear of reformers who have small minds and those filled to bursting with one idea, i.e., that of making all land common property; daily we meet with honest and steady workers, quite the reverse of the above, whose untiring labors page 6 fail contemptibly to win for them and their families the most meagre rest or comfort. And while they blame first this and then that, as being the cause of all the hardships of bad times and all the miseries of depression, they are blind to the baneful system of giving long credit, which, though one of the real culprits, goes free and flourishes, in ever-increasing maturity. Yes; the present laws between creditor and debtor are so flimsy and untangible, that it is perfectly astonishing how rational men can have let them be so for so long!