PORTO RICAN MASSES REACH TO SOCIALISM FOR FREEDOM
Iglesias, Santiago
Porto Rican Masses Reach to Socialism for Freedom Exploited Workers of American Empire's Colony Build Movement Despite Ruthless Persecutions By Santiago Iglesias (Porto Rican Senator; President...
...In April, 1899, the Socialist leaders, Daniel Del/eon...
...The savage, surrounded by nudity, thinks nothing of it...
...and those engaged In the professions...
...Up to July 1, 1925...
...Fraternity in Society...
...The first advocates of Socialism 1 B* ought from Spain and Cuba the Ides Is of the movement and those of Intsraattlonal labor organixatlon...
...Equality of right* and privilege* in the enjoyment of natural wealth through the effort* of labor, and the diffusion of universal education to advance Porto Rleoj in culture and Intelligence, tbe extension of It* knowledge and tbe enjoyment of equal opportunities...
...and See- ? ond Ave...
...Monday, February 22 I A. I. SHIFLACOFF...
...In a word, wealth is all that ie useful to satisfy man's needs and intellectual, aesthetic and nutritive desdrc But before and above all, wealth' is" ffie'¦ direct 'ennuitwin ui aw functions of human works intellectual, spiritual and physical, applied to the various primal seutuue of nature...
...in industry, commerce and credit, then the holiness aad abundance of accumulated wealth could be valued with tangible and just acta...
...As tar as sex allure is concerned, .the long swishing skirt, occasionally displaying a discreet ankle, held more aex allur* to the Inch than th* modem, honest...
...Snatching her gift* sett*, moth nor feomds...
...Only the most careless or most stupid young men plunge or ar* plunged into matrimony these days...
...In ttSO the 'strength af the mcvcenasit sue* earns**** atod by the fbree ef 50,*** veSee, electing *n* senator end four representative* tsj the Insular Legislature...
...The Socialists on Wealth Denning wealth, the Porto Rican Socialist Party says: "Wealth is, undoubtedly, all welfare...
...The Elements of Marital Incompatibility...
...all element* ol obtainable and enjoyable Ufa...
...The creation and growth of the Boeiaawt Party had to face great public and private hostility, and the repulsion of its advocates everywhere...
...It waa not Strange, therefore, that Socialism baa made such surprising progress and that, for the people, it constitute* the hope for a better future...
...Jut Call Stmymmmmtt 6885...
...if they could be assured that too soon the factory, th* stuffy office, tbe daily subway battle, would not rob them of their youth and charm, w* should be •pared most ef the hysterical display...
...General Brooke, announced that this paper could not be suppressed nor its director exiled...
...On March S. 1*0...
...In that same year, too...
...Broad St., .\is< ark...
...Insular Socialism was represented at the United States Socialist convention at Indianapolis by the author...
...From that Urn* the Socialists and Labor organisations commenced to exert great influence...
...CBCn^'x^OKJBuf^Browncv^i^l Labor LtmoL Ml Socialist PanjJ CUT OowmRtae, SIS Backman RvjH Brooklyn...
...Industrial strikes began to occur, accompanied by some conflicts between tbe Socialists and the authorities which attracted the attention of the Socialists of the fnited States...
...short skirt does to the yard...
...The intolerable hostility with which the first Socialist Labor organization in the island was received resulted la the dental of electoral political rights...
...Tbe latest sink clearer to break into print is Mr...
...Soon after General Brooke, as military governor of the island, issued a general order proclaiming the eight-hour work day, this being the first effective acknowledgment of tbe demands of the Socialists...
...XheLectureW Calendar ¦ OK...
...But she had best be wary, for if our' courts of Justie* are going to* follow' the example of Judge Davidson of Passaic, she's going to get equal rights and equal responsibntile* with a vengeance...
...Consequently, this system baa changed Porto "Rico into a huge factory of what may rightfully be called, half slaves, proletariats and countrymen...
...ALL, 1MA1 is necessary, nowadays, it seems, to get into the -newspapers, is to proclaim that the members of the wellknown younger generation are sinks of iniquity, or, contrariwise, to assert that the members of the, as above, younger generation are models of chaste modesty...
...Friday, February 26 H. S. RAUSHENBU8H...
...not stay longer because the producer wo4ld not and could not pay tbe exorbitant rental for th* lease ef a theatre...
...The girl who meets our newest crusader** standards will g«k aa much male attention aa a aew scratch' on a four-year old car...
...President of the Free Federation of Laborers of 1 Porto Rico...
...Judge Davidson let the men go and reminded the girl that these are the days of equal rights and responsibilities and that on her owa, head be the consequences of her folly...
...FoUtlcs and Patriotism...
...in Amsterdam, en the ground that tbe Russian organisation belonged to "an International which fiercely attacks the International Federation of Trade Unions, whose platform we adopt...
...t p. m. ( SCOTT NEARING, Educational Frostier*" Committee, at the Community Church, 84th street and Park avenue, t:lt p. m.: "Education in flmlst Russia...
...Co-operative...
...She 1* enlisting in her crusade such worthy organtxatlona as ska tiansJhiiss ¦ %?** lsasaiis TTiuihi tlon- Her aim Is to bring skirts down to ankle length, to destroy the cigarette smoking habit among women, and to banish other fashions supposedly borrowed from the underworld...
...aJj Cultural Baals for Socialism la the...
...the Free Federation of Laborer* having' prohibited the use of lti name on the electoral ballots, the Insular Labor Party obtained 2,159 votes hi Arecibo, aad hi 1914 the party obtained 4,998 aB ever the Island, being victorious over the Unionist Party In the municipality ef Aredbo...
...The meeting unanimously approved a resolution addressed to President McKlaley asking for aa end to the military regime, acceleration of the concession of civil government to Porto Rico...
...Edoar Ass'n., 400 Stone Avenue, Brooklyn^ (.10 p. m.: "Co-operation on the Cs*> tlnent...
...Since then the party has been steadily propagating these Meals throughout the Island, among all classes and conditions of people...
...this organization was affiliated with the International through the British Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers...
...In th* day* when men frequented burlesque and musical shows for their leg displays, legs caused Utilisations...
...Competition for mal* favor is so fierce that every girl must carry her own window display aad put her best charm* where they will attract most attention...
...The 4?eople's Fight for Coal sad Power...
...When the modern girl goes so far that beauty is outraged, it is to be regretted, but blame her not...
...If young men did not have such a terrific struggle to keep a footing—usually Just a Job—in th* business world, that they became wild, shy creatures when any likely mis* threatens to take their attentions seriously and become fond ef them, we should eliminate the rest of the hysteria...
...23d A. D. Kings Socialist Party at the Brownsville Labor Lyceum, lit "i-^Tnii St...
...That is: just and proportional representation by election of all tbe productive capacities, of all the tendencies, with the ^unequivocal purpose of insuring just consideration and opportunities of establishing a perfect economic welfare of all the social groups...
...Editor is Threatened So great was its apostleship that the government threatened to suppress it and to exile Its director, the authorities accusing the paper of advocating subversive political ideas...
...and they would be foolish to-f--,-.-try...
...The existing Spanish colonial regime was not propitious to Its growth, the local authorities con^ aSdeflng militant Socialism enormously audi i*i tire to order...
...But it is only when eome fatuous meddler organise* a Society for the Increase of Skirt Lengths or for the Abolition of Cigarettes, ley order to clean the sinks, that we are moved to pessimistic protest...
...It is an open secret that the indifferent production of "The School For Scandal," which ha* bean holding the boards for several months, la bought and paid for by a certain Chicago society woman, once aa actress, who has com* back to th* stage after an absence of twenty-five years to play the part of Lady Teaxle...
...On October 18 of that year, the American force* took possession of San Juan and the entire island...
...Neither those who view with alarm," nor those who "point with pride" can do anything about the matter...
...Public Speaking...
...which te ssjajiiiitlflr...
...if the beneficent advantages of industrial labor or factory work were employed in the island, preferably to restore the mental aad physical energies lost by the laborers la long, hard vigils aad manipulation* of general production and In the creation of welfare aad happiness among all the cttisene, instead ' of permitting a degenerating absenteeism, that is, the boundless exploltatJoa of the human being...
...The party else elected e representative in the Workmen Compensation Commission, end In . the Commission of insures Hemes, besides bain* victorious in the Quayama, Arroyo, Fajardo, Rio ' Brand*,' Carolina, Luquillc end Galea municipalities, a* well ee In half of that part of Pone...
...Besides Socialists, only those were recognised who were, members of trad* unions...
...And If we hay* in .mind that the working population in the fields, factories, workshop* and offices have manufactured products and enriched commerce and industry tn the last twenty year* to the amount of 91,800.000,00...
...Write vour owa bead on this coram pic of art flourishing under our competitive system...
...In 1901-1904 the Socialist Labor Party did not enter the elections, its retirement being due to the exceptional conditions which then existed in the island and to the lack of legal guarantee which obliged the Socialists to temporarily dissolve the party...
...A beautiful production ef "The School For Scandal" cam* to New Tork for one performance It could...
...Tb* Dssblee tmMotm The Socialist Party ef Porte Rico declare* that ft is partisan te the el a* est unity of Pert* Rico and the United State*, and that tbe eonstrtutioo ought to h* extended to all Insular American citizen a. because it think* it 1* tbe atoet stable guarantee far the flsvalopmant of the public . mtarcsrta and for protection against its absentees by the American nation...
...Public speakers were imprisoned aad many times accused of Imaginary delinquencies...
...Intarjretation of Drm»ajM JOHN XEVIN SATRE, PMpH'i urn...
...John B. Henderson, social leader and third wealthiest woman In Washington...
...The Influential leaders of the Socialist Party are the organiser* ef trades Unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor...
...The first meeting of importance in the Island, called to advocate the cause, was held at the Municipal Theatre, March 21, ISM...
...Many mediocre production* ef mediocre plays find places in th* New Tork theatre* because *om*bouy la e ready with financial backing to see them through...
...Five days later, October ft, tne Socialist Party first Issued "El Porvenlr Social," the paper to which the island owes tbe most intensive diffusion of Labor and Socialistic ideals, and" which waa destined to serve as a, gate* to the multitude of workers throughout Porto Rico...
...Woodworkers' International Won't Visit Moscow Group As invitation from th* All Russian Woodworkers' Union to send delegate* to its January convention in Moscow waa turned down by the Executive Committee of the International Union of Woodworkers at a meeting held December is...
...John W. McFall, and especially Henry Jfuhn and Ernest Bohm, offered fheir support to the growing Socialist Labor movement of the Island...
...EJty th*^po«r~ w-orking a-lrlt With little opportunity tor indulging her natural desire* for a good time, ft is no wonder ah* is tempted to take a chance when a sporty bpy with a car offers hef a rid*, with the possibility of it* Including a supper and a show...
...In the elections of 1IM, the Socialists of the island voted under the name of "Federation Libre," and obtained 1,84* votes, aad in 191* the Socialist Party obtained «4 votes in Ban Joan and 802 in Arecibo...
...The initiation of Socialism was the laborers* movement...
...Social Democracy...
...By a general order General Davis, the military governor, granted the right to hold municipal office only to taxpayer...
...At this meeting tbe first novices among the workmen were born as Socialist public speakers...
...The free Federation la 1911...
...half hungry, half naked, and without adequate place* to live in...
...Cordial Recaption divan The Socialists and the Central Labor Union of New York received the delegates from the island with great sympathy aad sincerity...
...8.15 p. m. J Mahm Your R*~rvatiom* Today for thm Now Loador Dinner, Thursday Evening, Fob...
...These Porto Rico delegate* appeared Executive of the Socialist Labor Party which .waa presided ever by Morris HWqutt and asked them for proteobef or* the members of the National public rights that had been denied to the worker* aad Socialists ef Porto tton and solidarity^ in defending the Race...
...Absentee capitalists drew 'their annual profits without employing them In the island...
...was slow and its results small, See...
...On* such girt brought two young men to court because of Indignities ah* suffered while on a Joy rid...
...8.1S p. m. Tuesday, February 23 OSWALD C. VILLARD, People's Iaatttute, Berwick Hotel...
...aad, nevertheless, the Immense majority of the people remain without proper homes such as civilisation, morality and comfort require, and* go half naked and half hungry, then on looking for the causes of this terrible abnormality, we will find them in the pas—at social or imowsleal and political iMaaisetksa...
...We can't help fueling that people who are always crying about somebody I else's depravity have their own little •ore* festering away somewhere under cover...
...Who work for miserable wages, and most of the time ar* left without work...
...In May, 1117, the writer published in "Ensayo Obrero" the first suggestions concerning the Socialist organization...
...8: SO p. m. WILLIAM M. FEIGENBATJM...
...If aD children were surrounded by the-comforts that would enable them to grow up Into healthy beauty (barring accidents) and, given cultural advantage* that would make them interested and Interesting, human beings...
...rout Suffering Endured The work caused many sacrifices, prison terms and personal attacks...
...Immediate Issues Betsra, the Worker* and Socialists.- Musical program...
...But no longer...
...East Side Socialist Center, 204 East Broadway...
...Not a pretty state of affairs, nd...
...The New York press gave great prominence and praise to this demonstration...
...nJust anil ivmfnstng te Senear* tlnrt and the Increase of popoJarjoa...
...Meets Asr not if for « dear **" Sac flsuata Mr #lefts* who* she tnegf She half perceive*, half nadsrst—ds...
...The People's Forum...
...lfT g—MM- Are., Brooklyn** Ittttariu in ta*t Colleges - SJt...
...The concentration and exploitation of the great industries of the Island were made by means of great corporations of what may she termed tbe "American Wall Street** type...
...V^teeHE harder the conflict, the I greater the triumph," are words which aptly apply to she work of the Socialist Party at Parte Bioo...
...Affiliation of tbe United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America was approved by the Executive Committee and became effective January 1. It is reported that the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers of South Africa, with a membership of 9,000 and headquarters .In Johannesburg, has decided to affiliate with the Woodworkers' International a* an independent national union...
...I* 1917 the Social Mat Party, af...
...On May 1, 189», the workers issued a petition and manifesto...
...The Socialist Party then decided not to' take part hi the election and to send a commissi00 to the United State*, said body being csmpossd of Bduarde Coade end the author...
...Soetat* 1st Party, 6-8 A. IX, 8 p. m.: "J, KabHardle...
...to ignoranoe concerning Socialistic doctrine...
...First Socialist Ccngrcca On May 1, 1900, two Important happenings for tbe Island took place—the inauguration of Porto Rico'* first Civil Governor under the Foraker Act which had been approved by Congress in Washington, April It...
...1 AUGUST CLAESSEN8...
...Units* States," «Oe p. m. jg Sunday, February 21 t NORMAN THOMAS, Centra |. ForasaJ City Committee Socialist Psrty, a<^ Ota labor Temple, nth St...
...Why anybody not knock-kneed or bow-legged should sponsor long skirt* Is something of a mystery to us...
...117 Tompkins Ave., Brooklyn...
...all tangible or Intangible matter that furnish welfare, food, strength, instruction and recreation...
...Formation of Party The first essay at the formation of the Socialist Labor Party in Porto Rico was made at the assembly of October 20 and 22, 1899, at which...
...I • * Society Women, Short Skirts and Sex By Gertrude Weil Klein...
...a great meeting waa held in Cooper Union, New fork, six thousand men and women being present at that demonstration held tor the purpose of giving publicity to the complaints and petitions of the Porte Rico Socialist delegate...
...The Socialist organisation reached undeniable Importance at a later period, this being due to the ill treatment and poor conditions of the urban and rural laboring classes...
...of that year, and the holding of the first Congress of the Socialist Party at tbe Municipal Theatre of San Juan...
...This gathering was dissolved by the authorities...
...The Socialist propaganda fat Porto Rico aad It* doctrine* arc completely united with that of the trade unions, as in Europe...
...reedy better sra-sela***, and under stood, polled a vote *f *l,laashei>d elected a Senator...
...The develop' aaeat of Socialist ideals is the first ysaSB...
...Why Long Skirt...
...Ban Hanford and Julius Gerber...
...The others consider themselves impetuous when they permit a . girl to kiss them...
...P m. * JAMES OMEAL- Socialist Party, TtaT ' A. IX," 4MS Third Ave, Bronx...
...Is fact, they agree with Abraham Lincoln, 'that capital is the product of work.'' • „• When criticising the existing hopeless condition ef so vast a portion ef the Island's industrial workers, the Porto Rican Socialists state: "That ft in the industrial, agricultural aad social order, tbe profits were employed in a fair and just way...
...Us* principles of Socialism began *s spread through the island in 18S4, simultaneously with the International organisation of workers...
...The abort immediate program .ef Socialism tn Parte Rico is defined tn three desire*, as follow*: "Democracy tn the Government of Porto Rico...
...But the military governor...
...In this meeting a leading part was taken by the most prominent American Socialist leader*, such aa Hilquifc 81abodtn...
...President of me Socialist Parts...
...Speeches were made by Eduardo Conde and the author of this article, and translated Into English...
...But not of her choosing or making, either...
...This I* the highest Ideal of humanity, the most exact form of liberty, equality and fraternity that move the heart and nourish the mind of an altruistic men and women of the world...
...11 a: m. vj CBDRIC LONG...
Vol. 3 • February 1926 • No. 6
