The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-04-27

expended by, Others in the produc-
ton of the materials. No profits for
anybody.
TO obtain on The sam2 terms
their food, clothing, furniture. and
all other things desired for which
their labor might be sufficient TO
pay. The right to labor would never
iail so long as there was an inch OF
unused land or an unsatisfed de-
sire on part of anybody for the pro-
ducts OF another and as that has
never come and never will come.
Desire grows upon its food, and the
more civilized human, beings become
the more they want. Men are now
denied the opportunity to labor dur
ing industrial Expressions. simply be-
cause the wage-slaves have received
so little in wages for their products
that they are nnable TO buy them back
and the capitalist therefore cannot
make profits by permitting labor to
continue to exert itself, as stated a
moment ago 1t is under consump-
ton and not over production that
causes all industry to lag at regular
intervals. Socialism would insure the
wealth producer against under-con-
sumption and enforce idleness by
giving them all of their products in
stead of wage that represents only
one forth Of their value. Give lab
or the power TO purchase its full
product and the time will never come
when men Will have to go hungry
because they have produced too
much food or shoreless because they
have made too many shoes or half
clad because they have made too
many clothes, but there are other
reasons upon which is based the So
cialist contention that the private
ownership of land and machinery is
a moral crime. Next in Importance
perhaps is the fact that the private
ownership of capital constantly de-
prives society of the services of mil
lions of men who are unable to at
tain an opportunity to labor
In so-called good times, the stan
ding army of the unemployed is es-
timated a. two million men, and in
times OF industrial deprison the
mum Der of men out of work often
reaches the ten million mark. So
ciety is deprived Of the services of
so great a body Of men, not because
there is nothing for them to do, not
because the world has not innum-
cradle wants that have never been
filled, but for what the capitalist
evidently consider the very good
reason for such unemployment, the
TACT That there is no opportunity to
permit such men to .abor at a profit
TO the capitalist. Think of it, mill
lions of men women and children
suffering all the year around for
the necessities of life Millions of
men eager to earn living for them
serves by supplying the want of
others ii. the capitalist who own all
the land and the machinery with which,
wealth may be produced would only
give them an opportunity to labor
ana this opportunity is denied the
army OF unemployed merely because
the products of these men if employ
ed, could not be sold at figure that
would afford a prof1t for the manu-
facturers. There never was an in
dustrlai depression from which The
working class could not have OK
tfacted itself in three days if it
could have had an opportunity to
TABOR and exchange it's products
among it's members upon an honest
basis.
Yet. in every business depression,
the working class suffers untold
'oSA'i~'7 b|e~tuSt HAS
the enormous sin of producing more
goods with its labor than it can pay
for with its wages. The result be-
ing inability on the capitalist part to
manufacture at a profit. Since he
can nc longer dsprove of his wares
and their idleness for the wage
slave, who are denied the right to
labor. But that is what you vote for
Mr. Wage-slavr when yo,, go to the
polls and vote a scat ticket, but then
you Mr.. Union man, you never seem
to mind voting n scat ticket Any
old time you have the chance. You
vote the fellows in Office who makes
the laws and sends the armed things
and strike breakers to murder you
when you strike to force your mas
ter to give YOU little more of the
wealth. you have produced, but then
you get what you vote for when YOU
vote the capitalist, Democratic or
Republican ticket and you have no
kick coming.