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Show e OWl tfUUI'WVVVWVVVVVWVWWWUVVVVt Ajv-u-unj-cru-ij I'j Demolli, who has received much notoriety, says rty . he is an dvan cd Socialist mid that ihe red flag t-h tio which floated beneath ilic Stars and Stripes was j it the- 'm.l.loui of Sociaii-m. j 'alio - - - - ; art t Labor union- and Socialism arc very distinct : rver orders. i'he former cannot. he benefited lv ihe ll! :i inlnision of ihe latter. Their principles, aims and in fi . . ..... ' 1 build .'bj''Cts nre entirely distinct.- Any attempt to 111- J " xy 'j,lct the demand-, of Socialism into the principles j subs of unions vnuM mean their "ruin by a loss of pub- : '"n 5 lie sympathy. j tiu v Deiiiolli may have re.-iMiped himself into 'the bo- ;ver lief lhat his advanced Socialism will cure all the i,ew ill a"d vo.- of society. In this he is not backed by CJojiipeiv or 3.1 it dndl. The former, who is irei- n V dent of the An: rican Federation of Labor, when '' j asked to uniic with the Socialists. aid: "I am at 1 is;, i.-. variajie wiiL your iiilosoihy. Keononiieally'you z op uueund. so-ial!,v yuu are wrong, and indus- r'.n " 1 r: all v you are an Smposihility." In ihosc senti- ke, PK-tds 'lues hoiiesl John Mitchell, president of the ,.'! miner union, hare. The proi-idcut, in his annual message, guaran- "f tl tees to ail unions their rights and liberty. He does j",1' tl"' same for -apital. Jiut there must he 310 inter- h. ei ferepee with the legal rights of either party. "We ..iK,!, i'ogni.e liat this is an era of federation and com- 'J! binstion, in which great capitalistic corporations and labr unions have become factors of tremen- j;. lons importance in all industrial centers. Hearty 1 ;1 recognition is given the far-reaching', beneficent i,i n" worl; wireh has heeii accomplished through both n" corporation and union--, and the line as between c;i!l different corporal ions, as het ween -different unions. i drawn as it i- bete( m iliffercut individuals; that ile.-is . :.-par is, it ? drawn on coihIhci. she effort being to treat ('y'.'j1' both organized capital and .organized labor alike; asking nothing save that the interest of each hall "tM(, be hrc 'tight into harmony with the interest of the m av general public, and 1 hat the conduct of each shall ''jnJs conform to th fundamental rules of obedience to aiion law. of individual fierdoin. and of justice and fair ' ,',n dealing toward ail. Whenever either corp .ration, ''tl,r labor union or individual disregards the law or Sun ..... ." I 1. acts in a sjnril 01 arbitrary- and tyrannous mter- ' ferenee with the rights of others, whether corpora - t ot lions or individuals, then where the federal gov- "-'Vl rrnmont has jurisdiction it will see to it that the. i'ociaJ misconduct i-; stojijied. paying not the slightest f'r1' Uc-od to the position or power of the corporation, laim the union or ihe individual, but only to one vital f'r,t that ir-, the (juestion whether or not the con- '' " duet of the individual or aggregate of individuals f,.f.f.. is in ac'or!anee with the law of 'the land. Every l,V(" man must he guaranteed his liberty and his right I. roa " t do as he likes with his property or his labor, so ,''1 long as he does not infringe the rights of others. v-Hs ' K man is above the law and no man is below it' ar,r do we as; any man's orinissiou when we re- dawj ' piire him to obey it. Obedience to the law is de- llunc nanded as a right, not asked as a favpr." free . |