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

The clamor of those who work fol
Wags in an attempt to secure for them.
selves security in continuous employ
mcnt, at Just remuneration, under
heaIthfuI environment. is becoming most
intense. The struggles of the past
severe in the extreme, have given a
schooling preparatory to determined
effort to force recognition of 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 new
day appears; Hope long deferred, is
kindled anew. Struggling mankind as
sumes a position as a result of past et-
fort, Il 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 toilers were instructive; rather as
a thrust in the dark at an approaching
menace: with no definite, fixed or logi-
cal purpose But an implusive throw
inc up of the hands las it were) to
ward off a 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 il in one mass to 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,
cementing them together by a common
bondage each filling its own niche The
structure will thus be moulded into
shape by the combination of the various
units. each depending upon the other.
The greatest mpediment to the labor
movement has been, the attempt at
various times, to destroy the identity
of the units-craft organization-and to
build a conglomerative mass, known as
an industrial organization. No page in
the history of the labor movement re-
cords a successful industrial movement
however ideal, and philosophical, the
proposition might be- The universal re-
suit has been, that-after floundering
around for more or less extended period
they have launched a political cure all
and after a 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 phenomina
growth and as equal phenominal dis
Indignation 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 theil
visionary attempts to solve the prob.
lem in those regretable struggles Many
honest minds, fertile in imagination
seem to see afar, and picture day
when all shall be happiness and con
tentment And their imaginations be
come so abnormal as to dethrone all
reason. and in their ieliriums, they see
an overthrow of present institutions
and the realization of "peace o 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 hu
man beings, good, bad and indifferent
The component parts of any party arc
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 will
his virtues and frailties.
The political welfare of any people
aananls nnon the devalopment of ths