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Show A NEW DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE INDE-PENDENCE IS NEEDED. The hpirit of the Declai at ion i.f In-cleiendcnci In-cleiendcnci ho' been iL'tmred for many years by the ruling cl.isses and ihcy might n well do awav with It al-tosether al-tosether now. 1 he lda that the TVclarat Ion of In-dependence In-dependence In to be taken literally in I Ills day anil ace of capitalistic ad-I ad-I ancemenf , Is quite erroneosis and Is I only held by a few cranks whose I opinions are really ted worthy of consideration. con-sideration. I nut the workers of the world are I fast learnine their own Declaration of . Imlenondr nee tmd in the near future a world wide response will be given giv-en the cry. nothing to lose but your chains and a world lo j;ain!" Nome. Al .-o-ka. Industrial Worker That our great and dorian-; gov-Tiitin-nt under which thn majority of people In Ani'-rira are end.iilng (Lrrent-er (Lrrent-er a!uiSi-; than our forefotbers ever thought of, should be changed to moke way foi a s:iner and more just system. Is a not Inn too ridiculous to be etiterlnlne 1. No matter what precedent pre-cedent fop revolt the victims of the system may Dnd In that revolutionary document which !? now only of use to the rullnc classes as a cloak for their hypocrisy, i i s subject matter lias no connect Ion with present day af-f.n'rs, af-f.n'rs, nnd except for stale occasions the whole ri'-iuarole is a dead letter. If a member of the working class w ere to chart :o the w ording of the Declaration of Independence In such a way that none of lis force or meaning mean-ing would be lost (a lrrd matter, certainly, cer-tainly, .n genuine icolutionlsts were lis authors) and f;lvc ii out to his fellow fel-low workers as a "means of urging them to resist oppression, the staunch upholders of present day government and conditions, each and every one of whom would praise to the skies the original document and its signers, sign-ers, would be piactically n unit In condemning hitn a an atrocious rebel, a foe to "good" government and an "enemy of the people." Proof in plenty plen-ty would be forthcoming to place hlni behind Ihe bars. And yet the majority of the people fd America are being -round dovn and exploited by a few who are harder hard-er and more heaitless task masters than old King CJporo ever knew how to be. There never was a more crying cry-ing need for the carrying Into effect ! of Ihe principles outlined In the Dec- laration of Independence than there is ' today. Our government Is completely under the control of the men who dominate the industries of the country and a deaf ear Is turned to the cries of Injustice that go tip all over the land, and such a document as the Declaration of Independence must be suppressed at all costs. Our government, to he consistent. Fhould take Immediate steps to hir all papers and magazine from publishing publish-ing the famous call to arms, as was done in the Philippines in one Instance In-stance not many years ago. It is fraught with loo much danger for the powers that be. to be allowed geueral circulation among the people. |