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THE THREE RIGHTS
class the m an who could not show m ental power th a t th e ru lin g class all com m odities tak e n from labor, ( from th e eyes of th e victim s of it. 1 and ask to he exam ined. The nam es
th e n ecessary w ealth to belong to possesses.
! because th ere nev er w as, is or can be If the slave w as n ot th e original of th o se who have neglected to ta k e
th a t class.
The p ro le ta ria t and th e m iddle an y th in g w ith w hich to m ake actual easy m ark he would
have
seen you into account in th e ir final e s ti­
Freedom of assemblage,
And in all th ese an c ie n t civilized class not only do all th e useful and j paym ent) precludes such paym ent, through it ages ago. It, or he, which- m ate of the races now fill th e ro ste r
of the dead.
Freedom of speech, and
com m onw ealths th e re was found to n ecessary w ork which is to be done T he national debt is owed to indi­ ever you like, h as been a good thing
You. who have builded edifices for
By W illiam J. Fielding.
Freedom of the press.
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be a larg e stra tu m of citizens who under th e p rese n t civilization, but vidual c a p italists, and even if paid for ru le rs and ro b b ers for th e la st th e deities and the gods of gold, have
W ith th e se m eans, w ith th ese th re e owned no th in g and which in Rome ! they also have to keep up th a t civil- off by the governm ent, th a t am ount
T hose who keep in touch w ith the
ten thousand years. T h eir gam e Is been denied even a place to lay your
head.
rig h ts, and w ith th ese only, can we was called th e p ro le ta ria t, because ization.
. b irth and death an n o u n cem en ts of
of capital would be again in the now about up. b u t it is no fault of
i o u . who have reared th e tem ples , contem porary in stitu tio n a l life have
c le a r th e vision of the w orking class ’ h e only capacity in w hich its mem-
Today civilization depends en tirely hands of those who had loaned it th e slaves. If th e gam e w’as w o rk a­
of learning, have yourself come been appraised of th e rec e n t a d v en t
—to see fu rth e r and see d istin ctly h ers could serv e th e ir country w as upon the p ro le taria t and m iddle class to th e governm ent and would be
ble for a n o th e r ten thousand years, through the world u n tutored, u n h e r- ; ,n Chicago of a new political party,
w h a t th e w orking class is and w hat by furnishing children for th e sta te , for its existence.
, T his o b ste tric al event is th e a rriv al
available for o th er c a p italist invest- j th e slaves would do th e ir part. At aided and un atraid .
th e w orking class should be, and
N or w as th is all.
! T he c a p italist class holds its posi m en ts and e n te rp rises. The to tal of least it looks like i t —B. C. Federa-
B uffeted about on
the
re stle ss nf the N ational p a rty —th e progeny
w aves of hum anity w hen your work ■ of a m ost harm onious q u in te tte , an
to see w hat it has and w hat it should
Low er still—m ost num erous—and . tion only because the p ro le ta ria t is debt re stin g upon th e producers and tionist.
was done, cast aside by your mas- unquestionably hom ogeneous affini-
have.
belonging to no class w ere
th e asleep and is not conscious of its upon which they a re to pay revenue
te rs when your back was bent w ith . t y —com posed of P ro h ib itio n ists, Pro-
W ith th ese m eans
and w ith th e se slaves.
T hey did not own th eir power.
in th e shape of som e form of profit,
i age and toil. you. L abor, m ay even gressives, Social D em ocrats, Single
m eans
only ra n we s tir th e slav e's j bodies, and w ere not suposed to h a v e ! A statesm an of old Rom e said th a t
would not be lessened. It is a p er­
! now guide th e feet of your offspring T axers and Independents
tow ard the Tem ple of T ru th on which
T he physical signs of this expect-
son! to see m ore light, m ore life, ; any souls. P lato described th e slaves , the Rom ans could hold th e ir slaves petual charge ag a in st the class of
Love's healing sun never sets.
ed n a tiv ity have been visible for
m ore freedom , m ore rig h ts.
as "anim ated tools.” T he slaves w ere because they had
never
counted w ealth producers. From th e capital-
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1 Iaibor, you have lived through the som e tim e.
Its com ing bas bf>en
W lth th ese m eans and w ith th ese e ith e r cap tu red as p riso n ers of w ar ’ them selves and th e ir m asters.
| 1st standpoint it is w ealth ; from
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,
¡tra v a il to w itness the royal robbers heralded in the c a p ita list press since
m eans alone— can we fire th e slaves or w ere m ade slaves on account of
By .Eugene V. D ebs.
grovel a t your feet. You see them th e pro-w ar S ocialists d eserted the
However, since we have universal ' th a t of th e producers it rem ains an
to dem and th e n e x t n u m b er on th e d eb ts or w ere the descen d an ts of suffrage, th ere is a good chance to e v e rlastin g debt. It is a case w here
locked in death grapple, rocking on S ocialist party. And it was really
,
,
. S in ce th e 1 n ite d S ta te s e n - ! , the
ne h m-inn
hat t good win
will
:ink or
of m
th e e anvss.
abyss.
e edifving
d i f v i n g to
t o find
fin d with
w it h w
w im
p rogram of hum an progress, P eace, 1 such persons.
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,
,
count ourselves and our m aste rs a t black is w hite, and w hite is b la c k . : te re d in to th e E u ro p e a n w a r
Labor, you stan d bv, serene, w atch- a n d g raciousness the painted Imlv
F reedom and Ju stic e
It » a m p ly
T he class stru g g le then w as very every election.
J It is a paradox.
¡th e re has been a d e term in e d e t - ’
the
tripkle from <be o? jo u n m ld o m len t its approval to “ hZ
NEW HYBRID
PARTY IS FORMED
SOCIALIST PRESS
AND THE WAR
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I.T O M M . to overestimate the .m- I crude and very brutal.
So much tor
Nor would the Calm that God has
Qne
„„r ,,r„ „ a„ t Vanconver
for, on the p a rt of th e g o v e rn - '
X f e s . ^ h e ^ X c " ? h e y B|I ™
f "7,
rr
p o rta n c e of th ese th re e rig h ts.
, a n c ie n t civilization.
ordalned c l,» . ru le, hold good t o d a y . marvc]8 w„ h the UBUa| aaltorlal I n t e n t to e ith e r su p p re ss S o cialist w r„,K „
,
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by th e aforesaid “ S o cialists” of th is
W ith th e se th re e rig h ts of d is c u s -' W e all know th a t the classes al- Not even th e m ost stupid Slovak profundity over the a8toundlng fact p u b lic a tio n s by e x c lu d in g th e m
Labor, em pire^ and n ations m ay country.
sion w e defend and we m u st defend m ost took th e form of castes under would believe Ogden A rm our th a t th a t "th e w ealth of th e U nited S tates ^r o m ^ 1C m a ils o r re n d e r th em ! fa,! today. as thev have >>' tllP Pa st-
o u r lives a g a in st th e ru lin g class th e feudal system . E verybody w as ■ God has ordained th a t he should
.
o m p.n
m n a t m
i v e ci\
l v listle
u s e le ss
s s b i>\ v a r ri<ri
b«t you
atone thp
a re unconquerable.
You whiph
One a fte r another, th e new spapers
has increased
by th e w ar profits of . i c ‘ om
ig i 1 I wbo
m adp
world w ith your
so faithfully re p re se n t the
alw ft\s n e a r us, above us, and rea d y pressed into an iron mold.
' speculate in w heat or put r a t m anure
the la st th re e years, so th a t It can ! c e n s o r s h ip w h ic h v i r t u a ll y c m
braw n, m ay now. with your brain, great financial and in d u strial inter-
to rob us of all th a t is d e a r to us. , Society then w as really a pyram id in sausage in o rd er th a t be m ay
w ithstand any stra in s the w ar is lik e­ a sc u la te s th e ir policy and p r j fashion it for e te rn al peace, fellow- ests of the land have descanted upon
And let it be em phasized th a t:
w ith th e king on top.
T he high m ake m illions every y e a r and thus
ship and service.
■ the ap p ro p riaten ess of John Spargo,
p a g an d a .
ly to put upon it.”
W ith th ese th re e rig h ts of dis- j clergy and the feudal lords, th e pa- i keep up his end in the plutocracy.
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E dw ard C harles R ussell, etc., found-
S o cialist p ap ers had a h ard
Now th at is really an astounding
i ing a new. perfectly
resp ectab le,
cussion-
i tric ia n s and the bu rg h ers of th e ci- j And th e re a re very few p rie sts who
fact, th a t is it would be if it w ere en o u g h tim e to m ake ends m eet SINS SHALL BE VISITED
I tru ly “A m erican,” lam blike “ Social-
W e hold th e se th re e rig h ts ;
• ties form ed the upper layers, and the would dare to support such a theory really a fact. But th e joke of i t before th is cen so rsh ip cam e upon i
UPON THE CHILDREN, ist" p a rty —one that would innocently
W e hold all o th e r rig h ts we h a v e ; serfs owned hv the lords form ed th e in all its nakedness, no m a tte r how
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' eat out Af the hand of th e Amer-
is th at it is not a fact. C ertain cap- 1 1 ‘’e m , b u t now it re q u ire s all j
W e can get any o th e r rig h ts we low er lay ers of the pyram id.
lean plunderbund, and lie peacefullv
much
Armour
might
be
w illin g to italist interests in the States have th e s tre n g th and su p p o rt th ev
I And under th e feudal system also pay.
need.
At last officialdom is recognizing nt rest w ith to r inside of) th e wMf
accum ulated cred its rig h t valo rio u s-1 c a n m u s te r to keep
th e
shij ' the fact th a t the social evil is a truly of an in satiab le in d u stria l oligarchy,
W ith th ese th re e rig h ts we can as everyw here else, w ealth and land
Nor would anyone believe young Jy gince tfae breaking out of tbe gjor. ; aflo at u n til th e w ar is s o ver.
! te rrib le thing. It is h indering th e
And so th e expected has at last
s trin naked th e rea l c h a ra c te r of hy- gotten by force, cunning, or in any Thaw or young Gould th a t they a re
ions m elee. But th a t is all. T h ey !
I f th e Socialist p ress is force 1 2ffl1cif nc1y of, ’2,p !\ rm y
They are. m aterialized as per schedule, with
pocrlsy, au to cracy and plutocracy and o th er way, furnished the basis of descended from the gods.
t - , r ying to stam p it out—too late, som e slich t m odifications. In o rd er
have it is tru e, gathered a rig h t tidy! l in f th . e s e fl-ivs t., fio-bt , M r i l-'
'A rm y life, the sam e a s o th er un-na- to he m ore thoroughly acceptable,
le t th e lecherous soul of dollar-m ark- the classification.
U nless plutocracy can persuade th e Rd pf ordPrs
on the future, but th a t m e, it is ltKewtse tru e tn a t n e v e r . tu ra l cam p life, encourages imm or- m ore agreeable, th e new-com er bas
ed capitalism sta n d forth as the
T he c a p italist system , of course, nia->°>‘U of the people to close up fu tu re bas iong 8jnce becom e so b u r. before h av e S o cialists realized ality. and tren ch w arfare offers un- been given a nam e less obnoxious
stin k in g th in g it is—to be despised
has changed the mold. But th e class a11 the Puhhc schools and m ake illit- dened w itb tb a t sort of thing th a t it us th ev do now th e vital im p o rt-
opportunities
for
the than originally announced, u n tain te d
and d estroyed as soon as it is dis­
hy anv referen ee to th e outlaw ed
d istinction and the class differences fratPS ot the next generation, and un- {g morp (han probiem aticai w h eth er ance of th e p re ss to th e m ove- ; spread of disease.
.
T be rep o rts from C anada and Aus- word “ Socialism .”
tin c tly seen and thoroughly u n d e r­
and the class struggle have rem ained. less ” ‘ an a,so Pprsuade them to g‘ve the obligations now o u tstanding are m ent.
I lie p r e s s is t h e v erv life tra lia concerning th e percentage of
Of course, it will reflect the Ideas
stood by d iscu ssin g it boldly before
In fact, th e struggle is now m ore up the e,ect0’-al franchise plutocracy really w ortb fifty cents on the dol- b re a th of an v p a rty o r m ove diseased am ong the retu rn in g sol- and ideals of its sponsors, th e P ro­
th e In d u strially bled, w recked, and subtle, but m ore b itte r th an ever.
,loonied- So m uch is clear.
jflr of tj)pjr original va]ue Judging m e n t.
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b lican diers are horrifying. W hat but sor- hibitionists. P rogressives. Social D em ­
ruined w orking class.
ocrats. Single T axers and Independ­
U nder form er civilizations, in al- ‘ And th a t is th e reason why we So- from thf) prpspnt high p r -ces Qf a „ ,,r D e m o c r a t jc p a r ties w ith o u t
;'b " t° w illP b e ‘f ' t i Z r e ^ V
T h e rig h t to life is, of course, im ­
m ost every case the class d istinction c ,a llsts can look Wlth such equanim - cornm(X}jties—w hich only spells dep-i n e w sp a p ers, m a g az in e s o r o th e r , m en?'
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- - s en ts, and consequently no M arxian
will deny th e fundam ental soundness
p o rta n t. B ut life its e lf can n ev er be
was the re su lt of w ar. And the rul- ity ani1 com placence into the fu- re c iatPj cu rren cy —and th eir contin- P eriodicals
to su p jto rt th e m !
of its Socialist conception.
m ade g reat, safe, deep and joyous
Sizing th e hybrid up from all an ­
ing class was m ade up of th e m ola­ ture.
ued rise in spite of all price-fixers, it 1 hev sim p lv c uhl no t ex ist, and
fo r th e w orking class w ithout the
gles.
we proclaim it to be “ som e
hers of the victorious trib e or the
looks as though another year or two p o w erfu l as th e v n o w are. th ev
rig h ts of discussion.
anim al.” If it tu rn s out acco rd in ’* to
IN
THE
WORLD
OF
LABOR
victorious nation. T his was gener
of this accumulating wealth by war, ! w ould soon cru m b le to pieces,
specifications, it will be a delight to
T h e w age-slaves’ jew eled, flashing
ally
the
case
in
an
cien
t
tim
es
and
al-
would result in a currency level of d is in te g ra te and d isa p p e a r w ith -
th e se ek e r a fte r th e curious, or a
w eapons of self-defense
are holy
prize for som e m odern Barnum or
m ost invariably so during th e m
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value
being
reached
very
similar
to
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th
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su
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of
th
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p
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w
erfu
l
rig h ts of discussion
The in su rrecto s in Spain seem t o . e n te rp risin g H uber.
die ages.
th
a
t
of
th
e
Southern
C
onfederacy
p
ress
(ow
ned
hv
th
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sam
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have
b
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e
n
tem
porarily
suppressed
T he sw am ps of ignorance can he
T h at which is term ed the w ealth
it w ent
broke
in 1865. T he om ic
has s t all
T he ruling class usually w as t h e ! of nations now runs into figures th a t , w hen n’.\
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?• class w hich ' c o “ n tro
ll ls th e se a again.
p p e a r a n But
c e s the
o f h country
e in ir in ”7
a t e the
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drain ed and th e d e se rts of despotism
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possibility of a nation becom ing r u b p a r t i e s ) w h ic h a d v o c a te s t h e i r '1” Pva rd n re s
ix in g in a sta te oi ties are unquestioned. And it
can be w atered and fertilized for stro n g er, th e m ore able p a rt of th e i sta g g e r th e hum an m ind. Those fig-
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’ ! us to recall F o rel’s th eo ry of “ h’jis-
who
ru n n in g in debt will then he m ost p rin cip les f?Y b o o m s th e ir can-j'Tim
Viway1' and
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freedom only w ith th e th re e great, population,
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A s a whole it w as th e ures becom e m ore im posing each
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paners
in to p h th o ria”—th e d eterio ratio n of ’he
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&
convincingly dem onstrated. Also the (lldates and Iig n ts tn e ir Dattl *« neighboring countries. In tbe la tte r : rorm -plasm through chronic in to \> n -
rig h ts of discussion.
only class th a t had any education year and. as stra n g e as it m av ap- „„„
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T h e rig h t to fitted fo r the condition» ot th e tim es, i pear, th ey have gone up by leap» f 0“
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for less than a week and then re- ; progeny—as we w onder w hat h r>’'e
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trad in g in th eir hides as a sa
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and
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give ideas through discussion c a rrie s
T hus th e m edieval lord was un- ami hounds during
the last th ree
stored because tbe au th o rities feared th ere can be in store for th is oT-
sane co rn ersto n e upon which to e re c t
Tn th e d e sp e ra te 1-
s tru g g le th e th th a a t t tb.e
tlm revolutionary d em onstrations
w ith It th e rig h t
to receive ideas i- questionably th e best fig h ter of his years, years th a t have been m arked
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revolutionary d em onstrations : spring of the w ar-drunk S o eia'ists
th e fabric of civilization. And also s o c ia lis t p ress is m a k in g t o save would becom e m ore dangerous than and th e ir new-found affinities,
discussed. T he rig h t to speak c a rrie s day. He was tra in ed for w arfare, j hy a far g re a te r consum ption and
w ith It th e rig h t to h e a r; and th e • d a d in iron, and spent all his life in d estruction of w hat
is ordinarily the possibility of anim al society, e ith -j itself for th e fu tu re service if they w ere in the sum m er. The m ost j W ith its p a re n ts long since fro th ­
er hum an or otherw ise, existing
upon | th e m ovem ent it o ii° iit to
have outrap<'ous form s of repression a re
ing a t th e m outh in an ap p aren tly
rig h t to publish c a rrie s w ith it th e
h u n tin g or fighting. T he av erage i term ed w ealth, th an has ever oc- the plan et for anv length of tim e un- th e lo v a l ^im port o f 'e v e r v p a rtv ¡ - 7 7 , - °nfor.fPf’
,s'u b I thiny. “ hopeless attack of battle-bred inebri-
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of - political
rig h t to read. W hen sp eak ers and m edieval lord in w ar was good for curred w ithin any sim ilar period of
t
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................ ., , ety. conceived in th e womb of heter-
p u b lish ers a re robbed of th e rig h t to , about 20 p easan ts. Five o r six hun- h istory
N ew spapers
s ta tistic ia n s
? e circu™8tancfis and conditions j m em b er an d ev erv real frien d of being perm itted, all m eetings a re j ogeneous incongruity, suckled at ’he
speak and publish,
th e
p e o p le
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of tbe ^ a l t h producers being en- ! t h e w o rk im y -e fa ss.
nrohibi’ed unless a m onarchial agent b rea st of an u n n atu ral foster-m other
dred of th ese lords could go out and and alleged econom ists boastfully
and police a re n rese n t to note all j —a capitalistic-plutocratic w et nurse,
slaved
and
robbed
by
th
e
ir
own
kind.
grow n-up people— hundreds, th o u s­ conquer a country.
! proclaim the w ealth of th is age, and
th at is said, and the censorizing of so to speak—w hat m an n er of being
mg
The sh eet in question quotes some
ands. ten s of tho u san d s of them , are
new spapers is w orse, if anything, will this near-Socialist baby be?
W hen th e A rchduke Leopold under- fairly slav er a t the m outh as they
than prevailed in R ussia before the
likew ise
b elittled ,
contem ptuously took to conquer Sw itzerland, he had give voice to the juicily suggestive sta tistic ia n as saying, th a t “A m er­
P erchance, as a fu rth e r dubious d is­
revolution. The politicians and th eir tinction, it m av be n u rtu red in the
tre a te d as ignorant, vicious children an arm y of six hundred, and th a t figures. M illions are no longer re- ican w ealth am ounts to $2280 per I
’ B y D a v id F u lto n K a rs n e r.)
■ icapita.” th u s m aking th a t country
Labor, whose long, sinew y arm s noble m asters realize th a t the evil j incubator of W illiam English Wall-
—In being th u s robbed of th e rig h t j Was considered a m ost trem endous ferred to. It is no longer good form thp riphegt Qn parth
This m eans, ' have held tbe world to g eth er in his day is being m erely postponed by the ‘ lug's im pervious scholasticism .
to h e a r and read. W hen row dies or fighting force. And if it had not to m ention such trifles. T he term
th a t th e w ealth 1 8trnne em brace since the beginning
m ethods tbat have b e e n ,
in 1912. a som ew hat sim ilar mon-
if it m eans any tiling
employed to save the . m onarchy. B ut , stro sity was horn of th e genus Bull
ru le rs steal th e rig h ts of discussion been for tbe m ountains and the rocks billions is now required to express i __ ,, „
« tinng, th at the w ealth if» fjnip
.»•».«.
,«<»»<.
p n n n tr v fa
nnn
n v i sword of h a te th ru s t through th e th
t b a t ls
w ealth of even th ird -rate n ations producers of th h a t country
n n pay
ia tbe
the historical stupidity of Moose, a breed now practically ex-
th ey a t th e sam e tim e in su lt th e in- Of S w itzerland, he would have ac- the
m e w eaim oi even m iru ra te n ations revenue upon th a t m uch ppr c a p ita . ! c r„ st of bp„
6
mnn
« r,i,v
m onarchy.
tin c t in its p ristin e form , but very
telligence of th e people w ho d esire to com plished his purpose.
in the g rea t fam ily of national b a n - , j n o tb e r Words, they are in debt th a t
Labor, th e c re a to r of all beautiful
num erous in m ongrel kin of the
h e a r and read. Only a com m unity
T h e s tr u g g le b e tw e e n d e m o c ra c y “Bull” spee'es.
dits. Now of w hat does th is w ealth m uch to the A m erican capitalists. I aTV’
tb
in
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s
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n
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n
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in
the
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rts
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te
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u
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oot
tn
f m T his precocious
» c . . t in-
W ithout any doubt, in form er days
of slav es and cow ards will m eekly
.
. . .
1 end sciences dailv dedicating his an< Jtinkerism is on in full blast in fant, bred of the bone of Social Ju st-
consist? In w'hat resp ect is th e
s u rre n d e r and co n sen t to be th u s th e ru lin g class w ere m ade up of world any m ore w ealthy now’ th an a They are w orth th a t m uch to th e ir . brgin gpd braw n tn „ n, niinn w on. G erm any, even though m any Amer- j ice and Good T ru sts, fired w ith the
ow ners, for surely if they owe $2280 ,iPrfl of the w orld—shall be now yield ' ' ’an <lailips- for reasons best known spirit of Arm ageddon, its b irth -e rt
th e m ost capable and en erg etic p a rt
w ronged ^ bv
row ^ dies
i^ H
r A or
^ T ru lers.
H sw iftly
th ^ p e ^ r T h r^ a t ^
o r thOUSand
W hkh b a c h to th e cap italists, th e l a t te / o w n h ^ b e r ^
to them selves a re
a tte m p tin g to ! breaking into tbe m a l o d o r o u s - ^
T hink it nil over. And do it s ^ iitlv th e resp ectiv e nation w as also i n f e r - i " ' m
nim
nniv
term
wpftith
rnniiv
.
.
.
_
.
i
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j
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>
makp
people
believe
th
a t the m asses i pardon, m elodious—s tra in s of “On*
< om m on,y 1 rm ^ e a p k
re a ’*y ! them body, boots and breeches. And Pryed
G. R K.
—and do it Now
.
,
t
4.
.
,
,
Labor,
courageous
hevond
ooncen-
G
prm
anv
arp
^
w
e
d
and
controlled j w ard. C hristian Soldiers." attain ed
1 w ealth, o r is it w ealth m outw ard rig h t th e re is am ple additional proof [ f.op hraving , hp billows subduing
. a »to<;r a r y -, At F rankfort-on-the-i gigantic size and stren g th in the
ior to them intellectually.
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I appearance only? Is it, in fact a hoi
‘
of th e sta te m e n t th a t we have al- t »,e w iM o ru o ss. p ro b in g th e b o w e ls o f M a ln . la p t WPi>k- fo r e x a m p le , a m ass course of a few brief m onths. And
B esides, in every one of th ese ep
j low m ockery and a curse to t i c u se- rp a d m a d e t h a { d e b t c a n n e v e r b e ! ’br> e a r th fo r m e ta l a n d fu el to tig h t
w a^ h e ’d in w h ic h 50.000 , th e n . a la s . deserted in a critical mo-
ochs th ey could claim , and did claim.
th at it w as the will of God A lm ighty’ fUl P° rtiOn ° f hum an 8° Ciety> the rCal Paid.' Two thousand two hundred
nathw avs of n r o e r e s s - s h a ll he i p^ onfa
n W fo r m ?
T X t
Pa ™ t Ted-
,
,
,,
,
, ,, .
' w ealth producers, w hile a t th e sam e
, _{_b t„ j „ i i ara
now how h ’s head while his m asters
o n ...z»
i\ platform to ad- dx-the-Terrihle, it died a sudden and
i and eighty dollars p er each man.
th a t th ey should rule, and th a t th e ..
.
’
,
. ,,
. .
¡tim e serving as a v eritab le h a v e n ' woman and child in the country, nress on his brow the crown of drPRS ali th ° P«onle who desired to alm ost nainless death before God-
By Victor L. Berger
tb n rn s ’
!hear
w ar
P ™ b lpn is
p r e s e n te d . , fa th er P erk in s could h asten from
o th ers should serv e and obey.
of refuge for th e useless, the reac- Dopg thprp pxigt Qnp gQ gimpJp &g tp
Labor, w hose m arvelous m uscles ! iRpea7 ? r :, ^ r e s o n t i n g the “dem ocrat- W all S tre e t with a h e a rt stim ulant,
In
old
G
reece
and
old
Rome,
th
e
U n d er th e p re se n t c a p italist sys . i
tionary. and the p a ra sitic? W e shall im aginp thftt gU(,h a gum pou,d pvpr tw ist the iron and hew the granite. 7? , . b ,?c ~~ So‘ ia’’pt <’- R adicals and
Now we observe thiR new phenom-
p atrician fam ilies usually also claim ­ Q
tra n sm u tin g it into tow ering h u iid -! ^ ib o b e s - n o n n d e d hard ag ain st a n - , enon com ing over the political hori-
tem , we have th re e classes, roughly
be paid? T rv as we m av to explain
ed descen t from som e god.
T he w ealth of G reat B ritain h as R &way <hp fftct gti,, pprgigtg th a t ines and palaces of pleasu re—shall npxa| io" ppkp’" ps of the im perialists zon. It w’ll absorb and neu tralize—
speaking.
he now shed his precious blood to ! a " rtJ " fa ' ’or of “ honest and demo- m eaning socialize, we suppose— the
T he first class is th e plutocracy,
(hig talk about w palth ,8 purp slave the th irst of M ars?
And all d uring th e m iddle ages the been recen tly estim ated a t $80,000,-
c ^ t i c suffrage system . M eetings a re m ost divergent elem ents, in th is re ­
com posed of w ealthy b an k ers, r a il­ church supported the claim of the 000,000, and the consoling reflection buneom be_ T here is nothing to
T a b o r, in h e r e n tly g e n tle a n d k in d . also being held in o th e r cities to spect resem bling the late aforesaid
the people ^ and
Ju X n i'v
k ers
; ”"
" ' 't h the
p ’ d /f
Z Bull Moose w onder. Such im ported
w ay m ag n ates, corporation d irectors, feudal system to he “God ordained.” has been draw n th a t as the natio n al | weaRh outg{dp of thp daily productive devoted companion of woman plav- a arou«e
un A m erican provisions and doctrines
, .
.
. ..
a n d tonr-hpr o f c h ild r e n , a lw a v s
, .. .. .
..
. _
tru s t m ag n ates, etc., or people who The church w as a b eneficiary of th e ; debt is now hut $463 per capita, or pow er of „ th . e w orking
class of the sacrificing for th e ir needs w ith his m ore definitely than ever before.
as the class struggle will go by the
a re doing n o thing and in h erited th e ir system to no sm all e x te n t—the bish- about $20,000,000,000, h er financial w orld, and th e resu lts of th a t are
board. As econom ic determ inism and
unrelenting, scarce rew arded to il—
Tbe
R
ussian
revolutionary
govern­
ops and abbots having g rea t e sta te s j show ing is excellent. But th e fact
w ealth.
used up by ruling class society as shall he now kiss his dear ones m e n t. in d ig g in g u p th e a r c h iv e s of surplus value w ere first expounded
by an individual of G erm anic origin
T he next class is th e m iddle class, and ru lin g th e people.
! is th a t all com putation of a n a tio n ’s fast as they are brought forth. All ; .7'7dp.7.77.„W,V'Z
' J 1™ ? ’h e old R o m a n o ff r e c im e c o n tin u e to
we infer th at they will be renounced
com nosed chiefly of sm all m anufac­
R esides the ru lin g classes w ere not w ealth is based upon w hat the p r o - : food clothing, sh e lte r and all o th er ’ Jpg heart's and' a lm R o v ^ h o r i e a<be- ,in i'o v o r ™a n v s e n s a tio n a l f a c ts re- also.
tu re rs. m erc h an ts, farm ers and som o only m ore able th an th ese
v r d i n g th e m e m b e r s h ip a n d m e th o d s
low er ducers of th a t nation a re able to pay u sab,e
things are __________
consum ed ___
as _____».i.in
fa st j h{nd him ?
__ ___________
As the m ovable type w as invented
as
an
investm
ent.
The
stocks,
bonds,
professional m en.
classes, hut in m any cases th ey dif­ ~ .......... —
produced. N othing is stored up,
u p ,'
Labor,
whose power ana
and o daring
&
presum
e the new-
.............. .
, aa prodUced.
uaoor. to wnnse
aring tArini,_
s
,
as ! ; of
com th er e ^ will
not n g he
to th e work
accuraulated except th e !
a n<l th in k ers have dedicated th e j to
m a, mu« spxinv
bv organization,
im S r i a th
l S a i t s w io
rin G
^ r p S artial
s
T he th ird class is th e p ro le taria t, fered in n ationality, speech and gen­ deeds, m ortgages, loans (public and i n o th ,ng
and th erefo re,
m ade up of w age w o rk ers and som e eral make-up.
p rivate) and all o th er form s of in - , cred it tokeng, figures and o th er ev’-j t b e ' ^ b i e c ^ f ^ h u m o ^
f"nn a1' wbf> darPd to nnnnap thp o,d will not have a p printed
rinte platform
In­
persons in professional occupations.
h a a t t is
ts produced
o r n r h , 1 * Lo n o k...
b le d disciples,
is c it
T hus, for instance, th e N orm an vested capital co n stitu te th e sum to- dpneft of the n-oniib
skilled in
w ealth t th
w bare his b reast to receive //J
the r e r im e . , N o t _ only , persons in Inis’- stead, its a able
T he existence of classes is noth­ lords snoke F rench in E ngland for a tai of the national w ealth. In the hy thp workprg and is takPn from i bavonet?
the self soothing a rt of linguists, will
ing new —th e class stru g g le is m any long tim e. Tn F rance, th e F ra n k s estim ated total of $80,000,000,000, as (tbpm w ithout any paym ent or recom- | To Labor, final a rb ite r of all great Jiong wbo wprp e r t n a JP(, with ‘ a t give constant verbal expression to its
great superior near-Socialists advantages.
th ousand y e a rs old. It began th e w ere a G erm an trib e who had taken above given, is and m ust be included i pensp th e re fo r. No paym ent can be ' S e T a u d p a rlia m e n t^ th e ^ Ie e d in g
8 h 1 bonor \ arp
I , W h eth er m em bers of th e w orking
v ery m om ent civilization began.
bave bppn sneaking trai- c la s s ( assum ing for th e m om ent th a t
possession of Gaul. In m any p a rts of the national debt, for that is as cer- | m ade for t bere js nothing to pay world tu rn s now its ashen face for known
tor®. N eedless to sav th a t th e r a t s this irrita tin g exam ple of term inol-
Tn th e m ost dem ocratic republic of G erm any, th e G erm ans had subjugat- tain ly an investm ent of capital, and 1 w itli. T he e n tire financial preten se deliverance.
know thev are guilty a re m aking ogy is not yet obsolete) will be wel-
A thens and th e aristo c ratie republie 1 od the W ends and o th e r Slavonie th erefo re an asset, as is any o th e r ; js notb jnp but a sham and a hum-
Arise. Labor, and with your sinewy who
d ^sp erate efforts to escape.
corned, o r even perm itted to a tta ch
arm
s
break
down
the
b
a
rrie
rs
of
dog­
of S p a rta and la te r on in Rome, the trib es. H ence th e re w as an elem ent cap italistic v en tu re or u n d ertaking, j b„ g
It ,g pure and u n a d u lte ra te d '
J
'
them selves to th is sacred c re a tu re .
ma and superstition and false h a ­
people w ere divided into different of conquest in ev ery case.
It now develops th a t th ere have we a re as yet unable to say. Possi-
T hese c a p italist investm ents are nimflaxn. so involved and hidden as treds. The flow ers bloom in all coun-
classes, w ith d ifferen t rig h ts and
Tn m odern countries, th e conditions w ealth only when viewed through the to even befool the m ajority of the al- tries, the night and the moon and hern some very severe strik es in Ger- hly. they will be to le ra te d —if not
m any during the nast few m onths. ( “m ade in G erm any." However, this
d iffe re n t duties, according to th eir are en tirely d ifferent.
tke holders thereof, the leged ex perts who w ork it.
. eyefl
It is : the train of the Milky W ay a re yours. and we learn
1^ „ .„ th a t fully
, I111V ............
WUI v. , (H
e ia „
30ft Ann work-,!
is B
a int,re,
m ere a detail.
w ealth. Som e of th ese classes w er?
The conquered class is of th e sam e , cap italists. T he value of th e ir hold- now ra p idly breaking down and thatr d .p,,1
»’. V v o u ’is ^ r d ’^ v e
w° rP ’nvo,ved- A rath P r
The foregoing, from th e m any ac-
h e re d ita ry to begin w ith—alw avs nationalitv. the sam e speech, the h’gs are m easured solely by the r e - R b ereb v disclosing its hum bug char- and happiness a re yours and
tb e piGcant f e a tu r e was th at t ’
ru lirg
counts and versions
t h a t have come
provided th a t th e resp ectiv e fam ilv sam e m ode of thought. And th e m l- s tu rn s they are able to realize out of a c te r to thogft who care to 8ee it. ! etern al s e a s o n s 'o r e yours' in which < i - S8WL havP f bR7 ed t,L’ L .tbp
t r ? ! ‘ ’? our nntipp: «« »he m ost adequate,
to Plav' »nil he . av"
Gritl»h ro ll. If not c o m n r.h e o .lv e d e .c rlp tlo n t h . t
could keep its w ealth. In Rom e, th? ing class is not b e tte r no r stro n g er, the productive labor of the w ealth , Ry Rs OWn course of evolution cap- to w< nrk
c en so r would assem ble th e Rom an nor m ore able in any way.
producers. To th e la tte r all such
italism is strip p in g itse lf clear of all dream
trv nearly e \o r \ s t’-fk’' eptraeed n Owing to thp wide variety of sources
peonle every four years, have everv
Since the general Introduction of holdings ap p ear as debt, upon w hich hum bug and disclosing itself in ob- ! Down through the long cnrridnr
corridor nf
of ’’v w nrkprs tn sU vp off hunger ai d from which this inform ation cam e,
citizen show up his w ealth and put public schools, the pro letarian s as a they have to pay perpetual revenue ' srP np nakedness as th e clum siest tim e you stand alone as th e n riest p” " p r h ig is charged un to the kal- th ere m av eventually prove to be
Cn? d ’ In " am bur* and «“ v e ril som e slight d iscrepancy in picturing
him into his resp ectiv e class. And whole get a t least the elem ents of o r profit. The principal can n e v e r ! and m ost tra n sp a re n t subterfuge ev-
;leniocrac> \ T here a re no o th e r
e
r
vnu
Ynn
°
tb
'
'
r
p
PoM,Prs WPrp r a ” pd
»he c re a tu re th a t is to be our deadly
IU U
nH
tn r m r iT n
h o
n n n n lo
a
,a « _____
th e g rea t Cato th e C ensor got the the sam e kind of education. T he abil­ be paid for th e self-evident reason e r concocted by the anim al cunning gods before you o r a fte VJ r v u u .
to overaw e n and
terro rize t the
peonle. com petitor. And
from the noise it
are invincible.
honorable nam e of C ensorius because ity to read and w rite opens to them th a t th a t which called it into being of a vulgar ruling class, to cover up : Before your m agnetic presence b u t the soldiers refused to use force has thus far m ade it is im possible to
he would expel from the senatorial the same avenues of knowledge and (the necessity of selling on credit th e hideous crim e of hum an slavery ‘ creeds and philosophies stan d aside and thereby caused a profound s e n - . accu rately judge the n a tu re of tho
sation am ong th e Ju n k e rs.
| b east as a zoological specim en
I he 1 HradOX 01 W ealth
and Debt
Labor Triumphant
THE THREE CLASSES
a
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