Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-03-14
NATIONALIST CLUB NO. 3,
The Coming arity-WealthC Concen-
tration and the Murderous Process of
Capitalism Hasten 1t.

Capitalism Hasten 1t.
W. G. Owen lectured before the club
last Sunday evening on "The Coming
Solidarity" He referred to the number
and variety of organizations now in the
field, all aiming at the improvement of
social conditions, as a plain evidence of
increasing consciousness among the
masses, of their thirst for knowledge,
and of their desire to act unitedIy when
the truth upon which alone they can
unite shall have become sufficiently per
ceptibe to all
He pictured the happiness which
seeker after truth experiences when for
the first time he hears the philosophy
of the labor movement inteIigently ex-
planned. This gives way to deep sadness
when the enthusiastic convert becomes
active in the movement, and witnesses
the general disagreement and personal
antagonisms fostered by ignorance, mar
lpH H-IillilttNiCFb, iIibl uliiilt lfhIIt IOT
preferment, and bigotry, not to speak
Of the disruption caused by schemers
And yet, he said, there is humorous
phase in the labor movement that helps
to buoy up those who are inclined to
dependency. lie related how the we'll
read portion of the California National.
lists were bursting with suppressed
laughter at the enthusiasm with which
their large audiences over there used to
enter into the singing Of "My Country
It's of Thee. 1t never occurred to those
silly people how completely their coun-
try has slipped from their hands. Ex-
Senator Ingalls, said, when he saw that
his political end was approaching, that
there are 400 men in this country sho
possess $40 100000 each. 1000 men who
claim $5 000, 900 each, and 1900 million
aires These are stErn facts for our
cipherng friends to digest while they
keep in view the wide spreod poverty.
Next the lecturer described the stu
pidity of the antitrust Legislators and
agitatOrs. OF the immense economy
effected by the trusts there can be no
doubt, Rockefeller offered to prove
that the Standard Oil Trust had effected
a saving of 100000 900 per annum to
the public, besides making a profit of
$50, 600, 900 on a capital of 800, 000, 600,
most of which was water. The cotton
seed oil manufacturers were almost i'm.
poverished while they competed in the
markets, but as soon as they formed a
trust they were enabled to discharge an
army of useless employees Notwith-
standing all these savings they raised
the price of oil in one year from 3Ss to
SOC per gallon. These were the hard
facts that must he drummed iato the
heads of those who pirate about "com
petition being the life Of trade" Rocke.
Teller, Gould, Vanderbilt and that crew
have put ring round the country with
their railroads and mOnopOized the in
terror with their beef, oil, sugar and
coal trusts.
After referring to TIE consolation
afforded by the spectacle of numerous
Jews, tenacious in purpose, enrolling in
the movement, the lecturer entered a plea
for well meaning portion of the work
ers who, happening to indulge in the
luxury of clean shirt, are rallied against
by narrow minded bigots as "bour
geois." From among such men come
intellectual fghters-M Marx, Engels Las
sale, DIR. Ayeling, etc.