Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-06-21

one man shall have the legal right to say
to each and every either man: II will
neither occupy nor use this certainr por>
ton OF this natural element myself, nor
will permit any other man to so use Of
occupy, unless he will first sgree to pay to
me such tribute from the results of his
labor as may demand or his necessities
compel"
II ary one man has the moral right to
say this of an acre, he has an equal right
to say it oi mil lion acres, continent or
the world.
1t follows, then, that the only title 20
land should be the personal tillage or
useful occupancy OF IT. Such title should
be inviolshle, and any other is in equitable
and, therefore void. The amount should
be limited to the needs of the user and
those dependent on him (or herr.
improvements differ from land in being
| the result of labor, and not the gift of ma
ture The title to them should, tlfercf ore
rest absolutely in the one whose labor
prodaced tbcm.
Labor-under which term is included
all human cxertion. usrfulv applied. 1t
is IN csesence. the expenditure al inherent
! vital force or power through one OF two
things action pbysicaD and tlaught
mental. Labor creatcs all wealth. and is
therefore, the cole factor in production.
The most sacred right oi property be-
! ing "ihc right of the lnborer Ia the re-
suits ot his tuil"-thc right of him whose
cxcrtion produces wealth tn the wealth so
produccd-it follows, ms logical s,qucnce,
that no man should have the right, and
there fore, should not have the power, to
appropriate my OF the wealth produced
by another without F,nIcring an equiv
! alrnt.
II who, bcin. able. get demands from
society to satisfy his wants. those things
which can only hc proiucei Ivy labor.
will ont. IN rrturn, rendering an equivalent
| In Il eful service To society, robs.
For op,. mnn tu 1--we cithnnt working
mokcs II ncccsServ that others should
work for h,m, receiving no equivalent.
A., to support existence, the nsuming
| of the results nf 'laLcr ia neces sserv, the
duty - labor rests on each one who 50
| consumes.
All ciyllzati,n. all human Progres
II, aud tha nprelctpfit
! violation of the natural inherent rights
of the laborcr hy any State, nation or peo-
plc must inevitably overthrow the State,
,s:roy civilization ahd bring about bar
barism.
Money, .hc tooi Of trade, the medium
of exchange, the great instrument by
winch production to any extent is render =
ed possible, has been fifty and appropriate
lv termed "the lite blood of civilisation.
As money is creature of law and not
a product of mt ure, and as general prices
are wholly dependent on the volume OF
money in circulation, 1t should he issued
by the agents of the pcople--the Govern
ment directly, and without the intervcn-
ton of banks OF issue, for value received
in the way of commodities or service ,
Its volume shoIld be adequate to perform
all exchanges for cash, and be maintained
constant and uniform in relation to its
uses. The "British system of finance" in
the shape of "banks of issue' and Ma
tional debt, should be done away with.
All laws supporting private and corpor'
ate credit should be repealed more or
ess gradually. as might be required.
BY Keeping tue volume of the legal
means of payment-money inadequate,
the "fxed income" classes, those who live
through usury IN the various forms of In
terest on bonds, mortgages, stocks, notes,
rents, dividends, etc, are enabled to COM
pei the workers to substitute private cor
porat credit for cash in performing the
exchanges of commodities and services
necessary IN our complex Industrial sys-
tenn. This credit always draws interest
in one shape or another. 1t is like fun
mel, with the large, open end toward in
dustry, and the small end in some individ>
uals pocket. Money never draws interest.
It 10 only the obligation or evidence of
indebtedness Tin the notes, bonds, stocks
mortgages, etc).-John Swintons Paper.
The Indians have again assumed