The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-27
Editorial Committees:
KATE S. HICLIARO.
E. A. BATTElC.
ROY 6. SOUTHWICK.

/ sivo to own the Negro and take care
OF him; that 1t was much cheaper not
to own the worker; and, consequently
that they "rcligiously." "humanely'
and morally" sold their slaves 10 the
South, while they transformed the
white people of the North, who had
no means of production IN their own
hands into wage slaves. and merci-
lcssly ground them down. In the
North, chattel slavery disappeared
just as soon as the development OF
machinery rendered the institution
chattel slavery became clear to the
North just as soon as. standing upon
that higher plane that its higher ma
terial Development raised 1t to, 1t
acquired better vision, The be-
Dighted South. on the contrary, that
had no machinery, remained with
eyes shut, and she stuck to slavery
till the slave was knocked out Of her
fists
Moral Sentiment Not the Cause.
Guided by the light OF this and,
mnay similar lessons OF history. So
cialism builds upon the principle that
by the fate Of the slave, Is not the
cause, but powerful aid to revolu-
tlons. The moral sentiment Is to a
movement as important as the sails
are to a ship. Nevertheless. import
ant though sails are. unless a ship ls
well laden. unless she Is soundly,
properly and scientifically construct
ed. the moro sails you pile on and
spread out, the surer she is to cap.
size SO with the organizations that
are to carry out a revolution. Un-
less your Socialist organizations are
Us sound as a bell: unless they are
as intolerant as science. unless they
will plant themselves Squarely on the
principle that two and two mako
four, and under no circumstances al
low that they make Ave, the more
feeling you put into them, the surer
they are TO capsize and go down. On
the contrary. load your revolutionary
ship with the proper lading OF
science; hold her strictly to the load.
star; try no monkey-shines and no
dillyings and dallylpgs with anything
that la not strictly scientific. or with
any man who does not stand on our
uncompromisingly scientific platform.
do that, and then unfurl freely the
sails OF morality; then the more
your sails, the better of your ship:
but not unless you do that, will you
be safe, or can you prevail
Socialism knows that revolutionary
upheayals and transformations pro-
ceed from the rOck.5ed of material
needs. With full appreciation OF
and veneration for moral impulses
that are balanced with scientific
knowledge. 1T eschews, looks with
just suspicion upon and gives n wide
berth to balloon morality, or be II
those malarIal fevers that reiomers
love to dignity with the name of NOR
al feelings"
Law Of Social Change.
Karl Marx In 1857 thus outlined the
law of social change: The mode OF
production In material life. deter
mines the general character OF the
social, political and spiritual processes
OF life II is not the consciousness
Of men that determines their eXis-
tence, but, on the contrary, their So
cial existence determines their con-
sclousness." Marx also expresses the
! same principle In these words: THE
| mode of production OF the physical
means OF life dominates. as rule,
the development Of the social, poll
teal and intellectual life AS Oar
win worked for twenty years to clar
liy his biological theory OF the origin
OF species. so Marx studied and OBJ
\ served for moro than fifteen years
! before no promulgated his theory of
development in social structures Vast
as has been the Influence of Oar
wins work In reconstructing the
thought horizons Of mankind, the ex.
LED Germans sociological contribu-
ton ls destined TO be of far greater
! Significance to the vital veal OF the
| race. II not only throws penetrating.
interpreting light upon the past, but
clarifies countless puzzling problems
! OF the present and opens radiant Wis