World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1908-06-25
Winnep!eg, No.
JUNE 9th. 1908.

Dear BRO. and Oomrade.- II
I see in the Kansas City tJopr- Is
nal" an eli,orls. which reads IN I
part as follow, 70
1T has been announced that ,
!!h- soeia'i.t in their coming I
presidential campaign will make i
special appeal to the farmers, just 4
why the farmers should be parti.
cularly sucoeptable to the soph;s. 8
tiles Of social disorder propasan.
dist Is continuing mystery. Yet f,
the history Of most Of the uphcav.
ale and revolution disclosss the
agricultural population as figur.
ing conspicuoualy in such move.
ments '+*@ But the farmers is
really tho last man who should
enter the ranks Of Socialism for he
would be the one to loose with no
chauce TO gain"
! Let us investigate the cause Of
the situation as told above, We =,
are willing to admit as far as the .
first paragraph is concerned; tu,
the last statement We must posi-
lively deny.
i We will say in the first place.
the land which Is one Of the com.
MON gilt Of God to all life. and
the basis of all life, and man can
i. not exist without the use Of the
. land. and this gift of God was
held for the common good of all
mankind for centuries, and Black.
a sione SAYS in regard to the matter
4, Ithat, "Tac earth and all thing.
. Therein arc the general property OF
q all MANKIND from the immediate
, gifts OF .be Creator Thus the
4. lerouud was IN COMMON, and nc
part OF it was permanent property
II Of any man in particular"
VI Ard this was the custom o.
m the people until greed and indi
h vidualism began 10 assert itself
y History says land was hrs
III seized by conquoring kings afte
ID which it belonged to the throne.
r, After this encrouchment upol
he the peop'e's rights. had went o.
from bad to worse, until Their
h. was a landlord aristocracy estat
hc lished WHO owned, not only tn
Al land, but the law making poweI
M who passed laws that the Ian
ia should remain in the families a
Il, the aristocracy, thus esta olist
ID ing the private ownership of Ian
10 and they laid claims to all tin
nj lands so that the serfs 1.-THE con
ne mon people, had to pay homage
os rent, interest and dues, until
ITO becomes almost unbearable.
-, Mr.. Herald Cox says I'm cour
mo ty after county the pesentrv rOs
,cs against encrouchments. TIL
nj, nobility and gentry quickly con
n bined for common defence; the
sold their plates and jewelr.
r., armed their retainors Soldier
Ipc and with the aid Of German an
rm I.alions mercenaries (Pinkertc
rdu and thugs suppressed the su
big cessive uprising The pesentr
or were in this manner compelle'
b or by the unanswerable argumel
cw of muske try and hangman's.roI
ito to submit to the loss OF CONNIE
uld rights VIII ch was theirs by Il
ESQ prescription Of centuries.
Once this private ownership
hoy land had been fully establishe
Don it became a permanent instit
are ton, altho the words Of Blac
<'y stone quoted above, were, a
em. and always will be. the trut
o'y and these are nearly the con
yes tons at the present tune, and t
nos Journal" dare not deny.
np!o When the Pilgrims came
can what is now known as the U.
peak there was plenty Of land and /
now few people, and these people !
ana known nothing else but the :
con. vate ownership Of land, they
a''s. tablished the same he.:.., = y
Pr'dsl son could own ali the land
Amer wanted T., AID not interfere '
I'm, ~ the rights 81 tthcrs, therefor
.tient was no disau'au'ese >.
= ara and the land question was O
special importance. But