Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1920-10-05
WHOFAVORS SOCIALIST STATE?

Socihllstlc doctrines. buf Mr.. Heyman
says the Graphic editorial was "wil-
ful attempt 10 discredit the co-Opera-
tive movement In Luna county"
We challenge Mr.. Heyman. right
here, 10 point out one word the Graphic
ever uttered against the cooperative
movement here or elsewhere. Don
hedge Mr.. Heyman. come out ana
quote the words; our files are open 10
You. III you can't find what you have
charged, admit that you have been
caught In u cheap trick to mislead the
public.
The Graphic knows very well that
there are socialist, Mr.. Heyman.
among them, In the local exchange
exchange care to identify themselves
with Mr.. Ames' doctrines, THAT Is
their funeral as Mr.. Heyman would
say, 80 facitiously. That they do not so
care 10 identify themselves is an incon-
! Itrovertible fact. The Graphic editor
can and will, If Mr.. Heyman requests
/ Il, take him 10 enough Of his mem
bers Ia convince him that he Is kid
ding himself. Numbers of them right
now are busy disclaiming any connec-
tion with Mr. Ames' brand Of social
ism.
| II is no disgrace 10 be- socialist,
hut II is unfair Ia the public and ,ne
cooperative movement Ia try Ia pr0pa-
gate sOcinlistic or any other political
doctrines by indirection, under the
guise Of plnn to reduce the cost OF
living.
Mr.. 1eyman very cleverly attemI $
TO annihilate the Graphic editor Dy
pointing out that the editor did not az
tend Mr.. Ames' lecture. II Mr.. Hey
man should 20 home some day 10 find
his house robbed. would he be at a loss
to know whether or not burglar had
done the Job BY an unoriginal process or
reasoning the Graphic editor examined
certain witnesses and certain exhibits.
and unhesitatingly identified Mr.. Ames
ns a socialist of revolutionary tenden-
cies. In sympathy with the bolSheviki of
Russia, except as to the cooperative
theory propagating which Mr.. Ames
makes his living.
That Mr.. Ames Is n revolutionary
will he seen by the quotation which Mr..
Heyman 80 kindly supplies II is: We
do not want that kind Of revolution
In the United States" An, yes, indeed,
mot that kind" What kind does he
want? One that will save his bacon, of
course, He wants revolution that
will result In the establishment lquot-
ing from Mr.. Ames' organ. "The Pa
lcifc CO-opertor") of the "lnternation-
al Cooperative Commonwealth Some
o. tie rest of us might agree 10 some
sort Of Il revolution II II would prom
Use the economic supremacy of our own
private interests. Mr.. Ames is so un-
selfish--while haranguing his dupcs.
BY reference tO Mr.. Heyman'S skill
full argument. It will be seem that he
denies that Mr.. Amcs' lecture dealt
with anything bur cooperation or
course. "the ultimate accomplishment
Of the international Cooperative Com
monwealth." would not deal with 'po-
/ litical creeds or parties No indeed
| Mr.. Heyman. In the international
/ Co-oeprative Commonwealth there
would bc only one political creed, as
therd Is In Russia cXponentS of otherS
would probably be- shot or put in prs.
son. and the free press Of the country
/ as the Graphic IL free-would he no
more. smooth stuff. Wen say.
Mr.. Heyman Is terribly offended he
cause his progressive ideas are denomi-
mated socinlistic, bOlShevistic or sym
pathzer Of the Russian Reds. Then
Mr.. Heyman goes on 10 show his
knowledge Of soviet conditions in Rus
sia. inst aS Mr.. AmeS found II con-
venient to illustrate frequently 10y ref
iul II ~
Mr.. Ames' organ. before quoted, han
dies this matter even more cleverly
thnn his desciplc, Mr. Heyman. 1t
says "'Even at present we do not wish
to fight against the soviet power :;
Madam Lenskaya adds, hut we CON
tlnue to believe that cooperation the
building up Of the new life on the
basis Of love and iustce--is surcr AMI
more direct way into the kingdom Of
socialism than building up 10y forcible
means
Dream on. Mr.. Heyman, don't ever
imagine that you are mixed mp with
bunch OF socialists Or are you Kid
I ding usi
| We can fully agree with Mr.. Amcs
and Mr.. Heyman In what they say
about the retail merchants and the
wholesalers being not responsible for
profiteering. They. Mr. Heyman and
Mr.. Ames. are only trying 10 protect
their own enterprises, which are. when
all is said and done, private in ma
ture. and do not even promise re-
duction In prices to consumers. \ divi-
dend. just as in other joint stock COM
uanies Is promised. Local stock sub
scribers were lel to believe that they
would be able 10 buy more cheaply.
Mr.. Amcs says, ultimately prcsum-
ably when the international state OF
which he dreams. Is reality.
We can quite agree with Mr.. Hey
man when he intimates that there Is
something rotten in our capitaliStic Sys-
TEN that allows fortunes to he made
out Of the necessities Of the consnm-
ers. still. the constitution and the
democratic state which our fathers
erected and dedicated with their blood
shed on a thousand battlefields anu
which we have So recently rededicated