Workmen's advocate., 1888-12-01

| interesting personality that needs no title but it may be stated that he has a right to such designation. having been professor of Mathematics at the Uuiver- sity of Upsala, Sweden, and has written four or live works on religion and phi losophy, In appearance he is the very l opposite of what socialist is popularity supposed to be. He is Scotch by birth. but was educated in England, and speaks English with the greatest purity. l He has travelled extensively in Russia, Germany, France and other European countries, and it is said by those who know that he has had quite a number of romantic adventures
 When questioned by Globe reporter yesterday as to his great personal differ encc from the popularly accepted idea of Socialists, Professor Garsde smiled and said:
 "The time has come when men of edu- cation and refinement must take hold of this question:.
 He said, further, that he was appointed l by the National Executive Committee of ! the Socialist Labor Party as their gen eral organizer and lecturer recently. When appointed he was in business as an insurance actuary, having been in that business great part Of the time since he first came to America, seven years ago. He is now an American Citi- zen. He has spoken in New York and | Providence, from which latter place he came to Boston. In Providence he had a large audience, and d number of new members joined the Section. while con | siderable discussion on socialism was aroused in the town.
 When asked why he came to Boston | Professor Garside said that he came to assist the American Section in its agitt- tion, and increase the desire to know | what SocaliStic doctrines are. In response to the question how he proposed to do this, he replied that it would be by public meetings, by inter- views with prominent men,
 THROUGH THE PRESS,
 and by means of literature. In this con nection he said he had written an article for the Forum in answer to Edward At | kinson' article in the same magazine. When asked if he expected d large at | tendance at the meeting Sunday, he re- piled: "l do; and propose to stay here in Boston until the Socialist movement is thoroughly alive"
 In reply to a question as to the growth of socialist ideas in this country, he said with enthusiasm:
 "l find that the intellectual and think ing men are taking the matter up. They are being forced to do so by the growth of popular sentiment that Socialism is ] being misrepresented, and now people are finding out this misrepresentation"
 "What do you mean by misrepresen- tationY
 Il mean that the economies of Social ism have been represented as sheer rob- bery, and as tending to reduce all men to an equal basis, thereby destroying all possibility of any equitable system of society. What we seek is an equality of opportunity. You understand that mean that there is an inequality of op- portunity, due to the privileges which one class possess over another No priv ileges can exist without a destruction Cf the rights of others. The American | Constitution guarantees to every man the right to life, liberty, and the pur- suit of happiness;' but the granting or acknowledging the rights of property excludes the possibility of the posses sion of the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
 Isn't that rather sweeping state ment as to the rights of property?'
 "I do not think so, for when Atkin- son says the majority of the people of this country are compelled to live within the purchasing power of 50 cents day, it shows pretty clearly that the talk of rights as possessed by the masses is nothing but farce. propose to attack Atkinson's figures i'll his last article Sun day afternoon in Goldman Hall, and show their falsity. 1 consider Mr. At kinson nothing but paid servant of the capitalistic class. would like nothing better than to meet him on the platform in open debate. 1 propose to show up these advocates of capitalism in the cold | light of reasoning.
 Il do not propose to attack them in the old style of Down with the capital ists.' l do not believe in that kind of business. l believe in submitting these matters to the test of logic.
 "In the West, where capital has grown and trusts have developed more rapidly | than in this section, there has been a rapid growth in the membership of the Socialist Labor Party. Where there is no organization of the party now, there are earnest appeals and clamors for an organization. One of the great peculi- arities of the present time is that a large number of Americans are
 BELIEVERS IN SOCIALISM
 without knowing that the ideas they hold are those of socialism. As soon as they find it out they affiliate with our party.
 lam going South after my trip West.