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Show Warren Foster s SOMETHING AWFUL! Now prepare your eyes and ears for something awful, for we are going to say it within the next few lines. We are going to spit it right out just ts though we had a right are going to ask: Does our present sys-tof government inure to the present bene, Does it help them? Does fit of the people? it make the people prosperous or happy? Does it deal in justice? Is it, taken as a whole, any good? Now it is certainly bad enough for one to allow his patriotism to lag enough to even ask such questions as the above. It is certainly a great deal worse to answer them, as we do: We say "no to each of the above questions. That is awful, is it not? But look out now for we are going to make it worse than that! It not only fails to do the things suggested above, but on the contrary it stands as an insurmouutable barrier between the people and what they need. That is "aw fuller, isnt it? Now, ifyouarenot so shocked that you dare not do so, we would like to have you stay with us until we prove it. Take one hundred industrious men, with their families and place them on a fertile island one thousand miles from civilization o' any kind, and turn them loose, without railroads, electric lights, telegraph, telephones, street cars or any modern machinery and in one year every man would have a quite little home of his own. There would not be a renter, a millionaire or a pauper among them. 1 1 five years they would each have all the a. co torts and luxuries of life. Leave the same one hundred men and their iamilies within the bounds of civilization, surrounded with all the modern conveniences and at the end of five of them will be living in years ninety-nin- e rented houses, and subsisting in a sort of hand to mouth, fashion. Now dont try to tell us why this is so until you have studied it some. When you start to thinking over this you will be surprised to see what a big subject you have tackeled. For the truthfulness of. the assertion we are willing to rest our case with the early pioneers of Utah which is no exception to the general rule. Is it not a fact that the people of Utah fared better, had more equality among them; had more justice and fewer paupers then than now? Now while you are about it just tell us why that was so then and why that condition has to-W- e - against this man is due the fact, that he refused to allow notices to be published in this paper. The charge will be a true one, We have no disposition to cover up our reasons for fighting him. The manner in which he treated us is shameful, and outrageous and should., receive, and is receiving the condemnation of every sober, sensible man who knows the facts. For two years we had worked incessantly for a certain line of business. We had succeeded, and it was just beginning to pay us. The business was strictly legitimate and was in no way political, when this upstart for political and financial ends without other cause or provocation arthe rogated to himself the power to over-rid- e will of every lawer and litigant in Salt Lake County, and rob us of the little business we had honestly worked up, and was faithfully discharging, to the satisfaction of all concerned. Isnt it enough? We think so And all this he did on the plea that his conscience directed him. The man who treats us in that way, the man who robs our little ones of bread, lays it to his conscience, and in less than three months afterwards proves to the world that he was and is a conscienceless liar will always get the best we- have in the shop when we start after him. We shall not coetent ourself and feel that we have done our duty when we refuse to sustain him. We shall do more: we shall pool issues with any body, party or organization that can down him. We shall go on the principle that prompted the old farmer when he declared that any club is good enough to hit a dog with. INTER-MOUNTAI- THOSE BRAVE BOYS. ADVOCATE. N NO. 13 If this number Is on the label conhad better your name, you taining renew mighty as that lathe quick, about number of the next laeue. Every day or so we read somet-iinthose "brave boys who perished on the g As soon as a question becomes too sacred the for discussion, you want to watch it. Ther is nation's defenders whenever and wherever in the wood pi'e a found, but we have looked over this "Maine probably "nigger Maine. Now it is all right to applaud disaster dispassionately and our head is too About the poorest consolation that a starvthick to see a single element of bravery about ing laborer gets is that which comes from beunless it be for man a it, mayhap bravery ing assumed that in England there are those who is too lazy to work to engage himself to who are worse off than he is. do nothing for his food and clothes and $13 Give us the single tax and Direct Legislaper month. As the "Maine only went tion and we would soon get what else we Cuba to down to pay a "friendly visit to want. The people can never be free till the the Spaniards, we fail to see why it was a brave act, or why those on board could have landlord and the politicians are done for. distinguished themselves for bravery. AlIf all the people or even a fair mamost anybody including hysterical women, visits. That there jority of them could only be made to realize frequently make lriendly was no great amount of nervous strain upon the awful truth that money is only a e brave boys is evidenced by the fact venience and in nowise a necessity, the reign would cease. that they were all sleeping peacefully, at ten of the gold-buoclook on that memorable night. Certainly The Bee of last week contains an article it does not take very much bravery to sleep when one considers everything safe. It is favoring savings banks for schools. The idea true they were in great danger, but it is also is all right, only that it does not designate any true that they, not one of them knew that the sale place for keeping the savings of the childanger existed. Just how a man can be con- dren. If we had postel savings banks the sidered brave for facing a danger that he did ides would be all right. not know existed is past the ken of our comFew editors, if any there be, who has not prehension. They died, it is true, on the Maine but that added nothing to their at some time in his life felt the swelling of bravery or their want of bravery. They died the heart as he ne'er can feel1 agiii, by because they eould not help themselves. A some well meaning old lady praising his man groping his way in darkness falls down paper to the skies, finally to let go the fact a shaft ; the act could hardly be attributed to that "it jest zackly fits my cupboard his bravery, but rather to his misfortune. shelves. Cleveland the Fat, has bought one We have no doubt but the trip to Havana to thousand acres of ground in New Jersey for pay the Spanish a friendly, visit was looked The New Time shows a steady improvea game preserve, where he and a few of his upon by all on board as a regular picnic, no ment and the April number is especially atfriends may spend a few days every year work, no danger and lots of glare and glitter tractive. Do not miss reading this splendid shooting game and living in a state at the thrown in. We have no doubt that many reform magazine. One dollar is cheap for an annual subscription to The New Time, and villa to be erected upon on it. Lackies and who wanted to go were greatly disappointed the and be in will attendance servants people in not bung included in the fortunate num- we are the authorized agents in this locality. Send in your subscription. We make a will be pushed oft that part of the earth that ber whodid go. Understand that we are the master may have his little pleasures, just not saying that these boys were not brave or clubbing rate at $175 for the Living Issues landas have been the Irish people by the that they would not have shown bravery had and The New Time. lords there. But why not? Does he not pay opportunity offered, but what we do say is for it. What if he did get his money by that no such opportunity was oflered, hence Every man and every woman who has means of secret bond deals with the public no one knows whether they were brave or brain of a superior quality is a visionary. It enemies in New York and London? Was not. If bravery be a virtue let it be enjoyed is only the dull, senseless clod who has no not that his business? Can a man not do by those who have proven themselves worthy visions of a higher-fe- d humanity; of an interwith his own as he pleases? Let the game of of it. The fact that a man is dead, is no national brotherhood wherein there shall be no soldiers and few policemen; of a holier royalty proceed. Let millions be turned into sign that he was brave. into turned and the people church, better judges and a better law. These game preserves do if not and arrested the highways get they Honest, now. Would a nation founded were some of the visions of Jefferson. M M. off them. We are a great and glorious nation. on the peaceful teachings of Christ raise Trumbull. The American eagle is a great and glorious armies, build navies and practice oppression? bird, and the people under it would never If Christ wou'd not do these things would We receive this week marked a copy of the Christian do or even give his contolerate royalty or oppression. No land- any true sent to them? If they would not, are the so National Advocate, a monthly paper publordism shall ever be allowed to get a foot- called Christian nations such, or are they lished at San Francisco. "Devoted to the Rehold in this grand country! Let the rich peo- not sailing under false pretenses? Are not clamation of the Arid Public Domain, and to The those who willingly pay taxes to pay for sol- the Creation of Rural Homes, as a National ple hunt. They can afford it. of human destruc-tip- n working people would not know what diers and their implements This grand work it proposes to those witn who use them? Safeguard. guilty to do with their products if there were Is equally not the man who hands the criminal a gun accomplish "by the Construction of National not consumers who produced nothing! to commit crime equally guilty with the user? Irrigation Works. This sounds all right, Same old game of kingly tyranny. Appeal Where is a nation that claims to be Christian but we would like to ask: Why continue the that is not doing these to Reason. things? work of opening up land for the landlords to Ait they not only not Christian, but using Sunthe livery of heaven to serve the devil? Why gobble up? Havnt they got enough yet? If like to seem not does Issues Living it would suggest some plan for the Reclamaday observance. Is there anvthing good or is it that people who believe themselves to be is it tion of the present usable lands from the ennobling that it does like? We wan no Con- Christians cannot see the lie? Why tinental Sunday in America and we dont in- that the pulpit is silent on the matter? These clutches of the landlords we would be in with tend to have them . Ogden Commonwealth. are questions that call for answers. Appeal them in their work. The facts are that there That depends solely upon who is to be the to Reason. of lands s more than a open The difficulty is that most people believe but it is in theplenty hands. already We judge of what is "good and ennobling In the very wrong can say in advance that if the poor, dried up, the Bible, including the old as well as the same hands that the newly opened lands would New Testament, is the inspired word of God. narrow, contracted bigot that edits the Combe soon after they are opened. Give us the monwealth is to say what is "good and en- They read the Sermon on the Mount and single tax and it would soon be seen that it is consider it good. They then read the nobling, we dont like it We believe in not more land we need but a proper use of Massacre and both were inspired by "Sunday observance, in (act we rre a stickwhat we already have. ler on that subject. We want all persons, the same God, they leel that the safety of without exception, to "observe it, and in their Gods reputation depends somewhat DO YOU READ IT ? his own way. Wre are willing for everybody upon their silence. If they would take the Do you read the Appeal to Reason? If to do as he likes best, on Sunday as well as Bible for what it is, it would be different. allow us t. say to you as a friend not, on other days and all we ask is to be given The old Bible is but a history of the acts of that you do not know what you are missthe same privilege. Will the Commonwealth the most unprincipled gang of cut throats that ever lived, who excused their acts by ing. You never can know till you have editor grant so much? read it awhile. It only costs twenty-fivcents claimiog to be the chosen children of God, o issuesl Think of that! WeekThere is one thing the rich are nof giving while the New Testament records the acts of a year; fifty-twwhole for a year and there is net a single the attention to that they should and that is one of the most noted infidels that ever lived, ly is the whole years subscripworth our public school system. It is so intensely by the name of Jesus Christ. If you have issue but socialistic in its nature and management, and any doubts about his infidelity read the 5th. tion to any thinking man or woman. Send to this office. We are getcoming as it does, so closely in touch with the chapter of Mathew. He was so relentless in your subscription club for it. Send twenty-fiv- e a rising generation, it seems plain to vs that his attacks on the teachings of Moses that ting up big in cents stamps. Send the first twenty-fiv- e there is great danger of it resulting in the he became very unpopular. So very unpopg ular was he that he hid to pay the awful pen- cents you have whether you care to spare bringing up of a generation of socialists. Dont you think the school system alty upon the cross. It is as impossible to it or not Send it along and we warrant will bless the day you did so. If ought to be destroyed before it ruins the follow Moses and Christ as it is to ride two that you children? And, there is the postoffice system horses going in opposite directions. Still the you are to poor to spare a quarter of a dolwhich has great tendencies in the same land is full of preachers who are trying to do lar send us five two cent stamps for three months. direction! that thing. con-thes- g - changed? There are in this city today thousands o' homeless people. There is also within the corporate limits of this city thousands of vacant lots. Why do not these homeless people make for themselves homes of these 1 jts? It is because the laws of this govern ment forbids them doing sol Now dont fly off the handle and get mad. If it isnt the government that is doing this what is it? Take your time and tell us. There are thousands of idle honest men in Utah and elsewhere, whose only show for life hangs upon the will of someone else. They can live if someone gives them a chance by giving them a job. If no one gives them this opportunity then they must starve. At the same time there are millions of acres of fine land lying idle; and that stands ready to feed these people if given an opportunity, people ready and anxious to work' if given permisssion; yet these idle lands, and those Bestarving millions exist together. Why? cause this government has passed laws that fellow-me- n give men the right (?) to exclude their from the use of the earth Withdraw and things would at once as restriction this sume a normal condition; the idle would find employment and food, and the "desert would If it is not the governblossom as the rose. is ment that responsible for this abnormal condition of things please tell us what it is and . 1 why it is? politics and religion of Living Is sues this fall is to be to down D. Conscience Dunbar. You are at liberty to construe this denlaration into any sort of shape you choose. Any decent man, white or black, including Indians untaxed, who is the most likely to accomplish this desirable end will have the support of the pen and tongue of the Editor of Living Issues. You may call it coalition, union, fusion, mutual efiort or any other name whatsoever. The ends of justice call for it, and can never be reached without it It will be charged that our fight The Successor to THE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, APRIL 8. 1898. VOL. 4 n Mid-ianiti- sh e bomb-throwin- |