The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-03

the human viewpoint, or to make .he needed advance and therefrom work the needed reforms, there came the asita- ton outside of the courts, and meaSur- ably just agitation, against the courts
 Labor, mans handiwofk, the sweat of his brow, not being tangible ana not being uroperty, and not being guarded by the courts, has been compelled 10 com bine and organize in order to acquire an outward and visible form so as 10 make itself seen and felt. This s1tua- ton has been accentuated by lneeh- diary teachings transpianted rom hu- rope and has, in the progress ot time. made some of the more ignorant ana many of the vicious, viz, those com pelled to stand empty-handed before me courts, go to the extreme which causes them to despise society and desire 10 rend it asunder.
 WILL NOT WAIT
 This restless and lawless element the world over has, during the last ten years. split off from conservative, rep organized labor, which ia vors orderly processes and which, Wltn time, is r-inging workmanship and skli into his own; thereby making labor an element of property as distinctly as are the materials employed or worked upon by labor. But unfortunately, Just as this is being accomplished, the Nio- lent element has declared that 1t VIII not wait for labor to be legalized; Will not wait for it to be recognized; Will not wait for it to be treated like prop erty and consequently protected as such' but being misled and maddened, they assert that labor must go against the law instead of come into it's own under the law.
 .sThey dispute that labor and mate rial are equal because they say that ia, bor made the material. They dispute that labor and money are equal because they say that labor created the money Thus blinded, they say that labor must own everything in toto, must take pos session of everything absolutely-call them what you may, international reds" "revolutionists.' "bolsheviki, 'I w. W.'s"-they, all alike, maddened and misled, as I have said, with all sense of proportion gone, are making war, first on the legitimate labor organza- tions and every effort which those or ganizations make to lift up labor and to give labor the power and potency of, property and in the next place, on the very social fabric which protects them and us.
 This iawless element has thrown to the wind all allegiance to craftsman ship, all fidelity to the tasks which they assume to perform, and now seeks to pull down the pillars of the entire sem7 pie in which the social system dWeiis, with two. violent hands which they ex- ultingly describe as direct action and sabotage.
 "Germany very successfully propa- gates in this and other countries these dangerous doctrines which she holds un- der subjugation at home. She did 1t in Russia until she made that country crumple up like a pile of corn cobs. The method is simple one In order to weaken the resistance of this country Germany stimulates in every way pos sible extreme revolutionists calculating that any rottenness they may here rro- duce and any violence they may aere foment will make us helpless as na- tion and a ready prey to military at tack.
 PERPETPATE MANY CRIMES
 "In carrying on these cults they per- pet--.,a crimes and do many wrongs ize this time of dread- full war to n1ake sheir lawless aims ef- fective. They have prevented the rais- ing of crops by practicing sabotage in the planting, sowing, reaping. etc. They have destroyed crops in the field, in the sheaf, stack and in barns. They have put phosphorus balls in shocks of wheat, in bales of hay, and in barns contain ing these and other farm products. They have destroyed harvesting machinery by dropping sticks of wood, tools, nails, etc, into the running parts and they have jeopardized the lives of those who operate farm machinery by placing dyna- mite in the sheafs. They have destroyed mature fruit trees by driving copper nails into them-they way this is most frequently done is they dig little below the surface of the ground, driv- ing the ills in below the ground ,ne- They have destroyed mining machinery, especially in the copper mines and in the mines where the minerals essential to the conduct of the war are mined or produced. They have fired the forestsd particularly the forests of spruce; that being the wood essential for making aeroplanes They have destroyed saws in the sawmils by driving axes pieces of steel or iron in the logs so as to break the band saws and unnerve the sawyers, &s well as jeopardize the lives of the employees throughout the mill They saw lumber shorter than standard lengths. They have gathered in over- whelming numbers wherever it served their purpose to overawe small cons munities. They have carried this to the extent of surrounding courthouses and packing court rooms for the purpose of putting over their plans and objects. They have taken possession of railroad trains and assaulted and murdered the train crews They habitually throw men who cannot produce I. W. w. cards from moving frieght trains or carry them to the end of the train and kick them off while the train is moving. They missend freight, especially perishabe freight. They misplace signal lights and put emery dust or sand in journal boxes, on railroad cars. They place for eign substances in food in hotels and restaurants. break crockery dip table forks in crude oil use stink pots in dining looms and put bed bugs in beds. They plant trees upside down, shock grain with the heads down. hoe up po- tato vines instead of weeds. bruise ap- pies and other fruit in packing They remove units from carefully adjusted machinery, misplace and omit parts of copy in printing offices and put for eign substances in canned goods
 Just .hink of this-no man can be an l. w. w. who possesses as much as $50 in money or property, or who has permanent employment. or who becomes assoldier CT sailor of any country.
 ALARMED AT PREPARATIONS
 They view With alarm the prepara- tion of the country to resist it's for eign enemies, because they not only would gladly witness the triumph of those enemies, but aiso bScause they do not want the country to be prepared to meet and stamp out the anarchy which they intend to foment from with in. All their communications begin with the words, Dear Comrade,' and end With the words. Yours for the reyoIu- tion. While our precious boys are free Y pouring their youth on the battle fields Of France, the administration is bringing to bear. and bravely bringing tf, pear, every orderly process Of the law 0Ct <f H.