The Magistrate was forbidden by law to release on probation any
person over the age of fifteen years convicted of this offense, and a
child under the age of fifteen violating this law was sent to the reform
school, of which there was one in every district.
No credit was allowed in the purchase of goods from the Government and
the manager of the warehouse had discretionary power to limit the sale
of any commodity so as to treat rich and poor alike and to prevent
speculation. As every purchaser could buy a dollar's worth of any
commodity for sale by the Government and as no rebate was granted no
matter what the amount purchased, it placed every purchaser on an
equality in dealing with the Government. No liquor was allowed to be
drunk on or about the premises where it was sold, neither could it be
sold by any private party directly or indirectly to any person.
CHAPTER XIII.
PUBLIC UTILITIES.
The Government, through its ownership and operation of all public
utilities, placed within the reach of every person the necessaries and
some of the luxuries of life, no matter what their trade or profession
or where situated, so that when I became acquainted with their system of
government I was not surprised at the spirited character and noble
bearing of the people, in striking contrast to the cringing servility of
the ignorant laborer in England and the negroes of the United States of
America, for in Eurasia there were no kings, dukes or lords, but every
man was addressed as "Mister" and every female as "Madame" or "Miss,"
and there was practically realized Burns's famous song: "A man's a man
for a' that.
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