The Irish standard., 1909-01-16

collective ownership, which will give
every human being equal and undi-
vided ownership in all the means Of
employment, and every individual will
naturally seek the position he is best
qualified to fill, thereby gaining the
benefit Of the most productive en-
ployment. AS socialism is, exclusive
ly, a material science that will solve
the bread and butter problem, the sys-
tenn that will give all people the unrc-
stricted opportunity to make their own
living, it cannot possibly "strike at
God. at religion, nor at the hereafter
All material interests will be unified
by the bond of common ownership.
which will make it impossible for one
person to gain any selfish advantage
over another; therefore the selfish de-
sire to reap the fruits of another's Ia
able spirit OF cooperation will take It's
place. The best methods of produce
ton will be chosen, the best appliances
will be used, and the most capable
managers will be selected in the in
dustries in which they are skilled. AS
self preservation is the first law If
human nature, socialism, instead Of
wiping it out as the Archbishop says,
is the only system that will take into
due consideration, and give all an OPP
portunity to make their living under
cooperation. Our industrial facilities
are composed of two approximately
equal parts, manufacture and agricul-
ture. 1t Is estimated that by elimin-
ating authorizations, and by using first
class material and workmanship, the
value of articles would be doubled;
that by proper cultivation on a large
scale, land can be made to produce
double what it does at present. It
is believed also that the present sys-
tenn holds out of employment, one
third of. those who are able to con.
tribute useful service. From the
above estimates, we may formulate
the following statement:
BY providing useful employment for
all persons, our producing force will
be increased by gain of so per cent.
BY doubling the value of manufac-
tured and compounded articles, and
by doubling the product of the farm,
we have gain of 100 per cent.
According to these estimates it Is
possible to add to our productivity,
one hundred and fifty per cent.
I invite those who now are, and
those who wish to be millionaires, to a
calm and thorough study of the above
estimates, and is it not possible that
they may conclude that their welfare
would be promoted by the Inaugural
ton of socialism? 1t would enable
them to provide themselves, easily,
with everything necessary to make
them comfortable, and would relieve
them entirely, of the extraordinary ef-
fort and anxiety that is inseparable
from the gaining and retaining of
wealth. Some people believe that So
cialism will enable the indolent to
take by force the product of the in
dustrious, and the wealth of the rich,
and divide it among themselves. It Is
not true. Tho purpose of socialism is
to unite the whole human family into
one cooperative organization in which
every individual will naturally be will
ing, and will be required, to take the
place his abilities qualify him to fill,
thereby so completely utilizing the
bountiful resources Of nature, that ev-
cry legitimate beside will be abuni-
antly gratified. All special privileges
will lose their value; all class distinc-
tions will lose their motive, all COM
pulsory servitude will lose it's power,
and the human family will cast aside
the selfish antagonism of individualism
enjoy the bounties of cooperative
industry, and under the banner of uni
versal brotherhood--no rich, no poor,
no master, no slaye-in triumph will
enter that haven of peace and plenty
.-"the cooperative commonwealth"
The millionaire, with all the power
and influence that his mine of gold
may supply, and all the cunning he
may command, can never achieve the
happy condition that mutual co.opera-
ton promotes, nor can he escape the
degrading influence the wide spread
poverty, the wicked wars, the oppres-
sjons and frauds of the cut-throat sys-
tenn that makes the accumulation of
his excessive wealth possible. Then
how long will he continue to adhere
to that system? -.
A w. I. BROWN.
1896 Grand Ave, st. Paul, MINI.