New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-12
THE FORCE OF MODERN SOCIALISM.
,yrr1.Rr ny JOHN GRAHAM BROOKS BEFORE

4 LECTURE BY JOHN GRAHAM BROOKS BEFORE
WOMEN AT THE BERKELEY LYcEUM.
"rn. Message of the New Socialism 10 Modern So
ciety" was the subject of John Graham Brooks Is
lecture at the Berkeley Lyceum Theatre yesterday
morning under the management OF Inc woman
Leasue for Political Education. There was Drill
iani audience: brilliant In the sense OF cultured ap-
probation, in good looks. and In the matter OF
hower-decked Easter hats and bornets The lee
turers Tess impressed his hearers. and when
any sentiment pleased them particularly they eH-
pressed their approval by vigorous applause
Mr. Brooks reviewed the attitude attained by So
cialsm in England. France. Germany IN iact al,
over the world. recalled how often the iao.,o' "au
been regarded as dead. and the reply OF the Ter
man potentate who on being asked whether So
calism TO be taken seriously, said sneeringY'
Why could kill the whole crowd OF them win
stick" 1t was only In 1881. he said. that France
had no organized sociastic bodies. and yet there
were now ninety communes, or wards. dehhi'ey
represented In town councils by acknowledged So
clansts. and four cities Of that country with DO
ciaNst Mayors Zone city as large Boston,, while
the Government Of the country was constantly on
up-toe lest the Socialists ally themselves with the
Radicals and so prove inconveniently influential
whether we like 1t whether we don't OBJ
served the speaker. there Is more serious force
u all modern circumstances than this very SOCIALISM
ana II remains with to interpret It's message
Alright to recognize It as an immense power once
ana Tor all and avoid the fools paradise OF suppos-
'ng that America will be free from influence that
Is stirring the pulses Of humanity all over the
world"
There are 100 definitions OF Socialism, the speaker
said. but. taking them all in ALL no political party
can boast 30 clear and sharply defined programme
~ the Socialist Mr. Brooks drew on blackboard
rough chart. representing the aggregate income OF
England. derived from everything that was bought
sold and used for human wants In that country
amounting to n,2500oo,oo0 He showed the big
slice taken away from the masses annually by
the people who get interest their money; another
great slice that hewed of by the landowners
By revenues derived from rents yet another por-
ton taken away by the men who owned machinery
And who profited by the difference between buying
and selling prices: f250 100000 for the interest
drawing people, f20o0oo00o for the rent OF lands,
f&o.o0000o accruing to profit and high salaries Of
employees In lucrative enterprises. How much was
left for the great mass Of working men and women?
"A duplicate Of this chart" said the lecturer. "is
yane like the Salvation Army's tracts. being taught
hundreds Of nights In the year IN every hamlet and
s' g., The ss s1 S bring IL. A ssnd: share c
the working people They think interest getting by
private individuals unjust. They want the ma
u s s sy ns
REQ out and able and earnest thinkers. university
professors and students Of the opinion that this
reasonable time II is not fair to the Socialists to
denly with Jerk and demoralzins haste. The
will Be realized for years La Sale fixed the period
- ~ years, yet another eminent authority al l0.
wnsn society would have entire control Of interest
For himself the lecturer did not think that So
Nv would ever control the business functions now