The Washington times., 1919-04-05
Prosperity Needs Government
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Ownership
To Burn Statues. Don't Hurry.

Some day, perhaps too Iate prosperity will discover
that it made mistake in fighting Government ownership
of natural mOnopOIes, railroads, telegraph, etc.
man with good safe, weIpaid job is booster"
for the firm BE will fight for it need be- man with
SAFE weIpaid dgnhed job under Government ownership
would fight for that, and for the Government.
There is no suggestion that any mans property should
be taken without due process of law without fair pay
meut.
The men that had the energy to build railroads in the
early days are entitled be paid for services rendered
Men that built and extended telegraph and telephone lines
should be paid fairly for the work that they have DONE
paid for the privileges, concessions franchises that
the people gave them for nothing.
To sell these properties to the Government at fair
price, accepting Government bonds-a first mortgage
the entire nation-would create the army of Government
employees and of Government PROTECTORS that this Gov
ernment needs Such an army would make of the socaed
Bolshevist movement thing ridiculous as hoptoad
standing in front Of locomotive.
For the men who own these great public monopoiss
SELL them now would be the part Of wisdom.
The English farseeing and they read history inei
gently They don't wait to be before they step to
one side
One Of the greatest Dukes in England, owning fifty
thousand of land has just sold thirty five thousand Of
his BE says quite frankly that he thinks the English
system of holding land that scale viii pass And he pre-
fes to sell his rather than wait for state of public mind
that might TAKE it.
The men that control this country as the Dukes and
others control England should be intelligent their
English half brothers
Gigantic ownership of land is out of date in
England than private ownership of public monopoes Of
public property in the United States And this country
NEEDS army Of Government workers. First to do the
cOunys work; second to stand between the established
Government and reckless agitation
Two or three million well paid men Government jobs,
safe for Me during good behavior would to
public safety and Government stability than proposed
standing army Of half million
melt all statues of former royalties including Bismarck
They want to the metal in industry and will take the
onal flags and make clothing for children The suggestion
is better than older suggestions.
For the older agitation resulted in the burning Of
Libraries and destroying all printed books.
The Independent Socialist suggestion however shows
q foolish lack of discrimination.
ALI statues representing ACCIDENTS, of birth,
should be melted of course to the metal
Statues that represent men, matter how tyrannca
matter how brutal if they of POWER, marking
certain stage of development should be preserved for
culture study.
you preserve the statue of the dinosaur you may well
Keep the statue of Bismarck For he mental dnosaur
and it will be interesting for future generations to know
what he looked like.
The world is going to need powerful in centuries to
come
It is for the crowd Of to learn how direct and
USE power Destroying statues pictures of those that
really possessed it is childishness.