The Glenwood post., 1918-06-01
!. ". ". Is Not Concerned
Over The Right or Wrong
of Any Movment
ONLY ENDS CONSIDERED
(By Hamilton Kendall.)

Tie patriotic and disturbing promi-
nence attained by the organization
known as the Industrial Workers Of
the World has startled every patriotic,
home-loving, God-fearing citizen of
the United States-yet great ma
jority of the great American public are
grossly unfamiliar with the scope and
ultimate purposes of that revolution
ary element in our industrial life, as a
worker in the lumber camps of Wash
ington for the past few years, 1 have
touched elbows with them, have
through personal contact and intimate
association become thoroughly familiar
with the aims, ideals, methods of ap-
plying the most sacred methods of the
organization, Sabotage, and the iusen-
safe, unreasoning, deepseated hatred
every I. W. W. holds toward the pres
ent form of government.
In writing this article I took into
consideration the possibility of criti-
cism and charges of mis-statements,
and I assure the reader that this COM
prehensive analysis of the greatest
menace in America today, as great o
menace, as real menace and as far
reaching q menace as the Imperial
German war lord, is conservative.
There lie no exaggeration in this
statement, in every district where this
"outlaw' organization dominates
the populace KNoW-believe me,
THEY KNOW that no evil could strike
. more parslyzing blow to law, order,
decency and liberty than this anarchis-
tic, God hating, law detesting band Of
mal-contents.
In considering the I. w. W., it is
first of all, necessary to understand
their fundamental principle-the en-
ployer must go. It is equally neces-
sary to understand that their word,
agreement or contract is worthless
they frankly and officially announce
as much. An employer dealing with
an ordinary union may come to terms
with the organization for definite
time and be certain that the terms of
agreement will be faithfully complied
with. The reverse is the policy of the
I. w. w. To agree with them as to
wages, hours of working conditions to-
day does not insure the employer
against strike tomorrow, and if he
is not confronted by strike he will
have to contend with systematic sab
otage, organized loafing and ingenious
methods of causing him financial loss.
No matter how high the wages, how
short the day or how pleasant the
working conditions-the I. w. w. is
the relentless enemy of the employer.
Nothing save the determination of the
employer and the overthrow of judi
cial and legislative government will
satisfy him.
The I. W. w. is literally revolution
sry organization which had its incep-
tion in Chicago in 1904, when a group
of radical labor leaders, under the lead
ership of Thomas ]. Haggerty, editor
Of the official organ, and Clarence J.
Smith, general secretary-treasurer Of
It the American Labor Union, formed
the organization by combination Of
the Western Federation of Miners, the
Uaited Metal Workers, the American
labor Union and the Socialist Trade
aad Labor Alliance.
Tho brilliant Debs was q warm sup
psrter Of the embryo organization and
fer some tine after the Chicago con-
ventisn nsds stirring appeals to his
RADICAL sdhenAts to Join the "One Big
'Bnion." However, the party leaders
sscaae entaaeled in bitter eontrover-
dss aad In 1906 the Western Fedora
Hnn Of Niasn withdrew, apd three
ysass later ~ Socialists and eonserva-
tlyes announced their dissolution Of In
tstesas. II iAdieals opened up head
suastsss In Dstsoit and called the new
1adisal braasa the Detroit !. ". W.
TAs two sesHaiAtioas thoush pras.
1sslly synsae.oos 70 far - principles
ars ss.ssrasd, Aavs bssn bitter, implA.
aAbae snsalp. A desp-seated sntipe'