Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-05-13

10 NoelIulNely llISlllS anu
lunch. He was one of the after dinner
speakers and spoke on "The New
Right" as follows
There is talk of new kind of right.
It is in the air. We hear it on every
hand. 1t is the old, new right, first
proclaimed when God said to Adam,
lin the sweat Of thy face shalt thou
eat bread" X is the right to work
this right is fundamental and comes
ahead Of every other kind Ofright and
until it is as well established in this
country as the right tovote and work
is as free as education in the public
schools, our boosted libertv1s and will
remain, largely myth.
About three years ago / was deeply
impressed with the wrong Of a social
system that denies this right to so
many people, and in season and out
ofseason Expressed thesentiment that
"every man who is willing to work
has right to live and | even had
these words painted in large letters on
the outside Of our factory but now
amend into the statement that "eyery
man who is willing to work has the
right to work"
CANNOT GO on.
1t is certain that we cannot go on
indefinitely with the present social
system. 1t is admitted by all
thoughtful people that a social sys-
TEN based on competition has failed
to provide a plan whereby all who
are willing may work and live, and
the consequence is that in our coun-
try to-day there is an ever increasing
army bearing "the curse Of the wan
dering FOOT
The right to work The right to
work This is the right that must be
established and for which we need
new emancipation proclamation.
The millions of toilers who are now
tramping on streets, highways and
alleys have a right to share in the ere
ative work that is going on about
them. They have a right to have a
hand in building a country that they
are asked and expected and want to
love. Men are brothers. That they
should live in state of competition
is denial of brotherhood; that this
system Of social warfare must be sue
ceeded by cooperatiOn-a system III
which men can be brOthers-is as GER
tain as that tomorrow s sun will
rise. We may hasten its coming by
proclaiming, by spreading the gospel
of brotherhood. We cannot retard it
however reactionary may be Our pur-
poses.
LIVING CIIAENEL HOUSES.
The present social system has gone
to seed, as every thoughtful man
who comes in contact with real life is
ready to admit. The public officers
in our cities to-day are living Charnel
houses. The cry of the poor and dis
inherited never ceases in their CORR
doris Work! work. work. is their
plaintive cry. Denied it III one office,
they turn to another to meet the same
denial. This experience is repeated
until hope has fled from the mans
bosom and there is no man left, and
he goes out to become a criminal, or
perehaps to seek escape in suicides
grave.
FAITH IN THE PEOTLE.
These are the reflections Of a plain
man of the world who comes in CON
tact with the people who knows the
people, believes in the people, and
will never cease to raise his voice in
their behalf The right 20 vote, over
which we have expended much spread
eagle eloqucnce, is as small dust i'll
the balance when compared with the
right to work Why shall vote If ]
am denied the right 10 work. There
/ is no reason, unless there shall be a
market for votes when the market
for labor has ceased.
But they do not to want Co work,
is the apologize plea often flung back
4 me. usually by those who are hv-
ing in comfort on The lrtnt OF other
peoples toll | know it is thought
| less remark, | know that the people
who make are in the main good poo
pie And they would like TO see some
way out OF our present difficulty. Let
/ me say, however, that my experience
puts the lie to this statement, that
they do not want to work. have
been permitted to see thousands OF
them tried, and not one per cent are
unwilling to work under half way de-
cent conditions. protest against a
continuance of this suicidal policy
that this competitive system is wa
ging against the young mano Ameri-
ca to-day.
FAILURE OF INDEV1DUALISM.
I MONT fo +la failure of fudeyfdIll-