Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-10-01

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tory. Strife and crime, and the suf-
fering born of selfish greed, poverty
and ignorance will disappear in the
fruition of happy physical conditions
and harmonious social relations.
The voice of destiny, or of law, that
has sounded through the ages, again
utters it's warning cry, CHOOSE We this
day whom ye. will Monopoly
and Death, or Cooperation and Life"
On the nature of the answer rests the
fate of civilization.
Leaving out of consideration for
future action, the great commercial
monopolies that have consolidated
into trusts, there is a class which at
this very time could be brought with
in the jurisdiction of government and
administered in the interest of the
people. There are the railways, the
coal mines, the telegraph, telephone,
and light supply, and public opinion
could be so directed the next three
years as to crystalline around the
thought of public ownership of public
functions, and win the victory on that
issue al the next presidential election.
That step once taken would mark
the transition from the old competi-
tive to the new cooperative order.
1t is big step, and one that will tax
all our efforts. but it must be taken.
The life of the republic demands it.
The French revolution, which was
based on the rights of man, was, it is
said, the work of about ten thousand
men, but it was revolution of force
and unparalleled violence that in its
fury shattered right and left. In four
. years it swept away the wrongs of
centuries. The time had Come for the
old Bourbon dynasty, with its doctrine
of the divine right of kings, to disap-
, pear, and the explosion came.
t To-day, in our country, the time has
| come for the old competitive order
that underlies the cries and tyraunies
and all forms of oppression to be re-
, placed by one of higher character.
! When the clock of destiny strikes the
' hour there is no escaping results.
That which is not accomplished in one
= way will be in another. If we cannot
] bring into working order the con-
: struCtive intelligence of the country
and enact laws that will peacefully
> carry us from a lower to a higher
I civilization, then the destructive
: forces of humanity will DO the work.
= Victor Hugo, with the hand of a
4 master and the soul of prophet. has
e drawn the following picture of the
, retributive Justice that follows hard
. Upon the oppressive power of the
money kings:
: The equestrian statue reserved for
{ kings alone is an excellent type of
; ROYALTY. Let us be frank with words.
: The capitalist who steals the reward
r of labor is NJ. as well as the man
/ of blood The king mounts himself
= on the horse. The horse is the people.
= Sometimes the horse transGgures
t himself by degrees. At the begin
ming he is an ass: at the end he is Il
e lion. Then he throws his rider to the
e ground, and we have ld43 in England
1 and 1889 in France; sometimes he de-
/ YOURS his rider, in which case we have
3 England in 1919 ana France in 1893.
: That the lion can again become a
= jackass is surprising, but a fact"
= Let us be warned while yet there is
Y time; the jackass is again transform
: ing itself into the lion. Let Us not by
. reckless and criminal Indifference to
the great issues and responsibilities
2 of the hour incur the penalty Of
4 bringing upon ourselves the horrors
/ of a bloody revolution. Let the ar-
10 peal he made to reason, and not to
p passion, then having done an that
= can be done for a peaceful recon-
e struction of society we can calmly
] and unGinchingly await whatever re-
. suits the stern logic of events may
p force upon us, dealing with them as
e men to whom liberty is dearer than
S life lmogene G. Falcs, in New Time.
, somehow or other the "wave of
+ prosperity has not stopped the for
p nation of trusts, nor has it stopped
strikes aud labor troubles. We have
both, just the same as before the
f wave struck us.-lSau Francisco
] Star.
= The government has paid three
5 million dollars for telegraph services
: since the CONNIE ncemen of the war,
T. vet the telegraph companies refused
] to stand their war tax of one cent
: each on kilograms. II the people
{ ever get their eyes open, they will
E build a few lines of their own. -IChi-