The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-07

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and clothing, plenty Of everything
piled up in piles, and all produced by
the workers. Let us claim the right
TO the goods we have produced, and
let us further claim the right to dis
tribute" those. goods to the ones that
have produced them. Isn't it funny
Brother Shrock, that many Of us have
for years been voting for system of
society that builds poor houses for
the WORKERS, that cannot employ
the workers, that takes every thing
that the worker produces away from
him, after allowing him a morsel with
which to keep the bare threads of life
together Isn't it funny we have
been doing that for years and years?
Now if we are sincere let's change
our ways of doing things: let's sup
plant this system by a new system
whereby the workers shall own, op-
crate and control, the Machines Of
production and distribution and make
goods and distribute the goods for use
and happiness instead Of allowing
private ownership of those things
on which our lives depend. The
workers can change this system when
they make up their minds to do so.
This, however, cannot be done at
once as the workers have so been di-
divided in their unions. in their relig
GUS beliefs, in their fraternal beliefs
and in their economic beliefs that it is
going to take little time yet to make
the move, BUT THAT MOVEMENT
MUST COME ABOUT AND IF THE
PRINCIPLE is RIGHT, THEN LET'S
KEEP LAUNDERING FOR THE PRIN-
CIPLE.
There are millions of workers out
of work now, because our present sys-
tenn cannot hire them. Each piece of
machinery that is from now on in
vented will produce more goods and
displace more workers, than the ma
chimes it displaces. (This applies to
Farrington's Super-Power Idea too.)
That being true will not many more
thousand be on the verge of starva-
ton and out of work, one, two, three
and four years from now? Then what
will they do? Will they start think
ing that the ownership of the things
of life are in the wrong hands, and IF
they owned the things they produced,
would they starve?
Join Fighters.
Those thousands, perhaps millions
added to what are already idle will
start thinking for a way out, shall we
that claim we know the way out, start
from now predicting what is going to
happen and show the way out? l say
we must do that thing, we must advo-
cate unity on the political as well as
the industrial fields and strive for the
ends as stated in this Glitter. No
immediate relief can we offer, but ulti-
mately the system of production and
distribution must be changed. Unite
with those who are wanting to cure
evil SO that it will stay cured.
Now Brother Shrock, could go at
length telling you of our efforts in
trying to put into practice measures
that would offer temporary relief, such
as the shorter work day, Government
Insurance for the unemployed.
agree that those things might have
brought TEMPORARY RELIEF, but
the evil would still be with us. l say
we will keep on fighting for things
that in our opinion will bring this
temporary relief, but still we are
more interested in permanent relief,
and while we are fighting for our
membership and the working class as
whole we will ever be watching the
end of the goal and concentrate our
efforts to bring about that happy day.
Approaching your cooperation,
am, with kind personal regards,
Yours very truly,
JOHN J. WATT, Sub-Dist. Sec'y-
Treas.
p. s.-MoRAL-JoIN THE\WoRK.
ERS PARTY.