The Delta independent., 1906-06-22
A SURE SAFEGUARD.
CO. OPERATION AMONG PRODUC-
ERS 4 FOUND4 TON FOR 4NEN=
Turing SOCIAL STRUCTURE
An Address by George II. Maxwell
at Bloomington, ILL.,. Showing how
This Principle viii Overcome Op-
p,ession by Combination OF Capital.
Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the

| Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of the
! Convention
| am Il profound believer in the capa
| CITY of the human race To- work out til"
! high destiny Of which it i caphhl" if
| it$ genius j. rightly directed. am Il
most extreme optilui~1 in my "Np""-
tation~ of what the prorl" Of this ma
/ tion Will eventually accomplish in 50
curing in fact aS we'll AZ i'll theory not
only equal rights. but equal opportun-
/ iry for all men and til" achievement 10y
| all our people Of til" highest average
/ standard Of lf" of Which all are cap
able and which can be brought within
I the, reach of all
Unless this is accomplished our
hoa>trd civilization will be- but 4
wave on the great ocean Of time. ri~-
. ing into 4 brief existence. only to br
Sublurrg,.d a. all the civilizations that
have gUnr before Us have been sub
merged beneath tn" rOtt"nne>s and
I corruption which has followed in
rvitably in the wake of vast acCunu-
/ lation Of wealth. and the gradual alb
SUrption of the land into great estates.
UANDWKITING on TIE WALL.
Already in this country tn" hand
writing j. on tn" wall. and lie who
I runs may Tttu NLt VIII A'H- W LIZ II
/ BY ron painted in words when he
wrote.
''-rh,rr is moral Of all human tales.
'T'is nut III" SAM, rehearsal "f III" past.
. First freedom. and then EIory-when that
wraT'h, vice. orruption-harharism at
And history. with all her volumes vast.
/ Hath hui uu" pa-''.'
our history viii not h" written on
Il. l.t- roll
why. and to tell you that your move
mvut in the line IF cooperation iS one
Z the reasons why We will c~rIp" the
fate that has nj last destroyed all the
great nations Of tn" past.
Rut We have already reached the
/ stage uf "w"Hllh-vic,'-corr rupliOn.
No one, who knows what gov~ on in this
country doubts that for a moment.
II any one questions it he should road
tile recently published book entitled
The Shame OF the CIu 10y Lincoln
StCfTrnS.
How are these dangers 10 be safe
guarded against?
TIE CAR OF JUGGEKNAUT.
1t cannot hc done by purifying the
,lt.r~. h,,.l'l~,' they cannot u" purified,
Man Will not rise above his environ
ulrut or the dominating Influence ut
that environment. and the Influence
which controls all things in our mod
rrn city is the mad r:icr for wealth.
, 1t is Il ear Of lu--rruIut which Cru>hn>
public and private integrity ami
morality and every just conception of
/ patriotism under it~ Wheels as it rolls
ruthlc>>ly onward. driven Ivy the
multitude who are ready to sacrifice
not only themselves. lat thor country
ffrI a.
. wealth.
| We CLOSES. up the Louisiana luttrr,-
in burst "t righteous public iudi-ua-
tIOu. h,,Au>,' IL WIS encouraging The
gambling mania ami curruptInG III"
people.
The district attorney "f New York
has recently set the machinery uf tar
law in motion Ia stop the operations of
a gambler uam~u Iant"M.
In -. lnu'> and Grand Rapids the
foul brnni of hr.lc-Givrr> and hr,lrr~
takers has hrr'u held up to drriSion
and disgrace. and a few Of them may
To- puul~ard.
COOPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH
Rur We have CON" 80 far that cor
rurjruu has h,vuur a business system
and conditions in our cities wiz hrrvI
two curruptiuui~tS where one X pun
i~h,d Those conditions get worse and
worse ~ the profits of prryiuE upon
the people become greater with tho
Increase Of the population of our cities:
and our pnllical and social institutions
are ruitiuE AT their very sour"
The corruption uf our cirlrS Will in
rvitahly taiut and in the end control
our national politics and the udmiul~-
trution of our national Euvrrumvut-
nlpSS-
And here is the only >afvEuari-
Unless We plant the great muJority
of our people on the soil and maintain
it there. aud the people themselves
learn To do for themselves 10y CO..
operation. 50 that in tn" end We shall
eventually become Il great cooperative
commonwealth.
am not proposing socialism. uS it,
drvotcrS understand il. or ~ ii i
usually defined and understood. as Il
remedy.
am proposing the exact opposite
of ii.
| am proposing the very highest
form of Individual rights. opportunity,
activity and development.
Socialism is to dream about doing
things, and TO begin at the wrong end
and fail.
Cooperation is to do things, and to
begin ut the right end and succeed.
Cooperation is cvolution-not revo-
luton.
Evolution Is the law OF God.
Evolution Is the natural law which
has controlled the creation OF the
earth and all that there is on il.
1t is the law of the development of
the human race, and we need only to
learn its lessons and study Ii as
method for the solution Of every social
problem TO save the people of this
nation from the social and political
dangers that confront them today.
The trouble with most theories for
the reform or bettcrmcut of social con.
dltlous is that they are too radical.
RcformerS Of that class plan an at |