The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-10-12

i, sxe 81 $toilers Sitll be port Id tha hands
ofstije people the ISOLATION a. other IN
dustrial problems will be easy.
You ask how can Wa take the monopo-
lies? we can take them jtust like q rail-
road now takes q man farm, BY hav-.
Ing the jury ascertain their value aside
from watsred stock Aud paying for
them. When once the plan %. fully de-
termined on. the details will be easily
solved. -. r.
!" win II not In some cases cost more
than they are worth ~
Yes, but what Of itf five can get
industrial freedom. and get our govern
ments, federal, state and municipal,
back, out Of the influence OF bride CIV
Ing, no price can De too great. And
when the government takes the monop-
olies bribe-giving and public debauch-
cry will to great extent cease. It will
then again be possible to get legisla-
ton in the interest Of the people, which
you cannot do now. But" says an
other, will not the enormous patron-
age that viii be thus EtvAn to govern
ment make it impossible to Gust the
party in power?" al: ~ f..ss>f, ? ~,
Not necessarily. The Industrial de-
pArtment OF. this government. could be
made wholly independent OF the politi-
cal department. .s.,.;zs-s.s. .-=.l.:
What IL more Important than all, no
government on, earth could or would
coerce It's employees - much for po-
liticai purposes ~ the corporations do
now. Today the corporations act a.
q unit in this despicable business, and
there 10 no grand jury: to interfere, as
there would be with q government
official. az ~. - ~ SseGe-@ II y 80
ORGANIZED 1ABoR's CONDITION.
A word about organized labor: It
was inevitable that the principles Of
the declaration Of Independence should
give birth to q monument Tor the eman-
cipation Of labor on both sides Of the
Atlantic. ..>
The leaven OF justice once in motion.
must leave the whole lump, - 49,.
Magma Charta extorted from King
John freed the barons. The American
Magma Charta gave, to, all the people
their political rights. but left labor
In serfdom. , ....-. 49,. .n...'.. - --r
Independence Of labor was the next
This meant struggle between the
producers on the one hand and the
parasites on the other: Modern society
is q parasitic organization. r =. ~ :. :.
The church, the bench. the bar, In
fact nearly the whole fabric rests on
the backs Of the men and women who
toll with their hands,, It 10 ridiculouz
to say that capital makes labor; just
the contrary IL true. Watch the growth
Of q new community. there is first the
small shop Of the mechanic, gradually
this is enlarged by the industry within
until 1t becomes 4 great factory. To
be sure capital is q great. convenience
but labor is first. .s4~s ~ s.7 -.
A. q lawyer I belong TO the parasites
believe that in our present civiliza,
tion. the various machinery, OF modern
society IL necessary. and II, controlled
BY Justice. no one wou1d complain. The
trouble i that the parasites; make and
construeEthe laws, m ike ~ the resu.
is =. !. as,d beltt NJ tpei,
own favor. ~ 4re6ult JAbor q. crushed
beneath q load of injustice. Before h.
asserted himself the Aborer had AZ
voice In anything, and was reduced t
q beast Of burden. Under the inspira.
ton Of the spirit Of freedom, labor lift.
ed up lts, head and looked~at. the sun
that great retormer Of f tho universe
Capital being organised nothing: coult
be, done by labor without organization
so it organized. Many mistakes wer,
made, 1t could not be- otherwise. Man,
leaders betrayed theirt trust and accept
ed brides. Considering how genera
this IL among other classes this, too
was to be expected. u Yet when all Il
told, the progress Of organised labor ha'
been wonderful. T. adopted the strik
as a weapon because it possessed n,
other. It lost hundreds Of striker an,
hundreds Of Organizations went 4 t,
! pieces, but every time it went to til,
earth, it got new strength and came VI
again. In few years it began tn
fight" over. and when it campeds with
out dispute on the ground from which
it had been driven. step, by step it ha
thus gained one disputed; point afte
another. 49,. s,.st :..,r;s,.~:..-- .-..
Though losing many, strikes, it. We
went forward and it must continue t
night and 60 forward until all men sha]
get their rights; until the hand of toi
shall be given q fair share Of its owl
earnings; until no parasite on this eart
l-be he kind, fudge Or capitalist, shal
dare strike the back ;of laobr with tn
lash Of injustice. s.: ), N H.. ..s ~.
! The men who toll with their hand.
who clear forests, who build roads, VIII
build shops, who build cities, who bull
schools and churches, they are the me
! who make civilization possible. Other
are useful. indeed, but the laborer 1
! Indispensable, therefore he must hav
Justice. y y 81 = &C.. Sc ~ No. r.
| Asa. rule capital can win any strik
! by protracttng it;s capital needs d
bread, while labor sdoel. ~ =. x5, "a J
4 But It d a1so true that thu victory /
| generally I barren ons, for in Z fe,
years labor. comes up again; the sirius
gle IL resumed and the disputed poin
Is conceded; Labor wins in the en-
because Justice reqtlires It. 55Ft4s+a ~
It is further true that capital hs