The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-12
FEEDING WORKOUTS.

Karl Marx nearly half century
ago forecasted the time when the cap
italist class. for their own protection.
would be compelled 10 feed their old.
wornout, and invalid wage slaves
That time has arrived in Australia
The capitalist system throws such
a great number OF workers annually
on the human scrap heap. besides
forcing the bulk OF wage.earners dur
ing their working term down 10 the
point OF subsistence. that in order 10
safeguard their stolen property and
immediate interests. IL Is deemed pru-
dent 10 throw a sop 10 the working
class, and today We have IL handed
out in a charitable dole nalvely tenn
ed Old-Age and Invalids' Pensions.
That this great boon Is now en-
joyed by the working class both Lib
eral and Labor" politicians claim
credit as sponsors. hut seeing that at
best those "penolons'' granted TO
worn-out workers represent only a
:nicroscopical portion OF the social
stealings taken by the capitalist class
from the working class. and that il Is
grudgingly given 10 facilitate the con-
tinunnce Of the social robbery, small
thanks Is due To either of these CAPT
talist politicians.
And when one Investigates the con
ditlonS under which the dole Is dis
pensed, the workers have even less
TO be grateful for, Every means is
used to impress Its recipients with the
good, kind charitable spirit OF their
earthly masters,
A case In point came within our
knowledge in connection with the IN
valids Pensions, when, not satisfied
with the medical officers certificate
as to the incapacvity of the applicant.
the afiidaVitS made as 20 having been
born. and regarding character and a
thousand and one pettifo9g,nS de
tails. inspectors interview neighbcrs
with view of ascertaininG the worth
mess or otherwise of the applicant
making searching investigation as to
the financial position OF parents and
relatives,
After all these charitable acts Of
spying and prying into the innermost
privacy of the life of those whose
misfortune is not their fault, but the
result of capitalist conditions, the
muniflcent sum OF los a week is dol
cd out in the good old charitable
fashion.
Likewise with old age pensions. An
age OF siXty-fiye years has to be
reached before the worker qualities
for the miserable los per week. al
lowed 10 a single individual, or the
IS. per week allotted To 4 married
couple living together. What mean
contemplate gang the capitalists arc
The chances of the average worker
reaching that age is remote. and
| should II so happen that here and
there a worker succeeds i'm surviving
the IL or 25 years he Is scrap pill
ed" the benevolent capitalist calcu-
| lates well that he (thc worker) has
not long TO live TO enjoy the bounty
Under Socialism the aged and In
firm will be maintained and cared for
by society as matter of Right and
| Justice Production being carried on
for the USE of Humanity instead OF
rs now. for the Profit of section
end q small section at that, and the
labor-power now running to waste or
ganLzcd and directed in useful anC
| productive channels. there win be
I pltnll anu W opii' ~ lN'bs 'Ap'h'
house every unit In the community
decently and healthhy. besides Secur
Ing them in amusement and recrea
| ton.
Workers Just look nj the insults
your Masters heap upon you anC
yours whenever circumstances com
pei them To disgorge the minutes
fraction of their stealings, Remem
ber, in your industrial associations
YOU - the workers produce Tn,
worlds wealth Remember. too, tha
the working class possess three time
or more the numerical strength o
the capitalist class, that no pOwe
on earch can prevent the working
class from winning the economic mas
tery of the world and its own eman
clpation whenever the majority of it
members arc intelligently organized
and determined to do so. The work
ers must own that which they pro
duce by their labor. To do this the
must be organized indu5trially as vel
as politically and fight out the capital
| Iat cIasp from both these fields %