At a time when so many professed anti-Socialists are agreeing with the New York _Independent_ that, though it is easy to have too much Socialism, at least "we want _more_" than we have, it becomes exceedingly difficult for non-Socialists to learn what Socialism is and to distinguish it from innumerable reform movements.
Less than a decade ago the pros and cons of Socialism were much debated.

Now it is usually only a question of Socialism sooner or later, more or less.

Socialism a century or two hence, or in supposed installments of a fraction of a per cent, is an almost universally popular idea.

For the Socialists this necessitates a revolutionary change in their tactics, literature, and habit of thought.

They were formerly forced to fight those who could not find words strong enough to express their hostility; they are rapidly being compelled to give their chief attention to those who claim to be friends.