The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-13

eanlzed to be known as The Socialist
party. II adopted a revolutionary
platform with an appendage known as
immediate demands and sloodior
| political action alone as its propa-
eanda. The Socialist party refuses
To recognize the Socialist party, and
In one thing IL Is persistent and con-
slseut-that of pronounclnG tho Su-
cialist Labor party 10 be dead. OF
| this demise We shall speak later.
/ The |. w. w. as All organization
is just at present In an unsettled
| state. but 1t Is alive and slowly work
| ing out its own salvation. \ word
OF retrospect Will he In order, for II
J Will have 10 be reckoncd with sooner
or later, as its principles are slowly
! peTmcating the organized as we'll as
the unorganized members OF the work
ing class Four years ago last June
| the convention was held in Chicago
| by representatives OF twenty-five un-
| ions and 80 individuals, the voting
| Strength OF the unions being 1885.
with $50 voters from the individuals.
They organized. calling the organiza-
ton the Industrial Workers OF the
World. adopted a constitution with
the following preamble:
The working class and the employ
Ing class have nothing in common.
! There can be no peace so long as
hunger and want are found among mil
lions of working people. and the few
| who make up the employing class
have all the good OF life
| Between these two classes, a
struggle must go OH until all the toll.
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as well as on the industrial field. and
take and hold that which they produce
by the labor through an economic or
ganization of the working class with
out affiliation with any political
party"
And as their slogan. AN injury
10 one is an Injury TO all An organiz-
alton of this kind was a menace to cap
itallsm, which the capitalists, true TO
their class interests, recognized, and
the kidnapping and persecution OF
| Meyer. Haywood. and Pcttibone was
because of tho art they took In the
organization OF the / w w The
charge OF completely in the tunnen-
berg murder case WAS a conspiracy:
| theri arrest was blow struck at In
| duStrial uniOniSm. At the Stuttgart
| International Congress delegate was
| sent from this then live organiza-
tion Of the / w. w. The organiza-
ton has had many viclSsitudes 4 di-
vision took place within a year of its
| inception and about a year and a half
ago one branch OF the organization de-
clared aginSt politicol ction, which
caused another disruption. The MEM
berS of the organization who are hay
Ing such merry time in Spokane rep
| resent those who rcpudiate political
action. Those who hold TO the true
principlase OF industrialISm are do
ing propaganda work knowing that
when they reach the majority of the
| intelligent working men and women
their time Will come, So their part in
the socialist movement is agitation
and education. Until the time comes
when the whole body of the working
class Will see that whether they may
be black OF white. Japanese or Chin
csc, Huns of Fins, Germans or Amer
| leans. ther interests as workers are
| Identical Foreigners recognize this
| fact, as for instance at McKees Rocks
when the foreigners stood together as
one man, but TO their shame be il
said. the Americans went back to
work, ScabbinG on their fellow-work-
ers. In spite OF this the strike was
won. for a time AT least Il is yet TO
be seen what the capitalist has NJ his
sleeve. The strige in Sweden is PROV
ing the efficacy of a general strike
in industrial unioniSm,
international Socialism.
The resolutions adopted as a part OF
the socialist propaganda by the inter
national socialist congress at Stutt-
gaTt were the anti-immigration and the
anti-militaTism resolutions This last
is not of so much moment in the
United States as in Europe. 1t was
in keeping with the anti-military resO-
luton which caused the uprising I'm
Spain and indirectly the assassination
Ferrer. In Europe the working class
are socialists, and when the workers
We're ordered to take arms for the
mine owners and capitalists. they re-
fused, hence the uprising and its out
come which aroused the indignation
of the tnire world, nd has weakened
the power Of the church and state
over the people
The immigration question is Of in
tcrest 10 us, and any stand taken
against immigration by any socialist
organization Is in direct opposition. 10
the principles OF socialism and makes
a mockery of the socialist motto:
Workers of the world unite; you
have nothing TO lose but your chains.
and a world TO gain
The woTkinGmeu of Europe arc
sound on the question OF industrial
unionism, and If they had the ballot.
as we have, they would hake things
hum. They tink Americans are very
stupid TO believe in craft unionism and
to eliminate politics from the unions,
This brings us TO the third factor.
The Socialist party. which was organ
lied in 1901. Its platform is rcyolu-
tionary and claims allegiance TO the
principles of international socialism.
The emblem is the world with
clasped hands across II. and the mot
TO, Workers of the world unite" 1t
has organizations in nearly II not
every state i'm the Union. with locals
in many OF the cities and towns which
also reiterate their adherence to the
principles OF international socialism
The propaganda work IS solely along
poiliACd' lih'o' anu luSN l'dth anu
preach political action alone 1t
claims 10 be neutral on the trade
union question. saying that the party
is ready to receive the union men
when they see that their interests lie
with the socialists. Its national com
mttee Is composed OF members from
the different state organizations. and
not working man is on this commit
tee Its constitution says that a per-
SON must have hoen y n,Cnher o( tb,