Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1900-01-30


Possibilities Of the Next
PotcsfJill leader FFona ne Rnstss lIogta5
AUCTION Trade J0tinat.
Farewell the greatest century of al th,
Agessyes the century that has accomplish
morsthan al past Ages combinedl Thol
hast past gIoriusly into the tomb of thu
departed epochs. and while history wi
xalt thee far abuv thy predecessors, thl
civilized world stands agast at thy mar
velus achievments,
Who vii dare mesur the possibilities o
thy successor! Yet, what has ben dun. il
the nineteenth century is but the leanes
fortaste of the wondrus things rapt up il
the womb of its twentieth descendent
but tine outer vestibule to that tempt,
without metes and bounds within which
ar containd the infinit possibilities anG
priceless tresurs of humanity that will for
ever delite the hart of man with their un
folding wonderment and glorius develop
ments. The 10Th century having unIockt
the entrance to the hiden secrets which
disclose the marvelus forces that bring
humanity in clos tuch with the great un,
own Mystery of Mysterys, the twentieth
will, with still further investigation, xplor
their eyry possibilities for man and utilize
them in ways that vii lift him to div
heights of wondrus achievment, as he
penetrates the Heven abuv, the erth
beneath, and the aters under the ertt y
with his analyzing, noledg-reaching in
teligenc. Natural forces which hav ben
linkt by the nineteenth century to apli-
auces which restricted them to strait
jakets, will. in the twentieth. be harnest
to motor devices that will enable them,
unrestrained, to put forth their mightiest
strength, making pigmys of present
methods. While in the past the electric
tung has ben able only to whisper from
point to point, in the future, thru inn
proved APPLIANCES, the human voice. so
say scientists. vii speak in stentorian
voice to evry section of our land and,
borne on cable ways under the great
seas, will articulate in tones that will
reach utmost corners of the globe,
Heretofore commerc has found its
ways by sea and land thru mediums
which bring remotest ends of erth to-
gether by leaps and bounds, but wise
ones tel US that, befor the twentieth cen
tury has past into its grave, great aerial
ships vii be seen navigating the upper air
with. the speed of fleetest winds inter
changing the products, noledg and civil
izations of all lands. How bewildering
to ponder the startling results which viii
ensu as sea and air ar made great thoro-
fares by which comercial sympathy vii
throb in the harts of al nations aad pc
pies, as gradually merging into comon
civilization tina will melt into a brother
hood of Unity as the rivers, vending
their tortuous paths thru rox and hills
and wales, ar finally lost in the great
seasI
What stride that act wud be which
wud break the shackles of hampered CO.
mere, and stranglins the grasping. self
ish greed of despoiling tariffs, trusts and
hydraheded legislative devices fer un-
halowd personal and corporal gain, wud
proclaim the open dor to al the world,
and. with it, freedom from onerus duties
imposed. at ports of entry to fool the
masses with the idea that tina pay NO
taxes, and this becaus the tax gathere1
has shrewdly placed his demand upon
the food and raiment and shelter and moi
upon the person, as if the stelthy adj.
tional fifty or one hundred per cent. profit
demanded by the government upon thes
prime necessities of the Peple, to be paid
over the counter of themerchant OF seller,
is not the same as taking this much from
their pockets and livings, by direct tax.
Viii the twentieth century correct thes
evils7 Viii it fix just and onest limits tc
the tax master, and say to goaging,
sou1es capital, thus far and no farther
with yor grasping, monopolizing reach.
ings. Only if the Peple vii watch theil
rulers and hold them responsible for thei1
spendthrift reklesnes and insatiate greed
In the antebelum onest days of the Re
public when the offs saut the man, mo-
the man the offs, the government go
along with sixty millions or les of dollar,
as the most expended. Now it demand.
billion OF one thousand millions for it.
xtravagant purposes. Why2 Becaus IL
the pure days Of official and political in
tegrity the government was not employc
to help peple to make mony, but only t,
protect them in the enjoyment of thei
property. when they had aqired it b.
their own onest industry and effort. Nov
government is used by corrupt and unpa
triotios men to devise ways by wticl
veaal individuals and petied clases ma,
rob the pep1e of their hard ernings. Ii
order to do this. it ads, at the nationa
gateway. from fifty to one hundred pc
cent to the cost of the goods which tn
peple need, and this that favord mony
geters. may receive rich bounties, Will
their employees must be content with tn
same unreqite1 toll. leaving enuf, how
ever, to be placed. thru disonest legisla
ton. at the disposal of party demagog
to purchase the Influence which is t
maintain party supremacy. al this unde
the deluding sbiboleth of patriotism an,
national glory, for which the govern
ment is chargd for work and seryic
never given.
Thus the sordid seIf-seeking fu imPos
the burdens and enjoy the ilgoten gains
while the great toiIing masses must submit
with so-cald patriotic resignation to b
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