Heard and Said

Maoriland Worker, Volume 10, Issue 422, 9 April 1919, Page 1

Heard and Said

That the industrial situation lias nothing to co with tho virtues and vices cither of makers or of workers. That it is a system that is being condemned, not individuals. That Labor in the past has oscillated j from industrial to political action. j That this indicates a. weakness which i must be avoided.. j That a strike lost does not justify j abandonment of industrial action any » more that an electoral defeat should j result in lessened political activity. That both industrial ami political action J must be continued. '■ That the object in each case must bo ■ to remove the foundation causc3 of i poverty. That whatever arrangements may be i made-to pay for tho war the woiker~ of ; tho world refuse to go back to pro j war conditions of semi-slavery. j j That education, Iradp unionism, poliii ; j eal toiou and <-o-uj>r>toto Hi have! ! their place m the t-onip-u.etvi ■-■■< I'inprogressive worker, j That the administration of a City Conn- • j cil deals with much <hat closely j touche-s fh e lives aud Lapptos-; ot tli* people. . That wo want to be proud of our toy ' ii:i we. like to bo proud ol our- homes. ' That tho man or woman content with ; :; mean and squalid homo cannot b<- j <7vpctod to enthu.-t? over town plan- I ning. i That we must remove the causes of squalor, and by education create a desire for the best, j That what wo use collectively we should ; own collectively. That's Socialism. That a bold front may bo all right, but it takes a backbone to make it efl'ec- , I tive - ' ' . ! That a lot of people endorse the pro- j gramme of Socialism, but they want • to call it .something else. j That Socialists believe thai every man is j entitled to the full social value nf his ] product, . i That of course, as a. working man, you J know that would never do. . j it. would ;.f!'.i? ' That. It 7 really awfid io think of all j tb.os 0 -soft-headed peopjo who have been ( living off your labor oil these years j j having to go to work ! j f. That it is not money the Socialists want : [ to take away from the rich, but ihe I power they now ipnjoy to appropriate , wealth they do not earn. .; That under Capitalism, when profit ceases, production ceases. That under Socialism, production will go on as .long as the needs of society J demand it. I That in the days of feudalism the 1 aridless man was an outlaw. That, the landless man to-day is not classed as an outlaw, but ho might as well be—society treats him as one. I That prosperity for the rich means moro i millions for the workers to paj- interest upon. j That prosperity for' tho worker at best j means but a job, and somebody else owns tha>. '■That Justice is such a rare thing nowadays that most of us wouldn't recognise it if we met it in tho middle of ! th 6 road. 1 That the men of old said '.'Thou shalt not pteal." That the coming generation of workers will say "Thou shalt not steal from us." That if wage earners were united in helping themselves they would need no help from others.