The Butte daily bulletin., 1919-06-14

Only labor can benefit labor.
Slaves have lived ere this, in comfort
and luxury. Still they were slaves.
The worker who values peace, bread,
enlightenment and liberty, dare not
depend for these necessities upon
capitalist exploiters. Only labor can
emancipate labor.
The people of the United States
have, as their most cherished tradl-
ton, the Declaration OF lndepend-
ence of monarchial tyranny, issued in
l776.
r. 1--WE hold these truths to be self
evident; that all men are created
equal; that they are endowed, by
their creator, with certain inalienable
rights; that among these are life,
liberty and~the pursuit of happiness.
That to secufa these rights, govern
ments are instituted among them, de-
riving their just powers from the
consent Of the governed; that when
ever any form of government be-
comes destructive of these ends, it
is the right of the people toNalter or
to abolish it, and to institute hneW
government, laying it's foundation ell
such principles, and organizing its
powers in such form as to them
shall seem most likely to affect their
safety and happiness"
Again tyranny has raised it's ugly
head in the guise of capitalist i'm
perialism. The day of the people
has come. They must write a new
Declaration of Independence-inde-
pendence of plutocracy and all OF its
works. Until labor writes that Dec
laration of Independence it is slave
labor.
The path that leads to industrial
lf-government, almost unknown
two years ago, today is blazed and
trodden. Tomorrow this path will
be replaced by paved road.
Russia has set the example. Hel
constitution (July, 1919 begins
with a bill of rights of which this is
the first paragraphs: Bearing in
mind as it's fundamental problem the
abolition of exploitation of men by
men, the entire abolition of the di
vision of the people into classes, the
suppression of exploters and the es
tablishment of a socialist society.
Later in the same section
are the words, "Universal obligation
to work is introduced for the purpose
of eliminating the parasitic strata o
society and organizing the economic
life of the community" Section Il
reads:
"The Russian Soviet Republic con
siders work the duty of every citi2el
1 of the republic, and proclaims as it
= motto: He shall not eat who doe
, not work.
e That is the spirit in which tn
S fundamental law of the new worlt
: will be written. Only labor can bene
. fit labor, and labor will be the back
G bone of the coming civilization.
S While one man can live, with
t out work, upon the proceeds of an
h others labor, economic slavery re
: mains.
0 The Russians are striving to max
: labor the basis of society. Henc
f their constitution provides, 9TH
X right to vote and to be elected t
! the Soyiets is enjoyed by the follow
i ing citizens, irrespective of religion
# nationality, domicile, ETC., of bot
: sexes, who shall have completed thei
s eighteenth year by the day of elet
II ton:
r "(a) All who have acquired tn
= means of. living through labor tha
= is productive and useful to societ,
t and also persons engaged in house
keeping, which enables the forme
to do productive work.
"(b) Soldiers of the army an
navy of the Soviets.
} "(c) Citizens of the two precet
y ing categories who have to any d,
e gree lost their capacity to work.
Under the new world order, til
c right to vote and to be elected to o
flee is reserved for workers-ft