SOCIALISM AND THE FARMING INTEREST 



inevitable ills accompanying a socialistic 

 regime. 



None the less I retain for the manner of 

 thinking which so long engaged me a re- 

 spect which most of its opponents do not 

 have. I cannot condemn socialists so 

 unqualifiedly as is commonly done. Not 

 only are the majority of them true philan- 

 thropists at heart but their ideas and ideals 

 are worthy the most careful thought. In- 

 deed, one not versed in Marx's reasonings 

 can hardly be called fit to discuss any lead- 

 ing social theme. I rejoice in socialistic 

 study and agitation ; vast net good must issue 

 from it. 



Few can help going far with the socialists 

 in their indictment of present industry: 

 Much wealth without merit; much poverty 

 without demerit; cross purposes in produc- 

 tion, inducing glut, scarcity, waste and 

 injustice; idle wealth that might be sup- 

 porting industry but is not; enforced idle- 

 ness and poverty; fraud in trade; and the 

 tyranny and menace of corporate power. 

 These and such evils exist and they are 



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