The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-07-11

Extols industry That Supplies
Opportunities For the Bread q
winning Millions. IN, il !:
Deplores the Wholesale Denlnci-
J alton Of tho Country's Great 4
. Nation Builders. n


various qualities Of zeal. Some have
generosity. Their zeal is noble. and
nation wide. Many have a most un-.
wise, ignoble. belligarent, ungenerous
and self-centered zeal. " "a
The zeal of the former sort is in
telligent, 1t struggles honestly and
respectfully forward and upward;
while the zeal Of the latter order is
chaotic; it Is distempered and dark
ened By imperfect knowledge and bit
terly erroneous conceptions; 1t is
frenzied by internal contentious and
system hlighting immoral ulcers.
Therefore it must suffer the most hu-5
initiating and signal defeat. ! +, 49, Ii.
Our times are characterized by con
ditions, struggles. and strife unworthy
Of our; age and civilization. -. Il
The ahiftlessz and improvident.. 4.
The, thrtftless. irnprovident, unskill-
full and disinclined to vigorous activi-
ties beAigerently assert themselves in
Wholesale denunciation OF the success
full They perhdiously caricature the
country's great nation builders. and
viciously assault the founders Of COL
losal enterprises and systems Of sur
pristng ndustry-industry which sup
plies opportunities for the bread win
ming millions.
1t must be acknowledged that the
vast majority Of the vituperative ire:
sponsibles are utterly unacquainted
with any approved science Of econom-
les. They are persons whose writings
and addresses give pitiable exhibitions
Of their larnentable unskillfulness,
wdthered nnedtocrity, and grevious ig-
rorance OF the first principles OF social
architecture. '~~~
It L. also a fact beyond dispute, that
many Of the present day agitators are
uncultured, anarchistic, atheistic and
foreign renegades, haters Of law and
order, always dangerous sojourners
within our borders. These menacing
refugees from distant lands, unsuc-
oessful in their native countries, "ob-
jectionable citizens in our homeland
are: filed: with hatred for all Of our
American institutions whether indus
trial; social, moral or governmental.
The SociaIistic Party.
The present day Socialistic party is
composed of many varieties of persons
and characters. Some are admirably
intellectual; graciously gentle; nobly
self sacrificing and sincere. They are
q credit to any community, to any hall
Of debate, to any system of journalism
or: to any time or place or people.
But, alas!- the company about them Is
self confessedly immoral and atheists
caliy, irrreligious. They are the par
rot1ike chatterers the; flock unlet-.
tered--the foreign invaders-uncouth
and incapable Of government;
destitute Of true manhood; supercil-
ious and repulsively arrogant, and
filled with jealousy for all those who
have been successful in life. They
ARE a menace to our common. welfare.
They arouse feelings Of repugnance.
and pity in the hearts of those who
behold the spectacle of the unfortu-
mates IN the arena of life, striving
against, and for, they know not what.
Some Of its FalIacies.
The Socialistic party admits frankly
Itself to be full Of internal strivings,
errors and lncompetency; neverthe-
less it franticaMy clamors for recog-
nition and governmental ascendancy.
True, the Socialistic platform has
some good planks; the organization
some noble ideausm: but with this Is
much destructive; fallacy.
Socialism seeks to- possess all the
TOOLS of labor; all the systems Of in
dustry; all the money making pro-
ducts of genius and frugality; in
short, all that the past centuries have
Socialism proposes to
come into. possession of all the afore-
mentioned by simply taking them
over"
|. There is no law to prevent these
disgruntled disturbers OF social COM
forts-these Industrial wreckers-these
Affections of our age and nation from
giving themselves to the most deter
mined application. energy and frugal
fty-thus accomplishing success and
developing their successful achieve
mcnts into far-reaching systems of
cooperative industralism, and thus
effecting and introducing the crystal
lied dream Of their declared genius
and much talked Of brotherly pur-
poses: But no, they are not seeking
work; their purpose is to do less
work. They would have larger re-
turns for less manual Investment
Fewer sweat drops. and more ctin, to
this end they, would, without let or
hinderance, without compuncton or
| compensation, dispossess the present
rightful and competent owners |of. the
results Of their toiing genius and
long years of thrifty application and.
frugality. .-},". =. l.. re
/ - Socialism But Drsan,! -
Brotherly co-operat ton is most de-
lightful bit of idealism; but tho broth:
erly1 cooperative: system cann9t oper-f
ate, without the 5brotherly spirit and
| the spirit cannot be produced by Leg
! fslation. Socialism is but a DEAN a.
fancy; an hallucination. 1t is utterly
impra cticable. i It is not .likelylto come
into, immediate realization; therefore,