New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-15

f bs nor And now let me call your attention to
cIe precise condition of things against which So
%itb fe hs PoD9a[ creed protests
products, the socialists demand radical change in
what they. call the emancipation of labor and by
the emancipation of labor they mean emancipation
IRON what they have been taught TO call wagedom.
" nat this cry means now able to clearly.
VI ,r dle ateTase mind from the guidance OF any
b ind that is In any way superior to itself or is
Of hands.
SOCIALISTS EMANCIPATION
sqe4 9b Being g the s3se the curious thing this
handing that labor Should be thus emancipated,
show us whenever they asked for any con
OF direction and control themselves. They do not
pr09Gse that men shall relapse into the primitive
as as pest ne can in isolation As l said before, II
system which they Would introduce If they got
sHeiT way they invariably refer US to state In
Pnclty OF the men who argue thus is astonishing.
office. there would. it is true be no private capt
IdlsI; put would the laborer have achieved the
economic freedom, the emancipation which social
ISIS i at present take so much pleasure in talking
1nPTee ~, ne IaD0reIs Wouid on the Gontrary De
sense in which they are unfree and unemanci-
state postofce. Each of these has his special task
The most ardent socialist in the world would very
emancipaton If Ro9tman e who a1pe OF mot to
approve of socialism threw the socialists letters
letter box In what conceivable way, then, has a
freedom f aD e pg taG state any more eeq0o
Nor again does the manner in which the labor
the performances Of his duty is secured diner in
a private arm Conformity to the directions given
MIN by some organizing authority is the condition
though Marx and his disciples propose to subst!-
tute labor checks for dollars. this is merely the
wage system called by another name.
THE CORVEE SYSTEM
Many thoughtful socialists though they have not
been anxious 10 proclaim tho fact too loudly, have
HIenty been ein4eaEol'hg 10 ,toFHuiaIe ahocner
only in name. br: in fact Now if We look back into
the past history of mankind we shall md that
there actually are two alternative systems by
cured. one OF these is the corvec system, preya-
tent IN the Middle Ages; the other sySiem Is Inat
who Were the most numerous laboring class, owned
discTstion: hui tbev were compscd by their
tenure to place a certain part Of their time at the
according to his orders. The public roads IN
II only a number Of Independent peasant proprie-
proprietor Of "A neighborng factory now tho entire
AT least be gone The same thing is true of sIay
cry. Like the peasant proprietor who gives part
With the necessa7ies Of life independenty Of his
obedience to the detailed orders Of his master Ills
Industrial obedience is Insured by the applica-
These two cosreye systePshe e9ryee system m
ami the slave systenl-are the only aiteIhAuy,es 10
the wage system that have been found workable
in the whole past history of the World. Let us
now f JG 10 {e Iran AS en- me ateFnate in
the dreamed-of socialistic future.
HISTORY OF TRADE UNIONIsM.
Will turn to g work called Fabian Essays, the
writer's OF which include tho best known and best
sidney webb favorably known as the author OF
"A History Of Trade Jnonism,' and bernard
Shaw. This volume mas u"e-l = si.'t -, a
lea, and TO The American edition was pteilSeu, a
special preface In this preface It IS stalru WIN
subsistence generally, that the only truly social
isc scheme is one which would ansnluIty "s9tlgil
i hen TI f SlT fsy mixing says his writer AN
equal provision for ali indefeasible condition
OF citizenship. without any regard WnaIrE.r 20 ,T I
relative specific services of different ciuZcS, re
rendering OF such services on the other hand. me
writer goes on ins'e4I OF bFlE ,g'
would be secured under one uniform law precisely
tenn nut forward as the last word or most In
the wage system, beyond "A dc-pi, IL Is "-t, an
escape into what? It s neither more nor, less
than escape into one OF those systems which ]
have Just mentioned that T. to say IL Is an escape
into economic slavery For the very +S-gtSS" OF
the position Of the slave. - conirast"d Win m.
his Industrial actions IS concerned IS that ne has
not to work rs he is bdden in order to gain
to him. no matter how he behaves himself, he IS
the igg 20 or ono aiiar rarm or pun,shmert
] have touched upon this question Of how. under
q regime Of socialism. the socialists OF today ere
proposing 20 organize industry. not for the Uur-
posa OF oritcisinE I'm advere" sense the methods
by which the masses are 10 be "ocrr"d into ne
performance of their duties but merely Tor the
purpose Of Illustrating what have already SAID
with regard to the productive functions OF capital
ism. "a II exists to-day Capitalism. regarded un-
der it's productive aspect is essentially - device
for imposing 10y means Of wages given with
held IN accordance 10 the industrial ohedlenc" or
tho wage Garner the intellect and Tie knowledge
reFidcut exceptionally gifted minority. tho
manual operations Of the average majority OF man
kind and when socialists talk ahOuj emancipation
and economic freedom tho only meaning which
their language really bear Is the emancipation
Of the average from the all and guidance
Of any intellect that is IN my way superior 10 his
own. Further. whom ask the socialists 10 OK
plain their constructive programme, find that
this talk about freedom is privately repudiated by
themselves. and that they propose either to con-
tinue the wage system under thin verbal dis
guise, else to abolish the wage system and put
universal slavery IN IT'S stead.