The Alaska citizen., 1912-07-08
CORRESPONDENCE

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 Editor Alaska Citizen
 Sir--Being q stranger in your To.
 cality l of course do not know the
 policy ol Eour paper, hut the estab.
 iishmcnt of department for the yXrhang" and discussion of ideas and current topics. an open forum as it were. surely would add to the popularity of Iour publication. Be iryiHg you to be fair 10 your sup rorlcrs. tn" readers, the following comment is submitted; In your issue of July l. under the caption
 socialism and Anarchy" assertions were made that cannot well 90 un-
 challenged
 he article in question shows that
 the writer, like all critics of Social
 ism does not understand the basic ] prin, ipIes Of the science The un- colnpromising attitude is beyond his 1 comprehension which alone shows l hat he does not understand the sub ject. Alliances with other parties
 will never be so long as the Social
 isl party is the political expression of 1tr economic interests of those
 who work with brain and muscle,
 and is controlled from the bottom up
 instead Of the top down as the re
 form" parties are,
 1 In snort there can he no truce i u'r"cr. the oEp}oiter and exploited
 More or less study of economies ! is required to understand the mH ! import of that assertion, for the
 -rca; majority do not know that l they are exploited. even educated i capitalists can not define the word l "capjtaI' so ill informed are both i .taasps. Doubtless Brother Greet
 links the Socialst should unite l ailh the "DrOgresaive" clement for ] reforms. This is not the purpose ] of r'T rarty-to get reforms. We l have been voting for reforms since ] 1e were 21 and are worse of than ! before, Our aim is to give every 1 body work who wants to work, and i the full social value of his toil. not
 reforms. Go in with other parties? l Never We refuse to be confused ] by bcin2 infused and then diffused.
 which is the history Of fused par
 ties Nothing short of complete i social control and democratic man a@jnorr O1 the means of life will
 the Socialist stand for, what other party or parties stand for the same? Mr. Greet says it is out Of the i question 10 adopt all that which is 1 Socialism. but will take from us ] such measures as are needed He will soon be Of the opinion that all
 are needed if society is to advance.
 If any of our principles are not in
 accord with evolution We would like ] 10 kHoW of them. Science points out l 10 us that Socialism is the next ] higher step of society but not nee cSsariiy the next. History is full 1 of rr;rO9r"esiVe steps and it is said 1 hal history repeats, but thanks to science their causes are easily un- ] dcrstood, chief among which is , the capitalization of wealth in the ] hands or a few which of course was [ the result Oi the impoverishment of i the many.
 To adopt the principles of our l party with one stroke. as Greet seems 10 believe is not scientific i il is not our aim. We will socialize l only such industries whose eco homie development have reached the point of specialization and will hasten l th" development of those industries , that have not yet reached that point { with the same object in view This method of hastening evolu- tiOn marks the great advance of ] man over the brute.
 R. F. HEGNER. t IN.. ,.l ,1... I,,l,