The morning call., 1895-01-04

ical for some and too religious for others, bu
| shall do what 1 eau.
DR.. Short. an Episcopal minister of ST.
Louis, writes him as follows:
While away read your "Our Destiny" and
enjoyed Ii immensely. II is in some respects
the best of your books-ful of meat and very
suggestive / should think 1t the best adapted
TO inspire OF any. / gave it to Bishop ThOmp-
son of Mississippi to read, and he remark ed
that with those ideas he could set half the
world on fire."
A letter was shown from Leo Tolstoi,
in which he spoke highly of Our Des-
tiny" and conveyed the preston that he
had had 1t translated into the Russian
tongue. A paragraph 10 the letter reads:
II quite agree with your two main points
first. that morality must be the basis of
progress; second, that morality Is true
only when it is an effort to promote
organic unity of society. as you term it. TO
establish the kingdom OF God on earth, as
| express the same thing"
Gronlund does not like the word social
ism, but prefers ''collectvism," and he
therefore calls himself a collectivsi.
Socialism. he declares. covers too many
bedfelows. Communists claim it, and the
anarchists have right to it. land l am
not an anarchist" lie asserted. "Collec-
tivism means the control of capital, no
properly" he went on to explain. "That
would be communism, and am not COM
munist. Ely breaches good enough social
ism for me.
From the philosophy Of history this
co llectivism will come by force of natural
laws. 1t is Inevitable. 1t is Gods will
that it come, whether 1t be temporary or
permanent.
"BeIng inevitable. it ought to be ushered
IN under the auspices of the highest in
telligence. That Is what we need We
have the armies but not the leaders.
There is where we are lacking. That is
the reason that in crossing the continent
from Washington year and half ago
have been working upon students and the
so-called educated people. AtAnn Dor,
Mich, and the Union Theological SEMI
nary, New York, they give two hours a
week to the study of socialism. AT the
university in Lawrence. Kans., and Lin
coin. Nebr, fifty young men and women
have formed reading classes for the pur-
pose of this study.
Il am sorry" pursued the eminent COL
lectivist, "that in moving West the peo-
pie were more rebellious. but the so-caled
universities were more conservative.
was surprised in the University of Colo
RADIO at Bowlder to hear professor say,
with the approval of the audience, No one
here is so poor as TO be tempted TO become
socialist That is directly contrary to
what try to inculcate. | want to see
them ambitious enough to become social
lists. That is what | have found of pro-
fessors and students in the West. I can
not get them to look upon anything save
as to how it will appeal to their personal
interest. People should prefer to live in a
harmonious society rather than an inhar-
monious society. as we believe the case to
be now.
SAT Harvard my cooperative Com
monwealth' was made textbook five
years ago."
"How about the opening Of the new
era?" was inquired.
THE turning point of the century we
are approaching will be very important.
because there is sentiment that in new
events there will be q new era. and that
sentiment is to govern the world.
I'VE lay down as programme:
"First-Governmen control of railroad
and telegraph.
"Second-Governme banking pure and
simple-no greenbackisn.
"Third-States to give productive work
to the unemployed"
with considerable vigor he asserted:
IF a new third party should arise and
take such platform as that it would have
a success parallel with that Of the Repub-