San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-03-12
THE ANARCHISTS.
Future of Trade Unions---Why Mr. Nc
Cormick Should Be Shot.

| From the Chicago News.
About 70 Socialists and Anarchists
were addressed yesterday afternoon at
"a West Lake street by Mr. Parsons, the
agtator, on the question of the contrast
between socialism and trade unlonism.
| He said
When knights Of Labor call on the
Government to protect labor, they call
on the wolf to protect the lamb. Trade
unions never concern themselves about
| the unemployed. Under the existing
state of things, machinery renders men
superfluous and candidates for the poor
house, the penitentiary, the gallows,
| and the pOtter's field. Under anarchy
or the operation Of natural law, it
would render only one thing super
fluous, and that is capital. Trade unions
try to destroy 'scabs" and at the same
time protect "sCabs" makers. Anarchy
would abolish poverty and hard times.
The International Workingmen's Pro-
tective Association has been founded
because the trade unions will not allow
any discussion OF the emancipation of
labor. Trade uniOnism Is tending to-
ward socialism, communism and anar-
| chy, though its adherents do not realize
will come when the trade uniOnists will
| be surprised to realize that they are
socialists. Under anarchy, or the alb
senCe OF man-made government, all men
would be placed on an equality, coercion
would be impossible, and there could
| be no disCOrd, war, strikes, lockOuts, or
| boycotts. A true knowledge of capital
ism couldn't help making socialists of
working people.
Capitalists have been constantly point
| ing to the fact that most of the wealthy
men sprung from the working class
| that they earned and did not inherit
| their wealth. Abraham Lincoln was a
rail-splitter and Jay Gould once ped
died apples, the capitalists have boosted.
The truth is that capitalists do not res
pect Lincoln because his was a rail-split-
ting business. They respect Gould, not
because he peddled apples, but because
he stole 100000, 600. Capitalists have
man because of his belonging to the
lowly, working class. Nine-tenths of
the wealth of the country, which right
fully belongs to working men, has been
stolen by the capitalists. The trade
uniOnists do not realize that the capital
lists are their enemies. They have
boosted that they are law-abiding Giti-
zens, and yet every day or two we hear
of the police being called out to protect
capitalists from them and to enforce the
law. The sooner trade uniOnists realize
that in socialism, communism, and
anarchy is their only hope the better
will it be for the working people Of the
land.
A number of other speakers expressed
views of substantially the same import.
Then Mr.. J. A. Henry said that p. j.
Dusey, when he embarked at previous
meeting that he would give 500 to any
man who would kill Mr.. Mccormick,
was thoroughly consistent and in accord
with the principles of anarchy, which
all those present protested to believe in.
He should not be criticised for that
speech. There was no use in trying to
get rid of the fleas one by one. The
best way was to kill the dog whose hide
breeded the feas. In the trouble then
imminent Mr.. Mccormick was the dog,
and the best way to get rid of him was
to shoot him. In the oncoming march
of anarchy all that stood in the way must
be removed, peaceably il possible, but
forcibly If must be.