Gunnison news-champion., 1903-03-06
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laIal II .arI..ls la.iaf esslaeted lran
aa1r aad la.l s.l le1a..a alass 1apita. a.
a.assfsia A -ai aas ssstaua b. capita. -
aa-a = naEF sh.a m ase lias
asaa.sa prslars sHus wEHlh al tae pe0
p.e u-a lha prisaIe ssnalslp 81 t,iaai
aausteaas capital IHa asaer-HsF VI
.aen HF tae cap-a..s. afIarls lso asaaHs
sauatF al. ,he FfI.a uag b. eSpiaaiaa
HF lsv al taE isaap.e. lae wufking
class b aaulHi .'l O. sal 81 .aiar Pg~eI
Io co., eapllaIlst c.ass ou Hsa te euaali
t.aa- llaf sle lasars pr.-lr'ae, AZ ahis
uaaHz tle gapifa st e.as uaa tBe wars
H- class. ufa 3D. Frsls a pr1,uctioH
aud caHs.iulu- u-iHa.
>saa.-m preassas tHaf tue vaaAng
e-s. sba Hra,iall al eeaIsH. iu iIs cob
eaee -sIaa. .s shall avu aul operate lns
ualH= cd urllu. .lal aud d.-lf. aa.i1u noS
Hal 81 tae capitalists.
Il0 Wars.H1 class elH t-ar ilaaf from
aIazfra slavery u5 o.Hal Was, tlerei1re
-.arili-Hi b. uHs==ars la Olsrfy.
N9a wealth 5 sarpas raal u-ea ior
pr.yara su .ay lilslit. ..uab as h1usgs- iurui-
.are. c.alau- veH.dIg-. watches. musical
Instruments. s,e. These things should b.
owned 5y lhc individual un5 uses them
A. tat pus-snt umu maus thau halt ths
people Hye u hpu-..s ogsued ny ihe capi-
taIst GLASS; u.ier socialism The hause
which a Hiau uses would Halaag o. him 50
1ug as be- 1afta to oocupy %.
Socialism does nut prupuse shat wealth
-houid De- owned Collectively, bu GA Che
contrary. that ID snail be- owned privately
A. therefore follows that under socialism
$50 per cent Of the peopie viii own more
private wealth than they do now.
by owning capital or the means Of pro
ductiun and distribution collectively every
worker recetyes the fall praduct ct his or
her labor As only capital with labor APP
piled viii produce wealth, so il follows that
an who are able and can will have to
work
. but when private product ur ownership
OF capital Is stricken uut aud industry thor
oughly organized a small amount OF labor
viii produce a great amount OF wealth.
1t is altogether probable that great
many readers OF this article have had a very
hazy idea of socialism, for Il you under
stood il you would surely work for it.
suppose you put your brain to work and
begin 10 think. / he man who thinks is
the man who rules. II you think wha
the capitalist class teaches you 10 think
your thoughts will help them to enslave
YOU.
Cultiyate your own thoughts and he your
own master. stop electing the capitalists
or their servants the ruling class 10 Office
on the theory that they can represent you
No man can represent other than his Own
class. Under socialism every man aud
woman will have an equal voice in public
affairs through direct legislation. Bach
department OF industry viii conduct its own
affairs by those who work in that depart
ment Mining will be carried ON by
miners, railroadlng by railroaders, farming
By farmers, etc,
The system will run much better than
our present competitive system and By sy
tematic organization. where now Things
run without system, and result in panic
under competition and competition is de-
clared 10 be war and General sherman
said War is he'll, and so competition is
hell
Those poor suffering women and child
ren in the east without coal or wood Bon
fuel To warm themselves know what com
petition is
Trust organization is a result ct the de-
sire Of capitalists % bring order out OF
chaos, to systematic production and dis
tubuuuu. The trusts are going in The
right direction but the people should own
them. The politician who talks about
destroying the trusts iu any way except
by the collective ownership OF capital Is
either very dishonest or very ignorant
probably both.
Read what J. Herpout Morgan said fn
an Interview published ia the boston Post
~ and men ike me are the inevitable 4r-
gauizers OF the work OF the world. Our
proceedings may not DC pleasant but they
aIc necessary. We are DOING what mus.
be- done, and o i eventually for the inter-
est of all the people W hen the time comes
that all the people resolve TO take thei~uvu
they viii lind the systemization ready for
them. You may call rs socialists. il vou
please, for that is the ultimate ct what we
are doing-the taking over by tine people
Of the material uf their lives
However, don't expect capitalists b.
make laws that VIII free You from the task
they have set for you 10 DO.
Capitalists compel you, ranehmen. farm
ers. wagp-earners To give un the H1rE1f-r