Iron County register., 1888-09-06

PILE 4 8. ETC.

propose that the Democratic party shah
now free forty million Of white slaves.
Abuse Of political opponents has made
our politics stink. Stop 1t! ss1S8Ss,
confesses that his section. Arcadia VAL
LEY, Is too poor TO support the people
THAT have been induced to go there;
and he proposes to make II attract more
and then live upon what can be cap
tured from more favored sections. Ev-.
identity 1883 il suffering from mn over-
dose Of malthusianism. Let MIN read
A. w. Holloman's potato exploit and
then pass TO "The Danger Of StarYa-
tionn in late number uf the Nine
tenth Century, by Prince Krapotkin,.
The Russian democrat and philanthr0-
pist. know Arcadia Valley. Ihave
seen and admired 1t In all the seasons,
ip sunshine and storm; admired it as
an artist. and q lover of nature, only
can. I have looked into every nook
and corners and weighed Its advantages
as man skilled in tilling the soil ought
to be able to do, and nature has given
it, lavishly. enough 10 support ten
times the population 1t has now.
The trouble is not physical or local.
but general and social. Allthe natural
advantages OF Arcadia Valley. as Of ev-
cry other section OF our country, are
open only to those who have golden
keys that fit and turn the heavy locks
avarice has placed on the doors to ma
ture. Chemical science has long since
discovered an element that will unite
oil and water, but the ndlordism that
lays like nightmare ON Arcadia Vail
ley is so opposite and repellant to nat
ural right and justice that political
science Will never make it add to the
prosperity and happiness OF any people
anywhere, under any system Of social
chemistry. Nature has not been mig
gsrdiy in any way with Arcadia; 1t is
men who are unwise and unjust to each
other.
Abolish these imposts, tariffs. and
indirect taxes that form line of rifle
pits or light earthworks, IN front Of the
position in which aristocraey has en-
trenched itself. After we have carried
the outworks it will be time to assault
the heavy work and abolish taxes on
all the products of labor.
I see no use in the Independents
establishing new paper In Ironton.
The REGISTER never refused to print
me when Republican sheets did. I
have long openly advocated bobtaillng
the tariff by cutting just behind the
ears, and then shifting all taxation up
on land values. have long condemn
our present systems of taxation as i'll
disguised ROBBERY, and confiscation, Civ
ing cogent aud sensible reasons for do
ing so, and the columns Of the REGIs-
TER have always been open to me for
the last sixteen or seventeen years.
am now president of q Democratic club
and see no use for q third party yet. az
the Democratic party will be forced 10
the single tax; for 1t is Impossible FOX
Democracy to long exist under nny
other system Of taxation. II is not 30
important that we win in this election
as that we should satisfy the people
after our candidates are elected. II
would be better. in the presentjuncture,
that milestone were tied about the
neck of the Democratic party and that
it were cast into the depths Of the sea
than to assume the responsibilities q
successful campaign will now impose
and then refuse to meet them. Success
will kill sooner than defeat Ii wedisap-
point the masses who have been prom
ised salvation every four years only to
be forced from bad to worse till they
begin to lose faith in our form Of gov
ernment. Political quackery will not
pass for craftsmanship much longer,
and we had bettersendeavor to appre-
ciate the gravity Of the situation before
we make fatal bIunderation. The
people have called; parties must show
hands. and q tenspot WON'T be counted
for an ace. FARMER.
Murrayyille. ILL.,. August %, 1883.