The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-09-04
SOCIALISM.
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language OF all sons .of Adam-always
was and always may be.
mo field or garden ever grew into a
thing OF beauty beneath the patient
touch Of human toll, until the man
who labOred there understood that
the field or garden was to be his.
mo cavern or bark hut ever gave
place to cot or palace until the man
who reared the palace upon the crum-
bled ruins Of the hut understood that
the home temple he thus toilfully
built should be his.
"Barbaric tribes Of naked-legged
plunderers have always held their
lands in cOmmOn-everyth belong
ed to everybody.
1.-The consequence has ever been
that nothing was fit to belong to any,
body.
"Why should the lazy man work
when the industrious must Share with
him?
"And how long will the industrious
work when he sees Incidence living on
his labor as we see today?
who will take the pains to i'm
prove or embellish that which, upon
UIlc uCAU ulVlSlOu, AlS lU Adll w Uuc
LATEST tout in the tribe?
There isn't a tribe of savageS in
history which did not practice social
ism-and they never quit being saw
ages till they quit socialism.
''This is history.
Never has there been real advance
ment, the accumulation of wealth,
and the education and refinement
which can only be had with the &C
emulation of wealth, until each citi-
zen was given an incentive to develop
his individuality.
THE heart and soul of Jeffersonian
Democracy is the uplifting of the in
dividual.
you are as good as any other man;
the worlds hOnors and its wealth are
as much yours as any other mans; the
destiny of the republic rests as much
upon your vote as upon anybody'S;
what you produce shall be yours; obey
the law, and no man shall take from
you that which is yours" is the
language OF pure Democracy to the
citizen.
Gould anything be fairer? Could
any system better adapt itself to the
grandest possibilities, the noblest as
pirations Of the human race?
''Be as fraternal, as charitable, as
self-sacrifcing as.you like, that is your
own affair. Democracy does not die
tate how kind and loving you shall be
to your neighbor. 1t requires Of you
to treat him justly-and human law
can do no more.
"Now as to socialism. 1t merges
the individual into the mass; it makes
hotch-potch Of society; it take away
the chief incentive to individual ef-
fort; it makes each work for the good
Of all and the individual who does
most must take his pay in general
average reduced by those who work
least. Socialism is powerless IN deal
ing with the indOlent, the vicious, and
tine incompetent.
''In every socialistic experiment
thus far tried the founders Of the
colony had the world to choose from.
They selected the few who were fond
ly supposed to possess the attributes
necessary to the success of the colony.
Each person 50 chosen went into the
venture enthuSiastic-joyOusly gallOp-
ing his hobby-and feeling that he
must make the experiment success.
From time to time brother So
cialiSt turns out to be unavoidable
and he is banished from the company
Of the faithful.
"Thus Brother Wayland, having
founded the Coming Nation and made
it phenomenal success, and having
esta bliShed a socialist colony in Ten
nesee to realize his dream Of brother
hood, and having chanticleered week
after week over his realization OF the
socialist Utopia-wakes up one fine
morning in July, 1895, and finds that
he has been baniShed from the Eden
he located in 1894, branded as persona
non Grata by the brethren he himself
selected, and denied passage to
Arcadia in the ship that he himself
built.
We do not say who is at fault; we do
not know. We simply comment upon
the facts. The burst-up has been en-
inently human, and as such we have
mentioned it.
"Now if choice socialist spirits, who
who mutually select each other can
not live and work together in brother
ly love for twelve months, how can in
discriminate millions Of unregener-
ate cusses do it?
1.-THE state cannot select. If social
ism is to be our creed everybody must
come in. The state cannot 60 around
llNC d JOChy ludI kCU duu plCk Lu0 UCSU.
The state must gather us all up
good, bad, wise, foolish, lazy, energetic
and puts up all to living in brother
ly love, with common ownerships of
land and capital.
THE state cannot expel an objec-
tionable member The whole world
having been made socialistic there is
no place to expel him to. Got to put
up with him, and to do the best we
can with HIM, no matter how objec-
tionable.
Nov if select colonies fail to live
happily on s,cialistic principles how
can the nations of the earth mould
indiscriminate millions into fitness for
this ideal state?
I'VE believe in cooperation in bust
ness, land we believe in naturalization
Of these powers and franchises which
are of public character. The prin-
ciples Of pure Democracy embraces all
that. See Webster's dictionary for
the definition of Democracy.
Don't pay big prices for nails. We
bought several car loads before the adj
vance and are selling them for less