The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-24
WIS GIbOr ON >OrIuI>W.
I Criticism Of HIs Recent Hook Dealing
WIN Its FaIIacIes.

To u.s. FDtTuH ~ THF SIS 81 :. :
a peculiar fact. ve' vel e-'sbi. sncI. fuar
human be,rcs tend - helI",a only that
Which - or seems to 10 20 Their iniare-' 20
hsucve - We HuI 'hs -o"lalI-. ant N. ~.
diNidualtst- continually bandyinv me ord-
improved false" fagaciou-" sc bt,k
and forth recent Confrl button to his
argument ~ NNr- GIvr's Soof1'isf.,
Palaces ms loos - indeed veil worth
study chiefly because - - faiirre 20 de-
liver any telling blows lgsins' socialism
" Guvof dsvo'e- 80 Hrs' hundred ia 20
NJ 40 bpos 20 an outline OF the earlier forms
81 socialism. both a. theory and a. . move
msn' Les faIlt can b. found with This
par ~ li- book han with N. others vet 70
B. sadly biased pnlv ~" bad 'ip.n 's ~ he
utopia- and Their failures ar" mentioned
No. HINT ~ the adverse external rond..
'lons hA' ovsrrhrev 'hs-a colonies - given
when he comes 20 con-ider Louis Blanc
Proudhon - he chooses hta facts and
NordinS m sch az a. slNly 20 convey
inc impression that they vere iguo-l ma. -
amt "nArlaisn- surely hey AZ" "nr'rl,si 20
FAR play. even from he great Ne- Gu4ypt
In he next part Guvo' shove h..
chauy'nl-m plainly Ner"lV because MARY
Fng-ls iIebknecht and many a. hers r.r0rII.
nen' in The Development of ne socialist
theory ana political tactics we're German.
he lmpu'P- % he socialist movement ~
TO-DAY all the had points developed IA tho
ORGANIZATION ~ the German EmuIre
But worse - vet 20 come Inc three
fluuameu'Al~ OF SOCIALIST fheOFN are
economic de'erAinism ana tho Las
struggle \ weak attempt 10 overthrow
surplus value - made nv showing iba' some
of Mars calculations m-nd by MARY ss
examples on'v, wrong The general
principle ~ surplus value l. not refIted
nor - serious atfemp' 10 do 80 made
II 10 "a hen vs come 20 the CHAPTERS on the
distribution ~ capital and industries 'ha'
after rage ~ STATISTICS 70 show thai con
,entfatIon has not n'r~aaad Vet he fails
20 -ee one 81 The peculiar contradictions ~
economics that concentration NAV Som
10 difu@s veaith And he overlpoks tho
fact that control ~ 81 per cent ~ tho shares
In . corporation gives complete control
I am NOT prepared 80 question " Ouvo''s
EuTopsan statistics. nor can I lake spar.,
to discuss all hl- American ngur~s But
table IN page Ini ~ Ms book Nv taxing
merely the figures for two dates Afy wears
apar' he shows hat competition has IN.
Cfna @ad Had he AIKEN Al-o the fEurs- for
say. isso or even better. for every de'ennial
period from isSo 20 iPO" he would have
found that compe'ition. ~ -hown nv The
number 81 establishments &c reached ~
height between $50 and sao IN most ~ m.
industries cited y - only IN tho-e indus
rie- that were m their very infancy IN Iss1
that the tendency 20 concentration docs not
oc'nr until later similar incomIle,cne.s
sia'isrics cited b, ". C'uyo, Nnd h~ con
Neniently fOrEeis ihai The United states has
Grown IN population a. the rate Of = million a
Nfier -disposns- 81 industrial conc~n-
'raflon W 'IuNOf fries 10 frit M We MArN
ianS is hsrp- on the iron Ian ~ wages.
which he mis-tarr- and y hitch j. n'isnam-d
Furthermore. 4 snot q. he states ~ OF names
N. q part NJ theoretical -octaligm Then he
attacks the philosophy Of MARI. claiming
u to be tnCOnsi -tent IT'S conception 81
natural neCsasi'v- and What hs calls the
fatalist theories" = absurd. because IL ~ a
complete failure 10 understand them
In dsoussinE the pcSs,ble form ~ N"
peCulisr ability 10 ss~ all the dificuities all
the Obj ions but none ~ the points in
which present met hod- point the way.
either directly or tndireCtl, Most ~ his
obi lions are far less import ant than even
socialists suppose James MackAys ha-
IN the chapter on Pantorracy' IN The
Economy 81 Happiness
A. for VI. GuyO''s discussion Of the class
struggle IA action and IL relations 20
demo- raCy. his point NJ view j. that 81 u
middl" class man guided by middle class
Interests and ideals. Ne docs not under.
stand, h"n'e cannot sympathiIe with tho
Guyot really appeals far NOR" 10 ihs
superstition. and unr~asuning side ~ IN"
human mind than 20 IT. rational faculty
lie con inually appaal- to ureI udtrs wbst her
rising from class. nation 0r religion In
-""king 10 oyerthrov what hs'alls failH' ie-
Do has erected many nsW ouss Of his own
have not stopped 80 prove NV state
msDfs reading th" hook - N CONFIRM them
VI GuNo' has wasted hts talents for he has
produced y book ht"h - inroheTen'. Hog
iral not rlear. nor ONsruurh 10 The point.
and IN witch one gets al aorts ~ state
msnts and theories Witch have 80 bs taken
on trust. Tor he forgets to prove hs state
Nav YOEH. October -.