Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-03
SPEAKER ASSAlS
B0LSHEVlSM EVIL
PETER w. COLLINS DEN0UNCES
ALL "ISMs''-NAMES COM
MANDMENTS AS CURE

s. Declaring that lack of application
of the Ten Commandments is respon-
sible for all evil of today, Peter W.
Collins of Boston in an address before
about 300 people at the K. c. hall in
this city Monday evening sailed into
all the "isms0 of the present day,
which he classed as redisms, his talk
being convincing. He climaxed his talk
with the statement that 'the Ten Com
mandments will still stand as the, bea
con light Of humanity, when the, grass
is growing over the grave Of Bolshe-
vism.' No doubt Mr.. Collins has
bumped up against some hard custom
ers in the audiences he had addressed,
as he stated after his talk that this
audience was one of the most attentive
he had ever addressed. Mr.. Collins
spoke here under the auspices of the
local council of the Knights Of Colum-
bus and his subject was "What g
Wrong With the World.' p. J. Vasaly,
Grand knight Of the local K. G. coun-
ell, introduced him. A six-piece or-
chestra furnished music before the ad
dress.
Without any preliminaries Mr.. Col
lins launched his attack on bolshevism,
socialism and other "isms'' with the
remark that although we live in what
they call progressive age, yet there
are many "isms.' One Of these more
than any others is creating trouble and
that one is bolshevism. 'Bolshevism, -
Mr.. Collins said, ''has two languages,
the academic and the plain. The first
is to hide the facts from the common
people. The other is the language Of
soap box oratory, which would throw
society from it's foundation. - He went
on to say that close study of bolshe-
vism discloses in it the denial Of the
Divine Creator. It claims to be the
answer to the question of trouble; to
be intended for the protection of re-
ligion and the family. Mr.. Collins
said that this could not be fact be-
cause it would have to come from the
working people and it certainly did
not. The doctrine which denies God
could not and did not come from the
common people, he said. Karl Marx
was named 10y the speaker as the
founder Of bolshevism, which is not
new doctrine, he said. but merely a
new nickname for an old doctrine,
there being no difference between boil
shevism and socialism. He explained
that the word "bolshevism' as a
word is really nice and means the
majority of particular group.' Since
socialism was laid down 70 years ago,
it has used many methods to spread its
doctrine and bolshevism is one Of
them, he said. Looking into the his
tory of socialism one will find that
none of the leaders of socialism came
from the common people, the speaker
stated, and he went on to say that
bolshevism likewise not only did not
! come from the common people but it
is a detriment to the working people.
| Chasing the so-called street corner
! socialist as one who really knows
| nothing about socialism the speaker
! said that in order to get real informa-
| ton about that doctrine one must con-
suit such socialist writer's as Engels.
! Quoting from this authority on So
cialism Mr. Collins said that the social
! ist wants US to believe that the doc
! trine is science. He then read par
| agraph from this same authors book
LII "ulCll tAC "44CCI COASluClCu tAAo
world a product of evolution. Here is
where Mr.. Collins took a strong issue
with that part Of the socialist doctrine
which he stated denies the Creator and
he gave some mighty convincing proofs
of the existence of the Divine Creator,
adding that the Ten Comma ndmcnts
stand opposed to the redisms and the
reSisns stand opposed to the Ten Com
mandmcnts.
"The evils of today Mr.. Collins
said in suggesting remedies for them
"were brought about by breaking
someone or more of the Ten Command
ments, and what we need today is tc
drive into the minds of people the re,
cognizing Of service to the letter of
every commandment. The Ten Com
fmandments have come down through
civilization as the beacon light Of I'm
n,anity :,nd they will still be standing
when the grass is growing ever the
grave of Bolshevism. -
Mr.. Collins classed the problem of
the underpaid workers as one cf the
very serious evils of the present time
He said that just as the prosperity OF
the people in city depends on the
success Of the farmer, so does tho wei
fare of the farmer depend on the work
ing men and the answer to the prob
lem is not to be found in strife and
revolution but in the words Of Christ
"rhe laborer is worthy Of his hire. y
This means providing living wage, a
wage that will provide for tho whole
fan,ily. It must provide for food
clothing, education, savings, sickness
au.l p,o1ection Of the family in ease o.
death of the head Of the family.
Another great evil is unemployment
the speaker pointed out. Labor report:
show that at present from four t,
seven million people are out of work
This. causes an increase in crime, sick
ness, disease and all other sorts O
trouble, including the breaking up o
families. The answer is to bring tn
man out Of job together with tn
job. The government, according to MI
Collins, ought to use it's credit to create
work. He held that it would be as fai
; for the government to use its none,
in this manner as it is for the govern
y mcnt to help out the railroads by bi
loans. To show how government none.
could be employed to great benefit il
relieving the unemployment problems
Mr.. Collins gave several instances O
, how this could be done. He mentione
home building first, saying that toda
this nation is short five million house
and many men could be used in iuild
ing these homes. The forests Of tn
l nation are rapidly diminishing and n