The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-25

ahead Such a conclusion would be
rash-rash because II falls to take In
all the facts in the case
Influence OF Social Atmosphere.
DOematlc Socialists incur the error
Of holding that a certain quantity of
capitalism must produce a correspond
ing quantity Of Socialist movement
and that. seeing the United States fur.
nishes the largest quantity of capital
ism, therefore 1t should also have the
larges, quantity of Socialist movement
TO show Finding this not so. the So
c!alist dogmatist is puzzled, frequent
" looking bewildcred, much as a duck
In thunder AS with vegetation, even
I'm the same latitude but different at
mosphcric conditions. the course of the
Socialist movement is intimately af-
fected by different social atmospheres.
The social atmosphere in the United
States inevitably raises the delusIon of
pure and simple political Socialism.
The delusion is not one TO be argued
down 1t had 10 be demonstrated
Had the s. l. p remained alone In
the field the process of the demonStra-
tlon would have been greatly retarded.
Valuable Is the service rendered the
American movement by the S. p. IL
did not mean to be sell-saCriiiclng.
yet it obeyed a self sacrificing bchcst.
Bv setting up its anti-S. l.. +. princi-
pie It demonstrated with It's own fall
ure the soundncss OF the S. L. p.
For a time the process of demon5tra-
tion could not choose but retard the
movement The presence OF party
that flew the colors of Socialism yet
advocated anti-Socialism tactics. which
for the very reason of their being un-
Socialistic, chimed in with lavorite
prejudiccS and were bound TO meet
with greater popularity had necessar-
ily to block the path of progress for
the L. p. The expectations nurSeI
by s. p. error having suffered ship
wreck. the path is cleared-at, least
IT is clearing for more rapid progress.
Ave. indeed. the future OF the So
cialIst party in America Is doleful."
SO say we all.
Keir Hardles estimate, gathered
from intimate and personal obscrva-
tion during his recent visit to Amre-
ica. amounts to saving that the So
cialIst party has failed Of It's mission,
This is truc-yet not wholly true.
Special Mission Of the S. P.
There was a special mission for the
Socialist party TO perform-the mis-
sion of demonstrating the soundness
OF the Socialist Labor Party position.
The three principles above cnumer-
ated are and have been cardinal prin-
ciples with the S. l.. P An element
there IS In the land whose conception
of Socialism is purely political To
that element the economic movement
is. at best, merely a transient manis"
tatlon. To them the idea of at all de-
voting time to the economic move
ment, except TO jolly and captlvate
the good will OF its membership, IS q
waste OF time. II Is considered even
worse than a waste Of time: IL is
considered harmful. The searching
criticism. that the conduct of the class
unconscious union demands. produces
irritation. makes enemies" The
Utopian Socialist. with his visions OF
political victory, lnsensibly acquires
the qualities OF the capitalist polite.
lana suayity that means all things
to all men. To the Utopian. OF pure
and simple political Socialist. accord
ingly. nothing is more abhorent than