The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-14
~. There is slavery that Is subtle

cry. There is slavery that Is subtle
and enSlaves multitudeS without
their knowing it, and men are tightly
held in its bonds and still boast OF
their freedom. (Applause.) This slav-
cry is the industrial slavery. 1t comes
frem this fact, that while men NO
longer desire to hold their fellow men
as chattle slaves, they have acquired
the art of SO levying taxes, and to SO
control the government and the mon
ey markets, and the great highways
of portation that they have
created bondage so that work whe re
men will and how they will they can.
not acquire money enough to keep
body and soul together, and are living
in an unseemly manner, and are un-
able to properly educate their children
or to provide them with the means OF
lifting themselves up onto higher
level. What can we mean in the pre-
amble to the Declaration by the pur-
suit Of happiness which is guaranteed
by our constitution if it does not
mean the freedom to labor. to seek
the higher life which labor should
make possible? But as long as we are
composed Of bodies as we'll as souls, as
long as we need elbow room in this
world, it follows that we must have
equal rights to those natural bounties,
which God created as his
STOREHOUSE OF NATURE FOR THE
HUMAN RACE.
No one has right to say in speak.
ing Of these gifts, "All this is ours.
and we will do with it what we want.
and will have those here we WANT
No man ought to be able to denv to
us his fellow the right to toll CAD
plause,) to labor with brain and Drawn
for the betterment of his condition
and for the supplying of his natural
wants and for the natural wants of
those dependent upon him. The
right to labor with brain and Drawn
for these things is one of the inalien
able rights that is guaranteed to man
by the preamble to the Declaration. 1t
is because of the failure to make good
these declarations that we do not
come nearer and nearer to our ideal.
l would suggest to you the wonderful-
ly beautiful law the creed of love for
mankind.
The Peoples party platform is right
and wise in demanding that what God
gave to all the people should be ad
ministered by the people. 1t is the
duty OF the people Of this government
to protect the sacred right of all men
to the pursuit of happiness. Gap
plause0 1t is wise in demanding the
restoration Of the right to labor with
mind and body without any one inter
fering with them. AS long as we are
composed of body a constant exercise
OF muscle is necessary. Because we
are the equal of all men. does it not
follow that we should enjoy the
natural bounties which God has given
us as we'll as other men.
WHAT MEN PRODUCE WITH THEIR
OWN HANDS Is THEIR PROPERTY.
What God gave to all the people, it
is the right of every man, woman and
child to enjoy. We do not believe in
granting special privileges to the few
where there is no adequate return
(Applause.) This is the doctrine OF
these Single Takers. Great AID
plauSe.) This is the doctrine that has
been so ably explained and upheld by
that great and courageous and noble
hearted Henry George. Great ap
DlauSe). Human society. civil govern
UlCHb, UtiC DOHcI W uiItCU, UO UuIlu III
the power of law to protect the rights
of the people and liberty in the nur
suit of happiness come from God. The
immediate deduction from these prin-
ciples is that all law must be from. Of
and by the people for the good of the
people who are Gods crea lures. Fol
the privileges each man enjoys let
him render the full equivalent in ser
vice. (Applause). No man has the
right to say with a sweep of the hanG
"All this is mine and 7 will do with it
what | please" when he has not rem
dered to the state and the people the
full equivalent for the privileges: MOI
has any body Of men together this
right. The time has come to
STOP GIVING OUT THESE PRIVILEGE
AND FRANCHISES.
We should say "these things are
our" not ''mine.' Applause.) 1t i.
our right under the preamble to en-
JOY liberty. and to be free in the pur
suit Of happiness. 1t is, or should be
the aim Of ali governments to secure
to the people these rights and to al
low no man to take them from the m
(ApDlause.) This is what these single
tax men are striving for today Great
applauSe.) Single-taXers should stan(
shoulder to shoulder with the men or
this platform of the Peoples party fol
an equal division of the things which
all men have a perfect privilege to en-
joy. When special privileges are Civ
en- for nothing, it is unjust Ap
plauSe.) All franchises created by the
people through the legislature Should
only be given for the people. CAP
plauSe.) If it has any value it is
nothing short of theft to give away
the peoples wealth, Great ap
plauSe.)
But on the other hand we find the
products of labor constantly increasing
and under the present condition the
productions of labor will go on con
stantiy increasing. Under these con
ditionS we are aware that it is neces
sary to have a subdivision of abor
and this being the case the value o.
all property will be increased if we
have
RAILROADS, TELEGRAPHS, ETC.
We must have some way for the
man who produces what he does not
want to exchange it for something an
other man produces which he does
want. The man in Pennsylvania who
is a miner can easily dig more Goa
than he wants, and the man over in
China who is picking tea can easily
pick more tea than he wants, but it
must have some coal which the mar
in Pennsylvania has surplus of, and
the man in Pennsylvania wants some
of the tea which the man in China is
picking, 50 there must be some way to
exchange the surplus products OF
each. j.! heartily agree with what has