Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-11-24
by men putting themselves in line

very ueNOuG men ana women, from q
very devout city Of our land, SETTING
out toward the setting sun, in search
Ola spot on Gods footstool where
they might bring forth diviner civ
lllzatlon than had as yet been real
realized or even dreamed of by the
children of men. We have made phc
nomenal progress here, sir, because
like Minerva springing forth full
ficdged from the head of Jupiter. wt
came forth from the best, the mos,
Christian civilization of all time
we set forth ut once with the accum.
ulated capital of christian England
and America. Their art, learning,
wealth. experience came to us as the
capital on which to begin business
herein this new land
our government is a Theocracv,
God is our only Ruler. We have no
president, no governor, no lawmak.
crS. lawyers, nor laws. Our inspired
leader for so we held him, aimed at
establishing a dominion which he
believed to be that Of wisdom and
virtue rational supremacy of minds.
heightened by philosophy and puri-
icd Gy religion. and Of characters
lifted to maintain an ascendant over
others by habits Of sclf-command.
ms city and community are called
The Land OF AS Not as you may
suppose because the term AS appears
nave been an old appcllation for
deity. and hence Asia means the holy
and but because this colony
resolved, always to do unto others As
( they would that others should do
! unto them. and to do their best to
have Gods will done on
earth AS it is in heaven. and to love
one another AS Christ loved men.
These being their paramount pur-
/ poses Of life. they consistently christ
ened the place. The Land of As
When they found and secured the
land they sought they attended 10
the first thing first. for they allotted
7 10 every family tract Of land. a
universal homestead, with power to
sell. but with a reNerson to the orig
MAJ family owner once in fifty years
This made a monopoly OF land
impossible. The purpose was 10
make such a habit Improbable. to
Keep the resources of society evenly
distributed. toprevcnt the rich from
becoming too rich and the poor
t4opclcSs!y poor, to undo misfortune,
To give those who erred through,
!mprovidencc an opportunity
Improve the lessons of poverty. to
prevent children from rcapins the
faults of their parents. 1t was a
perpetual lesson in hope and
announcement. 1t was constant
assertion of equality. 1T fostcrcd
patriotism. This colony anticipated
inevitable evils Of land monopoly,
and thus provided against them bv
adopting from Judea. 1.-THE mos,
exalted piece Of craftsmanship tie
world has known
Every man did that which was
Fright in his Gods eyes. and every
man sat under his own vine and tic
tree and was indeed happy. They
provided for taxation by a graded
tan. They have acted upon the
wisdom of Wendell Phillips. They
accordingly agreed, If Il man owns
single house. we will tax him one
hundred dollars. If lie owns ten
houses Of like value, we won't tax hun
one thousand dollars. but TWO
thousand dollars. If he owns a
hundred houses we won't tax him ten
thousand dollars. but sixty thousand
dollars. And the richer "A man
grows, the bigger his tax. so that
when he is worth forty million
dollars. he shall not have more than
twenty thousand dollars a wear 10
live on. The corporations we would
have are those of associated labor
and capital co-operaton.
Remembering the old Jewish saving.
"Ile who does not teach his children.
Il trade. brings them up to steal" we
encouraged the children to master
whatever tools of manual labor they
could handle. The children were
taught TO make honestly all the
money they could from twenty to
thirty Years OF age. then to turn to
The enrichment Of the mind and soul.
or this money-making period of
life they all awaited themselves Of its
privileges, and hence could retire
from the courts Of mammon before
they became its slaves. Our money
is both paper and aluminium. AS a
consistent christian people We
discarded gold and silver because
the were relicts of hcathcnism,
That held these metals sacred to their
Gods, and further because they were
too cumbersome.
Thcscus, founder Of the city Of
Athens, gave to his money the
impression OF an OK, because he would
encourage the citizens in agriculture.
We had scenes Of agricultural life.
and also the Golden Rule, the new
Commandment Of Christ. and the
third petition of the Lords Prayer.
placed upon both our paper and
specie currency in order to constantly.
even in the hours and marts Of
business. stimulate men to honest
labor and the constant doing of Gods
will. Our bankers, you will notice,
are grateful for custom, the same as
all other business men, instead of
being as yours are, patronizing in
their attitude, and as<nuch as saying
we are putting ourselves out in order
to accommodate you. Our newspapers
are endowed, so need not trucklc to
any public opinion.
They are of convenient form, and
printed in clear, legible type: they
say nothing of politics and crime,
for there is neither in our community;
they devote themselves to the truly
important doings of respectable men
and women, and give them the
information necessary for thoir