DEAN FITCHETT ON SOCIALISM.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13161, 7 July 1908, Page 13

DEAN FITCHETT ON SOCIALISM.

, « lecture in St. Paul's Cathedral , Daaedin on Snndav afternoon 1) -an ' SLS SiißdV aii.-rnooii. a del.nuion -fho-t the discus, urn ot the t 3a her- : :-!v contused and , iSLfJ-niro-iV. *- ! 'e raoans ol ill<? to be vssured to the individual _ **!,„„ to Ins nerd, being dealt out £? a c_m non stock t«< ii..* pi,duct 101. s_*lu_h ke. had eoiitriouu .1 according 'hsabiliti. To lu.unipli-h tins the _ IL or an authority to b, const.da' uould tab- over tho means and - Ses cf production, distrib.it.on, £ *T exchange-that ™; *" f , » nd » k £U -ock- herds, and bca-i, ol l.ur- _& JT, _,1 mdiinery. implements, tools; "-*_£■ ft-enou- of tran.it by land and sea; \ £ Serial bui!_ing,; all capital. JaJSt. mado no attempt to hide SfTthcif ultima-'* aim- Iho M-cre-IS of ono of tbe Labour organisations, *■ fdre' Daily Tim.-s" a ley.- uays ago. fl _ „„<_ en 'lie aim ol tlif {socialist tSt.o_lli.,ation of .he land and of #_____-_ of production, distribution. The socialists wero ■ X about it. -ml it would lie lin that his definition was justmabl,. ! Sn.oonntry took over tho adniinisSfion of »ilwai-. it was on the* triple «>* a i mnt sto , ck COl ?r ,an * y: , all •wTnersons emplovcd worked under JSLirv- industrial conditions. But * *-__««■ nothing Socialistic in that: f«s a joint stock company on a Latio scale, in which all were part-. _____ the community as well as those *- _ao!o_*d Socialism went beyond that that all property should r L held in common. He would not «» whit the outcome of such a * nsteo would be, nor did ho wish S pose as a prophet forecasting tho j-taJeofit, all he would do would bo tonr_-*nt same propositions and fur--1 Eaifioroe illustrations, and allow his ->' rT ren to arrive at their own conclu- - Zm, Hero in Dunedin they had ap- . nraumstely 50,000 people, with multj- ? Miasm wants, individual and general. > * Il» agencies at work to supply these vs_- "* era innumerable—many of *• ~ ibeo -*d to bo supplied from across f J» go, from the furthermost parts of ► 3Jr lb. earth-—and tho vast network of r rtoncxs had come into existence as the .. W-l* of the demands of the consumers. ruder the sjstem excess supply correct- "* ti it__lf> if t^er e was "■"*• was ncfaSod. Behind tho man at the ? o-Bnter there were a number of inv_»J ik agencies, the growth of ages and % sec-satie- All this it was proposed to / hto »*»y un(^er Socialism, and a State I «something else was to take up the t mrk of the innumerable agencies! Was * atMSEib--' A State might feed an i "wwlor a time en a ration principle; A Vd-oaay of them did not car© for the J? > ia of ret-oiis. Tlio present oondition A t* ih_ evolution of oontunes: They & -Sl-e-n horn into it, it had become £ \9Xt, d themselves, and they were U. __«[ -to ove it up for an ideal that A "W indefinite and impracticable. '■% they conceive of the State oon- -"__ : .*«!-*« an d all tho wants of 't% -ftflOO people? It had never yet, under »«-#* ©Usm, been clearly mapped out bow * -_]. *_doctjon or distribution was to bo -I I Snad on The fanner and people * jS» produced would be wanted under pt' Ibnli-m just the same as under^any 3 Sr-ysteme The fanner would.be ~iS r &_-J_npo_i to continue producing with *& Skig he co-Id call his own—the land, $MA the h oref , the xn-plexnente .-Xi Hllusg *ould be his; all ne l '| &_ claim *•■ wouia he his share »SS 'IbjA the wmi-on B-or_hou_el Did . W tky believe the farmer would .continue S Waod-eo uader such, conditions? -it f li isto dkl, they had great creduhtyj and M no miraclo would be wonderful to them. 'Bb confessed it was iacredable to lum. *S-.' ft was urgedi by Socialists that the 1 W jrcs-Bt industrial system was baaed on "-if Slßihiiees. jselfishii-ss was a harsh -M \fOi, and he'preferred iar •_____ oonnec- : ** *<* rt? * ?er **■**• eres *'> all ° r iO-_r this defiiiition' it' would ;bo adsM -fitted that man had obtained ___1 he 'JS_ *by its means.; : Self-interest, ]im a_3er limitations, wa§ not reprehenj m »__; it was, indeed, laudable. Be- \§& mi the soli -interest of the man there -■jigl m the care and rcsforiiiibility of wife " \m • r * UDl *J' > an d. behiiid the -elf-Lnter- ,-# of the man there was ; also" the 1?m °f h-s fellows. It was also urged ' 'M ' l tt J ** lst tiho e_:i---r-g system that' it was Itjp. JW-petrtive, and must, therefore, be it|! : W*? lie did .got read human nature I'iai *?"* that com-petrfcio_i w_ts bad AM Nearly. .all human .pro's -_| -*■ fc*d been fth_ result of oompetiss& )m The compeh'tive struggle was ?s?on_uble for producing the best. It of competition they were " r $ 1l 5' : -' IBr l- e d too'm-dh. for their goods, , _S_| 3* oompe-rtron _opfc up the quality; ' j ?**_■ ali worked on ia 00- - bask for tho supply of thie I-i ??!___. ** t^e "*- ; <waniunity. It was a J ?WnWething tai'be afraid ol a word, '% J»* Klfishness and competition whon 'm m the same way as Caoital*ti Iff* 1 " f&*">our were not formidable. '•H i*-!? in f Ujst r"i-.l ey-tein was an ovolu- "* W *•"" lt *" not oa<1 > tot there *•"$& S? sai *_" "» it who. were bad, who 11 ttelfishi and recklees. The _! M -SS* 11 Chnrch. was continually _ 1 1| s?*™ !,1 « »t and to the latter, and but "m the Church the sysM oe worse than they had «'I i_u-'__^__ , The Qhwh continulk _i i -" S*_i ,™ c " c!l ™ an tliat whta* ho *M ____r______l H "* irvst ' **ad that in _____IS__* S defined it, was imtherefore impossible. %M wS^P 08111 - ->y «>me miraclo it was *% S 0 ** Practice, 1» put it to them KkE?? '« e >». : '*_ot fit to live under it. _ll aJm Ba no "*" eomo to. "*_ -21 M * 0 ovolution through "~-*l 12s, j o * o ' Woal d bo fitted to -'I 81 . , - It was to come about I 1 ™ ■ mr * ca]oQß fashion. and when r? everyone would give up what . They had tho criminal CSLT™? * nd loafers. What was to -_3L_2 ti l eso « n <*er Socialism? ' lw * investigated SoS t «_re«l that a chonge was rebnmaa nature before such a _ «. .fc™?^ ttld Possible. H. G. Wells. tSS_S?5 Ht _F 8 writer '•"•- 1 novelwt, in 1 ■"*"*!» -tli® system, saw f *»ft_?" liy for *»* chan R e.. provideel *L Pr °*l*CP 01 -'' n S that tlto f]artb> j. '*T.v?_ Picked up and immersed p 1 *s_-- . P"" 00 in t}M% tail of a f * ffl,,. d a^ eT . TIM » inhabitants had * # for a few hours * 1 to bo fit for the Sot- fi 1° ? x Wian for the Socialistic t. % Chiirchlookf , W*b___ Jr L re ' rad<,s '» th« "wnv: its I f w *i» to make bin. better ! * ____N_tfc» B, __ I,HI U i,:KI dono a- I * l wa *^ ; » *tj "* truo Tlll ° "-"-as to change I ' __BW___T 2 nst , rt «tio_s would cliange* ! i__fc*_ • 1k> ' x> w;,s *w w o"t to the ! ■** IM* 4 *W«, minta i lnc: *- >r * and !__[§« t»'*" bsUhl with the teaching of a' -SM-VzJ. TI?" 1 to hiTC that "h* in ■» «I_ llSm " , The <x>untr >' bt> - a H^-attwW\ 1 l >roD ' p ln '*■ and ir it - re - 060 w]lo w °r«>niost II TS mtliZt ™P/? - ! !ls nrt,r<i rs to put ftp-^TELPIECES. n % i< . 3 and Pa Limited, - c ?' n thai the I-i-ioes . cata] ?!-tie i.s_iifd fey us _(fw§ c havo b( ' en J-wluced. Somo f 8 fi . rm * .re our domk *^ih ?^ snn ?, tlK,m a t 74 per tvn.. O-bII -?^*_f_?/» - * P r ' C(> - whi-st, as,a i__Hl L-i ■ our P rs<x ** h * lvc ' bee" ro20 per cent. - ' 1