The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-04-20

however, be true that socialism will, to
any extent whatever, control the results
of thrift but everyone will own and con-
troll the results of his own "industry and
thrift" Socialists do not "desire to
overthrow the right to possess the re-
suits of individual industry and thrift
but we are determined to eternally
overthrow the right of few owners Of
the necessities of our lives to hold us up
at '.any old time" and rob us of what is
our own and also the right Of the social
sharks to foreclose mortgages on the
homes and other necessities of the work
ers and drive them out to freeze are pay
rent. Mr.. Collins says that Socialism
means that the thriftless shall share
equally with the thrifty and the lazy
with the industrious" and for a man of
his understanding and culture to say
such an untruth is for him to commit
the inexcusable sin Of wilfully creating
a misleading impression among his read
ers. Under socialism, the industrious
will be wealthy and the lazy can receive
no pay for labor performed by another
He says anarchy will lead to Nspo-
leonic despotism.' We do not defend
anarchy. We have the anarchy to-day
and in Colorado they have the "des-
potism", and as we have Colorado, we
have the anarchy and despotism both
and are not short of would be Napoleons
The rich are our anarchists, but that is
nothing new for them. They have ever
overridden the laws made to control the
workers, ;and if anarchy ever reigns as
the result of demands on the part of the
toilers, it will be because they were
driven to it and had the example set
before them. but the anarchy of which
we stand in most immediate danger is
not "Napoleonic" but will more likely be
Jno. D. Rockefellerian or J. p. Inorganic
despotsm and does he think either of
the latter or a combination of the two
preferable to "Napoleonic?" .The farm
er is better farmer who is a patriotic
citizen he says. There is no farmer
SO Loyalty patriotic as the intelligent So
cialist farmer. and none SO unpatriotic
toward the useful toilers of his country
as the farmer who votes private own
ership party ticket in foolish belief that
the sort of legislation that will increase
the wealth of the business class will be
good also for him. Editor Collins should
consider that hoboes are men, Of an or
der, and he should also just speculate
little some time on the cause for their
existence as hoboes. The hoboes are
our brothers and should be furnished an
abundance of agreeable and remunera-
tive employment SO that they might live
as men. Our present system is hobo
factory and the cause. not the effect, is
to be logged. He says ''the arguments
of socialists focus in contiscation." He
used the wrong word. 1t should have
been replevening. Socialists will never
deprive man of ownership of anything
that belongs to him. Restoring stolen
property from the thieves to rightful
owners will never be wrong. Don't
monkey with politics, Mr.. Collins:
keep right on giving US a good agricul-
turist paper and we farmers will vote all
right when we are all socialists. and we
shall never do you nor any other man an
injustice but we shall have justice for
ourselves. will flock to our banner OF lib
erty in whole bodies at time and such
will be the case because they will per
ceive that the conditions we seek to es
tabllsh among men will be most highly
conclusive to righteous living.
The majority of them are conscien-
tious and only need to be shown the
truth when they will follow it, Study
socialism as if your lives depended on it
for they do and become toe kind of So |
cialists that can tell why they are SO
cialists and why every laboring,nen
ought to vote for our candidates.
If you have dime to spare spend it
for literature and when all goes wrong
with you, still hope for socialism.
K. w. DALzIEL,
Chairman Lynch Local