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Show A VALUABLE LESSON. There has been a demonstration so complete and perfect giv--n to the world by the bolsheviki of Russia of the falsity of some -of the fundamental principles of the radical socialist, that the lesson les-son taught may be a benefit to the world that will in a great measure offset the disasters that have followed. The bolsheviki confiscated all the wealth of Russia and proclaimed its equal distribution. dis-tribution. Debts were repudiated and commercial contracts abro-.-yated, but the result has been that starvation threatens every- where. The women and children of the poor, instead of having more, have nothing at all. There are no shoes for them, no milk . for the babies and the sources of production have dried up, not ' to be opened again until the whole theory and the attempt to enforce en-force it is overthrown. The system of production and distribution of wealth is the result of the evolution of centuries.. Every step in it is governed "by law, or by custom that has the force of law. It has not been an even, gradual growth. There have been cataclysms and up-" up-" heavals, and the world, after they have passed, has always gone - back to the old fundamental principles, and made improvements in their application. The evolution is still in progress, but any man who attempts to completely overthrow the present organiza- tion of society, will, as far as he succeeds, introduce chaos. There "is nothing short of an infinite wisdom that could replace suddenly with another the present order without producing indescribable . disatsters. It has often been said that an equal distribution or property would cure the ills of mankind, but the attempt to do that has brought about exactly the opposite result. There are jrevious wrongs to be righted, special privileges and monopolies to be abolished, but it must be done by entirely different means from those adopted in Russia. Russia has taught the socialist a valuable lesson and the whole world will profit by it World-i World-i Herald. 4 |