The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-29

were few Socialists among our educat- ed people, or among those who were counted as successful business men. To-day, in almost any community, will be found hundreds who. while they protest against being called Socialists,
 and who may not accept Socialism in it's extreme sense, are yet Socialists in
 spirit, and will, in time provided the movement isn't checked, be Socialists in fact.
 There is a reason for this develop ment, as the Blade has frequently as- serted and it is not because Socialism
 is sound in practice. Thinking men have | long regarded the encroachments of combined capital on individual effort as a menace to national success. and
 some, at least, have striven earnestly and patriotically to make capital see
 the light That failing, they have 1 reached the conclusion that the oRly
 relief is ill facing encroachment with
 encroachment, and, by the adoption of
 extreme measures, to compel opposite
 extremists to seek again the center of gravity.
 That this method is fraught with
 grave danger must be obvious to all
 who are conservative by nature.
 There are thinking men, for example,
 who stood for Hearst In New York,
 not because they believed in Hearst's
 sincerity, but because he was building
 up a sentiment against the arrogance
 of capital What was the result?
 Thousands followed these intellectual
 guides, and are today imbued with the
 false opinion that their leaders idolize
 Hearst. So in this movement of intel ligent forces toward Socialism. on the theory that "desperate cases require desperate remedies" the danger is that the people will go to the other ex- treme, no less hazardous in it's conse-
 quences than if we pursue our present l frenzied course
 How to avoid the scylia of caoita- 5 listic rule and the Charybdis of So- ciralistic folly is the question of the haur. and it is one that calls for the ' prayerful consideration of every true l American That 1t can be done is not ) doubted and that the Socialistic way 9 the breaking of one extreme against 9 another, might in time accomplish the
 desired end, we are not inclined to dis @ pute, but is there not better way one 0 not strewn with human material ant ! wreckage? Are not the American peo 3 pie sane and sensible enough to worl Q out this problem in wholesome e peaceful manner?
 o The solution lies in an appeal to thu !, public conscience through the individ 0 ual conscience. And here is where tht g ehurchmen can render Invaluable ser 2 vice, The dangers of two extremes f must combat the opposing tendence
 then demonstrated to others. The, e must combat the ouuosing tendiencie h with all the strength of their infuenc l. and gain recruits from all sides, unti o the army of conservatism will greatl! u outnumber the heterogeneous element l. in front and rear We have reached | most instructive, albeit, dangerou V period of our history, and the futur o of the nation depends on the degre, # of Christian intelligence we employ il
 grappling with the problems before us e Intelligence alone won't save the day t for intelligent capitalists are arrayet $ against intelligent Socialists. It is tt 5, conscience intelligence that we mus ,, look for suceor in this crisis. .-Fron h the Toledo Blade.