Industrial Democrat (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 28, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 9, 1910 Page: 1 of 4
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<1 Mosaic Economics <1
SECOND INSTALLMENT
While there are points of similarity iu the family, and was reapi<ortioned
in the Mosaic land system and the ' among ail the descendants of the orig-
ni:heme formulated by Mr. George.: Inal allottees every fifty years. The
there are marked differences of detail tax, or rent, as Mr. George preferred
in application, although In principle: 10 call it. was tinder Moses payable
they are identical so far as agrlcul-' by the delivery to the Government of
tural lands are concerned, it is, of one ten'h of all products iu kind,
oourse, inconsequental which theory j while Mr. George advises fiscal or
is the better. The claim of Divine ' monetary discharge,
origin for the Mosaic or Levitical j n does not appear that there w as
land theory, carries with it the liabil- any other method of taxation provld-
Ity of abandonment of the maxims up-' ed by Moses, thus leaving the urban
on religious apostasy (which proved inhabitant exempt from taxation, and
the case ultimatelyi and at the same a8 j,e held bis land in fee and could
time renders the subject peoples un freely alien it, it would In so far have
wittingly of the real merits of the *>’*- much to commend it to the plutocratic
tem as an economic theory. Tin exploiter, who avoltft piling hi* share
George theory, though urging a broad- „f the taxes b> the simple expedient
*r—a universal—application, arrives . of passing them on to the Iioi polloi.
at the same conclusion, and being; This system Is subject, therefore, to
wholly an appeal to, and an applies- the objection of inequality, as It
tlon of, human reason, by the proves »eenta to place the entire burden of
of exclusion as well as deduction, be Governmental support on the agri-
tug thus a conscious, voluntary ac-• culturisf, which the George system
<eptar.ee, vyould seem to promise avoids, dixtrlbutiug the burden equal-
iter progression as'well as emiur- 1 ly according to the demand it: the par-
ance. tlcular locality.
Whether attributed to inspiration j The Hebrews were given under the
from the Yaweh of (he Hebrews, or bierocr&ey but. little opportunity for
Next week's edition of The Democrat, No. 2?, will be a
stem-winder and stem-setter and should be in the hands of
every voter in the state if such a thing were possible. It will
handle the “Grandfather Clause scientifically and make the
Democrats hunt the tall uncut. We expect to make this ft
25,000 copy edition and cau sell them for 10 cents a hundred
for distribution. Send in your orders now and help us in the
fight for liberty and the right of franchise.
That “Grandfather” Clause.
The •‘Grandfather" clause is lo be
voted on Angus' Jnd.
A majority vote of this, measure
means the disfranchisement of thou-
sands of negroes In the state.
It means in short, that any negro ;
whose father or grandfather was a<
former slave will be deprived ei
toting. It also disfranchises the ne- j
geo who cannot read or write.
Ti»e law is unconstitutional. The
Alter Gas Company.
The more active citizens of Okla-
homa City have at last undertaken to
perform a long deferred duty to them-
selves and the community In general
by organizing against the exhurhitant
encroachments of the Oklahoma Gas
and Electric Co., than whom there I*
no more arrogant octupus in the
state.
it came to my mind the other day
to write a little tract for the Individ-
ual and Social Justice League of
America.
The league intends to expose the
evils of Socialism aud that is a most
excellent work to undertake.
We are grateful for any aid this as-
sociation of Catholic. Protestant aud
Jewish clergymen can give us iu puri-
fying our cuuse.
I suppose these gentlemen of the
cloth will appreciate a full confession
on the part of any high-minded Social-
ist.
Wherever, therefore, the Socialists
Aside from exhorbitant rates, over j find auy evidence of free love, of anti
constitution of the United States of
America gives these people the right
to ' ote. but the democrats and dema-
gogues of Oklahoma say
not vote.
‘ charge* and defective me*era, proba- j marriage aud
I t,1- the rims' nrhltt-ai*V custom of tile I “ropogutlda, I
as a development of human reason,
the plan, reinforced by its modern
acceptance, needs at this day no apol-
ogies. Spurred by the hope of its ap
plication, the homeless nomud hosts
of Moses and Joshua, without appar-
ent superiority of armament, and cer-
tainly greatly inferior In numbers,
beat down the kindred seated tribes
of Caanan at their very firesides, pos
sessing themselves of the land, a d
for centuries, fostered and nurtured
by its vivifying principles, unaided by
any pronounced humogenity 5? cohe-
slveness of national structurt . suc-
cessfully defied not only thei. war
Hite tribal neighbors, but the seasoned
veterans of the greatest nations then
existing as well, only succumb-
ing after generations of increas-
ing degeneracy under me land monop-
oly established under thp later kings,
with subsidiary enervating Influences.
Thirty years ago the American phil-
osopher issued his book and from that
time to his death preached the cross
of the new—yet so old—crusade, aid-
ed by such able lieutenants as Rev.
Father Edward McGlynn and others.
Its acceptance by radical economic
thinkers was instant and practically
unanimous. Unaided, by blare or
trump, or panoply of steel, it is win-
ning battles in the form of reason, by
the force of public opinion and at the
ballot box.
Without political prestige or party,
its progress has been steady, and rap-
idly increasing. First adopted in
modified form by the labor govern-
ment of New Zealand it has been ex-
tended until It Is practically dominant
in the greater portion of the Austra-
lasian continent. It Is working like
leaven throughout the Teutonic na-
tions of the Eastern Hemisphere. It
is applied (as is understood! in all
the later colonies established by the
German Empire, It has been adopt-
ed as a principle of taxation in all the
German cities, and in the larger
towns in Scotland, and at last, when
the eye could no longer be closed to
the baneful effects of the land mon
opoly. in behalf of an Impoverished
commonalty. Its principle has been
the cultivation of the arts of peace.
Hut a few miles at the most a days’
Journey to the East or West tndeffer-
ently, brought the householder to a
border ever hostile. Peace could only
be obtained by subjugating or being
subjugated, and by the custom of the
bly the most arbitrary custom of the
| company, and one which does not ex-
j in :n the larger cities, is the require-
; meat that the consumer make a cash
they shall j UJ- fjve (jollais and upward on
j every meter installed and that he pay
Tiie law doc-s not apply to while j f01. meter Jns|»ection, and these are a
tneu or Indians, and if It did, the demo-; f.,\V of the things the citizens' organ-
crus who have the elec tion maebin-j is®tlon will seek to remedy
c ry in their own hands would sec that | (>on8„mer8 „f j„ Chicago, for
i instance, are not required to deposit a
j five dollar guaranty for the use of
it was not enforced.
There are thousands of negroes in
the east side of the stare who have
never been given the advantages of
schools, and therefore are unable to
read or write.
And there are thousands of negroes
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time the issue of war was acquiring j who had no opportunity in selecting
or becoming slaves. The result was who should be their father or grand-
an excessive estimation of military father, but for that reason they will
prowess and consequent neglect of |,e deprived of a constitutional right
those questions of correct govern- granted them by the United routes
menu reference to which I* deemed , fnnrre*
constantly Impeia^He to the preserve- L ^ |aw-- |8 damnable, unconstltu-
tio*. of freedom. Not withstanding I Uona, and ^.^ericaa.
this drawback, the ancient Israelite , .
There are thousands of negroes In
Oklahoma who own more property
than many of the white men. who are
was not unmindful of the blessings of
liberty, and this law was framed with
a large measure of solicitude for the
tights of the individual. He may not
just as law-abiding citizens as can be
Sx the medieval -tnd any community in the conn
Englishman, whose jealousy of per-
sonal rlghis resisted every encroach-
ment of executive power, and finally
resulted in that parliamentary system
which has served as a model for all
modern political government. So the
text “Proclaim liberty throughout all
try.
Yet these men—honPst. law-abiding,
tax-paying citizens, with perfectly de-
fined rights under the constitution of
the United States of America, are to
be disfranchised.
If that was you, Mr. Voter, you'd
-Oklahoma City Times
Capitalism denies the first funda-
mental right of human existence—
that is, equality of opportunity in the
use of the basic equipment of bread-
raopono-l getting—econoui'c equality.
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the land, and to all the Inhabitants j probably shoulder your gun and start
thereof." has served as a watchword j a war, and you would be doing the
down through the ages. j proper thing.
Although such high estimation wasj _
placed on military efficiency, it Is to
be remarked that the civil administra-
tion was under the theocracy kept
entirely separate from the military
establishment, which was entirely a
voluntary militia organization. The
Levite made the laws, and
lized the civil and religious functions,
but the commanders and officers of
the armies were seldom of that tribe.
It would serve no useful purpose to
examine in detail the many salutary
provisions of the Hebrew law. It is
true that there are many regulations
which at this time seem tiresome for-
malities of priestcraft, but compared
with the ceremonials of adjacent na-
tions. these seem simplicity itself, not
to mention the vastly higher human-
ity as well as morality of the Hebrew
religious customs and ritual. Admit-
ting useless elaboration in this re-
remembered that
meters. Gas hill kicks and over-
charges are investigated by a city in-
spector, whose office was created in
ies|H)iise to a demand for regulation
from the public after they hHd been
subjected to arbitrary treatment and
exhorbitant charges the same as the
patrons are in Oklahoma City at the
present time.
What Oklahoma City needs to do is
*t« create the office of gas inspector
and elect a man to fill that office
who Is honest, if such a man can be
found. By this method the people
could ascertain to just what extent
they were being robbed and would
then be in position to force the mat-
ter into the hands of the corporation
commission.
Socialists want the earth, together
with all of its natural resources;
they want government to do things
for them collectively, that they, in j
their individual capacities cannot do
for themselves; and they want an in-
dustrial system in which the tools of
production and distribution of wealth
of atheism iu their
propognmia, let them openly confess
it.
So far at any rate as t atn concerned
1 shall be perfectly frank and open
my hear! lo these father confessors.
They ought not to make ridiculous
c harges and therefore the? should be
grateful for such actual facts as I
can give them of the vices of Social-
ists.
As evidence in this mailer let us
take first the report of the Wisconsin
State Federation of Labor.
Now that report shows what the So-
cialists have tried to do in the Wis-
consin legislature.
A Socialist named iirockhansen, for
instance, introduced in the Assembly
a bill to legalize certain acts in fur-
therance of disputes between employ-
ers and employes.
First, for the purpose of peacefully
obtaining or communicating informa-
tion.
Second, for the .virpose of peaceful-
ly persuading a person to*worw or ab-
stain from work.
Third, to legalize combined action
in furtherance of a trade dispute.
Fourth, to prevent damage suits mpan m deliberately try
against trade union organizations for. DESTROY a happy home
acts of its individual members. whereln mi„al crooka and financial
Another Socialist named Vt elcer ^ ||ve (ogethef ,^rfect
trodu***d a bill to prevent private cie »
teetives from harassing citizens In TL"voU not see. dear brother, in the
the course of a trade dispute. j
He introduced another bill to give
poor persons right of action in
courts of the state without payment
tahlisii national ownership of rail
roads.
Of course these bills were defeated,
but this dangerous demagogue intro-
duced another bill which was passed.
And this bill provided that every
employer advertising for men shuli
slate IN THE ADVERTISEMENT
whether or not a strike Is taking place
iu his establishment.
So we see there Is method In his
madness, and that what the Socialist*
are trying to do in Wisconsin, they
are abo trying to do in Massachusetts.
And when one reads in coid type of
the actual habits of these men the im-
morality of it is positively sickening.
In tise heart of every Hjtr- lover of
individual and social justice there
arises revolt against these attempted
iniquities.
There may be some stupid, unen-
lightened, ignorant workman who will
not understand the relation of these
bills to free love, anti marriage and
atheism.
Hut LOOK BEHIND THE BILLS
adn you immediately see the real
and you immediately see the real pur-
pose actuating these dangerous men.
In tin- first place, these acts, every
one of them show that the Socialists
advocate free love.
Today the old parties are paid to
grant legislation but the Socialist*
want to give it flee, especially to
those who have no monev.
That Is FREE love for the working
class.
Could there lie better evidence of
how Socialists try to inculcate their
views on this dreadful subject?
These hills also show that Socialists
believe In the abolition of marriage
They advocate divorce and are trying
lo break up the home
Study the above bills and see what
above legislation an underhanded.
thP vicious and unprincipled attack upon
that happy family?
In every line of the above legisla-
tion there is also evidence of the
grossest atheism.
Well, can you imagine any bitterer
THE CASTLE MOTION.
The referendum vote is now being taken on the motion of
Local Castle of the Socialist party. If you are a Socialist get
one of the ballots from your local secretary and vote it. Don t
stand back until it's too late to vote and then kick because
the referendum didn't go to suit you. Don't let the customary
small per cent of the membership do all the voting. Do your
duty and you'll feel better for having done it.
of cost.
He also introduced a resolution to
shall be owned and operated by their ■ regulate the issuing ot injunction!-, t ,t not been Rajd that the Atner-
users. In short. Socialists want a co- He also introduced a resolution ad-, ^ ^ ^ go)d?
operative commonwealth, democrat!-j vocating the government owners n j ^’ell, Can you I
cally managed, and in which every aaid operation of rahroa . express. ^ »lerrer attack upon that god than
man, woman and child shail have < telegraph and telephone eompan es. j tt,<-ss«* Socialist bills?
equal opportunity with every other Indeed, this Weber went so r why would they tear him out of the
man. woman and child, to develop the another resolution as to try o eu e | o{ our legislatures?
best that there is in them. <>“"* 8h‘*rn,a“ antUrUat ar* j They would throw him out of our
I relative to organized labor..... municipal councils and even our tem-
ples and leave him a vagrant in the
Kt
For him there is every evidence of
one ot uiose m.s vue ......I undying hatred. They bear him no
five and referendum on acts of niU"1" i respect, neither bow before him nor
reverence him.
Another Socialist named Gaylord in .
trod need a great many hills into the j
Senate.
One of those bils favored the initla-1
boards of super-
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I visors.
Another bill provided that alt land.
| mineral rights, water powers and
! other pntural resources within the
I state which are now or may hereafter
j become the property of the state shall
remain forever the property of the
state.
He also introduced a bill providing
; for the nationalization of trusts and ;
monopolies.
j And then this senator, throwing
I aside all decency introduced a resolu-
tion providing for the abolition of the
So you see their atheism Is also
rampant and unashamed
The bills themselves look Innocent
enough. But don’t be carried away1,
dear brothers. by appearance*.
LOOK BEHIND those hills.
No respectable politician or Wall
Street Senator was ever guilty of such
revolting vice*.
| United States Senate, another resolu-
tion of poverty, is certainly no un-
worthy one, and the undeniable suc-
cess which has attended Its modem
applications, is ground for hope that tion of priva
it will not prove a disappointment to1 ,,rm
the toiling mass after so many ccn
turles of exploitation. The evidence
of its ancient success is negative in
character, but is as pronounced as
could be expected from the imperfect
sociological data apparest in the an
dent writings
mic system to which the world tnav
well turn for instruction. In the sin
gle tax administration, in the nega-
monopoly in land, in
prohibition of Interef, in protection
of and assistance to the unfortunate,
and in placing above all the adjura-
tion of fraternity—love of one’s neigh
bor—the radical agitator may find not
only confirmation of his theories, but
as well complete refutation of the
claims of the exploiter to the inher-
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Aside from u e u therGOf. Under the Moslac system >t
.X^r^Mos;, I is emphatically true that to tbs pm
ia„d the George propaganda are three j ducer belonged the products,
xfoees restricted its application to ag
Speakers and organ-
izers can secure posters
for advertising Socialist
meetings at the cost of .
production—S 1.2 5 per $
thousand. Arrange a se- -•
. pies of dates and we will
advertise them for you.
ricultural lands alone, while the mod^
era apostte urge* adaptation to a
holdings. While in both systems there
Is no private property in the lands so
held, George would vest the title tn
the State for the benefit of all the
Moses the' titie vested are historians.
The Capitalist *>»tem stands Im-
peached by the highest spiritual in
sight of the race, as a system of legal-
ized plunder of the people, incarnat-
ing the Cain-spirit. and f<*r a time sttH
unconsciously defended |Jy those who
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tion providing immediate relief by the
government for the unemployed, and
| still another resolution demanding the
I resignation of all state officers known
i to have heceived moneys during the
! state political campaign to promote
[ the interests of any candidate.
Now there are perhaps those who
will Him that this astonishing evi-
i deuce of immorality applies only to
I a small group of Socialists in one
r western state.
But look at what another Socialist
i named Chares H. Morrill, attempted
to do in the last Massachusetts legis-
! lature
He introduced a kill giving the cities
' the right to use the initiative and re-
Wealth consists of all those articles
that have been modified by human la-
bor so as to qualify them for the grati-
fication of human desires. Capital is
that part of wealth devoted to the aid
rf production, that part of wealth in
tlie course of exchange, that part of
wealth utilized In Die production of
more wealth. Capital is w-eaith, but
wealth Is not always capital A resi-
dence is wealth, hut not capital, for
a residence does not produce more
wealth. A family carriage is wealth
but not capital, for it does not pro-
duce more wealth. For the same rea-
son, a library is wealth, but not capi-
tal; a private collect log of paintings
U wealth, but not capital; a yacht is
wealth, but not capital. Socialists
do not oppose the possession of pri-
vate wealth, but. on the contrary, wish
to extend this possesion until every
child of our race will be a recipient
| “ to raise the age at which oflu blessings They do mu advocate
A bill to raise tot •** .tu-Ulan of wealth, Hut staunchly
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