The Raymer enterprise., 1920-04-29
Merely a Beautiful Dream.

Merely a Beautiful Dream.
Few people win contend that this
theory is anything more than beauti-
full dream. Probably the first and
greatest Of the anarchists was the
great Greek philosopher Zeno, from
Crete. the founder of the stole philoso-
ply, who died 27O years B. C. It is
disturbing to find dyn9miters called
anarchists, and In the same breath
hear included some Of the greatest
idcaists that have ever trod the
earth The very mention of the two
types In the same class gives respec-
liability to the totally ugly. depraved,
ignorant, lawless criminal.
went to standard authority for
comnon-sense definition Of bolshev-
ism. was in Prague on my way up
toward the bolshevik front. spent
an afternoon with President Thomas
g. Masaryk Of the new Czecho-Sl0-
vaklan republic. He is Slay. He
knows Russia. He was In Russia dur
Ing the revolution and at the begin.
ming OF the counter-revolutlon which
put b0lshevism In the saddle. He has
written of Russia and Is accepted as
an authority on the subject. asked
him, what Is bolshcvism?" His an
swer was: "BoIshevism is consistent
socialism"
Bolshevism Is an old, untried
theory Of government. Its object Is to
secure a greater production and q
more just distribution. Socialism says
that men are without motive for eff
cient work today because they do not
get a fair share Of the things they
produce; that the way to stimulate
production Is to adopt common owner
ship. Under such plan. they say,
every man would be working for him.
self, In the sense that all would be
working for the state, and that as all
are an equal part of the state their
interests would be common and
mutual. The socialist says that by
working and doing as much as he
could he would be helping to shorten
the workday. because II 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
all he needed, no one would have
more than another and 1t would be to
the interests Of each individual to
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 Is
necessary to clearly know the mean
ing of the word Capital" Many peo-
pie confuse the word "capltal" with
the word money" These words have
tntaIIv 1iffaropt u,aaufpou Aonav Is
the metal or paper used by govern
ment to make easy the exchange OF
products. Without money the world
would 20 back to the barter system,
In which the man who had corn
traded 1t for meat. clothes, and the
others things he needed. Capital is
the unconsumed product Of labor. In
other words, all of the food, cloth,
clothing, machinery. ETC.. In the world
is its capital, just as a mans capital
Is the food he has In the cupboard,
the clothes he hasn't worn out, the
money In the bank which represents
a power to buy. II Is the surplus. II
Is the reserve.
Plato. the great Greek philosopher,
was one OF the first Of the socialists.
In the republic of Plato We find
defense IL STATE socialism. From
Plato to Lenine men have been urging
communism as cure for the Ills of
the world, as a remedy for wrong, as
a means Of realizing exact justice.
Modern socialism dates from the
Communist Manifesto" published in
1848, by Karl Marx and Frederick
Engels. Their outline Of the socialist
plan seized upon the thought of the
world. Since that day II has been
gathering the dissatisfied OF the world
and grouping them In class, develop
ing what they term "class con-
sciousness." Back Of 1t has been an
insistent. uninterrupted propaganda
which has reached every corner Of the
globe. Billions of leaflets, pamphlets,
tracts and books have been circulated.
Millions Of speeches have been made.
Drawing rooms have been thrown
open to 1t, highbrows have professed
the faith, lowbrows have thundered
the creed from soapboxes on the
street corners. II has nourished best
in Europe. 1t has furnished prime
ministers. Its voice today In the par
liaments Of Europe Is not whisper
1T Is q shout. In the new govern
Aante uhich have cotne ont Of tbs