The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-07-23

sumption will be regulated for the best
interests of all.
You see," Mr.. Pouget continued, I'VE
are much more revolutionary than the
trade union of America or of England.
We are not satisfied to raise wages
few cents Of to take a few minutes off
a days work.. Yet we are not entire
~ ne6lecting ameliorative measures.
An effort is, being made to educate the
people to know union-mad goods, and
so we have the union label. AS a rule
the socialists and the trade unions
work together. but simply ameliorative
measures that do not propose or lead
to a change in the wage system are
not generally advocated by trade union
men. We demand the complete WHIP
ing out Of the employing class"
French VS.. English Progress.
There is an old saying that often the
longest way round is the surest way
home" The French workers in despis-
Ing pallfatiVes and. demanding the
whole of their rights" or nothing,
seem to have forgotten this old saying.
There was a time when the English
workers were no better off than those
Of the CONTINENT; but by demanding
great and accepting little concessions,
they have, in my opinion, advanced
much more rapidly toward industrial
freedom than have their French bro
theirs and sisters. To be sure, England
is still a long way from the co-opera-
tive commonwealth, but is not France
Notwithstanding her revolutionary his
tory, her striving after liberty, equal
ity and fraternity still further away.?.
lined by Citizen. Pouget an ignus fat
Jus, a Will-o'-the-w isp, chimera?
Picking up the Paris La Petite Re-
public Of a recent date, read:
There are tendencies, there are tenn
peramenrs, there are doctrines, there
are hates, there are friendships, there
are interests; these forces rub against
and mingle with each other, some pull
ing, some holding back. Result: the
some contradictions, some clilnaxes,
some impulses, some ordered and con-
tinued efforts, some stops, some pur-
poses. Thus Is constituted the supreme
law of life and progress"
After all you see, it takes French
enthusiasm for great ideals as well
as British stolid1ty, to make for the
greatest progress in the shortest pos
sible time. One aspires, the other
of this aspiration; one lights the bea-
con fire, the other keeps it burning.
Speeches That Take.
I should like to tell you what Dep
uty Jean Jaures, the idol Of the rev.
dictionary Workingmen, talked about
I should like to describe to you the
mad rush for seats. the GREATNESS in
terest with which a crowded theater,
for which each one of the vast audience
had paid from Is to 80 cents admission,
cheered to the echo every radical utter
ance Of every radical speaker. Suffice
It to say he advocated the separation
of church and state-now the burning
question in France-old age pensions
for workingmen, and peace with all
nations.
And, too. it would be Of interest to
some to know how intensely interested
was the anarchist audience that listen
ed to Louise Mitchells account of her
waking dreams while lying ~on a sick
bed from which it was thought she
would not arise. 1t was. to the audi
ence, like a voice from the dead, and
it exhibited French trait. I am told
"a superstitious awe Of anything re-
lating to future life. Louise Mitchell
Is not fire eater in manner or method.
She seldom gesticulates and her tone
is we'll modulated. A leader of women
In bread riots, a convict imprisoned for
her political opinions, she has that
in her which, in France. at least,
commands respect, admiration, hon.
age:
1t was the last sentence in Louise
Mitchell's peroration that brought the
most applause. I'VE are willing to
suffer when others suffer-" she said
with, intense earnestness, but we also
demand the right to enjoy with others
the good things which we ourselves
produce in such glorious abundance"
'Long live anarchy" yelled an en-
thusiast. The response was inconse-
Quential.
I might say that on the following day
I met her in the Luxembourg gallery
admiring-or .otherwise-the impress
sionist paintings In the room set apart
for their exhibition. To know these
things is to Sc the true flavor OF the
French temperament and explains
many things otherwise not easily un-
derstood. = ..,>
When Robsspierre Reisned.
Tired with sightseeing, one afternoon
,sauntered into the gardens of. the
Palace Royal near the Louvre, and
rested onsa time-worn seat. The gar
den was completely enclosed by the
palace, being reached by. covered courts
ways. : tt is ~rOomX and beautiful with
its flower. beds, its fountain and It's
trees. Children were playing on the
shaded walks or sailing boats In the
fountains basin, and seated in groups
We're women wit ii their family sewing
or knitting: This =lat tier occupation
brought to mind he fact that IT wa
in this Xery4 garden That i Robespierre
was 8. wont 70 sh arraIlgue his blowers
end there 6 The, Rev
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