The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-10-22


been or not. The question is this
rs II the best form that can be in
stituted? Has the human race
reached its zenith? Must the world
go back into barbarism?" Hardly.
Suppose We examine this grand in
stitution land frankly admit that
in some respects 1t is grand) and
see how it is builded, owned and
managed.
This government has approx
mately 100000 Inhabitants who
are supposed to be free and equal.
with equal rights to all and special
privileges to none; a government of,
for and by the whole people. Theo-
retically this Is the form of govern
nient in practice. However, we have
a government of the Trusts, for the
Trusts and by the Trusts, via the
Supreme Court.
We elect Representatives by d.
rect vote to make laws to govern
tatives Congress We elect mot on
your life) a body OF men called the
Senate to modify or annul all laws
enacted by our Representatives. We
elect mot President who has the
power of veto. He can veto any law
that is enacted by Congress and rat
flied by the Senate. Did you ever
vote for a Federal Judge? No! The
President appoints him. They hold
Office for life and without your con-
sent. Your House of Representa-
tives may enact a law, the Senate
ratify and the President sign 1t and
yet it is not a law. The Supreme
Court with one word can declare
any law UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Ninety millions of people with less
power than seven men!
Ninety millions of people enact a
law, seven men with power to say
it isn't law! Is that government
of. for and by the people? Hardly.
Let us examine further. We have
nation with sO,00O,OOO people liv-
ing in it's domain. One-tenth of this
number own and control nine-tenths
of all the wealth in the United
| States while nine-teDths own only
one-tenth. On an average there are
one and une-half million men and
women out of employment all of the
| time. Think of it! One and one
half million homeless and hungry,
pleading for work and a chance to
live! There are one million seven
hundred and fifty thousand boys
and girls, under the age of four
teen, employed in the mills, mines
and factories, doing work that
should be done by adults. By reason
of hard work, long hours and unsan-
itary conditions, they very rarely
reach that stage of physical and
mental perfection that is the right
full inheritance of all mankind.
Their bodies and minds are dwarfed
and their offspring are seldom
sound physically or mentally. Our
asylums for the insane and our in
stitutions for the weak-minded are
living monuments to- the damnable
competitive system under which we
are living.
We have nearly million fallen
women[women once as pure as
your own mother who for some rea-
son have left their homes and now
mix and mingle with your own sons
in the brothel But why mention
any more of the evils? Great God!
Is it not sad indeed to know that in
land of wonderful natural re-
sources where nature has been law
ish, where everything exists, only
needing the machinery invented by
human minds and run by human
hands, to covert it into commodities
for the comfort and pleasure of
! mankind? Isn't it sad to know that
enough food and raiment is pro-
duced to feed and clothe everyone
bountifully, and yet millions go
hungry an poorly clad!
Something is wrong; what is it?
People are starving amidst plenty.
The granaries are full of grain, the
cold storages are full of meat of all
kinds. the stores are full of clothing
and the yards are full of coal. Ev-
erything in abundance. yet millions
in need. Something is wrong. What
is the remedy?
Our good old sexagenarian friend
says: THE institution ! sail right.
He says what We need is not a
change of our institution but high
er type of citizen" Glory! A high
er type, it is! All right. I'm going
to ask him to begin in his own
town. But pshaw! that won't do.
II all the. citizens of your town were