The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-03-28
SOCIALIST NEWS AND PROGRESS 5.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Socialism guarantees the largest
| freedom Of thought and the highest
conception Of action. It is emancipa-
ton personiied. It comprehends and
| makes practical the ideal brotherhood
| Of man. Its trend and ultimate end
Of mutual interests-"one for all and
all for one" It appeals to mans better
| nature and in incites to noble thoughts
and nobler Efforts
1t recognizes the individuals rights
to that which he produces and for
bids the exploiter from appropriating
that to which he has no right. In
fact, under its wise and munif1cent
regime the exploiter has no place; he
becomes a thing Of the past. It's field
Of vision is broad. It comprehends the
fact that no industry is exempt from
the blighting grasp Of the exploiter and
knows that it's tenacle claws reach
es in to the mines, the shops and the
farm Of every avenue Of industry is
constantly paying tribute to the merci-
less greed.
Socialism declares, and truthfully,
there is no common ground that their
interests are not identical, but on the
contrary are ini1nical to each other.
The interests Of the subservient class
es are not and can never be the same
that between capitalism and labor
as that Of the ruling class, but are
Numerically opposed one to the other
and the efforts Of so-called reformers
are entirely devoid Of practical results
AS well attempt to mix Oil and water
They are Socially antagonistic and can
never be anything else. The sooner we
recognize these great truths the sooner
we will be able to bring about a social
revolution.
AS there has been considerable dis
| cussion concerning the attitude Of the
Socialist Party toward trade unions,
and it having been alleged that there
was more or less hostility to the unions
among Socialists the National Com
| mittee Of the party at it's recent meet
| ing brought up the following resolu-
ton, which was adopted by a unani-
nous vote:
The National Committee of the So
| c1al1st Party in annual session as
sembled hereby reaffirms the attitude
movement as Expressed in the resolu-
ton on the subject adopted by the In
dianapolis convention Of 1901.
We consider der the trade union move e.
inseparable parts Of the general labor
movement, produced by the same eco
| nomic forces and tending toward the
each 60 Of the two ass ee to
! tend its hearty cooperation and sup
port to the other in it's special sphere
Of activity.
But we are also mindful Of the fact
| that each Of the two movements has
| it's own special mission to perform in
the struggle for the emancipation of
labor. that it devolves upon the trades
gies Of the working class. that it de-
the TIE politieal battles Of the worE{ns
sass w 2pS that W the be INTEREST Of 19y
manage the affairs within its own
sphere Of activity without interference
The Socialist. party will continue tc
give. it's aid and assistance to the eco
nomic struggles Of 9rganized labor re-
of the # fhe OF the trad
will take no sides in any dissensions OF
strifes within the trade union move
men. the party will also continue tc
trade organizations Of labor r't without it ~
allowing itself to be made the ally Of
any one division of the trade unior
We also dsc laGt that a we deem it. un.
wise to invite trade unions as such tt
be represented in the political conven.
tons of our party.
In view Of Enrico Ferris prospective
visit to this country next fall, the ma.
tional headquarters would like to heal
from the various cities where French
and Italian comrades are located re-
lative to the arrangements of meeting!
for Ferri. BY this means the nationa
officials will be able to estimate Jus
what responsibility to assume for Fer
ri's. tour. It should be easy to arrang,
for meetings in the larger cities. Ad
dress the national secretary, Omaha
Neb., as soon as possible.
The three Socialists in the Massa
chusetts legislature succeeded las
week in securing reconsideration o.
their bill to give the Socialist party
representation on the state ballot Law
commission and the local election
boards. The previous refusal of tn,
two dominant parties to give the So
cialists just recognition, raised such {
protest in many parts of the stat,
that the old parties were forced to con
cede reconsideration. This victory wa:
not gained without a fight and Carey
and MacCartney had to protest agains
the methods used in trying to defea
them. Carey threatened that if repre-
sentation was denied them the Social
lists would demand a recount on al
occasions, and the consequent expense
to the state and the additional worl
caused would not be desirable Upo1
Reconsideration the bill was commit
ted to the committee on election laws
A London dispatch, speaking Of thu
coming elections in Germany, says
The Socialists have already opened
the present campaign with the cry O.
''bread usury,'' and the present indi
cations are that this cry will have
tremendous effect on the country an6
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