The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-03

bloodshed will not be necessary here.
The stupendous task you speak OK
Will come about SO naturally and Off
hand that the first steps In Socialism
will be taken before you realize what
is taking place.
In the first place your immigration
gates are wide open. letting in hun
dreds OF thousands OF laborers, while
at the same time there are hundreds
OF thousands OF your own countrymen
idle and every move made by yocr
men of wealth is made TO produce
more goods with less men. thereby
adding TO the unemployed. Every
modern machine that Is put to WORK
adds to the unemployed Where will
IT stop7 Not so long as there Is enough
building machinery to make more ma.
chinery and railroads to develop. This
is not TO be an immediate problem
but come II will, and solved 1t must
be. So, as long as the country is per-
fecting itself. you necd not fear our
reign. But II you fall down there Is
no power on earth to pick you up but
Socialism.
Let us say in 10 years we find there
is no. further profit lii new railroads.
as we then have all .hS roads built We
consider to be paying lines. Do you
realize what that means? DO you
realize how many different lines Of
industry this would affect? The steel
mills. the foundries, the construction
departments and the millions of men
suddenly dumped upon the labor mar
ket from the various lines of labor?
That is TIE point the railroads will
4 IL. a
Standard Oil. Not only they, but all
other lines. and the faster they be-
come perfect the more fierce will re-
come the unemployed problem,
WHICH WILL DEMAND solution.
Men will not stand on their feet aud
die for the want OF Dread. These men
will have to be put To work on gov.
eminent land TO earn their living. OF
course the government will make
profit on their labor and 1t will be
then I'D to them to distribute and sell
the surplus product. There Is where
she steps from her old clothes and en-.
tiers the first stage OF Socialism. The
balance will follow as natural as did
this.
! You say we must eliminate selfish
ness from human nature. There iS
no selfishness in human nature. The
selhshness we have Is drilled into US
by dog-eat-dog" system. II you
think there Is. you study the human
nature OF your little Laby girl. and
see II she will not part with anything
she has Human nature Is IA little
children. not as hogsJwith both feet
in the trough, as we all necessarily
are.
You ask for information as to how
Socialism could exist since some men
are savers and others spenders. That
is easy.
No matter how much wealth you &c.
cumulate there are but four things IL
will buy: Food. clothing, shelter and
amusement This Is all there Is to
life. Now. we figure If all men receive
the same wage and got these things at
cost OF production they could get oil
OF the four named necessities for 20
hours work per dag. working nine
months in the year.
So, II you got all there Is to 1.-Two
for and had plenty Of time to enjoy
1t, you could not get more II you made
million minute And. n you go.
ell out of life your heart could desire,
why should you not wish me and all
others to do the same.
Now, my friend, feel sure that
your education is too far advanced for
you TO be outside or fold. and
wonld like TO have you make study
OF this subject. II you Will drop u
card 10 wiltshire Book Co. zoo Will
Iam-st, New Yurk, ana ask for cat
alogue OF books. you will find them
from &C to SO end get your money
worth every time You might also en-
close l0c for 4 year OF ''Wilshires
Magazine" and if you are not In our
camp before the year Is out III MIA
uy guess. SOCIALIST.
Charlotte. Mich, Feb. ~, 1908.
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