The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-10-22

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WITH CREATING CLASS
HATRED AND DESTROY
ING PRIVATE PROPERTY.
III. Statement by MI. Collins:
Socialism stirs up strife. and
creates class hatred"
Reply: Again and again has
the Socialist party gone on record
as being opposed to all violence.
Again and again has 1T emphasized
that by the BALLOT and not the
bullet must labor come into Its
own.
only a few months have passed
by since the party in West Virgin
ia went on record in regard to the
labor massacre in Colorado. Thy
declared that the profit system
and not individuals we're responst-
BILE for that slaughter.
They did not endorse the
mourners' parade In front Of 26
Broadway. Nor did they pour
anathenla upon the head OF the
heir of Standard OIL. Socialists
have no quarrel with INDIVIDU-
AIS AS SUCH. They may call at
tention from time to time to such
persons as Harry Thaw and Anna
Gould. only to point out some OF
the living examples of the beauti-
full fruits of Capitalism. But
every Socialist knows that Rookie
Teller is as much the natural prod
uct Of the profit system as the
homeless hobo that stopped at
your back door this morning and
asked you for handout. Analyze
social conditions as chemist
would analyze compound. Delve
below the surface of things and
think for yourself. What do you
find? Follow what trail you Will
of Industrial abuse of social de-
bauchery. of business crookedness
or political graft. your path Will
read you to the well-spring OF Its
source, the PROFIT SYSTEM
And it is this SYSTEM and NOT
individuals that Socialism attacks.
Nv. Statement by Mr.. Collins:
20 Socialism would destroy private
property"
Reply: Socialism would destroy
PRIVATE MONOPOLY. It would
make it possible for every worker
to INCREASE his possession OF
private property. Under present
day conditions, the average wage
Garner does not possess much pr1-
vate property. In Cleveland, So
900 families out of the 5000
credited by the last census. live In
rented homes Most workingmen.
are receiving wages which ere
them to lay but little b. for
rainy day. Food, clothing and
shelter for their family absorbs
their income, when continuously
employed. Illness or a period OF
forced unemployment for two
weeks means priyatfon and the
charity list.
Socialism would eliminate the
enormous economic waste of pro-
duction and distribution which
now rests upon the back of labor
Go down town and visit one of the
ONCE buildings. Take an elevator
to the top floor and walk down the
stairs Read the signs in gilt let
tiers on the glass doors John
Smith, Real Estate" John Jones.
insurance" John Brown. Mer-
chandise Broker" John White,
Attorney-at-Law." What do thes
men produce? Their occupations
are parasitic: their incomes and
the rents of these immense puild
ings must all come out of the pro-
duction OF the producers OF real
wealth.
Did you ever see the figures OF
the total advertising bill in these
United States? All of which adds
not one single penny to the Great
ed wealth of the world.
The occupation of travelling
eli q
how necessary it may seem under
competitive profit system we
don't send out travelling mon to
sell postage stamps and postal
cards; yet the needs of the people
for these things are supplied:
Neither does the. postmaster OF
ClarksburE advertise that he car
rfes a bigger and better stock than
the postmaster OF Parkersburg-
Socialism teaches that all things
that are SOCIALLY USED should
be SOCIALLY OWNED. Under
Socialism, a man could own an au-
tomobile but not taxi-cab. He
could have his private yacht. but
not a steamship line He could
own half a dozen electrics. but not
a trolley line. Tooth brushes and
hair brushes, homes and house
hold furniture would still remain
private property. Oil and timber
lands, mines and quarries. rail-
roads and telephones would be
OWNED and used in
common the same as our parks,
our public schools and our post I
office system.
p. S. Tomorrow's article ans
wers Socialism attacks the sancti-
lv of marriage and would disrupt