Young Socialists Magazine 1916 Jan June.pdf

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• THK YOUNG 1000000ln' llAo.uID
-I worst fUe (or maiden and wife courage them in the 1~
flU'll liD "III DaY' at the hands of the all-powerful are too well aCCl1stol'ned to get-
_ "enemy." Then COOltS -the call ting 'what they wa.nt. Their
By WM. F. KRUSE to arms-the call to murder. Tn business plans require the exis-
• the (ace of such a propaganda tenee of an "enemy," so they set
there can be but little wonder to work quite rndhodic.ally to
These .are dangerous time, for that young,hearts he~d tht call of manufacture one. On the one
young folks. If collective mur- "preparcdncu"-preparednes5 to hand they arc punuing a meddleder
were as clearly recognized a murder their fel1ow-beings, the some and trouble-making world
crime u is individual murder, a "enemy." , policy, on the other they arc try·
c:onliderable number of our lead. \Vho is the "enemy" ing to build up a military machine
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i .. citizens would now 6e-..,doing This is a pertinent question at to carr)' out their de..;igns. The
time behind the ban. From this time, "Who is the enemy r' jingoes themselves declare that
c:ountleu newspapers, 'I'fIagazines, _ To look at the mo\tie terrors in Uncle Same is going throu gl~ \he
lecture and school rostrums the- the "Battle Cry of Peace" - it is world with a chip 0 ,0 each shoul­
Itrea, pulpits, and every po~sible ~ i m~s~ible. to .recognize the.m, der and bot'h arms. tn a sling. The
method of formulating public their Identity 1.5 concealed wlth • armamem manufaqurers want
opinion there is being pre~hed a rt:eat care. .\V ho .a r~ our ene- him to hide a CQUple o( million
solitary, ugly, devilish doctrine- mles On thiS continent we ha\'e soldiers and baUteships in. the
murder. two next-door neighbors. yet our folds of those slings and then
It i~ not called that-of course three thou~and-m~I.~ frontier t~ ~unt ~r.p someone to'jcnock off the
ftot-our intelle~tual' prO&titutes the north IS prachcally un font- chips. That "will mean more armand
arm-chair jingoes ate far too fl~d . while our sOllthern neigh- ament order:s and more profits for
clever to commit such ,. blunder. ~rs ask on.lY to be left alone. 1t the patriots. Let us rather strive
The time is long put when mer/. IS hardlr I~kely ~hlt our Arneri- to get rid of -the· ChlPS, then the
without the slightest compunction can . captt~hsts wlll.grant the re- hands ~on't nee1 any slings. it
CO- out and kill one another. Bu~ quests ; 011 _wells and ranch lands was playing -wi~h. ) ~lIn-po wder
the day when one great mass of are cheap for the masters when that put them there in the first
people will pennit itself to be used they . ~~n be purchased at so s~al ! place, Let \IS quit looking for
to slaughter off another is still with a pnce ~s t'.!..e worker-soldier! fight and attend t~ the work at
tiS. blood. VVlth sllch stakes, we need home.
For this reason our appeal is not wonder that a handful of bandits
oblige ,us with the de$i.red
addressed to the youth of this provocation'. -
country. In the fact o( all the Over the seas thc countries are
jingo papers, sp~ lI-binders, ilnd sufficiently concerned with their
movies we urge you-Sleer clear
of murder.
own affairs; if we do not meddle
with them they will never molest
There are most insidious infhlences
now at work to plunge this
country into the same unthinking
hrutish conditions that now in­
us. The only thing that 'Could
fest the :rest of the world. Militarism
and its propaganda is
rampant - everywhere. Go into
the movi(, houses and you will
see the hirelings o( Mammon cunningly
playing upon the nobl.est
emotions of man. love of home
and veneration of womankind.
First is shown the destruction of
little cottages, the murder of innocent.
beautiful children, and a
possibly involve tbis country in
war is our interierence in the economic
development of for~ign
countries. Unlcs$ we do this and
provocate trouble tiy building ~p
a murdcr machin'e with which' to
fulfil such nefariolls srhemes, the
"Cnited States. can reminn at peace
with the rest o( the world until
the end of time.
Our mas~r s are thus deprived
of the prime necessary e~cuse for
armament: a likely looking
enemy. Yet .that docs not dis-
Our Tuk
,"Ve have here a continent of
unparalleled bounty and fertilit y.
Our Fourth of July orators tell
ns that we can (eed the entire
world, allowing for the source.
we may still be 'proud of ollr abil ­
ity to harbor and feed a con:,iderably
larger population than at
present dwells \\ljthin our h Olll\·
daries.
This continent is· inhabited by a
capable and intelligent people..
capable enough to supply all their
needs with a minimum of effort.
intelligent en~ugh to be the ma!'­
ter~ of their own destiny. \\" hy
do not these conditions prevail ';
\\' e know th~ not even the
wants of the people are met out
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REACTIONARY __ PEOPLE
By John D. Barry
A quaint" old cha'1cter diec1 a \'iews. And vet some or the wonder wh~ ther in hi s mind there
few years ago. "His"'h'>:rme \\'a·s 'n o vie\V5 of these- !'coffers may also lurked other r~ se n .tOlents of
\"1. Stockwell. He li,'ed in Au- be. cxploded and old-fashion.ed. changc.
rora, Ill. For mahy rears he was Then, too, there is something Did he look with an 'alien and
(amous a!J "the man that stood to be said for those who look a hostile eyc on the new civili zastitt"
At th,t time of" the ci\'il with ~uspicion on what is new. ton ' that had gv>wn up about
war he conducted a general mer· They create a consen 'arism that him Were the people that he
chandise store in Aurora. There is not by any r'cans so deplor- met a~ fa ntastic and as unreal to
he sold the hoop skirts worn at able as we are usually led to be- him as he was ro us
the time_ He never !iucceeded in lieve. They are like ball3st ; they I.
getting out of the hOOIJ.....skirt keep the tornadoes and the sud· 1'1 - . I
period·. To the end o( his 1ife he d~n meaningless gpsts from over- . ,Iere t~ adceroftalO h
pa.t JOSh" toboo,
' . a . . . ~ , I 10 t 1(' attltu e t ose t at -
co~tmlled tQ,. Oller fQ~ ~a l~ hQop turnlllg the shtp. From expen- 'ect to chan e. It resultl'l from
!k~rts and ~ther I re!l~ s. :rhese ~nce they knoW th~t some of .thc !hei r lack of com tete harmon
fhl ~gs he dld not recgnlz t;. ~. a s Ideas calledl new will be l a~ghed with life. - P 'I
rehcs, however. _ He ~ Imply re- ~t to-morrow, and that befo,r e an Ru ski n was a notable exam Ie.
fused to accept-- what was new.
~atural1v. he saw his business
Idea can be tested there IS requited
a long ti me fori reflection.
I . T · h
n t he CIVI ltatlO:1 . t alat
P
was so
. .' .''h . - rapil.ily an d sensation Iy de\1eldecline.
. . He . . became a9 object Qf
.
1 e people
' who - . resist change . oping . - un (ej " ' 15 . s., tU d V , ' Ie saw a
rldtcul~. Vls lt~rs wou.ld go ~o !l1S are often ~aspera tlng . Bu\ they menace to eace and' to welfare.
store to-gratlfy. t,h-eu - CUriosity h~\' e ~he l r work to perfo~ , . The introdl~ ti o n of steam as mOand
to laugh. II hl~ "rrested de· hlghil' Important work, too. Their. . ' " .
",:Iopment had n ~t inhibited en- nry·-opposition. be~irles hdpin'J; tl:e, power,' Insted·ddol.fi,lhn g hld m
. . . . ' Wit 1 won( er an eilg H. 1\1a e
terpnse he nllg~t ha ye turned It to weed O~lt the weak Ideas. gIves himi~ \' c. ~ow men that once
-to profit.
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And If some adventur- the
.
true
'd'
Ideas greater strength.
made
gr..
leisure Journeys
.
111 good
ous SPlt1t had come along and " or an I en IS 1I0t worth much d fl· .. I
succeeded In controlling h1m he _ unless it can sturdily make its o ~ - a~ Il on~d coaches Wit I
might ha.ve been- exproited. He way through opposition and dis- p enty of ll,me to observe the
. , countrv wou d be tempted to go
went hiS way peacefully to the play toug mess of fiber. . . bo h .
end. however, believing th;h the t~anng aut, t e ea r~h h,ke luna-
• tics. Anc1 Wi th the iIItrodtlction
wor Id was wrong·an d t
right.
h at he was.
At thiS momen t I am reminded
"
of ma c~l1Ie there was sur~ to be
of an aged man that 1 used to wee a. decline In these handlc.rafts
.,.
in the stretts of New Ycrk, a where men cou lct ~ake pleasure
A good many of us are like "the weJl--known figure.. living out his ~nd pride. throu~h the expression
man tnat stood s\ill" in at least last years in v.iealth and honor. of initiati ve anU personal skill.
one' particul;r. Very few of us ' surrounded by grandchildren and Only a few years ago rome of uS
keep up to the times in all ways. great-grandchildren. As a young were tempted to :;mile at Ru skin
lr we could study the mind of
man he ha~ become enamored o( (or these \'cry ideas. Now we ,are
the mo~t advanced philosopher
the neck stock, th(, kind that we wondering if he was not at least
we should find that l in thi~ way now see in old portraits. He wore partl'y righl.
or in that, perhaps in many ways,
(0
he w}t; reactionary.
•
my ow n acquaintance
Often we hear the ad\'anc.ed
know several people who grie,'e
people scoffing at others fo r holdinC"
old-fashioned or exploded
o\'er the. invention of the -auto-
4 mobile. One keeps the resOlve
it to the day 4f his death. People
used to tum and look after him
as. straight and tall, he pas~esl
down Fifth Avenue ... "a strange
figure (rom the past.· 1 used to
....
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