The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-05-27
THE GREAT ADVENTURE

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entire,
Break feuda codes that keep mel
from the earth,
Remold the nations to the Hearts De
sire.
That the Intelligent MiDorit,
cease crOss.fring, mass its streDgtl
on single issue, arouse the hear
of man to Immediate Action
this ia the Great Adventure, th,
greatest human adventure III tn,
worlds historic time.
The Great Adventure demands
a free and open earth-and il
more concerned to get it quickly
than to prescribe the exact meth
DDS of achieving it,
so vast is the demand, of Ruct
tremendous import to every sou
in Cbristendom, that the power tC
achieve it is sought in the deeps
of human nature. Some greater
force than self interest must be
reached. High wages, low rent,
good business--men will vote and
intrigue for these, but never unit.
edly for they are disintegratiDg
forces; lie, cheat, steal, waste
away their lives in endless bicker
ing. But for these they Will not
be heroic, they will not dare and
suffer and forget and conquer; for
these they will not be unafraid.
The first demand is for a free
and open earth--open to whoever
will ute it, free 20 every soul on
equal terms. Men are born in
christendon neither free norequal.
but by the power Of the awakened
heart all shall have an unrestrlct.
ed chance at the earth and its full.
ness! None shall hold or hoard
more than his need. There shall
be no title to the unused earth
no monopoly holdings. Greed
shall lose lts foothold on the land.
The parent privilege shall be de-
stroyed--aDd the superstition
that any man can Own air, sun
shine, or earth! No one shall pay
another for the privilege" of Inv
ing on earth Rent shall 60, and
the landlOrd-there shall be no
"unearned increment" The land
is to be occupied and used, or left
as free as atmosphere and sun
Iight--the product of mines and
forests to be fairly and dAcently
distributed.
DO you want more than this'
We all do. We want the insti.
tuition of comradeship. We want
to see man united industrially as
the bees and the ants are. We
want leisure and freedom to think
of other things than the need of
back aud belly--a chance to be
gin our human development. We
want to explore the deeps of ma.
ture, tear off her myrlads of wells
that hide reality. We want to
dream, and live, and dare-be
men and women unafraid.
But all this, and all the hearts
desire, can only be begun on a
free earth.
Do you want the factories and
workshops, the jobs, the tools, and
the industriesi
These are fixtures and appurte-
nances of the land. Out of the
land they were originated, on land
they rest and cannot be removed
from it. Whoever holds the land
has full control over them. When
the whole people own the whole
earth they will have full power to
it's fixtures and pro |
ducts as their wider vision and |
kinder instincts may then dictate.
To open the land il the first
great step toward the reconstrnc |
tion Of society. Until it is ac.
complisbed no other step of real
can be taken.
Something stirs now-we are
beginning to Feel as we'll as to
kEOw-we are commencing to
Care, and those who care are
uniting to stop the horrors and
iDiquitles.
United, they will have their own
way.
II plutocrdcy can turn the world
to murder, democracy can turn it
10 fraternity--lf Ike power be
evoked. War awakens the de-
structive passions, but these are
only constructive forces turned in.
side out, and much force is lost in
the turning. War evokes the Ma.
tural Religious Impulse--and per.
verts 1t.
If cunning greed can incite the
millions to mortal enInity, intelli.
gent sympathy can iDcite them to
friendship. sympathy Is the
btroB ger force, and has the harmo-
MES of the universe behind It. If
hate can pit che nations to slaugh |
ter and destruction, love can /,
weld them for lite and growth.
o, be q gambler bold and freely throw !
The dice Of life, lay all its hollow |
show
Of dross upon the cloth-its Gold to
win