The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-06-21
A SURE SAFEGUARD.
CO. OPERATION AMONG PR0DUC-
Frs A FOUNDATION FOR AMEN
Turing SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Mr.. President ana Gentlemen Of the
Convention
am profound believer 10 the capa
CITY OF the human race 10 work on. h.S
high destiny Of which u y capaple -
lis genius is rightly directed 1 am
most extreme optimist IA my s1pee
fatIons OF what the people OF tnis na-
ton will eventually accomplish ln -
curing in fact as well ar ia theors no'
only equal rights. but equal oppor.u.l ~
itv for all men and the achievement ~
ali our people OF the highest aFeI1se
standard Of life OF which an are eap,
ol,ie and which can be brought Wltnih
the reach Of all
Unless this is accomplished our
boosted civilization VIII be Dui a
wave on the great ocean OF lline' i,
ing into a brief existence. only 70
submerged. as all the civilizations li.al
have gone before Us have been SUP,
mergad. beneath the r0tfenness and
corruption which has followed ~
axftahlv In the wake of vast accumu-
Setion 81 wealth. and the gradual abb
sorption OF the land into great estates
HANDWRITING OK THE WALL
Already in this country the hand
writing is on the wall. End he VINO
runs may read the warning VIII -
byron painted IN words when ne
wrote:
iris Int the sane rehearsal Of the past,
FIRST freedom. and then giory-When tna'
wealth. vice. cOrruption-barDarisn at
Ana hissorr. with an her volumes vast.
Hath but one page
onr history viii not be written on
that page. and l am here 10 ten you
ubv and TO tell you that your move
mont la the line OF cooperation Is one
~ the reasons why we will escape the
fate that has al last destroyed all the
great nations Of the past
Rut we have already reached tne
et.ce az ~wealth-yice-c0r
NJ one who knows what goes on In tins
connfrv doubts that for moment
In any one questions Il he should read
fhe recently published book entitled
s.The shame OF the Citi' by Lincoln
Steffens.
How are these dangers to be safe
guarded againsts
THE CAR OF JUGGERNAUT-
| II cannot be done by purifying III.
cities. because they cannot be purlneo
Man will not rise above his environ
n,enf or the dominating influence O.
That environment. and the iniiuenc.
which controls al things in our mod
crn city is the mad race for wealth.
IL is a car OF juggernaut which crusne
public and private integrity an'
morality and every just conception Q
patriotism under its wheels as II roll
rrthlessiv onward. driven 10y IN
multitude who are ready to sacriiic
not only themselves. bat their countr,
In the great gamble for quickly game
wealth.
We closed UP the Louisiana lotter.
. in a burst Of righteous public indigna
ton. because II was encouraging IN
gambling mania and corrupsing I'd
people.
The district attorney OF New 1orl
has recently set the machinery OF IN
law In motion 10 stop the operations
a gambler named Garfield.
In St Louis and Grand Rapids IN
, foul brood OF bribe-givers ana brio'
takers has been held up TO derislo
land disgrace. and few Of them ma
be punished
/, COOPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH
But we have gone so far that col
! ruption has become 4 business sSsaei
and conditions in our cities wiii oree
two c0rruptionists where one y pun
ishci. Those conditions get worse an
worse as the profits OF preying upo
: the people become greater Win IN
increase OF the population OF our cities
land our political and social INSTITUTION
are rotting at their very sour
The corrnntion OF our cities will II
levifablv faint and in the end contr'
: our national politics and the admini
9 tration Of our national government
q Unless
: And here is the only safeguard
( Unless we plant the great majorit
= Of our peopie on the soil aud maintal
I IL there. and the people themselvs
n learn to do for themselves by c
+ oneration. so that in the end we sha
r eventually become a great co-operatia
9 commonwealth.
L am not proposing socialism. as i
S devotees understand Il. or as Il
y usually defined and understood. as
e lremedy.
e / am proposing the exact opposi'
lof Il.
e / am proposing the very highe'
e form of individual rights. opportuniV
7. activity and development
e Socialism Is to dream about doin
/ things. and to begin at the wrong en-
9 and fail.
e Cooperation Is to do things and
/ begin at the right end and succee
II Cooperation is evoiution-not rev
I Tuition.
) Evolution Is the law OF God.
e Evolution Is the natural law whis
e has controlled the creation OF Il
/ earth and all that there Is on It.
II Ii is the law Of the development
a the human race. and we need only
x learn It's lessons and study II as
h method for the solution OF every soci
Ie problem to save the people of tn
II milton from the social and polite
dangers that confront them to-day.
The trouble with most theories &
/. lfhe reform or betterment of social co
a ldltlons Is that they are too radical.
It Reformers Of that class plan an