The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-08

common there can be no poverty. They /
base this statement on their faith that
communism will increase production.
They claim that competition shackles II
production. They say that the COM
petitive system takes from the indi-
vidual the inducement to work-that
communism would give him an incent-
i've to work; that it would be a stimu-
liant; that under it men would work
better and produce more. They add
that the present system is bound to /
provoke an increasing. number of
strikes and that strikes stop. produc
ton, cause waste. increase poverty.
There is no doubt about the fact that
there. could be no poverty in the so
cialistic state if communism succeeded |
in stimulating men to work harder, |
thus greatly increasing production, be |
cause there would be more to eat, more !
TO wear, more to use, and as the dis |
tribution would be controlled by the |
state, all of the people would receive
an equal share of the great abundance,
all would have enough For the sake
I'll 4uIIn6SS 10 illSID, L dln SOHCcOtIi5
that the distribution program would
be honestly and justly carried out, but
Il better distribution, a more equal and
just division would mean nothing If
the first, the fundamental promise of
greater productions not
fulfilled. Any plan which decreases
production causes a shortage of the
things necessary to life. If the boil
shevikS are wrong in their belief that
communism will increase production
then bolShevism would make poverty
general, universal, and instead of boil
shevism curing the cancer on the body
/ of civilization, it would make the en-
| tire body of civilization a cancer.
| If the claims of bOlshevism are well
| founded, sound in common sense, cap
| able of fulfillment communism would
be the greatest blessing ever conferred
| upon humanity On the other hand.
| if the bolsheviks are wrong, and COM
| munism took from them the induce
/ ment to work, then notwithstanding
| the good intentions of the bolsheviks,
| their communism would be the great
| est scourge the world has known. This
| is the simple issue in the case. If boil
| shevsm is the good thing its advo-
| Gates say it is, it will bring the mil
| lannium, and every human being
should be in favor of 1t; but if it is
not practical, and will not work out,
then it is a danger, the red flag is its
proper signal, and the world should
| avoid the danger signal as an engineer
charged with the safety of human life
would avoid running by red light
on the track ahead.
1 Examine Before CONCERNING.
| Going back to the case of our friend,
the doctor who honestly and sincerely
believes he has a cure for cancer, let
us consider what the scientific world
would demand before offering a judg-
| ment as to the value of his proposed
cure. First, they would free their
minds of all prejudice. They would
he reasonable and patient as they
would be thorough in examining the
proposed remedy from every possible
angle. They would analyze the f0rmu
In. examine it in the light of expert
r cnce. Why shouldn't we follow the
same sensible plan in considering boil
shevism? Won't we get farther if We
do? Hasn't such n course an advant
age over quarreling about it? VIII,
, | should some of us accept it withou
knowing what it is? Why shoult
, others condemn it without under
standing? And why should both Ties
groups get excited and irritated, cal
: each other names, learn to hate, AM
;, add to the worlds unrest?
] / propose to follow the method o
. the scientist as nearly as l can in ex
: aiming the patient Russia, the worl
: cancer, poverty, and the remedy
{ bolshevism.
al /. A complete family history, s
I that we may know and understan
3 the constitution of the patient.
! .. The physical and mental cond
o tion of the patient at the time treai
/? ment was begun.
) 8. The formula--the remedy.
i 4. The theory of the cure.
/ 5. The methods used in applying tn
@ remedy.
/ s. The history sheets showing tn
+ effect of the treatment upon the pa
s tent.
, T. The condition of the patient afte
! more than two years of bolshevism.
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