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I course, lo be deplores] by nil do-wmis anil well-intentioned jier.sons. tie yhii’t is presided over, and has Nn f..i- ninny years, by a Benins ho lias made u Br,,ater nuinlter of mnrkublo discoveries along the #■' of economic wisdom, as interred by himself, than any freak i.n the establishment of the apron-lukers union in the flnrden of Kden1 he I’• eji though a “Weakly is 1 CXiellenl type ()f jts cloNS. As u TM.tnil horn blower for its prcsid-i? genius it ranks well up with ilshire s. or Samrny fiomjM.rs' Fod-ttionist. This is, however, inten-nl as no reflection tiion the other tommy rot thut occasionally finds v way into its columns.\bout. the first remarkable disco v-5 made by the “Weakly Peep s residing genius, was that of “jnor-I turpitude. This was (jack in thoII s, „nd proved to be no rncomsider-hle addiiion to the world.s stock I knowledge. This remarkable per-un got so he could, and did, cx-ose the morally turpiUidinous” if kt'J itune within gunshot. None of k'S' guilty wretches could escapelierxpicadly. Along about this F111'1 lie gone birth to a most aston-r, ing production, or whatever it K'M l)C termed, which he dubbed f Socialist Trade and Igihor Al-lanro, phis amusing little contri-fan''' out an awful squawk, as fu ftK 11 was horn. This squawk Hn I'cenme a wall, then a whine,[ sob; 11,1,1 finally an echo, I.W.W., p,r i a,i infinitum, ad nau-f 1,1 the meantime the i»reat r (lisilt;'ered the li^hor fakir,” j1 ,,ail»*lt;l him to the crotts. Jiis ol-[»'toiles her ante so keenly dcvelop-e could locate the rascal.oo miles away, and so persist-^ ' .'nil relentlessly did he pursue M ,hftt is now practically cx-Inmher valuable addition to cco-scienco was made in tho dis-,:I1K niul branding of gtaftera' t'urelesH |tersons would not lh,.liX(‘(J l,P with fhef editor of f cople at a salary of so much l*'r 'pceii,”'l,ng with his other accomplish-nil| this editorial giant is an ac-edged authority on Bermuda . H n,u* Egyptian onions and ml'ly knows more about the ^ “t'Wiroo ’ than does any other Itv-? specimen of concrete wisdom.! 11 hearing that a„ of lh,8 toow.'■ex'0 llnS ,l|,0n f*10 solution of the ivnrk 10S that confront the^ r s of tho world today tnny not 1(i °K(“thor dear, but that is by i. ns the fault of this economic l„0“,on- ,0 furnish wisdom in co-Mls variety, and huge chunks is ^ * enough for even an intellec-j,l* K',int” to do without b|eing rail-|( ,)0n furnish the ability to un-,'ul it may not perhaps,W'frally known, but, this remark-I'le lM ,R’ fhe editor oi the Peo-ilui, 'N ***° 0,10 f° whom credit is ur fho startling discovery thati a: tftiiic nuiiit i«;iu ,It apjiears that liawthomthwaite expressed himself as having no particular faith in the efficacy of any sort or form of trades unionism, and. mentioned that the surplus or unemployed labor in the market made it impossible to longer win strikes. This caused the wise one to unfold another discovery that he had |wr-chance held secreted in his bosom awaiting just such an opportune moment to spring it upon an ignorant Ijuhlic, as follows:The centralJhasic error of Trades Unionism is its solar system concept of the system of wage-slawry. From that central-basic error I ow the scores of fatal principles and worse tactics, the praises of which the CJompcrs' crew exalts in songs of prose and verse as Genuine Unionism.Surely no comment of criticism is necessary when a proposition is so clearly stated ns that. 1’his happy and harmonious combination of central-basic errors with solar system concepts will be readily assimilated by every person who is not entirely destitute of geometrical and astrological inclination. Nothing ^oa'.d be clearer, not even moral turpitude. ’ Tho humble wayfarer wandering in the wilderness of economic fog and confusion may well cry out in the bitterness of spirit, Why, oh why, has not this knowledge been given me before!”That strikes are broken because of a surplus of labor in the market from which the employers may recruit strike-breakers,” etc., is thus neatly and convincingly disposed of.The theory is false. Strikes are no more broken by the unemployed and unorganized than corpses are produced by undertakers. When the undertaker arrives on the scene the corpse is there, ready for him to operate upon. When the unemployed arrive upon the scene tho corpse of a broken strike is there, ready for them to operate upon—and that corpse was produced by the kindred craft or trades unions, that, acting upon the basic-central error of pure and simple unionism, continued at work; some holding the fort for the capitalist, others oarting unemployed for hint from the most distant four quarters of the compass.This should be conclusive. Surely It is clear enough to satisfy any ordinarily reasonable person. But to put the everlasting cinch upon the matter, and demonstrate beyond per-wlventure that the breaking of strikes and all that it implies in the way of lower wages, etc., is not due to tho surplus labor available in the market, our editorial glndin/tor of the “People arena once more arises to tho occasion with the following, which is taken from another page of the same issue through which the honor of being noticed by the mighty has been bestowed upon Haw-v I T St. .Joseph, Mo.—It does not’ follow that, because a lower
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Vancouver Western Clarion
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Dec 23, 1905
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