The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-01-30

and exercised along broader lines and
greater things accomplished, that so
cialism embodied fraternalism, that
mans intelligence was given him to
distinguish him from other forms of
animal life, and that it was not I'M
reasonable to expect him in this day.
having conquered all lower forms of
life, to live in peace and harmony
with his fellow man.
He did not deny that inequalities
in ability exist today and always will
exist. but said that under the social
istic plan those inequalities would be
so adjusted that each man would reap
the full returns Of such ability as he
possessed and that instead of the
strong mounting onto the backs or
the weak, the weak would be uplifted
and aided by the strong. Mr.. Gill
land became aroused on this point
and stated that this prOneness under
the present system of the strong to
take advantage of the weak, and for
the efforts of the weak to create the
profit of the strong, was where was
the trouble.
would eliminate, according to Mr.. Gill
liland are interest, profit and rent
Those are the items of the present
system that give the hog instinct in
man an opportunity of expression, &C
cording to his argument, and it is the
EOg instinct LnaL SnOulQ De
out and abolished
The following is the substance of
Professor Bowers argument:
Socialism is idealistic and opposed
to the nature of man. Its theories
mitigate against ambitions and remove
the incentive of working for a re-
ward Brotherly love is a good thing
to advocate, but it is not human ma
ture to practice it farther than within
the immediate family. The greatest
developm on't the world has ever
known has been accomplished under
the present system. That the stimu-
lus of reward at the end of any pro-
tracted effort is the great incentive
for men to do or die.
The present system has raised men
out of serfdom to a level far lofties
than their own natural ambitions
would have carried them, were they
left to their own devices, and had their
wants been cared for by a paternal
system of government That having
tasted the delights of an elevated life
they naturally longed for greater priv
ileges and were now demanding the
unreasonable as result Like the
women who have been accorded Spe-
cial courtesies in this advanced stage
of civilization, who in past centuries
were expected to bear the drudgery
of existence, doing so willingly know
ing nothing different, and who now
| demand equal Suftage with men, the
/ working class is disconnected with its
| bettered condition and Graves a great
er freedom. This is right and should
be granted with a measure of reason,
yet the fact should not be lost to
sight it was the system of private
| development that has brought about
| these conditions, and it is this system
which will do the greatest amount
of good for mankind if continued.
! capitalist, said Mr.. Bowers, is one who
has more than he needs, and some
thing everyone desires. 1t is this
desire and possibility of placing one
self beyond the point of want that
acts as a spur to ambition and car
ries men from the depths to the
heights 1t is the opportunity to be-
! come powerful that has conquered the
wilderness of western America in a
short period as measured in years.
The present system is not an acct
dent; it is the result of long evolution
and from the time of primitive mar
has been exercised by the human
race and proved successful. j
will stand improvement and will alb
sorb into it's structure the best ideas
of all times. yet it will continue to en-
dure in the future as in the past
I changing to meet the advancement o
the race That sOcialiStic ideas vii
: many of them be incorporated int
/ the affair of the state is not ques
. toned, and the extremists will raw
! the effect of checking the abuse o
the peoples rights. However, L
adopt socialism in its entirety woul
I be a death blow to ambition, a rever
4 sion to savagery or at least barbaT
/ ism, an altrustic condition and pre-