The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-09-15
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:: BY THE AWAKENED GIANT

himself at the same disadvantage as
Is the poor victim in class ruled lands
who Ia denied the right to vote, when
the real masters choose to WELD the
lash OF injustice or turn on the screws
of oppression. The. man or men, the
class OF the coterie, who represent
the real power that is responsible for
uen In office will find the lawmakers,
the law Interpreters and the law en-
forcers responsive to their creators;
not to those who are supposed. to be
their creators, but to the interests
whose flat actually can and does,
make or unmake. The recognition of
this fact on the part of the great pub
TIC service corporations and other
monopolies and trusts or the Inter.
ests" that fatten off of special privi-
leges and exploit labor, and the fail
urer to recognize so vital a truth on
the part Of the Industrial millions,
constitute the true secret of the rapid
advance OF reactionary and class in:
terests IN this republic, the undermin-
Ing OF the ideals of the Declaration of
independence or the fundamental de-
mocracy OF Jefferson and of Lincoln,
and the dominance Of the criminal
rich, the high financiers. the Wall
street gamblers and the political
bosses in national life.
Inc steady and aggressive advance
OF corporate oppression paralleling
the defeat of every effort to secure
effective legislation in the interests
OF the people and the old time legal
enforcement against. law breakers
who are also mill1onaires; the steady
and sinister arrogation by the Judi
c1ary OF power that was never in
tenoed or comprehended by the found
ers Oh our government, notably the
flagrant abuse of the Injunction power
end the attempted despotic extension
10 ABSURD and menacing lengths Of the
contempt OF court as seen in the vi.
cious theory of constructive contempt:
the steady lowering of moral idealism
and the rise and prevalence of brib-
cry, graft and corruption in the body
pol1tic-these and similar ominous in
tluences that are destructive to de.
mocracy and inimcal to the happiness.
development and we'll being of all the
people-have marked the rise of the
plutocracy during the past rs years.
and they have been rendered possible
only because labor the great wealth
producing and consuming millions. has
tailed to unite to combat privilege
and class advance that must in the
lcng run mean the virtual subtugation
OF the to1lers to the masters of the
bread and the sinking Of the wealth
creators to the position of the man
without the vote in despotfc lands.
For years labor has cried with in
creasing bitterness against the
shameful abuse Of the Injunction
power and other unjust and oppres-
s1ve acts which have registered the
wishes or demands Of the great cor
porat1on chiefs who furnished the
fat campaign funds for the money
controlled political machines; yet all
demands have been systematically
ignored when not contemptuouslv
spurned. And why? Simply be-
cause labor has resolutely refused to
seize and use as a unit the one SOW
eretgn remedy in a. democracy which
In a single day would have shorn it's
oppressive masters of their power in
manner as peaceful as effective
the ballot.
The multimillionaires whose wealth
has been chiefly the result of special
privileges and monopoly rights that
enabled them to levy unjust toll and
tariffs upon the millions are as one to
enc hundred when it comes to a bat
tie at the ballot box. The corrupt
tcneficiaries of special privilege who
Cypress labor and debauch govern.
ment through control of political ma.
chimes have exalted their tools to the
seats OF the mighty In all departments
of governmental life only because thav
| have been able systematically to
defeat and negative the influence Of
the producing and consuming mil.
lions. Yet year after year labor has
shrieked aloud at injustice and op-
preston, has struck when strikes
| meant almost starvation to tens of
! thousands Of the toilers and the in.
crease Of millions upon millions of
dollars of burden for the community
at large, with the probability of fail.
IRE for the laborers In the long run or
at least only a minimum of Justice:
yet on election day these same toilers
have done precisely what the corrupt
beneficiaries of privilege and the DO.
litlcal bosses desired and counted on
their doing supported the men &C.
ceptable to the plutocracy that fur.
nished the bosses with funds for the
money controlled machine, with the
result-the inevitable result-that
every year the contempt of the office
Folders for the laboring millions has
become extensively APPARENT wheneve,
a crisis has come between the inter
ests OF the plutocracy and those OF
labor or the people at large.
IBUGABOO A GROSS DECEPTION
The bugaboo held up by the Parry
Post Citizens alliance, Employers as
sociation and Manufacturers assoc!a
lions that the unions are endeavorine