The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-06-15
An Appeal to Reason
(Continued from page one.)


under the present system. you are
paid $3.50 for ten hours labor, I'M
der Socialism you would receive $40
for the same amount OF labor, or
s. if you worked but five hours a
day. Now, if you believe that good
for you and your family, you mu st
be a Socialist and vote for Social
ism.
Under the present system of pro-
duction your boss manufactures
goods in utter disregard of how
much the markets can absorb. His
competitors do the same (unless it
Is trust-made article) and when
you can't buy back what you create.
the market is clogged, mills, mines
and shops are shu. down.
When that happens we have "A
panic. All the workers are thrown
out of employment. Although the
warehouses are filled to over-fowing
they are unable to buy the products
OF their own labor.
The papers call this state of af-
fairs tover-production." III other
words, the workers have no aa.cad
because they raise 100 much wheat
They can go in rags because the
acreage of cotton was too great. The
workers. children go barefootcd be-
cause too many shoes have been
manufactured, and the workers eat
in soup houses because there Is too
much beef
Now. if the workers had the money
to buy these things they would not
20 hungry or ragged when the store
houses are filled with the food and
clothing they need. but because they
receive only one-fifth of the value
or the product they manufacture
they can only buy back one-fifth of
their product.
Socialism aims to eliminate PRO-
IT. THE PAY OF THE WORKER
is TO BE EQUAL 70 THE SELL
ING PRICE OF HIS PRODUCT.
When that state of affairs is brought
about panic and overproduction wilq
become impossible. Every worker
WILL RECEIVE THE FULL VAL
uE OF HIS LABOR. THUS GREAT
ING THE PURCHASING POWER
With WHICH TO BUY BACK THE
VALUE PRODUCED BY HIM.
Another important fact that lou
must understand is that under the
present system your master-the
owner of the shop--may say where
you may work. when you may work,
how long YOU may work and how
much you may have. He dictates
the conditions OF your life as Ger
tainly as ever did Il slave master of
black men
Under the present system of wage
slavery the workers arc merely the
servants. the puppets of a modern |
collar aristOcracy, which they keen
in power by creating wealth and
handing the product over to the own
ers of the machinery.
The Socialist party does not seek
to conquer or oppreSs or cnslayc
any class. not even our present mas
tcrs. 1t does not aim to create Il
new race of slaves
The whole movement is for euual-
ltF or opportunity and economic |
J"stlce. 10 give every worker the
inll product of his labor. no less and |
no more.
The masters stand for the deg
radiation of the masses. The dwarfnd
chlldren OF the crippled and |
useless worker. the painted pros
titutc. the shaving women. the dull
eyed. low-browcd man with the hoe.
is their idea of the toilers.
Throughout the long suffering
centuries the capitalist class has
enslaved and robbed the
working class in every conceivable I
way. For years the workers have
renamed blind and deaf. but now
they are becoming aroused. They
are going to throw off the blind
Iethargy that has neld them in it's
spell for these years.
Because capitalism denies to the
workers comfortable homes. decent
working hours. education, culture.
travel and amusement. so necessary
to tit them to become useful citizens.
it must 80. Gaze
Socialism will make you free. 1t
Will give YOU the ownership of your
Job 1t will give you IL life worth
living. rrur
THE WAY OUT