Evening star., 1902-08-11

bosses profit make him pay for what he
has done to you and yours
The wealth he has stolen from you
Ca Canny and spoil him!
DO this and he will be more inclined
to listen to you when you demand a little
more Of the results of your labor.
Ca, Canny.' ;"
This is the advice of the anarchist to the
laboring man. There is an indica ton of the
danger of the presence in the community
of Group for the Right OF Existence" "
Such ideas may germinate and grow in
some populations, but even i'll Paterson they
do not spread among Angla-SaXonS. But
think of the big Latin population in this
country and see what can De done by just
ore half-craZed, fanatical anarchist. When
there comes time OF industrial depression
due to perfe city natural laws of trade, what
possibilities of harm cluster ab3ut the
teachings cf this kind to labor.
Silk Workers Anarchists
Why has anarchism taken such peculiar
foothold in Paterson? That was the first
question l asked. The reply came gu ckly
Paterson is the seat of the silk industry of
the United States. There probably are 30
OC0 workmen in the silk mills of this town.
The majority of them come from the south
of Italy, the hot-bed of anarchism. With
the influx of thousands of honest, self
respecting Italian workmen came quota
of the anarchist class. The Malta and the
bandtti also are represented. Once having
obtained a foothold, they have sought dill
gently to extend their teachings.
The anarchist societies hold their regular
meetings. Speakers address them, usually
good takers brought from New York, Chi
cago and Cleveland. Young men. impress
sionable, hot-tempered, are solicited to join.
Fiery drinks ge the round, the talk be-
comes impaSSiOned, shouts and .impre cations
are hurled against labor and government
and the recruits are sent away with the
germs of murder and revenge breeding in
their minds
The police watch them, but do not inter-
fere. Your anarchist wants nothing better
than to pose martyr to the law. The
police know this and act accordingly. But
when they do get a fair whack at them,
what total of cid scores are wiped out in
the clubbing that follows,
Anti-Anarchist Legislation.
After the murder of President Mckinley
by an anarchist in professed observance of
anarchistic teachings, New Jersey began to
take cogniZance of the cancer in her body
polite. At the last session of the legisla-
ture a strict anti-anarchst law was passed.
1t is exceedingly drastic in character.
The act prescribes the death penalty for
any one who attempts the life of the Presi-
dent of the United States any one in the
line of succession; of a governor or ruler of
a state ruler of a foreign country There
prisonment for melting, abetting or en-
couraging hostility ito any and all govern
ment" The same penalty is imposed upon
members of associations whose object is
hostility to any and all government, and
for any one who circulates and promotes
matter subversiVe of any and all govern
ment
The anarchists have become wary. They
are keeping close to the tail grass But
they are here, just the same. There is that
list of thirty leaders, names and house ad-
dress. OF course, it would be difficult to
convict them under the technicalitieS of
the law, but the community knows that in
fact they are guilty. How many mere there
are in the colony who agree with them no
man can tell.
Thinking men in Paterson realize that
the great menace of anarchism is not alone
the danger of some sporadic murder but
the possible effect of the teachings of
enarchism upon foreign laborers. The
southern European clement is a great mass
OF powder. The anarchist is the spark to
set 1t OF. Millions Of property and precious
lives are at stake. 1t is great problem for
Paterson, and no man knows how 1t will
work out. n. o. NJ.