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Show Pig Two. PROGRESSIVE THE PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT III ued every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah, in interest of Natural Development. Entered aa aecond-cla- u matter April 26 1982, at the Port Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the Act of March 8th, 1879. C. N. LUND Publisher and Managing Editor Henri C. Fleaher, AdverUaing and Circulation Dept NOT INTENTIONAL o- LOO M oaths 577 COMMENDS US )1N One Year NEW YORKER This paper In recent numbers, prior to the Msrch Srd twue,, failed to give credit for certain articles published One from Frailer Hunt and one or two from an Oakland publication called Man," We looked over the copy and found that credit had been given In the writing, but was not set by the operator. The credit was again written In to the proofs but again left out by the compositor. Thinks We Have Started Some The truth Is we would far rather give credit than not thing: of Great Significance give It. And heres our apology to "offended panties, Prieea of Suhecriptioa Six LIFTING INDEPENDENT - A HYPOCRITE IN HIGH PLACE Addieaa all lettera to 52 Port Office Place. FAITH AND WORKS We pray, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done," and go about doing little or nothing toward bringing that kingdom. We muat not expect that the Almighty will do all the necessary work required to net up Hla kingdom on earth. He worka through men and It la up to men to do the work and prepare the way. By "kingdom we do not mean some tar away place of bllaa. We mean that It will be a condition hfere on earth among the children of men that win make life worth living. We can make a heaven here on earth If we unite to do it Bernard Baruch, prominently connected with the International bankers and very prominent In financial and political affairs, testified before a congressional committee concerning his activities during the war and under oath gave ont the following: "Out of the 24C national war industries (operated for winning of the war,) I owned or controlled 248. Do you thtnV a man with such holdings would be for peace? No. He was for profit, enormous profits, and to get the enorm ous profits he was for carrying on the war while masquerading as one who was desirous of seeing the eonfilet end. There are too many like him In every war. o ATHEISM IS SPREADING Atheism Is spreading In this country at an alarming by ushering in the true cooperative system. And aueh rate. Monstrous human shapes are laughing derisively la the work we have net about doing. at God and mocking all that savors of divinity. They . ' o are setting Christ up as a mere man of straw and are A CHARGE TO KEEP preaching and publishing some of the mostblasp heinous things ever Imagined. In every college and university the land the morale of the student body la being unof men are fully aware that the Thinking and observing dermined by the teachings of atheism. What shall the time la here when all true men have a charge to keep harvest be? It la by no means pleasant to contemplate to and wtth their neighbor. And who la the neighbor? the foreshadowings of the oomlng three or four years. The neighbor la every man, woman and child who haa When any considerable number of the people of a counneed of help In the circle In which we move. And if try root out (Tom their beliefs the idea of God and In these times we are not doing anything to keep that Christ and things divine they arc playing with fire which shall become a destroying flame. Let the watchmen on chaygv then our pretensions are but like unto sounding the towers take their eyes away from tha glitter of gold brass and tinkling cymbals. Those who have risen to and send out warnings before It la too late. famthe highest eminence In the society of the human o ily have been those who have rendered the moat and THE DAWN HUGO SAW VICTOR masbeat service. And those who are best serving the ter today are those who are foremost in serving their "Friends, the hour in which we live is a gloomy fellows. We must not lessen men In our desire to make but of such Is the terrible price of the future. A hour, dlety great, and remember that we do most for Him revolution la a toll gate. Oh the human race shall be when we help to sustain and uplift our fellows. delivered, uplifted and consoled! We affirm it. Whence o shall arise the shout of love, if It be not from the summit of sacrifice? O, my brothers, here la the place of i WHEN ALL SHALL BE FREE jpnetion between those who thlqk and those who suffer; this barricade Is made of two mounds, a mound of Ideas Gtovannlttl, Italian clergyman who sided with the and a mound of sorrows Misery here encounters the striking laborers in New York, and was arrested, plead- Ideal. Here day embraces night, and says: I will die ed his own case, and here are his closing words to the with thee and thou ahalt be born again with me. From Jury: the presence of all desolations faith gushes forth. Buf"What about the better and nobler humanity when ferings bring agony here, and ideas their Immortality, there shall be no more slaves, where no man will ever this agony and this immortality are to mingle and combe obliged to go on strike in order to obtain fifty cents our death. Brothers, he who dies here dies in the pose more a week, where children will not have to starve of the future, and we are entering a grave ilradiance any more, where women win no more have to go out luminated by the dawn. and prostitute themselves; where at last there will not o be any more slaves, any more masters, but one great OUR PROGRAM CONSTRUCTIVE family of friends and brothers. It may be that you do not believe In that It may be that we are dreamers; The program of the N. D. A. Is wholly constructive. It may be that we are fanatics. But so was a fanatic It la not our purpose or desire to denounce and tear the Instead of who philosophy acknowledging Socrates, down only In so far as It Is absolutely necessary to bring of the aristocrats of Athens, preferred to drink the poieconomic truths to the minds of men. We have son. And so was a fanatic, the Saviour, Jesus Christ, our not for these times only not for a year or four a plan, of who Instead of acknowledging his submission to all but for all time. It Is a plan that will save, that years, the rulers of the time and all the priestcraft of the will that will bring the abundant lifee, the true uplift, thieves. time, preferred the cross between two the perfect human economic system. We and liberty, o shall help, encourage and sustain the new president in so far as he seeks to redeem the country and the people THE PATIENT UNEMPLOYED from present deplorable conditions. But we go a step farther and offer a system and a program that will not Most of the unemployed we see are good, patient, need patching and that will do away wKh the necessity Some are young and are having fellows. for patching. We look upon all men as brothers and the Iron of bitterness put into their souls all too early tha world of people aa one great neighborhood to which Borne are along In years, struggling against age and all we would minister by giving that which la so sorely the hard and cruel circumstances which cause them to needed and which must be brought about for the econlose much of their self-- respect. Society, seems to be omic salvation of men. We are for the complete liberagainst them. All things, all men, and even the gods ation of mankind, economically and spiritually. seem to be against them. Law and religion and institutions are coming to mean very little to them. THE GLORY OF FREEDOM But the worst and crudest thing about It all Is the and fact that under the severe strain and fear and worry (From Millers Life Triumphant.) suffering the light of their souks goes out While they Slaves can never know much of the meaning or subbecome suffer hunger and cold and ostracism thdr souls The days of physical slavery are paat, limity of life. dwarfed, stupefied and almost annihilated. What a fear- but an almost universal condition today. The is slavery ful truth It la that they are made in the Image of God, masses are enslaved by prejudice, fear, passion, greed, but apparently here on earth that image is not to be envy, convention, worry, hate, poverty and a thous civildeveloped and unfolded. That Is thj, shame of our and other negative and destructive factors. They dare of the ages. isation, the tragedy . not call their names their own. conditions Of course, as Robert Blatchford says, "these Is a world of fabulous wealth. It Is rich beyond This are due to sin but It la the sin of the smug hypocrites the dreams of Croesus. Yet the tragedy (ft life Is that who grow rich upon the robbings and the ruin of their millions starve in the midst of dasallng abundance. And Jack London clinches tha nail fellow creaturei. They drag through their little days living drab lives, when he cays, If this Is the best that civilisation can do their divine potentialities dragging In the dust, paupers for the human, then give us howling and naked savag- created to be kings, failures Intended for victory, pauwhich ery." per souls born to be unfettered heirs of the gold O r rich life which make treasure the is everywhere. But Its and metal the to shining not restricted be must PRESIDENTS MASTERLY ADDRESS write which I of For In the gold currency. equivalent Is The inaugural address of president Roosevelt was the lnoludes all wealth, treasure and nobility all that 1 Rich for. and striving aspiring biggest thing of its kind since Lincolns second Inaug- worth dreaming, who boast little of visible securities. ural. The high lights of it are exactly the things deed are many comradeship, we have been trying to lead the public to believe Theirs Is the gold of love, friendship, literature, music, Is Art, nature theirs;. of wealth The for years, and. In part, some of the very foundation Those who possess this chest. treasure their are in Fonder economic faith. we our build stones upon which lifes true gold form a sacred fraternity. They are these courageous words: upon and sons daughters favored aristocrats, natures Practices of unscrupulous money changers stand forth. shine Jewels sacred the all whom the in the court of public opinion and rejected in o hearts and minds of men. Rulers of the exohange of BANKER A TO stubA MINER mankinds goods have failed through their own The money bornness and their own Incompetence. clvlllxa-W- e By Marling D. Clyde, American Fork) changers have fled from the high seats of our so ancient You sit safe, no snug behind those bars, to the restore the temple may now reach out In icy feel truths. Tfle measure of the restoration lies in thethan Whose golden glints business leaves no scars) (Strict spine. my noble more Along values social to whlclfc We apply turn of wheel once from me waver But let mers monetary profit.'' R shall keep its course. see smiles If all Is I founders, Though the defined as by Pure Americanflun. ouV lifes blood to preserve. The con- Then you, In eoldnem, see but one stiff price. measured twice) right and worth en(My debtors sweat Is Interest stitution la good enough if properly Interpreted and reach their source muat notes sMl trouble me be crushed, Let Our whole larged upon to meet our problems money comes from the machinations of unscrupulous manof Forgotten now the visions I did see. the of "miens exchange and greedy Changers and While you, In your consumate nicety been have betrayed we kinds goods." By these now to brothers needs his woes. Tie true, we blind Are we will be ruined unles. despoiled, and by them holm note and I shall pay. But you bold my You the man at uphold the strong arm of the strongfor the country and Cant see, except through blood of such as I, in as far as he does the right thing Your shining coffers there would empty lie. struggling humanity. i i long-sufferi- ed er-te- nt Shoe Service Ensign East St South Phone Was. 5719 Call and Deliver Service East of 2nd East to 17th South. Special Bates to Members of Natural Development Association. Across the street from the Holy Cross Hnspjfol HOME BARBER SHOP ENCOURAGING SENTIMENT East First South Street 1918 A. D. BEDFORD, Plop, Mr. Rawson L. Wood of 845 East 5Wh Street, New York City, writes to tha N. D. A.: "I was much Impressed to learn Also Open Eraiiagn. Lsdies Haircutting s Specialty! N. D. A. Credits. your expansion to date and what has been done on your own resources. You are right to distrust' the usual sources of loans, for pretty soon the banking powera will realise what a threat your movement constitutes to their rule. Just aa the newspapers in Balt Lake don't mention you for fear of the department store advertisers, so the banks behind some of them would be glad to see You dosed up. Blnoe the R. F. C. to date has been operated for the benefit of this same dans, I should be much surprised If they help. , Unless, of course, Roosevelt changes the attitude. "By the way, have you had a good on him? That spokesman call would be Important, for he likes to know all about a project before he "" goes Into ,1L Have you thought of entering local politics! Sooner or later you will need support from the government and the safest course is to make yourself a power. I Just heard from the Portland, Oregon Exchange that high auto licenses kept them off the streets. That is what you must be on guard against. Besides, tt your scrip were made acceptable for taxes, it would be much easier to find landlords and farmers to help out. And many towns in Iowa are doing Just that. "There Is a fundamental reason why New York. and the East In general, cannot do much 'In this line for a long time. This Is an industrial section, and is not The nearest agriculturally. farms here are twenty to thirty miles ont, and for many products one must go farther. Since a food supply la vital to a barter organization, any exchanges here must be fringes of the price system only, and cannot build up a really well rounded group that can attract full time members and workers. It may keep a few people active, but the leadership will Always remain with you In the west. This prophecy might be upset if some wealthy philanthropist endowed the movement, but I doubt It You really have started something that may prove of Immense significance before many years are paat, provided our economic distress continues. The theories of Technocracy are finding application, and the defects of the present system are being avoided In the organisation you are building. If you spread and continue to Increase membership, the activity will become more and more striking In contrast to stagnation elsewhere. Then political action will become practicable, and yon can guard against aupresslon of your scrip on the grounds that Congress alone can regulate currency. Rex Hat Cleaning Shop AND SHOE SHINE PARLOR We Clean and Block All Kinds of LADIES & GENTS HATS KEITH EMPORIUM 50e 246 SO. MAIN ST. Paramount Cleaners and Dyers Service lat Bepairing Wasatch 2458 Belining Delivery 902 South West WORK GUARANTEED MAGDIEL BUILDING CO Wasatch 8987-WE SPECIALIZE IN Waaatch 5889-W- than the firs no more cost homes Fire Proof Construction and these N. D. A. O. comfort word in beauty, style, trap. And they an the last GUARANTEED. WOBK ALL WaR Paints Paper MODERN DECORATORS ASSOCIATED 50 D. Street House Cleaners, Remodeling in All its Branches and wil go anywhere. Estimates and Consultation Free. MODERN APARTMENTS. WeAccept N. D. A. Coupons nt UTAH STATE N. D- - A. IS DOING THINGS In devoting attention to the Salt Lake unit and the National nnlt one Important organlation haa been more or leas overlooked. It la the Utah State Natural Development Aaaoela-tlounder the direction of ita president, Judge Gaylon 8. Young, who alao la attorney for all the unite. Mr. Young la doing all In hla power to promote the organization and la very dlUlgemt and earnest in cooperating with all the unite. He la at present promoting the Cooperative Service Organisation, a companion and a atepping atone to the N. D. A., for business men and others who are Several meetcooperative minded. ings have been held at the Newhonae Hotel, aome committee work done, and some trade detail worked out. At least, one of the towns better business men, Mr. Dollie, of the Sunset Color Worka, haa put hla goods In B Credits, half and half. Now If one bualnan man can he Induced to do fhia, others can, and there should consequently be a boom lu N. D. A. scrip. It is a credit to the organisation to Save a man like Judge Young au a working member. 22 RICHARDS ST. We Intend to retain your trade by deserving It FIRST CLASS WORK GUARANTEED B" Credits MRS. STALLINGS Was. 4191 261 So. 2nd East. BARBER SHOPPE HEALTH DEPARTMENT A and B Credits accepted. 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