Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-24
THE LABOR PARTY
A PLAIN ISSUE AND A FAIR
FIGHT.
WcaIth.Producing Labor vs.. Wealth.
Robbing Capital-What the La.
bor Party Offers - Work
and Wealth for All
Good Citizens.

The issue might us well be II Square
one. Labor, the creator of wealth
is fighting Capital, the robber Of I4a-
Dor. Let there be no QuibbIc-wr
say Labor, meaning the lahOrcrS
prrsoniticd ; we say Capital, meaning
the capitalists perSonltcd. On the
the one hand the labOrcrs are Great
ing wealth under the direction and
supervision Of the OWNERS Of the
machinery, the factories, the lands
the bosses. They receive from the
bosses what is called wages, and
wages represents but Il part ?f Nr
Wlue of the result of their labor.
Who gets the rest? The owners
of the machines, the factories, the
lands-thc bosses.
Must this be so? We say No : II
thousand times No.
But since it is 50, how long shall
it remain 50? We answer: Only us
long as Workingmcn continue to elect
their masters to rule over them in
the State and Nation.
But what does the Labor Party
offer?
1t offers the working-people the
means Of taking possession of the
State government by organization
and the ballot. And further 1t
offers an opportunity to break up
and destroy the two corrupt and
gigantic cliques called the "demo-
cratic and "republcan" parties. 1t
offers an asylum for the honest but
misguided men who have made their
political home with those corrupt
parties.
In attempting to gain control of
the State, the Labor Party proposes
to extend the functions Of the gov
crnmcnt, making all the people real
partici pants in its composition as
well as in its benefits.
Every case of suffering and starya-
ton among the honest poor who are
willing to work is "A crying testimony
against the competitive system and
the corrupt political parties who do
not even cndcavor to change it are
participants in the social crime.
Then what are the supporters of
those parties?
With the Labor Party in the
ascendanCy, no man need want for
work, and what is more to the point,
it guarantees to the workers the full
enjoyment Of their products, for
when irresponsible bossism is abol-
ished, the direction Of the industries
will be placed in the hands of re-
sponsibIc officials who will depend
upon their good behavior as well as
their capablity for their positions,
the competent workmen being the
judges, instead Of lordlng it over
their supcriors in skill and morals
simply because they have "accumu-
lated" wealth. We say "accumu-
lated"-in many cases piwted would
be the more truthfully expressive
word.
The Labor Party believes that the
land should not be owned by some
individuals to the exclusion of the
masses. Land Rent is robbery. The
Labor Party is opposed to robbery,
no matter what guise it may assume.
Workingmcn-and We include you
al, whether you work in shop, or
warehouse, on the farm, or in the
study Workingmcn Of Cohnecti-
cut, rally for the principles of true
democracy, and build up the new
party which vii! emmclpate the peo-
pie from the. horrors of the COMPETE
tive system.
There is enough land and enough
labor for all i; land is monopolized
and enterprise choked by the miser.
able system which prevails.
Then, down with monopoly down
with the corrupt parties that uphold
the blood-sucking system. There is
a way to radically change affairs for