Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-26

mine the true status of all these par
ties. Do they want the workers to
own the tools they work with, con-
troll their own jobs, and secure to
themselves the wealth they produce?
Certainly not. That is utterly ridicu-
lous and impossible from their point
of view.
THE republican, democratic and
progressive parties all stand for the
private ownership by the capitalists
Of the productive machinery used by
the workers, so that the capitalists
can continue to fitch the wealth pro-
duced by the workers.
THE socialist party is the only
party which declares that the tools of
labor belong to labor and that the
! wealth produced by the working class
belongs to the working class.
: Intelligent workingmen are no
longer deceived. They know that the
struggle in which the world is engag
ed today is a class struggle and that
/ in this struggle the workers can new
er win by giving their votes to CAPT
talist parties. They have tried this
| for many years and it has always pro-
| duced the same results to them.
THE class of privilege and pelf has
had the world by the throat and the
working class beneath its iron-shod
hoofS long enough The magic word
of freedom is ringing through the
nation and the spirit of intelligent
revolt is finding expression in every
land beneath the sun.
WORKING CLASS SOLID.
THE solidarity OF the working class
Is the silent force In the social trans
formation Of which we behold the
signs upon every hand. Nearer and
nearer they are being drawn togeth-
er in the bonds of unionism: clearer
and clearer becomes their collective
vision; greater and greater grows
the power that throbs within them.
They are the Goth century hosts
OF freedom who are 10 destroy all
despotisms, topple over all thrones
seize all sceptres of authority and
hold them in their own strong hands
tear up all privilege by the roots, and
consecrate the earth and all its full
ness to the Joy and service of al
humanity
1T is vain to hope for material
relief under the prevailing system
of capitalism. All the reforms that
are proposed by the three capitalist
parties, even il carried out in good
faith, would still leave the working
class in industrial slavery.
'The working class will never b.
: emancipated by the grace of the CAPT
talist class, but only by overthrow
ing that class.
The power to emancipate itself II
{ inherent in the working class and thi
{ power must be developed through
, sound education and applied through
sound organization.
!, 1T is as foolish and self-destruc
+ tive for workingmen to turn TO re
= publican. democratic and progressive
= parties on election day as il would b
7 for them TO turn to the Manufactul
: ers' association and the Citizens a.
g lance when they are striking agains
Q starvation wages.
d THE capitalist class is organize
4 economically and politically TO kee
D the working class in subsection an
r perpetuate its power as ruling class
They do not support a working elias
= union nor working class party. The
d are not so foolish. They wisely loo
. out for themselves.
II DESPIsED BY CAPITAL.
6 The capitalist class despise
o working class party. Why should tn
working class give their support I
II capitalist class party?
n Capitalist misrule under whic
z workingmen suffer slavery and th
u most CALLING injustice exists only b.
e. cause 1t has workingmen's supper