The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-09-07
THE /. W. W. PLATFORM.

THE /. W. W. PLATFORM.
"The working class and the employ ing |
class have nothing IN common. There |
can be no peace % long 90 hunger and
want are found among millons of work
ing people and the few, who make up
the employing class. have oil thu good
things Of life.
Between these two classes struggle
must 60 on Until the workerspf the
world organize ss . class, take posses
sion OF the earth and the machinery OF
production, and abolish the wage system.
We find that the centering OF the man.
agement OF industries into fewer aud
fewer hands makes the trade unions un-
able to cope with the over growing pow
or OF the employing class. Tho trade
unions foster state Of affairs which al
lows one set of workers to be pitted
against another set of workers ID ths
same industry. thereby helping defeat
one another in wage wars. Moreover
the trade unions aid the employing class
TO mislead the workers into the belief
that the working class have interests in
common with their employers.
These conditions can be changed and
the interest of the working class upheld
only by an organization formed in such
way that all its members in any one
industry, or in all industries, If neces-
sary, cease work whenever strike or
lockout is on in any department thereof,
thus making an injury to one an injury
to all.
Instead of the conservative motto, "a
fair days wages for fair days work, y"
I ho hA fhn
revolutionary watchword, "Abolition of
the wage system"
1t is the historic mission of the work.
| ing class to do away with capitalism.
The army OF production must be organ
lied, not only for the every day struggle
| with capitalists, but also to carry on
production when capitalism shall have
been overthrown. BY organizing indus.
trially we are forming the structure of
the new society within the shell of the
old"
The above is true copy OF the "pre
amble" contained in the membership
books of the I. W. w. organization.
The book was taken from member who
was under arrest, contains his name, re-
cord of his limitation" and dues paid.
We ask the farmers particularly to
read this document with care, and
thought. Some of the talk is little,
hard to understand, and will have to be
read in the light of other statements al
so made, and also by the known char
acter of the men who belong to the or
ganization.
The farmer who reads must remember
that he is one of the ''employing class"
with whom these men have no common
interests whatever.
These men say they intend and expect
to destroy the ''employer classes" and
put themselves in their places.
That is what they mean when they
say that they intend to change ''a fair
days wage" to no wages at all, because
the laborer is entitled to t'take posses
sion of the earth.'
In other words, they propose to take
to themselves the factories and farms
and run them on some sort of partner
ship or community basis.
How they will take possession is not
definitely stated except that they use the
word revolution" in this connection,
and a revolution of that sort which
would confiscate all private property
would be ararchy, pure and simple.
You farmers who think that you earn
your own living by the sweat Of your
brows will see by the above s'preamble"
that you are not working men, because
you are not "wage earners", which by |
the way is the fallacy of the "preamb BILE"
as we'll as of some other organizations.
"Wages" is simply term for the fair
share of the product. In that sense tie |
farmer receives wages the same as his
hired man. Both receive shareof the
prodtct of their labor. The only real
question is whether each receives his
proportionate share.
just now with threshing wages rum
ming from a to 80 day and bo:.rd,
the farmer thinks Johnny Hobo sssget-
ting little more than is coming to him.
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