The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-05-16
THE COMING I<SUF.
.PAsFeENER iTIoN. LIKE ANN.
RECILE OLD FA ~HER,
Saws Weaver, Gas ! Iisinherited its
Children, But they'll Break


Children, But they'll Break
the Will"
To symposium entitled Socialism
In America" and published IN Ghe
New York World, General James B
Weaver OF Iowa contributes the fol-
lowing:
To the Editor Ct the World: T 10
movement toward s c:alisn In the
United States and elsewhere is strict
ly defensive and aboormal. II rs
sembles the movements OF opposing
armies In the fel5. The cialists
prefer that tie multitude Shall oTn
and operate everything rather than
that few shall absorb all. It il
economic var, and lying hidden with
Ia il are disloc atoms fearful to con-
template. The SIZE Fl.socratic
foe which snge1d.red socia Ism 10
the ole world nsve begotSen it here
and a. giving it growth, strength
and ty
Sen or Hsnna's prophetic vision
was clear and accurate II his econo-
mic and political theories are 80 con-
sinue. he c ,ntemp:a ed a continu
area ct the present plutocra5ic re-
zine and he bad at that very time
been slated by nor0polisttc wealth f +
eight years' service "a pres. dent Of the
United States. Visions Of gigantic
trust com binations and ship subsidy
schemes controlled bis great brain
Uader suca conditions, OF courss,
nothing c,uld avert the socislistic IS
sue ID 1912. BE would have forced
exactly that issue bad he lived and
succeeded in his ambiti.ns He, bis
& teres and associates have rrecipit-
ated a life-and death struggle betWee1
artificial psEsons created By tie state,
called c: rporations, and natural per-
sons Of fish and blood created by the
Almighty. The former, reinforced by
an allied army OF speculstors, hsve
driven the men Of flesh and blood into
the overcrowded market Of day labrr
srs, have absorbed the sources o.
wealth, including the sol !: aaVe Sc;
the laboring men at war With them
selves, while the government in all
it's branches is used chiefly as police
force to keep the peace while tie COZ
porations get in their work.
The allied corporations say Eobcd}
shall do business but themselves ano
that competition shall be elininaGed.
They have forced labor to cay that a
man who does not belong 10 the uuiol
shall lot work, and they will say
ahetner OF not be may jim. TIE
pa: t generation. like an inb ctle old
fstner, hiss disinhsrite6 it's children.
Tney will break tne will.
Tae senate Of the q aited States st
this moment Is crea:l. & sec: lists
faster than they can te organized ano
equipped. Il is a great scc!a}is :Ic re-
crut5ing station and is destroying 6 ga
sriotisn faster than Abraham Liz
c3ln ever built it up. Nothing but q
sudden halt in politiesl affairs state
aud national, and change In public
policy, can avert tie s5ruggla. 1t is
an ugly condition, but the confiot, as
was onca before the case, Is again
ire press bic il present conditions are
to continue. fortunately there are
signs CT an awakening, and 1t is ma
ston wide. 1t is adumorsted In tie
skies. Something Is sh; k:ng tbs
conscience OF the nation q it IS not
socialism. T. is simply the mighty
tread OF true democracy and Christ
ianlty walking hand in hand. d. nos
be alarmed. The alliance Is wLo!!y
ooly. Taere is neither excuse nor
eecsssiSy for socialism in this country
4 the government will hDnestly and
conservatively align itself once n re
With tie pe pie. But let me assure the
reader that the safety Of both psrsors
and property d-nsnds that this sha ]
be done spec Oily and without sham.
How to check tie growth CT &C.
c:alism:
First-Ihere must he less money
spent for military and naval estab-
lishments and more for reclslning
our unwatared empire, thus furnish
ing bones for destitute people, and
We should help poor settlers II need BE-
to get a start. Our policy in this
particular must be broad. liberal, ag-
pressive and must be iEaugurated at
once. The army of foreigners daily
landing upon cur shores GIN then be
consistently required to settle upon
and cultivate this reclaimed land.
Second-We n ust take up the q1es-
tion OF land reform, nationally and In
states. Land monopoly Is nonstrous,
un Christian and unciviizsd.
Tniro-There is but one way to
control the railroads. Ii Is not neces-
sary that the government shall own
and operate our vast railway system.
The tentative way to approach that
problem is to pass an act author Eng
the government to construct or pur.
chase three transcoDtinental lines
north, south and through the center oil
the continent. II such a law were
passed the present lines would be
quick to sell at reasonable rates
Q ,estions OF connecting with these
lines ano all subsidiary and collateral
matters would be easy OF acj lstmeno::
Fourth-We must elect United
States senators by popular vote.
Fifth-Tne struggle Tor c,mmun1Sy
control OF public utilities must con-
tinue--apd it will. Restore the COM
petitive equilibrium even II we have
to discourage corporations for private
gain. II they will insist on destroy
inp com petition and crushing the III
dividual, to that extent destroy then
By recalling their charters. Ii IL Is a
question OF which shall live-sne cor
poration OF the -man-let the man