Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906

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Various. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906

"TO THE GENERATION KNOCKING AT THE DOOR."

OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS

THE CHILD AND ITS ENEMIES

HOPE AND FEAR.1

JOHN MOST

CIVILIZATION IN AFRICA

OUR PURPOSE

MARRIAGE AND THE HOME

THE MODERN NEWSPAPER

A VISIT TO SING SING

THE OLD AND THE NEW DRAMA

A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY.—POLICE PROTECTION

THE MORAL DEMAND

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Whoever severs himself from Mother Earth and her flowing sources of life goes into exile. A vast part of civilization has ceased to feel the deep relation with our mother. How they hasten and fall over one another, the many thousands of the great cities; how they swallow their food, everlastingly counting the minutes with cold hard faces; how they dwell packed together, close to one another, above and beneath, in dark gloomy stuffed holes, with dull hearts and insensitive heads, from the lack of space and air! Economic necessity causes such hateful pressure. Economic necessity? Why not economic stupidity? This seems a more appropriate name for it. Were it not for lack of understanding and knowledge, the necessity of escaping from the agony of an endless search for profit would make itself felt more keenly.

Must the Earth forever be arranged like an ocean steamer, with large, luxurious rooms and luxurious food for a select few, and underneath in the steerage, where the great mass can barely breathe from dirt and the poisonous air? Neither unconquerable external nor internal necessity forces the human race to such life; that which keeps it in such condition are ignorance and indifference.

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Is not the existence of government considered as a necessity on the grounds that it is here to maintain peace, law and order? This is an oft-repeated song.

Let us see how the government of Colorado has lived up to its calling within the last few years. It has permitted that the labor protective laws that have passed the legislature should be broken and trampled upon by the mine owners.

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