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| The system is as inconsistent with
| the laws Of God as the Injunction
served on Him by Joshua of old when
he commanded the sun to stand still
while he killed an innocent people to
plumber their homes in the name OF
God. Our God, the creator and pre-
server of this universe, never sane
tiCns such doings; neither did He ever
give man or nation a deed or bill Of
sale for anything to hold as long as
time shall last, not even mans own
soul which He gave to him in the
keeping of his mortal body. And He
placed mankind on earth to collective
ly share everything in and on it for
the maintenance of that physical body.
But low cunning man has formu-
lated laws whereby no one has a
right to any part of it or its natural
production without deed or bill Of
sale, excepting the highways to tramp
in to look for employment; and even
then If they find him with no visible
means Of support, they have a little
innocent law called vagrant law, by
which they can arrest him and compel
him to do their street work for moth
ing while his poor wife and children
are at home starving.
A present generation can sell all
and everything to a company of a few,
and future generation would all be
born unavoidable trespassers; hence,
more tramps to work for nothing. In
der this low cunning system, the
United States of America bought of
Spain the Philippine country and all
OF its people, body and soul, ETC.; and
then set an army commanded by pro-
fessonal murderers (most Of whom
studied their profession at West
Point to burning their towns and
killing them off with guns and water.
It's all done In the name of God, JUS
tice and government; but Individual
ownership is the prime mover in it
all. Look at the large holdings of
corporations that are already estab-
lished there.
The low cunning try to deceive the
people by saying that individual own
ership is incentive to effort, but it is
not. And, dear readers, do not be de-
ceived:. 1t is the assassin OF civiliza-
ton and a ravisher of human rights.
II is barbarOus system that barters
in everything, even in the flesh and
blood of mankind; it has paid many a
man to take the life of another, it
causes all sorts of crime. 1t is, as
Edward Boyce said, "a system that
was born in the womb of infamy and
nursed upon the tears, sweat and
blood of countless millions through
all the ages of tyranny and oppres-
sion."
And SO long as nations hold to the
system Of individual ownership of
property, other than small personal
effects, history will every now and
then repeat the hideous crimes of
bloodshed and suffering among the
masses. Under genuine socialism, the
remedy will be applied to the disease
instead of doctoring the effects with
graduated taxes, high protective tar
liz. ship subsidies, gold standard, ma
tional bank issues, bond issues, poor
houses and bloody wars and the like,
which are all prescribed by the chief
commander of individual ownership
who has all the prescriptions filled
with a good profit to himself, and
levies taxes on the masses to foot the
bills, and allows the disease to con-
tinue, knowing that individual owner
ship is special privilege itself, and
it allows him to figure directly or in
directly in all sorts of financial and
society turmoil through which he
piles up more millions.
Under socialism all will have a
chance to live and work, without be-
ing robbed, and enjoy collectively the
earth as God intended 1t would be
in harmony with human nature, hui
mainly among men, instead of car
dem for few, and slavery and serf-
dem for the masses. Therefore, So
oialists offer the only permanent REM
edy and will forbid the recomlng of
the harem. concubine and eunuch SER
want. and will lift mankind above the |
vast sea OF crime to higher plane /
of civilization. but II they ever fuse
with any political party npholding In
dlyidual ownership, then they will
lose their virtue Such Is cause and
effect. RALPH ROCKWELL
Redington, Aria.