The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-29

complex subject Labor and Liberty"
mighty crowd turned out 10 greet the
lecturer. The Armory. galleries and all.
was fiIled 10 the doors, and hundreds were
turned away disappointed In not being
able 10 gain an entrance to the hall for
the purpose Of hearing the apostle OF So
ciai Democracy.
Mr, Debs talked more than two hours
but his oratoricai powers kept his audi
ence with him until the last Unlike most
speakers Of his class. ne deals very little
III anecdote. Hts nainstay is epigran
and he also has an abundant fund Of wit
and humor that he draws on freely. HIS
only lack IS In his voice. which. although
powerful. is rather harsh and not well
adapted for oratory.
Plea for Socialism.
To even tell the things that Mr. Dehs
talked about would take ordinary man
a whole evening but the lecturer himself
got over the ground with amazing rapid
ity. For the most part his lecture was A
dsuunciatton of what he termed 'Capttai-
ism, and plea for cooperation Of la
Dor: IN other words. socialism.
decentralization and combination are the
great forces OF the present aSe" he said
IN substance within the las. quarter ~
century there has been n great revoIu-
tion IN our social system. The day Of the
day Of The labor employing trust is nj
hand. With the advent Of lahor-saviug
machinery the price Of labor began 10
fail and + SIN falling. though IN. pro
auction OF labor IL enormously increased
The system has ground the laborer 10
rags md his babe 20 machine oil Thu
man fTst. then his wife, and now his
babe. have been IN turn compelled 20 sac
riace themselves 20 obtain their daily
bread. The babe now feeds the machine
but The rule don't work both WAYS: the
machine does not fed the babe
Nr nebs urfavorahly cornnsrea ,ha
present industrial system with that Of the
last century The lahorer was now but
the attendant OF the machine and hsS
r.
been a time IN history" SAID the sneaker
when ths wage % ;he laborer has been
- small whom measured ~ the product
~ his labor IA ~ the present ,iav" Ha
denounced the system ~ gre.f for eai3
that had expanded production beyond n.
demands ~ consumption for the nprnrse
- prort ana the competition snrersers,
thereby that bad ground down the nrfre
OF labor and made human fesh the cheap
eSt factor In production
Mr. pehs rainted dark p,-tvrs ~ cbgfs
Dor in Georgia cotton mills AZ n .>erts
p d2V. ara IN Nisconstn's woodworking
ttnTlrS a. cont" He quoted from
Sf9I s"rn 9e,ner hat had noe.te' that
'h'7s rue'd no' compete with C~orrfa's
mills 7 arr sure no s~lf-~e-nscting 1~h!
nsfnan wHuld 'rv." said Mr. Dehs
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e~aCo s a fsv ard - wood WORKERS =.
re tnit@t StateS- whose average waS>s
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children horn % these fathers are ta,say
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