rent; and he is conveying the impression, by every art in the power of the agitator, that if we could only get at this rent, and use it for public purposes, we should have at our disposal a fund which, compared with our wants, would be practically inexhaustible" (W. H. Malloch).

Socialism is described by its admirers as a "scientific organization" for the benefit of all, instead of "competitive anarchy," that only benefits the few. Practically, it is the sinking of one's individuality in the attempt to rehabilitate society. Socialists repudiate the idea that it is the visionary dream of an unattainable Utopia, and they maintain that it is the inevitable outgrowth of the ages, and the necessary result of the historical development which is producing it. I am utterly opposed to Socialism as the only panacea to put right what may be wrong in our social system, and fail to see how, by its aid, the present intense social struggle is to be lessened. Our legislators have been for some time past impregnated with this Socialistic wave, and our factories and shops are watched like some illicit concern, wherein something is carried on that dare hardly see the light of day, and the capitalists and managers are viewed as parasites instead of benefactors to their fellow-men. Social subjects will have more attention; the middle and upper classes should grapple with the subject. Changes go on more rapidly than they did; it is unwise to think that things as they are will "last our time." There are powerful forces in our midst that are in open and declared antagonism to the present arrangements; the wants of the poor have been put before them as though the same were caused by the abundance of others. There is a small but compact force of writers and speakers, men of strong opinions, whose