The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-07-06


millionaire or a sneak tlilef.'
You class the two together. I no
tice" he said bitterly.
1T is often distinction without n
difference she reiolned promptly.
lie remained silent for moment or
two toying nervonsly with a paper
knife. Then, arrogautly, and as II ahx.
ious TO impress her with his impe :
tahce, he said
Most men would be satisfied IL they
had accomplished what have. DO YOU
realize that my wealth is SO vast that
l scarcely know myself what am
worth? What my fortune will. be in
another fifty years staggers the imagi.
nation. Yet l started with nothing I
made 1t all myself Surely should get
credit for that"
How did YOU make it?r retorted
Shirley
"In America we don't ask how a
1an makes his money. We ask if he
has got any"
you are mistaken" replied Shirley
| earnestly. America IS waking mp
The conscience OF the nation Is being
aroused. We are coming to realize that
the scandals Of the last few years
were only rEe fruit OF public mdiTer-
ence to sharp business practice. The
people will soon ask the dishonest rich
msa where he got it, and there viii
have to be an accounting. what ac-
count will You be able 70 giveT
He bit his lip and looked at her for
moment without replying. Then.
with faint suspicion OF sneer. he
said:
"You are socialist perhaps m an
archistr
"Only the ignorant commit the blum
der Of confounding the two" she re-
torted. Anarchy is disease Social
ism is science
''Iudeed' he exclaimed mockingly
81 thought the terms were synonymous
The world regards them both as in
sane"
Herself an enthusiastic convert TO
the new political faith that was rising
Ike a food tide all over the world the
contemptuous tone Ia which this pluto
crat spoke of the coming reorganiZa-
tion OF society which was destined to
destroy him and his kind spurred her
on TO renewed argument
Il imagine" she said sarcastically,
'that you would hardly approve any
social reform which threatened TO in
terfere with your own business meth
ods. But, no matter how YOU disap-
prove of socialism on general princ:-
fnIne nc a lgaHar nf fhn IL,
you should understand what socialism
Is and not confuse ono OF the most I'M
portant movements in modern world
history with the crazy theories OF irrc-
sponsiblc cranks. The anarchists are
the natural enemies OF the entire hui
man family and would destroy It were
their dangerous doctrines permitted to
prevail. The socialists, on the cen
trary, are seeking TO save mankind
from the degradation. the crime and
the folly into which such men as you
have driven IT,"
She spoke impetuously, with the in
spired exaitotion of a prophet deliver
ing Il message 10 the people. Ryder
listened. concealing his impatience
with uneasy little coughs.
yes" she went on, Il am social
ist, and | am proud OF IT, The whole
world Is slowly drifting toward social
Ism as the only remedy for the actual
lntolerable conditions. It may not
come in our time but 1t will come as
surely as the sun will rise ana set to-
morrow Has not the fag of socialism
waved recently from the White House?
Has not n president of the United
states declared that the state must
eventually curb the great fortunes
What is that but socialism,
"True," retorted Ryder grimly, "and
that little speech intended for the ben
eft OF the gallery will cost him the
nomiratlon at the next presidential
election We don't want in the White
House president who stirs up class
hatred. Our rich men have n right 90.
what is their own That is guaranteed
them by the constitution
us it their owng' interrupted Shir-
ley
Ryder ignored the lnsinuation and
proceeded:
eWhat OF our boasied free mstitn-
tlons II man Is 20 be resti cted In
what he may ana may not doy II I
am clever enough to accumulate mil
lions, who can stop mct'
"The people will sop YOU" said
Shirley calmly. 1t lsonly q question
OF time. Their patience is about ex-
hausted. Put your ear TO the ground
and listen 10 the distant runblmg Of
the tempest which, sooner or later. viii
he unclaimed IN this land provoked by
the inlquitous practices of organized
capital The people have had enough
of the extortlons Of the trusts, one
day they will rise IN their wrath and
seize by the throat this knavish plu-
tocracy which, confident in the power
OF its wealth 10 procure legal immn-
nifty and reckless Of it's danger, per
sists In rObbing the public daily. But
retfibution is at hand. The growing
discomfort Of the proletarlat. the ever
increasing strikes and labor disputes
OF all kinds. the elamor against the
railroads and the trusts. the evidence
OF collusion between both-all this Is
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