Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-09-06


plus value produced by their labor
ers. When this is realized, each
capitalist reinvests, again is com
PEELED TO expand his market etc.
Coming in contact with other cap
italists, he is compelled to compete
for the market. IL he would retain
the market, he must undersell his
competitors. To do this, he must
be able to produce more cheaply.
To produce more cheaply, he must
either buy his labor power more
cheaply, or produce more with the
same amount of labor. As he meets
with resistance on the part of the
laborers and from other causes when
he attempts to reduce the price of
labor power, he is compelled to in
crease the productivity of labor.
To do this he must revolutionize the
methods of production by the use of
more improved machinery. Enter
ing the market again, he is able to
undersell his competitors. who, for
self preservation, are compelled to
revolutionize their methods of pro-
duction also. Those unable to buy
the new and more costly machinery
are bankrupt or compelled to sell
out to their successful competitors.
The revolution in the mode of
production by introduction of labor
saving machines, displace laborers,
who, by competition to sell their la
Dor power in order to live-reduce
the price of labor power thereby
still farther cheapening production,
hence compelling still greater expan-
soin of markets, and still greater
competition-the same thing before
is repeated, etc.
This engine of capitalist produc-
ton, when it comes in contact with
feudal society, acts as gigantic en-
CINE of destruction. When the pro-
ducts of capitalist production are Of
fered for sale to the members of
feudal society, it becomes evident
they can be obtained with less ex-
penditure of energy, they finally
abandon feudalism and adopt cap
italist methods.
The obstruction of small produc-
ers continues until there are only
two classes, viz, a handful of large
capitalists, or trusts and the work
ing class. Then comes the fall of
capitalism.
Having no longer any other class
for a market it will be impossible to
realize the surplus value produced
by the workers, and the capitalists
will have no longer any incentive
to continue productions; and the
working class, no longer receiving
employment from the capitalist,
therefore having no longer any re-
verence for the capitalist institutions,
also being starved into desperation
will complete the work of obstruction.
But hold onl This does not nee
essarily mean Socialism.
Self preservation compels the i'm
dividual capitalist to obtain the
ownership of as much property as
possible. Once capitalist produc.
ton is started, through the accumu.
lation of surplus value, it is newt.
able that capitalists will, sooner OF
later, own and control the property
of society even without conscious
revolution on their part. Not SO
the working class who own nothing
but their labor power in their own
bodies, and therefore control moth.
ing without conscious united action.
The conscious action of the bour,
geoisie, then, was directed to the
removal of barriers in the way OF
accumulation of property in the
hands of individual members of its
class. Once these were removed,
its revolution was as good as com.
plete. Its inherent laws would give
it ownership of the property of so.
ciety, and, those who own the prop.
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