The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-12-18

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workers Of the United States.
But Il small percentage Of the work
ing class il organized at all ant near-
" all OF these ar organized along
reac,ion..iy in-s.
The progress and final success OF
the labor movement are depcnden!
primarily upon the industrial organ
izgtinn Of the workers.
Without such organization the So
cialist party becomes mere poilti-
cal party whose advent to power VII:
but signa!iZe its inpotency to carry
out its own program and make etfec-
live lis platforms pledges Il enlanci-
pate the working class.
The overthrow Of the capIiaIlst H!5-
tom and the consequent abolition o.
.hc wage system pre-suppos.: the pre-
naredue.s Of the working class to as
sume control Of Industry Ind tc carry
forward tht. productive actlViues u
The nation.
How can the workers BE- expected
- t.k1 hold Of tie Industries ana
ol,crats. them successfully unless they
have been trained and fitted by m
rsiril cooperation g.: revolutionar?
n,.i,,.isrs ant: where but III the INDUS
trial union can they develop the eco
| ,,,rir power capacity ard seit-'ilS-
.jn)inc 70 assume the mastery and
control Of tht nations industries.
The indI. lria! union is in fact the
| beginning Of The Industrial dcmocr2-
cy ard all hope of the democracy is
| ain without the union.
j. Is in the industrial union tsiac
he -,urkcrs undergo the transition
ron, warc-sjaveS to free workers
M il j. there that they arc eda-
,;.tcd IN the rex unionjsm and A-e
taupht al the essentials vi intelligent
ud harmonious cooperation wlth
:hej, fellow workers and prepared
consciously and metnodically for the
higher duties and responsibilities
,r!.lich their indu5triaI emancipation
md consequent industrial! master!
uTo.vcs.
Tie ua.rl. that does Act $40, al Tx
overthrow ii wage-s!avcry arid at
10 ia.iUaGt;2' emancipation ot -,
working c!ass is s reactionary con
.in 81 ",D1o harm than benefit Il
i IaeIa!prs and Of mocc benefit than
1arrl To thclc masters and exploiterS
In, whole future Of The labo:
movement depends upon the indus
tria! organization ami unit! this "
u! truth i; recognized and the ener
gies now wasted are directed IN lin
irc u, The workers in industrial union
here will De bit little substantia
PROGRESS and We shall nave to nc
conc more and more accustomed L
failure and disappointment.
had the workers Of Europe bee
indu$tri&!ly organized they could nave
prevented the massacre Of whlci
.hcy IN. new b! countless :h""aandS
bic E.iplcss victims A general *trlk'
II III. workers launched II the III
i,sltirs which provide the anna
n,,nt a.d UPON which the prpsecu
ion Of The war depends would haV'
yaralvZ"d the var 1t its lncep'ic.
md revealed tho utter impot@ncy
the ruIiAg class ~ wage i war
which The working class are oppose,
Eut ne workers Of Europe w&r
not sufficiently organized indus1riS'I.
20 make their power effective whel
he .rlsis came and now alas the:
are paving for il dearly III the COM
mon slaughter which has fallen t
h,i,. lack vi industrial solidarity.
The industrial union Of today l.
md must be revolutionary or it !
not IN industrial union at all. ] A'
more fact that all the workers Ii
ami ahovt a given industry are mem.
,ars OF the same union does moi
.cccSsavily mean industrial 1nion;sn'