The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1915-04-30

of living is too high. Reduce prices
and never mind profits"
Well, the tired body and dull
brain should unite. The present abb
surd policy toward industry and bust
ness will only bring disaster The
American people must make up their
minds as to how they stand toward
the profit system, and be either
wholly for it or against It,
If they are for capitalism and the
profit system, they should quit their
attempts to destroy the only incen-
tive that the private owners of in
dustry have for operating industry
profits. They should cheerfully pay
whatever profits are necessary to
create in the capitalist owners of in
dustry the required incentive.
If the American people do not
believe in private ownership and the
profit system they should vote to
abolish it, and to substitute in lien
of it Collective Ownership and pro-
duction for use, instead of for sale
and profit.
The public can own and operate
industry for public service. without
profits; or else, a few private indi-
viduals can own and operate indus
try for private profits. But both
plans cannot be adopted and conduct
ed together, and at the same time
The cooperative system SOCIALISM,
would have much difficulty to achieve
success, were all intent upon getting
private profits. And the profit sys-
, TEN would slow down to a starva-
ton place. were the people to deny
it the profits upon which it lives.
No objection can be offered
against starving capitalism except
that it is very improbable that it can
be killed by starvation. If it could
! be it might be well to starve it. But
: the people are so close to the hunger
dead line that they are in no condi-
ton to try starvation upon capital
lists. When people become very hun
CRY, they usually surrender to the
capitalist. The people are getting
ready now to surrender. They are
going to the Republican party to re-
store the great capitalist to full pow
er and greater profits.
Vaguely, the people realize that it
/ is bad policy to regulate business
so much.
Locking the knowledge which is so
necessary to end the frofit of sys-
TEN. it is best that the people turn
back to the Republican party. big
business and big profits.
Mark Hanna was for developing
capitalism. Socialists know 1t is on
ly the complete development of CAPT
talism which can develop into exis-
tence the Social Cooperative Com
monwealth.
Woodrow Wilson is for hating
capitalism where it is. He doesn't
want it to develop any more. There
fore, Wilson. in the handling of our
business and industrial problems, is
colossal failure.
Business is bad because Roosevelt,
Taft and Wilson have thrown dam
per upon the only incentive which
capitalists have for operating indus
try--profit.
Twenty years more of Mr.. Wilson
would throw America on its back,
and quench the aspiring spirit of the
people.
Twenty years more of Woodrow
Wilson would reduce the Socialist
party to a skeleton.
The Socialist party thrives only
upon the development of capitalism,
because capitalism is the plant that
is producing Socialism. Halt CAPT
talism and Socialism is halted. De-
veiop capitalism and Socialistic
thought is engendered, and social
idea is begot with power irresistible
and invincible. The people are best
cared for where capitalism has at
tanned its greatest development, and
the Socialist party is the strongest.
Capitalist development develops
Socialism since the owners of indus
try have the power to say whether
industry shall be operated, they
should either be given the necessary
incentive to operate it, or. else the
public Society should take over
the ownership of industry, and oper-
ate it only and solely for the public
or social good.
Turn loose business enterprise;
stop stagnation and uncertainty. and
begin the advance toward New So
cial Order.
WILLIAM II. CUNDIFF.