Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-24


fathers and families etc, etc. Is this case Of
the socialists analogous with that Of the man
who engineers against an earhquake' Verify.
such a comparison though the great Bis
marck himself drew it, is an insult 10 humanity
and will stand as an everlasting accusation
against It's author As Tor the denomination
Of "drcamers" which Bismarck degncd to orna
ment US with the late return to the German
Parliament Of the treaty and some odd Social
isuc deputies will probably have a tendency to
make The prince realize, that " dreaming" is
rather becoming The fashion in Germany as well
as elsewhere.
According to the concluding portion Of your
article, Mr. Editor, you seem to hold the view
and. also, credit Kouns with holding it, that
economic reform, involve the rejection OF
possessions This Is a positive mistake
There are three schools OF sociologi,ts, namely;
the Communists the " Socialists Oor pur.
poses Of distinction from the other schools
also called State Socialists y and the
" Anarchists, taso called IndividuaIi,ts ~
The " Communists advocate the state Tor
the people in eommonl holding all the pro.
perry, carrying on all the industries, with
equal distribution OF the comforts Of it,. The
Socialists Estate Socialist,) advocate the
stale Tor the people in common) holding all
natural resos.ees like land and water, means
Of transportation and communication etc.,
carrying on all the industries upon a RATIONAL
scientinc basis, and in accord with all the adj.
vantagcs Of modern civilization, and rcwafdinp
the individual according to his expenditure Of
time and life.force, leaving him perfectly free
to procure at the state magazines for the
medium Of exchange which he received for his
labor anything he pleases, and to enjoy his life
according to his own individual notions. The
Anarchists tIndividualists) advocate a6-
foinlt personal liberty, without the interference
Of any other party or body except by mutual
and voluntary agreement Uhis virtually an
initiates the stated 1t may here be added
that the theory Of Communism is fast
going out Of date. modern soci1logis,s almost
universally adopting either Of the two remain
ing theories t' Socialism or Anarchism ~
From the object Of all these three theories
it is quite evident that none Of them involves
rejection Of possessions y; the former two
simply delegate the administration OF their
business, or part Of it, to the state (which,
practically, means their agents., while the
third retains it himself There is, however, a
difference in the conception Of the term
possessions The " Capitalist " speaking
technically, when using that term (possessions)
means unlimited possession Of all goods by the
individual and the Socialist means thereby
The possession Of only those goods which he
has either produced himself or in the produc.
ton OF which he was indispensably nstru.
mental, and for the acquisition Of which he
renders a genuine equivalent in the expendi.
ture Of energy Oaborl.
| Whichever view Christ held regarding the
methods Of distribution Of goods, there is, GER
tainly, no doubt, that he declared against mt.
hmiftd possession.
Your alluSion to Equality is not quite
clear to me. You charge the economic re-
former with the advocacy Of San equality
which is not merely an equality before the
law, not alone an equal chance in the game Of
! life, but an equality that never yet existed
outside of a day-dream--an equality that can
not be until all energy shall BE- disciplined by
science and every environment made after
common pattern. i surmse you mean what
is commonly called social equality" II SO,
! | beg to state that such is not an actual
demand of the Socialists but simply an ex-
pected natural eventual result Of the two kinds
OF equality so very correctly by you described
and above alluded to: the two kinds
given, and the third will take care of itself.
However, cannot here help remarking that
the popular conception Of "social equality " is
erroneous, il not ludicrous. Social equality,
for instance, does not force anybody into play
ling marbles or ball without having his nose or
ear pulled by Tom, Dick or Harry, against his
wishes. Social equality, while teaching that
one, providing he does his duty towards his
fellow beings. is just as good as another,
whether he clean the streets or the sewers, or
take astronomical observations for living :;
also teaches the individual to respect that
other ones rights, wishes and fancies so far a
they do not interfere with his own rights,
wishes and fancies. Social equality does, by
no means, force anybody into an undesred in.
innate association or familiarity with every.
body else, as seems TO be the popular con.
ception 1t simply scorns the artificial dams
and barriers erected between men in the shape
OF "castes " OF sham superiority. 1t is true
tina, this kind Of equality is not likely to be
brought about in mosquitoes lifetime. But
that is no good reason why we should not
recognize its correctness and nobility and assist
in taking at least the first step towards il.
which is economic independence or, in your
merely theoretically, however, but virtually
and IAN equal chance in the game Of life"
1t behooves the press. which is looked upon
as public instructor for the grown chill.
dren, to discuss and investigate these princi
pies for, what satisfaction is there to any
progressive human being in any branch OF
knowledge, what attraction in the very life,
indeed, il it is not accompanied toy search
for truth and progress And, right
here, allow me to say, Mr.. Editor, that upon
the position Of the press will and must, in a
great measure, depend the nature Of the
methods to be employed in the institution OF
the desired economic reforms, whether they
shall consist in the "deplored exuavagancies
and eriminall,es OF in peaceful education
and agitation. II the press lives up to its
assumed mission as an instructor OF the people.
!, will educate the "powers that be f" in the
principles of humanity and justice. and even
tualy succeed in making them abolish a
system of society which must, in the end, be
as disastrous to themselves as il is now to thei,
poor slaves. II, however. the press remains
silen, OF stubborn, OF even inimical to the
popular rights and insulting to the masses Of