The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-02-09

1ne present capItaIIstic system Ga
government cannot stand, as it is butt
upon an unsound and unfair founda-
ton. The entire super-structure IS
rotten and decayed hence it is only q
matter OF time when IT will fall with
such n crash that 1t will be heard
FOUND the world. The system IS such
that it is only Il matter of time until
the great socallcd over production
hut in fact the under consumption will
bring about n crisis.
On every hand we see the brains "t
the inventors at work inventing great
labor saving machines, mechanical de.
vices that can and will turin out as
much work in a day as 4 thousand
men and with The Introduction OF
every one of these machines tens
OF thousands OF men are thrown out of
employment and are forced on tie
open labor market there to compete
with each other in selling all that
they have to sell. their labor power
Not only are these machines taking
the place Of the crude and unskilled
laborers but in most every case We
see them displacins the more intelli-
gent and skilled mechanics with
these great llfeless tireless machines
that are able to work twenty four
hours each day and needs no sub
sistance but 4 small amount of oil
keep them fabricated turning out
ceaseless stream of products and nj
the same time throwing its thousands
OF laborers out of employment thereby
destroying their purchasing power. VI
the laborer can not find a market for
his labor power he can not buy the
products OF the machine. Labor must
first sell his labor power, for which he
gets what is known as wages before
he can buy the necessities of life.
Now the point is this. when human
labor power is supplanted by 4 ma
chine and the laborers forced into idle
ness. he is no longer able to sell his
time hence has no income as the
only source of revenue has been cut
OFF. but the machine continues TO work
pilinE up products on top ofproducts,
while this great majority. the labor.
ing class are unable to buy. The lab
oring class are the consuming class
and when YOU throw them out of
employment it necessarily follows that
he must reduce his consumption and
to reduce the consumption of labo.
you must reduce his standard OF liv-
ing and TO reduce this standard you
must take from him some necessity or
comfort. when YOU do this you have re-
duced his consumption and when the
consumption is reduced and the great
productive machines are busy day and
night producing naturally there follows
period know as over production
These machies rs well as other
means OF production are all owned by
the capitalist class which is but a
small minority of the population To
these machine owners labor must sell
their labor power and buy back the
products of the machine. Here we
~ho owns the machine and the jobs
ard on the other We have n great army
OF unemployed bidding against one
arothcr for the few jobs the master
sees fit to give them. To-day FOR
every job there are at least three ap-
piicants. With the installation of eve
new labor saving machine more and
more men are thrown out of employ
trent. it will only be a matter OF time
un1er the present system until there
S'ould be no means by which the
prorertyless class could secure tho
means OF existence and no market
for the products of the machine when
we reach this period which We are adj
rnncing toward with wonderful rapid