The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1906-06-15
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Socialism Inevitable

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Socialism Inevitable
But this is not ali. the trust now
''sits as queen" il tells the producer
OF the crude material what Il viii pay
him for his product He may com
plain at the low price-take his pro-
duct where he viii and the same old
price is offered; he cannot get a cent
let il rot
Competition is the life OF trade
It's "a good thing" amt it?
Now, take the other side Suppose
say about the price you are to pay
than she man who sells The trust
has gott you either way. Where IS
competition? Destroyed. Where IS
trader Tt still continues With trade
here and competition destroyed com
petition cannot be the life OF trade"
This is not all; the trust must con-
troll the law-making power. 1t must
own the legislatures as well as con-
gress. No law Is allowed TO be passed
in favor OF the people. 1t must favor
the capitalist Eighty-nine members
constitute the United States senate,
and not a single senator OF the 80 is a
representative Of the laboring class
And this state Of the senate you can
not change under the present system
Why2 Because it takes three-fOurths
Of the state legislature to pass resOlu-
tons, asking the United States senate
10 SUBMIT q pEODOSlLAO4 10 the popular
vote of the people to elect United
States senators at the polls, instead Of
| by legislatures, as is now done.
VIII the senate do this, il asked,
and II not, why2
They are interested in some form OF
trust And they are not going to vote
against their own interest So you
will never have an opportunity TO
vote at the polls for a United States
senator under the present system
Now that you cannot elect a Unit
ed States senator, you have no hope Of
reforming the senate, and logically
no grounds to expect any laws passed
for you. So this avenue is closed
against you, because it is private
property II is owned by the trusts
Virtually, the people have no govern
ment on account OF its being the ''pri-
vate property Of the trust
But the end is not yet We have
higher judicial power than the law
makers or the senate It is the Unit
ed States supreme court Inc judges
in this court are appointed by the
same power that controls the United
States senate, and as they are ap-
pointed you cannot vote for them
How Will their decisions be governed
by the capitalist class that had them
appointed. Before this tribunal a
poor man has no show whatever. Can
you reform this system? Never You
are shut out again If you get re-
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vote for a complete new system"
In the examination Of competition"
from the business" standpoint, we
must conclude that competition
paved the way in such a manner that
the trust was inevitable. They have
demonstrated beyond a doubt that CO.
operation lis the life Of trade" not
competition Now we viii examine
competition from another standpoint.
The masters-the apitalists-uuited
before labor did. They set the eX-
ample. And in proportion as they
grew in power, they would issue an
order for cut in the price OF labor
of 10 per cent per day after q Ger
tain date. This brought into vogue
strikes, lOckouts, boycOtts, black lists,
etc. Strikes proved a failure. As the
/ the capitalist had detectives working
with the men, who Informed Mr.. Cap
italist long before the strike took
place, as to when 1t would occur, this
enabled him to have special police to
kick up trouble, then lay il on the
strikers While there may have been
times the strikers were to blame, there
was many more when the detective
started rioting. The Associated Press
told you it was the strikers. You be-
lieved it
This prepares US for a peep into
| competition from the lab or point OF
view. We will look at home first We
! want to build a house We invite con-
| tractors or carpenters to bid on It,
We call il business; it's competition.
/ This has been done many times until
now the very life is cut out People
| complain and grOwl because they have
not had first class work done They
I say the house leans this way. They did
not make joints, but left cracks, and
the door strikes the floor when you
open Il q couple OF feet It's poorly
! nailed, and the roof leaks. He's q
/ wood butcher; instead OF having a
plasterer. he had mud dauber, and
/ got the cheapest old smear he could
/ md instead Of a painter Ny friend
are you so lost to reason as to expect
| a first class house for third class price.
| But you say, I paid enough Tor II
/ Admit the price was enough, the con
/ tractor was not the man VINO MADE II
for he cut so deep he could not take
| time to do a first class job. Then who
| made the price high? Is 1t possible
| that you cannot see. It was the trust
/ on lumber-cO-operatiOn
| Competition is the life Of trade,
YOU know, this left nothing for the
! work It was competition that made
your house, poor, and cooperation in
/ the lumber business that made it
Row, can you see which is bene-
6cial2 No, I do not; for one, cheap
/ work; and the other, too high in
/ price. Now you are getting your eyes
/ either way you see it Now, 1 want 20
ask you socialists why you teach CO
/ operation, when cooperation in the
1 trust Ouges me2
/ Right here is where you need to
study sOcialism-cO-Opera in the
/ trust is in private ownership. And as
/ long asyou have public utilities govern
| ed by private ownership, you VIII have
i high prices
/ Socialism teaches a cooperative
/ commonwealth. Socialism we have
now. but not the cooperative com
monwealth- Socialism IS the science
i -rrrr--
/ wealth is So you see we are preach
Il ing that knowledge, or science. now
L the point Of which viii be a cooper
alive commonwealth or national
l ownership
Vow that we have answered your
question, let's return to the text Of
/ competition in labor
i It was a bad thing for both you and
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