The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-09

of the other fellows mouth, the more
is that business fellow recognized as
capable and Successful" compot-
itor And that Is an exercise very
much indulged In to the detrment OF
humanity.
In recent Investigations into the In
duStrieS OF the South-not made by So
cialiStS, mind you. but by congression-
al and other Investigations. 1T is shown
that the natural order ol things was
reversed. tho wife and children being
in the mill, while the husband and
father. displaced by his own flesh and
blood. has no work TO do. He stays
at home. attends TO the house and car
ries the dinner pail TO his wife and
children at the factory. And il is
told us, Socialists would destroy the
family. The accuseTS are like the roo
Der who cries stop thief" and joins
in the chase raised by his CITY,
Women in the Field,
This change released a vast amount
Of labor power that had been used In
home production, for home consump,
ton. and made It available for capi-
taliSt exploitation Woman now be
came factory operative. But as ma
chinery made easier the work that
skill and strength had previously re-
served 10 man, women who could not
obtain employment at what had been
female occupations, began to compete
with man, and TO do so had TO under.
sell him to get the job Thus woman
became self-supporting, rs it is called
Many men mthinkingly hate the
women who compete with them. The
revolution that was worked i'm women's
lives was none of their making. Or
isinally the workman had to earn
wages high enough to enable him to
support himself and family. but no-'
that women and children can support
themselves By competing with him. the
worltingmans wages must necessarily
go down, So, that under the present
capitalist social system the family life
is destroyed. the mother is forced to
leave home and enter the factory.
there 20 compete with the father and
very often her own children.
The Way Out.
Now IL the people as a whole owned
the capital OF the nation and pro
duced wealth for use and not for prof
it, can YOU imagine a state Of affairs
in which the people would be foolish
enough TO say; we have produced
too much food therefore We must stop
production and starve. We have pro
duced too much clothing, we will have
10 go naked for awhile?"
Well, that is what is done today
[. under capitalism When thc workers
have produced more than the capital-
lst can get rid OF he says. "Stop!" and
the "overproduction" is bis and so are
the tools that produced il. Civilization
is threatened by such a systom.
What Kind OF Work Do They Do?
The primary tenet embraced bv can.
italists, that the wealth produced IS
theirs by right OF their work. Is fal.
lacious. What kind OF work do they
do2
Years ago when man used his
tools and worked 10 q finish the com
modify he was justly entitled 10 an
he received in exchange therefor To.
day We tind gigantic labor saving ma.
chimes owned by capitalists who hire
men 70 work for them, creating the
wealth. All the work the employees
do. is work the workers and outdo his
competitor.
The merchants uppermost thoughts
are TO create profits That tho nettv
and other business concerns Vasto
energy, time and money In ndvertis.
ing their commodities, IS another fun.
damentnl fallacy which the trusts and
their pinnacle of economic methods
have proved
Competition is crime because II is
waste. AS before stated. the man who
can concoct the basest scheme of
cheating and lying Is the successful
competitor Yc who prate of Christi
aDity should denounce a method which