Helms, E.J. (Clergyman.)
I am in favor of Socialism insofar as it is the practical application of Christianity to our economic and industrial life.
Conger-Kaneko, Josephine. (Editor, The Progressive Women.)
I am in favor of Socialism because it seems to be the next step in social evolution, carrying the human race toward a more perfect civilization.
Hitchcock, Charles C. (Merchant and Author.)
We are fast coming to realize that co-operation in the use of our economic resources is the only form of society worthy of civilized people.
A co-operative commonwealth demands that the able-bodied individual shall not be allowed to consume more wealth as measured in labor power, than he creates. Is not this so evidently reasonable that the system should command the approval of every fair mind? It doubtless would do so were we not born into and environed by the capitalist order, thereby being naturally prejudiced against an innovation so radically different as is Socialism.
Perhaps no more comprehensive definition of Socialism can be given than that by Walter Thomas Mills, which is: