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Maoriland Worker, Volume 3, Issue 54, 22 March 1912, Page 1

THE GUN, THE OATH AND THE JAIL—See page 8. ]

WORKER

,4 T the la>t animal confereiiee oi' the rniliil Minn 'Workers uf America. 11ns (|i»'stiiin of I In , duties of I In- editor of tli«- oiK'Hii.-Ation's paper came niiilei' ('lUisl'dei alinti. It was nio\ (\i tluil h\>, diilicfc :ili(J liberties he deliiied in this direction iiiid thai. J!\enl ually, however, by an overwhelming majority, it, n< decided not to restrict I he liberty of the editor in any wav, but to allow hi in to express his thoughts freely. It was contended that if (lit? editor was hemmed in by rigid rules, they \v<m<» making him that which J In y so loudly condemned in tho join nalists oi r'iipitalisju—a slaw lo tire Avliiin of a inustW; a liifiiial lirost'iiute.

rr\EV, "XiV Zealand Frcp Lance" lm.s A earned an unenviable I'cjiutatioji anions; the ivorkor? ol this country t'oi , its biassed and violent attacks upon organised labor. Accordinj; to this woiildbe genteel suciely joiiinal, (he miJilant workers of New Zealand ar< , newr in the ris;lit. It's different, tlioii>rh, when tli» workers of another country are in revolt. As witness: "The aristocratic and millionaire coal ov. ners buck violently at. tli«" idiki. of Bs. it day for their iiinlerj,'i'oiin<l slaves, but tln'y will liave. to .-ettlt , down to accept, it iji the cud."

In Our Opinion J

HOl'i; is the lubricant which oils the wheels of Success. mill! "hearth and home" of many a A consists of a rcstricled epace in a riH('sti(jiial.il« boardins-hou?e. rpH'l , ; real enemies uf Uip workiiij;-cla-s A arc not alone the land -liai ks and monopolists, but the nou-tliilikintr s<vlinii of that class itss-if. Let persi-tent agitation be the watchword. a mU.H foruiatiiMi of fchVi unions by the A eniiilovcrs is no new move. In Auckland tiie. members of tin 1 '.'apitali.-t class are, playing tveiy card they jjos.-c-s to defeat the. workers, including the lurination oi a rival J.aborci-' L-iiion. Jhe eniplovcl's' hcailcniarti rs have been used as scab hatcheries lor very many years, and the abortion generally bnmsriit l'oi-tli but r<'llect.s the hideousuc.-s of its I'luators.

„ a AOlT.n.'i:! A-itif.'. , Affiti(t.-.' TlvT -»-*- and a I \v:ty~. Sprint:, summer, autunin, Asintu , . There is no <-I<jm> -ea-on. In ordinary year< : j ,ijs day*. Tn bi>>*xt ik> years ,'M>(5 days. Keep on Hecome a pe-.ii!i-nt ajjiialor. In jirivaU- if no! in pn-blir. In family citvlo and the Hi'lil of iVirniMlin if not in stioct, M|H;in> and inark«i-]ilace. In jinks'il not in jiarlianHMit. In. parlor it' not <>n |)lati'orin. In lmust> il' not in hall. IVrsi-t----pnt. will ri'div.-s any _ jjriwanco. l!if, r h' any Win «ny jn-t can-r. to thf , hitler I'ml. 'J'rntli niu«l" triunipli. Anti-iiiilitari-t5, take heart of ifrnce. .*.. f|iir»iion is ne-vr.7- -ettled till it ?s settled ri.L'ht. Xo i'onnilcd on unsound' ran acuomplish tiny porniauent .<foiul. It is so with eonipnlsury niililary traiuin?. Stick to the "anti" ns'ilaiioii. Keep it going. Up, Liberator's, and at Vm! O\l! ju'f<; lias bi'i.'ji conl ijiiiiilly soiiiiiled liv tho <'apitali-t since the I'oniinr'iicciiifiit of the lirjtish eonl strike, anil that" i- the lo,~s of wuj-i'j the men on si like iiK'iir. 'I'lht\' is aiHifln r ;icpect of this fiveat strike upon as Inch the papers ai-o very i-ili-'nt. ami Unit i< the mighty in life and Jiuib o( Bri(i>h ininc.r-; wliieh lias lieen oll'eeted. livery day the la--t« five miiiers' lives nre savr<( and 'iiO remain miiiijni'ed. Jli a \v"ok this strike will result in the mvintr ol' o< l miners' liv-cs and 'W2D from beinK injiirod. If the striko lasts a month, 120 lives and 13.HMJ avlki olherAvi-e would liavc been injured will be saved. The press is generally silent upon this as-puet of a strike, but supposing an infant should die because some article of food cannot be supplied. Avlmt a howl is raised. A daily deafli roll of fise and a list of Avoumlcd of 570 is pas'ed over 'without; comment. Uut if proiit.s cea.-e — wlltMY !

TUi; aiinounceiuent made by the I'rvmier that members of the Liberal end Labor parties would meet in Wellington to -elect their leader is. if correct, very interesting indeed. The averageworker "ill want to know what the devil Labor men are doing meddling AVith Liberal ]wity selections. The. oidy conelueion the'average man will come to is that I he Labor crowd are but a bunch of Liberals under another lliune.

tuted leaders of Labor ixi order <o advertise themselves and justify the existence oi that body (the Inderal ion of Labor), which swks to hold within its grasp every member of the industrial army." This is the vlsuul drivel of the commercial press. It is amm I rot, and no 0110 knows it better than tho editor of tho organ devoted to bad debts, busted bankrupts, and similar smuury subjects. The "acute position.' ,, lias brought about chiefly by the "dignity" of Mayor Parr (and tho mail who stands on his dignity has a very insecure foothold), aud the ob-stinato refusal of tlio Council, local bodies, and other employers to consider in a reasonable manner (he redress of the legitimate grievances of their workmen. As to tho charge laid against tho Federation officials, they are no more self constituted leaders than (he writer of tlw foregoing quotation is the self-constituted editor of the "Mon-iuiUlt' Gazette," or (ho provident and secretary are self-con,-stiiut'xl officials of the New Zealand Society of Accountants, but duly ejected to their high and responsible positions by the votes of men of equally high mental calibre as the editor afon. said. What is more, they have strained every nerve and wado evory eft'urt to secure a peaceful settlement'of the dispute, in which they havo every right to take part as the official heads of an organisation to which the laborers directly concerned aro affiliated, and so far from "acting provocatively" and "not want in? industrial peace," as the "Gazette' , uuuld have its bulls and bears, its stock and share sharks, and professional parasites believe, the boot is on (ho other leg. The tiiiplcyers are simply spoiling for a fight, and. like the boy and the cake, of soap, Ihf-v "won't Ive happy till they %H it." Then maybe they'll )>e euti.vlied— aud Bon'T!

some opinions on strikes and strikers. The".Screaming Jjagle of the Kockies" of aforetime, however, has moulted under tlio bandul iniluencis of Jiespcclabilily and the s>wtels of Oiiicc. His talons have been clipped, his feathers have been plucked. Jle is now tame enough to feed out of tho hand. Says he: "Strikes are generally begun by individuals- -young men whose enthusiasm carries them and many of their hearers off their feet/ Alas! that we should all grow old and timid —more timid still the Labor politician Avhen lie has nltainerl (he apex of his ambition as a of the('rowii. Then how he longs to drown in the waters of Lethe all recollections of that stage in his own career when he too was one of the "ardent young men in whose minds rankle the wrongs of centuries., and wlio cannot forget (ho time, when classes were cannibal- , , and the masses slaves, whose lives woe eaten away piecemeal." This time oi capitalistic cannibalism is still with v≥ right Here and 2'kiw —but Labor politicians cou\enieutI.v forget this terrible fact. King O'-Mai-ley recommends that trades unions should pass by-law? providing for a secret ballot of all unioni.-ls in Australia, and that their wives, daughters and sisters (presumably also cousins and aunts, though he forgot to include these) should have a voting say in the matter, whenever a big strike is proposed, and advances a.s a reason therefor that strikes have been responsible for the political revorse* recently suffered by tiie Labor party. In our opinion, th& Labor party needs many such reveres to bring its members back to th« point from which they set out on {heir missij.n of working-class emancipation, and i'rem -n hich they have hwn mk-uwled by rlie pay, porks and privileges oi parliamentary ]x>w<t. The Labor party has thrown too respectable, too assujniMivj of Liberal and Tory tra ditions of ffoventm:nt. It is forgettingthe time when its members w«re t>trikors and agitators, losing eight of the purpose for which it was colled into Ixing—

milli; Capitalist ela<s profits <;r«it roiiX. win about the stomach oL' the workers in -irike times, the. tslighte-t =!gn 01 lnni"iT being greeted with much howling aml" denunciation, of the strike and striker*. Once the strike is over, these same workers ran slowly perish of starvation, a.s many millions are: doinp, but tlipre is no member ot the Capitalist ola'-s to be found heaping invective upon the system responsible lor the starvation. What care, they? The worker? are be-ing worked. All's well with Capitalism.

.npilF/ formation of Passive -liOsisWs' A ITjihuis by ljitys and youths opposed tii oniiscripi inn i> a- sign of the times that *>vcii no '■'>tiiti'siiian" can ignore. lln re are Ijoilina of miners learning the li->.<iiji that 'Jii'.v who would he iioo thowf'clvee must strike tin.- blow—learning that llu\v cannot sniVly tvii-t adultliood to t,'"til'd Vwivliiiud! Wo w<'lrfi)iift (he I'orimuion of the-e mi is m<, and we exjjvrt to «ro thorn H"'< ,|lf ' to vvcry foiitro. All honor to the foimdi.TS of (lie unions! The truth must prevail. Auti-rvonscriplioji is the T'itrht, ;nid it will win. ("'onrase, everybody. '\'\w T'assive Uc-i.'tors' Pledge* roiids: "I, the uiidersifjnod, he.in? opposed tv unnsori|iti<in. wliich is an in)iin<T'Cni«it of iuilividual librriy, plcrlyo myself to do my utmost for the Vfpcal of the ]Jeffiic-o Act, and iii-iO to u>-o uiy influence with other lndß to got them to not in a like manner." Send fvT copio= and pet .signatures wholofrtlc. Now the hour for action etiikts!

Cir.l!. r r\lN pap-rs of Ijoudledoin, ' oils of l.u-littliiij the uiu-ompromi.s-ing workiiis-clasp Diovonu-iit, have vo'ured to IU-ouse tho prijudicG of tlwi ignorant mass by referring io tho vaneiiAi'd of tho movement as the Rids. Strang to say this cry raised by tlio tinker"P''-i° ,,s P'' os - S nas ' Jl - en talvCn "I' by"certain allrgod Lnhoi'iles, who in turn endeavor to incite the hostility of the mob by .snci.Tiii? refereuce to the adTanoo i'liard of tho Labor movement ns the "ifods." However, we are in good or bad company—according to one's point of view—for the most respectable, uUru-iuTiMH-vative, dignified, awe-inspir-hig and withal one of tho most anok'iit CHslouis of a section of present-day society is niarlicd by its blood-red trimmings, to viit, the investing of a cardinal with ti'-> "red hat." There is red everywhere. Red huts, red shoes, red stocklacs, n\: gloves, red pyja heg pardon, ltd nt". as—more than llkel y re<l facefl aod j«d hair, and red blood. Could •njthic 'bo redder than thai? But doea the Caj Italist press call any of these the '•Iledtii" oh, no. Yet tho color is there. Let ii*, take heart, comrades—red is qpiito respectable.

IN an editorial on the Auckland dispute the "Mercantile Gazette of .New ZeaJand pays: "The acute position now being f«3t in Auckland has been brought alxrot by those who are the eelf-con*ti-

HO! Hoi KirisO'Mallcj. the Ooit.inonwialth Minif-ter for Home Affairs. l.as bteii opening his labial orifice to yent

" Naturally, when one hears the tale of the old soldier, it is afways the enemy, the foreigner, who played the odious part. T3i« child hears all this frequently, and his mind receives from this home education an indelible impression. Before even going to school, the urchin already bears in his blood the hatred of the foreigner, national vanity, idolatry of the sword, mystics' adoration of the Country. He is already a patriot"—Gustave Herve,