The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-09-05
LABOR COLUMN.
Devoted to the Interests Of the Labcrer
H. BRAGG Editor.
II. {. BRAGG, Editor

ed to destroy his "priVate proper
ty', 80 We must conclude - on
this y; i.lt-that most of the laws
are in TIA" interest of the capltliISt
class. Bat there are other means
of ruling society than through the
direct max ing Of laws, in fact we
are constantly told that the labor
err being in the majority, can
make any kind of laws they please
if this Je true, why is il that laws
are made in favor of the capitalist
and against the Iaborer. Let Us
now see if we can find the way III
which the iaborers are made to
make laws against their own inter
est. If we look close we shall see
hat The real fOundai ion is laid II
he fac hat the labOrerS mud Is
ruled frs. and through this he is
led 20 rule himself for the benefit
Of his masters. Because The capita
lists class con rolls all the wealth
of socie V, they are able to say
what kind of things shall be pro,
duCed. This does no. include what
shall be produced in the mines and
above They can also say what
kind of books should be written,
| what kind of pictures shall be
painted. They can do this because
Of The fact, that things are made TO
| sell and The eyis ence Of the pro
ducer' depend upon his being able
| to sell his goods In literature and
| art. tbe market conSiS very large
| " Of hose whose i'll crest and
ideas are with The capl aliSt. They
| will no buy anything that does
| not please them, and so the ar is,
| the author, the speaker, the editor,
| must say he things that are in
| the interest of the ruling class,
this ii ist hat our books have large
ly been written 10 tell how wrong
it is 20 do anything wrong that eff
fecls the right of private properly,
AID how great and stroug and good
these rulers are. They tell the la
borers 10 be honest aud Industrious
aud saving, and hold out before
| Them, as the greatest possible re
ward they can hope to have, the
| chance of becoming rich. The ar
| list paiuts Ouly he things which
ell the same story. The lecturers,
repeat the same lessons. The pre-.
chers declare that the teachings
Of religion are all Of the kind that
please he ruli class and teDd to
keep them in power. The newspa
pers publlsh ouly those things
which makes t he paper sell aud
pleases the advertisers. All these
| things taken together build up a
state of society in which everything
that sreg hens the rule Of The cap
italists, is called right a d good
and everything that is against
The rule is ''bad and wrong". Of
course no one wants to be bad or
wicked, and SO every one does the
things that the CAPT talis's class
want them to do and very few of
them ever stop to ask whether it
is not possible that there is some
thing wroog with the whole "idea"
of right or wrong The result is
| that from boyhood to old age, The
labOrers mind is filled with just
The kind OF ideas that capitalist class
wish him to think. Every VII, re
that he goes, he hears the same
story. In day school and Sunday
school, in books, pictures, and
newspaper; from press, pulpit, aud
lecture pla form, his every meaas
of Information are controlled by
those whose interest it is that he
shall learn nothing regarding his
own real welfare. Is it any wonder
that he has voted, and that great
majority of his class still vote, as
the capitalists wish them to vote.
Society advanced from feudalism
into capitalism through The class
struggle between the capitalist and
the landlord, in which The laborers
fought The battles of capitals S
Now the laborer is beginning to see
that he has interests that are oppo
sed to those OF the capitalists, and
he is just entering upon another
class struggle which must end in
overthrow of capitalism and the es
Ia hi : mani IF a met cx,e.,,x, &c