se the tax. With these barriers
removed, the densely packed populations will quickly expand. They will
fly from center to circumference of the city. Later, they will be
attracted to the country village, where more congenial homes and
employments await them. Then educated and emancipated, they will no
longer pay rent.

"We have seen that the economics of society vitally affect the status of
human lives; physically, morally and spiritually; industrially,
financially and politically.

"We have seen, that rural society, based on the co-operative farm colony
as a unit; answers every demand for the protection and development of
human life. We have seen that the inspiration of this society, is to
secure for all, a lasting reign of peace, plenty, harmony and progress;
a most convincing proof, that it is the ideal society on which to build
a true republic, that shall be self-sustaining.

"We have seen that the perfect emancipation of woman, and the exalted
motherhood, which is made possible by the advantages of the co-operative
system, insures the permanency and the dominancy of a republic so
supported.

"In analyzing the workings of the competitive system, we have seen that
its methods are those of war. In the never-ending struggle of competing
strife, opposing armies of human beings slowly grind each other to
death; leaving unaccomplished the real object and purpose of life. This
enormous waste of life, violates every principle of a republican form of
government. It aborts even the efforts of planetary evolution.

"We have seen that the competitive system produces monopolies and
trusts, with a constantly increasing tendency to concentrate wealth in
cities; placing it in the hands of the few, who are the financial
masters of the many.

"We have seen that from the ranks of the wealthy few, come the leaders
of competitive society, who make their strong holds in the great city.
They are the shining lights of the competitive system. They believe in a
constant warfare of competition, which brings suffering to the many and
success to the few. We have seen that a surfeit of wealth and power, has
made these leaders so despicably selfish and unpatriotic, that they are
unwilling to pay a just proportion of tax for support of the government.

"We have seen that the monopolist, encouraged by the sympathy of
competitive society, endeavors to monopolize administrative and
executive functions. By means of unequal rates of taxation, an