The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-11-14

~ rs4.ial still. E NOT e,.ec
,yaano1 use3 by It's Syadlcaiii.s.s
800. laiIv wsrta-e o. CAPITALISM IS
sobo+ape. So to5age is = vSly gen
eral term. 4. use- 70 i Sovcott
sll those tao Is, save the ooso go
ana the stril proper, winch az
used by work. 10 @f-ag co"
sions from their On l-oys-l ~
Acting losses or III throush
stonrino or slowing DOWN os iat.U !
trv turning out pcs product ana
60 forth. These tactics, and eonse-
nnantlv. the forms Of cabotage, are
Y.e,.,, numerous. Many of them are
closalv related in character. OlteI
Two or more kinds OF sabotage are
nsed simultaneously or IN cohJuie-
! ton with the strike.
"Perhaps the most widely pi"c-
+iced form of sabotage IS the re-
striction by the workers OF thel,
outnnt. Disgruntled workers an
over the world instinctively ana
Continuously practice this form OF
sabotage, which is often re1erI1u
to as soldering The Engllsh -
Dor unions, by the establishment OF
maximum ou,puts Tor their meal
hers. are widely and successful y
practicing it. 1t is frultfui
source of their strength.
'.The most widely known form Is
that known as putting the machl !
erv on strike The Syndicalist goe
on strike to lite up industry. If h'S
failing fails to do this, if strike
breakers are secured to take has
Mace. he accomplishes his 4purpo
by putting the machinery on STRIKE
through temporarily disabling IT. L
he is a railroader he cuts wires
puts cement in switches. signals
and so forth, runs locomotives INTO
turntable pits, and tries IN every
possible way to temporarily dlso
ganize the delicately adjusted rail
road system. If he is machinist
OF factory worker, and hasn't ready
access to the machinery, he VIII
hire out as a scab and surreptl-
tiouslv put emery dust in the bear
ings of the machinery or otherwi e
disable it. Oftentimes he takes
time by the forelock, and when go
ing on strike puts the machinery on
strike with him by hiding, stealing
or destroying some small indispen-
sable machine part which is diff
cult to replace. AS is the case witt
all direct-actio tactics, even col
servative workers, when on strike
naturally practice this form of sa-
botage-though in a desultory and
unorganized manner. This is seen
in their common attacks on ms
chimes. such as street cars, automo-
biles. wagons, and so forth, manned
by scabs.
another kind of sabotage wide
" practiced by Sundacilists is the
tactics of either running or turning
out inferior products. Thus, by
causing their employers financial
losses, they force them to grant
their demands. The numerous vari-
cites of this kind of sabotage are
known by various terms, such
passive resistance 'obstructionism.'
'pearled strike strike of the
crossed arms and so forth
Mr.. Foster recently told senatf
committee that he had had a change
of heart since collaborating on thi.
/ hot stuff and pages more like it
But quite apart from the question
of Mr.. Fosters present views. thi
pamphlet is fairly representative o.
the beliefs and practices of large
body of propogandists, many foreign
born, some American born, but al
working against the peace, prosper
ity and government of the AEeri
can people.
Capital, of course, is far from
perfect; many of its practices arc
in need of reform. But we can not
cure capital by killing it. much al
those who hope to inherit forcibly
would like to do so. A vast dea
of nonsense has been written about
capital, its functions and its pow
ers. There is nothing sacred about
the present system. 1t is simpl!
the worlds accumulated experience,