Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1900-11-27

always acquired the deep instinct,
that this is and must be the duty of
the state. to help the individual by
means of the union of all to such
development as he would beincapable
of attaining as an Individual Fer
dinand Lasalle.
Socialism is contemporary man
hesitation Of social grievance which
has through untold generations been
borne by the sweating millions OF
labor, that have endured patiently
and died in silent misery, leaving no
record OF their awful burden of sor.
row. 1t is the cause of wretched null
titudes of men and women and child
rem that has at last found utterance
and organization, the protest of
workers that still suffer from excessive
hours of n1Onotonous drudgery in
mine and factory in many lands, who
live in economic insecurity and deg
radiation, surrounded by the SUPER
abundant wealth which their toll has
created. - From time immemorial
the working classes have been sunk in
drudgery and ignorance, bearing the
burden of society without sharing its
happiness. PROF. Thomas Kirkup.
"The ethical ideals of socialisnrhave
attracted to it generous souls and
have enlisted in its ranks it's best adj
herents. 1t IS these ethical ideals
which have inspired the rank and file
of the socialistic army with fiery zeal
and religious devotion. 1t may be
said indeed, that nothing in the pres
ent day is SO likely to awaken the
conscience of the ordinary man or
woman, or to increase the sense of
individual responsibility, as thoro
course in socialism. The study of So
cialism has proved the turning point
in thousands of lives, and converted
selfseeking men and women into self
sacrificing toilers for the masses. The
impartial observer can scarcely claim
that the Bible produces so marked an
effect upon the daily habitual life of
the average man and woman, who
profess to guide their conduct by it,
as socialism does upon its adherents.
The strength of socialism in this re-
spect is more like that of early Chris
tianity as described in the New Tesla.
ment-Prof, Richard T. Ely.
every commonly we hear men say,
yes, it is a pity that things are so
bad; but it is no fault of ours, and
nothing we can do will mend them
"Now, John, this is cowardly and
dishonest excuse. 1t is the old plea
of Cain, Am my brothers keeper
No one can shirk his responsibility.
We are none of us guiltless when
wrong is done. We are all response
BILE, in some degree, for every crime
and sin, and for every grief and shame
for which or by which our fellow
creatures suffer.
do your duty, John. Do not lie to
your soul any more. Long have you
known that injustice and misery are
rife amongst the people. If you have
not acted upon the knowledge, 1T is
not because you know it to be useless
so to act, but because you were lazy
and perferred your ease, or because
YOU were selfish and feared to lose
your advantage, or because you were
heartless and did not really feel any
pane at sight of the sufferings OF
others.
"These common sights of the COM
mon streets, John, are very terrible to
me. To man of nervous tempera-
ment, at once thauttul and imagina-
tive, those sights must be terrible.
The prostitution under the lamps, the
baby begger in the gutter, the broken
pauper in his livery of shame, the
weary worker sitting in his filthy
slums, the wage slave toiling at his
task, the sweaters victim, sewing AT