The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-05

rendered. as Well as the vocal music by
| Mrs. Nelson, Mr.. and Mrs. n. Kettenhofen
and Mr.. B. O'Connor.
| Editor Pilot:
In recent issue of The Pilot and In a
| communication signed H. S." the state
ment is made that all institutions sup
| ported by the government, such as fire
| departments, police systems, etc, are So
/ cialistic. The writer thus makes the
| statement that more institutions now
| private, should be put under the manage
| ment Of the government. AS there are
! no reasons assigned why this should be
the case, the conclusion seems rather
rash. [ believe that any contemplated
| change in the industrial situation. should
! only be made with the certainty that the
laboring class will thereby be benefited.
This can only be done by increasing tie
wealth of those classes whose benfit is
| contemplated.
The poorer classes cannot be fed on
hope and ethics" If their social posi-
ton IS to be raised, 1t can only be done
by their acquiring more wealth.
As | understand Mr.. E. G.. Godkin in
his article in the June Forum. he finds
| by statistics, that under socialistIc state
the condition of the clover classes" will
remain the same as at present and if they
are to be given more Injuries and COM
forts It must be accomplished by wealth
gotten from some great and sudden in
crease IN produc ton unattended with a
great increase in population.
SocIalis,.c writers seem to labor under
the delusion thatlf the money of our MIL
honaires is divided equally among us,
everybody would become rich. Facts,
however show that if the entire wealth of
the United States is divided among the
population the possessions of each indi-
vldual would be a trlfle over $1,000.
Suppose that all this money is invested
, at 6 per cent. something hardly possible)
and there would be al income of $50 for
every man, woman and child.
Mr.. Godkin does not discuss the ideal
justice of socialism, neither is it his object
B, to propose another system to displace The
present order of things. Socialism may
be just, morally. But how is 1t possible?
Even supposing that population would
not increase, is there any assurance that
wealth would not decrease? Even now
the saying is often heard: The world
owes me a living" How will it be under
a system of entire interdependence?
State support can now only be obtain
ed in the fern Of charity. Under social
ism everybody must live from charity,
for employing labor for the mere sake of
employing it, Is but charity thinly dis
guised.
The strongest efforts are personal eff
forts. The managing or "capitalistic'
class, applies capital and labor from the
burning desire to accumulate wealth.
This Is the reason why such enormous
salaries are paid Il. r. managers, bank
presidents and factory superintendent.
Even with such liberal reward, good exc
cutive ability is hardly obtainable. Under
a socialistic state the high wages OF man.
ayers would soon cause disparity IN
wealth, something abhorred by socialists.
Socialism, as generally understood, means
the management by the government of
all productive ara distr!butlve enter
prises. Certainly our various municipal
arrangements seem to SAVIOR little indeed
| IF SOaioiIcrn In fa az lnaSf
to Prof. Perry, noted economist, the
only distintiveIy sCcIalistlc feature of our
government is its right of eminent do
main. The majority of the Institutions
of the government seem to be protective
; rather than productive. The post office
is often mentioned in socialistic writings
: as well as the railroads in Germany as
arguments for socialism. Yet it Is a COM
mon belief that were the post office IN the
hands of private enterprises like the ex-
press, there would be in large cities at
least, pneumatic delivery of mails. l. is
an equally common belief that if the
government of Germany would put
the railroads into the hands of man
like jay Gould paying him for his services
S5,000,000 year for 10 years, it would be
the most profitable investment she ever
made. Often also TIE famous cO-opera-
tive plant at Goise, France, is pointed TO
with pride by socialists when as matter
of fact that establishment is only kept on
it's feet by the philanthropy of its man
ager, Mr.. Godin.
Socialietic writers are on the whole,
prejudiced against capital, forgetting
that capital is the result of past labor
and that by cutting the power of capital
the saving of the results of labor Is dis
couIaged. e. ).
THERE is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases put
together and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a great
many wears doctors pronounced 1t local