Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-11-08
SOCIALISM VS.. ANARCHY.

The October number of Wayland's Monthly
contains evidence from many Republican and
Democratic sources--from leading journals and
men of pronnence-to prove that Socialism
and Anarchy are by no means the same, but
that they are as wide apart as the poles.
| We quote from few:
New York Times
Socialism and organized labor do not breed
anarchists any more than thistles yield figs.
The unlkeness forbids that any relation should
subsist.
Kansas City Star
1t is easy enough to understand the anxiety
of Socialism to wash its hands of anarchism.
The two really resemble each other no more
than vice and virtue.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
In the course of the discussion aroused by
the crime OF CzoIgosz, much nonsense has been
talked and written about the onenes SIS of Social
ism and anarchy. AS matter of fact, the two
creeds have nothing in the world in common
Kansas City Times
There is no word which is so often misunder
stood as "Socast." 1t really means one who
studies and works for society, for the people
And so far from being a reproach, tc call man
Socialist is to credit him Wi h the purest and
deepest of phlanthlopc feelings.
Chicago Tribune, rep.
Upon every occasion when anarchists break
loose and put in practice their gospel of
force" there is popular tendency to include
Socialists also in the general condemnation
This, however, is mistake The Socialist
would have the state control everything; the
anarchist would abolish the state and have the
individual control everything, which would
mean chaos.
Rev Hughes pastor NJ Church X c., Mo
Anarchy and Socialism must not be CON
founded The two are Numerically opposed
Anarchy would abolish all government. The
Socialist on the other baud believes that we
should have different form OF government
from that which we nave-lnd God knows
there is room for mprovemen--but they seek
to attain that end by peaceable legislation.
There is no bloodshed or violence in the Social
istic program.
Philadelphia North American rep
The argument that because anarchy repre-
sents one form Of social discomfort, all forms Of
social discomfort are equally irrational and
dangerous with anarchy is put forward by those
who assume that in addressing the American
people they are speaking to fools. Only very
extraordinary kind of fool can be made 10 be-
lieve that because murderous wretch has at
tempted the life Of the president it becomes
everytody's patriotic duty to cease ciitcislng
the trusts, cease discussing the problem of
poverty and the dangers threatening the repub-
lie through the rapid growth of enormous for
tunes which have their roots in monopoly
Notwithstanding Czolgosz, and notw thstanding
the equally silly and repulsive efforts of the
organs of mindless variety of monied con-
se1vatism to turn Czolgosz's crime into an
argument against all reform, all progress, the
American people will still discuss questions
which involve the common welfare. The
singletaxer will persist in insisting that pow
erty would vanish were all tax S laid on land
The Socialist will continue to declare that the
government should take possession of the
trusts, and that the trusts themselves are the
most efficient wol kers for the incoming of the
Socalstic IDEAL OF a Cooperative Common
wealth Men who are neither single-taXers
nor Socialists Will continue TO ebate the wis
dom OF government ownership of the railroads
as a means for destroying the determinations
between persons aud places, and by thus con-
verting the iron roads into national highways,
break the backbone of the trusts which are
favored, as the Standard Oil Company is fav-
ored, by the transportation companies. Demo
Gratis will continue TO regaid protective tariff
as the mother of monopolies, and Republicans