The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-02-28
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American Socialism is but the natural
growth of American democracy. This
as an unusual statement but I think
I can show it to be a true one. Am
eriean democracy has generally been
supposed to mean extreme Individual
ism, while in fact it has always meant
just the contrary. Political democra-
cy means simply that the power of the
whole people is used to make each cit
izen secure in his political rights.
What does industrial democracy, or
Socialism. mean, but the use of the
power of the whole people, to make Sc
cure the industrial rights of the i'll
dividual?
Is there any difference, then, be-
tween the struggle of our forcfathers
for political democracy, and our own
struggle for industrial democracy?
Have not each Of us had to fight against
our kings and overturn our monarch
les, before we obtained our liberties
and established our democracies? But
our fight is not; yet fininshed. So far
we haye little more than compelled
our kings" to. grant us our Magma
Charta," and proclaimed a few "bills
OF rights" We are still in the stage
of industrial constitutional nonar-
chy." Some. are content to remain
there, but the Socialist wishes to push
forward until complete democracy is
realized. We have yet to make our
final declaration of Industrial indepen-
dence, and to establish our newer and
greater. constitution, based upon the in
dustrial equality and rights Of man.
That is why I say as did in the be-
ginning. that American Socialism is the
natural outgrowth, and not contradict
ton, Of American democracy. Dem
ocracy has outlived its evil prophets.
It has not been perfect, but it has made
fewer mistakes. and committed fewer
i crimes than any monarchy Of equal
length of life. And in the same way,
Socialism, the legitimate heir of dem
| ooracy, will prove false those evil pro-
| phecies with which unbelievers now
seek to retard it's progress. And this
| evolution of Industrial America, with
| it's impending triumph of democracy,
is the true history OF American Social
| ism.-Prof. Clark F.. Persinger.
!
How refreshing the utterance Of
John Bascom concerning the Rockefeller
University requests! But why should
| it cause stir: for Christian educator
to protest against gifts obtained by
deliberate fraud and hailing the donor
as a philanthropist? Nothing could
more fully exhibit the demoralizing
! influence Of such gifts than the I'M
seemly haste with which the "bene-
fciaries" have come to the defense of
the dishonest methods of the Standard
oil magnate. But all have bowed the
knee to Baal. DR.. Parkhurst Of New
York declares Rockefellers record to
be one of "villainy.' And who can
question it after reading the story now
running in McClure's Magazine?
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!" The dali
! les are falling into line. The Boston
traveller is the latest to take up the
demand Of the age. Here is what it
says: SOCIALISM. is an entity to-day.
It is marchingzona with resistless force.
It's sWal loWiRg;ra ilroads and factories.
Tt IS absorbing nVery department of hui:
man Industry and welding them all in
one vast Community Of ownership"
At present Rockefeller, Morgan, and the
rest are the instruments Of this, forced
on by self-interest. But they are build
ing a. car Of Juggernaut which will fl
nally trample over them. All public
utilities will finally beong to the peo-
pie. The title will rest with them.
! This is the hope and promise of the CEN
/ tury. It will be all the easier for the
government to take these great prop
critics in the name of the people when
the time is ripe"
Fifty thousand unemployed workers
made a. demonstration in Vienna re-
Gently, the poverty and distress among
them being indescrlbable,
Yearly the Russian Censor burns
thousands OF books, the contents of
which are deemed detrimental to the
welfare Of the Cars government. This
year the number OF books burnt ex-
ceeds all Of the previous years, among
those burnt being all the biogra plies
Of Victor Hugo, all histories of the
French Revolution and all the works
on political economy by Russian pro-
fessors.
Count Ballestram, president of the
German Reichstag, received his thirty
pieces Of silver for suppressing free
speech in that parliament when the
Socialist Deputy, Wolmar, attempted to
criticise Emperor Williams demagogic
speech at >Breslar against Socialism and
Socialists. Count Ballestram has been
made hereditary knight Of the Prussian
house Of mobiles.
The reactionafy newspapers of Ger.
many, especially those of Saxony, al.
ways harp upon Socialistic municipal
misgovernment. In the recent mum.
cipal elections in the province of Man
helm, the Socialists were returned as
receiving twice as many votes as the
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