The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-10-09
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upon individuals must be outIavved. and
an organization of ala for all, meeting
the needs Of all, must DC evolved from
cur present govcrnueuL In the atrug-
gle, which in all the past has been PER-
mittsd between individuals, the strong
est have prevailed. They have con-
quered, enslavsd, appropriated, and
demand perpetual tribute Capital has
been made king over industry and
promises to live forever.
The history OF capital IS the history
OF Cold-blouded conquest usurpntiou
and tyranny. 1t has thrust Justice
aside and might has been made the
urbiter in all its business transactions
The people have been robbed OF the
means OF subsistence, their lands given
to railroad corporations, their coal,
iron, lead, gold, silver, and oil fields
the common stores-feuced ia for the
few. appropriated. impoverished, dis
possessed OF the means OF subsisteucc.
or wage slaves from birth, milIicuz
have been forced, with starvation
pressing upon them 90 beg for place
TO work, TO compete for Il, and SO
wages have been forced down to the
lowest living point The acreage tfcge
gT tis yorker ig -IHseTicI Is less than hdJ
fhC raiU5 gf his product Capital protect
ed at the mines mouth, at the facrorv'a
despotic power and wields It. In 1850
there was one millionaire among us.
now there are six thousand znillioHsi=es
and mulu-mil1iouaires. Tbirty-one
thousand people, where all were sup
posed to be free, have secured legal
claim TO $50, $50, O9O, 600, over half ofstho
wealth of the country, aud by forcing
the rest to produce for them interest
and dividends, despotie profits. they are
fast becoming richer, whilst poverty
and pauPerism 10y the same cause coa-
tinue TO increase Allowing capital its
own way it has power. aud the law OF
its private employment is, TO absorb
the product OF labor with steadily iu-
creusiug rapidity-
The Industrial Alliance Monthly. as
its name indicates. believes In an alliance
OF the industrial forces, not simply of
the agricultural and mechanical divi-
siOns but political alliance Of all use-
ful members Of society who believe
. each man should nave a place TO work
and the FUN value of his labor. We arc
being ruled by the money power, the
mouopoi3sts, the big corporations and
trusts They stand as Tignts between
us, and demand, without Labor, more
chan half Of all that is produced They
own the means of transportation. and
so have power TO fix the prices OF all
products and control commerce They
] possess Llc mines, lhe fouudrios, the
! factories, the elevators, the engine and
machine works, the packing houses,
the peueriss and the money that men
must borrow. They can force the lions
share from every wage worker aud Till
Ter OF the soil They make prices %
all producers low, and TO consumers
I high. They have had power TO prey
/ upon and eusiuve us because We have
/ been divided.
] Our interests are one. Our freedom
can be secured only by political aud
/ industrial organization. agitation and
/ education We Erc out of work, or
! struggling in poverty. anxious and
] overbUrdeusd. because we were foolish
/ enough TO think ourselves free and
/ each able TO look out FOR himself The
/ united alone are free; they alone can
maintain their freedom.
Let Us get together at on-s. 10 viii
/ be the business OF the editor OF this
] paper % gather facts that throw light
7 upon all social questions. 4 better
/ day is coming IL the people move to-
! ward it and bring IL on. Come with
I us, frieudss let us help each other. We
shall demand justice for all, and plead
/ the rights of maui and we went every
/ person who is awake or half awake 70
read what we have TO say, to be
/ alarmed by the frightful, naked truth.
| We would enlist the attention of the
I thoughtful and honest of every class
/ and condition, the farmer, the luborcr,
] the mechanic, the brain-worlScr, the
/ competing and anxious, the strong and
! the weak, the rich and the poor-atI
/ who love justice and desire righteous
. laws