Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-17
SOCIALISM DEFINED
ISSUES ADVOCATED BY THE so. CIALlsT PARTY.

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 ternatives between. which to choose
 or decide" and the socialists clain
 they have vital issues to present tt
 the people as alternatives to dead Is sues. What could be more vita than the problem, How shall one live?" Capitalism has utterly failed
 in solving this problem, has utterly failed as just system of society, as
 under capitalism the majority of the
 people do not enjoy the happiness
 the peace and security that the cer.
 tainty of the continuance of the right
 to work would insure. Working
 men, even the most skilled laborers
 are never sure of their job, and theii
 wages are so low, and prices ot
 clothing and rent so high under pres
 ent conditions, If they lose the right
 to their job they soon lose the right
 to live. The emancipation of the
 working class would mean the eman-
 cipation of all. for society Is inter-
 dependent. The fact that in every
 large city men of all professions,
 from all the walks of life, crowd the
 largest halls and pay admission to
 discuss the principles of socialism,
 proves that there is wide social unr rest. The socialist party speakers en- deavor to show that the representa- tives of capitalist parties are, chosen for their capability of standing for capitalistic interests. Capitalists have always had more political intel ligence than the working class be- cause they organize politically as well as economically for their class
 interests, choose men to represent those interests in congress, legisla- ture and on the judicial bench. Then they secure large sums of money to spend on red fire, literature and spellbinders to convince the working men from whom they get their ma jorities that these men who head their tickets will, if elected, suddenly become traitors. to capitalism and spend the rest of their political lives in working for the interests of the working class, interests that from the very nature of things are utterly op- posed to the interests of capital, and a great majority of the working class are so dense to their own interests that they will cast their votes eager ly, and then boast of it, for men who will call out, the soldiers when they strike against 10 per cent reduction of wages, or write injunctions against them if they persist in demanding an eight hour law. But" many of them say, i've don't want to lose our vote" They put in their. ballot for the winning man and when the re- suits are made known trudge along in the celebrating parades, throw up their hats and cry, Our man got elected" and then they go back to the shop in the same old dread of shut down of the factory, or cut in wages, and when 1t comes, and If they should perchance have spunk enough to strike against the cut, their man." the one they elected, would be the first to issue an injunc- tion against them. Oh, no, they did not Hose their vote," they voted for what they didn'twant and theygot it.
 The socialist party represents the intelligent part of the working class, that part which knows what it wants and intends to vote for it until 1t gets what 1t wants, viz: the right to work, and the right to receive full value for that work. It wants a system of society where all men shall be workers and no men shirk- CTS. A system where those who work will have time and strength to enjoy what they produce, and where the mothers and little children will not have to labor long hours to make 1t possible for the idlers of society to live in luxury and vice.
 The socialists want to see the evo- lution that is going on in society to- day bring forth condition where hu- man life will be sacred, where men will be safeguarded from dangerous where women will be protected and children be well-born and fed" clothed and educated.
 The socialist party by organization and education hopes to make the great majority of the working class enough to do their own thinking, to vote for their own class interests and to work harmoniousIy with the forces of society tending to- ward socialism. A review of edi- torials, press notices and articles in current periodicals reveals the fact that the issues presented by the two old parties are dead issues, that the reform of the banking system, for in- stance, means nothing to a man who seldom has enough to see him through l from one pay day to another, and | even if he Is told that logically he has with the banks because the reckless bankers produced the ast panic, or rather, the present | panic. Anyone could tell him of | 'ther panics produced by over produc- ion, when shoemaker's children went barefoot because there were too many hoes, when weavers went without | lothes because there was too much 10th, and so on. Oh yesi capitalism s strange system! A system that las for its rule Do others and do hem quick before they do you" Has his rule because what is one mans ain is another mans loss-but un- Ter an orderly system of production where the workers would receive full alue of their labor, under collect ve ownership of the tools of produc- ion and all the natural resources. here would then be no incentive to raft and greed. Where all would be ure of a good living the golden rule Do unto others as you would that hey should do unto you," would no