The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-11-23
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Mr. Editor:-i see you have to hit
the Socialist a little bacbhanied lick
occasionally just to let las know as
We are growing somewhat that Is now
becomes necessary to turn across the
knee and use the slipper lightly. But
In your article on Socialism you gave
us some Information for Wnich we
were quite unprepared. That Social
ism was born $500 years ago on a
Persian basis and fathered by Zorro
aster Is all news to us. never
knew before that Socialism was 500
years olier than its twin BROTHER
Christianity. / think have read
carefully all the history we have OF
Zoroaster and his religion or pniloso-
pay. and If you will point out one
5cintella of Socialism connected with
his religion will give you a cromo
and pronounce you a gentlman aud
scholar But please until that is done
do not quote either Zoroaster or Pla-
to as socialists either in name or
philosophy as judged by modern eco
nomics. But / desire to disabuse
your mind in regard to that glimmer-
| Ing. ghostly phantom that you see
somewhere I'm the distant future that
you call alliance or fusion with the
present organization miscalled Social
| ST. No sir. no fusion for us and If
YOU will but read the constitution OF
! the Socialist party you will find that
| we are barred forever from fusion
| with any party but we confidently ex-
| Dect and believe that In the not dis
,Gnt future we will force the stanI-
| patters in both OF your old time worn
| decrepit parties to fuse against the
| giantlike strength the youthful agili
| ty and aggressive movement of this
young Goliath called Socialism, sbut
sir why try to belittle us by saying
"miscallel Socialist" for more Hhar
| fifty years have we been baptized in
this name and today we number
among us many of the ripest scholars
finest literary writers and greatest
| philosophers both In Europe and
America, an dthey are not ashamed tC
DC called Socialists. but sir II you have
hotter name in your vocabulary trot
It out to view AMI we will look at 1t
But you say that no well Informed
man can afford the price TO fuse with
such wild promises Of good bu
which If ever attempted will breet
disaster and disaffection'. The gis
Of the above statement is that mel
had better be and remain coward,
slaves to wealth and party tan be
come Socialists for you might have
some trouble in inaugurating Social
ism certainly so on the hypothesis
that the ones 'entrenchel in corrupt
power will sometimes fight rather
than yield to a majority althO that il
not very good Democracy and les
son that good Democrats ought never
teach. No doubt Socialism will cause
many long faces an1 bloody noses
the young man who came to Chris
inquiriDg what lack | yet? and wal
told sell all thou hast and give to th'
poor had a long face and sorrowfu
countenance but 1t seemed tie hes
both for him AMI the poor also.
But Socialism does not propose L
take from any man one dollar that III
has in any legitimate sense earned
hut II a man is possessed of large es
tate which he has not earned, ther
there is no equitable sense IN whicl
It belongs 10 aim Secretary Shaw
says he once made some money b,
huyiug AMI selling land but he never
felt that. that money rightly bclonge
TO him. he did not earn It.
In conclusion We must Say that W.
do not believe that many men ar