The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-01-19

wrote these lines he was not thinking
of the peace of justice" between in
diyiduals, but between nations; never
theless the one is but the corollary Of
the other No nation will be unjust
or oyerbearing to another nation when
peace of justice" reigns within its
borders.
Russia, the modern type of the ma
ton which would UNANIMOUSLY Cypress
weaker nations, is VIGOROUSLY the ma
ton in which the powerful within her
own borders tyrannize over the weak
er.
The differences between nations al
ways arise in the effort OF tyrannOus
class within one nation endeayoring to
extend it's tyranny beyond the national
boundary. In the feudal age it was
the nobility which brought about war
ticSzrszsA6s
peasants than the home marks. af-
fordcd.
Today wars caused by the capitalist
class of one nation wishing to con-
quer new markets for itself to the ex-
clusion of the capitalist class Of some
other nation. For instance. Russian
and Japanese capitalists wanted the
Manchurian market. The Russian cap
italists got their car to send out his
troops and navy to carry out their
program by force, and the Japanese
capitalists got their mikado to send
out his troops and navy to meet those
of the car.
When the war ends there will be lots
Of dead peasants and lots of new cap
italists. There will be peace, but
whether it is the peace of justice" or
not is another story.
If the president wishes the peace of
justice between nations, let him first
look to the establishment Of the peace
of justice within the borders of his own
imation. It is true that ne has, in his
message, made feeble steps in this di-
rection, although, feeble as they were,
nevertheless thcy threw the capitalist
class into frenzy of fear. The partic-
ular paragraph which SO excited them
was that in which he recommended
that the government should have the
right to fix the rates charged by the
railways. If there is any danger of
his recommendation causing any such
law to go into effect, it is not surpris-
ing that the day after the message
was given -ta the lLiies I AAere .Wssss
called together IN New York hasty
meeting of fourteen of the presidents
of the great railway systems to dis
cuss ways and means to meet the emer-
gency.
The day after there was violent
| break in the stock market. and while
our friend and co-worker, Mr.. Thomas
W. Lawson, should be given consider
able credit for this break-for he had
advertised in papers that on that day
he would begin his onslaught on the
Copper and Standard Oil crowd-still
Lawson himself must admit that the
message of the president, coming out
as it did, was at least singularly for
tunate coincidence for his bear ope-
rations.
The probability is that the net result
of the presidents threat will be the
hurrying along of Rockefeller's we'll
laid plan for the complete justification
of all the railways.
Competition is the cause of secret re-
bates and comparatively unjust rates
| that the president is so much exercised
over One railway fears if it does
not give rebate to a big shipper
that some. other railway will take the
business. After giving rebate to
one shipper it tries to get even by
charging other shippers exorbitant
rates The poor railway presidents are
| in dreadful Quandary lest they lose
their $4,000 a year jobs ii Rookie
! Teller takes over the railways, he will
certainly fire them, and if the club that
Roosevelt holds over them-govern-
ment ownership comes about, then
Uncle Sam will be just as sure to
throw them out. Next to being in the
ingenious Mrs. Chadwick's place in
the Tombs, charged with manufacture
ing two million dollars out of nothing.
think being a railway president is
about the most demonstrating position
one can imagine. With the elimina-
ton of competition and war no cap
tains of industry will be wanted. And
even if they hold on to their jobs there
is going to be very little for them to
do For Roosevelt proposes to manage
their railways for them so completely