The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-09-18
INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY

| Yes. that's il brother, that's what we
want We have had political demo-
| cracy so-called until we have enthron-
ed the greatest and meanest indus
| trial and political oligarchy in the
whole world. Political democracy has
put US into Industrial slavery TO a
handful of plutes. Industrial democ-
| racy i the way out of. that slavery
and there i no other Vote brother.
vote for it: vote TO own your job and
| be behoIden 10 no man for the priv
ilege Of living on this earth.
Perhaps you don't know exactly
what industrial democracy means.
You may not have studied the mat
| ter very much, or even thought about
il a all But you are open to convic-
tion f YOU are shown like the man
from Missouri.
Well brother, I'll try and in a few
words explain TO you what Industrial
democracy means. and hope and
pray that | may succeed in showing
you the advantage of it, and in induc-
ing you TO join that ever growing
procession OF men and women who the
entire world over today are demand
ing industrial democracy and freedom
and release from that industrial SER
mere political democracy That pro-
cession is marching in all so-calIed
countries and H. estimated at 10000. 600
persons.
Industrial democracy is the an
tithesis of Industrial oligarchy, or
plutocracy; it is and means public
ownership and mana cement of produc-
tiOn and distribution.
In order To establish this truly DEM
ocratic management Of production and
distribution. il becomes imperative for
Us to first Of all send men into all ma
tional and stale legislatures and to the
judicial benches VINO are in favor Of
industrial democracy and public own
ership and management and particu-
larly men who are willing to pied ge
themselves under PENALTY Of forfeiture
Of their various Offices to faithfully
carry out all necessary measures for
the establishment 0f an honest indus
trial democracy. These. the more inn
portant and essential measures consist
in the more. or less gradual acguisi-
tiOn by any and all means. as the ma
jority may decide. into the control and
manage ement of the administrative
agency, succeeding the plutocratic
government. dethroned.
Capitalism has in the course of years
permitted the naturalization and
municipalizatiOn Of good many pub
lie utilities So-called a the postoffice.
army, navy, rivers and harbors and
roads and streets. etc, all branches
and features Of our social organism as
never. or hardly ever do. or can. yield
any profit under private management.
| An honest industrial democracy must
and means TO add to these already So
cialized industries, also those which
heretofore and under private control
and management have produced our
| billionaires. milIiOnaires. plutocrats
| and oligarchs on the one hand and on
| the other have sent s. per cent of all
| the wealth producers into an indus
| trial Servitude. which daily becomes
| more eXacting, grinding and tyran-
| meal Hence the now world wide de-
mand for public ownership and man
| agement Of all means Of production
and distribution of wealth necessary
to a civilized existence and this i'm
| plies all mines, farms. factories. all
means Of transportation and communi-
cation, all means Of instruction, educa-
tion and anu sement, etc.
| With regard TO farming / may add
| that while public farming will in
creasingly be conducted on the largest
and most scientific plans and princi-
| pies ana Will hence easily double and
| quadruple the production over private,
small and inefficient effort. those who
prefer the oh way can do 50 but need
not count on having cheap help to
make a profit from. because our indus
| trial democracy and administrative
agency can and viii guarantee every
able bodied man and woman q job for
life under i've or siN-hour day Of
| work AZ not les taan $4,000 per year
and the glorious privilege Of selecting
and electing their necessary foremen
superintendent and other captains
and lieucenants. All this applies to all
other industries and means of wealth
production and distribution.
ClaS. +. schneider.
| o-aEa. Srr-enbe-. 1912