Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-14
Syracuse Students
Hear Gary Rap
Soviet System


dress today that capital is neces-
sary to the progress and prosperity
of every country and any Ieopie.
The only alternative to it, he de-
clared. was the anarchy or Soviet
ism now gnawing at the vitals of
Russia. This Russian system he de-
scribed as a poison in the natural
system of national and individual life
| which would eventuate in destruc-
ton.
If the people of America would
study the facts about this vital ques-
ton, he said, there would be no cpl
demic OF Sovietism here. Capital and
the rights of all people would be
conserved.
| In this country the door of OPP
! labor and neither, ne said. should be
permitted TO abuse it.
He expressed the opinion that
there might be no objection to a fair
and reasonable law subjecting or
| ganized capital, exceeding certain
amounts, to governmental inquiry
and restriction in its uses. provided
organized labor should also be SUBJ
! jected to the same statute"
Mr.. Gary began by pointing out
that the people of the United States
have the greatest opportunity for
success in every department of
worthy endeavor. The expression
that 1.-The world owes each individ-
ual a living" was too frequently used
and it was foolish to endeavor to
support that claim by citing the &C
knowledged principle that all men
are created free and equal. This
meant, he said, no more and no less
than the right of equal protection
and opportunity.
Speaking on the relations of cap
ital and labor, Mr.. Gary said that
these two interests recognize their
| interdependence but that outsiders
often seek to antagonize them. He
declared, however, that the majority
of employers or managers of bust
ness are more solicitous for the well
fare of the workmen and do more
! to promote their comfort and hap
| piness than outsiders ever have done
or were disposed to do. Labor was
| never in the worlds history more
highly respected nor treated as lib
orally as today, he declared. 1t had
been demonstrated to be profitable
to the employer to treat the work
men fairly and this would insure the
latter full justice.
Laying stress on the necessity of
capital, he said: Money is essen
tial to provide facilities for prepar-
ne - ich 40 Noe
suits in any profession or calling
The material progress and prosper
ity OF any and every country are
TO an enormous extent the result of
, large capital. Without these the in
habitants would be neither happy
nor comfortable.
Accumulated capital provides the
facilities for development. improve
ment. extension and application of
natural resources. This could not
be done by small contributions of
money" In times of war, Mr.. Gary
declared, it would have been i'm
possible to have fully supplied the
needs of the country without re-
course to contributions by large
capital.
Except for the accumulated cap
ital invested in business enterprises
and the working capital to maintain
and extend them" Mr.. Gary con-
tinued, millions of men and women
who work for wages or salaries
would be without a chance to earn
a decent living. To the extent a ma
ton is without capital in a CORE
spending degree are it's industries in
state of decay and it's people i'm
poverished and respondent.
In short, for desirable and
proper degree of comfort, content
ment. happiness, advancement in any
direction, protection against disease
and destruction, every inhabitant of
every land is dependent upon indi-
Nidually accumulated capital.
The only alternative which has
been suggested is that the govern
ment shall forcibly take possession
and control of all capital and distrib-
ute the income derived from it
amongst the people per capita.
This would inject into the natural
system of national and individual
life a poison which would eventuate
ambition, enervate the body, remove
competition for legitimate success in
every line of activity. destroy in
centive for development and prog
ress and create a nation of laggards,
weaklings and paupers. Slight mo-
tive for succeeding in. any natural
and honest direction would exist if
the final results were to be applied
for the equal benefit of others.
Growing out of the illogical and
condemnatory doctrine above de-
scribed, is another even worse. 1t
is. and for some months past has
been, in practice at places outside
of the United States. 1t rejects the
right of an individual to enjoy the
fruits of natural ability and integ-
rity. of study and mental effort,
thrift and economy and it substi-
tutes the law of physical force, which
permits the strong and powerful to
forcibly appropriate all that belongs
to another, including property and
family.
This virulent and abhorent dis
ease. masquerading under different
names has been gnawing at the
vitals of Russia. Anarchy is a gen.
eric term for it. Sovietism is most
commonly used at present It has
spread and destroyed. It's germs
purposely have been secretly carried