Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-04-01


as we own the postoffice
7. SO. that is the cranky notion
OF populists.
S.-No, the populists only want to
own the railroads, the telegraphs and
| the banking system. The socialists
want to own all the land, all the
houses, all the teams, all the mills,
mines, factories, railroads, telegraphs,
in fact. everything that is used to
produce wealth and distribute it.
J. S.-What! If | own farm is the
government going to take it away
from me and give it away to some
lazy tramp?
S.-Oh, no! Now nearly all the
farmers are mortgaged beyond re-
demption and are working day and
night almost and are still living
very poorly, all the time afraid of the
future; but under socialism the farmer
would not work more than four hours
per day, and he would get enough for
that to keep his family well and school
his children.
]. ST. don't see how he could get
more and work less.
S.-Under this system we have SO
many drones who have to be fed by
the farmer (for the farmer feeds the
WORLDLY. We have all the preachers,
lawyers, bankers, real estate, insur-
ance, liquor men, all the peddlers, COM
mercial travellers, all the men engaged
in mining for gold and silver for mo-
ney, and many others who do not
produce any necessity or enjoyment OF
life. We would put all of those to
some useful occupation, which would
make it easier for all the workers. 1t
would be something like this: Your
name is John Smith; YOU, like others,
would work for the society. We say
you get your pay Saturday night.
There will be q paymaster in every
community to issue the pay checks,
which are not transferable, 50 if any
one should steal your checks they
couldn Use them Yourchecll would
read minutes, hours, days, etc, of
time, nos dollars and cents. You will
take your check to the public store to
buy your living the same as YOU take
your money noW to the private store
Your -four, groceries, boots and
shoes, clothing, win be charged to
you il hours and minutes OF time
everything at actual cost; Of making
and putting there no profit charged
anyone. The products OF mans Ia
Dor now for four hours with the ma
chinery we ROW have is 50 great that
ii no profit IS charged 4 !amilycan live
well ior q week thousands are starry
ing now in the midst OF plenty
J. SIS rhat al q man IS going to
get, a mere living?
$40; if y0d want to work / or
II hours pcr day and your check will
be that much larger, and YOU can get
more enjoyacnts. Now millions OF
workers don't get Marlborough to Keep
comfortable Then every family in
the land could visit their friends, if
they had to travel across the cont
nent, and make q visit every year il
they wanted to. In parts Oh India
with public ownership and in Bel
gium YOU can ride on the railroad for
quarter OF a cent per mile, bat here
if YOU get a second class ticket from
San Francisco to New York or Bos-
ton they viii CHARGE YOU 500 on $40.
l. S.-Then there would be a lot of
lazy buns who wouldn't work.
Sin years time there W0uldnot
he millionaire or tramp. ThegOv-
eminent right away would furnish
some kind of work and food iii every
town OF any size, as it does post0fiices
now, and every family would know it
right away; SO when man wanted
food and said he could get no work
every family would know he was tel
ling is They would have no sym
patty for him, but would refer him to
the nearest government work and the
result would be that in less than 4
year there would not be a tramp in
the land
]. S.--Somc OF them would steal
rather than work.
S.-lf tGey stole under such cOndi-
ditions thay would be put in prison
AMI made 10 work harlcr than they
would outside, and they would not
steal the second time. Besides, il
single man would work one hour Per
day Ia the government works he
would get great deal better living
than the tramp gets now.
!. S.--Soeialism would destroy all
ambition nobody would want to 80
ahead and 30 anything.
S.-Ali tile ambition and energy chat
has been use,l IN the past has mostly
been used to Eep self at the expense OF