La Junta tribune., 1911-01-07


~ the prescription OF those
who were born tired-John j. ingalls,
The above quotation. credited to
John j. Ingalls,. calls for a reply be-
cause Of the erroneous statements
contained therein Your kindness in
In allowing me TO answer Il Is here
economies. the expose OF either his
ignorance or willful attempt 10 mis-.
lead his readers is apparent Ingalls,
did not belong to the producing
class. but the exploiting class. there
fore It must be- Judged accordingly
Now were h fact that socialism Is
the refuge OF those who hay, made a
failure n life John J Ingalls, would
now be socialist, as he is dead,
and Joined the vast number that have
ceased the struggle for existence.
But let Us take IL as o." meant it.
struggle during life for au existence,
or 10 accumulate wealth or riches
Dumn's and Bradstre rs commercial
agencies ,whose business q Is TO
pry into other peoples busiucssl are
acknowledged authority on such mat
tcrs, and say that ninoty-scyen per
cent Of those who engage in com.
mercinl pursuits make failure OF it.
II John j Ingalls, was correct they
would be- socialists, but are they? You
know that know they are not II
50 we would have socialism Ia its
fullucss now There are but two
ways to become a socialist. One is
TO study political economy. and the
other is to be exploited out Of the
product OF your toll until you wake
up 10 the fact that exploitation is
maintained by craftily arranged laws.
made by men Ike Ingalls,. to the
d"irlmout Of the producers OF wealth
and for the benefit Of non.produCvrs.
The ~ per cent OF failures 20 on yot-
ing blndly Tor competition Instead Of
cooperation, and join the down and
outs Of the business world when II
they Joined the socialists as Ingalls,
says they DO. competition would be
a thing Of the past They voted for
competition and Eot 10, aud should be
ooutcut with getting what they voted
for
We find from statistics that OF
each one hundred scholars thar enter
school but twenty-five graduate
through the high school and but one
eighth OF one per cent ever take
higher collegiate course. Why They
must enter into the mines. mills. fac.
tories and stores to get an existence
suppose Ingalls, was right IN his
above statement. that number would
b" socialists. and would outnumber
the lesser percent 10 such AN extent
that every office from dog pcltor up
would be occupied by socialists, and
all people rave access TO the machin.
cry OF production and distribution,
and there would BE- no person living
from the toll OF another
wonder II Ingalls, ever looked up
the definition OF the word, socialism
Webster says Socialism Is an
economic theory or system for the
reconstruction Of society ON the
basis OF cooperation Of labor. and
collective ownership Of all public com
moditics" Tn. Encyclopedia says
The ethics OF socialism and the
ethics OF Christianity are Identical
So. according 20 ingalls,. Christianity
would be the final refuge Of those
vino have mad. a failure In the strug.
sle of life. but Is ~ Take the two
definitions aboye and compare them
with Ingalls, statements, then judge
for yourself
I have the proof sheets Of the 1910
census before me. They show that
each working man In the United
states ON an average produces ts.il
each day. OF wealth. The sheets also
show that the average wage paid for
that production Is fl5s Who gets
the t7.5s per day Why should any
person get II tina, has not produced
It. Did ingalls, produce anything. or
any part OF what he go,' He Is
dead. | will not attack his corpse.
bu, there are others Of his Kind li,.
ing, and living BY the exploitation
Of the producers to the ,un" OF SIS.
per day. and they quote John j. In.
calls and do not study economies
They do not want the workers to
catch ON to the SIS: per day graft
Now n word about his last sentence