The Florence daily tribune., 1899-08-14
Mr.. BrimbIe Speaks Again.

to como on" and take fall out of
it, if possible. To quote the exact
terms, it is as follows: How are
you going to encourage effort in
this world by removing all incen-
tive to labor" Yes, how? A man
who would attempt to do anything
of the kind would have his hands
full. Socialism, and let me en-
phasize this passage, does not in
tend to do anything of the kind.
If it did, it would deserve all the
ridicule its opponents are capable
of showering upon it. 1t is a com
mon occurrence in argument for a
man to build up a thing of straw,
label it to suit himself, tear it to
pieces, jump back and strike an
attitude, and cry, as he shows an
astonished populace the mutilated
remains, There"
Your correspondent has built up
a very mysterious organization
which he says would provide for
man to the extent of removing him
from any necessity to labor. Where
this wonderful thing would be To-
Gated, how it would run, and how
it would distribute its products, he
very inconveniently does not say.
He names it socialism" however,
Let us consider. Man, to exist,
must, of necessity, have recourse
to the necessaries of life. What
may be said to be the necessaries
of life? Food, in the first place;
shoes, clothing, hats, housing, med
icines, etc. Man having risen to
his present standpoint, has devel-
oped an aesthetic taste and demands
Injuries. What is included in this
term? Pianos, concerts, books,
parks, libraries, baths and gardens.
Now, within the memory of man
none of these things have dropped
from the sky, and it follows, of
necessity, that they must come
from some source. And what is
that source? LABOR >!
Bearing this important fact in
mind will the propounder of the
query enlighten the people as to
how they will enjoy the necessar-
les and Injuries of life in the Co
operative Commonwealth without
having to employ activity in pro-
ducing them. 1t is fact most
evident that wealth cannot exist
without labor; to have wealth labor
must have been exerted,
We do not pose as magicians,
producing something out of moth
ing, and the socialistic state will
not be compendium of miracles.
The fact that we wish every man
to have his Just share in the social
production cannot be urged that
we intend to build up fabric in
which the laws of nature and of
society would be set aside. 1t is
strange that because socialists adj
vocate system of government in
which the workers, mental and
manual, would receive a full re-
Enumeration for their labor, that
they are spoken of as DESTROYS of
building up society in which
men would be angels. No man
can tell to what heights mans in
telligence will lift him in the future
aud it is more than one can say
where he will be this time next
year and what his circumstances
will be. but we do say that in such
a society justice would be the pre-
vailing idea, and more than that
no man can reasonably ask.
Mr.. Warner, in his last letter.
raises lot of dust in his anxiety
to dodge the original question by
Mr.. Peil. Why did he, as an adj
vocate of individualism, work for
municipal ownership in Florence?
He is an anarchist, and doesn't
know it, and yet he catches at
things that SAVIOR of collective own
ership in the endeavor to show the
people that he is abreast of the