Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-12-08

ar, he dare not. take his cony, ~ ~ a.
With him into the factory and resa'.3
his task as d sacrament aftsr ~
manner of the old craftsmen 10 i Wy
la orare est orare was a yitaI ,,' 'lonl
10 take conscience and reverence for
ones work into the average Vort,
shop would be equivalent t6TvSSin :
with hands tied behind ones Nj I''''7
T The workman making shoddy cl,,,
ms, building ugly and poor tenea,.nt,
fer human beings to dwell in. or me-
ing debased and diA.4ulest cofuirnSi
ties OF any kind, is not only robbed ~
wealth that is computable in terms y
dollars, but also of that prceIa,
wealth which springs from tIfa~3r[is,
Bile spiritual sources of life: To fra.
the wage-worker from ecanonic
ploitation is indeed the primary ohin,s
the immediate aim, OF Socialism I'm.
it is not the sole object Ii is moi M,
end, but the means to an end that !
ar higher, the liberation Of The sou1
labor, IKE another Prometheus j.,
bound. to the rock of private profy
md greed, and Socialism comes ~.
The. mighty Hercules. to cut M cord.
Ind break the chains that bind NJ.
soul of man, setting it free for lis III
ward and Godward flight. Nd11hd
used to declare that whoever-eorl
spiritualize democracy would save ill.,
world. But no one can spfritualiya
democracy for the simple reason tba,
democracy is essentially spiritual. ma
me can make it religion by bringinq
omething to it, for the simple reason
hat it is religion. Democracy is the
notor-power which makes for brotlf
erhood, the grand passion of all re-
ligions.
Next to the fear of an intention to
level mankind by some law of iron.
equality, the fear that it contemplate,
IN attack upon the monogamie family
Dperates to keep many persons TO-
Joining the Socialist movement. The
vitality of this hoary libel is remark
able. Refuted thosuands of times, 1t
still appears in every attack upon So
cialism. In spite of protests, denials
explanations and programmes there
are still many persons WHO honesty
Ind sincerely believe that SocialiSm
aims at doing away with the family
and turning over all its functions tn
the state. They conceive the aim u
Socialism to be the creation of
great beaurocracy, a government ma-
chine controlling all human relations.
They picture the Socialist state IL
their imaginations as one in whicq
the government owns everything ami
ontrols every act of life, forcins
5erything to fit into it's elabogata
theme of social organization,
1t is impossible to deny that a Ger
sain amount of historical justification
for this view exists. The word Sc
cialism" was originally applied to IL
variety of schemes for the regenera
ton of human society, some of them
very beautiful and all of them very
ingenious. They were the products 3f
UGH warnings as those of Omar the
2agan:
All, Love! could you and l with Fii
conspire
To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things
entire,
Would not we shatter it to bits-and
then
10-mOulU II nearer W IHo 1ASdL , l}T-
sire!
The inventors of these socil
.chemes literally sought to shatter the
sorry Scheme of Things" to bits and
cnen to mould it anew according 70
the Hearts Desire.
These schemes for the realization
f the universal dream of social haf-
nony and peace bore a distinct lilo
,ess to, and were frequently based
pom, such -Utopian visions as Plates
sepublic and More's Utopia. Then
luthors were architects of dream pail
ces for an ideal humanity. 1t is eas{
o understand how the word Socia-
SIN, when it came into use some sew
,nty-five years ago in connection with
he communistic schemes Of Robert
owen, soon became the accepted gem
eric title of all social experiments ot
I communistic nature. The term @a,
'pplied Unfortunately to PlMos
'ream-world with its community OF
gives," to the sex-communism of The
Adamites of Germany, the "commun
ty marriage" of Perfectionists of
Oneida, the celibacy. of Harnonists
md Shakers, and the polygamy OF the
Mormon, because communism Of
goods, which was the. central feature
If Ovens schemes, entered more or
ess into all of them.
1t must also in frankness be admit
ted that there have been other circun-
stances, less remote, which tended TO
confirm this view of Socialism IN tie
ninds of superficial observers, The
great majority of those who called
themselves Socialists, until compass
lively recent years, were visionagies,
who believed that they were. able. 70
discover and set forth remedies for all
ills Of afflicted humanity. All the Ill
working institutions of humanity We're
usbjected to their keenest criticism
and their most ingenious speculations
and experiments.
For minds of this type the marriage
relation and the family offered an en-.
ticing field Even the most conserN2'
tive among us must admit that init
mite tragedy and pain have been born
at the matrimonial affairs of modern
society. A joyous union of two sous
perfectly attuned to each other NAV