The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09
'SOCIlLISTIC ran ICIES."

must en-- from tho Lacsdes ~ oar
public buildings. tho thpso words 81
the Republican motto: liberty. bscaiss
socialism IL . rule of tyranny and police
equality. hecauss IL II a rule Of class;
fraternity. hsCa,tse it, policy is that Of
the class war Guyot has bsen a
deputy. a municipal councillor. Minister
of poIl,lic Works ussO-sQI: he advo-
cated the revision 81 the Dreyfus case.
and was political editor 81 Lc steele
uSo2- 1000. A determined and consistent
opponent % socialism. he has published
many works bearing on the subject.
His latest. -Socialistic Fallacie-.' has
been translated into English and is a
manual for those who wish To combat the
sophisiries Of socialism. as Il - a perfect
arsenal of arguments
Socialism, that word Of M many mean
ings. has itself become meaningless. VI,
Guyot tells us 81 each variety. analyses its
particular fallacy. and. while not a victim
Ia the craze for statistics. furnishes many
pages Of figures to match those Of his
adversaries He attacks Karl Marx on
his weakest flank. and incidentally shows
him AZ not being "A proletaTian hut the
son -in-law Of a Pris-ian Junker The
selfishness 81 Marx. his tyranniCal be-
havior, his unphilosophical wrath when
Opposed by two such intellectual giants
a. Bakunin and Iassalle. his jealous atti-
tude toward Lassalle especially after his
unfortunate death. ~ well known: all
these traits do not reveal a man Of true
hrotherly love. Able but frequently un-
scrupulous mon amuse the idle and at
tract the multitude such. az Guyot puts
II. are the leaders 81 the cause which has
made such progress In Germany. They
are plagiarists, with some variations, OF
all the communist romanCas inspired nv
Plato Their greatest pundits. Marx and
Engels, have built up their theories upon
a sentence ~ Saint simon and three
phrases Of Ricardo Our author gives
these examples German socialism ia
derived from two sources: ~ the French
doctrine ~ Saint Simon. The way IN
grow rich ~ to make others work for
one, which became IN Proudhon's works
The exploitation Of man by man. (2D
Three formula Of Ricardo VIZ IA Labor
10 IN" measure Of value: til the price Of
labor ~ that which provides tho lahorer
in general with the means Of Subsistence
and ~ perpetuating his species without
either Increase or diminution: Ccl Drofl,s !
decrease in proportion a. wages increase
Formula tbl became the iron Law Of
wages II l.asssl!e The French doctrine.
and Ricardo's three fornula became
Rodbertuss theory ~ the normal time
of labor and of Karl MARKS and FngeIs's !
surplus labor Guyot calmly demon
strats~ the absolute fallacy Of all these
sonorous assImpti ions
Tie asks Nhat has become Of the I'torias
81 Fourier and IT Cahet. " Louis Planes
organization ~ labor and Prordhon's
hank NJ exchange No socialist has sue /
ce"ded in explaining Ia" conditions
for ID" product un. remuneration and
diStr button - capital in a ColIaCtivist
system. No socialist has sIccee,ied IN |
determining the motives for action which /
individuals would nrey when nrasseJ
for an answer they lllegc that human
natur" VIII have been Transformed. but
the individual remains a constant duan-
ti'y. Socialism IS hierarchy on a mill
'ary hl~is imported from Germany Karl
Marx dill not concern himself With the
Incentives To actor which ~ 20 u, placed
before men IN Communistic soCictv and
his followers carefully evade the question
Whom they do attempt tn deal with h,
hey fall into Cro'esuuc errors. like NJ
Iaur'-. Herr kautskv asks himself how
he workman - to ~ made to TAX. an IN
crest n his work and he can find no in.
'enttve other than the force ~ habit,
Like mechanical toys mon will do tho
ame thing every day because they did !,
he day before. This IL merely teaching
ricks 10 animals. tho organization ~
Obey fsntn
mechanically tomorrow what he did yes
erday. This - not discovery " -c,en-
ifc socialism; the organizer Of armies
ma ~ churches discovered u long ago and
Employed II a. means 81 discipline IN
Ter the sanctions 81 nllurement and coer-
'ion allurerneRt by prpferments. decora
ions and honorary and material distinc-
ions. and cnerc'Cn by mans ~ more or
cs~ cruel and vigorous punishments
'ehel declares thai "a man who will not
work shall not have the right To- eat
This - heing condemned to death by star
alton; and man who does less work
han in the opinion 81 the executive he
'uRht tn do will have IN ~ put upon a re-
tricted diet. - that after all tho coI!cc-
ivist ideal ends in ~eryile labor.
II may be said that man il ready for
very form Of sacrifice except one. No
where and nj no time has man been found
o labor voluntarily and constantly from
disint~T"sted love for others Man
: only compelled To productive labor nv
i"cessity. nv the fear NJ punishment. or
" suitable remuneration The socialists
4 to-day. like those 81 former timea
constantly denounCe the waste 81 com
'~tition. Competition involves losses but 1
biological evolution NJ we'll a. that Of
proves that they arc largely :
compensated nv gain. Furthermore {
her" IL no question OF abolishing CONNIE q
itIon. in socialist conceptions. the cues '
ion IL merely on" 81 IN" substitution Of :
POLITICAL for economic Competition m
competition leads To vast. -,
nd claims lts victims ~ is none th,. less :
productive. Political competition has 80. .
ured enormous plumber to great con. :
uerors such ~ Alexander Clpsar. Tanner VI
ana and Napoleon: II always DESTROY.
more wealth than IL confers upon the vic
pr The socialist formulates a theory >
{ robbery and calls IL restitution IN
he disinhsrited. Disinherited by whom, b
~ what? Let them pro- a
uce their title de~ds' They call II .x. {