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Industrial Freed®iriii
Published monthly by the
Brotherhood Co-operative Commonwealth.
National officers B. C. C, James Potts,
pros.; J. W. Monnieh, secy; Equality, Wash.
Entered at po.stofiiee, Equality, Wash.,
as second class matter.
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NOVEMBER 1, 1901
Labor is prior to and independent of
capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,
and could never have existed if labor had
not first existed. Labor isthe superior of
capital and deserves much the highest
consideration.- Abraham Lincoln.
• AN APOLOGY
It is hoped our readers will pardon
the tardiness of this issue, for, as the
whole work of compiling, editing and
printing devolved on one person, and
that person a boy, it should be excus
able. The issuance of an 8-page paper
of this size is a large task lor one per
son, •especially when he has much
other work to do.
However, enough of that. Indus
trial Freedom is slowly but steadily
growing in influence as attested by
our subscription list and it is the hope
of the present editor to make it a
power. With the list of contributors
we now have and those whose names
will be added Industrial Freedom will
50,),.-. l v thc briefest lnorrt-hlv P,\PRR
issued by socialists.
Of course, subscriptions are always
necessary to the life of such a paper
as this and anything in that line will
be appreciated. The prices are very
low, considering the quality of the pa
per, being only 25c per year, per single
copy; 20c in clubs of five; and 15c in
clubs of 10. Postal subscription cards
can always be obtained at this office
at above rates.
OUR FOURTH ANNIVERSARY
The fourth anniversary of the found
ing of Equality colony witnesses our
emergence from the binding exactions
of pioneer life into the second stage of
economic development (to colonists);
that of the ordinarily well-to-do pro
letarian.
We have not been idle for the last
four years, as the reports of our su
perintendents on another page will
show, even though we have not pro
gressed as rapidly as some would
wish. From a cash outlay of less than
(35,000 we- have realized our living
for four years and have increased the
value of our property $10,000, as the
latest invoice shows us to be "worth"
about $45,000 in land and improve
ments, including machinery, etc.
Our path has not been rose-strewn;
there have been factional quarrels
from which it took a long time to re
cover, and the spirit of personal dis
like thus engendered has not been an
aid to our progress; and we are not
yet entirely rid of this disagreeable
feature. But in spite ol all this we
have lived and prospered,
Then is room here for many more
conscientious men and women who
can undergo some privation and are
willing and able to work hard in or
der to make this colony a grand ob
ject lesson to the world. We hope to
profit by the experience of others and
avoid the dangers which have caused
the downfall of so many other coop
erative enterprises.
THE ELECTION
The election reports in the capital
ist papers, as usual, contain only the
returns of the republican and dem-
ocratic parties, but enough is ga
thered from them to know that tlie
working class have once more voted
for the wage system and have placed
the class in power which will use
every weapon at their command
against the working class, whose
votes elected them.
In New York, Pennsylvania, Ne
braska and several other states the
candidates of the republican party
were elected. In Mississippi, Ken
tucky and Maryland the democrats
were successful, both of these parties
are the strongest supporters of the
wage system, both of the parties arc
dominated and their policies controlled
by those who live on profits wrung
from the labor of the working class.
This is what the working class have
done. If properly organized what
might they not have done? The
votes which elected their enemies
could as surely elected their friends.
If every worker had voted tor social
ists, at the next great strike all the
powers of government would have
been exerted for the benefit of the
workers, for the socialists are opposed
to the system * under which- the pi- ;
talists are enabled to live off the fruits
-t/ritai^KrTOlr^^
surely change it. /
Some day the working class ; will
cast such a vote and from the* on they
will guarantee to themselves the full
product of their labor by ietaining
in office members of their o*m class.
THANKSGIVING
President Roosevelt has issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation. What
a mockery it is. It is now in order
lor all to give thanks; the rich and
the poor, the robber and the robbed,
the well-fed and the hungry. , ;
Give thanks lor the divine system
which permits these things to be,
which allows some to live in \iry
created by others, the few to appro
priate the labor of the many.
Hasten the day when we can give
thanks lor real blessings, when all
will be rich and none poor, all well-fed
and none hungry. Then indeed we
can give thanks, but it will be to our
selves.
SOCIALISM A CURE
Mr. Hanson, in another column,
takes to task the socialist's advocacy
of a mere "belly philosophy," and
makes a plea for an ethical standard.
Which is all well enough so long as
the socialist is not misrepresented.' • j
In the first place, the socialist, does
not condemn the misdeeds of the office
holder, he condemns the system which
encourages such office holder to com
mit his misdeeds.
Again, "The evil in human nature
is bound to find an outlet." Is, then,
human nature so wholly evil that there
is no good to find an outlet, also '' It
is my belief, well substantiated by
facts, that there is more good than
evil in human nature; that under pres
ent conditions there is no outlet for
the good, so I wish to change condi
tions.
Not having space to reply at length
to Mr. Hanson, I will leave him to
the tender mercies of my brother edi
tors and hope he will thereby become
sufficiently educated in socialism not
to advance such old and wornout
objections again.
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THE CHALLENGE SUPPRESSED
News of the suppression of the
Challenge, Comrade Wilshire's paper,
which was moved from Los Angeles,
California to New York city re
cently has been received. When
application for second class rates
was made in the New York postoffiee
they were refused. Mailing the paper
without second class rates necessitat
ed an expenditure of 10 times as much
as formerly and is ruinous.
This case is similar to that of Indus
trial Freedom when, in 1599, it was
moved from Edison, only three miles
away and refused entrance as second
class matter at Equality postoffiee.
There seems to be no recourse in such
a case and so the name of this paper
was changed to Freedom. After a
time, over a year, a decision that In
dustrial Freedom was all right was
made by the postoffiee department
and the name was changed back.
Comrade Wilshire has got around
the postal authorities in the same
way, by issuing a monthly magazine
and if it was thought that he could
be [ throttled, someone was badly
fooled. . .'■ "_ '
—■—i ."..".;.. -■••'": J \- — .» ,
l Sampson and Schley quarrel over
the -honor" and "glory" of killing a
few hundred ignorant men, while the
men who did the work, who loaded
and fired the guns and who shovelled
coal into the furnaces in a heat of
over 100 degrees sweat on and get 15
cents apiece as their share of the prize
money. It is a wonder that these
things do not make more men think.
Under socialism war will be abolished
and we will no more see brave men
calling one another cowards.
The south is divided between dis-
The south is divided between dis
gust for a man who would dine with
a negro and respect for one who has
stamina enough to wipe out sectional
lines. It is a question whether their
respect for President Roosevelt will
not be drowned in their disgust.
And while the capitalist; papers and
politicians quibble over such as this
the workers arc learning to think and
vote for themselves.
Li Hung Chang is dead. One of the
most wily diplomats of modern times
and the guiding hand of his nation
has passed away. Li Hung Chang
was a great man; had he been under
different conditions he' would have
done much good in the world. As it
is, he' used his great talents in acquir
ing wealth by exploiting the workers.
The Chinese proletariat loses nothing.
Czolgosz has paid the penalty for
his deed by being electrocuted. One
murder is followed by another, which
is just, according to our law, but not
according to real justice and the
higher principles of humanity. In the
meantime the true cause of these mur
ders, the assassination ot McKinlcy
by Czolgosz, the assassination of
Czolgosz by the state, and of thous
ands less conspicious, every year, re
mains untouched, and only pointed
out by a few socialists and anarchists.
The great American public has glutted
its lust for blood, and is content.
Some time it will awaken to th* true
condition of affairs and vote to change
the system which instigates the mur
ders.
M. Millerand, socialist member of
the French cabinet, says, "The social
istic movement is coextensive with
the civilized world. It knows no na
tional limits. Where civilization is
high there collectivism is the strong
est. The twentieth century will see it
in full swing."
The socialist candidate for governor
of Ohio has lost his position as solic
itor for an insurance company be
cause he was a socialist. Another ev
idence of the class struggle. It is just
such outrages as this that thinking
men resent and vote to stop. Do you
think? .
A socialist in Beaumont, Texas, at
tempted to make a speech on the
street and was arrested. Soon after
he was taken from the jail and carried
into another county and terribly
beaten. And they called him an an
archist!
That the workers are awakening
is evidenced by the tact that Typo
graphical Union No. 6 of New York
has refused to admit a man to mem
bership becaxise he belongs to the na
tional guard. Let the good work go
on.
"It seems that the Philipmos still re
fuse to be assimilated. General: Chaf
fee is reported as saying it will be un
safe to reduce the army of occupation
below 30,000 for at least four years.
'Kali for imperialism !
An exchange says, "If the populists
in Kansas are compelled to select an
other name what's the matter with
the name, 'socialist.' " It's all right
it socialist principles arc adopted at
the same time.
New; York and Croker having both
given op Tammany, what is the- poor
old tiger to do for a living now.
BOOKS RECEIVED
The Handbook of Washington
covers every part of the state in a
thorough way, giving valuable in
formation to the prospective settler
or investor. Price, 50c, of The Daily
Bulletin, Seattle, Wash.
The Manufacturers 1 Association of
Seattle has issued a handy little' book
giving a list of articles manufactured
in that city and by whom. Free, of
the Manufacturers Association, 21S
Second avenue, Seattle, Wash.
The Wilbur Society Bends out a neat
little pamphlet explaining their mode
of organisation and aims and objects,
This is a semi-socialistic colony scheme
which is worth investigating it only
for curiosity. Price, 18c, of Dr. 11.
I'tillcn Burry, 11 IS Third avenue, Se
attic, Wash:
The International, Socialist Kb-
VIEW for November contains SO pages
of the best socialist reading. Articles
by some of the- best writers in the ->
cialist movement. The serial story,
The Charity Girl, continues with una
bated interest and the regular depart
ments are up to the usual standard.
No socialist can invest a dollar to bet
