World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1909-03-25

but he is not so much al q foo!
as not to play the game Of CAPT
talism while capitalism lasts.
Would Bro. Towe have him
give away his earnings and be-
come pauper? He is not preach,
ling pauperism. and should he
practice what he does not
preach?
Bro. Towe wants speculation
Chat is gain bing)-because he
says: If socialism were then
usered into power the spirit Of
speculation (gaubling) would
cease to exist among men and as
a consequence woman and child.
rem would suffer- Ye Gods.
such AN argument from a man
who opposetb socialism. And
then lie says: 1T requires only
childish simplicity to know that
when men can no longer receive
due recompense for their labOrs
and tolls, but must be content
! with a mere tr,tie to Keep soul
and body together only. Without
! a nic!lle Or dime to Jungle for past
time or spend for q luxury, or
in other words as they please,
that this world viii be changed
from action TO id!eness from
thrift to slothfnlness, and from
civilization to heathenism." And
yet he says he Loves socialism"
and exhibits 30 woIul an igno-
rance OF its basic principles as
the above quotation shows. He
, is now, as every one with IN
ounce OF thinking matter in his
Uranium knows, depicting the
2 evils OF our pre- sent system, and
, thinking he thinks that this evil
, will follow socialism. Bat there
, he is as far WrOng, as he Is in
, correct in his statements of Ia It.
The very basis of christianity
, anc the very basis OF socialism,
is the doctrine that the labarer
, rs worthy Of his hire That
he should receive due recon-
, pence for his labors and tolls.
, Socialism stands for thc doc
!, trine, first, last and all the time;
in season and out Of season; that
!, the laborer shall receive the
!, FULL PRODUCT or HIS TOLL, for
, his service, or IT'S EQUIVALENT,
and not a part OF it as under
, capitalism. That Is, in its hnal
, analysis. all there is to socialis u;
and all these things we speak OF
as socialism are simply means
to an end; are simply ways of
reaching this grand deslderatum.
And when we get socialism;
=. when every one shall be a work
err, and shall work shall Earn
his bread with the sweat OF his
face" and there shall be no
specuIators-no gamblers-as
Inow; when there shall be no
millionaires, as now, no shlrkers
as nov; no oilers as nov; no
, grafters as now; no people Who
. work not, neither do they spin.
yet Solomon in all his glory was
rot arraycd like one OF these"
, then, and not till then will Bro.
lowe, and all others, Receive
due recompcnse for their labor
land tolls"
And then Bro. Towe says that
Iif w had socialism Inventions
would cease Oh silly man that
tie is. He gl!bly makes asser'
ltious like Il raw,dad runs back.
wards. He assumes that if 0
, lmln received all he produced,
, instead Of only sHali portion,
. las he does noc. incentive would
cease, and minds become afro.
piled. ask if man now re.
c ives Sl.l9 per Gay Che sum
which a late lab4r report shows
l he received will lie have less In.
c4ntIvc to work than lie would
! have il he received @L52 per day
thc sum which the sama labor
: report shows he producedG 1t
! is wonderful to what extremes