The Delta independent., 1899-12-22
The Soeial psmeeraey.

cialio0. Il believe in socialism to q
certsis extent" is the common mode OF
exproOion for those who know about a.
mucb concerning scientific socialism -
some Of the other subjects OF which
they discourse 81 much. Hatred OF
cspttli and sympathy for the oppressed
u NO more socialism Il an belonging to
church is Christianity. My friend. you
can - more be . socialist without ac-
cspttng the class struggle than you can
Be Baptist without immersn n. 1t is
just - sensible for you to tell people
that you are q Methodist because once
upon time you took dinner with 4
Aethodist preacher as to tell people
that you are socialist because you
believe that the government should own
the railroads. True, the socialists be-
levs that the government should own
and operate the railroads. but that is
only.a nibble toward socialism You
have perfect right to think as you
please but you can find no right gwen
you by any acknowledged text book
writer ou this subject to call yourself
socialist.
IL II really worth few cents to hear
some OF the bourgeois economists Jump
onto- what they think is socialism.
SoOe OF them say it means a grand
"whack up and where the funny part
ia. they have MT any more TO pass
arosnd financially than they have men
tally and as regards the latter it takes
no great breadth OF intellect to discover
thas they are absolutely bankrupt. Sc
cisIisis contend that the present system
stsods for division OF property, that
by your vote you say that you favor
this 'dividing up and about per cent
of sAe population take the dividends
sad the rest of the population take
uhot 10 left-the privilege Of workir g
for The Captains" Of industry. And 1t
IL Dis eame work" that is such an
iaSnstaot fscior in carrying elections,
O. ether IL y this promise Of work that
da3ass the average working mule.
Oh psonise him work and be will be
sv hsfiQgly happy. The tariff. free
TIN. 1915eeeIlisn and esps sesson. Weis
they sos all TO give the Anerican voting
sovereign work. he does not stop to
think there is anything eise Ia the
world sos him but work. In Ohia. the
coal miners voted for protection to give
them work. Aud aren't they getting iis
They arr. and according TO the report OF
the Ohio stale iabor com missioner. the
average month. wages pald 10 coal
m ners in that state ior lie year lsse
.r - oollsr-. Their eouuiIio. IN Iac
~ae never ~ bad ss il is now.
And ye. IN a year from now these
same working uui-s will be braying for
".ou-st money. protection. expansion
or any old thing 80 there is = PROMISE of
work connected with it. And yet co
cialis:s are pe.simis,s. They have an
sbidiu1 faith in the human race. They
beI'eve that better dxv is ahead OF the
entire race. But the education of the
oppr~s<ed must be principally through
the stv0scn.
hut the diletante preacher whcee
highest intellectual effort is TO pra,tle
So estiy to the sisters at achutch festival
the rcitor Of u two by five paper who
eerves - = pLonogrsph to his party
leader. and the helpless d.de ~ho is the
heir srpsrcnt to all tie imbsciliiy Of
the age. thcse CT! p-ssiu,isn in iisl ing
tones whenever a man with brains in
bis heed and luv. in hi. heart. calls
attention To the crimes prsciiced by the
ever present PARASITES and exploiters of
humanity.
Five Year, ago. the general idea pre-
vailed that = socialist had horns. While
there are .omc people Who are still in
wosis. II he very difficult to find a com
munity where socialism Is not to day
freely discussed and in some instances
unacrptood.
In EVERY single place where there was
a SuciAi Democratic ticket IN the held
there was n wonderful increase IN the
v,,e. In Missouri with no orsat izstion
oscl; u 1t. the ticket received votes in
rvesy county in the state. Socialism ,-
uut 6xuent ot the Imagination nor an
'uventson OF the mind. IL ~ name Zoe
rc.oom,c cvolutpa. In M%ssachu-
politics. vir.Ie and growing movemcnl.
as the increase from 3..s2 to over s.ulo
voses In singie year amply t-siihe-.
And. BY the way. Mesa county elestei
. ec isliss superintendent % schools.
! sx-ssias pretty close TO nome. fr,en i..
aod VOC hsd better besin TO read up on
THE subject - that you will know hos
70 cuobst " q you determined not to be
cis~spd 9th the advocates oe . better
sysss0. -