The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-12-28
Clearwater Republica IN Editor
Is Set Right ON EndustrialisRn

right Of free speech. The streets Of
every city are sometimes used for par
AIDES and other tame games FOR tho
slaves, and traffic blocked. Have you
any objection to that. No /. W. w,
speaker or his crowd has ever blocked
traffic, anywhere. You knwo, Mr.. Oh
cult, that the question Of traffic inter-
ference could be easily rencdici; i"t
you know that Is not the objection;
your objection and the objections ~
your masters Is, that this valiant band
of noble fighters are awakening the
workers to realizing their right and
powers. Education Of tho worker, and
such as shows him HIS chains, is dang
erous to the capitalistic systen based
on exploitation Of and inluat'ce to the
worker.
You state In. The 7. W. ". is not
a labor organization, That is untrue.
Section 2 of the /. W. w. Constitution
reads in part as follows; Tie Indus
trial WORK eFs Of The Woill shall be
composed Of actual wage w kers
il is equally untrue thu ,h9y refuse
to work They win not work unless
their immediate demands "a TO wages
and hours are conceded. But let US
assume that they iefuse TO work, what
of that? Every tins thoy work they
arc robbed OF the major portion Of the
product of their labor. The institu-
I ton Of "Slavc labor nov existing in
The world is degrading and brutaliz-
inc, u iganct more work the toilers
want, but more leisure, mere oppor-
tunity for mental development and
agreeable physical exercise, The cry
is rot fot more work, but IL. right to
receive and enjoy all labor produces,
undiminished by rent, intclc or pro-
fit. .'"," ut"
In your article, you state that the
;. W. w. 6tcnd their. time in ,tisorgan-
i2ing socety.!' That is true in part.
They work TO purge society, from cap
i!eliatic system of production and ex-
change, and reconstruct society upon
the basil: To the producer the full
social V -.e of his labor undiminished
by rent, interest or profit, and work.
ingmen control. You say "They hate
the COVE nment." l ask you why they
should respect government, of, by
and TO the capitalistic class, and
whereof erery arm is arranged
agains3 The worker. You say, "They
hate the fla :" Will you tell me why
they s!loul, owe or honor flag that
floata 9o-'Aeir misery? Mr.. circuit
the old So. ,ag: My country. May she
ever be r. ut, but right or wrong my
county, II aarbaric. The l. w. W.
are engage; IN the higher things of
life and Pannot trouble themselves
with flags and countries.
Mr.. O%cs. what are you trying to
do? Arc 81. Lying to make the slave
conten.aa - o, you are going to fail.
Labor ba~in3 to realize that it is in
chains, a'. " soon break the chains.
Do voe '+ss ! to continue the enslave-
ment Of The toiler?
.Ar. -I;st % you know what the
plans, ;.1s,' ea,l doctrines of the 1. w.
W, are They believe in workingmen
oo;5ro 9 industries, which forms the
basis for full control. They believe
DO M, the wage system, and to
Give oyerV woi ker the full social value
cJ hia ldbor.
Following is the preamble to their
constitution: "The working class and
,}.a enjoying class have nothing in
cof,mol.G There can be no peace so
long as hunger and want are foHnd
a-Tong .i1ilions of workers and the
2o]', who make up the employing class
have al the good things of life.
Between these two classes strug-
gle must go on until the workers Of
the world organize as a class, take
possession of the earth and the mach
merry Of production, and abolish the
ware system.
We find that The centering Of man
agement Of industries into fewer and
fa"a' lands makes the trade unions
unable to cope with the ever growing
power CT the employing class. The
t.a3o unions foster O state of affairs
which allows ono sst Of workers to be
= t,.tad against another set OF y2TEers
in the same industry, thereby heiping
5"fa0t one another in wage wars.
Moreover the trades union ali ta3
e-aG,oying class to nislead the work
into the belief that the workers
have interest in common with their
employers.
These conditions can be changed
m the . crest of the working class
II held On, by an organization formed
2uch q ay that all It's members in
y one Industry, or all industries, if
L2oeasary cease work whenever
Lille O. lockout is on in any depart
A>at he f, thus making an injury
10 orc ar, Jury to all,
liz ,e2 the conservative motto
'tA "a. ~, =, x.yo r1 fnw a fair davis