The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-11-08
THE l. W. ".

If there is an organization detest- ed by the employing classes gener- ally it is the Industrial Workers of the World If there is an organiza- ton which receives no manner of fair play at any hands, it is the same l. w. w. Society as at pre- sent constituted, seems to have agreed that these shall be the social IshmaeliteS. with the hand of every man above the rank of the wage working classes in a policy of ma lignant misrepresentation and vile vituperation of this body.
 There is really no language of hate tco desperate to describe this hated body of determined workers, and no policy of an illegal exercise of authority too far-fetched to crush, suppress and to destroy the mill tancy of the class which rallies to the standard of the Industrial Workers of the World.
 It is in evidence that every per son who affects degree of respect ability makes haste to rid one ot the notion that they have any sympathy, respect or support for the l. w w.. and in no quarters is this so evident as among that section of the work ing classes themselves, who like 10 be esteemed for being socially better than they are.
 These are facts which no one can dispute. They are an every day experience and they need not be sub jected to questioning
 In mighty few quarters has there been any attempt made to under stand this organization which IS so freely condemned, and the body, in conseouence, is quite successfully subjected to a policy of universal misrepresentation, to such an extent that it is almost worth anyone's re- mutation to endorse, sympathlze or approve the Industrial Workers Of the World.
 The Industrial, Workers will well repay study. If for on other reason than that they are here to stay anu here to be heard of long after many of the more respectable organlza- tions which fear to sully the hens of their garments by contact with these pariahs, will have past away and ha forpotten. Moreover, it is important that anything, especially anything which displays such an i'm portant power as that Of the lndus- trialist movement, be properly un- derstood.
 The basic purpose of the l. w. w. when first established was to create q condition of industrial as against craft unionism. The already obvious fact had been driven home as an in dustrial experience, that the craft unions were both inadequate and in- efficient. It was the result or a correct analysis of tho labor sltua- tion, and one whose correctness, ali occurrences within the labor move ment since that time, have amply de- monstrated and fully verified.
 Moreover, the organizers Of the new union noticed that the un- skilled workers were those upon whom the labor situation in the hnal analysis depended, and accordingly made common cause with them This policy developed a peculiarly rebellous disposition among the workers who before had occupied such a position that they could ar ford to criticize and examine and often condemn everything that the craft unionist had to hold sacred.
 Like every new organization ideas. theories and policies were sub iected to ruthless analysis and be- ing subjected to such, tactics ana men who heretofore had occupied positions above criticism, had their acts subjected to an erosive exami- nation with quite unfortunate re- suits for many of the subjects so assayed. Just as naturally also many men developed views of their own, and the efforts of these strong ly opinated men to impress their own point of view upon their fellow workers resulted in the new body be- ing torn with distractions, factions