The copper era., 1906-09-27
SOCIALIST PLATFORM IN FULL.
De nOunces capffalistic Glasses and
Declares for Equal Rights of
WOrkineman.


any campaign is that of the So
cialisss, who last week nominated j.
D. Cannon for delegate to congress.
The platform, which was adopted
is as follows:
We, the socialists of Arizona, in
convention assembled, in Phoenix,
this goth day of September, 1906; dc
reaffirm our adherence TO the princi-
pies and program of socialism as
laid down by the international So
cialist movement, and by the social
list party of the United States.
In entering upon the campaign of
1906, the socialist party makes an
appeal to the working class of Ari-
iona and elsewhere, to come to-
gether on the political field, and also
upon the encouraging field, to the
end that we may put an end to this
industrial despotism under which we
now suffer, and establish in its stead
an industrial democracy, under which
all will have equal access to the ma
chinery of production.
The purpose of production under
the capitalist system, is tor profit.
All profits are unpaid wages, and so
long as the system of private owner
ship of the means of production ex-
lists, every dollar which the capitalist
obtains in the shape of profits, is a
dead loss to the workers. This is the
basis of the class struggle, and the
cause of all the strife between capt.
tai and labor.
"The history of. all hitherto exist
ing societies is the history of class
struggles, freeman and slave, patri-
clan and plebian, lord and serf, gild-
master and 1ourneyman," and now
capitalist and wage workers; Gin a
word, oppressor and oppressed stood'
and do now stand, sin constant op-
position to one another carrying on
an uninterrupted, now hidden, now
open, fight, a fight that ended" or
ends, 'either in a revolutionary re-
constitution of society at large, or
in the common ruin of the contend
ing classes.''
Therefore, we make our appeal
only to the material interest of the
working classes; the governing
classes, always have run the govern
ment for their own benefit and ag-
grandizement; and to the detriment
of the governed. The socialist party
offers as remedy the capture of the
government by the working class,
the adjustment. of the capitalist
system, and the Inauguration of the
socialist democracy, after which all
will be workers and therefore all dis
tinctions shall disappear.
Knowing that the above truths
cannot be controverted, and that in
order to accomplish the purpose for
which the socialist party is organ
lied we must have a clear organiza-
ton on the economic field. Time
having demonstrated that the craft
form of unionism is inadequate for
which it was constructed, we recon-
mend to the wage workers that form
of unionism which Is based on the
class struggle, recognizes the ma
terial conception of history and is
revolutionary in character, and or
ganized on industrial lines.
We call the attention of the work
ing class to the outrage being perpe-
trated by the despicable officials of
Colorado and Idaho upon our COM
rades, Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone, and call upon the working
class to protest, effectually, against
these pirates of legislative, execu-
tive and judicial power, by voting
against all capitalistic parties.
We warn the working class against
all so-called issues, from time to in
dorsed by the old party politicians,
for the purpose of diverting the
minds of the workers from the real
issue. The statehood question is now
being used for that purpose. 1t is
immaterial to the working class
where or how the imaginary state
lines are drawn. So long as we have
wage slavery, we will have deputies,
rangers, militia or regulars, to shoot
our much Wanted propriety into the
army of the fool dinner pail.''
The real issue and the only issue is
the class struggle.
We realize that the co-opera-
tive commonwealth cannot be estah-
lished in a municipality, county, ter
ritory or state, but pending the real
ization of its complete purpose. The
socialist party pledges its repre-
sentatives, who may be elected to
public Office, to assist the working
class, in every effort, to improve its
condition.
''Workers of the world, unite-you
have nothing to lose but your chains:
you have world to gain"
Reports have it that the Fortuna
Mining property had been sold to an