The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-08-06
THE SATISFIED SOCIALIST.

He Rejoces Because He Knows tho
Truth Which Shall Make All Free.
Socialism has it's own special salts
factions.
All our satisfactions are prospective
and anticipatory, retrospective and
wistful or present and delightful.
We Socialists quit signing for some
golden age" of the past and leave
undisturbed those entranced by some
utopian vision. We are on the firm
scientific ground of our. age and be-
hold a practical system of human life
that is vet to bring mankind it's great
est satisfaction. The actual reallza-
ton of Socialism-living in the coop
erative commonwealth-w be the su-
preme satisfaction Of Socialism. This
IS, however, anticipative-a prospective
pleasure. Now wish to emphasize
present satisfaction Of Socialism
the delight we Socialists have in So
cialism as truth
have seen mathematician smile
when an intricate problem was solved.
have also seen tears Of deepest joy
well from scholars heart when a
great truth suddenly revealed itself to
him. Hardly anything is so pleasur-
able as the solution Of problem or
the burst Of the light Of truth upon
the mind Socialism offers this to all
truth seekers.
Here is the great social problem:
After cons Of human development, aft
er centuries Of religious, moral and
mental culture, to which is added our
wonderful progress in science, why is
there still so much Of poverty. misery.
degradation and crime in the world?
The church is feazed, the schools are
learnedly ignorant, science is devoted
to physics-o only Socialism as truth Of
fers the answer: So long as explota-
ton by interest, rent and profit is sane
toned by unjust religious, moral and
educational standards, so long will re-
ligion, ethics and science be defeated
In bringing felicity to humanity. Civ
en- economic Justice, the result Is no.
bic men and women in fraternal so
cial state.
This solution, like the mathemati-
clans, is pleasant to the Socialist.
It Is more. 1t is that deep yelling
Joy which comes to the lover Of truth
All around US are the puzzled people;
the newspapers report day after day
the horrid diagnosis Of diseased re-
public. and they state no cause or
cure; the magazines uncover civic cess
pools and flash dark lanterns futilely
on commercial brigands, and the null
tftudes remark on the Ahab and Jeze-
bel method of acquiring Naboths is
land and isthmian vineyards, but be-
longing to the ruling parties, say,
Hush, hush" Professors In their col
leges, ministers in their pulpits, cap
tains of industry" in their Offices,
workers in their unions, politicians in
the lobbies and editors at their desks,
blind leaders Of the blind, are all wal
lowing in confusion and stumbling
over the Ubiquitous code Of graft, but
don't get caught" which makes to-
days page Of history a nightmare
None can keep courage through all
this but the Socialist, who sees the
goal to which humanity is moving,
who understands that society is chang
ing its economic basis and that during
the transition this chaotic page Of his
tory must be written in black letters.
with only one red letter to illumine it.
Seeing this, the Socialist knows. the
next turned page Of history will be
clear and beautiful. Therefore he re-
joices. He knows the truth which
shall make all free. Yes, there are
tears in his eyes, but they are yelling
out of his happiness-his present salts
faction-New Commonwealth.