[116] J. R. MacDonald, "Socialism and Government," Vol. II, p. 130. [117] J. R. MacDonald, "Socialism and Government," Vol. I, p. 91. [118] J. R. MacDonald, "Socialism and Government," Vol. II, p. 4. [119] Report on Fabian Policy, p. 13. [120] The _Socialist Review_, January, 1909, p. 888. [121] John A. Hobson, "The Crisis of Liberalism," p. 46. [122] John A. Hobson, "The Crisis of Liberalism," p. 6. [123] J. R. MacDonald, "Socialism and Society," p. 133. [124] Editorial in the _Socialist Review_ (London), May, 1910. [125] "Socialism and Government," Vol. II, p. 12. [126] Andrew Carnegie, "Problems of To-day," pp. 123 ff. [127] The _New Age_, Nov. 4, 1909. [128] "Fabian Essays," p. 180. [129] "Fabian Essays," p. 187. [130] "Fabian Essays," p. 184. [131] "Fabianism and the Empire," p. 5. [132] H. G. Wells, "New Worlds for Old," pp. 268-275. [133] H. G. Wells, "New Worlds for Old," pp. 268-275. [134] John A. Hobson, "The Crisis of Liberalism," pp. 116, 132. [135] H. G. Wells, "First and Last Things," p. 242. [136] The _New Age_ (London), June 23, 1910. [137] The _New Age_, June 2, 1910. [138] The _New Age_, Dec. 23, 1909. [139] The _New Age_, Jan. 4, 1908. [140] The _New Age_, June 23, 1910. [141] The _New York Call_, Oct. 22 and 29, 1911. [142] The _New Age_, March 26, 1910. [143] The _New York Call_, Oct. 22, 1911. CHAPTER IV "REFORMISM" IN THE UNITED STATES Because of our greater European immigration and more advanced economic development, the Socialist movement in this country, as has been remarked by many of those who have studied it, is more closely affiliated with that of the continent of Europe than with that of Great Britain. The American public has been grievously misinformed as to the development of revolutionary Socialism in this country. A typical example is the widely noticed article by Prof. Robert F. Hoxie, entitled, "The Rising Tide of Socialism." After analyzing the Socialist vote into several contradictory elements, Professor Hoxie concludes:-- "There seems to be a definite law of the development of Socialism which applies both to the individual and to the group. The law is this: The creedalism and immoderateness of Socialism, other things being equal, vary inversely with its age and responsibility. The average Socialist recruit begins as a theoretical impossibilist and develops gradually into a constructive opportunist. Add a taste of real responsibility and he is hard to distinguish from a liberal reformer."[144]