The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-07-15
ROOSEVELT AS A SOCIALIST
Fact Shown by His Utterances-ln.
d~ividuaiism OF Democracy 10
Hope of the Country.

Ex-Prcsident Roosevelt Is doing
more than any 100 Socialists are do.
Ing to aid the Socialist propaganda.
Better stick to fighting for the Ham
iltonian doctrines than attacking the
Socialists with a boomerang. The
boomerang is a dangerous weapon In
the hands of one who does not under
stand 1t. Mr.. Roosevelt has been con-
stantly trying to c%entralize the gov
ernmcnt and desires to control cor
porations. The Socialists are work.
ing to the same end. They see Mr..
Roosevelt totally failed with all the
power of the government at his beck
and call, to control the trusts and
railroads, and, therefore they declare
that: 1.-THE next step forward In line
with the economic development Is the
assumption Of ownership and control
by the people of these highly organ
lied Industries that are dangerous to
the very life of the people In their
present form Of ownership"
The Socialists, therefore, are deter.
mined that the government shall
confisoate the property of the corpor-
atoms and control all the land for the
people. Mr.. Roosevelt has jumped at
the conclusion that the Socialists de-
sire equality OF reward"-that is the
workman and the sluggard shall both
have an equal share In the distrfbu'
ton OF the production Of all the peo
pie.
II Socialism means anything 1t IS
that the government shall run the in.
dustries Of the country In the interest
of all. Therein they differ from the
good old Democratic doctrine OF
equal rights to ALL to have a fair
chance to get what one earns and to
keepit, by giving special privileges
to none" The Roosevelt political
doctrines stand for special privileges
to the few such as the tariff gives
to the manufacturers, to be supple
mented by subsidies to the sugar
trust and ship trust, so that these
favored ones may have equal rights"
to plumber the many.
Thus the Republican policies come
mighty lear the Socialist doctrine of
confiscation, for while under the
guise of taxation the Republicans
would confiscate the fruits Of the few
the Socialists would take all the
products Of toll and divide 1t accord.
ing to the service rendered.
The ex-president, like the Socialists,
favors confiscation under the guise OF
graduated income and inheritance
taxes, and from his utterance at the
unveiling Of the Underhill monument,
he evidently advocates the control not
only of the trusts and corporations,
but private fortunes as well. Has
any sane Socialist gone beyond ex-
President Roosevelt when he said:
"As society progresses and grows
more complex 1t becomes desirable to
do many things for the common good
by common effort. No empirical line |
car be laid down as to where and
when such common effort by the
community should supplant or
supplement private and individual eff.
fort. Each case must be judged on |
Its own merits. Similarly, when a pri-
vate or corporate fortune of vast size
Is turned to a business use which
jeopardizes the welfare Of all the
small men, then In the interest of
everybody, in the interest of true in
dividualism. the collective or common
power of the community must be ex-
to control and regulate for
the common good this business use
Of vast wealth, and while doing this
must make 1t evident that we
frown upon malice and envy exactly
as we frown upon arrogance and op-
preston"
Such is the Socialist doctrine as
preached by Roosevelt, and although
he and the Socialists differ on just
how to attain their ends, there Is
nothing to prevent n OF the other
succeeding, but the i~ndividualism of
he Democracy.