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A PAGE OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES "OH TO BE IN ENGLAND" Lmtamae next May the British people will make a S^'l-Btojon which may very well he momentous, not ?' ja^^a history of the Empire but in...
...The results are satisfactory...
...Let us insist then that in this thoroughly legal manner the state conns* «ate the alums and carry on as it does in time of flood, • or fire or plague...
...I marvel at the fact that my words can be carried upon the waves of the air to great distances north, south, east and west, over hills and valleys, through brick walls and wooden structures into the homes of thousands, simultaneously, though separated by miles and miles of space...
...care of The New Leader how the plan hits M>nl mr knowing more about the world we live in...
...T Ob, would we not turn dreary And tedious and dour Like prim old spinster ladies...
...Chief among these is his prophecy of the disappearance of the peasant...
...Though we could have made more money had we the interest of the whole woman membership...
...Let us not be crushed by disappointment and sorrow...
...With such a discovery properly handled I might descend upon the tenements like an avenger to Mast their horror out of sight and memory...
...Boston carpenters will negotiate for it when the present agreement between their district council and the employers expires on April i, 1931, Edited by 0 Pauline M. Newman CONCERNING WOMAN A department mt news sad riews of oirticalmr Interest to the waataa of the labor movement...
...The proletariat would expropriate them, and then, proceed to socialise industry...
...Snowden Ridicules Lloyd George On Liberal Keynote Talk (CmtiBBCd from Fur Two* Mr...
...He went to them for letters of introaatnto to similarly minded leaden in America...
...in his next speech, he would tell us if he, too, will help to keep the Tory Government in office in the event of his being in a position to do so: and if he expects to get the support of the Tory Party for the schemes he has appropriated from the Labor program...
...An industrious peasant, strongly attached to his piece of soil, must have felt quite unfriendly towards the outstanding figure of modern Socialism when the latter suggested that be was something of an idiot...
...The emancipation of the serfs hi 1S61 bad given the Russian peasant only J,i of the land...
...In short, the concentration of property was determined by the need for concentration of production...
...Engels wrote, "We have no use in the party for the peasant who expects from us the perpetuation of his dwarf property...
...However, considering that it was the first undertaking after such a prolonged silence on the part of the women members, we bad no right to anticipate more than we have received...
...ia,.**?8* to Se that the author has done some of J^"**totgmal stuff since Edgar Lee Masters wrote jSJ* atvsr...
...you-bawl me out for rushing in where angels ¦» to tread, think this over, but for the sake of all ¦« « holy don't think I'm in the travel business or kw interested in this for any selfish reasons...
...It Is the happiness that emanates from the greatnes sof soul, and from this happiness peace is born...
...I am confident that some day laughter and song will brighten the life of childhood and youth to comfort and cheer the fading hours of age and fan the dying embers back to the flames of joy and gladness...
...The unquestionable fact is that whatever program the Liberals may adopt they have not the remotest chance of ever being in a position to carry it •at...
...Each disappointment is a test of strength and calls for fortitude...
...There is work in the world to be done, and there is salvation in work for those who suffer...
...Since the capitalists would be so few in number, their doom was sealed...
...He has been one of the stauncheat supporters of the stats quo...
...To sit with folded hands and with an angelic smile upon our countenance and accept life as it is without a murmur, or without an effort to make it as complete for ourselves as possible, or at least for those who are to follow, could not be called an enlightened acceptance of life, but rather a stagnant, retrogressive and stupid submission...
...In other words, true expression of self, true individuality, can only become possible through the collectivity...
...A sound program for peace linked up with » rwBties of life to the vital Itoed of all humanity taky, as Norman Thomas pointed out at the L. I. D. **et stands in the way of such a project...
...but every child that is born finds the conditions under which it must live already here, and if it docs not fit in the plan it sooner or later comes into conflict with reality...
...By JOHANNA A. M. DAHME As this is my maiden speech over the radio, I am filled with a deep and inexpressible emotion over the most wonderful, awe-inspiring and uncanny achievement of the present age...
...The more we comprehend the underlying forces that constitute the incentive for human behavior—the manifold difficulties involved in the struggle for an existence, the intricate network which binds the individual with the whole fabric of society through which he is influenced, the more we know of the advantages and disadvantages which heredity, early - training and environment may have upon the individual—the less can we blame him for bis digressions and abnormalities, which are nothing more than the reflections of the abnormal circumstances under which he was born and lives...
...I tell you that the people who own these dungeons and exact miserable rent for housing misery are lower than keepers of brothels and purveyors of heroin...
...And yet, knowing the property owners as we do, nothing short of revolutionary confiscation could shake them from their low estate...
...CARPENTERS FOR 5-DAY WEEK BOSTON—(FP)—The 5-day week was endorsed by the Carpenters' state council...
...The core of the Marxian theory in regard to the peasant was his firm conviction that large scale production was superior to small scale production...
...Articles 153 and 195 of the new German Constitution indicate the path which European Socialists should long since have pursued...
...Perhaps that would be the best way...
...Then what would be for ainging And lovers' words to say...
...He has but one life to live, and that life should be held inviolable, and made as complete as the age in which he lives can afford...
...I also hope that the next undertaking will-bring to the Women's Section the co-operation from all the women members it so badly needs and deserves...
...Swtoaing the subject suddenly, I find on my iesk fciJ**' poema which has given me a real thril...
...It has yet to take root in American soil...
...Tell me with your righteous gesturing: Look at the great men who have sprung from the sidewalks and gutters of the East Side...look at the thooaaada of honest, God-fearing folks who work at and mind their own business, and get along decently in those same tenements____ Tell me that, and my anger spatters.its malediction on your smug heads as well...
...Its private use should also serve the best interests of tha> community...
...One might as wall attempt to shame a hog out of its disgusting grunt...
...Iaajgest briefly that within the next ten weeks we amd to England a delegation of American Socialists to a> at ia their power to assist the Labor forces in the .....mirn ¦ » * It ku always seeded to me (and I know from my Mis with other comrades that this a common feeijajMa the Party) that we have become more and aare laateted over here, out of touch with our Engkt and German friends and comrades...
...And March would bray and bluster And rasp his'old refrain...
...Out of the deepest sorrow profound happiness springs...
...And to whom do you suppose they gave to> totters...
...Its strength to a large extent has been due to the tact that It made Socialism inevitable...
...And to my dying day I shall shake my fist in imprecation at every one of these horrible houses...
...The Peasant" (The London School of Economics...
...We hope that the next undertaking by the woman win be more of an educational nature (now that we have some money we can begin to plan...
...At times I decide to delve into the mysteries of the atomic theory ao that in some chance I might fall upon the* control of the fierce energy bottled up in matter...
...George can produce from his friends, I am prepared to find two who will at least match them in administrative experience, in knowledge mt industrial and economic questions, and in Parliamentary ability...
...And never will I find enough profane words to spew my hatred for "the humble home" of my youth...
...The tooey outlay would be small indeed compared with j»» marl leal achievements...
...The Urge for Happiness (Several comrades uho have radios and who heard Miss Dahme speak over W.E.V.D., have asked me whether I could not get Miss Dahme to let me use it, or part of it, at least, for this department...
...It apparently did not occur bttam that Thomas was his man...
...We come upon a system of re siesta tedom and money grubbing that la deaf sad dumb and just plumb stone to any plea of relief from a terrible rnenaoe...
...George's speech by personal or party recrimination...
...K^7*"y voices that one time could sing k** bushed by you to alienee and the dark...
...It The Consumers' Club, with a branch at Hat—/* Place' New York City...
...As shrivelled and as sour As anything that has not known One purely pagan hour...
...It was the indifference bora of ignorance, and it was not until the first agrarian resolutions of the International that they became definitely hostile...
...that some day the touch of human fellowship will heal the wound of pain, and the voice of human sympathy will take the sting out of the inevitable...
...They are a greater menace to our national health than typhoid, cocaine, alcohol and prostitution...
...trr""**" «a error in this column in last week's New ^¦•^ urging you to join the organization which g*^?W authoritative reports on the things you gP^*_toferrcd to it as "The Consumers' League...
...If society were organized on a rational basis, placing human values above commercial values, human life above material gain, we might develop a superman, capable of unlimited intellectual expansion, spiritual strength, emotional stability, physical health and esthetic beauty— all of which make up the constituents that lead to hanoincss...
...If the Liberals are genuinely in favor of the items they have appropriated from the Labor program, there is only one course they can adopt...
...However, it is sufficient to give the readers—who have no radios—an idea of the subject Miss Dahme discussed.—P.H.X...
...Professor Aeroboe, a German expert on agriculture, declares, "that in Germany before the war one could find among the well-to-do peasants a larger proportion of graduates from the higher agricultural colleges than among the larger owners and farmers...
...This makes for progress, for culture, for a higher civilization, and for happiness...
...Had Russia had such a peasantry as the French, with adequate land and capital, progressive in their methods of cultivation, leaders in their communities, and strong supporters of that arch reactionary Polncare (his amazing influence in French politics can be traced largely to that fact), the Russian Revolution would have been inconceivable considering the attitude of the* Western peasant towards Marxism...
...We have a right under the public health enactments to shut up, confiscate and destroy any and all agencies that threaten the public welfare...
...is a call to action...
...Contrary to we moaern conception or life, which teaches that each individual to master of fats fate and has the power within himself to surmount all obstacles and attain the height of his being, and his happiness, I still believe that there are certain external forces over which the individual has no control, which hamper him in his efforts, stunt his natural development, hinder his growth and limit his possibilities, which must first be swept away before he can emerge from the darkness that engulfs him and the hereditary influences that hold him in bondage...
...The peasants logically gravitated into the ranks of conservative political parties and consistently supported them...
...anxiously scanning the news from EngHd these days...
...And all that they imply in abysmal wretchedness chortles and grunts into my thoughts until the music of a rhapsodic Springtime is strangled into discord...
...The Bolshevists promised them the land and then could proceed to ignore almost 90% of the population...
...In the final analysis this can be traced to Marxism...
...Otor conquerors other shouts were loud— «5i*to',~their names are graven on a atone...
...George spoke for a "united" party...
...But, alas, we come upon a property-minded political administration...
...It is easy for society—I mean organized society—to blame the individual for his mistakes and failure in life, for in so doing it attempts to shake off its own responsibility...
...But it is in» other lines than taking the magic out of & ¦marttoujg of household products...
...That we may learn her music And lovers' words to say...
...There is a hard streak stratumed in my being that never allows me to soften into a mood of undiluted sentiment.^ The tenements on all sides of the city are still cruel realities before my conscious living...
...We are thankful to those who bought them and we appreciate the fine co-operation of the city office in the persons of August Qtoeaacns and Henry Gross...
...They can only give effective support to these schemes through a Labor Government...
...This raises the rather interesting question as to whether the peasant, because of his economic position, must be a reactionary or, rather, that he has become a reactionary because European Socialists have never bothered to construct a program for the peasant...
...This attitude was typical of international Socialism for a long time...
...This, in its turn, has favored the small cultivator because paid labor is expensive and very difficult to supervise...
...It seems to me that our JJefhsBty to be of genuine service is enormous...
...The Russian peasant supported the Bolsheviks because they had never had then* Prench Revolution...
...The tenements were my home for twenty years...
...Mocked at and persecuted as they were, their conviction of the inevitability of Socialism steeled them to bear up against the hardships which they were forced to undergo...
...Truly, in a certain measure, at least, has Edward Bellamy's Utopia became a reality...
...toma to make a lot of sense...
...For years we have appealed to the conscience of men and women that the shame of the slums ought to be ended in our land...
...I bow my head in reverence—small, insignificant speck of dust that I am—before this modern giant, who has not yet grown to his full stature...
...E '•toember—you are not alone...
...And if you feel like it, write to...
...However, several of Marx's predictions have not come true...
...In their turn, tarr save very little idea of what we are doing...
...Give the individual the proper soil upon which to gain a secure foothold keep this soil free from superstition and fear, free from blind prejudice and the taint of falsehood, free from pettiness, ostentation and pompous arrogance, free from the shadow of poverty and economic uncertainty, and he will fulfill the will of nature, unfold bis powers— both mental and physical—and climb to the loftiest summits where happiness and simplicity blend into one...
...Such a philosophy, unquestionably, was a source of great inspiration to early Socialists...
...He any to touch with some of the leaders of the British laser Party...
...Be it ever ao humble, there ia no place like home" whimpers the quaint lavender and lace proverb...
...George shows the poor opinion he has of popular intelligence when he silages a decline in the Labor vote at recent by-elections, and gives as an explanation that, as the General Election approaches, the electors are shrinking from entrusting the Government to the Labor Party...
...What has proven to be its strength in the nineteenth century, in the twentieth has proven to be its weakness...
...With these facts in mind let us turn to examine concretely the position of European Socialists as regards the peasant...
...There has been a concentration of production in the so-called basic industries...
...Miss Dahme has been good enough to send it on to me, and I regret exceedingly that space does not permit printing the speech in full...
...In short, the failure of European Socialism to develop a sound program for the peasant has made him an enemy of the best aspirations of the industrial working class...
...J0"1 for8"et >t, won't you look oyer again the faJJ~*or * delegation of our people to England jjjjWe campaign...
...unquestionably, throughout the ages, there have always been some who, in spite of their own handicaps and external barriers, broke loose and struggled upward from obscurity like brilliant stars breaking through the blackness of the storm-beaten skies, but I wonder how much more valuable to the world and to posterity they might have proven themselves to be had their struggles been less difficult and their disappointments less severe...
...They read, "Property obliges...
...There ought to be a way of pillorying a cheap little East Side landlord, as even we look upon a procurer of girls for houses of shame...
...Marx in the Communist Manifesto praises Capitalism for having rescued "a considerable portion of the population from the idiocy of rural life...
...between a large and harmonious conception of life, and one that is stubborn and narrow...
...Furthermore, from 18*1 to 1*00'the peasant population increased 90% while the'area under cultivation increased only 20...
...Longfellow's "Life is real...
...Analysis demonstrates the falsity of this contention...
...McAlistcr Coleman...
...We are vary grateful to those who helped sen tickets...
...Every fairminded person will admit thai the child born in penury has not the same start in life as the child bora surrounded by every advantage...
...It would be interesting if...
...Her poems are really short novels, jj"*^f"toriea of real people, done in exquisite manHmu M*ry Kinib*u baa been up and down AmerWg...
...After all, American radicalism in a certain sense is in its infancy...
...He reasoned from this that larger scale production of food stuffs was more efficient and hence, must inevitably supplant small agricultural holdings-" ^ater Werner Sombart pointed out that theNsoil was more productive because of the manufacture of artificial fertiliser in the cities which in turn was utilized by the peasant...
...I do not agree with Maeterlinck who states, in his...
...Is not each individual a single experiment of nature and an important unit in society and, as such, deserving of every consideration...
...But no...
...The Consumers' J*** *» a good organization, too...
...Helta PurnelL Scanning The New Books Socialism and the Farmers A Review by HENRY J. ROSNER *t»he history of European politics demonstratcs that Marxism has been one of the most formidable of political philosophies...
...whose officials are perhaps petty owners of houses themselves...
...It has always been a queer obsession with me to find soihe way of chasing all their inhabitants out into the pargs some mild spring night, and then with an Aladdin's' lamp level the whole ugly mesa down to a meadowumd...
...Theatre Party a Success Despite the lack of real' co-operation on the part of all women in the party, the flrstfoventure on the part of the New York women's Section of the Socialist Party met with considerable success...
...They were persecuted, but the firm belief that God had given his only son that the world might embrace Christianity was sufficiently potent to fortify them against all the abuse that was heaped upon them...
...To several of the bankers and business am seek of Al Smith...
...What an effect this must have bad upon the literate peasant who read the Communist Manifesto...
...But alas, I cant find the lamp, and there just aren't any slaves of its magic to heed my desire...
...In the 70's the democratic Ideals of 1848 were still alive among the peasants of Southern Germany...
...The workers of Europe employed in these industries have grown class conscious...
...Marx and the Peasant...
...Each individual has a right to expect from civilization every advantage that civilization can offer...
...I tell you that the tenements are not fit places for human beings to live and breed in...
...T Or what would be if April Never would come again...
...A young American who had ma ftadying economics in England for several years mated, to return to America and take an active part a (rsffraadve and radical politics in this country...
...If Mr...
...His support of conservative parties has played a tremendous role in forcing European Socialism into opportunism...
...The use and cultivation of the soil is a duty of the landowners towards the community...
...do you not behave that society, which demands respect and cmwtderstkai from the individual, should first set the example...
...He tod that he wanted to fight for the cause of labor and tamtam...
...and we stand ready to return the compliment at any and all time...
...Such i program transcends all party politics...
...This whole question has been brilliantly discussed in A. B. Mitranys essay, "Marx vs...
...The latter is the thesis of the essay being reviewed...
...George's speech awakens any enthusiasm for these Labor plans among the Liberals, it is for us to show the rank and file of the Liberal Party that only by the return of a strong Labor Government can these schemes be carried through...
...Some of them tot praising American "efficiency methods," our Tuge-stale production," our "high-wage philosophy," aashady bond to what all this is doing to the Amerieat labor market tarn a delegation as I propose would justify itself Ik did nothing more than to bring to British ears SBhaBte information as to actual conditions in Araerhat, of course, its main purpose would be that of mil bit British Laborites that enlightened America mat aebiad them in their program for peace...
...Ito§ «¦use, there are those who will say that over tan we must preserve neutrality in' this matter and L* (agland's internal politics s!re none of our aMAsMrican Socialist worthy of the name believes par in the long run what is happening there is ?amr tat*1* for the emancipation of the workers imjti\urn and we have all of us long since enlisted k that struggle...
...It „*• 0*»ll la a Woman," by Alice Mary Kimm by AJfred A- Knopf, New York, and if m»2L™Jr *dv1ce y°u will go buckety-buckety to §R "•ok"**op and get you a copy...
...It is true that a good deal of what Marx said has come about...
...A "large and harmonious conception of life" is an empty phrase in a world filled with discord...
...Opportunities for an American Policy Furthermore, it would not have been at all difficult to have drawn up a constructive program for the peasant...
...Life is filled with disappointment, and it should not make us bitter...
...Obviously, a struggle between the two classes was inevitable...
...Socialism . ia the only answer...
...We scan the pages of his Looking Backward and, with him, turn on the switch that will flood the room with soft vibrating strains of music that break in upon the soul like the play of a shimmering, opalescent crystalline shower—beautiful in its simplicity, beautiful in its grandeur and still beautiful as it melts away in the warmth of the sunshine...
...Not only that but they have also developed a deep hostility towards Socialism...
...happiness will be in the reach of all, and man, on a higher plane of development, will grasp that deeper happiness which lies buried within his soul, within his very nature...
...I suppose the fact that Labor has polled more votes than the combined votes of the other parties, and that the Liberal candidates have been put at the bottom of the polls is an indication of the desire of the electors for a Liberal Government...
...fa* British Labor Party should come Into a comfowsg position, the chances for a continued peace "l^ibetter world order will be immeasuihbly en?Z~a...
...It is significant that Mr .George made no reference to the recent blazing indiscretions of Sir Herbert Samuel...
...In a word, the Russian revolution was one of the greatest private property revolutions in history...
...t What would be if April Lost her precious way, And we were left with Marchttme Never to reach the May...
...Truly, no breath is lost in the universe: it travels on and on, forever...
...Than what is then left for us to do who know and feel and want an end to this public curse...
...61||le» * conqueror, into our town...
...Thlf is the functional concept of private gall ,.4t4^i,'.it:;, p ''' '!¦.*.' wf ''j.'" -M'.' w W"(-a% /' ' imS .1 ^HSgmm...
...In ¦•ftto and take of information as to actual condi2* utore would be mutual profit...
...It is a call to awake from our infantile dreams and become adults...
...We corns upon the problem of s landlords' organization with plenty of lobby money for coercion and bribery...
...Repeating, and repeating The staccato of his rain...
...The peasant has maintained his position in Western Europe...
...As time passed and our European comrades found that they invariably were returned a minority because the peasant supported reaction, they were forced to compromise in order to get whatever reforms they could for the working class...
...And yet it sometimes cries itself Into s rush of rain...
...It can only do so by taking account of our historical and cultural traditions^' If we are wise, we will not repeat the errors of our European comrades...
...Oh, thank the gods for April, And in your pleasure, pray That always in our lovetima She shall find her way...
...X have already pointed out that Marx's prophecy of- the disappearance of the peasafft helped to make Marxism such s formidable philosophy of action...
...They still breed, and withthe fecundity of a bacterial culture...
...They were then indifferent towards Socialism...
...For the campaign that is being lad there is pregnant with either triumph or dis2J|ar all who work with hand or brain...
...Once having consolidated their power, the Communists could maintain It against the peasant because of the tetter's illiteracy, and lack of political experience...
...Moreover, the best half was kept by the feudal aristocracy...
...The Next Speeeh Mr...
...K« General of Cerro Grande uT**ay tombstones in the graveyard mark Va.i""' of ti08e you have 86111 adventuring...
...Wisdom of Destiny", that "If all who may count themselves happy were to tell, very simply, what it was that brought happiness to them, the others would see that between sorrow and joy the difference Is but as between a gladsome, enlightened acceptance of life and a hostile, gloomy submission...
...So light, ao frail and airy...
...Wt- She is well known in radical circles Egas-St*1* and force that we men like to call ¦saui»iM__atuck-ups that we are...
...After which the fragrant philandering with the Muse, I ought to tickle out from the keys a tra-la-la on the season's promise of fair and warmer experience...
...Not only has he persisted in being an important factor in European politics but he has also invariably lined up with reaction...
...Perhaps a cloud can understand Thevthings we do below....: What Wood Be if April...
...Even so, they have constantly been forced to make concessions to the peasants...
...The sound of the cannon's roar and the cries that issued from the battlefields, and reverberated around the globe are still heard in the innermost recesses of our memories...
...So free from any pain...
...A PAGE OF EXCLUSIVE FEATURES "OH TO BE IN ENGLAND" Lmtamae next May the British people will make a S^'l-Btojon which may very well he momentous, not ?' ja^^a history of the Empire but in world w yean to come...
...And I'm thmking of those workers' bouses: in Socialist Vienna as I write...
...The tangible real*.* .—a fraternal interchange would give hope mi iaapiration to radicals on both sides the Atlantic...
...S. A. me ww...
...atae proposal which I am about to make has beta- it the full force of our international tradition...
...The proletarian capture of Munich at the dose of the World War found the peasants actively opposing the city workers...
...As I stand here, inspired by this marvel of all marvels, to address an audience that I cannot see on the urge for happiness—a subject that embraces the very foundation of man's inner self, his hopes and his longings and his aspirations—I am confident that some day the material source of...
...Present socialist Policy...
...tiaaal wonder that thinking men and women every'iL...
...It is above *S Battle of local constituencies and provincial bicketota...
...Moreover, the figures, which Marx had, concerning German agriculture indicated that the rural poulation was decreasing while the productivity of the soil was Increasing...
...Offhand, the Russian experience would seem to prove the opposite...
...He soon found Sat ifeat, however, and is now an active member of pdlBrt/) Agate the vast amount of propaganda put out by aasar radicals who now have cushy jobs whooping t fi for "The New Capitalism" has apparently had b tKscC upon out English comrades...
...The policies of a Manlu regime in Rumania are Indicative of the latest progressivlsm in the peasant...
...The post war history of Austria reveals the spectacle of peasants actally arming against the Socialists who dominate the city of Vienna...
...THE CHATTER BOX Two Spring Poem* April nosjifc A cloud should ha so happy, Lasying on the sky, . That oftentimes I wonder What makes it want to cry...
...Consequently, the peasant was land hungry...
...The "unity" of the party has recently been shown at Tavistock and elsewhere, and is manifested every day in the House of Commons by the "Liberals" dividing themselves on nearly every question which arises...
...Ban comes to mind an example out of the recent nartimriil campaign...
...Again we say, "thank you all for - the assistance you have given us...
...And yet the tenements have killed more human beings, maimed and crippled mors lives than all the boose -and drugs consumed by the nation...
...A clear conscience can know no regret...
...If, on the other hand, the Conservatives wsddwin should win the elecUons, or the fan|gw leomants of Liberalism under Lloyd George jX hold a clear balance of power, workers from __jhai to Seattle will be the losers and the steady T^Lm approach of a new world war will be i S> hastened...
...As a result they have been active in unions and in Socialist parties which have embraced the, principle of the class struggle...
...They have bred our gunmen, our pimps, our bandits, our booze and business racketeers, our failures and our defectives...
...Life is earnest...
...But I have no desire to deal with Mr...
...And then, X atari to ponder: What makes it sorrow so...
...It was a species of faith which in some respects was similar to that of the early Christians...
...The laws of historical evolution, which Marx professed to discover, were such that the middle class and the peasants were doomed to disappear, leavmg|»-tremendous mass of property less wag*> slaves facing a comparatively small' number of propertied persons who because of their control of the instruments of production, were able to dominate completely the' lives of this vast number, the benefits of whose labor accrued to those who owned the instruments of production...
...Perhaps I might call upon the genii to rebuild it all into fine, clean airy homes with all of the latest fixtures for cleanliness and comfort...
...Maybe that might help the situation toward its end...
...lIBiliSI •5 #' fTi However, the American farmer has problems which can only be collectively solved—marketing, credit, transportation, etc X believe that it is the part of American Socialism to draw up a beneficial program for the farmer which is based upon a penetrating study of American agricultural life, economic as well as psychological...
...What X never can understand in this most incomprehensible of all impossible worlds is why the property of a bootlegger, or a dope-peddler hi contraband by law since its use is a menace to public morals and health, and the tenement property of a landlord to holy and unassailable...
...Experience seems to indicate that scientific intensive culture has required a greater application of human effort...
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