The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-08-25
SOCIALIST SPEAKER
D. A. White Addresses Large Crowd
on Economic Questions.

u. a. Wnilc AudlCooSo Loi w O'SDN !
on Economic Questions.
Dan A. White of Brockton, Mass, |
a Socialist orator of eloquence de-
liyered an address at the post office
corner before large crowd of work
ingmen on the subject of Socialism
and its explanation and remedy for
the evils of the present system.
In opening the speaker said he
would try to point out that the evils
of which the people justly complain
are due to the system OF capitalism,
and not to desire of individuals and.
that the remedy lie not in reforming
individuals but in changing the sys-
tenn that produced such condition
He emphasized the fact that the Social
list has no quarrel with individuals
and that the Socialist was forced by
the system to be just the same as his
fellow men. He carried his audience
quickly but clearly through the his
toric development of the human race,
and pointed out that back OF all the
great upward movements In the
worlds history lay an economic cause.
And that the proflters of every system
the world had known had defended
them and sought to make them en-
dure for all time, but that contained
within every system were the seeds
of its own decay that when its his
toric mission was performed II gave
| way to a new system.
| He told how the dominant class
controlled legislation, and the laws OF
any period reflected the desire Of that
class that the capitalists class of Eng
land that overthrow the Feudal class,
Ipassed laws now for the capitalist
class.
And seeking to hold the colonists
markets passed expressive legislation
Iforbiddlng manufacturing by the col
lonists, that finally brought forth the
declaration for American indepen
dence and the war of the revolution.
He showed the history OF the politi
cal parties since the birth OF the ma
ton that each had a distinct purpose
and defniee principle TO battle for how
each had performed its historic mis-
sion and then been seized upon by sci
fish interest.
The Federalists party under Alex
ander Hamilton sought TO centraliz'
power. the Democratic party bomb un
der Jefferson to resent II; how 1t pre-
vented the centralgatin. Then th'
slave power got control. The Repub
,, llcan party was born as the result o
the agitation for the abolition o
chattled slavery.
The humble were the men VIII
: made the agitators, Loyejoy and Gar
rison. And while they have erecte'
: monuments since then TO commend
rate their work, at that time the
: sought to kill them, thinking whe
they destroyed them they destroye
: the cause they stood for. The force
. OF evolution could not be stayed; tn
!. slave master, pushed on by economi
i interests, wanted to extend SLAYER
beyond the confines Of the Mason an
Il Dixon line; the Republican party wa
bound to prevent It and for that prii
; ciple IL stood. He quoted from tn
Scott decision from the Douglas
. Lincoln debates, and the execution
:, John Brown.
u When the emancipation Of III
= slave was brought about by the wa
OF the rebellion the Republican part
II had done its work and then selfish Il
n terests took control He quoted frol
= Lincoln speeches to show that Ill
L. coin saw the coming crisis that is Q
T. us today; and that the socialist part
II came as the new party battling 4
l. the principle OF collective ownersh
10 OF the means to life, and the only pa
ty that for this principle stands d
% spite all hostility, and grows create
u all the while.
y He traced the capitalist develo
% ment In this country and showed no
l. production has become sociallzed, bl
"a the old method OF distributing u
a. fruits OF industry obtained entire
20 out OF harmony with production, M
that the only cure lies In society on
10 ing what is socially used, lie sho'
u ed the power exercised by the larl
g trustlhed capitalist class In closil
20 down industry whenever their contr
~ was threatened by law. creating
~ paralysis OF industry and spreadil
PC want and misery among the people
De the land. The great surplus OF pI
ly duction that the American peop
~ could not buy back, and the cons
% quent period of hard times. The n
re ohinery OF production that erect
"a this surplus is now going into eve
" competing notion in the world, O
our markets OF opportunity narrowi
u, instead OF broadening That high, X
nu or no tariff could not remedy the s
US uation. The people perpotuate thu
up burdens by voting the old party u'
III cts that every attempted refo
ng made conditions worse That In u
Ih' night OF Industrial darkness comes
We lamp OF Socialism to guide the peo
to a new and better condition.
la pleaded with his hearers TO inve
lSs gate the Socialist movement
my then closed with an eloquent orati
M The address was clear cut and (
NJ from bitterness and held the clos
w attention Of his audience who apla
A'e ed at its close. He announced
=. ofdway. Chester, VI, candidate