Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-10-06
Syndicali-m and Indn-triali-m.

the dominant ANA property classes
not alone in England. but in cont
mental Europe as well Miles O
steamers and sailing ships Were
mOored at the wharyes in London
and Liverpool without crews to man
them, many thousands of plssen-
gers and travellers were stranded al
these great commercial centers.
London the greatest and largest
city in the world, was virtually IN a
state Of siege; parliament was in
session. members of the House
% Commons, the Lords temporal
and the Lords spiritual. seemed to
be dumbfounded by reason OF the
magnitude Of the strike with its
far-reaching effects. The laborers
manifested a feeling OF solidarity
never before witnessed in that
country. Food became scarce, prices
SCARED, thousands of people suf-
ffered with hunger; the mutter-
ings OF the proletariaus were bitter
and pronounced while parliament
seemed to be powerless to relieve
the strenuousness of the situation.
Many efforts were made by men high
in authority to effect a settlement
without success. Finally, Hon. Lloyd
George brought the contending forces
together, a basis of settlement was
arrived at. and the public again
caught its breath. The effects of
this great struggle still linger in
memory, and are likely to continue
for a long time; may cause a revision
of the time-honored theories of social
and political economy.
The lockers were granted their de-
mands, but refused to return to their
work until the grievances of the
carriers were also adjusted. Mem
bers of each trade organization sup
ported their fellow-workmen who
were out on strike, refusing to re-
turn to their employment until all
grievances were settled.
The leadership of this great strug-
gle on. behalf of the workingmen
seemed to have conferred in Tom
Mann, who figured conspicuously in
the dock strike of 1889. He recently
returned from Australia, where he
had agitated in behalf of industrial
unionism for several years. Mr..
Mann. evidently, was not favorably
impressed with labor party politics
in that far-off land, whose happy
conditions. as well as those of New
Zealand, are greatly exaggerated by
enthusiasts who live in the British
Isles and in the United States, es-
pecially by men and women with
single tax proclivities. Pastures
look green far away. Syndicalism
has the same meaning in France as
industrial unionism in Great Britain
and her colonies and also in the Unit
ed States. 1t has thus far only found
comparatively slight expression in
this country, but the time may ar.
rive when something of that kind
will have to be contended with here
as we'll as in the countries of Europe.
Mr.. Mann's position with refer
ence to Syndicalism a few months
ago, concerning the weakness oil
political and parliamentary action
raised great hubub among Social
lists and laborite politicians. whose
methods he claims are too tardy in
emit rgency instances; that Syndical
ism is the more effective remedy, be-
cause it acts more quickly.
1t does not require any great
stretch of the imagination to observe
that the propaganda of the Indus
trial Workers of the World. a shor,
designation being the I. w. w., is
near akin to Syndicalism. This band
of malcontents and revolutionary
proclivities not only make trouble
for the employers of labor. but great.
ly annoy the members of the Craft
unions and the Socialists in every
part OF the United States in which
they may be found. When opposi.
ton is lax, they contend among them.
selves on the question of the mani
festatit'n of class-consciousness.
1t is not altogether improbable
that unless financial and labor con.
ditions shall improve. this country
may be confronted with more serious
troubles than it has experienced
since the Civil war. The sphinx OF
fate propounds problems that ought
to be met and solved. before the stu.
alton shall become too acute. It is
not well to be Indifferent to present
social conditions and the consequent
unrest.
SEATTLE commission houses are in
the habi: of destroying cantaloupes
and other seasonable products when
a glut happens in the market, to
keep prices up to what they con-
ceive to be a reasonable rate. Sew
eral carloads have been dumped into
the bay at time, for that purpose,
and it sometimes applies to other
articles of food. It is found to ma
terially regulate prices, mainly, how
ever, by more care in amounts of Or
der and shipment.
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