The Meeker herald., 1919-03-15


.-ee~e>ta apA -, m peed se0s-
thtnr n ~ ka,A a q pAIDosSpAiesI
fe~nA.ftoa nd A. n s.sfsfaetjo. 10 eur
>aturnI denfrs for euuprehenssvs seafe-
~.fs
III seeus dear that the pressnt 10.
dussYtaI sysss1 n destined 10 lsss for .
yoas ttue II III usats ostIines-thas y
- ~. psfvats ovp<syAlp OF capital y
~ nksSy - BE- suppsanted By . eosIsc-
ttvta crxantxatjoe Of Industry 1t .
lafe x6cSesty near 70 Justify any
peessst setSoa bsseti % The hypothesis
eF IT. arrival This foresass re reeos-
afss ~ sot eaIy ezrYenely probable,
ut ~ hixhIy desirable, for, other Oh
1seftses apart, Socislisu would mean
buresse5sey. political tyranny, the
hespsessuess u the indivsdusl ~ fac
tor In the ordering Of bis own life and
IN general social ineOeiency and d.
eadence.
osssess - ersss~t System
Nevertheless The pfesent systeD
stands IN gTfevoss need Of e"nstdes
able nodineafteos and improvement.
Its main defects are three-enormous
ipefneieney snd waste IN the prodoc-
tioo and distribution OF commodities
insufficient Incomes Tor tne great ma
3osfty Of wage-eaTnefs and unneceaaa-
rily large incomes for small minority
d privileged capitalists TIE evils IN
production and In the distribution OF
goods would be IN great measure sbo'-
ished By the reforms that nave Deen
outlined In the foregoing pages FRO
ducttoo Will be greatly Increased ~
universal living wages. BY adequate In
dustrtal education and By Harmonious
relations between labor ana caps'ai On
the basis OF adequate PARTICIPATION py
the former IN all the Industrial aspects
Of business management The wastes
Of eommodity dtstrthufio0 could oe
practically all eliminated ny eo-opefs-
1--we mercantile establishments and CO
operative selling and marketing assoct
atiouA
e>.>.....l.. s.A cs-s.rsnen,hy.
.-,- 80 .-,sn,.,.
.ss s.s,,...,s. III M. =. -.
issd 20 long - the majority Of the
workers. remain mere wage-eanerA
Ths majority must somehow become
owners or At least In part OF the In
strumeats OF production They can be
enabled to reach this stage gradually
through cooperative productive socte
ties and co-paftnershlp arranGemenfA
In the former the workers own and
manage the industries themselves; -
the latter they own Substantial pau
Of the corporate stock ana exercise
reasonable share In the management
However slow the attainment Of these
ends. they will have to be reached BE-
fore We can have . thoroughly e1ncienf
system Of production or an Industrial
and social order that will be secure
from the danger Of revolution II II TO
be noted that this particular Hsodiaca'
tioo Of the existing order. though far
reaching and invosving to great e.
tent the abolitjoa Of the wsge system.
would not mean the abolition Of phi.
vats owuesship- Ths Instruments Of
pFoduetioa would still be owned By u
6lvidoals. not By the State.
e..4,., - sa..>..al..
~" t"s t'1u "" 1e ~. .
e1cea"ss cams ~ . -" n''no.y ~
pnvuese" eAP''.sA '"e . III"
o'es sN peven',on VI .''.ue
eontros Oh eoo., ."as.e ~"
esnmeut eeu'sto" VI ."e" pu.'e
NC ason"p"s'e. - ~" sn ...'
pn.fte ope'uoo mo .eS ' 1870.
OF 'neome- &C. p'"",' ~. ''
eneeA i"e pse.'se n'e'".' W .e.
genuine eompet'uo" may ~ 'o
ana maintalneo a"oos DoA'"e"<" ma
arr natufahy eompeu'se eann". "
eiseos.so "S' os' - p''
clear tsst human oe'nsA cnnN y
trussed WIN - 'ss "ps"',a". va.
ties TOT oppsesssoe sno e1to9''on 'n.'
% Win the poesess'oo OF monopoly
bower. That the 0W0etD OF pubic NeTv-