The labor world., 1906-09-01
-, Workers May Learn
~ Ina'I1 lessons of the Greatest
! y. from the Experience of
1due '.hora 1IotI Across the At.
lhsn ea.sn Ssos-,h where Results Are
pie o;'"A
=, u. Pensions, Compulsory
. .'Esnce ~s1 of Workingmen BY
y n.~ w. Employers, Invalid 1nsur-
nsa .. working Peoples Courts
Wv; Many Other Things Are

,ar,en OF the United States
w." IN constantly increasing num-
urning their attention to politics
.,re for the manifold evils OF the
sS, st..n political and economic sys-
a, present administered. may
W many lessons Of the greatest
aA ,,om the experiences OF their
sas s.,. across the sea. For a genera
D .hs working people Of England
n - Germany have had strong
n the direction OF national af-
s their power and their victories
y, wrung from the ruling classes
~ ~ one after desperate struggles
ns legislative halls.
'r,,hert Miller, teacher In the T. r.
~, m High School Of Chicago, and a
s,1.ut L Of political economy In this
.,,,,v and in Europe. Is spending his
.,on on the other side Of the At
,.,h studying the results achieved by
!. hboring classes In politics. In
,s,ond Of a series Of articles ON
!, subiect, submitted herewith, Mr..
r1r points out several Of the more
,.s,ne acts accomplished by the
.ia Democratic party In the Ger
), Reichstag. Old agen pensions,
.n,ulsory insurance of workingmen
/ their employers, invalid insurance,
mixing peoples courts and many
,sr great advances over conditions
h twenty-five years ago have been
toasht about in Germany solely by
n united front Of the Social Demo-
ats the party Of the working people.
I'd the moral Is plain to the working
uss in this country-inf1nitely more
srsful with the ballot than are
tss Of Germany.
By Norbert Miller.
Berlin, Aug. 6.-The Sacial Demo-
| etis party-the political party made
10 vhilly Of the workers of Prussia
|h eighty members in the Reichstag
lat Of a total Of 397. II the laws
emitted universal suffrage as they
| tin thine United States that number
You'd be increased to $50 at the next
nsrl elections. Knowing this, the
hussan government will never per-
II universal suffrage 80 long as it
na be prevented. for In that whirl-
| IND the power Of King and Of aristo-
rsey would vanish at once and a most
hted monarchy, or even the dreaded
1ublc, would follow.
ader the property qualification
IS suffrage, however. the "cumu-
system of voting allows the
IN land owner to plumb from
a. twenty times as many votes
|10e Norkingman, who must have a
Hhin small amount Of property to
\ allowed to vote at all. Notwith-
n1dng this handicap the working
@ae have been represented in the
Reastag for more than thirty years
ever since its formation.
1ns seEtngth Of the empire In the
Renstag lies In an alliance for its
appoft between the centralists-the
1'a0Ac party, numbering about 100
-' conservatives u, and the two
''f0 parties " more. For this sup
W.T. 50 essential to the government,
~ 'atnolics exact always an equiv
au,ch, W '''
Party Of Opposition.
4As soclal-Democratic party is a
s' OF opposition. a party Of critic
even Of "uhfruitful criticism" and
ussat'Ve activity" their opponents
-. party that can carry no
,,,s s'ts itself, though it has proposed
10 ana yet party that has
.ssat about an enormous amount Of
rsaa ssat0n through its influence upon
~ asene'ment, In spite Of its So
~ : negative activity"
NAM, e,s'lhany, as is generally known,
Il. sa.ion ~ OF economic activities has
i, n'ner than in any other Euro
n,,. ,.0unery. The railroads, the tele-
a,l., ' -. 'ue telphones, the express COM
~us' belong to the eovernmant rhe