Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-01-26
SALEM
SOCIALISTS
MEET
Pass Resolutions Setting
Forth Their Belief

| Inc IOliuNluG BIeamuie anu Etbolu
tion was read and duly passed at th,
last special meeting Of the Salem So
cialist club, and on motion it was de
cided TO ask you TO give il publication
in your highly esteemed paper.
Yours truly,
S. +. GUM.
We, Socialists and members Of tht
Salem Socialist club, believe that to be
engaged in the spreading Of the princi
pies and doctrines Of Socialism is TO be
working in the interest Of the greatest
and n0blest cause of this, or any other
age.
We confidently believe that the over
throw Of the present capitalist system
aud the inauguration Of the great co
operative commonwealth means more Of
liberty, more Of the necessities and lux
uries of life, more Of brotherhood and
true happiness than any other move
ment since the dawn of creation.
We believe that the present capital.
istic wage system is only another form
Of slavery that has come down to us
through the hands of the capitalistic
class and is wholly in their interest and
against the best interest Of the great
mass of mankind.
We believe that in many respects
ehatte slavery is superior 10 wage
slavery. Chattle slavery insured to
the slave abundant food and clothes,
good shelter and good care in case Of
sickness No wage slave is sure Of
these comforts To be sure, chattle
slavery sold children from their moth.
er = arms. but the mother had the as
suranee that her children would be
we'll fed AID have warm clothing. The
children Of the wage slave mother is
also sold from their mothers arms to
drudge In the cotton mills and cotton
fields of the South, and the coal mines
and other capitalistic concerns. Those
babies have 90 drudge in these human
life dcvourers from 10 10 ~ hours per
day and they do not get good food nor
good keep. They are poorly sheltered
and do not get good care when sick
We confidently believe that Socialism
will liberate all these little slaves and
put them into the school and the play.
ground and that IL will not only ban.
ish the helllish system Of child labor.
but that II will also liberate every 9th.
or wage slave and that "the man with
the hoe will stand erect and dare 10
east his eyes Heavenward;. that the
blood ~ true freedom that will then
course through his veins will cause an
embodiment that will eventually devel.
op him into a being Of intelligence far
superior To that which he possesses TO-
day, chained as he is TO servitude Of
tho capitalistic class by the chain Of
and the lash Of want. Under present
conditions the declaration Of our con
which SAYS EVERY man has
right 20 life" is made
lie. II is necessary and right that man
should have 10 work in order 10 live.
aud as work is absolutely necessary for
Iite, man has not now nor never will
have an inalienable right 90 life until
he has free access TO the means Of EN-.
pioymcnt and is guaranteed work al
any and all times without asking per ,
mission of the master Of the privately
owned machine
We confidently believe that no Der. |
'on can live up 20 the Golden Rule un. |
Ter the present greed and gain system. |
We fully believe that il Is an utter i'm. /
possibility FOR any one TO live no 20 |
he principles Of Christianity under a /
.ystem which compels 80 per cent Of /
he people Go DO slaves % the 10 per |
ent Fully concurSing in all OF the |
Ibovc declarations and statements and /
.lso fully believing that only through
he cntire overthrow OF the prrsent
Rpitalistic system and the inaupur. /
tion of the great cooperative system.
'hrn all things which We la common
crd and uso shall be- made by the peo-
10 FOR their own use aud Tor the uas
4 none others than those who produce
hem except of course inyalids and
hose who are physically incapacitated) II
then nothing will b. msde for proat.
nj when Nc shall have NO need Of
,arkcts Tor cur "surplus products. -
% there viii D. no surplus When
ltr and bloodshcd shall be hanishel /.
'um the carth--We say banisheI from :
be- earth eccause Socialism is a wofld- n
tdc moycmrnt--ii is not cireum-sribsA
y geographical lines nor bounds We
.lluVc that war viii ceaso bccauss the
ugglc Tor morc territory, for moro
arkcts will cease
Relieving ln an the above. aul Also
,ilcviug that the local Socialisiis eluh
ls an essential medium in tho rr,at |
oEk ~ converting a malority of the
'oplc ~ this couhtry o. this the rr,tt.
4 movement. therefore
re a. rc~ovci. That Ne renew oar
al and pbeigv ourselves aneu .1 ia
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