Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-05-08
1. w. w. AGAIN.

Editor Majority:
Dear Sir:---Again will have to remind
you that abuse and bitter Remuneration
OF those who do not agree with your
lno!vlaual veWs; deliberate misrepre-
sentation of the Industrial WORKERS Of
the World, and it's program, editorial1v
ana otherWlse, in your paper, con ac-
complish nothing and will only react
apon yourself. The working class want
facts and not a bunch of abusive twad
die. If there Is error it must be met
with argument and facts. Truth is alb
solute and will ring true every time. a
Iact IS brought in contact with it. Let
me bring few facts in contact with.
your TRADE of misrepresentation and
onWarranted abuse and let the readers
Judge # your statements have the ring
of truth
First, in your editorial you state that
accuse all those who disagree with
me as being, prompted by "mercernary
motives" have never made this state
ment, either in writing or in my talk
TO the wheeling Socialist local, and you
My ego has not reached the pin
nacle, where denounce all those who
disagree with me, and there are hun
d a OF people who are sincere and
ctalism and the I. w. W., because they
do not know the principles of either
one Then there are number of mem
bers of the Socialist Party who are al
so honest and sincers in opping the II
W. W., incipally because they have
been misled by peanut politicians and
other (mis) leaders of labor. into be-
I1eving that the program of the l. w.
W. means bullets, personal violence,
dynamite and violent destruction of
property. There lies have been peddled
by an element which are trying to use
the revolutionary labor movement to
1t is useless to deny that this element
exists in the Socialist Party, the history
up to date, has given US too many con-
crete examples as proof 1t Is this ele-
ment who are disrupting the Socialist
movement and. are driving the revolu-
tionists out of the party. 1t is these
dtsrupters and labor takers that 1 de-
nounce as actuated by selfish motives,
but that does no include the thousands
OF honest and sincere working men
named above, as you would have your
readers believe, Mr.. Editor.
Again you call me an, exploitr of the
workers because 1 sell books to, the
public and get commission for my
work. Really you're a joker when it
comes to working class economics 1
nave nave cal ai W been taught by MARKHAM
take place at the point of production,
and never at the point of consumption,
and as do not own even a part of
printing plant, or any stock or bonds,
I can never be classed as an exploiter.
If owned or controlled a printing
plant or had stock in same, and employ
ed bunch of men to turn out capitals
tic advertising, and job printing at
plotting class. You must have school
of economics all your own, one so elias
tic that 1t can applysto almost any case
especially if that lpesky I: w. W. crosses
Your statement that am a CRATER
can be proven false by any up-to-date
dictionary. Graft is obtained by swim
die, false pretense and Illegal methods.
he 0ola Of ~
"a perfectly legal way and am not swim
ding anyone.
You also state that my statement:
that you live at the expense of the pro-
alton: Pray, what do you produce in
the line Of food, clothing and shelter?
1t is so self evident that you do not
belong to the producing class. but live
at the expense of the producing class,
and all your mental acrobatics cannot
prove to the contrary White hot in
.dignation and flat denials without proof
cannot be consistently applied to work
ing class economics Better read Value
Price and Profit" and getia little know
ledge on the subject. :
When speaking of the /. w. W., which
is the only organization which repre-
sents militant revolutionary unionism
on the economics field. 1t also stands
for the overthrow of the capital sys
tenn and wage slavery; does not com
promise with the bosses" thru wage
the workers so they cannot act as
unit. Industrial organizations, or or
ganization by industries would wipe out
craft autonomy and trade organization,
possible. Let me explain what craft
autonomy" is: 1t is term used to lay
down restrictive rules for each organi
zation, which allows only a certain por-'
ton of workers in given industry to
become members of given trade union.
Each trade jealousy guards its own
interests. and no interference Is allow
ed on the part of other trades in the
reference" in the affairs of a craft
union is called craft or trade auto
nomy." 1t Is this policy that forces the
carpenter to carry a carpenters union
| the line These autonomous trades
may affiliate into a federation, as part
Of the building trades have done, but
federation by trades is not industrial
nomy exists, solidarity cannot be
achieved. Therefore, let me say again,
you have no solidarity in Wheeling. So
you seer Mr. Editor, when you state that
you are doing things while the I. W. w
is talking about it, you are presenting
Zip industriRHsm" while, on the other
hand, the I v. w is doing things to
the tune Of 240 locals industrially orr
ganized in the United States and 10
locals in Canada, this does not Include
the propaganda locals National Indus
trial Unions, Textile Workers, repre-
senting alone about $1,000 members,
forest and lumber workers and marine
transport workers The ]. W. w. are
| organizing per cent of the working
class. which is not represented by the
AT. Of L.
5You state the A. F. Of L. has 2,000,-
600 members, but you fail to point out
| that those figures are represented by
Canada and the United States-then
ask the reader to figure II out for him
lself-after stating there are perhaps