The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-04

shake or tremble. The owner of tina
! large, bony. powerful tis realizes hi:
power. He is growing stronger
while the human parasite, who own!
| the diamond bejeweIed hand. is grow
| ing weaker.
| The giant hand of labor backed b,
| Intelligent, class conscious action. is
lpitted against the weak hand OF
| capitalism. supported only by dol
lars.
Study that picture for moment
You need not be told who is going
| to win in the coming battle.
! The capitalist parasites foolishly
| imagine that they can stop a grow
! ing political movement. which is
trying to emancipate wasse slaves, by
throwing Il lot of their unearncd
dollars to human jackals of the Gold
stein and Wes Hill type
But it is too late. Not all their dol
lars not all their hire. editors. not
all the lies, not all the prejudice and
suDerstitions. can save the capital
list class from economic annihila-
ton.
For the first time in the history of
the world the workers are reading
The printing press IS keeping them
informed They understand why they
are poor and why they must suffer
They know why the capitalist, who
owns the machinery of production
and does not work. can give thouS-
ands Of his unearncd dividends to
fight labor. And understanding these
things. what is there to prevent
them from wiping out this injustice.
The worllingmen know that the
capitalist class owns 1NDIVlDULLY
the whole earth, and under this sys-
tenn the workers are being robbed.
They know that there are thous-
ands of breaker boys in the mines of
Pennsylvania. and boddin girls in
the cotton mills of the South and
factory hands. both men and women,
in all the huge manufactures, whose
physical health and mental unfold
ing. whose spirit and moral stamina
are being ruthlessly under mind by
the grinding demands for larger
profits and good dividends, or to still
further, swell the-eNtravagant scale
OF living on the part of great num-
bers OF society parasites
The workers also know that today
all these industries are carried on
by corporations. a company is
formed, othcers and directors CHOSEN.
Il superintendent engaged, whose
duty it is to direct the mill for the
company and to see that dividends
come regularly.
The members who compose the
company show little or nothing of
the business and operation of the
Industry. In fact most OF it's mem
bers are travelling and are far re
moved from the mills and factories
they own.
Tie workers are even becoming
lmpertlnent enough to ask what Mor-
gan knows about the mines and rail
roads that give him thousands of
dollars day income.
They also want to know what
Gladys Vanderbilt knows about the
railroad that gave her millions, all
earned by the workers on the New
York Central lines, with which to
buy her Counts.
They ask if Carnegie, Corey or
Schwab perform any actual work to
earn the fabulous fortunes they an
nually receive from society by virtue
OF the fact that they own the steel
stock
The workers realize that if a COM
pany can appoint a superintendent
who is paid wage to conduct its
business. the people can do the same
thing snder a socialized system of
production.
The only difference will be owner
ship. The owners always get the re-
suits of operation. When the work.
ers own collectively they will get the
product and no outside Individual
owner will get it.
Whatever is produced will be for
the use and exchange of all the peo-
pie and not stored and piled up for
the benefit of a few capitalists
THE WORKERS. KNO\ That
THE OWNING CLASS is ALSO THE
RULING CLASS.
! If one man owns the means of
| life-the mines. factories. railroads
these national necessities they rule.
| If 100000 own them, they rule.
But the whole people cannot rule
until the whole people own.
! THE WHOLE PEOPLE MUST
OWN COLLECTIVELY ALL IN
tDUSTRT.
| BY virtue of that ownership they
will become their own rulers. They
Will then own their own jobs and
their lives. They will create neces-
!sary things for their own use and
they will also enjoy the benefits of
them.
Thus Will be restored to the peo-
| pie the means of life.
The understanding of the Socialist
party program has placed working