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Eve'Rl'ylDOdy's Column.
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ity, and so unspeakably brutal in it's
| intensity, as present day capitalism.
What would capitalism care if very
hour of day some loving life was
shifted out? What. would capitalism
care if the ones who were the MAIN
stays Of the family should become,
maimed?: What does capitalism offer
| to our women? Their tender vines of
love and patience supporting our
weakness and softening with the dews
Of their tears our hours Of sorrow
and grief. They, too, must yield them
selves to satiate the NAV, of a
heathenous rapacity.
What does capitalism care for the
! flowers of childhood blooming like
perfumed visions in the desert plains
of our hearts, lending a charm of
love and glory in the narrow confines
Of our humble honest These chill
dren, they too must feed the ever
grinding profit mills of our worthy
| masters, and from their broken and
mangled bodies must come gain for
the captains of finance and the lords
OF trade.
This is what capitalism calls free
dom and this mockery we call chris
tianity.
Capitalism has become the parent of
poverty, and our usefulness has be-
come our curse.
Socialism tho Ideal.
Socialism will bring better man.
hood; socialism will build up the
home; socialism will put the ban on
dishonesty; socialism will will place
a premium upon honesty; socialism
will relieve the child Of work; So
cialism will not produce drunkards;
socialism will remove poverty; social
ism will give the producer his pro-
duct; socialism will not produce
grafters; socialism will make possible
the brotherhood Of man; socialism
will remove the cause for fallen wo-
men: socialism will reduce the num-
Der of hours; socialism will produce
pure food; socialism will remove the
| fear Of want; socialism will remove
prisons; socialism will give women
| the vote; socialism is collective owner
ship; socialism is majority rule; So
cialism will remove disease; socialism
| will give all an education; socialism
wi remove the cause for grafters; So
| cia1sm will make it possible for each
and all to show the best that is in
him or her: 1t will present the OPP
portunity for advancement, not from a.
financial point Of view, but for honor.
Socialism will make record of the
good deeds of men, not the bad deeds.
Socialism will remove the power Of
one man over another so far as he
will not have a right to exploit the
labor of another
| Under socialism we can say we are
no longer slaves chained to our tasks,
because we have produced to much.
Our frugality will not then be; our
curse. 49," -
Socialism can be compared with the
flower garden; the children az. buds.
will grow under healthful conditions
that will allow the bringing forth of
heathful, robust and intelligent beings.
There is possibility that under
socialism the eachings of Jesus can
come near, being fulfilled: do unto
others as you would have others do
unto you.''
| There may be a possibility that I
J have become more of a utopianist
than an 1deaiist. You may judge. We
deal only with man made laws. We
are not going to recast human ma
ture but we are going to remove the
conditions that now enable the greed
for gain Of a few to bring upon US
the damnable conditions in which we
now find ourselves. We propose to re-
move these. conditions.
] P. G. PHILLIPS.