The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-06-30


means OF forcing farm owners |
abide by their demands. The I. w. Y
song book. dedicated to Joe Hill, til
Utah murderer, who paid the deaf
penalty at the hands of a firing sQuai
contains group of songs aimed, {
he cover page of the book declare
TO fan the flames of discomfort.
The /. w. w. preamble which dc
slares, "the working class and tn
class have nothing in com
non," and, that between these tw
classes a struggle must go on unit
he workers Of the world organize g
/ class, take possession of the cart
Ind the machinery Of production, an
lbolish the wage system is as fol
ows:
Preamble /. w. w.
1.-THE working class and the en-
ploying class have. nothing in
common. There can be no peace
SO long as hunger and want are
found among millions of the work.
ing people and the few, who make
up the employing class, have all
the good things of life.
Between these two. classes q
struggle must go on until the
workers Of the world organize as
a class, take possession of the
earth and the machinery of pro-
duction, and abolish the wage sys-
tenn.
eve find that the centering Of
the management Of industries in
to fewer and fewer hands makes
the trade unions unable to cope
with the ever growing power Of
the employing class. The trade
CD - ~ tv~e1
which allow one set of workers to
be pitted against another set of
workers in the same industry,
thereby helping defeat one another
in wage wars. Moreover, the trade
unions aid the employing class to
mislead the workers into the be-
\lief that the working class have
interests in common with their
employers.
These conditions can be chang
ed and the interests of the work.
ing class upheld only by an or
ganization formed in such a way
that all it's members in any one
industry, or in all industries, IL
necessary, cease work whenever. a
strike or lockout is on in any de-
partment thereof, thus making an
an injury to one an injury to all.
Instead of the conservative
motto, "a fair days wage for
fair days work." we must inscribe
on our banner the revolutionary
watchword, Abolition of the wage
system.
'Tt is the historic mission of the
working class to do away with
capitalism. The army Of produc-
ton must be organized, not only
. for the every day struggle with
capitalists, but also to carry on
production when capitalism shall
have been overthrown. BY or
ganizing industrially we are form
ing the structure of the new So
ciety within the shell of the old.
The Industrial Worker, the off1cia
ewspaper of the Agricultural Work
rs Union, which is a unit Of the In
ustrial Workers of the World, fur
fishes an interesting insight into tn
thoughts and aims of the organization
eaders. Here are choice excerpts from
ecent editions:
THE l. w. WIS love America so
much they want to own It,"
Members of the ]. w. W. are
1arned not to use sabotage. Thos
caught will be severely punished
for being caught"
View of Union Labor.
An editorial expression by The In
ustrial Worker of the I. w. w. at
Itude toward the American Federation
( Labor, also Is strikingly interest
lg.
THE only agreement the I. w. w
rill accept from the masters is tn,
to take their places by tn,
lde of the workers in the production
{ the necessities of life" comment
he paper in the editorial, which fol
,ws:
Job control is one Of the aims
Of the A. F. of L. It is the goal Of
the l. w. w. But there is a vast
difference between the two classes
of job control.
I'm the craft unions when the
workers have organized sufficiently
they strike or by agreement ar
range that all workers of their
craft in the plant must be paid a
certain scale, and that none with
out a union card will be allowed
on the work covered by the con-
tract. This is A. f. Of L. job con-
troll. The A. F. of L. controls the
right to slave on the job while the
boss owns the job.
"The /. w. w. wants real con-
troll of the job, they want the job
control the master now has; they
want to own the job, the machinA
cry Of their work and the full
product of their toll. The only
agreement the ]. w. w. will ac-
cept from the masters is the agree
ment to take their places by the
side of the workers in the produc-
ton of the necessities of life.
Capital never built anything in
the history of the world. Labor is
the only builder"
The Use of Sabotage.
The employment Of sabotage as 9
eapon against farmers who have re.
ised to accede to demands Of /. w
7. is set forth in a most striking
amer in theI. w. w. song book, In
song entitled, "Ta-ra-ra-boom-d de-
v"
The /. w. w. song book, cover to
,ver, is filled with songs melting
list as the cover page sets forth, "the
ames of discomfort"
TIA ra-ra- boom de cay" follows:
had a job once thFeshing wheat,
worked sixteen hours with hands
and feet.
nd when the moon was shining bright,
they kept me working all the
night.
ne moonlight night, / hate to tell, i
accidentally slipped and fell.
v pitchfork went right in between
some cog-wheels Of that thresh-
machine.
CHORUS:
ARA boom decay!