The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-09-07
SPIRIT o.: UNREST
FERMEAIEcD THE AIR LIKE m THD
BABYLOyIAN ERA. B.
A Trinity Of Tyrants still Reign
The Ancient Tyrant Gained His
Power Through Hsritage-Ths
Modera TyFant Gets IT. Through
Political Manipulation-The Fasl,
10 Not Theirs.

The adaptation Of the term "Qus
time and during these days Of un.
certainty II applied to the future out
look of labor's interests from either
a political or commercial sense. Iti
definition is, "Whither goest thou?'
From all sides, all sections and upoE
all hands feeling Of unrest, dfscon.
tent and doubt seems to permeate the
atmosphere, with conditions suggestivs
of a Babylonian era. = !
That such conditions are directly ut.
tributable t6 the great laboring naasses
there is not the remotest shadow Of
doubt. In the literal sense, man, nc
matter in what degree or sphere oi
life, is of the "mannor-born." His ad.
vent upon earth is that Of servitude
If he is not, Of nature, endowed with
prejudice, narrowness and q sufficient
amount of sycophantic imbecility. he
soon acquires these very necessary
perquisites, so essential to the success
of his lord and master-Capitalism. T.
His existence upon this mundane
sphere is one Of walls and woes.
In youth he Is led to believe that al
men were born equal, and his spirit
is strained with an appellant nature
With the requirement Of maturity he
discovers the deception and his nature
that men were not born equal.
Cast upon a cold drizzling world
for self-sustenance, he soon finds that
''al is not gold that glitters." and ir
the heyday of life his repellant spirit
is knocked clean out, and he becomes
the subservient tool Of his worst enemy.
Such is the world Of the past, such ia
the world of the present.
But will it always be, thus? VIII
and can the rising generation accept
the opportunities Of better educationa;
facilities? And If it, does, will this gen
Grafton be imbued with a higher idea;
of life such as are enjoyed throuxbs
personal independence? These are me:s
nacing questions that q very few 8ot
our wise men care to crystalize into.
public opinion. s3. !
From the standpoint Of the Reveille
it Is fairest to presume that the dawn
said, even worm wiH turn when press:
ed too hard. And this Is the condition.
Of the proletarian world today. Tz1A-;
ny and rppfeesi ion e1ucll @ WSfS = slnoIns.
in the semi -barbaric ages, are fasten.
ing their ghastly and deadly tentacleJ
around the liberties of the masses more.
firmly every day. The Dionysiuses.
Caligulas and Neros Of old are replaced
with the modern Morgans. Rockefellers
and Rothchilds. But what difference
in the two ages. The olden tyrants
ruled with iron hands, but they did SO
in open view Of the world. The modern
beast is up with the times. That which
connot now be accomplished by force az
of yore is carried by policy. Ancient
power came through heritage, modern
power through political manipulation
The power Of the last trinity of namee
is paramount to the puenary power Of
national governments, empires and
kingdoms. They hold within their
grasp world of prosperity or the ad.
versity Of a world Of human beings. =
sit their fault? No. They are sim.
ply the victims of circumstances. By
virtue Of the will of the great majority
who are of the proletary-such condi:
tions have been inaugurated as to
make it possible for their existence. II
is the fault of humanity as clothed with
prejudice and ignorance.
The common masses have not yet
learned the great lesson of independ-
ence. They are simply going through
the elementary STAGES. = >: e.
Yet, a bright beacon light is dawn
ing. Eyes are opening. The process
Men and women banded in the rankt
Of organized labor will form the Mecca
of emancipation, and when that time
comes the fall Of the Roman empire
will not be oligarchy, which knows
neither community. country nor God. J