The daily sentinel., 1902-10-30


what the socialists by cooperative common
wealth Under this system every who labors for
capitalist because they must use the employ
of labor for their private gain There must be
capitalists in the operative commonwealth ~
speaker here enumerated the many articles which
individuals would not be allowed to produce. Women
could make their hats man his own machin
cry. who leases mine is capitalist and there
fore rubbing in opposition to the cooperative common
wealth employs workmen for his private ends
All printing would be done by the and
coud have book published until it had been censored by
the government.
| "Al of the industry of the country will be in the
and tyrranical of the said Mr.
Patterson m anybody denies it he is flying in the face
of what declared to be the underlying principle of the
cooperative commonwealth. Someone will surely urge
that there ought be exceptions but Just
exception the entire fabric falls the ground "
| Senator Patterson proceeded to lay down what he
said generally conceded three influences that oler
able of society demands first Independence in meet
ing wants; second. value; third will
opportunity of selection of profession The first
sion denied by the potico socialist for the
and not the determines what he shall have
Under the present state of affairs obtain any
thing he wishes providing he find person to make 1t
for him pay Under the proposed
operative commonwealth it will depend entirely the
will of the committee bureau whether
man gets a certain article he wishes He would
convince them that the ought to make
it for him and that it would be we'll for the common
wealth have it. Concerning OF value under
proposed system Patterson said that it could
money for that would be private capital and there
could be profit for private individual They in
stead propose certificates of labor Thus the
gineer locomotive would get the certificate
for eight hours work the section hand.
''Some it is true, saidsthe speaker, 'have
suggest that the certificates show the kind quail
ty of the labor and the relation Of kind
tof labor o another. If this be done. would have
nothing of stability by which to value. On the
other hand would have million different measures
of value For instance if would determine the
ure value of certificate for eieht hours work in lab
work done
million other different articles and the labor
/ is alike The speaker here cited the
affairs existing when 999 Industrious dscov
cred they doing work against lazy and
ceving for it, 'Under the cooperative SYSTEM
he said, will continue do work than a
lazy therefore the quality of work will
its when its value is be deter
mined''
| Touching upon the proposition that under the com
system there be election of labor Mr.
said that the government would nave to regulate
the supply and demand and therefore whoever would
choose his calling in life must before the
ment and petition for the privilege and if the vocation
he seeks crowded in proportion to the demand for
produces he be content with other business
''Is that slavery? Is not that tyranny said the
speaker
Mr. Patterson asserted that the average member of
the socialist party had had opportunity to be-
meath the surface and face face with the real
truths of the system he proposed to Install 1T means
industrial chaos said he 1T governmental chaos
and the lowering the standard of manhood and
hood of the turning the hives of workers
to hive of drones.''
| AS far as assisting in getting legislation for the
Patterson said the socialist
hands tied for they had to support
candidate of another party receive the endorsement of
another party A far assisting in securing the fam
eght-hour law concerned they dead heads
the train. They have denounced petty palliative
everything in legislation that falls in de-
short of their desired goalthe operative com
monwealth. The socialist party today, by its dec
aratons have withdrawn themselves from the armies
making the fight in the field The socialist party is
of towards when hold to them the demands
of working and women for they claim that all the
of the parties in to help them are
petty palliative measures that nothing is worthy of
the whole of the operative
monw ealth.'
The asserted that the reforms being sought to-
day only the result of the mighty struggles of
long duration Throw off the chains of slavery and
the active of fighters that is the fray for the
conditions of your fellow and do not
continue longer in the army of the sulkers. -