Workmen's advocate., November 21, 1886, Image 1

About Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891

Image provided by: Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT

                
w
ADVOCATE
V IfV jVI 4- JV V
Second ilciu, iXo. 8
tcw itaucn, (.Connecticut Auiutui. sUm ember 21. ISSG.
Yticc 3 (Cent
(! I? P A T HHM-NIN I
UIUjAI i UM LiM. ,
THE TOUK Or LILbKlNLori I ;
AND THE AVELINGS.
Warm Hi'ceul ions anil l.uriri' ,Meetiny
lor the Noted Socialists -(lib
cuiro Imperially Liillmsias
tie Milwaukee and
Pel riiit in Line.
The tour of our distinguished
('omrados Liebknocht and Aveling
has been a series of successes. The
more important the cities iu which
they have spoken the greater are the
results. Metroit and Milwaukee had
brilliant assemblages wliieli will
without doubt bear fruit in good sea
son. The meeting in Chicago on
nth inst., however. was simply
grand. The capitalistic press eon-
ceded tin audieii 'e id' "'.''iiti. An in- j And small wonder. I'copio were I Avelins as they went away early the j ,,r w., ',ip,p --icrbn , put'd po.-session of their ipiarter.
it. - i f . i ... . .... 't itmr .., it... r..iM.. i,i . , ii... ..,..;,, ,,'....,. t ... u-lo.i. ' i !... i - l ' '"' i
Teresi nor i-e nor n e u e e 1 1 i
has reached us and we ;ive it in
full :
The visit to Chicago was not un
naturally looked forward to with
more interest, ticihaiis almost anx-
iety. than that to any other town in
the states. In the first place the I
town is in a very ferment of .'Xcite- j
ment ; a has lor months been more,
or less in a siaie o; sieee ; nownere
ierhaps at the present time does
nartv feel in ir on all .-ides run so hiirli
as here. Then, to.i. Chie.a;ro has
been considered the stronghold of
amiri'liisin. It is true that thi'
anandiism there to-day smacks
strangely of scientific Socialism.
Thus, after ircachin against all or
ganization, and especially against
political action, wo suddenly tind
these llrrni Antiirii.slni demanding
oiira .a o , a n ( a i ii: I ii1. iiicuiai-;
7, , . ' , .... , , ... I
..ii..' t im 1 1 ... i . . . ..I III.. .i ...r ''irtv i
. .. . ... i i . . i . .
lh
Hlll'in lllllllljlll.' Ul lie l ill w. ii . l '
at the late election as their special
work! However, "there is mo'-" joy
over one sinner that repeiiteth than
over ninety and ldnc just," and if
for the future anarchists are content
to adopt our program and work for
it their sins may be fnrgiwn them.
As a matter of fact, the so-called
anarchists are mi anarchi.-ts at. all.
As usual, there are about one man
and a half who are anarchists and
who make more noise than twelve
other men. As usual, too. these
one and a half have behaved dis
gracefully. The one paper I hat mis
represented the Lii'bktiecht and the
A veliugs attacked them in that pe
culiarly refined and delicate fashion
alTected by llerr Most and his I'ol
I'ollowers, was the Chicago Arht iln
y.cititnj. However, us the offender
has had a very thorough heating for
his behavior, we will hope that he
will learn better manners lor the lu
" , , , i
turc. and we need say no more about, i
the matter. ,
The Liberal League -composed of j
many well-known Chicago people-
had n.vite.1 the Avelings to be pros- I
ent on Sunday night, and the hall
where their meetings are held was !
, ' , , 1
packed, and a very pleasant, and we
believe useful, hour or two were
soent there. 1 r. Aveling sidc for
some nan nour or so, sen ins: ioi:ii
i. .i l. .. a.: t . ... i. i
tlie eentral iloetrinc of Socialism.
After tiie speech, which was listened i
. - . , 1 1 1 I ,
to with the deepest attention oy the !
Mvnilarlv inteliisrent, educated an-
.11. .,... enntitiior amomr their limn,
...v.m. v..........0
her many I'l-oinineiit lawyers, doc-
K.ibrbls of Labor, women's
riot's advocates. Freethinkers, etc.,,
those who wished to ask rpicsti.ms '
were reipieste.1 to do so. Many of
the uai'ivl type, ami many that :
r '
sliovv.-d very unusual anxiety to
mastcr the meaning of Socialism,
were asked, and responded to by Mr.
:ind Mrs. Avelinsr. Then time was '
..iir.u-...l f,.r iliseiisi..ii. I lore .'ir.iiii
many of the siereotoped remarks '
were made, and on the other hand
also some more intelligent arguments
brousrht forward. these having ;
been sumniei up and replied toby
Mr Vvelin.r. the meetiiiL' broke up ;
-.fter I rst otimT nem. con. (onlv '
some dozen people out of tic .'"' to ;
:;ih present not voting) that 'those i
1-iVM'iit believe the theory ,.f surplus
l,.,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,, uml ,,.:,,,!
t liat tlii' waur svsii'in shoiilil ;iliol-'
i,H.,l." This was put l.v our ex.-el-
Ii'iil friend ami Comrade Morgan. ,
aiul so many eric,'1 out I Imv would
"si'coiul it" that it is impossible to
say who tlio seconder ri'allv was.
Anions I hem we tuav ni"iit:oii Sdnl-
1 1 1 1 lt . Simpson. amor and two la
dies whose names we do not know, j
The Chicago press having been j
lt i v 'tug ou r friends ad in irable free ad
'.el'tiseiiielils in the shape of inter- j
views." "personals." '-leader.-." "lot-
ters, il was a I ore' 'one conclusion
thai the meeting to be held on Mon
day nie-lit at Aurora Turin r Hall
Would be a ureal success. Hut prob
ably neither friends nor foes expected
iplite such a success a.- we had. The
only people who said it was mil a
success were the disappointed ones
who couldn't tret in! As it was, too
many friends had been a. limited, for
t lie trailers- I hreatenod to uie wav
and bent ipute in at the center. !
1 ' ' 1 1 1- 1 e m 1 1 1. , . i u . . 1 1 . u.
lo-tns, almost upon each other. In
t nc uoiiy oi -Hie nan it, was t tie same,
and as several of our friends said,
"Yc couldn't all applaud at once be
cause wc were packed so closely that
, i i I i , 1 i I i i
i some iii iis cnuii! in ii mice our arm
unless those standing by put theirs
down to ive us a turn.'"
uh aM(, r Avi.1mii. )k(,
.(t two un
I ween I hem. after I ni i iilt been in
troduced iu a utv pithy little speech
by Mr. Morgan, one of the best
workers in our party. I r. Aveling
and Mrs. Aveling both, while dis
claiming all connect ion with anarch
ism, made forcible appeals for a new
trial for the men so unfairly con
demned. They said that such a.
trial was not to be asked for as a fa
vor, but as a right, and in the name
d' common justice, iloth speakers
i i i. i.;,i ,i . i
also dealt with the press, and w
.... . ' .
aiso dean, wnniiie press, urn wv
,, ii ,. in. ,. .1 , ' . i i ,,
need hardly say that aitliomdi the
,. , , , ,. ;. ',.,-
reports ol the ( Ineaeo papers were
1 i '
tolerably fa;r these portions of the
' ' ' .' 1
speeches I nat denounced or ridiculed
the papers have not appea 'vd ' rr
Iritsii. Jut. the audience were
thoroughly delighted, and the only
people who spent a nut a rut iinirl t'
'(' were the reporters present.
The enthusiasm of the meeting was
immense, and every " point" madi
bv the siieakcrs ' told --especially
when the people were called upon to
. . . 'I. 1
join ttie . 1 ., to make I Ins a
large American Socialistic I 'arty,
and lo carry on I he work beeiin at
! be lasl elect ion. We are certain
that rn incalculable amount of ltooi
has been done the cause bv their
v isil, ami much of t he confusion en-
1 1 n i . 11.1 1
;eii(ici'ei 01 anarchist ie m mi.i lehead-
edness cleared up.
We should also add t hat while t he
1 , , I 1 I
llcairo lieopie were de lu lled Wit I
,, ' ,'
il, i-i,li iiI'iIii.m' ,Mi,i;iurc ,!..;
1111 In unit ings. 0,11 is-
!"" w"r" "ss '
"uv'' ''l;""Hv i,l that lu-v have
imwl.ere found more excellent -mi-
t!,;1" '"'. ! """
numbers aiming it suel, men as an-
working tor the Party in hmago
I'-i.t.i.a foil ti. iii'ilii ili.it I '-i i-t - .1
an not tail to niiiKe mat 1 any a
great lower. '
On Tuesday nioriiiiij: before leav-
. l... ... ........ ... ,,. . .
no .j;o im- .onu., o.ei m
at Hiooinniu'toii that eveiunsr. An
. I' 1 1 1 ! .
iniormat Kino oi a meeting was got-
u-n up i, a .voung v niciio oocior
ami his wife, both intensely inter-
csledlll the Social ist ic movement
.
and anxious to have some ol the
"cnlttireiP' People meet, ami talk
. . ...
with our Knglish agistors. At this
m.rting a bishop, numerous clcrv-
men. business men and lawyers.
rry,lr, !a-k
writers were present, and an inter-
e-ting debate followed, both lr.
Aveling and Ins wife telling tin
go ad folk that their "culture" wasn't
a !: vt b i im t o be v er v i.r.iml of. It is
int. resting to note that many of
these people. he better among liictn.
wer.-entirely on tin- Socialistic stde.
and not a few had "voted the labor
ti.-ker." One "lady" present wa
much exercised in mind' because So-
ctaiists arc sni.nosi'.l to favor the
Imldrng ( . .) of women m common,
Ami tic "ladv" had great diflieulty
: in understanding that woman wa
i,llil( ....o-rm-.thou,!. under our
t'l'i'si-iil -ct 'hi'il s,-ir!ii li'i' wnniiii,-
h..o I is but too ..fi. n the milv com-
1 1 m i i 1 v she r m n:M i 1 . and just a-1
t he mail sells labor-power she
sells Imt woinaiili I, it her for mat -
nagc .ir as a prostitute.
After a stay in Chicago that will
long be ivtncnib.T.'d bv both the
isitors and tho.-c visited, the .t-
lings went oil' to Hiooinmgtoii.
Though it pouie.l with rain, al-
tlmtmll the Worker.- in looolllinuti.!)
are still enmparatively well oil', t he
ineetniu' was a e-,,od niii'. I be
w if e i ill e e vi tee i -
I . I
Iv to show 1 1 1 Li t h.it thoiie'li eoiupara -
lively Well oil' by the Very Hccessit y
of tilings these people tiuwl sootn-r j
or later be forced into the rank1-1 , f j
the poorer or more wretched workers l
or of the unenildoved. while the1
,. , , 1 ill
sniall shopkeepers were invanaMv !
doomed to be "U,,l,blcd" by I be bl'-
ones. Some ui'od new members wrtv '
made, ami the last words spoken to1,
eainc airain there would be "a larue I
i te m n 1 1 1 i . . . ... . . . n . . e .
. Iliei n an .eci ion, i
(In Wednesday lii'dlt the Avein!S
spoke at La Salle, the hall being the point . ihai a laimier in ii- em- ! Ml) "ml Tow n of New lliuen.
filled in every enmcr almost entire- ploum-nl. who wa-i in occupat ion of j 'e claim Ihe Idle "Labor
ly by the workers from the mines. I a Imase. ha I imt beei -erved. I ' ; I'.n l " hecau -e we rceoenie I he ex
glass and engine works, a Scotch- i had on lhal account to Im- ab.iii- j ,,..,,' fan oipres;;ed class of aj:'-
man. Mr. M aV'Liughlin, beingchair- j doiied. and !al Mnnda wa Ii 'd vv ,ir,e, s :1S a fiimlaniciit.il fact, and
man. A g those present was, j fw t In-. ni imi It was kept a pro- . i.imui.'ipation of i be- oppressed
however, also one of the millioiuiiri s 1 l"aiid secret.' f:il,i imr class asour IWoinosI object
"'' s'''- "'('1'- '."! lv'' j ,'. The platform of the Ixniuhls
largest .,.,,-ttork, employer. II- is cent, and em..-avoiv.l to Imc the , n. uh(. whjri . m
a .nan Willi L't-cat pretensions to su- j mat l-r can ico out .pnetly. Alimil , S; ,.,,,,,,,,,, hl. ,;l,or I'arl v
l"'1'"'1' ""ell,'.-! ami sea-. line aitain-
meiit. He is a frieinl and follower
of Herbert Sneuccr. and airrcat. "in-
dividualist." As lo t he opinion of
his iinfoi'tuuale employes (though
as things go llcgcler is a tolerably
decent per, 'on) that is not, ipute at
', . .... . .. .
one Wil.il him. I lie Wuik llmv Uo -
is of the most unhealthy ami dan-
clous kind, and their scarred and
I ' n" '"" '
Imriied and disfi-ured fiecs are
'""' UIM1 1 .n
i hardlv huni'iii The misery of I h
uanm iium,.o. i in im..m oi in
t . t ii .i : . . . -e i .
' '"'' S;l11'' !"'"!''(' is inlcnse. The
I ..i . i i n..: ,i :. .
nesi w a es. w rei enci i i i nsn 1 1 ic ici : i
for eell the ino.l common deceneic-: slop.
of life, and Poles are constantly be- j 1 1 iirley said a - be w is to el 110
ing imported to undersell the rc.-t of: ennccssion or just ice In- would give
the workers. Lately, some of the jail tlu resistance in hi- power. Let
Poles, beginning to nuilcrsfatid. h id ! hem lake pos.-es-noii and put him
joined hands with t heir American
and Merman fellows, and at once lh"
t employers, the Individualist I lege-
I l''1' amoiisl them, sent lor a In -h
1 1 . . .!. r I . . 'im. .... 1
hatch ol people. I liese 1 ml spea ! I U:;
the language, used P, ii,;. most mis-
crable existence, and j u.!l iv ey :
hopeless, are of course mere slays. I
ami hi 11 si work for any wages. Tins'
! ""' A yi-linKK made very clear, ami
j ' '"'"' s""l. expnsition ol the man-
1 nor in u iilidi I Im Ui .'i I 1 (il ill tlii'
' ' " ". ".' "
employers comes
1 paid labor
evidently impressed the people deep- ;
l. ...IIIV..I''ll,(l.-'l.(l.t.III.ll.,
I 11 , , n 1. .
i llegeler actually ave . I.ut tar
ly. A collection was taken and Mr.
,! .e 1 -' .""
, m) ,h f , ,),. ,
1 their little the wretched people ah-o
, (r;(V(i l)( M . ', i,,.;,,,,
-jvM) ,,v t'h(.ttl. ,,, fill. f
facts, how can we help feeling pr i
. thl, 'w,,,k
, , r ,
ARMOUR'S LATEST.
i i .iii-ii.i. . ,
uihe ,i sjionen i-iino mill e.in ;
i ,,,,,, u ...( lt v.: ti,,.
-
M.-'.s lor kl l'f. 10'f 1 1 -I Iii W illie.
jj,. js tryim.' an old royal trick.
ktiown as the svmpatl v "a inc. A
it in. it - rrim.i
,...,.,-.,. .riv... t.'. si... .;..T-s il.-.t -o.
,'. . i I
aiieuipi lias oecu maic hi jioi-oo
. j .
, i.:. ..;
noni in- ni.inni'in ui ins 1111 ,
, i,-,,,,, . ,..,.' ,;,
it W)-, wI.'k Scnsil,;, f,,iks d.m'i
' .,. :'. ,,, ,11,,
Zr '
PERHAPS A BIG STRIKE.
Tim member- of Ital an I r.-i b '
Handlers' I'nion. No. l.N.-w V- rk.
are com i ii a i u i u ' aboiit the ii.ir.-ii
treatment tlmy are rc-civ m-; from
the U. ses on the West S.d- w harves.
where J In v an- mosth cmo:
oVed.
I l.t-y have piacd a loll ! grn-v
in toe
lands of a eommittee of t !;.-.!
I'nion. and if tic :il uses a-e i,.,t
mimed, ,4t.-:v ci r. i ted tt-r- wi:i
a strike of ;.(" it. ..in fiecnt
handlers.
V I K 1 1 VY Il'TlliY
N MUNI LH I IU
" ' '
; HOW LAND MONOPOLY WORKS
IN IRELAND.
; ;r:nt. I'.j ,.,. Ih rnwliar
i Itri-iide and l'.ri'e it o Wmii-
; its Heartless VtorK Ibott
; . ... i...;!:,,'
Police 'on-e
:
' "'' I'cian.i. a-'. . 'V
r u.'l , I u r; h t ho I.iijr and pamliil
; ,.;;11,,,n j Irclan.. was liicr. u ii.
1 i i
i lii'-seil more ic"l'llilliei oppo.-lhoU
i , , . , ,
j ' ' 1,111
man i nai u c c !i i. eu rrcu reeeiii i x .1 1
1 :t-:!eiew. I he l.tets oil he ca '.e
are th ..(.; Timothy Hurley held a
f.,n ,lll(,.r ., ul t 'us! e iew .
1 , ,. , ,
tUlet III. Irs Ilolll t l.llliiM.a. Irolil I '
1 " l'",il""' 1 '" ' ' ' " W
lh.- id'v acres, at the vany leni ,.
Hit pound Merlin.;-, the judicial rent
About a moiil h aeo t he .-herilV at
tended o recover possession.
: tell. nit objected to the eietii.n ,,
, . ,n,.,n;,e.
I by I h.-i i'lel I nspector ( ai r, nuiviied
i l Hie resilience of I iniolliv lluriey.
Al I lie bolide I bey W cl'e jollied by i
three bail ill's. The doors and win- I
dow s were closed, and I be tenant .
and a number of men occupied the!
1 . i...:.. i i .1
..pi - . .i m-isihhm .hmmii him
' h-'-t. The police were drawn ,ip in
; Im- m Hm huge yard in I font of I lc
.. ,' , ,, ,
i house. uileva-ked il im was o
.
LTef an scltiemenl. ( amnridue. I be
. , .
... , , it i. ... 1, . . I i ..... . 1 1 1 1 i - ii.
bail ill'. anl Im bad no ant horit y in
, 1 1,.. ... 1 1 i , ... 1 1 1 1 1 , . i , . i..l.., i
i ' . . . .. ... . '" - . - , - -
; out if they could. The bail ill's
. smashed a large window on ihe
i gnuiml lloi.r to idle. an cut y, wiien
a ipiantily ol lc-t water was poure.l
1 1 1 ... 1 . i ..: 1 .
, down on llielli. I a ill ! tin I ;e gel line;'
. full contents. in n - after
wil Ii four p.. I n'encm Im was lb-! , nu
an ,-' ranee by the Inml lor. a
hut'e piece of millstone came on hi-
; si M.-r. di-doeat ing il.
j i;lvm. ,,,, mp,,he room mi the
1 in 1 1 l .v
: groiin.i ii-hm-, .ne s were pro-
; ,. j,r ( r, move Ihe furniture, bin,
iron and slopes came dow 11 i
j m sl,,,.,-, ,,pon them, while am, n
iip-.-ues were iiuricu iroiii iiieupp,r.
: l... ti,,. ,,,. , ft ,,, ,,. i
" i ,'.,,; wi . , ' , ! ;
, ;u;' ;' l '; ' ,;' , '. ,
.'' j,, ',,,, ,, ,
, " hi' I ' t II def, , b , ,.i
' ' ,' " , wl'i' id 1 .
1 K ii 1. m . , . v uu ,
iieaxiuii.iin , a- '" , 1 1 ''
111 i-,-iies w ere 11 iii-leu 1 rom the 11 1 ip. 1
"!,: tT 2 Z
, , , , 1 ,
nneS clitereil 1 lie I mil sc a IU I a ! -
.. , i
I "III Pi ci 1 In in-; up V. lie
1 '"' !,K
,.,...
.
Ins was toiiml to li,- imii. i-
.;,,. '1
in- ,-t.ii-cas
were t'e m 1 1 v cd
. I ..;
'.i'i ' . . , ' ' '.. ' ."
' 1 , ' "
enm lc li'oln aPove.
-
1 1 wa- nanv oamienin- o, ..-main
l'l" .k"l" "I'- a"
lv ,i,"',!;";l- . '," r,",""'"i'1"1-
TVt.KT '1
life ,f 1 Imy did Hot de.-l-t. 1 1 Ul l, V
p. Id him to lireuuav: ! wmihl -H-k
!" '
If police Vee
tll-
i: commanded
to advance man r the boa-e. aiid
grounded ami presented arm-. Tins
thnat b 1 not have any ehYc! on I In-
be.-i''ged. Se,r.l', f.e('S colli
l,e
from th
-.vimlovv--. ami
voices in .b ti ml to'ie inviting t Im
p.,'ic to iiiv away and do their Ic.st.
.vii.iii - were now nee,, m.,ig aiai ining.
l'..r! nn ii ! . I.' v. John O Ih-a and
h'.-v. .leiemiah O'Hcan came to tin -
:m - 1 1; :! , justification
t resort to these extreme measure .
,,,. I.a.l been ii.iuiv.1 A lot.-
li ; i -i . 1 1 1 took pleo, whieh had t he
cd'eci of le-tramlng M r. ( 'an'.
' Th.- bailiffs struck work, and iv-
; fused to proceed fur'h-r. Tliev said
; Heir lives were in danger, and they
foil id imt by an possibility for the
u'e.-c;t earn on! t b.' e let loll. They
ami Hie police sinod still in the
' yard.
; I he nn.'-iles cca-ed, the parties!
sldl holding their posts. Ma'teis
I went on m ibis way for I
lie
e:'ied li.'i-oiu ine eul liii.-iasl ic al see-
iu:.; I he I nil mph of I he besiege I
' par! y allil I lc d iseoinli I lire of the
; niiiiinns of the law. Alter various
; eeii-ii'latnius bet uei 11 the police an
: I In ii'ii u and 1 be I hi ii 1 its seeinjr the
rid : 'liioiisiii of I heir posit ion, I heir
, 1 . , 1 , ,,
.na! ;lit v . ...i url her. and the use.
. s ,,.' ,,,,;,,,:,,,,, ol,(.r w;
o.v.-ii and they marched away, lea-
im: the hesicyed partie:
f'ROrOSED PLATFORM OF THE
LABOR PARTY.
, , ,,.,., u ,.(,.,vpt and ac-
, ;
j e pi . as aii expres: ion of mii'ii
ns
j M poll I he su b jecls t rented.
Hr ilemaui
icipal sc
;.verillli"lit.
L While we believe I hat the
i .... i.i ; i.! , r (i... .i,,..,t,i
j I '" "" , "'" '
, be e,,i,,lnele.l on a uniform plan, we
I l"inamt Hint Ihe scholars shall he
i i ,i ,i . ,
, I ui tie hen Willi the necessnrv te
1 Ks I ice o e,iai-g".
. . . i .... i
'Xt-
- demand that our assessors
! ,l..,!i I I .. . : i . r . , 1 1 .... I ... . : ..
; - 1 1 ,. 1 1 ,i - i.iuo .11 o 1 n 1 1 .1 1 in , in
nidi r I liai I he Icildei's of nnimproyeil
laml for speculative, purposes diall
pay their lull share of la yes.
ti. The municipality should oh-
lam 1 ioss. ssion as soon as practicable
! of all public conveniences, such as.
; ihe uaier and :'.as "apply. Ihe lele-
pi .si-tom, ami public t ran sport -
; alim
I
'IheWirL diolihl be siibdi-
Ul,.,l ml,, smaller election districts,
: M. , ,,, ,,,,,, nimi,mi,lln, f ,..
; t-K., (,r.-'and the bcl lor management
' r ,.,,, .1
j s e.dem ind I im -1 in i.h Ileal i,m
1 ,. tlim)jrji;l ,,yei ninenl, and
1 ... . 1 " .
: u,,, ,.,,:.., , r eiKum ,,wn.
e demand an eipiifable mp
I'esi ntalion in ihe Slate Legisla) 11 re.
- accord nig f jiopu lat hm : and we
111 , , ,
s"ri 1,1111 v l'1'"", pa.vint:
,' V" U,U; ,uv
wlnh- are allowed but I,-
dred.l. ..r the ivpivsenlat,,...
"' U ' v,"w v"h 'I "--.x al
evident cllort to make of Las.
Pock Park an exclusive pleasure
1 r. .. . i ; . a . 1 ... 1 1 . . 1 ;
' f "I I"'
: loads leaoim.: to Ine Mimnnt,.
Kndil hours should con si i -
I ut.. iiav"s bihor for nil nnlilie
I u net lolia lie-- whethei- tl.ey lie labor-
i . ! i ,1,1..
ei - me,- i.i mi's i,r . r k :on t nev
.'
' should receive .-u.-li pay as is n.-ces-
sai'V for decmi t I IV I !C' a lid consist all t
w il h ! he iliuii v of ;i ureal muhiii-
i;t,,v.
thlv.
contract work lor the
and w here t be a-sistai
ua-.k-or linns js r.;
I .'. c demand t ll' abolllioli O
miinicipitlitv,
ance oi private
't'd, prefer-
, eliee shnilld be "ivcli Iho-c whodo not
. iv.piire H.cir inplovs to w.,rk more
llm'i -tglit hours per day and who
pay -m li wages as arc considered
eo u itiible bv t he orga n iv.at ions of t he
worker.- in tim res pi ti e branches of
work r.-iiiirc.i. ,
i... in onier io .-aiiv oui uicsc
objects, we demand a m-vv city
charter, ami pledge ourselves to till
support of the Labor I'artv as the
oniv pauv ,i mw' .inm-ieui mi
interest. -d in the adoption of our
; jiritici jdi-
i 1 M 1 i 1 1 U I J I M J l M li A i .
! ""
i A CONCISE AND CORRECT EX-
PLANATION OF SOCIALISM.
I'n ml, ino'iital Dielrines of American
I iistitntions Two Pxlrenies,
In.lii iilualisin and Altrn-i-in
SiK'ialisiu the
(olden .Mean.
Sonic of the New York "great"
(I he coniputat ion is made by the
Siiiare yard I dailies are suddenly dis
playing a remarkable interest in So
cialism, ami arc devoting columns to
ils discussion. This is partly ex
plained by the fact that the Lcmlrr,
a si raighl -i.uit workiugincu'.s paper
and tin' organ of the Labor I'artv,
now makes ils daily appearance and
ab defends the labor movement in
its various progressive phases, in
cludiie: the most advanced and lo;ie
al, known as Socialism, towards
which all the progressive political,
social and industrial movements eun
v erge,
( hm of the letters published ill the
lirnlil impressed us as beiiitr ir most
correct and concise explanation of
Socialism, and we reprint it for the
beiiclil .of those of 011 r readers w ho
arc studying Ihe labor problem with
an honest
lore it is:
"Socialism is the name given to a
certain et hi- il doctrine; that is, a
doctrine of what is right and wrong
in certain lines or departments of
human itcfivil ies.
"As the term sanities, it is a doc
trine opposed to complete individ
ualism. ,
"The doctrine of complete or 'ex
treme individualism is well expressed
iu the lam i liar phrase; 'Kveryono
for himself and the devil take the
hindmost.' This describesconiplete
egotism or individualism. If, forms
I he one ext renie of t he various doc-
! I fines or systems of ethics (science
j of right and wrong in human actions).
I 'l'1"' ""'i' extreme the doctrine
I al!' dhctical to this egotism (complete
scllishncss) is altruism, or complete
sacrifice of self for others. This is
represented iii the phrase: 'When
struck on one cheek turn the other
"As the golden mean hid ween these
I wo extremes stands Socialism, or,
as if may be well expressed, the doe
Irine of cipiitlity or equal rights. It
is well described by the phrase:
'Live and let live.'
"This is I .he ethical meaning of
Socialism, and has been laid down
in the Heelaration of Independence
as the fundamental doctrine for our
American instil ut ions. Hut this
, , . , ,
I iloetrinc or principle has been mil
rt l"" l,!l,',':i"' np lorcarri,
j out. in our social or public laws an
j tnst ,t utions. Particularly in 01
' business or economic laws ami inst
t t ions the old sdlish .'ami class ru
system t hat we allowed to be carrie
. : . , 1,.
lv
ind
our
sfi-
ss rule
.1
ver from a 'foreign' country (Kng-
laiid) has never been brought into
accord with those fundamental
'A inerican' principles.
..'in .. i (
I he work of uoiim that has now
begun, and in a particular ami po
litical sense this work or effort is
Socialism
Cn i;i.i:s Pi ki p."
LABOR LITERATURE.
Tim olliee of the WolikMKX's Al-
j i atk will have a full supply of la-
1 hor literature on hand as soon as the
! i,i.,ii..i. oM''o..f..ioeiil en I... ne.il..
I V ..let,. 11 nil! I. ..nl.lil,,.,!
: n,.vt wn,ki ;im tH. ,,ri,.,.s will be
j Wi publications of the Soeial-
,s!j(. MH)r Party, both American
., .i f,,.-,.!,,.. innl i... u-oi-kx of r.
j , Lasalle, Hebel. Kngels and
j other famous writers will he includ-
; ,., , t(l i,sts Orders try mail
: . promptly tilled.
I ...i.. ,.,.,, ;,., i,ls ;,. r.-f.-rpnee
to the organization vf ihw Trade aiul
l.ahoi t iuoiis to
1. (. Ilox 1 ii'-,'. New lluven, Conn.