Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-11-27

A survey Of the gigantic forward
strides and reactions Of the struggling
classes of humanity since the armistice
leads to one conclusion-THEY ARE
ALL LEADING IN THE SAME d.
RECTION. 4 ,
What that direction Is has become
too plain to be ignored. Whether we
study the British labor movement and
the counter movement Of the reaction
aries of Great Britain, or the CORE
spending movements in France, or
Holland, or Scandinavia, or Germany,
or Poland; or whether we observe the
farmer-labor movement and Its OPPOSE
tion In Italy, Russia, Australia, New
Zealand, Canada, or the United States,
the great common people Of the world
are pressing forward In the same d.
rection and the ruling classes are re-
sisting In every country the realization
Of this common goal.
The Goal OF Humanity. .E
THAT GOAL is UNQUESTION-
<AOA1 LIN OONAANOA We AAV EAl'
HOOD. AND LIFE, OF THE NAT
URAL RESOURCES AND INDUS
TRY, OF FINANCE AND DISTRIBU-
TON, BY THE WHOLE PEOPLE.
The common people of the world are
seeking this control in two ways
through the establishment Of CO.
operatives and through the extension
of democratic public ownership.
A STUDY OF THE POPULAR
MOVEMENTS OF EVERY COUNTRY
WILL SHOW THAT THESE TWO
RELATED TENDENCIES ARE UNI
VERSAL.
In some, countries public ownership
.is paramount, as in Russia, New Zea-
land and Australia. In other countries
cooperation is paramount, as In Den
mark, Canada and the United States.
In many countries the two movements
have almost equal Importance, as in
Great Britain, France and Italy. BUT
IN ALL COUNTRIES THEY ARE
LEADING TO THE SAME THING
A NEW SYSTEM--A COOPERATIVE
COMMONWEALTH - AN INDUS.
TRIAL DEMOCRACY-A + CONDI-
TON WHERE THE PEOPLE WILL
CONTROL IN INDUSTRY, TRADE
AND FINANCE AS THEY SHOULD
CONTROL IN GOVERNMENT.
New Zealand Points Way. =
But what assurance have we that we
are going in the RIGHT direction in
stead Of the WRONG direction? That
this is safe goal for humanity?
THE PROOF THAT THE GOAL rs
RIGHT AND DESIRABLE LIES IN
WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN AT
TANNED IN THIS DIRECTION IN
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE
WORLD.
The proof what this goal may mean
to future humanity is dimly indicated
by results already attained, for in
stance, In Australia and New Zealand,
where public ownership and co-opera-
ton have been advancing steadily for
more than twenty years, and where the
present system Of industry has already
been partly changed into a new sys-
tenn.
A remarkable story Of what New
Zealand has accomplished in CHANG
ING THE SYSTEM is told in recent
number Of the Ladies Home journal
by Rose Young of New Zealand.
Change Without Revolution.
Here are some Of the things she
says: g
"The first thing that you discover in
New Zealand Is that hard, crusty
things like creed, law, custom, compe-
tition, have gone down before the New
Zealanders like nine-pins. Human
things, like happiness, comfort, hope,
have sprung up flower fashion. And
the substitution Of the one set Of
things for the other has been accom-
plished without the shedding Of drop
of blood, without revolution, without
any vast clash Of class on class in the
best Of humor, and with confidence
awe-inspiring in its simplicity. You
see. the New Zealanders beat the Boil
sheviki to it by 25 years. They made
government IN agent for the service Of
the people; they took the world over
TOE the good or the people; and they
did It in the constructive way-the
way Of evolution-not the destructive
way Of revolution.
They found the answer in the state
lin the governmental the laws and
rules that people make to control their
collective life. II you make the right
kind Of laws they said, life win be-
come much easier and simpler and
happier; and the right kind of laws
mean the kind that insure that all the
resources and all the opportunities Of
the state shall be put where the PEG
Pile not just part Of the people, but
all the people-can get the benefit Of
them. The state and all that belongs
to 1t are for the benefit Of the people," (
No Trusts Nor Poverty.
What this system of state or public
ownership has accomplished In quar-.
ter Of a century is stated In the follow.
ing words: .sIt was q land minu,
starving poor. It was land where
az far AZ the efforts o3 q helpful Roy.
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