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criticise 1t. We would suggest that
he read Engels 5ocialism--Utopian
and Scientific" in order to be able to
discriminate between the communism
Of the fore part of the nineteenth
century, and modern scientific SO.
clalism and be up-to-date.
Modern socialism has moi been In
practice at any time In this country
or anywhere else, and will not be.un-
I'll a majority of the people want It.,
and when that time comes as come
It must. what few people interested
In riding on the back Of labor, think
about II will not cut much figure.
We are aware that the object Of
such articles Is TO make II appear
that we are q lot CT dreamers, that
socialism has been sort of tried In
the balance and found wanting" then
present society Is the best ever, and
that anybody that wishes &c change
II Is an enemy of humonity. then
bloody revolution" without seeming
to realize that revolution does not
necessarily imply bloodshed. A revolu
tion has already taken place In the
tools that the people must use TO
the relations they enter into In the
use Of them, but the majority OF the
people have not become conscious OF
the fact. when they do, they undergo
a revolution In their method Of
thought and that is the revolution
TO which the socialists refer In
other words. the people are already
cooperating In the work OF getting
their living. but are not aware OF II.
while a few take advantage OF that
TO enrich themselves, and no wonder
the few do not wish any change. they
realize that II the workers wake up
somebody may have TO do useful la.
Dor. and they resort to all sorts OF
ways TO Justify their position. amons
them, the old dodge brain work,
Now. we socialists do not under val.
Tie the importance OF mental labor.
neither do we exaggerate IL. and we
ask tho writer OF that article 10 de.
fine the dividing line between mental
and physical labor. Can a man dig n
hole In tho ground without using his
mental faculties In the operationY
Or, can a man think without using
his whole body7 This In important.
because II Il ls possible TO separate
tho two kinds OF labor. how can we
determine Just the amount OF each In
Incorporated In labors product7 And
we cannot determine how much OF
each is contained In the product, pray
how can we tell TO what share OF the
product each II entitled. The truth
IL thoy cannot be separated except In
thought. and this spirit worship. char
aeteristic OF the capitalist society. has
become nothing more than a con
yenient cloak TO conceal the process
of robbing labor OF the fruits OF It's
toll
In regard TO the charge OF divid.
Ing up when the trusts get through
with these people they viii have notl |
ng TO divide up but jaded body and
and an anxious mind. and We don't |
want either. But they will be In a
position 10 study the situation un.
biased by property interests.
In regard 70 the failure OF those
colonies Hillquist says;"The found
'rs of all communities proceeded
IN the theory that they could build
~ little society OF their own. elm
natefrom IL all features OF modern
civilization which seemed objection
'ble 10 them. fashion II wholly after
heir own views cs proper social re-
ations. and isolate themselves from
he surrounding world and its cor
upting influences"
but the times OF Robinson Cru
oes. individual or social. have all
'assed The Industrial development
{ the last centuries has created
reat economic interdependence bet
'een man aud man. nation and ma
lon. and has made humanity practical
: one organic body. In fact. all the
achievements OF our pres
mt civilization are due TO he con-
cious or unconscious cooperation OF
he workers In the field or mines
n the railroads and on the steam
oats, in the factor les and laboratories
ne world over. The individual mem :
er OF society derives his power solely q,
'om his participation In this great
cooperative labor or Its results. and {
D man or gloup Of men can separat' q
Imself or themselves from IL with I