The representative., 1901-06-13

stamps are made and sold by the most
formidable trust on earth. Why, then,
haven't they gone up 80 per cent, like
glass?-Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Press.
change, accompanied by the hope of the
family, stood by the sea. It was the
chiid's first sight Of. the ocean, and a
| sailor was explaining the significance of
the names Of the tides. With the flow.
/, the sea rises, he said, "and with the
| ebb it falls" ''That'd be the time to
buy. wouldn't it, daddy" InstAntly ex-
claimed his fathers own chiid.-The
Outlook.
"But please distinguish between COM
binations Of men for the purpose of car
rying measures es-which always will ex.
island our permanent parties-stand-
ing parasites as they may be called. In
our party contests men do not battle
for measures Our parties do not elect
| men to put into action certain princi-
pies; they use principles as battle cries
| to elect certain men. Take a glance
| through the so-called political records
| of the magazines. We find from first
to last nothing. absolutely nothing, but
the names Of men and the Offices for
which they respectively have been NOM
| mated or elected. Politics, then, from
being the science Of government, has be-
come-co-operative Office seeking
Gronlund.
Under the new regime, charity" and
charitable Institutions will be things Of
the past. BY the way, is it not a. pity
that the noble word charity has in
this hypocritical era come to mean
alms-giving? In our commonwealth no
aims will be given; indeed. nothing will
be had gratis. Everybody will get the
full produce Of his labor in direct rev.
enue or in public benefit. Every citizen
will be entitled to the use Of all public
institutions-be it of libraries, of schools
for his. children, of hospitals, asylums,
or assistance in his old age-on the
same principle as the insured is entitled
to the amount named In his policy, on
the happening of certain event This
makes it clear how our commonwealth
is to be the general insurer, and our
various companies that insure against so
many forms of risk point out the right
road to pursue. They, indeed, imbody
whatever Of corporate responsibility that
is left in this chaotic age-Gronlund
ZOla, In his new novel, Labor" makes
his hero soliloquize as follows: Labor
ought to be pleasure. The happiness of
each will one day consist in the happi-
ness of others. There will be no more
envy, no more hatred, when there shall
be space in the world for the happiness
of all. The wheels of the social ma
chine, as they are at present, must be
done away with, for they are useless
they consume force, and trade will also
have to be condemned; the producer
will have to buy from the producer.
With one blow all parasites will be
swept away. The innumerable unwhole-
some growths which live on social cor
ruption, or on the state of warfare in
which men, as things are now, live a
living death, will disappear. There will
be no more armies, no more law courts.
no more prisons. And, above all things.
when that great dawn shall have taken
place, righteousness will shine like the
sun, dispensing poverty, giving to every
creature who is born the right to live
bestowing, upon each his daily bread,
and the perfect happiness which is his
birthright.''
The corporations are educating the
people of this country in public owner
ship of all public utilities faster than all
the other associations that ever existed.
When the people see thousand men In
combination owning all the steel
plants and another few thousand own
ing all the lines of transportation, then
the next thought is "Why not take all
the people into the combine, and the
whole people own them all?" That is
the way the corporations are educating
the people to socialism.-L S. Naftzger,
President Fourth National Bank, Wich-
ita, Kan.
The postal system pays the street car
companies of st. Louis over 100000 a
year for pulling the mail cars. Under
the public ownership of the street car
service this would go to the city. 1t
ROW furnishes a fine field for bribery
of the postal authorities, and the Star
Route frauds furnish proof that men are
not proof against temptation. Appeal
to reason.
Mr.. Morgan's great trust will under
take to do everything for the American
people except to run their government
This omission in the corporation papers,
however, is immaterial. No charter is
needed for that work. The government
goes with the rest. 1t may not be men
toned in the inventory, but it is a part
of Mr.. Morgans job lot.-Boston Daily
Post.
The school teachers of British Colum-