The wageworker., 1908-06-13

% his product. that patriotism consists
more in living for ones country than
N dying for 1t, that peace is better
lhan war. that loves rule is better
than the rule of force, And because
Private Bawalda went 70 hear this
woman teach peace, love and the
rights of humanity, he is sent 10 prison |
Tor three yearS
From sending private soldier TO
prison for daring to listen 20 some
thing that is offensive to the selfSa-
nosnsed kings Of America. 70 sending
4 common plumber or carpenter or
printer or mschinsst To prison for the
same hsinous crime is but a short
step When Mis- Goldrann rents q
hall snd tries 10 preach the doctrine of
universal orosherhood she is thrown
into sail and the people who try to
hear her are dubbed by policemen,
%. she is an anarchist,~ shouts the
daily newspapers And Nsteen millions
Of worsinxmen who ought to be study
ing and thinking, but are not. smile
and say, Good enough for herss And
not one IN ten thousand of them has
the fainsess idea of what ~anareAy~
is What does Mis- Goldman teacAe
She teaches that NO man is born boot
ed and sparrsI to ride other men sd
died and hrsdled,~ Abraham Lincoln
taught the same thlnS. she tsacAes
that war. Is snhaman- Jesus Christ
taught the same thing She teSehes
that the earth is the common heritage
Of all men, and that \ few men have
NO right 10 srToSate 10 themselves the
position of Trustees Of divine provi>
aence~ % administer the coal and the
iron and the fertility Of the soal~
Henry George and a thousand patriots
have taught the same thing. She
teaches that the law Of love is better
than the law Of force. and she is
thrown into Jail and scouryed. even
as the Carpenter of Nazareth vas
scoarged and crucifaed for teaching
that identical doctrine. And the pow
ers that reign in this country-the
power of the almighty dollarosip the
wink to the daily newspapers, the
daily newspapers denounce her. the
police persecuee her. and q million
worsingmen who ought to know bet
ter applaud the persecution
Your trade anarchist does not adyo
cate bomb throwing any more than
your true trades unionist does. Be
cause hare-brained fanatics. claimine
TO be anarchists. throw an occasional
bomb is no more reason Why genuine
anarchists should be denounced md
tpersecuted than that trades uninos
should be declared Illegal and unpat
riotic because an occasional membel
forgets his duty as a unionist and Al
lows his human nature to control hi:
actions.
This state of affairs should red{vi
the attention of the toilers- It con
Germs more than Emma Goldman ans
Private Buwalda- 1t concerns ever,
man and woman in America.
i Free America.
Yes, free to the exploiters of huma,
flesh and blood. and free board behin,
prison bars for men who dare to pro
test against injustice and demand tn
rights guaranteed by the constitution
Private Buwalda goes to Jail TO
shaking hands with 4 lecturer who's
teachings are offensive to the oyel
lords of America Preacher HafdAm
of Pennsylvania goes to Jail for pray
ing with striking miners after bein
ordered by a federal judge not to d.
so. Organizers of the American Fe6
. Grafton of Labor and the Mine Worl
! ers Of America are threatened Wit
Jail sentences If they enter West vi
, ginia and teach the doctrine of organ
xation for mutual benefit and prote'
tion- A machinist In Indianapoll
loses his home because he and his fe
lows continue to protest against u
justice after q federal judge has o
, dered them to cease exercising th
privilege Of free speech Organtz'
/
, federal decree declared to be rs
, legal Is corporations based upon dirt
dollars and human blood and tears.
al And the thoughtless victims nj III
: sort Of thing APPLAUD when Emma Go,
3 man is thrown into Jail. and con1inr
9 to scatter their votes at the behest
party bosses who are the servile tco
= of corporate power.
ii Perhaps some time in the dim 81
!, distant future. the men who prod,;,
!. the wealth of this country viii insi
, upon having some voice in it's dispO:
\ tion- And. perhaps. about the san
time. the men who make this counsl
: will insist upon running il IN Sns
own interests.