The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1952-08-15
AMERICAN SOCIALISM "A LONG Time

youths at Dartmouth College. 1t wal
extended to white boys and girls IL
1887, when Congress appropriated
square mile in every township OF
the Northwest Territory for support
of free public schools.
Naturalization of industry: This
frightful evil started in 1777, wheT
Congress established public tanning
yards to make leather for shoes ant
harnesses.
| Federal construction and operation
of transportation systems: This dates
from 1779, when Congress established
ferry on the Delaware River and
authorized the building of highway
across Maine, from the Penobscot
River to Nova Scotia, in order to
bring Canadian livestock into the
United States.
Government in the banking bust
ness: This began in 1880, when Con-
gress guaranteed the Bank of Pen
nsylvania against call deficiencies of
losses and expenses" Since the Gov
eminent only guaranteed the bank
against losses, and did not share in
profits, some people may say that this
was not really socialism-it was a
legitimate feature of the system of
free enterprise. But wait-that Bank
of Pennsylvania was nonprofit as
ISOLATION. | hesitate to stress this
point realizing that it might set
precedent for absorbing the losses
of all cooperative institutions. But
truth is truth, and must be told,
wherefore | add another exhibit-the
setting up, in 1882, of the Bank of
North America under Federal charter,
with the United States Treasury sub
scribing one-half of the capital
stock.
Government control of agriculture:
Look in the index to Henning's Sta
tutes of Virginia for 1782-84 and
read the ITO subject headings which
fill seven columns on the regulation
of tobacco production and marketing.
Clearly those Virginia Socialists were
hardened despots. Section SO of the
tobacco code reads: "And be it fur
Their enacted. That if any Inspector,
or inspectors, shall :. issue -. more
than one receipt for any hogshead or
cask of tobacco :. such inspector or
being thereof convicted
by due course of law, shall suf-
fer death without benefit of
clergy"
Social security: Aside from military
bounties, the beginning of this alarm
ing trend lies somewhere before Sep
TENDER Is, 1887, when James Madi-
son said in the Constitutional Con-
vention, .''that there were other uses
for tonnage taxes, as the support of
seamen, ETC." The line is straight and
short from that to the Roosevelt
Wagner Social Security Act.
| come now to the saddest story of
all-the origin of socialized medicine.
This occurred in 1913, when Congress
financed the distribution of small
oox vaccine throughout the country.
It is more distressing because this
unconstitutional measure was spon-
sored by President Madison, the ia
her of the Constitution.
So far, have limited myself to de-
allied features of socialism which |
we're enacted into law in the early |
lays of our Republic. Let US consider
broader aspects of the nefarious pro-
ram. How many of you are familiar
With this plank in the American So
ialist platform?
"All the precious metals should
absolutely be the property of the
Federal Government"
Notice the ruthlessness of that
word absolutely" the disregard of
rivate- property rights, the arrogant
sumption that the Federal Govern
nent, rather than the States should
POSSESS this vast resource. This last
eature isn't really surprising, how
yer, when you conider who wrote
hose words-Alexander Hamilton.
AS Representative Peabody said,
There is not moment to be lost"
If, as | hope, there are representa-
ives of American patriotic societies
mong my readers, | urge them to act
t once. The least that can be done |
to remove Hamilton's works from
Ugh school libraries. If anybody OBJ
ects, it can be pointed out that he {
-as born outside of the United States {
nd that his parents were not mar
led. l
When a Socialist proposition is {
tated as badly as the one l have just '
uoted, it is easily combatted. But
bserve what happens when these {
-ords are replaced in their context. I
o quote Hamilton more extensively: l
"Mines in every country constitute
branch of revenue. In this, where
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