Excerpt from Political Socialism, Would It Fail in Success?: A Book for Busy Men
Indulgent Reader:
If these preliminary pages be read without profit, have done with the book, and let it be cast straightway into the waste of the office-basket.
Doubtless you are aware, Noble Sir, that we are confronted with a live question, - a growing, forceful question, - one, all-embracing, attractive, yea fascinating, and not altogether devoid of mystery. Shall we not proceed to consider it as becomes a citizen, patiently, and wisely? Shall we not seek to define, to discuss, to comprehend, to judge, in the spirit of a Christian gentleman? As the question is economic it is thought best to proceed by a method not unfamiliar to the politician: Whereas:
Certain Finger-Boards, - in a figurative sense, - point toward the certain failure of a Socialist-State; therefore, the purpose herein is to indicate:
1. That, State-Socialism would fail because the business of the country is so widely diversified and the amount of productive industry so great, that the joint-volume of this industry and business, centralized under the control of a proprietary government, would be unwielding and unmanageable. Moreover, some branches of industry arc yet formative while others are antagonistic.
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