Daily Republican., 1890-04-25

AuS uucbtIUu ID huOtueF QutBtiOu
that 10 now attracting the attention of
political economists throughout tho
civilized world, and, Notwithstanding
our unlimited territory, the day 10 not
far defiant when this same question will
Do up Tor solution iu this country also,
with the increase Of population by emil
grafton and birth, and monopoly Of land.
the evils Of our unjust aud anti Oh rlstian
system IL already being felt. say anti.
Christian system because our system is
In opposition TO that taught BY the bible:
Lev. 90, xiii. 1.-THE land shall not be
sold forever, for 1t u mine saith the Lord,
and 70 are only strangers that sojourn."
Was 1t not the maine God that uttered
that sentiment that said, "Thou shalt not
kill, lie or steal." Then By what right
has q man TO say what shall be doue
with land that be may occupy in lie
after he Is deadi Even IT 1t was known
that he would come Into this life again
be should not be allowed TO establish
sy stem extending beyond his lie, be.
cause It is not known that same condi.
tlons would exist that would require the
same system after lie had again arrived
here. Now there is two titles to land,
and will give them both.
God gave man o stomach that has to
be fed, aud from Eden's gates be gave
man land from which to feed 1t, and it
can only DO fed from the land; 30 mans
stomach Is Gods title deed to land
enough to feed II from. MS eyes are Code
title deed to all the light they Can use,
and no more. Lungs are Gods title
deed TO all the air they can use, no more
and no less; but II It were possible the
monopolists would bottle up the air and
say to the consumers no pay, no breath.
EVERY man shall sit uuder his own vine
and fig tree" II man has no land on
which to pls MT, then how can he have q
vine aud hQ treei Socialists advocate
that the only Gland Lord" IL the one
who created the land, aud that we might
~ we'll talk OF air lords. and light lords,
as land lords, as they argue that 10
occupy, ard use land. and only what
they can use, is the only title to land.
The second title, and the ore re-.
spectcd by society, Is the enc adopted by
man while in savage and barbaruus
state, IN the earlier stages OF human
existence, when people lived In huts and
caves, without the fear OF O visit of the
sheriff, or the intrusion OF newspaper
reporters, and were engaged IN tending
their iiocks and herde. They were overrun
by bandit, who, altar they had placed
them under contribution, succeeded In
sinking the name OF robber Into that OF
monarch aud began giving out land
titles, and We in this enlightened age
respect and perpetuate their heather
system.
Juoge Blackston once said, 81 can see
nothing In nature TO convince me that a
title on parchment or paper can give one
man the right to levy tribute upon his
fellow man for using the soil that God
gave 70 all the children OF Adam, when
h oluld not or would not use himself. E"
As lawyers quote so much IRON him why
not, when making our laws, do they not
Ike y that utterauee In their N nds. Now
.et us take Case for example of wha.
can be done under the present system
suppose Jay Gould should take 1t into
his mind to buy up the State OF Delaware,
as he 10 fully able to, II he is as wealthy
as reputed, he could do SO and thea Or
der the population of, aud off they
would have to 20. You sec he could de-
populate this state, and he would have
the legal fraternity and the strong arm
OF the government to back him. Why
Is It that the labor OF the agricultural
dislricts are crow ding Into the cities, and
manufacturing districts. to come into
competition with each other for stArva-
ton wages?
1t is because OF the improved ma
| ch merry that TAKES the place of labor, and
the worst of all the centraliz!ng OF the
land into the hands OF the few. The
people OF the former slave States now
realize how much better they are off
tnan when they owned slaves, as they
can get the benefit OF labor more com
piete ard cheaper and with less trouble
than by owning slaves, as they own the
land, and as be who owns the land owns
the means of subsistence. and hence they
who are dependent upon them are abso.
lutely slaves TO those on whom they de-
pends Where land ia cheap and plent-
Jul and population sparse slavery 10
profitable. But where the land 10 mo-
nopolized and population Is thickly set
ted slavery 10 Improbable and tho pee
pie OF the former slave States would not |
be willing to again adopt the old slave
system. JAMES B. WHICH.