The star. (Aberdeen, S.D.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-18

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favor of continuing It. But we may well be-
Neve, hope and pray that the present system
will envolve another and better state Of things.
I think it likely that the next state OF things
will be some form Socialism.
When In Chicago last summer the proprietor
of the rooms where staid said to me, ut is
pitiful to think of the thousands in this city
who are nearly destitute and I think that
Bellamy's plan would not be worse than the
present system and might be better"
1 said that the greatest lesson men had to
learn was cooperation. Slavery and serfdom
taught mon the lesson of CO operation. Men
having thus learned the lesson Of cooperation
had the opportunity OF putting it into practice
at the next system Of things.
Under the present 1ndividualisttc system .
factory worker has to place himself in one po-
iition. He is cog in the big wheel. He does
one part of the work and another man does
another part. This Is cooperation. Time
was when each family was complete in itself.
The man hunted and fished and the woman
spun and wove. Every man thus was his own
shoe maker, his own baker, his own clothier-
in fact he was almost independent Of others.
But men very soon perceived the necessity of
Division Of Labor. Hence the different trades
and occupations arose. In these later days
we have q class Of SPECTATORS that We could
better do without. One Irishman said to
another, ''Say Pat what is this Division Of
Labor the lecturer talks abont7'' They were
both engaged in lifting heavy weight which
made them groan. "Well," replied the other,
"You do the lifting and I'll do the groaning,
that il division of labor" In our modern life
We have too much of this division Of labor.
In Pennsylvania they once had a large num-
Der of oil companies. Now they have the
Standard Oil company. The tendency Of the
age is towards monopoly; and say lot us do
nothing to resist this tendency. Let 1t 70 I'm.
til all the vast industrial operations OF this
will the time be ripe for the transfer Of this
control from the few plutocrats to the state-a
state which shall be the whole OF society. Then
shall the GA heaven s ana eartn pass away and
Do not be afraid OF this word, Socialism.
The tendency Of the times is towards Social
ism. There was time when taxes were col
instead Of collecting the taxes by official tax
collectors loaned them out to private parties
And required each tax collector to pay . cor
tain amount to the government. And all over
that sum he was allowed to keep for himself.
This was the system Of tax collection in vogue
in the time Of Christ. But now the govern
ment no longer farms out the taxes, but col
lects them ny it's own ohlcers
Once the post of1ces Of the country or Of tho
world were in private hands BIT at present
land the sending Of parcels and packages 10 In
the hands OF the post office authorities. In
other words society has taken control Of the
same thing. The profits 60 into The pockets Of
private individuals, in England they not enrich
one, but the nation. In the United States ore
system of the country. In England the gov
ernment-that is soc1ety-controls the same
Here few great companies own and control
the railroads Of the country, in Germany and
We populists are right in line in the march Of
even I've are in harmony with the tendency
shall take charge Of the railroads and the
money system Of this country:
We are drifting towards Socialism When in
There are beautiful flower sarders. shady
Wake, tigers, lions, crocodiles, animals and
birds Of many kinds, all free. 1t 10 provided
Think Of the division Of labor that prevails
in the immense factories Of this country. Think
place and another this place. Then imagine
all the work of this country being carried on
by q few great firms. Then let the whole be
Of cooperative commonwealth to which we are
coming.
Tn would be preferable to our present
wheat; and there are thousands of children
and stalwart workers crying for bread. Our
stores ale nlled with clothing and our cities
with bare backs. Want on one hand and
abundance on the other. But in the Socialist
state every tenuine worker will obtain work
and food.
Surely the revolution which brings about 80
desirable change need not be bloody one.
1t need not be ruinOuS one.
The poet Whittier must have been thinking
Of the glorious coming time when he sang:
Twas but the ruin of the bad.
The wasting OF the wrong and i'll;
Whate'e r of good the old time had
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