The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-03-20
RESOLUTIONS
UnfavOrable to Socialism
Passed by Films


Gently at Hibbing which leave nc
doubt of their attitude on the ques'
zion. The resolutions are as follows
ITO our great sorrow, we, the Fin.
nish people of Hibbing and vicinity,
have noticed how some few of oul
cuuntrymen, who claim to be social
lists, have, by incomprehensively
Lhoughtless acts, caused the Finnish
people of this country TO be placed in
a most evil light in the eyes of the
American people, By the actions OF
a few irresponsibes cloud has been
cast on the good name of the Finnish
people of America. The Finnish
people in America number 100000,
and of this number Tess than $500 are
members of the socialist party, a
fraction so small that it cannot by
any possibility represent the views
and opinions of the Finnish people of
this country.
The following which irresponsible
and violent socialists have been able
TO secure among the Firms is confined
20 certain inexperienceda and thought
less people who have listened too read
lily TO the teaching that all public
men and all public affairs are corrupt,
that Christian civilization is WORTH
less to the world, that all inhuman
deeds should DE charged up to present
social conditions, aud that the in
dividual is responsible not at all to
society but solely to himself. In this
locality these socialists have con-
demned all government and all politi-
cal parties, aud by irritating speeches
aud vague promises and false informa-
zion last summer persuaded the iron
range workers TO a hopeless and ruin
Gus strike.
1--WE have hoped that intelligent
Americans would take into consdera.
ion that Finland has long been under
1.-THE grinding heel of Russia and thai
in the Fatherland rebellion is so bred
in the blood that our more thought
less countrymen, on coming To tins
country, cannot al once appreciate
he fact that old country conditions
as 10 politics do not also prevail here.
We are firmly persuaded that the
number of our couutrymen who are
so thoughtless and misguided is very
small, and that the time will soon
come when they will have grow,
familiar with conditions which pre-
vail here and will join with us in max
lug for the progress and prosperity
of our adopted country.
"Neverless, so violent, unreasonable
and disgusting have become the ac-
tions of the Finnish socialists of this
community that we feel it our duty
to protest against the actions OF these
people and TO give our emphatic az
sent to the following resolutions and
principles:
1--WE strongly condemn the Finnish
socialists of Hibbing for the injury
they are working to tile society aud
TO the public peace aud welfare.
1--WE take it as a disgrace to all
Finnish Americans that a few Fin
nish socialists, most of them not citi-
zens of this country, should denounce
aud vilify the laws and constitution
of the country under which we enjoy
life, liberty and abundant prosperity.
"The Finnish people of America
firmly uphold the right of every man
TO belong to the political party of his
choice, but we deplore and condemn
the attempt to organize and control
labor for political purposes.
1--WE believe that strikes in general
are detrimental to prosperity, aud
that every effort should be made by
employees as well as by employers to
avoid them, and we utterly condemn
all political strikes as vicious and
ruinous to the interests Of the work
ing man. And we further denounce
all demonstrations under the red flag,
in strikes or elsewhere, as a degrada-
ton To manhood and portent of re-
belIion against order and Justice.
"We respect the republican form
of government where equal suffrage
is guaranteed to all, and we strictly
condemn all efforts to change or de-
stroy law except through the regular
methods of legislation.
i "We trust that the American peO-
pie will realize that the Firms are a
law abiding and peaceful people.
We hold it our highest privilege to
live In this land of the freesand to be-
come with the people of other nations,
Americans in America. Our highest
aim is to live as a people that we may
add to the welfare and the prosperity
of the country which we have adopted
as our own, and nothing gives US more
sorrow than any act on the part of
our countrymen which may cast