Socialism.
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Socialist Press Eu'letin
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Socialism is a conscious endea
- cor to substitute organized eoop
f dration for existence in place of
the present anarchial cotnpeti
tion for existence, or the system
of social organization calculated
to bring this abouj-.
This definition, though it gives,
perhaps, adequate expression to'
the active and practical side of!
. ocialism, leaves out of account j
altogether its theoretical basis. j
From this point of view Socialism
is an attempt to i - Fie founda
tion of a real sd . j of sociology
which shall enal !e mankind, by!
thoroughly ur.ci - rstandjng their |
past and present, to comprehend
and, thus, within limits, to con
trol the movement and develop
ment of their cwn society <n the
near future. Con equent;y Social
ism in its ’.vide sense is not, as is,
; still commonly thought, a mere
- aspiration for a better state of
society, stil less only a series of.
proposals to mitigate the evils a
rising from the present social ar
rangements.
Modern scientific socialism es
says to give an intelligible expla
nation of the growth of human
society, and to show that as each
step In the long course of devel
opment from the institution of
private property, through chattel
slavery, serfdom and wagedom
was inevitable, so the next step
from capitalism to Socialism is
also inevitable.
The object which Socialists
have in view is that this, the fin
al transformation, should be
made concionsly by an organized,
educated, and inteligent people,
ins ead of unconsciously, and
therefore tempestuously, by
groups of discontented, embitter
ed and ignorant workers. Agita
lion agaiust the justice of the
present system of production,
therefore, is only valuable so far
as it educates men and women to
appreciate ihe tendency of the
times, and leads them to organ
ize for the attainment of the de
finite end which ihe evoluti.n
, of economic forms has made
ready. Whether tlje great j
, change will be brought about
peaceably or forcibly has no
bearing upon Socialism in it
self, but depends on thp stage
of development which has be en
reached in each civilised coun
-« try, and the attitude wlijch the
- dominant class may adopt in re
lation to the demands which
the economic situation impels
the producing class to make.
vyomau relieved of economic
and social subjugation, will as
sume her place as the social c
qual of man.
So far, therefore, from indivi
dual initiative and personal
freedom in the highest sense be
ing limited and stunted, human
lejugarwill l ave the oppeituni
i) toi attaining to a level Of phy
I,wr
'alU'&l, iiiUJ UJ «II1M U*VM
meat suoh as the world lmo pe-l
vcr seen. The golden n<je of su-i
aiety is, indeed, notin the past,
but in the future.—H. M- ^tynd
man in Johnson’s encyclopedia,
Reticle ‘‘Socialism”
Organized Capi al
Sects Control
(Continued from First Pare)
1 s
Vi'ork cf the world to b e done by
adults.
Capital employs the labor of
•chi chvn; it is cheaper anc} ireans
more profits.
Labor asks for shorter hours;
this means more humane living
for the workers and safety fcr
the public. :
Capita! asks for long hours; it
means bigger dividends..
4. Labor asks for increased
wages; ‘hen wife and children
would not be forced to work.
Capital again opposes t-i-.is for
profits.
One i right go through the
whole list of labor legislation; it
is all for the benefit of labor, but
the demands are so humane, so
reasonab'e, so far-reaching in
beneficient results, that it comes
1
to be human rather than class
legislation. The thoughtful leg
islator must vote for such meas
ures, not because they are advo
cated by organized labor, but
because the interests of organ
ized labor are as ope with the
best interests of society.
NOTICE,
We have had several commun
ca ions lately from persons liv
ng at a distance from any Socia
ist local, seekirlg information a
to how they could become a mcm
her of the party. All such should
communicate with the Territorial
Secretary, M. L. Gerlh, Cusl;
man Street and Valdez Trail and
become a member at large.
Lincoln And
Democracy
When the vyhitp man governs
himself, that is self-government;
but when he governs himself and
also governs another 'man, that
is more than se’.f-governrpent —
that is despotjsm.
Many countries have l,os their
liberty, apd ours may loss hers;
bu' if she shall, be it rpy proud
est plume, not that I was the last
to desert, but that I never desert
ed her.
If there is anything which it is
the duty of the whole people ne
ver to intrust to any hands but
their own, that thing is the pre
servation and perpetuation of
L .r ^ i j v B • .
their own liberties and institu
tions.
J am for the people of the
whole nation doing just as they
please in al} matters which con
cern the whole ijatjon; for those
of jeach part doing just as they
choose in all matters which
concern no qthpr part; and for
each individual doing just as he
chooses in all matters which con
cern nobody else,
Fine Person $100
In the fpderal court at Spring
field. 111., Carl B. Person, the So*
cialist editor of the Illinois Cen.
tral Strike Bulletin at Clinton,
111., was fined $100 and costs for
calling a strike breaker a scab.
Congratulate
Liebksecht
Congratulations from the dif
ferent state organizations .have
poured in upon Carl Licbknecht
foy his action in opposing tne
German War Loan,
The Unemployed
There are about'a hundred
thousand working people in Cali
fornia who voted for a longer ^
day than eight hours who would '
just now be very glad tp^pt em
ployment |or even three or four
hours a day.
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