The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-31
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We were conducted to tho scene o.
an exposition being held by the trade
unions and the party in Pilsen. The
indoor departments were Installed IL
the headquarters building, an impos-
ing edifice purchased and r~enodeleC
by the WOrkingmen within the last
few years. The outdoor exhibits, with
a number Of popular resort features
the cinematograph, the merry-go-
round, shOot-the-chutes, model cot
tages, etc.-cOVered the spacious open
area of the headquarters building and
several acres of temporarily rented
grounds, separated from the gardens
by a turgid mountain stream which
was wooden-bridged for the occasion
by the municipality. In all, the expo
sition vas a highly creditable display
of the manufactures Of PilSen, not in
Guiding beer, with especially in the
outdoor part, agricultural implements
and, and, in the indoor, many SOuve-
Mrs and pictorial Illustrations of the
work OF the trade unions and 1.-The
party in various countries. A set OF
those diagrams which show statistical
data by means of squares and lines OF
varying lengths gave speedily inter
preted visual Information as to the
growth Of rad uniOnism and CO.
operation. and the election returns for
Pilsen and Bohemia. The leading no
table fact on these points was that, by
a great percentage, the real growth in
all these respects has taken place with
in the last five years. Bohemia, like
the other parts of Austria hat have
taken UP with the modern working
class movements, is in the first flush
Of hope and victory. Labor has burst
some OF its bonds. 1t is eager to go
in achievement. Does it know just to
what stage it has advanced. and just
where it is going? Time will tell the
story.
A great meeting took place in the
evening in the Pilsen exposition res
taurant hall. From the beginning Of
the gathering to the end there was a
series of demonstrations of enthusi-
asm. A mems chorus. strong and
good, sang a dozen airs, either of their
fatherland or the labor movement.
out on the grounds a brass band
played. Later the same became a fine
orchestra and on the stage gave an ex-
ce!ent programme, most Of the num-
bers strange to us. but all marked by
unusual spirit, rythm and precision
The national and international an
thems Of labor-Russian, Polish. Ital-
ian, French, German and others
brought out prolonged bursts of ap-
plause and encOres.
We had been sitting perhaps two
hours enjoying these scenes, When one
OF our hosts told us that Herr Haber-
man had telegraphed to the working
mems afternoon daily newspape tina
we were to be present on this evening,
a lumber Of people of the town had
come to hear something from Ameri-
ca. Over at one part of the hall were
some supporters of the clericals; and
in another, little groups of business
men; and here and there was a SOL
der, riskhg two weeks in the guard
house for coming to the peoples
meeting place An address of well
nOrno and than hoin ptrOl,,oal -, ~
Bohemian tongue, I made a short ad-
dress in English, being aware that
not half a dozen persons in the house
could understand me. All the same,
at the conclusion came a hearty round
Of applause. AT the close Of it's inter
probation, another. The big heart of
the people in all countries is the same.
Among those spectators who now
came TO our table. to have a word,
While the orchestra was playing, was
a young man who, as he stated. had
been q very active socialist agitator
in Chicago, where he had lived some
years. he had returned to Pilsen to
his parents, who were growing old and
had some property. He was not now
active in the party. He said he knew
of course, and knew that L knew, that
capitalism was swallowing all indus
tries. one after another. The social
revolution was therefore inevitable
But circumstances at present prevent
ed him from taking any part in the
revolutionary movement. He repeated
the story Of the big strike in Austria
in 1905 that fastened reforms in the
ballot and OtherWise; told Of the pro-
gress under various govern
ments of workingmen's accident. sick
and pension schemes; denounced the
capitalists Of America for avoiding the
liabilities of employers in cases of ac-
cidents. and found cause enough in
this tHCt-1 he inpVjt9 hJa nrOo1,aS-
sive monopoly-for prOphesying a
socialist society of the future. But, he
added, the Social Democratic party of
Austria was in nowise a revolutionary
party.
When at midnight our party left the
hall it vas still crowded. AS we
passed out. a long, loud, and hearty
hurrah. Media Czekishl was our