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

Despair has given way to hope; weak
ness to strength; fear to courage.
They no longer cringe and supplicate;
they hold up their heads and COM
mand. They have ceased to fear their
masters and learned to trust them
selves.
QUICKENED BY STRUGGLE.
And this is how the socialist party
came TO be born. 1t was quickened
into life in the bitter struggle OF the
worlds enslaved workers. 1t express
es their collective determination to
break their fetters and emancipate
themselves and the race.
rs IT strange that the workers are
loyal to such a party; that they proud
ly stand beneath it's blazing banners
and fearessly proclaim its conquer
ing principles? 1t is the one party of
their class, born of their agony and
baptized in the blood of their count
less brethren who perished in the
struggle 10 give it birth.
Hall TO this great party of the
toiling millions whose battle-cry is
| heard around the world!
I'VE do not plead for votes; the
workers give them freely the hour
they understand.
But We need to destroy the preju.
dice that still exists and dispel the
darkness that still prevails in the
/ working class world. We need the
clear light of sound education and
the conquering power of economic
and political organization.
/ Before the unified hosts of labor
all the despotic governments on earth
are powerless and all resistance vain
Before their onward march all ruling
classes disappear and all slavery van
ishes forever.
The appeal of the socialist party
is to all the useful people of the ma
ton, all who work with brain anC
muscle TO produce the nations wealth
and who promote its progress and con
serve its civilization.
NO BOUNDARY LINES.
only they who bear its burden!
snay rightfully enjoy the blessing!
OF civilized society.
There are no boundary lines t
separate race from race. sex from
sex. or creed from creed in the so
cialist party. The common rights o
all are equally recognized.
Every human being is entitled L
sunlight and air, TO what his labo
produces, and to an equal chanct
I
fold and ripen and give TO the worl,
the riches OF his mind and soul.
Economic slavery is the world
greatest curse today. Poverty an,
misery. prostitution. insanity an,
crime are its inevitable results.
The socialist party is the one part,
which stands sQuarely and uncom
promisingly for the abolition of in
. dustrial slavery; the one party pledg
ed in every fibre of its being to tn
economic freedom of all the people
$50 long as the nations resource
, and productive and distributive ma
, chinery are the private property of
= privileged class the masses will b
at their mercy, poverty will be thei
lot. and life will be shorn of all tha
raises IL above the brute level.
The infallible test OF a politics
I party is the private ownership of tn
sources OF wealth and the means O
life. Apply that test to the republ
can, democratic and progressive pal
ties and upon that basic, fundamen
al issue you will find them essential
, one and the same. They differ accort
: ing TO the conflicting interests OF tn
privileged classes, but at bottom the
= are alike and stand for capitalist clas
:, rule and working class slavery.
The new progressive party is
: party OF progressive. capitalism.
is layishly financed and shrewdly az
: yertised. But II stands for the rul
q OF capitalism all the same.
when the owners OF the trusts I
a nance a party to put themselves OF
> OF business; when they turn owe
!, their wealth TO the people from whol
: they stole II and go TO work an
Q make an honest living, il will be tim
= enough 20 consider the merits Of th
. Roosevelt progressive party.
, "One question is sufficient TO dete
e CONTINUED on rage Ten-)