Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-12-31
T III e.
PROSP E T Y
OF TIL E N A T | o N
CAN BE LEGISLA TED
By J. H. Ewing, "Ohio Rambler" Malta, Ohio
All rights reserved.

original capital, his wealth in
creases and his greed and vanity
increase with his capital. What is
the answer? Will we let this army
composed of men like John Doe per-
ish, to please the vanity and lust OF
so of our population?
Capitalism must be harnessed or
your army, your country and your
children will die in slavery.
l prefer limited capitalism to
any other form of government. The
capitalistic plan is good, provided
taxation or limit to ownership serve
the purpose of redistributing wealth
when it falls into the hands of the
non producer (the idle rich) OF
when it reaches such magnitude as
to endanger the prosperity Of the
nation.
When one man can own wealth
in excess of all the money in circu
lation in the nation, it is evident
that a continuation under present
conditions will eventually caues
REVOLUTION; possibly and yer.
probably, unless we can secure more
favorable legislation to agriculture
states, we MAY have split in OIL
union. If justice cannot be founG
in the ballot box, other methods
will be used. Remember, "SeiI
preservation is the first law of ma
ture"
To give you some idea as to the
inequality of the distribution o'
wealth in our United States as re-
suit of our so-called season of pros.
perity, 1 am indebted to the Hon
orable Harold McGugin, U. s. Con
gressman Of the third district oi
Kansas, for the following statistics
that may, or should startle my read
er:
Quoting from a recent Radio Ad
dress by Mr.. McGugin, as follows:
MONOPOLY
''If today we shall take an inven-
tory, we shall find that no autocracy
VI Dlood AoS yCI ACPldSOo thC II CC
government which our forebears es-
tablished for a free people, yet, we
will find that there has been estab-
lished in America an autocracy of
wealth and special privilege, which
is more deadly to the opportunities
and liberties of the. people.
This autocracy of wealth has
come about through the concentra-
tion of capital and the combination
of wealth through the forming of
huge monopolies These monopolies
are robbing the consuming public
and driving free American citizens
out of every line of economic en-
deavor. Civilization can not be
except that incomes and
wealth be well distributed among
the people. 1t requires income to
maintain churches, schools, and all
of the things which go to make up
civilization.
The income tax returns with the
United States bureau of internal
revenue disclose clearly that the
producing people and the producing
sections are not permitted to keep
the income which they produce.
The official report of the United
States internal revenue department
for the fiscal year ending June.
1880, which is the last official re-
port, shows that more income was
ha nit of Vnr.lr
than was returned from the 80
states west of the Mississippi river
and the II states south of the Ohio
river, including Virginia and West
Virginia. These figures present
proof undeniable that New York
City, that great gambling center
and citadel of wealth, is enjoying
more income tax than is being en-
joyed by the thirty-two states
which produce the raw products Of
The farm and mine. Thus, the ac-
-ual value of the farms, plantations,
ranches, the mines and the oil wells
r. san little to the owners, because
the autocrats of wealth are wiring
ing from these owners and pro-
ducers the profits which are pro-
1uced by their efforts. This eco
1omic discrimination against the
raw products is destroying the val
tual property of the nation. The
gambler and the parasites are be-
ing made the lords, while the pro-
ducers are the vassals.
The state of Delaware reports
more income than the state of Tex
as, yet the valuation of Texas prop
erty, real and personal, is Is times
the total value of the property of
Delaware. This state of Delaware,
which Senator John j. ingalls, once
referred to as the state which is
four counties at low tide and two
counties at high tide, reported as
much income as Kansas, Oklahoma
and Nebraska. While the combined
valuation OF. the property, real and
personal, of Oklahoma, Kansas and
Nebraska is 25 times the property
valuation of Delaware.
The state of New Jersey reported
more income than the seven states
of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas. Ne
braska, North Dakota, South Da-
kota and Iowa. The valuation of
the property. real and personal, of
these seven states is four and ono
half times the valuation of the
property of New Jersey.
The state of Massachusetts re-
ported more income than the states
of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Me-
braska, South Dakota, North Da-
kota and Minnesota The total val
uation of the property of these