The Advocate and news., 1898-11-16

al THE WAGE FARMER EI
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one, and am going tomorrow to Boston
to see where the center OF prosperity Is
located. There are some people who,
when they have their own stomachs full,
declare that the whole country is in a
state Of unparalleled prosperity.
I'm West Virginia there are men who
are working for 16 cents a day, and in
Illinois those who are working for $22
a month. In New Bedford it takes
whole family to support the family. The
father cannot earn the living while the
wife takes care Of the house and the chill
dren go to school, as 1t was in the old
days before the capitalist got his clutches
on the wealth Of the land,
Here / come to the absolute neces-
sity OF socialism. When we made things
by hand, we all had what was made. In
those days IL a man made shoes his fam
lily had shoes, and there were shoes for
everybody. Now that we have modern
machinery we have shoes In showers; 1t
rains shoes, and the factories are belCh-
ing out shoes as from volcano, and how
many Of the people haven't any shoes
and can't get any? In the days Of hand
WOIh LuO CluplOyCl anu JuC CAAlplOyO oobb
side by side, and If anything went wrong
the employe went up to the employers
house and talked 1t over with him, and
the trouble was settled But the en-
plOyer has grown away from the employe
and the result has been the forming of
the capitalistiC system under which we
grOan now.
1--WE propose to raise men to an eco
nOmic level. We desire to have men on
a basis of economic equality as they are
now on one of political equality Thomas
Jefferson said that all men were free and
equal, and that is what we want to see
accomplished in fact as we'll as in theory.
''It is never possible to speak to a
popular audience without getting in
something in eulogy of the flag. Just
so long as the flag stands for the prin
ciples Of human justice and equality
acknowledge my fealty to it, but when
1t ceases to represent these principles |
will not give 1t that fealty. (Applause.)
when we went to war with Spain it
was to help the poor recOncentradoes,
and after the war had been in progress
for little while it was to seize Cuba.
It's only a few months from now that
these poor Cubans will be subjected to a
new tyranny, worse than that of Spain,
the tyranny Of the capitalist. All we
went to war for was to place them in
position where the capitalists of the
country can enslaVe them, and when they
object they will be enjoined, and when
they resist they will be incarcerated, as
have been, to satisfy the greed Of the
OppressOrs. Tremendous applause.)
Everything nowadays is for profit.
Profit must be made from everything
into which a man enters, or else it is
not capable Of rendering him living.
Profit is robbery! In the days Of sla-
very the negro was bought by the high
est bidder and in these days Of modern
slavery the laborer is bought by the low
est"
The sort Of campaign they had at Hav-
erhill Is best described by the CORES
pOndent OF the Social Democratic Herald,
who says:
'"The rally in Haverhill on Friday ev-
ening last was one to make glad the
heart of every Socialist in the country.
At last American Socialism, springing
naturally from American conditions, is
taking organic form and finding express
sion in the only effective way as the
same principles have crystallized in other
countries, according to their various in
dustrial and political conditions
Inside the city hall 1900 enthusiastic
citizens Of Haverhill packed every avail
able inch Of space, and listened for an
hour to Comrades Carey and TObin
while Eugene v. Debs, from the city hall
steps, addressed the 1900 outside who
could not get in, after which he spoke for
an hour and half to the eager crowd
inside. That the people were not there
from idle curiosity, but from genuine in
terest in socialism and desire to mani
fest their endorsement Of our candidates,
was proved by the applause which the
mention Of each candidates name was
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