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THE LUMBERJACK: t Education . * Freedom in 1 Organization AVCSA Industrial Emancipation Democracy i Plthil th, V W.' kl by Nationtal In nstrial Ini(lon of Forestt and Lumber Workers. .oithern Dis itrict. Offices of Publication: 335 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, La.; 1194 Gould Avenue. Alexandria, Louislana. COVINGTON HALL, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Y o IU ni ted States . ................. ...$1.00 YSixl ltcicti,.'d11( 5Ihtl, ..................60 H ix M o n th s. nIln ehd Ilutat'N . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . .. .. . . . . .. . .. . .5 0 F'oretin. Y early .. .... ............ ......................... ...... 1.60 Itundle )rdeless, 'Per 4'opy f it ('ana a ........................... . . .......... 02 Itundl,, 4lrders,. 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I'l'ellw Worker'i . - There are some 1 ilu'st ionls I wouhid like to ask .v\c anld if yon will an5'swer them. to tit' best ofIll \'otl albility, Y'ou will do IIe a favoir. (1) \Vliat is tlihet' (Iill'eret'llce' etweeIn tlie I. W.. W. :nld Snvti daIt' m?al "' (2) I, there h thinIg as .1 Vlidictalist lnliollnl ill Iurol'e' I lhilt i of a st ril Iv el('cr'ntr l':li/4'I T al:c'ter " all which Ihas no te'c ana4l cIe's-i1 l. g :'v te4'nI (:;) `tatI. Ii(' elillferel'.es, if ."(111 ,an, between tha' 'ond(i I iolln, I hat .l1.tse4l Sy nlicai.lis) to llouriIh in Euil'oe, and the con dliit ions that l4w' prevail in North America? (I1) \\'h:tt is tilt' Sv'yndli('alist IA'gLue, why was it launched, ..nc . what l sa. been its activ'iti's i ilc'e laun'ched? (. ) What, in yIur Ilopinion, is the cau.ett st f (.ertain lpersons Ietving th' I. I . \ W. an(! joining the Syyn(li(.alist lI±ague, and do you know it' anyone that has been expelled from the 1. W. W. that is now active in the Syndacalist League? 6(;) ice i ou think a more dce.l'ntralize(d plani c(.luli be put into f',ec't in the I. 'V. \V. that w411hl neet -nl'trd the grewthIi and etllu.atin lll"( tiht organ izat 11n"1 Yourlls Icut lhe' c'use,' !I. II. K IZIiti.. .IN S' lU'.l. 1) T"l'll' I.. W "V. ar,)se intl he most highly industrialize(i c'c iilittr lo4 caith, the' |'nit ed States. SvyndiCalism arose.n na ccciilutl'v, I'rance, dett' d targely tlo d14 Ilxe indust ries. In the Tnitt'(ted States thI' flurhine' had or'c'u, ('4o-4Iperative. P' labor on the w\rkc'rs in all the great basic i ullist rics antd had bt'glnl alrrea(Iy to lien4111titt I h' f1' rnlm. IIH.re twe had already arri '''d lat a Socia li.s.m in I rcllc'ti 4. (listrilitit 1 and exchange. The , indi'Vidual ,'cwh1 l ad pe ri.ishit'd. "rh4, I. W'. \V. was bhrn. It .tm(' tcc c'arry cctovtpr,,, inlitc thl' laist str'icigit(old c1 t' 4rl'istoc'ra('y -- th 11' wor-k chle.ls c" till'. wirhl. It caml lt maktc thi' jirt'st'nt Socialism, of, Icy :u cl'r thc l 'cajitalist c'l.css. ilitoi ain I id4."tr'ial Iem',,4r'( '!h 4'litililnjZ f'411m ' th ' 'lvil'44lll'llI it lli4I. ia'linlg the umetin~,', which ,4i ... 1 ltier ,'ci'ry\w'li ,i't'. it. 1l4' I.. . V., lai(I all its str(.ss on ,.,itu/ rt'lU :ii,'. ,,: n a. cclplccS t'l Ic c ;c, li,',,h'l auton1)flhcvidq. It cl n ,.,ice '1 ' \ .- :41i41 :aIdll- ctln cir i c /in c ,/, 4,,,, r ,ct ill' th '444/.'i; fi la..Ss :lnd~ lr,,!ill) lroc'linlie' iit,,ll" thi "'labor Tr-ii.l" liut abovle all ,in , cr ill. lite I. W. . \\. i as th l iit Ithleoi crg; iizalti1 1 li on , ir i t i ,. , rii iaj.titl i Thi i't'lc,, ilic, ( 'llnhliedll\';ilt ii .'1 il i,, ,.t '\ cii, ll, ilc l\' 4 lti4't l4 ii-i. Il/K ;, 4n/4ni/ l,r l114i 401ii(/le<ri' INIcI STi''it..A I'NIuN vi,, it. I.N('TI()NS ;n ;, .N.\ (cliiTY. o..1lti thic lu/,str;al I",;-n idc s.c\\iigs '*hi 'chaI, c' ,4,,\ :4ii 1 .t ic cil l)i4 I. W'. \''. S ' itrlcali"ni. cini the S tili l i",. i4.:Lii 144i'li iil l : 1 of1141 ,,1" dh luiie, indiistris, ii a coun I r\ \\ li,' I 47;. ' , ,. l 44,t.e/,.; i \ rllktl''k s '-t't c.clilit 'll"cci' !1Ior o'( It ha t . ., i, l in iiintlii.strics, laid all its str'ss on citHi ,/,,, ,t * .'.,,. . . 41 h it' 14 l/, i, f ,tl i, ,,f t/,, ,I ,'4 'p. The gen tr'l ('aI i ,i tatio44 o Leblor" cet l';i'awin't' \ii.Hot a f'deiralism, btit S, ,ot,i, ,,,,.. s.vncticalismt. therefnr.e. glorihied "individual ac ticn." c,.'xaltid lt', "militant minority'" and openly sneered at Itjnt.crac.y'. hile. the, T. W. W.. true to ts en'ironnent, glorified "social action," exalted the "mass" and passionately, as a whole, defended the democracy. Both Industralialiam and Syndicalism are, however, frankly revolutionary and, as there are no fundamental differences be tween them, will soon be merged into one world-wide movement which will culminate in the Working Class Commonwealth. It is only a questing of squaring the individual and group right with the sncial right and the pure FEDERALISM of Labor is here. Had it not been for the fact that the first Convention of the I. W. W. was dominated by the old "authorotarian socialists," who imponcd the present constitution on the organization, we would have been much nearer to the pure Federalism, which is the basic dream of the I. W. W., than we are today, for the workers within the Union have alrays respected the Preamble, but ncver the Constitution, and for the reason that the first was theirs while the last was not. The (. C. L. has already accepted the principle of Indus trial Union and the present restlessness in our ranks indicates an early triumph within the I. W. W. of the principles of pure Fed eralism, by which I mean the conscious rule of the workers by theImrncl,'n, SOLIDARITY achieved, not on the principle of an army, but by the free, democratic will of the mass, which, rec ognizing that "an injury to one is an injury to all," stands ever ready to defend its class interests no matter where on earth they are menaced. (2) I never heard of such a thing and, in this urganizedi world, believe it. an utter impossibility. (3) 1 have already praotically answered this question in answering the first, but where a nation's industries have not yet bcome highly trestified, the revolts and organizations of the workers will partake strongly of their own individualism; on the ·ont rary, where a country is, like the United States, merged into one vast nmechi,,°, the reolts and organizations of the workers will reflect strongly the socialized character of their lives. Sy'ndi "alism is strongest in such countries as France, Italy, Argentina, etc.; Industrialism in the United States, England, Canada, Aus tralasia, et.c. It is a question of economic determinism. Man does not. act as he chg,o.s, but from ncresnsity. Thus in the South, the West and Canada,ha e I. W. W's. there think and act more close ly on the lines of the Confederation of Labor than elsewhere-it is their environment, their necessity that makes them so-it is economic determinism speaking. (4) The Syndicalist League of North America was organ ized mainly by persons dissatisfied with the present highly central ized form of the I. W. W. and who further believed that a mistake had been made in withdrawing from the American Federation of Labor. It seems to have been launched to prove the I. W. W. abso lutely wrong and the A. F. of I,. capable of being revolutionized. In my opinion they have, in both cases, somewhat of a job on their hands, but I admit that I am prejudiced in favor of the I. W. W. All its activities, as far as I have been able to read, see or hear, have been along the same lines. I do not think it will endure for long or cut much figure in the North American labor movement. (5) First, because they had become disheartened with the terrific struggle necessary to establish the I. W. W. and, second, because their right of free speech was more or less suppressed. I do not "know of any one th. was expelled from the I. W. W. that is now active in the Syndicalist League." There may be, but thi.: would not explain the League's existence. (i) I hdo; and I think it is coming somewhat on the lines outlined in the "draft" submitted to the Unions recently by L. U's. 79, 82 and :3X!) of ( Calgary and Edmonton, Canada, though, I,'r so ,,asclly. I do not agree with them as to their proposals-i. e., the (Gen;cral ()licers, but I do believe in shearing the (;. E. IU. of all power to act for the organization except in extraordinary cases. SI believe the I. W. W. sh'euld he built up from the Local Union, t, he I)istrict (Council, to the Industrial Union, to the (;eneral e Administration. I believe the so-called "Industrial i)epartments" Sto' be, not only absolutely useless in the machinery of organiza tion, bt i that they, once organized,would not only be cumber some, but an actual (langer to the democratic control of the I. W. W. I think these "Industrial Departments" should be abolished I, entirely. I think that the "circuits" outlined by the Calgary and Edmonton Locals, or "Districts" as are already organized in the SI'orest and lumber Workers Union, should control all organiz e rs; and that the Unions atliliated with the Industrial Councils Sshould assume the control of all propaganda in their respective t )istricts.Ž I believe the press of the I. W. W. should be owned d and controlled by the Industrial Unions and by the District Coun cils, to the end that no handful of men should ever hold this dan gerous power in their hands, for a free press is the cornerstone of democracies I not only "think a more decentralized plan could be put into (I effect in the I. W. W." and one "that would not retard the growth Sand education of the organization," but I know it i.s coming and hmuist come. We want and are going to have our ownc constitution, one to based on the spirit of and the principles laid down in the great I'reamble, and we are not going to call it a "constitution," but r simply the "laws of the I. W. W.", 1 hope, for "constitution" car ries with it the idea of the d(lead ruling the living and all such ideas should be an athema to, a Revolutionary I)Democracy. At the last, experience alone will settle most of these ques its as the 1. W. W. openly acknowledges its belief in the law of '. ternal change, and there is nothing impossible to an organiza t',ni that r'cognizes this law as a rule of action. ln Iut. we are Iiot t,-d4ty primarily interested in just how, the SIndustrial J)cmocracy will In' organized-to-dayI! we are primarily ii "ntcrestedl in how best to accomplish the Revolution. Yours for 11 lI adustlrial I)emocracy, LM E 'COVINGTON HALL. LUMBER CAMPS NEED MORE MEN. With the opening up of the lumbering operations in the "northern part of the state, there is a big demand for men. Ac Scrdling to William ILeiserson, state free employment bureau Smore than 500) laborers have been sent from Milwaukee to th: nirth w\olds in the past three weeks. There is also ;an evacuatior of labor for railroad work. This work draws a big percentag, ol the flating class of workmen. This year the railroads are paying l- per cent more for such help. The men are now receiving $1.75 n- and it is said the construction companies on railroad work, will ut in all probability, be compelled to pay still more. Labor is scarcE for that work. iC- I)uring the past three weeks representatives of the lumber at companies in northern Wisconsin have been stationed at the offic. ed of the State Free Employment bureau, lining up workmen to "ship" them north. The bureau headquarters are packed with scores of laboring men. *The. laborer is told the amount of wages and the coadtloas under which he will be required to work. His treasportatlon is paid by the employing company. The employing company doe not simply hand over five or six dollars of expena mone, telling the recruit to be at work at such and such a place at a stated tme. He has to "come across" with his baggage as security. His bag gage is checked by the employing agent to the laborers' desti nation and then the ticket is turned over to him. His "turkey," or bundle of baggage, represents practically all his personal prop erty. He, therefore, will not abandon it. Of course, the baggage check is sent by mail to the employing compan and cannot be had by the laborer until he reports for duty. This insures the company against losses through fares advanced. Mr. Leiserson states the lumber companies are experiencing great difficulty in holding men at the camps. The above was clipped from the Milwaukee, Wis., "Journal" and sent to us by Fellow-worker Charles A. Hartnug, of Chicago. It shows clearly what a big bunch of bluffing liars the Southern lumber Operators' Association are when they go around this ' Timber Belt and try to scare you Southern lumberjacks into stay ing out of the Union and continuing to accept the miserable wages, long hours and rotten conditions they have forced on you for now nigh on to thirty years by threatening to "close down - theirs (?) mills." It's bunc pure.and simple and, if you've got r the sense of a horse chestnut, youll get into the Union before sI undown and either make them make their bluff good or come across, before this Summer ends, with a man's instead of a peon's I life for all the Forest and Lumber Workers on the Continent. YOU CAN DO IT. FORTY THOUSAND and more men will soon be needed in t the Harvest Fields. Thousands of workers are needed in the e flooded sections of the North to rebuild railroads and cities. Lum e ber is at the highest price reached in a generation and stocks ý everywhere are shot to pieces. Never before in the history of Lumberland did you lumberjacks have a finer opportunity to hold up the bandits called the Southern Lumber Operators' Ansoria - tion and force them to return to you and yours some at least of the wealth they have looted from you. and the commonwealth. NOW is the day of YOUR opportunity-hit the iron while it in hot. You Southern lumberjacks, up and at them! Join your brothers of the West in the great GENERAL STRIKE of forest e and 'umber workers and win, THIS SUMMER a man's life for all the forest men of North America! it On with the jehad of Labor! On with the General Strike! Long live Industrial Democracy! e BLESSED INSTITUTIONS. (By W. M. Witt.) Some people do not appear to exactly understand the origin r of saw-mills and their purpose. Some seem to think they were constructed just to exploit the workers. But, of course their primary object was to benefit the human race and give employment to the poor. As a matter of fact it would be impossible for the operators te and workers of saw-mills to give all their slaves good, easy jobs because, there would then be no one to actually work and produce results. There in a great multitude of "bone-heads" or "brush-monk- + t eys" in Louisiana who have been, and are yet waiting to see if the F. and L. W. Union is a success. If so, they will then get a mem bership card. S. In the meantime they share in any improvements that may a- accrue from the Union and retain the good will of their Masters. ie That's right; every one stand back and "wait" and you will II have a powerful Union, sure enough, all right. '" A "brush-monkey" as a rule, is awfully afraid of losing his ", job. lie would like to this or that but is afraid he might become al separated from his "sow-belly" and beans. They are the two things that seem to content him most of all. I have heard a num bU her say they were tired of paying 50 cents a month Union dues r- and seeing no immediate results. V* They don't seem to ever get tired of paying from one to four d dollars a month for a so-called medical and insurance fee imposed 1I( upon them by their Masters, the mill owners. By the way, this e! Dr. fee and insurance is the mnt thieving scheme ever hatched z- in the putrid brain of the timber thieves. Is Suppose we don't have any Union. ve DI)on't organize. .lust Wait until people like old John II. Kirby d and It. A. Long get weary of the good things of life. P'erhap4 they will then give you more for your work and you will then n- get a small whack at what you produce. n- In the meantime, you should feel grateful that by working ne 10 or 12 hourn per day, you have access to an improvised, or make shift of a bed, accompanied by ii limited amount of poorly cooked to and adulterated food. Should your condition never improve but steadily griw th worsc, remember, that "the heavier the cross the brighter the rd crown." That never dying and blessed promise should act as a mental ne salve, soothing. cooling and erasing any irritant thoughts or dis 't contented ideas that might enter your cranium. As for myself the promise is quite refreshing and helps to make "life's walk r You know all poor working people go to Heaven, esperiall! ch those who love and obey their Masters here on earth. They certainly ought to go there if they ldevote their lives to , making this planet a Heaven for others. of Poverty is the passport to heaven. If you are blessed with one of these, you will lind the "Pearly Sa- Gates" ajar and olh Peter waiting to place a crown of jewels upon your sun-burnt brow. he Old Brother "Bone-IHead" will ,,nr lead us in prayer. ily or ITA EST. "If lieutenant (;overnor O'llara didn't know before what kind of a power is this System whose profit.s he threatened he must have found out by this time. it is a dangerous thing to attack the arrangements by which we send women to hell that we may have our automobile.s :ual he dwell in palaces.''-Thc ('om i"tI Noii,,," u, "The great basic truth that the world's wealth is rcreated by he labor alone and that labor is entitled to all it creates is so, im:l,. on so obvious and so undeniable that 'we have only to continte to, of preach that with all the strength that in us lies to bring the lay ,of ng emancipation."-"TIe ('cominf NXt ion. ill, "Men do not dlespise a thief if he steal to satisfy his -,u'il ce (belly) when he is hungry."-Prorerbs 7-:;0. A miracle. "Uncle G;us" reports that a baby was born in er Merryville with rubber arms and glass eyes. Red Nufsed a.;ys ice this is an error. He declares the baby wa- born with ,ro,,,/, ,, to shoes and no conscience.