The Labor enquirer., 1886-07-17
IT is GROWING.
The Foreign Exotic" Which
Promises Plenty and Hap
piness to Man.
The Same Causes Which Produce
Misery In Europe at
Work Here.
And, Naturally, the Same Remedies
Will be Adopted by a Think
ing, Progressive People.
For The Enquirer.

For The Enquirer.
The objections raised against Socialism
are in the great majority of cases baseC
upon the intrinsic selfshness with
which nearly all men are cursed.
The impracticability of Socialism 1:
charged bv those who know nothing OIL
it. The postal department of our gov
ernment is conducted on a Soclalistic
basis and still we hear very little tC
prove that the carrying of the mails on
Socialistic basis is impracticable or
that the system does not give satisfaction
Government printing is done on a So
clalistic basis and yet we hear no charge
made that it is done in manner that
will not bear comparison with the work
done by private individuals.
Then the objection is raised that So
cialism will destroy mems ambition.
1 have not heard of any of the Den
yer postoffice employees becoming am
bitionless on account of their getting an
appointment in tire service.
Ihave known several men who in a
measure became ambltionless when
their efforts to get an appointment in
the Denver postoffice resulted in fail
ure.
l have been told that the printers in
the employ of the government printing
Office do not die off for want of ambition
On the contrary it seems 70 build up am
bition, at least they are qnite ambitious
to get a position on the pcialstiC plan.
Another objection, and very made
quate one, is that Socialism will do away
with capital, consequently it will bring
ruin and misery to the world. Capital,
as l would define it, is the principal
part of the value produced by man
which has been gotten posse sion of BY
an individual or individuals aud used as
a means of coercion to free men to ac-
cept as much or as little for their labor
as the possessor Of capital see fit to grant
The Socialist sees IN the glare AMI
glamor Of the vested rights" of capital
nothing but tissue Of" vested wro ngs,"
for he knows that c4Dital has no pro-
creative power and that it was brought
into existence by the labor of mankind !;
and It stands but as the result of human
exertion applied to the natural gifts
which the Almighty placed at mans
disposal The possessions of the capital
ist are but evidences of labor performed !;
evidence that somebody has worked !;
evidence that human labor has been eX-
pended on the natural resources of the
earth.
Capital, then, dvested of the knavish,
living character which caDitalistiC char
latans have been paid to clothe it with,
is simply the result of the toll and sweat
and labor of mankind, which has been
taken from those who need it.
Under the man-made rules and laws
which have effect,at present capital is
recognized as just md its possession as
pre-eminently legitimate.
Measured by the Socialistic or moral
law capital, or rather the possession OF
capital, is evidence that robbery has
been committed 1t is evidence that
some man, possessed Of cunning and
shrewdness to greater extent than
other men. las taken advantage of his
fellow man and, assisted bv the laws"
custom and the necessities of the poor
piled up mass of wealth to which be
has no more right, morally speaking,
than the illegal robber who commands
his fellow man, under fear of instant
death, to stand and deliver.
Capital is the child of labor Yet our
laws say that thus child may properly
control its parent, instead ofthe parent
being able to coutroI and direct it. So
cialism claims that this snould be re
versed.
Another objection raised bv those whC
are benefited bv tue continuance of tn
present modes of robbery is that Social
ism, being of foreign or European origin
should not find friends or converts ir
this great, glorious and free land.
The desire for freedom is not bounded
by national or continental lines.
The desire for freedom which fllet
the hearts of the people who came in
the May Flower was of foreign origin
The sense of Justice and love of Lib
erty which impelIed Lafayette to es
pouse the cause of the people of Americ'
was of foreign origin.
The disease which threatens the llf
} of this Young repuhlic is the same dis
ease which has rendered the govern
mental systems of the old world unable
to exist without coplous doses of lead
J and sIeel.
The disease which Socialism seeks t.
cure in Europe has left its effects al
along the centuries in the form of starI
ing men, women and children. 1t ha
left its effects in the producing of clas
, OF people who are beneath the INTEL
, gence of the slave men and women wh
we're unshackled In this country a qua
| ter of century ago.
1t has left its mark upon the bi
handed, big footed, poor, ignorant pea