El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-22

. ing il over others and of bossing
! them around And, by the way,
! there's one Of the main reasons why
] I'm preacher instead OF a politician
] The politician never gets az lhe
! causes of social disorder. All he does
I is register the changes which other
] men bring about in public opinion,
| and doctor the symptoms, and trade
! on the condition Of the patient. The
/ only changes that are permanently
| wrought in human society are
l brought about by changes in the un-
] Outstanding of tie individual that
! enable him TO see more clearly the
meaning and the unity Of human lie
! Nothing is ever settled permanently
! except as it is settled in the brain OF
a thinker. Neither violence nor i'm
position has any final value
Socialism and the I. W. W.
| Socialism is 20 be commended as an
appeal TO the human UNDERSTANDING
I 1t is not an appeal to violence. ANY
attempt to discredit Socialism as an
/ enemy Of law and order" has on
hand the task OF proving that our
! present form OF society is a righteous
system Of social order, and IN no wise
maintained by organized violence
And should Il be that he is able TO
prove il is such. to the satisfaction OF
any thinking person. he must 20 on
and prove that the present Organiza-
ton Of society is infallibly right,
otherwise. II logically follows that.
so long as there are evils in the eX-
listing system. and those evils are
perpetuated by violence exercised IN
the name Of law and order, citizens
are justified in resorting TO violence
in order 10 correct them. for the rea-
son that, IL il is right to employ viO-
lence in order TO uphold an evil, Il is
more than right. il is even duty 10
employ violence in order to remove IL
which is nothing more nor less
than plain LW-W-1Sm- How clear IL
is 10 the calm and thoughtful OBJ
server that the man who advocates
the use OF violence in order TO main
tain things as they are, and the man
no advocates the use OF violence in
making things as they ought to be.
skin LW-W-ism is not product OF
Socialism. LN-W- ism is a product or
violence II is an expression Of the
physical law that action and reaction
are equal and opposite. Socialism be-
longs 20 the class OF agencies which
seek TO establish a state Of equi-
iibrium in society. adjusted by re1-
son on a basis Of equal justice Be
fore YOU ever start out 90 prove that
Socialism is "anarchistic' and sub
versive OF public order" take at
least five minutes off alone with
yourself and sOberly think, a little.
law and order" Then take stock OF
the fact that Socialism proposes 10
overcome certain great evils. not by
means OF violence. but by means OF
the ballot as its only weapon and
logic as its only force Then honestly
examine into the question OF whether
OF not Capitalism renounces violence.
and commits its fate wholly into the
hands OF logic. armed with the
WeaDon OF the ballot only You may
for rather more intelligent opinion
as 10 whom YOU should condem as
'anarchistic."
Socialism n a Doctrine
What is socialism as doctrine2
Socialism as an idea is founded on
the materialistic conception Of his
tOry-perhaps il is more accurate to
say. the economic Interpretation OF
history This economic interpreta
ton Of history sees society in all
times. with all its Institutions. re-
ligiOnS and laws, a reflex OF the pre-
vailing system OF production and dis
trlbutiOn OF commodities II does
not. as is often alleged. see in mans
every action the spur Of economic
pressure. but IL does claim to see a
determining impress made on all hui
man association and activity through
its economic surroundings As
part OF this economic Interpretation
Of history we have the theory Of the
class struggle" which holds that
individuals, seeing the futility Of in
dividual revolt against economic Op-
press ION. act L0EELLEE IN ike WHY'S
under like conditions. History. 10 the
Socialist. also seems to resolve itself
into a struggle between the pos
sessinE and nOn-pOssessing classes
a struggle between a class OF owners
in possession OF the means Of urOduC-
ton and distribution OF the neces-
saries Of life. and class OF workers
who have no means OF production and
distribution, engaged at wage labor
producing wealth for the owners and
~. #ha~-=e Fr=ne EnaFnNfare
say that this state OF affairs cannot
always last. They are divided as 70
how the change viii be effected The
MARKHAM or scientific Socialists be-
Heve that It viii come about as the
result Of increasing misery Other
Socialists hold that il viii result
from a gradual increase cooperative
organization. All Socialists are in
agreement that an end desired Is the
collective ownership by the workers
OF the means OF production and dis
tribution-
Socialist Ideas in Germany.
Socialist ideas in Germany perhaps I
began with the influence OF Jean
Jacques Rousseau. who believed the /
ownership OF private capital 10 be the
greatest OF all crimes At the end OF
the XVIII century Salnt-Slmou de- ]
handed that society be reconstructed I
on an industrial rather than on a
political basis His work on New I
Christianity" contained the germ OF ]
the doctrine later developed by Karl ]
Marx. Contemporary with Saint /
simon. johann Gottlieb Fichte. the I
German philosopher. laid down the I
urOposition. Whose has not the ]
means OF living is not bound 10 rec /
cgnize or respect the property OF /
others. seeing that. as regards him. .
the principles OF the social contract I
have been violated The right OF I
nropertv in objects OF luxury can I
have 10 foundation until each citizen I
has his share in the necessaries OF ]
life" Fichte was followed by la /
sale. the father OF German socialist |
organization. He organized in 1853 j
the Universal German working /
mems Association" which was des-
tined TO grow into the social Demo !
cratic Party" Of Germany. on his !
heels came Marx. Engels, VIM. Lie5- /
knecht and Bebel. The two latter /
organized a MARKHAM Socialist party 1
in 1863
In 1875 all Socialist organizations |
were amalgamated and the present /
Social Democratic Party" Of Ger
many was born. Since then the pro- i
gress Of the Socialist movement in /
Germany has been rapid and steady. /
Unrelenting persecution on the part Z
Of the government. wholesale i'm
urisoninEs and exilings, extending
over a period OF two decades, seemed 4
only TO stimulate its growth. In 1907 l
the Socialist vote in Germany u
amounted to 24.3 per cent OF the total 4
vote cast. or 3.25S. SIS voters. In 1914 \
the number OF Socialist voters was
about 100000.
Two Branches OF German Socialism.
The supreme dramatic interest Of
the German NatiOnalism and Social
ism vibrates between the outstanding
figure Of Karl Liebknecht with a
small. radical. but rapidly growing.