Arizona republican., 1912-02-02

they should pay (and probably they
are on the right side of every one
of these questions) it is proposed that
the title to all property shall be
transferred from the individual owners
to the body polite.
True, the socialists, many of them,
deny this proposition. They assert
they want the title TO public utili-
ties only transferred. But this dis
claimer will hardly stand in the face
of the demands made by socialistic lit
erature. When all is said and done the
"divvy'' feature of socialism is its
essential feaure. 1t wouldn't be So
cialism. otherwise.
The appeal of socialism is an APP
peal to the irresponsible part of hu
man nature Everybody is promised
an easy living and a good time. That
is the essence of the whole scheme.
And it is freely granted that if
it were possible TO establish the so
cialistic system, everybody would
have a living But the trouble is he
wouldn't have anything else. 1t
doesn't take a steer to understand
that energy would be paralyZed and
that liberty would be ground into the
dust If it were possible to adopt
socialism this country would be put
back a thousand years. Socialism
would touch with the blight of par
aIysis the heart and brain of hu-
manity Civilization would stop dead
in its tracks.
The glory Of our government lies in
one wurd-opportunity. 1t does not
promise wealth to the improVident
cmincncc To the indolent, nor honor
to the man who will sacrifice moth
ing that honor may be attained. But
it does give opportunity TO every
body. And nine men out of ten
who have achieved the highest sue
cess have begun at the bottom and
nave IouSul AhSll way " NA4O UP
That is an argument socialism never
has even attempted to answer.
Socialism has nothing to offer that
has not been tried and found wanting.
They tried il in the jamestown coll
ony and it was an cgregious failure.
Yet it is seriously argued that we can
take men. possessed Of all the de
pravity which socialism has charged,
and by some sort Of economic ledger
demain, transform grasping selfish
ness into broad-minded charity
Socialism processes brotherhood and
love. But in fact it is teaching the
worst form of malicious hate the
world has ever known. II talks Of
human rights while teaching cOnfis-
cation 1t talks of freedom while de
claring for the lowest form Of servi-
tudc
II the arguments Of socialism were
even half true we should expect at
least some sort Of success so far as
it has been tried. But the very re-
verse is the truth.
Under our present system the roads !
in most of the states are maintained
under a straight-out sOcialistic Sys-
TEN. Then, if the theory Of socialism
he correct, we should expect TO see
the people falling over each other 10
help in the upbuilding and mainten-
ance Of these roads But what is the |
truth? Why, when the citizens are
required to perform their annual labor
on those highways, the road super
visors almost have to drive them
out with guns. Many Of them abso-
lutely refuse to work and have to
be sued in the courts. yet" as Nav
rus Perlmutter would say. And 1t
is a matter Of common knowledge |
that a hen. possessed of a fair de-
gree of bodily health. can scratch |
about as much dirt as is handled by !
the average citizen when performing |
his allotment Of socialistic labor on |
the public highways.
Then. the fact remains, the vast |
majority Of citizens who are loudly |
DrocIaiming that everybody should |
contribute his property to the Co |
lucrative commonwealth" are those
citizens who have nothing 10 con-
tribute themselves. There are en-
but this is the rule.