MAY 19, t!
The Philosophy of Freedom
An Open Forum for Single; Taxers
PARABLE OF THE MOOLEY STEER
Editor ' Independent: Many years
ago on the old farm we boys had the
care of the cattle. .
There was a mooley steer in the
herd which was driven about by the
other cattle and deprived or his rignts
in a manner that shocked our boyish
sense of justice.
The other cattle took delleht in
driving him away and appropriating
his share of food. We set our wits to
-work to overcome the evil.
T.vlne un in the barn loft was
huge pair of horns taken from a Texas
steer. We took that pair of horns
and strapped them securely on
mno flv a head.
Next morning when the fodder was
scattered out over the yard and the
cattle were let out to feed, the young
bloods that had been In the habit of
nlnmriner at mnnlfiV OU Sight. Seeing
the immense horns, shied off and gave
him plenty of room.
He was allowed to enjoy his break
fast in peace. Alas! Our plan was a
oUi.ro fn tho.re was one fellow who
was braver . or more shrewd and
seemed to see through the iraua. ne
.-o-trwi fnr mnnip.v with a snort and
Plat vvu v ,
cored him unmercifully. Arming
against oppression noes noi
make for peace. We now knew that
radical measures were necessary.
We caught up the belligerents and
dehorned them. Equality of oppor
tunity thus secured we had peace in
our barnyard ever after. " -
The great body of labor may be lik
ened unto our mooley.-
The politicians, labor leaders and
smart alecs are tying horns on em.
Labels, boycotts, strikes; closed shops.
Dehorning the land monopolist by the
single tax will give equality of op
portunity, guaranteeing to labor its
full product,, thus securing peace in
our social organism.
L. E. HUGGINS. ,
Omaha, Neb.
"WHO WILL EARN THE MONEY t
Is a question asked by The Indepen
dent in commenting on the BlnSle ax
measure that passed in the British
house of commons lately. As all
wealth is produced by labor, the mon
ey to pay the,. tax will be earned by
the laborers, just as all moneyis
earned for payment of taxes and for
all other , purposes under any system
of government But although labor
produces all wealth it does not get all
it produces, the landlord claims a
large portion at present and it is out
of the landlord's, share that the single
tax will.be paid. Under the present
system the laborer has not only to
earn his own wages, rent for the
landlord, interest for the capitalist,
but taxes besides. Under the so
called single tax labor will be relieved
entirely of taxes, and what -it now
pays to the landlord as lent will go to
the state' for revenue. As long as
governments require revenues, the
revenue must be earned by labor, no
matter whether the revenues are de
rived from single or multiple taxation
or for services rendered.
JAS. S. FATON.
Toronto, Canada. .
-.' MAJORITY RULE. -
Editor Independent: Recent devel
opments in political science as well
as a careful analysis or political his
tory reveals but one peaceful method
by which governments may progress
toward the ideal. Political systems
develop as do other departments of
science. fOld theories and practices
must give way to new. Trust rule,
machine rule and boss rule being the
fruitage of an unrestricted representa
tive system has evolved aa a natural
sequence, a system of restricted rep
resentation. This system, under the
titles of "direct legislation, optional
referendum" and "majority rule" but
more properly designated us "the peo
ple's veto and direct Initiative." fur
nishes the check which at this period
in the development of a democratic
government, ha become Imperative.
fly its adoption the rrutu and con.
dlton t tint now nm obtainable onlv
by sanguine revolution can and will
be produce.! by iwacefuj evolution.
Prof, fleorg II FhtMey, memW of
the bureau of economic renearth, In
r!rcMlr 1uel by the department of
rt preventative government, thMi
"Th" Improvement In pUHetl
len are of fur-rrmhlne Importance,
and rmtt wm result In the overthrow
of lrut rule In the nation, the over
l r iow of mai-hta nil tn the itate, and
th overthrow of bout rule In our
eltion. Kntlshtened maiorttv ml U
t.i prevail throughout the land an, In
ilt near future, and every t!at la
society will be. benefited, for "on the
whole and in the long run we must all
go up or down together."
The outlook , is startling. A great
political change is nearmg completion,
and one that is more far-reaching than
any that has ever occurred. Hereto
fore, the laws, except where the di
rect ballot prevailed, hav.e been con
trolled in the interest of the few be
cause the power of the many has been
delegated, but with the adoption of
the right to a direct ballot on prac
tically all laws, special privilege will
be terminated and the promotion of
the welfare of the whole people will
receive every possible assistance which
science can give. This change to en
lightened majority rule is the twen
tieth century revolution, and is tak
ing place so quietly .that only a few
are realizing it. In a non-partisan
way, and chiefly as the work of organ
ized wage-earners and farmers, there
is being ushered in the golden age
that of peace on earth and good will
to men. The trusts and all forms of
machine rule are to be shorn of their
evil features.
That such will be tne result ia no
mere theory. The system has been
developing in this country for more
than a century, and with such ex
cellent results that no return to the
rule of the few has ever occurred. ,
Here then is the open door to all
economic and political reform. It is
the final necessary step in the onward
march of advancing nations. "With
new powers born of progress forces
have entered the world that will eith
er compel us to a higher plane or over
whelm us, as nation after nation, as I
civilization after civilization, have
been overwhelmed before. But if while
there is yet time we turn to lustice
and obey her, if we trust liberty and
follow her. the dancers that now
threaten must dissapear, the forces
that now manace will turn to agencies
of elevation." ;V
Let those who still hopefully face
the front lend their energies in battle
for this fundamental reform.
E. 0. BAILEY.
Central City, Colo. :
P. 8. For a full history and analy
sis of this non-partisan system of ma
jority rule, also for a full description
of the present-day- developments lh
practical politics,, address the Bureau
of Economic Research, 53 Bliss Build
ing, Washington, D. ? C. Plea en
close ten cents to pay the cost of liter
ature. The bureau . hopes that every
officer of the Grange, the Unions and
other non-partisan organizations will
familiarize himself (herself) with
what is taking place and help to has
ten the change.,
Course of Lectures
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In New Demonstration Hall (over the company's offices). Tuesday,
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WHITEMAN PALMER, Demonstrator. You are invited to come
and bring your friends.
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Labor
Cincinnati, O., May 14, 1940. Her
bert S. Bigelow, pastor of the 1 Vine
Street : Congregational church, In dis
cussing the subject "Labor," said:
Zangwill, in his "Mantle of Elijah,"
has made a splendid plea for peace
and industrial freedom. Zola, in his
novel entitled "Labor," has voiced the
same protest against the present
wrongs of men and pleaded for a new
society In which labor, free and joy
ful, shall be the psalm of life aud
the waiLof poverty and the curae of
war shall no longer 'mingle with the
laughter of the children.
It Is well for the world that the
great novelists are beginning to take
for their heroes men who win glory,
not by vanquishing their fellows-men,
but by tolling for their freedom. It
is well for the world, saddeued by
poverty and pcVverted by luxury, that
the prophets are growing in number
who proclaim t. ner social conscience
to which the present Inequalities are
and ever shall be Intolerable.
Zola's hero exclaims: "Ah! what
misery may be prtMluced by labor, men
changed into wulvea by overwork, by
Injustice, by tread m hard to earn,
and that must be shared by other
starving creaturea!"
Zola' hero awpa away the benev
olent plana of the phllanthropSut mho
f omuls libraries am! lecture hall.
"All thU U charity, not JmrtU-. Th(
thine might go on lor year and yeari
without hunger ever fiaalng, without
poverty tvrr blng abolished. No, no
There t no ntant of relief poswlble!
We mut strike at the root of the
vur
ronjrretwmen ahuuld read thta book
before they dlpi of the anarchUU,
for Zola hat olret the problem, Itta
ananhlit U thoroughly tonvirtrd and
bewtnea an ardvut lfei.der of law and
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order. Note how this miracle is
wrought, O, congressman! By sweep
ing away the injustice which makes
a man's life barren and his heart bit
ter. : -1
Whether this kingdom of God on
earth, . this reign of brotherhood, this
triumph of justice and peace, will
come about as Zola believes, is a ques
tion upon which honest men differ.
But come, it must, in some way the
city in which labor is all joythe hap
py city ttfat is to be realized at last
"in the religion of life ; the religion
of humanity, freed ' at length from
dogmas" the city in which men shall
build and not lack shelter, in which
they shall sow and reat and not faint
of hunger, in which they shall weave
and not shiver with the cold.
The noblest conception of God is
that of a Father who loves all of his
children. It follows that men are
brothers, and that the fruits of justice
and love between man and man na
tion and nation are proof ol a vital
religion.
Lands under irrigation and cultlva- '
tion. $25 and upward per acre, in
cluding water. One-fourth cash pay
ment required, balance in five annual
payments, interest at 6 per cent. Su
gar beet factory accessible to these
lands, same quality of soil as the
famous Greeley Valley where farms
are selling from $250 to $300 per acre.
The oldest and best water right in
Colorado.
This land is selling rapidly. If you
want some, apply early. Write for
full particulars.
WOODS INVESTMENT CO.,
Sole Agents In Eastern- Nebraska.
Ofiice, Lincoln Hotel, Lincoln, Neb.
The Proper Spirit
There seems to be a growing dlspo
vtVov In Nebraska to patronize our
home institutions. Upon examination
It will be found that la the spirit
which has builded up some of our most
progressive and entcrpnslng titles.
It has become noticeable to what
extent our home fire Insurance compa
nies are securing busiuesa. An ex
amination of the flgu.ea will nhow
that more than $l(KMxj,000 are car
ried by them.
One of the atroncest Institution of
this kind la the Nebraska Mercantile
Mutual Innurance company, whose
i jfte ii at 13-H) I street.
It will be found upon Inquiry among
their pntrone that thy are ll sat
la fled that the rout of the It.tnirance
U reasonable aud that Ut and prompt
adjustment of the !( are made.
Irritated Land
Thousand of acre of the moot fer
tile mctr beet, potato, grain and at
falfa lands In Colorado attualed In
!j:an and Wahloron lountke along
the Murllnrton U. II and I'aloa l'a
clflo ft, IU Abundance of water.
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