The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13

few people be rescued from the fire,
but that the fire must be extinguish-
ed; that it is not enough to have the
plague confined to the Storage; but
that the plague must be e~radicated;
for if it exists anywhere on the ship
every part of the ship is unsafe, ana
all must share largely of the same
fate, and no man or class of men can
live to themselves alone.
AS to the direct or the indirect dis
tribution of the products Of industry
there must be either unlimited COM
petition which means a struggle of
brain and Drawn for a large share, or
there must be some sort and degree
of governmental limitation put upon.
competition for the protecting of the
weak or generous against the greedy
and the strong. Unlimited compe-
tition is below the practice of uncivil-
lied man and it is the method of the
jungle where the strong animals des-
troy the weak animals. Germany pro-
ceeded upon the assumption that the
might to do and to get is sufficient
right to all which is gotten and ade-
quate justification for all which is
done; but this Jungle and antichrist
theory and practice has deluged the
world in blood: and such fruit is am
pie proof that the tree on which it
grew is bad. Away with such theor-
les which lead to such practices!
The alruistic spirit Of considera-
ton for the interests of other people
would incline the strong to be pater-
nal or brotherly toward the weak; but
the history of the world convinces us
that too few people have this spirit
which would give q square deal if not
a helping hand to the weak without
some outside influence OF compulsion:
for not much of human history has
been like that of the early church.
(Acts 1922. And even this volun-
tary community Of goods which ex-
listed for only a little while in the
early church was limited to the Spirit
filled disciple company who had enter
ed into a life then new upon earth. and
it did not extend to all Of the people
OF the city. Even SO it soon proved to
be impracticable in that exclusively
christian brotherhood, because insin-
cerity and selfshness appeared among
them in the person of Mr.. and Mrs.
Annanias whom the Lord removed
from the holy circle. Communism
would not work even in such an inner
[circle Of christians, and how much
less it would work in the world! And
does not the history Of the world and
our " observation compel the con.
Eviction that until humanity comes
much more under the control Of
Christ and until people are much more
fully guided by His Golden Rule there
must be governmental limitations
placed upon the ambitions and thu
greed Of the strong?
All men indeed. have equal rights t.
the enjoyment Of life, in the race 70,
happiness, and to the exercise Of lib
erty; but the INSCRIPTIONS who ar,
fleet Of foot must be restrained from
trampling down the weak or they vii
be victims sacrificed to the eagernes.
of the strong who seek happiness il
disqualification.
The necessities upon .us incident t,
our being in the great world-war hav
demonstrated to all of us that an,
purely individual commercial interest
may rightly be sacrificed by the gov
eminent whenever the common goo,
demands it; and can anyone questio,
that the common good is menaced by
few people having in their possessio,
too vast a proportion Of the wealth o
nations, just as certainly as the com
mon good is menaced. by a few per
sons called %autocrats or a~ristocrat
having in their power too much gov
ernmental control, or having a mo
nopoly Of governmental power: It /
obvious that no nan has ever earne
such vast wealth, although he ma,
have cunningly acquired what other
have produced, just as the usurper
in governments have cunningl
schemed to acquire thrones or title
special privileges; and it is even NOR
manifest that no one has a right to in
herit what those before him acquire
unrighteously This is not goddess an
archy OF even socialism, but il. is tn
very essence Of democracy which re
quires that limitations be placed upo
ambitious and greedy competitors; an
the best way to apply these limitation
is by progressively graded income, a.
cess profits, and inheritance taxatio
which will meet many public require
ments.
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GENTLY loyal to Jesus Christ who wen