ABSTRACT
The progressive movement in the Socialist party differs from the progressive movement in the Democratic and Republican parties. The progressive movement's aim is to introduce remedies where remedies are needed, to reconcile conflicting interests, to destroy no classes and to recognize none. In its relation to the progressive movement at the present time, socialism may be said to be the goal toward which the movement is tending. Progressives in the Democratic and Republican parties emphasize the elimination of organized special influence and the modification of the structure of government with a view to making it more easily controllable by the people. The extremes to which the extension of the functions of government or society was carried in the early period of socialism are clearly shown in the practices of the communities. The evolution of socialism, through the three stages, the community stage, the labor stage, and the political stage, has been in the direction of more individualism and less socialization.
