The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-12-09
PENCIL POINTS.
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Many times and oft during the
history of the human race mankind
has been the subject Of the. ambition
and service Of the ruling classes 1t
was so in the early days of every
nation which has graced Gods foot
stool. 1t is so now in China, In Rus
sia, in Turkey and largely so in ev-
cry European state.
This is the only nation that was
ever organized according to the prin-
ciples of the rights Of man AMI the
years of toll and effort before the
glitt ering generality IN the Declara-
! tion of independence THAT all men
are created equal, ct" - became a
reality. 1t required t,ur years Of
bloody, and relentless war and r!ore
than million men cid billions IF
treasure was sacrificed to wipe away
the stain of human slavery Civil
and religious liberty was establish
ed, but We left ourselves bound and
manacled in the thrall of CONNER
cialism. The social and economical
side has been neglected. There has
got to be fought out, in the near
future the Industrial, social and
economical problems of the day.
The warfare will be just as bitter,
and unrelenting; the suffering as
great and the rewards as certain as
it was after the other great wars.
The battle may not be fought with
bullets and then again it may It
will be mainly war of words, of
ballots, of strikes, of lockouts, and
all the impeachment that is known
to warning humanity.
The hustings, the legislatures, the
Federal congress and the courts will
be the principal battle grounds. On
the one side will be arrayed all the
arrogance and splendor of moneyed
oligarchy and on the other side will
be enlisted the Drawn and manhood
of the producing masses.
1t will be a bitter and unequal
struggle. but the masses will win, be-
cause it IS me 16gfs of fate. The
car of destiny is moving forward and
will be impelled by the immutable
decree of the Almighty.
The laborer, the farmer, the pro-
ducer will have to take those great
questions into the domain of poll
tics. The government was organiz-
ed for the people, it is composed of
the people and should be administer
ed by the people. They have the
sovereign and inherent power TO
make and execute the laws so that
equal and exact justice may be met
ed out to all.
All that they ask is to have
square deal. To have the right to
earn their bread in the sweat OF
their brow. To get a reasonable
compensation for their effort and to
be allowed to purchase the necessi-
ties of life in the open market at a
reasonable cost and not be compell-
ed to pay royal tribute into the
Golfers of trust every time an ar
ticle Of necessity is purchased. In
short to make the trusts keep their
feet out of the trough"
The whole question is bound up
in the seductive and alluring phrases
of vested rights" of property
rights" and business interests
Under modern methods every
thing is under the domination of
trusts and corporations and the old
law of competition has been nulli-
fed. And the question now before
the American people is whether the
government shall control the corpor-
ations or the corporations shall con-
troll the government To my mind
there is only one side to the propo-
sition and that is that the govern
ment is supreme. That it should be
put in position to see that these
great agencies are rendered power
less to harm the people.
A REFORMERS APPRECIATION
ON II1nAICNG