Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-19
Three Thousand People Greet Him
At CaIder's Park,
SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM
Province OF the Socialist Party TO
Equallze Conditions In the
Industrial World

Eugene v Debs was greeted at CAL
der's park last evening by several thou
sand people. many OF whom were in
sympathy with him, all Of whom were
interested by him. Like the majority
Of the leaders Of the cause of labor,
| Mr. Debs Is full of resentment against
the present Industrial system and he
gives 1t vent In whitening sarcasm or
caustic iibe sometimes hidden under a
humorous cover. He did not fail to be
entertaining, however, and his speech
was frequently interrupted with APP
plause. lie was introduced TO the con-
! course Of people by A. 3. Elder, who
characterized him az the emancipation OF
the laboring man.
He made no direct reference to Mr.,
Gompers but implied tina the latter was
an agent OF the capitalists He said
Ao would not wish TO turn the trades
union into political organization, but
he wanted 20 see the workingman use
an his political opportunities. Mr.. Debs
said In Fart as follows
STRIKES are used by the working
strike As only contest between
stomach and a steel bank book. All
sllFCs have not been failures, but
the best place to strike Is at the ballot
box. The capitalists recognize that all
chances are in favor Of their winning
strikes. and they often provoke them
notably the recent steel strike, IN which
the men were defeated and forced to
study socialism. have always favored
trades unions and DO now, but no man
Is q good unlOnlst unless he votes for
the party which stands for the working
class The union label is q good thing
but every union man should place the
label on his ballot There are only two
parties-CapiJalist and Socialist II
matters not which of the two branches
of the capitalist class wlns-the work.
ing class loses The Socialist party
stands for the working class interests,
and Is their own party.
Capitalists create war TO find mar
kets for products manufactured by our
workmen, but who have no money to
buy them II there had been no mar
kets wanted in the Philippines, or gold
In South Africa, there would have been
no wars. The men who make the wars
DO not 80 to do the fighting. War Ia
simply murder In uniform, When |
think Of a bayonet being pushed into
the quiyering flesh Of human being | |
recoi and ! cannot celebrate any VIC |
tories with the end Of competition will |
come the end OF war,
There are only two theories-the An |
and indiyidualistic idea OF |
each for himself, and the Soclalistic and |
cooperative idea, Of each for all. The |
class struggle will not always exist |
The working class can only emancipate |
itself by abolshlng private ownership |
Of productive capital. Under Socialism |
each worker will receive a certificate for |
the full result Of his toll, and what he |
purchases with this certificate will be |
his private property.
THE trust is paving the way for the
new social order, 1t Is crushing out
all competition. and II will soon be I'M
possible for any one to enter into busl-
ness on small capital. The small manu-
facturer farmer. ETC., Is being crushed
out and all the wealth Is being gathered |
into the hands Of a few. This will fnaN
ly result In all business centralizng |
into the hands OF one capltalist-the
people themselves. The small busl
ness man will be appropriated by the
larger ones and then the people viii ex-
the great trust magnates.
when Socialists take control OF the
powers Of government, capitalism will
fall. never to rise again, When Social
ism triumphs at the polls, industry will
run comparatively Youn not know
that a change has taken place unless
you read II in the newspapers, as ~%try
train and wheel will run on time. There
viii be no masters and no slaves, The
machine will be the only slave, and
men and women can walk side by side
on the highways Of the world, equally |
sharing in the glorious brotherhood Of
the new social order