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THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
MARCH 3, 1004.
The Philosophy of Freedom
. An Open Forum for Single Taxerg
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY,
Editor Independent: How far can
democrats go towards socialism? Re
formers must unite before they can
either enact just or repeal unjust
laws; and we can only unite to work
for the reforms that we all believe in;
and that are the most popular. Those
who believe In reforms that are not
popular, should continue their work
of propaganda; but they should not
try to force unpopular Ideas into the
platform of a reform party.
Even socialists and slngb taxers
can work together for, a long time on
these lines, for there are several re
forms advocated by socialists that are
democratic; and perhaps by the time
we arrive at what now appears to be
the parting of the way, we will find
that there la a road we can travel to
gether still farther. Socialists advo
cate sorao measures that are contrary
to democratic principles, and of
course democrats cannot help them to
carry those measures; but evolution is
at work In democracy as elsewhere;
and although principles are eternal,
better ways are continually being dis
covered for carrying them out.
Socialists have high ideals, but they
don't see how some of them can be
realized without interfering with the
liberty of individuals, "und democrats
arc not likely to consent to any nieae
ur3 that will interfeic wih what
they consider the natural and inalien
able rights of man; but it la possible
that democracy may find ways of
reaching the highest ideals of the so
cialist without interfering with those
rigrts.
It Is the duty of a democratic gov
ernment to carry out the will of the
majority; but the majority must re
spect the rights of Individuals. Indi
viduals have a right to the products of
their own labor, and a right to. en
gage In production in any way tbey
please that does not Interfere with the
equal rights of others; they may eith
er labor independently, or co-operate,
and when a .majority , decides hat the
government should engage in produc
tion, why not?
It is not necessary to tax all the
, people to carry on the government
industries; and it is not necessary to
interfere with the rights of those who
prefer, to carry on business in their
own way. .
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Tieat meutlva Th Independent in
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ments that I consider democratic. The
government borrows money in En
gland at a low rate of interest, and
lends it to settiers at a small advance
to cover expenses connected with ne
gotiating the loans, This is probably
the. most .popular reform they have
cried, as it brought down the general
rate of interest; and if the govern
ment would issue the money instead
of borrowing it (as some of them ad
vocate) it would be a still greater
benefit to the people, as the interest
in that case would increase the rev
enues of the colony. They build and
operate the railways, and try to make
about 5 per cent on the capital in
vested, but as the railways are built
with borrowed money, it takes most of
the profits to pay the interest. They
bought a coal mine in 1901 and oper
ate it on the same principle, and the
principle might be applied to all oth
er industries. .
If all men have a right to life, they
have a right to an opportunity to
jnake a living, and no man should
have tho power to deprive others of
the opportunity. It should be the
first duty of government to see that
all have an opportunity to earn at
least the necessaries of life. All civ
ilized 'governments attempt to relieve
the destitute through charitable in
stitutions; but how much "better 1t
would be to give all an opportunity to
earn a living. I believe that one of
the provinces of Australia is attempt
ing to do this. It has passed a law
that all who cannot find employment
at seven shillings per day, from pri
vate parties, must be employed by
the state at that figure. If that is
true, and if the colony is able to carry
out the plan successfully, it will, be
the most important step taken for
some time towards settling the labor
problem. " . . :
The, single taxers are the vanguard
of democracy; they not ony see that
all men have a , right to the use of
enough land to live and work upon,
but they see that by taxing land val
ues and removing the burdens of taxa
tion from the products of labor, that
that right can be secured to all.
But capital Is' also necessary, and a
great many of them do not see that
the interests' of capitalists are op
posed to the interests of laborers, and
that even without special privileges
the capitalist is in a position to claim
more than his just share. 1 Many of
them, -'however, "do see it, and Ernest
Crosby in the January number of the
Single Tax Review writes: "The last
fallacy I have to consider is the trite
saying that 'the interests of capital
and labor are one.' . . Capital and
labor are in fact partners up to' a cer
tain point. : Partners' interests are
identical in their .relations to all the
rest of the .world, ; but whn they sit
down to divide their profits their in
terests are absolutely hostile and ev
ery dollar, added to the pile" of "one is
subtracted from the pile of the oth
er.' - , ;:;
Ii reformers would try tojmlnimize
their differences instead of . trying to
keep as far apart as possiDie, (as
many of them do) they would accom
plish far more than they are doing;
bat although we are not moving as
fast as some of us would wish, and
although democracy has lost some
skirmishes lately; it is strengthening
its position, and extending its out
wotks, and we have no cause to fear
what the future has in store.
JAS. S. PATON.
Riverside, Cal.
JEffERSONIAN REPUBLICANS
Home Hot Comments Ttttm the Xi-Lleu-tenaat
Oaveraor of Kansas
The editorial correspondence from
New York has interested a great
many people and none mora eo than
the old workers In the populist party.
Among the correspondence on that
st bictt ia the following spicy letter
from ix-LIeutoiiant Governor Percy
lUulcla of Kar.jui. dated at Glraid,
Kas., February 2$, 1V04:
Editor Independent: You hare Wen
down east, seen the elephant, shaken
hand with the oUopua, conferral with
tho Jeml-god. flirted with the ladie
and Kt home with whole atalp, I
congratulato you.
I nolle In your letter of the Ulh
your referrnce to social condition
and moral theories, fapocially with
reference to the cay "m (unclean
bird, a Henry Watterson call
them), It re-all the fely Dinner,
the ethical (?) (a well a an me. oth
er) apHt of which Dr. lUltuforJ
U occasion to criticise.
I referred to the Incident in art
article seven years ago, and I enclose
the sheets containing the reference
to it and also the petition to the leg
islature which my argument that con
tains the allusion was written to sup
port. 1
The reformers seem to be in search
of a name. If they would adopt the
humane and patriotic theory and prin
ciples of Thomas Jefferson for pro
gressive taxation on wealth, and espe
cially on the combinations of the
great pirates, they miht reasonably
call themselves Jeffersoriian Republi
cans. I enclose a book sheet (p. 123)
giving a quotation from Jefferson's
writings in support of the proposition.
This I discussed at some length in a
little pamphlet, entitled "The Free
Coinage of American Labor Into Hon
est Dollars I sent to your assistant
a few days ago Yours truly,
PERCY DANIELS.
The pamphlet that accompanied the
above letter is entitled "The Conquer
ing March of Capital,' or "Man vs.
Mammon," and although written
some years ago is even more applica
ble to present conditions than to those
of the times In which It was first giv
en to the public. It is full of what
newspaper msn call "hot stuff." The
following extracts are taken fom it;
'These Ill-gotten piles of capital
wili be attacked either by the leveling
forces of disorder, or by the mild and
peaceful process of readjustment by
taxation. One or the other of these is
jusi, as inevitable as the freaks of the
north wind; or the tireless surge of
the waves at Point Judith. Today we
have the opportunity to . adopt and
enact the peaceable process. Tomor
row that chance will begone. Then
the deluge.
"A readjustment is coming. Fear
it, deplore it or welcome it as we
may, it is inevitable. Increasing tur
bulence and disorder are but the har
vest from increasing injustice and
suffering. Philosophers who are delv
ing among the cobwebs of the past,
can see it; and those who are build
ing castles for the future, will, if
they are wise, include In their calcula
tions this inevitable readjustment of
opportunities, of conditions, of bur
dens and blessings, unless they are
willing to admit a race degeneracy
which they share. .
'The industrial armies of the na
tion are gathering between tne hosts
of Pharaoh and the Red sea. - They
an a multitude in numbers, but puny
in defensive force because disorgan
ized. .The day is past when the waters
will divide to let them escape. They
have the weapons of their own salva
tion, and they must organize and turn
on their pursuers or go into indefinite
bondage. The flesh pots of Egypt,
with their savors and allurements,
may tempt and seduce some weaklings
who cower before these hosts and fear
the alternative If in that way we
lose "a corporal's guard for asserting
our rights and demanding their rec
ognition, in offering labor a certain
opportunity or relief and independ
ence, beyond the reach of plutocracy's
mandate or artillery, we will swap
every wavering squad for an 'iron
sides division.
"Then will the antics of the pluto
crats Their wallowing and wobbling with
Wall street
"Their dancing and dallying with
tne ueiiias .of the demi-monde
'Their truckling to the tawdry
thieves of the 'tenderloins'
"And all their siren's songs of so
phistry, become a side-show and a
farce.
"Then, too, will be revived and re
enacted for the law-abiding iambs of
labor, and the lawless lords 01 lucre,
two of the fundamental principles ol
Judaism and Christianity, the two
greatest axiom? of human rights: l or
the first, "In the sweat of thy brow
shall thou" (always have opportunity
to) "cat thy bread."
'This feeling Is not confined to the
ranks of any one party. Take from
either of tho great political parties
thh class, and there would be noth
ing loft but a skeleton of wfro-ptill-er,
and the few who 11 vo by plunder
ing the many. The day of reckoning
spoken of by the Century Massimo
(ourtccn years ago -presumably by
Dr. Holland la evidently coming cu
tho Invitation of tho wronged mil
lion. It aid:
" 'Hut tho day li noon to tome when
plain mew mill clearly co thai no cm
can got with e'ean hands In au oull
nary lifetime, one hundred million
doli&r that audi an enurtnout pile
o suddenly et-tltHted must be loot,
not profit. That will l a day of
reckoning Indeed, far the roblk-rj and
foi tho Judgp and legK.Ihr and the
public teactu-r who have Unn tttlr
lUTfintpllcm. Meaittlme the fact must
te kept n nihil that we have among
u a tl.ua of mn who. In their ra
pacity, aro b?st 011 eurirhlntf thou.
! by forcibly acUm the prop
erly tt their neighbors, and that they
have learned how to use, for this, pur
pose, the organized force of the
state.' " "
The Independent would bi glad to
hear from Governor Daniels very of
ten. , Let him come to the convention
on the Fourth of July at Springfield
with a full Kansas delegation of men
like unto himself, and we will set the
country on fire with enthusiasm . for
justice and right and a determination
to down the Sodomites of New York,
who now rule the nation.
A TEST EXPERIMENT.
Peculiar Power Possessed by a New Medi
cine. '
Of new discoveries there is no end,
but one of the most recent, most re
markable and one which will prove
invaluable to thousands of people, is
a discovery which it is believed will
take the place of all other lemediea
for the cure of those common and
obstinate diseases, dyspepsia and
stomach troubles. This discovery is'
not a loudly advertised, secret patent
medicine, but i3 a scientific combina
tion of whoiesome, perfectly harmless
vegetable essences,- fruit, salts, pure
pepsin' and bismuth.
These remedies are combined in
lozenge form, pleasant to take, and
will preserve their good qualities in
definitely, whereas all liquid medi
cines rapidly lose whatever good qual
ities they may have had as soon as
uncorked and exposed to the air.
This preparation is called Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets, and it is claimed
that one of these Tablets or lozenges
will digest from 300 to 3,000 times its
own weight In meat, eggs and other
wholesome food. And this claim has
been proven by actual experiments in
the 'ollowintr manner. A hsrfi-iuni
egg cut into small pieces was placed
in a oouie containing warm water
heated to ninetv-eicht ripe-rep me
blood heat) ; one of these Tablets was
men piacea in the bottle and the pro
per temperature maintained for fhrca
hours and a half, at the end of which
nme me egg was as completely di
gested as it would h
healthy stomach. This experiment
was undertaken to demonstrate that
What It would do in r.ho nrm0 s
would also do in the stomach hence
its unquestionable value in u!e cure
of dyspepsia and weak ,li
few people are free from some form of
luuigeeuuu, our. scarcely two will have
the same symnloms. Snmo win r,.rr
most from distress nff.. ,)..
bloating from .gas in the stomach and
bowels, others have acid dyspepsia or
heartburn, others palpitation or head
aches, sleeplessness, pains in chest
and under shoulder-blades, extreme
nervousness as in nervous dyspepsia
but they all have the same caused
failure to properly digest what is
eaten. The stomach 'must have rest
and assistance, and Stuart's DvsDeoia
Tablets give it both, by digesting the
food for It and in a short time it is
restored to its normal action and
vigor. At the same time the Tablets
are so harmless that a child can take
hem with benefit. This new prepara
tion has a'.eady made many astonh
Ing cures, a for instance, the follow
ing: "After uslnij only one package of
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tabid I have re-
eflVri alUl nP trd ben
ent that I wish to express my slntt-a
gratitude In fact. It hM t4n iJ
month slm-c I took the package at J
I hav not had one partM, of diatrda
or dIRKnil y Sne. Ami all thl n
h fa. of tho rvt that tU WaUki.
tor I coris'tlted told me my caao was
chronic dyapopnU and absolutely in!
curable, I had suffered twnty.fivB
yran. 1 dHrlh'.hM half a (locn ' (U
af anion my friend here who are
very anxlcvi to try thl -, rr.cdy '
Mr. Brah A. HKeel, I.yonvflle, Jr, ,
Co., Mo.
Stuart' Py.ivpsU Tblrt are itdd
ly UruttUU everywhere at f.o nts
for full-Urd p.ckaKr. mu lMHik
on 'htomach IMs-aie' mailed Irte
by addrej.lna mu. v
Marshall, Mich.
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