New-York tribune., 1908-05-27
IDEALS OF SOCIALISM
ALSO SOME or IT'S ERRORS.
Professor J. B. Clark addresses PHI
Beta Kappa Society.

In an address 70 the Phi Beta Kappa Society at
Columbia University yesterday afternoon, John
Bates Clark. professor of political economy at CO.
lurnbia. showed that the transformation of the
modern form Of government into socaIistic state,
although it would be attended by many advantages.
nevertheless entirely inpracticable IN society
present constituted Professor Clark dis
cussed The Relation of Education to the Social
istic Movement He showed the ideals that must
be the goal of all socialists. and he pointed out
where these ideals applicable in the mod
ern life of any civilized community, He said:
In noegoathy address denasrsd at PFinceton b s
range themselves like a wall barring the progress
s m h@pe has not sn
there may be smaller percentase Of educated per
s,sS aal flns n 59T = + sS 9 say
to prove that socialism ard the higher culture is
worth asking, and possibly answering is What is
ss ossrd to e be the N s2s G Se1a
VIII il be generally conservative or the opposite?
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se Gqed "a ed q 2 Gasion 1t Of Ts and
Nov at the very outset Of amy nau2y about
the first Of them W IS the ssauty s Of the IDEAL which
psFfecions Of tSs present system 9a 5oIs its ethI
equally Of position at one extreme and in
ordtPste MPst 1G we1lfh S at 5g The other ,o. ,
.Rundredths Of his wealth With the
e evR 9p pere aa5 an Hd s m a he 6n Spa
ought ought to purchase What YOU'D not the sum he
Hd oos a9a
som something Ike half million persons It would
ne hungsr spectre and sa1ss them 70 i've IN
eay nothing to one man the ns S grave We
have imagined would translate haif million per
ana al Ssf
a ka
though there would be no difference in the posses
great derence H in the desrabty of eTen Kinds 8
Of lab9rs9ne work IS safe and some i. dangerous
no practcabe Way of avoiding the necessit1 1u Of
m eT 50 eecens unheah 6 @
fields Of labor would in some way have to be made
is tasks would have to held to them by
Popten eqf Not rne ~2d ntd It BE if their ne dis
rulers and charges of favoritizn in personal treat
In the e,i s9Giastie ia state all the Incomes of the
ps s d he S Sc Te ~9ed e Bsa ase ]
have to be taken There would be no special and
aborer and every one Would get sy or %eake %
stipend, and if capital had to be increased-if the
6 Of Goad dns o h2d y TO Ra
unwelcome way Of making accurnuiations it Would
mean the conscious acceptance by the entire work
wise be had there is danger that caPta 9sa9E would
thus not be saved in sufficient quantity and that
the earning capacity Of labor from suffering the
rom mere deart1 of capital
socialstic state, though il more progressive
than we think. would be in danger of becoming
poorer and poorer.
In such a state there may vel be realized a
stronger democracy than which a n
fortunes would bring. Pulling others down that
we may pull ourselves up is not a good initial step
in regime OF brotherhood; but raising ourselves
and others together is the very best step from
the first and throughout. And the fraternity
which conee in this way is by far the finest he
cause of inequality of possessions
This state Is the better because It not chea n1y
attained There are difficulties to be surr1ountad
which we have barely time to mention and no
time to discuss One of the greatest of these il
the the va vanishing OF much competition. The eager
rlvairy IN perfecting methods and multiplying
products Which is at the basis of our confdence
In the future seems TO have here and there given
place TO monopoly. which always means apathv
and stagnation. 'Np'-iS