t in making his own
claims he will have due regard for the similar claims of others.

In entering the social compact, men also agree to submit their personal
claims to settlement by the law, instead of going to war to maintain
them. They agree to refer their disputes to courts established for
that purpose. As a rule, under government, right prevails; without
government, might prevails.

_Civil rights_ are divided into _industrial rights_, _social rights_,
and _moral_ or _religious rights_.

INDUSTRIAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES.--It is the right and duty of each person
to provide in his own way, providing it is legal and honest, for
himself and those dependent upon him. All business transactions; the
search for homes, comforts, and wealth; agriculture, manufacturing,
mining, and commerce; the conduct of all professions, occupations, and
industries; the interests of farm laborers, operatives in factories,
miners, clerks, and all persons engaged in mental or physical labor,
are based upon industrial rights and duties.

The wages of people, the hours of labor, railway and telegraph lines,
canals, express companies, other common carriers, the various kinds of
employment, and the organization of men in different branches of
industry to advance their interests, are questions affecting industrial
rights. These rights underlie all efforts of people to improve their
financial condition.

SOCIAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES.--Each member of society has rights as such,
and these are called _social rights_. They include the rights of
personal security and protection. They underlie all efforts for the
improvement of the social condition of the people. Society is
interested in better schools, in public health, in the reformation of
criminals, in good highways and streets, in safe buildings, in
well-lighted cities and villages, in the maintenance of charitable
institutions, in the establishment of sources of harmless amusement,
and in the preservation of peace and order.

The comfort and convenience of the public are even more important than
the comfort and convenience of any person. Therefore, individual
rights must yield to public rights when the two conflict. For example,
the land of a private citizen may be condemned by the proper
authorities, and be used for public highways or other public purposes.
The government pays the owner of the property condemned, but usually
less than his estimate of the value.

This right of society, exis