The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-05-27
MR.. KNOWLES LETTER AND
SOCIALISM.
FREEMAN KNOWLES
ATTORNEY
Deadwood, S. D., April 26, 1904.

appeared in the Whitewood Plaindeaer phmphe
From what have heard of am oat
believe intentionally do injustice send copy
today you what sa Sioux Falls
d eo fought three years for claw and
before was twenty years Of and never a M
opposed law and order On page IS OF the pamphlet say
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'tirade against law and order2"
Its that anarchy and socialism often by the
untDkn the dameica opposed to each other One
anarchist, the hopeful man is socialist
When have read read look 20" ad La6ed wit" your
Very respectfully yours, .
MI. Knowles pamphlet reads just like the old populist
arguments 90 He goes the ground and prints
the statements that ferventy shouted from many
platform during Bryans first campaign.
Mr.. Knowles writer say that much for
him. His statements however, Tar from facts IN most
Admitting that Mr. Knowles is honest man, he
shows woefu lack of Judgment holding in all
examples from the extremes of all conditions he mentions
He would have believe quote from the beginning of his
pamphlet that 1aborng classes are in poverty This
everyone knows certain element in poverty
would continue be if their paths strewn with
golden opportunities The farming classes he claims barely
make living and that two htts poverty
stricken half the balance mortgaged beyond
redempton The u s. Statistical Atlas for 1900 shows the
increased number of improved farm from 1870 to 9OO to
be hundred million. The value of our improved farm
lands 1890 about thirteen and one-at billions OF
lions! The unmproved farmer seems to be improving raw
and increasing his values at alarming rate tor
pauper Every strike occurred Mr. Knowles holds
proof that conditions nbearable to those who labored
and that strike Mr. Knowles does not
know that strikes themselves indication OF perity
Who heard Of strike when there work in the
country to do?
He says the socialist is hopeful In the
where does it in His writings take the most
gloomy Respondent side of everything he mentions Ou1
farmers are papers says Mr. Knowles Our laborers
than that for they compelled to work at the POM
of bayonets Colorado Girls who support themselves
sacrifice Of In fact all under the
grinding heel Of the capitalist according to the gentleman
and worst doesn't know how change to b
brought about
However up his pamphlet everyone being robbed
capitalists This present system Of ours grinding
the life and ambition out of all except those who owl
majority of the stock He not now ane
not Tor some time been IN generally prosperous eon
people. In his he contends that prospect
has not touched him and he knows others IN his hx
Although he denies prosperity he insists that 1T VII
pass To conceive of thing passing away tina
never mental feat which we admit we are no
equal to-
Anyway a depression is says. He admits tina
Of depression have marked the worlds history sine
had history but denies such things would be true nde
that beautiful brotherly 1oveabe thing called socialism
average very little about this socialism
get present It sort OF coninlun
ownership Of everything Theoretically
beautiful Pracca1yit complete and utter failnr
humble opinion entirely unit Tor human needs
practical socialism has been failure, Whe
seosy has been fully carried out Mr. Knowles wou
A1ittle socialism, like Little competition. IS goo
it,. Either carried to the extreme results i
yAS ssut good and satisfactory results.
of government is not perfect, We all know that
Sull wrongs would not Be righted because huma
not perfect. The great error reformers az max