The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-08-08
||s'nVG FIX MISSOURI
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
St. John, Gompers and Hillquit
All Wrong, Wsinberger
Holds Key to Situation.

4 An assortment OF solutions OF the
problem Of Unemployment has been
presented to the Federal commission
on Industrial Relations. Mr.: Vincent
st. John, representing the Industrial
Workers of the World, declares the
remedy to be one single organizsN on
to contain allrworkers, instead of a
federation Of organizations ofvarious
trades and crafts This organEj
is then to solve unemployment by car
.rying on "a war OF determination
against employers =. -. & !:
MI, Samuel ,Gompers declares the
solution to be along the lines of or.
ganization and collective bargaining.
He favors political action as we'll,
with an eye to doing what can be
done now, letting the future to IKE
care of ITSELF ...s. = ::.s*:#s
Morris Hillquit declared the remedy
to be social ownership of the means
of production and distribution, in such;
form as is in each case best adapted
to given industry. %{ j1z: Z = :i IS
,...... Single Tax View. - =. ..@ ..5 = ::
Harry Weinberger declared the
remedy to be opening up Of more OPP
portunities to labor. He referred to
the 100000 acres of idle land In and
around New York City, which II only
used for farming, would furnish OPP
portunities to all the unemployed in
the city, while If put to- the use. for
which it is best fitted, this land would
offer even greater opportunities. He
further referred to the fact that the
state of Texas, alone, If its lands were
put to their complete economic use,
would employ and support every man.
woman and child in the United States
..And yet we find" he adds, that
there are people out Of employing t
who desire and seek work and yet are
unable to find It," The remedy for
this: state Of affairs, he shows. is tax
alton of the value of land, regardless
Of improvements thereon -
st. John Wrong.
OF Mr.. st. Johns suggestion 1t must
be said that for those who reject what
both Mr.. Hillquit and Mr. weinberger
have to suggest, it is the only logical
course to follow. The present econom-
ic system is founded on denial of the
natural right of all men to the use OF
the earth. If this denial is justified,
or If it is impossible to abolish poverty
then the only hope for the great mass
thods proposed by Mr.. st. John sarN
his I. w. w. organization. No agita.
tors have done one-tenth as much
to spread the gospel Of violence as
have the eminently respectables who
control such organizations as, for in
stance, The. Allied Real Estate Inter-
I ests Of New York, or the National Al
ISOLATION. OF Manufacturers. Mr.. st.
Johns position is as right or as wroE\
| as is the position Of the conservative
upho1ders. of=existtn conditions; 3 Il: -
-*.. ~. Temporary Relief. ~ -
J. -. Mr. Gompe -pffers: W11a t>Smust~;be
recognized as merely temporary ex-
pedient or palliative: It would seem
that the: commission wanted some.
thing more fundamental, even though
, it's adoption appears In the far-off
future. The only way to remove them
from the future to the present is by
urging their immediate adoption.
a > Hillquit Sincere. ..~.e&s'
.. Mr.. Hillquit's suggestion is one that
he probably wants to- push as fast
as he can. Yet Mr.. weinberger offers
q suggestion, which, If adopted, will
have all the beneficial results which
Mr.. Hillquit feels can. only come from
adoption of his own. Both undoubt-
eddy have so strongly the courage OF
their convictions that they are will
ing to abide by the result of practi-
cal test, as soon as it can be made
The American Economic League.
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