The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
TO THE GUTTER

n man by name or marx Sald once:
you have nothing to lose but your
chains" AS you cannot see your
chains you imagine they are not there,
don't you?
! say you have much to lose before
you are free, Marx was a silly old fool
for he did not realize the utter damp
foolishness of the average worker.
You poor deluded, superstitious, lean
bellled lickspittles. ! am ashamed of
you, you will not change your posi-
ton. You are satisfied, or you are
scared stiff with fright at what the
master class are doing or about to do
with you. You talk of fighting the
class struggle. Pshaw! You will
fight nothing You will lick the hand
that beats you. You have become
such good submissive slaves that there
Is no protest left in you. Even they
who did have some small portion OF
rebellion in them, they who were
members of the Socialist party and
the l. w. W., you revolutionists,
where are you? Doing your revolut-
ing in the security of your homes?
Safe for the time being, Ell? Oh la
Dor where is your courage? You, the
all powerful. You who create all
wealth. VINO make all the useful and
all the beautiful things in this life, do
you not want any of them? Are you
content to produce and let others en-
Joy the result of your labor? You
poor broken spirited, listless cart
horse, is 1t enough that you are only
half fed, half clothed and stabbed in
a howell? Workers, you are not fitted
for anything better, when you are, you
will show some interest in the or
CARNATIONS Of your class. You COM
plain that the bourgeoisie have taken
charge of the party. You and you
alone are responsible, Mr.. Probe.
There are many more of us than there
are of them. But they see the neces-
sity of organization, we don't.
While / am completely Disguised
with you, still / am one of you and no
power can make me anything else, for
must sell my labor power in order
to live, but realize the great need
Of organization. l some times use my
head to think with, not altogether as
a food trap.
Let me tell you something. Before
long, and it won't be very long, you
long cared, horny handed, concrete
headed sons Of toll, there will be no
political party representing your In
terests. The few are getting tired
and they are going to let go. They
are not going to carry the whole load
themselves, they can stand it if you
can. You are simply demonstrating
your unfitness. We who are in the
organization simply prove by our &C
tions that we are far ahead of you in
intelligence. Bow your heads, bend
the knee, acknowledge your inferiority
and await the foolkiller.
Kiss your Liberty Bell, it spells all
the liberty you are worthy of. You
have money to spend on bourgeois
celebrations, but none to spend on
propaganda of your rebellion. To cap
the climax you call us politicians. Oh,
what kind of politicians do you think
we are? Do you think that would
tell you straight out from the shoulder
how l despise you if l were politi-
clan? l do honor the worms that have
turned and stick turned, but do hate
a gutter almost as much as me-too,
for he is worse than never-was, who
may yet be. But your gutter, he
makes the excuse that he has no
money, at the same time he bites off
big chew of tobacco and proceeds
to make sewer out of his hash trap.
Oh yes. he is consistent all right. He
will stick in an organization, pay dues
(when he has plenty of money! but
just as soon as it means some small
sacrifice on his part, he quits. He
won't do without one single thing
which he thinks he likes. He will give
up his hope of his emancipation before
he gives up his beer. Or, he makes
the excuse that he don't like some
member of the party. In other words,
he would refuse his emancipation if
his enemy was going to be enamel
pated at the same time. Oh Fool
killer, get him by the neck, ne is not
worth any more trouble.
And you who think there is no use
in further trying THAT the Nuts
will never learn" Remember that you
did. and when you did, there is GER
tainly a chance for almost anyone
else.
l will go without some meals before |
| become gutter. I don't care if |