Workmen's advocate., 1889-06-22

Keep-lt-AIl, and has shown such a dis. | position to fall out with Alcohol.
 "lt lN great injury to any city to have this power of giving or withholding ! patronage used in way to Iutprfcre with business firms that wish tu manage then own business in their own way. ] Though the righteous are as bold as a lion, the wicked flee when no man pur- sueth, Capital is timid, very tmd, 1t 1 will not do tu drive off pr keep away capital
 "Nr must allow the agitator, to sa, that alur creates value. IL would he, no gam tu the cause of conservatism tu 1 force them to say instead thai the work mens Jahurmakesthc supply, hi, money the demand, and that supply aud de- mand determines value.
 "Iut We must insist that the increased value given hy labor to material belongs to capital Property of ali kinds belongs to those who appropriate and hold it in ! accordance with law. When the law recognize, property in chattel slaves the chattels belong 10 the masters who hold them in bondage,
 "li k legal for monopolIsts to make as advantageous bargains with work peu- pie aS their poverty and necessities make posslI,r; the excess of their earnings above the wages agreed upon belongs to the monopolists.
 'l' any enc by his labor gives an in- 1 creased value to someone else's property, tine property, increased value and all be- longs to its original owner. On what authority does the worker meddle with another mans wealth He who wishes to own house had better build it on his own lot If any one wants his own earning, he should Use his own prop erty, If labor would have the increased value it gives, it should Use its own tools and material.
 "lt it be urged that the poor who are not possessed of wealth are under the necessity of lahOrig, the reply is that necessity knows no law and the law Cau- not be expected to recognize necessity.
 ''lf humane gentlemen are kind enough to permit the poor to use their wealth ito w0rkl. and benevolent enough to allow them something for subslst- ence, il simply shows the goodness of heart of the honorable gentlemen who pay all they agree to.
 1.-The word employee shows how it is. l To employ Is to use. An employee is somebody used. Workmen use their employers wealth and are used them selves. The unemployed are would-be workmen, for whom the capitalists have no use.
 ''lt is the privilege of the lawful owners of wealth to have men, mules and things used and used up for their profit Any increased value winch labor is supposed to create belongs to the capitalist be- cause his hired men, boughten mules and things are used up to make 1t.
 When III use, men, mules and some things have to be fed. When not in use, most things do not need much feeding. This Is the difference between most things, and men and mules. As there is no cost for their feed when not in use, it pays better to own most things than to hire them.
 "Although both men and mules must eat, whether they work or not, there are some points of dissimilarty between them. It is only in a general sort of way that the people are owned by their masters. As whole, the lower orders of people belong to the money-making classes. The working masses exist, or have right to exist, only for the bene- fit of their betters.
 But there is no individual ownership of men. It would not pay to own them and feed them when there was no work for them to do. Men are not property. They have no value. Under our gov ernment men are free-to their masters. Like mules and some things, they have to be fed when in use, but no price has to be paid for them before they are are used.
 "lt is not so with mans efficient CO., laborer, the mule. He is property. He has value. Capitalists generally are not iackasses enough to try and raise their own mules. They generally have to pay good price for one. Mules do not come around of their own accord and ask for work and subsistence. There are no scab mules to take the place of those who kick. Mules are scarce. Men are plenty, They propagate even in wage servitude. We do not say that all followers of Dr. Malthus are mules, but that all mules are followers of the teachings of that eminent economist. Although even money (barren metal and impotent paper) can be made to, at least appear to, breed, mules cannot.
 "WOrkmen when not under the bale ful influence of agitators are docile and traCtable. They can be trusted to vote as long as they stick to the old party tickets and drink the old party drinks.
 "Mules are fractious; at times they are very obstinate. They are the best of reasons why mules and women should be kept out of politics.
 'As mules are property and have a value, societies for their protection have a worthy object, the prevention of cru city tn animals