The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-10


ent economic conditions.
The modern agitators, VINO seek 10 |
array the masses of the people agaihse
corporate wealth, should be made 20
understand that there is good as Wen as
evil i'm wealth. and that the GOOD mort
than counterbalances the evil
ii must be understood by all that
legitimate combinations Of capital are
a necessity of our Industrial develop
ment. Ii is in the hands ~ the peoPis
themselves To minimize the danger
when wealth has been corruptlS ac~
auired or used to crush competition, as |
they have it also in their hands to in
crease the benefits that flow from cor
porate wealth. Whatever dangers may
come from capital, or any source what
snever. will be solved in the best inter-
I eyts of the country. To hold otherwise
would be to imply doubt q the ca
pacity Of the people for self-goVefh-
ment.
Leo Kill, in his encyclieal on THE
I Condition Of Labor" says: The great
4 mistake that is made In the matter now
under consideration Is To possess oneself
i with the idea that class IS naturally
/ hostile to class. that rich ana poor are
+ intended by nature to live at war Win
4 one another: capital can not do without
4 labor nor labor without capital. Each
i requires the other. Mutual agreement
results in pleasantness and good order.
Perpetual conflict necessarily produces
confusion and outrage,
Competition and Cooperation.
All socialists agree IN condemnng
/ competition and in praising co~opefa-
4 ton In this they again show their IN
/ capacity for logical thought. For what
/ is competition but a law as wide as hu-
| mainly itself. A musician, endeaNorinE
To bring forth from his instrument
sweeter melodies than have yet been
heard: a novelist essaying To start1e the
] ,.4tt Ia lost
ever delighted or astanished reading
public. a child striving II lead ms class
-all-are engaged In the same system
Of competition Should they be con-
demned2 Is II not lawful 10 go nlle
hest in foot or bicycle race Then
what difference exists between the
praiseworthy desire of "A man striving
Ia excel his eomrade IN sport anu the
man working 10 make "A better coat ot
a more seryiceable pair ot shoes thah
his neighbour All sensible people wonld
declare there Is none whatever. The
only dissenting voice would be that OF
+ the socialist to whom the one action ~
harmless and the other crime. that
requires the strong arm u the law 70
/ suppress.
Industrial competition Is merely the
endeavor Of one person or company 10
serve the public better than any one
else in the same business. II TINS ~
what the socialist would destroy, then
i indeed ne Is SiliS1nG ~ uehi b1'h Wv
tide with a broom. OF the advantages
Of cooperation the socialist IL forever
Speaking He describes his scheme az
the "Co-operatiNe Commonwealth. lie
Will tell you that the present system y
not cooperative but competitive. | adj
nit that II Is competitive, and also IN
sist that 1t IL cooperative. Civilization
IN an attribute of cooperative condl-
tons.
will suggest for instance. That n
. man try to make all his own clothes.
raise. his own fruit. vegetables and
meat. build his own dwelling. and IN
fact live apart from civilized society
, Take such a simple thing as an ordi-
nary pin II he should try 10 make one
, where and how could he begin IL
could not manufacture one ~ years
And vet how easily they can be obtained
in civilization one can procure them
| thus easily becaus. millions II human
beings-instead Of an individual stflN-
/ | ing to- make this little inNhfS-a pm
/ cooperate muconsctousl9. perhaps, ana
i | manufacture pins by the millions -
I ii is with all our wants. They ar sup
/ piled 81 well because each dues not live
/ by himself hnt ro-opttates With his
i neighbor in the production II the
/ things which satisfy our material
: wants And yet, according 10 the SO
efa1iet. we do not cooperate Gould any
: thing ht further from the truth The
/ fact H. the socialist il great WORD
= uuIBber Words and not ideas are his
. stock in trade. So when h. fails to un-
! hold his scheme of reform. With facts
and arguments, he resorts to word
5 painting Let us hope that the daS
! viii soon come when his incohefen
: fepofings against what he i pleased Z
T call wage shaving and the capitals
a tic system If exploitation vii b. hears
no more In their fair land Of ours.
:. Cooperation In a soeialistic SENSE
may or may not be < 5ad thing 1hsr
il no law against cooperation. Ii
those who wish To cooperate do - am
= lef those who ia not believe IN The eff
2 cacY n the sociaiistir nostrdm. I've a
I they think best This is the common
SENSE yieW ~ the matter
j. .Isn.r.onian Principles.
\ If. in ny Judgment. thsrefore social
ism does mot offer an adequate remedy
: Tor the social ills that heset Us, / tulli
4 realize. that you might appropriated,
= ask me here and IN What may rem
Fdy b. found ! do not believe tina
y III. II nedy Will be found IN a departure
from the principles and traditions u II
fathers ~ the government. but | ii
y believe that a return TO those prineI
= pies and their conscientious obserNane
y Will ultimately restore a satlsfactor,
- condition among all the people. II ma
bs. that / have a fatueus belief III IN
= destiny If America. hut when our FORE
fathers outlined the fabric 81 IN
American republic. l am convinced an
/ find a pleasing eompiaeeneS tn Ii
conviction, that they We're guided b
o Providence. for the upbullding and RET
II terment OF the downtrodden aaa III
y Nretched IN ali lands, Hence / cauno
"a but feel that any departure from hos
=. principles must needs bring a8saste