*Everhardwasrightintheessentialparticulars,thoughhisdateoftheintroductionofthebillisinerror。ThebillwasintroducedonJune30,andnotonJuly30。TheCongressionalRecordishereinArdis,andareferencetoitshowsmentionofthebillonthefollowingdates:June30,December9,15,16,and17,1902,andJanuary7and14,1903。Theignoranceevidencedbythebusinessmenatthedinnerwasnothingunusual。Veryfewpeopleknewoftheexistenceofthislaw。E。Untermann,arevolutionist,inJuly,1903,publishedapamphletatGirard,Kansas,onthe\'MilitiaBill。\'Thispamphlethadasmallcirculationamongworkingmen;butalreadyhadthesegregationofclassesproceededsofar,thatthemembersofthemiddleclassneverheardofthepamphletatall,andsoremainedinignoranceofthelaw。
CHAPTERNINE。
TheMathematicsofaDream。
INTHEMIDSTOFTHEconsternationhisrevelationhadproduced,Ernestbeganagaintospeak。
\'Youhavesaid,adozenofyouto—night,thatsocialismisimpossible。Youhaveassertedtheimpossible,nowletmedemonstratetheinevitable。Notonlyisitinevitablethatyousmallcapitalistsshallpassaway,butitisinevitablethatthelargecapitalists,andthetrustsalso,shallpassaway。Remember,thetideofevolutionneverflowsbackward。Itflowsonandon,anditflowsfromcompetitiontocombination,andfromlittlecombinationtolargecombination,andfromlargecombinationtocolossalcombination,anditflowsontosocialism,whichisthemostcolossalcombinationofall。