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tained, second, it would not be wanted, if it could. It is worth- 

 less in the nature of things. And if it was either desirable or 

 obtainable, it could not be executed under the present business 

 agencies. The labor question, primarily, has nothing whatever 

 to do with politics, but of dollars and cents, of business and 

 book-keeping. And need it further be shown that the organ- 

 ization of the almighty dollar wields a far greater power than 

 the ballot? The seat of government is reallj'^ no longer in Wash- 

 ington, but in Wall street. The President may be in position, 

 but, whichever party rules, Gould is in power. Steam and elec- 

 tricity already have divested government of its sovereignty. 

 It is then the organization of industry that is needed, and the 

 cZisorganization of politics.* 



If to morrow, government were perfect, and immaculate, it 

 would make no difference, business would all the same have to 

 be reorganized, by the people tliemselves, before they cease 

 to be cheated. Bu^,, the moment this is done, instantly politics 

 become obsolete. They are always on the side of the loaves 

 and fishes. The mill stops running, when the water goes dry. 



CO-OPERATIVE METHODS ALL POWERFUL. 



The methods of liberty are her ends. Instead of voting^ 

 petitioning, praying, organize to immediately enter in and 

 take possession of all the rights and iiniiimiilies of self gov- 

 ernment. This is the simple, the direct, the i^eaceable and 

 self respecting way. It is also the concrete Avay, easily taught 

 and immediately remunerative. It is nature's way, therefore 

 the necessary and on/i/ one. Do you doubt your business 

 ability? That is just what capital says is the matter with 

 you! Are the people not yet ready? That is but confirming 

 the verdict of the aristocrats of all ages! 



The way to ac(piire one's rights is to use them. Outside gov- 



*Politic8 come from the Hiime word iiH})oUct/, and demagogue too, is a word in diw- 

 repute: prjliticB being tabooed in well orlered nociety. '"As licentious as a 

 prievt; art gluttonous as a priest; as greedy as a priest," was once a current 

 remark. Now it is "as tricky as ii i)()liticiiiii ; as unreliable as a politician ; as 

 ';orrupt as a politician." "No man, who has a reputation at stake, will comiiromiKe 

 it by running for Cougress," says president Kliot of Harvard college. Congress 

 is the standing joke <)f the country, '"Is lliat thing running still !■'■ and '"Now that 

 it has adj.)iirned. we may e.\i)cct a season of prosperity," are heard. Preesidntial 

 slection year i s called ''thi' o/Tyear" in l)usin('ss. 



