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Show TRADES UNIONS AND SOCIALISM. - . f One of the cardinal principles of socialism is opposition to the "wage systenK LogicalIyarried out as- a concrete proposition, if would ha ve the effect of destroying individual endeavor and ambitious am-bitious resolve; something -so-, unreasonable, be-eause be-eause unnatural, that Ave wonder how trades unionists union-ists reconcile the "union" ideawith the contrary, philosophy. The advanced sovialinst least the agitators among them, are not mealy-mouthed in .denouncing the trade .union idea, regardless .f the fact, demonstrated overbid over, that only through the trade unions have condit ions been improved" among all classes of, skilled workers. The-shiMyrp leth of the socialists is :-Down with trades unionism. union-ism. Upon its. ruins only can we hope to establish and perpetuate social ''democracy." '?;' Xot long ago iu. Butte a Socialist agitator from Denver began a . campaign against trades "unions. One would, think Butte should be the place to be , avoided more than any other city in the country 1 T ' ...1 l-,.....!. ,ii i . IP m .m , I and p'er'fecfion of the trade union idea, but all the better for the harsh employer and unrelenting corporation. cor-poration. It will be a dark day when the wage, worker consents to throw up the charter of his union in order to embrace' the creed of socialism. To exchange something for nothing. To jump from the frying pan into the lire. |