The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-11-14
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Il Would Be FooIist 10 Attempt Il. Said
john n. Work, Prominent Socialist


A large audience gathered Al Miles
hall last evening 20 hear the addres.
given hy John N. Work Of Iowa ou
Socialism. MF. Work i one 81 the most
prominent Socialists of the country. IL
Is member of the national Socialist
executive committee. has been a candi,
date for mayor of Dee Molnee on that
ticket, and In 1908 ran for governor Of
Iowa. lie spoke for ever an hour on the
questions of the day and the relation Of
Socialism 90 the present corruptness Of
politics.
Mr. Work ii an interesting speaker
and held bis hearers until the finish Of
the address. The speaker said that now
more than ~ any other time. was the
time for the working man 70 get into
politics. 20 investigate public matters
and be- able 10 vote intelligenily.
There are many erroneous ideas In
regard 20 Socialism ahoat. said Mr..
Work. Socialism Il but the natural eco.
nomic revolution of The times. The
trust and combines are bat the natural
result Of present day business methods
and 20 attempt 20 smash the trusts
would be foolish. a. they produce far
more ehraply than was possible before
their formation Antltrnst laws and
antitrust legislation can amount TO
nothing. neither would Tho revision Of
tariffs, as the great combines have 81.
ready demonstrated their ability 70
manufacture more cheaply than foreign
countries by sending their products to
them At a profit.
The fenl value Of any product IA the
amount 81 human labor expended In pro.
during that product. and when q man
oxnends his labor IN producing a product
be n entitled to "a fnll value Instead
Of receiving this value. he receives less
than one half of this value. and the re.
mainder goes TO the capitalist.
The only solution Of these problems,
Mr.. Work says, i Socialism. and Social
ism would mean public ownership Of all
these great industries.
The strength Of the Socialists has In
creased remarkably IN : few years. In
1870 there were only 10000 in the world
IL 1905 there were 100000. The SO.
cialist vote Of this country in 1900 was
10000, in 1904 it rose 10 100000. At
the present time there are 25,O00,00O
Socialists in the world.
Air. Work spoke Of the labor saving
machine. and said that they had been
Of no benefit 20 the working man, as
they had divided the people into two
classes, capitalists and laborers, and that
the capitalists were reaping all Of the
benefit from the machines. Not until
the capitalist system Is abolished will
the people reap the benefits Of their
labor.
Speaking Of the various eras Of hard
times through which the country has
passed, Mr.. Work said that they were
simply the result Of oyer.produetion, and
that when the markets OF this and for
cim countries could no longer use the
goods, it i necessary 70 suspend opera
tions and the working people are thrown
ont Of employment. Under Socialism
this would be unnecessary, as the people
would receive the full value Of their Ia
Dor and would he able 60 use the prod
ucts themselves, or If unable TO do 50
could easily adjust the matter by work
ing fewer hours, thus reducing the
amount produced.
The Socialists are the most practical
people IN the world, as they have proved
when elected to public Offices, said the
speaker.
The campaign funds Of the Republican
and Democratic parties comes from the
capitalist class, while that Of the So
,ialist party Is made up Of the dimes
and quarters Of laboring men, and the
Socialist party is at all times run in
The interests of the people