The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-23
T oday
Land for Life. A New Steel Giant. Animal Slavery Dies.
 By ARTHUR BRISBANE


 The Russian government by law just published gives the peasants their land through life only, not for ever. That will interest single taxers. How simple 1t would be to establish the single tax by saying: "One hun dred years from now every foot of ground in the United States will be- long to the government of the United statese
 That would not diminish the value of any corner lot. For hundred year lease is just as valuable as freehold. It would enable those that live on inherited money to wake up gradually. in the course of a hun dred years. to the fact that thoy must work for living. 1t would do gently. without injustice. injury or shock to anybody. what otherwise will be ione--as has been done in 2 Russia and was done in France--by vioiear revolution.
 Russia's motive in giving the peas " It the peasants children so away to the cities and abandon the land. somebody else will get 1t. And as each peasant dies the government will have the right to dispose of tho land again.
 tion of land values at death. With out modification and the right of the heirs to carry on the work itI would discourage land Improvement. The Russians will attend to that they are thinking men.
 The Senate asks an inquiry into the merger of steel companies. This Is what happened: Six of the so- called small companies intended to combine and make one big company, united 10 fight the United States Steel corporation.
 Men that Were talking about the | combination were not too friendly to Mir. Schwab.
 Perhaps they thought him too big fish to putsin their net. His feel ings weren't hurt exactly, but in q businesslike way he left one of the meetings, went away and arranged to buy the Lackawanna for himself. thus spelling the other combination and starting a big steel combine of his own.''
 The Senate should inquire. of course. It should also encourage combination while discouraglng ex- tortion through monopoly that big combinations make possible.
 Business is bound to grow bigger and bigger. It is the business of the public to develop strength to control big business. If it can't do that, it will have to continue pay ing the price of incompetency. as it has done for years past.
 Gradually animals lose their use fnlness. The cheap run-about made the trotting horse and running horse mere gambling tools The shotgun and. the rifle did away with hawks, that brought down game birds. The
 
 2 railroad through the desert makes ostlaels unnecessary. Tractors elim- fInate the dull OK that plowed the Sud.
 advertisements with photographs of the criminal eliminate the blood hound largely. And now the car rier pigeon goes; the radio ends his usefulness.
 A good carrier pigeon goes rapidly Tor a short distance. Electricity go.s around the world seven times in ,one second.
 We sull eat our dear little help less animal brothers. We kill them, skin them, put them on ice and chew them in the evening. We must, for we have no time to digest vegetables.
 We are still cannibals, but we are freeing the animals from physical slavery. That is progress We shall cease being eaters of meat after while. Just now We need meat
 Children, especially, need it In mod cration. Don't try experiments on them
 Are you a speculator. bound to enjoy the excitement of, watching foolish tape, as other gamblers watch fooiishr cards, or the roulette wheel, or the "iittle horses that gallop,
 If You must gamble. gamble wise- ly. In oil. buy the Standard oils. There are assorted kinds to suit yoa Ii you buy steels, buy the big steel. Then you buy the iron business of the United States for century to come, unless Beware how you gamble in little steeis. You are investing your money in dangerous competition. Remem- Der this warning.
 Washington "sees Bolshevism los- ing ground and the end of Bolshey- ism"
 Perhaps Washington" would tssi what it. sees after "Bolshevism."
 If "Washington" imagInes that Boishevism Is worse than the anarchy. famine and plague that would follow an end of all Russian government it 1 is badly mistaken. And even Wash ington' ought to know that what happens in Russia must affect the United States.
 The same Washington thinks that Bolshevism is loosing ground be- cause our charity work over there, touching their hearts, makes them realize what beautiful government CUTS is. Somebody In Washington lacks sense os humor.
 You do not change the opinion of 2 people or solve their probIems by sendins them barrels of flour. sidss