The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-08
LACK OF SOLIDARITY
Editor Northwst Worker

organ alton. II was timely aud very
much to the point. Having combatcd
inactlon IN a humble way in tins
community, AM, been declared not
class conscious, not clear vlson"d, etc.
Yet | contend as many who have
Joined the party, that such actions
- mud Singing and petty wrangIcs
disgusts and causes them TO drop out
of it and lack of solidarity is our
greatest difficulty.
Wy do not use the study course
efficiently. We start a course using
fifteen or twenty minutes after bust
ness meeting, reading and discussing
subject matter and before the seed
can terminate we start the amuse-
ment feature, usually Il. dance, and
the few first scrapes of the fiddle
bow dissip1tes the effects of the short
lesson and the local soon degenerates
into dancing club, loosing its effic-
ioncy as n propaganda organization,
fearing to offend the dance patrons
(who only come to shulfle) by talk
ing political action.
differ with you as to ReorganiZa-
ton. Our organization is the best
ever conceived by the mind of man,
a pure democracy majority rule. En-
bodying initiative, referendum and re
call. All legislative, executive and
| judicial function.
What we should do is organize on
industrial, not territorial lines. All
federated under the one constitution,
so all would share alike in and of
production of what ever kind or char
actcr.
Why should we not organize ON in
dustrial lines? We are using Ian
guage as basis of organization,
using the federated idea, much more.
lndustrially allowing each unit to
solve its own difficulties, bringing
its results to the common tribunal
that would bring solidarity. "The
Little Old Appeal" is working on this
idea, it went after the farmers of
Oklahoma in the last campaign and
brought home results, an increased
vote, when elsewhere losses were sus-
tanned, is now after railroad workers.
Shop talks on economics, interests
industrials but not agriculturalists,
who are interested in another line.
Others in still other lines, each line
should have propaganda presented as
it affected him or her in that field.
Economic determinism as it affected
the whole, as federation of locals
would allow motions affecting eco
nomic questions. District or state
secretary would submit them as now
on sufficient seconds to local secre-
taries for referendum, a majority
vote deciding all matters.
Now, as to candidates, you certain
!ly drove a spike home at one blow.
They certainly should take the field
as a propaganda measure to show
their belief in Socialism selling litera-
ture and doing organization work for
the good of the cause and the locals
should not nominate any one not
agreeing to do the work assigned. The
party should furnish the advertising
and other supplies and the necessary
financial help required to cover the
ground. All exploiting speakers take
their own risks, if they do not get
enough to suit them they probably are
not worth anything. Many of these
speakers having a few catch phrases
on evolution and babbling about their
monkey ancestors make monkeys of
themselves and injure the cause. Let
them stick to the class struggle and
they will be better appreciated and
paid. Comrade Stone applies the
term "Middle Glass;" a stereotyped
phrase, a bit ossfed. Brains are
above class, perverted capitalism.
Comrade we must proceed by
progression to prosper by perspiration
of body or brain or there is no re-
demption for the working class, they
must use both. Mud" cannot OBJ
scure facts.
/ j. B. BYRNES,
Local Kelso West.