The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-10-13

ing only on one SIDE IN tne reiaton OF employers
and employed they think competition exists only
between the individuals Of the latter elass In the
relation of producers and consumers according to
their opinion, only the former eompetes- This il
evidently not true for under the action of free con-
petition, the employers compete with one another,
and consumers do also. The laborer will certainly
90 where he can get the highest wages, and unless
the aborers Of his class too numerous, he will,
consistent with the competition with his fellow
workmen, set his own price. The producer will
tainly get Just much he for what he has to
SELL and unless the producers of that article too
numerous, he WILL consistent with the competition
with his fellow producers set his own price Com
petition works both ways. 1t is an equalziug infiu
ence. Now, the Socialist elaims that there too
many Of both iaborers and producers to allow the
action of free competition. He declares, moreover,
that q consequence, the surplus are exterminated
Manufacturers, agrieulturists, etc, are the pro
ducers of the necessities and convenience Of life
Workngmen are, to great extent, their consumers
Viewing the case from the standpoint of the laborer.
we see him obliged to accept limited remuneration
for his services; but, tho other hand, less
amount required for obtaining the necessities that
sustain himself and family. Looking at it the
capitalist does. observe that he Is compelled to
sell his goods cheap, but be can procure cheap labor
The evil, II 80 it may be called, counterbalances
the other The attention Of the Socialist was called
to the fact that the difficulty could be obviated in
this way and in order forty his position he said
that eventually tne richest producers would monop-
lze the business and then would charge exorbitant
prices, while there would always be an excessive
number of laborers- This is q palpable absurdity.
1t may well be said that some strong man will
monopolize all labor, that the producers 4
larre scale will drive out all others. They will
main, because they needed, one or two es.ab-
lishments not being able to supply The demand just
as the poor will generally find employment,
since there is 4 demand fo- more than one or two
laborers- Appealing to the observation Of every
one, is it the that monopoies the order Of
the dayi Is not the contrary true, except in nstan
where individual capital will not suffice, such
railroads, canals, etc.i
But another objection to form of society is,
that it Induces to enter the Already crowded de-
partment of commerce, and that thereby, not being
able to make 'ng adulte-aton and other cheats
arc their resort. Would no. these cheats be prac-
ticed among the different commuuesi We know
that many of the articles Of consumption and apparel
come from places far distant from our locality.
We know, also, that corporations proue to
adopt dishonest practices individuals. The COM
mune would be a corporation. ia 1t, then, beyond
the limitation of possibility, even of probability
that they in preparing goods for distant communes
would adulte-ation much the men at pres
cnt engaged in the bus nossf But now governments
have not made use OF the means within their power
for suppressing these contemplate frauds Let such
practices he placed In the same category with Tor
gerry, embezzlementa and robbery and VIC shall be md
Of these corInorants rs ehectuay as under the Com
munist SYSTEM
In accordance with the spirit OF destruction COM
mon to AL Socialists, they wish to abolish the mar
riage relation The following is the statement Of
Robert Owen: "The affections of parents for their
ehid en are too strong for their judgments ever to
do jus,e to themselves their children or the pub
lie, in the education Of their offspring, even II pill
vate families possessed the machinery, (which they
never dol to well manu.ae,ure character from
birth" Mr.. Owen would take the child, as soon as
it could be deprived of its mother, and deliver it
over to the care Of the State, or, as we would ex-
press it, to the merces Of "coid, cold world.
Sympathy is a powerful lever sympathy is the sum
and substance OF all encouragement to live life Of
morality and benevolence. And where can more
and better sympathy be obtained than from father
aud mother The child deprived Of this as is the or
phan of poor and fr.endless parents, in very many
cases becomes a hardened, cunning villain. But one
Of the strongest objections to Mr.. Owens plan is,
that profigacy is now sufficiently common, without
receiving the sanction Of law and society. Com
munism denies religion. Bakunin says: Meeting
here with nothing but stupidity injustice and wretch
edness, man creates for hiDse. better wo Id, with
the aid of his imagination. Not until happi-
ness and brotherhood are restored to earth, will
religion have lost its rdison detre An Intellectual
crusade will never destroy it. social revolution is
required for that purpose This advocate OF radical