The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1909-10-15


The clamor of those who work fo,
Wags in an attempt to secure for them
selves. security in continuous employ
ment at just remuneration, under
heathtul environment, is becoming most
intense. The struggles of the past
severe in the extreme, have given 6
schooling preparatory to Il determined
effort to force a recognition of a right
rs inherent in nature as that of the
budding of the trees in the spring time
/ Opposition to that natural law of evo-
luton. from whatever source, cannot
change the final results The stronger
the opposition, the more intense the
struggle, more sure the victory. On the
eastern horizon. the dawning of a new
day appears; Hope long deferred, is
bindled anew. Struggling mankind as
sumes a position as result of past eff
fort, a vantage ground if you will, from
which they must not, and will not, re-
treat
Organization, the basic principle of all
material advancement, is the gateway
through which this vantage ground has
been attained. Early organizations of
the toiers were instructive; rather as
a thrust in the dark at an approaching
menace: with no definite fixed or logi
cal purpose But an impusive throw
inc up of the hands (as it were) to
ward off blow. Passing through those
instructive struggles there was de-
veloped class of thinkers, who have
been fearless enough to promulgate their
ideas. through which it has been pos
sible to gather a force more or less in
tellectual Each struggle and each age.
bringing forth more intelligence. and
as result. gathering together greater
forces. The capacity of the building de-
pends upon the magnitude of the foun
dation organization. The structure
itself depends upon the material used
both in the foundation and the super
structure, and the manner of construc-
tom Substantial buildings are NOT
constructed out of one piece of material,
but numerous pieces. of various shapes,
compositions and all sizes. 1t might be
possible to hew Il building out of solid
granite. but, after construction its in
accessibility and the impossibility of
moving it in one mass to a point ac-
cesSable. would render it useless. Then.
if that method of structure, is imprac
table ordinary intelligence would i'm
pei us to construct along sane, practical
lines. by taking the blocks of granite
from the quarry, transport them to a
place of accessibility, there, shape them
into form, placing each in its place,
them together by a common
bondage each filling it, own niche. The
structure will thus be moulded into
shape by the combination of the various
units, each depending upon the other.
The greatest impediment to the labor
has been, the attempt at
various times, to destroy the identity
of the units-craft organization-and to
build a congomerative mass, known as
an industrial organization. No page in
the history of the labor movement re-
cords n successful industrial movement,
however ideal, and philosophical, the
proposition might be. The universal re-
suit has been, that-after laundering
around for more or less extended period,
they have launched a political eure-all,
and after few attempts to free the
wage slave" have gone assunder, leav-
ing the membership stranded upon the
rocks. 1t has been fortunate, however,
that craft organization-during the
period in which those industrial or
CARNATIONS have made their phenomenal
growth and as equal phenomenal dis
have maintained their
identity. And those who have been
dashed upon the shores by industrial
abortions, have found refuge in the
crafts which they deserted in their
visionary attempts to solve the prob
lem in those regretable struggles. Many
honest minds, fertile in imagination,
seem to see afar, and picture a day
when all shall be happiness and CON
tentment And their imaginations be-
come so abnormal as to dethrone all
reason, and in their deliriums, they see
an overthrow of present institutions
and the realization of "peace nearth,'
SO many men would rather dream, and
speculate on the future, than to face
stern realitiesl Coming to earth, and
with ready hands, do the things that
win bring material results today and
tomorrow.
Political parties are composed of hui
man beings, good, bad and indifferent.
The component parts of any party are
not any better, or worse, than that of
any other party, regardless of whatever
their pretentions may be. The indi-
viduals are Just common clay; each with
his virtues and frailties.
The political welfare of any people
depends upon the development of the