The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-11-25
EVILS OF OUR REPUBLIC.
Tho United states Partakes Of tn
Nature Of . Limited Monarchy.

The United States Partakos Of the
Nature Of Limited Monarchy.
With derision some mar look upon
the assertion that .'the government
Of the United States partakes 81 the
nature OF limited monarchy" never
theless. this is the truth.
Materially. that which makes gov
ernments monarchies and which
ever ia all ages has done so (ma-
terially or essentially. say is GER
tain forms OF public matter or trans
actions under the exclusive jurisdic-
ton and management OF a class or
classes for their individual profits at
the expense of the masses-a taxation
of the public either directly or their
trade. for the profits OF certain indi.
viduals or classes. What name
is given to this class mat
ters nOt-matters not whether
nobility. aristocracy or corpor-
alton - in substance or princi-
pie it is the same. So that says the
National Ecolom;st a limited mon
archy / may define as a government
whose supreme power is vested in a
minority Of the people, or whose
| power IS available by them whereas
the minority usurp their living from
the majority through virtue of partial
loans and special privileges.
1t is to be understood that true
Democratic or Republican govern
ment acts directly with the people
through agents elected by them. in
stead Of acting through prerogative
classes or corporations and the neo-
pie made to pay unnecessary taxes on
| their trade for the benefit of these
privileged classes
And it is moreover to be under
stood that 1t is not the name that
makes government either a free
government or lnonarchical one
but the principle For instance to
call the British monarchy republic.
call parliament congress. call the
chief executive. president and call
the dukes marluises earls. viscounts
and barons, senator's would not
make that monarchy a republic and
free government ncr relieve that
people an iota from their present
oppression.
It is true that restricting by law
these private corporations of public
matter in their rates has tendency
to lessen the aforesaid unnecessary
taxes; but it does not reno the
monarchical prevalence. However.
don't know but what the restriction
Of these corporations in their rates
might be taken merely as sham to
veil from the people the monarchical
features; for believe that in the end
they aggregate a profit for themselves
about the same as otherwise they
would obtain in way of competition
and charging as much as the people
would submit to without impending
too much their patronage
Such are the essential evils of our
republic; namely. private corpora
tions Of public matter (attended with
monopolies,. involving a taxation oil
the public trade for the profits oil
private classes at the expense of the
masses; and are grievances unques-
tionably. as great as was the at
tempted taxation of the Colonial En-
glish trade for the profits of the En-.
glishmen at the expense of the colo.
Mes which brought on the revolution.
airy wars.
Let us investigate and see what this
private supervision of public matte,
does in this country:
For every article we buy which
comes over the thoroughfares knowr
as railroads we are re Iuired to paw
sat least one third more than If the
transaction was economically ad.
ministered by the government the
same as other public transactions
and for every article we sell are re.
quired to take at least one third less;
which is nothing but tax for the
} proprietors at the expense OF the PEG.
pie and is that which has made them
millionaires and now gives them the
ability TO live in great splendor.
For every message Of intelligence
that is sent through the telegraph. the
; respective persons are obliged tc
charge us as much more for the pro-
ducts of their industry or for their
services as would be saved by having
the transactions economically admin
! AooOA ~ VIC SOVCIuulcut the same
as other public transactions; which
is nothing but tax for the pro.
prietors at the expense Of the people.
and is that which is making them
; millionaires and affording them
splendor. And for every dollar
|. issued through the banking system on
the bonded debt we have an annual
tax of the difference between the in.
, terest on bonds and the tax or interest
J on the circulation. or from 2 to 8 pel
cent which is direct tax for the
bondholders at the expense of the
people, or in other words an outright
donation of 2 to per cent to the
} bondholders by the government and
J is that which dispossessed the people
OF the millions of dollars they (bond-
holders) now own. In short it has
concentrated the wealth to those
} proprietors to such an extent that
they now own as much (and some
! more) as the lords of the English
J monarchy. and caused hundreds oil
thousands of the masses to tocome
| homeless and who are now nearly az
destitute as the English subjects.
: But these grievances are nothing
. compared to what they will be it this
} private supervision of public matters
} is not changed to an economical ad-
ministration by the government.
For as sure as these money powered
corporations are permitted to continue
augrentinr their power rs the con.