CONTENTS SOCIALISM I. Socialism Defined-Immediate Demands Not Socialistic- II. The Materialistic Conception of History-Consequences of the Materialistic Conception of History, Denies the III. Socialism Evolutionary-Holds That Industrial Destiny IV. Socialist Science Spurious-Jumble of. Incoherent Va- ..... V. Socialism Atheistical-Socialism and Religion Cannot VI. Socialism Without Morals-Divine Law VII. Socialism an Enemy of the Family, Favors Free Love— VIII. Socialism Revolutionary and Unpatriotic-The Great In- ..... IX. Socialism Enslaves and Provides Unjust Compensation- III. Is Woman Suffrage Needed as a Protection Against INTRODUCTION Thoughtful people, who have observed the trend of events during the last generation, view with great alarm the situation in our country. There has been a violent revolution of the sentiments and ideals of the life of men. This revolution of moral sentiment has been almost coincident with the revolution and change in the commercial world. There is a persistent and ominous demand for the divorce of religion from morals and education, and that religious precepts shall not be taught; for the lowering of the ideal of marriage, and the substitution of a temporary contract for that permanent union, which is necessary for the nurture and education of the next generation; for the commercial employment of married women, resulting largely in the neglect and disruption of family life, the displacement and unemployment of men, and the reduction of the wages of both men and women. This moral change came with the advent of the trusts in about the year 1890, and has been continuously intensified. The ministers of religion have not had the stamina to resist, and many have given up spiritual teaching for corporal works of charity, and are now trying to influence men exclusively via the stomach instead of through the heart. The charity done in humility, "Letting not the left hand know what the right hand doeth," has been turned into a vainglorious way of "settlement" work, maintained by endowments from the rich corporations. United charities have taken the place of the personal contact, the individual charity which included all brotherly love and sympathy. The modest love of God and man, which was displayed by the widow who gave her mite, has been displaced by egotistical feminists, whose chief assets are pride of an advertisement of the accomplishments of physical relief, which bear no relation to heartfelt and true charity. Charities have really been trustified and expend the larger part of their incomes to high paid officials and investigators. They have assumed a monopoly of charity and have their agencies for the purpose of crushing out all individual efforts of persons to relieve suffering, hunger and distress by personal contact and independent giving. The business man gives his check for $25.00 to a United Charities collector (who retains $10.00 as his commission), and the giver gets a pack of reference tickets to direct the indigent to the head office. He does this to escape the brotherly contact with the poor, whereas he might have personally bestowed 40 per cent more financial relief and 100 per cent more charity by personal encouragement and cheer. This method is but a per cent better than Dives compelling Lazarus to remain outside the gate with only dogs to lick his sores. The trusts, consolidating many industries into one, displaced many workers and reduced the relative wages, while increasing the cost of living. Family life was displaced, as those living in cottages exclusively were compelled to join other families, more than one family living under one roof, or in one small flat. The head of the family being unable to make a living for the entire family, women were forced into work and commercial life outside the home, and the ties of home became weakened. With these home ties weakened, idealism decreased and humanity, instead of looking upward for an ideal state, commenced to look downward to the earth on material things only, and the golden calf was the only image portrayed in the mind of man. From this cause sprang distortion of the ideals of the |