Show SALVATION ARMY COLONIES The experiment to be undertaken by the Salvation Army of establishing colonies will be watched with much interest in-terest The army has succeeded in getting closer to what are usually termed the submerged classes than any other denomination or association The secret of the armys success and it has had a very good success seems to be the result of direct personal sympathy sym-pathy Thus far its efforts have been confined to the larger cities the proposition propo-sition to establish colonies is an entirely en-tirely new departure It is altogether likely that it will be successful because those in charge will carry into the enterprise the same zeal and ardor that have marked their efforts in other directions The social democracy scheme of Debs was a chimerical affair af-fair He had never shown any capacity for what may be termed constructive work though his capacity for organization organ-ization for agitation cannot be denied agitation is one thing but building up is quite another An inherent defect in the Debs plan was that it was founded on discontent and was in the nature of a protest against society as constituted This is largely the case I with all new social movements but where it is the main idea it means the I encouragement of antagonism to the I detriment of the essentials of success the zeal exhausted in antagonism I i leaves little or none for anything else I The Salvation Army plan is not a I protest against society as organized Its purpose is to save and make successful suc-cessful a class that has failed in it I i I there is no room for antagonism to society as it is The army finds that society has not successfully solved some problems and its proposed colonies colo-nies are an attempt to solve them Its plan may not meet its expectations but it promises some success in any event it should be given every encouragement encour-agement |