Torch of reason., February 27, 1902, Image 1

“ TRUTH
VOL. fi.
B E A R S T H E TORCH
IN T H E S E A R C H
FOR T R U T H .” —
HS-
SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, E. M. 302 (1902.)
NO. 8.
T H E R E P U B L IC .— (N O . 3 )
colony.
It assum es the role of reducing railroad rates to the peo­
chief purveyor of credits to the ple as profits increase, the govern­
The Only Government for Englishmen.
BY J . A. EDGERTON.
com m ercial and financial interests, ment increases its profits faster than
it reduces lates. The country is
BY THOM AS P A IN E .
4 4 | ~ | OW fa r aw ay is th e T em p le of and so doing saves New Zealand
prosperous
in
every
d
ep
artm
en
t—
■ ■ F a m e? ”
from the panic of 1893.
S aid a y o u th a t th e daw u of d ay ;
(N ote of M oncure D. C onw ay.)
T he revolution of 1890 does more revenue, m anufactures, commerce
A nd he to ile d a n d d re a m e d of a d e a th ­
less n am e;
VENTS in France traveled
th an follow the line of least resist­ agriculture. The democracy is a
B ut th e h o u rs w ent by, a n d th e ev en in g
good
business
m
an.
The
state
more swiftly than he had
ance—it adopts the policy of most
cam e,
T h a t left him feeble a n d old a n d lam e, assistance.
anticipated, and Paine was
The com m onw ealth proves itself a successful m oney­
T o p lod on his c h e e rle ss way.
lender
and
landlord.
It
makes
a
summoned by Lafayette, Condorcet
m akes itself the partner of the in ­
T he y o u th who had failed c o u ld n e v er
dustry of the people. The n a tio n ’s profit and can lower its rents and and others, as an adviser in the for­
g u ess
railroads are used to red istrib u te rates of interest, and, unlike the m ation of a new constitution.
T he rea so n his q u e s t was vain;
B u t he so u g h t no o th e r to h elp o r bless;
private capitalist, does so.
Such was the situation im m edi­
He follow ’d th e g litte rin g prize, S u ccess, unem ployed labor, to rebuild in d u s­
Perhaps this is “ Socialism .” But ately proceeding the political and
U p th e n arro w p ath w ay of S elfish n ess, try shattered by calam ity, to stim u ­
A nd th is h ad been h is bane.
late production by special rates to whatever we call it, it is a fact and literary duel between Paine and
“ How fa r aw ay is th e T em p le of G ood?” and from farm s and factories, to a success. W ith the help of police­ Burke, which in the event turned
S aid a y o u th a t th e daw u of day ;
men and polite society we are keep­ out a trem endous war between R oy­
A nd he stro v e , in a s p irit of b ro th e rh o o d , give health and education to the
To h e lp a n d su c c o r as b est he c o u ld ,
school and factory population and ing socialism out of our streets and alism and R epublicanism in E u­
T h e poor a u d u n f o r tu n a te m u ltitu d e
the people generally by cheap ex­ parlors, but we do not seem to be rope. Paine was, both in F rance
O n th e ir h a rd a u d d re a ry way.
cursions.
To pay for the lands able to keep it out of our govern­ and in E ngland, the inspirer of
He likew ise stro v e w ith a d v e rsity ,
m oderate counsels. Sam uel Rog­
taken back from the private ow ners ments.
To c lim b to th e h e ig h ts above;
This
m
iddle-class
developm
ent
B u t his d re a m was ev er of m en m ade
ers relates th a t in early life he dined
the people get cheap money on gov­
of New Zealand does not take the a t a friend’s house in London with
ernm ent bonds in London, and to
Of b e tte r d a y s in th e tim e to be,
form of th e state socialism which Thom as Paine, when one of the
A ud self was b u ried in s y m p a th y —
equalize
them
selves
with
com
peti­
H e follow ed th e p a th of L ove.
dem ands “ the ow nership and oper­ toasts given was the “ memory of
tors nearer the w orld’s m arkets and
ation of all the m eans of produc­ Jo sh u a,”— in allusion to the H e­
He was c a re le ss a lik e of p raise o r blam e;
to em ancipate them selves from the
B u t a fte r h is w ork was done,
tion, distribution and exchange.” brew leader’s conquest of the kings
An an g el of g lo ry from h eaven cam e
usurer, the producers of New Zea­
R ather we see the state giving its of C anaan, and execution of them .
A ud w rote on high bis im m o rta l n am e,
P ro c la im in g th e t r u t h , th a t th e T em p le land give them selves cheap money principal efforts to the stim ulation,
Paine observed th a t he would not
of F a m e
through the Advance to S ettlers
as a silent p artn er, wise counsellor trea t kings like Joshua. “ I ’m of
A nd T em p le of G ood are one.
Act. Money is borrowed in L on­
and dem ocratic co-operator, of the the Scotch parson’s opinion,” he
F o r th is is th e lesso n t h a t h isto ry
don
at
T
reasury
rates,
to
be
loaned
H as ta u g h t sin c e th e w orld began:
enterprise and in d u stry of the in ­ said, “ when he prayed against Louis
T h a t th o se w hose m em o ries n e v e r d ie, to the individual in New Zealand
W hile theorists invite X IV ,—‘Lord, shake him over the
T h a t sh in e lik e s ta r s in th e h u m a n sk y , a t cost, so th a t a single citizen of dividual.
A n d b rig h te r grow as th e y e ars ro ll by,
th e world to choose between the mouth of hell, but don ’t let him
New Zealand gets his money in
A re m en who have lived fo r m an.
catastrophes of state socialism and drop!” ’ Paine then gave as his
London at the same rate ae if he
tru st socialism , New Zealand finds toast, “ The Republic of the W orld,”
were
the
governm
ent—as
in
truth
T R IU M P H A N T D E M O C R A C Y 1
a way out between these extremes. which Sam uel Rogers, aged tw enty-
he
is—
plus
only
the
small
cost
of
*
It was “ one step,” but th a t step nine, noted as a sublim e idea. This
The New Zealand Reforms Successful. the operation. In stru cto rs are sent was nothing less th an a com plete
was P ain e’s faith and hope, and
about to teach the people co-opera­
reversal of policy.
with it he confronted the revolu­
BY H E N R Y D E M A R E 8T LLO Y D .
tion in work and in in d u stry , like
H as New Zealand shot its last tionary storm s which presently
dairying, and money is advanced
bolt? Is its arm ory em pty and its burst over F rance and E ngland. . . .
F ro m “T h e N ew est E n g la n d ,” o r A c­
to assist in the erection of cream ­
c o u n t of New Z ealan d . 1
energy spent ? No, if we can tru st
So far as Burke attem p ts to affirm
eries. Bonuses are given for the
(R eco rd of te n y e a rs c o n tin u e d .)
the recent complete victory of the
any principle he is fairly quoted in
developm ent of new processes. P at­
progressive party in the election of
H E m anagem ent of the ra il­
Paine’s work, and nowhere m isrep­
ents are bought up, to be opened to
1899, the tem per of the people as
roads is changed from boards
resented. As for Paine’s own ideas,
the people at cost. M illions are
shown in conversation, and the o u t­
of com m issioners, in d ep en d ­
the reader should remember th a t
spent on w ater-races and roads to
spoken utterances of their states­
ent of the people, to a M inister and
the “ R ights of M an” was the earli­
foster m ining. The governm ent
men. Here are some of the definite
P arliam en t dependent upon the
est complete statem ent of republi­
gives free cold storage at the sea­
m easures which have been publicly
people and responsive to public
can principles. They were pro­
coast and preparation for shipm ent
favored by leaders now active in
needs and public opinion. The ra il­
nounced to be the fundam ental
for products to be exported. The
New Zealand affairs:
road policy is changed from the use
principles of the American Republic
firm of “ G overnm ent & Co., Un­
State fire insurance.
F u rth er
of the highw ays as m oney-m akers
by Jefferson, M adison and Jackson,
lim ited,” is established— a p artn er­
dem ocratization of tran sp o rtatio n
for the treasury, relieving the gen­
—the three P residents who above
ship of the people as a state with
by the zone system of rates. N a­
eral taxpayer at the expense of the
all others represented the re p u b li­
the people as indiv iduals, in agri­
tionalization of the steam ship lines.
producer, to their use as public
can idea which Paine first allied
culture, gold m ining, and m anufac­
N ationalization of the coal mines.
utilities supplying th a t necessity of
with American Independence.
ture for hom e and abroad.
Complete nationalization of the
life— tran sp o rtatio n at cost. The
Those who suppose th a t Paine
W omen are enfranchised, and land. A ssum ption by the govern
new policy is to lower rates, never
did but reproduce the principles of
to raise them , and to keep lowering legislation for “ one m an, one v o te /’ m ent of the m ining and selling coal.
Rousseau and Locke will find by
them as profits increase.
New enfranchises men, too, and puts an Rem oval of tariff taxation on the
careful study of his well-weighed
lines are built for th e people, not end to the abuses of plural voting necessaries of life. R egulation of
in P arliam en tary and m unicipal rents for the protection of ten an ts language th a t such is not the case.
for the great land owners. The
P aine’s political principles were
m ethods of construction are ch an g ­ elections. On election day one can from political pressure by lan d ­
I evolved out of his early Q uakerism .
ed from private contract to co-oper­ see the baby-carriage standing in lords. Extension of the purchase
He was potential in George F ox.
ative work, largely by groups of front of the polls while th e father and subdivision of the large estates
The belief th a t every hum an soul
unem ployed, with special reference and m other go in and vote—against so th a t all the people m ay have
land. S tate banking to give the was the child of God, and capable
to the settlem ent of them and other each other if they choose.
people the ow nership and adm inis­ of direct inspiration from the F ather
L
ast
of
all,
pensions
are
given
to
landless people on the land.
tration of the m achinery of com­ of all, w ithout m ediator or priestly
the
aged
poor.
mercial and financial credit. The
The state take over the m anage­
intervention, or sacram ental instru-
And this fraternalism pays. In nationalization of the news service.
m ent of the principal bank of the
The Lesson of History.
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