Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-09-01
LAB0R'S HOLIDAY.
ORGANIZED LABOR UNITING
FOR ONE DAY.
WOrkingmen's Pr0teSt-The Owner of
the Machine and His Power.
Capitalists also Organizing.
Socialists and the
Reason Why.

There is a day upon which the
organized working people have
shown that they can unite, and that
day is known as Labor Day. 1t does
not mean day for wage labor in
the factory, in jumper and overalls;
for the word Labor is written with a
capital l., and in speaking it the
lungs and lips express a greater vol
ume, IN proportion to the under
standing and convictions of the
speaker.
Labor Day.
There is the making of history in
ia history such as the historians
have never before written-a history
Of the people, History thus far has
been the story of some persons-the
kings and knights and bishops; the
people were only pawns upon the
worlds chess board.
"Divide and conquer" has been
the potent motto of the masters, and
the separation of the workingmen
and women into individual factors
OF production, competing, hungry
strlvers for bread; and where low
craft and cunning is combined in
the workers makeup, fawning lick
spittles have been developed. The
race has beell mentally degraded to
this extent, while physically it's deg
radiation has been and is being ac-
complished by unnatural and ener-
waiting conditions of labor.
And Labor protests.
The individual laborer once had
an opportunity to protest, and his
protest was respected. That time is
past. Let him protest as an indi-
vidual wage-worker today, and
another individual takes his place
Mechanical science comes to the res
cue of the possessing and employing
class, furnishing them with mighty
means OF creating wealth independ-
ent OF the poor wage slave seeking
the boon of work and wages. The
machine is tireless, and the powers
of steam and air and electricity all
are at the service of him who pos
seSses the products of past labor to
exchange for the means of utilizing
the natural forces.
To know how and by what process
the products Of the labor of thous-
ands OF workers came into the pos
session of few h0ndlerS and caYrj-
erS, the spectators and dealers, is
valuable as an indication of the
manner in which the process of rob-
bing the worker Of his product is
continually carried on.
SOCIALISTS.
The thinkers and writer's who
have analyzed the fleeing system
and have pointed out the true rem
edy, together with the comparatively
small aggregate Of workers who have
organized for the purpose Of dissem-
mating the great reason why" and
advocating the logical remedy for
the thlevlng system, are known the
world over as Socialists, and their
organizations are known in various
countries as the Socialist Labor
Party, Social Democratic Party, etc.
"DANGEROUs" PEOPLE.
These people and their philosophy
are regarded as dangerous" by
those who belong to the exploiting
class, and the feeling is cordially
reclprocated. The more intelligent
among the exploiters do not pretend
to argue against the Socialist ideas,
they affect to despise them. Some
few, however, among the wealthy,
are so thoroughly informed and
highly educated on political economy
that they actually long for the frul-
ton of Socialist agitation. The
more intelligent among the workers
also have a friendly feeling for the
socialist idea, and as they become