Evening journal., 1906-09-04
LABOR HAS
UNUSED POWER

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to get away from the human
and slavery idea, until in the
century just closing we have reached
the condition that almost everywhere
on the face Of the civilized globe hui
man slavery has been abolished.
Servitude Not Ended
But that does not mean that all ser
vitude is at an end. for we have hu-
man servitude to-day as the basis Of
our economic industrial and govern
mental conditions.
The most important relation in life
is that relation called government
your relation to your government and
its relation to you;-that all powerful.
unseen, intangible and unfeeling
power which rules and controls you.
Power Over Purse and Sword
Government exercises two powers,
and two powers only. over you, which
you feel and know. The power over
your purse and the power of the
sword The power to go into your
home and take you from your family
and your daily work, stop your right
to labor and place a gun in your hand
and send you out to die, II need be.
A power which extends to every able
bodied man in the community who
owes 1t allegiance.
The second is like unto It. The
power to tax-to sell. II need be, every
thing you possess for its support or
because Of its laws
The secret OF government is to dis
guise It's hand when unjust in its rule,
the justice of government is to tell the
truth.
Equal Suffrage Conversions
Our government IS founded upon
equal suffrage of every man. Woman
suffrage may come, and hope II will.
but just now II is the equality Of
every man as a voter. That alone is
the equality with which we are all
equal and clothed with inalien-
able right Of freedom. 1t is
a valuable asset. it IS severe
ignty. How valuable it is. you
for yourselves can judge at election
time. when your vote is sought and
your hand shaken by those who wish
to rule you and make your laws.
Russia is now in the throes Of the
last struggle Of absolution, the dying
gasp Of the idea that God has selected
one set Of individuals to rule over mill
lions of their fellow beings. comforting
the absolute right over life and prop
erty.
In this country We have been rap
idly approaching what statesmen from
its foundation have feared. a central
lied government I'm the hands Of
wealth. A centralized government is
all right IL rightly directed-if directed
by the sovereign win Of the majority
Of the people. but If it is subservient
to any power other than the will Of
all, IT is dangerous and unjust.
An Exploded Theory
In our own day the individual is
awakening TO realize Webster's pro-
phetic utterance in 1874 and the PEN
dulum is swinging against corporate
influence in the governmental affairs
"A Washington and in the States.
Already It was felt at Washington
last winter, when legislation was en-
acted directed at the corporate infu-
ence over the arteries OF commerce.
There was a time when private busi-
ness interests said you must not in
terfere with our business. but last fall
the government, speaking because the
people were aroused made regulations
regarding the private business Of the
manufacture Of foods. The idea that
government has no control over the
regulation of private business Is an
exploded one to-day, and the govern
ment says you cannot poison at will
any longer. The private individual
can make food. but the man whose
business il is to eat that food can say
you must not adulterate It.
People have feared a centralized
form of government because of the
power of any efficient human machine
to oppress, but there Is one remedy
and only one. by which this central