Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-11-16

err the majority OF them could give an
Intelligent reason why they voted the
way they did. There are many kinds of
Socialism and Socialists There are
those who hold that private property
ana Individual competition are to be
superseded and other motives TO ac-
tion substituted. There Is another class
whose scheme is the management OF
the whole productive resources OF the
country by one central authority. With
this view some OF them avow as their
purpose that the working classes or
somebody In their behalf should take
possession OF all the property and adj
minister It for the general benefit
Which system did the New York ladies'
have IN mind. when they expressed
their preference for a Socialist ticket?
n the assessed valuation OF property
OF all kinds In the United States
amounts TO forty-five billion dollars
an equal division would give only
about $500 TO each individual Of the
population OF this country This would
give no one any working capital. ana
It would be necessary to form corpor-
atIons, in order to obtain money enough
to furnish employment to wage earners.
Thus the distribution would defeat
itself Under a system OF government
management of all Industries, nobody
would have anything he could can his
own, and as human nature at present
IL constituted we fear this would cause
dissatisfaction and rebellion.
But aside from the economic ques-
tons. the family is to be considered
IN this connection. The New York
Evening Mail quotes an American apos-
tie OF Socialism to the effect that: so
ciallsm proposes TO abolish altogether
the patriarchal family, amidst whose
dlsiutegrating influence we i've Social
ism states definitely what almost every
body recognizes nowadays with great
er or less clearness, and that Is the
concert Of the state for children. So
cialism says boldly, the state Is the
over parent, the outer-parent People
rear children for the state" How Is
this for picture OF the Ideal American
home? But lest the real meaning of
this should be misunderstood, our New
York contemporary quotes a French
teacher Of Socialism as follows: "Wo-
man will choose her own mate, accord
ing to her ethical and esthetical ideas.
n he nv "a
ment between two free beings And
sull another declares; Marriage viii
be entered into without parental au-
thorlzatlon without civil or religious
ceremony; a simple declaration for the
public records wiz suffice" This, un-
questionably, would be the result II
the state should be remodeled according
to some OF the ideas that are given TO
the public under the name Of Social
ism Many OF the advocates Of the
system are. OF course. not aware Of
the ultimate consequences of their
theories should they be carried to their
logical conclusions. but It Is true. new
ortheless that the outcome would be
the abolition of the home as now con-
structed IN all civilized states If the
women of New York are Indifferent as
10 the effects upon the home, they have,
Of course. a, right to say so through
their ballots. or otherwise, but somehow
the impression has been created that
the women OF this country are particu-
larly concerned about the preserva-
ton OF the ideal American home"
and they should not permit phrase
makers to lead them into acts Of in
consistency.