The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-09
Workers do all Work But
Get Only One Sixth Of
Product.
Shlrkcrs Get Five SiNths--Dlsplay of
Wealth by Thcm-Wholc Evolution
of Race Determined by Methods OF
Getting Living.

now numbering lis Journals PUBLISH
cd i'm ais many towns and cities and
having a circulation of 100000 copies.
He conceived and worked out this plan
OF cooperation. beginning with one
paper ana adding to tnat another and
another until now It takes three print
ing offices to do the work.
The speaker IL a man Of more than
ordinary force both in business abil-
lty and as a thinker and leader and
his lecture was worthy OF attention.
lie was born in Canada and when the
Morgenthalel linotype or typc-casting
machine came into use, in 1889, he
was one of 81 compositors setting up
the typo for the Detroit Free Press.
His fret important general state
ment was that while Socialists do not
seem to be so numerous here in Ma
rion and generally about the country
yet as a whole they make up the great
est number Of people ever Identified
with any movement political or re-
ligious. The explanation was that So
clalists are the same in all countries,
in the United states, Canada. Ger
many Russia, Brazil Australia IN
dia, China or anywhere on earth. They
all stand for the same principles ev-
orywhere and number mere than iifty
millions. This statement does not
seem to be quite consistent with the
facts as the Roman Catholic church
and Mahommcdanism number each
more than fifty million souls but tn"
lecturer may have meant there were
that many adult Socialists which may
be consistcnt.1
The next point WAS division OF
people into two glasses. the workers
ana the shirkers, people who do ana
people who DO the others. The
workers produce everything, construct
all the buildings OF an the cities, huild
The railways man the shops ANA FUR
races and perform a'l the work. The
idlers do nothing Bat the workers
are gOuged out cf theIr share. The
shirkers get SO cents OUT OF each dol
lar they earn and the workers gci
II ccnts. That d., labor only gets one
sixth 10 which 8; is entitled.
A capitalist goes Into @ restaurant
and calls for all The best things to
eat regardless of charge; the work
ing man only asks for a few che.
necessarics OF lie counting every cent
when ne gives his order. He further
discussed the disposition az som,
wealthy people TO lavish money on
thoir fads and idiosyucraclcs having
diamonds put I'm their dog 8 teeth, civ.
Ing cat weddings and dog birthday
parties while workingmen and thch
families were dying from starvation
though willing To- work TO live.
The speaker traced the history O.
the human family from the earlles
records and showed that no event.
OF history We're accidental but were
the logical outcome of conditions lI'
laid down the laws OF economic de
tcrmnlgm or materialistlc conception
of history as enunciated by tn -
ciallsis, showing that the way pcCpl
get Their living viii determine thoi
acts, their ideals their ethics and tn
relations they bear 10 one another
lie showed how the great events sucl
as the crusades discovery Of AmCri
"a, civil war, Spanish wa
and other events were purely con
| trOlled by economic forces. T'h
speaker said the first man lived In
tree and he showed the evolution q
the means of getting a living from nu
and fruit eating to hunting and fish
! Ing, to pastoral and agricultural pur
suits, then TO trade ana commercia
stages putting particular stress upo
the tool stage, showing the ovolutio
from the crude sharp pointed stick [
the modern machine ana develope
the different ideals and ethics.
According TO his theory the Who'll
evolution Of the human race has bee
determined solely by mems method
of getting a living ana this sun
true. His notion Of such a remarkab
conflict as our great clyll war was IN;
II was the outgrowuh of two opposin
systems OF obtaining a living II wi
be seen that this theory OF ciyilizatlo
holds more closely t. materlallsm tina
that which most people have bee
taught and which is usually held. m
; Indian only knowing the delights
the chase concelves as his highest J,
. a happy hunting ground and hen'
! that 10 his ideal of a future state. Il
this instance the theory seems TO
sustained but IL doesn't appear to gil
sufficient emphasis TO the play
ethical forces in the higher realms
eiyilization,l
The speaker denounced the e
! lploiting of children IN the cotton mi
I Of the South and other places and
was right about Il IL Is one Of h
, crying gins OF our country. He al
spoke in opposition to the great nur
. Der of women, seven millions in o
, country going out as bread-Wlnnel
4 This proposition IS a dobatable pro
I. lem.
Taking up politics the speak
!. claimed the ola parties were dNid
/. and the leaders not working for q
people He very strongly urged an
! vote the Socialist ticket as By doh
I SO they would get control OF the go
eminent and thon establish justl
! and fairness throughout the land
4 1883 when the Socialists were hi
organized for active work IN n