The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-09
(REpOItTED BY SIMON
RICHNIOND.)
PRINCE
Ladies' and Gentlemen:

Ladies' and Gentlemen:
One is EN- barraSsed to undertake
TO discuss SO large a subject as the
one we have to night, in one evening
If one endeavors to do it justice No
one can cover so vast a subject prop
erly in one evening. The best that
can do and the best believe any
one can do is to discuss somewhat
especially some of the particularly
important phases of it. I shall give
special attention to the subject of
class struggle. as it is seen in modern
wars
Now, this one part of the class
struggle is SO vast that 1 could not
possible do justice to it in an hour
The best | can do is to talk briefly
OF some of the very important mat
ters of war as manifestations of the
class struggle.
Now. in order to understand any
thing it is necessary to understand
at least its history. and the history
of anything includes it's origin The
first thing to be looked at is the
origin of the eeclass struggle. and in
discussing the origin of the class
struggle l wish to make clear the
origin of four or five things:
l. | want to make clear the
origin of the ruling class.
> want to make clear the
origin of the working class.
;. l want to make clear the
origin of the class struggle.
1. want to make clear the
origin of standing armies. the armed
guard of the ruling class
want tn mako n1a
origin of war.
will take the fifth one first How
did wars originate on this planet?
Man can got his living out of the
earth. We get our entire living out
Of tn" earth-everything we use pos
Sihly, except sunshine. 1t is difficult
to get a living out of the earth if
on" does not know much about the
earth Mankind finds it easy to get
living in proportion as mankind
Understands the earth. And a long,
iohS time ago, men and women knew
Very little about the earth. The
secret of agriculture and stockrais-
ing, men and women q long time ago
NheW little about. AS it was proper
u"natrly difficult to get a living the
struggle for life was very difficult
thousands of years ago. So they hit
nPoh Narious ways to get a living.
To -"t Il living men and women had
10 Su"nd energy upon the work. And
as tA"y knew little about the earth.
Ii' work was severe, and it was en-
HF'.N natural that they should StruS-
q" 20 avoid hard labor. next to get
H''n%, and as I said they hit upon
'afioHs ways to get living.
'n' of ttcm was the unhappy plan
'' '3''n@ one another-cannibalis
""s ihrjr way.-that is, catch a
"'-""'r and eat him-you can catch
ann "'Si"r than you can catch some
''""i animal. Cannibalism was COM
''"" on many parts of the earth.
WY ancestors were cannibals: they
We" after the substance in their
"'.-@."r'S bodies.
"H1inaliSm gave way to another
,,.A "' society called slavery And
".S : the way it came about. A
.'"- "nl" ago our ancestors lived in
,,'''s Just as Indians along time ago.
''. 'ribe had it's hunting ground
'' NNAIn& ground, and those hunt
-'"HndS and fishing grounds
'Ntremely valuable. They de-
'''.-'t them jealously. AS the tribe
.N ''." pressure of the population
'A'.'' very severe. and tribes tres
. on one another's territory.
..'. one trib trespassed on the
Of another tribe there were
.''al quarrels. and that caused
ana our ancestors had inter-
VARS. just as the Indians in
''E-Inias hundreds of years ago.
i"eulfarities about those first
re those: In those early wars
.. I'd. . not take prisoners. Some
n" Indians take prisoners, but
'"riai purpose, namely, to play