The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-27
The Big Vision

cause they have 40 vision
the cauniry is teemns with social
unrest, Strikes anc lockouts con
front uS on every hard>1 we haye :
chaotic system ii. production with re-
curing periods Of unemployment
Great wealth Is produced by I'M
working people wha rccctN. a very
small plrT al Ihat we;.lrn in wages
When the workers revolt against lnu:
hour> and low wages and 20 On su'ike-
polIc-men's clubs and troops are "SseG
70 drive them back 10 work
Al the I"p al s"ciety w, nav~
small class OF p.-opl" VIII" are g!rit.,t
wi,i, food saturated wiki pleasure ANA
made stupid by greed. They are spirit
uaIly dead because they have no, Wis
ion.
Underneath, and supporting mis-
sodd"n class are III" workers p. rciir-
ing all wealth. but owning nothing
Not even granted security al lie. ~
man sure OF LIS joh.
Masses OF human beings i've in
cellars and dark places. Children are
denied sunshine and The right 10 play,
Thousands OF little nm-S are sent
each day 10 toll in the glass factories
mines and mills
Delicate yUn.S girls are sent Ont
INTO dangerous places TO look Ton work
At an age when they should be under
tie protection OF Il sheltern. home
Other girls just as precious are
thrown by necessity upon the streets.
Our Insane asylumx. prisons. hos.
pitfalls aud broihels are fun and over,
flowing
the streets of every city hungry ana
sh"l,"rl"s>s many OF them =. ndered an
emplcyablc 10y our .nhuluan indIis5riai
system.
On every hand We find apoloGists
for the system. seeking to explain
these ugly conditions. "Tnv ~orSinsH
men spend their money :or drink In
The women are rhrilticss ana eNtraNa.
CANT" they say. The apologiSts SEQ
only effects. T'n"v aav" no vision
The preachers with their ccmTur.
able salaries urge. the people 10 be
sohrr anal industriors. and 10 he con
tented with their lot. They tell t,Ien
;har " they will De good .airh!ni.
dumb servants Il their masters down
here they will b" given a h:trp.
crown ana Il pair o! white wings over
,E"rr. They are blind i".:uors OF thH
blind because they have no .i>.on.
The rrformers full ri zeal. WORK
overtime dcviHin@ one plan and AN
other Ia better conditions which MOT
pronl" ar" frank enough TO adrGl;
dis grace orr civilization.
THIS" good people seem "t,er,y
blind t" III" fact that Ii. poverty
Child Labor ami misery are merely
symptoms They hav" no vision. ana
seem NOT /" know HAT the disease
from WHICH society suffers has its
roofs deep down in our indhstriaI
system
Into tn" midst of all this s.~tiIine
srcIa! unrest Tho Socialist movement
the country which deal, with clI,.,rs
rather than with effects. The one
movement which explains the ugly
symptoms ana has The remedy for
the disease.
No one cap deny ti,at the Socialist
nas IN" big vision. The entire econ-
"mic fi"id. which is III. basis Of lie
lies open before him Every phase
OF human lite comes within The radius
OF his vision.
Socialism Is the one constructive
force ia society today. We would
establish i system Of S"Civ,I where
every mat is sur" of his Job and ~
cry worker VIII r"c"i;'" IN" fan prod.
net OF his labor We want Non to
forget now 10 say Master am;
"Sla"c.' and learn to be nci@hbors
and friends
Every Socialist must feel how good
Il thing it H. to be a living i,Irr of ,hc .
greatest movement That III. world
hat ever known. \ movement winch
means the liberation Of the human
race from ali FERNS OF slavery.
Once or" has caught a glimpse. Of,
The 'is vision. nnc.. on" has cunlpro.
h"nded The meaning OF Tie, Socialist
m"t";n. on" can find no abiding
H!nc.. in q smaller movement.
If ~" go 10 rhe suffrage platform