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Show PROGRESSIVE Pegs CONDITIONS THE PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT . Iuued every other Friday at Salt Lake (Sty, Utah, in interest of Natural Development-Enterematter April 26. 19S2, at the as seeond-clas- s Poet Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 8th, 1879. Prices of Subscription C. N. LUND Publisher and Managing Editor $L0O One Year 1.09 Six Mouths Address all letters to 62 Post Office Place. CANNOT HIDE FROM VISION OF TRUTH TRUTH, FICTION d ' ..aasaas OUR GOAL Our eyes behold the coming of a great and happy day That shall banish war and poverty and blase a shining way. Where men shall walk with lifted heads and spirits brave and free, With human welfare aa the goal and life as it ought to bo. HAPPY NEW YEAR BUT HOW? The Nations today are armed to the teeth. Navies and armaments pile Ugh. Statesmen stand impotent afraid in the fact of the worlds vast armed camp. Communitiea are up in arms. Individuals are at battle, Claasea are at war. For ages men have dreamed peaee. They have longed to aoe battle flags furled and the sword forever sheathed. But capitalism says, You shall know no peace, am slavery and death for the people, bat I am Glory and Power tor the Mighty. I know only their mtiemie. X am blind to your cry of ethics I know no moral code but of the mighty. I am the Power. I am the system." This New Year Day finds millions in deadly straggle, finds individuals battling with 'individuals for an existence, finds poverty and cold under the shadows of church spires, because twenttothrcentnry civilisation pells its good will thus Greed! GREED! ! GREED!! It finds little children ground into bank accounts to satisfy those Christian men to whom God in His Infinite wisdom hss given control of the property Interests of the country. It finds an existent commercialism at bottom dog eat dog, plunging ni into world strife of the meanest and moat sordid typo, Because It finds Capitalism! ' Onr administration of what fwe are pleased to call Juutioe, onr atatemnanihlp, our whole indue try, Capitalism has act upon the rickety foundation of tbs dollar, and In the markets of capitalism what cheaper commodity la there than life itself? Llano Colonist It is Technocracy 4a scientific truth marching on. social evolution which no hand can stay. Of coarse the iold order is marshalled against it ea it has been nitialled against all truth until the truth has beeome popular. Then is 'no wilderness or desert in the world where the bitter fruits of pr profit and greed can longer hide from the searching eye of truth. One may travel to the ends of the earth and everywhere he will find the workings of the same accursed system that la throttling the And aa wa cannot close the economic Ufa of mankind yes of truth neither can we alienee lta voice. Neither poverty nor sickness, nor obloquy, nor abuse nor misunderstanding, nor any power that la upon earth, ' can permanently alienee the holy voice of troth. If It tails today or tomorrow it will know that the fault is with man and It rises again to battle anew. The votes of technocracy la the votes of truth. It is peaking for the miUiona who an votoelaaa and oppressed and disinherited. It would find a way to employ all the Idle, to house all the homeless, to food all the hungry, to atahlllxe all those who have boon dispossessed of home or farm or business, and set shoot to build the beat and greatest civilisation the world has HOOVER TURNED DOWN TECHNOCRACY POETRY & PARADOX Editor Progressive Independent: ' Your column, Truth, Fiction, eta, to great. I ilka it It makes me think. To chase the thought to its hiding place to aptandld exercise. It deserves a dedication. Hera It to: "Dedicated to all thoae kindred onto who through the N. D. A. are making the fight, without bitterness and with all tha understanding, par tlence and enthusiasm they possess, for a saner, kindlier, and more Joyous world. To those especially who plan and love and toll to help us on our way. Lucinda K , Thank you, Lucinda. Wa know you art Jnit a fins, sweet, Intelligent girl who toe res toe faith of our fathers. aup-poa- .. o with. We are to hove a new prerident pretty soon, and here la his ehanoe. His economic adviser, Professor Motey. is one of the Technocracy group. Bo Roosevelt will hear about it, and wo shall see what ho will do. What wa want to see i the enormous Industrial machine which we have built up, used to produce plenty and comfort for aH thoee who do the useful work, whether of hand or brain instead of being, aa it la at present, monop old xed for the benefit of individual exwho never ploiters, end their children and grand-childrcontributed any useful labor to the community. Call the new system by any name you please and it will mall Just aa sweet Why no call it N. D. A.? Guardian. American in Sinclair Upton en o WHY MINCE WORDS Why should wo mince words when we know that the gulf of chaos la yawning before onr civilisation? Why should we hide under a bushel the little light that we have? Anyone knowing a remedy for the ills that are aufler-ln- g upon ua and withholding that remedy from the people should he punished. Anyone having a Ufiht that can be thrown upon the darkneaa about ua should ho condemned If ha does not let the light ahlne. We have the remedy, we have the light. Aa proof lot ua Insubmit the saying of a railroad magnate who, upon spot the is said: bright only our "It system, vestigating In the industrial world today. Leading men had better too laa to investigate Natural Development before It la save the day. o THE TOTAL DEBT Calculation by Dr. Royal Meeker place the total debt burden of the American people at 171 billion in March, at capita debt of $1,400. This means that an interest rata of 5 pH cent, the anm of $8,551,000,000 would annually he due in interest on thi debt. Figured for every man, woman, and child in the United States, thla wdhld mean an annual burden of approximately $70. Or for a family of five the annual absorption by : Interest alone would bo $250. Dr. Meeker' figures 1932s pw lol-low- 1 600,000,000 Brokers Loans $0,600,000,000 Commercial Bank loans (largely to business men and farmers 2,000,000,000 Consumers Credits (easy payment purchase!) 1,400,000,000 Qgans on Ufa Insurance 64.682.000.- 000 .. Corporation Debts (long and short term) 7.600.000.- 000 Firm Mortgages 1.800.000.- 000 Other Agricultural Loans 000.000 20.000.Non-farMortgages real estate) city (largely 16,000,000,000 State and Local Debts 18,508,000,000 Federal Debt "v. m $171,020,000,000 Pm going to win the weekly slo- A NEWSPAPER PRINTED a gan contest one of these days, ON WALL PAPER member declared the other day. Pm Ilka the ranckar who was chasing The unemployed Cttlsana League tha Jackrabblt. A neighbor told him ha couldnt catch one afoot: "Ive got of Boulder, Colo., moiled the N. D. to," he replied, "I need toe meat" A. two copies of their League newspaper, 'The Wallpaper which to Both tha printed on wall papn. coolants and tha pattern are pleasA Country Editor ing end the Boulder people ere to be congratulated on their raaonree-fu- l Looks Banking solution of e very hard problem. editor of the Norwalk, Ohio, TECHNOCRACY takes a somewhat different view of tha banking situation from a is the scientific name for (Baaed on Article In Literary Digest) There ta a preponderance of nidenoo to show that thla papn has been eomowhat ahead of tha times in Its discussion of social problems. In fadt, what hundred of great minds ora now .openly and publicly admitting,' tha editor has been pointing to for a decade. Come now the leading Catholic clergymen of the country and publish truths like the following: "Bolshevism may overtake too United States unless capitalism learns to cooperate with other foreea working for a nqw social order. Some sort of revolution is In toe making. The only queetlon la whether it shall he a pacific one or a bloody one." Christianity waa not founded for tha purpose of supporting the capitalistic system. Capitals treatment The of labor is worse than that accorded an animal. la foiled and haa nearing thoroughly capitalistic system committing for avarice and greed. Capitalism has The depression marka the breakdown of suicide. political, economic and social order. If Indus rial magnates will not grant social Justice let us pass lawa to force them to do so. And the Federal Connell of Protestant churches gays thla: The root cause of our depression ta greed. It is our besetting sin. The desire for money, PWBri prestige, is toe major cense of mans present economic Ills and spiritual woe. It la selfishness that has brought the whole world to the verge of a spiritual debacle.' Natural Development, applied to national and world conditions, win do away with greed and selfishness and solve the problems once and for all time. rlE many people. Hie idea la follows: "With ranta falling am. unpaid, real state does not present a happy picture. Nor does tha owner of carefully selected bonds tael any happier, with a bunch of them going wrong. A .ot of folka very carelnlly Invested In preferred and common stocks la tha ilnast companies In 'he world and have seen them fall to perhaps a tenth of what they paid for them, and no dividends at alL Soma folka kept their money in savings accounts In banks, and soma oinks have closed and left hem high and dry. Bnt tha situation is worth looking at very carefully. On government authority, moat isnka that closed were really solvent sects and popular hut for froaen timidity. Gradually tha dosed banka are coming oat from under and da pa tors In Hen bad caeca will gat at least 90 per cent of their savlngi. That's tough of course; nobody like to lose half of whut they bad scrimped and sacrificed and saved. But when you board and stick the roll of bills la a coffee pot or under a mattress, aoma comes along and burns your feet till you toll blm to take It and good 1 William Limb, who haa spent seven weeks without purse or scrip spreading tbs teachings of N. D. A. waleoma. through Southern Utah, haa evolved "And what about the great majority from his experience the following bit of banks that weathered the storm, of pbllooopby: met all comers and era doing business "If yon meet a friend aa usual, carefully land conservatively, Who does not extend but safely? What about tha lavlnga A warm handout, In those banka? They are a full 100 Just try yonr best ! per eent today and they are the only To digest A eold shoulder. thing wa know of at 100 pw cent any where. After all to said and dona, a well managed bank la still tha good, Phoenix, Arisons beet place in all tha world for money December 19, 19S2 or aavlnga. Right now In Ohio tho The Progressive Independent, banka pay tha tales on all savings and Salt Lake City" Utah, Dear Editor: pay thalr depositors net Interest on We certainly appreciate the Pro- i heir savings. We cent think. Just gressive Independent and look for- now, of many other Invaetmanta that ward for each tone. It haa so much ire a tenth as aafa as a tarings food for thought and to certainly a In a solid bank. Why, Han a source of inspiration. Wo want to tarings account In a closed bank to give you all tha support we possibly worth morn today than moat can but felt that wa should also have actually stocks. a paper to taka care of conditions peculiar to na in this locality. From tha looks of things It seems that tha responsibility of changing condition! to up to the N. D. A., and I think we already sense that responsibility and are on our way. o TWO COMMUNITY CHESTS Many western communities have two Community chests 4ne using cash, the other using commodities and services. Each has its elvlo task and lta own sphere of opnation. Really Intelligent, publio spirited eltliens will support both. Really enlightened civic organise tlona will oppose neither. The chest that uses commodities and services haa taken a big load off tha other a load that entitles to tha support of tha community. THE CHEST THAT USES COMMODITIES IB COMIt is organised MONLY CALLED THE N. D. A. rear toe from .by teaching men attack unemployment without commodities how to go on exchanging their la permanent its Because program use of money. the lta relief of unemployment la permanent. It is getting results because lta program la rational. men It to worthy of support not only because It puts their their homes, preserves it because to work, but Its members do not eat hopes and their to not the bitter bread of It Idleness. in bread their charity. move, every relief body, deserves Every self-hemore than salve the aoro. praise. But relief mutt do the right of every must recognise It. remove It must It remove the must needs. It ha man to produce what mill and the of out him fence that harriers artificial a from liability to worker factorial. It mutt change the anchor. an to menace a from aaaet an PARADOX NO. 1 How to it tha kindliest race Whose nature it to to abhor All the brutal, degrading devices Of murder we sanction aa war If they think of themselves ea a nation Will revert to their primitive state And forget all their eiri! button To indulge In an orgy of hate? PARADOX NO. Support a GreatCause by Subscribing for this Paper n In private his life to devoted To hla wife and his children and friends. His Chest contributions are noted; On his bounty the orphan depends. He would part with his shirt in a crisis To relieve a dear friends desolation, Bnt he fattens on racketeer prices As head of a big corporation. HENRY CLSEK- GARAGE! We Repair Bicycles, Phonographs, Baby Buggies, Electrical Fixtures. Expert Mechanic and Welder states in between New York and California, and all the Arisons the two; from the Canadian border to same apthe same eplrit. the have all southern border, them ell. They tell of peal. One voice runs through order ssd the deeconomic old the ot tha helplessness new. They are termination to find and try something to give. A. ha. D. N. the yearning tor what AST WEEK one of the men highest in national finance said: All we can hope to do is to keep the financial system from going to pieces. How long we can do this, nobody knows. 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Arch Work lp THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE from The letters, and they are many, that come to ns COOPERATION . self-respe- o NEW SELLING PLAN Factory Direct, $S Freight C6L $28 CASH and $28 Scrip or what have you? to trade taT . Bturday constructions Leas weD braced A Real $100 Value at plug-ugl- y PAPER AHEAD OF THE TIMES lta end. horning him the way to make real hie pledge to the people of two chickens in every pot and two ears in very garage. Bat ales, ho was not that kind of engineer and ha suppressed the report, and when the panic came ho and all hie cabinet filled our newspapers with bunoomb about prosperity being Just around the corner. What Technocracy thinks about that is set forth in two statements first, that Improvements in technical processes during the paot three years have been ao great that even If we should Immediately return to the production of 1929, the work would require only 65 per eent of onr labor potwer; and second, that if the present tendencies continue unchecked, if the policies of bankers and politicians are followed through, in another two years we shall have 20 million unemployed to deal . Editor Progressive Independent: Yonr papn to O. K. I Ilka the N. D. A., too. But If I couldnt find any .better use for papn than to print stuff Ilka your "Truth, Fletion and Rubbish on It, I'd nse ft to wrap Her seen. doughnut holes in. How can anyN. D. A. is doing the ground work for technocracy. body waste time writing inch dull la it tupld,, Klia part ef our plan, set before the world before to bo fanny or sad? Im son word waa uttered by the technocrats, it has, from the I dont know, because I wouldn't beginning, been our aim and plan to build up to when oven dream of reading it. weoould take over the machine and master It and ua Thomas A. Edison said: "Gold to It, not for profit, but for the common welfare. Our plan a of Julius Caesar and Interest has from tha beginning planned to lead to a condition to relle an invention of Satan. Clarence Bo where price and profit would ho dona away with. Darrow said. "The trouble with law wo reach out our strong right hands and Join them with and government to lawyers. Ponder these truths in your minds, readers. technocracy for tha economic redemption of mankind. hit onr "The present policy actually has produced nothing country, those In charge of Technocracy placed their unlimited competition and unlimited opportunity but facta before the Great Engineer in the White House, been More than three years ago, before the panic INDEPENDEN1 Haehmeister Cabinet Repair & Furniture Shop REFINISHING, UPHOLSTERING, REMODELING Cabinet Work of all kinds made to order. Store Fixtures Made to order Will Accept Part Scrip 62 Postofflce Place Stucco Plastering Exterior and Interior Estimates Cheerfully Given. Waaatch 8298-Salt Lake City Don't Throw It O. D. RUST Welding: Electric and Acetylene. No Job too Waa. 4648 WE DONT KNOW ALL ABOUT AUTO PARTS BUT WE DO KNOW OUR BATTERIES, STARTERS, GEN ERATORS AND IGNITION WORK. A and B CREDITS Cameron Battery & Ignition Co. 956 South State Street Phone Hy. 8555- - too amaU. AD work guaranteed. J. N.D.A. 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