Hellraisers Journal: Socialist Montana News: “Laissez Faire” by Robert Hunter -What the powerful claim to believe in.

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Quote Tom Morello, Law Rulers Ruled, Which Side Are You On———-

Hellraisers Journal – Friday August 12, 1910
Robert Hunter on Laissez Faire, what the powerful claim to believe in.

From the Socialist Montana News of August 11, 1910:

LAISSEZ FAIRE.
By Robert Hunter.
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Robert Hunter, Painting by Sergeant Kendall crpd, The Critic, Jan 1905

The above is the name of a politic that the powerful claim that they believe in.

It means, “Let Alone”. It means that the community must not interfere in behalf of the weak, nor in aid of the strong.

It is the politic upon which our government is said to be founded and it has been called the politic of “Everybody for himself and the devil take the hindmost.”

Those who are successful sat that it is a fine doctrine, that it means, unlimited competition, unlimited struggle, and the survival of the fit.

They say everyone should have freedom to battle and to win, if he can.

And they claim that Laissez Faire permits a free race in which the swift always wins. And so Bryan and Taft, Cannon and Aldrich, and nearly all the leaders of both parties, say they believe in Laissez Faire.

When the the judges declare unconstitutional laws limitting the hours of work, they speak in the name of Laissez Faire.

When the trusts want to escape the law they plead in the name of Laissez Faire.

When the rich fight socialism they say it is because Socialism would hurt Laissez Faire.

And who is this Laissez Faire anyhow that has become such a terrible bogie?

Well I’ll tell you. It is a secret, but I tell you. He doesn’t exist. He is just gas and wind. He is a goblin.

If Jack Johnson should go to Mr. Rockefeller’s estate and beat up Mr. Rockefeller and take his property away from him, Mr. Rockefeller would run to the courts not to Laissez Faire.

If the workers were to gain control of congress and do away with the protective tariff, the powerful would denounce Laissez Faire.

And so the rich not believing in Laissez Faire have built up about themselves every kind of protection.

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Hellraisers Journal: From the Spokane Industrial Worker: “The Scab” by Frank Gould, “Like ghouls that rob the dead.”

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Quote Frank Gould Poem Scab, IW p3, Aug 6, 1910———-

Hellraisers Journal – Thursday August 11, 1910
“And the victory near, then the scabs sneak in…” The Scab” by Frank Gould

From the Spokane Industrial Worker of August 6, 1910:

IWW The Scab by Frank Gould of Waiters Alliance, IW p3, Aug 6, 1910

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Hellraisers Journal: The Progressive Woman: Andrea Villarreal, Mexican Revolutionary -by L. Gutierrez De Lara

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Quote Mother Jones Save Our Mexican Comrades, AtR p3, Feb 20, 1909———-

Hellraisers Journal – Wednesday August 10, 1910
Andrea Villarreal, Mexican Revolutionary -by L. Gutierrez De Lara

From The Progressive Woman of August 1910:

ANDREA VILLARREAL.
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L. GUTIERREZ DE LARA.
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Mex Rev, Andrea Villarreal, Prg Wmn p13, Aug 1910

When Antonio Villarreal joined the revolutionary party of Mexico about ten years ago, his sister Andrea took a very active part in the movement writing for the different revolutionary newspapers of Mexico. One day Antonio was attacked by a paid assassin and in defending himself he killed his assailant. He went to jail, but his sister took his place in the movement.

When Antonio was released they understood that they could no longer live in Mexico. All the members of the revolutionary junta were compelled to come to the states, establishing their headquarters in St. Louis, Mo.

In the meantime Andrea was the very soul of the junta. She, with her sister, Teresa, went to the university to study sociology for a very short time. Meanwhile the members of the junta were hounded, kidnaped, incarcerated, their printing establishment looted, and in all these hard times Teresa, taking advantage of the fact that she was a woman, was able to be the main supporter of the movement while the others were dispersed, waiting for the time to get together again.

Finally the persecution was so strong that they had to leave St. Louis and go to Canada. They then went to El Paso and finally to Los Angeles where they were arrested. Teresa was in St. Louis, but one day when she was out of the house on her return she found that everything was looted.

The men were then in the jail in Los Angeles and the powerful agents of Diaz in the United States completely paralyzed the movement, but Teresa traveled from place to place with complete faith in the success of the Cause.

Seeing the Mexicans scattered all over the United States gave courage to them to struggle for the defeated cause. About a year ago she was able to meet her brother Antonio while he was being taken from Yuma, Ariz., to Florence. Her first words were: “We have not lost everything and our souls and our courage are stronger than ever.”

She bid goodbye to her brother, and then went to Arizona and Texas for the cause of the workers.

[Emphasis added.]

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Hellraisers Journal: From the Spokane Industrial Worker: the Employer, the Unemployed and the Man on the Job

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Quote Joe Hill, Mr Block Got Lucky, LRSB 36th ed, 1995———-

Hellraisers Journal – Monday August 8, 1910
The Employer-The Unemployed-The Man on the Job

From the Spokane Industrial Worker of August 6, 1910:

IWW Cartoon re UE, IW p1, Aug 6, 1910

[Text:]

The boss works not at all. The unemployed works not at all. The worker works 10 hours per day. The worker produces a luxurious living for the boss, an existence for the unemployed, and a bare living for himself. What’s the matter with letting the unemployed go to work, making the boss go to work, and having the worker working one-third as long? If we organize and cut the working hours the boss will have to hire the unemployed. That will reduce competition among the workers for a job and give them power to later force the boss to cease being a boss and become a worker.

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Hellraisers Journal: From Industrial Worker: Frank Little, Horse and Wagon Agitator, to Organize Ranches Near Fresno

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Quote Frank Little, re Fresno FS May, IW p2, June 11, 1910———-

Hellraisers Journal – Monday August 1, 1910
Frank Little Calls for Good Agitators to Come to Fresno

From the Industrial Worker of July 30, 1910:

A HORSE AND WAGON AGITATOR.

[-by FW Frank Little]

IWW Dont Buy Jobs, IW p4, June 11, 1910

FRESNO, Cal., July 23.-To the Editor of I. W.-Am back in Fresno, and will take up the work of organizing the ranch employes and packing house employees. Will start out with horse and wagon and travel from ranch to ranch, holding meetings in all of the small towns. But we are up against a hard fight. The masters will do all in their power to keep us from organizing the slaves. The A. F. of L. is going to try to organize, and, of course, the masters will aid them to defeat the I. W. W., and they have the money to put their labor fakirs in the field, while the few of us who are trying to build up the I. W. W. have to depend on working for a master to make a jungle stake.

I have been sick for some time, but will get out and hustle now. I will try and hustle some subs for the Worker on my trip.

Now is the time for work in this valley. I. W. W. men can get work and we need some good job agitators to get out in the fruit country and get control of the boss and make the masters raise the wages; and also build up the organization. It can be done if all of us will get in and hustle.

So, fellow workers, let us keep the work going. Yours for action,

F. H. LITTLE.

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IWW Frank Little re Fresno n Hanford, IW p4, July 16, 1910

[Photograph, newsclip and emphasis added.]

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