The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1898-05-27
Death of BelIamy.

lamy, the author of Choking Back
ward" died at his home in Chic
opee, Mass, May %, Of consump-
ton. His great book on socialism
as it will appear at the end of the
twentieth century, Choking Back
ward" has had the greatest sale
and largest circulation of perhaps
any book of the century, not ex-
cepting " Uncle Toms Cabin" Up
to the present time the sale of the
work in this country has reached
100000 copies and probably over
half a million of copies have been
sold in England and other foreign
countries.
'Looking Backward" has been
translated into German, French,
Russian, Italian, Arabic, Bulgar
ian and several other languages. 1t
is stated that Emperor William
purchased 10000 copies of ''Look-
ing Backward" which he distrib-
uted among the students and work
ing classes of Germany. His rea-
son for so doing, if this is really
true, is apparent to those CONVEX
SAINT with Gerr!an politics.
His next great socialistic enter
prise was "The New Nation" a
weekly paper to advocate the
socialist political theory of a eco
operative commonwealth" Since
the ''New Nation'' was started,
over three hundred and fifty papers
devoted to nationalism have been
launched in the United States,
Canada and Mexico, and thousands
of papers through the direct in
SEPARATION of the "New Nation" have
started departments devoted to
political reform, which are con-
Quoted and edited from the writings
of Mr.. Bellamy, in the "New
Nation" and Looking Backward"
AS work of fiction or art "Uncle
Toms Cabin" is but a third rate
novel, and the wonderful sensation
the book erected and the immense
sale it had, marked the advance of
economic thought, and punctuated
the period thatadvance had reached
in its opposition to chattel slavery.
Choking Backward" is a similar
winged mercury proclaiming the
march of socialism, and the rebel
lion of economic thought against a
system Of wage slavery, the rule of
money and dedication of wealth
which is creating an aristocracy
and a government whose corner
stone is to be wealth, as the slave
empires cornerstone was to be
slavery, as declared by the vice
president of its confederacy, Alex
ander H. Stephens,
Bellamy's last work, Equality"
is much ADLER and more profound
work than Choking Backward, F"
but lacks the airy fascination of the
latter. Whoever would learn the
new evangel of he economy of
socialism should read Bellamy's
last work, Equality" The prin
ciples of self destruction planted in
the present competitive business
system, which breeds monopoly
and trusts, in its own self defense
as we'll as self destruction, are
traced with mastery ability to their
elimination.
In the sos public thought was
crystalizing against chattel slavery
all unconscious to those it was in
fuencing, because slavery was de-
grading ali labor and raising up an
aristocracy based on the ownership
of land and the ownership of labor
Today public thought is crystal
izing against the system of monop-
oily ruled and monopoly enslaved
and degraded labor, while the
converts to this new economic
thought fight against conviction, as
old habits, prejudices and false
teaching fought against the abol-
ishment of chattel slavery.