FATAL SOCIALISM.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1911, 20 November 1913, Page 9

FATAL SOCIALISM.

. ®r, —It nnis.t be dear to evcrv saivo tluuking person that tho methods\»lopt■cel Jjy liu> "Red Feel' 1 ' i:ovo 1 uiionari.oa during the present upheaval are rapidly forcing them to destruction. The snno thiiikhig public have made it clear iimti t'iicy wiU si»t : a sphijj'M possesses all the-; to industrial suicide—oleumus tbat" mo subtle, fallacious, and extremely dangerous to thfe fcipniih'uiutyV' ; s'c;heme of the; revolutionaries' will not go down tlio people's necks iii this rtgQ of":civiiisn.'tl.oii. Phe people are becoming better educated, and able ti> act for themselves, and have wisely conic to tho conclusion that industrial prosperity cannot bo attained ; hv revolutionary methods that arc centuries behind tlio times. The revolutionaries los.o siglit of tJhp .fact that there iS n fqrc&j "not ihe pliy's'ic.iil .01' lawless,'' but "brain force," the joker of tlu> pack, that dominates through all ages, and it is the latler force tiial the Hod Fmlp are up against. . . Tho u 'lM Feds'' preach lil)erty and equality. It is doubtful whether they know the meaning of either. As far aV tl'.o. former is eoiircrncd, their recent actions towards free labour and free spccch are positive proof that the meaning of liberty is unknown to tlicm. And as for fiq.iial.ity.; well, we do not need to go outside- -their ranks to know their meaning. "Arc tlio strikers receiving"; the saino pay as their leaders?"' Tho "Red'Feds" or Socialists sav, "Down with the canitij'Bsts, .employers, .ctci,- and. to Ilaoca witli agreements, e!c." IJut what aro the leaders of tho lied Federation but capitalists and employers of strife, rwiviii" fat salaries? . A fat-salaried miin is equal to a capitalist iuiv day. 1 n'o't'6 one of tho strike leaders m.at'lo a.u assertion dttrii(B ono at his spreches ta the .'cffect t-liJit' jf all tl'.o capitalists fell -off tlio _ plaiict work would still go .oil. Hui did it orcnr to hint that in the ranks of tho capitalists, tho ' employers as they ici'in them, are inventors, managers, and or•jnnsw'vs of ncac?, and witl'.out them the industrial world would scion becomo bankrupt and a total wreck '■ Why should labour kavo such .a se.t against brailiS, tlir> highest faculty. :i ma.it pnnspsrps—a faculty tiiat has been tho i)i6nii.s of elevating tiro riioiialsi of tlii) world, .as well as developing ihe world's industries, ami bringing about an 'enormous jncreaso of products,' which they add to the. work of its hands ? Man, know thyself, and do d.utv towards your neighbour.—! am, ctc.v .. . ' CQJ'RION-:515K!5.12.