The Delta independent., 1904-05-06
MATERIALISM
tBY WM. AsHE.)

Tho following article is taken from
The Alliance of the Rockies and pub
lished by request.
| There are two types OF mental curios
serving the beneficiary class of the pres
ent order while acting as guardians oi
the human product Of society:
On the one hand is the professional
| moralist. who is paid salary for trying
to teach man how not to sin under The
pressure of an evil environment. How
to be good despite the sinful conditions
in which he was burn, nurtured and
educated to believe.
The other mental curiosity is the sal
aried agent OF the competitive state
the official OF "law and order.''
The former tries to lead man to good.
nees. The latter attempt 10 force him
by examples Of retailatory punishment
administered to those who have violated
the law. Neither understands or cares
to know the causes Of crime. Both are
the paid agents OF the class that prof Is
most by the evil system they uphold.
The one breaches morality and loyalty
to the competitive state. The other
seeks to enforce obedience by the powers
of government.
Eighteen centuries Of wasted effort
hss not weakened the fealty Of these
paid agents to the economic order that
provide. their living-a fungus growth
1 a. ii rsss. upon the rotten body polite
iof Tho corrupt competitive system. /,
y Al best ihsjs LIES vocation is only q
battle against the effects OF the evil sys
tom they uphold and justify. They no,
only defend and conceal the causes which
produce crime. but they make war
against those who reveal them. This il
in accord with the claw OF economic do
terminism" and should not alirm any
student of Socialism. The manner in
which these guardians OF the competitive
order get their living determines their
|1dess Of morality. politics and relidion.
They belong TO the old materialistic
bourgeois society.
The new order Of associa' ed humanity
10 beyond their ken. II is incomprehen
sible-hence 1t is evil. Tho .powers Of
the church and state must be invoked
to suppress and make it impossible.
What is there in the Socilist philoso-
ply that arouses the i'll temper Of the
priests Of the parasitic orderY Is it .the
fear Of the parasite lost from his job?
Is it a question OF vocation? Why de-
nounce the Socialists as "tiends OF hu.
manity. whom society should condemn
to the dungeon and the eallows? Be-
cause we are interpreting TO the victims
class the causes OF their condition and
because we are revealing the hitherto
concealed motive OF the eneficiary class
for ignoring these causes and misleading
their victims to believe that the fault is
their own.
Because Socialism means economic
liberty. equal freedom for all men. the
end OF slavery and servitude of all kinds
No masters. no slaves. Brotherhood OF
man. Associated humanity. (How hori-
able y. Because Socialism means social
ownership of social values, the wealth
of-nature, social ownership OF the social
product-capital; and individual owner.
ship OF the individual product--to all
according to their deeds.
Because Socialism means righteous
economic conditionsfor the development
| Of Righteousness 10 man.
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vine nature in man without the aid OF
OF priest or guardian OF law.
Because Socialism is the application
OF the golden rule to every day life.
Because Socialism means that man
shall be physically, mentally, morally
and spiritually free. Nk
And this is the crime that merits "the
dungeon and the gallows"?
Will the Delta imitators OF Bishop
Ma'z accept space in this department
and explain the evils OF the Socialist
doctrines? Will they show US wherein
the philosophy OF Socialism is criminal
or materialis,ic? Will they tell US why
they defend paraslsn and poverty-the
pdtcult Vi ctbut-- iuI Ctll tnObB cflnllH
who wish 10 remove III Sc evil eau es?
Will they explain how it comes that the
Socialists whom they denounce as ma.
terialists arc teaching their doctrines
without pay und are the SUBJECTS Of perse.
cutioh by the class that idolizes properly
above lie and libertyf Will they tell
US the differance bstweon the taking Of
interest by the class that pays their
salary. under the laws made by the same
class aud the crime o! usury ss denounce
by Luther and condemned by Bible
teachingf Will they tell us why the,
follow Henry VIII, Of England's ideal
u morality On the money question il
preference to tho Bible doctrine o
E4uthsfs Il Il because they are enemie,
x paterialismf Can they explain 4
thsss ~insteriolistic aends Of humanity
Whj they spsnd thsir voice in denounc
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