People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-01

the law.
But no two men are any more
equal in bodily strength, in mental
power, in capacity to do and to earn,
than any two horses or trees are ex-
actly alike.
Any community OF men, anywhere
on earth will show inequalities which
exist in the very nature of things.
No two leaves are alike, no two
rivers alike, no two seas alike, no two
continents alike, no two clouds alike,
no two plaRets alike.
Yet our Socialist brethren are az
tempting to establish a system Of
political economy whose cardinal
doctrine must be that all men are
alike-equal in their capacity to earn
and in their aoilliag,sess to earn.
Our humble opinion is that, in the
pre- sent edition of human nature, no
such doctrine can find proofs to rest
its tired feet upon.
The "oompetitive system" is the
"dearest foe' of the average Socialist.
He has verify persuaded himself that
competition is legitim ate off spring
of the devil.
He totally forgets thai in ninety
transactions out Of every hundred,
competition need never to touch the
average citizen at all,-exeept that
competition which is law of nature.
The choosing of that which is best
for the purpose, is a species of COM
petition which even Socialism could
not abolish.
Now adm all the evils of Com
petition, and grant that Socialism
should be substituted, how will you
defend the radical injustice of shar-
ing with the incapable and the in
dolept the earnings Of the capable
and Industrious ?
What's the use of revolHtionizing
the world TO exchange one wrong for
another
The Socialist claims that all men
are equal-that is equal to perform
labor and to produce wealth.
On no other ground can the Social
ist defend his system which shares
all produce equally among the
laborers.
Ii the Socialist denies the obvious
fact that no two men are equal in
capacity to work and in willingness
to work-then he denies what every
obaervsnt person knows to be true.
II the Socialist admits that the
producing capacity of men differ,
then he must abandon his idea of
dividing their earnings equally or he
must confess that he favors system
which takes from the capable work
man that which he has earned in
order to give to the incapable work
man more than he has earned.
Give to Brown 100 acres of land
and put him to work upon it; he will
make it a garden-fruitful and pro-
titable.
Give to Jones an adjoining tract
of 100 acres, and put him to work on
it; he will make it a desert-s para
disc of fennel, scrub-pines and jack
rabbits.
Now is it fair for the Socialist to
compel Brown to divide hls profits
with Jones?
And yet that's Socialism!
"The following answer was re-
Gently made by W. H. Harvey
| CCoinO in answer to the question,
what are your politics??' IL the
Republican party declares anew the
principles of Lincoln, | an Repaid
lican. If the Democrats declare
anew the principles of Jefferson,
am a Democrat; but if both the old
parties declare in favor of Great
Britain and the gold standard tinan-
cial policy, then am Populist.'
We do not know how the balance
of you boys feel on this subject, but
as for us, we have no hesitation in
saying that a man, like W. II. Harvey,
who cannot state his political where
abouts, at this late day, without the
assistance OF three offs" and an ex-
Tension of time for observation, ought