, 1901-06-05

WHAT are tne pIllclpdl features III lle
socialists plan?" will you allow me
space in your paper, that | believe
reaches the greatest number of intel
ligent thinking people in this state, to
give a brief outline of what socialism
is.
Before entering into the subject, l
wish to say that it is the prime OBJ
ject of all true socialists to discuss this
question. that is so ably set forth in
day, with intelligent thinking people.
We believe in evolution, but life is 90
short, and time is too valuable to try
to convince those who ape or parrot
like repeat the oft quoted statement
that socialists simply want to divide
up the wealth of the rich with the
poor"
If you can imagine about how long
it would take to convince such people
that they We're in error, you can also
imagine how long it took. according
to the theory of evolution. for man to
evolve from the lower forms to the
state of his present intelligence. Time
is toe precious to try to make social
lists out of apes" or parrots. We may
some day be able to reach these peo-
pie in much the same way that Emer-
son did his calf. Emerson said:
1T depends after all a great deal
on knowing how to do a thing. Me
and my brother tried for half an hour
to get an unruly calf into the barn,
when our hired girl seeing us came
out, put her finger into the calf's
mouth and walked into the barn fol
lowed by the calf"
Webster says: Socialism is a the
Dry of society that advocates a nor
precise. orderly and harmonious ar
rangement of social relations of man
kind than that which has hitherto pre-
vailed
"A theory of polity that aims to Sc
cure the reconstruction of society. in
crease of wealth. and a more equal
distribution of the products of labor
through the public collective owner
ship of labor and capital Gas distin-
guished from property and the pub
lie collective management Of all in
dustries. It's motto is, Every one &C
cording to his deeds."-Standard die,
~t.onary.
THE ethics of socialism are identi,
cal with the ethics of Christianity
Encyclopedia Britannica.
"The golden rule applied to every
day life."-Prof. Ely.
= Socialism is an education. When
the time is ripe it will be just as e
pedient as feudalism. that followed
chattel slavery; just as expedient as
industrial slavery. that followed feuda-
lism. Feudalism was substituted for
chattel slavery in the interest of the
masters because it was more economi-
cal. Industrial or wage slavery evolv-
ed from feudalism in the interest of
the masters. because it was more
economical than feudalism. and more
productive than any system that was
ever invented. A marked distinction
between these systems and socialism
is that the latter will go on record as
being the first system to be in the in
tereSt of the slaves.
Socialism mean a perfectly organ
lied state of society . A better state
would be u~nthinkable. In such a state,
local pe%culiarities have no right to be
preserved that are in opposition of
unity. They should have no right to
exist, much less receive the constitu-
tional protection in any government.
Socialism conforms to natural law.
and natures laws never established
geographical lines for a perfectly or
ganized state of society. Necessity is
world into socialism. 1t is asserting
itself nov
The progress made in New Zealand
in this direction is surprising to many.
and still these people are going right
on contracting the sphere of individ-
ual ownership of the land, and all the
public utilities.
The people of the city Of Glasgow,
Scotland, have almost forgotten that
all the public utilities were once
owned by private enterprise.
Many Of the older countries W in
whole or part a great many of the pub
lie utilities hat only a few years ago
were owned by private enterprise, and
in many respects are in advance of
our own country in social and politi-
cal economy. In our wi country we
have the exceptional efficiency Of the
postofice, patent Office, public schools,
Geological and other surveys, the light
house and signal service, the labor Of
the national observatory. the homes.
asylums, poor houses. penal institu-
lions, fire and police department. But
why continue with these ~unbearable.
omnipotent contradictions?
There are a great many people who
fear that under socialism we would all
become government slaves" Just
think Of the government slaves in the
postofice. public schools. and other de-
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