Show N OTE S 0 N SOCIALISM contributed ity ily a member of the lie socialist party tho the ablo ot of the socialist platform as adopted by the national convention at indianapolis may 16 1912 Is na as follows the socialist party ot of tile tho united states statha declares that tile tho capitalist system has outgrown its historical function and has become utterly incapable of 0 meeting the tha problems now confronting society wo we denounce this outgrown system as ant and corrupt and tile tho source of unspeakable misery and suffering to tho the whole wo king lease under t this ills system tho the industrial equipment of the nation has passed into the absolute absolu to contrail con troll of a plutocracy which exacts an annual tribute of billions ot of dollars from the producers unafraid of any organized resistance it hea clies out its greedy hands over tho the still un indevel devel aped resources ot of tho the nation tho the laud land the mines tho the forests and the water power sites of every state in fit the union in spite of the multiplication ot of labor saving machines and improved methods ot of industry which cheapen the cost ot of production tho the share of the producers grows ever loss less and the prices of all tho the necessities ot of life steadily increase the boasted prosperity of this nation la is for the owning class alone to tha rest It Iti means ant only Y greater hardships and misery the high cost ot of living la is felt in every home millions of wage workers have seen scon the purchasing power ot of their wages decrease until life has bo come a desperate battle tor for more ex wano multitudes ot of unemployed walk tho the strata of our cities or trudge from state to state awaiting the will of the masters to move the wheels of industry the farmers in every state are plundered by tho the increasing prices exacted tor for tools and machinery and by exorbitant rents freight rates and storage charges 1 capitalism concentration Is mercilessly crushing the class a ot f small business men mail and driving its members into inlo the ranks rank B ot of wage workers the overwhelming majority ot of the people ol of america are being forced under tinder a yoke ot of bondage by this industrial despotism it Is this capitalist 1 system that is responsible tor for the increasing burden burdan bur d ot of armaments the poverty the 8 slur lur child labor most ot of the insanity c 0 s and prostitution and much 0 ot f th disease that mankind under this system the working class la is exposed to poisonous conditions to frightful nd needless perils tu lu life and limb is walled around with court decisions injunctions and unjust laws and Is aryed upon incessantly tor for the benottt ot at the controlling oligarchy ot of wealth under it also the children of the borki working I 1 ig class are arc doomed to ignal ignol ignorance ance druding toll and darkened darR ened lives in tile the taco face of these evils so manifest that all thoughtful observers are appalled at them tho the legislative representatives of the republican and democratic parties romaan tuo the faithful servants of tho the oppressors meas aleas designed design oil to s accuro cure to the wage earners of this nation as humane and just treatment as is already enjoyed by tile the wage earners of all other civilized nations have been smothered in committee without debate and laws ostensibly designed to bring relief to the farmers and general consumers are juggled and transformed into instruments for the exaction of further tribute the growing unrest under oppression lias driven choso two old parties to tho the enactment of a variety of regulative measures none of which has limited in any degree the power of tile tho plutocracy and somo of which have been perverted into means tor for increasing that power antitrust anti trust laws railroad restrictions and regulations with tile the prosecutions andl indictments and investigations based upon such such legislation have proved to bo be utterly futile and redic tilous to do be concluded |