The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-20
BUSINESS FOR PROFITS AND
NOT PHILANTHROPY.

Capitalists arc in business for profit
and not for philanthropy, therefore
they viii reduce the wages OF the
employed to the figure quoted by the
unemployed. Ii the employed show
Signs OF discomfort ont they must
so tn make room for cheaper ana
more contcnted hands And so
tno ghastly game goes on till the
surplus is got rid of somehow. when,
Of course. there is another revival
Of trade"
As time goes on. however. the for
nation OF trusts, the use of labor
saving" appliances, etc. intensllies
this competition for employment by
throwing larger and larger bodies of
men and women out of work; with
the resd.t that periods OF so-called
prosperity become shorter. and per
iods of ajversity longer. The law OF
wages, which Karl Marx first enun-
ctated in scientific formula. will con-
tinuc to act though all the workers
in the world formed themselves into
gigantic Trade Union and forced
uD the rate of wages Increased
wages do not mean increased pur.
chasing power In what way would
the average worker be benefited by
ar increase OF pay from S12 to S15
Der week, if SIS would buy only as
much as. IL not less than, what could
previously be bought for S12?
Enough has been said TO prove to
any worker with grain OF common
sense in his or her anatomy that no
good Will come OF striving for a
"lair days wage for fair days work"
SO long as society is built on prl-
vate monopoly and the proft-makng
principle What the workers must
do Is to become their own masters.
in order that industry may be or
eani2ed to produce Tor use instead of
Tor profit But before the present
industrial chaos can be reduced to
order. 1t will be necessary for the
workers TO nationalize or collective
ly own the land and the instruments
OF. production and exchange. This is
the Socialist solution of the problem
and the only means whereby every
worker will receive the full social
value of his or her labor which Is
the true definition of Fair Wage.
Weekly People
The Meaning Of Socialism.
When the bread and butter question
has been settled for the vast major
ity of the people, then we will have
Socialism, when that day Is at hand
We will have industrial freedom. Ey-
crv member of society shall have the
right To work. and all those who work
shall receive the full Social value Of
tier toll.
When working men no longer need
worry oil the morrow. as to how they
arc going 10 get bread for their wives
and children. then they can look
around them aud understand some
thing of the world in which they live.
They can delve into the sciences, learn
the arts, music, etc.
Some NAV ask. how are we going to
come into this future day and how Is
this to come about?
The laws OF evolution are bringing
us nearer Socialism each day, the
great complex machines which are
owned by the big corporations of to-
day an6 which the great mass of the
people need access 10, In order that
they may live, are making the onward
march to Socialism possible.
But the trouble today lies in this.
that the few who own the machines OF
production. milk profit from the toll
Of every individual laborer There.
fore. production is being carried on
for the profit of the few, in order that
the many may suffer. and live in pov.
erty and despair
The remedy for the social evils of
today is very simple. What the work
ers need do Is change the means of
prod ton from the hands of the
captains of industry. and make them
the property of the useful members of
society, l. e, the working class.
Mr.. Worklngman and woman we can
do this by organizing on the political
field into the Socialist Labor Party.
and on the industrial field into the
International Workers OF the World.
Let every class conscious working
man regardless OF religion, national
ity or color put his shoulder TO the
wheel, in order that we may free our
selves from the bonds OF wa?e slav-
cry and proclaim the Socialist Re
public
HOWARD HALL.