The Glenwood post., 1918-06-01
GREATEST MENACE
IN WORLD TODAY
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III course the sabotage l.lea was
easily extended-a little dust in the
bearings, especially emery dust, would
do much. Soap in boilers would re-
tard the development of steam-judi-
cially planned accidents might easily
cost the employer far more than a
slight increase in wages. Keep this
up it was urged, 'and in short time
the employer will be on his knees
"Any conscious and wilful act on
the part of one or more workers, in
tended to slacken and reduce the out
iput of production any skillful
operation on the machinery of produc.
tion intended not to destroy it, but to
temporarily disable it and put it out
of running condition. Sabateurs are
the Eclaireurs, the scouts of class
struggle"
Bosquet, after bitter denunciatiou
of the present system, says:
"The simple stoppage of work is
not sufficient to realize the aims of a
| strike-it is necessary-indeed indis-
pensable that the tools, instruments,
utensils, machines and other means of
production of shop, mill, mine, or fac
tory-also 90 on strike, or in other
words that they be put in NON
RUNNING CONDITION.
Vincent s.. John, high 1. w. W.
official and author of "The History
Structure and Methods of the I. W.
W., declares:
LAS revolutionary organization
the I. w. w. aim to use any and all
tactics that will get results sought .
the tactics used are determined
solely by the power of the organiza-
tion to make good their use-the
QUESTION OF RIGHT AND WRONG
DOES NOT CONCERN U.s." Vim
cent st. John never wrote more di-
rect, bell-ringing truth in his life, the
I. w. W. have unquestionably demon
strated from one end of the country
to the other that they do not hesitate
over right and wrong, and habitually
following the line of least resistance
they generally uphold "wrong.v In
the woods they Systematically cut logs
too short or too long, cut wire rope,
put emery dust and sand in bearings,
loaf on the job, and periodically strike
in manner to keep the employer in a
constant state of "nervcs' and 10
compel a minimum output of timber
products the object being to cause the
employer as much trouble and finan-
mills and farms every means of slow
| ing up production and of harassing the
| employer is taken instant and para
/ lying advantage of. In the fruit dis
tricts of Washington the I. W. W.
workers studiously pinched finger nail
holes in fruit, and every other ingeni-
Gus method they could successfully
employ and escape detection. In the
wheat belt of Washington they fla.
fcotedly made the direst of threass,
demanding unreasonable pay and short
hours and declaring they would make
good their intimidation, i. e., to strike,
terrorize and cause the harvest to
'rot on the ground" and all this in
war time, however prompt action of
government and state officials prevent
ed the tieup.
The I. VI. ". HAP declared, AMI still
openly boasts, that its purpose is to
destroy society-to overturn civiliza-
tion-to stamp out Individuality. and
to erase the laws Of private property
of any so;t, whether Of land, money,
mental atta:nment, or manual skill.
The I. W. W. is an enemy more ser,ous
in its purpose and character thsn any
imperial government Wars may be
ended by treaty, following which there
would be an opportunity and Incentive
for self Development; and civilization
would continue to advance even
though its character would necessarily
be changed. They are attempting to
usher in an era Of universal servitude
Of the fit to the unfit, the skilled
workman to the unskilled, the INTEL.
gent to the unintelligent, the aspiring
to the unaspiring, and the man who has
something Of his own to the empty
handed. They see the possibility Of
using the tremendous force of organ.
lied ignorance, incapacity and class
red BY ssisi,g spsa ~ vast army
Of the wilfully ignorant, unskilled and
disgruntled, and have set themselves
to the task Of recruiting this army to
war strength by preaching the doc
trines of discomfort in the avowed pur.