The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-01-04
AWAY WITHM0NEY
Japanese Idea of a Paradise Of
Peace.
Claim Made That Complete Abolition
Of "FiIthy Lucre" Would Promote
Equality in Public Life of Man.
kind-Ticket System Urged.

We viii make here a suggestion
which furnishes us a method to pre-
vent the appearance of the rich, and
avert the consequent result of the diff
ference between rich and poor. The
suggestion consists of the entire dis
use of the money over the world, IN
order to give the struggle for exist
ence check, to make away with the
difference of rich and poor, and thus
to promote peace and equality in the
public life of mankind.
1t is through the medium of the
money that wealth is accumulated, and
the accumulation entails the difference
struggle for existence.
This state of things is most undesir-
able. The end of mankind is not to be
proud of individual talent or ability.
but to co-enjoy the peace of the world,
just as in a family, and any cause
which brings about any inequality in
public life must be radically elm
mated. 1t is for this reason that we
dare to suggest the disuse of the money
to prevent the difference Of rich and
poor.
What crafty fellow ever produced
the money for use in human life? or
course, naturalization of various val
tables, such as gold, silver. jewels, etc.
shall be implied in the disuse Of the
money and their ownership by individ'
uals be prohibited. Such valuables
retain their values only when they are
used as a means of inequality, but will
be nothing more than those pebbles on
the road when equality is to be preva-
lent. They may have some value in
giving us a good feeling on account
of their elegance, then they may be
ased, under public ownership, for the
decoration Of shrines, temples,
churches, halls, and many other like
buildings to the common pleasure Of
the public at large.
Most complicated troubles may arise
from the adjustment Of properties
after the enforcement of the disuse Of
the money. With the proposed sug-
gestion mines, railroads, ships, electric
and gas plants, waterworks, and many
other properties essential to the COM
mon interest Of nation shall be trans
ferred to the national ownership, not
to say of the naturalization Of land.
and they shall be equally compensated
for, as for the confiscation of money
and several bonds, with a kind of reg.
istration bond newly issued for the
purpose, which should have the char
acteristic of temporary transitional
means until an improved feature
makes its appearance in new so.
ciety.
In other regards individuals may be
permitted to retain their own property,
personal and real, and maintain their
professions or occupations. Transac'
tons shall be carried on by the ex-
change of kind in kind, or barter.
But as barter is too incOnvenient to be
enforced, ticket system may be taken
for the remedy of this defeat AS has
been stated, our ideal disuse of the
money does not admit any accumula.
ton of wealth. and SO the tickets shall
be given each certain period of time,
say 10, 20, 80 years or more, during
which they can be in use, and after
! which their circulation ceases.
When this is accomplished, there
can be no more complaints, no more
dissatisfactions, no more contradict
| lions, and no more MISUNDERSTANDING,
and the world will be reorganized into
paradise of peace.-Seijiro Bawa-
shima in Dali Nippon.