Book/Printed Material What's so and what isn't,
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Image 1 of What's so and what isn't, HX 86 .U9 Copy 1
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 2 of What's so and what isn't, Class VA *_ib_ Book V\(i— Copyright^ COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT.
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 7 of What's so and what isn't, WH AT S SO AND WHAT ISN T BY JOHN M. WORK THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED CHICAGO CHARLES H. KERR COMPANY 1906
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 8 of What's so and what isn't, COPYRIGHT, 1905 By JOHN M. WORK COPYRIGHT, 1906 By JOHN M. WORK H LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two Copies Received OCT 22 1906 (9 Copyright Entry CLASS A XXc.No. 5 V G G...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 9 of What's so and what isn't, CONTENTS Page. A Winning Movement 5 The Stalest of the Stale 7 Anarchy 11 Communism 18 Religion 24 Paternalism 29 Slavery 31 Incentive 33 Drunkenness 43 Individuality Dead Level 46 Survival of...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 10 of What's so and what isn't, IV CONTENTS Page. Competition Struggle 95 Mental Labor 101 Book-keeping Proportioning of Incomes 104 Saving 106 The Dirty Work 110 Supply and Demand 1 12 Always Have Been and Always Will Be...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 11 of What's so and what isn't, WHAT S SO AND WHAT ISN T A WINNING MOVEMENT A friend of mine, while talking with an ac- quaintance one day, mentioned the fact that he was a Socialist; whereupon his...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 12 of What's so and what isn't, 6 what s so and what isn t Therefore, these objections must be met pa- tiently. We Socialists should remember that the av- erage man is badly overworked by capitalism when he...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 13 of What's so and what isn't, THE STALEST OF THE STALE 7 who hire men to do the work and pay them a fraction of the value of their labor. In closing these preliminary observations, I am going...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 14 of What's so and what isn't, 8 WHAT S SO AND WHAT ISN T In the first hour or two of your day s work you reproduce by your labor the amount you receive for the entire day....
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 15 of What's so and what isn't, THE STALEST OF THE STALE 9 of the means of production and distribution which when privately owned can be used by the private owners to gouge other people, shall be publicly owned...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 16 of What's so and what isn't, 10 what s so and what isn t Another to the hide and leather trust. Another to the copper trust. Another to the brass trust. Another to the can trust. Another to...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 17 of What's so and what isn't, ANARCHY 11 ANARCHY No, Socialism is not anarchy. Capitalism is essentially anarchistic. The capitalists themselves are anarchists in their actions. Industrially, they are anarchists in their opinions also. Politically, they may or...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 18 of What's so and what isn't, 12 what s so and what isn t Who hires thugs to stir up riots during strikes? The capitalists. Who violates the railway safety appliance law The capitalists. Who gives illegal rebates?...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 19 of What's so and what isn't, ANARCHY 13 Who violates the child labor law? The capitalists. Who are persistently and brazenly lawless? The capitalists. What is the essence of anarchy? Lawlessness. The capitalists are therefore anarchists in their...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 20 of What's so and what isn't, 14 what s so and what isnt Capitalism is the fruitful mother of exploi- tation, military oppression, injunctions, lockouts, poverty, child labor, starvation, prostitution, suicide, insanity, crime, graft, wretchedness, and a long...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 21 of What's so and what isn't, ANARCHY 15 tion and distribution which are now used to exploit the masses of the people out of the bulk of the product of their honest toil. Anarchy means the total abolition...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 22 of What's so and what isn't, 16 what s so and what isn t about declaring anything to be final. Nevertheless, there are some things which are final. For example, it is agreed by anthropologists that the human...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 23 of What's so and what isn't, ANARCHY 17 We begin civilization with a system of chat- tel slavery, in which the many were exploited by the few who owned the earth. Then, we went through the stage of...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 24 of What's so and what isn't, 18 what s so and what isn t to give less and less attention to economic mat- ters, for the very good reason that they will have reached the final economic form....
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 25 of What's so and what isn't, COMMUNISM 19 from the roof downward. These air shafts are frequently so arranged that they serve also as light shafts. They make it easy for families to see into each other s...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 26 of What's so and what isn't, 20 what s so and what isn t cities, to gain the advantage of railroad con- nections, shipping facilities, etc. The wage slaves have to follow them in order to get an...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 27 of What's so and what isn't, COMMUNISM 21 their children have to persistently fight for them. A few parents make a desperate fight agaihst having their children sacrificed. But most of them have given it up in despair....
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 28 of What's so and what isn't, 2% what s so and what isn t to democratic party and it had no connection whatever with the republican party which was born just before the civil war. In a similar...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 29 of What's so and what isn't, COMMUNISM 23 only the means of production and distribution, but also private, personal, household effects. It means living in common. It means a com- mon dining hall, where everybody is expected to...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 30 of What's so and what isn't, 24 what s so and what isn t ever you please with your income, except to exploit others with it. You can spend your money as you please, or save it if...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 31 of What's so and what isn't, RELIGION 25 the capitalists dominate it and use it for their own purposes. They hold the purse strings of the church. The purse strings connect with the preacher s tongue. When the...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 32 of What's so and what isn't, 26 what s so and what isn t starvation. He has a wife and children. He loves them. He does not want them so suffer. By being a hypocrite he can provide...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 33 of What's so and what isn't, RELIGION 27 Scientists, Theosophists, Spiritualists and ev- ery other phase of religious thought. The same is true of the democratic party. And the same is true of the Socialist party. Ours is...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 34 of What's so and what isn't, 28 what s so and what isn t vironment has been unfavorable to its develop- ment. Socialism will provide an environment that will be favorable to its development. Men are in their...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 35 of What's so and what isn't, PATERNALISM 29 lightenment brought about by Socialism will injure his religion is simply aware that his religion will not bear investigation. In other words, he knows that his religion is false. He...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 36 of What's so and what isn't, 30 what s so and what isn t It did put an end to political paternalism. We now get what the majority votes for. But we still have industrial paternalism, a paternalism...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 37 of What's so and what isn't, SLAVERY 31 introducing industrial fraternalism in other words, by abolishing private monopoly and in- troducing public ownership and the popular management of the industries now used to ex- ploit the people out...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 38 of What's so and what isn't, 32 what s so and what isn t A few men own the industries of the coun- try. They have the masses under their control. They can starve them to death, or...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 39 of What's so and what isn't, INCENTIVE 33 INCENTIVE No, Socialism will not destroy incentive to do one s best. Capitalism destroys incentive to do one s best. Socialism will destroy incentive to do one s worst. For...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906
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Image 40 of What's so and what isn't, 34 what s so and what isn t The meat you buy is tainted. The clothes you buy are shoddy. The shoes you buy are a swindle. The furniture you buy is...
- Contributor: Work, John M. (John McClelland)
- Date: 1906