Iditarod pioneer., 1917-08-25
ANARCHY IS THE KEYSTONE
 OF l. W. W. STRUCTURE

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 Constant industrial upheaval and social unrest This is the al!-consuming purpose which is more and more disclosing itself to the general public in the activities, particu- larly in the West of the organization known as the Industrial Workers of the World. And what is the ultima thule of this pur- pose?
 Listen! It is Daniel De Leon, one of the founders of the I. w. w., speaking in Min neapolis on July 10, 1905, before a large audience of radicals on the plans of himself and associates for the "one big union" He says:
 "Where the general executive board of the Industrial Workers of the World will sit, there will be the nations capital"
 The official report of the speech says there was long and continued applause at this juncture And in this applause may be discerned the real menace which now confronts the nation, more widespread than appears on the surface, and so inSdious in its very nature that it will require far more energetic measures than to date have been resorted to if 1t is to be overcome.
 Just now there is considerable talk of
 
 ton with l. w. w. strikes. Possibly there is some ground for such theory, in iso- lated inst ances, at least. But the sooner the inner meaning of the movement IS generally understood and appreciated the better will be the chance of eliminating it if, indeed it can be eliminated. To begin with the l. w. w. is really the manifesto tlon in this country Of European syndlcal- ism And there never has been much syn dicalism in Germany Rather, France and italy have furnished its chief opponents, including M Georges Sorel, Arturo Labriola and Emile Pourget; in fact, the former na- tion was the cradle of the movement.
 l. w. W ism is aimed at the very struc- ture of modern society.
 It proposes to undermine the foundations of government as we know it; to set up in its stead so-called industrial democracy which shall kno wno president, no congress, no state organizations and which shall own and operate collectively all of the industrial machinery of the nation.
 These utopian ideals it hes taken from Socialism, but there its resemblance to the Marxist body ceases
 Its Inception m Cncago
 It was in little back room somewhere on the West Side of Chicago that a group of radicals one day met back in 1904, and laid the plans for the organization, which is said by its sponsors now to number nearly 500,0O0 unskiled workingmen Cf al trades and conditions iI life.
 In the group were " D. Haywood pres eat national secretary of the L W. W, and che or two others who formerly had been identified with the Socialists But they were at point where as they said, they despaired of ever reaching the utopian state through the slow methods of the Socialists. The latter organization believed then, and still believes that evolution and the ballot box will bring about the end it seeks in due time
 The world will be dead before economic justice comes through the ballot box" said cAe of the party.
 And then came the idea to Haywood that some more effective weapon might be de vi>ed
 It is not recorded who delivered himself of the suggestion, but the party just natur- ally found itself looking with favor upcn this philosophy called anarchy, and, having ready purloined few ideals from Socialism, it vas simple matter to abstract from the creed of anarchy the direct action club which has been used 90 freely since the founding of the organization in Chicago in January. 1866.
 Menace of the [. W. w.
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