The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-09-01
SOCIALISM NO CURE
!. FOR HURTS OF WORLD,
SAYS DR.. CULbERTS0N


dence of nation with nation and In
dustry with industry" declared DIR.
III. G. Culbertson, of Ripon college,
Wisconsin, in an eloquent address
Tuesday afternoon at the Richmond
chautauuua. America has been weld.
ed into one kinship and one fraternity
| and one brotherhood, and 1t is to this
that the future belongs and not to
disruption and unrest. The war mark.
ed the end of distinct epoch in the
| history of civilization"
The speaker gave three resons for
| the industrial unrest that seems to be
! so prevalent now. They are: Fluc-
tuation in the value of currency, prop
| uganda of untruths destructive of the
rights of private property, and the in
| evitable consequences of the invention
of machinery.
Money is a commodity" said the
| speaker, "and when there is too much
| the value of 1T decreases Today there
is six or eight times as much money
as there was five years ago. National
debts have multiplied five times, which
means an extension of credis which
will initiate currency. The question
is can we stabilize the dollar? We
must have gold basis for the money
|
Would Make Dollar Flexible.
DIR. Culbertson advocated a means
by which the dollar shall not repre-
| sent a certain amount of gold, but
! that would represent an average of
food, clothing, etc, which would re-
main the same at all times.
eve must recognize" he continued,
that the invention of machinery has
| brought about a serious Industrial
problem. We now have before us
three propositions for the cure Of the
illness of the world, the first of
which, "Bolshevism" has failed utterly.
The Bolshevist wants to drive out
capital by killing the capitalist. 1t is
a one class government and the labor
err of Russia is more of a slave than
ever before, and Bolshevism will meet
t it's doom in Russia just as soon as ex-
: ternal pressure is removed.
| "A second proposal is the platform,
!, Of the British Labor party, framed
. during the war, which is the best
l platform of idealist constructive Soc
5 ialism, before the world today.
= 1T stands for the enactment of a
| national minimum in wages working
: conditions, hours, ETC., progressive
. demonstration of industry, an equal
[ possession of the material possessions
of a nation by means of common and
u, Inheritance taxes, and the use of the
: surplus that might accrue, for the
betterment of social and educational
t conditions, etc.
But Likes indvidualism.
Against this is reformed individual
ism in industry, which the speaker
earnestly advocated. Evils in individ
ualism can be cured" SOCIALISM," he
. said, will fail at any time, because OF
, it's inherent defects.
The speaker went on to explain his
+ opposition to an ideal that has sc
4 many conscientious men advocating It,
by saying that while in Washington
where he was in position to see how
q the government ownership works, he
1 became thoroughly opposed.
Socialism would do away with al
initiative and enterprise. Government
ownership of industry is always newt
. ably and unavoidably inefficient, be
. cause one must choose between parti
san appointment or civil service
L which is a choice between the lesser
of two evils. Civil service is no stimu
Il lus on efficiency; it rather puts q
). premium on laziness. There is nc
n scheme in socialism by which mar
& of efficiency can be promoted to d
e position of efficiency.
Can Purge Present System.
( ION the other hand individualisn
n can be purged of it's evils. Laws are
being enacted all over the country tc
protect the working man. AS examples
l. of professions which are gripped by
= standards which cannot be escaped
\, DR.. Culbertson pointed out the medi
g CAL ministerial and teaching profes
:. sions.
- 1T is possible for the ideals of so
cialism to throw US into industrial
darkness. We would have organized
> farmers, organized doctors, organized
. clothing makers, organized transpor
tation, each telling us to pay theil
T price or suffer. A public opinion mus
y be created which will call for code
:. of ethics which has for it's basis the
|. application of the principles Of Chris
: tianity."