Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-14
THE COMING CONFLICT.

With the end of the war will begin in the United
States the marshang of the forces for conflict that isl
inevitable. The triumph of democracy not completed
with the mere uncrownng of kings and emperors. There
must be just administration of the nations affairs that
the a2| |6rng Of dneafned increment shall cease.
"a short the fight is now for control between the
masses and criminal capital. Big Business the awless
soues constituencies autocIacy of wealth going to be
as hard to dethrone the kaiser 1t out in the
first skirmsh on November s. The passage of the Fed
era Reserve Banking Act the first serious blow that
had been dealt to the money trust Before that time
Wall street could order pancs or good times as it wed
and the Federal Reserve Act made it impossible for the
money kings to cripple legitimate business For the first
time in half century legitimate business the farmer and
the laborer has friend near the throne The appoint
ment of BandeS and Clarke to the Supreme bench gave
the people majority on that tribunal and took from greed
the means Of having all laws construed in hefavor For
the first time in their aWless the trusts find the
national administration seriously opposed to their crimes
For the first time they find national administration that
is honestly and ntegenty shearing the trusts of their
power and safeguarding the rights of the people. \
The taking of the railroads and other public utilities
for public use by the government another solar peXus
blow to organized greed and at last Big Business has
allied that the farmer the small business man and the la
borer about to come into their own and it is marshal
ing its forces to prevent it, The Democratic admnistra-
ton is making too many wholesome laws is protecting
the masses too well to suit the plans of Big Business
The record of the Republican party is snguarly con-
sstent in its loyalty to organized greed 1t has YET
enacted law that was not intended to first help the NAL
factors of wealth. Periods Of general prosperity were
essay that wool might grow for the shearng but these
carefully kept in the control of the Wall street crowd
This is the for the conflict now in this coun-
try The allies have buded better than they knew for
out of the turmoil of revolution in Europe will come the
structure of the ideal democratic state Political and eco
nomic equality and freedom will be formed from chaos
and be example for the world. Enlightened labor with
history its guide will build the new nations from new
foundations and the people, all the peoplew be safe
guarded in the public ownership of all things that might
be monopoized Even Russia will develop into free and
enlightened democracy. The time has arrived in the his
tory Of the world when labor knows its power when
azes how easy it is to take what has right to- and he
who fails to comprehend this is douby blind.
Peace will not come with the ending of this war; Not
until every citizen in all enlightened countries is made
free. Revolutions will be easy now until justice rules,
and our land by no means exempt from the danger
Revolutions may be boodless and they may not The po
ca party that seeks to put the interests of organized
wealth first is riding toward revolution.