Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-07-03
is A REVOLUTION IMMINENTa

GOOuWlnS weekly DHlSoo pfVSent
signs fail we do not believe that either
the Republican or the Democratic party
will elect more than one more Presi.
dent. There are strong men in every
state who have exhausted their
thoughts on the question Of how TO
stop the domination of wealth and its
mighty aggregation in few hands and
have decided that the only way to res
cue the country and prevent its further
falling under the dictation of few
wealthy men or firms and thus estab.
fishing an aristoracy Of wealth is to SO
adjust matters that money will BE-
merely a convenience, and cease to be q
controlling force.
These men are moving ia every state
and the increase in single year in the
Socialist vote is SO significant that 1t
points to a social and political revolu-
ton in the very near future. Suppose
there should come government which
should decide that the railroads of the
country should be owned by the gov.
eminent, should appraise them and pay
for them in government bonds, and
then provide for u sinking fund which
would in a few years take up the bonds;
that then one and another of the public
utilities Of the country should likewise
be absorbed and finally decide that
the land like the water should be free
to all men and proceed to levy taxes
accordingly, is il not clear that in a
few years money would be almost talu.
less for any purpose of gain through
its use? i4a.ai
II man had one or ten or a hundred
millions Of dollars, how could he invest
or use it in way to give him an in
come from it7 Well 1t requires only q
vote Of 81 per cent of the people tC
bring this about and alert men in eve
ry state are working to that end
Again, the leborers of the country were
never in such state OF Unrest before
and thousands, millions of them coult
easily be induced to vote with a. part,
whose slogan would be; Down with
the rich,n and which would insist tina
as all men are equal under the -SfSsr,
of our government, 80 the poor man
boy should not be handicapped in hi
cradle, and before he can walk, mad
at least partial subject of tn
child in the carved cradle next doc
where wealth is building up the mos
offensive aristocracy in the world. tina
} aristocracy which claims soyereignt
because it has bought it for money
: The title will not lie disputed specially
} but the effort will be to so adjua
: things that the power of money will b
broken, and the children viii emerg
from their cradles on perfect equal
. ity. OF course, no end of argumen
I against this can be framed, no end O
dangers pointed out II such radiea
D changes are tried, but suppose that 5
e per cent will not listen to the argu
E ments, will not grew tinid on tn
5 prospect Of danger and vote for tn
change.
The signs now point to such cul
D mination before two more Presidentia
elections can be held On the old line
4 and issues. This is so apparent tia
the belief that there win be socia
and political end industrial reyolutiot
q in the very near future has become
( conviction in thousands and hundred
of thousands Of mihds in our country
and convictions OF that kind cauno
spring up spontaneously all over
. country without cause.