Evening star., 1919-03-09
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that calls for the serious reflection
the very serious reflection--of all
Americans. War made 1T necessary
for the national government to en-
defense Of the country. And now
there is demand in many quarters
that the government shall continue
to exert those powers and to extend
them so as to include all powers mu-
nicipal, state and national.
"If the day should ever arrive
(Which God forbidD when the people
of the different parts of our country
John Fiske, the great historian, said.
shall allow their local affairs to be
administered by projects sent from
washington on that day the
progressive political career of the
American people will have come to
an end and the hopes that have been
built upon it for the future happiness
and prosperity of mankind will be
wrecked forever
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I'VE are face to face" Senator King
continued. with government car
ried on by clerks and bureau chiefs
through orders and proclamations that
will sweep away the liberties of the
people and their property rights-or-
ders and proclamations that will have
more sanctity than viii the DEGREES
of our courts. That is what the GEN.
tralization and socialization of our
government at Washington will mean.
''It is proposed that every field of
private endeavor shall be invaded
by the federal government. Rail-
roads, mines, telegraph and telephone
systems and many other industries
are to be owned and operated from
Washington by functionaries and
huge armies of employees. a twelve
hundred -dollar-a year clerk will have
more power than the governor of a
state. He will write an order and
some bureau chief will sign it, and
the persons to whom it Is sent will
disobey 1t at their peril
IF a supposed monopoly exists un-
der this ridiculous but menacing ism.
the laws are not to be enforced for
its destruction. The government is
to seize and operate it, after creating
boards and bureaus and departments,
filled with petty ofticeholders. for
that purpose.
national government Bridges are to
be built over local streams. High
ways are to be constructed within the
states. Industrial plants are to be
established for the production of COM
modities required by the people, Uni
NaFSltteS are 10 DC lpuHueu. IHe
educational system of cities, villages
and townships are to be controlled.
Arid land owned by persons and cor
porations is to be watered. Rail-
roads are to be laid down between
towns. and when that is physically
impossible canals are to be dug.
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"The magic touch of the government
or its employees is to make every
thing plentiful and cheap, Is to heal
the morally unfit and TO make clean
and crown with the beauty OF joyous
life the leprous bodies of monopolies,
political parties and of all the other
groups and divisions of our people.
Such Is the picture that is held before
our eyes. In short. sin and selfish
ness overnight are to disappear to
return no more.
Instead, IL the attainment of the
things have mentioned is seriously
attempted and carried through. the
security and progress of the United
States will disappear. Our free gov
ernment will be turned into a pater-
nalistic autocracy. Edicts will be is
sued by an oppressive bureau
oracy.S As sseerrodsng,' a. eReryatinE
socialism win bring to'an end oAr' Ina