The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-10-16
INTER-DEPENDENcE.

Tho Industrial Alliance Monthly, Of Lin
coin, Neb., Salutes the Public with Brave
and Timely W0rds-A Declaration Of In
ter-dependence.
We hold these truths to be self-evi-
dent-that all men created have a right
to live and to share equally the album
dant natural provisions for happy ex-
istence; that the earth is theirs by a
common inheritance, for use only, and
not for speculation; that because it is
the inexhaustible source of values, no
equal value can be offered for it, or a
part of it, no just title of absolute own
ership acquired in it, and that it must
belong without possible alienation of
title to all individuals of all genera
tions; we hold that the individuals of
the race are inter-dependent. each
needing all and having the power to
serve all; that each individual differs
IN his wants and capabilities from all
others, differs not simply in degree, and
that he is as much needed by the body
polite as is each member of the human
body to constitute a perfect whole;
we hold that self interest, the
good of the individual, is so bound up
with society interests that it cannot be
preserved apart. that individuals can
not look out for their own interests
only, as at present, without insecurity
and immense loss; we hold that there
can be no clashing of interests between
members of healthful, properly or
gained society, and that in proportion
to it's number and organic unity will
be the measure of individual benefits,
enjoyments and service; we hold that
each member of society should be
equally nourished, equally exercised,
and receive equal honor for equal ex-
ertion; that these are the truths and
principles of social science, the basis
and lines of harmony on which and
according to which the society of the
future must be built, must grow, is
evident
But to obtain possession Of and secure
to each his natural inheritance, his
place to work and just reward, his in
dustrial freedom and equal rights, is
beyond the power of the individual; to
secure these rights governments are in
stituted among men, and they must be
adapted to the needs of the people.
We have political freedom, and with an
intelligent use of the ballot can obtain
industrial freedom.
In the industrial and commercial
world it is leach for himself" with dis
cord, clashing, chaos, waste-pull-hau
ing in exchange, and planlessness in
production. Save in the work of the
government, there is no organized work
except for selfish. ends. The inter-de-
pendent individuals are engaged in
social war, each seeking gain at others
cost, each trying in contract and ex-
change to get more value than he gives
Short-sighted self-interest has made
enemies of natural friends, as if the eye
should fall out with the hand, the brain
with the stomach, the body with the
limbs, the heart with the head, and
each member should try to get more
than its share of blood, expecting to be
benefited by congestion, and by weak
ening and dwarfing other members.
Organizations for selfish ends to prey
upon individuals must be outlawed, and
an organization of all for all, meeting
the needs of all, must be evolved from
our present government. In the strug-
gle, which in all the past has been per-
mitted between individuals, the strong
est have prevailed. They have con-
quered, enslaved, appropriated, and
demand perpetual tribute. Capital has
been made king over industry and
promises TO live forever
L. AL = T. -
Of cold-blooded conquest, usurpation
and tyranny. It has thrust justice
aside and might has been made the
arbiter in all it's business transactions.
The people have been robbed of the
means of subsistence, their lands given
20 railroad corporations, their coal,
ron, lead, gold, silver, and oil fields.
he common stores-fenced in for the
ew appropriated. impoverished, dis
possessed of the means of subsistence,
,r wage slaves from birth, millions
lave been forced, with starvation
PRESSING upon them, to beg for place
work, to compete for it, and so
wages have been forced down to the
owest living point. The Average qcagt
f the acorkes' IN America is less than hal,
he colue Of has product. Capital protect
ID at the mines mouth, at the factory s
loor, and in the gates of commerce has
lespotic power and yields it. In 1850
here was one millionaire among us,
low there are six thousand millionaires
md multi-millionaires. Thirty-one
thousand people, where all were sup
,osed to be free, have secured legal
lain to $50, $50, 900, 900, over half of the
wealth of the country, and by forcing
he rest to produce for them interest
md dividends, despotic profits, they are
asst becoming richer, whilst poverty
md pauperism by the same cause con.
inue to increase. Allowing capital its
.wn way it has power, and the law Of
is private employment is, to Absorb
he product of labor with steadily in.
reasing rapidity.
The Industrial Alliance Monthly, as
is name indicates, believes in an alliance
# the industrial forces, not simply Of
he agricultural and mechanical divi-
ions, but political alliance of all use
:ul memb ers of society who believe
zach man should have place to work
md the full value of his labor. We are
being ruled by the money power, che
nonopolists, the big corporations and
trusts. They stand as giants between,