The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-04-16

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vakian republic. He is a Slav r.
knows Russia. He was in Russia A..
ing the revolution and at the baoIa
ming of the counter-reyolution wbloA 4
put bolshevism In the saddle, Flo ~.
written of Russia and Is acceptaa
an authority on the subject. askeS
him, What IL bolshevism?" His Is
swer was "Bolsheyism is consis,o0,
socialism"
BolshevIsm Is an old, unt,oa
theory Of government Its object i i
secure q greater production and
more just distribution. Socialism sav, 4
that men are without motive for an.
Gent work today because they do nj
get a fair share of the things tba,
produce; that the way to stmulats
production is to adopt common owner.
ship. Under such plan, they 81,
every man would be working for him.
self, In the sense that all would 10
working for the state, and that as an
are an equal part Of the state theI,
interests would be common and
mutual. The socialist says that ~
working and doing as much as h.
could he would be helping to shorten
the workday, because if all the people
Of the world were at work they could !
produce an abundance of everything
necessary for the worlds happiness
and comfort, every one would have
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more than another and 1t would be to
the interests of each individual 10
work to shorten his own workday.
The program of socialism promises
to destroy all private ownership
There will be no such thing as private
property. No one will own land. The
| land, the factories, the railroads the
mines, everything, will be owned in
common. The state will hold the title
to everything, manage everything and
distribute the product This plan
abolishes profits, rent and private cap
/ italism.
Money and Capital.
To understand this doctrine 1t d
necessary to clearly know the mean
ing of the word Capital" Many peo
pie confuse the word "capitaT with
| the word money" These words have
totally different meanings. Money Is
the metal or paper used by govern.
ment to make easy the exchange Of
products. Without money the world
would go back to the barter system,
in which the man who had corn
traded it for meat. clothes, and the
others things he needed. Capital Is
the unconsumed product Of labor. ID
other words, all of the food, clotR
clothing, machinery, ETC., in the word
is its capital, just as a mans capital
is the food he has in the cupboard
the clothes he hasn't worn out, tne
money in the bank which Represents
power to buy. It is the surplus !
is the reserve.
Plato, the great Greek philosopher'
was one of the first of the SOCIALISTS
In the republic of Plato we nha
defense of state socialism. ffoh
Plato to Lenine men have been ursins
communism as q cure for the Ills "
the world, as a remedy for wrong ~
a means of realizing exact Jusuce
Modern socialism dates from lls
Communist Manifesto" published Y
1S4S, by Karl Marx and FredefiA
Engels. Their outline of the soelails
plan seized upon the thought OF tH
world. Since that day 1t mas oe,s
gathering the dissatisfied OF the "ot@
and grouping them in class, deVeVR
: ing what they term a class ~
seriousness" Back of it has oeen
insistent, uninterrupted propasans
which has reached every corner u T.
globe. Billions of leaflets, pampnles
tracts and books have been clfcuiat.s
Millions of speeches have Deeh lnaun
Drawing rooms have been tniVa
open to 1t, highbrows have proisssi
the faith, lowbrows have thuhue. r.
the creed from soapboxes Oh
street corners. 1t has f1ourisIeu ~
In Europe. 1t has furnished pr.
ministers. Its voice today III the lar ~
: liaments of Europe is not "hisr
: it is a shout. In the ne" ~
ments which have come OUT :. .to,
war 1t is militant, dominant ia ,rs
The boIsheyism of Russia Is p snis
socialism-literal communism, - a,ath.
. moment am not writing OF the IAN rS.nt
DDS of the bolsheviks. First Man
to make clear and simple then p ina
! Bolsheyism is an effort to pu. Il
: practice the doctrine preacneu
Plato, programmed by Marx r,,o,l
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