Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-15

German empire Is poor in natural resources
ana ner people have prospered and grown
I .. only through the intelligent applica-
ton OF science and labor to the ufmost
utilization of what is available at home and
the raw materials which may be secured
from foreign lands. To neglect the welfare
or TO fhwart the wishes of the working
classes would bring disaster to any govern
Ing power In Germany and convert the
country into hotbed of disorder and reyo-
luton. Emigration from Germany has
dropped to minimum by reason of the
care which has been taken to make n de-
slrable for her people to stay at home
The origin and growth of social democ-
racy II America may be attributed to two
causes said Mr.. Bernstein. There is no
question but that It has its real origin in
emigration from Europe. Socialists who
nave been too active at home for the peace
or their governments have found America
an easy and acceptable outlet for their
energies Then. again, thousands of i'm
migrants into the United States ar. men
VINO have been members Of socialist or
carnations in Europe. or have possessed
leanings in that direction.
How Socialistic Ideas Are Generated.
Then, again, In any country. after 1t
has passed the purely agricultural stage,
conditions arise similar to those to be
found In older nations, and socialistic ideas
are generated spontaneously, as 1t were.
The life of the people of the United States
IS becoming more and more Industrial and
as this transformation takes place social
ism finds willing converts in large num-
bers, and 1t will not be long before entire
communities will be possessed of these
ideas. as Is the case in Europe under SIM
liar circumstances. To improve the condf-
ton of the workingman and his family is
an Idea which appeals most strongly not
only to the workingman himself but to
those who are brought into contact with
him and his life in other capacity than That
Of employer
The German socialist democrats, while
viewing the growth of their party in the
United States with considerable satisfac-
ton, do not expect much actual political
power to accrue to the parry in The latter
country for many years to come. They
measure the progress in the future In direct
ratio to the industrializat i2n of the life of
the American nation.
The socialistic ideal in Germany is the
same as it is in all other countries-that is
to say, a completely cooperative state.
wherein the people represented in their
government own all the land and what Is
produced therefrom. 1t is far cry to this
condition from even the present status in
Prussia. but to American coming frt m
a land of individual effort and private own
ership, Prussia at first glance presents a
socialistic appearance in its activities most
convincing as to the progress which these
ideas have made within recent years.
Mr.. Bernstein, speaking for himself and
his fellow members of the reichstag hest
tates to predict the ultitnar. triumph of
their creed in all it's fullness, but what his
predecessors and he AMI his co-workers
have accomplished in working persstent,y
and earnestly along a single line os thought
is remarkable testimony to the hold which
socialism secures upon the minds of men
whose daily contribution to labor is their
sole capital and hope for the future Of
their children. The socialists of Europe.
while retaining the ideals of their school
of thought, are shrewd. practical 2o.iti-
clans. fighting every moment tor hair-
breadth's advantage
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