The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-05-10
BACK TO THE CONSTITUTION.

There is one labor leader who has both the courage and the candor of his convictions. It is James McCar- thy, president of the Chicago Meat, Food and Sanitary Science Inspec- tors. Association, an organization af- hliated with the American Federation of Labor, but evidently not control led by it's officers and not sympathiz- ing with it's purposes.
 MT. Mccarthy appeals to wage workers not to go back to the farm but to go back to the Constitution, D He does not agree with the self-styled advanced thinkers" who claim that the fathers of the Constitution were corrupt aristocrats, whose aim was to deprive the people of a right to rule. MT. Mccarthy describes himself as ''working-man, a trades unionist and one who comedies to the other fellow the same right that I may have legal ly and naturally and no more" MT. Mccarthy has no patience with social ism, it's pretentions and it's delusions. He says
 There is absolutely no question in the minds of thinking men as to where socialism would inevitably lead us. We would be state slaves beyond any doubt. Where law and justice ought to prevail we would have despotisn,
 
 Socialism seeks to remodel society on the basis of uniform remuneration for the locomotive engineer and the railroad grader. The analytical chemist and the street sweeper would receive the same reward for their ser vice from the cooperative common wealth. The beehive would be the model, and under the pretence of larg- CT liberty individualism would be sub-
 
 no rights as against the caprice of the majority. MT. Mccarthy argues that we have in our existing constitutions, and es- pecially in that of the nation not only a remedy but a cure for all our econ- omic ills which can be reached by or ganized and collective effort, as dis tinguished from the individual effort of industry, sobriety and thrift
 Back to the Constitution" and not forward to socialism should be the motto of all who seek to advance their fortunes by industry, thrift, in- telligent labor and well ordered lives. Mountain tops are reached by climb ing, not by pulling back those who are willing to climb. It is a well-directed effort of every man to get on in life that builds up the wealth and power of state. Intelligent selfishness contributes more to the welfare of society and is more helpful to society than the iridescent dreams of idle ness. Socialism pulls the bright, ac- tive and industrious man down to the level of achievement accomplish ed by the slothful and stupid. The spirit of socialism is incarnated in the resolutions of the bricklayers unions which require that the ability of the most unskillful and laziest member to lay brick shall be the measure. of performance which more active and delft workers must not ex- ceed.
 The slack performance which soci- alism inculcates will never push a community forward on the road of progress, ''The sleeping fox catches no poultry" Indiv1dualism is what distinguishes man from the lower ami mals. Socialism crushes individual ism
 He that from small beginnings nas deservedly raised himself to the high est stations" says Colton, may not always find that full satisfaction :n the possession of his object that he anticipated in the pursuit of it. But although the individual may be dis appointed, the community benefited, first by his exertionS, and secondly by his example; for it has been we'll ob- served that the public are served not by what the Lord Mayor feels who rides in his coach, but by what the apprentice boy feels who looks at him. 9