Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1906-05-10

ism IL practicable.
OF oil the institutions now arising,
IL YOU want to SEQ the ones which
come the nearest to bring modeis
OF etfi .iency, take q peep at the
publicly own d and Operate postoffice.
the publicly owned aud operated public
schoo 8, the publicly twned and oper'
sted fire departments, the pub iciy
wned and operated water departments.
etc. These institutions have been cpe'- :
ated under very unfavorable circum
stances. They have been operated in
the intrest OF the capiiist cia-s. They
nave been set down in system 9 ek'nx
with z al. aud corruption. They hav-
been a'mot enti'ey vi bout safe
guards fiom corruption ahd yet they
a-e he best models OF efficiency now in
existence. The piacticabl ity OF public
ownership has already been c. mpe ely
dem ,nstra'ed
II We Socialists were tying to get
people to vote tor pablo ownership
against their inter. at, then we won d be
impractical. 1t is true that We some
times appeal to cen iuen. inciden'a !. {.
We some'ires dep ct the horrors OF
c'ld slavery We sometimes describe
the ri,iahle si'ratlon in which the
men Of ,he ard a'e laced, e'c.
Soae people can be reached in that
way. II also serves 10 'ivet al ention.
At this stage in the evolutlHn OF the
human race IN ,vement which appea ed
chiefly 10 sentimel, would be doomed
to stagnate. The grea ma j 'rity OF m n
are governed by their own nte es'.
The Prohibition p rty is sah pc Of
movements that ere deemed 10 stagnate
The fact that it does 20: s. nj FIR any
thing basic ought t. doom it. but as the
peope,have not yet got their be rings.
that is not suific ent TO :ccount for its
long d avn ont failure. Its vote
hosetes ar und Gu .,ter OF a mil ION.
sometimes a little higher, sometimes a
lit l)ver, bat MOI growing any in t e
l,ng ran. 1t appealed chiefly 20 sent
ment It ha s!mp Y reech Il the out
side Limit of mOyet:ent that appeals
to sentiment l. can, grow. 1t h g
reached rs limit
1t il imp,acticable Ii Socialists
were like the Prohibit nsts, we wos Id
be Impractical also. But we are not
We appeal p-im 4rily to the interest Of
he tefs. 1t is ABSOLUTELY 70 the
interest OF the working class to vote for
Socialism the interest OF the farmers
and others ia practically identical with
that OF the works. class. We appeal
to thei. interest. Ii that is not prrcti-
cal, wfa, is? Social SIN ls the natural
solution.
Wealth is in the hands of the few
The n-ny are serving the few. This
has al been brought about by natural
dev ,pment. Natural development
now dicates that this centralized in
dust,ies shall betaken over by tie
public, so that a the peop shall shale
in the results of tits natural develop
ment This is in line of evout on. II
is the onlv way TO obey the law of pro-
gress. 1t subs ltutes system for chao..
1t is ra 'Onal 1t is aue. i i. tn On v
p aticab thing hat ca be d ne 1t
does not require angels o accomplish il.
All it requi es is the c"ncen'rated
Efforts # those to whose Inter est it is to
attain t. All it requires is the app ica
ton of common sense TO society. \
OF the seforms and supei iciaI remedies
that a proposed as cures fo' SOC a. lis
are meie hopeless f0und'ing, T ey
are attempts to patch Il rotten garment.
Socialism is common sense 1t is
naiuIa. 1t i, evojut onaIy. 1t il ia
tenseiy pitctica, vote Ior it.
HEPPNER LOCAL.
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