The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-27
$4,000 YEARLY FOR EACH
Provided the Manufacturing Wealth of
the Country Were Divided.

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William Francis Barnard delivered tn,
second of series OF Socialist lectures
in Rowland hall last evening under tn,
auspices OF the Barre local Mr.. Barnard
spoke on "What Is Socialism 2" his re
marks dealing with the propaganda
teachings as constituting philosophy
of social progress. His mission as h,
explained II, was to show how and for
what reasons the Socialist viewpoint
differs from that of other people, There
were over $50 people present and the
speakers address was frequently inter-
rupted by loud applause. He was in
PRODUCED by Gilbert Phillips "What Is
Socialism Y was the second of five lee
lures which are to be given ON success
sive Wednesday evenings. Florence
Wattles will talk about "The Glass Con-
flct" at the next gathering.
By way of prefaeing his comprehen.
siye definition of the term, Socialism,
Mr.. Barnard declared the Socialist move
ment to be the greatest of all religious,
political or industrial upheavals the
world has ever known. He scoffed at
the idea that one law and one morality
existed for all under the present condi-
tions, saying that Socialism differed from
other movements in that il believed that
there are classes. Ii is new doctrine
which declares that the history of the
world has been one of classes. 1t is
becoming a religion for men and through
it world fit for human habitation is
to be made. In word, he continued,
il is a philosophy, science and il en-
braces a moral system. 1t is in every
sense a religious movement and it in
spires men in a religious way.
The speaker asserted that conditions
today were like unto those which
brought the overthrow of ancient Rome
States are now Romes as identical as
two It's with the Rome that once ex-
listed as noxious weed. He rehearsed
the history of the old empire, tracing
its downfall to various causes and said
that the day of its doom was just : lawn
ing when Jesus was born. To HIM he
pointed as the Man whose doctrines were
OF the working class, although they had
been shaded to appear in a different light |
in the present day. His conclusion was
that conditions even in the most minute
details were analogous to those which |
the death knell of Rome.
The eruelties practiced today are those
of the old empire. Men and women are
discouraged and tired OF the
struggle against the master
classes just as they were centuries ago.
Two million child workers in the United
States, many of whom are in New Eng
land, help TO make the smile complete.
Men are supporting the church only that
they may cloak their sins and men are.
themselves up in the flag that
they may hide their crimes against So
,iety within its folds. Patriotism is
blind.
Continuing, he said This is not a
democracy; Thomas Jefferson said il
wasn't; your justices OF the supreme
,ourts have confirmed his statement and
{ is true. When nine doddering men
IN the beech can do the deciding for
linety-fou millions of people, it can
Tot be democracy. If the colonists
Jack in 1879 had cause to rebel, we in
ur day | 900 more cause and we have
olders of '76 went home after the revo
ution and left the few to construct
he democracy. They were well mean
ng men, the rank and file, but the few !
we're not, and we are suffering for their
elfshness. The Socialists of today are
he legitimate inheritors of the things
or which the colonists fought in the
revolution. They are the real demo-
rats; they are the real Americans.
81 am New Highlander and l have
rot it in for them / like to rub it {
ito the fake dignity of those bumptious I
nd typical old New Englanders. There {