Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-01-14


pregnable position; the one adaman-
tine wall against which the conserva-
tive element may beat their blessed
old brains out and the wall be none
the worse for it.
Oh yes it is radical, very radical,
but the present system is radically
wrong. SO fellow-socialists, show
your colors. You cannot expect 9th
ers to rally to a name you shy at
yourselves. Whatever changes YOU
may advocate, let them be socialist
changes and let them be advocated as
such. You don't need to go the
whole distance at once; but when YOU
move, be the step ever so short, let
it be in the right direction.
In this manner YOU make sure not
only of liege friends but of 1oval en-
enies. There is good deal in know
ing just where the other fellow stands.
1T you take firm ground he is forced
to show his hand. He must be with
you or against you, and you know
whether to give him a harp or a Jolt
on the solar plexus"
Whats III name" 1t depends a
whole lot on the name. In the name
socialism is the emancipation of the
toiler, the downfall of the exploiter.
There is no substitute. 1t has no
synonym. Itcan, and will, live down
prejudice. Those who are first to es-
pousc it's cause will be the pioneers to
blaze the way to success. They will
have that consolation. If the GER
tainty that an approving conscience
and a share in the improved condi-
tions is all the pioneers in a move
ment ever get deters you from cham
pioning it's cause better wait till "its
cause bring fame and profit, and It's
prosperous to be just,
good brother in a socialist eX-
shange discourses
AN"ART' WORTH eloquentlv upon
LOSING. The Art of Doing
With OUT. He
goes gayly on, takes an article here
and whole series there from the
list of necessities and puts them into
the catalogue of luXuries. wish him
JOY of the practice of his beloved
art, The more he does without the
more there will be left for the rest of
us | wish him none the less JOY be-
cause consider his doctrine un-sccit,,,.
istic, u1l-American and uncivilized. If
anyone wishes to lapse into barbar-
ism far be it from me to lay a single
straw stack in his way. There are
enough people earnestly seeking the
way to higher civilization. | have
had no call to throw myself iii
front of the toboggan of the man who
is coasting back into the dark ages.
There may be room for discussion as
to what are necessities and what lux
uries though | consider the discus
sion of small moment. You can't
draw me into specific argument re-
garding the merits of that sense of
fullness" after eating as opposed to
quitting before You have enough.
Equality Cereal Coffee VS.. extra
dry" champagne is not german to
this dispute. 1t is against the general
proposition of going without" that
| wish to file protest.
| hold the man who tries to push
the line between necessities and laXu-
ries down, instead of attempting to
raise it. an enemy to his race, The
doctrine of permanently amelorating
conditions by cruciiying desire upon
the cross of economy is the keynote
of plutocratic propaganda. They're
willing, even anxious. for the people
to try this way ont for 1T interieres
with their interests not at all.
Don't construe my opposition to
this pernicious doctrine to antago-
nism to the patriotic practice of go
ing on short rations with the avowcd
purpose of an extended incursion into
the enemy's country, The first IS a
downward movement. The best hope
it holds out is the possibility OF even
tuallv educating yourself to work for
nothing and board yourself. The lat
ter is a temporary tactic III a pro-
gressive aggressive campaign, with
the hope and expectation of reconp-
ing themselves for present hardshps
( when they have wrested their own
Z from the grasp of the usurper.
Notices hereby given that the best IS
none TOO good for yours truly. II he
| isn't getting it, and he usually is not,
il is either because he can't or on ac-
count of his belief that he has card
ND his sleeve, and that it's his play 70
go light on expenses. You can rope
him in on that graft, but on the
premcditatcd study or practice OF the
I "Art of Going Without'-never,
BIGE EDDY