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Show SOME INTERESTING VIEWS ON SOCIALISM From'Thc Question Box" Pub- lished by Frank M. Eastwood C A. C. JACOBSEN Do jou mean to stato that there ate classes In free America? I menu to nssett that tho classo herein ref cried to hao existed fiom the tlmo of pilmltlvo communslon to' the present day. In all nations and at all tlnie3 they have uppeared in a continuous clasi Btrugglo though they luno not always been known as capitalist! capi-talist! and wago woikoru Tho rIjb bos havo confiontW each other aa masters and slnvcs, patricians and plcblaus, feudal lords and serfs, etc., Inccoidlrg to tho Industrial dove-lop-fluent ot the oi)och considered. lit effect, ef-fect, tho man who works for wages In this boasted laud ot freedom H Just as much a slave to tho employ. Ing class as wero tho chattel Blavos of olden tlmeu to the master class of their doy. Hut Is not tho word "slavo" too harsh a term to apply to froo laboi-crs7 laboi-crs7 - That depends upon whether yo, wish to bo precise, or whether you prefer to patch fig leaves for Uio j linked truth. Tho average chattel slave was compelled by tho lash ot I his ovctscer to labor continuously ' for his owner, for which ho received ' enough of tho valuo his labor produc- Jed to keep him nllvi- and In work- 1 ing order. Tho average wage worker ts compelled by necessity to find an cmplojlng master who will permit i him to work; and, when suuh a mas- . tor Is found. Is compollcd by liv f.imu tiLccfcgity to serve him contln- 1 tiously nnd tecelvo nt his hands a wago amounting to only enough of his own product tc keep him alive I and In working condition to labor It Is a harsh condition which nothing but u harsh term can -correctly dc slguate. Tho so-called freedom of wage workciE is more 'maglrary than leal, for tho fiecdum to work or Btnrvo, and to htarvo unless jou find an employer, Is not po glorious a thing as freedom Is popularly sup- 1 osed to bo. What 1b the program of tho Socialist Social-ist movement? tiThe ultimate program ot tho movement move-ment la for tho niombors of tho work Ing class to organiio themselves into u political party nnd by majority volo cap t in o tho political power which |