The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-03-21


will come to each individual member.
Money rules the world. The money
of few directors of production has
been organized, has been named cap
ital, and that is now the universal ruler,
alike in monarchies and in so called
free republics. The money of the mass
of the people has never yet been organ
lied in consumption. When this is
done, the dollars Of the consumers will
be able to dictate to the dollars of the
producers.
AS all men are consumers, the organ
izations of men as such will be neces-
sarily local along the established polit-
ical lines of ward, city, county, state and
nation, and hence concerted action at
the ballot box among the workers will
be wonderfully promoted.
The taxpayer and voter is consum-
er in the light of consuming the serv-
ices of the rulers of the state. Organize
the consumer, you organize the citizen,
you unite the people at one and the
same time along both the economic and
the political lines and insure the speedy
naturalization and municipalization, or
specialization, of the means and machin-
cry of production and distribution.
1t will force equality among all men
and engender right feeling of frater-
nifty and democracy. We all differ in
our power to produce. Some are good
workmen, others bad some quick, some
slow; some talented, some dull; some
born geniuses, others ordinary clay, but
all must consume to practically the same
extent to maintain existence at all.
The way to cooperate is to cooper
ate. In the ultimate cooperative COM
monwealth toward which our eyes are
so hopefully and longingly turned the
producers and the consumers will be in
immediate contact; there will be no
middle1nen of any kind. industrial or
political, to rob the one or fleece the
other; the exploiters of their fellow men
will have passed out of existence. We
have producers and consumers now who
believe in this cooperative common
wealth. There is absolutely nothing
but their own will that can prevent
them from cooperating now and at
once, and so laying the economic foun-
dation stones of the new commonwealth.
All it needs is to bring the enlightened
producer and the enlightened consumer
into line and get them to fully recog-
nize each other The consumers organ
lied can, through their united custom,
affect in the interest of the producer all
industries still in the competitive stage,
and as citizens through their united
vote all industries that have passed into
com binations. The consumer will be
guaranteed full value, the producer
fair pay.
According to the consumers circle,
the organization of the people as united
producers, voters and consumers is the
newest, latest, t1uest and best trades
unionism. The main features in the
system of practical work of the new
movement as expounded by it's leaders
are as follows:
Universal Unity-The circle embraces all
members of the American Federation, the
Knights of Labor, the Farmers Alliance, the
Grange, the American Railway union-in
short, all industrial organizations in good re-
port, together with producers and workers as
yet unorganized, who are purchasers Of recog-
nized standing of fair labor and it's product
fair consumers, fair dealers, fair manufactur-
ers.
General EnrOllment-The names and adj
dresses OF such fair men are, as fast as prOcur-
able, entered upon the general fair roll of the
circle. A special request is made Of every one
interested to send in his name and the names
Of all he knows as friendly to the cause. This
list is published so that all may know who be-
long to this integral cooperative brotherhood
Mutual Support-Circlers are expected to
keep their money circulating as exclusively as
they can inside the brotherhood-to give en-
ployment to one another, to buy each others
labor products, to deal at stores where these
goods are sold and in every other way patron
ize each other in preference to the unfair con-
sumers outside the circle.
Drum Corps-All actively at work in extend
ing the market for fair services and fair made
goods are enrolled in special rank Of honor
styled the Drum Corps of Fair Industry, in
which emulation takes the place of cOmpeti-
ton as a moving, driving and quieting spirit
Reports-Every consumer, either directly or
through his organization, is required to report
to the founder Of the system at least once ev-
cry three months, preferably every month, the
place and amount of his fair purchases. He
need not give the exact amount; he can report
less, but never more, if he feels this require
ment an intrusion upon his private affairs.
This report system has worked wonders in
separating the earnest, sincere, straight and
loyal workers in the industrial movement from
the hypocrites, mouthers and pretenders.
Buyers and Boycotters-With respect to the
products of fair industry, every purchaser can
do only one of two things-he either buys them
or he boycotts them. 1t matters not whether
this boycott be one of ignorance, Indifference
or intention. In any form it is equally repre-
hensible in one who claims to have the interest
Of fair humanity at heart. In addition to sep
arating fair from unfair consumers, the circle
is also engaged in dividing the organized pro-
ducers into the two great classes of the buyers
and boycotters of fair made goods and pro-
poses to give wide publicity to the names of
the officials. editors writers, orators and other
leaders in the industrial movement who do not
buy fair service or fair products, and are SO
carrying the money the movement brings
them to the very enemies of the cause they os-
tentatiously espouse. A redhot campaign in
support of honest workers is in prospect.
The Fair Ballot-As with circle money, so
with circle votes. These are to be given only
to those who are pronouncedly in favor of or
ganiZed fair industry and have proved their
sincerity by spending their money for fair la
Dor products. The fair list of the circle insures
the consumer not only fair private industrial
service, but also fair public political service.
Circlers cast their votes only for those upon
the fair list. Any officeholder who does not
support legislation, supply administration or
dispense justice in the interest of the people is