The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-08-08
REV. BROWN SEES
NATIONAL CRISIS

William Thurston Brown. former
pastor OF the Unitarian church In this
city, and the principal speaker at l
Socialist meeting in Liberty park. In
Salt Lake Sunday afternoon. declared
that this country was facing a grent
crisis II the struggle between the
capitalists and the wage slaves il
noc settled peaceably, said he, IL will
nean another civil war.
During the course OF his address
MT. Brown quoted extensively from
Abraham LIncolns writings in an at
tempt To show that the great emanci-
p5tor sensed the Importance of tho
conflict between capital and labor.
Mr. Brown said in part.
Great problems are facing this
country which must be solved AZ
labor Is the creator of all wealth il
Is entitled to all that 1t creates. de.
aares a Socialist writer II this
statement were made by Socialists
in Salt Lake City the capitalist pa.
p2rS would take up the matter and
make fun of the statement. Lncoll
was aware OF the evil influences of
capital during the first year OF the
civil war This Is evident from one
of his messages. lie saw that the
popular institutions never were so
at stake There was an attempt al
that time by the capitalist class to
hold up the government on contracts
for supplies to he furnished the army.
An Irrepressible Conflict.
There is an irrepresslble conflict
on at the present time Such con-
lIct was on prior to the French rev
0lution While there were a few
brave spirits making speeches ana
writing articles against slavery, az
early as 1895. no one at that time
sensed that great struggle was COM
Ing You would hardly think il pos
sible that people could live during
tnosc days and not see that one OF
The greatest crises of history was
impending Lincoln declared that no
ration can permanently endure. half.
slave and half free Society today
is facing the same irrepressible con
Ilict that was faced seventy-fve or
= hundred years ago The wage slave
today is just as much a slave as ever
the colored man in the south was; ne
is no more master of his fate than
was the negro.
"All the instruments OF production
and distribution are being centereA
under the single control and owner
ship of the capitalist class. and just
this far, that ir indicates that on tho
other side YOU have class of slaves
The only people that are aware Of
The great crisis that fronts us today
are the workingnen who have a.
Quainted themselves with conditions
How many OF our lawyers. and polI
ticianS are aware that wage slavery
exists?
Problem Of Children.
Another problem that contronts
the country is that Of child labor
This is one of the things that mus
be solved The conflict that is on
never can be settled until there Is an
emancipation OF the wage slaves
Bye and bye. there will be no
foreign market. Foreign countries are
manufacturing the goods We used 10
send to them. The curtalIing of onr
foreign market will result In panics
cccoming more common and frequent
In the future than they have been in
The past II means another civil war
unless we can affect peacable So
luton of this question
Organized labor will never cease
~ make demands for higher wages
and shorter hours until II gets tho
full product OF It's toll The cost o.
living will cause the elimination OF
the middle man in the near future
and then there will be the most ire
mendous uprising against capitalism
that We have ever had The only
thing for worlIingmen to do is to
unite with other worki1gmen, b0tn
economically and politically. The
only party omen to them Is the Social
ist party There will be no ceasing oS
the struggle until the government or
the capitalists by the capitalists. and
Tor the capitalists, IS done away witt
and Is superseded by the government
of the workinGmen. by the working
men and for the workingmen.'