Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-07
ABOLISH PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.

recruited from organized labor ana II
Is also known that the appeal OF Soc
inllst orators is addressed directly 10
members of labor unions but the aver
age independent citizen OF Iowa mas
Nttle knowledge Of the specific nature
of the socialists argument, hence the
campaign address Of Benjamin HAN
ford. socialist candidate for vice presi-
dent will be Of interest
Addressing himself to trade unionists
Mr.. Hanford commonds their unions
in SO far as they succeed In cutting
down the employers profit" but COM
plains that the trades union falls snort
of the ideal purpose whenever u single
workman is out OF u Job. Then Mr.
Hnnford proceeds to condemn the sys-
tom of private ownership OF any prop
erty by an illustration OF shoe fac-
tory. He starts with u man who pos
sesses 100000, acquired either by
.robbery. rent or profit" and this ctti-
zen Ia SO base as to demand $4,000 per
wear for the use Of this money. which,
Hartford complains, amounts to his de-
mani to spend his 100000 every
twer,ty years, and keep 1t too The
way such infamous business is DONE
according to Hanford, Is for our citi-
zen to invest his 100000 as capital
In a shoe factory. He then hires men
TO work in his shoe factory and says
that he pays them for working. but In
reality, as Hanford argues. they pay
him for the privilege Of making shoes
That is where he gets his $1,000"
An unthinking man might believe
that this is terrible state OF affairs
when many men must pay one man for
the privilege Of working, but is 1t? One
hundred years ago, shoe maker made
shoes without paying anybody for the
privilege. With hammer and needle
and piece of leather he made shoes out
IN The wood shed. Some shoe makers
had more brains than others and work.
ed harder They made better shoes
than the average and their trade grew
80 rapidly that they had to hire other
men to help them. Then some enter
pristng man among them thought of a
machine and finally n real genius
among shoe makers borrowed from the
small savings of his father, uncles,
aunts. fellow townsmen and savings
bank deposits of fellow worlsmen a sum
Of 100000. He agreed to pay each one
S. a year for the use Of every 800 and
he invested the money in a large brick
building, long rows OF machines. huge
piles of leather. engines, boilers, dyn-
amos, etc, and he said to other shoe
makers "Come on, boys, the old FASH
toned ways are too slow. Lets all
work together In one shop and we can
make shoes much faster. I'll pay you
for your time more than you can make
working alone, and I'll take my chanc-
es on finding market for all tho shoes
we can make. I'll pay every old wo-
man and every workman s per cent per
annum for the use Of the factory, ma
chimes, etc, which their money has
purchased for us. and I'll take out a
salary for myself. You will get your
wages no matter whether the venture
wins or loses, if 1t wins I'll get some
profits for the risk I've taken, IL 1T
loses. lose all I have all my father
and relatives have saved in years OF
toll and sacrifice and all that the wo-
men and workmen have loaned to mo
Of their savings" This is the real sys-
tenn Of private ownership Of property
How many Of us would like to go back
to cobbling our own shoes?
''Those shoemakers go into the fac
tory of Our Man." says Hanford. "and
for the privilege OF using his means of
production they first make n pair of
shoes for the landlord, and last they
make a pair of shoes for which they are
paid. Every time they make three
pairs Of shoes they are paid only for
the labor power which makes one pair"
Now that is awful isn't It? Suppose
they didn't do this? Before they could
make any shoes at all they would have
to make house to live In, and to make
house they would have to get the
lumber. to cut down the trees and to
do this they would need to make an
ak but modern axes are made in great
factories which they would not have,
so they would tie sharp stone on the
end of stick and we would be en-
joying the luxuries OF the stone age,
living in caves. wearing skins and eat
ing wild berries. But suppose they
were willing to make pair Of shoes
for the landlord then they must needs
get tools for shoe making and this
would take them down into the bowels
OF the earth for the iron ore. Having
dug this up they must needs melt It
and make 1t into machinery, but very
few shoemakers would ever know how
to make sewing machine out of iron
ore. SO what are they going to do?
Why they find 1t easier to make pair
of shoes for the man who does know