The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-10-22

some boys to pay for the music, how
would you keep your streets in re-
pair? What Is the matter? I'M
Willingly our friend has given the
answer in his article. He thought
he was giving death-blow to So
cialism, but in reality he was sound
ing the death-knell Of the profit sys-
TEN.
In speaking of Lanes Paraguay
an scheme he says: THAT vital
right to own property, that deadly
blow to the fundamental principle
upon which organized society Is
founded, the natural right TO THE
FRUITS OF ONES OWN LABOR,
paralyzed its hopes" etc. Sure! Now
listen. In the United States there
are approximately ten million peo-
pie who own the tools of production
and distribution and most of the
land and other natural resources.
These individuals are called CAPT.
talists. There are approximately
fifty millions of people who own
nothing. These are called wage
earners. The capitalist class, by
and through the ownership of the
natural resources and of the ma
chinery, own the jobs of the wage
earners; and by and through the
ownership of the job, virtually own
the wage-earners! How did it hap
pen that few men own almost ev-
erything? 1t didn't happen. II was
done on purpose through the dele
gated power already explained
The capitalist class and the wage
Garner are constantly at war. Their
interests are not identical, as some
would have you believe, but are
exactly opposite. The capitalist
class, land by that | mean the larg-
err richer class, in other words, the
ti-millionaires-I don't mean lit
tie midgets like our friend), are
immensely rich, the wage-earner is
desperately poor. The capitalist
class produce nothing and live a
careless, useless and luxurious life.
The wage-earner produces every
thing except natural resources, and
barely exists. The millionaire and
the wage-earner form the two ex-
IRENE wings of society. The for
mer, overfed and overpaid, are
about as useless and criminal a class
as could be imagined. The latter,
the underfed. underpaid and under
clothed.
According to the government re-
port on labor. the wage-earner pro-
duces annually two thousand dol
lars worth of wealth and gets four
hundred and fifty dollars for his
work. The remainder Fifteen hun
dred and fifty dollars) goes to his
employer and to the many men that
are natural makeup of the CON-
petitive system. Naturally, when
one produces ten dollars worth of
wealth and gets only two, goods
pile up in the warehouse and we
have what is known as an overpro-
duction. The producer has to
starve because he has produced all
of the comforts and Injuries of life
too abundantly. The poor factory
girl who has made too many clothes
has to sell her virtue for food and
clothes!
If the present system isn't rob.
bling people of the fruits of their
toll, please tell me why? Our friend
| says We need higher type of citi-
zen. l agree with him. But how are
we going to get them? To raise
better crops, would he select a
higher grade of seed and plant on
the barren hillside? Or use only
common seed and plant in the fer
tile valley? To get a higher type OF
manhood and womanhood. would he
send his son to the slums and his
daughter to the brothel? Hardly
How. then. would he change human
nature? Would he preach the doc
trine of peace on earth, good will to
all men and reform the whole hui
man race? According to his argu-
ment that is what he would do.
While he was reforming one, the
competitive system would make ten.
You ask me to prove this? Yes,
sir. I'll do it; not to you. perhaps,
but to any we'll posted man.
In our great cities there are thou
sands of fallen women, (and remem-
Der it takes twenty fallen men to
support one fallen woman and one
of them may be your daughter or
SOM. Men and women have been
appointed to investigate and find
the cause of so much crime.
These men and women are known
throughout the nation as the Vice