The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-11-11
COOPERATION.

COOPERATION.
We are printing an editorial on psychology, with
the implied advice to readers, not to put so much
faith in the printed word.
We lessening power, no doubt, by
such advice.
But that is beside the question when one realizes
that the only for our existence is the good
that we may DO the labor movement by becoming,
to certain extent, its voice. We cooperate with
labor papers all over the world. We exchange news
and ideas. If labor leader in France successfully
puts idea into practice, tell Duluth labor
about it, Soon that idea is working here Co.
operation instead of competition allows us to exist
Without cooperation we would die.
And the same principle underies the economic
and social life of the whole world. In our alleged
upper classes' sees it. An outsider may
break into the alleged upper classes if he has
money. But the real society, the society never
sees III the newspapers, realizes the truth of CO.
operation Try they might, the loudly wealthy
never ''break in The state Of Virginia has it's
+. F. VS. First Families of Virginia) some of
whom are as poor as church mice, yet Rockefeller
coudn t be one of them. He might mix with them
for short time, but he would never be accepted."
In our economic life, the trusts realized the
truth Of cooperation. A number of smaller CON-
panies affiliated, under one leader.
The tendency OF the times is toward monopoly,
which is just one step away from the true co-opera-
ton. The trusts and monopolies have simply util-
lied that cooperative principle for their own bene-
fit.
There's man named Kropotkin, living now in
London He wrote book called "Mutual Aid' It
isn't read much and one never hears much of the
author: 'Parlor Anarchists get together and dis
cuss Kropotkin very learnedly. He is a radical
The book deals with the cooperation mutual
aid OF different insects, animals and peoples and
races OF the earth He tells how the birds travel in
flocks and why and how they band together for
their protection. Without this mutual aid they
would be exterminated Kropotkin shows how those
beings who did not cooperate, were soon extinct.
Some time ago two men, Darwin and Mitchell
wrote books on evolution Neither knew what
the other doing. And Darwin and Mitchell
came to the same independent conclusion They
proved, through science and research work that
a process of selection, going for aeons of time
had given and evolved to us those beings who CO.
operated, who used their brains and banded to-
gether.
Darwin says in the recapitulation Of The Origin
of Species": "As natural selection acts by compe.
ton competition Of race or kind with another
parenthesis ours), it adapts and improves the in
habitants of each country, ONLY IN RELATION
TO THEIR COMMANDMENTS"
When Darwin and Mitchell propounded this
theory, people laughed. Ignorant people always
laugh at what they do not understand. Then they
fought it bitterly Ignorant people do that too.
Darwin, who was kind, gentle, retiring sort of
man. said nothing.
Then a great mathematician and evolutionist,
named Huxley came to Darwin's aid. He defended
this theory and even went further. Yet there are
people today who reject it.
Trade unionism is cooperation. The steel trust
is cooperative organization but for the few and
not for the many They simply have utilized this
principle
They are fighting this principle of co-opera-
ton in its larger aspect. The next logical develop
ment in this great principle of the steel industry is
FEDERAL OWNERSHIP OF THE ARMOR
TRUST
The steel trust is spending thousands of dollars
in publicity work. in campaign against federal
ownership. Some day we will tell you how this
campaign started
The steel trust heads, are pitting their puny
minds against the minds of men like Darwin Nit
chell Huxley not to mention score Of intellectual
giants