The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-07
"A LESSON FOR
WORKING MEN

PLANTS DIVIDED AMONG MANY
CITIES. AND WITH EQUIPMENT
FAR IN EXCESS OF THE MARKET
THEY SHIFI" PRODUCTION FROM
lPLACE TO PLACE, OPENING ANE
ICLOSING MILLS WITHOUT RE
lGARD TO THE EFFECT UPON THE
MEN EMPLOYED IN THE WORK OF
lPkODUCTION. THE OBJECT OF
THIS is TO CRUSH ALL UNIONS
WITH ENHAUSTLESS FINANCIAL
RESOURCES, WITH COMPLETE
f, CONTROL OF r H L NATIONAL
AND STATE OVERNMENTS THE,
ICAPITALISTIC CLASS CAN CRUSH
AND DRIVE CRAFT UNlONlSM
| OUT OF EXISTENCE
| Already the Steel Trust has de-
stroyed every craft union engaged in
that Industry, with the exception of
the International Association O f
Bridge, Structural and Ornamental
| Iron Workers Union. They are now
trying to hang the secretary of that
| union. They believe that if they can
swing the Mcnamara brothers from
the @ibbet that the rank and file IF
| the iron workers will be so frighten-
- that they will desert in large num-
bers and thus kill the. Organization
Between capital and la Dor there is.
and always will be, an incessant
class struggle. This struggle is due
TO the fact that one class under
| forms of law has divided among its
! members the lands, the mines, the
factories and everything of value in
the nation.
Inc other class il that large body
of men who are known as wage earn
! Nv low Of
right to the common earth who own
| no productive property and who are
I forced to sell their labor power To
! the capitalist class as a means of a
| livelihood
ALL THE MEANS INDISPENSI-
BILE TO HUMAN LIFE ARE OWN
ED AND CONTROLLED BY LESS
THAN ONE-TENTH OF THE POPU-
LATION, WHILE THE OTHER
NINE-TENTHS ARE WAC f
SLAVES.
The capitalist class has tried time
| after time to shoot this class strug-
| gle out of existence. but it's like
McGlnty's cat-it has nine lives, and
1t always comes back Disorganiz-
| ing the workers will not make them
! content with exploitation. There will
| DE no peace SO long as the workers
are robbed Of four-tifths of all the
wealth they create. Shooting them
Will not cause them to be patient un-
| der oppression. Tyrants and kings
| nave tried these methods since the
| early dawn Of civilization, and the
| pages OF history are red with the
| blood of those tyrants and exploit
| crS
The workers must not wait until
their craft unions are destroyed
! They must organize industriallv
| NOW and then prepare to act as a
unit at the ballot box. to capture
-the powers of government and make
themselves the owners of all in
dustry.
| Workingmen of America, heed the
! lesson the English work in cmcn have
taught! You must either go forward
or back; there is no middle ground
she fight must go on until capitalism
with its private ownership of the
means of life is swept completely
away.
GET AWAY FROM THE FOOL
lsH IDEA THAT 1T is SANE TO
RESPECT THE 'RlGHTS" OF THI.
CAPITALISTS. STARTING OUT
WITH "RESPEC1'' FOR TIL =,
'RIGHTS" OF CAPITALISM STRIK
ERS LOSE THEIR FIGHT BEFORE
BEGINNING 1T FOR ONE OF THE,
| "RIGHTS" OF CAPITALISM is To
BUY LABOR POWER AS CHEAP V
AS IT CAN GET IT, UNION OR NON
UNION.
Men must organize themselves
Tor put one purpose. and that is 7 T.,
overthrow capitalism as an institu-
: ton having no rights which labor is
pound to respect. Unless they do
TINS, their present condition Will be-
. come much worse. You can assist in
winning this great victory the sooner
II you Will forget your petty quar-
rels and organize industrially. II
you want economic freedom YOU mus,
: yourselves win it.
Either we are to be ruled by private
monopoly or we are to rule our owl,
f destiny through public MONOPOLY. II
: private ownership is upheld it must
finally get legal possession of all the
: lands. machinery and mines and The
: rest of the people will be serfs.
/ on the other hand. We take over tn.
industries. each citizen will have ar
l equal voice in controlling them 1t i:
, up to you to choose. One will maxi
. you menial to those who own-tb
!, other will make YOU as free as vo,
ha in,