The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-09-11
mind, his pocketbook not In
teryening!


Since cities were built up and
are revolving solely around pri-
vate property rights, 1t is logical
that III the workers OF the world
do away with the property rights
OF the few and distribute the prop
erty equally among all, cities will
no longer have even their present
fictitious function to perform and
they will fall into disuse-they
will rot and the ground they are
built on, the ground that today
groans under foolish skyscrapers.
will be used for raising corn or
for some really good purpose.
Where Will people live then,
you ask? VIII they all be farm
ers, and won't there be any
schools or books or theaters or
other adjuncts of civilization?
Indeed there will, And people
will have real happiness then, not
this fictitious thing that is merely
forced stimulation for over
wrought bodies and minds.
When few certain sections of
the earth are not being exploited
as they are now because of the
over cheapness of labor, each va
fious kind of production will be
maintained in that part of the
country best equipped for IT,;
where the natural resources are
best for power and the raw ma
terial. The problem of transpor-
tation will not have to be consid-
cred, because the railroads will be
run for the full convenience of
the people OF the groups and not
merely to tap the most exploited
communities, as now.
THE zones for production are
marked out by nature herself for
our guidance. There is the cotton
zone, the lumber zone, the grain
belt, the mineral belt, the fruit
districts. The people locating in
them ought not only to work in
these. but to have the full wealth
therefrom. Under normal condi-
tons each community will have
its method of exchange and inter-
change with other groups, but the
full return for the creation of So
cial value will be made to the Gre
ator, not to some detached ex-
ploiter arbitrarily announcing
himself as an overload.
"These communities will
not simply work - indeed
with no exploiting drOnes
about, but with everyone do
ing his particular share of
actual labor, NO ONE WILL
HAVE TO WORK ANY,
WHERE LONGER THAN AN
HOUR A DAY, and we should
have wealth untold.
1.-The rest of the time will be
given over not merely to play, but
to working at the thing each is
interested in, in perfecting inven-
lions, writing books or plays,
creating pieces of art or garden
ing; anything each desires.
The work will all be done
somewhere outside of the COM
COullu uultl6S Will
be made up of homes of the work.
ers, grouped together that they
may enjoy social intercourse-the
advantages of education, clubs,
amusements. sports, and so forth.
BUT THEY WILL NOT BE
CITIES.
Living this way, life will i'm
prove by leaps and bounds. Con-
tent that comes from plenty to eat
and wear will reign. Crimes will
practically cease, for most crimes
are committed against property,
and even diseased strains will be-
come well under the influence of
health that springs from proper
living.
And do not think this is not
all coming. The workers are COM
ing to know they alone are mas
tiers of the earth. And | feel it's
advent for / have my hand on the
pulse of all the industrial world.
I'm 25 years-no more-they
can nail up on the cities the sign
To Let No one will longer have
use for these nineteenth century
Ninevehs-these monuments to
folly"