V/fco Said
Rainbow Chaser
(Continued fiom 1st page,)
1'..at sentiment and mere inte'ec
tual conviction have been great
factors m the evolution of huma
nity, ho nevertheless, finds but
slight reason for believing that
he could within any reasonable
time get the human race to adopt
Socialism by appealing to senti
ment and intellectual conviction
alone.
He knows tin in order to intro
duce Sccia'i , laws must be ra
dically charged.
lie looks about, and he finds
that the i: . dominating factor
which influences congresses and
legislatures in passing laws, jud
ges in interpreting them and
governors in enforcing them is,
not sentiment nor mere intellec
tual conviction, but the economic
interest of the men whom the le
giria ors, judges and executives
really represent.
He finds that almost all of the
taws of.the United States and of
the various states of the union
have been passed because they
were to the economic interest of
the dominant class, the capitalist
which most of the senators, con
gressmen and legislators repre
sent, although elected by the
votes of working men.
lie discovers tlfat when any
man or body of men goes before
a congress or legislature and at
tempts to got a la'w passed v\ hich
ik against the economic interest
of the capitalist class, he simply
Patriotism
(continued from I1 acre 2.)
tinly because they are able to ex
ploit the wer'-6rs who dwell
here.
After all, if lore of country
means patriotic rii, then the So
cialist v or'Kinrmen are true pat
riots. They lot e the country sc
well that they v.ant to own it.
And feeling the klhship of the
Of the race, are anxious to have
all ell or v. oik inf rhtn own it
\. ith the m. Ar.d g’adly do they
welcome all peddle into the wor
king class.
Genuine patriotism is strong
est with the Socialist, arid Socia'
iat patriotism will some da\
make this country a garden f„r
the enjoj ment, cn equal terms,
df those r.cw i-vir.g arid of the
millions yet unborn.
Then awake you sleepers, get
dut of your trance, study Socia'
tsm and join the movement
which will make the world the
property of all the people. Then
all vvi 1 have an inducement to
ate patriotic.
waste* his time and breath, ex
cept in so fur as such laws art
scared out ef them by the rising
Socialist voce.
He also discovers that it is a
waste of lime and money to go
beforo a court and try to get a
decision against the economic
interest of the capitalist class, ex
ci pi in so far as such acts have
becu seat'd out of them by tin
rising Socialist vote.
lie also discovers that it is
useless to ask a president or a
governor to perform any act u
gainsl the eooutmic interest of
| the capitalist class, except in so
| far aiaucli acts are scared out ot
! them by the rising Socialist
! vote.
In sho.t, ho discovers that
the much misconstrued econom
ic interpretation of history is
true—*-li at the economic factor
is the pre ’oniina iag factor in
egisiati vc, j. nlicial and ex ‘cu
live action.
1 ivioh r glu licit- to gj on ic
cord as registering my personal
opinion that the mental; mo.al
ami sp.iftaal fue oi# in human
levolutiorr, are, in an alro’uto
set-se, infinitely more important
tlian ‘lie cconomi' fur or When
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We have had several cornmun
ca ions lately from rersors liv
i
ng at a distance from any Socia
list local, seeking information a
io how they could become a mem
her of the party. All such should
I communicate with-the Territorial
^Secretary, M. L. Cer h, Cush
man Street and Valdez Trail and
become ^ member a' large.
“T*
I say that the economic factor
predomina'cs, I do not imply
that it o:ight (o predominate. In
my judgeaarnt, it ought not to
predominate. But it does predo
minate. And a wise man al
ways tukes c gnizauco of the
actual facts.
Therefore, the scientific Socia
I ist concludes that it would Le s
difficult matter for him tegei
thehuman race to adopt S>ciai
ism within a reasonable time
by appealing merely to scnti
ment or mere intellectual con
viclion.
lie concludes that it will be a
difficult matter for him to get |
the human race to «dopt Social '
ism within a reasonable time
unless the economic laws are al 1
so working towards Socialism
and thereby assisting him to al
tain his objoet.
In other words he concludes
that it will be a difficult matter
'for him to get tl e human race
o adopi Socialism within a rca
•ouable lime, unless the ecoriom
jic laws are such that that they
make it to the interest of a ma
jerity of the voting population
to vote for Socialism.
(continued next week.)
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