SOCIALIST VOTE ROSE FROM 2,000 TO MILLION IN '20
SOCIALIST VOTE ROSE FROM 2,000 TO MILLION IN '20 Tm Socialist vote in the United. I .States was first recorded in a few alate elections in 1888 with the small number of 3000 votes. Not tin...
...It is that onootion that this convention la going to answer...
...But this is only a beginning which must lead to public ownership of the industries...
...They kill nattives and in turn some of them are killed by the natives...
...Prosperity...
...The only Immediate remedy for Increased production with less workers is the shorter workday and increased wages...
...rest of us...
...Labor saving machinery and science are revolutionizing industry and the workers are reaping up more billions of wealth than they ever did before...
...Scarcely a century and a half since the beginning of thi great American experiment in populat government:—the oppressed of Europ* were to find an asyhim from the oppressor...
...government the Messiah we roust look as our great servant of the people...
...We shall talk the sea of exploitation of Jbe workers, OPS the recovery of governmental ne> chine ry aa the servant of the poo* pit...
...If be remains good his , qualities do not survive bis term in office...
...438409 l»J0..4t.....t...
...Cortelyou boasted that it had ot its service a $17,000,000,000 lobby...
...The only kind of a good man the workers can trust Is the man nominated and Maurer Tells of Increased Production Which Makes Sociatism Inevitable »*ATJRER, President of the Penney 1vania State Federation of Labor and Commissioner of Department of Accounts and Finance in Beading, was greeted with prolonged applause...
...that Is why it is determined to name its own candidate and to make a clean and clearcut fight for the cause of labor and Socialism...
...I "It is right and proper that the |hj» publicans and Democrats should Bout their conventions far out in the wild ot Missouri and Texas...
...599,511 1920...
...That is why...
...Socialism stands for a complete and radical change of the whole industrial system which permits a class of our people to appropriate all the wealth of the country and the whole product of the nation's toll, leaving the great masses in poverty and misery to.struggle as best they can With the uncertainties of a precarious life...
...In every country in which there is a strong Socialist or Labor party the state recognizes its social duty towards its • wealth producers...
...33,403...
...There has •jeen a remarkable in:rease in > r o d u ctlon Once 1921 wd at the same time Jie number it the un¦mployed has lecreased...
...In numerous Instances they have already been entrusted with' the rule of their countries...
...Middlemen and moneylenders everywhere draining the life-blood out of Industry like vampire bats...
...A "good" man i as a candidate may turn out to be a | bad man in office...
...The Socialist Party agjumed these political functions conscious of the...
...They likened modern capitalism to the sorcerer who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world which he has called up by bis spells.'" "Foundations ot Brotherhood" . "The gigantic forces of production and distribution steadily enlarging bring capitalism to the final catastrophe...
...441,776 1906...
...30465...
...What other business has either of the old parties than to get results for the men who finance them and t*st politicians who run them ? The wonder is that in a country where then is so little principle in the political struggle there is not more corruption...
...When the next election comes {around there Is some futile quest for another "good'' man and the cause of labor and progress has not advanced one step...
...No body of men and women ever met 1 for a greater and nobler work than ours...
...Here is a vast continent teeming with the hoarded riches of nature, as if nature's god had skimped other lands in order to pour out here in unlimited abundance all that human needs or fancies could ask...
...We should put science In the industry and plan for industrial democracy...
...Oul natural resources are beyond all compuj tatlon greater...
...The figures reveal the big opportunity for the Socialist Party if ft can fully mobilise Us fun strength and carry on an extensive campaign...
...The first question is not when shall we have that mighty Is* bor party which is our heart's destra The first question is bow shall we work for thai party...
...If we add this to the vote of the S. L. P., 33,934, the total Labor and Socialist vote In 1924 was 4456,257...
...The Socialist party demands the immediate withdrawal of all armed forces from Nicaragua and from all other Central American countries which we have invaded...
...The Socialist Party demands the enactment of a system of workers' insurance by the government, which has become an important and organic part of the legislative system in all modern society...
...It has shown in the past that it Is always ready to co-operate with other labor organisations, wholeheartedly, unselfishly—to the point of self-obliteration...
...Our party does not claim a monopoly I in American labor politics...
...Heine has weD called them "the stony shells qf an extinct emotion...
...The favorite musical instrument of America is th« cash register...
...Our area is twe and a naif times that of Europe...
...And we win be heard...
...political action can tame and harness them...
...The capitalist rulers of the United States sap the life substance of the workers and coin it into gold dollars while it lasts...
...Mining districts terrorized by private armies of thugs in the pay of the operators, backed by the fuU machinery of courts and military...
...Miners Are Terrorised "We see the organized employers pushing their "Open Shop Drive...
...919451...
...The Fewer Trust "Or take the super power trust Mr...
...the rich oil wells and mines with coal arid ore deposits stored up from the first days of the world...
...I repeat that on the issues Of coal and power alone, to say notbtof of tariff, taxation, including the proper taxing of Inheritances and load, and the war against imperialism wo have issues to rouse the people—Issues which demand the bunding ago* of a strong Socialist Party...
...It provides for government support of the workers In sickness and during unemployment and for pensions In old age...
...The mining industry is a* pitiful example of what can happen to many workers...
...unless some constructive political action la applied in tune...
...14498...
...SO.020 1*98...
...The workers of the country must get ready for our program as there is no other way out, no other final solution of the problems of the working class...
...What b it that we are doing In Nicaragua...
...great responsibilities which they involve and is determined'to discharge them faithfully and unflinchingly, backed by the unflaglng enthusiasm inspired by a good cause and by the unshakable faith In Its ultimate victory...
...It is for the attainment of these lofty aims and ideals that the enlightened workers of the world are struggling under the common international flag .of the brotherhood of man...
...We recognize the right of the government to regulate and even prohibit the traffic in articles injurious to public health and morals...
...It is a soJtabk location for their senseless riots of i and manufactured hysteria...
...Party S. E» P. , Total 1888...
...Sharts, of Dayton, Calls Cash Register The National Emblem of Capitalism CHARTS, the Socialist candidate for Governor of Ohio, followed with a short and eloquent address which drew down repeated rounds of vigorous applause...
...FundamentaUy that tragvdy arises out of our apathetic vriUmgnagi to let a natural resource be wastefully exploited for private profit There can be no cure which Ignores this fact...
...With the power generated at central poiifU and distributed by wire, less miners and railroad map are required...
...Industrial centers swarming with millions oj disinherited who have lost their footholt upon the soil, driven by poverty to the factory gates to clamor for the privilegf of earning their daily bread In the serv...
...03.765...
...Today we see the fulfilment of that prediction...
...Too hay have we Americans had the bandwagon habit...
...Yet the great issue of this campaign is not to measure out'more "or less futile punishment to past political offenders...
...The true object in withholding our recognitidh from Soviet Russia is to force her into a set-* tlement with American bankers...
...1800...
...ice of the owners of the machinery...
...A public official is not stronger and cannot be better than the party to whom be owes his election...
...Of all the monstrosities perpetuated by our government this is the most revolting...
...Party Stands Ready To Cooperate With Labor Along Political Lines "The ultimate aim of the Socialist movement is the gradual transformation of our natural wealth resources and of our basic, industries Into public ownership, Just as we own our post office, streets and schoolhouses...
...7,674........,---- lAPS-i!......'¦ 041.789 io44./.;—ooi.on...
...When the worker is physically used up or when he cannot be profitably employed he Is mercilessly- thrown upon the scrapheap, to beg, steal or die...
...It la assuming- a power over us ant talcing...
...Elections may be won and lost, but every increase in the vote or strength of a Socialist or labor party Is an inalienable acquisition and permanent gain for the working masses...
...408430...
...the railroads built on our land through the ingenuity and labor of generations, and the mills and factories needed for the sustenance of our daily lives, should belong to the people as a whole and be operated by them for* the common welfare...
...Public utilities kept in private hands that the public may be mulcted for exorbitant private profits as of ok the robber barons kept the bridge, the ford, and the highway...
...Spain has the guitar, Italy the a^^niip Ireland the aarp...
...If it Is war it is unauthorized and unsanctioned by the people or by Congress...
...34475...
...Meantime at Washington a solitary voice is raised for the rights of the workers, a solitary voice for old age pensions for the broken and poverty-stricken 'old workers upon whose backs have been erected the Immense fortunes ol our multi-millionaires, — the solitary voice of Victor Berger is raised...
...874,691...
...And when the crisis comes, as it is bound to sooner or later, where will the proud American worker look for protection and relief...
...IUU 1894...
...it il 168 times that of England...
...Tnto lobby by a. bi-partisan veto thwarted Senator Walsh's investigation and shunted it over to a packet and relatively powerless Federal Trade Commission...
...Oppression Abroad "Corrupt, reactionary and neglectful at home our ruling classes are becoming ever more oppressive and aggressive abroad...
...to save our country and our race from the rain into which we are being swept by the blind fatuity of 4ht old political parties and dn twins, la office...
...585,112...
...rhe trend In 3 r o d u ctlon has been upward and In the number of employed downward...
...here they were to enjoy secured bj law the Inalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness...
...31,084...
...We do not overlook the one Issue which dominates, agitates, and embarrasses the old parties—Prohibition...
...The labor injunction in full swing and the Clayton Law twisted into a capitalist Joke...
...The Socialist Party of the United States, as the Socialist and Labor parties all over the world, has always opposed the indiscriminate and unrestricted use of alcohol...
...We object to any governmental interference in the private life and habits of citizens beyond the point of absolute necessity for the public Interests...
...06431...
...SOCIALIST VOTE ROSE FROM 2,000 TO MILLION IN '20 Tm Socialist vote in the United...
...We must conquer and emasculate these artificial creatures of unnatural lust, these Frankenstein monsters, or they will destroy the world...
...It cast no longer properly function within its network of private property relations...
...Let me suggest also that Onto produces other citizens besides capitalists, imsbli pttsl candidates, and political pirates...
...But at this time the Socialist Party is the only, practical organization of American labor as the Socialist" parties of Germany and Prance are the recognised labor parties of their countries...
...It is to arouse the people and form an intelligent and ndntaet party to which rather than to'any weapon In making...
...Our population is less than one-eighth as dense at that of Europe1...
...83404 1900...
...If ever a land lay under the sun where nature wiih unmistakable voice declares that universal plenty is the birthright of man, it Is America, Says Jobless Number Four Million "Scarcely 300 years have passed since first the foot of the Pilgrim Fathers stepped upon this soil...
...but it finds no echo there.' "Over all this dark and sordid mess oi exploited misery shine the glided steeple* of a hundred thousand churches maintained by the exploiters In the name ot the crucified carpenter...
...It spent mors than $1,000,000 last year for its propaganda, it charges domestic users in the United States more than three times the rate that the public power development of Ontario offers to the farmers and workers of that rountry...
...XS.tZS...
...tribute from us which makes even the graft that Sinclair and Do* bony took look small and inooaoo* quential...
...The monopoly of our sources of life by a privileged class means the enslavement of the...
...Nor do we want to evade it...
...Eighty years ago, in the childhood of their great age of machine development, Marx and Engels published the famous manifesto which became almost a new testament for the radicals of the world...
...These .are some of the most important issues that confront us in the coming presidential campaign...
...Yet what do we already see...
...The numbers of office workers required Is constantly being decreased by'the efficiency experts...
...333,494...
...The Immense stretches of fertile land upon which we depend for our food...
...There can be no political freedom where there is Industrial dependence...
...We are not only according full recognition of Italy under a despotic dictatorship, but we have fortified the dictatorship by settling Italy's debt on terms of extraordinary leniency thus paving the way of our bankers to make loans to the Italy of Mussolini...
...For every Harry 14...
...This was especially true of the election of 1008 compared with the election of 1004, Herewith follows a complete record of the Socialist vote since 1888.which will be of special interest to our readers...
...Already the iridescent babble is bursting...
...We shall not let this issue bo toot" political hokum...
...In 1924 these parties and the trade unions supporting the LaFoUette and Wheeler ticket JpoQed 4,822,323 votes...
...351,308 1908...
...130436 1003...
...Not Dodging Prohibition "But we refuse to allow the drink question to submerge all the vital social, political and economic problems which call for prompt and effective solution...
...Already the ghost of unemployment is stalking abroad menacing millions of wage workers with litter destitution...
...424,488...
...Tomorrow they will wrest the management of their countries from the greedy and selfish hands of their capitalist exploiters...
...We have been recognizing Russia under the bloody rule of the autocratic Czars...
...Occasionally there were few gains and practically no gains at all In four years...
...The coal miners of the bituminous field with theii backs to the wall, struggling to hold their right of collective bargaining, won by a century of industrial conflict...
...The Democratic administration of President Wilson was similarly guilty of this unpardonable offense against international law not only by armed Intervention in Haiti and San Domingo but also of conducting' a private war against Russia, and In a way we are still continuing the war...
...Social and political progress Is not made by individual leaders but by organized masses...
...We meet...
...elected by themselves and accountable to themselves...
...331,043...
...Political action created them...
...950,635* •To the vote of 1920 should be added the vote of the Farmer-Labor eaadtdatea, who received 265,191 votes, making a combined vote of 1415436...
...It may not use "pineapples" but it gets results...
...Cities ruled by organized and Intrenched commercial greed...
...Not because we indorse the form of government or the political methods of the Soviets, but because we hold that the internal policy of a foreign country is none of jur concern...
...because i they have long ceased looking fox a Messiah in the ranks of the old ruling parties...
...Over the whole period there has been a steady ifaerease but never a rapid one...
...Today they fight the deciding battles for political supremacy...
...The table follows: SOCIALIST VOTE IN THE UNITED STATES Year Soc...
...T bring greetings frouj the Jjgme of (be National Cash Register, that holy emblem of capitalism...
...U.1M........f'f...
...the Socialist party is not interested in the personality of any candidate of the two old parties...
...But Marx and Engels prophesied further...
...B i* r dtt and proper also that we hold our «on< >otion here in New York City, in the tul light of civilization's massed batterie of publicity...
...Z,04S...
...The plutocrats cannot prevent Its coming no matter what they do for It hi becoming impossible for the workers to have an assured existence...
...The danger is that when it plunges down t* hell "it may carry a submerging continent whose t&ttl warn sweep the lift from all other shores...
...The Socialist Party demands We immediate recognition of Soviet Russia...
...14431...
...Notes at the bottom of the table Indicates more accurately the vote in 1030, when the Farmer-Labor Party nominated a presidential ticket and the vote In 1034, when the Socialist Party, Farmer - ' Labor organizations and' many trade unions supported baPolleUe and Wheeler...
...For here in our convert too must be found the constructive pqg ntf action which future generations wjb ail with Joy...
...In England, in Germany, ip Italy, ot Japan—lands of scant resources an< dense population—widespread povertj might be a calamity...
...The struggle has been going on uninterruptedly and relentlessly for fifty years or more...
...Lot two issues serve out of many...
...This tendency effects the clerical workers as well as those In the plants...
...Small business men and workers drowning in a rising flood of promissory notes and mortgages...
...tragedy of the cool mines...
...sojm............jfi on*** 1014...
...Starving Miners, Seasonal Workers Cited As Disproof of Alleged Prosperity "Look at the masses of the miners in...
...In this favored lan< it is an unpardonable sin...
...There to the...
...Combination* everywhere in restraint of trade holding up prices at the expense of the consumer Markets everywhere pushed beyond th« saturation point by high pressure salesmanship and instalment-selling...
...and it gives us shameless, direct arid brutal exploit*ton stripped of all Illusions...
...the bituminous coal fields housed in disgraceful hovels and barracks, semi-nude and semi-starved, how much of our "prosperity" falls on their lot...
...It gives me pleasure to bring this convention' greetings' from a spot near the heart of American business," Sharts said "Every nation has its favorite musical instrument...
...We must transform the great basic industries from private corporations for profit into co-operative associations for collective use and benefit...
...Everywhere it is being weighed in thi balance of practical efficiency and found wanting Its collapse is at hand...
...It Is here the foundations irt laid for the ceasing brotherhood df m a." Thomas Arraigns The New" Tammany^ Calls Coal and Power Principal Issues Norman Thomas welcomed the comrades from other states to this city to plan a militant and aggressive campaign for 1928.* "We are reasonably fond of our city but we think it appropriate for the Socialists to meet here not because of its virtues but in order that they may see the "new" Tammany, of which the country is Ukely to hear so much, on its native heath," Thomas said...
...If it is not war, It Is murder...
...They proclaimed that modern capitalism dtowns all other enthusiams in the icy water of egotistical calculation...
...Look at the workers in the seasonal industries employed only half of the year and barely eking out a miserable and pitiable existence, how about their prosperity...
...12,244...
...We see the shameless game of exploitation everywhere pursued...
...Whole villages evicted from their homes...
...Th4y on no longer necessary, "The increased production with a less number of workers is especially evident in transportation, with the great freight engines now used and the Increased number of cam hauled a too of freight is now transported with half the coal that was used eight years ago...
...Thf wolf of want dogging the heels of 4,000,000 unemployed...
...Good Man" Theory Attacked "They have attained a commanding political position because they have learned to rely on their own strength...
...It to to the answering « that question that we shall hopefuDy and courageously wage a c*un**"5' not only of protest but of constructive building In the Presidential year...
...8142*...............' 004418 1916...
...It may exterminate the human race in one great final clash of rival capitalist nations...
...33,546...
...By consulting the table below it win bee seen that there Is a more rapid increase in the general radical and Socialist vote after 1018 than at any time in American political history...
...The practice of waging unsanctioned wars Is not peculiar to Republican administrations...
...In fact, office efficiency has become so perfected that the efficiency experts are being eliminated...
...M£75 1898...
...Dougherty and Jess Smith that Ohio has spawned upon the country.we can show a Norman Thomas and a Bishop Brown...
...Nothing short of political insanity and industrial assassination could produce it...
...377457 1004...
...X.S48...
...Not tin 1803 was a presidential ticket nominated and, it appeared in only a half-dozen states...
...1*,704 1892...
...I have never been more certain In my life that Socialism is inevitable...
...it is less than one forty-sixth as dense as that of England...
...The American workers have no right to pin their political hopes on a "good man" selected by the Interestcontrolled Republican or Democratic parties...
...Individuals come and go but organized parties remain...
...Socialism stands for the enfranchisement of the producing masses and for humanlzatlon of modern society...
...The small bands of Socialist and labor pioneers have grown everywhere into powerful political parties with determining Influence upon the policy of their governments...
...One thing that impressed me when I was abroad was the unemployment of the workers in many countries as well as in the United States," Maurer said...
...It is sheer sham and hypocrisy on the part of our administration to deny recognition to Russia on the ground of its undemocratic form of government...
...Oiant power is also more economical and is displacing labor...
...I1J1Z...
...Poverty haunting foui out of five American homes tonight...
...At this time a number of our boys in the uniforms of U. S. Marines are in our sister republic of Nicaragua, equipped with the usual paraphernalia of warfare and commanded by U. S. Naval Officers...
...Some of us can give Information on sewer and paving scandals, bus franchises, faulty construction of school buildings, the sevencent fare and the way hi which the Tammany machine with the aid of its cohorts from gangsters up to Judges and magistrates deprived Judge Panken of re-election last fall Even Chicagoans may find the story interesting for the light it sheds on this new Tammany...
Vol. 7 • April 1928 • No. 17
