Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-02

at each OF the last three or four cleo
tons, over the preceding one, and they
look forward TO the eventual seating
OF a Socialist candidate In the Presi-
Dental chair.
The Socialists appeal to tho laborers
everywhere. They accuse tho ruling
class or hostility to the laborers. ana
the courts Of impartlaiity directed
against the rights and privileges OF
workers, They accuse Congress- OF
contempt for the interests OF labor. ana
the larger political parties OF being
IN the service of class Interests. As
n remedy they demand Immediate gov
ernmental relief for unemployed work.
ers by building roads and canals by
restoration OF the forests. by reclama.
ton OF arid lands. and by extending an
other useful public works. II they are
placed In power, they promise that tho
government shall lend money 10 states
ana municipalities without interest for
the purpose OF carrying on work. and It
shall contribute funds to labor organi-
Stations for the purpose OF assisting
their unemployed members. and shall
take such other measures "as will less
en- the misery of the workers caused
by the misrue OF the capitalist sys-
tenn"
Here Is the socialist pregnant
we demand
The collective ownership of rail.
roads, telographs, telephones, steam
ships, and all other means of trans
portation and communication, and all
lands. 80
The collective ownership of all in
dustries which are organized on a ma
tional scale and in which competition
mas virtually ceased to exist.
me extension of the public domain
70 include mines. quarries. oil wells
forests and water power.
Fhe scientific reforestation of tim.
per lands and the reclamation of
swamp lands. The land so reclaimed
shaii be permanently retained as a mar,
oi the public domain.
me absolute freedom of press.
speech, ana assemblage, as guarantees
by the Constitution.
fhat religion be treated as n mi
Fale matter-a question of indiyidua,
conscience.
-, H'p'pNcine0t OF the Industrial
conditions of the workers: Nv short
ming the workday In Keeping Win the
increased produetlveness of machin-
ny, by securing 10 every worker. n rest
period of not less than day and n. haIf
u tdch week; by securing q more Of
.ectlVe inspection of workshops and
dctorles' by forbdding the employ-
nent or children under sixteen years
u age; by forbidding the Interstate
nf . h.
abor, OF convict labor and of all min |
'pected factories; and by abolishinr
'fhcial charity and substituting in az |
'lace compulsory insurance against nm |
employment, Illness. accidents Invalid |
SIN, old age and death"
They, further, demand:
a graduated income tax.
Unrestricted and equal suffrage for |
hen and women, the initiative and ref |
'renaum' proportional representation
Ind the right of recall.
The abolition of the senate.
The abolition of the veto power nv
he president.
THAT the Constitution be mazda
-mendabIe by majority vote. and gov
rnment by majority
The free administration of justice is
art of the program, and 1t is freely adj
nttted that such measures of relief las
We may be able TO force from capital
SIM are but preparation of the work
RS to seize the power Of government In
order that they may thereby law hold
1f the whole system of industry.
Such Is the Socialist program as pre-
sented by the party. No wel-inforrned |
citizen can afford to be ignorant OF |
their aims and purposes.
Ii Is not strange that the laborers OF
he country turn to the refoi1ners who
promise them the establishment of ITO
nan conditions. and listen TO their ar
suments. All Is not we'll IN the indus
RAJ world OF today. We live under a
system which in theorylis based upon
competition and equal chances for all.
out In fact competition has been, very
largely, abolished ny | combinations.
There is something wronby somewhere,
"hen theory and Rr'aiico are thus
brought into confiictAs. Tt is natural
hat those who feel the ord,v are Writ
tally excluded from. dht millefits OF free
ompetition should Do ins nc peeform. The
have foundSe. al issue--ons
nat necessarily appeals to large class
If the citizens of every civilized coun.
ny That accounts for their success
But their hopes for the future are no
ioubt too sanguine In the meantime.
hey should be heard, and the questions
hey have raised should be considered
they cannot be ignored. The only way
o prevent revolution is to remove the