The Advocate and news., 1898-08-31

to lay down his arms and say my work
is finished"
Well, what is 1t?
Webster defines 1t to be "a theory or
system of social reform which contem-
plates a complete reconstruction of so
ciety, with a more just and equitable dis
tribution of property and labor" Ac-
cOrding to the Encyclopedia Britannica
the general tendency is to regard as
pertaining to ultimate populism "any in
terierence undertaken by society on be-
half of the poor" This great authority
further states that its tendency 'is more
and more to ally itself with the most
advanced democracy" and states that
It's ethics "are closely akin to the ethics
Of Christianity, If not identical with
them" Prof. Richard r. Ely says that
1t is Simply applied Christianity; the
Golden Rule applied to everyday life"
William Morris regards it as "the ideal
and hope of new society founded on
industrial peace and forethought, aim
ing at new and higher life for all men.
In the Century Dictionary it is defined
as "any theory or system of local Or
ganization which. would introduce
a more perfect and equal distribution Of
the products of labor, and would make
labor and capital, as the instruments Of
production [emphasize that phrase "as
instruments of production"l, the joint
possession Of the community" Worces-
ter's Dictionary defines ultimate popu-
lism as "a science Of reconstructing so
Ciety on an entirely new basis by substi
tuting the principle of association for
that of competition in every branch of
human industry" and, supplementing
this, John Stuart Mill says: mo think
ing man will contradict that associated
industry is the most powerful agent of
production and that the principle of as
ISOLATION Is susceptible of further and
beneficial development" From the emf
nent Albert Schaffle comes the assurance
that the future belongs to it. Cicero
meant ultimate populism when he said
that "one thing ought to be aimed at by
all men-that the interests of each, in
dividually and collectively, should be the
same; for If each should grasp at his
own individual interest all human So
ciety would be dissolved"
Here, this is getting confusing. I
thought that populism referred only to
politics, and you are dragging in religion,
political economy and lot Of other
things.
l am speaking of ultimate populism.
The Peoples party is part of the great
movement defending humanity against
mammon. The party may change its
name or evolve into something SEEM
ingly different in the course Of events,
but If so, it will be but yielding to nat
ural and inevitable evolution, just as it
has succeeded other parties which were
steps in the elaboration Of reform Po-
litically, ultimate populism stands for
the public ownership Of public things,
the collective ownership of all the means
of production and distribution. The
more advanced POpulist becomes the
more Importance he attaches to this way
out All other planks in his platform
simply are feeders to that idea. AS an
example, free silver is but demand for
the government ownership Of money, and
underlying it was the fundamental prin-
ciple, the ultimate populism. DR.. Chaun-
cy M. Depew was shrewd enough to see
this when he said, Organism is discon-
tent"
Are Populist growing ultimate?
If you mean that they are coming to
realize the full import Of their cause,
yes. An excellent example of this trend
is shown in these planks of the plat
form adopted August 13, 1898, by the
Populists of Allegheny county, Pennsyl-
vania:
Eirst-RecOpnizinp the fact that no ma