Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-26
A SURVEY OF SOCIALISM.

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 SURVEY OF SOCIALISM.
 The Second Lecture by General Walk
 CT Before the Yale Theological School.
 General Francis A. Walker delivered the second of his course of lectures yesterday afternoon in the Marqusnd chapel upon the subject Measures of socialistic nature pro posed and advocated by those who are Social ists." The speaker proposed to enumerate rather than discuss these measures, excluding all those measures which have passed into public policy by general consent. The most familiar Of the schemes for promoting the public welfare is protection or native indus try, which proposes to modify the course of trade and production. This is socialistic, seeking it's end for the reason that the well fare of the country will be promoted; yet the protectionist is not to be called Socialist. Socialistic movements tend towards protec- tion. There is contest to be waged and native industry will in the end become more popular. In the United States the history of protection has been different from that in other countries. MT. Walker paid 8 high compliment to Professor Sumner and his attempts to stig1natize the forces of tariff legislation. I agree, said the speaker, that the motives were disgusting, but the main force has been, I think, sincere con vict tion that the general good would be promoted and the welfar of the laboring classes be bettered. It has, after all, been the employ ing class that has done the work and protec- tion is not only socialistic, but it has become dogma; but it never can become all that we dread, unless it becomes international Protection is the destruction of information ality.
 The laws affecting labor, sanitary condi- tions, the guarding of machinery, etc., was the next subject touched upon. Employers oppose factory acts and will do so. No class can be trusted to the rights of others and to limit their own rights, yet the factory acts were not called for by the operatives. Our labor in the United States in general is not due to the operative classes. There is a strife impending in the labor legislation, and we underrate the moderation and fairness likely to be displayed by laborers The new species of labor legislation will be carried so far as to cripple the industrial system; the body of laborers will use their political pow CT to hamper employers and will make in dustrial cooperation impracticable. It is a conviction that all railroad service tends to monopoly, and there is unity in saying that the monopoly shall be the State, but such an extension of the power of the State in this country would be pernicious MT. Walker then spoke for few moments on this sub ject, en1arging it under the head of govern mental control of the ways and agencies of transportation, following with remarks upon the enlargement of control over industrial corporations. The economic character of these corporations gathers into then the resources of many influential persons. Corporations have acquired enormous importance and one can be launched for almost any purpose whatever. They violate the principles of competition and have brought tremendous injurious forces into production. The stump tuary law resulted from personal freedom and individual initiative; their progress is towards Socialism. Also on the eve of political agitation for the suppression of the liquor traffic. There is progress towards Socialism in the housing of the poor. This intends that the State shall set the standard for the minimum of house accommodation.
 The last topic of the lecture was the na- tionalization of the land. Private property in land stands upon a different basis from private property in production. The nation alization of land may seem at first to be pure communism, but it is not; it is also a social istic movement. The last lecture will be given this afternoon at o'clock. The sub ject of the lecture is Socialists.