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THE LABOR ENQUIRER.
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J. H. BOCHAIU, Editor.
OM*l Orp> of The Trades Assembly.
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tice,
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WHERE DO TOE STAND 1
The movement of the people is grow
ing with a rapidity never before seen in
an educational undertaking. The peo
ple are awakening and enrolling them
selves under the red banner of the new
Reformation. The light is spreading,
and the spirit of 76 is awakening, in this
country ; while from other lends comes
cheering news of fruitful propaganda,
and the growth of Freedom’s crusade.
The logic of life and the sympathy of
humanity are fast erasing the idiotic and
superstitious lines of race, color, sex and
creed, and the heart of the just and true
man gladdens at the shout of “Working
men of all lands, Unite 1" as his inspired
voice re-echoes the cry.
This is the aspect which is spread be
fore us in our calm and thoughtful mo
ments. There is a hope which wells up
in the heart and inspires with confidence.
It is true there are times when a heart
grows faint and a worker discouraged,
because the progress seems not to keep
pace with feverish desire —in some par
ticular locality.
I plead guilty to an occasional feint
heartedness, myself. But when I reflect
that the great work is not bounded by
my narrow field; that the light is shin
ing on the world at large; that the
growth in my pwn vicinity,which I fail to
discern clearly, may be plainly visible to
eyes not strained with long and eager
searching—when I think of all these
things I realize how small a part in such
a magnificent event as the coming revo
lution is one small man, and I say, “No
matter though I fall and stiffen by the
path-side, the great army of Freedom,
Justice and Equality marches on to vic
tory and the triumph of those principles
which are not diminished though a
million followers fall, and the angels of
Satan oppose in countless numbers.”
How many haye experienced such
feelings in the battles for Right which
were fought and won long befor* you
and I, dear reader, saw the light ? ) How
many pure-minded, self-denying heroes
to-day suffer under heavy trials and
languish in grimy prisons or dreary
exiles that Freedom may bloom afresh
and in a grandeur never known before ?
The answers to these questions which
gleam out from the pages of history and
the living monuments of the heroism of
our own time, stir the soul to its very
depth, and make the laggards and weak
kneed among us to stand erect and firm
in an humble pride engendered of a
hope to be placed even at the extreme
end of such a volume of revolutionists.
What do the trifling inconveniences,
the few physical pains, the throes of
death in such a warfare count against
the consummation of Human Freedom,
the God-like consciousness of a duty
faithfully performed ? What are the
scars of battle to the crowns of a holy
and deserved victory ? Nothing ! tm
Then, I appeal to you, lovers of Free
doms, Men and Women of the People,
to buckle tight your armor, replenish
your armory with the eloquence of
Truth, and go forth to shed the radiance
of Justice over the cloud-enveloped sons
of man and slay the monsters Injustice,
Despotism and Superstition.
Rally to the standard of Equality;
go forward under the red flag of Inter
nation Brotherhood; swell the song of
Liberty, and slay the devil, Oppression!
Do this, and you will be worthy to
share in the prosperity and peace of a
liberated and happy people 1
Stand idly by in this hour of struggle,
and the wraih of insulted Truth shall
burn and consume thy conscience.
A GREAT MAN GONE.
Wendell Phillips, scholar and orator,
is dead. He was a great and good man,
and did the nation show respect to true
worth and noble work, instead of official
grandeur, a day of mourning had been
set apart by King Arthur and his house
of lords. But whether we mourn as a
nation or not, makes little difference,
By his noble and pure life, by his phi
lanthropy, by his unbounded love of lib
erty, justice and truth, by his fearless
denunciation of slavery, in all forms,
Wendell Phipps won for himself a sacred
place in the heart and memory of every
true man and woman in the couqjjy ;
and long after dead presidents and other
political nabobs are forgotten, the recol
lection of this brave and noble man will
be fresh and profound in millions of
mankind.
Wendell Phillips was one of the earli
est of effective crusaders against the in-
Btitutiok of African slavery, and to his
never-flilnching devotion to the cause of
freedom, as much as to anyf other man 1
was due the emancipation of 4,000,000
black men. The history of his work in
this direction must be familiar to every
citizen of the United States.
So much a part of his very self was
love of freedom that of recent years
he has been, notwithstanding his age, in
the foremost rank of the pioneers for the
abolition of white slavery ; and his clear
cut expositions of the system of wage
slavery which grinds the American lar
borer down, were no less powerful than
: those concerning chattel slavery. And .
though he could not live to see the real
ization of his last and greatest dream, his
influence will always be felt, and his
name held dear by every lover of free
dom and equality.
One of the daily papers has seen fit to
refer to the recent ideas advanced by
Wendell Phillips as “vagaries," and to
attempt an insinuation by mentioning
! his friendship for Ben Butler. The edi
tor of the Tribune is of the same stripe
and belongs to the same kind of masters
as did the editors who thirty years ago
cailed the emancipation scheme a “va
' gary.” As for Wendell Phillip’s friend
ship for Butler, it is easily explained,
and to the credit of the former. He cared
nothing for Butler as a public man and
a politician. He saw in him a man who
hated cruelty and injustice, and who had
no fear of moneyed power and political
combinations. He honored the mad who
respected and protected humanity, even
though it were found in an almshouse.
He would probably have been pleased to
see Butler president, because he had con
• fidence in him as an honest reformer,
i He bad evidence of that characteristic
• in the goyernor of Massachusetts.
Such mutton-headed, licentious ego
tists as the editor of the Tribune don’t
i know when to stop when they get a little
1 power. They would slander the memory
! of God Almighty for a drink of whisky.
. •
SHIFTING THE HARNESS.
f The current number of San Francisco
Truth contains the announcement of the
I. retirement from the business manage
i ment of that journal of Mr. C. F. Burg
■ man. The reason of this withdrawal is
a pressure of other important matters,
which will not permit him to give the
attention to the paper which is required
and which alone would satisfy so consci
-1 tlous a worker as Mr. Burgman has
. proved himself to be. The formal no
, tice of this action is supplemented by
, an able article from Comrade Burgman,
> and so full of kind words, good advice
■ and bright prophecies is his communica
tion, that lam really sorry I have not
• the space left to reproduce it in this
■ issue.
I have had some correspondence with
Mr. Burgman during the last fourteen
! months, and have learned to feel for him
’ a brotherly affection, that is now tinged
i with sorrow at his necessary retirement
■ from a work in which I feel he has been
i zealous, trustworthy and courageous, and
i I hope he will soon again be in the ranks
and that I may again feel the pressure of
i hie brotherly shoulder as we march on
i to Freedom.
, Burnette G. Haskell, editor of Truth,
will for the present take upon his brave
i shoulders the additional labor of the
i business care of the paper, and my svm
‘ pathies go out to him. None but the ex
perienced know the trouble and worry
, consequent to the successful manage
i ment of a newspaper; and when this is
! added to the labor of editing a journal
, like Truth, it cannot be an easy position
j to occupy.
But Burnette G. Haskell is hot the
man to complain or shirk. He has en
listed for the war, and though the
marches be long and tedious, and the
battles fierce, I know that he will al
ways respond cheerfully to the call “To
Arms!” With such men are great re
forms accomplished, and for such are the
crowns of reward. Yiva la Haskell, the
Man of the People, the San Francisco
Truth and the Social Revolution!
And once more let me say to the read
ers of The Enquirer that each and all
of them should read Truth. - It stands
without a rival in radical, advanced jour
nalism, and numbers among its writers
some of the ablest men and women of
our time.
It will afford me great pleasure to for
ward your subscriptions, or you can send
direct to the office of publication, 916
Valencia street, San Francisco, Califor
nia. Price $2 per year.
AN INSULT.
Week before last a poem from the pen
of George Stewart, entitled “Song of a
Knight of Labor,” was printed in these
columns. It was a perfect little gem and
was highly appreciated by ail who read
it. Its beauty caught the eye of one of
the daily Tribune’s gang, but it did not
save the little noem from the foul con
tamination of the ravisher’s diseased
clutch.
Last Sunday morning the Tribune con
tained Mr. Stewart’s poem (except the
signature) and followed it with what was
christened a “parody,” entitled “The
Song of a Bummer,” signed, “Revolu
tionist.” It was my intention at first to
reprint this “parody,” but upon second
thought, I decided not to besmirch the
columns of The Enquirer with such
low-flung excresence of a diseased intel
lect.
But I desire to call the attention of
the thousands of Knights of Labor of
this state, and to all who toil that such
libelous sheets as the Tribune may sup
port a gang of rous and bums, to the
plain imputations contained in the “par
ody.” It said you, Knights of Labor,
workingmen, slaves of the bourgeoise
class, were bummers, free-lunch fiends,
robbers and pillagers. It further said
you would not work if you could beg or
steal.
Do you relish this ? Do vou appreci
ate the high compliments of the great
public educator? Will you show, by
reciprocity, your recognition of the honor
done.you-?
You can doi as you please; I will
answer for myself: lam a Knight of
Labo v —yes, and a full-fledged
amt am proud of it. Should I sink to
level of the cur who wrote that parody
or of the band of libertines who gave it
space, I should blush to look a respecta
ble person in-the face and uncover my
hea£ in the presence of aUuddigan.
THE PEOPLE’S CRISIS.
I have received a circular announcing
that on or about February 28, there will
be issued in Chicago the first number of
a new weekly journal, to be called the
People’s Crisis. The circular is signed by
'B. 8. Heath, who is to be the editor and
proprietor of the new paper. If the
Crisis adheres to the principles laid down
in its prospectus it will be welcomed bv
the advanced thinkers of the land and
will become a power for great good;
though, to be candid, I do not like the
frequent allusions made in the circular
to the presidential campaign. However,
on the whole, it promises fair, and it
would be unjust and foolish to prejudge.
The paragraph which struck me with
the greatest force was this:
“It will not encourage revolution, but
will endeavor to prepare the public mind
to meet one which is at our very doors.
That it is coming, and with the power of
a cyclone, no one will deny who has the
wisdom to interpret the signs of the
times, and the aim of the Crisis will be
to point out the dangers and iniquities
which have precipitated the impending
conflict, and aid in laving a foundation
•for reconstruction after the storm shall
have demolished the old.”
That has the true ring, and encompasses
the whole of the present situation, and
if Editor Heath will hew straight to that
line he has my heartiest wishes for suc
cess.
The terms for the People’s Crisis are
$1 for fifty-two numbers; ten copies, one
month, sl. Address B. 8. Heath, 1030
West Munroe street, Chicago, Hlinois,
A QUIET WORKER.
I have heard so much in the way of
promises and broken resolves since I
have been actively engaged in the peo
ple’s struggle that it is a relief to once
in awhile meet a man who says little,
but goes his whole length in deeds.
A laboring man —not a mechanic —one
who work like a slave, early and
late, for a mere pittance, came into the
office the other day and, without any
tedious dissertation or profuse [promises,
laid half a week’s wages on the table,
with the remark. “I know times are
hard, and the work is sometimes dis
couraging. Send the value of this
in papers and other light-spreading lit
erature where it will do the greatest
good. I shall see you again.” And he
went out as quietly as he had entered.
A blessing rested on every penny of
that money, and has gone out into the
darkened and gloomy pathways of the
weary toilers to shed a radiance of
awakened knowledge and hope where
was blank despair before.
And the heroic humanitarian who
proved his love for his fellow-beings,
feels the boating of a true heart beneath
his rugged breast as he bends to his
heavy toil, and though the world will
never know of this act, there is a con
sciousness within his heart of a duty
done, the pleasure of which passeth all
understanding.
The investigations of the Italian ques
tion which have grown Out of the Ala
mosa affair have brought to light some
points which do anything but reflect
credit on Angelo Cappelli, Italian agent
in this city. It is now positively stated
that Cappelli has been for a long time
engaged in a sort of employment agency
business which smacks very much of
international slave trade. It is said he
has used his official prestige- to enhance
his interests in that direction ; that he
has been co-operating with Vacaro and
others of his stripe to bleed the poor
and ignorant of his own country; that
he has been directly interested in the
schemes mentioned in these columns
before, whereby a deposit has been re
quired of those who have been brought
over from Italy (paying their own fare),
and a contract obligating the laborers
to pay 20 per cent of their earnings, for
a term of three years, to the men who
compose this neat little syndicate of
slave traders. It has also been stated
in this office that Cappelli uses his “in
fluence” with pubiic officials to secure
employ office for the poor Italians, but
that he charges these same poor devils
$3, $5, $lO, or whatever the traffic will
bear. It is now announced that Cappelli
and Vacaro will open an out and out
employment for the special benefit of
the Italians, run in connection with the
consulateship. but conducted on the
most thorough American “gouge” prin
ciples. The intelligent Italians of the
city have waxed very indignant over the
continued rascality and consequent na
tional disgrace of the conduct of their
country’s representative in this city, and
there has been some little stir during
the past few davs. lam informecUthat
strongly-worded complaints and well
authenticated charges against Cappelli
have been lodged with Italian Minister
Fava, at Washington, during the past
two years, but that great mogul has en
tirely ignored them. The inaction of
Fava is laid to the interference ol the
head of the Jesuit church of-this city,
and it is further deposed that the said
church dignitary often regales himself
with fine wines and other of Cappelli’s
gifts. What there may be in all this I
leave for verification of the big guns of
the Italian government, and respectfully
call the attention by revolutionary Eu
ropean exchanges to the subject.
Thebe is blood on the pale face of the
moon. The dailies are barking each
others shins, and the deuce is to pay
generally; all because Dr. De La Matyr
announced from his pulpit that ex-Sena
tor Chaffee had declared that he had
“no use for churches.” Thete seems to
be a disposition on the part of some of
the friends of Chaffee to refute the
charge; but such an attempt is an ab
surdity. Dr. De La Matyr is a truthful
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man, and he “first finds out he’s right,
and then goes ahead.” The only point
up for discussion in this matter is, how
will speech of the ex-senator effect his
hopes to temporarily lay aside the “ex ?”
That this thing will be swung into the
senatorial campaingn is patent to every
one ; but the verdancy of the fellow
who for a moment anticipates that it
will lessen Chaffee’s chances outranks
the “apple-sass” hero. Church is one
thing, politics another, and a bank-roll
everything. Dr. De La Matyr may pour
out his denunciations of Chaffee in his
most eloquent manner twice a week from
now until a Colorado United States
senator is elected, and he won’t change
the opinion (if such it may be called) of
one of his membership, on political
questions. If I wanted to find the most
consummate slaves to party leadership,
or anyother kind of second-hand think
ing, I would take the church register
without any considerable alteration. The
minister may counsel the soul, after the
approved style, but if he attempts to
show that a Christian duty lies in the
line of humane and pure politics, his
situation is in jeopardy. If the doctor
were to attempt to do anything with the
senator-making assembly of the state,
he would find his efforts as futile. Any
thing that lacks the chink of gold is
barred there. The average assemblyman
cares nothing for a candidate’s regard
for the church or morality. All he de
sires to know is, can the opponent pay
more ? He would traffic in the mercy of
God, if he could find a buyer.
As an evidence of the growth of the
doctrines of Socialism I desire to call at
tention to the eagerness displayed by
the capitalistic press to print everything
relative to it that they can procure. It
is true the articles they particularly
seek are not very complimentary or
favorable to the doctrine, and their com
ments are intended to ridicule and dis
courage the disciples of the new power
in social science, but that is more of an
encouragement than would be sweet
words of commendation from such a
source. It shows the fear of the masters
whose mouthpiece the daily press is.
Ridicule of a foe, in this case, bespeaks
a dread of the results of the impending
conflict. Even in sleepy, stupid Denver
there seems to be an undercurrent that
bears on its bosom a craft labeled “So
cialism.” The editor of one of our
prominent dailies approached an active
Socialist with a request for some points
on the great question. He said he knew
the principles of Socialism were spread
ing, and that the reading public were
eager for information on the subject, but
he didn’t understand it well enough to
handle it. This confession comes very
unexpectedly from the editor of one of
the papers which has been calling the
Socialists hard names recently, and as
suring the public that they were a gang
of lunatics ; but this little confession
was not intended for the public. If the
editors of Denver are really desirous of
posting themselves on the subject of
Socialism, they can be provided with [
the proper kind of literature by calling
at this office; or they might gather a
few ideas bv perusing the columns of
The Enquirer.
The “Labor” World, under the man
agement of that prince of traitors, Jim
.Monyunk, has once more distinguished
itself by an idiotic tirade upon socialists.
I hate to waste good space on such a
sheet and such a creature, but I wish
to say to the readers of the “Labor”
World, if there are any left in this local
ity, that the fellow has not the respect
and confidence of one thoughtful, honest
workingman in Philadelphia. They
know him and bear ample testimony to
his treachery on more than one occa
sion. His warning to workingmen to
“beware of the Socialist” is a piece of
absurd folly. The Socialist does not try
to force his views down any man’s
throat. He is an educator (and that’s
why Monynnk doesn’t like him), and
presents his views in plain, logical lan
guage. If you will consider his doctrines
and then don’t like them, it’s all right
Byt if you will read them closely and
then say there is not wisdom and truth
in them, then I will succumb.
Buy the new pamphlet, “Evolution or
Revolution.” For sale at this office
price, 15 cents.
Mine Inspector McNeil probably con
siders a promise made to The Enquirer
of so little consequence that he may
break it at his pleasure. Well, there is
probably more honor in being run down
and interviewed by one of the great
dailies. The Enquirer isn’t much of a
hand at candy-pullings, but, bless your
soul, it has a candied way of showing up
things, and greater men than mine in
spectors respect and support it.
The Tribune has discovered that [there
is a system of imported contract [labor
in vogue among the employers of this
country. The article published inj a re
cent issue of that advanced journal
might be called a “scoop” if it. wai3 not
for the fact that three-score of labor
papers have been showing up this slave
trade for nigh onto a year, and have
forced congress to open its eyes on the
subject.
The Ohio river and its tributaries are
raging. The highest water known in
thirty years is reported from several
places. , Thousands of dwellings are
made untennable, and there is great
suffering—among the poor, of course.
Particulars will arrive before the next
issue.
We look with warranted suspicion
upon sin defending virtue. Therefore)
the defense of modern theology,! from
the attacks of Ingersoll, by the editors
of Denver’s daily press, makes the case
a bad one. '
The dailies of this city have suddenly
learned that there are a great many idle
persons in this city, and that there is
some suffering from the effects of pov
erty.
General Butler has written a letter
to the Erie, Pennsylvania, Dispatch, in
which he says he is not a candidate for
president—that he is “out of national
politics.” i,-
The St. Louis Union and the Trades
Assembly of that city are at outs.
The Last Straw.
We are crushed at last. For a great
many years have we withstood the flings
and jeers of the capitalistic enemy, for
long periods have we fought the dibtion
ary-makers upon their queer ways of
defining the words, “Socialist,” “Cojnmu
nist,” “Crank,” etc. I have seen a good
many definitions of “Communism,” for
instance, but before now I don’t [think
any of us fairly understood what ‘'Com
munism really is. But we are enlight
ened now. A little country paper, |in its
editorial columns, has recently illumin
ated itself with an expression in regard
to Wheeler, the dear departed, which
clears our mind. Wheeler, it will jbe re
membered, ’was the ward politician of
this city who, three years ago, seduced
his wife’s sister, seated her on hfii lap,
choked her to death and packed her body
neatly in a Saratoga trunk. Apropos, the
editorial is as follows :
The particulars of the murder are too
well known to bear repetition and we
can only voice the sentiments of the
community by expressing the hope that
the scaffold will not be permitted j;o be
long idle but be rapidly and frequently
used till the spirit of communism now
in our midst shall have eitc.
I have met a great many idiots in my
life , I have been personally acquainted
with not a few; a distant relative of
mine was once a turnkey in an insane
asylum where, out of 600 patients, 595
were absolute drivelling, doting personi
fications of fatuity, in fact lam confident
that lam a judge of the article. But the
most vast, the most expansive vacuous
ness, the most monumental idiocy that
I have ever seen or heard of pales in in
significance when compared with the
vacant imbecility of the man who wrote
what I quote above.
I might say in conclusion thiit the
name of the paper is the “Echo/ 1 ’ and
the place where it is welcomed by an ap
preciative public is ' Petaluma.—San
Francisco Truth.
The Nihilists are again exhibiting
their power in Russsia, and the czar
finds himself not as bombproof as he
thought he was. Assassination, even in
revenge for political tyranny, is not
pleasant to contemplate, but semetimes
no other remedy is effective except the
removal of the tyrant. This much is
certain: Alexander will have to con
cede a constitution to the Russians, or
continue to take the chances of the per
ilous road trodden by all tyrants.—Bt.
Louis Union.
HOW TO ORGANIZE.
The Most Honest System of Organiza
tion Ever Presented to the
People.
Enquirer : The Rocky Mountain Di
vision Executive of the I. W. A. desire
the publication of the following article
on organization. It fully explains the
International system of connected
groups, Salut! O—ll,
Let us suppose that you, my reader,
have been giving a little attention to the
sayings and doings of the labor men;
that you have read and thought suffi
ciently on the subject to have a pretty
good general idea of their principles and
aims, and that you find yourself more or
less in accord with them ; that still you
entertain some objections and difficulties
and your mind is in a condition of doubt
and uncertainty. Now, let us suppose
you have among your acquaintances two
or three persons similarly disposed, and
that you invite them to meet you ex
pressly to talk over the subject. Suppose
that, as a result of your first meeting,
you are all sufficiently interested to wish
to meet for the same purpose again and
again, sometimes in the apartments of
one and sometimes in those of the others.
Finally you meet regularly—say once a
week*—and from two or three your num
bers have increased to half a dozen or
more. In the meantime vou have ob
tained for yourselves and have read and
discussed together, or passed from one to
another, some labor literature. Perhaps,
also, you have thrown vourselves into
intercourse with some well-informed
labor advocate.
Now, my reader, I will venture to say
that the. desire which you first had to
study the subject for your own sake, will
have expanded by this time into a desire
to spread your views everywhere within
the circle of your influence, and the same
desire will animate your companions.
Suppose, then, that each of you while re
taining vour organization as a little club
—a “group”—should make himself the
starting-point or nucleus of just such an
other club or “group,” composed of per
sona perhaps living in his immediate
neighborhood, or associated in business,
ore in some other way. The forhiation
of these secondary clubs or groups, and
their development, will be easier than
that of the first, as each will have the
advantage of an intelligent teacher.
You see that in a very short time instead
of one you will have eight little clubs or
groups, each having a thread of commu
nication with the first one, which will
continue to hold its regular meetings.
Within another short period these eight
clubs—meeting, perhaps, in different
wards or suburbs of a city, or in little
centers of rural population—will each in
like manner make of its members the
nuclei of other groups clubs, and each
of these again of still others; and so *on
ad infinitum.
This is the system of organization
adopted by the International. Bear in
mind that it is for educational purposes
only.
Up to this point, it will be seen, that
this method of organization is very sim
ple and quite natural; it is also free from
any expense for halls and advertising,
and no constitution or by-laws or other
ormality is at all necessary. The time
usually spent in society meetings in what
is called “regular business” is entirely
saved. As the meetings are quite in
formal, and probably held near the home
of each member, there will be no incon
venience in attending them. Another
advantage is—and this is an advantage
the tbelongs only to very small associa
tions—namely, that as each club will
probably be composed of persons of
about the same class and habits and
quite familiar with each other, there will
be no timidity about the expression of
individual opinion; instead of half a
dozen talkers and fifty listeners, every
one will be a talker and every one a
listener, and of course alPWill be thereby
more interested and become more intel
ligent, and a real friendship will be
likely to spring up between them. The
reciprocity of thought will produce that
effect. Another important advantage is
that there will be little likelihood of any
ene member assuming such authority as
to become a “boss,” a self-constituted in
carnation of the society, making in its
name all sorts of arrangements, bargains
and compromises. Nearly all the pres
ent political associations are pestered
and damaged by such ambitious or un
principled individuals, and it is an evil of
the first magnitude.
Each man is a member of one group
which is under the chairmanship of its
organizer. He is a simple member here
but if he desires himself to become an
organizer he can do so by going out and
organizing a group of his own.
Among the chief objects of the Inter
national is the ascertaining of the indi
vidual opinions of each of the members
upon all questions of interest, Each
member is expected to forward his views
and thoughts and all information he ob
tains to headquarters.
In this way, if! every sympathizing
reader of this article will set to work, it
will be readily seen how quickly and
successfully—supposing the ideas to be
correct and the time ripe for them—the
party may spread, like the ganglions of
the nervous system,throughout the whole
of this broad land, preparing public
opinion, in advance of the crisis, for the
new social order, and thus serving not
only to mitigate the violence ef the
transition, but also to make the outcome
of the new system of society more sure
and satisfactory.
And, be it observed, that with ihis
system there will be no necessity for any
centralized authority or arbitrary regula
tion. Every little group will be inde
pendent and self-regulating, and will
have the benefit of connection through
its first member Or founder with a group
older than itself, and will thus be : ept
informed of the general movement of
thought and the progress of the party
elsewhere.
But the chief beauty of the plan is
that a course of education has been
mapped out and excellent text books
provided, and that these are placed in
the hands of the various groups, who
forming themselves thus into classes are
enabled, in an extremely short time, to
perfectly familiarize themselves with the
fundamental principles of true social sci
ence. •
Fallowing this coarse comes a scientfic
andjeomprehensive course of chemistry.
In brief, ttie producers are scientifically
elevated from the condition of ignorant
slaves to the position of intelligent free
men, prepared to act as leaders in the
grealt social revolution, whose birth
throes are already agitating the world.
Secret, mysterious, world-wide, quietly
honey-combing society, the I. W. A.
offers to daring and devoted men and
women of earth, the sole practical means
of releasing the wealth-producers from
the shackles of tyranny. It does not
fear betrayal since its system of organi
zation prevents the possibility of treason.
It does not fear suppression, because it
has millions of members, as well quali
fied as the leaders to assume direction
should those now at the head be re
moved.
It does not fear failure because it
knows its own power and strength, and.
the justice and truth of its cause.
Suppose that you call together eight o
your friends some evening this coning
week at your own home. Read them
this article, then form yourselves into a
group according to the above plan. Then
forward an account of your meeting t°
the Division Secretary. You will then
receive proper documents and each man
of the group can go out and organize a
group of his own and so on, Let us take,
say a limit o# three months, to perfect
each group. If you alone should follow
out the plan, what would be the result?
Let us see: In the first series of groups
there would be yourself and eight others,
9; in the second series, 72; in the third
series, 648; in the fourth series, -5,832.
That is to say the ball thus set in motion
by you alone would within one year or
ganize effectively nearly 6,000 men.
It is work of this kind that has under
mined all the thrones of Europe, and
which in but a few years-more will make
American workmen ready to clasp hands
with their brothers in other lands, to
topple to its fall, the whole mighty incu
bus of wrong that now threatens the
whole world with death and desolation.
[Address Division Secretary and en
close in an envelope directed to the
editor of this paper.]
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