Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-28
Socialism V. lndividuaIlsm.

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Mr.. Snaw, OF Hayesville, declares
thels is not sufficient force behind my
Arguments to pilncture his balloon, and
deiies me to produce any argument by
s-sialist that can compete with those
Of 7ashirgton, JEFFERSON and some
others. Now 1t is difficult matter 10
submit any saying by a person now
living il competition with the words OF
those who nave been dead so long that
many people are inclined to place a
halo around their heads. No man is
considered as great. in his own gen
Grafton, as he is considered after ne
has been dead a hundred or more
years. We are just beginning to ap-
preciate Lincoln, and after another
fifty wears he will, perhaps, be ap'
pre- lated As the greatest president we
h,--c c~er had. However, think, l
can give you something that has been
d.rs. and that believe
will live as long as anything said by
the i!l,stricGs patriots whose names
were mentioned. .@.
r,~ 'ome'ess brother challenges
the validity 81 my title; Every sor-
ru,4ii,s sister rebukes my Christless
complacency; and every neglected
child smites my conscience in the
name of humanity"
"Not until all are fed are any fed;
not until all are sheltered are any
sheltered; not until all are free are any
free; not until all are civilized are any
civilized"
"All humanity Is one and socialism
is for all humanity, therefore am for
socialism, with all the blood OF my
veins. and all the passion Of my soul"
Eugene v. Debs.
~ want social order In which every
child shall be heir to all the resources
of comfort, growth and education
which the world affords. I want no
human being to suffer the misery ana
wretchedness that have been crowded
into my life. There is enough for all,
why not be wise enough to see that an
equitable distribution is made."-Rev.
Alexander Irvine.
saThe day Is coming, its dawning is
at hand, when socialism triumphant
will break down the last barrier that
keeps a single child from the fullest
enjoyment Of the vast heritage pre-
pared for it through long centuries. OF
pain and TOLL
"The day Is at hand when there shall
be- M. man master Of another's bread
and life: when the words master and
slave and all their hypocritical latter
dav equivalents shall pass from human
speech and memory, John spargo.
The possession of power over others
Il inherently destructive-btth TO the
possessor OF the power and to those
over whom it Is exercised. And the
great man of the future, in distinction
from the great man Of the past, Is ne
who will seek to create power IN the
people ana not gain power aver them.
Or. Geo. D. Heron.
.sThe moment corporations control
the supply OF any product, they COM
bine. What the socialists desire is
that the corporations OF humanity
should control all production.
beloved comrads, this is the
frictionless way; 1t is the higher way;
1t eliminates the motives for selfish
life: it enacts into our every day life
the ethics Of Christ's gospel. Moth
ing else will do it. Nothing else can
bring the glad day Of universal broth
erhood. Frances Willard.
Now, Mr.. Shaw. must thank you for
your compliment upon my erudition. l
have not yet had any occasion to COM
pliment you upon your erudition or the
aeuteness OF your PERCEPTION. Your
statement that the slaves were not
eonAscated. (You advance no proof