Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-03
SANITY W.. SLUSH

SHiSi W. SIOSF1
The prudent pcnnicas beginner in
the world labors for wages awhile,
saves a surplus with which to buy
tools or land for himself, then labors
on MS own account another while,
and at length hires another new be
g!Nncr to help him. This is the just
AID generous and prosperous system
which opens the way to all, gives
hope to all. and consequent energy
and progress and Improvement of
condition to all. 30 men living are
more worthy to be trusted than those
who toll UP from poverty; none less
inclined to take or touch aught which
they have not honestly earned.
In these words. as only he could
Abraham Lincoln described the fund
amcntal process OF what many today
are pleased to term capitalism I'm
der it, this country of ours was
opened up, has been developed and
become the nearest of any great land
to the ideals of those who seek to
have man assured Of opportunity
commensurate with his talents. IN
der it there have been injustices, in
Vulnerable impcrfectiOns but by
means of it civilization has made its
material advancement and to it man
has adjusted himself. Notwithstand-
ing its many changed phases, even
since the day of Lincoln, despite the
present day massed production, in
some instances deadCning to in
dividualism and pride in skill, man
IS adjusting himself to it with as much
assurance Of success, it is fair to as
sumo, as ever he had. Yet there are
those who would scrap all this, topple
the construction Of thousands of
years into chaos and begin over again
according to one or more Of many
schemes with which their heads are
added.
In contrast to the words Of Lincoln,
TO the clear coordinated thought
therein expressed, comes a circular
purportins to have been issued by the
central executive committee of the
Communist party of America, the
closing sentence of which is as fol-
lows: THE fight can never end as
long as capitalism lasts, and we must
be prepared to overcome every OBJ
stacle in order to hold high the prin-
Ciples of the pROLETARIAN REV
.OLUTION."
r. Sprinklcd throughout this docu-
ment are the words proletariat, capi-
talism and revolution. 1t boasts that
after forced unholy alliances with
political adventurers we have emerg-
cd from the experiences of the past
four years with an organization still
functioning for communism" Those,
in these "unholy alliances" who have
dared differ with the committee, are
consigned TO outer darkness 1t as
Sumes to recognize the development
of the revolutionary spirit every
where" but admits that anti-com-
munist legislation lis spreading
throughout the states and among the
acts condemned was the prosecution
Of miners for the Hcrrin massacre!
Read this and compare it with the
words of Lincoln:
"As the struggle is prolonged, as
ever more workers are thrown into
= 'the labor battalions against the
Llordes of the capitalist enemy the
,,vo,oi ~ e'ie MUi i,ius' pCou!ii'
mont which HIS boon supnosed tO
function in the interest Of all society
is compc'led 10 reveal ltSol more ana
~ Tho oro,,,ins ~ t,o ,,.n,.,,ins, nIose.
its class character is finally exposed
and the workers realize the reNolu-
.iolidiI a. '.Iat 'i1e . ola9r -. us5te -
Use If disarminr the canitaIistic
class. Of Wrestling its instrument Of
oppression, the government. from 1t.
VS., 10y .t ms "iu ~ pnoIo
tariat.
our duty here is to build the Com
muhst iaFty OF America upon me
~ II, ,I,15 ~ tro o'Tt;0 IF Poiehey
ism in America and to safeguard the
principles of the Third International
How may this country feed Russia