The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-08-11

revolutionists OF IT'S. ana he aid not
tniuce hts words about IL. either. In
his first paFagreph he defined the
class struggle. In his second para
graph he proved that there was a
class struggle IN society by setting
forth the condition OF labor In this
third paragraph he concludes by
portraytng the class struggle and
then proceeds with criticism %
what he calls Socialism. 80 I shall
quote his third paragraph and pro-
coed 20 discuss a. In my next
article | shall begin a discussion OF
Leo thought Il was.
his THIRD PARAGRAPH.
~r,ut all agree. asd there can be- NO
0aesfson whatever that some remedy
ouss be found. and quickly found.
whieA press se h~ssti. ~ tails
mement ON the large majority OF the
very poor. The snctest workm~n's
Guiias were destroyed In the last
century. sad mo- other Organization
took their place. Public institutions
and the laws have repudtat~d the
enesest religion Hence by degrees
~ has coas~ To pas that WORKING ms u
defeas~is.s. 60 The esiiousa~s. OF
employers and the Grv~d of unr~-
. strained competitions. The evil hs.
eesa Increased by rspaetoas asory.
dems~d by the church. ts. nev~rthe-
loss. usder = dfff~r~at form. hat
with the same guilt. sfiii pr~ette~d
~ svsrteicas ssa Krasptsx mes.
Aad TO tsis muss BIZ added the
custom of working by contract. and
The concentrations of maoy
BREACHES OF trade IN the hands OF q
few fndfs idunis. 90 that smaii
aumber OF very rich es~s have been
able 20 lay ape. the mss.<s of the
= a
slavery tt.~if."
Now. remember that the pope
gave US this letter In May. isst--
twenty-five years ago. BE told us
that a remedy must be found quick
~ for the misery and wretchsfness
ask. are not ali poor people rnissr-
abIs and wrctcheds And Is II not
true that the struggle for sxi.tsnes
makes them sol Can poor family
educate e 10th and feed Zee lsss s sas
and desirable things In iifsf Who
Is so dumb. dear and dufupish that
they do not know that poverty Ia
the father Of iguoranes. and that
Ignorance IL the mother OF sim
The workinxnen's guilds were do
stroyed beczuse they we're an OBJ
stacls to che exploiting class. and
today we have what Is called free
labor. Tnis means that the labor IL
free to the expioiters. but the
lnborer In waRs-slave because he
Is compelled TO sell his labor power
70 rxpfoffers In order to live. There
fore what the exploitsrs get from
labor Is free to them as profit be-
cause the sxploftsrs do not work.
They work the workers and take
nrom them the product Of their toll.
ovsr what IL takes 20 feed. clothe
and shelter the workers In meager
nay.
Public institutions and the laws
Populated tho ancient religion.
bays the pope. but this was because
public institutions and the laws
were relative Institutions. ensnat-
Ing from the economic requirement
OF the dominant class In society. VINO
IN turn were actuatsd BY their
material interest In the mode OF
production and exchange OF TIE
necessities to sustain human ltfe.
when the church stands In the way
OF the profit mouEer he sacrifices
the church. because all humans. as
rule are actusted by material In
terests and dominated by economic
power.
We all know that In ancient times.
as today. the common people have
been driven from the land and rob
bed Of their labor In the Industries,
but listen 10 the pope Hence ~
degrees II has come to pass that
worklngmen have been given over.
lousness of the employers and the
greed Of unrestraiusd competition.
and here we see that industry DON'T
mates the race. and unless the en-
pioyer takes all the surplus from
labor he will fail and become
laborer for wages. The profit sys-
TEN puts the caiiouses on his heart
and on the laborers hands
The rapacious Insurer ia also a
product OF the profit system and q
~
make the system. n made him what
he f.. so the church must not con
denim the man. but the system that
makes him avaricious and srasping.
The working by contract and
concentration Of so many branches
OF trade in the hands Of a few indi-
yfduals" Is merely the natural de-
yelopment OF capitalism by organ
fxins Industry through machine pro.
duction. or as the Socialist would
say. the sociaiizing Of Industry IL
compulsory TO capitalists In order
that their capital may be kept In
motion and do It's work OF exploiting
the workers OF the surplus value.
The pope concludes his third
paragraph by saying That small
humber ~ very rich men have been
able to lay upon the masses OF the
poor a yoke little better than slavery
Itself" Now. we Socialists are all
agreed with Pope Leo that small
number Of rich are subjecting the
yase-workers and all OF US 70 a
condition OF slavery. and we also
know that the rich are as power .
less as the poor-the remedy ia ma o.
teriaf and economic, and not re-
iigious or spiritual
The wealth created is tho social
product of social labor created on
social machinery, but the machinery
is the private property OF the
ereated goes 20 the machine owners.
The workers get wages ana are
fhsrefors wage-slsves. We say that
weaith distribution must be
brought into harmony with wealth
profliction. and In order % DO TINS
Collective ownership and democralie
management IL necessary Then
a1s,v person would have the right
10 labor and 20 the enjoyment 81
the fuIl fruit Of their labor. and the
ronsi.rt spoken OF by Pope Leo
y.ro,Iid he over, because wealth Wouln
tben he created for use instead OF
for profit TO capital by wage-ElaVes
The SOCIALIST philosophy afordg
,hs only remedy. Socialism ~ we
only hope for the poor. bcgnonlo
frssdorn IL the basis o. All llberty
Socialism would abollsn IN - =,
labor and the graft IN public anu
,riya.e life and afford honest, use
mi Employment for the present-a ga
Insurer fhe rich today wear w
yoks Of deReneracy alarm an
anYistv while the poor wear w
YOKE ~ slavery. Neither YOKE mi ~
be lifted without once ana for a..
rfving TO tho race security IN w
sconornic right.
ITO be continued in next Monday
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