The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-05

most modern and effective instrnm
ents of murder and destruction, NOV
ing by the order of little groups of
big capitalists to conquer the world
for them That was the picture of the
world in 1917.
Capitalism, born in a revolution and
destined to die by one, had been NOV
ing rapidly toward the climax of its
development. The ever-increasing in.
tensity Of exploitation had increased
profits to unheard-of proportions. New
capital was accumulated in ever great
or haste. Yet most of the chance for
home investment seemed to be ex-
hausted and the hunger for foreign
fields Of exploitation grew apace.
While the increasing intensity Of
exploitation had raised the productiy.
ity Of labor tremendously, the share
OF labor In its products grew relative
ly smaller. This discrepancy could
not but develop into a conflict, which
would either change production from
one of profit for a few, to one for
satisfying the needs of many-Or 1t
would throw the world back into bar
barism.
Capitalism, driven by an ever-in-
creasing hunger for profit, reached out
into unconquered territory. With it's
native proletariAt armed to the teeth
in attempts to colonize all the world
and to transform it into one huge
profit mill for one dominating group of
capitalists and to reduce the working
class portion Of the human race tc
robots, that was the aim it set out to
accomplish. This process of transfer
nation to be achieved by series of
imperialist wars which were to settle
the question of the supremacy of one
group Of the warning capitalist nations
and at the same time are to solve the
problem of military conquest of the
earth.
This stage Of capitalist develop
ment, altho Of recent date. could not
surprise the world by its appearance.
Marxism, Communism, had laid bare
the very entrails Of the capitalist sys-
tenn predicting the phenomena of i'm
perialism. Unlike the augurs of old,
the Marxians base their predictions
not on the windings of the entrails,
but on a scientific analysis Of the orr
gin and character OF the food passing
thru the body Of capitalism. This
food was seen to be the life-blood of
the working class; it was seen to cir
culate thru the body Of capitalism as
profit. turning into new capital; IL
was seen to fatten up that body OF
capitalism to degree that it became
a menace to the working class. So
that the working class had only two
alternatives: To destroy capitalism
as the dominating force of society. or
to be swallowed up irretrievably by
the profit-hungry monster.
Preparing for the crisis and helping
to hasten it's advent, the Marxians. the
Communists, had organized and educat-
ed the most conscious portions of the
working class for the constantly in
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Imperialism was shown to be a
menace to society itself AS an
answer to a call by capitalism
for imperialist war, was issued the
call for the proletarian revolution
Thus the fear of the working masses
for an imperiaIist war was alleviated
by the hope for revolution. "The
capitalist governments will not dare
that was the opinion Of the masses
on the very eve of the first of series
OF imperialist wars. But they did dare
Tho call for the war went out. The
governments followed the urge OF
their proft-hungry ruling class and
transformed the world into a shamble
Most of the official leaders of the
working class failed miserably in
awakening the only fit echo to this
call for war-the call for a proletar
ian revolution.
Rut there were exceptionsL The