1924 Magnet Yearbook

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'r1lF. M.AGNET
lh~, IhM>\:' same l\ntllg'ollislic r"('lings
oornc hy the pMpl(', are n('tll:1t,~d h;)'
t1wir hmr.y ideas of $OCialisltI. ,\ uarl.;h·
ism is '"cry frequcnt1;r conf,llInded
willl SOCilllism, llnd indeed it i.. (rllC
.)f 1\ !rn'flt mally so-culled socitllis~i-;IS
111f11 their jclNlS tcml more lOwards
Ilnarchi!'\Jll. 'l'hongh yOUlllfly llol now
believe it, socinlism is n dorlllnnt :,-'ct
yilll! issue ",11ich must be CQufl"onted
hy the prscnt A'cneratioll. w.> arc"
all morr. or Jc.~~ AAciilJi!':b; fit. hNlrt, as
we all hn\"('~ n lurking rlCflirc to hC'lp our
fl'llow man, and !)triv(! for hi;;. h('Uermcnt.
Socialism. to give a conciRe
definition, mf!ans th(> regcncrnt iOIl of
Eocicty by 11 morc c(]ual distribution
of property, or by making' the principle
of a.'Ssociation a dominant. factor.
\Vhell a lllMI is born in Englund, hl.',
theordieally speaking, ha:;;; Jl() rij!ht
whatsoever to set his foot upon the
('8rth, and has no justifiahh' ::;trounde
upon which lIC can demand tht· privileA"~,
You muy think that tn be a
\'cry sweeping a.nd highly eXHg'g'f'ratcd
statement, but it is neverthel('ss trne,
'The reason for it is chiefly this, that
largoe and influential land owners ar£'
~till predominant in England and
enjoy the distinction of holding a commanding
influencc ",here lands or properties
are ooncerncd, There is little
or no Freehold tenure in F.ng-land,
In Cunada, we may buy land olltl'ight,
and our only disbnrsement tak£'s th·~
form of a yearly tax, 'Vi' llIa~- do
whatsoever wc please with tll(, property,
Wc may build to the! skirs or
dig deep into the inlerior of till' l'llrlh,
prO\'iding that we do not interfere in
any war with our neighbout'. ()I' make
any infringement upon his tl'l't'itory,
So, when t-he >,vcialisls ask for II "mOI'1'
equal distribution of propert,v," they
do 1I0t mean tlwt they '\lllll l"Iuality,
but they are eager 1,0 intr~liU'c some
form of F'rN'hold tenure into EUJ,:"lalld
so jhat. the workinl! Ilum C,lll !'njo,\'
l!rl'a.ter pri"ill'gef;l t.han thost' 10 whiell
!l(> has hcen accllstome(l. ('olltrary
to the opinion of many. socialists ha\'e
110 de~ir(l to o\'crthro\\- tll(> g'0\'f'ftl_
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