The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-05-24
The COMING I~SU NJ.
..PAsT sToENEsATlON. LIKE aNIN.
RECILE OLD TAyAER,"
ssyl5 Weaver, "5as Disinherited its
Children, But They'll Break
the Will"

Children, But They'll Break
the Will"
To . symposium entitled Socialism
in America" )" and published IN tire
New York World, General James B
Weaver OF Iowa contributes the fol-
lowing
To tne Editor Of the World: The.
movement toward 8 clslism IN The
United States and elsewhere 10 strict
" defensive and Abnormal. It re-
semoies the moven ents Of opposing
armies in the field. The socialists
prefer that the multitude shall own
and operate everything rather than
thai few shall absorb all. It is
economic war, aud lying hidden with
in ii are dislocstionS fearful to con-
template. The same plutocratic
forces which engendered socialism 10
the old world have begotten It here
ana are giving it growth, strength
and vitality
Senator Hanna's prophetic vision
was clear and accurate II his eccno'
mic and political theories are to con'
tinue. He Contemplated q continu
ancs of the present plntocratic re
1gime and he had at that very time
been slated by mouopollstic wealth for
eight years service as president OF tbe
United States. ViSions Of gigantic
trust combinations and ship subsidy
schemes controlled bis great brain.
Under such conditions, OF courss,
nothing cnuld avert the socialistic Is
sue In 1912. He would have forced
exactly that issue had he lived ano
succeeded In his ambitions. he, his
conferes and associates have precipit-
ated o life.and death struggle between
artificial persons created by the state,
called corporations, and natural per-
sens OF flesh and blood created by the
Almighty. The former, reinforced by
an allied army Of speculators, have
driven the men OF flesh and blood into
ghel overcroWde6 market Of day laovr.
srs, have ABSORBED the sources OF
wealth, including the soil; have set
tho lsboring men at war with them.
selyss, while the government in all
It's branches Is used chiefly as a police
force to keep the peace while the cor.
porstiops get In their work.
The allied corporations say nobody
shall do business but themselves apd
TINT competition shall be eliminated.
They have forced labor TO sSy that q
man who does not belong to tbe union
snts.i not work, and they will say
whether or not he may join. The
past generation, like an limbs cile OLD
fauner. mas disinherited Its children.
They will break the will.
The senate Of the United States at
this moment Is creating socialists
faster than they can 5s organized and
equipped. II Is a great scclalist'c re-
cruiting station and is destroying pa
srlotism faster than Abraham Lin
coin ever built it up. Nothing bu5 q
sudden halt in political affairs, state
and national, and change In public
policy, can avert the struggle. 1t is
an ugly condition, but the conhiot, as
was once before the case. Ia again
irrepressible il present conditions are
to continue. Fortunately there are
signs CT an awakening, and 1t Is ma
tiou wide. 1t is adumbrated In the
skies. Something Is shaking the
conscience If the nation AID IT is not
socialism. II is simply the mighty
tread OF true democracy spd Christ.
ianlsy walking hand in tabd. DO not
be alarmed. The alliance is WHOLLY
holy. There is neither excuse nor
necessity for socialism In this country
If the government will honestly and
conservatively align itself once more
with the pie. But let me assure the
reader that the safety OF both parsons
and property demands that this shall
be done spec Oily and without sham.
How to check the growth of SC
cialism:
< First-There must he less money
spent for military and naval estab-
lishments and more for rec'aiming
our unwatered empire, thus furnish
ing homes 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, sg-
pressive and must be iDaugurated at
once. The army of foreigners daily
landing upon our shores can then be
consistently required to settle upon
and cultivate this reclaimed land.
Second-We must take up the ques.
tion of land reform, nationally and In
states. Lsnd monopoly Is monstrous,
unChristian and unciVlzed.
Third-There is but one way to
control the railroads. 1t Is not neces'
sary that the government shall OWL
and operate our vast railway system.
The tentative way to approach that
problem is to pass an act author. zlng
the government to construct or pur
cnsse three transcontinental lines
north, south and through the center OF
the continent. If such law were
passed the present lines would be
quick to sell at reasonable rates.
Questions of connecting with these
lines sno all subsidiary and collateral
rnatters would DO easy OF adjustment.