Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-25

vented the process would b entitled
to ons-eloventh OF the output. In
other words. there would be no In
csntivs to invent the PROCESS. for
the man might Just as we'll plug
along as one OF tho laborers.
With reference to the taking over
Of industry by the producers, Tom
disclaimed that the T. W. w. be-
lieved that armed force or violence
should attend the process, but that
whom tho producers, who comprise
30 per cent OF the people were or
ganized. they would be the state and
n majority, and could pass laws and
connscate property Just as the gov
eminent now takes over excess
PROFITS and as II took over the rail-
roads He said that In that event
the I. w. w. would pass laws to
meet the changed situation, but that
the laws would he made differently.
Workers in each Industry would
safeguard the lives Of the workers,
would elect delegates who would
meet the delegates from other In
dustries and they In their conven-
ton would lecislate and would make
regulations governing the exchange
nf commodities produced by each In
dustry. He said the organization
aims to take over oil industry, such
as railroads. mines and mills, and
run them for the good of the entire
community. He claimed that most
OF the crimes are committed because
Of the unjust industrial system AMI
that when the l. w. w. institute
their utopian system here on eartN
resembling tho millennium. there will
he no incentive for crime. a-d hence
little crime. In like manner he said
there would he no moro f0llen wom-
en-. FOR the womer will get tho ri;
product of their labor and will have
no incentive ~ fell
Opposed to Crafts Unions.
He alleges that the organization
believes that the craft unions are no
good, for when one union in an in
dustry goes on strike, il it obtains
its ends it is the only barnch of tho
industry benefited, wnile all the other
workers in the industry will have
suffered by the strike. But il every
worker affecting the industry was
organized in one large union, then
If they struck they could quickly
obtain their demands. He said the
I. W. w. does not believe in the
motto, "A fair days wage for a fair
days work" but in the revolutionary
watchword, Abolition OF the wage
system" With his co-workers. Tom
does not believe in capitalists reveiv-
ing dividends on stock. He claims
that at present the average producer
on an average gets only one-ffth of
What he produces, but that he ought
to get all he produces.
The organization has no use for
competition, believing 1t to be waste
full. Trey believe that advertising
is useless. that travelling men ar,
unnecessary. Tom says that his or
der does not teach that all men
must work with their hands. but that
all men must do something useful,
whether with their hands or their
head. He says that the present guv-
eminent is inadequate to combat the
high cost Of living and that profit
eering cannot be abolished under the
present industrial system. The I. W.
w has at least twelve large indus
trial unions, said the witness, such
as the construction workers. railroad
workers, agricultural workers, etc.
Tom was a travelling Job delegate
of the construction workers indus
trial union from July / until his ar
rest in the autumn.