The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-12

some men develop strength. courage,
perseverance. and all the best and
most enoblino traits of the human
heart and mind; whilst others develop
noble traits that debase and degrade,
and which not only make. their pos
SCISSOR an .intolerable and .unrelenttng
misery Of al mankind, because the
heartless selhshness of such tndividu
ais is ever. urging them to ride: on to
the acquiring of more millions, over
the ruins of their fellow men; and Or
gan1zed labor insists as an American
right under our country. constitution,
that the characters last mentioned be
not given unfair advantages: either by
congress or"by courts, over the toiling
millions of our land : +-.
Among the objections Ito the labor
injunction may be enumerated:
"Flrst-1t rs contrary, to: the spirit
man arrogate to himself the powers
of law maker, judge. and executioner.
"Second-The labor injunction makes
the rights Of man subservtent to the
rights of gold, and Furnishes as GRIM
1nal the man who protests against the
grinding and inhuman policy. of unfair
employers:
authorized. or recognized by any legis-
lature,. and denies the American work
ing man alright accorded to- the mean
est criminal-viz, trial soy jury.
Duty Of the Hour
J. 1T must be apparent Ito the tntelli-
gence of the: most enthusiastically in
clined defender:of the present political
situation that the policy (which brought
far removed from the peoples govern
ment ideal, and that corporate wealth
is fast gaining the uppef f.hand Of the
people, and slowly .but:strely convert
pl1tocracy, from nation governed by
by SRs s0 a3d
that to accomplish the purposes GER
| assistance the :p6wers ,of the govern
! ment; have hoodwinkedl Judges, and
have supported powerful: hobbies in our:
1T IS, thereforee, 9Th the :dnty of every
trade unionist to interest himself In
the politics Of his locality. to ascertain
the character Of the men}who are des-
tined to make the laws That will guide
his vote only for those Teforms which
are necessary to fur.thet permit the
free employment Of >organized labor
along the lines of justice and fair
10 that end organized labor must
upon the. power Of the courts to make
or unma,ke laws, and as The best pos
legislation, or even crookd dness Of the
legislators work, end vpte for the
referendum and the right to recall:
'The. :referendum--that means the
vote of all the people; in ANY country
is stronger than all. the senates and
presidents and courts II the world
Therefore. the best cure fPr any evils
arising from democracy Il more dem
ocracy.
Remarks on Socialism.
II am not a Socialist, 1ut I realize
the Socialists must soone1 or later be
embodied in our governmental policies
before the spirit Of equality and equal
opportunity contemplated! by, our De-
claration of independence shall have
Industrial affairs of our country
Excessive wealth is neither glory
nor happiness, and, WHENEVER there is
excessive wealth, there II always in
it's train an excessive poverty, and the
Sc1 m say that the ndn
are inhuman, unchristianiike and un-
American, and that much the better
way would be to take TIE unearned
eral good Of ali the people, rather
duals here and there, that they may
expend it in luxurious indulgencies.
'enervatfng If not demoralking pleas
ures, and in cOrruptinE the machinery
of government. = 2>'-,'
Il confess my inabilitysto see how
anything but good could result from
having our Republican; statesmen and
our Democratic statesmen too, Inn
bued in full measure with this doc
trine. They might not And 1t possible
to put the doctrine into Spractice in
all its integrity, but 1T would restrain