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nearly us possible, la a worthy object of any good governmeat.”—
aoraham Ldncola
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A g,\ a; ninny unthinking paop'e
;»ss- rt Hint if a Socialist form of
government wen- established in U.*S|
count ry. tin* incentive of men to i
work hard would disappear. They j
cent .d that vnless man is compel
led, driven, by the whip of neces
sity, by the lash of poverty, he will j
not perform any labor beyci d what I
is needed to suti t'y Ins moct primi
live needs. This apparently super
ficial criticism of Socialism seems
lo be very prevalent in the I'aitcd
States, and is considered by our op
ponent:, to be the most fatal objec-1
tion to that philosophy. j
Let us candidly and without pre
judice. pick this argument to
pieces.
It is primarily inferred from the
objec; Ion that Socialism implies
equality of income. Such, however,
is not the case. The Socialist party
I iatferm says nothing concerning
that, other than nil abstract allu
sion ;•> the effect that each one
under a Socialist lorm if govern
ment ict aing his "tnll social pro
dect ' rndoubtcdly, men who per
form dis; grccahli tasks will receive
a bitter income than those that arc
engaged in more pleasant tasks. A
nan fhm wilfully shirks his duty,
will, in . 1! probability, have his iu
i ome decreased. While we do not
ill crib to any theory of equality
of income, we are emphatically op
1 used to tin idea of p: yi'tg the man
. g. r of a railroad 11)<>.000 a year,
•rhile the man who lays the rail
receive.-, between $500 to $1000 a
year. To a man who sacrifices con
tinually for the advantage of the
collectivity, enough more ot an in
< ome would be given him than the
average to show that Ills services
were appreciated by the people.
For instance, if a conductor on a
railroad received $1,000 a year, it
might be well to pay between $3,
000 or 5,5,000 tc the manager, if
. tale confiscation of all large inhe
ritances we-c simultaneously est b
'isheil, the abuses which might poss
ibly arise from even such a small
difference in remuneration as 1 have
< ited. could largely he obviated.
This simple explanation will expose
the bugaboo of '‘incmitivi ill. troy
ers" hurled at us by anti-Socialists.
Then again, wlutt incentives have
ve today for men to excel? The
great mass of the working class
vvlivh products practically all of th?
n rld's wealth, receive an income
below $750 a year, and yet, men are
always found who ore willing to do
the world's work, and do it well.
Almost all the men who receive
wages not exceeding $500 a year.
; re willing to work year out. The
greatest number of the idle rich re
. rive fabulous incomes and do noth
ing to merit it.
A' ilic presciit time, thi* great
; orticn of the product of labor
goes to a privileged class in the
form oi rent, interest and profit.
This class, with very few exceptions.
. uni none of tli s wealth. Nof do
our opponents mean to assert that
it is an incentive for a laborer to
produce, to watch a leisure class
consume his product? And yet,
-iln.t i precisely what is implied
when it is coincided that the pre
sent i yjscn: induces men to work
LitafJti.tr.
* VyiCliry Ford says ‘hat the more
you give a mui for his lauor, tire
harder he will strive to earn it. in
i)is experiments with profit-snaring
'he found Ilia- since the wages oi
his men hr.d been gre.itlj ir.cteaset.
ih" tot" I prod net ion of automobile',
bad almost been doubled.
For my part, 1 believe that tin
ultimate ideal will be equality o
Income. lOveti with this, then
would not be a serious decrease ii
the total production of wealth
Howevct men arc so uci ustouiei
to working under the exceeding!
low wage, that a sudden change \
■ h" system ef rewarding men fo
(n ir labor would result in chaos
‘vs a matter of fact, the great mas
of Hip laboring classes are now
working under equal income stand
ards. Government statistics show
that three-fourths of the people
who do the nation's work receive
between $500 and $750 a year. And
yet. although tho worker, relatively
speaking receives a smaller share
of the world's wealth every year,
the total production is increasing
enormously.
To contend that the removal of
the parasites from the back of labor
would result in tlie worker losing
bis incentive to excel, :s like saying,
that unless a dog wore covered with
fleas, he would die from lack of ex
ercise.
The opponents of Socialism, if
they expect to retard the growth of
this world movement, will have to
use better arguments than this.
Workers only live while they are
not working. They work to get
enough to live on. The shorter their
hours of work the longer time they
have left to themselves in which to
live. The employers always fight
the idea of a shorter work day a
great deal harder than they do a
demand for raised wages. That in
itself is a signal for the workers to
include he shorter work day in all
their strike demands.
I'l'BLIC NOTH!*:.
f.ealeJ proposals will be received
by the Divisional Hoad Commission
unlil 11 o’clock a. m., Dec. 5:9, 1917,
when they will be publicly opened,
for the construction of a Shelter
Cabin near the Old Timber Uoadl
house, Council City Precinct. Cas*
or a, certified check for 5 pei cent
of the amount of the bid must ac
company each bid. Blank bids
nw.y be had at the office of the
Commission.
JOHN A WILSON, Chairman.
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