The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-06

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in vain. He made some great
sociological discoveries of which
economic science has been Obliged
| TO take note. But his theoretical
conception of the creation Of wealth
has been repudiated by even the
more intellectual socialists OF our
time. and virtually all of his Social
prophecies have failed of fultlment
He looked for the downfall Of the so.
called capitalistic system before the
end of the nineteenth century, and
with the eye of his Imagination fore
England, France. Germany, and the
United States. His social prophecies
Nave not only failed in respect OF
these countries. they failed even
with respect 10 Russia. Marx iwas
a popular man in Russia. His
warmest admirers there were among
the arstocracy and bankers. for he
had assured them that Russia. not
having made the same mistake as
other countries. would not he
subject to their fate. What "A master
Of irony is history, 1t was Russia
that witnessed the revolutions that
Marx had prophesied would come to
the other countries, and the other
countries escaped.
Poverty a Disease
1t is true that poverty is still to
he found among us, and doubtless
we shall always he able n find il.
since it is one of mans oldest insti-
tutions. Nc one will deny that there
is some poverty in the United States,
and doubtless we shall always he
able to find Il. Poverty, we have
learned. is a kind OF disease. suffered
in the main by people who have.
never learned "A number of things it
is highly advisable for human he
ing to know. one thing is certain.
No nation or individual ever became
wealthy by paying strict attention TO
anything that the communist agi-
tator had to say Communists have
contributed nothing to the wealth Of
/
men who have built up America. 1t
was not such as they that subducd
1.-THE wilderness. built towns and
cities, cultivated farms. invented ma
chimes. applied science to industry,
or directed labor intelligentlye~ The
kind of work that leads to wealth
was never in their line.
! will defy anyone To cite n, single
instance in the history of the world
where a communist agitator ever
pointed out practical method TO in
crease the wealth of the world or his
nation. However, not all of their
statements are absolutely false. They
have pointed out there are many
people in the world who do not get
enough to eat Millions are forced
to live on little wheat or rice and
when these crops are poor. it is not
uncommon for large numbers of
them to starve to death. \ large
portion of the worlds population
/ has never eaten meat, because there
is not enough meat in the world to
feed them. Before every one can
food to go around. When the com
munists blame the present order for
these shortcomings, they are far
from the truth.
Where Theory Fails
They denource capitalism because
of these things. They fail to see that
it is the desire of capitalists TO make
money, and money is not made by
letting people go hungry or clothing
them In rags, or not housing them
properly. OF by forcing them to sleep
on park benches. The capitalist
would be pleased to have methods
pointed out to him whereby people
could be better fed and clothed and
housed than some of them are at
present 1t would mean more money
for/him. The capitalist is interested
in these things far more than any
communist. Who is indeed frequently
secretly pleased to witness the spec
tacle of human misery. because Ne
believes that misery is the best soil
in which to SOW the seeds of COM
munism.
There is only one way TO cure
poverty and that consists in the
creation of more wealth. The more
wealth you are able to create, the
less poverty there will be. How
could Communism. or any other ism
improve the condition of the work
crs. except by producing more
wealth than is now being produced?
AS long as the production of wealth
remains substantially what it Is at
present. there. will be virtually the
same amount of poverty. whether
wealth be created under our system
Of society or under any other sys-
tenn.
The economics laws are as much
; part of nature as the laws Of ply
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