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THE LUMBERJACK Education Freedom in WW Organization ER Industrial Emancipation Democracy Published Weekly by National Industrial Union of Forest and Lumber Workers, Southern District. Office of Publication: 335 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, La. COVINGTON HALL, Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Yearly, United States ...............................................$1.00 Six Months. United States ...................................... .60 Foreign, Yearly ....... ................................... 1.50 Bundle Orders, Per Copy (In Canada) ............................... 02% Bundle Orders, Per Copy (in United States) ....................... .02 Bundles, Orders of 500 or more (Spot Cash) Per Copy .............. .01% Single Copies ............................................................ 06 P LEASE NOTE. In Lending money for the paper do not mix it with monies Intended for the organization, as the paper carries a separate account Cash must accompany all orders. NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL UNION OF FORESI' AND LUMBER WORKERS SOUTHERN DISTRICT. District Headquarters ...........1194 Gould Avenue, Alexandria, Louisiana Jay Smith ............................... Secretary Southern District EXECUTIVE BOARD-SOUTHERN DISTRICT. Ed. Lehman, E. E. Shaw, E. L. Ashworth, P. M. Collins, D. IL Gordon. SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRATIONS. Your subscription expires with the issue number opposite your name on wrapper. If you do not wish to miss a copy you should renew your subscrip tion at least two weeks before expiration. Please notify us if you do not receive your papers regularly. Entered as Second-Class Matter July 5 1913, at the Post Office at New Orleans, La., under the act of August 24, 1912. SI' ISRIBE TO THE LUMBERJACK. The I. W. W. Preamble Tlhe working class and the employing class have nothing in common. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among mil lions of working people, and the few, who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life. oi ~--r to elhses a struggle must go on until the workers of the world orgate as a class, take possession of the earth and the machinery of production, and abolish the wage system. We find that the centering of the management of industries into fewer and fewer hands makes the trade unions unable to cope with the ever-grow ing power of the employing class. The trade unions foster a state of aftairs which allows one set of workers to be pitted against another set of workers In the same industry, thereby helping defeat one another in wage wars. More over, the trade unions aid in employing class to mislead the workers into the belief that the working class have interests in common with their employers. These conditions can be changed and the interest of the working class upheld only by an organization formed in such a way that all its members in any one industry, or in all industries, if necessary, cease work whenever a strike or lockout on in any department thereof, thus making an injury to one an injury to all. Instead of the conservative motto, "A fair day's wage for a fair day's work," we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, "Abo lition of the wage system." It is the historic mission of the working class to do away with capital tlm. The army of production must be organized, not only for the everyday struggle with capitallsal, but also to carry on production when capitalism shall have been overthrown. By organizing industrially we are forming the structure of the new society with the shell of the old. SI;IL('IIII'E 'I'() TIIE II;,lltE.IACK. PIIEAMB IJLO DE LOS TRABAJADIUILES INDUSTRIALES DEL MUNDO. La clase trabajadora y la clase patronal no tlenen nada en comtn. No puede haber paz malentras el hambre y la necesidad sea sentida per mll loanes de trabajadores, en tanto que unos pocos que compronen Ia cliae patronal dl.irtrutu de tolta Is s dellicla. da la vidta. IEntre esas dos clases habra lucha hanta que los trabaJadores del mundo SC organicen couIno una cla*e, tornn poseslon de la tierra y lamaqulnaria de |roilhonz y abulati el sintrnia de salurilo. I.a c,'nralizatcion de Ia diruec:lon do las industrlas e. las manos de unce pom'o c'ala vez nmenos., inlJpos!ilit; a las Uniones de oficios pars luchar vitorionarmente con el slemilre tret'icnte poder de la clase capitalista, porque I;an I 'liones de OlI('os hean creado tina situation que empuja a un grupo de trubajadores de las malsoa industria, ayudandtlo asI al comun enemigo para ser dterrotados en las luchas del salario. Mas todavia, las Uniones de oflclos ;aytudan a la clase patronal iLuduicenlo a los trabaladores a creer que sus lut,'rentses son los uisinoItio do sus Itatrono. Estas pesimas condicionee puleden ser cambiadas si el interes de Ia ('lase trabajadores se une en una (Jrganizaeion formada de tal mode que todos sus mliembros en cualgqulira industria, o "n todas las Industrias si es necessario, cesen de trabajar solidarizandose can sus companeros de cual fquier departamuento, haclendo al: "Is injurla hecha a uno, la Injuria hecha n todos. - En lugar del lema conse.rvador: "un buen ealario por un buen dia de trabajo," nosotros detbenos Inscriblr en nuestro Estandarte nuestra ,Lvisa r,'volhionari;: "Abolicion del sistensa de salarlos." Es la mlslon historica de la c:lse tuabajadores, bacer desaparecer el capitalisino; el ejedtito de prodhuctore. debe ser organizado no unicamente j tra la lucha diaria ton el calitallimo. sino para regulalrizar la preduclon cuantio este haya sideo derribadlo. Organlzandonos IndusLrlalmente, formare ruos la estructura de la nueva sociedad, dentro del cascaron de la vleja. nris la estructura de lan nueva sociedad, dentro del cascaron de ia vieja. Conociendo pe'- tanto, que tal organizasioon es absolutamente necesarla Ipala itestra emanttcilua'ion, nos unimons bajo una verdadera Organizacion: "ELfI OBRERO TIENE DER('IIO AI, PRODUCTO INTEGRO DE SU TRA BAJO." H-H-4-I4~+!--il-iI 1 11 i : 1 111 II 11 1 1 i i iIlI EDITORIALS ,, .. -- = - - - ,, , , "LOOK-A-HERE, LUMBERJACK! "Look-a-here, Lnmberjack I If you like this paper, don't be stitn. Thousands of other timber workers haven't subsribAd simply beemme they don't know we're here. We have hundreds of names of werrens to whom a sample copy of The Lumberjack should go, but no funds to send out the papers. Kick into our "Sample Fund" and every dims will reach ten workers and make them rebels to help whip the Saw dust Ring. ITA EST. It has been said that "A good Indian is a dead Indiai.." That is a lie, for some of the finest men The Lumberjack has ever known are Indians or men with Indian blood in their veins. But the saying reminds us that a good gunman and a good detective i---"O buddy I am longing for the Springl".. There are "good" men who are Bo.ses, but mankind never saw and never will see a "good Boss." "The Militant Minority". An ever-changing body within the social organism whose presence cannot be denied, but whose func tions carried to the extreme claimed by its devotees simply mesans that the ancient Greek idea of the rulership of the Aristocracy is the logical and correct form of social organization. Sneer at it, ye who will, but the Democracy is the ONLY hope of the world. Only when the mass of mankind are fired with the spirit of freedom, only then will be INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY be a possibility. Only then, and not until then, will the race move for ward out of the slums to the lost city of Quivers. There are two great NECESSITIES around which the race evolves-the necessity to live and the necessity to love. The first involves man's right to food, clothing and shelter, without which he cannot love; the second involves the life of the race itself, all that lifts it above the plane of brute existnce. Man, therefore, self-immolates himself when he does not destroy that which interferes with his prede tined necessity. Capitalism is the arch-enemy of LIFE and LOVE. The STATE and the UNION are natural enemies. The first is a CLASS organization, the second a SOCIAL. The first is based on PROPERTY, the second on MAN. Within the confines of the STATE there can never be COMMONWEALTH. Stockade the world, O my Masters, if you will, but WHER EVER GOES TIlE WORKING CLASS, THERE GOES THE SOICAL REVOLUTION! I REPEAT: TRUTH CONQUERS, MIGHT IS RIGHT. ORGANIZATION IS POWER, ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE PRICE OF LIBFliRTY. "THE BONEl 'S PRAYER." By W. M. Wrrr. Written for The Lumberjack. All papers are at liberty to copy, for like salvation, it's FREE. PRAYER: Lord and Master, President of the nefarious Sawmill Operators' Association and chief ram-rod for the "Sawdust Ring." We do humbly bow at thy sacred feet. We have assembled this beautiful evening to render thanks unto thee for the multitude of blessings showered upon us. Chief among these has been your ability to provide us with plenty of work. This thou hast done, and we believe will be so long as it conserves thy interest. But Master we livein mortal dread that something might sometime happen to prevent thee from furnishing us with regular employment. In that event we would speedily pass away, our demise being due to the lack of physicial nourishment. Blessed Master we need constant work, because you know we ni'r read or think, and when physicial action is suspended we are at a loss to know what to do with ourselves, or how to pass the time away. For that reason we implore thee to give us eternal work. Master some people have told us that just because we work and produce all things, that we are entitled to the ful products of our labor. lut, that cannot be true, for such was never the case. And again, Master, your constituents have told us repeatedly that these people who dare asqsert that a man should enjoy the fruits of his labor, that they are mIIere agitators who seek to spread discontent and mar the nserenity which now prevades "Our Republic." This we believe .Master and always will. Master it is most gratifying to us to know that at all thy indus trial institutions thou hast scattered around men to guard us. These ar,. ,oble n-tu, but they are known as gunmen by the discontented workq.rs who, of course, always constitute the "lawless element." We tJhink these gunmen the very highest type of true manhood. They I'HO)TE(CT us. Occasionally they may prevent some raving discon tentedJ mortal from coming around and telling us that if we want more pay we will first have to organize and then ask for it. Or some fool thing like that. Master thou knowest the things that we have need of. You know what you are able to pay us, and for us to ask thee for any more, that would be the v'ry essence of audacity. And under no circumstances will we ever quit our job, for that would be the equivalent of suicide. Rest assured ,Getlle Master, that we will never be guilty of pulling off any such rash stunts as that. This we guarantee. Gracious Master we feel very grateful, that by conforming to all thy rules an regulations that we are permitted to abide upon thy property. Ueifortunately we are not by nature fitted to dwell in the air or out upon the waters, so while our feet are allowed to remain upon the soil, our gratitude is boun'dless. Master we may at times fall short of what is called "efficiency," but we feel certain that you can never accuse us of ingratitude, that lowest trait in the human makeup. We thank thee for the roof over our heads protecting us from sun shine and rain, and for wages enough to partially clothe and feed our families. Merciful Master we would offer special thanks for thy feadrtbr g is gpwbi a wie i tas who .e w b w!ia we are sich amd bd e d r tuems .whe Ow an. urieiO r do u a Tile ame t thL* mn r mdblg as with a sadlesmm d nsd i iW is by may f the weserius us.ise eto a tind m 40pk1L iup peredtion. .5, we think it Amu he d 4eeme a o lls n. ty, besam much a lofty thoSt would arv tr avad - mh d O one mapt thq, bh a foower df the lowly Nmumea Mae It is erl"y' m tfoU is to rsemdw ans ths ae Mh thank doe thee. Weeds a us. Tye 3ag' lsagug. is lmadut Without thiee we w ld surl p.m .. Withat thy nkemal hals n d restraining had, what w ld wes de You stand bstwr n m m a prodigal life. For if ws had sses to half the thlag we peel . I we migh bo a little ztrvam sad lh te wel. 3t a s i us, and always has bee, we are compelled to praetie the strisl eemew and thereby live frugal and temperate lives. We oa ier this as is. moseurabs Nessing.. Master thou knowes that when it comes to latel ligence that we are fi* a litle removed from the hoems, but what we lack in intellect, we, like the mule, can Ike up with atatwl & Mater we have besn told tit at things come to thorn who sft so if we lack any of the god things of life all we wed to attamia them is to just wait until th Egyptian pyramids revems their pitim sand rest upon their pointed ends. But, Master, we are ssis ld. The crumbs that fall from thy havr ly lkdened table will safee to appease our kugr, and supply vitally sufficient for a lingering existence. Blessed Master we would ask of thee just on little "or. It is in fear and trembling that we do so, but we would ask thee not to elwas hold us in seorn. We are dependent upon thee for evwe breath we draw. Yet sometimes we do feel jwst a little prieved to know that from thy exalted position we are viewed with the uttermost contempt. Now gracious Master we will not weary thee with further thank upon this blessed occasion, but now leave our destiny within the bhllow of thy lily white hand feeling confident that you will do by us what ever in thy superior wisdom you may deem proper. Amen. Young Broths "Brush Monkey" will now dismiss ns by ingiag: "Master, lover of my Toil, Let me to thy workshop fly; While my angry pamions boil, Work me harder till I die. Work me, oh my Master, work me, 'Till my time on earth is past; Safe into some bullpen guide me, 0 receive my bones at last. THE "NIOOER SCAB." A grave situation is rapidly developing in the South which all negroes who care at all for their race's advancement would do well to take note of and use all their powers against, and that is the using of the lowest types of their race, the niggers, as scabs in every strug gle of the workers to better their condition. With every means at its command the I. W. W. has and is struggling to allay the antag onism of the races, to bring all the workers into ONE BIG UNION for the mutual protection and fial freedom of all, but, if the usegres of the South lay down on the job and allow the wiggem to continue to disgrace their race, no earthly power an prevent a disles to their people. Ii tie name of Fellow-worker Gain*, who u* 1'W '* -' Lake Charles, La., for loyalty to his cla*, and who must foS, be defended, and in the name of the true and brave handful of usgsr workers, who have fought the good fight with us against the Lumber Trust, we, the I. W. W., appeal to the negro workers of the City of' New Orleans to waken to their duty to their clam and ostracise the nigger scabs of the United Fruit Company, until they will be glad to quit their dirty work. Colored Fellow-workersl We appeal to you to awaken and to do your duty by your clas ! TUCKER, UTAH STRIKE WON. Fellow-worker: Inclosed find $1.00 for bundles of The Lumberjack. I just re ceived a post-card from the Secretary of Local 69 stating that the Tucker, Utah, strike is settled and that they got 25 cents raise and better camp conditions, except one camp-the Doolen Brothers. He states that some of the crafts are talking of affiliating with us; namely, the Stone Cutters, Moulders and Granite Cutters. I am looking for some more news from strike committee sobn. Yours for the O. B. U. H. C. Smwx,. SDenver, Colo., June 30. WE MUST. By COVINOrON H LL. From out their gloomy caverns, from theif dungeons dank and cold, The dead men rule the living and eternaf empire bold; Our fathers' bones forever weight our slirit's upward flight, T'heir shrouds are held between us and the fullness of the light. A,'ro s our yearning soul.-night, lo; the hawd of Pluto rests, Amnd Javeth's h'.el still crushes out the flame within our breasts; The word of Tamerlane and Torquemada Dtill is law, And eroes and sword have power still the world to overawe. The city by Potomac's chained to London's mouldy shrines, And over all of London Rome's death-giving luster shines; And back of Rome is Nineveh; and Semiramis sways, ler sceptre blights the nations now as in the yesterdays. The sinful eye of Solomon still casts its evil spell, And Joseph has the power still to make of earth a hell; The vampires, Calvin and Loyola, brood on Europe's breast, The frown of werewolf Cortez falls athwart the glowing West. Forever and forever, where the ark of freedom stands, The dead men meet the living with their stern and harsh commands; Forever and forever, on whatever soil we tread, The army of the living fronts the army of the dead. Forever and forever must truth's everseeking hosts, Be ready to give battle to our sires' angry ghosts; Forever and forever, on our onward upward march, We must raze our father's tombstones and must break their temple's arch.