The Irish standard., 1909-01-16

I EOltOr lFlSu 0ldIiuhi
!! Some time, ago, in an interview in
, Chicago, Archbishop Falconio is re-
I ported to have said that among the
| greatest evils in this country are:
1 First. "Wealth not properly used.
What is the proper use of wealth!
The socialist tells JUS that the accum-
u,ation of wealth is unjust, and its
improper use inevitably follows.
Wealth can be properly used only oy
those who are it's rightful owners,
those who contribute useful service
in producing and distributing It,
Second. SOCIALISM and divorce,
which the Catholic Chuch is seeking
to check and wipe out"
What is socialism? 1t is the condi-
ton produced by the cooperative util-
ization of all of the resources of nature.
God is it's author. We read in Gen.
(1-26). "And He said: Let us make
man to our image and likeness, and let
him have dominion over the fishes of
the sea, and the fowls of the air, ana
the beasts, and the whole earth, and
every creeping creature that movet]
upon the earth" Thus, direct from
the hand of God, We have collective
ownership, the first half of the doctrine
of socialism. In the family, God es-
tablished the principle of cooperation,
which is the other half of the doctrine
of socialism. Universal ownership AMI
universal cooperation embrace yJ
there is in the philosophy Of socialism.
Will the learned Archbishop kindly
tell us what Is wrong about them.
and give us some good reasons for
seeking to check and wipe them out?"
| Third and in doing so. it is work
ing for the preservation of the coun-
try's institutions"
| What are the country's institutions?
The private or Individual ownership
Of the instruments of production AMI
distribution,-the means Of employ.
ment-is the greatest Of these, and as
It is the one the socialists are determ-
ined ITO wipe out" and to replace
with a better system, l will point out
some of the reasons for their determi-
naticn. The system enables an ever
decreasing number of avaricious PEI
sons to monopolize the means of OBJ
tanning the necessaries Of life. 1t en-
ables John d. Rockefeller, and a few
associates, to control the Illuminating
oil Of the world, and to raise its price
to twenty times it's cost It permits
Hartman Morgan, Hill and few 9TH
portation, which enables them to take
from the producer on one side, and
from the consumer on the other, all
Of the products of labor, except what
is necessary to enable the toiler to
labor and live. The system divides the
human family into two antagonistic
millionaires and paupers, masters and
slaves. 1t las made universal, a sys-
tenn of comnercialism that holds out
the alluring incentive of profit for
every species of dishonesty and I'M
fairness in financial transactions. 1t
leads the INSCRIPTIONS into the most
ing Of what nuted temperance lee
..rer described as "the ante-chamba r
t., hell" where adulterated and poison
Gus intoxicants are dealt out, to the
temporal and eternal ruin of its pat
rons; to the keeping of another ante
chamber, the den Of the social evil and
supply it with victims, Men are dis
charged, and women take their place
at reduced wages: perfected machinery
enables the child to take the woman s
place, and child slavery is the result.
i Fourth. Socialism, which strikes
at the order, of society" Yes, social
ism does strike at the present order
of society, which is partly described
above. and it will continue to do so,
until the unjust competitive or individ-
ualist system is removed, and in its
1.ace is established the humane and
beneficent system OF universal CO.
operation
Fifth. "At authority"
| Yes, socialism strikes at the usurped
authority of capitalism and appeals to
the supreme authority of the people
at the Ballot Box It will continue that
appeal until the people learn to cast
their ballots for those who are in ia
vor Of collective ownership, the only
system that will promote the welfare
Of all. without exception.
]. Sixth. AT God and religion. and n
its schemes purporting to aid the suf-
feri1g, would wipe ont the considera-
ton Of human nature. OF God and the
/ hereafter" III
4 Socialism has no schemes purport-