The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
LOCAL REPUBLIC
COMES BACK AGAIN
Republic, WASH May 0, 1915.
To the Editor of the Washington So.
elslist, Everett, WASH

~ tHe huitof on tne washington so
elslist, Everett WASH
Dear Comrade: | notice in your is
sue of April Sth a so-called answer
from Proletaria D.Il to this locals
resolution on the money question.
Powerful Bill says: THAT Power
is the One thing required; and In
your comments you indorse this idea
when you say this (power) then is the
one and fundamental issue: Conquest
of the Powers of Government by the
Working Glass,
If you mean political power you
have just arrived at the point at which
we started We state in those resolu-
tions that when the Socialists once
gain control of the legislative branches
of this government they should pass
this law.
If the working class does not attain
political power at this point, please
inform us at what stage of the pro-
ceedings they do.
Your statement that the ruling class
would not recognize as constitutional
or even legal any action that the
working class might take depriving
them of their present privileges is GER
tainly illuminating. In this case
where the Socialists have gained po-
itical control of the government, who
then would be the ruling class?
Again let me ask you how 1t would
be possible for the working class to
pass any laws or NEEDLE with the
banking system or any other system
until they have gained this political
power?
You say our secondary object
should be the abolition of wage slav-
cry. We will assume that the Social
lists have gained political control of
this government at an election; i'm
mediately on the assembling Of con-
gress they pass this law demonetizing
all the money in circulation and sub
shutting a government issue of cur
rency direct to the people made non
transferable Tell us, please, with
this law once in force how it would
be possible for wage slavery to exist.
How would any individual or corpora
ton operate any railroad, mine, fac
tory or any other public utility that
should be owned and operated by the
government?
We claim that this would be i'm
possible, that the government being
the only one able to pay the laborers
would be the only employer of labor;
consequently the confiscation of all
of this property now legally held by
individuals and corporations would
meet with no opposition.
The capitalists could take their
notes, mortgages, bonds, deeds and all
other paper titles to property and
kindle their fires with them, as they
would possess absolutely no value
under this law; another thing, our
debts would all be cancelled. One of
Tic cSSCHtidi poihto IL VIC diC CNOl
to have equal opportunity in this
world
Again let me repeat that the solv-
ing of this monetary problem is the
one vital issue, the point on which
everything else hinges. If the Social
lists once gain control of this govern
ment, solve this problem and solve
it right, everything else will be easy
and they will be an unqualified sue
cess; but if they should fail in this,
then the solving of any of those other
problems will be impossible and the
Socialists will be as rank failure
as any party that ever came into
power.
Let us then adopt this as our war
cry: "The abolition of the present
monetary system and the substitu-
ton of a common sense medium of
exchange"
Yours for the sociar revolution and
a sane, sensible platform on which
to stand.
(Signed) TAMARACK.