THE WAYS OF THE SOCIALIST.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 9

THE WAYS OF THE SOCIALIST.

your issue!iof April' 22, under : the'•' <■ ; per-- .•• . . , 'Scji, giving us lua ;deJinitibii;:of ; .a-Spciali6t..: I' shoiiitj Jikc,' with your permission, : to also • flip. isiime,- and,' without '■S° l »g iito th'e,.dcti>ils :l should ; .•like to.-ask..Him;sir, wh ;i ti s this great revolu- ' i■' •tioi' /.0f..-., ccpminuo thought permeating the' TOrld ); from J piio,eiul to the other? You, 'J or auypno elscj caii. call it Avhat you like, but • I designate it discqiitont* .vos^sir, discontent; ':■ ; with t-lie existirig.'qrder pf things,' and, ill my :■ humhleVopujipn,' riijlitly sp.- : • ■ sii', .ujithoi - your correspondent nor iinyoiie ; else r wbjild; dare to' assume" that our ,s,ysterii is,-as it should- be;, that', those •ivho aro. not ,so-,callcd Socialists have a monpK -t>bevirtues.-''and> the- other- fellow ■ ,all; -t-he-jvices";.- Pray n lqt us .stop this, canting. " tweetlle^ee,-and;get,. ; do\vii,<to bedrock facts.;' .',:'.', ;JVAall-;.know,; . firl;' every,, thinking right-. ' .minded person: .should,; thai ' from_' timfe im-.' ' many: hare-been exploited /for v it %tt hoJiefit of the low.;: That .vice goes .about : ,cle(i|■; in. "purple,, and poverty.;ditto, in.'rags, jl ' . tOj'Jie successful, }from a-worldly point "of ;.yie\v, ;it; is necessary,' ill . nine ea'sss/out of I'■ ; ten, : .for_onp'.to l>o a'sycophant, or hypoprite,.-' ,|o; : ho gift«l,-v othenviso, \vitli. those essential ■ .'gualitiesj.iicce'ssjry. to those, avhp desire, to ( iwealth,'.; viz,,; ?a 'selfish',. sprdid, • ' aKp6silion}. c ,a.^Vtt-orshippflr- of.- wealth ,Vand :■■' ' \y.paltliy;upe()plo.'; And where, sir, do yoit.find ■ - t,his class of people? . Not, as a rule, amongst' ; tli'e.' mri.sse_B,;.:but. amongst classes;' For to-day i. it-., is ■ absolutely-essentia] Mn'>'tliemain rt-Jiat-oiio must bo- gifted with at lojist.one or /•, more o£ithfso,;.iHi'ihutos toUttaih'. wlint; thn v. ■ world crllsjSiicqessl Jjook around: you, '-A : iljwi^'.jwbat' will < you find? Exploitation, r-obbery,v.sw,eatii!g'/oit'.the part of: the com- : n}srcialj.>: professional,- and' land-owning classes K ;toward: tlio:-. poor.-, and. necessitous, 'of whom - they'; well-.know, there can: be no exploiting ; :} ; back, ;•'eveii/.r.supposiilgj'.thoy wero' inclined, \ which-.1-VGjT-much douht,. although lam tar. //I}; from/saying they aro;.paragoii§; of : all tho "r" virtlies.-, i.-. ' .:■ .-. N •'• - r ; ;aro. _S"6ci&]ists and.: •' .■ I ; qojiitond:'is,ihero' world' to- ;V ; ,4w;.!nliiliohs. ;qf.ii!por..dqw^is}4ott : wretches. .wlipmia Jittlo.emicatioji (itimay-.be'a danger-j. ous:'tlii!jg), :;eamly:*'.acquired;.in these davs, . Ijayo ro.us'ed:.lfiutiof:.the^'torpor' and apathy thpyi h?ve'.lj«n Allowing' in;f-'aiit] 'their ,6ry•<>{: is;;i-";Enoughj i jo\ far. sbaH- "t-hii: so. ' farthei%v:. We 'arb 'sick .to death of. bringing',: , qhildren Sit6;thb.:iyprld ;to' bo. made slaves '0f..;-; . ,'9ro;sicJcVtp privileged};.. .; ,v, •Jt# '- ; Mi»Siiig'?an:-th'e 'igoM; .. of this earth,i'iind wo intend to assert ourselves" as monirfnd;,\vpnien; and fliideavour toiat least i.Havel a- fair? sharo of these, as a mattor of iiight Jind- justice.'' ■ • Ami these,' sir, aro. 1 tho v ScfcialistsA i It's;not nccessary for a man or ' ! at; a- street'eprnon- and ha- : ' yauguo.'the .crowd oni' to^-niy mind, visionary■ K Schemesi.to: baia so-called. Socialist.' } ;.: ■ -.' V' - .s:'Tho;,-Spoialism .of:-the:day simply spells dis-. • r.. ' ; oontcnt;-''Justice-to', us, and the children to .- ■ come afterms, is all wo ask.. And, in spite of 1 and the-jeofs, r 'it ' ' nlust come. l 'lfc.ls-inevitable, and w-o-are just ' - as-incapable of stopping the daily flow: of the. tido i as'tho onward rash of - this'' mighty i ■ .y^-; ; ■■. r,-.'.-:.. . iffit" j-oii people of New Zealand onjojr better conditions thpii the majority of r the inhabitants of. the Old World or America, : ' but aro weassureitl'tli'ey will remain'so? Tho. ; samp policy/is being pursued.: here, and .it's only a-maitelof'.tilne,: and largo influxes of:. ■ ' people, to jbrinc abbut.tlip.saino/ conditions, ,V. said .conditions lieing a'scandal and disgrace . ; '' s; }. . to any nation-calljiig-it'self .Christian or civilised',—l.am, 1 "i ■ : JOSEPH GOSS. . ~ April 2.3, 190 S. ,