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to competition with It's enormous waste
of effort and its opportunities for the

of effort and its opportunities for the
spoliation of the weak by the strong.
Socialism is Industrial democracy. It
is the government Of the people, by the
people and for the people, not in the
present restricted sense, but as regards
all the common interests of men. So
cialism is opposed to oligarchy and
monarchy, and therefore to the .tyran-
MES of business !: cliques and money
kings. Socialism is for freedom, not
only from. the fear of force, but from
the fear Of want Socialism proposes
real liberty, not merely the right to
vote, but the liberty to- live for some
: thing more than meat and drink.
Socialism is Righteousness In the
, relations Of men. It is based on the
fundamentals of religion, the Father
hood Of God and the brotherhood Of
men. It seeks through association and
equality to realize fraternity. Social
ism will destroy the motives which
make for cheap manufacturers, poor
workmanship and authorizations; it will
secure the real utility of things. Use,
not exchange, will be the object of Ia
Dor. Things will be made to serve,
not to sell: Socialism will Danish war,
for private ownership is back Of strife
between men. Socialism will purify
politics, for private capitalism is the
great source Of political corruption.
Socialism will make for education, in
:vention and discovery; it will stimu-
late the moral development Of men.
Crime will have lost most of it's mo-
tive, and pauperism will have no ex-
cuse. That" said Shirley as she con-
cluded, lis socialism,
Ryder shrugged his shoulders and
rose to go.
"Delightful," he said ironically, but
in my judgment wholly utopian and
tmpracticable. It's nothing but gi-
gantic pipe dream. It won't come in
this generation, nor in ten generations,
if, indeed, it is ever taken seriously by
majority big enough to put its the
cries to the test Socialism does not
take into account two great factors
that move the. world-men's passions
and human ambition. If you eliminate
ambition you remove the strongest in
centive to individual effort. From your
own account socialiStic world would
be dreadfully tame place to live in
everybody depressingly good, without
any Of the feverish turmoil Of life as
we know it. Such a world would not
appeal to. me at all. I, love the fray,
the daily battle Of gain and loss, the
excitement Of making or losing mil.
lions. That is my life!'
"Yet what good is your money to
youY insisted Shirley. you are able
to spend only an in6nttesima1s part Of
it. You cannot even give it away, for
nobody will have any Of It."
MONEY!" he Kissed rather than
spoke. II hate money. It means moth
ing to me. I have 80 much that I have
lost all idea Of its value. 60 on accu-
mulating it for only one purpose: It
buys power. love power-that is nay
passion, my ambition, to rule the world
with my gold. Do you know" he went
on, leaning over the desk in dra-
matte attitude, chat IL I chose could
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start panic in Wall street tomorrow
that would shake to their foundations
every financial institution in the coun-
try? Do you know that I practically
control the congress i Of rsths Omitted
States and that no legblattve:measure
becomes law unless It has my ap-
proval9'' s.lz$ .#..-
:, 1.-The public has long Suspected 40
much replied Shirley. THAT is why
you are looked upon as menace to
the stability and honesty Of our poht-
zeal and commercial life"
B An angry answer rose to bis lips,
when the door opened and Mrs. Ryder.
entered
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