Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1912-02-15
SOCIALISM VS.. ARARCHISM.

Editor of Gloucester County Demo-
crat:
Dear Sir:
am. sorry to see in your last issue
that Mr.. Morgan is saying farewell
upon the subject, Socialism.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again" even though Mr.. Morgan
brings that eminent spiritual director.
Cardinal Farley, who declared Soc
ialism meant chaos, TO his aid
Thanks to our publicly owned
schools wherein the great majority
receive an education which enables
them to investigate, weigh and con-
slider Socialism for themselves, the
people no longer believe that this and
that is SO because some eminently re-
spectacle citizen says it is. AS a
man would not send his boy to the
piano works to learn glass blowing,
neither should he take his meaning
of Socialism from those opposed to it,
and who may be interested in keeping
people in the dark about it.
Fearing the definition of Socialism,
by the New Peoples Cyclopedia was
insufficient, | copy one from the Amer
L
mo word has been more abused and
misunderstood than the word Social
ist.' The Socialist is not an Anar-
chist, they are opposed in theory and
practice. The Socialist does not pro-
pose to destroy the family, abolish
religion or divide up property nor
does he seek to carry out his ideas by
riot and bloodshed. In a single phrase
Socialism means public ownership
and working class control of govern
ment,a chance to work for all who will
and to all workers the full value of
their product. The typical Socialist
is a rather quiet and thoughtful
working man, serene in time of
trouble and self-contained in the day
of victory. He realizes that the world
will move on very well after he lis
dead, but remembers that while he
lives it is his business to help the
world move He considers himself an
proud to do his little part in the
great cause"
James Cardinal Gibbons, in Metro
politan Magazine for JAM, 1910, said:
There is something radically wrong
in our social and economic conditions
when the employer becomes suddenly
rich while the toiler with the utmost
thrift and economy can scarcely keep
the wolf from the door," And this
happens in "the best designed govern
ment on earth" as well as in Ger
many.
The Socialist knows about this radi-
cal wrong, upheld by Republican and
Democrat parties alike, and he also
knows the cause of it; and knowing
the cause, he would cure it with So
cialism.
Governor Wilson, speaking in Al
lentown, Pa, said: Parties are sim
ply men who take sides and there is
no vitality in a party unless there is
something to take sides about"
Men in America and Germany and
other countries, are taking sides to
establish Socialism. The collective
ownership of the means of produc-
ton and distribution and the demo-
ratio management thereof; in short,
Industrial Democracy. The other
parties in America, in Germany and
all other countries, are upholding the
radical wrong Cardinal Gibbons tells
about-the present system.
Mr.. Morgan seems to think the peo-
pie in America, in the best organized
government on earth, are not in
bondage and don't support royal fam
lilies
Here's a list of the rulers of Eu-
rope and the presidents of North and
South America with the amounts paid
them for their services for one year:
! British Royal family. .$2,910, 900
Emperor of Austria Hungary 3,875, 900
King of Bavaria ..A. 1,412,OO0
King of Belgium ..... 660, 900
King of Denmark ....... 227775
King of Greece ...... 280, 900
King of Netherlands .... 250,0O0
King of Italy ....s....... 1855, 900