GOVERNMENT STROKE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 719, 19 January 1910, Page 5

GOVERNMENT STROKE.

,- 'Sir,—l- have-read ; .''A.E.C.'s" remarks' on': the Government; jqb;-.-,-'and : -,his. opinion that'l "steady .jobs-should -be impossible,' and; all. men;-should-fight to their':' last 6unoO;vfor■;their. :■ very: .existence."; .'Has • your.cprre'sponderit;a: steady, job, andhas' he fought w'Ms'jlast .'ounce-for.his.very,' existence?.'Tf;,he'.has;.! 1 ; steady' job' let. •him;thrbwi.it;up.' ; and:.praoticß -what'he prcaohes.'V^-;'^ ; ; : '-r :\c.: : "■•.<■ •VvThftjideal-'ilifoj-'is'' not'- to:<be "found in ihard, ;:unreinitting ; .toil;v during.-' the best' hours.; of i each.. day'.' and 'each :•' year,«^grinding- out.twealth'forVrioh'-:idlers.'. Society :is ■ io'uhdod;-.not ..on'.natural; law, ; \as: ; iY. should;:be, v ;but'on:man-made"' : law, .with that: the masses of ;the:people,-;instead ;ofrbeingable:to ob-';tiun^;,easy:-,'Mcess:-.to'/;.the'-!niaterial-, -duction.: (land), .-for ; their.;own';- -exclusive benefit,;ar-e;-forced'byslahdomonopoly into, the;;slavish-.'position.of having, to;toil' to keep;iu idleness;a,class' of .parasitesUwho; -have,Yth'e;; audacity': to..set -themselves--'up', 'as ' the '."owners" -of' God's «irthV ■■.; : Given :.'a'dces9.;to-';a'v.few';..acres-,;of 'land,;:' every .family.,who', loves ;freedom and the pursuit; of ..happiness" would -be able' to :live ! comfortably;: by'working- three .or; four. ;!hourS;a day,iand they, would,have'.plenty' of ■; time,: for: .all .'manner .of'.recreations. .This healthful,, independent' life ;: would '.'greatly-'-' improve:'' the 'race' '.physically,v-in-tellectnally, and !"morally. tinder natural and'humane" conditions life'for the many .would 'not.' be'.;WhatV'it,'now!:-is,,,a : -'wild' scramble for .food,',shelter;;and:clothing.; Nature's ."gifts'.are" 'very 'bountiful !;'and ..easily :.won,..;but. under our .one-sided economic: system .the monopolists': usurp '"the lion's s'hare. of.' them.,.; Therefore,-- down with .monopolies! '; especially, land. monopoly, - which. is .the ' parent: of . all mono- ■ polies,-and:life.will then.jbeas easy as it:is;iibw"liard.:'-':WorkeTS, I jyou have the ; power. to.do.it.';/Rise andtunite.for free'dom... arid-, justice; * •;. Demand;.' these ' your, natural; rights,.- and, don't.-;rest until .'you get.tnem.'i \>>:; .i'v;■<':'.••'''"V -\i' ',;-.,-, '.;-. : i; ; ; ~.. '■"A.P.C." points. ti "America'as ."an e'xampleiof wtat.a, nation should -be. He' •does not tell: Us what: is ■the American's .average,.length--of life.. .Nor does hesay..: anything, about'the great"army : of unemployed: in; the/land.-, of■■'■': Stars and Stripes—victims, of ..'.landlordism. But everybody;knows what life in.the States is—hustle.. I say,- let them have it all. I won't:have it at,any price.. .'.When'the . people resume possession -of their filched inheritance in tho' land hustling to grind outw'ealthMor a; gang of .plunderers will cease; and- they, will:be able to ■ live natural .lives.—l.am, -.etcy '-.?. ~;January .15:': ; ; .r:; 5 :