Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-31

aNNM 20 MNiAN ~ $50 NN' wv
cialis. parts be- made a power in Am-
erlcan politics by the sons OF million
aires? Pamdoxical as IL may seem,
many Of uo young men who are head
ing the movement for "a radical SOC
ciallst propaganda la this county are
heirs TO vast fortunes.
The fact was emphasized by the
recent attempt of radicals to get 0n a
common ground go % meeting %, tbs
Brick house, the pnlaral country
home of j. q Phelps Stokes. as we'll
as hy the announcement of Joe Mpdill
Patterson 90 Chicago that he had ONE
.braced tbo socialist creed.
~ socialism wore voted Into t0rcc
and lts tpupts accepted 10 would strike
.at the fortunes OF some OF the wealth
lest families lu the country and with
their radical member themselves
icading The attack
Stokes. for Instance. .s the son of
Arson Phelps Stokes Wall street
capital and mu.tmlI'.onaIro, now
retired Robt Hunter. another SOC
clalIst .udent married one of Arson
Phelps stokes daughters. wealthy ln
her own right See is "a settlement
worker and is Che author of Power
~" "a look in which ho makes the
remarkable statement that 10000 200
Americans are starving today hat
ia. uud .uourished because they have
not means 20 buy The necessities OF
life.
Gaylord wiltshire. although ho In
hortrd millions. has long been 500
ciallst aud conducted "a monthly mag
azlue which essaycd GA bee nn author
ity on The subject
VIM Kent. q Chicago millionaire,
VINO has hts fortune Invested IN @
way That the retufus will not exceed
per cent. made hts ideas cunapIcu-
ous at The recent Stokes congress.
Another wealthy radical is Arthur
Brisbane who Inherited his fortune
and s now the highest paid newapa-
per writer IN tho world. his salary be-
/ Ing si2 100 a year. brisbane Attcnde
fashionable society functions one day
and nHldly attacks the treasures of
American wealth che next
Joe Modiu Patterson. son Of the
owner 0t tho Chicago Tribune, who
resigned his Office under Mayor Dunno
/ because ho believed that even munl-
! cipnI ownership would ini short Of
Ionoci.us political reforms while 500
clalism would. was asked II be- Ia
/ tended 10 divide his fortune with tho
poor. ne explained that this would
DO no GOOD. for the equalization of
wealth must be- accomplished hy au
/ oQutahe distribution of the sources
LOT wealth. and that the whole body
lpoldlc must agree. mo- individual ni-
fort would accomplish the desired end
Everett Colby the Wall street
banker recently elected state senator
l Ga New Jersey after campaign iu
which he attacked corporation greed
and esn0used the cause Of equal tax
Iatluu Uls expressed his belief that if
a modified form and with proper edu'
/ cation .f the masses. socialism Wuult
work great national reform
| There are half dozen othci
wealthy Young men who are more OF
| less Identified with fhC radical move
mont and attended the Stokes meet
ing One of these is George FREQ
William, who Do a former member o
courrp. and well known Boston
lawyer
Young stokes. who married RIOS,
! Pastor. he Russian Jewcss who wa.
formerly a clgarmakCr iu "a CLEVELAND
factory denies that his recent con.
gross Wus for The purpose of iOrmlni
q new political party on socInlisti'
lines ~ was merely Tor an exchange
lot view upon general conditions h'
said.
Mr. Stokes was asked Ii ho did moi
lconsidDr 10 remarkable thaj $50 many
wealthy Young men were embracing {
fbnnrr. .f srfnr with the vary pOnnIY
] u0us which made thoIr wealth pos.
sibla
ono lo replied calmly, 10 meant
That some young men are spending
their time thinking for the good %
our republic. instead of pursuing th'
poor Pleasures thnt riches make pos
slble Think this ga "a potent sign %
pn aWHNenlug amuuE the people of AT
classes I1 the abuses of the day and
hour u politics and business lile.'