Iron Heel

Proletariat: Derived originally from the Latin Proletarii, the name given in the census of Servius Tullors to those who were of value to the state only as the reared offspring(Proles). In other words, they were of no importance either for wealth, position or exceptional ability. There is no more horrible page in history than the treatment of child and women slaves in the English factories in the latter half of the eighteenth century of the Christian Era. In such industrial hells arose os of the prodest fortunes of that day.

Power will be the arbiter, as it always has been the arbiter. It is a struggle of classes. Just as your class fragged down the old feudal nobility, so shall it be dragged down by my class, the working class. If you will read your biology and sociology as clearly as your history, you will see that this end I have described is inevitable. It does not matter whether it is one year, ten or a thousand, your class shall be dragged down. And it shall be done by power. Me of the labor hosts have conned that work over till our minds are all atingle with it. Power. It is a kingly word.

Combination is stronger than competition. Primitive men was a puny creature hiding in the crevices of the rocks. He combined and made war upon his carnivorous enemies. They were competitive beasts. Primitive men was a combinative beast, and because of it he rose to primacy over all the animals. It is combination versus competition, a thousand centuries long struggle, in which competition has always been merited.

The ownership of the world, along with the machines, lies between the trusts and labor. That is the battle alignment. In this battle the middle class has no place. The middle class is a pygmy between two giants.

There are three big classes in society. First comes the Plutocracy, which is composed of wealthy bankers, railway magnotes, corporation directors and trust magnoters. Second is the middle class, which is composed of farmers, merchants, small manufacturers and professional men. And the third class, the proletariat which is composed of the wage workers.