The sun., 1919-10-03

IDENTICAL These expressions are not
basic. In actual practice little or
no attention is paid to them. They
are for foreign consumption. Their
purpose is to deceive and disarm the
opposition. This form Of deception,
which il usually unconscious. is used
by all aggressive social movements"
Continuing the prospectus:
"one thing is certain: in their
everyday war the Trade Unions seize
upon every betterment they have the
strength to take. The degree OF their
conouests is limited only by their
power. This Interchangeable policy as
sures them a golden future OF
achievement, for. SO far. they have
developed only a small portion OF
their inevitable power What they
have accomplished up to date, i'm
portant though It may be. 10 only
hint OF what IL to come"
What Is the golden future that
Strike Organizer FOSTER foresees
What, In his view of possible achieve
ment, is that which is to come and of
which we have now only a hintf He
answers these questions with undimin-
ished frankness In the white sequel
to the red pamphlet:
Judging from the wonderful con-
quests and power of the Trade
Union Movement small. poorly orga-
nized and hindered at every turn by
the scabbing army OF unorganised
as 1t is. we have every reason to con-
clude that long before the limits Of
working class power have been
reached It will have developed a
: mighty organization able to over
throw the united forces Of organized
greed. Then, with this great force
at command, the Trade Unions by
the simple continuance of their pres
ent and Interchangeable policy of TAX
ing from their oppressors all they
can get, would naturally abolish the
infamous wages system and take
such other steps as were necessary
to inaugurate the long looked for era
of Industrial freedom"
The phrase united forces of organ
fzed greed" does not refer to the
organized greed which Mr.. FOSTER
would like to lead further and further
along the road of Syndicalism. 1t is
merely his masked synonym for the
Industrial system he aims to destroy,
for American Government itself. He
makes this plain enough In his chap
ter entitled "A Glance Into the
Future" with its cynical avowals Of
sinister purpose
Some believe the Trade Unions
themselves will take hold Of industry
and manage IT; that the fighting
group Of to-day will be the produc-
ing group of Tomorrow But others
dispute this. They assert that DEM
ocratic principles are just as foreign
to the nature OF industry as are
those Of autocracy. They maintain
that science, and not majority rule,
will be the guiding force. According
to- the latter more advanced view
each group of workers would have
full power to carry on production in
their own sphere. Scientific princi-
Piles % alone would regulate their
activities. Foremen would Abe Sc
lected on the basis OF efficiency. not
by popular vote. New industrial
processes would be adopted only after
experts had proclaimed their merit.
Neither autocratic nor democratic
principles would come into play in
the matter. Simple obedience to de-
mand would automatically regulate
the volume OF production. Legisla-
tive interference would be needless.
The relations OF one industry with
another would be merely the placing
and filling Of orders for conmodi-
ties. They would work together as
spontaneously. unautocratically and
undemocraticaily as the organs In the
human body. 1t would be Industrial
control by facts and figures. with
the arbitrary human element elimi-
mated"
So far as this Is not mere farrago
of economic nonsense, 1t Is the rhe-
torical prelude to the ultimate avowal
of the purpose of Mr.. WILLIAM z.
FosTER's efforts to shape the future
of organized labor:
Under the new order as pictured
above. government. such as we know
1t. would gradually disappear. In
an era of science and justice this
makeshift Institution, having lost dts
usefulness, oould shrivel aud die.
Criminal courts. police. jails
and the like would go also. Crime
is due almost wholly to poverty. In
a reign OF plenty for all 1t would
practically disappear. The few crimi-
nails remaining would be subjects for
hospitals rather than jails. Like
wise the civil courts. with their
hordes of officials. would vanish.
People would no longer have to wran-
gle over property rights. The indus
tries now in the hands of national,
State and municipal governments