Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-03-24

euouiu nave risen up In QenunclatlOr
OF the growing tendency among tn.
wealthy to shuttle off the marriage tie.
"The means adopted are 60 scan
dalously expeditions and the duration
OF subsequent marriages so ephemera
that they constitute an example both
noxious and demoralizing. Forum
ately, this class of divorce is numeri
cally unimportant as compared with
the grand total all over the country"
A FEW WORDS TO DEMOCRATS
The Party Is fIaselIatsd Over the Shoulder
Of the Sage Of YeIm.
EDITOR STANDARD:
This in answer to "a Few Wordl
to Socialists" in STANDARD, OF Marcel
10th. Space will not admit of de
tailed answer. Our good Democratic
friend "Co9" seems to be smartins
under the lash of the Socialists, ant
makes issue with them on Our Com.
petitive System"
He says, It" 1 often wonder if it evel
occurred to them that we have no com
petitive system in the United States
1t is the want'of competitive system
that is hurting the country.
We have government OF restricted
socialism"
If the facts sustain his affirmation
then the Socialist must abandon the
contention, for Socialists deal with
facts only and their whole propaganda
reats upon facts.
A competitive system is a system oil
strife for an end, or superiority.
Now Bro. Co 8, what are the facts?
The Democratic party strives for q
superiority over the Republican party
every merchant strives to build up q
superior store; every lawyer strives to
get the better of his antagonist; every
wage-earner strives 10 get better wages
every employer strives to give the
least possible wage; every preacher
strives to build up his own church
The final end and object of all thi
strife is the God, The Dollar.
The productive world is engaged in
tho same strife. The bookmaker, the
manufacturer, the smelter, the miner
in fact multiplied hundreds are all in
the grind. Hence, it is the heig ht oI
presumption to say that it is the wan,
of competitive system. The system
respects neither God, man, nor the
devil.
Again, 1 ask, what is the moving
cause that impels men into this whirl
pool of strifes The answer is apparent
to all-Wealth.
Wealth created by our own labori
No.
1t is TO accumulate the wealth ere.
ated by other mems labor. Therein
lies the curse OF our competitive profit.
system"
Herein lies the crimes of ages. Re.
move the root-evil aud its many mani.
festations ceases-tariff, special privi.
leges, inequalities OF opportunities
corporated wealth in the hands of the
few. The Socialist lays the ak at the
root OF the tree. The Socialist is the
only party that scientifically treats
the economic problems-problems con.
fronting the world-the only party
offering complete remedy. Some oI
the evils produced by our competitive
profit system" are corporate wealth
trusts and the accumulation of the
means of life into the hands OF the
few. The Socialist proposes to take
possession OF the means OF life and to
collectively own and democratically
control them. You may say it CAM
be done. Socialists don't know the
word can't. 1t can and will be done
All wealth is collectively produced and
distributed to-day. Under Socialism
all wealth will be collected, pro.
duced and distributed with this differ.
ence: Now four .fifths is distributed
to the non.producer; then all the
wealth will be distributed to the pro-
ducers. He that will not work shall
not eat" We have precedents to thus
proceed. The Republican emancipat
ed-confiscated-the property Of the
slave owner, so declared by the Su
preme Court; changed the constitu'
tion and law to meet the new condi'
tions. Socialist will emancipate the
industrial slaves by taking possession
OF means OF life and change the con
stitution and laws to meet the new
conditions and give all men" the op'
portunity OF life and liberty.
| J. r. GRANT.
In Denmark there are 224, 900 rural
land owners. More than half have
not more than one acre, 5000 have
less than four acres, and only 2,0O(
have more. The small landowner
mainly occupy themselves with th'
eQp and fowl indnakrx