THE CALL OF THE LAND 



the bliss for which we sigh. I have else- 

 where analyzed this scheme, rinding, to my 

 regret, that in practice it must, after all, 

 either utterly break down or else produce its 

 little benefit at the cost of greater ills than 

 it removes. 



Much more interesting is everyday 

 socialism, the type now disturbing modern 

 politics by ominously gaining converts 

 daily. I may dub it "loose socialism," 

 "state socialism," or "the socialism of the 

 man in the street." Increasing hosts of in- 

 telligent men and women who never heard 

 of Rodbertus, impressed by the working of 

 trusts, of the postoffice and of public owner- 

 ship in this country and elsewhere, jump to 

 the conclusion that the complete generali- 

 zation of such ownership would usher in a 

 millennium. Their cry is "Only substitute 

 Uncle Sam for Uncle John Rockefeller, 

 Uncle Pierpont Morgan and all such, and 

 the thing is done." Rodbertus's careful 

 planning for equity they ignore as superflu- 

 ous labor. 



I cannot help regarding such people as 



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