Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1890-03-08
In OLD HARTFORD.
SOCIALISTS WAKE UP THE
SLEEPY CAPITAL OF CON-
NECTlCUT.
NJ. 2ametkin Addresses Two Mass.
Meetings s-Nati0nalists Turn ont
in Full Force-Pr0grfss of Organ
izati0n for the Coming Conflict.

izati0n for the Coming Conflict.
A great mass meeting was held on
Sunday, Feb. %, in Hartford, Conn,
under the auspices of the newly organ
lied Russian Progressive Educational
Society of Hartford, the members Of
which are bona fde Russian Jewish
woraingmen, some of them already be-
longing to the section in that city. Com
rade Michael Zametkin, of New York,
was invited to address them in Jewish,
which fact having been widely circu-
lated long before the day of his arrival
seems to have greatly helped 10 draw a
large audience. Indeed almost all the
more or less progressive elements of the
Jewish population of the town were pre-
sent at the meeting, which resulted in
the addition of more than forty new
names to the membership of the society,
On the following evening well attended
meeting of the members of the same
society was held, Comrade Gusman in
the chair. Comrade NJ. Zametkin spoke
on "Capital not the Outcome Of Saving"
Among other things he said:
"Suppose the capitalist-banker, coal
baron, railroad kng-is useful produ,
Ger, as is claimed for him by the profess
sors of orthodox economy. do not
think he is; but let us suppose it, for
arguments sake. What of that2 The
fact is that no wofkingman can pro-
duce, in a given time, twice as much as
his fellow workman of the same trade
does IN the same time. 1t may happen
that one may produce a little more or a
little less than his fellow members of the
same trade, but the difference is always
small. Besides, no one, however foolish
or knavish, contends that one trade is
less necessary than another, or that the
men of one trade are less skillful in their
work than the men of another trade are
in theirs. A good shoemaker under
stands shoemaking quite as we'll as a
good baker understands baking, and con-
versely. Now they say that capital is
the result of economy, of saving; that
is, who spends less saves more-has
more money. But we have just seen
that ary good, honest workingman, who
thoro. Shly understands his business,
will produce just az much as any other
member of his own trade or of any other
trade and if lac spends-say fifty times
less than any other worker, his savings
ought therefore to be fifty times larger.
Now we know that shoemakers, for in.
stance, spend about hundred times
less than do the bankers. SO, if capital
really is the result of saving, the shoe
makers ought to have about a hundred
times as much money as the bankers ;
and the miners, who spend only G5 cents
per day, ought to be the greatest mil.
onaires, while the Vanderbilts and the
Goulds, who spend most, ought not tC
have a cent. Is that the fact You know
it is not, Or shall we say the shoemaker
the baker, the cigafmaker and all the
rest of the poor wage workers spend
much more than the bankers, the mil
lionaires, the presidents, the governor
and all the rest of the capitalists and po
Iilicians, and that tins is the reason why
the fQctory hand is poorer than tn,
factory lord >? Or shall we say tha
capital Is not the result Of saving, bu
of something else Yes, this is the plair
truth about it. Capital is not the resul
of saving. and il a man comes and tell
you that it is, tell him be Is bambooz
Ter or fool, be his stove pipe ever 81
high"
On the following evening Tuesday
Feb. 25, the Russian Progressive Educa
tional Society gave bal IN Freusnger
Hall. N spite Of the inclemency of th
weather the capacious hall was we
filled. Many Nationalists were present
Comrale NJ. Zametkin had been ar
nounced to speak on Nationalism, an
his address, was listened to with COZ
siderable interest.
The speaker began with a reference (
his Russian nativity and the CALLING de-
potism under which the advocates {
freedc nl-the friends Of peace, JustiC
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