The Labor enquirer., 1885-02-14
THE GRowTH OF SOCIALISM.

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Republican Of Monday contained a
lengthy dispatch from New York. The
s article was made up of What was pur-
ported to be interviews with prominent
!. labor men and Uniformed citizens Of
New, York, and, as usual. the natural
mutterings of discon'.ent BIZ the suffering
poor, were charged to theagitation Of the
. Socialists. ,ae s15t4t s fi8p li & sig3 Il
The most appropriate part Of the
!, article under the hesd Of The Growth
of Socialism," was a portion which re-
ferred to the fears expressed by General
McCook that the preadent of the United
States is in danger Of being assassinated. ;
: but in the explanation of tae fear which
follows he says: "The ono classl to be
feared was the republicans about to be
dlspossessed from Office, ths other, the
democrats lmpatient to get into office,
and who are inevitably doomed to dis
appointment" fl s5.iI Goa -39f
This is one of the special arguments
brought forward by capitalism against
Socialism. He who allows himself to be
blinded by such thin fallaey is fool
The Socialist has nothing to do with
either republicans or democrats and II
is no concern to him which gang O
thieves fill the Offices IN corrupt gov
ernment. Socialism aims ait q destruc-
ton Of all such conniying, and the estab'
lishment Of peace and security for all, by
.' Ksfb6fts from al over k..s5and daily
note the growth Of Socialism, and the
capitalistic press, by spreading the news
is unwittingly aiding il the propaganda
for, notwithstanding their innuendoes
and their manner of stretching the truth,
it is very simple matter to tear off the
horrible mask they wear before the
people, and to discover that the real
cause of alarm is that the doctrine of
Socialism is beginning to be understood
4 by the people, and the overthrow of the
competitive system is drawing nigh. d If
u you will but read thoughtfully the
articles over which hey place such
scare heads," you will sees that the
people are simply awak ening to the saw
Ing grace of a Revolution ofsgstems, and
that the dynamite they talk so much
about is the high explosive acknowledge
and reason. ,.,5T..q <.,7.s.. .,7.a. n r.,r5
You may wonder whlr the capitallstic
press mentions these things at all, if
they are such good propaganda against
the system they would uphold. The
thing is: plain there are Mediums of
news exchange which, though compara-
lively slow, are, thank God, bsyond the
control Of capitalism. II is to head off
these truthful reports and prsjudice in
advance the public mind, that the repor.
torial services of,prostituted abilities and
the appropriated power of Ged's light
ming are applied to hasten the doctored
information across the esrth. yy5 Us. 4
Every nerve of capitalism and compe-
tition are strained to check the growth
{ OF saving ideas, and in their zeal to mis-
lead the people they forget thai the man
of good sense will look beyond their
garbled reports and see the suffering and
despair of the world despoiled millions.
Workingmen, small bus mess men, look
beyond the lies and sophistry O. yenal
press, and see if you cannot discover the
cause of all this suffering and misery;
the reason for 30 much UNI sasiness among
the people. When you have fully IN:
vestigated and have satisfied yourself as
to the cause of the anarchical condition
of things, come with the Social SITS and
learn the remedy; and LABOR with them
to establish the brotherhood of Man and
to bring peace and happiness on earth.