El Nuevo mexicano., 1920-03-04
|AUTOCRACY is DEAD;
ORGANIZED LABOR HAD
BEST LEAVE III DEFuNcT

Ia one respect III least mr.. Gcmpers 10
correct in advising against the formation
|ef d labor party. AS he remarks IN his let.
ter TO the indiana State labor party Bpon.
|sQrs: There can ho hope Tor success of
labor party candidates. The effect there
fore OF q political labor party viii be 10
defeat our friends and 70 elect onr enc
mics"
There can be no possible excuse for tho
working men o. me United States ~ leave
the two great political parties IN the an.
preaching campaign and Get I'D IN business
for themselves. Such q movement could
only be predicted upon d Wish ~ promote
the interests Of 9 class In preference to the
interests of the nation, and no party found.
ed upon that theory can hope to succeed.
There are about Al ,00o. 200 Wage nainers Ia
this country, comprising q great majority OF
the voters, and there are comparatively few
ton will consent 10 Join in q political move
ment which ignores the national Interest.
The assumption, at least by inference,
that the s0-calied iaboring people 0f the
United States alone are bearing the bur-
dens OF the high cost Of living and OF heavy
taxatiDn Is false and misleading, Tho
which eOmp0ee the bulk OF the pop
are III the same boat, are having
the same struggle under the same handf
caps These Include teachers. preachers,
clerks, cashiers, professional men and No.
men and ether laborars who hare ne alfls
llations with powerful Organizations but
solve the problems Of existence and
meet their individual responsibilities alone.
Any movement which promises ameliOration
BIZ the condition nf all these workers-thOse
who work with their, heads as well as man
pal laborers-will be welcomed as a ma
benefit, but when one faction or
rises up and demands consideration
md privileges which, II granted, would
still heavier burdens upon the other
workers they are asking that which cannot
conceded.
That is where the defect exists In the la
lor political movement, whether 1t be con-
lucted IN the form Of a separate party or
yanization or within the lines of the old
BY the amendment OF a single
word this movement could be changed from
selfish class effort To q patriotic contest
b the interest Of the whole people. The
mere substitution Of the word people for
would do this, so that candidates
york in the interest Of the people" il elect
d instead of the interest Of Tabor"
A few decades ago the politics Of the
ountry was dominated by capital-selfish,
rasping, conscienceless. Then the people
vere induced to vote to sustain the policy
I protection IN order that the home market
night be reserved for American products;
hat "infant industries, might be shielded
rom competition with the cheap labor Of
Europe and that the workingman might be
naranteed a efnll dinner pail 1t proved
Elective. Industries grew and flourished,
ab0r was profitably employed and tho din.
eli poll Of the workiugman was full to-
yerflowing n
But the contents Of that dinner pail. .
and tempting as they were. were
ut the crumbs that fell from the table Of
apital, which, by the abuse Of this excel
mt policy. reaped excessive profits ana
the rights Of others. Then followed !,
ae combinations. trusts and m~on0poIfes
hlch faAtened themselves upon the peo- 1
Is and threatened 70 crush them into help \
It took 20 years OF remedial leg I
and earnest law enforcement 70 4
feak the sway OF capital over American h
but it was accomplished IN the \
and now capital, broadly speaking, has \
,sumed It's proper place IN the scheme Of
civilization.
IL another class 70 be permitted 70 fasten 4,
self upon the American public 70 dom 4
Iate politics and rule INDUSTRY IN this
,untry, even Is capital once did, IL the (
= swing past the center Of gray 4
: 70 the other extreme. !,
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