The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-14

completely at h mercy of capitalism the farmers, The wag
slaves in the mines. Mills IN factories and III farmers interest are tden-
teal These ar tn producing forces The farmer produces he rw
material the Gamers manufactures it into a finish product before
1t IS suitable for use one is essential to h production OF the commodities
as nj othe The farmers grain must g o to the great milling rus and
b. nufaet into flour r feed by the wag slaves of thu mill e
meat rust before it is cad for ~ narLa nN 5 Ta opt nSl" aa muses. use, OF :"
spun inoya and wove into cloth by the great machines of capitalism,
operated by tn under paid half cloths and half starved wonnen and chill
dren of the working class. Look al this labor question ron any point
of view an you must conceed that their interest are identical whether
ther work is farm railroad steam boat, mine, mill OF factory. Now let
u seei if II present economic and political system is based IN equity.
ct us sec if the farmer is more Independent than the wage earners, when
the Ike lis products to market who dictates HI price al which
No he lust sell at the market price. This mark nrce Is nxed hS ths
corporations and trusts o by h gamblers on the exchanges of New
Y0rka and Chicago. The farmers had nothing o 10 with fixing h price.
Let farmer com to Charleston II any other market with his products,
cattle hay grain eggs or poultry and he nus sell a h purchasers
price, rot his own. Now after he as exchanged the products of the
hAm n LOT .he Iega tenders or the medium ofe exchange at tn price fixed
by the other fellow, he has some purchases to make. Now note the diff
ference when the producer and seller becomes thu purchaser of the
fair hat h e should buy 1t his VI, when he ones to marke be assed
the merchant. what are giving for eggs poultry. grain md etc
but he is purchaser he asked. what are o selling cloth. sugar,
coce farm impliment etc for? Here tn seller dictates the price.
S o we sec h farmers o only are forced to sell at the other fellows
price, but must also buy at the other fellows price. Is that your idea
oict .an't ~ n mere 's nce IN a system Ina 10y m set of men to
their purchases? 49,
Anoher instance of h injustice the farmers JUS Gear, is the X.
pense of transportation when a farmer ships his product to market the
freight n expense of handling is deducted from h proceed of the sale
n efarmer W thu freight, nut when he uys farm utincns,. fertilizer
and etc, ave it shipped to him again h has to pay h freight. So
he entire expense of Transportation falls o tn farmer. If the farmer
delivers his goods to the merchant IS a seller, when the merchant be-
comes seller why shouldn't he deliver his goods to the farmers? Is it
equity, whel tn farmer is forced to pay h freiehtc ominsa M going?
Take h tobacco rasesfo for a example. If he ships his tobacco to the
market he OF only has to "a h freight nut mus pay drayage, ware
house fees. auetioneer fees, commission or selling it n then sen at the
American tobacco trusts price and pay h warehouse a commission for
collecting his money.
So W e see that he farmer is completely at h mercyo Of the ornora-
tons trusts they dictate h prices at which he sell as we'll a
he price at which, he must u Il AVE figured him down so close that
III he gets for his years work is a bare existence fol- himself and family.
att the end of the yea he is no better o than the "a slave wi works
for $3.50 a day, both are absolutely att the mercy of the consciousness
monarchs of money. The idle producing parishes who fatten and
gro" rHh by ropDhng the producers Tn wage slaves through their eco
nomic rsanization may b ablet to dictatet the price of their labor power
but the. masters dictates their cost of living. as we'll as SAL when they
shall work. The farmer ar york a. much as he pleases but IL e can't
set thu price on his labor power o the products of his labor. Both are
organization n cooperation The nom rr,ptzatto ne ar r thu nra ID ~
ne class is essential The DOlical orpaniZaton is n necesSty How MANI
laws have been made in tn interest of tn farmers in the latt twenty
five years? How many ION oft the sol are members o. the law making
bodies ofo ur nation? So few if any that they are helpless. The a
slav n the farmer ave electeds hysterl lawyers, corporations. tools and
crooked politicians to represent them Will the result that they have
een sodo nut to the corporation II trust, corruption hs been enthroned
and the government is lettering towards a revolution. The oppression that
or forcfathers revotcd against n 177G paes intoi nsignifance compared
upon tbern nv tbe king of finance hose nounors ni,.+os vho nama,a 80
both have prostrued themselves on hi alter of capital and a be-
t"ayed tn people. The present state of affairs are becoming vulnerable.
forced into a bloody revolution. to protect u lives. liberties rights,
or will We pool issues and regain possession of III government by the
means of The ballot. Farmers NJ a slaves. economically o are in
the same fix, politically o ar Elm the sam boat. then if you interest is
the working e of the world. There is under its standard of
brotherhood fol all the workers of thu world. Join us. YOU have notbing
to lose nut o our chains and a world Ito gain"
State Auditor Dawt in his speech of welcome on Labor Day said he
LIVED in a when a young ma that was rosperious an a thriving
industrial centerb but. labor troubles o and he left the town. After
twenty-five ear absence he visited it again to find all of the factories
and mills idle and the nine closed, the was dead. He inquired
about he men who owned TIL mills, mines n factories and was told
that the had all died poo men,. Mr.. Dart said that h unreasonable
demands of organized labor had killed. this town. III c said nothing
about h steel rust that had bought these men u nd moved the ma
chinery way or " unfair competition had forced them out of business
He laid the entire blame on Labor. The Dor age slaves who had dared
to strike for living wages. These were h mn who had made tn town
prosperous. Our State Auditor didn't enquire after these lei the horny
anded Son of tot h e waS only ntereSte in h welfare of h nine m