Chicago Is The Product Of

Private Appropriation Of The Earth’s Surface, The Natural Resources, And The Means Of Life Is Nothing Less A Crime Than A Crime Against Humanity, But The Comparative Few Who Are Beneficiaries Of This Iniquitous Social Arrangement, Far From Being Viewed As Criminals Meriting Punishment, Are The Exalted Rulers Of Society, And The People They Exploit Gladly Render Them Homage And Obeisance.

When I Rise It Will Be With The Ranks, And Not From The Ranks.

I Am Guilty Of Believing That The Human Race Can Be Humanized And Enriched In Every Spiritual Inference Through The Saner And More Beneficent Processes Of Peaceful Persuasion Applied To Material Problems Rather Than Through Wars, Riots And Bloodshed.

Ten Thousand Times Has The Labor Movement Stumbled And Bruised Itself. We Have Been Enjoined By The Courts, Assaulted By Thugs, Charged By The Militia, Traduced By The Press, Frowned Upon In Public Opinion, And Deceived By Politicians. 'but Notwithstanding All This And All These, Labor Is Today The Most Vital And Potential Power This Planet Has Ever Known, And Its Historic Mission Is As Certain Of Ultimate Realization As Is The Setting Of The Sun.

In The Very Progress Of Society, The Prison Has In The Very Nature Of Things Undergone Some Improvement, But There Are Vast Stretches Yet To Be Covered Before The Prison Becomes, If It Ever Does, An Institution For The Reclamation And Rehabilitation Of Erring And Unfortunate Men And Women.