Socialism and Its Cure by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 12, 1890

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 16, No. 18.

Socialism and Its Cure

By Editor

THERE is truth in the following from Prince Bismarck, uttered in a recent interview on socialism: "If the political parties who oppose socialism do not unite in defense of their independence and the welfare of the citizens and family, they must succumb to socialist domination until such time as socialism in its turn is overthrown by excess and misery inherent in it as in slavery, for a socialistic system of government is a species of slavery, a sort of penitentiary system for its intended victims." We are the friend of the poor and the laborer, but we are not the friend of the anarchy and tyranny which are manifested in modern socialism. The cure is as bad as the disease.