The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1915-05-14
MORALITY FOLLOWS
THE DOLLAR MARK
BY II. II. CALDWELL.

and other institutions for teaching
morality were loudly declaiming
about the sanctity of the home.
They declared even louder that the
coming of Socialism would surely de-
stroy the institution of homogeneous
marriages and institute absolute
promiscuity.
In the early days of the European
war we heard strange advice coming
to the working people who enlisted
for the war from both church and
state upon the sacred institution of
marriage" Breed before you die!"
was the command to the first line of
troops sent to the war.
There was an elimination by the
church of marriage fees, pledges
from the government to care for the
pregnant women, no matter how they
became pregnant, and the raping of
women in conquered territory by sol
diers was openly sanctioned. 1t is
even whispered (when the censor does
not hear it, that the rape of the
women in the conquered territory was
by military order
We hear lately that the German
government is sending doctors and
nurses into Belgium to care for the
coming birth of babies in the wake
of the invading army. The corps of
future soldiers looks very valuable
to the war lords of Europe.
The leading moralists of Europe
are now talking of the duty of the
women to accept polygamy as the only
way to repopulate their fatherland
after the war is over!"
Mrs. NJ. French Sheldon, fellow of
the Royal Geographical Society of
England, has lately arrived in New
York, and is out in an interview in
which she says: "Polygamy-open
legally recognized polygamy-is the
only means by which Europe can be
repopulated at the end of the war.
Millions of surplus women will have
to do their duty to the depleted races
of Europe and the only way they
can do this is by polygamous mar
riage. This may sound very immoral,
but l am used to taking the larger
scientific view of life" Morality fol-
lows the dollar mark! Whatever the
ruling class wants done has always
been made moral and lawful.
The form of marriage has been
changed repeatedly in the past and
whenever the interests of the ruling
/ classes called for the change
] The writer does not believe that
the rulers of Europe will be able to
extend polygamy to any great extent
after the war is over, on account of
the growing independence of the
women. The women of Europe will
become the bread producing part OF
+ the race (when the cripples who used
to be men come back from the great
ho,ocaustl, and their growing indie
pendence from the male half COR
quarter OF the race may make many
. of them say that they will not marry
any man at all.
1t looks to one upon this side OF
the big pond that the women will be
the sex who will dominate after the
var is over
The question OF raising boys for
the army 10 provide cannon fodder
for the wars Of the ruling class, is
raising many interesting questions,
and teaching great many. people one
great big tsct-morality has its eco
aomic base, and the ruling interests
are always made moral,
Workers Of the world. Seize the
political power, use it TO capture the
ownership and control Of industry,
and your interests viii for the first
-i1= since slavery was instituted be-
come tls law and the moral code!