Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-22
MNS. SALLY NELSON ROBINS,
richmond, Va. February q, 1918.


To tho Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
or't gave me great pleasure to
rcaG me sensible and applaudable let
tcr by NJ. L. NJ. Of Iountcast!e, Va.
ana she has my hcarticst conEratula
tiOns IL.
CONCERNING the city boy az a help
10 me farmer. 1 cannot see where he
would lie help. but TO the contrary.
detriment. This is the most critical
moment In the worlds history we
hear the neutIals crying. we arc
starving, send US food" our allies are
crying. send us food" We have been
forced TO iimi, the ra,ions Of our Dco-
pie. Then. Is this the time 10 in.rust
The food production to the inexperi-
enc"d city boy and those unfit for mill
,ary service? II he is not At for drill,
men DO you think he is 1T 10 march
III" corn rowe?
I, has been said that It take.
year 10 train n soldier giving all Of his
tine and energy 20 his work with com
pctsnt instructors. whereas IL would
take much longer 10 train "a farmer be-
cause there arc so many different
things 10 learn on the farm. and II the
farm owners gaze all OF their tilno
instructing the lncompetcnts they
the Inexperienced farm iaborcr
Unless something IS done for the
farmers who are per'shinE at tho hands
rear our government viii not accom-
pAsh us aims. u. .. CAMPBELL.
King William. Va, February 81. 1918
From n Socialist.
To the Editor OF The Times. Dispatch:
S!r.-,ln The Times Dispatch OF Feb
civ!ixation'; You aay: ,.hI bcs; so.
e;alism adin!nistercd hy those vino ar.
sincere in It's advocacy is but an
utopian dream. Impossible. OF rcallza-
ton until human n,;ur. unic:goc4
cn.npl.te transformation In tundamcn-
A .ssgr-
aspiration and social progress
"ow. VIC Socialists disagree with
YOU nre right. how would you suggest
mat We 20 about tho bringing TO pas.
mas fundamental change OF human
You mus, admit. according to this
traits is possible because already aoms
Tor are now considered practical. You
must admit that many OF the things
we have for century stood for are
now not considered Utopian, hut in
tensely prarticai--so much so :hat Tho
very enemies OF our cause are COM
PEELED to subscribe TO them
Could we Socialists continue to bring
about other fundamental charges OF
human traits by !orsaking our party
nropaEandn ana ahiiiatins with our
parties?
The position OF the Socialist party
stand IN this world war. but I th,nE
we have been consistent scrupu!ousiv
consistent. we have always .opposed
hioodsh"d % means OF settling ma
tionhl and international difficulties and
differences; we always insisted that n
resort 10 arms results only In paving
'he way TO Crratcr and more elaborate
orFies OF bloodshed
You say we Socialists have not hesi
thtrd TO make common course with thu
forces OF autocratic governments NV
sistcn,,T comba'ed autocratic govern
s:stentlE comhattnd autocratic govern
ments. and by the only means possible
by which they car he destroyed-bv a.
you say. bringing about Il fundamental
change OF human traits. And sir the
only way to bring about this change
OF traits is by intellectual en!irhten-
ment. You capitalists would destroy
autoocracy only in spots by DESTROYING
q eroup OF capitalists in one part OF
the earth. and only for n brief season.
We Socialists would destroy autocracy
forever
Out war hloodshcd is no remedy 70,
antocratic ideas. You might as we'll
ATTEMPT to combat the ravages az some
deadly contagion by elaborate dissent
nations OF tho germs or poiSons that
produce it as TO seek to destroy au
tocracies nv resort 10 the very
weapons that have made autocratIc
governments poesih,e
FLEETWOOD 7. DIXON.
Washington, ID. c. Feb. &c. 1918