The people's voice., 1954-05-21
My Two-Bits Worth
BY LEVERNE HAMILTON,
Thompson Falls

In the beginning, COO created the
heavens and the earth and all that
was therein" [ cannot Youch for the
accuracy of this statement since I
wasn't present at the time of construc-
ton, it being somewhat before my
time. / have never seen God (could be
I'm not one of the pure in hearO, 1
have never been on speaking terms
with God and if [ were a fatalist l
would be tempted to believe from the
treatment accorded me by life during
the recent half century that L might
even be on his blacklist However that
does not cause me great concern, since
| have been on the blacklist in the
mines for union activities, during
session of the legislature 1 was on
the corporation blacklist and L man
aged to live through that, so being on
Gods blacklist doesn't worry me
great deal for from my observation of
several sessions of the Montana legi-
stature God doesn't have as much in
fluence with the Montana Legislature
as the Montana Twins
Not having been present at the orig
inaI creation / cannot therefore guar
antee the accuracy of the statement
that God created the works" but since
in this "Christian nation" it seems to
be generally accepted it is safe to pro-
ceed on that assumption.
Now it stands to reason that anyone
is entitled to a thing he creates. Con-
sequently God was entitled to complete
ownership of the heavens and the earth
and entitled to do with it as he saw
fit and later on (again 1 am relying
upon that hearsay evidence) we find
that he said to man (this so called
human race') BE fruitful and multi
ply and replenish the earth and subdue
it."
Now after diligent search, I have not
been able to find any record indicating
that God executed a deed to any single
individual or group covering any par
ticular portion of the earth or any
of it's natural resources and since there
were no corporations in existence at
that time cat least there are no rec
OrdS to that effect) we must again
assume that God meant his admoni
tion for the whole human race to-
gether with their descendants for all
time to come Now Of course l may be
mistaken in this assumption but until
some Rugged individualist," Free
enterpriser" or similar exponent of the
American way of life" comes forward
with a deed executed by God and
signed before a notary public, l be-
lieVe we are fully justified in holding
to that opinion and if any representa-
tive of the Montana Twins can pro-
duce such a document L hope he will
notify me at my expense for I'd like
to get in touch with the notary who
took Gods acknowledgment
And so we come down to present
times; Corporations have assumed con-
troll of most of the earths natural re-
sources and are using them, giving
some slight benefit to the human
race" and considerable profit to them
selves. Now, if there is anything in
logic, these corporations do not OWN
these resources, they are simply in
possession of them with the acquies-
ance and a the discretion of the public
(that aforesaid human race''). This
human race" still OWNS these re-
sources and has the undoubted right
to tax, regulate, or repossess them
they see fit to do so.
[ recall making a similar statement
in the Legislative session of 1881 and
Immediately Silverbow member
leaped to his feet and cried 'Mr. Speak |
er, that is Communist doctrine" I
could only reply that not being thor |
oughly familiar with Communist doc
trine L could not say whether or not
it was Communist doctrine but this 1
did know, it was common sense and |
as such 1 hardly expected the gentle
man from Silverbow to grasp it."
Now consider and compare this "in-
telligent human race" with the So |
make laws and rules to govern our
selves and the "other fellow, which !
is as it should be, altho most of our |
laws are aimed to control the "other
fellow, but do dumb animals pay
any attention to mans laws? Those
nine Whitehall deer that [ see about
a hundred feet from my window as
write this don't exhibit the slightest |
degree of concern or interest in the
legal documents that give me undis-
puted ownership of the meadow and |
the grass thereon, in fact when I step
out the door they snort distainfully,
toss their flags" in the air and trot
off few steps, then turn and gaze
at me as if to say who the heck are
you?" AID that old black bear that
has his "hog-wallow" in the bog be-
low my spring, doesn't give a whoop
about who owns what" OF course
later on in the season the Whitehall
may not be quite so impertinent and
old "blackie" too may be taking a few
for later on 1 might decide
that nice rug for the floor would
be a welcome asset to the cabin on
cold winter mornings.
L feel considerable sympathy for
these dumb" animals for they, in COM
mon with the Intelligent human race,
may come in contact with rugged in
dividualism," free enterprise" and
the American way of life with ter