Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-26
THE PEOPLES FORUM
Letters to the Editor
Failure Of Communism
TO tho Editor Of tho Evenina Public Ledger:

TO tho Editor Of tho Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-Will you kindly permit. rev
words on the failure Of communisme -,
We will use Karl MARKS "Capital,
TO find the reason for 1t; page t5O,
edition of 1887, two chapters. Cn page
747 he tells us that the feudalism OF
England was communistic IN nature.
We quote:
Communal property. always DIS,
tinct from State property, was an olo
Teutonic institution which lived on
under cover of feudalism.
The destruction Of the feudal system
was due to the advent of capitalism.
Marx saws. in substance. that serfs ana
frccmen, like our rurals OF today. ieit
the tools Of production -iandmlor
the lure of the industries and the citles;
They left the land to the lords ana
made of England workshop. lncreas'
ing production. and the tools or PRO.
duction" thOusandfold. !oday the
roorcst wOrkingman enjoys bettcr Nv
| ing. housing. art and amusement than
the "lord" of communistic fcudal times.
which. Marx admits. were monotonous
timcs and now the wOrkingman OF
Enrlan nd is resOrting to voluntary CO.
oneration rather than state socialism;
or communism. with its free love and
loose morals.
Thus we nre asked to rctrogress. and
like the Roshcvists. pnrasiticnlly ex-
ploit what Capitalism has accom-
nlished< to "boost-it.' but without re,
| iipion. which must be the basis OF oil
| social organizations. Karl Marx mas
taken pains to hint this in his slurs
unon religion and Christianity espe'
cially. Herein is failure courted. Ihert
must be either unity through Individual
Differences or the rule of the autocrat
the latter being preferred by the Boil
shcvists.
The Spartans had the Bolshevists
| ideal of communism under strictest dis-
cipline. yet it failed. Even family ties
were sundercd. A.
In Russia trouble begins before the
accumulation of property. Though the
inception of communism suggests !.
"hying start" yet 'capitalism' is
asked TO give this to them through q
loan" (funny). This creating would
be a "Frankenstein' for "capitalism.
Forbidding workingmen's meetings ant
60 operative societies to function. ant
imposing tithes upon the peasantry
Lenine and Trotzky acting as lords
is n curious spectacle Of BOlshevism
Fourteen of their twin brothers. So
cialists. great men,, are condemned
TO death for expressing themselves
Surely the Rolshevists are emulating th'
Spartans in respect to war since th'
armistire continuously.
The socialstic propaganda has M
basic principle. Socialism is based OF
a novel assumption. Labor hours
As n producer, capitalism can af'
ford to waste what the feudalist had t.
be content with to exist. One Of th'
proofs is the burning of food for fue
by our farmers. Malthusians and birth
control advocates. please note th
abundance. The rule Of association ant
standardization is responsible for this.
"Captalism" is evolutionary, tn
sum total of human experience and de
sire for the greatest amount Of per
sonal liberty attninable. As in al
other systems. abuses have existed, bu
many eliminated since ''capital' wa
written.
Thus we CLEAN from Marx himsel
that capitalism" is evolutionary an,
progressive. while socialism is retro
gressive in its communistic aims.
II. w.
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