The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-09-29
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
THE ORDER OF DESTRUCTION.


THE ORDER OF DESTRUCTION.
Omaha, Unionist: In all reform and
! revolutionary movements there con-
| tinually appears an element that fas-
! tens itself upon. or takes on the ap-
pearance of being part Of the great
| movement seeking the reconstruction
OF society. This element has but one
! idea, one aim, one goal, and that is
! destruction of the existing order.
1t matters not to these cyclists
| whether the attainment of their goal
| will bring about chaos, retrogression,
| suffering and death for many. They
are purely and simply monomaniacs,
intoxicated with their ego.
Such an element has fastened
itself upon American society; by talk
ing the color and appearance of a
| labor union. That element is known
today as the Industrial Workers of
the World. or l. w. w. "his element
is the avowed enemy of the recog-
nized labor movement, the American
Federation of Labor, and has spent
more time and energy in breaking
down and disrupting local unions
than in fighting for better conditions
! for labor against organized greed.
The I. w. w. looks upon the Ameri-
| can labor movement as an obstacle in
its path that must be destroyed and
swept aside. To do this they propa-
gate their ide2s Of unceasing warfare
| against capital among local unions
until these organizations are destroyed
| and few new members are added to
the I. w. w., perhaps long enough
to pay their initiation fee and one
months dues before they sober up.
This element is like the Huns,
what they cannot conquer and con-
troll, they aim to destroy. They are
! simply wreckers, not builders.
However, this element is not limited
altogether to workers. for we find the
! prototype of the I. w. w. in the
chamber of commerce, business mems
| association and kindred organizations.
| These monomaniacs have cOntinu-
| Gus nightmare of organized labor at
the throat of capital: but unlike the
I. w. W., these individuals are not
segregated from the legitimate Or
| CARNATIONS, but do their work of
destruction while posing as business
men and law-abiding citizens. The
chamber of commerce and business
mems associations, as a rule, are
boosters and builders, but like the
American labor movement, they also
have their parasites.
| The American labor movement is
building up a new society that will
gradually replace the existing order.
This will be done peacefully, lawfully
and almost unconsciously. The pro-
gram of the American labor move
ment is the order of construction and
The Unionist stands squarely/ upon
that order.
The I. w. W. and their prototypes
| everywhere is the Order OF Destruc-
! ton with which all science is utterly
at variance.
UNION SLACKERS.
Detroit Labor News: Did you hear
about our new scale? Yes, we got a
raise Of 50 week. For a. while it
looked like a strike, but the bosses
realized that our union was too strong
to fight, so they gave us a raise and
a few other concessions without a
murmur." Thus spoke wise gink
who pays dues once month;
This union man who got the raise,
when all other members did, never
attended business meeting. I will
take this back he did attend just one
meeting that I remember. At that
meeting he took half hour in putting
in strong kick because the union
placed an assessment of rs cents for
| organization purposes. This is the
kind of union man we call union
Stacker; he is the fellow who is per-
fectly willing to take the raise the or
ganization got him, but he is not
willing to play his part in the organ
| iZation.
Has your union any slackers? Your
organization should see to it that the
Stacker becomes a union man or gets
out Of the way.
The trade union movement has not
been built by slackers. The condi-
tons gained by organized labor are the
result of the labor Of those union men
| who were at all times ready to do
their part.
The men of organized labor who
support the labor press, who attend
their meetings regularly, who are al
ways Willing to do their bit and help
a weaker union when in need-these
are the men who have built the trade
union movement. Not the slackers,
the wise guys" who yelp and kick
about every little thing.
I have heard many a card man
call himself good union man, and
sometimes he is able to make others
believe he is a union man, but sooner
or later this hypocrite in the labor
movement is found out, and then he
is put where he belongs.
1t is just as easy to be real good
trade unionist as it is to be a s'card
carrier" and "union Stacker"
Which do you prefer to be?
AS TO WAR CONTRACTS.
Cleveland Citizen: An abominable
and impossible situation prevails in
Washington.
We refer to the provisions in the
food law which allow what is called
the advisory commission of the Coun-
Gil of National Defense, and its sub
ordinate committees, while acting as
agents and advisors Of the govern
ment in purchasing war supplies and
making contracts. to do business with
the government as agents, officers and
representatives of corporations and
concerns which are making all man
ner of war contracts with the govern
ment and furnishing it with war sup
plies.