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DEMOCRACY.
There once was a man who
knew what a palladium was. He
died without bequeathing the mist
cry,a nd so wo are bereft of a po
sitive knowledge on the subject.
There is, however, a tradition that
our constitution is the palladium
of our liberties. Hence we should
have reverent regard for palladi
ums.
How grateful wo should be that we
are privileged to live in a glorious
democracy. Each man a sovereign!
Al! are equals! No rulers! The ad
ministrators—servants of the peo
ple; no aristocracy.
Jn this great democracy each
man is at work under the palla
dium. All are laborers. There are
variant degrees of labor. Some are
•better pleased with their job than
others. But there are always and
everywhere malcontents who are
dissatisfied with the work assigned
them. Some of these creatures
•complain because he who performs
the most laborious services re
ceives the slenderest reward; as
though the delight in rendering
service were in itself not suffici
ent ?
Yes, it is true, that many of
throe on whom is conferred the
hoi or ot' porfoiming the hardest
lasks do not appreciate the distinc
tion thus lavished upon them. So
ciety could not exist without clas
ses. Our best people would be in a
pitiful plight if there were not a
tired close from which to recruit
its asylum, its social settlement
work, its houses of prostitution,
and its police force.
Society requires a class that must
build houses, pit n and supply the
furnishings for these edifices, make
the roads, grow food-stuffs and
fashion the clothing. It al.-o needs
a class that will use the stuff creat
ed. Wo nco.t people to live in the
houses, make use of the roads, eat
the stuff which is grown, and wear
the clothes fashioned. Then we
need another - class to keep the
peace between them that make the
filings which tney care not to use,
and the class that uses the things
bin makes none. I once asked one
of these working follows why he
wanted to be on the police force.
He replied that he might as well
have an easy job as any other fel
low', and lie added, ‘w*c must have
a police force, just as well as we
must have sunlight. Life and pro
perty would not be safe otherwise.”
(Under the Capitalist system).
It would seem that the less one
has the more he requires protec
tion for what he has net, against
the other follow who al. o has no
Uling.
Workers of another class are
those that do net work with their
hands Theirs is brain work.
They are called employers of labor.
"They work the workers,” and be
come forceful factors !n social
life. What would become of our
ooor ignorant working-classes who
furnish employment for them? I
remember hearing of an occurence
that illustrates how sadly our
work folk would fare if they were
•in* given employment During the
• reconstruction days following the
Civil War. an old darkey sou. tered
,nl.o the har.c’.3cmcly appointed of
fice of the Freed mens Bureau at
Memphis.
d*s yer de Freedmen’s
Bo-ouch?” lie asked, In open
mouthed admiration of the walnut
and brass fUtmgs of :he handsome
quarters.
“This Is the place,” courteously
answered the solo occupant, who
appeared to be the officers in
charge* Ti • * a*
“Well, wot yer gwine do rtr he
cullud man?” was Ills next in
quiry.
“We can't do anything for you
just now," said the functionary.
"The last appropriation for this
office was only about enough to put
tip these fixings and pay our salti
lies, and Congress will not—”
“ Lor brcs3 ye, I aint axin for nc
money, no suh! All I want is jess
a job er wukk. Kain't you all fine
mo airy o.'b?”
The Mississippi was high at the
tine, and lots of drift wood was
floating down the stream. The offi
cial tried a bit of pleasantry.
“I’ll give you a job,” he said to i
the old man. "There's lots cf drift- i
wood coming down the river. You
go out there and gather all you'
can, and I’ll let you have half what
you gather.”
“All right boos,” said the darkey;
to his new employer; and away he
went. By the rifcxt night '.he dili
gerl employee hrd piled up a con
siderable stack of wood. He was
co ;gratulating himself on the suc
cess of his work, and making a
mental survey of his half of the
proceeds, when he was approached
by a man whose gold-braided cap
gave eviJci.ce of officialdom.
"That’s a pretty good pile of
word you've gathered, uncle, “said
lhe newcomer. "I’ll take this half
over here,” hes aid as he indicated
one end of the pile.
"Lor’s bless my soul!” ejaculated
the old follow. “You done look
like do Fredman's Beeoh gemman.
"No,” he replied; “I have no
thing to do with the Bureau, but
I'm the wharf master, and accord
ing to the city ordinance I’:n entit
led to one half the wood i hat's
piled on this levee.”
“Ef dats de lr.w, all right; go
ahead. You tekk your harf, and de
Freedman's Bcuoh tekk hij harf—
only I hope you gemman won't
mine ef I tekk one little sack oil'll
you all’s hi.rfs so's 1 kin mekk a
fiali to cook me- a:iy little ting I
incut he able to steal fore nornin.”
I tell this little story to illustrate
in a convincing way that there’s no
excuse ft 1 any able-bodied man
ever to be out of a job. There are
: Iv ays benevolent employers who
will give us work. We can hear
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this same truth from every pulpit,
though perhaps lacking the anec
i
dotal form. And there is always
some sort o; government that j
stands ready to protect 'he pro -
dutcr against the curse of ;> sur-!
plus. Nor do these various govern-i
mental agencies neglect to protect I
tile employer in his share of the
product—and help him. get it from
;he producer.
There is a legend: "once teere was!
a lawyer who declined to immolate
himself cn the alter of patriotism. I
It is further stated that he would j
lir.ve had to surrender a practice
worth $1,200 ptr annu a for aj
Judgeship rt that tine paying but
$900 a year. Later lie was suffici-j
enlly patriotic to accept a job as
senator at $8,000 a year. There
is a dignity about public service
which private service doe3 not
grant. Our legislators are public
servants. When we consider the
difficulty inherent in serving some
one person, we can. understand the
sacrifice that our public servants
make in the multiplied duty of
serving the many.
Great is democracy! Under its
palladium even the humblest of us
has a voice. We are permitted to
vote. We elect our public ser
vants. Then we permit our
good masters to select
watch our appolntese. Then we
permit our good masters to select
a committee to watch our appoin
tees. Then we have a voters’
league. And so ad infinitum. Our
public servants manipulate the tax
ing power very much as my Eng
lish friend wields his clever on
chicken-killing day. Plucking is
good for chickens and taxing is
good for the producers of commo
dities. The government charges
yoNi so much for being protected
from all aggressions, and when
they have failed to protect, and
you have been aggressed, there are
more fees which you pay, by way
of expense of trying the aggressor,
and if the aggressor haa been prov
en guilty (which means that the
government lias not kept its con
tract to protect you) there., is an
other cost to you to defwry the ex
pense of feeding and clothing the
aggresor.
"Altogether we should be j ouu
of our Democracy."
UNCLE SAM AND
BROTHER JONATHAN.
BROTHER JONATHAN (in a
brown study)—What Is a mono
poly?
UNCLE SAM—Monopoly is a
loose term. It is especially loose
when used today, in this country.
When, one time, the Crown grant
ed to one or other >f Us favorites
the privilege to deal in i»me neces
sary of life, that favorite held a
monopoly. He could charge wliat
price he liked. The was nothing
to restrain him but the fear cf re
volt.
B. J.—Is not that monopoly to
day?
U. S.—tvo. Such grants are no
longer known in civilised countries.
Today the term monopoly is ap
plied to something that is not mo
nopoly in the strict sense.
B. J.—Are not the xnbroads mo
nopolies ?
U. S -Not strictly speaking.
The feature of monopolv was that
noue other but the grantee could
deal in an article—
B. J.—Well, can everybody, you
ami 1, for instance , start a rail
road ?
U. S.—Certainly not. But that
does not make railroads monopo
lies—
B. J.—How so?
U. S.—Before there can be mono
poly there must be absolute impos
sibility of competition.
B. J.—Is there any possibility of
competition In railroads?
U. 3.—Certainly. Combina
tions of capital are quite possible
to duplicate any road in the land.
B. J.—Why, then there is no mo
no:,oly at ajl.
U. S.—Strictly speaking, no.
B. J.—And UN-strickly speak
ing?
U. S.—Ur.-strictly speaking there
is. A feitute of the concentra
tion of capital is that it requires
larger and larger capital to run a
business. In the measure that ca
pit'lism is concentrated, more and
mere people are excluded from,
and lower and fewer are admitted
to the competitive field. Today the
overwhelming maj rity of ‘lie peo
ple are barred from the competitive
field for want of tire "admission
fee.” the large capital needed, and
inly a few are admssible. The long
and short of it is that, while com
petition ts not excluded, it is li
mited to so few that it has practi
cally vanished. Hence we talk
about monopolies.
B. J.—In this loose sense, It is
correct' enough to say that rail
roads are monopolies, is it ?
U. S.—lit that sense, yes.
B. J.—And what is the difference
between a “natural monopoly”
and—
U. S. (with a smile)—And an
un-natural monopoly?
B. J.—Well—yes
U. S.—No difference.
B. J.—Would you not say that
the post office,' railroads, tele
graphs, telephones, etc., are public
utilities?
U. S.—Certainly.
B. J.—When they become mono
polies are they not natural mono
polies?
U. S.—Why should they be “na
tural”?
B. J.—First because they are of
a nature that lends itself to being
monopolized; secondly, just be
cause they are “public utilities.”
U. S.—Could you mention a
single industry worth mentioning
that does not “lend itself to being
monopolized,” and that is not a
“public utility”?
B. J.—A bakery, for instance.
U. S.—Is not bread a public ne
cesity?
B. J.— Well, then clothing
stores.
U. S.—Are not clothex public
necessaries?
B. J.—Well, —what about paper
U. S.—Could the Country exist
without paper?
B. J.—remains silent.
U. S.—Try another.
B. J.—I dare not now.
U. S.—Correct. There is no such
thing as an industry, proper, that
docs not deal with a public utility.
Leave out ihese and you have none
worth keeping left.
B. J.—Then the Socialists are
right—all industries worih men
tioning must be nationalizsd.
U. S.—The term “natural mono
poly” is a fool term. Some people
think that because they see a huge
railroad corporation, therefore
railroads, for instance, are a “na
tural monopoly.” Give the same
time to any other “public utility,”
and it also will grow into a mono
poly. To talk about “natural
adult.” That adult which now
teems “natural” once was a baby.
Give any healthy baby of today a
chance, and it will also grow to be
an adult. So with industries. All
necessary ones are “public” utili
ties.” If not yet a monopoly, they
will grow into monopoly.
—Weekly People.
NOT LOOKING FOR PERISCOPES
Maude B. Samuals was elected
town marshal of Itiversde.
"Be you the town marshal?”
said an excited voice ever :lie tele
phone.
“Yes,” was the answer.
“Then you come over right away
and arrest a lot of boys a’swim
mii g in the reservoir. They haint
got no bathing suits on; nothin’
but grins. They're playin’ subma
rines, and it’s scandalous ihe way
they’s carrying on.”
Mrs. Samuals didn’t go.
FEDERATED UNION CHURCH
Rev. Chas. Howard Shank, Minister
Residence:, Room 21, Golden Gate.
SUNDAY .SERVICES.
11 A. M. Bible School ana
childrens service. R. B. Julian,
superintendent.
S P. M. Worship and Sermon *
Topic: “Some Rules for the Pro
fessional Athlete.”
Excellent music by Chorus Choir.
'ibis church extan Is a cordial in
vitation and a large welcome to all,
to these services, rich and poor alike
regardless of ere d or nationality.
HARD TIME PARTY.
There will be a Hard Time
Dance at the Sons of the North,
Hall, Saturday evening. Dancing j
at 10 o’clock sharp. Wear your
hard times Clothes. Hard times
Admission, Gentlemen $1.00, Ladies
Free. /
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