The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-23
SOCIALISM AND THE JEWS.

The increasing hostility to the Jews in
Germany, Russia. Austria, Hungary and
even in France is ascribed to the increase
strange in face OF the fact that the first
great organizer Of the German socialists
was a Jew, Lassalle, and the propounder
OF their economical system was Jew, Karl
Marx, and the Independent party in Ger
many depends upon Jewish writers and
speakers Tor the propagation of it's ideas
In France the increased hate of the
Jews is due to the increased socialistic
feeling, which expresses itself In hostility
to rich tradesmen, manufacturers and
bankers; that is, because the Jew is a sue
cessful money getter he is made to stand
for the vicarious representative and
sufferer for wealth in general, and able
French thinkers consider the socialist
movement an instruction against plutoc-
racy which had its prototype in the revou-
ton OF 1859. This sociaIistic hate for
wealth in general is one of the conse-
quences OF the craze for wealth to the ex-
clusion of everything else which afficts
both England and America. Every abuse
by wealth OF its powers and opportunities
breeds socialism. Jay Gould and his inn
tators and confedefa;es have done more
by their success to breed socialism in
America than BeIlamy and George put
together. Had 1t not been for the Gouids
there would have been no soil ready pre-
pared for the seeds of socialism to sprout
in.
The Lberator and other building socie-
ties in England were recently wrecked by
criminal financial management, and the
enormous loss of SIS, 0OO. 600 has been sunk
beyond recovery in a bottomless PIT of
fraud. The loss of this So, 000. go falls
upon thousands of the middle lower
classes. and has reduced hundreds of them
to abieot want and suffering. All such
calamites; ell such abuse of opportuni-
ties by fellows fierce TO get rich bv plumb
erisg their trust all serve 10 feed the fame
of socialism. Prof. Won Hoist, a very
able and acute German student of Amerl-
can institutions, in 8 recent address before
the faculty of Chicago university warns
us against the absorption of our people in
the race for wealth to the neglect of other
things. lie warns Us that such material
prosperity cannot secure the future Of the
United States; and, more than this. IL
must become q source of weakness. has
tening and rendering more inevitable
their ultimate downfall and ruin" unless
made by ether agencies a source OF
strength.
This is but repetition Of the criticism
made upon our country by Herbert Spen-
Ger, the great English thinker, when on
his departure from New York for England
he modestly but fearlessly tried to answer
the question. what DO You Think of
Usf" Prof. Won Hoist holds that with our
material development going on at a be-
wlldering rate" the American people must
attain tho very highest standard of intel
iectusl and moral life to prevent disaster.
The Springfield Republicaa asks Prof.
Won Hoist 10 tell show connection can Re
made between this ideal high culture and
the bulk of honest. struggling. pre- udicei,
eny!ous. halfseeing and misjudg,ng hui
mainly. the everyday man aud woman"
The Republican Is right when il says:
Ne may build universities indefinitely but
tie intellectual life aud spirit there cultivated
Will rot avail against the dangers to tree gov
eminent row bsscitiug unless IL shall 10
warmed BY the oysrpo~ering moral sense which
puts Justice and humanity above al other COLI
siiSgsli0ns In practical AFFAIR."