The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-01-31

chance to practice what they preach Just from what little this reviewer knows of the Socialist teachings, which isn't much, on the contrary the unfairness of MT. Dixon's book is just as marked as the trlogy on the negro question, which was a great deal.
 The 2000 socialists get to the island of Ventura and take charge. MT. Dixon gives most amusing accounts of the handling of the process of giving each man and wo- man job, that the island and its inhabi- tants max be self-supporting and work out properly socialist theories No one wishes to be scrub men or women, or cooks, gardeners, chamber maids or house servants; evrybody had quite different ideas as to what they were capable of doing-or what they should be given them under the prayed for brotherhood of man, causing, of course, much confusion.
 Then MT. Dixon asks subtly if a man or woman will not work when he Is able to work who will be authorized to say under the brotherhood of man what should be done to him or her? That's easy. Do unto them what Is done now through the constituted authority, of which even the brotherhood of man would have a representative
 Of course, in Comrades" the brother hood of man breaks up into a row as MT
 
 There are just a few things in this book that even the most innocent reader would catch, as to the authors unfair ness; be the reader ever so green as to socialism. For instance, no body of men or women would in starting a brother hood put at the head of it, even for the short time that Norman Worth occupied that position. boy just out of college and practically in his teens. Nor would a hrot bar of ma ma 1xa ar n excess of goods for shipment elsewhere. That one point is one of the fighting arguments of the socialist of the world as this reader understands itto-wit; that with this country now producing one- third more goods, food. etc., than the people can use, it Is shipped elsewhere to be brought back in payment, money or bonds on foreign countries for whom? Not the producer, but the capitalist. The argument of the socialist is. that we must produce only what is needed; if that can be done by working the present popu- lation of the United States one-half the time, that Is what we want to do and not have any excess to ship away. In the island of Ventura there were raised cante- loupes for shipment to California and the East, earning great profit; one of the very things that socialists call anathema and wouldn't under any circumstances practice
 Then, too the island of Ventura was not absolutely cut away from outside infiu- ences, for it was shipping goods away. In addition to making goods food, etc., for shipment, beyond the use of its brotherhood, these 2,O00 people were so worked that an attempt and success was made to produce within one years time | sufficient labor or its result to build and | equip homes and occupations for double | lat cf pla a 1 should build for the natural increase; l but certainly not work in one years time i to prepare for doubling its populations of | course, on that basis the island of Ven l tura's population attempting to double its i, population and houses in year were 1 working on slave hours. etc
 l Then again the island of Ventura had a l system of money or exchange to certain ] extent, which is against socialist govern l ment.
 Comrades reads as everything that 1 that the Rev MT. Dixon writes. very ln- 1 teresting. This author is happy In his 1 handling of so-called heavy themes, which l most thinkers give much study to, while
 MT Dixon will solve them all for you iu
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 i The reader will know that no such per /, son as Barbara Bozenta ever lived and will not possibly be in our midst for some i little time. There are a lot of Norman l Worths; this reviewer knows one now | with the an-important addition to this friend of the reviewer. lot of good. harf I sense along with this socialist belief | which makes all the difference in the 1 world, of course.
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 below the surface of MT. Dixon's reason ing will say that this author has explod
 ed socialist teaching. When, as e
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