Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-05-23

war and is forced to the wall. He
Marx saw in happy moment. that
land monopoly is the foundation OF
the monopoly of capital. Remove this
foundation and then the machine and
capital become the servants of the
worker and the friends of man.
Marx mad Engels wrote in the COM
munistic manifesto that village COM
munities with community ownership
of land had been the primitive form
of society from India to Ireland.
With abolition of this original COM
munity land ownership begins the
separation of society into special and
finally opposing classes.
Community ownership of land is
communism.-is justifiable commun-
ism. Community ownership of tools
and products of labor may be prac-
teal in a primitive society. but it is
detrimental to the division of labor
and the rights of ownership and is
therefore a hindrance and destruc-
tive force in a civilized society
The communists proclaim a society
in which one produces according to
ability and consumes according to
need But since mans ability is linn
tied. and his needs unlimited,
communism is utOpian. A society
in which all consume more than
they produce is an impossibility. The
one who consumes more than he pro-
duces is an exploiter. In our society
the many are utilized by the few In
communism the few are exploited.
1T is power we want, not justice and
mercy" said Karl Marx. Monopoly,
capitalism, and communism all rest
on exploitation.
Communism attacks profit, and
earnings but profit is pay for work
done. 1t is profit without work which
: is unjust and that one gets only
through privileges, monopolies. and
special privileges should be abolished.
Communists want to divide the
goods of society. But how often is
there to be a division? Huey Long
also promises to divide, but he has
rot named the price. That will come
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pensive.
Your bread is mine that is COM
munism. Your bread is yours" that
is Justice. MY bread is yours" that
is love.
One wonders if anyone really be-
lieves in Marxism today. 1t is dead.
The result of socialism in Germany Is
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ishes unemployment, tariffs. and mon
opOlies as never before.
Communism is something we grow
away from, not towards. Russia Is
the largest and by nature the richest
country in Europe, but her exports to
all the countries in the world are
not greater than those of little Den
mark. Russia has abandoned the
communistic demand for equal pay.
Stain said in 1888 that good workers
must be paid more than poor, and
that henceforth wages in Russia must
be in proportion to the production OF
the worker. but that is not COM
munism.
And the right to inherit which all
leu W NC hOi SNiSeS'@
was re-instated in 1923 up to 10000
rubles and in 1926 without any limi-
tatiOn.
The big drawback to state admin
stratiOn, the numerous officials is al
so in evidence in Russia. There Is
no unemployment in Russia. Fine!
But it is not for the sake of labor
alone that man works, but for the
fruits of his labor In military
regiment there is no unemployment
When a communist in speaking with
SnOwden praised Russia because il
had no unemployment. the latter an
swered that one might observe the
same in England. where? In Dart
mouth prison.
Credit, power. and high finance
have their roots in the control of the
land with all its natural resources
So far the workers have turned theil
guns on the machines, the useful cap
ital, and not on the false capital rep
resented by privilege and monopoly.
LUDWIG MOSBEK.
Askov. Mimi, May 90, 1885.