The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-06-06
|%%THE: .:WEAkESIlINkE III III

Wonderful progress. has been made
in all the sciences. The; application:
of labor saving~nnac hinery; for the Gre
alton Of wealth is simply marvellous
The world moves: the social. and in.
dustrial status of the Nottingham alone
remains stationary or practically is,
but little. removed from the good old
days Of barbarisn1.: His condition may
| often be -changed;. it. is. seldom bets
tered, except where. he "gets together
and butts in for share of: prosperity.
AS serfdom was but slight: improve
ment upon chattel slavery; $50 Wage:
slavery, in all but sentiment, is serf-'
dom's other self. In a republic, true,
the workingman is entitled to a con-
| ISOLATION prize for good: behav1or-:a
! piece of paper, termed a. ballot, which
at certain intervals he drops into box
and thereby fondly inagines that he
| runs the government -:auntif he: runs
up against a milit1an1an's bayonet or
| a blanket injunction. -. !:
The present. systen1-pelitical social
and industrial-is the most stupendous
fraud ever perpetrated upon the hui
| man race. How it was foisted upon
! nations is a matter of history. That 1t
! should maintain it's hold, under all
forms of government, despite a most
| remarkable advancement and spread of
| knowledge, is not so readily. explained.
Yet one slight incident may reveal the
secret. There was recently a conven-.
ton of office holders. whose pap comes
! ho Rx
list was made Of the hundred great
est men," and teachers are supposed
to hold up before their pupils these So
called great as examples Eighty nine
on the list are lawyers. (Encluding
Jefferson, who abandoned the profess
sion as one no honest man would fol-
low, ninety.) Among all these there is
not one who can be termed a working
man. The most contemplate profess
sions, shysters and shylocks, were Sc
lected as the noblest patterns of citi-
zenship.
There is far too much reverence Civ
EN- the law and the lawyers. Mechan-
les and farmers imagine urists to be
intellectual giants, whenI3he reverse is
more often true. The legal profession
holds it's fair average of fools, where
most are knaves. Illegal eduoat ton" is
a technical knowledge Of certa in silly
and ahtiquated' forms, a rnummery of
bastardized Latin about as useful AS
the hocus- pocus Of q: street fakirs and
used for the same purp6se--to 'sWindle.
This jargon is to impress the public
with superstftious awe; naturally given
to that which we: do not understand
Of all frauds that live by the sweat OF
others faces. those of.:the legal frafer-
nifty are the. worst harpies that ever
battened upon the ereduhty; ga fool
ish people. For: pay they will: take
either. side, right or wrong. ,Their very
calling proclaims themautterly destitute
+ Of honor and devoid Of principle, except
that proverbially supposed to-. hold
j among thieves The wonder: is tnhat
i we, PLACE In their. hands The 4sntire ma
chinery. Of goVernne t= y to 4
interpret and to enforce laws. Biz
the greatest wendermeft lies in the
fact that we allow them to be held vi
before working peqple's,3 children as ex'
amples of truth, honor and greatness
models to be aped oracfes Of wisdom
to worship. !: 49,. ..s.
:. The chain of labor ::::org anization.
around American :fnstitut ions is sui,
r.- =