Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-24
TREASON AND SOCIALISM
 DENOUNCED IN GOLDHELD


 crowd preach that theirs Is a fight not so much for life as for principle. So is the fight on the part of the mine owners. Their principle Is that every man is entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and the full enjoyment of the fruit of his industry, frugality and virtue, lawfully and hon. estly acquired, and he that comes into the community and would take from him that which he has earned and saved. whether in the guise of an ad- herent of a prescribed economic sys- tenn or as a common thief, should be regarded and treated with the same distrust. The business interests of Goldfield have already given up all they intend to these malcontents. They have granted them the highest wage scale, the shortest hours and the best mine conditions of any mining camp on the western hemisphere They stop at that. They refuse to turn over to them their business and their proper ty and live commune with them. The constitution of the United States was framed with the object of allowing absolute freedom in business conduct, and our great prosperity has come about through a system which permits the worker in mine, factory or office, to reap the benefits of his superior skill, energy and mind, which oppor- tunity affords in this country as mo- where else. and it was intended that everyone who had 8 business or occu- patton should attend to it and let other people alone in the prosecution of their calling. Under this system. the wage worker of today may become the capitalists of the future. The busi- ness men of Goldfield are patriotic American citizens. who will protect the flag and the constitution and claim for themselves the rights, privileges and immunities thereby bestowed. They will grant to others all they claim for themselves-a just return on their capital, whether that capital is money. brains ol brawn.
 Of course, in the discussion Of this question whether in general, or as ap- piled locally. it is fruitless to apeal to the patriotism of the Idustrial Work CTS of the World. to the flag and the constitution This organization is se- ditioas. revolutionary and reasonable. This was shown only recently in Gold field when the flag and the constitu- ton were reviled and spit upon. It was shown in San Francisco recently in disgraceful public demonstration. It is shown in the very organ of the Industrial Workers-the Industrial Union Bulletin of April and in the editorial which is devoted to the Gold field News, in which the following ap- tpears:
 What the 1. ". ". seeks is to eff fectuate an organization of the work ing classes for the sole purpose of TAKING POSSESSION OF, and ope- rating and insuring to every worker the fruit of his toil--that collective product known as capital. If in the process of carrying out this program we find 1t necessary-AND WE PROB ABLY WILL-To TAKE POSSESS SION OF THE MACHINERY OF GOV. EMINENT, WE SHALL DO so, and we shall do that for the sole purpose of CHANGING ITS POLITICAL CHARACTER"
 The program of the Industrial Work CTS of the World, is revolution-civil war, for the purpose of changing the present form of government into a com mune. Every man and woman who ad- heres to that organization is a party to such program; a party to organ lZeQ treason. IL IS Ine most dSIOElSn- ing thing in this whole trouble, that the patriotic people of Goldfeld have tolerated this reasonable outfit for single day; but it seems that only lately, has the true inwardness of this organization become known to the peo- pie generally. It was supposed to be
 labor union. Instead of that it turns
 ut to be a communistic political or ganiZation, formed to nurse and spread the propaganda of revolution and an archy. With this full knowledge, the people of Goldfield have 10 excuses or explanations to make to the patriotic people of this country for stamping out this iunta and smashing it as if it were snake. It Is no longer a labor dis pute. with the view to eliminating trou- ble makers from the labor field. It is a patriotic movement, in defense of the flag, the constitution and the re- public There are only two classes of people In this camp-patriots and traitors. AS long as the latter class is tolerated there cannot-must not be, peace. industrial or civic. There