Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-06-14
The GREaTEST WEuaCE
IN The WORLD TODAY
LAWLESS PRACTICES AND AMBITIONS OF INDUSTRIAL
WORKERS OF THE WORLD TOLD BY ONE WHO KNOWS
FROM OBSERVATION AND EXPERIENCE.
Nv HAMILTON KENDALL


The patriotic and disturbing prom
inence attained by the organization
known as the Industrial Workers of
the World has startled every patri-
otto, home-loving, God-fearing citizen
of the United States-yet a great
majority of the great American pub
lie are grossly unfamiliar with the
scope and ultimate purposes of that
revolutionary element in our industri-
al life, as worker in the lumber
camps of Washington for the past few
years, | have touched elbows with
them, have, through personal contact
and ultimate association become thor
oughly familiar with the aims, ideals
methods of applying the most sacred
weapon of the organization, Sabotage,
and the insenate, unreasoning, deep
seated hatred every /. w. w. holds
toward the present form Of govern
ment
In writing this article | took into
consideration the possibility of crit
isisms and charges of mis-state
ments, and | assure the reader that
this comprehensive analysis of the
greatest menace in America today,
as great a menace, as real a menace
and as for reaching a menace as the
Imperial German War Lord, is con-
sevative.
There is no exageration in this
statement, in every district where this
OUTLAW" organization dominates
the populace KNOW-believe me,
THEY KNOW that no evil could
strike more paralyzing blow to law,
order, decency and liberty than this
anarchistic, God hating law detesting
band of mal-contents.
In consideration of the Nv. W., it
is first of all necessary to understand
their fundamental principle the
employer must go. 1t is equally neces-
airy 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 definate
time and be certain that his terms of
agreement will be faithfully complied
with. The reverse is the policy of the
l. w. w.. To agree with them as to
wages, hours or working conditions
today does not insure the employer
against a strike tomorrow and if he
is not confronted by strike he will
have to contend with systematic sab
otage, organized loafing and ingen-
ious methods of causing him fiancial
loss. No matter how high the wages,
how short the day or how pleasant
the working conditions-the |. w. w.
is the relentless enemy of the en-
ployer Nothing save the extermin-
alton of the employer and the over
throw of judicial and Legislative
government will satisfy him.
The |. w. w. is literally revolu-
tionary organization which had its
inception in Chicago in 1904, when a
group of radical labor leaders, under
leadership Of Thomas n. Haggerty, ed
itor of the Official organ, and Clarence
J. Smith general secretary-treasure
of the American Labor Union, formed
the organization by combination OF
the Western Federation of Miners
The United Metal Workers, the
Socialist Trade andLabor Alliance.
The brilliant Debs was warm sup
porter of the embryo organization
and for some time after the ChiagC
convention made string appeals tt
his radical adherants to join the "On'
Big Union" However the party lead
ers became entangled in bitter contro
versies and in 1905 the Western
Federation of Miners withdrew, ant
three years later the Socialists ant
conservatives announced their dissou
ton of interests. The radicals opened
up headquarters in Detroit and calle'
the new branch The Detroit |. w. W
iht bWo piSoillSdbiOiot tiouS
practically synonymous so far as prin
ciples are concerned, have been bite
applicable enemies. A deep-seate
antpathy between both radical OF
ders and the Socialits party the LEG
itimate Trade Unions" and the pres
ent form of government has prevaile
since the forming of the two branche
of the |. W. w.
A perusal of the l. w. W. platforI
(preamble) is sufficient to convinc
the most skeptical observer that tn
organization is founded on principle
with tendencies bordering on anarcf
ism, as the following excerpts wi
illustrate:
"The working class and the employ
ing class have NOTHING in CON
MON; between these two a strugg
must go on until the workers of II
a