Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1899-04-06

the QnIy solution WNlch IS easy ana natur-
al, demands more statutes to nnhorse mo
| nopoly. while cooler and greater minds in.
quire, what do you propose to build where
you have burned" The first Is the dying
| rage of a disabled competitive system; the
| last IS the clear, firm voice OF a settled pol
icy.
THE SOCIALISTS REMEDY.
He who proposes to make these indus.
| tries monster agents OF the state may prop.
| eriy be called socialist. The term has
until recently been one of reproach, EN-
| ployed to trighten the weak and cOwardly,
but it Is now becoming 50 respectable as 10
| iltlcal party and Interentlaly favored by an
other. Still there are some wnO are sup
| posed 10 know better who seem 10 enter
| tain certain horror for the word
Demagogues howl socialist" 10 gain tenn
| porary advantage over their superiors, but
| the truth will not much longer DC obscured.
| 1t is even now as popular to be known as a
| socialist as 1t has been scandasoas, for the
tendency of the age is towards socialism as
| the ultimate object of governmental per.
| fection, and this tendency viii soon be. il
| II is not already, an irresistible force. But
| TO those who are afraid OF socialism l want
| 10 say, all that we have III our present sys-
I TEN to which we can point with pride is
socialistic in its character. Our army and
whose victories we are proud, are highly So
| cialiZed functions. Our public school sys-
| TEN, the very foundation of our liberty is
| the best possible example of the operation
| OF the socialistic system. The politicians
who cry out against socialism would, II all
| their applications for places in the public
| service could be accepted, socialize the
! country within year. IL every man who
wants a government job or who would take
| one IL he could get it, were to be accommo-
dated the government would be compelled
| To engage at once III every line OF produc-
| tive industry, and then, forsooth, we should
| have the socialism against which these same
| people so ignorantly inveigh.
SOCIALISM OR DESPOTISM.
But if there are those who still doubt the
l'policy of extending this system TO other
| things, | want to impress it upon your
| minds that we have reached the forks of
the road; the future offers but two paths,
socialism or despotism; and | think upon
reflection you will conclude with senator
| Pettigrew, that socialism is preferable to
despotism. You will become an intelligent
| and independent member OF the ideal fra
ternal state, or you must yield to monop-
ollstic despotism.
CARNEGIE's PROPHESY.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie declares that indi-
NAuudllstu Will COht'slfG " tAlsL, puI 'udl
hereafter the millionaire siL become a trls-
tee for the poor. This Is the prophesy of
the STAKEHOLDER urged in eStenuation OF his
system of trusteeshp over the blacks. 1t IS
| the argument that ignorant despots and
immoral tyrants have used in all ages OF
the world to down the cries OF the op.
pressed. 1t is proof that this republic, far
from being permanently founded, Is now in
greater danger that it has ever been. 1t is
a happy thing that Mr. Carnegie has given
| Us the benefit of his prophesy on the future
| relations of society in this country. His
expressions may be considered as an admis-
sion of his own purposes and those OF his
coadjutors; for if i. De true that individ-
ualism is dead and that men are no longer
to be free to carve out their OWE careers
and indulge their own fancies in the par-
suit of knowledge and fortune. but are to
be the helpless and unciltl for wards pt
millionaires and monopolists, thea those
who falsely imagine that socialism means
the surrender of individual rights and the
| subordination of individual genius 20 the
whms Of state. will find IL IN easy matter
to prefer the Liberties o. soell,isn to the
slavery of individlalism. Bdt curse Car;ie-
gle as much as We may we must give him
! credit for having discovered the real truth
and for having been candid enough to as
sert 1t. We may as well understand our
future relation to the moncpolles now as to
learn it hereafter. | agree with him that
individualism is dead. 1t can never be res
| urrected. The present wretehed system Of
monopoly is its fruit and we can never re-
| turn to the condition which preceded the
growth. Time and experience have demon
strated its impracticablity for the require
ments of an enlightened age. 1t has been
found inadaquate to the demands Of per-
feet social state.
SLAVE OR FREEMAN-WHICH?
Unpleasant as the prospect may be it is
well to understand that hereafter men will
be the slaves OF millionaires or the benet-
claries OF the social commonwealth. We
have 1t in our power TO choose the road but
We must not long delay our choice. For my
own part, would rather be 20 der of the
| state than the slave OF a millionaire. l do
not fear that socialism will require me to
| surrender more of my liberty than | should
| surrender for the well being of myself and
society. Under the present system we
could scarcely be free and suffer greater
economic wrongs. We are free to starve
ii unable to find some capitalist able or will
ling to purchase our labor; and that is
the extent of our liberty. Under the most
| vicious application of socialism men could
not enjoy less liberty than they experience
under our present system OF monopoly. We
can afford to surrender some rights to So
ciety which we have reason to refuse to sur
| render to our monopolistic guardians. Men
must yield certain liberties in any sort OF
organized society, but with full power to
| establish our own status and enact as well
as interpret our own laws, it is inconeeiva.
Bile that we are likely to erect any system
| in the future which will be less liberal than
the spirit which actuated the change from
present conditions.
| SOCIALISM DEGREES THAT ROB-
Berry SHALL CEASE.
The more highly civilized society OF the
future will require only that men shah stop
| robbing each c her and that they shall live
more nearly the lives which alleged Chris-
tianity has failed to bring about. II to con-
form our social and industrial system to the
| rules OF Christianity is to surrender our
liberty then it were better that some OF lib
| srty was lost Ii az IL sad by some OF the
opponents Of socialism there would be lees
| individual independence / reply that there
will be lees universal and degrading de-
psndenes. II there be less incentive for de-
| vslopment, which i deny. there will be
| more time TO enjoy the fruits Of industry
| and genius already developed. Shall man
kind 20 on forever grinding out luxuries
| and necessities never to taste the former
or enjoy sufficient OF the latter! Shall
| mankind continue TO tramp up and down
| the land and starve while the surplus os
| their creation mocks their starving gaze
at every hand! II il were possible to