Workmen's advocate., 1888-06-02


 itv of another individuality, entirely diff fercnt Who would knowingly risk his life on the rail behind locomotive un. der control of one who had never prcNl- uusly run a locomotive or engine; Again, we say liberty creates more liberty by investment. Does the farmer, in bury ing in th" ground part of the proceeds Of his last years crop, lose thereby? Does he not reap by this very surrender an augmentation ut his previous store by twenty, fifty, or one hundred fold: IT c same law applies tO wealth. The Capt- alist surrrndprs, for the time being, the visible evidences of his wealth. that he may have d more abundant return. The same principle holds good for individu- alitv and for liberty. Ii we, ilS men an,b women, would have more liberty, more individual development, we must sur render a portion of that which we al- ready have. lake all the great worlds cmhulimrnts of genius, and we shall iind that their first step toward aNallmg themselves of the opportunities of coIlec- tive life was a surrender of a portion of their liberty and individuality to the pcdaguguc. the master. the drill sergeant or the forum. Under proper cOnd tlOnS and demands, subOrdlnatiun Is cNalta- tiun; under other conditions it k insub- ordination instead. That is honorable. Under the SOclalistiC system the individ- uaI will have surrendered that form of DOT, crty now called private, but which is really collective or public property. Nevertheless he will have more private property than ever before, and property that, while it benefits himself and fam ilv, can in no way iniure his neighbor. lie will not own the ground, it is true. but he will have the use of as much as is necessary to his higher development and happiness. He wilt not own machinery except for personal pleasure and eXperi menu; neither will machinery be the means of some other individuality own ing him and his family also. He will of necessity surrender a fraction of his time to everybody else, that is. to the colec tivity, but that time will be of such short duration, owing to machinery be- ing used to save labor instead of driving | and killing it, as it is used to-day, that he will really have more leisure time | than thousands of very wealthy men have at their disposal to-day. To give an approximate estimate, there is no doubt that but five hours day, or thirty 1 hours per week, is large estimate of | the time each would find necessary to contribute to the common veal. What is of far more importance, his children need not, nor should they, work at pro- | ductive labor until they have first been fitted phJ sically, intellectually and nor | ally to become real men and women. | by having their true individualities un- folded spontaneously througha a rational system of education, such as FrObel and | PestalOzzi have contributed so much of their ndvidualities to perfect. It is then that we will have square individu- als in square positions and round indi- viduals in round situations, and the ir- regular individualities will have to put up with irregular circumstances. Leis- ure of itself alone would be a burden; | the individual must also have access to material suitable to develop his innate capabilities, and this also in abundance. All of winch socialism will supply through operative scientific produc- ton. A portion of this material may go to or be acquired by each individual as private property, such as stationery, books, scientific or mechanical apparatus, etc.; but there will also be large DOT tion still remaining under collective con trol, bW tor pmpoSeS Qf indiridadl de relOpmem, i. e., schools colleges, muse ums, laboratories, libraries, art galleries, theatres, etc, where the humbleot citizen can devote some of his leisure time to- ward unfolding natures gifts to him. He will be in contact with and assisted by teachers, professors and apparatus, which to-day are Orly accessible to the few. Again, through the instrumental ity of the railroad and the steamboat, he will be afforded opportunities to view the grandeur and dlversities of nature, for the mountains, the rivers and the plains are brought within the reach of all. The moral and elevatng tendencies of this one fact alone are worthy of our deepest consideration. The iron horse and steamship thus become vehicles for
 the unfolding of collective moral sen timent that must otherwise remain dor mant. Thus it is that socialism unfolds each individuality in perfect harmony and consistency with its innermost self, and, what is equally as important, it is also developed in harmony and equity
 with each other individuality
 The highest and the truest conception of individuality under socialism is not to make laws, but to avail itself of the col lective energy to discover those that are still hidden in the bosom of the universe. Therefore the true Socialist, as an indi-
 vidual Is not law maker but law dis Coverer. It remains only for the collec- tivity to make the law a concrete reality
 by their spontaneous appreciation of the fact.
 To the seeker for truth socialism offers,
 then. free access to science; to the seeker fnr thn hnnntifnl frna ncnns- f nrt nrI