Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-02-19
UNIONS AND SOCIALISM

A question which is beginning to be asked is, Where does Trade Unionism end and Socialism beginl The trade unionism which is advocated by the most noted leaders of the country, the organized labor which has as its expon- ents many of the prominent men of the country, is that kind which demands fair days pay for fair day s work, and this fair day s pay is based on fam fly support. The trade union stands for the maintenance of the same.
 Socialism as preached by it's leaders is in the whole as untenable as it is limitless and if one takes up Socialism with the idea of believing all of its doe trines, he cannot be favorable to the leading principles of trade-unionism. Propagandists of Socialism will tell you that you must believe in all its doe trines or none and there are many who are assisting to spread its tenets who have not the slightest idea of what they are propagating.
 Many have felt the charm of social ism; the cry of ''Liberty, Equality Ere ternity,' is very attractive and it has misled many bright minds But one of its leading doctrines, the confseation of property and its division among the proletariat, which is the most idealistie and untenable of all, if not the worst, of the many principles contained in socialism. The kind of socialism which has found converts among some of the brightest literary minds of the country is that which is preached by H. C.. Wells, the noted author, who in his latest book, entitled, "The Future of America, ' makes direct attack on the saeredness of the home in his doctrine that socialistic society is the state fam. ily.
 Probationary or limited marriage has as its leading advocates noted propa- gandists of socialism. It has become a principle of socialism and is being preached so extensively in the east that many have become converted to the belief, which is one fundamentally an tagonistic to the home. Under social ism, as preached in intellectual" cir eles of the east, the wife is only a com rade, hail fellow we'll met upon the highway of life's journey, so long as sex fondness lasts, or for the stated period of limited marriage.
 Concentration of industries and wealth is advocated by leading Social ists of the country, because when the concentration is finally perfected it will be all the easier to line up everything under federal ownership, including all industries and wealth, but those who in private life are now active in this concentration are abused and vilifed as enemies of man.
 The working people do not perceive the nature of socialism, accepting but in part the tenets of the creed. So- cialists are attempting to control the trade unions because they want the votes, but trade unionism is fundamen- tally antagonistic to socialism. It is not by accident that Socialists attack the eapitalistie system, as they are pleased to call the civilization which has made America the greatest nation in the world, but by we'll defined pro- gram, which has as it's end the gather ing together of the working classes of the country at the expense of and the ultimate end of the sacredness of the home, which is the highest principle of trade-unionism as well as the founda tion of civilization.