Workmen's advocate., 1890-12-13
CHICAGO.
THE SOCIALIST WAVE RUM
 MING HIGH.
Clear Cut Principles - Aggressive Methods - Practical Preparatory Work sympathy of Organized lahur.

Work sympathy of Organized
 lahur.
 The wholesome effect of the late So cuIs' campaign in New Nork-in~pir ing and ,uudulm@ the ranks of the So- clalj,r, throu-houl thrcumJr! -ia giving manifold evidence ol itself. Numerous are the cougra'uIatlou> poariuI in, new Sections are ,pm1,uE up, and eve'N- where the spiru for action l> aroused, Especially important aud noteworthy in this direction k tb" action of the Social i~ts m Cnicago-onc of tine strunGhoid~ of capitalism, where it displays its cloven hoof with least shame ant exer cises it. power with greatest brutality,
 The following official report has been sent to this office, and speaks for itself:
 1.-TWO weeks ago au appeal was issued to all SuCIalists of Chicago and signed by twenty five comrades. irrespective of previous party affiliations of a Socialist character, stating the necessity of straightout and umcompromslng Social ist political action in national, state and municipal elections. At a mass meeting called lhereupon for Sunday. November 23, our comrades Edward COnnur, Ed. Berlyn, ThoS. ] Morgan, Julius Wahl teich, Robert Weber and Jacob WInn,n delivered stirring addresses showing the urgency for the working class of Amp- | t,ht l,r1 in, especially in Germany, had been doing long ago, namely to organize as an lnde- pendent Socialist party, ready to meet our own capitalist parties Of corruption at every election and to show to the American people the true path to true d, mOCraCy and liberty.
 A committee consisting of sixteen comrades was at once chosen and or dered to draft and submit, at a future mass meeting of Socialists, declaration of principles and a plan for the local organization. The second meeting of the committee was held on last Wednos day night; and it was decided to submit the following declaration of principles to the mass meeting, which IS 10 be held on the second Sunday in January:
 
 CIALIsT LABOR PARTY OF CHICAGO.
 The Socialist Labor party of Chicago and vicinity, i'll accordance with the declaration of prmClpleS of the great International Socialist Movement, claims that an equitable sy stem Of social econ Omy is the highest form of civilization and human progress.
 Na brlI tbOt pVpry hmm haiDrr il endowed with the nalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- ness, as proclaimed by the founders of the American republic,
 Although Labor IS the creator of all wealth and civilization, the fact still re mains that under our present Capta aISt system those performing all labor are receiving only a small and constantly | decreasing proportion of the wealth pro- duced, while the greater part is conlis- Cated by few owners of the raw mate raIs and means of production.
 Our present industrial sy stem is the direct opposite of true democracy, be cause a few men are enabled to rob the people of the results of their labor. Such a system necessarily causes planleSs- ness of production and consequently an immense waste of human and natural | forces.
 Discoveries and inventions of labor | saving machines are being made daily, l but are simply Used as means to in crease the misery of the wpaIth-pro ur 1 ing masses for the benefit of n small number of individuals. Thus the labor | ing masses became dependent, eCunomi- caIly and politically, upon the class of 1 capitalists in whose hands the wealth is ! being accumulated.
 Private property in the natural sour ces of production and in the instruments ! of labor i, the cause of the misery of our 1 lah0rinI masses.
 We propOse to substitute the Co .opcr atiVe Commonwealth for our present capitalist system of exploitation of men uy their fellow, men, because we claim 1 that it is equitable that each member of soricty should contribute according To l his ability to the general welfare, and that the commonwealth should secure to each individual the enjoyment of his rightful share in the common pros 1 perDtv
 With the founders of the American | republic we hold true state of society k conditioned upon the sovereignty If the people. whose will is expressed in the law which Is a sacred compact and agreement under which each individual has equal right and duties.
 Being convinced that the causes of misery of the working masses are the same in all countries We clam that the prolptarlans 0he producing but non posseesing classes) must unite into one great international brotherhood in osd r to realize Socialism and to emancipa'e the human family from wage-slayrry
 Finally, We claim that the emancipa ti1D of inc tynrkiUl, riass u1fl-t h. fine. act