Denver labor bulletin., 1916-07-22
The Open Forum
Workers are the State; Property the

OOFtIHlutuI.
DenYer. Colo. july l6. 1910.

Denver, Colo, July l6, 1910.
Editor Denver Labor Bulletin:
There is a condition OF affairs fast
taking shape which within the next few
years promise to bear so heavily upon
the workingman and his welfare that he
will be unable to battle against these
conditions. / refer to the proposition of
the government acting as court and
judge in disputes between Labor and
Property.
Brothers. what is the Statef Who is
the Slater Why, we are the State. we,
the workers, are State. Without work
ers there would be no State. But the
workers did not create Governments.
Governments were created by Property.
Imprint on your minds these three
terms, in their order, viz: Workers,
Property, State. This trinity constitutes
the beginning of all nations. To this
tribune has been added that unwanted,
abnormal. ill-shapen child OF Property
STYLED Government.
Do workers produce only what the
workers usef No. Workers produce, or
aid in producing, all artificial and nat
ural things that Property barters.
Does Property barter only itselft No.
Property barters all artificial and nat
ural things on the earth.
Bring an end to production and Prop
erty would cease to exist.
After workers erected the State, Prop
erty put into operation retinue OF serv-
ants which IL styled Government And
we. the workers, the real State, have
suffered and continue to suffer under the
burdens OF this mob OF parasites and In
competents, the servants OF Property,
called the Government State and Gov
ernment are two different things. The
/ suF. n.. ant.
OF Property constitute a Government.
Property requires protection. Govern
ments protect Property. Do Governments
make laws to protect workers, the ere
ators OF Property No. But all Gov
ernments pass laws TO protect Property,
the creators Of Governments.
Every year there is delegated to the
Government, the servant OF Property,
more power over the State, which Nc,
the workers, are.
Witness our own Colorado Industrial
Commission. Witness the call OF Prop
yrty to the Interstate Commerce Cummls-
sion in the dispute between the brother.
hoods and the railroads, which latter are
Property.
We are not fighting capital as such.
But capital l- eutrenched behind Prop
erty When capital is invested It BE-
comes Property. our weapons have been
taken from u. Boycotting be crime.
PIcketiug b. a crime And now. at last,
the strike, our mc-t effective weapon,
has been declared q crime. These are
not crimes against IN. state, but they
are crimes against Property. When
Property is endangered it calls upon the
Government it, servant. for protection.
. II u pleasing TO see how the worker,
the flower Of the state. by not recruiting,
I have expressed their righteous contempt
I for that mob OF incompctents, the state
militia. ever ready TO answer tho can Of
Property, whose weapon 1t j..
All power is inherent in the people, the
State. From the masses the militia is
drawn. From the masses are the taxes
collected. Prom the masses come the
nearest obedience to all law.
We. the Workers, the People, the
Z Masses the State di-trust the Govern
mcnt from the smallest part TO the
greatest part And shall We not distrus,
/ it, Why from the mos; petty up TO the
most high officer OF the Government,
knowing that he has such powerful back
I ing. at every opportunity imposes upon
us. the workers, all OF the iniqui;ies, all
OF the abuses, all OF the inequalities
which are the eternal and only qualities
I that unlimited power is heir to Yes. un-
I limited power. For with the legislative.
{ judicial. naval, military and police de-
I partmcnts of Government in its sole con.
troll. where is the limit to the power that
Property. at its least whim. at the least
danger to its earnings, or the least cu,-
I tailmcnt OF its profits. may, can and has
summoned TO it, aid to pillage and muir.
der Us. the Workers, the State, the
/ People
/ We do not protest against Property as
such for we. the workers. produce prop
/ crty But we do and shall continue to
I protest against the iniquitics which Prop
I crtv imposes upon us.
Now. Property has contributed an i'm
mense sum OF money. some millions of
dollars, in an unrightcous attempt TO
make disputes between Labor and Prop
crty subject TO the arbitrary powers of
the Interstate Commerce Commission. a
part Of the Government. the true and
| powerful servant Of Property. This
/ proposition OF the Commerce Commits
sion acting in labor controversies is an.
other pill. sugar coated. that we, the
workers, may not at first taste the BIT
| terncss of the dose. which Property Is
ever anxious to administer to us when
ever we cry out against its cruelty and
| abuse
What chance have we. the Workers, the
! People, when we submit our grievances
! to true friend and paid servant of our
opprcssor. Property
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