If from proved ill to legal prohibition
Were step as plain and proper as some deem,
To diagnose (and cure) the State's condition
Were easy as some Socialistic dream.
But Looking Backward—or e'en forward—'s found
Poor substitute for wisdom's look all round.
Labour, you would be free to fix your wages;
Capital, you'd be free to pick your men:
Love of free Union the one's tongue engages,
Love of free "Knobsticks" fires the other's pen;