The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-18
II LOPELY TUNITIC.

~ LOPE LUNIT(C.
Socialism MS Iixpoun,lcd by Mr.. Most--Thc
Church, machinery and Taxation tho Eore
of the Peoples Down with Everything
and UP with Most s. Co.
From the Louisville Commcrcial.l
Herr Most had been sitting down in
the audience quietly listening to an nc.
count Of his sutlrrings, but when hC
beard the Introduction he quickly
mounted the stage. Ills appearance
was ihc signal for loud applause. lie
bowed nGurstly, waited till the ap.
pluusc hud subsidized and then began
his speech. lie talks very good Grr.
man, much purcr than one generally
hears, and is fluent. lie is by ne
means ablood-tlirsty-loo man, and
looks nothing ike the mysterious
Nihilist, with tlark-lanlcrn in ono
hand and Il poisoned dHgwrr in tho
other, tint one would Imagine he was
from his doctrine. He is II pleasant
faced little fellow, with Il full, brown
beard, mild blue eyes and soft. brown
hair. lie has pleasant smile and q
very good voice, though like most lit.
lie men he thinks he has to shout TO be
understood. lie wears II neat, black
suit, and keeps his Prince Albert coat
neatly buttoncd up. What gcs,iculat-
ing he does is almost entirely with his
left hand. lie doesn't jump about the
s age to enforce his views, and more
frequently taps the table in front of
him with his fingers than throws his
arms about. lie speaks very earnest
ly, seldom jokes, and when he does it
is bitter irony or sarcasm and not
humor. llc spoke for nearly two
hours. and went over the same points
several times. lie was little nervous
locking at times and olirn glanced
turtivcly about him, as though he
couldn't shnlic Off his European dread
Of being arrested aud thrown into
prison for expressing his views. 70
an unprecedented observer Herr Most
looks like II ma, 9,f some educ on Al; Il
ability above the ordinary, who firmly
believes in what he says. lie began uy
saying:
"ClrzENs: I look with pleasure at
the great interest people here are talk
ing III Socialism. caunot express the
joy | feel i'll seeing class in this
country, that have no fear to express
their admiration and sympathy with
Socialism. People in this country, un-
like the oppressed people of my own
3
please. ! have II right in this free
country to say what please and how
please. Arplausc. wish that
could say in ono evening all that |
have to say TO the American people.
But can show but few reasons of
the many that exist for Socialism. The
worst enemy TO liberty and to Social
ISM IS The Churcn. l'rlrstcrafL can
never exist with free and Intelligent
masses" [Applausc.] Then the
speaker went on TO show the progress
OF Socialism. and how it had spread
from Gcrmany I'LL over the world
, wherever men were oppressed. whcr-
ever the poor had become poorer and
the rich richer. tic gave an example
OF how the capitalists and rich men OF
to-day got their wealth. The East
lndin Company was formed two hun
cred years ago. Ships were sent out
! from England and robbed the ships Of
other nations on their way. Then they
robbed the people Of England. The
stock rose in value rs the robbcrics be-
came more frequent and the cxlorlions
! more numerous. Tho descendants of
! those robbers were lsw rich neil.
From land and sea printing, from op-
pressing the helpless and cxtorting
from he wrctchcd these men were
enabled to accumulate vast sums of
money. These monopolsts grew
richer and richer; company after com
pany was formed. They bought the
poor workmcn into their shops. The
humble workmcn could not stand
against this vast aggregation of clp-
! tai; they were driven to The wall,
forced into bankruptcy and became
paupcrs. Then these wealthy corpora
tons thought Of how they could make
more money than they were making.
Money didn't come to them fast
enough. Although the poor orkmcn
were hardly paid enough to keep body
and soul together, they Grudgingly
gave them their little earning Ghcy
then began to replace men by machine
ry; it was cheaper, and what they
wanted was chrapncss. Thousands OF
poor men were driven out of employ
mcnt. 1t was the capitalists who
! f,rthrrcd all inventions of machinery
for they knew that steel and iron could
work cheaper than men. Machinery
needed no food, it had no family, ii
never grew hungry, AMI it. never
9rumblcd. Steel and iron could do for
them what flesh and blood could never
90. [Applause.l lie then denounced
III severe terms the expulsion of men
from workshops to make room sor new
Inventions, and said that if this evil
were not soon checked there would be
no need of men al all. This WAS what
the capitalists were aiming at. The
large capitalists seek continually to
undermine the smaller ones. In the
old country there are kings and
queens; in this country there arc capi-
thiistS. That's the only difference.
The same means that are used abroad
to rid the prople Of oppressive rulers
must be used here to rid the people OF
the capitalists and monopol;sts, other
wise the poor man will be crushed be-
tween the upper and the neither mill
stone. The workman has Il right to
sell his labor. He has right to die
tate his own terms. He creates every
thing, and the capitalist has no right to
dictate to him. Applausc and cheers
Several rise to their feet and cheer.
| Taxation is the ruin of every country.
1t is the curse of Europe. The work
ing,nan pays tho taxes always. Hc
pays tie faxes which the rich man
pockets. Who ever knew poor
workingman to get any Of the big
Offices, to go to your Congress or to
your Senate? [lIerc the tnt man who
! seemed so dO the most of the cheering
@r' ny, and, turning to tho audience,
said. "rhat's so in Germany, too."l