The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-09-28

ready cast upon the land is prodigious.
: do not believe IN the sociologist. in the
International, nor the communist: but
when see that the rich men as classes
i are doing with our legislatures, what
laws they have passed, what disregard
there Is to great common interests.
. fear that the time will come when the
workingmen will rise up and say that
they have no appeal to the courts; no
appeal to the legislatures: that they
are bought and sold by consolidated
capital, and. when the time comes un-
less it brings reformation it will bring
revolution. If any such time does come
do not hesitate to say will stand by
the common people for the encourage
ment Of the working people and against
the consolidated capital Of the land"
Richard T. Ely, in an article on THE
Analysis of the Steel Trust" in the
August Cosmopolitan Magazine, says:
1T Is possible to allow things to drift
on as they are now going. and what the
result viii be no one is wise enough to
foresee. One prominent economist has
prophesied In such event an empire In
twenty-five years"
But things are not going to drift on
into an empire. The people Of America
are alive to the dangers of the question
and they will save the ship of state
from the rocks Of monarchy.
We must be honest, we Will be just;
! we belive there are greater things than
being president Of the United States.
It is not what the president is, but what
he does that makes him famous. JET
ferson ordered his monument to be in
scribed: Here was buried Thomas
Jefferson Author Of the Declaration of
Independence, Of the Statute of Virgin
of the University of Virginia." That
he had been president Of the United
States for eight years he did not con-
slider worth mentioning.
We want the people of this city to
know that we stand for better laws, for
| justice, and that we are trying to lift
humanity up, that we are not for tear
| ing down. We want our brother man
| to know that we are trying to follow
the precept of the greatest philosopher
| of his time, Count de Volniz," who
said, Preserve thy self, instruct thy
| self, moderate thy self, live for thy
fellow citizens, that they may live for
thee" and again he said, Education,
moderation, combined with unselfish
| interest in other men, will indeed &C
| complish the true work Of civilization.
For causes Of evil there are two, ig-
| norance and cupidity. These are the
| twin sources of all the torments of
| many"
The laws in the several states taken
! from the last census, show that accom-
| modating legislatures have let the bars
down SO that in about half Of the states
| men from foreign countries vote in six
| months, and in one state three months
| and the balance one year. Now I be-
! lieve that no man should be allowed
to cast a ballot until he can read and
write the language Of the constitution
and know something of the spirit and
genious Of free people. Washington
declared that man should be fourteen
years in America before he should be
allowed to have a vote.
In the matter Of alien ownership of
our lands it is astounding to know tina
thirty-three titled foreigners, mostly
English, and one Irishman, Lord Scully,
the rock rent land lord" owns 94,O0O,-
900 acres Of the best lands in America;
which cover an era as large as the
states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia,
| West Virginia, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, Connecticut and New Jersey.
Lord Scully owns 1000, 900 acres in the
| great State of Illinois, the state that
gave us the greatest statesman Of any
time. We are no longer a nation of
home owners, we are fast becoming a
nation of landlords and tenants, IS per
cent Of the homes in our country are
mortgaged.
| You may ask what the remedy is for
all this, I answer thousand times,
that socialism is the just and only cure
| When Louis XII. destroyed the power
| of the mobiles and enforced community
weights, measures and money through
out France he acted as a socialist.
CrOmWells movement was socialism
with religion for basis and moral
| courage for motive power.
The American Revolution was social
ism pure and simple. It was denounc-
ed as such by every respectable ele-
ment" in the country. The great lead
ers Of the revolution were socialists and
the throwing overheard Of the tea was
militant socialism, with a vengeance.
1t was a socialistic movement that
elected Sam Jones mayor of Toledo a
few months ago. 1t was socialistic
movement that elected Tom Johnson
mayor Of Cleveland.
The great political party In Germany
is the Socialist party. Although it's
members are poor men, their enthusi-
assn makes up for the poverty, and the
fund which they raise annually In their
political campaign vastly exceeds any
other in the Empire. Nine-tenths Of
all recent legislation in Europe is So
cialistic. The legislation in Ireland,
which deprives the landlord practically
of all his rights" transferring them
to the tenant, is absolute socialism, and
/ of q most admirable kind