Armed men, MORE AND MORE ARMED MEN, must be had _at once_ for a new and special reason. A new danger is now growing vast and dark,—like an increasing storm. The _army of the unemployed_—hungry, insulted and angry, not permitted to work, not permitted to produce, not permitted to enjoy, not even permitted to beg,—this army of eager, disgusted, angry men and women are looking through the masters’ palace windows, where the masters and their pets feast on good things and sneer at the unemployed. With _modern_ machinery, _modern_ methods, _modern_ knowledge, and _modern_ skill the workers can produce _vast_ surpluses _so rapidly_ that the capitalists _can’t dispose of it all promptly either in home markets or foreign markets_; and thus cannot—dare not—employ all the workers all the time all the workers are willing to work. Thus some factories are run part time, some are run reduced force, and thus millions of willing workers are snubbed at the mill, snubbed at the mine, and snubbed at the factory door where they _coax for permission to serve society_ by producing useful things. Millions in danger of losing their jobs, millions working part time, millions with wages reduced, millions out of work—millions—these millions are growing restless, fretful, _thoughtful_; the capitalist fears this meek fretfulness and thoughtfulness will grow into a vast, _loud_, BOLD ROAR OF PROTEST-AND-DEMAND BY THE WORKING CLASS. Therefore, Capitalists want more military legislation—and get it. Capitalists want the strongest, healthiest jobless men to join the militia and the army and be ready to crush the other jobless men, ready to thrust bayonets into the rag-covered breasts of their weaker brothers if they should become loudly desperate with hunger. Therefore, Congress in 1907–08, legislating, as usual, in the service of the capitalist class, logically, naturally, obediently, _still further developed_ the armed guard—the militia, the army and the navy—the _fighting machine_, the fist of the capitalist class. In March, 1908, the United States Government suddenly opened up many extra recruiting stations in New York City—in the open air in the public parks, where tens of thousands of jobless, discouraged, hungry men were to be found. The recruiting officers’ chief argument was “plenty of good food and clothing and not much to do.”[22] Capitalists want working class militiamen and soldiers, in order also to keep them so flattered and excited about “protecting property” that they won’t notice the fact that the armed defenders of property have no property of their own to protect. It is so simple and easy.