The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-06

Fellow Workman:---I will agan.
contribute short article to our be-
loved paper, The Argus. as it is
the only paper in the Kanawha val
ley which really champions labor's
cause, and all workmen should sub
scribe tor It, as it is an educator.
Now for what intended to write
We can only succeed through the
thorough organization of the work
crs and to be thoroughly organized
means that we must organize on the
economic field or induAtrial field.
Likewise we must organize on the
political field. We must have the
right sort of organization There
lore we must abandon the pure and
simple trade unions, with their i'm
potent methods and their factional
differences over iurisdictional lines,
and their many evils, caused by be-
ing divided in the same industry, al
so the doctrines taught by the So
called labor leaders is spurious.
They teach the identity of interest
between the eXploiter and the ex-
plotted, or between the robber and
those whom he robs, it stands to
reason that if our interests We're
identical, we would need no labor
union at all, we then would be
brothers. But as this is false we
should recognize the fact that we
must organize to protect our inter-
ests. The Joint agreements of the
trade union movement has not been
effective in bringing about the unity
of master and slave. How, indeed,
can it do SO. His interest and our
interest are Numerically opposed
His interest is to get the greatest
amount of labor force for as little
money as possible. While our In
terest are that we get the greatest
amount of money for the least labor
force sold to our employer possible
Thus you see we are opposing forces
and it is just and reasonable to
think of uniting hydrogen and nj
trogen as to unite the master and
his slave. or the caitalist and the
wage Garner for it is an utter i'm
possibility. There is class war
on and will continue till the work
ers come into their own and rule
themselves. or until capitalism rides
supreme in the saddle, and we are
his sniveling chattels. So ask your
self the all-important question, am
Il "oi h'i vi all IL
YOU do this you will then decide you
are a worker. Then you should get
into ranks, with your fellow work.
er, join the Industrial Workers OF
the World on the industrial field, and
get into the Socialist Party on the
political field. The time has been
when the trade union movement
was partial success, but it has
outlived its usefulness. While each
Industry was individually owned
then each owner had to compete for
his percentage III the markets To
explain more fully, suppose an in
dividual coal operator of h[anawha
County was marketing the output
of coal from his mine in Newport
News or tidewater market, and he
comes in competition with four hum
dred and ninety-nine coal operators
OF PENNSYLVANIA. he will naturally
nave to struggle to hold his one
five hundredth 1-5O0 per cent. So if
he had full market when trouble
occurred he probably would, strave
his men into accepting his terms,
but if he had but little coal in the
market and the men hung together
we'll, in short time the operator
was whipped, because if he did not
uphold his per centage it would be
gobbled up by the 499 competing op-
orators. The above holds good in
relation to any other class of in
dustry. They all have their per-
centage of markets to guard. But
in this day and time there is very
few individual owners. We have great
combines which control the markets
and purchase from what few indf-
ridual firms their product. That
gives them full control of the en-
tire market. so we my fellow work
er might strike till the day of doom
at one of the trust plants and ac-
complish nothing, because other
plants are in operation supplying
the markets. So you see that the
t. be effective.
Because they are unable to cope
with the gigantic trusts. then We
must organize industrially all unions
in one. having as our motto. the
Interests of one is the concern of
all And if we should make trade
agreements at all, that they expire
on the same day and date. Bu:
with n solid organization of the
workers we would only need to
make an agreement as to price and
Whenever our products took raise
in the markets them we could de-
mand an equivalent equal to the
raise in the market.
Then while the capitalist class