The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-03-08

and of machinery, which Is SIMPLY !"
nononol,, of the employment of labor
must cease. Man cannot work by NM
self and for himself alone any more
than he can live in and from nlmseif
alone. but does and must live In ana
nv another: so too must ne have ms
fellow man - a partner, and produc-
tion the ioi result of their co-opera-
ton. will be made easy and lead 10 the
salvation of society. Then VIII social
ism. at which you may sheer take
the place of a society which enaOles tue
monopolists to live in luxury at the eN-
pense of millions of laborers.
Very true and plausible, but in Its
realization is it not Utopian? Abstract
principles when pitted against greed
and selfshness will not touch the heart.
Christian principles appeal 10 the
heart. To educate and develop the IN
teIlect. and ignore or totally disregard
the aspiratio of the soul Simply
means get what YOU can and as qulcE-
~ as possible, for there is no success
like that which succeeds. II SOFT
sympathetic heart be an obstacle TO
successful career. it must be sup
pressed Do the Socialists perceive the
obstacles that stand between them ana
the rea ization of their ideas Man
without Christian influence, and I'M
bued with the spirit of Christ, can pc
in the concrete only what the lndlNlu7
ual man is. But the aspirations OF tns
individual naturally are material greed
animal pleasures, and selfish lhdul-
gences The intellect educated ana
developed, without any effort TO touch
a sympathetic cord of the heart Tor
suffering humanity, will only seek the
means to attain its end. Waving all
ha Snpi11 lists ASSUMING
social equality have no reason to emu
late the moral equality of those VINO
succeeded in the battle OF life and en-
ioy material prosperity. To invoke the
arm of the government to protect the
man who has not the time, talent nor
disposition to make new discoveries
and add to the list of inventions in
labor saving machinery, and make MN
an equal sharer in the tolls and brain
work of the successful inventor, would
be not only a fatuous principle, Dut
one destructive of personal ambition.
Mankind. needing fellowship, is in a
certain sense socialistic, that is. the
entire human race either by nature. or
Gods grace are socialists. The highest
conception of pure socialism may pc
found in the ideal Christian family
Hence in the Catholic sense socialism
means the affectionate interest which
should animate the human race who
are in very truth Gods family. Modern
socialism, instead of trying to assimi-
late and unite all by the Christian
bond of charity, is simply protest,
gives expression to its protestatlon |
against existing evils in angry tones.
with its lot, modern So
cialism by many real and some mag
mary evils. rebels against the existing !
order, and hates capital. To remedy |
the evil we must first find the cause. |
The Catholic solution is that all the |
evils complained of are the effects arts !
ing from neglect of training the heart !
to express it's sympathy for suffering |
humanity. The human family must be |
brought back to its primitive Christian |
state and show faith in its workings,
that ideal charity and simplicity OF the
good master. Too antiquated, cries out |
cold. selfish human nature. Too Utop- |
ian, cry the modern socialists. Has the
warm glow of Christian charity then
wasted all its energies? Have our du-
ties to God and our neighbor ceased?
Are we no longer bound to lovS? Are |
all these Christian ideas antiquated or |
Utopian? Still you seek for solution
Of the difficulties that you say exist.
Will it be that unutterable word reyo-
luton? There is no other alternative.
d. Kelly.
Salt Lake City, Feb. u, 1902.