The Colfax chronicle., 1890-10-18

ment revenue was dCI1ved from
tax ON the rental value OF lano NO
words Of mine can describe the magical
change which followed when the incubus
Of land monopoly was lifted from ou.
civilization. The good results were %
pronounced and unmistakable that our
example spread like wildfire throug nous
the world. Natural opportunities 0eing
everywhere set free, no man sunereu
from enforced idleness. Land specuia-
! tion was abolished, for the reason tnas
holders could no longer afford to keep
| land idle, but had to build, cultivate or
sell. This caused such demand for
| labor that wages went up like rocket
| and have staid up ever since. The
working and business day was gradually
shortened from ten or twelve hours 70
six-from 9 a. m. to p m.-because
every labor saving invention, instead OF
serving to still further enrich the land
owners, went to tighten the burdens OF
life for all mankind.
s'St. Cecile, as you all know, was once
an afternoon lodge. Now, the only dii-
ference between this and other lodges
is that we meet two hours later-at in
the evening instead Of att. Theatrical
and musical performances being now
given between the hours Of $50 and $3.50,
actors and musicians are able to attend
lodge in the evening and meet with
their brethren in other walks OF life
The ladies are no longer obliged to wear
themselves out and spoil their beautiful
complexions over cooking-stoves and
wash-tubs, or to roughen their fingers
with ashes, clinkers and caustic sodas
washing powders, or to burn themselves
up with kerosene oil; for all laundering
is now done as il by magic at the public
laundries, hygienic knowledge has be-
come so widespread and the race has SO
gained in vigor that raw food has large
ly taken the place OF cooked, and tea
and coffee are no longer . daily neces-
sity; every house has its own electric
light plant and its own ice machine;
manufacturing and culinary operations
are now conducted by means Of water
gas which is far cheaper than coal used
to be, and roaring fire is now started
by simply turning . gas-cock. which at
once turns on the gas and ignites it.
The whisky business has ceased to be
profitable: the old Prohibition party
found out long ago that the chief cause
of intemperance was poverty-that
men drank to forget their misery
but when poverty was abolished there
was comparatively few troubles left
to be drowned in the flowing
bowl. Drunkenness is now consid-
cred disgrace, because there is no
excuse for IL. Inventions have not Prov
ed an unmixed blessing, however, for
us Masons, for since the wonderful inn
provements in flying machines we are
Obliged. during our meetings, to have =
tyler at every window.
THE beautiful and spacious parks
and commodious dwellings which dis
tinguish the east central quarter OF this
island occupy ground once the site of
decency nor comfort was possible and
where children died like murrian-smit-
ten sheep. The struggle for existence
is NO longer the desperate battle it once
was, in which men grew prematurely
old and sank into the grave before their
time; business and professional jealousy
-
NO longer array men against each
other; standing armies, so long stand
ing menace to the peace of nations, have
been disbanded to engage in peaceful
pulsulss' Z ana inc lesson OF universal
dred and fifty years ago by Brother
Robert Burns has been SO we'll learned
that, really, my brethren. do not see
snss 'nele - mucn iursner use ior our or
uer' creepy 20 proserve wen loved sradi-
s'1ns n, anu 70 p,omoee socisD,asy
Mr. oovan snen Pfoceodeo 70 recount
,so,.u - ~ .n'locnss N sne past iives Oh
.u... nas .ol'ow-'nsn uors' one OF "nlcn, no
sa,o' occus.oo' - nearly Is ne could re-
h.d declined ror,r.t;or -. 49,
term as President q the United States"
He then concluded his nort;on ~ the O.
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