The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1913-08-30
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hat samuel CON peri; president sot ithe American
Federation OF Labor lost none OF his mental force
during his recent illness is made evident by his de-
nuncatfon, delivered last week 81 the industrial Work
ers Of the World a. follows:" E>>-l Gzf:r*&< ! ~
E 'Those to whom been granted penetration and
understanding, realize the fundamental difference be-
tween the constructive American Federation OF Labor
and the destructive L. W., the social services OF the
one and the dangers portended by the other: -:
" The W. W. is destructive theory and in practice
""lt would destroy the state and the ownership of
property and substitute for these voluntary coectvsm
or form of anarchy - a, r.
"As the Industrial Workers of the World state in
their literature: There is just one bargain the
Industrial Workers of the World will make with the
employing class--compete surrender of all control of
industry to:the organized workers. .. So *:="
rhey say society lis composed of two: aclasses-the
employing and the empoyed-whose interests are d.
ametr1cally opposed and incapable of cancellations
Hence the the employed can be righted only
by dspossessing the employers Upon this basis their
programme is prepared =" - : - .~*> -
$50 irrevocable and so neradcable do they consider
the line of demarcation between the classes that
one of their interpreters Mr.. Pouget, posulates
tor them two distinct systems of morality The truth
is that there exist two classes in society SO there
exist two moralities, the bourgeois morality the
proletarian morality :.<~. -: ~.: =
Yet Mr. Pouget deems even this morality too con-
structve For in consideration transfer industry
are going to take the Industries day. for three
very good Because we need them because we
want them and because have the power to get them
Whether .ethically justified or not lis not our
concern =: ~ .:.r>. ,.:t. =:
Their destructive policies begin with opposition to
the trade union For this they would substitute type
OF organization that would unite all the
ardent compact, aweinsprng union eager to sacrifice
personal and Immediate benefits dream Of future
perfection Such an organization. would constitute
sort OF militant flying wedge reach by action
the heart of tndustryfor the belong the spos
The tactics employed In this Organization are the
eral strike, direct action and sabotage
The general strike is to enable the workers ap-
prox1mate the fighting strength of the empoyer-for
action altogether with irresistible solidarity would
sweep all difficulties away The fact that different
groups OF men working at different trades different
difficulties to these theorists who
demand that all workers on the qu vive to
their individual desires and welfare and the
ests OF those dependent them for sake of the
altogether Utopia. Since the altogether strike with
folded hands for industrial purposes impraccable
cause Of dtfncqlties presented by human nature
aggressive methods employed. : .4c. r.. j.:
actual practice 1t is hard to distinguish between
action sabotage and violence Direct action they
say, Is getting results by more Immediate methods
that u.s. appropriang The term sabotage is derived
from sabot, meaning wooden shoe The propagandists
say sabotage is slang word used fgurativey in the
sense to work cumsily. Less prejudiced writer's find
more sinister connotatto derived from the action of
French peasants in throwing their wooden shoes
machinery strike Device: Direct action interpreted
means Violence force sabotage the strike III which are
used all the methods condemned by humanitarian stand
ards-that the ultimate ideal may obtained imn1e-
datey: Sabotage is just another for destruction
The leaders suggest tina delicate expensive machinery
may be ruined by careless handling dropping in for
eign articles; food other articles be made unfit
for sale; salespeople may refuse show stock may
1njure sales by displaying all the defects the goods
or by merely telling the truth expensive mistakes may