Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-02-23

mich COW at the Peter NJ. Petersen
sale.
Thos. Adair bought a fine bunch of
stock hogs of VIM. COvault this week.
Frew Hays and Will Eagen were
helping AS Miller haul corn to the
the Frank Duvall farm Friday.
The young folks of the Burr home
passed a very pleasant evening in Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd Miller's parlor.
Ralph Stanley and his patrons uni
ted in battle with the snow drifts
Wednesday and came out with flying
colors.
Robert Buchanan, Of near Larland
was seen battling his way through the
storm Saturday to the Ed Jayne home.
He was fleeing from that intOlerable
vacancy left by the absence of his wife
who had gone to spend a few days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jayne.
G. Of the J. made an ass of himself
when he said: "Oh Greeley, say,
Your brother Gray
Accepts the hay.
'Tmay stop the bray"
We have heard of people doing the
like, but this is the only bona tide
case of the kind that ever came be-
meath our observation. We shall
doubtless hear from him again, for he
seems to be in doubt about the eff
cheney of the hay, saying that it may
stop the bray.
Dear brother Gray, it beats the bugs
That we descend among the thugs
To no 10 IN tho SlinV brink
OF this stale pool Of printers ink.
Heaven withdraws her kindly light.
And leaves us to our muddy fight.
For Heavens sake, What will they do
With US when we with this get thro'?
ass Shall we be fit for anything?
Nv singers smashed, | cannot sing
And yours-a creaky blamed old harp
With but one string tuned up to carp.
I'd lust as leave you'd knock me out,
But by cling! | don't believe you can.
Existing conditions between the peo.
pie and the railroads are such as me-
| cessitate Intervention by the govern
| ment in order that the rights of the
people may not be ignored, and thus
make the constitution staring figure
head on our great ship of state
| These conditions foreshadOw govern
mental ownership, 1t is folly to ex
pect a selfish Individual or greedy
corporation to operate an institution
for the benefit of the people. Theil
aim is to mass riches, and that thes'
riches are leeched from the poor Il
scarcely a question. If the people
E. wish to enjoy the full benefits iron
any form of industry they must oper
ate that industry for themselves. TIL
people are the government. The con
clusion from the foregoing premises i
that an industry cannot reach that di
vine maturity that insures the just dis
tribution of proceeds until it passe
under the control of the government
If we must have a government by tn
people in order to be government TO
the people, so must we have railroad
by the people in order to get railroad
for the people. 1t is as part to tn
whole. The corallary is conspicu
Gus one. Behold. a startling infer
ence has cropped out, the inferenc
that all important industries shout
be owned and operated by the govern
ment. We sincerely believe this to b
the great and ultimate aim of evolu
ton: but she must first distinguish tn
inOrdinate desires of the Individual
which are incompatible with her idea
and cause those deplorable extreme
of effeminating Injuries and debillta'
ing poverty. However it seems tina
present conditions are the inevitabl
preliminaries necessary to prepare tn
human mind for propositions more a!
truistic. After all, evolution is TO
lowing the path of least resistance
To her the trust is means to an en-
and should not be violently uprooted
This sounds somewhat socialistic, bu
let us not permit our prejudice agains
socialism blind us to the direction on
boat is drifting. May we predict tina
some time, after a long stormy voy
age, the human race will find rest an
happiness in the calm peaceful han
bOrS of communism?