Note the polemic of the correspondent * of the printers ** against Bebel (speech in Jena). The typesetters' organ mercilessly attacks Bebel for "revolutionism" etc., for the idea of a mass political strike, for playing into the hands of reaction with his policy of threats and painting horrors.

"Trotz Dresden und Jena müssen unsere G[e]w[erkschaf]ten in den bisherigen Bahnen der Entw[ik]lung bleiben und prinzipiell auf dem Boden einer reformierischen Arbeit beharren, wenn sie überhaupt eine Existenz haben wollen"...***

Pearls of trade-unionism in politics!

* — of the correspondent. Ed.
** — of the printers. Ed.
*** — "Despite Dresden and Jena, our trade unions must remain on the previous paths of development and fundamentally stand on the ground of reformist work, if they want to exist at all." Ed.