The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-04-06
WILFULLY
FALSE

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The principles of the I. W. w. are
designed to deceive. "The working
class and the employing class have
nothing in common" is the declara-
tion contained in the preamble to
a set of principles published by the
l. w. W.-the American of the Boil
shevik movement throughout the
world. The statement is manifestly
false for two reasons: First, there
is no distinctly working class and a
separate employing class in the
United States or anywhere else
where industry thrives. There may
be an employed class and an en-
ploying class, but even there the
lines of demarcation are not dis
tinct. Most employers are also
workers, although not receiving
their compensation in the form of a
daily wage. The statement above
quoted from the |. w. w. is there
fore, misleading in it's use of terms
1t assumes that only the employees
are workers and that all employers
are drones.
But regardless of that clever at
tempt to create erroneous impress
ions by misuse of terms, the state
ment is nevertheless wholly false.
The working class and the employ
ing class have almost everything in
common. There can be no en-
ployed class unless there are en-
ployers. There can be no employed
unless there are men who have first
worked and earned and saved in
order that they may have money
with which to employ others in USE
full occupation.
The two have much in common.
Not only the amount but the regu-
larity of the wage of the -employe
depends upon the continued pros
perity of the employer. The en-
ploye has, therefore, a very vital
interest in the prosperity and sue
cess Of the undertakings of the en-
ployer. On the other hand the en-
ployer has an equally vital interest
in the welfare of his employees. In
order to render satisfactory service
the employee must be in good health
must be properly fed, clothed, and
housed, must be reasonably well
satisfied and have hope of i'm
proving his condition through the
intelligence and fidelity with which
he performs his work. Employers
recognize this interest in the well
fare of their employees and give
every reasonable preference to those
who have rendered the longest and
most efficient service, encourage
them in saving a part of their earn
ings, offer them an opportunity to
acquire an interest in the enter
prise, and never fail to recognize
merit by promotion.
The principles enunciated by the
I. w. w. have no other purpose
than to create discomfort and bring
on a state Of chaos in society. They
are designed to deceive men who
have had small experience and are
not accustomed to analyze state
ments placed before them. In the
United States, fortunately, the pro-
portion of those who are so ignorant
as to be thus deceived is relatively
small. The great majority Of the
working people of the United States,
whether wage earners or those
working on their own account,
recognize the truth of the statement
made by the late Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt when he said:
"If the laboring man permits
himself to put improper burdens on
capital he will bring everything
down with crash; and even if the
man higher up is smashed, this will
be small comfort to the man lower
down if he too is under the ruins"
The fact of the matter is that
the employing class and the EN-
ployed class have nearly everything
in common and they must succeed
or fail together.