rd against it is this base form of tactics by
which the revolutionists have been eminently successful in gaining new
recruits.

If those whose party emblem is a flaming torch could even prove that
everything without exception in the present system of industry is worthy
of condemnation, and that the entire government is corrupt to its very
core, it would no more follow from this that Socialism was the remedy
than it would follow that the solution of one problem in mathematics
must be correct because another solution of an entirely different nature
was wrong, or that all the eggs in one crate must be good because there
were some in a second crate unfit for use.

It is very common for Socialists to assume that certain fundamental
principles have been proven to be true, whereas the fact is that these
very premises, from which they draw their conclusions, are often false
and without the slightest foundation. An excellent illustration of this
has already been given in preceding pages, where it was shown that the
Socialists incorrectly assumed that there would be no poverty in their
state, and argued from this that there would be very little
prostitution. It is evident, therefore, that unless those who listen to
the Marxians are on their guard and demand that the premises be proven
the Socialists may deduce from incorrect premises conclusions which will
make it appear that their intended state will bestow heaven's choicest
blessings upon mankind.

Though examples of deceit have already been given, the attention of the
reader will be called to the testimony of no less an authority than
Eugene V. Debs, who in the following article, published in the
"International Socialist Review," Chicago, January, 1911, will be seen
to substantiate our charge:

"The truth is that we have not a few members who regard vote
getting as a supreme importance, no matter by what methods the
votes may be secured, and this leads them to hold out inducements,
and make representations which are not at all compatible with the
stern and uncomprising principles of a revolutionary party. They
seek to make the Socialist propaganda so attractive--eliminating
whatever may give offence--to bourgeois sensibilities--that it
serves as a bait for votes, rather than as a means for education,
and votes thus secured do not properly belong to us."

It is not unfrequently that we hear Socialists appealing to this or that