The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-29
WORKS FOR NOTHING;
BOARDS HIMSELF

Under the present system of proper
ty, industry In carried on solely for
the purpose of bringing profit to the
capitalist class
Profit-getting is merely the process
of getting something for nothing.
In order for one person, or persons,
to get something for nothing, another
person, or persons, must get nothing
for something. This IL self-evident.
The profits accruing to the masters
of wealth-production, the capitalists,
are measured in the material things
produced by those whose labor car
ries on Industrial process
Into these material things is coined
the very lives of the laborers. They
actually produce all the wealth; their
masters,thes capitalists. take 1t.
That is how tho masters obtain
their sacred profits from which they
wax sleek, fat and rotund In appear
ance, also grow great in pomposity
and power.
What the capitalists get costs them
nothing, the laborers pay the bill.
A similar happy arrangement once
existed between the chattel slave and
his master.
Later on II was the same between
the feudal lord and the serf.
q L..
slave
The capitalist Is the legitimate sue
cessor to the chattle slave-master and
the feudal lord; the wage-slave to the
chattel slave and the serf.
The modern wage-slave gets his
wages, which are equivalent to the
cost of his keep, while he works. The
chattel slave and the serf got the
equivalent Of wages-their keep-and
their masters fed them whether they
worked or not.
When the modern wage-slave has no
job, which means no master he gets
nothing.
His wages are paid out OF the pro-
ducts Of his own labor; therefore he
pays his own wages. This is equiva-
lent to his WORKING FOR MOTH.
ING AND BOARDING HIMSELF.
Where the Capitalist Obtains
His Profit.
The profits, as we'll as the living
expenses of the master come
from the sale Of the products created
by the wage-workers Most of the val
ue crystalized in these products is
in the form of unpaid for wage-labor
power. This represents what the
slave pays for the privilege of work
ing for nothing and boarding himself.
He gives the capitalist products to the
value of ten dollars and the capitalist
gives the workers wages to the value
of two dollars Government statistics
The worker, therefore, hands the boss
eight dollars day for nothing.
The masters are few, the slaves
many. The masters could not retain
their soft snap without the consent of
the slaves.
Periodically the slaves have an op-
portunity to withdraw that consent.
This is termed an election of public
officials.
Most Of the slaves refuse at such
times to withdraw their consent. They
seem to be satisfied to continue work
ing for nothing and boarding them
selyes; in fact they apparently enjoy
paying eight dollars day for the priv
ilege of obtaining two out OF ten dol
lars produced by themselves.
The masters are perfectly satisfied
that they should.
This plainly shows the identity of
interest between capital and labor,
master and slave.
The satisfied slave is just merely an
ass with his hind legs only.
AS the four-legged ass is not alto
gether willing to pack his load, this
explanation is due in the way of an
apology.
Our equine friend is hereby assured
that in clubbing the satisfied slave