It may even be considered a test point that reveals both the fiber of both mind and body, or the total absence thereof, in him who dares to approach the social question. Men gather and organize themselves into social bodies for their well-being. Facts, material conditions, experience, in short, has ever lighted the path of justice. This undeniable principle firmly kept in sight, there can be no doubt that the system of private holdings of what is needed for production has become injustice, and that justice now demands the taking it away. Thus stands the case even with regard to property held in private hands with just title.
Labor alone produces all wealth.
The capitalist class does no manner of useful work, directly or indirectly. He is a sponge on the body social. The original wealth that his class turned into a pistol, wherewith to increase its hoard by robbing others, was itself stolen, by child of some fraud or other, some fire, some failure. And from that starting point, the pistol used as capital has been enlarged, improved and perfected to do its criminal work on larger and larger scales. To take away the property of the capitalist class is to restore their own to the working class, to the overwhelming majority, and thereby reorganize society in such a form as may promote the happiness of its members.