The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-01-17
EIGHT HOURS IN AUSTRIA
specIal Correspondenct.

Special Correspondent
Brisbane. n. S. w Dec. l0.-In spite
of the supposed eiedt hour law here,
the eight hour day is not universal in
Australia; only a section of the work
ers enjoy it. Thousands work any
hours the bosses provide for Little
children In the country districts Of
New South Wales have only four
hours sleep and their little lives
ground out of them for profits
AT Sydney an eight hour day parade
was held recently. The following cut
ting from a Sydney daily. describing
the procession, is pathetic, no matter
how one may look at it
"As usual, the bakers were well TO
the front in merit Six horses drew a
model bakery on one lorry, which was
coupled TO another bearing a trough
and working bench. Here bakers were
AT work l5neading dough and fashioninS
buns and rolls. while the oven was
looked after by other operatives. An
other lorTy carried a lot of youngsters,
clothed in bakers aprons and caps
The side of the vehicle bore the an
nouncement, Our Fathers are Trade
Unionists A model bakers drawn by
small boys bore the appeal Assist our
Dads To gel a days work As a con
trast. there followed. after the long
line of operatives who. clothed in
white, marched carrying fancy bread
OF artistic design shabby turnout
with label stating, 'Loyalists, and not
UnionistS, employed at this bakery
Logical enough. A true picture Of
han ,G 1n IL
the enslavement OF the wage workers,
The bakers bake our daily bread. the
bosses own the bread and sell it a. a
profit. Help our Dads to get days
work" Just think of it!
Altogether the parade, despite the
embemS and symbols. was not inspir-
ing by any means. From Socialist
viewpoint it appears as sections of an
army undecided where It's goal lay and
whittier it WAS marching. True. the
strains Of music enlivened the march
at Intervals and broke the monotony
of the uneven tramp of the marchers.
There WAS an entire absence OF that
spirit which characterized the eight
hour parades before the workers man
acled themselves to a capitalist aTbi-
tration court and an industrial disputes
act; in short, legaliZed their own
slavery.
Some of the unions We're rather un-
fortunate with their banners. a stid
southcTly blowing q number into rib
bonS Among them were some beauu'
ful and costly specimens OF the decor
ator's skill But remorSeless nature
displayed no regard to either beauty
or cost
However. the time is at no great dis
tance when the craft parade of wage
slaves. with the borrowed plumage and
symbols Of the master class, VIII be
but one Of the many things that be
long to an unenlightened past. In the
days that are to come the demonstra-
tions Of the working class Will not be
the spiritlcss march OF bodies OF men
commemorating an 'eignt bour day,
and their own enslayement, but the
spirited march Of men and women with
an object In life a goal to win-the
overthrow of capitalism and the inau-
guration OF Socialism. Instead of de
monstrating It's loyalty 10 the system
that causes littlc children TO appeal to
the mass of slghtseerS to Assist our
Dads to get a days work. the In
dustrial Unionists ;%ill demonstrate
their hope, strength and determination
TO put an end TO poverty and starva-
tion: and this TO the CONSERVATION and
not the Joy of the capitalist working
class
Industrial unionism based on the
preamble Is the working class organi-
zation of the future-Weckly People.
SECRET SERVICE
AT WASHINGTON