The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
Speakers Deny That They Are
Anarchists or Break the
Law.
WOULD WIPE OUT ALL
CORRUPTION AND GRAFT
Object to the Contract System
of Labor, and Want 1t
Abolished.

The principles OF socialism were ad-
vanccd TO "A large crowd at Liberty park
Sunday afternoon by j. A. Smith. Alfred
Sorcnson and George Watts. The prin-
cipal address was made by Mr. Smith.
who took for his subject, whats SO
and What Isn't" In opening lie said
that many years ago he had learned
three very important words which ne
found OF great use In upbuilding social
ism. These are: ''AgItato. educate and
ut has been said" continued the
speaker. THAT we are anarchists and
break the laws. \ socialist believes IN
upholding the law. not in breaking 1t.
cupi,alistic class. They violate tho law
by buying up congress and securing fa-
vors upon which they grow immensely
wealthy.
Then too, It is claimed by some that
confiscation is a part OF socialism. This
is not so as confiscation is not part OF
socialism, Confiscation Is a part of and
recognized by the government and by
the laws everywh ere. The bankruptcy
law and the statute of limitations which
we find in every state in the Union. are
fair examples OF coniiscation by law. II
a man goes into business and his obliga-
tons become such that he is unable TO
remain solvent, he goes 10 the bankruptcy
court and IS given n clean bill of health
and can start all over again, Thus the
law confiscatcs the property of his cred
itors and gives IT TO the debtor
Takes Slap at Roosevelt.
They also say that socialists want to
destroy private property and that social
ism destroys the home, In the first place
the socialist has no private property the
other fellow has II all. Roosevelt had
the audac!ty TO make the statement that
socialism destroys the home. Capital Is
doing that not socialists. They take
factory
place n woman. because II Is cheaper:
then thsy take the woman out and put
In Il child and again reduce the price of
labor so that they may get the benefit OF
additional wealth
1T is also said that socialism will make
more political corruption, How can there
present system? Look at socialist off,
cials in Milwaukee and other great cit
les? You will find them all the time en-
deavoring to wipe out corruption and
graft"
Objects to Contract System.
Alfred sorenson paid particular at:en-
ton TO the contract system OF labor which
exists right In Salt Lake City, He de-
clared that under socialism this curse
Would be abolished forever. Such sys-
Ing man down, and even TO the extent
TO which II Is carried on in this city
he said. would not be tolerated in Eu-
rope for a minute.
10 san Francisco icw years ago was 4
blessing because It destroyed everything
privately owned, and gave employment
to thousands who needed 1t to replace
and rebuild the city.
George Watts was the last speaker and
spent most OF his time In scoring the city
for trying to prevent the
socialist meetings In Liberty park. He
read from the speech OF Abraham Lin
coin on capital and labor and then de-
clared that he tried to get the "illegit-
innate union OF the Herald d-Republican"
to pi1nt Lincoln's speech but II refused
10 do so. Mr.. Watts closed by calling
attention 10 the socialist convention which
viii be held in this city July "a
After the meeting was over Parskeeper
Heath called the last speaker down for
the dig he gave the park commission and
also told the leaders that they must not
use the benches in the parl, for speak
ers rostrum, but must In the future pro-
vide themselves with box or something
else on which to stand.