The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-06-17
Something to think About.


Judge Goodwin. editor of Goodwin's
Weekly at Salt Lake City. Emanating
from the brain of one of the best eco
monte writers in the country, the sub
icct matter cannot fail to afford food
for reflection. even to the mos; hide
bound partisan:
UNLESS present signs fail. we do not
believe that either the Republican or
the Democratic party will elect more
than one more President. There are
strong men in every state who have
exhausted their thoughts on the qucs-
tion of how to stop the domination of
wealth of its mighty aggregation in
few hands and have decided that the
only way to rescue the country and pre-
vent its further falling under the die
tation of few wealthy men or firms
and thus establishing an aristocracy of
wealth is To 50 adjust matters that
money will be merely a convenience,
and cease to be controlling force.
These men are moving in every state
and the increase in single year in the
Socialist vote, is so significant that it
points to Il social and political revolu-
ton in the very near future Suppose
there should come a government which
should decide that the railroads Of the
country should be owned by the govern.
ment should appreise them and p0y for
them in government bonds. and then
provide for sinking fund whic! would
in Il few years take up the bonds, that
ten one and another of the public utili-
tics of the county should likewise he
absorbed and finally decide that the land
like the water should be free to all men
and proceed to levy taxes accordingly.
is ii not clear that in very few years
money would be almost valuclcss for
any purpose of gain through its use?
IF man had one million or ten or Il
hundred millions of dollars. how could
he invest or use il in a way to give him
an income from it? Well il requires
only Il vote of IL per cent of the people
to bring this about and alert men in
every state are working to that end.
Again. the lahorers OF the country were
never in such state of unrest before
and thousands. millions of them could
easily be induced to vote with Il party
whose slogan would be: Down with
the rich" and which would insist that
as all men are equal under the theory
or our government. so the poor mans
boy should not be handicapped in his
least partial subject of the child in
the carved cradle next door where
wealth is building up the most often
sive aristocracy in the world: that arts
tocracy which claims sovereignty be-
cause it has bought il for money. The
title will not be disputed specially. but
the effort will be to so adjust things
that the power of money will be broken
and the children will emerge from their
cradles on a perfect equality. OF course.
no end of arguments against this can
ut IIdHlttl. no emu ol uduStlH polllltN
out if such radical changes are tried,
but suppose that IL per cent will not
listen to the arguments. will not grow
tmid on the prospect of danger and
vote for the change.
"'fhe signs now point to such 4 cul
mination before two more Presidential
elections can be held on the old lines
and issues. This is so apparent that
the belief that there will be social and
political and industrial revolution in
the very near future has become a con
viction in thousands and hundreds of
thousands of minds in our country. and
convictions of that kind cannot spring
up spontaneously all over country
without a cause