Why Do
By It. A. Dague.
IIow c*an a rich man be a con
sistent Socialist? Why does he
not practice what he preaches
and “divide up,” thus demons
trating (?) 1.is honesty and the
truth of his doctrines?
I have many times heard these
questions asked and objections
made to Socialism, but the num
of people who make such inqui
ries is stsadilly growing smaller,
due doubtless to the fact that
the principles of Sosi.-.’ism are be
i.ig better understood by inteli
gent poop.e. Socurhsis never ur.
advocate “dividing up.” That aeI
vusatii u is "also, and was put in j
tircuia: ion ’ , arc catmiies of So- j
ciu'ism. Socialists do not believe!
in a charity that degrades both
the giver and the recipient of;
alms. One of the foundation j
corner cdcncs -;:i v :’h Social-1
ism is ei ected is reciprocity, ’ I
the giving1 in return aft equiva.!
lent hi value fer what one re
;v do
if ore thoir chief »n< Uo is: “livery;
adult sh raid he a »vsr'ser in ?o:r.e \
useful e-empathm, man: a I or!
mental, and receive the full not |
value of his labor.” To that er.d
they insist nr. a readjustment of
our system of industrialism ar.'J!
the elimination of specu'ation.or i
profits, and interest. taking. It
is tnrough those methods that a
favored few amass great riches
without labor or returning any
equivalent for the property they
Secure. No more wicked ar,d
unfounded falsehood was ever
uttered than the lie started, and
still going, that Socialists want
to ‘‘divide up.”
Socialists are not opposed to
riches. Their efforts are directed
to so equitably adjust the pro
duction and distribution so
that a few crafty speculators
and manipulators may be pre
vented from amassing colossal
riches by unfair methods with
out giving any value in return
for that wealth while the great
masses are cheated out of their
honest share. Socialists point to
the fact that nature provides in
great abundance a'l the raw ma
teria! necessary to support my
riads of human beings, such as
lands, water, timber, coal, min
erals and electricity. Nature’s
laws are such that men must ap
ply their labor to those raw ma-'
(.Continued on last page.)
The Slaves,
By Margurite Hoad.
A vast, pervading multitude', they walk
Throughout the earth with weary solemn tread;
They live, but lo! before ray ken there dock
The greater legion*! of the ages’ dead,
Who passing by in vision seem to mock
Our lines of battle and our lines oi broad.
The slave ,f centuries, despised, reviled- -
fhese s. ctre millions ma'-e their anguished moan
In pleading accents: '"Ve were once beguiled
Like you who live; alas! had we but known
Our Intent power, we had liwui and smiled
Through virile years to reap where we had sown.
—occ—
Because of ignorance we were oppressed;
We did not tvek the heart destroying price
Our babes must pay for our accursed bequest
Of bondage, poverty, disease and vice.
Or we had risen with a conquering zest
To build for them instead, a paradise.
Shall ye, too, le-v-v a fieri'a ; of hi'
To eurai your sons .nn ! ,;a igbiors wit's v> ?
Nay, so ek t > lo:l«-1 til it ..i ;y gire them 'lit
To set their sods w: ,h !'•■-.■ and t •;h ar.o
And dissipate forever this -i.v'-: night
That they its horrors ae. -.aero may know-.’’
The dream is sped; the gr£at remorseful throng
Hav^ ceased lamenting, and tho voice is still:
The nameless host:; who •iru.la ■ i through eons long
Their unmarked graves the dust of every kill—
Exploited, driven low by want and wrong,
Have all succumbed to one swift reaper* i will;
The serfs of
The earth
ages! working, fighting, dead!
is tarnished with the scarlet stain
Of rhartyfe.l toilers—Oh the stain is red I
Hark! re who bound men down for sordid gain
And know that while your victims toiled and bled,
Yo'ur so ib were b -an led with the guilt of Gain!
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