The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-07-14

CAPITA
that binds the chain. Others with out
any enthusiasm for the future, or any
faith in divine prediction say. sit al.
ways has been SO and always will be
So" Oh! faithless and perverse genera
ton. listen to the words of in Inspired
prophecy, Jesus shall yet reign King
of kings and Lord oflords. The king
dom of the carpenters son shall be
from the rivers to the end of the earth.
The realm of justice and universal
brotherhood shall yet extend from the
rising to the setting sun.
Still others in honest spirit
anxiously enquire, what can be
done? Knowing full we'll that many
honest philanthropists are earnestly
asking for a remedy for existence evils
we will endeavor briefly now to out
line the remedy. In one single word
the remedy. has been labeled nation
alism.
Let the nation be truly govern
ment ''of the people, for the people
and by the people" Let the people
gradually assume control and owner
ship Of the natural recourses of wealth,
for Of right they are the inheritance
of our Father. The function of gov
eminent being to protect the weak
from the expressions of the strong. it
becomes the right and duty OF the
people in their governmental capacity
so to egulate the rights of ownership
as to protect the masses from the op-
pressions Of the few. When any gov
eminent fails to protect the weak from
the strong, that government is fail
ure in an important sense.
Let the government assume control
of all those enterprises which have be-
come oppressive monopolies. The
cities have in many cases taken con-
troll and have acquired the ownership
of their lighting and water works, and
of their street railways with great
saving to the people. Rapidly one
after another they are falling into
line in this matter. and with great
profit to the people in every instance.
Let us add to our already successful
postal system, postal telegraphs and
telephones and millions will be
saved to the people,. And when
we add postal savings banks to
facilitate exchanges we will no longer
hear Of depositors losing their hard
earned money by the breaking of the
banks When the Government shall
have taken full control and shall have
acquired ownership of all lines of
transportation and travel throughout
the country, to operate them in the
interest of the people, the gigantic
railroad monopolies Of to-day will cease
to amass colossal fortunes for Van
derbilts and Goulds, and become, as
they ought to be, great recourses of
comfort and profit to all the people.
When the nation becomes the sole
creditor If the people and the whole
property of this nation is represented
by that which we use as money, then
bankers will cease to extort their mil
lions from the toilers of our land for
usury.
When this government becomes the
sole maker and dispenser Of alcoholics,
the sale can easily be controlled so an
to prohibit its dangerous and harmful
use as a common drink. If the forlorn
hope of reformers who. have been try
ing to control the gigantic monopoly
of rum by firing denunciatory dictums
at it, which have been SO artfully
lodged through the loopholes of pro-
visos, would only be willing to place
the owhole traffic under the broad
mgis Of Government control, to be car
ried on under proper and practical
regulations, the great over-shadowing
monopoly of the rum traffic, which
feasts and fattens on the bread Of the
starving, would become as the melt
ing snow before tho summer sun.
With the power of the Government to
| regulate its dispensation, it could be
easily controlled when fully in the
Governments hands
Thus ono by one a. circumstances
favor the overshadowing monopolies
may and will be controlled. The dam
| gerous power Of individual and corpo-
rate ownership will be 50 absorbed by
national ownership that the rapid pro-
duction Of wealth, instead Of being q
menace to our liberties, shall rebound
70 the glory OF God and the good OF the