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LABOR
NEWS
TI1E PHILOSOPHY OP DISCOX-
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(By S.'E. F.)
There are few people of the labor
world, and still fewer of the, -elect?
who gloat Ter the humor or polg
nancj of Wtructlte criticism who
would not resent the apellation "agi
tator." And perhaps lew there are
of either class who see In these Yry
potent means of appealing to the
passions or prejudices of the people
the "philosophy of discontent."
It Is no ue of as Idealizing others,
and still more futile would be the
same methods In their application to
ourselres less excusable for, after
all, introspection la within mental
scope of erery one of us. The phil
osophy of discontent is the Chler
tactic of politician (eowardly as
it Is), hence the timeliness of Its
discussion.
The difference in the thinker's
scheme of using discontent and that
of the haphazard, loose, methods of
those who think they think is chiefly
in the arrangement of the means of
agitation their ends are the tame.
The- Socialist' recognizes a the fact
(uncomplimentary as may be to his
class) that in the present state of
arerage, intelligence men are most
qulck!y If not most efficiently
moved, through either their preju
dices or their passions." He also re
alizes, and this assumption is backed
by all history to date, that where
either of these primal characteristics
is appealed to as an initiatory Im
petus, the "mob spirit" in men, the
stampeding one in lower animals, In
variably breeds leaders. Of course,
recognizing that leaders become
necessary under given circumstances,
the "born leader" lends his best ef
forts' to creating that condition, egro
''mud slinging" - becomes, "the phil
osophy of discontent." ,
We have in the platforms of all
three of the great political parties
the finest illustrations of "the phil
osophy of discontent , The differ
ences between the degrees of the ap
peals to our baser proclivities Is as
the comparison of an adjective. The
places of the two greater parties
will be "positive" or "comparative,"
according to' the creed of the person
considering them, but there will be
' a two-thirds majority in assigning
to. Socialism the "superlative" de
gree of destructiveness. In fact, the
Socialist admits that his propaganda
las destructive, but under the assump
tion that all the evil (Including prof
iteering) from which we suffer and
'complain, is of, for, and by one or
both or the older parties, he philoso
. ptlzes that these must be destroyed
before his more narrow "class psy
chology" can take root.
The writer doesn't like Socialism,
. for aay one of a thousand. reasons,
any better than, he does "the philoso-
- phy. of discontent", of either of the
older parties to iniquity. The chief
reason Is, however, that, he; believes
In ' individual responsibility, direct
taxation and pain as a corrective
rather than? "twWght-fieep" meth-
. ods in sociology. He don't believe
- In the ''longest way around" when
cross-lots offers no greater impedi
ments. He don't believe in making
an impersonal institution (govern-
. tnent) do hie dirty workjj"in pass
ing the buck" of personal responsi
bility. He don't believe in "leaders.'
labor, political, or social, except as
a penalty for Ignorance and laziness,
and all this because he believes in
democracy to the full extent of Its
practicability.
; "No one will be able to prove to
the most casual minded voter, and
no honest person will try, to defend
the ' older ' parties from the charge,
that their somewhat smelly efforts
are chiefly In direction of "fooling
all the people all the time" at least
effort ' not devoted ' to philandering
with organised labor into a belief
' that thev era eed hive hfeen eat?.
onistlcally intended as regards "big
business ' and lesser profiteers. ; If
they do, the following quotation
from a- United States supreme court
decision - should serve to disabuse
It , them: "There-are eighteen thousand
times ss much law and decision lor
property and property right as there
, are laws -and decisions for humanity
and human right."
"What is the answer,' :you ask?
"We must play the game, you re-
' -mark? "or we can't change the rules.
VI and have no right to kick.!
Correct. Vote lor ttienj (or per
' haps better, women) of the right
public moral structure ' and mental
attitudes, rather than. for measures
that are created by leaders, perhaps.
as placebos for your ills, real or im
aginative. Laws don't exist (as
labor has found out to Its sorrow)
without men of the proper view-
. point to invoke and prosecute tfcenh
60, alter all, it is the "image of
God" to whom we must look, rather
than lnstltutlona bullded , by the
'philosophy of discontent" which
haYe their roots grounded In either
claa Interest" or "personal privil
ege.' :., ' 'J v
Remember that thV "peaceful
revolution" of the penny radical or
h Mttlehium of th dollar consetrv
ative, opposing forces of "leaders,"
cannot be brought about withjout
constructive- action; and such Is ot
the child of sociologic flatulency as
portrayed by political leaders wis
consider and condole with "the cat
tle for "three weeks before efee
tlon" forthe purpose of more easily
leading them to the shambles and
raising themselves to positions ; of
preferment and power.
Dut "play the game" on the basis
that "the disease must be eradicated
from jits vehicle, or the vehicle will
be eradicated br the disease."
AN ALARMIM2 ATTITUDE.
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In connection with "the philosophy
of discontent," so largely used by
cur 'leaders," what can be the ef
fect of the ; application of the gov
ernment'! propaganda during "the
war for democracy?"
1 Consider these topics.
Deportations of workers from Bls
bee and Jerome (Ariz.) regardless
of affiliation.
The application of injunctions to
labor leaders sworn to follow the
msndate of the rank and file.
Arrest and detention of suspects.
despite the writ of habeas corpus,
and prosecutions (as in Portland)
for availing themselves of the pro
visions of free speech.
Refusal, as In the Iron industry,
of employers of labor to deal with
duly chosen representatives of
unions men they "cannot get" in
the course of industrial events.
The Kansas labor law as applied
to men and the elision of the right
of eminent domain, in consideration
of necessities and utilities.
What do you think of It; Ameri
cans? What will be the result of
adherance to these policies?'
STOLEN FROM EXCHANGES.
Wall street may be deaf to the
demands of the farmers of the west,
but It csn slways hear agood crop
report.
We ought to expect It to hurt a
little. Being bled white by profiteers
is a good deal like painless tooth
pulling that Is, painless to the op
erator. No one will accuse the Wall Street
Journal of Socialism or exaggera
tion of farm losses; hence we might
assume that the stock speculators'
favorite paper is on the safe side of
the truth when It says. In its issue
of June If, that "price on farm pro
ducts are today only 65 per cent
more thanXn 1114, but on the goods
which the farmer must buy from
the city there has been an average
Increase of 185 per cent over the
same period.
At that, Nero's fiddling while
Rome was burning would be less
objectionable than the political horn
blowing under similar circumstances
today. v
"OA.VT STHIKK S FAIL IX
AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE . Australia Ant
strike legislation, compulsory arbi
tration in various forms, and wages
by law have tailed to fulfill" their'
widely heralded purpope in Austral
la and the government has called a
conference of employera and - em
ployes throughout the common
wealth. The call states that an ef
fort will be made to arrive at a bet
ter understanding between the two
parties, and that the solution of the
question Is mainly In their' hands.
Illinois Tradesman. .
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