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rule ; and that would be the interest that would 

 monopolize the great farming lands of the country 

 and destroy the small farm interests. But the de- 

 struction of these great monopolies, in the manner 

 suggested, would not only be an immediate and posi- 

 tive gain to society, but would save our country from 

 the revolution of violence which the present tenden- 

 cies are sure to bring. 



The tenement houses in our towns and cities have 

 grown out of the necessities of two causes, working in 

 the same direction. First, in the necessity of the 

 workingman living near the work by which he is sub- 

 sisted, because the long hours he is employed, if at 

 all, will not permit the loss of time required in travel- 

 ing long distances ; and, secondly, because the com- 

 pensation he receives for his work will not permit of 

 either the payment of anything more than the cheap- 

 est rents, nor the expense of railroad travel to places 

 more distant, where rents are cheaper. However great 

 the evils of these houses, they can not be lessened be- 

 fore the causes which produced them are removed. In 

 this case, also, the adoption of the six hour rule would 

 afford immediate and direct relief, in several ways. In 

 the first place, the doubling of the number of opera- 

 tives, by employing double gangs, in all occupations, 

 would set their idle occupants at work, and give them 

 greater means of subsistence. The shortening of the 

 hours of work would give them the time to travel long 

 distances to and from their homes ; and the increase 

 of wages would give the means to pay the expenses 

 of the travel. In this way the tenement house evil 

 may be radically cured. This remedy will also work 



