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“ T R U T H B E A R S T H E TORCH IN T H E SEARCH FOR I R U T H .” — Lucretius-
VOL. 6.
SILVERTON. OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13. E. M. 802 (1902.)
NO. 6.
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BY MICHAEL J . BARRY.
Its First Proposal.
as the w hite
’
definite solution of “ the problem of
ID E y o u r tim e —th e m o rn is b re a k ­
But Professor Skertehly, the State the tro p ic ” that -‘th e y .m u s t be
BY THOM AS P A IN E .
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B rig h t w ith F re e d o m s blessed ra y ,
Geologist of Queensland and late gradually occup.ed by . t o m . »
M illions from th e ir tra n c e aw aking,
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i a oiotv nn in co-operative association to estab- (F ro m “ A S e rio u s T h o u g h t,” O ct., It «5.)
S o o n sh a ll s ta n d in firm a rra y .
President of its Royal Society, on
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H E S IT A T E not for a moment
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it lish perm anent homes. And these,
M an sh a ll f e tte r m an n o longer!
the other hand, assured me th a t it
t
L ib e rty sh a ll m arc h su b lim e !
to believe th a t the A lm ighty
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i,su .nun he goes on to sav, “ surrounded by
E v’ry m o m e n t m akes you s tro u g e r—
was im possible for the white m an
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will finally separate America
F irm , u n s h rin k in g , bide y o u r tim e .
h r in
tropic vegetation
to ..
live and 1 1 labor
in tbp
the ironies
tropics, the gloriesof
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... may
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j ,1.^ :,n in tim e become som ething like a from B ritain. Call it Independence
B ide y o u r tim e —one false s te p ta k e n and especially em phasized the nn-
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or w hat you will, if it is the cause
P e rils all y o u y e t have d o n e !
possibility of the w hite race propa- legendary parat ise.
U n d ism a y ed , e re c t, u n sh a k e n ,
possiDiiny oi v
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Ou the steam er th at brought us of God and H um anity it will go ou.
W atch a n d w ait, a n d all is w on.
gating itself.
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M en can e’e r to g re a tn e s s clim b ;
have blest us, and made us a people
c
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syndicate of ix
H aw , aiian
will labor in the sugar fields
is a o synuicaiem
„ planters
, . corn-
W o u ld you w in y o u r rig h ts , fo rev e r
D E P E N D E N T ONLY U PO N H lM , t h e n
font ” ing to the I nited States to induce
C alm an d th o u g h tf u l, bide y o u r tim e! nolitical cry and , not a proven fact.
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political cry
American farm ers to settle in the may our first gratitude be shown by
B ide y o u r tim e —y o u r w o rst tr a n s g r e s ­
“ Tropical agriculture,” he says, ig| an(J^ to grow RUgar for the large an act of a continental legislation,
sion
W ere to s tr ik e , an d s trik e in vain:
requires not only a hot but a moist idjjjb
which shall put a stop to the im ­
He, whose a rm w ould sm ite o p p ressio n ,
clim ate, and it is this steam ing
In Q ueensland a sim ilar move­ portation of Negroes for sale, soften
M u st n o t n eed to s tr ik e ag ain !
D an g er m ak e s th e brav e m an s te a d y — atm osphere with but little change ment is under consideration. One the hard fate of those already here,
R a sh n e ss is th e c o w ard ’s c rim e;
of tem perature which surely, even of the proposals discussed at the and in tim e procure their freedom ,
Be fo r F re e d o m ’s b a ttle rea d y ,
W hen it co m e s—b u t, bide y o u r tim e . if slowly, underm ines the vitality Queensland
[Signed]
H umanus .
A gricultural Confer-
and energy of the white who u n * e'nce j UHt 8poken of, was a plan for
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attem
pts
a
style
of
life
for
assisted
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m
igration
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farm
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(F ro m “ C om m on S en se,” Doc., 1775.)
which nature has unfitted him | ab()rers from E n g lan d , G erm any
Of the origin and design of gov­
Can the European Live, Work and Thrive through centuries of education in and other E uropean countries.
ernm ent in general—
less try in g regons.”
in the Tropics ?
“ It is in Europe,” said the p rin ci­
T his question is wider th an pa speaker on this subject, Mr. G. M an know s n o m a s te r save c re a tin g
H eaven ,
BY H E N R Y DEM A REST LLO YD .
Q ueensland. Our H aw aiian and
Pott, “ th a t we will find the O r th o se whom ch o ice a n d c o m m o n
good o rd a in .
11 homson .
P hilippine and West lp d ian acces- | jabor wt» require. In G reat B ritain,
rF ro m “T h e N ew est E n g la n d ,” o r A c­
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cessions m ake it a burning issue for Qerroany> Denm ark and other E u-
c o u n t of New Z ealan d . |
H ere then is the origin and rise
HOT controversy is raging the United States. B enjam in K idd, ropean countries, we will find a
around the question of white in his book on “ The C ontrol of the cla88 of farm laborers, th rifty , sober, of governm ent; nam ely, a mode
ag ain st black labor. One of Tropics,” insists th a t the white man ¡|)(i ugtrious, accustomed to long rendered necessary by the in ab ility
the effects of federation will be to cannot live, work and tran sm it him- ¡iour8 of steady toil, a n d paid at a of moral virtue to govern the world;
rate wages in m any cases below here, too, is the design and end of
put an end to the use o,f K anaka self in the tropics.
But Alfred Russel W allace op- t h at paid by us to the K an a k as.”
governm ent, viz: Freedom and se­
or Coolie labor on the sugar p la n ta ­
y o crown the efforts to advance curity. And however our eyes m ay
tions of Q ueensland. New south poses this view in a most interest-
W ales raises its sugar w ith w hite ing contribution which he made to the sugar industry, it is proposed be dazzled with show, or our ears
labor, and will never consent th a t the London Daily C hronicle, of i)y some of the leaders in the Labor deceived by sound; however p re ju ­
Q ueensland shall have the a d v a n t­ November 2, 1898. As the result p artv of Q ueensland th a t the colony dice may warp our wills, or interest
age of the cheaper labor from the of twelve years in the tropics, spent shall establish a “ state sugar re­ darken our understanding, the sim ­
T his would refine the ple voice of nature and reason will
South Sea Islan d s— if it is cheaper. in work, he says th a t it is “ because fi„ery.”
The intense “ w hite” policy of white men as a rule do not work sugar of the p lan ters a t actual cost, say ’tis right.
I draw my idea of the form of
A ustralian labor parties will make enough in the open air in the trop- j he com m onw ealth would then act
it im possible for Q ueensland to ics th a t they suffer in h e a lth .’ a8 a broker for the sale of the sugar governm ent from a principle in n a­
They who “ suffer most in th e trop- it refined, and tu rn over to the ture which po a rt can overturn, viz:
contiuue, now th a t federation has
come, her im portation of the K a n ­ ics,” he says, “ are women of the p roducer all the profits less only a th a t the more simple an y th in g is,
the less liable it is to be disordered,
akas and Coolies. Even before fed­ ruling classes,’1 and they are the sm all charge to cover its outlay
eration and w ithout the help of the ones who do no outdoor work at ,.a8 g outh A ustralia does with its and the easier repaired when d is­
Labor P a rty in the other colonies, all, and have the fewest outdoor p roducers,”— one of these leaders ordered; and with this m axim in
view I offer a few rem arks on th e
the L abor P arty of Queensland has occupations and am usem ents. He Haid to me.
goes so far as to affirm th a t the
New South W ales gives no sub­ so much boasted constitution of
been able to impose so m any re­
strictions on this black labor as to tropics, on the whole, are more con- si<lies, but its sugar interests, as t h e E ngland. T h a t it was noble for
take away a large part of the profit ducive to health th an the tem perate statistics show, are prospering at the d ark and slavish tim es in which
regions. They are, he says, the about the same rate as those of it was erected, is granted. W hen
of it.
most lovely and m ost enjoyable Q ueensland. The colony of Vic- the world was overrun with ty r a n ­
I found the officials of the A gri­
abodes for the hum an race, for toria recently appropriated $250,- ny, the least remove therefrom was
cu ltu ral D epartm ent at Brisbane
there it can live with the least qqq to establish a sugar-m ill at a glorious rescue. But th a t it is
believers in the feasibility of c u lti­
am ount of labor an d secure the Ma ffra , and subsidized the farm ers im perfect, subject to convulsions,
vating the cane fields with white greatest am ount of leisure for the to grow beets for three years, and
and incapable of producing w hat it
labor. They told me th a t the sm all
developm ent of the higher nature. when I was there the officials were seems to promise, is easily dem on­
planters who are going into these
But the white man can do this only eangUine of success. But since then strated. . . •
co-operative m ills by the help of
as a true settler, not as an exile comes news th a t the m ill has been
TH E INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC.
public money, are cultivating th eir
and fortune hu n ter. He m ust not ciOBe<l. New Zealand was the first
The sun never shone on a cause
cane fields with their own and other
have his work done by hiring na-1 to subsidize th e sugar in d u stry . It of greater worth.
’ Tis not the
w h ite labor. They employ a few
tive labor, a more or less modified ba8 qeen giving bonuses and other affair of a city, a county, a prov­
black m en, hut this black labor is
form of slavery, according to M r.1 b ejp for tw enty-tw o years, but noth- ince, or a kingdom ; but of a Conti­
decreasing, and it is thought will
W allace, but m ust work himself ing of value has yet b e e n accom nent—of at least one-eighth p a rt
continue to decrease. The supply
with his hands as well as his head, plished.
is sm all, and the black man is rap-
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