40 100 60586 https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/8c514b8416217e9b8c43c540acdad203.pdf ec04973dfd8896d415e91ab6e985224f PDF Text Text J)P • 191S he I I nside ·thi. Cover Are ·Many Brilliant Articles Written by' Some of . America's .Foremost· . Socialist. · · AttthotJ . / •• Sile11t Sotlls in tl1~ Ranks--B)T l~ttgene~v. J)ebs Llat1(> del l{io (-:olotly lfol<.ls C;reat C~elebration ' .' �•, ·.'I The Western Comrade 2 - ELK SKIN BOOTS arid. .:S HQE.S ~ ' ' "' . . . . Factory operated .i n connection . with LLANO . DEL Rio' CoLONY Men's 10-inch boots. $6.00 · Men's 12-inch boots. 7.00 Men's 15-inch boots. 8.00 Ladies' 10-inch boots 5.00 Ladies' 14-inch boots 5.50 Men's Elk shoes. . . . 4.00 Ladies' Elk shoes ... 3.50 Infants' Elk shoes, 1 to 5 ............ 1.50 Child's Elk shoes, 5 to 8 ... . . ....... . 1.75 Child's Elk shoes, 8¥2 to 11 .. .. .. .. . 2.25 Misses' and Youths, 11¥2 to 2 ......... 2.50 Place stocking foot on paper, drawing pencil around aa per above 11.iuatration. Pass tape around at lines Wtthout drawing tight. Give size usually worn. ID.EAL FOOTWEAR For Ranchers and ·O .u tdo.or Men - --:11- The famous Clifford Elkskin Shoes are lightest and easiest for solid comfort and will outwear three pairs of ordinary shoes. " We cover all lines from ladies,' men's and children's button or lace in light handsome patterns to the high boots· for mountain, hunting, ranching or desert wear. • Almost indestructible. Send in your orders by mail........... Take . measurement according to instructions. Out of town shoes made immediately on receipt of order. Send P. 0. order and state whether we shall forward by mail or express. SALES DEPARTMENT Llano del Rio Com.pany 922 ·Higgins Building, Los Angeles, Cal. �CONTENTS Scene at Jackson's l.'!ke, Llano del Rio Colony ........ Cover- · Frontispiece (Cartoon) Retribution _...................i ........ Page 4 Current Events (Editorial). By Frank E . Wolfe ....Page 5 Hostages of War . . By Homer Constantine.......... :: .... Page 9 Fighting t? a Finish? By Henri La Fountaine ........Pa ge 10 California Ground Hogs. By Frank H. Ware ......................Page 13 Dieu et Mbn Droit. The Stalker. By Edward P . E. Troy ....,.Page 11 By A. F . Cannon .................................... Page. 14 · .. Colonists Celebrate May Day ........................................ Page 15 Merry Masqueraders at Colony BaiL ....................... Page 16 Disemployment, Crime and Slaughter ........................ Page · 20 Truth About Mexico ........................................................ Pag~ 20 Booze and Revolution. The Slaves (Poem). By Kate Richards O'Hare .. Page 21 . By Margaret T. Head ............P a ge 21 Silent Souls In the Ranks. By Eugene V. Debs ...... Page 22 By Arthur E. MacDonald ..............._............................................................. P age 22 !nocuous first-Aid Bullets. An Appeal for Peace. By Chester M. Wright .......... Page 23 Overloads of Charity. By Irvin Ray .............................. Page 24 A Short Way to Llano (Poe m) . By Dan Rooke ........ Page 25 Colonists and Rabbits ........................................................ Page 26 CARTOONS Tommy Atkins and the Worker .................................... Page 6 Night Scene in Trafalgar Square .................................... Page 7 Queen of the American Kitchen ......................................Page 8 No Babes Killed; No Iron Cross .................................... Page 9 A Place In the Shadow...................................................... Page 10 A Peasant's Plalnt.. ..~ .................. ...... .......................... :..... Page 13 • �Tke Western Comrade 4. RETRIBUTION . Au tria, who predpita ed the war, is doomed to defeat by the irresistible force of onrushing Slavs. �... THE WESTERN COMRADE -----------------------------Political Action VOL. II Devoted to the Cause of the Workers ----------------------------------------~ · Co-operation LOS ANGELES, CAL., APRIL. 1915 Direct Action NUMBER Cabin at Jackson's Lake. The altitude here is 7000 feet a.nd the climate most ideal. This is a popular outing resort for. the hunters and the younger set of the colony. The scene is strongly suggestive of Kipling's "Wood Smoke at Twilight." • CURRENT EVENTS By Frank E. Wolfe A This is not written for the purpose of casting 'f tfH~ end of the second year of the Wilson admini tration there are more unemployed in asper'lion~ on the Democratic administration."· It is the United State than ever before. Of the work- probably no better nor worse than the Republicans or ing cia s one out of every five is either walkingl.from the so-called Progressives would have made it. No plae<' to place eeking work or sitting hopelessly, one with a glimmer of understanding believed the pre-election !Jromises of prosperity. Wilson was t>Xhau ted in the vain effort. E timate have run a hi•Yh as five ·million of foredoomed in that respect. Each successive admindi~>employ<'d worker in America during the winter. . istration will have a more difficult time than its preDN pite the opPning of pring work and a revival of dl'et>. sor'l in this rl'speet. The approaching dissolution of the capitalist syshu{lding, Utt>re ha been hardly perceptible diminutem will make it harder and harder for those whose tiov in the ranks of the jobless army. . I 1~ �The Western Comrade 6 duty it will br to sit at the throttle of the archaic sideration; and if that application had been in efengine. . feet refused, then we should say that the responsiThis· is the hour for Socialist activities. There is bility would lie on those who had given the refusal." hut onr solution for the problem before us::......the soIn the meantime "the na,~vies who do not read the cialization of the sources of life. ne~spapers are going about their .affairs anp. forcing the masters where their representatives in the + +: + A LINE that sifts through, perhaps .owing ~o inadvertancy or carelessnes,s of censors, gives us a glimpse of the true situation· of the labor troubles in England. In a strike wherein the "leaders" were largely ignored, the engineers and shipyard workers on the Clyde aud the Tyne, the coalheavers and· stevedores on the l\[erscy have demanded more pay. These mrn drrlare speculatc>rs, grafters and war contractors. are rolling up large fortunes in their profits on war munitions and goods handled, and that these manipulators haYe so advanced prices that the cost of living has so mounted that the purchase power of their wage has greatly diminished. They lacked the suppot·t of trade unions and of public sentiment, hut they struck boldly and tied up commerce to such a degree that their demands were successful in many instances. Th e congestion became ·so great that Lord Kitchener grew alarmed and sent a sharp note to the scct·etary of the Dockers' Union in which h~ made a covert threat to use drastic measures at Liverpool. Most of the capitalist newspapers unhesitatingly blame the workers and never give a thought to an investigation of causes. The London Daily Citizen,. the ''labor organ ,'' is guarded in its remarks avd smugly British in its style, but it does not retreat entirely, as it says: '"J'hc're arc many who without a second tnough t would condemn such men off-hand and set down thl'il' conduct as simply an enormity. For ourselves, we should wa~t to know first why any r ea l wages grieYancc should in snrh circumstances be allowed to arisr. If we found that the m<>n had genuine ground for complaint- if, for instnncc, the real value of theit earnings hat1 het>n !':\1Clclenly an d largely cut domJ, while -the nrrrssity for their labor had suddenly anrl lar gely ~onr np ; if they had applied .in tlH•se eit·cnmstanrrs for Ht <>se things to be taken into con - \ TOMMY (home from the front, to • disaffected workman)-"What'd you thinlr o' me, mate, if I struck for extra pay in the middle of an action? Well, that's what you've been doing." ~unch, London. WORKINGMAN-"I'd think maybe a glimmer o' light had soaked through your mud.died brain an' you'd decided to let the masters who made the bally war come out an' tight it." (Ans w e r suppli ed by 'Vestern Comrad e. ) House of Commons arc met with the cold reply that war· is war and that thr Cl<w<>rnment can do nothing to bring down th e cost of living. lt is cheering to know thnt thrse work ers have stood fast unclrr tlw pressure brought from all sides and that all the h>lllyhoo of the "patriotic" press has i1ecn of no aYail. Am<>rican work rrs whr go off on a wild tangE>nt �The Western Comrade at th e sight of the: flag or cheer themseh·es hoarse when sonw faking showman pulls the spread eagle and plays the ''Star-Spangled RanQer,'' might w'ell take a ·lt>al' from the hook of tl:e dock wallopers of England. C * * * ONSCRIPTION in England 1 Not yet, but soon. That is to ~ay, no regular conscription under the nanH'. That has not yet begun, but the coercion goes on with still greater vigor each week. The popu In r met hod is to urge employers to discharge thei 1· workers. Ilaving made the men jobless and wanderers they try to starve and shame them into the army. The London newspaper advertisements go at it in this manner: Ilave you a butler, a. g1·oom, a chauffeur, gardener or game keeper serving you who at this moment should be serving King and Country? Have you a man s~rving at your table who should be serving a gun? Have you a man digging your garden who should be digging trenches? Have yO'U a man driving a car who should he driving a transport wagon? Have you a man preserving your game who should he helping to preserve your country? :\. great responsibility rests o'n you. ·will you sacrifice your personal convenience for your country's need 1 Ask your men to enlist today. The address of the nearest recruiting office can he obtained at any postoffice. GOD SAVE THE KING. There you have it: The "sacrifice" of the "persona l convenience" of a duldet and his dukess is a. godawful thing to contemplate, but probably it is one of th e endurable horrors of war. Anyway the master class of Britain must com~ to it. England must win 1if the nobility has to shed every drop of blood in its servant's veins. A + + + GERMAN professor at H eidelberg Ms started -a school for one-armed men and he is receiving a large number of applications as there .has been many thousands amputations since the beginning of the war. The English ari. tocrats are meeting this 7 by providing a fund to purchase artificial ar~.. <~.nd legs for the mutilated 'victims of the conflict. A British reb~l has made ~o·~d to suggest that inasmuch as there have .been 24,000 amputations the Secretary of . State for War .should ha-ye foreseen this necessity and supplied the knapsack 'kit of each Tommy Atkins with an· extFa.. arm. We respectfully submit Lustige , Berlin. "Goddam, Mister Nelson! What are you .looking for wn here?" "Well, just you s uppose you stay up there for a while among the Zeppelins, yourself." that it won't work. ·why, right here in our own l'Ountry Henry Dubb would balk i.f he caught sight of an extra leg. + + + " THE skirt is a neat hlue and the coat of the same material is cut plain with a square back and both skirt and coat are edged with gold braid." No, Hortense, this is not a fashion item. It 's �The Western Comrade 8 war news hot from the cable from Glasgow, Scotland , whei·e women are working as street car conductors. The company officials say they are lionest, efficient and do not think of organizing or participating in Jahor agitations. These women are paid .$6.25 a w eek and their honesty is considered a valuable asset to the company. In London ( where also a woman's pliice is in the home ) th e telegraph departm~nt of · the postoffice is employing a large ·number of girls 15 .and 16 yra rs of n ge to act as messengers. With Henry gone to the front, H enrietta Dubb steps right in and dividends are not seriously interrupted. W + + + liEN n bill was up before the New York State Senate the other· day, which exempted th e cannrries of the State from th e operations of the law limiting the hour·s of work for· women, one Senator defended the bill on the ground that canning fruits is ·not work at all but a ligh ter and more enjoyable pastime than a city gil'l 's dancing. Carry the news to the women and children of Californin who work in scorrs of canneries in ·the cities where they toil ceaselessly long dreary hours in miserahle surroundings. The 8-hour law for women_ exempts canneries and the owners ·of these establishments are in many instances the most hrutal and greedy set of Simon Legrees that ever coined the blood of ehildren into dirty dollars. These are the men who r esist every effort to amend the eight-hour law and they find ready support in the great Dubh family. H ference has been accentuated by centuries of training and practice along different lines. The mind of man rather runs to prosai ~ reasoning, while the mind of woman is given · to· poetical i~ealism. It is inevitable that woman·' natural bent of mind should incline her to ~ocialism, and nothing would set So- + + + ERE we offer a bright gem, gleaned from the pages of that never ending source of amusement and joy to readers of light, airy literature, the Congressiomtj Record. This is a fragment of the nnti-suffrage speerh made by Representative Diaz of Texas. Need we say that l\'lr-. Diaz is a member of the Ancient and Indurntcd Order of Ivorybeans, the Southern Democrary'; sah ? But to the sparkler of purest ray: "l\£ r. Speaker, the man mind and the woman mind are essentially different. This organic dif- New York Call. "Woman's place is in the kitchen; if you take her ont you will destroy her beautiful home life."- Observatlon of Henry Dubb, her husband, confirmed by Congresc;man Diaz in extract of his speech reprinted on this page. cialism up in business as quickly · as woman suffrage. The Socialist Party recognizl'S this and as a result are almost to a man for woman suffrage. And I ean think of nothing worse that can happen to this r epublic than a reign of Socialism, unless it would be woman's abdication of her crown as the queen of the American home. " �... The Weste-rn Comrade Hostages of War By HOMER CO HO has looked at Rodin's 'yonderful group of citizens of Calais without a thrill of admiration for those early day hostages of war 1 The story of the heroism of those old patriots who went forth to give their lives if the supreme sacrifice be exacted has been re-enacted a hundred times during the present war: Instances given here ar~ taken from the recorded proclamations of German command as in Belgium. After warning th e inhabitants of Namur that he had caused about 100 eitizens of Ardennes to be shot as a vicar· ious atonement for the sins of snipers, Van Benlow's proclamation reads: '' F'remh and Belgium soldiers must be surrendered as prisoners of war at the pr·ison before 4 o'clock. Citizens who do not obey will be condemned to enforced labor for life in Germany. "A rigorous inspection of houses will begin at 4 o'clock. Penalty for interference: death by shooting. ''The citizens who know where a store of arms is lo cated must inform the Burgomaster, under penalty of enforced labor for life. ''Each street will be occupied by a German guard who will take ten hostages in .each street, whom they will keep in custody. If any outrage is committed in the str·ect, th e ten hostages will be shot. "Doors must not be locked, and at night after 8 o'clock three windows must be lighted in each house. "It is forbidden to remain in the street after 8 o'clock. Th e people of Namur must understand that there is no greater nor more horrible crime than to" endanger the existence· of the city and the life of its inhabitants by attacks upon the German army. " At Grivegnee, Major Commandant Dieckmann issued a statement to the inhabitants in which he demanqed certain hostages be delivered to . be detained in twenty-four-hour shifts, and added: "The life of these hostages will depend upon the population of the aforesaid communes remaining pacific under all circumstances. " "I will designate from the lists submitted to me the persons who will be detained as hostages from noon of one day to noon of the next day. If the substitute does not arrive in time, the hostage will remain another twenty-four hours. After this econd period of twentyfour hours., the hostage incurs the penalty of death if the substitution is not made." In order to protect the fair name of the German STA TI E soldiers who may have looked on women. a.s the poils of war, the follo\Ving o.rder was i ned: 'Any Qne who by prea~g fal e new prejudical to the morale of the German troops or who by .any me'ans tries to take mea ures again t th German army renders him ,e lf a su pect and incurs the risk" of being shot immediately.'' The true' tory o:( this invasion i too horrible to print. Looting and the rape of women is written on THE EMPEROR-"What! No babes, slrrah?" THE MURDERER-"Aias, Slre, none." THE EMPEROR-"Well, then, no babes, no trop. crosses." every page and yet the invasion of Belgium and West- · ern France is probably no more brutal or bestial than any other invasion of modern warfare. The story of the horror of Poland where the semi· barbaric Cossacks have overrun the country would be more shocking than anything outside of the TurJc.. ish atrocities which began at the outset of the present hostilities in the Balkans. ' These atrocities are not the result of any trainillg, although the rules of modern militarism do not bea-r heavily upon the conquering soldiery. The cruel IJUI,J'~ �)(I The Western Comrade tyrdom of thousands of inoffensive peasants wherever troops of any country have invaded, indicates the temper of both Allies and members of the e~tente. Systematic pillage and wholesale carnage mark the trail of the invaders. The excesses and licentious- ness of officers and privates alike are almost unbeli-evable, a:nd one '3hudders_ to think of the possibi:lities when invading Frenchmen whose homes · have been wrecked and wives raped, shall sweep across the Germain domain. Fig_h ting to a Finish? "T 0 a finish !·' B y HENRI LA F OUNTAI.N_E · 'l'his is the unanimous cry of the bclligc·rcnts! In Germany and in Atlstria, as in France, in England and in Belgium, t-he: cry goes forth with a ra rc misunclerstanding _of w ha t.-i t means. A fight to a _fin ish! To the finish of what ? Of militarism, will Le the answer. But nobody reflects on the terrible sacrifices, the frightful massacres, the unheard-of ruin that this answer implies. Day by day the Allies repeat, with an enervating and disgusting monotony, a wearisome anthem lik e a litany: ''Along th e whole front a huge battle from the Swiss frontiers to the shores of Flanders, no notable change has been produced. The German attacks have been everywhere repulsed and considerabl e losses have been inflicted on them.' ' As to the losses of the Allies, they a r·e hardly referred to. In reply to a memb er of Parliament, the British Government has recently admitted that in 75 days the "casualties," to use the English euphemism, amounted to 57,000. During the ten days of the battle of the Yser those of the Belgians were reckoned at 12,000. Compet6nt military authorities estimate that, if the war should last for a year, 75 p er cent of the soldiers will be killed or wounded. It is estimated that at th e present moment 20,000,000 men are under arms, and those who, in their wicked dream, wish for a fight to a finish, to the final e"Xhaustion, to a collective suicide, are talldng of levies en masse which would bring up the effe ctive armies to . 40,000,000 combatants destined to hecome 40,000,000 corpses or invalids. It must finish some day, unless in their turn the mbthers and daughters are armed, and already in London women have shouldered the rifl e and are being trained for the impious work of death, they who are, by destiny and duty, the creators of life. An end must be put to the young, the growing, and the adults in all the force of their experience and deyelopment. An end must be put to the savants, the thinkers, the highest intelligences, and the most brilliant artists. An end must be put to civilization, progress, inventions, and beauty. An end must be put to the age-long madness of men in loving and trusting. An end must be put to shining prospects and splendid hopes. Under the impassive stars and the triumphant sun, an end must he put to the human race. That is the r~al m·eaning of the fa talistic cry which .is hypnotizing th e world !_ Jnd eed, if in presence of the ·hor- _,. ,,,., t•, .. ,. I, ' ·""'' '~ A Place in the Shadow . rid spectacle of muddy trenches filled with putr_efying corpses and . wounded m~n awaiting t etanus and gangrene, humanity does n9t rise and shout, in an access of clear-sighted madness, ''Enough, enough!' ' it · h-ad better come to an end. Better that the earth unencumb ered with the d~ell­ ings of men , freed from the criminal multitudes who, thirsting for blood and murder, abuse it with th eir shells, delivered from the frightful cacophony of their war-cries mingled with the deafening roar of cannons and the crackling of the mitrailleuses, better that the earth roll inert and verdant, inhabited by birds an9 filled with their songs, in the vast spaces restored to their eternal calm.-The Public. �... The Western Comrade Californ~a 11 qround Hogs By EDWARD P. E. TROY and the poverty and distl.'ess it U NEl\1PLOYl\lEN1' brings to hundreds of thousands throughout the During the past year I have had an opport\mity of making a practical $tudy' of land monopoly in ali parts land are recognized as a grave element of ·danger to of the state, in my·. work ·o,f investigating land ownerour country. "The Government must give every ship, assessments and ta · ·ation in more than 40 counties man a job," is the,_remedy proposed by some. "Char- of California, .in behalf of the Hp~e Rule in Taxation ity" is the cure·all of .others. Yet "jobs" that would League. enable every idle person in the whole nation to gain Land of all kinds '' in California-farming, timber a decent living lie all about us out of doors in Califoi:- and speculative-is rapidly coming under the ownernia. God has givrn us the land on which to make our ship of a few persons,. because our tax laws heavily living, but man-madr laws enable a few to prevent us fine and punish those who develop and improve the from gainin g access to it. In every' county in Califor- country, while they give a bouus or reward to the nia thousands, avd in many counties hundreds of speculators wh9 hold .the lfnd idle and do nothing to thousands, of aeres of fertile land are being held out improve it. · of use. A group of farmers will settle in a neighborhood, Although the land area of the State is one hun- errct buildings, set out tr,ees, plant alfalfa, bring dred millions of acres, the census bureau reports that horses, cattle,. pigs,· chickens, farming implements and only twenty-eight millions are in farms, of which not other personal property on their land, build good roads, half or less than eleven and one-half million acres are establish schools. churches, places of amusements, and improved. A few great specu1ators own practically all -immediately their ta.xes are increased. At the same of th e rest of th e araQie land. time the large owner who has no impro~ements, finds The Southern Pacific Company is pro9ably the his taxes reduced by these very improvements of the largest speculator. It owns about ten million acres farmers, because they have add'ed so much more propin this State. The report of the state forester shows erty to the total assessed value of the .county. it to possess nearly a million acres of forests, or 18 In different counties of the . state I had assessors per cent of all of the timber land in California. Mil- tell me that one farmer was assessed more .than his ler & I;ux is another great land monopolist. The as- neighbor because he was an industrious man, who took sessment rolls show it to own 700,000 acres in four good care of his orchard, and made more money off it counties of the San Joaquin Valley. It is reputed to than the other. One assessor in the south, when I own over a million acres in California, and thirteen pointed out to him that the assessment on some orange million acres in other states. In addition it controls trees had been cut in half two ye~rs ago, while others many more millions of acres by claiming all of the were not reduced, said: "That farmer smudged his water .in the San Joaquin and other rivers. Litiga- trees, and saved his crop." He collili not see that he tion is its most potent weapo.n in preventing the use was punishing the industry of the farmer. In Siskiyou County on the Oregon border, I found of these waters by any farmer. Of the total farm area in California 17,300,000 the Central Pacific Railroad to be assessed for 665,000 acres are in "farms" Qf over one ·thousand acres, be- acres, and its tax to average less than 7 cents per acre. ing owned by 4693 persons. The farms of less than The Walkers are assessed for 100,000 acres of timber 100 acres are1 owned by 53,819 persons, and comprise land and pay a tax of 12 cents· per acre. ·Farmers with but 1,579,727 acres. Thus 5 per cent of the "farmers" improved land pay from- 4 tq ~0 times as much taxes own 61 per cent of the farm land, while 61 per cent per acre as these monopolists. Attorney B. K. Collier, of the farmers own but 6 per cent of all of the farm of Yreka, recognizing how our tax laws prevent the growth of his community, said: "Our tax system is land in {Jalifornia. The Census shows the value of"farm land in Cali- wrong. The root of any tax system is. Do not tax fornia to have increased $686,750,488, or more than energy." In Shasta County the Central Pacific is assessed for double, in the past 10 years, altoough the area in farms decreased 900,000 acres. This increase, at 5 324,000 acres, and pays less than '8 cents per acre in per cent interest, means an annual charge of · $15.00 taxes. The Walkers are a close second. In the Anderagainst every person in the state, which must be paid . son Valley I found a farmer, C. L. Bouk, to have 20 acres, assessed for $800, which, with his improvements for in "higher cost of living." · �12 The Western Comrade and personal property, made his taxes average $2.27 per acre. A neighbor, adjoining, has 20 acres, unim! proved, assessed the same as his land, on which the tax averages but 84 cents per acre. This is a clear instance of the tax system punishing thrift, and rewarding the speculator. In Tehama County the railroad also has the largest acreage and pays less than 8 cents per acre - taxes, Farmers pay $1.00, $2.00 and more per acre. One, Georgiana Tidrick, having l 0 acres at Corning, pays a tax averaging $4.16 per acre. In Butte County the railroad, again t~e largest . owner, by keeping its land undeve~oped, pays the smallest tax-8 cents per acre. Many lar.ge timber interests arc similarly taxed. · In this county is a considerable orange belt subdivided into small holdings. Practically all of them have a total assessment two or three times as great as the land value. F. R. Frick's land is assessed for $150 and his trees and other improvements $1000. His tax is incr eased sixfold because of his industry. Over the Tehachapi, the difference between th e idler and the worker is greater than in the North. In San Bernardino County the Southern Pa!lific is assessed for 642,000 acres of land, which it keeps as a desert, caus- · ing its tax to average 2 1-3 cents per acre. Redlands, Highlands and San Bernardino Districts, comprising one and one-half per cent of the land area, have t;o pay most of the taxes of tllat county. I found the average tax paid by a large numbe.r. of these farms to be from $17 to $20 per a~re, and· niai:Jy of them are paying $30, $40 and everi $50 per acre in taxes (not the assessment) each Y~.ar. The Imper,ial Valley· was known as a desert up to a short time ago, and was largely 'owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad. The muddy waters of the Colorado River are now·making its lands world-famous for their fertility. Th e assessor of that county told me that it is his rule to assess the raw valley land $15 to $20 per . ' acre. When the sand dul).es are leveled, which cost from $,10 to $80 per acre, the assessment is raised to $40 per acre. \Yhen alfalfa .i s planted, $5 are added to thr assessment. · A·n d this is all as is required by our tax laws. How to Preach By G. E. MORAY the Biblc. 'l'hen read up on the history of STUDY Jesus. Follow His example until you come into danger of being crucified, but be careful to avoid meeting His fate. Remember that Christ was rewarded wit}l a glorious crucifixion, but you '~ill want to be rewarded with a good salary. Never take your mind off of that question of how to get the salary. Preachers like money as well as other folks. Be sure to get all that comes your way. Do not ~llow Christ's exa~ple alone. Study the sermons of other successful: preachers too-such men as Spurgeon, Talmage, Cuyler, Joseph Smith, Dowie, Sam Jones and Billy Sunday. Copy the methods used hy the most successful soulsavers. Espeaially such eminent divines as Sunday, who knows the game from A to Z. Bear in mind that he not only saves plenty of soulst but also gets possession of lots of coin. Nothing but supreme ability " these and sanctification can enable a man to kill both birds with the same stone. In copying Rev. Sunday's methods it will be well to endeavor ·to improve upon ~hem. Carefu~ training · is necessary. The following points are especially valuable: Study the language of the gutter. Nothing is quite so impressive or effective in the pulpit. To learn this language you should associate regularly with gun- men, crooks, prostitutes and ali manner of toughs. You will find your contact with them very enjoyable. Nothing is quite so picturesque and convincing as the epithets they make frequent use of. Practice circus gymnastics. Almost. any circus will give you a free trial and take you over the country with it if you possess sufficient adaptability. Also learn to be a first-class clown. • As a useful daily exercise, practice standing on yoqr left ear, wiggling your nose violently, then folding your arms and locking your fe~ together jump six feet into the air, and, landing upon your right ear, turn a triple somersault, with a big grin on your face, and spring to your feet, yelling· "I will fight the race tracks and whist clubs from hell to a good hot breakfast.'' When varying the c~er c ises, hit yourself on the head with a big stick, make cries like a kangaroo, throw a baseball at the prettiest girl you see in the audience, slide to base all over the aisle, tear your hair out by armfuls, and call the members of the Young Ladies' Shakespeake Club a "bunch of hollow-chested, four-flushing, wobble-legged heifers.'' Other appropriate exercises will .probably suggest themselves to you. If not, go to the nearest insane asylum and learn the latest movements, and get a line on the conversation nserl hy the inmates. After :five or six years, you will be able to save souls-and coin. �-J The Western Comrade Dieu Et Mon Droit! By FRANK H. WARE minstrels of W HERE"'Whyare arethe there no more heroic songs to war 1 inspire men to greater deeds of valor t ' Has the howitzer and the porn porn destroyed all romance ? Americans fo!}ght and won that sweet, sticky conflict, the sugar trust ''war,'' in Cuba, to a silly and sensual negro song that was amorously suggestive. The United States despoiled Iexico while its soldiers "De ·us in adjut()rium meum intende!" chants the priest. God punish the ~oslems ! .Th.ey ..all pray to· different gods. Y ~t each god is a god o'f war. Thete is . something picturesque in the!;le claims of God 's. help, but the ongs are peurile. May we offer a suggestion for our side Y Let all of ou.r Christian . allies sing some Qf the standard hymns for Soldiers of Christ. Of course they can sing "Onward, Christian Soldil'rs," but &s a div~rsion we suggest this one taken from that sterling volume never out of reach, the parochial hymn boo~: Arm for ~he deadly fight Earth and· hell unite, And swear in lasting bonds to bind us, Raise the cross on high, Jesus is our cry, With Jesus still the foe shall find us. There is inspiration to great deeds of valor in those lines. "Hot Time in the Old Town;" forsooth! But here is another one we can highly commend to the Christian soldier marehing.on to war. The watchword of this one is ''For God and the Right!'' Christians, to the war! Gather from afar. Hark! Hark! the word is _given; Jesus bids us fight "For God and the right," And for Mary, the Queen of Heaven! "Confound their infernal shells. If a feller didn't have to work it would be better to stay home these d:ays." sang seqtimental slu.sh with a refrain that ran "Green Grows the Rashes, Oh." Now the British sing a catchy but cheap music hall ditty about a ''sweetest girl'' in Tipperary. " shereef 1s · But there is hope. Now that the green flung to the breezes and the Aegean sea swarms with hostile ships of unbelievers, the line will ·be drawn and Moslem and Christian will come into grips with prayers and invocations of curses to strange gods. ''Allah il Allah! God is with us because we are true believers," says the Mohammedan Dervish. "God is on the side of right!" shouts the Christian chaplain. That will drivr. terror t<J the hearts of those dogs of Moslems! But when cannons are l?o~ing and bombs bursting and machine guns spitting ~ gay hail of bullets into the thick ranks of a charging enemy, raking them down in heaps, a suggestion comes from Gospel Hymns which could be sung in time with the turning of ·the machine gun handle. This one should be rendered by a standing choir. Sowing the seed by the daylight fair, Sowing the seed by the noonday glare, Sowing the seed by the fading llght, Sowing the seed In the solemn night, Oh, what shall the harvest be? Oh, what shall the harvest be? ''Tipperary'' is tomfoolery in the sight of this. Let's win the holy war by fighting it out on its merits. Onward and upward, aviators of -Abraham! Onward and downward, submarines of the Saiyts! Marc~ on, militia of Moses! Full steam ahead! Forward with God! �14 T e e tera Co The t he made hi way quickly along in the growing dark he ruminated on the po ibility of his Mpt.>~ The p no doubt ahoeady formed at the hi fhnu<' t'Ompany' camp would, be thought conh'tuptuou v, se8.l'cll for him. on main traveled roads ~rn(' of the trail leading tn the valley. Jaeqaes lArril~ the Fr-encla-Iudian. deputy from the foothilt~ th(' one ho e feared.. Boneltar kne d :summon d tal er By A. F. GA BIRD-CALL in the deepening twilight close to the open window of his hack a woke Boncbar from a tense-nerved, fitful sleep. He sprang to his feet. The irony of the actuality to his awakening fancy that he was a boy~ again in the big woods of Michigan made him recoil as from a physical blow; About him were the tall, sombre pines, but they were of the Sierra Nevada!'!, and a lapse of many years, strewn with the 1h·hris of dreams, lay between the clean-minded boy of th1~ Upper Peninsula, who joyed in the life of the open aud knew its super-secrecies, and the present hooze-bespotted creature. To him the click of celluJoicl ehips was sweeter than the twitter of nestlings, and 1hr m·oma arising from the newly sprinkled floor of Rtrongarm Jim's mountain groggery was more acc·rptnble than the entrancingly fresh odor of a morning after rain . IT had only meant to lie down for a few breathgetting moments after gaining his cabin ere striking into the wild toward Nevada. Now perhaps a precious honr wa~ lost. Damn whisky, anyhow! Higginbottom, the burly logger who took in his womn.n, JJonise, when she fled after her last beating, wns d ad; of that he had no doubt. Had he not seen him crumple noiselessly in the chair on· the opposite ::;ide of the green baise gambling table after the shot 1 'fhat was well, at any rate-pursuit or no pursuit. With febrile, accurate movements be strapped a :full cartridge belt. about his slender waist, slipped a loaded six-gun into his holster and donned his·Stetson ·and a lH.•avy ma kinaw coat. From the corner at the h ad of hi bunk he snatched a rifle and an instant later ro ed the clE.".aring before his cabin and entered the heavy \Vood. Hil nerves tingled for a touch of the whi 'k-y l e had damned a few moments before. T 0 d.mnken eep be aserib to th t~v of th on about th grogger,r, for th int rit of th ir cowa.rdi.r bid , and the fa that llVll\ Jim~ him, elf an avowed friend and ». thia r, had pNbabl . diplomatically headed off any \l b aotiou in .1' to give him a good start. Littl h lp from that qua ter 'he k:n w would be giY n Jacqu on hi arri •al, although a seE."miy re p t for th la would requi that he be notified of th in id t by phon . Jacque · wa known far and wid in th hill. n 'fhe Stalker, becau e of th anima.l-lil p rtinaoit and c~ing of his pur uit and th fact thnt h nl vny brought ba:c~ his man-<>r a gru om on h r thnt he had found his quarry. It wn th half-br d's r nd boast that, 'gi'Ven a hot ent, he alway to 1 th trnJl alone, afoot and unhampered av for th lmif n.nd pistol ever at his belt. Bonchar recalled the case of Jo Friday, o. Di g r Indian wh.o had killed his SfJ.Uaw a y ar b for . F r hetter, he thought, to fall ben nth th d nth-d alinf( impact of a creature of fury and fangs or o. p 11 t of lead than that he should return ngain such a brok n imbecile, as was the hun.ted Indian, to the hauntlt of men and the hands. of the law. Damn the whisky for that lost hour! oro W ORN out and with nerves acquivcr, th gambl r cast imself down in a cov rt of brush. It was late in the ight. The shrill, womau-lik liOr am of a distant mountai~ lion awakebed him in a p!Ulic. Though it was yet dark, the ull touch of gray atop the far-off eastern pea'tcs warned him of da.wn. At a rivulet he drank greedily, allaying the llllWJea of his whisky-parched stomach, and then laved hill fac 11. head in the cooling waters. The 1irst pange of reo. turning hunger assailed him after he had traveled for an hour. It was now light. About him. seiU'ried nd flew the animate life . that could aaua.ge it, but M dared not shoot.' A handful of ild berries and ~~ edible leaves answered for W. iint meaL At mid-day a too-inqu.Usitive grouod ~el and a well aimed pebble fu.rrMhed ht. feiUJnd l'tp Though the ra meat u Dot overly palateb~, IJ>r a fire was ont of the qo.Mion. it beatUmed iderahle. In pocketing h" p.en knih he .felt ' fillfd wallet. 1'b:iB he hurriedJy VUJrutt ing it eonnted the , F. r do ~ If e eou1d only e (:C<mttnu•ad �The Western Com r a·d e Diversion dam built by Llano del Rio colonists on Mescal Creek. Water Is diverted from each side of the dam and this will flow into natural reservoirs to north and south of the dam. P.!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IHE N the spring planting is finished at th e Llano del Rio Colony and the community bas rounded out its first year, there ·will be a grand celebration. This will take the form of a l\'Iay Day Festival and Reunion of the Socialists of Southern California. Completion of planting spring crops does not mean the cessation of work, however, as there are thousands of acres that must be cleared and prepared for planting permanent crops, such as alfalfa and fruit trees. 'i['hen there is the first industrial plant which is held awaiting the hands of the men who are so busily engaged in preparing and planting. This plant will be set up in a few weeks. The motive power, at least in part, will be steam, but gasoline· engines doubtless will be used. A large steam engine and boiler will be the first heavy machinery set up. This will be used for the modern steam laundry and the dairy, and to run the other machinery. The industrial building will house the shoe machinery, the planing mill, the printing plant and the machine shop. A large gasoline engine has been added to the power plaz:j and with it a big lathe, a drill press, a planer, shaper and other equipment of a modern machine shop. Arrangements are being made to establish an ice plant, knitting mills, a .tannery, a cannery, a motion pirture factory and other enterprises of a productive · nature. There are about 75 acre'S)n the colony's garden and this department is working in excellent form under the management of an expert who declares the division will produce a great quantity of food stuff from this timr. h enceforth. There will be certain acreage set aside each year for experimental purposes. Those who have this work in hand declare they will be able to produce almost everything that the soil produces at any place. A new pool has been completed at the fish hatchery and about 60,000 rainbow trout will soon find their home in this water. The pool is thirty feet wide, one hundred and twenty feet long and three f eet deep. Additional pools of a similar size will be constructed later on. The line ronnecting the pool with the main stream is a bout ] 20 yards long and jorms an attractive brook. Living quarters in the big stone fish hatchery have �The Western Comrade HI - I\l(~rr\·· ~ <:l s(_Ill e r ~j lll' r: 1 Miss Gladys Cassidy was a charming Pierrette. Thomas was Pierrot and this couple made a plea s ing impression by their graceful dancing. l•~ dwin Llano Yaquis. Left to right-Ray Keough, Mrs. Cederstrom and Mrs. Harper. Mrs . Cederstrom's disguise as a squaw with papoose was the most bafflinll, of the evening and her identity was a mystery. �The Western Comrade . l ... ,IIJ Club. Top row, left to right-Ray K.eough, George ljln, .Tessie Richardson, Kate Heffner, Mrs. Keough Lower row-Miss , Frank P. McMahon, ' derstrom, Miss Dona Cooke, Miss Francis White, W. A. Engle, ds, Horace Farmer Seated-Irene HarEidre Fremont, Mrs. rs. McMahon. l Miss Florence. Cederstrom and Frank P. McMahon as Turkish girl and Omar the Tentmaker. Omar's costume was a triumph in wardrobe work. Pierrots and Pierrettes. Lett to right-George Reeslund, Miss Elizabeth Richardson, Miss Gladys Cassidy and Miss Jessie Richardson. This quartette formed a most pleasing and attractive group. lf �T ·h e We t e T n Co b.een improved.. The orchard has been cleared anti the tree2 pruned. Alfalfa fields at the hatchery grounds are being irrigated and everything put into ship-shape for the summer. A garden has bft'n put in and this m~~­ tain rewrt bids fair oo be a popular retreat for the colonists. The poultry department is proving a greater success Fattening Pens at the Colony Rabbitry Where Hundreds of Hares Are Fed. than had been anticipated. With the addition of 1500 chicks this division has nearly 2500 fowls. These are selected for egg-making purposes, and they are producing in a manner that is highly satisfactory to all. One of the most delightful evening's entertainments since the colony was founded, was the occasion of the first masquerade and dance given at the Llano club house in April. The affair was planned by the amusement committee, composed of 1\frs. Rose ()edcrstrom, Miss Gladys Cassidy .and Ray Keough. S. S. Stewart acted as master of ceremonies and the music was supplied by the eolony orchestra, headed by D. C. Copley. He was assisted by Messrs. Brainerd, Engle, Schnitzer, Mrs. Cederstrom and others. Prizes were given for the best costumes and best sustained characters. All of the costumes for the evening's celebration were made in the colony and many of them were beautiful and all were a tribute to the versatility and ability of the colony women. The winner of the fir t prize for the best costume and sustained 1character went to Miss Florence Cederstrom as t•Queen of the Harem" and her honors were divided with Mis Dona Spencer as a gypsy maiden. The prize for the best su tained character mtd costumed eoople went to Ray Keough and Mrs. Frank Harper, who were garbed as "Llano Yaqui . " ,Keough aoted hi pa:rt, as did his companion, in excellent and eonvin.e:ing style. Their co tume were well designed -and Mrs. Harper made an idea] Indian maiden-lithe, tall and graceful. Harry Thomas and William elmitzer, both of whom r ad e were umn ked, kep revery vne gu. sing throughout the evening a:s to their identity. They won the prir-e for the singles and added greaUy to the merriment of the occasion. Both appeared Ethiopians .a nd ipio Africanu and the Congo Coon eonvu d all hearers from time to time with their wit. .Among other co tum.es whicll were notable a:s that of Miss Kate Heffner~ who was given ho~rorable mention and who appeart::d a the oldier lassie. Bert Engle, as a red button Chinese mandarin, had everyone guesSing. Charles McKay, as a Gibson girl, probably caused more laughter than anyone during the evening. Horace Farmer as a "in.iddy gir1," mystified eve.n his . closest associates. Miss Eleanor Richards as Mary Jane was most charming, but she hardly ·deceived her friends. Frank P. McMahon appeared as the Sultan of Turkey and Mrs.· McMahon re~eived many compliments and congratulations on her skill in wardrobe work, for she executed a beautiful piece of costuming with bright silks and satins. . Little Irene Harpe.r and Evelyn Keough were favorites with all in their beautiful bright costumes as golden butte.rfiies. Miss Gladys Cassidy ~·as a charming Pierette and as she danced with Edwin Thomas as Pierrot, the couple attracted much attention · for gracefulness of manner. The Misses Richard!'lon, also in clown costume, were A Humpty Dumpty Luncheon Party at Llano del Rio Colony bewitching in their beauty and grace, and dancing together resembled spotted fawns more than the usnal dum ;y clown that wears this costume. Among other costnmes of the evening was that of Charlotte Earle, as a "baby"; Mrs. McAaho-n, as a ·"milkmaid" ; George Mehr, a "Chinese"; Frank Har- �The Weste1'n Co Mrs. Frank Harper as Indian Malden. She, with ou~h. won first prize for best sustained characters of the evening, Ray K JH-1', a "rowhn~'"; 1\lr·s. Rny . Keough, a "cowgirl"; 1\Iiss Co!·rinne Leslir, a "Spanish dancer"; Leonard A. Cookr, as a '' Johnny f1·om R1·oadway''; George Milligan as "a bathing girl"; Bert Roland, a "blanket stuf"; Dnn IJeslit', ll '' ·oulH·ette''; .Tenny !Jeslie, a ''rag doll''; :.'\{iss Ro..c Powers, "Red Hiding Hood"; John Leslie, an" Italian p!'incr"; Miss Ethcl';vyn Stevens, a" Giesha girl"; M r . J mn<.'s ·white, "Chinese princess"; Miss Franc Heffner, "Irish pea ant girl"; Mrs. Charles Earl, "German peasant"; Meyer Elkins, a "Servian prince." Ir . Ro. e Cedarstrom, as a squaw, had the most puzzling teo tume of the evening and was not recognized even b;:\' the member of her family, until the hour came for unmasking. The reYelry lasted far into the· night, and :qtarked the best llight' amu ement ince the colony began. Sunday morning, when the revelers appeared in the bright unlight for the ht>nefit of the photographer an intt-n ely amu ing incident occqrred. A man who has long known the Ant('}ope Valley, but had not heard of th(' colony, drove hi auto with his family down through the new town of Llano. His amazement was great at the sight of the bungslo and tents, but his a tonish- 1'ade ment and that of the others was boundl hen he reached the spot just in front of the club ho The masquers had just started an impromptu dan e and the bright colors of their eo tum and glint of the tinsel caught the rays of the morning sun. The traveler stopped his maehine and all gued in. wonder. ment until the man caught sight of an aequ.aintancet and he shouted: · "Hey! Stanley! Where i n - - am If I thought I was .on the ~oad to Victorville.' • The answer was : ''You are on the road to Victorville, but 'y ou're. going to stop here and learn sometbing." And within a few minutes the traveler's children were mingling with the colony kids and having the time of their young life. There will be a bond election within a few days for thf:' purpose of voting for honds for a new school house in the Llano district. 'frustee Leslie has had the affair in charge. Five thousand dollars will be voted for the purpose of building the first school. There are -now seventy pupils, and they .arc arriving at the 1•ate of about eight per week. The trustees have decided to move the schoolroo~s into turee large tents for the summer. It is expcted the new school house will be r eady for the fall term . . Thousands upon thousands of young trees in the colony nursery make a beautiful sight as they send up their tender foliage above the surface in long straight rows. This is a sight to gladden the eyes· of all visitors. One can readily visualize the luscious fruits that some day will grow on those trees now so fresh and so tender. The colony dairy cows showed a slight falling off in output during three weeks following the dehorning of the entire herd. They are coming back to their former good condition and the ma~ager of that divi. sion _reports a steady increase in the output. Hundreds of acres of grain have b~ planted during the past few weeks, and more is. to foliow. Next year large acreage of the wild lands now being planted in grain will be put in alfalfa. W. A. Engle and S. S. Stewart are in charge of the water department of the colony. Engle as secretary of the Big Rock Creek Irrigation District is actively engaged in looking after the affairs of that important oJrganization. He brings the water to the land and it is up to Stewart to distribute it. Chief Engineer Earle E. Glass has been brurily engaged in surveying and platting the second division of the City of Llano. He iCJ in need of an assistant and the first engineer who joins the _colony has a place awaiting him both at the draughting desk and in the field. It i likely one of tbe se\'eral applicants fOr' this place will be accepted. �20 The Western Comrade Disemployment, Crim=e, Slaughter! the truth hurts business. This is espeT ELLING cially true if your business is publishing a maga- ''It is an advertisement of the Savage automatic. We give the name of the gun because we want the people zine or newspaper. When the present management to know who it is that can be so vicious. took possession of this magazine, two iull page bank' ''This advertisement typifies capitalism. It epiads· added to the appearance and exchequer. Two edi- tomizes the philosophy of capitalism. It is just as brutal torials drove them from our midst. The truth about as capitalism; AND _IT EXPOUNDS THE REMEDY the banking system was distasteful to our customers. OF CAPITALISM! "Unemployment; crime epidemic; TEN SHOTS We have not ads for firearms. If we had we would QUICJ{! "Savage is.the name of the gun. Savage the advertising that exploits it: 'Savage is the system that gives it its opportunity. '' But the advertisement does more than expound a brutal philosophy. It tells the deadly truth. Unemployment does make ~rime. Unemployment drives people to desperatioh. It makes them hungry and cold and they take ~esperate measures to ge.t food and warmth. "Then ·comes the Savage. Give them ten shots quick. Kill the hungry men. Shoot the freezing wretch. what do you think of that kind of talk 1 ''And now just a word about magazines that print such advertisements. \\Trite to the advertising manprint this picture just the same. The picture and th e ager of the magazines and tell them that you do not editorial following are het·e repmduced by courtesy of like that kind of advertising. Tell him what your the New York Call. opinion of it is. Tell him that the hideous savagery and "The picture printed here is a portion of a revolver brutality is too ugly and too murderous to find a place advertisement. in your home." Truth About Mexico A T LAST some light is being shed on the l\1exican situation. John Kenneth Turner is writing a powerful series of articles for the Appeal ·to Rea~on in ·w hich he is giving the inside history of the struggle during the past four years. Turner has ruthlessly stripped the mask from Villa and shown him in his true light r1s an unseoncionablc faker and a . fraud. Many radical Americans have had faith in Villa because t>f the printed reports of the determination to free the land and stop the exploitation of the agarian workers. Turner has gathered a vast amount of facts about Mexico and believes there is iiUJ;D.inent danger th,!lt the United States may soon be plunged into war with the southern country-that we shall attack Mexico "in self defense" in much the samei manner as Germany· attacked France &nd Belgium in self defense last summer. The writer challenges the sincerity of Woodrow Wilson and declares there are unmistakable signs that there are preparations for war with Mexico. President Wilson is charged with aiding Villa and spurning Carranza. Turnef points out that the Constitutional party holds the men who ar~ really men of importance in the revolutiona.py. movement. Such men as Antonio Villareal, Obregon and L. Guiterrez de Lara are standing firm with Carranza and if Wall Street's pleas for aid to Villa should go unheeded there would soon be an end to the reign of terror in northern Mexico. Turner attributes most of the danger to the American people in regard to the Mexican situation to a venal press and the secret diplomacy of the Wilson · administration. Socialists need not be told of the Yenality of the American press. That is an old story . to them. That an invasion of' Mexico would be disastrous alike to democratic movement in both countries no one can doubt. The Turner articles should be read with care by all Socialists and all should be prepared to act. Agitation and publicity on the part of the Socialists and the radical press undoubtedly has prevented intervention in the past. Prompt action may again :;;ave us.-F. E. \V. �The Western Comrade Booze and Revolution By KATE RICH_A.RDS O ' HARE P IWJIJBITJOS has not redueed the sale of liquor, hut ir tlw ruling elass can suceeed in cutting down drinking lJy liquor lettislation, will it speed the coming revolution 1 Mmst fH!HUredly! Sobri<•ty mc•am; 1•ffieicncy, and "efficiency " moveniNJtls h11n ill all ag••s h•· •n the incubators in which revolut iotJH \\'l•r1• !tat t·ht•d. 'J'hn ruling <·lass has always desired more efficient Hlavc•H. Th<•y hJ'{'tl th<'m up to be more efficient, and I h<•ll f'ouud I hll t ,.ffit·it·ncy in producing wealth also prot)ll<·c•cl a dc·sit·f· 011 th1· part of the slave to enjoy more. In ord1·r to s<·c·u r·r· mor<', the slaves J'evolted. 'I'IH• OIJWrtrd nntr·c·h of pfficiency has produced a race of' wor)((•t•s th;Jt sl•t•tns to approach Nietzsche's "supe~­ ttliiJJ . " l\lc•n who r·onqucr earth and air and sea, who ~o~ ubdtJI' 1inw IIJHL spacr and uatural forces, will hardly h<' slltisfic•d hy a sin \'P 's hut, a serf's cot, or a moder·n c:ity ~o~lum. Wh<•n thnt pfficient worl<er has built a world ol' ht•n111,v, 1·omi'ort :IIlii lnxw·y, he will not stop at the puny !(llh•s of pt·i\'ntr property with which the ruling C'lass wonltl sh1tt 'him out of the Paradise he has created, hut he> will liSP the same effieieney with which he built lht• ~ntr~ to llllli111H' l' them down again. The ruling class wishes ober workers to creat more wealth for them, revolutioni ts need sober men to organize the workers to dru:_nand and ecure the alth they have created. A man who e brain i pickled in whisky is of little value to the .ruling ela and be i of inestimaWy less ~aloe to the working cla . Efficiency oils the wheels of revolution. Of course John D .. Rockefeller does not ·r aliz tho fact, but it is true nevertheless that the Hookworm Commission he is supporting in the outh i doip.g mor for the revolutionary awakening in Dixie than anything God bless you, John! \\Te are with you. You know, John, that you and the hookworms can't both feed on the same "cracker" at the .same l;,ime, and we Sociali ts know that hookworms in the 'tummy and !"evolutionary thoughts in the brain cannot .exist in the same man at. the same time. You eliminate the hookworms, Johnny, :md we will put the re~olutio:nary thoughts where they will produce results. · An efficient man is a rebellious man. And anything that raises the efficiency of the working class will speed the Revolution. Get busy, you middle-class foes of booze! We guarantee that if you can kec1, ;:1en sober, we will organize · them for revolution. The Slaves B y MARGUERITE HEAD A JWI'\'Ildin~ multitude, they \\'alk the NH·th with weary, solemn tread; 'l'lw~r liv~-but lo! lwfor my ken there flock The gJ'('flt<'r legion of the ag~s dead. \ ho pn., ing by in vi ion, eem to mock nr litH's of bnttle nnd our lines of bread. "Shall ye, too, !Pave a heritage of blig~t 'l'o eurse your sons and daughters with your woe? Nay, seek to learn that ye may give them light 'l'o set their souls with love and truth'}iglow, And dissipate this dark night That they its horrors ne\'ermore may know." 'l'lw . l:\\'1.' ' of t't.'ntnri . de pi ed, rHiled'l'ht•i-W JH't•tr(l milli 11. makt:o tlu~ir angui bed moan ln plt>n ling m•cent : ' \Yt:o were once beguiled T.ike you wl10 JiY(• • ahts! hnd we but known lr htti.'nt power w hud lh~ed and miled " Throng!~ viril YN\rs to rt>ap where we had own. The dream is sped: the great remorseful throng Have ceased lamenting, and the voice is still. The nameless ho. t who dn1dged through .eons longTheir unmarked graves the dust of every hillExploited, driven low hy want and wrong, llave al1 . uccmnhed to one swift Reapn's wi11. of ignoran('t> we were oppr ed ; \Yt' tlid not. ~k the hcart-d troyinrr price nr hnl~., mu~t pa.v for our aeenrsed bequest (\f lmnda,e, po'•erty, di east> and vice, Or \W h~ul ri en with a conquering zest Tu build for tht'm. i:nstt'ad. a para~. The . ert: of ages !-workin.,., fighting, dead! The «.>arth is taroi bed with the scarlet stain Of martyred toilel's-Dh, the stain is red ! Hark ! ye who hound m«.>n down for sordid gain And know that while your vic~tims toiled and bled, Your souls werl- branded with the guilt of Cain! \ ' liSt 'l'ht·ou~hout ' Di.'NHM' �Th e W est ern C o m r ad e 22 The Silent Souls in the Ranks I By EUGENE V. DEBS are many great hearts, splendid spirits, T HERE heroic souls in the Socialist Movement. One has hut to think of these to find solace in the sorest trial. . ' The names of most of these a.~e barely known. 'l'hey suffer in silence anc! almost . with joy for the cause. ' Their· names are never in print. They do not seek offict·; they give, but do not~ receive applause. _ They give but little and yet they give much, for th ey give their all. They ·know OJ;~ly how to give and do for the cause. They think of nothing else and least of all of themselves. These are Socialists and of these is the Socialist Movement. These silent comrades never dispute about anything, hut their hand can be seen in everything. They make no noise, although they are constantly at work doing the things that others argue about and split hairs over. lt is because of this nameless and fameless host that the Socialist l\Iovement is fire-proof, bullet-proof and lightning-proof. Nothing can greatly injure it, or more than momentarily halt its march to victory. f My hat is off to these · comrade~ of the rank and file who seek nothing of the Movement but the chance to serve it with all.theit: ~hearts. When I think of them my heart leaps; hdpe is renewed, confidence strengthened and doubt v~nishes: · · . The ·.o tber·day two of the comrades, brothers, crossed a mountain in snowshoes, a ~istance of twenty-five miles, to attend a me(!.ting in ldaho. Still anot1ler comrade walked fo~ty miles acro~s a higher range to attend the same meeting. Think of· that! Those who usually talk about making sacrifices for the cause know not the meaning of sacrifice. They who ·really ·II).aks sacrifices never talk about' them. Leaders may and often do disrupt a movement, but never make one, The rank. and file create always, but never destroy. · The men and :women, the boys and girls who are building up the Socialist Movement and putting their hearts and souls into it, are the greatest · people in the world. They are making it possible for future generations "to rise on their dead ·seJves as stepping stones" to the kingdom of light .and love. !nocuous First-Aid Bullets By ARTHUR E. MACDONALD A NE"W bullet has been invented. A bullet which, it is claimed, will save thousands of lives and mitigate the suffering on the battlefields of future wars. Already there has bc€'n much agitation for its adoption. You get it~ We must have wars. Capitalism and God have decreed it. "Men. shall cry, 'Peace, peace! ' and there shall be no peace." We must go on shooting our fellows. But let us do it without making them suffer; without killing them. This bullet has two annular grooves, the first of which is fillM with a nai'~otic to deaden the pain, and the second with an antiseptic to cleanse the hole, check the flow of blood and speed the healing. Then the wounded men can return to the firing line to be slwt again and may possibly acquire a liking for the painless, harmless operation. It would be a simple matter to add a drug of the "habit-forming" variety to induce in en to be more eager for a second ''shot'' · of it. It is a foregone conclusion that this bullet which is so efficient" and capitalistically "economic," which so . "conserves" the supply of bullet stoppers for future ufle, will find much favor with those interested in increasing the output of the munitions of war. To quote: "There is enough ·anesthetic _in the butlet so that a wound even in ·a vital part will cause little shock to the nervouR system. ""So writes one enthusiast in describing this latest addition to civilized warfare. ''Nervous !<ystem '' is appropriate, surely! Yet it is doubtful if the writer really meant that "the recipients of the humane missiles'' must of necessity be ones without brains. But (whisper it) isn't that the natural conclusion to whi<'h one WOQld come when thinking of them and this new "twilight sleep" bullet'always excepting those who have ulterior reasons for inaugurating its use. Nervous systems! Haw! . The new invention has been offered to all nations now at war and to the United States Government. We sincerely hope the latter government, if it does elect to adopt this life-saving bullet, will not put in a joker to the effect that the old-fashioned, permanent-sleep kind are to be continued for use in quelling strikes and~h, we beg your pardon. But, really, you know, altruistic bullets are alhlost too too-much. �The Western Comrade 23 An Appeal For Peace By CHESTER M. WRIGHT S OI\JE day the world must listen to the first cries it. A sufficient reaction against wttr 'in the belligerent for peace and know them to be genuine. Else countries will stop the war. That can be proved. there can come no peace. So go the objections to seeking peace. Let them War cannot always continue. There must be an go--and let them come. Any European government end. And that may be a trite thing to say, but eon- now at war can furnish a hundrec:l reason a minute for ver·sation is made up largely of a repetition of trite keeping the war going-at the expense of Labor. Their things. reasons dQn 't interest me-and neither do tbe reasons 1 know the strong arguments that will be made given by any one el e. Labor loses by war·-the profithy those who think it useless to discuss peace now. ers win. Labor h:ts had enough of war. And ] am convinerd that there is in those arguments With Congressman London I believe our fir t and nothilll! that shoul<l he pei·mitted to stop what agitation immediate step should he the sending of an able deletoward pl·ac·r we haYe been able to bring into play. gation to Europe for the pm·posc of gathering accurate Fir·st let us see what is to be said in discouragement infol'mation on thr state of affair·s as they concern the of thost> who :tre agitating for peace. workers and their international r·clations. Thry haYe no power to compel respect for their For, going hand in hand \Yith the task of agitating agitation. Thry c·nn talk, but they cannot compel. . for the stopping of th'e war goes the task of rehabilitatThe issue ovrr "·hic-h the war is being fought is not ing the lntel'!iational. And the only way to rehabilisettled. tate the International is to r ehabilitate it. 'rhat means lf 1h r \Ya ,. wrr(• to stop today, it would have to be that somebody must set about it. fought out at gome future date. This amhassador.ial delegation ought to set about The majorit.v of the physical force of the world the work of bringing together the organized men and is at "·ar, and it cannot be stopped until one side or women of the nations at wnr. 'rhere are thousands the other has hcen fought to the point of exhaustion. of workers in England, in Austria, in France, in GerThere are not in the belligerent nations enough per- many, who want wa1· stopped. '!'hey are working with!';Ons who actually want war stopped to have any effect out international relntions, and it nppears that the only on the powers that made the war and are continuing it. way in which they can be brought into r elation with The Socialists of America would, if confronted to- one another is hy the good offices of workers from neuday by a war crisis, be · themselves incapable of pre- tral nations. This not heranse of th eir lack of desire, senting a united front against war, but would be swept lnrt hcranse of their lark of opportunity. under the war tide. It should he the work of this delegation to see perAnd that is a fo rmidable list of statements against sonally as many of the represe·ntatives of ·the workers which to battle for prace. But it is no more formidable in th e various nations as possible and to keep the than the actual condition that exists where war is. · American workers fully informed-as to the progress of And I think that, in spite of those arguments and their work. whatevPr others may he brought forward, the agitation The work of this delegation would at once furnish for peace will continue in America and in the countries the American movement with a guide to its further activities. There would be given a basis for actual, nt war until the war stops-<>r is stopped. lt ha. 1heen pointed out that as time goes on and practical operations. the warring powers become worn by exhaustion, the The workers of America have held their peace well demand for peace will go up from those who rule, and in the face of the European conflagration. They have that then peace will come, with the Socialists playing been "neutral" so well that they are bound to comno role of importance whatever. But even if that is mand the· respect of the workers of Europe. o, it-must not detl'r us now. Nothing must deter us. But this is not all that we can do. We can, by a I am inclined to think that at least some of the ob- ceaseless agitation, encourage the workers of Europe jection . brought forward as reasons for not acting to increase their own efforts to re-establish peace. And :.r in reality mean a excu es for not acting. Some that is one of the biggest things that we can do. A great popular resentment against the war-a great find it ea ier to be negati>e than positive. They ay the war cannot be stopped until one side . welling tide for peace rolling over the American coni ,exhau ted. They merely ay that · they do not prove tinent would he an inspiration to the embattled work- .. �24 The Western Comrade ers of Europe-and a good thing likewise for the workers of America. That is true for the very good reason that every bit of sentiment agains.t war in Europe increas~s the hatred of all wars-and the powers of capitalism evidently do not intend to overlook America. I believe that a program along the line of what I have suggested will lead naturally to another and greater step-the calling of an international congress of workers-and that would be a great event! There is enough to be done. And if there is energy it will find outlet. Let us rise and· go forth, in the fight for_ peace. Vlhen the workers of the nations at war are struggling against mighty odds for their principles, is it not poor courage indeed that Leads the workers of America to remain passive, "watchfully -waiting" Y we must throw our· energy into a great cr:usade for peace. We must" dema;nd the end of .war. We can do no less than the '-yor~·ers of Europe are doing. We ought .to. do much more. Overlpads of C-h arity By IRVIN RAY N E\\"8PAPERS throughout the land are .comment- besides the want to ;give them a little charity. They ing on the fact that the Charity Organization So- want, for one thing, to save their own claws from being ciety of New York City spends, as stated in its annual clipped. , report, the sum of $1.50 in organization expenses for· Charity folks must. never follow their own inclinaevery $1 it places wher·e it will do the most good among tions if these inclinations lead them to the conclusion . . the poor. that changes in the laws of property are the things Some of the paper·s roast the Charity Organization most to be desired. · I have seen charity folks follow Society for ahsorh ing so much in expenses. Others ex- their inclinatio~s · to this point. l have seen what happlain that if we are going to have organized charity pened to them within their organization. They were at a ll the overhead expense is necessary, and must not cast out of countenance, out of favor, were refused prohe complained against. motion. I might fill whole pages with the stories those I want to write about this overhead expense here, who were in and revolted against the charities Hierhut 1 do not want to complain about it. Not at least archy and now are out. on its own account. And those who stay inThe overhead expense is onfy an incident in the W e have seen how the movement for pensions fo·r coming of professionalism into philanthropy. widowed mothers fell afoul of the private. charity orAnd professionalism has come. We h~ve Dr. Ed- ganizations and how they maintained ~lobby at Albany ward T. Devine, in a circ'Ular advertising the School of to kill the bill. Philanthropy comparing careers in professional philanAnd why a lobby ? For the good of the poor, whieh thropy with careers in the law, in medicine, in letters. are supposed to be the concern ·of the private charity We have both Dr. Edward T. Devine and W. Frank workers 1 Of course not. Fo; the good of the rich, Persons, secretary of the Charity Organization Society who after having had this bill served up to them dead of New York City, telling us it is none of the public's · upon a platter, would feel just 1n- the spirit to ''con. business what they person·a ny get out of their profes- tribute. '' sional services because the money comes from private "We have felt in New York," said Mrs. John 1\1:. sources. Glenn, a leadin-g power in th e Russell Sage Foundatio~, But does it come from private sources Y We hear in when she was asked to speak on pensions for widows at the land ~lso the ribald fling at the learned doctors of the Conferen ce of Charities and Correction at Memphis philanthropy, "What do you mean 'private sources' last year, ''that we d? not ·wish .to have a new form of when you flaunt the poverty of the poor in the faces of care introduced in New York City. To demand of the· the rich for a living?" Isn ~t the public entitled to an state that it shall give r elief to th e widow and her chil-· accounting on that1 " dren tends to lessen the family's sense of responsibility It the heads of the powerful charity organizations for its own.'' merely eng~n giving relief with money showered It was all very beautiful of Mrs. Glenn to speak up down upon them, without their having to lobby for it, that way. BUT AJ,SO, r elief for widows by the state · to coax it, to study the rich and how to coax it out of calls for taxes- taxes. on the rich. A lobby maintained them, then I for one could largely forgive them all and by Organized Charity to kill the bill means the saving let them go their way. of the rich from taxes. But in these days even a blind man knows that there Is it· any wonder there is a nation-wide cynicism are many things the rich want, in regard to the poor, about Charity?--The Masses. �The Western Comrade A Short Way to Llano (Tune : "Tipperary.") By Dan Rooke Right up to Angel City, Came a colonist one day, As the hrcad line was a formiiJg-, So ev.ery one was gay. Telling tal es of labor trouble, And dispensing of hot air, Till th e colonist got excited, Ami he hollered to them there. Chorus:· It's a short " ·ay to the Llano, It's a short way to go, It's a short way to the Llano, The greatest place I know. Good-bye labor trouble, Farewell all hot ai1·, It's a short, short way to the J_,lano And my heart's r ight there. Thr colonist seut a wireless, To Llano very soon, Saying should you need me there, Send wireless at noon. Things are all in a turmoil, Dodgin g cars, and jitneys, too, So if you think I 'm needed, I surely will get through. Chorus. Llano sent a wireless, To th e colonist at large, Saying you had better come Or you will miss your charge. By train loads they are coming, And auto buses, too, And they all stop at Llano, And never one gets tlnough. Chorus. Llano, Cal., April, 1915. 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Subscription f>l'lce One Dollar' a Year In Clubs of Four Fifty Cents Job Harriman, Managing Editor Frank E. Wolfe, Editor Vol.· II April, 1915 No. 12 Colonists and R~bbits SINCE the Socialists invaded the Antelope Valley there has been a deciclecl lh·ercasc in rabbits in that seetion immediately surroundinithe Llano del Hio Colony . . The valley has hecn , in .\'Pars past, the seen€ of immc>nse rabbit dr·ives. The ranchers gathered in fo r· miles and drove the lon g-cared jaeks and the wild cottontails into pens and slaughtered tlwm by th e thousands. The colonists haw not partieipated in any drives, but the hunters have kept me> at in many a pot. Now comes the news that Austr·alia last yea r· realized $3,000,000 from its J'ahbit crop. The animals formf'rly were a terrible pest there, but now they have heen turned into profit making. According to a newspaper report one buyer alone, it seems, sent away over a ton of sliins cac·h wt•ek all through last season. It has been decided to start freezingworks at the place- that means carrying the surplus rabbit-crop over in cold storage. The exportation of rabbit-skins from Australia now exceeds in value over $3,000,000 annually, according to the Sydney repo~·t. Now this is astonishing information. 'fhe antipodes are to be congratulated. For years we have been hearing about their p est of rabbits. Australians have long viewed · with gloom the OYerrunning of their co ntinent. What mosquitoes are to New J ersey or prairie-dogs to Kansas, or the gypsy-moth to New England, rabbits are to Australia- that has been the impression. Jt_was sixty 'years ago, or so, that an incautious gentleman of New South Wales obtained from Europe. and turned loose in the colony, three pairs of ra.hbits. As the population and wealth of Australia incr<lased, the rabbits increased; and more than correspondingly. Until recently, it has heen a tremendous problem how to check them-to say nothing of extermination. 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As he mused about the girl and their first meeting in a Fresno beer hall in the days before t he" lo:t:~g hairs" put a quietus_to the op erations of his ilk, Jacques Lorrilard entered his mind and accelerated his lagging steps. A certain story concerni~g The Stalker at the grim humor of which he had often laughed, did. not now sit well on his stomach. S Ol\IE years before Bonchar ·s ad- vent in the hills a Fresno upstage canying th e ·money to pay off the flume company 's employes was robbed and the lone dt·iver killed. A Portuguese sheepherder was suspected. Jacques took the trail. After three days he returned-with an ear!·inged ear and the heavy leather pouch containing all the money intact. The laugh-raising finale of th e tale ran that the half-breed minion of the law stagger ed weakly into Strongarm 's and nonchalantly throwing th e grisly souvenirs of the l' hase on th e bar, said: "GeeYe me wan dreenk wheeskee!" 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With upraised rifle -Bonchar moved cautiously along in:. tlie shadow toward the spot whence came 'the upro·a r. Interest in the deadly conflict raging between these prowlers of the night led him a position of vantage behind a large boulder, from which he could view the battle in the event that their belligerency brought them into the open and the light. Hardly had he become settled when b.oth ,.combatants rolled, a snarling ma s, out of the darkness. His impulse wa'S to shoot, but some stronger instinct held his finger inert on the .trigger. An instant later he WitS horrified to see a huma:o arm extric-ate itself from the tangle and drive home a shining blade into the writhing, tawny body of a mountain lion. At once 13onchar let go at the feline, now trying to drag itself off into thP brush. The man sprawled convulsively about, facf' clown, for a few moments and tht'n ·l ay still. The gambler turned the .body over on its hack and gazed closely at the bloody, lacerated · face and torn throat of the dead man. "lVfy God!" he remarked. " .You wrre some ti.ialker, Jacques old boy, hut, as the saying goes, 'There are .to OTimRR.'" ""'- War and Potato Bread The news comes from Germany that the Kaiser and his family are living on potato bread, the same as the common people and the soldiers, ' which reminds one of the old limerick: "There was a young lady named Maude, Who was suspected of beln~ a fraucl. She never was able To eat at the table, But out in the pantry--Good La.wd." Not the Llano Liz ' ' I understand that you have a new motor-car.'' "Yes." "Do you drive it yonrselff" "Nobody drives it. We coax it." �.. . u · The Western Comrade Young Colonists W ed · · THERE was a flutter of excitement at the Los Angeles office of the Llano del Rio Colony when Miss Mellie Miller and Herbert Stanley Calvert quietly invited the office force to accompany them to the courthouse and witness their marriage. With a dozen comrades the young people walked to the Hall of Records, where in less than thirty minutes they were married. Judge Grant Jackson performed the ceremony and imposed a fine of $2 on Calvert and promptly remitted it to the bride. Mrs. Frank E. Wolfe and Hyman Levin provided the material and legal advice for th e occasion. . Miss Lucill e \Vatson, a close friend of the bride, stood beside her during the rl'rrmony. The marriage is the result of an attachment formed by the ~·o un g coupl e two years ago when th~y becmne acquainted through their membership of the Young People's Sotialist League. Whrn the Llano del Rio Colony \Yas founded, Comrade Calvert was one of th e early rustlers for recruits ani! it was through his efforts l\Iiss 1\lille1· entered the offices of the colony, whcrt' she soon got such a thorough grasp of the husiness affairs of the enterprise that she has b_een a valuable adjunct to the office. Both of the young people hold memberships in the colony, but are not planning to enter their permanent residence there. 1\frs. Calvert "\Viii remain in the colonv office and her husband will continue his business in Los An geles until the fall, when they plan to hoth attend the University of California . . Comrade Frank Miller, father of Mrs. Calvert, is a well known s ·ocialist of Los Angeles, who has recently joined the colony and will soon take his family to I1lano. Both the young people have hundreds of frien~s among the radicals of California, and both have achieved some fame as propagandists in writing and in public speaking. They will meet their friends of th e younger colony set when they attend the May Day festivities at Llano. Tlie Y. P. S. L. comrades of Mr. and Mrs. Calvert are having consid-erable fun at their expense because of their concessions to conventionality by being married by a bourgeoise judge in a capitalist court room. They take t he chaffin g quiet ly. Socialists A tten.tion!.In order to place a copy or our catalogue of union-made goods in QJ.e hands of every reader·. of The Western Comrade, we will send postage prepaid, on receipt or FIFTY ~~NTS, one of our genuine sheep~khi-llia.ther card. cases BEARING THE UNION LABE4 . This C!l,fd case contains four . pockets, one large for bills and papers, one for your dues-stamp' book, and two with transparent windows for union member .ship cards. Th.i s is the ONLY CARD CASE on the market made by Organized Labor and bearing the union label. It is · no longer necessary for a class-conscious Socialist to -be inconsistent. Send fifty cents in stamps or order. mon~y MUTUAL UNION TRADING COMPAN·Y (The only exciuslve union label merchandisers) <Owned and managed by members of· the working class) 9 Boar d of Trade Cou rt, CHICAGO, ILLS. Why Not? Customer (looking at auto)What. the lamps not included in the advertised price of the machine 1 But the lamps are shown in the illustration. Salesman-My dear sir, so is a very beautiful woman, but we're not giving a lady with each car. After the Masquerade ''Did you enjoy the dance 1'' asked Kate. "Oh, fairly," answered George. "Some of the girls told me they didn't enjoy the dance one bit.'' '' \V ell,'' said George, ''I couldn't dance with them alL" A Bad Spell Teacher: "What does P-r-z-e-my-s-1 spML" "Hay fever, Tommy." INSURANCE Fire, Life, A ccident, Li ab ilit y Automob ile, Etc. B eat Compan ies Lowest Rates P. D. NOEL -Phones Residence 31238 M ai n 5247, A-4533 W i ll be g l ad t o c all on you The American· Socialist Official Organ of the· Socialist Party of ·America. The American Socialiat speaka with authority: It is a powerful news a~d propaganda weekly and is the onl~paper in the United States which gives an account of the official business of the Socialist Party. Every Socialist. Every Student of Socialism should be a subscriber. Suhscri.ption Price 50 cents a year. The American Socialist and The Western Comrade can be had in combination for one year by sending $1.25 to THE WESTERN COMRADE 924 Higgins Building Los Angeles, Cal. �The Weste.Tn Comrade 30 The Home Barroom WITHOUT trymg to get :into a controversy on the boo~e question, we offer the following without credit or comment: To the married man who cannot get along witho11t his drinks, the following is suggested as a means of freedom from exploitation by the saloon keeper: Start a saloon in your own house. Be the only customer. Yon will have no license to pay. Go to your wife and give her $2 to buy a gallon of whisky, and remember there are sixty-nine drinks in one gallQ'i;. . Buy your drinks from no one but your wife, and by the .time the first gallon is gone she will have $8 to put into the bank and $2 to start business again. Should yon live ten years and continue to buy booze from her, and then die with snakes in your boots, she will have money enough to bury you decently, educate your children, buy a house and lot, marry a decent man and quit thinl<ing about you. I Read the Correct InterpretatioJ;t of "Underlying Mutives in the Most -Remarkable ana Vaiuable Book of the Year The Mexic.a n People-Their .Struggle fori.Freedon;t -By..;_ L. Gutierrez .de Lara .and ' 'i" 'i" P inchon 'i" Eugene V .. Debs says: ·" • • • It is written from the point of view of the working class, the -tillers of the soil, the producers of the wealth, and shows that through all these centuries of toil and tears and blood and martyrdom they have been struggling for the one purpose of emancipating themselves from the tyranny of a heartless aristocracy, buttressed on the one hand by the Roman Church and on the other by the military power." Make It Constantograd? T HE "Congress of the Nobility" of Russia in solemn conclave at Petrogt·ad adopted the foll owing resolution: · The vital Interests of Russia require full possession of Constantinople, both shores of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles abd the adjacent Islands. 'i" Georgia Kot~'lh 'i" 'i" says: "• • • It strips the glamor of benevolent motives "from the deali'Ilgs with l\Iexico of the United States and other countries and presents t~ stark truth that American and norld -capitalism has been, and is, in leagut; against the proleta.riat of i\'fexico for its own sordid interest. And while the Mexican master .class is depicted as the most depraved and bloodthirf!ty in history, the Socialist will see that the story of the Mexican proletariat is in greater or less degree and in varying eiretun.6taooes the story of the proletariat in every country,'' All rigllt, messieurs of the nobility. Soyez vous tranquille. Remain safely at home. Henrivitch Dubbo.wsld is on the firing line and after his conquest you can p~t him back to work whil e yon take possession of the loot. Leave it to Henrivitch, he will do the fighting, starving and dying for you. What's the Use? The I,~nvyer-" You really want a divorce ?'' <:::The \Vifc-" Yes." The Lawyer-" All right. Wltat -a bout the alimony''' . Tihe \Vl.fe-•'He can't p·a y any alimony.'' The Lawy<er-"Eh~ Wllalt is t!his -.lt p~r:aetic.aD. joke f Ta.l{<e my 'aidvice, mad:a;m, and gr(i) ibwck 'homre :and waat nntil he ge'ts 'S(i)rnethillilrg. Fifty d'(!)alars, parea e." ~cumb ~ _PuLii~sh.ed ~ 'i' by .DOUBLEDAY, P.AGE &CO. Price S.t..SO W e wiU send yon tllitis book and The Western Comrade for ye.a-r for :$2.00 o~ �e e t Here is FROM PANAMA-CAI:IFORNIA EXPOSITIO • SA DI~GOo CAL. Mr. R. R. Snowden, Los Angeles, Cat Dear Sir: Last year we were having corudderable_trouble f i Olll' n OD. toll. • . . These soils have been treated in accordance wit'b your prescrlpU re.uJte. In fact, at thfa time we are having no trouble at all th the son in the nu Very truly (The expo1ttlon authorttle YOUJ'S, - , FRANK P • .ALLEN; JR., Director or have twi~ since used my services, which fact also tells Its o • rb. D. ator • rees of the same size and shape, at one year and twenty-two days from pl r hard, were chosen for experimental purposes. . 1\1e~surements mad . ' m nths and six days after fertilizing began, are shown. WITHOUT SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT It should be remembered that while any chemist can make a soli analysis, yet not every one has had sufllcient experience and of the right kind to enable him to correctly interpret the results and apply .them to treatment of the soli so as to give a .reasonable certainly of profitable returns to the person paying for the analysis. This is certainly the most important thing to consider. Mr. 0. H. Hottel, an orange grower, said to Mr. Chas. D. Baker, a banker of Pomona, Cal. : "The money I paid Snowden for soil analysis is the oest money I ever spent." (On the strength or this testimony Mr. Baker lias had two orange ·groves examined and prescribed fol' by me.) RECEIVED SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT Height ............................ 5 1et~t, 1 ftteb, Breadth of top .......... ........ .. 3 1M. 11 JMJ!u, Circumference of trunk at sroun4 • ••• • ,. ·''" Circumference of trunk at low'er JMbft branches . ............................. 3% f ommercial Exclusive Soil Laboratory in the United • hemi t nd oil Engineer I �Ow Yo r J b. Hundreds are ac~ieving this by jpining the Llano del Rio Co-operative Colony.situated in the Antelope Valley, Los Angel~s County, California, where climate and surroundings.are ideal for an · agri~ultural and industrial--community This (){Immunity is doing constructive and productive work in one of the most beautiful valleys in Southern California. The climate and surroundings are ideal. The Colony was founded and is conducted under the direct supervision of Job Harriman, who has been a leader in the Socialist movement in America for the past 25 years. The Colony is solving for ~':, __ its members and their families the serious probl~ms and disemployment and insecurity for the future. Here is an ex8.mple of COOPERATION IN ACTION. There were originally one thousand memberships. Nearly one-half of these are gone a.nd the remainder are going rapidly. Men and women of ~early every useful oocupation are needed in the community. These men are following the latest. scientific methods in farming, stock raising, dairying, poultry production, bee keeping, trout hatching and rearing; and otl;ler "&gricultura.l a.nd industrial pursuits. Sooiallit;e is uiost delightful. If you are willing to .apply the principles of co-ope~:at~on of which you have heard, talked and read so niuch, here is your opportunity. Co-opel'ation is a practical thing a.nd must be worked · .-I out in a practical ~ manner. By this · method we can accelerate the great _., worlQ. movement toward the socialization of all .the sources of huma.n life. Do you want to solve your own vexatious problems a.nd assist in this great enterprise? We want Colonists and we want representatives who can speak and write the message of freedom. You can make good from this - hour if you will take hold a.nd se(ture members. You can make this organization work a permanent business. See the story of the Colony on page 15 ·.of this magazine, take advantage of your opportunity and write for particulars. Lj-' IL· Address C. V. Eggleston, Fiscal Agent · ' Ll.~-t~NO D~L 924 Higgins Building ~- R () (:OMP NY I!: I Ili• I Los Angeles, Caifornia ''I'·•I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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United States California Los Angeles County Los Angeles Llano Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Inside this Cover Are Many Brilliant Articles Written by Some of America's Foremost Socialist Authors Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Western Comrade https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/68a7282ffadfca0c7637518ea59adc94.pdf 5cccce5739dc3e54417b6a3ffa8ac737 PDF Text Text ' " ·, e :. Read . ·· Job· 1-Jarrirrian's Great .:.JZP'~J· Article ' ·on the Inevitable ~MI . Coming .of·Socialism .... • Frank H .. Ware's l Cl~ver Satirical . Scenario . A.· F. Gannon's Fascinating Fiction City Mothers' Fox Trot-By. Georgia Kotsch ' �The Wes t er n C omrade 2 ELKS KIN BOOTS an4-SHOES Factory operat~d in,connection with·LLANO DEL Rib CoLONY Men's 10-inch boots.$6.00 Men's 12-inch boots . 7.00 Men's 15-inch boots . 8.00 Ladies' 10-inch boots 5.00 Ladies' 14-inch boots 5.50 Men's Elk shoes . . . . 4.00 Ladies' Elk shoes .. . 3.60 Infants' Elk shoes, 1 to 5 . . ... . ...... 1.50 Child's Elk shoes, 6 to 8 . .... .... .. .. 1.76 Child's Elk shoes, 8¥2 to 11. . . . . . . . . 2.25 Misses' a.nd Youths, 11% to 2 . . .. . . . . . 2.50 Place stocking foot on paper, drawing pencil around as per above Illustration. Pass tape around at linea without drawing tight." Give size usually worn. IDEAL FOOTWEAR For Ranchers and· Outdoor Men The famous Clifford Elkskin Shoes are lightest and easiest for solid comfort and will outwear three pairs of ordinary shoes. We cover all lines from ladies;' men's and children's button or lace in lig\lt handsome patterns to the high boots for mountain, hunting, ranching or desert wear. Almost indestructible. • Send in your orders by mail. Take measurement according to instructions. Out of town shoes made immediately on receipt of order. Send P. 0. order and state whether we shall forward by mail or express. SALES DEPARTMENT Llano del Rio Cotnpany 922 Higgins Building, Los Angeles, Cal. �.. CONTENTS Giant Llano Yucca- tn Futl Blossom-----------···----- Cover Breeding Revolution -·------·--· -·-:··-·------.____ ..Page f Comment on World Event.. By Frank E . Wolfe_____Page 5 B:r Georgia Kotscb .......____:J>age 9 City Mothers' Fox Trot. U. S. Battleship Sunk. ··---······--······--··-----····---···---·····-Page 10 The Municipal Hesitation. By Ed Mclntyre............Page 11 New Worlds to Conquer. By John M. Work·-···-·-··-··Page 1~ Into the Lunacy Fril\ge-----···-----·--------··-········-··---·····----····Page 12. . Sees Progress In Defeat. By Frank Harrls ________________ Page 13 Out to Sea. By A. F. Gannon·-··--·-··---------------·-----·-····--·Pa.ge 15 Llano del Rio ColonY--··----·------·-----·-·······--···-····---·-··----··--.Page 16 Need of New Brains. By Morrison I. Swift._ ____________Page 18 Map of City of Llano--··--··-------------····----------- -----·-----·-------·--Page 19 Open Under New Management. By Frank H. • Ware ----------------·-·--·-------·--·······-----··············-·······-·--··--····Page 20 Patriotism By W. A. Jacobs ________ __________________ ________________Page 22 Socialism Inevitable. By Job Harriman ----····----------····Page 23 Great Battle-Great Flapdoodle.-------····--·-----------··--··----Page 24 Who Are Best Slaves. By Homer Constantlne .... ____ Pa.ge 25 CARTOONS British L~on and Fiea•---------····---····----------------·····-----------·-Page The A Engll~ Splder-----------·-·--·- --- ---------·-----·-·--···-----·----------Page • 6 7 H~ible Picture-----·--·--·------·---·-···---··-··---·-----··-··--·---·---·--Pa.ge 8 Belgians in London -------------·-···-····----------·--··-·--·····---·-·······-Page 12 Kaiser and His Cousin.----------- ---------·-·---·-----·-----··--····-·---·-Page 13 New Beiglan Blocks--------------- ---·----·---------··-··---··-·---------···-Page 14 Imperial Dachshund ------···-------------·--- -------·------------··-··-----.-Page 14 The Old Corporai---·-··-·--····-------·-··--····--·-··-----------·----·--·-·---·Page 21 Wonders of Science ____________,_______________________________________________Page 23 The Gunman-----·--·--·:·--··--·--··------------------------------------------··-----Page 25 OBO~OJ@B!IOSO �The Western Comrade 4. .. BREEDING REVOLUTION / What London Punch Thinks is Awaiting the Kaiser �THE' WESTERN COMRADE Devoted -------------------------Political Action VOL. II to the Ca!Aafl of the Workers Co-operation NUMBER 11 LOS ANGELES, CAL., MARCH. 1915 Sunday Sight Seers Scores of Jnyestigators Visit Llano del Rio Colony Every Week End COMMENT ON WORLD EVENTS By Frank E. Wolfe il AIIHh! God is God, and l\Iohammed A LIJA_I-I is or is not his prophet- just as you believe. • Darden.elles; the Rusians haYe run them a race at the Bosphorus. Constantinople was the prize. Ere this is read, the cand les in St. Sophia will have been consumed, though the waters of the Sea of Marmora be incarnadined with human blood. The Christian God will triumph over the Moslem God and t he infidel followers of each will pray and curse arid go down in death grapple. Greece and Italy will join in the struggle and the Aegean Sea will be filled with fleets " of Europe. The jcha<l has failed and only trickery of diplomats or intrigue among conquerors and conquered can prevent the overthrow of l\Toslems in Europe. The shet·t>ef has h<'en waved in vain. That erstwh ile all potent green banner has not aroused the frenzy of t he faithful as of yore. Moslems of Asia, and many in Turkey, deny that the Ruccessor of Osman is the true caliph, and that ' the blood of the prophet flows in his veins. Only + + + the descendants of the trihe of Koreish may keep N HIS fetwa, Mehemed-Reshad, Sultan of Turkey, the green flag. The Shiah l\Ioslems at·e mostly Persays to his soldiers: "Grasp your weapons; sians and Indians who, either .secretly or openly, trust to God! Hurl yourselves with full might d~ny the Turkish Caliphate, and they are not re·ponding to the call. The summons by sacred fet~a against the foe and the Divine help will be with us!" That seem.<~ fair enough. The Christians have has all but fallen flat, and the British and French cruisers have batter ed their way through the .put ·their case in the hands of Jehovah, their God of I �The Western Comrade 6 W a1·. Why shouldn't the lslamitic Caliphate have the assistance of its own God Y Under the Sheriat, those of the Mohammedan faith, who figl_lt against various ports.. Pleas for patriotism have been of little avail and these ~orkers have stood firmly against threats and cajolery. There is much hope to be gathered fro~ the action of these workers . . There is a sm'o lderfug fire in· all the ·countries embroiled in the war. May it burst into consuming flames. . .• . + , W + ITH an admitt~9, half million unem~loyed in New· York City, the Gary committee has trifled and stalled through the winter and done nothing at all. It organi~ed a blue print diagram department, !'!pent th'ousands of dollars piffling around its offices and ?naJly · reached the height of assinity by sending out " .Christian spirit" letters to employers asking them not to discharge anybody. Wonderful tho_u ght, that! When the Gacy bunch starts the mighty enginery of such masterly brains something gives. In this instance it was the "Christian spirit" letter. Aftel""the issuance of that letter, about 100,000 more persons were disemployed by the Christian-spirited employers. The amazing thing about the performance of the catfish that make up l\Iayor Mitchel's committee is, that out of the whole miserable mess of poppycock and piffle not one thought has been exp~essed about the cause of unemployment-not an idea has found its way through their skulls. In a letter to the mayor of .New York, Amos •"Goddam! Whall kind of fleas have I got In my Pinchot declares that ''if we make it clear to the mane, anyway!" community that the government must own and conSlmplicissimus, Munich. t~ol ( 1) the natural resources whi~h are the basis Turkey iu this holy • .var, will be ''regarded as mur- of industry and the sources of energy, and (2) our derers and punished with the fires of hell.'' transportation systems, we will have taken the first All right: Forward, with God! Onward, Chris- great step toward meeting the unemployment questian soldiers! tion with a sound, constructive and practical pro+ + + gram.'' I ITTLE of the truth of the labor situation in . Yes, Amos, that will be a step. But why stop England is allowed to creep into the censored with the step 1 Let us make the whole journey. and cowed British press. Little publicity was given Let us start now and not stop until the people have to the railroad strike and prompt adjus'tment by taken possession, by wholesale restoration, of all of way-of increased wages and other concessions to the means of production and distribution of the the workers. n ecessities of life. Let us immediately take over Now come reports of the strikes of the dockers at the means of communication and exchange, and L �The Western Comrade 7 wrest from the capitalist pirates all the machinery of. exploitation. If you and your class will join t,he workers in this we will yield you a point and begin with the land, but you must stick with us and insist on no . cessation until we reach the goal-the socialization of the sources of life. T ·with the little idiotic top caption used by .this sheet, "Bad to Worse," t~e writer has cribbed extensively from the Russian writer who declares that the war has brought :E·urop.e ~fifty years ne~rer to state own~ ers}J.ip~ of ali .thin'gs collectively used. . The writer says: "The Socialists clai:m to be a P~.ace party, but what they c<;>.u ld not get through peace they will get through war. W4en war broke out short- · + + + sighted people said that Socialism had disappeared. HAT Europe 's Armageddon is turning out to be Socialists everywhere, in Fran·ce, Germany and AusSocialism in disgriise is the hopeful declaration tria, stuck patrioically to their governments. The short-sighted claimed that by this surrender to Chauvati.ism the $oci'fllists gave their cause away. In reality Socialists were unconsciously doing Socialism their best conceivable service. They are helping th~ state to tealize Prof. Wagner's old prediction that 'war on the scale of our modern million armies can be provided for' economically only if the state have refuge to the most drastic schemes of Socialistic expropriation.' The war is a bloody way of realizing Socialist notions. A social revolution might be equally bloody and it would have no chances of success.'' The writer goes at length · to show instances where England and continental countries have seized public industries and makes a rather strong case that after the war there will be a distinct movement in favor of holding and operating all that has been taken. Like all superficial students he makes the profound mistake of coDfusing state capitalism with Socialism. We wish his predictions as to Socialist gains were based on more careful deductions. T The English Spider 9f Stephen Aspden, who is a special correspondent and whose articles are printed in that delightfully progressive and sterling daily newspaper the Los Angeles Times. In an aJ:ticle that is cheerfully headed + + +· HOSE dfscerning <mes who have been taking consolation ·from the statements that Socialism is no longer a menace to capitalism in qermany must have experienced a distinct shock to learn that a Socialist had been elected to · the City Council in Berlin and that there is a great rallying movement all over Germany. It is· true that Socialists of the world suffered a terrible defeat when the world war began. Our dreams of ~eace were shattered. We had hoped that the propaganda had spread and that the wgrking class of all countries was . aliv~ to the needs of __,__ �The Western Comrade 8 solidarity in the stand against--war. We had hoped to establish an unshakable international working class that should know no artificial geographical boundaries; that should recognize but one common cause--that of bringing about the new age of cooperation, peace and plenty for all mankind. As for the present cataclysm, Socialists', whether they be in the trenches of Europe or iri the industrial hattie of the so-call ed neut!.al nations, r ealize that it is the barbarisms of ''peace'' under capitalism that are the greatest cause of war. In <~ountries involved in tlw st"ruggle there is an admitt<·d dt ee k to out· great movement, but to call it a c-o llapse of Socialism as some writers have expressPd it-that is an expression born of the hope in the hearts of the privileged elasses. These exploit- _ rrs, \\·ho an· riding easy on the shoulders of labor, may sr<> the tet-rihle eonsequences of war. Th ey may fep) that ht1sincss will for the time ht> paralyzed, hut thry pr·pfet· this to the hosti le hosts of Soeialism who W<'rt' stead ily, possibly slo\\·ly hut with great pre<·ision und<·rminin~-r the foundations of their· house. W IIILE you arf• gettin g your. momin g shudder over· the statements of the killed and wounded on th e European battle front, pause between your oats and your eggs and take a look at the list of kill ed on one of Ameri ca's fi elds of slaughter. Take the mining ~lnd quarrying industr·ies: During the past year the vi ctims kill ed and wounded total 103 ,6~ 1. Of these 3631 wer e killed outright. This is a d eath rate of 3.49 in every 1000 of the 1,047,000 men employed in fhe industrie1 mentioned. Dr. .J. A. Holme<;, director of th e bmeau of mines says the death rate is excessive an<l unnecessa ry and a discredit to the industt·y ~mel the country. Let us quote this pnthority: "I beli eve I am eonservative wh en I say that half of the 3651 men killed in the yeat· 1913 might have beeu saved, and three-fourths of the 100,000 men injured in th e sa,rne year might have escll.ped injury had all the various agencies involved-the operators, the miner·s and the state and . national govemmrnts- don e thrit• full duty in th e matter. " None will disagree with the director. Had these capitalist institutions done their full duty toward humanity it would h:iv~ reduced the dividends upon which private ownership depends for its existenuc. There .is but one r emedy--the nation must take over these ahd "au other large indus.tries and all the natural sour~es o.f life and oper-ate them for . the benefit of the collecttyity. <t• W + + AR has taught to thousands in the field the power·o·f cooperatjve effort. As one magazine writer has put it: Sooner or later, if the world is to stand and man~ind is to continue to advance, peace will have to go sc~ool to \Var to learn the A Horrible Picture Philippine Free Press. Manila. art of caring fo r men. That divine altruism which W<' see fusing in one great glow the armies in Europe today will somehow have to be blown abroad through the infinite tomorrows. Th e millions who in th e trenches today see on e\·er~ hand the manifol_d advantages of cooperation \\'ill not forever tolcr·at e th e la ck of this fin e t!rin~ in times of p eace. Not forever will a mere extens ion of boundaries and huge indemnities to he used by the state in the preparation for further wars hE' accepted by men as compensation for tlw bloodshed and ruin of homes. This does not mE'an that war is a desir·able school, hut it indicates that th ere will be something ~vhole­ some and of vahw t augh t to the sunivors of the struggle. After th e struggle shall ha\'e E'ndc>d there will <'Orne an era of constructive effort under collective control that \\'ill mark the da\\'n of a n ew and glorious d?.y for all mankind. �'•. The Western Comrade City Mothers' Fox Trot By G.EORGIA KOTSCH lll~===:=:;t ROFESSOR LARKIN, in 'a re.c ent article, pronounces the sustained poise in the air of birds on motionless wings one of the greatest mysteries of nat,-qre. That isn 't a circumstapce as· a mys. tery to the happenstance in human na-. ture of a lot of politicians, no better, if no· wm·se, than average folks, being transmuted presto pronto by the fact of election to office into protectors of vir·tu.C and moral models for the youth of the land. Whi('h is by way of remarking that we have had a municipal dance. A municipal danee is a philanthropic effort put forth by the 1\Tanagrrs of our i\forals to ful'l1ish chemica lly pure, government inspected recr eation for people who will do wron g if not watched. Dollars and decenq, pm·ity and privilege are synonymous terms. That is why the moment an individual or· a family annexes a sizeable bunch of kale it automatically heconws r espectable and of some account. Accordingly, it would seem that a brass-bou11d, fully guaranteed method of regen erating the world would he to make all the people well-to-do. A cheaper way is the munieipa I dance: . P eople usually prefer a round-about way of doing things, anyhow. This dance was a great success. As th e first r equisite it was thoroughly chaperoned. Th e only picture I every saw of God represt>nted him with an eye in the back of his head-the creation of the unco gu id who believe that nobody ca n he trust ed out of sight. The dance was more than chaperoned- it was moth ered, and by a n ew and most appropriate sort of mother. The old-fashioned article furnished for some years past by Dame Nature for ordinary requirements has proven inadequate to modern exigencies. Neith er were these foster, step or in-law. They were City 1\fothcr·s, as becoming to a municipal function. To cl imate Los Angeles has added this second distinguishing feature . Beautifully gownrd, tlwy stood in a row, graciously patronizing, r eady to receive the naughtily inclined boys and · girls who have no ni c~ dances to go to~ and saying in effrct : "Dear girls, gaze upon us. ·what we are, you should try to become . . We have come as Exhibit A and we have even loaned for th e occasion the scions of our families, that you may he impressed with the fact that virtu e and money and good clothes are their own reward." But there was nary an impress. The dance, as remarked, was a tremendous success. The only thing that was the ~attei" with it was that the people for whom it was ·pla.Iffied di.dn 't come. Inste'a d a lot of . ' nice y.oung folks ,vbe are accustomed to going to · respect~bl& dances (or the dances nowaQ.ays designated as such) and to behaving· thems(flves , ~s respectable people.. be~a:ve t~rre, came and were neither better nor worse· than if they had attended some other dance. But suppose the chil~en of the perverse poor had attended! '1'4ink. of the cruelty of it! As intimated, the affa~r was also chaperoned by the City Fathers. They also stood in a row. Middle-aged men, even i.f persona-lly justified in.so aoing, seldom go it too strong on the pattern or' virtue pose·. Young America is irreverent and given to knowing winks. But thet·e the Fathers stood, sartori~.lly resplendent in up-to-snuff haberdashe-ry; like veritable Dukes of Kalamazoo or Viscounts of .Watts receiving their tenantry. The City Sons and Uncles and Nephews were there, too. Think of the· susceptible hearts of $3 and $6-perweek cannery and department store _girls palpitating ~ through one brief, ·butterfly evening, tripping the tanglefoot, dipping the devil-dare, breathless i~ the lmnn~' hug, in a p erfectly respectable dance with these irresistible creatures! The great inducement held. out in the advertisement of the dance was that you would have an opportunity to shake a foot with Somebody. l\Iany a young heart would have .gone to the next day's grind haunted by the hopeless vision ~f the gracefu1 flapping of a police sergeant's coattails in the tango. It would simply have ereated needless mental suffering. . If Mrs. Charity Club-Dub or Mrs. Fashion de Fussfeath ers lend the luster of their presence and their son'> to grace the festive scene, does that indicate that they will countenance a mesalliance with a $6-awcckcr ? Nay, Natalie ; alas, Alys, not so. Philanthropy nmneth not to snrh ~xtremes. 'l'ake it all in !ill , there is just this one thing <?an he said : A joyride originating at a police-City Mother supervised dan c·c is orthodox, while a joyride originating- at oth er dan ces is likely to furnish a text for a · sensational preacher next Sunday. One other thing some simple p eople may say, and that is: If the people had what they earned they would look after their own recreations and would be just as likely to he decent as their betters. \Vhethc · City Mothers werr invented to mother th e city 01 to mother the chances of political candi- �10 The Western Comrade dates, take it from me, a new hrand of mother is not · the crying need of the hour. What i~ more needed is a fair deal for the common or gard~n variety. They must bear the race and everybody's adyj,ce. The City Mothers have not only given a muny dance, but they have issued, through the scho!>ls, a letter of advice to mothers about their girls. Every reformer who sets out to fix up the world includes advice to mothers in his kit of tools. If it would do· the good folks seem to think it will, the world would long ere now have ceased from troubling and we would be going downtown and to _the beach on snowy pinions instead of being racked with the jitney bus pr.oblem. For ever since that first indiscretion of F'Oremothe'r Eve, followed by a tragedy-amon~ the boys, by the way, and not the girls of her family-advice to mothers as a rrmcdy for the ills society is heir to has been pretty well tried out. The girl problem, whiCh is still with us in increased proportions, seems to indicat" that they either cannot or will not act upon the advice showered upon them free as salvation. I am inclined to think it is the former. However excellent the qual-" ity, the quantity would give them moral indigestion. The City Mothers, however, seem to take a different view, for they say, "Why wantonly waste boy and girl life 1" Mothers may ignorantly waste the life of their young, or they may, as is generally the case, see it wasted through stress of circumstances, but I think there is no appreciable number of inothers who wantonly waste it. The letter points out that the dangers to girls have multiplied a hundred-fold in the last twenty-fi.ve years, owing to the fact that they .m ust be employed largely out'lide of the home-which is more a multiplication of working girls than of dangers, for the poor girl who had to "hire out" always had her dangers. . "The welfare of the girl is woman's problem, especia_lly the mothers. The safeguarding of the daughter lies in the first place in the mother's knowledge of danger, her conviction that her daughter does not differ vastly from other girls, etc." \Vith that statement, one mother wants to flatly disagree, because it throws on her mother the responsibility which belongs equally to the father and beyond him to all. society. Often the father has more time to look after the girl's whereabouts than the mother; has a better suit to go~ and knows a heap better where the places of enticement are, but it has never occurred to anybody to expect him ·to spimd his spare time that way. His duty is to go intP conn.iptions and pretend he wants a gun a.fter. so,et~g. ~as nappen~d. "Let Ma do it, •·• so says be, and so says a shirking society. Sympathy between ·tbe mother and daughter is the one great safeguard-that and improved social environment. I say that, and it· sounds exactly like a safe and sane 'r eformer,· which I am not. I must spoil it. That very symp~tby costs money. The mother must have money for presentable clothes in which to go out and for ieisure in wl\ich to think and train her children-money to provide recreation for them if they are not to depend 'on men for it. If through poverty ~he is cut off from the social world, how can she guide her child's feet through it? This is a fact: Mothers seeing their girls depri~d of the youthful pastimes to which they are entitled, in the pity and pain of their mother hearts, allow them to go with slightly known men because it is their only chance for entertainment. This is not wise, but it is mighty human and good advice will n.o t correct it. Espionage will not protect girls. It arouses resentment and a determination to circumvent it, No more will public paternalism or maternalism protect them. I am set in the belief that the only improvement in social environment which will be basic and will not let · loose as many evils as it suppre~ses will come only when all the people have enough of the world's store to ·provide them time and means for attending properly to their own affairs, and when "the managers of our morals will be so busy · doing their share of the world's work that their advice will be all bottled up. U. S. Battleship Sunk! "R EMEMBER the Maine!" To arms ! To arms ! Stop ,!he press and open up, page one. Take out the picture of the heiress, whose airdale pup swallowed grandma's pearl. Give us room according to our strength. We've got to . make a smear on this - story when it comes through. Read this flash bulletin: "Battleship Maine sunk at the Brooklyn Navy Yard!" But hold! Here's the story: "First-class battleship Main was sunk at her moorings in a shallow basin at the Brooklyn navy yard today. Au officer whose duty it was to see that the torpedo tubes below the water line were closed had been absent from his post three days and the ship filled with. water and sank. Au investigating board has been appointed.'' Shades of Paul Jones, Decatur, Farragut, Schley: • . be kind to us and withhold thy ghostly mirth.-G.E.B. �The Western Comrade S OCIETY 11 The Municipal Hesitation dames of Los Angeles and Chicago have assumed the task of the censorship of the morals of the danclng portion of the proletariat. In Los Angeles .the City Mothers have taken up the censorship o~ the fox trot and the eagle rock-which hav~ followed the grizzly bear and the bunny hug. These city mothers are providing dances and inviting the daughters ol'. the poor and sons of the rich to mingle, without regard to the fact that the junesae doree of the city hal! papa's fast roadster or limousine at the door, and it's but a few minutes' run to ro~~odhouse or bea.ch resort. ln Chicago _the ladles of Lake Shore Drive and Sheridan Road intrude at the municipal dance and insist on chaperoning and . cen!!,.f1fmg. The following was written by Ed. Mcintyre of Sioux City and printed in the Union Advocate It Is a clever s~tire and fits the California case: : · 1 ~u'lda to Ole. Yetta to Ignatz. Eegnatz, in dot hesitation, Hold mc loose-like some relationEft' dee chopei·onc gots mad Dot veel mek me feel so bad. Oyc 1 I got it such a feelink Dot it makes my head go reelink \f1·s. Pottrr Palmerstein Vf'e] not like tlot dip of mine. Ay· kriow all .does ladies faces. Ay bane maid at lots ·o':places. Ay ·skall ta~ you, Ole Bensen, Ven de do deer Tango densen Dee don't kaar hoe tight men hold 'emNo ·v on ever c~me to scold 'em. Vendee go avay fro~ haar Ve vill dense da ~izzly baar. Fiametta to Tonio. .Joost -a-wait-a one a-minute-a, Tonio. DeE>s-a hug-a mt> tight-a heez-a, he no go. I !!Otta for you-a joost-a lcet-a tipDces a-what-a you call-a ?-lame-a duck an dip You gotta cot out-a, queC'k; you mak-a me sore, Nobody dance-a dees-a way no more. Hcsitaish 1 Ah, dat's-a rot' You gotta do-a fox-a-trot An' jump-a, pump-a, bump-a 'round da floor. Mayme to Steve . Listen, kid. I fm good and sore. Say we ·beat it. off tlie floor. These here dames from Lake Shore drive Gets my goat. Let's do a ·dive. If the hens stick 'round an' snoop, Me for some place in the loop. I can't dance Y. M. C. A., J,ead me to a cabaray: New Wo.rlds to Conquer By JOHN M. WORK I DON 'T know whether it is true or not but it is reported by tradition that after young 'Alexand..e.r the Great, in the third century before Christ, had overcome the pirates and freebooters of the Aegean ·Sea; after he had subdued the Thracians, the Getae, the Illyrians, the Taulantians and the The bans; after he had reduced Asia Minor to submission; after he had undone the Gordian Knot, to the untier of which the fates had decreed the empire of the world; after he had overcome Darius in the great battle of Issus; I . after he had captured Demascus; after he had compelled Tyre to surrender and butchered its inhabitants; after he had captured Gaza, willed all the men and sold the women and children into sl~very; after he h~td subjugated Egypt, founded the City of Alexandria and named it after himself; after he had conulted the oracle of Amun and been declared by it to be the son of Jupiter; lifter he had defeated Darius at Arbela ; after he had scared Babylon and Susa into ubmission · after he had annihilated Ariobarzimes and his 40,000 picked men ; after he had taken Persepolis, the seat of the Persian E~pire, and while drunk burned the gorgeous royal palace at the bidding of an Athenian harlot; after •he had reduced Media to submission by the terror of his name; after he had hunted Darius to his death and then buried him with great pomp in the tombs of fhe Persian kings; after he had conquered Spitamenes, the satrap; after he had answered Oxyartes' scornful question as to whether the Macedonians had wings by climbing the cliff and taking his position i after he had murdered his. faithful general, Clitu~; . after he had subjugated India, conquering innumerable hosts; after he had quelled a mutiny of his soldiers by a flattering speech; and after he had put the finishing touches on his . ascendency by subduing the Cassees: it is reported by tradition that he sat down, put his face in his hands and wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. And, because he thought he· had run out of things to do, this brilliant Macedonian, who, with all his inordinate vanity and ambition, was nevertheless more �12 The Western· Comrade hllDlbne and magnanimous than his contemporaries, Before the masses of the people can take any ,part resorted to dissipation, 'gorged himself at a magnificent in the exquisite pleasure and pro~ of conquering feast, and died, at the age of 33, in the three hundred these new worlds, they mu t emancipate themselves and twenty-third year before Christ. from these conditions which now prevent ·SUCh parIf this tradition be true, Alexander the Great was ticipation. a short-sighted man. They must abolish capitali m, which bars them out He had not even conqu_ercd himself. · There were greater unconquered worlds lying all -about him than that which he .had already conquered. Before and since his time, men have been conquer- · ing new worlds. . For example, they have reduced language to a science. They have evolved a literatur-e to be pr9ud of. They have compelled. the lens- and the waves of ether to do their bidding. 'l'hey have penetrated the secrets of the stars. They have hypnotized ·the prehistoric rocks and compelled them to reveal the mysteries so long withheld. They have lighted the lamp of investigation and banished the shadows of superstition. They have undermined the doctrine of the divine right of kings. They have lashed the continents together. They have girdled the earth with steel rails and electJ·ic wires. THE· BELGIANS IN LONDON TIH•y have discovered and invented myriads of "We asked you to die for us only-you ne~dn' t live useful devices of varying degrees of delicacy from a for us." Slmpllcls~lmus. watch to a piledriver. They have conquered many other worlds. Nevertheless, there are still untold new worlds to from these higher privileges, and introduce Socialism, conqn rr-seicntific, philosophical, literary~ artistic, which will open up to them aJl the avenues to the higher life. mental, moral and ' spiritual. Individuals here and there are attempting to conIn other words, the new economic world J?lUSt first qu er these new worlds. he conquered, before the.conditions wherein the other But, the masses of the people are barred out from new worlds can be conquered, are to be obtained by any such attempt. The masses of the people hav_e to the masses of the people. work so hard and such long hours that they have no The Socialist commonwe1;1.lth must be introducedtime nor vitality left for higher things. And, even the collective ownership and control of the industries. if they had the time and vitality, they have not the This will emancipate the working masses and give them free access to the higher things of life. means. Into the Lunacy Fringe? that Theodore Roosevelt has joined the MetroN OWpolitan staff, we shall have to our break~atch overs. ·wouldn 't it be awful to catch the wrong "Con.tinued on Page 24" line and read out of the colonel's superb diction and the matchless En.g lish right smack into something written by a prowlingtarian of the "lunacy fringe" Y When Comrade T. Roosevelt and Comrade M. Hillquitt and Comrade A. Lee get in on the same page, T. R. will do well to acknowledge himself in the "parlor soci11iist" class he formerly has so sharply brought ~o task. Anyway, we welcome this new writer. to our ranks. Once out of the murky and cobwebby pages of the ·Outlook into the clear, crisp _atmosphere of the Metropolitan, the colonel doubtless will brighten up and contribute as much to the gaiety of a dull, drab season.E. d'O. �The Western Comrade 13 Sees Progress in Def,e at HARRIS, formerly editor of the Fortnightly F RANK and Saturday Review, London, has written for American newspapers a remarkable article in which he boldly asserts that England's hope of progress lies in a sharp defeat. He declares her gift to humanity is all given-aU that can be done under the rule of capitalism-and that ultimately the powers of the world will take the sceptre of the seas from her nerveless hands and neutralize the waters as they must neutralize the air. Placing his interpretation on the situation· the writer views England and Germany as the dominant factors in the struggle. . He.saysoc ''What Germany ought to do· at once is to conclude peace with Russia and with France and address herself to the real conflict with England. She would have done that already if her diplomacy had been at all equal to her fighting power. Clearly it is now her most pressing need. But is it possible' one will ·ask. England has heen very clever in binding both Russia and France in a treaty not to conclude peace sepa- New York Herald. " H i, Count ! I almost got Cousin Mar-y." rately. What can Germany do to untie the allied bond 1 '' B~arck would tell her to begin with Russia. The Czar admires the Kaiser; the Romanoff& are till more despotic than the Hohenzollerns; in many respects too, the needs ·of Russia and the ambitions of Russia resemble..those of Germany. . Ru sia wants to get to Constantinople above all things, as GermMy wants te keep Antwerp. Germany can give financial aid to Russia almost as freely_as France has done, and if Russia-· demands .territorial aggrandizement it would pay Germany to · give her Galicia for the sake of an immediate peace. ''With Russia pacified, Gerinany could deal with France at once. She could offer to withdraw from French soil and even concede some French communes in Lorraine,· or els~ ovet\vhelm France and overrun the whole country. France could not hesitate. She would conclude peace, and ·so Germany would at length come to hand-grips with her real enemy. ''Thanks to the greed of her landowning oligarchy, England does not produce one-quarter enough food to supply her own wants; this is the Achilles heel of England. "Face to face with England alone, Germany would quickly build a navy, or ·at. least submarines and airships enough, to lame English commerce and send up the price of food in Great Britain to famine prices. But why do I assume that Germany will show more initiative and forethought than England? · Simply because she is showing more now. "Already, had there been any prevision or ordinary foresight in Great Britain, her statesmen would have established vast granaries and" filled them with American corn and American canned meats. Germany has already taken measures to protect her food supplies, and Germany's need in this respect is not a tenth so pressing as England's need. But nothing will ever teach the English oligarchy or dissipate their pleasuresodden dream of perpetual parasitical enjoyment except defeat in war. They have always 'muddled through' somehow or other, and it is easier to go on from day to day and from hand to mouth than to think and by thinking avoid catastrophe and prepare triumph. · "The great trinity of Asquith, Churchill, and Kitchener may be trusted to muddle sleepily along till they are awakened by a sudden terrifying rise in the price of bread and by the growl of. revolt from the East End, hunger supplying courage. One--', hird of England's population is always on the verge of starvation, as Booth proved ; this is England's desperate weakness. �The Western Comrade 14 Half a dozen bread-ships captur.ed by the Germans or sunk by their submarines, and England would have to pay at once for the callous selfishness of her rich, the corruption of her judiciary, the inhuman shortsight~d­ ness of her politicians. There would either be a soeial revolution in England or !!he would accept defeat, II chance of union with her colonies on a democratic basis and a new lease of life as a confederation of sister states.' "It would be easy for England to put her house in order without the sharp compulsion of defeat and necessity; but I am convinced there is no hope of it. Those who · think so don't know England, the numberless warnings she has haq· and the adder ears she turns to every suggestioJ;t· of r~ght and justice or even of enlightened ·self-interest... · · ~' Prophets ·have· been sent to her, such as Carlyle and Ruskin; but England does not even listen to their jeremiads ; again and.. again, as in the South African War, she has ·only managed, to escape defeat at an overwhelming cost; but still . s-he won't stop even to think. She alienated Germany by her unprovoked attack on the Boers, and France in order to grab Egypt, _. ·-r-- . j! i' Numero, Turin. A New Form of Paving for the French and Belgian Cities hand Germany her sea scepter, and sink to the level of another Holland. Her oligarchy- her Roseberys and Sutherlands, her Manchesters, Rutlands, Norfolks, and Bedfords-might in their hearts prefer this latter alternative; but the English people are a proud and struggle-loving people; once 'up' against it,' they may be trusted to get rid of their snobbishness, make short work of the\r parasite masters, and get down to business. ''The one hope of progress in England is sharp defeat in war. Everyone who loves England l hopld pray for a bitter lesson. More than a hundred years ago now To~ Paine declared that nothing would civilize England till the blood of her children had been shed on their own hearths. It will take a defeat in war to - wrest the land of England from the lords who stole it and give it back to the people. . Defeat would turn England into 'a modern state and give her a · Punch, London. Imperial Dachshund: "Here I've been sitting up and doing tricks and you take no more notice of me than if-" Uncle Sam: "Cut it out!" and Egypt is plainly a source of weakness to her today and not of strength, and South Africa she had to restore to the Boers, though the silly war had cost her a thousand millions of pounds. At length she has a real enemy and, will have to fight for her lordship of the seas and her vast unused oversea possessions." �The Western Comrade 15 Out to Sea By A . .F. GANNON SLIPPED from her moorings at some sheltered quay, So trim of line and straight of slender spar, I saw her drift across the white-capped bar, And out to the inclement, wind-swept sea.. HE Sweetest Woman was in· -a con~ro­ versial mood. As we left the public library and turned uptown toward Central Park, in the early morning Los Angeles sunshine, she contended: "But, dear, Emerson DID love the mass.'' "Not like the Good Gray Poet," I opined-not without intent. "Poet!" she pouted, "poof!" I had touched a tender spot. The lyrical Tennyson was her ideal of a poet, and his mystical "Memoriam" and "Two Voices" were to her the last word in poetry. ''Yes, indeed, a true poet!'' I fervently and futilely insisted; for this was not the first time that the S. \\". and I had argued as to the status of the wondrous Walt~ "Emerson knew," I continued, "but Whitman felt, and shook his fist at injustice, stupidity and conventionalism, rising to heights that your intellectual aristocrat, Emerson, never topped.'' We had r eached the trim little square, in all its geometrical grandeur, and crossed diagonally toward t.h c Fifth and Olive streets corner, which was reserved for women and children with their escorts. Seated here on one of the green slat benches that edged the broad briek walk, the S. W. turned to her hook, "The Conduct of Life," and I to mine. "A WOMAN'S BODY AT AUCTION! I HELP THE · AUCTIONEE~THE SIJOVEN DOES NOT HALF KNOW HIS BUS-INESS. GENTLEMEN, LOOK ON THIS WONDER! WHATEVER THE BIDS OF THE BIDDERS, THEY CANNOT BE HIGH RNOUGH FOR IT. EXAMINE THE LIMBS, THEY ARE SO CUNNING IN TENDON AND NERVE; THEY SHALL BE STRIPPED THAT YOU MAY SEE THEM.'' I felt a soft, solicitous hand on my shoulder, and a tremulous voice was saying: "Bobbie, dear, don't look JUST now, but I think that girl is ill or in trouble and wants to spe_a k to me. She has SUCH a look in her eyes." I knew from her use of th~ diminutive that she was deeply concerned, so with an assumption of nonchalance I looked up from my book and after sweeping the park with a glance let it rest on the young girl · who occupied the bench almost directly across the brick paved way. She was probab-ly twenty years of age, ~d was dressed in a cheap_· gray. and not ove~ly well-fitting suit, with a· broad darJt liat: upon which bobbed a black plume. She was undeniably pretty, but at the moment my glance surprised her there ·wl)_s a driven look in the stare fixed upon my ~ompanion that with the pallor of her fMe detracted 'much from her comeliness. Her eyes fell and she fumbled at the little black reticule in her lap as a modish ·young fellow with clean-shaven though somewhat pasty cheeks sat down beside her. Evidently park r~les had no terrors for him and common courtesy was .not' on his calling list, for he . was no sooner· seated than he drew an elaborate case from an inner coat pocket and yielded himself to the solace of a cigarette. . "What a nerv~n whispered the S. W . I concurred. "He ;11 be speaking to her next- he IS!" she indignantly concluded, imder her breath. A little gust had blown the smoke from his cigarette across the girl's face and forced her to cough slightly. In an instant he had removed his hat, thrown away the offending eigarette and was apologizing profusely for his obviously premeditated act. The girl, after nervously r eplying with a frightened half-smile· that it didn't matter, edged away toward the farther end of the seat; but my gay lothario, placing a proper value upon the virtue of perseverance, managed soon to in. gratiate himself into the girl's fltvor until in the end an intermittent conversation was in swing. · I could see that S. W . 's interest in the affair began to wane rapidly at this point, and that ·her opinion of the girl had undergone a sudden metamorphosis-she applied herself to her Emerson in determination. "SEJ\: CONTAINS ALJ..J, BODIES, SOULS, MEANINGS, PROOFS, PURITIES, DELICACIES, PROMULGATIONS, SONGS, COMMA~DS, HEALTH, PRIDEAIJL HOPES, BENEFACTIONS, BESTOWALSLOVERS' BEAUTIES, DELIGHTS OF EARTH, ALL GOVERNMENTS, JUDGES, GODS--" The voice of the girl broke in upon my reflections: "And papa said: 'If you DO go to Los Angeles, don't send to me when you're broke'." I looked up. The girl's chee~s were flaming and the youth was talking to her in a low voice. She opened her reticule and dropped into it a white (Continued on page 29) �The Western Comrade II Colonists Clear and P • Great Activity Shown tn All Dep "&::::=:::=:::!!i!::,:O. BOUT 60,000 ricw members have -been added to the Llano del Rio Co-operative Colony sine(• last month. Of these 55,000 or mor·e an· in the fry stage. Later they wi 11 lH' fingerlings and still ~ater they will he fully rreogniz!ihle as m-embers of the family salmo irridPus, heautiful rainbow trout. Thrn tlwrP arc se\'cral hundred white leghornspullrts and hPns. ThrrP ar<' spveral hundred rabbits (if this is an o\·rr-rstimatr, the rabbits will doubtless make good in a hrirf space ) , and other animals and fowls ar!' arr-iving with and without pr·evious notice. As for the human mrmhership, that is also increasinv with ~atisfa<:tory sp!'cd. The gr<'atest activity has prevai led during the past fpw weeks, owing to the n!•t·!'ssi ty for rushing the spring r rops, getting the irrigation systPm in good order and preparing the land for planting. Tht• btl'!!(' (•l(·aring t·r·pw has !·ompleted work on thP ](j() a.-rt·s known as the Gooclwin place and anumhPr of tlrP nwn hav!' bern transferred from this work A Llano Girls Have Several Basketball Teams to tlw itTig11tjon depal'tmrnt, where they are runnmg new latel'al<> and irrigatin g. In thr hol'tir ultunll th•partmcnt eleven thousand gr·ape cuttin gs have hren planted, .nnd seed beds have been completed for seedlings and these have all been planted. Dnring the past week 4500 trees were placed in nnrsery rows. It is expected that by next spring D. J. Wilson (at wheel), manager of Commerce De partment, and W. S. Anderson, ranch superintendent. The machine is known as the Llano Lizzie. It has the record between Los Angeles and the colony-three hours and twenty-five minutes. many thousand additional trees will be added to these. In the garden department, they are working several teams and half dozen men. Six acres have qeen planted in potatoes and all of the seed for the lettuce, radishes, onions, beets, carrots, parsnips and ·peas are in the ground. Hot beds have been completed and sweet potatoes planted. Head Gardener P. A. Knobbs reports excellent progress and is irrigating the land in his division. D. C. Copley, who is in charge of the poultry departmPnt, has taken over all of the geese·, ducks, turl<Pps and chichns and added to them to something O\'Pr six hundr·ed chickens which he took into the colony. He has two large modern poultry houses and has his division in excellent condition. He is making preparation to rrrrive one thousand additional chicks in his division, on April 7. The fish hatchery is shaping up in a satisfactory manner, under· th(' supervision of L. A. Zachritz, who reports little loss in tht' hatching. Two new troughs have !wen rompleted and David Kennedy and Pete Schindler have completed trout pond No. 1, which is 80x 120. Thomas Robinson, formerly of the Canadian fisheries, has charge of the fish hatchery and according to reports he h as made it has the potentiality of one of the greatest hatcheries on the Pacific Coast. �The W estern C omr a de 17 nt Community Lands ments of Co-operative ·E nterprise Superintendent W. S. Anderson reports good Pf gress in all deparhfllents, both as to live stock and a_g riculture. Under the new constitution a community commission has been formed composed of nine mem.bers. This makes the organization o~ the Llano del Rio Colony as follows: Board of directors, composed of nine members; community comnilission, composed of nine members; a tribunate of 1hree; two censors (this is a sort of board of survey ) and two advocates. The general assembly elects all of these officials except the dirP.ctorate, which is elected by the stockholders of the company. Under this arrangement, the community commission, which meets in general counsel with the directorate once a month, has charge of affairs of the colony, but does not enter into the business management of the general offices which are handled by the directors. The new plan is working well and will work smoother as soon as all parties understand the new method. The directoratr is composed of Job Harriman, prrsident; G. P. l\TcCork1c, secretary, a11d l\Iessrs. Wilson, Cooke, Engle, Snell, Anderson, l\fcMahon aud \Volfe. The community commission is organized as An Idea l Jersey of t he Ll a no del R io Colony Herd follows: J. A. Cokely, chairman; E. E. Glass, secretary and Messrs. Stanley, Richardson, Valla, Spencer, Harper, Heffner and Kiimer. The censors are . Messrs. Boel,en and Groves. The advocates are F. F. Schmidt and Ray Keough. Th·e chairman of the general as-• sembly is J. A. Stewart and H. A. · Wille is the secretary. The tribunate is compo1>ed of Horace Farmer , The "Grandstand"-Group of Colonists Who Were Spectators at a Baseball Game. �18 The Western Comrade ehainnan, Geo'l'ge Bees1lmrd; seere:ta!y, and Messrs. Knobbs, Page and Dawson. T:he :new working phm divides colony management and activities: into six departments-agricultmre, .b uilding and engineering, comme~ce, industry, education and finance. These departments are divided into divisions. Each department has a manager and each division ·a foreman. The head of the agricultural department acts as general superintendent. · in the agricultural department, Superintendent W. S. Anderson has charge. The divisions ·under this department and the foreman are as follows: Gardening, Knobbs; horticulture, Dawson; irrigation, Harper; dairy, Mathewson; poultry, Copley; hogs, Gustooberg; rabbits, ·Kilmer; apiary, Burdick; horses and teaming, Cokely. Building and engineeTing,. Messrs Cooke ~d Glass. The former is chief architect an·d the latter chief engineer; carpentry, Reeslund; m.lllwork, Heffner; masonry, Cedarstrom; plumbing, Ruff. The department of commerce is under the charge of D. J . Wilson, who is the purchasing agent. . The industrial department is under the charge of J. L. Staniey; blacksmithing, Taylor; repairing, Wille and Hermance; tractor, Farmer; auto-transportation, Spencer, Miller. In the educational department, Miss Helen Tyler and Miss Elinor Richards have charge of the school and Prudence Stokes Brown will soon be added to the teuching Rtaff. There will be a reorganization and en•largement of this department arid it will take in the night schools, lectures and other extension features. At a recent meeting of the general ass·embly, the following standing committees were selected: Reception, Mrs. Biles, Mrs. Richardson, Mrs. McMahon, Mrs. Landon and George Milligan; amusement, Ray Keough, Miss Cassady and Mrs. Cederstrom; fire department, Messrs. Earl Glass, Frank Ruff and Bert Kenney; ath- Earl E. Glass, Chief Engineer, Llano d.el Rio Colony letics, Kate Heffner, H. Farmer and W. S. Anderson; children's welfare, Miss Tyler, Mrs. Earle, Heffner, Page and Taylor; sanitary department, Messrs. Har'per, Moss and Mrs. Groves. Miss Kate Heffner has proven popular as chairman of the athletic committee, and George T. Collins, auditor of the company, has been appointed athletic coach and he will drill and instruct t11e young people in outdoor games. Need of New Brains By MORRISON I. SWIFT A MAP of the brain such as I am making, is given in lieu of the microscope or chemical photograph which we cannot have because our agencies are not tine enough. A drawing of the signs must . answer. These signs are what men do, and what they needlessly tolerate; they are the social conditions we iive in without social vomiting. If a man can live contentedly in a sewer we know his nature, and if a race can live without vomiting and reb.ellion in a social sewer, we know what its brain constitution is. Now I affirm that we Americans live without retching or rebellion in a social sewer-in a society as vile to a right brain as a physical cesspool is to right senses. IS THIS S01 If it is so, we certainly need a new type of brain and will use any means o'ffered by heaven to get it. The sewer resident would, if he learned how to see and smell. To educate these organs in the sewer man is the problem. To educate the brain organs of seeing, smel].. ing, hearing and feeling in ourselves, is the problem for us who dwell without loathing and rebellion in the social sewer. A true map of the sewer will do this, And so I give the facts of life about us as proofs of ou.r ligatured, underformed brain faculties, not to ridicule that brain,. but that we may correct it. �-- The Wester Co rade of the proposed city of Llano designed by Leonard A. Cooke, chief architect of the Llano del T HIRiomap colony. The present settlement is on the main highway, just to the 16ft of the civic center circle. The ~as offi e building now tands just above the letter A on the map. The first permanent houses, according to plans, will b r cted in the ection at the upper .center in the map. The first permanent school building will be at th right of the letter B upper part of the map. The seco)ld section to be built up, acc.ording to plans, will b that in the upper right portion of the map. This will not be begun until the first section has been all taken. 'fh black mith and machine shop i now located at the point near E in the left center part of tbe map. All the br nd tr ets will be lined with ornamental shade trees and in the narrower streets will be pergolas and vines. �20 The Western Comrade ·O pen u ·nder ew anageme t By FRANK H. WARE tony! Gambetti! Hamlicar l Garibaldi I · WallenIn tein! . I call upon thee to remove this disobedient - ~- . . center, massive gates marked '"'18-karat. \ From Tiffany." From wi~can be chronicler ! herman1 as an honorable soldier from heard a great choir singing Handel's America, and t~erefore neutral, I call upan thee to "Hallelujah Chorus." Slowly the heavy replace Cromwell. . gates swing inward. In center on (Hanni~al, Tamei-lane, her:man, etc., all bow and throne sits J-ehovah. Surrol!lldiug him "exit.) is tbe large choir, among whom are Bism~rck-,-(to Caesar)-God is right. many great celebrities and warriors of thQ ages: To Caesar-Alas,. yes, Bismarck! As our friend Mark the right of the throne is Bismarck, carefully balanc- Hanna once remarked·, "The Almighty has a corner on _ ing a halo on his head. On the left stands Moses. right." Others lounging about · the foot of the throne are Jehovah-Nibbin., thou art the best angel in heaven. Caesar, Hannibal, 'l'amerlanc, · :r\apoleon, Sherman, On earth thou waxe-d fat on mis ionaries until conMark Antooy, King Arthur, Gambetti, Hamlicar, verted; in.- h.eav~n thou art content and satisfied. True, . Garibaldi, Wallenstein awl Nihhin, the latter a con- thou art ignoran~ and do not understand. vrrted cannibal from the South Seas. Nibbin-(looking into the face of Jehovah and grin(As music ceasrs, a messenger enters flying _and ning)-Etaoin shrdlu Npskl qrbltnd brrbldnpt! cleverly volplanes to landing in front of throne, folds King Arthur---:-( aside ·to Napoleon) - By _my word, his wings and kneels.) Napoleon, as allies we should protest. .Jehovah-Speak, thou feathered courier. What N~poleon-(shaking his head slowly)-! fear a now? breach in heaven, Arthur, which will wind up worse . Messcnger-( rises )-Almighty! A long prayer is than Waterloo. Let us take a short stroll. Perhaps sent up from every German church. we may gather suggestions. (Both exit.) .Jehovah- Well? (Enter messenger, hurriedly in hasty volplane . Messenger-(bows)-A prayer written by the Bows.) Kaiser. Messenger-Almighty! More news from the front! Jehovah- (int erested)-And what doth the prayer Jehovah-Proceed. say? Messenger-A report comes directly from PetroMessenger-That thou art on his side and that thou grad that the Russians have the Germans at their wilt aid him in defeating the enemy. mercy. They have captured Pr-Pr-Prz-(Aside: Jchovah- (smiling)-Verily, he speaketh with Fires of Hell! I can't pronounce it.) They have taken Premizzizzle. • knowing voice. Messenger-But, 0 Lord (bows) Thou dost not unJehovah-(rising)-Yes 1 derstand what ruction it hath caused in heaven. Messenger-Another prayer has come from the Jehovuh- (angr;ly)-Who interferes with a Lord's Germans requesting your aid in ·defeating these Rusprayer? sians. Messenger-The chronicler of prayers, 0 Lord. He Bismarck-(excitedly )-By heaven! It is just as I said it would be-some day all 'feu ton or all Slav I · refuses to list and file tt. J ehovah-(rising in wrath)-Who is this chroniJehovah-Bismarck! Thou ar.t not completely loyall 1 Remove thy presence until thou hast repented. Then cler! Messenger-( frightened-)An Engli!'lliman. His return and salute me. PERHAPS I may forgive f name is Cromwell-Oliver Cromwell. (Exit Mismarck, dejectedly. ) Jehovah-·what right hath he to refuse"this prayer? 1\[oses.:.......Almighty Father, Thy wisdom knows no Messenger- On the grounds that England is also a ending. Chri tian nation and that thou art on their side; there(Another messenger hurriedly flies in. Bows.) fore, according to trict English censorship, ·h e cannot Messenger-Great Jehovah, two prayers have arcatalog this prayer. rived at the same time. Jehovah-1\fy worthy ubjects, according to the Jehovah-W ell1 law of Moses, Cromwell shall be assigned to the warm:\[essenger-One is from the Russians begging you est spot in hell! Hannibal! Tamerlane! Mark An- to- r.l=:\==:!!!!tftl!!!!!!!!n!!!!!:tl GENE, Heaven, from the exterior. .. �The .iJehovcah-CeDS.or lit J Come, ~ otlher tne ~ m whomT .M,e.ssell!ger-!P'r om tihe K:aisff lhimsellf. J.ehovtah-WelH !hat doo.s it ay1 'M essenger-It tells of a1llotb£r German defeat · al Co rade o ;ab---'(mus:i:n,gibr )at .a at' glb:~ l ( Tmm to 5n, wlho i · 'gingb ide e 1tl:inine.) Ni biln, lfeteh M es 'el'e-&n:d in, e.e that he doth lhaslienl (Exit 11bbin.) (Entler Caesar.) tlw hands of the Russians----and.J hov.ah-Come., · Cusar: t n f Jehovah- And wbat1 (An,grily )-Why do.s tbDll esar-<{lbo · )-Father, I have h wd of o e, tremble ~ Qome, wh.at .e~&e does it :&ay t but there i none. M~enger-( timidly )-lt---it -itJehovah-Verily, , QU ~k t in riddt.e , Ca U Jeho vah- (impatiently )-lt WHAT 1 Cal ar-Almig ty, I ~ve had a &arful dream. .Messenger- (frightened )-lt says that you are not J.ehovah-What f · Th~u, too 'T doing your duty--and- tmd that if there is not a comCaesar-( lltakin.-. head)-Ala y ! · d.r of plete German Yietory \\'ithin the next two day.s he is mystery that 'bol& a hidden me age. eoming here t o find out why ! Jehovah-Calm thY: el£, Ca ar. Nib bin hath gone JehoYah-(aghast ) - :\'ilhelm coming ? to fetch Mo es and dream of thine and mine hall be Messenger- ( bowing)- Yes, Almighty! interpreted. Jehovah-( turning hurriedly to .chorus)-My ceCaesar-(dubiously) 7 I hope it i not for the worst. lestial choir, break forth in song! For two days sing (Enter Nibbin, followed by Mo e.. ) Ah! They are in German e\·erything from "Der Wacht am Rhein" to here! (They bo:w before th"ooe. ) •· IIoeh du Lie her· Augustine! '' And if one dar.es to Jehovah-(graeiou. ly ) ~ io es my worthy prophet fl'f.; t or low er· his voice, let him be consigned to the and interpreter, listen tt> my dream. (Con iderable most supt>rhl'at<·d zone in hell! disturbance as ev ryone .gatliers about throne.) Last (('horus siu[!s.) night I saw a tree, a .venerable oak, drop an acorn to (Curtain. ) the ground. No sooner had it struck than forthwith sprang another tree which did grow with such 'rapidity :-;l'C'Ill' 11 snme as Srcne J. Two that it soon outstripped. all others. Then from its days lntl•r . hranches did reach out limbs, gnarled a.nd grotesq1;1e, . ( Entc•r· ,Jehovah, ruhbing his head. spreading in all directions; touching here and there Uot•s t.o thr·Oill' and sits.) the earth and clinging with a firmness, then reaching out again. Then, as by magic, aJl vegetation vanished from the earth and in its place did stretch this tree until its branches touched. (All shake their heads in wonderment.) Caesar-0, worthy Moses, I , too, had a dream. Instead of oak, my tree was weeping willow, and down · its limhs rolled huge salt tears and' splashed upon' the gr·ound in pools of blood. And, like the oak, this tree reached out and covered all the earth. Moses-(shakes his head dubiously)-A great ca· !ami tv is near! (All shudder save Nibbin, who does not understand the ·situation.) Nihbin-Blskdffrno- (jumps to his feet and points to left )- Vnnfgrd! Rpn Jqpruh chr~dglkh qprtkdlgbx znznznzn ! ! Brdlf! ! ! Jehovah- This heast which talks the language of a devil ! ~hat ftoth he say 1 C1,1.~-llie a whirlwind doth a messenge-r ap· proach n ! (All stare to left.) Moses-He doth exceed the limits of speed allowed by the laws of Heaven! PasquJno, Turin. -Aiml9hty: "What are your maj;es.ty's orders for tonight?" Jehovah-Back ! Clear a space for him to land I Wlll!lelm 11.: ••An earthquake for the neutral coun.t rte.." (Enter messenger. Hastily loops a loop and set· Thl• r~markabl)' p~oph.etlc cartoon. was published Nov. 1, In l'taiY The &all"thqu,a.ke which arrived: a fe.w weeks later took a .tles before tbrone.) toll ot 50,00Q llvu, JJ ~J �le eat r• C oar elhnl!lb.-..U:DJ.I flk! er-(breathf.els) prayiug !-ftee.ing!-Bussians-teken Kol~dm:Jrg Jebovah-(ainlring back on tlmme>-;--: Gods• powen are these that thus tlnrazt me! Me8Sellger-Bhudda !-Shinto !:-and Mohammed! (Enter Napoleon, King Artbnr and Bismark, quarreling.) Jehovah-Silence! Fools! Napoleon-(advancing to throne, speaks in defiance)-Almighty : Arthur ~nd I protest ~gainst thy partiality ! Jehovah-(fiercely )-Away from my: presence! Hasten or I 'II send thee both to !J-ell ! Thy squall is hut a cricket's chirp to 'that which I feel coming! (Exit King Arthur and Napoleon.) (Enter another messenger. Rushes to feet of Jehovah. Kneels.) ,Jehovah-(excitedly )-What now !. Come- speak ! Messenger- ( frightened)-Wilhelm is coming! Jehovah-(turning to Caesar)-Caesarl To the outer portals and bar them. fast ! Quick! Ere he beMessenger-( tearfully and quaking)-It is too .late! He iR within the Kingdom of Heaven!! ring on tarful ilhebn.) Jehovah-( Enter to Wllb~op! (AdYalle. You ere , to make m Em: failed! Qod. l trUsted ou! · Jehovah-Ah, Wilbebit! H thou eould but und~r­ tand what obstacles prevented me.Wilbelm-:.Enou,..b ! Get off that throne ! Jehovah-(slowly de eending)ilhelm l Th u cans'tWilhelm-(Ascending to tin n ) - il n script you to my guards of h 111 (Turn to ee .that he . get there! (Eri J hovah and a sar. Wilheim sits on tl!rone.)- Henceforth I hall b' dI Grlmd Chor~s and . Choir- ilhelm I d r ut chu Kaiser, er lebe' hoch, hoch, hocb I Wilhelm-(suddenly jumping to hi fe t)- y H nvens! As God, I now declare war on all Nirvana and heavens in the Universe! ( urtain) Patriotism IT .sa~d wo~kingmen that the Soc'ialJt are not because they do not rise and stand attentively when a third-rate band plays •J The StarSpangled Banner!' or a lot 'ham actors" draw swords and salute the flag. Perhaps not. However, before we can discuss the subject of patriotism intelligently, we should agree on some definition of the terms. The common dictionary defines patriotism as •• love of one's country." . Many workingmen have no country. Most of them do not own a foot of the country in whi h they live. What special inducement have they to lov a country \Vhich they cannot hope to own' W~ hould they take up arms and play the part of th soldi rt Why hould they blow the heads of other ~ rk r to ' kingdom come" or splatter their blood gain t a wall or cau it to flow d.own some hillside into a . tr~'am and onward to an endless seaT om of them have only a boa.r~g house to fight f r, bile.- others live in rented houses they will never abl to own. 'Phey are allowed to remain under lter on):; ns long ns they will eonsent to serve anther and do his bidding at all time Th rei but littl incentive for the average workis p~trwtlc ~ By W. A. JACOBS ingman to love the cQuntry in which he liv . nd yet the American Socialist wor~ingmcn love tbi country ·better than do the people who own it. Many of tlie owners do not live in this country. They live in Europe, spending their ummer in the mountains or at the seaside and their winter in the cities. When the hot sUm.mer days come the own rs . climb the mountains of Switzerland while the work r climb the treadmill of capitalism. The owner win fish in the cool brooks of · the Alps, while ab ut th best the workers can do is to go out to some muddy stream, sit in the hot sun all day and possibly catch a few bullheads. The owners love this . country only because th 1 are able to exploit the wprkers who dwell here. After all, if love of country means patriotism, th il the Socialist workingmen are tme patriots. They lov the- country so well that they want to own it. And feeling the kinship of the ra.ee, are anxio111 to have 11 other workingmen own it with them. And ladly do they welcome all people into the working clau. Then awake, you sleepers I Get out of your tl'ance ! Stndy Socialism and join the movement whieh will make the world the property of all the people. Then all will have an inducement to be patriotie. �' ·~ The Western ComTade Socialism Ine _itable By JOB HARRIMA ERCA.NTILE and indllRtrial enterprises of the world are now, and always have been, conducted 011 the theory that "competition is the life of trade." · · Competition is so engrained in men's mi~ds t~at everyone has become his ne1ghbor s enemy. There is no act, however vile, that will not find its champion if only it offers a pecuniary advantage. The churches are deeaying with hypocrisy; the courts are rotting with perjury: the "business lie" hangs like a . pall over the <'ommercial world; honor and conscience havi• h(•(•JJ i·ru('ified: "success" has become the standard of morals and conduct; all for the money there· is in it. Whoever controls the business and industrial undertal<ings, '"hether local or general, commands at the same time all those who are dependent upon those undertakings. Not only is there a conflict of interest between rintlo;; in simiiHr enterprises, but also between those in control ancl their employes and also a conflict between the employes themselves as they struggle for the better positions Hnd the best pay. Thus it is thHt a world-wide. war rages in all classes for economic advantages. The more powerful competitors have formed commercial, industrial and financial combinations, some of which control hundreds and millions of dollars and thousands of men who are dependant upon them. These gigantic interests, octopuslike, rcaC'h from every great industrial center to the uttermost ends of the earth. Battling as they are in the industrial,. commercial, and financial ~.elds, yet they form a solid political combination within each natibn by means of which they are able to· send a sufficient number of emissaries to control the state and national legislatures while they themselves or their attorneys sit as counsels of state. Though hypocrisy and fraud and villany and deceit everywhere appear and play their part in the business world, yet at the same time there has developed such efficiency in production that every powerful nation produces Yast quantities of products over and abo,·c its consuming power. A market must be found for this surplus or heaYy losses will be sustained. .A. fnihll'<' to find a market i a failure in the every purpose · of the struggle. The constant increasing surplus causes-an ever persistent urge in every powerful nation to extend their colonie and develop their markets and to capture the customers of other nations. Each nation having become a world eom:merci.al power is, by its own lll'plus. forced into the e.fiort to become a world t:rnst. T~ere i . no po.int. short of a world trust wbieh the tru t. magna~es of any nation can , top. But the world mar~et are· exhausted. The ends of the earth have ·been reached. With the machinery of government in tl.teir band , shielded by the laws of their own making, in full ~o'inmand of the army and tqndon Dally Mall. Wonder-s of Science• navy the captains of industry, of commerce and finance, with apparently unlimited resources, can by conscription if necessary, raise millions of men to shed their bJood not only in their native ' land but on the high seas and in the lands beyOnd, wherever the arms of the octopus may reach. Thus they take by force of arms what they are unable to take in the marts of the business world. Thus it is that the war in Europe, the world cataclysm, is forced upon us. The universal conflict of interests among the people of every nation bas given ·rise to this world conflict in which the armed powers are at war. The nations are bleeding in a sacrifice on the altar of greed · of personal ambition and cupidity. The in- ' �The We teT11! Comrade oentive, the motive of eMh BID:d every eounby • t.fte same. Some persdfis ray the blame on. Ge~, otb.etrs on England and still otheJrS on Russia. Haeh nation has it~ pec:l!l\liar eharacteri ties and race ·temdencies which are developed as :naturally by irts. environment 8.8 are the characters of meu. . SnrTounded by the allies, her financia], commercial and industria) enemies, Germany dev~loped her navy, her forts, her siege guns, her aerial war equipment, her wonderful military machines and her still more wonderful military spirits, as naturally as.the porcupine developes its quills or the swordfish_ it deadly ~~~ ~ National drfen<~e, military conquests and commercial power was the hurden of her song and the strength of her hppc. ~either she nor her people are less guilty or more responsible than the other belligerents for tht> brutal slaughter of the war. Man in C\'Pry country who enters tlie struggle for money alone, who endeavors to get rich by expropriating his frllows is equally guilty. His pray:ers will avail him nothing. The blood of Cain is upon him. Th e hlood of the nohlest sons of the world are upon his door lrnt les. Yet the war goes relentlessly on, devouring like a fet·oeious demon its human gorge and thr foorl supplirs of the nations. Thr suprrior rffic:irney of Germany is pitted against the vastly sup~-rio.r c0~ oi th& 81Ui~ I de the vital issue o1 the war has :re olrvedl 1t lf \llltO .t ·& question ol the commisS81:ry, Gel"lltany e:x:c&~ both in the effieieney Q£' he:r mmtary machine and the pro.. d'uetioo of org81.Di2zation. But the allies exee) in their va t re rve commissary, As. the commissary shrinks the erisis looms up,. Each is endeavoring to shut off the ofher's upplie . Pll'Obably this iS: tbe first great war when the eommi ry heeame ·fhe vital que tion with aU the belligerE"nt . Woe unto them when the upplie a:re ~x­ hau ted! ·w here will the ·army be in tho e day T Who will fE>ed the 'hungry mob Y What power can rE-sist the tidal wave of starv~ng men ? Yet all i not· without hopE>. Humanity will h•1n·n it I!' on. The . are the birth pains of a new oivilization. Competition ha run it course. 1t has ht>t•u weighed in .the hall\nce and found wanting. Out . of the 'truggle an international congress will arise . . Acting it;~. concert with the legislative bodies of each nation they will lay the foundation of a new c,iYilization 1n ·a commu.n ity of interests in all produrtive propet·ty. . The philo ophy of collectivism is the synthetie philosophy that has arisen out of tl is blighting rommercial system. lt is the only philosophy that offers a hope to the world. Individualism is dying out. Socialism is being ·bQrn. Great Battle-Great Flap·d oodle A ' N<l:J.'II ER glo~iuus sea victory! The newspaper headlines wrrr one smear of gory read when the Dresd<•n was sunk. They played up a lurid word picture of a gall ant nmning fight wherein the Germans replied shot for shot and shell for shell. At last, overwhelmed hy force of numhers, the German commatidcr surrendered to the F!nglish admiral and the prisoners and fifteen wounded wrre transferr ed to the conquering ships. The hand p layrd "Brittannia Rules thr \ Vavr.s" and pat>ons of joy went up over the glorious virtory, whirh proved that God was again on thr siJ<> of right. 'I'hu. thr hrrviary of th<> daily pre. s. But what is thr truth? 'l'hr Dresdrn was sunk while crippled and without furl and whil~ :mrhored in neutral '~aters. Almost no rc. istanee was offered and the ship never !rOt up stNlm 'm- slipped her rahles: She went down with h<'r anchor on .the hottom, about a quarter of a mile from shore. The Dre drn was a eomparatively mall cruiser, with nothing larg~r than four-inch guns. British <'misers Kent, Glasgow and. Or:ama eni:Jered Cumberl1md Ray and opened fire on the Dresden at close range. Throe Germans were killed and fifteen wounded. The German commander ran up a parliamentary flag _and sent a launrh to protest agaillSt being attacked in neutral "·atet·s. He was told that orders were to sinlc the Dresden whrrr fo1:1nd and let the diplomats arrange matters lat<>r·. The Britain<; said they would sink the Dresden then and there unless the Germans did it themselves. Thr German commander tl11•n sent his crew ashore and hlrw up his ship. Amrritllll n~vspape rs wt>re t>ither victimized or thry \n•r·t• pat·tiE>s to as rank a fake as has heen perpetrated siJH·P tht• ht•ginning of the war. ,The whole story was <>oneoeted at the cable Rtatiou and _tlished out for the delectation of ~ritisher , who W<'J'(> finan('ing the war. lt was a piece of ehe.ap elaptrap and elmwly parallelR the story of the sinking of the Emden. Ont> ft'ature of the·" hattie " neglected by the cable wa. th<' killing of a "·oman aud child af!hore. wbo got in the way of a British Rhell, and tl1e battering of hipping i11 the harbor. Great hattlef Great vietoryT Cre:d tlapdoodle !-G. E . B. �The Western Comrade Who Are the · Best\ Slaves? By HOMER CONSTANTINE the I Nworkmg womenonof CahfornHl of 18by 23,000 years of age RE~ORTING wage~ rec~ived o~ and over, the Industrial W elfare Commission has brought out some interesting facts that may be used as official and conservative statements. ·First fix in your mind the fact the commission states that the cost of living for a self-supporting woman is $9.21 per week. Of the adult women workers in all lines there are 56 per cent who receive Jess than $9 per week. This puts them 21 cents below the living line-into the subsistence class. Of the minors .f 1.8 are paid less than $6 per week and almost half the entire number receive between $5 and $6.99 per week. Sacrament~ ma~.~s the most disgraceful showing. There, in. the s!tad6w of the stately capital' dome, _92.5 receive. under '$9 a W,l!ek. Of the· San Diego women workers ql.l get h~ss than $8 a week and the condition of the unorgani~ed laui;Idry workers is pitiable. The ..commissioners pr~bably have made" little s~udy of slave psychology, though they had a wonderful opportunity. Witness their naive statement that "widows and . divorcee:;; with . children to support are the best workers; because of their responsibility they are •'ager to keep their jobs!. ' THE GUNMAN Sartorial Fake A cablegram from London says: Lady Randolph Churchill has designed a smart uniform for her maid servants, her man servants having enlisted. The uniform is that of a footman above the waist and a parlor maid downward. Isn't this a sartorial transposition? Some English girls might qualify for the parlormaid upward or the footman downward, but no one will be deceived otherwise. The Savage Behemojh Timid Woman-(After gazing into th e cavernous depths of a yawning hippopotamus ) -Is he ..tmphibious? Keeper- Yes, amphibious as · hell! H e'd just ~s soon bite you as not! Cheering Henry Dubb "Who are "those people who are asked the recruit as the soldiers were marching to the train. "Those," replied the veteran, " .are the people who are pot going." ch eering ~" Cut& Out the Crab First Deaf Mute (gesticulating)What do you do when you come homt> late and your wife begint~ to scold~ Hecond Ditto-Turn out the light. Cruel Punishment M o th er Earth On guard to see that the property remains stolen A Los Angeles judge has sentenced another man to matrimony for an indefinite t erm . This is clearly unconstitut{onal. Cruel and unusual punishment is forbidden. �The Western Comrade Wealth Accumulates Pictures for Propaganda Shoot Capitalism With a r. Stereopticon ' Anyone can lecture with the aid of pictures; they tell the story, you point out the moral.· Pictures draw a crowd where other means fail. They make your work doubly effective. We tell you how to get the greatest .r esults at the least expense. Send stamp for complete information. W. SCOTT LEWIS 3493 Eagle Street . Los Angeles, California Gen. Otis says editorially in The Times, of EVERYMAN tBy Luke North) "If law and order, respect for conventions and property rights are to be maintained in this land and its civilization continued, publications like Everyman must be suppressed . . " . And again Gen. Otis says : ''Its lamentably brilli-ant pages pervert art to the cunning uses of social disturbers . . . "-and also, says the General, still speaking of Everyman : "It is disturbing to mental. stability." Than~ you kindly, General. I could ask no greater boon · from the Los Angeles Times.-Cuke. EVERYMAN <Monthly> • Each Issue Has an Important Lecture or Essay by Clarence Da.r row Year $1.50, Copy 25 Cents 516 American Bank Bldg., Los Angeles THE Twentieth Century, H. C: I N Whitaker shows the beauties of interest drawing: "Had 1 cent been loaned on the 14th day of M:arch, A. D. 1, interest being allowed atj the rate of 6 per ce.nt, c~mpounded yearly, the~ 1894 yt!ars later-that is, on March 14, 1S9~tpe amount due would be $ 8,4 9·7,840jOOO,.OOO,OOO,QOO,OOO,OOO,Ol>O,OOO,OOO,OOQ1 000,000,000 ($8,497,840,000 decillion dollars) . lf_it were desj11ed to pay this in gold, 23.2 grains to tpe dollar, then, taking spheres of ,ppre gold, each the size of th.e earth, it would take 610,070,000,000,000,000 of them to pay for that cent . . Placing these spheres in a straight row, their combined length 'voulQ. b~ 4,826,870,000,000,000,0UO,-OOO mil·es, a distance which it would take ~ight (going at the rate of.186,330 miles, per secend) 820,890,000 · years. to travel. ''The planets and stars nf the entire solar and stellar universe, RS seen by the great Lick telescope, if they · were all of solid gold, would not nestrly pay the llmou.nt. A single sphere to pay the whole amount, if placed with ·its center at the sun, would .have its surface extending · 563,580,000 miles beyond the orbit of the planet Neptline, the farthest in our system. "It mav be added that if the earth had contained a population of 10,000,000,000, each one making $1,000,000 a second, then, to pay f01: that cent, it '"ould have required their combined earnings for 26,938,500,000,000·,ooo,OOO,OOO years.'' "- Censoring ·the Stage ''At a . show, when an Oriental dancer came on, a young man leaned forward and said eagerly to a lady in front of him : '' 'Would you kindly remove your hat, madam.?' . ''Th-e lady swung round and glared at him. '' 'Certainly not ! ' she said. 'You're much too young to. look at a turn like this.' '' Does the Shutter Stick? Jones-I hear . you are quite a movie fan. S~ith-Yes, I see them so much that when I go to bed at night each dream ends with "Passed by the National Board of Censors.'' �The Western Comrade Dobbin and I , By Edward Moray REVOLT B OTH of us work for the boss; All through the heat of the day Dobbin, the old white-faced hoss; I, just a man growing gray. Dobbin is fed of the best, Plenty of oats and of hay, ; All of his food stood a test; ~1ine 's on the verge of decay. Never a hoss had a stall Pcrfeet as Dobbin's for health. C:ouldn 't he better, that 's all. Boss is a man of much wealth. Doh hin is eunied wit!{ care; Dohhin is petted a lot ; :\ly ho11s!' is perfectly bare; IIonw is a eomfortless spot.· IN. MEXICO Read the C~rrect ~terpret'Q.tion ·of Underlying Motives in the Most Remarkable and Valuable Book of the Year The .Mexican _People-Their Struggle forJFreedom -By- I get tIt P <"nrses and sneers, . L. Gutierrez d·e Lara and ~cumb Pinchon Dohhin. th e earc and applause; ••• 1 Hrn thought lrss of hy years; Dohhin thought more of because Ilor·s<·s (•ost money to buy; :\1 Pll :tr<' mu ch cheaper than clay; Hor·s(•s ntt•an loss wh t:> n t~PY die; :'ll!·n- hnt a monwnt 's delay. Eugene V. Debs says: "• • • It is written from the point of view of the working class, the tillers of th e soil, the producers of the wealth, and sho"·s that through all these centuries of toil and tears and blood and martyrdom they have been struggl_ing for the one purpose of emancipating themselves from the tyranny of' a heartless aristocracy, buttressed on the one hand by the Roman Church and on the other by ~.he military power." Fair Enough Th(• lit'\\' hahy had pr·oved itself tht' IHlSSt' ssor of <:>xtraordinary lung power·s. One day baby 's brother, littit> .Johnny, said to his mothec "~Ia, iittl c brother came from he a \'en, didn't he.'' "Yt:>s. dear·, .. answer·ed the mother. ,Johnny was silent for a minute, and thrn he went on: "I say, ma." "\Vha.t is it, Johnny 1" '' 1 don't hi amP th e angels for slinging him out, do you 1" ••• Georgia Encouraging Her Th e sailor had been showing the " lady visitor over th'e ship. In thanking him . he said: "I sel that hy the rules of your ship tips nre forbidden." 1 Lor' hies. yer eart, ma 'am " replied .Jnck. ' o were the apples in the Gnr·den of Eden." says: • • • ••• Testing the Power Brown (on fi hing trip ) -Boys, the boat .is inking! I there any one here who known ho'\ to pray. Jone (eagerly ) -1 do. Brown-All right. You pray, and the re t of u will put on life belts. They're one hy._ Kot~:~h It • strips the glamor of benevol ent motives from the dealings with ~'T exi c o of the United ~ates and other countries and presents the stark truth that American and world capitalism has been, and is, in league against the proletariat of .Mexico for its own sordid interest. And while the Mexican master class is depicted ' as the most depraved and bloodthirsty in history, the Socialist will see that the story of the Mexican proletariat is in greater or less degree and in varying circumstances the story of the proletariat in every country." 11 Published by DOUBLEl)AY, PAGE & CO. Price $1.50 We viii send you this book and The Western Comrade for one year for $2.00 �The Western Comrade 28 THE WESTERN COMRADE ~ En'teTed aa second-claaa matter at the po•t omce at Los Angeles, Cal. 1124 Higgine Building, Los Angeles, Cal. Subscription Price One Dollar a Year In Cluba of Four Fifty Cents · Job Harriman, Managing Editor Frank E. Wolfe, Editor Vol. I!~ _Ma.rch, 1915 No. 11. Cousin to the Cabbage T JE cat is the aunt of the catnip and t hP dog is the unci of t h~ dogff'nnel; the eow is the sistpr· of t lw 1·owslip (noun ) ; the horse th e hroth<·r· to t hP horseradish, nn<l the squirTPI tlf<• first 1·ousin to a nut. This is Psta hi ishPd hy an East Ind ian :-wient ist who der·lares tha.t plants al'l! stationary animals, and animals. plants that mo\·c around. 1lr· d<·(!]HrPs that plants slet>p aml <'II t. and t Ira t rln1gs have the samP Pffrd on them as they do on animals. If tiH~r·<• is anything in the th<·ory, what plant is mostly elosely relat<'d to this s11vant., whosP rwrn<· is .ragadish ChumlPr Bose? Shifting Responsibility 'l'raeh<•1·-J shall trot krt;p yon after sehool, .Johnnie. You rnay go hom<' now. .Johnnil•- 1 don't want to go home. 'l'hPI'(' 's a huhy just' <·omc to our house . 'l'ra~h<•1·-You ought to lw glad, JohnnH•. A dcnr littl e hahy.Johnnir (vPhrmrntly ) -1 ain't glad. Pa'IJ hlame nw:_hr blames me for everything. Hence the Wriggle l\lillie hart just hearct 1111. impressive scrviee tha1 elung to her mind and ~\te rh.ild used phr_ases and expressiOns m a stnrtlmg manner. She spt·mt~ this one when her mothrr implorrct her to stop squirming: "Well, why do<•s Freddie do all tlic things that make me quinn and omit the things that do not make me quirm ?" Ethics of Evisceration the roof of a Red Cross hospital and utfoeate-- the helple and er-ipplied by noxious ga ses. d~ed Your off pring may not u,e a one may or may not do certain saw-toothed bayonet to di embo el things to an enemv. It is well therefore, to tudy the ubject. ' hi brother, but he may evi eerate To mothers who are eontemplat- him with a harp aber or tear the ing putting their sons through a tripe out of him with a knife, pro· 'Boy Scout eour e, enrolling them dded the knife i fastened 1o tht> in a Boy ' Brigade or allowing · t"Dd of a rifle. Your little lad mav lawfulh· kill them to rnlist in the. militia, W<' unarmed men and women and' evrn offer the followi ng instructions: Your boy may not. shoot his ehildren provided he is told tht're n<'ighbor ~~ a soft-nose 'or bol- has heen sniping in the town. lf your boy is in au im·ading low-poiilt bullet. hut he may safely and honorahlv smash hi skull with army he will learn Rll the finer a charge ~f judicially pl<wed poit;ts of the game. He will leam slfrapnel, well diredrd shell or . that it is houot•ahle to steal, to loot a nd to \\'l'!'ek homes; to rape hand grenade. Your so11 ma:v not poison tlw women and 111\lrdel' det'l'nseless \\·ntet· supply of another· mother'fi· ml'n, hut he should alwnys remem son. hut lw mav houm·ahlv and lwr that thPsl' things must not be hunHlnt•ly throw ~ lyddite h~mb on· dow• Hnl'thieall~·.-II. ('. INTHEethic polite but somewhat mudof modern warfare .. 1,000 Copies Sold on Pre-Publication Orders! 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NEW YORK �The Western Comrade Out to Sea (Continued from page 15) card, evidently given to her by the young man, who now arose, sauntered aeross the street and entered the pharmaey in the Auditorium building . . The color slowly died out of the girl's face. She glanced intently at my companion, hut the S. W. was deep in the delights of the essay on "Culture," quite unaware of the surveillance, or that the girl quickly arose and made her way out of the park. I watched her cross Hill street and go cast on Fifth. Tlw S. \\'. dosed the hook and· looi<Pcl about. · · Thr gil'l is gone,.' she said in dismay. "1 meant to speak to her. Did sht' go with that-thatfreshie 1' · "J\' o, went alone." ''Let ·s go, Bobbie.·· W P werr eoming out of a photo supply store on Broadway when I fplt the S. W. 's g1·ip on my arm tighten. '·There's that girl, Bobbie! See? Just aeross the street. Come." \\. c dodged, jayhawkerwise, through the traffi c to the opposite side. "\Ve 'II get close behind her," she suggested, ''and if she turns and· I catch her eye I'll speak to her. I'm sure she wanted me to do so in the park.'' The girl was some thirty feet in advance of us. I saw her hesitate, glance at a white card she held in her pa·lm and then up at the street number over the flashy, near-marble entrance of a rooming house. Distracted by a window display for a few moments, the S. \V. turned just in time to see the gil'l disappear into the ca'lacious doorway. l\fy companion caught her breath sharply, a delectable little trick of hers that indicated disappointment. ''She's gone!'' she murmured. ''Assuredly ! '' I answered. I r ead the gaudy glass-and-gold sign on the door jab, ''The Lutrella Apartments, Transient. '' Then surveyed the '' Mapicure '' signs dis- played in some "bf the richly curtained second-story bay windows. I ventured in a spirit of irony a line of Walt Whitman's: "IF ANYTHI~G IS SACRED, Soc.ialists Attention! In order to place a copy of our catalogue of union-made goods in the hands of evel'y reader of The Western Comrade, we 'wm ~end postage prepaid, on receipt of FIFTY CENTS, one of our ge~lne sheepskin-leather card cases BEXit.ING THE UNION LABEL. This card CB;BO contains four pockets, one large for btlls and papers, one for your dges-stamp book, and two with transparent windows for union membership cards. This ill the ONLY CARD CASE on the market made by Organized Labor apd ~aring the union label. It is no longer necessary for a class-conscious Socialis~ to be · inconsil!tent. Send fifty cents in stamps or money ord.e r. MUTUAL UNION TRADING COMPANY (The only exclusive union label merchandisers) (Owned and managed by members ot the working class) 9 Board of Trade Court, CHICAGO, ILLS. THE IIUl\lAN BODY IS SACRED! " And the Sweetest Woman, being nobody 's fool, understood and sighed. 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' A All Present LITTLE girl traveling in a sleeping car with her parents greatly objected to being put in an upper A littJe girl traveling in a sleepberth. She was assured that papa, mama and God would watch over her: She was settled in the berth at last and the passenge.rs were quiet for the. night, when a small voice piped: "Mama!" "Yes, dear." · "You thereT" ' 'Yes, I'm here. Now go to sleep.'' "Papa, you thereT',... ''Yes, I'm here. Go to sleep like a good girL'' This continued at intervals for some time until a fellow passenger lost patien~e and called: ·' Vv e 're all .h ere ! Your father and mother. and brotheril and sisters and uneles and , aunts and first cousins. All here. Now go to sleep!" There was a hrief p!tUse· after this explosion. Then th e tiny voice piped up again, but very softly: "Mama!" "\VeiL" "Was t11at God?" Dead Easy A party of English and Americans were touring on the Continent, and one American greatly annoyed one of the Englishmen, wh-enever they went sight-seeing, by invariably asserting: "Oh, that ain't much! We can beat that all to ;ibbons over on the other side of the pond.'' When Naples w~ reached they went to have a lool{.at Mount Vesuvius and the Englishman remarked to his American friend: "Now, sir, can you beat that over in your country?'' The American quick as a flash replied : . ''Well, I don't know that we can heat it ; but we have a little waterfall over there that would put the damned thing out in five minutes!'' Accident or Catastrophe? Telephone Home A-4533 Home A-2003 Main 619 HARRIMAN & RYCKMAN A . J. STEVENS Attorneys at Law 921 Hlgglns Building Los Angeles, Cal. Dentist 306 South Broadway Room 5U Loa Angeles, Cal Employe-111:r. Brown, I should like to ask a raise in my wages. I've just been married. Employer-Very sorry, my dear man, but for accidents to our employes outside of the factory we are not responsible. �The Western Comrade 31 Does Soil .Analysis Pay? Here is the Answer FROM PANAMA-CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION, SAN PIEGO,, CAL, Mr. R. R. Snowden, Los Angeles, Cal. Dear Sir: Last year we were having considerab.Ie trouble with o.u r nlli:sery on account of poor soil. . . These soils have been treated in accordance with your prescription with very good results. In fact, at this time we are having no trouble at all with the soil· in the nursery. Very truly yours, · FRANK P .. ALLEN, JR., Director of Works. (The exposition authorities have twice since used my eerv!ces, which fact also telJs its own story.) Trees of the same size and shape, at one year and twenty-two d~ys from planting in orchard, were chosen for experimental purposes. Measurements made nine .. months and six days after fertilizing began, are shown. WITHOUT SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT Height .. . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . 3 feet, 9 -Breadth at top .. ....... .. . 1 foot, 6 Circumference of trunk at ground . . . . .... . .. .. ..... : . .... 2 Circumference of trunk at lower branches .. . . .. ...... ... 1~ Inches Inches Inches Inches It should · be remembered that while aJly ehemiet can make a soil analysis, yet not every one has had sutnclent expert~ ence and of the right kind to enable him to correctly interpret the results and apply them to treatment of the soil so as to give a reasonable certainly of profitable returns to the person paying for the analysis. This is certainly the most important thing to consider, Mr. 0. H. Hottel, an orange grower, said to Mr. Chas. D. Baker, a banker of Pomona, Cal.: "The money I paid Snowden for soil analysis is the oest money I ever spent." (On the strength of this testimony Mr. Baker bae had two orange groves examined and prescribed for by me.) Results speak for the work. . Send for folder containing reports from clients. (Please mention the Western Comrade when answering advertisement.) I RECEIVED SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT H e ight . .... ... .. ... ... ... .. . .. .... 5 feet, 1 Inch. Breadth of top ... ... ...... .. ...... 3 teet, 11 Inches. Circumfer ence of trunk at ground . . . .• .. . 5% lnchea Circumfer ence of trunk at lower · branc hes . . .. .. . .. .. .. . ... .... .. ....... 3"' Inches Oldest Commercial Exclusive Soil Laboratory in the United States R. R. SNOWDEN Chemist and Soil Engineer 320 Stimson Building Los Angeles, California �Wanted: 600 Men To join the four h~ndre<l. who are now working_to make the Llano ·del Rio Co-operative COlony a Success There are only 1000 memberships and the great Worid Movement acand 400 ·are taken. celerated thereby. Socialism will not This collective enterprise, founded come as a glorious overnight gift. by Job Harriman, is situated in the We must wor~ it out practically. Antelope Valley, Los Angeles Let us begin here and now. County, CaliDo you want to solve your fornia. It offers continuous o w n problem~ employment to and to assist in men in nearly this great ene v e r y useful terprise? occupation. It We want colonists ·and we is solving some · w a n t repreof the greatest problems of the sentatives who age. · can speak and write the -mesDo you not think it time sage of Freethat Socialism dom.k You can Champion Tom. The llano Is an i deal place to was started so ra i se turkeys and these birds will form an important m a e g 0 0 d that yon can to branch of the poultry department of the community. f.rom this hour some extent securing memrealize its great- benefits in your life- bers for the Llano del Rio Colony. · time? You can make this orga~ing a perAre you ready to apply the theo- manent business. ries about which you have talked and If you want to own your own job dreamed? and gain independence, see story of Cooperation is a practical thing Colony on page 16 of this magazine. and must be worked out step by step Write for particulars today. Address C. V. Eggleston, Fiscal Agent LLAN'O DEL RIO COMPAN·Y 924 Higgins Building· Los Angeles, Caifornia � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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Yet one thing is there that ye shall not slay Even Thought. that fire nor iron can affright." - Swinburne \ �T lte Western C oinrade E BOOTS .and ·SHOES Factory operated .i n connection with LLANO DEL Rio CoLONY Men's 10-inch boots . $6.00 Men's 12-inch boots . 7.00 Men's 15-inch boots . 8.00 Ladies' 10-inch boots 5.00 Ladies' 14-inch boots 5.50 Men's Elk shoes .. .. 4.00 Ladies' Elk shoes. . . 3.50 Infants' Elk shoes, 1 to 5 .. . ...... . .. 1.50 Child's Elk shoes, 5 to 8 ..... ... . ... . 1.75 Child's Elk shoes, 8Y:! to 11 . . . . . . . . . 2.25 Misses' and Youths, 11Y:! to 2 . . ....... 2.50 Place stocking foot on paper, drawing pencil around as pel" above Illustration. .Pass tape around at lines with out drawing tight. Give size usually worn. . \ IDEAL FOO.T WEAR For · Ranchers and O'utdoor Men The famous Clifford Elkskin Shoes are lightest -and ' easiest for solid comfort and will outwear three pairs of ordinary shoes. We cover all lines from ladies,' men 's and children's button or lace in · light handsome patterns to the high boots for mountain, hunting, ranching or desert wear. Almost indestructible. Send in your orders by mail. Take measurement according to instructions. Out of town shoes made immediat.ely on receipt of order. Send P;-...0. order and state whether we shall forward by mail or express. SALES DEPARTMENT Llano del Rio Cotnpany 922 Higgins Building, Los Angeles, Cal. �·. t # Design from "The Masses." Drawing by Charles A. Winter ___________:_.::__________________________________ Cover (Frontispiece) _________________________Page "The Iron Crou." 4 "Duggan." By A. F. Gannon.--------------------~-----------Page 9 " The Madness of Capitalism." By Charles Edward Russell ------------------------------------------·------------------Page 11 "The OutJook in Europe." By ,George D. Herron ....Page 12 "Who Are ttie Ignorant Laborers?" By Mila Tupper Maynard -------------------------------------'-------------------Page 14 "Strangling by The State." By Ciarence Darrow.... Page 15 "Deadwood." (Poem.) By Edgcumb Pinchon ........ Page '1.6 "Organized Capital Seeks C.o ntrol." By Geo. W. Downing ...................................................................... Page 17 "Socialism and War." .. By Morris Hillquit.. ..............Page 18 "Red Ink Uxtra Bunk" .......................·............................... Page l9 "Who's Fighting and Why?" By Homer Constantine ................................................................ Page 19 "The Purpose of Socialism." By Carl D. Thompson..Page 20 "The Sentence." By Charlotte Perkins Gllman...... Page 21 "Why Andrew I~ Merry" .................................................. Page 22 "Folly of the Fixed ldea"................................................ Page 22 "When the End Comes" .................................................. Page 22 "To Be Kind !s to Die".................................................... Page 23 "The Breadline" .................................................................. Page 23 "Seven Mol)ths' Progress at Llano del Rio" .............. Page 24 "Hypocrisy and the War." By W. J. Ghent.. ............ Page 28 "War Brides." By Samuel C. Meyerson .................... Page 29 "Relchstag Rebellion" ...................................................... Page 29 "Poems of the Revolt" ...................................................... Page 30 • By Joshua Wanhope ................ Page 32 "The Menace of Child Labor" ........................................ Page 33 "Last 1;-ine of Defense." By William E. Bohn .......... Page 313 "Need of the Hour." "Fear of Russian Invasion." By Thomas C. Hall, D. D..................................................................... Page 34 "Original Sin." By Luke North .................................... Page 36 "The Great Socialist." By Max Eastman .................. Page 36 "What Is Socialism?" By Jessie Wallace Hughan, Ph. D .................................................:........... Page 37 "Crisis of the Hour." By A. M. Simons...................... Page 38 "The Poor Savage of Civilization"................................ Page 39 "Worship Up to Date." tly Upton Sinclair.. ..............Page 40 "A Christian Audlence" .................................................... Page 40 ! • �The Western Comrade The Iron Cross rn Belgium �~ ,.. .. THE ·wEsTERN _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Devoted Political Action VOL. II to the Cauae of Co ·RAD the _ w _o_rk_e_ra_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ __ Direct Action . C?o·oper-atlon LOS ANGELES, CAL., JA.l'lUARY-FEBRUARY, 1915 NUMBER 9-10 Valle Rio del Llano Looking South From Dam Site on Big Rock Creek, Llano del Rio Colony • CURRENT COMMENT By Frank E. Wolfe W IIJLJE the European wa1· has occupied the down-stage position to the all but oblit eration 1 of other news, the fighting in J!exi eo again for ces it-s way into t]l(> Spotlight. Out of the garbl ed n ews in th e daily new!O;papers one may pick from day to day g-rains of tmth. Judging from these reports, th er e. is no in clination on tlie part of Villa; "·ho has long been the dominant factor in the struggle, to yield to any side-tracking issues. He holds the question of land monopoly paramount and for years he has led his ho'rdes of "sandlefeet" into battle with the cry "Tierra y Libertad !" The e p eon haYc learned their lesson well. They have come to believe so profoundly in "land and liberty " that they are fighting upon that issue irrespective of military leaders and .ambitious politicians who ·seek to divert their attention. · Cnrranza marle no riretense of carry in g out the prog1·am to free t ht> land and he will go the way of l~s num erous predecessors who have failed either in courage or understanding. Jn th e meantim e th e average Amet·iean reads the vapid newspaper ('Omment on th e 1\lexican struggle and smiles at th e stupid cartoons, lmd goes hi$ way as ignorant of the actual condjtjons of the cause of th e revolt as he was thrPe years ago. �• The Western Comrade 6 A BEAuTIFUL conspir~cy w~ thwarted when the European war swept millions of peasants out of their fields and rushed them into the trenches or into military camps of both warring and so-called peaceful powers. Steamship agents had been busily engaged for a year in selling, on the installment plan, tickets to California and 'o ther coast states, via the Panama Canal. 'fwo hundred thousand immigrants were to reach California inside of the Y.e'*. A million more- were to foll'ow in the next few years. There are iu California today_ l50~000 unemployed men . The numher has been regufarly rounded out by the closing down of seasonal industries. On a recent tT·ip I saw in scores of roadside camps many hundreds of blanket stiffs who would eagerly go to work if given an opportunity. In Los Angeles they c·rowd together at the l\£unicipal Employment Bureau and at other private agencies and block the streets and lin(• the curhs all day long. A call for 500 jobbers at "six bits a day and cakes" to work in war · and moh scenes for the motion picture producers usually cause a riot. Add 'to this a couple of hundr·cd thousand of Europeau peasants and a few thousand mor·e r·aghcads and we will have a situation that at first will he ver·y much to the .liking of the Otis-Hearst outfit, but later will he likely to prove serious if not disastrous to the entire ~xp loitin g class. 'l'hat th is immigration plot will be revived at the conclusion of the European conflict no one will question. Hordes of hun gry and hom eless men will flock to Ameriea and they will work for any wage. Exploiters of labor will welcome them to mill and ranch and Americans " ·ill be displaced. In the meantime our wise statesmen are prattling about protection of cotton and steel and hogs. Any discussion of plans to free a ·few million acres of monopolized land ? Not yet. That would presup1 po e brain po"·er. and there isn't any! G + + + RA 'D AD:\IIRAL VO:t\ TIRPITS is so elated over the success of the ·..,German submarines that he declares the plan to blockade England will he pushed with great vigor. Conan Doyle fir t uggested the plan in a story entitled ''Danger'' and it appears the admit'a.l is willing to follow out the English author's sugges. tion. In -the tneantime, one after another of England ' <h;eadnaughts is nndi.J?g a berth with Davy Jones in the bottbm of the sea. + ·+ + person . realize the universal insolvH ow..encymany of the banks of the world T In England the disiJlusiomnent ,came when for more than a \veek prior to the declaration of war every British bank sqspended payment and ·virtually acknowledged insolvency. This even included the Bank of England, "the Gibraltar of Theadneedle Street." . The helpless c!<>ndition of British banks continued until the governme.n t came to the rescue with the only remedy, ·and the one that should be made permanent-:that is, the .suhstitutlon of the national credit for the unsound and illusive gold basis. If the people of England and America had the sense to profit by this lesson and take advantage of it, the war, despite its wrong and its horror, will have done infinite good. A + + + I... THOUGH they are _suffering terribly. in the trenches, the German soldiers are sticking to their task with a doggedness that is perhaps characteristic of the 'l'euton. Slowed 'down, worn and weary, the men have l08t the· keen edge that characterized their first fierce onslaught, but they are more than holding their o·wn in the east and west. PI'Ussian militarism w~s a stronger machine than was supposed hy the blithesome Britishers who went forth to destroy the army of the mad Kaiser. England must brace up and fight for her life. Conscription is ine\'itable, and conscription will start riots and untold troubles, but it must come. The colonies must send vast numbers to fill the ranks decimated hy wounds, exposure and disease and death. In the spring, _when the Germans make the next onward rush, a gr·eat ar:my will be needed to check them. Germany is as determined to crush England as the Britons are determined to destroy Prussian military power. t'p to this time Germany has had all the better of the struggle. Germany is fighting Russia, Eng- �The Western Comrade land, France, Belgium, Servia, Portugal and Japan, that will strike terror to the hearts of the British and within a short time Italy will be conduct.ing a land monopolists. They propose to sejze large tracts vigorous campaign against Turkey, Germany's ally of land f~r government use. Verily, war is more in the south. than Sher..m an dreamed! After fiv e months' struggle these combined pow+ .+ + ers have been unable to effect an invasion of Teuton NGLAND'S system-or lack of system-of meetterritory. The Germans have occupied all Belgium ing the .,national obligation to her fighting men and turned the Belgians out of their country; they is gt·owing ·to be a n,ational disgrace. A. l\f. Thomp• hold a large por·tion of France; they have succeseson, \Hiting in the Clarion, takes a sharp hack at fully invaded Russian Poland; they have created a greater rebellion in South Africa than the world has the royal .and noble cadg·e rs who are raising funds been allowed to know. of; they are meeting with hy all the known methods save the right one. He some su c;erss in starting r evolt against British rule says: "The Ducl)esS'of Splash has a National Patriotic in Egypt and P ersia; thry have torpedoed half a Fund to provide gol.oshes for consumptive aviators. dozen of Englnnd 's dreadnaughts, even as far away The Hon. Miss Brandish is collecting funds to supas thr north coast of Ireland; they have made a bold ply sp?ts to 'nutty' artillerymen. Mrs. Fussorynaval raid, bombarded English seacoast ·cities and Blazon wants lnoney to furnish warming-pans to the escap<·d withont harm; they are building Zeppelins crews of submarines. The Countess Pfumppfer. with th<· fr:mkly aekno"·lcdged purpose of bombard· spitzel aspires to warm the legs of Highlanders with in g London : thrit· submarinrs and mines have sunk red flannel bloomers. The cackling clamour of these dozens of British fighting ships and, so far as their society advertisers is a disgrace to the nation." . o>vn safely inter·Md f1cet at Heligoland is concerned, Thompson cal1s up.on the government to supply th er e is not n ship damag<·<l. C\'rrything that money can afford to case the condil n the sprin g England mnst fight for her life. tion of the soldiers and sailors-including a living + {• •!• wage for ·combatauts, pensions for the disabled and HEN w;n· was declared by England the peo- adequate provisions for· the dependents of the killed. ple " ·ere given some quick and simple les- lt 's a big hill, he declar es, but England must pay sons in the fa<·iiity with which public utilities may and the slackers must dig up if it costs them their all. be socialized. 'l'hcsc institutions "·r re taken over by If this he not done, promptly, whalesale conthe governml'nt so easily and naturally that the pub- scription will become necessary, for men will no lic heard of no opposition-if, indeed, there was any. longrr enlist under. present conditions. Of course, military seizure is not socialization, but + + + it shows how expedient is quick, powerful aPtion. The trams, th·e railways, docks, mines and, in HE \\' ESTERN COJ!RADE is endeavoring to fact , every thing socially used, was put into the hands give in this issu e all latitude to expression of of thr gowrnmPnL Of course thr fad it was a thought of the leading Socialist writers of the world. war measure allnycd. the fears of the bourgeoise. George D. Herr·on 's artielr and that of 'fhomas C. T1hen. again , to have protested would have been Hall arP antipodal and both are printed with t4e branded as unnatriotic and the protestant would have intent of ·giving our · r·ead ers an opportunity to get the viewpoint of these famous writers. We have risked severe censure, if not social ostracism. 1\ow that England has put a ban on sugar im- no other policy than to further the cause of the portation thcr·e is a serious move ob. foot to have the workers of the world. 'Ye will not remain neutral· government embark into beet-sugar production on wlwn the honr arr·ivrs to strike a blow at Capitalism. a large scale. There is a phase to this proposition Our chief nim is to educate an<lnrou!'le the workers. E W T ~ 7 �The Western Comrade 8 You of Little Faith C ot,ONlSTS at Llano ?ei Rio have a_ singleness of purpose and that IS to do somethrng toward the solution of our social prohlems. Our vision extends far heyond the boundaries of a singJe colony. There arc \'Cry few, if any, among us who would be in the least interested in merely estaplishing a co-opcrati vc colony only for the -benefit of the few who might dwrll therein. It is our aim to develop one .large su<:cessful community to deliver greater benefits both economical, moral, intellectual, and social to each and every one for less effort, than can be delivered under capitalism; to establish such a variety of industries that every individual may be oc·eupicd in what is to him the most desirable and congenial employment, and to provide for ourselves substantially all the <·omforts and necessaries of life. Wlwn wr shall have been ~tble to find every man at his post, and there hy his own choice, and that hr!'ause of tht• pkasurc he takes in his work, and whrn we shall haY!' hrrn ahlc to shorten our hours of labor, to take athnntage of ·the joys of the game and the happiness affordrd hy intellectual pursuits, and yet shall fpc] frer and safe from want; we shall know that we haY c done something toward the aceomplishm ent of our· aim. We shall th<m lift our voices to those who are asking if" any good can come out of Nazareth," and trll them to "come and see." \Vc shall th en endeavor to show our brothers beyond our hordrrs how they, too, may liv e in joy when hound together hy a common interest . Does it seem singular that we should from time to time state the P:urpos~ of those gath~ring at Llano del Rio 1 Singular ~hougl1 it be, it seems necessary iii ord~r to disabuse the minds o'f many ardent Socialists who are throwing everY. possible obstacle in the way of the colony. Only yesterday," the secretar·y of one of the largest Socialist locals in California said, "I hope the colony will fail. If it succeeds the members will no longer be Socialists.'' · Will a Jittle prosperity ruin these Socialists 1 Oh, what distorted ~ew of human nature. How can you, Comrade Secretary,. explain \Villiam l\forris, the great poet, who died in his palace fighting for Socialism 1 What explanation have you to offer for Binger·, the German millionaire, who spent his fortune to further the movement? How docs your theory tally with Hyndman of England, who has spent his fortune and his life m the same struggle? Did you, Comrade Secretary, ever know of a millionaire who dird for· his money? No, indeed; there is not one millionaire on rarth who would not give his last cent for his life. Did you eYer kno'v of a man who died for his convictions? Why, eve ry gr·rat humanitarian movement is full of such characters! A little prosperity will sp<1il these men o.f convictions at Llano del Rio 1 Far from it! You, Comrade Secretary, will find many a treasure'' Not dreamed of in your philosophy'' if only you will look a little deeper into human nature.-.J. H. a nrm.;papt• r·s ar·p doing rvprything in thPir power· to work up a war scare in the l'nitcd CAPJTALlS'l' StmtPs and thp JH'cd i<·tions are fr·t>d.v rnadr that 11nkss errtain foreign p(nvcrs rn rrt with certain dcll;aruls tlwt'L' will hr a deelaration by tht• \Vashi11gton govemment. That thr people of this country sho11ld ht' sturnpeded hy the homhastit· nttt>r·aners of th<•st' jingoists st•rms !nt·r·t·•lihle. This is the time to l<erp Pool. Tht• wor·king <"lass. has 11othing to do "·ith this "hueksters' "·ar ... ln a recent vote taken of S('V('I'a I It lllHhed tll pita I ist newspa JWl'S gr·eat rnaj or·ity of the in \'01 rtl in f:nor of thr continuation of the <·;por·t of war· munitions. Norw faYor·t•d a lllOVL' toward sh!r·viug the war and most detlart·d for "making all we <::Ill out of it." This is the tl'Ur expr<'ssion of eapitnlism 's grrrd. n �The Western Comrade 9 Duggan By A. F. GANNON I DO NOT lmow if Duggan he hero or ,·illain. I shall merely srt do,~· n the fa<·ts. Duggan was born in the slums of ?\t>w York Citynot an auspicious beginning, one must admit, for· an IH•roic career. Bt• that as it may, hy way of fist, stomavh and heart he had at twenty-fin• lin·d lift'. aftt•r· his light, to a fu,.llnrss ,·o w·hsaft•d fP\\'. Forrgath<·r·t·d \\·ith St'\'t•r·al of his ilk (a l1it blase. and t',\'11 it·al as to th<' motiv<·s of all \\'0111<'11 and most m<·H ) one morning in a gi'Oifg"t'l'Y in Avf'llllt' ('. fat•· dPnlt mtr· · Sllh.it·d a IH'\\' hand, in tht· J.H'rson of a s]pek straug<·r· who rnt<•r'Pd t·onfidently and put a sudd<·n quietus to their undenvo1·ld d iseussions. The ne\\·eom<·r ·s ha hiliments iustantly ar·ous<·d a mixture of · hatred and fpar· in th e bosoms of the,gang. ln. stinctively thr visitor singletl out the s·waggpr·ing Duggan as leader and after· a few Twenty-six "deputy sheriffs" are under indictment in New jersey charged rounds of drinks took him with shooting down twenty-nine strikers who had revolted aside for a ('hat. against abominable conditions in a fertilizing factory. The upshot was that th e pair depai'ted (after two more all-inc! usivc rounds ) uptown · to call ou the Sleek ices of himself aud the gang to go down there and help One's '' hoss, ' · who wanted some mrn for an adventur·e to see that the "guineas" didu 't. pull the stunt. The of high emprise. Duggan's command that the r est r·c- ''boss'' ·was to arm them uniformly that night and main until his return met with sudden and vociferous start thcm south. The honorarium was to be "five acquiescence, engqndered to a considerable ext ent by a huel<s a dH,v all· foun ·,'' from the time they left New goldpiece nonchalantly thrown on the har· hy the ~Jerk York till they got back. One with instructions to the bflrkeep to entertain the Jn sixty days they were haek, covered with glory. boy therewith in th e departed one's absence. The "guineas" didn 't pull the stunt. The God-given Duggan rcturncd in an hour- full of his 1'9uhj'eet, right of men to n .m th eir own business was once more and a supcrior· brand of booze. ConYened in a hack upheld. By mutu a l agreement th eir stipends for the room about a table laden with bottles and glasses· the entire per·iod w<•rc to he brought to the Avenue C headleader explained: A "bunch o' guineas " in St. Louis quar·ters by Duggan and the Sleek One and there diswere trying to run the street car 'business in place of tributed. All wants of the outer and inner man, food, the owners. Duggan had bargained with the "boss," clothing, rourtplastcr, liniment and, last but by no m the latter's sumptuous uptown offices, for the serv,. means least, liquor being furnished free by the trac·- �10 The Western C omrade tion company during their strenuous sojourn in the the first sound of the shooting they hurriedly started southern city, their wages were intact. The Sleek One for camp. Nearing the scene on a run, Dugg.m sudmade a neat little address, complimenting Duggan and denly swerved from the others and started tow11.rd the l1is <:ontingent particularly for their true patrioti m miner 's colony, where men, women and children ran and fealty to the laws and institutions of this great wildly about. land of the free and the home of the brave. H e also " Don 't go that way y' damn fool!" one of tire depromisrd to soon gi,·e them furthe r well-paid employ- serted pair yelled at the top of his hoarse voice, ment in their line. "they're firin' on the :tents.'' A for·tnight of sybaritic life for Duggan iind his If Duggan beard he paid. no heed. His bloodshot •·onfrerrs eusued. The leader beamed as he basked in eyes ~ad beheld !l man wit-h ~ child in his arms go sudhis follo1nrs' open adoration. :\I any new ~nd capable denly to earth with half his head shot away. The r·r.c ruits we.re added; and a score of successful sorties baby, disengaged from th~> dead man's arms, toddled from t lw hes<·ig-t•d eitadel of Capital, in t~e course of . off laughing, thinking it 'some new sort of game. Dug1 im(•, added to th eir laurels. gan's hat was gone. H e now 'discarded his coat, in In the middle of one of thPir ,\·!'11-eamed revels a either pocket the preciou,s whisky f or which an hour p•·r•·rnpt or·,v •·a II •·a Ill<' fo r· t hl'ir· services. The "boss" hefore he would have sold his soul. He intercepted the himself dropped dowu to A venue C · in his French crowing, stumbling tot midway in a little clearing and limoul'!ine and held private eounsel with Duggan-who gathering her hungri.ly up i11,to his a rms with a halfll'as """' his tnrsh·d anJ high-salaried lieutenant on the fh·ld of adiou. Duggan was a hit under the wcatht·r·, IJUt stt·adi<'d himsPif in his superior 's presence :1nd JH'otnised to arm alHl L'nt r·ain him self and his ·~ ll'o r·thies that night, hound for· the eonfiict. Th<· st·t·nt· ol' l>u g-ge~ n 's ex ploi ts this time was to J,c a littl P Co lorado town wht·re "a hun ch of bohunk miners wrr·e tr·yiu g to run th e govemment and the minrs.'' th't• ''boss'' informed him. Ilis mission was to " put t hr frar· of lieU into 'em." In dm· time, doubly vic:ious from train-confinement and a t·ountr·y-lridl' <l ehnu c: h, Dugga n a·nd his associates t·Htel'l·d th e 1nountnin \·illage and enc:ampcd on th e JH'opel'ty they wer·e to '' guartl. '' Jfohnohhin g with th e militia , already there, th ey "A sower went forth to sow." <wo n ll'ar·nctl what had happened before t heir arrival, lau ghin ~ or· eur·sin g immod erately as the incidents relat rcl stnwk their fanci es. ~\Yom e n of th e social neth er- l!nmken, breathless soh, whirl ed a~d started running ll·orld \\'P I'<' to lw had at herk and call, a convenience hack out of the danger zone. The baby threw her arms tllll(·h app r·t>eiat.ed hy Duggan's followers; hut, curi- about his neck in the utter abandonment of mirth and ous]? r nou gh indeed it sremcd· to the latter, Duggan pressed her velvety cheek against his t\vo-week stubble had himself csrhP\\'Pd this form of entertainment for of beard. a long time. "God!" he panted. A screaming woman ran after him but he was For many wear·y months the trouble went uncnded. \rhat m>mncr· of" hunkirs" wer e th rse who could onlv unaware of it. The widening swath of a rapid-fire gun I ' he subdued in death 1 1\fany guards and militiamen ovel'took the woman and mowed her down. . Above his had hPt'n kill ed of lah'. A giant r epr·isal, an orgie of head passed a screeching hail of bullets from the minde ti'Uction and death, was in preparation. Getting ers' stronghold on the hillside. Duggan weakly went wind of it the armed miners had taken to the mobntain- to his. knees with death close at his back, but instantly side and "there entr·enched themselves for defenseregained his feet \nth a curse, under the stimulus of leaving their women and childr·en in the tent colony in baby laughter in his ears. He had only made a few t he keeping of sonw erippled and a few able-bodied strides, however, hefore the leaden stream reached him !fien who stayed to guard them. · and riddled both. The big gorilla-like body of DugDuggan, in the throes of a protract.ed drunk, was gan crushed the fragile frame of the dead babe into not present wht-n the melee started, being foraging for the soft ground. With howls and cries of demented whisky in town with a rouple of boon companions. At beings, the gunmen and militia charged the t ented �The ·western Comrade town and pouring oil on the flimsy shelters ignited them. Beneath some t ents were pits where women and children cowered and shrieked before death silenced them by flame or suffocation. Stealthily that night under cover of darkness · ~ frantic miner searching for his child found her beneath the dead gunman. · He spurned the khaki-trousered body of Duggan with his boot and picking up his bloodied and broken offspring stole away with -hate in his heart and foreign oaths on his lips. That samr night in New York, in the bedroom of 11 a snug Harlem flat, a slender girl with a babe at her · generous breasts, tossed restlessly and full of fear, wondering how long it would be before she saw her big, lovable bear of a man again, and trying to fathom the manner of his business that took him so far away and for so long a time. Among many other things, two morals suggest themselves, one from the Bible: "They who live b:;Y the . sword shall .die by the sword," and one from Bob.by Burns: ''A man 's ·a man for a' that. '' The Madness of Capitalism By CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL T HE shuddering ho!'l'or with w~ich. we. read of the world already bears could come but one result. battlefields whereon th e dead h e p1led m heaps, Mankind would revert to savagery. Knowledge, progof torn and mangled youths shrieking with the ress, hope and light ·wouJd te overwhelmed in one torture of their wounds, of towns burned and peasants abysmal catastrophe. Instinctively we cry Ol'lt against this prospect. We put to death, is only a part of the black night that · declare that such a thing must not be. That this war has come upon us. Not only this year is dreadful but must be stopped. That all war must be abolished. the years to come will be. For every shot that is fired if we really mean what we say we must set Then, and every march that is made the future must pay ourselves to great and enduring changes. a nd pay again and there can be no payments of this We see now the certam results of the present sysbill except from the products of industry already bent tem of Business founded upon grab and gain, the cutto the ground under the burden of past follies. throat system of competition,· the deadly system of Before the war began th e economists had uttered Business conducted for private profits. solemn warnings against the -heaping_up of the debts A few made rich and the many poo.r; a few made of the nations. They pointed out that the interest powerful and the many made the battle-pawns of charges on these debts were steadily mounting to a these; the resources of the world and the strength sum that could not be paid.. 'l'hey showed that be- thereof controlled by a few for their own· benefit and cause of their interest charges the poor were still fur- the rest obliged to go out and fight the wars engendered ther impoverished, ignorance and darkness were by the competitions, jealousies or maniac dreams of spread around the world, and want threatened the their masters. • toilers in every land. Meantime, the masses sinking to lower levels of These were the results of the existing system, of existence and the joys of life more and more restricted the debts of former wars, and .of the huge armaments to the beneficaries of the system. that the nations maintained. All this for just these same two reasons, the SurThink, then, that this war is costing these nations viving Feudalism of Autocracy and the Surviving SavSixty Million Dollars every day, that practically all of agery of Competition. this staggering sum must take shape in national debts Let the competitive system survive, and whichever for succeeding' years to pay, and that these debts and way the pre~ent war results it will assuredly breed the crushing interest charges they will entail can be other wars as gigantic or worse. From that conclusion paid in no way except by the sweat of labor. there is no logical escape. The same causes will proBefore the yrospect thus opened the mind .sickens duce same results, always, automatically, irretrievably, and hope .dies. as certain as night follows day, as certain as the stars We are paying today 'the expenses of the wars of travel their roads. No man may sow his field with any Napoleon, a century old. Should the present system faith that he can reap it and no man can look forward last, three centuries hence men will toil and children to a year of peace. So stands the terrible fact that be reared in ignorance and insufficiency that the mon- now confronts mankind. We can shut it from our strous bill for this day's insanity may be paid. minds if we are cowards, or try to forget it if we are From such a burden piled upon the debt burden .fools; but refute it or deny it may no man living. �The Western Comrade 12 • Europe The Outlook tn By GEORGE D. HERRON rr~~~~ HF. existing Socialist Parties may be destroyed by the European war, but not the international work of Socialism. Even if the worst that is feared should come to pass; if the duration and devastating effects of the war should so expaust both gove rnments and peoples that, under the strain, th ey should give way,}lnd chao~ follow ; if out of this chaos should rise new t-yrants and tyranni c'!; still the sPed of Socialism, so deeply and pati1•nt ly sown in t hP human soil , will ultimah'ly bear its promispJ fruit. ThP eo-op<'rllti\'e world- ir1 which all children shall ht• hom thr <·qual hf'irs of social wealth and freedom and opportunity- will certainly come. 1t does not matter undPr what name it comes; its coming is no less . a IIIJin·rsnl npr·Pssity. '!'he wol'ld cannot go on otherWISt' . No rnattPr' how gn·at thr ciitastrophe through whir·h manl<ind is now passing, beyond that catastrophl· waits the univi•J'iml f•ommunism that is the only r·o11dit ion of human sanity and continuity. Human h•·oth<•J'hood, solidar·ity of thP pl'ople, will perchance h<'I'OIIll' J'l'ality nft<•J' th1• pl'Ps<•nt confiict? I Iuman hr·otlH•J·hood may lw a speedy result of the · JH'I'SPilt l'Onfiil't. That will 1leprncl largely on the confli1·t 's intensity nnd dul'ation. lt s<•ems a terrible thing to say, hut it is no less tl'llr , that the great -danger to thr working 1·lass, to th1• pe-oples internationally, lies !n n too.f'al'ly JWa<·c hPing l'Oncludecl hy the rulers and diplomats. Now that the catastr·ophr has come, for the saki' of the wor·kers it sho uld he r•omplete and final. lt s hould eontinue until tht> pcoplrs, looking out over a Eur·o.pe that hns lwcomc a !!raveyard, looking out ov,,r· their Wl't>d-grown fields nrHi ruined homes, and refleding on th<•ir shatterPd lives, shall !'l'solve to make an end of llll 'l'l' politieal go,·emmrnt forever; and to take the m·dt'ring of life and labor into their own hands, and to pnt the sane and brotherly administration of induslry and society in thr placf' of po.litical nnd militar~' organization. l'he danger of the present <>atastrophe i , that the rulers and politicians may beco.me apprehensive, and for theit· own self-preservation eonclude.a too-t'arly peac<'. ft is not at all impossible that, threatened with social revolution from within, Germany and Eugianrl and Bussia and France may compromise their issues through secret diploma~y, and conclude a peace that shall he merely a truce, leaving Europe, industrially and socially speaking, just ·where it was. T :$.· German Social-Democracy ba pro\~ed'i lf a traitor to Socialism, to labor, to freedom and democracy, and should be outlawed by the International ocialist Movement. Indeed, judged _by the present conduct of that party, we ~:p.ay ay tliat there is.no Socialist Moven;teni in Gerinany. There is only an immense political party that r presents a: certain number of votes and Capitalism Incarnate: "Having the time of h·is life." nothing more. The conduct of th~t party is without excuse, and its leaders know it. English or American Socialists also know that the conduct of their .so-called German comrades is inexcusable. 'fhey may try to say that the German Social-Democracy will be found true when the time for the action comes. The time for :-~ction has come anrl gone, and the Socialist Party of Germany has not acted. lt has only proved how destitutf' ·it is of <'ourage, of sincerity,. of Socialist prin. ciple. And it has proved its utter lack of moral force as well as its .lack of fidelity to freedom and to international Soeialism. The Social-Democratic Party of Germany could have prHent cd this world-catastrophe if it had had the manhood in it to do so. If the four mi;lion men who vote for Socialist condidates bad so decided, and their leaders had so ordered, every wheel in German factories or on German railroads would hRYe cea'>ed to turn the moment Germany declared war. · This would have inYolved insurrection, and would have �The Western Comrade 13 rrsulted in Racialists being shot. But it is the business Switzerland, as she ic; threatening to do, then Italy of Rocialists to be shot when a great crisis arrives. would dQ well to go to the defense of Switzerland. . 1f there had been enough men in Germany ready to give Otherwise Italy should maintain her neutrality. To their lives for the cause they profess, they could have · attack Austria now would not only be a breaking of her treaty, but it would lay Italy open to the charge c·han~?ed the fae e of the world. • • • of cowardice, in view of the fact that Aus.tria is now Wh en the Socialist l\1 ovement does become powerpractically a finished quantity, so far as the ,;ar : is ful in Russia, jt will be a Socialism that is real, that If the HapsQurg dynasty dissolves, as every concerned. has purposl' and spiritual force within itself, and _that man who cares for free'dom prJ:tys it may, then Italy will ha Y e some sPnSl' of humanity in its doctrines and would ~e right in . occupyin~ ·Trieste ~nd the Italian proc·cd ures. Russia today is immeasurably nearer freeprovinces yet unredeemed. But that .need ·not involve dom than Gernuur:v. aml its leaders are vastly prowar any more than . the Roumanian · occupation . of fonnu l' r and morP spiritual in their culture than the Transylvania, in case of the' dissolution of the Austrian (;l·r·nwn leaders. YPs, if it is a choice between the CosEmpire, need involve ·war. s:H· k and thP Tt>uton, thc•n give me the Cossack. He I wish Italian statesmanship wise enough, and is rwarPr tlw <·o-orwr·ative eommomvealth, is poten- had the courageous initiative •. at this moment to form a .. tially a mor·t• lruman and spiritual being than the Truton . • • • Th e 0Prman So<·ialists sePm to utterly ignore the fact that it was UPrmany who deelared war· on Russia, and not Rus-;ia on Germany. This whole catastrophe' is hroYb>1rt about hy the Kaiser· 's Germany, to which thP Cc•r·nran Soeial-Demoer·aey cr·aven ly submitted. It is Urrrnany that has IH·ought this catastrophe upon tlrP wor·ld . If [{ ussian Soe ial ists are in the Russian army, they ar'l' fightin~ in a war· of drfence. The Belg-ian Sot·ialists. undi'J' thP IPadPr·sh ip of Vandel'Y!'Idr. ;r r·p fighting for thPir Yery <·xistenee as Racialists, as wt>ll as for tht•ir· nation and thPir homes. The Fren<·h So<'ialists ar·t· also fighting for· Noeialism when thry fight for F'renl'h national PXistene<'. \\' hen such rr,·olutionary So<·ialists as .Jules <luesdP, Vaillant and Anatolt· Vrant·t· s11mmon tlw <·[ill to ar·ms th(•n surPly tht• Sor·inlists of Fran(·(• are fighting r·ight!'ously. l t is tT'Ill' that' En gland dPclarc•d \\;Hr on Germany. And while· I am the last to havr any sympathy with th e English r_u ling l'lass. in this case England is fighting for the wo·r·lcl's fr·eedom . Rhe is fi~hting for the presernttion of all that is worth while In eilivilation. She is fightin!! for such publi c morality and social freedom as \\'e han hl'rn ahlP to gain iu the last two thousand .vrars . • • • What we c·all civilization is largely n hid(•ous phantttsmagor·ia . But judged by even our Wilhelm: "God, you have betrayed me. ,I condemn low and ·hypocriti<·al standards, Germany has proved you to be shot at daylight.' ' · · herse lf' not a ci\'ilized, hut a barbarous- yes, a savage nation. 1 d <·<'ply hopP that ltaly will maintain the 'itbso- league of all the neutral powers- Switzerland, Spain, lnt r neut1·ality thnt thr Socialist Party has demanded. Roumania, Bulgaria, Greece, Norway, Sweden and DenIf Ita!~·. in the beginning of the war, had joined with mark. She should take the leadership of such a league, Eng-land in tl11• dPfrww of' Belgium's neutrality, she and be in a position to mould the Em·opean future, and weuld have acted with reason, and the action would mould it democratically and ethically; Let me say, in conclusion, that I think the rebuke have bern courageous, and have won the approval of mankind: hut that time and opportunity have passed. of the Italian Socialists to the German Socialist ComOr if Germany should now attack the nE"Utrality of mittee-the committee that came to Rome to defend were �14 The Western Comrade the action of the Geran Socialists regarding the waris one of the noblest things in the history of Socialism. The reply and rebuke are brave and wise and true. It has made me proud of the friends I have among Italian Socialists. It enables me to say to my American comrades that there is at least one Socialist Moveent in the wo~ld that really stands for Socialism-the Socialist Party of Italy. Who Are the Ignorant Laborers? By MILA TUPPER MAYNARD T HERE arc hut t"·o classes of persons industriallycapitalists and laborers. Yet, strange to say, more than half the pPoplc are not consciously in either class. It is too apparent to most of us that we are not capitalists and yet we patronizingly talk of t he "laboring classes, '' quite unconscious that we belong in that group. Every one who depends on another for employm<mt, WhPthrr it he fot• large pay Or small, With head ot· with hand, is a laborer in cYrry true sense of the word . "But some wot·king people are so ignorant, it is not fair to elass all togcthel'," it is objected. True, some workers at·c ignorant. Indeed, most of them arc so ignorant they do not even know that they arc labol'crs. They are too ignorant to unite with men and women of their own class to improve the conditions under which they must labor. The engineer· as he looks out of his engine is grimy and disheveled; the clerk in th e railroad office looks at him , r ejoicing that he is not a ''laboring man. '' Yet the man in th e iron monstet· draws wages which would make the clerk 's "salary" appear pinched and weazened. Thr teachct· passes a stone mason; and patronizingly moralizes on thr man's ''honest toil,'' while the man who knows he is a laborer would scorn to work for what the t eacher is glad to get; to him such pay would be even worse than the ''scab'' scale. The men who are conscious of their class not only gain great practical good from union and the assertion of class rights, but they have an immeasurable moral advantage in the sympathies, ideals and heroism fosten~d by class loyalty. The labor union nten know what universal brotherhopd means; they know the importance of strengthening the weakest link; they have left behind the standard ''every man for himself.'' It has been long since men seriously sacrificed for religious faith. 'Tolerance leaves no room for martyrdom. Politics and commerce have taken the luster even from t!Je glories of war. Is the Heroism, for which Ruskin so yearned that his peace-loving soul could even tolerate war to secure it, vanished from off the earth 1 Ask the nation which l(loks t>D. all too calmly while men risk '' the me~ns whereby they do sustain their lives " in a strike not for larger crusts · only, but for · principle. ' . ·· The heroisms of any strike are ~:n;J.&gnificent, but when the risk is borne and the ideals held and the self-control maintairi'ed by ''ignorant foreigners'' for a principle of justice, we may well recoup our reverance for human nature. , The cause of all labor has been defended by these noble brothers of ours for mol).ths, y'e t how many of us have said, "They are fighting my battle fo r me" 'l.,. Alas, not a fragment of thos·e whose cause ~as been at stake. What a pity not to be alive in one 's own generation! \\"hat shame not to stand up and be counted with the army of the world's workers! What blindness not to know oneself as one of that army! The dignity of the man who knows that he is a lnhor-er is immeasurably greater than ·that of those who, equally dependent, yet ignore the fact, sympa-thizing more with capital than with labor, and refuse to unite, or arc too ignorant to unite, with other workers of their own class and thereby secure benefits im• possible without this union. Not only do they miss the dignity belonging to the conscious worker, but they also lose the highest pleasure that life contains for this generation.. A great cause has been the chief blessing conferred upon mortals in eyery age. The ~se of labor has never been excelled in worth or· in · n,4ude by any which at any time commanded the c e~out allegiance of the heroic. Th e triumph of Labor is the victory of the race. ' \Yhat Labor wins for itself, it wins for all. Best of all, in the cause of Labor there are no individual triumphs. The individual represents a class, and the class represents humanity. It is a glorious thing to know oneself a part of a great stream whose current sets toward equality, brotherhood and liherated labor. Surely one who feels this even in dim, instinctive g r·opin g, is wiser than the school-fed ignoramus whose owp scantily feathered nest bounds his utmost horizon. �The Western Comrade Strangling By the State IN less than one week the people of California have murdered three men, one of whom wa.s convicted on merely circumstantial evidence. Our "palaces of justice" have been the scene of two more struggles wher& victims fought for life before juries composed of men wtto were only admitted under confession they believed in ~apltal punishment. Thousands of people pleaded to deaf ears for the life of one of them-a mere youth-who was proven to · be men. tally· defective. But "justice" decided in favor of the gibbet. . · By ..CLARENCE .DARROW t;!!~~!!!!!!!!!~ACK of all punishment the real reason is Yeng_eance and nothing else. l\Iany who have done a little thinking will disagree with me. They will say it is for the pre1:=~;::::::::;;;=:1 nntion of crime, or what they call crime, for the world has never known what crime is except the breaking of some human law. Th1·.\· sny hanging is good for two reasons: Be(·a use it kP!•ps the man from committing murder the sN·ond t imP, and because it keeps other men from murderin~r. lf you hang 'fom Rmith then Tom .Tones \\·on 't tnurdl•r anyone. As to the first: Hanging is usl'IPss HJ)(! hat·hm·ous. A murdet·er can be kept from t·ppeat iug his crime by shuttin g him up. The othc·r theot·y is that you will make the rest of tht• world g-ood through fear. So they belieYe in hangin!! to kt·ep othet· people from murder. Yuu \\·ant to hang a man so other men won't murder. You want n powerful penalty so as to frighten people into bring good. In olden times, when men had the Ponragc of their con\'ictions, they used to burn men in oi l, whi!'h had a deterrent effect, or they burned th eir Yictims at the stake, as men still do if their victim happens to be an African. If we would substitute burning at the stake instead of hanging it would perhaps haYe a more deterrent effect than hanging. Then "·hy not t·estorc the stake and th e rack and the thumbscrew? If it is tortut·e you want and if it is fear you arl· aftpr· and nothin g else is to he considered by the community, then why not make it as horrible as possible? We are not logical. We are not "-illing tb follow -our e.onvictions to the end. We don 't like the looks of blood. If we were logical we'd inYent something that would frighten more than hanging and make all people good. " ~·You can 't touch the human heart in this way. You can't reach the human soul in this way. You can't change the human mind. You can only scare them in this way, and if scaring is good for them, then you ought to have a good scare while you are about it. There are many things that even an intelligent .legislature does not know. I used to be a member of one. ·The chief busmess of a legislature ~s repealing natural laws and passing laws God f~rgot to make. They forget man 'is as ·m uch.a product of natural law as the rest of the universe. · If. a .doctor were called -in to treat an epidemic of maiaria he would order the draining of the swamps and the extermination of the mosquitoes. But if you called in a lawyer he would hang every man who had . · · ' malaria. There nEwer was a crit~e committed that could not be traced to a cause if we were wise enough. Most crimes grow .ou~ of property. Crimes of violence, like murder, are not so 'easily classified. A large percentage of them can be traced to property reasons. Burglary · begins with boys in adolescence, boys whose beards are just begirming to gt·ow and who feel strange powers and impulses they do not understand. There is no one to tell theni the. truth, because that is the last thing people like to tell. In the big cities· th.ese boys have no place to play, no 'way to relieve their animal spirits, and they tur·n as easily to burglary as . other "boys to baseball. Most crimes can be cured, not· by killing boys, but by changing conditions so boys can have 81 chance. We claim to be civilized, yet the larger our <;ities the more jails. And we doo nothing to r move · the cause. Most of our punishing involves human judgments. Twelve men try to determine how much better they are than the man who. is being tried. We all have feelings that move the basest criminal, and we all have feelings that move the highest legislator. H we are to judge we'd say: "Have you done more good than · bad ?" not "What have you done?" If the All-Wise Judge ever judges us he will judge by striking a balance and not by individual acts. And yet twelve men, hiding a smile, if they realize what it is they do, tcy to determine, not how good a man is, but how bad he is, and if be has done some particular act. There are men wise men, great men, who have found that crime increases in the same proportion as the rise in the price of bread~ · In the East where we have a cold winter there are more people go to jail in winter than in summer. They go there to keep warm. They haven 't any other pl~r e to go. It dependR �• The Western Comrade 16 entirely upon the food supply. For man is as much subject to natural laws as the muskrat. Probably the greatest cause of murder is involved with 11ex relations. A, man becomes mad with jealousy, or husband and wife qaarrel. Do hangings prevent jealousy 1 Do they prevent a man from killing his wife.if he grows to hate bed Society must find some way of letting them live apart and· do, something in that way to get at the cause. Any person who has o;tudied it in the most careless · way can't rome to any conclusion other than that hangings arf' wro.ng-wrong to the victim and a wrong to soci£·ty. This example of brutality by the state breeds murd er. 1t docs not prevent- murders. They finally abolish public !.angings. How many of you would vote to hold hnngings.on some hi.gh place in your vicinity and to bring the people up there free to see them ? If not, hanging should he aboJished. The only cx(·usr for it is as an example to make people refrain. Suppose we l<ill men privately and secretly, then dops it ful'llish an rxample or is it pure veng·eance hy the state ~ W c don't like to src it. lt is too horribl e to contempla tr .• f.;o we have a man taken to the penit .. nt iar·y, hirrd hirn n11cl put him orr a s<·af'fold with only a dozen witnesses . Is there any way of telling what the effect is on · tens of thousands of children' In some states· they don't let the newspapers report it. That means society says to a poor unfortunate being who has murdered somebody: '' \Ve '11 try you in silence and we'll hang you in silence, and then no :ime will know you are dead. " What do YQU do tpen T You simply kill a human being in violence and ·hatred and r evenge, and no humane person could .belie~e in it. You can't ·make an argument for it. . It's .. the·.old theory of government by fear. Now, fear never makes men better. Of all things in this world, fear is th.e first thrng that should 'be banished. The first' thing a ·child should he taught is to banish fear. It causes mo're suffering and misery than anything: else in the world, and yet we seek to prevent crime by fear · instead'of trying to find the causes. Some day we 'II really learn you can't change men by fear; that the only course that will reap benefit to the human rac;c -is the '.Jaw of love. You can't reach the heart of a c)rild except by the law of love, and you ran 't make a ·penal code to control men. Teach them to Jove their fellow-men, and if you do that you won't need your statutes. .-------------------------------------------------------------------- ~· ---- Deadwood By EDGCUMB PINCHON In You You You You You Everyman dull, urrlrallowed mass of stunted souls! ter-rible proge~y of a million cr·awling years! bloodless, sightless, soulless Things! blight upon the Tr·ee of Life! choking pall upon the spirit's energy! Y ct there is 'l'hat in yon wh iclr is not so ; The Living Flame is lurking in youReady to make of you (despite your· heritage ) -great souls, great gallant souls-the warriors of humanity! Despi_te your lr eritagc-1 say, but not despite yourselves. The Dawn 's at hand! Come make your choice! See here a Hell deeper than reverend pagan's nain imaginings can paint you! Sec here a Death- the crawling eorpse rs f11ir beside it! This living Hell is yQu- unbrotherly! This living Death is you- unsavory! Yes !- you- who rot in life,- who never caught the vision of a choiring earth, -who n ever quivered with a thri'll of fellowship, -who never strove to right the mighty Wrong of Inequality, • Who bow to Baal, \Vhat chant Success, And never in the great loathsome paunch of plutocrat divinedThe scrawny bodies of a hundred starveling babes. Awake! Awake! Awake! The fast-rotting carion of your dead selves cries o~1t for burial ! To wake is painful·. Yea, the birth of soul is more terr·ible, more splendid than birth of habe! But better die like medieval monk beneath unpitying S<.'lf-ftagellations: Better to die-brute food for· cannon in a huc·kster's war: B<>tter never to have known th e "·omh Than live ignohlyl;ive like you . �.. . The Western Comrade · 17 Organized Capital Seeks Control By GEORGE .W. DOWNING P ERHAPS the boldest recent act af organized capital is th.e sending out of marked copies of some of their most subservient sheets to each legislator with ·a view to kP.ep the latter from voting for labor laws. The reason offered is that to vote for labor legislation would mean defeat at the next election. To prove their point they cited the defeat of labor candidatps at the last election and even went · so far as to hrwst of the election of Penrose in J>ennsylvania. Again and again in the three-column articles did they rcpe~t that lahor legislation was unpopu_lar, and that all who fa\'OI'f'd such mcasur·es wer·c doomed to defeat. Let us s<'f' how unpopular labor laws are. Twentytin• years ago then• was JJO labor legislation worthy of the narnt' in 1ht• united ~fates. Today we find labor laws ·on C'\'Pl'.V statutt> hook. Backward nations have no su ch measur·<·s. 'l'he mark of rank in nations is the amount and quality of labor legislation. Pra r ti<·tdly all thP laws that make for a wider democraf'y WPre fir·st ad\'O!'att>d hy the forces of labor. 'F'or instan<· e, worl«·r~ had a demand for the initiative, rf'ferendulll 'all([ reeall when the forces of organized capital t bought th<• initiative was something that grew in the gard en. A well-known capitalist . paper today ralls thf' initiatin• and referendum the "banner with t hr strange dcYicc. ·' So popular are all gr·cat dempcratic measures and laws inaugurated by organized labor, that when such measures are gained, the parties vie with each other in claiming the credit of securing them. J,egislators need have no fear of popular approval on this score. Re-election is not the. highest motive for determining on~ 's votes. It may be\,i.he oDly grow;td known to some papers and to· organized t>apital, but a legislator shoulq have the public good as his test. · To test the measur.es df ot:ga.nized labor and organized capital we' have' but.to compare: . . First-Labor asks for. safety applian~Jes in the work because it would "save life .a'Ild limb. . Capital oppos~s safety. appJiances because it takes f1·om the profits. Second-Labor. asks for the abolition of child labor; it saves the children of th~ poor and leaves the work of the world to be done by a,dults. Capital employs ti1e labor·of ~hildren; it is cheaper and means more profits. · Third-Labor asks for sliorter ·hours; .this means more humane living for the workers and safety for the public. Capital asks for long hours; it means bigger dividends. · Fourth-Labor asks for increased wages; then wife and children would not be forced out to work. Capital again opposes this for ·profits. One might go through the whole list of labor.legislation; it is all for the benefit of l~bor, but the demands are so humane, so reasonable, so far-reach~g in beneficient results, that it comes to be human rather than class legislation. The thoughtfullegislator·must vote for . such measures, not because they are advo<:ated by organized labor·, but because the interests of organized labor are at one with the b~st interest~ of society. In the Day of Reckoning C APITALISM is a system, but it is sustained by men, by living human entities. There are individuals who are responsible for many modern atrocities. It may he very we II to talk abstractly of "the system", but l\TEN are to blame and upon their heads wm come the wrath that is gathering at this hour. Men are breeding hunger, and hunger breeds rage, and out of that will grow the horror of the reckoning to come and not so very far away. In the hour of the bursting wrath men blind and maddened, will wreak a ter-rible vengeance, not upon a system but upon MEN and the blood of men will flow. Socialists everywhere have ever decried violence, have preached against it and have sought ·to prevent what they have called its abortive action while they spread their propaganda of peaceful revolution. They have been met and will be met with res'istence frouf men, individuals, who ought .to know and do know, but who reject the truth of Socialist teachings. These men arc .exploiters of the people; landlords, employers, c-apitalists and parasites who will cling, leechlike, until the last. But they will pay the toll when the storm shall break. In every city and town there stand forth individuals, preeminent in their notoriety as oppressors and exploiters-political and commercial pirates. These men have bred hatred and rage and they will be marked in tlie day of wrath .a nd tears.-F. E. W. �18 The Western Comrade Socialism and War By MORRI~ civil war waged by an oppressed class of I Ntheevery population against their compatriot-oppressors or carried on ~or the cause of liberty or progress, the . Socialists range themselves on the side of the oppressed and of progress. Thus in our own Civil War the sympathies of the young Socialist :\lovement were emphatically with the Union army. The ranks of the Socialist orgarrizations in the United States at that time composed."largely of German immigrants, were almost en~irely _depleted on account of the numerous enlistments of their members, and many leading Socialists of that day, such as August Willich, Hobert Rosa and Joseph.Weydemeyer, gained high distinction in the Union army. In London the newly organized International Workingmen's Association enthusiastically endorsed the cause of the North in an address to President Lincoln, drafted by Karl l\Iarx. "From the beginning of the titanic American strife the workingmen of Europe have instinctively felt that the Star-Spangled Banner carried the destiny of theit· class," reads the historic document, and again: ''When an oligarchy of 300,000 slave hold ers, for the first time in the annals of th e world, dared to inscrihe 'Slavery' on the banner of armed revolt; when on the very spot where hardly a century ago th e idea of one great democratic republic had first sprung up, whence the first .declaration of the Rights of l\fan was issued, and J;he first impulse given to the European tevolution of the eighteenth century, when on that very spot the eounterrcvo~ution cynically p1·oclaimed property in man to be 'the cornerstone of the new edifice '-then the workin g <'lassrs of Europe understood at once . . . that the sl·aveholdcrs' rebellion was to sound the tocsin for a grn!'ra] holy war of property against labor, and .HILLQUIT that for the men of labor, with their hopes for the future, even their. past conquests were at stake in that tremendous conflict on the other side of the Atlanti~. '' It is possible that ow Civil War may yet be re- • enacted on .a Jar-ger scale and . even over more vital issues. The world-wide. stztugg1es between capital and labor, between 'ph;:tocracy and the _ p~ople may be determined by armed conflict in one- or more of the ~odern countries. ··Whftli'ever and wherever that should occur, the Socialists of all countries will undoubtedly be foun9- fighting_on the 'side. of labor. The wars which thus invite the support rather than the condemnation of Socialists have not even always been restricted .to . national or popular struggles for liberation or emanc~p~tion. . Socialists have even been known to favor certain wars of invasion u:pder circumstances which ' led them to believe that they would serve the c-a use of progress and civilization. Such wars Hre in the nature of crusades or "Holy wars ". in the name of liberty. Thus in 1848, the youthful founders of the modern Socialist philosophy, Karl :\Iarx and Frederick Engels, called for ~'A general war of r evolutionary Europe against the great . stronghold of European reaction-'-Russia." But as the Rocialist and labor movement of each country ·grew in strength and numbers the .notion of bestowing politica l liberty on any people by the intervel!-ti9n of foreign powers gradually subsided, and today it may be said to have been entirely abandoned. The modern Socialist doctrine is that the people of each country must conquer their own political and economic emancipation, and that while • the workers of all countri!'s can and should help one another in their rrsprctiY<' struggles, no nation can depend for its salYation cntirrly on another nation.-- The "Metropolitan. Starve Which War? S TARVE TilH \VAH ? · How will America do it 1 Also when 1 Also which warY Beef cattle are being shipped out the country in vast numbers. Horses and mules are going in great shiploads to become Yietims of the war. These animals are needed here in agricultura~ pursuits to produce food. - American capitalists will r eap a quick, temporary harvest. Then will come a winter with a greater n:umber of disemployed than ever before known in America. This will be followed by demonstrati; ns and food riots . . Hungry men and women will raid storehouses and their sons and brothers' in the uniform of militia will shoot them in the streets. Gunmen will .use the sawed-off shotgun with deadly effect on the unarmed throng! l\fercier-Bennett guns-capable of firing 600 shots a mi.I}ute-and these will be the dum-dum bullets shown in the windows of a Los Angeles gunstore-wm be brought into action. There will be war in America and it will not be st_opped by starvation. Starvation will merely start it.-E. d 'O: �T h. e We s t e r n Co m r de Red Ink Uxtra Bunk A NO'fHER great naval victory! Glory and undying fame were won in a sea battle off (or on) the West African "theater of war." Picture a fleet of battleships and cruisers grimly patrolling a stern and rockbound coast. ·The commander eagerly awaits the news that's slow in comin g as his squadron spreads out in a great crescent .off the est uary of a small river. High above the fleecy douds an aeroplane circles and hovers over a spot fa ;- inland. Th en eomes a signal apd in a Hash there is a great attiYitr on all the ships. Shrill whistles pipe on al l hands to battle quarters. The lifeboats are nested and tltro\\·n OYerboard. Spars are cast into I he sea. All dec]{ gear is jl'ttisoned, every gun is manned. ''Cast loose and provide '' is the order to the gunner and thf.' gunner· 's mate. Soon the roar of gTeat sea ar·tiller·y makes the heavens resound. Tons of great proj•Jdil rs arc t h rown-enough, rightly placed, to sink t ht' <·hannel fleet. ']' hen after an hour 's t PrTific hombardm l•nt it is all ovf.' r. Th e victory is " ·on. 'l'hl• "far-Hung hattle line" is the conqueror . Brittania rul es the waves! Burn t he cable with the urws. Let th e evenin g journals open five barrels of t"r·esh red ink and cut the throat of the sixth latest uxtry ! Rut, what victory? Why the ·destroying of tbe Koenigsburg, a mf.'asly little German cruiser of scarce three thousand tons that had run as far up a river as it could climb. And, in the meantime: A sneaking, wet-nosed, slimy, skulking Austrian submarine slips down to the heel of Italy nnd sinks the Courbet, a 23,000 ton French battleship, and put another of a similar type out of· commission. German prowlers of the undersea world have sent ·THE RULER OF THE WAVES "Behold, oh, world, how do I look?" "L.:Ike· this, Britannia." Luatlge B_f;e~ter. more British dreadnnughts to the bottom, and again incarnardinf.'d great Neptune's ocean with the blood o~ thousands of working men. All tQis murder, suffering, sham and fraud is perpetrated for more profits for the exploiters-and the fooled, betrayed and blinded workers that form the great public,. stupidly fall for it again.-G. R R. Who's Fighting and Why! By W HOMER CONSTANJ'INE HO are fighting in this war that has become That's easy! England is fighting because Germany violated the neutrality of Belgium. If you don't beall but world-wide T Well, there 's the Englishman, the Ghttrka, the lieve it ask any Englishman. Germany went to war Frenchrn-an, the Egyptian fellaheen, the Cossack, the because Russia insisted on mobilizing-declared war Canadian, the German, the Boer, the Portuguese, the on the Cossack and bludgeonec}-Belgium out of existSengelese Arab, the Servian, the Malagasy, the Aus- ence. - trian, the Turk, the Irishman, 'the Pole, the Belgian, the / France went to war because Germany did: The Japanese, the Scot, the Persian, the South Sea Islander, Ghurkas joined the French and don't know where the Hindu, the Chinese and a dozen other nationalities they are or whom they are fighting. The Egyptian ia fighting both for and against Great Britain. The Rusand a hundred tribes. sians have violated t he neutrality of Persia and EngWhat are they fighting about T �20 The Weste'Fn Comrade land doesn't know irt. The Cano:d.i · are figf~Jtmg heearute :H. R. t Kintg Ge<nrge ( Godl bf :i" 'iml wants them to. Tlite Portll!lgttese are fighilirg to hold th:eir African pos ess:iom and they Me aided by the Boola ~oofa tribesme111. The Austrians are fightmg beca1!Ise a madman slew an ah~nrd para~tical prince. The Servian are fighting to kPep the Austrians from !fW'ailowing tbein alive. The Rof'rs are fighting as a winter sport and beeanse Englif.rhmen are not popular with the real redhloodt•d m(·n of that conl}uered but una~similated (·ountry. . 'fhP Arahs are fighting he(·ause t~c green sherif i · n tblll'o.wn to the b.re~e and 50meone Cla.relessly has ·l~t few ca of c-arbidges, }lying lll.l!'ound Loo e. Alt&h i~ Allah t The Irishman doesn 't have to have a reason. "lie just fights. The B!Jo1a Bool'a boy are figbtmg for bead boo21e and bibles. . The Jap r e fighting to free the hine e Fun.pire from the foreign ( a.nea iim) invader and incidentaUy open- the port ·for his Imperial ~aje ty' eommerce, Ko ko l and c!J,u cbu ! As for the others: . your gu · is as good a mine and we probably are both wrong. 31 Our Revolutionary Recruits C (HIHA_DE TIIEODOHE ROOSEVELT is .d isappomtmf.{. Tn his initial article in that briJliant ~oeialist magazinP, the 11etropoJitan, this new r ecruit to our ranlo; disnYows all rf•sponsihility for the snappy· little r(·voluti on in Panama in 1902, during which th e l'nitc·d ~tatc·s made a hold and sueccssful grab and S(•(·llr(·d the ('anal Zone. Comrade Roosevelt d()nounccd ~eeretary Bryan and Presid ent Wilson for th e proposnl to pay Colombia $25,000,000 for what h1• cal ls "tlH' Blaekmail trPaty. " Theodore is right . Why should we, at this late hour, admit that we stole th e C. Z. ?. We got it, didn' t we? WI' also hnv r it. Co lombia isn 't big enough to make 11s pny- th ct·rf'orr W<' shouldn't do it. It would be, as the wt·itc·r says, "gr:ossly improper. ~ ' J.Jet us hr proprr at any cost. ,. There is sen e and l<?gi '•in the tatement that w e couldn 't have acquired the land by any other method than that pursued by the nite.d States. ndoubtedly the "Covenant ra_n with th e- land' '- we w ere to pro. teet what we grabbed and we lun·c protected it ft·om e\'erything but th e .fortnightly !ides in Cnlf'hru cut. When · Bryan reads the article he will realize a fire has been built beneath him . A short and royal roHd out of his diffic'ulty will he to accrpt this clever ·.voung Socialist writer's suggest_ion and give the $25,000,000 to th e Belgians. That will rf'licve England and France of much of th eir obligations and leave thrm more funds to provide kanonenfutter fot· the Kaiser's ho·witzers. Capital idea! Tt's now _yp to Bryan and Wil on. W e Socialists han• d one our part.- !<. E. \\'. Tlie Purpose of Socialism By CARL L D. ET 11s <·otlsid<·t· \\'hat th C' <"hangPs proposed hy Hoc iul ism would mean. lt would mean that all the " ·ages of the work ers \\'ould he pr·ogressi\'ely in('!'eased until they receiYed, as nearly us possible, the full prod.u cts of their toil. lt would reduce th e cost of living for everyone. The tt·usts being publicly owned and operated without profit- thr cost of th(' ucce sities of life would be reduced . ~ Bxpruitation-or th <' power of man or set of men to li\·p olf tht• lahot· of anoth<' l' man or set pf menwould he at nn end. No one heing able to livc ' off the lab<11.· of another , all would be eomprlled to work- to render some useful srrvice. All who were able to work and refused to do o, if ther(' . hould he ueh under ocialism, would · r eceive what they produced-nothing if they produ.ced THOMPSON nothiug. Th e-bible says: . " H a man will not work, neither shall he eat." There would he no unemployed- no hungry, weary, hopeless, dish eartened men trampin~ th e city str·ccts and country roads begging fot· wot·k and unable to find it. Th e state, controlling all na,tural resources and public utilities, would find work for all. Every young man and woman being able easily to earn a li,·ing, marriage would be promoted, the home saved, and prostitution and vice robbed of their victims. Every aclult -father or moth er-r eceiving the full product of their toil , there would be no need of child labor, which forthwith would cease. The fear of want and poverty would be remo,·cd; all children would be given an equal opportunity for an education; and the aged and disabled would be pensioned and protected. �·, The Western Comrade The workers, re !eivmg their full and just dues, strikes and lockouts would end. Henceforth industrial peace would prevail. Socialism woull establish peace upon the earth. There would be n•J need to fight for foreign markets. The economic r ew;on for wars would be removed. And finally, nany of the devoted believers in the golden rule, the brotherhood of man and the ·spiritual 21 ideals of religion, have dis •overerl that Sociiilism. is the program by which their hopes may be realized. To some these claims may seem too big to be possible of realization. And the question naturally ariSes: By what m~ans doe· ocialism propose to accomplish these things T That question w~ shali answer in subsequent articles, as. fully . and a&. atisfactorily as spa e will permit. . The Sentence By CHARLOTTE . PERKINS GIL fA cou rt was open. was a'lways open. The T HEjudges w01·ked oYertime and were never through It " G{!ILTYI" with the docl<et, the criminals came·in so fast. They came and f'amc stead ily, swiftly, in a continuous proeession, now faste r·, now slowe1·, but always abeut so many every day; dozens and scor es and hundreds of th em. J\fost of tlwm eame uuwillin gly, making feeble efforts of r·(·sist<lnct•, and e1·ying out ; hut they were hr·ought in j nst the same. They all looked strangely :~like , havin g- no di~tinction in costume, and they behavrd in mul'!r the same " ·ay so that one wondered that th e jud gt•s kn ew how to discriminate among them, and Jeal out th <>ir S<'llt(•nces so swiftly. Some divin e inst ind of justice must have inspir<;d them, for th ey hand ed down th ei r· opinions and decisions without losing a meal 01· a night's sleep. Yet one would think the severity of the Sl'ntences in tl;e majority of cases would have tou ched their hearts. A very f e\r of those before them were set free, and givrn great rewards ; oth er few wer e given compara"Hard Labor for Life" tively light punishments; but to the vast majority of th ese criminals th e wea ry jud'ges, with business like swiftness and calm severity, met ed out th e same senConfinrme1~t with hard labor fot· life-a heavy sentence- life imprisonment with hard labor. By dozens, tence! And th ey wrre so young wh en they received itby scores, by hundreds daily, they went to their punishonly just born ! ment; by accumulating thousands upon thousands they That \\'as th eir offense. bore it. . I Was curidus enough to follow, to inquire, to satisfy myself if this t errible sentence was carried out. I found that on account of the immense number of the England fe-ars to r eopen the London Stock · Excriminals, they were allowed considerable liberty of motion in- going from their cells to their--work; but that ehangc beettuse Ge1·man and Austrian capitalists are there was no possible escape from th e prison .limits- likely to. throw securities th ey hold into the market except by suicide-a way often chosen. Their cells and the lJlOney secured by this liquidation be used to were small, dark and unclean ; their food poor and finance the war against her: Amel'ican brokers are scanty, their clothing ugly and incomplete; and th ere ~nder suspicion of being ''willing to forward dividends was much sickness among them, owing to these ·condi- to Berlin. " W ell said-only the word "eager" might tions and their long hours of exhausting toil in sur- · be substituted for "willing." Anything to start some ''trading '' and get some commission. roundings which made health impossible. Willing and Eager �The Western Comrade '22 Why Andrew us now praise .great men: L ET Andrew Carnegie, who once said it was a disgrace to die rich, is determined tv deserve disgrace and achieve it even though he might merit soclething better. Carnegie demands-and gets-his five per cent dividend on three hundred millions of steel bonds. A brief mental cal~ulation . will convince y~u that Andrew is drawing down a snug bit like a million and .a quartrr a month. Don't figure it any fur¢er, Henry, it m;1y jolt you into thinking de~per. It~might give you pause to understand that Andrew sits and smiles :1nd absorbs over· $48,000 a day; $6,000 an ·hour, and if he smiles 26 working days, eight hours a day, he receives over $100 a minute for the effort.. It ought not be an effort to smile at that rate. Oue time Andrew attended prayer meeting in a small but select gathering of God's chosen. At a point in the proceedings the bible beater, who was acting as announcer at ringside, with a voice as soft as the sprinkling of hyssop, and proper unction and antiphon, • lS Merry said : /,' Brother Carnegie will no·.v lead us in prayer. " Andrew was sitting near the door smiling at the rate of ·a gilder and nineteen kop,~ks per second and, naturally, he didn't want to stop so he si~ply arose and tiptoed ou( whil~ every head .w as bowed. The hat · had' not yet p~n · passed. The pulpit pounder ;eckoned his lo8s at ·ten centavos l\1ex. There is in Los Angeles:a pewspaper man who once wrote a nook und~:r the nom de plume, "Andrew Car·negie,'' 'a nd Andrew gained much fame and glory as an author, albeit pe wrote · not a line. As for ·the real ·author-did he gain gold galore ? No, Henrietta, h~ received no plethora of piasters. Rather keenly he .felt the paucity of praise and the pinch of pe.n ury while 'his fellow type-whackers subjected him 'to much ribald laughter and coarse jest. Andrew is the rarest humorist of the ages. Noth-. ing more wond!3rful or 'funnier than Andrew's smile has been known .s ince the birth of the Tychonic starno, not since the mountains skipped like- rams and the little hills like the lambs of the flock.-E. d '0. Folly of the Fixed Idea M AN, your head is haunted; you have wheels in your head! You imagine· great things, and de. pict yourself a whole world of gods that has an existence for you, a spirit-realm to which you suppose yourself to be called, an ideal that beckons to you. You have a fixed idea! Do not think that I am jesting ot· speaking figuratively when I regard those persons who cling to the Higher, and (because the vast majority belongs under this head) almost the whole world of men, as veritable fools, fools in a madhous-e. What is it, then, that is called a "fixed idea" T An idea that has subjected the man to itself. When you recognize, with regard to such a fixed idea, that it is a folly, you shut its slave up in an asylum. And is the truth of the faith, say, 'which w! arc not to doubt; the majesty of (e. g.) the people, which we are not to strike at (he who does is guilty of-lese majesty); virtue, against which the censor is not to let a word pass, that ll).Or.ality may be kept pure; etc.--.:are these not ''fixed ideas' ' T Is not most all the stupid chatter of (e. g.) most of our newspapers the babble of fools who suffer from the fix ed idea of morality, legality, Christianity, ;etc., and only seem to go about free because the madhouse in which they walk takes in so broad a space? Touch the fixed idea of such a god, and you will at once have to guard your back against the lunatic's stealthy malice. For these great lunatics are like the little socalled lunatics in this point too-that they assail by stealth him who touches their fixed idea. TheY' first . steal his weapon, steal free speech from him, and then they fall upon him with their. nails.-Max Stirn~. When, the End Comes is a seething inferno. E tJROPE Ten thousand grain fields are bloody shambles. Pastures are foul with rotten carrion of what was men. ' Millions are tearing at each others' throats, and none knows why he fights. Only the masters, the overlords, the priests and the kings know. As long as there are masters and pietistic sooth- . sayers, kings and priests, there will be wars and legalized murders, because of the man-made gods and man~ made laws. Was it a brutal time in the days of the French revolution 1 Yes, but the truth was the truth then, as now, and it was and is true that ''the world will have· no rest 'till the last king is hanged with the guta of the last priest.' '-H. C. �The Western Comrade 23 To Be Kind is to Die S OCIALISTS are opposed to murder. Socialism is the only organized movement in the world that opposes all kinds of murder. It is opposed to individual murder in all forms and especially to the industrial murders 'of capitalism. W e oppose legal murders·under the cloak of the law and collective, glorined murder under the guise of war. If war is hell Capitalism in America has demanded a modicum of hell on an average of every 22 years since our exist ence as a Christian nation began ~32 yem·s ago. We have financed all ~hose wars with gold coin bearing the lying legend, "In God we trust." In wh at God do we trust ~ Th e J ehovah of the Jews? If so it is eminently proper for he l.s or was, a god of war. I n th e murder ous system under which the so-called civilized nations exist we are continually surrounded by war, by legalized murder, by judicial murder, industrial murd er and deliberate, cold-blooded slaughter by th e gunm en of capitalism. \ Ve live und er· a system wh ere to be kind is tQ· die. E Yery man's han d is against his brother , not because he is na turally had or depraYed , but because th e stru ggle fo r existence i'l so fi er ee that we must kill, and murd er is war. Wh en th ey t ell me th at war is hell I am profoundly sorry that there is no real Christian-Hebrew, orthodox hell because it would be such a perfectly splendid place t o send th e kin gs- and their rul ers, the capt ains of eapitalism who giYe us each day our daily hell. W e ar e making more guns, calculated to kill mil es away, more bayonets calculated to eviscerate humans at arms length , more intricate instruments of murder than ever before in th e history of th e world. H ere in th e Uriit cd States where everybody is pleading for peace we are establishing more armed camps, training more children in the sweet and gentle art of murder, fostering Boy Scout movements and arming more gunmen, thugs and "9peratives" than at any time during our existence. To stop war must stop the causes of war. We must . put . ·an end to the murderous,· malicious, cut- · throat eo~petiti¥e syste'm; stop war in OU! streets, in we .. TJU: J~WS' FATHERLAND· "I have no Fatherland to Jive in, .but I have many Fatherlands to die for." The Blg Klbe tzer. th e mi~s and the mines; stop murderin,g the hundreds of thousands in th e industries; stop starving and freezing and driving to death in the industrial world. Abolish the outgrown and outworn capitalist system. • Free the land and free all the other sources of life. Put th e disemployecl worker and the idle exploiter at useful work . Begin the work of r estoration and "begin it now !- G. E. B. . ' The Breadline The breadlibe stiffs, with hungry maw, are waiting for the pious paw That hands out grub to every dub That's down and out and under;" -The fl)l-COp swings his come-along and eyes the guys that bum a.long, · The engine hoots, the auto toots, The n ews boys pause and wonder ; The lady in the tooting car, th e merchant in the buffet bar, And Hinky Dink and Bath-House Gink All have their quip at Hobo! But when th ey 'r e through with " Weary Will" and ''Tired Tim '' and '' JJazy Lil, ' ' Their talk's a hluff that 's old enough For prehistoric Dodo ; Your Weary Will and Tired Tim may read no text and sing no hymn, May nest with fleas and smell of grease And tramp without a kettle. But Tim and Will have turned at bay, they're dragged along a judgment day And never fear but it's right here And now you've got to settle! S.H. �The Western Comrade Seven Months' Prog Co-operative Colony Sbovys Reniark (G~iiiiin OB.KEH,S at the Llano del Rio Co-opera- tive Colony are making such rapid progr·ess in so many departments. that it is diftiwlt to keep up with them/ Since the adoption of the department plan there lias bern greater enthusiasm. and activity than ever before. The system of departmentization is called the "Organization l{ules. " Under· this plai1 then· are six d(•partments: (a ) Agr·icultur·e, · (h\ Building and l~ngirH•cr·ing-, (e ) Commer·ce, (d ) ]ndustry, ( e l Education, ( I') l<'inance. A manag<·r of each department is appointed by the hoard of' diredors. The manager· of department A acts as sliJWr'intendPut and has the eontrol of the \I'Orl<ing of all !'ll!l('h depar·tments. This manager was first appointed and t h<· r·<•maining appointments wei·e rnad<• on his n·c·olllllll'lldat ion and with his approval. Growing Rows of Temporary Houses Each manager ser·ves su bjl'ct to a i·ecall by twothirds majority of the workers in his department and at the will of the1 board of directors . . Vacancies in the departments ar·c filled hy the directors on advi('e of the superintendent. Depar·tments arr divided into divisions with foremen appointed hy the manager ... of a department .Jtnd removable hy him. Weekly time cards ar·e made out by each worl<er and these pass through managers to the superintendent and the accounting department. \Veekly reports are made by foremen and these go through t;he same channel and to the directors. A monthly report is made by the manager of the financial department showing number of wo~kers employed, total number of hours Bessie and Babe, Jerseys worked, expenses of departmepts and coveri.Ilg all other phases of industry. ProYisions are made for the amicable . settlement o.f differences that may arise. The superintendent and managers keep certain regular office hours and th~se arc set during the evening. l\Ianaget·s may not make or initiate rules or regulations withotlt the sanction of the board of directors. Upon entering the colony members are assigned to a department subject to transfer at t,1e direction of the superintendent. The agricultural department rovers farming, hortieulture, irrigation and stockraising. ~Iami.gers of departments are responsible for the work done in their departments, and they are held accountable for all implements and material assets of the department. The manager of the educational department has within certain restrictions charge .of th_e social w'eJfare of the colony and is ex-officio president of the Social \Velfare organization. The foreg<?ing ·is a brief outline of the working plan. Since it has been in operation it has proven an excellent working system. '\V. S. Anderson, a rancher of several years' experience, who knows California ranching in all its phases, took charge :is superintendent January 1. He has department A and his method of handling men and a.ffairs has created a favorable impression on everyone. The colony started May, 1914, with no members ,. �T a • tn e • C •r a umber~ and Prospe · and no a.Metfll, Before the end of the month there wt•rt! fin mt~mbe~working men. They p d 4 hrmw", t I!OW and 16 hogs, • 'ow ther e are· more than. 1i'IIJ p~r80nH in f,lano and nearly 309 members, many of whom will -go to the colony in t he spring. AppliNttionll are N1miog from all parts of ~he United tates, awJ the t•or rllHpondenc:c shows "prospects" from f'VHry J~n gliHh-Hpealdng country. California ranchers JH'I•J ominate in tmmber . Tlw lom•ly milk cow ha11 heen joined by 100 of her ld mL A herd of fine ,JerHcy and Holstein dairy cows, · numlwJ•ing ul10ut ~ ;;, forms one of the important features of til() colony . 'I'Iwre a rc over 110 hogs in p en 11 11d pu11t urc a nd th<•r·c shoul d be more t han that numhr r of hr·ood sows in th e spring. '/'h r {ii·Ht hulf-do;wn hens a r c a small part of the pou ltry dcpm·trn <'nt, af! th er·e a re now 600 layin·g hens - whit lughor·us- a nd sever al hundred · pullets and t'owls. 'J'hcrc a r·<• ~~ number· of blu c~ribbon geese and ~o~om turl< •ys of t>X<·P il cnt st ock. 'l'he colony boasts th •htllllpion t om turk Py of !::)outhcrn California and will makt• n sp<•c• ialt y of turkeys. Th er e are about HOO Belgi un hur· •s in tlw r·ahbitry and they are th e mm;t r•r mnJ·knhl l' multiplicr·s. 'l'lt npinr·y ur pn r tm ' 11t, as all other divisions, is in th l' d HII'l-\'P or All rx pr rt. B. G. Burdick will hence- Four Generation• .of Colon lata forth supply honey for· the colonists and ultimat ly run th e number of stands of bees up to the thousands. Two experienced gardeners are in charge of th garden department and th ey are preparing to plant 60 acr es in a short time. Th e colony 's giant tractor is plowin g ev ry day, flountain Pastures Produce Superior Dairy Products / �The Western Comrade and a large crew is sowing ghliu and doing other planting. Within a few weeks the tractor will return to the work of clearing the new land, preparing 160 acres for an apple orchard and about the same amount for additional pear orchards. There are 7,000 additional trees on the way to the land. A nursery will be established on the colony land. This will be under the care of an expert horticulturist. Fifty thousand grape cuttings have been planted. These wiif be used as table grapes and to manuiacture grape juice. The new dairy building is of stone and concrete ~onstruction , 150 feet long· and is of the latest model and will make the colony dairy one of the be~t equipped in the st,te. The dairy products are. all contracted for and are bringing good prices. !J'he Llano del Rio creamery butter has already gained the reputation of being the best in the great valley. · Two of the new chicken coops are finished. These arc 60 by 18 feet and each have a capacity of 500 hens. Wher e t he New Lime Cement K i ln Is Being Constructed To these will be added others of a similar type designed along the latest scientific lines. In the various stacks the colony still has 500 tons of alfalfa with which to feed the stock, and the output of alfalfa next year will be considerably incr eased. The grain now planted will be sufficient for all purposes. 1 It is expected that by midsummer the colony will be producing 90 per cent of all the food it consumes. By the u e of the tractor, two men can plow 30 acres a day. This machine, pulling a large lister plow, digs ditclres at a rate that makes it do f!Ae work of 100 men in that sort of construction. This machine has dug a ditch two feet deep, two feet Wide, and !brown the dirt three feet, for a distance of half a mile and completed it in twenty minutes. A complete mod rn steam laundry is being set up at the colony and with it there will be steam for the dairy. the laundry and a power plant to generate eleetrieity to light the honse and u:pply power for· the printing plant, the planing mill, window. ash and door mill, the shoe machinery and aJl other applianee on the spot, aU of which have been awaiting the power. One lime kiln is running and another of a more modern type is in t!le course of eon truction. These are .furnishing material for the brick machine and the power mixer. Witli the, )vbite Roman cement bricks ma4e at thi~ plant on "the colony land the permanent houses in the colony will be built, including the large administratiC)n bllildin~. that is projected. Eighty thousand feet of lumber have been shipped to the colony and 50,000 will .go within two weeks. Later it is expected the colony will secure it timber from the United States forest department and mill it at a point near the proposed hydro-electric generating plant in the Rio ·del Llano,canyon. This will enable the colonists to .produce· n-early all their own building materiaL · The colonists have built a large clubhouse-50x150 feet, and in this buildin·g most of the single men are housed. Families a.re housed in smaU wooden bungalows and · California tent houses and at ranch houses where ranches have been purchased. The building of the beautiful white bungalow with red and green tiles will re}ieve the situ.ation and enable the colonists to more comfortably house the inc.oming members. The clubhouse forms the civic and ·social center at this time. In the large as~Pmbly hall, 50x50 feet square, the dances are held and here the childr n have their danc~g classes. . The ~ool has over 40 pupils and more are being added each week. It would require much space to . tell of the school plans. Two teacJ"!ers are having all they can do to handle the school at present. A woman Col ony Clubhouse W ith New Dor m itor y of wide experience and considerable renown is likely to join the colony within a few weeks and establish a Montessori department. This, with the day nursery department, will take charge of children of almost any age and relieve mothers of much of the strain of care of large households. �The We ter Co r ad e Group of Llana del Rio Colonists, Christmas, 1914 Th(• first year· in high school work has been begun. Night schools are planned and some classes have The S<·liool has reePi vcd over $100 worth of supplies already been started. Men and women of all ages will fr·om th e county. A reference library is supplied by attend these classes and lectures. Technical training the county. The school furniture is made by colonist is proving most popular. There will be classes in en•ahinet maker·s and\!hey keep up with the steadily in- gineering and other professions. ct· asing demand. Vocational classes will soon be esThe United States Goverlfment has recognized -the tablish ed. The upper-grade pupils have organized a importance of the colony and Llano postoffice has been lit rnry society and a debating team will quickly be allowed and Gentry P. McCorkle, secretary of the dev loped. Llano del Rio Company, has ·been appointed post-. In the recreation department there are two crack master. bas ball teams and two or three s~nior basket ball The Big Rock Creek Irrigation District has been teams and numerous groups of youngsters. Tennis established and at an election of the district recently was mo t popular on a cement court until a building held five members of the colony were elected directors was ere6t d on the floor. Since that time dirt courts and two other members were elected tax assessor and have been resorted to. A new basket ball court is tax collector. Thus the first election held in that part pr ving popular. In the summer, swimming and hunt- of the valley saw a clean sweep for the Socialists, who ing w r umong the popular sports and pastimes among elected ~very officer on the ticket. th younger men. When the school district was established three SoThe . . aturday night dances attract . young people cialist members of the colony were appointed to the from all over th Yalley and have done much to popu- position of trustees. The regular election will come m larize the colony with the younger set of the district. April. The foregoing is but a brief ontline of the a.ehieve-. The chool ha grown from nothing to its present ments of seven months. Such progress is being made siz and importance in four months and it is still growin and is considered by all as the most important in all departments and divisions that news grow• .tale in the printing. Colonists are joicing daily and ia f atu~ of the colony life. n �28 The Western Comrade believed the thousand memberships will be taken before the end of the year. The white city will be the most unique and beautiful in the world. It will house 6,000 persons. If you think this is an exaggeration in any way, that a miracle has not been wrought in this valley, the colonifltS will do their best to convince you. You are invited to be their guest and to see for yourself. Can the colony succeed T Can co-operation be made · a fact T Can any good come out of Nazareth. Come to Llano del Rio and see. The colonists invite you to come and see. After that it will be a matter as to whether you can qualify to become a member. The invitation is extended to all comrades. Hypocrisy and the War . By . I W. J. GHENT . S there anything ip history quite comparable with this general howl against the Socfalists because they did not prevent the war ~ lias hypocrisy ever shown itself on so unin•rsal a scale 1 This howl of complaint and detraction is raised by those \rho ha,·e always fought the Socialist partywho have striven to keep it small in numbers and impotent to obstruct a war. By those bourg-eois anti-militarists who have always ignon·d o1· minimized the work of the Socialist Party for pe:H'e, and who now profess to find that party all-powcl'f'ul in its ahility to pl'e\·cnt the use of arms. By pri!'sts and parsous who conveniently ignore the uttr1· Jailm·(• ol' ('hristianity to rxnt the slightest inrlurnN· for p(•aec. By those who know that the Noeialists are not in a majority iu any national n•presentative body. By thosP \\·ho know that th e f-iocialists have less than onr-third of the membership of the Reichstag. By those who in past times have labored to show that tlw R(•ichstag is without power, and that even if the Socialists C'ontrollrd it tlwy would be helpless against the monarchy. By those who know full well that a general stril<e in the face of a mobolizrd army of millions would he sheer madness. By those who know that the war was hurried on by the ruling power·s fastr1· than any human agency could organizr to resist it. By those so soft and timid 'that they shrink from a policeman and who yet declare' that the Socialists in Europe should have stood up to be shot rather than go to war. By those who shout for OJd Glory but who denounce the nationalism of other' men. By those who themsel.ves nurse the pride and prejudice of race feeling but who (!ensure it in men of other races. By so-called Socialists who have persistently antagonized th e party organization here and elsewhere and whose verdict would be sure to be adverse, whatever the facts. By those who, under like circumstances, would have donr exactly what thr m en in EUI·ope are doing. By Syndicalists and so-called ''direct actionists" who declarr that parliamentarism is at fault, i!!.)he face of the fact that their European comrades of like faith are fighting quite as resolute]~ as are any of the others in the ranks. By those fomenters of anti-Sociatist feeling to whom any charge againflt the Socialists is flOOd and servicable · so long as it supplies the moment's need. And lastly by those idle-brained persons who do not think for themselves but who merely shout what they are told to shout. · Surely in all recorded history there has been no such uni,·ersal outhUI'st of hypocrisy as now vents itsrlf against the Socialist Party. The Paths of Glory W JIAT an ennobling t hing '\var is! did it, but they were stark mad. ·Au Eng-lish newspaper gi,·es this account of "They all go mad at a charge like that. You'd see the Scots Gn'ys. in a sword attack on a troop of Ger- the queerest thing- like one of the Greys sticking his man cavah·y: . man and a German sticking him on the other side, and "They \\'l'nt right through the Uhlans, except in another Grey sticking the German.:_and the wnole two o1· three eases wherr the horses go stuck together thing lik e a flash. Then · they clear away or all go and two or three men were slashing away at one an- down and leave a dozen dead or mortally wounded, other and then l>ursting free. I don't know how they 'writhing, cursil)g and praying there on the ground.'' �... The Western Comrade War Brides 'T liE By SAMUEL C. MEYERSO war brides were cheered with enthusiasm and the churches were crowded when the large wedding parties spoke the ceremony in concert."Press clipping. War brides! Breeding mae hines for )!ammon! What a mockery of all that is beautiful and sacred! Savior of your (~ountry. indeed. Your country that bids y.ou bl'ar childrC'n so that they can send your flesh und blood to the earrion fields. Mothers, what admirabl e ferti lizer these boys of yours make. Boys whom yon ha\'e watched over so 1f•nd<•rly and rcar2d; boys whom you have clasped t(l yonr loving hPat·ts, for whom you ha\'e toilrd endJ.:ssly without tnLH'mur, without romplaint, finding your rc\rarcl in th1• innoc·ent smilr, in thr cuddl ing forms of yout· dt•at· OJH'S, in thr puny hands seeking for th·~ lm•ast ; IHl~·s t'ot· wiHl!ll you hn \'<' stinted auJ starn·d, \I'Ot'l'il•d and l'r1'!1NI- I'or what rnd ~ . . And you, sweet maidens, now that they have taken your brothers and father and sweetbear b c~me Vllar Brides. Do your duty, ye.s, breed. muitiply tor the cannon are waiting a.J!d the d vil mu t be fod! What matters it if you are left to suffer alont• in your labor, to . Watch anp \Vai't 'for the flickering life which is already doomed T Whnt matter 'it if you ·have COnCeived Without .!oYe and wHJ give birth to rour chil~ in tears and ago~y Y · wh~t ·matters it t hat your boy will be born an orphao, or will hav(} nothing better for a father than a m·aimed wreck, a wholesale murderer! What does it aU matter \\·hen your cou~try bids you breed! Oh, glorious patriQtisin! Womt>n, I I'Uppo~e you ·.wcre consulten when \Var was declared. No? .So it was ,not you who sanctioned the de!lth agony of your dear ones, thC' ble('ding, fC'~·cred, dying sl1adows of what onee were human hi'· ings ? 1'hen do not condom• it by'· being War Brides. Reichstag Rebellion F H0:\1 1!J,. llli 'Hf!P I' IIP\\' s 1hat is allowed to leak out J'r·om 1ht• storm c·L•IItet· in Berlin , th e indications at·r tlw Ot•rman Sot·ialists in tliP Hl'i<'hstng aJ'l• not so dot·ile as 1ht• wor· ld has ht• <'ll It'd ·to hPiievc. Lit>hkltet h1 's opt•n l'!'ht•llion against approp t·iatiug t'urtlr f•t· funds is finding strong support among his tomt·ad!'s. Tire homhnstit SJH't't·h , of Fi11ance ~I inistct· LC'ntze mndl' 110 · impression on t hl' Socialists. ThP siletwt• that t'ollowPd Lentzc 's statemt•nts ahout t he \rar t•nt•ouragPd th P Sorialists. Th e f-inmwr minister said: "Russin, England and l·'ranc·e nt1:H·kPd us for thr put·posc of destroying us. :-.levrt' wa s a pcacC'ful p eople more outmgeously at. ta ck ed, so also ncvet· ha Ye out· enemies made such a profound miscnlrulation. '' Sam • He did not mention the case of Belgium. Dr. Heydbrand, a conservative . leader, said the Prussians demand unity of the entit·e people in regard to th e war and declared that that unity would endure ··As in tht• fit·st hour.'· This statement was promptly t·ha ll rngrd hy Lieblmecht, who declared the speaker had no ri ght to speak in the name of the people. Am(~ rit·an Socialists have been harsh in t heir critit·ism of t hei t· Gennan com rades and much of this is due to thl' false and misleading statelll.ents given out hy the govcrnmrnt and t he subsidized and censored press. \Y t' may well await developments and rest assured ~oei a lists of Germany and of a ll Em:ope are alert and will br ready for th e hour of their opportunity.- G. E. B. lS GOMPERS says therr will he trouble when SAl\fUEL thr :mthoritic tart taking the homes away from the Danbury workers on the $252,130 boycott damage ' 'erdiet again t thC' mrmbt•r. of thr t·nited Hatters. If thi prediction should com<' true and there be any di. turbnnce, it wont )}(' thr blood of Samuel or an of the politirian of the t•xectitive <'ouneil .that will be shed in the treet of Danbury. Gomper and hi cohort. Yote and work for 'the p<'rpetuation of a y tern that not only rob and ex- Safe ploits the wot·kers, but maintains the militia that will shoot clowu the union hatters if they dare attempt resistance. Evidently Lincoln's famous uttrrance about not fooling all the people all of thr tim e does not apply to the average craft unionist who supports the idle parasitic ''leaders. '' Is it not time for the workers 'to awaken to the truth ? Why decry political unity for the toilers and incite thrm to a hopele. s ,·iolence ? �30 The Western Comrade Poems of the Revolt "Guerre a la Guerre" B y F R E"[) E R I C K F R Y E Around the war-spent world:~ wide rim, Beneath the cannon-shaken skies, Once more the battle-lines are flung, Once more the hugle's lip has sung Hands to the harvest, futile, gri~, 'E 'rc all war dies. Once more the lean and singing sword, Flooding the wodd· with death and flame; A king 's hurt pride-the traders' goldSome vision of empire- as of old! Murder and rapine, stalking, gaunt, ahroacl , In the Lord's name. And afte1· them Disease, with lips That writhe, and Famine, starved and stark . The flower of manhood mown, while grain Wastes down and rots beneath the rain, And fields grow rich with blood that drips And clots.-Bnt hark! R IC KW ELL Across the night a new star rings ! The measured tread of" unarmed men Comes O:own the mind in e'!'ery land Till granite cities shake like ·sand. · Again,~t the words and swords of kings The might~er p en. Against the bankers' greed of gold, Agaip.st ·the needs of trade and gain, 'The silent Meek's conspiracy, · Resistl(lss ~s the rising sea; Till swor.d s are rust and scepters mould. And ·wealth's power 's vain. To arms! oh toiler~ of the world; Workers with hand and tool and brain, To arms against the common foe ; Strike for yourselves the bloodless blow That shall o;ne world-wide flag unfurl! You have the world to gain! Voice of the City · By _GERTRUDE WElL KLEIN When midnight' has hung her mantle of stars, Across the limitless sky, And the moon reigns supreme in her domain wide, There floats a somnambulant sigh. Each time I have heard its ominous wail, That rises on white-winged steed, The breath of the city's inhabitants, With its message of ''Speed,'' ever ''Speed.'' Light as the zephers that flirt with the trees, Soft as the fallillg snow, This is the Voice of the city of gold, That speaks to the few who know. Thus speaks the Voice o.f the city of gold, At night when the speeders sleep, "Hurry, now hurry, there's no time to dream, Or think of life's wonders deep.'' 4lways I wait for its eerie approach, By shuddering fear oppressed, Lest I should be counted unfit to hear, The city voicing its quest. For each moment that fli·es is more precious than gold In our w~steful, speed-crazed life, The whip of oppression unceasingly speeds, The toil-ridden sons of strife. If War is Right By PARKE FARLEY If war is right, then God is might And every prayer is vain : . Go raze your temples from the hills-:Red death is in the plain. If war is right, then God is might, And every prayer is vain: Look not for Christ upon, the hills-He lies among the slain. �e mon y CA. L G ~. D C G In e head. of .oldiers JJ wy in tbe -~b Hid kills (){ an straight fi ting: DreaiJU go on. Equanimity By A. F. GANXOX Habi~H W"birnpering for miJk or breadB calm. Women wasting jn the clutch of dreadBe calm. Men aHking juHti(·e and receiving lead- Be culm . Gumncn, squatted, shooting from a trenchBe <'ahn. Htrik •r r; r·otting with a nasty stench- Be ealm. ./u!itice, owl-like, robed upon the bench- Be cnlm. Children stri ,·ing in th e mill and mmeB calm. · I(!IPrs sipping at ambrosial wine- Be ealm. Workers shuffling in the ·Be calm. 'l'hnt sl('l'lWth with the Yipt'l' on my breast, trange and loathed face, 'l'o ris d bauehed l1y lu ts that never rest. 'l'hnt lit•th down with Ot• to the tr mbling ::u·m of leet·ing age, ' n ted iu all but frenzied, ghoul's de ire, 'fhat fe ds on m , ou m , ala that truck Th rnnteh thnt flnm the imperishable fire. Am I not TlH~ ki Am I not 'l'htlt run I, -the elutdted of eYery hand ed of ' ' ry wine-be odden lip T I tl1 purned of early morn at ''en before the laver· whip! A w man I, or ranked among the beast Th t range among the jungle' oorewsome deep T ~ong bread line- Paper lying as they have of y<lreBe calm. Writers toiling like the boughten whoreBe calm. · GoYermnent gangrened at it very coreBe calm. Preachers droning out without a qualm''Be calm, Brethren, dear, in Gilead is BalmBe calm. '' I say to you, and to your cursed calm: ''Oh, damn!'' The White Slave .\ Jtll in I '''II k<', as f•·om the heds o.f IIell, .. • I f such am !- that I might to the wild In she-wolf's lair to lay me down an·d sleep. The hand that pours my liquor rules the town, And sell the creeping drug that soothes my brain; Y e men; that boast so loud iu every cup! Can ye· be men that dance to such a $train? You bed of straw where I was given birth! You poverty; tny midwife and my nurse I No girlhood ; never youth; just child and hag, What was there left to add to such a curse T Awaits you then that calm dead-reckoning day, That's writ upon the angel's silent face, T, that was fed to dogs, my flesh will speak, .Accuse yon yet, yon mocking human race ! H. �32 The Western Comrade Need of the Hour By JOSHUA WANHOPE T HERE have already been a thousand million words of all sorts written about the war, and there will be t en· thousand million more written afterward. And if they were multiplied ten thousand million times again, they would not save the working-elas on1• s ingl1• pang of suffering from it, and they would uot have tht• sli g hh•st effect in preventing war from ot•t·tnrin!! a gain. And we Racialists add .our quota t o f)H• ilrlllll'llSI' OlltpOUI'ing. ·w e 0\:Cr and OVer agaiJJ insist that th P fuudanwntal r ause -of th e war lies in th e t•t·onomi•· systt•m, iu tlt t> t·apitalist mode of production. And WP say that if th e peopl e und er·stood this, there would have hPt·n no ,,·ar·. That is quit e true: hu t sayin g it is of no particular valu e hy itself. Tht• capitalist systPm product•d the war, but unless t ht· majority !mow it. and know it sufficiently we ir to :t (·f upon t lw knowlt>d~t\ thP knowledge itself is of no and do .what in you lies to teach others all you have learned, and to do th;lt, you will need ever to learn more. If tb re is orie th~~- more certain than another, it ~s that t~is JVar ~as d-e'm onstrated clearly. ~ow little the mass of us, after all, know. about Socialism. We can US('. But to know that. is to know Socialism. If a hundr·l'd million rwopll' had knowu Soeialism and known it w!'JI •mough to ad upon it, tht·re would have heen no war. Tntt• a:,:ain. And if th ey know it after· this, tht•r·e will lw rro war· to Iedlow this oriP. That will he tht• end of all wnr·s. All this may sP<'Ill tr·ite, hut it leads up_to the quest ion we want to ask. \ V•hat do YOU know about So•·ialism ? Do ' you know t•nough ahout it, so that i[ all peopl e \\' PI'<• Iik e you, 1ht•t'<' would he no mor·r war ~ .1\ rc you qnitP surP you do ? Tf you arc, then what is yout' first duty? Why, to teach others \Vhat you know, so that all mny learn how to make war impossible. And if you don't know eno~gh, what then 1 Why then, your first duty is to know more about Socialism . That if\ what we wanted to say . The great, the pressing need for all of us, is to know Socialism ; to Pducn:te ourselves; to l<eep on learning, for there is no limit to knowledge. rever was that need great er than " now . Yo.,t can talk from now until doomsday about the war; you can argue and wrangle with your neighbor· about it until the crack of doom. You may take any side or no side or all sides,' but it will make no difference. The war will continue. And there will be other wars after it ceases. The thing to do right now is to learn all you. cari, Hrookl)·n Eagle. "Hello! Made in Germany!" throw bricks at the Germans, the English and others, but th ey are boomera~gs that come back and hit ourselves. W c may think we know what we would have done had w e been in their pl~ces, but that is after all, only conceit. l t is doubtful if we know one whit more about Socialism than they do. So while the war proceeds, the one great and pressing duty of the occasion is to Jearn all we can about Socialism- we can never learn too much- so that when next the capitalists attempt to turn their hell-blast loose, it shall not fall upon us, as it assuredly will if ·we lack the knowledge-which is power-to frustrate it. �The Western Comrade 33 The Menace of Child Labor I N a speech on child labor Miss Whiting, representing the Child Labor Committee · of New York State, said that every year there arc on an average about 1:!,000 l'hildren leaving school to seek 5000 vacant positions and that this average shows how vast a number haYt· to wan, der about the strr<>ts looking for work whirh thP~· ill'<' unable to find. "Pupils who It-an· st·hool heforr g-raduating.·· shr· t·ontintH'd, '' PSpt·c·ially those 1111dcr thP ag<>s of 16, usually entrr tliP fiP]d of unskillc·d Ia bor at low \\' H f.!I'S and rt•rnain tlierP tlit• r·Pst of tlil'ir· life. This is dnc• to lad' of rn<'ntal training- and sornt•Disinherited Childhood times to impropc•r· pliysind dHelopment. TIH•y oft l'll ll'andPJ' fr·om orw job to anotiH·r he('aust• thPy an· una hie· to stic:k to one long e·nough to make any headway. "But not only dOl' s !!Oing to wor·k impclh• progr·ess in business, it often impairs the health. The death rate amon!! thP \\·orkPrs is far g-r<>atcr than among tht· nonworkers- the chief cause being consumption . "vVorsP than all is thP had efft•ct 011 the morals of the c·hild. l\lore working children go wrong than nonworkers. l\lorc working- ehildrrn . arP a nested and brought before the Children's Court than school children . This is largely due to the bad associations form rd.·' Last Line of Defense • B y W I L L I A ;\1 E. B 0 H N B ORDEH towns arc heing taken and retaken. A few yards of trenches arc fought over· till they nrr covered with O<'ad again and again. Fir·st tlw Hussians drive wrstwal'd nnclthrn the Germans <lt·i•:e castward. Jlnndreds of thousands fall and notlriH!~ is l!aincd for Pitlrer· sfclr. But this is not what a Soc·i11list has his <'Y~' on. \\"hat \\' l' ar·e watPhing for now is thr l'ractiol' against war. ,\nd it is COJIIing fastPr than vic·tory for Pither· sido.'." Th e last lin~ of drl't·n<>e is madt' up of thosr who ar't! doing the work at home. I\'o hymns writtr11 to tlH:rn, hut they bear tht• hnnrt of work a11d woe. ln i.~aris women are working fol' a franc· a day. Children a1·c <·xp l~ited as t hC'y ha Yc not hr r n for fifty years. ln Fr·anc·e th r govP-rnrnPnt ,;pcms to he doing less th·m · ··l<>cwhere to keep conditions tolPrahle. Their soldier·s ;q·t- sent to do work for w!JiPir ,.j,·ilians would r eceive r·t•al wagc!S. But everywlwrc rnrn and women are un('mploy<'d in tr•~mrndous nuntlwrs: Jn London, Paris, BPr·lin, Vienna and Lodz the talc is th e same. And c>vcrywherc wHgcs arr being for<'rcl down. 'l'he Gerlt1ans, HS usual, show superior· power of qrgan\zation. (; ennan em ployprs · Hssociations ha ve shpwn wonderful c>ffiei('n!'Y in thr <'ase and ~pred with whi<:h they haY!' e han ged their tn!•thods aiH] products to suit the war eonditions. Btit the cost of living is going up uud the wagPs arr going down. Tht'n' i:; a story goi11g the t'01illds of an Irish re;iment that went on strilw hc·ellnSP pay was withhPld and fot)d was not np to the r<>quirrmrnts. · And a Ger·man union man writr·s horne that n good many or his ~ocialist comradc•s ?.l'l' with him. They are earrying on a· c<'asclrss pr0paganda, he s11ys, Hnd many r. r•w Socialists will r:om!' ·out of thr war �The Western Comrade 34 l Fear· of Russian Invasion By THOMAS C. HALL, D. D. P-:!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ HE wnr in Europe breaks in upon many Yisions of both the Christian and the Hoeialist. Immediately the._ questio ' a1'1srs : Did German Socialists give up t hrir intcr·national character; surrender th eil· doetrinc of th e class struggle, and thei1· visions of a d emoc ra'ti~ state, wh en thp~· joiJH'(l hands with feudalism and the hourgPoisP in dPfl'nse of tlwi1· particul~r country ? To aus\\'l'r this quPstion we must t ry and look at th e war ns it aprwars to til( • GPrman S<H·ialjst in the hc·gin~ing of tlw stm ggiP. No ~oPialist is eommit1Pd to any doctJ·ine of absolute non-r('sistauf'e. K11 rl -:\1 arx would Ita vc . gladly <·mhroil<·d (Jpr·man_,. in a var· with Hussia when Russia was struggling- with her· autocracy, in onlPr to free Hussia from that f1•udal tyranny. Today, as Socialism has no sud1 following as would ena ble eo-oper-atiou among Socialists to pa1·alyze the military machin ery of all th1• Htr-uggling nat ions, a passin• r e,·olt in Gct·rnany whl'll th<· \\' HI' hrok1· out would simply lwve r esulted, so ra·r· as SlH'('{'SSful. in the land hf'ing O''('lTUn by Hussian I'OSfHI!'ks. Tot h<· last thr German Soeialists raised tlH•iJ• ,·oi(·(•s -aga in st all war, and .a str·ong- minority hlaml'd th e had diplomacy that, they clainlPd. hound tlu•Jn to Aust1·ia without pow<'t' to effici<•ntly control the f·o ndu d of ,\w;tria. Dr·. L<'ibkn cc ht is, uml<• r·stood to sti ll takP that position: ht'tt for them the real enPmy " ·as Bussia. No par·ty in Gt•rmany dirl r Pally desire war· at this t inw. Germany 's alliancPs wer.(' in bad worl<i11~ order, ll lHl from th e naval point of virw enough ships wer·e not r eady (they 11eve1· are! ) . It is sHfP to say. wr rPprat, that for one reason ot· another, somr good, some less so, no political party in Germany wanted war at this time. WhHt then happPncd ? It was the irrPsistihlr proof of th r intentions of th(' Russian oligarchy that d ec- idl'd Her·y Gernlfln Sorialist to a man to support thr Em. peror until war was over. 'l'hey snl'l'endered not one of th ei t· principles, proclaiming th em to thP last: hnt simply saying as over against tlw tr·inmph of a hr·utal , individualistic Asiatic oligar--chy, thr soeial'organiza. tion of Germany cannot he sacrificed. Social Democracy has 110 qual'l'cl with the Russia of Tolstoy Ol' with the Russian prasantry. But .the ,Jew baiting, dishmwst and con·upt oligarchy that holds down every honest aspiration for t·eligious and political freedom anrl does it in the name of an ttll egPd Christian Church, is thr worst enemy that the Russian people have, anrl . the. triumph of thr "Allies" would he the salvation of the T Autocracy' from the revolution otherwise inevitable. Nor bas the entry of England into the war done, aught but confirm the wisdom of this action. England openly fights Germany, .a ccording to the r eally national defenders pf ·h er poilcy,' on the ground of capitalistic I t error of a commercial competi-tor. The hypocritical pretences about. Belgi~n neutralfty is merely " 'Colonial dope," as it is call<:'d in Lon?on clubs. • • • Not at present is Social . Demoet·acy fac iug any difficult decision. Lif-e and death are at stake, and military discipline, like all disciplin e, Hen a Party discipline, demands some sacrifices. But the trust the Social Democracy ·best?woo upon th e Go\·ernment has , been repaid by a new attitude of the governing classt·s to Social Democracy . . After · the war many questions will await a settlement, and · ~truggle fo r political powt•r will again begin, · but Social Democracy will ha \ "l' ~mined a hearing tliat cannot easily again be lost, and, t IH' life· of Germany will be incr easingly democratie after th e war. l\lodern warfare weakens the possessing class out of all proportion to its numbers, and all lands will see a turning to th e · pr-ol~tariat for r ecuperation. 'l'h P State SocialiRm of today in Germany is not demo- . <·ratic- Socialism, hut in effl eiency it is ·a long way ahead' of th e anarchic eompetition for· the food supply whil'h it is displacin g. And never will any community that has enter ed upon social organization in such a bold manner and with such success turn again to capitalistir competitive chaos. One of the r easons the vulgali rich of Amet·iea are bitterly anti-German is that this social organization is a. success and is a menace to private monopoly. State ownership, for instance, of railways is not social dl'mocrary, but they think it is, and know that it is a SII('Cess in Grrmany. and that its measure of suceess thn•a tl'ns their monopoly. ThP ~o c ialists of Belgium eomplain hitterly of what they r('gard as th eir !)('trayal of their Socialist ,comr·adPs in Germany. But one of the things that eouYinced the Soeiali'lts that they were fighting a conRpirary against Gt>rmany was the overwhelming proof that sin ce 1906 Belg-inm and France have secretly conspir·erl with Englanrl against Germany. Had Belgium nnd England gone openly to Germany and said, "Here arr our plans if yon attaek us; will you enter with us on similar military plans should F·r ance attack you f' " then Germany would have felt safe as in 1870. But th<' plans were secrPt jug-handled military measures which expos~d Germany at any moment to a flank attack on her most Yulnerable side. �The Western Comrade 35 Moreover, Belgium has been steadily incited against or even socially advanced countries. They cannot be . Germany for some time. Only a year ago a wealthy while despotically ruling great ·colonial empires. · Eng-· German told me he had stopped going to the Belgian land expl_o its India and as long as colonies are exploited coast where he had gone for years because of the grow- democracy is a farce. With Ireland at her .doors and ing hostility to the Germans. The French press carried on her con cience, England cannot claim to be the on a distinct campaign of abuse and misrepresentation. divine protector of "small nationalities." Italy is Belgium feared Germany. The old individualistic engendering crude ;and anarchistic typN Socialism household industry by pandering to still maintained itcolonial expansion. self in Belgian disShe .has no right to tricts. And in these lecture G e r m a n ristricts Uerrnariy's "militarism" or to wholesale factory view Germany's . competition was searmy as less demoriously felt; and cratic t h an h e r this hred ill-feeling own. And all talk ano jealousy. l\Ien about pacific France horn in Antwerp, is m o o n s h i. n e. ano w e Il-k n o w n France has linked •> thrre, but of Gerherself with the man blood, were worst elements in murdered and their Russian life wheq houses w r c c k e d she sold out to the npon the opening of Autocracy and fithe war. nanced the represT he Socialism sion of•the Revolualso of both France tion, and the estabRnd Belgium, like lishment of .capitlllistic exploitation. that of Italy, "as 111'\"CJ' cleared itself It is all vain to of the individualsay Socialist curistic clement that rents are running find hrtter r.xpresin the life of Russion in anarchy. ·sia. A triumphant And the feeling for autocracy with a rountry and group, victorious a r m y will dam t h o l!i e however domina.n t in all parties, is in streams for years to come and. disnermany far more tract the proleof an organizing " My be loved .subjects! I am rem i ndi ng y ou of the many and gr eat factor in its life. blessings that you have rece ived f rom me. I expect that tariat by visions of you w i ll obey the call to ar ms w ith rapture." It is doubtful if Soconquest in Persia, Lustlge Bl£etter. India and Asia cial D~mocracy in Germany would have gone into the war had it only :\lino1·. Even since the wiu broke out the Autocracy h_as been with France and England. But for Germany the trampled on the last liberties of Finland, in spite of all war was from the beginning the outcome of the Rus- protest~tions and promises, and is even now carrying sian aristocracy's long cherished plan to attack Austria on persecution of Jews and patriots in the Ukraine. ana Germany just as soon as she thought she had a ·with a triumphant English capitalism exploiting the good chance for success. The hour struck, and, re.al- seas and mastering the commerce of the world without izing the issue, Social Democracy to a man entered a rival; and Russian autocracy mastering Europe and upon the war as one of national self-defense against exploiting Asia, Socialism, though sur~ one day to autocratic feudalism and commercial capitalism. And come, would he postponed for generations. Russian autocracy would prevent the spread of education and the Socialist majority still hold this position. :Moreover, England and France are not democratic propaganda and prevent the awakening of the workers. �=36 The Western Comrade 1 Original Sin ' I By LUKE NORTH A TTEl\fPTR mere-ly to reform, rearrange any of m?-tically, all the thought that flows through the mind th~ existing institutions of christendom are fu-to which is s~bjected all the impulses that result ti!P, heeausc each of them is has<>d on the concept of in self-con::roiousriess or awareness. Original :::lin. The child comes into -the world as the So loni,. as this concept of Original Sin remains in result of deadly sin and in a foul, unclean manner. th~ popul~r corpprehension it will reflect itself in those Theis is it written in the old church hooks, not so very christian institutions . of state, chttrch, gallows, and old <>ither-and all the judges, lawyers, detectives, militarism any reformation of which . ~·ill amount to Pl<>r{!y with tireir gallows, chaius, ·dungeons, and whips nothing more• than intensification of their inherent arP the outgro\\·th, thP rlPvelopment, th~ anipli.f ication • cr~eltiea. · Only the .b ig truth:_and for this era the most imand n·fincment of the pee·nliat:Jy christian tenet that tlw sN·ond impuls£> in sentient nature is shameful portant truth_:_that:\Tnn i~ God, the only God, each hi:; and depr·avcd and all its ·fruit inherently evil-until own God; in.h erently and potentially self-sufficient, hy f<anl'tifird hy th£> ~;orrerirs of the church--or governed nature more .kind than unkind, instincti vrly greg:u·ious and religious; ,,is nati,·e impulses tr·ending upwar·d . hy statute. DPtertives, judg<·s, hangm<>n, and clergymen are toward tire light,· toward an ever increasing refinement ; maintainrd by :wd for the exploiters of human life- all h'is element's ancl thP.ir functions nrit hf'r g~od nor to k('Pp wagf's down-hut they would not follow thci1· evi l, but natur~l and necessaryOnly as . this truth permeates human _consciousness firndish Ol'<·npations, nor· would the exploited millions 'inhmit to thPir tortur<·s w<•rr~ it not for· this basic eou- ~.nct drives out th(· d.,adPnlng christian dogmas of exrept of Original Sin which is pounded into th<• <·on- .temal dPity (author·ity) and original sin, is there reasciousrH•ss of cv<>ry <·hr·istian child, so that it has heeonw sonah lp hop<' for a <l(•<·<·lltPr and kinder \\orld.- -E\'Prya fixrd meutrtl ruold through which is. run, quitp auto- man. -The Great Socialist By MAX EASTMAN T IIE solitary vptc of Karl J~iebknecht in the German Reiehstag against the war credits is to me the greatest C\'Pnt of the war·. lie was denied tlw privilege of spt>aking upon his vote or of having a <;tatcrncnt printed in the offi(·ial n'eol'll, or puhlislwd in thP German prrs>~. But it was puhlishPd in a Dutrh 8or·ialist daily, and .has he<'ll tnmslatPd into English. r fJUOte from th~· Nt>w York Call: "My vote against th e war credit is based upon thf' follo,ving considPr·atiom: "This war·, which nonp of the pcoplrs <·ngagl•d the~ein has wished, is not l'allsl'Cl in the intPr<·st of the prosperity of th; G<>rmnn or :my other nation. This is an imperia listic war, a war· for the domination of the wor·ld mar·krt , for· thP political.. domination onr _ important fi elds of operation · for inuustrial and ba.nk (·apital. On tlw part of thP romprtition in armaments this is a war tlllllually fostrrcd by ·acrman and Austr·ian wa t· pnr·ties iu th e darknPss of half absolutism and sec·rrt diplom ary in ordrr to steal a march on the adversary. "At th e same tim<:> this war is a Bonnpartistic effort to lilot out the growing labor movement. This has been demonstr;1trd with rYer-iircreasing plainness in the past few months, in spite of a deliberate purpose to confuse thf' hPads. ''The German ;notto, •• Against Czarism; as well as 1ht• pr<·SPilt Eng-Iish· :mil Ft·Pnch cries, 'Against l\'Iilitari!';m , · ha n thP th•liherate purpose of bringing into plrry in hPhalf of r:t"t' hatrl'd the noblest inclinations nnd t h!' r<·volntio11nry fPPling-s and ideals of the peoplP. To (lt•r•uany. th<• at•t•ollrpli!'c of Czarism, an rxample of polit!tal h:lf'lnrardnf'ss down to the preseht day, does not lwlong tht• t·allin~ of thr liberator of nations The liberation of thl' Hussian as Wl'll :-t'> the German p<'ople should he thPir own task. "'l'his war· is not a Genuan dPfPnsp war·. Its histor·it·al charact er and it<; d<>velopmeut thus far make. it impossihle to tru<;t the• assN·tion of a capitalistic go\·rrmncnt that the pur·po'i<' for which credits are asked is th e dPfensP of tlw fatherland. "The c·reclits for SIH'COJ'. havp my approval, with the , ui1derstanrlin g that the· asked amount seems far from being sufficient. Not less eagerly do I vote for ~very­ thing that will alleviate fw hard lot of our brothers in the firlrl, as well as tha.: of the wounded and the �'•. The Western Comrade 37 sick, for whom I have the deepest sympathy. Bu.t I Intelligence and the knowledge of truth do survive in do vote against the d emanded war credits, under pro- a few hearts, and when the time comes, when all these · tf'st against the war and against those who are re- millions of animal activities have spent and wrecked sponsible for it and hf ve caused it, against the capital-" · themselves-in the. quietness of devastation, they will istic purposes for wh ch it is being used, against the issue forth and begin their sacred work again. annexation plans, ag!\.inst the violation of the Belgian But in our fribute to Kar.l I~iebknecht mu.st lie also and Luxembm:g neut ·ality, against the unlimited au- a tribute to thousands qf Getman citizens who stand thority of rulers of ';ar and against the negleQt of with him. They are fe"\V" at this hour, by comparison social and political dm ies of whi(·h the government and · with the mass, and perhaps their function for a while the ruling classes st an j convicted. is to store ari,d preserve the' iruth-"unto the d&y"' ' KARL LIEBKNECHT. rather than fight for it. "Berlin, December 2, 1914.. n And yet who··knows f We may see the rebellion· of With so many millions acting from mere instinct Liebknecht 's followers in spring, 9r when the summer and social suggestion, W f' (:an only greetl these solitary levies and the ~ew campaign hegin. Are we· ready to evidences of intrlligcnt judgment with a ·sad reverence. do our part ?-T~e Masses. · · What , • lS Socialis.m? · By JESSIE WALLACE HUGHAN, Ph. ·D. world is gl'tting so full of arguments for and T .HEagainst So('ialism and of expositions concerning ,·ar·ious phast>s of th e subj ect, that it is well for the student to hHve at his tongue's end th e simple facts as to what So<·ialism is. To begiu with fairly well-known negatives, Socialism does not stand for "dividing up, " fot· equality of in come, for· amn·t h ism, for hostility to religion, the family, or the flag, fot· violence or for an impossible transformation of human nature. Furthermore, Socialism is not a creed, a sentiment, or a code of personal ethics, and it is something more than a philosophy, an ideal, or f1 party. It is movement, primarily a political movement, though closely allied to the economic struggle of the unions; a movement of the working class, though in it are numbered many individuals from the capitalist class who have chosen to range themselves on the side of labor. The Socialist Movement is founded upon the philosophy of Marx and Engles, which teaches that economic relationships are fundamental in society; that when these relations outgrow the social forms that are based upon them, a revolution, p eaceful or otherwise, is inevitable; that su'<:J h a revolution is now maturing on the one hand , through the conscious struggle of the working class to obtain the whole product of their labor, a ' and on the other by the automatic concentration of industry which can end o.nly in social ownership. The aim of Socialis~, therefore, is to work in harmony with these social forces for the establishment of a new commonwealth, of which this shall be the essential c.haracteristie- the ownership by society of the principal means of production and distribution and their democratic management With a view to the a.boli~ · tion of exploitation. He who eonsciously promotes this . aim is a Socialist, whether or not he accepts the philosophy upon which it is based. It is recognized, however, that the realization of the ideal must come; not all at once, but only as the outcome of economic development, and that a transition period, whether long or short, must ·needs inte.rvene. The movem~nt is international, as -well as politic&!, existing in every civilized . country as an organized party; seeking to capture the control of society through the ballot. In the United States the Socialist Party, with the now negligible Socialist Labor Party, is the accredited representative of the international movement on the politic-al field. It has banded the working class into a permanent organization, distinct from all other political parties, which, while others have risen , fallen and divided, has continued its nninterrupt_ed. growth until it has become a force to be reckoned with. A New D'octor General G ENERAL VO HINDENBURG has received the degree of Doctor of Divinity. by the Prussian University of Konigsberg, because he has " Taught the youth of East Prussia that the God of Battle still lives.'' Some of the youths of East Prussia have not survived the general 's teaching. In fact, over 100,000 of - them are beyond reach of their distinguished teacher. 'l'his new and eminent divine might well be given an A.B. by some packing house university. He bas splendidly qualified as a butcher . His record of 140,000 Russians killed in one month, at the expense of 100,000 Prussians, seems .to eminently fit him for this honor. �/ 3'8 The Western Comrade Crisis of the Hour By A . . M. SIMONS T HE Socialist )lovement of America, and of the will never give support to a rna .1 or a party that i world, is passing through by far the greatest afraid to face the truth. A young party, a growing party, a minority party, crisis in its ~istory. On the way that situation is met a party that cannot offer politic ;il plums, must be a depends the answer to the question of whether .i_t shall crusading· party-a party _with a mi sion that arouse be a crisis preceding a collapse and complete reorenth~iasm and persona.l devotior . We had this once. ganization, or whether it shall he an opportunity risen We must gain. it once more or d~appear. to and seized by which . Socialism shall . become in* * * finitely stronger in the immediate future. The world is ready ~o~ a crusade against militari m In this country the combined effect pf the war, · and capitalism and the patriotism. that ends in murder widespread unemployment, high_ pri<!es, ·the flat colfor greed. Socialism must be the inspiration of tllat lapse of progressivism and ~eneral triumph of reaction crusade. over radicalism, has creatNl a situation which must The Socialist Party ·can have the splendid mission end with a mighty impulse toward Socialism. Whether of organizing and leading t~t moYement if it dares the Socialist Party will be the political expression now to stand as it stood when it was a crusading force ofihat impul!:w depends upon what we do during the in American life. nr·xt few weeks. This does not mean the adoption of '' impossibilism,'' '' syndica lisni,' ' · ''I. ·W. W. 'ism'' or even the ac* * * The war has been the touchstone that has brought ceptance of the sor~ ·o f "smart Aleck" eriticism of all our weaknesses into prominence. One of those certain supposedly intellectual literateurs, whose an. weaknesses has been shown to be a cowardly tendency tics have been partly responsible for the reaction that to apologize for our own mistakes. We once boasted has led us to reject even what was good in their of our "self criticism," and it was our strongest se- criticism. rurity against error. Now we are inclined to believe It does mean that we should recognize that the main in our own infallibility and as a result arc much less function of the Socialist Party today, a:nd for several infallible. · days yet to come, is vigorously to criticise capitalism The war has show.t;~ that wherever we made a com- and hold up a standard to be attained when we shall promise with capitalism, we inoculated our movement really enjoy power. It means that we l!lhould quit with an infection that is now developing i~to a serious asking for votes on the ground of our superior adminweakness. W c made friends with nationalism and istrative ability (which we do not possess), of our patriotism and are now washing out the sin in oceans greater anxiety to lower taxes (wqich it would be a of blood. We compromised with the beast of militar- bad thing to possess), of our nationalistic patriotism ism and he is now devom·ing us by hundreds of thou- ( ef which we should be ashamed) or of any of the other sands. · vice-s we have adopted from capitaliSID:. It means that we should not be afraid to draw the We collected votes as we collected dues and now dues and votes are both slipping away. We tried to lessons of this war frankly, opf'nly and unreservedly, swap principles for popularity and, like the dog cross- and should prepare to change our tactics nationally ing the stream, lost both the substance and the shadow. and internationally to accord with the lessons we The :first th}ng to do is to recognize these facts and may learn. • quit being cowards. "The Lord hates a coward" is These a!'e largely generalities. I ean be as specific an old Yankee saying and in this regard the voice of as desired. So can most of us. It is not knowledge the people is certainly the voice of God, for the masses we lack, but courage.- Ameriean Socialist. The Cost of a Rich Man A T the smallest average for the making of a single rich man we make a thousand whose lifelong is one flood of misery. The charnel houses of poverty are in the shadow of the palace, and as one is splendid, so is the other dark, poisonous, degraded. How can a man grow rich except on the spoils of another's labor¥ His boasted prudence and economy, what is it but the most skillful availing himself of their !Jecessities, most resolutely closing up his heart aga'inst their cries to him for help 1-Froude. �The Western Comrade 39 The Poor Savage of Civilization poor ignorant savage ventured pnt a few T HEquestions to the pious missionary who wished to to save him from his . benighted condition, and to confer upon him th:e benefits of civilization. "You say that I should workY" ''Yes, certainly, my good brother. Satan finds evil for idle hands to do!'' "Who is Satan?'· " He is the devil. .. "Does he li\'C· in .''OUr country, the11 ?" "Alas, my sinful friends, he Jives <·n·r·ywhrre, '· said the Good :\Tan. ' · \\'l'll, he ·s nen•r done me any harrn, · · sa iJ the sa ,·age, •<t so I tl:in k J 'J IJ\'tt et· sta? as I am." ":'\o. uo," nirtl th e Good M:an. "Your· Jjj',. of idlenrss is wicked." ' ·Do all th1• p••opl e work in your rountry !'' a'lkl'd tht• savage. '' Y<·s. '' " \\'ork hard ?'' " l ' m, e, most of them." ' '.\nd an• all those who work hard quite happy 1" "Er, no,' ' rcpliP<l the missionary; hesitatingly. "Why is th at?'' " \Vl'l l, you see, th<•rr is a g reat deal of poverty," the Good Man explained. '' What! Among those who wot·k hard ?'' asked the poor s1n·age in surprise. "Yes, it is indeed so," admitted th e Good Man. "Then I suppose those who do no work at all have an awfully bad time?" ' ' \Yell, no. As a matter of fact, they are so rich that they need not " ·ork." 'l'he savage mused in silence for a time. "What do you mea n by poverty ?" he asked. "Not havi~ enough to eat nor good houses to liYc in," th e missionary explained. "Why is that? Is th ere a scarcity of food in your land 1" "N-o," said th e Good Man, slowly; "there is plenty of" food, but don 't you understand, they are poor, and have littl e money, so, of course, cannot buy much food, nor afford nice houses." '' But I think you said they worked very hard, '' said the poor savage with patience at the other 's stupidity. ' . "Yes, that is so.'' " Why do th{'y work so hardY" "To get mon y to buy food," replied the mi 9nary with a touch of impatience at the other stupidity. "Well, why don't they buy the food T ' said !Jle savage. "Do th.e y ~e being llungryT" " Of cour e not, but they don't earn enough. u "And· yet they \vor~ .as hard a they can, I supposet" · "Yes." The savage pondered before he poke again. " On this island," he said, "I do not have to work .to. any extent, and when I'm hungry I take my f~od from the trees or the sea. By the way, what do you call your country 1" · ''Civilization,'' replied the Good Man, blushing • slightly. " I don't think it would be good for me if your customs were introduced here,'' said the poor savage thoughtfully. "You will pardon me, sir, if I ·say that I think that your country is a fool of a place. Good afternoon . . Mind the snake. "-Brisbane Worker. Buriden, the scholastic, said that if a hungry donkey was placed between two bundles of hay of the same size and equal distance apart in ·every respect and equally distant from him, he would starve, not being able to · decide hetwecn them. How long will the working class continue in the attitude of Buriden's ass T How long will the hungry waver between direct action and political action and .take no action f EXTRA-"Thirty-five thousand Killed in battle" that 's glory! LATEST-" Eighteen-year-old boy hanged for killing chum' '-he was a murderer! · �l 40 The Western Comrade Worship Up to Date By UPTON SINCLAIR "SHERIFF l\IAX GRIFENHAGEN has been appealed to by several clergymen for protection against any possible bomb outrages, and in response to these appeals he has already enrolled the head ushers of six churches as special deputy sheriffs, with the right ~o carry arms while on duty in the churches to which they are attached. rrhe churches whose ushers have obtained deputy sheriff's badges are St. Stephen :S, . on East Twenty-eighth street; St. Patrick's Cathedfal, the Fifth AvenUI~ Presbyterian Church, tlie Rivington Street Synagogue, the Church of the Incarnation, and the Church of St. ~tanislaus. "-New York World. .Jesus, lover of my soul, ( \\' ondl'r if my pistol shows! ) (.,et me to thy bosom fly, (Sticking out behind my clothes!) While thr nearer waters roll, (Coat-tails hanging in the way! ) And the tempest still is high. (Couldn't get it quick in play! ) IIide m<', 0 my Savior, hide, (Wonder if that chap's Bouck Whitr !) Till the storm of life. is past: (He got out of jail last night! ) Safe into Thy haven guide( If that fellow tries to speak ) 0 receive my soul at last! (Throw .him out upon his beak!) Othel' refuge have I none(Six dE!teetives in the · choir!) · Hangs 'my helpless soul on Tqee; (Police Headquarters on the wire! ) Leave,..ah !. leave 'm e not alone_:_ (See that c~ap in red necktie! ) Still support a.nd comfort me. ( Ghid that copper's standing by! ) All my trust . in Thee is stayed, (Could that hand-bag hold a gun?) .All .my he.lp'from Thee I hring: . (Gee ! This · ushering 's no fun !) Cover rriy ·defenseless head · (God .Alm.ighty! What ,\ras that?) ·with the shadow of Thy wing. (Feather in a woman's hat! ) Wilt Thou not regard my call 1 (Jesus Christ! A bomb at last! ) Wilt Thou ·not ~egard my prayer? (No, it was a subway blast! ) Lo! I sink, I faint, I fall( Damn all anarchists to hell-er-) Lo ! on Thee I cast my care. · (Good morning- Mr. Rockefeller!) A Christian Audienoe A T THE initial exhibition of a twelve-reel feature motion picture . in a Los Angeles theater the three thousand persons present wildly applauded the character portraying the part of the assassin who presently slew an atrociously made up Abraham Lincoln. They applauded all the murders and ta brutal lynching scene came in for cheers and shouts of approval. When the mutilated body of a negro was thrown on a doorstep there was a demon- stration of joy. The group murders were met with expressions of satisfaction and admiration. The people who packed the auditorium were similar to any other American theater-going group. In fact they were representatives of the ordinary "refined" cultured Christian people. We know they W<'re good peoplr. because they applauded God when he appeart>d in a "melt-in-and-.melt- . out" in the last part of the picture. Fine . For the Secretary C ONGRESS has anpropriated money to purchase for the use of the honor~ble the Secretary of Labor several ·automobiles, including one brougham, one cabriolet, one opera bus and one touring car. . Now if Congressman Mann will put over another one providing one steam yacht, a ninety-foot sailing sloop and a couple of speed launches Sec~etary Wilson will be able to uphold the dignity of his position as protector of the poor proletarian. What labor really needs is 'the dignity and poise that these things bring. �One Born Each · ote THURSDAY, Friday, Saturday the new..,apers flare forth with of the diseovery of led es of r•Jatinum and palladinm-''Worth three tim~ as much as gold" in the wonderful field just discovered in ,;tori~ S'e,•ada. . Sunday's papen; l·ome out with a llifC lmlaHh and add to the list coppt>r, iron. )£>ad, ;;:inf· and cinnabar. Ew•ry vari,·t.y of 1nu~ker bait known to (nkert;. Hight on the same page •·mnt•H t lu• rt•al el!tatc• grafter selling town Jot11 for *;,o eac~h. Thousands of vidim11 will lw trimmed and poliHIII'd to a hard-oil finish. Verily 1 twrc• i11 orw hont E'\'c•ry minute. Their Struggle for -Freedom The Puni ti vc Expedition L. Gutierrez de Lara and_Edgc~h Pinchon Read tbe Correct Interpretation 'of ~de.rlyin.g o in th .Most R~~arka!>le and V aln hle Book of !)le Y a.r Th:e Mexica_n People---By- . TJJE !-;,.,.,.ian tr·oops have been ~ harnm c~ring thr Hungarian army · into a disorgauiJ.rd pulp and as a consequenc·r thl' threatened invasion of th e Cznr'R hordes has cau sed great ala rm iu HndapN!L Th e cry is going np from Ilnngar·y that th<• Ger·mans anc1 Austr·ians ha\'e deserted them. lllllll-{llr·inn m•wspapc>r·s YOi('e th eir pr·ot rHfH, and ont· of them at ll'ast OJWrtly 1wrusc•s th<• KaisPr with drainiug 1he• t•otmtt·y of troops to defend Pr11Hsia and RilPsia. 'l'lw nrti<·lt• winds np with the t•n t her nn i \'<' st•n1'rnt·t•: "People of' rwn t r·n I (•onntr•it•s ht•li<'\'e that we arc too wPak 1111d too Pll<'r'Yated to fig ht out· own hat tlc•s H<'n against the ~rr·viuns, although thP expedit ion we uud('r1ook ngainst them was to haYe hN•n n pun it ivr one. " 'l'hrrr you nI'<'! 'l' hpr•p is one rca. on fo r· tlw fight. ~omchody had to he punished for· something. It dot'sn 't always " ·ork ont that way, thNir dny , nnd whrn the Cossacks . hnll rid into the' hC'antiful halls of HudnpC' t nll thought of punitive l'or·ny will di nppenr from Hun!!Arinn minds. '&' E ugene V. De~s says-: '' • . • • I~ is writ ten from the point of view of the working elas ' the tiller of the soil, . the producers of the wealth, and shows that through all these ee~turies of toil and tears and blood and martyrdom they have been struggling for the one purpo e of emancipating themselves from ·the tyranny of a heartless aristocracy, buttressed on the on e hand by th.e Roman Church and on tl1e other by the military power.'' '&' '&' '&' Georgia. Kotsch says : "• " • It strips the glamor of benevolent motives frOJD the dealings with l\f exieo of the United States and other countries and p r esentS the stark truth that American and world capitalism has been, and is, in league against ·the proletariat of 1\Iexieo . for its own sordid interest. And while the Mexican master class is depicted as th e most depraved and bloodthirsty in history, the Socialist will see that the story of the l\lexiean proleta~iat is in greater or le s degree and in varying circumstances the st_ory of the proletariat in every country." Int nti n W r Good 1 ill iP. who hnd heeH llnving trouhl(' wiJh his ohlC't' ron in R.alph, <"arne into tlw hou.'('. IIi. motlH'r, knowing n thin~ ol' th(' tt·ouhlt•. nid: 'nu'li(', whnt \\'0\lld you like to ~h·t• ~·m1r ~·ou. in Ralph for ·hi birthdn ?" 4 I know what I'd like to gi,·e him.'' id Billie ' 'ngely. but I n.in 't hig t-nough.' '&' ~ '&' T Published by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. Price $1.50 W e will end you this book and The Western CQmrade for one year for $2.00 �The estern Comrade T I T e Brit is !SI24 Hlg.gln• SulJtllns. ll..o.- An,ge1e l, C at. &ub•crlptJon Priu One D.ol:lar :a Year Jn Club• of F-our Flft;J Centa Jo.b H:arrlm.an, Managing Edltor Frank:JE. Wolfe, Editor Vol. n Jan.-Feb., 1915 fl. Boom 21"l L&bor 'l'e mple Vancouve r. B. C. Parm .P;ettilpt~ ana~lng ~ tot A. 1a.bor .p a;per un.para!leled by any iA>OOT' !Pa~T' oot (lana; En orsed by the Vlctt>riia 'Trade!! <&nd Labor Oouncll <altld New West;mlnster Trade!! and L.ahor Oounel\. Otlleial · organ ot the Vanoou er 'Tntdel! 41.lrd Lat»l' Council and Br'ltlsh Columbia. Peden.tton o1 Lialbor. 'lib~ 1>11-t>er to:r J'ndustdal ~Unity, · PoUtle'al Onley, Su<eng'th ~rrd vtet~it¥t f1.25 Per Year' Iasned Weekly H :vou do l}Ot tlalte tbls ~r you should :subs'cl"l~ t'oda$~ No. 9-10 Meinself und Moses! 1,000 Copies Sold on Pre-PublleatJon Orders! BIBLES are issued to the Kaiser's . soldiers in the field and the German p«:>ople al'e urged to read God's book to the exclusion of all · other printed matter. Good idea! 'l'hc soldier. who sear<'hes aRsiduously will find plenty of justification for slaughter. Divirw precedent will encourage him 1o grratf'r adion . Bestiality of invasion will find a str·ong support awl Moses will give the conqueror valuable> tips ahont treatment of women in the subdued domain. Belgians may w«:>ll look with ala r·m on this new moYe of the Kaiser to doubly nrm h is fightillg hosts. A!lywny, Sr•ine 1\fajcstart, der Deutse hc KaisPr, <•r lehe hoch, hot·h, hoch !-G. E. B. soc.r: -L IST WAR .MANUAL A Revolutionary Interpretation of the European Armageddon and the Temporary .Collapse of 4J.ternationalism Contains: IMMEDIATI; CAUSES By Louis C. F~ina GENERAL . CAUSES By JO:rank Bohn MILITARISM By Floyd Dell THE ATTITUDE OF ITALY By Prof. Arthur Livingston ANTI - WAR MANIFESTOES By the European Socialist PartiE's SOCIALISM AND . THE WAR By Isaac A. Hourwich, ph. D. T he Wrong Rooster! Unc· le .Tosh was comfortably l ighting his p ipe ill t ht' living-room OIH' ~·vf'ni n g wh en Annt l\Ta r-ia glanced up from her knittin g. ".Tosh," softly r rma r·ked t lw g-ood' woma n, 11 do yon know that next Snn-' dny wi ll he the twenty-fifth annivrrsm·y of our wedding ?" ." Ye don't say so, Maria!" respond<'d Unele Josh, pulling YigOJ;ousl~· on his rorn<>ob pipe. " \Yhat nbont it?" "Nothing," nnswer<>d Aunt Maria, "only l thought mnyhe we ought to ldll tlwm . two Hhode I land Red (•hi<• kens.''' "Ruy, )Tm·in." impressively demandt•<l Unt<lt' .Josh, "how can vou blamt- them two Rhode 1 land Red ('hit<kens f'N' whnt hnppened twentyfive <years ago Y" HOW GERMAN SOCIALISTS 'DIVIDED By William E nglish Walling BRITISH AND AMERICAN SOCIALISTS ON Tt:t E WAR Summary and Cr·iilcism of artiClE'S by Bernard Shaw. H. G. Wells. H. M. H~·ndman, Ramsay Mac· Donald, ltohE'rt Blatchforrl, Ylctor Berger, Eugene Debs and Charles Edward Russell. This Svcialist "'ar Manual \\' Ill Probably JI!Pcome Historic. 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He just grabbed a table knife and 11tarted after his detractOr. "Tht:re wu no tragedy, though. That lmy '11 dad ~'l"ahbed him by the (•Ollar awl forced him into a seat in lP-IIIJ time than it takes to tell it. "'Ain't ye got ' no mannersT' hiHIIlHl }Jill pa. 'What have I learned yd' "'JTC! r:allr!ll mP a liar!' yelled the 11truggling son. "'Whn t if he di1l? 'fhf•y's strang~>rH from the• EaKt in this room. You Khmnt• mt•! Dr·op f hat knife an' use ,VI! I' fot'lc li kf' Pttikd says!'" oft for the Orphans ll l'l'" is a K1ory of' a :;mall boy, a 11totlt1·r· Hllll a barr<>! of apples, and a morn! whi<·h docs not hav~ to be told in wor·ds: 1' hf• wilHlows of' au or·phan asylum ov<•r•lo 1l<•u th<' bacl<yard of the house whPrc• tl w hoy, th e 'hnrrel of apples, t11Hl1lH• hoy's mother· lived. Now the nppl<•s t ltnt w •r·c in th e hanel disapprlli'Nl 11 t n famou s rate, and t he moth er hPin g a Jmo\\'iug woman as. a lni1 11Pt' 0!' COIU'SO, mfldC inquiry Of her ~o~o n . 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W- Hellman Bulldlog Los Angeles, Cal Tel A.-455f JOSHUA E. YOUTZ �The Western Comrade JOHN HERMAN, B. SC. The American Socialist Official Organ of the Socialist PartY of America.· The American Sociali.t speaks with authority. It ia a powerful news and propaganda weekly and is the only paper in the United States which gives an account of the official business of the Socialist Party. Every Socialist. Every Student ·ot Socialism should_be a subscriber. Subscription Price · 50 cents a year. Assayer and Chemist I do not guarantee satisfaction I guarantee accuracy 252% -South Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. Phone A-2299 AU Work Done in Duplicate 924 Higgins Building Los Angeles, Cal. Too Late L ITTLE Bobby· father wa a doetor and Bobby liked nothing bet• ter than to take hi father c e m one hand, ~is overcoat in the other, and go down the treet for a block or William Francia Seeman, registered ·- two to some imaginary patient. One patent attorney and mech.a nical ~gi- winter s day when be started out neer, successor to Arden & Seemann, h • t 1 th d .416-17-1-8 Citizens' Bank Building·' pat- . e torgot o c ose . e oor. ents all countries· specializing intricat~·. · • "Bobby," called mother' voice, and difficult mechanicai, eheltiical; ·elec- ·sweetly, 'plea e close the door." But trochemical and metallurgical cases. Bobby· was in a hurry and went on. F-5743. Main 9474. "Robert " came father's sterner voice, "cl~se that door." Every ;evening till 6. SundaY.s 11 to 12 Bobby returned and closed the -Oacar-WINBURN-Charlea door: Some time later he came in THE WORKINGMAN'S LAWYERS · quietly, put up the case and overcoat 790 San Fernando Bldg., ··Los Angeles . and started upstairs. ,.., Phone A-3638 " Bobby," said mother, ingratiat. NOTARY PUBLIC ~gly, "how's your patient t '' · "Dead," was the laconic an wer. · No skinning. One price to all. '' Gcme dead while I was shutting C. A. 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But later, as she came out of union-made goods in the hands of from under the anesthetic, she reaevery reader of The ·western Comrade, lized how very sick and Wretched we wilJ send postage prepaid, on receipt she fell. The nurse leaned over to catrh her first ~poken word. of FIFTY CENTS, one of our genuine "What a hum way to get a cat! " sheepskin-leather card cases BEARING moaned th.e child. THE UNION LABEL. Socialists Attention! This card case contains four pockets, one large for bills and papers, one for your dues-stamp book, ·a nd two with transparent windows for union membership cards. This is the ONLY CARD CASE on the market made by Organized Labor and bear ing the union label. It is no longer n ecessary for a class-conscious Soeialist to be inconsistent. Send fifty cents in stamps or money order. MUTUAL UNION TRADING COMPANY <The only ~xcl uslve union label merchandisers) <Owned snd managed by members of the working class) 9 Boaro of Trade Court, CHICAGO, ILLS. Not An Ally "Of course, doctor, German m,easles are seldom serious1" " I never met but one fatal case." ''Fatal!" "Yes; it was a Frenchman, and when he discovered it was German mea ·les that he had, mortification set in. '' All Aboard! "Artie; where are we going on our honeymoon?' ' "Around the world, darling. They are going to give i~ in seven reels at the corner picture show.'' �·, The Western Comrade 45 Does Soil Analysis Pay? Here is the Answer . .• FROM PANAMA·CAL:tFORNI,A EXPOSITION, SAN DIEGO, CAL. Mr. R. R. Snowden, Los Angeles, Cal. . . . Dear Sir: Last year we were having considerable trouble with' our ·nursery on account .o f poor soil. . . . These soils have been treated In accordance 1VIth your prescription :with very good results. · In fact, at this time we are having no trouble at all wl~h the soU in the nursery. Very truly yours, . FRANK ALLEN, 'JR., Plrec,tor of Works. (The exposition authorities· have twice since used my serv!ces, ·which fact also tells· its own story.) P: Trees of the same size and shape, at one year and twenty-two days from planting in orchard, were chosen for exper~ental purposes.: · Meas~retnents made nine months and six days after fertilizing be~ are shown. WITHOUT SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT Height .... ... .. .. . ....... 3 feet, 9 Br!!adth at top ...... ...... 1 foot, 6 Circumference of trunk at grou nd . ..... . ......... . .... .' .. 2 Circumference of trunk at lower branches ........ ....... l'h Inches Inches Inches Inches It should be remembered that while any chemist can make a soU analysis, yet not every one has had sufllclent experience and of the right kind to enable him to correctly interpret the results and apply them to treatment of the soil so as to give a reasonable certainly of profitable returns to the person paying for the analysis. This is certainly the most important thing to consider. . Mr. 0 . H. Hottel, an orange grower, said to Mr. Chas. D. Baker, a banker of Pomona, Cal.: "The money · I paid Snowden for soil analysis is the oest money I ever spent." (On the strength of this _testimony Mr. Baker hae had two orange groves examined and prescribed for by me.) Results speak for the work. Send for folder containing reports from clients. (Please mention the Western Comrade when an~wering advertisement.) RECEIVED SCIENTIFIC TREATMENT Height ..... : ........... ... 5 feet, 1 Inch. Breadth o r t op .... .... .. . .... ..... 3 feet, 11 Inches. Circumfere nce of t.runk at ground .. ...... 51f., Inches Circumfe rence or trunk at lower branches ..................... ·...... .3'4 Inches 00 ...... 00 Oldest Commercial Exclusive Soil Laboratory in the United States R.· R. SNOWDEN Chemist and Soil Engineer 310 Stimson Building Los Angeles, California �. The Western Comrade 46 Only in Self-Defense · Here's One ·.Magazine You Want. Pearson's. Magazine is the. only magazine of 'i ts kind. • Its f_?rm enables itto depend on Its readers alone --....on advertisers not at all. It ~ can ·a nd does, therefore, · · print facts which no magazine that depend.s 'upon· advertising for a living can "afford" to print. It does print such facts .every month. Every issue contains the truth about 5ome condition which affects your daily welfare, which you want toknowandwhich' you can find nowhere else. · Besides, it prints as much fiction and other entertainCharles Edward Russell ment as any general magazine. If you ,want one "The reason why I advise all persons . radical magazine to live and that believe in a free press to support grow,subscribetoPearson's. Pearson's Magazine is because Pearson's is the only great .m agazine that is free." Pearson's is the only big magazine in America in which the Socialists get an equ3;l opportU;nity with others to present their case, not occasionally but m every Issue. · The case for Socialism is presented by the leading Socialist writers of America, including Allan L. Benson and Chas. Edward Russell. One copy will convince you that you want Pearson's. On the newsstands, 15c per copy. By the year, $1.50; Here's Another Magazine You Want The Western Comrade 1 The only illustr~~;ted Socialist magazine west of Chicago. It 1s excelled by none in America. Hundreds of sub,J>criptions are fcoming in from Socialists who are anxious to keep in touch with news of the development of the Llano del Rio Colony. Our aim is to make the magazin_e better and brighter with each issue. Subscrintion by tlie year $1. COMBINATION By special arrangement with Pearson's we will send you THE WESTERN COMRADE a.nd PEARSON 'S MAGAZINE ONE YEAR FOR $1.50 Address Circulation Dept., 924 Higgin1 Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. '' Begorra, thim 's six fin~ sons. ye have there, Casey," said Dennis Flaherty to his friend. · "They do be that, Flaherty," replied Casey. "Do yez have any trouble with . thim T" inquired Dennis. · "Trouble!" repeated Casey. "I've · niver had to raise· my hand to one of thiin, .excipt in self-!:lefince!'' ' <~Iigh Cost of Living· . Since ·October, 1913, the high cost of living has declined .4690, accot-ding to experts who claim to be keepPig tabs. Unversed in the wonderful alchemy ·of the professional statisti-' ciail, the average working man might Qe · forgiven if he substituted the word advanced for declined, and misplaced the decimal point. Kidding the Kidder A prominent and popular Llano . colonist, who has a beautiful head hair· when in Los Angeles and none at all to mention while on th'e ranch was .taking a bit of good-natured kidding as he knelt beside a running brook laving his c'lassie forehead. "The chief drawback to being bald is this: When I wash myself I have to keep my hat on so I can tell where my face stops.'' of • · Poultry Department Flne music and fine poultry were two things of which little Ella's father was very fond. Recently he bought a talking machine, and among other records was one of a very brilliant aria by a great coloratura soprano. The baby listened closely to the runs of the bewildering music until the singer struck · some' high arpeggios and trills at the.Close, when she exclaimed: "Daddy, listen! She's laid an egg!" DRESSER PHOTO CO. Lantern Slide• Copying Made and Exhibited Enlarging Kodak Finishing-F ree Developing Mall Orders 230lh SOUTH SPRING ST. Phone A-2298 Los Angeles, Cal. �T h e We s t e rr gt C rJ m r ad e 47 Somnolent THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, speaking of the auto bus. says editorially: "It is hard to say why the latter should be virtually unknown outside of New York City, and not very extensively used · there, unless generally bad pavements furnish the answer." Can you beat that for indurated, encrusted and mossbacked provin(:ialism? Bad paYement'>! This from the notoriously poorest paved la:rge American city ! Think of an <>ditor who doesn 't know that millions of Americans· in 3lmost every eity and town in the country are riding in auto busses! In Los Angel<>s the street car companics c-omplain that the auto busses have diverted half a million dollars a year from them in local traffic. Interurban bus lines are paying well and being extended. The Saturday EYcning Post is slumbering in its chimney corner of 1728. Jt doubtless will come in for the profound consideration of its distinguished contrmporat·y, 't!{e .Titnry Journal, of Seattle. Shoo :~ C~pit . .·sm .ith -a Stere~pticon Anyone can lecture with the aid of pictures; they tell the story, you point out the moral. .Pictures draw a crowd where other means fail. They JDake your wo11k doubly effective. We tell you how to· get the· gr~atest results at the least expense. Send stamp for complete information. W. SCOTT ·LEWIS 3493 Eagle Street . Los Angeles, California Gen. Otis says editorially in The Times, of EVERYMAN Crescendo Por Yahno (By Luke North) There was a young lady who 'd sneeze At the sight of musical k cczc. One . dny on the llnno She sat at the pllano .\nd sneez<>d at the A's and the G 'ceze. .. If law and order, respect for conventions and property rights are to he maintained in this land and its civilization continued, publication<; like Everyman must be suppressed . . " And again Gen. Otis says: "lts lamentably brilliant pages pervert art to the cunning uses of social disturbers . . . "-and also, says the General, still spenking of Everyman: " lt is disturhing to mental stability." Jack Doesn't Get His I Thank you kindly, General. I could ask no greater boon from the Los Angeles Times.- Luke. ''But your fiance has such a small salary, how nrc you going to live?" '' Oh, we're going to economize. We 're going to do without a lot of things tlrat Jack needs." Renew your subscription pr_o mptly. If you let the ·ma.t!_er delay then you will he taken fro~ the mailing list. The Western Comrade merits ['our continued frie~d~•ip. EVERYMAN <Monthly> Each Issue Has an Important Lecture or Essay by Clarence Darrow Year $1.50, Copy 25 Cents 516 American Bank Bldg., Los Angeles �., . Workers Wanted! Llano del RiC? Colony in t:he Antelope · Valley, Los Angeles Cou.~ty,..California, ·offers · employment ·to · hundred~ of men and their. families. we· w~nt farmers. Western ra~chers with teams are in demand at. tkis hour. California ranchers are coming in rapidly but we can use ten more good farm· teams ' and heavy wagons within the next thirty days. We will take a limited number of milk cows of g od blood and add them to our magnificent dairy herd. No more brood sows ne ed unless they be of extra fine blooded stock. We will take a limited numbe of laying hens and pullets. · Men and wo en of nearly every useful occupation will be needed at the colony. All mus be able to give good references as to industry, sobriety and qualifications a · co - operators~ Every memb~r an equaf shareholder in the enterprise. Every worker to get the· full social product of his efforts. Write for particu rs covering in-_ stallment plan to take out memberships now and join the colony at any time during the next five years. Co-operation Is Not Merely a WORD---It Is ACTION! For Full Particulars Address LLANO 'DEL RIO COMPANY Colony Department JOB HARRIMAN, President 924 Higgins Building, Los Angeles, Caifornia � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. 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Western Comrade https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/80def61dc89292f182f6187c6941761a.pdf 9fe81a3110797bda65ad28dfa0180b37 PDF Text Text Vol. 2, No.8 December. 1914 Ten cents The Blanket Stiff California's Vote Scotch Red Snake War Prophecies Breed For Death Worker- Parasite Making a Hero Might is Right Press Poisoners Social Education Colony Activities Time to Organize Read Gannon's Keen Satire "LUNACY" �2 The Western Comrade Scene in Specialties : Eagleson's Shirts, Paj Unde ear, Collars, Neckwear. Union Factory. Light, Airy, Sanitary. Come and See the Fi~est Line of Winter Clothing Ever Displayed in _Los Angeles at Prices Satisfactory to All During the winter it behooves the careful, conscientious buyer to choose his suit with · greater care than at most times of the year. If you want the most for Y.Our money you will come up to Eagleson's, between First and Second streets, where our inexpensive location and small running expen~es enable us to make you an actual cash ~>av­ ings on your s uits, hats and furnishings. Because this is one of the oldest and largest exclusive men's stores in California we are showing larger selections in the right sort of guaranteed fabrics, colors and models than any other men's store on the coast. Every garment is exactly as it is r epresented. Special values in htgh grade all wool suits at $13.00, Your comparison is cordially invited. $20.00, $25.00. Under no obligation to buy. • Shirts Underwear Sold direct from factory to wearer. Being manufacturers enables us to eliminate the . retail and jobbers' profit .tnd give you regular $1.50 qualities for ....................................$1.00 $2.00 qualities for ....................................$1.50 All makes, styles and colors. Over 200 different kinds to select from. Prices from 50c to $3.00 per garment. ·Much better quality than can be had at these prices elsewhere. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF EXTRA TROUSERS, OVERALLS, CORDUROY PANTS, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS, NECKWEAR, HANDKERCHIEFS, SUIT CASES, TRAVELING BAGS AND TRUNKS. MAKERS OF MEN'S WEAR EAGLESON. & CO. 112-116 So. Spring· St., Los Angeles �The Weste·rn Comrade Factory operated· in connection . with LLANO DEL Rio ·coLONY Men's 10-inch boots . $6.00 Men's 12-inch boots. 7.00 Men's 15-inch boots . 8.00 Ladies' 10-inch boots 5.00 Ladies' 14-inch boots 5.50 Men's Elk shoes. . . . 4.00 Ladies' Elk shoes . .. 3.50 Infants' Elk shoes, 1 to 5 ............ 1.50 Child's Elk shoes, 5 to 8 . ........ .... 1.75 Child's Elk shoes, 81;2 to 11. . . . . . . . . 2.25 Misses' and Youths, 11% to 2 . ........ 2.50 • Place stocking foot on paper, drawing pencil around as per above Illustration. Pass tape around at lines wi!hout drawing tight. Give size usually worn. IDEAL FOO.TWEAR For Ranchers and Outdoor Men The famous Clifford Elkskiil Shoes are lightest and easiest for solid comfort and will outwear three pairs of ordinary shoes. We cover all lines from ladies,' men's and children's button or lace· in light handsome patterns to the high boots for mountain, hunting, ranching or desert wear. Almost indestructible. • Send in your orders by mail. Take measurement according to instrl.lctions. Out of town shoes made immediately on receipt of order. Send P. 0. order and state whether we shall forward by mail or express. ' SALES DEPARTMENT Llano del Rio Cotnpany 922 Higgins Building, Los Angeles, Cal. ~. \ �The Western Comrade ' View at San Francisco Exposition Palace of Education, Court of Palms, with Palace of Horticulture in Background �THE WESTERN . COMRADE Devoted to the Cause of the Workers Political Action VOL. II Direct Action Co -operation LOS ANGELES, CAL., DECEMBER 1, 1914 NUMBER 8 Giant Yuccas, "Joshua" Trees . Taken in the Antelope Valley 20 Years Ago • ·TREND OF EVENTS By Frank E. \Volfe and shams rul e Cowardice is F H4UDS shown on cnrv hand. Ca lifornia worker·s vote manl~ind. to remaiH. sfavcs, tl;u:;; giving a powerful argument to those who ueelare politieal action futile. Gold bricks bring fancy prices in the open light of the day. l\Icntal lassitndc and moral delinquency mark the attitude of thoso " ·ho have felt the lash and might he expected to awaken. Idioti« fearterror of a bogie man-st:-tmpedes the common herd to vote for things thry do ·not want. Cowardice, indolen'ce, a nd mentation li ke that of the lowly lobster, are the cause of half the misery of the world. The working class of California is again bunkoed hec·aus<' it !~:1-: not yet come into possession of the of its brain. The cliscovcry of truth and the d<'!('{'fion ot' enor ali ke involvq,~ a la.hor!l)us process of f bou ght and it hurts some people to thiu~. It's Pasy to ta kP f he othPr fellow's word for it. It is c•asirr . to rPacl' the base hall score and let the politieians play thPir own game. Let the masters work out their prohlrms-then vote as they say. u~c· • • • • • The full retu111s of tht• election of Governor are nt>t yet at hand, but there are enough figures available to r eac h some conclusions. The vote for N. A. .Hichardson, Socialist candidate for Governor,, should �6 T h·e Western Comrade haye reached the 120,000 mark. Tens of thousands of registered Socialists stampeded to the polls and voted for Hiram Johnson, not because of love or admiration of Johnson or what he r epresents, but ' be-· l!ause of a panic of fear that Fredericks might be elected. . N. A. Richardson has spent a large . portion of his life working for Socialism. As a ~riter there is none in America clearer or more conlfistent than he. His pamphlets in the earlier days justly gained unprecedented circulation. He has spoken to hundreds of thousands and 'nitten for iaillions. No man ever mrritcd greater consideration or more whol e-hearted support- yet the so-called Socialists ha\'e fail ed again. Dr. A. E. Briggs of ;...;atr·amento polled the highest vote on th e Socialist ticket, lacking less than 100 votes of reaching the 100,000 mark. G. \V. \Vooduey r.ame second, a fpw thousand below the vote for· Dr. Briggs. All the figures are not available at this hour, hut it is likely tire total vote for SoPialist candidates for state legislature and congress ran above the 150,000 n1ark. But this is not the Socialist vote and it cannot be depended on. In fact the vote for Richardson will be the real, rockbottom Socialist vote. • • • w: • • Tire elretion of George Downing and L. A. Spengler, hoth of Los Angeles, to the state assembly is a matter· for congratulation for· thry ar·e strong men, trierl and true. 'l'hey represent the true revolutiona!'y spirit of Socialism, yet hoth are practical and construdivc, and their influence is sure to he felt in the legislature. • • • • A strong legislative committee has been selected by the State Executive Board and plans are ~~der way for1 the introduction - of a number of working class measures. • • • • When we read in eastern .publications the l·ists of Socialist-s electrrl to office we are inclined to doubt their authenticity 11nd to wonder how many of them really were elected. In the California column four assemblymen are credited to the Socialists when ~ut two were elected. Comrades Kingsley and Lindsey. were not elected, though there seems to be 'good gr;ounds fo.r a eontest in the case of the _latter wbere a "P~ogressive," who was· admithidly ineligible to the _office was, on the face of the returns, elected to the office. If tJ:tere is any justice in tbe · case Comrade Lindsey will be seated. An analysis of the primary election vote of Los Angeles county will give some idea of the need of better organization, of education-of some me~ms of spreading the simplest informa~on about the candidates on the Socialist ticket.. The nrganizPd So(·ialists of I.Jos· Angeles county wiJI be quick to disavow responsi):>ility for the utter assininity shown on tlie face . of the election returns on the Socialist ballot. Some instances of the monumental stupidity arc here given: Los Angeles county Socialists nominated Thomas I_.ee \Voolwine, a Democrat, for district attorney, and they spattered all over the ticket, even casting 451 votes for Joseph \V. Ford, who was running as a Los Angeles Times candidate on his record as a labor hater in the office of district attorney. These Yoters. registered as Socialists, wit~ 2609 votes nominated Gavin Craig as presiding justice of the court of appeals, and gave Job Harriman 91. They cast 2742 votes for Paul W edderin, Socialist, • for sheriff, and 3349 for others and gave a large vote to a reactionary office holder. They actually nominated Walter Bordwell, a reactionary Republican, for chief justice of th e supreme court of California by giving him 2037 votes. Six wrote in the name of Edward Tuttle, Socialist. Bordwell, who was defeated in the finals, made his race as a Times candidate on the strength of having, as Superior Judge, imposed sentence -On the ~IcNama.ra brothers. In the third supervisorial district they nominated Barney Fry, an old-time Republican politician, who is reported to ha-ve been hobnobbing with certain Socialist party members and attending Socialist meetings. In this district the Socialists neglected to put up a candidate and they spilled all oYer CYery �The Western Comrade capitalist office seeker on the ballot. In the vote for Governor 1377 of those voting the Socialist ticket wrote in the name of Hiram Jolmson and equally as stupid and incredible · as it may seem 27 of them wr·ote in the name of John -D. F're<lcric:ks. Th(•y wrote iu other names that would indicatP the need of :1 special lunacy board. For superior judge th ese pure l\farxians voted !'or :;-t c:apitalist l:nry<'rs. some of them infamous "S COTCH in their attitude toward labor. Only one Socialist, W. 0. Morgan, succeeded in. passing to the final election where, again, ~he Socialists, by their insistence in vot4lg once for .him and nine times against him, succeeded in defeating him. Of course all· this criminal stupidity must be laid at the door of the nons. No really, :honest-to-God, red card mcmbe~ ev.er ":oted for a capitalist candidate. Scotching Socialism the s~:arlet snake!" screams the will use the ballot as a we:;~pon to take a man's propLos .\ngelcs Timt>s in a headline OYet' a story erty from him , is there 'anyone ~o silly as to believe that tells of the organization of the "National Anti- that any man 'or woman will 'sit idly by and watch Socialist LcaguC'.'' confiscation Y IT WlLIJ BE RESISTED WITH Th e lC'ague is to lw incorpor·ated in California FORCE! This resistan.ce means war-and that is and extt>nded to all th e other states. 'l'he aim of what we are coming to if Socialism shall prevail. I the oqranization is" to hold thr stability, er·edit and do not want my boys to grow up into anything of good goHrmnrnt of tit(• nation against anarchial the sort." \\'ar and confiscation." There you are: If the rnajority of the people of The organizer is N. l\T. Barragar, who is the any state, or the nation, shall, by means of the ballot president and ,,-ho has "spent a lifetime in the study (political action ) elect men who will enact laws, or of c:omparatin· religion and social economy." if the people hy use of the ballot, shall adopt meas\rhere this lifPtime has been .spent is not stated, nor sures to restore the stolen, confiscated wealth of the arP. any of Barragar's antecedents giYen. William tJation, these men will meet that peaceful action by A. Barragcr is the secretary and George D. Ball is force and violence. the tr·Pasurer·. Send remittances for eontributions to There is a growing belief among many Sot!ialists the latt er, ~:arc Chamber of Commerce building, Los that capitalism will not yield to peaceful measures; -\ngeles. that violence will be quickly precipitated by the No"·, lrt us gi ,.e thanks to whatever gods may be! group that has so hypocritically dec1'ied violence; I!en· appl·ar·s the man to start something in this that restoration may he brought about and. that exday of gloom that will add to the gaiety, at least, of ploitation and industrial murders may be brought to this nation! an end by evolutionary steps is a delusion. This This is, if the Times may be believed, an organi- belief will be greatly strengthened if the Barragar zation that openly advocates direct action-force- propaganda is given any considerable support and against political action! encouragement by capitalists. Long and weary has been the day of waiting for That such a move will give a powerful impetus some authosizell agent openly to tell the truth about to the I. \V. W. and all other "direct action" orcapitalism-that it will not yield to a peaceful solu- _rganizations cannot be doubted for an · instant. It tion of the industrial problem. "' will not, however, retard the work of education and If Barragar and his comrades do not prove a-mis- organization among the Socialists who are close erable flash-in-the-pan there are stirring times ahead. students of contemporaneous history. Barra gar is quoted as saying: \Vi thin a year a movement is likely to be started "If the theory of the Socialist is right that he in America that will draw to it all the radicals on 7 �8 The W .e stern Comrade the continent. Th is movement will be able to write its program on a postcard and in so writing will inacribe the most important document since the Declaration of J ndependenee or the Magna Charta .. , If Barragar, with the support and assistance of the Times and similar institutions, can get enough action he will greatly ~ssist and accelerate this movement. Comment o n th e War A S A prophet, a war .prophet, I am not a failure. fact one of them ·picked m~ to pieces; doubted my I am even, in a measure, a success. As for honesty and said The Western Comrade had spoken honor-no trur prophet cares for that .ln his own brutally about the Kaiser and the G~rman army. One German said I was right in predicting the or other lands. My war predictions did not bring .any bouquets fa ll of Paris and the permanent conquest of Belgium but they brought a few bricks-not as many as I but he declared the Prussians would not compromise with the Czar's government nor would the expected, but a few. 'I'hr most amusing phasr of th e comment arid Kaiser consent to the overrunning of Southern Eucriticism of my prediction of the downfall of the rope by Russian troops. European Empires, th e temporary victory of Teuton - This lesson t eaches us how difficult it is to please and Slav, th e passing of British power, has been the all sides in predicting. In the meantime as th e shuttle passes through the attitude of my British friends. On e Englishman, whom I hold in th e highest loom and the warp and the woof of war is dyed with rsteem, politely asked me if T was not of German the blood of over a million m en, the daily news desce nt. I explain ed that as far as is known my brings stories of the sinkin g of cruiser and dreadane estor·s lind been chased out of Ireland, Scotland naught ; of th e impotency of th e great maritime enand England beca use of a low strain of fighting gines of war wh en a nameless, sneaking submarine hloocl and a fatnl t t> nclen ey to he on th e losing side comes into play far below the ·waves which Britannia rul es so bravely-in song. in th e rrh.rllion . Germany's fleet still declin es to "come out and Anothr·r· English fr·icncl sp!'nt half an hour telling me of the horTor·s o( Grrman militariJ;;m and the fight " in the waters off H elgoland. There is a .better n eed of putting an end to it ' forever. I 'agreed so game in waiting. In th e first insignifi cant naval battle off the South thoroughly with him that 1 think he doubted my American coast the Germans had all Jhe better of sin ce rity. An English author of some renown and one who the fight. Presently this small fl eet will be overtaken is certain to make a large place for himself among by a vastly larger and overwhelming squadron sent th e authors of the world has written me a letter say- ont by England and then we shall see so_me flaring ing he agr·r es with me and , saddening as it is, he head lin es indi cating a great sea victory.• As the war progresses figures are printed showbelieves t hr Orrmans and Russians will conquet· all Europe. ing th e in creasing war debt mounts into the millions '' vVe mny as well vi ew it now as wr ce rtainly daily. Germany subscribes for immense loans, acshall be forced tto view it a yrar or so hencr. There co rding to offi cinl dispatches. England had no great is nothing in the universr th-at pl edges th e success • diffi culty in raisin g $1,750,000,000. Ev erything indi cates a prolonged struggle, of British arms. Certainly saying 'Britain MUST win' does not srttle the case,'' writ es this loyal son though th e Lloyds profess to take a cheerful view of of Engl and . ' the matter if one may believe the dispatches from On the· othrr hand my Gr rman comrad es are not London. Kitcht>n er snys 18 months and the Geras .e nthusinstie HI'; might hav e been expected.- In mans prepare for several years' contest. 0 'l'hl s puragr>'ph w as wrlti Pn t en days b(oforP t he British fleet mPt and destroyed the GPrman cruisPrs Scharnho~st, Lelpslg and Gnolsnau orr th P <'nst coast of South Am eri<'H. �The Western Comrade 9 Abolishin·g the Blanket Stiff By GEORGIA .KOTSCH BINDIJE stick and a fiat wheel,'' quoth my friend down near· ''Second- 'n-T.JOS, '' add irfg with infinite disgust for things-asthry-are, ''and not more than seventeen; , I 'll het.'' A young blanket stiff was limping by. Thus early does'· the system'' parody the Ualill·au's (·ommand, "Take up your bed nd "·a! k. '' .\ly friPrH1 himself is a blanket stiff upon occasio n. Onee he eamc near bring the principal in an impromptu rwc·J;tie party because he "·as not carrying a bundle. But, in the language of Kipling, that is anotll('l' '>tory. PeopiC' ;tr·e gl'l·at sti(·kl ers for custom and fashion. ll r ean lt•ll you where all the goo1l wat<'t' holes arr up tht • •·oao.;t and I Ill' present status of amenities between th e stiff and the brakeman. lie can tell you mu eh more-of lit erature, sc ience, ar·t and especially of soeiology, while his sera phi c smile charms you-0, yes, I am still t alking about a hlanl;et ~tiff­ and hi s ckar blu e eyes look through you and lwyoncl you, seeing the forcrs which made you what you are. li e cou ld tf'll you, but he won't, of the littl e wife "back East with her foll;s " and whom he . is eating his heart out to see. This just to impress upon us that the blanl\et stiff is not another specie!';. If he only were! How it would simplify him. But he is flesh of our flesh, spirit of our spirit. The mischief is that just the things any red-blooded person would do in his place he is doing and is going to do. The world is not his fr·iend nor the world's laws. His ethics are not the ethics of the housed and fed. How f!Ou ld they be. The star-loft which roofs him and the distances which are his walls do not press in the small caution, the timidity, the stifled soul of the steam-heated. Writirw of the Blanket Stiff of Galilee, Bouck White says, "Property rights require peace and order and <'arefulness; human rights require [!en ius- and freedom." Why does not my friend, if he is so well-informed; go to work and -secure the comforts of life ? H e is informed , but not conformed. Believing in hnman rights outspokenly, the clash is always imminPnt b~t wecn .him and his boss who · must believe in property rights. He has the upstanding independence of a man and cannot disguise it. Here is an element in the unemployed situation ;l which it is convenient to understand. In the vocabulary of property it is resented as shiftlessness. It is the free spirit which does not fit into the moneygrubbing groove, the only vii:tuou~ groove in pr:esent society. The cornered post of i:n,dividuality will not slide into the round hole of d~-as-you-are~bid. The principle of variation, so important in tP,e evolution of the natural world, "must not .eperate here, for property shivers at change. · So he must be an outcast, a pariah frs often as not of refi!1ement and cu)t'nre and radiant personality, a relief from the conventionally molded, a living refutation of the hope that the education and the train- ' A different type has appeared In the groups of dis· employed that eagerly crowd around the bulletins at the employment agencies. The c.lerk and bookkeeper and counter salesman with white collar and johnny h'at, rubs elbows with he of the bindle stick and flat wheel. iug of the schools can solve his problem. Despite ad \'rrse evidence, his passion for cleanliness bubbles up in the suds wherewith he scrubs his shirts and sochs and handkerchiefs when he finds a berth in a (·amp. H e is the Great Unsubmissive. He has no vote with which to protest his misery-not even a vote by mail-and it is the least of his troubles, for he has no faith in the vote as a condition-chang~r. He is young and the compelling life-tides- ·s urge thr.ough him and nature's laws mock at man's. Even so, were he otherwise, machinery has sloughed him off and were he and all people vocationally trained and submissive, the pertinence of his question and answer in his much-prized "Hallelujah Bum" song would be the same: "0, why don't you work lik e the other men do 1" "How in hell can I work when there's no work to do?" Still, beyond that is the fact that his lungs are not adapted to a slave atmosphere. With the scarcity �1U The Western Comrade of jobs has come the necessity for subservience to hold one, and that is foreign to him. He is the element which has heretofore creamed off from effete civilizations into new eountries and has become the stock of a more stalwart race. \Vith no new worlds to c-onquer. ·what will he do now 1 Is he to be merely flotsam and jetsam, only a trench-filler· ·for us to walk over to a higher civilization, or is lw the f.loldier of the Ultimate Gooa 1 Is he thl' urH·outh HobPrt of "The ioif·n·ant In the House" Now the blanket stiff has scratched his songs in his own language on the walls of the Spokane jail. Later he has collected and printed them. In the long shadows at the edge of forests, in the white wastes of the Northern camps, in the cheer of burning railroad ties, in vision stroking the ole sab-cat he teaches his rebel philosophy and sings. His little r ed songbook is sacred to him, and the sacred things of paunched plenty are his jest and by-word. "But what would we do without him? " I said, harking back to him of the flat wheel . "He does add pieturesqucness to the landscape," said my friend. " His tin cans and the remnants of his c:how decorate the hy-paths contiguous to railroad yards, his dangling coffee pot, the excrescence upon his back ' - " I don't mean that.'' "0, wei!, wr all know th e capitalist mode of pr·o' duction cannot get along· without him. It must haYe its masses of unemployed shifting here and there with _'whic h to club down wag~s " - "That is all banal-Pxcept the clubbing. H e was Fri(la,v 7\Torning Cl uhll('d last winter, but 1t has not become common yet. It is in his role as philanthropist that he is indispensabl e. How would p eople know they had offieials to protect th em if they couldn't t h ro\1· a seare throuf!h the papers now and then about thP drsernt of lawl~ss honlf's 'u pon our fair city 1 Thert· are really intelligent pPr·sons in the upper classes who are bor ed to extinction in societ y and with eulture fo r· 'culture's sake in th e clubs. What a boon for 1\Ty Lady of the Upl ift whrn the dear Unemployed furnish es her with an outlet for h er ennui. He also furnishrs our So<·ialist frirnds with endless material for rrsolutions, manifrstoes, fiery or·atory and an exI ruse to go to tht• Lrgislatnre; and• th e n ewspapersyou mu st adm it tha t they said some r eal plain things It's a Long Way to Tipperary or Any Other Point Where There· Is a Job for This last wintt•r ahout poor proplr hein g lured her e, the Weary Blanket. Stiff \\' it·krdnrss of it ' •· '' Salve. The unemployed is not a local difficulty, who is to c· lean th e ra rrron from und t•r ou r reekin g not a creature of geography, hut of the wages systc•m. super'>! r udnre? \Vhat mattrr if h e is m Los Angeles, New York or In "The Ri~e of thl' Arner·ican Proletarian," 1\ustin Chi eago? HE l S, a nd hers m a ll these plac es. He is Lewis says, "A nyt hin g whi eh tPnds to ohse ure the . u hiquitous. '' antitl.i.es~ l:'Xist ing- in a soeia l org;llli zation, to hide "Still it is a distinct gain wh en th e public press the ront t'IHiif'tion. is an ohstaelr in t lw path of prog- lays t hP blame 'dJC r e it belongs and castigates the t·ess. " 'l'o tlw hlaukrt stiff the eontradietion is f'hamhrr of Commercr and Big Business for causing tripp~~ lTlH't' fl p !mom;;. prople to rome wh er·c th ere is no work for them . You And '0, hrwar·e ! H e sin gs. know the great po"·er of public ity. I see this year the Lor·ia trlls how t h<• T r oubadours eamp and "·cut police a r e going to c·hasc th em out of town.'' with th l' ft•utlaJ epoeft. Of th e l;Ol'l'PSpOnding poesy of " Th e Chamlwr of C'ommeree?'' all JWriods of <' hang-f': how lnng11agf' is modified by "~o. the unemployrd." oppres. ed elasse during- times of social decomposi·''"<' 11 , we did have a pcrfer·tly lovely excrtrng tion. t ime last winter. First thry wrre in th r River Bed-" �... li The Western Comrade ''Lovely for the men shivering in the rain in the River Bed.'' ''They were soon taken to jail. And certainly there was one splendid thing which came out of the interest in the unemployed aroused here last year. The Municipal Employment Bureau-" "Which connects the jobs and the jobless." "Don :t he sarcastic, please. Even a Bureau cannot perform miracles and connect the jobless that is with the job that isn ·t. But it has provided one place where the unemployed can sit on the curb without being told to mo\'e on. And, as you say about pictures<[U\'Ill'ss, looking down Franklin str.eet with the men strung along like blackbirds on a telegraph wire, it really gives a foreign touch, and when we get the Belgian widows-'' ''Did it ever occur to you why the well-fed do all these wonderful things for the unemployed T Loria says, 'It is the voice of egoism that advises the dominent class to relieve the sufferings it has caused in order to avoid the danger of possible retaliation. . . . Under such condit~ons .the egoistic sentiment would never succeed in.· establishing perfect moral relations.' '' · "You do not think, then, that we shall abolish our blanket stiff?'' "·what if he shall . abolish you Y" '' Ah-h-h !'' Lunacy By A. F. GANNON P. BARRON is a hard-headed son of the soil; a saie, sane and average citizen of the type known as the "backbone" of the country. It is notable that his kind is never accused of being the ''heart'' or the ''soul,'' attributes not held m common with cold-blooded fishes and creeping reptiles. 1\ ftcr roci·eing \\'hat he eonsidered a competence from th e soil, ami mortgages, of a Middle-Western state, he came to abide in Los Angeles. At an outing of a state society in Eastlake Park we renewed a boyhood .aequaintanee that had lapsed since one night many years before when J had folded my tent and silently stolen away to the intellectual vantage-point of New York. From the world's way of looking at things, and his own, '' Lem'' was a success. One of his two daughters was attending a famous Eastern girl's college, and the second, a pretty miss of 17, was in a local high school. Mrs. Barton was exactly as I had pictured her metamorphosis from the buxomly inclined girl I knew in youth. Beaming with pride in "pa," whom she considered second only to ·w illiam Jennings Bryan in sagacity, sh~ made me welcome in their home, where I afterward visited ' frequently. Lemuel 's patriotism is both voluble and vehement. His ''we'' plays a prominent part in our many disputatious anent international events that seem likely to embroil the nation. ·when I, after my fashion, strip the flesh of fallacy and fabrication from each successive "scare" and show him the skeleton of Profit - from the closet of Capitalism, he takes sputtering refuge in the platitudes aLout changing human nature. His is the cleverly inculated and nurtured common. ~~~:'IE:\IUEL .. conviction that war will continue until some subtle change, emanating from a vague source, probably The Hague Tribunal, come.s over humanity and makes it ''good.'' Until then, it is his belief, we should bear with its hero-producing and business-stimulating horrors, and after each convulsion prepare to avoid the next-much as if a small boy laid in a supply of unripe apples to avoid an attack of cholera morbus. The lumbering manner in which Barron conducted his arguments often left an opening of which I was not slow to take advantage occ.asionally, more for the fun of noting his wry grimace on taking a cropper than in any hope of shattering his opinionativeness. ''You're as crazy as Clay Breckenridge ! '' was his usual rejoinder when cornered in contention, or when I laid open for his inspection, with the scalpel of Socialistic reasoning, an especialTy tender and deepseated plutocratic fester in the body social. I remembered Clay Breckenridge as a not robustwitted boy who loitered about the country newspaper office where I was employed as "devil "-and right here, to digress, let me suggest that "ministering angel'' would be a fat· more descriptive and appropriate designation of this humble Hermes of the types. When I was graduated to the heights of newsgathing, Clay fell heir to the position I vacated. Later, when my dream of literary dominance drove me to New York, and a decade of ultra-instantaneous lunches, he slowly faded into the mist at the back of memory. Recalled suddenly to mind again the first time my friend used the odd phrase with its ugly intimatian, my eager inquiry elicited the facts from him and his wife in a joint recital. From the story the Barrons related, it seems that Clay Breckinridge, for all his incipient mania, had the �12 The Western Comrade forethought to desert jour'n alism for an apprenticeship in a local machine shop, from whence, in due time, he emerged a competent journeyman. At 23 he married the girl of his heart. Happy in the possession of their own little cottage, the Brcckcnridges, with their two children, a girl born at ab.out Hte same time as Barron's oldest daughter, and a boy two years younger, were respected by all· and envied hy some less ideally mated coupl-es. or a 1Jookislt turn of mind , and exceptional mechani('al ability along im·Ntti\'e lines, his mind was never i•llc·, so tlw ~ro\\·tl! ·or his mental discrepancy could uot lJr as1·1'ibcd to tlwt fruitfui source of. phanta!>y. BatTon t'(•c·riV<'tl his fil'st intitnation that all "·as not t·i~l:t in tht• Bre('l\inriclge ,household, although he attaehc·d no signific·anc·(' to it. at the time, f't·om his oldest gir·l, l\lar·.v, thr·n a tot of !J. One eYening on return in g from sehoo l, in :1. hurst of childish eonfidcnce, she exclaimcrl : "Alice Brcekcnl'idge asl\cd me for a piece of hreau, today, pa." On the following afternoon a similar admissioll was mndr, by the ehild, supplemented by the additional information that "she didn't eat it-she gave it to her little brothct·, Jimmie, to eat." '!'his set Barron to thinking, and later to discussing the odd occurrence with his wife. '!'hey decided to question the child more closely upon her retum from school that day. Their inquisition netted them knowledge which determined them . to investigate further. Mrs. Barron called at the Breckenridge cottage on the following day. After a constrained greetipg and invitation to enter, l\Irs. Breckenridge explained that Clay was off to work, and then lapsed into a halfsullen and unusual silence upon the plea of headache. The subterfuge did not fool the l{indly Mrs. Barron, nor did a brief outblll'st of temper a bit later deter her, now that her intuition prompted her to action. In half an hour the slender, tear-wracked girJ was sobbing out her secret on the ample, sympathetic bosom of her interlocutor. For a year past, Clay Breckenridge, in every other respect1 sane, was queer on the subject of weapons. On the•walls of what he termed his "armory," a locked room vacant for all else, to which the young wife admitted her astounded visitor, were hundreds of them, from the brass knuckles and black-jaek"of the thug to tlie modern high-powererl and high-priced rifles. Sick at heart she viewed the gruesome collection into which Clay had put every available cent. . As his mania for arming developed, his wife explained, he grew to care less and less for the needs of her and their chilchen and more for his growing array of murd('rous implements. '!'hey seemed to fill his every thought in waking moments, and though' as yet be had shown no desire to use tb~m, she feared for him since of late he had taken to carrying so~e of the smaller varieties about his pockets. For months she had fought valiantly by prayer and argument to drive the encroaching horror from his mind, but to no avail. Impervious to thre~ts or entreaties when his children first b~gan ·to suffer for clothing and finally for food, he ro.d e h!s:hobby. Only .that very morning he ~aq. detailed to · her the advantages of ha\ing a l\Iaxim rapid-fire gun mounted at the wjndow of his "~rmory" .t o COIJ?mand the· front gate, in the event of an ·attacl~ from that quarter. Old Emmons, the hat·dware dealer, she lu1d. taken into her confidence some months since, returning· to him many weapons sold by. him a few hours before and having its purchase price refunded. Constantly fearing that his employer· or ·the· public ~vould come to learn the truth and destroy her liopes of effecting a secret cure of his hallucination, she strove for many heart-breaking months. Clay, lately,..noting the disappearance of some of his. rriost t:ostly and cherished treasures, had broken with E'mmons, after a stormy interview, and was dealing directly with a large mail-order house, so she was now deeply discouraged and on the point of giving up the task as hopeless. 'l'he one thing she dreaded most was the . stigma that would attach to the children in the event that she did; but the horror of their present existence now · almost equalled .that dread. Mrs. Barron assured her of sympathy and material assistance, but counseled her to have Clay examined, with a view to commitment and cure. On the next day, while at work on a lathe in the Acme Machine Works, Bree~enridge was arrest~d for carrying concealed weapons. "Lem" Barron and the sheriff, in searching his street clothing, found two loaded revolvers, and in th e hip pocket of the overalls he was wearing, a deadly little Colt automatic. His arrest and detention for examination as to his sanity was the sensation of the little town for many a 9ay. :\Iuch sympathy anrl real assistance was heaped upon his wife and children. Clay's clever 'presentation of his ''peace'' theo.ry to the alienists, summoned frotp. the metropolis to pass upon his case, was of no avail. His point that "the true way to avoid trouble is to be at all times abund- · antly prepared to meet and cope with it" feU upon unsympathetic ears. Devoid of technical jargon, the doctors' verdict was "Lunacy." "Plum nutty." was the inelegant conclusion of the average citizen of the ·community-along whose spinal (Continued on Page 25) �The Western Comrade .13 Who Are the Socialists? By ALBERT A. JAMES W E ARE often asked the question:· ·Who is a Socialist 1 In these times of reformism we find men who call themselves Socialists voting for a "go.o d man'' for fear a ''bad man'' will be elected. Is it possible that some of OUl' former comrades are tired of being the dynamite that must blast out the rocks of capitalism 1 Is it true they want to 'join the steam-shpvel brigade? What could the mushy leaders of Progressivism do toward establishing dire c~ legislation if it were not for the dynamite of economic truth as proclaimed by the revolutionary Socialist ? How far would the Hi~am Johnsons get with their state insurance if it were not for the demand of the "undesirables" for the WHOLE LOAF? When the oil trust and big land grabbers wanted to throw the working men of America at the throats of the workers of Mexico, what caused them to hesitate? Was it the ''good men'' or was it the old revolutionary wheelhorses who proclaim the universal brotherhood? ·when a public service corporation meets in secret session with a city council, what power do they discuss? Is it a Progressive railroad commission or is it an initiatory law in the hands of a revolutionary So- cialist who has not bowed the knee to capitalistic ''respectability.'' When the food trust of America is trying to determine the ·highest point to which they can boost the price of t'fte nec.essities of life,. do they consider law or Interstate Con;urierce Commission or any of the socalled Progressive mearis of controlling commercialism ; or do they first think of the revo_lutionary cry : .. "LET THE NATION OWN THE TRUSTS!" To that comrade who is thinking of voting for a man, either .good or bad, we would remind you that a m11-n: may ·go 'Wreng-a principal never does. Then ag:ain, this world is governed by ideals, not men. Today it is ruled .b y ideal of commercial cannibalism which ior~es your so-called "good man" to devour 'the living 'of his fellow. The revolutionary Socialist votes and works for the complete 9verthrow· of a system ofindustry that breeds hatred an9, war, and for the establishment of a cooperative system of industry in harmony with the new ideal of brotherhood. It seems that it would be impossibl~ fo~ one who has caught a vision of the great suffering of the mass · caused by our present system, to forget their welfare and give a thing so sacred .as a ballot to one man, a helpless man. The Poisoners By HOMER CONSTANTINE L OS ANGELES is plagued with a twilight journal Scab,'' are largely giverf to the usual pabulum of prize . that in its tiresome toadyism and sickening fights, scandals and a vulgar and reverential flaunting sychophancy is usually merely boresome. There are of the news of the wives of the oil kings and beet times, however, when its mephitic odors are so all- barons. pervading the creature itself attracts attention. Other newspapers of this stripe in more favored This painted prostitute is an illigitimate daughter cities are notoriously lush with grossness, sensation, of a notorious mesa'lliance begotten in shame and brutality, debauch~ng incitements and braz~n , lies. whelped in the slimy alley of redlight journalism. This evening squawk tags. along and does her best to ~lways fawning on the big"bellied bourgoise of the keep in the drawing room-with the· older and more ex. . Los Angeles throng of nuveau riche, this bedizened perienced Lahms of the brothel. harlot has become distinguished as the champion lickAn example of the methods of the local Fannie Hill -spittle of all .the journalistic Doll Tearsheets that dis- is shown in an item under date line of New York, November 14, in which a doubtful yarn is spun about the - grace California. The sheet is a cheap and gaudy imitation of the alleged finding of a bomb in a New York police. court. other kept ladies in the yellow kid seraglio. Its pages, After telling of the heroism of an inspector the item up to the space it can spare after placing all the winds up with the gratuitous statement. delectable advertising with headlines_ such as ''Sick, "Magistrate Campbell, several months ago, senSour and Gassy Stomach" and "Baby's Head: a Solid tenced Bouck White to Blackwell's Island. Yesterday .I �T be Western Com r a de· 14 the magisl!ate received a threatening letter.'' Simple and easy, isn't itT Two and two make four ! Magistrate sends White to prison! Magistrate receives threatening letter! (From whom not stated, but the inference is perfectly plain.) B_omb is found in magistrate's court! Now doesn't it follow that the warden of Blackwells gave Bouck White leaYe of absence to run down to the Tombs and place a nifty little bomb in the court room under a seat-not under the judge's bench, but · under a spectator's seat-arid then scamper back to jail. This news item was good enough to catch a top column position, page 1, colUJi.D 6. From the pen of the primal 'pimp in New York to the pencil and paste pot of the pusillanimous pup on the local copy chopper's desk the insidious poison was injected into the item. Bouck White was sent to Blackwells because he thought to find Christianity in a New York church. Christ would li~ve received the saiQ.e sente~ce-only it might have been .Mattewan! Are they again framing s·omething · against Bouck WhiteY_ Looks that way: Nice,-~ Green W ELL, the emergency currency is in circulation. Kow don't grow facetious and pretend to he surprised and say that none of it has .reached you yet. It is a solemn occasion. This n ew monry, thry say, is printed on nice crinkly paper with bright green ink and, if you can get hold of any of it, it wi ll huy potatoes and pork. Your g1·eat government has issued many millions of this new money. Th e big iclea was to makl! it easier for you to mt·ct your obligations. No plan was worked out as to how the hundreds of thousands of unemployed and the continuously growing number of disemployed wrre to grt hold of any of this printed money to meet the serious obligation of keeping alive. That is your problem and the government is too "T Money! busy to worry over problems that disturb the working class. This emergency oorrency scheme is working · out beautifully-for the banker. The banker gets the money at a low rate of' interest. Then, if you have good and _sufficient security • ou may borrow this money from the banker at from 7 to 9 per cent! Bring prosperity 1 Relieve stress 1 Surest thing in the world! 'J'his measure will go a long way toward ameliorating the deplorable condition of the rich bankers in Cal~fornia! . But the Dubb family, large and thriving, is fond of this sort of thing. Witness the fact that He.nry and Henrietta of California elected an encrusted, indurated reactionary plutocrat to the United States Senate. Historic Utterances HE public he damned! I'm not running this road for the benefit of the public. l 'm running it for my own benefit. ''-Comclius Vanderbilt of the New York CentraL ''To hell with the constitution! "-Major McClelland, commanding the state militia (paid by the mine owners' association) during the Colorado miners' strike and lockout in 1904. '* * * * * * '"rhe rights and interests of the laboring man wilL "Habeas corpus be damned I We'll give them be protected and ear ed for, not by labor agitators, but post-mortems instead.' '-Adjutant General Sherman by- the Christian men to whom God in His infinite Bell of the Colorado militia, defying the orders of the wisdo!p has given .control of the property interests of civil courts. the country.' '-George lVL Baer, mine owner, during ·-!!' * * the coal strike of 1902. "I'm working for my own pocket all the time."* * * Richard Croker of Tammany Hall, under whose regime "I see no solution for the · probletn until hunger Sehmittberger became a power in the police. compels capitulation.' '-Charles L. Eidlitz, president of the New York Building Trades Employers' Associa* * * ( tion, during the loclwut in July, 1903. ''Strike! They (the American workingmen) have '* * * no jobs ow 1 We do not want to take up work again "The club is mightier than the constitution. "-In- now. So what can they doT They will have to subspector Schmittberger of the New York police force in mit or they will starve. "-J. Pierpont Morgan·, febthe police riot in Union Square on March 28, 1908. ruary, 1908. �Tb .e Wesr~rn Comrade 15 The Hero By JOHN RUS$ELL McCARTHY From Poetry for. November and hail and shell BOMB Had done their work so well That, after many weeks, The city fell. (To save the women, so the burghers said.) 'rhen with red-dripping sword, W e, the enemy, poured Down through the streets To know what spoils the city might afford. (What are the spoils of war ?) A corporal, n ameless, with a little troop Of nameless men, has stopped before a stoop Whose door 's aj a r . The corporal laughs. ' ' Ha ! Note the family group ! '' (A man and wife, three daughters-and a dog. ) Ten of th e soldiers enter. ' ' Seize the goat. No, no, don't shoot him-cut the villain 's throat. That 's right, a little blood. Don't splatter so, you fool, before the ladies. What, not dead y et 1 You've bled a quart, you bloat!" (A corporal must have his joke, you know. ) "Well, let him die. There 's tastier business now. Here, you two nearest, strip me that old sow. Too fat by far-but get those rags off, boysThat) it. ~ow tie her up so she can see the row." (What are the spoils of war?) "Now for the ninnies. Three to each, and quick! Hell !-what a form. She 'd make a queen look sick' She 's mine. You take the others, And when you're through, a butt 'll do the trick. " (A r~fle butt isl a_ handy thing, they say. ) An hour later: "Stretch .them in a row. The old sow 's fainted. Didn 't like the· show, Perhaps, Fat-ugh! · Better unburden her bellyTh.at 's it--:-a twist' of the sw~r.Q. . . Well, bring the dog, .~nd off we go ! '' (A mascoCs g.o od to ·lieep the spirits up. ) ,. • . • • • Again the howl of .wal'; Again the roar Of cannon, and the ~ain Of bombs froi:n: ships t~at !Oar. (And we must ·win, for G'od is. on our side!) The devilish ene!llJ: Force onward, sullenly. \V e are turned, driven, routedDrop ev.erything, and flee. (Why does not God u.phold the right?) But see! <J'he flag is raised · And waved aloft! Amat~e d, But ready to be led, we turn ;ibout. 'Tis the work of the very God we praised. (Men can do worse than follow a flag.) And there in th e mighty din We win, And turn to see who bore the col<trs back. We gather round and hem the hero in( A nameless corporal, now to be named forever.) • • • • Mark where the hero stands, A banner in his hands; Banner of bronze in hands of bronze! Bronze on granite forever he s·tands. (Was he ·DOt chosen of God n . The Tale_s of a Traveler T HOSE· who have not been following the "Tales of a Traveller, " running in EVERYMAN, have missed one of the keen est pieces of satire that has been printed in modern times. A stranger from a distant planet visits Acirema (spell it backwards) and makes an investi gation of conditions there. Upon his return to his home the traveller has an almost incredible story to t ell. Th e weird customs of the strange land are described in language that is direct and convincing. The stories ruthl essly t ear aside our mask of hypocrisy and sham and show up our so-called civilization in all its hideousness. Luke North has handled this in his usual admiJ·able way, but his style in this is new, crisp ahd d elightful. .It is hoped that this clev:er series may be r eproduced jn book form. · �..,, ... c e r,!!:=I!!J!!!!!!!!:I1f1E~ the 8Un rises over the Three Sistem lmtt~:SJ, it intK tbe snoweap on the iierra )J aiJn-s with a mddy glow that grow into golden glory and becomes a dazzling . wl1Jte haf:kf,>Tound to the foo~Us of the Llano del Hio. Down in the valley the rus)ring filtreams flow between rowa of cotton, an ~JrMd out ow:r the broad green alfalfa fJdds and the growing orchards. 'Members of the co-oper;ltive colony who are spendColonists starting to the ,Polling 'place on el otlon day jng t hei r firHt winter on the llano declare the climate idNtl fm· 1herc is a nip and tang to the morning air. J~'or two weckH at. frequent intervals, heavy banks oped rapidly as new member hav b n l' ruit d. of 1•loudH hav1• Yl:ilr•d the face of the mountains and Hot rivalry exist between the two·} ading ba all lain in heavy lold'l over the foothills, pouring out organizations which go u:nder the name of "H ndqu rflood s of rain and snow in the high range while th e ters '' and '' Ilotd' ' team . Their unday gam ar valley below and to f he northward has been bathed in largely attended and new talent is ag rly ought. HUnshh1o and the middle part of the days have been New r ecruits are frequently de crib d in om u h warm nnd pl ruRant. manner as '' l\Ir. Blank is a plumber, !lingle, 22 y nr Colony ucti viti •s have ueen unabated and no time of age, plays the slide trombone a"Pd third ba . '' htUl 1J •em lost 0 11 account of. th e light showers that have fall •u in th vall ys. 'j1hunlcsgiving dinner ut the colony was tne occasion for the most llOtnble gathering since the colony has ucell >stablish d. n hundt·od I}Dd thit·ty-four persons sat down to dinn r in th • bi g a s mbly room at the Club House und si ·t e n of th ir comrades were the volunteet· ~ it rs. ood nts galor had be n provided and over a or of fat and w 11 gnrni hed turkeys formed the pi d r istnn at the tables. While there was no f rmn.l pr gr~m, G org Heffner, who is chairman of th lfnr committe pre ided and speeches . were mad b J b l o.rrimnn Frank P. Ic:Mahon, W. A. Engl • J. il on, aud L. A. Cooke of the board of di · tors. t night a dance was given under -the au ia rth ent r inment committee, of which Mi s r n: dar trom Mrs.. ara Richards a..nd Bert l v th l ders. The children s dancing class tibit\oo minu. t and danced the Vtrginia A glimpse at son:'e of the temporary ho11ae• at Llano del Rio D. The state election was an occaBion to test the soli· darity of colonists. It was made the o~asion for an outing and all of the registered voters were taken to Palmdale to vote. A big truck with a trailer WeB tbe means of transportation. The ruks ere tilled with allaifa, covered with blankets, luneh.es p:roviclOO, :and grown to be .a popu- the merry crowd of voters startRA on their joumey life in the c · ony has devel- · wh.ieh as made the oeea.sion f..or a delightful ~- �·, Tbe Western Comrade hows Rapid Growth ifornia Community Enterprise They voted the straight Socialist ticket · and let the ''good men'' and ''bad men'' on the Capitalist ticket go their way. The annu.al meeting of the stockholders of the Mescal Company was held in the assembly hall and was the occasion for an enthusiast-ic rally. 'l'he officers for the ensuing year are: Job Harriman, president; F. P. McMahon and A. F. Snell, vice-presidents; W. A. Engle, src retary; G. P. l\f cCorkle, treasurer. These ·and the following compose the board of directors: David Cederstrom, L. C. Dawson. The latter two are new directors and take the places of A. J. Mooney an.j F. D. Howell, who resigned some weeks ago. P erfect harmony prevailed and the result of the election was satisfactory to all. Before January 1, four departments of the colony are expected to r eceiYe a tr·emendous impetus by the addition of stock and ne.w heads to the division. Probably the most important of these will be the acquisition of a new herd of dairy cattl e, Jerseys and Holsteins. W. S. Anderson, formerly of Ontario, will have charge of the live stock and dairy department. He is one of th e best CCJ,uipped ran chers in California and a valuable acquisition to the colony. Good progress has been made with the new buildings for the dairy. This department is expected to be a success from the opening day. Another important addition will be the poultry division under the di.rection of D. C. Copley, formerly of Bellflower, Cal. He takes nearly one thousand white leghorn hens and pullets to the colony. Under the directions of the expert, George Reeslund has drawn plans for the latest and most scientific poultry house. Mr.t Copley expects to have nine thop.sand birds in h,is pens by next spring. He is particularly proud of his champion first prize tom turkey, the winner of the blue ribbon for the best bird at the S(?uthern California • Breeders' Show. He says the llano is the most ideal turkey raising" country. The Toulouse and Emden geese in the colony pens are also prize winners at the same exhibition. B. G. Burdick, formerly of Redlands, for several years of the Beekeepers' Association of California, has taken charge of the apiary department and is .complet- Waterfall a short . dlstance above Luckel's -camp. The ice cold stream will be diverted and used In the trout fishery a few hundred yards below. ing arrangements to take several hundred stands of beet~ to the colony. He expects to have sev.eral thousand stands of bees and' to make this one of the best paying d epartments in the enterprise. James N. Stevens, of Bellflower, has joined the colony and will remove several hundred pure blood Belgian hares to the colony as soon as the new houses are completed. ... Geor.ge T. Collins, formerly of Portland, ·Oregon, and Madison, Wis., an expert accountant, has joined the colo:py and has been appointed auditor. He will take charge of the accounting and will "expert"· every department of the colony. Collins as a stude~t and an .athlete, became instantly popular. He is a pitcher with a red hot twister that makes him in great demand . In the accounting department he will be expected to show heads of departments how to charge a hen with each grain of kaffir corn and credit 'her with each egg. He looks with dismay at the prospects from time to time of taking the census of the Belgian hares. Miss Elinor Richards has made wonderful progress �.v. The 18 Western Comrade - with the school. She has about thirty-five youngsters. New recruits arrive every week. Many of the children have never seen such magnificent distances as the valley shows, and the altitude is conducive to a strange exhilaration that must ·m ake the new come~s difficult to handle in the confines of the schoolroom. The· new brick machine has arrived at the llano, and soon the snow white Roman bricks will be turned out at the rate of several thousand a day. Then will come the day of ascendency for the bricklayers. L. A. Cooke, chief archit~ct, declares when he get~ his crews View ~f the_Llanc,-cluli. ho~se: just before co":'pletion. working he can turn out houses at the rate of five a . . week. These houses will be of white brick and red -by clearing eighty -acTes of land in five days by the and green tile and will contain an the modern con- use of the giant tractor. ·· Two . men follow them and veniences and luxuries. The smallest of them will keep the pace by burning brush and gleaning behind have a dining room 12x25, kitchen, dressing room, bath, the big machine. pantries, closets, and three additional rooms, any of Enough .a).:>ple trees hav-e been purchased to plant which may be used as bed chambers. 160 acres additional· o.rchards. These will soon be put Horace and Frank Farmer broke their own records into some of the land recently cleared. The Colony Apiary B EES have been described as the most perfect Socialists. Certainly no more wonderful team work could be imagined than that of a colony of honey m~~• On the broad plateau of the southern part of the B. G: about modern scientific methods of handling bees than l\1r. Burdick, who for the past year has devoted himself t; the production of queens. He has met with wonderful success in raisiJ;lg Italian queens, .Leather, Golden and Carniolian queens. Mr. Burdick made but one visit to the Llano ·del Rio Colony. He spent two ·days looking over the various projects and immediately cast his .lot with the comrades in the colony. Among the vocational classes of the future will be one of scientific bee raising with special attention given to the production of q11eens. With myriad wild flowers in the spring, a steady growth of sage and the proximity of the colony orchards, and hundreds of acres of_blooming alfalfa, the llano is an ideal location for the business of production Burdick among the bees I Antelope Valley is found an ideal place for a numher of apiaries with a total of several thousand "stands" of bees a nd it is the intention of the Llano del Rio colony to establish this extensive industry there. 13. G. Burdick of Redlands, for several years president of the.California Bee Keepers' Association and president of the San Bernardino Bee Keeper.s ' Club, has taken out his membership in the co-operative colony and will transport from Redlands to Uano about 150 two-story hives of bees. Probably no bee k eeper in California knows more Trucking honey to market �T be Western Com r a·d e of honey: Mr. Burdick ~ays he is certain he will have plenty of efficient and experienced assistants among the colonists. ''A small person who uses his head is worth more than a ton of 'beef' in the bee yard. A liberal supply of both brain and muscle is the ideal combination and I am certain to find plenty of this sort of men among the colonists,'' said the :queen maker in· talking o:rer the plans for future apiary activities at Llano.· "Women will find ideal occupation in queen teariJlr. The work is light and women take to it very aptly. They learn quickly and like the work. I see no reason why' women should not take a l.a rge part in this department of industry." · Nothing to Liv-·e For T By CLARA R. CUSHMA.N HERE i~ a boy in our town-a clean, husky lad with a fighting arm and chin. He ~orks 12 hours a day in a sugar factory, and spends a great deal of his spare time with the girl he would marry if he only had the money. But he always finds an hour or two to read a little history or adventure. "It's no fun living these days," he constantly grumbles. "No punch to life, just drudge, drudge, drudge. Now if a fellow had something worth while to fight for between jobs he wouldn't mind t~e work so much. I wish I had lived when there was something doing. I wish I had been in the French Revolution. I wish I had been my great grandfather and fought the British soldiers here in America· Gee, that ·was some cause. '' He flexes his big arm. "But everybody's free in America, nowadays. Nothing to think a.bout and nothing to do but. sTave!" At ~ome future time there will be another boy ill our town-a cle!in, husky lad with a fighting arm and chin. ·· He too will thirst for romance and adventure and something big and fine to live for. . '' W:Qat ~ame ti~es ·these are,'' he will grumble, as he flexes his 'bjg arm sadly. "Everybody is comfortable nowadays. If I only had a great cause to fight for! If I had .orily livea back in the beginning of the twentieth .century!" His eyes will glow. "Those were the stirring times, when the workers were fighting for freedom. What songs the~ had, what writers, what orators and poets, and best of all, what fighters and what martyrs! 'Workers of the World Unite!' Ah , there was a cause to work and live and.die for I" Making More Heroes L ET us now praise heroic deeds ! At last the German cruiser Emden, scourge of the Indian Seas, has lJecn destroyed. Great credit to the mighty British Navy? Not at all. An archaic, undersized, poorly equipped cruiser of an inferior class bas been driven ashore and burned. The victory; the V. C. and such glory as will be taken goes to the officers of an Australian cruiser of speed and guns. Before it was destroyed the Emden roved the South- ern Seas and captured or sunk twen:ty-two ships, mostly unarmed steamers of commerce, flying the British flag. These acts of legalized pirally also will be chronicled as heroic and brave. Now that the Emden's. bones bleach on the coral reefs of Cocos, the whole performance stands out in all its ghastly, sickening sordidness. Victory 1 Glory 1 It all reeks of capitalism's putrescence and smells of a dead and decaying system.-F. H. W. Our Final Aim T HE final aim of Socialism-its ultimate purpose and goal-is as follows: The free democracy, with equal ec(momic and political rights: the free society with associative labor. The welfare of all is for us the one end of the state anti society. We seek justice and fight injustice. We seek free labor and attack wage slavery. We seek the prosperity of all and stt:uggle against misery. We seek the education of all and fight ignorance and barbarism. We seek peace and order and combat the murder of. people, the class war and social anarchy. Vve seek the Socialist people's state and attack the despotic class state. Whoever desires these t.h ings and struggles for them, let ~1im unite with us and- work with all his strength for our cause-for the cause of Socialismfor the cause of humanity, whose victory is assured. �Tbe We tern Comr de ight ~",=!!~!!!!!!!!!~ HERE • lS is positively no sueh thing as right. Xowhere in this world, or out of it, ean man plaee his finger upon any one item and call it right, and proceed to prove hi<> as.o;ertion. Infinitely less can be 11how where this patent commodity, ahstral't right, bas its domecilium. )~n has talked about right, fought for right, prcachNI alJOut right, sung about it; taken up collcction!l for it, paid for it, but he has ne-ver qwned any, for the mature reason th;It there's n(,)be iu the· mark£>t. People, in momeuts of ahbe~ation, have -touchingly inform£><1 us that th(• laws of nature are right. But it iH perf ·dly natural for· a .man to get drunk, set his mother-in-law on fire, and then commit suicide. At the inquest they cxpre!ls horror at· this triple act of JllltlH·f·. tJn(l thr pr·iest rrfuses to the departed brqther, nnd ~ou of naturr, a Christian burial, because of the fact that he didn't do just right. '1'l11·y tell us that th(· Jaws of God are right, and wh(•n we ask what th ey a r·c, they refe\· us to the Bible. Turn us loose iu th e Bible and we find all kinds of 1hings going on , Pommanded by God and continually pr·acticed by llis servants. 'l'hcse things may be right, l111t we put men iu jail for doing some of them now. Amongst thrm is war·. For practicing private war we jail men, while some of our leading citizens and international "lights" arc tr·ying to abolish international war, maintaining that 'it isn't right. Almost every kind of sex-relationship has been right, somewhere along the line. Polygamy, polyandry, und monogamy have each been proved to be both right and wrong. Prostitution has been a sacred rite and accounted holy 1n some religions, and even the Japan sc government appears to look upon it as a lawful and natural institution. 'l'his of course does not prove that it isn't wrong, but the point is not what is wrong, but what i right. V. h~n a nation, such as the Tartars, the Turks, or th oth cea e to eart> for its old-time. stamping ground it look. around it. What next? Why the next thing i -move onto omeone else's stamping ground. And whnt bt>eome of om cone else, poor fellow? Why, h ~ ju 't bt> ome that all · he fades off the landscape into n .en cape omcwhere and they forget about him. Tht>n the nation that tay on the film proceeds to establi h property 'ri{l"h in the new territory. It be<!om bad form to interft-re with the e rights and trietly irreligiou . Tlm T: mariSJlC th [onao) Othman the Turk, and Rig t Theodorie the Goth aequired ri!!"b hieh ehn:rehes ha:re sinee own to ~ divine. Kings role by dh·ine l w. This ·~ tru • Soei.alist does or should ~o""nize it, tmd e ry eialist should h-Qrry and reeognize it before tb lishment of the -eo-operath·e eom.monw lth--els right haTe we to have a commonwe lth f Charles, by the araee of God, , and of the F_ilith, discoYered the diYine right of Kin the ocialist Part~ , ational Comm~ttee, Rex endor e him. The king had the po"'er to dLjoin head from boulders, and therefore he lw.d the riaht. Th n lh· l' Cromwell had something happen to th king' hend, equally right. Then nature (who had th power) hnd something happen to. <iliwr, aud that wa wrong; he wouldn't have let it if he eould haYe h lp d it-h would have lived longer if he CO\lld. Did we ay that nature was wrong? V·ie meant to ay right; it was a little mistake. Thiugs ar·e, becau ·e they haYe the pow r to b . Nature makes us _sufl'er because she has the power to. Therefo1·e she is right. But we wonldn 't let h r if w could prevent it, and wh en we can . top her w do. Tht>refore we are right. The Dago, pick and shovelin.g ·wall tt·cet to lay wires or drains, may only_ annex two dollars a day, but he annexes it hy might, otherwise he wouldn't have it. He'd be something else, or nothing, or fertilizer, -it 's nobody 's business. Arid the capitalist, in the same business metaphorically speaking, boosts th price of water and keeps out of the penitentiary as easily as you and I eat a bill'ysundae at the soda fountain. He has the divine right. I have in my possession a title-deed to a few acres of land situated in an abandoned military post in Texas. The title is signed by William Howard Taft, now a college professor. Will someone in the audience please explain to the chair (a chair might be able to get it) by what right one, Taft, sells land in Texas? · The ,Indians on.(!e o~~ned ?:exas. Why do they n,o t punish this naughty Taft man for giving their land away~ I'll tell you, Archie,-they haven't the power I If they had, me and Taft would both go to the same jail. They certainly have the right under the Constitution, for between us we have stolen their property. Rut we also havt- the right to stay out of the penittm.tiary as long as we are able to, although 1'm not saying how long that may be. If it came to a show down the Supreme Court in upholding the ex-President and my elf would probably �The Western Comrade hand down (happy expvession) a decision that it was those wicked Spanish Dons .who stole Texas and not Mr. Taft. Anyway, the Texas. Indians. wouldn't get their land back. Our Supreme Court knows what's right and it's not afraid. If anything goes in italics, Mr. Printer, let it be the latter part of that sentence rather than the former. ' But that's true what the Court got off about those Spaniards. They did annex the Iu'dians' land, and the Indians' wiYes and daughters and whatever else they had room for. And as for the Indians themselves, t IH'Y roasted them if they wcren 't quick enough in ac<tuiring the Nicenc Theology, and dropped them into II el l if t hey didn't acquir·e it-at all. The Spaniard came on•r here to anm·x someone else 's money or otherwise he ,\·ouldn't han· t:OlllC at a].]. The Mexicans stole that piece of land from the di\·inc King of !:ipain. As to who owns !\Texico just uow and by what right I leave l\Ir. Taft 's successot· aud his l'hc·<·rful dlautauqua Secretary of State to guess. The Secretary is well up in Divinity. · Then the Texans stole it from the Mexicans. Their ri ght is founded on two unimpeachable, impregnable, inviolable bases of human right- they wanted it; tlwy got it. That'll do now! Then th e United States eagle flaps cheerily down from the north and annexes Texas. Hymn number 427; 32 in the old hooh! (It has a number in all previous books since the world began.)· "Come yc ne.edy!" Finally Wm. H. Taft, representing you, gives me that piece of land, and l defy every law shark and 21 every law troglodyte on earth to break the title. WhY, t. • Because the army and navy, the church, the stock exchange, Big Business and little business and .no business, the courts, the police, and every olla.r in America is behind that title and others like it. 1£ it breaks somebody has to admit that somebody was wrong about something, and th~t is what nobody has ever done and it can never: happen. All nations are quite sure that they .are always rig_ht-and so they are. ow wben the working class .of America gets around. to annexing the Vnited States it will have to take .. the .United States away from the Standard Oil Company. G,o d has given America to :M:r. Rockefelle~, otherwi.se Mr. Rockefeller couldn't have got it away from God. Therefore ·the Standard has a divine right to America, ·and the working class has a divine right not to own America until it gets it. When that hour . strikes, be tpe victo~y by ballots or that other thing, it will be force that will win and without fprce the Standard Oil ·will remain God's vicegerent on earth. God rules bee a us~ He ha~e power. If he hadn't He wouldn't be. on the throne ten minutes. Because He has thc.power what He says is right; and it changes e\·ery day. If God hadn't the power "Satan" would mlc and his right would be right. Then the servants of "Satan" would elaim that they were the right, .as they do now-does. n?t the Senator, the grafter, the white slaver, the child exploiter claim to be ri~ht in the commission of ·his "crimes·" ? Let the working class .take a lesson some Fourth of July and get by heart how things are done-and then go and do likewise ! S. H. And "Born With a Job.!" L OS ANGELES newspapers are making much ado about a girl who says she lives on $1.75 a week. For the benefit of '\''orking girls, department store employes and others, w~o are earnest students of modern methods of subsisting a fraction above the dead line, the newspapers print the following expense list for o'n e week's food : Coffee-1 V• cents dally. Bread-2Y2 cents dally. Beans-3 cents. Potatoes-3V2 cents. Meat-10 cents. Tea-1 V2 cents. Mlscellaneous-3 cents. Total 25 cl!nts. Total for one week-$1.75. This " ·a clipped from a column opposite a big spread on prosperity, an increased bank clearings boost, a story that France had placed a $1,000,000 order with an American auto-truck firm and the statement that Charles M. Schwab had closed deals m Europe for $50,000,000 worth of steel. There will be some criticism on the expenditure of three cents a day for miscellaneous food. This should be itemized. Then, again: why the extravagance in buying 10 cents worth of cat meat? This girl is out of work and looking for a job. There are thousands in the same predicament. Where will they get the $1.75 plus room ·rent? Perhaps the edi.t or doesn't know, but the juvenile court officials know. So does the coroner.-G. E. B. l\Iontreal bond houses are urging '' definite news of victories by the allies'' so that they "can start trading in securities. Sound the bugles for a charge l Kill a few thousand Germans and stimulate stock gambling in Canada. That's what the Henry Dubbs of war are really good for. �22 The Western Comrade Social Evolution and Social .Economy. By JAMES .C. CRAWFORD •~:===nAN 'S evolution through the various in- dustries is comprehensively exemplified in the classification of exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. They are divided into eleven different departments-~ Arts, Education, Social Eco.nomy, Ltberal Arts, ~ Manufactures, Machinery, Transportation, Agriculture, Live Stock, Horticulture and Mi~es -and Metallurgy-and those departments, tal<en in the order of their naming, afford a wonderful economic interpretation of human progress since the earliest age. Art, primitive and rude, was man's first essential education . By scratching on rocks the cav.eman communicated with his fellows when oral communication could not be accomplished, and having learned to give and receive graven messages he learned to think and thus became possessed of a greater number of symbols to convey his thoughts. When able to standardize the observation he had so acquired he was enabled to teach the youn·g. 'l'hus came education. As man became better educated he also became imbued with a sense of his responsibility and dependence upon his fellows-to realize that relations of mutual helpfulness existed between himself and species-and social economy had its beginning. · When man began to form communities the results of whatever culture they had acquired found expression in liberal arts. Then they commenced to manufacture, at first in a crude way, and gradually machinery was developed. With it came transportation, and mechanical facilities to transport made it possible to profitably cultivate the soil's products in distant places. Thus came agriculture, naturally followed by live stock and horticu lture, and when man explored beneath the soil mines and · riietallurgy resulted. In every one of the great exhibition palaces at San Francisco there will be much to interest and instruct t h e studenl of industrial progress since this old world wa~ very young, for the Exposition is to b~ an ~pi­ tome of human accomplishment throughout the ages. But while examples of early civilization wi!J be shown for pltrposes of comparison and education, the results of latter-day achievement arc to be most elaborately exploited. That the Exposition will have a beneficial and lasting effect upon the industrial rehitionships in this and all other countries is a foregone conclusion, for it will inadvertent ly teach how the conditions of living can be bettered for all people. . Perhaps in no other department of the Exposition will both employer and employe find more to mutually interest than in the Palace of Education and Social Economy. 'rhe exhibits in this magnificent structure wiii Huvw · what has been developed ·along educational ·and sociologicia.l lines during the last decade, and b-y "Speciabzuig on prominent movements and reforms will aim to forecast the education of tomorrow. , In the Department of Education there will be a comparative eXhibit of the :e!'fucational system employed by e,adr .pa,rticipating nation and a graphic demonstration of educational work in aU of · its phases in · the United Btates, f r o m k i n dergarten to university, including a model schoolroom arid movHalf Done Court of Four Seasons ing picture ·. .· hall with model appliances. The latter will be the first exhibition of its kind offered by an international exposition, but since the last one was held the~' movies" have become a mighty factor in public instruction, and that the Panama-Pacific directory appreciates their potency is shown by its expenditure of $1,500,000 for educational films which will §how all that has thus far been similarly shown and much that has not yet hecn exhibited in this count ry 's institutions of learning. To describe all the subjects ~hat are to be animately depicted in the Department of Education would consume vast space. New York has spent $35,000 on her educational exhibit, which chiefly aims to show the benefits r esulting. from her system of public school supervision. By means of an ' ext ensi v~ relief map will be illustrated how every school in the state is directly and constantly controlled .from the Capitol at Albany, and the lesson thus conveyed may be of advantage to more than one commonwealth w·hose school system needs concentration of management. Ohio specializes on her unequalled work in agricultural and horticultural schools, and the exhibit is both elaborate and costly. Massachusetts devotes $23,000 to showing the success attain ed by her vocational ' and textile schqols. Wisconsin makes a specialty of her �Tbe Western Comcade univ-et-sity extension wol'k, Oregon's rural scnool 'SYS~ID is to be especially exploited-in brief, every ,s tate in he union i<S c.o ntributing what it eollSiders its most distinctive educational feature, and the entire exhibition will be the greatest of its kind ever held. By tremendo~ labor intelligently applied the Department of Social Economy has succeeded in assuring a com·prehensive collection of exhibits illustrative of the conditions and necessities of man considered as a member of organized society and government, together with displays showing the · agencies or means employed for his well-being and suggest ing how it would· he even more improved. \\'herever possible, operating examples of th ese agencies will he given. All lnhor probl ems involving working C'Onditions aud standards, wC'!f'are and eftil'i('ncy , all<! iu<~luding domestie scienee and woman 's vocations, have bec•n exhaustively studied and will be eomgared by means of exhibits in this department. No exhibit of this kind will attract more att('ntion from all dasses of visitors than the one contributed by H enry Ford, the philanthropist manufacturer of automobiles, whose profitsharing with his fiftc<•n hundred employes has won him universal fame. llow the system is conduded and what its results ar·e will he practically illustrated for the en li ghtenment of people ,interested in the problem of strengthening amity between wage-earners and wage-payers- and that means at least ninety-five per· cent of this country's population. In this connection it may not be amiss to hope that th e ex hibit will also explain how the Ford philanthropy came to be exercised in that particular direction, inasmuch as the credit for conceiving it is not unanimously awarded to Mr. Ford, but is given to his wife hy many people, especially of the gentler sex, and rwither he nor she has seen fit to settle the mooted question. The st&ry which femininity prefers to believe-and' repeat- is that 1\Ir. and Mrs. Ford, being plain folk, were omewhat embarrassed by their rapid piling up of wealth until the lady devised the mo.ans of relief whie)l her husband put into execution by allowing each of his worl,men a liberal percentage of the fnctory 's profits after all wages and other . expenses nrc paid, and that the recipient of the extra compensation know to whom they are primarily indebted for it nnd have manifested their appreciation by turning out better machine and more of them Palace of Varied Industries' than ever before, thus augmenting the profits to be divided betw~~ their employer and,.hemselves. Another feature iu the Department of Social Economy that wiiJ receive more than cursory notice from workingfolk is a great model of the human eye through which may be seen how different degree.<~ of illumination in a factory affect the optics of operatives. This device, which cost $5000, is intended to convey an object Jesson in the proper lighting. of workroom interiors, and may be the means of preventing mueh ocular defectiveness in people who toil. Th ere will also be models of restrooms, lunchrooms, billiard-rooms and other chambers which every wellregulated factory has for the comfort or convenience of its daily occupants. To adequately describe all the exhibits that will tend to improve the conditions of working people would consume vast space. Such matters as finance in its r elation to the public welfare and in connection with hanks and provident associations and modern credit systems will be elaborately illustrated for the instruction of the masses, and business men will be especially interested in the exhibits pertaining to commerce in the way of the distribution of goods and existing and proposed business standards and systems. The latest discoveries in hygiene, methods of missionary work, international and universal peace institutions- whose efficacy is now being sorely tried-all these will receive a broad and sympathetic treatment by means of exhibitional studies in this great department of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. �The Western Comrade Babes Bred For War By MARY FIELD In Everyman '-~==~=':'\] r,L · rnBit"'y govomm•nts, that is all A_ Chric;;tian governments, depend for. their perpetuation and extension upon fruitful and obedient women. Given millionsof docile women to breed armies, given _ c!U~ning pri estsk~o extol fdruiKtfglness, a~ d 11 1 mgs an ka1sers aile rupps Wl t-iolll·ish forever. Said l'rill f"<' Bismarr·k with a sll.rug of his shoulder to a commr·nt on the gTeat number of men killed in one of th e F1·aneo-Prussian battl~s, " .Oh wel l, we. will ha vc a not hPJ' crop in twenty years!" It is crops of men that governments depend upon. At the outbreak of the war, the military nations of Europe took immediate steps to provide for the next erop of soldiers. Refore th e ranks mobilized the seed of wan iors was sown. Jn Germany all soldiers· were III'ged to marry hefo1·c lea ving for the front, a hrief furlough even lwing g-ranted iu ordPr· that th ere might l11• tim\' tor imprrgnation. In nwny churches hundreds of c·ouples were marTiPrl simultaucously that not time might he lost. One of the emperor's own sons set the rxa mph· "·hi<·h thonsan<ls of marriageable men immeoiatel.\' fo ll owed. ]n some villages "holy matrimony " was r ecognized as the equivalent of an engagement. Everywhere throughout the fatherland distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate have become indistinc·t. An illf'gitimate son receives the support of the goYemmrnt. To hrat· children for the fatherland is of greater Yirtue than that they shall be born of wedlor:k , for thrones are greater than altars and exigencies greater than ceremonies. Tn England, marriage fees were cut in half, and later all fees were removed in order that there might not be a half crown's r eason for delayin g the crop. Clergymen married soldiers in depots, in open lots, any" ·hrrr, anyhow that the crop of human beings might not fail, thattsoldiers might not be lacking twenty years hence. · This wholesale breeding the military governments of Em·ope drliheJ·atcly encouraged with the full knowledgr t h•.a t fo1· yea1·s to come the spectres of pestilence, of stanation, of cold, of despair, of insanity and disease would haunt the steps of these babes from their cradles to the training camps. In twenty· years if another war breaks out, one-fifth and more of the seeds which these governments now sow, will be murdered. And thus today in the wombs of hundreds of English brides are the embryos that in twenty years, as state ~ owned warriors, will march forth to disembowel the German youths that now sleep in the qUiet darkness under their mother's 4earts: Babes bred for mur~er, _bred by a. state that pr-ohibits and punishes murder! Bred, what' forY :{3red :that the colonies of England may be held 'fo~· English commerce. · Bred that Germany may expand her trade tamp with the word "German" the products"of e w rld; bred that'Russia "may sit in the sun.' Empires need soldi.e rs rs must come through the bodies of·women. Thus !t is that in every country dedicated to commercialism, maintained by Christian teaching ·and sword, all forms of murder . the . except that legalized by · t~e state and called "war" are punished. And especially -must women be held accountable for the life which it is their duty to bring into the world. In- times of p ea'ce the kings of industry need men for t he factories, mines, mills and- :fields. In times of war, kings need men for the defense or the extension of their power , For kings and commercial lords and aristocrats women must breed, and no mother may say unto her own body'' thou shalt not increase," nor say unto the unconscious life within h er, "thou' shalt not live." It matters not that she sees the unborn child shadowed by disease, driven by hunger, lashed by fear through his entire life. Only the king shall k ill ! Only the kaiser shall have power over the fruit of her body! She belongs to the state. In all Christian countries the law is that abortion and even the spreading of the knowledge of means of. prevention is punished with severtty. The law means that no child can be killed until he is twenty-one-and even then, the state alone, the state which punishes the mother for ·a remotely similar crime, may take his life. It is not because of the preciousness of life that there are laws against abortion, against the spreading of knowledge of controlling birth. Nothing but commerce is precious to the state. It is in times of war that the real reason for laws agaSnst abortion flash forth with vivid clearness. In. the red . glare -of the camp fi1·es, women read the meaning of the law. In letters of blood women see the real meaning of their lives to the state, read that they are but breeding-machines for soldiers, that their bodies and their children belong no more to themselves than do the pigs in the stockyards. Will this war make women thjn!r? Will it make them act. What if after this war, and yet another and still another, ther e were to come to women a great awakening? What if silently and secretly there were .. �Tbe Wester .n Comrade to take place lin the mind.s and !bodies of women .a tre- of man, the beastly inhumanity of war, that has commendous revolution so fun.d.am_ental that it would rock manded fruitfulnes , fruitfulness not of quality but of thrones and decide the orbit of nations'f What if quantity, vast numbers that rank and divisions 8nd women were to refuse to marcy soldiers, to procreate companies and :regiments and trenches and coffers may soldiers, were to demand, that inasmuch a:s the state be ntled.. finally killed their offspring, they too, had the right to Wen may women question the laws which deny them take life before it knew consciousness T What if they the right to give or eek infonnation on the subject of demanded that they and not kings be the arbiter of the preventim:.,, that deny:the right to abort. In the light fate of their children, they who gave them birth.? of the bargain-sale marriages in England, of the wholesale marriageS of Germany. and Austria and Russia, of The birth force, the sex force is a tremendous power. It pulses through every atom of the universe. In our the bonuses and· premiums and bribes for the illegitisolar system are tremendous forces which man gradu- mate, well may women say to their military go.vernally learns to isolate and command. For thousands, yes ments-give us fir t peac-e, give us food, give us oppormillions of years, electricity flashed its presence across · tunity, give q.s the land, give us strong bodies before the sky before man 's uncomprehending eyes. For eons you punish us for destroying life: You 1nsist that life of time the hills spoke no \\·ord to shivering mankind shall live, at least until it is twenty-one, then give us of the stores of coal which lay deep below the surface. the conditions that make for life, under which we best Earth and air and water yet hold forces undiscovered. can breed and continue the human race. But until these Much of life is still written in cryptic forms . .And conditions are gra.n ted we w~ll'continue to question your greatest of unexplored forces is the mind of man and man-made law, we will continue to disobey your soldierof woman. Woman, especi.qlJy, still covers her eyes breeding mandates, disobey in secret as we have done ·for ages, your kaisers and priests, until we have the with her hands before the burning face of Science. But all things change-shape and form and content courage of our emotions and shall openly and brazenly, and direction- and the minds of women. Thus in the and for the love of humanity, defy the laws of the land, dim centul'ies to come women way learn to control the stupid laws which forbid us to take life in order that life force, demanding that it be their right to swing life may be taken by the state. When you say abortion is a crime let us look at back the gates of lif'P, deciding that it is even more heroic to strik0 at the unborn child than years later to Europe. "Hell in the field, rape i-n the towns and vii· lages, plunder in the cities, blood and teat·s and SOt'l'OW plungr• a l>nyonet through his quivC!ring breast. And mcanwhild 'l'hc war: has raised the question everywhere, and around its edges .a panic of terro1·.'' in the minds of thinking women, what is this man-made Life is sacred! Murder roars from a million guns,, murstate that fixes the laws of abortion and prevention~ der and rivers of blood, fields soaked with the blood of Ry what right does socic>ty ma)<c divorce well nigh im- women's sons! Abortion a crime! Women who hate war should depossible, and compel women to breed whether they will mand it as a right, as a blessing. Abortion a crime! or no~ Why do kaisers decide these matters and not nature 1 Do you say that were the mother to decide and That law makes gargoyles grin. Anc! that Jaw is going not Law, the race would not continuc1 Look to Nature, to make women think-slowly think, whose shall be the you of little faith. Look in the h~arts of women, you right to take human life. blind men, who believe in force. .The love of children is the very tissue of woman's mind. There is not a women in all the wide world. mart·ied or unmarried, who would take the life of the g!'rm-child that was conceived in (Continued from Page 12) loYe, born to sure protection and loving support, born (·olumn "Fleet Maneuvers at Hampton Roads," via to a heritage of liealth and opportunity. the movies, sends'patriotic self-compla-cent quivers. · The difference between the act of the state and that "Insanity!" shrilly piped "The Clarion," after of the mother is just this: The state when it kills has Editor Rcvern had aired his eruditjon by exhausting only its own aggrandizement in view; its motive is literature on the subject-two columns off from a selfish; its_ object, financial gain, territory, power; "patent inside" article, inspired by the Peace-Withwhereas the motive of the mother in denying life is Profit League, bemoaning the shocking defenselessness love of the child, unwillingness that it shall suffer. · Per- of "Our Fleetless Pacific Coast." haps poverty, shame, disease, st:cuggle wait like ugly grny hags at the gates of birth for the unwelcome child. Send in your renewal today. You can't afford to None of these things matter to the state. From these the mothE.'r would save her child. It is the inhumanity miss a numher· of tlw WESTEI{N CO)IRADE. Lunacy �be te ·e Co r an B EL OR The L l KE the grandeur of mountains is her beaut)'-l:alm, tJfj<adfast, enduring. Where\· ·r her rq>irit lm;athes, lillies of goodne and kindnc88 sprinr, up. 'J'o giw· il4 her greatest desire; it is the ~ellspring from whidr flow her heart's trea nres of .1abor and patil•nel', !waling the world's griev~us wounds. ' .- . , H~r presence ~beds a radiance upon those abou~ l11•r. Whether Hlw he in the vanguard or the r ear of th e a'4pirinf! army of humanity, she bears her burdens lightly and sings her song of comfort to the footsore , and th • W('ary. 'J'Liough F!he be hcnt with burdens and weary with Jahor, Rhe Htill has st rength to help those who trudge heHide• IJ er. Hyrn pat hy :·is ucvr.r c1C'nicd those who come to her. l>ay hy cl ay nnrl year hy year, she gives gifts to the worlcl , nsl<ing in rctum hut the s'-'ength and the de-· sir ~ to give tnorc. ... Jlrr f11ith ill h r· pC'ople never wavers. Their hopes E I ORTH orker are hers. pheld by her e, nr the u.rm unt difficulties. in a ~weet chorn ·. A the- flowers _!trow out of the moi t. black arth after a pring rain, o under· the toueh f h hand there crrow in the ~oman oeing hop s a.nd a pira ion that reach far into· the sky · o~ too Tomorro' . Wherever there is- a nation enriched with h r pit•it th<:'re is a nation striving to .achiev~ th id al of uniYet:sal freedom . Wha,tever natiop· is ble · ed b h r presence blossoms forth in material wealth .and int 1lectual strt>ngth, meeting the tides of Time with dauntless courage. · Though she often- goes .tirisung, she but smiles for hC'r joy is in the ~doing. None are more high!yrewarded ~han she. 'The Parasite L Jl( I~ tl1<• opium weed, she is a deadly poison, hut pi nsing to the senses. • lw is st rou g as th desire for dt·ink in the dmnknrd. Yeti sh w nk as th tree whose roots are buried in pollut d &oil. 'l'o tnlce is her on great impulse; it is a fire that turns inward- the fit• of s lfishness- burning up the halls r h r oul and all that is in them, so that though ho tnk th ' orld' dearest treasures unto herself dn nft r da , h Though h li ity, h hn n eh touch each movement, eaeh. tone ther are al ys men awaiting uil br: eel seductive robes abe -her foul body th t has never labor. She constantly absorbs the beauties of the world; yet they never spring to seed in her soul, fer sh is barren. In mind she is impotent, never having gained the strength. that comes from suffering. " She weeps for a lover lost, but. not for her children unborn. She abuses the power that has been given to wom n by Nature and influences men for evil instead of for good. All women's duties she neglects. All men 's weaknesses she plays upon. Her appearance forbodes the downfall of nations. Wher~ her shadow falls, men become · weak in body and vicious in mind; laws become tyrannical and industries stagnate-; citizens become demoralized and rulers deb11nehed. Wherever she become.s a power, society rots from within and crumbles to ruin. Created by fools,. she becomes an overmastering impetus that drives them and their helple dependenw still faster down the road to an inevitable destrnetioa Though she cringe beaeath it, upon her reata the eu:ne .o f all the ageL �·, T'be We 'teirllJ Comrade Saintly Journalism. ''Y OU ib.av.e .a iSle~ •our and ~Qauy l.<ODD Caples Sald on Plle-PU Ucatlon OJ.'!der.a! .tom.ach!" · "'Ba.by'.a lhe:ad a soUd ca'b!" .S OCALIST .AR UAI "Ginla., GlJ'I.I, Glrila, y,ou u.st Try ihi.at., "G.et 1Back V,our .old t:lm.e Vim ~" (Tihla .one is .said t.o make an old ·m an ·" FeeJ li ke a youns c.o1t ·t hat won't :Sta•n d stm w ithout h itch in!") "Ouch! Back Ache? Know What causes It?" "You need thi.s ! Take Ambiti on Pills!" "Nothing Better for Weak Women!" · "Are you kept awake with itching and Burning?" A Revolutionary Interpretaitlon ·Gf the: Elli'Ope:an Annt~geddon rand Temporary Oo~apse ot_mtema.tionaU:sm ·th-e Contains: I:M MEDlATE CAUSES By Louis C. Frain& GEN~RA~ CA4.!S!E S BY Frank Bbhn MILITARISM These arc some head lines, in regular news type, gleaned one day from t ilr colnmns of a moral and religious dH ily printed in Los Angeles. This newspaper is so sure that all is we'll with thr wor-ld that it will not print th e words "killed" or "died." Peopl e don 't die in its sacred columnsth ry nrc lnlled to r est or pass away. H r r·e is th e s tyl e: By _Floyd Dell . THE ATl'ITUDE 'OF ITALY By Prof. Arthur Lty!n~ton ANTI-WAR MANIFESTOES By the European Silcittl!s~ Pa9ties SOCIALISM ·AND THE WAR By Isaac A. Hourwlch, Ph. D. HOW GERMAN SOCIALISTS' D)ViDED By William English · Walling· BRITISH AND AMERICAN SOC_IALISTS ON THE WAR Patrick Riley, a structural iron worker, fell from the twelfth floor of the magnificent new three million dollar office building the Steenth National Dank and Trust Company is e rectin g at Nth and Spring Streets. This Is one of the many great edifi ces now being erected as a ~ark of th e splendid prosperity and r;rowth or Los Angeles. Riley stru.c k a pile or steel in his fall and he gently was lulled to rest. Summary and C riticism o f articles by Bermtrd Shaw, H . G. W ells, H. M. Hyndman, R a msay MacDonald, Robe rt Blatchford, Victor Berger, Eugene Debs and Charles Edward Russell. · This Socialist War Ma nual Will Probably Become Historic. Scholarly-Comprehensive-Indispensable Price, 15 Cents a Copy Special Low Rate, bundles of five or more NEW REVIEW 80 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Or somet hin g lik e this: J esus Ramirez, a track laborer, fell beneath a switch engine in the Southern Pacific yards last night and was ground beneath the wheels of nineteen Pullman cars that were being shunted Into the Arcade station. The train bore hundreds of wealthy touris ts who are flocking to Los Angeles by the thousands, where they will enjoy the glorious and Incomparable climate of the Southland, where peace, tPlenty awl prosperity reign. " ' hen the coroner's assistants had swept togethe r the decentralized fragments of the unfortunate MexIcan. It ...was found that he peacefully had passed away. The marvel is that the readers of th<' pieti tic journals e cape that _sick, sour and gassy stomach-or do they! . R enew your ub cription today. no Nietzsche on Women· you like something bitter or very sour after you are cloyed with sweets ¥ Try a little Nietzsche! Yon will, if you are normal and have fairly happy hours, enjoy a little of the mad philosopher. If you have loved and blundered and lost you will find keen enjoyment in some of the maxims of "Count Nietsky " as he called him<>elf in his youth. Take some of his cau tici ms on love and marriage: The same emotions are In man and in woman, but in a different temp<); 'o n that account man and woman never cease to misunderstand each other. Women can enter into friendship wi th a man perfectly well; but In order to maintain .it the aid of a little physical antipathy Is perhaps required. Man thinks woman profoundwhy? Because he can never fathom he• depths. Wloman Is not even shallow. A soul that knowa that It Is loved, but does not Itself .love, betrays Its sediment; itf! dregs come up. . Some husbands 'have sighed over the elopement of their wives; the greater number, however, have sighed because nobody would elope with theirs. When there Is neither love nor hatred In the game, woman's play Is mediocre. In revenge and rn Jove woman is more barbarous ·than man. Would you go to woman, take your whip! �The West.ern Comrade 28 TBE· WESTERN COMRADE Entered as second-class matter at the omce a.t Los Angeles, Cal. J)OII t Pictures for P opag 924 Higg fna Building, Los A geles, Car. Subscription Price One Dollar a Year In Clubs of Four Fifty Cents Job Harriman, Managing: Editor Frank E. Wolfe, Editor Vol. II. W December, 1914 Shoot Capitalism No.8. With a Ora Pro Nobis Stereopticon HA'r a sweetly solemn thought r-omf·s to (,ne when pondering o ·f·r tiH· hour of prayer in Europe( 'hristian EuropP. Ilow from t la e rieh, ful l thro:rt of the French prtest must roll the litany when he reaches t!H' '' \'OIIt'flsa f'es, . ' especially in fh e dc\'oli ou of the forty hours. .\nyone can le ·ture ,\'ith the aid of picture ; they t ell the story, you point out the moral. Picture draw a crowd whe1·e other mean fail. 'fhey make your work doubly eff ctive. \\" e tell you how to .g~t the noreate t re ults at the least ... expense. 8encl stamp for complete information. 'Tt regibus et (Jrincipibus Christi anls, pacem et veram concordiam domare digneris." and W. SCOTT LEWIS " l't Turcarum, et hae reticorum eonatus, reprim ere e t ad nihilum redi ge re di g ne ri s." (That Thou wou ld vouchsafe to give peace and true concord to Chrisllan Kings and Princes; Th at Thou wou ld vouchsafe to defeat th e atte mpts of Turks and h eretics, and bring them to nought.) 3493 Eagle Street . Socialists Attention.!- 1'\uw that tlH' :\1osl ems a rc ai<l'in g 1hP Christ ian Kai se l' in his attempt to ]\il l a l't> w mil lion Christian subjed s of I I)(' Ch r·i sti a n Cz::t r·, is the l:rt! t•t· I'O II <·hsaf'c politely 'omitted ? Naturally Would "'IV hl' n I wa s shipwrecked in Sou tIt A lllPt'ica," said Capta in Ho\nqn·if, ' ' I t•arnc across a tribe of ll'ild \\'otllt'll who hall no tongues." · ' .\I prey !" •r·i d one of his listcnt•rs of t lH' fait· sex. How could th ey tulk '! ·' . " Th t•,\· t•ouluu 't,' g l'innrd the old 1 salt. "'1'\lHl '.· what mad e 'em wild.' • ___ I I· 'l'he Bihl c Rocirty ha. dist t·ihuf ed ont• tnillion Bihl es, pt·inted in nin e htngtt:lg't'S, to C'hristian soldier fightin ~ in t he European war. Tim the kill <'i·s ha l't' a rradv handhook and guide to u. c in th e 'at·t of co ll ective murder. THE JONES BOOK STORE 226 West Fir t t., Los An"'eles, Cal. Headquarter for the be t ocialist books and literature. 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II to the Cause of the Workers Co-operation LOS ANGELES, CAL., NOVEMBER 1, 1914 Direct Action NUMBER 6-7 Luckel Camp on Rio del Llano. Will be remodeled for trout hatchery and motion picture factory W War and Empire HAT will be the outcome of the war 1 This question is heard everywhere and many of the replies a~e as varie~ as they are vapid. Those having no knowledge of the causes of Htl' war can giv<' no sensible reply to the question as to Ihe possible outcome. A few weeks ago the British were supremely eQD.fident. When th_e Prussian army ceased its pressure on Paris and the backward movement began this confidence gr<'w to positive conviction that the power of German arms was waning. Then the Kais<'r 's army swung about, held the alli es in· a firm ~ r· ip in a battle lin e hundreds .of miles long while he hurl ()d his mighty forces on Belgium's capital. The menace of Rnssia on the eastet'D frontier was dispelled by a series JJf sharp defeats which the Germans administ<.'rcd in Poland and when Przemysl was relieved and the Rlavs thrown hack through the Carpathian passes. Th e Br·itish plan and program contemplates str·ipping Gt>rmany of all her colonial possessions ; destruction of th<' German fleet; seizure of the German ships of commerc<', and the conquest of Germany's foreign trade. Fr·(•nchm<'n ehr rish the ·dream of a restoration of Alo;;ace-Loraine; th e destruction of Prussian military po"·N; t!lr r <.' hahilitation of Belgium and a war in(1emnity of ~ni('h magnitude that the Kaiser's people "·ill 11<'\'P I' again arise as a fighting pow<'J'. Little Belgium hopes to be r estored and to receive a g'i-cut indemnity as a reward for heroic service render·ed to Fr·ance and England. �6 The We s tern Com r a d e OBOJIIM'O~OBO In his dream of empire the Teuton sees Great Britain shorn of her colonies, her great fleet destroyed and England reduced tb a place about as important as that occupied ,by Norway. He sees Holland; Belgium and Sweden annexed to the German Empire. He sees the Northern Coast of Fran ce a part of German territory. He sees the foreign possessions of his enemies beneath the German eagles. He sees the force of- 1Teuton arms spread to every continent and he believes it will all be for the good of mankind. Under the German plan Canada probably will he given her freedom, the Czar will be held off until the proper hour and a ready understanding will be • • • • • • This hrings us to th(• position of Germany: If made. The Sla,y will have his way in the south and thP Kaist>r· 1omorrow wen• to find himself at war that means farewell to Roumania, Bosnia, Herzigowith thr wholP wol'lrl his position would scarcely be vinia, Serv~a, Bulgaria, Montenegro and possibly Greece and all of Turkey, and India will be given c·hanged. ThPrP is no reason to doubt that, since the war over to Russian rule- and Russian exploitation. In the meantime Germany has a battle line that began, Gennany 's prearTanged plans have not been stretrhes from the Netherlands on the north to the carried out to the letter. German strategists caremountain passes of the Vosges on the south, and ,fully figured the losses, discounted plans and made from Russian Poland to the Carpathian passes in allowances for all and more reverses than have come southern Austria. to their arms. Where the Gernians take the offensive they will That the Grrman fleet would be securely interned not be denied. On the defensive they are virtually at Keil and H eligoland was known months before the outbreak. England 's navy has inflicte.d no loss immovable and are dislodged only after inflicting of importance on the German fleet. The Kaiser's terrible loss. Their movements of retrogression are great navy remains intact and in superb condition. marvels of orderliness and system. Nowhere is the Kaiser seriously threatened. No forcig:r1 foe remains on German soil. The loss of a hundred thousand fighting men has not im- Everywhere his soldiery press steadily on. Paris is paired Germany's strength. As for food supply the certain to fall. France has brought Algerians, England the murKaiser's forces need not know want as long as the derous Hindus, and Japan makes a futile foray on Vaterland is not invaded and.invasion does not seem \ the German possessions in China. probable. Colonials rally to the British banner and from all The allianc.e between Russia and England is the seas pour troop ships to provide "kanonenunnatural and there is a profound feeling of distrust futter " for the War Lord's howitzers-and the between Slav and Briton. stolid Teuton presses irresistibly forward. In striking at Germany the Czar has his eyes A corporal's squad of Ublans ride through Luxon the southern outlet to Asia, even as the Kaiser decla;ed war on Russia anrl seized France by the rmbourg anrl th e little domain is off the map forever. • throat. • • • • As to the outcome the German ambition, pretenLrt tltr reader who imagines this is a pro-German tious as it is, ~ yet be realized. • article disabuse his mind. It is not pro anything. Holland hopes vainly for neutral-ity and peace, but the fat e that awaits her is only slightly less terribl e than that of Belgium. , Italy's position cannot long be maintained. Only th e solidarity and vigor of the Socialists have thus · far prevented that country "Plunging into the vortex and hurling a flt>rt arross the Adriatic at the hated Austrians. Servia and Austria-Hungary can scarcely hope for· integrity of houndariPs no matter howthe tide of hattie turns. . Portugal }t nd :-;pain will be drawn in and both will mrt>t thP fatP of Belgiurn and Holland. 1. �7 The Western Comrade It of as ' or is a •·aim analysis of events, and of motives back the war; an attempt at contemporaneous history it unfolds from day to day. Bismark said Europe must some day be all Slav all Teuton. Russia is impr!:'gnahle, invulnerable and uneout[UCrable. Grr·mauy ma.v <:onquer all Europe hut may not sun·cssfully invade Hussia. :-\ow to \'<•nl ur·,. a fp\\· pr·t•dictious. ThiR war· \rill not f• nd all war. Slav and Tt•uton will diYide Europe and the two pO\\·rrR will rrmain for probably a century developing and growing. Hussia through (what is now ) Turkt•y to th<' south and Germany with her vast rH:\\· JJOSRPss ionR will bt• long oc·eupiPd with their multitudinous problems. That thPsc gownrmcnts will be greatly lib er·aliz<·d , that conditoins for the workers will be vastly improvPd no orw t"llll doubt. ('zar and Kaise1· may pass away. Liberal institutions \rill hP surp to follow. Great republics or· the l"nited States of Europe may be established. America cannot starve the war. The best that can be done here will be to hold to a policy of strict neutrality, keep out of Mexico and adopt a war rPf!'rendum measure to guard against tlw inevitabl e hour when we shall again have a madman in the presidential chai r·. • • \\" ,. shuddrr ov er· the moming scareheads and say thr war is awful. It IS awful,. but there rs a peac!' that is mon• horTiblr and hundreds of thousands of workers would far better die on \the field of hattie in the su.n shine, breathing the free air, than to perish miserably in the stifling mines or have thrir bonrs ground in the maw of steel. '!'he war· will go on despite peace pleas and prayers to whateYe!· gods may br. It was inP-vitable t and it is inexorablr. \Ve may declare the war perverse and wrongminded ; we may declare it senseless and say that it is based on ambition of kings, but this war has its roots in something far deeper than even personal lust of power or thirst for conquest. True; there were a thousand quarrels that seem to us sen-seless. The eternal conflict over racial differences. ·and languages in the Balkans was a constant menace· to peace. ,There were scores of minor causes and all helped at the hour of the call tG colors. Americans will dQ well to take an impartial, impassioned view of the war and study its causes. Let us not grow hyste.rical, tearful or prayerful. European nations arc bloodied. The first hot rush is over. Prolonged sieges will follow. Steadily powers will be worn down toward exhaustion. Peace conferences and extensions of good offices will ht' in ntin an'l "~II he illy received. \\' e may not now assess the blame-if blame I here be-f01· the war. For fifty years the world rode to wa1· and now professes surprise to find itself in the midst of a conflict. For the present we have the opportunity to OC· •·upy the position of spectators. We should get an intelligf'nt lmdcrstanding of what is going forward. • Latr1· ,,.r may not he able to take such a detached and ahf;trart view.~F. E. Vv. • ••• A The Real Cause of It '1' LAST the real cause of the war has been fol.llld. According to an editorial in the Lokal Anzeigcr of Berlin, the English ambassador, Sir Edward Goschcn, on July 30th last, got peeved and fired his cook. War wM declared five days later. It sounds almost plausible as war usually results when causes arise for the dismissal of the family cook. Of course in this case the cook will have her portr·ait hung in the great hall of fame. Her name probably will adorn cigar boxes as other heroes and heroines of the past. However, it is doubtful if the flesh and blood that once surTounded bleached bones of the million slaughtered ever heard of Sir Edward's family squabbiN; or kn(•w he had ever had a cook.-F. H.W. �6 The Western Comrade OBO~O~OBO Holland hopes vainly for neutrality and peace, but the fate that awaits her is only slightly less terribl e than that of Belgium. Italy's position cannot long be maintained. Only the solidarity and vigor of the Socialists have thus · far prevented that country J>bmging into the vortex and hurling a fleet across the Adriatic at the hated Austrians. Servia and Austria-Hungary can scarcely ·hope fo1· integrity of boundaries no matter howthe tide of hattie turns. · Portugal itnd Spain will be drawn in and both will meet thr fatr of Belgium and Holland. In his dream of empire the Teuton sees Great Britain shorn of her colonies, her great fleet destroyed and England reduced tb a place about as important as that occupied by Norway. He sees Holland, Belgium and Sweden annexed to the German Empire. He sees the Northern Coast of France a part of German territory. He sees the foreign possessions of his enemies beneath the German eagles·. He sees the force of {l'euton arms spread to every continent and he believes it will all be for the good of mankind. Under the German plan Canada probably will he given her freedom, the Czar will be held off until the proper hour and a ready understanding will be • • • • • ' This brings · us to th<~ position of Germany: If made. The Slav will have his wa;y in the south and the Kaiser tomorrow were to find himself at war that means farewell to Roumania, Bosnia, Herzigowith the whole world .his position would scarcely be vinia, Servia, Bulgaria, Montenegro and possibly Greece and al1 of Turkey, and India will be given <·hanged. There is no reason to doubt that, since the war over to Russian rule- -and Russian exploitation. In the meantime Germany has a battle line that began, Germany's prearranged plans have not been carried out to the letter. German strategists care- stretches from the Netherlands on the north to the ,fully figured the losses, discounted plans and made mountain passes of the Vosges on the south, and allowances for all and more reverses than have come from Russian Poland to the Carpathian passes in southern Austria. to their arms. Where the Germans take the offensive they will That the Ger·man fl eet would be securely interned not be denied. On the defensive they are virtually at Keil and Heligoland was known months before immovable and are dislodged only after inflicting the outbreak. England 's navy has inflicte.d no loss terrible loss. Their movements of retrogression are of importance on the German fleet. The Kaiser's marvels of orderliness and system. great navy remains intact and in superb condition. Nowhere is the Kaiser seriously threatened. No foreign foe remains on German soil. The loss Everywhere his soldiery press steadily on. Paris is of a hundred thousand fighting men has not impaired Germany's strength. As for food supply the cert!tin to fall. France has brought Algerians, England the murKaiser's forces need not know want as long as the Vaterland is not invaded and invasion does not seem derous Hindus, and Japan makes a futile foray on the German possessions in China. probable. Colonials rally to the British banne~ and from all The alliance between Russia and England is unnatural and there is a profound feeling of distrust the seas pour troop ships to provide "kanonenfutter" for the War Lord 's howitzers-and the between Slav and Briton. In striking at Germany the Czar has his eyes stolid Teuton presses irresistibly forward. A corporal's squad of Ublans ride through Luxon the southern outlet to Asia, even as the Kaiser embourg and th e little domain is off the map forever. decla;ed war on Russia and seized France by the t hroat. • • • • • As to the outcome the German ambition, pretenLt>t thr r eader who imagines this is a pro-German tious as it is, ~y et be r ealized . article disabuse his mind. It is not pro anything. • �The Western Comrade 7 It is a cairn analysis or events, and of motives back its roots in something far deeper than even personal of the war; an attempt at contemporaneous history lust of power or thirst for conquest. as it unfolds from day to day. True; there were a thousand quarrels that seem Bismark said Europe must some day be all Slav · to us senseless. The eternal conflict over racial difor all Teuton. ferences and languages in the Balkans was a conRussia is impregnable, invulnerable and uncou- sta:nt menace to peace. ,There were scores of minor querablc. causes and all helped at the hour of the call to colors. Grrmany may conquer all Europe hut may not Americans will do well to take an impartil).l, su1·~:cssfully invad e Russia. impassioned view of th e war and study its causes. ~ow to n•nt un· a fp\\· pr·l'dietions. Let us not grow hysterical, tearful or prayerful. This war will not t•nd all war. European nations arc bloodied. The first hot Sla,· a nd Tt•u tun will diYidc Europe and the two rush is over. Prolonged sieges will follow. SteadiltY powrrs will r emairi for probably a century develop- powers will be worn down toward exhaustion. ing and growing. Russia through (what is now ) Peace conferences and extensions of good offices will Turk1' Y to tlw south and Germany with her vast hr in laiu and will he illy received. tH;w possessions will hL• long occupied with their \\' e may not now assess the blame-if blame multitudinous problems. t h'e re be-for the war. For fifty years the world That these governmeuts " :ill be greatly liberal- mdc to war and now professes surprise to find itself izt·d, that ~:onditoins for th e wor·kers will be vastly in the midst of a conflict. improv ed no Ollt' ean doubt. For th e present we have the opportunity to ocCzar and Kaiser· may pass away. Liberal institu- l'ttpy the position of spectators. We should get an tions will hr sure to follow. Great republi c~ OJ' the intelligent understanding of what is going forward. • Cnited States of Em·ope may be established. Lah't' wr may not he able to take such a detached America cannot star·ye the war. <tnrl HhstrRrt view.-F. E. W. The best that can be douc here will be to hold to a policy of strict neutrality, keep out of Mexico and It adopt a war rcf('rendum measure to guard against the in evitabl e hour wh en we shall again have a 'l' T....AS'l' the real cause of the war has been madman in th e presidential chair. found. According to an editorial in the Lokai • • • Anzeiger of Berlin, the English ambassador, Sir v\' e shudder over the morning scareheads and Edward Goschen, on July 30th last, got peeved and say the war is awful. It IS awful,. but there IS a tired his coo"ft:. \Var was declared five days later. )Wa tl:' that is Ill Ore . horTiblr and hundreds of thouIt sounds almost plausible as war usually resands of workers would far better die on the field of sults when causes arise for the dismissal of the famhatti e in the sunshine, breathing the free air, than ily cook. Of course in this case the cook will have to perish miserably in the stifling min es or have her portrait hung in the great hall of fame. 1 H er their· bones ground in the maw of steel. . name prohably will adorn cigar boxes as other The war· will go on 1lcspite peace pleas and heroes and h eroin es of the past. prayers to whateYer gods may be. It was in evitable Howrver, it iR doubtful if the flesh and blood and it is inexorable. that once surrounded bleached bones of the million "\Ve may declare the war perverse and wrong- Rlaughtered ev('r heard of Sir Edward's family minded; we may declare it senseless and say that squabb l('s or kn(•w he had ever had a cook.-F. it is bas ed on ambition of kings, but this war lwR H. W . • • • A The Real Cause of �The Western Comrade 8 Comment on ~Current S JNCE t he days the nimbl e dollar dope was first sprung on us there has been nothing f~iet· than the buy-a-bale-of-cotton bunco game. Sor:ialist writers always take these stunts too s('rious ly. l<'rcquently one b ears ~ muttered "damn " about the fru gal Friday flap-doo<Ile or the prosperity popp,vc·o1·l•. Don't Jet them get-your ibex with that stuff. It 's only fo r h~urgeoise~ consumption . :\ ~; for tire hu y-a-ha ]P hlat h e1·- it 's merely a game for 111 (' ~ullihlo• ~ ny who fa lls for any thimbl e-rig that is offered. ·..J Th1·rr nrc about lii .OOO,OOO hales in the crop . It 's 1rortli frotn HO to $50 a bale. If you bu.v a hal e yon won 't get any cotton . Yott will grt a \l·a r· p hou s •~ er rtifieate. If it goes up .vo u 111a.v \\'in *10. lf it goes down- w ell, you will ill' 0!11' oi' th1• myriad SUI:k c rs who frll fol' the bait and you'rf' stung. - F'. E. W. H • • • AD Fr·ietlrich Nietzsche b een ali.ve a few weeks ago he would have thought his dream of conqtlf'Rt had I'Ol!H' tmr. li e would have seen the war Iw prf' dirted and would have prayed for , had he :u·l{))uw lcdgt•d a god-( Why not J ehova, the Jews' !!Od of wad ) H e would have seen the Ge-rman cannon reaping its red harvest at the gates of Paris; seen the fall of Antwerp; seen half the world at war· a!ICI the blat·!< eagle sw1wping irresistibly onward. Nietzsch e said: ''Man shall be trained for war and woman for thr recreation of th e warrior: all else is folly . . . '' Again lw wrote : '' A philosophy like min e is like a grave- it takes one f t·om the 1iving." Hns Germany follow ed Nietzsch e through 1 Certainly this philosophy is of th e gravr! It will ta kr n1illious from the livin g. And Cui bono 1 \\'hat good pur·pose will the tiiUI'd er set·ve ·wm it bring a Ber·lin commun e? Thr Eul'OJWan l·ommun e ?-F. E. \V:.. Events W HAT bas become of tho.e intrepid Fr nch aYiators who wrrc going to sweep the ky clear of all innrrlc r·s! Th e t·e eem to have been a lot of bunk about thr battles in the air. \Yh ere al'r t he a er·i:d navies grappling in th e blu ,? The Gertmms seem to have it all t heir own way. Th ey usually select a bright, beautiful unday morning to make a trip OYer· orne city and dr·op il few bombs. Tints far the damage h a hcPn light. True, th ey h aYI~ succeeded in blowin" up a hospital " ·he re GP rman 11·oun (l Pd wer·n bein g t·ared fo r by Belgian nurses. 'l'h cy also tore a non-combatant'· 4ead from his body and dismembered a little girl. Tn addition they l<ill cd se,·e,·al cows tlwt W<:'rc gruzing in a firld. P Pop l(' who were "wo rshipin g" in dnm·h l·s wct·r· n ra rl y frightened to death and in man y instan e<·s eensecl prayiug for sucessful inurder of theit· l'nrmics an d rush r d iuto the stt·ccts praying l'or· their own safety. Possibly thrse Sunday acr·ial forays are a part of th~ cebsorship of pray er- to k eep Fren ch supplir·ation from asrrudin~ to 1he thron e of J ehovah! • • • • • • E1·cn as th e Germans early recognized the necessity of bree ding more kanonenfutter (cannon fod(]er·) so ha 1·e tlw Bt·iti~>h followed quicldy. Marriage li cc•nse taxPs are remov ed a ncl eeremonies are .to be perform ed f ree for r<'ernits , sailors and soldiers who are going to the front. Blc8scd institution! ~ut · ,·ly such marriages are mad e in h eaven! LPgalizf' th e br·rt• dings. Never mind the new 1·rop of hride-wido"·s. Ncve1· mind these unborn orphans. Srnd on your· l'H nnon fodder. #That's th e main thing. • • • '!'h er e is just one solution to out· ec onomi c probIrms-the seizure by thr p eopl e of all the sources of l ife. Put this proposition to th e capi ta li st and lw shouts ''Confiscation !'' H e is wrong- it is RESTORATION ! �The We s tern Com r ade 9 investigators of the · Interstate ComBRYAN is rejoicing over the twenE XPERT SECRETARY merce Commission, who are delving into the ty-six peace treaties that have been signed by Rock Island Railway books, have made a startling discovery. They say that the differenct: between the original capital and the amount of securities finally issued hy th e manipulators is about $200,000,000. . These men declare that five-sixths of the stock issued was water and that there were many false entries on th e books which were designed to boost the market value of the stock. There is something amusing in the naive manncr in whi ch the news is g.iven out. Do th ese investigators not know that almost every railroau in the United States is in a condition similar to the Hock Island ~ Must there Le other New Haven crashes before people realize that every railroad system is waterlogged and that under private ownership all are bound to come to the crash that has wrecked those that have gone under? There is a growing understanding of the universal insolvency of the banks but the public is slow to grasp the actual conditions in the l ' great industries" of the country.-F. E. W. ... E 1• .. NOLAND is shocked and pained by the disloyalty and uprising in South Africa. And rightly. Were not the Boers, those who survived the shrapnel, well treated by the British after the conquest 1 \Vas not the strike of several months ago put down with sufficient violence to p lease the most critical employer? Has not a royal commission made a belated report to the effect that the strike was justified? This should sooth the orphans of the slain workers and bring surcease to the widows. Everybody should be content and rally to thr. flag! The South African proletariat should h~tve joi.necl the other colonials in th eir. onward surge to Berlin singing the Tipperary m::u·ching song. the United States with that many foreign powers. He ill confident Germany, R;ussia and Austria will sign tlH~ treaty. At the first blush one i!i inclined to join in the enthusiasm ·but the thought of what has happened to all peace treaties, neutrality guarantees and inalienable rights of European countries during the past five months brings a chill of doubt as t o the value of such documents. No great amount of reliance can be placed on treaties signed by emperors who have over-ridden all treaties and all agreements. Safety gu8.{anteed by treaties is like inalienable rights guaranteed by constitutions. The guarante·e is worthies~ when a greater power proceeds to abrogate it. Peace will be guaranteed when all the weapons of murder are loaded on the ships of murder and the whole sunk to the bottom of the deepest sea. • • • • • • President \Vilson says peace talk at this hour is silly and premature. This may indicate · he believes the warring powers are so deafened by the crash of resounding 'arms that they will not hear the appeals of non-combatants. Or, possibly, he expects more and more of the European countries t o plunge it1to the vortex and that all'-'Will fight to a point of exhaustion. The "Starve the War" slogan does not seem to have penetrated the. dim and musty depths of the White House sanctum. • • • • • • Here we are with state capitalism knocking at the door! Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo announces that warehouse receipts for cotton, t urpentin e and resin will now be accepted as a basis for cur1·ency issues. Soon the State will be handling the warehouse receipts direct, then the warehouses. When will labor be able to get an issue of curr i' uc:y on the potentiality of its pr oductiveness? .~\ nyone deny the press associations ate poisoning th<· war news 1 �The Western Comrade 10, What Did You-In the Great War·? By ED-GCUMB PINCHON T HE War-what does it mean to you Y Does it mean merely a daily newspaper debauch of hash ed reports and superficial criticisms? Or 'does it, perchance, mean a r evival in your breast of slumbering racial feeling, and .are you secretly or openly preening yourself on the fact that you are an American,-or by birth or extraction a Britisher,"·a· Frenchman, a Belgian, a German, a Slav? Or are you thumping you rself on the chest, boldly announcing yourself a ''citizen of the world,' '-far removed from all annoy in g pseudo-patriotic: fer ling, a Socialist, calmly surveying your ignorant fellow mortals from t.h e height of a toweringly supcriot· mental excellence, and dismissing from your mind a certain vague uneasiness as of a duty shirk ed, and evading all r esponsibility in this Calvar·y of the Nations, with the p ert dictum, "only a damned cap italist 's war.'' Beware! Oh, beware that you do 'Dot stifle the supreme good of this World Agony in any of these petty swnddlin g eloth es of ancient tradition and ignorance or of narrow modern dogma and half-truth! Search yo nr libraries-and your souls, I say, and be not afraid to stPp naked of prejudice and unbiased opinion into th r New Era that is dawning. Seek to know, and knowing, be prepared to offer your life, if need be, in defenec of the truth that is yours. BUT BE VERY SUHE THAT IT IS THE TRUTH. Such as this is not found without labor ;· but while millions of men-men every whit as intelligent as you, as valuable to society as you-are offering up their lives on the battlefields of Europe, shall you spare yourselves the labor of understanding the veritable why and wherefore of their sacrifice? Not if you be worth the name of, Socialist! You shall not r est, night or day, till you have made yourselves master of this grim unmasking of social forces, and thus have won for yourselves not the opportunity of indulging in a pert dictum, but the right to deliver a profoun'd judgmeitt-a judgment worthy of thinking men and women,- a judgment by which you may stand with assurance in the searching days to come when men shall ask of you: ·'What did YOU-in the Great 'Var?" There arc some round dozen o'f books without the thorough knowledge of which no man, however gifted, can pretend to give even a provisional judgment upon the questions involved in this struggle. Needless to say the first and foremost of these is "Das Kapital" of KarllVfnrx, or at least the first volnme. H11rd work' •Puhl islt· ··i in Snntn. l~ :u· b:tr: \ hy ~yd n ey May be; but at least have the valor to sweat over its splendid logic and life-giving reasoning with the same persistency as your brothers showed in their struggle bac~ and forth through the crimson mud of the Marne. "Socialism, Utopian and Scientific," every Socialist is supposed to have mastered. If you have not done so, get to work. And having ground these basic works into the very fabric of your mind, you will have come at a thorough understanding of the theory of economic determinism-which sets forth that a nation 's development is determined by the prevailing mode of production. Here lies one third-and one third only-of the mighty truth we are seeking. Next to these in order of study comes Buckle's "History of Civilization," without ex.ception the greatest work of the human mind. Here you will find set forth with wonderful charm, .and with a range of learning unexampled in the history of literature the thesis that the determining factor in a nation 's evolution is the amount of its exact knowledge-and herein lies the other two-thirds of the truth of social evolution. And now to combine these two vast conceptions into one harmonious whole, you should master the works of Marx 's greatest successor-the "pynamic Sociology " and 'the "Psychic Factors in Civilization" of Lester F. Ward. But there is no stopping here! This is a long campaign and you must sweat through many a trench of ignorance yet! Is this war, not merely a conflict of economic forces, not merely a conflict of clashing intellectual developments, but a grapple to the death between antagonistic ethical conceptions-the profoundest forces of the JJ.uman soul1 Is this a war between Nietzsche and Christ ?-between the Refrgion of Valor and that more ancient Religion of Love, which has become a cant of hypocrisy and weakness. You cannot answer this question till you have mastered the histpry of the rise and development of Christianity on the one hand, and of modern German philosophy on the other. For the study of the former there is but a single work which can be r egarded, as authoritative and completethe r emarkable r esearches of Stinson Jarvis embodied in the "Jarvis Letters. " This work, which I understand is about to be produced serially in the magazine ca lled "Dawn "• is comparable, m its revolutionary bearing upon the entire range of human thought, only to th e epoch-making work of Charles Darwin in biology; and as such, unrlouhtedly, it will hP. r egard ed by the next generation, if not h_v this. ln its pagrs :von " ·ill come face.to face Grt?enhtr and PrlnceHop kt ns. �The,Western Comrade 11 with fact and proof-not with fine-spun theories or man thought the principles of national development gratuitous guess work. You will learn of the great and decay-as determined by the Sword. Without a .Druid priesthood which ruled the world from the fast- thorough mastery of these works the student still will nesses of England six thousand years before the sup- be hampered in his thought by a sentimental prejudice posed birth of Christ-and whose influence is potent against war; he still will be forever declaring its. yet, a priesthood which curbed· the savage by the most "needlessness" or talking foolishly of "arbitration" cunning deception-nay, rather by the most superb in- and the "Parliament of Man." Homer Lea with his. tellectual excellence, a priesthood which wrote not only unflinching facing of, facts, with his ·p itiless logic and the Vedas, the Old Testament, the Homeric ballads and unerring analysis once for all destroys the "Peacemost of the classics, but which wrote the New Testa- . Dove'' theory of social development, at least as far as ment itself, and manufacturing Christianity as delib- the present epoch of ignorance and apathy is conerately as a carpenter makes a chair, floated it forth cerned; and he gives to the layman a -conception of upon the world to do its work of ameliorating the pas- the fundamental laws governing the rise and fall of sions of men by the sentiment of pity; a priesthood States from -the point of view of the Statesman-Sol4i_er. which established its missions from Java to Wales and There are two more works, of a lighter nature, but from Mexico to Babylon, which made religion and lan- almost equally important, which must b'e mastered beguage· contemporaneously, and whose decadent relics fore the ·battle to understand the War is won: '' Gerstill slumber in the Vatican-all that is left to attest many and the Next War," by General Bernhardi-of the once vast reign of the Mitre. the German Staff, and "Germany and England,"/ by "This you must read, and wrestle with, and then yon Professor Criunb, an English scholar deeply versed in " culture. These two books sum up for the stuwill understand the purely adventitious nature, not German merely of Christianity, but of those fundamental eth- dent the immediate and specific issues of the conflict in ical conceptions which are supposed to be common to a very thorough and illuminating manner, and will be all religions and all times. Then at last you will be invaluable in siding him to make special application of able to turn with an unbiased mind to the study of the principles gained in the fundamental works to the Christianity's antithesis-N ietzscheism-the Religion present European situation. That mind-and only that mind-which with the of Force and Valor-the cult of the Superman. And most careful thought and deliberation has masteredwithout understanding this you cannot understand not Swallowed-these works, will be in a position to modern Germany, nor her ideals, nor her wonderful view the p-resent struggle intelligently, and to take part, unity in the present conflict. Tq the German, you will then see, this war is not merely a war for markets, nor as thinker arid interpreter, in the present gigantic Arfor territorial expansion-and it is both-but also a mageddon of conflicting social forces. This is a day of veritable "Holy War,. against the hypocrisy and de- vast sacrifices, of superhuman efforts, of deeds that lift cadence of an outworn Christianity, which has rotted men in the doing of them into the stature of giants. Comrades of America awake to the heroic :...:.ature of the soul of man and spread its fungus blight of fear and superstition over half the earth. The German may be the Hour, emulate your brothers in Europe-but on wrong in his conception. But only when you your- another battlefield, make. vast sacrifices, superhuman self hav'e read the works of Nietzsche-read them, freed efforts-not •to slay, but to know; in sedulous study lift from prejudice and 'with a will to understand his yourselves into the stature of Thinkers and men who thought-and also the remarkable application of his Know, and Know that they Know. Then when the philosophy to the current problems of Germany hy his day shall come 'when men shall ask "What did YOUdisciple Treitschke, will you be able intelligently to in the Great War?" you shall be able to reply, "I did judge of the measure of righteousness in the Germanic not fight in the Great War, I did better, I la.bored te conception of the "Armed Nation, the Superman and understand it.'' the World-State.'' Fverywl1ere the murderous boy scout movement is · There is one more trench to be taken-the Philosophy of W nr as set forth in the two most original and having a revival. It is evident that the powder trust is profound documents the American genius has yet pro- alive to its opportunity to get more victims. Tens of duced. I refer to the ''Valor of Ignorance'' and the thousands of mothers who sit iU: desolate homes in Eu''Day of the Saxon'' by General Homer Lea-youthful rope today were assured the boy scouts were purely a cripple, hunch back, general, genius-and consulting peaceful institution. Children are being murdered and strategist to five great powers. Here the iron d'octrine are being made murderers every hour< This is the hour of Necessity is set forth with unpitying clarity; here for enlightenment. Peace meetings will be of no avail. we see laid down for the first time in the historv of hu- Anti-war and anti-military action is what we need. ' . �12 The Western Comrade After the War, What? HAT effect will the war in Europe have terests will save him if 1- can put a bullet into his skull on the · s~c i alist movement of t he world 1 before he puts a bayonet into my throat. And, if I luly attempt at an answer will be purely ha.ve any means by whlch I can take the fighting spirit out of that man so he will let me live in peace infuture speculative but everyone bas a r ight to -I'll use them. atheory. . -. In order to arrive at any point' where The Dajly Citizen , organ of the British labor move- · • at(l Ol Sll apuru aq UU;J UO !Slly;JUO;) B ment, says: hopes of the Socialists one must get the The moment Russia moves toward war the Russian ideas of those who have had the best opportunity to people move tows,rd revolution. And not .the Russian stud.y the situation. ; people only, but also nationalities like Finland and Po. Probably no writer in Ameriea.ltas a clearer view land, upon whom Russia has trampled with clumsy and _ than Allan Benson, who writes in the New· York Call, heavy foot. * * * Nor is the position of the Kaiser much happier than und er th e title: "l;et the 'War Go On!" that of the Czar. Kaiserdom is on its last ~egs in GerI hate war, but I do not hate it so much as I do many, even as Czardom is in Russia; the steady advance · some kinds of peace. of democracy will put an end to both. The German I regretted to see this war come on, btit now that it, workers are peace-loving and do _not w:ant war ; least has come, I want to see it go on until its. cause shall of all do they desire to be dragged at the tail of the have been wiped out of existence. Hapsburgs. What is its cause? Comrades may say that capitalism was its cause. Quite ·so. But that is not sufficiently H. G. Wells emphasizes the position of the thinking definite. It is no more nearly definite than it would be to say that the atmosphere is the cause of the aero- people of England will not tolerate an attack on the plane. Without the atmosphere the aeroplane would German people or on Germany. not have existed. Without capitalism, the present. EuIt will be a sin to dismember Germnay or to allow ropean war would not have been begun. The present any Germa-n-speaking and German-feeling territory to European war is the result of capitalism, plus the pre- _fall under a forei~ yoke. · datory and military spirit of Germany as typified by its · Let us English make sure of ourselves in that matEmperor. · Th~re may be restoration of alien territory to the ter. Germany won an easy victory from France fortyFrench, the Polish. the Danish and the Italian ; but we four years ago. From that day to this she has been have seen enough of racial subjugation now to be sure · drunk with confidence and ambition. * * * that we will tolerat e no more of it. From the Rhine to · Why not stop the war then. We may-omit con- East Pntssia, and from the Baltic to the southern limits sideration of the fact that it would be precisely as near- of German:speaking Austria, the Germans a:re one peoly possible to try to stop an eruption of a volcano after ple. Let us begin with a r esolution to permit no new it had begun to spout. We should not try to stop the bitterness of conquered .territories to come into existwar because the spirit that has caused this war is a enci to disturb the future peace of Europe. menace to civilization. Civilization will not be safe unLet us see to it that, at the ultimate settlement, Gertil that spirit ·is crushed. If it were not to be crushed mans, however gr eat this overthrow ma~ be, are all left now, it would cause another war. Until the war came . the world would be compelled to arm against it. No free men. nation would be safe over night. The suddenness with In <tn arti cle JWint ()d in American :dewspapers Wells which Germany precipitated the present war shows the Rays: dangerous character of such a spirit. The defeat of Germany may open the way to disComrades may recall the fact that in this great war as in all others, workingmen are doing the fighting and armament and peace throughout the earth. To those the dying. Comrades may even argue that German who love peace there can be no other hope in the presworkingmen are fighting and dying only because of ent conflict than her defeat, the. utter discrediting of their ignora.nce. Comrades may explain that if the the German legend-ending it for good and all-of German workingmen knew wherein their interests real- blood and iron, the superstition of Krupp, flag-wagly lay they would nat fight and that therefore it is in- ging, Teutonic KiplingiSm, and all that criminal sham human to kill them off. efficiency that centers in Berlin. I don't ca.r e who puts a · bayonet to my throat, Disaster to the German Army, if it is unaccom_ whether he is a. capitalist, a workingman or even a So- panied by J;uch a memorable wrong as dismemberment cialist workingman-if I can get to him first1 I will kill or intolerable indignity, will mean the restoration of him.: The fact that he is misguided will not save him. the greatest people of Europe to the fellowship of the The fact that he is jgnorant will not save him. Not western nations. * * * France, Italy, England, and all the smaller powers even the fact that he is working against his own in- �The Western Comrade Capitalism's---Juggernaut of Europe are now pacific countries. Russia, after a huge war, will be too e:liliausted for further adventure. [This remark should be much stronger. The Russian . government will be bankrupt certainly, and Czarism will probably be overthrown.] Shattered Germany will be revolutionary. Germa.ny will be sick of the uniforms and imperialist idea as France was in 1871 as ·disillusioned about predominance as Bulgaria is 'toda.y. Bernard Shaw also tak es th e- stand tli-at the war is against the Imperialists and the Emperors. He looks with considerable apprehension on the prospect of a conqu est hy the Russian despot' and looks hopefully toward the clay when th e German army, beaten and exhausted, shall become a great class conscious mass ready for th e r evolt. Germany is so important a. factor in the work of civilization that, even when we are at war with her, we must a.im finally at the conservation of her power, to defend her Russia.n frontier. This need not discourage us in the field. On the contrary, we shall punch Prussia.'s head all the more gloriously if we do it for honor and not for malice. Then, when we have knocked all the militarism out of �The Western Comrade 14 her and tauglit her to respect us, we ca.n let her up again. As to non-intervention, it is merely an insular superstition. The leaders of the modern labor movement know that labor politics is international and that, if militarism is to be strnck down, a mortal blow must be aimed at Potsdam. * * - * Had onr Government possessed a real modern foreign policy, Asquith might have said furiously to Prossian militarism: '' If you attempt to smash France, we two will smash you, if we can. We have had enough of tile Germany of Bismarck, which all the world loathes, and we will see whether we ca~ot reviye the Germany of Goethe a.nd Beethoven, which has not &Ii ·enemy on earth. '' ·william English Walling in t~e New Review says: If the war is to create a. United States of Europeor even if it is to result in several democratic and fed- eral republics, the_n So.cialists must say with Benson: " Let the War Go On!" But if the war does more than this, if it leads to real social revolutions, to the com-. plete overthrow of the. ruling aristocracies and plutocracies-even though it does not carry any country as far as Socialism-within a few years it will have amply repaid its cost in blood and .treasure, no matter how staggering the cost may be. Charles Edward Russell declares that there will he no rnd to wars and nothing of value grow out of this war unless the competitive system is abolished. If then we a.re determined that when this whirlwind of bestiality shall have passed we shall ·not have another, if we wish a condition under which the structure of society shall not be blown down, human intercourse shall not be destroyed, civilisation shall not be set backwa.rd, and the ea.rth shall not be bathed in blood, the one possible Wiy to that condition is to eliminate for~ ever the causes of wa.r. Instead of business for private profits we must have Business for the Common Good. Instead of private ownership of the 'means of life we must have the. means of life owned by the puplic for the public welfa.re. In.stead of gigantic fortunes gathered at the general expense and used for individual power we must abolish poverty, a.n d give to the poorest child in tbe land all the education that can now be secured by the .richest. Instead of outworn feudalism we must have the full measure of democracy for men and women. Abolish capitalism, take away the huge, selfish, remorseless, savage power of profits and profits can no longer plunge the nations into wa.r. 1 Give to the people the sole control of their own affairs and they will never lead themselves into wholesale slaughters. · All other talk of remedies, reforms, measures, exhor. tations, appeals, preachments, agreements, treaties, · peace, conferences, gabble, talk fests, protes~s, peace societies, arguments and resolutions is childish prattle, one thing or the other. Abolish the sources of war or prepare to see civilization crushed and your own country with the rest reverted to the state of the cave men. ' Which shall it be? RULES FOR SLAUGHTER W HEN German aviators flew over Paris in the night and dropped bombs which killed women and children in their beds, protests were made ana the world wns asked t~ recoil with horror because 'rhe Hagu e P<.>ace Conference decided some time ago that nations should not kill women and children by this method. Th e ro11fercnce gr·anted p~opie a right (an ina.lienablc right to believe they would not be murdered in their heds by men shooting from above. This helief and the "rights" were alienated by the resounding crash of the explosions. For those unschooled in the rules of war it is difficult to understand some of the usages. It is not permissible to slaughter a mother's baby in its cradle, but it is permissib~e to murder the same child in the trenches when he has grown old enough to wear a boy scout's uniform! You may not "legally" murder men with dum-dum bullet , but you may kill their wives and children with starYation, pestilence or by rapine-provided you have "legally" conquered and lawfully killed their natural guardians. n ' You may not lawfully poison the wells and watet• sources and kill people by the hundreds, but you may poison the air by the stench of rotting, unburied dead, and torture them by t error until they perish by the thousand! You thay not rightfully rob the dead on the battlefield, but you may hold an ~;ntirc city as a hostage and squeeze millions out of the working class through their masters! , 1 Finally, when you have conquered a people, you may not select the tenderest and cook them over a fire and eat them, but you may .enslave them industrially and devour their lives and those of their children forever more ! Andrew Carnegie, supporter, if not father, of these beautiful and humane rules,.left kibo Castle in Scotland and returned to America, fearing 1!0me of his "inalienable rights," under his rule of wars, might be alienated by a foreign foe. Possibly Andy can evolve some more rules to still further rob war of its terrors and add to the blessing that hallow our days.-G. E. R. . �Hi The Western Comrade - - HYPNOSIS fG::;ii~;j!THENS was agog. On~ of her pillars, a prominent financier, was toppled by the hand of a dastard. Seated at his desk in his private office in one of his large buildings, H erman Isidore Silverwahl, wit h a knife tucked in between two of his ribs, 'Y~s found by his stenographer early one morning. The compositors on the prints of .A-thens ~et up many a " his " when '''orking on matter pertaining to Silverwahl, the old German-Jew money-lender and t· lothing manufactur er. This, wi th the fact that the initials II. I. S_ also made up the word, and a slight play on his middle name, led to the private (very,-he hci11g a sacred cow ) cognomen among t he newspaper mt·n of" Old Hizzy. " Extras of each of t he "star-eyed intelligences" that had t h_eir habitat in Athens were being hawked on thP streets soon after the gruesome find of the stenograp her. Under sc reaming heads . they gave most minut e details of t he crime, and demanded, as one, of the d r trctive depar tment, then in bad odor with the growin g- phalanxes of r eform , the immediate apprehension (lf the slayer. 1n th e r egular issues followed verbal chromos of th t· deceased and his super-secret beneficence, written h~· th e star tear-t ensers of each stati. Ponderous editorial s dralt with the murder from many view-points. One ra hid journal that stood for "industrial freedom" laid it at the door of th e "uniouites," with. whom the victim had had difficluties some months before, over an a ttempt to organize the workers in his overall factory. 1t complacently concluded that as this was "a free <'onnt ry, men should be allowed to run their own business to su'it themselves,_without the aid of Socialist or ;marchist a gitators, who should be {1-t once deported." A not her champion of the "peepul" laid editorial stress upon Silverwahl 's unswerving loyalty to Athens in establishing his factories there, despite the seductive offers from neighboring cities, and that "in hi:; un~ seemly t aking-off..the working class lost a true friend." Opining editorially, a third held that from the massiYe signs reading: WI---- -------WI I SILVERWAHL I I OVERALL, I I I WI THAT'S ALL! ATHENS. I I WI ·- wh ich the deceased had caused to be erected along th e railroads tbrou!!hout th e state, Athens had r eceived - By J.~. F. GANNON incalculable benefits in the way of advertising. It dwelt lovingly upon the Silverwahl Medal of Honor, which was presented at appropriate exercises to heroic firemen, by the gray-haired, kind-hearted financier in person each year at the Silverwahl Theatre. Starting _the subscription list with $500.00, it suggested th~ erection of a suitable memorial in his honor, "to show the nation and the world that Athens is not lax in paying its r'e spects to genius and rectitude.'' · One paper, an eight-page evening sheet that refused to hunt with the pack and had consequently been accused of harboring every "ism" in its bosom but rationalism, while deploring the murder, ·though not in slobbering vehemence as the others, insisted on baring the victim's antecedents. F~om humble immigrant Ito ol 'clo 's man, to pawn-broker and money-lender it followed Jlis career to final eminence: · Claiming that it was no secret that the old man plied his early calling of mo1;1ey-lender, and that no loan was to small or fee to . large in his eyes up to the time of his death; it averred that among these necessity-driven wretches, his clients, the culprit would be found, and that in some extra hard-hearted, cold-blooded bargain lay the motive. · These conjectures were met with silent ~ontempt by its contemporaries, in whose columns the crime was daily discussed hysterically from every conceivable as· pect. · ·with the police to the last man at work, a mass meeting for the purpose of raising funds for a memorial was called, the date set being the afternoon of the day following the funer~~:L * * * Silverwahl 's Theatre was packed with humanity. 'fhe HonorabJe Thaddeus Swinton was fervidly mopping his incarnadined and perspiring brow during the applause that came hurtling upon the heels of his announcement that the Silverwahl Memorial Fund had reached the handsome total of $10,000. 1 "It is," he said in tremulous tones, "from the bottom of my heart, heavy with a sorrow that doubtless weighs upon every member of the community, that I thank you for your generous response to the call of civic appreciation for a man of s(llid worth and simple grandeur." In an effort to give some mel}.sure of relief to the sweltering auditors who filled the illy-ventilated theatre, the attaches had opened wide the front doors and an exit on either side of the house. As the Honorable Thaddeus proceeded with his highly t in ted eulogy of the departed, the noises from street irritated him exceedingly. At one point in his .. ~ ~·-: �16 The Wescc!tn Comrade oration the clanging of all the gongs and whistles in At}:lens seemed for a few instants to have centered in the lobby, In the throes CJf metaphoric delivery at the time, he stopped short and sarcastically informed the doorman that the audience probably considered his discourse~ more entertaining than the combined clanging of trolley-car and fire- engine bells. Half an hour later the Honorable Swinton gave way to the brave General Barleybeard, proprietor of the paper that sto.o d for "Industrial free~ om." His harangue consisted ·chiefly of innu endoes delivered at the " unionites," whqse machinations, h e intimated, made th e ):llac~hand look lii< P a kindergarten at prayertime. A chun:h dignitary follow ed him , and in ~a masterly add ress that att estccl to the speaker's magnetic personality nd nat ive wit, brought hoth tears and laughter by his rathPt' nnhamper·ed portraya l of the old Gerrnan-Jew financ:icr··. With a competr· nt l'ommittre of fiv e appointed and given d iseret iona ry power in the matter of deciding the, form of t he m<·mo rial , the meeting £orally adjourned. Amid th e buzz pr'f']Htratory to the departure of the .aueli tors the dmr(·hm an re-arose, holding aloft in his right hnnd a yPIIow rn rss :-~ge-fo rm. Silence quicidy supervened. Visibly affPf·trd, hut in a steady, sonorous voice h e began: "God, with infinite wisdom , that it were presumptuous for mortals to question or seek to fathom, has !Seen fit to visit upon our city a supremely sad accident. Since we hav e here assembled to honor the memory of a brothrr·, many souls have passed from Ath ens to be adjudged of Th e Maker. I pray God that each be found worthy . Th e d etails of the accident shall no doubt be thrust at you by those who harbor resentment against their more prosper·ous f ellows, interpreted in the glare of th eir prejudi ce, but I trust that your innate American broadness and Cln·istian fortitude in time of chastening sh.all prevail over these agents of social disorder and dernoralizl\tion." As the vast audi ence, mellow from its ben evolent labors, surged out into the comparatively cool summer evening air. thr strident Extry! Extry! of a horde of nC'wsbo~s eager for the harvl•st smote discordantly on the consciousness of mnny a madame with the glitter of tears unsh eo in hC'I' eyes. The irony of fate was startlingly evident to those who hurri ed ly procured and sca~med the extra of the evening paper. 75 GIRL'\ DE!\D! M'NY INJURED! HEM 0 ~EAD STREET FACTORY SILVERWAHL OVERALL CO. BURNS IN TWENTY MINUl'ES EXITS LOCKED " I didn't know! " says young Silverwahl. " Profits!'' says Union H eao. ' Followed an account of the ghastly happening, wherein was shown gross criminal ·carelessness, open contempt of law and an appa'u~ng, dehumanizing pursuit of profits. Restrictive rules even in the obeying of nature 's calls were shamefacedly related by many survivors. In all th e sordid, pitiful ruck of the catastrophe was on~ bright, tear-compelling incident. The forelady, Sadie Connors 1 nick-named among the driven girls, The Ogress, deliberately sacrificed her life for her trapped · sisters. '\\ ith all the pent up love of her suppressed existence as a slavey of Gain loosed in the instant of peril. she entered the flaming stt·uc·t11re time after time _to snatch an uncons ·ious . hap (· from th e human huddle at the broken down ex its, car ry· it down th e rickety stairway to safety and re-enter· for a similar burden. Vic:iously fighting off rrstmiaing hands, her short('ropped gr ey in g hair si n g-ed to a sort ot: ulortde halo, she rnslwcl to her· death a few seconds before the flimsy fi rr-trap collapsed . .ll!e real mean ing of that 1 ompous phrase '·the power or the press." co in ed to induce in the mass a feeling of security that cool consid erati on is un_able to inc:ul catc, \\'as well cxemplifiecl during the succeeding fortnight. \Yith an unanimity and ''"ill that must have mad e the gouty God of Things that Are wear an un c1uous smi le of' approbation, the dai lies of Athens, save the r·cca l.eitrant sheet hereinbefore mentioned, harped upon the ''acc ident '' as be'ing the '' will of an inscrutable, diety." Gen eral Barley beard even went so far as to editorially admit that there was yet a glimmer of hope for the workers while a Sadie Connors could arise among them,-pointing out, however, in the closing · paragraph that she was not of the abhorr!'Jd "unionites. '' Sob-sisters from the larger cities invaded Athens, and.for a brief moment the name and fame of Sadie Connors assumed proper proportion and grandeur. Smugly appropriating the world's homage to an heroic · \\'Orker, Athens sp eedily subscribed a fund for a silver tablet, engraved th ereon the golden qeed of the dead heroine and publicly presented it to the tearful, tottering old mother of Sadie Connors. . Sixteen days after the ''accident'' the facts uppermost in th e average Athenian consciousness wer~-that, regarding a certain mint chewing gum, "the flavor lasts,'' and that Theodore Roosevelt on the previous day shot some sort of a thingumbub in South American wilds. and that the home team had cinched the pennant. Speal,ing seriously of the Czar's habit of changing geographical names over night the Brooklyn Eagle suggests that he change the name of Europe to Abbatoir. G'oorl iiTe;i-rither that or Gehenna. �The Western Comrade • 17 DEALING A .HAND FOR DEATH By FRANK H. WARE A king's a king 'n a jack's a jack 'N a queen's allus a queen; 'N bullets is trumi>s 'n blood's th' stakes On th' battlefield 'atween. Th' discard's coffins draped In black, 'N losers lose 'n curse; 'N board's a I>lay in th' game o' war, When war is hell, 'n worse. --~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ OR two y ears had the siege of the capital been on. For two years had 'the· battle raged :md in those two short years ten .~ ~_ million brave hearts cursed and -died. 'l'h P young mr n, the flower of the na. tions, Jona had been plucked and now lay __ half f'Xpost>d, half lmricd in the reeking, r·ott iHg- tn~ n 12 hes where they fell. 'l'housands of motl11·r·s smothered their grief and . with eallowwd ht>m·ts ·donned thP cast-off uniforms of thc·ir husbands and sons ::.o th c•y too could be fodder for· eannon. Why thP~' "·Pre fighting had been for~ott cn. 1\fost of th em lwei rll'Y~'r !mown. And as the ranks bec ame Rm::diPr thf' nrea of fighting dwindled and dwindled until at last th e combined armies of all the warring nations cent ered nhout the great city. l\1ost of thP hrnyy artillery wus silent. Gennauy let England master 1hc· ~ow a hy abandoning her ships and using her marinc·s n nd sailors with the land forces. Airships and acroplnnf's wer·e a thing of the past, as far as this · war was corw er1r ed. No more mechanics were available. 'l'he ea ,-airy was annihilated. A few machine guns, '' homf'-mHde'' cHnnon, vicious handmade bombs (the work of women and invalids) composed th cntir·f' or·dnam·t'. Tire debts of each nation were appallin~. CiYi li zation trembled on the brink of the pit. ' Rnlrrs of· 11011-eombHting eonntr·ics made countless peace overtures only to find tfr em ignored Ly the warring powers. Kaiscr·s Czar·s, Empcr·ors, P r·esidents, Kings and petty rul rs of countries embroiled in war paused and shook their heads. " \Ve started it," th ey said to themselv , ' hut. we cannot stop it. Th en these same rulers i. ued pro lamation after pr·oclamation urging "loyalty and upport for their c"ountry in the grace of God!" "In the o-ra e of God eh ?"said one of the survivors as he read one of the proclamations. "Arid by the grace of all the God what forf" _It seemed, that as he lay there on hi cot, a great light dawned upon his mind and with a smile he turned to a comprufion in the next cot. Are you awakt-, comrade ?" he asked. F ''Yes,'' groaned the other and rolled o er o he might better see the speaker. "Did yon ever know that bull ts have en et" asked the first. "Not to my certain knowledge do I know it although I may well say, with a much emphasi as lDJ' shattered body allow that I ta ted enough' hrapnel and bullets to be transformed into a patch\vork- but I don't know--" "You· understand me, a}though you do not· admit it. By bullets having sen e I hold th,at wh n you first go into battle, cheering and po es ing a whole skin, Let the War Go On! of yotl think nothing but slaughter. Yol}r eyes are wild with enthusiasm and patriotism floods your soul. Urged by your comrades you become insane and revel in the butchery. At last a bullet sears your skin, and goaded by the pain and warm blood you become a demon fHled with fury. As your company charges for- • ward you run to the front. You want to be first. You rush into the very jaws of a :oaring cannon and spear a gunner. You reel and fall, your body full of cuta and bullets. When you come to you find yourself on a cot and a nurse and doctor bending over and an officer standing nearby to comp]jme!Jt you for your bravery." Here be broke off and reaching out his arm touched �18 The Western Comrade the dress .of a nurse as she was passing. "Bring me wate':"!" he begged. She did as he bade and he drained the cup. ''Are you listening, friend 1'' he asked when the nurse had departed. "Aye, and you are · telling your story quite well," camEl the answer in husky tones. "But," he continued, "what has that to do with bullets having sense and why--'' here he broke into a terrific cough w_h ich lasted several mirrt?-tes. When he had finished he was too weak to resume but signaled his comp~nion with a. slight nod and movement o; the band to ~ontinue. "That was a pretty close call and for a" moment I thought you were gone. You deserve an :iron cross for rallying, but hereafter .let me d~ the talking." Th e ashen face of his friend broke into a smile and his dark brown eyes took on a faint luster. He again nodded weakly. · "I was just at that point where the bullets and sense enter. I had reached the point, I believe, where you were on the road to your senses. You receive your compliments very graciously-that is-as graciously as your war-torn conscience permits. But you have lost all your lust for blood. The bullets that struck you down have set your brain to thinking. Uppermost now, in your mind, are your chances for recovery. You view war from a different angle. You see the murderou~ side as it should be seen and your patriotism takes a ' slump as you read proclamations from yo-gy King condoling the wounded and wishing speedy recovery. What for:1 To give you another chance to wrestle with bullets for the love of your country and the grace of God!" His voice had slowly and steadily raised in volume ending in quivering high-pitched tones. A nurse rushed to his cot to quiet him but he waved her back, shouting, ''Don't disturb mel I have not finished yet!" His face was flushed an~ scarlet. Back of his fever~sh -and pained expression was a look of bitterness mingled with hate. He had debated over and over again with himself that day the folly of war. He had only let go of his surplus energy when the nurse bore down upon him, She tried to calm him but he would not listen. ''Disturbing my comrades, eh ! '' he sneered. They're not my comrades. They're my fellow murderers !'' He flung her hand away as she tried to sooth his brow, and pointed toward an"approaching surgeon. "And you, too!" he shouted in rage. "You patch us up as fast as we come in. You send us out again as fast as we can wabble. vVhat for 1 So you can patch ns up again for the love of your country-and-thegrace--" He fell back and his eyes began to glaze. . "Remove that man!" roared an officer to the surgeon. "Remove this man!" ordered the surgeon. TwC> orderlies ran forward. ''Take this anarchist out of here and put him in the guard house!" again roared the officer. The pale faced comrade in the next cot heard the shuffling as his unfortunate friend wa<> borne away. A faint smile flittered ac!ross his face. He smiled because he saw the end of war. He saw his King; his allies' kings and monarchs; his enemies' kings and monarchs fighting <>ide by si3e against an angry horde. He saw those who had been forced into this war rebel , arisP. and strike these monarchs down. And last, he saw these joined in one great brotherhpod. , He smiled again and beckoned to a nurse. She came and sat beside him. Commanding all his strength in one great effort he pulled her to him and wh ~spe r ed in a hoarse, death rattle, ''Goodbye, I ~m gone-to Hell, I ~ness. I 'm many times a murderer-but I played the cards as they dealt them. I'm gone-for th.e love of my country-and gone-in the grace of God!" CHURCH NEWS FROM AFRICA (By th e Benighted Press. ) NGAARD, Central Africa, Oct. 25, 1914.--Resolutions were read and. adopted ip the Central Cannibal Chut·ch protesting against the Christian war, now belng waged in Europe. The resolutions condemn the wanton destruction of life, except for purposes of food. 'fhc Ladies' Heathen Society of the First Church of the Unredeemed voted to send a boatload of yams, gourds and breadfruit to the starving wives and children of Christians whose husbands and fathers are at war . . TheY oung Men 's Pagan Society of Junglesia adopted resolutions calling on all young pagarts to resist the insiduous teachings of Christianity; and to dedicate their lives to peace. At the Church of the Voodoes, the Fire Worshippers' Temple, and the Second Buddists' Congregation of Tong Yong Ya, collections were taken up to carry on foreign missions among the French, Russians, Germans and English peoples. Missionaries will go among these warlike people and endeavor to persuade them to forsake their blood-thirs- · ty Gods and worship th e One True God of Africa. "Europe for Vood in ] 9] 5," is the logan of these · · loyal religionists.-M:ary Field. U �Tb.e Western Comrade • Co-operation tn Europe and the 19 ar The War's Message---By Ernest 0. F. Ames A~'f d~egates L every civilized country, representing thirty milyear in Olasgow, Scotland, from lion co-op •rator~, met in the International Co-opl·rative .Congress. Among other things, they renewed their pledges of intf'rnational p ace and disarmament. Today, one year lat<·r·. many of l.he nations r epreentrd are at <·a1·h other 's throats in a death grapple. Each nnt ion in the fight will surely haYe many of these •·!•-operators in its ranks. Jt is the oh,j('(·t of this art icle to show the effect ()( this war on the co-operative movement and the r elation of ·o-opr.rat ion to the war. Th e immediate future is sr rimt s for· eo-operation rcqnomically and from th P mat<•J'irtl sta ndpoint. Edw·ationally, the co-operat i\'e moYcmcnt may he the gain er, but at how great a ··ost we shall see. Co-opemtion will PI' O\"{' or iuc. timablc benefit during- th e war to th e proplr-, hoth members of co-9perative SfH' i(•t irs a nd non r11 em ht·r·s. Co-op erative stores have alr·f•ad,v just ifir·d their· t•xistenrr b,v th e steadying cfr,.,., lht·y ha v had on tht• ma rk etWh r·n 1hr war hr·okr ont and pani c seized big busitl t''ii-1. or rat ht•r \\'IJr·H hig- busin ess seized upon th e pnllit· 1111d lll ttdt• it an I'X('\lR I' to inflate prices and to hold up th <· mar·lw t.. thr ro-opcr·at.ive stores stood firm. No itH·l'I.'Hfit• in pr·i ers was pr.rmittcd. 'J'hC' p eopl es' store. pi1blished broadcast in the pr ess, and by other· advertising means, the statement that th ey w r c not advancing prices. They went furtht•r·. thl'Y \\'Ht'JWd the publie against overbuying from tl11• stOt'l'S, tht•r·cby dPplcniRhing stocks and assisting the tendency toward high prices. Members were stron gly urged not to withdraw their savings or capital f1·om the o-operativc funds, but to continue living in all respects a normally as possible. The co-bperative factories put on cxt1·a workers to counteract any unemployment due to the war. Th e effect of this attitud by the vast co-operative busin·~ intcre. tR wa immediate. In Great Britain the indtJStrial ami eo mm('l' in! pnnic at the declaration of WfU' w a alruo ·t in .. tautly qua bed. The attempt to :u·tificinlly inflat pri e wa nipped in the bud and the food pirat h ld in chc k In orne other European •otmtl'ie wh r • the power of co-operatio-n was not so grNit. tht• govrrnm r n t int rfer d to accomplish the ·amc end. · Tl1c o-operator will tim by the accumulated st vin~r made in tl1 e control of their own business for man ear:- pa t, be enabled to urvive the present cris:i ,-thi calamity caused by the capitali t y tem of monopdy and inequality. The reserve force of co-operation will largely tem the devastation and ruin caused by capitalism. Cooperation wjll thus be revealed a ' a constructive force, while capitalism is destructive in it career and leatls finally to more complete de truction, such a thi war exliibits. The vast funds of the co-operators will save its members from immediate want and po tpone, if not entirely remo-ve, actual hunger and starvation, uch as for instance al;eady afflicts the Balkan people, who have been at war so long. In this way by the very magnitude of its forces and by virtue of its stand for a higher and different form of life, in wh,ich "each for all and all for each" will be the rule, instead of fraud and aggression, the co-operators h~ve performed a great service both to their own members and the millions of poor people, who otherwise· would have been at the mercy once again of greedy traders and market gamblers. The amount of suffering and privation prevented, the stamina and independence saved, .will go a long way towards the reconstruction of democratic forces, which will be so greatly needed at the close of this fearful capitalistic clima~. ·while co-operation is showing its immense value as au Pconomie saving force for its large membership, and indirectly for the whole community, it stands in the . first line of the war's victims. The arrest of production, the wholesale devastation, the monstrous expenditures of life and property, will pile up a load of debt beyond the conception o£. even modern economists. All waste and debt always has to be met by labor. Mo1·e labor must replace labor wasted and expended and replace it with interest.- The working people and their institutions are the first to suffer wher;t wars come. They foot the bills, inevitably. The strain of supporting the people during this ghastly war, added to the burden of debt which the war will create, ' and which will immediately fall upon the laboring classes, will bring financial ruin io many of the people_s' cooperative enterprises. Th e co-operative societies will continue to pour out their substance to ward off starvation of women and children. Thousands of men folk will be killed in the wa10, and general impoverishment of co-operative societies will result from this unnecessary world calamity. �20 The Western Comrade Group of Colonists at Llano del . .. Rio The greatest loss that co-operation will suffer, however, and more calamitous ev<>n than the loss of funds and property, will Lc the loss of progress in the great social reforms that co-operation, along with other social forces, has advanced so stradily during latter years. 'fhe great crim e of this war against all humanity will be the settin g hack of all social reform for gencmtions. Social workers, hetter· than any other people, lmow how mueh remains to be done to bring things to an approximation of justice; at the same time i1 is readily admitted that the. last twenty-five year's in Europe have been years of great accomplic;;ltment. The chi ef fight has been to secure money from national and stnt1~ ex- ehcquers for ' reforms. The gradual removal of taxa- tiou from labor to unearned increment and the inercased claim upon the latter for funds to administer measures of social justiee has characterized the struggle for equality of opportunity. The fight has been long and hard to get a few millions for such work and 1he advent of war, with its spending of milliG>ns, sadllrns the heal'ts and -chills t he hopes of all who serve in t he cause of progr·css: Already the old reply seems to be r cne"·ed ''there is no money fo r social amelior:\tion. ". Thr dcndly apnthy, the sullen lack of interest, which characterizes a gl'ncration of people for whom thcrr is no relief in sight from h ~cl unremitting toil nml ,~·ant, is an impassahlr hal'l'ier to progress. (To he concluded. ) WALL STREET'S NEvV HORROR-By Max Hays N 0"\V the dude bookkeepers, clerks and typewriter-s of Wnll Stre'et, \Yho have ah,·ays disphtyccl -considerable scorn toward the very common persons wh o work, arc up against the real thing. Hundreds of the snobbish crowd have been laid off or1 discharged outright on account of the closing of the Stock Exchange, the bankers, brokers and oth er manipulators having little or no work for office servants. It is only a few months ago that unemployed meetings were held in the Wall Street distri"Ct for the purpose of imprel'lsing th e money changers with the fact that there were unfortunate people in the \fOrld ~vho deserved to be treated justly. The nasty little satellites of the bankers and brokers created much amusement for themselves and each other by pelting the speak ~rs with orange peelings, apple cores, peanuts, etc., accompanied by hoots and sneering remarks to display their great wit (and long ears). Now they are getting at least a partial close of their medicine. A N cw York paper says large numbers of office men and women floc1~ around the buitldings in the financial district and make anxious inquiries about the possibilities of securing employment. · They franldy admit that they are up against a serious situation, fot· the most of th em are virtually without means, as the high cost of living in New York has hocome a nightmare. The r eal labor element is shedcling no t ears of sympathy for the flunkies of Wall Street, who ordinarily glory in their slavishness. �The We s tern Comrade II NOTES ON THE WAR 21 II By H OM E R CO N STAN TI NE =========:::!!- The Kaiser has conferred the iron cross on 189 soldiers and the double cross on about forty million others. If you want to get up a reput~tio'n as a prophet just give it out at this hour that the Austro-Hungarian coalition will collapse with continued Russian vi~tories. Jt 's Yirtually in the goulash now. According to cable reports the submarine that sank three British cruisers ' as _the U 9. English sailors declare it came from the Dogger banks and this gives rise to th e suspicion that it was really the K 9. "Fonrard with God!" says the Kaiser. "Full steam ahead with the Almighty at the helm!" says the King. "What damned barbarians!" says the Fiji Island Cannibal. Enter Henrietta Dubb,-vide the following dispatch- PARIS-Among th e wou,nded brought to Nois-leSec, a town in the department of the Seine and near the Ourc:t' canal, was a young laundress in a soldier's uniform. Before sending her· to the rear the eommandiug officer c omplimente~ her on her bravery. PARIS- The Matin prints a photograph of a saber bayonet found near Meux, belonging to the Forty-seventh Prussian i'nfantry, one edge of which was notchea liJ,e a saw. 'l'he Matin says that many similar saber bayonets have been found. \Vhen this bayonet is thmst ii:tto the human abdoq1en and withdrawn it briugs out the intestines -whi ch ~equentlf are trailed twenty feet away. Scores of living men have been found in -this terrible condition. ·w hen R.ussia went ser:iously to war the Demon Rum received a terrible swat. The government, which has .l1ad a monopoly of the booze business, stopped the sale of vodka throughout the empire. The declaration is made that a great war cannot be fought on alcohol or any of its compounds. Great petitions are being circulated asking the government to make' prohibition permanent. These petitions set forth the statements that vodka bas been the national curse. Meantime Petrograd is as dry as Knoxville and the cable carries no news of Iiat~nal disaster. NEW YORK-Society women are rejoicing over the solution of the vexatious servant question. · "Starvation an.d widowhood will drive the women of Europe here by. the thousands and they will be willing to work at our term_s. The present scale of wages will go down a the numbers increase," said the wife of a prominent financier who has made millions in western mines and lands. Germans complain they are being killed by dumdum bullets fired by the French soldiers. A dum-dum bullet has a hollow point and soft nose. Entering the hnman body it disintegrates and tears the flesh · to a pulp. · 1-\..ridre\\' Carnegie had this bullet bari·ed by rules of the Hague peace conference. (Yes be did-like Kelly did ).· A gun store in l;os Angeles is displaying in a window a Mercicr-Bennett machine gun that fires 600 shots a minute. _ The gun is the property of a company of the California -National Guard. The · notable thing abou t the display is the fact the gun and extra clips are loaded with soft-nose or dum-dum -bullets ! Shall we call - :t 11ew Hague conference 1 • " See the grisly t exture grow! ('Tis of human entrails made.)" During the battle of Hofstade, near Malipes, King Albert of Belgium motored out and participated in the general engagement. The Belgians forced the German artillery to r etreat. ~kid chains were used on his majesty's motor before he left the scene as the highway, where a cavalry charge had been checked by shrapnel, was slippery with fragm'ents of human flesh, blood and 1 entrails. · i The bristled boar in infant gore Wallows beneath the thorny shade. At Tomazow a Russian lieutenant (a Petro.graduate from the imperial war college) showed his skill with the bayonet whe~ he took a rifle from one of his men and with the bayonet tossed a baby high in the air and caught it again and again on the point of his weapon. The young mother of the infant, who stood shr ieking at the sight, was taken away by the soldiers and the fol·•lowing day found dead and mutilated in their deserted camp.- German dispatch. �The Western Comrade 22 WHY THE WAR? By J. H. RYCKMAN the war . the Christians of the them the forces of reform or revolution, for revoluwhole world prayed for peace, but God tion is only reform raised to the ninth power. On the contin ent these forces have grown so powerwas on a journey or perhaps he slept and ful, their demands are so insistent, their adherents heard not. After the war came, the :so numerous that they have become an immediate Christians of Germany by direction of the Kaiser; prayed to the same God for menaee to every th.r one and every chancellery of Euvictory to perch upon the. standard of rope, and to every religious and political superstition the Hohenzolierns, and they~ modestly in the world. In .!'"'ranee the Socialist Party at the rethat he was in honor bou~d to give cent election-increased its vote from 1,100,000 to 1,490,the victory to them as they were the best .friends he 000 and its representation in the parliament from 76 ever had. Likewise the Czar and- his priests of the to 102, and at the next election it was safely counted Holy Catholic · Church prayed to the same God for that they would capture the government in every the victory and incid~nta l]y mentioned the fact that department and thus brave, gallant, beautiful France the R.ussian people were the only really steadfast ad- would take its place at the head of the grand prodession of co-operative commonwealths that are soon herents of the one true God. This morning I saw in ·a London paper an appeal to girJle the earth. In Germany the forces of reform were even more for 100,000 volunteers and it wound up with "God Save the King." Even the Britisl_1 don't intend to rely po\verful, the Socialists alone having 110 members in the German parliament and 4,500,000 votes-about wholly upon the volunteers. 38 per cent of the whole, and at the next election might But these millions down on their knees appear· to have forgott en that cYr.n if this God ·could answer readily have captured the government. In Italy, Austheir mutually antagoni stic prayers, he seems to prefer tria, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Finland, Norway to keep the promise he marl e in his own book. (Prov. and Sweden th e movement was growing with astonish1 :26-28.) ing rapidity. The ruling class was stricken with ''I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock dread . <The people were crushed with a burden of when your fr.at· cometh: when your fear cometh as debt imposed ' for the building and upkeep of the desolation and ' your destruction cometh as a whirl- paraphernalia of war. Austria, doubtless at dictation wind, then shall they call upon me but I will nat from Potsdam, declared war on Set·via on the flimsiest answer.'' possible pretext. Th e Czar mobilized his troops on the Austrian We . have no time for futilities, either of protest against the war, or speculation as to the outcome. We frontier- Germany declared war on Russia and had leave such things to those who will follow ~s. We completed mobilization of her army in 20 ·hours-the greatest war • machine ever constructed, and jumped, look facts in the face and seek for causes. This war is but a phase of the world-wide, age-long uot at the throat of Russia, but at the throat of the conflict between autocracy and d~mocracy· l<'rench Republic-started not for St. Petersburg, but In England we saw a while ago, the extreme wing for Paris-to wipe off the map of Europe at one fell of the ruling class, the Tories, feeding the fires of re- blow Europe's greatest republic and to biJck the volt against Home Rule in Ireland and we see the mod- forces of progress possibly forever. erate wing, the Liberals, throwing women in jail rather It was not Russian despotism that was to be crushed than give them the ballot. And so the battle rages the but French repuhlicanism. · Germany;s war lord and world around between autocracy whether disguised his apologists _seek to justify their declaration of war as Czar or Kaiser , President or Prime Minister on the aga inst Russia hy saying that the autocracy of Rusone side and democracy on the other-between king- sia is a menace to the high civilization of Europe. craft and priesthood and their · prerogatives on one l<'rance agrees with him, Englan'd and Italy a:rid Belside and the common people, the workers of the world, giti.m agree with him and all that the Kaiser had to do on the other, in their effort to get control of the gov- when Russia menaced Austria was to beck on England ernment. __ and France and Italy and all Europe to his side and Cr{)ssing the Channel we see the forces of progress the Czar of Russia, coward that he is, would have marshaling by millions. I care not whether you call called off his dogs of war and the peace of Europe ~~~EFORE ·B �The Western Comrade (] ·Your Class Must Win! By Allan L. Benson . ' ~; ' Y 'OU cannot ~in unless ybur class wins-·tJ:Ie working class.. You ca_I].D.Ot win unl-ess you get together and stick together. ~he Socialist platform ·is the only place in America in which you can get together without finding grafters and bunco men sandwiched in among you~ The Socialist Party is a working man's and a- working woman's party; Grafters have no u.se for it. Bunco men steer clear of it. Its platform does not contam a splinter of comfort for any of them. It is on the level and on the square. It will not break down and it will not blow up. J f we had a Socialist Congress today, this country would enter upon such an · era of prosperity as the world never saw. As a mhtter of fact, the world has never seen much prosperity, except for a few. The rest of the people are always close to the hunger line. · SEPTEMBER MIDNIGHT would have be<.'n assured for 100 years, probably forever. But th e Kaiser and his government are only the By SARAH TEASDALE executive committe<.' of the ·ruling class, the capitalists, and such a dream of peace and progress was not to be realiz<.'d. RuRsia has not won a great war in 100 YRIC night of the lingerin g Indian Summer, vears. She was the first white nation to be ignominiShadowy fields that . are scentless but full of ~usly defeatl'd by a handful of ..the yellow race-litsinging, tle Japan. Shl' has just passed through a violent in- Never a bird, but the passionless chant of insects, ternal revolution whose fires are merely smouldering Ceaseless, insist&nt. r·endy to hurst out again into a conflagration. It behooved t hl' Cza r to precipitate a foreign war to avert The grasshopper's horn, and far off, high in the maples, an uph cav~d at home, and he seized the' opportunity The wheel of a locust leisurely grinding the silence to back Servia, \\•hen menacecl hy Austria and declared Under a moon waning and worn, broken, war. It fitted well the plans of the Kaiser to engage Tired with summer. the foyes of rl'form in the slaughter of their brothers in France and the war i's on· Let me remember you, voices of little insects, Let us hope that out of t his horrible carnage will 1 Weeds in the moonlight, fields that are tangled with emerge a Enropl' without a King, a Czar or a War asters, Lord or a Maill'd li'ist; that every vestige of autocracy Let me remember, soon will the winter be on us, and militarism will disappear and every scion of kingly . Snow hushed and heavy. ' rule be driven -i~to exile; that ever~ sword shall be turned into a plowshare and ev~ry spear into ~ prunOver my soul murmur your p:r.ute benediction, i~g hook: That the war drums shall tfirob no more and the battle- .,While I gaze, Oh fields that rest after harvest, As those who part look long in the eyes they lean to, flags be furled, Lest they forget them. In th e Parliament of man, the Federation of the World. L �The Western Comrade Impressions of Llano q ~================By WAS awakened. early Sunday J!lOrning in Palmdale. 1 was on my way to Llano DC'l Rio, which is twenty _miles~ east of Palmdale, and was to have ·been met at the train but a misunderstanding left m e ~tran~rd in the littl e city fo~ the night. However,· a t-elephone message to the colony headquarters speedily brought an auto, and I was whisl<ed. over there in less than an hour· Llano Drl H.io Colony is situated on a plain gently sloping to northward and westward. 'Its smooth surface is dotted "·ith sng•!brush, greascwood, yuccas, etc. With the cxcrpt ion of these and an occasional ranch houc;e, with or without its clump of trees, ac~ cording to thr 1imc it lws been occupied, the eye swN·ps thr unnhstruPI<·d plain fot· many miles. The outsi<Jrting scrnrry is onr of splendor. Mountain tops meet the sky m eve ry direction, Two hundred miles to the north li e · th e 'l'r hachipis, their crests scarcely discernible from th e fi ce.;y coluds ·floating over. l\Tidway in t ht> va llt•y arc the "mystic'! buttes, a long lin e of l,ow-lying sentinels, cast up by nature when the earth was young. 'I'hcy are like a line of huge battl eships menacing intntsion. Though massive rock, they at.·e sheath ed in halo, their conto nr is graceful, their coloring divine . . "''l'is distance lends enchantment,'' ncvrr was truer word sa.id thai::t of these, when in ca,rly morn shafts of light bathe them in glor·y, one by one, or in the ''waning hours," when they change from soft purple to pale gold with the shifting of th eir· p9sition to the sun· From out of the "mists" into the "mists," mute and immvtable, there they lie, a column of si lent grandeur under the · star-lit sky, a thing of et ernal beauty under the "or·b of day." To 'fully appreciate Llano Del :R.ioJ. you must have vision. You must see with the mental as well as the physical eye. You must be able to look into the future at1d see that which docs not exist to~ay . The scenic beauty, the fine, dry, invigorating air, the blue sky above and the bounteous earth below, will !end wings to your imagination. You l)lust he able to see the day,. and not a very distant day, when a happy, contented people, surrounded by every comfort a.n d many luxur_ies, wil1 cluster in and around a civic center where there will be schools, library, theatre, moving pictures, pool,' billiards, ball grounds, golf links, etc., etc. Plans· for these things and many more are being worl<cd ont, and thC'ir co ncrete realization, in a comparatively ·near·,futnre, seems certain. One -section of a hotel, whi ch will ac<:ommodate a hundred people, This will be temhas just bern complet ed. ponu·y hPadqual'ters. It will consist of sleeping-· rooms and~tpanm.:nts, a large dining-room and l<itchen, a storeroom allCl tlw <:Ompany 's office· It is Hunter's Camp at Jackson's Lake. About a Dozen Deer Were Brought Out by the Colonists During the Season elaimC'd that th is is the 011ly hnildin g that will be made of wood , as all the rH\1' materials for making cement, br ick and ston e houses are on the land, an will be eonvr rted into the finished product by .the workers themselves .. This is a constructive, co-operative corporation in which thr individmll members form a working unit. -~ingly they co ulrl do little, collectively they can accomplish wonders. 1t is inspiring t o see these earnest, determined men and women go about the task of con-' J �The Western Comrade 26 lel Rio Co-operative ColonY es R. Nickum=========~ Orchard Scene llano Colonists verting this so-called desert into what must soon becor.:~e a veritable Gv.rden of Eden. These people are pioneering, they are building an empire, a kingdom in which each will be :1 king or a queen as the case may be. The grec>n tr<:>es, shade, omamental and fruit, the luxuriant fields of alf"alfa and the rank gt·owth of all vrgetation upon the raneh~s where water now flows :tttcst, wit 1~ unmistal<::tblcness, the fertility of the soil. As to the water, I haven't the technical knowledge to me:-\snre, or evr.n guess its f)Uantity, or the numbct· of acres that m&.y be brougl:t under its influence, but I am informed, by wimt 1 ronsidcr absolutely reliable authority, that from the water rigJ1ts now owned by the company suffkirnt water may be c_onserved to irrigate many thousands of acres, and that enough may be stored to tide over two or three years of drought, should one possibly occur. , Llano Del Rio Colony was an inspiration. It was conceived .in the brain of Job _Harriman. It was born of him, and by him jJ- is being fostered. His is theo master mind, his, the- directing band. Not so very long ago Harriman visited this part of Antelope Valley,)or the first time, at the solicitation of one who is now a member of the colony· He traversed the country for many miles around. He co~­ pared its soil with that of the thousand-dollar-an-acre pear orchards at Little Hoek, ten miles away, and found it the same. He talked with the scattered ranchers, and heard their plaint of· isolated effort. Then he visited its water sources high up in the mountains. He saw theit· volume, their waste and their -possibilities, and he dt' Ntmed a dream. But, dreams alone are fieetil]g pleasures, and had he stepped there this story woUld not have been written. Job I-Ianiman has given the best years of his life to a c<>.u~e other Ht<tn -whir;h there is none greater. 'l'o better the condition of the po~r, the oppressed, the down-trodden, he has ever striven. He has seen conditions as thay exist, and their cause with a clearer v1sion than most men. · Out of the world 's unrest at the ever encroaching greed: of ca.pitalism, many co-operative plans have been devised and put into operation to obtain relief, but with largely indifferent success.- Harriman familiarized himself with all these plans. He pondered over �The Western Comrade 26 them, he analyzed them and noted their elements of that accruing to all members. Neither Harriman, Snell failur~. With these milestones of failure as beacon or .McCorkle owns or ean own more shares of .:itock lights to guide him from the shoals encountered by • than can be owned by any other member of the colony. those who had gone before, a plan formed in his mind Each member may own 2000 shares at a par value of which gradually unfolded and grew to maturity. It $1.00, but he can own no more. It is not within the nature of things that there was the realization of this plan of which he dreamed should be ahsolutely "clear ~ailing" at Llano in the when he stood on the mountain heights and viewed beginning. At tit:st there will he little jealousies, l~t­ the broad acres spread out below· Being a man, quick tlc apamositi~s, little bicl\erings, little jockeyings for to act, when convinced of the logic of his course, he immediately set about it to make his dream come true, and he certain ly has cause for gratification at the rapidity with which the er~twhile plain is being iQhabit ecl nnd br·ought under subjugation. The end of each week finds Harriman on the :ground, in khaki and elk-skins. A stranger_ would :riot pick him out as one of tlte big lawyers· from the city. He would pass rr~dily for one of the "boys" ~vh?, J>.J: their swrat arc dnmg the actual -work of bmldmg Llano. But, here, as elsewhrre, that he may be found, he is a hns.v mnn. Evrry detail of the work is scrutinized. He counsels with all, and listens to, and makes suggestions. Ife docsn 't say : 'g-o," he says "come" and that is the spirit that prcYails at Llano. How dear to Harriman's heart is this enterprise, and how much it means to him may be summed up briefly in thr words of a member of the colony: "Its success or failure means life or death to his hopes.'' Before having seen this location, Harriman, togetlwr with A. F. Snell and G. p . McCorkle, both of W. A. Engle, Ranch Foreman at Llar\o del Rio Sunday at the Goodwin Ranch, Llano del Rio Colony . .><:..- ... . whom are bankers, had tra velcd over much of the state, and looh'd o,·er many different sites for a colony. One, a 20,000-IH'l'<' tract, wns considered as being favoJ:able, and a drnl fo r· i t. was seriously contempl ated. However, Llano D1' l Rio was seen to have .many advantages not pos~cssed by a11y of the others, hence its selection. The first monr,y pnt up to secure concessions of land and water was fumis hed by these three men, and this without hope of individual profit, except favored place, and this would not be strange-in fact it is to be expected-for each of these workers is fresh from the grinds oJ capitalism, where, in order to live, -every man's hand is against every other man's hand. Each, in spite of his philosophy, has been forced throughout his life, by the iniquitous competitive systrm, to take every advantage of rvery one with whpm hr came m contact. . His life, his every act, his ver-y being has be en modeled and shaped by th e conditions. under which he h:u:; liwd. Tie may have looked intothe future, and, in Ids mind 's eye, seen the Co-operative Commonwealth spread ont before him. He nu1y. have look~d into this land of fraternity, of bounty, of plenty, where not a single human .being in all the earth went hungry, and longed for the day when he cou ld enter therein, hut this so far has been only a phantasy, and not a reality. He still is in capitalism. He thinks in the terms of capitalism, and works in the ways of capital ism. H e crosses the line. He enters this co-operative· �The Western Comrade 27 colony, which, by the way, while not the Co-operative Commonwealth, is a mighty long step in that direcThe Colony Is a Paradise for tion, Yesterday he worked· competitively. Today he the Children works co-operatively· Does the mere crossing of this boundary line_ enable him to completely change his mental attitude Can he, in a day, throw off the habits acquired in a lifetime under capitalistic environs T He certainly cannot. He, of course, upon en, tering this new atmosphere, feels a great change. His spirits lighten, apd his heart__swells with emotion. His resolves are higher, his determination firm, yet, he will haYe a struggle to keep, inviolate these exalted resolutions. H e will find it difficult to accept assignments to work that is not just suited to his inclinations. Little Charlotte Earle and The food set hefore him may not all be exactly to his Her Pets taste, yet, I must say, after having partaken of it, that it is very good, very wholesome, and far above that which is spread out on the average working man's the fact, that he owns an equal interest with all other 1 table. There may be, and very probably will be, many workers in this rich empire he is helping to .b uild, its. little things about which he feels, when he forgets green fiel<is, its orchards, its water, its machinery, its himself, that he has a "kick" coming. But this is live stock and the beautiful white city that will arise, only his transitory stage from competition to co-opera- peace and contentment aJ;ld joy will occupy his soul. tion, ancl even here, by girding himse"lf, he will be able . He will be ready to work where his work will . count to keep his resolves, in the main, and a.s the days pass, for most. He will co-operate indeed and in truth with the necessary effort to do so will become less and less. all his comrades. He will stretr.h out his hand and .\nd when he comes to fully realize, and appreciate ''lift up,'' not ''press down.'' THE _R EAL BATTLEFIELD By GEORGE R' "LUNN T HERE is before me a picture which reveals better than words the unspeakable horrors of human butchery. · It is a picture of the real battlefield. I see a home where starvation is ruling with ghastly iron hand. The cupboard in the poverty str~cken home is not burdened with even a crust of bread. On the kitchen table lays the baby of the household sleeping the sleep from which there is no earthly awak€ning, a tiny victim of starvation. Kneeling with her head buried in her hands which rest on the table is the grief-stricken mother. To her right a little girl of about eight years attempting to rise but too famished to walk. · Behind, holding on to his m~ther 's dress, is a boy of five years, thin, emaciated and so pitiful, looking frightfully toward the door. This is a picture of the real ravages of war. __ Always in the foodless, fatherless home the battle <>f life and death is fought to the bitter end. It is a battle without hope for no star illumines the shadow of that struggle. No bands are playing, no drums are beating, no trumpets are sounding on this battlefield. The father ifl, gone, sent, he knows not why, to be murdered. The helpless mother and fatherless children are left behind; left to fight hopelessly against starvation and death. I Here is where we see the real war, war in all its hideous nakedness. Not on the plain or sea where the thousands are nerved to action ~Y the brutal excitement of death 's carnage, but in the homes where slow starvation grips the innocent children and where the pitiful sight of the dead babe brings collapse of courage to the wretched mother, is the real battlefield. Has your subscription to the WESTERN COMRADE EXPIRED ? Renew it now , and get a few neighbors to subscribe. �The Western Comrade 28 THE DESERT By ALBERTA . LESLIE T HE Desert slept, · Breathless, 'Neath noonday's ~olten heat Naught living stirred, on wings or feet, 'Till evening bre ezes, ~oo l and sweet,· 0 'er her broad bosom swept. E'en so the desert hides, 'Neath twilight 's veil, her cruel face: The burning stars reveal no trace Of Death in that mysterious place Where Death abides. Upon her breast ..Lie whitening bones by dust concealed Which, in the noon-day's sun. revealed, Show even man-proud man-must yield His life at her behest. Then fades the day. Life stirs anew, the Desert wakes; A rabbit's scream the silence breaks As Death, swift-footed, ov ertak es The gaunt coyote's prey. Stirs Life-Death stirs also. And from his hidd en earthy bed The rattler rears his loathsome head, Waiting some creature's careless tread To lay it low. But this shall pass. Some day, from hidden founts unsealed, 'Tis Life, not Death, that she shall yield In ~owing stream and blooming fieldAnd gx:eening grass. A bat flits by. And now the new moon's silver rim Dips near the far horizon dim, And yucca branches sharply limn Fantastic shapes against the sky. Bide yet awhil e, And on this water famished land, 'Vhich now bears cac tus, sage and sand, The stacks of go ld en grain shall standAnd hom es shall sm il e. Veiled by the ·d ying light, I Through gathering dusk, now palely gleams (Like lov ely unreal shapes in dreams) The cruel chollas shape which seems A thing of beauty soft and white. A little whil e and I Shall sec the Ol'chard trees take root; Th e t end er leaves and branches shoot And j e\\·el tints of rip ening fruit Shall with the sunsets v1 c. . And when :t've seen The Desert's power to hurt all spentGod's blessing on the Desert sent, I, too, shall pass in deep content With things that once have been . .. Llano del Rio Colony, October, 1914. �The Western Comrade 29 . Major Jarero, Who Went For Zapata By EMANUEL JULIUS ~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!\.P A'l'A-the Z~ Robin Hood of l\Iexico's a myth. Terrible Z (the last letter in southwest-is more than a man; he is the ~IC'xiean revolutionary alphabet) is· ~ :::~, t~:t:J~~~a::~; ;:p~t: !a~~e ~::: ~ breath. Praying peons often · mumble Zapata 's name when they mean to use th e nam e of Christ. Zapata and J esus-1·ebels, both of them. True th C'_v tlitfrr in somP- respects. However, the rough Zapata, like the gentle Jesus, fights for the landless, penniless, r:' gged seum of the earth. Jesus turned the othe1· c:!JPek. Zapata . ne\'er cioes that. Jesus was crucifird. 7-apata is hetteJ' equipped, having splendid rifles and quick-firing guns; so, there is little likelihood of hi<; being "dismantled:" The difference between ,JP-sus and Zapata as fighters for the poor 1s one of efficiency. Jesus had his Pontius Pilate. Zapata had his l\fajor Pablo Zayas ,Jarero, erstwhile leader of 4000 Huertistas in " the gre!'n valleys of l\forelos," not many miles southwrst of l\lexico City. And this brings us to the sto1·y. Zapata is still in l\Iorclos-a rich, beautiful counhy. l\Tajor .Jarero isn't. That's au important differrn cr. Z is nn "in"; 1\iajor ,Jarero is an "out", a hop elrss "out ". 'l'he Major is in New York, ·which is a compliment for the leader of the peons of l\[orelos. As a major in the federal a1·my, J arero had the unpleasant and difficul.t tasks of annihilating the rebel army of the southm'st anrl send.ing Zapata to kingdom eon:e. Don Pablo Zayas Jarcro began four years ago; he quit recently. Zapata and his army are still cioing business at the same old stand. In the restaurants of the Whitehall Building, Battery Park, I met the major ·and heard his story. At the table were Mr. Carlo .de Fornaro, noted caricaturist, author of "Diaz, Czar of Mexico," and Manuel Esteva, New York Consul during Huerta's regime. "About 2000 Zapatistas 'Jet·e always carrying on a guerrila warfare ag-ainst my men," said Major Jarrro. ''Zapata's regular army had about 2000, but he had a fighting force of · at lrast 40,000 men, wpmen and children (children fight for Zapata) who had and still have guns anrl ammunition and were ready to fight at a moment's notice. They tilled the soil most of the time, but never hesitated to leave their plows and grab their ~uns whenever they. saw an opportunity to pick off a few of my men." Asked how it happened that he permitted the peons to carry on surh warfare, the major shrugged his shouldet·s and said: "What conlrl J rlo? Zapata owns the country down there. Every man I talked with would deny h~ was :t Zapati<:ta. It was hard to prove they weren't, since their guns were J1idden. They did not fight habitually. "'J'hey are jnst humble peons when they work on their Janel their leader steals for them but as Loon ns they tal'e their guns they become brav~ fighters who fear nothing. ",.hey would work quietly when they saw ·a comp::my of my men march by, but they would count my men-I couldn't stop them-and when my men were gone, they would quickly organize a force twice the size of my party, which may haYe had only 50 men. Zapatistas would follow, set a t-i'Rp and exterminate them. Then they woulcl hurry back to their land, hide their guns and go to work. What could I do 1 Sometimes I wouldn't hear of my loss for weeks. It was awfully exasperating!" The major frankly admitted that it was impossible to dowri Zapata's followers. Of course, the only nction (from the major's viewpoint) - to execute the thonsanrls of peons in Zapata's country-is impossible. "Zapata is their god," Major Jarero continued. " 'l'hC' people wo1·ship him. He is a Socialist who knows little of the theory or philosopl1y of Socialism, but who instinetivGiy• understands its spirit. Zapata's secretary, a school teacher, is an intelligent man of pronounced Socialist views, who is the brains behind Zapata's bra very.'' Zapata, according to the major, has an efah orate method of taking toll from the rich sugar plantation1sts. As it takes considerable capital and expensive mnchinery to raise sugar, Zapata, probably unready to confiscate the lands, allows the rich to hire Zapatistas, provided sufficient sums are first paid to his agents .. Failure to pay results in destruction of the crop and machinery. 'I'his money is used to purchase guns and ammunition for the peons, the major said. "Zapata," said the major, "is a strange leader, almost a myth. He goes from village' to village, neverJ'emaining longer than a night. When I was after him, J founrl it impossible to trace him, because the peons �30 The Western Comrade everywhere gave my men wrong directions, often send- I tell yon, Zapata is a funny sort of man.!' Zapata is hopeless, said the major. He cannot be ing them into traps.'' eliminated. The major then told of an incident that showed Former Consul Estcva interjected with this: the sort of dare-devil Zapata is. "I believe the government should let Zapata have "I was looking for Zapata near the village of Jothe country unmolested. The more be is fought, the . jutia, in Morelos, and at last decided to give him up stronger be becomes. If he becomes governor, he will as a hopeless case. He looks like an ordmary Mexican, become conservative before long.'' and Mexicans, in the main, look alike. At a litt.le "But Zapata · scoffs at the idea of becoming govhotel, a man approached me with the time of day. He ernor of Morelos,'' said Fornaro. told me he wished I would find Zapata, the bandit. I Said the major: "Every man suspected of being a soon became attracted to him and invited him to eat Zapatista should be sent to distant states." with me. He impressed me as a simple-mannered man, "Why not let the peons have what they want?" quiet and sympathetic. We slept in the same ~ed that asked Fornaro. "They want land to work on." night. Next morning we p'a rted. .J\n hour -iater we '' Oh;'' exclaimed the major ; ''that can't be done. learned that a score of my men were being attacked, 'rhey are .too poor to pay for the land. They haven't so I hurried to th~ir aio. We finally succeeded in sav- the capital." ing some of them, and in doing so, we took a prisoner. "Why speak of capital?" Fornaro asked. I "The Of cout·sc, the usual thing is summary execution, which peons are giving capital no thought. They have rifleswe decided upon. 'l'hc peon said he would tell me th~t is better than capital. l1et the peons work on the something of great interest if I should order his free- land and they will let their rifles grow rusty from dom. 'Tell me what you kno:w; I'll decide afterward,' · disuse." I told him. He answered that I had slept with Zapata! But the major· didn't seem to understand. I THAT ROTTING BRAIN AM an admirer ;..of virility and stt·cngth. To me powPr and hranty and life arc synonomous. "With this in minrJ I attended the first day's session of the Jnd usir·ial He lations Commission in Los Angeles. I want.<!d {o sec strong men. I hoped e·ven to see a worthy foeman in Harrison Gray Otis. My disappointmeut is bitter. · ·\Vhat I saw there when the "tyrant" ga vc his testimony filled me with chagrin, humiliation and nearly pity. Instead of virility and intellect I saw a fat, flabby dotard sans mind; sans body, sans everything. He sat on the stand, a ddll lackluster glare in his almost invisible eyes. His fading intellect scarcely grasped the questions that were asked him. When he delivered himself of a particularly venomous utterance he chuckled tootblessly, then fell into silence like an owl molested in its darkened roost. Otis spoke, in muffled tones, through nis dirty, repulsive moustache and ''goatee.'' His words and actions bct1·ayed senility and bespoke early decay. Governor Johnson sa-id Otis has "a rotting brain and a gangrened heart.'' As we looked at him on the stand these words came back again and again. A member of Organized Labor said: _.. "And we arc up against that sort of thing If we had but to outwit that, and failed, I would go down and jump off the dock."-G. E. B- LOVE WITHOUT WINGS C lUNA, like Dick Swiveller, has to sit up and inquire of the old min is friendly. Japan notifies China "to _remove all civil and military officers and all soldiery from the 'rsing-Tao and the Tsinan districts and to abandon the railway there. The order, couched ih terms of polite request, naively adds the statement that any opposition will be considered an "unfriendly act. ' ' How sweet is friendship ! • HE WAS WILLING A CCORDING to the advance announcements in Chicago newspapers, with the God whling clause, Voliva has delivered his important address entitled ''The End of the World : or When Christ Appoints the Mayor for the City of Chicago.'' Later ·on God was willing again and Voliva utterly spifflicated a trinity of infidel theories by swatting ''modern astronomy'' (was the ancient astronomy better?); knocking the pe wadding out of evolution and taking a pot shot at that delightfully nebulous thing "higher criticism.'· Chicago must be grateful that Jehovah is so 'villing and so obliging these days.-E d '0. �The Western Comrade 31 TAHITI'S CRABS AND CATS By FREDERICK O'BRIEN F.il===~ N Tahiti, the most joyous isle in all the the tree about 40 feet. and encircles it with dirt and seas, 4000 miles south of here, two leaves. The robber descending, with thoughts of things struck me as being very funny. gouging out the soft, delicious meat of the nut and Cats are fine fishers, and crab<; climb eating it in comfort in his little parlor by the beach. trees. The crabs dote on cocoanuts. Th ey climb the palm trees after the nuts, and they cause considerable loss to the owners hy their thi every. They ar1! ealled robber rrahs, because of their wichd habits. Of course they m·e really water residents, like other 1· rah s, but th ey have become so enamored of a cocoanut di et that they ha~'e suited their natures to their appet ites to a large degree, and often remain entirely awny from the water·, except in the love-making season. Thry have a huge claw that is very strong, and 'rh (·n the fan cy for· a nut overcomes them they climb the tree in search of it. A full-grown, healthy coco·a palm is from 60 to 100 feet high, and the nuts are Making Copra lll':::rly at the tiptop. 'l'hc crab disengages the nut from its stem, and lets it drop to the ground. If his :-;tomach urges him, he will sever two. The nut or strikes the garland and in his fool crab brain thinks nuts grounded, the robber comes down leisurely, in · he has already reached the ground: He lets go, and his hackwarrl way, to enjoy his dinner, just as a is hurled to ~he earth, where the mad Tahitian has eapitalist goes to his club to dine and wine after he spread rocks for his landing. The wretched crab has shal\cn the ·nuts off the labor tree. smashes to death on the stones beside the nut he has Th e 'l'ahitian hates th e robb er crab, and sometimes designed to eat. This is "nuts" for the native, not the crab. In fak es the trouble to punish him for his abstraction. fact, the native has crabbed the robber's game. When the crab is away up by the green leav es, sawBut about the cats that fish. Dr. Williams, the lllg' off a few pounds of g rnh , the native climbs up Water Fete at Tahiti ·. �32 The Western Comrade Tahitians Are Wonderfully Natural and Graceful Dancers American Yicc-(·onsul at Tahiti , owns nn i§land, Tctuaroa, a few miles from 'l'ahiti, and has plnntrd 90,000 cocoanut trees on it. He was mueh troubled hy 1·at~. who ate the young shoots of the trees nml JH'CYentPd the nuts from reaching their growth. A c·ocoannt tt·c• e should hear fyom GO to 100 nuts a yrnr·, \\'Ortlt a C'f'llt and a half or two ecnts each. De. ·williams haited \ tn1ps and set out Rough-on-Hats to stop his lossrs. hut to little purpose. 'J'hP rats lrar·nNl to know that traps wer·r inhospita l1l e, a ntl t hnt poison clisagr·ercl with thrit· health· One day somc•o rw sug~est('cl c·ats. Of eom·se, it was an old maid. Who <'IS<'? She said that in Califomia cats were the df'\'il on gopher·s, and that they should do dcatll.v wor·k on 'l'etuaroa. The doctor bought cats. \VIrile he was about-it he _l1ought enough. Cats were swarming in cer·tain districts of Tahiti, and when he offered a frane a. piece , two whole dimes, every Tahitian ],id brought a c·at or two. When he had a thousand he eri(•cl '·Seat!'' to tlfe next boy, put them on a schooner and shipped them to Tetuaroa. Rat meat was eat meat for months. The cats ~hased the rats up trers and into caves. Never was Slll'h a <·at-and-rat tinw. But thr day l'Hme when the . la~t rat, the· tiniest mousr , had )H't·ishrtl hy the dreadful ("fl tclel_vsm t h:t1 h ~1 d 0\'l'l'(a k<•ll t hei ,. race. Tehraron i~ an :doll· It i~ a <-O!'al islet, and the soil is <·or·al dust· It hac; no population except the . ft•\r Ita tins sPnt 1h<•t'<• h.v Comnd \Yill iams to plant and 1-!Htlt<'t' <·oro:wuts. '.i' lwr·r is no ploughing nor· l'Ultintting, fot· roeoannts ~r·ow without man's aid. Till' natives liYe on fi~h they c·a1l'h, nud on taro and i'<'is srnt fr·om Tnh it i. Bnt th.ey could ~ot catch enough fisl.Lj.Q,r a thousand eats. and hc•sidrs with the rats gone, why suppor·t in idlrnr~s thrse m eowing myl'iad~ ? \\'or·sr titan that! This rattling home for rats lwd .not hern a 'L'omlpss Eden. The cats had multi plil'd. Natur·p ltad takPn its arit.ltmetical course. It lookf'd YPry hlack for the feline families. l3ut right here, atavism. heredity, survival of the fitt('st-whntrver you may call it-intrrvened. Time was whrn eats or their ancestors gained their living hy fishing, as other felines do today. Instead of perishing for lack of rats, some wise old eat, courageously overeoming his fear of water, went to fishing. Roon hundrrds of cats spent their many hours a . �The We st e rn Com r ade day in snaring the many kinds of crustaceans and scaled fish that crowd those warm and exquisite waters. It is a sight t o see th em! A huge Tabitha crouched upon a coral rock, .h er ey es intent upon the lapping tide, her paw t ense for th e strike ! She watches the gold and green, the purple-striped, the pale pink and sca rl et fis h pl ay hi dr and see k in th e hol es of th e coral. Let on e rise within her r each, and slap goes her 33 elaws ! " Mew! " say the little kittens playing on shore, as mam& cat, leaping from rock to rock, brings the food to them· It is a revelation in the adaptability of th e living to th e necessities of environment. Th e rats are gone, th e robber crabs have scuttled back to th eir natural habitat, fearful of the cats, and these ha ve ta], en up th e t rade <U P et er ·Bar-Jonah. Life i ~ seren e on 'J'etuar oa. Of course, it's hell on th e fish . FOR . KING AND COUNTRY T IlE \l·o rhr bo\l·pd ov er his t ask. Bla zin g in the said th e courier. And t he workers shouted a loud, h N l\' (' IIS th e su n· sent down scorchin g r ays mer cidrownin g th e wails of th e women and followed after lessly hal; ing th e f>a rth and t he toil er of th e fi eld . At t he trump ets and th e fla gs. t he p oi n t nen r·esl th e hi ghway th e wear y on e raised hi s As t he work ers mar ched th ey d t·ew lfllYriad others !':' eS HIH.J sa \\' a st range!' lookin g steadfastl y at him. to them. Th en th e masic e~ ase d an d they heard Ft>a r g riprwd th e work Pr 's heart an d choked hi m int o g roans. Noises lik e th e .r ending of th e heavens smote silcnl·e th ough Jw tried to sp ea k. t heir ea rs and a bl ack pall arose and blotted out the ' ' You rl o wd l. '' sa id t he st ran ger . '' Prep a re th e sky. 'l' he way g rew slippery and many fell. Th en g rniu , I sha ll n eed thi ~ ha rv est . Then I shall sen'd fo r th ey lm ew th ey wer e wading throu gh bloqd and fragyo u," and he pull ed a black cloak about ·his fies hlcss ments of fl esh and human entra ils. Some sought to turn •!J ra d a ml d isappea r ed int o t he f orest. back , but wer e stricl, en and crush ed down. On t hro ug h th e fo r est the str an ge r strode com'l' hcy mat·ch ed st eadily forward number ed in the mendin g th e IY Od ;e rs th ere. In villa ges and t owns and millions. Th ey approached an ineffable abyss, where cit ies, throug h facto ry, mill and min e, h e saw the works all were doomed to p lun ge, and th ey saw on the brink of men a ll(! com 1ncnd<.' d th em. Most of all was he t he fi gure of the stran ger ,· t he bl ack cloak drawn about pl eased with th e toil of armor ers and gun-makers. All his hollow skull. Besid e him stood the courier Whose he summon ed to he in wa itin g but all shrank f rom him garments were r eddened and splashed with blood and eryiti g " No! :Ko ! j'{o! W e will r emain at our task! " th e banners and music wer e gone. And th e stnw ge1· chu ckl ed mirthlessly and drew his 'rh e stranger spok e to th e couri er and said : "You cloa k about t he ca H m ou s eyes and said: " l\fy mes- have don e well. Th e crop is good!" Then the doomed senger will com e. B e r eady! '' workers on th e brink knew t he two wer e DEATH and Th e toilers forgot. th ci r r csolYe to a void all strange W AR.-G . E . B. messengers and clin g to th eir tasks. Th e sun shon e • and th.c birds came and the toil ers sang in their fields. T hen came a courier in ri ch panoply. H e was accompani ed by bann ers ' and a fan fare preccedcd him. By EDG C UMB PINCHON Trump ets sound ed and tla gs wav ed aloft. Th e toilers I Th e loath some li ght. is here-Another day! arose in th e fi elds and heard th e s houts: Th e monste r whose da ily food am I is yelling for me ! " Dul ce est pro p atri mori! " Nervou sly I ri se and run, yea- run, lest He become iin" G'ott und Vaterland! " pftti cnt- angry, a nd r efus e to gulp me. ' 'Viva Ia R cpu bliqu e !'' I hast Pn, gibbering with cold and dread, p r ostrate my" God Sav p tli e> Kin g !" self before H im, His 't entacles are around me- l " Hurrah for th e Old Fla g! " clutch th em eagerly. I am engulfed! . Th e toilers left th e fields and for est and mllls and My sin ew, bon e, my n erv es, my heart, my blood, my mines and followed th e couri er shouting th e c1·i cs. brain-my Soul-are His-'l'he hours writhe by: thon gh their wnml!n wept and clung to th eir m en they wer e flung off and from the earth cr ied out to the With brutish uu con ccrn h e cmn ches me between ·h is steel-clad jaws, rolls me beneath his iron tongue, courier: ,. su cks up my life-my Self! "Who are you ? Why do you take our loved ones And spews me forth at eve-a Thing-to gather as I away?" ffiay fresh blood for morrow's feast. "I am patriotism and I follow the p ath of glory!" • .. T HE FACT ORY HAND �The Western Comrade The Glory. That By r.~=~!!!!!!!~~ n o. · g SYDL"~EY r·an count the books that have ,written about Rome. Historians, rwar·-historians and professors of almost ::;;'! f' \'f!rything on earth and in the heavens Ita \'!! hr.cl to jolly us along a little about sorn 1~thiug to do with Rome. Generations of schoolboys have been ~stall-fed and force-fed on Rome until they knew more• about H.omc than they do about home. ~ And all these nf!ar-historians amL others have tort IH't•t! th e lanf!uagf.' to find eulogiums and encomiums sllit a f,),. to portr·ay what they called the glory of Rome. 'fONt of' tflll S''!IOOJ and college histories are ablaze with it. Boys think that Rome was a fountain of sl\lendor, the hC'itllwat(!rS of human aehievement, the daY'spring of the watl!rs of life. And so, fr·orn the point of view of the tribunes, JH'IH•tors, patricians and aristocracy in general, it may hav(! lwcn. Jt is their view which has been handed down to us. The other classes were not in a position to han<l down their views. 'l'hey were not permitted to havf! any view~;. It is the view of the aristoe_ratic (·lass, or at all events of the dominant class, which gctR into hook form. 'rhc other is extinguished. F'rom th e point of view of the international Roman pr·oletnrint and the Italian peasantry, Rome was a hi<lcotu~ly diseased octopus consisting of clutching fingcl's eternally endeavoring to fill a bottomless belly. Nothing satisfied her but the fairest, the youngest, t hf.' st rongcst; nor was there ever such a thing as sat isl'art ion. .Just as the tenderloins of New York nnd London will seize everything beautiful and reach and r<•ueh for fr<'sh beauty to devour, so was Rome. She wus an international brothel. , The wide-eyed Virgin thr onntr·y village, the young mother with babe on hrr d<'licatc breast, the strong-armed Syrian peasnut, thP dr nmy Persian shepherd boy, the Gallic fisher ln<l- thc, w r the prizes of Rome, and what became or thl'HI f A!>k of the winds that blow up from the lnwlnntl . 'a ! Tt i t b charged against them that the textbooks in the ,chool nnd uniYersities tell none of these things. Thl'ir Yicw i that of the Roman enate not of the hill, id . g at-herder. T thf' (']a::, iei t. one Roman poet 'Ya worth the a rifie<' of a million virgins and a million peasant bo~· •. and of thi wa the glory that wa Rome. .6 But to u • to the modern proletarian. the question I.'Ome,. h w many po t were there among tho e two million llo~ . and girL old into sla>ery' h ••f!fl m or as. Rom HILLIARD A poet must indeed be a mar>elou thin the di tilled enee, the ultimat filtration destruction of millions of the bodie .and of tb ul of the best of humanity. _\ noble philo oph that th degredation of a thou and girls can flower in a lin of Roman verse ! Slavery. No figures can encipher it c -tt'nt in the days of the glory of Rome. lavery in th nit d States was a chautauqua picnic compared to it. outh Carolina wa a Dorea m eting along id of a in •I' day of the glory of Rome. On u h a ingle day in a single market as many a a hundr d thou and lave were sold, and twenty thou and wa no uncommon ni . The western and southern borders of the Medit rran on and far" inland were depopulated, and have r rnnin d so ever since. After the free Italian husbandman had become 'Xtinct, had gone to live in Rom e on stolen wh nt nnd glory, and sometimes on glory without wh at, hi pln was taken by chained tribes working und r the lash who had been driven thither from peasant vall y where now th e jachal began to roam, and has dono ever since. The ruin of Italy follow.ed by the ruin of Syria seemed to be necessary to the glory of Rome. The punishment of slave revolt was crucifieion. There were many slave revolts, notably in the Island of Sicily. More than one .of these were for a time successful. Eventually th ey were overthrown and the roads were lined with crosses on which hung tens of thousands of bodies of beings whose crime was similar to that of George Washington or Abraham Lincoln. The gladiators, who fought to satiate the appetite for blood of those who dared not fight, were ·largely slaves. Once in a while they, too, would revolt and attempt an escape to their native forests. But generally they were recaptured and crucified to th~ glory of Rome. Actors were virtually slaves. They were bound to a profession always loathesomely indecent and generally obscene, women and men alike being born into it or sold into it, and, once there, beil!g obliged to go through performances of abominable lust and degredation until death or total incapacity released them. Before the empire was established by Julius Caesar there were always factions in Rome, each one trying to obtain the supreme power. But they were ruling, or aristocratic factions. and at no time had they any conception of a free laboring class. It was always Tweedledum w rsus Tweedledee. It was as though thl! American enate, Congress, President, Wall StreP-t �The Western Comrade and the landed property owners were continually in arms, with the various governors of the states siding now with one, now with another. When the president \\ins he massacres every stockbroker, when the real estate men win they slaughter the president and thou· sands of merchants. Governors are up and down, supreme today, dead tomorrow, like Jack-in-the-Boxes. The quarrels of stock brokers_and politicians, h_owever, would not al_o ne be of such deep significance, if everyone else were not dragged into their wars. Their troubles would not matter so much to tJ:;.e Amer:ican hired man in Western Iowa, or the lumber-jack in California. But in Rome the hired man or slave who happened to be on the wrong side had his throat cut, too, and the properly executed Yictory meant the total extinction of the enemy and all his relatives, fri ends, sP-rvants; peasants, ft·eedmen and slaves. His country was repopulated with old soldiers_and the favorites of the winner. ~T uch has been made of the personal vices of such mr.n as Tiherius aml Net·o, but the condition of the· ('tnp irr was little if nt all ·effected by them. It was the imp~rial vice of whol esale economic exploitation that ruin ed 1\ome. Individual vice. even the vice of !1H\'in g yours!hf worshiped as a god. iri imperial temples and having a priesthood oed icated to one, as was th e case even with An!!ustus, will not injure a peasant. The vice and glory of Romt' was in making the peasant pay for it. :\1odern society escapes the- onus of finding a true explanation for the horrors with which the glory of Rome "·as mixrd by laying the blame upon the personal vice of individuals. Today some of our New York 400 have personal vices but those vices are not the cause of the hundreds of thousands of the unemployed that parade our streets. It is an economic mistake that bron_ght the glory of Rome to dust. Even imperial flesh and, blood came cheap when glory began to ~ct. a little dear. From 211 A. D. to 284 A. 'D. twenty-three emperors sat in the seat of Augustus, and of these all but three were murdered by their soldiery. Of the rrmaining three, one fell in hattle- Decius; one di ed in prison- Valerian, and one died of pestilcmr:e-C:Iandius. Oh, noble line of kings! Glory must he a toothsome diet to command such terms. Not only ernpe1·ors, hut long before them, dictators had met the same fate. 'Flaccus, Sertorius, · Cinna and scores of other leaders were murdered by their own officers. What wonld we say of the glory of America if Winfield Sr.ott, '1'11ylor, Grant, Farragut, ·L ee, Roosevelt, Fletcher llllli Funston and hundreds of other generals had heen murdered by the colonels, majors and privates they commanded! And yet what would you? ·35 Cinna and Octaviu fell upon citizens who had collected. to vote, and heaped t.he liltreets with the bodi s of the slain. ."'ulla, armed with absolute authority, backed by overwhelming military strength, after his victories, organized proscriptions which meant the death of all the families of all his enemies. He murdered 40,000 people after the defeat of the ~iarians-a though McKinley and Hanna had murdered 40,000 Nebraskans after the defeat or Bryan m '96! In the absence of Sulla. ~farius and Cinna grabbed Rome and Marius gratified his thirst for r evenge by a frightful slaughter of his politiea I opponents. It was as though the peerleSJ one, now secretary of state, shoulq cut th throat of every gold democrat and gold republican in N~w York and shovel their bodies 1nto the Hudon •shile he annexrd their property and old their childr n to the Chinese. Octavius, capturing bauds of runaway slavbs, eru •ified 6000 of them 11nd sent llO,OOO back to their mnst rs. l."nder thr S<'eond Triumvirate the horrors -of the proset·iptiow; cxc·pc~ded those of Marius and Sulla, and while t!lt~ forulll swam with hlood, and the streets were rnc:umhnrei! with eorpscs, the dead Julius Caesar was rrochliml'd a god! It was as though President 'Vilson Rhould hayonet eYery high tariff man in New England :md ordain the puhlic worship of Grover Cleveland. nr sn ch was the greatness and the glory of Rome!. Under whornsoevm·. it matte.rs not-consul, emperor, srnnt_e or hand of soldiers-it seemed as though anyone con~o govern Home, and always for its "glory." 'Phat common men should be encouraged to live· lives of: conuno11 or.~cn<'Y, or even permitted to do so, was unthought of iu 11 thonsand years of Roman history. Arnonrr, so mnny prr·iods of glory there is none of ,irrt•ney. Farming, long heforc the empire, became unprofitahlr. mli! its laborious life with scanty or no returns was f'ont rastcd with the stirring life of the camps, with the hooty o1· with the largesses and gay spectacles of the t ow.ns. Of the booty tal<cn in war rightfully ~lelonging to 1hr. Homan people, hy far the greater part was appropr·iatcd h:v the successful general and his soldiers. Thus the wealth drawn from the -provinces by the Roman state was. trifling compared with that which inclividmtl -citizens acquired. 'l'hc provinces offered an nnlimitc·d fi eld for money making; the nobles or quacstors, the publicans, the ncgQtiatorcs, the slave dealers, penetraird eve1·y cornm· of the empire and beyond it :mel, protc>cted by the legions, rivalled each other in the exploitation of thr. provinces. While Rome ·extrnd ed l1 er lJonndarics, and while her nobles and merchants amassNl l'llOrmOUS fortunes abroad, the Italian fa rm er sank dPeper into ruin. The burden of military <;l'n'if'(' pn·ssrcl on him, h e had to compete with stolen �The Western Comrade foreign corn and with foreign slave labor purchased or stolen by tlui~ rich. Nearly all the various colonization schemes were entirely abortive. The promoters, whether Senate, Gracchi, Sulla or Rmperor, always · failed "with characteristic cowardice and stupidity to strike at the root of the evil-exp loitation. They had to keep the favor ' of the rich, and the rich insisted on exploiting. Every era w:ts an era of glory; none of liberty. By tlw time Augustus !tad the empire at peace, a hundred and fifty years of extortion, extravagance arid peculation, followed by twf'nty years of civil war," coupled with unbridl ed brigandage hy land and p~racy by water had pro<lucr:d complete financial <·xi~austion. Taxes fr~ ll on the poor: taxes arrd tribnt<' on .t he poor· of 1he pro1·ill(:Ps. EH·n il! th e tinw of l\larr:HS Aurelius, whom our· le<·tun·rs !;o pr:r·sist<·ntly t·ulog izc, any Roman governor eould mak e a for·tnne irt a year·. His fortune ,\•as spent !n hanquf'ts. fetes, rar:r.s, wines and prodigious retinues of slaves. Dall<:r: rs, cooks and prf?Stitutes were t he popular favor·it<·s , "·hile these S(;hohu·s, poets and philosoph<•rs, or 1\'hOill we have since heH r·d SO IUUCir, pined, for· the 111 0st· par·t , iu attics or· ];enrl!·ls . . l\forc than lwlf t lw popHbt tiorr wt•rc sla \'Cs, over 60,000,000 <•f l.IH•tn, but rnan y of tiH·m '"' ' r<• hcttcr· off than millions (If SO· (':tllf:d rl'('l'llrt•rl. 'J'JH• sir·k WCl'!' Jefl to pPt'iSh j !' uhli c (·!rw·it y w:1s llltkltowrr and unthought or; edll<::a•ion \\'liS d e rid •·d :. :1hd n<,l hing \l·e nt but the g' lory of' Horne. '1'\ro 11to1 rs;rnd p•:opl e o1rneJ tir e whole ei 1·i lizt>d world, ~tnd their irt <, olnputah lc fortunes wcr·e_ spent i11 dt•moralizing it. Th<"ir p:tl;r!·t·s and ,.Jot h1•s Wt•r·e rnag-llifi<·en1: fir ·· i~· s<nils l'ottPrl t< • t!r,, r·on•. Our l<·at'IH' d l:tlk lri~drsolrlldedly .or the ~101'.1' or lionw in jttrispnrden1·c. It was th<! la wgivi ng of 'l'1reed and 1\h!rp!:y. It \\';Is 11ot .only I)X JWnsi l·c to go to law. it was l'llinott~<. 'l'fl,. B·~ nch itself ,~·ns ownNl hy thr· .0\\'liCl'S or ?V!! I'.)'th ing elSl'. Dungeons w er e for t hose who r·ouldn 't kr ! <~p out: the gallows were for those who d isappt·ovcr1. :'.l'he glory of: Bonran art \l·as the inflaming of the passions. Costly, il;dcccnt pi et m·ps W<'re hun g in baths . and pn,blic ph<·1 ·s. Litrrahll'<' was Hattcr·y. There was n evpr any r l'a l manly protPst hom litPrn.ry men against 11H· vier·s of the . oeial systPm - not ei'Cll from thosr .philosophrrs of whom W<' h ea r· St> rnn ch. Tt was as though all AmPrican literatlll'e ""'as ,,·r·ittt>n fort he aclnlation of thP Nt·w Yor·k 400. As to th e hid eous cruelties pra etisP1l on sla1·N> ri·ght next door to them, on slnvus of their· own fi<'sh nnd blood , no one of the 'V'l·iters, a r ti ts, seu l))tor·~ , po<'ts, utt r rs a w01·d of protest. •rJre whole ciYiliz<''.l world ,,·as deeciYed, fettered then morkE>d. all the whiiP fot'I'Nf to rontrihute to thr lusts of a single man, the Emperor or Dictator, and the gluttonous degenerates upon whom he smiled. And the glory of these ghouls was the glory of Rome. Outside the Roman pale were the Goths. Amid the fores.ts of Germany were no slaYes, no catacombs; there were no prostitutes, no tax gatherers. On the Baltic, womnn was free, the equal of her husband. On the Adriatic she was the universal courtesan, more than half the wom-en had no l'rusband, and they were probably better off titan those who had. On the Baltic was barbat·ism anJ life; on the Mediterranean was eivilization, glor·y and a corpse. AnyonP. ·who tried to ennmpr·at the monstrosities o!' Rem<', rrpnhlic or pmpi r e, in an article short or lung, won!cl hr• a foo li sh scrihP. Home's ·crime against r!re wol'ldng elnss of all humanity can never be forg iv en her. 0nlv the satellites of a somewhl:<t similar systc•rn can pos~i hly h e found to overlook it. T~ the I America n lahMer the glory of Rome must always be fl thing, nllt for lllonurncnts hut tears.' His class w.as ,·r·neified. all hnt obliterated; obliterated in many places: to feP<l a few \rho might hav<' descended. from . ~Iar·s for all the sympathy they had for him. \Y;.is RomP worth \\'hile? Historians have -spoken; lit er·atur·es haYc spoken; professors and lecturers have spokPn; ma:vh<' th<'v know: mnyhe th<·y arc prejudiced nnd do not. H rn\'•!V<'r that mny he. Rome wa<; Rome, I rom the 'fwPcrl to th e Tigris, fr·om th e Guadalquiver 1o the C:1spian: whPr·evcr· she tmfrhrd it \n1s the Roman toneh :1nd wlrr~n ,tltl' Romrin \HIS awa.'· from Home he did <!S H01<1P did. lt was th f' sanH~ iu Constantinople·. Hi 1·al bands nf r·h:trioteer·s, hlurs nnd ~rt'ens. w c r·c ahl r to create i1er·r. ns in HnntP. fnf·t ions amr>ng tlte popula ce. Justinian Hnd Thcoclor·a \\·c r·p at one time lmef' dt•ep in such :1 furore·. f'innll.v a l'<'hPllion broke ont there which 'nls only put do.,l·n whpn thr Pmprcss sent three thousnnd soldi<•rs to thr. Hippoch·omP an<l massacred the moh . Jt wns as thou~h the Nationals and .Americans in· .\lew Yor·k w1•r·e at gnn fighting-. President ·w ilson1 sidin~ in with the Nntionals. hoth hasehall leagues -rebel against Congrrss. FeclPral troops from Washington dtnr'!!t' thP polo grounds \l·ith hHyonets and cover the hl eachrrs 'rith tlrousar1ds of thP sla in. Surely even g-lory ca n eome high! (ilOI',v! \\'h;tt IIIUS1 Br·itain. Parthia or 1\'Iesopot;tnin h:t\'P thong-ht of Tiome ? \V.hat would l\Texico think if th<' l 'nitf'rl :-itatc's ol' .\m eriea. were to conquer hP!' nnd sPII ht•r· population undrr· the hammer? What \·alnr wonhl f'anarla <;d on ~lory if w e conquered her and drovr tlr<' fannN·s of OntHrio into the forests of l 'ng-:wa a1 :d usPd thPir natiH fiPlcls as cattle ranges and gmin fnr·nrs l ill Pel hy shr \'PS bought by New York millionair·ps in ~f f'Xiro ~ ThHt must haYe been the �The Western Comrade value placed by the peasant on the glory that was Ro~e. \Vas Rome worth while! W a , or is, any empire based on slavery, force and exploitation worth while? Js the leisure to indulge in eYery ·ghoulish debauchery to be preferred to the simple virtues of barbarism? If there be but the choice between the crude, hardy 'life of forest, swamp and ·mountain, and that of Rome, which shall we have? But _let us hope that there is a third alternative whi h will some day break in upon us. In the night of May 28, 453, Constantine PalaeoJogus addressed . the Roman and Greek JlObles on the affairs of the morrow's battle. The death bell that 37 tolled in Rome in 476 clanged out again, and Constantine s spl'ech wa the fmieral oration of the Roman Empire. For the last time the sacrament was offeNd in St. ofia, the night wa spent in prayer and preparation, and the following da~ saw the end of Rome. \Yhat was Roml' 1 It was never an· achievement, it wa an opportunity. Rome was a lo t opportunity, and opportunity lo t in the glory what wa Rome. The Roman proletariat saw no way out of the e things, therefore it could never alter them. Unles the Am rican proletariat clearly EES a way out of its own degredation, poverty and exploitation, it too will never alter its mode of life. Until the working . class actually ees the Promised T1and it will never enter it. THROW OFF YOUR DUNCE CAP By JOHN M. A MAXIM is frequently a lie. Now and then, however, we find one that is strictly true. The m'a xim that experi ence is a dear teacher is one of the true ones. What then, if we do not learn by one experience, but must have our lesson all over again 1 The experience of the working class, which ought to have awakened it to the situation, have been repeated again, and again, and yet again. The great railroad strike of 1877 alone, the first great battle in the class war in America, in which the power of government was arrayed against the working elass, ought to have been sufficient to d emonstrate to the workers that they must cut loose from their exploiters and fight shoulder to shoulder for their own emancip.,ation. It ought to have been sufficient to demonstrate to the workers that so long as the exploiters control the political power the· exploitation will .continue, and that, in order to emancipate themselves, the workers must conquer the political power, take the reins of government into their hands, and strike off their own fetters. With this lesson in mind, what have the ·workingmen of America been doing to profit by it during all these years? Why, incredible as it may seem,· throughout the entir e time, they have by their votes kept their enemies in power to rule over them. If they had gone to the public school and learned their lesson so poorly, the teacher would have made them stand in the c<>rner with their dunce caps on. And, what is worse, the strike of '77 is but one of a myriad of experiences teaching the same lesson. WORK' We _have had Homestead, and Pullman, and Wardncr, and Hazleton, and Croton Dam, and Cripple Creek, the great steel strike the great coal strike, the great copper strike, and tens of thousands of minor struggles. Every one of these thousands of strikes has drawn the class line taut. Every one of them· has repeated the lesson that the working class must wrest the political power from the hands of the capitalist class before it can hope to emancipate itself. And yet, throughout the entire period cover·cd hy these class sldrmishcs, the votes of the workingmen of America have kept their enemies, the capitalists, in power to rule over them. Workingmen of America., it is high time for you to throw off your du·ncc caps and act like men 'instead of kids. Quit voting the Republica!!, Democratic and I.ro-· gressive tickets, and thus keeping your enemies 1in power to rule over you. · Vote the Socialist ticl<et and put yourselves in power. Politi<'al <·Hmpf~igns ar·e hoth bad and good for SQ ·ialism-they are bad when they transform good, cfficil•nt commdes into oppor'tunis~s, traders and trimmers. · Campaigns arc good whrn Socialists make the most .)f their opportunity to spread propaganda and inrrease the nud er. tanding of the working class. �, 38 F The Western Comrade Interference With God ROM the days of the wapentakes to the modern fly copper, policemen have added to the gaiety of the people of the world by · efforts 1rt censorship. The latest is a censorship on prayer. Jerry 0 'Connor of the Chicago force censored "September .Morn" from the store windows of that virtuous city and made the shivering but pulchritudinous wretch loved and- famous. Since that hour nothing so funny occurred until the police of Dresden started th eir censorship over the prayers sent upward at the English Church in that city. Picture two husky harness bulls standing beside the dominie during services to prevent- a prayer to God to help the British workingmen in their most laudable efforts of disemboweling and dismembering German workingmen on the blood-soaked fields if France. In wireless telegraphy they have a system of "interference'' by which a po\verful station can so disturb the static waves in their course that less potent plants are unable to transmit messages. May not this be a ~Suggestion? Can't the warring powers rig an aerial of interence that will prevent all prayers reaching the throne of grace, thus permitting the best equipped murderers to do their work undisturbed ? This would seem all the more necessary now, that the Turks arc praying-to an unchristian god-for the success of one of the Christian armies. ·w hy not cut all the wires and give God a rest G. E. B. Every Socialist should work unceasingly for the proposed war referendum. student of. modern economics knows of E VERY the universal insolvency of ' the bimks but not everyon.e knows . that the insurance companies are in such a precarious condition that they could not survive a large conflagration in any American city. The European war has paralyzed ·stock trading. Stock exchanges everywhere are closed. Securities cannot be liquidated and insurance would not be paid if demands were made on the companies. The companies admit that a vast amount of their security holdings is not at this moment worth much more than the paper on which they are engraved. When you see the warnings issued to policy ho.lders to use ertra caution in guarding against fires you will know the reason. The Purpose of Socialism S OCIALISM stands for · a new civilization. It is a world-wide movement of the working class and its sympathizers for better food, better clothing, better homes, more education and culture-in short, a more abundant life. Socialism starts out with two terrific propositions, to wit: · ( 1). All men are brothers, not merely brothers in name, but brothers in fact, with a common blood, common interests, common cause. The welfare of one of us is the brotherly concern of all. of us, and being brethren, all war and strife and hatred shpuld cease. (2). The things that men need in common should be owned in common and supplied for the common good and not for private profit. With these ideas in mind the Socialists· make some . very co~structive proposals: In the political field we demand the rule of the people, L e., democracy. In the economic field we·demand the public ownership and operation of publJc utilities. Broadly speaking, it means: ( l). That the means of production and distribution of wealth, which are social and public in nature, should be publicly owned. This would include all the coal, oil and iron. lands, the rivers, forests imd other natural resources. It :would also include all the great public utilities, such as railroads, telegraphs, express companies, and in short, all the great trusts and monopolies. (2). That all social utilities, being collectively owned, shall be under democratic control for the benefit of all who work, in order that pr<?fit-making, whereby one person e~loits another, shall be abolished. (3). That all who are able shall be given opportunity to labor in the collectively owned industries and each shall receive the full profit of his toil. ( 4). That each shall have for his own priva~ property all that his labor earns of food and clothing, shelter, house and home-books, music, education, recreation and culture. (5). '!'hat the government, municipal, state and national, shall· be made truly democratic, . so that the will and wish of the people may be the law of the land. This will be accomplished by means of the initiative, referendum, recall, proportional representalion and other measures making for popular government. War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's tr!!-de. -Shelley. �The - western Comrade The Field of Glory. By Harry Payne Burton L A GAUCHE! La gauche!" called the old after ring of the battlefiE'ld, on toward it very heart. There were more bodies now, and the cabbages had French woman to me from the upstairs window of her littre pink bri.ck villa that stood been pulverized by tramping feet and blown apart by in its prim little garden on the white ribbon road to falling shells, and the leaves, clutched in dead men's Trilport, France, and her long, bony finger betokened hands, wer e brown with dried blood . • • • • • • • a passage over miles and miles of cabbage fields that But now it was not just dead soldiers that prolay flat as a griddle. _hissing in the overpowering stjn. w~re .claimed the wake of battle. About me everywhere "La gauche 1" (to the left Y) I questioned again, for at the far end of these hot, sticky cabbage fields I saw broken bottles-wine bottles and whisky flasks and canteens bent beneath artillery wheels. And here and only a heavy forest swimming in the heat. '' Oui! Oui! ''she crie4, resorting to my monosyllable ther e, proud helmets......:.of Uhlan and drngoon ·alikecovm:ed with dust, were beaten into just tin. French as if to make me comprehend. l\lu kets, too, cluttered t he land, and great guns, And so I started ''to the left-through the Woods shot from t heir carriages, blazed in t he sunshine among of Meaux-to Trilport-and then to Paris !'' the dead. One of them had fallen full across t\yo GerCabbages! Cabbages! Nothing but cabbages! For half an hour I dragged my ~ay ti1rough that man soldiers, crushing their' heads -into the ground. .. Nor had th e cavalt·ymcn 's horses escaped, Beautipalpitating, sticky, saffron-grounded field until these countless, blu e-green heads swam dizzily before my fu l, sleek colts \\"C're dead th ere by hun clreds, and many . of them had, in th ei t· death agonies, crusl_1erl theit· rideyes. And then, suddenly, I saw that the dead we!'e all ers to death also. Pieces of shells, j agged and merciless, were strewn around me! about thi ckly, and , ns I approached the woods, grew in I was face to face with the most terribiP sigh t m number. It was evident that th e shell fire had been diall the world-a battlefield of yesterday! against the forest. I kicked my way through rected • • • • • • • the debris and pierced the cool, green aisles of trees, I could not count them. and th~ birds were singing. · I could not, with the first shock, even differentiate But be~owthem-French or English or German. There, in the very trenches from which they had For theY. were just people to ine. Clean, beautiful human beings-menand boys-young as I or younger fired, were the German troops-they who had been just - with most of life still to unfold before them and now cheerful, happy boys of the Valley of the Rhine, it was marred and battered and bruised and cut into one easy to see-mowed down by sheets of raining lead. So. thickly were they packed in, in some places, that they reeking mass of carrion! stood in death, for they could _not fall! • • • • • • • Trees .were shattered on every side-just as the And this was only the very fringe of horror-this men were shattered on every side by the diabolical incabbage field! . struments men have made. Flowers and ferns were I knew that, for, farther op, I could now see that torn up by hundreds; bushes and saplings had been the d ~ad were lying-not singly among the turquoise out of their soil, and the nests of thetbirds, and blown cabbage heads, but in ghastly little heaps where they the birds th emselves, were scattered all about the had fallen in groups of two and three and four-fallen ' ground. perhaps, without time even to say ''good-bye'' into • • • • • • • <'ach others' ears. And in the woods beyond there I But, after all, it _ came to inc, as I turned to flee knew I should see the full ~rice of war! from the sight and horror of more, pature has . tri• • • • • • umphed over the military spirit a few overlords foster . I had a little bottle of camphor in my pocket. Livamong the peoples of the earth. For at my very feet ing on "grospain" and r~Jw onions produces· indigeslay a Frenchman and a German, the llrm of one about tion that only . camphor can alleviate, and I poured the other and an empty canteen between them. And I orne of the balmy fluid on my handkerchief. With the like to think th at, as they died they divided their w&.cool, pungent cloth pressed tight against my- nostrils, ter and their rations and knew that, af~er all, the peoI stumbled on through this path of victory ! ple of thP- Rhine are brothers to the people of the Seine, The horror grew. and that they th~mselves had no quarrel with each It became more im·oh·ed as I, plunging throu!t"h ring other. • • .. • • �40 The Western Comrade United States of Europe By BASIL HOWARD ~==ift l-IAT became of Pri.nzip (I believe that was his name}, the young assassin whose accurate and deadly aim in killing Francis Ferdinand and his consort, doubtles s to his ~t;ter amazement, has plunged the world into wad" sa,id Wurtzel car-elessly, as he began to arrange-z.the pieces l!;;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;;;;;:;!J Oil the chessboard for a gam!:) with his fri end, a fellow n ewspaper . man. rrhey had seated themselv es · t a table in a secluded corner of an East Side cafe, behind the vine-covered trellis work on the sidewalk. " In the tremendous import of the events that have followed I have not seen him mentioned." Ballard, his companion, did not answer-'-indeed · seemed so plunged in profound study he forgot to place his men (t h e blacks ) upon the board, and "Wurtzel, having arTang-cd the whites, also, again spoke: '' \Vhy so a hst ractNl ? \Ve sat down to play a chess game, h11L from the expression of your face one would thin], t he fate of th e world depended upon your solution of a problem." ''Assassin ! Y cs, so they call him-a madman, too -and I do not know what has become of him. But what if--" "Well, ~o on . But what if- - " Ballard rernaincd silent sornc time, and Wmtzel had begun the game with the Huy IJOpez opcnin~, absently, but seemed waiting for his frif'nd to speak more than for· a counter play. "But what if- one hesitates to conjecture, or at least to express such a conjecture-but what if--" He paused again. Then, gathering courage, he went on: "But what'if thil\.so-called assassin foresaw all the events t hat wcr·c to 'full~w the death of Fmncis Ferdinand, and made up his mind to kill him and pay the price-witt.h his life1" "You stag~er me with such a suggestion, that this man was not an assassin, but a-well, what would you call the fiet;~d from hell that would set millions of men to cutting one another's throats 1" "But what if he foresaw that to this war there could be but one end- the end -o f all war, universal disarmament, arrd the establ ishment of tile United States of Europe 1-and finally, perhaps the Federation of the World 1"· ' '' Then this assassin would be like the So:rt of-- !" He stopped short, with opening eyes. "Your imagibation is truly extravagant!" After a moment Wurtzel continued: ''But half or all of these assassins are prepared to sacrifice their own lives, and this young madman, like others, was prepared to die, And you think he foresaw-.- " "However tremendous the events that have followed, it is not impossible he foresaw it all-and what ls yet to come." "Do you really mE'an to say that--'' \Vurtzel started off, but Baltard broke in: ·'From the instant the fatal shot Was fired everything · that has follow ed was not only logi cal, but reasoJting fro m cause to effect, I might say inevitable; and, having followed the game so far, I can fnyself foresee the end-universal disa rmameqt and the cstablisl~mcnt of the United States of- - " "If the Allies win-- ?" broke in Wurtzel. '"J'h c 1Tnitcd States of Europe," continued Bal~ard, r·onfidently. "A]l(l if, by any possibility, Germany should win?" '· Th e United States of Europe-there can be but unt· result." "If the war should last six months, a y ear, two years 1'' · ' 'l'he high et· is piled th e war· debt-surely not less tlran t\\· cnty billiolts- th c more certain the people are to refuse to again arm and later on fight the war over. They will look for a solution, and there is but one possible solution, the United States of Europe-the bountla r·i es of the different States of Eut·ope being on natural geographic~! and racial lines." - '' But each nation in Europe will resist to the uttermost any attempt to change its present boundaries," objected \vurtzcl, "except the change increase its own territory in which to hold a monopoly of trade, and th ey will require armies to defend this area-everlastingly adding jealousies and ft·iction." "In other words every nation in Euro~e demands an increase in t!tc area in which they may exercise free trade-to th e exclusiou of other~:?-and having built these tariff walls they require armies to defend them 1" asked Ballard, seeing Wurtzel was opening a way to he su rrou nded. "Exactly," said ·wurtzcl, confidently, feeling that he had won the argument ho~vever willingly he would have lost it. "Then eve ry nation in Europe is fighting for free trade?" asked Ballard. "No; for the extension of its protective tariff walls--' ' Wurtzel was hesitating, not certain of his own position. �T h e W e s t .e r n C om r a d e .. Go on," said Ballard ; " go on-to increase the :trea in which to-. - " he paused. " Trade freely!" Wurtzel fell in, wonderingly, as h e began faintly to realize his own argument had been shal<en . Ballard r emained silent a momen"t that the point of Wurtzel 's forced admission might sink in. ·'And if there were no tariff walls between the various States of Europe," said Ballard, "each would have all they are now unconsciously fighting for-the conI incnt of Europe as a market! Each would govern it self as it docs no\\·, and the contin ent of Europe would he like - - " '·The· UnitPL1 States of Ameriea- oh, the (.1uited States of Europe ! I sec it, I see it-! " Wurtzel cx.-laim cd in joyous s zrprisc, rising from the table, utt,.rly lwsid c him self. "Sonwthiu g 1 h ave dreamed ol' a ll my lifr!" II•· did not spc::1k for some time as th e great truth t I till had <hl\rned upon him was being more firmly ~rasp<'d i11 his rrasou. Hega ining somcw1HJ t his composttr<· h<' rrs111ned hi s seat at the tahle . .. \\" hii t a si 1i 1 pie sc>lution of a worl-d probl em !· ' hr· ~aid ;!I I a st. "Th e rull'rs ~md statesmen of Europe Ita,.,. hf•<·n as hlim1 as I! What a seeming paradox! That rn·ry nation in Europc! is unconsciously fig-hting t'or fi'Pf'i · tradc- sc·Ycnt•·rH million m en cutting <'aeh nthpr"s tltroats to break do\\·n trade walls- for somcthill~ tlt<·.v could ha1·e foL" nothing!" '' Yes,' ' said Ballard, and not one of the m w0uld haH what th ey thiDk th ey arc · fighting for if you'd give it to them for nothing-for restricted trad e that would i:;olat(' them all, <'<Hricd to its logical con clu sion, would destroy all comme rce!'~ "SPventc.r n million men," repeated \Vurtzel, "fighting for something they could have for nothing, and not on e of them would h ave what they t hink they arc lighting .for if you'd give it to them!" But Ballard r e mained sil ent, an~ Wnrtzr·l eon1inn ed : "But insane "national and racial jealousies as to loss of nationality and the location of the capitai-'Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Vienna or Romr- \\·ould prevent a union such as ours, Florida exch anging what sh e produces ch eapest for what New York produces "heapcst; as Italy should with Germany, France with Hussia. But they would all fear loss of nationality." "There would be no loss of nationality, and there. need be no capital at all! Just ri'i.eet at 'l'h e Hague, abolish th e Tariff Walls and go hom e! 'J'hc war would he OYel·. '' . .. \\' urtzcl seemNI doubling. " llut " ·ith a world :!One mnd with war·, who would stop to think~ Did l' l' ~' l':V natio11 in Europe in eongr(•ss assembled at Th e . 41 Hague abolish the Tariff tomorrow, would not the-war be fought to its bitter endf" ''The war would cease immediately. It would be absolutely impossible to continue it. · I defy you to suggest th e faintest purpose any nation would have to rontinue the war after the Tariff ·Walls had been destroyed. 'l'hc soldiers of all countr~es would shoulder their guns-or throw them away-and start home. Seventeen· million men would start for their respective COUJ?.tries over flower-st~ewn roads lined with happy, deliriously ·happy women and children in w~at had hern the enemy's country, and war would be no more - destruction, de olation and d eath to he succeeded by a world of work and wealth!' ' · ' 'It i::. not possible that l could continue. this game,'" -said Wurtzel, . as h e gathered np the ch ess from tlw hoa rd , '-'even had you made a play and were willing to continue. l find myscll engaged in such amazing speculation- ! ecm to hav'e discovered a n ew \vOJ·lcl·a game of e+1css would he pu erile- -" But Ballard, interrnpting him as they rose from th <· t able, sa-i d: _ " J supposn you t!oul.Jt the possibility that Priuzip might have foeeseen- -" Ballar·d hesitated . " You know there is only one possible end to the wa.r, no matter who wins, and Prinzip- - " "Here, c:onw d inc with me at ' '.I' he Boulcvat·d, ' " said W urtzrl, "and I'll listen to your tll{!ory of Prinzip, while you if). turn shall know of the great milita1·y mistak e of the Kaisc1· and his advisers." Ballard seemed stunned·. "I ·w onder if you, too, have discovered the tremendous blunder of the Kaiser - for h e could have had all the world with him in strad of aga inst him!" !The Public]. A JOB FOR DEATH ''WANfJ' :t lif<" joh with a human e employer where th ere arc! 110 str·ik cs o1· lay-offs, with a constant ch an gr of sePnc, plenty of ~unusemcnt and h ealthy work?" That is 1he wording ot' the advertising put out to lute youn g men into the naval service. 'l'herc: is an en·or· in tlw WOI'Cling: ls it a life joh '! Js it? Oo ask of th e hlcaehin~ horrcs in the Baltic! Ask of th<· overgorged sliarks of t he Adr·iatic! Lif<· ? Ask t he Germ au c rew of the U 9 who wept as th<!y sank thr<'r! British r·rnis<'t's without a e.hanr:c to live! .Joh for J.Jife! Lroi's troll th e truth : Young ma n, if you wau t. a job that-is a I i vin g death 111 times of pcar:c, and mur·der and hell in t im es of war --join 1h<· navy of any eountry at any timr !- G. R B. �42 The W e s r ~ r.n C o m r a d e THE WESTERN COMRADE ~ol3 En tered. as second-class matter post o m ce at Los Angeles, Cal. at the 924 Higgi':la Building, Loa Angelea, Cal. Subscription Price One Dollar a Year In Cluba C!f Four Fifty Centa Job Harriman, Managing Editor Frank E. Wolfe, Editor Vol. 2 Oct.-Nov., 1914 No. 6 & 7 SONGS OF REVOLT J. A. Williams has compiled an anthology of revolutionary poems among them a number of his own and a few selections of prose composition dealing with the class stmggle. This pamphlet is entitled: "The Revolution in Song and Story." It is 48 pages of the choicest selections of the r ebels of modern times. The poems run the gamut of hu_inan emotions from the humorous lines by the author entitl ed ' .' When · Soci'alism Will Die,'' to the heroic verses by James G. Clark : "Justice to Liberty Enligh tenin g the World:" Com rade Will iams has dedicnted his hooklet in a touc hin g manner to his comrades who have stood with him in th e r anks and foug ht in the work . Fifteen volumes the size An introduction · by Frank J'j. \\' olfe tells the story of Comrade William~ ' devotion to the cause of Socialism. 'fh e pamphlet sells for tm1 ·<·L·nts a copy. A copy will be s<·nt free to all ~ew yearly subscriber·s to Th e W estc m Comrad e whorequest it. EXPJ,ANATION to my prolonged and unavoidable absence in the East thr October number of the WESTEll:'\ C0:\1RADE was delayea so long that it has heen. deemed apNfi ent to combin e th e October and thP ovf·mber issues of the magazim~ . An effort has he en made to · make this num her larget· and better than o•vPr before. All subscriptions will IH' set backward one month on th·e list so that eve ry subsc riber will r e<·t'iVf• th(• fu ll twelve numbers for t hP yPar or· six months for the half yNtr. Th (• mana gement wish es to take this o<·ca<; ion to 1hank scores of commdes who have Rent in new subscript ions and l'lubs during the month RED WEEK and who have said so many encourUS'l' a word ahout Red \Yee k and ng-ing things about the magazinr.. the vY este rn Comrade. Vv e reFRANK E. WO[,FE, ce ived mor·e su hseriptions during Editor. !'lcptemhet· hy a vast number than ever beforP. One comrade alone sent STHTNGTNG JOIINNY in forty-two . Oth ers from four to Hoy 's l\1othcr· (poking her head out twelv ~.' This without the usual of window ) -Say, you kid s stop pick- deathb ed app eal or gurglin g gasp in~-{ on my .Johnny. H e Hin 't no for help. do lin. lt was just th e voluntary hustling of com rades who know that every Th< · joys of swimm in g who 'II com- tim e they t ake a subscription for the pute W cs~c rn Comrade th ey are giving To youthful lives and nimble I 00 cents worth and that they are nut !lon 't forget your· bathing suit. doin g exce ll ent propaganda work ( r1 's in yom grandma's thimble.) for Socialis m. To these devoted fri ends and yokeDRESSER PHOTO CO. fellows we extend our sinc er est Lantern Slides · thanks and good wishes. It 's all Copying Made and Exhibited Enlarging teamwork for th e good canse.-The I Kodak Flnlahlng-Free Developing ed itors. Mail Orders Q WT:!'\C: J 230lh SOUTH SPRING ST. Phone A-2298 Los Angeles, Cal. No skinning. One price to all. C. A. WILSON The Watchmaker and Jeweler at the Union Labor Temple, 532 Maple Avenue, Los Ange les . is a union watchmaker. ALL PRICES ftiGHT U. S. W. V. Roosevelt Camp No. 9, I. 0. 0 . F. No. 150 Louisiana, K. of P. No. 186 Louisiana. THE MACHINE GUN I speak with the voice of Ip.en and devils. l\iy messengers speed. their unerdng flight to coun.t less )learts. I w6t•k between two voids-back of me a pile of empty shells, in front of me a widening cir cle of empty hearths. I am no r especter of persons. 1\iy victories lie in a horizon of homes. Hell inspired me, man created me women and children pay for me. Each day of battle I prepare a feast of bodies, with Death as the host. With my blackened wand I touch the breast of man, and forthwith ther e springs the in carnadine river of death. I turn but an inch, and the lives of ma idens are blasted, moth ers and sisters mourn, artd a hundred babes are fatherless. Science, Christianity and Civilizat ion stand sponsors for me.-Life. AND DESERVES MORE Friend-Do you get more for a poem now than you did twenty years agoY Poet (sadly )-Yes. As I get older I can 't defend myself so welL-Chicago News. NOT A FIRELESS COOKER Brawn-See that man. He's so ill temper ed his wife can't keep any servants. H e's fired six cooks ·in the past .s ix months and now his wife has to do the work. Strawn-Oh, I see, he 's a sort of cookless firer. '' I und erstand the bride and groom are back from their honeymoon trip. " "Yes." " Are they all settled 1" "Yes." '' And happy ?'' " Very. Slw can hardly wait fo r his first pay clay to come. " -Detroit FreQ Press. · The British Columbia Federation~st Room 217 Labor Temple Vancouver, B. C.-• $1.25 Per Yea.r Issued Weekly R. Pa r m Pettlplece, Managing Editor A l a b o r paoer unparall el ed by a n y l abor paper o f Ca n ada. P.nd or sed b)· th e Vi<'t<>ria Trades and Labor Cou n cil a nd l\: e w ~\ ' es tmin ste r Tr:lde~ a nd Labor Coun ci l. o m cla l organ o f th e Vancnuver Trades and Labor Council a n d Bri ti sh Col umbia Federati on of Labor. Th e paper for Indust rial linlty, Political Uni t y. Strength a n d VIctory ! If you clo n o t tak e th is paper you shou l d subscribe today!, �The Western Comrade THE SCOURGE OF GOD? HEN the Kaiser sent his troops forward on the P ekin expedition, this was his message: '' 'Vhen you meet the foe, you will defeat him ( Cliinese, mostly unarmed or carrying medireval weapons). NO QUAR'l'ER WILL BE GIVEN, no prisoners taken. Let all who fall into y-our hands be at your mercy. Gain a reputation like the Huns under Attila." At Louvain the German commander blundered and fired on his own advance guard. This awful error was covered by the sacking and burning of the city with the consequent loss of life and priceless art treasures. Is the Kaiser still posing as the Scourge of God ?-E d '0. W COULDN'T BEAT HER Ellanora had been the negro maid at Mrs. Hopson's for several years and left to get married. She moved to another city, and nothing had been seen of her for a couple of years, when one day she called on her former mistress. "And so you have a little son, Ellanora 1'' said Mrs. Hopson. '' Yas 'urn,'' smiled the woman-'' a nice litte boy." "And what did you name him~" queried Mrs. Hopson. "Well, we calls him Eggnog," re.plied the colored woman. ''Eggnog!'' said the other. " That's a funny name for a boy." ''Well, you' see, missus,'' explained Ellanora, '' det cullud woman what lives nex' doah to me named her twins Tom and Jerry, an' I didn 't want to bvoutdone by her. " -D·elineator. · THE MOUNTED BULL ''My papa is a mounted policeman,'' said small Eric to :a vjsitor. "Js that better than bemg a walking tPOlicernan '' asked the visitor. , "Course it is, " r eplied Eric. "If t here is trouble he can get away quicker.'' MAKING HIMSELF SOLID Examining Admiral (to naval enndidate )-Now mention three· ~!'!·eat. admirals. Candidate-Drake, Nelson and- I heg your pardon, sir, I didn't quite .catch your name.-London Punch. THE SOCIAUST CAMPAIGN -BOOK FOR 1914 Will give you up-to-date Information about The Socialist Movement The Labor Movement : Co-operation Exploitation Wages and Hours .Unemployment Child Labor Woman and Labor Industrial Accidents Poverty The Rig~ Cost of Living White Slavery Crime The Old Parties The ProgreNives Syndicalism Concentration of Wealth The Trusts Profits Socialists in Office and many other things of' interest to Socialists ·and students-to<? m~y· to mention. · It baa been compiled by the INFORMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY moat complete reference book of that and ia character that has ever been published. the in flexible cloth. 350 pagee. 50 CENTS A COPY. Bound THE WESTERN COMRADE $1 PER YEAR SPECIAL· COMBINATION We will lend you THE WESTERN COMRADE for one year and THE CAMPAIGN BOOK for $1. Addreu Circulation Department, · 924 Higginl Building, Lee Angele•, Car. • GREAT POPULATOR A Louisville man tells of an incident at a Sunday school convention. In answer to the roll-call of the states reports were verbally given by the various state chairmen. When Texas was called a big man stepped into the aisle and in stentorian tones exclaimed: ''We represent the liDperial state of .T exas. The first white woman born in Texas is still living - she has now a population of over three million." Wher~upon a voice from the gallery cried out in clarion tones: "Send that woman to Idaho -,-we need her." VICTORY FOR WORKERS Carl Persons, the fighting editor who killed a notorious gunman, has been acq,uitted of a charge of .mur• der by an Illinois juey. The work• ers rallied nobly to the defense of their yoke-fellow. This should be encouraging to those who · have charge of the defense of Rangel, Cline and their. comrades in a Texas prison. Funds are needed for the defense of these men. All contributions should be sent to Rangel-Cline Defense Committee, Victor Cravello secretary, Labor Temple, Los Angeles, California . �44 .· • ' The Western CoiJ!rade FAKES OF JOURNALISM AX SHERDVER of Buffalo has · written a pamphlet entitled "Fakes in American Journalism. " H e has devoted only 66 pages to the great battle for human freedom. . . of the American Encyclopedia would be required to cover even a portion of the fakes in American journalism (:Juring the past five years. The pamphlet will do good exactly in the ratio it is given circulation. ·M any of the instances of cheat in g arc tagged with the names of the n ·wspapers and the dates. Others arc not given these .marks of auth enti eity, but one is inclined t o believe th em as all are in the boun.ds of mod esty compared with the authen t ic c·ascs of fraud set forth in th e hooklet. This pamphl r. t is well worth reading. The pri ce is ten cents and it is publishr·d by the Buffalo Publishing 'ompany. M Pictures for Propaganda Shoot ·capitalism With a .Stereopticon Anyone can lecture with t he aid of pictures; they tell ·the story, you point out the moral. Pictures draw a crowd whe1· other means fail. They make your work doubly effective. Vve tell you how to get the greatest re ults at the least exoense. -Send stamp for compfete information. W. SCOTT LEWIS ... A Labor paperpaper that never backs down, a Labor that always go es ahead ON THE STRAIGHT ROAD! The Citizen is known from Coast to Coast as the best trad.e union pap er th e nation has. The Citizen brings to you each week an average of more than 12 pages of newl'l and inspiration and education concerning organized labor. Los Angeles, California 3493 Eagle Street . The Los Angeles Citizen l:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : SOCIALISTS ,A TTENTION LOVE'S PATRIOT I saw a· lad......:.a beautiful lad:_ With a far-off look in his eye, Who smiled not on the batt le flag ·when the eavalry troop marched · · by. In order to olace a copy of our catalogue And, .so~~ly vexed, I asked the lad of union-made goods in · the hands of Where might his country be, every Feader of The Western Comrade, we will sencd posts .age prepafid, on rece1pt Edited by STANLEY B. WILSON \Vho ca red not for his country's flag, of FIFTY ENT • one o our genu 1ne And the brave from oversea. sheepskin-leather card cases BEARING The Citizen is edited by Stanley B. '' Q, my country is the land of Love,'' THE UNION LABEL: Wilson, one of the nation's Big Men Thus did the lad reply+ This card case contains four pockets, of Labor! His editorial!! are as '' l\fy country is th e land of Love, one large for bills a nd papers, one for widely cop.ied all over the coun"try as , And a patriot th ere am I. " your dues-stamp book, and two with are the edl.torl'als of any other Labor " 11 · k' t · t transparent windows for union memberAnd w 0 lS your mg, my pa rlo ship cards. This is the ONLY CARD fighter today. That is the sure test boy, CASE on the market made by OrganJzed of quality. Others know that what ·whom loy ally y ou obey?" Labor and bearing the union label. It is Wilson \Vrites is THE REAL "0 my l\ing is Freedom " quoth the no longer necessary for a class-conscious THTNG ! There's. an inspiration and ' ·lad, ' Socialist to be inconsistent. a ·breadth of view in · the writings of "And he never says me nay. , Send fifty cents in stamps or money .1_ • this man seldom found in the work T d order. . ·· . '' hen you o as · you 11,..e m your of edttor1al wr1ters. In no other paland of Love, I MUTUAL l.fNION TRAD ING CO M PANY per nn you get the WILSON EDI- I ml · f ·, 'I (The onl y excl usive union l abel TORJALS! Subscribe to The Citizen n lere every man JS r ee . merchandisers) '"!'\ay we do as we love," r eplied the • (Owned and managed by mE>mbe•·s o! the t 0 d ay .I . ' working. class) The Citizen will come to you for a la?, . 9 Board of Trad e Court, CHIC'A GO, ILLS. whol e year-52 big issues-for one And h1s smile fell full on me. dollar. ·wrap a bill in a sheet of · Ern est Crosby. paper and mail it. Get a money or. -THE JONES BOOK STORE d er if you prefer or send a check. It " Wil-yum, ,,'Vhat can you tell . us 226 W t F ' t St L An l C I all goes. BUT DO IT NOW! The about Columbus ?" es Irs ., os ge es,_ ~ · " 1t 's next to last in the American Headquarte~s for the best Somahst Citizen P. 0. Box 135, Los Angeles, Cal. As ociation. " -Buffalo Express. books and literature. I I I I �T -h·e We·ste rb Com r··ade 45 ARMAMENT IS DESTRUCTION Congress has just · appropriated $30,000,000 for two battleships, the upkeep of which will be tremendous for about six years, when they will be antiquated and thrown on the scrapheap. The annual expenditures on extension of the naval department of the United States will be about $15Q,: 000,000. H earst is advocating a navy that would cost $300,000,000 a year. All of this inevitably leads to one end. Europe is at that end. Armament"':)an r esult in a cataclysm. Only a few Hearsts are left and they, happily, arP dwindling away. ELOPING UP-TO-DATE The coatless man puts a careless arm 'Round the waist of the hatless girl While over the dustless, mudless road In a hor·sclcss wagon they whirl, Like a lcadlcss bullet from hammerless gun, By smokeless powder dl'iven, They fly to taste the speechless joys By end less union given. The only luncheon his coinless purse Affords to them the means Is a tasteless meal of boneless cod, Wtih a dish of stringless beans. lie smokes his old tobaccoless pipe, And laughs a mirthless laugh \Yhen papa tries to coax her back By wireless telegraph. The papa pulls his hairless locks And weeps with tearless wails. His shriek-s ring through the frostless rocks In shrili chromatic scales ; .-\.nd " ith a wingless aeroplane Scoots t hrough a cloud-wracked sky And looks aloft at the beamhiss moon And sniffles a sobless sigh. I Skimming above in his noiseless steed, Her parent spies them afar, And drops a wad of dynamite In the path of the valveless car. Hoisted aloft in hasteless speed, Toward the gibbous, honeyless moon, They join in the neb of the nebulous tail Of a comet athwart the gloom. ·Here's One Magazine · You Want Pearson's Magazine is the only magazine of its kind. Its form enables it to depend on its readers alone -on . advertisers not at all. It can and does, therefore, print facts which no maga~ zine that depends upon advertising for a living can "afford " to print. It does print such facts every month'. Every issue contains the truth about soine condition which affects your daily welfare, which you want toknowandwhich you can find nowhere else. Besides, it prints as much fiction and other entertainment as any general ~aga­ Charles Edward Russell zine. If you want one " The reason why I advise all persons radical magazine to live and that believe in a free press to support grow,subscribe toPearson's. P earson's M aga.zine is because P earson's is the only great magazine that . Pearson's is the only big 1\lagazine in Am·erica in · is free." which the Socialists get an equal opportunity with others to present their case, not occasionally but in every issue. The case for Socialism is presented by the leading Socialist writers of America, including Allan L. Benson and Chds. Edward Russell. One copy will convince you that you want Pearson's. On the newsstands, 15c per copy. By the year, $1.50. • Here's Another Magazine You Want The Western, c·omrade The only illustrated Socialist magazine west of Chicago. It IS excell ed by none in America. Hundreds of subscriptions are :coming in from Sooialists who are an:Xious to ·keep in touch with news of the development of the ·Llano del :Rio Colony. Our aim is to make the magazine better and brighter with each issue. Subscription by the year $1. By spec~al . COQINATION arrangement with Pearson's we will send you THE WESTERN COMRADE and PEARSON 'S MAGAZINE - ONE YEAR FOR $1.25 Address Circulation Dept., 924 Higgins Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. ·, �The Western Comrade 46 THIS WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT The American Socialist I was sent by the "Outlook" to Russia at the · time of the war with Official Orau _of tlae Japan. One night with 8 Russian friend, on 8 train whose fifth class carsThe American Socialist speaks cattl~ cars and nothing more--w'ere with authority. It ia a powerful packed with wounded men from the news and propaganda weekly Front-out of one of those murky and is the only pilper in the traveling hells we pulled a peasant United States which gives an boy half drunk, and ' by the display account of the official business ~f ~ bottle of vodka we got him to of the Socialiat Party. come with us to our second-class Every Socialist. Every Student of Socia- . co~artment ahead. He pulled off his coat and showed lism should be.a subscriber. his right arm. From the shoulder to Suhsc.ription Price the elbow ran a grim festering swollen sore. Amputation was plainly a 50 cents a year. matter of days. But it was not to Th e American Socialist and The forget that ·event that ,this peasant W estern Comrade can ·be had in kid had jumped off at each station combination for one y ear by send- to spend his last kopecks on vodka. No, _ he was stolidly getting drunk ing $1.15 to because, as he. confided to· us, at dawn THE WESTERN COMRADE he would come to his home town and there he knew he was going to tell 924 Higgins Building twenty-six wives that their men had Los Angeles, Cal. heen killed. He laboriously counted them off on his fingers, each wife and each husband by their strange long Telephone Home A-4533 Russian names. Then he burst into half-drunken sobs and powided the HARRIMAN & RYCKMAN winrlow ledge with his fist. ' Attorneys at Law It was the fist of his right arm, and 921 Higgins Building the kid gave a queer sharp scream of Los Angeles, Cal. paiJ;,l. He looked to be about sixt een. This IS happening in Europe toF-1592 Broadway 1592 night. ERNEST POOLE. A. R. HOLSTON -The Masses. Socialist Party of America. I ===============:! 1'-IMD Main 1407 t TIUs Stand. for ~ the Best in Con• tJllft fec:tions, Cream. and Ices -:- -:- J/';. 427 s0 uT H 8 R 0 A 0 wAy 1---------------ARGLMENTS FOR PEACE "In Vienna there are 20,000 wounded.'' , ''Five thousand wounded passed through Orleans daily for five days." ''I counted 30 trains choked with wounded.'' So run just a few of the returns from behind the firing lines. There's not a city or village, there 's scarcely a farm house left standing in the embattled couq.trie on which war has not ;tlready la'id its bloody finger . prints-and the r eturns are just beginning to eome in. It is easy for the czar to say that he will take Berlin if it costs him his last peasant; for the kaiser to t ell his people that they must "fight so long as a man remains alive:' ' But what of those who have to hlerd and suffer; who have to die 1 Th e rulers say they aren't read~ for peace; that the war must go on till the enemy is beaten to his knees. But, after all, it is the people who have the last say. ·when they get their fill of misery and sacrifice, it will not be so hard to make a peace. Young Hopeful-Mummy, have gooseberl'ies got legs 1 Mother-No, dear. • Youn Hopeful-Then I've swalWilliam Francis Seeman, registered lowed a caterpillar. Attorney at Law 331-2 Douglas · Building Los Angeles, Cal. patent attorney and mechanical engi- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - neer, successor to Arden & Seemann, JAMES R. TOWNSEND 416 -17 -18 Citizens' Bank Building; pat(Attorney) ents all countries; specializing Intricate 1 CHARLES 0. 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D. oel, 921 Phone A- 363 Phone A-2299 Higgins Bldg., Los Angeles. NOTARY PUBLIC All Work Done in Duplicate I �T be We s t ·e r n C om r a d e GOLD By Arthur Guiterman " M EED of the toiler," "Flame of the Sea"Ruch were the names of your poets for me. '' l\'letal of Mammon,'' ''Curse of the world"These ·are ·the libels your preachers ' have hurled. Dug from the mountain side, wash~,<l in the glen, Servant am I, or the master of men. Steal me, I curse you; earn me I bless you; Grasp me arid hoard me, a fiend shall · possess you. - "-.. Li e for me, die for me, covet me, take me:\ngel or devil, I am what you mak e . me. F'alsrlv alluring, I shimmer and shine OY er the millions that hold me divine· Trampling e~ch other, they rush to adore me, If t•aping the dearest of treasure before meLoYe and its blessedness, youth and its wealth , !Ionor, tmnquillity, innocence, healthBuying my favor with evil and pain; II uge is the sacrifice, poor _is the gain, ~aught but my effigy, passionlessr cold, · (Jod of a fr·enzied idolatry-gold! ·,. 47 REVOLT IN MEXI.c o · Read the Correct Interpretat~on of Underlying Motives m the Most Remarkable and ·V,aluable BooK of the Year ~exican People-Their-struggle~ .for Freedom The · -By- L. Gutierrez de La.ra. and Edgc~b Pinchon Eugene V. Debs says: '' • • • It is written from the point of view of the working class, the tillers of t·~e soil, the producers of the wealth, and shows that through all these centuries of toil , ahd te~ and blood and martyrdom they have been struggling for the one purpose of emancipating themselves from the tyranny of a heartless aristocracy, buttressed on the one hand by the Roman Church and on the other by the military power. " ~ ~ ~ Georgia. Kotsch says: . '' • • ·• It strips the glamor of benevolent motives from the dealings with Mexico of the United States and other countries and presents the stark truth that · American and world capitalism has been, and is, in league against tthe proletariat of Mexico for its own sordid interest. And while the Mexican master class is depicted as the most depraved and bloodthirsty in, history, the Socialist will see that the story of the Mexican proletariat is in greater or less degree and in: varying circumstances the story of the proletariat in every country. " THE BLOODTHIRSTY KAISER! "We 111 ust play a great part in the \l·orld, and . . perform those deeds of"hlood, of valor, which above Pverythin g else bring national renown. By war alone we can acquire those virile qualities' necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.'' The r eader doubtless recognizes in t he above the familiar strain of thought Of that semi-barbarian, Williat{l II. And th e r eader is right. This parti cul~r expression, how('\'er·, came from the pen of our dearly hrloved Th eodore Roosevelt. How hr must envy th e Kaiser now !-The :\f asses. ~ ~ ~ ' Published by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. · Price $1.50 Distressed Damsel-Oh , sir, catc h ... that man! H e wanted to kiss me. W c will send you this book and The Western Com-rade for one Passive P edestrian-That 's all year for $1.50. right. That 's all right. There'll be J .. a not her along in a - minute. ~----------------------------- I • �Workers Wanted!. Llano del Rio Colony in the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles Coun(y ~California, offers employment to hundreds of men and their families. .. All departments are under the management of experts, but we are in need of men of experience · in t~e' variou~ industries. We are still in search of an expert poultry. raiser. One with · experience in poultry raising on a large scale in California pre.ferred. We will take over any number of chickens the applicant may offer. Correspondence desired with prospective members who are in western states and who have poultry or stock. The colony wishes . to add milk cows of good quality to its magnificent dairy herd. Men and women of nearly every useful occupation are in demand. Every member an equal ~hareholder in the enterprise. Every worker to get the full social product of his efforts. Write for particulars concerning • new plan for prosp~ctive colonists, who may secure their membership and join the colony at any time during the next .• five years. Don't let any imaginary obstacle prevent you from acting now. Co-operation Is Not Merely a WORD---It Is ACTION! . For Full Particulars Address LLANO DEL RIO COMPANY Colony Department ' JOB HARRIMAN, President 924 Higgins Building, Los Angeles, California � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. 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United States California Los Angeles County Los Angeles Llano Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. War and Empire Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Western Comrade https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/42ae8e6e072fb59312af4d7c99c976fc.pdf e515bd7c2189ee92332bce8dd2fc2100 PDF Text Text I ,. August, 1914 Vol. 2, No.4 Ten cent . . . ·. This Issue - Contains - 0 -0 - . Verbal Treason Is Newest Discovery - 0 - 0- Co-operation An Aid · To Socialist Growth - 0- 0- School Library Has Index Expurgatorius - 0 -o - Honfield Horrors And Hypocrisy - 0- o- Labor Exploiters And 8-Hour Law -0-0- Will Prohibition Aid the Workers.? - 0-0- . Senate ~uppresses Slavery ~Exposure - 0 -0 - Fiction -- A-r t • • • !""- • Propaganda --•• Poetry �The Western Comrade 2 Specialties: Shirts, Pajamas, Underwear, Collars, Neckwear. Scene in Eagleson's Union Factory. Light, Airy, Sanitary. August is the Time to Buy for ·Clothing Bargains Choose Your Summer Suit ·where Prices and Quality Are Right-Where Styles Are Correct During August it behooves the careful, conscientious buyer to choose his new sult wlth greater care than at most times of the year. If you want the most for your money you will come up to Eagleson's, between First and Second streets, where our inexpensive location and small running expen~es enable us to ma·ke you an actual cash saving on your suits, hats and furnishings. Not only during August, but at the beginning, middle and end of the season. Because this is one of the oldest and largest exclusive men's stores in California we a re showin g larger selections in the right sort of guaranteed summer fabrics, colors and models than any other men's store on the coast. Every garment is exactly as it Is represented. Special values in high grade a ll wool suits at $13.00. $20.00. Your comparison is cordially invited. Under no obligation to buy. $25.00. Shirts Underwear Sold direct from factory to wearer. BeIng manufacturers enables us to eliminate th e retai l and jobbers' profit dnd give you regular $1.50 qualities for.. .. ................................$1.00 $2.00 qualities for ....................................$1.50 All makes, style; and colors. Over 200 dif'ferent kinds to select from . Prices from 50c to $3.00 per garment. Much bettP.r quality than can be had at these prices elsewhere. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF EXTRA TROUSERS, OVERALLS, CORDUROY PANTS, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS, NECKWEAR, HANDKERCHIEFS, SU I T CASES, TRAVELING BAGS AND TRUNKS. -MAKERS OF MEN'S WEAR EAGLESON & CO. - 112-116 S. Spring St. .. �The Western Comrade ELKS KIN BOOTS:· and SHOES .• ' Factory opera.t ed in connection with LLANO DEL. Rio CoLONY IDEAL FOOTWEAR For Ranc.hers and Outdoor Men . ' . Men's 10-inch boots .$6.00 Men's 12-inch boots. 7.00 Men's 15-inch boots . 8.00 Ladies' 10-inch boots 5.00 Ladies' 14-inch boots 5.50 Men's Elk shoes . . . . 4.00 Ladies' Elk shoes . . . 3.50 Infants' Elk shoes, 1 to 5 . . .... ...... 1.50 Child's Elk shoes, 5 to 8 .... ... ...... 1.75 Child's Elk shoes, 8% to 11 . . . . . . . . . 2.25 Misses' and Youths, 11% to 2 ..... .... 2.50 . The famous Clifford Elkskin Shoes are lightest and . easiest for solid comfort and will ouhvear three pairs of ordinary shoes. We cover all lines from ladies,' men's and children's button or lace in light handsome patterns to the nigh boots for mountain, hunting, ranching or desert wear. Almost indestructible. Send in your orders by maiL Take measurement according to instructions. Out of town shoes made immediately on r~ceipt of order. Send P. 0. order and state whether we shall forn·ard by mail or express. Address all communications to Shoe Department. Place stocking foot on paper, drawing pencil around as per above il lustration. Pass tape around at lines w ith out drawing tight. Give size usually worn. Mescal Water and Land Com.pany _. Higgins Building Los Angeles, Cal. �4 The Western Comrade The Pit The MASSES. �THE WESTERN COMRADE Devoted Political Action to the Cause of the Workers Co -operation VOL. II LOS ANGELES, CAL., AUGUST 1, 1914 Direct Action NUMBER 4 Diversion Dam on Mescal Creek, Llano del Rio Colony - - - - - -- - - - - · - - - - - · - - · I'!'!'!!!!!!'!!!!!!!'!!!!!!!'!!!~ ONSERVATlON of natural resources is almost as inst in ct i,'e an . am hit ion in man as hunger for land. l\fen stanlling on the hills that overlook the desert on one side and a stream of steady I,\~~ [\'i7~ flowing water on the oth er feel an ~~~ lS irresistibl e urge to take par·t in any ~~ I~ PJ I~ move to bring water to the soil. The most alluring work at th e ljlano lie! Rio co lony has been that of constru et ion of th e :Mescal dam and the t·a nals that will carry wat er to tbe conservatio n r·csen·o irs aboYc the proposed city on the Ll ano. Constrnetion work of this char·acter proves most popular. Tht> ehief engin eer could get fifty Yolun,. teers among the co lonists all of whom would like to join the co nstru ct ion cr ew at Jackson 's Lake-J. H. G -----·---- ------ OD gPomctr·izes; nature is chock full of algebra; all a r·ound us we see puzzl e, riddl e and· conlrndntiiL !•'ro m the watchful eye of Sirus to the six-pointed sno wflak e th e infinite heavens are dotted, not " ·ith star·s, hut with question marks. But in the marvels of nature the r eal riddl e of the uninrse is your conservative working man. This \ri crd llnadrrort ism finds Hell surr-ounding him, and ,·o t<>s for it. H e finll.s a syst.cm that crucifies his wife, anrl boosts it : a system that steals his baby's milk, and fig hts for· it; a system that snatches his daught Pr 's YirtuP. and he conserves it. H e finds 'a system that mahs his <;on c\·<'n as be is, and he hugs it to his br·east. H11th God at an .v time \\Tought a work more wonderful than this 9 -S. H. �The Western Comrade JOHNSON AND EIGHT-HOUR LAW 1H.AM W .•JOHNSON, Progressive governor of California, friend of Organized Labor, and <-andidate for re-election, is opposed to the eight-hour nwasure which goes on the ballot at the com ing gen(•ral election. 'l'his is not an assumption ." It is .the final word. E. '1'. Earl, financial hacker and spiritual adviser for the governor, declares, "It iS: maliciously untrue that Governor .Johnson has anything to do with the measurr. " 'l'hrre f'hcPrs fO!' Govemor Johnson, thE' f t·i end of the workers! Let e\·cr·y labor organization within 1hr state herewit h pass r esolutions of endorsement and support for the governor. or c:ourse organized labor will support Johnson, for is it not "maliciously untrue·" that he desires shortrr hom·s for the work ers 1 Here is the statement: " Th e proposrd law was pu t on t he ballot hy the ~o c: ialists through the initiative. Enemies of t he ~tat c Administration are tryin g to make p eople beliP n that Gover·nor Johnson has something to do with t hP measure, which is, of course, MALICIOUSLY lJN'l'ltUR · 'l'he Socialists circulated initiative prtitions and sPcured nearly 35,000 signatures necessary to place the measur e on the ballot. A majority Yot c of .the people in Novcmhcr will determine if it is ot· is not to becom e a law. Th e go,·ernor has no powrr to sign or veto it. "-T. W. \ V. H • • • T. R. 'S ·DELUSION 1IE Ca li fo rnia Outlook contairls a picture of the eolonrl in a new pose-if th er e can be a new pose for one who has daily courted th e camera for many years. This 011e shows T. R on a r ea r platform of a railway tl'ain in t he att itude of a motot·man, ]rver in hand, leaning forward looking anxiously down the track. He seems to be und er th e belief he grasps the throttle and is running the train. This is 11 Yaluabl e pictur·e and attention of the historical painter is most rpspectiYely r,.equested. It shows a man who does not ' know whether h e is. coming or go in g.-F. R. \\'. T AVARICE AND EXTERMINATION RE 'CH restaurant keepers of San Franci co and . otb:er California cities imd a few interested Pl!rties, including som~ commission merchants, have in ciraulation an initiative petition which would place on the ballot at the fall election a proposition to legalize the s_ale of 'wild game, including deer and quail. ·To enact, such a law would mean the extermination of what little wild game remains in Californ ia. Market hunters with automatic guns would clear the coverts of quail in one season, and does and ·fawns would fall before the rifl es of the unscrupulous men who 'Jmnt..for commission merchants. \Veaithy men of the state have seized nearly all the duck shooting grounds and closed vast territories to those who go afield after quail. Over one hundred thousand dollars a year are paid for hunting li censes in California, yet the only territory given any degr ee of protection is of the ri ch men ·s duck-hunting clubs·. Wh er e the money goes r r mains a mystery to most of us. It certainly do es not put · any special ward ens in the field just hrfo t·e opening day. Soonershooters, ·with th eir antomohill' parties, fill the coverts with burned shelfs long hefo re th e Jaw-abiding sportsman arriveR. Oppot·tunity to hunt is almost closed to the working _elass, hut there is reason to hop e for a change. \\'hile hoping, let us do what we ran to savr the game fro m extin ction. Don't sign the ma rket-huntcrs' p etition! Yot r ngainst the measnr<'.-F. E. W. • F • • • FORCE AND VIOLENCE? RANK WILLIAMS of Halcco, Ala., was paroled by Governor O'Neal and walk ed out of the Alabama state penitentiary aftl'l· serv in g twenty years of a fifty-yrar sentence for th e alleged th!Jft of fifty cents. Censal'io Cerv(lntes of Uos Angeles has been sentenced to eight yrars in the Folsom p enitentiary, charged with stealing a pair of eyeglasses. In both these cases the judges ,\·ho imposed the sentences deplored th e '' forrc and Yiol ence'' that had br en usrd .-F . E. W. F �7 T h·e W est e r n C o m r a d e I OUR AGED CONSTITUTION ''No difference. You can't make speeches here!'' This· \vas the fi.nal word of the representative of. 'NE of the funny things about an American is President Wilson. his constitution. An American prides himself -'fhe miners declare that scabs are being run into on being up to date. His clothes must fit him, not. th~ Ludlow mines through an "underground" and some other fellow. , But his constitution would fit" that· the federal government is choking the strike to George IV. When he dances it must be close enough death. to his girl that she knows she isn't dancing with sorrie Armed men are driUing in ColoraQ.o camps. 'fhey other fellow, ... and that's the way he hugs his con.. wear no glittering epaulettes or eagles on their colstitution. lars. They are bare-armed and brawny chests show The . eighteenth century· English or l!..,rench or through .shirts flung open to the night air . . Whig had· cxadly those ideas of democracy conA man who has learned to read since his twentieth tained in the American constitution. year is spelling out the words in a small brovtnWhat did the Paris whig of 1790 know of trusts, hacked book: "The right of the people to keep and !"ranchises, the ''boss,'' r efe rendum and om· credit · bear, arms shall not be infringed." . system? And yet we . have the old-fashioned \Vhi"g This is an "inalienable right" that has long been measur·e us for constitutional clothes! Pitt or Burl\e alienated, but the delusion seems to die slowly. or Montesquieu could easily tal\e pat·t in any college 2\lay .it survive a little longer !-F. E. W. · or· legislative debate on the constitution in 19H. There would he nothing th ese great-great-greatECONOMIC LOSS gre:>.t-gr·and fathers wouldn 't. understand.-!;;;_ li. D{TCATION of the masses will be taken up ~eri­ . ously and without delay. P . P. Claxton, Umted INTERVENTION IN COLORADO States commissioner of education, estimates the dif'JTTLE Eur·ope is on the verge of or actually ference between tite earning capacity of an "eduis plungt>d into a terrible war; while Ameri- eated'' ,~·orker and an illiterate is $100 a year. The can capitalism is bending its ci1cr·gies to force inter- commissioner places the total loss to the employing vtmtion in· l\lexit·o ancl whil e the railway worker·s eluss at $500,000,000 a year. He told the Industrial of the west are on th e t>Ye of a general strike, we league that illiteracy was being eliminated in the should not Jose sight of the situation in the Colo- south and was inc;reasing in New York. The nu~­ rado Coal fields. her of adult illiterates in New York state exceeds Federal intenention as it is working thcr·c seems 4-00,000. '!'his is an economic waste that capitalism to be for the pur·pose of hrcal\ing th e strike, filling can ill aff<~rd. the mines with foreign workers and enrshing the But then, there is a serious drawback to that. last spark of hope out of the hearts of the miners. Educated, the workers become less servile, less doThe suppression of free specc\h is shown by the inci- cile and more_inel ined to rebel. It is a serious and dent where a Socialist speaker tried to address a llifficult probl em. 'l'he only way will be to educate erowd at Aguilar, a short distance from Imdlow. th em along the lines of f lag worship and vocational As the speal{er appl'Oached the platform two fed eral tr·aining-dope them with patriotism and make them soldiers stopped him: more efficient as dividend earners.~F. E. W. "You're the man that's going to talk on Socialism here ?'' \\' ar· in Em·op e has closed the Bourses and even thP stock exc hanges of the United States. 'l'his will "Yes, I 'm the man. " ~i ''" thP peopl e an opportunity to sec how useless "Well it's against ol'<lcrs :l!ld you tan 't do it." ar·e thPSl' millionaire gambling houses. May tMy " But suppose I hold· a private me eting--what lll'\'Pt' reopen. th e n ~" 0 • • • • • • E W • • • �The Western Co mr a de .8 BUFFOONS AND BLUFF and book them on ome dinky charge of violation of a illy. ordinance. :"\L Y a few weeks ago the newspapers were howling hoarsely in the morning and sobbing There i a good sugl?estiop in amending our natlwmselw·s to sleep each night hecause whoever r ep- tilioal constitution so as to include thi new crime resr·nted :\Tex if·o had not saluted the American flag. of "v~rbc!l trea on." · It only take about thirty A<·<·o rclin~ to these chadh:mds the national. honor years to amend that sacred cript. But then, while was I!Oi ug to IIf' sm irched· or smooched o·r ,something if someone didn't fire twenty-one guns and do a we were about it we could remoYe that inhibition genuflc·x ion or say eeni, mecnie, m iny. mQe or some- · that .says "no attainder of treason hall work corrupthing. tion of bloofl." That ought to be dissected· out durw,.JJ, Ilu<·r·ta clirl n 't do it or say it or a nything. ing ·the adn'linistration of anesthaesia. Then perTfrn• w<· ar·c moping about as if \\·e wen· suffering haps, we ca n hoth "holt" and "curb " those "guilty from t h<' poll c•v il or· the pip. It eosts a few million of uttera nces." Jt's wot·th trying, anyway.-G. E. B. dollars an<l a dozr·n li n·s to mak e a nation redieulOIIs- hut it fumishrd som e· good eopy fo r· uxtr·ys.' '' GR:EA~ DETECTIVE " CANNED F.E.W g \\'SPAPER writers haw ee1·tain sourcef> of . copy that arc valuable to t hem-individuals ON THE DOME OF HEAVEN who are s ure to stand fo r any sensational dope the Xl>EH th<> rcs(•n·ation of t he r·ight to disagrl'e speeial wri tPrs nntv spring as dull day stories. Burns \\'it h 1' \'<' ry hody, inl'lucling rny!'wlf. I am iu- lJUilt up a reputation on this sort of slush. His t·lint·d to t·r·it it·isc I he m·tid c on Vf'rhal Trt'liSOII hy homhasti t talk and lim eli ght methods appealed to Irornt·r ('onst;urtirw in this issuP of t hr· \\"estP rll ('om- 1he imagination of rnorbi<1 r eaders. His popularity r·ad<·. with the n e w~pape rs prevented any wid espread publl1· has trPatcd a sr r·iou s suhjed in a li!!lrt and li city wh en th e Internat ional Association of Chiefs· frintlous mann er. Chil'[ ('harlr·s RPI,Hstiiln rna~· he of Policr firrd the •·• gr eat d etcctiYe" from th eir orri!!ht . ganization. OJ'der·cd him to remoYe their insignia ~omPonc may he committin g Yer·hal tn·wwn . \Yh o from his lett erhead. Dur·ing th e course of proceedknows 'I True, th ere is no s u<·h cr·irn e in th<· lon g ){<;t ini!S Bnrns was mercil essly flayed by the police of mari-made crimes. But th Pn, wr· 1·an rnak r any- <·hirfs who told of tlw labor-hatin g sleuth's methods thing a crime by wl'iting it in ink in a hoo k. :\lay of peddlin g stories to the n ewspapers for the purpose · I SUI!~est that as a much more practicable \\·ay than o f a11Yertising ]Jimself. to writ e it "across the dome of th e American heavens In p ersonal mann er Bums has sought to appear in letters of fire." to have ahout th e same degree o f polish and cul' g treaso n in Los ture as the aver age p olice officer. Five minutes' Jf th ~ rc arc p ersons committin Angrles every night, why do not t he author·itiPs ar- ronversation ·w ith him disclose his mann ers and r est them and prosecute t hem FOR TREASON. mental achievements to be about those of the raceT here should be no d ifficu lty. Th e constitution track to ut and his speech of a character to disgust call s for two witnesses. Any two polieemen will suf- anyone w ith 1he slightest instincts of d ecen cy. fi ce. Or, p erchance, the vil e w t·etch may eomply w ith Th e infamy of th e Burns methods r ep eatedly has th e other t erms and confess in OPEN COURT. No been exposed by t he la ha r press but the c&pitalist t h ir·d degree confessions will serve. puhlieations >viii mer ely lie low and wait for th e no·wm t he Chief do th is? Probably not. Jt wo.uld tor·ious . faker to come back wi t h some sensational he a b r each of et hics. You see it isn 't·done . Th e story. of his wonder ful rx ploits and h e will be downmethod is to arrest those guilty of this hig h cr ime stag<'. in the spot li!!ht , and happ?. -F. E. W . 0 • • • • • • U N �Tbe West .e r n Com r a d e 9 Co-Operation a Necessity · · By JOB HARRIMAN 0 TAT.; systems and institutions reproduce themselves, grow, bear their fruit and decay, following a course similar to the plant in the process of reproducti~nAt t he t ime of its greatest vitality ·the seed puts forth the sprout and roots, then dies and passrs away. The sprout and r oots mature, som etimes the same, but oft tirn Ps only similar· to , 'the parent seed. When ~ plant is in full bloom th e ,\·ind or th e bee, or some ot Jtp r· nwsspng(•t· cnrri Ps tht> poll e>'n and d ~ftly mixes it wit lr th e pollen of kindred pl;~nt s, fru ctifyin g and injf'l'! ing- n e W (•] (' IIH'II1S i11!0 th e hahy seed. These new (•l••11wnts are infiltr·ateJ t hro11 gh th e spr·out or· plarlt and into th e sl't'd of th•· 111 ' \\' plant whidt h c•·o nws t It t> child of two va ri eties. Tim e after t ime this pr·or-r.ss is repeated until t h(• vn r·icty is so chnugcd that almost all th e t:har·aderistics of th e original fr·uit disappcar·s .. lt is a long and var·ied road from tl11) era b apple to t lt e .Jonathan and t he Roman B auty. So also was it a long and varied road fr·om t he humble · church of t he day of Christ and Pt>tcr· and Paul with no place to lay their heads· apd no security from the Roman arms, to the gr eat ath dral where the poor and distres ed may not nt r but where the rich in th ir gaudy attire, find Harry Rob i nson, r epose mid rapturou mu·i nnd OD<Y uarded with bayonet and shell. Tim aft r tim through many (l(!nturies, new int r r t (n w pollen, if you please) were injected and new charaeteri tie were produced until the church of m the poor and meek and lowly has be n in many citie and countrie , gansformed into •the church ot the rich the arrog~t and the haughty. Were the name removed no ·Ol!e }Vonld ever susp'e ct that these wonderful cath drais had · sprung from such. an humble origin or that the haughty and arrogant rich were making themselves . belie~~ that they were worshipping the most humble of tnen. 'fbis great instit~ ion did not die, but like the ~eed repro~uced 'itself, .being varied from time to time by the newly inject ed elements before the get·m lo t its vitality and passed ~tw~y. The same truth appears in the rise of our present commercial system from the ruins of the F udal system. The sprout and root of commerce sprang out of the barter and trade carried on in villages or com,om!les and gradually developed, u nd e r g o i n g modification after modification according to the interests br ought to play upon it, until t here now stalks up and down t he earth the most gigantic. or ganized power, Capitalism, that the world ~a,s ever known. Feudalism lived until commercialism b e came . strong enough to sap its heart's blood, destroy it and cast away the old shell. In the very womb of this gigantic p9wer . of Capitalism there is now beginning to. grow the sprouts and roots destined head mach i nist. to produce a new seed. J'he pollen of a new interest already has been mixed with that of the Capitalist system. _ The process is still going on. Here and there and everywhere are found large in- �, ](I The ·w estern dustries where thousands of human beings exert all energy; during long hours every day, producing many times more than sufficient to generate the energy th<:>y expend, hut receiving barely enough for subsistence, whi le t lw residue not onl.y .keeps the idle owners in luxury. hut even accumulates, multiplying th eir pow er· and making possible greater tyrannies. . Th<:> luxuri es thus accumulated fall to the lot of on e class while the burd en of producing them fall upon the ot lt rrs. Thl· fP.w with th ei-r million of dollars and the millions with their few d~l­ laJ·s. £nd th emselve;; b'ound together in th e same in.ilustr·ies, yet each class is at per-' mancnt WM with the other. Two confl icting inter ests stl'i,·e for· control, eac h fructifying and modifying the inclustt·y. It is from these grc·a t industries that our n ew institutions spring and hy which . om· old ones ar·e recast nnd thE'ir cha r·actcrs · mod ifi ed. It is in the industries that the nation's Yitality tente rs as it is in the seed that the plant's Yitality l'entrr·s. Thr·y are alike the prouucts of the past and alik e they are the parents of the th in gs to come. The seed "Mathematician" is and the institutions do not the name given the die until they send forth champion buck of the Belgian hare roots and sprouts containing colony'. H a r per the clements. says they are the most rapid multi~ e ither will the Capite1list pliers in the val ley. system di e until the indus't r·ics from which it dmws .su hsist arH·r• shal l ha n• first he en tra\ rsf'omwd into coopera tin• (•ntc rprises. ~heir Comr ad e It is because of its superior effic iency, and not its superior power, that capitalism is abie to dominate our industries and to determine the characteristics of our institutions. It has ever been the custom of tyrants to forge on until they have driven the millions to the £eld of battle where their irresistable power overcomes all amid terribl~ slaughter. This ver·y cataclysm is now gqing op in ur sister r epubli c of Mexico. . Sha.Jl. we sit blindiy by and await the hour of desperation 1 In such time men organize around military supplies, but in times of peace men organize around t he means of · subsistenc-e. -ln 'Yat· the chief end is d~st ·uetion. In peace pr·oduction and construction lead tl .e way. · 'rhat th e ·workers must capture the power of governnient is admitted, but our· problems will not bp soh·ed by that alone. Jn California the Socialist Party has -100,000 Yotes and yet '\re ar·e weak \V e were unable last year; to support the ablest propaganda crusade that ever appcare'cl in any state. Our mo ,·ement is a gateway through which thousands pass eac h year. They join our par·t_v, tarry hut a momrnt and are gone. \Ve have Jt is by our· industr·ics that om· futur· c " ·illlw larg<'ly determined. ·whi ch interest within the industry is the most eflieie nt, is th e· question. · No douht a t housa rHl Pnrployes possess fm· more power· than do t he own ers of a great factor~·- l n the absenrl' of ext mn cous intluenccs the contest would b e quickly se ttl ed o n a firld o[ hattie . But, also, the rx t.raneo us in flu C' nce plays its part. Capital is qu ickly mobilized. Taxrs arc paid, armies are c_a lled forth with shot and sht>ll , and th e hi g hest degree of effiC'ienc~' is ma nif:estcrl by the minor power·, whil e the millions·•of hum a n heings, en gaged in various industries, and from whom all sot: ial p ower flo" ·s, a r c scattered and inefficient a nd I'rmam a r opr of sand un ab le to mohili ze. Almonds are alluring to the ch i ldren. A dozen varieties of" fruit grow in th is orchard, but the youngsters prefer the milky almonds. The ho r ticulturist at Llano del Rio Colon)( will make a study of how to make almonds a success every year. At present, almond growing is not a suc~ss in the colony. �11 The Western C o .m r a de no commissary and no means by which this army that comes and goes ca,n produce a commissary. They are compelled to enter the industries of the capitalist class. Little effort is being made to develop their own industries. The same is true of the labor unions though to a smaller extent because greater adva:n~ages to the individual are afforded by their organization. . The labor unions, and the Socialist, or working crass party, are necessary, but they alone are not sufficient. Our social problems never will be solved by them alone. No organization h'as or ever will develop great persistence and cohesive power except it possess the source of its own food supply. The efficiency of th~ capitalist class is det·ived from the power to control the- social commissary and the means of producing tt. Th e capitalist r eaps .his greatest 'economic reward as an individualist. He employs the means of production with which to absorh the energy of the workers. Hence the conflict. Th e worker and the employer cannot be economic than would their individual efforts were they not associated. Hence the vital, persistent urge toward cooperation among the workers even within the 'capitalist Big Rock Creek at intake main ditch, Llano del Rio Colony. ' Photog,:..ph taken July 4, 1914. industries. It is this urge that must find v~nt . in cooper.ative e~terprises or militarism wiU coerce the worker in .our present industries into a form or slav- . ery-witJ;Iess Calumet, the West Virginia coal strike, the RockefelLer horror of Colorado. · Capitalism will not die and make way for co-operati \'e enterprises. But co-operative industries must first he developed which, by virtue of their superior efficiency, :will survive and cliange the characters of our industries. Co-operation with all it means to the human race will never materialize if it waits · for the fun et'al of the system that stands in its. way. 'l'he liberty that is received as alms is unworthy of the beggar. It is. a ·matter of conquest and not of alms. Conquest by superior efficiency ,over our present system will bring new institutions. . -: - I ' t I' • 1 . ' In the alfalfa. John Richards was an indoor man and a skilled .worker. At the Llano del Rio Colony he\ is at the head of the hay squad. He doesn't care how the others work, but if any husky and seasoned rancher tries to keep up with him he will have to "go some." fri~nds nor can the employer be the economic.Jriend of any other employer engaged in the same industry. They are at war with each other for the market and at wa r with the workman for the lion 's share of the product. Each forces the other ever on into the battle. ·The worker alone can be an ec9nomic friend to the worker . H e wishes only to live and to live well by the fruits of his effort. He wants nothing from his neighblor. However, he has learn ed that the fruits of h~ own labor and that of his n eighbor are tremendously multiplied through their united efforts. They have learned that their joint effort yields far greater return 'l'he lndustrial Relations Commission will find some interesting gleaning if it will go back over its own pathway. Since Alba Johnson, president of the Bald·win Locomotive \Vorks, made his statement to the commission that his company did not discriminate against 1 nion men, sixteen hundred union work~rs, ~ho declined to renounce their organization arid wear buttons inscribed "Faithful," were dismissed. Only men who acted as strikebreakers during the strike were honored with buttons. Union without knowledge is useless. without union is powerless. , Knowledge �' The Western Comrade 12 The Lynching X r.~~:=!:~~~~ T WAS late in the forenoon of a midNovember morning~ Th e snn, r.h~gh high in .a perfect sky, haq not yet dissipated completely the sharpness of a twenty-five-hundred-foot altitude from the rare morning air. Four young g irls, dressed in cling· ing gn rm ents of light t exture enid ell lor, were c]u!;t er ed in tile f:pnciou·s bay window of a green shuttPrPtl white house isolated on the apex of. a. ~rassy ln10ll OYPrlool;ing th e littl e mountain town of Tou lon. · · ·, \Vithin th P rnom, as Sl'<~IIH'tl hrfittin g the orehru- 111<e hHy in tht• window. and the eolorful t h ough sonr• •what · 1 t ga r·ish fm·n islr i ngs. was an· a 1nrost trop1ca elllpcnt- . J . t tH'I' . A rol~·- poly hl ond of perhaps twenty held a pair of higlr -plm!'r(•(] fit·ldglasses to her eyt>s. tensely w··~ring- down a <·r·oss-strPd to whrre a growing mob was millin~ aho11t a sqnat , ir·on-doorNl stmeturc "·ith one hPavil? harn·d "·imlO\\'. ,\ft<'r a lon g silcnrC' a t:!l l, tH\\"Ilj'- llftil·cd and llll~U]at· girl , who \\'lJS Jrol.iing 1:-.ad;: the ri 1·h ]:1('<' l'Hrtains, drawl Pd out impatient!~-: " \\'hrt all's goin' on )fad ge 9 \\'('ai n't no mindr·, ·adrrs. ·' , ' Torn's just <·ornin' out of Darmel 's. 'noss from the jnil~'· ,·r· rtttll'l'cl the girl with th e glasst>s. sn<ldenl~' finding tOJJf!U<'. '" ('o's1• \r e all is jnst <lyin ' t' find out ' hont Tom. '' said th(· first spral<1:1', with fine sar!'asm, "ain't WC'. St0ll a '1 "\in't wP. ,Josil' ?" shP co n~:lml cd , gushing-ly. Tlw otlrrt· t\\'O gigglrd ~)tPir appreciation: Stella qui<·kly cpr .. srioned in a mol lifying t one : "Ai n 't they g-ot him out yrt, )fad g('?'' "Not ~· ..t ," -:\l a(lgc assured her , with a qnper ca teh in lr er \'Oit·l'. "Some man 's standin' on a hal'l'el in fr'ont of th e jail door talkin ' io the crowd. " " f.;lrcri ff. fr·om Sonot·a," opine<l .Josie. " Big-. tall tl!Hll w it h !t r aY)' mustaphe ?" "Yes... assrntrd llfadgf', rx<·itedly. "lie shot into tlw air I ~fax :rot him ft·om ht'lrind ~ ThPy got his gun! ITc"'s down , " ·ith a crowd on hirn! Thry 'r c tyin ' him- or somethin'- " "\Vho, Max ?" snapped tlt t> tawny-hairrd gil'l, snatching th e g ln sses and anxiously sut·Ye~'i n g th e engrossing srrne. After a time she hr·eath ed a sigh of rclief."rrmat·kin g aR she r elinfJnish ed tl~ glassrs to )fadgr, · "\Yt>ll, he's all right! " Th r n, li ghtly, " Th ey got the sh<:'t·iff and the constabl e both lock ed up in jail an' th' ·nigger on th e r oad to glor·y !" .., Awed to si lE"n cc, the girls gazed altcrnatl'l.v through the binoculars at th r hhw"lnTmss of the mob as it moYecl across th e town toward thr edge of the wood. By A. F. GANNON "I wonder where Ann Thornton is 7" mused Josie in a subdued tone. "She's the girl, ain 't she 1" Stella half whispered. "\Vhat kind is she-Y" ";A re·gular little mouse, 'fraid of her shadow. Pretty as a ricture, though," admitted Josie. . "Just the ki-n d those niggers like," commented the tawny-haired girl. "Did slw identify him Y" queried Stella. "I g'.uess not . '' Josie replird. "Harry told me she was t oo hyster_ieal last night. H e ~aid t he posse got this one .half way to Sonora-an' g oin'. The 9ther suspects proved alih.is. " "They ' rc stonin' him-the-the-cowat·ds! '·' cr·ied -:\Tadge: ' "But look a' what he done!" protested Stella. " I cmt't see; you take them, Stella," pleaded )f_a dge, rPlinquishing the glasses, "an' 'l'orn needn't II C\ 'Cl' COrne 'round me any mor·e," she finish ed, sobbing. "Boo-hoo!" mocked the tawny-hait·ed girl. "Big black nigger didn't never do nothin' t' nobody!" Punc:tuatecl by orcasiona l sobs frem the ten d el'll('nrtcd :i\Tadge, Stella proceeded: "They're argpin' about somethin' There 's a fight!" After a long pause, "The bunch that 's fightin' is separatecl from the oth er I t·an't src very well, but I think the others are puttin' the rope on the nigger-yes, they're pullin ' him up in t hat hig oak tree! Now they'r e shootin' at him, I gurss, I can see littl e puffs o' smoke over the heads o' the crowd . The figl1t seems to be O\'l't' Lot'~ o ' thrm arc leavin' an' comin' t O\\·anls to\\·n. Ugh! " she shuddered, after tire lapse of' a fe"· minutes, " ·h en she ag-ain Yiewed the srene with th e glassPs._ "They'r e all gone, an' the niggrr· is han gin ' t here alone! Ugh! " Unknown to the girls, through a Joor on the oppositc f'idr of the room, th ere ent ered a woman of forty whose unimpassioned eyes and hard lips beli ed the volnptnous t lll'Y CS of her well-nourish ed and cleverly gowned body. For a minute she stood ankle-deep in a costly ru g before she spok e : " }.fadg1', qnit your sniYeling! Josie. I want you to p11t on yom· open-work waist and help me behin!l th e har·. Lots of thosr men will be up here in a little while, :wrl thry " ·ill '"ant-entertainment. And you, Slim," to the ta ,my-hairrd g-i rl , "for the love of Lucre, get ehippPr and r hPrr th ese g it·l'> up, or I'll haw to send to thr Bigt0\\'11 fot· a hun1·h of C"a nar~· s and ditch you hootO\Yls! '' �T h e W .e s t e r n C o m r a de 13 ~==W orkers!=~•l!JIII By EDGCUMB PINCHON I. Work er·s! Labor crea t e!' all values. This Yaunf<'d Capital your masters prate about is but the accumulated unpaid wages of workers dead and damned in slawry. Thr WPalth of this wid l' world is wrought by You, was PY<>r wrought h~- Yon. is wholly wro~ght by You; .-\nd it shall he enjoyed hy 'You whensoever you will - in Brotherhood of' Lnhor·, joyous, fr·l'e, forever a ntl forevrr. Yottr· r <>YC r·en N'cl S~atc·-~·our Gon~rnment is hut the oq:ranizat ion of thr mn!>t(Ts.:_to rob you. lt hl'long-s not to yn u-tlPlutll'u one's! lt is the lega lizrd \·iol Pncr of thP ~lnst e r·s against you. H. T'·•· \·ast magieal madtiru·s whit"h elothe ami f<.'ed the \rorld- t.lre machines at 'dridt y ou toil that you tlt:ty li\'e-thc nuH:hinPs cr eated by Labor's gcltius, prr·feet<'<l hy Labor's patience, tended by Lal•or's t"arr, built by I,abor's energy and Labor's unpaid "·agrs-Th r~· HI'<' not your~'>: Th<'y are your TITasfprs' in right of might! .\nd owning th<'m, the ~Tastf•rs own your Br·ead-and 1hus your GovrrnnH'nt. your Pr·pss, yom· Clmr·ch - your· sinew, intcll('d anrl soul! Y\'a 1 All society is hut onr giga.nti•· or·ganizcd conspiracy to dclu<lP you-k<'cp you dnmh and tam e, and thus enslave you and st eal the labor of your hands. .\n· you cont ent that this should he? lt is enough . It is the pow<.' r that creates all values -the power that. built the world. ''hall you yield it up as slaves-this mighty power· this lioly power? · O{shall you-banded iJl Brotherhood-use it to cre·ate ·all' values for yourselves? .........___... v. Are ~ou content to crawl in slavery-yea, to beg the masters to use you, to rob you-that you may live to be used .and robbed again? If you ar·e content.: If there be no clamor in you to O\..-n the labor of your hands: lf you love your chains and dare not dre.a m . on audacity: , 1f you- weaYing fine fabrics are content to be. c·lothed in rags: If you-cn,n-ing great palaces are content to live in hovels: lf you-creating vast universit ies of knowledge are content to remain in ignorance: 1f you-garnering huge harvests are content to go ill-fed: lf you all are content to build yom masters' Templ e with your bones, cement it with your souls, wash it with your tears, and paint it witl1 your blood: If you all arc content to be the unnurtured, ignorant, nnlovely, stuntrd slaves you are!·-1'11<'n is Salvation dead- th<.'n is th e Universe a lie ! And all the poverty, ni.iscry, insanity and injustice tit(• masters cnn h<'ap upon you is justly yours . • III. Th(' pow er of yonr hands . and brains to labor is a ll you own. \ It is enougl! . It is th e. powrr which r r ratPs all \· ;~ 1ll('S- the powf't' whir h hnilt th e \Yorld. Ts th <' silkrn rohr my Lnd? 'n~a rs more \\'OI'th than th e cocoon ? Ts thl' mnmmoth <'ngine thundering upon its glist ening tracks more worth th~HJ the rou g h ore :whcnPe it was wrou ght ? Y ('a, it is more " ·orth- a hundred times more worth! That worth was mad e h~r You! \\'ho takes th e incr ease? Your masters tak e th e incr l'ase, and fling you hackenou gh to feed you for· their usc again . IV. Th ~ power of your han rls and hrains to labor is all y ou own; . VI. Rut if ~· ou fire not content : 1f in you yet lives some !,"leam of the divine' audac·ity of Christ, who preached th e Li-berty of every human soul, who <;tourg<'d th P Exploiters in the T emple, who poured upon the Masters his devastating wrath, who alon<'. unaid ed, ddicd the iron hand of Rome and died-- a man-fl Conrtu ct·or : If you he sue h : Ifyou br men- and daring to he men are alr·eady bec·Oillf' H eroes- t he Ravior- Fathcrs of the \Vorld: If y ou he wom en-a nd daring to be women a r·c alrPady become Hrr·oin cs-th c Savior-Mothers of titf' \\'oriel:- .\rise in your might! Th<· Il oly Spirit of Liberty shall de~ccnd upon you in Living Flame; That Li\·ing Flamf• ~hall swerp f rom pol e to pol e; �The Western Comrade 14 ·Dead souls that never knew the taste of Joy shall stir, shall wake, shall leap alive: Tlie \Vorld 's ablaze! The Conflagration's on! Yea, this is the ~lillenium spoken of by Christ ! The Masters shall be cast to utter . darkness; Labor, beloved of th e Lord, shall stand forth in the Eternal Day. , Arise! Arise ! and claim your joy! Lay hold upon your Victory! Th e chains that hind yon-did you but know it-are wisps of straw; A Million Dollars a ~ear "I ;ay H. J. BarreU EAH:-.< $1,000,000 a year," triumphantly announces Geraldine FaT-rar (get the accent ) "and I 'd nt•\'(•r marry a 1nan who earn ed less.'' So the1·e ,vou are-puts us ri ght out of the running. No wonder we 're peeved. But w•· think that th e fair Geraldine Fat·-mr is in <'l'l'or. fTlw old man 's nam e was just plain FarrarliP n·ally earned his Ji,·ing as a train conductor ) . She gets $1,000,000 a year. But does she earn it? No, my friends , that $1,000,000 is em·ned quite s0111e distan e~ from tht· Jf(•tJ·opolitan opera house. It's )!OU~t>d from the mill opPratins of La\\Tenee and Fall Hi ver, who receive a W•!eldy wage of $7 .!30; from th e lllilll'I'S of }fichigan, who rr,c<)ive $2.35 a day for wo1·k unde1· th e surface; _from the 8,000,000 children in the >:outht>rn cotton mills ; from th e millions upon millions of hrow-beaten toilers all ovrr onr contin ent who reI'Cive, in this, the riclwst nat ion on tlw gloh e, a n avera ge wngc of $11 per week. It would he too mueh to ex pect hmins iu the f'l'anium of a prima donna. But th e less thr fair Gr1·aldine talks about that !J;l,OOO.OOO n year just now the longer she 'II he getting it.. ·w e're hreom in g slightly \\'eary of this sort of thing. There's a' certain clement of grotesque humo1· iu the sit uation f1·om tlte fnct that th e p eople " ·ho pay th e $1,000,000 :mnnally to hear her sing would, if they were frank with the;nselves, walk ten miles to avoid the experience. Thq haw nhout as much real appreci:ltion of music as J.P. 1\forgan did qf art. Which wasn't much. ------Germany has a plan to rlecla;e the oil industry t~. government monopoly. The Standard Oil has started a move to p1·oteet its $1G,OOO,OOO interests in tl].e Fatherlnnd. The statr department of the Unitei States has gone t.o the r~scue and will demand adeqnntt> reimhnrsement for :i\Tr. Roc1<efeller. The State that towers abon:- you-did you but .know it-is a house of cards; 'fhe masters whom you fear and obey-did you but know it-are frightened babes. The Universe is with you! The Fiat of the Lordthe Great Communal Soul of man-is with you! Arise !-Rebel! Throw down your tools, step forth, stand fast, and with·- one mighty voiee-Demand! A~d lo ! At the sound of the trump, in the twinkling · of ~n eye-the W odd is yours! Arise!· Power of Prophecy of incentive is a terrible thing to D ESTRUQ"I:ION contemplate. Anything that would make the working class less eager to cr·eate surplus values is 1 most·undesi rable. Almost.,.any of the measures proposed by Socialists would "t·end to decr ease industrial efficiency." · 1'hi~ hns heen proven so often it is hardly worth wh ilc to do it again. · ·Take for instance the public schools. These institutions have dest1·oyrd incenti ve-that is, it was predi ct ed that they would. Listen to the Philadelphia National.Gazette of August 19, 1833: " On e of th e r·hief excitements of industry :nuong those r bo;;s ~s (mechanic and otner groups ) is the hope . of ea rning the means of educating their children. Incr!ntive would be removed and th e scheme of state education and equal education wonld thus he a premium for comparative ifll cnrss, to he tal<en out of the pock et of th e lnhorious and conscientious. We have no confidenc e in any compulso1·y eftualization. It has lwen well observed thnt it pulls down what is ahovc, hnt nc;er raises that which is below and oftrn depresses high and low together beneath th e level of '.vhat was originnlly the lowest." Tht' New York Herald has t'ver been a prophet of grent renmn1. As ·long ago ns August 25, 1833 the :Homin g Ht>l'nld showed how crlucation would utterly destroy effic-iency. It bitterly oppo~ed the opening of publi c schools and declar·ed that ....... l!nive1·sal equality of edu cation is impossible if th e trndes, manufactures nnd manual labor are to hr suetessfully prosecuted, mfless the standard in education he greatly lowered and narrowed." This aged and doddering jade is still at it at the same old stand, chattering and gibbering at all progr essive measures. Anyway, tlw destruction of incentive and industrial efficiency is a horrifi c thing to contemplate.-E. d '0. . �The Western Comrade- . ~ Suppressed Senate Document W Fifty thou and girls disappear from · their homes HEN the United State congre ·s appoints a v ry year. commis.sion· to investigate coridltions that are .Municipal Profits directly traceable to cau es that call for a report showing the evils of the profit system th r e is a strong likeP11ge 31: "During the month ofOetober, 1908, over lihood that the report will not be allowed to reach $5000 was· pHid into th police fund in Seattle, Wash., the public. 'l'he following supp essed report brings a fin · .hY pro titute wom n-each·woman being fined out one fact with great clearness-W01\TEN ARE EX'10 a month. The same cu. tom obtain in many cities. PLOITED FOR COMJ\fERCIAJ.J PROFIT. Thus an . Will the profits make the taxpayers -less eager to enimportant fact, long known to and empha ized by the fore the l:r\•11" ~ocialists, 'is given offi ·ial authenticity only to be supOcean Ca~iers and Prostitu~ion pressed by the UnitC>d States senate. 'Pa .,. 36 : " nder pres nt circum tances it will oft u pay a team ·hip company financially to take the From United StatPs Senate document ro. 196, Sixty- :i k of bringing· ov r a: criminal or pro titute first or fiJ·st congress, second s(•ssion. ".DfPORTING WOllll<JN econd ela s, taking the risk of their deportation, since l•'OH BB10TIAL P( HPOSE~," p1·csented by Mr. Dil- if thev can be r eturned to tJ1eir own country a:t steerlingham; suppress<'d and ord<~red not to be printed in ag rar s, a p1t0fit will be made. 'l'hi possibility of full by majority Yot c of United States senate: securing a profit from riminals and prostitut s who are deported shoqld b~ removed." . ·• Business Profit From Homo. . Commission Report (suppressed), l'ag<· G: "To th e moti,·e of hnsin e s profit is due Senate 'document No. 644 : h<·yond question the impnlsl' which cr ea t es and upholds Cases ex·a mined .............................................................. 2000 this t1·affic." B elonging to se1·vant class ............... :............................ 931 H igher P r ofit Dressmako:t· and seam tresses .................................... 285 Pag<' ]-!: "Ali(•Jl women (who HI'(' already eonJ.Jived with parents or friends ...................................... 499 fi l'lll('d prostitutrs ) "enl<'r this cou.n try. • • • They Employed ......:.. ,...................... ~ ...........................ftf)mainder IJP!if'\'P th<·:v ean makt· hig-ht•J' p1·ofits he1·e." Em·ning only $1 per we k. .. ....... :................................. 534 Young Gir ls Profitable Earning only '$2 p er week............................................ 336 I'a gr. J 6: "] nnocent young girl. * · * • will last Earning only $3 per· \Vcek ................................. .'.......... 230 loll!-f!' l', and, there fore, he more profitahl<•.'' Earning only $4 per· week ............................................ 127 There a1·e 2\14 widqw · in tl}e general list. The author Inspections Vary helil>\'CS tho principle conclusion to be drawn from the l'age 18 : "Sh re\\'d impMters do not usually bring t::~hl<' is that a majority of this class (widows) are :ili<•n \rom en and girls on third-class tickets, because · driven to 11 eou r·se of vice from the destitution ensujug the inspection of thircl-cln, s passE'mge1·s on hoth railon her husband's death. A large number of them are l'onds and steamers is stricter th.an that of second-class v ery young, and it can scarcely be necessary to repeat and fit.·st-c lass pass0ngeJ·s. although the la" is the same that ::~ny yonng wom11n in a state of poverty will be l'or nlf. '' surTounded by temptations which she can with difficulty ·commercial Profit l'<'sist.-Pagc 223. Pagr 21 : · " '~ • • the motin~ dominating the It is a sad all(l humiliating admission to make at fli'OC\li'C•r· and · pimp is . that of commercial profit; the th!' opc·ni11g of the twcntietll century ..in one , of the til' t thin()' to he dmw wh n a woman is imported is to g r eatest ePnt er.· of civilization in th e world that in 11lac heJ' whert • h0 'llrl mak(~ money for him quiekly num erous instnur es it i!'! not passion or conupt inclinaand plrntifully.' tion , hut th e forr<' of actual physical want tha.t impels Police an d P r ost itution younO' wom<'n along the road to min. Intimate contact Pag • 27: "':\frlst of thr g-il'ls qu.e tioned by the in trnrment housrs is a prcdispo ing cause to prostitu(·ommi ·ion s ag-ents on this point . aid that payments t'ion.- Pag-e ' 227 llomes Commis. ion Report. - - -- - - -\\'ere nH:.dc to th e poli(·•· to in ·u re their prot tion· from __ L nt<' return show_ Tcw York state l1as 30,000 lunatoo hcquent arre. 1'>. ' Pn ge 2 : ' ~ •. • the exploitation of women tie. and 30,000 fecbl0-minded persons. ~This is the state in a ginn locality HI any particular tin1e i. cont1·olled thP.t Plrds mani!l c · to the Fnited States congr s and therP s<'f'ms to he no paucity of material. h~· finnn(·ial politic:ll and . orial condition .. ' . . �16 The W ·estern Comrade California Dry? Resolved: That the .Enactment of the Proposed Ini Affirmative:: HERBERT S. CALVERT 0 r.=~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ TIE l'ERJOD of human histor:y eall.ed .. Capitalism has given b irth to n ew institutions, ideas and commodities. Sc ie'tw e, with •it 's widening ran~ of knowledgr ; moder·n industry with it's effi cient tools ; pr·<·sent-day agr·iculture with better methods- of · animal br·eeding and plarrt eultivation, are only a few of the h<· nefits of ou r· vast co-operative s ocial ho<J,y. , But our cap italist society, that gave birth to th ese h<•nPfits ha s allowec.l to he fasten ed on itseH c r ea t ions that Hr'P a clPtrirncn t to all of 1rs aild an ov e l'l icaY~· load for the Yast mrrllhr r of ns who are th e working class. T ~oc·i alists r rf'og nize thf' monopoly of th e tools a nd land hy thr ff' \1' an<l its direc t r esult, the impov~ I!Jt'rrt of th e• marry . as sr1<·h an r•vil. \Vr. kn ow rn·ono l'ol,v is r·c·sponsild <~ for most of t he evi ls existin g in ou r· soc: iet,V. Suc h soc ial ev ils as a rmeu camps f ill ed with th e nation 's strongest m en r eady to sh ed each oth ers hlood ; tlr<· m odc~rn stat e with its brutul ity, hrihr. ry and co r·J·uption; t h e servilr pulpit and _press ~,\-J th t hc·i r prostitution of men 's minds, the wholesale foster·in g and expl oitation of t h e sex prostitute and the mod<·r·n liquor tr·affic ar·e a ll a part of Capitalism. Th e workingman is a hum an, with a human or·ganism. His differen ce from .the r emainder of society is that Ir e works, while t he larger part ,of society works him . W hat is the effect of liqu o~ on his working or·ganism ? ' J'h e differ·ent schools of m edicine and hygiene a r c unanimous in thei r· emphatic d enunc iation of th e evil r esults of the use of liqu or by any human. Dr. Lundgren, a leading ph ysicia n of Berlin, says: "It is difficult to find any part of a confirmed beer drinker's machine ry that is doing it's work as it should. This is why their life -cords snap off like glass rods when disease . or accident give th.e m a blow. The Scientific American says :~ "It is our obser va- · tion that beer drinking in this country produces the very lowest of inebriety, mostly alive to criminal insanity." The British Medical Society says : "Ex'periments show that small quantities of alcohol are injurious. That it is not a food ... That it increases liability to disease, a nd" shortens life ; that abstainers do more work, Jive longer, have Jess sicknes&, quicker recoveries, and that the bodily functions are better ·performed, in s]lite of delusions to the contrary." · ' • The late Dr. N. S. Davis of Chicago, the father of the American Medical Society, says: "! 'proved to my complete satisfaction that alcoholic drinks are poisonous in the , arne sense as opium, arsenic and chloroform, and should be sold under the same laws a·s other poisons." Pr. A. Fore!, professor of ner vous diseases in the Un ive rsity of Zurik, says: " Alcohol, even when d il uted, as in . w ine,_ beer and c ider, is a poison which changes pathologically the tissues of the body and leads to fatty degeneration ; it also injures the brain by producing paralysis and disarrangement of the funct ion." . D;. .J. H. Kellogg, superintendent of Battle Creek Sanit'arium, says : "Experiments upon human beings and lo wer animals have so greatly multiplied within tbe last few years that th e effects of alcohol upon thj! health organism are now as well understood as a r e the physiological effects of opium, gtrichnia and other poisons of common use." H·uxley, the great scientist, was asked if. wine or s pirits did not enliyen the brain a nd .increa~e. his power for work a nd thought. H e r eplied: "I would just as s oon think of taking a dose of arsenic as I would of alcohol." Jack London, revolution ist. in his book, "'J ohn Barleycorn." places the r esponsibility for drunkenness where it belongs-on society. He lays the charge squarely in front of the door of organized society-government, for the accessibilit~-opportunity. A Socialist, understanding the influence of environment on th e life of the indiYidual, and knowing the effect of alcohol on th e human or·ganism, will at once consider th e advisability of a ll owing liquor within reach of any person. Those who believe in free will and t he Dualistic tea chin g can trust to a God to protect the people from the scomgc of !iquor. l\faterialists will wage war against this even as against those who "by right of God" own the earth. Fo1· the gods may forg ive-Nature n ever d.oes .• Science has found that alcohol t ears down faster than nature can r ebuild. So it mu. t go. But what of the man who wish es to drink d espite the evil effects ? Who may still d esire to drown his woes in t he cup of· greater stupification and death. W e can only r eply that through th e evolu t ion of centuries, t he right and wrong of all men 's actiops have been slowly built up by the conflict of struggling forces. That every man 's action and attitude has been modified by the power h e opposes. If it were nature, man slowly aligned himself with h er . If man, equilibrium is slowly ga ined. (Continued on page 19) �The We$tern Comrade 11 ' California Wet? Amendment will be of Benefit to the Working Class Negative ARTHUR C. FISHER r=~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ 0 CONSIDER a subject of salient _import there ~hat t he social unrest and turmoil which permeate clearly and fairly, it is well to ask our- the country are in.stituted; it gives an atmosphere of too sci ,·es certain questions, and answer .. much liberty to the frequenters, in -which th'e y may con' .. these, our inquiries, as practical results ceive pla:ns for the wrecking of the institutions of our and fact.s present t he a nswers to our country. . . ., . .. miuds. Th eorizing may play an imDo not.these statements show the intent a nd purpose portant role in p rophccy ing the r esult of of the 'designers of this p etition ? unatt empted acts, but where particular On very infrequent occasions t hey (the propon.e nts) and peculiar effects are t he r esult of a certain cause or voice a remar\ concerning the deaths caused by alcoliol. t·a uses, these cfff'cts form t he best evidence of the In this connection they do not mention the fact t hat adaptabil ity of th e cause to th e conditions under which Maine had more ·deaths p er capita from alcohol and it s ma nifest l'ffects wer e produced. more arrests fqr drunker-mess than any so-called liqubr LPst \\' (' d igr·ess f rom the su bjcct let us r emember state; ·they do not t ell of t he atrocities perpetrated in that t he h<:"ndit to t he working class is the chief factor t he South by p ersons crazed t hrou gh the use of cocaine in t he nq~urn c nt , nnd voice t he inquiries, t he answers and blind-pig whisky; they do not mention the fact that to w hieh will g ive th e most impartial and practical t he negligence of the railroads kills nine times as many analysis of t he subject. people yearly as alchohol. Nor do they remark on those Th e questions appearing th e most esseutia l to the killed in mines, shops and factories, nor touch on the consideration of the subject are : means of r ectifying these wrongs. Is there anything 1. \V as th e measure conceived and proposed by connected with th eir assertions and intentions designed rnem hers of the working class for the benefit of the to assist and benefit the working class 1 workin g class 1 The two r emaining questions rriay be r eadily 2. Have measures of a similar nature enacted un- answered togeth er: A review of the prohibition communities as r egards th e benefits accruing to the working der similar conditions been a benefit to the working class and a comparison with " liquor " communities. c lass ~ J,et us take fo r example t he State of·Maine. Dur3· Does a comparison of prohibit ion communities ing th e years in whic'h prohibition has been in effect she with '',wet'' com munities reve~,tl the working class in a has been th e most stagnant state in the Union as regards hettcr condition , or in a fair way of bei~g in a better · social progress. Education is an insignificant factor in condition, in th e latter or in the former ? the affairs of the people and the social revolution is a To the first ·of these questions the answer "No" nullity. r~aboring conditions and wages are entirely unseems so evident as to need little explanation. Suffice controll ed by the working class and labor r etrogressed. it to state that the measure was fram ed by capital with Let us consider Georgia: Nowhere on the face of its right hand ally, the cimrch, for th e benefit of capital the earth is child life more ruthlessly exploited 'and chiltthrough the same right-hand ally. To prove this asser- dren ground into dividends in the capitalist mills. Piction the statements of the proponents of the measure ture children working twelve hours a day; imagine the are the clear est proof. The r efrain of their arguments, workers unorganized and uneducated in the.i r own beas evidenced in th eir pamphlets and tracts, runs as fol~ . half, conceive the working class practically at the mercy lows : The saloon is the enemy of the church; were the of the capitalist, and you see the prohibition State of saloon destroyed the church would redeem the w!lyward Georgia. and secure its old-time hold on the minds of the sinners, Now turn your eyes for a moment to two states bringing them back to a state of contentment with their ·- which have the r eputation of ):>eing exceedingly earthly lot in anticipation of eternal salvation. Or: The saloon is the breeding place . of discontent; it is (Continued on page 19) T �18 Tbe Western Com1ade Sculpture In the Twentieth Century By FRANK F. STO E NOTE; The following article by Mr. F rank F. Stone, embodying .a · progressive a.rtist's views of what he conceives will be the dom i nant note of twentieth century sculpture, was written in connection with the admirable full - page picture of one of Mr. Stone's most notable creations, entitled "The 'Ag.ony of the Ages," which appeared some time ago in the Weste rn Comrade. Like · some other piecea of work by th is well-known English sculptor now a resident of the Pacific Coast, this work is symbol ical. Accompanying the picture · Mr. Stone presented the following descriptive vers.e together with some notes as to the picture: " "The age-long, blind, dumb agony of life Gave - glorious Knowledge birth; then pain and · strife T-:>ok meaning, and to Knowledge Love -was born: Lo.ve that is wise to will and to foresee Suffering's assuagement in the Time-to-be." In the work the gallows and the axe stand for all that .part of human misery which has its sou rce in the punishment idea, which has cursed humanity throug h the centuries ; · "while there it a deliberate meaning," writes Mr. Store, "in the fact that I have hung the scales of Justice to the gibbet. The sca!e weighed down by the handle-end of the sword of Justice and the book of the law itself, figures, of course. the v i rtual presumption of guilt against the victim. Knowledge turns her back on the worship of gods (Jupiter and the tables of sacrifice ). Love tu rns her back upon the lmple-. ments of war." This sculptural work was one of the attractive features of · the Alaska- Yukon Exposition, at Seattle, and was awarded a gold medal. Mr. Stone, like the eminent Professor John _W ard Stimson, the late Will iam · Morris and other prominent artists, poets and art critics. is a progressive Socialist and ·has been touched with the twentieth century hum<tnitarian and progressive spirit to such a degree that life and art hold newer and grander meanings for him than they hold for masters to whom the broader, grander and nobler vision was not vouchsafed . EDITOR OF THE WESTERN COMRADE. II E ~EVE HE r·,•st ri<·t i \'<' lim's of tradition, ns to jHst " ·hat the artist may or· may n ot do in .!'Xpr·essil!g' himself thnn•gh tlw plast i(· m<·din , m·r happily falling away, or· fll'l'haps one should say at:e being holdly sd nsid<~ , and the cold , chaste refirwrn(•nt of'' pun· l'or·m ' ' is giving pla ce to 11 rnodt> of <·xpr·pssion mor·c inf'ormt·tl with motive, thought and nction of a communnl signifi<•anee. Less ot' th<· Ya~rariPs of Olympian gods, more of th a prohlrmR of tlw mnn on th e strectl this, to put it br·oadly, will lw found , he11eath howRocver much of artistic· rl'fi nrrnpnt a n<l iclC'a I izHtion, to he a master· note of twPntirth c·rntnr·y sndptllr'<'. Seu lpttll'al rxprcssion ·is warming to life <lllcl meaning und pr· tiH' inspit·llt ion ot' :1 nobl er. saner and mor·e ~Hl'llPSt cotwc·ption of hnman rrlations. H ero worship, of t hc' old , \' i<•iOliS. indi\ irln a listiP type. is dying OUt " ·it h the hroadrning' of human ]mow ledge and the consrquctit det>prning- of human sympntl.ly; and "socialistic· f-Culpt lll't> .. hnR hrrom c a pln·asr which, inasmuch liS it c•o ,·c•rs a somrwhat '"ide raugc of subjects, all morr or· le!':s inYoln'<l in this ne" d epal'tur e-the art of ideas ns eli. t-inct f t·om t he art of pure line mer elyt•xprcsse fai r·]~' w r ll the spirit of the new eonceptnn ickal " ·hich w r hold will mm·r a.i:Jcl more expres. it- srlf m humanistic· ·rnoti\'(' a nd ·inspiration as the cent ur_v a ch-ances. In passin g T ""Ottld not.• one t enden cy very per·niC"iou s !n m:v judgment. though born probably as a r·c·<H·tion from th e extreme .in the opposite direction . l rl'fer to th e hPrcsy that lws lwromc exceedingly common of late, which assnmrs that to finish 11 piece of !';t:nlpttll'P is to spoi l it. 'J'hat motive aud id ea in c•ulptur·e tnn t'\'c•r· r r ncl ~ r it incl ep<' ntl ent of form or· gr·ac<> of lin<' a nd f•onto ur, is an ah ·urd assumption; ancl it is extrrmc·ly donhtful if mnclt of the rudirn cutar·y, s ket r: h~· work whi ch todny com mands acceptan ce thrmr)!lr th e association of some gr·eat nam e. will lw ,·ic\Hd h~· lat er gen erations as more than the rudc>. un ro nth and unfinished expcr·imeutal sket·r· h-\\'o r·k ·" ·lri c!J it renlly il:'. Tinr c, lrO\\·Hrr, will douhtless ri ght this 'noll ~. ;:r nd in 111? judgment the sculptural :u·t, together " ·ith hl'r sister· arts, will , with the advan ce of th e h\·entieth centur·:v, hrcomc largely, p erhaps almost entirely, d.iYorrcd from that relation to. commet·cialism which inf·rcasingl:v, as capitalism nears its cl imax , tend. to corrupt the artistic method, to pervert its .ideals and to discourage its most conscious aspit·ants. It is, of cou rse, in the light of imminent chan ges in all other departmrnts of sot i;:r l economy, industry, commerce. f!OYrrnment. and all that that implies, that �. , The Western Comrade 19 art's enfranchisement from the dominance of the mart In the twentieth century, sculpture will' draw 'its heroes more frnm the makers of·men and less from the is vaguely glimpsed. Our very few artist-princes are destroyers of life; more exclusively from .t he work. often worked to death with over-patronage. It is in bench and the play-ground, the gymnasium and the the very nature of our commercial system that, like study; and less often ·from the shambles and the bat~ "\V ackford Squeers, the few "get it all; God help the tle:field, the forum of party polities and the chicane of rest ! '' This is bad alike for themselves and for their spurious statesmanship. .He who makes homes and art. Yet under the spell of success, w ith the · fanfare happiness, not he who makes widows and orphans; he , of fame and the adulation of admirers ever in their whQ ma.\{:es men free, not he Who fetters mankind that ears, they may approve the present conditions; and "prnperty rights" may he en'Iarged,-the genius of the struggling young artists, with all their troub~es sculpture shall delight to honor. Not forever' will the hefore them, who have not yet through bitter experi-. multitude consent that the "divine white marble" t>nce lost hope of like good fortune, may· echo· that shall he debased to cast a l-ying glamor over bloodappr<Jval. But outside of these, in the rank and file stained career's of ambition or· the soulless administra-. of the artistic profession, I believe it would be con- . tions··~f brutal and "tmsocial" la\vs. · ··eded that happier far would be the artist if, instead ' Nor will ·approving smiles for aye salute of depending for the means of life upon a capricious The sculpturild bronze which boasts: "Here ~a rket, competitive and commercial in the worst meanmight prevailed. '' ing of those terms, for his artistic output, he could !:iecure th e needful in staples and comforts through the .• The sculpture of the twentieth century ~ust and rnor·e prosaic ehannel of some industrial servi~e not too su.r ely ""?il1 feature the aspirations and achie:vements ex acting of time and energy; so that his art should be of peace, of human brotherhood and solidarity. "Glothe playwork of his free hours. Ah, then, we might 1;ious '\var" must soon look elsewhere than to the ha \'C worlo; of art indeed! · ·sculptor for its apotheosis or apology. CALIFORNIA DRY? CALlFORNIA WET? (Continued from page 16 ) (Continued from page 17) Th e right of the individual and of the mass is being "moist " -Wisconsin and ·washington. In these states slowly hewn out of a cosmos of ignorance. Sm·ely, education is th~ motto of the people; labor is organized ; •·\·er·y indiYidual will some day function normally. Until the workingman is on the industr.ial . field of battle, th en, men will struggle for free expression. But th e fighting the social revolution, and progressing, step by ant i-social must go. The days of t he aristocracy of step, toward the ·goal of social democracy, with the dlUrch, state, intellect, school, home and barroom are .knowledge that they ha.ve the. power of conquest. These are the facts; they are neither theoretical nor numbered . . No man has the liberty to poison another, statistical, for statistics may be twisted to suit the ocand he who makes and sells liquor is handling poison, casion and theories may fail when put to the test. These says science. facts are oppositi~n statements and pictures of compariIn the battle in which the revolutionary worker is son; your own knowledge can readily discern their <'ngaged, he can use all hi's powers. The overwor·ked truth or falsity. ;md underpaid workers are too busy t6iling to do much v\' orkers, Comra~es of the Social Revolution, rememthinking. But the misery and needs of the day must ber the fundamental principles of your program; refi nd expression. Year in and year out, the vast army member that the economic and industrial life is the basis of toilers go forward to their grave. of every political or social structure; remember that in Some are held iri the shackles of r eligious fervor, a capitalist society all laws not intended fo.r the benefit " ·hich runs gamut of a narrow fanaticism and a heaven of the workers are. intended for the benefit of capital. after d eath. Some are broken by the abnormal devel- :Remember that you cannot legislate tn·an 's morality or Dpment of the sexual impulse and fill an early grave. character, but that they can be changed only by educaSome slowly poison themselves with the drug, alcohol; tion and a better social system. Remember, with Emerunable to r esist the cry of the pront monger and the en- son, that: ''The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the ticing surroundings in which he vends his wares. But the builders of tomorrow, actuated by the revo- state must follow and not lead the character and proglutionary fervor, must escape these enslaving narcotics r ess of the citizen.'' Remember! Think! And decide for yourselves of capitalism and· remove these pitfalls from the paths wh eth er the enactment of the proposed prohibition of their weaker comrades, and march forwa.rd together amendment would be of benefit to the working class to victory a.nd a normal life. r �20 The -western Comrade The Eight-Hour Law [!] ~ RIENDS of the shorter work day must realize that organized capital has det ermined to d efeat the proposed measure. The contest will eclipse every other issue in this campaign. An eight-hour law on the statute _: book spells the beginning of the · end of capitalist rule ~nd eorJ?OriJ.tion oppres!';ion. Th C' 1\f C'rehants and l\Iamifacturers' associations of ('alifornia are being r eorganized to include the employc·rs of labor . .A dispatch to th e Los Angeles .Times un<l('r da1P of .July 17 is head ed : J<'AR!\1EHS .JOl N OPEN SHOP ME Th<· clispat c·h statPs: " Th e :;vrer chants, lVIanufactur·<·rs and Employ Prs ' Association has been formed by a la t'g'l' numh<•r of fa rrn c·r·s, who will work to furth er 1h<· intPrests of 1hat hody. The farm ers have dPei<l<·d to he with those who opp_ose th e stringent mcasllt'<·s thC' unio11s furth er·. " A sirnu ltarwous atta<·k will he mad e on th e closed shop and th e eight-honr law. This is a rlass fight. \\'e expect men to lin e up acc·or·ding to their inter·ests. Ever:y organizafion, institution or individual dC'JWnd ent o·n profits for existence will necessarily fight this hill. On the other hand, every producer· of real wealth will line up for the hill if he knows wh er e his interests lie. Here arc th e p<'oplP who log ically will fight the· measure: 'l'he rail roads, all public s0rvice corporations, land speculator·s, large ranc·hrnPn , mcr0hants, rnanufadurPrs and t he entir·e exploiting elass. On the ot her· ham~ thC' men and wom en who work in m ill, factory, mine, ranch han~s, drivers, mechan ics, ar'tisans- in fact, every man who docs not own his own job and must work for another will vote for· t his hill, i f he k nows w hat he is doing. It is to HIS interPst to do it. It is to his CLASS int erest to do it. The Los Angeles Times announces, July 16 : " The frW,t growers of the state are threatened with an increase of $10,000,000 yearly in wages of the farm laborers of the state. ' ' Did you get t hat, IfC'm·y Duhh ? T he capitalists of Ca lifo r nia a r·e conceuing thttt should the Eight Hom Bill pass the farm lahor·rrs of Ca lifornia will he privileged to cut a $10,000,000 melon every' yea r . You will recall that thC' banks and C'Orporations have bt:>oen cutting th e 11161on hithcr·to. Don 't you think it ahout t ime· that your class had a melon-cutting? Th e capitalists bank on the assnmpt·ion that you haw not brains . By T. W . .WILLIAMS enough to see the point. Hav~ you f Power to use your mental faculties count in this fight. Use your brains. ·we ·a re told that "Skilled mechanics and artisans . bav family ties. Tbey are in large majority of American· nationality, and live up to the California standard. Th es~ workers receive fair wages and already enjoy t he· advantages of a short day of labor. They would not be ben efited, but ~ust endure without compensatory advantage the higher cost of living which th e enact . ·nient of this law wouid cause. '·' How' impcnious some people are to th e working cl.ass psychology! From long experien ce t he workr r is having drilled into him the great fact that th1 int er est of all workers is identical , and that an injur'y t o one is an injury to all. Practically ·au th e men who ' no\~ have th e eight-hour day secured it through solidarity of action. They know that the unorganized , d efenseless worker·s are the greatest menace to· their own security. An appeal made to them as "aristocrats of labor· " will aYail nothing with class-conscious workers. No wor·k er· is secure so long as a fellow-worker is unprot ect ed . Under the present r egi,l}le th e worker has no rights which th E! employer must r espect .' He is dependent sol ely on the mercy of his employer, who can work him as many hom·s as he pleases without the law int ervening. This law affords redress from injustice, and will not impose exacting and unreasonable demands. The black slave in ante-bellum days was .an investment demanding protection and care to the extent of his cost Yallol e The "help " on a California ranch , or the "hands '' in factory and mill have nothing in common with th eir employers. Th e worker.s are not con cerned with the profits of th e capitalists. Why shou ld thC'y he? Th ey do not sharC' tlwm. Th ey r<·cein hut the hare necessities of life. In this C'ont est they have nothing to lose- everythingto gain. Th e \\'Orkers are in t'C'volt. 'l'hey are getting from . under . Th ey- refuse to longer carry the whole load. It is urged that wa gPs will be r educed·. Impossibl e. \Yages at'(' now at the har·e sn~sisten ce stage. To go lower would preeipitate revolt and physical r esistance. Exploiters of labor in California arc resting over a seething Yolcnno of r evolt. Th e on e g-uaraute~ that civilization has is to so r eadjust society th at every man or woman shall have the right to apply his or her· ener·gy to th e forces of nature and reap tlr C' rC'sult. �The We s tern Com i a d-e · . . . Co-operation and Socialism By ERNEST 0. F. AMES Ernest 0 . F. Ames is president of the Pacific Co-operative League, with headqu~.rters at San Francisco. He has · made a de~p study .of co-operative methods. The September number of the Western Comr ade w ill carry a story by this same writer, telling o.f the plan of operation of tl)e league. . , . OST Socialists pass through a phase of \.' cis~o, ·the great prosperous city of the Golden Westmind in which they are .impatieJ?.t ;vith·. all'i~is, to which ,people can no longer close their eyes, all thought of reform. The need and is compelling attention to the need for mutual help, the desire for an immediate reau1:ti ion c~llective social effort ·co-operation. . of the iDE~TJ, the r_e;olution, .~~pr~ss'es · · For !he mass of working p eo.ple· the problem t[tem. Their recognitiOn of ·the down- grows ev.er more serious as they are driven nearer to • right eontradiction between things as or: even over, ·the liD:e of subsistence and are threat~ th ey ar.e and as they ought to be fires ened by the imminence of poverty and dire want. I thrm with a divine impatience, which concerns itself The gobbling up by a £ew of an· the natural re-' hut little with any so-called half-way measures. : . · . . ource!S is the ftmdamcntal cause of the economie crisis Experience, howeve r, discloses the fact that there impending. The problems of poverty, starvation, is always a tr·emendons amount of slow plodding lahor child labor ancl dt•grada.ti()n of women have- hastened allll constructi\;C work to be don.e before any marked over th.e- Rockies along with the flow of population rrfo1·matiou can be secured. The raising up of ·a · we's tward. The Pana.ma canal, about to be thrown trained body of workerR for service in the task of · open with suelr a flare of trumpets and high hopes, is ushering i.!l a new social order is also of prime im- only going to aggravate the calamitous situation. portance and requireR time and acquaintance with · Present econorr.ic necessity and the dread of imn•l'orm work mediate future is on<' of the causes of the awakened inReal r eform is actiYity, which, while r emedial, terest" ih c.o-opcration .or" all forms. prepares the way for, or actually institutes, new forms The social rra.s•ms for co-operation are no less urgof social and industrial life in accord with the princi · ent and eo.~p.elling. Along with the groWth of demopl rs of a true society. All forms of co-operation are . in lin e with this cratic institutions, there is an increasing demand for principle, inasmuch as they represent th e ~ itev~elop­ men and women with the ·social instinct. Such workmrut and control of democratic life by the p eop1t'. ers are in demand everywhere to build up th~ state This is relatively true of public ownership, as well as that is to he and to guide aright the efforts of the r·eople to manage their own affairs. thr volnnta.ry co-operative enterprises with which the Socialism "in particular is in need of ·a supply of lll'~'~rllt article is specially concerned. Th ere .are three causes for the increasing ntten- trained men both for present work and in order to tion co-operation is receiving from Socialists nud be £t to make the right use of th e powers which wiU soon be entrusted to them. Co-oper&tion is the trainot }t() J'S . 'J'h e first of these is the economic pressnre or neccs- ing ground for the future state. The success of. Socialism henceforth depends upo!l ~it~' ·upon th e people. Co-operation has made gl'(·nt lwad \\'ay in Europe. For the last £fty years it has a supply of competent and efficient, servants, acIH•t•n the proud boast of prominent p eople on this con- quainted with ~he spirit of. the social message, who can adequately_interpret that spirit through the officiat t in r nt that there was no economic need for co-opera, tion here. Th e complacent belief that th e American positions to ·which they aspire. The management of industry by the peo'ple for the \\'as too well fixed to need any such aids to a lower c·ost of living has lon g held s;vay. The common· peo- - p eople is subject to the ability or the rank and £1e to pl t• have tried to live up to this out of a kind of false produce an,d trust men of integrity and capability. The patr·ioti ·m. Now, however, there is a ·great change co-operative movement by raising up such men will ('om in g ove1· the whol e community. The consljtntly be of inestimable value to and should be supported by · J'rt·llrring peri?ds of trade depression, each one more Socialism. The growing demand for social service, the .de. r\·l'r e than the last; a state of chronic unemployment velopment of a sense of huma.n solidarity and th e nnd the actual presence of_.Jmnger on our streets culrecognition of th e valu e of associative and ·community . minating now in deaths from starvation in San Fran. . . . �22 The Western Comrade effort constitute the social reasons for the notice co!l'here are scores and hundred . of yoll.ng men and operation i'l attracting. women who pass through the churches and the SocialThe third and perhaps the most potent cause for ist locals only to be lost to p ermanent service because the spread of co-operation i &the moral one. The spirit their moral craving to DO, a well as to listen and talk, of humanity, the inner urge of the ideal, the social is not satisfied. There is no organized opportunity -vision-or h~wever we wish to designate it-is more provided for utilizing their labor in social fabric militant today than ever before. "New times demand building. 11ew measures and new men.·' Unrest is rapidly on ·· The natural desire of youth is to practice and exthe increase and will continue till men ani able to fiqa periment in human right relations, or in other words, nrw forms of life mm·e in accord with their sense of to make morality for themselves and the future. rigltt. Tit I' (•Ontracliction between man's spiritual inCo-operation offers alike to Socialism and religion ·stinds, his moral standard and daily life, as it actually the oppottu.nity to apply the great fundamentals they pans out iu pradiet', i'l too great, too flagrant for men claim to stand for. •1f simplP lnunanit y to r·est contentedly under. LifP today dol's not measure up even to the eleC~-Qpcration is a moral r eform , a~ well as a moral nwnt n ry d <•tllnnds of !'igld .. ousncss. People in all · 'ltimulus, fo r the accomplishment of the perfect life wa!ks of' lift ~ fr·l'l ·this anfl many long, " hunger and and all that the high er nature of manldnd crave~. For 1It ir·st · ' for a ll~"H rPr a ppro;H· h in social life to equity these reasons the moral issue is the chief a rgum ent for· :IIHl justi<"f>. <:o-~peration . Hist! Here's Verbal Treason ..~~~®~!!!!~!!!!!!!!~~ EHE 'S a Yot<· for Chief of Poli te Charli e .:· --.· 'H By HOMER CONSTANTINE For reciting Patrick Henry's " Liberty or Death"_ speech (u nquest ionably and adm ittedly treasonable ) 12 For elocutionary efforts on fragments of Lincoln's Gettysburg speech 5 SPhastian of Los Angeles, for a memhPrship in t hP Little Brothers of Saint . Swilhin . Il1! has r·f> turn ed from the po• 71 Total li <'l' <· hi Pf's t•onv•·ntion, where he gathTlll'_se men and wom en wr 1·e arr·c t ed and impris. l' I'Pd sllt·h a f'uml of valuable lea rning onNl-pun ishcd without trial-subj ected to revolting • ~ : tlutt hP has proeePdPd to spill it on t he md!g-niti rs and treah'd in a manner that would have pofj,., . t·otlllnission of' Los Angel es and hr·o u ~ht joy to thr hca r·t of-say, th e . mug Ladies of llw O\"t•rflow n·:cwh ··~ t h<· p11hli<· through th e daily press. Tr·inidacl . ln r·Pa din ~ (' hi•· l' ( 'ha rli c 's li t('l'a t·y gem, !J.S plu cked All wt•re lih ernt <·d nn one memorable day wh en a fl'o"m the disma l morass of" news" in t he l\rorning Tribeonpl e of thousnml citiz ens mad e a call at t he city halL lll1 C, you ~'l't' J'NJII<'stnl to kf·Pp in mind th e fact t hat Rut, you ar·c k ept f rom t he feast. H ere is the chief 's thP Los An~e lcs poli<'<' on<:c snppr·csscd frr e speec h so lett('t" in. all its purity-provided some cru el · copysuee"ssl'u ll ,v t!t;1t th•· ··it~· he<·rlln e the foca l point of the (·hoppf>r hasn't mutilated it: d:tss s1T ugg-lr in Am•' r·inl. Sebastian was at that tim e " I am sincerr in mv stnt f> ment that I do not wa lki ng a heat in Chinat own. ' Doubtl ess his duties kept h<·liPve th e patriotiP ,;1 en " ·ho framed our con itim ·so occ u pird h" dirl 110t kn ow what was go in g on stitution ·rcaliz f>d, or· t•Ye r· dreamed, t hat our· free ;md t hcr cfo r·c <loc·sn 't know th e histo ry of that strug~pee(: h -frec coun tr·y,' would or· could h ~ so almsrd. I think Pr·rsident Sylvestrr's sentim r nt glP for f r·pc spPcel : in Lfls Angeles ought to br writtrn ncros. thr domc ·of the Am eri'J'h fo ll owin g ~wor· c<:a rcl will show th e offense of ca n he11.vens in lrttc rs of fir e, H e conrlemnE>d seventy-one men a nd women who wer·e imprisoned in 'verbal treason,' whieh is countenanced in this th e r,os Ang-c·les eity jail amid unsp eakabl e filth , incountry unrl or the mistak en id ea that 'fr·ee · sp er<'h ·. spells not on ly Iibert~· but license. He sanitary and hol'l'ihlc su rroundings: spoke the !'X act truth . \V e are prone to b e anu For repeating that portion of the constitution of Califorto d eP.l too kindly with sepition . We wink at asnia making free speech a9 inalienable right . ·• . . 17 saults upon th e emblems of government, our flag, !For reading that part of the constitution of the United States that guarantees freedom of speech and the right und orga nized hod if>s, providf>d for by popular peacefully to assemble . . . . . : . . . . . . . 14 vote. and I sav the tim e is at hand to bolt thiJse For repeating in public the Declaration of lnde!]endence guilty of ntte~ane<'S, Pither by an am endm ent to on any day other than the Fourth of July (very incen· ou r national constitution , or more drastic laws diary arid calculated to drive the average policeman to from our lawm.1king- hoclics \Ve have had , and hydrophobia) . . . . . . . . . . • . 19 haw rvery ni g ht right here in I.~os Angeles, th es.~ For repeating the Lord's Prayer (an afterthought of women t rpasonahl:' uttrran•:rs, and I say thE>y should be who forgot their lines t"n the awful presence of the "peace officer") . . . . . . : . . . . . . • . . . . 4 cu rh ed . '' �T be W -e-s c ~ r n Com r a d e "W . 23 outb HA'f 'S the matter with the American working eruue:before IJle how that the ociali m of th class 1" is the attractive title over pertinent re; American. onntries is of "the same tamp a our and marks in the Texas Rebel. The writer goes straight to ~then some. the point when he touches on the way the wo;kers put * * * t h ir financ·ial power in the hands of the exploiters then. . · We J1ave b en 'led to b lieve · tha~ Mr. \ ii on i a :-.t npitll~· wondPr' what hit them whe~ this money is man of keen intellect and lar"'e per ptions.. Vthat used to hire strike-hr:eakers and gunmen. The writer shall we say e(t er of his intellect or his perc ptions says: when. h'e .attempts to · justify the invasion of a foreign Arr Anr(•r·ican capitalist d · r-ecently published the · country by the plea that. h e is intent upon restoring the item tlrat in a ce r·tain wrstern city the working class means of production to the people · · It is ilwaxs and everywhe~e desirable that them ~n .. had $2.000,000 in the saving banks of that city. Two · millions in the hands of their economic enemies! \Vhy of producti<>n shall be restored to the p eople. In 1\f~xico, \vhieh is an agricultural and min~ng not rmploy it co ll r etivrl~' for their O\VD benefit ? SomP of tlrPsc "·orking-<·lnss peopl e will ca.ll the country, the me.a.ns of ptoduetion happen to be the land .. . Almost all the 15,000,000 Mexican peopl e work Oil' ltnlians "Dagos," hut in Ttnly, with less ellpital, the the land for a living. .So far as the poor Mexican peon Italian workers form co -op erative banks, and the labor nre concerned, it would he 11 grand and glorious thing unions horTO\Y money from them and cut out the conif Mr. ·wilson would send 100,000 soldiers to Mexico to tra(·to r·s and tnkr mnnir>ipnl co ntr·aets dir·cct 11nd carry wrench the land from the rich and restore it to the on cxte 11 ~ i\'C• " ·o rl\s ro-opcrntivcly, giving themselves people. hl'ttcr· hour·s and wa ges than the c·ontra cto r·s giYe them. But would it not be just ·a s grand and glorious a Wlr? ca n 't Amrrir:rn work ers do the same ~ thing for 40,000,000 of ·Americans who work on railIn thr l'ity of lquiqui, Chilr, '~' ith onl~' GO,OOO inl'Oil ds. in factories .and mines and upon r ented farms, lf habitants, the tr·ndrs imions ha\'<: a cll·sn del pueblo or the 1\f rxicans would send J 00,000 soldiers to the United pPoplr.'. house. whr>r·e all th e trades uni ons meet. They St11tes and restore the railroads, factories and mines to lin\'(' a clrnrnhm· of lahor of one delegate from each trade thr p eople? · rrn ion that IH"ts the mnnagcmcnt of this people's house, factorirs and mines arc, to thesr. 40,000,Railr·oads, n11d a <·o-oprrativc hakPr'.v and a large co-ope rative store 000 the means of produ ction prrcisrly as mu'ch as the ll'ilrrr hr·cad and all kinds of goods are sold at l~er l':tfrs than f']s:•where. n esides, they have a co-ope r·ative !and i<; the means wrth which l 5,000,000 Mexicans p-roclucc wealth.-Allan L. Ben. on in Pearson's. !n·in ter~' tllflt publishes a cl nily Sociali. t pap er that cir•·H btPs all uYrr· the clepar·tment of Tcrepa2a. * -l<· * ,\ mrr·ipnn. Hwt ought to hav e hetter sense 11sk the Farmcr·s, C()-Operntiv c societies to rnar·kct their own ll'l'i fP!' this: ' ArP the Chi l<'ans fu lly civilized." Until produ cts should be exempted from the operation of the .\rn r l'i cnn w01·ker ca n do someth ing to compare with Sherman law. 'flwre is a clc.ar· distinction between· the tlri .. ·" ·ho nr·r civilizecl y· l11 Belgium, Argentina and ro-operative organilwtion of the farmer and the modlitt lr l lrHguay the workr r·s ar·e starting successful co- ern ·trust. This distinrtion must be .recognized. In:. t OJH' l'Htion that should sham·P. American workers for the very nature· of tliings f11r·mcrs' organizations . can:!. king . uch que tions. not eontrol the mlll'ket or· limit the output, in the way Tu the Arg-entine Rcpnhlic thcr·e arc four Socialists . that the big tr·usts do. Between the farmer and the consurner a di tin.ct i11 th~ hou. c of r·cpr·csenta.tive And ofic ociali -t in the •·11ntr. nnd othc r·s wrr·c• defeated hy th e na~rowest rlass has gr·own up. lt consists of commis ion hous s, hrok ers and combinations of Yarious sorts, with the n.~:t rgin . "'modern trust at the head . Not all of the agencies of Littl e rrag11RY has II ('Oillpllct. ocialist organization, distribution arc bad. J\fany of. them -are d sirable :rn<l in proportion to hct· population ha more repre enand useful. Others depend upon special privilege and tat iYc·.· in her municipal goverurn~nts ten to one than unfair practices and are therefore wastefol.-LaFo1- . "'" of th e ~loriou lanrl of the free apd home of the hr·:n·e · · 1'1\ll • ho:w·. , oeiali. t paper and pamphlet. that lc>tte' . of �24 The Western Comrade The Thinker By CARL I. WHEAT Southern California is turn ing out an eagle's brood of young fighters that are inspmng to the older rebels of th•· community. Carl Wheat, as a student in the public schools of. Los Angeles and, later -at Pomona College, distingu ished himself as a speaker of great and co nvincing powers. As representative of h is college he has carried away all honors. The following is, in part, his oration which won the first prize in the Southern Ca_lifornia Intercollegiate Oratorical contest. .1 T is a great achievement wh~n an artist ing chilw·en of the South, the omnipre ent sweatshop , is ahl!· to conce ive and execute a work the ill-fed facto ry hordrs proclaim that labor till 1: 1 that truly r epr e-;euts some: fundamen- bondsman. tal human fad. T!Jus, abov-e the arch• • way of thP g-r·eat gate of H ell in the Come with me to the city of Lawr·encc, 1\Ia . It is ~ J>arrtheon in Paris, sits the heroic figure a day late in ;\ovemher· at the time of t he great ·triklo. of a man wrought in stone-a figure The str·ikcrs ha\'1.' heen r·rfn ed the right to march in symholizin g the greatest of all the fields thc-strrcts of the city. All thr ·halls have been denied of hHrllHn <'Xf>f' rit·neP. 1t is ){odin's masterpiece, "The ttrrm . ThL' Dump alone rf'main ·-the dreariest spot in Tliird<<·r·. ·· Tli1• knotted rnuscles of his massive fr-ame, -Lawr·encf'. Th ere in the hittrr· "·ind and heating storm tht• rough and c·allousrd hands, proclaim t he Thinl\ cr four· t h ousarHl of them gathet·-ltalians, Belgian . to IH· t hP rnan of toil. But now he sits, resting a lit- Gr···ckc:;. "\rmeu ia ns, men who speak a scor·e of tonguestle frorn his task, while he tu m s his mind upou the aHd fo r hour·s they erov..·d around the wagon-that erves pi"Oh)prns that t·onfront him. as a speaker 's stand. n pon that stand ar·e not only \\'h11t is thP Yision Pmhodi1•d in tiH• chiseiPd stone? the fie ry Ettor· and th e scholarly Giovannitti, for other· lt is t!r l· union of to il a n1lt hou g ht- t>ae h h elpl ess with - for·ms, though :>hadowy, arc th et'l'-Ganison, who deIll!! t lit· ot ht>r, lnr t wliPn joirwd in a t·ornrnon pur·pos<' (·la r·ed t hat ht• would he hear·cl arid was heard; \ Vendell t lr <' two grPat lnrildPrs of tlrP hum a n "·o rld- hl euded Phillip~-Ilan·a rd 's W endell Phillips- r eaffirming in lll'r'l' h~· art . into th <· Jll'rl't·d for·m of human labor·. TIH~ the sig-h t of these facto r·ies, "the f undam ental principl Think1•r is :tlso th1• " ·ork r r. The powPr of labor which t hat la bor, t he Cl'l'f!to r of wealth , is entitled to all it this thinkin g work PI' s~r mholizes is th e mig-ht iest fo rce l' reatcs." A nother, also, is thPr·e- a certain young in human histor~'· In all th1• agl's it has_shapcd tir e -Te" ·ish agitator wh ose name hns f'Yer been written large d t>stinil•S of IIH'II. in th e solemn pages of histor y. and his indictment' of the Look " ·ith nw into th e past. The Th inker· kn eels master· class is far more hitt er· thnn the r est. He calls upo n th <· g r·ound wat chin g th e spa r·ks of flam q leap them \\'O ~Y es and vipers," for th ey bind heavy bur dens from Iris whirlin g sti f•k!';. It is t he f:onq ucst of fire- a111l g ri evous to he hom , and lay them on m en's shouldtiH· gn·:rtrst !'; ingl e ne lr iev emrnt in al l th e history of ers, but will not lift th em with one of their fingers." nrankincl . Again. on the sh otc of a n ancient lake see "\ t th e Sf! me time a committ ee of the "best" citizens thP '}'hink er pushin g a rou gh-hewn hoat into th e waYcs. is meet ing in the city hall to gi,·e thanks that t hey are Non<• " ·ho stand hy ea n realize th e imp01·t of his act "citizens and patriots. " and not as th ose" low, ignorant this pr·imal lann clrin g of the hoat- hut th e world of foreig ner·s" who ar·e out therf' in the Dump. In th eir l'Orllm crcr \vas horn that clay. Th e Thinker, in solvmout!1s is f r equently th e nam e of that same J ew. Do ing his ow11 small prohlrm, led th e way fo r th e teemt hey imagin l:' that he who scou rged the money-changers iHg <Hgosies that ~wa r·m i1pon our oc eans. Thus th e in t h;, templ::o h:1s changed so much since he was h ere world HLhancrs. \\'ith men ? Ah , 110, ,Jesus of Nazareth is not of them . • • • H e is clown th ere in t.he Short Street dump, where that But though la bor· is tfr e fou~dation of society, what hand of str·ikers is gathered. · Tum now to th e hanks of Cabin creek among the do \ \'1' find its t ru e position to ha.ve been ' ThroJigh o ne long age the worker was crushed into slavery. coal mines of \Yest Virginia. Th ere, too, the thinking Throu gh another nge he was tied to. the . ~oil-a serf spirit is awakenl:'d. Picture a group of miners laying with no rights his lord n eed r espect. Today, the iron to rest th e body of an innocent little child riddled by law of wages rules relentless throughout t he world of the bullets from a machine gun handled by one of the toil , and a thousand " ;orke.rs slave in poverty that some mine guards. Across the stream an old, grey-hair(·d man of capital may traY•~l in his private car. The toil- woman is guarded by a soldier bea ring the ea_g le of the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 ~ I • • • • • • • �T h e W e s t e r n C o m -r a d e United Stat_es. For many a year she has stood in the ·forefront of the battle, and wherever there was need, there has she gone to bear her part, until the workers of a nation are proud to hail her " Mother Jones. " • • • • • Th]s labor moYement, lil'e all great economic movemcuts , only shows itself to men at intervals, after prriods of comparative calm. The masters of capital ..lip t ht:>ir coupons unmindfu l of the fir·es that smoulder hrncath th e snr·face. Bnt the unseen energies are for~>n r· ~atlrrr'ing. Suddenly, lik e the unloosing 'of .. the forces that slumber u nder !\fount P elee, the crash ~omes. Tire wlr c!' ls of a gr·Pat railroad c•!ase to turn. Th e lo01n s :n·e si I!'nt. 1\ n hu nd rrd t housarid miner·s throw down their pic·ks and s!ro1·els. The masters call out the militia Tlrf' srr:tl'l of 11~t ·i r· rnat·hinr gnns is answrred by the roar of' clyrrantiff'. r\larrn a·n<l pani e fill the erstwhile peaceful st r·r<'ts. And tlwn, as suddenly as it ca me, th e tmuhl~· d<'JHll't". But the work crs,they who sarrificed :trrd snfl'<·r\'d nml starYccl, have somehow taken a step forward , lrlr<•flr••r th e~· " ·on or lost, for in the bitterness of tir<·ir sti'Ugl!l!' th r~· Iran thought upon their problem. T!!P futm·c-rPalnr of our hope and faith-lies bryond thr Y<·il 1ltat no n1nn r·:rn lift, hut all its promise for hw~1arrity r r'its in tlrr life-givin g power of the toiling- Thinker. Oth ••rs rnay usr thc•ir thoughts for selfish ~ain, hut th•· thou~ht that is (·oncemrd with labor and :ts prohl ... nr r radH·s the deepest sou1·ces of human wcl- 25 fare. It alone is free. You , who would be fruitful thinkers, learn the meaning of Rodin 's great statue. I..~earn from the sculptur·~d stone the m~ghty visiOn of the Thinker as he sits therr, l1is head bowed -down upon his hands. At the source of civilization and progress learn the r ealities of toil. Go not to betray th e workers to selfish interests. Go not to confuse with sophis-· . tries, Go rather to r~mse them to their needs · to fight .: with' them under the on('-blood flag of true human · hroth~·rhood. Do not imagine that you are carrying any· gifts to labor. No, you are going to breathe the only nndefiled air of mental freedom, to drink at the one pure fountain of th e . intellect . And ~ou of .the ranks of toil--your hands have ever heen the somces of th e go-ods of life. Your hea ds must be th e sourceS of the wisdom of lifr. As your hands and yom heads ha,·e shaped the wa~'S of progress, so ·yonr sonls alone can solve th e problems of the futurE'. I '"From you, the chained, reviled, outcast. · From you, the brut e, in ert and dumb, Shall tln·on gh ~·onr wa],enHl theught at. Jast The message of tomorrow come. Think. think~ while breaks in yon the dawn Croueh ed at your feet the world lies still. It has no power but your brawnIt h<lS no wise! om hnt your will." --Artnro Giova11nitti. On the Index Expurgatorius By HERBERT STANLEY CALVERT I"!!!'!!!!!'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ NDEH the careful pat1·iotic instmction of th e master class, millions of mr n have sh etland arc still r eady to shed their life blood, fighting for \vhat thry han conceived and still conceive to Ill: " their" country, when few of tlwm ca n show title to so much as a square foot of it. They do not yet perceive that the country they fight for is th e master's country and that they fight only because they are hypnotized by thr pulpit and press and l1ired orators into the insubstantial bc1'ief that it is their duty and glory thus to fight. Least of all do they perceive that in nine cases ont of ten they are induced to fight simply . to divert their energy from its legitimate function of enforcing ceonomic reform.'' This is an extract f rom "The :Mexican PeopleTheir Struggle for Freedom ," th e most r emarkabl e and valuable book of the ·year. The ~mthors of this hook-L. Gutie r!'ez de Lara and Edgcumh Pi'flchon - must f el a sense of elation ~tn day to day as th ey sr~ (· in thr devPlopment of th~ l\lexicnn situation the f ul film ent of their predictions. Tlw statement in th e book th:rt "a suecessful pl'O· letaril)n revolt in any country of th e world, however r emote f r·om th e centc1·s of cil'ilization, is a t 1·em endn-· ous menace to evrry other r·llling class, " is home •·nt from day to day when .we read in the n ewspapers the tender solicitude of t he government for the successful flig+t of lhwrta, a ft er he had looted the }fexican treasury and startPCl to leave t he country. The British government evrn offered a eruis.er £or t he pm·pose of a iding a thief and a murder·rr to escape from the land wh ere he had wrought wreck ancl ruin. Every Soeialist, every r::tdiea l, ~· h ould have t his hook. 'l'he f:·l d tl.:rt it has hc<•n p laced on t he ind ex expurgatorius of th e J.~os An grles public school library hy th e papal r epresentative on thr hoard of education is an indication of its valu e. �26 The Western Comrade Hopfield Horrors and Hypocrisy By · MELLIE MILLER OS ANGELES TRIBUNE reprints a pitiful story Mr. Earle cannot afford to 'tell the truth and the whole from the London Chronicle, telling of the terrible truth about the class war in America, more especially conditions existing in the hop fields of England. in California. ' · Mr. Earle,. owner of the Tribune, is as much ensla\1'ed The story ·is well written, simple, yet graphic and gripas any hop field worker. Politically and economic~lly ping. It recites the horrors of overwork and exploi:tahe is the victim of environment. The smuggery of his tion of men and women . newspapers is · not unstudied. · Every reporter, every The Tribune does well to print t~is article, Jmt ~itb ·copy · r eader, every editor, knows "policy. " There its characteristic suppressiO~?-' of the news of_ the Cali- prob1;1b]Jr is no written law in his newspaper offices. Th e '" conspiracy of silence" on the part of ·the capfomia hop fields, this solicitude for the toilers of Eng~. italist press is tacit, but .none the less Jand becomes the ·sheerest hypocracy. . binding. If .any r eporter on a capitalist publication wo"tiid If this " scandal of woman slavepY" and "silence of write tbe truth about any of the doubtful dealings of public opinion" is deplorable in England, why not in · large corporations-oil, land, telephone, electrip power California ? -he must know in advance if the "old man" is interWill thr Tr·ihurw pr·int a story of the merciless. ex- ested in them and the "old man"- the average owner ploitation, brutality, n'mrder·s, false imprisonment and of daily newspapers-owns stock in nearly ~ll of these dPstruction of life of the workers of Yuba County hop ente1;prises, hence, the suppression. firlds 1 It will not! Her·e, then, is the unwritten rule governing this par'l'h P Tr·ihunc has had the opportunity to do this and · ticular situation: it has fai iPd. Like all owners of capitalist n ewspapers, '''fell the truth about the hop field horrors in England, hut keep off the hop field atrocities of Yuba County, California.'' L . IN THE NAME OF CHRIST? H 0 \\' SWEI!~'l'. s0f1 aud gentle is the sound that (·omt·s to our t>ar·s as we list en to th e wonls of the Chr·istian grntlrmen who advise those in the seats of th r mi ght y in England! "Let thrm dir '" That is the thumbs-down verdict of the cler gymen wh o Wl' I'P iutrrvi(·wrd as to the advisability of permitting the suffragists or· ot her politica l prisoners to die of starvation in English prisons. " ~hall th ese women he allowed to die? I think th e s uggest ion vc r·y good . I haYe advocated it for many mouths. " -Th e Rev. Richard_ J<.,ree, vicar of St. Clem. e nts Fulh am. "Ther·e would he not hing ethically wt·on g iu let'ing these prisoners die. Let them (the prison officials ?) sta r·t at oner and mak e up for· lost time."Fat.her Bernard Vaughn , brother of late Cardinal Vau ghn. "If these women r efuse food t hey should be allowed to d ie. " - The R ev. Arthur vValdt·on, virar of St. 1\T a tt h cws, Bl'ixton. Jn t he nam e of Chr·iSt, Amen! 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Goldman Chaim Shapiro GROW AND THE FAMINE When Cvrus F. Grow was a candidate for city council of Los Ang~les on the Socialist ticket he surprised thousands of hearers not only by his powers as an orator, but by his good nature, pleasing persiflage and wellch~sen anecdote. In discours.ing on the shortcomings of som~f the small but predaceous wate eompani,es that were -allowed to ex1. , leech-like in the suburbs,·wnere the service was not only poor but at times the supply reached the vanisl')ing p~int, Grow· said: ''Why., t he water supply is so precarious that at times i't becomes a problem of great gravity for the hous~wives. Recentlv a woman of Rost' Hill r1tlled her b~sy husband on thr phone and said: ·' · D{'ar est, I wan~your advice on an important matt~r. Shall we have boiled potatoes for supper tonight or ma,v l wash Bobbie's face?'" GETTING EVEN 27 Rebuilt·Typewriters From $10 Up Low Rental Rates TYPEWRITER SERVICE co. A-2591 138 S. 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Subscription P rice One Dollar a Year I n Clubs of Four F ifty Cents Job Harriman, Managi ng Editor Frank E. Wolfe, Editor Vol. 2 August, 1914 N o .4 Suhs<·r·ihf'r·s lo The Western Comrad<· an· rPquestPd to renew subscriptions without delay. The magazine is r•11t eri11g a new era and if will IH· t hf· aim of the publishersto nt;rkt· it heltPr <111<1 hr·ighter each rss tlt'. Thl' nragazillt ' merits your su pp<•r·t and prorn pt renewals ar·e III'I ' I'SS:II'_\' to (IJp SU('('\'SS Of the pUIJIII'at ion. The Los Angeles Citizen A Labor paper tha~ never backs dow!l. a Labat' paper that always goes ahead ON THE STRAIGHT ROAD 1 Th e Cit izen is known from Coast to Coast as the best trade union paper the nation has. The Citizen brings to you each week an average of more than 12 pages of news and inspiration and education concerning organized labor. Edited by STANLEY B. WILSON The Citizen is edited by Stanley B. Wilson, one of th e. nation's Big Men of Labor! His editorials ,are as widely copied a ll over the country as are the editoria ls of any other Labor fighter today. That is the sure test of quality. Others know that what Wilson wr.ites is THE REAL THING! There's an inspiration and a breadth of view in the writings of this man seldom fou nd in the work of ed itorial writers. In no other paper can you get the WILSON EDITORIALS! Subscribe to The Citizen today! The Citizen will come to you for a whole year-52 big issues- for orie dollar. Wrap a bill in a sheet of paper and mail it. Get a money order if you prefer, or send a check. It all goes. BUT DO IT NOW! The Citizen, P. 0. Box 135, Los Angeles, Cal. THE :UL ~ll\IU)l WA_G E Little Jame whHe at a neighbor' , wa given a piece of bread and butter. and politely aid "Thank you. " 'That's right, James," aid the lady; ' I like to hear little boys say Thank you.' '' 'Well," rejoined J a me , ' if you want to hear me say it again, you might put some jam on it. "-Washington Post. WHERE IS WILLIE.? \Yillie stood on the railroad tr·ack, He didn't. hear 't he bell. The engine went to Halifax And ·willie-We know whf r e you '1'hink Willie went but you are ~Iistaken. He had led a most Exemplary lif('--besides the Engine was on th e oth er· track. MISTAKEN IDENTITY A lady was looking fot' -her hu hand, and inquil'ed anxiously of the RUFFERTNG TO:\L\IY Tommy 's Aunt- \Yo 11 't vou haYc housemaid. "Do you happen to know a not her ·piece of rak r, Ton.nny '! anything of your· master 's wh reTommy (on a Yisit )-~o. 1 thank ahouts ?" you. " 1 am not sure, mum," replied the Tommy 's Aunt-You s't'rm to hcl · "Imt I t }' · f f . ,.a t'C f u 1 d omcst1c, un 1{ tl1ey su ff rr·m~ rom 1oss o appet1te. I . , Torn my- That ain't Joss of appc-l _a_r·_e _I_n_th_e_ ,_v_a s_h_._________ tit r. I No skinning. One price to all. What I'm suffering from is polite-~ c. A. WILSON ness. The Watchmaker and Jeweler . at the 1 Union Labor Temple, 532 Maple Avenue, OPT OF HER liE \ D Los Angeles. is a union watchmaker. . -'· ALL PRICES RIGHT IIar·old watched h1s mothrr· as she , u. s. w. v. Roosevelt Camp No. 9, folded up an intricate pi\'<· ~ of ]are ' I. 0 . 0. F. No. 150 Louisiana, K. of P . she had just crocheted . I No. 186 Louisiana. " Whr r'(' did you !!et t hl' patt crn , 1. -----------~-:---~ "It's In the Mountains" I :\famma ?"he questioned. "Out of my h<>ad," shr ans\n:> red : THE B. C. FEDERATIONIST lightly. i Finest labor paper in Canada. R. Parm "Does your head feel lwtt••r no\\·,\ Pettipiece, managing ·editor. Address :\Iamma? ;, he asked anxiously. 1 Labor Temple, Vancouver, B. C. I The Christian Socialist 5457 DREXEL AVE. _,. Chicago, 111. $1.00 a Y ear Club of Four $2.00 Twi ce a Month CHAS. L . BRECKON Busi ness Mgr. . . ] ( Irwin Tucker Ed1t0r1a · Managi ng Editor Edwin El lis Carr .( T homas C. 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It is to this goal that the Rand school in New ·York City offers courses o.f study in ''Economics and Philosophy of Socialism," "Social Problems and Sot·ia list Policy," "Developm ent ~f -:'If odl:'rn Society," "Social and Industria l Histor·y of Eur·ope, " "Economic and Social History of the United States," "History of the Socialist and Labor l\Iovcment, " " Introduction to SciPnce," " lnvcstigation and l:t·scn r<·h.'' "Orig in and Histor·y of the Const itut ion of th e United I States," " J\[cthods of Socialist Par·ty Organizat ion," and "Public Spcal<ing,'' t hesc arc some of the subjects tlwt one may study under t.he ·instru ct io n of sueh ahl c t eachers and fell o.wll'orkers as Algemon 'Lee, Morris :llillqnist, Anna :!\Ialey, Benjamin C. n I'U Cil her g, .Juliet Stuart Poyntz, Cha r·les A.· Beard of Columbia Un i,.Prsity, Dr I. M. Rubinow, August Claussens and Max Schon ber·g. Besides the study at the school ther e will be added two courses which will be corresponden ce <·on rses. One of these two new com ses which will be of great importance to all ' vork ers throughout t he country is entitled ''Social Problrms and Socialist Party," the other <·ourse will be a twelve-lesson study of Socialism. This will be conducted lfy Anna Maley. . All d esiring further information or those wishing to join the correspond<·nce classes will please make applications to the Executive Secr etary, 140 l·;ast Nineteenth, New York, N.Y. I Th er e are in America 17,000,000 Hn.m arried persons of marriageable age. Out of every 100 male adults ~0 are unmarried. Of .men above 20 ~· ears old and over 8,102,000 are un• marri ed ; of women aboYe 15 year's old, 9,000,000. Here's · One · Magazi.ne You Want Pearson's Magazin~ is the Of!IY magazine of its kind. Its form enables it to depend on its readers alone -.!..on advertisers not at all. 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One copy will convince you that you want Pearson's. On the newsstands, 15c per copy. By the year, $1.50. \ Here's Another Mag~ine You Want The Western Comrade The only illustrated Sodalist magazine west of Chicago. lt' is excelled by none in America. Hundreds of subscriptions are rcoming in from Socialists who are . anxious to keep in touch :with news of t he development of the Llano d el Rio Colony. Our· aim is to make the magazin e better and brighter with each issue. Subscription by the year $1. COMBINATION By speciHl a rrangement with P earson's we will send you THE WESTERN cOMRADE a.nd PEARSON 'S MAGAZINE ONE 'YEAR FOR $1.25 Address Circulation D ept., 924 Higgins Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. ) �The We st ern C o mrade 30 ) ::;OAPBOXING TANGO Harry F. Farmer was addressing one of those "dangerous and inflammatory" audiences that gather . on JJos Angeles street. The scene along the curb was like that on Halstead street, Chicago, during _periods of depression and disemployinent. The spcakrr balanced on his soapbox and used the utmost good humor and wit in his repartee. "How ahout Wilson and William ,J. Bryan ?'' shouted a man · leaning against a huilding and drawing on a villianous looking pipe. ' ' You remind me,'' said Farmer, hcaming hroadly and using his delightful Birmingham hr·ogue, "you bring up th<' memory of news from 1 Washington-society news. It's about thP nrw \\'illiam J. tango. H ere it is. boys. Tak e it home and hnv<· th<' gi r·ls tr·y it on the piano and you danee it. Sec how far it_ ~&ets REVOLT .IN . MEXICO . ~The· Mexican People-T .heir Struggle for ·F ree.d om I --By-- .· L. Gutierrez ,de Lara a.nd Edgcumb Pinchon ~ ~ ~ E ugene V. Debs says: you ah<>Hd: One step forward, Three steps backward, HesitateSidestep." "• • • It is written from the point of view of the working class, the tillers of the soil, the producers of the wealth, and shows t hat through all these centuries of toil_ and tears and blood and martyrdom they have been struggling for the .one purpose of emancipating themselves from the tyranny of a heartless aristocracy, buttressed on the one .hand by the Roman Church and on the other by the military power. '' WhPn the roar of thf' laughter suhsi<lP<l Farmer· added: "Bryan has modifie<l t hat now hy ('liminating th e first onestel?. Try that one now!" A CANDID CONFESSJON Thr motion pictur·e director was 1 sweating over a scene where the ingenue 'yas supposed to register in experience, timidity aud a shade of alarm as the .bold adventurer tried to kiss her. 'l'he director got the man to working moJ·c like a lover than lil\ e a white hope going- into a clinch to stall for th e gong, then turned his attention. to the girl. "Now, Mabel, think about it. Haven't you ever tried to stop a young man from kissing you?" "Not yet!,. came the girl's quick, frank reply. HOW 11' WORKS A boat and a beach and a summer r esort, A man and a maid and a moon; Soft and sweet nothings, and then at the real Psychological moment a spoon. A whisper, a promise, and a summer is o'er, And they part in hysteric despair, (But neither returns in the following June, For· frar· that the oth er is there.' . Read the Correct . In~erpretation of Underlying Motives m the .Most Remarkable and Valuable-Book of the Year ~ ~ ~ Georgia. Kotsch says: '' • • • It strips the glamor of bene,'olent motives f rom the dealings with Mexico of the United States and other countries and presents the stark truth that American and world capitalism has been, ·and is, in league against the proletariat of lVIexico for its own sordid interest. 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California . ·needs hundreds of men and their families - This is an opportunity of a lifetiil'le to solYe the prol)lem of unemployment and provide for the future of yourself and children. .. vVe _haYe land and water, machinery and rx'p crts at the head of each department of production and construction. ExJ)erienced ranchers are .in demand, but sneh e::q)erience is not absolutely necessary. cial need for a and cook, expert nearly all useful occupations '"ill find their place in this colony. Espea blacksmith, carpenter, cement worker, experienced bee-keeper, baker tryman and a stockman. • Every membef . an equal' shareholder in the enterprise. Every worker to get the full social produCt of his efforts. Co-operation is not merely a WORD-it is ACTION For full particulars address MESCAL WATER AND LAND CO. . -- JOB HARRIMAN . President 924 Riggin's Building. 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July, 1914 Vol. 2, No. a . Ten cents - ~~ .#~ . :In·This Issue Llano del Rio . Colonist Activities + + + Co-operatives ~t Work i;n :Milwaukee and Other Municipalities + + + From Labor Bank to co:operative Commonwealth + + + Splendid Articles by Special Contributors ,. •\I + + +. POETRY · FICTION' PR()P.A:GANDA ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ~• �2 The Western Com,rade Scene in ·Specialties : Eagleson's Shirts, P&jamas, Union Factory. Light, Airy, Underwear, Collars, Sanitary. Neckwear. July is the Time to Buy ·for Clothing Bargains Choose Your Summer Suit ·Where Prices ··~d ·Quality Are Right-Where Styles Are Correct During July it behooves the careful, conscientious buyer to choose ·his new suit with greater care than at most times of the year. If you want the most for your money you will come up to Eagleson's, between First and · Second streets, where our inexpensive location and small running expem•es enable us to make you an actual cash s.a ving on your suits, hats and furnishings. Not only during July, but at the beginning, middle and end of the season. Because this is one of the oldest and largest exclusive men's stores in California we are showing larger selections ·in the right sort of guaranteed summer .fabrics, colors and models than any other men's store on the coast. Every garment is exactly as it Is represented. Special values In high grade all wool suits at $13.00. $20.00. Your comparison is cordially Invited. Under no obligation to. buy. $25.00. Shirts tinderwear Sold direct from. factory to wearer. Being manufacturers enables us to elimInate the retail and jobbers' profit dnd give you regular· $1.50 qualities for ....................................$1.00 $2.00 qualities for ....................................$1.50 All makes, styles and colors. Over 200 different kinds to select from. Prices from 50c to $3.00 per garment. .Much better quality than can be had at these prices elsewhere. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF EXTRA TROUSERS, OVERALLS, CORDUROY PANTS, GLOVES, SUSPENDERS, NECKWEAR, HANDKERCHIEFS, SUIT CASES, TRAVELING BAGS AND TRUNKS. C?F MENS WEAR e. & 0. 7f2-ffGS.SPIIIJ{G S! �The Wester .& Comrade 3 ELKSKI·' ·BOOTS and SHOEs·· ·p act6ry op~ated ·in connection with LLANO · DEL . Rio . CoLONY · ·. '· ID.EAL -FOOTWEAR For ..R. an~hers and Outdoor Me~ ; Men's 10-inch boots.$6,00 Men's 12-inch boots. 7.00 Men's 16-inch boots. 8.00 Ladies' 10-inch boots 6.00 Ladies ' 14-inch boots 6.60 Men'~ (Elt shoes .. , . 4.00 Ladies' E1lt shoes. . . 3.60 Infants' Elk..,.. shoes, 1 to 5 ..... . ...... 1.6(} Child's Elk shoes, 6 to 8 .. ... . . ... ... 1.76 . Child's Elk shoes, 8¥2 to 11. . . . . . . . . 2.26 Misses' and Youths, 11¥2 to 2 ......... 2.60 The · famous · Clifford E~skin Shoes are light~st and easiest for solid comfort and will outwear three pairs of ordinary shoes. We cover all lines from ladies,' men's and children's button or lace in lig~t · handsome patterns· to the high boots for mountain, hunting, ranching or desert wear. Almost indestructible. Send in your orders by mail. Take measurement according to instructions. Out of town shoes made immediately on receipt of order. Send P. 0. order and state whether we shall forward by mail or e:?{press. Address all communications to Shoe Department. Place atocking foot on paper, drawing " pencil around aa per above 11luatration. Paaa tape around at linea with· out drawing tight. Give , aize uaually worn. Mescal Water and Land CompanY Higgins Building Los Angel~s, Cal. · �4 T h e · W ester n· C om r a d e ·············································································~··~····· ·TheWestern ~comrade T HIS Magazine is devoted to the interests Class of the . .. of the Working . World. It is the aim of the publishers to maintain the high standard that the 'former management ,. estatiiished· . . , and to increase its efficiency as a _,eap.on against · o~i:n~essi~~d· e_~ploi.~t~?n ;of the workers. In this effort we shall strive- to keep uppermost in the minds of our readers the necessity of taking advantage of every .opportunity offered to push .forward th·e cause of Socialism by the use of co~operaiive methods, political act~on and direct action ·by use of strikes and whatever legal methods the workers may adopt to further their interests. . ' In this endeavor we ask the loyal support. of the Comrades of America. · THE PUBLISHERS. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• A Monarch of the Land Tr-actor-a ar-e lnv;1luable in clear-ing Ianda on the LI<Jno del Rio. This gr-eat machine, with a small cr-ew, clear-s fr-om ten to twenty acr-ea a day. It upr-oots or-dinar-y chapar-r-al with gr-eatest ease, and even tear-s down the gr-eat Joshua tl"eea, the giant Yuccas, as If they wer-e weeds. �T4e Western Comrade Co-operation vs. Th eory By JOB HARRil\1A T HE men and women who are at. the Rancho Llano del Rio and those in the small office force are working with enthusia m and a inglene ill' purposP that is mo t encouraging. The only misgivings about the success of"this great undertakina are expr·t·s!wd by those who have neit shown any.inclimition to .. ntPr the colony. They are strong on tlie theory of co- · oJwration but little inclined to make an atteml>.t at a pr·a<:tical applicat~o n or to tak~ any action except to diseourage oth~rs. Th ese few comrades have taken considerable trouble to d l'e lar·c that th e colony has no connection with the S(wialist Party. This action seems unnecessary and the t't·a r·s of the comrades are unfounded. This enterp.rif?e is. irH·o r·poratcd under the laws of the State of Califo~nia. This giv(•s us tried and established rules for operation. E I'P J'.V t ransaction is carried out in the r egular, ' legal IIHlJIII(' J' . No one has ever represented, or ever ' ill . l'l'pr·cscnt, that any understanding exists between this <'ll! r rpr·ise and the Socialist Party. That party is not now, and never will become, responsible directly or ind i r·o>ctly for· this enterprise. But will Llano d el Rio succeed 1 W ell, that depends upon aggressive action. Our shoulders must press t he •·n iJ ar·, we must have confidence Jn our ability to do JH'<!ct iclll things. Th en we nmst buckle down and do them .. ~incc starting this enterprise I have met with a 111ost i·cmarkable fact. That fact was a state of mind. A state of mind for which t here was no foundation and yd unshakable. It d eveloped under most remarkable •·onditions. We were in need of a few men to make hay. A number· had oought in and others were buying but uot in quite sufficient numbers to save our bay as fnst ns it ripened. W e concluded to open the doors and let live or six men work out all the stock without any initial payment. j1\ d o:r.cn men wcr·e called in. The plan was laid .Jfrt'or·e th em. They he itated. J asked them how old tltry ·were. Th eir ages ran ged from 25 to 40 years. '' How much money have you ?" "None," was the sad l'(•frain. ' ·How much property ? · "None," from all hut three. " '\Vhat hav<> yoM to Iose Y" "WeU, ·it looks fllo good. 'l'ht>re must he some graft in it. " And all hut one fi led out, back to the wallo\v, . olemn as any owl that eYer per bed on po t. The office f~ce was li 1·st amazed. then fai rly rxploded with ide-splitting hmghtt>J'. ince that time th er ·bave been scores of volunteers who have wanted to go into ·the colony and work out their hare but members have b en. joinin in u.tliient numbers, on the regular ba · t.h t th o:ri inal. plan_ha been held. There i a principality -t\t Llano del Rio, aitin. · the workers to tak~ it. o :u opportuni ~ ~ill o~ a aa,!n to our people in the outlnv t. Thou h The Narrows, looki ng south. Thla tcene Ia In the hi gh mountains in the upper ranch'" tri butar y to the B i g Rock. were disappointed by these men we hav he n equally sUl'prised and encouraged by the action of others. Th ey have read th~ statements in 'rhe \Vestern omrad , and· have walked up like men, bought their stoc]{, went to th e property, roll ed up their slee vef:l and goo<' to work. This is t he stu ff t hat brings su ·cess. A pr·ofessor digging in the ruins of anci nt 1[emphis, in Egypt, picked up a dust-cover ed parch; ment. H e looked at it and translated: "Even as ye kill so shall ye pay for the crime with~ your life." "Strange !" he muttered, "they did that two thousand years ago and we are still doing it today." �6 The W e st ern Co mra de From Labor Bank· to . Co-operative Commonwef.llth Fourth Article --By EDGCUMB PI~CHON N MY last article on the subject of the ther eof? In short, the La.bor Ba.~ will not long ha.ve Labor Bank I deseribed the five classes been established before the urge of a.n iron necessity of investment which such a bank would will force Orga.nued La.boi_" into a.ll departments of infind itself compelled to adopt: dustry a.s a. producer .o n its own a.ccount. 1. Commercial loans to merchants A bank, of course, c&nnot directly own and operate and manufacturers fair to Labor. ·irfdust; ies. It is not intended for that purpose. Capi2. Loans to contractors fair to titlism ·lias evolved a speci~l instit ution for this workLabor. . . ttle ftlnding .·company. It .is t he business of a funding 8. Short-term small loans to __members 'o f company to :establish companies subsidiary to itself in Organized Labor. the various branches of industry, to finance them, cori. 4. Loans to small farmers for proguctive trai 'them, and concentrate .their profits in. its own repurposes other than th e hiring of labor. :. serve for tl1e expansion of existing business or the es5. The purchase of entire or -majority issues tablishment- ~f new enterprises. Indeed, a chain of of municipal bonds. banks centrally owned and controlled, financing 4 But Labor 's business · cannot stop here. The same chain of funding companies which in turn own and forces of economic n ecessity which brought it intQ ontrol c~ains of subsidiary colll-panies operating in_all being, and marked out for it. these minor channels o~ departments of industry, and returning their 'profits to action, will compel it to go one step further; and that the f\mding· companies for the expansion of e_x isting step, as I have said, will be Labor's first step 11pon the business or the launching of new enterprises-is the path which leads directly and inevitably into the Co- · ultimate mechanism of centralized capitalism, as exoperative Commonwealth. Organized La.bor ba.cked by emplified, e. g., in Standard Oil. As a weapon of its own Organized Dollars will be compelled t o go into class oppression, of course, this mechanism is unt he business of production and distribution for itself. paralleled in history. As a. mechanism for the soci.a.lisaA contractor, for instance, unable to obtain credit at tion of production it is pra.ctica.lly perfect. And the the embarrassed capitalist banks, or tempted ·by, per- same necessity which will force -O rganized Labor into haps, a lower rate of interest, or really desirous of the business of production will likewise force it to being "fair" to Labor, .and able to operate in free- adapt this mechanism to its own use-a mechanism dom from the pressure of the "B_ig Business" banks, perfected to the· hand of Labor by centralized capitalapplies to the Labor Bank for the money to finance the ism itself. Here, it is interesting to note, is a brilliant erection of, ~: g., a skyscraper. He agrees to c9mplete- illustration of an exploiting class forging the weapon _ ly unionize the job, and is accordingly accommodated of its own destruction.· Just in fact as' Labor already with the necessary credit . He completes the contract, has been forced to copy its exploiters and establish its pays the men, settles his credit with interest-and own bank, so it will be forced again to copy its exploittakes the profit. Here Organized Labor has supplied ers and establisfl its own Funding Company and subboth the la.bor and the c~pita.l in order that a third sidiary companies for the operation of its own indusprivate party may reap a large profit. How long Win tries. Simply it bas no alternative. Orga.nued La.bor do this sort of thing befor e it recogTo attempt to · define the exact conception and ' nizes tha.t tliere is no rea.son in the world why it should method of operation of the Labor Funding Company not ta.ke such contra.cts itself? and its subsidiary companies may seem not a little like Similarly in the . case of a manufacturer obtaining assuming the mantle of a prophet. But r~ally the matcredit at the Labor Bank and accordingly operating ter is very simple and r equires only ordinary common under the ''closed shop'' principle; his fixed capital, . sense. In th«;l first ca~e '' He who lives in Rome inust live i. e., his plant, is private, but the operating capital and the labor- without which his fixed capital is· of no use as do the Romans '' is a maxim peculiarly applicable -:-both belong to Organ'ized Labor. -But the manufac- to questions of practical economics.' In so far as the turer-not Orga.nized Labor-takes · the profits. How Labor· Fun.ding Company and its subsidiary companies long will Orga.nized Labor permit the profits derived will be profit-making institutions operating within the from the use of its own labor a.nd capita.! to go i~to t,he capitalist system, they will be compelled strictly to ha.nds of a.·third pa.rty-&n unnecessary middle ma.nconform on their technical side to the methods of capibefore it recognizes tha.t it is fully able to own a.nd talism. They w'ill be, in fact, strictly business instituopera.te the busiD.ess for itsel:f a.nd rea.p the profits tions, and will be compelled to conduct themselves as · .. �The Weste·rn Comrade such. But in so far as these institutions will be owned and operated by Organized Labor in the interests of the whole of Organized Labor, they will have a special character, and will conform strictly, on what might be called their social side, to the traditions of Organized Labor. Bearing these simple necessities in mind, and also th e facts that the directors of the Funding Conipauy. like the directors of the Labor Bank, can have Edgcumb Pinclion hut two possible guides for all their actions: the desire to make these institutions profitable as such, and the desire to make them a means of strengthening Organized Labor, the task of forecasting them in a cer. tain detail becomes pr~ctically mechanical. The Labor Funding Company, like the Labor Bank and Insu.rance Company, can be organized effectively only as a corporation owned and controlled by the whole of Organized Labor; and thus, also like these institutions, it necessarily will be directed by officers democratically elected by the rank and file of Organized Labor. Owing to its special character its capitalization, of course, will be purely formal; and it will operate under a practically unlimited charter. For its expert technical help it will have the whole field of modern trained business expefts to choose from, and it ran well afford to pay ·salaries commensurate with the highest grade of service. To obtain the nec·essary finances for its operations it will follow, of cour~e, the usual practice of issuing interest-bearing bonds. seeured, in this case, on the existing properties of Organized IJabor. But to pre,·ent these bonds .from fall- ' 7 ing into capitalist hancfs they clearly will have to be made non-transferable ·and issuable onl:y to the Labor Bank and Insurance Company, and, under certain restrictions, to individual members o'f Qrg·a nized Labo;r. Here then is -the main and infinitely most important investment of the La.bor Bank and Insurance Company. Once equipped .and launched on its way, the Labor . Company, like any other funding company, will pro~eed ;from time to tiine as .opportunity offers to or.ganize,, finance and c.ontrol subsidiary companies in the vari~u'S· departments of industry. These ' subsidiary ·companies will be Organic Co-operative Industries, i. e., on their. tec~ca.l side they will be exactly; like any c&pitalist concern, but on tlie social side they will have the special characteristics of Labor. Thus they will be . directed, o:f! course, by officers, democratically elected by the workers· in each particular shop; they will be supervised and controlled by the · Funding Company; they will be managed in all ·technical matters by an ex. pert biPed for the purpose at the market salary; they will pay ~heir employes the full market w·a ge for an eight-hour day and five and one-half day week; they will maintain the · market price of their products, and their profits will a.ccrue, partly to their own reserve for the expansion of existing business, and p&rtly to the Funding C~mpany for the launching of new co-operative industries. Let not the hasty . reader shout ''Utopian I'' Manifestly this js the line to which Labor's industries will be compelled to hew, not as a matter of theory or artificial arrangement, but by the ever · present urge of practical business necessities. And by that same beneficient urge of practical business necessities the Labor industries will be withheld from the suicidal practices usually associated with the so-called co-operative "schemes" of today; namely, cutting prices, rebating to consumers. and sharing profits · among the workers. Labor scarcely will need to make the experiment in order to learn that these practices do not jibe with capitalist busine_ss methods, that they lead dir.ectly to the rocks of economic disaster,_and at best to the stunting of the new industrial system. Organized Labor will need vast accumulations of capital if it is successfully to fight its business battles with the capitalist system; and it cannot accumulate this capital in competition with the other .great corporations if it does not conform closely to the rules of the capitalist· game. In short, the Labor Funding Company and its subsidiary com{>anies will be strictly business iilstitutions, organized and conducted exactly like capitalist industries. Their right to the title of ''co-operative'' lies solely in the fact that they will be owned, not by private employer, but by Organized Labor as a whole, and that their profits will go, not into the pockets of stockholders, nor at the other extreme into the pockets of a few for- �8 T h e W e s·t e r n C o m r a d e tunate employes, hut to Organized Labor as represent- before it becomes complete master of the situation. ed in the Funding .Company for the launching of fresh Capitalist business depends .entirely on public confienterp.rises. Onlv by amassing a.n ever increasing capi- dence. Let that confidence be soundly shaken, .so that tal for the ever increasing expansion of its existing stocks and bonds become valueless and ·people refuse industries, a.nd the ever increasing establishment of to invest, 8.nd the remaining major fraction · of capitalnew industri_es, ca.n Labor hope ftn8Jiy to emancipate ist business will tumble overnight pell-mell into chaos itself completely from capitalist conditions. there to be ~eorga.nized under the control of Organized The establishm ent of Labor's own co-operative in- Labor. dustries. manifestly, will provide a n ew and powerful An(l while this process ~f reconstruction is going inducement to the unorganized, workers to enter the forward the workers will begin to learn the necessity unions. Not th e dullest witted and most anti-social of using tlie ballot to protect their direct business inworl{(•r will long rpmain outside of an organizati9n . terestS. Organized Labor wiil learn to vote, as does whi ch offers him (1 ) t he pr'otcction and ca-re of the "Oil," as does "Wool," as does "Cotton," as does union, (2) th e friendly personal and buildin_g loan in "Reef" .for the protection and enhancement of its cortime of need, (3) the low rate of insurance, (4) greatly porate thterests. , And in so doing, whether i1i a distinct ext<>nclf'd opportunities of employment in the ·capitalist Labor party or in the existing Socialist party, it .'fil! industries, and municipal sen-ices influenced by the bi·ing a new tremendous political power into the arena. Lahor· fhtnl;; , (G ) a·n d last, and most attr·active of all, The one great enemy of Organized Labor in its new nn opportunity of ohtaining sceure ernployme'n t, under aetivities will be the Giant Trusts, and Organiz-e d Labor d r mo,·r·nti<: management, at fair wages and short hours, will speedily "learn that its business life will depend in thf' f'p)Jowship of r.ahor 's own' co-operative indusupon its ability to force these Giant Trusts out of the triPs. With th e· d cYeloprnent of th ese institutions Orr·oad and into the hands of the government. Thus wjJ} ganiz<·d Lahor will ill<:r·pasc in num erical -strength fr·om eomr a tremendous movement on the part of the larger month to month not, as JJO\\', by tens and hundreds but Or·ganized Labor of the future toward the nafionalizah,v t'' ns and lnwdrcds of thousands, until, all the r eally t ion of th e great Trusts and the municipalization of eapai,J,. and valuablr element of th e working Plass is pnhlic utiliti es in support of the existing movements in within its ranks. th::~t dir·cCtion maintain ed by the Socialist and the Pro\\' hat doPs this mean 9 It rn rans that beginning with g!'<:> ssives. And finally this political awake.ping of the t hr Psta hlishrncnt of the T,ahor Bank the savings of work er·s in d efens~ of their bus_iness interests will carry 3,000,000 work ers amounting to $500,000,000, and thus them forward to the capture of the city, s.tate and na$;),000,000,000 of credit, will he withdrawn from the tional governments themselves. nrterirs of eapitalist business and placed in the rompletc control of Organized Labor. It means · that beThus, and at no distant date, and almost mechanicginning with the establishment of the Labor Insuranc e ally as it wer e, will th e workers he ushered triumphantCompany about a billion dollars more will be eliminated ly into the Co-operative Commonwealth in which will be from eapita.list control and placed in the hands of neithf'r' exploiter nor slave, hut the organized -..vorke:·s Labor. It m eans that with the establishment of t h e will own and eontr·ol all industry in the interests of the LabOI' eo-operative industries at least three million eon- organized ,,·orkers. !n that day profit and interest will sumer·s a nd most probably twice that number- not to (·f'ase to sel'\'e any f4t·ther function in the productive mention the families which these figures r epr·esentpr·o1·ess ~mel will automntieally disappear; and Labor will patronize the products of the Labor industries and at la st will he free to enjoy the fu ll r eward of toil both boycott the comp eting capitalist products. Anrl it SOI'ially anu individually-not Jrss than One-fifth of mrHns that this process once begun will continu e with thnt r·c\\·ard as today. a n eve r increasing speed. Jt means, in short, that as In <·on,·lusion is quoted th e most important public the business of Organized Labor increases, the business ut tPr·anPt' of mod em times-an utterance destined to 1 of t hr capitalist class correspondingly must d ecrease. h<•,·ornp histol'ie in the nnnals of the Industrial RevoluSwiftly, and ever more swiftly, deprived, first of its tion . ~aid ·w illiam Dobson, the brilliant Sec~etai'y of operating capital, and thus restricted in credit; and the Bl'icklaycrs, Masons and Plasterers' International then · d eprived of its working-class ,..consumer-s in all l'nion at the convention previously mentioned: bram·hes of industr·y ent er rd by t he eo-operative in'' Th P char·tering of a banking institution by Or-dustr·ies, and t hus depr·i ved of a markrt ; dcpr·ived of gan ized Labor and its friends is now being considered their best .workmen and thus of their Unpaid Wages .• in th e city of Indianapolis, and my earnest prayer is which is the source of fixed capital- the capitalist sys- thnt all of us may soon see the day when Labor will t em, and with it, the 'Capitalist class must wither and I'ealize the power for good that will follow the bring-, decay, until the last r emnant of it. is absorbed into the ing into life of a financial institution controlled solely business of Organized J.,abor. Nor will Labor need to and absolutely by th e 01'ganized Labor of the American capture }D.ore than a respectable fl1W~ion of industry Continent." �The Western Co·mrade Water and the Plains 9 BY Franklin Davenpart Howell (No cl ass of men shows more careful and conscientious discrimination tha·n engineers of establ ished rep uta· tion and standing. Conservatism a·n d caution seem to .be the i r w~tchword . In the following article Mr. Howell, who is tli e chief engineer for the Llano del Rio enterprise, has bo1led down h!s facts and attempted to strip them of all technicalities. He has based his statements on tnslde figures and avoided superlatives. that might depen.d on optim ism and enthusiasm. Mr. Howell has had a wide experience In some of t·he .greatest engineering and Irrigation pro j ects of the United States and Mexlco.-Ed.) • , .• r.=======!!"' LANO DEL RIO territory lies in the dist rid on the north side of the · Sierr~ :\Tadr·e :M ountains, a part of t he Angeles For·est Heserve, technically known as .. Township 5 North, Ranges 8, 9 and 10 \\' t•st, . . an Bernardino meridian,'' in Los u..:"""-"""" .-\ ngeles county, California. Beginning .at the base of the mountains at :1500 feet above the sea level, it slopes to the rwl'th and out into the so-ealled Mojave desert. The lan d a Yailable under the watershed of Rock •·rt>ek (Rio de l Llano ) and Mescal creek, extends for ahout fiftt>cu miles east and west and. to five or six llli lt•s north. "·ith probably a maximum of 47,000 to .-.o,ooo at·r·t•s therein that can be watered from this II'Hft·r·sht•d ll'ht'll it shall be fully developed. Tht' soil o,.,,,. this entire area is fr om the dccom• positio11 of t ht> gr·anitcs, felspar·s and limes of the lllOI!ntain range, giving a d('<•p , li ght soi l that ueYer· ' ·J,a kPs, '' t'O ilt aiuing potash , soda, earhonates of lime ;rnd rnagHt•sia. sulfides and oxiclt•s·of ir·on, etc., in fact :iJ] the lllillt'I'Hls llt'CCSSary to SUStain plant life, requiring- only the oxidizi11g inAut•Jlef' o ~· water and air, obI ainPd hy irrigation, plowing- and cultivati ng to render· tht•llt soluahh• <tnd easil y assimilated by plant growt h as food. 'l'h<• waiL•r· supply for· ttris t err·ito r·y is dependent ou ra infall and . while ther·c ar·e ocasional li g ht rains in the ntlle.v. t ht' heavy and dependable rains arc co nfi rwd to the lllOuntain ar·ea . It is of frequent oecurl'l'uce that tht> vall ey is hath ed in warm sunshine while th e mountains are lost to view, almost smothered in rain and snow. Of t h e~w raius part is lost by evaporation, part is a hsorb ed by t he mountains and part runs off the sides of the mot:111tains to the creek beds and on out to th e vall ey, wher·e it disappears. 'rhat which evapo rates is, of course, lost as available water supply. That which is ahso r·b ed irrigates and noyrishes t he heavily- · timbered mountain side and part of it reaches the stream beds and makes a summer flow, while ·the run'off to be of use must be caught and impounded in order:to save it for the dry season. The area of watersh eds adjoinin g these lands is appr·oximately eighty square miles, which, with forty inches of r ainfa ll per annum, should yield about 70,000 acre feet of water th at cou ld be used. if it could all be L saved-enp~gh w.ater, with the character · of probable .c rop!j, to maintain 40,000 to ~0,000 acres of land under cultivation. Under present ·~onditions, however, the fi~st work to be abne is to make use of the minimum flow of water from this watershed by putting it on as much ·land as it will se.r ve-and this is what is now being done. Successful colon ists and ide.al Socialists are the bees. The 200 stands. shown here have netted the owner, who worked alone, over $2500 a year. This ranch has been taken over by the Llano del Rio colonists. It Is the Intention to establish several thousand stands in the apiary de.partment. 'l'h t· minimuni Aow of both l\Iescal and Rock creeks " ·ill proha hly take care of some 8000 to 10,000 acres hy the construction of small diverting dams in t he foot hill s, and leading the water· therefrom by ditclr and pipe lin rs to the lan ds being cleared and planted. 'J'his " ·i ll mak e the beginning and foundation from which to en large to the limit of available wate r. 'rh e next step is to set up rain guages and weir·s for the accu rate m~asUl'ement of th e actual and availab le water and the construction of storage reservoirs suffici ent to impound the runoff from the mou-n tains during the rainy seaso'ns. Th ere are fou r such r eservoir sites available with the total capacity of between 30,000 to 40,000 acre fe et, a nd surveys a re now in progress to defin e their actual ext ent and construction r equirements. Finally in the <;]cvelopment and conservation of these waters sever·al water power developments are possibl e, yielding enough power to li ght the territory and furnish power for many factories. · It will be readily appreciated that all these things cannot be at once accomplished, and that it will require time befor e the actual amount of water available can be definitely known , and ther efore. the total acreage that can be put und er cultivation, but enough is known to assure an area that will support a population of 5000 souls or more and have an unusual surplus of pr·oduct for th e open market. �Th·e Western Comrade HI Georgian Philosopy and Economics By DR. J. K POTTE GER r.l =~~!!!!!!\ :J OCIALJ STS "enerally are about as ill- is wealth "which is devoted to the aid of production. " inform ed on the philosophy and econom- -The !eature of thi <!las ification and definition i the ics of Henry George as the Single Taxers .'attempt at natural ~rder. Much of the fooli h criticism ~ are on the philosophy and economics of of Ge<trge and his land program i due to a lack of It would Karl ~fa1·x. To. light the way of Social- understanding of his meaning of " land. have been to Marx s advantage if h e had been clearer ists is my purpose. \Y e should appreciate the service of on this point. Rent George in his trenchant analysi~. and succt'ssful refutation of the two rriain tenets of PrivilegeRent in the Georgian sen e, i. e., economic rent, is the "!\[althusion Doctrine and the Wage Fund Theory. that portion of the income derived from land or other Little progress could be made in economic thought as natural capabilities by virtue of ownership of the saJn c. long as they inAuenced the minds of men. It is rent as we know it, less rent on buildings or other 'l'hc foundation of George's teachings is the Doc- impro"ements on or in the land. . trine of Natural Rights. Tl1is doctrine was developed Interest hy Qucsnay and supported by Turgot in France. It 'Dismissing "reward of abstinence" which is usualsought freedom of Person, Opin·ion and Contract or ly assigned by standard works as justification for inExchange. Private property in land was the cause terest, as insufficient, George finds its cause iii "Someof all evil which was to be abolished hy a single tax thing which, though it generally r equires labor to on lanc1. ',rhe theory of Natural Rights is a beautiful utilize it, is yet distinct and separable from labor- the p1·oduct of the human mind, but not in accordance active power of nature; the principle of growth. of with th e conception most of us have r egarding social r eproduction, which everywhere characterizes all th --e-v.clution. \Ve hold rights, in so far as we may secure forms of that mysterious thing or condition w call them, to be only relative, vary ing with time, place and life.'' The ''aging'' of wine is cited among others fiS with our growing intelligence and humanitarianism. an instance. Socialists often hear the "old wine" and Quesnay, himself, proves our contention-"Natural ''old fiddle' ' arguments advanced as attempts to disr'ight is th e right which a man _11as to do the thing fit prove Marx's Labor Theory of Value. The confusion for his enjoyment." Most will agree that if is a seriresults from the use· of the word value. The one using ous question whether a man has a right to do what he the argument has in mind use value, while Marx 's thinks is fit for his enjoyment. George recognizes man theory deals with exchange value. But the real arguus a creature of desire, attempting to satisfy the same ment agains~ the Georgian position in justifying interby labor. est, lies in his own definition of land cited above. The Factors in Production "something" as a part of nature, i. c., land, is in this The three factors in production are land, labor and case to be allowed to yield a r eturn for the owner of the article. In justifying interest, George has not only capital, in order of natural sequence in origin. "Land necessarily inclu des not merely the sul'face exempted a portion of land from taxation, but is r eof the earth as distinguished from water and air, but warding privilege with interest. Socialists should the whole n atural universe outside of man himself, for understand this inconsistency thoroughly. In his law of interest George says: "As rent rises, it is only by having access to laqd,,fro.m which his very body is drawn, that man can come in contact with or interest will fall as wages fall, or will be determined use nature. The term land, embraces, in short, all by the margin of cultivation." This statement is acnatural materials, forces and opportunities, and. there- ceptable in a certain sense, though the Georgians use fore nothing that is ,freely ;upplied by nature can be it in an attempt to show identity of interest of the capiproperly called capital.'' (Progress . and Poverty, talist and wage-worker, as opposed to the interest of the landlord. · page 37. ) . -human Iron La.w of Wages ''The term labor, in like manner, includes all exertion, and hence human powers whether natural or "Where natural oppo_rtunities are all monopolized, acquired can never be classed as capital.'' Capital wages may be forced by the competition among labor- m �The Wester·n Comr.ade l' rS to th e minimum at which laborers will consent to reproduce." This is the Marxian position except that 'Tar·x attrioutes th e tendency to capitalism as well as to landlordiRm. Th e differen ce is more apparent than rra l, and is based on th e different use of th~ word land - :\Iar·x using it in th e limited and George using it in t he genpr·al sense. ::'11Meover, since many capitalists, · pr·ohably most, ar·e th eir own landlords, the separation of landlord and eapitalist is not made. It-seems to me t:t>o rg<' has t ht• twtter of ·l\'Iarx on thi point. George's Historical Method (;POT'¥'' 's intrr·prl' tation of history is not so defin.it'e and ('Onsist f' nt as thl' <'t·onomic int erpretation of Marx. !lis method is ratht' J' icl ra listi e, and not closely in touch ,,·it h t ht• ex Jw r·i ent·t>s of men. H ere and ther-e he hints ;11 t IH• pr·essur·<· of <'t·onom~c interests as determining et· r·tain t•\·l'nts, hut this economic motive is foupd always on thP side of rf'act ion and conservatism, the position of 1hr landlor·d class. He does not conceive ol' a co unt<•r rco noniic motive, directing the revolt of · tlH· su hm er·gt•d and less privileged , as did Marx. It is 'I'mth aud Justi ce that guides the opposition. This ,,.,• ms an absurd position to a social evolutionist. In atll'nrpting to ac1·0tmt fo r the varied civilizat ions- df'ad, decaying, arrested and progressive-he finds the La\\' of Human Pr·ogress, Prog. and Pov., 11 page 504: "Mental power is the motor of progress, and men tend to ·advance in proportion to• the mental power expended in progression. . Now, menial power is a fixed quantity-that is to' say, . there is a limit to the work. a can do with hi mind, as there is a limit to the work he can do with his body, therefore the mental power which ·can be devoted to progress is only what is left after what is r equired for non-progressive purposes. These' non-progressive purposes are J:t(aintenance and conflict.'' We will probably ·find little fa~l't with this, ~cept that progress i~ l:lot d fineG., ~nd · after all it . requires the. conflict of opinion and interest to ~etermine what it is. man The Program "We must' make land ~ommon property." This is to be accomplished · by taxation, i. e., confiscation of economic rent, ·and the abolition of taxes on the making, exchanging or possession of wealth in any form-. Rent: for buildings. or 'o ther improvements is permissible as -interest to the owner. George further recognizes that taxa.tion may be used against certain articles the exchange of which it 'is desired to discourageopium, cocaine; etc. Briefly stated then, he advocates a single taX on land values exempting improvements on or in land. Auto-Hypnosis. R OCKEFELI1EH consider·s the Standard Oil as a beauty rose flow ering, in the buttonhole of Christianity. Morgan is assured that will stand before God bl amel ess and staiii less to pass to th e well-earned l'cst of Paradise. 'rhe followers of Abu-bekir, Omar and Akbar were equally sure, with Morgan, of the same reward when th ey thre v the Christian dogs into the Yermuk or the Brahmin dogs into the Indus. · 'l'he scum of the Russian jails-the "Black Hundr·etl "-murder youn·g Jewish girls in the same spirit, whi le th eir master , the infamous Nicholas, betrays Finlaud in the name of the Greek Church of Christ. All <t l'\' eonfidQnt of th e Par·adaisical reward. :Jfary Tud or, havin g lost Calais and Ph ilip, her dea r·cst possession and h er husband, proceeded to burn I•Jnglishmen to the glory of God that in Paradise she might attain to that happiness which she had not had wit enough to grasp on earth. Morgan looted the New Haven, Gould the Erie, Stanford the Union Pacific, and all the Western roads loot tl1e national forests und er the "lieu-law act. " All mil road presidents, defun ct , are in Paradise. Wall :-;1 r·l'et wou ld leave not enough wool on the sheep's ha d< to embroid er the $, but no banker considers this he X vale of tears as legitimate r eimbursement for his sacrifi ces in the interest of ·humanity. Only Paradise can make up to him-and to it he looks with longing eyes. 'l'amerlane was one representative of our race who could do a job properly. When his cohorts overthrew a city they piled up the skulls into a mountain,. threw down walls and houses, t~amped the mess of b'tood and mud ~th their 800,000 horses, and, when the soil was well-prepared, sowed it to barley. 'l'he next year saw gr·ain fields where, before the Tartar came, was a ·populous city. All authorities agree, himself included, that Tamerlane is in Paradise. 'l'h ese people must think that God is as easy a mark as the Structural Iron Workers' Union, the American Senate, or the Suprem e Court. Jt is a "case" in supra liminal psychology . . It is that marvelous power of the human mind to believe whatever it thinks it will, · irrespective of whether it knows it to be false or not. It is· not religion; it is pathology. All rail~oad and corporation presidents should be examined by alienists to see if the Paradise microbe cannot be isolated. Followi.ng this, a serum from John D.'s Institute should be inoculated into them, and they might be willing to go to hell with the common laborer. As it is now, Paradise must be a dangerous place. S. H . �... The Western Comrade 12 Dayal and Bryan-Agitators By WILLIAM C. OWEN r.!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!='l F HAR DAYAL, Hindu philosopher and agitator, is to be deported for spe~king harshly of the British government, there are several million Irishmen whose skin,s will be _in danger, and the Democratic ~ party will find votes running shy. Liliewise one may remember that . whenever Greenbackisrri, Populism and @ther evanesl·ent forms of discontent have had the ~udacity to r·ai,e th.cir h eads, a disposition to whack the British government as hard as words coui.d whack 'it has always been apparent. In short, it is a national tradition that the British government stands always for the mail ed. fist; for the absorption, via the missionary r·outc, of the choicest portions of this littl e world; for · ~run hoa t asscr·tion of absentee landlord and bondholder ri g hts, with all that the blindly-struggling masses feel instin<:tively is most objectionable. Even Mexico is at one \\'ith 11s in this, and outside of "Cientifico" circles .volt will hav" to trav(• ] far to run across an admirer of Lor<l Co\HIray. Dayal has t hl' ll'm(•J'ity to s hare these Yiews, and - \\'hi<·h is .ohv'io11sly far· more unpardonable- to put th c1n into t·in·u lation whl'rc thc·y will <lo the greatest possible anJount o[ harm, viz., in Jn<.lia itself. \\'hat thP cr iminal 's past may hav e been can cut but littl e figure, being a<.lmissib lc at most only as cxtPnHatin g trstimony, which in matters of such gravity dot•s not count. The thin g is that he is stirring up th L• cliseonteute<.l, ancl that there arc more than three hundred millions of th em. 'l'h e British government which rules these hundreds of millions is presumably, by that ver·y fact, not entirely void of capacity to reason; it r eads its bible relig-iously and understands the parable of th e gm i11 of mustard seed. That Dayal is a scholar and ascetic; that the British government itself sent him to Oxfo r·d as a specially brilliant pupil, and that he has heen a lecturer on philosophy at Stanford Uni. vcrsity ; these and other good marks that might br placed to his credit cannot be considered. Great Britain's concern is with the present, and Dayal is dangerous. H e himself feels no fear as to the result ; for he claims that he has resided in th e United States three years, and is therefore irn""mune to deportation. Others of us ar·e not so confident; for we note the care with which British detectives have worked up the case, following Dayal in his wanderings through- France, Switzerland, Mar tinique and elsewher e. As always, safety lies in open, bold, persistent agitation; in dragging tlie facts to light and forcing them to the attention of the indifferent public's nose, In the • ~~ . present instance we can do this with great benefit to the cause of international revolt, and with exceptional force, because we have most eli tinguished backing. Our own Secretar-y of State, William Jennings Bryan. J{as denounced British rule in India as, I think Dayal 11imself never denounced it, and the indictment he published was so complete that by no possibility can he now eat his words. That indictment has been published an·d distributed broadcast by th e Briti h Committee of t.he Indian · ational Congress, having it hradqu~rters in London. · In the publication mentioned Bryan tells us that, after· Yisiting India and making extended invest)gation among men of every class, he found t11at "British rnlc in lndia is far worse, far more hurdensomr to the peopl<', and far· more unjust- if I understand the' meanin~ ,of th e word- than I had supposed." H er·e ar·e a few of 1h<' gr·otmcls on which he based his judgment : " Th e tronhle is that England acquired_India for E11glan<.l 's advantao-c, not for India's, and that she holds India for England's benefit, not fot· India 's. She admi nisters Judia with an eye to England 's interests, Dot India's, and she passes judgment. upon every quest ioH as a judge woulrl wer e he prrmittcd to decide his own ca c. " It will he noted that th e argument is of nllil'l'J'Sal application; that it applies equally to our o11·n rule of the Philippin es and would apply should II"C invade Mexico. Br-yftll says fm·ther: " The govemment of India is as Hrhih•HJ'Y and ch•spotic as the govemment of Russia· t•vcr· ll"a s, and in two respects it is worse. First, it is administrr·cd by an alien peopl e, wh er eas the offiiciflls of Hm;sia arc Russians. Secondly, it drains a large pmt of th e taxes out of thr country, wh er eas the Russian goYcrnment spends at hom e the money which it coll ects from the p eopl e. " He then r eminds us that the natives pay into the govel'l1ment nearly $225,000,000 a year, of w hi ch nearly $100,000,000 is expended on a n army in which natives cannot be officers. What a \\"Oriel of suggestion as to th e r eal situation is contained in that last comment! Figures arc quoted to show that suspension of the coinage of silver in India reduced the value of the nAtives : saYings by $500,000;000, and that the death rate has risen from 24 to the 1000 in 1882 to 34 to the 1000 at the tim e when the pamphlet in question was published. He takes the British government's published statement for 1904-5 and shows that, while more than $90,000,000 was appropriated for the army, only $6,500,000 was to go for education. Yet 90 per cent of the male population and 99 per cent of the female (Continued on Page 25) · �The Western Comrade 13 Necessity Knows No Law By C. B. HOFFMAN W HENEVER man-made law comes int~ conflict with the "Law of Life" it is swept as1de: Th e "will to live" is -the supreme power. It bows to nothing. It is irresistible. From the simplest for~ to thP most complex o~ganism it creates organism and or gans best suited for its expressions. Society is its produc-t, and is continuously modified to give tha,t " will to live" the highest and most complete manifes, tat JOn. Today robb ery and theft, murder and prostitution, ](•ga l and ille gal, prevail because the individual "will to live'' is not co-ordinated with the social organism . Th ere is unrest; discontent and conflict, because the soc ial structure does not adequately r espond to th e needs and aspirations-even the material needsof myriads of human beings that swarm, homeless and unntatcJ, upon th e earth. ~otiety says: '' Thou shalt not steal,'' but when tnan must stPa l or starve, he steals. He obeys the more Yilal impulsr. ·wh en h e steals and kills, in ot·der to dominate hi s fellow-men, be it by th e sword or th e dollat·, hy war or finan ce, he steals and kills. He obeys 1he more vital impulse, even though it be hideously ·JH' n·l·rt ed . This is histo1·y. This is today's and yesterday's ,. x JH'I·ience. 1;p to litis tim e material necessity, economic determinism, has rul ed th e destiny of th e individual and has thus shapen th e history of the race. But a n ew age dawns. Man has conquered the oppu gnant forces of nature. He produces material I flings in abundance for the comfort, east and luxury of all. • 'fhis accomplish ed, the structure of society, will, in dn e ti.me, so change that this plentitude of mater.ial things shall :find its way, without friction or waste, to every individual, even as the air we breath e, the food we eat and drink finds its way to the proper organs to he subconsciously assimilated for the benefit and wellbeing of the whole body. Society will produce and distribute almost automatically. Its members will :find joy and r ecreation in the small amount of physical labor required to create enough for all, and the problem "How to make a living ?" which now darkens life, will sink into inignificance. Man freed from the incubus of material ...want or the fear of it, will rise to heights of individual development undreamed of by the most ardent individualists of today. Freedom consists, not in separative, individualistill, competitive efforts to supply material needs- but, being once freed from that bitter struggle-in stretch• ing our wings to vast flights in the boundless regions o( the intellect, the emotions and the spirit. Individualism· in its deepest meanings will find its t~ost complete expressions that is organized to produce mB.teria,l things easily and without drudgerr or overwork, and· to distribute them spontaneously in response 'to the needs of every individual. Economic freedom of the individua·l which can only _be attained.. by making material production and distribution social functions, is the essential conditipn of his social, intellectual, emo.tional and spiritual liberty. .. WHO COUNSELS PATIENCE? By Edgcumb Pinchon A'l'JENCE ~ Who counsels patien ce? · Shall th e Social Wrong be righted by patience 1 Shall the Soul of Humanity · b~ torn from its slavestupor, its brutish unfaith, its hypnotisms, by gentle argument, by sweet self-careful patience 1 Nay-hut the divin e abandon of ·the flaming soul, by · the divin e imprecations of th em that are beside th emselves, by th e lash of th e scourging Christ whom men called mad! P atience? Who couns ~ls patience? Th e soul that 's made its pact with Liberty knows not th e name of patience. . I adore the Christ who, with thunderous brows and powerful impatient hands, knotted his heavy lash of writhing n eed to flay the backs of thEt money-changers! I adore th e Cnrist who - hungry and impatient b la st~d the barren fig-tree-Yea, tho' it waR not th e season for :figs! l adore th e Christ who cursed: "Vvoe unto you Scribes. and Pharisees-Whited Sepulchres I'' J adore th e Christ who mocked: "i came not to bring p ea ce but a sword ! '' I adore th e Christ before whose t errible glance the soldiery fell back amazed! I adore the Christ of fearful damning silences, of devastating wrath, of searing satire, of writhing impatien ce, of withering imprecations! No flaccid psalm-singer He! No cautious r eformist! No timo.rous mechanical theoretician ! But a Man-a Flaming Soul. I adore his divine abandon I P. �'14 The Western Comrade .A Product I'.!!~~~""""• JKE was born and raised in the slums. He had a surname' but nobody ever bothered to use it. He was just ~p~e. one of the common herd. . ·when Mike reached the age of eight his father di_ed of delirium tremens. Two · years "later, unable to secure sufficient noU!'ishment to keep two of the C9mpotwnt r»tr!s ol' 1he whol e of"matter-body and soultogether, his mother die . Nobody cared ex.cept Mike and 1h~t didn't matter .; l\like lived in a te ement. The landiord came around in his six-cylinder to, bought with money deri n~d from profit of the dar dismal, ignorance-fostering hovel in which :Mike and e rest of e common herd lived- I mean existed .. " Whrre 's your moth~d" asked the landlord. ''Dead.'' " \\'here's my rent? " ''W hy-dead,'' answered Mike. The landlord waited until Mike had secured his scanty possessions from the "flat," and then he closed a nd locked the door, hanging a "to let " sign in the most conspicuous place. Mil\e slept wherever he could at night, sold papers in the daytime, and secured a scatter·ing knowledge of rNtding ; enou gh to enabl e him to learn about "ladies" and "gentlemen" giving $100,000 social .entertainments, and feasting on lobsters, obtained by_ virtne of the fact that there were still a considerable number of •' goats'' in existence. So Mike reached the age of 22 years, ugly, ignorant, and devoid of hope. At this glorious period of his "career" he was labot·iug ten hours a day as a sectionhand at $1 .25. He as}\cd for 25 cents a day raise, and when the foreman recovered from his surprise he fired Mike. Jobs were scarc.e. So was money. One morning :(\like stood before the door of a store. 'fhe baker had just passed, leaving a dozen loaves of bread in a box with cover unlocked. The laws of society said to Mike: "You cannot have that bread, unless you have money to pay for it, even if you are starving to death.'' One of the la,Ys of nature...::..self-preservation-whispered to Mike: "You are hungry; here .is food; eat." Mike obeyed the law of nature. An officer of the laws of society, being so nE!'ar as to cause himself no exertion, arrested Mike. "Guilty or not guilty 1" asked the judge. "Guilty," answered Mike. By WALTER BURNETT He was placed in jail until his antecedents could be looked up. One week later he was again before the court. The judge looked over his polished mahogany desk. "Y.ou are guilty 9f larceny," he said, and then read . Mike's antecedents: Poor, ignorant, out of \vork, n.o money, no friends, no "pull." "Hm," said the judge. "Bread has been stolen from your neighborhood at frequent intervals, I will make an example of you. '' In placing a copy of Mikli! 's antecedents on a pointed file, he scratched his soft white hand. He glared at the scratch with a frown. ''Three years, '' he snapped. ''Three years," automatically recorded the clerk. ''Three years,'' muttered a reporter, adjusting His tie. '','l'h~ee years,'' lau ghed a spectator to his .companion. n Three years," groaned Mike in a pitifully cracked, choking voice. "THREE YEARS!" He went in, a clear-eyed youth. He came out, an old man. "Well, anyway," he thought, "I will live honest." He bummed his way to a country town. A farmhouse stood by the roadside. Mike. knocked at the door. "I'm looking for work." ''"What can you do?'' asked the farmer. ''Anything. '' ''Well, we n eed men to get the hay- - Say, where did you come from~'' noticing Mike's prison pallor and other telltale signs. Mike was about to say "back east,'' but he knew appearances were against him, so he said '' pris@n." "\Vait a minute," said the farmer. He returned \vith a shotgun. "Now git!" Mike "got." . This was an up-to-date neighborhood. Farmhouses were connected by telephone. ·when Mike reached the next house he was persuaded by a rifle to leave before he stated his business. The next place resembled a miniature fort; others were made conspicuous by white-fanged bulldogs. The law of self-preservation whispered to Mike again. P erhaps h e would need a. revol·ver for protection. Jfe purchased one with part of the small sum of money given him when he left prison. Coming back to the farmhouses he approached one and found the inmate sitting on the porch, with a gun in his hand. ''I'm looking for work,'' said Mike. (Continued on Page 27) �~ 1!) The We s tern c 'omrade The Wilwaukee Co-operativists . T HE Bay View ' ' bunch '' began it. And they were r egarded at first with some suspicion, as being ta inted with her esy. But having one of the strongest ward branches in th e city-th e Seventeenth wardand being a pretty solid unit on most matters which they undertook, th ey wer e not afraid of anybody. Th e t ime was just after the defeat of the Socialist administrat ion. And that was also largely the reason. You sec, some of the "woozy"-that means . '"'nonpnrtisan" in Mil wauk ee- are st or ek eep ers. And some of them r eally for got that the so-called defeat of the Soe ialists in Milwaukee was accomplished by counting up about 31,000 Sociali ts. Anyway, some of the little sto rekeepers actually became arrogant and overbearing toward t he Socialist s wh o patronized t heir stores. !-;eyeral of them out on Howell avenue went the limit, almost r efusin g to wa it on Socialist customers. I n May a nd Jun e, 1912, they wer e agitatin ~, studyin g, and or ganizin g. By July th ey had out their incorporation papers, und er t he new Wisconsin co-operative Ia 1\". (This was framed by a Socialist member of the Society of Equity- of t he farmers- and pushed through loy th e Socialists in t he 1911 Legislature. ) On August 28, 1912, they opened th eir store. Th ey had bou ght out a little neighborhood store, run by a nn mg Socialist , hired him and two other experienced l!rocery men to tak e charge, and broke loose. Th ey had about $2000 in cash· ·when they started. n." J-anuary, 1913, they had sold $] 0,000 worth of ~oods, invested $2840 in stock , developed a trade ex tending over half of the city, and prepared to begin on a development of th e whol e county. They paid a rliYidend of abou t 2.5 p er cent on the purchases of stockholders for this firs~ period. In January, 1914, the audit. of the business for 1913 showed a t otal business for the y ear of about $50,000. Th e number of employes had grown to t en, with three wagons going most of the time on r egular routes, ranging from South Milwauk ee to W est Allis and all of Milwa ukee ex cept the East Side, wh ere the aristocrats live. The r eason the busin ess did not show high p r ofits owing to the expemse of building up this widely 1ras 1 s!'attered trade. But this seemed the wisest way in t he long run, as comrades everywhere were asking to be s<·rYed , and not to have served them would p robably hn ve r esulted in the organization of scatt er ed stor es, under mor e or less conflicting management, ~nd the pr·obable failur e of some of t hem. Slower growth, with solid r esults, has been achieved, with a cont inuous and (':<perieneed management at the helm all t he while. The d evelopment of t he west and north side wagon trade finally made it wiser to open a branch st ore on the west side, and this was accomplished during the week before Christmas. The instant and splendid growth of the trade at this store has justified the ·new step. Milwaukee will show Socialists of America the practicability of co-operation, even under capitalism, and while ~e are working for its overthrow. . G. E. R To the Woman 1n the Dark By Eleanor Wentworth S ISTER, we 'k,now the pain That stabs your ·heart as you strive in vain t o know ·yourself, to be yourself; 'l' o win world-wisdom, not · glory or pelf. Art -not the ~or rowing Muse that 's dumb, The Muse bereft of the power of tongue 1 \ Ve see the bitter tears, Mothers' heart's blood are th ey, and f ears For your babe-all babes- whom greed maims. While you stand with your hands in chains. Slavery, once clothed with sweetest charm, Is now the cause of wild alarm. Mothers always . are sworn To serve, not babes, but men; they 're shorn Of freedom for no racial gain, 'Tis but to lie in passion's chain. Babes are served when no fathers call And Woman is not ser ved at all. It is not love that's wrong, But the way we've served it for so long, Living not for bu{ by this love, As slaves below, puppets above; 'l'he hapless instruments that fill 'l'he primal good witli. endless ill. Because you stand alone Your burdens weigh your spirit down. Our hearts year n as we hear y our cries. Come to us! In unity lies Th e strength to t ear the film away, Which obscu r es thou ght and sight today. ·- Come to us, Sister ours! W e need y our hidden, sleeping powers. W e shall lead sweet love fr om his cell, Unbind his eyes at last. He'll dwell With folded wings no more apart, But in the t hrobbing, great world's heart. - .,.. ... .. .f \. �16 The We·s t.ecn Co mr a d e Colonists Demon Llano Del Rio, in Vast, Fertile Valley of Southern Califo Future Developm By F J,ANO DEL RIO COLONY, in tbe Ante; lope Vall ey, is attracting widespread attention as the largest co-nperative colonization enterprise -ever launched in the United States. Inquiries have been pouring in from a lmost every · state, and so great an intr rest is taken that scores of p ersons have announced their intention to visit the colony in thf' Jll•ar- futtire. Several thousand extra copies of . This ·article i written for the purpo e of eo ering some of the information previously carried, and to reply to· spme questions continually being a k ed. The colony is situated in the Antelope VaHey, J.o Angeles county, California, about seventy mil{'s f rom Los Angeles, by automobile road or by railway to Palmdale, on the Sou thern Pacific Lin e. The land lies on a high plateau that slope aently to tli e nortlf'ward from the foothills directly t.o the . north of the Sierra Madre Range, San Bernardino Mountain's. Most of the property is between the Rio del Llano, also known as Big Rock Creek, on the w est, and l\f escal Creek on th e east. It is from th-e e two f'treams that th e colonists will obtain the water for the irrigation of th e lands below. Th e ~,·at er supply fo r th ese two streams is from · t he high mountains from th e south, where t he snow lies in the deep Ganyons the greater part of t he year. T he business of the coloJJy has been thus far under t he corporate nam e of Mesca l Water and Land Company. in corporated under t he laws of th e state of Califom ia. This was a corporation taken over at the t ime i"the colonization plans were being form ulated, and it pr-oYidcs a p ractical and safe working basis. l;atcr th e name will be changed to one more appropt·iate to t he enterprise. • Th e land lirs at an altitude of about 3500 f eet, and th e climate is healthful and invigorating. 'fhis elevat ion, aided by the cooling breezes from the mountains, insures an equable and agt·eeable climate in spring, smnmer and autumn. Dm·ing the winter the rainfall in t he vall ey is slight, and there is a high percentage of su nshine. 'fhe th ermomet er r egisters as low as freeziJ?g point during the winter, and the air becomes bracing, and it is th e. e cool nights that make the valley an ideal place to raise deciduous fruits. Th e soil is largely drcomposed granite, which, when r xposrd to th e air by cultivation and irrigation, Rio del Llano (rive r of the plain ), also known as Rock oxidizes and becomes soft, friable and rich. cree k. Th is photograph, taken in the latter part· of June, g ives some idea of the volume of v isible water flow ing in the The warer. r esources of the corporation are suffibed of the strea m at a point near where it enters the valley... cient to irrigat e all the land under its control. E x'l;HE \VI·~S'l'E H.N CO:\IRADE for June which carried clusive rights ha,·e been secured on the waters of artic!Ps dcseribinu the location and the plans for the Jackson ·s ''6ake, :\Iescal Creek and Boulder Creek, colony, have been sent ou t on r equ est, and th e edit ion which the engineers of the company declare are suffiis ncnr)y exhau ted. e ient to irriga te 10.000 acres of land. �17 Tbe Western Comrade rate Co-operation is Scene of Remarkable Undertaking---Outline of Plans for f Great ·Enterprise , WOLFE Considerable hydro-electric power can be . devel- . oped at these points. This power will be used to run farming, factory and domestic machinery; heat and light all th e public buildings and private dwellings in th e colony. 'J'he land , water and climatic conditions render this an ideal spot for the growing ·of deciduous fruits, such as pears, appl es, peaches, plums, cherries, apricots, oli\'C~S, figs a nd walnuts. Th e p ellt'S grown in this district are especially fine. 'l'hmw at Littl e Roek , a few miles directly west from 1h(' colony, lll'C bringing in a large earning to the fortunat e owners of the orchards. Alfalfa Parns good profits, and after the first year yit'lcls h·om four to six cutting~ a year. 'l' ht· r·olony now has about 375 acres · growing in alfalfa . aud th e men are cutting on about 300 acres. ~orn e of th e n ewly cleared land is being planted in knffir· rom and other sma ll grai_n, which will be used to f eel th e stock as a"finisher." Hogs are being fed t he alfalfa. and th<·y a r·c increasing at a satisfactory rntr. Thc·sc porkers will form one of the highly conc·pn tratrd products of the colony, as the prices are Iii 1\'llYS high and the demand Steady. All l\iuds of berries, small fruits and garden truck will be ginn careful attention. Dairy and poultry pt·odu ts will be among the . output for the market. With the gardening, poultry raising, dairying and fruit "'t·owing conducted on a large, collective scale, the eoloni t xpect to produce 95 per cent of the food they con ·ume, and have a large marketable margin. 'J'he company aims to attract about 1000 men and women to the colony. These, with their families, will t con titute a gathering that will make a population for · . n fait·- iz d eity. According to plans, this city will be built on t h hio-h table land at the southern side of the propcrt,v. Land cape artists architects and others are plannina an ideal city both from a viewpoint of beauty and utility. 'J'h > plan under which p er ons are entering the eolony i a follows: ·Each m mb r ub cribe for 2000 shares of stock at n par Yalu of 1 per hRI'e. Five hundred of these har!' lll'f' paid for in ea h on entering th.e colony. No one member is allowed to own more than 2000 shares. Every working inember receives a wage of $4 a day. 'JlJiere is no scale, and everyone is on. the same basis with every: <?ther one. Of this wage $1 to be set aside to p ay for the remaining 1500 shares of stock. T.he remaining $3 go to the credit of the worker, and from this be pays for his rood, clothing, shelter. and other . necess!V'ies and luxuries. Whatever margin is left after ·that, is deposited to his credit. A certain is Dam No. 1, on the Mescal, is the first concrete construction in the colony. The cement mixer Is operated by a gasoline engine, and it does the work of several men. With a small crew excellent progress was made on the diverting dam. ao-reed amount of cash may be drawn from this each 0 ' year. Provision is made for vacations. Anyone wi hing to withdraw may do o, sellin·g (Continued on Page 25 \ ·I �T b'e Western Comrade 18 NIMBLE DOLLAR DOPE APIT ALISM is squirming and writhing as in ' the throes of green apple angina. Out of the agony grows " Nimble Dolla_r" nonsense, armies of Optimism, frugal Fridays and prosperity parades. Th e sad fr ature is that captains and ginerals of (other p eoples ' ) industry don 't know whtln and wh ere it swallowed th e immature manzana . . In gettin g at causes, the working class i¢ giving scr·iou s consider ati n to th e financial problems, and t his proj ects a small cloud over the horizon and in t hat cloud wise finan ciers forsee a coming storm that bids fair to sweep Capitalism out of existence. E very r eader of this magazine should study Edgcumh Pinchon 's articles on th e coming co-operative banks to he establish ed by labor. H ere al'e a few facts whi ch should be pondered: Capitalism, about on e hundred years old, grew up on a system of cash exchange. The system is outoutgrown and now 90 per cent of business is done · on cr edit. 'l'his cr·edit r ests upon the dollar, but · th ere is about nine dollars' credits for every dollar in actual existence. Capitalists do busin ess on the check and exchange system. Th e poorer class- the workershave no credit and no checks. Organized labor of America has about $25,000,000 in its treasuri~s and about $500,000,000 in individual savings."tr'he· workers of America have over $7,000,000,000 in savings. Based on every dollar of this is nine dollars in credits. The workers deposit these billion dollars in savings banks and the banks lend the money to capitalist exploiters. Now for the b.i g idea: Let the workers withdraw th eir money from the Capitalists banks and ·deposit in the coming co-operative banks of labor. These banks are already forming. For every dollar withdrawn nine dollars' credits of Capitalism will disappear! \Nhen this, movement starts the whole fabric of exploitation will be shaken. Ultimately it will be destroyed . The sleeping giant is :awak'ening:- AGAINST HIS CONSTITUTION T 'S all off. Here 's where we curl up like a discouraged caterpillar and quit the game. Chester H. R~welt'has smashed us on the beezer and we go to the rna~ for the count. · S!tting in solemn tribunal Chester has called the proposed universal eight-hour law for California workers-up before· his high bar ·of justice and pronounced' it unconstitutional. H e says it's class legi~lation and inasmuch as it is a working clas~ leg.. islation it is condemned out of hand. Doubtless this action was taken without consultation with Otisit wasn't n ecessary. What con,.stitution will be offended is not stated, but it is morally certain that Chester's temperamental, physical and financial constitution will be shock ed ~vhen the eigh -hour law shall be adopted·. And rightly. Think of the hardships this would entail on overpaid and underworked clerks, cashiers, solicitors, r e· porters ;:tnd edit ors, and other intellectuals on Mr. Rowell 's n ewspaper! As for the mechanical department-well, that ]ow-browed bunch of typesetters, stereotypers, pressmen, et c., had the poor taste to organize into those hat ed labor uni oos and lon g ago forced an eighthour day for themselves! No wonder Chester 's constitution is already in rebellion against such an outrageous idea as an eighthour day.-F. E. W. C I F; E. W. F ARDRS AROUSED N ENGLAND the National Farmers ' Union threatens to strike for better housing, garden plots and- leisure to· work the gardens. Lloyd George met the demands of a deputation in the way representatives of government usually meet themby handing out a set of well-worded promises. The incident is illuminating and consoling in one way: the farm'ers s~mewhere have the good sense to organize and make demands which, one sincer-ely hopes, they are prepared to follow with vigorous action.-F. 'E. W. ,. . . I • • • �The Western Comrade BATTLING FOR THE LORD NE of the delightful -events of the eason is the little doings between Amos Pinchot and George \1{. Pf'rldns, chairman of the Bull ~Ioo e Executive Committee. Pinchot strolls onto the fields of Esdraelon, which is the same township and range : a-; Armageddon, and there he is met by Perkins.· \\'hile th e ficr·ce light beats down on h·i-s brow Pinchot r·aisPs his voice and asks if Perk is honest. 'PerkinS r-<•sponcls with all thr force and logic of a fat. checkhook , and HH'y are at it, battling for the Lord. Pinr·hot points out the absurdity ·of placing the words " sot·ial and industrial justice" on the Bull :\loose hanrwrs ar;rd r etaining as chairman a man whose recor·d shows him to be an enemy to the " ·of'l<ing c·lass and a foe to justice. Thus Pinchot sees in Perkins a J·onah who wiil hr·ing a sto rm of disapproval from Labor. The Bull l\l oose hunch is holding hig~ hopes that there are enou gh Hcm·y Dubbses of Labor to fall for th e l-ure und r lret the>ir· rand idates. ln C'a lifo1'llia we have a fine example of this :--tupidity. Her·e some of the so-called leaders of Labor arr urging the members of unions to work for tlH• rl<•ctioll of the man who permitted the San Diego at r·oei til's, <"JH:our·aged thP \\Theatland outrage and clir·e>rted th e assault on the ·disemployed at Sacramento. Is La hor· the hlind, dumb · creature of a muddy brain that the Bull Moosers thinkL !Jet us hope the flwakening is at hand , and that the workers refuse to he fooled again.- F. E. W. 0 want and t:b y know they will t it though the journey be long and blood tr Wn. 'Tierra y Libertad! - ' Land _a nd Libert ! That means a long, bitt r fighJ. It m an that the man who goe into the fiaht with that battl ry on hi •iips may be killed--h - can t be eonqu r d. This truagle i commanding the attention of tb eJ1tire world. Military dictator and political intriguers may come ruid go but the da of p onag in Mexico is ·past forever. This agrarian upri ing i a -wonderful movement. Radical the world ov r should not only watch. this contest but sl10uld h lp it, and ta:ke it as a valuable lesson of the advantage of action over theorizing.-F. E. W. ... ... ... UNREST AND CIVIL WAR F ,_,HE Industrial Relations Commis i~n will p rmit .us to direct its attention for a moment to the situation in the copper mining distric~ it may discover there some more causes for· the "unrest" it is investigating. The Ca lumet mine owners have broken every promise they made to the Commissioners. 'l'hey l1ave su~ceeded, by their rnisrept·esentation, in getting th e stril<e eall.ed off without signing any agreement. Th ey have refused employment to all who t estified before the investigators. They have refu.s ed to hire men who took part in the strike, even though they had taken no prominent part, and had not b en arrested by the mine guards. Miners in the .district, who have gone back into the Calumet & H ecla at the old subsistence wage, know that that company has just paid to the New MEDIATION AND ACTION England parasites, who own stock in th e corporaBILE medj.ators are sipping gin rickeys and tion, dividends to the amount of $1,800,000, and that dawdling over orchid salads at Niagara Falls, th e company has a surplus of $10,716,000. and- Hu erta is chuckling at his success in outwitting The miner:s know that these millions are fleecthe cockey naval officers and ponderous-minded dip- ings. This knowledge and awakening will be the lomats, Pancho Villa's tatterdemalion army is filling beginning of the power of the workers. If the cartridge belts, adjusting rifle sights and fighting · workers become convinced that men toiling under it way steadily toward the capital. Most of the such conditions as the miners of Michigan, of West men who are fighting-and winning-in the M:exi- Virginia and Colorado, cannot Recure indust rial and economic freedom through p eaceful means, and that an r evolution never heard of Niagara Falls. ut of the profundity of their ignorance, Ameri- the master class stands ready to shoot and bayonet can persist in saying !he Mexicans do n_o t know them back to their tasks, then we have reached the what they are fighting for. Never was there a more point in America where we have all the elements tupid tatement. They know precisely what they of a civil war.-F. E. W. ... ... ... W I. �20 The We s tern C o m r a de THE STATE AS .A.N EXPLOITER ing silent, made the most of their opportunity and F THOSE who established the parcels post had an incr eased their v~te to 230,000, and this year elected idea of giving the people a half-way measure and seventy-three legislators. . , French militarists blundered when they increased allowing t he express companies to continue their extortionate rates and indifferent service, their illu- the :appropriations and lengthened the term of servsions have been rudely dispelled. There is a wide- . · ice to three years . . Socialists who opposed the polic~ spread and insistent d emand for extensions of serv- bad 1,125,000 votes and seventy-five deputies in ice. This clamor is irresistible and the ,service is 1911. With militarism as the issue, the Socialist improving from week to week, this without regard vote in 191:4: rose t0 1,400,000 and the number of for the overburdened postoffice employes.~ · d eputies to 102. Close on th e heels of the announcement that the Why ,do we allow this opportunity to ·pass ·why postal depai'tment will carry farm, dairy and poul- not make anti-intervention in Mexico and anti-militry products in ce rtain zones, come the advertise- tarism in Colorado and other states our big issue ? ments of th e Adams Express Company of its new Can it be we are so afraid of losing a few votes that ord er and food products service, "to promote more we shrink from our duty and thus lose a great opint imat r r elations between producer and consumer." . portmtity ?-F. E. W. . Now wat ch" t he underpaid and overworked post• • • office employe and the underpaid and overworked SHIPPING TRUST MURDERS express company employe shoulder heavier burdens F THE l!nited States Sena:e ratifies ~h e_ London in this competition hetween a privately owned capiConvention on Safety of L1 fe at Sea 1t, m effect, talist institution and a collectively owned state capi- ·will be a sanction of the murder of the victims of talist bureau for exploitin g the workers.- F. E. Vv. the Empress of Ireland disaster . I 0 I • • • OUR GREA'f OPPORTUNITY :\IEIUCAN Socialists are making a profound mistal< P in overlool,ing an opportunity to make the most of every war move on th e part of Capitalist controllers of th e country. Th e efforts of a popinjay naval officer and .Jingo journals to bring ahout international strife in ~!f ex­ ico should have been met by a terrific anti-military campaign. As a party builder nothing beats an anti-militarism campaign. L~ P euple, Socialist daily of Brussels, has compiled a startling, table showing the valu e of this line of activity. In Bulgaria the vote was increased from 25,000 to 85,000 by an anti-war campaign. Italian Socialists had twenty-four depu ties in the Chamber previous to the war with Tripoli. After the struggle the anti-war faction of the Socialists elected fifty-three representatives. In Sweden the Socialists cast 172,980 votes in 1911 and elected sixty-four members. The king and the jingos t ried to stampede the nation into a p olicy of militarism by pulling tlre ancient Russian terror scare. The Socialists, instead of yield.ing or remain- A . The powerful shipping interests have fought every move toward laws that would force safety appliances -and full crews on th e lar·gest passengercarrying steamers. Conditions under th e r ecent London conYention ar(' even worse than the British law. Big ships are all undermanned and th ese proYisions declare that only 75 p er cent of the cr ew are needed for handling lifeboats! One-half of most of the crews n eed interpt·eters to be able to understand order·s from officers, and these are un!rained, unskilled, in efficient and inexperienced landsmen. Andrew Furuseth declares that the appalling loss of life in the disasters to the Titanic, Volturno, Oceano, Valencia, Columbian and Empress of Ireland is traceable to undermanning and unskilled handling of vessels. The Senate adopted the Lafollette seaman's bill. October 23 last, but the House bas taken no action. This is considered a reasonably effective measure. For the Unite·d States to adopt this measure and reject the London convention would be to severely r ebuke Hre murderous shipping tr-ust. What is your guess about th e outcome of pending action Y-F. E. W. �" .1 Tbe e c r H t ~ ~ - ory of exieo that naturally OftmiJ is that if our 1lt1Y h' ~ had ~ written thus one :we ll'ametl what it .-~ aJJ about instead of Jeaming one 1lfiy to fm-gd th~ nest .-hieh general brought up which ~~~,.~~n upon .-bil~h date and bow :many men were "kW~>tt ' 'fb• lat1...t and m.ost ae~"lUate, up-to-the-hour ,;U.tory 1~ entitled. "The :llexiean People: Their ~frnl(glf>' for Jt~r..e()om, ., by L. Guiterrez DeLara and ,' J~AYJ,'(J ~ t~ ,_;,)geumb Yiuebon. Hr~ndlt:d throughout with the blood 11f lwr Joyal people i~ the tragi~ history o( ) Jt•xieo, but the detail"' of slaughter are tmly re(•ounted whf'r~ ne,·es.'lary for the UIHierKtaiJIJing of thl'! Cf'3HC1CISK Struggle whieh lwr HonR of the Koil have wag d ll~ltftiHt {:ntrcndrNl prh·il .gc in- c-hurch rwd Htnte und for impres~;ing thP ineredlllll' •·xtJ'{'IrtcH to '~hkh the H ouKe of Jiayc will I'I'Hort to rnaiutain itl!!;lf upon the Klwtdd(•f'K or t}li) JIOllfH! of work. 'fht! lwol< iH frnnldy wOJ·I<ing c: l11ss in lt11 Kytrt pnthi •11, IlK 1o h (~ intclligrnt a l111Hii•l'll li if.;to r·y ttl11S1. lw. That was wh11t \I'II H tit!' trlltlli•t' wi11t 0111' tdtool histori es; \h 1•y Wi' l'l' 11ot in1PIIigrllt. It marks a di •]Hir'llll'l' ill hiHio r·.v writing from progI'I 'HK by K\lfl( ' t' htllrrrrn a11.r·ilni1(•S in great 111 1'11 \1\ )11'01-{I'I'HH thr·ou rh tlfc ua tma) 1 11Ji'o Jd i11~ Of' llt !il !• t·iuJ fOI'(• ('fl, i11 th r I'IIRC ~~ i•X ii•O , hoWI'\'('f', hl?in g <'hirfly a tal(~ IJi' [h!' \l')'l'_t']\ fl lld l' llil1 Of c•ollision hetWC('J\ t li mw l'o 1'1'11 antl int rrsts opposed 1o l'!tll·ill l d PVPlopnH•rd . 'l't•tt t', tIll' vir! Il l'S of t he lt r 1·ors of t 11,. pun piP- IfidHi go, Gu l'l'CI'O, :i\'[ o1·clos, ,fnttt'I'1.- Hn' paiut ed in mono ·hrom r, with nn l-lh tH.li n ~. of humu11 failin g yet who shnll tlPH, til lll!U't. t' f t he reYolntion hi. ll l'l1 l ' or pain wa developed iu it hlood-lu t fanaticism. In r e cuing th(' Yirtuf:' of t.h nati races of Mexico from th p ·of Spani h hi torian 1\lr. Lara laim that t he barbarou nnd d g nerate nati priesthood was not an ztec p culiarity, but a peculiarity ~f priest ra.ft in all ag s. ·:He believes the native blood, wit h its int 1ligence, artistry and g ntl u s , will y t overcom13 its evillegncy of pnni 11 ndmi. ture. Th e hrilliant stret h of nl;l.tiv rul from 1856 to 1876 is quotcd in proof of th abili ty and superiority of the nativ 1'8. s. Th e jealousy of th e Mcxi nn p opl for theiR national int eg1·ity is shown ll dominant cl1a1·act eristi c, and upon t.hnt and the religious instinct, chur h and privilege were a~l e to play .for t it >ir own purposes. Religious in stinct is d finnd by the authors as thr ''deep, ohliqu cly expressed d esir.c of the partially awalccned DeLara Is or.e of the rare types man to become initiate in t hat scicnc of of men who not only ag:tates, but fights. For years he worked mind which h e dimly divines will man j . for the revolution. Again and agai n he r isked his life before pate him from the fear which is ignorthe revolt began. As a political refugee he was persecuted when ance, eradicate the r eflex mattcr-impuls 8 he sought sanctuary In America. He was imprisoned several t i mes which he c-alls passion, and make him In the United Statea. In the field altogether human, the supreme master of he fought w i th d i stinction. himself and his environment." Priest·raft and the church as an institution a,re attacked without mercy. The r ebel worker clung to hiH re1igion on the battlefield and the ingrained corrupti1m which fear ignorance and supersitition had wrought in bit Oienta.l caliber plucked victory frol!l his hamk, which were paralyzed for the working out of the cou.titu, tion' provisions by the thundering blutf of a pope'• mandate. Th the Ayutla revolution, with itt great �22 The Western Co.mrade . ccnstitution of 1857, establishing the Man Right over th e Property Hight, was robbed of adequate r esults. Of th e constitution th e writers say : "If you shall ask th e Mexican man of the p eople, lw he pNH:Pahl e peon tilling the fi elds, or skilled mec hanic in th e shop, or student in .the schools, or mim•r· toilin g in noisom e d epths, or fighter· with rifle at hal'k for th e fath erland and liberty-what is the d eep,.est desire of his hPa rt, his answer will be, 'The · <·onstitution of 1857. '" F or·pign int erference has ever been the bane of l\I exico-first Spain, later Fr·ance, the planting inter ests o f th f' South , and last, American Big Business. Diaz ' laur·ds as " railroad builder and rpaker of M cxico · ' a re shorn from him . Th e creation of the " Diaz :\l yt h ' . is att rihu tcJ to t he ccrlossal con cessions in whi<·h lall·ypr·s, cditor·s, politicians and preachers of Yarious nat if) nalitit·s \l't•r·t· shan~hold e rs-a "world {'Onspira<'y whi<·h d efamed and ·exploited th e common peopl e of l\l ex it·o fo r thirty-four y ears. • • ~ It was a mattPr of di1·id entl s." Tht• stor.v of thP t' l'ir·t ions of th e people under the Didator, t!H· plund c·r of their lands and th e s-elling of thr·m in to s htvt·r·y is Pnou~h to account for ~i ny number o f ,V<'a r·s of fighting as long as th e people have auy lighting hlootl Idt in t heir \'Pins. ''The agrarian d t'II!Ot'l'at·y oJ' :\Jt•X i"O \\'aS r·PdUt·t•d to the lowest slavery • • • a t t h<' hdt <'St of th e l:w<l sp('(:ulator and fh t' ehtn·d r.' ' 'J'!w l\fade ro disappointnH·nt t·btrified tlw p eople's minds. Prt•ssed out of it ·was a ne\1' r·r·y, "Viva Ia 'Tierra 1 Viva Ia Constitu.cion! " Th ey wou ld fight for ct·orwmie r·ror·ganization auclnot for a man henceforth. Th<' pt•r·s<'<'ution of th e Lihentl .Junta- the i\fagons, Villareal, Hi1·cm - und er th e Hoosevelt r egime is rP!ated, a nd r r cdit for its rducational work in Mexico :u:cord ccl '' Hegenerac ion.'' Memory is r efr eshed upon the part Roosevelt, that champion of righteousness, played in sentencing Mexico to pay a mill ion and a h alf dollars to th e Catholic Church in. Californi~ and over fo rty-thr·pp thousand annually in perpetuity. Th e cont iuuons revolt of the Mexican people against eeonomic slavery is differentiated from the comic opera r evol utions of t he Latin r epublics between the "ins" and th e '' outs. '' One wonders that there is any virile hl9od left in l\1cxico. Sadly the au t hors admit that the toll of war has almost swallowed up th e breed of Hidalgo. Tir e present r evolution speaks volumes for the te na~ ity a nd vitality of th e Mex-ican people. The history is brought down to the -'Usllrpation by I:J;,uer·ta . 'l'h l' democratization of th e land is r ecognized as the object for· which th r r ebels a re fighting...:.....an agr at·ia n r·evolution by the p eons. The manipulations hy the oil a nd <.:9mrn Prcial int et·ests are considered incid ental and inPvitahlt• complieatiohs, Big Business . et ernally seeking adYantage · out of every move of the proletariat. Of the industrial questions which, in a machine age, must tread on the heels of an agrarian democracy when won, the book does n()t de-~1; further than that the authors believe that, upon the .foundation of an agrarian democracy, an industriaf democracy must arise. lu the closing pages the young industrial · giant of discor·d I'aiscs its head in th e strikes of the Orizaba cotton mills and of Cannan ea. Th e b~ok has two distinct values: One, the clearing away of ,false ideas in regard .to Mexico and its people: the other, it . trips the glamour of benevolent motives .f roin th e d ealings with l\£exico of the United States and othet· count ries and ·pr~sents the stark truth that .Americ'an and w.erld capitalism has been ; and is, in league again t th e proletariat of Mexico for its owri sordid inter est. .\nd whHe the ::vrexican master class is depicted as t he most depraved and bloodthirsty in history, t he ~ocialist will see that the story of the Mexican pr·olctariat is in g r ea t er ot· less degree and in varying t.: ir;e umst'an ~·t'S the story of t he proletariat · in every t:ountry. There are wany fine photographic illustrations, and . th P splendid mastery of English and the fluent, r eadable style of :\'Ir. DeLam's collaborator, M't·. Pinchon, 111ake the hook one of sustained interest. It is a book for· the stml ent and the worker. '"fHE ~IEXl CAN PEOPT. . E; THEIR STRUGGLE J.'OR FREEDOM.'' By L . Guiterrez DeLara and Edg(·tunh Pinehon. Dou~lcday, Page & Co., $1.50.' A WAITER By Rose Paster Stokes 'l'he loug aUt] weary day I stand and waitAnd all the enning to the midnight hour: Th e rn en a rt> gay, the women beautiful ; They eat the food I dare but only smell, And drink th e wines I. may not hope to taste: Th ey mol'e a n eyelash or a haughty brow. Or lift a fin ge t· or a r a ucous voice, And I obey and give them. what th ey will. They drink and eat , and talk their empty talk \Vhilc I , pale, wea ry, statue-like and dumb. Stand waiting. 1 stand and wait, and ponder as I wait: For· you the leisure and th e wine of life; l•'oe you the glory and the fruit of love. For· us the hondu ge and t he bitter leas! For us ti re Yr nom of our love's d espair! And ?Ou-you fancy we shall long endure? No! not for·c,·er shall we Yes, sit· ; wineT 9 Por·t , sir - yes, sir ! I am pale and dumb: Tlfey chat t t>r' on; nor ever dream that we An• thinking- yes, and waiting for a time -The Masses. J nst waiting. �The W e s c e·r n Com r a d e Revolt Develops P·o et C AHL SANDBURG will be lucky if he succeeds in <•scaping the accusation that he is a "rising poet of' the revolution." That is usually wh ~t happens to ,.,.JH'Is who hurst into song. · ~and lmr·g was astonished when hE: found himself in tll,l' spotlight in Chicago r ecently when POETRY · pr·inted a gr·oup of his verses. The daily newspapers and press associations carried stories about th e amazing boldrwss of the man who called Chicago th e " Hog But!'her fo r the Wor·ld." Sandb\1rg will be heard from again, and · the world will lmow his worth. ln personal appearance this poet and stedgehammer writer is tall, almost gaunt, with a face that comma nds a ttention where seen. It cannot be described unl ess one might c-ompare it with one of Rodin's wonderful Citizens of Calais. It is a face thHt is hcantiful in its hom eliness, its st'rength and steruness. · When Ir e smiles one for·grts the other exprt•ssion a nd t hink s of ],conarrlo da Vinci "'' t liP Youthful Goethe. \\' ll<'ll l't•pr·rsentativPs of t iH• newspapers sought ~<IIH ihnrg-. aftl'l' th e· publication of his verses, he suhlll<' l'gt•d all til t> int c·ll rdual sid e of his li fr and cont•t•aled I ht• stor~· of his eoll cgc training,· and th e \\Tit ers dr·ew '' toiPrnhl ~· faithful pietlll'c of th,~ poet as a r·ugged hri,·k,vard toil r r· and a. railroad 0onstruction work er . Till'~' dt·st·r·ihed him correctly as a formr r· itiner·ant Ia hon·r· and on e-time soldier in Porto Rico. ~ nn dhm· g " 'flS Emil Seidel 's secretary during th e :-io,·ialist administration in Milwaukee. Tlrt·s<· seledions arc from th e verses printed in J'OETRY: . AT A WINDOW Give me hunger, 0 you gods that sit and give The world its orders. Give me hunger, pain and w~nt, Shut me out with shame and failure _.. From your doors of gold and fame, Give me your shabbiest, weariest hunger! .. But leave me a little love, -~ ,voice to spea.k to me in the day end.Jo~ftand to touch me in the dark room B aking the long loneliness. I ·x In the dusk of day-shapes Blurring the sunset, One litile wandering, western star Thrust out from the changing shores of shadow. Let m6 go to the windo\1;{, . ;;;. -v Watch there the day-shapes of dusk And wait ~!oDd know the coming · Of a ~ittle love. THE ROAD AND THE END · I ~hall ~oot it road}Vay in the dusk, Where siuipes of. h~ger wander And the ·fugitives of ·pain go by. Do~ 'the I shall foot it In the silence of the morning, See the night slur into dawn, Hear the .slow great winds arise Where tall tr.ees flank the way And ·shoulder ·toward the sky. The broken boulders by the road Shall not commemorate my ruin. Regret shall be the gravel under foot. I shall watch for Slim birds swift ·of wing That go where wind and ranks of thunder Drive the wild processionals of rain. The dust of the traveled road Shall touch my hands and face. • Those "lnalienable"IRights ~orn e "rights " which ar e alienated whenever Slll'lt artion is n ecessary to th e convenience and comfort or you r masters. All "natural" rights. Freedom of speech. Frredom of th e press. Peaceful assemhlag·e. To bear arms. To trial by jury of your peers . To hold political opinions. To rrgard your borne as your castle. Pursuit of happiness. _, Life. Liberty. E. d'O. �24 The Western Comrade Man's Ot:igin and Destiny By T. W. HEINEMAN Sciectific--Dramatic--Allegoric Introductory 1'he myster·y of existence! \Vhen.ce and wherefore cam1~ w•· h,, ,... ? Whither are we goingf These questions ha V(' sinee thQusands of yea.r s hotly burned in evm·y thoughtful human breast. The var·ious n·lig ions of the world may be d~ignated as effo rts to ex plain by assigning_ supernatural actions. Brrt sir11·e ahot~t 300 years a degree of liberty to in1·Pstigatc a long rational and scient ific lim·s li as hPt'll ohtainl'd , and along these lines I•'ath (•r Tirn•· , ~ ! au and t he Genius of History, are, in 1hi' folloll'ing verses, r·P prt~se nt ed as seeking and fi11<lin g- a ~nhstant i a l solution: · Ent ,.,.: Fat hPr· Tin11 ~. :\Ian ( Ho·pr·.. s .. nting Mankind ). ThP (; .. nins of llistor·y. MAN Ett·rn1rl Tint!'' l11•a r· rny apJH'al. :\fy past . nry t'ut urt•, tu n ·vNtl; That \l'ith nron• (·onfitl PIIt'(' I rnay llt•n•·•·for·th pnr·sn e life's wondrous way . FATHER TIME H1H'k -st rata teach you how t he eart h To Ia nd and ·wat er· first ga vc birth; 'l'h1•n hnw lift• 's fon· e has r e-arranged Ato111s, •·P IIs, organs; how forms changed, llow plants antl cr·t·n tur·cs, high and low, Fro111 sin g le cells hpgnn to g row. 'l'lren, when al'l'i l'l'U yo ur· r ace erect, With evcr-gro'w ing intellect, Cr·afts, la ngua gl:', war·s. r eligious, t r ade, ()j' g'l'OUJlS, hor·tJ\•S. I rih\'S, g reat natiOnS made. 'l'hus ran your past ; your iutu r·e fat e In detail 1 rannot n·latl'. But lf in happiness an'\:1 healt ir . Your ntl'P would J't'IIJ) this plauet's wealth Then banish violence and deceptio.ns, Open your mind to these conceptions. I n what the head and hand prepare Let each, as he contributes, share. Let naturP 's bounty be for all And not the individ uals t hrall Nor laws, nor nrlers O\'Pl't·earh 'l'he equal freedom due to each. To ~ake .this earth your 'P aradise, · Str·ive to be always kind, ju ~t, wise. MAN But Tim e, to many who do strive By useful labors to survive, L ife's gifts ar·e toil and po1·erty, Few joys, but mostly misery ; Yea, IHetched millions suffer, weep, Do\\;n in the'lr degr adation deep. Por· them ''twere better far to be As happy as a re brutes, as free Fr·om <;a r·king cares and bitter· sorrows, As f r ee from dread of dire tomorrows, Wherto g r·eed and cunning cannot spoil Tir e j ust resu lts of honest toil. FATHER TIME 0 ~fau , the eh ild· of Life and Time, Enclo\\·rcl with facu lties sublime, Not ouly ran you under·stand Drep rnystrries of sea and land , Bnt Natu r e's everlasting force Aud infinitely great r esource; You r· industry and intellect Jlave power· to use and to direct, Life to proloug an~ joys to gain, High er id eals to a ttain, ~t\ nd out of lifeless, shapeless things Your art its gems of beauty brings. MAN Time. t hes\' advantages acc ru e t hus fa r , on earth, to but a few; For power to kill and to destroy Counts mo're than .means for life and joy. Rud•' fo r·ee and error blindly reign \Yhil e hypocrites in power r emain, and tainted wealth and rul ers high Ca u law a-~cy defy. \\'hil e platform. press, school, pulpit, state, Pervert the truth to :nut th e Great, Y l:'t dare p rofess, 0 g r·eatest shame, To do theso? things in Jesus ' name! �The Western Comrade Look, nations proud of Christian order Train fifteen million men for murder; Unchecked by law the cunning take What industry and genius make, While those in power self but seek, Kings, rulers, with corruption reek. No wonder, then, that goodness dies And evil-doing multiplies; That,Right and Truth are forced to hide · While Wrong and Falsehood boldly stride ; That gilt depravity prevails, And truer, noblrr manhood fails. THE GENIUS OF HISTORY Throughout all history I trace ?If omentous changes in :\'Ian 's race, By "·hich all unjust powers wane, \\'hil r Frcf•dom. Truth and Justice gain. ln rrrasing- kno \\'l t'Llgr radiates iight To (•urc rnankind of t'!Tor's blight; Tim r -h ono r·Pd \\TOn~s :ue losing hold, Hude fol'(·P, sly c·u1ming, are less bold. And as ma n gro\\'s more l\ind, just, \rise, Earth wi ll hr<'Olllr that Par·adise \Vh cre Truth , where Justice n e,·er fai ls, \\'h ere noh iPst manhood e 'rr preY ails. (Ex r unt. ) (Copyright applied for. Permission to copy will be freely granted by the author upon application.) Colonists Demonstrate Co-operation (Continu ed from Page 17) th eir stock to th e best advantage, th e company undertakin g to assist th em in this. 1; nd er this system it is expect ed that a large tract of land 1.11ay be brou ght to a high state of cultivation , gr·ratly enhancing its value and ·earning capacity. Land purchased at a low price, cleared, cultivated, irriga t ed and planted in permanent crops becomes of gTeatly increased value. Th e work, so fat· carri ed out on the land, has been hy th e use of mod e1·n methods and machine1·y that f•nables th e colonists to work on a large scale. Intensive culti,·ation on a wide scale is th e plan of those who are engaged in th e enterprise. ·~ro bring thousands of ac 1·es of land in this valley under culti\'ation and ·to plant a vast number of deciduous fruit t l'l'rs and b1·ing th em into bearing, where th e earnings ll' ill be even greater t hHII that of o1·a nge lands, is the l1ope of the colonists. But back of all this practical work lies the dream of th e men and wom en who arc striving to establish a •·.olo ny that sh!l ll not only free them from capitalistic ,25 exploitation, but will show the world that co-operation . can be put into aetual practice, and that it is not a mere word with no practical meaning. Plans for life in the city contemplate a great social center around which will be gathered the life of .the colony. Near this center will be gathered the factori~s and the schools in close communication, for vocational training will occupy a large place in the curri~u]um of the educational. department. · In the so~ial center will b e established the offices, library, theate~:s, l_e cture halls, assembly rooms, motion picture thea~er , p.ul:ilic ):laths, billiard halls, and rooll}s for otber r ecr eations, sports and. pastimes. For this center , surrbunded by the dwellings of tl1e city, "a s ction. ·of land, onf' 1nile squ a~e, will be set aside, and tb)s wm be intersected· by parked bol.de· vards, all rum~ing to the center. On the land near at hand there is a large amount of lim estone rock suitable fo r. making lime and cement Jn the mountains th ere is an abundance of timber · which can be secur·<!rl from t he Government at very low price. This, comb~ed with the labor of the colonists, will enable them to build their city at a cost. PXtrcmely. low, as compared with t he exp enses of const ru ction elsewhere. a Dayal and Bryan-Agitators (Continued f rom Page 12) a r·e unable to read or write! Such people are easy to go vern, and it is to the interest of governors to keep them such. Bryan also quotes from thf' " Indian World/' a Calr·utt.a magazine, which says: ''When the English came to India this co11ntry wa.'> the leader of .Asiatic civilization and the indisputed center of light in the Asiatic world. Japan was nowher e. Now, jn fifty years, Japan has revoluti<1nized her history, with the aid of modern a1·ts of progress, and India, with 150 ,VPHI'S of English rule, is still condemned to tutelage." Could there he a more convincing illustration of the grt>at , historically-proved truth that to rule people against th ei1· will is to rnin th em Y But let us not forgPt t hat those who wilfully submit to such self-ruin a rP, at least , fully as blameable. 1t is Dayal 's supreme \'irtue that he is not one of t.hose. As to what th e Hindus · must do, only one course sP('ll'lS open to them. In common with th e rest of us they must, som ehow or other, kick off th eir rider. ~ o m e how OJ' other they must get rid of th e leech· that drains their blood. '!'hat th r rider will dismount in obedience to entreaties is t o me unthinkabl e. That the IPre h"' will let go of his own volition .J. cannot · believe. I shoul d soone1· expect Hnert a to resign, th e victim of -J ohn Lind 's eloquence. �The Western Com r ade 26, Is ·Your Income $4800 a Year? By H. I"'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ ARROLL J. BARRETT D. WRIGHT estimated the value of the average worker's annual product at $2400. The average annual 7 ; wage in this country this year is '$610. But that's only, half the story. Th e comp. etitive system automatically _creates a vast army of super~uous 'n on• ~=-~~-il~ prollurrr'S- tra veling salesmen, lawyers, advertising men, 1:ollection agencies, insurjtnce men, real rstatP and investm ent brokers, · promuters, loan broker·s and loan shar·ks and fifty-seven varieties of solicitor·s. Add to this th e multitude engaged in pandering to thP plutoer~u·y 's demand for luxuries. Now what efft>d will th e pstahlishrnPnt of th e Co-operative Commonwt•alth havP unon this scene of mad ·chaos, this veritahll' nightmart! of misguid ed expenditure of effort , of futilt· PXert ion of energy? Equality of irH'orne will pr·ornptly halt the activities of those now PngagPd in producing useless luxuries for the wralthy: a vast army in the aggregate. Furthermore, butlrr·s, private chauffeurs, valets, French maids -all this superHuous assemblage will he set to some useful and more dignified task. Abolition of competition will obviate the necessity for the employm ent of the millions of outside salesmen and solicitors and others whose wages are now tack ed on to the price of every product we purchase. If a man needs a certain commodity he can go and buy it; it won't be forced upon him by some salesman who would far rather be engaged in creative labor than in sp ending his days wander ing disconsolately from door to door seeking to pry a few dollars loose from some u nwary victim . We shall need only abmit a third of the clerks and inside salesmen we now employ. Thbmas A. Edison has pointed out that competition creates three times as many retailers as we need. Under co-operative ownership, nine-tenths of the civil lawyers will find a mor e useful field for their efforts. Litigation and "the law's delay" will be things of the past. As the majority of crimes are economic in motive, cr iminal lawyer·s will find their ranks much r educed. · Promoters, wit h their· corps of.,.stock salesmen, will van ish from the face of t he globe. Collectors, insurance solicitors, loan brokers, loan sharks and the vast majority of real estate men will, like Othello,' find their occupations ·gone. What then will be th e final net result ? Mer ely that a ll these proplr will be gently· but firmly induced to · C. will engage in some activity which be of direct benefit to the community. Th~y will become producers. For one thing, we need more farmers and more in. tensive f~rming. The Departm·ent of Agriculture has just: announced that for every hundred acres now under cultivation in this country, we have three hundred and seventy-liv-e acres which should be tilled. Plainly the cost of living will imJDediately dt·op to a half .Qr a third Its present rate, and the $2400 which Vv right figure~ was the annual value of each .worker 's product wiT! pr.omptly double or triple in purchasing power . . The final upshot will g'e that every one of us can afford to live on a scale now enjoyed by the man rPeeiving from $4800 to $7200 per year. .. Co· o.perative Farming F AR!\IIING is no longer a hereditary occupation, but a scientific, systematic business, which requires the undivided attention of experts. This is clearly brought out by ·Charles W. Holman, who has written a valuable artiele for La Follette's, in which he does away with tlw milkmaid, barnyard and chanticlee·r effect, and leaves the reader with the idea that modern farming i" a p1·actical industry. 'fhe causes and results he states as follows: Modern machinery must be purchased, best stock must be obtained, and best prices received, and this necessitates organization. There are communities in the United States where the farmers have formed in associations and selected association managers, each farmer dealing • specifically in one product, thus becoming an expert and producing the best results. Through this association machinery is bought, gangs of laborers worked from one farm to another, products marketed to t he lwst advantage of the association, thereby doing away with the present middleman, giving a better price to the far·mer for his products, and more standardizing goods to the consumer, also at a cheaper price. Because of the better price to .the farmer the needed stimulant to th e farming classes is supplied. Hol!nan says that fa r mers are men, and as men must solve their problems, and the sometimes proposed remedy of subsidy is not what they need. 'rhat the cry of the agricultural colleges "make two blades grow where one grew before, " namely, greater production, is not the entire problem, but the distribution of the product, and today this is being solved by the Am erican farmer through co-operation. G. H. �The Western Comrade A Product (Continu ed f rom P a ge 14) 'rhe farmer raised his gun menacin gly, and either by accident or design, pulled the trigger, inflicting a flesh wound. Mike retu rned the .fire, but missed his target and wounded a str ay dog passing on the r oad. To save himself, he fi r ed again and t he man f ell. Mike looked at t he man, t hen passed over t o the wound ed dog. Kneeling in the dust he tried to stop t hr flow of blood. " Poor little devil," he said, " I didn 't mean t o hurt _vou. '' A steady r ed stream, fl owing f r om· the wmmd on Mik r 's arm. m ingled with the dog's life-blood. Tlw dog dit·d lick ing Mike's hand. Thr man at the house wriggled around on t he pon:h. feebly cursing, th en he died. Two months later i\fike died on th e gallows. ~oc · irty was vindicated. :-;1 pc·l trust expe rts are figu ring how to increase profits $10,000,000 by incr easing "efficiency " of employes. Why deviate f rom the old, t ried and effective method of r educing their wages 10 cents a day 1 T he steel workers ' organizations have all been destroyed and th ey w ill mak e n o protest. \Vhy hesitate u n less t hat 10 cents wou ld cause starvation to r edu ce effic· ir ney 1 Is t hat the answer? We want Socialists to buy our Uni on-made products. Union cond itions in Industries means shorter houra, and shorter houra mean MORE SOCIALISTS. · Men's beat quality cotton sox in black, tan or black with white feet, postpaid, 6 pair........'............................$1 Men's finest quality lisle thread sox In black, tan, ox blood, steel gray or pure white, postpaid, 6 pair $1.50 Ladles' finest quality cotton stockings, black, tan or black with white feet, postpaid, 6 palr..........................$1 Ladlet ' extra heavy cotton stockings, 5 pair..................$1 ·Children's stockings, postpaid, 6 palr................................$1 ' Bell br'a11d collars, posfpald, 1 dozen ............~ .................$1.50 Men•ir working shirts, blue chambray, heavy drill khaki, black sateen, each ................................................50c Men's fancy n·e gligee shirts, latest styles, each ...: ..........$1 Ne.~ktles, knitted, _50c values, each ....................................25c Garters, for men, .women and children, per. palr..........25c W r ite for catalogue of many other artlclei. The company offera $25 in cash to the Socialist Branch or Local · whose members have purchased the largest number of Bell Brand Collara-these are the only collars made under uni on cond itions. The stockholders of th i s company are all niemb;e rs . of· t he Vo4,Prklng class. Mutual Union Trading Co. Postal Telegraph Building, 9 Board of Trade Court, Chicago, Illinois You will confer a favor by saying you saw our adv. in the Western Comrade when ordering goods. The first machine shop established at Rancho Llano del Rio was a small affair, where most of the work was done out of doors. Here repairs were made of agricultural lmplementa and transportation machinery. The veraatllity of the colonists is a source of continual surprise. �The Western Comrade 28 ;;c·JeiH:e, anG ~cipio tinall~r ap proached the foreman: Entered as second -class matter at the ' 'Look yeah, boss,'' he said, earnpost office at L os Angeles, Cal. estly, "did 1 tell yo' what mah namE' 924 H iggins Build ing, Los Angeles, Cal. was when I started in to wo 'k 1" Subscription Price One Dollar. a Year "\Vhy, yes," answered the foreIn Clubs of Four Fifty Cents man, wonderingly . "You said it Job Ha rriman, Managing Ed itor was Thompson." Frank E. Wolfe, Editor "Dat's j es' what 1 did, boss. No.3 July, 1914 Vol. 2 Oat 's .1es what I did. But I was - - - · - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - afraid dat yo' don e gone made a OH, CORK IT! A glue fattor·y, one of Southern rn is takP an' fink it w ~s Ram son!'' California's boasted industries, -QUICK SOLUTION . stands near· a certain suburban railAil e~n of th e fif~'i1 gra~e wo~·t·i cd way. ] t s charms ar·e not for the nose, and tlw ~·p f'on · a woman always over her ma th emati cs unttl Juha of tlr l' sixth camP to tlw rescue. ('arried with hpr· . wlr Pn passing th is " Let's see," sa id Julia. "' Compa r·p point, a bot! le of -la n·nder salts. ·:J. tPnths, 40 one-hundt·r>dtlrs and ..J.OO On e rnor·ning un old r·au cher took a onP-thousandths. ' Now , if you cut seat besid e IH·r·. As !ht• tr·aill neared ·ur apple into lt•n parts arid tlrPn took the factory the woman opened the fo ur parh, ami nrt anoth r r· applt' 'r.t o onl·-lrundrPd parts and toolt :Salts. Soon th e whol e t·ar was filled orty parts, and tlr~n cut anoth er with the horTihle odor from tht•- fa c- ·tppll' int o on1· t lrousarrd parts aud tory . Th e rnnt·hPr erHltii'Pd it as took foil!' lnrndrPd , what would you long as lw r·ou ld . allll then lrr I"'\'(' •I • ' Aiii' I' U, "A pple :shouted : THE WESTERN COMRADE ~43 "Madam, would you mimi putt in ' th e co rk in that 'ere bottle! " FRUGALITY REWARDED A California editor· who star·ted about twenty. years ago with only !"i5 cents has retired worth $100,000. His accumulation of wealth is owing to his efficiency, frugality, good hahit.s, strict attention to husiness, and the fact that an uncle diPd and left him the sum of $99.999. A JSUMAN DUPLEX ' l\Jr·s. · Newrich ( who had adver- The Los Angeles-Citizea A Labor paper that never backs down, a Labor paper that always goes ahead ON THE STRAIGHT ROAD! The Citizen is known from Coast to Coast as the best trade union paper the nation has. The Citizen brings to you each week an average of mor-e than 12 pages of news and inspiration and education concern·ing organized labor. Edited by STANLEY B. WILSON 'I'he Citizen is edited by Stanley B. Wilson, one of the nation's Big· Men of Labor! His edjtorials are as widely copied all over the country as are the editorials of any other Labor fighter today. That is the sure test of quality. Others know that what ·wilson writes is THE REAL THING ! There's an inspiration and a breadth of view in the writings of this man seldom found in the work of editorial writers. In n.o other paper can you get the WILSQN EDITORIALS! Subscribe to The Citizen today! The Citizen will come to you for a .;a lt(·P ~ • · whole year-52 big issues-for one dollar. Wrap a bill· in a sheet of OFF AT BUFFALO pap er and mail it. Get a money orTh1• ship dodor· of a lin f' r _11otified der if you prefer; or send a check. It thP stl~ \\·ard. an lri slrrnan , that a all goes. BUT DO IT NOW! The Citizen, P. 0. Box 135, Los Angeles, 111an had diPd in stater·oom 4fl. Thr Cal. usual irr!-itrw·tions to hav e tiH· body No skinning. One price to all. prt•part>t'l for hur·ial we r·p gin·n. C. A. WILSON ~OillP hours latpr· the doctor peeped The Watchmaker and Jeweler at . the Union Labor Temple, 532 Maple Avenue, into the room and found tlw hody Los Angeles. is a union watchmaker. was still tlrt·n·. ff r ealled the lr·ishALL PRICES RIGHT U. S. W . V. Roosevelt Camp No. 9, man's attention to thP matte~ and L 0. 0. F. No. 150 Louisiana, K. of P. the latter replied: No. 186 Louisiana. '' T thought you said r·oom 46. I "It's In the Mountains" wint to that room ami notieed wan THE B. C. FEDERATIONIST ow thim in a hunk. ' Are ye dead ?' Finest labor paper in Canada. R. Parm t ised for a pianist ) -8o you are the says I. 'No, · says h P , 'hut T'm pretty Pettipiece, managing editor. Address mu src teacher that answerrd rny nt•a r· tit• ad.· So 1 buri ed him. ' · Labor Temple, Vancouver, B. C. adve r t isement?· Pianist-Yes, ma 'an1. Mrs. Newriclr-W ell. sit down and p lay a coupl e of dut>ts. so that I ran . Managing Editor 1 see what you can do. I Edwin Ellis Carr The MISTAKEN IDENTITY Du rin g a building trade strike a n egro was persuadt>d tQ act as a stt·ikebt·eaker. He was instructed to cany some heayy planks to build a bart·icadc. Eaeh suc<.'t>SSI\'e p lank ..,.. Wl'ighed h cavip r· than a hatl t•on- Christian Socialist 5457 DREXEL AVE. .__ Chicago, Ill. $1.00 a Year Club of Four $2.00 Twice a Month CHAS. L . BRECKON Business Mgr. . . () Irwin Tucker I Ed1t0r1aJ · S ta ff c. 1 ( Thomas Hall Charles Edwartt_ Russell The Federal Census of 1910 gives the religious population of the country at 82,417.147; the Protestant population is placed at 65,415,241. These constitute available and absolutely necessary material for the propaganda of Socialism. The Chri st ia n Socialist is edited in terms that makes special appeal to just this class of people. Send 2c Stamp for sample. �Tbe Western Comrade , Rebuilt Tvoewriters AN AID TO MDIO:B.Y Telephone Home A.-t5U M. E. Johnson, who is, during dayFrom $fo Up Low Rental Rates light hours, a cunning capitalist by 'TYPEWRITER SERVICE CO. confession, and during nocturnal A-2591 138 8. Broadway BdwY. 3810 Los Angeles wandering a raving red by profes- HARRIMAN & RYCKMAN . Attorneys at Law 921 IDgglns Building Los Angeles, Cal sion, is at all times a good story THE JONES BOOK STORE Broadway 1693 F-1691 teller. To impress on an editor the 226 West First St., Los Angeles, Cal. A. R. HOLSTON . possible penalty for failure to re~Headquarters for the best Socialist At.torney at Law turn a lent book, Johnson told this books and literature. 331-2 Douglas Building Los .Angeles, Cal. F-5849 one. Main 1407 A lawyer, visiting 11J1 in ·ane asyThis Stands for CHARLES 0. MORGA~ lum, m.e t an intelligent inmat:l who the Best in Contold a cogent and convincing story . Attorney and Counselor at Law and Notary Public fections, CreaJDs of incarceration by mercenary, 1010 California Building, Corner Second . and Ices -:- -:~ sc heming r elatives. · and Broadway The lawyer 427 SOUTH SROADWAY promised to obtain the man's re- Home Phone A 3913 Los Angeles, Cal. lease, and the two walked 'to a gate DRESSER PHOTO CO. togeth er, wh en suddenly the attor- Home F-2164' Lantern Slides Notary Main 7618 Copying Made and Exhibited Enlarging ney received a terrifi c . kick that GOLDMAN cl SHAPIRO Kodak Finishing-Free Developing Attorneys at Law landed him sprawling 1n the nliddle Ma11 Orders · 537-8-9 Douglas Building of th e highway. 230lh SOUTH SPRING ST. 3rd and Spring Sts. Los Angeles, Cal1fornia . Pho ne A-2298 Los Angeles, Cal. " What's that fod" asked the Harr-y A. Goldman . Chalm Shapiro ~stonish e d lawyer, from his lowly seat in the street. Phone Douglas 3666 KIRK & KIRK ' ' That, '' said the nut, solemnly Attorneys at Law and impressively beating time with H. SLIKERMAN 501 Spreckels Theater Building Attorney at Law au rxtended index finger; ''That is, San Diego, Calif. Pacific Bullding, ~oom 631 LEST YOU FORGET!" San Francisco, Cal. Eve ry evening till 6. Sundays 11 to 12 ALL IS MYSTERY Oscar-WINBURN-Charles Compliments of THE WORKINGMAN'S LAWYERS Two negros bought a piece of 700 San Fernando Bldg., Los Angeles JAMES R. TOWNSEND por·k , and Sam, having no place to Phone A-3638 pn t his share, trusted it to Henry's Suite 712, San Fernando Bulldlng NOTARY PUBLIC Fourth and Main Streets keeping. They met the next night Los Angeles, Cal. and Heury said: "A strange thing 100 Per Cent Settlement don e happen at mah house las' night, Home A 2003 Main 619 JOSHUA E. YOUTZ Sam. All is myst 'ry to me.'' In urance Underwriter " \\' hat ' dat ~ " 360 I. W. Hellman Building Los Angeles, Cal. Tel. A -4559 \ " W ell, Sam," explained Henry, Phones: Sunset Main 8400, Home 10711 ED. WINFIELD Halftone Photo Engraver· and Zinc Etcher Color Engravings Record Building, 612 Wall St. .-\ fi ne of :j;i>OOO hns been inflicted on ·n trad e union feder·ation in ~ ew · Z··alnnd on Ht"count of th e all eged insul t in g of a . tr·ik !'hrea kers ' lead~ r. On e hudd<-t·s nt I hE' thought of WhAt mu. t ha ve U!'en th e penalty if ·nmt> rude t rik et· ha d hroken the · ·t rikebt•eA I\ er hea d wit h a dornick. sol emnly, " dis mawnin' I go down in de eellar for to git a piece of hawg for breakfast, an ' I put my han' down in de brine an' f eels roun ', but dey ain't no po 'k dar-all gon e ; so I tu 'n up de bar'! , an' , Sam, suah as preaehin ', de rats had done et a hole el 'ar froo de bottom of dat bar ') an' dragged de meat all out." Sam was petrifi ed with astoni shment fo 1· a moment and th en said: ' \Yhv didn t de hrine run outen de . hole Y" \\'ell. yo ee, Sam," replied Henry " dat 's de myst 'ry." ·- • Room 26 A. J. STEVENS Dentist 307 South Broadway Los Angeles, Cal. JOHN HERMAN, B. SC. Assayer and Chemist I do not guaranteed satisfactlo" I guarantee accuracy 25211.: South Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. Phone A 2299 All Work Done In Duvllcate William Francia Seeman, registered patent attorney and ml'!chanlcal engineer, successor to Arden & Seemann, 416-17-18 Citizens' Bank Building; patents all countries; specializing Intricate aDd difficult mechanical, chemical, electrochemical and metallurgical cases. F 5743, Main 9474. Insurance, all kinds. P. D. Noel, 921 Higgins Bldg., Los Angel&L �· L aw·. .Schol·a rship VAL.U ED AT 00 Given 4bsolutely Free !!! 4dv~rtise Our Sch~ol Costs You Nothing Now, or Later, .If You Act Immediately! THIS OFFER IS UttiiTED, SO WRITE TODAt'-QIJICKl DO~T DElA¥1 Get this moat liberal offer before it ia too late. This Free Scholarship brings you a thorough legal training for almoat nothing-tuition aurpriaingly low. We are making tbia liberal offer for advertising purposes and may withdraw it at any time, so burry!! If you act at once we will 'give you a Scholarship, valued at $100.00, ab•olately FREE. Do not fail to get the facts at once. Send the free coupon at bottom of this page immediately for full particulars. COSTS NOTHING TO INII£STIG4T£l Don't be backward. To wrife your name and address on the coupon below will Nobody will call on you or bother you in any way. . We will aend you full not coat you a cent. \· particula'r s of this ultra liberal Free Schola,..hip offer, also our FREE BOOK explaining bow to master the law at home during your spare moments-how ~000.00 a year is within your reach if you will study law. Don't put aside this paper until you have filled in the coupon and mailed it to us. Mail it n.ht now-TODAY. ,.---------------~ Guarantee: ~'!_.....,.aatee to c:oacb FREE aDJ' ,.,.aduate failin1r to pa.. the bar esamioetlan. Our Caane caYera all .brancb<to of American Law and includea oame atudleo ao leadina law acb-la. \ Your Home ~ llnillersityl �r The Weste.rn Comrade '31 Colonists-Wanted ·'"' DEL·RIO. in the AnL LANO telope Valley·. ·Los Angeles County.. California.. needs 900 single men and women and married men and their families. This is an opportunity of a lifetime to solve the problem of unemployment and provide for the future of yourself and children. 'We have land and water.. machinery and experts for every department of production. No experience as. an agriculturist needed. Men and women of nearly all useful occupations in demand. Every member a shareholder in the enterprise . • For full particulars address Mescal Water and Land Co. JOB HARRIMAN. President 924 Higgins Building, 2nd and Main Streets _Los Angeles, Cal. (See article on pages 16 and 11 of thie maga,zine) �r 32 The ,Western Comrade \ \ Laboring PeopleRead This Letter! This Strong Letter Endorses the Saving Certificates Issue~ by This Bank $100 Saving Certificates ar~ sold. on the easy payment plan of $2 a week for fifty weeks, and the c a 1~~Ol._R,.a • •· · ~ Bank Makes the First Payment for You - . Thousands of these Saving Certifi.c.ates have been sold the past two months-thousands of people have a~pr~ciated the fact that not only are these-Certificate a Wise mvestment, but an easy, sure way to save $iOO. . • LABOR MEN-Investigate this plan. Call or write for information. Sa:vtnAs 3' Bank ,y Spring and Fourth Sts. "AT ower 0 f St "'th'' rene � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Wolfe E.dgcumb Pinc}:lon Rob Wagner and others GREAT ARTICLES - -ON------ CO-OPERATION ,.I I �The Western Comrade 2 Get in the Swim!. It's Time to Take. Her to . the. ~ Beach! · . Make a -h it-with one of Bill Hunter's classy up-to-date su·m mer suits for $15 Hunter's clothing is famous for efficient workmanship, excellent material and superior cut. Save money, make a good appearance and have the satisfaction of ~nowing your clothes are the last word in style and finish. Our cutters and tailors are the highest paid and best workmen in the land. Remember, we ·guarantee satisfaction to every customer. Full line of stylish haberdashery. Always the latest and best at the lowest price. · Don't take any more chances! Come in and get a new straw hat-try a snappy panama! We have pleased you for years and we will continue to please you! We are proud of our new store and want every worker in So. California to give us their custom. ·w._Hunter & Co. 540 S. Spring St., Los Angeles , �3 The Western Comrade \ Laboring People-Read This Letter! This Strong Letter Endorses the Saving Certificates Issued by This Bank 1jf'ot nia B:Uk M:k~\h~ fifu;··p~;;~~ forsol~You Ca Sa:vtn;.s Bank $100 aving .Certificates are sold on the easy payment 11 Thousands of these Saving Certificates· have been the past two months-thousands of people have a_pprecmted the fact that not only are these Certificates a wise investto save 100. LABOR MEN-Investig~te this plan. Call or write for information. ~Y 3' ••A Tower of Streu11tb•' e �The W -e s t e r n Comrade 4 P~blishers' Announcement ·T HE !~MANUEL .JULIUS · Comrades of the West! Give your magazine-The WESTERN COMR~DE -- your entboslasllc support. WESTERN COMRADE has fought nobly. It will continue to fight. Against tremendous odds, Emanuel · J uliu~> as manager and one of the editors of this publi- cation, kept The Western· Comrade above the high water mark, enabled the bills to be met as bills should be met, aud gave the workers of the West a magazine to be proud of. Emanuel Julius and Chester M. \Vright, through their tirel<'SB rfforts, marked a ne'lv era in Socialist journalism. . Emanuel Julius has turned over his magazine to ne\\· l1ands. It is taken " ·ith a clean slate. Looking over his rer·n·cls, we do not find a ·single unpaid bill. Indeed, is this not _ r<'IHarkable ~ The printers, engravers, mailers, artists, fold<'l'B, binders and others have received every penny due them. Emanuel Julius is not only an efficient editor and a wonderful \\Titer but a business man of keen ability. \i\T e "·ill be satisfied if future issues of The Western Comradr maintain the high literary standards attained by Emannd .Julius and Chester M. Wright. And, when we announce our polic~· it is only fair to say that we shall not bring· in a liP\\. phase for treatment but merely emphasize '\\·hat Comrade Julius and Wi'ight have already treated. The co-operatiYe idea is "taking" in this part of the comltr.'·. It was first expounded in The 1Vestern Comrade. It is ou t.'· natural that we shall use this medium, as we desire, a bon' all things, to advance the co-operatives. "11ere coopPration "·as a part of The Western Comrade's policy, und<'r Emanuel Julius' and C:hester M. vVright 's regime, we shall mRke it THE polir~· of the present publishers. That is thr onl.'· difference. ,,.e sha ll strive to print the best fiction obtainable. Poetr.'· of a high order will _be given its place. Book reviews. articles on Socialism, editoriRls on current e'\·ents will all be gin~ n t hrir proper place. ,v\T-r are positiye· that The \V rstcrn Comrade \Yill be of great interest to the vVestern \YOrker:::;. They will find much in the magazine that will touch their immediate environmcntf-'. The~· will be proud.. of The 1\T estern Comrade, just as wr ar<· proud of the magazine as it \Yas. �The Western Comrade 5 --------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Job ·narriman 'Wants you to read his article in this issue of The 'Western Comrade. He has a great message for labor. Study his theory of practical co-operation. Everybody knoW's that Harriman has alW'ays had the interests of labor at heart. His article, ""The G~teW'ay: :to Freedom," tells ~hat he beli~ves labor should do. Read his article. Get · Discuss it. ur friends to read it. �6 , The Western Comrade Gateway to Freedom By JOB HARRIMAN LL down the centuries, the workers have been struggling for freedom. The creators have aspired for a system of society wherein they would enjoy a measure of ha ppin ess. Th e' producers have always desired a day when labor would rid itself of parasites in human form wl;o _live off their labor. History has been the record of those wl]o have fought for fr·cedom. They hav e battled for Peligious, intellectual and political freedom. After generations of suffe rin g, they have obtained th e right to think as they pl(·asr. Thry have ft·ecclom of thou ght, they (lave political fr eedo m and religious freedom, but the worst slavery of all sti ll exists. I rcfcl' to eco nomic slavery . The gr·cat st ru ggle that faces men today is the stru ggle for reo nomic f r·eedom, to have the. right of access to the sources of li fe. So long as th e machines, the land, the tools and the other means of produ ction are owned by one class to the detriment of another, so long will t he wor ker·s be industrial and eco_nomie slaves. Th e time has come for the workers to become the owners of the lan d and the tools. Th e time has com e for action, not fo r argument. \Ve want r esults 1 OW, not in the distant futur·e. Here is the gateway to f reedom! Deep down in the· heat·t of 90 per cent of OUt' people who hav e reached maturity th er e is an ever-pt'esent dread of failure, or l.oss of work , and a desir~ to get ''back to the land.' ' All that prevents this great mass of people from r eturning to th e land is th e knowledge of the hardships, and th e long up-hill struggle which such a life entails, and the ex pense of pl'ocurin g. wat er and labor necessary to cultivate th e land on the individual or "small farm" scale. Anoth er great obstacle is th e lack of edu cational facilities for th e children and of the comforts and co nveniences of city life, such as medical and hospital treatment, access to .libraries, lectures, educational meetings, etc. The Mescal Water and Land Company was fo r·med with one object particularly in mind. That was to organize and in corporate in such a way as to insul'e to the . stockholders and th eir families_ all th e f reedom, . independence, character building i~ftu en ces, and other natural advantages of country life, combined .with th e most modern facilities for their education , entertainment, comfort and care. · -With this idea ever in vi!lw, all the details have been worked out in a hard-headed, ·business-like manner, with the result that th e plan herein briefly outlined is 11'!!!!!!!!!!!'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 both practical and sound, and presents opportunities to the average man never -before offered. '~h e re is no exaggeration in this description. It is a plain, conservative statement of conditions as th ey exist . Inq ed it would 'be difficult to exaggerate the . nat~al advantages of this beautiful tract of land. To see it is to long to enter into possession of it. Because of most p eculiar circumstances surrounding the paSt management and ownership the company has been able to SeC'!Jr e this great .tract of valuable land on t erms tpat would appea r unbelievable iri this day of in cr easing land values. Th e stockholders will share in this adv1!.ntage. 'l'he l\fes~al Water and Land Company is organized as a private corporation, with power to do ever"ythin g necessary to develop and hold a large body of land for the benefit of the stoekholders who p erfo rm the· developm ent labor th er eon. The Land Th e property of this corpqration is located in th e fe rtil e Antelope Valley, about sixty miles . from the city of Los Angeles. It is in Los Angeles county and is about midway between Palmdale and Victorville, ncar t he mountains on th e so uth ern side of the valley. Th e pl'operty lies fo r th e most part between Big Rock creek and Mescal creek, on the plain below and running up to the base of the mountains that form a magnificent watersh ed and are snow-capped for seven months of the year. Th e soil is decomposed granite, of unknown depth. Climate • Th e a \·erage elevation is about 3,500 fe et. Th e elevation , com bin ed with the close proximity to the mountains, gi,:e a healthful climate where the l' XtrPmes a re not so notieeahle as they are on the southern slope of th e range. Th e summers are not excessiv!'ly warm and the contour of the section shelters this part of th e valley from the high winds that prevail during ce rtain seasons of th e year in the northern and central parts. Th e ·w int er· months are as a rule pleasant, varied at times by a slight snowfall and sometimes cold enough to form an ice on still wat er one-quarter to one-half an inch jn thickness. Water The water, in semi-arid cou ntri es, is the most important thing to be c-onsid ered. It' is conceded by soil experts that th e greater part of the land in Southern California will yi eld rich r eturns, given a sufficient amount of water for irrigation· purposes. Naturally �T be W -estern Com r a de the water was the first thing that was considered hy tfie' members ot the board of directms of the Mescal W aier and Land Company. They have secured the exclusive rights to the waters of Mescal Creek, Jackson's Lake and Boulder Creek, which, our engineers assure us, are sufficient to irrigate ten thousand acres of land. In addition to these interests already secured, the company is endeavoring to secure, and"'with good prospect; ' of success, extensive rights to the water of Big Rock Creek and a large tract of la{ld lying thereunder. The eompany has the rights to the constant flow of water· at Jackson Lake, which in the driest season is neyer less than 150 miner's inches, and it is believed by our Pngineerl'; that a much larger constant fl.ow can be dP\'t>lopPd at t hat place. This lake lies in-what is known as the volcanic fault wlti eh extends the full length of this particular chain of mountains which is dotted here and there with little lak es, of which Jackson is a sample. It is from lakes like these, and from the streams . having their origin therein, that the water supply of t he Palmdale lands and the beautiful and prosperous Little Rock Colony, twelve miles to .the west of Uil, is srem·ed. Power Possibilities Within a half mile of Jackson Lake the waters can he so conducted around the mountains that they may he dropped through a pen-stock a distance of 500 feet. A ditch or flume may be continued from that point for about anothet mile and the water again dropped thtough pen-stocks for another 500 or 600 feet . The same may be again r epeated at the mouth of l\rescal Canyon. This water, thus conducted and utilized, will develop all the power the company will need for years to come. ·There are other power possibilities in the mountains nearby of which the company is endeavoring to gain control. Products The e1evation of this land especially adapts it to the growing of d eciduous fruits, notably, pears, apples, peaches, plums, cherries, olives, figs and walnutlil. The P"::t l'S of this district are especially fin e and are grown to a good profit, bringing from $25 to $30 per tree; with sixty-five to sixty-nine ti·ees to the acre it is easy to figIll"(• the incom e of a thousand acres of p ears in full bearing, which will take about six years. However, they hegin to bear in about three years, increasing in productivity each year thereafter. Alfalfa is grown to a good profit and will yield, after t9e first year, from four to six crops per year as the stand grows older. Barley, oat and wheat hay thrive in this soil and a -ready market is open for these products to be supplied. Ka,!Dr corn and other small grains also produce an excellent crop. All kinds of berries and smail fruits can be grown. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, excellent tomatoes 7 and all kinds of garden truck thrive and mature_fully 6ft this land. The Plan The Mescal Water and Land Company is organized with a capital stock of 50,000 shares .of a par value of $1 per share, but a re-organization is in progress by which the capital stock will be raised to $1,000,000. Later, as the development of the property demands, the cap_italization will be raised to $2,000,000 or more, if the· stockholders deem it necessary. · The . company desires to secure at least 1000 stockhoJders-, who will buy 500 .shares at par value, paying cash therefor. Members of the board who are elected by the stockhold e~s to serve for a period of one year, will have supervision a nd control of the development of the Truck No. 1 haa made a remarkable record for runa between Los Angeles and the rancho at Llano del Rio. It has carried several tons of machinery and supplies in trips over mountain paS8es and "wash" roads that have thoroughly tested ita capacity and it has stood up well. Auto trucks will play a great part in the development of the transportation system between th1: colony and the railroads and cities. pro~ and will make all contracts of employment with the individuaJ·stockholders and transact all busin ess fo r th e corporat ion. It will be observed that this is NOT a co-operative colony, but a corporation, conducted upon the lines of ordinary private corporations. The corporation laws of this state have all been tested and construed and by organizing in this manner we are not traveling in an unknown path, but will have the rules of the law, now established, hy which to be guided, and we will be free from exp eriment. ·w ith each stockholder holding 500 or more shares of th e capital stock of the company, the board of directors will enter into a contract of employment, agr eeing to pay him $4 pe1· day under such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon. Of the $4 per �8 T h e We s t e r n C om r acd e day it will be expected that each stockholder-employe - - --will a gr ee, among oth er things, to draw not te exeeetl $3 p er · day, l eaving $1 a day to his credit in an individual f und , with w hich h e will agree to buy stock f or the full value th e r eo f for su ch tim e as h e may work, n ot t o e xeccd $1500, which , togeth er viith th e 500 shares already pur·c!Jased , ·will giv~ him 2000 shares , which is th e m ax imu111 am ount whic h any one st-ockholder may p1 t'rr h asc. \\' ith t il<· fund o f c·ash so r·a ised and th e la hor empl o.v c·d und c· r th e t <> rms of this agrrem ent, th e company will ht· alll<· t o hrin g a la r ge tra <·t of lau.d into _a· high ~ tHt t• of <·ultin1tion . ll \\·ill l11' ohsPn·<·d 1 hat th e• plan pr-o,·id es thHt e \·ery !-<l!wkh o lrl<·r· is <·Xp t·<·t r d to do usc ful work for Jh e corpor·;Jtiorr , for· \rhi t·h l11• l'<'I'Pin·s *-l- pr·t:.. day. If h e does not wor·k in tl11 · d t• n : lo pment of th e property h e r eee ivrs no waf.!t•s; t·o nsr•qu r· nt ly .on!~, thosP " ·ho laho r \Yill hr· lll·ndi tr·rl hy th e· pur<·IHIS<' o f stock. II is propol:wd that if tht· p1m·hase r·s of st ock at an~· tirn<' shall <lPsir<· In s<·ll th t·ir stot k or· ar·c:umulations or· shall l<'a,·p tht• t•mpl oy of th<· c:orporation for an~· r·t·ason , tht· hoard of tlirl'l'lors will use th eir best offi et:s a nd <·fi'or·t:; t o s!' ll thr· stol'l{ ancl r<'tnm th e cash to th r pun·!Jast·r: also to fi nd su<·h pun·has<•rs fo r· su e h stock who wi ll also pay for tht• fund a ceurnu lat ed for· th r pu r·rhasc of additional stot·k , tog-etllC'r' with thr ac<·ulnulatiw· r rs<• r'\'(•. Tht~ <·ornpa ny , hO\\'P\'er, will not assum e :ti~Ro lut Piy sul'l1 r·<•s p ons ihility, hf'<·aust• hy so do in g it rni~ht in som P way er·ipplc itsrlf to th e d etrim ent of the <·ntt•r·pr-ise and all tiH· othrr- stoc kholdt'rs. ]tis e Yident that this <·Ottrs<' rnust lw pur·suPd for· the protection of all th<> stot·ldloldt• rs in tltt· <·or-po ration. Tht· stockholdc·r has an ahsolutt• r-ight und Pr tht• Ll\\' to _s<·ll his sttwk for a ny p r·i <· r that is s u itahl t· to hi111 as it is his ll\\"11 pri\'111<• p1'0JW1'1,)'. will agree to draw not to ex ceed a certain p er cent .of seeh serples within IUl) ene y eftr for 1t gi~ en term of y ears. The reason for this r equirem ent is that the small amount of money which ea ch m a n invests -would not b e sufficient to pay suc h wages in cash· and f or the f nrt h er reason that the corporation mu t do bu ine s upon th e labor of its tockholder , to whom the entire prop erty will b elong as soon as slfch stockholders will have a sufficient a mount to th e ir er t>dit t o buy th e stock h e r.·einhefore m entioned. Will End Exploitation ender work ing conditions of today th e producer n •ct>iYes a small p er centage of th e w ealth h e produces , th e r em-aining large p er centage g oing to his em,ployer and m ;er which h e ceases to lu 1,.e control. In this company th e $4 p er day r t>pres t> nts th e small p ercentage ·w hi ch h e now r eceives, hut lt e cloes not lose control o,·r r· th e lar·ge p er centa ge, n o\\· going to his emplo y er , as it g oes intq. th e property o f the company in which lr f' will ultima t ely h ecom e a n (•qual sharer with all othe r storkhol d e~·s. Hith erto th e appro,·cd c·ustorn in agr·icultural an·d ltor·fic·ultural pnr·suits has h fr n t o spend a la r g e _a m ount ---- --------- .. '· Need Experienced Storemen TIH· t· ontp1111~' \\·ill <·ond ud a supply dt•pot 011 tiH• 1<111<1. h_v whit·h all tit!' wantR of tht• StO<·kho]d pr·s will ht• s uppl il'd 11t tltt· a c·t u:rl <·ost to t it<· <·ol·po t·ation . The s11ppliPs. not pr-odut·<·d tlin•dly h_v th<· s tot"ldtold<·r·s 0 11 t h<• la nd. will ht• bought a t \\' ho l<·salt• and tit <' lwst posView of Rock Creek which is the s9urce a large part s ildt• prit·t·s will IH• S<'I'UI'<•d and thP st tlt·k hol d!'rs will the water supply for the Llano country. Th is photograph lit' g-i\'l'll th e hrrwfit t hPrt·o f. This w ill r·t·quirt• tltt~ of was taken early i n the season and at that t i me 40,000 m i ners st•l' \' i<·<·s of stoekhold<·rs who ar·p I' Xpl'ri<'nt·d in th e inches of water was flowing in the river. With the conservation system planned engineers say it will not be difficult to \ ,at1tlli11 g of lll<'rc ha Hdisc·. supply a steady flow of about 20,000 i nches of water or enough to irrigate twice as much land as the colony expects to ac·with sutli l' i<' llt laho r· upon t h<· lantl \\"<• \\·ill lw a Ill <' quire. The source of this stream is high in the m ountains to l!r·ow substantially all tht• fo od r'Pl ptil·t·d h.v all 111<'11 where the snow ties in the deep canyons nearly the entire aml tflPir famili<'s \\·o r-king 011 tit <' pro p f' r-t~· - This food year. will l1c fumishrd at eost of JH'O<ht ct ion . h r n <'t' th e r elllaining $~ p<·r· da~· will ht· rnO l'<• than ~mffi<·irn t to sup- of human en e r gy o n a small a m oun t of land , such ply th e wa nts o f an o r·dinar·~r famil~· - Th t• company, ·"'n cthod hc in g known ns inte ns i,·c cultiYatio n . Iu r eho w e Y<•r·. will r-r quir-c• tho:P \\·ho eousurn e less than th e t· Pnt years, h ow eYe r. h ot·tic ulturists and a g ricul t urists r-<·maining ij;;l t o p H mit t ht• surplus to nc-eumulatr in haYe been abl e to eont i nu e intensive cultiva tion on a incli,·idunl fund s t o t hP t·r·<•dit of sueh stoc·kh oltlf' r's, "·ho la rge srale hy empl oyin g th e best modern machinery, �The Western Comrade and have attained even better results with far less human ener gy expended. Th1s policy WJll be followed by the co~pany in all its operation . We have even now, on the land and working, a traction engine, gang-plow, lcw~ IPr, concrete mixer and pip molds for the making of e1•mc•nt pipes fo r our irrigation system, drags and var·ious ot hm· hra ,.y machinery used for the purpose of ,. J,·:n·ing an cl preparing the land fo r planting on a large scalf'. To Establish Social Center It is not intcndPd. how P\'f't'. that all our energy shall lw d uvot c•d f•rr ti n ·ly to manual labor upon the propet·ty. Th·· f'urrdauwrrt al dt>sir·e to hum a n beings is happiness, and t "'' rPason 1111'11 work is to procur·e thP means by whi.-l1 t h f'~' c·an " n.io.v lif t>. This rompany has taken this fad i11to •·ous idt>r·ation and will lay out a large tract of li111d , in thP 1·unt<'r of whi,·h -th1•y will huild a sorial •·•·r1t1·1·. l11 this so(·ial c·c>nt r r· tht•y will establish t heir s•· hool , whic·h will he> VIWal ional in eharactcr·- that is to sn~· . thP o pportunit~· will hr· gi,·cn to each child to 9 pursue u ch play and u ch vocation as hi or her own happme mdiCates that he or he 1 b t adapted to. The Yarious indu trie and the chool will be o connected that the children will be p ermitted to follow tb line of inve tigation and the activit ies to which their inclinations lead them. The admini tration of th affairs of the company 'vill be conducted in u h a mann er as to bring it affairs constantly befor·~ the chool in such a ;vay hat the children 'will learn the variou art and in!lustries a well as th~ nature and habit of plant and animal -lif , under the most intelligent direction. It is exp.e cted that such vocational education will preced the scientific rules ~nd will be acquired as ea. ily and naturally .by intelligent direction as t he child leal'llS to talk before it lea,rns the rules of syntax and grammar ; but that such education will be fol lowed by scientific tt·aining in rules and reasons th erefor, goes without saymg. In this social center will also h e establi hed th e lihrar·y, t1teatl'!·, assem bly rooms, moving pi'ctures, puh( Continued on Page 24) War:--A Solution of the Evil By f-f. S J. BARRETT 1\( 'J-: til•· da\\'n of history tiH· \\'orld has ..groam•u is 0\11' suggPs1 ion. Let an international agi·<'rmPnt he '"' 11<·;11 lr t }r,. SI'OIII').!l' of \1':11'. :\lar·s lras <>Xactcd ;t sig-nl'd wlri<·h will .provid e for· the usc of india r·uhb t·r· l'r·i~.drt ful toll not onl,v din••·t l.v in· t l11 · slrapr of human llllll••ts. L <'t umpir·,·s from ncutr·al armi es he JWesent at ldood 1111d sutl'•· r·iu g hut indi1 ·•·• ·ll~· tiii'OIIf.dl llr<' hc;nv ''"' Sl'<'ll<' of eontlict. Wh en a man is stru ck h e is to be h111'dt •11 ol' t;rxation n•·•·,·ssar,r to 1111'1'1 tl11· JH'llsion list. ;ldj1 1il gPd lf't· hui cfllly dead: hors de com hat. By mu.\r1d ~· ··t. a>: ('li<·sl <• l'lu n points out, llit'll l'nlist not ht·· tual <lg"l'l't'llll'llt he cannot b.e permitted to se n ·e again · t·atts• · tlwy lrHil' th•· t'lll'ln.v Inti hPt·<lltSC th<·y loYe thri1· in th;rt parti .. nlar war·. If ex perim ent prove t:ht•sc hullt•ls too painful , substitute tennis halls, to be fir·ed fr·om 0\1'11 l'OII IItJ·y. • l'··r·sonal l.' ·· "''' han• Jtothin g against patTiotism a lal'!!<' horP 1·ifl e. In 1hP l·fl sr of ar·ti ll cr·y and th e IHI\'Y nsc footballs. wli<'l''' it . lnii'II IS no on•· <·lsP. A 1r1 a n may h<> an in r••ns<'I.V lo~r a] c· iti zcn ol' r\nah<;im and still r her·ish no So many hits will , hy prc-anangemcnt., eonRt.itutc a •·rlrlli1y agair1st th r inhahitauts of \\' atts. 'l'hat hra11d ,· i..tor~·. ~\.:'> soo n as a battleship is stru ck , say fifty ol' ]li11Tiotislll is 'iiiii OC\IOU. : nltogct h<>r all mirahl r . But tir1ws, th e umpirrs step ·in and the flag is lower ed. \\'<' st1·nngly ohjr<'t to th e sort of lHltriotism which aeTh e use {)f explosive bullets and the poisoning of tua l l'S a man to inYad r a nPighhor·ing c>ountry for th e water supplies ar·e already forbidden hy international pmposc of killing its p opula<"P. Th e spectacl e w ould agr·eenwnt. lt would constitute hut a slight _step forh • l'Omic if it wer e not tr·agic : this hu iness of shooting \nml to adopt th e system outlin ed. As for evidence of I down men who. e int cl'l'Sts '"''' id entical with yours, prrsonal valor·; i f a rp.an wished to display his scars, whil Guggenheim and John Hays Hammond sit on let him have a mark tatooed upon th e spot str·uck hy th e enemy 's tennis-hall. 1he . id e lines and enjoy t hl• humor· of th e situation. ]~y this m r thod the point at issue would be settled Hut at th e JH'PSPnt stag" of man :S t r·ansition f rom the Pondition of tlH• t'llH-man to omething approach- ju. t as decisively and far more satisfactorily than uning- 1'i vilization it i.~ diffieult to curb t he war· spirit. de r the present childish arrangement. And th e wo1·ld 'l'ht• tl11sh 11ml glitter of the whol e affair stir primitive __ would hr spared the economic waste involved in the t' mot ion : the nncicnt tr·ihal in tinct. . It will die hard. sacr·ifiec of thousands of useful citizens. When you \\'p c11n, howeve r r oh war· of it ~ ugliest f eatures. get righ t down to fundamentals these complex prob\\' t> t•uu nvoid killing and maiming ea ch other. Here lems pron• to be simple enough. �The Wes-tern Comrade 10 --~Oung Man, You're Raving"· By EMANUEL JULIUS P.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!S OUNG man," blurted Clark Harding as he threw Jordan 's copy into the receptacle for all that proves unsatisfactory to , . . newspaper editors; ''young man, you're raving. '' Jordan snapped.: . • "That 's a big story." "~'lay be it is, but I'm not paying you for what you consid er big stories. I want the stuff that I want-and I don't want anything e lse~ That 's r: l ~>ar, eh 1" '"fh r people ought to know ahout that" ' -.Jordan pointP<l to th e waste-basket. " :\layh e so," llarding r Ptumed. "but this is my papPr, an<l ] 'm not iutr rest ed in kn ocking the gas eo m pan y . '' " Tiw p<·oplP are ~oiug to kno\\·, ' " ,Jordan dec lared, quiekly. If<· l<·anPd o\'rr aml took his eqpy from the hasl{(·t. Sha l\in~ it in Har·ding 's fac e, he added: " If th ere isn 't a newspap er that '11 print this story ~ it mea ns thrr<• 's room for another nf' \\·spaper and ] ' 111 going to start that paper. " lTar·ding, pnying no attention to this ridi culous !<f;l1<'11H'llt , slowly Ra id: " You 'd lll alH· a \·aluahlP man, .Jor·don. if yon 'd drop ,vou r fool not ions and ~et into th e tra ces. You'v e got lots of ~ood stuff in yoiu· make-up, hut ~· on \ ·e got no ,iudgnwnt or· you woul<ln 't br·in~ in a story lik e this. TIH· idPa! lf it had h"<'ll sornf'hody <;lst·. J'd tire h im on thro spot.' ' '' I 'm through, '' .Jor·dan annomwed. '' J 'm goiug to l!l't thi s story hefor<' the peopl e if I han· to hold soap box lll PPt in gs in competition with the Sahation Army . . , "\ nd , tru e to his word , Jordan quit and wPnt th e r·omHl of thP papp r·s, hut found t hem unwillin g to print hi.- Rto r·y . They couldn 't deny that what he sa id was t t'Ul' , for· .Tor·dau had given mu ch time to his facts. Th Py had to admit that. ,Jordan was telling the tnrth \\'hf'n he charged the gas corpo ration " ·ith bribing th e l'ity <·ouneil in order· to obtain an ex tension of its f nt nch ise. ( '<' rtain that hP ('Ould not get a h(•aring, Jor·dan pr'O('eeded to cany 01rt h'is threat. H e was youngand th-at expla in ed a great d eal. Younft men always do impossibl e things- and Jor dan was a Yery young man; and .Jordan was angr·y , too! Newspapers arc excc<'dingly funny things. . They (•an eoRt a million , or· they can be establish ed with th e price of a box of cigars! Jordan knew this. Harding 's plnnt cost a half million , and wh en his mountain Ia- · y bored, it brought forth an eight-page morning paper that delighted the fuzzy-wuzzies because of its "quiet tone," its "dignity and respectability." And yet, it cost a half million. Great presses, twenty-two linotypes, ~big ad room, a top-heavy editorial staff-all to get out the ~ight-page organ of Things A They Are. Jordan got busy and saw a man who was publishing a weekly paper at the end of a carline, omewhere, somehow-why, nobody knew. H e had a plant that was worth less than the price of a second-hand. Ford. Jordan offered him cash , and, to the surprise of no one, the publishe r and editor of The W eekly Eagle accepted. Jor4 an loaded the entire outfit into a wagon and had it delivered at an empty store some block from th e center of tlile city, wh er e rent was low. · H e look ed over his possessions, and concluded that if he couldn 't raise cash pn th e outfit, he'd surely raise hell. And he did. .JMdan got a printer· who had lots of fa ith in humauity, which means he didn 't inquire if wages would visit in th e mann er that wages should. '' 1 'm g<>ing to get out a four-pag e pap er, '' he told Nelson . " \\rith what?" " 1\'ith this," Jordan r eplied. ' ' 1 don't doubt that you can get something out of this, hut you ain 't going to call it a newspaper, are you ?" ''I sure am. Th e peopl e's paper-that 's it! Th e People 's Paper-that 's what I 'm going to call it. A good nam e-Th e P eopl e 's Paper ; and it 's go ing to fight the peopl e's battl es. 1f you want to help, I'll make you foreman when I ·erect my n ew building.'' Nelson threw off his <~oat and went to work " 'fou can begin on this, " Jor·dan said, handing him the eopy that Harding had r eject ed. "And," he added, "it do esn 't make much difference what else gets into the pappr·. This story will sell th e paper. '' With lib eral use of display type and staggering headlin es, th e first page of Vol. ], No. 1, of "The P Popl c 's Pap er,. , in th e lan guage of Nelson, was a '' humdinger.· ' Th e seven-column headlin e, ' 'G as Company Exposed!" could be r ead a block away. "So th e Peopl e ~ray Know " becam e the motto of Jordan's newspap er. H e r epeated it a dozen tim es in his fonr pageR of fight . His editorial, set in 24 point j,.vpe, a nnounced that " Th e P Popl c'R Paper " would be the community's crusad er ; it would hew to th e lin e and let the chips fall wh er e t h<'y may ; it would be blind as a hat to all but the truth ; it would expose unmerPi- · �The Western Comrade fully; it would espouse the cause of the poor and fight the conspiracies of the rich. " The People's Pap.::r" wou ass1s In a or s a es or JUS Ice, or e er IVing conditions, for sanitary workshops. The union label would be boosted. Jordan's editorial read like a revolutionary manifesto. It . plainly told advertisers that they would pay for space-" not for silence." "The P eople's Paper" would have no strings tied to it. Free speech! Free press! It throbbed with radicalism ; it breathed revolution. '"l'here 's a wallop in every line," Nelson com-. ment ed, as he glanced o,·er the final proofs. "And a knock-out in every parag~aph ," . Jordan· add ed. "ln tomorrow's paper I'm going to tell the peopl e how foolish th ey are to exp ect a big paper -for a penny. ·when it 's bulky it has to lean on the crutches of big bus inc. s, or· it couldn't pay its paper bill. Anyway, the aver age p er·son doesn't spend more than five minutes on a n ewspaper, so why patronize a paper that is fill ed with bunk ? Four pages, at one cP-nt, will satisfy anyon e, provided th ey'r e full of snap and punch." And then , th e paper· went to press. 'l'he old flatbed groanrd ·when set into motion. It was christened '' Rh inocrros ' ' hy Nelson , and ·Jordan agreed it was fitting. A piece of machinery has temperament. A press is more than a conglom erat e of wheels and levers ; it has p ersonality, and moods, and temperament, and r esponds to great causes. lf one doubts this, let him ask a linotype operator, for instance. He will tell you his ma ch in e can think, can r~sent an insult and appreciate a kindness. "Rh inocer·os " seemed to sense the faet that he wasn 't labo rin g on·" Th e \Yeeldy Eagle" but over a daily organ of r·eform; and the result was astonishing. Before lon g 3500 copirs of " Th e P eople's Paper'' wet·e stacked in Jordan's shop. H e had pre ~dated the paper, so it could he of service on the following day; and, with his papers r·eady for distr·ihntion, he hired a wagon ~nd got to work. On the following · morning th e people greeted a newcomer. ']'hey had the pleasure of r eading an afternoon paper whil e the mornin g papers were still func tioning, whieh was (juit e an innovation. The other papers didn't seem to mind , for "The P eople's Paper" impressed them as bein g a child destined, like all good children, to a very shor·t ex istence. Harding laughed at it ; th e gas company's officials sneered ; Jordan worked on th e next issue-and the people gobbled up the 3500 paper·s. The sales brought him --a little over $18, which pleased .Jordan immensely; and, as expenses were exceedingly low, as both he and Nelson were not burdened with families, as hoth didn 't have to pa-y room rent because they took what littl e rest they got in the rear of the composing room, there was enough money 11 on hand to get out the n ext issu~which ambled forth to the tune of 5000, with a swifter wallop and a harder punc . And then, to Jordan's delight, camethe great street car strike. Sixteen hundred men quit. Their demands scorned by the offiicals, they organized for a long fight. This was Jordan's opportunity. He did not let it pass him. With ·a jump, he took up the cause of the oppressed workmen. While all the papers were misrep- · resenting and maligning. the strikers, "The People's Paper"fought for _the men, their wives and children. In· need of funds, the officers of the union organized a squad of 200 men to sell copies of "The People 's Paper'' in th~ streets. To be· sure, the papers-were sold as rapidly as "Rhinoceros" could turn them out. And tl1 e clumsy beast, the thick-skinned perissodactyl mammal, responded nobly, serving humanity as humanity should be served. The strikers sold the papers at five cents each , turning two cents back to Jordan, whb, to be sure, was actually making a profit on a paper that was 8 little more than a week old. From then . on the cir culation depended on the capabiliti e~ of "RhinOfieros. '' Th e strike lasted eight weeks, and if it had not been for the magnificent support of ''The People's Paper,'' th e fight would have been lost. The men r eturned to work, their d emands granted, and Jordan was rewarded with a newspaper that was established in the hear·t s of the common p eople. Business men, contrary to cul'l'ent opinion, are human beings and an~- moved by their imm ediate interests. Wh en th ey saw that "The People's Paper" was reac hing t he p eople, and as they had commodities to sell, they purchased space in Jordan's paper. As a result, Jordan's paper moved into better q~ar­ tcrs, with three linotypes, a hoe press, a business office -and Nelson in charge of the composing room. TherE' Wfl'C five department stores that gave advertising patronage to newspapers, and of these, Jordan su cc<>Pded i.n g-etting Th e Huh to purchase space in his paper·. Th e Huh was conducted by a man who -catered, primarily, to tire working p eopl e. Th e oth ers, striving for t he middl e and upper classes, didnt see any advantage in advertising in "The P eopl e's Paper," but The Huh couldn 't see its way clear to go i_n to any paper but .Tor·dan's. So, ''The P eople's Paper '' became an established · institution. It fought for everything that was right ; it supported the r·adieals in all election campaigns, and exposed the politicians in office. with a persistency and vigor that dr·on t error into the hearts of the Interest s. " I 've got a peach of a story," said Spencer, one of Jordan's livest r eporters. Jordan was all attention, for this. lad had brought in most of t he big stories. �12 The Western Comrade ''I'd like to spend a few days looking into the departme.nt store M idea is to connect the low . wages of t'he department stores with the r ed light district. That ought to be a p each of a series,'' Spencer enthused. ''Good idea,'' Jordan agreed ; ''go to it.'' Jor dan, having a dinner engagement with Mr. Carlson Brill, general manager and owner of Th e Hub, hurriedl y left his office. This young man pleased 2\Ir. Brill imm ensely, for Jordan was the type of m.an h e Iihd . Antl th ey became' fri ends. H e was introduced to 2\lr. Brill's daughter, an accomplish ed, cha rmin g ~·ormg woman. A frw days later Sp encer brought in his fi rst story. It told , in a manne r that amazed, of wages . in the dr·partment stor·es. H e ex posed the unjust finessystem , !Itt· long hours, tht! foul w01·king co nditions-and . a bove all. tltf• misera bl e wagf's. And, Th e IInh was tltl' worst of a ll. .. Tit is is ~-:n·a t stuff... sa id .) o r·da n. :-;rwnf•f'r was df'li~-:hll'd, .hut w hPn hf' r••:Hl his story that ;1ft(' rn oon hi' Hotit·t·d th at all n·fen•nf·t•s to Thr Il uh had ht•t•n st rit'kt•n out. .J ordan got along s1rimmin gly' w ith :\!r. Bri ll. wlto appn•f·iatt·d t ht· yo un~ puhlish(•r's l<indrwss in om ittin g Jll l' nli oll of his sto rt•. ,\nd .Jordan lParn(•cl to lo1·e :\!iss Hrill . 1rith th t· usual r·t·sult . \Yh Pn th Py wt·r•· marric·d. :\l r. llr·ill turnt·d o1·1·r a n inlt·r·psf in Th e Ilul, to .Jor·dan. . \ !so, li P told hi111 of many g-ood propositions in \Vhit·h to inl·f'st his profits. BPfor·c long J'ordan had huge sums in tltf' gas t'Ol'()()t'ation , tht• t•ar· (·Onlpan~· and a stn•Ptpa I' In g f'O ll t't'l'll. :\I r·. Bri II pmpnst·d .J or·da n 's na rn f' for Jll t' lll bt•rsh ip in tiH• l)('st t· lirh . :JtH! hP was mlmit tt•d. Jf p mingled ll'ith th e hr·ot hc·rs of 1r<•alth a nd tht • lt ·adt·rs 'of th f' (·lass of Jl aYP. H e was a part of tltt'Jll. ThPy Iil((•(l him imnwnsf'ly, a 11d t old him of man~· ,·,•nt rm:s t hat should , in tim!:', prove profita hlt·. Satunl:~~· s a nd Snnd:~ys \\' l'T'f' ahnr~·s S(H'llt at tlw f'o unt ry Club. li P suhserihPtl for a box at tl 1e opf'ra. l-It• donated Iillt'ra ll.v to t he• ('0!1Stnrt:tion or a lit tlt• thca t rr, lleYotcd f' XelusiYcly to plays that \\'Pl't' art isti t·. though they w cr·c not popular. Vvhf'n tlw li P\\ ' 1·ity hall was cl cd icatP.d , ,Jordan w as orw of th1· SJWHkt· r·s. IT\• became a thirty-thin] dqp·(·•· :\faso n. a hi l!h offi<· i :~I in thr l. 0. 0. P ., toastmastt·r at: th e hanqnf'ts of thl' Knights of Pyt hi as. In th<' mea ntim e " Th e People 's Papr r ... hel'a use of an asto nishin g- 1·olum t> of adl'e rti si ng. gn•\\' t o sixtf'<'ll pa gf'S. His poli l'y was fparlcss wh rn trra tiu g th P (Wl'St'l'Ution of' l\l exi f'a n p eo ns, of Jews in Russia and th 1• dangt•r·s of Asia! il' irnmig r·ation , but he g ratluall ~· gre\\' t o l'rel t hat it w as unpr·acticahlc to refor'fn too c lose to home . And when anothPt' car st rike broke forth, Speneer. of who cover ed the story in a masterful manner, brought in co that cham ioned the side of the strikers. But Jordan was a director in th e car company, so he wasn't enthusiastic. " Young man," blurted Jordan, as he threw Spencer 's copy into the waste basket; ''young man, you're r·aving. " N THE WORKER UNAWARE By . Edgcumb Pinchon OT d ead-but hardly yet alive-a Thing inert, H e plods hts httle round, now sad, now gay : :\Tor dreams h e of the Larger Life-the Thrill of Social Consciousness. He lives unto himself f r om meat to meat, fro m sleep to sleep, obsequious-\\·ise; Th e H orror of this World-the te rTi ble Insanity which damns a t housand lives with toil that one 1be damned with ease-tr·oubles him not: \\'d l -f~d he snores, or being hungry , whines. (~ui ck to t he Mast er·s heek h e timely bo·ws, Praises the hand that robs him, kisses the heel that t-r eads him in th e mire: · Ifl'-thc most robbed of a ll-robhrd of his birthrigh t of audacity-a slavf' in sou l, too steeped to dr·ea rn of aught hut s]a ,·er·y- lft•- not the eX[}lOitc•r- is the h ravy Ball UpOn the <.'hain that <:logs Humanity . PLAN GREAT COMMUNAL BATH .\ gr1•at projPct fo r thf• communal bath of Vienna is bein g cla hor·atcd.. 'rh r hath is to he complete ly inclosPd a nd t o be arran ged fo r use in wmte r· also by a supply of \Yarm wat er fr om tht• t•l cctril'ity works, which arc so nw fiOO meters distant. Th e pr·pscnt swimming basin is to srn·c exclusively fo r· 11·a ter suppl y of t h e clectTil' ity \\'Ork !f, and t he nell' hath is to be constructed ahol'e it. It wil l hr 2;)0 rn ctt•r·s (820 feet ) long and 60 Jlldt•rs ( 197 fPC't ) wid e. Th e n c·w st ru ctur·e will contain not only t hf' S\l·imming basin, hut also sand, air and sun ba ths. T he cost is estimat ed at about $160,000, nnd the• work " ·ill hP hf'gun direct ly after t he close of tIll' 1!)I-t. season . WHAT THEY SAY .. Eneloscd is el11•ek for· -!0 copies of May issue of Tht• \\' t'Stt•r·n Corn racl!:'. ..-\m serrd in g copies of the nragazin c to fa rrn r rs l1f'ar· hPr·c Y our· ma gazine IS nniYe r·sa lly appn·eiat<•tl. ··-~ . H. , Paso R obles, Cal. ' ·The '\\-cstel'll C'omradt• is an inspiration. K eep up t lw good 11·ork. ·'- C. B . Hoffman, Kansas City, l\Io. �The Western 'Comiade 13 . o-operattve_ o ony Plan In :Action Answering Question of How to Get Member~hip· In the Llano Colony-and Get On the Land By W. A. ENGLE ~~~::!::;'I F THE seon•s of' ·questions concerning the plans or f:olonization at Llano del Rio proba hly 1hat most fr·equeritly asked is "Jlow sha II 1 proePrd to gf't into the colonly and go to ·world" Th1• answf•r in shor·test terms .s: "Tahr out your· mem bership, get your stoc·k tP rtifieate and eontract, and take 1h1• first automobile for· the Yall cy." Llano df•l Rio (p lain of the r·iver ) li es 39 miles from Los Ang-l'les in a dired Ji nr. But a mountain range ill1<'1'\'<'ll!'S and th e rH'I'!'S<; ity of following canyons rnnk< •s n detour· 1hat s1t'l't!·hes th1• jonrnry hy automoJ,il•· to about 7;) rnilf's. By rail\\'ay th<• uear·est station of' inrportalll'C is Palllrdale, on th e \'alley lin e of the ~<Jtt1 1 H·r·u Paeifi c. 'l'hl' Llano lauds liP ahout 20 miles •·nst-b~·-south fr·om Palmdale. .r\ projeeted state high"'"Y throug-h the 1\rroyo Sl'<'O ,·ia P<tsad!'ua \rill short en t l11· dis1·fln<·c at lrast thir·ty mil es and the character of t l11·s<· 11rag-nificcnt roacls will !'nsurc rapid transit and ll'ill l'llnh lr thl' auto tnr eks to run into T1os Angeles in a1Jou1 lrnlf' the tim e now r·cquired. A mrrnlwrship in thr Llflno Colony means that the ··olonist h~s ·nhscrihed for 2000 shar·es' in the company, \\'hi1·lr is in co rporatl'd und er thr Jaws of' California. Fi\' e lnrndr<>d shares ar·e to he paid for· in cash at $1 JH'l' shan·. Th e remainder of the shares are taken on 1lrl'. uhseription , to lw paid for· ont. of the surplus ea mings of the working colonist. 1:nqrt· the cont r·act the wages of enry work er· is !'otn· dollar·s a day, no matter; what his or her occupation . Of thi four dollars p er day tlrr. stockholder agr·et> that on e dollar· hall be r eta ined to apply on 1hr plll'cha r . of 1500 additional shares of swck which \\'ill hring hi holdings to 2000 shar·es, whi ch is the maximum amount that will be sold to any one person. Thr rompany agrees to furnish food, clothing and shellt•r to th r stockholder. at actual cost to the company, \\'hieh rharged again. t his account, and whatever r emains aft et· deducting· t he amount consumed will he credited to his pe~sonal account to be paid in cash to him at the end of his contract_ A certain per cent of thr amount thus saved may be drawn out each yeaT during 'th e life ·of tl?e contract at the option of' the stockholder. Provision is also made for a vacation system. Continuoui> employment is assured as, in this climat e, there will be no delay in constructive and productive work and in pt·oviding education and amusement. In case any one desires to leave the colony the shar·es and accuniulated fund may be sold at face value. All this will be given in detail and all oth er questions will be answered upon inquiry. L<·st wr get into dr·y details. it may be well to reYil'w some of the plans tl)at arc under contemplation for th e dev elopment of the Llano colony-. Educational facilities will be given the first consideration. ·with th e children already on the land and those of the fami lies expected to go there within a few weeks there will be enough children of school age to start a school district at the point of t he first center. From this first sma ll school it is planned to extend aqd ultimately have th e greatest vocational school in America. By this is meant, thltt in addition to classic l'Oursrs th ere will be schools closely allied with the factories and industri es of the enterprise. This, ac('Ording to plans, ·will range from studies in art-painting and sculpture-to mechanical, civil and electriclil engineering, horti culture, agriculture, and in fact all the useful occupations and professions. ::\Tagnificent buildings will, when the plans are carri ed ou~, house the public library, art gallery, theaters, lecture halls and places of amusemeut and social centers. Tho. plans contemplate a city of grr.ater hcauty than any on th e Amr.rican continent, and this is a part of our hopes for th e future. \Ye have at hand nearly all �,· 14 of the natural material for the constru ction of the su- scheme of things. Those. who have been the first t o go · on the land have shown a splendid spirit of comradeperQ buildings planned. Details of the. center will be rn tile !lands of land- sh1p. They have · worked enthusiastically and made a scape artists and architects. Selection of the site will magnificent showing. They have been crowded into be made with a view of getting the most advantageous small ranch houses ·and the boys in oritlayirig works, position on the higher bench of the broad mesa and such as the Mescal dam, have roughed it in camps of from that ppint will radiate roadway's to all the indus- little comfort. trial centers. The topography of the country lends ·Within a few weeks we hope to have the "hotel " itself to the scheme of beautifying and the natural r e- completed . and tbjs building will -greatly relieve th e ;ources of the country are wonderful. A cement mill ·· · situat ion, t hough the acquisition of additional ranches is proj ected and th er e is an abundance of timber easily will ·.give larger houses and greater comforts. available in the mountains that lie just above the llano-. .. • . f 0 n e· q.uestiOn that is reqeuntly asked is: '' Will it There is an unexcelled opportunity· fo~ parkW:ay.s .. and it is probable that th e civic center and lal!ge build- be good inv~stme.r;tt for me to' put money into this colings will form a quadrangle around a magnific_ent park:· ony corporation 1' 1 Production will be divid ed into many branghes, each . The''answer is: "Not unless you contemplate, ultiunder th e supervisi<Fn of an expert.- The ai'm will be mat ely, · going ~to ~olony life ." When earnmgs show to take ad vantage of th e latest discoveries and inven- a suryl'us they will be absorbed by increasing the wages tions and to put every industry on a mod ern, scientific of workers in the colony. By this method we hope to basis. Th ere ·will be experts in horticulture, agricul- give to every man and woman as near the .full social turr, gardenin g, poultry r aising, b eekeepi~g, stock p1·odu et of 4is labor as can be reached befor e the time raising and many other hranehes of production. when ever-ywh er e the sources of life shall be in th e Every man and woman will find their place in the hands o~ all of'the people. - - · ---. - - -- -----------·-- The Fully Paid Worker Ol . F' Al.JL the the lost sheep on the Am erican hills your coll ege professot· in th e economics depal'tment most needs a sheph erd. One of your old-fashioned sh epherds, with a ·stout crook preferred, the · ~ crook to be applied to the ram at the ·head of th e department wh enever the ram shall open his mouth to blare about something which he has been instructed not to understand. This Bohm-Bowers scheme of the marginal th eory of wages, which probably took Bohm-B. t en years to think of and five years to write, is being and has bee n exploited in th e univ ersities in order to show that the laborer· is paid all that he is worth ,)lnd that th e minute h e is worth more he r eceiv es more, and that the factot·y owner ow es him nothing more. B.-B. labors and brings forth a theory. Profdom brings forth B.-B. aq.d labor_§ to mak e your Califol'Dia Soph. understand what there is in it, and there 's uething in it. Those who desire to in- By SIDNEY HILLYARD sp ect th e mouse brought fo rth by th e labor o.f this German mountain can r ead all about it in Bohm 's book of throries, which, let us r eturn thanks, will r emain theori es. • Th e one thing whi ch t hese mighty thinkers n ever seem to tack le is th e right to ownership, per s.e. In that li es the crux of ·socialism, and professors like to lec ture all round Socialism, but n ever into it. Now th e owner of a factory may be a most worthy and Presbyt et·ian impl ement manufacturer, kind of heart and as honest as society permits. But he is using stuff that 'does not belong to _him; he has some of my property invested; h e is clipping some of your c·o upons, and whil e he accepts with avidity, without understanding it, th e marginal th eory of wages, he is "taking from his workmen something to which each one of them has an equal right wit h himself. All production is based on lmowl edge . Th e modern factory from sub-cellar to smokestack is based on the knowing how of man. Th e seven-year locust doesn 't �The Wester n C o mrade w...- manufacture a wheat binder, and one reason why it survey of leading exponents of studies in wages. oes no 1s · ecause e as crop o seven-year ocus ftiiid t11eory; lfal'gili&l tlleory. Wage problems; Causes did not hand down to their progeny-to-be ~y written, and effects. Both semesters. 2 creditS. Pre. Reg. spoken, or exemplary knowledge of how binders are Econ. I. Professor Phaque. made. Not so with man. Th~ last crop of men, now Shucks! Send us a good, horny-handed, hairycrowding our city cemeteries, left behind them a pain- chested Dago to tell the boys and girls what it feels like fully acquired, but free-for-all knowledge of how to to swing a pick in San Francisco from 8 till 5 for two mal{ e a binder. Th ese men inherited that knowledge and a half a day; ma.rgina;I. wage, with no inhe~it.ancc f rom a previous crop of men who knew how to fashion · for his horny-handed son but another job like it at the steel. Th ese again were- legatees of iron information, ·ame. price. Phaque delivers two lectures per day for and hack of th em was knowledge of wood and stone. fiv e· days a week, in a cool classroom. Bluff has a bookCivilization is built upon the wheel, and witheut the keeper to clip his -coupons while Bluff's .steam yacht is whet>l c· ivilization is not. The factory of Mr. Joshua B. in the Aegean. Meantime .Rough hands must k eep ~hat Bluff, Presbyterian and manufacturer, is alive with pick moving or the Hibernian foreman will grunt, • Get wh eels. Th e knowledge that there is such a thing as a a move en, you lazy slob; there's lots o' men lookin ' whl'l'l and how to mal{ e it is your legacy, mine, and th e fer jobs!" IP!!IIl'~' of th e " hands " who work for marginal wages, · Seems to us that th e Dago 's missing someth~ng as pt·r- B.-B.. in th e factory of the Josh. B. Bluff Trust. which is his by inheritance and which comes to far m'ore \\'hat r·,·nt does th e trust pay its marginal workers, or than two and a half a (lay. It is to. be .fea.r ed that Prowhat dividend t o you and me for our share in th e legacy · fessor "Phaque, in the land of make-believe, pretense, of how t o mak e a wh eel ? long words and high wind and draw-your-salary is not By and with th <' help of Bawerl< and the colleges th ~ man of moral stamina enough to find it. · Hltttf 's Anutlgamate<l may lay claim to th e land they ~ tand on, the walls of tlwir factory and th e machin ery insid <' it. But h.v what h<'lp do th ey claim possession of 111!' !!l'(•Ht Y01UII1 P of' inh erit ed knowl cdgr that th e ;\lllt 'l'i('an peopl e hav t> rome hy , without which no fac1or,v •·o ttld ('Xi st. lt>t alon<' run To mak e a brick and N THE death of Daniel DeLeon the cause of o1o put it on top of another; to forge an anvil to beat cialism in America loses one of the most fearless nn it " ·it h a hantmer· ; to constnrc:t a match and with it and capable fighters . No writer or orator has ever to lig-ht a fum <tee; th ese and a myriad of other· knowlcontrihuted more to ce1·tain phases of the movement <'dt.:'t•s, including all knowledge of all processes in every than did this editor-lecturer, who stood so steadfi eld of human lahor, who pays r ent, taxes, inter est, divifastly for the prinyiples in which he believed. <h· nds , on this to your· marginal " hand " who inh erited No one has more clearly and definitely stated the a share in it from his father 's fath er·s 1 fundamental principles of Socialism. He kept the The Bluff syndi ca tr is using the entire racial inh eritattention of thousands centered· on the necessity of au<·e of kuowl edge of pro cesses in its business w'K en • clinging to those principles. He realunswervingly r ach memb er of the syndicate is only entitled to on eized, and forced others to realize, the futility of tho~sand -millionth of 'it, and whil e th e syndicate is r!'form measures in politics, and attempts to coml' l11 itl r d to pay a heavy r ent to th e state for its use of with those who had no und erstanding of or promise national .knowl edge of processes, (just as it should if it f'yrnpathy with Social ism. usPd a national park , say to Yosemit e;) it, in fact, by DeLeon was a staun ch advocate of the industrial and with the help of the "economists," pays nothing for·m of organization as th e basis for political action. at all and scornfully claims that th e economists have This gained him many enemies, but nothing ever pr·oved that it owes its laborers nothing. made him fa)t er. As a speaker and debater he had Ever sin ce the Industrial R evolution r ent should few equals. He cared little for the applause of the have been paid by th e millions of doJlars a year, and multitud e, hut devoted himself to getting his ideas now, by th e hundrrds of millions a y ear·, to th e peopl es <: lt•arly and unmistakably into th e minds of his of t h e ea rth by th e users of national inherited knowlhearf' rs. Radicalism in Am erica will miss this great (•dge of how to mak e and transport things, but the fight er, and no matte.r how much Socialists may have .'ocialists ar·e tlw only people who even r ecognize the disagreed with him on tactics his loss will be proYalidity of th e claim. Th e coJl ection of this d el~t and foundly felt.-F. E. W. it · di ·bur· r ment to the p ople would abolish poverty. Hand me th e scissors , Louise, till I clip my share ! EOON. IL W age Theories. Historice.l and critical Daniel De Leon I �The Western Comrade 16 Llano del Rio, .Land, Where Labor Will Rule and the Producers Will Get What I~ , Exploitation; Where No One Will Be D By FRANK E. WO I~===~L A\'0 DEf.; RIO is a vast, gently sloping plain that swec·ps down froin the high er mPsa JJ Par· the opening in -the foothills Wh l'l'l' thl• ril'l·r.' \\'hil'h gin'S th e land its mlllll' , Mows out In a rushing st r·eam to tht' lmrPr eountr·y. Tht're a r·p about :30,000 acres of land in th e t er ri tory that lies between th e Hio lh·l Llan o a nd thl' :\les('al r·r·ePk. 1t is on this great tabl e land that th e l'O-operati\·e (·olony put·poses turn- L This giant tractor, with two men in charge, clears ten acres of land a day. It mows down monster "joshua" trees, greasewood and sage in an astonishing manner. These tractors are also used for digging irrigation ditches on the Llano property. It digs a ditch three feet deep and two feet wide as it sweeps steadily and irresistibly along the lines marked out by the surveyors. All of the plowing will be done by· these machines. ing what is miscall rd a desert into one of thr most brautiful spots in the world . It may he wrll to go into th e detai ls .of geog1·nphi e location hcfor· r we ent.et· description ...and prophPC~' : Th e g r·cat vall ey is hounded on th e no1·th h.Y. the Tehachapi range of mountains, t he highest elevation of which is 9,21.4 feet. Standin g on a point in the foothills of Llano d el Hio and looking towards the west and northward, th e eye reaches out and out ac ross th e green valley below and finally r ests on t he sk y line of the blue mountains of the Tehachapi, over· 200 miles away. To the northeast are the Lovejoy buttes which rise like huge sugar loaves ·out of the level plain belo·w. 'rh ese points are 3;528 feet above sea level ; back of them and a little southerly lies the San Bernardino range "·hich separates the vall ey from th e so-called Mojave d es·e rt. On the south and west of th e llano lies the Si~i.Ta :\Iadre range of the San Bernardino mountains, of which the high est and ·most prominent elevation is ~It . San Au-. tonio,. better known as Old Baldy, which has an elevation of 9,931 f eet. It is from this latter range that .the waters of l\Icscal and Rio del Llano, known also as Hock cr eek, draw th eir snow-made \\·aters dm·ing th e t'nti r·c year." ·w h en one enters th e Yalley from th e w est~vat·d tlre roadways, which owing to th e syst rm of following secti on houndar·ies, run north and south. east and \\·est. \l·rn<l throu gh a pountry of myst e r·~r "·hieh later unfolds into undPrstancling of th e miraelrs wrou ght by " -at er. Thrr·<' art: mil es of th e open landscape conred with ~rrasrwood, sage, juniper· and Joshna trees. 'rh en. sutltlPnly, loom ing out of the soft, hazy hlu e, comes th e hr·ight clean gahles of a ranch house surrounded hy r·ottonwoods and fru it. trees and flowers thnt bespeak thP presenPr of " ·omen in th ese onsrs. The largest of thPSl' rarwhPs situat ed on t he ma in hi glnn1y is in th•' Littl e Ro<·k l1istr·ict. H er e the road dividt'S pear ord~ards of about 1,000 acrrs, most of which hea1·s au immrnst' er·op this yearns it has rvery :·rar since rea chin g t he hearin g age at nbout thrrc y<·ars. A lon g. winding row of cottonwoods nnd volunteer water elms nttPst the age and r eliability of th e water supply fn r· these orchat·ds. The soil , where it has heen f r equently enltivat rd in th rse orchards, is soft , friable and of g reat J'ichness, hut it is exactly th e same quality as that of t he Llnno lands a few m iles to the eash\·ard. Th e t1·ees run awny a quarter of a mile in soldierly fi les. Irriga tion is hy t h e con cr et e piping system that bespeaks }1crman ency and r eliability. Not a w eed or leaf of unwanted growth breaks the evenn ess of th e surfaee wh ich lends itself admirably to irrigation. The drcidn ous fr•uit raised in this altitude is fa mous of absence of �The Western Comrade tt . of Achieveme;rit Justly Theirs; Where Honest Toil Will Know No mied the Right To Be Useful .JE " ·atet·y substance, a11d the pears rank as the best qual- on a stalk and shakes forth a shower of gold that floats ity for meatiness and flavor. An increased acreage of lightly down the hillside on the searcely moving air. JH'a rs is asst red e1·ery year whet·e ranches are "unuer The eye is drawn onward across the valley that lies tht> Jitth, ., as they d escribr lands having water rights ·spread like a great cloth of gold tinted green. One can -and watl'r. On these pea r ranches, as, indeed, on all trace the course of the streams by the bright lgreen ran<·hes in the valley, the alfalfa fields offer· alluring trees and the thriving ranches that ·lie "under the waspots of vi viJ g reen . "It's just like gold bonds," says ter" on the higher mesas n ea.t·er the hills. Across the th e apprreiativc driver with a wave toward the immen se staeks of alfalfa the ranch ers have stored away . •Just 11·hy this storing is douc· is a mystery to . the tli'Ophyt,•, as th e gt·ow th is so steady and the cutting so (·ont innous, on<' 11·ondet·s why it is not immediately fed or· markPt!'d. lneid r nt ally the nninitiated ar·e amazed nt t iJ,. eag-l•rness of all beasts and fowls to get at th e all'alfa. ]t S<'<'lltS to he a highly pr·iz~d fooJ for all things that live and move. l'r·ohah ly th r> bt·st point to gt't an all inelusiw view of the Llano (·onntry is fr·ont tht> loll' l.ving hills just ll't•st of th(• site of th e propos1•d darn at the out1io11· of ·· Big Hod;: " errelc Hen· one is stll·r·oundeJ h.v t ill' most wondrous of ltird: insect and tlom·r life. li••rr our may sit and draw inspiration for tll'Pa ms. lf thr tlay he bright- and th e sunshint' an~mgc is high , r1·en for the land of sunshinP-;:-t h<· picture ~~· ill be a vi1·id Oil<'. One not only Sl' <'S dearly hut he feels deeply lr el'C. Behind towrrs th" high prak of th e northern portion of San Antonio, ,.o,·cred fo t· the gr eat portion of th e year with snow 11·hi eh lies drf'p in th e gulches out of the l'an.,.e of the sun ·s rays and slowly melts, sending down ~~konstant Three - year-old pea r trees. Part of a 600 - acre orchard supply of water to the t hirsty valley below. / The sky- near the Llano del Rio colony Ianda. The soil Is identically line of t he mountains to the south is fringed with lofty the same and is adapted to the growth of deciduous fruits. It i s the i ntention to p l ant thousands of acres in fruit trees. pine trees a nd these are clear ly p encill ed against the The soi l her e· l!hows it i s furrowed and prepa~ed for irrigation. elouds d espite their great distance. Beneath ones feet, An a bundance of water ia available for this purpose. ,,t this time of t he year (June ) t here is myriad wild Mowers running from soft; w ide-eyed, white waxen \'alley the buttes and peaks soften into purple and the beauties hugging timidly to t he glebe, to the striking mystery of th eir silence and distance deepens. beauty of bright red blossoms waving in t he breeze. Here is the spot to sit and plan of the wonderful Here an early blossom has matured and from" its pur- transformation that is about to take place in the landp le heart is spreading a shimmering d ust cloud of blue scape just below. Indeed one can see the workings of poll en to be blown far away to wher e it shall be gath- this now, fo r there are great spaces where the bare Ned lovingly to its mission. A silent towhee alights (Continued on Page 25 ) �The Weste r n Co mr ade 18 PLAYING HOOKEY FROM HEAVEN ' "' T HERE was the Associated Press, the longest VV leased liar and ot~ er n ews distributing agencies on Monday, May 25 1 It was serious enough to have failed to give us a text for the less.on for E!unday, :\lay 17. Why do they .not tell us, as of yore, of' th<· wise sayings and teachings of John D. Rockefd ler· .Jr., who concl ucts a Sunday school c las~ ? Can it he that this holy man is playing hQokey? On May 17, th<· l<·sson bega n with Luk e, 16-10: " There was a l'<·r·ta in r·ith man whi!:h was clothed in purple and tin<· lirwn , and fared sumptuously every day; and t hPrt· was a l'l'rtftin h<'ggar nam ed Lazarus, which was laid at his gatP full of sores. • • ••·• The following :-iundy .John D. Jr. would have r·ead with t ht• 11111'1 ion h<' so oilily uses on thc~se sweetly solemn o•·•·asions, Luk <', 17, 2: " "J'wPr!' better for him that a nrillston<· were hang<'d about his n eck and he cast into 1lrr sea, than that h<· should offend mr one of th<·s<· littlP ones." 'W'nid1 littl e ones '! Tln'r\, hildren of Ludlow? Ay<O: a millston P I lt is hanged >th ere, about his llt't'k. Cast into th e sea he will, like Macbeth's hand , all gn·at Nrptune's O<·ran incar·nadine, making the gr·<·Pn o11r r·ed.-F. E. \V. • • • R THE LAND PROBLEM BALJZJNG th e vast significan ce of the Janel qu estion, the Socialist speakers and writrt·s of the \Vest, in an ever-growing d egr ee, are giving the p eopl e th eir view of this·subject. Th e W estern Comcmdc will always treat the farm er's problems to the limit of its ability, appreciating, as it does, that one of the gravest problems that fa ces us is th e system that allows a small class of capitalists to own Yast tracts of land for .no other purposr than to rob a11d exploit the p eople. 'J'h e following, takrn from a repol't that appear·ed in The l1ondon 'rimes r ecently, tells of the stand taken hy one of the British Socialist organizations, to wit , th e Indep endent Party: "The national administrati;e tonncil of the Independt>nt Labor· Party will propose, at tl,re ·impending Labor conference in Glasgow, that the working classes should oppose a.ny proposals which 'would st~engthen the position of the great territorial oWner~, or perpetuate 'the private ownership of the land, whether by the cr eation of a class of peasant proprietors or .otherwise, and should declare that only such prop·o sals for t emporar y and immediate r eform as tend towards bringing the land and its Ya}ues into . the 0\\'Dership Of the COmmunity are worthy of support.' "Furth er·more, as a practical means of nationalizing the land the conference will r ecommend the parliam e ntar~ party ' t o pr·epare and introduce a bill enacting that a levy shall he assessed on all la nded estates, urban and rm·al, for the setting up of a land r·edemption fnnd to enable the nation to reacquire its ·lost rights of ownership in the land within a r easona hi e pt>riod and on terms which shall fairly recognize all Pxisting int erests. ' " ltshould he elearly und erstood that T.he \Yestern C'omrade, whil e fighting the monopolization of land, does not , under· any e in~ umstan ces, oppose priYate ownership of land when that land is used directly by I lw owner· and when that owner, in tilling his soil, dn<·s not exp loit labor or· harm the people.-E. J. • • • J THE NOISY DOLLAR OHK SHARP \YJLL1Al\1S caused a rattling of the-dry bon es in th e Senatorial J ehosaphat when he quoted passages from a letter written by a certain "gentleman in •the Gorernment service at Vera Cruz,,. in whieh the unknown d eclar·ed it would cost $5,000,000.000 and 200,000 lives to take l\T exico and hold the ~Vlexicans ii:J subjection. There was a gasp of hol'ror, according to r eports, at the m ention of appalling figures. ( Of dollars Y) Tlw 1Ptt er writer· d et· lared that the nosiest thing in :\Icx ieo is the Amer·iean dollar. Right, 0 wise diplomat, and it's t he noisiest thing in America. Endangered, the dollar· shri eks and the echo of its dismal howls in C'olor·ado dr·own the cries of burning, hullet-torn , nnrtilatPd l'hildren at Lu.dlow. Its roar r·ises ahoYe· thP wido"· 's \rail at thP mouth of th e belching pit of the E('c·les colliery, where 167 work- �Tbe e tern Com ra e eNS lie in shambles. Glutted with blood of the toile it sings an anthem of greed that wells abot"e tbe laehrymosa dies ilia of the bereft. Aye, its a noisy coin down there but while in t he mad hell of lfexico's saturnalia of rapine the Yankee dollar sings a wild refrain, from Tarrytown' quiet chapel arises a paean of joy and unctuous eontent as an oily Moloch draws closer the cloak of sanetity, rolls his watery eyes skyward, mnrm~g '· my conscience acquits me." What value are 200,000 human lives T The moans of th01;e five billion saddened simoleons would d'<•adc:n the groans of the perishing soldiers, starving, l'llrn eshed in bureaucratic red tape, dying miserably iu t he Vf'rmin-ridden camps beneath scorching suns. J<'I Vh BII,Ll ON! Oh, it cannot be. There will ),,. no war.-1". E. W . ... ... ... "INALIENABLE " RIGHTS MYTH you hear a shout from some I'Xeit<'d citizen about encr·oachments upon his ' ·i na li enahle'' ri ghts. Listen closely and you will J .. ar·n 1hat th ose " inalienable" rights have been alic•natr>d . Str·ange anachronism ; someone has taken away from him something whieh cannot be takenbut it has. T he constitutions of the Cnited States and of the R1A1cs guarantee a lot of these. inalienable t hings. Stntutor·y laws extend tht• guamntees to cover· other ri ghts and th ese becomP inali1•nahl e. Freedom of speech is a myt h. No such thing exists or has existed . Fo1· attempts at free speech our lder brothers fonnerly crucified the r eckless sp 'ak rs, head dowuwat·d. Later· th ey nailed the rxpPrim entors right side up, hut no less firmly to th e rood . Th e hemlocT< was a mere diversion . Now we Wflllop th em on th e head with t he butt of a rifle or huyoi1et t hem, and if th ey survive, give th em six m nth iu a j)J'ison hell-vide Bouck \¥bite 's sen1PJJee. The troubl e with Whit e was he t hought there had been some p1·ogr ess toward liberty during th e past ninetern hundred years. The "inalienable " 1·ight gi ven h, the con titution peacefully to assemhl is sm other· fa k . It i the surest, swiftest road to th e dungeon k ep. lt was a fake when the constituti n Wll writt n · it is a fake now. t'pton inclair· may b able to quote some print- F HEt~ l ' ENTJ.,Y ing on me parehmen: that will prove that hi n Free ilence League · b ed upon an in i bl right. g.!l to the bat pton w are all \vith you are on tbe road to the h h serve frijol and stale bread twice d . ~e cialists are fond of the inalienabl idea. Frequently we t and upon th i. r. nail keg and wake up in the uart l with ideal and battered eyebr ow. Get this fact t raight: The only time you hav inalienable po ion of anything is when you hav the niost power and know how to u it intellig tly aaain t the would-be alienator.-F. E . W. ... ... ... TARIFF REFORM AND THE H. C. OF L. HOSE who have been awaiting t he r port on the ~orking of the nderwood- immon tar1tf are inter ested in the authoritativ figur ftH' th · first si.x months ' operation of the ben vol nt m a ur which we were assured would reduce t he High o t of Living and make life for the workers on prolonged pa ean of joy. The r eport shows that th r of has heen an incr ease of imports n d ' r a exports, a falling off of revenue and a slowing down of manufacturing business. lmports iner as d 37 p er cent over the same p eriod last. year, whil exports d eclined 31 per cent. This was anti ' ipnted . As fo r the reduction in t he cost of living- that promise was never taken seriously by p eople of intelligence. Notwithstanding th e fact that the incr ease in imports was n early all foodstuffs, prices are hi gher than before: The beef trust, fo r instanc , had th e situation in a firm grip before the tariff r eform measure went into operation. The beef barons have idtported 83,000,000 pounds of fres h beef since th e duty was removed and t he prices ar 30 per cent higher t han hefore and are soaring merrily upward ·along with t hat of other food product<;. Of course, the incom e tax is depend ed upon to make up th e $37,097,955 defi cit in t he tt·easury. Republicans will mak e the most of the situation for political purposes, and will offer a prize brand of dope to the vot ers. Something that is a sure cinch, blown in the bottle, warranted not to rip, ravel or run down at the heel. E very old polit ical party will come fo rward with something far better than th e T �20 T h e West ·ern Com i a d e other has to offer. Meantime the H. C. of L. will thou toilest for the altogether indispensable, for daily be working day, night and Sunday without regard bread. " -F. E. W. to overtime. There will be·n·o commensurate increase COMING CO-OPERATIVE COLONIES in wages, and the burden on the workers will grow wearier every hour. This is not pessimism. This is DEAL climatic conditions that exist in the great valleys of Califo:cnia make them excellent places a plain statement of facts. The situation will grow worse and th e so-called r emedies will turn out as has for the establishment of co-operative colonies. The this latest tariff brand. There is no r eform remedy. · productivity of the· soil is a source of continual wonTh e end will come when the sleeper awakes ; when derment. From the Imperial valley will come during the worl<ing class learns its own power; ":l1en the the season just opened not less than 5000 carloads of toiiPrs sPize their opportunity and, through political cantaloup·es: Shipments in former years have someal'tion , or any old kind of action, iJ?.cluding ti'mes reached 3500, but extensive planting will mak e <·o-orlt'rat i\'(' methods, wrest th e- so~rces .o f iife from this season a r ecord breaker. · t IH· J.!rasp of the ('Xploiters.-F. E. W. This eritire r egion a few y ears ago was a d esert , with an annual rainfall of only three or four inchel HANDS OF THE TOILERS lr-rigation has transform ed it into one of th e most ELE N KELLER is a constant source of inspira- produ~ti ve sections in the world. tion to thousancls of weak and burdened. Th e land in th e g reat Imperial and Coac hell a \\'it bout sight , slw sees with wonderful clearness; Ya lleys shows \\·onderful f ertility when wat er is \\' it bout hc·arin g, slw !wars th e cr·y of th e oppressed . applied. From the lnt"ter· com es r eports of i1hm ense Nothing that this wondpr·ful woman has ever written erops almost r·eady for th e mark et. The Coachella ~howc · d bPr l< ccmwss of understanding more than valley will he one of the greatest dat e prodf~ein g h('r quotation from ( 'al'ly ]p 's ''Sartor Rcsartus, '' in countries in th e wodd . a IIHlgazinP arti<.:IP on th e hands of the toil ers. Th e Th e g r eat mesas in th e Ant elope valley r egion · f'a • t thai this srkction was made from a hook not arP probably more fert il e than th e lower lyin g lands ~·~\;IJJion ly read , indi catt•s th e vast fi(' ]d of li t ernhli'C to th e southeast. Owing to its altitude, th e r egion is PXp]()J'(•d hy l\Iiss Kc>IIPJ' and hrr t utor and constant heter suitf"d to gro\Yin g deciduous fr·uits, and it will <·ompanion, hPst known to thP \l·orld as Ann Sullivan. doubtl ess becom e the g 1·eatest p ear produ c ing c:ouoJTo tli(• lattPr humanity OWl's a g r·ra t d!'ht of grati - try in the world. The Ant elope valley will he th e tude·. Th<· quotation is so <·omp]d (•, and so pow!'rf'ul , seene of th e estahlishmt•nt of th e largest co-operatiYe it is li <• J'<' g iven without <·ornmPnt : _ <·o lony en·r attPmptc·d. Th e Llano del Rio pr·oj ect '.' VenPnth lc· to rnr is th<· hard ll nnd; cr·ool\ ed, is des(·rihed at lengt h in this numbe r of Th e ·w est ern · <·oa rs<•; w hPrcin notwithstanding li<·s a cunnin g ('omrad(·. T he plan as outlinPd will give thousands vi rtu<', indefeasibly royal , as of thP Se('ptre of this 1111 oppol't11nity to apply throries and to mal\e a Plan(•t. Vcnrrahl e, too, is t he rugg(•d facP , all drmonstrat iCI'h of the pnwtieahility of eo-operation . wPat hPr·-tanned, hesoiled , with its rud e int<·lligence; It will h<• to thonsnnds what one writ er has aptly for it is the faec of a l\fan li Ying manlik(•. 0 , hnt h•rrn rd it : ··The gateway to t'r·Pedom. ' '- F. E . W. thp Jl;!Ol'(' venNahiP for· thy rudenpss, and evrn • A • hP<·aus<· \\'!' mnst pity as \Yell as lov p the<'! IlardlyBOOST THE WESTERN COMRADE cntreatPd Brothl•r! For ns \\·as thy ha<·k so h<•nt. fo r illS magazin e d <•sr r·,·ps your support. Why not us wrr·r t iH•y ~traight limbs and fing<'I'S so rl efo i'TIH'cl ; get your fr·i('nds to su hserihe? Send a dollar thou wer-t our Conseript, on whom tlw lot I'P!I, and to Box n:), Los Ang-Pls. and you will get th e ma gafighting om· battl es wert sp mnr·red. For in thPe, too, zinP for :111 entir·p ~' r nr·. Don 't wait. Do it now. lay a god -e reat ed For·m , hut it was not to he Til !' magazim· · has a eorps of great vV!'iters. Frank u~ifoldPd; in('!'ust erl must it stand with t h<~ thick E. \\'olk Em;ltJUl'l Julius. Edgeumb Pinchon, Sidn ey IHl lwsions and df'fa e<•ments of Labor; and thy hody, Hillyard . •loh Harriman and oth-ers will give you a lik P thy sou l, \\·as not to kr1ow fr·eedom. Yet toil on, magazirw . to hr pr·oud of. noost '!'h e \\' est<'rn Comtoil on ; thou art in thy duty, b e out of it who may; radP! Get r·L·ad ers' • • • I • • • H T �. '2] Finance Co-operative Industries .Labor's Bank a New Factor of the .Glass Struggle. By EDGCUMB PINCHON • r.=.:r==:=!l!:11 N a fo rmer articl.e on the financial power of the workers as a weapon in the class struggle, I "Said: . The dominan factor in the world of Labor within th e' next three years will be the Labor Bank of America ; and by its inevitable oper f!tion, by its very efforts at self-preservat~on a's a busin ess institution, it bring us t te bord ers of tf1e Co-op er ativ e Commonwealth \Vithin ' t~·n years. In that a r·ti cle I a lso announ ced that th e Bricklay•· t·s', l\I old ers ' and Plaster ers' International Union, in thr ir r ecent convention, voted unanimously in favo~ of a r eso lution put fo rward by one of th eir offi cers, in s! m etin g th e Executive Board to proceed to th e •·stablishm cnt of a Labor Bank. In this article I propose to d eal with this Labor Bank purr ly as a business institution, and show, not "·hat it might do, or should do, or could do, but what it will be compelled to do by economic forces beyond its control. In th e first case this Trade Un ion Bank of th e B. l\'L & P. I. U. is of more importance as an indication of a t end ency on .th e part of Orga!Jized Labor to control antl use its own funds than as an actual wol'ldng c:lass Jinancia l institution. lt is the embryo of th e Labor Bank of Am er ica, not that Bank itself. If th e most conservativ e union in America makes this radical departure from accepted proceedin g, wha t arc we to expect fr·om th e -United Mine \York ers, the "\ merican federation of ,I,abor, the Brewery \York ers, il nd oth er more dynami c organizations ? Will t hey continue supinely to submit th eir· funds to t he t ender mer cies of the capitalist banks-for th e payment of strike breakers, the poisoning of th e press and pulpit, and support of the whol e train of d~vices · used by the capita iist class to crush Organized Labor ? 1 trow not. I;abor is awakening, stretching, yawnin g. Pr·escntly Labor will act. ·. · Th er e are two ways by which the Labor Bank of . Am erica will come into existence-eith er th e pre~?ent Bank, established by th e B. M."& P. I. U., will receive the support of all th e oth er international: unions, and ,.,·entually will be r eorganized as a joint enterprise, under the control of th e f ederated unions, or the ~ari­ ous international unions f rom t ime to tim e will fo.llow the example of th e B. 1\L & P , I. U. and found banks of will their _9wn, and these }>anks: eventulilly will be forced, _by m tives of economy, e~ciency and safety, to .amal, ·gamate. into one institution-the Labor Bank of Amer. i ca~with branches in e~ery city of the Union. ' Such a .b!!nk, once in existence, and-as I have said -the embr~o· is already her,e, it can have but t wo conc.ei:Vable motives of conduct- the desir.e for profit, aml th d sire' to · strengthen Organized Labor'. All invest: ments which I\leet these two requirements will .b e exploited to the full, and no investment which does npt m,eet them will be considered for a moment. We must . admit this much, unless we are to r egard. the responsible .l ead. e~s ' of Labor as eith er knaves or fools, or both. But the officers of t he international unions are neither fools nor knaves. Although undoubtedly there ll.re some .amo,ng them not wholly to be trusted, we must at least gi' e to the majority of Labor officials credit for as much intelligent' self-inter est and business sense as the average capitalist business man possesses, and this is. all ·th e equipment they n eed. Social theor~es or ideals ar e lik ely to be more of a hind:rance .and a snare than a help ·t o ·these men, to whom Economic Evolution has entrusted the alm9st mechanical task of emancipating Labor from its. last slavery. Granted, then , that' the administrators of the Labor Bank at·e average hon est and common-sense men, and that they are not likely to be actuated by other motive than a desire to invest th e fu nds in their charge in a manner profitabl e to t he Bank as an institution , and helpful to Labor as an organization, the whole operations of th e Bank are easily defin ed under six main headL 'L· Investments. of the Labor Bank of America · · ·; A. Quick Assets (i. e. investm ents r eadily convert).. hle to their equivalent in cash ) . J. Commercial Loans at current inter est to merchants; and manufacturers fair to Labor. ' Thus creating a division of interest within. capitalist class itself, and r eleasin.g merchants: and manfacturers who wish to be fair to Labol." from the pressure of th e "Big Business' banks. 2. J~oans at current inter est to cont ractors fair to Labor. Thus ensurin g th e "closed shop " on many contract works now forc ibly compelled by the " Big Business" banks to operat e 'Under the "open shop ' " rul e. inw . �22 3. The Western Comrade Small, short-term loans to members of Organized Labor at moderate interest on personal security, backed by th e signatures of two members of Organized Labor. Thus releasing the workers from their agelong enemy, t he " loan shark;" and greatly increasing the popularity of Organized Labor and its Bank among them. 4. Loans to small farmers, for productive purposes other than the hiril)g of labor, on short-term notes, renewable, at moderate interest, on .personal security back ed by t he signatur es · of. two members of the Farmers' Alliance. Thus r eleasing t he small farmers from the maw of th e mortgage companies, securi~g their support of t h Bank, and consolidating their int erests with those of the industrial proletariat. B. Long Assets (i. e. investments not readily convertible to their equivalent in cash ). 5. The purchase of entire or majority issues of municipal bonds. 'fhurs giving to the Bank the safest of all long-tim e investments, and controlling the . administration of municipalities in the the interests of Orga nized I.Jabor. Organized Labor as Its Own Employer Before dealin g with the sixth-and infinitely th e most important investm ent of th e Labor Bank-it is necessary to r·em ind the reader that this Bank, like any other institution, wi ll ar·rivc at its fu ll functioning only fiS a r·esu lt of an evol11tion. lt will not leap at once to a p er fect use of ·its financial power· in the interests of Labor, but will proceed more ot,-lcss experimentally. It w!ll not be actuated in t he least by any SO!!ial t heory or ultimate ideal, but by th e strict business n ecessities of th e moment. Least of all will it be actuated by philantht·opic or humanitarian motives. It will be as purely a business · institution in the interests of the organized workers, as is the First National Bank purely a business institution in the interests of the organized exploiters; If the Labor Bank adopts the above five avenues of investment, it will .d o so because they are sound, safe and profitable, and , at th e same tim e, strengthening to -Organized Labor in its fight with Organized Greed. 'l'hese ar e th e tests th e Bank will find itself compelled to apply to all investments. All investments which fulfi ll t hese r equir·ements of financial safety an·d profit and strategic advantage it will · be compelled to welcome; all ot)lers it will be compelled to leave severely alone. T hus, step by step, moving cautiously and conser vat ively t he administrators of the Labor Bank \ Viii be ' ~ suited to their .two-fold purpose, until, a lmost mechan~ompelled to seek out the channels of investment most ically , they will be compel~ed to adopt the most r evo lutionary action in the history of Labor-the employment of Labo~'s funds for the establishment of Labor's own Co-operative Industries. A full treatment of this vastly important matter requires a. chapter in itself, and must be left· to the next issue . . What progress are you making in your journey of agitation and revolt ~ :M:ay we not all keep in mind H.enry . '.\·\" ard Beecher 's· wise ·saying that we ought not td judge men by their absolu'te excellence but by the d'ista~c:'!e ·which they have traveled from the poirlt at which ·they started Y We want Socialists to buy our Union-made products. U11ion conditions in industries means shorter hours, and shorter hours mean MORE SOCIALISTS. 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The CO!l1pany offers $25 in cash to the Socialist Branch or Local whose ·members have purchased the largest number of Bell Brand Collar'S-these are the only collars made under union conditions. The stockholders of th i s company are all members of the worki ng class. Mutual Union Trading Co. Postal Telegraph Buildi11g, 9 Board of Trade Court, Chicago, Illinois • You will confer a favor by saying you saw our adv. In the Western Comrade when ordering goods. Get Us Some Readers! Talk to tha,t friend of yours--that favorite one, you know, and get him to subscribe for the Western Comrade. Boost th£ magazine. Get some new readers. In dubs of four or moTe a year's subscription costs only SOc. If you want to get anyone interested in Socia1ism introduce the person to The Western Comrade. By the way, have you renewed yet? Do it now! �The Western Comrad e Spifflicating a Theory By FRANK E. WOLFE -""'""""'""._~ ENRY DUBB SINGER.is a Californian of was Peg's gentle, diploJ1!-atic approach to the subject rare mental attainments. Hen is some- wben he had finished shaving a colonist. "Y~s, w~ ·want m(m of all1rades-:-except ice cutters. times affectionately called "Peg" because of a little ina.:dvertency on the part Why don't you come up and get away from this life of of the boss who failed to cover up a set drudg~ry, live in the .operi and do something for the screw on a rapidly-revolving shaft in t~e . future. of" the little Pegs and the.i r mother." factory wher e Singer went to work at Peg 's face · glowed with proper pride as he drew a the mature age of eight. This over- long brea.~h for the effort. H ere was a chance' to puncsight cost him a leg, and destroyed his ''effi ciency" in ture a bubble; to, spifflicate a crazy theory on the spot. that factory, and the c.ompany doctor ceased his visits "Not on your ·natural. You don't get me into no as soon as th(• stump had healed. Th e company paid such a scrape (direful word for a barber) as that. 1ht• dorto r· and forgot P eg and. his car elessness. Whatcher think I am ? Me go up there and work four11 ,,·as fortunat e for t he hoy that it was a foot and t een hours a day shavin' them ginks with a ·whisker not a hand for t he Russian rn oujiks have a tru e saying iilte a· hai r trnnk, and after the week is ·aver diyide t hat a ma u without a hand is no man at all. Of course, up with th em ? Nix on the divide stuff! You don 't get t hey mean that his "rffieirncy" as a labor·er is far P eg SingeF int o ~o such j am as that-not while I ke~p ht>low par. H ad he lost a hand instead. of a. foot he my ·health and · ~ound mind!" •·o ul cl not have become a barber, and this ta le would ;,You don't believe in dividing up, t hen, Peg 1" have never been written. "Betcherneck l don "t, anll I ain 't go in ' to ever do Owin g to t he fact H en was an acomplished musician, sich a. crazy-horse stunt as that, n either.'' in t hat he played a mouth organ exceptionally well, The c·olonist 's face r egister ed 'weariness, almost he got a job as bootblack and brushboy in the village despair. It was too easy. If P eg had beep. alone he barber shop. There, in the air of r efin ement and learn- would h ave passe4 it up as battering solid ivory, but iug, Peg got the edu cation that afterwards distin- there was a whole row of other H enry Dubbses sitting guished him as a r easoner and philosopher beyond com- on the sidelines, grinning in approval of Peg's cleverpare. By clint of indu-stry and sobri ety, accompanied n ess in smashing an idle and stupid theory. Then the by most commendable efficiency, Peg arose to the colonist opened up, purring softly at first, but stronger height of being a barber at th e end of only seYen years at tl1e finish , when he said: . ,. · ~ nf apprenticeship. 'l'hat is to say, he was allowed to "You certainly are a great genius, but I want to shave the other members of the large and flourishing p oint out a thing or two you are overlooking: First, Dubb family that worked in the factory where P eg you wouldn't work iourteen hours a day as you say, \\'Pnt shy one leg. Well, anyhow, H en finally became and as you are doing now. You wouldn 't be permitted a full-fled'ged barber, and after he had worked at his to do it; even if you wer e fool enough to want to- as 1rade· fifteen years he was strong on the sporting events you are wanting to now.. You would work eight hours. and political conversation stuff. He knew the standing Your wages would be four dollars a day. There is noof all th e clubs in the seven great aggregations of ball scale, and that is the present flat rate. You wouldn 't tossers. Not only that, P eg knew just what President divide up with anybody. You would get as near the·· ·w ilson ought to do with · them blank ed Greasers down full r eturns for your social output as immediately can: th er e. In fact, Peg was one wise guy. be arranged. But we will pass all that. Th er e are toa 1 Among t11 e most fascinating of P eg's indoor spor ts many college professors in our midst, and I tttink your is (for Peg is still in our midst) to tell them skillet- joining us would be a wick ed waste of your great headed Rocialists just wh er e they jump off. Recently'_ . tal ents. Ppg heard, in a ronnd-ahout way, that a group of men " · " Let itpass. Suppose we ge into that dividing up and women had started a co-operative colony. H er e business for a minute. J like your idea ; it seems to be was a chance fo r P eg to unload some of the '~isdom t he true spirit. Do you own your own home, P eg 1 I'll of t he ages that had been crowding and surging about ·'hnswer for you. You do not . lt is owned by a big in t he interior of his massive think tank. investm ent company that is really a bHilding trust." "Dontcher want a good, first-class, Al barber up P eg and th e other Dubbses grinned but listen ed, as ther e on your Eugene V. Debs-Socialist ~olony 1" This the crazy colonist continued : �The W es·tern C om ra de 24 "Permit me to review your life for a day or a year. and determination, you divide up with three thieving You don't believe in dividing up, yet you work here, public utility trusts. Shocked b'y this avalanche of" and out of every dollar you earn in the fourteen hours unending di\'idends your sensitive ·nature may r evolt l'levating toil you give the ·boss 60 cents-rather you and you fall ill. In this event you will send for a divide and tal< e the :,;hort .end. Then you start home. doctor,' who will give you a shot of hop and you will I know your habits-the habits of your breed. (This rest easy fo r an h"our and-divide up with the doctor. with a glance at the sidelines) . You stop to buy 3 If you kick off, my d ear, P eg-lets face the cruel possicents worth of dog meat for your supper, for which· bilities, for you. are ·n early human-if you die, the you pay 20 cents, and divide up your day's earnin:gs coffin trust will get a whack at you for a divide, and with the meat trust. , Down the street you buy 2 cents' . the tombston e trust will lick up the r emainder of the worth of hread and pay 10 cents fo_r it~d'ividing. Up with the flour trust. 'l'hen you bo·ard the · street ar, ·t wo hundred insurance you so nobly carry-and divide and divid e up with the traction trust. You liang on a up a -b ig premium with the insurance trust. Ther e· is strap with the other contented, but sad-eye"d animals · one ' mor~ chance for a· dividend. If you k eep up you r until yo u rl.!ac h t he matchhox you call ho~~- There ·pres nt clip th e chances are 99 to 1 the county will bury you find a wife wr ary and ovcrburCiened with house- you, and then som e day a railroad will d ecide to run iJOld drudgery. You also find the landlord 's r ental · a spur track t hrough th e Potters ' field and your hones ag•·nt eampcd on· th e front steps, and you d eclare wi ll find th eir way to the fertilizer trust-didded up again. auo1hf•t· dividl•nd in l'aYor of th e huilding trust." JTpm·y P eg Ringer twisted ar·ouud until the colonist '''At t his t im e, my d ear Peg,'' said. the colonist, as • f•·arl'd hf> would unsct'C\\" his wooden leg and collapse, h e stood wit h t he outsid e doorknob in his grip; "at this 11111 hi' k.. pt nt et·eil essly on. Th e fa ces on th~ sidelines t ime you will , in yom· eal'eer ns a di videy-up, p erform silO\\"!'() a g limm f> t' of und1·t·standing through the fo.rcst a real service to th e world. D ivided up into proper· and scientific proportions, mix ed with other -vn luable or stuhbl e. '' Inside 1hL· housf' you find th e water bill, t he gas mate1·ial, your bones will mak e Pxccll ent fe rtilizct· for a J,iJI and 1h•· ,.J.. ..trie lig ht hill. A !rain, 0 ma n of wisdom r·oschush in th e gard en of ou r· colony. GOOD NIGH'l' !" THE GATEWAY TO FREEDOM ( Con1 inu ed fr·om Pa g-1~ !) ) lie bat hs, g-ymnasium!'>, howlin g- all •·ys, pool. hilliari!s, ,.IJ ,•ss, •·hl'('k•·r·s and all gam •·s in whi•·h t l1 c population lllii.V find l'lljO,Y IIII'n!. The Park 'l'h l' tt·nd of' land intlll t' dia te l ~· su JTou ndin.g t he so!•i;\1 •·Ptt!Pt' will h.. dHPlOpC'tl. into a g r eat park in whi ch ;Jl ] kinds of ontrJOfll' gam es will he p)ann<'d and l'Stnhjjg]tpd-golf links, polo g rounds, hasC'hn ll a nd foo t hnll grounds, t l'tmis cmll'ts, et·ocpwt. o11 tdoor hnths, p laygrounds for th e ~ hildr('n, and all other g am es and tn r ans by which th e peopl e wor·kin g upon th e land mn:v t·~njoy th cmsc lvPs. '!'h er r at'<' fnndam cntnl r easons for this p lnn; on e is th a t those who engage in labor m11st have some means of enjoyment n1· han.] or th ey will hc<'Oille ·dissati_sfied and nnhnppy. Th r n, too, the mind will not develop unl ess the brain is r Psted with enjoy llll'nt and r·cli ef from all care, "· hi ~ h comes hcst through the struggle for supr·cmary in sports. Also th e brain develops to a high er· degr·ee and is mot·c healthy wh en it is absolutely r·elicved oeeasionally f rom care and exp et"ien ces an intense excit ement when such ex citement r esults only in pleasure. The play.ground has settled more family and n eighborhood differences than all th e eour·ts of all our cities; for· man will n ever qii'a rrel " ·it h those with whom h e finds his k een est delight. Ma.ke }»lans for the City Around this park the co_mpany has planned to build its city in rows of beauti ful hom es, designed by a com- pl'tent a nd experienced ar·chitect , esp ecially with a v iew to Hl"<"h it f>d Ural bea uty without sac rifi cin g t he comforts of' honil' lif'f>. Betvieen rac h r ow of cottages extend ing ;mHwd this par·k will he built a s had ('(! hou lc,·ar·d . How ;il't•·r· row \\"ill he t hus eonstrueted until a ll the inhabitants at"<' f" Otnfortabl~r housed. 'fhese hom es will he furni~hed to t he sto1:k hold r rs at aetual cost. p_a yable in n ' nts on sueh ter·ms as may he mutua lly agr:·ccd .u pori. Th e l'OSt of such houses will he mat<'r ially less than pt'l'\·ails in any modrr· n f' ity :u1d consequently the r ental l' harg<' ,~·ill be n omin a l in comparison to t he r ent of sueh JH'Op crty in othe r places. Th l• eompany \\"ill d l• Yclop its owu eleetricity and in t ul'11 " ·ill furnish electr·ic p ower for· all domestic and rnanufacturing purposes of whatsoever kiud. Th ere is on t he property limest one of excellent char·aeter ; a lso a gr eat variety of clay sufficient for brick and oth er pu r·poses; and in th e mountains just above, " ·ithin th e fo r est r eserYe, th er e is a n abundanec of ti'mhcr· that c~n be purchased at $1 p er thousand, stumpage. B~' mea ns of proper machinery t his lumbct· cau be sa \\·ed and d eliver ed to th e fownsite at a price far less than th e· same can be purchased in the open market. It can he J"t~ad il y seen that a project of this magnitude will r equire in: its d evelopment men and women of d in rsi.fi ed callings. Every d epartment that is now known in a modem city will find a count erpart in t his nc\\· city. Th ere will be a field for ever·yone who is willi~g to �2& T bit!' W e's tern Comrade work and ambitious to enjoy ALL the fruits of hi fit them for any particular department will there find <'ndeavor. their vocation. Th er e will be ample opportunity f or the individual If you are..a lawyer, a ecount ant or office manage~, to cult ivate whatever art trade or calling he choo e you will naturally become allied witl1 the :finance deand to do o under the mo"t favorable circum t ances partment, which will include the banking accounting and it will be po ible by combining _the me t mod~rn auditing and legal work of the community. If you are met hods of teaching with pr actical · comparison and an architect or draft man your place will b e in t he dedl.'monsiration to gin t o t he children a thorough and p artment of building and construction, and o on.. ·t•n ·icca.hll' l'ducation which it is ab olutely im po ible In placing Uti t atement befQr e workers it .is to ·pt·ocur e in our moder n citie . hop d that £he pian will r eceive the mo earnest coil· The applicat ion of every tudy i · 'enr pre ent beideration. ' Do you. want to en ter into a project whien fun· the pupil . 'l'ht>ot·y and a<:tual p ractice rub elbow -shares ..y<lur r e ponsib ility wit b ev~ry member of 'tbe t o~t·t ht•t·. and t lw rP.·ult i that a child can ma ter with colon y? y on ~ant tl~e a surance thateaeh day yon P;t.·t· what would often ap hi· .rtrength and tax hi a re laying u p a perso~at fund be id e . harin'g in the lu·n It h in tlw city . ehool . general p rospeHty of your co-workers T Do you w~t Thl' hu ·inl'. of thi. corpm·ntion will be conducted t he assurance which bould be guaran teed to every 'iiiin depat·tm<·nt , Nwh dl'partincnt under the direction of d i,·idual that you will not b~ out of employment' These an eXJert hl'ad. que tions are answering.. Every man an d e¥ery The work of anv eo~uoitv niay he di,·ided into woman want ju t that. Tl} · i a part of wltai this. . · · t hn•t• hranehc. o1· gcnct·aydl'partment -the ceonom1e, plan offers. . till' . ot·ial and tht• eon. trueti,·e. The economic field Tbe~e i · carcel~ a u eful occupation that will not would eml11·ace m·h cxt'eutive dcpa.-tmeot a financP. fumi h capable wor ker to tlu colony . Previous exindu. try. di tribution and commpt·cc. The ocial branch perience a an agriculturi t i not necessary. A corp would eompri e thP dcpartment of education~ recrea- of exper t will be in' charge of every branch of the protion, \n·lfare and h~· :.-icnc. The em1 truetiYP would in- ductive indu trie . No wm·ker in any country can t·lude ao:rit·ulture, public work . buildings and tran - deny that he is deeply inter ted in the e problems. port at ion. Tho. l' who ·e inelination or pa training Let u work them out in a practical manner. the Do elf LLANO DEL RIO By Frank E . Wolfe ( Continued from Paae 17 ) t•;u·th i · op('n to the ky-where t11e oil a fcw wPek ;J ~o w11 · O\'ergrown with grca ewood and giant .)o-u<·ea• . .-\ ~rPat traetor i tl'ariucr away at thi gt·owth and 1wo eolll'~l' boy ft l1 from the.• c.·ampu . with hand I hat han~ known no ruder ta k than the gymua ium or hull ficld, arc> dearing the land at the rate of tl'o acre a day. li-ater th e youtl1 will plow the e field at :till grt>ntc.•r ratio per day and wit'hio a fc>w mont b: tht•re will be cra•·dens and orchards and grouing field · wherc> now the coyote· an.d jack-rabbit play tlu~:r crame of life and death amona the sage and cactus. ther traeto are on the grmmd ready for their work of dearing, ditching, piowing and earr~·ioa the lteaYi~r burden of pioneerina, and cultiYating. E,·e~·­ where engineers and urvt>ying parti are at work. Over in the middle d. tanc>e a gang · building bridg . oYer the Ja_m er brancbt> of l1e ri,·er in the '"wa h :'· :mot her crew i laying the foundation for [he first colony huildina o hl" t>reeted since be enterpr" e beg31,1. A nu·k i car~-ing lumbt>r, another et>ment. and the ;mt are earr~·incr supplie and lunch ·o half a dozen point where he various ·work are ing forward. From )J • al creek eom tl1t> muffled roar of explo'ion where a powder t"re\T · bl ing on the bedroek preparatory to laying the foundation of the first dam that haJl first hold then di,·ert water to a great reservoir ite a quarter of a mile to theca tward. umeron. team with hu ky drivers ·are moving about in the field below and tl1e faint humming of mowing ma<·hine indicate that the third alfalfa ·cutting i under w:1y in a 60-aere 'piece .. that li . ju t bordering on the ditch from Big Rock creek. Below all the ounds of nature and man in the \'alley com the subdped roar of he m bing tream in i he bed o[ the river back or tht> hiJI. The ound is like the decp diapason of a gr('at organ a the river come from the canyon where !t flow. from a thousand fern grown tream in the deep for archway of the mountains abo\•e. ·with the wonderllll p ibilitie of the land and tbe '"a fer; tbe inspired determination of men who know a -•an'~ ize job and tackle it fear) y one · gripped by the determination to be up and doin . . Dream come to all who are hi ed with ,.-j ion but here i an opporhmity to take a man part in making dreaDll come tme. The wonderful wllite· city \\ith ·the turret . or dome o!f' the arti hope will come in time and come swiftl~·. mea. ured by the growth of he outside world. Tbere. on the upper table of the grantl mesa,. will grow a co-oper2tive city of marvel.,os beauty, if he dream of the rona men and women, who are pioneering tl1. en erpr , ean be made o unfold into reality. �The Western Comrade The Man Who Wouldn't Talk l_ By EMANUEL JULIUS HEN James Cronin was sentenced -to a twenty-year term, he swore: "So help me God, this is the last time I talk.'' No one paid the least attention to tltis statement, for all agreed it wrut quite meaningless. But, when .TalJles Cronin was brought to the penitentiary, the first thing the men · in authority lea:rned was that this peculiar wretch meant to make good .his threat - he wouldn't talk. :.; Warden Pollock concluded that a week · or so of sil ence would end this ridiculous affair. Surely, he would talk. But, he didn't. Cronin refused to utter a word. He was the best sort of inmate- obeyed rules; trouhl d no one ; did his work in a willing manner. H e was a fine prisoner, this James Cronin was-that is, fine fr·om t he viewpoiut of th e warden. But Cronin. wouldn't talk. Th e months passt•d; James Cronin continued his sileue<•. To be sur·e, the newspaper cditor·s were quick to fH'C the n ews valu e of' this strange convict, so they assi"ut•d reporters to writ<' '• human inter est stories" ttbout this man who wou ldu 't talk. And, of course, the repor·tcr·s wr·otc; and, like good reporters, they never went nC'ar th e silent con viet. \Var·dt!n Poll ack r·ead all their stories and had to conf ss t lwy were very r eadabl e, even though the repor·tcr·s _n ever appr·oac hed the su hj ect which- had pet·mit.ted theit· imaginations to hav e full play. They put that subtle thing call ed atmosphere into th it· stories; and this, ·warden Pollack found exceedingly intcr·esting. 'rhey. also did some ''fine \Hiting,'' mnking it appear as though Convict 7998 were some t.hought-b.e sotted, melancholy persou. "This t hin, wiry, glassy-eyed man of mystery has <.'lo ed his soul in a tomb o fsilence,' said one r eporter in a story that covered almost two columns. "He has found the world to be n vale of tears; he has learned tl~at mankind i jungle- pirited ; that civilization kills th light in the poet's heart and stifles the laughter of hildr n. With a heart suffering the pangs of. r emorse, with a on ci nee w ighted with sin, with lwpes blasted and ideal eru hed with love'cold and passionles-s, he now p nd the w ary days of hi life in ~ prison cellil nt dumb d ad! When ''arden Pollack r ead thi he admitMd he wa touch d. om •how he felt that his silent convict \Va. a chara t er who had lived an extraordinary life, who fhought deep melancholy thought and who e oul -"""'!!!!"1!!!!"'!!!!"'!!!!'!11 ~ W m was alive with the immensiti paper to Convict 7998. aathered in his eyes-but h \~ithout even moving liis lip Th~ years passed, and this convict eontinu d hi silen ·e. ·At almost regular periods the n wspap r told wierd interest-eompellirig stories of thi man. Hi fame spread rapidly; before long, he beca.m a national chaTacter....... He was pointed out to gaping inqui i iv visitors; SGme, for the sake of the experience, pok ' to him, but he never answered. He would not talk. A poet was attracted to this ilent uffer r. Thi · poet's name was known wherever people spoke Engli ft. He. penned a wonderful poem; it reached the h a rts of ·t he p~ople. It was pregnant with suffering, a ,rare work of art. An arti&t gain d permission to paint a portrait of Convict 7998. H e worked weeks and weeks; his pictm·e was a masterpiP-ce. It won the salon medal. In the eyes of this convict, the artist placed the glow of twilight. Behind the eyes, the picture seemed to mir1'01' a soul bent on self-abnegation. The lips were seal ed; closed tightly; drawn down .at the sides ; silenee! dea th ! mastery !-all these wer e expressed in this pic:tur·e. Th e convict was permitted to gaze upon the portr·ait befo re it was r emoved; but, he did not say a " ·or·c! . Th e prison chaplain said this convict was resting with God-facing the holy light of the Cr eator ; he felt that her e was a latter-day saint ; rath er, here was the ~or·t of martyr that gave self to the lions rather than renoun ce Hinf. When he stood before this man of silence, the chaplain felt as though he were an inferior, that her e was a man who showed, in his every move, his loYC for God, · his faith in the ultimate. At last th er e came the day when the prison doors wet·e to open for this man who wouldnt talk. \Varden Pollock spoke to him. "Your day has come," he said; "and now you arc to go into the _world- free! You have not spoken a wor·d dm·ing all t hese years. " _ The other hook his head slowly. " I l_1ave been wondering what were the thoughts that occupied your mind during these years of silence," Warden Pollack continued. "Didn't you feel an irresistible de ire, on many occasions, to break this awful -silence?'' Jame. Cronin nodded his head. .. I feel that you had some things you were almo!Jt �27 The W .e s cern Comrade insane in your anxiety to. say; and y et , you did not talk. Surely t her e was one thing, above all, that you desired t o say- something. Tell me, what was iU " J ames Cronin clear ed his throat. Warden Pollack leaned forward a bit so anxious wa,s he to catch tfi,e first words to come from this man of silence. In a solemn tone, 'the con~ct asked: "Have yuh got the makin 's ?" The Man On th.e Spot F. P. MacMahon Th e man wh o is in chat·ge of "Things Doing ' ' at l(a tw ho Ll ano d<' l Ri o is F . P .• Tac?lfahon, fo rnH•t· presidt·nt of th <' Build in g Trad es Council of Los An geles < 'u un ty. 11 <· is a man " ·ho knows T1is business, who und <•rst:w ds wh a t must he done and how to have it d(l ne. 1\la<·i\lah on is lon·d h:v a ll wh o come in contact 11·ith him. II <· din·l't s t h<' wod < in a sane, democratic '''an n<' r, a hnt~'s l!<'lt ing- th <' n ·sults needed . Th Pt'<' is inspiration for th <' "·ork ers in th e ti r eless booklieeper saved the liv es~f several weaklings among the por k ers hecause of h1s skill in feeding. them' with a fountain pen .fi11er until nursing nipples could be secured. BLIND By Harry ·Kemp Th e -~Spring ~l ew tmmpets of color ; H er Green saog in my brain. I heard a· blind man groping ~ 'T ap-t ap ' ' 'with his cane; I pitied him his blindness : But can I boast " I see" 1 P cl'haps ' tlJet·e walks a spirit Close by, who pitie: me,- ..u: A spirit who heat·s me tapping Th e fi ve-sensed cane of mind Amid such unguessed glories That I am worse than blind ! • • • Republicans and Progressives at·e getting together a ll right- th e noise of their f requent collisions r everberat es lik e a hoiler fa ctory .on full tim e. • • • lf th ere is auy truth in th e r eport that Germany would like to aun ex th e PhilipP.ines we have a suggestion: Let th e Kaiser t~k e Colorado inst ead and we '11 call it a bargain. • • • A Kansas town has adopted a slogan that will brin~ it fam e : "He didn 't know it eouldn 't l~ e done, so the Dam Fool went and done it! '' and uncomplaining way Mac takes hold of th e hig jobs on th e rancho and push es _them through. H e has a In patronizing ad ve rtisers in Th e W est ern Comrade thorough grip on affairs, and wh eth el' it be big enter- speak a word of e n c ourage m en ~ to th em. prises or small, he is never· at a loss. Fro~ clearing land with the tractor down to the disposition of a dozen · of the rapidly arriving r ed pigs, he is th ere with a quick decision and pl'ompt action. · Considerable merriment Ju\s been caused by th e way me9 who have had no experience in agricultural pursuits have taken hold of tasks on th e ranch-o. A fo~in.er ' �28 1 The Western Comrade :; a=. THE WESTERN COMRADE ~f.S E n tered as second-class m atter post office at Los Angeles, Cal. EYE-OPENERS 'll ''In choosing his men,'' said the Sabbath school superintendent,_' ' Gid203 New High ·street, P. 0 . Box 135 eon did not select those who laid Los Angeles, Cal. . · S ubscription P r ice One Dollar a Yea.- aside their arms and threw themIn Clubs of Fou.- F ifty Cents selves down to drink; he took those Emanuel Julius, Edito.who watched with one eye and drank Fr a nk E. Wolfe, Associate Ed ito r ; with the other. :'-Ppiladelphia PubV ol. 2 June, 19!4 N o. 2 lie Ledger. at the h H. Gorham wants 300 subs. for --- · the Jntel'llational Socialist Review: .HAD EXPERIENCE Kindly send your su bi'icriptions to "I v."Rnt a pair of button &hoes for Jrim, 1745 All esandro street, Los An- my wi~e." gclcs, and so send him .as your dele"This way, sir. ·what kind do yJu gatr to Vietma. Gorham is a Social: Iwish , sir? " ·'• . ist of t wcnty years, and an Esper"Doesn't matter·; just so th ey don 't antist. button in th e har k. ' '- Philadelphia - - - ---- · · -- -- ---· ·- - ·------ Puhlic Ledger. The California Social - Democrat The Los Ang_eles Citizen · A Labor ~aper _that never backs down, a tabor pap er that always goes ahead ON THE STRAIGHT RO~ ! The Citizen is known from Coast to Coast as the best t r ade union· p aper the nation has. The Citizen brings to you each week an average of more than 12 pages of news and in~piration an·d education concernin~ organized labor. Edited by STANLEY B. WILSON The Citizen is edited by Stanley B. Wilson, ontl of the· nation's Big Men of Labor! His editorials are as widely copied all over the country as are the editorials of any other1 l;abor fighter. today. That is the su're test of quality. Others know that what . Wilson writes is THE REAL FORESIGHT THING! There's an 'inspiration and a breadth of view in the writings of Aunt R ebecca-Dat ol' man o ' this man seldom found' in the work yohs am sho-' a gooq pr(}\·id er. of editorial writers. In no other paAunt Chloe-He don e shows his per can you get the WILSON EDI. sense. H e wants to keep me busy TORIALS! Subscribe to The Citizen today! ocenpyin ' dis here skill et as a utensil The Citizen will come to you for a instid of a weapou .- Philad elphia whole year-52 big issues-for one Puhlic Ledger·. · dollar. Wrap . a bill in a sheet of paper and mail it. Get a money order if you prefer, or send a check. It A DOUBLE-CROSS all goes. BUT DO IT NOW! The I nth• Pan·nt- No, sir·ec. You can 't Citizen, P . 0. Box 135, Los Angeles, hav e her·. ] won 't ha ,.c a son-in-law Cal. who has no mor·e brains than to want Subscribe for a real Socialist p·a per · to rTraJ·r·y a giJ'! \\"ith no more sense THE. COLORADO WORKER than my daughtr1· has shown in Owned and controlled by the membership al lowing you to think :vnu l'Otdd haYe of the Socialist Party of Colorado ; 60c • he1·.- Lift•. a yea r, 35c 6 months. 850 Kalama th S t., ___ . The Social-Democrat is a paper with a wallop - a paper. that BUILDS! It's just the sort of constructive, fighting Socialist paper t hat the constructive movement of the great West needs. Special articles on timely subjects each week make the Social-Democrat a paper looked for with eagerness by every subscriber. Editorials that drive to the point give the paper a fighting to~e that is a joy to the heart of the veterans and an inspiration to the new-comers. A special department by Chester M. Wright, t he editor, is one of the snappy features of the Social-Demo?r at. In this department the big dom gs of the world pass .in review each week. There's a spicy slam-bang to Denver, Colo. t~is department that you'll appreCiate. · HOPEFUL Comrades who know newspapers, "It's In the Mountains" Fath er·! got a IIUIIllll'r o f' s~al ed comr ades who know the Socialist THE B. C. FEDERATION IST movement and its needs, all join in fH'oposa ls at my offi ce toda~·­ Finest labor paper in Canada. R. Parm praising the Social-Democrat. Among Dau~htPr·-Oh , pa, \\'l'r'l' any of t hose who testify to the high quality tlwm for· rn c 'I -Baltirnor·e _\nH•r·ican. Pettiplece, managing e ditor. Addr ess Labor Temple, Vancouver, B. C. and character of the Social-Democrat ar e Na~ional Executive Secretary Lanfers1ek, former Congr essman Vict or L. Berger, our own J. Stitt WilIrwhi Tucker son, the indefatigable Job Harriman Managing Ed itor and many others. Edwin Ellis Ca.-.Thomas C. Hall Six Bits Gets It for'You! Cha.-les Edwa.-d Russell Mail your subscription for this paThe Federal Census of 1910 gives the re- . per today. It is owned and con-· ligious population of the country at 82,417,147; trolled by the Socialist party of Cali54r57 DREXEL AVE. the Protestant population is placed at 65,415,Ch icago, Il l. fo rnia. A letter addressed to The 241. These constitute available and absolutely $1.00 a Yea .necessary materia l for the propaganda of Social-Democrat, P. 0. Box' l35, Los Ciub of Fou.- $2.00 Socialism. The Ch rist ian Socialist is edited Angeles, Cal., will reac~ it promptly. Twice a Month in t e rms -- that makes special appeal t o just MAIL YOUR SUBSCRI PTION TOCHAS. L. BRECKON this class of people. DAY- and say you saw the ad in Business Mg.-. Send ,2c Stamp fo.- sample. Th e Western Comrade! · ;::===============================• The Christian Socialist. Editorial I. Staff · �T b ·e W e s t e r n C o m r a cl e Rebuiit--,-T - ypewriters Sixth D ESSER PHOTO CO. Lantern Slides Copying Made and Exhibited Enlarging Kodak Finishing-Free Developing Published weekly. Murray E. King, editor. One dollar per year in adavnce. Address communications to room 234 Moose Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. KIRK & 'KIRK Attorneys at Law 501 Spreckels Theater Building San Diego, Call!. Every evening till 6. Sundays 11 to 12 Oscar-WINBURN-Charles THE WORKINGMAN'S LAWYERS 700 San Fernando Bldg., Los Angeles Phone A-3638 NOTARY PUBLIC 100 Per Cent Settlement JOSHUA E. YOUTZ Insurance Underwriter 360 I. W. Hellman Bul_ldlng Los Angeles, Cal. Tel. A -4559 HARRIMAN 4 RYCKMAN Los Angeles Attorneys .at L&w $1 Per Day 921 Higgins Building Los Angeles, Cal. EXnA.NEOjJS F-1592 A. . R. HOLSTON Attorney at I;aw Retired M. F. H .-And w.hen we 331-2 Douglas Building came to the seventeenth:, just as I w~s Los Angeles, Cal. going to drive, what should I see but an old dog-fog staripg at.. me out of CHARL.'ES 0. MORGAN the hedge. · Attorney and Counselor at Law and Sympathetic Friend-Ye-s-s-st Notary Public Retired 1\'I. F. H.-Now, don't ·you l010 California Bullding, Corner Second and Broadway think that was a most remarkable Home Phone A 3913 Los Angeles: Cal. thing?'' Sympathetic F~iend~Well, yes, I . F-2164 Main 7618 suppose it was; but then, you see, I don't know anything about golf GOLDMAN &. SHAPIRO Lawyers -'-Punch. Mail Orders 23072 SOUTH SPRING ST. Phone A-2298 Los Angeles, Cal. THE THE INTERMOUNTAIN WORKER Flower Broadwa¥ 159Z 226 West First St., Los Angeles, Cal. Headquarters for the best Socialist books and literature. BROADWAY a1;1d Special Rates By Wee!' THE JONES BOOK STORE F-5849 Tbis Stands for the Best in Confe.ctions, Creams and Ices . -:- . -:- Telephone Home A-4533 HOTEL SNOW From $10 Up Low Rental Rates TYPEWRITER SERVICE CO. A-2591 138 S. Broadway Bdwy. 381b Los Angeles Main 1407 29 PAST IS PAST Notary 232-3 Douglas Bldg., 3rd and Spring Los Angeles, Cal. The Committee on the Revision of Phone Douglas 3665 th e Articles of Faith had recommended the adoption of a declaration H. SLIKERMAN to the rffect that all infants ar~ .Attorney at Law sa ,·ed. 'rhe recommendation was Pacific Bullding, Room 631 adopted unanimously. San Francisco, Cal. " Now, l\fr. Moderator," said a delegate from Pittsburg, Pa., with pre- Compllments of tematural solemnity, "I move that JAMES R. TOWNSEND this be d eclared retroactive." Suite 712, San Fernando Bullding But th e moderator did not seem to Fourth and Main Streets IH•aJ• him.-Christian Register. Los Angeles, Cal. • THEIR FINISH Home A 2003 Main 619 A. J. STEVENS " I thou ght you told me that Jones Dentist \\'as a piano-finisher,'' said the Old 307 South Broadway Fogy. "v\Thy, I saw him driving a Los Angeles, Cl\l. Room 26 moving van today. " "Well Y" interrogated the Grouch JOHN HERMAN, B. SC. ' - Cincinnati Enquirer. Assayer and Chemist . I do not guaranteed satisfaction I guarantee accuracy Get readers for The Western ComSouth Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. rade. The magazine is fighting your Phone A 2299 · Ali Work Done hi Duplicate Phones: Sunset Main 840 o, Home 10711 battles in a manly manner. Do the right .- thing. Boost the magazine. Subscribe for The Western Comrade. ED. WINFIELD William Francis Seeman, registered Halftone Photo Engraver and Zinc Etcher - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - patent attorney and mechanical engineer, Color Engravings No skinning. _9ne price to all. successor to Arden & Seemann, 416~17-18 Record Building, 612 Wall St. c. A. WILSON Citizens' Bank Building; patents all The Watchmaker and Jeweler at the countries; specializing intricate and difficult mechanical, chemical, electroUnion Labor Temple, 532 Maple Avenue, chemical and metallurgical cases. F 5743, CENTRAL PARK DENTISTS Los Angeles. Is a union watchmaker Main 9474. ALL PRICES RIGHT Henry M. Silverberg, D. D. S. · · U. S. W. V. Roosevelt Camp No. 9~ Cor. Fifth and Hill Sts. Insurance; all kinds. P. D. Noel, 921 I. 0. 0. F. No. 150 ~ouislana, K. of P. Higgins Bldg., Los Angeles. Los Angeles,· Gal. No. 186 Louisiana. �_:Law .· . $~holarship ·VALUED AT 00 . . Given Absolutely Free to ·Adveri~se Our School - Costs You Nothing Now, or Later, _lf You Act Immediately! THIS OFFER IS UltiiTED, SO WRITE TODA ¥- Qlllt:Kl DON'T BELA ¥1 Get this most liberal offer before it is too late. · Y.his Free Sch.olarslaip brings you ~urpriaingly low. We are ~aking this liberal offer for advertising purposes and may withdraw it at any time, so hurry !! 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Our eo- CO'I'era aD bnocheo of Amedcao Law aod ioclucleo oamo otodleo ao loadio• law ·ocboolo. t' ¥our Home~ University! � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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An Eight-Hour Law! • Read Great Article By Thomas W. Williams '\ �The W e s .t ern C om r a d e 2 We want Socialists to buy our Union-made products. Union conditions in industries means shorter hours, -andahort"er houri~ mean MORE SOCIALISTS. MEN CALIFORNIA Men's best quality cotton sox in black, tan or black with white feet, postpaid, 6 pair.................. ..................$1 Men's finest quality lisle thread sox in black, tan, ox blood, steel gray or pure white, postpaid, 6 pair $1.50 Ladles' finest quality cotton stockings, black, tan or black with white feet, postpaid, 6 pair..........................$1 Ladles' extra heavy cotton stockings, 5 pair..................$1 Children's stockings, postpaid, 6 pair................................$1 Bell brand collars, postpaid, 1 dozen ..............................$1.50 Men's working shirts, blue cha-mbray, heavy drill khaki, black sateen, each ...........................................,....50c Men's fancy negligee shirts, latest styles, each ... :..........$1 Neckties, knitted, 50c values, each ................................... 25c Garters, for men, women and children, per pair......: ... 25c Write for catalogue of many other articles. The company offers $25 in cash t;;- the Socialist Branch or Local w hose members have purchased the largest number of Bell Brand Collars-these are the only collars made under union conditions. The stockholders of this company are all members of the working class. · HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY To prepare for Positions in the Railway Mail Service and Postoffice Department. Better salaries for Railway Mail Clerks and Postoffice Carriers, Clerks. Big increase m working force caused by Parcels Post. ' Mutual Union Trading Co. See MISS WILSON 602 Citizens' National Bank Bldg., Los Angeles Res. phone: Office phones: 25951 A-1973; Bdwy. 1775 Postal Telegraph Building, 9 Board of Trade Court, Chicago, Illinois You will confer a favo r by saying you saw our adv. in the Western Comrade when ordering goods. 'fhe best in qua li ty FOR THE LEAST IN PRICE. That is th e I!lotto that prevails at the clothing cond ueted hy W. Hunter & Co. When you take $15 to Hunter's beautiful store, you will get a suit of clothes that will give you good service. stor(~ SUITS $15 for Men "Hurry to Hunter's" and see what you can get for only $15. Rem ember, you will get a suit that will have effici ent wo1·kmanship- th e kind that gives snap and go to a suit of clothes. At Hunter's, you get sty les that arc absolutely authentic, with thr r esult that your appearance will be dignified and business like. For only $];), you will get the best and most skillful products of the best and highest paid cutters and tailors in the country. YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK AT ANY TIME IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED. ~~wEAR THE BEAR HAT'' It 's the best hat in th e market; you couldn't find a neater hat anywhrre. have b een looking for. Ask for it at Hunter's. Th e Bea.r Hat is the hat you W. Hunter & Co. - --------- 540 So. Sprinsz Street, Los Anszeles ~-~-----------------11-- �T be We s te rn Com r a d e 3· THE HEW YO'R'l PUBLIC LIBRA.RY /t c_t•• . • 0 6 'tO I ,a A&TOII1 ~lltOX "'NO TILDIN I'OUNOATION& \ R 19 ' 5 L Laboring PeopleRead This Letter! This Strong Letter Endorses the Saving Certificates Issued by this Bank $100 Saving Certificates are sold on the easy payment plan of $2 a week for fifty weeks, and th e Bank Makes the First Payment for You Thousands of.these Saving Certificates have been sold the past two months-thousands· of people have appreciated the fa ct that not only are these Certificates a wise investment, but an easy, sure way to save $100. LABOR MEN-Investigate this plan. Call or ·~rite for information. Calif'ot~nia Savin§sBank Spring and Fourth Sts. · "A Tow er of Str ength'J �The Western Comrade 4 INTO THE LIBRARIES WE G_O! I _:.; -·--------------~---;;-;:;;,.---,rr-:~-::--r=c:::::-=-~~-:-:----:::::~-=-====-=-=-71::"::.:-::=:::-T.=-;;;-;h===;-1!'>,........,...-- the April issue of The W estern Comrade we with a contn utwn t at pays en asked for contributions to a Library Fund. Anx- libraries, as follows: Philadelphia, Pa.; Dallas, Texas; Schenectady, N. Y.; D es ::\{oines, Iowa; Little Rock, Ark.; Bisbee, Ariz.; rooms of 500 libraries, we told our subscribers to de- Eureka, Cal.; Dubuque, Iowa; Galveston, Texas, and eide whether or not this is a goal worth atta,ining./ Butte, Mont. .Judging from the immediate response, we conclude Sydney Hillyard, of Paso Robles, pays for the pubthat the comra<l es arc anxious to carry this important lie library at San Francisco, Cal. A. R. Holston, of work to su f·cf'ss. Los Angeles, helps in the good work by subscribing for ious to place The V•l estern Comrade in the reading , That thr• liln·arinns 1n·l<·ome The \\'estern Comrade Crookston, l\tinn. A. N. Lul<cr·, Ranta Barbara, Cal., writes : "I lik e is ,.nro1·<· rr by tlr ~ fad that t hr·y ar<~ 1niting letters ex- you r idea of .sending The ·western Comrade to the pf'(·ssin~ t h r ir appr r·r· iation of the "·ot·k being done. puhlic librarirs." Th e library in his city wll get Th e T! H~ followitr!.!. s igtJ <·<l h~· :\I. Louise -Hunt, J\ssistant Western Com r·ade for an enti re y ear. Lilmq·ian nf thr· ]',rldi t· Lil1r;JJ'.Y of Portiand , Or·cgon , 1\frs. 1\iary E. Garbutt, Los Ang·c lcs, Cal. , enabl es g i 1·r·s un• · an id• ·a !J 011· Thl' Wr·stt·r·n Comrade is wcl- th e library at Turlock, Cal., to place Th e vVest ern Comrade in its reading room. I eom <~ rl : Mrs. E. Hild ebrand, 2318 East Sixth street, Los "Th<· .\pril nlJJJJIJt·r of Th e \\' .. st<!rJJ Comrad e has Angeles, 'Suppli es the wh erewithal to place th e N ew hr·r·JJ rr·(·l'ivf'd . \\' <·shall 1)(! ,.<'l'Y glad, ind eed, to k eep York Library on the mailing list, while J. Sherman, this llla g a:' ilr• · 011 fjJ,. in OlJl' pr·riodit al room, antl are 224 Santa ~foni ca bouleYard, Santa 1\ionica, CaL, gives gnJtdnl to Y1111 fr,r .'·o11r •·otJrt<'sy. ". The \\'r•st<•t·n Com r·ad e to his hom e town !ibrary. Thi s ln ••:JJis 111:~1 for :ill (•JdirP _y(•a r· The W estern Capay, Yolo Cou nty, Cali fornia, will get The ·western CoJnl·adr! ll'ill do JIJissiuJI:Ir.'' 11·ol'1\ for Sof:ialislll in a Comrade because C. F. H ask ell, Comcll , Cal., conpuhli r· lil11·ary tl1at is I'J·•·•!il' 'lilt ·d 11y t!Jousnnds ol' p<'r- tributed. ~ons. l s this not a 1rorl; th;d is truly 11·ort!J 11·hil<•? ~all Di ego 's Librn1·y will he Yisite<l regularly by J>r . . f. E. l'otl• •ng•·r. of :\fonrovia, Ca lifornia, re- 'fhc \YPstt·rn Commdc h ec:aust' Hoy h T cn·cll, 830 spo111l•· d to o11r <·a ll fo r •·ontril11Jtions Lo IIi•· Lihrar.v Tll·<'ll'th strt·et, ~an Diego, sent a dollar. The Paso Fund 1rit!J a I'!J<•<·k for+~~~. Thro11gh his kindness Th e Rohlr•s Lihrai·.v will <·ntrrtain an agitator for· twelve \Y<·stt·r·n ( 'ontradr> has ht •t•JJ a<·<·rpted, for an Pntirc months fo r the simple rr!ason that Fred C. \\' h eeler ,V <'HI', iu tl1 e pult!i r: lil11·ari<·s ol' tli•· following cit·it·s: and Esth<'r Yamr·ll footed the bill. ~ ··:Jill<·, \\' :~s!J. ; l'ortland , Or<•. ; Boston, ;\la~ . ; PasE. 1\. Fustcl·, of Los Ang-eles, ('Ont 1·ihutcd $3, whi ch ad<·na , (';II.; C lii1·ago , JJI.·: llakPrsfield , Cal.; Ex eter, is I' JJOUgh to pay for sending Th r \\' estern Comrade Cal.: ~;Ill' BPl'nnrdinn, ( 'al.; ~ioux City, loll'a; Kansas to the ( 'ongTt>ssional Lih rar·y, \Vas!Jin g ton, D. C., and . City, :\To. ; Ta<·oma, \\'a.~h . : ~an l'edro, t 'al.; Bf'aumont, th r f•ity lih r ari• ·s at St. Paul , 1\Tinn., and St. Louis, l\'Io. Cal.: ~poknn(•, Wash.: :\lilwankt·t·. \\'is. ; llol lywood , .A total of 47 public lihrariPs is on t he mailing list Ca l.: B(•rkt-lt·y, <'a!.: \Ionrovia. ( ';J!.; Fri•sno, Ca l. ; of Th P \\'(•stPJ'l~ Comra.Jc. l \Ve ash cd for GOO. Will :'lfod rsto, Ca l. ; ~al<·nt. Oi·<•.: PhoPnix , Ariz. ; D cnl' cr, YOl' !J Plp us to11·ard our· goal 9 \\' ill you h elp swell Col. ; VPutura, <'al .. nnd Onkland. Cal. the lihl'HJ'Y fund " Send a dollar to The \Vestern D t·. John n. Hayn rs, of Los Allf.!l'll's, I'Ollli'S fot'\\'HI'd ('omradr, box l :~s. Los Angeles, Cal. Do it today! ============================~== Socialist Progress in Europe A 'l' the last el ection in l!aly th e Socialists polled 822,280 Yotcs, or 20 per· cent of a total of 4,380,000 votes. Thirty-eight rcprcsentatiYc& to parliament w ct·e elected by th e Socialists in Bul ga r·ia. Formerly th ry By JOHN KELLER SAN FRA:'\CISCO, CAL. in the lower and 13 in the upper house of parliament. The m embership· of th e party has increased to 60,000. Out of a total of 725,171 Yates, the Socialists in Finland, at th e last election, polled .'310,000 votes. They t>lccted 90 m embers to parliament, 12 of them being 11.omen. hnd but one d elegate to the national body. Throughout Europe " ·omen 's participation in the The Socialist party m embership in Switzerland ·1ast movement is incr easing wonderfully. T e n thousand _ _..x_e;;.;;a.:-::;r~ a..:: d::-v.;;.;a.;.;n~c"" e.:: d_f:..:r...:co.;.;m ..c....::2::..1=:.. 5.:..0 .:.....ct:..:o'-3::...::.1r:. ,3:..:8:..:4..::..-----,----__:.: " .'..:o..::.m:.:..e::..n:::.....;J!!,.:o.:.:i.::n..::.e.:: d~t..::. h.:: e--= G~ crm an Socia I ist Party last year, In Sweden, the Socialist.l now have 64 delegates according to th e annual r eport. �The Western Comrade 5 THOMAS \L vVILLIA\1S Secretary of th e Socialist Party of California . ·~----------------<O'='-Msc:-npo"'""' - ·"erfrfnut'-1..-rtart1cle on p:rge--11!,- --1- - - �The Western Comrade 6 PECULIAR WAYS HE Yotcrs- most of them workers-have strange • ways. Indeed, they arc much like the "Heathen Chinee. '' Exasperated over th e arrogance of Republican politicians-what does he do ? Turns to Democratic or Progressive henchmen of the Capitalist class. The Democratic or Progressive·" official clubs and oppresses him as r eadily as the Republican. And so, the game goes merrily on! You a.s1r what that has to do with th e Chinaman 1 - Let me tell you. \Yh en th e Mongolian suffers a great wrong at the hands of an enemy, he avenges himself by seating himself on his enemy's doorstep and disemboweling himself !-E. J. T . .. .. A BOLD STROKE COMING E ha 1·c grown accustomed to eJ{posures of the (·urTuption of the capitalist press. We are familiar with th e pictures of the gr eat gray bl anket of advertisements that cover and smother the truth in the capitalist daily and p e riodi~al press. But we have not y et faced th e situation that exists within our own ranks. Many of th e most pow ct'ful Socialist publications are fillin g their columns with disgraceful , if not actually fraudulent, advertisements. If you think that a clean and noble cause demands a clean and f ree press, r ead the n ext issue of The Western Comrade. In that issue will be found an article by Chester M. Wright, dealing with this important subj ect. It may surprise you; it may leave you with a feeling of shame ; but it will also leave you with a d et ermination to do your part in a necessary house cleaning. -E . J. W .. ... .. UNIONIZING BANK EMPLOYES ARlSIAN bank employes are making strenuous demands for a weekly day of r est , Saturday afternoon off, increased wages, payment for OYertime and a shorter workday. More than 21.000 of the Parisian bank employes are enrolled in th e union, and, judging from their enthusiasm, will strike if th eir demands are not granted. Thjs helps pro1·c that because one works (or, rath er, slaves ) in a bank, a p erson does not cease to be a member of the worl\ing class. HoweYer, American bank clerks still appear P to be under the impression that they are potential capitalists, destined, in the very near future, to occupy the seats of the money, lords. Poor souls! Let 's hope they will wake up soon !- E. J. .. .. .. OUR REJECTED FEAST F a criticism which has nothing to do with Socialism may be permitted, why are so many who live in tlie very midst of climatic luxury so averse to a complete enjoyment bf that luxury 1 Thousands of Californians shut fresh air out of th eir homes as though it contained the germs of a plagu e. Why is this~ \Vhy deny to our lungs that which they crave? In California closed windows at night. should be unheard of. 'That should be true of every climate, hut especially true of California. Here it entails not even inconvenience. There are two things to be had from open aira state of mind and a state of health. Perhaps these are not two things at all, but let us call th em so. And that state of mind and health that ·comes from constant life and sleep in the open air is, in the absence of contrary overwhelming influences, inspiring, bouyant, conducive to self-reliance and wholly to he desired. Knock the walls out of your sleeping ctuarters if you can. If you can 't do that, at least open the windows wide. Clear brains and clear eyes ar e assets to any cause.-C. M:. \V. I .. .. .. OUR LIBRARY FUND ERE is what C. E. ~'[cLe n egan, librarian of the Milwaukte Public Library, writes : In r eply to your letter saying that you have sent us Th e W estern Comrade, I beg to say that w e shall be happy to place it in our r eading room, as you request. This is but one of the many letters we have received frorri librarians, showing conclusively that it is very easy to get a Socialist magazine like The West ern Comrade into public libraries. Read ers who d esire to help in this good work should contribute to the Library Fund. Ther e are 200 libraries in California that are open to The \\~estern Comrade. \Y hy shouldn 't we use them ? - E. J. H �The Western Comrade 7 IT HAPPENED IN !TALY those vested with political authority. Even hired HROUGH reliable sources, the . report reaches thugs and private detectives operate, if not under here that in Italy the feminists have allied political authority, at least by sufferance of those themselves with the Socialist Party, because", as the who have political power. report puts it, "of the recognition of the fact that If the governors of Colorado and Michigan had t'he Socialists (of Italy ) are carrying on a more ef- been Sacialists-which means representatives of the .fective fight for women suffrage than the feminists working class-there would not have been the disare able to conduct by themselves." graceful, criminal butchery that has disgraced those Th e Italian suffragists helped, in no mean degree, · two states. Can you imagine Comrade John Brown, to send 80 Socialists deputies to parliament, where governor of Colorado, sending state troops to Trinithey are pledged to fight for the extended franchise. dad to shoot down striking union men 1 Or putting This co-operation win bring great results to both Mother Jones in jail?-C. l\1. W . the feminists and th e Socialists, for while the feminists have a nobl e cause. th ey lack organization. The AT TOP SPEED Socialists, whateYC r their · shortcomings on the HE speeding up cr aze has· left scarcely a phase of woman question, appreciate the value of organizalife untouched. A typewriter company has this tion. line in one of its big national advertisements: In Italy the Socialists do not say: "You women "It speeds up the human workers, improves their are all rig-ht, but wait until we get Socialism and output and ·cuts the cost." then you will get what you want." -Women who Qh, for a rest from this driving age! But no, want economic independence, the right to enter all there is no rest; there can be none now-the machine professions and trades, equal pay for equal work, "speeds up the human workers" and we have to political rights and participation in the enactment of k eep up with the machine. A race owned and driven laws, do not want to be told that all will be made by levers and wheels and pulleys and belts, all runperfect by the men when the men arc free; the.~ .;re ning like mad! Inspiring, isn't it 1-C. M. W. firm in their demand for th e right to break their chains here and now.-E. J. FRENCH SYNDICALISTS OHN A. DYCHE, editor of Th e Ladies Garment HYPOCRITES Worker, t ells of a visit to the office of La BaEN TILLETT, the English labor leader, recently taille Syndicaliste, t he organ of French revolutionary said: " The Church makes an awful fuss be- syndicalism. After studying the situation, he says cause a French comedienne powders her legs on the that "the syndicalists proper, or the revolutionary stage, but n ever says anything about the thousands unions, in France have no p ermanent organization. of women in Dublin who haven't enough money even They are represented• by a group of able and some to dress 'their legs." This applies in New York, Chi- of them very honest and otherwise, journalists and u tgo and Los Angeles, as weli as Dublin . Pulpitecrs orators, who in time of trouble and controversies, ·or will rave against split skirts, hut say nothing when strikes, will jump in and create a movement which faced " ·ith th e real problems of modern life.-E. J. may continue for a while until it subsid es. Their n ewspapers are r ead because of the ability and brilPOLITICAL POWER liancy of the contributors, more than for any other IIE Yalue of political power has been nowhere r eason. Mr. Monnet is the abl est of them all, who more forcibly demonstrated t han in the great can always command an audience. 1 "These gentlemen here will talk to you a good Colorado and Michigan strike fi elds during th e few months just passed. Th e great force that ttas dea l on Labor and Labor Problems," Dych e quotes beaten upon these great armies of strikers has been a f r·iend, "but they know no more abou t the labor question than the man in the moon, and, I believe, _ an armed force directed by politica1 power. Police and soldi ers operate under direction of they do not care to know. 'l'hey have never been T • • • T • • • • • • B • • • T J �8 The Western · Comrade inside of a shop, and, in fact, are not interested in th e labor problem in its r eal form. They are a set of brillia nt dilett anti , who h~ve a th eoretical and an emotional inter est in any r evolutionary movement, which th ey are pleased to call the Labor Movement. " dom t hese days. All very well, but ther e's a lot of Russianization in progress in the Postoffice Departm ent. l\fr .Reedy then delivers himself of this wallop: And it is carried on by men 'vhose minds, to judge by the things they condemn, must be scream. ing vortices of lutescent lubricity! Surely the postoffice cannot survive this solar plexus. "Scr eaming PINCHON ENTHUSES LABOR liE Los 1\n geles Central Labor Council r ecently vor.tices of lutescent lubricity. " I don 't know what ga Ye its pl atfo rm t o Edgcumb P.inchon,a \Vest- it means, but it's an awful harsh thing to say.-E. J. ern Comrade contributor. He briefly explained the prin f·ipl cs of organic co-operation, t elling how organJOHANSSEN'S LAUGH ized lahoP, hy usin g its f unds in a tJonstructive manEARING J.1abor Party colors, spQrting a r ed n(' t·, could , in ti me, br·in g about an industrial d emocfl ag, usin g the word " scab" and "blackleg" r ar-y . are punisha bl e offenses in Rout h Africa, according t o 1'in c· hou sh o\\"l'tl-t hat Ia hor- has permitt ed the cap- th e Int erna tion al News Letter. A man got twb iat li st c·lass to usf' its own fnnd s t o break strikes, con- p ounds or fourteen days for lookin g ' ' sneeringly'' at t inu<· lo1·lwut s an d iu eYery conce iYahle mann er k eep a p o li ~ man! Th er e is no limit t o the audacity of t he t !11· pmdtH:•·r!:i in a posit ion of industrial sla very. la bor-hating forces. They go to any extr·eme t o" get " Til t· d 1· l q~a f r>s "" " '''~ neYer mor e Pnthusiastic. the workers who dare questions th e authority of th e Til 1·.v applmHI1·d lihf' rall.v as Pi-n chon di·o,·e home his exploiters of th e producers. fa1·1 s aud r·o n1·ltrsions. Lots of thin gs have begun in Some w eeks a go Anton J ohanssen , of t he . Cali( 'a li fo l'lli:t . Tt looks as thou g h organic c·o-op eration fornia Building Trades, t old us how, on one occasion, will lltatt·rinliz1· ri gltt hPrP in th r Cold en State.h r upsr t t he di gnity of an entire capit alist court. H e E. ,J. clid n 't know how to express his contempt f fr the cap-· italistic henchm en, except by giYing vent to a loud, POSTOFFICE TYRANNY lon g laugh . Anyone who knows Johanssen kiJows liE £'. ~- l'ost offil·r Departnw nt has heen gradu- \Yhat that ' means, for that amiabl e labor official has nlly takin g to it self po\\·crs t hat will eYcntually th e loud est , ha ir-ra ising lau gh one could hope t o hear lwcomr a sPriou s mPnac·c t o fr eedom of expression. in a century . His "haw-haw " is a wonder , aweTh e :t\ew York postmastPt' didn't ca re fo r tu e cover inspirin g, volcanic. on Th e Int ernational- " beauty unaclol'll ed ' ' was ofAnd wh en the jurymen, the prosecutors and f ensiv e to this p a ra gou of ,·ir·tue, so lt c ord t·I·ed th e oth er·s heard that thunderstorm, th ey soon r eached magazin e thrown out of th e mails. Th e editor· th en th e conclusion that Brother ,Johanssen is a criminal. desir·ed to blot out t he lady and add this on the ma ga- For a half hour th ey examined volum es of law; th ey zine cover: "Censored by thr PostofTi c: l',., hut th e searched and searched, but finally th ey had to conpostmaster said he >vould not permit this. fess that th er e is no law against a man being happy! To quot e George Sylvester Viereck, \\·e have in- - E. J. trodut:ed a new crime into th e statute books - the lese maj este of th e Postoffice Department. Only after U. S.-RAILROAD BUILDER! the covers had been torn off would th e postoffice EFORE long th ere will be a governmentallybureauc:rats permit th e magazin e to go t hrongh. This owned railroad in Alaska . Built by the people, it leads Mr. L eonard D . Abbott to say: I object, in th e will be operated by the p eople. And wh en the p eostrongest possible fashion , to being told hy postoffice pl e capture the goYernmen.t from th e powers of capoffi cials what I shall or shall not lik e in the matter of ital, th e railroads will be operated for the p eople. If pictorial art. it is right and pract icable for the government to William Marion Reedy,_jn th e l\Iirror (St. Louis ), huild and operat e ~ r ailroad in Alaska, then Uncle puts it t his way: Vve hear a lot about th e New Free- Sam should take over the Southern Pacific, th e Santa ... ... ... T ... ... ... W .. ... T .. B ... �9 The We s te r n -' Com r ade Fe, the Great Northwestern, the P ennsylvania and in times of political stress. The London Times comthe New York Central railroads. plains that "far too many honors are unquestionJt won 't he more than five years before the p eople ably the outcom e of a:n indefensible cash transacwill gt·ow tit·ed of having a handful of capitalists tion. • • • ' ' Of course, this peeves those who owning th e railroads. Th ey will fo r ce the government to step in and become the owner of the r ail- h~Ye not thus gained their titles, because it tends roads. Wheu t he working people, through their gov- to lower--if that is possible-the worth of titles. If t•rumrnt, hc·('om e t he owners of the means of wealth everybody can have one, what's the use? This will p1·odw·t ion aml distribution, and when those utilities be sad n ews to our American heiresses, but .since al'(' opt· l·ated h? and fot· the people in a sane, civilized, most of us are not heiresses the ripple that excites d t>I II Ol'l'at ie mann er, for usc instead of profit-then, AtlaiJltic City and Palm Beach probably will not get wh~·. to ht• surr, wP shall ha n Socialism! very fa r inland. Perhaps all this may be of slight GO\'l' l'lllllPnt ownership isn't Socialism, but it isffintcrest to Marxians, but, even so, why shouldn't a long stt·p to11·anl it. Jt is easit'l' to democt·atize we have our little look in on the doings of the th e industrit·s al't cr the? have been taken over hy dukes now and again 1 'Why not, fo r sure? And th•· go\·t· l'lllll t' ll t, cs]weia lly wh en we have th e bal- then, again, it may serve to remind us that the lot to direr t tlw policies of our government. Heal- Am erira~ senate and the Chicago stock yards are izing that ~oeialism " ·ill come as an evolut ionary not th e ouly rotten places in t he world, anyhow. g ro11·th ratht>l' thnn h? a eataclysmic r cvolutiou, we -C. i\1. \V. •·a 11 gain on r t•lld ht>ttPJ' h~· r nrOlH'agi ng governm ent O\\'ll t'l'ship \\·it h a \'it' \\' 10\\·ar·d captu rin g t he govCHURCH AND LABOR c~rn nJt• nt for ust• hy thL' work ers thcmseln·s. This NCE upon n time the maximus pontificus was is c·xpt·dit·nt, if nothing l'lsc. Jlair splitters will the master bridge builder. Today he is a pope. lind 1nany ohjt•dions to this, hut the fad r emains Once upon a tim e the d eacon. ·was a waiter at the that t·ollJIIIO!l st·nsP will gd us more than a stubborn t·ommunal tahl e of the labor union. Today h e is as tlt' 11'l'lllinati on to take unto ourseln·s a shatt ered likely to be th e head of a trust. Once upon a time l'l'illlitllli.- E. J. the disciples of Ch r·ist were labor union members. ... ... ... 0 ... ... ... THE CZAR 'S TOOL . \~AD ,\ , at thi !> tim e. seems anxious to t ruelde to th<· Czar. ln ord<·r to pass t he Canao ian Imm igra 1i'on Aut hori t it•s it is n ecessa ry fot· Russian Emig1·nnts to he p 1·ovid ed with a p assport from th e Hussinu Go\'ernment. Ima gin e a politi ea l r efu gee, after a 'd nn gP I'OUS fight fo r liberty and justice, r eturnin g to th e Czar arid asking that gentl e, Christian phil anthropist for a passport.- E. J. C ... ... ... DUKES A DOLLAR A THROW l "CII of the glamor that hove l'S oH·r t it led heads is disappearin g in th e midst of unsavory r e\' elations being made by British newspapers a ud by Br·itish peers as well. lt seems that Tammany Hall methods have crept across th e waters and that titl es are h a n<l ed out to those who "come across" in lihl'ral fashion tO' th e campaign funds M Today th ey may be the worst labor haters in the land. And whi le Solomon's 'l'cmplc was built by union labor we are not always so sure about what sort of lahor builds all the temples today. Yes, the world moves !-C. M. Vl. ... ... ... 'tvi!.L YOU BOOST? 11 E \\' E~TERN COMRADE is meeting with enthusiastic welcom e wh erever it goes. Many lf't te1·s come to this office, and most bear the information thnt Th e Wr stem Comr ade is" j ust t he thing" th e com rades Have been waiting for . But t his ma gaz in e must have something more substant ial t han praise. Th e hest way to show your appreciation is by goi ng to your friends and getting t hem to subsc ribe for Th e \\'estern Comrade. Will you make it a point to get Th e \V rstern Comrade a few more readr rs? Rho"· this issu e to your friends-they will snbsr ribe.- E. J . T �10 The We st ern Comrade NJ~ xt~An Eight-Hour Law! By TH O MAS W . WILLIAMS ~~!!!!!;l A LIFORNIA INVITES THE ·woRLD! ' ' This state is looking forward to a great exposition, in celebration of the opening of the Panama Canal, and the ush ering in of a n ew era in industry and commerce for the Pacific Coast. \Ye are about to play th e host at a gatheFing of th e nations-a spectacular world ev~nt. In a not her sense, also, California invite~ the world. The ignorant, t he downtrodden, the unorganized, h elpless, unsusp ectin g poor of th e world, Californi~i n Yi tes! Jt wi'Jl mean business, industries,- profits, po,Yer ! Jt will uu·an long hour-s, low wages, t enements, slums, sickness, c-rim e ! California is waiting. Alth ough still an agricultural state, California alr eady has its battlefi elds in th e labor war. Los An geles " ·itn essed th e struggl e of th e machinists for· higher wnges aml a shorter workday in 1910; also, th e brewery work er-s ' magnifi cent victory in th e same year. Th e long conflict between the carmen and traction companies of San Francisco, with its deeds of violence and brutality by tools of the corporations, is not forgotten. Scarcely a y ear ago came th e electrical workers' str-ike ; and fresh in our memories js. the red field at \Vheatland! Labor 's struggle the world ov er, from th e early days of th e wage system to th e present, has been largely a struggle for shorter hours of work- shorter hours t o conser ve health , shorter hours in the inter ests of th e hom e, shorter hours to preserve the happiness and well-being of society. England, Australia, ::\ ew Zealand, Germany, France and the United States-all hav e had t heir working class movements for a shorter work dny, dating back to the latter part of th e eighteenth century, when the hours of labor were practically unlimited. In California Organized Labor has been making an heroic fight fo r shorter hours, and the fact that skilled labor in this state now enjoys an eight hour day is due to this concerted action on the part of the workers. Hence, it is not without anxiety, not without some fear, that Labor in California awaits the arrival of that army of strange workers who will come to us through the Canal. These people a r e accustomed to a coarse and meager diet, with hovels for dwellings, and hours of work that hav e practically no 1imit. This is the prime r eason for the -effort now being made in California to insure the p ermanency of the eight-hour day by legislative enactment. This bas 'hir eady been done for women in all but one or two occu----.,., pat ions. Early in 1913, Assemblyman C. W. Kingsley, the only Socialist in the legislature, introduced a bill providing for a universal eight-hour day. The Socialist Party, through its organ, the California Social-Democrat, called upon the workers to petition the legislature to ·pass the Kingsl~y bill. The r esult was a petition three-fourths of a mile in length, and containing some seventy-five thousand names. This was presented by Kingsley in the assembly. The vote on the measure was 30 for and 37 against. In the meantime a bill was prepared within t he S_pcialist Party for initiation by the people. P etitions wr>re circulat ed, and by th e close of 1913 the requisite number of names had been secured to place the measure on the ballot at the coming election. I H ere is the bill: An act to amend the penal code by adding a new section thereto, to be numbered 393%, limiting the hours ·of labor of employes and providing a p.e nalty for violation of the provisions of this act. _ The people of the State of California do enact as follows: Hours of Labor ''Any employer who shall require or permit, or who shall suffer or p ermit any overseer, superintendent, foreman, .or other agent of such employer, to r equire or permit any person in his employ to work more than eight hours in one day, or more than forty-eight hours in one week, except in case of extraordinary emergency caused by :fire, flood, or danger to life or property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be :fined not less than $50 or more than $500, or imprisoned in the county jail not less than 10 noa more than 90 days, or both so fined and imprisoned.'' Already t he fight is on! The Merchants and Manufacturers' Association and corporations of California have combined in a vigorous campaign to defeat the measure. The attacks on th e bill fall naturally into two main arguments, one r epresenting the business and the other farming inter ests of the state. ''Business in the state of California cannot be conducted profitably· in competition with the East on an eight-hour basis. ' ' This is the statement of a banker which appears on a poster now being distributed by t he corporations. It is representative of commerce and industry throughout the state. The history of the eight-hour law in other states and abroad, however, does not vindicate his statement. In 1874-1880, legislation was enacted in the state women an 0 �The Western Comrade minors to ten hours per day, or sixty hours per week. The manufacturers of Massachusetts then said they were unable to compete with manufacturers in New Y.ork -and-otlrer-states-with--employes working eleven and a half hours per day. They succeeded in securing an investigation on this point by the State Bureau of Statistics of Labor. Carroll D. Wrjght was then at the head of that bureau. His report stated that "Massachusetts with ten hours produces as much per ml}n or per loom or per spindle, equal grades being considered, as other states with eleven and more hours. '' Bliss' Encyclopedia of Social Reform states: ll Undoubtedly employers of labor in this state hope to do away with the eight-hour day in m·a ny industries when the Panama Canal is opened and the labor market is flooded with the-immigrants from .Soathem Europe. The eight-hour law would make it impossible for them to manipulate the labor market in this fashion it is true, but the working class of California need not look to. see Big Business "fold their tents like the Arabs" and steal away to other states, leaving them jobless. From th.e farming districts comes a pronounced oppositic~m to the bill. ''The passage of the eight-hour law will drive us out of business," wails a rancher. '' In 1870, four years before the enactment of the ten'' Shall we have to sub-let to the J aps Y'' And a fruithour law, Massachusetts had 39.5 per cent of" all the · grower adds, ''There is no power possible to hold back cotton spindles in the North Atlantic states; six years the maturing of fruit and vegetables from 5 p. m. after the passage of that law Massachusetts' propor- Saturday until 8 a. m. Monday. How are we going to tion was forty-fhe per cent. It is difficult to see what harvest if the eight-hour law is pas~ed?" clearer proof could be demanded of the beneficial rePerhaps the cigar manufacturers of the country suits of the Massachusetts short hour laws." could tell them what they could do in such a conMather and P latt, of Balford, England, are among tingency. The Cigar Makers' Union has no overtime. the largest manufacturers of machinery in Great When there ~s more work than can be done by the Britain, employing 1200 men. A few years ago they regular number of men in forty-eight hours per week, reduced their· wmking hours from fifty-three to forty- they are <;ompelled to hire more men. If it is necesPrght per \\" eek, with SO little diminutiOll in the OUtput sary that fruit be harvested every day in the Week, of their factory t hat the British gowrnmcnt decided they will be compelled in the h eight of the season to to mal' e a lik e redu ction in the royal arsenals. hire more men, and to arrange shifts so that each man H enry Ford, who r ecently r ed uced the hours in his may have one day off each week. And if the fruit immense automobile factory from nine to eight, is gro\rer in the state of California cannot stand the adquoted: " Our men are doing as mu ch \\"Ork now in ditional financial burden imposed, let him r emember l' ight hours as they did before in nine. In the motor that it is not because he is paying so much for labor, assemlJliug d epartment the men \\"Cre turning OUt hut because the middlemen and the railroads are chargeighty-fivc motors an hour wh en tfrry " ·ere working a ing him extortionate prices for their services. The nine-hour day; since we changed to eight hours, those farm laborer has borne the brunt of this gouge too same meu, without any change in numbers or methods, long, in low pay and long hours. haYe been assemblin g one hundr·cd and five motors an As to selling out to the Japs, it is because the Japs hour.'' are willing to work long hours that they are able to Professor Clark, of Columbia University, sums up underbid the ranch owner as well as the farm laborer. the question for th e employer of labor very truthfully 'l'he universal eight-hour law will aid both owner and in these w,ords: "If you want a man to work for you laborer in this respect. one day, and one day only, ·and secure t he greatest The hospitals, too, have entered a protest on behalf possible amount of work which he is capable of p er- of their profits. "It is impossible to regulate sickforming, you must make him work twenty-four hours. n ess," they assert. "Therefore it is impossible to reguIf you would have him work a week, it will be neces- late to the eight-hour basis." They offered the same sary to reduce the time to twenty hours a day; if you objection to the extension of the eight-hour law for want him to work for a month, a still further r educ- women to include nurses; but that extension of the law tion to eighteen hours a day. For the year, fifteen \Vent into effect, and the hospitals KNOW that they 1 hours a day will do; for several y ears, t en hou r·s. But if can r egulate to the eight-hour basis, to the-benefit of you " ·ish to get the most out of a man for a working the patient as well as the nurse. lifetime, you will have to r educe his hours of labor to 'l'here is one more argument against it, namely, it eight each day." , includes domestic servants, and the household routine Industry will not be paralyzed if the eight-hour law in many families will be disturbed if someone is not is carri ed. Skilled labor in Califom ia has already been on duty all the time to minister to the family needs. operating on an eight-hour basis for several years; • "Shall the household have their breakfast at 8 a. m. 1" \\'Omen have been working but eight hours for three is the indignant qu ery, "and their dinner before 5 __...se;irs._And_ California's industries are s ill Continu ed on a e 24 �12 The Western ·comrade ~----BRAINS! Sl'CCESSFUT..1 young business man was discussing, the other day, the kind of brains which it took to be a successful young lmsiness man. Jt appeared from hi8 account to r equll·" a ver·y peculiar and very exalted typt· of hr·ains, and many of them. All JWrsons not natumlly en.dowed with t hr·s•· ll'er•· of llll\\'Orthy intt;ll ectual timber 'and pert'tli<ill.v orwn to th e corHlemnation which must :fall upon the li ft· and effo rt ~ of all whose ct'<lllial cel~s are not of t h c ult m-gray. :\ot only this, lntt it !'wcmed that those 11·ho possess the t'•·ll, fil,n· , fissure and co nroluti on of the c:otnmer·<.: ial I> rain were omnisciently ordained to the judgment Sl'<lt, for the reason that they arc able to do all of the things 11·hit"i1 t:ommon l1umanity can do, "·hereas it Sl'l'llls t lull t·OIIIIIIOII humanity can · in no \Yise do th e thitrgs 1rhit·h thP eo nJtnt·r·eial brain can do-nor can t• \'t• n undt·rst and how t hr·y are done! Jt is refres hin g to turn from this s11·am;ong of the finant·ial glt·•· t·ltdl to the hyways of r ea l life. Jn a little old t:ountry st:hool a littl e old couutry tt·ae!H'I' is lwndlin g a elass of beginn ers in reading. It is astonishing to t!Oit•, as Wt' sit at th e ha<.:k an1l " ·atch ht'r·, ho\1' many t1·i('ks th e lady has at her finger ends looking t r>1ra nl th e furthp r·in g of this prodigious at:<.:om plishm ent. This littl e p erson has to teach written lauguage to the hum an conseiousness, and at the same tnotn ent s he has to wrestle with thirty chi ldt·en of other· grades, t·ac: h oue of which is a separat e psychological phenomeuou. . Could ou r· real estate brokers, our· traYeling sall'smcn, our bucket shop operators placed in the litt le old teacher's chair do any better ? H ere is a small farmer on an irr-i gated pat eh of land. He must know how to farm, how to irrigat e, how to market crops. Here is a nurehinist working with g r·casy hand in a garage. He must know an old tmdc and a new one and be picking up fresh knowl edge of both every day. Such men as th ese must nse the constructive side of t heir brains all day long, and yet they are d espised by these l:n·others of th e market who never use anyt hin g but th e competitive sidP. And there is the difference! This husi'ness brain of which we hear so much does not differ in its· qu~ity, hut in its use. It is used to fight other men 's brains. h~~~ By Sydney Hillyard Paso .RJlhl~.....__california fight inert nature and make her respond. Which does the greater work? And now comes an . issue of the "Metropolitan" with a most profoundly interesting article on co-operation in Denmark. This little country has been changed from a condition of medieval beggarliness to one of widespread aftlue.nce, an affluence which is reaching to every peasant in the field. Denma rk is a barren rock with a dense population, and yet abject pover·ty is unknown. To what super-gray matter in what business brain does Dcnmal'l;: owe this '? Who ,,·as he ? Tm·ning to the article w e arc stmck to notice that no man 's nam e appears at all! \\'hat ? No great giant financial intellect behind all this oommcrcial success ? Apparently, no! No brain behind this transccndant metamorphosis but the despised headpiece of the man with the hoe! ·while in this "·hole article no man's name is mention ed at all, yet this peasant union has blott ed out half a dozen malignant trusts which were organized and operated by the mercantile super-brain. Dcnmar·l< might be called the only really succ.essful nation in Europe ; it is rapidly becoming a co-operative eommonwea l; but it has become ·wha·t it is, with the opposition of, and in no case with the aid of, the shrewd Thread needle Street and \Yall Street brain. It could Yery d efi nit ely be asserted that there has n ever lived a business man whose so-called genius could ever have pt·oduced such a r esult in the face of such apparently iusu per able harriers. 1\Jl that the shrewd brain does is to stuff money into pur·se. lt ,tr·eates nothing. lt really wins nothing. By a mysterious system t he laborer is despoiled of most of his pr·oduct. This product goes to a few tricksters who control the system. The trickster·s fight or gamble with each other to sec "·ho shall inherit the earth. The winning trickster is your fr·iend with the ultra-gray brain cells. The laboring class that produc ed the spoil is simply an also-ran. How much better, how much more intelligent, we shall be when our business men rise to the status of t he co-operatin g Danish peasant! . It isn't a question of how can a S\\·el led head produce a swelled pocket, but of how can ,,.c all forget the size of our heads in the general scn·ice of the human race. The Danish fie ld laborer is sho11-ing th e road; all that the modern successful young business man has to do is to wall{ n~~~-tur-TI<~------------------------------------ �The We s t:e r n Com·r a de '13 The New Factor in the Class Struggle_ -------·---- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - -- - - - - - - - By EDGCUMB PINCHON Organic Co-operation P-l~\ =~djb ~~!l~ liE conclud;ng "'"''""of t~c la.t a•6cle, T ' • "There is but one system by which La hor· ·s funds can be conserved to Labor 's use and ultimate Pmam:ipation - _. . _ pe rf ~ctde dC to _ th1_c h~ndlf~~ 1- ,aa1)OJ'sy1stPrCl~ 1y entra 1 1ze aprta 1sm Itse , is the lH·ynot e of th e present c h::tpter. In a lat,•r ehapter I propose to show that nil !'X ls(Jng- eo-opt·rati\'t' "'sc·hetn l·s·· arc' the sheerest ptwrilit it·s fr·om t ht• pnint of ,-ic-"· of moder·n effecti,·e l>usinc·ss o r t:anization- m<• r•· toys hesid P the splendid IIHThallisllt of tht· Capitalist s~· sH•m itsPif, and that i lH·s( · · · sc·ht•lltf•s ··an· not o11l.v n ot h!'lp fu l to the highest intt •r<·sts of 1 ht• \\"Orking- t·lass. hut are positively detritl l!'ntnl to its :Hh·ant·c-; that tht·y an· not only n ot r•·,· ollttiollnt · ~· . hut an· i11sidionsly T"l' aetionar·~· .. and 11tt•· rly without promise for th e futun·. Fort ht· pn·s<·nt ] propost• to sho\\· that, ·\\-hl•ther we likt· it ot· not, th e splPJHiid llll'<·hanislll of Cap italism itst·lf is 1101. o11ly t he most d'fit·ipn t ".,. l'On ld possibly ''"n•·t·in• <ts a nwans of s!11·ializi11g pro<lnetion and distrilnttion, hut is the nllly onf• that\\"<' possibly can IISI'. and that th is nH' t·hanislll no\\· used for private ··nds ""'.v 111·, ami in e,·itahly lllltst hi'. <·olll'!'tively used for Lal1or's <' tHis \\' ith th P most astonishing and r<•volutioll:ll·.v r<·sul t , !'lllminating. in fad . in th e estahlish""'"1 of' t Itt• ( 'o-opt'I'Ht iYl' ( 'onHno rl\\' t'alt h hy t iH· a lm ost <ll tt <n nati t· ~H ·tion of' w orkin g f'lass produdi\'!' effort, indt•JW ild Pnt of rd uca tion nnd theory. This adaptation of thl' nw ~: hani sm of ( 'pntra lized ( 'itpita li sm to the coll ect ivr us<~ of th e organiz<'d workir:g c·lass ('Onstitut es what] h ave t e rm ed "Or·gan ic CoII JH' t'a t inn P as fundamPntal ly and unalt era bly opposed tn th e Yarious "inor·gan ic" co~operati ve "sd1 emes" itt presPnt ene urnht:ring worl<ing elass revolutionary <'!fort. This mPch anism of Cent r a li zed Capitalism consists nf t h e Bank, th e Funding Company and the F undin g ('om pany 's S n hsidiary Co rpor ations. 1 ::-;pra kin g in grnera l term s, t h e Capitalist elass, by mrans of th e Banks, SaYings Banks and Tmst Compani es eon eentra t es and conserY_cs to its ov.rn use the <'fiSh capitnl of society. And it is worthy of em phasis that th e larger p art of this cash capit?al of society is t·omposeil of th e savin gs deposits and insur ance premium of th e "·orking class, to say nothing of · over $60,000,000 of Union funds. Thus, t h e Capital ist class has the monopoly not only of that fixed capital, which IS operating c:a.pital, which is Unused Wage . It i with this latter monopoly that I propose to dealhere. The group of international financiers u ually r efe1·red to as the :Money Pow~r, who own and control the Banks, al o own and control Funding ompanie which operate on the funds -supplied by these Banks. The function 'of these Funding Companies i to inaugurate, finance and develop a series of Subsidiary orporaticns in all branches of industl·y, and to 'c onserve the profit. ·of th ese Subsidiary Corporations for the found ing of y et new Subsidiary CorpOI'ations and thu for th e fu rth er exploitation of Labor. Standard Oil, for instan<'e, owns and cont1·ols ehains of Bn.nks financino- eha ins of Funding Conq~anics, which in turn own aml ope r:: t e chains of Subsidiary Corporations, and tlwse Suhsidia1·~ Corporations, whose profits acct·uc to Standard Oil, are engaged under fict itious nam es in " ' ·ery industry known to man. Imagine for a moment. that for II Standard Oil " we have 11 Organized Labor " employing its own organized members with its own organized capital, and you have, in brief, the Organic Co-operation of the future. As a mechanism of collective production t his mechanism is pra ct ically perfed; as a w ea pon . of class opp r·ession it is unp_a r a ll elcd in hist"ry. Om· quarrel is not \Yit lt th e m ec hanism as such, but with its class o"·m·t·sltip. Th e sa me m e~:hanism used to a socia l end h~' th e organ izrd " ·ol'ldn g class would be no lon ger a w ea pon of oppr·ession uuparall eled in history, but a w eapon of wor·king class emancipation unparalleled in history. How r·ould s u eh a mechanism as the Bank, F undin g Company and Subsidi.;:try Corporation b e used to a soein l end hy th e organized working class? 'rh e answer must he ohYious t o every t hinking m ind . Capita l in lands, m ac;!hin cry and buildings, i. e. fixed capi ta l, lies today totally in the hands of the Capit a list class, but cash capital , i. c. operating capita l, Iics to a Yast extent in t h e h ands of t h e working class itself. T o quot e fro m t h e previous chapter on t his point: " T oday, in Ger·mauy, t h e d eposits of the working elass, consider ed a lone, total , accordin g to the official figures, no less than $225,000,000. If the figures for th e United States were available, it is s~fe t o assert that , in Yi ew of t he higher wage scal e of this country, th e figurr r epresenting th e total amount of working class d eposits in the savings banks would be even more imprcssi Ye. In addition to these enormous deposit funds of the workers in general, there' a r e, according �The We s t e·r n Com r a de '14 J Berlin, over $60;000,000 r epresenting union funds on deposit in the capitalist banks of the world. Again, in Germany alone, the workin class holds an interest of $550,000,000 in the government insurance reserve, and an additional $4,500,000,000 in private insurance companies. And since the prosperity of the working class in Germany is no greater than the prosperity of the working class in England, France, Scandinavia and Italy, and less than the prosperity of the working class .in thf! United States, it is safe to assert that the working class of th ese countries, in depo~its, in union funds and in insurance, owns literally t ens of billions of dollars of operating capital. And even if we consider the organized working class apart from the working class as a whol e, it is self-evident that its financial power is a tremendous reality. Obviously, th er efore, t he first step to be taken by Organized Labor in adapting the mechanism of Centralized Capitalism to its own use is the founding of a Labor Bank • for 1.h c conservation of these vast funds. Su ~ h a Bank will act in two ways. It will withdraw f rom the Capitalist banks a Yast operating capital , and to that extent begin, and continue, to drain th e ,·cry life-blood of Capitalism at its source; it will co ns<'n·e this vast operating capital to Labor 's own busin ess of self-emancipation. As far ha ck as September, 1912, I made the asser- tion that the dominant fact in the world of Labor within the next five years would be the Labor Bank of America. And as I write this chapter (March, 1914) · t ere 1es e ore me t e report o t e recen conven 1on of the Bricklayers' Masons' and Plasterers' International Union. That r eport, and I say it with profound conviction, is the most important document in modern history. For in its pages it is recorded that, by unanimous vote of the delegates to that convention, a resolution was carried instructing the Executive Board to proceed to the establishment of a. Labor Bank Honor to .the B. M. & P. I. U. It has given the world the Magna Charta of all future civilization! . I now cheerfully relinquish the task of proving the necessity of a Labor .Bank, and of prophesying its ultimate appearance, and r est on the fact that such a Bank is here, born in due season out of economic conditions ripe for its birth and nourishment. Thus, again and with absolute confidence I assert: The dominant fac t in the world of Labor within the next three years will be the Labor Bank of America. And by its inevitable operation, by its own efforts at self-preservation as a business institution, it will bring us into the bo.rders of the Co-operative Commonwealth within . ten years. In my n ext chapter I shall endeavor to prove this seemingly bold assertion from a purely business standpoint, and independently of any social theory or ideal. We Are Forcing Bette·r Laws S By PATSY O'BANG OCIALl:::lTS ha\'e lon g maintain ed that the best way to force the Capitalist la>v makers (llepublicans, Democrats and Progressives ) to pass measu res faYorable to the workers is by organizing for the purpose of demanding the complete surrender of the Capitalist class. In oth er words, demand th e earth - and the sun, moon and stars! · Th e Capitalists, r ealizing the great power of organized labor, will be willing, with but little argument, to make concessions to the workers, granting laws that will, in a great sense, protect the li \'l' S and limbs of the workers. See what the workers last year were powerful en~ugh to wrest from the powers of organized greed: Many states passed new or more stringent laws as regards accidents on railways, in mines and in the factories, as well as by lead poisonin-g, etc. The mo.st important demands of the child labor laws were for shorter hours, higher minimum age ·and prohibition of night work. Twenty-two states have enacted laws providing m~Stl-t~n-:ffir--·the-w-e-rker-s:---Bttt-111-g-the--fast-thre years in the states of Massachusetts and Michigan the law is liberally extended to those falling victims to occupational diseases. Texas has now joined the 24 states which have fix ed the working day .for their employes at eight hours p er day. Th e factory maximum working time has been fixed at ten hours per day in Oregon. Immigration legislation has come to a deadlock, especially on the Pacific Coast wh ere, however, the openin g of the Panama Canal has brought this question again to the fore. Whilst California, Oregon and Wash ington united in their demands to the government to exclude all Asiatics, California appointed a commission to deal with the legal and industrial protection of all immigrants. Three states established unemployment bureaus, while five states \vent into the question of 'the irregularities existing in private bureaus. Th e trial minimum wage law for women and childr.en in Massachusetts of 1912 has been copied by eight states. The eight-hour day for women was introduced :-A-rizom.t and-ecloraU: . - *In a later chapter I shall show that this Bank will take the form of a Trust Company as a matter of business expediency. �T ll ·e Weste.rn Comrade 15 ONE YEAR OF WILSON By C H E S TER M. WRIGHT ·~ ~~@~~~!!!!!'I I OT ;u the memo'y of the young" gen· promise of the President himself and all of his assoeration has there been a president of the ciates, on the stump, that the reduction of the tariff _ nation whose first year's record was of would lower the cost of living, will not be realized. such general and deep-seated interest to Six months have elapsed sine!') the revision of the tariff, so many people. Perhaps this is because but can anyone point to ,a single necessity in common , · we, as a p eople, are just beginning to use: which is selling at a lower price today than it • . . : formulate a real national thought along was six months ago~'' Every 'consumer in the land must answer in the constructively radical lines. Whatever negative. Leslie's goes on to point out that, while the the cause, it is a fact that there is today going ·on price of one or two articles of import has been' r educed OYer the land a vigorous discussion r elative to the to the ·large dealer, in no case has the reduction in cost work of President Wilson during his first year in reached the -ultimate consumer, all of which is an the White House. eloquent tribute to the solidarity of business and the President Wilson has done a number of things that failure· of tariff tinkering to benefit the common people other presidents have not done. For having created in the face of monopolistic capitalism. a portfolio of labor, naming William B. Wilson, longSo, while we may acknowledge that the President time trade unionist, as its chi ef, let us withhold no and his Cbngress did the only thing they could do measure of credit, even though the concrete results with the tariff, as Democrats, what they have done of this departure may not be apparent at th e moment. was merely by way of finding something to busy ·their The '"or·king class can have no criticism to offer as to hands with, without advancing the cause of the common th e President's policy of watchful waiting in the case p eople to any degree. As an accomplishment for the of l\fexico. \Ve cannot but wonder what Roosevelt working class, we may set tariff revision down at zero. would haYe blundered into ere this, were he the White As to the banking act and the currency juggling, House occupant. However, as to the hope of the President for a solution of the Mexican imbroglio in there has not been time to determine just what will the oYert hrow of Huerta by some such personage as happen. But we may ·rest assured, in the conclusion, C'<t rranza. the critics may be pardoned for suspicion. that if business. interests could gather, to themselves all If President 'Wilson r eally understands the agrarian of the fruits of the Democratic tariff revision they will hasis for the 1\Iexican situation he has succeeded admir- be no less sure in their harvest of whatever fruits ably in l\ceping his understand ing from the public- banking and currency legislation may bear. For the a nd no 011e who does not understand the basis of working class, nothing but more ciphers. :\Texico's woes can ever know what the solution will Nor is the working class to fare any better as the be. But for the "hands off" policy so far pursued, result of the administration 's anti-trust program. The labor may be hon estly thankful. If labor whe as well Wilson attitude toward big business is largely the served in every case labor 's lot would be easier. That attitude of little business. It is in no sense the attitude is not to mention th e doubt that labor ever entered of intelligent labor. The Wilson program contemplates the elimination of interlocking directorates, we are th e Presid ent 's mind in connection with Mexico. Aside from Mexico there are the tariff, anti-trust told. It contemplates a return to something approxiand currency measures upon which public attention mating competition. And if those things mean anyhas been closely fastened. Chief of all the Wilson thing at all they mean going back into what we have measures, labor is interested in these. First of all, the come out of. Just as we thou ght we were about to tariff. For it the greatest promises were made; it was take a new step forward we find our national life first through the legislative gantlet and first under commanded to retrace. the palpitating presidential pen, an alliteration for One of tlie President's principal measures for the which pardon is humbly begged. If prices were found control of business is the bill to validate railroad tumbling down as th e result of the tariff bill we should securities through the Interstate Commerce Commisundoubtedly find the reactionary press howling in sion, a piece of sheer bu nco legislation, intended to great pain and predicting the downfall of our institu- bolster business and to foster the waning public confitions of business. But there is no such howling. In dence in the tlteory that railroads and water will mix. Leslie's \Yeekly, one of the organs of back-tracking', The President's attitude toward the railroads bas been we find this illuminating paragraph: shown in a number of ways, and it is not an attitude --·- ''The --pled~ 1e emocratic party an -t at 1s ca cu ate to satisfy those wild-visioned persons : _· N , . �16 T h e W e s·t e r. n' ·. C ·o in r a d e , who honestly expected something progressive from the President made no objection to a clause which President Wilson. The railroads have before the Inter- aimed directly at the political refu ;~ees from other state Commerce Commission a plea for a 5 per cent nations-refugees who should be w 'alcomed to our ·increase in freight rates. President Wilson is known shores as the stuff of which our greatness is made, to favor this increase, and, according to Pearson's spirit of our spirit. America is no longer their asylum. :\fagazine, was at one time on the point of summoning The complete omission of the slightest reference to the commisisoners before him that he might instruct labor in the President's last regular message aroused th em t() hurry and give the roads what. they wanted. comment from all parts of the country. On the other He was dissuaded, however, by certain senators who hand, we find the administration sending commercialsaw what such a move would do to the political fences agents to extend American trade abroad, these agents in the hack-home districts. \VOrking as a part of the Department of Commerce. ::\or· is that al l the dignified, scholarly President has · In fact, the entire concern of the President appears trit·d to do for th e sta r\'ing, suffering railroads. He to be one in which busin ess strikes the dominant note st·nt to t ht· ~enate the name of one Daniels fqr m em- -if not the only note. Labor is expected to derive its I •r· rsh i p on t ha t r·ornm ission, with orders that it he ben efit from . the administration's manipul ation of the rusht·d through to c:onfi1·mation. Jt was no( rushed business system-a ben efit that labor is finding very through , ho\\'t·\·r·J·, owing to th e fact that Senators vagu.e and related not at all to the problem of wages, ( 'uiiJJII ins <~nd LaFollrttP disrovr·rrd that Daniels, as a hours of lahor and worl<:ing conditions. 111 t'lll hrr of' t h1· I\ t'\\' ,Jersey ( \Vilson 's own state ) There is excellent autho 1·ity for th e statement that l'uldic: l 'ti liti•·s Cont1nission, had 1·endered a d ecision t h ere are today fift een millions of idle men in the to thf' f'fft·d that a pul.Jli c utility corporation was nation. If that figure mak es the cu stomary omission t•JJ!itlt •d to H p!•J' f'Pnt profit .on all its tangible property, of the"nurnber of idle wom en it but makes th e. total a11d an additional 8 per cent on ::~n added 30 per cent larger. There is no r eason to believe that this number to r·o\'t'l' intanKihl e valurs. Thus, are the newspaper is anythin g but larger than it was a year ago. We st nri•·s of faith fu I ness to t h c pu hl ic trust rudely done ha\·e in American today no more vital problem than to rlt·at h. that of the un employed WOJ'l< ers. And yet the Chief Ifowrv r r. thrre serms littl e doubt that regulation Executive of the nation-a man professing concern for of' l•ig lnrsir11·ss lllllst r.. tt .. r· 11s for· some tim e yet. As labor and a desire to impro\'e general conditions-has <1 n;tt ion \\ ... '' \·idt·ntl y will hr fm·<:f'd to dart into P\'P ry giVen no utterance bearing on this situation, and taken blind aJ J,.~, J,, .fon· \\'t' \\'ill t·onsr>nt to takr thP open road no action to alter it. That is the cipher that leads the t !1a t lit·s din·..t ly lH·t'on· our ryf's. \\'p do not seem silent c:olu ~nn of nothing that labor ·has gained by the to t·ar•· to do tiH• thing \rhit·h ohviousl,v \\'C shou lu do. l' lectiou of a Democratic President and a Democratic Th ,. \\' ist·oJtsi n 1de a and tllf• Cal ifo rnia ( 'onumlnnn f'ongress. Jn ou r· national life we still deal with insti\rill ha\·,. to I"· infiidt•rl 11pon the nation before we tutions, leaving men to suffer as the prey of those shall llit\'t• ha<l <·notJ).dJ. So th e PnsidPnt fintl.s ample inst itutions; leaving them to suffer· and to die. Our applaus•• for hi s plans to sh'f'J' a 1na c: hin e that somf'- national aspiration is still expr essed by the letter "8" body Pise owns and oecupi rs. lt ntust be notl·d that stmnounted hy two perpendicular and parallel lines. nrmhf'I'e in th e \\'ilson anti-trust program is th \'re a These enumerations do not eompletc the \Yilson singll' ~wnt.·n<·P th at m<•naees thr O\\'nrrs of thr na tion's record for tl.Je year. Among the remaining matters r<>sourc·<·s--it s IIIP:tn~ <?f produd ion and dist1·i hution. thrrc is the Alaska 1·ailroad hill , evidently good, proThe program is truly one of bourgeo is rrfonn - and \'iding for a government-built railroad in Alaska. ns su<' h foredoomed to ahjrct failure. Still thl' worl<:- \Vhile this road may be leased, it is not expected that ing elass is eoll ert in g ei ph ers wh t- re it "·as prom isetl it will he. Should the President, in whose discretion full market bask ets and a" New Frrrdom." it lies, decide for the leasing p lan, he wi ll have undone There are somt~ other points that p1·otmdr in the hal f the good made possible by the bill as it stands. Wilson record. A drastic stock rxrhange hill , o ne that Ther·e is the matter of extending more of Philippine would have put the great New York stock exchangero ntrol to Filipinos: there is the controversy which has purely a gamblin g iustitution- practirally out of husi- raged hot and. hra \'Y concerning the overthrow of the ness, has failed utterly to gain the expected support civil s ervice in the foreign service, and there is the of the .President. 'fhen, following p rev ious radical situation regarding Japan. Th er e is no need to review utterances regarding corporate g reed, the Presidt•nt is those matters here. Nor is labor vitally concerned found pleading for g1·eateJ· fairn ess t oward the rail- "·it h l\J r. Bryan rs chautauqua work. Better far that 1·oads and business, and th is actually done in his many more of our public officials had given more time message to Con gress on tnists. That, more tha41 any to the lecture platform and less to t h e secret conclave other utterance, convinced big business that it had with men bringing large checks books. no mi - -x rntr~. -l'f.......,,...--- �is one of tbe largest blots on the Presidential record. rt fortunate for those who are watching the Presidential record closely that the President was forced to - talie 1iis slanaon the SUIIrage quest10n at a time when he was about to make his pronouncement on the Panama Canal tolls question. It was to a large delegation of trade union women that the President firmly declined to take a stand for suffrage. The notable th ing about that interview \vas the President s declarat.ion that since his party platform did not demand suffr·age, he could not make such a demand as the h ead of his party. H e was explicit in placing the emphasis <•n his adhcrf'ncc to his platform. Yet, how ruthless was his assault on his party platform a few d·a ys later, when hf' n·ad his eanal tolls message to Congress. His party p latform r eads, "We fa\·o r the exemption from tulls of "\m f'rir·an ships engaged in coastwise trade passing through t he Panama Canal. " Th e President's pm;itio11. whi('h he will "·ithout doubt fo rce through < 'o ng ress, is r·xaet ly oposit t' to t he platform expression. I fp dPma11tls tolls from Amerit:an ships exactly us from fo rl'ig-u ships. ) lu r·h is being said , pro and eon, about this tolls ~ it ua t io11 . Th e pap<'rs that genf' r·a lly lin e up with the l'n•s itl cnt tleelar·c tha t th e t rcaty witli England guarant ees t·qualit y for all mrtions in the matter of tolls, and rn aintain that fr< 't' tolls woulJ belie our treaty assuran ces and t·ol!stitut c a hn'ac h of fait h. Oth er JJI• wsp:qwrs elaint that to lc,·y to ll on ~\m e ri ea n coastwise shipping is to ohey th e \\'ishes of th e rail road int r r·<·st s, to \\'hit h frt• e tolls would he damaging. Lu<·i cn Sa in t. Washingt o11 <·OtTcspontlen t of the Socialist Party Pr·t·ss Scn-it·t·, rs among those \\'hO take that is position. It is int eresting, at least. But to many the ~, most interesting feature is the ease with which the P:resdent flings away one platform plank and .the set up ulo as cat e wi th which he plaees both fe.e t 8.'6lidl, upon another with the declaration that he i olemnly bound by it-the one being a plank about hu iness; the other being a plank about humanity. And tho e are the high spot of a year 's work, summed up. Legislation n early always is either for business or for humanity nowadays. Real, fundamental, ea:-nest, honest and rock-bottom legislation for humanity is not overly con picuou in t his re ord of one year· of Wil on. It is admitted that Wilson i a good man, and that open corruption is r epugnant to him. It is admitted that he is what we know today as a r eformer. And, like all other r eformers, he is proving by his actions -that r eform does not actually touch the welfare of humanity at any vital point. It may concern the middle class- the small business class- to a certain extent , for r eform is a child of the middle class. But in every essential aspect r eform leaves the capitalist system exaCtly as it found it-an exploiting m.achino for the aggrandizement of those at the top. So it· comes that we of the worldng class have gone through a whol e year of the administration of the nation's leading r eformer without having had a single, solitary thing happen to us-or for us. Business is r eassured, Rock efeller still hns enough money to keep a hired man, the food poisoners are still at work, and the young l\Ir. Morgan is still able to ke~p his electric runabout. As for Bill Smith-well, he'd better stick tight to his union ana vote like hell for Socialism next time! GERMANY'S "CHURCH STRIKE" . By EUNICE EVELYN BRIGHT 0 t;n hraYe Qpr·tnan eomrau Ps a r·e carrying on a vigor·ous fi ght agai nst the alliance between the church and state in Germany. The latest battl e cri es in Ger·many are ":\lassenst reik," "Masscnhoycott " and "Massenaustritt," and th e meaning of these cries is that labor t erminology and labor tactics are beginnin g to invad e th e church. Since J 906 th e state churches have lost more than th ey have gained. In 1912 they lost 17,788 and during 1913 they probably lost more. The maximum number of losses was in J !)08, wh en it amo_unted to 27,150. Th , Racial Democrats are not off.;!ially indorsing the new moYeru cnt, but many • ocialists a·r e taking part in it. Dr. Karl Lieblm echt, th e son of the great ocialist pioneer, Wilh elm Liebkn echt, has evinced -~ he declared: ''I direct my blows against the stepmother- that is, t he church; hut they are intended for th e stepfather-that is, th e state." Meetings of th e radical elements have been held by the dozen in Berlin, many at midnight, so that the waiter.s, coachmen and ot hers who are not at leisu r e earlier in the evenin g, could attend. The Chronik der Christlichen Welt, of 'I'ubingen, which in r ecent numbers contains the full est r eports of this noteworthy propaganda, draws attention to the fact that the church has a good deal to learn from the movement and must be "up and doing " if she is to 110ld her present position. The Tubingen paper points particularly to the disheartening statistics of church attendance in Berlin and other great centers of popu- -phenomemtHy-ene1"get-ie-ftcl+'.R'·+T-.,--,1-B--&-'~~~Ilrle{~lg__J.aLJlOJl_ _ _ _ __ �The W e,s t .ern · Com r a a e ·--· --------- -·-------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----t- DEADWOOD By Edgcumb Pinchon You You You You You dull, unhallowed mass of stunted souls! terrible progeny of a million crawling years! bloodless, sightless, soulles.S Things! blight upon the Tree or Life! choking pali upon the spirit 's energy! Yet _th er e is That= in you which is not so; 'fhe Livin g Flame is lurking in youReady to make of you (despite your heritage ) -great souls, great gallant souls- th e warriors of humanity! .. Despite you r· heritage-I say, but not d espite yoursel VCS. Th e Dawn 's at han d! Come make your choice! Sec hcrP a H ell d eeper· t han r ever·end p agan's nmve imaginings can paint you ! Sec h er e a Death- t he crawling corpse is fair heside it ! This living H ell is you-unbrotherly! This li vin g Death i'l you-unsavory! Yes !-you-who r ot in life, -who never cau ght th e vision of a choiring earth, -who neve r quivered with a thrill of fellowship, -who never strove to right the mighty ·wrong of Inequality, ·who bow to Baal, who chant Success, and never in the great loathsome paunch of plutocrat divined'fhe scrawny bodies of a hundred starveling babes. Awake ! Awake ! Awake! The fast-rotting carrion of your dead selves cr1es out for burial ! To wak e is painful 1 Yea, the birth of soul is more terrible, more splendid than birth of babe! But better die like medieval monk beneath unpitying self-flagellations: Better to di e-brute food for cannon in a huckster's war : Better never to have known the womb Than live ignoblyLive like you. -• ----~====================================================~~ �·.T JJ e w e s t e r n <.: o m r a c1 e . The Psychology of the Mob By EMANUEL JULIUS ENRY L. MENCKEN aimed to give The sake of "the city beautiful," you know. Of course, Atlantic Monthly . readers an a.rticle o.n the r eal reason l,s that when billbo&rds are eliminated, "Newspaper Morals," and miSsed his newspapers obtain a greater volume of advertisingroark-in a sense. In its place, he did but that is a horse of another color. Tlie City Beautiful something r eally worthwhile, for through -that is the goal. It is ever the aim of the sagacious his entire paper in the March issue, journalist to foster ''a sense of personal participation,'' this compelling Baltimore newspaperman Mr. Mencken says. "The wars that he wages are (and book critic for The Smutty Set) always described as the people's wars, and he himself gives a keen study of the psychology of the crowd- affects to be no more than their strategist and claque. particularly the American mob. As a newspaperman, When the victory has once been gained, true enough, ~fr. Mcnck en has had countless opportunities to watch he may take all the credit without a blush ; but while " the mold ers of public opinion" at work. The tricks- the fight is going on he always pretends that every nothing more tha.n tricks-to befuddle the mass mind, honest yeoman is enlisted, and he is even eager to make to excite the emotions and passions of the people, are it appear that the yeomanry began it on their own exposed in an unmerciful manner. motion, and out of the excess of their natural virtue. '1 Throu ghout his article, Mr. l\fe~cken appears to be Mr. Mencken frankly confesses that capitalist n ewsgiggling a nd sm irking over the clever stunts he has papers ai'wa.ys appeal to ignorance and superstition ; learn ed; he seems proud of his ability to mak;e ~ in other words, to the "unreflective majority" instead people think as he (or. rather, his masters ) would have of the "reflective minority. " He says: The truth is t hem think. that it would usually get a newspaper nowhere to Aspirin g to !Jerome a d ramatic ct·itic, Mr. l\lencken address its exhortations to the latter, for in the first as kPd an "oldtimer " to tell him "what qualities were place they ar e too few in number to make their supchi efiy demanded by t he craft," and this is what t he port of much value in general engagements, and in ancient sc ribbl er told him: t he second place it is almost always impossible to con" J\n ock somebody in the head every day-if not vert them into disciplined and useful soldiers. They an aL·tor, th ell the author, a nd if not the author, then ar e too cantankerous for that, too ready with embarth c mana ge r·. And if th e play and the performance rassing strategy of their own. One of the principal ar e perfect, th en excoriate someone· who docsn 't think marks of an educated man, indeed, is the fact that he so-a fellow critic, a t-ivalm anager , the unapprec iative does not take his opinions from newspapers- not, at public. But m al'e it hea rty ; m ake it hot ! The public any rate, from the militant, crusading newspapers. On would rather be th e butt itself than have no butt in the contrary, his attitude toward them is almost always . th e ring. That is Rule No. 1 of American psychology- one of frank cynicism, with indifference as its mildest and of En glish, too, but more especially of American. form and contempt as its commonest. H e knows that You must give a good show to get a crowd, and a good they are constaptly falling into false r easoning about show m can,s one with slaughter in it." the things within his personal knowledge-that is, ?\Ir. l\f cn cken adds hastily that he "fell into a long within the narrow circle of his special education- and succession of less :rsthetic n ewspaper berths, • • • so he assumes that th ey make the same, or even worse but always the advice of my ancient counselor kept errors about other things, whether intelectual or moral. turning over and over in my memory • • • and This assumption, it may be said at once, is quite justiwhenever I acted upon it I found that it worked.'' fied by the facts. In order to catch and inflame the p eople, Mr. Speaking of the "unreflective majority, " in his ~fencken observes, ''all argum ent fo r principle'' must easy, candid manner, the writer tells how to hypnotize be translated into "rage against a man . " The writer the masses. "H,is (the average person 's) daily acts continu es: ''In brief, he (the newspaper editor ) knows are ordered, not by any complex process of reasoning, that it is hard for the plain people to think about a but by a continuous process of very elemental feeling. thing, but easy for them to feel.'! H e is not at all r esponsive to purely intcleetual arguL et us imagine a "peepul 's paper "-one of those ment , even wh en its theme is his own ultimate benefit, organs that appear willing, always, to ·furth er the for such argument quickly gets beyond his immediate common interests. Yes; one so radical and progres:.hre interest and exp er ience. But he is very responsive to as .to d emand that the city council pass an ordinance emotional suggestion, particularly when. it is crudely o o awa~'lnrstgtrtly--iritthmiTds ," all for-thtr--and-vio·Ientloy-ma.6~1H · -W-thi.~6S8-th""""w~A~'--- �'-20 T h ·e -W e. s t e r n (; o m r a t1 e newspapers must ever address their endeavors. In at the end, to wit, of a long and well-managed eri brief, they must try to arouse his horror, or indigna- of minor attacks. The fortre s of hi popularity wa. while before it was 8.s aulted. H e - --'l:nrtr,-orpity;--ur simply his lust for slaughter. efrn~--'8U.Y..Y~Y.Sicl.L.!L.!l!JIU>_).)_.!ll.!.£.~~~~~!:.!!!~~!!.!!~~-'!l£~ was pursued with insinuations and innuendoe ; variou t hey have done that, they have him safely by the nose. persons, more or les dubiou , were led to make variou. He will follow blindly until his emotion wears out. H e charges, more or less vague, against him. the manager will be r eady to believe .anything, however absurd, so of the campaign sought to poison the plain people with long as he is in his state of psychic tumescence. '' doubts, misunderstandings, su picion . Thi effort, o This is plain talk ahout the plain people, and exposes diligently made, was highly .uccessful; and o th~ t h~ tricks of the mob-masters in a manner that should capital charges, , \\·h en they were brought forward at rouse the ire of those respectable gentlemen. 'fhe last, had the effec-t of confirmation , of corroboration:. writer tells us that newspapers never swoop down on of proofs. But, if Tammany had made them dur·in"' th•· a man and try to smash his posit!on with one blow. first few months of Governor Sulzer's term, whil all Thc•y work slowly, but steadily. 'l'he editors know it doubts were yet in his faYor, it would have got only is just" a slow accumuiation of pin-pricks, each appar- scornful- laughter· for its pains. The ground had to h·· Plltly harnd,·ss in itg.c•lf, that finally draws bk>od; it is prepared; the public mind had to be put into tr·aiuing." by just Rtu·h a lcisur·ely and insidious process that the ' Our masters ha.\·c tumed the task of misleading t lw pr1·surnpt ion of innocenc: e is destrO'yed, and a hospi- people into au exact sc:ience. Yes, eYen an art. Get tality to suspi1·ion created. The cam paign against ting you to he li e n~ hlaek is white is as measured and Cov ernor Sulzf•J' ill New York offers a elassie example mechanical a proposition as supplying their hutomoof Uris pr·o,·<·ss ill oprration, with very ski llful gentle- bil es with gasoline. Th(•y know how-and they hoa.-t '"''ll, jour·11alisti<· and politi cal, in <·ontrol of it. Th e al)out it. And to this black art, :;\Ir. :\[cncken gi ves tlw {·harg-.<ts 011 wlrif~h Uon·rnor Sulzer was finally brought nam e . of " :\('\\·spaper :\!orals. " :\I oral<;! Y c Gods ! to irnp,•<lf·IIJn ent Wf•r·e not l~unehP<l at him out of a ~What iro1r;v ~ ~~·\\·spap e r r ditors luH-c ousted tht• .. J..ar :-;ky, nor whil e tli<! pr·imary presumption in his priests-an<l tlwy Iran~ giHn us a more dangerous favor r•·nrai.nnd uushalu·rr. Not at all. They wrr·c mf'ntal chain. One man, at a desk, can poison -an entire laUiwh ed at a c<t refully S('lccted and niti ca l rnornf'ntf'Omrnunity! Why the Public Mind is Poisoned �The ·Western Comrade 21 By EMANUEL JULIUS Anthony Comstock For OYer· forty years, Anthony Comstock has bef:'n · fighting for the "suppres.<;ion of vice," causing a great· Jcal of alarm among artists, writers and publishers \\'ith his raids on the hook shelves. The elamo'r makes one helien that Anthony has done much damage in his forty years of meddling. And now, in a book on .\nthony Comstock, by Charles Gallaudet Trumbull; \\·e learn that in liis yra rs of work to "suppress vice" ( 'ornst Ol' k has succeeded iu "destroying nearly fifty tons of had hooks." ·w hat 's that1 Just one little l'rei~ht ear co uld bold the whole outfit captured by t his loud. hut rrsulth'ss, med dl er. Anthony is at the •·lid of his fl('t iYiti es, and he has shown, for all time, that ~·o u <·an't suppr·(·ss an~'thing. Fifty tons! In forty y•·:11·s! :\rill all this ho\\'lin~ against Anthony! Shucks! Ld hint suppr<·ss for t <·n thousand years' \\'hat difr,·r•·llt·t• \\'ill it mak<· •/ ;\nt holly is a failure; his hiogrnpher pru\·<·s it. 11(' c·ouldn't 13. V. D. Art! His nonsl·xtarian rt·ligiou has g-on(' kl'rplunk ! -r. * * Charges Are Dismissed :\fax Eastman nnd Art Young, Socialists, ,,·e r·e arrested some time ngo, charged with libeling th e Associated Press. No,,· comes the report that the •·hargcs arc dismissed . ]sit possibl e that the ~c·w York District Attorney concluded that it would hr impossibl e to libel the news agent of hig business ? To merely attack the Associated Press for its misrepr·esentations of labor struggles could n ever do much material good. The thing ' remaining 'to be done is simply this: Th e Socialists, the labor unionists and all other fight ers for hetter livin g conditions must build up th eir own n ews service, so that the public will know th e truth. Also, we must build a powerful press. Then, instead of being arrested for libeling the Associated Press, we will put it out of business. * * * Through Hindu Eyes Rudyard Kipling is diseussed by A . R. Sarath-Hoy in the February North Ame~ican Review. Sarath-Roy is a Hindu, who handles Kipling without gloves. ''Kipling is NOT an authority on India, or things Indian," .. he says. "He is only a writer of the life of foreigners in India- not of Indian life.'' He continues : n escrtbmg the nattve, \.ipling evidences all th e virus and prejudice~ of his countrymen. He considers the Bengalee a coward, because that vegetarian gentlemw is peace-loving and anxious to avoid "trouble," as Mulvaney puts it. Centuries of Hindu philosophy, of Hindu r eligion, and Hindu civilization have cast his mind into the mold of Peace. Also his food 'a nd the hot climat~> are not conducive to give his physical and mental propensities a bent toward aggressiYeness and fighting. The Bengal ec may not possess a spontaneous physical courage, but he commands a menta l or rrloral courage that can enforce a physical courage, as late deve~pments have proved. 'l'his m ental courage does not make him less a man or a person unworthy of r espect. This Kipling overlooks. Nor is his ridicule original. Englishmen for mnny y ears have been makin g fun of the courage of the Bengalee, and Kipling just swims with the current." * * * The Party Builder Begun, less than two years ngo: 'l'he Party Builder now has a circulation of almost 20,000. P ersons who understand the newspaper business appreciate the fact that this is a r emarkable showing. The Party Builcler (published by the Socialist Party, National Office, Chicago ) is a weekly pnpet· for Socialist Pa.rty men and "·omen. It is interested more iu organization than propaganda. It doesn't spend much time discussing abstract_ Socialism; it prefers to mal< e the Socialist movement more powerful and effici ent. Walter Lanfet·siek, editor of The Party Builder·, succeeds in giving th e organized ~ocialists of Amc·rica a quick exposition of what is doing in the Socialist ranks, and what r emains to be done. It is, primarily, a paper for Socialists. * * * Socialist Editors and Libel Hardly a day passes without learning of a Socialist editor· arrested (and usually convicted ) of libel. In many cases, to be sure, the comrades are persecuted; hut, carefu l examination of hundreds of exchanges every week, leads me to the conclusion that the real wonder is that more Socialist editors are not arrested and convicted. l\Iany of our small Socialist p eriodic-als are edited by well-m eaning comrades, wFio tl1ink they are not �!22 The We st ern Co mrade rate, Socialism doesn't gain much when we aim merely to give opponents the task of proving_themselves honest ··- · -~thing-liut"ti1:e"s"t:ttemem-o01fhannuotlth'I1en:r~pue:ern;·srool]]nr:-.- - - - - 1(f-t.att.nrtdh!seenrl'ddtit'ntt:gHS~e~e4lia~lifis!tts-s-iint:IJtttetHe~at~p»itlta!tllis:i!'stt.-e<ee~ultlf'tl'tES&.f,)..--IlB~y'-ftaInstead of striving to brand every opponent as a patient and persistent exposition of the principles of horse thief and a briber, it would be well for Socialist Socialism, rather than exposing the shortcomings of editors to be a little more careful in their statements, per.sonalities, our cause makes, with inevitable cerand not be· af-r:tid to doi/iome investigating. At any tainty, great forward strides. serving the cause unless they call somebody a liar, a thief and a grafter. Often, these charges are based on T H IN GS AS THEY STAN D A SENSE of reaction _ha~ come over ;he labor tllOYem(·nt of America. This, it must be admitted, is only a 1:ef1ection of the rhental attitude of the ent in~ Ame1·iean p eople. - The people, while in great need, do not sec·m to want anything-at least, thPy do not appc·ar anxious to get anything. A hungry man "ho would r ejec·t food an d prefer, in its stead, . ' hase l;all and ragtim e, would be eonsidcred a strange t>Ort of lunatic. .A nd yet this seems to be the attit~de 0t' our peopl e just !lOW. They have nothing-not even hal f-dccent johs-and th ey don't want anything. Whil e the unions of San Francisco voted almost soliJly to enJor·sc! Hiram \\'. Johnson's administra· tion, \Yhil e these unionists were deciding to advise the working peopl e to Yotc for· Johnson at the coming election , that <'h:Yc·r·, slippery politician \\·as at a Sacralll('ll!o hotel direet ing the state's henchmen in their mids upon th e un employed . Strange! After having Johnson batter at labor 's head, the organize~ workers present their craniums for another blow! This is hut an iustanec of a reactionary humot· that has taken hold of the American people. They are relaxiug th eit· hold, p ermitting the minions of Capital to crush down those who have a semblance of fight in their starved bodies. Who seems to care about Ford and Suhr, convicted ontt·ageously at :!\1arysville? A handfu 1! 'l'he American people don 't seem to care. Let Suhr and Ford spend their lin~s m prison cells, what matters it? The important question just now is: who is going to pitch for the Giants this summed Governor Johnson has it in his power to pardon Suhr and Ford. Ho~v can a sane person expect him to order their r elease when the organized workers do not seem interested enough to ·make known their indignation oYer this travesty on justi@c? Governor Johnson has the endorsement of the San Francisco ists in Los Angeles, it appears, will follow the lead of organized labor in San Francisco. Throughout the country the people seem to have been lulled to sleep. President Wilson, by far the shrewdest president thjs country ever had, has hypnotized the workers. Having told them that Jhe government will N OT fight Big Business, they ppear convinced that prosperity must, as a natural result, prevaiL Strange logic! Not long ago the police of Los Angelefdelib eratcly precipitated a riot at the Plaza, battered hundreds of heads, killed a Mexican and arrested scores. Did anyone protest 1 Another handful! A capitalistic judge stepped in and sent about fifteen men to prison for terms, in the main, of two years. The men are in prison. Nobody seems to care, except a handfuL The , masses are sleeping soundly.. And, from appearances, they are having pleasant dreams! And this unfortunate lethargy is giving the Socialist press a severe blow. v.,reeklies and monthlies are suspending. The labor press that has the courage of its principles is in a precarious state. And, as it app ears as though baseball will be extremely popular this summer, it will be interesting to watch developments. kustin Harrison, editor of the most thorough magazine in the world, The English Review, comments on the British mind, and, judging from facts facing us, his criticisms apply with complete force to the Am er ican p eople. H e calls it "the Ragtime attitude," which, in his opinion, "reflects the spirit of amateurishness "·hieh is the keynot e of the day. Everything is a Rag. Th e serious man or book is a 'nuisance.' The fact is we are not r eally in earnest. It is not good form to be in earnest. It is not even the tradition. • • • An enormous working-class population which does not maintain and read its own Press is not likely to hand itself together. like th e women, and die for a pr·ineipl c. • • 4 \\"hat r emains is the foundation of a Socialist Press. And that is an innovation which, if it does not lead to r evolution, may yet lead to refo,·m which may be r evo lutionary enough in its mani- ------~•~=:.~~~~~~~~~<r.~h7.~~~~~h~~~~~~ es~ aTJ~o~n~s~ . ~- �23 The Western Comra1e Socialism and the Land By DR. ~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ J. E. POTTENGER, Monrovia, California I-IE Socialist movement has been and still is in the formative stage, educating the working man to see that if he would better his condition he must associate with his fellows, politically and industrially. . Had we i~ years past dealt with reforms to the exclusion of work which has been done, we would have no movemel\t today. Ilu"·ever, we are now at the threshold of political ~uc:cess, and it is necessary for us to indicate what ''" '' shall do when power is given us. Moreover, with the Initiative in o·ur hands in this state, '\ve can accomplish something eYen though we fail to obtain political •·nntrol. I assume, then, that the Socialist Party of California must necessarily maintain a list of Immediat e Demands. \\-hat then is the most important Immediate DeJnnud ? Let us turn to our Communist l\Ianifesto (page 45, Charles H. Kerr edi~Q!!h where we find : " Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.'' It is evident that Karl l\Iarx considered the land question of such importance that it should he placed at the head of the list. l\[arx did not offer a plan to carry out his propositiou, and. so far as I know, no Socialist since his time lias filled the need. )Iarx recognized laud as a soc i.al value. Henry l:eorge, writing twenty years later, apparently unfami liar with J\Iarx' writings, took the same position. He went further and developed a tax plan which he claimed would solve the question. His plan was the Single Tax-the taxation of lands at their full Yalue and the appropriation of all iuerease of Yalue by the state. Now, since this is the only remedy offered for th e solution· of the land question, and since it has a great many advocates, it is urgent that Socialists become fami liar with the method, for we may find that we can use it in some degree to accomplish what we desire. Indi1ferent to Taxation Should one inquire of the average Socialist his view of taxation and reforms in methods of taxation, one or more of the following or similar answers will b ~ given : " I have little interest in the subject, for it matters not who pays taxes or upon what they are based, the working class pays all taxes ultimately. " "Socialists have no business meddling with t~e sub.iect; we had better hew to the line and not bother 1rith refor '' ''The Single Tax is a scheme for the conservation of T uestion the interests of the small capitalist in his struggle with the large capitalist.'' If one questions the comrade sharply regarding th~ Single Tax, he will likely admit that he has not studied the question. Socia.lists on the Land Question A. M. Simons (American Farmer) deals only with the changing tenure of land, the tendency to tenantry, the altered..processes of production, and the te:t;~.dency to division of labor and · larger production. He welcomes the proletarianization of the original owner as a boon to the political movement of the working class, He offers no plan to destroy land privilege. Karl Kautsky (Die Agerfrage ) · fails likewise nn a practical plan. A~thur Morrow Lewis (Ten Blind Leaders . of the Blind), in his chapter on Henry George, contents himself with ridicule of George and his syste~, but fails to give us what we n eed most-a practical land program. Victor L. Berger (How to Reach the Farmer, Chicago Daily Socialist, May 20, 1910) said: "The greatest Socialist minds have spent years on this questions. Kautsky wrote a book of 500 pages, and it is the poorest book he has written. He came to no conclusion. The greatest trouble is that Marx fell down on the question of agriculture. \Ve have to admit it." Importance of the Problem An illustration which differs only in degree from what may be found elsewhere may be given. Forty years ago the whole of Los Angeles County was worth less than twenty million dollars. Today the market value of the• land is at least one billion dollars, every dollar of which was produced by labor during that time. The present owners are permitted to reap a harvest from r ent, say of 10 per cent annually, which means that the 150,000 workers in the county must pay $100,000,000 as rent, or nearly $700 per capita in increased cost of living and low wages. From what other single cause does the worker lose so much? Shifting of Taxes in Genera.! Perhaps the well-known ability of the strong and powerful to shift taxes to the consumer or laborer, in the form of low wages, accounts for much of our indifference to the subject of taxation. The income tax, which might be confiscatory under certain conditions, will not be so under existing conditions. All business men powerful enough to do so, will adc;!. it to their nses and shift it to the cons~I!Ja.boz:er,..-:,l.:n.eFE~--­ is no escape. Consider the recent ridiculous act of �T .h e We st ern Co m r a de 24 the German Social Democracy in voting for the war Committee inserting as Iinmediate Demand No. 1, a budget, wth the justification, "If the rich insist on drastic land value tax measure which will restore the preparation for war, et t em pay for It. e cost w be defrayed by taxes on their incomes." This blunder has done untold damage to ·anti-military propaganda, * * * and the taxes will be .shifted to the working class as Editor 's Note-In forthcoming articles Dr. J. E . before. On th e other band, we will find that under a land value taxation plan, taxes cannot be shifted at Pottenger will show how land value taxation may be used by Soeialists to accomplish, in quite a measure, all , or to only an insignificant degree. Need of Definite Lan d P r ogram what they are' after. Also, be will give succinct analyAfter we study-the question for some time I a¢' sure ses of H enry: George's social and economic philosophy that ,,.e will insist on th e California State Program · from the viewpoint of a Socialist. . . Next-An Eight-Hour Law ! .. (Continued from pago-10) p. 111. ?" " And th e proposed law does not permit the servant t o work more tha n six days in the week!'' Statistics show t lwt only cighteer1 Rer cent pf the people in th e United States k eep domestic ·servants. Th<! rwople wl10 ar·e most interested in the passage of this la11· arc n ot contemplat ing th e keeping of-servants, am! as for th e eighteen p er cent, it will do madame good to prepare a meal once in a while, and t o wait on her own famil y for one day in th e week. Every woman who has <·ver don e any housework knows that it· is hard wor·k, and will rejoice that, at last, the house sr r·vant is not to lw at th e beck and call of an employer for an unlimited p eriod each day. All th e ;:rrgum ent s against an eight-hour day resolve t hcmsel vcs into this one-it will encroach upon profits! .And all th e ar·gumcnts in its favor· ·converge finally into this- to th e gr·eat maj ority of th e common p eople it will bring more abundant life. l<.., irst, by incr·casing th e chances for employment. Jt has hccn asser·t ed tha t a r eduction in hours does not put mor·e men .to wor:k Cer·tain political economists have, "with math ematical precision" ( n figured that th e output und er the reduced hours must equal the oi.ttput hcfore th e hom·s wct·c r educed, without increasing th e wor·king fol'cc-else th e price of the product would be r·aised. This, of course, would be equivalent to a r eduction in wages, and would mean that less of th e product would be consu~ed and Jewer men r equir·ed for its production. This argument might be offered wher e the reduction in hours affect ed one or two industries only, but wh ere every kind of labor in the state is to be so a-ffected, it cannot be denied that more men '\viii be required to p erform the work that is now being don e. That is why an eight-hour law affecting all classes of labor is more beneficial than an eight-hom· day maintained by the organized strength 0 increase and S:ervices!" Undoubtedly. The Socialist Party, in putting forth an eight-hour bill, does not claim that it will solve the eeonomic probl em~n the contrary, we most emphatically assert that so long a·s profits must r emain 's table, no single piece of legislation can brin g to the workers any advantage, without atl the same time r evealing th e incompleteness of any program 'which does not strike at the roo.t s of . capitalismprofits! But, we say: "Better that the cost of living should go up, than the standard of living should go down!'' The ultimate effect of a universal eight-hour day on the employment situation cannot be computed as a simple mathematical problem. It will lessen unemployment to an ever incr easing degree because it not only gives opportunity for increased efficiency and int ell!gence on th e part of th e. worker, but it absolutely d emands these things on his part. It inevitably deYclops a class of workers able to cope with the problem of unemployment, the cost of living and the whole probl em of profits. " It p ermits of no over·time for the workcr, _thougb," says th e capitalist. Did you ever notice, comrade, that when the masters appeal to Labor, they always address t hem~lves to the scab sp.ir·it ? And when that spirit is p ermitted to govern, it is th e undoing of Labor in the end. 'l'he ~stablishm e nt of the eight-hour work day is not alone of substantial material benefit. It contains possibilities for still further advance. It will give the \\·orker the one thing n ecessary for self-emancipationLEISURE. Leisure is opportunity. Opportunity is the gateway to n ew worlds of thought and action. Enforced idl en ess is not leisure. Idleness will imponrish, degrade and dwarf. Leisure will enrich and elevate character. \Yorkers of California: We summon you to. this great cause! ::I'he age-long struggle is nearing a~ end! Capitalistic desperation presages success. In this con-. flict let us abolish aU imaginary lines, and remember only that we are of the working class. Let the ballots o · e wor · crs gtvc answer San Diego and Sacramento! �The Western Comrade -The California Outlook.. OTIS-THE PLEISTOCENE MAN! The two pairs of feet indicate that the club has been in use, says the editor of Th e California Outlook. Those in the left-hand corner belong to a gentleman engaged in skin-hunting for the General. H e was rash enough to unite with others of . his craft in asking a salary increase o t three clam-shells per week. He bas had his answer; for the General bas just delivered a very striking lecture on industrial freedom. �The Western Comrade 0 NE tentacle of the Great Greed has slipped its Essentially this operation-this killing of the excable and slid into the deep blue sea-or into press company's business-is confiscation. • We, the whatever it is that !ep.tacles slide when they people," have made worthless the bu in of this comdie. This having reference, of course, to the demise pany ; we have deprived· it of the chance to make profof the United States Express Company, which has just d ecided to close its books and quit. gouging the public, its. .We have confiscated its business as truly as though for the good and sufficient r eason that the gouging . we had passed a law·directly forbidding it to tra.nspor businer;s is very poor, now that the parcel post is in .· express. the field. .And nobody over the whole broad land cares a rap. But here is a great historical event, ·and after all When you come right face against this confiscation littl e ado is bein g made over it. For years we have business it loses many of its terrors. Even the kept heard reactionary orators dilate upon the horrors of P,ress is she.dding no tears, sees no reign of anarchy confiscation. We have, Jleard Republicans and Demo- · predicts .no disast.:;_r to our cherished institution and crats warn th e nation against this- ter-rible · thing; we sees no decline of patriotism. ha \ ' C act ually seen th em shudder at the thought that · Of course, nobody maintains that this define the we as a nati on should ever confiscate wealth! And So·cialist position as to confiscation in any way. ~t i now come we to th e point where wealth IS confiscated merely by way of pouting out that it is usel to ay by an institution hrought into being by Republicans · what liOethods we shall find be t suited to future needs ; and Democrats, though the IDEA may not have orig- it is· useless to say that we favor this or "that way of inatrd with th em, since Republicans and Democrats are dojng soinething be done a dozen years from now; not popular·Jy supposed to originate ideas. it is by way aying that when we come to our bl'idges 'l'he United States Express Company is going out of we sha nd the best way of crossing, and_we shall business hecause the parcel post system went into busi- not always be bound by a lot of traditiona1·y bunness. And, while th e parcel post is limited in its field combe that has cluttered up the past. of operation, it has demonstrated that here, as in the And it may be that, as in the case of th e nited postal fi eld, it is superior to privately owned serviceStates Express Company, we shall cross a lot of bridges a nJ , what is more important to the express companies, without even having known that we were anywher e chcnpr l'. near a briage.- -C. M. W . TREATED HER ROYALLY ·w hen ever a "New One " appears with his first publishc<.l ·novel or story- sometimes the qook pays expenses-we wouldbc 's all gather around him and ~1.sk '' how 'd ye do it ?'' And the answer is the usual an wer. H e t ells us how he wrote it, and how he sold it, and how he did this and that. All of which is interestin g. And now comes May Edington, one of t he latest to join the Major League, who tells how she ' ' was never denied access to editorial sanctums.' ' She adds that she was never turned away, much to her surprise. Of course, it is necessary to state the fact that her husband is an editor. R.cad what The National Socialist says about this publication: "The ·w estern Comrade is a monthly maaazine t hat should be in the home of every Socialist .and sympathizer in America. This publication is a joy to the ye and contains matter that places the macraziue in a cla of it o'vn. The best writers and nrti t ontribnte to The \Ve tern Comrade." The Appeal to Reason says the following about Th W e tern Comrade: 'A ocialist ma(J'azine, ..known ~ Th "Y" t tn omrade and publi be~ at_Los Ang~les, Get Us Some Readers! . . TaJk to that friend of yours--that favorite one, you know, and get him to subscribe for the W es~ern Comrade. Bo.o st the magazine. Get some new readers. In cJubs of four or more a year's subscription costs onJy 50c. If you want to get anyone interested in SociaJism introduce the person to The Western Comrade. By the way, have you renewed yet? Do it now! F-5849; _MAIN 1407" EXPONENTS OF the Square 'Deal For Everybody. We mal-e our. own Candiee, lee Creame and Ieee, that is the reaeon they are Better - :-:- 427 SOUTH BROADWAY 427 �The Wesc~rn Comrade sPay Your The Western Comrade wants to give one liye.-wire man or woman a chance to earn a living In ~very city, hamlet and burg In the great wide West. You. can't buy broadcloth on this job, but It's a mortal cinch that you can buy eatand good eats, with trimmings now and then. Here's the Job For You! The Western Comrade Is going after every Socialist and near Socl.alist -ir. the · West. We want one dollar from each and for that dollar we· will send twelve issues of the livest, snappiest, happiest, most constructive, beat ·edited So-• cialist magazi ne on the map. We want YOU to be the one to get those dollars In YOUR town. You've no idea how easy it is. Ten a day is the easiest thJ ng in the world for a live one to get. And, believe us, ten a day will get you' the best eats you've had in many a long moon. Write Us Today! Get our proposition for this work. It'll hold you safe for the summer and .as long after that as you care to keep on the job ... We are making a · LIB'E RAL proposition to ONE man or woman in every town because we want this maga- · zine to go into every Socialist and near Socialist home in the West. We want to ginger up things tor Socialism. Don't put this off; WRITE TODAY, enclos·lng reference from your local Socialist Secretary. None but good, steady, rell.able folks on this job. It's a good job for good, reliable hustlers who ean mak.e good. If you're that kind, get your letter In the mail quick! 27' Socialist Review JUST OUT FOR APRIL CONTENTS Labor's Battle in South Africa. Written especially for the Review by one of' our South African comrades. All cablereports were · censored and this is the first authoritative account of the great struggle. Tells of the splendid solidarity shown by the black and white workers: and how the capitalists abolished ali government. :rhe Menace .Ml Government Ownership. By .a mail carrier who Is not afraid towrite ab.out the slave conditions under which the government employes work. (Be sure that your carrier reads this. article.) The Partnership Between China and· the Standard Oil Company. By Mary E. :Me.rcy. Points out the rapid development of capitalism and that the prospects for a mighty army of Socialism in China a re growing better every day. Other articles wh ich you will want toJ read are: Business and Patriotism in Japan.-s. Katayama. Glimpses of Formosa.-M. Wright. In the Army.-A Soldier. EXPLAINED rssu c and ex plained nothing. His The Socialist Party and the Schools.a ''Atkins,'' said the sergeant, an- r g um Pnts are ve r y much like the F. Bohn. rlose -fittin g, diaphanous The Catholic Church and the Unemg r·ily, ,., why h aven't you shaved t his prl:'sent drc•ss : t lwy touch e Ye rything and ployed. morning '' Catherine Breshkovsky.-E. Roubano"Ain 't I shaved?" ask e d Atkins, c·o,·er nothing. '' vitch. in appar·ent surprise. No Compromise in~rance.-Wm. Bohn. GENUINE PITY ''No, you're not,'' insisted the Study Courses in Oratory and Socialse rgea nt ; "and I want to know Excited Small Boy-Hey, :Mr. ism. why. •' Tanks, there 's a burglar craw lin ' up EDI1:0RIAL: Why We Look Ahead "\\" el~, yo;u see, sergeant," repli~d 1 your. front steps this v~ry minut_e! and Smile. th e solrlrer , ''there was a dozen of us rvr, l. T.anks_-,Poor devil , the filS297 LOCALS HAVE STANDING BUNDLE ORDERS for the Review-of from using th e same mirror, and I must sus ll thrnk It s m e. · 20 to 500 . copies each. LIVE LITERA· The Western Comrade, P. O.Box 135, Los Angeles I have s hav e d some ot.her man." IStatement of the ownership, management, ~~~ETINAGGE~~~A;I~t~ ~~w~:sat s!~: BEST at meetings. If your local is. asleep the Review will wake It up. Bundle Rates : 10 for 50c; 20 for $1.00; In a r ecent d ebate on Socialism at 100 for $5.00. · one1 of th e Chautauquas in Ohio the The entire February edition SOLD ' Honorable J. Adam B e d e, co mm e ntOUT and we have less than 500 March numbers on hand. These figures prove ing on the discussion of his opponent that the Review is "hitting the bull's eye" ' t h e Honorable Emil Seidel, said: with the workers. One comrJ!.de sent in 571 yearly subs in 60 days. This shows "He has told you many things but what a "live" Socialist can do. The Re' nothing to the point. His argum ents view stands for Revolutionary Socialism. The International May Day number wlll are like the Moth e r Hubbard dress: • Sworn to and subscribed before me be out on April 20th-get your orders In this 28th day of March, :1!914. they cover ever ything, but t ouch CHAIM SHAPIRO, now. A SARTORIAL RETORT · circulation, etc., of THE WESTERN COMRADE published monthly at Los AngeleR, Calif.. j required by the Act of August 24, 1912. Editor, Emanuel Julius, 203 New High street, Los Angeles. Managing editor, Emanual Julius, 203 N H' h Lo A 1 ew tg street, s nge es. . Business managers, Emanuel Julius, 203 New High street, Los Angeles. p• bl ' h E i u IS er, manuel Jul us, 203 New Hrgh street, Los Angeles. (Signed.) EMANUEL JULIUS. I I . -IW.thing '' . ~r the County o In his r ebuttal Seidel declared: Los Angeles, State of California. "Mr. Bede has d "tl 'd d th My commission expired April 2, 1917. a rm y avm e e (Seal) • 118 W. Kinzie St., Chicago, Ill. �28. The Western Comrade THE WESTERN COMRADE wHAT THEY ARE sAYING ABouT us "The Western Comrade is the best So- Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Los Angeles, Cal. '"v·""""••.11 ~43 203 New High Street, P. 0. Box 135 Los Angeles, Cal. =================. Subscription Price One Dollar a Year' In Clubs of Four Fifty Cents Emanuel Julius, Editor we ~~ arne , Los Angeles, Calif. v . "I like the manner in which The Western Comrade says t hings. 1t suits me better every issue."-L. W. Millsap, Jr., Woodland, Calif. "Your editorials are cleverlv written." ~hester M. Wright, Contributing Editor -D. F. K.. Philadelphia, Pa. · Assoc iate Editors "Each number is better than tl'le last." Eleanor Wentworth Stanley B. Wilson -Mrs. Mary E. Garbutt. . Los Angeles. Fred C. Wheeler Rob Wagner Sydney Hil ~ya rd___ __ ____ The Dawn, published at ,Santa.'Barbara, ---- --- - - - - was advertised in toe AJJril number of Vol. 2 May, 1914 _ ---~- No. 1 T_he w~stern C<;~mrade. 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Lucien Saint Mildred Bain Luella Twining Elsa Unterman Decorations by Charles Tracy J. A. WILLIAMS, A ,·,JIMMY HIGGINS" (See editorial, page 395) -Drawn by Charles (Vag) Tracy �390 f. rJ'be w :este.rn Comrade Are Decayed; If Some of them are Missing -in fact if you have no teeth at all, come to us. . . . We can: make yours look as . beautiful as the accom·p anymg .picture wiliout any pain. . - .W e Promise. to Treaf YQu Just Right On 'P resentation of this Ad. will allow a 5 Per Cent Discount on all Dental Work Contracted at my office, said 5 per c·ent.~o go to the. Socialist Campaign fund . . CENTRAL P A·R K ,DENTIS'I'S HENRY M. SILVERBERG, D.D.S. · 452 S. HILL STR·E ET Office Hours: 8 A . M ., to 8 P . M. The Comrades Who Read The Western Comrade Should Sunday, 9 A. M.. to 12 M. ''Wear t.he.Bear Hat'' 1; nr1oubtedly; you are thinking of buying a Spring Suit of Clothes. If you will take $15 or $20 to W. Hunter and Company 540 So. Spring Street, Los Angeles You will be tt·eatcd in a manner that will make you one of the boosters fo r HUNTER AND COMPANY You get t he best in quality FOR THE LEAST IN PRICE when you buy your men 's clothes at HUNTER AND COMPANY. - , \Ve have a. bea.utiful store and we have the goods that will mak e you glad you decided to deal at HUNTER AND COMPANY. -- --- SUITS for ·Men $15 Carefully made by th e best wholesale tailors, esprcially for Hunter 's. The styles are authentic; the workmanship is excellent; appearance is 1ligni ti ed and businessl ike-in fact, they are the best productions of 'the most skillful and highest priced cutters and tailors in the country. �The · JVestern Comrade 391 This Strong Letter Endorses the Saving Certificates Issued by this Bank $100 aving Certificates are sold on the easy payment plan of $2 a week for fifty weeks, and the Bank Makes the F_..irst Payment for You Thou ands of the e Saving Certificates have been sold the pa t two months- thousands of people have appreciated the fact that not only are these Certificates a wise investment, but an easy, sure way to save $100. ·• LABOR MEN-Investi ate this lan. Call or write for m ·ormatJOn. Calif'ot~nia Savin§sBank ·' �Tlb.e We :tern Comr a de --------------------------------------------------------~ Send It -t o · ·T HE DAWN at Santa Barbara~ Califo-r nia, and you w ill receive a Magazine of Education~ Sociology and Art. Uni que in make-up--in subiect' matter--in style--in tolerance. THE DAWN Has No .,.,Policy'' There are no string~ attached to THE DA'WN. Its advertisers pay for space--not• for ""silence~" Rise early--subscribz to THE .DA"WN at One Do1lar the Year and add twelve volumes of literature . to your library. Prince C. Hopkins~ Editor and Publisher. Sydney Greenbie~ Assistant Editor. �T e· e t'e-r n Co . r de INDUSTRY Article by C. l\1. W. un Page 414 �Tb e WesterD ComE a de CAPTURE THE BRAIN the result of the experiment made and the kno~ lUST a word to those who accept the vote cast as edge gamed day after day by each human b ing in their sole barometer of social progress. The voti th·e performance of his or her round of labor . Thi means nothing ; it 's· the brain behind the vote that kno ledge i pa ed from generation to generation, means something. aiui when it i cla i~ed and conden ed, it become a There may be many reasons for a man s voting science. l.i'rom the science of medicine to the cifor a Socialist, and unl~ss he bas the Vision in his ence or' pedagogy, every cience ba ari en in thi mind he may vote for Socialists a dozen times yet ·way. In this manner the making of pottery gradunever vote for Socialism. . ; ated from its simple, primitive method · to the highly Floyd Dell, in a recent number uf Harper's complex methods of today. In thi way the manu\V ecldy, states it well; facture of cloth developed from the bone needl "It does no good to capture a man 's vote in be- reed threads of the savaae woman to ~he spinmng half of a new program, if his mind is full ~f . ant_i­ . wheel and to the modern loom . . The practical sciquatcd notions which contradict and nullify that ence' of the world has come from the woods, the ·farm, J>r·ogram." the miae, the workshop and proceeded to the uniEducation is the foundation of the co-operative ,;ersity, not vice versa. commonwealth. ·without it" there will be no · coTo say that science is the cause rather than the operative commonwealth, even though we get all the effect of economic progress i like saying that povotes in Christendom !-C. M. W. litical economy is the creator of our present economic system instead of an interpretation of it.- J Ttl • • • .E. W. MAETERLINCK AND THE POPE lTli a muffled pop, the pope has placed Maurice l\laeterlinck 's works on the Index ExHEALING THE SICK purgatorius, which means that the faithful must not T MAY be surprising to many of the good Chrisbrsmirch their minds with "The Blue Bird," "Monna tians of -California to know that if Jesus were to Vanna," or "The Treasure of 'rhe Humble." Sure- come to California and if he were, whil e here, to ly, :\faE'tcrlinck is losing little sleep ove~ this blow, perform the healing miracles with which he is credas. its result, if anything, will be that the publishers ited in the Bible,· he would be thrown into prison. will dispose of more of this author's works, for that Yct that is a true statement. · is what happens when the pope decides against some There are today many drugless methods of healknight of the typewriter. To condemn "The Blue ing. And the works of some of these drugless pracllit·d" as her etical.would be lil< e treating a humming- titioners would be nothing less than miraculous, hit·d as a bird of prey, says one writer.- E. J. viewed in the light of the medical knowl edge· available in the time of Christ . •\nd not only that, but the THE POSITION OF SCIENCE medical practitioners of the modern drug schools apECENTI1Y a well-known professor of the Uni- pear to Yiew them also in the light of miracl es-of vet•sity of ·wisconsin again .expounded that the impossible, or at least dangerous, variety. lmid fn lsity, which well-known professors of wellln this list is to he found the chit~opractic school, known uuivet·sities seem so fond of expounding, effect iYely barred from pr·actice by the last California namely that science is the precursor and basis of legislature. ·It is one of th e crudities of capitalism economic progress. that legislators who lmow nothing of science are left Ju reality the exact opposjte is true-economic to deal with tbe most important of our sciences, havprogress is the preeur. or" and basis of science. iBg it in their power to either make their benefits Elaborate theses on bricklaying do not precede aYailahle to suffering humanity or to make the con. the paiustakinrr and frequent demonstrations of the ferring of those benefits a crime. The Massachusetts humble artisan of the trowel, nor does mte_nsive colonists who outlawed various "dangerous do~ become a cience until its w I • • • R • • • �T he W estern Comrade - 395" '' JIMMY mGGINS'' WILLIAMS we stood, but one could not have seen the mountains. E MIGHT have a frivolous and frilly picture Over there m the mountams tne g10ry 01. 1.ue umuof a meaningless face on the cover of The less range of towering peaks_and crags would have W estern Comrade-but we don't. The pictures been lost and we should have seen only the insigt hat are placed on that cover are pictures that mean nificance left behind; the little spot upon which we something to the working class. might chance to stand. In this life there are some So this month there is on the cover the picture things that we must admire from afar. And it is of a veteran comrade, known to hundreds of Social- our privilege, though our own station may be a ists. His name is J. A. Williams. For years t~is -very humble one, to . behold many beauties and gentle old soul hitS been selling Socialist literatUre. splendors that .are lost to those who live all of their He began to distribute Socialist literature when it · lives amid splendor and luxury. So, while we plod wasn't as easy as it is in these days of ··groWing on in the struggle· that sometimes bids fair to crush r espectability. But the fact that the tide is begin- so mariy of us, let us not forget the vision of the ning to sweep in full and strong isn't sto"{>ping hill)..: mountain peaks ahead-and there are ma~y, many He is takiug no vacation: Nothing will satisfy him kinds of mountain peaks. That vision is alway11 hut the complete inundation of capitalism. He goes ours, And it is most beautiful and inspiring to us, on sellin g literature. because we see through the eyes of all the people ·w illiams is· twice a veteran. He is a veteran in social vision. Yes, though they take the I food of the Civil \Yar, and a Yeteran of the world-wide from our mouths and the roof from over our aching rf•,·olution of the .working class. He is seventy bedies, our vision is always ours !-C. M. W .. years of age. His home is at Sawtelle, and he has placed thou- · MAKING WALL STREET POPULAR sands of pieces of literature in the hands of . the HE powers in Wall Street are beginning to see other· veterans in the National Home at that place. the way things are going; they are realizing In Los Angel es Williams has a literature stand that they are, to use a bit of classic slang, "in bad." on Fifth street, near 1\[aple. But though his stand What think you! Yes, yes; they are striving to is there, his business is everywhere. "Old Man Wil~ ''purify'' Wall Street. Listen unto these words utIiams,'' he is called by hundreds who know him and tered at Washington by a powerful member of the love him for himself and for the work he has done New .York Stock Exchange, Mr. William C. Van and is doing. And to have yourself known affec- Antwerp: tionately as "Old 1\Iau \ViHiams " is just about all ''Heresies and schisms come and go; man-made one might wish for in the way of man's relation to laws appear and disappear; but the human heart rnanl<ind. And in many a home this sketch on the does not change, and in the last analysis we come cover will he tr·easured by some one of the family, to know that enly righteousness exalteth a nation. ·who will look at it now and then and say, "Yes, We of the Stock Exchange know this today better that's Old l\Ian Williams; I got my first Socialist than we ever knew it befor~, and we intend to live reading from him hack in '93." And we're proud by it thm the years. We shall make many mistakes, of ': Jimmy Hi ~g ins " Williams.-C. M. W. no doubt, but we shall stick to our standards andre- W • • • T • • • THE VISION IS OURS HIS afternoon I strolled over the hills with Her and the W ee Him and the W ee H er. There was just the hint of a gray haze hovering like pearl mist in the air. Everything was in half light. The dreamer could mak e what he would of land and sky and horizon. W e came· upon the rounding crest of a hill, all green an d velvety and p eaceful. There we saw what we had come to see. Far over the low lands rose th e mi ghty; maj estic mountains, the work of the Greatest Sculptor. Tod.ay they were of a d eep blue, soft, alluring, mystic, yet abiding, powerful, supcr·bly strong. Over there in those' mountains one rriight have looked back to see the valley, and perhaps the little niTis such as ttle one upon wmcn T joice in them, and some day- mark my words-this great market place will earn the admiration and respect of the whole people. '' \Ve arc determined to show our critics by our deeds that the Stock Exchange means something vital and vitalizing in America, that it is an important adjunct of t he new Wall Street-a broad highway from ocean to ocean, doing its utmost to meet t he needs of a happy and prosperous land." This, if you will pardon the bluntness of our proof-reader, is plain, unadulterated bunk. or, better still, to quote our "copy" boy, is " ish-ka-bibble" talk. Can the lion "earn the admiration and respect'·' of the lamb Y Can th e rooster convince the worm that it shou ld love the lord of the ,barnyard 1 And can tfl <n rooster, ilrtlrr , btr"cun·virrcn"d """" ;. ;" ";" �The Western Comra de d.tJcy ...to love and honor the threatening hawk' I ·wonder. · Of (:OUr~e, it is easy to convince workingmen that they should respect the owners of their job th1~ monopoli ts who have become the owner. of this 1·ountry, and almost every other country. They Sf·t·m to likP landlords, capitali t , exploitPrs and paraHitf•!! of all sort!!. The working people have alway!! vot ••d just as Wall Btreet desired. That, how~~vcr, is ~m old, old story-a. old as society. The sla\'f•K of tl11· Houtlwrn plantation owners· would stiJI lw t·haf t1·ls if allowed . their own way. for they Ht~emNI t n ltn··· Hwir bondage. Th e .A mehcan slaves of today , ltlark and white, have per mitted the money lords iu \\'all f-ltrt•et to monopolize the rath·oads, factoriPs, minc•s, t<'lr·graph and tc·lc·phone lines-and t lwy sN·m to lik e it. Out of f he· suprc•rnc goodnc•ss of tlw ir magnanimou s hr·art,., t hr· angr·ls of Wall Htr('et a r e going to p u rify Wall Htr<·<·t and <·\·rutua lly makP it as r eRp<·da ld•· and attradin· as ('hristian S cicn<'e, as whit(' as a lily. as sw<·<·l as a ros<·: The high-min Lled. g<•rll 1,., !'! <·leolm·ly <·dit or of Th e J nd r p Pndf'nt ( N. Y. ) J,r Ji Pvr•s I hat " th r· Hto<·k Ex<·hange, und er th e leaderr-;hip of a g r·onp of progrl'ssiv r, puhliP-s pirited, selfs~tr·r· ifi r·in g mr·n, is and has h<·<·u for som r tim e past rnnking- its<·lf' O\'<•r." This o11ght t o <·nlhtts<· us a ll. Only a rank, nar1'0 \\'-rnind<·d l-'<H·ialist <·otdd possibly sm•c•t' at th r lofty wotiv• •s that .a<·l11ale th<' \·iqdns of \\"all Str<'rt. Th<•y slto111d IH· givPn S('ant al.t<'nlion and little reg-a r·d . Thr·y ar·r· tit<· p rstif'Pt'Otts sort \\'Ito t<-ll th r wor·nt I o h<· snspi<·ions of t ft p idt•alism of t h(• r·oostrr. 'l'lt<·y -"1'<'11 ltavp tltP monnnwrrtal andac it,v to say that Wa ll f-ltr·pet shonl<l h<' tmrwd into a h11g-<· llathhons<', thnt th <' JWOplP. uot th<· (·apitalists, should own th<' rnn ehinL' I'Y of wealth <· r f'a tion and that th e sto<·k (•r r·tifiral <'s aud dividend roupons of thf' ~aints of t hr Exrhnng<' shou ld hf' nsed to plug np t h<• hol es in i Pe ~·kins old harn . ·what foil~, ! Littk do t hey t'<'a li Y-L' that nil \\'ill he w PJl sincr tlw Lor·ds of \\"all • tr· r t nt'<' goinl! to sprinkk a littl f' holy Polog'nc int o th <'ir !'! ew t>r.- E . J. .t. A .t. .t. SPEARING A BISHOP !::' l\~ l ' AL, w e had to wait for B ernard Shaw to <'Olltl' nlon~ with th e k<'<'m>.·t. mo t dit·rpt hlow at thc hour·!! oi, t Pnd<:>nP_v to\yanl o \·er-cPn ·orin~ ou r <'njoym<'nl, and pn, time . •\ nd it w a agctiu t no le.. pnnopliNl a JH'l' ouage than the Bi hop- of K en ington ut whom ~ hnw hnrlt>d hi javelin. .'flw BUtop hnd . nggf' ted. :iu a letter to the Lon- tjon He argued that this would summarily ''suga tiYe · and 'objectionable·· ineiden ' He us he word 'objeetionable • if there w re a general agreement a to what i objeetionabl nd what is not repli 'haw.. trikina th keyn te of the oppo ition to the fiendi h manner in whi<.'h th clothed in a little brief authorit~· eem t eek ut each opportunity to de!llon trate their uperi r m rnl fiber and their better judament, alway to th ing di a~hantage of the "eommon herd. ' Lay n Bernard !-C. :.\f. W . ... ... ... T TOO WEAK TO BREAK STRIKES .HE London ation, a ccording to \\'il~iam EngIi h Walling in The ~ew R vi w, i on ern d on a ccount of "the weakn<:> . the po' et·ty, the phy ical and intellectual anaemia of t h e ma. e . ' often wonders how the organiz d work er. pf r a Britain ~an carry on such magnificient battl , such r esult-p r oducing st rikes in a coun try wh •r e , many wret c hes a t·e always to be obtained to taketh pia s of tl{e str·ikers. The fact of the matter i that the British {Wo ple are so undermined physically a nd int<•ll eet ually as a r esult of a w ful poYcrty t hat t h e skilled \\·or·kPr·s know wh en thf'y go on strik e th ir plae_es ca nnot be takcp. Thi prO\'CS that capitalism has so w Pai< E"n ed tllf' massrs that it has g iven labor a strong<•r w eapon with which to d ·feat the power of wealth. To put it directly: England hasn 't strik • breakers because it has starYed th e efficiency out of th e un employed. That, in a great m easure, is the n·ason for so many labor str·uggl cs and victories in Gr·pat Britain.- E. J. ... ... ... I A CO-OPERATIVE PROGRAM N TilE first issue of this ma gazi·n p controlled by th e prcs<'u t • own ers it was d efinit<' ly announc d that The \\' <:>stem Comrad<· \\·ould cs pous<~ th cause of co-op eration. At one1• a nurnhet· of artid cs on <·o-opcration w ere· reef'iv<•<l fo r· puhlic·ation. areCui study of th em pro\'f'd I h<·m unsuit f'd to the purposrs of this magazine. TltP \\' r strrn Comrad was st•rking som ething mon• fu rrdanw ntal, something that rang tru<:>r· t han t he sot·t of thing we have known as co-oper·ation. In short t he magazine was seeking fot· the principle in eo-operation that might he put fo r·ward as the ultimate. Th e magazine was seeking for tiH• . cientific principle that must underlie that <"O-operative program whi<·h i.e; to triumph. 'ro endea\·or to furthe r the work of those co-opc1·ative , with the wrecks of which the path of history is trewn, however sincere and sacrificing th ir expo- - 9ll L'w·n~~~·~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LW~·~kw=~--~ ('l'll or nothiua n ew be permitted in the line or ac- �• The Weste r n Comrade the artie~bed by 'l'be Western Comrade in this issue we believe Edgcumb Pinchon has laid down the scientifically correct principl e of co-operation. \\' e believe this article marks an epoch in th e progress of th e working class toward emancipation. Jt tal< es nothing from the value of those weapons with which the workers have been . fight'ing, but it opens a path straight down the line hctwl·en those two and sets them up in their proper r elationship, eae h t o the other and each to the cooperative eudeavor. With Labor operating throu,gh or·ganic co-operation to ered within the old shell that new civilizat ion to whi ch our faces have been so long tum e~, th e political and the industrial organizations find tlwir fiPids enlarged and reYivified to an astonishing dl•gree. So it is that Th e W est ern <;omrade feels something of tht· panlonahl e pride of the one who disco \·er·s a diseo\·er·er·. Comrade Pinchon makes no ,. Jaim to l.Jeiul-{ thP discoYerer of th e principle of orl!anic eo-operation. In fad then~ appears to he a spontaneous outburst all do\\'n th e line of L~bor, with this great new idea as the inspiration of it all. But, how ever· lllod est Edgt·ulllh Pinehon may he, he must he acknowledged as thP first to la y down th e compll't c th•·ory iu a 111anuer· scientifically l'OI'I'ed . The \Y es!t· r·u Comrade, on the field of co-operation , is definitely I'Uillmitted to the thcor·y of or·ganic •·o-operation, l'ediug that no other kind of co-operati,·e effort is entitl ed t-o be classed as r evolutionar·y and fuudam cnt ally eo rTt>tt in· pr·inl'ipl e.-C. l\1. \\'. . +lt»t -b-e~n-i-H--..v.a.~n, --ll!- • • • AS TO LESLIE'S ~E soon h·al'lls to ex1wct a ll the stupid ity that mind is t·apa hlP of in the editorials of Leslie's W eekly. lndt•ed, it is Th e r. . os Angeles Tim es of t he we ekly periodicals. lts efforts to justify the capitalists in their exp loitation arc funny. "Let th e thinking people ru le i'' is the motto of this reactionary sheet. Should he changed to read "J.;et the cunning people rul e.'' That is the only sentiment that fits its policy-or rath er, la ck of policy.-E. J. • • • "CELEBRATING" PEACE H E proposal to ''celebrate'' the hundred y ea.rs of peace between Great Britain and the United States meets with sarcasm fro m Bernard Shaw, who says it would be like two gentlemen ce,lebrating the fa ct that they had not punched each other's nose. Furthermore, he adds, l ' ncle Sam and John Bull have been par·ticipatin g in bl ood less strife for the past centmy, th ere being had feel in gs on both sides, making 0 T 397 little ~ePiy leve there---is-l-ii#e-ltkeliheed ·" . ~ fracas. But, one thing is certain, the Britishers . have good cause for feeling ir-ritable, considering that the Americans invariably accuse the English o.f bel.ng without humor-a most silly charge. Because the English do not roar over an American 's puns or play on words, our brothers across the pon(i are accused of being h~orless. But, if waF were declared on this issue, both countries would prove for all time that they fire '':i~hout a sense of humor. war and humor never make bedmates. One Bernard Shaw will insure more peace than a hundred dreadnoughts. -E.J. • • • THE CRAZE: \oR FREAKISMS MERICAN newspapers are no longer interested in news. There was a tim£: when editors looked upon life in a sane manner; but, no longer ; th ey era ve· for "festures." A dog may bite a m·anpossibly it will get two lines. A wise reporter takes th at story, gives it a twist and has the man retaliate hy biting the dog--and it gets a column. Miss Lind-af Hageby, well known lover of animals, was interviewed recently by a number of New York reporters, who fired questions at her. She answered to th e best of her ability, and now, she complains that th e reporters paid little attention to her answers. "Have dogs souls?" she was asked. 'l'he woman said she believed th ey have souls; and here is what th e papers printed: "Miss Lind-af Hageby says kipper ed herrings have souls and warns the American p eopl e not to eat them in case the h errings' souls come back to haunt people. " All of which makes an unhappy combination of poor English and a lie.-E. J . A .... HOLY MONOPOLY I N AN editorial, The Outlook says "the two evil extremes of commerce are unrighteous monopoly and unfair competition. '' 'rhis leaves it to be understood that there is such a thing as "righteous monopoly." · Will ,Johnny, in the third grade, kindly rise · and set the editor right 1 How can the beef trust ever turn its monopoly into a righteous institution Y A qu estion, indeed. The only "righteous monopoly" that we know of is when th e p eople own the tru~ts. Any oth er monopoly is wrong and is damned to oblivion. And, by th e way, how can there he such a thing as "unfair competition" when we ,.Jwve "umighteous monopoly" a nd when, like th e snakes in Ireland, th ere ain 't no competition Y __ -a~' eMe elelu:ation " n t•iili culons farce Of cou.rUl.JS~P::,_____!,H!:!al.!t.!,h!.Se:!.t'_s.u ::~n---A.! ino!.\~.'oil.!lw.v..!<P··..u... cl..I.Jnlbl!lll~ecS1.s't..l:.!i~ oni.,_ihil.!ml.ll.. t. -U.I nlf>"'-k rt:.u iin.~J l Pi.U.I n t..,.....~nwlei<..l:..lvea.:. r·- -4f--this is somewhat extreme, for though there has been th eless.- E . J. �The W ·este r n Com r ade 39~ --------- - WHAT DO YOU SEE? B.y CHESTE R M. WRIG H T ,H Our work, whensoever and wheresoever we would do good, Is to open to men the gates of life.-George D. Herron. AVE you ever wondered how adequate your vision of the Coming Time is f Have you ever soberly set yourself to p icture to the full the glories, the great, impressive artistry of the ·Life. to be lived m th e Tomorrow ? Does the coming of Socialism mean frimply to you a work day of. but four OI' fhc hours '! Docs it mean to you: just a guarantee .of a job? Does it mean to you only a more secur.e existence~ Or, with those things, . do you pictmc thr :\Torning of l\Tankind something as Philip Green Wright visioned it wlirn he wrote: ,\ rt shall ren ve when men shall do for joy A ntl not for hire; all labor shall be art, And art shall be man.'s labor in that day. ' Somdto\1·, th r song of this poet brings breadth to the vision; it brings that soul satisl'attion without which the Dawn cannot be complete. If not all of us f•a n pi cture it in just that way it is because th e terrible wrenching and grinding of Today has choked the music in us and blinded our ey 1·s to the IH·autiful ; because the strain of tl! c struggle has deadened our souls to the inspirations that come with liberty. But aftrt· we have rested a bit in the Budding Spr·ing we shall awaken again to the strong, d ee p stt·ains of music that run through all labor and bind all humanity. 'Tis strange, pcrhap~, that we turn back the pages of Tim e's ·writings for proof, but strange or not, we find it there. In the wonder creations of the workingmen of old, the unbound men who wrought in song before money gripped the world, we find the choicest soul exp;-essions of all time. Jt was then that were fashioned the most beautiful struetur·cs; the cathedrals that ca use wonderm ent among us today; the fabrics that .o m l\fonry Masters bring to d ecorate their homes in preference to the slave creations of today; the deathl ess sculpture and canvasses; the classic lines of Goth and Greek in stone, after which we can model, but upon which we cannot improve, though millionaires strew their dollars to the wol'id 's ends in sear·ch of brains for hire; it was then that mankind created most beautifully. Oh, y'\'[orning of the Morrow, brin g us a chance to work, bring us security agains!' want, bring us here an~ there a r est time and a play time, but above all, surmounting all, overshadowing' all, bring us LIFE. Let us turn loose out· souls and let us sing into our daily work the songs that have been crushed back into us for lo, these many weary ages. Bring us LIFE, oh Tomorrow! Then will we show to the gods what a world we can build! , And this freedom will be the freedom of all. It will loosen both master and slave from the chain.- Edwin Markham. Lo, before us gleam. her campfires! We ourselves must Pilgrims be. • • •-James Russell Lowell. �T h e W e.s tern C om r a d e -u NEMPLOYED! A IB 399 By Sydney .Hillyard l\'IIDST· a:ll the hot air that is blown on us by mayors, legislators, c~n­ gressmen and the like about the unemployed, and amidst all the charming advice which the charity organizers pass across along with th e old shoes and skilly, there is one taing t hey never seem' to find time to <1 iseuss, and that is, what is the half-cdppleq laborer to do .? rr the highway and .down th~ tra,ck ·go· the unemployed. They pack a roll of hlankets through the rain, and sleep in them under a warehouse floor or· in a deser·ted backhouse at night. Amongst this solemn funeral ·procession are many who, though they can work a part of a d~y, cannot work a whole day. What is suf'h a man to do 1· Our glorious country is happy to furnish hundreds of thousands of eighthour jobs, t en-hour jobs, twelve-hour jobs, hard jobs, bad jobs, worse jobs, and no johs. But where is their partially-cr·ippl ed man to hunt for his twohom joh, four-hour joh, or six-hour joh ? WJ.at shall he do when it comes timr to rat ? Our magnifirent railroads, in the tw enty-one years from 1888 to 1909, injurrd 812,181 nwn. This does not includ e the killed. Add another 82,000 injur·pd in l'Oal rninrs. Add a similar maiming and crippling going on in ,.,·l'ry othrr great industry, and then put the question: Where are they1 Thry ai'(! right here, rever end broth er, lool\ing for a job they can tackle, and there isn't one. 'l'h ey need four-hour jobs; we have nothing but tens and twelves to offer. Bhrurnatism , luug trouble, swollen vein:;;, weak heart, partial paralysis, anat•rnia, lumbago; add th ese occupational diseases. to the accident list and it hrcomcs a safe het that very few of your unemployed on highway and on t ra r k arc physically sound. Thousands of th ese men c:m stand to work four hourstll who; at the end of t ,,·r lve hotu·s, would drop fr·om exhaustion. In Heaven 's .na.me, how many business men in California's Chambers of Commerce a.re fit to do a twelve-! hour day in the steel mills., or a ten-hour day in dripping, soaking mine, or: an eight-hour day with a pick and shovel under a ~uly San Joaquin v&.lleY' sun? And yet , if they chance on a laborer who cannot, they bawl out, "Hobo!" P r·i·Yate enterprise cannot masticate the flotsam and jetsam of society. It cats up on ly th e hcst food . It's teeth ar·e so rotten and S? uneven that it can't chew cripples. It has to spit them out. But California needs roads. She needs them badly. And these tens of thousands of maimed men and half-men can boulevard every road in t he state. Can we not, even without a Socialist Governor (although we won't have long . to \Yait ), demand that t he state employ every man in road building who asks for worl< ? Road camps in every county should employ by the hou r, pay by t he hour, feed by the meal, house by t he night, and let every man be his own at·biter as to how long he can work. Only thus can your half-crippled laborer !rave a chanee. Only when he has established this may your business man begin shout ing " Hobo !" ] f society can use the man who can only work two hours, four hours, or six !tours, why should he wandel' around in aimless, wasteful idleness 1 Someone has to keep him anyhow. Is that not so f �400 The West.ern Comrade - - A-~-- -1-ntervlew With August RehelBy LUELLA TWINING r.I:J!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'I IIEN the Jnternational Socialist Congress adjournf'd, w e left immediately for Berlin, where Alexander Kollanty, a bril~ liant Hussian comrade, offered to show us around. Nl:ltum~ly, we fi1·st sought August 13PIH'I, hut wiH~n we arrin>d at th e HPi1·hstal! he was not there, . so a· !-:irwi;dist deputy eondueterl, ns to the gallt·ry to \l'ait for him. I forgot onr mission from the t·XI·it•·ulf·llt of s<·l'in~ so llli:lny Sot·ialist depi1ties in parliHIIH·nt. Sudtf<.nly I wr~s J'<•<·<tll<·d . Soinething had hapJwll•·•l. Till' p•·opl•· ros•· <·x•·itedly in their SPats. '' B !' l>~·l ~ Th .. rt· 's B•·IH·I! ·· •·Hill... fr·o111 lllHliY ppr·suns. E,· ,~ ~·yhody l<·<lllf'd o,.,.,. •·agt·rly to St'l: him. TIH·JI . I sa\\· illl old lliHII with mag-nifi,·<·nt \\·hit e hair \ndk lljJ till' ;~isl··· ('n!ll!'adl' Alw ('allan, or tiH' ~r·w Yor·k \'<>1'\\';H·rts, s;~id B<·hr•l's wondr•rful \\·hitt• hair ;tttr;~..tf'd hint rirst. lt mndP H<'hf'l's h•·at1 tlw most Jll'olnin•·nt or11· ill th e Hr·i..l1stag. \\'<' i-Wppos,·d liP \\·ould l11· too ln1sy to s<'l' ns. hut Sl ' lll. down Oil!' •·ards. IliOn· fo1· t lit• pi<'HSIII'" uf it t han till: hnJH'S of st·<'ing hi111. ln1a-gi1w our d<·light when wr r<·•·••i\'(•d \\·ord that ('o1urad•· Behc·l would R<'<' us in tlw lohhy 1 \\',. l'nsllf:d do\\'n ;! nd soon sa\\' him approal'hlllg'. lie look Pd c·XiH·tly likt· thr pil'!un•s WP l1an' of him , so hy illlil!{ining th<· white hair one knows t·xadly how ht: was. llis plain fat·c was illu111inatrd by the smil r with \\·hi,·h he gl'CPt<·d us. Kindlim_> ss nnrl simpli<:ity was the at mosph ere. 1 must say the r·onven;ation "·as •·ar-riPd on "·ith Jif'fi<·ulty. Comrade Hebel spoke not a word of English , while 1ny (;pr·man is l'Pmarkahly pigcony. lie was kind r·11ough to say hP wished hr <·oul<l do as well in En!!lish, hut that was no eonsolation, for· I was anxious to draw out of that deep WPII of knowl cdgr. and rxper·il•ncr inspirat.ion fo1' a lifetim e. J luww l would n e\'rr see him again aftrr· leaving Germany. 1 thanked him for his . "Wom(•n Und pr· f'oeialism'' and told him how mul'h t he Amrriran eomradt>s apprt'ciate that great work He smi led . "]t cost me the most lahor of anything 1 ever und ertook," he said. What inspiration to wom en Socialists rverywhere that the gr·eat Br~ b e l <·onsidrrcd the organization of wom en so important that his contribution to "them was, in a manner·, the a pot hcosis of over fifty years of arduous labor iu th e revolutionary movement! We chatted with him for nearly an hour, uotwithstandin we felt uilt lmowin he was really needed. The fo llowing, in r egard to ·leaders, lin gers in my memory as being thoroughly character·istie of the man: m "The German Socialist movement has no ·leaders now since Paul Singer and WiHiam Liebknecht are gone," he said. ''In the U1:1Hed States we tl:link you are the German leader,' < I replied. He sl\ook _hi · head, smiling. '' Well, we do not need leaders. Years ago the German Socialists used to look to leaders, but now the rank and file leads itself; and that is the .way it should b e," he said, triumphantly. "How· do you _account for th e changes ?" I asked. "Education and. organization, literature, Socialist Sl'hools, newspapers and magazinc's arc the lever. " As he talked, he grew euthusiastic. His face was <~tlam e . 1 saw the man who has so influenced German soeiety. · ' \\'hill' in Europ<', ] saw that simplicity is the k eynotP of gr·e~tttwss. Did you e\·er notice that people. shout_in the in\'l'rse ratio in " ·hich they are greaU It is apparent ev f•n in the cemetery. In Highgate (London ) unknown p e t·sons arc remembered with long po(•ms, whil e Kad l\Iarx and Ile r·bcrt Spencer rrst under· mar·hlc· slabs upon which ar·c inscribed only the name and date of birth and drath. f'olll rade Bebt>l !1t>ld _.\ mericau wom rn in high reg-;ml. lit~ thou!(ht tht'Y led thP world. I wish w e deS<'l'\·ed it. hut l honestly beli eve the women of GerlllilllY. l'\ or·wa y, Swed en, Denmark and Finland are n!lwh mo1·e ahiP. Dehel brgan to trll us of th e extent of Socialist S!'lltimt•ut in the Germall army when a deputy anuounee<l lw was needed, so we bade Comrade Bebel fa1·ewPII. lie invited llS to call him out \Vh enevcr we wanted to, hut suffic<· to say we did not avail ourselves of his ill\·itation. TlowP \'Pr, I did call on him a few days lat er, and when I a~kcd for Bcbcl I was ushered ttpstait·s with as much crremouy as though he had ht•t•n the Kaiser·. Comrade Brbel is gone. ln servicr of mot·e than fifty ~'Pars. h e built a monumeut not of stone, . but of h r;Hts. o f truth , and of the solidarity of the working elass. lit• is not dl'ad, .hut liHs in the spirit of the working class. HE WONDERS WHY llr built the road, With othrrs of his rlass he built the road, ~ow o 'rl' it, many a weary mile, h e packs his load, C'h11siu y a 'oh s mrrcd on b;y hun er 's oad Irt' walks and walks and walks and walks And wond ers wh y in Hell h r built the road. �The We s .t ern Com r a d e ___T_h_e .I :] 401 New-Eactor in the Class Struggle By EDGCUMB PINCH O N T is now some sixty:six years since Fifty years of this process had culmiriated, in 1848, Europe shook to the thunders of in the creation of a new class of workers-the industhe Communist Manifesto of Marx and trial proletariat. · Without education, save the most Engels. That Manifesto is the most rudimentary, often, indeed, without the ability to 6 important document in history, the read, W.ithout books, withot:it a labor press, ground fundam ental Charter of all future civili- beneath th e. ·P,itiless heel a£ the wildest competitive zatiou. It r evealed, in a blinding .flash, c~pitaji m, ;without rights and without a voice, without th e yawning chasm which rends society unions . or any form of industrial organization worth ltSllJ)(J<•J• into 11 master class and a slave class. It _the name, Witbouf :poiltical party:, with W!liges SO low r• ·,·palPd th e origin of that chasm, traced the history tha they ' suffi.ced only for the barest necessities of "r its ('\'('1'-\\'ideniu g dt>Yelopment, and announced th e life, th~ industrial proletariat of 1848 sounded the ltis torieal mission of t'he slave class to b e th e total lowest d epths of ' human slavery, wretchedness and ;ti>tdit ion of that y<nniing chasm b etw een class and h elplessn ess. ··lass. and t ht> wPidin g o f me'n into th e Co-operative Out of 'such . conditions as th ese sprang the Com( 'ontntoJJ\\'('<1 lt h of ::\1 an . In its enunciation of prin- munist Manifesto- a :1 \fanifesto breathing in every line c·i pl•·s it is a doc um ent of all time . . But in its enuncia- the bitt er r evo't of th e enslaved , who sa.w before them tio n of' tht• measures hy whieh those principl es w ere but one possible avenue of redress-th e ballot, which to Itt · wrought into aetua lit ies, it was n ecessarily th e th eir mastc1·s had heen compell ed to give them for purrc·llt· x of' tht• partin!lar soeial conditions ' obtainin g Jn poses of th r ir own. • l·:t tro]w in 1818. Political action was, indeed, the only hope, the sole What were those eouditions 'I Th e discovery of conceivable l'ecourse, of the revolting proletariat. ,ka nt as a soun·e of p o\YCJ', and the application of coa l I... ct us now consider the condition of the working tn its pr·odtwtion, whidt began towards th e c~d of~~·he. _2ass. today;_ with more pa.rticular reference to the c·i:,.dtt et·nt h (· t·n1ury , ga\'C rise dur·ing th e ensu~ w9rlung class of th e U nited States, and seek to discover y•·a rs hl a 1t'<'JJJt·ndous g rowth of manu faetu r·c by steam - wh eth er chan.g ing .conditions on the fi eld of producdrin·n machin ery , a nd to a co rresponding d ecay of tion show any indications of pt'oducing· changing contltt• old hand -1oolm e1hods of proilmt ion . Th e wol'kers, ditions on th e fi eld of the class struggle; seek to disnnal >ll' to ow n for· themselvPs these large and eostly cover , in fact, if modern conditions have produced any tn aehin!'s, alld unahl e to eompete with t hem by th eir n ew faetor in t he r evolutionary process. uld -f'ashiom•d methods of' hand-tool production , were From 1848 to 1914 is sixty-six y ears-every year of c·untpl·ll!'d t o lc·~ve th eit· more or less indep end ent state th e sixty-six an epoc h, a compl ete link of evolution as naftsnwn and seek employm ent in the mills and in itself. N ever in th e histor·y of th e world has there t';td ot·it~s. Thus th e mild and p etty exploitation ex erhcen a p eriod of sucb bewildering and gigantic develt·ised by th e 111aster-craftsma4 upon his journeymen opmcnt. In t erms of economic progress, and, therefore, ltl•(•flm e th e dr·astic and th-orough exploitation exercised in t erms of w orking-class action on the field of the cla.ss hy th e capitalist mill and factory ownel' upon la.rge struggle, th e Centralized. Capitalistic society of today is masses of empl~yes . 'l'h e new and Yast avenues of as r cmotr from th e Competitive Capitalistic society of wealth which the use of steam-driven machin et·y 1848 as was that soci ety from th e feudal society of the opened up to the n e·w capitalist class cr eated in th em a th irteenth century. t'rPnzy of gt:ecd. Mills ~nd facto ri es sprang up as if It is needless to recount the enormous, imaginationby magic in every city and town, and the now workless d efying d evelopment of power-driven machinery, or eraftsmen, their wives and even their children were the marYellous in vent.ions in productive processes or ('om p elled , in ol'd er to sustain life, to offer themselves the equally marvellous d evelopments in the ·organizaas slaves to these n ew master·s. Each such former tion of production, which took place in those sixty-six <·raftsman , now a mill-hand , cr eated l5y th e aid of this y ears. W e are con cem cd solely for the present with machin ery, a hundred tim es more wealth than he had the changed condition of the working class which has creat ed formerly by his hand-tools. But he did not r esulted from these developments. r·eceive this incr eased w ealth. Th e owner of the ·• For th e darkness of ignorance and the widespread 111achiner r e ard ed tl\is wealth as his r ivate property illiteracy of the workers in 1848, we. have today unia nd paid his employes a wage suffi ci ent' m er ely to k eep (•Pol tical democracy, It must be remembered, was nstit hem alive for his further use. tuted by the capitalist class Itself, as a weapon of defense and offense against the power of the old feudallty.) J a �402 The Wes t ern Comrade versal free education for the workers from the kinder----- garten niv r it . For the lack of books and general lack of enlightenment in 1848, we have today splendidly equipped public libraries in every city, town and even village. For the lack of communication between work er and worker-an all-impartant factwhich characterized 1848, we have today the 2-cent post and a Labor or Socialist journal, or both, in every community of over 50,000 inhabitants, in addition to ·numerous nation al and international working-class publications. For the almost total lack of organization of the work ers in 1848, we have today an Inter- . national Socialist Party polling more than 20,000,000 votes in the world, and . more than a rri.illion in the [fnited States alon e, and we have likewise.international and federated unions numbering more th~Ii three times that number of adherents. But Yast as a r·c these changes in the condition of the working class si nee 1848, they sink into insignificance bes ide anothrr gr·eat change which has occurred concurr·ently with 1 hi•m- the change in the financial power of the working class. ]t is impossible to speak of the financial power of the wor·ldng class in 1848. Ther e was no such power. Today the financial power of the working class is a wor ld power, soon t o become the dominant world power. For th e "'~' etc h ed starvation wages doled out to th e unorga nized and d efenseless workers, both skilled and unsl<illed, in 1848, and the consequent entire lack of auything which could be co rrectly desc ribed as '' working-class funds,'' we have today in the United States, for exampl e, a seale of wages for skilled labor whi ch, in rnany instances, exceeds the income received by prosperous professional men and middle-class merchants in 1he days of Marx; while even unskilled labor today receives a· wage sufficiently large to p ermit of small savings. Marx prophesied the increasing impovcr·ishment of the working class, and from the data at his disposal at that time, he could not possibly deduce any other· conclusion. He could not possibly foresee t he magical productivity of modern machinery and the equally magical efficiency of modern business organization which, in conjunction with the vast growth of lahor· organ izations, is responsible for the comparatively high modern wage. In a ·certain sense, however, the position of Marx still holds true, for the worker today receives a relatively smaller share of the wealth he produces than he did in 1848, but the amount he produces is so vastly gr eater than t he amount he then produced, t hat this relatively smaller sha:r:e he receives today is yet larger, considerably larger, in actual amount and pur chasing power , in spite of t he incr eased cost of living, t han the actual amount of t he relatively larger share he received in 1848. And herein lies the y pussibl t he increasing impoverishment of the workers, which, Edgcumb Pinchon under the name of the " r evisionist controversy," has raged so foolishly in the Socialist ranks of late. The pl'oof of the . correctness of the position here t ak en is to be found in the savings banks statistics of the last half century. In 1848, in England, there were no savings banks. There was no possible function for them to fulfill; the working class had not sufficient surplus to make its c o~ser vation and use by the capital ists, throu gh the medium of the savings bank, a warrantable und ertaking. Today, in Germany, ~he deposits of the working class, considered alone, total, according to the official figures, no less than $225,000,000. If the figures for the United States were available, it is safe to assert that, in view of the higher wage scale of this country, the figure r epresenting the total amount of working class d eposits in the savings banks would be even more impressive. In addition to these enormous · depo.s it funds of the workers in general, there are, accor ding to Carl Legien, of the International Secretariat of Berlin, over $60,000,000 r epresenting union funds qn deposit in the capitalist banks of the world. , Again, in Germany alone, t~~ working class h olds an interest of $550,000,000 in the government insurance 1 wna r;uo m p r1va e And since the prosperity of t he �-T h e Western Com i' a de 403 working class in Germany is no greater than the In February, 1914, Carl Legien, of the International -· prosperity-oftne wor mg c ass m ng an , ranee, ecre ar1a a er m, ·m com.men mg upon 18 · melScandinavia and Italy, and is less than the prosperity dent, said, ''This should provide new propaganda of the working class in the United States, it is safe material for the establishm:ent of their own be,nk on to assert that the working class of the world, in the part of the trades unions . deposits, in unipn funds and in insu~ance, owns In England, as these words go to press, is being literally hundreds of billions of dollars of operat- carried on a vigorous discU$sion and investigation of ing capital. And, even if we consider the organized this question of the use of the working class flnancial !'evolutionary working class of the world apart from power. the working class as a whole, it is self-evident that its It wou!(l be easy to continue this recital to the point financial power is a tremendous reality. of weariness. . ·:Enough has b~en said to prove that 'l'his completes the comparison between the condi- . theory an'd fact .are at one in this matter. Today comes t ion of the working class in 1848 and its condition in the new wor~d-wide :awakening and· a new, Manifesto J !)] 4. Between the two conditions- how vast the gulf! -the Organ~¥ Co-operative Manifesto·. Labor, slowly, .\s Socialists and students of history, we ·know that but with ever-increa~ing speed, is sensing the fact that n ·e1·y change and development in t.h e mode of produc- a great new weapon. .for its emancipation lies latent in t ion produecs corrPspond ing changes in the social, its hands .. ill tcllcct ual and et hical life of soc-i ety, ·and correspondThere is no conceivable doubt but that within the ing changes on the field of the class struggle. Com- next few years t he organized working class of the pet it i\·e Capitalism gave rise to political democracy world wil·l have ~akened to its new power, will have and th e political action of th e work.i ng class; Asso- clearly visioned· the pitiful folly of yielding up to its ,·iatcd, or as it might be termed, Semi-Competitive exploiters the , use of its hundreds of billions of cash ( 'a pitalis1n , gaYe rise to Industrial Unionism. And capital, and will have evol ed a scientific use of that sl1a ll not a new development arise on the field of the cash capital for its own relatively immediate emancidass strn l!~l c coi'J'cspond ing to modern Centralized and pation. 'l'he next article of this series will endeavor to show .\ l onopolist ic Capit alism? Shall not this gt·eat new that ther e is but one possible system by which the pO\rCJ' of th e " ·ork in g-c lass - its organized financial power--beco me an ever-expanding factor in the revolu- organized workers can make scientific use of their organized funds-a system already perfected to the tionary process ? Proof that sueh a supposition is not merely war- hand of Labor by Centralized Capital itself. rautahle in theory, but amply corroborated by fact, is tu he found on cYcry sid e.• Jn ScptclllbeJ·, 1912, the r epresentatives of the British Trade Uu ions, th e British Labor Party and the L· nitcd Board of the British Co-operative Societies met in joint session to discuss the possibilities of concerted ac·tion in diverting Labor 's funds to Labor 's use. Imm ediately following this conference the General Confederation of Fran c~ appointed a committee to l'Xfunin e and r eport upon the same proposition. This is t he title of a wonderful pamphlet In Jun e, 1913, in Evansville, Indiana, was founded an organization of Socialists and Union men d edicated to the proposition that Labor should conserve its funds to its own use. Famous Orator and Editor In December, 1914, th e officers of the International Unions with headquarters at Indianapolis, decided to • withdraw th eir funds to the amount of $5,000,000 from You can get a copy by sending ten the local banks as a protest against the brutal tactics cents to The 'Vestern Comrade, Box 11sed against Organized Labor by th e ,capitalists of 135, Los Angeles, Cal. · t hat city. · 1' This is an ideal piece of literature to (*As a result of th e writer's articles upon this question give that stubborn friend of yours. during the last eighteen months, letters have reached him from all parts of the United States, disclosing a widespread Get it today! Don 't wait! The supply and intense interes t in this ,question, particularly among the is limited ! better-infnrrn<>il Socialist!< and the more-ae:e:rPRAiv<> Union "Can a Catholic Be .a Socialist" By Stanley B. Wilson men. And the Unions of Los Angeles have already committed . themselves to a policy of conserving .their funds , which includes the founding of a bank and the establishing therewith of co-operative industries.) �404 The Western Co·mra.de Meunier, the £culptor of the Revolution By C. M. W. r,;~~==;tEVOLL'TIONI TS find many vehicles is the manner of it doing. H ere wa not a ma.n standwith which to bring to the world their ing upon a hill to look ~own upon the cene he wished message. They speak in many tongues. to portray. That wa not his way. ay hristian And p erhaps that is why some revolu- Brinton, ip The Internati.onal tudio, 'It ' a in factionists do not always recognize other tory: and ·forge, in plate mill and before blast furnac , revolutionists. ' in coal pit .and quarry, ·that Meunier found hi type Wagner thunders his message to the .. and courageously cast them into the mold of enduring world in music. l\1illet put hfs message plastic strength _a nd symmetry. ' Day after day he on deathless canvases. Hugo, Zola, \\ hitman, Carlyl~, crouched in the mines that he might portray the miner Debs and a host of others have put theirs on the and tkeir underground toil. printed page, some in verse and some in prose, but all And it is the same writer who brings out 0 well the in eternal fire. particular thing that gives to Meunier 's work it social Constant in :\I eunicr has givl;!n his message to the value, that reveals the artist 's true appreciation of. the world in enduring bronze. As Ruskin said in words, Men of Toil in the terrible struggle of today. Of thi "All social evils and religious errors arise out of the phase .Brinton says, "The apostle of work in its everv pi !lag<· of thr· laborers by th e idl ers," so Meunier has . form and .Ptase, he preferred man when he appeared a's said in hronzr·, " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou an integral paFt of that vast fabric of effort, mortal and r·at bread." mechanical, which enmeshes so much of his time· and :\I euuir·r is of mor·c than usual interest to the &nergy . . He' conceived his laborer and artisan as comworking class of Anwrica at this time by reason of the ponent elements of organized endeavor." fad th at hiH wor·k now is being exhibited in America. Of Meunier Robert Hunter, in "Sociali ts at Till' significant thing about this great Belgian is Work, " says: "In the black countr·y he would lose t hr· fad that he was a pr·odu ct of La bot· and in his work himself in a mass of miners rushing home from theit· au intr·rprf'lc·r of Labor. l\'Teunit·r· is just a hint of what work or watch at night superb figures befot·e the flarLahor· yr·ar·rts for· and of wltat it will produce wh en ing furnac es. . . . I know of nothing in sculptur tlt1• f'IHtins HI'(' finally cast off and the tired feet set that seems to me more god-like tha:n th e head which fre e to trrad tht• pHths for which they are destined. He he calls 'Antwerp,' symbolizing Labor ; for that i is just a tir·st glimpse into the inner soul of th e prole- what Antwet·p nieant to him. It is qui et, yet it bt·eathcs lariat- a promise in the first budding of it:; fulfillment. .of action. . . . It is the fac'e of a conquet·or obeying l\f aetcrlipck, that other great Belgian, has said of a cosmic instinct; the symbol of the indomitable spirit Hod in and l\1cunier that they at·e "in our day the sole of Labor which creates from the raw matet·ials of hill sr·ulptors who have succeeded in seizing· a few of the and valley the necessary products of civilized life. " significant mom ents, the sublime movements.·' The love of tlte Belgian worl<ers for Meunier is a And no one can gaze on l\Ieunier 's magnificent part of Belgian Labor history. '!'h ey did much to help " Dock hand" without realizin g tluit her·e, truly enough. him over the trying earlier years of his life, th ey took the sculptor· has caught and held for all of us to see, him unto their inmost places as one with th em- as he one of those significant mom ents. His "Industry" is was. But however intimate may have been the bond at once a glorification and a perpetuation of those hetween Belgian sculptor and Belgian Laborer, the sublime movem ents of which the artist is the inter- workers of his native land were not alone in their apprct ,,., though Labor may iu truth be the unconscious preciation. It is not so long now since the· workers of creator. • Genoa, voting their Union funds for the purpose, purMeunier give to Labor a subtle atmosphere of en- chased his "Le Debardeur" in tribute of his q~.emory. during might, he lends to the work-shop movements of Just now Meunier's work is being exhibited in th worker· something of basic _importance. He tears Avery gallery, Columbia University, but we are told a' ·uy th e pretcn rs of the enemies' of Labor and makes that it is not to remain there, for that would be a sad th e toilrr· stand forth as he tJ·uly i , the sturdy and loss, indeed, to the rest of the nation. The mot·e a na• evcrla ting foundation of society. You seem to feel as tion can pour into its soul the inspiration that flows in you never felt before that here, in the tense muscles its own mystic way from works such as these, the and th' trainin inews are the ba e throbs f the n earer it is brou ht to that time when the worl II univ rse · t hat if these men stop nothing will move. be a picture and every stroke of work an added high llnt greater, historically, than th~ work of feunier light on the Great Canvas. l �Tbe Western Comrade Looting= the N ation's Copper ChestBy .LUCIE SAl T ~~~~;~ HE copper lands on which the Michigan eluded from the grant of lands made by the Act of copper barons have ~ tabli bed a brutal Congress of that date for the Portage Lake and Lake industrial feudalism do not belong to the Superior hip Canal. Notwith tanding this expr Michigan copper barons, but to the peo- . exception in th~ granting act, upward of 68,000 acr pie of the United States. This is :the · which had been designated by the United Stat a single most important piece of evidence. l!lineral before March 3 1865, including "some of the laid before the House commit!ee U1 its.' most valuable lands in the copper range of the upper investigation of the Michigan copper pen~~la of Michi·gan, were certified and approved by strike. If Attorney General McReynolds 4.as an atom this 'department for the benefit of the Ship Canal Comof consistency in him he will institute a suit ·ror ~h~ pany. uit. was recommended by this office June 9, recovery of those lands .. on tbe sound legal gr-ounds 1886, to recover said mineral lands to the United that the Michigan copper barons have no legal. title States." thereto. · Second, from a letter written in the same year by Ro not only have the Calumet and Hecla intere~ts Secretary Lamar to the Chairman of the Publ~c Lands been robbing the workingmen of the " unpaid wages" Comtnittee of the Senate: which are their due, · but they have been robhing the ' "I concur with the views expressed by the Compeople of the United States of the rich natural re- missioner and the conclusion arrived at by him relasourccs, the conservation and exploitation of which' tive to the institution of suits." lly the Government would have meant not only fewer ·of course, however, the suits were not started, and Boston millionaires, but also less misery and fe.wer of course Commissioner Sparks was fired from the murder·s done in th e name of law and order. .Government service. Today the Government is suing the outhern PaThe statement that there exists no legal title to mOJ·e tha·n 68,000 acres of good copper lands is being cific Railway Company for the recovery of a billion ve rifi ed hy th e executive council of the American dollars worth of oil lands in Southern alifornia on Federation of Labor, by the House committee and by ·preci,sely the same grounds as those which Sparks precertain well-meaning but powerless officials of the Gov- sented. If the Government wanted to, it could tomorernment itself. The r ecords are all available; they are row sue the Calumet and Hecla people for the recovery the recor·ds and documents of a former Congressional of the lands they have been exploiting, and it could committee and the r eport of ·william A. J. Sparks, one recover them, run the mines as Government property, time Commissioner of the General Land Office, as well and thus end .one of the fattest grafts which .exist .in a.s former Secr·etary of the Interior, Lucien Q. C. the nation. J.;amar. The whole story is told in thesP. two quotaThe Govemment will ac.t if it hears from the peot ions : ple on .this. Write to your Congressman, ask him to l!"irst, fr·om p;:tge 35 of Sparks' annual report for sit up and take notice of what is going on, and see 1886: the wheels go round. If your Republican-Democratic" Lands which had been designated by the United Bull Moos~ Congressman won't do it (and he probably States as ' mineral' prior to March 3, 1865, were ex- won'.t), elect a Socialist next time. These and Those By EDGCUMB PIN.CHON Joyous girls, lightsome girls, reveling in merry joyance in the surf! Plunging-diving-laughing-splashing-your lithe limbs gleaming pink and warm! un-pla h 'd, wave- pla h 'd, laced with sea-weed, ... decked in purling foam I Joyless girls, sunless girls, wrestling in weary labor at the loom! Trembling-drooping-speechless-speeding-your frail limbs bloodless, gray and cold! Gloom-plash 'd, tear-splash 'd, laced with iron, decked in clinking chains ! And then anon-with listless e es and falterin feet stumbling down dark alleys to a charnel basement in a slum! �The Western Comrade 406 at t QUITE .AN IDEA T er ing. Such r evolutionary doctrine will lead to the destruction of our institutions and the demoralization of our social order.-E. J. H E editor of Life. .is not as brilliant as the editors of The Rip-saw, of The Menace, or of The ~f el ting Pot, but, n ever theless, h e hits upon a good idea from time to time, which enables me to par~on . EDISON, FOLDING BEDS AND UNIONISM him for his p eculiar views on women, vivisection and HJLE it . is manife tly absurd for a p erson to .Jews. go to an op.t ician to have a horse shod, or The editor informs us . that the Foreig~ Missions to visit an astronom er for an authoritative opinion C'onferenee has gi,·en out figures which sho}v that the on th e tariff, still our Ameri<:an editors do that very l'nit ed States gi,·es more money to foraigp mi sior~s" thing when they d esir·e to get "eqpy" on things ill the aggregate than any other sountry. · doing. For instance, take Thomas A. Edison 's interAnxi(Hrs to make a \'c• r·y c·onservative estimate, the Yiew in The lndPpendcnt wherein the wizard is ('(litor tiJ<·n ph11·r·s fh:r millions in this count ry below giYrn th e task of ans\\·ering a mrm h~r of quespons 1hc• povr·rty lin1:. " 1\'h~, not inaugurate a movement on rllan.v subjects. B <'<:a use .l\Tr. ;Edison is able to to "x port t h<·Jn into IH·a tlwn lands ?" h e rises tore-. cli~(·ns. trr:hnical problems, it d oes not follow that q uin· (whi eh is the- funny way Hashimu.ra Togo hr· ea 11 he Yer·y eonvinein g on ocial pi·oblems: and ta lks ! . . ye1, :Jfr·. Edison talks about unioni ·m with a confi <tuitP an icl l'a . ~Tr. Editor. You hit me in the cll'J1C·e that leads one t o cone lude he must'be talking ri~t ht plaf'f' whc·n you hump forth the opinion that about somr sort of carl!llretor. The ed itors will not tlu·y (t he· fir e 1ni ll io ns ) could be "helped by our forl1esitat<· to take a mall '"ell posted on the science of l'ign missio nary societies without encroaching upon Hying and have him answer questions on Chri, tiau 1hc· ir prin t ipl e- ua m<'ly. that cha r·ity begins on the Sc·ic·nee. List en to 1\[r·. Edison: otlw r• l)ic1P of tlw world." This irleff sh ould b e copy- · ' ' Th e im·entor tt·ies to mec·t the demand of a cr·azy ri~thtc·cl hpfor·c ~Tr. Br·y;m sees (a nd steals) it. :Jir. c·i,·iliza tion. Folding h!'ds ar·e primarily du e to the Br·yan would most lik ely make t his great principle oper·ati'on of th e tr·adc union trust, who have raised all issu e in th e n ext pres id ential cam paign. And it wages by for·cc, wOI'k one-third less time and do ou ght to he a ccept ed enthusiastically by the Amerial11mt one-third of the worl' th ry honestly should do, c·;ur t emperam ent, which seems anxious, in,·ariably, to ancl then go on a strik e one-fifth of th e time. This c· ross th e street by way of China.-E. J. raises th e cost of houses; more people have to b e er·o,,·ded th er ein· to mak e it pay ; and thus a rises 'the dernancl for foldin g heels." RARE SYMPATHY ~fro. Edison shou ld kn o,,· better th11 n to make su ch liE Outlook ( N. Y ). states some facts that are a hs1ml st1ttemcnts. 1£<' shou ld r emember that folding compelling_ and draws a conclusion that is too he<ls are out of elat e·, havin g been supplanted by S\rret for words. Th e average t erm of set·vice of the () is:·t pp<'ar·in g beds. II owe vcr , he is not being accused 125,000 telephone girls in the U nited States is only of insincerity; j ust plain foolishness.-E . J. th.r l'e years, says The Outlook. Then follows: " Th e average number of calls they must r espond A PROFOUND REFLECTION t o is 14;0 per hour ; and each call is accompanied by ~RILLIANT, spat·kling editorial writer obfont· flash es of light. Th e continual flashing freJects to the coal porters of London, who . quently r esults in eye-strain, and this in headache, stT"Uek while "it " (meaning th e weather ) was cold. dullness. and exhaustion. " Th e Out look does not r ecommend, like Socialists, To he courteous and obliging, coal porters should that th e telephone gi rl s shou ld work fewer hours, go on strike in the summer month , when they will thus conserving their -i.i ves. It does not t~tand for " incon venience" n o one. Coal porters who strike hi gher wages so that they will be abl e to purchase in the " 'inter time show lack of culture and r efinehct ter foo d , wear hett er clothes ~md live in d ecent ment. l ee wagon drivers should stl'ike in J anuary; · hom es. Nothing of the sort. "Considerate-telephone snow shon le rs should take their strike votes in May users will bea r these facts in mind and speak gently or June. It should be added, of course, that sailors en 1mgs go wrong, Is e u e oceans Really, such radicalism is amaz- d ry up. -E . J . ... ... ... ·w ... ... ... T . . ... A �T be' We s te rn C omr a d e THE ACTION THAT WINS By ELSA UNTERMAN r.~ !!!!!!!-!!!~ !!!!!!!!!J !!!!!!~ N " The Call of the Carpenter" Bouck did he, an equal share of social paSsion and intellectual White extols · the remarkable balance insight, the Christian movement could not have been between intellect and emotion in the . changed by a mere political trick from its proletarian person of the Nazarene, attributing to natnre ·to·..tt·-religious tool of the Roman Empire. Had that balance his phenomenal success 4t tire mass of the people _possessed, in addition to the ~ appealin_g to the working people of his propelling ·power of their emotions, the discerning • . time. Possessing a master mind, be pO:wer of intellect, there could have been no Inquisipossessed also a master soul, ·Which, tion, putting countless thousands to death, seizing their through its wide sympathies and passionate desire for pra-perty--at the same moment .that it pio,u sly declared liberty, drove the mind to action. .. it k illed them only for· religious reasons; there could Tit is splendid balance, so r~rely achieved, between · have ~een no ruthless destru.c tion of the Albigenses; no t he emotiounl and intclectual natures; as exemplified massac.~;e of St. Bartholomew's Day ; no Thirty Years• in J csus of N azat·eth, is the thing needed to create a . w ·ar, all enormously enriching the Church or the rulers 111 ass moYcment that will not only be powerful, but while desolating the hopes of the people. 1 productive of a better society as well. Sociology· On the other hand, had Plato .a nd Aristotle been t<·al'h rs us that the emotions are the motive power · end,pwed with emotional power as great as their intell~t· hind mass movements, and that the intelect .is the lectual power, they could never have· been . satisfied dit'('!'ti\·c agent. As Lester Ward says, "Intellect is ,with society upheld by slavery. Were the intellecnot an impelling but a dit·ecting force. Feeling alone tuals, the scientists of today, moved as deeply by 1·an clt·in:• on th e social train, whether for weal or woe:" ·human sympathy as by the desire to accumulate, In th r past, feeling drove on the social train fa:r co-ordinate . and · classify facts, they would make a more fo r woe than for weal, because it was not united valiant effort to create a society in which the knowlwith intell ect. The intelect of all former mass move- edge they have accumulated would get to the people, mcnts, r eligious and political, was centered in the per- when it would be of benefit to the wol'ld, instead or sons of n fc \\" lenders, priests, soldiers, or adventurers, lying unused, as it does now. who played upon th e emotions of their followers, The-proletarian movement of today must heed what generally to their own advantage, at the expense of is written in · blood on the path of history. It must progr·css. Prnctically all r eligious wars, while doling avoid beth the intellectual and the emotional extreme. out death aud endless suffering to the masses, The impetus which jt needs to carry it forward, it im cnscly euri chcd th e rulers. The thousands aroused · cannot hope to get from intellect alone, because a mere to heights of fury against the Mohammedans and per- intellectual concept is impotent to arouse action. To· ''Uad cd to join the Crusades by Peter the Hermit awaken the fervor necessary to the success of a mass gain ed nothing by their religious zeal, except the movement, it must be bulwarked by a strong emotion. lo10wledge that they piled up wealth in the coffers either can the proletarian movement hope to be carof tl1eir lords. Th e mass of t he people, by the fire of ried to success by merely prodding the feelings of the their passion, won the French Revolution for the bour- masses, for without the guiding light of .reason, the gcoisie, but not for themselves. The workers won t he feelings are JUSt as prone to lead to a deeper abyss as Revolution of 1776 for the American middle class, only to lead out of the present one. to ha vc the bm·dcn of exploitation strapped the t ighter An ocean liner, plowing toward its goal on a dark to th eir backs. n_ight, relies equally on the engines propelling it The control which r eligion has exerted over the through the waters and on the bea.con light illumining masses, simply because it controlled their emotions, its way. . The proletariat, to reach the goal toward which it is a matter of common knowledge. Religion has been a. dynamo which caused countless wars, hideous blood- is striving, needs its emotions as .a driving power, and shed, th e r eorganization ..of -empires, the erection of its intellect as a guiding light. If undue stress is laid t empl es but added nothing to the material or intel- · on the one or the other, it is doomed to failure. lectual welfar·e of the world. 'fhe ·s tupendous power of the emotional energy concentrated in r.eligion is Renew your subscription promptly. If you let the matter the world.'s gr eatest marvel; its wrong expenditure delay then you will be taken from 1.he mafUng list. The r · M!ate ge s om blteTVes your cnnt1llul!4 trlends Had each of the followers of Jesus possessed, as come across with that renewal. . . ,} a �408 The Western Comr ad e By EMANUEL JULIUS THE 1914 REVOLUTIONARY ALMANAC p~ilosophers and. fashionable female parasites may There has come to JTIY desk a stran ge book of icon9- always be seen at sympl-iony concerts, exhibitions, lecclasms which is called " Th e Revolutionary Mmanac,'" tur s on ponderous abstractions and stage productions edited hy Jlippolyte Havel, and sold" at .50 cents by ofibsen and Sbaw, ·but these persons do not count. I The Hahelais Press; 27-29 Bo\.very, New York It con- repeat,· th_e only r eal lonrs of music and literature are tains many interesting d rawings in the styfe of the .·• those who come from the p1·oducing class. ·workingPXtrPmely modern school by artists of c_6mpelling men c-r eate the music-usually they · are members of tal('nt, poPms by good, had a~d indifferent poets, and . labor unions, and they are so conscious of th eir position art ides by mcu and women who can write, who can 'that they a1;c not avet·sc to becoming affiliated with the think , ('\'(•n though . they do not always convince. Amer_ican Federation of Lahor. George Brandes) in his ll crt· <m~ some of the writers who have "_.piece~" . thought-provoking essay, "On Rea:din·g," justly s1:1ys in this "Book for· Hehels in Social Life, Art, Science that "outside the ranks of scholars, a strong .and pasand Lit t>ra ture," to quote the adve1·tisement writer: sionate love for r eading is felt, in the main, only by La feadio Il ram. :\lark Twain, Benjamin De Cas- those who han• neither th e time nor the means for its!'r(·S, :\laxim Gorky, Vidor ·Hu go, James I-Iun eke1·, the lower middle· class artisans and workmen. Among :\lauri,.,. :\laeterlin,·k, Gt·orge Gissing, 'Salt \Vhitm an, 'the latter there is st ill to hr found that thirst for educa)JarJ.!ar·ct II. Sanger, F1·edPJ'ich Nietzsche, Ricardo tion whieh distinguished th e wealthy bourgeois classes Flores :\lHgon, William C. Owen, Theodore Roosevelt, a hundred years ago, though it was so quickly slaked. H enry George, Richard Wagner, Gustave H erve, Peter · 'l' he same might be SHirl of the workmen's p assion for Kropotk in, Emma Go ldman, Elisee R eclus, Alexander music. Th e non-produecrs are great book and art colB"rkman and Hemy cle Gourmont. lectors .( because they haYe t he means ) hut they are Probably th e almanac's most delicious bit of satire poor book and art creators. They leave that little task is " Tiw Guardian of :\To_rals," depicting beloved for the produ cing class. Anthony Comstock in a most ludicrous light. Th e Superficial thinkers are in clined to th e opinion that artist dresses the pestifrrous Saint Antho~y in an the arts are prod nets of the so-call ed cultured classes; amusing cost unw with a fig lPa[ at th e plHce Anthony th e view is erroneous. 'l'he cultured classes-so-called appPars determiued to k eep it. Th e picture is a joy. -ohtain their cu lture by dabbling in the creations of H I ever mf'et th e artist I shall buy him a chocolate ice the poets, composers, musicians and artists of the workeJ'('a lll soda. ing dass .• So far, a1·t. whil e produced by the workers, Th e worst thing jn th e almanac is an abortion undet· has heen th e pl easure a nd pastime of the rich. Painters the caption of" Election. " It is crude, silly and offcn- have eonr·eivecl soul-inspit·inig pictures, but they have sive . . Th e artist who conceiYed it was unwPII , and the been tak en ~rom th em and placed in the palaces of editor who pHssPd it was asleep on the joh. th e rich. ln other word s, th e joys of a class have been Of course, rebellious individualism runs riot in this taken to ,make easier th e lives of the rich. Art has almanac. -Lots of th e stuff in this hook is th e usual been stolen from the workers. But all this is changing, matter that comes from Anarchists-stuff that leads and wher e art ha s bern a1~istocratic, it is now being nowhere. This book, if it does anything, helps prove democratized . l\1usieians do not ca re to create beauthat Anarehists are Intellectual Pollywobhles. But, in ties for anyon e but the p eople; artists would rather spite of it s erud e anarchism, its poor press work, its sre th eir paintings hang on th e wails ofpublic galleries stupid proof;reading and its contempt for th e union than in th e homes of th e rich; sculptors would rather label, th e a lmanae is a vefy fine pi ece of work. see th eir statues adorn th e highways and avenues of * * * citi es than have th em used to merely beautify the lives and homes of capitalists and aristocrats. The rich book THE NICE STUFFcollectors have giH~n way to the public libraries. Poets The only r ea l, worthwhile appreciators of art come would rather have th eir books circulate among the 1Qr,~~p~e~o~p~etT1~a~n~~a~v~e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- seekers of super ficial arnateur th e di ll etante. In �The We s tern Com r a de 409 __Eiv e H11n d red T HE WESTERN COMRADE is engaged in a task that should bring to it the support of every thinking Socialist in the West. · These two facts are '"ith us constantly: Th e printed word is of service on ly when it is read; to get it read it must be put whe.re there are people to read it. .i\Towhere else do reading people congregate in such numhers as in the public libraries. The first flash of this thought earrll· when a comrad e sent a dollar all th e way from :Sa lt Lake City, asking that The V.1esterii Comrade be sent to the pu blie library in that city for a year. That co111rade knew how t o fight. And the lesson has not been lost on us. For now we " ·a nt The \\"este rn Comrade placed in :iOO lilm1r·ips in thP West-and yes, in the East, too, for· thnt m:ltt<·r·. But esJWl'ialiy do we want to have the nragazirw placed in SOO W estern libraries. Espet·iall,v is it our· appointl'd task to help in the winning of' th<' West. Thl' puhlit· lihrarit•s offer a great . opportunity. Th ousands and thousands of non-Sol'ialists v-isit public lihntries en·r·y day in eYcr·y ('ity. They go there to r·t·atl books and magazines. W c want The \Yestern Comrade there when they go there. Nor 1!-re w~ · alone in that wish. A comi:ade who wished .especially to express his appreciation of the magazine, after reading the last number, ordered the magazine sent to twenty-five libraries, and· h e paid the bill. Twentyfive libraries .for a year! Splendid! But there are librarie. · all over the West to be reached, and twentyfive is but a .st.arter, though a fine oue. Later on· we shall publisli· the names of all liliraries to which magazi~es are sent by earnest Sociaii'sts, and we shall publish th names of those who do this _great wOTk. Meanwhile, t~e · essential thing is that the work be done. This mdnth we should add an even hundred libraries to the list. Will you subscribe fo r one library 1 Will you put one missionary in the field 1 Let us hear from. you at o~ce, so that we may begin the subscriptions to these libraries now with this number. The sooner we educate people' to Socialism the sooner we . can throw the capitalist off . our backs. \Yill yo.u send a missionary. l't 's only a dollar per missionary, and the mission.ary .w ill 'stay on the job for a whole year. Will y ou start your missionary off for the field of action t oday ? Feminism -and the Trend. Towards Democracy By ELEANOR WENTWORTH III. Th e P ea<·ernak er " It is oppos.i twn that br·ings things together·. Th e hiud en harmony is better· than the open. " -H era clitus. ~~~\ ~,~~~ . ~.!!!'II HE genml conccpt;on of Fem;n;,.n ;, that it is a philosophy, a movement brnt on cr·eat ing disharmony between men and women; th e F eminist is thought of as ~ ·w oman striding mightily across the ear th , hatchet in hand, a scowl on her countenance, scanning the horizon for a glimpse of that baneful rniscr eant- lllan. Even persons who are best informed on other subjects think that this modern woman 's movement is based primarily on hatred ; t hat its chief purpose is to awaken sex antagonism . Far, it::~deed, are they from discerning the real spirit behind it. Their ey es are still so dazzled by th e new light that'they do not see that t his woman , the F eminist, carries not a h:a tchet hut an olive branch. Since the earliest beginnings of recorded history, 1her·e has been no real harmony between men and ened. r elation The supremacy which men enjoy in human affairs they achieved by antagonizing the interests of women. Manmade ethi cs denied to women equal freedom of action and equal opportunity for development . and expression; man-made lawf!l declared that th e p ersons of women and the persons of their children belonged to men; man-controlled industries were surrounded by harriers which excluded women from every ·kind of labor except low-grade labor. Th e ages of man's domination have been ages of separation and misunderstanding for men and women. The thought world and work-a-day world in which men lived was unknown ta women. The narrow physical world in which women lived perforce was despised by men. Each sex .w as ignorant of and unsympathetic with the life of the other, except as they were brought toget.h er b'y a phys·ical emotiop. The greater the subjection of women, th e less the sexes have in common. During th e latter days of the 'tlory of Athens, when the lives of its women were most hedged in, the sexes had so little in common that even �. 410 The Western Comrade Between the men and women of the Orient It comes to bring democracy into that relation as otl_~er ef eemmen stPi¥iag, mevements have d9ae to bring demo(Waey , into our common hoping, commop working they know nothing. political and industrial relationships. Only historians of more than average ability and Where the man a,nd woman have been separated unusual tenderness of conscience giv~ us any hint of by different labors, he leading the world with his the tensity in the relation between men and women. achieYements, while she of necessity hobbled slowly beJt took a John Stuart Mill to frankly reveal the n et- hind , p erforming dull tasks with duller tools, the Fcmwprk of laws required to chain down the antagonism inist Movement comes to create a ·splendid solidaritycaused by cmdc injustices. It took a Mary Wollstone- men aJ?d wo~en working sid'e by side for common aims, crnft to tell the world that tire boasted "harmony" inspir~ng e~ch other. Where they were separated by Jwt WPen men aiHl women was of the sort that . exi~ts diffet:ent. ideals, lle pursuing t:he elusive phantom of hctwl'cn a hold-up man and his victim while the form·er personal glory, she measuring.tbe world by the narrow has his r-evolve r· firmly pr~ssed against the' ribs of the .. boundaries of her ~~~use, it comes .to awaken a common lattrr; \nlS of the sort that existed between:the Romans ideal-a·'joyous humanity. and t hP .1l'\\· s of Palest_ine while th~ Roman .soldiers had 'l' he F-eminist' hopes for th e time when human beings thPir m·apons drawn; was of the sor·t that existed be- need not )ook to the love life of the hummingbird and tw1·<·n thP nPgro slav1~ and his master while the raw- the or.i ole .for sweet comradeship. She anticipates the hid1• hung in th<• air. day when men and women will say to each other with Th .. FPminist says with H eraclitus that th e hidden .glorious con~ence, as Pandora said to Prometheus, harmony is hl'tler than th e open. She cares not a fig "Whith r· thou goest; there even now I stand; and ery thee to me.,., fo r thP harmony th at to become apparent must be annouHc·Pd with I he tlarc of hr·ass and cymbal. Rather dol's she• hope for a hannouy in life like the harmony A WORD ABOUT MUSICIANS of a summ er's night when a myriad creatures declare Beethoven-greatest of all music-philosopherswith thr· quivering Yoicc of silence that there is peace. came from the German peasantry. It was Beethoven 'l'hl' li \'<'S of the men and women whom we see about who r efused to uncover in the presence of royalty, us daily , amply dt' monstratc the presence of very t hough his com_panion, Goethe, doffed his hat, we are markPd antnl-{onisms. Our· modern drama and fiction, told by Jam es nu·neker. Bach earned .a meager living ns though to atone for the long si lence concerning the as organ ist in a humble ·church. Richard Wagner partru l' state of affair·s, devote three-fourths of their time ticipated in the German workmen's revolt at Dresden. to piduring the intense suffe ring caused by lack of Luckily, he escaped, while his companions, Roeck el and comm on ground upon which men and 'Yomen rnay ':\Iikail Bakunin, wer·e imi?risonecl. Wagner's operas mef't in th Pi r·. marTied life and also to the f riction express the aspiration of labor; they sing the phieawwd hy the submersion of the woman's life in the losophy of revolution. mau 's. ]n th e field of the drama we have Ibsen, St r·indherg, Shaw, l3rieux, Masefield, Suderman and countless other·s depicting various phases of the difA COMMENDABLE MOVE ficu lty. l•'idion writers d ealing with the subj ect a re innumerable. In passing it is only possible to mention T HE Central Lab~r Council of Los Angeles has; by unanimous vote, given its endorsement to a few of them: David Graham Phillips, Booth Tarkth c savings plans of the California Savings Bank, ingto n, Elizabeth Robins, Cicely Hamilton, Charlotte and recommends t hat members of Organized Labor Perkins Gilman are aruong the best known. Among should not hesitate over taking advantage of the the poets Max Eastman and Max Ehrmann are not to be over·looked. splendid pr·oposition offered by this popular bank. Th e Califomia S~wings Bank has always been Rince disharmony already exists between men and • friendly to the labor movement, never missing a wom en, it cannot he said of t he Feminist :M ovement chance to lend all possible aid to its many v·entures. that it comes. to create disharmony. On the contrary, , . It is not often that a bank is endorsed by a labor it comes to lll·ing peace. 'l'hat it intensifies the situabody, but t his action is not surprising, considering tion for· the mom ent, non e ca n deny. But it does so in the many favors the California Savings Bank has the same way thnt Androcles for the moment intensi• done fo r· proJ·ects fu rthered by t he labor unr·om'sts fi ed th e pain of t he lion as he drew the thorn out his foot · in th e same way that a doctor for the moment of Los Angeles. As Mr. L. \V. Butler puts it, it ---:i.:..:n~te.;;n.;;s.;:.i.:;:. fiz... es;.;,;_t.::h;.;. e::..p.;;f~ li:.;; n;.;;:o;....f:;..::a~ b:.;; ro::.:k:.;:.e~n::.,.::a.::.r.:::.. m:.::.;.b-:y::.::.:s_ e t::.:t.:.: in:..g~i:.::: t.::.::.:I;.:t~-t~,\:G · :u l ll ·*@'M~· ~. '~~not'li- :its endorsement of the plan. comes to set aright th e disjointed r elation of the sexes. woHfen. ·----there-i~o-lt~eet*-tfle-harem; or I �The W e s t ·e r n Com r a d e -'Fhe Secret r.:;~===~:II T WAS embarrassing for Albert Rastall to face Herbert Kindle, the husband of the woman he loved. But, what could he do 1 H e would simply have to face the music. '' '\Vhat is it you came to see me about 1'' Albert askea, quickly. "About my wife." Albert's face flushed, but in a moment he r egained his composure. '' Your wife?'' he r epeated. '' Yes,'' slowly, ''she's dying.'' .\]bert started viol ently. ''Dying!- - " ''Yes; and she begged me to bring you. She says she must sec you before it is all over. I-I-h-hope ,\ ' O ll 'II <'OillC \\'ith me- -" Soon. th f•y \\'ere on their way to the station. * * * \\'h en th e t\\·o men arriYcd at th e room, Mr. Kindle was for·ccd to face a scene the like of which he had never known. Ilis wife's face brightened when she saw Albert. ~'frs. Kindle sJmy]y raised herself until she was seated upright. " I- 1 'm so glad you arc here, Albert," she gasped; "I'm going to die--" "Oh, no, my clear, don't th ink of it-'-you'lllive," ca me from Albert Rastall. Seating himself beside the bed, he took her limp hand and kissed it again and again, adding: . "You 'II pull through." "No, no; it 's impossible," painfully, "it will soon he OYer·, and 1 'm r eady. You 've made me happy; the ha ppic·!rt wom an in the world. " · She turned to her hus'band, saying: ''Good-bye, H e.rbcrt, good-bye--" ~h e fell back into bed. * * * Jiel'l>ert 's brain was ill' a whirl of doubts and suspicions. H e could hardly believe his ow.n senses. His wife had lo ved this man! His wife! She had admitted it! And in his presence, too! What could it meant Wasn't it all clear 1 "Mr. Rastall," H erbert announced, emphatically, "I rxpect you to do some explaining." '' 'I' here can be no explanation,' ' Albert ventur ed. '' I demand--" "You demand ?" By 411 ~manuel Julius ' 'Suffer - - " . "Yes, su ffer; I am desperate, Mr. Rastall; Beatrice was my wife for ten years-we've been happy-at least, so I thought-fool that I was. And now, when she dies, comes thi,s --" Herb~t Msitated. "Come, finish; I'am l'i.stening, Mr. Kindle." " -.- this.' ·~b~me.'' 'A.lbert Rastall l~~~hed. . It w'as a soft, sad laugh. " You are laughing· at me!" shouted Herbert, growing fu.rio~s·: "Pardon me; this has become r eally complicated and somew?at serious-:-! must set your mind at rest--" ''Then,. you '11 explain 1'' Herbert inquired, quickly. * * * Albert seated himself m one of Herbert's library chairs. "Your wife was a widow when you married her, wasn ;t she 1" Albert asked. Herbert nodded, adding: ''That has nothing to do with this affair--" "It has; Mr. Kindle; I assure you- that plays an important role in this little tragic-comedy--" ''Comedy !'' Herbert cried, growing angry again. "Calm yourself, 'Mr. Kindle," suavely, "let me tell my story.'' Herbert swallowed hard two or t hree times, but r emained silent. "When you have listened ~o me for a minute you'll be satisfied t hat I have done you no wrong." Albert hesitated before he added : " I said you married a widow. You agree to that Y Yes 1 '\Vell, I want y·ou to know t hat right there is where you are misinformed- - " "What do you mean 1" Herbcl't question ed, unable to restrain himself. · "I mean that you married my wife !" "What!" '~You married my wife, Mr. Kindle, remember that-" ' 'Are you out of you;f senses, man 1--" ''No; I say you married my wife. J.. isten to me- · '~ '' I- I 'm listening- - " "Twelve years ago I went to Africa. I was lost. to the world for two years. When I returned I found t hat my wife had just married you. I thought she ,._ould die of fright when she first saw me. She explained that I had been r eported de~d-she even pro- ---~·~·~~·~·----------------------------------------~~~~~~vs~&-~.-Ul~~~~~-aDQ~Wr----­ ''And if I ignore your demands-..- " " You 'll suffer the consequences!" Mr. Kindle, you wer e living as the husband of my wife! " �T h·e Western Comrade 412 Herbert was dumbfounded. for my wife's happiness-and now, Mr. Kindle, you koews ~e te be tbe late Mr. Richardson. It has been my secret' all these years, and I would have kept ii unrevealed had you not demanded it. That was my acrifice. Not for you, Mr. Kindle, for I hated you . . It was for my wife. Are you satisfied, Mr. Kindle1" "I am, Mr. Rastall; I want to shake your hand." · They clasped. · "And now, l\1_r. Kindle, I must bid you good night." ·--~~u~r~e~o~n~o~~~ier~rRuijp~to~n~s~,~~~r~~~~~----~~~~~~·~·qb~'ersan~h~ "At first, I determined to assert my right-I swore I would arrest her for bigam-y. But, she literally threw herself at my feet, begging-.- " Alher·t stopped talking. He looked at H erbert for a full half minute. "I can see by th e expression on your face that you have a question to ask. You want to know why I didn't regain my wife. Isn.'t that so 1" Herber.t nodded. "Yes, I thought so. Well, I'll also explain * * * · that. You see, :\Ir. Kindle, I learned· frO,m my wife When Albert Rastall reached the sidewalk he laughthat sht• loved yon ul.ore than she loved me.'~ ingly muttered: Herbert 's face brightened. The truth was begin- .. "Poor ·fool! He believed all of my lies! " nmg to dawn upon him. ~ "She even went so far as to say..that if lannounced WHO IS CONCERNED WITH ETHICS? the truth she would kill herself-so much did she love N A RECENT issue of Everyman there appeared you, l\lr. Kindle. And so, I stepped aside, for I saw · an imaginary interview with Tom Mann, wlhich that it was all for her happiness--" began as follows : ''But--" "'Now as to your ethics-" · I begaJ?.. "But what?" "Search me"-he (Tom Mann) laughed. "I've " 11 Pr first h us hand's name was Richardson, your's · been so busy . getting food and such. It's. not ethics is Hastall--" that we're after, but higher wages, shorter hours, " Ah, that, too, needs a wor·d, Mr. Kindle. I oblitand better conditions for working people.'' erated myself cntir·cly for the sake of my wife's happiAs this is only an imaginary interview, it is imness. I t·han~cd my name and th e sphere of my life possible to say whether Tom Mann would have excompletely . Every fact-everything connected with pressed himself in these words. This fact remains, my past was killed. I was reborn- a new man- all however: many persons hold the opinion that the worke~s are not concerned with ethics, thereby betraying an erroneous conceptiop. of the matter. The science of ethics is not an evil weapon in the possession ·of the ruling class, to be used only for purposes of exploitation: It is the science of right conduct of man to .his fellow men- one of the sciet;~ces most essential to human well being-and can be developed rightly and sincer·ely only by those who JIERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY have thi::j. well being at hea rt.' The rulin g class, busy devising means by which it may remain the ruling class-is it concerned with To prepare for Positions m the Railway Mail human well . being ?-with ethics 1 Certainly not. · It Service and Postoffice Department. is no more concerned with true ethics than with true political economy. But the workers fighting against the encroachBetter salaries for Railway Mail Clerks and ments, the wrong conduct of the ruling class ; fightPo~toffice CHrt·iers, Clerks. ing against poverty, against profit, against the poison of overwork-the ever-moving masses of creators, striving to end our anti-social system, undisBig inc rease m working force caused by mayed by obstructions or defeats, trudging tirelessly Par·crls Post. toward the light they see, day-dreaming always of a happier time-they are vitally concerned with ethics, with human wellbeing, which depends upon· See MISS WILSON -6 the right conduct of man to his fellow men. 602 Citizens' National Bank Bldg., Los Angeles l\Tost emphatically do I say it: Only those who - --;- - - ;0::-;f:;;:fi ce- p7'h_o_n-es_ :_ _ _ _ _ _ _ __,R ,.es-.-p, >h-to_n_e_:~~~....at"-l'',-, 'ec.,..,..uu""c:"''e... rnn-emd+-.wmith revoiutiorrizing-societJ ~· ~ w~ A-1973 ; Bdwy. 1775 25951 eerned with ethics.-E. W. I YOUNG MEN OF CALIFORNIA �T he ·w e s t e rn THE BIG SLAUGHTER 01\fE time in the very near future there ought to be a big slaughter. Really, w e should have a national holiday to witness the event. Nobody has described with k eener sarcasm just what this killing will be lik e than Senator LaFollette, who says in his weekly: · " Th er e was ' just a fin e assortment of well-fed, prospc1·ons bankers commissioned by th~. new CUI'~ r cncy law to find and slay -the Money Dragon. And th ey have d estroyed it. That is, they will destroy it- later . " It was a great piece of statesmanship; this idea of tu;·ning th e job of destroying the monster that controls capital and enslaves credit over to t~.e hank ers. Th ey know its habits and its haunts. Wat r h th em crush it ! . . . It will be thril~ing !" Yes, it "rill be " some " slaughter, doubtless.' C. 1\f. W. S • • • GETTIN ' EDDICATED liE following advertisement appeared in a r eeent issue of 1'he Harvard Crimson: ''Letters of all kinds written to order. Requests for eheeks you haYe hesitated to ask for- letters pacifying irflt e fitfh ers- letters of acceptance and regrct- lr ttc·rs of apology- bread and butter lett ers, rt c. Any little love affair we c ~n fix up 'I \\' e sucerrd wlwrr th e individual fails. " So goes it. Young Am erica begins by haviug somrone hand him a milk bottle. Later, as a r eward for inborn tal ent, h e is sent to school , wh ere som eone writ es hi!: letters for him, takes his examinations for him. Finally, th e kind, aged professor is influ enced , in som e subtl e, mysterious manner, to give th e lad his diplsma . . Th en he goes into th e .;vorld to stril\ e out for him . self. H e marries a bank er 's daughter in order to obtain a financial basis upon which to build later successes. This enabl es him to shine in society, wh er e he deli_vers after-dinner speech es, written by a twenty-dollar secretary- often th e same youth who wrote his love letters for him. H e then gives interesting int er views to the n ewspapers, in which he adYises th e working lads to save money and climb the ladder of achievement. Of course, it i:s needless to say th ese interviews w ere written by the same modest secr etary. Often, t hese pillars of society write books that contain many interesting ideas; in fact, these books are F>O original that the pompo"us, dignified " author" learns many things from r eading his own hooks, which is another compliment for the unassuming secretary. And ~hen the famous man dies, the T Comr ade 413 pap rs are certain· t o inform. us that one of the ''leaders of thought," one. of the " beacon light of progress," one of the " heralds of the dawn " ha cashed in and gone to heaven with the r est of the angels, while' .the secretary, who didn 't have sense enough t o marry a ,banker's daughter, or to write love letters for himself, goes to- well, what 's the use of rubbing it in 7- -'E. J. • • • ON THE SIDE LINES UNNING- from Now into the Future there is one strong, deep current. That is Socialism. But paralleling it, running into it her e and there, at times giving it volu·me, at times lending warmth and color, are lesser, but by no means 1unimportant strPams. Of many of them mqst Socialists know and ca1·e littl e. · Th ere is at present a world-wide social movement toward better things. While Socialism may be the center of this movement, ·y et it does not, in the sense in which most Socialists view Socialism, include the whole movement. Of course, to the wid evisioned the Socialist MOVEMENT does includ e the whole lirie of advance. In the world of education giant strides are being made. As Socialists most of us are not even cognizant of the greatest departures in education. Amopg Socialists, with th e usual exceptions, of . course, th er e is but littl e r eal interest in the wond erful buddings that are going on in the r ealm of. education. Y et have we not the r ight to consider that th e work of Montessori is collateral to the So~ cialist movem ent ~ Have we not the right to consider that th e great sweep toward right relationship 1.1etween education and industry is akin to our own dreams ? Rightly th ere is no departm ent of life in which we are so k eenly interested as the educa-:. tional. ·what leads so quickly toward our own goal as correct education of th e young and growingl C::111 we afford to be anything but experts regarding education 1 Can w e afford to be ill informed 1 Yet we are. And education is but one of many collateral lines upon which we are not fully in touch with current progress, to say _n othipg of exhibiting leadership! F eminism, first brought prominently before the Socialists of th e W est by this magazine, is another. Still another is th e drama, in a certain sense. Of similar import is much of the literature or' the day, not Socialist propaganda so labeled, but Socialist information, shall we say 1 For one to have th e Socialist ideal in one 's brain is not an excuse for one to fold that bram up ·and put it to sleep.- C. M. W. R j �414 The West~rn Comrade -T-he Most Conspicuous Socialist • Raging in his towering might as Everything is in motion. The eyes not throw away. He wears a pair of the center of t he ant i-militarist sec- · rqv~ incessantly. The lips part trousers until they grow shiny, and t ion of t he F rench people, ·Jean enormously. The great brows lift it gives him pain to abandon a frayed Jaures occupies a position so con- and drop. Even the gigantic ear collar. This is the famous French s picuo us that all European eyes are seems to act independently of the thrift. No one has ever wept so copiously wat ching him. P aris Temps calls head. Every gesture is terrific in·its him t he most conspicuous Socialist energy. M. Jean Jaures is much in public as J ean Jaures, but the now li vin g, and probably because of addicted to emb~aces in th.e F-rench wonder of it is less to the Lanterne t he fact t hat Jaures holds this political maimer. He hurls a pair of than the fact that when he weeps all .uniq ue posit ion of prominence Cur- arms aroUnd a victi.Jn and precipi- \veep with him. ~ thousand people, r ent Opin ion is moved to publish a t at-es- his · bulk remorsele ssly,.· often at least, will weep in. public every t wo-page sketch of him, including shedding.i ears of joy the whiie. One time J ean Jaures sheds t ears on a ;m excellent photograph . never knows whether or not he platform. The consolation. is that he ,Just now ,J au res is c t· eati~g a. a ffects a necktie because of the 'flow- can also set them all laughing heartsensation by char ging President in g whisker . Th e aspect of the .ily in a very few moments. It is the l'oin eaire wit h playing int o the man is one of anim.a l -health and J3ures " touch." It embraces pashands of ]{onH·. Through IIumanite,- strength. H e has a stomach of' irolf, sion, r epose, hatred, scorn- all t)le which he edits, ,Jaures charges that, shoulders of granite and lungs · of moods, which he imparts, we read, as a resul t of this courtship of the brass. Yet he looks his fifty-five as if they were the measles. This. Vat ic·an , appointments to positions years. rnust be set forth definitely unless of high command in the army go Enemies of Jean Jaures. accuse one is to miss the secret of the rise only to those men who could be r e- him of a weakness for money. His of J ean Jaures to greatness. It lied upon iu a coup d e'etat . wealth has been computed by the means something more than incisiveBut it is c·on ccrning th e person- hostile at the equivalent of half a ness of phrase, or mere artistry in tll ity of Jaur·cs that the sketch in million dollars, made, it is hinted, by diction. The physique of this mim CurTent Opinion is most interesting. exploiting the labor of childre.n. cQnveys his message as much as do And hcl'ausc this sketch comes from '!'here was never a word of truth. in his words. He is no mere mob oranon-f-lo r ialist sour·ces, yet seems to suc.h gossip, affirm the radical papers tor. Nor is he simply the artist of pictur·c so viviu ly a man loved by his of Pari~;; . .J ean Jaures has his flat in speech. H e has a highly contagious frllows and a man so powerful in th e c apit~l , his little bit of property temperament. The vast vocabulary, th e might of his own bmin and per- in the countl'y, a cottage by the sea the nimbleness with which he seizes sonality, its interest is, if anything, Iand some shal'es in a patent right. the right word at the right time, the enhanced: Ilis inter est in the Socialist organ resonance of the voice, would all fail What follows is t aken from Cur- he edits so violently could not be wit4out the Jaures gesture and the r ent Opinion: sold for a song. He depends upon ,Taures aspect. Despite all his gifts I ntinite r·hctor·ic has been eX- his official salary, upon a small he spent seven years in the study of perHl cd in Ft·cnch. dailies on descrip- dowry he got with his wife and upon elocutign before he ventured, we are tions of t he per·sonal appearance of th e in come from one or two lucky told, to make a speech before an J ean Juur·N;. His elephantine limbs, speculations in commerce. His audi ence. H e was crude, stiff, unnatshor t and sturdy, his tremendous shrewdness in money matters wins ural, wh en he enter ed politics. He is feet, th e pendulous and quivering him sarcastic praise from the Debats, now his o~vn amazing self perpaunch, the .flowing white whiskers but he refrains from principle when- petually . and the florid fatness of the face, ever im·ited to invest on the Bourse. Wi-th r ef erence to the dist inguishbl(md in one atTesting, irresistible He is thought to be "near," despite in g feature of the oratory. of J 'ean impr·ession which no cat'toonist has. his easy mode of life. l\f. Jaures J aures- its abundance-w e read in ever adequately conveyed. Phys- 6annot contemplate ·with equanimity the French dailies that he talks at icnlly, J eau James is a living cari- the waste ~f a piece of string. He his meals, t alks wh en he is going to caturc, ob en es th e Paris Lanterne t ears off the unused sheets from let- bed, and talks when he sleeps. His - one that no artist can approach. ter and saves thelfl r eligiously for verbiage r esembles Niagara. Its No line i cornicul enough to r egister memoranda. His garret is filled with quantity, as the Temps admits, is no crayon can r eac exu ggcration of t heir r eality. I �Tbe Weste rn Com r a de from the standpoint of the technique make the conversation general. ica·l romance by Duinas. The art he art he has mastered so c pletely, is the greatest orator alive has but to raise his voice above its nary politicians with 'the. characteranywhere in the world. His utter- conversational tone a trifle to roar jstics of a Richelieu, a Mazarin or a ance is furtified by his gesture. The everybody down-a feat achieved Vidocq renders .his ·party polemics expression of his ideas gains energy with perfect good nature and in the more exciting than any serial. He is from his aspect while expressing most natural style imaginable. forever discovering some new "afthem. .Among the misfortunes of his fair," p erpetually seeing a MachiaIf eloquence be the power of mov- car eer to Jean Jaures is the piety of velli , in some matter-of-fact banker ing masses of men by speech, adds his household. The - ~ldest daughter or business man. The uncharitable our Parisian contemporary, Jean goes to mas ·regulatly a~Q .Madame ascribe a genius ·for s•l ander to Jaurcs has that. His hearers are has ;1 ·portrait (}I bet: patron saint o:p. Jaures: The truth, insists our conmore sensitive to his appeals than the walls· of her boudoir. . Water temporary, is that t he great Socialist his rpa ders could be. The roaring, from the Riv.er Jordan· was used ' at does not know how prosoic 'is this bellowing voice can decline int? . a t he baptism {)f a ·son . . ·:M:. Jaures ha~ work-a-day ~rld. He never discov\\·hisp('r at just the righ~ time. The to relieve 'his feelings, sajr's the ered the average man. · All things strong arms never suggest a wind- l\fatin, with a portrait. of Yoltaire are romance, acting, melodrama. mill. ThP fla sh of the eye authent i- over the fii'eplace in . his study. Life to him is a theater, behind th~ <·a lPs a ntge or revea ls a mood of Those wi10 decry his -atheism ought scenes of which he belie~es himself san·a1-5m. ~imply as a spectacle, to know about·his faith in a SupTeme to exist. H e is always '"coming on," .Janr·es t he or·ator is as well worth Being. H e has done much' r eading. with farcical r esults of which he·has se!' ing as if he wer e Coquellin the in philosophy since the time when, no uspicion. P eople think he poses, ··ld<·r. lie stud ied elocut ion in h~s as a young lawyer, he ' pellned his but he is simp ly the unconscious yout h \rit h car e, nor has he fo r gotten satirical farewell ·t o .God. Few com edian. A crisis like the present a single lesson; but his a rt conceals French politicians have dipped more in the affairs of France enables itself behind t he amazing power of a deep ly into t he literature of their Jaures to exploit his dazzling elogiant 's p ersonality. eo 1111 try. H e brings_ bits from quence and his terrific personality in .:\fore amazing t han his oratory to 1Hacinc, Corneille and Moliere into all th eir wonder. The land will echo tli•• <:rit i<:s of J ean Jaures is his appe- his speeches naturally, ipevitably, with. his denunciations of high t it ('. He din es joYially in public lil'e even epigrammatically. His French finance, his declarations that France Gamhri nus or }'alstaff, says our is deemed exceedingly choice and is betrayed. At the right moment autho rit y. lie lets nothing pass him pure-no slang, little colloquialism. will come exposures in his Humanite, hy- pat rs, sa lads, '' r osbif a I ' An g- , E\·crything is in t he gr and manner diseoYeri es that the political situalaise · ' aud slices of t omato in oil and Irh etor·ieally. The use of a German- tion has r everted to Boulangism. Yincgm· . disappear as he laughs. I ism or of an. Anglicanism like" bier " Th e· din will fill all E ur·ope; but high. Poor Poincare can drop in after a Ior· " fiYc-o'clock" causes him the above it, predicts t he Debats, the g rrat dinner· only for a sip of coft\.!e, Ik eenest anguish . His pronunciation world will hear. the raucous and for his digestion is not of t he best. is so correct, so distinct and so deltb- insuppressibl e roars of J ean Jaures. Jaur·cs, it i~ said, can eat anything. j eratc that foreigners in Paris get free . His presence is betrayed by t he roar lPssons in French by goin g to hear From $10 Up of f• har·aet ' ristic lau ghter or the nap- him . Hi s ordina r·y conversation is · Low Rental Rates kin tucked about his neck in the Ger- eorn pared in elegance with that of TYPEWRITER SERVICE CO. man fas hion. H e can bury his nese 13ossuet. 138 S. Broadway Bdwy. 3810 A-2591 Los Angeles in a beaker of spar·kling l\1acon and By t emper·ament J ean Jaur·es is a raise it slowly upward to drain the " roma utic.. " Th e Figaro, to whom last drop, smacl, in g his lips in per- he is a comedian who missed his true THE JONES BOOK STORE feet happin ess. EYery now ~nd t hen \·ocat ion, You ches fo r that. Th e 22G \Vest First St., Los Angeles, Cal. he spies a f r·iend at t he other end of supr·eme Socialist of this age cannot Headquarters fo r the best Socialist th e tabl e, to whom he roars at once sPe life in t erms of a common man's books and li teratu re. eYery good wish ima ginable. Or l~ e experi ence. To him there are always F -5849 will rise unexpectedly to pound fo r conspiracies, treasons, plots. Th e Main 1407 This S t ands for silence with a tankard while he com- political and_ financial atmosph ere j the B est in ConHe is the swarms with the population of the · fec ti ~ns, C reams Jaures ima ination. The lain tale and Ices -:- -:lin g and t he arms moving. It is his of a new loan becomes in his t eeming J business to know everybody. and. to brain more elaborate than a histor4 2 7 . so u T H B R o A D w A v I Rebuilt Typewriters I I �416, 1 Tbe Western Comrade PARAGRAPHS MORE OF TRAUBEL P'ublished Monthly (EMitor's note-Mrs. li&hed iJi - any Sool&lis.t. journal ~ Entered as second-clau matter at the the author of the book on Horace Tran- .. Thlngs. That ake You Think." hy .r. L. po•l ollke at Los Angere.,. Cat. bel wbic:b was reviewed in The We tern ~c:k:s. published iii The L.• bctrer. Nat. L. Cheater M. Wright and Ema nue l Julius, Comrade last month. We are inclined to Hardy, editor. and Winnie FourakerOwners and Editors the opinion tbat Mrs. Bain has taken Hard:r. edit.o r of the woman's page, are 203 New High Street, P. 0. Box 135 Comrade Karsner's statements too lit- also among the best writers in the oclalls.t movement. The sub cripUon price Los Angeles, Cal. erally. We believe that while Comrade of The Laborer is only, tlfty eents a year , Subscription Price One Dollar ~ Karsner may have been a little too ex- and it is a big four-page ·eekly. You Associate Ed itors treme In his views, be was! in sub tance, should lJke it.. T HE LABORER correct.} . Eleanor Wentworth Stanley B W ilson David Fulton Karsner avs in his in- _ 1704. Commerce St.reet, Dallas Texas. Fred C. Wheeler Rob Wagner ' Charles Tracy teresting . art.i cle ·In the Marc!~ . issue of Subscribe for a real sociall t paper Vol. 1 - AP,.it;-1914· No. 12 The Western Comrade, that he does not THE ·coLOR.ADO WORKER _ . - - : - = nlace Hot'ace Traubel on a literaryOwned and controlled by the memb rshlp pedestal to_ be w~r-sbipped as~ technici~n: of the ocialist Party of Colorado; 60c He places ~him m the human heart With a year, 35c 6 montbs. 50 Kalamath St., Lincoln, Altgeld and Debs. And he •lm- Denver, Colo. :\(J\\' 75 j•f•JJfs a vear to Socialist plies, in fact states quite plainly, tbah I JHtJ-ty mr·ml•r·rs! (>nc dollar a year am one of those technique~worshipper , A WORLD REVIEW OF SOCIALISM to JJoll -JJif•JJJIH·J'S. The hrst Socialist inclined to be more sympathetic to By the best writers In Europe and JHIJH'T' Wf' I! an·. Traubel's art than to his message. In A.merica will be found In the NEW REVIEW, which deals in an autboritaThl· So('ial - l>c>m oc· J·at is a paper my book, which J{ai:sner rightly regards tive way with all phases of Socialismwith :t wallop - a paper that as in the nature of an in.troductiot\, I do, n9t for agitation, but education. $1 per B lJ ],])S : Jt ·s just the sort of con- it is true. deal at some length \vith the year. 50c six months. Sample copy, 10 . strudi\·,.. fi~hting Socialist paper form of Trauble's work. My. motive is The NEW REVIEW, 150 Nassau Stree, that tl••· •·onstrudi\'e moYemcnt of -to get at the principle which has. QJade _N_e_w_ Y_o_r_k_. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ this man one of the· world~s greatest I t /Je I:P'Pat \\" !'St nc!'ds. Sp!'c·ial artif'il"s 011 timely subjects originals. Traubel and his written word THE INTERMOUNTAIN W eac· h week mai<e thP Social-Democrat are one and the same thing in a degree Published weekly. Murray E. King, editor. One dollar per year in adavnce. a pap!'!' looked for with eagern ess unusual in literature. This si ngular Address communications to room 234 hy ,.,.,.ry su hsr· rib CJ'. Editorials that unity is well worth tlli~kit1g ·about. In Moose Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. drin· to th•· point ~ivc the paper a fact. ~ understand the man it is necesTHE PARTY BUILDER fightin g- toJII' thnt is a joy to the sa ry to approach him through .his exlwart of tl11• n·tt•J·ans and an inspira- pression of himself. And to comprehe-nd Is the official National bulletin of the lion tot hr JH'\\'·('0li1PI'S. the writer. we need the illuminating per- Socialist Party. Published weekly. fiOc per- year, 25c for 40 · weeks. Address A SJH'ei<tl dl'partmt•nt hy Chester sonal truths. I an interested in the way Socialist Party, 111 North Market street, 1\L \\'t·ig-ht , th e e di1or. is one of the Traubel sa,ys a thing, as well as in the Chi cago, IlL snappy ff'<illlr<•s of the Soe ial-Demo- thin g he says. But I certainly never put "It's in .the Mountains" ern!. In this d e par·tnwnt th e big do - the letter' above the spirit in Traubel. ings of the. world pass in r eview each I know very well that the l~tter, however THE B. c. FEDERATION 1ST \\' t:'Pk. 'l'hc•rc ·s a spicy slam-hang to brilliant, wou ld be nothing if the spirit Finest labor paper in canada. R. Parm this dt•JHII'tm!•nt t h at you 'Jl appt·c- was not everything. But the fact re- Pettipiece, managin~ editor. Addr ss ciate. ma ins that the manner of hi_s delivery of Labor T emple, vancouver, B. c. '' Great, 11 Is What They All Say! his message is significant, and must b; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ( 'onll'ath •s who )mow n e wspape r s, considered and respected. Spectator-\Vhy don't you rush in com r·adrs who know the Socialist The way a man walks down the street and e nd the row 1 mov e m e nt a.nd its n eeds, all join in has a good deal to do with the way he praising the So ial-Democrat. Among thinks, just as the manner of a man has . Policeman- ! ' m trying to decide those who testify to the high quality a lot to do with his matter. The way he whet h er it's a case for m ediation or and c haracter of t h e Social-Democr at says a thing has a lot to do with what he inte rve ntion . 1a tional Execl.ltive Secr.etary are Lanfer· iek, for·mer Congressman Victor L. Bcr·gc r. our own J. Stitt Wil-son, the indefat igable Job Harriman ! Manag~ng E~itor and many other . Edwin Ellis Carr Thomas C. Hall Six Bits Gets It for You! Charles Edwa~d Russell l\Iail your sub c1·iption fo r this•paThe Federal Census of 1910 gives the reper today. It is owned and conligious population of the country at 82,417,147; trolled by th e Sociali t party of Cali· 5457 DREXEL AVE. the Protestant population is placed at 65,415,Chicago, Ill. fornia. A letter addre ed to The 241. These constitute available and absolutely $1.oo a Yeotf' necessary material for the propaganda of Social-Democrat P. 0. Box 135 Lo Club of Four $2.00 Socialism. The Ch rist ian Socialist Is edited Angele , al., will r each it pron!ptly. Twice a Month in terms that makes special appeal to just this c ass o peop e. DAY-and ay you saw Send 2c Stamp for sample. The We tern Comrade! I The California Social - Democrat l The Christian S.o cialist I Ed.1t0r1a .. ~ I -l Irwin .Tucker Sta ff �The Western Comrade Telephone Home A-4533 says. You can't disassociate the two things. Mr. Karsner has no deeper ap---W.A!lJ.UM.~,_R¥-CJ<M.AK--&-T- I ITT I C' of~'R Rhmlfil'an"" in the Attorneys at Law labor struggle than I have. But we will find that Traubel's spiritual attitude to921 Higgins Building ward the labor struggle would not be Los Angeles.• Cal. listened to probably at all. Certainly not be regarded as so virile, if It was conBroadway 1592 F-1592 veyed in some weaker vehicle of expression. Mr. Karsner says: "By any other A. R. HOLSTON style his me.ssage would be as sweet and Attorney at Law as reassuring." I don't agree with him. 331-2 Douglas Building And there are many who even feel that Los Angeles, Cal. his message wou-ld be much sweeter In some otber style. They don't realize how identical and inev itable Traubel's style CHARLES ~ MORGAN ,.,..and message 1!-re. This lis not a case of Attorney and Counselor at Law and the rose by any other name. I have Notary Public 1010 Califo rnia Building, Corner Second studied his processes from the start, and and Broadway have observed how gradually but surely Home Phone A 3913 Los Angeles, Cal. his literary style has developed. He has not himself seemed to be aware F-2164 of his remarkable verbal gifts. I have !\lain 7618 tried saying some Qf his things to peoCHAIM SHAPIRO p!e in casual and weakened language, and Attorney at Law while they were listened to, they pro232-3 Douglas Bldg., duced no decisfve effect. I have taken 3rd and _Spring t1 t1 · d · th t · l\'otary Los Angeles, Cal. 1e sam.e ungs an g ive n em ou Ill - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - his direct and vivid fashion and found them to be at once received and underPhone Douglas 356G stood. Hi s s tyle therefore gives what he says its e mphas is. This is not putH. SLIKERMAN ting that style first. If there was noth Attorney at Law in g to sa y then I would not care how that Pacific Building, Room 631 nothing was said. If my book gives any San Francisco, Cal. one the impression that I value the Yerha l dress above the spiritual subCompliments of stance . th e n there'f!"' something th e matte r with the reader or with m e. I have JAMES R. TOWNSEND e ither stated myself feebly or been un sympa thetically construed. I have a lSuite 112, San Fernando Building 1\'t\ YS been conscious that Traubel's style, Fourth and Main Streets so called, was late in developing because Los Angeles, Cal. he as a man has always bee n more inHome A 2003 Main 619 a•rested in life than in hie written in lerpretations of life. I have seen him A. J. STEVENS under man y conditions, both private and Dentist public, and have always been struck with 307 South Broadway his utter indiffe re nce to literary s how . Room 26 Los Ange les, Cal. He has instead, I think, bee n unduly ca re less in that direction. He writes inJOHN HERMAN, B. SC. sp irationally. He often seems to be e nAssayer and Chemist tirely unaware of what he has writte n . do not guaranteed satisfaction I quote him his own sentences. H e'IJ I guarantee accuracy 2521,6 South Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. s ay: ''That sound s good . I a g r ee with Phone A 2299 that. Wh e re did you get it7" W e can't All Work Done in Duplicate make light of s tyle. Other m e n may have had th e musical visions of Wagner. William Francis Se~man, registered 13ut no man has c loth ed them In such a patent attorney and mechanical engineer, successor to Arden & Seemann, 416-17-18 g lory of sou nd. The other men r ecogCitizens' Bank Building; patents all nize the Yis ions a s their own, but they countries; specializing intricate and dif- have not been able to commun icate them. ficult mechanical, chemical, electro- Wa"gner had the voice as well as the chemical and met allurgical cases. F 5743, spirit. The same is true of Traubel. He Main 9474. ____....,....,._....,.,.,"""'"""""""'==""""""""""="'-t;:h~a.s the voice as well as the spirit. I Insurance, all kinds. P. D. Noel, 921 am not prepared to take extreme groun in a matter so delicate and so unprovable Higgins Bldg., Los Angeles. 417 either way. We know how much more the same story means to us told by one man _tlliUl.. b · another._ The wa a litor Is told is a vita"! part of the story that is told. Montreal, Canada. - ~-- THE USUAL WAY ''What will we put in the maga- · zine this month '' ''About forty pages concerning what we had last month.'' "Yes." ''And forty more about what we Wl'll have next month.' ' ,, And then Y" '' 'rhat ought to be enOugh for this month." WORLD CLIPPER OFfERS ONE DOLLAR EACH MONTH TO SUBSCRIBERS for the best clipping not exceeding 400 words on ·either Politics, Science, Literature, Philosophy, Fiction or Humor. WORLD CLIPPER is a s picy, soothing, sti' rri'ng montl.l ly pubii' catlon. PRICE 25c A YEAR. SEND RED STAMP FOR SAMPLE CO PY, 403 International Bank Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif. EDITED BY S. S. HAHN. KIRK & KIRK Attorneys at Law 501 Spreckels Th eater Building San Diego, Calif. Every even ing till 6. Sundays 11 to 12 Oscar-WINBURN-Charles THE WORKINGMAN'S LAWYERS 700 San Fernando Bldg., Los Angeles Phone A-3638 NOTARY PUBLIC 100 Per Cent Settlement JOSHUA E. YOUTZ Insurance Underwriter 360 i. W. Hellman Building Tel. 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Enclosed find one dollar for a year's subscrlption. -Lillian Bishop Symes, San Francisco, Calif. e~--uur LABOR'S UNIVERSITY holdlngs:=H:-N:---€otver:-,+--adl(Jw.~ge..is..the thing Wasco, Calif. Thank goodness! The editors of The Western Comrade discourage Jong-windedness!-Harry Walton, Grants Pass, Oregon. Your offer to give away the original drawing of "The 'l'hinker," by Cha~les {Vag) Tracy; whieh appeared on the cover of The ·western Comrade, hits me r ight. Send 'it to ine It is easy to get the fifteen subs to pay for it. -P. J. Cowley, 617 Fourteenth street, Sacramento, Calif. most need.__ ed in the world today. , -Knowledge means power and power means a better society. -Knowledge in the heads of the · workers means LIBERTY! GET THESE BOOKS• AT THESE BARGAIN CUT RATE PRICES! 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I can move in accord with the sentiments expressed by E. E. Kirk, San Diego, Calif., writes as The \Vestern Com rade.-W. E. Perreau, follows: '1-Idnest tp goodness! That 1230 Se venth street, Oakland, Calif. last magaifne of yours Is all wool and a I am glad to see The Western Com- mile wide. This is the time when I have rade bringing up the subject of co-opera- no complaints and my criticisms of any minor points are more than offset by the extra good materials used. Pinchon's DRESSER PHOTO CO. blank verse poem is 100 per cent. W ill Lantern 51 ides come up and tell you by direct mouth to Copying Made a nd Exhibited Enlarging ear of all the good, flice descriptive adKodak Finishing-Free Developing jectives that fit The Western Comrade Ma il Orders under the new regime." 2:l0% SOUTH SPRING ST. Los Angeles, Cal. Enclosed please find five subscriptions Phone A - 2298 for The Western Comrade. Expect to M!"~~~~~~~f -K~~i---M~~~=Li~b·k~~~ht:: :!~ get many more. -L. E. Katterfeld, So.1 .tl"zeD cialist Out of the Dump-Marcy (Fiction ).... 45 OS Party lecturer. Positive Outcome of Philosophy- . A L b th t n ever backs -Dietzgen ............................................ .85 a o r paper a Poverty of Philosophy-Marx.............. .85 do\\·n , a Labor paper that always " I think a g reat deal of The Western Perfecting the Earth-Woolbridge.... .80 goes ahead 0:--J T ilE STRAIGHT Comrade. I expect to get some subscrip- Principles S~ientific Socialism-Vail .75 RO AD! tions soon.''- Prudence Stokes Brown, Puritanism-Me ily .................................. ·45 Th e Citi zen is known f r om Coast Record ing Angei-Bronholtz (Fiction) .80 Pasadena, Cal. Rebel at Large-Beals (Fiction) ........ .45 to Coast as th e b est t rad e union paRevolution and Counter- Revolution p e r th e nation has. Th e C itizen -Marx ................ .................................. .45 brin gs t o you eac h \\·cck an ave r age He re is what J. H. Hawthornthwaite, Revolutionary Essays-Burrowes ...... .75 of m o r e thau ]2 pa ges of n ews and forme1· Socialis t leader of the opposition Republic, The-Anderson .................... .90 in th e British Columbia Legis lature, says Socialization of Humanity-Franklin 1.75 inspiration and edu cation co nc e r·n- of Pinchon's poem, in th e last number Socialism for Students-Cohen............. .45 in g organized la bor. of The Westem Comrade: "It expresses Socialism a nd Philosophy-Labriola .. .75 , the very sou l, life and pith of the Great Socialism , Positive and NegativeEdited by STANLEY B. WILSON H.e volt, and the mise ry of it a nd the LaMonte .... ...... .................................... .45 Th e C it izen is edit e d by Stan ley B. pity." • Soci_alism and Success-Ghent... ........... 1.20 \Yi lson on e of t h e nation 's Bi ~f en I Soc1al1sm, Its Growth and Outcome' . g Morr1s and Bax.................................... .45 of Labor! His ed ito ri a ls a r e as Socialism and Modern Science-Ferri .80 wid e ly copi ed a ]! 0\·er th e country as Socialists, Wh? They Are-Spargo .... .45 arc th e e dito rials of any othe r I 1 abor Soc1al Revolutlon-Kautsky ........ :···--·--· .45 . Ten Bl1nd Leaders of the Blindfight e r today. That rs th e s ure t est Lewis . . . . .. . .. .... . ........................ .45 of _q u a lity. Oth e rs know ~hat what Theoretical System of Karl Marx \Vllson wr1t es 1s THb HEAL , Boud1 n · · ..... ----........... .80 Till NG! Th ere's a n inspiration and I . 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Its record -during its twenty-five years under orac· tically the same managemenl: - its present patronage - and its total deposits of over $41,500,000, entitle it to that distinc· tion without dispute. The SECURITY pays the highest rates of interest con·· · sistent with safe, conservative banking. Savings Accounts in savings hanks in this state are, by law, exempt from state, county and city taxes. SEUURITYTRUST BANK &SAVINGs Oldest and Largest Savings. Bank in the Southwest ~ECURITY BUILDING Fifth and. Sorins! EQUITABLE BRANCH First and Spring � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. 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Me no working man; me busines~ man~~ �Tbe W e ste .r n Comr d e H Your Teeth e ~c~ g· Are De~yed; If , orne of th~ We can mak:e y ours loo accompanying picture wihout We Pro~se: toTreat -Y ou Just Right On Presentation of this Ad. 'Will allow a 5 Per Cent Discount dn 11 Dental Work Contracted at. my office, said 5 per cent to go to the S-ocialist Campaign fund CENTRAL. PARK DENTIS1"'S HENRY -M. SILVERBERG, D. D. S. 452 S. HILL STREET Office Hours: 8 A. M .. to 8 P. M. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR . W. Hunter & Co. • Sunday, 9 A. M., to 12 M. YOUNG MEN . OF CALIFORNIA HERE IS YOUH OPPORTUN TY Go to 540 South Spring Street To prepare for Positions in the Railway Mail Service and Postoffice Department. Better"' salaries for Railway Mail Clerks and Po!>toffice Carriers, Clerks. Opposite Mercantile Place ===========- We Have a ew Location Jt•s a Good Place to Get that ew Suit of Clothes Big increase in working force caused by Parct>ls Po t . 'See l HSS W ILSON 602 Citizens' National Bank Bldsc. TJOs ..........,..., Office phones: A-1973; Bdwy. 1775 Be.. pbo~ 25!J;j1 ~ �The Western Comca~e YouShoUldB . n y Thi i a fa imile of the hand omely· engrav d Fifty Payment Plan aving e r- 1 · tilicat is ued by the alifor. nia Saving Bank. Th e Saving Certificates come in book formhandy vest pocket size. .. • Ex-Mayor Snyder Says: It took me nearly two years to save my first $100.00. Los Angeles back in 1880 offered fewer opportunities to boys than it does today, and I wa: glad to earn $25.00 a month. Out of that I saved $5.00 each month and deposited it with a Savings Bank. These Savings Certificates are sold on th payment plan-fifty weekly payments of n Dollat· each- AND THE BANK MAKES THE FIRST PAYMENT FOR YOU. 'l'hese Savings Certificates mature aft r forty-nine consecutive weekly payments have been made, and at the option of the purchaser may be signed by one of the Bank's Officers and become a TERM SAVINGS CERTIFICATE drawing interest at 4?0 payable semiannually, or the amount stated on the face of the certificate is payable on demand under ordinary conditions. .. Calif'ot--nia Savin§sBank Spring.. and Fourth ~treets ,, \ �The . Western Comrade 360 The Dawn Prince C.' Hopkins Editor and Publisher Sydney Greenble Assistant Editor ··T HE . DA:W N . ,\ ::lfagaziue devoted tp Education, So~iology and Art T11dful , consid erate of th e opinions of _o~h..:_r:_~peoJ?le~!J_E_ _!?~~~ _ is never·t II ..Jess outsr.oken- distinctiv e il:!. subjeet;·matt e r 'a s wen as i~ .make-up. THE DAWN is fear· less not because it ovc.r·-rid es · the'yrejudices of th e public, l•ut hreause it has no prejudices itself. Having no one-sided · views on any suh- .i•·•·t. it dares to present all indiscriminatrly. · .\I)J'<'ast of the times, in accord with· all progressive lil!ion. politirs or art, THE DAWN strikes the ~endenc i es key~note wl:!ether in re- of 'th e future with f1-1ir- !}f'SS. "Accept our congratJ ulations on· the new magazine. It is superior in every ·way. The form convenient, the illustrations good, the subjects interesting, the humor delicious."F. B. E. Exp1·et to find some ver·y interesting vi ews on r·l'ligion , Soeial ism, sex, futurism, •·n hism, Cli r·i st ian 81·i1·n1·r allll the Tango. If :vou ha ve lli'Y er· Ji('ell up at sunt'iSI', suhserihr to :1 THE · ·D~WN at a dolhu· ,\'l'ar· a ncl a1ld 12 ,-olnm l's of lit e raturP to :vonr lihrnry .· Write~ to us dir·cei for a samp le copy. THE DAWN. Santa Barbara. Cal. or· stop in at the office of the Western. Comrade>, 203 New High Street, Los Angdes. • 'l'he \Vestc rn Com rad e will act as out· agC>nt in Los Angelrs just as com- r·ndt·s should . "I judge that you are fighting toward the 'Dawn' of a more selfreliant race."-W. W. "The Dawn is a beautiful publication, artistic in page decorations and splendid In typography. I judge that the s ubject matter of the various articles will be of the same_ high standard . Yo'! are associated with an unusual magazine and both the editor and As e,·er, yourse lf are to be con~ratu lat ed on its production . B1·ooklyn . N. Y. _ Jl STUS EBERT. �T .e e term C e • HORACE TRAUBEL l �362 [· THE POWER .OF THE ST_RIKE STRIPES OW-tlJat we are presented with the problem of TRIKE hl:!:v~ become o~e ?f th~ mo_ t powerful the interlocking directorate, many would-be means of· industrial warfare. Then- frequent reformers are suggesting the lockstep as an alleged occurren -~ ke.eps some part of the world conremedy. Placing the ten-percenters prison ~ill . stantly at .a: .fever pitch. They are universaily not do away with the system that produces them. dreaded ·by the capitalists, univer ally heralded by \\' e rnust get after the rock-bottom cause~ th e right the 'workers. In spite of thi the greate t ignifiof one elasr; to own the means whereby anoth er cance ·o f the·strike to the worker i a a rule pa -ed must li\·e; tl1e right of a small crew of~ capitali$~ · over in .silence. to own the means of ·wealth p-roductioii, distribuThe wo~ld measures t he lo s or the gain of a tion and exchange. Instead of unlocking the strike in dollars arid cents. It ays that t he empl oydir-edoratP, or· loc:kstrppi ng the directors, let 's do ers lost so many d9llars worth of t rade in a certain a\\'ay with tlrrrn altog-eth er. J.1et the p eople own strike and the strikez:s gained so much in waae.. l t' say~ .that' the· strike in the copper mines of iichiaan the tnrsts.- K J. costs ·millions of dollars and the Trinidad strik millions more; t-hat in. Seattle the workers gained a CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT NEEJ?ED raise ip. ~ages while in Chicago their wages were OH, many year·s we have been talking about lowered. But is ·this the greatest value of the strike- its fighting with both arms of our movementboth hands, we say sometimes. Has the time not power to act as a lever in the raising of wages and com e wh en we must add a member to our anatomy, the improvem(mt of working conditions Y Decidedly so that we may fight with three hands 1 Or shall not! we say that from now on we will fight with both Its greatest value _lies in its power to dispel the hands and our head ? slavishness. the meekness- yes, even the cowat:diceWhy n_~t) hence forth state our position this way: of the depressed workers. Its greatest power is not \V c will 'light through our economic organizations economic, but psychic·. ·It binds the workers toto gain higher wages, shorter hours and bettet· gether; it creates in them a desire fo r solidarity and wol'l<ing conditions now in those indu~tries not opens their eyes to the .strength of organization. It publicly owned and democratically managed ; we is a medium through which a hundred souls, five will fight through our political organization to hundred souls, or a thousand souls, previously purprotect our economic organizations and to make suing a hundred or a tj10usand differ ent thoughts, their str·uggles easier and to finally overthrow the perhaps even distrusting or antagonizing each other , capitalist system; and we will fi-ght through co-oper- become animated by a single thought, a single ambiative organization to conserve our strength and tion. It is a medium thr01~gh which trust and love our r esources, so. that the capitalist class may be are born- more than that, through which courage is unable to exploit us in those things that we can born. control within our own class, and so that we may Increasing courage and incr easing solidarity, be better able to carry on our fight for liberty in these are the r esults of the strike most valuable -to the other two organizations. the workers, for when their courage is high enough The Western Comrade stands unqualifiedly fop . and.Jtfe sweep of their solidarity wide enough. they co-operation as a necessary part of the working ran accomplish anything.-E. W. class fight for emancipation. The W estern Comrade • • • believe that Socialists have given _.all . too little TAKING LESS LOOT attention to this very impot·tant field of effort. B UT few developments of the past month have In the very near future a number of articles evoked more comment in the press than the dealing with co-opcraiton are to be pub~ished in de<1sion of the Ford :Motor Company to double N S in • • • F this magazine. Why mu t the working class forev.-e.. r-~w~a~g~e;s~,,;m;;_a~k:.;i~n;g~t;;h;e:_,:;m;i;n;.i~ m u~m;..wh·a~g~e;:;..;;$~·;:;nao;;:d:;a~y~.T.:S-=-;::om ~e-jts~1td-i:t-s-su'rpius-ttrits-enen::rit! een roug t orth in conAnd t hat is quite a sizable "\\ hy.' ~c. 1\I. W . --+-t1+1';!'~• '-ts • �The Western C .o mrade l f Ford has doubled wages then the former minimum was $2.50 .per day. Ford declares that where he formerly had a surplus of $10,000.000 per year his recent burst of generosity will l-eave him half of that amount, or $5,000,000. Therefore, if doubling th e wages does no mor·e than reduce by one-half the surplus pl'ofit, it is a matter of simple figuring to conclude that if Ford's surplus were wiped out altogether; it would mean a wage of $7.50 for the workers. And *7.50 a day is $2250 for a working year of 100 days, which is just a trifl e below Car·roll D . \\"right 's cstimat c.of $2400 as the value of the average worker's yearly produ ct. Nor is that all that is to be said. That wliich r r mnins to he said is that up to now , taking Ford's o" ·n figur·es as the a uthority, th e work ers in his factory have been rxploitcd to th e tunc of' two-thirds of their product. ·wh ere they pr·oduccd a value of $3 Ford got $2 and they got. $1. Vve haYc a pleasant nam e for that sort of thing. W c call it robbery. Legal ? Of course. but robbery just th e same. And no"· when the robber decides that h e ran grt along by picking only half as much out of the other fellow's pockets are we to rush forth with laurel wreaths, hailing him as benefactor and philanthr·opist ~ Not on your life! He's still picking one dollar out of th e thr·ee and we're after that, too !-C. l\L W . • • • THE NEW UNIONISM I '1' 'S a funny world-please pardon th e br·omide. l..&. Think of this: London's Trafalgar Square, th e '!map boxer's paradise, ·recently served as the meeting plaee for policemen who appeared determined to demand an increase in wages. They argued that $G.iJO was a disgracefully meager pay for men whose duty is was to club suffragists who da'red gather in Trafalgar Square. At least, the police should have gone to another meeting place- not Trafalgar ~quare . I am not anxious to see the London police get better pay so that they will be better fed and fattened and strengthened, thus being able to end a militant's ex istence with one swoop instead of half a dozen.- E .•J. • • • REACHING FOR THE MOON LAYTON HAMILTON closes his book, 1 '1\'faterials and :Methods of Fiction," with the following stril<ing sentence : It is well to shoot our arrows at the moon ; for though they may miss · th eir· mark they will yet fly :higher than if we had flm:rg th em into a bush. \Yhat a splendid thought! C And how well does .,. he express it ! It is, ·in fact, a. justification for being extreme 'in one 's views. We who call ourselves Socialists are often told to calm down a bit, be mor.e considerate· and learn to ask for less. Be an opportunist. Ask for a little; never · too much. .L. whole loaf, to my way of thinking, is hetter than half a loaf. The best way to be sure of half a loaf is to demancl. an entire loa£. If you ask for half a loaf, yo:u may rest assured you w·ill get little more. than ~- crumb. Thus do .we Socialists den;r.and tl:ie world. W ~ wan·t all of it; and if we get a 'bit of 'it as. a co.ilcess.ioi:J., it -~m serve, in: the mai;n, to whet our appetites for· the big swallow. . Yes, we shall shoo( our arr.?:ws at the moon.-E. J. .... ... ... ' REACHlNG FOR THE ·scHOOLS A S EVERY official utterance of -the Socialist party.- proclaims, this political organization of the working clas~ has ~o 'dispute with any religious organization-as to religion.. Reli~ion is a thing in which the Socialist Jiarty demands. that each individual be given the utmost· freedom of choice. ·where the Socialist party does find itseU concerned with-not reiigion but religious organizations - is when those or_g anizations enter the political arena in opposition to the inte·rests of. the working class. It matters not what the name of a religious organization may be, ~hen .it enters the political struggle to oppose the interests of labor it will find itself opposed by the Socialist party. Of late the Catholic chnrch has insisted upon entering the political field in a number of instances. Of most recent date is the case of the Belgium school bill. The Belgian government feels a need of mor~ thorough education. It has beoo proposed that government aid be given all .schools, secular and religious. The Socialist and Liberal parties oppose aid to Catholic schools because the . Catholic ·schools teach that it is wrong to vote the Socialist or Liberal tickets and their position is that if the aid must be extended to include religious schools that the teachers· in those schools be prohibit~d from teaching that it is wt·ong ·to vote for Socialists and IJiberals, a position thoroughly logical. As if to prove that the charge made by the Socialists and Liberals is correct, the Catholic church · strongly opposed the amendment. 'l'he issue is not yet settled, but there is scant probability that the Socialists will recede from their position. They know the.., difference between poiitics and religionthough some r eligionists may find - more profit in polrt1cs than "m theology. -c. lVl. w. �364 T h e W .e s t e r n · C o m r a d e YOU ANSWER THIS 0 ONE is likely to dispute the statement that it is possible to generate from water power on the Pacific Coast enough electric current to p erform all the work that it is necessary to perform,. including the housework of every house. No one is likely to dispute the statement that if that power were to be owned, and developed by th e people, who, of course, would not care to make a profit out of themselves. the cost of living would be materially reduced and the pleasure of living materially incr eased. Why then do we allow capitalists to throttle a great part of it and charge what they please for th e r est of it ?-C. l\f. W. N • • THE MEN TO BE- PITIED UCH is being written now-a-dftys about the manner in which men view feminist pl·opaganda and the effect it is pl'oducing on them . In The International (New Yol'l< ) Hutchins · Hapgood \\Titcs: '''I' here are, today, many men who arc gr·eatly to he pitied. Men are more connntional and traditional than wom en. . . . 'fo these virtuous, conventional mal es, th e feminist mov ement is ca using th e great pain of th e century. Perhaps no men in history have ever suffered so much because of women as th e men of today. . . . 'fo the woman belongs th e splendid Renaissan ce hope of onl' day, to th e man the new, deep disturbance. " H e goes on and mak es a pl ea that these arc hut growing pains and, th erefore. call for sympathy rather than r eprobation, a plea that is entirely just. But the men who are opposed to th ~ feminist movement because they do not as yet see its trend and honest ly think it hal'lllful at·c not the ones to be pitied most. Th ere are other men, far more to be pitied, who joyfully hail the f eminist movementsome of them like wolves in sheep's clothing are even in its ranks- because they think it will lessen their social responsibility. To them the prospect of women earning a livelihood in the industrial world ind ependent of men creates a visioning of hitherto unknown ease. They imagine they foresee a time wh en they may be inacti,,e physically, mentally and morally. These arc the men who are most to be pitied, for the:ir hopes are destined to be rud ely shattered. True, when the woman earns h er living oth envise than by domestic service, the man will not l(ave. to support her. But neither· will the woman have to continue the p etty personal service heretofore"eon-· tributed to the support of the domestic throhe of the ·malr. She will no longer n eed to cater to · his nalate and.to his vanity ot· fetch his slippers and dar·n his M socks. Deprived of his valet, the domestic king will have to vacate his throne and be his own valet. Furthermore. what chance of marriage will there b~ for the man who abhors children:? And what if he ~s fat, or stupid, or has a nose that pleases not a lady 's eye 1\foney will not serve him then, for she . wili not need it. These false Romeos, singing their trimnpbal song before the maide~ 's duped-they are the ones to be pitied most.-E. :w. ·-· .. MERELY REFORMS . . OME .. Socjalist~· · object to expending good Socialist ene.rgy for the, purpose of securing reforms. - The single tax is · one reform s·o opposed. The single. tax is nothing. Ii:l.Ol'e than a reform, though it may he contend ed' with a degree of success that it is a broad one, BUTW e Socialists sliall 11't1ve to operate the machiner·y of government soon. 'fhe more efficient that government is when we gain control the less purely mt>chanical WQrk we shall · have to. do in fixing up things befo1·e we· can begin to get at our real work It must be admitted that single tax, or a tax system closely r esembling it, is much simpler, much more just and much· inore efficient than our present bungling system. Unlike trust regulation, single tax is a r eform that we So~ialists can profit by studying.-C. M. W . S • • • '' DEAR PA '' warns business pessimists to mend T HEth eirOutlook ways, because Postmaster Edward M. Mol'gan, of New York City, reported that $178,069 worth of stamps were sold in ~anhattan and Bronx in one day. Dear Outlook editor: I read. note and inwardly digest this item and conclude that Mr. Morgan 's r eport does not indicat.e prosperity, but intimates that most New Yorkers are writing home for· money.-E. ,J. • • • '' WE HAVE TRAVELED '' busy days we have Ettie time to spend I NonTHESE books of histor·?· True, we should r ead th em, hut , to he frank , :"·e ha,·cn't the time. Sydney Hillyard 's article in this issue, which can be r ead in fifteen minutrs, gins th e r eader a better picture of the conditions of the people in past centuries than any hook w e know of. lt is brief; it tells a great dea l ; it is -·conYincing. Read it. There isn 't another marrazine in An1Pril"n !-hnt nrinf~ c.ontrihntinn" lib:. Con11·adc Hillyard's' · \Ve HaYe Traveled . " -E. J. �The West e rn Comra d e BERNARD SHAW AGAIN "'!AS brilliant jury that_ attended the I Ttnal of one of Charles Dickens ' characters m ~ murd~r London the other week. George Bernard Shaw, who acted as foreman of th e jury, asked the pro~ecutor if it was his intention to introduce evidence. Assured that the prosecutor planned such action, Shaw declared '' t}len all I have to say is that if the learned gentl eman thinks the convictions of a British jury are going to be influenced by evidence he little knows its functious. ' '- E. J. • • • AS TO " VAG" AR be it from 1~ e to m e~dl e w~tl1 " V~g " Tracy 's art. Our gemal associate Juts us m the right place, particularly when he draws a picture like " Th e Thinker," which a domed Th e W estern Comr·acl e's honoJ·ahl e cover last month. ·Alas, "Vag" on our cove r· is one " Vag," but itr. his studio-ah, that's ~m o th e r "Vag" altogether. Mark you, this is not an art criticism, for I do not presume to be able to pass upon imprPssionistic studies in cubistic futurism . I'm as a rnonk ry-I know what I like. ~ o m rtim es l like an impr·essionistic study, even though my best friends, in their most sober moments, lnok upon me as hadng mislaid a screw that should he oprr·ating in my mental -machinery. I agree that lots of it is good-if th e viewpoint is right; and now we come to th e point: It all depends on the angle of thought wh en one judge's "Vag's" rigamaj igs. l am remind ed of the dauber· who was being held in rrll No. 2::! in the state hoohy hatch. "Ah, " says th e nut, "what think yon of this masterpiece?" Th e Yisitor· looks, hut he sees only a huge, bare r nm·as. Asked what it r epresents, th e impressionist answ ers: "Why, that represents the passage of th e .l cws through th e Red Sea." "Beg pardon, but whPre is th e sea ?" " Tt has been <]riven back " "And where are the ·.Tews ?" "They have crossed over." "And th e Egyptians?" "\Vill be here dircet ly. T hat's the sol't of painting I like-simple, ~nggestive, and unpretentious. "~E. J. F • • • NO NEED TO WHINE HE Socialist Inovement is not compos("d of maud lin sentimentalists or whinin g sohsters. Its voice is sturdy and firm. Jts demands arc positi n~ . It docs not heg no r· dO<''S it look fo r· pit-y from its enemi es. · Th e Socialist movement, which seel<s to eonserve the int er·ests of the toilers, mal< cs uncompr·omising demands and hacl\s up th e demands with . solid11rity. Whil e th e WPapon of eapital is th e might 1--r·.L..-'·'n : 1TgiiTII1 • ·l.....:. . " · ,ttt17 ~ 1, • ~ . .,p • •n · 01-,·nn'+· .rl ~'1'11 "' vL <h; T - lit . -365 of solidarity. Labor 's salvation does not lie in pursuing a campaign of weeping and moaning. The '' weeps '' can bring labor nothing more than the contempt of the masters. · Labor 's weapon is the Get- · together Spirit. and· there never ivas a.more majestic; more dignified and grander weapon. I am sure the following fable hits the idea in the :right place: An ass cried unto Jupiter, saying, "Behold, they load me with burdens till my back is like to · break ; from dawn to set :Of SUD my toil continueth; and the r eward thereof is 'blows: an<} scantiness ! '' . · "V~ry - sad," quo'tli 'Jupiter. . ' ' But eanst thou do nothing for. me?'' _inquired the ass. ":My .d ear. i:Jong-~~rs," J ~upite.r .. . . -. answered .. ' "have I not already given thee a voi(,'l~-and HEELS ?"-E.J. . . .. A TAiiK WITH YOU is_ .direct. talk T HIS W estern Comrade,' who ~ w~th th~ readers of The desire to see their magazine serve the cause . in an efficient, resultproducing manner. ['his magazine sells at a price that makes it !mpossible for us to enlarge it, except hy obtaining a number of advertisers. For that r eason, we expect our people to appreciate tlie men who are using our advertising pages. Patronage is the thing. Go to the advertiser and buy his goods-and don 't forget to mention ·The Western Comrade. We are glad ·to welcome a number of new advertisers, among whom is the California Savings Rank, to the columns of The Western Comrade. This bank has always been friendly to the lahor movement; in fact, it was this bank that enabled t.h e lJOS A.ngeles trade union movemen-t to huild its magnificent t emple. In scor~s of ways the California Savings Bank has shown a friendly .spirit. And . now, the officers of this bank tender an invita~ . tion to th e r eaders of The Western Comrade to place th eir money with . them. Here is what the California Savings Bank. offe-rs to \\'estern Comrade r eaders: A hundred-dollar sa,·ings certificate, which may be paid for at the rate of two dollars a week. Out-of-town r eaders may take advantage of this offer. This is an easy way to save a hundred dollars and to make it worth while .for ti:re ban-k to patronize the columns of YOUR magazine. Th e bank makes the first payment _for you in order to interest \ Vestern Comrade r ead ers. H ere is a chance for you to save money for yours·clf and to l<eep a lon g-established, r eliable banl< 's advertise!1Jent in Th e ·w estern Comrad e, the magazine that figbts YOUR hattl es. And r emember this . fl e-R~e:t,i.e ··• AJ..-1;; l:W ~-tis""~ "" T �The We.st 'e rn Comrade 366 , HORACE TRAUBEL By David Fulton Karsner TRAUBEI; recently sent me a slave; prison walls tumule about our ears; the cringing ·note in which he said: "I'd rather have ct;iminal and the bunted man walk arm in arm, with a you love me a little than admire me smile on their lips, in the blessed light of justice; the much. I don't care a damn about being palsied hand. of the beggar is firm once· more, and his flattered. But I care everything about pitiful - ~vail 'for alms becomes a defiant challenge for being accepted as a comrade. I'd rather 'oppot·tUnity:. : f ' Optimos " :ls an immortal book. It is be in hell with anyone who loved me more c.ouiphite than Whitman's ~'J.;eaves of Grass," for than in heaven with anyone "who cared 'l'raubel 's >vork is -founded on a·n economic (the Sonothing lor· me. " · cial.ist ) p_hilosophy as well as a spiritual philosophy. Wt· cannot mcasm·c a man's life by t he illumber of For · twenty-fpur years Trau.,bcl has published a yt·ar·s he has lived. S me men can count theit· year monthly paper caUed 'l'he ConserYator. His wonderful past Sl'\·c·nty, hut tht·y can count very little for life. ollects in· this publication contain the fabric of which Ot her·s eount their yPal's only· up to about thirty, but is woven his en~ii-e economic and spiritual philosophy. th(·y 111ay have livt~d to attaiu th eir their full spiritual Th ey are the fountain of his dreams. Out o'f his lllallhood. 'l'l'aU bel c:ouuts his yc,a rs to fifty-five. I C'~llrcts flow of his theories of life. Each of. his t·ount l1is life 1'1·om the crucifixion to eternity. Mrs. ho.o k r eviews is ·,an article containing the immortal Huin 's Jit1 Je hook is a beautiful p ersonal tribute to an ,vords of life and love. l't emity man. (" Jl onH.:e 'l'mubel," by Mildred Bain. Jn €a·ch issue of Th e Conservator there is a poem, A ln·icf lif'(• all!] study. With frontispiece portrait. th e force of which silences the material conception l'riee, 50 cents, postage G cents additional. Published of life and imbu es .the reader with a spiritual reality hy Albcr·t and Charl es l3oui, 96 Fifth avenu e, New Yor·k .) It must be considered in the light of~ prefa'cc of love . . From its v ery birth The Conserv~tor has t o a great<·r, lllOI'e complete book. It is the foreword stood for freedom-political, industrial and. spiritual. ol' a 1110re heroic effort. .And yet, in spite of the merits of this publication and To rn e Traubel is not only a p ersonality. IJe is "Chants Commumil," 'l'raubel has but few subscribers a ln ovPment. ln him arc welded all the fo rces of nature. who a!'(~ Socialist party · members. Th e oth er day a li e is a ('Ompl!'te livmg testimony to tlie social r evolu- comrad e r ernar·kcd ·to me that The Conservator "goes tion in which we are now engaged. \Ve find l1im on all oYer· th e h eads of the workers."· hattl t•gf'o\llrds. 1\'h cr·cver· there is confl ict th er e, too, Traubel 's message is for the heart. The most of is IIor·ace 'J'ratihel. Whe1·e ther·e is exploitation, there o ~ progress has been made through the intellect. is Trauhcl for justice. ·w here ther e is hate, there is Til'ains have played an important part in the alleged 'l'nmhel for love. 'Where ther e is war, there is 'l'rauhel d evelopment of the buman race. Look at our blight! for JWilec. Wher e there is the church, there is Traubel H earts haven 't had a fair chance. It was principally Jor· r·eligion. Where there is' a dispute about God, brains that got. us into the present economic chaos. there is 'l'raubcl pleading for the Cause. Wh ere (live hea l'ts a chance t~ get us out. 'l'raubel believes th er e is disappointment, there is Traubel for ch eer. hearts will gl't us out. Warm, sympathetic hearts. Wh ere there is prostitution, there is Traubel for virtue. H ear·ts tender enough to redeem even our exploiters Where there is capitalism, there is Traubel for Social- after tlwy are baptized in the holy blood of labor. ism . . ITc is always ahead of the crowd mging it to P ersonally, Traubel is a good comrade. He is kind go with him towar:d the . p erfect day. H e is not a anrl sympathetic. In pri vate conversation he is aggresgcneral, for ·\~c nc'vet~· fin~im iri the r eat· of the army. sive. In publir meetings h e "prefers the shadows." We find him somcwhc;·e in the regiment of valiant He sleeps in Camden, has his office in Philadelphia; and soldier·s, shouldering his own musket. .And so I say li n)s in the uni,·crse. .About twice a year he goes to he is a movement. "\Iontren l, wh er P he visits l\Ir. and Mrs. Bain. While Three years ago Huebsch published the greatest on th ese ~iontrPal trips Traubel does practically all of hook in .Amcr·ican literature. The name of th'e book the writing of his biography of Walt Whitman. He is is "Optimos." Horace 'l'raubel wrote it. ';I'en years --the acti,·e liter·ary executor of the Good Grey Poet, ago Small, Maynard & Co. published the greatest hook and was Whitman 's close ·t friend and companion in - -r ~v&lttti'Onar 'te1-att1rc. oilr-i'.,--f...><"'"'U-e hiT "Chants Communal." Hora ce 'l'raubel wrote it. Tn ·walt ·whitman in Camden ' · will appear this year. The both of these books we hear the fett ei·s fall from the fourth Yolum e is nlrt>ady writ t en. In the writing of the all �Whitman biography Traubel · eon1pared to Bo e1l, who materially helped t.o immortalize Doctor Johnsan. 1\i n. Dain 's book, whil it i a worthy introduction !o Horace Traube1, iS at the same time inclined to be more sympathetic to Traubel' art than to his m age. ·rraubcl as a monment is tht r u1t of chao . I am not so much interested in the technique of his poem and ( 'oJlects as J afn in the warm m age they convey. .\nd J admit Traubel 's original teelmique. H e is a muH r stylist. But J am impelled to say emphatically that Traubel' ignifieanee d _ no r in . teclmiqu but in h · m !re. By any other tyle b · m would be a weet an~ r . intr. • a figure in American lit~ratur B ora will o (;Upy a prom:inen place. But I: am- no pron to make much over that. Literary men me and with every generation.. But Traubel men remain. I place Traubel no on a literary ped al t.u b rorhiped as a eclmician. BUt I plae him in the human heart wif!! JJincoln, Altgeld and D rrr..ubel .. President WilsOrt's· Tfust Bluffing By C {G~iiririm )JEHlCA ~ EST E R M ~ ·. W ·R 'I G H T is"hear·in g much of trust bustin~ days. And though the Noisiest American is far from the .scene of action. there is another man in the White House who seems to have a . p1·ogt·aru mapped out that will be put through by the CongTcss that he dominates. W crl' it not for th e likP:lihood that til is program of President Wilson 's will be carTied inlo Jaw th e trust b'G.<~ting question would be no more ll'orf h disr:ussion than it has been for the last eight or I cu yca1·s. But th •r·e seems to be an inclination to call tt"Ust l111st iug by anot her name-a lllOl'e accurate one, per·li;ips. TIH·y say th at what t-hey ar·c going to do is In unlock th e intcr.·locking directorate. Au intel'locl<in:-t dirwto1·at • is a t hin g pcculiat· to highly developed >·upi talisrn, hut 110t at all necessary to it. "Interlocldng dir·L·ctontt •s arc s!.'parate director·Atcs, composed .for tit • lli OSt part of" the same men rcpt·escntiug the same inll'l' st. . Presid(•nt Wil on pmposes to ·make interloeking diJ· t•dor~J,.t s ill!.'gal. Furthermot·~, he purposes to make ~-t llilt of law violation pE'rsonaL H e purposes to havt J·aih·oad finan cing upervi. ed by a federal commission. lIt SAY h i going to restore competition. 1t has long been an open secret that Socialists are i111pel'! in •nt. .At t his jm1cture they give fresh evidence . ot' I heir• ·imp · rtinence by making the piain and pointed ~ lui rmc nt t hat th ·wilson program will not r estor·c t•om p til.ion and thaf it will not smash any trust. ~lnl'c ver o far a profits are conce~ned, it is not likely thnt any tru t . will be o much ~s appreciably ri~td , the whaf has .he n made il on tll(~se l'llll interlocking ·device they \v1 a lock, probably 'a hammc~-lock. . There is · so far no reason fo ocinli t to abandon their oft-stated· assertion that the r al govo ernment today is a government by capitaJist . lon g as govin;nment by capitaU t continues there n d be no fear as to the success capitalists will achiev~ in gathering unto · tltell)selves the product of the wageenslaved toiling population .Qf the nation .As if to prove . t_h e . Socialist contention ~vhile t he issue was hottest, while the President's recent mes age on the sn hject WI!,S being discussed on ver·y hand, c:apitalism 's chief spokesmen at once join~d in paeans of praise for the "sensible conservatism'' of t he President regarding his proposed trust leglsiation. It is important to note this, .because we may be ~ure that if capitalists were. not satisfied with what tire White House was doing they and their newspapers would lun·e said so. But they W_!3re satisfied. What f!f more. they wer e highly pleased, and they hastened to commend the President for his fine judgment, his entire lack of visionary radicalism and his wonderful appreciation of the BUSJNBSS needs of the country.. P rhaps.no mt~n in America speaks with greater autl10rity fo!' capitalism ~nd its great financial interests than Henry Clews, the New York banker. .Here is wh'a t Henry Clews said: "The temperate and conciliatory tone of the mesage was m~ t commendable.'' He is joined in his felicitations by George Gould, who heaves a sigh of r~ief aying, ''I feel encouraged.'' No new. paper speaks with greater~one!ern for the · �368 The W est e t n Com rade that have evol ved as c·apitalism has progressed are here to stay! And th ey ought to stay. There are just two. things wrong with combinations now. One of, those things is that the combinations arc not quite mechanically perfect, and the other-and the chief thing-is that the OWNERSHIP is wrong. Admittedly, these great industrial combinaitions make · for efficiency. They conserve human erie~gy; they give humanity a better product; they produce it more. quickly; they arc uper·ior . in ~ hundred ways to the productive machinel'y of our fath ers. To destr.o y them, if that were possible ·:would be a crime. The abuse is .not an a·bus .of 'cornbination. It is an.lj.buse of. the economic power that is begotten by OWNERSHIP. .. Tl!ough ~~ would be· folly to urge upon a Democracy that. h'a s ju's t gotten its feet well placed 1n the tro:ugh , after many· lean a~d hungry years, the cure that appeals t.o 'Socialists, with ·that characteristic impel'tinence which ·i s ours, we put forth our claim, nay, our demand, that th e only scientifi.c cure known be applied to :th e t mst q~stion and to every question where those· things .socially, or collectively, USED arid OPERA'l'ED . and REQUIRED are concerned. That cure is SOCIAL, .or COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP and democ·ratic management. That is the only cure that eliminates the only abus.e known in connection with perfected trust organizations-EXPLOITATION, in a'll of its manifold forms. . And as a final bit of impertinence, let it be said that the Americ ~n people so · h0roughly understand that fact, though it tnay be that the understanding is yet largely sub-conscious, that no progra~, legislative ot· otherwise, that ·has fol' its object an ACTUAL lwcaking up of the trusts "·ill ev.e r be tolerated OR NJ'TEl\IPTED! \Yill President Wiison smash the trusts 1 He will not, though he may secure some laws that will sene as an r.ycwash fol' th e great American clectorah~ jn l!ll6! nom ic hand. • �The Wes-ter-n Comralie CRAZYIS s Sputtered and Spattered B AG TRACY , 1t 's great to be an artist. You ride around in pink automobile (in your dreams ) . Money panics don 't worry us. And I don't care if the hanks do break. I go right along painting pictures just the same. Of ~·our·s , I don't get anything fo~ it, hut think how rn ueh I will get after t die·. Wh en l!Iillet- th c fel.low who pa int NI th e Angclu. ·~was figuring out all t hcsc wonderful things for you and me to feast our eyes Oll1hP p eopl e of Paris shower ed prest•n t s on him and he coulcln 't supply . th <' d emand , th ey rush ed him so:_- y they did- OT I H p ddled eabba out of his back- yard to pa~ for paint _and anva . A fri d of .mine i beiiig talked about by e' rer • ·body. They ay h i a w nd rful arti t. He bas his pi ture in th papers. All the same I h ·a.rd him argue for au hour tr ing to g t a chap to pay him for t n bit ' wot• h of portraiture he had don fo r him. The chap finally to ed h1m tb ni:oth and tenth bit and tall d him along for th e fir t eight. . And o t he great artist had breakfa t n xt morning. What cares he for th e Japanese1 W hat ca res he for the l\fex ? He 's r·olling around th e chautauqua w-av e Ga th ering in · kope cs! .\. dollar n t hrow th e wi ld wa\'es say Nc~\'e r· no change to k eep ; And t he yodlcrs sing la-oo-le-ny, Out on t he Bryany Deep! ADVICE FROM SUPERIOR BRAINS ELBERT BLUBBERD t\ow listen, you working jays- you're all right in your way. Just k eep on working, for you never can t ell, some day, if you stick around long enou.,.h, your boss may come along and see you breaking a leg or something for him and he'll raise your wag •smnybe. But, don't worry if he doesn't show up the first y ar or· two-h e may have the gout or· som ething. You sec, boys, it 's like this. If you would all w<?rk OY rtim ll to make profits fo r your boss and you don 't die before h g ts around to your bench, every working mutt in the world would . he promoted to bos and th en ther e wouldn 't be anybody to do th e work, but I figu r e that you won 't an do it, so-l sh Ul(l .quibble ! �w ·esteru ComEade ,EXICO'S ,FIGHT F'OR BRE D By WILLIAM C. OWE to get bread. How' to supply, a eas: ily as possible, life's primal need and . raise ourselves above !he fear ~f want, is the one great prachcal que :bon that todav absorbs the energie of almo t every one of us. That seems to me elfevident, and I consider that our paramount dnty is to lift the w_bole revolu,. tionary propaganda from th,e bog hole of no~-e entials to the firm ground of dealing with that elemental fact. . Holding this view I ·h ave becor.ne most:deeply· in~ tr•restc(l in the :M~xican Revolutiof!. To me it i monstr·ow, that any ch ild of man should be forced to pay tr·ihutc to some parasite fpr the privilege, as it has n·ow been made, of wor·k. If we have any one right that is absolutely fundamental, it is surely the right to. cxc re:ise our· faculties, applying the labor of our hands. and br·ain to t hat r·aw material, th e land, on which we ha vc he en born without our asking. Whatever else may lJc in doubt that cer-tainly is beyond all argmmm , is bas ic; is the foundation on which all life must rest ami is th e only o!le on which the edifice of human pr·ogress can be reared. 'l'o bottom principles the indi,·idu al and the co llectivity must be true, if they are to make a success of life. To bottom principles we all Jrowadnys are fa lse, in our tolcmncc of monopoly. For th e o\'Crthrow of monopoly, therefore, I would joiu hands g- ladly with th e greatest scoundrel who eve r· scuttl ed a ship or cut a throat. That overthrow is the sper·in l soe ial duty of this special hour, and in the perfor·Juaucc pf that duty all are called on to bear a hand. As an example. In the State of Yucatan, Mexico, the entire population toils at th e production of hemp, for th e benefit of a small rin.g of capitalists who make huge fo rtunes by exporting it to the United States. 'l'he produecr·s have had to toil beneath the ·whip and have bee n subjected to a thousand brutalities, described with great force in Turner's "Barbarous Mexi eo." But those brutalities are only details, which doubtless r!ould h matched, more or les$ closely, among the oth~r ct of toilers, in the United States, into whose hands th e product of the Mexican 's toil then passes. 'l'he r eal thing is the system, which prevails alike in l\I ~xico, th e United States, England and wherever capitalism ._./' plants its wolfish paw. The r eal thing is the indis1 utnbl e fact that the existence o1 that system depends on continued monopoly of the means of production and distribution. The r eal thing is that the system, having sunk it claws into Mexico is seeking to fa ten its collar for all time on the Mexican worker 's neck Aaainst that h i now in rebellion; in violent rebelliop . If his rebellion hould ucceed and our mutua1 enemy should P.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!IIIOW R receive a knoek-out blow it will b~ the bettel' for all of us. orne twenty-five years ago I had t.h pl asure of a istmg in the preparation Qf certain arti le on eondition -in famine- tricktm Russia. I knew then fifteen y~ before the event, that a r'e volntion wa · inevitable, afthouah . the Rn ·an ·pea ant i fully a ignorant a ~d · e en more ubmissiv:e. than i th M . ican p on. imilarly when Podirio Diaz began his r ign by gh·ina a·way to twenty-eight favorite a territory a large as .Jhance, what ba now follow d was me~ely a que tion ·of time. The ' ientiiico , who introduced the methQds o~ ~p-to-date finance, inviting the R<1th child , ROckafellers Guggenheims and a warm of I e~ sharks, only hastened up the sma h. . It. i n,ot my purpo e to load thi article with detail, for theceby l hould distract attention from t'he es 'ential argument. The important fact i that th M ican Revol~Jtiot;t is here· -that it has lasted three y ars, and at i.t is today stronger· than when it tarted. Th proc.csses t hat droye the Mexicans to this revolutionary state of mind are comparativ ely unimportant, but I will sugg~st one or two by quotations from hostile source , since such admissions necessarily carry tho gr at t weight. First, tlier-e is "Obsernr," whose articles in th C hi c~•go· Daily 'l'rihu.nc are attracting gen ral attention and are being reproduced regularly in the Los Aug los Tim es. Under date of Nov .. 29, 1913, be described the land t enure that prevailed until r ecent years, and th ~ methods by whfch a lar'ge number of the peasants have · been evicted, as follows: '' 'l'he land b lon ging to tho p eons wer·e held, as a rule, in common by villages. These villages ~ ectcd a new president every year. Sometimes the neighboring proprietor would buy som of the village land from the president, and the next year the new president would claim the sale was illegal. If th e president would sell, influ ence with the jefe politico of the distri ct would be used to get a president who would. One way or another the proprietors gradually got th e land. Not infrequently force, in · the shape of soldiers or rurales, would have to be used to gain possession.'' · The process thus set out doubtless w nt on rapidly, and I pause to note that ·we are presented here with a picture very similar to that exhibited by English history, where we see the great landed proprietors gradually absorbing, by hook or eroo.k, the village commons. Nevertheless the amount so torn from the former owners must have he i rilJ,.J,I....wJ.!.:..-enormous grants to for eign syndicates; for Diaz, as \Villiam Archer remarked in "McClure's" of August, �The Western Comrade 1911, deliberately invited an alien plutocracy to "rifte t he national treasure house.'' The result can be seen in the memorial pre ented to President Wilson recently ther great landed proprietors as formerly li\"'ed. have That in itself i~plie that in· innumerable ca es their lands mu t have been eize_d by ~hat hy a elique of wealthy Americans interested in Mexico, peasantry which hungers for thCJn but was 'previou Jy who, with infinite naivete, protested against all schemes kept_at arm s Iet;~rlh by the law trong i1and. n to clothe the peons with political power since millions may be certain that wh.e re Zapata rules viz., hroughout had only their blanket for their home. Conversely, we l\f orelos, and . through much of Puebla Guerrero and have had· t he Los Angeles Times congratulating this the tate of 1\'Iexico . there have b en no landlord ··it.v on "the sudden influx of members of the oldest stan din~. between the peo.Ple and their po ion of the ' and proudest famili es of Mexico," and have seen them oi~ O~ e reads of arran.za being badly handi app d hawking round enormous land grants, as, for example, in -militarY, operations by the fact that e...~pect d fore in the case of a fo r·mer governor of Guerrero, who has were · bu ·ily e;ngaged in dividing up th land. One lw!'n trying to dispose here of Mexican real e tate val-kn.ows that w.hile llfr.' 0 Brien, sale agent in Lo Anl li'd at $50,000,000. De we understand how many of our fe1low-beings geJes for Yaqui· Valley lands ha been p titioning :1 1·• · rend ered hom eless by one sue~ grant 1 De we nn- ··w asliington for protection, three thou and Y!!qui hH d··r·stand what happens wh en some fourteen million settled do~vn: qn the land, confiscated a large ci·op and lnt·rr. worn C>n and children, whose lives were formerly . er.v ed M:aytorema with notice that the. no"- n ~ · · ·· ur ·- sin ce th ey owned. their lands in common, had kno' ledge allegiance to no one ha \'ing tal< n back the l'r•·•· acr·r•ss to wood and water, and could thereby sup- prop·e rties promised .them and being one more f r pi _,. with rase their simple wants-suddenly find them~ · m n. · For.furtber details T haYe no space. ,, .1\·es outc·asts, with their lives depending on· their . To make ·a too · long story hort, here w · have a :1h ility to get and fill jobs for whi ch they hltve no train- distinctly economic struggle, Y,1 which the Hon of ing- '! What ha s come of it is the pt:esen·r rewtution; \Yant has ·l;>een oust'ing th e House of Have. Incian uph cavnl that, without exaggeration, threatens most .d ent~ll'y in doing so they have overthrown two gov, ,.1·iously the peace of half th e world. :Mexico, which ernments, those of ·Dia; a,nd Madero, while the third, is (•onsidcrab ly larger than th e Oer·man and Austrian that of Huerta, is obviously tottering to its final fnll. •·1npires combined, is probably ri cher than any other This ha·s been and is th e work of peasants; of men gen •·nt tntry in the world of equal area; and from Mexico erally ignorant of letters but wedded to the soil; of tlli' I'C arc coming today neither rents nor dividends in men, th erefere, who kno'~ and ca re nothing about polirl'f m·n for the thousands of millions invested by the tics, but who do care enormously abo~t the one thing •·a pitnlists. No wonder that Un jteJ States troops line they kno\v-the land ·; of men of pure Indian or mixed I11 •J' north C'rn frontier. No wond er that her coasts are Indian blood, and with all th e lndian's proverbial l• l' ing patrolled by the warships of.half a dozen nations. tena city of purpose; of meB with all the Indian's :\JC'anwhilc even the least sympathetic critics hav e hilt red of authorjty and .dislil\ e of working for others; "''''II eompellcd to admit that there can be no peace in of men, finally, with that gt·eat element of strength .\1•· :-> i<:O until th e land shall . have been r estored, some- whi ch co nstitutes the simpl e man 's great force-simllo\1' ot• other, to those who mpst live on and by it. Of plicity of purpos~ . His goal is clear·ly in sight and to all the ambitious spirits who have been fishing for it he driv es straight. pr·l'f'erment in the r evolution's muddy waters, it is safe Natura-lly he, the poorest of the poor and without to sny that non e has dared to come before the people C>ith er weapons or the skill to use them, has foupd him~rit hout some sch eme for the repartition of the land. self faced by the au't horities armed with all the latest ~I adero was profuse in promises; the Huerta goYerninstruments of death. This position he has had to tn<•nt ha been feverLhly anxious to adopt some feasible meet. H e has had to get arms as best he could; by pl11n ; :Mexico City papers ha ,·e stuffed their columns brigandage, by alliance with rich men who sought ~rit It a hundred and one propositions by aspiring poli- pow e~ and place, even by joining the regular army t i(·ian a:nd would-be refo rm cr·s. Th e insurmountable · and deserting from it at the earliest opportunity. 'rhis oh tacle, how ever, lies in the fact that the holders of has been his necessity, which knows no law. It alters the 1 a pet· titles tand pat, and call alike on the Mexican not one whit the basic factor, which is his deter·minaan d on th eir own home governm ~ nts. to protect them. tion to get back his land ; that he may I ad on more On the other hand, schemes for dividing up .the public his fo rmer independent life and escape from that wage la nd among th e p eons are not worth·the paper on which slavery which is to him a hell and worse than death. I h e~' arc writt n for the remnant left is worthless. 0.)1 A such he has my profoundest sympathy; and if, tha t head I could furnish the best proof, supplied by und er the whip of th e foney Powe_r, ?U r Go.vernment, the sl avery, I trust it may be iny own happy lot to him something more useful than mere sympathy. fled the country. I �' Tb~ Western Comrade 372 WE HAVE TRAVEL·ED By SIDNEY HILLYARD N 'fHE midst of the thousand anathemas depict. He was, in medieval times, the servant of so that are being hurled at the living con- many ugly masters by ·:all and ~ach of w~om he was dit~ons of the present ~ay it is well worth severR11y and individually harr~ssed, robbed,_ beaten, while to pause to pomt out that these and .outraged, that for long periods he was worse off conditiOns of life are vastly improved : than · the beasts of J)urden. What with the Austrian, over what they were in any pr~vious ·. SRXO>n. Burgundian, French, Spanish and Sicilian period of which we have a~y lmowl~.dge ... Em'pe;ors_. and Kings continually claiming him as theirs, lt is equally well to show just '"hat and '[lcrsist.~ntly endeavoring to prove their claim by fprccs have brought this change over the-: scene. W e gt·abbing him and his land; what with the Pope siezing cannot help but suppose that if we are e~terin{i up9n , . .tempora.l power, and him, the· laborer, along with it ; an age of complete social rege·net·ation, such an · age what with the Italian cities fighting all' outsiders, and would assurcd1y thro\\; its shadow before. it, and the al~o in .the interim, when there was any interim, fightinstitutions of today and the human life of today, . would cat ch the glimtiH•r the rising sun. ing among- themselves and burning each other dotvn ; True enough, the denizens of the slum districts .of ·whHt w'ith the petty dukes and counts.-always the th e ciNes of England an(l America are fully as · ill-· !11.0st •tcr.tirsed pest of the peasant of them all; and situated as ha vc been the wretchedest of any creatures final·ly add ·to . all the foregoing variety show of torof which th ere is record, but we must also realize .from mentors;, · robbers, wasters, rapers, and murderers, the what has been done in the German cities that, even _in SaracP·~ · host-ahd one lays down his book to plainthe present age, the slum can be done away with. And · tively ask what there was left to fight over. with the slum abolished human life is, as it now stands, And, indeed, it was a sorry bone. The wrethced a more valuable commodity than it has ever been. pPasant crouched dumb at the feet of every lord, priest, 1t is, of course, through history that the comparison at1d invader. All rulers were alike to him. He served must be made between the past and the present, and in any army for clothes and bread until they sl!ot his it must be admitted that the reading of European limbs off, nor did he know any such thing as nationhistory before bedtime is more calculated to induce a alit:y. He. was an international hi.r ed-beast, a thing to perspiring nightmare than a supper of flapjacks and shoot arrows into when on the battlefield, a thing of hot huscuits. · infinite contempt with a bent back when on his lord's Not th e school and college primers of history- these firld. He lived like a ground squirrel-trying to hide m·c not nightmares. The school history is ·a caleulatrd ft·om everything th11t passed. If he bad a few copp.ers travrsty on truth written to glorify the actions of a he hid them and lived in rags as before. The tax colfew selfish and cruel men, written by intelectual cheap- lectors never found anything that could possibly be jacks as a rule, but always written by men who at·e hidden, so .they siezed everything that could not. dt·unk on the noise, and who wallow in the mud left Again and again in the history of every agricultural by othet· men's perso~al suercss. The school history region the brst of the men were driven into the armies, a lways fails to reflect t he r eal condition of the p eople t he women were left to live or starve, always the prey at any time. Research into old records that are par- of rYct·y passi~g hand of soldiers or robbers, and the tieularly not intended for worl<ing class p erusal is children wer e sold into slavery. the only thi;ng that can reveal t hat. Thr :English histories make great glory over the If we woulcl'know the r eal condition of th e France, "nlaek Prince, " wltom English boys are taught to the Germany, the Italy, of almost any time from the adore>, also over the battles of Creey and Agineourt. Gothic Invasions to the French Revolution, we could Yonth is not .told that dm·ing and after the "Hundred grt it by a visit to t he Balkan P eninsula at the present Yrat·s ' \\'a t· " the Frenrh and English soldiery lived timr. Failing this, it would be w ell to read the report on th r prasantry, extqrting from them everythiug they of th e international commY.ssiO:n now sit~ing on th e possrss('(l h? floggings and tortures, and so destroying condition of the Balkans, wh en that report is pnblish r d. m·any of th!• conntry districts that the peasants themIt ,will he .a prrtty tru e picture of t he Europe of the srhrs nhandoned th eir farms and took to robbery ss . Dark Ages. .thr only possihl r means of subsistence. During and Rome of ·the pictures of Medieval Europe bear Mt aft,•r ,this samr " ·ar. which lasted through four genera- ---.·mTJh•m;; ompuTiSO' ,,.r v-h <1't6'\' '-i+H • t, ·4n ~&men,.h,i~ Ca li fomia fal'lnct· and laborer. pntt~> of rhi,·alry, knights cnant, and the Holy Grail. · Th!• condition of th e Italian lahoret· is hard to Olt1 rnst ehildren " ·hose pat·ents had been murder ed m of �the wars were eaten right in the streets of Paris by world a certain measure of co-operatioa. There· 'has wolves, dogs, and semi-wild pigs. appeared a modic.um of the concept of :Socialism on Our school books fairly resound with the lustres of the international political and religious field. Men ·' Louis QuatoFze," "Louis le Grand, " "Le Grand want to know; they r efuse .to believe. Belief is no Monarch," and other names they find to give this longer a virtue; it bas become a vice. Virtue lies in . uooby enthroned. Under this creature the peasants, knowledge. Men draw empires together by ·power of · just freed from a centurv of religious wars, bad to pay exchange, commerce, invention and travel, and not by taxes to the government out of which were defrayed the sword of aggrandizement. Herr, Messieur, Signore, t h.;! pcnsions to th e innumerable court nobles and prosti- and Mister, are exchanging commodities, drawing men tutes; then they paid rents to the own liege lord for together and keeping them so by constant interhis e-xpenditure at court ; then they paid all the tithes co-operation, '.Vhile : H. R. H. this, Lieutenant-Colonel and fees of the clergy. In addition, they had to keep that, apd J.1o~d .Adl)1iral the other were forever sepup all roads without pay, their horses were always . arating men, an<:! €{estraying any vestiges of co-operaat the king 's service without pay, and the liege lord's· tion that"might inadvertently sprjng up. There has been wrought a great change. · It is an r·rops had to be ha rvested free of charge if the peasant's l' rop rotted on th e stalk. Again, we lay down the book economic e_han.g_e. · The Am:erican farmer holds up his to ask , " \Vhat was there left to steal?" head;. the .m_edieval fariJler hung it down. The peasant . And, inded, it was a sorry bone. Th e laborer WA .. of the· past was ~he servant of an: The farmer of today JJ (•vc r surf3 of himself nor to whom he belonged; his is the .equal of any and the laborer of tomorrow will \rife was n ever sure to whom she belonged; if he had be the master of all. a prety daughter she was tal{ en as lady 's maid to the A cha~ tliat is not economic is not a change; it lil'gc mistr ess and concubine to her mistress' sons; his is only a variety of- the same thing. But where so own sons might go into an army or bend to the hoe. great a cb.ange as · this has ·been made in so short a As to Germany, the tale is either just the same or time its economic .fqund~tion is not hard to trace. The worse. Our histories make great play of the· thirty Socialist l~istorians at:e tracing it. A. M. Simons, in years' war, of King Christian, Charles V., Gustavus his "Social Ii'orces in American History," has done a Adolphus, and \Vallenstein. But where do we read fine and notable work on the history of this country, that th e "glory " of th ese "great" so ruined the and the story of Europe is being treated by many work ers that th e starving peasants dug up corpses in ot hers in the same way. Progress toward a co-operative the graveyards and ate them; and that soldiers had idea l has been made. About this there can be-Bo manner to be stationed at th e burial places of the nobility of doubt. 'rhe thing· .now and fo·r us is not to rest · 1o prevent the dead aristocracy · becoming food for satisfied with anything, but to use our present ~tanding­ ground as a toe-hold from which to raise the ra·ce up the wretched laborers th ey had ruined. Poland and Hungary lived in the light of burning onto the plateau above. fi elds and in th e sound of wailing mothers, and as in other countries, wheth er in war or p eace, always the A FEAST . OF PI,FFLE"' laborer was at the mercy of soldier, robber, and priest that the Mona Lisa is discovered, we -and there was no mercy. Nor wer e his miseries the patient sufferers must endure rehearing an sacrifi ce to patriotism, liberty, or progt·ess. Selfish awful amount of senseles$ piffle about Leonardo da ambitjon on th e part of others accounted for them all. Vinci 's picture. Refilly, Mona Lisa just bores me Th e laborer was crucifi ed through 'the centuries for to distraction. Her face, to me, is plainly stupid. the lust and cruelties of this and that chieftain, in whom 'fo think of all the years th~ painter spent in "gethe could have no possihle interest whatevflr. ting" that smile! And when he got it, lo and behold, Compared with all this, the situation of the Caliwhat a smirk! And yet, this woman has caused art fornia fruit gr·ower, dairyman, market gardener, or critics to rid themselves of heaps of piffle. I sincrvcn common fi eld laborer is · almost a paradise. He c,erely believe th e following hy K ane S. Smith, of docs not go by day in mortal fear of his life; by night th e University of · I1ondon, takes th e bacon: The he does not listen tremblingly for the knock on his door JHlinting is "one of the most actively evil pictures th~~ds him turn out into his stable that sold1er or e,·cr painted, the embodiment of all evil the painter robber may take his bed. He needs not live in a pigsty could imagine put into the most attractive form· he in order to .make th e tax gatherer pass him by, nor does could devise. . It is an exquisite piece of painting· he n eed to dress his children in filthy rags lest someone hut if you look at it long enough to get into its sl1ould .stcal their clothes. . atmosph ere I think you will be glad to escap e from " ' hat has changed Y So far as we know hum an its ·1nflu ence. lt has an atmospher e of undefinabl e nature ha s not. Priest and preacher have been tryin g Pvil. " - Pl ease pardon me whilst J take unto myself tregiinrin ,9 ' ~v--T"Y1tWllr.=i't-.J-:---------------There has come O\'er the western N ow �_ _.IIIJ!I!IJ4PI~I!IIIIII...,_"'.!"'!'~~~~~---,TF'ihi;"-;et Wil . r. ;e ; s t e r n C .o m ·Feminism and the Democracy r a d ·e Tren~d Towards By ELEANOR WENTWORTH IL The Achievement of Social Consciousness This battle between tire individualism of the pa t · · · ai!d the new social impul s~ just awakening, as a re ult r:~~~~~ HE existence of Democracy necessitates a harmoDious society. Democratic of our modern co llectiY e working and collective li~·ing, thoughts and institutions cannot survive . is pt>rbaps the most ·inten e battle of th e day, whether where there is no strong consciou ness . it is waged sil en tly and unseen in the mind of an indiof social unity. A society 9ividec( into .. vidual or openly and noisily jn the factional figh ts of classes 0!' sections whose irlterests clash . organizations. must always be sub';iect·. to iii.equaliti e~ th e winnin.g of thi -battle th e Feminist ::\Tovement and injusti ces. Th e1·e is no .such thing ha;s :an important part to play. as Dernocl'a<·y for· a part of society. If !DU. t e~ist Ev ry efl'ort whi ch it makes is a telling sh·oke univP!'sa lly or· it (·annat exist at al. Athens; attempted against th e ent· rn.v: not a one of it's demands that dot' S · to bui ld -a DPrnot·r·at·y for· her· free-- men , htit s he bn.ilt not mal\e for· a ~r·ca t P 1' rn easur·e of Democracy, a wid enill on sla\·P lahor·, and so it died. Horn e, _too, aspired in·g<'f the social c·il'(:le. I at or H· ti111t~ to han' a Democ racy fol' a part of her . Th e first more which wom en made away fr-om the p1·oplt·, hut lik e Athens, she laid her foundat.ions 'on und c:rnoc mti c past was th e rnore to.ward organization. illsi•(·tll'i' snnds and thry wpr·c swept away 'like·· ti r1y 'J'ymnny thr·in·s ~~ ,-c, r on th e isolation and unorga,nized pPhhll-s hPfort• a d(;,·astating sea of tyranny. -Tiw · · condition of it~ Yil'fims. 'l'hat is why the tyranny hotll'l{('Ois.ir- of Fmnee eri r d to th e skies for Demoem c;v . wl;i{~ h ha s . riddPu hrazrnly on th e hacks of women IJI'J'ort• th r ]{P\'olution of 17l:l!J, hut only for· th.e hour- tl1.rough all th e eent uri es of civilization was neve r once ~rt·o isit •, and wh en th e work ers demanded a shar·e 1n it~ slr akPn in its s<'at as was mor·e than once the case with Derno(·ra ey was drown ed in riv ers of blood , so that th e t~r ran'ni es whic·h cru ·hed down the work ers. For today not even a scmhlan ee exists. Demoerary is lil< e the iso lation of ·worn t' n was an isolaiton par excellence. th e air· . Shut off f r·orn th e open world , it lwcomes· Bach woman was e ~scon ced hchind four walls, from pollllte<l. whi ch seclusion she sca rce ly dare.d to p ee r without T <~ ht•eo rne demoeratie, th erefor·e, a society must ht•eoql in g " unwoman ly.'' Th e f'pisode r elated about fir·st of all rid itself of antagonisms between its var·ious . I<'I'P<l eriek th e Grf' at to th e efff'e t that he beat a woman gr·oups. An impol'tant strp in this direct ion is a with his <'aiw for hf' ing on th e street, and said to her r·<·<·ngnit ion of th e essential unity of soeicty-a thorough that it! I good wonH!U r emain('d in the house, apt ly undt·l'standing of th e fact that what injures · on e in cli- illn:tl'at ('s th e absolut e ht ck of organization among ,·idual, ean and will injure all others; what crushes on e " ·nrn(•n, Still ·more fol'cihly is this illustt·ated· by th e dass will in the end <~ r·ush th e rest; what ens laves r larnps ani! dnr·king stools of Old England, appli ed to woman will inevitably enslan• man--a knowl ('dge of hom:rwiYes who Wf'l'<' not as mee k as they were required tir e fa.ct tha t we hum a n bei ngs, lik e the cells of our to he. • bodi es, are so closely link ed togeth er· t hat the infec tion PreYious to the middh' of the nineteenth century of on e pcl'son 01' one group with any so cial disease organization waf; pr11dir:all.v impossible for wom en, and, threatens ever-y other person 01' every oth er group. as is always thl' case wh en th e oppressed are disinte.Jn other words, Democracy necessitates th e 11wak cn- gratrd. th ry distl'nstcd eac h oth er a great deal; all ing of a soe ia! consciousness. '\V e n eed to fee l, as w'o mankinrl was diridPC! against itself. But as soon as ·wordsworth has ex pr·essed it, that we ar·e " free because ol'ganiz11tion hreanw possibl e, this was changed. inthound. " · V·l c need to combat the narrow, individual- Opprrf;sion loRt its sul'e foothold, women ceased to istie ,·iews, bulwarkrd by thousands of years of class d:st r·ust each ot ht·r·, and IParned to loYe each other with · distinction and privileges and countl ess en1 elti es of rnau a mighty loH' sn(·h as they had n~ver dreamed of. to man and man to woman, wJ1ich dominate us today . '\ Yith that lov e awnkt' necl the first glow of social con. Th e motto. which has for so long typifi ed the avcr·age sc·iousn r ss, which hnd lain do!'1i1ant in them since the mi nd, "~'f e and my wif~, onr son -John and his wi fe; ti111 e th e? were tnk rn from th e open fi elds and campfires II ' four and no more, " must be discarded and in its of th l' r ommunistir trihe to labor in the lon ely abode stead we must sing: of th e despoti c patriHeh. " And rYei·ything that's min e ._\!though , in thP heginning efforts to organize ls you rs, and yours, and yoursworn <'n wer(' rxt J·rmr ly slow in bringing results _ _ _ _ _ _......_.',~.C-.<o b.itm,n~ · i-nt-•-1.- - - - - - - --!tm'l pre.JU 1ce, to ay no oth er organi- · zations grow with the same rapidity as do organizaL et's lor k our wealth outdoors!' ' T Tn �'J' h e lV est e 'r n tions of women. In the last twenty-five years there lt:~s heen a radical change in the attitude of women t owftrd women's org~1nizations, and a still more radical d11mge in the attitude of these organizations toward sol'iPty. At first they w er e meek voices asking fearsomc·ly that women he accorded human rights. They asl<rcl for c·oll eges for girls ; for property rights for nwrr-ir.d wom<>n : the priviiPge of speaking on a public pl:1t rorm: a fc·"· daring ones even mentio;ned the ballot. l~ut 'tht·y nc\·e r asked mor·e than that the chains be st r·ic·h,·n off and ,,·omen he allowed to walk in the ••1"1 ll' I rl. Tod:r~· tltPv ar·p no lollg-<'t' timid. They ha\·e ceased t n lH· <·onll·11t \rit h asking that women be allowed to wnlk in tlt P \\·ol'ltl. Tht>y now d emand the right t 11 ma kP t hl' world , to mould it. It is in attempting )d T'"llliiJ\P lhf' \\·orJd th a t flt<'? rP\'iYe the SOCial Spirit " ltidt shonP so rp;;pl t•rHl<'nt ly in the long ago time of " ·hif'it :\lor·gan a11<l Ba<·hofC'n allCl other anthropologists l~;!\·r gi\·rn us suC' h YiYi<l pidures. ~inC'e thPir isolation from the industrial and politt•·:li \I'Orl<l of m<'n has in a l aq.~<' in easnre prevente1d II'Oilll'n fr·ont !wing- im hued with e!ass motives, they Ita\'<' 110 ohs t :~<· l t•s to the drYelopmcnt of. their social sp trtt ThPir· organizations haYe no class lines; their aims ar·r 110t hasPd on class interrsts, hut human int t•rests. :It is this fa ct that L·ausrs th e militant women of Erq.d:md to fi~ht for th e ballot with a vehemence that s•·••tns so slat·! ling to frightPned onlool<rrs. No abstt·aet iolt•a of t h<'ir right t o Yot e causes th em to disturb the p<·a<·<! and tl••stroy the proppr·ty of a nation, but an intrnsr longin g t o combat th e tC'tTihk degenerating ,.,·ils of a man -mad e <:lass system, of whid1 the bondage ,,f women is only one manifestation. 1t is the picture ol' the raggrd, decrrpit citizens of lJondon 's East Side, ll'!tosc liws n ever gleam to the full, hut gl imm er fa intly likP str·rPt lamps in a fog, that drives them on; pivturrs of the little children grow in g gnar·led from lahor il'l th ei r yo uth, and those who are born deformed because their mothers labored too h eavily while they horc th em. Th ry. hear not only th e bitter cry of the o· hildr·en , hut th e hitter cry of tlr•· world, and they go to answer it. The same motives t h at direct th ese English women d irrd the wonwn of every other nation who arc active in th~ir orgtmizations. Once they knew only that t!t <'Y net•d ed th e world. Now they know also that the \m rld ncPd s t hem- not merely their own sex, their ow n rlass or· t heir· own group-but the whole \-vorld. 'l'h ry ha,·r learn ed that every problem, whether it h~ a man pr·obl em, a woman pr·oblem or a · ch ild pr·!>hlcm is un iYersal in its r each. They know that if pros! itution rnins the lives of th e women driven tq _ _it it also brutalizes the men who associate with these ,,·omc·n, as w ell as making moral cowards of th e so-called "good' ' women who ma rry the men ; if child c0 m r a d e 375 labor phyRically degrades little children,· it ~orally degrades their parents and their employers; if exploita-. tion weaken!> the workers, P!l-rasitism weake~s the rapitalists; if poverty brreds disease and makes wrecks of hnman beings, excessive wealth does likewise; if the slavishness of the oppressed is the enemy .of progress, so is the brutal intolerance of the oppressors; if women are enervated physically and stunted mentally by a narrow environment, their children will be enervated and ~tunted also. Thev know that social deficiencies travel in: a rii·cle, and ~ust be eliminated from e~ery section df societv . . or thev will not down. These women k now, ~s tlre'y know two and two make four, that society is a unit. Rut the class-divided, strife-ridden world at large does · not . yet know it-scorns the idea, fights it. It divides itself artificially in politics and in 'industry; it even esta,hlishes moral code by which it seeks to rl rlude itself into believing that it is justified in its fol ly a ud .declares, in the words of Blal\e: . a ' l\f r.r(\y would be no more Tf there were nobody poor, And pity no more would be If all were as happy as we: And mntnal fear hrings peace; l\1isrry 's increase Are mrrcy, pity, peace. Tn ans,~' er to that ot·ganized womankind puts forth a g-reater t-ff01't to in culcate into school and state and workshop the idea ~f social interdependence. Through the rnr.dium of magazines and newspapers, from the puhlic platfor·m and thr·oi.rgli such legislation as they t·an secure, women attempt to impress upon casteblinded mankind the fact of its common bonds. Even as the workers are. doing, t h ey are striving to imhue the world with the fire of Democracy, the spirit of Democracy, which must precede any economic readjustm ent. • Like the work er~, they are singing the song of Hohert Bums: It's com in g y€t for a' that 'l'hat man to man the warld o'er S hall brithers be fo r a' t hat, and ar·e urging the mass to take up the r efrain. F-5849 ; MAIN 1407. EXPONENTS OF the Square Deal For Everybody. We mah our own Candies, Ice Creams and Ices, that is the reason they are Better - ·- ·- LUNCHEON ELEVEN TO TWO 427 SOUTH BROADWAY 427 �§1)6 T b e W e $ t ·e 'r ~ C om r a d e . By EMANUEL JULIUS REVIEWING THE REVIEWER wherein the seven-year-old boy is in the company of Th e first impression "Reviewing the Reviewer " a number of drinking Italians. · It follows: 'gives the r eader is that I am going to review myself, ''·One ;young Italian, Peter, . an impish soul, seeing but even though I am capable of so impertinent a me )tting, solitary, stirr~d by a whim of the q~.oment , proeedure, I am to do nothing more than ~peak of half-fil]e0: '8: tumbler with wine and passed it to me. I Charl es Vale's review of Jack London's "John Barley- .. declined: ."His face grew ste·rn, and he insistently proff'Om," whieh appears in the January Forutn. I r eview fered the wine: ~d then terror descended upon me('h<~r1f's Vale's critiqu e and pr·aise it with all my a terr?J' which I must explain. powers, hf'eause it 's the l<ind of r eviews I_\vou!d write "My mother had theories. First, she ·steadfastly i r J only had th e t iu c. maintained that·brunettes and all the tribe of dark-eyetl Not hing so frank and sincere, and therefore clean humans· were deceitful. Needless to say, my mother and l)(•aut if'ul , has hcen written for a long time, says was a blonde. · Next, she was convinced that the dark:\lr. Valt·. "For· .Ja(·k London is not mer ely the author . eyed Latin races were profoundly sensitive, profoundly or rnauy r·iJieulously succr.ssf'ul hooks," the writer · treacherous,' and profoundly murderous. Again and 11dds. " li e is a mau , and a poet." ·again, drinking in the strangeness and the f earsomeness l\lr·. Val e asks: "Could any other have giYen such of the world fr.om her lips, I had heard her state that a pid11r·e <IS this of the delirium of a ~hild of seven?" if.. OJ?e offend'ed an Italian, no matter how slightly and Il e then quotes: unintentionally, he was certain to r etaliate by stabbin g "All th e content of the t errible and horrible in my one in the back. That was her particular phrasechild 's mind spill ed out. The most frightful -visions 'stab you in t he back' • • • were r ealiti es to me. I saw murders committed, and " H e·r e was a treacherous, sensitive, murderous I was pursu ed by murder·ers. l screamed and raved Italian offering me hospitality. • • • He had those and fo11ght. My suffcr·ings were prodigious. Emerg- t errible black ·ey_es I had heard my mother talk about. ing from such delirium , I "'auld hear· my moth er 's • • • P erhaps he had a few drinks. At any rate his voi('(•: 'But the child 's b~ain. H e will lose his r eason. ' eyes were brilliantly black and sparkling with deviltry. And siniking hack into delil'ium , I would take the idea They wer e th e myst erious, the unknown, and who was with me and be immul'cd in madhouses, and be I , a seven-year-old, to analyze them a nd know their beat en by keepers, and surr·onnrl crl by - screeching prankishness In them I visioned sudden death, and lunatics. • ·• • I declined the wine half-heartedly. Th e expression in "One thing that had st r·ongly impressed my young his eyes changed. 'l'hey grew stern and imperious as 111 in<l was th e talk of my clder·s a bout the dens of he shoved the tuml>ler of wine closer. iniquity in San Francisco's Chinatown. In my delirium " What could I do ? I have faced r eal death since I wandered deep beneath the ground through a thou- in my life, but n ever have I known the fear of death sand of these den , and behind locked doors of iron as I knew it th en. • .• • I threw ba ck my head and I suffer ed and· died a thousand d eaths. And when l gulped the wine down . • • • would come upon my fath er, seated at table in these "Looking back now, I ca n realize that P eter was subterranean cr·ypts, gamblin g with hiuese for great astounded. lie half-filled a second tumbler and sho,·ed stakes of gold , all rny ·outr·age gave vent in th e vilest it across the table. Frozen with fear, in despair at tire cursing. I would rise in bed, struggling against the fat e which had hcfall en me, I gulped the second glass detaining 'hands, and curse my fat her till th e rafter·s down lik e the fi rst . . • • • ran g. All the inconceivabl e filth a child running at "This was t oo mu(' h fo r Pl'tt>r·. H e must share t he large in a primitive countryside may hear men utter infant pTodigy he had discovered. H e call ed Dominick, wns mine; and though I had n eve.r dared .utter such a young moustachetlltalian,. to see the sight. This time oaths, they now poured fr·om me, at the top of my it was a ·full tumbler that was given me. One will do · lun gs, ns l cursrd my father sitting ther e underground anythinig to liw. I g ripped myself, master·ed the ·and gambling \'i·ith long-haired, long-nailed Chinamen ...._ qualms that rose m my throat, and downed the "The whole of t his episode," says Mr. Vale, "is stuff. • • • - - -Ho<o}l41.-?.ing t.llou.g.h ·, · 11 Pefllftl"k~ u'O'k-.~..~.---'"'fi r seen an tn an o sue 1 1ero1c TJ c calls attention to th e pas age .in l\Ir. I..ondon 's book caliber. Twice again he refilled the tumbler. each time �Tlu~- We, tee Comrade the--bmn, and watched the eonten · ppear dolii:D my throat. By this time 1DJ' exploit were attraetin attention. lliddle~aged Italian Iabore , old-eountry peasant• who did not talk Englisb, surrounded me. 'rtu:'Y were swarthy and wild~looking; they wore belt and red Hhim; and they ringed me around like a pirate 10 vh<JTUJJ. • • • " How much I drank I do not know. My memory ,( it iH o( an age-long smffering of fear in the midst ,( , a murderouG crew, and of an infinite number of l!l<IHJIIt'K o( :rrd wine pas ing ucross the bare boards of a wim·-drenched table and going down my burning fhroaL • • • '' J w aH fronwn, I waH paralyzed with fear. The ouly mo\·ement T made was to convey that never-ending JII'IJI'I'HKion of g'lfl!!f~CH to my lips. I was a poised and IIWtinnleHK rPN!ptaelc for all that quantity of wine. It l11y irwr't in my ft•!u·-inert stomach. • • • So aU that J f 11 litm 1·ri'W lool<cll on and marvelled at the infant )'lwuonwnon tlwt down win e \\'ith the sang-froid of an ill lfOIIIIIf OII . .\11d so • 1!11· • wltetfrer· ., 1·hild pas~wd on to. the dreadful after- in niarring." Ill atli . PRAGMATISM AGAIN I N •' The J,argr r· Asprcts of Socialism' ' William Bnglish Walling has rcv.i ved th e question, " \\' lint il,; 1.!1 c philosophy of Socialism ?" and inasIIIU ·II us h • has proJdcd out of theit· state of philosophic introsp ction a few of our worthy Dietzgeninn R, 1hr r·cby !Jr·ing i ng to th e· foreground the wcrrks of .fos!•plt Dirtx<•en , whi ch of lat e have lain unm ent iorH' U i11 th e Jilmtri rs of a few, to the great harm of th r So·inli.t moYr ment, he has done a praiseworthy thiitg. But when it comes to passing off a f'O illJ>OR it of Stirnr r-N ietzsehe-Ellen Key-.John Dt·wry philosophy a "The Larger Aspects of So!'inlism," h • hns r sny d n .thankless task. To quol!• 'Mnr·cus Hitch· one of the aroust•d Dietz'l'lliuns: nlmost ecms n if t.h book wer e an att empt ia li m the brilliant writers of the Jndiviuuali t- mll' hi t hool to whom proletarian lih•t·utur·c i, nn abomination . . . . " \ ~ w •r u t a war that the pragmatists had dL,tingui h •d them. el\'c in the Sociali t movement in nuy wny, not \ 'CD by howinu the u efuln«' of I h<'il' 1 hil ~ophy to th w rkin ~ c~a . . . . "No douht om of the ,~ ayin.,:- of th pra!!'luati ·t l'nnhl he interprt'l cd faYorably to oeiali m · no i onht ut-h wn not th int ntion of the pragmati t. ~ a phd opby of method "]t 1o l• ln im for . _ ARE WE A DEMOCRACY . W R.ITJNG in a recent issu of Reedy 's Mirror, Orrick Johns repeats the question : Ar we a democracy Y Is the constitution n hart t• of popular liberty or a private contract in favor of the owners 1 Old questions; and many ditodol writers always ask them .when subjects bee-om somewhat scarce. Her!') is what Mr. John Macy says in his hook, "The Spirit of American Literatur ": ''America is not a d emocracy; it is a vast bourgeoise.'' Of course, we radical Socialists have be n say ing this for y ears ; it is often consoling to have a •:onscrvative say you are right, though you wouldn 't want that to happtn too often. While Mr. ,Johns reaffirms his faith in American d emocracy he, :for 11 moment, nppears concerned over the abs~ncc of patriotism; but, h e waves it all aside with this: 1£ America w er e threatened with invasion, radical and pr·iyiJeged fop would stand together to defend it. True, but Mr.•Johns should remember t hat the real cn~mi es a re not invaders; they a re our b st citizens; they ar e in the hou ehold. 1t :iR our mission to s arch out our enemies f 1·om ·w ithin. 'J'hey arc mor dang rou_ than threatening out ider - granting there arc snc·h. ~oth ing is more stupid than the patl'ioti 111 tl1at . ay this is the best country because, a.s Abe.w put it, you happened to he horn in it. 'rhc tru patriot i one who is frank enough to admit biH (·otmtry has fault. ; that it bas no democracy, and who adds bv God. these eonditioils must chao e! �Tj},je tern Comrade The Lost By EDGCUMB PI 1 CHO E A Great Poet·of the Revolution OGCUMS P l'lliiCHO'N ls destined <to. ta'ke tais place wit!h t!le ·g..,.eat poets of t 1:re ...evo,utilln. Wre'No: h~ fl'tv~r t'O write .aDother liln e, t!he coneetio·n of e1_ght ,o f '"'• !8Dngs n~w in Ute hands cl T h e Wre-st~m Com'l'"a'dre for .exclu.siv.e publication, would ent'l•t le Him ·to 1rank w ith tihe very truest ln'ter;pre'te'MI in :sllng f tlf'e 'iJl'l tft 'Of revolution .a nd tlhe .a scenda·n t lbrothe"ri!ood •o f trr.tn· 'T o have brought P.lrte'ho·n '& ·s on'g'S beforre th~ cpubll-c I'S an achievement of which · Th e ·western Comrade i s more; tha·n proud. Yea·r s ago 'P inchon WNI't~ :song'S of a tilt• ferent ki nd-capitalist p.o.e ms. . Then came. the awakening ten years ago. He vowed nev~r to writ~ anoth~r line, For ten years h.e repressed the music in his soul. And then, like flood waters these new •s ongs burst from his Ups. As he himself p.uts it , " These songs are the result of ten years of repression." " The Lost $trlke" ha·s b~en sel~ted as the one to be given publication first. The others will follow, a collection of gems of . the pu re'St ray, for the Socialists of the g reat, inspiring West.-The Ed itors. T liE sll'il((• is lost '1 ·w L.- laugh at you, you. eon- sonu.' he<lds, blast ed so11w woman' ears with fou l CJiler·ors of a day ! abuse; ( lur uufPd IH·llit•s sllal<e with lau g ht er at you! But in .the hands of that whirh l!nides the univc r'Sl'So iiP r·iomd y you puff ami strut a nd prate of victor·y: . yolll· littl e i ll has wroug ht a mighty good. Your· lit tIt>· polit·l'lll<' ll with thl'ir tiny clubs, \\' e strnt k- a thousand mutinous ·laves; Yo i ll' pr·l'! t.v jingling Cossal'ks, n eat a nd trim , likt' \\'" ],1~e -a thousa nd "·arr·iors, p ledged to t he social IIU r·sl· r·y t o_vs, You!' s pitti11 g- ~laxin1s 011 th cil' polish ed motor-cat·s. Your puny pnndpr·<·r·s, hired i11 a hrothel, decked with shpr·i fl"s st nl'- li l'eused to hru e t heir- hands in wor·kf'r's' hlood . Y Ol H <·omi<·nl iujunetions, writs and ordinances, Your mimic l:onrts, yom· doll 's-house jail, Your clockwork press ticking off clockwor·k lies, Your' tr·icky sticks of dynamite, your planted bombs! - 'l'hcsc are ~'O ur gods. 'l'o whom you turn in time of Jwed ; to whom you pray, whom you adore! Fit gods nre they fo t· YOU! 1 T HE strike is lost . A lie! No strike is lo t, nor l'\ 'l'l' shall be! We \lou om· ehnins ngain-uncowed, and wait-and laugh. YUll and yt1uu· ]iH]e- god! . have do,ne ome ilf-broken war·--rapt in R social fait h- bt·oth cr s and sisters eo.111pact in holy solidnrity. THE strike is lost ? qu erors of a day! W c laugh n t you, you cott- Our unfe.!l bellies shake with laughter· at you I So set·iously you puff and st rut and prate of victory! Look fo n vard five-ten years! Your hour l1as come I <'all out your gods- a nd hid th em roll the tide of evolution back ! Ca ll out your gods-and bid them bind the stars! Call out your gods-and bid them with their tiny bludgeons hatter th e h eart from I.Jabor· 's mighty breast! Your hour has come! (ir at Labor laughs-and with one earele s, jo irtl sweep of his broad hand. hurls you and yotn• de'nl' gods-your litUe gods-into the noisome ·vfllt o£ Nature' . excreme·n t. �The We ,s tern Com rade WA TED: By EMA UEL JULI S 'D LIKE to vrite ~ tory aid .A.Ih rt h, I anticipate · you are F. cott, glancing up from a l etter commonplace. · he, a fooli h 'tom. n which had just been delivered. . they meet, and there is a .mu l1y en · th y talk ab ut ''A ni e tory T ' his wife a k d, goinll' through life together-he workln for ftnm and smilin!! at him. alory, lie helping him dofu hi typ writing and ... . . ''No; any kind of a tory Albert rolling his cigarette ; th:y marry are oon -Qh"""re >d answered, gravely. i' He tell me I ·may and lh::e h~appily ever after." say anything I care to Tha ' ' Notlling of the ort ' · h·e napped· ' ho' onld 1t•mpting, I must confess. It's not every mail thA you think 'me gvilty of n h a rim~ ' ),J·ings me an offer like this." '.Then he is mar.ri d · h meet her bopin t<l et In mock seriousness, he : aid : ... a.- tory; be, fall in lov with him. Then ·colll " While the editorial sun shines on you, it i wj e tartling clima:x-ye God l- I am di eov red! h, 1o 111ake hay and keep the pot a-boiling." knows I have a \VUe, and am father of a che -ild .' " Yes, my dea r, I would like to let t his dear editor he scfeams :· 'In spit of all your writin and fame I havr something, but t he trouble with me is that I 'm .you ' are a scoundrel and a deceiver, h. Ftluntl roy :ts dry as the Sahara desert. I really can't write and·t ·hatl)you I bate you! Go back to out wi'f ·and ~t Ol'.Y ; I haven 't an idea in my mind.'' writings· and_ write of the heart you have br~k n. "Oh, come," she laughed ; " it's not so serious as "Oh, . Albert, how you slander me ' . aid his wif >. that, fo r this story writing is a simple matter. Let us ."He. wasn lt ·married· at all-quite single· but sh - h sec if we can 't get something that will make a story. was m'a ,rried-so she co.uldn't have been d ceived; he .\ letter like t his isn't to be sneezed at." was the one who began the tli.ing in the fir t pla "Good!" exclaimed Albet·t, seating himself at th e "Well, what happened t " Albert asked quickly. tahl e and placing paper before him; "help me get a "Of course, they met-" story; and if it goes, I 'II divide t he spoils. " "To be sure, they met- there couldn t be a· t ry if " Very well; now then, what shall it beY" th ey didn't .meet. But what happened t That's what " What shall it be 1" Albert r epeated. I want to know." " Oh, I see; I 'm to do it all-,'.' with a bow ; " ,·ery "They met, and the foolish littl tory wTit r "·dl , I 'm willing to try." smoked a ciga'r ette in a perfectly insipi(l mann r . Fot· a full miniute she rema.ined in deep thought ; stared at him-well, she \Vas a ·fo.olish woman. It wn th en, het· face lighting up suddenly, she said, quickly: inevitable that .those tyvo fools should fall in lov '' Once upon a time there was a foolish little man, the wondet· would be if they didn 't. Well, he told h t• \r ho had a foolish vocation. This foolish, little man he loved her, and she let him kiss her; and as th ~ wrote foolish, little stories to help support his foolish , sipped wine in a cafe, they looked into each other's yc • li ttl e self and his foolish whims." and seemed to say: 'Ah, we belong to -each other ; 1 t '' I don't know what. you are driving at,'' Albert us rid ourselves of this pest of a husband. ' drawl ed, "but, I mu t confess, that's a pretty good "'fhings moved rapidly- they always do when t ' o lt·ad. I may use it.'' fools get together. · They met a few times, and talk d. "And," she continued, "this foolish·, little story a few hours, and soon convinced themselves that God writer had a fai~ly good· memory, a quick eye and a had made them for each other. As for her husband ; \\:ell-oiled typewriter, and managed, in quite a passahle bah \ 'rhey would leave-go to Paris- y;es, yes, gay mauner, to express other people's originalities-not a Paris--Ah, this foolish, little story writer would writ hnd word- originalities- you might use it. So, this ]oYe stories of Par.isian studio life; he would sur ly 11 fooli h, little story writer -succeeded in selling lots of much to the foolish editors- yes, it was aU very simpl . his foolish storie to editors whose business it was to "Ro, the day was set for the following Saturday; JH'int. foolishness in magazines that were r ead by thou- t1 is foolish writer of silly stories and this simp] ·and of foolish wom en. minded woman were to go off- to Paris. ' One folish woman wrote a letter to tliis uninter" But news-that is, gossip- travels fast-it got to P:ting story writer, and to her surprise, she r eceivied her husband- gossip always does. The world is full au an wer. It was a short, sweet note offering thanks of anonymous letter writ r , who ~ b lieve it their -H)f'-ftt'~r-'l}f'fttse--o~ r tril d-i eser · and8-JJW>nt:l6G-.n4J~~'-.a--.\ nd, a· he wa a silly woman· she wrote again. ' But, he wasn 't a foolish husband ; ther are With an impatient waYe. Albert· said: some sensible men in thi~ world. If he had been a , .'..· _I . :. n"' ay: ·a· �380 The We'stern Comrade foolish husband, he would have run for his revolver, going to be specific: l simply wish to tell you that and then, another newspaper story. But, he wasn't I have not tried to deceive you into running off with of the shooting kind. I said he was a sensible husband. my wife; I want you to know that I have warned you. ' "And, in addition, this husband remarked that he ' ' So, he found the foolish young writer of foolish wished the pair would have a pleasant journey; he stori~s in his apartment-the foolish writer even had all his trunks packed; he wa.s ready to go. That was quite hoped they wouldn't get sea sick, and that if it wasn 't a predicament foz· the husband of the foolish, little asking too much, would they kindly send him a few woznan; but he sm iled-he had a sense of humor- p icture posta-l cal'ds when they got on the other side '! " 'I'Ye been saving European postals for years,' he like all sensible husbands. So, he shook hands with the foolish literary fellow and wished him a pleasa:nt remark('d: 'they ' are so much better than ours.' " 'And,' this husband said, 'you will undel'stand trip. · tl1at from this day I look upon you as my best friend: "lfe told the writer of silly stories that he had long you are going to do me a gl'eat service. It shows that her·n hopin g to get rid of his wife. -' i 've been wanting some persons are willing to do their fello\v-man a fa \'or .a n exr•usl' for a divorce action, but l 've ne:ver had luck once in a while.' ('notz~h to have her do something-! _always was ";L'bat husband shook• hands with that silly writer llllltll:ky.' '' 'l'his w.as stmngc, and it upset the foolish young of fool·ish stories, and left him. The foolish stol'y writer \\Tilr>r. But, the husband of the foolish, little woman - smoked another cigarette, bit his lips until they lJied \rasn't finished. Ife had more to say. 'I only want you and then wrote a note to the foolish, little womJm, t ell1o grant mP a favoz·,' the husband .said; 'will you he ing her that he regretted he couldn't make the tz·ip. · ' 'Il<'r story at an end, !>he asked: l;ind enough to allow me the use of your name· as ''Don't you think that ought to make good fir·(·urz·pspondl-'nt I wouldn't care to do it unless I got tion ~" ~· our permission.' Albert shook his head and said: "And tu thifl, hP added:· "~o, you arc too late; that story has already been " ' I wish you all the luck in the world, my dear sir; hut no man can say I ever played him a mean trick, written. '' "By whom 1" so, to elea z· my conscience, I have decided to come to you and honestly wam you of your danger. 1- am not · "By that foolish writer of foolish stories. " Names That Do-n't Apply T H E ski lled wol'l{crs, who call the unskilled" anarc histic" and th e unskilled workers, who call the skilled ''capitalistic,' ' unit e in calling the or·ganizations of womeu '' boul'gcois. '' They judge them as t hey judge each 'Other- from th~ ir own point of view, havin g in mind their own conditions and problems and not t hose of t he wo.men. The skilled workers· who know that theiz· method of fighting must he diffcr·rnt fz·om t hat of th e unsldll ed, and Yice Ycr·sa. the unsl<ill cd, who know th ey must fight in a wny different from t he way of th e skill ed, can not conceive of th e sa me thin g applying to women; thnt their· economi c posit ion, social position and political position hr ing- clifft>rrrft fr·o1i1 t hat of the mass of wot"l;pz·s. thL• psyc·hology \\·ith which t hey haYe to deal heing dilfl•r·ent, tht>y lllUst, th erefore, orga~ize cliffcl'cntly and fig ht differently, heiug none the less geuu- ----1-~i~.,.-~~illUn~illi--------------------- But I am inclined to be optimistic and so believe as surely as I believe t hat the cat will come home again that before th e crack of doom, the workers will come to •see that women are no more ' ' bourgeois'' because in their conventions th ey do not wear out a couple of sets of Roberts' Rules of Order· or violently thl'ow out a few delegates than the skilled workers a z·c "capitalistic" because thry keep agreements with employers or the unski ll ed are'' anal'chistic ''because th ey don 't. ln elif1!-bing the Alps one needs an Alpine staff. in traYersing th e Sahara, a good supply of water, a nd in wadin g through the eve rgl ades, a preventive !'or malaria. He who went into the desert or up into I he mounta ins loaded wit h quinine or into the e,·crg-lad(•s "·it h hra "Y \\·atcr hottlcs strapped to his back \\' Otdd jw;t ly lw seoffed at as a fool ish one. "Sa he ?.. ~. ~' --- -----------------------------1- �T h .e W e s t e r n C o m r a d e 381 THE MERRY GO 'ROUND 'ByC.M.W. 1914 ·NURSER-Y JINGLES Little Bo Peep Has lost ·her sheep, And don't know where to find them. Poor little Bo, She doesn't know ! That Armour's gone and canned ., them ! . ZOOLOGICAL ECONOMICS ('apitalist Worm to Proletarian ;~g to picK: the· leaves now to pay \\' urnt : .. H ere's a nice comfortable the rent on· the hole that I dug 1" hule I 'll 1·ent you for ten leaves a Capitalist )Vorn:t· "You are." day. payable in a<.hanee..'' , Prolet'arian Worm: "I, don't sec ...... l'ruletarian \\' orm: "Say, :who how you worked it !'' d11!{ that hole?" Capitalist Worm: "S up erior ( 'apitalist Worm: · "You did." I brains, old chap, superior brains! l't·oletarian Worm: "\Yho 's go- Th at's alL" I I THE TIK TOK ARMY a d n ortisement tells us that tlil're a re Ingersoll watches in th e po..J\ets of 32,000 Americans. And yet some say there arc no ,.]asses. .\ 11 .. THREE CHEERS All in one day a· woman, thirtyfive years of . age killed herself because she could · find no worl{, Califo rnia broke . into the Social Hegist er, a bunch of gamblers were libera t ed on $10 bail bonds eac~, a poor bum of a vag was given ninety days, a rich auto speeder -w~s apolo· ge t'1call y giVen a fi ne of $10, an d tl1e pres1'd en t of a Ch am ber of com· d' t d th. t ··t · merce pre 1c e a prospert y was back among us. Who DARES critiCJse capitalism? I GOTHAMISTIC CULTURE . :llayor· Mrtchell announced that . r . ,, :--;,.,,., , York C1ty had been cleaned . . · but w1thm twenty-four hours up, . 1'1\'a I gangs of gunmen had c las~ed iu a saloon with two fatalities. - \" ews Item. If a body meet a body PICKI~G ON ASTOR Load in ' up wi' rye Vincent Astor, our richest 'oung lf a body bean a body man, has declined the invitation of N eel'!. it worry you or I? Upton Sinclair to espouse the cause of Socialism and dig up his coin ·to RELIGION A LA CARTE aid in pushing the propaganda of "Unto him that hat h shall be revolution. About the only comment gin.>n. "--Sermon text for Highbrow needed is th e obvious remark that pulpiteer. for a lad of his y ears Vince shows '' lt shall be easier for a camel to a whol e lot more sense th:an Uppy, pass through the eye of a n eedle who, as John Spargo says, seerris to than for a rich man · to enter the have his Socialism considerably ki ngdom of heaven. "-Sermon t ext mixed with his fiction. Consid erably fo r Lowbrow pulpiteer. "' is putting it mildly, at that. ·' Suffer littl e children to come unto me. "-Ser·mon text for AlaSays a newspaper headline: " ..TATT1 ·frRUST LAW VIOLAha ma pul piteer. ' ·Solomon ·in all his glory was not 'l'ORS," SAYS WILSON. " <IITayed lik e one of these."- Sermon And yet we arc told that newslt-.x t fo r Fifth avenue (New .York) papers are printed for the purpose of publishipg NEWS! yu lpiteer. Little Jack Horner Grabb.e d off a corner Jn oats and wheat and rye. He stuck 'round awhile And clean ed up a pile OffofsheepsuchasyouandL I Old l\Iotber Hubbard. Went to the cupboard To get for herself an eggBut when she got there The cupboard was bare. Poetic license h ere allows the . plain statement that the egg was at that moment m the Histo.rical l\fuseum. ELASTICITY ! A railroad train hit a rotten raif and went into the ditch. Half a hundred p ersons were killed. Tire trust that sold the rail knew .it was rotten. The railroad that bought the rail knew it was :r:otten. On Sunday the trust magnate and the railroad magnate sat side by side' in th eir beautiful church. · · "Praise God from whom . ~ll blessings flow," they sang in unison. MARY JANE A Wisconsin legislative commission has discovered, so it is r eported, that girls in what. is called ''domestic service" form a 1pajor percentage of those wlto fall into ways that are evil. l r-regular hours of work and the lack of normal opportunities for pleasu r·c are given as the causes. Hcl?ular hours for those engaged in housework are r ecommended. Depal'tment store owners will receive this hit of news with great glee, it is likely. �The Western Comrade WHEN REVOLUTIONISTS MEET An interview that should forever ly, turning to l\Ir . ~lacy, ''you;. of the home, of th'e parents, of the ! workers, are so intolerable. " "Of both, for you are one. She "Certainly, certainly, that is true. is the creator of a soul, but you had But we must educate children so the soul to be created." Then she that they will know how to free murmured to :t!fiss Geprge ·and l\1iss themselves and others from bondage. George translated: "She i~ using an And the first thing is to bring our Italian word .,vhich cannq( be ren- children under the care of worthy dered in E_ngl4sa. It is' a·combina- teachers. You and Mrs. Macy symtion _of 'precious' and 'tender.''.' . bolize such education, the education "i have followed you.~; career for of the future, the development of a year};. Professor Fer'r.e ri told, me soul by the union of aJ?. inspiring much obout you. Do you r.emecitber teacher and the child whose soul has him " Professor Ferreri is an -grown freely with such stimuli as it Italian teacher.of the deaf who some needs and without the stimuli thnt 1 years ago read a fe\V stanzas of debase and hinder growth.'' Dante with Mis8 KeUet•. , "When you think of the appalll\'fiss Keller's face lighte'd. "Oh, ing conditions," said Miss Keller, yes, I remember hiim. "under which people live, it some" Dottoressa," a~ked Miss George, times seems a miracle that the chil"don't you want to ' t en · her some- dren grow up at all to intelligence thing about the children in the house and decency." of childhood?" There was a moment 's pause, dur"Tell her this," answered Dr. ing which everyone seemed to be Montessori," that my children under- thinking of the enormous mountains stand her; they know the triumph of to be moved. Then Montessori said: the soul over difficulties. But the "The Queen Margherita is much inchildren of the future, the men of the terested in you. " future, will understand her even bet~ "I have heard that she is a sweet t er than men do now, for they will and noble -woman." he liberated and will know how the "I~deed she is." spir·it can prevail over the senses.'' ''And they tell me the King, too, "You," said Miss Keller, "are is a good man. All the same we fighting for the freedom of children. must get rid of all kings." • Mrs. Macy laughingly explained We are fighting for the freedom of the parents, for the industrial r evo- that Miss Keller was an uncomprolution. '' mising revolutionist and naturally "But it is all one," said the Dot- opposed t ohaving such officials as toressa. "The complete revolution is kings. The inter view proceeds, with external aud internal, too. " Dr. Montessori speaking: ''How wide and far-reaching and ''Because of you the. world has a many-sided," exclaimed Miss Keller, greater sense t han ever of the possi" is the Montessori system! " bilities of the soul." " I began," explained Dr. MontesMiss Keller pressed the Italian sori, "as a sympathizer with politcial woman 's hand, and . said simply: revolutionists of all kinds. Then I "Blindness and d eafness have th eir came .to feel that it is the liberation compensations if there is someone to of t hi's, what we han in our hearts, help. I cannot begin to tell you what that is the b.11ginningi and end of my teacher's coming meant to me. revolution. " • She was almost blind herself. Sh e " ut .D-t.each me amid s ·. "we never can have t he Montcsso:i roundings . Her eyes did not permi t system or any other good system 0£· her to read. She knew almost n{)t Jr. education so long as the cond it ~ons 1 ing of educational theory and ps~;- hHc a place in some special niche should have said that o£ her. " in thf' re:volutionists' hall of mein:ori es took place just a sh~rt time ago in :\c·w York . Helen Keller there nrl't Dr·. l\Iar-ia ::\'Iontessori, the famous lt!llian educator. ,Neither c·ould speak th e language of the ot hr·r. hut I h err~ wer·c friendly souls to tntns late. Miss Annie .E. George, IH·ad of the ::\f ontessori schools in \\' ashington. translated from Italian into English the w rds repeated into l\liss Keller's hands by Mrs. John ::\Int·y, her· teacher. Thr· stor,v of' th e interview is told I>~· t ht• ~ PW Yol'l< eorr·espondent of · lhl' Boston Herald: l>r·. :\foul essori f'lll braced 1Vf rs. :\lar·.v and 1\liss Keller and there was l i r·onfuscd gr·cf'ting in Italian and Eu~lish. "Say to lrer," said the Dottoressa, Miss George, "that I am too much lllO\'f'd to express what I feel." )[iss Keller stood with her hands ou Dr·. Montessori 's shoulder·s. Then she said distinctly: "Blessed are the feet of her who comes across the sea with a message of liberty to the children of America." '' How c·Jearly she speaks, and her facP is lighted with her soul." "I am glad," said Miss Keller, " that your· lecture last night was so successful ; they say the' hall was erowded. '' "Not all 'the thousands," r·eplied Dr·. Montessori, "mean one-tenth as much to me as this meeting. " ''I myself am a · product of the Montessori method," and her hand squght th e lips of Mrs. Macy, who smil ed and nodded emphatica.lly. "Does she know," asked Dr. l\'[ontcssol'i, "tha t I have written a dedieation to her for my new book?" " Rhe knows t hat you have dedientC'd the book to her, but she does not know what you have written." - - - -';_,',l-Ila¥ ai' &' .eaJ,.\ned hom you as pupil learns fror.i1 mast('r'. '' · "Rut," r eplied l\fiss Keller quic.k1o I J �The Western Comra d e ~: hology, but taught me, as we say, ont ofher own ea : Dr. Montessori was studying Miss Keller 's face. "In spite of all you say, :\[rs. Macy, all your explanations of how she was taught, I do not see how her spirit has such vision. She st'ems like a special revelation of sorry that-..you had io come to this hotel to see m . \\ hen I first camEf to America I felt that I must rush to you to render homage.'' . . '.' I hope, " said M:iiss Keller, "that the next time I see y ou I shall be able to speak with you in Italian-at Rome:'' Aagelet -Citizeri .1 A ·Labor paper that never backs down, a Labor pap·e r that a:lways goes . ahead ON THE . STRAIGHT ROAD! The Citizen is known from Coast to Coast. as the best trade union pap er the · nation .has. The Citizen brings to you each week an average (:od ~" of more than 12 p·ages of news and " EYery child," said Miss Keller, WHAT THEY ARE SAY I NG A.BOUT US inspiration and education . concern- , ' ·"Keep up the good work. · Enclose'd · ·l'an be a special renlation of God, find check fqr ·one·year's. subs-crlptton. to i.t;tg organized labor. il' he is tought properly and is The Western Comrade."-E. Scates, . E.dited'by STAt4LEY B. WILS()N nllo \\'ed to_ live under right condi- Oceanside, Calif. The Citizen is eclited by 'Stanley B. t ions. " .. . • •'' Wilson, one of the nation's Big Men Eieanor We~tworth's article_!I.-Qn Fern- of Labor! His . editorials . are as " Helen," said l\Irs. Macy, "was a . lnlsm are amazmg. They should be read 'd 1 · · d ll h ,.,.,·olutionist before I was. 'l'wo or b d . WI e Y COJ:!le .a ove~ t e country as 1 beIreve Y every man an woman. t~e . are tlie editorials of any other Labor t iJ t'eP ·yeaTs before . I car ed for them, would make a ·splendid book"fi g hter t od ay. Tha t 1s · th e sure t est . · articles . . · ~dH· ha tl all these Ideas. You sec, I ~IIIIan Pelee, San Gabriel, Cal. . of quality. Others know that what •·oulu haYe mold ed her in my own . Wilson writes is THE REAL likPJH'SS, I could have matle her a - " I sincerely wish you ·a bl'ight . fianrmd THIN(i! There 's an inspirati n a prosperous new ·year .Enclosed b dth f · · th 't' · f •·opv of myself. But I left her free h k t 0 j I e-njoyed your this ~ rea o view m e wrt mgs o · . ,, c ec cover renewa · man seldom found in the work to t hmk. remarks on the Metropolitan Magazine.". ,o·f ed'1tor1a · 1 wri'ters. In no oth er pa" That is it. Liberty to think." So writes Wm. H . Barker, Berl!:el-ey, Cal. per can you get the WILSON EDI. · Did it ever occur to you, Dr. MonTORJALS! · Subscribe to The Citizen Here's what Al!red Huetner~ ·of the d · t Psso t·i," asked Mrs. Macy, "that the to ay! University of South Dakota, says about Th c·t· sa lllf' icleas spr1'ng up 1 ' n many parts The W-estern Comrade: "Let • e 1 tzen Wl'11 come to you f or a me. say of' t he world at about the same time Y. dollar. yearWrap52a big bill issues-for in a sheet one of that The Western Comrade is the best of whole I did not know of your work nor you Its kind the Socialist movement bas ever paper and mail it. Get a money orol' min e. What is it 1 Is it the spirit had. To say It is good, Is not sufficient; 'd&r if you prefer, or send a check. It of t he age manifest here and t here in it is classic. I wish you success and as all goes. BUT DO IT · N0W 1 The long as you keep your magazine In such Citizen, P. 0. Box 135, Los Angeles, on(' and another individual ''' · shape, you will have my ardent support." Cal. · "It is all in what we want, " said :\I iss Keller. "We ought to wailt I J. Holl-er, Gilroy, Cal., writes ~s folIIIOJ't', for what we want we get , if lows : "Allow me to congratulate you on . ME AND WOODROW ll'e want it hard enough. For ev- your manly declaration in The Western President Wilson seems to have Comrade 'About the Destructionlsts.' ample, women want the vote, men Yours Is the only logical and, from an or- the idea that the governiQ.ent is wise \ri!.nt better conditions of labor, and ganlaztlon point of view, the only correct enough toprovide paternal guidance c-hildren want more · freedom. And stand to take." for the railroads in their financial remembe~, what we really want . we - . meanderings, but that it lacks that get. , In part, an editorial In "The Laborer," indefinable something necessary to . published at Dallas, Texas, says : . . '' You will come to see our schools ..0 ut at T-4VS ~ Ange1es tb ere 1s a pa1r ot - provide the same wise management . i11 Rome some time'" clever young fellows. They prepare copy m the event of gover·nment owner' ' Oui je feraii cela . avec grand for three good publications. The Cltlzen,j ship of the roads.. In other words, the official organ of the Los, Angeles la- Uncle Sam is a fine stepfather, but it plaisir, " · replied Miss Keller. " Oh, she is speaking French." bor unions; The Social-Democrat, the of-· wouldn't do to remove the step. I " ,, I k . . ficial organ of the Socialist Party of Call- h t . d bl t · · ·· ~ es, spea It a 11ttle, not very fornla, and the W-estern Comrade, a: av~ r1e . no y o suppress ~y o~n · well." cracking ·good Sociallst monthly maga- feelmgs m the matter, but I can t " But you are tired, " said Mrs. zlne. These boys are Chester M. Wright do it any longer. The end· of my :\[aey. and Emanuel Julius. They have a wide suppressing ability is at hand. I " No , no, only too much moved to and enviable reputation ln Socialist jour- herewith announce in this brazen and nallsm." bl' th t I a· .h Jsagree VI-It say _a ll I wou 1d. I have known of Listen to Wm.' McDeVItt, 1350 Fillmore pu lC ~anner a you for years. This summer, when I st;eet, San Francisco, ~a!.: "I enclose the President. I don 't like that sort came closer to you through Mr. you check for a bundle of ten copies of of r elationship. grea pr1v1 ege, an "¥he · ern-eamrntllrfo .· -. . when you sent me your picture it .l hope you will be able to keep the maga- That favorite friend of yours would . zlne up to Its best standard and to make like to read The Western Comrade. was one of the happiest nioinents of it a permanent factor in Its field In this Send him this copy and tell blm to subm~· life. And now I meet you. I am section." · scribe. l I �, 384 The Western .Comr .a de WHY MARY LEFT HOME PA_r-R'-..A"""G:;;oR.-,·AmPm HIPO S,....--"1'\l>Tl;<;'Tr;~By Allan L . Benson ing and illuminating p~ragr~phs pub""~ h' b h d should be m ade lished in a.I!Y Socialist journal are Entered · as second - class matte r at the »as mg Y an · . . . · "Things That Make You Think," by J . L. post office a t Los Angeles, Cal. a misdemeanor. The hand-1ronmg. of Hicks, published i.n T he Laborer. Nat L. Chester M. Wri ght and Emanuel -J-u lius, fl t , 1 should be made a misde- Hardy, e~itor, and Winnie, Fourakera ''or { . Hardy, editor of the woman s page, are Owners and Editors meanor. In each case the husband also among the best writers in _the So203 New High Street, P. 0. Box 135 f th 0 ffe nder herself should he 'Cialist movemen~. The ·subscription price Los Angeles, Cal. O e . of The Laborer ts only fifty cents a year punished. H e should b.e pumshed and . it Is ·a big four-page- weekly. You Subscription Price One Dollar a Year t as a C riminal but as a danger- should take it. DO ' · THE LABORER Associate Ed itor& ous heap of stupidi:ty-da:qgerous to 1704 ~omme rce Street, Dallas Texas Eleanor Wentworth Stanley B. Wilson his wife. in p~rticula1•, .aanger.ous to Fred C. Wheele r Rob Wagner · · Subscribe for a real Socialist paper Charles _!_r:~~ __ _ society in g eneral; because p~wer THE COLORADO WORKER Vol. 1 March, 1914 No. 11 hmntlry ma.c. hinery is ·not SO 'expenOwned and controlled by the membership sive .that p eople· in 9r'dinary circum- of the Socialis·t Party of Colorado ; 60c The California· stan ~ rs cann~ t -afford to buy it, a year, 35c 6 months. 850 Kalamath St., Denver, Colo. ·· Social- ·Democrat ,\'lwreas washing by hand is Sd hard Now 75 r·l'nt s a vear· to Socialist that no woman shouid do it. It A WORLD REV IEW OF SOC IALIS'f' pa1·t y rn emh<'rs! One ·dollar a year mak es no differ en ce who th e woman By the best writers in Europe and to non -m pm he rs. Th e h <'st . Socia list is, whether· s h e is a )10usewi fe or a Ame1·ica will be found in the NEW papr1· \\'C have. REVI EW, which deals in an authoritaTh e Hocial-Dcmo('rat is · a paper sr rvant, wasi 1 i~g is t oo h_aM for h er. tive way with all phases of Socialismfor agitation, but education. $1 per with a wa llop - a papct· that In the winte r, it invites pneumonia. not year. 50c six months. Sample copy, l Oc. BlJILI>S! lt 's just th e sor-t of con- .\ t all times of t h e yea\ it is drudg- The NEW REVIEW, 150 Nassau Street, Rti·ueti,·c·, fighting Socialist paper e r y. And if bending . OYe t; a ·wash- New York. th at 1h<' (•o nsfm!'fin~ movement of houcl w ere n ot a c rim e against a t h(• g r<'at \\' rs t n eeds. THE INTERMO UNTAIN WORKER Sp<•eia l articles on tim ely subjects woman 's hody, the fact that it is a Publish ed weekly. Murray E. King, t'at'h wee k mak e thr Social -D emoc rat c rime against h er· ri g ht to lJe ha ppy editor. One dollar per year in adavnce. :1 papc1· look ed for wit h cag<' I'u css would b e enough to c.o ndenm it. Address communications to room 234 l1y PV<· r·y subsci·ibe 1·. Editoi·ials that Hand-washing can lleYCI' he any- Moose Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. , Jr·in· to t h e poi n t give the pape r a thing hut a drudger~' · A (lrudgc can THE 'PARTY BUILDER figh t ing tone that is a joy to the liPa r i of th e vete rans a nd an inspim- n<•\'L'l' lH' happy. :'\'ecessa ry dntd g- . Is the official National bulletin of the rr·y m u st h e endured , hut the Socialist Party. Published weekly. iiOc tio n to t he ll<'W-<·OIII<' rs. · per year, 25c for 40 weeks. Address A s pecia l dr>pa r·tniPilt hy Chcst.ct· dt't lll~PI'Y of the washboard is nonce- Socialist Party, 111 North Market street, l\I. Wright, t he L•ditor, is rml' of the <'SSa ry. ... No man worth his sa It .;.r.;.h .:.;.:.ic;;;;a;.:g::.;;o;.:.·..;l.:.: ll.:.. . ----------s na p py featurl'S of t he Soeial-Dcmo- wo uld spe nd a seYenth of his time at "It's in the Mountains" f•rat. I n I h is d e pa r tment t he big doTHE B. C. FEDERATION IST i n gs of t he wor·l<.l pass in r cvirw ea ch a 1nb. H washing w er e suddenly week T hei·c's a spicy sla m-hang to put up to m<' n there would h e a Finest labor paper in Canada. R. Parm this d epartment t hat you 'II app r·e- greater· d e mand for laundry ma<;hin- Pettipiece, managing editor. Address eiatc. <·ry t ha n th e re is for antomobiles. Labor Temple, Vancouver, B. C. " Great, " Is What They All Sa.y! Tn fad , a gn~at many gentlemen who Read Com rad es w ho know newspapers, arc now thinl<ing of ~uy ing ~utomo- 1 THE COMING NATION <'Ollll'ades w ho know t he Socia list biles would buy thetr waslnng ma 50 Cents a Year monmcnt a nd its n eeds, a ll join i~ <~hitl('S first. Cost wou ld not matter . lll'a ising t h e Socia l-Democr at. Among Two fn cts would fill t h e eye. On <' Published at 5445 S. Drexel A,·e. those w ho t estify to the hig h q u a lity Chicago~ Ill. .a n d C' ha rncte r of t he Social-D emoc rat fad would he th e houihl e w ashRI'C . National Executive S ecr etary board would . go. Th e gentl emen HOW DID BUTTE WIN IN L a u fet·sie k , fo r·mer Congressman Vi~- would look on w hile electricity · or 1911? to r L . Be r ger, om· own ,T. Stitt Wil- some ot her form of power did the HOW DID BU.T TE REPEl\T son. t he ind efat igab le Job Haniman a rul ma ny oth er s. wol'lc A ucl a y ear or· two latt•I·, th ey IN 1913? ... wou.ld di!'H'oYCr that .th e ma chiner y HERE'S THE ANSWER'. Six Bits Gets It for You! ha.d actually cost t h em nothing, be- Where ? Wh y, in every issue of the l\fa il v, OU I' "nhsc ri j)tion fo r t his pa- cause it h ad ))aid fot· itself. Montana s oc1a · I'IS t . wh'1ch 1s· an exact du ]W I' today. ] t is own ed and conplica te of THE BUTTE SOCIALIST, the ti·ollf'cl hy t he ~o c ia l ist pt'i i·ty of CaliTlti is ·•not m e1·e flapdoodle. I propaganda sheet that has gone into fo l'lli a. A lr 1te r ad<h essed to The know w hat I am talldn g about. 1 every home and every room in everY ------~~~i~~~~~~:~~~~~~r4~~~Tr.~<T~~~~~~~~~IJPI1:~~·edgffi teu · ~e-~ · ~~~~ ' <1', , o. , J S least twice monthly for three years. A ngeles, Ca l. , w ill reach it p romptly . One year, weekly, in advance, $1. ·:\rAifJ YOU R. SUBSC RIP~rlON TOrHE MONTANA SOCIALIST j)AY - and say you saw t h e ad in Butte, Montana T he W este1·n C'onH·aclc ! A Constructive Socialist Magazine Published Monthly �The Western Com r ade Telepb:OJJe Home ..&-4333 AARR&MAN, Rv&K AN & TUliTLE Attumeys at Law 921 B iggillSI BuildJng IA!Js• Ang.e les, Cllll. Br?adway 1592 A. F-1592 R. HOLSTON· Attorney at Law 331-2 Douglas Buildi ng Los Angeles, Cal. CHARLES 0 . MORGAN Attorney a nd Cou nselor a t Law and Nota ry Pu blic . H!lO California Building, Corner Second a nd Broadwa y Horn e Phone A 3913 Los Angele!l, Cal. ~fai n 7618 F-2164 CHAIM SHAPIRO Attorney at Law 232-3 Douglas Bldg., 3rd a nd Spring Los Angeles, Cal. :\uta ry Phone Douglas 3565 H. SLIKERMAN Attorney at Law Pacific Building, Room 631 San Francisco, Cal. C'orn pllments of JAMES R. TOWNSEND Suite 712, San Fernando Building Fourth and Main Streets :t-os Angeles, Cal. Horn e A 2003 Main 619 A . J. STEVENS Dentist Room 26 307 South Broadway Los Angeles, Cal. CENTRAL PARK _DENTISTS · Henry M. Silverberg, D. D. S. Cor. Fifth arrd Hill Sts. Los Angeles, Cal. a a o:ng en gener ' 10 my mind, I told my wife hat women -w e idiot I told.' her th t they 'i were doing their ho e-work aimo t . a tb y had do.ne it for a thou and year . I told. her that every hou ef- - - - - - - - - - - - - - hould b a factory. I said that ele t ric motor should wash, ing and JOSHUA E. YOUTZ iron lothes wa h a~·d dry dis.be Insurance clean floors run sewing .machine and turn ice-cream freezer : I made a fine a bluff as I knew how, and - - - - - - - - - - - - - 10ill after it was all ov!:lr I (;.ept over· to Phone N w J ersey and a ·ked· Edisop '..' bat ED. WINFIELD he t hought ab9u it. H e aid I . wa Halftone Photo Engraver and Zinc Etcher riaht; that he .could n :\'er under- · Color Engravings stand why women had been content ~ecord Building, 612 Wall St. to d rudge along in the same old'way, while machinery· was ·tappillg on A COMRADE DENTIST their shoulders begging for an oppor- Dr. Henry M. Silverberg, who contunity to do the,i r work. .Si:uce that ducts the Central Park D nti ts, LQ An eles, shows his kindly f lin totime electricity has done our laundry wards The W estern Comrad by con work, washed ·and ·dr'ied our dishes, tinuing his half-page advertts ment on the front cover of this Issue. Show your cleaned the floors, turned the sewing appreciation by having your dental work machine, and performed a few other done at this comrade's place. H glv s ·a five per cent discount on all d ntal odd jobs. work to those who mention Th W stBEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING ern Comrade, said five per cent going to the campaign fund of the SoclaU t Party. \Ye are in the beginning· of the Don't fail to go to omrade Sllv rberg's greatest change that humanity has office when you want those teeth fix d. ever undergone. There is rio shock, no epoch-making incident-but tlien · NOTICE TO READERS · 1 k t 1 d d W. Hunter . and Company, who s ell tl tere IS no s IOC a a c ou Y ay- men's clothing, have moved to 540 South hrcak At no point can we say, Spring street, Los Angeles. R adera of " -.:I · 1 t · The Western Comrade know that Hun r ere It commences, now i as mm- ter Is a staunch friend of Labor and that ute was night and this is morning." he always shows, in a practical manner, But insensibly we are in the day. If where he stands on ·ma tters pertaining • to the working class. Everything In we care to look, we can foresee grow- Hunter's store bears the union labeling knowledge growing ord.e r· and remember that. And, above all, the '. . goods are sold by members of the · Hepresently a deliberate Improvement fall Clerks' Union. Comrades, pp.tronlze of the bl~od and character of the your friends- always. Don't get your clothing at some Labor hater's place. Go race. And what we can see and im- to a business man who respects the rights of Labor, who demonstrates his agine gives us faith. friendly feeling for Organized Labor and It is possible to believ.e that all who never falls to give material support the past is but the beginning of a to the Labor and Socialist press or ~~nnin~a~~~~lili~ised Southern California. has been is but the twilight of the dawn. It is possible to believe that .all that the human mind has ever accomplished is but the dream before the awllkening. Vve cannot see, th er e is no need for·.,.us to sec, what this world will be like when th e day has Re new your subscrlptJon promptly. It rade. The magazine is fighting . your twili ght. But it is out of our race battles in a manly manner. Do the right thing. Boost the magazine. Subscribe and lineage that minds will spring tllat r each . back to us in our for T oo Western Comrade. be taken from the mailing list. T he \Vestern Comrade deserves your contlnued frie ndship, 8 0 come a cross with . that renewal. Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted DR. J. A. KIEFERLE Optometrist Room 29, 4521h So. Broadway Los Angeles, Cal. ,. KIRK &. KIRK Attorney• at Law 501 Spreckels Theater Building San Diego, Calif. Get wm �The Wes t ern Co mr a d e 386- LABOR'S UNIVERSITY . forward fearlessly to comprehend ed. Knin the ,, d world today. d this future that defeat our eye . OWie ge meanS pOWer &n pOW. bEitt •t All thi world i heaYy with the er means .a . er SOOle y. We Have a High G r ade L i ne of Full Dresa, T uxedo a n d P rin ce A lberta For Ren t ...nd F or Sal e at Reaaon able Rates oneida B l dg., s utta 28 319 s. spring s t. Loa A n geles, ca t. • -Knowledge m the heads of the promise of greater tlung and a day workers means. 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THE TEIYU»tE OF GOLD By Rabindranath Tagore Capitalism .and Laborer--Spar go........ .45 Class Str ugg le-Kautsky ...................... .45 Common Sense of Socia llam-Spargo .75 Crit ique of. Polit ical Economy- Marx .75 Eth ics and Materia l . Conceptio n of H istory-Kautsky ............ :................. .45 Evolution, Social and Organlc-L"ewls ... ..45 F rom the Bottom Up-I rv ine .............. 1.50 ~~~r~~~h M;~:i1;hb~·.=ai~"t~i;1~;:J:::: :~~ "Sire,'' announced the servant to God's Children- AUma n ........................ l P roblems-Richards o n........ th e King; '~ th e· saint NOlrottam never Industria Land ma r ks of Scientific Socia lismd eigns to step into your t emple. He Engeis ............................'........................ is singing to God's. praise· undei' the Look ing Forward-Rappaport ............ Love's Com ing of Age-Carpenter...... trees by the open road.. The t em ple Magyar, The-I r vine (F iction ) ............ Mak ing of The Wor ld-Meyer............ is empty of all wot·sh ipers. Tlwy Materialist Conception of HiatoryLab r iol a ................................................ tlock round him like bees round Memoirs of Karl Marx- Liebknecht.. the flagrant wh ite lotus, leaving th e Out of the Dump-Marcy (Fiction ) .... Pos it ive Outcome of Philosophygolden jar of hon ey unheeded.'' - Dietzgen ............................................ . Th e King, vexed ·at hear t , went to Poverty of Philosophy-Marx.............. the spot wher e Narottam sat on the Perfecting the Earth- Woolbridge.... Scientific Socialism-Vail grass. Jle nsked him, "Father, why Principles Puritanism- Me:ily .................................. lea\'f' my trmple of the golden domr, Record ing Angei- Bronholtz (Fiction ) at Large- Beals (Fiction)........ and sit on the dust outside to preach Rebel Revolution and Counter· Revolution God 's love?" ---,Ma rx .................................................. Revolutionary Easays -Bur rowea ...... ''J3ecausc God is not t here in your_ Republic, The-Anderson .................,.. temple," said Nar ottam. Socialization of Humanity-Frankli n Socialism for Students-Cohen............ 'l'he King frowned and said, ''Do Socialism and Philosophy-Lab riola.. you k now twenty millions of gold Socialism, Positive and Negative-• vel of LaMonte .... ........................................... have been spent on t hat mar Socialism and Succeas-Ghent.............. ar t, and the temple was dilly conse- Socialism, Ita Growth and OutcomeMorri s and Bax.................................... crated to God wit h costly r it es 1,' Socialism a nd Modern Science-Ferri "Yes, I know, " answer ed Uarot- Socialists, Who They Are-Spargo.... tam . " It was the d r ead year w hen Social Revolution-Kautaky.................. . I 226 West First St., Los Angeles,_ C~l. JI cadquarte:s for the best Sociahst hooks and htcrature. 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And God said, 'The and with t he purpose of ext ending poor cr eature who can give n<;> shelthis industria l or ganization until by ter to his brothers would aspire to its power t he p resent system has build my house!' Thus he took his hccn abolished. 812_814 San P edro Sheet place with th e shelterless under the Los Angeles. CaL . trees by t he road . 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Savings Accounts in this bank are,. by law, free and exempt from city, county or state taxes. SEVURITYTRUST &SA.VIN&sBAN"K Oldest and Largest Savings Bank in the Southu1est SECURITY BUILDING EQUITABLE BRANCH Fifth and Spring First and Spring � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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' First of a Great Series on FEMINISM and SOCIALISM By Eleanor Wentworth The Thinker Drawn by Charlea Tracy, ·; �326 The Western Comrade If .Your Teeth Are Aching; If Yo~r ·T eeth Are Decayed; If Some of them are Missing -in fact if you have no teeth at all, come to us. we .can make yours lQok as' beautiful as the accompanying pictUre wihout any pain. We Promise to· Treat You Just Right On Presentation of this Ad, will allow a 5 Per Cent Discount on all Dental Work Contracted at my office, said 5 per cent to go to the Socialist Campaign fund CENTRAL PARK DENTIS1."'S HENRY M. SILVERBERG, D. D. S. 452 S. HILL STREET Office Hours: 8 A. M .. to 8 P. M. Sunday, 9 A. M .. to 12 M. You Need a Business Education The .Los Angeles Young People's Socialist League has made arrangements for complete courses in both Bookkeeping and Shorthand. These courses will be in charge of experienced instructors and will cover the work thoroughly and completely. The courses inclurle Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Typewriting, English, Spelling, Commercial Arithmetic, Penmanship and Business Law. The courses are now being organized, and all who wish to avail themselves of this opportunity to get a business education at a very small cost, should call at the · club rooms, 116% East Third street, Monday, Wednesday or Friday evenings, and make arrangements. 'l'hese classes are open to all. The r egular classes will be .on the above named evenings, byt arrangements will be made to care for those who find it inconvenient to be there on the above named dates. The rates of tuition have been made so low that all who want a business education can afford to take up the work. Cost of courses: The Shorthand and Typewriting course is $3.50 p er month. Bookkeeping course, $3.00 per month. Subjects may be ta'Ken separately if desired. Th11 English course is $1.00 per month. Commercial Arithmetic, $1.00 per month. Penmanship, $1.00 per month, and Business Law, 50c p er month, one class a week. · The · Bell ·· Bu,siness College t 430 South Broad-,.,vay Thorough courses in Shorthand and Bookkeeping. The Bell System of Shorthand the s· · -~rn a"'n mos eg1 e system ever written; also Pitman and Gregg systems. Twentieth Century Bookkeeping, the latest and most up-to-date text on this subject. 1Ulis and Spanish She·i'i-lttl:fltd:-.- - - · - - - - - - . All are assured of personal attention, and of positions after completing the course. Students may enroll at any time. �The Western Comrade LABOR'S UNIVERSITY Let Us Pay Your . .Board Bill! T h e Western Comrade wants to g i ve one live- w i re man or woman a chance to earn a living I n every city, hamlet and burg In the· gr eat wide West. You, can 't buy b r oadcloth on th i s job, but It's a mortal cinc'h that you can buy eats-a nd good eats, w ith trimmings now and then. ·· Here's the Job . For v·ou! The West er n Comrade is going after every Socialist ani:! near · Soc ialist In the West. We want one dollar from each and · for .that doJiar we will send twelve issues of the livest, sn~ppiest, happiest, most constructive, best edited So-• c ia l ist magazine on the map. We want YOU to be the one to 'get those dollars In YOUR town. You' ve no idea how easy it is: Ten a day is the easiest thing in t he wo rl d for a l ive one to get. And, bel i eve us, ten a day w i ll get you the best eats you' ve had in many a long moon. · Write Us Today! Get ou r p r opositi on f or t his w()fi(. It' ll hold you safe fo r the w inter a nd as long after tha t as you care to keep on the job ... We ar e maki ng a LIBERAL pr opositi on to ONE man or woman i n every town because w.e .want this magaz i ne to go i nto every Socialist and near Soci alist home .i n the West . We want to g i nger up things for Socialism. Don't put this off; WRITE TODAY, encl osing reference from your local Socialist Secretary. None but good, steady, rel i able folks on this job. It's a good job fo r good, rel i abl e hustlers who can make good. If you' re that k i nd, get your l etter in the mail quick! TheWestern Comrade, P. 0. Box 135, Los Angeles THE GOOD PRIESTS OF DUBLIN W HEN it was sou ght to send the children of Lawren ce away f r om t he strike zone, whePe foo¢ w&s scarce, it was chiefly t h e pious persons who r esent ed any su ch nwve. They didn 't seem to want t he c)1ild r en p r oper ly fed . Just r ecently .James Larl{in maue an att empt to send the chil dren of Dublin strikers t o Belfast. Of cou rse, Dublin is Catholic and Belfast is P rotestant, but what of that, when child r en n eed food ? That wasn't the view of t he p ious folks of Dublin, however, for a delegati.on, headed by pri est s, appea r ed to stop t he children: Religion is reli gion , and politics is politics, and strikes ar e strik es, a nd star vation is starvation, and t hat 's a t hing t hat some fo lks n ever do seem able to compr·ehend. An<;l wh en t hey don't compr eh end t hey somet imes get nipped for monkeying ar ou nd machin ery wh er e t hey don 't bel on g.- C. l\1. W. -~nowledge · is the thing most need~ ed in' the world today. -Knowledge means pow-&r and power means a better society. - Knowledge in the heads of the workers mea.ns LIBERTY I . GET THESE BOOKS· AT THESE BARGAI·N CUT· RATE PRICES! American Farmer, The-Simons........$ .45 Art of Lecturing, The-Lewis.............. .45 Britain for the Brl tish-Biatchford.... .45. Capitalism and Laborer-Spargo........ .45 Class Struggle-Kautsky ...................... .45 Common Sense ,of Sccialism...,...Spargo .75 Critique of Political Economy-Marx .75 Ethics and Material Conception of H i story-Kautsky .............................. .45 Evolution, Social and Organlq-Lewl s .....45 From the Bottom Up-lrvlnle.............. 1.50 Feurbaoh-Engels .................................. .45 God a nd My Nelghbor-Biatchford.... .75 God' s Children-AIIman........................ .45 Industria l Problems--Richardson........ .75 Landmarks of Scientific Social i smEngel& .................................................... .90 Looking Forward-Rappaport ............ .65 Love's Com i ng of Age-Carpenter ...... .75 Magyar, The-Irvine (Fiction) ............ .75 Making of The World-Meyer............ .45 Materialist Conception of HlstoryLabriola ................................................ .80 Memoirs of Karl Marx-Liebknecht.. .4S Out of the Dump-Marcy (Fiction ) .... .45 Positi v e Out come of Phllosophy- ·Dietzgen ............................................ .85 Pover ty of Philosophy-Marx.............. .85 Perfec-ting the Earth-Woolbrldge.... .80 Principles Scientific Socialism-Vail .75 Purltanlsm-Mei ly .................................. .45 Recording Angei-Bronholtz (Fiction ) .80 Rebel at Large-Beals (Fiction) ........ .45 Revolution and Counter- Revolut ion -Marx ....................................- ............ .45 Revolutionary Essays--Burrowes .....~ .75 Republic, The-Anderson .................... .90 Socialization of Humanity-Frankl i n 1.75 Socialism for Students-Cohen............ .45 Socialism and Philosophy-Labrlola.. .75 Socialism, Positive and NegativeLaMonte .... ........................................... .45 Socialism and Success-Ghent.............. 1.20 Soci alism, Its Growth and OutcomeMorris and Bax.................................... .45 Socialism and Modern Sclence-Ferri .80 Socialists, Who They Are-Spargo.... .45 Social Revolutlon-Kautsky.................. .45 Ten Blind Leaders of the BlindLewis .-................................................... . 45 Theoretical System of Karl Marx Boudin .............. ...................................... .80 Syndicalism-Sparge ............................ 1.15 · Triumph of L ife-Boelsche.................... .45 Vital Problems i " Social EvolutionLewis ...................................................... .45 Value, Price and Profit- Mar x ............ .40 What' s So and What Isn't-Work...... .45 Workers in American History...O' Nelli ............................................. ...... .SQ World' s Revolutlons-Untermann ...... .46 Every boqk listed is a standard \\'ork. Every. one should be in every Social ist librat·v. Fill out a list of th ese books today and send it with money ord er , ch eck or paper money to 'f h e \Vr.stern Comrade, Book Depa rtment, P . 0. Box 135, Los Angeles, Ca l. �The New Owners of the Western ·Comrade and What Their Plans .i\re rr=~~~~ liE WESTERN COMRADE, now firmly magazine will outlin e · any special form of co-operation established and almost a whole year old, as a model for all to follow. We stand for co-operation f has changed hands. This number is the because we believe we have .reached that point where , first under the new ma~ageme~t. Eman- we mw t co-operate so- as to husband our strength and u el Julius and Chester M. Wright ar~ the our resources for our political fight. We believe the new owners and' editors. This is a state- Socialist movem ent is intelligent enough and resourcem ent of who the n ew owners ·are, ana ful enough to mak e · co-operation a success and a blesswhat they plan for Th e \Vestern Comrade . . ing. VI' e se'e no r ea:;;on for the continued drain on our Julius is on e of th e . most aJ:>le and beRt· r esources occasioned by a quiescent attitude toward ]mown Socia list fiction writ ers in Amer·ica. Several the plucldng pr·occss. y ears ago he " ·as on the editorial staff of th e" New This magazin e will champion and explain the fernYork Call. l\Iore rec ently h e was co nn er.ted ' ''i th inist movement, not as something apart from the Th e Milwaukee J_~eade r and Th e Chi c::tgo vVol'lcG He S6cialist movement, hut as a part of it-and a big part. was a fr·equent c~ontr· ihuto1; to Th e Coming Natiori, a:td Chief among the writers who will contribute articles his work has ap[H·an·d in many other m aga zin (·S . Il e bearing on this subject will be Eleanor Vfentowrth, has been on e of the associate editors of this m agazine who already has done magnificent . work in that diracsince its in ee ption , as wrll as a memb e r of th e J,;os ,tion. Sh e novY is at work · on a great series on the Angeles Citi z1· n staff. Cornr·ad e Juliu s ·will assume :subj eet , to run through a numb el' of issues. Socialist the husirH"ss manag-rm cnt of th e ma ga zin e, as well as wom en , AND l\IEN, will find a world of interesting ~~xereising- joint \'O i('(• with ( 'o mra c!P \\' right in tlie int elli ge nce in these articles. Pditorial rnan:lg'Pilll'nt. In e ve ry d epat·tment of effort the magazine will Chester 1\l. ~Wright has hrc n i11 "t he \Hiting ga m<:' ' always .maiutain a hi g h literary standard, because we fot· almost tt·n y!'ar·s. Jl c hails fr·om :\lilwauk rr, lat- hr li!'\'e that Soeialist litct·aturc should always be high t erly l<nown to thousands as Scid clburg. lt1 :\lih\·aukec in quality. \\'e have no sympathy with that type of he work ed as (' ity rditor· of Th e Sentin el and in the pr·opaganda which fails· to g rant to the reader a samr 1·apaeity for The .Journal. H e rsta hlish ed , and rnodieum of intelligen ce. We believe that the magafot· t hr·r.c and one-hal( yrar·s edited, th e first Socialist zin c · in th e past has m a intain ed such a standard, and daily papPt' in .\mrrir·a, Th e 1\fanitowoe (Wis. ) 'l'r·ih- we shall endeav or to continue it. unc. That !'ity had th r n a nd nm\· has a ~ oc ialist There will he so m e fiction, as in the past, and good, mayol'. 'fwo .n ar·s ago h e hr l'am e first editol' of Th e Yiril e al't, as ill th e p ast. Charl es Tracy, the noted Social-Democrat. H('tumi11~ to :\lilmnrkrr, lw nsSot·ial ist artist. 1~ ow is "·orking on a series of cover sumed city 1·ditorship of TIH" J;eader·, latPr go in~ to d e>si gns . The Chicag-o \Y odel, aml retuming- to Thr Soc·ialThr o r·ganized labor mov ement will b e dealt with D emocr at a yrar· ago . lir now is editor of th a t pap'' ''· as onr ar·m of a two-armed la hol' movem ent, BOTH So much for· " \\·h o " th e nt>w own e r·s a r· <'. ThP~' ar(' AIDIH•BEING NECESSARY. jointly a nd eq uall y intrr·est ed in Th P \\'rs t ern ( 'o m(}pinions from t•eaders are sought. Tell us what r ade, and evr t·la sting l,v int rr·estnd in Soeialism . ,vou think of th e magazin e, and what you think of As you hav r. S('('n, th e m agazine has hr r n c·han gell othrr things. But n e \·e r >vrite more than 100 words, in s ize. Th e np\\· sizr was ehosen for· a numb pr· of 1'('1\- and n e\'!' l' \\'l'ite on more than o~e sid e of the paper. sons. First , it enab les us to brin g to you thr ·sam e Th e magazinr promises to publish no lett ers, but it will amount of r eading mattrr in a largcl' size of typ e, a pu hi ish as ma ny as room r,n ay be found to a ccommowelcom e chan gr to thos p " ·ho rracl much. Th e editors (1atr . No h•tt er s will he r etu rn ed , however. hav e felt that a mor·r attr·a etiv e magazin e co uld h e Th e vVestpr·n Co mrad e seeks the support of all furnish ed in thr new size, as w ell as on e more easily So1·ialists who ra m cst ly d esir·e the co-operative comr ead. It is hop Pd that ~'O n " 'ill like th e n e\\- style. morm (•a lth. \\' e e:u c nothing fot· those Socialists.who Just a word as to policy. F'irst of all, this maga- hH\' C joiurd t hr party m er ely b ecause it gives them an zinc will co ntinu e to stand for· that constructive Soeial-. opportunity to talk . \\'e arc not interested in the ism that is puttin g t1r e g r·ca t vV est so mani fcs1ly in doings of t hr eo m r r grocery leagu e. We want .the th e vanguard of the Arn er·ie an 8ocialist moYem ent. r·t·al fight ers " ·ho a r· p ont on th e field of conflict. To 'fhis magazine stands uncquiYoeally for constru ctiv e !' \'L• r,v suc h 11\Hn and " ·oman an .earnest invitation to Socialism, for solidarity in our own ranks and for an suhs!·t·ihe is extended. -~e~te~r~n~a~l~h::a:'.J~n~l1~1e~.r~·i~n~g;_;. a t~t~h~ejpt:,;r7o~fi!!t~ S r!S~t~eC!,.!IT;l.'--'J !_: ~t~Wuiv l .-LL!:.J.J..U:::.,__-:-;---'~'-_-'"';·~i ' .n'J..M""~~-C*fH~ servree•-+....-- aun, 10weve r , to enlHPge on two f eatures. The co-oper- thP 8oeia list mo,·rm ent , and it expects the fighting ative movpment will have the r arnest support of this kind of So('ia lists to help give it breathing space. The magazin e. That must noi, be taken to mean· that this introdu c·tio ns arr now ov er. The real fight begins! . �The Western ·c om r ade 329 FEMINISM AND SOCIALISM Pay your dues to support the organization and use your intelli.gence to help conduct it. That is the E7111NI~M, Jih e Eugenies, has been unfo ~tunate only way to b e a real good Socialist.-C. M. W. in attn1cting weaklings to its cause. Dysp~pt~c · wom en and namby-pmnh:v me'n have succeeded in ~iYing th( • philosophy a Yieions twist. They seem SHE DIDN'T KNOW to haYP this attitude: To be a feminist, a .man must an officer and had the ''masher'' arrested. lo\' r his wife, but a woman can't be a feminist unless WAITRESS resented an ·insult. She called she hatl's hPt· husband. The Socialist movement will Then, she appeared against him. When she returned not n'.ied a g-ood id ea hccause wea klings have misin- to the r estaurant the manager told her her services 1 1l·t·pt·<'1<'d iL Instead , thr moYcment is eclectic in were no longer' r equired. To be curt, she was spi rit, :m<l SPPI\s to eonsc•t'\'e th e good in everything, '' eann ed. '' 'fhe manager . wanted waitresses who P\'(•n in C'apitf!lism. Th e two big economic demands ''didn 't mind'' being insulted. A restaurant that 0f thP f<'minist s (thr opening of every trade and providrs pretty girls to wait upon the trade makes on·upat ion to our· sistPrs, thus enabling in a great lots of money, provided, of course, the girls are nH•asurP P!·Ottonl ie in llepc: ndPtw e for women; and " ·illing to tolerate the "masher's" approaches. (•q ual ,,·ag-Ps for rqunl wot·k ) must always find the This ;waih·rss didn 't. So, she's in the army of the Pnthusiastie support of thP Rocia lists. The feminists workless. It isn't necessary to draw a moral. Even do not ch·sirP to injnrl· men. hut aim to better a dodo ra n see the point.--E. J. \\'Otnan's posit ion , enabling her to cease being a parasit e. .\h<)\'e nll. the hallot is not the sole aim BAD PRISONS VS. ROTTEN PRISONS o [ tltP f!·m inists. To qnotP \\'. L. George's article \ VO well-known men have recently raised their in thP ])pc·pntfwt· Atlantir :\fonthly, "an essential Yoi rrs against modern prisons. One is Julian diffPt'<'lll"l' hPt\\"(•rn ' Feminism ' and 'Suffragism' is that the Suffrag-e is bnt pa;:t of the greater pr·opa- Hawthorn e, the other is Thomas Mott Osborne. Both i!anrl:1: whilr ~nffragisnt d rsires to remove an a!!oe' severe in their condemnation of prisons and itwqna lity, Fcmini~m pm·pMts to alter radically th e pt·ison met hods. Yet, neither was pursued by Burns JJl(•ntal nttitud cs of men and \\·om en. • • • Therein thugs, ncithet· was put through the brutal third li•·.;; the mrntal l'<'\'olution- whi le the Suffragists are deg ree, n eith er was starved, neither was tortured, l'Ontent to 11tt11in imm ediate Pnds. th e Feminists are neither· was l1rld incommunicado, neither was in anyth1ng anywhere n ear half so horrible and nimir:~ 11t u ltimat e Pncls. " --- E. J. damnable as th e workingmen now in jail at Marysville, Cal., hav e been in and are in. If the jails THE ONLY REMEDY of Osbor·nc and Hawthorne were terrible, what of OC I ALl~:\T is the onl y r·emNly for existing cont he jails of California, where these workingmen have ditions. It is th e only agency through which hr en confined? And if modern prison methods are \\'(' ea n t•ve t· stl'ike off the ltat rful shackles of capitoo rott en for Osborne and Hawthorne, what of the talism. Jt is th e guiding star o[ race progress. It harlHu·ous, middl e· age prison methods that these is not only th e or·ganizcd protest of labor against vVe'st r r·_n workingm en have had to submit to? Caliiniqu itous capitnl ism , bnt it is the ot·ganized force fornia. what ahout it ?-C. M. W. th11t is going to wip e out capitnlism and construct thr l'O ·OJWI'ative commonwealt h. \ Ve must have ANATO!,E FRANCE AND SOCIALISM organization to " ·in , and " ·e must have an organi~a­ lS'l'JNG UJSHED as a novelist, Anatole France tion that knows llO\\· to go a:hout it to win. Th e has heen telling British audiences why be be~o c i alist organization is the only such organization. Pilme a convert to th e cause of Socialism. Before EvNy class-conscious worker· hclon g. WITHIN the ~ocia li st party. Wh en enough of us shall have the London Fabian Society the noted Frenchman h l handed to ether in this "'reat or anization '' T am a Socialist because Socialism is justice. .forrver abo lish capitalism, ·with all of its horrors and hlasphemies. Get INSIDE of the organization. I am a Socialist because Socialism is truth, and will F • • • A T. ·s • • • • • • • • • D �The Western Comrade emt>rge from tlw waae system as inevitaba as the a bwln·l of corn ne ver i worth a bit mon• than the amoODt of hrmger it will sati y. 'l'bat i ·, 11 bu h('l wag~> sysft>m foHowed on serfdom. \Ve are going onward toward colledivism. From the lavery of of corn at 70.7 cent will not ati fy any more bunget· the wage sy!!tem to eolh•etivism-Slleh is be neees- than corn at 54.4 cent • and aH corn i good fori to , sary pro!:,rres!rion of f'eonomic reform. atisfy hUDger. Perhap that i uot quite tlw orthofiguring ct>rn value , bu it may "I am a Socialist or a still more delicate and dox manner special reason, namely-out of the plea:ure that we · be refre hing to look at it in that li~ht just for· all have in our Wf'aknPss~:s and our indulgences. I once.-C. ~L W. am a Socialist lwf·amw, as a Soeialist. one enjoy the abuse of the foolish. ttH~ !'owar·dly, and the ignorant. BEYOND THE ATOM "Finally, I am a So1·ialist lwc·ause, in our· day·, T doe a ociali t no harm to take a peep once we havP to he for or against Hoc:ialism. Those who in a while into the w onder of the '('icnce ·. From 1·laim to he nf'ithPr for nor against do not _count. the scienti t in other line w e may h·um much that Jt is no longer· possih!P now to remain neutral. \Ve broaden ou r own vi~ion. Indeed, it i · not tt·an"'e hav1· two erwmies- 1·apital and war-; two e·nemies if, now and then, we fin d that Otll' Yision ha been unitc·d in ('losr fr·i, ·ndship." no t n early brilliant en ou gh, and that w e mu t ~tse lt would lw cl'iffi,·u lt to name a s in gle w r it1•r of mor e color· in o ur· p ictur·c. gr· n i11s who is not an a\'0\\'Ptl Soc ial ist, or iu symSome may not be in t e r est ed in know in ..... that pat hy 11· ith t h1! ido·als of the 1110\'Cmcnt. Socialism P rof. J oh n Cox , one of t he world ·s mo t noted has \\'O il o1·c· r· t h1· b rai ns of t he world, bu t t hat is P,hysicists, decla res t hat w e h a ve hut reac hed the uot 1•n o11 g h. 'J'o a <'I ua l izr: ti1P Socia list philosophy, st age where k nowled ge is iu t he m aking . In his we· nPPrl tllf' work•• rs. t hr• ~duee rs . Th ey a r c th e new book , " B eyon d th e i\ tom ," h e p ulls a ide t he JH•o pl r· w ho <' O illl t in a r~l'o l ut ionary m o\'ement. shu tt ers that y ,~il t he g r eat b ey on d of science j u st Evf' I'Y int c· lo·r· f 11 a l oh jo·d ion to Socialism has been enoug h t o m a k e us p ause fo r hrra th in a mazem en t. aniliilaf •·d - a nd yet. Sor·ia li sm as a st ate of socidy Jt seems th at t o grt " b eyon d th e a t om," a nd t o is n ut h err· . \Vr• lllll SL l'o•:lf·li f. hr• m asses, who will do full y under s t an d \\'hat is t her e, is t o un lock stor es 0 r wha t 1hr• I lii n l< (' rs r·annnf dn- hrin g about t lw revocn cl'gy so Yast th at th e imag ination f ails t o con ceiYc lutio n.- E . .1. th eir rna·gnitudr . An atom , or· an clcetr·on , which is Ycry mu ch sma ll er· than an a tonr, nu:ry b e a most ROOT- PRIZE WINNER inc·onscqu c nt ial t hi11g t o Sam .Jones, who is a m cmLer ), !Ill ' HOOT l1as hee n g iven th P N obel p1·ize o f' of ITarran g n c L ocal, but hr·ill iant sr·icn t ist s w orld u g ~HO , OOO J'o1· h nvi n ~ hec•n t he 1912 p ea ce m a n . under· the wonderful cond itions brou gh t a bou t hy As SN·r·l'ta r·y ~ I' StatP, th r: rwizc g inrs eont crid , h e Sam .Jon es's p olitical ph :losop hy rnay h e a bl e to WUI·I; ed fo r· Jll'ac e to s u•·h a n exten t t hat he dcSPI'\'CS ha rness th e t' ncr gy t hat l i e~ "hC'yo ud t he a lom ," so t li P litt!P r ae·li P. ::)uffe r in g blazes ! If favot·in g t he t hat Sa m ,J c n e~'s for csr.c11 economic cond itions will s upp t·t>ssiou o l' t he F'ilipi n os d idn 't -hind cr Root f rom be a thou s{I Il d tim es mor e n ear·ly id eal. The ill usgc tt i n ~ I he Nolw l . p r ize, t hen I 'II bum an Ol'ph a n tri ou s P oi nc·r:t·e saw bc•yond th e ato m onl y a lo<·kc<l ~u:;y l mn Hllll have a statu e er·ect ed m emorializin g me sto r·chousc of t rr asnrc. 'l'h e t11·ent ict h centur.} .John Co x sees a chance of unl ocl\ing I he stor·<·housr. A n d ns a . IIHII1Hil itar·inn.- E . J . Ra m S mith has th e ideal within ,,·!rich a ll th e Pnrl'gy tl: a t a n~· b o riy ca n t nrn loose may he used as a hl essCORN ALSO GOES UP iug fo r el'<' r fo r· a ll o f m a nkind . V\ f' sc· i('ntists lll ll flt ll E latest goYcrumc nt n•por t on t he 1913 corn st ick t ogrth e r·.-C'. \f. "\V. "' cr op sh ows a t otal of 2,463,017,000 bush els. T h is t otal f alls lw low th e pr·orluction of 1912 hy FOR THE PEEPUL 'S SAKE ! SOIII C 66 1,000,000 bushels. Jiow e\'Cl', it will be OW ~ wit h t he beef t r ust! Do you lrf·ar· t hat? n ot icrrl by th ose who p a ~· nttL•nt ion to t h e corn cr op D D ow n with the berf t r ust! H ow w ill we do tha t t h e 1913 cr·op . a ltho u gh con iaerab ly sn~all er tha n that of 1912. is nthrNl at almost a m u ch. Th e it. T u t, tut! W hy ask silly questious '! J 'm a pricc m •nt hig hct· in 1!1 1:!. On N ov. 1 1912. th e Jeffersonian D emocrat , and wh(•n 1 say, "Down with p rice was 5-!.4 cNtt· JWr hu he!, bu t on the col'l'e- t he beef trust!" down !!Oes the hcef _trust. Hc' mems p on d ing d ntc in 19 1;3 it " ·as 70.7 eenL. The fact her that, fair one. Jlo\1'! \\'dl, if you JH•rsist, I 'll is, h owc,·rt• t hat w hile t·orn old at a h iaher tell Y OU thou 0'h 1 ·\' · !!a_!.!h.!!lwn!.l:'.!.'h!.....l.h!.!A·w~J.._J;,!;,_<L~,J.J.:J:sA;):_-f .. ocialist. "\Yc 'll pnt lwrf on tltP fr·,.c· list. Do you ht 19 13, it was a<'l u ally not worth a r or • • • I • • • E • • • T • • • • �The Western Comra d e get that! Free Ji~-f-r-e-e! Whoopee. That' me. even today no one eems to care very nmcb We'll have Australian beef come in-and there11 work. We all like to do the thin we lik to d , he no tariff on it. Also, beef from Argentina gets but we dQn t call that work-it · play. The editor a similar deal That 's what we're dofng for the of an extreme I. ,Y. W. organ wi.ll rave a in t suffering peepul. Down with the cosCof living and work but he enjo, editing hili PIU> r-whi h i once again, down with the beef trust. What work! The tron g man in the p t, aw that mtul! that 1 Hepeat that statement, please. Do you meail good things could be obtain d if om on with to say that tlrr· beef tn1st owns the beef that comes patience and energy would p rform certain dutit' from Australia and Argentina, and that putting so he f orced a eaker person into involuntar. rvilw1·f on th e fr·N' list only helps ~ake more profit . tud e, all of w hich asn t a IPentlemanl t hing to d . for tht~ !Jeef trus t ? There! I KNEW you w a8 a However , slavery taught u to worl~ · work ha made Hor·ia!ist, ding it all ~-B. J. civilization possible; and now work h a r at d n condition of society that Ari totle d r en m d of- \W a r e doing the work of t h e w orld with rn a hiner y · RICH PICKINGS IN CHINA t he slaves have b een f r eed , not hy hnmnnita rinni m lTA~ ~III KA T is hold ing down hi s job as t he bu t by the industrial y t em. I m ean , of our Ilur r·ta of China w ith a bayon et. A rresting t hat th ey have been turned loose bu t tht-y ar n ot Si·llaf ors, j ud ~rs, jo ur·n ali sts a nd w h at n ot , bu tcher - fr ee in th e true sense of t h e word. B for e t lH'. NUl ing wiH·r r it Ruits h is fa ncy, h e has m ade of · t he be fr ee, th ey must b e th e owner s of th e ma hin esI·Hpif a} nr r a r·mrcl ram p. \ Vhil c a fe w n atiY CS in which m eans th ey must. hrin g Sociali m into h c in~ . .\r ~t.!li<· i se tl f.!lll'h g-a th <'r n ow a nd th en , as a so rt . Th e industrial syst em is a vast m' chin e thnt must, of l l'g· is l nti ''~' nsst·rnhl y, Yu a n Rhi Kai is t he Na p oleon of n eeessity, b elon g to ALI;. -E. J . o n tlr l! jo h, and Jpt rron r. for get it. .\nd ho,\r docs sur· h :t si tu a ti on s nit th e g reat "ci,·iliz cd " n a tions 1 F irr l'! F o r· wi th a good , stro ng , hu sl\y dictafot· on PRIZE BONEHEAD EDITORIAL t h1• job t ht• r·c is sonwhocly " ·ith wh om t o n rg-o tiat c lTHOl? r qu estion , th e prize bon ehead edi lo n m; a r11l t'O II f'Pss ioll s. And what is Chi11a- or t orial of th e month is on e which appea red 'T 1·x i.·o. c• it lt1 ·r·. fo r· th a t rnatt c r·- for , if not t o pro,· id l~ in t lntt pr·izc hmwh NI<l mn gaziu c, LPsli 's \Vr Pl<l y. pi1 · l\ in ~es f'or 1hofw wh ose hu sinc •ss it is to pi <· k ·: \\'r. (jnote only a part. for Ja ck of spa e ,~ : Tl o\\'t• \·c· r·. tlr c• r·p '"' '~ j u f' t (\\' 0 fli t•s in th <' ('iriiwsc " -\\rho built om mill s ? Who built 0111' railroad s? oi11trrr c•rd . 011 r• is that· Snn Yat Se n . a rrcl tiH• rno\·eWh o r ciler.m ed th t> d cst> rt ·? \Vho urH:ovci·cd til • lll !' llt hl' n ·pr'<'Sf' llt s, arc not dt> acl. Th e oth c1· is that hicldrn ri chn ess of our min Ps nn<l our fi(']d s? Who Yunn 11r 11 y lrt> hut-dr c· r·c•tl s<JIIr<' day in som r fa-.;hion dignifi ed Am eri can lahor nn cl mad e it th e hcst ,paid ·PI' <'lll inr· t o Chirwsc t rarlitions , l c n,· ill~ th e IIJOIH'Y in th e world Y pi.· l\r1·s ill a hlu funk. " Th e thrifty 1111111 with his savin gs built tlrt• J ust thi mm·h is ce1·tain abou t China - ns it is f adory .• Th e r apitali st with th e counr ge of his a bout. l\T L'Xieo : l f th cr·e wpr·c no con cessionaires, no conYi ctions and willin g t o t a]{C the risk built th e morrey lend .,., · 'OJ' no pir k crs looking for a ny sort rail!'oad . The farm r r , f ollowin g th e irnmi g raut t rail , or l'i (' h pi .kin g, China a nrl Mcxieo " "Ot!ld mu ch lll OI' C bravin g th ~ dangers of th e d ese rt a nd turning tlw . p f' dily finl th ir way into thP half-li g ht of mod<'r·n " ·aters of th e snowy mountain in t o irrigation ditch eH, <·ivili;r.a ti on - P. nd p erhnp. qui te a hit hr,v ond that supplanted th e f'agc hr·ush with fi elds of wav ing cor·u ll On <'-foo-ml n uwf'<l sfn g-c• of things.-C'. JL ·w . nod s nowy cott on . Th en rn me t h e d emaga gue. ~' Th e de magogu e h as llf •t•n..a tr·ouhle ma k er for all ARISTOTLE AND SLAVERY tim e :tnd C\'f~ r·yw h -.~ r r~ . ~ 'J< ~ fiu t, r rrnembcr t hat Tn; Ho n <mt hl ~' A1·i ·t otl e, " ·ho wa: a ri g ht n i~:c :1 demagog ue n <'ver fi ll <'d a p ay r n H lop e-and f •ll ow . . a id . ome> p1·etty thin g wh e n h e d e- never will !" Is it n ecrssary to add anything lJy way of coml't• ndPd t hP in .. titu tion of . lave ry . Sl an•r,v . he ment ? Need it he said that a doll a r ncn~r fo rged poi nh•tl o.ut. wa. a. rwet•.· it y. But he added . the> a hammt-r o1· d r ove a spike? NePd it hr said that l';hl YI' OW ill'l' would glndly fr ee . hi h1 ve · were he noth ing bu t labor ew•r c·reat1•d anything useful tCJ nhle> to get w01·k donr without tlrr aid of human the human r ace! Nt-cd it he said that the editor <'IWrg~·. li t• <•h•arl ~· . a w the day w ht-n all work of Le lie' ought to haYc died whc•n_ the Diplodocus, would ht• dom• by machiner , w hich would mean ictured on anothl'r page of th1• same iAAD«', pas•wd the.. ..cli.mir • lawr,· in tht> >a t. into extinction T -('_ )f. W. work. But, • • • Y • • • W • • • T �Tbe Western Comrade :l32 A SOOTHING THE WORKERS ~ apologi t for the system tells the workers to be content because the capitalists allow the workers to make automobiles for thefn, thus giving thf' producf•rs something to do! \Ve are tbld to be glad twr·ausr· t!te Astorbilts giYe an army of workf·rs t hP .. pri,·ilt>ge" of making beautiful garments, limonsim·s, and g-lorious mansions. The parasites justify tlll'ir paras it ism with this hunk: if we didn't ]f't you lllakP rnarohines for us, then you wouldn 't ha\'C· :111,\'thing- to do-and thc11, you might get into 111 isdr ic· I': y ..s. yon 111 i~ht f'\'(•n gPt intoxicated! It rw \·,.r da\\·us tilt thf' parasit<'s that the '~orkers r·rH tld oc·•·1rpy tltr·ir time making automolJiles for th;·flrs..J\·;·s instf'acl of plutocrats. Y es, they might •·\·c·n hnilrl pal;u·•·s for themspJ\·es. Th e apologists for parasitism '"''·t· r ld that idea da\\·n on them. \\'Ito ;·oulrl tltirtl; of a \\·orket· making wool instead of shoddy t'ot· his own g-arments, making a · b eaut il'ul lto11t•· fm· his own tlass in stead of building ltrJ\·;·Is' 'l'ltc· id•·a ol' tltP working class produc ing do ·;·; ·nt food for itsr·ll' is ludierous. If a tlca bite t It; ·•· on t h• · r ig lrt C"!wc·k , t 111'11 unto him the left. ).'or. \·c·ril,\· I s:r.\' 1111to t-lrPt•, the flea hiteth hcca use it is Iris n:ttlll'" t o hit •·- Thou sltouldst not swat the tl•·:r . l'or tlt; •fl t ho11 \\'o uldst 11ot haYc occasion ·to sc· t·:ii..JJ. Be· kind to t!tt· fi t·:r. for if Cod ·h ad not illtPildc·d tiH·; · to IH· hitt( •fl h,v fleas, H e \\'Otdd n e'er h:11·;· llt:JCl• · t lt i'lll. Am t•n .- E . .T. • • • T PROFIT-SHARING BUNCOMBE II E \\' all ~t t' P;·t .lourll:il P\' id ently talu•s g r eat p l;·: tSIII'<' in stat i11:; thnt +0,000 employes 'of the St;•pl ( 'orpora t io11 llo\1· O\\'tt ;·it hPt' <·ommon or pr·cl';· t'l'<'d sto;·l\ in that gTPa t c·o t·porntion. This stock, ol' i'OIII'Si'. JHI,VS divitl;onds. From th e point of ,·iew ol' thf' \\'all _Str·f•Pt .l oul'llal this stock is a good ill\'f '~'< tiiJPnt for tlt f' r tnploy<'s who own it , an<l th e StPPI Corporation is a most a flmirnhl e co t·poratiou -to :ill ow it s emplo,v<·s to get r·ieh in that marm cr·. B11t, r·ig ht a lon g- "·ith this statem ent about stock and 1livide1rds antl fortunat e-as w ell as providentc•mpl o.''f'S, 'H' nlust tak e into cons id eration th e f act thnt Steel Cot·pO!'atioll employ es ar·e; a mong the J>oOrt>st pniJ in .\m c ri en; that the m en in the blist er in~r sh•Pl mill s w ork outrageously lon g hours, and go int o em·ly ~raves flhadows and wrecks of the stron!,r lll<'ll th ry OJJC<' w er e. . 1t !li llY hr \\'PIJ CIIOUgh fo r the -!0,000 who OWn the s tol' k t o hn vc> thr~ pr·ivilegc of ownership a ccorded thrm . But just so sure as an employe owns stock he M,-~ <'pts thr t>mploy r r 's point of view, and h e m con equenee. a foe to higher wages and shorter hour . And 41),000 llH'll oppo ed to unionism can, by un.ited and constant effort, influence a far greater number of men, tlm rhceking ocial progres and menacing the welfare of the rna . Ever-y tockowning employe i,· :t paid spy of the bos e&-and a cheaply bought one at that. l\Io t every oul-grinding corporation pia~·: . orne uch de picable game as that. "Bewart' tlH· (~t·Pck , " when they come ·c JJ ing tock !-C. :.r. \\". • • • THE INIQUITOUS INCOME TAX T O be UI'C, WI' WOI'kCr. do llOt get . ·3,000 a y ear, so W<' arc not touehrd hy the tyranuiral income tax Jaw, hut that dorsn't lllt>aJJ that w e shonldn 't proft·st. The· rl:~ll'-!1'1' is t~1at \H' may, in thc(cmotP futur·r·. ~et an tnt·om .. of . ·1,000 a year, and then, hon·ot·s! \'V'p wrml<l han· to pay an income tax! That wo uld lw :ndul. \\ hi le it. is tt·uc · that only :wn.ooo out of a populatiou of 100.000,000 a l'e touch ed by th r· inr·omr tax l;nr. \\·e must r rmcmbc r that in th is la nd of sun~ltine anrl flo wPrs we hricldayer. an d piano-IIIO\'i't'-: ma ~·. HIWXJW<'trdly, find OlH ill L'Oili<'S h oostr·d to :!;:l.OOO a year; and th en we \\'CJIIId h<l\'(' t o gi,-c t lit· I ' uit ed States Government th<~ pt·it·P of' a box of 10-rent f·i gar·s. \\'c 'Yorker· IIIU~t dPf<' tHl'thP l'apitalist in hi'> graft, for w e must :d\\·ays rPill<'lllhc•r that WP ma y, at any mom ent, lwt·o mc plnt or- rat s. Hnnst fo t· our opprcsso r·s at JH'PS<' Ilt. so that \\·e, in th e s \\· ret by and by, will h<' ahl r t o d o our oppt·;•;;si n g u nmol est ed hy meddlin g tax g-:ilhPt't'rs.- E . .J. TTTE •• • • GEmNG THE NEW VIEW prrson wh o writ;os a hout li tcmturc and art i.w CurTent Opi11ion think s that "t he 110\'Cl is !'r asing to he a l01·e stm·~· nnd is brtomi n g dominantl? 'a lllPs;;:q?;·· .. , Still a11 othPJ' r c vif''\'C r says that '' lm·t• is goi ng- 011! of fas hion" in novels. :.rnyh<• it is so. ..:-\nyho\1·, the sort of love stories thn t rn ost \\Tit Pt's h:J\'i' \\Tit t (• n ought to go out of fa s hion . l'p-to-dat P fil'lion ou g ht to r e fl ect up-todntP id <•ns. That is. it' it fi ction about present t im rs. An~l - m od P m thinking fo lk s arc getting over the notion that "·h en a man ]o,·es a woman h e picks h er· up and lu gs h1·t· off t o his furnished flat, t here to k ePp It er " in JW:i(· t~ an d happiness ever afte r ." ~fod r. m fic tion, it Iilli)' be, is taking into account th e changin g iut·as rr>~ranling woman as a piece of pr·opr>rty . Anyhow, it ought to. And we Socialists h ope it is. Th e ki n d that isn ·t· we r efuse to r ead. ·"e 'l:_:'O~rn ~c~s~a,.:t:_r•~a~ it~o~r_;t~o~h~i.~s~ n~o~n~-s~t=o~e~k::-~o~ w:2n~i~n~ g ...:!f~e:.'.l~lo!..:.v~'l.::.-_~-\~n~c~l-:l~ ·n~t'-i:I~H:_::'s~·,·-;:d~a~':..:·s~·-~"~·]~,a~t~c:.;'~·cc!.r·~d~o~e'-!:s~n~':;t____11:-;a~s~s;;m .XA. -- --wI,:Jl::~ol'l\1· . the soeia lists i~ not standafd.-C. 1\L \V.~u~suttoer-lrr . li P th us becomes a foe to unionism and, wrth �.,By J. L. E GD HL OC1ALISTS in the te oped.JIIIIeh. take •hat they get 8J!d keep on fighting. They may at times :ftpd vidory elusive, bot nenr im le. Th ~ lien: that hard work make:S anyt)Un th••.r ~Wt their minds upon probable. •• I low muda pro !!'I' did the American F~cleration of Labor make this t iwd" J<4 t ht• tarumal IJUe .tion a. ked by many iali wit" t fw lllljmu·lfmt•IJt or c·a··h SlU.:eeeding A. F. of L.. -=~!!!!!!~ Hlll\'••fltiml. It i~ tlw ~iUppii•IJwnt nf •'ociali.·t suece a mea and dt•\'iMI'! mt>ans, after each general •·IPdioll llsal 1ak"" plac· r in the>Sc Cnited States. The tot:Jl of \'OII•Ii <·aHt Ht thl' hallot box, J10wever, offers till it•rt•fut a lilt• H rgurn cnt. E\·cr·y roll call taken. in the AIIWI'i!·llll l•'pdf•ration. of Labor· offers room for nUJnerOIIi'i I'OJJI 1•111 ions. So, w llill' 'V en the worst enemies of working-class solidHJ'il y i11 I lit• pol it ic·al str·uggle admit that Socialism is lllllld ll ~ JH'O ~ r· t•ss at 1l1 c hallot box, there are still t II olio i 11 th o Am c!r·ic·n n Pede ration of IJabor who seem fo find t•onsolutio n i11 tl1c c·ontcntion that Socialism is 11111ldii ~ no lt c•a dwn.v in 1h P PC·o nomic movement of · ,,.,., f,y 1111111~' labor·. ncere, 'I h 'N nle w~t\"ll tll~ ~ul"ention ~t l~hat\ lu~pin~ tn who eaeh year closely city of the Ameriean Federation that organization dden1y "We are confident tbat, when our J)r .oot poUt 1 ties bave suitably matured, a new polttleal vartr Ul b logical result, a party tn wbleh wUJ be ama,Jpm reform and humanitarian for~, wbleh wnt repr stand for tbe protection and •upremacr ot bu giriug legislative expression to tbe .oaJJd, U4:mDJWU political position that the producer• of wealth are ft111WIG to their full sbare or tbe value tbeerof. aa4 a ~ W • party in w!lfcb may be found tbe tore. repr:-.mtliU holding supreme the s.o-ealLtd ~ve goal .-ouJd be the ~ o( propen,-, ~ « ~4JtllfWIJ.tm -we 21re Jaopetut that fD suda a cler•eJopm.eot 0\ftl than it . be aDd geater aatnty '" ~ lm!Qit.dll\fd �. The Wes tern Comrade fnt& tl'l:eflr Tespective 011 new tmfomr. and! that fnl tJ'I:efr' fed;era.ted refationshlip genem.n poMtfeaJ. aetivftiy wmJ be gjiv"en conatant and ever-f.n:cTeasiing arttenltfolll, o that. with tfre mmre eompkte eTga 1'1Jfzatf0n of labor iin the eoonGmu: li'e!dl the11e wH! be aafPr and! g~reatev ()J}porttmities f61" the creation and formation of a pofftfca Iab01r party, or a party; piedged! to the conseJrVation or h(llman rigll!ts, whatever the party"s name m~t~~ ~ • President G01mpers' statement that the entire matter eonJd ha~re bN!'D ruled oot of order Wa Omewhat signjfieant. But the day when the A. F. of L can ignore the political outlook is past. The uce s of the Socialist party iv establisbing .itself as tbe political expression of labor depends sole1y upon itself. The statement of policy on 'the question of r eligion Jeans little to he desired. It indicates that the fact that tlwre is a majority of Catholics on the A. _F . of L. ext•(·utive t·ou w·il must not be taken too seriou. ly. The Sot·ialists. too, may make mur:h of the l\Iilitia of Chri t, just as tl11·y hrough t the National Ci\·ic Federation into the lirndight; hut, in the last analysis, it must be adrnitt•·d that hoth . of thf•sc organizations fe ed 'alrno ·t so lt·l y Ofl Stwia list at~tago t~i snl. Th t· poli•·y 1·lub of thr• .\ .F. of L ., with ,,·hich it w111 IHo poss iiJJ, . lo lw:tt haek c·atholit· intrusion whcnC\'C l' it pt'I'Sf' ttl s its<·! I', is ns follows : "Yonr ('omrn llt!'C i s firml y convinced t ha t nothing would he morP i~1jurious to th e wr·lfan, of our movement than the lnjcetlon of queHtions r t> lativn to r eligi on . Th e Am erica n tradN! union rno1·ement . from its ineeptiOJI, has exc luded all qu estio n ~ of a ~ecta rlan nature from its co n1·entions, and thi s ri!!;itlly appli ed poli ey has mad e it possible to build up a union nH>I' . m cnt , whkh o th erwi se would be impossible to e ither secure or maintain. " Tit<· slogau of th e ] nt cmational Socialist party is that , '' Hr li gion is a priYatc mattct·. '' Th e same must hol<l true for· the tr·adc union mov ement. But when . the forc es of religion seek to di ctate to eith er the politica l or economic wing of th e working class movement, then it is time to fight back At this time, when Socialism it gaining gt·eater and greater recognition· from the trade union movem ent, the veteran Socialists in the Ameri can Federation of: l.Jabor cannot help but wonder how much greater would have been this progress had the Socialists not always been the champions of s-eced ing and dual movements. However much these mov ements were justified by conditions, it was felt that much better results could have been obtained by remaining on the inside, where it is possi ble fight to much better advantage. The Sociuli t del egat es at Seattle recognized the difficulty, and sometimes the hopr lessn·ess of- fighting for an orgnniv.ation that had SC\'ered its connections with the A. F. of h , whi ch mu t be recognized as the bona fide t t·adc union mowm cnt of this country even by its wor t cnemic . 'l'hi faet was brott"'ht out in the struggle that was --~·d the. f t deJJegatt mged the 0~10 W Qr"kers; to mhlly t.llumt.s:eJ!v-e with t.he Ciigarmake.us, and get inti) the A.. F. of' L. ur.nder any oo..n:wti&,BS· lhl!t the p•:it o.f the rehe-J is a hard ]ill-it to tame, and! 1t m t be admitted that .o me of tbe reaetimtB!l"y 1'o..ro in the A. F. &f L. have heJidi their &\~ tlli thai aeeouut. Tb · weakeniDg of the tme fo.ree · of progt'e · in the A. F. of L.. g far b.ack tbe €)J'ganiZ:atioo of · the American · Railway l11lion, fo.U<nved by Ute coming and going of the oeiali t Trade , and Labor Alliance ana tbe lndu trial \Yorke of tbe WorM. In tbi way the dement \Yorking for the de ·elo~ m~n of a con cious and intelligent moYement of the toiling ma e ha been ~pJit in t wain. It i felt that thi is being gt·adually overeo~e, and that the next fe-w :year will do much to hea l the rupture of the pa ·t. . ne of the indication Of the fl'l'OWing pOWCl' of ociali rn wa shown in the fact that Pre fient Gompers appointed well-known ociali t to prominent place on important commi-ttees, where pt·e,·iou ly he had huddl ed them all to"'ethcr olf unirriportant r:om. mit tees. \\' it h t he 'ociali t party g t·owin g st r·ong in many of th e nation .· municipalitic ·, the que tion of muuicipal owncr·ship becomes of domiuant impQrtancc. 'l'h e ::lea II lc co nYentio n showed th at labor is equa lly int t!rcsted. Tak e th e ca e of th e str·cct eat· men. 'l'hey, lik e th e Socialist:, \r clcome th muni cipal owner hip of street car lin es, but th e right of the m n to organize and protec t th ei e economic iuterests must be safe. guarded . . Capitali. m in politics, ns well ns iu industry, is not backward in fighting th work cr·s. The street car men are going to find out wh r·e th ey stand, and at Seattle secured the aid of th e A. P. of h in conducting an )nvestigation of this importan t · problem . The same is true of th e teamsters' union in handlin g the United States mails, and of the civil s rvico empl~cs in the Postal Departm ent and oth er· branches of federal employment. That th e time is ripe for agitation for a six-hour· day was . shown in th e r eception given the resolution on this subject introdu ced by the painters ' union. The conv ention declared itself "in syrn pathy with t ho principle," but f elt t ltat~oo "organized labor should strive for a more gen eral application of the eight-hour workday in all trades and occupations before devoting our energies to the introduction of the six-hour workday." This agitation is meeting with considerable response among many of the building trades, and in the miners' union considerable agitation has been carried on for fewer hours of labor. Forced with the opening of . th e Panama Canal and the coming of additional hordes of foreign toilers to ·~~-~~~~~~·M-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~H,~e--- \ Vorltcr . And thi" i but a repetition of the case of th . ceding faction of th e hoe Work er. . orne of eattle convention adopted a com prehensi\'e policy on the immigration question. The convention \·oted �T h .e W e s t e.r almost unanimously in favor of the literacy test, and urged th~t measures be taken to educate European toilers to the fact that the United States is-not the land of gold and rich es, wealth and sunshine painted by t he steamship companies. t The American F ederation of Labor stepped into the · arena as a peace fa ctor by urging the adoption of the proposed" Naval Holiday" for one year between the United States, England and Germany. The situation in Mexico was also consider ed. W e have t oday three r ather well-defined groups of Socialists. One gr·oup belittles economic actio:Q. alto~eth e r, pinning its hopes to th e early arrival of the <'o-oper ntive comm omHa It h throu gh political action. nCo m r a d e 335 . Another group antagonizes the Amer'ican Federation of Labor ;at every opportunity, and,, incidentally political action; through the advocacy .o f an industrial panacea all its own. The third group stands for both political arid economic action, political through the Socialist party and its activities, and e!)onomic through the American Federation of Labor and its activities. It is my opinion that the third group makes Sociaiist progress in this country possible in spite of the otber two groups. The work of the American F ederat i{)D, of Labor at its Seattle convention indicates that Socialists have no~ing to lose by assisting and working. wi~h.. the two million mE-mbers of that growing organiza tion. Feminism and the Trend Towards Democracy By ELEANOR WENTWORTH The feminist movement, like every other modern radical movement, has its basis in a certain economic reorganization going on in society. This reorganization is taking place in the d irection of democracy. Consequently, this movement finds expression, socially and politically in ideas and legislation which build for democracy step by step. To briefly outline the advance of these fo r ces for democracy and to show their influence on certain sections of society is t he purpose of this series of articles.-The Editors. I. The Economic Causes for Feminism " ] s th e F eminist IlfoYcment r e,·olutionary1" asks th e " ·orld , some\\'h :tt perplexed at th e widely diffcr·in g ,,·ays in " ·hich th e mo\'ement expresses itself in var·ious pla ees a nd und et· var y in g conditions. Y cs, th e F eminist J\foyement is r evolution a r-y . It grew directly out of a r adical economic r econstr·uction of society ; its aim is t o fur·th er that r eeonstl'uction. 'J'h ere£or·c, it is r eYQlutionary. Spec ia lization and the r esulting incr eased product i,·ity. of lahor are th e basis of the F eminist Movement, (' \' Cn as th ey a re th e basis of the Socialist Movement and th e Labor 1\fovement. This specialization of labor has brok en down the barriers of isolation surroundin g llom esti c work and is with increasing rapidity drawing its var·ious hn111 ch<•s into th e current of social product ion, t hcr·t>by openin g entir·ely n ew fields of endeavor for wom en, while closiu g to th em many of th e old . 'fhe t:han ge from individual production to collective production , makin g eve ry l,1.uman hand n ecessary to ever·y ot her· hand, has shatter ed th e chain that r estrict ed th em to d omestic labor and thrown wide open th e gates to a n ew world. Each time th e world adopts a n ew met hod of work These n ew needs give birth to n ew thoughts, riew morality, new id eals, n ew inst itutions. Th e tremendous industl'ial and intellectual a changes- which have taken place in the last century because of the c.hange in the world 's met hod of feeding and clothing itself are manifested by all th e science, the literature and the art of the p eriod. If th en, such sweepin g chan ges hav·e r esulted mer ely from a change in method of work, how much greater change must take . place wh en womankind chan ges not only its method but also it kind of work! I will Jreave for succeeding articles th e discussion of th e profound and deep-rooted intellectual r evolution which is inevitable and is already becoming apparent bcr ause women ar e assuming different lab'Jrs. I will deal her e with the new economic problems with which women al'e confronted in their strange new w orld and the r elation of th ese problems to th e world-wide movemept toward d emocracy. . • In t heir old world th e wants of women and th e wants of th eir children w er e provid ed hy a. domestic lord, whom th ey served in r eturn for· his support- an ent il'cly undemocratic condition of affairs. 'J.'h e one great ft'Uitful fa ct of th eil' new world, cr eated by this industri al r eorganization, is tltat ·it affords opportunjties for many women to b e self-supporting and even for~es ·a great many to d ep end ence on th eir own purses, thereby lay in g th e found ation f or th e realization of · the feminist 's ideal an existence independent of the purse st rin gs of a man ; th e opportunity for self-realization. Bein g self-d epend ent brings wom en into direct con- �336 T be Western Com r a,d e taet ·with labor conditions, with business conditions and they work with; cheaper than the product of their with political methods wltich they only guessed at and labor ; cheap a dro . To them human life is more felt vaguely while they were hobbled in th~narrow valuable than all the diamonds of ti1e Kimberly mines, field of domestic affairs. They discover in a very short and dearer than the glory of ten generations of kings. time that economic independ~nce must be a. mere shibTo theJl:! it i ineompreben ible that governments boleth as long as factories, . stores and offi~s remain should legislate for the welfare of property as against dens of exploitation ; as long as they escfl.pe dep'end- ~ the welfare of citizens; that people should be made encc on one man only to become dependent on a job. the servants of thing in tead of things beina made !II orally th ey may be better off-provided they escape the ervants or" people; . that a nation hould mea ure tltc clutches of prostitution-but economically, unles . its wealth in dollars rather than in human happiness. they ar·c of the fortunate few who are enabled to enter To them it i amazing that Might should mean the pruf(:ssions, they are worse off than ~efore . Though Right; that any man borne with the a me mother' they may IJc aiJic to overco.me the discriminations pang , fed with the same mother' milk, reared with agaiJJst tllf:ir sex in th e way of remuneration a nd op- the same .mother's care as all his fellows, should be portunity, the difficulty of fulfilling the func~ions of arrogated above them to .feed idly on their labor· that rnoth1·rhoou alld still mai11taining an independent ex- the welfare of the group should. be set a ide for the isten t<· connot he overcome uudcr p resent conditions. selfishness of an individuaL All this is not according to the ways of w9men. "\s a l'<•sult, lllaiTiagc becom es more and more diffiSo they set to work with the energy and spitit of t ult for thl•tll, partly beca use the wages of many men do uot suffi1·1~ for the support of a fami ly and p artly pioneer to fashion t his amazing, cgotist'ic, squandering hecause they Ita \'e a stroug distaste for retu rning t'o world more to their liking, that is, m~re democratically. They do not dream many dreams. ·women at·e not abso lutely llllpaid householu duties. The women who have stmg-gled ha rd and value hi ghly any measure of much given to dreaming. They do not construct an elaborate theot·y and quibble O\'er the manner in which fJ'C (~dOIII th<·y 111ay have IJeen auk to Wrest from COJ1dit ions so a vcnw to free womc11, realize t hat every sort it shou ld he r ealized. Th ey start no controver ies, no Of ind epP!Id t::JlC(•- ilJ (elJ ectUal, moral, polit ical Or any factions, no revolutions OYer abstract ideas. Generaliot hrr --ha ng-s in thr lasl analysis by t he t hread of eco- ties have nry little fascination for them . JJ OJIIil· iJII II· JH'IJ d'·'J (·I·. 'l'o them a matTiage that necessiT li l'y get down to concrete work. ta t i~s a<·<·<·pt ill g t h<: su pport of a man is an inexcusab le 'l'hcy s~c t hat t he present basis of society is indiret rogressio11 lo a co tHl it ion hom which th ey have es- vidualist!c; t hey would make it social. Being awar e caped wi th di fti (;ult y. Ou the other hand, industry is of t he effor·ts at soc.ializat ion goiug on everywhere, t hey so comluctcd th at WOJil en cannot go on with their work put forth every energy to f nrther those efforts. 1' heir and care fo•· t heir· chil dren. It demands the great er aim is to fi rst f r ee th emselves t hat t hey may f ree. t he share of th eir t ime and gives in return insufficient wages race. They t ake advant age of every opportunity, fo r t he support of a family. Thus they have the alter - wh et her it be t he. cr·eation of a municipal ice plant, nativ{) of returning to a condition which they consider t he oustin g of a had mayor, the winning of a strike, d egradin g or foregoing the greatest joy, the highest or a fi ght for pure milk to furt her the inter ests of the aim , th e d ear est labor o.f women- motherhood. p eople as a~:ain st t he interests of pr operty. They cr eep Since the passion for motherhood, efficient mother- into every cr evice, d imh every wall, penetr ate every hood, strong mot herhood, happy motherhood is the most recess of the social st ructure, leaving trac;s of their powr rful fo rce in women's lives; since for that passion prcsenre wh e~eve r. they go, and t he trace of their th ey will move mountains, suffer endlessly, sacrifice all, presence is ever a little bit of the mother spirit. it is hardly t o be expected that they will uncomplain'ro incorporate the mother spirit, the democratic ingly endure a system which robs many of them of spirit, in the i; 3titntions of society-is that not revo.. t heir right to childi·en and tortures those who are per- lutionary ? mitted to exercise this right by smiting their little ones with t he curse of hard labor and ignorance and disease. NEW HAVEN ROTTENNESS But t here ar·c other problems besides purely p ersonal Th e New Haven road has p assed its quar terly diviones which mah women antagonistic to societ y as it is. dend fo r th e first time in forty year s. Twen ty-four As t hey are t hrown into this commercial .world, thousand middle-class and capitalist-class stockholders hcretofoJ'c occupied only by men, t hey. have immeasur- . were bitterly grieved, o£ course. The New Haven is able difficulty in adju ling themselves to it. It is more basing a powerfu l plea for a 5 per cent incr ease in · t han pas iug strange. Far indeed ar e its ways from the freight rates, lar gely on its failure to pay the dividend. ways of women's minds and hearts! However, it is a mattet· of common knowledge t hat the 'l'o 1hem it i appalling that, in factor ies and mines condition of the New H v· others, is not due t o cost of operation, but is the penalty for stock watering and all manner of t ricl•ery . �CRAZ I :tte-no~S', JU!litll.Sl an T HESE:~ Wng,ht~ nm;w d.~fd~ t:QI hJl.d m;w mast:e.npieceSl mt:o th~ as_te; bask~t: In <mder to j~lil:w them a biit, s_o that tiley wm. be nice, t.o m&~ J p;u,t; tb.e.iir picture in with th res.t, of the iQk.i!.~ 'l'hey :re:a:Jl) don tt lQok like this~ hut: th.e;w may. s.emeda.;r. tone, P atient bor I NDr.a meek Capital: " What's the mata.sks La; . ter with me, Doc? ·I feel bad. " Mter a fake examination, Dr. C_apital answers : . " You're in a bad fix. l find that there is .a dollar in you. An operation is necessary.'' Sometimes the patient lives through an operation, but the doctor always removes the trouble! W HEN a business man pats me on the back He's working me for something. When a sweet girl smiles at me, I am cautious ; She's working me for something. Yes, whenever anyone caters to me I feel He ifl, working me for something. But when a tiny baby holds out its chubby hands to me a.nd sroi!es and wiggles its feet, I fall, for I know that it just loves me; It is not working me for something. .. . Mike, who 's that intelligent S AY,lookin' gent?" ...Why, don't you know?'" .. No. " ••That 's ·a wise guy. Can't :you see ihe•:s ioo'k:Uqr a.t yoUl' pictooe in The We-stem Comrade?'' �The We s tern Comrade We're Going to Congress Again By CHESTER M, W·RIGHT f ~ F ANYTHING in tb ~ world ,would cause was elected to congress. . Comrade Thomas says that the Honorable Champ Clark- the Honor- the party will probably elect two state senators and able Champ being speaker of th'e. Huuse ten or twelve assemhlymen. Also, there is an excellent of Representatives-to get uneasy in..his chance to elect a mayor in Milwaukee in April of this official chair and to dream of hobgoblins year. ~ at night it would appear to th'ose era s New Jersey expects to elect several mayors. "Pushand uncouth mernbers of the p:oleta;riat ing steadily forward, " says Secretary W. B. Killing" ·ho go about packing red cards"in their b(lck. right-ha nd inside coat pockets that th e thing best cal· "Going to elect our state ticket," declares the state ctrlat <•d to do those littl e things would be· the ~sending secretary of Oklahoma, who also expects the party to of about a dozen ~oe: ialist congressmep down to \Yash- elect four congressmen, with · two additional districts in g-ton to ruffl e th e neatly laund ered processes ~f th e Close. That th er e will be i.t. few Socialist mayors elected ga th cr·in g kn own as tlH! lowf•r· house. this spring is the further inspiring mes~age from t he ··- About two months ago Th e \Vestern Comrade se'1 t Broom Corn state. to ea<· h state sccrd a r·y of th e Socialist party a letter State Secretary l\L F . Wiltse, of Iowa, expects an of inquiry to asce rtain, if possibl e, how many congr~ss- increase in vote, but no victories. men, h o w many state senators and assemblymen, how Pushing right up to the front, State Secretary Wilma ny 111ayors and how many governors mi gh't be liam H . Henry, of Indiana, says there is a "good r lcctC'<l in 1914. Heal(v, the editors didn '-t expect t o chance " to elect three congressmen, with five close bear a ny state src r·t'tari cs predict the election of gov- districts, as well as the possibility of electing from ernors, but th ry did expeet to hear that a goodly delr- thirty to forty members of the state legislature in the gat ion wonlcl be Yot r d into th e place Victor 13cr·ger coming fall contests. H e declares that he bases his fill f• <l not long ago. estimate on th e exp erience gained during fifteen years Thil't r •·n stat r s•~nct:u·i cs r eplied to t hat lettr r. It of party service, and calls att ention to the fact that must lH' eoneludcfl that th e others arc not enthusiasti c t wo mayors wer e clectrd in Indiana in the r ecent elecabout th P <· hall Pf's for elt!<:ion suceesscs in th eir· stat es. t ions. l<, or·, if th er·e is any p erson who will lift his voice up in Six state r epresentatives are expect ed by the state meetin g to slwut tlw g-lad news it is a Socialist state secr etary of Utah, as well as an equal number o£ sec retary who thinks his stat e is going t o laOfj in th e mayors. procession with a gt'cat and effective strin g of victories E. A. Green, state secretary for Texas; expeets the for labor at th c_polls. It must be assumed, th creforr, hig Lone Star state to elect one or two members of that th e most promising states have been heard from . th e state legislature. H e predicts a heavy increase in In th e letters sent out emph asis was laid upon th e t heo vote. fact that con:;ervative r eplies were dcsir·ed . Evidently, T. E . Latimer, Minnesota's state secr etary, says that that r equ est has been heeded. th e party will have candidates in all of the t en conIt appears from th e r eports of th e state sccrctar·ics gressional districts, and that in five Socialists will be a that th e Socialist party will elect anywh ere fr·om twelve fa ctor, with a fighting chance for victory in three out to twenty congressmen in the fall of th is year. Taking of th e five. A r eapportionm ent of legislative districts the same replies at face value, th e party will elect will greatly aid the party in sending a large delegation approximately sixty state assemblym en, with possibly to the state capital, un~ss th e non-partisan law. now a few state senators accompanying th em to state capi - heing contested in the courts, is upheld. If the law tols. As to mayors, little is said, hut about t en good ly is declared unconstitutional, as Comrade Latimer citi rs arc expectin g r ed card executives. thinks it easily may be, he says, "we should elect at As to governors- well, most Socialists wi ll say that least fift een members of the lower house and five mcmit is ratlr cr early po he speaking or Socialist go'"emors. bcrs of the senate." The party has driven the enemy But Oklahoma brlievcs th ere i13 a chan ce for one t here, to one fold in many parts of the state, and in at least and California, to a certain extent, holds a similar a dozen distt·icts th e Democrat ic party is almost elimibelicf. nated. If it should be r evived Comrade Latimer feels From \Visconsin State Seci·ctary Miss E . H. Thomas that Socialist vict01·ics may :be expect ed in those disvrites that there _is a good chance to ,,Ject two Soc iali s,.~..t_turJic.ctw:so...aal~..:;s.uo,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ r ongrcssmcn, 1Joth , of comsi>, in th e Mil waukee disState Sec retary T. \Y. Williams of California writes, tricts. It was from one of th ese t hat Victor L. Berger "We approach th e 1914 campaign with confidence. We I , W&j �e Tb.e WesterlJ Comrade· lthon d eleeil f'&1!lll" eOlllg,ressmen leld from. ten to liifteen assembllyme"D, ~Ell a eonespoordiill!g m:l!IDlber of s.tate se·natC!l'l'S:. 't Seereta:ry Camron of' Oregon is: lo&iking to 1916, rather than to 1914, lmt be says: tbaft if a proportional representation referendum, now ~eing pn,shed by the party r ca:n be gotten through in time for the 1914 elections tbe Socialist ''will have several :repr,e enta- t ives." In Washington neither faction of the party hopes to elect during 1914, though a strona gain m vot!! . (•xpected. . Guy Underwood, state secretary for Illino' mnst have receiYed the letter from The We tern Comrane on a rainy Monday. Or it may have been snowilig and he may have slipped down the "L" stairs. His reply was contained in two sentences. One sentence ackpowl•·tlged the letter of inquir·y. The other sentence was: " \Ye can t ell far more about such things about eight rnonths fr·om now, if you write to us at that ~ime." It }'lllSt lw remembered, in connection with Illinois, that 1he party srnt a del egation to the state legislature a ~·c·nr ngo. Se<·retary Robrrt \\·. Ringler· of P ennsylvania is optimistic as to an increase in the ,·ote, hut does not •·:tJ'e to mak e any definite statcmrnt of expectations. 1/ i'('Cnt tamprrin g with th e election machin ery by f' ri ghtcncc1 capi tal ist legislators may l1ampcr t he So•·ialisfs for a short ti me. :\ c· hnn ec to cl 'Ct t"·o state assemblymen, with big gains. m the vate pFOl> l>l~. • the Ol'l\UO@ in gmiia~ w~ little Rhode Island! e:xpoot & 2S IM'l' gaan in tJre SaC'i • t vote~ with n{) elee-ililn J(l.C; Comrade Fred E. lr-isb. tate :eeretaey ~ · · pOSitive and. conei e. a · l ell a h~:r ,e. H11 "We all nat elt'ct anyb~d.v - in !faine for a numh~ of years.u There sre a few fairly ·t rong tate mi ing UQm the compilation; but the ituatioo, Q far tl po ible or probable vietori •• are con e.rned. is nm.m ed hei with not' enough mi sing· territory to matel'ially altEU: the r es:u)t, o far a elected menace to capita.lism al'e concerned. It annot be aid, of course, tlutt all or mo t of the victories here predicted will materialize. I t i the purpose of the e predicti~n m rely to Q\ltlin the probabilities; to bring to the front tho e place in \vhi'h the element of chance i F R ociali t ncce at the polls. l It is the belief that the state ccreta n e have bt•cn conservatiYe in their e timate and that tho e victorie that t hey have predicted are very likel to materialize. · In other word. , the ociali t party actually does 'tand an exce1lent chance of havina a del aa1ion of ten or twelve men in the n ext 11ational congl' , and it does stand an excellent chance of having strong d •)cantions in a n umber of state lcgi ·latur , ns w ll ns a fin chance of r ecapturing t hat first gr at Ameri an eitadcl the city of l\1ilwaul{ee. And, becau e of those thing , l t u nll :fight out· best! IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA· By EMANUEL JULIUS r.~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'l JGllA'l'JON is common to all auimal life. .m As inexorably as '\Yater seeks its level . life serks those regions wh ere it can most ~ easily and most plentifully supply its hungct• needs. It is equally tru e of the higher fom1s and the lower. It is equally true of locusts, elephants, savage races and civilized races. In America race assimilation, race amalgamation is in process of development on a scale that meets with no comparison. 'fhis country is a r etort for over thirty nationalities, which it is our task, our duty, our privilege, to develop iryo a r ace such as ha. lived nowher,e on earth before. . · But here in America immigration is not merely due to the natural gravitation of peoples to the climes aud countries where their economjc needs are most en ily ati ficd. We have here a social phenomenon h1 crimp n ccetrrred:--now here el:s · tot y , i. e. stimula.~d im.migra.tion for the a.dvanta.ge of a domina.nt class. We have not only the immigrants who come here of their own accord, because the conditions of their home land were no longer bearabl e. W c have also t he immigrant induced to leave th e land of his bir-th by the e:ltaggerated descriptions and false promises of the immigration agents- of big industry; we hav t he contract laborer, smuggled in, despite all legislation prohibiting his entrance. Under usual circumStances the migration of races leads to wars, to conquests, the natural r esult o.f one race · infringing on th e territory of another. These wars of conquest for bread through the intermingling of races which they have caused, have been one of the strongest factors of -evolution. '!'hey have resulted in race amalgamation, in the crossing of st rain~, or, .as Lester F. Ward phrases it, have resulted in a Social chemistry creating new and higher 1.:aees. In America the immigration of races does llot lead to physical , 'ndulrtri.at-wa: . 1""'"'....-the added difficulty that, instead of needing to mould tw:o races into a harmonic social organiRm- tlle con# �The Western Comrade quering race and the conquered-we have more than a score of different nationaJjties of varying derrrees apart. To assimilate these into a smoothly working organism would be a gigantic task under ordinary eire ' cumstances. \Ve have a phenomenon that makes it a Herculean task-the exploit;tion of.these racial differences by the ruling class to prevent the. organization of the working class; the stimulatio_n of racial antagonisms that l•eep us away from other :vital problems; - that ket-p us from seeing our true intere t . The big powers of ·industry put forth every effort to keep disorganizPd, disunited the numerous" peoples that come to our shoes. They are pitted·; on~ again t the other, in the industr·ial field, are-decoyed -he're by fraud to lower· tiH· standard of living of their wo.r king ill'otllers. The StNd Trust employs as many nationalities in its shops as possilllc- Gr·ceks, Italians; S]cilians, Irish, Russians- so that an or·ganization may he prevented. The same principle is followed out in mak.ing up railroad crews. Down in the mines of Missouri and· Kansas it is almost impossible to sccur·c u~itcd action on the part of th e minPrs because they are composed of antagonistic Nif•Ps. 'l'hPy ar·c Jr·ish, Italians, Greeks and n rgrors. 'J'hr· J rishmnn hates the Italian; and r efuses to worl\ with him ; the Italian hates the Greek, and all rom hin e in hatin g the negro. Each race is alwavs unrJprJ,idding th e other in the labor markct- " ·hich ·is a firw vitr·iol to stimulate race antagonism. A year ot· so ngo the con i min er·s of Freeport, Ill., wcr·e out on strike. 'l'hry 'were mostly foreigners, but belon ged to the A. F. of h Agents of the ernp1oyers went amoug the stril<crs and p ersuaded th em into believing that the off~Ris of th e Federation were selling them out; succeeded in making them think that the J\m ct·icans in the union were using them as decoys to sec'ur·c their own interests. Th e agents aroused such bitter feeling against the Americans and the A. F. of L. officinls that there was danger of rioting. Tlw owners of the big southem turpentine camps send agents to the large cities of the North, especially to New York to sccur·c recent immigrants to work in the distilleri~s. 'rhe less the newcomers know of the Engli h lan guage or of English customs the more welcome they arc as employes. 'l'hese men are asked t~ ign a ron tract interpreted to th em by the agent, as they lli'C unabl e to r ead it for themselves and of '· with ' course, tlre intcr·pretation harmonizes very little th artuality. When - once they r each the southern •nmp they are herded together like cattle, r eceiving the coar e t rations and the poore t lodgi.Dg, practically a bad as that of the prisoners on the chain gangs. into a p eacefully working nation, or an organized 'york.ing cla . In the W t organiz.ation is hinder d by the impor: tation of Oriental labor. ince this importation is re tricted by law, the Oriental are muggled in. The e immirrrant ~on titute the mo t difficult race problem we have. The more imilar rae are, the easier it is for them to unite, and vice versa, the more di imilar they are, th greater the antagoni m. The Orientals differ more radically from all the other races harbored here than any of them differ from ach Qther -with the exception of the negro s, of cour e. For this rea on, even if we did not have the problem of getting them organized, we would still have a race problem-one that seems almost hopeless. o we see that Ea 't, \Y c. t, ot'th and outh we ha\'e this immigration .problem. Now, all this may sound ominpu , pes imisti , qut it ne<ld not if we rccogni.ze what we should do regarding it. 1f we know how to usc it, we have in the United States material to build an enligh!;ened race, a physically strong race, a r·ace with all the characteri tics to carry it fo rward. W c ha,-e only to compare the nations of the ·w orld to see that those composed of the most nationalities ar·c the mo:st advanced in civilization. Witness Gcr·many, England, Australia, ._ an.d America. All these nations nr·c the result of the mingling of mnny races. The Easter·n nations-China, Japan, India, Korea u-nd 'furkr,v-which until recently have been r ntirely secludrd from other races, are far behind in the mar·ch of progres.. This is au example of a law of Natur·c as true in society as in biology; namely, that vnriation, fresh hlood, tends to increase the power of Life. This is one fad that mal<:es our national condition very hopefu l. 'l'h ere is another -which makP.s it still more hopefu l- the fact that a common interest unites. And they have a como u interest, these many, many worl<ing men, a common economi·c interest. We must \\·ork ceaselessly to mak e this score or more of nationalities aware of their common interest. We must make every effort to organize them, to encourage them to fight toget her. \Ve must get the workers to act together, as they did at Trinidad,'W est Virginia, Calumet and McKees Hocl<s. Let them say to their employers, "You shall not make us fight brother against brother. You shall not dupe us and win dollars through our blindness. \Y (' \\·ill no longer hr your cat 's paw." Jn doing this we shall turn to our great advantage the Yery thing that now threatens us with trouble. In doing this we further the day when America will be a peaceful nation; '~e further the indu~;~trial organization of the workers; we further Socialism. In doing · all have elimbed one-more of th~e steps of the ages at the top of which stands a society com. po ing onr kind. one class, one Humanity! �Th e W estern ·C o m rade an G.E T.T I_NG OLGA'.S EYES , E. W o lfe B y Fran k m "Got any plans to bring her tl~rough t" asked Hampden, in the qui t of the deserted scenario room. "Think I can make it in a day or two," said the director. ''It will make a picture of mediocrity the way it is running. If Trident will only come through with. something I can go ahead. I kicked him a cable a week ago. Shes got a story. I got her name, and a doubtful line on location, and there it ended. She has the eyes and every other quality. It's that numbness that I can't overcome. I want he.r to give us her eyes and the fire that is down there. If. Trident will fiJI in a name and place 1 will make a greatl picture, and one that will make her famous. 'rhis scene either makes or ruins a superb sfory." Now that the gong had commanded "Silence, lights and camera," the assistant director moved quietly around where be could watch his chief rather than the scene. The big, bare-armed director stood in an unusual position. He was mounted on a table drawn near the camera. His black, bushy head was three feet higher than the instrument, and as far to the left. Anyone in the scene could now stare directly at th.e fl}.ce of the director without committing the awful breach of looking at the camera. Quickly the actors ran through their parts. The scene depicted the r endezvous of the stranglers in the "quarter" of Paris. At tables sat.a score of' Apaches. Repeated rehearsals had made all performers perfect in their parts. Timing was like clockwork. The dance scene was a success, and the director had scarcely spoken a word during t he action. It was "picture," and the dancers threw into th e action all -the wild abandon of the characters they represented. The leads worked down stage, and in the close foreground a great hulk of a man t hrew a girl spinning far above his head, allowing her to fall in the sawduct on the floor. Then call]J! the fight. Down in the foreground the hrawny villain drew a knife and stabbad a whitefa ced boy, who wore a black velvet jacket and cap. The Apacl1es slunk away' and left the boy on the floor, and his assailant standing over him. That formed the setting when th e director 's Yoice rang 011t in sharp command: "Come on, Mi!is Orlov! (~uick, now; down stage!" 'fhcn th e directors voice chan ged to low tense tones: ''See what has happC1l ed here, Olga, ron are in Oilessa, there is Ivan!" The director .was down now, crouched near the floor· in a line with the wounded boy. P-!~~~~ ILENCE!" shrieked a gong in tbe gloom of the rafters aloft. The rain outside pattered on the brown ~eaves that carpeted the little park , and the sound mingled with the soft gutterb:ig of immense bl~e banks ·of the mercury · tubes that swung low in a semi-circle o.v er the "set!" . Voices were stilled along the row of ghastly ,masks ,,·ith purple lips and glistening eyes . that moved si lently in the deep shadows back of the dead tine. "·Li ghts!" roared a deep voice and two sharp clangs from above where, followed by the subdued c;r~Q and hiss of carbons as they met' an·d flamed, blue and fi cey, then settled down to actinic points and mingled theie infra-red rays with the ultra violet of t he pale, soft mer curies. ''Camera!'' Three crashes of the ·brazen bell brought a murmur of approval from the row of corpses on tlte back line. The director leaned over, spoke in a low tone to the man beside the instrument, touched him on the-shoulder, then another sound,-soft and purring, steady and rhy-thmic, joined the hum of the l1;1mps and th e patter of the rain. It was the shutter marking ~; ixtec n fram es to the second. "It's time he run it. Four days we have stuck on this bit. The big one must be going daft," said a man who stood beside a great marble switchboard with its myriad of pins, throw switches and dials. "You heep your lamps up and you'll break a record. Th e director knows what he is doing," snapped tjle nervous head mechanic who was no less overwrought than the electrician, who chafed under the delay that held half a hundred players and scores of stage workers in idleness. Everyone connected with the big studio had wondered what had gone wrong with Marsden, the head director, ·who had spent three days on one scene and not run a foot of film. The oae least concerned in the establishment was the young Russian woman, whom the director· had chosen to play the lead in a f eature pr·oduction . She had shown flashes of such marked ability that the producer helieved she had great latent talent and he had determined to bring it out. Her act ion iu the part had 'p leased everybody but Marsden. ''Can't get her to r egister two emotions,'' was the only comment Marsden made, and that confidentially to hi as i tant, Charlie Hampden, the quiet and selfeffacing nian who had performed such miracles in trick work and doubles. ; �342 T h ·e 'wes t er n Co m r a d e " Look, Olga, merciful God, it's Ivan! He's been stabbed!" At the utterance of the names the actr~ss stopped and a look of surprise, then alarm, then horror came into her wondrous dark eyes. , Long experience and..: training failed ·her under the shock, and the girl stared straight at the director, who• had fe~red this and had crawled almost to the' foreground line n~ar the pros- · trate boy, just out of range of the camera lens. In th e silenc e, broken only by the sputtering lamps and · the whir of the -shutter , th e girl ~tarted to look ~}round. " Look at I van, Olga! Mother o( Christ, h~ 'IO dying! Look, look! Your brother, Ivan." ,It w~s fir~t a sh:a p command , th en awful pleading a:od infinite tenderness, endin g almost in a sob. The w.omait turn'ed: her eyes to the whi te fa c~ of the boy then sh_e s£arted:- shoc'ked. (iui cldy she lmelt, put her han·d to his fo reh ~ad, t~rri.ed his ghastly face towards her and gazed intently at him . ~Fright show ed in eve ry gesture and every exP n·ssi on. . "Open Ivan 's jacJ,ct, Olga! See; there it .is! You find th e lmifc wounrl. lt 's deep and deadly." Th e woman shra nk ha ck with a scream · of horror at the purple stain. on t he boy's breast as the blood' oozed out at cvel'_y heart heat . Th e purp le stains were now on her l ~a r.ds . " See han 's fru:e, Olga! He is dy ing! . You can 't Jet him go. Hold him to you; speak to Ivan, Olga!" The girl was JJ OW fo ll owing evct·y suggestion. Her wide eyes r cgiste r·ed every poignant expression. Her hand:> rnee han i<:a ll y olwyed every order. "Don't let h.im slip away, Olga, he is still you t· li.t- . t ic comrade, he is your vaniu sha. Pray; Olga: 'Me rciful God; don 't take I van away from me no"~· I want to take him back to toitia, to our home in Rostov'." _;Marsden was back on th e table now and the girl was staring at him, her eyes brimming with tears, her lips moving in prayer. Back of the line women were• sobbing aloud and men were slippin g silently away. . 'rhe girl was kn eeling, sobbing and fondling the boy's inert hands, whispering first then shrieking and shaking. She spok e in th e Russian tongue. Her wealth of tawny hair had fallen about her shoulders and in· her angui sh sh e had torn her dress open at the throat. ~ · ''Look behind ~· Olga! . '!'here's Borisoff! H e stab bed I van !" · At th e name the girl started in alarm. H er fac e showed wonderous change in her -emotions fl.S slowly she turned and faced the man witlt the knife. " Business, Manders; · don't lose your head!" said th e director in a tense und ertone to th e actor who had held~i s pose with slight action during the r emarkable scene. " Th er e s the assassin, Olga! H e betrayed Ivan and th e ot her comrad es in R.ostov. H e sent I van to a Siberian prison hell. Now he's stabbed b an. Curse him, Qlga-no kill biip! Can~ you k~ll Borisoff ?" . ''Work across; dow~ · stage a bit, ' Manders; make her fac e forward,." said the director quietly. When the woman turn d 'her face front she r egistered such rage and awful hatr~d that the spectators shuddered. he flung herself at the man with such f erocity that she almost. carried him off -his feet. Deftly he made shift to drop· the knife and to kick it far off stage. He grappled with th e woman and it took .his utmost strength to hold h er in position and to work her face to the frQnt. . " Begi:o to stir, Rossi," said the director, and the prostrate boy r aised his hand feebly toward his head. " Look at IVan, Olga !1va·nr i van ! I van! He is ot dead!" shouted the director. The girl turn ~d her eyes tow~rd the youth. Slowly' J • she relai:ed her grip on the man's jhl·oat. "Go to Ivan, quick, Ol.ga !--" 'Beat it, Manders! Get off the scene qui ck, turn th ere, at th e door, slink; now, out!" . Again the girl lm elt and the boy .turned his face t ward her, opened bis eyes and smiled. "1\liss Orlov, listen to me now. I have a cablegram from your brother I van. H e is in London and is coming here." 'l'here wa a change in the tone and manner of the director. H e spoke in a matter of fact, business way. 1'he girl looked up at him, her great limpid eyes filled with wonderment, th en j oy, as the director selected tl).e shorter of two cablegrams he had tak en from his pocket and r ead : "Marsden, New York-Ivan Turgenef, brother Olga Orlov Turgenef, fo rmerly of Odessa, escaped from Siberian prison month ago. Located him in liondon. Am sending him to you on JmperatorTrident. '' 'l'he girl, still. kneeling holding t he boy 's head, was looking steadily up toward the director, her face r egistering gratitude, h er eyes beaming a transport of joy. Then, as if awak ening, she raised her ha'itds toward the director and exclaimed: " Ob, you wonderful, wonderful man! I know it is true 1 I know Ivan is coming. I want to thank you, to kiss you, to embrace you. '' " Not me," said,..the director, drily. "Look at Rossi. H e helped in this deal. H e is glad Ivan is coming, slip him th e kiss.'' · · The girl turned to the · smiling, purple lipped boy and gave him a r apturous embrace:.. The camera purred steadily on until the director touched th e operator on the arm . Marsden was stuffing cut plug into a venomous-looking pipe. He paused to glance at the dial of the footage indicator on the side of th e camer a and he almost smiled as the operator '' Two hundred and t en feet !'' ''We will break the length by two cut-backs," said Marsden. �By EMANUEL J ULIUS THE HUMAN TOUCH and his philosophv-Socialism-will make producers Count all the poets, the writers and the artists q'f of parasites. • . all the centuries, from the dawn of civilization to the The steam engine, the forge, the furnace, the ocean middle of th e ninet eenth century, and the 'total \yill liner are all produced and operated by workers who not equal th e imm ense number of · men and ·women ar.·e unconscious arti ts, for there is as much art in a "·ho r eally can writ e, and who are writing, for our beautiful: machine as may be found in a , symphony. age; and yrt, only a handful are doing ·work that is." 'l'hese machines inspire the singers, the painters and real and Yital. It is estimated that fifteen thousand composers, and the result is that we are about to have hooks are published in America each year; they · are a new- art-=-the art of factory, mill and mine. Of old, well written, show culture and training and scholar- · the clank 'of armor inspired poets and musicians. -.,hip-but still , they are not lasting. ·why is this so Today, th e roar of the forge, the clatter of the f!actory I believe t he answer is not difficult to find. Our regi- . and the hammers of the riveters inspire the artists. rnents of writ ers arc not in touch with life, and that' is The greatest joy that life has to offer. is the ecstacy "·hy thry lack the elear ring of r eality; they are in of creation. The great est joy that the old life had to t oHeh with books, but th ey are not in touch with people. -offer was the delirium of destruction. The gun has Their philosophies come frol'n hooks that lalck. 'the been supplanted by the hammer. h11man touch. Th e writer's life, as \Valter Bagelot * * ie· sa ~'S iu his "Liter::try Studies," is a vacuum. "He has GOSSIP 11othin~ to hea r· and nothiu g to see. H e is out of the What is more powerful than a man's wish to t ell a "'''Y of ,.,nployin g his own eyes and cars," Mr. Bagehot friend, or the world, what l1e thinks, feels, observes Y avers. Our writ ers must get into the open. Th ey must \Vhat is more overwhelming than a person's desire to rub elbo" ·s with the engineer , the electrician ; they must express· himself ? It seem to me as though man's 1is ten to th e sighs of the factory girl and the cries· great est joy i~ life is found in talking-and the world's of t.hc children: 1hey must hecld the call of man, the first artist was not a painter , a. sculptor, a poet or a song of brotherhood. Art has had enough of culture; musician; he was a talker. So, we are all artists. Talk it needs a social passion . Th e book man must make has taken different forms; and now, some talk with a "·ay for tire strret man. violin, others talk with a chisel, a brush, a printing John l\Taseficld expresses the thought in the follow- press. It is all talk, however; it is all expression; it is ing lines: th e common expression that is the bas~s of art; and Others may sing of the win e and the wealth and the when yort bare it to its heart you come upon that mirth, living, breathing, talking thing-Democracy. 'L'hc portly presene ~ of · potentates goodly in girthSo, h ealthy gossip is th e basis of all art; art com~1ine be th e dirt and tli c dross, the dust and scum of mences in conversation ; talk is the mother Of poetry tlie earth! and literature; the artist is the gossip of the universe. Theirs be the music, the color, the glory, the gold; He tell~ us things, and he tries to say them beautifully; :\Iine be a handful of ashes; a mouthful of mold. his stories, his poems--all gossip. Gossip cannot live Of the maimed, of the halt and the blind in th e rain without listeners. Place .the artist on a manless island and the coldand his art becomes a mockery, it becomes nothing. H<' Of these shall my songs be fashioned, my tales be told. must have · the people, someone to ta~k to. And he must talke th e language that is understood. He may * * * THE NEW INSPIRATION conceive beautiful sounds, make them t ell beautiful Man creates, and in _..creating, he bu ilds character. .stories, but they cannot be art until the spectator This drsire to create finds expression in all phases understands and feels with th e artist. 'fhat, to my of life, except th e parasite dass that lives by appro- mind, is why the artist would rath er serve the people priating what others have made. 'fhese parasites who than the exclusive, aristocratic ri ch. Th e Greeks placed take what the mechanic has cr eated also take the songs their statues and things of beautY. -where the people £-..t.l-H:- I!Oill }') :.h Gi-t.l:lc6-al'..tjs.~;,....-:.~.JW~--Ilug:m;...s.eee.e.aa~nwdL-gg.luou:r~y:...JiLLlnwtuhue!.llmu_~TL.IIl;JCe...aaxriJtitSstus>..otlfL...Llto:>.cd:ua~y!W!wiUaunut_ _ liYe by a hsorhing. nut; their days are numbered, for the worker is at last conscious of this mon~trosity , a similar audience; the aud'i ence can 11ever he too large : they want the world to see ani! hear their beauties. �T .h e W _e st e r n Com rade 344 THE $40,000 SOCIALIST r.~~~@~~J!!!!!!!!~ T is characteristic of the capjtalist press ~·that it shou'ld announce the winner of the 1912 Nobel p eace pri;e and ~eglect to announce the winner of the 1913 Nobel peace prize, although both winners were decided upon at the same time. It is riat. • ' ural t hat one should not be ll!-entionetl. . whcn that one happens to be a $ocialist. Probably every Am erica!:!- school boy who ·has passed the fifth or sixth grade knows that Elillu Root, of whom mention is made editorially by another 'writ er· in this magazine, was the . winner of a Nobel peace prize. Probably most of them believe he was the winner of the prize fo r 1913. It is highly probable that not many of t hem know t hat Elihu Root was given the 1912 award, and a still smaller lll.l.mber . are aware of t he fact that the 1913 Nobel peace prize of $40,000 was awarded about December 10 to Henri la Fontaine, a Socialist member of t he Belgian senate. The Western Comrade d.oes not care to say that t he great newspapers of the United States and the great press associations of the United States fail to give t heir readers all of the vital news, or t hat they distort news for the benefit of th e capitalist class. The Western Comrade prefers to allow the facts to speak for themselves. The facts are that today all America knows that Elihu Root is the winner of the Nobel p eace prize of $40,000, but it does not know that HE won the prize for 1912, and that the winner for 1913 was a Socialist, a fact fully as important, if not more so . . For the following concise sketch of the $40,000 Socialist, Henri ]a Fontaine, The W estern Comrade is indebted to The Independent: "Henri la Fontaine, who r eceived the Nobel peace prize of $40,000 for 1913, maintains the same mental atti~ude to a king as to a workingman. He respects not persons, but ideas. He is a Social Democrat. Since 1895 he has sat continuously in the Belgian senate with only two years' intermission. ·with the exception of Cremer , of England, he is the only r epresentative of . the working classes to have received the Nobel prize, although the organized labor parties are the most per sistent and practical of peace advocates. La Fontaine's life has been a life of service. With an indomitable persistence he has espoused the cause of inter- . nationalism. Were he a millionoir:e or a secretary of state instead of a representative of the workingmen he could hardly have done more for the progress of internationalism than he has. Born April 22, 1854, _ _at Brussels, I m Font~ine, ~g man, began his career of doing good. In 1878 he became secretary of a model technical school for girls. In . ·,1 . I" 1889 he .;became Secretary. of Social and Political Studies, which prepared the way for .the revision of the Belgian electoral law in 1903. ·In 1891 he joined the Socialist party, and two years later founded La Justice. ln this ·organ and Le Pcuple are to be found numerous ·articles from his pen. In 1894 he took part in founding Brussels Uliivetsity, and was appointed its Professor of Inter:aational Law. "Perhaps 'his most marvelous undertaking was the establishment of his model 'House of Documentation,' founded in 1897, where at ·an almost inconceivable cost of energy he shows how track can· be k ept of everything "that is now said anywhere in the world or has ever been recorded. He has ever been one of the world 's most active pacificists, attending atl international congresses of arbitration and peace. Novem- ~ ber of the Interparliamentary Union is more· influent-ial • in its inner councils than he. And now that he is president of the Berne P eace Bureau, he is the leader of · the organized federated peace movement of the wodd. "In 1910 l\1r. La Fontaine, in co-operation with his lifelong partner of p eace, Paul Otlet, founded the union of International Associations, and during the same year a world 's congress was held in which were r epresented 132 international organizations. The cent ral committee of the union is now established in Brussels and is installed in a set of commodious quarters provided by the Belgian Government. With Otlet and Fried (the Nobel pr.izeman of 1911) he undertook the editing, in 1908, of Annuaire de la Vie internationale, and in 1912 of the p eriodical La Vie internationale. He is the author of Code of International Arbitratino, DocumeBtary History of International Arbitration, Chronological History of Arbitration Since 1794 Down to 1900, Bibliography of Peace and Arbitration. In The Inepeendent of December 21, 1905, a con-tributor thus sums up the man: '' 'He is one of these bold intelligences which walk about the world with open eyes. • • • He looks at institutions in order to s~ where they · may be improved ; he considers conditions in order to change them. He is not to be changed by them. H e is always going forward and upward.' " FOOLISH CONTENTMENT Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life he is living, with the thoughts h e is thinking and deeqs he is doing-when ther e is not forever beating at the -door of his soul some great desire to d.o som ething larger w.hich...he.-kn.~Qhn,e..­ was meant and made to do because he is a child of God. - Phillips Brooks. �The Western Co ril r a·d e THE 345 A W A K E·N I N ·G By ,E 1 e an or Wentworth · So it happen ed that the prophecy of the young prisoner, that Aun ·would soon be home with her mother, came to pass-which was good. But all that followed was not good. Ann oon di!'leovered that being free of the clutch es of the law . ,;,as not being free of the condemnation qf her acquaintances. Ev erywhere she turned she r ceived r ebuffs. Instead of having a joyous homeP.!!!!!~~~~TTR ACTF.D by a slight commotion near the entrance to the court rooni', Ann ·coming, it was as though she had entered a strange ~ lool\ed in that direction and saw her ' and hostile land. Girls giggled when she passed . or ~ mother there standing beside a faultlessly · maqe disparaging remarks. Boys, who had occasionl.Ci.~ dt·cssed young man, who was talking ally _escorted her to moving picture shors, were kept earnestly with a lawyer. After a few studJOusly away. Grown-ups _frowned on her disapmom ents th e lawy er walked to .th e prose- pt·ovingly. 'l'he priest, to whom she was sent by her cutor and co nfcl'!'cu with him in whispers, motlter, lect ured her severely. · Hepr<iach was ever in ll'ho in turn co nferred with the judge. Th e judge her moth er· 's eyes. H er ht·others reproved her in very lil'!'konc d to an official _and Ann's case was called. A,s cand id wot·ds. J<Jv en the cats of the neighborhood, who had alwny JoYed kindly Ann, were estranged by her she had pl codCll guilty on being r egistered, a lengthy trial " ·as not necessary. She had but to await judg- absence and avoided her . Th e people of her community held that she was in Jncut. J u a concise speech the judge mad e it known that, nred or repentan ce and hat·bored the hoary, pel'llicious oll' ing 1o the youth and to th e for·mer good char·actcr fallacy that thet·e can be no r epentencc without shame. and reliability of the defendant, vouch ed for by promi- So all w)t o came in contact with her attempted to JJ<·nt. aml worthy citizens, she would be placed on jnflict her with a sense of shame. 'l'hey harassed her subtlety, continually, mercilessly, until she began to probation. Comp letely dazed., Ann was tak en to an anteroom, feel ashamed in spite of herself. "Half the time I think I'm right and the othe:r \\·here her moth er .and the wcll.dt·cssed young man half I think they're right," she. said to herself, wearily. <n,·aited her. Her mother immediately launched upon "An' there's never any end to the argument. -It just a lavish and impetuous narration of the goodness of goes round and round and round. I never know what the young man, which he attempted smilingly to I'm going to think next.'' disavow. .Had it not been that the search for employment It was half an hour before Ann gleaned from her busied her during the greater part of the day she mother '11 excited words and from the occasional interhave become hopelessly morbid. would polations of the young man, that she owed her freedom over her friendless state on an evening Br.ooding to the Catholic church. Although Ann had become after the usual fruitless search for work in New York 's lax in her devotions, her little mother had never downtown district, she was loathe to turn homeward. wavered in regard to the smallest detail, and ·was conInstead, she drifted aimlessly about the city, thinking sidered by her priest as one of the most pious members of the time she had laill" in prison awaiting trial. She of his flock. Therefore, when she came to him with • heard again all the tears and curses which had conthe story of Ann's imprisonment, it did not require tinu-ally echoed through the pla,ce; saw the prisoners' very much pleading to obtain his promise to do the faces drawn with suffering; listened · to the queer utmost to secure her release. In the fulfillment of this philosophy of the miserable creatures who hated the promise, he proceeded to do some wire pulling. After poverty from which they had revolted, and yet were · several excu rsions into the re_alms inhabited by pd~iti­ ashamed of revolting. The memory of it nauseated her. cians, he succeeded in interest-ing this young man, who "If I could only start over," she thought. If I was a member of ~n influential club, and was percou ld go where nobody knows me, and forget all about sonally acquainted with New York's most prominent it! If I cou ld only go where people -hate being poor, judges and lawyers; in fact, was a rising political boss. as I hat e it-and aren't ashamed of ha in · I" a young man o Presently she found herself. before the Twenty-third Ann should be placed on street ferry. For fifte en minutes she stood on the probation. corner watching the crowds pouring into the ferry (This is the second and concluding chapt.er of th.is powerful working-class fiction story, by Elea,;Gr Wentworth. While it is the second chapter of the story, it is, however, complete in itself, a point worth while to those ~ho h~ve not been able to sec1,1re the preceding installmellt.)-Ttle Editors. • ' 'Al �The Wes i"ecn Comrade building, forlornly wishin that someone would gi\·e her a ,lance of friendly reco!!Dition. And then a sdrange thin..,. oceurred. As she tood thert~, discouraged, dusty and tired, longing for the wannth of a littlt; kindliness, thw weight of dreary realiti('fS slipped from her shoulders Jme a worn-out mantlt~ and dazzling, enchanting possibilitieJ em·eloped her. 'J'hP- clumsy ferries became light-oared_fairy craft.<;, plying across smooth waters to and from, the land of golden opportunity. The hurrying crowds b.eeame ~~xultant pil 'rims. The millions of twinkling lights on the opposite bank became the beckoning of siren HpiritK. 'lhc horns of the ferry boats, the swi hinu of the river, the faint rumble of distant trains; the mm·; rnuring of the crowds became a paen proclaiming the valitmt IJOpeH of tl1c sojourners. ndcr the sp<·ll of the song, Ann forgot her discouragement a ud IH·1· weariness. A great hope throbbed in her that somewh<' l'e the1·e across the dark w·a ter· 1!t e least of lwr l1 i• rita gc! would be the confid ence of her fellows. Jn hr r· pu 1·se she- l1 ad a dollar and a few small coins. l-i he speut a nid<el of t his hoard for· a fer ry tidwt and emba r·lwd on hct· Yoyage. When slw I'C'ac· he<l .Jt!rsry City, she invested f'ul'lher in a t icket for · J'atl' r·so n, r crn emb cr·in g tl1at she had heard it mcnliorwd as a g rc~ at mill tow11. She felt confi<lr•nt of fi ndiu g <·mploynl<•nt t hcr·c. Ar-riying at Pat<·r·son ratiH•I' late, she spent the ui g ht in th e railroad waiting roolll , and plann ccl f.o ,·c nturc fot'lh as soon as th e daylight appcar·rd. ln spite of t he fact that thr cout<·nts of · he1· purse we re dangcr·ously diminishPd an d her sunouudin gs so r·did , sh was cxccccl in gl,v happy. No ha rd bench or srnol<y ait· ·ould l cs~w n h('r rcli<'f in havin g esca p ed th e rno ·ki ng fiug ,. .of sham e whicl1 had dogged her· footst ps. No p •uuin.r·y difTi cult iPs co uld d et t·act from her· joy in· again daring t o bclim·e t hat she had don e 110 \\Tong. o pr·ospcct of hun gry days cou ld rob her Of t lr pl ra. IH' f' of r ega in ed self-respect. t duyhr·enk sh slipped out into the llescrted, unt id. st r'PP\s of Ht c city :he lta<l chost'n as her· .1\l <•t•t·n, untl wa nd •r·ed amidst th e grimy, sullen buildin gs 11s .·il Pntly a. the morning shadows. Wh c•n she hnd gorw n mil P or t\r o fr·orn the depot . ht> ra mc upon a hllgt' :ilk utili tm·incr ogre-eyed with its hundreds or soil('(l l-!111 .. window: at th e lowly house. about it. :-;till \ I'PHtliug t•autiou. ly a. if a-wed by the morning quid. sh<' rr·pp .. about the mon . tr·ou . 1r·u turc wonderiug if oru• of it.· lo m mio-ht upply h r with work. llt•nl'i ug a lllllt'mur of Yoicc around the corner· of tl11• lmihliug, sin• hnltt'tl . uddcn)y. In doing o. .·he ft•ll l tH'k n ·lt'J ot· two :md 1r·od ht•aYily upon a board, against the wall of tbe ho e, fearinu to think bad thrust be elf ·i nto a man ppeared l'in deputy• star. An what in thunder are you doin her tbi e .r l in~ the mornin • he demanded. Jo'in time of d t begin picketing . •• This area m w lo t on Ann. I m lookina for work she 1- l " I say," aid the mnn who had fir· t npp ar l, " ht>t·c's a littl e "'il'l wot a in't afraid of h in call ed a scab. \ Vc '11 have to take good ca r of h t• and l' t hat she gets a job." Th eir talk about strikes and scab vagu e p ictu res in Ann 's consciousn s. l1 ad come into her expcl'ienee only t hrourrh th m dium of a subsidi zed pres , leav in<> sca r·ccly any impr ion. The only t hin g that wa s absolutely c·lear to h r wa th e fact that they \r er·c pleased with h r for som r eason, and that tlwy intend ed to see that sh • wa given work. 'l'h crcfor·e, she felt no a nxiety in t heit· pr·rseuee. She wai t (•d patiently on th e teps wit h th m until an automolJil e a rTivecl, ·roweled -ivith 111 •n an 1 women, some of t he men co nspicuou ly arm I. 'l'his mann er of Hl'ri val puzzl ed h er somc\vh at, but sh mad rio pr·otest as she was led in sid e wit h the others. Within the mill t he atmospher was temH~ with anxi ety. Accustomed to th e or let· and precision of th e ·tt<·pal·lm <'nt store, Ann was amazed at the chaotic n1aun ~ r in whi ch thr work wa. car ried on. Th 'r was a eo nshwt buzz of ron\'crsation . l n a haphazzard way ~ ir·ls ,,.<'1'<' t'PiliO\'I'd fi'OIIl one task to anotbct·. Auto·;;,ohilt·s co ntinu ed to ...arTi\·c, and each rciuforc m. nt ,-auspd :r t·! Hlltl!<' in til(' plan of work. 'om op r·ators wodH·d at a '"'~';d;:.nc•<·l;: srwed, whil • other·s r·cmain d idle. .\nn stooc1 IJefor·c her loom for thrc -;quart r:; of an hotu· await in~ instnrd ion~<. .\nd this confu1.1ion ·ontinUt•ll tht·oughout th e l'lltirc• d:ty. l n the en•ning the automobiles app ~r ~gain · with theit· ar·med e.-corts. Ann dN·Iined to ride, as he had JJO definite place to which she might go. The for·eman met her r·e[usal n•ith a sllnJO' of the should rs. there." l1c aid t'Onh·mptuously. around here if you ~ct hit.·· �The Wester.n Comrade he1111 ~<\1m steppe'd the midsrt of pan& oni: on: eries &! aming rang em aJll ·des. Policemen and plain-di!J bes me1111 were indise:rimimately beafin dtt~ and the butts of re-vo,vers the heads 6\f men and nmum wearing red badges, ·abeled • picket.,! who were attempting to mount tbe ·steps of the mill. Ann hastily made her way through the strngoling mas. . She longed to know more about the ea~e of thf• disturhance, but in vain she stood on the edge the crowd and gazed around, her black ey filled with qtwstionings. No one paid he.e d to her sligh figurf'. Ho she ·walked slowly away, the di turbanc IH·•·om ing faint er and fainter in the distance a of pr·oeeNl ed. Aft <' r a tim e s!Je stopped before a modest one-story ' t·otta " c. A IH:ut brick walk led to the veranda, up whose posts a S(·ant·y-leaved rose vine straggled bravely. Thr·ough the opc rr fro nt door came the deep contralto ".That 's . hat it come to now, ·and that ' h r voit·t• of a woman l;roon in g to her babe the world-old' were out on strike. ,; 1ory of mot hf•r· loA·I'. S uch a sweet and soothing con' An' whether we ' vin or wbeth r w lo , w v II'Hsl wa s this \·oite from the harsh clamor at the doors . alwa); got thi sati fa tion- that we had grit notv•h of lht• mill th at ,\nn stood motionless at the ed~e of to fight!" 1 ht· w:dl<, t·lt :mn l'd hy its tenderness. " Then, lilre me, ou hate b ~1g poor," aid . nn. l't·t•se nt ly sli c notiet:tl t hat in one of the windows "Hate it !" aid t he woman, .cornf ully. ilfLt it! \\';•s a pla•·anl ntlv el'tis ill g "H.ooms and Board," and Don't it kill u 1" :1~ thi s \\':ts ex :lf'tly \\'hat she was looking for, she · ''An' you stand together again t it. ' 11n li< ed to th e doo l' an l ]mocked. " ·w c 're learning that," was the gdm r sp nse. 'l'li e \\'OillHn who appeared in answer to her sum- "Some day :we'll be strong· enough to make la"' insten.l ltlu ns embodi ed all th e streugth and all the gentleness of br e ~tk law." or id eal moth erhood. Out of her great liquid eyes, ''An' I can help in this strike 7' ' '' Of · course. \\' hose dept li s wer·c enhanced by her dark skin, she s111iled ut Ann. In her arms she held a stout, curly She did. Within. twe.n ty-four hours h e had 1· • hnif'cd yo un gster·, upon whose countenance her smile ceived her quota of bruises on the picket line and was once more withi~ the clutches of th e law. Agai~1 , sh · \ras r efl ected. " J 'd like to get a room," Ann began, hesitatingly, lay upon a cot, staring into the blaclm s of th night. " hut I hav n 't nou gh money to pay for a whole week while the sounds of prison life surged over h r. But • in advnucc. I t hougl,1t maybe you 'd let me have one she was a different girl from the timid ereature wl1o on t r·u s(. 1 work at the ~ill over there, and I can pay had spent her first night in the 'l.'oombs .. '!'h en sh bad been torn between remorse and fear. Now .sh was ,\'Oll a't th e end of th week, when I get my wages!" At th word , 'I work at the mill," all the gentle- . exultant. Then she bad been miserably, h Ipl ssly alone. Now she had but to listen and she heard th o IH'.'S di appea1·cd f rom the woman's manner. An angry li r·p leap •d into her eye and her body became rigid beating pulses of a hundred comrades. H ere wcr no t earsl no filthy curse , or erie~ of pain-only jubilant \\'ith autaO'oui m. '' You cab !'' she cried, her voice as harsh with shouts and courageous songs and taunts at the om ialB hntl'ed a the voices of the combatants at the milL as new arrivals from the picket linea filled the jail " You dirty cab! You come here when we're on strike to overflowing. The oth er jail had been to her a dark vault, auf.. nntl take our bread away from us and from our chilfoeating the lone and helpless rebels confin d within d r-en, and th n you want to come into our homes 'on · it wall , while this jail was the birthplace of a migl1ty ,. t r·u t.' Get out of my i"ht befor_e I bit you, you courage-the savior of an aspiring bumanit.y. 1•nward) you curl " h~ menaced Ann with her fl'ee arm, but Ann did BE REVOLUTIONARY! If you know all the l1ell n,)t moYc away. neon ciou of any wrong intent, he tllat capitalism bas produced you cannot help but be did not hrink from the woman anger. voJutiona if on have an manhood in . ure that you have materials on hand worthy true dQn~ wrong, I didn t know it. I ju t came here, and I architect of a better world philo oplly. To be a r •othm 't ku w 'l'hat th• trike, about. If you 'U tell 1ne lutionist is more than to be a destroyer. �The Western Comrade 'l48 THE GREAT AIM OF ''OUR'' Coutinning, it says, "How, then, can[ \\'e are told by these bluff artists the Socialist honestly champion the that we · need ·lower tariff; that we SOCIALISM war of class against class Y" need commission· form of goverRo long as Metropolitan· seemed I ment ; that w e ·need the regulation to fearlessly advocating Socialism of eor·porations, regulation of trusts; this maga'Zine took a keen delight in that we n eed tlre income tax, and tlte p erformance. Socialists all ovet· that \\'(' n eed currency reform. We tlw nation \\·ere delighted, of course. gl•t all thesr things, and we are just But the Sqc·ialist movement will not whei'C w e wer e before. One hundred !'<'cognize as :·a So<;ialist publicat.ion people in this great nation have an one that is so w~ak-knced as this inr-omr of *1 ,GOO,OOO a year, and Th e above scntenf·e is quoted from .Ja.n11ary· editoria 1 shows i\fetropoli- :n ,815,000 ha Ye an average annual · 1 111 · tlw •J anuary· n Ulnbcr tan ta be- that is, if -the· Western I im·om e of $601 . And there it sticks, an e d 1.tona . . . I Comrade ha . any itl ea of what So- iJJ spite of all manner of tariff tinkof Metropolitan marrazme an<1 con- , . . · . . . . . '"' : . . r·~r!lJsnt IS. , rr·111g-, r·ur·r·Plll'Y . legislation, r egulastJtut~s about as ~nc a lJit of SJClcl-:o th e c~m;" ";a~· is uothing b~1t _th e tio tJ. aiH~ taxatio11-with the cl:ances ste~r)lng us one olt~:n sees. ::\Iet.ro- , h.anll_er of th<' ·Ignorant Roc1altst! J <~II Ill . faro1· of th e 100 gettmg a pol1tan should be· quH·k ahout havmg So, Indeed! Karl :Mm·x, what an 1 fattt·r 111r·omc than ever. 1 its pal'ti cubtl' brand of So~: ialism ignor~mus you rea!ly :ve r e ! Cia~~ I Tlt r· ~itnpiP fact' is that as long as patente<l hel'o r c Kirhy and l'ost an<l " ·at·, md ecd_. Not.1nng ll1 th e world ~ t Itt· doJttinant econ<!mic ppwer is also . . J hut tlw l'H\'ln gs of· tlt r rough m:el<s! . !Itt' rlotninunt political power that 1t IS GCIH'J'a l 0 ti.S ~Ct 110 1u_, 0 f Jt. . , . ' · \\ lt _v , tlte r·lass 'ra1· dot:sn t ex 1st any 1 ]HJ\\'1'1' \\'ill l,!f't a way with the goods . . . .JUSt about th e ln·anrl of ll)nocuous liiOl't' thcut tlw Hocl· v ·: nountains or· .. · · · . . ' . '· · ' \ \ tsr.:o nsm and Cahforma have as . huncomhr that tlwy mtgltt easily tilt• Gull' of \J't•xic·u-at . least it . . 1 1 1 1 · · · · ' g-ou< l'a i t'OH( ro mmiSSIOns as ever "The great aim, therefore, of our Socialism is not merely to pass laws; not to destroy the business of the country; not to array labor against capital In civil war, but to create a feeling and a desire on the part of the prosperous to share that prosperity with the poor and the needy." be I I T i PXploit for the sn1<P of r·irl'ulation hadn _' t· ~ugh t to, :\[etropolitau seems I an_,. stat<· " ·ill get.. Wisconsin has anrl advr ·rtisin g . to tlnnk had its r·otnmission for years. And i\T<'lropo litan '"'galt sottto· ntontlts \\'~· slt :JI I " ·at·l 'h wi~h IIJUt:h inter- I \\'ag"t' s l:tl'"f'.'' is as tightly fastened ·1 ·tsnt. Jt·. .,~.· e"JJJL,·· ''' 1 . 101' lttt\lt.·e ".·o_hhlmg.s of 'Mctr_·.o- 1 1in tlt c sa<llllc i.n. Wiscons1'n as ever ago to ar I I'OI.'atc .S oe "' polltnn. l\Jr ,un\ llllf', " r note wtth i it 11·ns nndr·r th e rottenest rule of 110 w to hare df'gell<'t'H1.t•d to a point · 1 I' 1· 1 f' J 1 lttJ_xr:l "<' rng-s t te ad t 1_nt t tc very tit•· most ann·icious of the timber wh e r e it advoea1<'s sonwthin!.( whi<·h hl'lllrml1 and 11·orth-wlt1 le d epart- thie n·s. Cali fo rnia is but the second passr.s as "Our" Socialisllt . a nd dor~s lll t·nt on ~_oc ialism wl~i ch has been t· hapt<'l' of th e same story. . . k' ( ' .t 1. 'lot llul·t th e allvertis ing business t·ondtH"trd 111 1\l o•h·opohtan by Algera r)} a 1Sil1 gets Its plc lll"'S as · . · · _ 11011 I r.o r• 1;, ll11SSlll" fo1· t he first t11ne . . . <> A llltl c fu1·thPr along m Its r emarl,- . o . ha11drh· und• ·r· commJsslon . govern. . . . ,,. l lt·otn th•· sa! II P number of th e macra~ · .· 1 J>~e!.J·opo 1ttan says: J . 1 ahlr· cutm·w . . "' IIJ t•llttnt·nt as und er any other kind ' "1'1 t t ' II 1 t . 1·, I Z lllf' tiJ<Jt liPspraks fo1· Jtsclf t.h e . . ' l l' r.1cx s cp "'' JC o rr·a 1ze . and tt 1nll ho lt] down the front door. . , a d l'or·;H·v of a mm·r subduct! sort of · . . 1 t 11c , . . · that t ' 1e on l y way to IH ea' • sto·p as so ltdlv nud er low tar1ff and . . . . t tt' ll Scwtahstn · VH: IOUS CH'C 1C IS ~0 S Op pu . mg a . . , rl'fOI'Illt'U ('\Jl'I'PllPY as it did of yore. 1 th e burden of lri g her wages on th e Ld liS s~op ~''!r~ ~ hcrP, l est :'·c find We han got to quit being led consumer, a nd to let ca pital for·ego ot~rsdvr s lmpr·o\'I~Jng ~ refr~m that around al'ter· pots of gold at the s01i1 c of its r eward. That means self- ll!Jght run sometlnng hk e tins: end of rainhO\\'S. The only way out sacrifi ce on the plll-t of th e rich and '' Oh, lrh r. r r l S our wand el·in g for liS is to tak e th e system by the ':\ fag ' tonigh t ?" JH'ospcrous. '' sPat of th e rwt·k, OJ' wherever it is And that " ·onhl nevc1· rlo at all. l\l ctropolita u seems to have in that ,vou -take a system when you mind some plum pudding sort of \rant to r·huck it, and we've simply Socialism that the ri ch and powerful WE WANT REVOLUTION g-ot t o th1·ow th e whole thing bodily arc going to gmciously hand down int o th e discard. 'l'h c Am crica11 peopl e scc1n to lil\P to the hard working wops of the A handful of Socialists in the \~liswodd, with the sangfroid of a Ches- tht• ga,m e of hluff. 'l'h ey stanrl for it r·onsin IPgislntnr·e have done more t er·fi cld on a slipper/ballroom floor. so pati ently. H doPsn 't mattct· wh eth er the fo r· th <· \\'prkin g class in five years ' 'Metropolitan deplores all of this r· lass stru ggle agitation. "The class bluffin g is rlon e by serious p ersons, than I'Cj.!U! ntion will ever do. One war is today th e banner of the igno- \\'h o !'Cally beli eve they af'c saving lon e Sof·ialist ·in th e California Legrant Socialist, who is not a Socialist th e peoph•, or 'rheth er it is done by i,;latnJ'P did n1orc for the working at all, JUSt as It 1s · t 1e weapon o JIU ype. IS ng ,. ass ns ~· t he anti-Racialist,'' announces Met- j ust th e same, so far as it the ,. <'l'l' l' tlo . H rfol'm is not what we ropolitan in this wonderful editorial. common people anything. 1ra nt. WE WANT REVOLUTION! L _ ., I ' . . .. 'I . .. . . I �The Wes-tern Comr de THE - I IGR -Photo by Courtesy of the California Outlook. By Frederick J. Haskin I am t h immigrant. til dawn of Cl'eatiou my re~t l e . n w path a ro th earth. fy un a y bark ha to ed on all ea . in b«:'nt Iii 1 My wand rlu t walt born of the craving for more a b tter waae for the weat of my face. toward th nited tat \\ith ey kindled and heart quickened with a 1 ha w• should1'r1•d my hurd en as the American man.: ol'-<tll-worl<. , I mah ha lf of the great American problem. And yet, J am the gr at American problem. \\'h en I pour out my blood on your altar of labor, and lay down my life as a sacrifice to your god of toil men make no more comment than at the fa11 of ' a .·parrow. But my brawn is woven into the .warp and woof. of the fabric of your national being. ~~~~-o~~~------------~------------~~~~~~~~wm~~~~n,nvo,~rarur---1 appro with r eat xpeetation. I enter d in with- fine hope. �The West~rn Comrade In Blac-k and .White . ' gestion. · Have an electric button attached to the KINDA PUZZLIN' Y heck, Sf'Pms to me I '-rri somewhat mi:xed in _m y bottle which will work automatically as oon as figgcrs. r reckon I've got the wrong end of touched by human hands. This button will s~t a things, scr!ms to me. I recollect how the ., Daily battery in action, transmitting power over an eleeTrumpet told us that .the Standard OiL Jrad been trie wire connected with police headquarters, where disso! vcd, and that the Tobacco-Trust was .put out : a sergeant \\Till have charge of the tablet department. of business. Yes, sir·, clear as a cow comin' .home. . He will be in touch with Hery ·bottle of tablets in And the ·Telephone '!'rust was put on the blink for the city limits, and will know the exact whereabouts all tim(!. I ain't sure who done it. Think it wasn't of the bottle by a number, automaticallt registered th(~ sher·iff who done it. l\Iust've been the Supreme by the electric current . . He then presses a button Hrmnl or· some such official. But, the Standard· Oil and returns a volt of electricity .to the bottle, shockis still oilin ' and th e Tobacco Trust is still tl'Ustin' ing the stupidity out of the person and saving his 1\ inda puzzlin ', tlris whole gosh dinged busin~ss 1s: life. I think this will work to the satisfaction of hy hr<·k: l\inda pnzzlm '.--E. .J. all, except the nndertakers.--E. J. B BATTLESHIP INSANITY RIDING ON CIGARS T ALKI:\fi to an Arner·i ean recently, President I fn<·r·t a sn id: "W hat l\ind of a government ha\'(• yo u in N(•w York " T sec you r Govcmor is inlpr•;H·lrPd f'or pc·r·jnry an<l larceny. 'J'hry tell me ,vo m· poli<·<: offi •·r> rs str·al and murder citizens on the streets. \\' hat do yo u r:onw down hrrc fo .r , anyho\\· , to pn•ac:lr to II >' ahout. c:lcan go\'<:nrment ?'-' Ar1d that 11·asn 't a 11, C'it h~r. The l\T cxican added t hnt hr otwc rod e fr·ont E l Paso, Tex .. to St. Louis. l\To., :mel was not foreed to pay far(', giving the condnetor·s c: ig-m·s !n lirn of c11sh. I did t he same thing mysdf' O JI<'(' , hnt ] tli<'ln 't give my cigars to con <liJI'!or·s. I gaw thrm to hnrk r men.- E . .J. .DR. ROBINSON 'S SUGGESTION D H.rchtor of l he Cl'ltlC and Gmde, 1s i11tcr·esting much con:wi.LLT~~I J. _J~ORTNSON:. th : C'erned OY('I' th e number .of deaths resultin(J' fr·om hi chlo_ridc of mcrcm·y tablets, taken by a:cident, and giVes a numb er of suggestions, the most enli(J'htcning of which is this: Have the manufactu;crs pla ce a littl e hell around the neck of the bottle. So says Dr·. Robinson, but J J>elieve I have a better suO'- "' a billion and a half of dollars in bond A BOUT issues ar·e r('qnired today by the world's great ·nations, say Wall stre('t r eports. Russia heads t he list and Ar·gentina hr·ings up t he end of t he lin e. Ahont two-thirds of the iunount will go for bnttl ships. And within t('n y('ar·s all of t hose ships will he ohsolete. )franwhilc• thr slnm districts in \\rashington New York , Chicago, St. J.Jonis and all of the rest or thl' hig citi es arc pursuing their starvation tenor of ?Ore, millions are without work, and under<·onsmuption is manifest C\'(' r·ywher e. The same condition, with variations of form and degree, exists in every great nation. Desp <:> ration and death stalk on eYrry hand. Of coursr, it is wr·y important that we should hav e pl enty of nice, ne"- battleships and plenty of hig guns and hig shellS ahoard them, for one never c·a~1 tell when it ma~- be necessary to go to war, really. nut, if ever thos(' battleships· go into action who will be shot 1 ' Oh, mostly the same kind of men that built them and ~um them, and the same kind of men that go starvmf! throug-h th(' length and breadth of all the lands. Funny lhing, civil ization, isn't itT-C~ M. W. as �The Western Comrade eLe n.ge A Labor paper that 1JI:nvn, a l-abor paper that alway ~m-t~ 0~~ ahead I Cdize never baeks THE ,'TRAlGHT ..- U(),\ 1J! 'rJ11: Citiz~?D WHAT THEY ABE SAYilfG ABOlJT tJS I hope tha th ma become the m 'a)' "The lru number of Tbe W <'omrade sttre)y · ern a humdinger. 'I 'i.,.<rOron~ ~ known from Coru t to CoaNt aff the b''8t trade union parwr tfte nation has. The Citizen a eopy to each of onr Congre . en l!rinf!N to you each w '!(•k an a\·erage from California. with· Harold E~er- ten of uwre than 12 page8 of news and hart'· article "The itnation in th '}>nhlieati n. iuffpiration and education concern- ~lc>xieo. ' '-T. T. Gr~ · , county ; ,~ org:miu:cl Jahor. tary. Janes\'ille, Cal. t>ditor of the alifornia Edited by STANLEY B. WILSON 'I' Ill• C'it i;wn iK edited by Stanley B. \\'ilHon, om· of the nation' Big Men a of or La hor! H is editorials are as wid1·ly c·opi •d all O\'er the country as n cce Hl'l! the ·clitol'ials of any other Labor show its wor~h iness it is only nec~s1i~tht£·r· (()(Jay. '£h at is the sure test sary to m entiOn the names compris.. r quality. Oth ers Jmo\v that what]ing its corps of writers. "-Thc ' I can hardly find word to cJ \\' i h~or1 w r·it c•s is TilE HEAL ' \Yorld I ssue Santa Cruz Cal. pre s my appreciation forTh W f . 'I'll I t\ (l ! 'l'h l'rl: 's au inspiration and '_._ _ ' <'J'n Comr ade. It is the be t ocialis1 11 '"'I'll lith of v ii!\\' iu the writings of · " I t · b st · and I magazine in America. "-Phillip JT. !!lis JIIIHI w• ldolil fonnd m th e work JS our e magazme, ul' ••ditoria l \niii' I'>L ln no.othcl' p a .. shouldn 't want to miss an issue. "\ ston , 548 Haight, Alameda, nl. f"'l' r·:111 yo u g'" l th e WJ fA:;QN EDI. 1 - ,\]ida 1\f. Snow, Los Angeles. 'J'OJ< IA LS! Sllhsl· l·ii Hl to'l'hcCitizcn ___ . ]' l••d11 y! I . l ln a l ettcrtoEmamtlJuhus, " Th e 'itizcn wi ll t·OIIll' to yo u for a Tn a letter to Chester M. Wng ht, l'arm P ettipiccc, editor of '!'he B r·itwllol !l yt•a r·-G2 hi g- issues-for on e Fra nk E . Wolfe writes as follows ish Columbia Fedcrationist, say.· : d(l ll nr. \\'r·ap. u. f,ill ,i n a s heet of l'rorn New York: " I just r eceived " I wi. h to assure y ou that I am f 1p:ifH·'I'· a nd mml that you and Eman 1 · 1 1 · tl1c olf' rt. (,l't 1a mon 1 ey 1 orI t I hr. infor·mation , I•·1· rl you Jll'f' t'l', 111· sP ill a f• rPc c . < , ' 1_ "' :you very c ose y. In. • , • • O \Ylll"' 11 11 ~ Ot •s. Bl !'l' ])() JT NO W! Th e w _l .Julms have ta,en over · lh el unlllsofyoul'papc t·, wlnchJsalways ( 'it izt·lr , 1'. 0 . Bo x 1:l!i, L os Ang~l cs, \\ <'St<'l' n Comrad e. I am glad to looked fo rwat·d to on our exc han ge ( 'n l. hr·nr· this, and shall be d eli g hted to tabl e." li nd ~om c way to assist you .'' "- IN EXPLANATION .J. E. 8nyd.c1·, writing in 'l'hc Interl>nYill Fulton Karsner , of Phila- 1110 un1.ain ·w o 1·l,cr , Salt Lake City, <l clphin , Pn., writes to Em anuel ('lah , says: "I have heen visiting .Julius as follows: " I am g lad to quite a hig with th e cd itor·s o( 'J'h o hear· t hat you h ave t he magazin e. •I \\' ester·n Comrad e, that is the n w have str onger hopes than eYe l' fo r ,. 1Jitors -Emanucl .Tnlius and Chcst<·r· that vir·ile publication of t he r evolu- :\f . \Vri g ht . 'l'h ey arc both you ng lion. You a nd Chester \ Vright arc frnd. full of their subject, and I hcjuf;t the m en to cn ginect· the propo- Ji r n arc t horoughly capable of ~i1iou . Y on 'II g et a long! Ther e's h l·t•atlri ng th e s pirit of t h e W<~st. not 1lrl' ·I ighl t•st d oubt of it. I want 'I' he \Vest n eeds ~good, live. magat o 11'11 you that· 1 lra\'c l1 eard many zinc•. One that 1s up to h tera.o·y g-ood things aid about Th e \\'estern ! stand a rds and at tlw same time r~ar·­ <'omrHd c h,v p eopl e in the Ea. t. :\lay ri<·s t 111• r evolutionary propaganJa. nK ,'ll<'l'<'. : and the • 'oeial R eYolution 1hr· Ill a in fpatu re. 'l'Jw Gthcr magaA NOTE 1'1'0 \\' ll tlw effort of it ed itor. . I zinPs print , 'ocialis•,J, but come out w ill do nil in my little way to aid the for tiH· ''ther pa rti<•-1. 'Vhat we want By Will L . Pollard ehiltl. of your dr·<>am . . i.· a rnagazine that priotr; Socia1i11111 II i).!hl'l' th~' lllll:';i ns •('ud ·, .\ nd. Ht•l\\'~'11 it. If I t•nd down and tlwn is <·onsistent enough to ~TN•tiu~ the tnu hnlf-wny. In part. th1• ay :t::n<l for the par.y that can malu· 'l'hn, i. tiP p et' oul th<> followin.,.: ' Juliu and \Yright it 1·omc true. 'fhc• ~ditors are going ''"t •n-Htts~ • '" . rtan-1to->miaTJ~tmni!rag:a:ziiire~'fb;cyjrru-s-m...-.mt--ntrr--Hr!lit'-wrltm'llrarmt-Filled with the bt>.t of the world. great plan. that they intend to l u<·hat<-r ·. makin, the editorial page m•lwtl with lw "· t•nee of od. t·nrry to llf'CC . The new editors l,ri:tle with up-to-date enmbl." took nrt' l' Til t· th ey l'n llltd t lr Plll S •lv . swumpccl in such I! llli!S~ f: wot'l;: thul it \\'ll S impossilo]p to p~th l i s h t h Jnnuar·. number n1 rywh r· • u en r· 0 11 1illl c. ·'l'hrre fo 1·c, it w11 . dPri1lNl to climinat ' th e .Jnu11111'.' ' nutn hi' I' r nt ir·cl) , which has ht·t• ll doll!'. S uhsc t·ibe1· who arc pnitl in :td\'niH't' w ill h credit d with n11 ndditionnl month , ,o that nil will l.,.,.,.j,·p nil till' is'n t o which th<'y .ri'P ent itled . \\'lrt•n JII'C','L' Il1 own ers \\. •st. I' ll Conlt'fldc 1ir <' I -·an •r l"a'·<' �352 The Western Comrade THE WESTERN COMRADE ! A Constructive Socialist Magazine TINKERING WITH " PANIC I, CURES" ' Published Monthly f -----'...:...:.;.____;~:.__-=::;_..:=-=== J anything further wet·. Chester M. Wright and Emanuel Julius, to d emon. trate the failure Owners and Editors c:ap;ta)i, m ystem to provide Z03 New High Street, P. 0. Box 135 Los Angeles, Cal. p:·ople '~e J.laYe it in th Subscription ·Price One Dollar -~- Year "~du trial d pre ion." l;t thi I)r t> nt. panic w need •d of the for the pr ut at·e ha,·. Associate Editors ing a ne,r-to . mo t · people-ph a e Eleanor Wentworth Stanley B. Wilson Fred C. Wheeler Rob Wagner of th e sy. t ern .hrouabt into promiCharles "tracy n e n c:_e. '!'hat :riew phase i the inVol. 1 February, 1914 No. 10. ithi.!ity of present gov:ernment to ee . that tJ1 e p eople, for whom · govern· mPnt e~x i t , get. the means with whic·IGto su tain· lif. . .. , . ~ IIc·N•tofot·e there lta ' not heen Now 7G c· Pnt s a vPa r· t 0 Soc·mhst . . . · ,, 11ar·ty lliC'IIIIIf•r·s! ()rw dollar a yPar· l "rudr o[ 1nlhngne s on th.e part o_f to 11011 _ 111 c~ m1H· rs. 'l'hP hPst S<ll' ialist g-OI' c•rnnwut to e 1·en admit that It parwt· \\'(' ha ve. O\\'('U any duty ·toward' those who _Th e Noc~ial- I>Pnroc·r·aL is a paper ! ..;ou g ht wor-·k hut · could not find it. ll'rth a wallop - a · JHIJl<'l' tha t Th (• J 'c~ is at prt•se n t ho\YCI'er· at Hl f i ),~)S! ~t ·s:just t! 11 ' . 80 _rt ofl'on- !c•:rs t in Calil'omia ~ rat·h c r '~ ide­ s tr·udll'c•, hghtr11g Soc·whst papct• . . • . . · that t )If ~ c·cHJStl'lll't ivc• IIIOI'I'Illi'IJ1 of' ..;preml adllllSSIOil that I,t IS th e Juty th(' grc!at \\'(•st II N ·ds. or thl' g'O \' l'J'illllf'nt to see that thet·e --~= The California Social_ Democ rat :-\p(<'{·ial :u·tic·lc>s on t imc·ly tmhjc•ds c•:wh ll' c•c>l< nrakc! t h e• Social - DPIIIOc· r·at a paper Joo J((•d for· II' it h c•agc•J'IICSS ''·" c•,·c·r·y suhsc·rilH·r·. Editor·ials that drivc• to t hi' point ~ti,· c· I hf' JHIJWI' a fig-hting- tOIIC' tJrat is a· j o_v to the• hc'IIJ'( of' t Jw \'c•t l' I'Hn S and 1111 i nspintt ion to th1• tH!W·(·ornc·r·s. A spl ! c~ ial dt' Jllll'tllll'llt hy . ('hl's t e r :'11. \\' r·ig-h t , th•• "ditor, is OJH' of the Sllappy fpat lll'l'S or till ~ Soc·ia 1- Dl'IIIO•·r·at. In this departrn!'rlt thc• lrig- doing-fi of' thc• 11'01'1<1 pass in 1'1' \' it• \\' c•aeh 1\'t!ol<. 'l'hen· 's 11 f->pit·y slanr -lrang to t h i!-1 dl•pat·tmt•nt that you'll appr·c·l'ill u~. is no rnisPI'.V du e to Los An gl' lc>s has oi' all l'f"for·t to fi11d 11-ork t o tho<>!' 11-ho lac k of work. mad e SOliJPth;ug a \I'll,\' to SUpply \\'ant work hut DROP THAT BOMB! end him instead a subscription to 'fHE :MA: E . Jt•will do mure damage! · D<: truetive. Entertainin . Impudent. Important. A radical monthly for every. bod)' . Ten en a copy. One dollar a year. The Ma es Publi bing Company. 91 Gr enwicb avenue, New York. . Y. "It's ln the Mountain " .TH E COLORADO WO RKE R Owned and controlled by the membership of the · ocialist Party of Colorado; 60c a year, 35c 6 months. 850 Kalamath St., Denver, Colo. A WOR L:D REVIEW OF SOCIALIS M By the best writers in Europe and America will be found in the NEW REVIEW, ·which deals in an authorltative way with all phases of Socialismnot for agitation. but educatiol).. $1 per ·•, year. 50c six months. Sample copy, lOc. The NEW REVIEW, 150 Nassau I treet, ew York. TH E . INTER MOUNTAIN WOR KE R Publish ed we<.:!kly. Murray · E. King, editor. One dollar per year In adavnce. Addt•ess communications to room 234 Moose Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. TH E PART Y BUILDER Is the official National bulletin of the Soci!l.list Party. Published weekly. fiOc per year, 25c for 40 weeks. Address Socialist Party, 111 North Market street, Chica go, Ill. · · SubFcribe for a n ;al Socialist paper <'HIIIl Ot find it. ()f ('0\li'SI' , llliJ(•h of . tl ! is Hl'f i l' it .l ' is t'illlsl'd IJy . ( h e . fact T HE B. C. FEDERAT IONIST tha t th• · ~wialist l)lll't).' has lwen Finest lal)or paper in Canada. R. Parm ,·,·ry insi;;ft·Jrt , 1111d that tht•r·•· has Pettipiece, managing editor. Address IH·•·rr :r· ~o 1·ia lisl in lh f' eity eouneil. Labor T e mple, Vancouver, B. C. Hrrt .tiH· ()IJ(' !'ad that has stuocl out throug-h it iill is that the muni eipafl Written ~~;~;d ~~~~:f~~~ests of the '!'OI' •· :-tllll!'llt is ~OT F l 'l" l'ED TO working class. Good stories and stirring 'Ill \T 1'1 ' 1\1'0:-\E. flol·t·r·nmeut, as trti cles on the great questions of th e day. Some of the brightest minds in th e So\\' 1' ha ,.,, had it , II' as not Ot' l' i~eJ nor· cia list mo vement are contributors. Fifty " Great," Is What. T hey All Say! ; 1;t<•rHit•d to g-il'l' th e 11-o rkilll! <·lass cents a year. Clubs of four, $1.00. Address Dora NeiEon, Editor, 63 Fort street, 1 ( 'outr·ndPs who hnow llt'\r~pape~·s, ·r11 opport1111ity to \\' Ork H has h<'l'll Springfield, Mass. c·ourr·;!dc!s who . k now t Ill• S<~t·~alr~t ' , 0 busily 1-ng-ag-c•d in spn·iug- · th 1• - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IIIO'_'t'.lll<'ll1. llt~d ~ts lll'Pds, all .JO in 111 •1111 st•·r· c· ln :-;s that it has for·gott••n tlr<· H OW DID BUTTE WIN IN I>J'II tstng the f;oela i-D<•nroc·ral. Am o ng · 1911? those who testify to t ht• hig-h quality ··;cl! king- •·l11ss. I'X c·P pt on Pl\·dion nnd ehanwtct· of' th l' Sot·ial - Dc>moernt da~'· HOW DID BUTTE REPE:A.T HJ'll National Bxf'(•ntil' e SP<·t·ebll·v l~rrt ;ro1r " '" find that 1'\'1'11 ll'hf'n IN 1913~ ] , nnf'et·siek, fot·met· ougt·cssman Vi~- tiH·rl' i:-; si)Jlll'thinl.{ of a th•sir .. to Roth questions have been asked thoutor· ],, llm·gcr, 0111 • 011-n ,J. Stitt \Vi!sa nds of times. In most cases, Butte p r nt Pd tht• lrorkl'rs that th t• comrades have been too busy EDUCAT:on, the iud e fatignble Joh Harriman lNG non - Socialists to an understanding of and many others. :\L\( ' [IIl'\El{Y fnt• Joiug that n•ry ' OCIALISM to waste time answering. thing- rs NOT A\ \lLABLE TO u ERE 'S THE ANSWER!. TilE 'i\ll'NIClP LITY. n Where? Why. in every Issue of the 1\fnil yolll· snbsc t·iptiot'l for thi pa"'l'c>ll ll.' what Wt' ran do and w e Montana Sorialist. which Is an exact du- ' p!'t' today. lt i owrwo and eonS ix B its Gets I t f or You! plicate of THE BUTTE SOCIALIST, tb'e h·olled hy the oc ialist party of Cali- will clo it. " has hePn thP <·t·y fr-om propaganda sheet that has gone Into fornin. l ette r nodrt' , ed to Th<' every home and eyery room in every lodging house in th e Butte district at ~ ociui-Democrat. P. 0. B ox 135. l Jo least twice monthly for three years . ll'ith any I'CYOIH tiona :-y idl'a.·.' o r anything of . that o rt. It has .·impl,v rHE MONTANA SOCIALIST Butte, Montana �T -he Western Com r a d e 353 Telephone Home A-4533 b een pounded into them that a crisis Every evening till 6. Sundays 11 to 12 exists and that they must· do some- . HARR'I MAN, RYCKMAN &. TUTTLE Oscar-WINBURN-Charles l. t hing ""Rbout it. They don't know Attorneys at Law THE WORKINGMAN'S LAWYERS w h a t to do. And small wonder! 700 San Fernando Bldg., Los Angeles 921 Higgins Building Th l! ouly way in which :Al1L of · Phone A-3638 Los Angeles, Cal. , the. p eople. can be given work for NOTARY' PUBLIC auy lengt h of time is · for those Broadway 1592 F-1592 ' 100 P~r Cent Settlement p eople to b e given access to the A. R. HOLSTON INDl STRJES.. An,d the people DO NOT OWN ·'THE IND STRIES. 331-2 Douglas Building The m.unicipai gov~rnment has nothLos Angeles, Cal. ing to sa;v ab'Qut th'e INDUSTRIES! The mUllicipality · may . undergo a CHARLES ~ MORGAN spasm of activity in the way· of street Attorney and Counselor at Law and building, tree ·planting, sewer digNotary Public 1010 California Build log, Corner Second g ing, or something of .t~~t sort, but and Broadway · · until th e p eople own an_d democratHome Phone A 3913 Los Angeles, Cal. icnlly operate the INDUSTRIES Offi ce Phone Main 7618 F-2164 Notary th e r e can b e no sustained employm ent for AI1L w ho want to work CHAIM SHAPIRO Attorney at Law .. JOSHUA E. YOUTZ Insurance Underwriter 360 I. W. Hellman Building Los Angeles, Cal. THE PEN MAN Readers of The . Western Comrade should get the "Wilkinson" habit when they need a fountain pen. If you purchase a pen at the place of J. B. Wilkinson, 217'-h South Spring street, Los Angeles, it will be kept in repairs l for you free of charge. Even -If it happens to be · broken in a dozen places, Wilkinson, the fountain pen doctor, w.lll fix .it- because Attorney at Law \V e can usc panics for agitation he knows how. Wilkinson will treat you right. 232-3 Douglas Bldg., pu rposcs, and that 1s about all, 3rd and Spring unl ess w e t a k e charity into consider - Phones: Sunset Main 8400, Home 10711 l tes. Phone 6544 Los Angeles, Cal. at ion. \Ve ·may provide work for a Phone Douglas 3565 sh o1·t tim e for a limited number of ED. WINFIELD ..·nwn and women , but n ever can w e Halftone Photo Engraver and Zinc Etcher H. SLIKERMAN Color Engravings JWrpctuate j u s tice in the shape of Attorney at Law WORK for all who wish work until ___a_e_co_r_d_B_u_ il-di_n_g_, -6-i2_w __ ai_l_s_t_.- Pacific Building, Room 631 \\·e brin g th e SOURCES of producSan Fran cisco, Cal. It w111 please the comrades to hear that t ion and dis tribut ion tinder the Dawson is back on the job at the Old Compliments of own e1·ship of the whole people. Book Shop, 518 South H111 street, Los Angeles. Dawson is there with the same '\T(' VCJ' r an w e abolish that exploitahearty welcome to "browse." Dawson JAMES R. TOWNSEND 1ion 1hat is th e b a sis of all our surely has a wonderful collection of rare Suite 712, San Fernando Building books. In fact, it is the largest west of lll!Sei'Y unf i l w e t al\ e ft·om the ex- Chicago. I always find It a joy to. spend J<'ourth and Main Streets Los Angeles, Cal. ploiteJ'S th e machinery with which a n hour at Dawson's wonderful book J know that I'll not be expected thry exploit. N ev er can w e stop shop. to buy. I'll be able to browse aboutHome A 2003 Main 619 p a nics nntil w e root out the CAUSE something 1 ' love to do. Dawson is a book seller of the old school. Drop of pnnjcs. • A. J. STEVENS around and get acquainted with him. Dentist \Vc r an and w e must use every He's a good fellow.- E. J. 307 South Broadway opportunity - and th e present offers Roo m 26 NOTICE TO READERS Los Angeles, Cal. Sll (· h an opportunity- to show to a11 We wish to call the attention of the thr p eople th e utte r fo lly and crnne readers of The Western Comrade to the of th e present system, to the end advertisement on the second page of this issue. ln that advertisement, Comrade CENTRAL PARK DENTISTS that t hey shall t ear it down and build Henry M. Sihoerberg asks for the patHenry M. Silverberg, D. D. S. a better on e. But, as for Los Angeles ronage ·of Western Comrade subscribers. We desire t.o emphasize the fact that our Cor. Fifth and Hill Sts. m· Snn Franrisco or Pol'tland or comrades should go to this comrade's ofLos Angeles, Cal. Drnnr g ivin g JUSTICE to thirty fi ce at 452 South Hill' street (Central Park Dentists) and make known their thousnnd idl e m en and women- IT appreciation of liis support of the SoEyes Examined and Glasses Fitted C AN 'T BR DONE UNDER CAPI- cialist press. When anyone is kind enough to enable a Socialist publication DR. J. A. KIEFE~LE 'l'AI,JSM! to fulfill its mission, it is the duty of all Optometrist \ Ve must do what w e can to r elieve to reciprocate. Go to Comrade SilverRoom 29, 452!h So. Broadway berg's office and let him do your dental suffering, of course, and w e do that work. Los Angeles, Cal. He lias been in the Socialist party "-ith a glad , yet aching, heart. for more than a decade and has always been an active booster for the cause. '' The W estern Comrade is d oing a Ml'anwhil c we go on pounding away T~ l him _y_ou saw his advertisPmAnt. In ~; vuu wur.K, I:UIU J. w J:Sil y-ou success, at rn e rounaauon or "Lne ssy"Lem "Lna"L, The Western Comrade-and tell him to says ll.Jly Perrin, 121 West Grande, if not b roken down, w ill soon bring keep it there. Tell your friends to go to the Central Park Dentists, where they Albuquerque, N . l\1. 11s another panic. will be treated right. �The We st ern Com r ad e Home Phone F-5936 THOUGHTS WHlLE ON THE ROAD ':By J . E . Snyder BRILL THE FULL DR ESS MAN We Have a High Grade Line of Full Dress, Tuxedo and Pri nce Alberts For Rent and For sale at Reasonable Rates · o neida Bldg., suits 28 319 s. Spring st. Los Angeles, car. DRESS ER PHOTO co. Lantern Sli des Copying Made and Exhibited Enlarging Kodak Finishing-Free Develop ing Mail Orders 2301,1. SOUTH SPRING ST. Phon e A-2298 Los Angeles,' Cal. D ON "r hitch your ;ideas to a lariat pin and go off and leave them. • Don 't hobble your thoughts by old t raditions and .advices. STRIKE OUT FOR THE HEIG)ITS. . . . Gtve y our Id as free range, your thoughts liberty. · I .. Beautif~l Meat Market 'Vithout question, the most beautiful meat market in Los Angeles is at Third and i\fain streets, and goes imder the name of Christopher's l\feat ::\Iat·ket, conducted by George A : Binney & Co. This institution occupies the place formerly used by . -.-J_;evy 's cafe. It is a joy to the eye ---------------- ~ The mountams .are poems.. I and the mecca of epicureans. JOHN HERM AN, B. sc. stood .:at the fo~t of Mount Wilson This pl ace can well be called a deAssayer and Chemist on a c-l ear ntornmg at Dawn. I de-1 . . do not guaranteed satisfaction . - fi d "' h partment sto,re, so far · as thmgs to 1 guarantee accuracy sired to nd wor s '.LOr a poem w en . . . 252-Jh- south Main st., Los Angeles, C"l . d awne . . d on me tb a t th e 1\~r~oun t ain . eat· If. It IS eaten, It ~ · 1t . . are concerned. . . IS m · th1s beautiful and sumptuous Phone A 2299 Ali Work Done In Duplicate was enough. sto t·e. "H the su n and moon should Larg<'. a it·y; sanitary, this meat THE JONES BOOK STORE douht , tliey'd imm ediately go out." j tnaht stands a~ a mo.del of what the 22G W Pst Fi r·st SL, Los Angeles, Cal. ___ future stot·es will be lik l'. It is th e H caclquari Prs fot· th e best Socialist What hubble are you blowing? last " ·ord in things pertaining to the books and lit <' ra t ut·c. Think .vou it will never burst1 Bub- dinner table. All classes of peopl e William Fra ncis Seema n, registered hies hiown hy small iJ:>oys absorb a re catr r ed to, and all a r e invariably patent attorney and mechanical engi neer,) f IH' Ill so thai they fo rget that bubbles gi \' CD 1he gr eatest possible satisfac. · successor to Arden & Seemann, 416-17-18 Citizens' Bank Building; patents all lnn·st, and :-n·e mu ch ,surprtsed when ItiOn. countries; specializing intricate and dif- thrv do. IIaY e you not seen your People who deal at meat marficult mechan ical, chemical, electro· . · 1 . 1 ff come f rom 1 {C to 1a'·,e t_JC_stu chemical and metallurgical cases. F G74 a, h_uhbles grow m their orb _to wonder {rts ]'I Main 9474. size, take on all the _myriad colors, , (•lean sources. l'hts IS the great feaLAND WA NTED and then collapse with nothing be- tut·e of Christoph er's Meat Market. If you know of large tra cts of good f0rc you hut thin air· and oppor- Th e first desire of the managemen t land with good water prospects in South- tunity to blow another bubble 1 is c-leanliness. 'l'hen comes the d eern and Central California, write .T. E. Snyder, care E. E. Kiggins . 302 Delta ''::\fen · are only boys grown tall, 1 ' tr rmination to price the goods so that· Building, Los Angeles, Californi11.. lf you and mny find that their full blown only a reasonable profit w:ill be mad e. want to locate on California land let me 1 know. Th e Kiggins Land Company deals and cherished hopes and movements I fn this manner, the interests of the square and does only straight real estate are hu t hubhl es after all; but to I buying public are conserved. business. him who heeds th e trutl! and accepts Christoph er 's Meat Market should Rebuilt no other building stones will find he patronized liberally by readers of TYP E WRI T ERS that the pnst has given )pc-ting foun- Th e \VN;tern Comrade. If they d eFrom $10 Up dation materials. HP. wiq find that si r e th e hcst that money can buy, Low Rental Rates TYPEWRITER SBRVICE CO. all is not a. bnhble. thl'n pnn·hases should be made at A-2591 138 S. Broadway Bdwy. 3810 this beautiful place. Los Angeles Th e r ea l constitution of a move'J'his mf'at mark et is gaining scores Insurance, all kinds. P. D. Noel. 921 mcnt or· a nation is not written on of fricJ,Jds each day because it is beHiggins Bldg., Los Angeles. paper. Its character depends on the coming generally known that it is A NEW YEAR 'S RESOLUTION mcmher·s of the body politic. W e til l' finest place in th e West. It can " TJes, talk, mot·e wor·k. I will he- ra not h·ave d emocracy without Dem- saff'ly be said that the entire Pacific gin at onPc to BLIIJD the tl!·eam that ocrats, Socialism without Socialists. l'Oast can Not boast of so beautiful has been th e inspir·ation of my life." Neitller· can one learn all of democ- and sanitary a place where food 'l'hc Volnntc ct· 'Co-operative Asso- mcy 1tor Socialism in a day. It took stuffs may be purchased at moderate ciation will show you th e way to put Marx tw en ty years to write "Cap- pricl's. the above r esolution in a ctual pt·ac- itnl," and then Engles had to finish At Christopher's :\I eat :M arket the tiee. Th ey arc now in th eir enlarged it._ ~he reason some Socialist l?cals patron finc~s a corps of clerks on han_d. quat'ters 812-81-J. San Pedro street fall IS because the members Jump who und erstand eYl't·y phase of th eil' TJOS Angeles, Cal:· Literature mailed from the preparatory class to a pt·o- work and who arc always anxious free. Call, phone or write. Phones, fl'ssorshhip in economics the first to gin the customers th e best possiHomc A-1079, Main 3859.-Adv. week of thl'ir membership. hi e scrYicc.-Adv. I' I I �355 T h e W e st e .c n · C o Dl c .a d e- ALL MAKES OF Fountain Pens Sold YOUNG MEN ·O F CALIFORNIA Insured Against Breakage ·. . p R E E N p s A HERE ALL '"'WRITE'; HERE IN OUR OWN FACTORY I R E D· Better salaries for Raiiway fail Postoffi e Carrier , lerk . APEH r eaders cannot have failed to N. EWSP mark the consistency with which the news- t and Sold ··all and make anoffer . • • 1" ... DA W · N 'S BOOK SHOP 518 South Hill Street, WANT THE PICTURE? ~KE 1 r 1111 UP. a good look at the cover design of this 'Vant the oriainal drawing by Tracy_T can ha \"e it if you will aet fifteen new sub- M·t·ib r to Th e \\ e.'tem Comrade. Go get em and ny wh en you ,.end em in that you want the origl't·acy. See MISS WILSON 602 Citizens ' National Bank Bldg., Los Ang l s Res. phone: Offi ce phones : 25951 A-1973 ; Bdwy. 1775 THE " ,MOCK " NEWSPAPERS OOKS T lerks and Big incr ease m wot·king -fore · cau ed by Parcels Post. •·write" Upstairs 2171/2 So. Spring Street, Los Angeles, Calif. 11 , . 11 11! ITY • Fountain Pen Specialist l'h .. u•· a nd YO R. OPPORT To prepare for Positions in the Railway .fail ervice and Postoffice Department. J. B. WlLKINSON· Boug I papers have referred to the Rev. Hans chmidt as the "mock" priest. It is one of those things that mark the serviency of the great American pres . ~h ere has been noth ing to convince thtl public that this reverend gentleman, r ecently tried in New York City on a charge of murdering a girl, was not a r egular priest at the time he is alleged to have committed murder. For the newspapers to so obligingly refer· to him now as a "mock" priest, giving the idea that h e was some sort of . an iu~po stor, is to demonstrate the "m~ck" sin rer ity of our newspapers.. Of course, t he fact that th is priest was charged with murder is no reflection at all upon the church with which he was connected. However, the manner in which the n ewspaper have referred to him serves as an excellent contrast to th e mann er in which the newspapers refert·ed to th e assa ilant of Colon el Roosevelt, who, though a Democrat and ~ atholic, as well as a Tammany Hall novitiate, was referred Jo as a So., cialist b th re N " Y r wa no "mor·k" in ttat instance, though there was a fine mockery of trnth.-G. 1\'1. W. �( 0 iseT ir ? One in every three Californians - and children and aged indigents- one ~ut of e erp r Jiving in California, has an account in a saving bank. n Californians have always had an inclination to sav • n of the reasons for this is the confidence they have in th ir banking institutions. The SECURITY is the oldest and largest savings bank in Southern California. During its twenty-five year of existence, under practically the same management, it ha won the confidence and good will of every resident of Los Angeles. The SECURITY, today, has over eighty-six thousand individual depositors. The highest rates of interest consistent with safe, con .. servative banking, are paid. Savings Accounts in this bank are, by law' free and exempt from city' county or state taxe • SEUURITYTRUST &SAVINGs:fiA N" K Oldest and Largest Savings Bank .. in the Southwest SEC RITY B ILDI G Fifth and Spring EQUITABLE BRANCH Fir t at"d Spring � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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Pottenger, . 1 an , ·,,·am Morris F~nbattm;- -lhrofd -Ev~r- hart, Charl~s Tracy. �T:be Wester .n Comrade A Word to .. .Our Reader Comrade ......... ~ : ·;.~·=i.~; ~===~~;'I T IS just at Thanksgiving· time that this number of The Western Comrade goe to pre , And the editors feel that there is much to be thankful for. The o iali t ()f alif rni~ find themselves in splendid fighting trim-and witb plenty to fight for-which l' an excellent thing. J.;rt us say that we are thankful" because our wonderful move~ent is day hy day l'oreing the powers _of greed a d darkness farther away fr·om the throne of power. We are making the woriJ better _with vt:ry day of fighting. On with th fight and may our lighting spir·it never grow less. I J usi a worJ uow about the magazine. \Ve feel that we arc bringing you a magazine thi month for whieh you will be thankful. It IS a good magazine-one of the best that ever the American So •ialist movement liacl the joy of r eading. I<' ir·st tlwr·e 's the ringing challenge on the ·page n ext following-it's a challenge in answer to a questi on. Stanh·y B. ·Wilson continu es h-is illuminating r eview of th e movem ent over the tate and add to it a splendid contribution on "The Simple Story of Karl .Marx, the ~tan." You'll f el a new and lll or·e eomrallely interest in Marx when you 've read that sketch of him. We fl'el sure that you 'll get a new glimpse of the System after st ullying Arti t Tracy's pictur , "A Cltl'istmas Contrast." 'J'het·e 's also a 'l'ra:cyesque humor to his illustration for the semi-serio- omi' "It 'ti ,Just Got to Come," written by Chester M. Wright . . Th e dmm a J epa rtm cnt is back again, with M. Louise Grant as the author and with it comes the 'alcium Glow department. Eleanor \Ventworth is writing a fiction story, based, however, on colll facts, which will replace for this month and next mouth het· r egulaT department. A not her· bit of !iue fit·t iou with a punch is Emanuel Julius ' story of "The Hise of Fran}{ Dunne." And now r eal! t he magazinr-f.rom cover to cover. Tt 's a ripping good nurnbr1·. But don't stop there. Hustle out and capture a subscriber or two-for r eally, we need ·subscribers, thousands oJ' t hem. 'l'his magazine is '1'00 GOOD TO STAND S'l'IL"PJ. It is going forward, but PUT ON MORE RTEAI\L Put Th e Westel'll Comrade into H ery nook and corner TO BUIJ.1D FOR SOCIALISM I I The Western Comrade Vol. 1. No.9 Dl'cemhet·, 1913 Published Monthly by UNION.LABOR NEWS COMPANY, INC. 203 New High St, P. 0. Box 135 Los Angeles ubscripJ.ion Price One Dollar a Year EDITORS tanley B. Wilson Chester M. Wright Associate Editors El anor Wentworth YEmanuel Julius Pred ob Wagner The Social-- Democrat ~fficial organ of the SoclaUst movement o! CaUfornia; owned by the party-the very best propaganda newspaper in the West. In addition to its propaganda work i t constantly keeps In touch with the dally Jl(e of the movement, bringing to Its readers each week a reflection or what Is actually being done. Correspondent!~ everywhere make it a mirror of the field or aetJon. YOU ought to have this great paper. Stitt Wilson call• It the best in America. It's a dollar a year. Constructlv~ forcefnl, virile--alwa :L2Jl .tbe_Job....lo~-f'e¥61 ---- The Socia l· Democrat Box 135, Los Angelo, Cal. �T be H TA e ·tezrm a ~E E GOI G ABO. TIT? THE VERY NEWEST KIND OF STRIKE BREAKER The picture above shows the latest pattern of rapid.firing gun, in use by the mine owners of Colo . rado to shoot down the striking mine workers . . And now for the story of John Ure: John Ure, of Scotch birth, 63 years of age, a miner for fifty . three years, was employed at Forbel! mine, Forbes, Colo., at the beginning of the present st.rike, at which time he jolne1! the strikers and moved into a tent furnished by the miners' union. While standing in front of his tent on tho after• noon of October 17, 1913, a mine guard approached the tent colony, carrying a flag of truce with 111m. Upon arriving at the tent colony he was met by a group of men a'nd he asked them If they were atrlk . ers. They informed him that they were. He then stepped back and dropped the flag, at which aiQn!!l the rapid machine gun, .mounted on a steei·bodied automobile, on the public highway some three hun . dred yards from the tents, commenced firing at the strikers. Shooting atarted about 3 o'clock p. m. and continued until 5 o'clock p. m. Ure took refuge under the cot in his tent, and it Ia a miracle that he was not killed, as the tent has 147 bullet holes in it, and the furniture, every dish and cooking utensil bears evidence of the shots fired by this gatling gun. Rifles to right of the~. Rifles to left of them, Rifles in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd. r.;~~~!l!!!!!;'IALl':\fET. Trinidad, Wheatland, Indianapolis-wherever lahOJ' ~o;fdiH'H fOl' a little mor·t• of its pr·oduct, there go the troops, horse, foot and d r·agoonR, to the defen •• of tllf ma ter of the bread. So it eomf' that today the United States has standing arm~s iu tlw field ou a war footing, contending with an enemy for supremac·y on li11ited ;;itates "'lil. And W<' of the working dass are that enemy. Th<' nH•n who write fable for the newspapers im·m-iahly tell u:S that tlw tronllS arc• . ent into the i';t.rike di 1riet to presen•e ord<•r. 'l'J1ey eH u t),$it the tl:'O'OJPS :nrc sent in to proleet Hfe and property. And tliat may be so, in a m.ea:aure, but it i~ , o O~lly ~0 that 1Nit to which eapitali. t life and property are eon<·erJl(!(t The proteetiou of li\h~r, it. ri~h1 s, it li((', it· pN~ erty, i not contemplated iin the order t.o m1.1rdL \Yesll Vi.rgirni~ is . uffieient .:mswrer to i!he writers of tlhe n-ew:spapc•r !!':aMes. V\~~t Virg~~~Cil whlh its ('<mr't marlriad 11!' miilltary pri CDn , ]ts bigJ1-h'8.Dded disr€'.g:ard od' f'very rigJJt ~nd priYile.ge '('If a f~rce peo:pk It ii 1BmlSW<er renougill. 'l'(IH ·~l.Y t ·l<C' ohu~c·Jr. .a~re rm n dltl1ty :aU :aJI(iJ:mg tlhre great <e(i)p:per rnllllge Ol~ M'ijdJ~.g<m, JHR .f:l<il <ilpeH y e ? ]] �292· The Western Comrade and indefensibly are they in the actual service of the mine wners that the owners of the gr·ent "Copper mines are proposing to paJfthe wages of the soldiers because they fear a popular demonstration against payment of those wages by the state for a service which the. state so ohYiously does not require. · · Today the soldiers are on duty in Colorado, filing through the mountains to see that the proJwrty of the coal owners is protected. "Pr(!teeted' ~ is a handy word for mine owners to haYe in their vocabulary. It is a common belie£_among mine owners that if they can get soldic•rs enough and get them when they want them that they can defeat labor and crush it back 1o till! desir·pd level. · .A 1Hl what about all this uniformed strike-breaking 'bu iness 1 WHAT AHE \VE GOING TO DO ABOUT. IT Y \Vc shall makr no dPnial of th~e fact that union men have,u ed violence and will use violence. But we shall make the assertion· that they have used violence only when dri,·en to it and that the,:· will pursue the same course in the future. Any animal wiil fight wlien driven to . bayand it will fight. with tfie weapons best calculated to 'win it release. In Colorado 147 bull_e ts wen: shot through the tent of one miner by deputy sheriffs. Say, if you wish, that the miner who inhalJits that tent in f reezing weather is going to turn the other cheek so that it, too, may lH· shot awa_v. But if· he can get a gun he is not likely to fulfill your peaceful prediction. Thus is labor drin•u to d(!Sper·ation by the barons who own the proper·ty and the tools of production. Thus arc ex(·llS('S made upor_J. which to base the insistent call for soldiers. It seldom fails. In West Vir·ginia H whole miners' camp was riddled with bullets from an arm<?red train at 11ig-ht Put yourself in such a camp in such a time-it was winter there, too-and ask yourself wlrat your feelings and impulses and resolutions would be. If you were the average workingman, with the love of liberty and justice that courses in the veins of the average workingman, you would do just what you think you would do-and you wo~ld not he a traitor to your class. .\rmed "·ar·fare is roming to be a recognized feature of e':ery great strike. WHAT ARE WE GOlKO 1'0 DO ABOUT 1'1'~ This much we are sure of: Even if labor r eally cared for that sort of war, even if it instigatell it-\Yhieh it does .not-it COUld never hope tO COpe SUCCessfully with the forces which ar·t· opposetl to it in every such case. Organized society is arrayed solidly against the outlawfor such is the man who shoots in self-defense on the strike field against .the forces of "law .and onler·." Nor· does the regularly observed and established labor policy of peace and rigid diseipliue hring- the results desired. • For in every great strike the bosses make it their settled policy to " incite to riot" in such a way that the hlame can be l~id at the door of the strikers. Professional thugs, strong-arm men, blacklegs and gunmen are adept at that sort of work. 'l'ht'~' act on the tl;leory that a man attacked will retaliate in self-defense. Their task is not overly hard, nor does it require any great amount of finesse. It is _pure)~- the work of the lr1red hnlly and ruffian who is almost always the pr·odnct of the city slums. which in turn are tlw (lirect creation of the capitalist system. "\r·med intervention follows quickly. The tr·oops with their rifles and maehine guns are ordt•r<'d to the scene of "action" and immediately their entire influence, the weight 0'f their mor·al and physical strength is always thrown AGAINST labor, against the strikers, no math·r how just their demands, no matter how ind<>fensible the tactics .of the masters of the mines . antl of th e bread . .And somet hing must be done about this thing. But WHAT? _-\r·med inter·vention ns a settled strike policy is relatively a new feature of the class war, though th e first instanc{}. was recorded as early as th e ·great steel strike in Pittsburg when ~\lexander· Berkman shof and wounded Steel King Frick. J,ater came the eall for troops by Clt:>vt'la nd, oYt>t' the protest of Governor Altgelt, the Illinois governor who was driven to his graYe hy capitalism. That was during the great A. R. U. strike. J,ater came the Coeur d 'Alane strike, in which northern Colorado -was t9rned into a battlefield with labor furnishing the victims for capitalistic greed. �The Western Comrade It may be aid .that the u e of ·OOp a 81 fa tor m rike ln~eakin h devel pE'd ·ith the capitalist system and with the e of the strike 81 we po.n of labor. And a· the (}ap:it t system has become perfected the use of troops ha he ome more frequent, until now it · no strange thing to have the military in service against labor at half a do~en point in the coun ry at the same time. or course the use of .might erush labor is no new thing. The thing that is new is the form of the thing. And greater than that is that other new thing-the A AKEN1~G of labor to a realization ~f the MEANING of the confli t and an understanding of 1t cau • Today no great strike is-without its complement of oldier trike-breakers and neither now nor in the past is there a single instance where the military has been called upon to protect lahor in its fight for better living conditions or hiO'her wages and shorter hour . Two cases on the Pacific coast illustrate precisely the attitude of the capitalist offieial toward the struggles of Jahor. At San Diego workingmen·were being beaten and driven from their city. They c~llt>d upon the governor for protection in their suffering . He ga e them nothing ht>yon<l a mere hluff. At Wheatland the masters called for troop to crush lnbor and the I I roops were sent to the assistance of the hop oarons as fa;t as train could CaJ.:r t}H~m. It t·\'t•r so wher·e capitalists rule. \\'hHt i!'l tht· WilY out? jfust we go on fighting our industrial battle again t ha~·onet · aud rapid firing guns that drill through us and leave us cold and dead 1 Th e auswer is thAt we must face the powers that be on a field where we are suprem 1 r·ather than on a field where we are inferior. That does not mean that we must abandon our batIll's on 1he et·onomi t.: fiP!d, but rather that we shall BACK THEM UP with a. battle on th politi<·al fil'ld where our o,·erwhelming numerical superiority is such as to leave no doubt of the outcome, onee we det ermin e to plunge into action with the same solid front that we have displayed on the st1·ikc fi eld. \\'(' mnst relinquish none of our economic militancy, put we must augment it with a political ntilitau!'y that will l!!·ing to us a final and lasting victory. The gnus of the paid thugs, such as mine "guards," are brought into use bccau e of the opc·u ncqniescence the passive acquiescence of the properly constituted civil authorities who gain thl'it· pO\\'t' r dire ct!~· from the electorate. The guns of the organized military bodies are hr·ought into nse !weans~ of the direction of thr properly constituted civil authol'ities. The mPn that lah01· elt'ds nJ•e responsible for the use of guns on the economic field. Any of these offi1·ials ean, when thry so will, absolutely stop the use of guns as weapons with which to break stJ•ikPs and kill workingmen. • Bnt until laborI elects officials who are conseious of. their working-class ties nothing like thot • will hAppen. The question, "What are we going to do ahout it1" can be finally answered only .hy voting about it. 'l'hat is the simplest, easiest, most effective and only final remedy for a sitnntion that grows more acute with every industrial conflict-a situation that must soon find a r<>medy or the nation will be plunged into a wide-spread conflict at arms, on the enc side of which will be th e militant worker fighti~g for his life and on the other side of which will be the slum and brothel product fighting at the command of a baron who pays what he considers the s rvice worth . Among all the thou ands of Socialist officials in all parts of the civilized world, not one has ewr i. ned a eall for soldiery to crush labor in any hattie that it has ever waged for hettcr conditious, high er wages, o1· the gaining of any of those cherished liberties for which militant labor forever is striving. There is not one such case on r ecord! Nobody en;. has heard of soldiers or police being ordered into service as strike breakers by ._ocialist official . That is tile answer-the only answer that really answers-the only solution of the prohlem that really solves. And this question, like all others, never will be ~ettled until it is settled right. olidarity in the union ranks; solidarity at the ballot box; away with the deadly gunf.l of the palO. t mgs an t 11' orgamzcd military strike breaker. ! • ·· to or �Tbe Western Comrade , By WALTER LANFERSIEK- 1r ational Executive Secretary of the Sociali t Party .. Q Ol N THE fourth of Npvember . another skirmish was fought ·in the war for working-class emancipation. We won. The elections were of no great sig·. .· niticailce, as there were no national issues, so-called. In spite of every handicap, the Socialist 'Vote is very encoaraging. Nonpartisan elections, commission form of government, anything an4 everything ls being tried to force thi Socialists to break party lines. and yet we tt>rge steadfiy onward. Have you ever seen men roll!ng sheet ste'el? The 'bar enters the mill one inch thick and four inches wide. It is run back and forth through the rollers, ea('h time bringing it nearer the desir'e d result. And so it is with the elections. Each time the Soctallst Party for('es society to come nearer to the result desired. No matter about all t.he hindrances, our vote increases and our gains grow greater year hy year. r==~!!'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:ll * * * Ohio is first in the number of elected officials. Complete tlgures are not available, but no less than five citfe~:; in that state elected Socialist mayors, with a S('ore of al!lermen, councilmen, and other officials. In New York state, we lost the mayor of Schenectady, because the old parties fused against us, but we elected no less than eleven candidates of Jesser importance in Schnectady county, including the sheriff. New York city elects a Socialist to the board of aldermen for the first time. In spite of the hottest anti-Tammany fight in the history of New York, 32,000 men .could not be diverted from the real issue and proved-It by voting for Charles Edward Russell for mayor. Pennsylvania reports victories in McKeesport, Altoona. Glen Campbell, Ashland, Wilmerding and Pitcairn, • Indiana comes forward with victories in four cities. * * * IVE years ago such news as the above would have been considered astonishing. We would have demanded the exact figures of each election. But now we think it is hardly more than ne, and it causes no great excitement. .,. EXPECT to do big tblngs, aod e nt«tain this expectation becau e WE .ARE BEGI NI G . TO FEEL OUR POWER. For the Soctall t Party is becoming a real power in the United States. The spectacle of on6 hundred thousand m n and women, working toward the arne goal, and pn.ylng for the privilege or working together, is a new phenomenon in America. And this is the member hip of the party today. There were those who saw the disintegration of the party a year ago; yet today it is a solid, mass\ve organization, showing a power g'rater than in dny · period of its history. . · * * * The organization is now swinging in line for the big campaign of next fall. Congress this summer bas shown itself to be impossible. It is only too plain that th interests still rule, and therefore the opportunity of the Socialists will be at hand. By next fall the failure of the Wilson administration to do anything constructive for the common people will be so evident that there w1ll be a tremendous wave toward the Socialist party. We in the east expect California to show the stutt she is made of. You can do it. We look confidently forward to . the result. * * * HE Par-ty is now making fine progress and C:alltornia is doing a noble share of the work. An ; increase of not less than 17,000 members is recorded for the past five months: We are p y recovering from the lethargy that always follows a national election. After each of the years 1904 and 1908 there was a relaxation of activity, and thls ~ondition may as well be expected after each presidential election in the future. There is no doubt that we will have the greatest membership in our history to meet the opportunities of next fall. Within a few months the national party debt w1ll have been paid ol'f, and then we can look for big things to happen. It is a good time to live. Let us get all the fun out of life, all the glory there is in Jiving, by becoming increasingly active In the great cause that ls sweeping the nations with its promise of emancipation. THE LAW OF THE HIVE "Behold the little busy bee," • Said he of bags of money, ''That by hi indu try and thrift Lay up a store of honey. "Sounds very fine," the worker said, "To have you thus compare; But in the hive each of the bees Must do his Ia wful share. •·u in the hives of buman life The dron all_goi-!..ue;~L.~:uu~­ Just think a moment, if you please, What would become of you." �The Wes .ter·. n .Comrade A CHRISTMAS CONTRAST 295 �296 The The Western Comrade Murderers at. Wheatland , B y N . X . R I CH A RDSO N Special Wheatland Inve~tigator for the Socialist Party of California I'!!'!!!!!'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I N GOING by the Southern P a cific from Sacramento to ~1arysville, some ten miles before reaching the latter, one passes through a small town in the midst of hop fields-the town of Wheatland. . . This ,·mage was "pla.ced upon the map" last Aug~st, as have . been other communities in this nation, by troubles ·growing out of laboring conditions that lliiiiiiOiiiiOiiiiiiiiiiiiiil aftccted a sufficient number of toilers to rn:~ke effect ivn opposition to tyranny possible and · conspicuou~. ThPre was a protest there on the part of some two thousanrl lahorPI ,; ag:\inst conditions in which no selfrespPC'ting human being thqugh a savage would work and Slll'h as no state laying any just claim to civilizat im. would toleratP. Yet :ts 11 con~equenee of these conditions and the inordin?te greed of one man who proposed to maintain them. badted IJy his suLserl'ient tools in office. four men are dead aud ~l dozen are in prison under the charge of munlcr. TIH1S'? com~itions haYe been stated with sufficient em phasiFt in the 'report of the state executive committee of the Socia lif't Party of California. They need not be here reiterated. So likewise in that report has been discussed the :~ersonal conduct of the employer, the emJlloyed and the C'fficials in this lamentable affair. It Is not upon this phase of the matter that I want now to dwPll. I prefer her0 to discuss briefly tlle spirit that actuated each party to the controversy-tile capitalistic ·and the labor elem<>nt. A man who for years has personally known the chief ac•ors on the capitalist side of the Wheatland tragedy and who is thoroughly conversant with the CO)I(!itlons that there prevailed, said to me in Sacramento: "Durst (one of th~ owners of the great hop ranch where the trouble occurred and the superintendent in charge at the ti'me) is a good fellow as the worlc~oes; ]Jolt COl:dit.IO :lS there WOUld not appeal to him as they would to you or me. The matter, for instanc£-, of :10 distinction of toilets for men and women, or their inadequacy, or the loathsome. unspeakably disgusting state of such as were furnished, he would not com:idf'r a matter for serious thought. They were suffic-ient and good enough for that laboring herd: and it would little matter if." ~hey"had none. They do not need such thi"lg~ - ~;so~ly vital concern lay in the hund1·ed thousai1'ds · dpllars that, through what he won!('! Cllil economy, cou d be made from the yield of those acres. "The Sheriff is a good man, a fine man; but what cares be for a mob iike that? "The dead District Attorney was as fine a man as ever was in the county, but he was in nowise dependent upon such a herd a s grazed in those · hop fields. From his point of view it was the welfar of Durst .and tbe -otbe!" growers n1' II:O}>s t'ha was at stake; and any 'foolishness' on the part of the earth's off-scour- ings, such as those hop pickers, could not be tolerated." And thus we have it; not alone evidence of economic ciasses, but the actual spirit of caste-the crystallized form of ca pitalism. 'The Sheriff went to that Sunday afternoon meeting, that he himself admits was perfectly orderly and legal, absolutely inflated with the idea of his authority; went, not to dea l with human beings, but with a herd of cattle. And , lilte cattle, when ·he cracked his whip and "as Sheriff · of Yuba county, I command you to disperse." he expected them to scatter. What else should a laboring herd do? If that man had done his plain duty, stepped upon the platform where the meeting was being held and told them that he, as one sworn to enforce the law, was ready to investigate conditions th~re, to help punish any law violation on the part of rich or poor, to look into the ir claim s and so far as lay In his power see that theY got justice; that while this was in progress, or even while . it might be necessary to wait a few hours until he called in the State officials whose duty it is to attend to such matters, he desired that they 1;eturn to work assured that their interests wou ld · be immediately cared for-if this had been his message, the hand of no man would have been raised aga inst another and 11\ore than two thousand hearts wou ld have beaten in gratitude. But what would Ralph Durst have said to such a proceeding? Sacramento is but an hour and a half away and an officf:!r there wou ld, in short order, have made it very uncomfortable for him. Here the rich man stood against the mu ltitu de--the rich man whose law-violation was beyond all question-and the mu ltitude of labor who had brok$n no law dwindled into insignificance. Durst had called for somebody's arrest; hence, 'twas the Sheriff's not to reason why, 'twas his to do the bidding. The entire spirit manifested by the capitalistic element was one of contempt for what to them was a laboring rabble, a mass of workers or tramps who shou ld be thankfui for a chance to qualify for the purchase of a loaf of bread . . And this is a spirit not confined to the vicinity of \Vbeatland by any means. Its mantfestations are almost as common as the modern workshop. It is a spirit practically unknown in the day of the small concern ; a spirit inconsistent with conditions when master and man worked side' by side and more nearly shared a common lot. Its outcroppings are a natural consequence of de\·eloped capitalism-the total divorcement of employer and employed-the making of the multi-millionaire at the expPnse of a million paupers. It is this that is burning into the heart of labor the lesson of the class struggle that modern industrial methods make imperative. But th.:-re was another manifestation of spirit there - spirit deYeloped in the school of modern experiences. and. nwdern eeonomic teachings. Tt is a proauct of our public schools, of the more general spread of knowledge. of at least a superficial sense of democracy ... �The Western co ·m.rad·e and human rights, of ideas that are sifting down to the masses through the organizations of labor, both economic and poiitical. , There were some there who knew enou'ih not Ol!;l:Y. to sense wrongs, but to fathom something of their own rights. There were some who, to put it in homely English, "h ad been up against the capitalistic game" and were not to be bluifed by mere bluster and pretense of, or usurpation of authority. They knew they were acting wholly within the law and they knew when others were violating it. And they had the courage to assert themselves in the interest of their fellows. Such attributes in a slave are always at a discount wi'h the master; for they are the qualities of the worm that turneth . Th ese had no desire to kill. There was no thought of cons piracy as the prosecution charges, unless we are to denominate as conspiracies all the industrial and political organizations of the laboring class-as from the standpoint of the masters they doubtless are. ·But conspiracy was in this instance a non-necessity. There wPre those among them who refused to be trampled 297 and spat upon. especially for· conduct that was legal and with which officialdom bad no right to interfere. The day f01:' the exercise of t yrartny' is rapidly passing and those who attempt it must t.a ke the consequenc.e s. This is the spirit that is being cultivated in the modern worker; and it were well for capitalism to make a · note of it. .. In capitalism's etrort to break this spirit, it Is en· deavoring to render the strike Illegal-to outlaw the :· striker. That, at l;lottom, is one of the chlet points in. vo ved in the prosecution of the Wheatland laborers. rn . other words, in Qlese cases the q.uestion of the tight to strike versus abject enslavement. There Is. not a phase of this Wheatland trouble that does not demand our entry into the fight, and in a ·• manner that will make our presence felt. Whether or not· these laborers have ,as yet grasped the great principles of Socialism ls not to be considered. 'rhey .are of the wo1·king class; their fight was right and just ~an incident in the great class struggle of the ag~ That is sufficient. We must to their rescue ; and we must hurry. The Rise of .. Frank D.u nne J.~ Newspaper Story-By Emanuel Julius •~"""""'"""""'~"""""'!!!J"""""'~F THE city editor were to tell Frank · • , ~ . Dunne to write a story about the moon being made of green cheese; he wouldn't ask any silly questions-he'd do it. He would get facts, statistics, interviews and pictures to prove that the moon is made of green cheese. And here's the ··funny thing of .it all: he would believe his own story. He believed every fake he wrote; he believed every lie he told. Yes, Frank Dunne was an ideal newsTemperamentally, he fit in with the order paperman. of things. A newspaper's policy was Frank Dunne's religion. The editorials were as gospel. He swore by the viewpoint-everyti:ling that the paper stood for was right, ·was just, was as It should be. If he had been told to cover th~ crucifixio'n h<> .,·;:;::!:! have written a story of •·a long-haired agitator. paying the penalty of his criminal views;" he would have told how "a certain Jesus Christ had incited the people to'"riot," bad said things "against the government," had "criticised established institutions afid customs;" be would have · given the impression that J esus deserved His fate. " ' hen Dunne covered a strike, the office was always .;atisfied. There wasn't a man on The Morning Times who·could write a meaner story than this Frank Dunne. He could sneer at a mass of starving strikers, accuse them of "squandering their salaries on drink," charge them with all manner of crime and violence-yes, he was · a favorite in The Jl'imes' office. Even the big ch ief-one ('onldn't conceive of · a ·m ore : unpleasant person-always sm iled at Frank Dunne and bade him the time of day. A rare specimen, his 135 pounds throbbed with energy, his sharp eyes were ever on the watch for stutY the office · wanted, his ears ·heard everything; and If 1ey 1 n , s 1mag na on wou come to the rescue. This Frank Dunne was the star policy man; whenever anything particularly dirty was wanted, the _office could a lways re ly on Dunne, who would write the stutY- · and, above all, sweaT by it. He was extraordinar11y able at stories that meant systematic campaigns of publicity; for he could write on the saD)e subject for weeks and weeks at a stretch, and · never be at a loss for something to say. A word would often give him enough material for two columns ot matter. If there were some sort of a franchise the oftl.ce was anxious to get for some local kings of finance, Dunne would be set to work on the . publicity. He had genius for mak- . ing the wrong appear right. Considering that he was a newspaperman, Dunne was fairly well paid; he said he was getting $40 a week; of course, ~ lied, for I knew it for a fact that he was getting $35. Of course, he was always broke because he \Vas always mingling with men of wealth and means and didn't fancy being considered one not of their class. He would just as soon pay for a ten-dollar dinner as not ; he wouldn't hesitate to Invite some wealthy friends to a cham1>agne supper that would keep him in debt for weeks to come. Dunne loved the brothers of Have ; he worshipped them, and nothing pleased him better than to he with them. He was always at some sort . of an affair; and he always gave the impression that he belonged there. Just befor.e Dunne became the star policy man, he fell in love with a girl who worked ·In a local department store. She was a pretty-no, she was a. beautiful · girl, just passing nineteen. He took her to the theater a number of times, always treating her as best he knew how ; and she, sweeet Laura Knight, appreciated him immensely. She was a poor girl and, I repeat, she worked in a big store-and that means she worked at starvation wages. 1 believe she got $6 a week; I'm sure it wasn't more. Dunne told her man y pretty things ; 'he told her he loved her· es he even said sh was "the bes lrl in tbe world." But, he di-dn't say anything about marriage, though, let it be said in fairness , be thought of tt. He really thought it would be a splendid thing to have �298 Tbe Weste .r n Comrade b.er as his wife. Yes, ·s he would be' the iileal companion tor lite, he concluded. But, !SOmehGw, he felt that Lau.r.a KWgbt was a girl he could al aya g so there need be no hurry about marrlagtr. He was convinced that 1t he didn't marry ber she ~ would b~ a spinster for the rest of her day&-there are lots of men who believe that. So, be concluded it would be best for him to wait-maybe a year, possibly two or three; but not longer. So, he didn't say anything about marriage. Laura Knight loved him, but she was a: retiring sort o! girl who didn't know how to use her, wonderful charms. Not knowing how to influence him, she let him have his way about things, and .as he. didn't say anything about marriage, she simply played a waiting game. Six months later, . Dunne married; . but he didn't marry Laura Knight. He married an 1nsipid female, a parasite to the · core, but everybody .tb_ought Dunne was a lucky fellow; not every renorter bas luck enough to marry a rich man's daughter. It· ·happened this way: While at an affair, be was introduced to a young 'lady who was the daughter of the unpleasant owner of The Morning Times. This owner-Bennington Fraser- liked bunne, as I've already mentioned, and when he learned that his daughtEr and Dunne were friendly, he smiled. When he learneq, some weeks later, that his daughter would like to become the wife of Dunne, he didn't _object. "Of course," said Mr. Bennington Fraser, "that young fe llow hasn't any money, but I tell you he has a futuvJ. He knows what's what. He hasn't any money, but he has the push and go that will bring him money. That young fellow is all right.'' And he blessed them. And they married. And Dunne forgot about · Laura K'night. And Laura Knight cried a little, and sobbed a little more, and philosophically decided to make the most of it all. Dunne became one of the most Important men on The Morning Times; he became dictator of policy; he outlined campaigns; he ruled politics; he said what shall be-and usually he had his way. The big chief trusted Dunne's judgment. The paper was a gold mine. Dunne was on the inside. So, Dunne became wealthy. He got mixed up in a number of questionable deals, but he wasn't ·afraid, for he held a mighty club over all his enemies - the club of publicity. He could drive any man out of the county, he once boasted . He got Interested in a number of propositions; he Invested · money In street railway stock ; he bought shares In a great manufacturing concern; he even bought a quarter Interest In a great departm ent store. Dunne found that The Morning Times was of great help In his business ventures, enabling him to get almost anything he wanted. Of course, when it camf> to the law-making bodies, he was a terror. All feared him. But, some people WILL persist in being reformers, Dunne OJ' no Dunne. And It came to pass that a number of reformers got together and formed an organization, with the purpose of going into politics. An opposition paper decided to take up the cudgels for this reform element, and as a result, circulation grew for the opposition paper~ This was a distressing tate of affairs, though It didn't harm the finances of The Morning Times; this paper could always. depend on the big advertiserswhat more could one hope for? When campaign time came again, Dunne aw that the reformers were getting too strong. They Wt>re actually threaten! eapture ottftt': wer; yes, 1t appeared as though theY would capture the powers of gm·ernment. Dunne's paper fougllt tit'ele lY. Dunne himself writing many editorials. The l'eform governor was elected. and then, Dunne realized that many amadng things were about to bap~ pen. The ooformers, ln their platform, distinctly said that if elected they would 1ight for the passage of a minimum wa,f;e bilL Dwine, !ntere ted in a d~part­ ment .store, didn't fancy the Jdea of a minimum wage biU passing the legislature, so he fought, .b ut, some~ . bow, his paper ·d.ldn't carry the kind of stutr he wanted. "I tell you, Dunne," said Mr. Fraser, "we haven't got the man who has the right angle on this minimum wage business." Dunne p.,greed with him. "And what's more," Fraser added; ''it looks to me as though more than half the men on our staff are for that bill and are hoping to see it pass." Dunne had suspected this for · weeks.· "We aren't gettiOg the right kind of stuii," Fraser repeated. "I don't know of a better man to put o~ this story." said Dunne. with a growl. "Oh/ Tiiat's easy enough, Dunne," said Fraser, with . a wink; "we've got the right man- " · ''Who?" "You." This was a neat compliment, Dunne thought, and it pl~ased him immensely. Dunne put fire and vigor Into the fight. The men behind the paper chuckled, for they saw that they were getting what they needed"the right angle." Dunne fought like a tiger-he threatened, be bullied, he lied, he screamed, he moaned-he used dozens of cartoons, he did everything in his power to work up sentiment against the bill. He roared at the reformers, accusing them of all sorts of crimes; he made life uncomfortable for them. The headlines, day after day, week after week, counted. Dunne brought up a number of side !$sues to cloud the real iss ue. He sort of muddied the water, said Fraser. "You're doing fine," said Fraser; "keep it up.'' And Dunne obeyed. "The trouble, " said Dunne, "Is that we · are on the defensive. Even though we· are pouring the hot shot into them, they are still on the offensive." With a thump on the table, be added : "I want THEM to be on the defensive! Not me!" • Mr. Fraser liked the idea, but he didn't know just what to do. Dunne solved this problem. Attack them -simple enough. He made a number of sensational charges against the floor leaders and the Governor. He ~ade serious charges, the kind that make people talk, and, it wasn't many days before the Governor and his fighting lieutenants were on the defensl ve; they literally had to fight to save their reputations-and the result was-well, that doesn't matter; the point is that the bill was forgotten; tile point of attack was shifted; the Issues were muddled and the girls were left where they aiways were, with starvation wages. This, it was generally agreed, was a master st(oke on Dunne's part. He had his way about things. He bad argued that girls would "never go wrong on account of low wages if they weren't bad by nature." He bad argued that "low wages do not drive girls into the street.'' His department store was saved many thousands dollars, Oh, by the way, Laura Knight was one of the employes in Dunne's store. That is to say, she was there until some weeks ago. Dunne met her one night and was astonished to learn that she had become a prostitute. ..Strange things happen, Dunne thought. "She never ---»~-a~~~~~Sft·e-w6ft might have married her! escape! ·what a narrow J �The Western Comrade 299 • Putting the "NOW" :Into Socialism An Interview With a Woman. Wizard By CHES.T ·ER . M. WRIGHT A CERTAIN little woman whose physical !Jeing is housed a great part of the time in the offices at Socialist state headquarters, and . whose sp.! rit · roams out over the whole wide world, ever is permitted to make half of her . dreams come true, it will not be at all strange if folks come to call her a Burbank of Socialism. That's the sort of .woman Marion Israel is. Woman's state correspondent, is her official title, though why it is remains to be made plain. Corre~pondent is inadequate and meaningless: It does not describe au official who is aflame and fairly bursting with energy and great, big plans. But this has not to do with official titles and dry figures. It has to do with the personality and th'e plans and the dreams of the woman who wears the title. I think perhaps it ought to be called a story of regeneration, or of construction. Last year the women Socialists of the state adopted the s logan, "A 50 per cent woman membership." At that time the woman membership constituted 13 per ce nt of the California Socialist Party. Since then it has gained until now it constitutes 22 per cent. Taking into account the number of men who leave their locals during the summer for unavoidable reasons, and who return again later, however, the probable a ctual incre<Jse has been som e what less than the figures indicate. Comrade Israel thinkS a fair estimate of th e present woman membership is 19 per cent. a gain of 6 per crnt. But this slogan doesn't mean a great deal to the woman's correspondent. She isn't obsessed with the idea that there must be a woman in the party for every man. That doesn't mean that she isn't striving to inc rease the woman membership. Not at all. But it means that the !lpirit in which she is going about her work can't be expressed by figures. H er conception of the• task is not expreBsed by arithmetical characters. " To say that we want a 50 per cent woman membership sounds dry and inadequate," she says. "What we want is an awakened womanhood. We want the whole of the horne in the movement. I don't see how we can grow as we ought when the burden falls on half of the home. A 50 per cent woman membership indicates united homes and united sympathies." The meaning of that seems to be that the entire family must have the same consciousness, the same ideals. tlJ e s ame zeal ; that the hom e must he a unit for Socialism. That is where Comrade Israel translates cold figures into terms of living energy; that is where she transmutes them ' into a bond of throbbing human s ympathy. Back of this is a keen undertsanding of the wonderful part which woman may play in the social revolution, a thorough knowledge of the economic part woman has played in the past, and a tine conception of-tbe-mtutne' ·n wl1ieb {)Ci erees ·n :ir s aYe worked to fit woman for the great task that just now is before her. ·I F' Let us now get some of the ideas of this woman. They may come as ·something of a shock to some SocialistS', but put them to the acid test before you undertake td contradict her. "Suffrage bas not changed the situation, so far as we , are concerned, very much," she · says. - ~' i'ou see the. s.uffrage movement was mainly a movement of middle class women and women of 'the capitalist class. Of course there were reasons for that, ·and they )Vera chiefly economic-that is, economic condiUqns gavle to the middle class women the opportunity to make the fight." The discuss ion of suffrage and its results; which Miss Israel thinks are not quite clear yet, brought out the question of solldarity and the assertion that "there is more of solidarity today in the woman's movement tlian there is among the women of the working class. This is so," she adds, "because the Socialist movement has not attempted to reach the women of the working class. They are new to organization; they haven't been in any tight ; they don't close in on issues. The spirit isn't there, yet." But It must never be imagined that there is anything negative about \he philosopl1y or planning of this little woma..n. There is too much of snap in the eyes, too much of vitality in the movements, too much of spontaneity In the thought, too much of verve and go to the entire make-up of this person for any negation to long hold sway. "But, you r.an trust woman to do the right thing, once she is awakened," she .said, with a smile over her face. "You see, it has always been the spirit of woman to give; never to take. The spirit of. labor is to take; not to give. That Is why the s ocial service idea is going to develop so strongly hi women. I do not say this as a" disparagement of labor. That is just the way things have developed; that is all. Woman has always been kept in service. She has not the spirit of gain. She has the spirit of give; the spirit of service. Of co urse we've been stunted and dwarfed, but all that experience is not to be lost, for now the race, or society, is w reap the benefit from the development of· that conception of service for the sake of service." I couldn't help but halt the rapid tlow of ideas at that point ; It was so big that !"'Wanted a moment for digestive operation: "Yes, you might call it a great equation," she answered to my question. "All through the long ages of the past women has been held to a certain restricted sphere by the dominant male, and now the very traits that she acquired because of her age - long economic position of Inferiority are to burst forth in glorious bloom to do trojan work in the conquest for ra<'e freedom!" Shakespeare should have bad something like that to s1ng of! Dut I became insistent in the quest for "How" and "Why" and "When." And Comrade ,Israel is just as keen about that part of the· program as she Is about the great dream that over-lays and mothers it. - --H1or-answ:e lr'tlnl1 m o the Socialist movement. There are many good and true Socialists who will scent danger here. They wm �300 The Western Comrade predict a straying from t he straight and narrow path o! the revolutionary doctrine and a compromise with reform. But they will be wrong, absolutely. "What to do? Yes, that's the ques\!lon. Now, woman has alwavs bad the details of life to attend to. She has bad to ~ake good in details. She •~as bad ' to run the home, to feed the r a ce. The best exposition of the 'nnw ' spirit that I know of is found in the co-operative movements of Europe. I am speaking of a practi<:al way of tioing something now. '\'omen would take. to the cooperative idea. Women do the buying for the family, It is the woman who has to check over the growing grocery hill at the end of the \,·eek. It is the woman who has to make income meet outgo. If the Socialist party would take up the co-operative work it would appr:al to women. ··w,. are going intc a long and hard fight and we need a <"om mi~sary department. !'\o g.fneral thinks of taking hi~ army into battle without a commissary. He plans his food supply. Suppose that in time of strike 1\"P could turn to the commander of the industrial army and say, 'Here, we will feed these men while they fi~ht! · The economic pressure is bearing down so hard , its ''"'~ ight is increasing with such startling force that something must be done now to lift a part of the weight whi iP we tight on towa rd the ultimate goal. If we cau't tind a way to ease the burden our peace ful revolution may IJe lost in a revoltition of violence." Here the rp:iet little person whose name is written on official record~ as "state woman's correspondent," f1:tmcd likr 'I woman l\·Jose!> pointing the way from bondage. "' 1 feP l like shottting to th e ,,-omPn- all of the women- ' Yflu"re the \\'omen of the reYolution. \Vh ether yo u are in ~~·~n p athy with it or not, \\'h e ther you kn ow it or not, you're the wome n of the reYolution! · " Th f~e was He len :\1cKee of San Diego. who saw lH·r hushanct go to jail and returned to her home to fac·e tlH' pro ble m of feeding her fam il y until he should he releaf<Pd. She was a \\'Oman of the revolution. You other wom ~ n o f th e reYolntion- you have th e same prol.Jiem to far·e. You \\'ill probably not see your hu sbands locked in jail- you are far more like ly to see th e m locke d out of the factory- locked out of a job. You women of the r evolution. you've got to k eep the peo ple clothed and fed. You'\'e got a struggle to go through in th e n ext fifteen years. You've got to brace yourselves for that struggle." "And if you can take the ca pitalists' consume rs away from th em .v ou will have touched th em in a vital spot. The women will support thi s iu ea and they will bring th e ir wealth of devotion to it." "And what do you find that indicates a pros pect of immediate action in the direction you speak of?" "The state executive committee of the Socialist party has appointed a committee on co-operation. and there·~ one w0man m e mber on that committee. For the~ first time the party has officially moved in th e direction of this great line of progress-this line that opens to woman the opportunity s h e longs for to show what she can do. It's the first step toward putting more 'now' into our Jlarty move ment."' None of this planning for the big idea has operated to lessen the strug;gle for an _in creased woman members h lp. The point that must be mad e clear is that the struggle for a 50 per cent wom.an m eml.Jersbip is not being mnde for th e sake of numbers, but for the sake of un ity. Just a fe w figure s t"o show how that unity is coming. Two hranches in the state have a 50 pet· cent woman m e mbership. They are North Fruitvale and ..Ruck..Ridg . • L.al'!t:---June Berkeley lo-cal lmd 1:9 -v;··mnen; now it has 45. East Alameda has come up from 13 to 23, and Elmhurst from 9 to U. North Oakland bas come up from none to 7, tbougn Branch Oakland itself bas lost in woman membership. In San Francisco the twenty -fourth district branch has doubled its woman membership, the twenty-ninth district bas made a 50 per cent gain, as has the thirty-first. The thirtieth has doubled. Other San Francisco branches have about held their own. But the general gain is clear. 'We are urging the women to hold meetings e\·erywhere," says Miss Israel. "Whether we balance our membersh.i p depends upon the women in the party, In San Francisco a series of meetings is being held. At these meetings the discussion is not confined to Socialism. They discuss child labor, department stores a nd such matters as that. It ali leads to Socialism." · Here I got a surprising illustration of what Miss Israel meant when she incklded all women in her ca!J to "you women of the revolution." It indicat es that women are quick er to see where social justice liEs than men have been; that women are more sensitive to' the call for social service and that they strike more uperringly at the root of social evils. ""Let me ill ustrate," said the woman's correspondent. " \\' hen th e last legislature \vas in session Los Angel es club women s r. nt a lobby to Sacramento fight for humanitarian legislation. Among the things they wanted was a Ia w to keep children out of street trades at night. They wanted a number of other th ings calculated to benefit women and children who work. And th EY did not get all that they wanted. They saw, just from the experience of that one session, that their real enemy was the profit system, and one of those middle class women told me. as a result of what she had seen in one legislative session, that there was no remedy except the .destruction of the profit system as contemplated in the Socialist p r ogram." · Comrade Israel is trying to make the Socialist moYetnent of the st2te set> her vision. She is trying to make a ll Socialists see what the woman's movemen t can mean to the Socialist party-what a great devotional, sacrificing army is here to be recruitied and brought in to the struggle for race eman cipation. "The really esse ntia l work is to reach the whole membership." she says. Mi ss Isra el pins h er faith in women, not because she is a woman, but because she knows women, their history, their psychology, their aims and sympathies. Sh e believes that the qualities in woman that are called esse~tially womanly a re in fact essentially social; she believes that woman, while possibly less class conscious than man, is vastly more r a ce conscious. And because of tha t s he has a great amount of faith in the middle class woman who now is doing he r thinking and her social worl{ in woman's clubs and federations. But, she declares, women soon find that the profit system stands before them to halt their good effor·ts, thus turning them naturally to the Socialist organization. '"That's why 1 have faith in t1'ie m ass of women working for social ends and why I believe th ey will be a valuable additiqn to the Socialist move ment. The only fitting s phe r e fo r tliE, modern e nfranc hised woman is in the Socialist and labor movement." Ru t Miss Jgrael believes that to set this great feminine forc e in motion there must be established a 'now' incentive to which her energies and sympathies will naturally center. And when you see the manner i,n which she can s ummon the 'no w' expression to her face, you begin to have an idea that it will be a good plan to s tick around and see what happens. For there are going to he things happening. A 50 per cent woman membership? No, not exactlr. A ~el:S.hi.p ..oL equality and nnity. The entire home o~ th e tiring line -and things doing now ! �The Western Comrade On the Passing ' 301 of~ Tammany · By .William Morris Feigenbaum ..l~l~ ,~'!'~~~'!'~• AMMANY is dead! So rang the cry from thought struck terror to their valiant hearts. So they city to city last November. The forces traded their :votes for a few nominations for minor of light were jubilant. At last, ch ' rtled ofll~es and .one, third of the city ticket. they, our fair city can be ruletl honestly. There was one man who is the most informed and At last we will have that 'greatest . of best qualified to tell of Tammany In its most vulnerall goods, honesty, efficiency and ' econable spot, vice and crime and the unspeakable corrup. omy. And thereby hangs tale. tion of the police. That man is District ·Attorney The political campaign that has just Charles S. "i hitman. He was not nominated by the closed in New York was the most refusionists for mayor-for political reasons. He was remarkable ever waged in he metropolis. nominated by fusion for district attorney, and endorsed As. a result, Tammany Hall, · t he most by Tammany and the Prohibitton Party! So throughout interesting political organization in America excepting the enti1·e campaign this e loquent voice was stllled, onb· 'the Sociaiist Piirty, wJ!) have to undergo radical · bought off, bribed! o1·erhauling. As a r esult BigBusiness is runnfng the John Purray Mitchell; a ·youth of 34, a ~ember of an cit_,. direct. rath er than through agents as formerly ; old Tammany family, was nominated because he was and as a final result, Socialism and the Socialist Party spurning Tammany after living on Tammany jobs for are placed in a n impregnable position, with victory in thirteen years. He early· pledged himself to lower taxes l' ight. · · to a "business" administration, and private operation of Ta mman.\· was an organization of Jootei'S. There is city-built subways, upon which Wall Street and Vincent no doubt of that. But Tammany has always believed in Astor emitted three cheers. the doct rine of live and let live. The henchmen 'of the But dissensions in the fusion camp led many to beorganization were always sure of prote<;tion . Hence, lieve that McCall was a sure winner. But he was an yea r after year, there was a solid, rock-boi:tom · Tamegregious ass. He talked too much. He promised many vot e that cou ld not be dislodged with. a charge of lower taxes, no civic centers, no seaside parks, and so dynamite. They kn ew that Tammany was with them , on. Upon which, real estate men arose on their bind and so th ey gav e lo yall y all they had-their votes. legs and cheered vociferously. Mitchell promised the The~· never asked qu estions as to principles. · They same. But neither uttered a word as to schools, pubnel'e i' inquired as to the platforms. They knew their lie health, housing, or ·any WOI'klng-class problem .! · friend s. and as the hierarchy stood loyally by them, they The one thing that turned the tide was the firing of loyall y s tood by th e hierarchy, r egardless of looting Sulzer. Murphy bit off more than he could chew. One and grafting and general dishonesty. • John A. Hennessy broke loose and told all about TamIt must be said that Tammany did yeoman service many graft and a certain $25,000 check that Murphy for Wall street. Th ere is the subway, for example. either did . Ol' did not swipe. The air became blue. That was built by the city at a cost of $54,789,023.04, Sulzer shrieked that Tammany Insulted his wife and, and promptly turned over to the Belmont group. Meanon a public platform, kissing that excellent lady, vocifwhil e, the city is crying aloud for money, the public e1·ated that he never hit women below the belt. works are choked, and there was made a clear profit Meariwhlle, a splendid ticket, headed by good old of $31 ,746,217 .64 from October 27, 1904, to August 31, Charlie Russell. was fighting the good fight of Socialism. 1913, on that city property. while the city got In rent Millions of leaflets were distributed, thousands of onl y enough to pay interest on bonds and a bit to put sp eeches were made, \vonderful meetings were· heldinto a sinking fund, hut not one cent for public use. and not one lin e of thi s percolated into the ca'pitallst This pretty bit of financiering was pulled off prlncipress. pally by Tammany, and the nomination of Judge Edward · Tammany! Tammany! Tammany! shrieked speakers, E. McCall for mayor was deeply gratifying to th e preachers, editors, until their faces and the air were IntE"rboro Rapid Transit company (Belmont) as there blue.. It was made a moral Issue, this adventurous gang. is now going on construction of subways six times the Then the votes were counted. Th.e re were various magnitude of the present lines. McCall is perfectlY results. Enumemted they are: First, Mitchell, 350,000 satisfied with the present method of public guarantee votes; second, McCall, 224,000 votes; Tammany cleaned of private profits. So, also, by the way, Is Mayor-elect out; third, 32,109 men cut through all the frau'd and .John Purray Mitchel! But that by the way. pretense and red tire and-voted for the working class. Last spring the voice of Holy Reform was heard That means that Tammany wUI have to reorganize stridently in the land, saying, as ever: "Tammany "honestly," just as "Honest John" Kelley followed Bill delendo est," which being translated into United States, T\veed . Big Business in New York requires organlzais rendered thus: "Raus mit Tammany!" Usually it tion. Only the "ruff stuff" must be "cut out." There was the Re publicans, the "goo-goos" and the antiwill be a soul-searching time. But an honester and Tammany Democrats. This year there was a new elewiser Tammany will emerge, Phoenix-like, and stay on ment-the Bull Moose. This Interesting . party . had the job some more, untilpolled 193,000"votes in New York City the previous fall. Until those 32,109 Socialist voters (a gain Gf 200 \Vith such a vote. a real party such as, e. g., the per cent since the last mayoralty election) so leaven · Socialist Party, could write every law by the very real the lum p that we will be the ruling class. power of being on the outside, militant, defiant and unThe election in New York was enlighteni-ng. It compromising. showed New York to be-what it Is, a lot of wellBut to those gentry, Social Reform was a matter m eaning, good-natured, honest-hearted chumps. And it bll cffj,ce an e I-d--lrnutlf-"- -ctelretcmed woudertt:rt-S<mnt11 e g , a magn cent Munsey, they ·begged Fusion for a job. They could not vote, that will grow. that will never strike Its colors, bear the thought of being hungry and jobless. That until the red flag is unfurled on City Hall! a· J �:i02 The Western Comrade ., T'h e Socia1ist Movement in California f By ARTICLI<~ STANLEY III. ~:=;;iiiij~ N ANCJENT legend tells of a maiden II sent to Alexander from some conquered province. She was very beautiful, but the most remarkable thing about her was her hreath, ·which was like the perfume of the richest flowers. It was soon discovered, however, that she had lived all her life amid poison, breathing it, and · that her body was full of it. B'lowers given to her withered on her breast. Insects on which she breathed perished. A beau tiful bird was brought into her room and fe ll dead. The upas tree which grows in .Ja\·a has an acrid, milky juice which contains a virulent poison. According to a story told by a Dutch surgeon a hundred years a!!'O, the exhalations of this tree are fatal to both animal and vegetable life. Birds flying over the tree fall dead. l\o flower or plant will grow near the tree. My sojourn in that section of California just at the point where the Sacramento valley begins, in the regio!l of f'enuet aud Redding, recalled with striking \·ividne~s theHP stories. He re are the great copper smelters, whose poisonous fumes have spread a scorched and withered mantle ov<.>r the fac e uf the e arth. The trees on the hillsides and all forms of vegetation ha \·e succumbed to the poi:;onouE' brPath of these blighting agencies of capitalism J<j ven the moss on the rock8 is unable to withstand the withering curse incessantly utte red from the throats of these monsters of the system. Redding. su rrounded by nature with some of her ehoicn.st gifts in soil and rock, with the Sacramento river semi-circling around It, is yet th e deadest city In California . I asked a business man of Redding what made the c ity so dead. He surn med it up In these words: "The smelters. They have killed agriculture and horticulture with their fumes, and they have filled the places of Amerl'can workers with the cheapest of foreign labor." A banker complained that the only business he did was to handle the money of foreigners being sent to the old country. "How can a community prosper," he askEd . "wh en its lifeblood is being sapped in such a manner?" At Kennet I talked with a young electrician. He works for the smelting company there. He complained of the greed of the company, remarking that when cop per was low th e company urged that it was unable to pay livlug wages.. J "Now," he said, "copper. is twice as high, and l]l;6 is the cost of living, but the company has not increased wages any. I tell you, I have had my eyes opened. I have found that we can't buck a great corporation like this. The only thing to do is to jlut s uch properties as mines Into the hands of the people, so that the people can get the benefit, instead of a few greedy capitalists." .The S.ocia.list locals at .both Ksnn&tr-and Redding- are in an Intensely struggling condition. It seems to me, B. WILSON however, that if the Socialist Party could devise some way of reaching the foreign e m ployes of the smelting companies it would not be a too-difficult task to get t hem under· the red banner of the world-wide brotherhood. Many of these workers are ripe for the revolution. They become inoculated with the spirit of revolt "' against the universal enemy in their home countries. Besides they are alway~ eager to listen to speakers· who can address them in their own language on any subject. I From Redding we went to Cottonwood,. following the trail of the days of the '49 gold rush. Cottonwood is an old town, into which has come a new s pirit. · It is in the midst of a fine farming section. While the Socialist local is small, there are a few of the ranchers and several of the rancbless who are of the faith. There is an excellent opportunity for a Socialist organizer to build up a strong local. Single tax is making considerable headway here. I lectured in the County Court House at Red Bluff. The comrades had requested permission to bold the meeting outside on the lawn, on account of the heat, but the county grand dads refused, though consenting to allow one of the court rooms to be used. Vvhile standing behind the railing which incloses the macbiner:: of justice when it is in operation, addressing the audience seated in the seats allotted to the curious when <>aid machinery is in motion, I could not get out of my mind the thought that some sweet day all such places will be used for disseminating great life messages, instead of hearing the plaints of the \'i c tims of a lawless and lawyer-infested system. Red Bluff is in the center of a fast-developing section. There are many sma:iler towns where Socialist locals ought to be organized. At Orland•! found several real live-wire comrades. "'c had a fine meeting in a picture theate r. I don't know a place with a better nucleus for a healthy Socialist organization . But, like too many places in California., it cto~?s not get nearly enough assistance from the ontside. Gridley was au agreeable surprise. A Socialist does not need to hide his light under a bushel here. The membership of th e local is not large, but each member is a devout believer in the great .world movement. They are all busy folks, however, and with the aid of an organizer could build up a splendid local. Found several of the members of the Mormon colony nearby identified with the movement. "" Colusa, in the new rice belt, bad written me for a Sunday evening date. The comrades were unable to secure a ball, so they went to the county officials and secured permission to hold the meeting on the Court House grounds. . Had several warm personal friends here, among them the district attorney and a large ranch owner, who, though not Socialists. did e \·erything they could to make the meeting a success. lt was arranged that l should speak from th e s teps - ~f the -connty-jatl. Wtren I asked th-e -disffic1 art.orney if the phn was to push me inside and lock me up, be �The Western Co::nrade said: "No. But perhaps you can see the appropi'Iateness of a Socialist speaking at the door of an empty jail." There was not a single prisoner in the jail. For two hours I spoke the message of the new world •herein the Inhabitants will not be" Impelled by the lncen-. tives of beasts but of humanity and brotherhood. Encountered at Chico a delightful aggregation of comrades. They had secured the high school auditorium for my lecture. Jn many localities the comrades have been holdin~?: their meetings in school buildings. One of the most interested of my hearers was one of the high school teachers. He remained after the lecture and discussed Socialism with me. I can see a great future for our movement in Chico. The comrades are alert and willing to help in every way they can. This would he another splendid center for the activities of an organize.r. A fine study class could easily be arranged. Oroville. one of the oldest of California cities, is still holding its dream of gold. Several dredgers are still at work, washing the yellow parti~les out of the earth and from among the bowlders. Immense areas of the section haYe gone through the process. Most of this ground was work<'d by the fortune hunters in the oJd da.vs. who sought principally for rich pockets. :303 I was greatly surprised to see large orange and lemon, groves adjacent to Oroville. Some of the finest citrus fruit in .the state is grown here. · The crops are all gathered before our Southern California crops are ready for picking. Socialism .has not made much progress In the way of organization at Orovtlle. One of the drawbacks to our movement is the fact tbat the place Is generally . In the throes of a wet and dry struggle. It Is dry now, and strenuous efforts are being made to make it wet. In all places where t his struggle is on, our movement is making but little progress. This struggle seems to absorb all Interests and activities of the people. The territory covered In this article is an empire in itself. It is one of the richest stretches of country In the whole world. Yet the hand of progress is just beginning to touch it into development. The influence of the gold-mad pioneers is gradually being supplanted by the sarier nfethods of agriculture and horticulture. liere-in all this vast territory throbbing with the first impulses of a saner civilization-is, to my mind, an arena for the great world-drama depicted by Upton Sinclair, su.ch as exists nowhere else. · And yet, just think of it! There is not a single Socialist or.ganizer engaged actively in all this expansive empire! The Case Against Man By BRAME HILLYARD This article is published because of the information it contains concerning the motives and methods of a group of women who are making things quite interesting for Merry England. This magazine does not believe that feminism is anti-manism, but it does believe that it Is Important that the working class should be fully informed as to what is being done and on what is being believed by fighting organizations everywhere. For that reason this article is published. It disseminates knowledge that is exceedingly interesting and it is couched in terms that are, at any rate, not antagonistic to the subject matter under consideration.-The Editors. I[!!] P.!!!~~~~=tA VJNG JUST received from England a recent copy of ''The Suffragette," the official organ of the militant women, with a stirring week's record of man ~ slons, railway depots and haystacks ~ burned rJown, letters in mall boxes destroyed, statesmen importunately "interviewed" at garden parties and at social functions, ''great speeches" of "great men" ruthlessly interrupted, women flung out of meeting places and violently mauled by passionate crowds, and with its articles breathing the bitterness of sex-conflict unmistakably inspired with the anti-man spirit of the militants- it occurs to me that it will be useful to state, for the readers of The Western Comrade, "The Case Against Men," as conceived by Christabel Pankhurst and the fighting women. • Firstly, Miss Pankhurst is teaching English girls -to avoid men as they would avoid lepers. She warns them that 75 per cent of civilized men are in a con dition of loathsome venereal disease which makes them prolific centers of infection and wholly impossible as associ.!Ues .for girls. And... wiU1 rega-l'd -t-<l t:h{)se ·- glrls who, from sheer ignorance of the facts. enter into the marriage relation without first having their prospective husbands subn1'1tted to a medical examination, she adduces reliable estimates to show that 90 per cent of them are infected by their husband's diseases, and that it is to this fact that must be attributed the early Joss of health and beauty, the lassitude and suffering, the category of female diseases, which almost invariably overtake them. The probability of the soundness of this view is based on the quite recent discovery that gonorrhea is not merely a local affection, but is as permanent and constitutional as syplrtlis, that it is communicated by contagion long after Its obvious evidences have disappeared, and that women are exceedingly susceptible to it, Its ravages In their case being more serious than in the case of men. This, in a few words, is· the "militant" estimate of the "creatures" with whom girls have been encouraged to "fall in love," to exalt into heroes, to whose domination, political, economic and intellectual, they have been taught to submit. And It is believed that to spread widely a knowledge of these facts amongst mothers and their daughters wlil do more than anything else to induce them to fling off that ancient domination and to stand · on their own feet. - Thts4>l'tngs us t"o- t1ieiuii amim aT Issueo tthe fight; _ __ for the women believe themselves to be struggling against the archaic passion of a man to dominate a �The Western Comrade •oman. A passion so clearly evidenced in the pages Even those men wbtrhave themselves been mastered by other men, those who have to obey orders in field and factory, desire each of them to posses a mastered women. I had an opportunity the other da_.of witnessing a re\'Elatlon of.this insf,inct in its primit ive form. in the case of a Mexican recently from ~texico. whose Impulses were not disguised by the modern }Jretenses of ci'tiliz.ation. Thi& M:e~can had II• t-n ot,eylng all dar. He had been carcying great s tones, and tmtting them where he was told.·· He had IJf't'n \·ery respectful. ·when his day's service was done lu· we nt at night to his tent on the hillside and found hi,; frijolas were not cooked properly, through shortness uf fut'l. At once he picked up a club to beat his wife, aru.l J'all after her as in terror she escaped to the mountHin H(Ojlf:'. \\'hen told that be was not_ allowed to beat hiH wife in the United States of America, he said (I will translate his IJitter protest): "Sqrely a man can flog- his own wife!" In those words that man voiced out> of the oldest instincts oj all men; an instinct far o ld er than <;i \"ilizatlon and deeper, an instinct jpr dow"inat ion. whether cruel or IJenevolent matters not, wllic11 they ha\"e uni\·ersally satisfied, not because it waK right, but hec:ause they were physically stronger I l1an WOllltll. But 1\"hPn I speak of this instinct for domination lwing- older than ci\"ilization, l must refer also to its llllld<'rnit.''· !w(·ause even in its crude and complete form it lias bee u iudulged in until recent ·years. In 1869, wllt>n J . S. Mill wrote his "Subjection of Women," he 11 <!H able to show that the position of women was indi~tiuguislled hel'ore the law, except in one single re" Pl'd, from the position of a slave. Thus . the wife took tlH· uame of the husband, as did the slave the ua me of his master. Not merely the wife's property IJ11t her <--amings IJelonged to the husband, as the slave's to his ma1-;ter. Neither wife nor s lave had any right · O\' (• r· their children. and again obedience was (as it still i sJ out> of the conditions of the maniage contract, and It wns itlHo a servile condition. Finally, a man could ftol!; his wife then. just as slaves have always been fto~~:ged . Since lll ill wrote his masterpiece, some of tlH•se ('ruclities have been refined, but it is of the first importan<"e that our minds should be ,clear about the nature uf the origin of the present semi-dependence uf women upon men. Large numbers of people, amongst whom Sot:iallsts are included. regard this semi-depende nt <·ondition as having some foundation in 1·eason or natlll'l' . not to speak of divine ordinance. But, as Mill shows a,; veh emently as a man of his gentle argulll!:'ntutivp habit of mind is capable, this view is wholly unhl storlcal. It is in slavery, found not upon reason hut UIIOn brute force, that we must find the origins of woman's status. the present phase of the latter . being a quite modem modiflcation of its original servile chara<'ter. How about that ? t'ht·i -tabel Pankhurst is even venturing a compari~>nn of the political potentialities of this aggressive u1ale with those of the female species, to the advantage f th e female. Man being utterly foul and corrupt in hi~ llhysicat and mental life, he brings that corruption into llOlitic -. \\'omen are by nature pure for the reason that their s-ex is a ociated-wholly with the pure function of motherhood, whereas a man' sex is associated u -ually and mainly with his pleasures. A woman's .,.,·ery instinct i tllu bound up with the constructive inU' rE''ts of I hE' race. and politics are een to ·be in dire n d of hE'r PUI'ifying and upbuilding influence. Right II I _. ru \\' Qf e man stand! All through nature the 118- -ion for lighting, blood bed and destruction characof history. terises the male pede nd out of this pa has developed uch male ctla.racteristies horns of a tag. MaiE' de tructlven , largely out or the impulse of aggrandiaem of personalitY, i placed clearly in contrast tth the constructive impulse of the female, in bieb ra lntt>rests take unconsciou • in tinctive precedence of personal intere ts, and there are two great historical figures, one of a man the other of a ' oman, bleb m~· well stand as types embodying the contra, t referr d to. ·When Napoleon at 25 years of ag wa In th mid t or the early victorie of hi Italian campaign and all Europe ·as wondering about thi "wonderful youth,'' he was walking in a g~trdE'n in Milan on ev ning with two of his friends. "Do you think," he murmured half to himself, "do you think I triumph in Italy to mak th greatness of the lawyers of the Dire tory ?'' Silen e reigned in that Italian garden, but the n xt y ar of his life reve1·berated with his reply to his o~ n qu tion. No, he triumphed for his own aggrandiz m nt. he deliberately prostituted to that purpose th mighty impulse and idealism of th e French Re olution, and In ' pursuing his characteristic m.a le obsession, h dr nched Europe in blood, and well nigh destroy d th French race. But for this destruction ~apol on obviously annot bear the sole r esponsibility, seeing that he only made use for his purpose of that passion for de truction in the men of France in obedience to which, almoi'l cheerfully, they nearly put thE'ms l\·es as a ra<'e t death. Who is there who will deny that Eut·op an cil'ilization, fully prepared with all the necessary im plements, lies at this ve ry mome nt at the mercy of thl' next Napoleon, commanding this archaic male lmtlUh:!l:' of destruction? \Vho knows when he will arise? If t!len we may take Napoleon a s a type of th male in his aspect of destroyer (not his only asp C't, be It noted, what figure shall we place beside him to typ!f~· Woman the Conserver? The figu:·e which presents to the imagination the full measure of the contmst Is that of Florence Nightingale, and. of a surety. if In the blood drunken days of Napoleon's wars, the enslaved and inarticulate mothers of France could have spoken, a· F lorence Nightingale would have been their spokesman. According to reliable advices. there have been recen t narrow escapes from a European war. The news columns of our papers are tense with tbis recurren t danger, and we can almost hear the beating of thP • wings of the war-demon. Socialists understand that there is an economic factor at work in this breathless issue, but nevertheless the considerations above described should hardly be ignored, and have an urgent b.earing on the woman's suffrage question. It Is at least interesting to note that in the very shadow of a war worse than all the wars in which men have ever destroyed one another in their ruthless history, th English Liberals are relying on the "genius" of Sir Edward Grey, and atA? bludgeoning, murdering, by all mean suppressing, the only real peacemakers that live in the world! • • • ... • • The ballot is mightier than emery dust. "Philosophers ha\"e onlr interpreted -the world differently. The great thiug, however, Is to change lt.''Engels. ... ... ... Christopher Columbus "d reamed of the new world. He was dubbed a ,·isionary. But he proved his crlticll dubs b-y-mak-ing-bi!Hiream -a -pracrtcal-reaitty. aoctatnrtlf are dreamers who are building a practical reality. �The Western Comrade 305 Socialism and the Single Tax m By 'DR. J. E. POTTENGER I'!!~~~IIIIIII~INCE the philosophies of Marx and Henry George apparently differ fundamentally, I shall undertake to :point out some features which are held in common and some which seem at variance. Both are see-k ing freedom f<>r the individual. yet their methods seem absolutely contradictory. Marx attains It • through collective action; George through competition. I do not share loiiOiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;:;iiiiiii:=a with some comrades who assert that George's program is solei~· for the pul'pose of 'conserving- the mi.Jdle class. It may be well to take up each main feature of Marxian philosophy and economics and compa re· the teaching of George. · ECONOMIC 11'\TERPRETATION OF HISTORY. George's '' ritin gs abound in illustrations of this prin<'inle s ho,,·ing t.hat economic inter€st determines th1· co n'er,·atism of those who profi t from privi-lege. In fact the foundation principle of political economy, ;.:a~s :"' · is that "man attempts to satisfy his desires w i1 ~1 minimal exertion." Surely no Marxian will contra dict that. but will recognize at ouce that it is the basis 0f !\1arx· histori cal method. de1·eJoped thirty years be~'f>rP Geor,:;e wrote his first book. CLASS STRPGGLE. (;,.orge nowh e re recognizes the class struggle as a fac1. ' ' POn which may h e built a political and economic 1·lass movement. However. he depicts the misery and suffering of the submerged and notes its revolts. He continually speaks of classes in the Marxian sense. And yet. today it is with much misgiving tnat the strict followers of George use tlw woi·ds "Class Struggle." One of their leading publications calls it the Labor War when the battle is on- a far less hopeful term. But it would not do to exploit this class interest to the end of making the workers masters of the political and industrial state. The sympathies of the Georgians bowever, are usually on the side of the laboring masses. . LABOR TI:IEORY OF VALUE George asserts with Marx that exchange value depends upon labor, but in the negative sense. Marx: ""The value of an arlicle is the amount of labor socially n€cessary or the labor-time socially necessary for its production." George: "Value of anything depends upon the amount of toil which the possession of that thing will save the possessor." In other words the purchaser will not pay more for an article than would cost him to produce it. George's law was undoubtedly valid during the age of hand manufacture when dil'ision of labor was unknown and abilities in production were fairly equal. But with the advent of modern machinery and the varied technical processes, which necessaril y require division of labor, each worker has become dependent upon his particular knowledge and skill and cannot change his vocation readily. The more detailed his knowledge. the greater his handicap relatively. To offer him the alternative of paying the pr ice asked for an article or making the article himself is ridiculous. This Idea of value is linked up with the IJ1EJeo , o~-&tttrai-Rig-ht-s, e -vattrJtcy m 'Wlf!Nt IS a moot question. George assumes that his law of value ran work equitably only under a condition where land values are socialized. But even so, it seems to me that nature (from whom George loves to draw upon for all his principles) has set a barrier to the laborer in choosing his alternative. Moreover, after the laborer has attained 35 ur 40 years of age, he can scarcely learn a new technical process at all. This would apply in a state of freedom as lt now applies under slavery. THEORY OF SURPLUS VALUE. George does not discuss this at all, though he shows that much .of the value created by labor and which apparently passes to the capitalist as profit really goes to the landlord for rent, or is applied on ihe original purchase price of land held at a speculative !price. The Socialist asks: "Where does the capitalist get his means to pay the landlord or speculator if not from labor?" We must admit that Marx did not clearly distinguish land from the products of labor. Upon this distinction is based the whole program of George. Land and other natural resources are Nature-given. Wealth results from the application of labor upon the former. The use of the fo1·mer is a privilege because they are social in their nature. Hence, taxation should fall upon those who have the use of social values. As a result rent would be taken by ·the state and the landlord class with land speculation would be abolished. Now, as far as land is concerned, this would accomplish almost what Socialists desire except that George would leave title · with the individua,l using the land. Communist Manifesto p. 45, says, "Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes." Is it not strange that the Socialist movement should have failed to evolve a plan to accomplish that which Marx places as the first feature of his program? While we must admit that land and nafural resources differ from the products of labor in their origin, we do not accept the Georgian position that only the former should be socialized, leaving all other values to. the exploitation of the individual. Knowledge in general, inventions, institutions, etc.. are values social in nature and these values should be exploited by and for the collectivity. George is not concemed with the enorrru:ms wastes of competition, and while his plan does not speak against cooperation, it does not necessarily include it. His idea of the Socialist idea is very crude and be fails to get the spirit of the movement; Is much concerned about the awful ..bureaucratic administrative state; aoo apparently has made no attempt to admit of Democracy in the Socialist State. N·o! Socialists can not accept the Georgian philosophy but we should study its practical program of taxation, in view of the fact that It may enable us to socialize land. More urgently, since we have evolved no program of our own. • • • A CAPITAL IST IC GEN IU S "I wouldn't associate with him. I understand he's served a term In prison." - " Tfm1:' ue ou 1 was Oran offense involving a million dollars or more; nothing really disgraceful, you know."-Detroit Free Press. �The Western Comrade IT.'S JUST GOT P.!!'!!'!!'!!'!!'!!'!!!!!!!!~ EVER in all of my boyhood days did I pass more anxious hours than in the 1 days following IIl.Y exposure to measles. '"Will I get 'em?" was my continuous question, hurled at every member of the household a thousand times a day. It c re pt insidiously into m-y dreams at 7 . night and accompanied me to meals. It • · took the keen edge off ~Y play and " · tinged every passing tiuiuiht. And in due course of time the measles came. Sociallsm · is just as sure as measles-only more so. And it will be much more satisfactory when it arrives. Bnt in its coming it will be a lot like the measles, coming in spots, taking its own good time to develop and then flow ering out over the whole system in beaut ifni depths of color. . There are millions of people today who never heard of measles nor Socl"allsm." But they are not "ci.vilized." \\'hen civilization, which means capitalism, overtakes them, they will get both- measles first and then Sodalism. Not that there is any actual relation between the two, or any similarity- l.Jut jus t that l.Joth come, in good time. Millions of people today wonder if Socialism will w me. They have heard of Socialis m. but they don't know much about it. 3ome of them have heard that it is something very had- worse than measles. Othe rs have heard that it is something ve ry good- too good to l.Je true. So they just wonder along, expecting that mayl.Je some day it will come, like rain, or a cyclone, or the July bath. Some of these good people get interested enough to a~:;k how we know that Socialism is coming- and that's where things get interesting. Let's take a side path for a moment and see what we can find that bears on the f]uestion. We'll likely have to forget about measles for th e time being, sl.nce measles come to folks who are well. measles being a disease. Measles make a well s ystem s ick. Our collective system is a sick system already . It has a bad disease. It is mighty sick. You can hea r its groans from millions of starving throats; you can see its tears drip from the eyes of millions of be nt and broken women as they toil toward untim e l~ graves. You can feel the ache of its hardening bones if you will but get down into the army of endless work. For remember that wh ile it requires nearly $1,000 a year to provide a dece nt living for a family, the average income is below $500. Remember that thousands of little children are at work in mills and mines and factories before they have reached their growth. Remember that the number of Idle men and the - number of criminals is incr easing every week. Remember most of all, that one per cent of the people own ninety per cent of all the wealth . These t hings have made the social system sick. A lot of fo lks have come forth calling themselves doc tors and promising a cure for this disease. But they have bee n quacks aud have ive n the patient cheap pills of sugar and- watef: They didn't take timeto e N' . study the disease, so they couldn't treat it. The sickness is growing worse, the pulse beats are more feeble, the breath is weaker. Something must be done! And that is why Socialis m is coming. There isn't anything else to come. Socialism is coming as the cure for the sickness that is upon .us. Socialism is the cure of the expert for our ~:;ocial decay. It just has to come. But Socialism isn't coming just because some people have studied out what ought to happen and labeled It Socialism. Socialism is coming because it is the. only thing that can come. Some people have studied the situation and concluded-and likewise proved-that a ce rtain thing will happen, and they have called that t hing Socialism. They have shown us how we can help to hasten it along and how we can guide things so as to make the coming easier and safer, but that is all they have done. Some folks have been scared because they think Socialism is merely a scheme that some dreamers have cooli:ed up and are trying to force down the throat of the world. But that isn't the case at all. Socialis m is something that is coming and that has been forecasted for us so that we may know what is coming. They have proven the forecast scientifically. The men in the weather 5ureau know that certain atmospheric conditions produce rain. So they predict rain. Their forecast gives folks time to prepare for rain so that the rain may be of more value to them .• It gives people a chance to co-operate with natura l forces when the rain comes. But the prediction of Socialism is far more certain than the prediction of rain. Experts in social disease know absolutely that Socialism wiJJ come. They know absolutely that it is the only cure for the disease that society has. If it should not come the poor patient would die. That is why Socialists look with such inexpressible joy to th e futur~ and the eon}igg of Sociali§ID.. ..TW know It means LIFE! �The Western Comrade 0 COM.E 307 By CHESTER M. WRIG.HT The reason that Socialists, who are the experts in the treatm ent of the diseased social system, are so sure that Socialism is coming is that. they know that certain causes will produce certain effects. If you were to see someone reach out and cut the rope that held a grea t iron weight suspended you know that the weight would fall. You know that if man s tanding beside a fence that divided two fields were to be subjtlcted to a (·harge l.Jy an enraged bull th e man would get into the oth e r fi e ld--"-someho\1·. You know that good live yeast will cause dough to ri se. You know that the inquisi til·e little tub ercle bac illus will cause tuberculosis and that aged eggs will cause disgust at the breakfast table. You can put the case of the coming of Socialism 'vert plainly before you by taking the case of the ma:n a.nd the bull. All you need do is to attach some lal'lels ~\) the picture. Label the man society and label the bu!ll evolution. Then write capitalism across the field in which the man is while you inscribe the world Soclalism over the field into which he is about to be transferred. Natural forces wl11 do the rest. . However, the coming of Socialism wlll · not be so violent in its effect on Society. lt will be gentle and pleasant and the landing will be effectfd gracefully, as J if on a fluffy pillow, ratller than haphdard on the hard ground . But the transition · will be just as sure. Yau see it is simply the · result of natural causes; ·it can't be stopped, or swerved. And we ·need it. too; The field we are in has been tilled to the point where It Isn't fertile any more. It doesn't support the masses of us. The few have taken everything that was good and have stored it up for themselves and the few fertile spots that are left have been fenced in so that we can't get at them. We just have to get over Into that other field If we are to live. You see I got over th e measles all right- had to or I couldn't have lived . And just so society must get over capitalism For, goodness knows, the poor thing can't go on forever being sick of capitalism. And here's hoping that no one gets mixed up about measles and the fields and the fence and the bull. Those were just terms, like the blocks the little shavers use. And, by the way, that fence; that's nothing but a seesaw pile of dead Jaws that are kept there by the quaok doctors. Our part in getting society well Is just to take down that rotten old fence and to put a moving sidewalk In Its place. · UNHERALDED HEROES By DAVID FULTON KARSNER • If it is true that "not all is gold that glitters," then it alsq is true that not all heroes are heralded as such. It Is well that fitting recognition be made to those who, unfl i nchingly, face shot and shrapnel on a field o~llitary battle. But what of those industrial soldiers who daily face explosions, mine cave-ins, fires and ' occupational di!Jeases" on a field of commercial battle? Every day they jeopardize life and limb. Year by year uncounted thousands of such men and women, industrial heroes, go down to unnamed graves. ,. Have we reached that period of social lethargy when these precious lives must be sacrificed in vain? Working men and women are daily defending their country' s cause. They shed their blood for it, and die for it. Their uniforms, overalls and gingham aprons, are no less inspiring than those of navy blue, tr i mmed with brass buttons and gold lace. · ·· Fabulous fortunes are spent yearly by our government to build giant battleships and to improve our military de· fense on land and sea. Great care is taken for the safety of our military soldiers in times of civil conflict. This is as it should be. But tne same government that exercises such infinite care for its military arm should not be unmindful of the care and protection it owes its industrial arm: Too many lives are wasted in mills, mines and factories • . it ' is one of the most hideous scandals of the age to witness young g irl s leaping from lofty heights to certain death to escape fire in an unprotected sweatshop. The same is true of our mines and railroads that claim the lives of too many fathers, husbands and sweethearts. · A government that does not adequately protect those who dedicate their lives to its industrial service is aailing ...._ on roc.k.)! _s.eas. LeLu.s bal.lDw _tb.c.._grO_IInd tlutt co.nta.i.n.s o.u..r i.n.d.un.rlal ~.ad-t.h~ unhcrald~e.s..J.ar _whQm JJO._ _ funeral d i rge was played. �Tbe Western Comrade THE -A WAKEN I . ay I!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'I S G ELEANOR WENTWORTH THE clock in the prison tower began to strike nine. a restless stirring like the fluttering of birds in t}le branches of trees, began in the women's ward or the Tombs. The common citizens of New York, awaiting trial for various violations of the law, were putting behind them another day reminiscent of hard. ~<tone benches . and salt-peter dosed food and were -prepatin'g for a night on the pestilent _cots provided by a magnanimous city administration. ~ Before the clock had chjmed the· last stroke, the diek of the elec·trie switch sounded up and down the three tiers of cells. In the darkness that followed, the stirring continued for a quaner of an hom· or so. In one cell a newspaper was rrumpl ed up In another someone yawned and turned over in the c·ot. On the third tier where the 1111manageable, incorri~ible negresses were co~flned, questionallle <'Onversations floated back and forth in whispers. At th e Plld of the quarter of an hour a silence ensued. It crept graduall~·. in;;idiously over the prison like a phantom fear descending on the wings of the darknesH. It crept c·loser and closer to the heart of the prison and clutched it with an ever tighter · grasp. The priwners la y ~asping in its clutches and yet dart>d ;;carcely movp to throw it off. As they lay rigid W<\iting for somt>thing to IJteak the spell, it seemed that eo ns passed . Htill the silence C'ontinued. Then with startling suddenness a hea1·y body fell with a dull thud upon th e sto ne flour of a cell. The thud was followed l.Jy a :;('ream. A harsh voice (]uavered, "It is so cold . so c:oid. Oh God, it is so cold! " Tlle·re was another SCI'(•am and the §arne voice reiterated, "lt is so cold. so cold, cold!" The opium fiend, denied her drug; was facing a night of hideous torture. Those who he a rei her agonized cries felt their flesh grow clammy. The phantom of silence 1nts 1·an(]uished, but a more terrible one had supplanted it. A negress on the third tier cursed volubly. "Shut up, you dog!" she called angrily to the suffering woman, who did not hear her. but merely continued hEr wierd shrieks and moans. The negress ejected more curses. As the curses subsided, sobs were faint ly heard, growing loudEr as the disturbance of the opium fiend ceasf'd for a lime. They echoed hollowly down the em pty corridors like lost hopes seeking reinstatement. There were prison sobs- beyond thE' understanding of those who have not wept them. The footsteps of two persons were heard in the lower corrido r. They climbed to the second tier. A light was turned on; a key scraped in a grating; a door creaked open and was.. slammed shut; the light was turned off again-and then the footsteps of one person receeded. The light which the matron turned on for a moment flashed upon the slight form of a girl out of whose white>, rhildlike face there stared · eyes as wide and black and wondering as the daisy's. All night long 1h.~. so.bs. the. curses -ana t.fie---sePeams continued, one after another or all together. Once they were interrupted by wanton laughter. The girl with tht> white fal'e !l.nd black eyes of the dai y lay motionless on her cot listening to them. At dawn, when the sunlight crept timidly through the high windows, throwing the shadows of the bars like skeleton fingers across the floors of the cells. In silent reminder of the imprisonment which vagrant dreams may have cast into obJil·ion for a few . hours, she stirred slightly. Outwardly the night had made no change in her. Her eyes were still as wondering and " ' ide and black as the daisy's; she appeared as tenderly young as before. But inwardly she was a different jlet·son. The tales which had come floating to her in the noises of the night had seared white-hot across her l'hild mind. The tempest with its roar. its lightning and violent rain washes away the dust and debris and moistens the earth that the flowers may bloom more sweet!~· . tho it bows them down for the moment. So the ternpest which the girl had weathered during the night bowed her do\\·n for the moment. but at the same time cleared her mind of some of the debris deposited in it by a sordid environment and a dogmatic religion, thereby making an opportunity for sweeter, broader thoughts to grow. That night caused her to doubt-and to doul.Jt seriously-the efficacy of the justice of the punishment meted out in prisons for so-called malefactors. She began to wonder if they were the real malefactor's. When the matron came to unlock the cells, her keys clinking against the crucifix fasten~d about het· neck, the girl remembered with surprising indifference that she had failed to tell the beads of her rosar~· the night before. I<'or reasons s he did not analyse, it !>eemed farcical to ber in s uch a place. Durin,g the day, which the prisoners spent together in a common enclosure, she became acquainted with a number of her fellow inmates, divulging to them the fact that she was named Ann and also that she had no father. A stou t Irish woman, seeing that she re~tsed to eat either breakfast or dinner, offered her some dainties. which had been provided by a solicitous family. As Ann pretended to nibble at the food, they drifted into · friendly confidences. The Irish woman remarked with cheerful unconcern. "I'm in fo r battin' me husband. An' what're you in for. ehild ?" Ann drew her mouth into a hard line and hesitated bpfore speaking. But the·woman's kindliness overcame her reserve. :·\ve ne1·er had nothln' nice nor decent," she muttered. "Mother never had nothin' purty an· the kids never had no fun. Mother alus a btmdin' her back o\·er a tub an' the kids out on the street a sellin' papers; an· me a workin' from eight in the mornin' till six at night for four per. That's why I done it. Gosh, I guess 'twas wicked. but 1 couldn't help it. It's wicked .. too, to let folks live so." The stout woman placed an arm around hPr an<! said, '·There, there now." sagely accepting it a:; logical that Ann should explain why She had violated th~> law before explaining how she had violate<! it. ., worked in the Fourteenth Street Store in t he �T be Western Comrade order depart.menli," contina:ed the g;iri.. '"When 81 gbi?s alus got nice tllinga aJII'Otmdl her, s:h:e. Cltlll't help but want ·em; even with the priest a temn• yo every time you go to confes~ion that llhey're the temptation of the devil. When a girl sees halpp.~d! strong folks a buYin' them IImrty things. she eafi't help p wishilll' her folks was happy and wong too, not If she loves. 'em..an· I love my folks," she added tlerceiy. "After a while I gets to thlnkin' abolltt ft so much thnt I start to look for a chance to get some of th~m purty things. An' when you start lookin' r·o r ·a chanw rPal hard, ~·ou nearly alus find it. I found . mine. It juH r·ome to me one day like a ftash. I said to myse'lf t hat it wou ld be ju!>t as eas}" when I toolt down a enstomN's ordt>r to put her address on the duplicate that got>!< to the store and put my address on the original that goNo; with thP goods. In that way the stuff that wa s ordNed went to my house instead of to the customer's. I told rna that kind ladies bought the things for us, so !<hf· wou ldn't worry where they come from. But the ,;tore detec·tive caught me at it. That's what I'm in for:.. !-fer little frame shook with agitation a s she (' l m<~•d her narrative. The ~to11t woman calmed her with another "There, th(>rP now.'' and asked, " How comes it, you're not in thP ('hildn•n's Court ? You're such a tiny mite. I'd hal!· ro lHJ H' m~· g irlie shut up here right clast to the .. roo! ;u~· hard things o' the woruld as she'd never rln Hlllt on hl'fore. Them polis is beasts to throw a litti t· tlowc•rin' ('hilr!N like you in wit' all the riff-raff o' thl• city." "Oh. yo" sPP," Pxplained Ann, "at the station where thP.'' took mP first. the judge asked me how old I was an· I sai d se1 ( ntf'en. So be said I was too old for the t'hilc!ren's ( 'o urt - the~· don't take 'em down there over ~ iXt(>en -an · :;a id I'd have to be brought down here." She continued in a way which showed that during hPr fir s t night in prison there had been sown seeds of ttndPt''ltanding that had already taken root-continued in a way that would ha ve caused her priest to raise hi ~ hands in horror and her mother to stare in amaze tn ent. " An' I don't know that there's any cause to worry ahout me bein' he re with them others as' you think so mu ch worRe than you or me. I don't know as they're any more riff - raff than I am. Maybe them that you think are worse than us just had more things a hurtin' 'em than we did." The Irish woman shook her head dubiously. "You'll think diiTerf' nt whe n you're vlder," she said pessimistica !l~·. • • • .. . • • • • • The first day passed and others equally monotonous followed. Ann began to wonder nervously when her trial would come up. She inquired about it and learned that one girl had been waiting three weeks for a trial and another a month ·and still another six weeks, while on woman, falsely a ccused of larceny, had languished in the Tomhs six months waiting either for conviction or discharge. On becoming acquainted with these facts, Ann philosophically ceased to think of he r own case, e xcept during the terrible nights, when she was locked alone in her cell. She busied herself instead in contemplating tne peo11le about her. As she did so, she found her ideas of right and wrong, of justice and injustice, of nuth and untruth coming more and more into conftict with the ideas which had been expounded for her by the priest since her babyhood. She would sit quietly in a corner and attempt to put h('rself in the _place of 'I'R>rious women about her. There was curl ~· - t1aired, black-:.eyed, - vivacious Rosa, withher e·1!&Jr-present smite. lt was said of b.er tb.a.t s.b..-e> Wa1!< • harlot. Ann hadl nav-el' seen a b.all'lot until h~ day m PFL~ althon&b at b.om.e she- b.ad. h~di vagu.tt It , cred[t.a..ble whisperings; a.bout them. to t:~ ~• _at they we:re d ughteFs ol e-vil 1n looking at R~ ADn thought that. she did not loo)t halt so much ttke a aU;Jtb· ter of nn as did the sour old matnm. .b.o hall .ha e her roughly by one aliJD when she was bi'Qug.b.t. in and had said to her, "God'll euii'Se ye' fox bdaglng sorrow on YOilr mother in hE.>r old age! " There was another woman in whom Ann found herself strangely inte-rested. She was indicted for manslaughter. 1 A 'l'ery quiet, gentle, diminutive person wa this woman. With a sense of having traveled a very, Yery long way, Ann reealled how she would have felt a week ago had she read in glaring headlines about a woman who had committed a murder. Undoubtedly she would have thought, "What awful people there are In thf' world " And now she round herself sympatlletlo, wondering what monstrous provocation such a gentle woman m11st have had for such a terrible ,eed. Until Ann herself had been caught in the wheel, she had never given a thought to the possibility of a vindlca. t ion for the deeds stamped by the law as crimes. As she pursued her thoughts in this manner, new vistas continued to open for her s'tralght ·ahead. She was passing through that state of mind through which all wanderers pass who strike out iu search of a new land. She was becoming aware of the ugly dlahar. mony of the land in which sh e Jived. When she had been awaiting her trial for about a week, h er mother paid her a visit. 'l'he little wrenlike woman crept in slowly, awed by the stone walls and black, steel bars on all sides. She paused a few feet a way from the bars · which separated her from Ann and looked at her In a way that wns heart-rending. "You HERE, Ann," she breathed. "You here! How could you do it!" And then Ann wept her flrst t ears. She had so hoped her mother would unde rstand. She wanted her to know the new strength which had crept Into her daughter's veins when she ca st off stagnant. meekness. But she did not und erstand. She me rely saw her daughter as one who had falle n from grace; a s one of whom the neighbors would s peak with opproblum; iS one who had defled that which to God and man should be sacred. It was not e nough fo1· Anu to know tlwt her mothe>r would forgive he r. She wanted to !eel that there waf. nothing to forgive. As her mother stood before her, old doubts s wept OVP·r her with a rush, clouding her new vistas. She began to considet· whether s he was deserving ot condemna tion after all. Perhaps It was evil, a s the priest said, to strive for things which one does not possess. Conversation about the commonplace things of home and about old neighbof's impressed old idea s more forcibly, until she was in a hopeless maze. . When her mother had gone, she continued to weep bitterly. For days she stumbled in a mental labyrinth, attempting to regain the point at which she had stood before her mother's visit. While she was still struggling with conflicting ideas, the news came that on the succeeding afternoon her trial would tak.e place. Immediately she had a ditl'erent question to concentrate on. What awaited her in the court room? On the following mprn.i.ng she sat bowed In a oor~ ner, counting off the dragging minutes and hours which intervened between lrer and knowledge Qt wb#t was in store for her. AB she sat thW!, a girl beside b.er - nodded toward ti:Je little woman lndleted fm' JmlO- �:310 The Western Co . r slau~r. by witu> ..-as bemg t!he m.airon. ""Slb.e'.11 t;oin' to CDurt .~ said o baM l.lne.s all rlgb.t, an• her vitlb a ~Tell me about it," saitJ Ann. "Sbe kept boarders." the - P'lie -:r e Jontinned rue ~- ntt~dd. eUttl - her .infcJl"'D&nt, '"'an• did washtn' to support a di'Uilken h and and her llttre girl twelve ye:a.rs o d. One day she disco ered A:bat whlle sb_e was out doin' wasb.in', the old man tum.ed his daughter over to one of th' ooaiders to u:se and took th' money to buy.drinks v;ith. When she :found it out, she killed 'im!' The girl sighed. "It's from one to twenty years for manslaughter," she said, "an' I'm afraid the Court'll be hard on ·her. .Alus got it in for women that kill their husbands. Seems to be sorter les majesty to 'em." "What became of the boarder?" questioned Ann. "He beat it." · " "An' if they send her up," gasped Ann, "th' lPd'll be all alone?" ~ "Yep!" Ann forgot about" her -own trial, which was grad. ually nearing as the slow hours ticked by. She thought only of a gentle, sweet-faced woman, standing before a j ury of men, attempting to explain to them the fire that had leaped into her body whe n it was necessary to strike for her young. She thought of a hen she bad d ~ e · tntb the ground, whl 1UI ~ troo.D!n in wl Mr · . t Anrd for the first time in her me, r l 't t e n r. of the daisy' a:nd e bud, The JJl&tron eame th h~r bat d eoat nd told her it was time to go_ Wb.en he reaehoo the ero d court room, sh~ looked about ~r h~ mtltber, but outd not see her. So she turned her ntlnd agaln to th lh . tle woman, probablY before a jud.~ at that moment tn .'Orne other part of the pr on, ~An' the kld'll be alone," h aid, "The kht'll bt> alone." · As she murmured thl • h r eye grew soft 1\g{\ln, Tears were dangerously near her lashes. In a moment they dropped upon her cheeks. A young man, handcuffed, itting beside her Ln the row of prisoners, nudged her wlth j ht elbow. • "Aw kid! Don't start no weep now, plea~e. " he begged. "You'll be home wit' mudder soon. Honest." Always afterward in thinking or her, he wondered how such simple word could have made a git•J',; eyes so luminous. (To be continued.) HANDS VERSUS MACHINES 0 ONE "·ill d!·n.v that man ean support ate a factory by hirnst'lf. Jt l't•qtdr •s ma ny him srlf h.'' hand labor, and do it in m en. .A:nd the produ ct i dist l'ihut ed among som r what hettPr' st~· l e than is enjoyed many more m en. That is socializPd pt·oductiou. Ninety p er cent of out· pt•oduction is socialhy most ol' the> slt11n populatiou of out· gr<>at izeJ, the government tl'll. us. Ca pitalism is, 1·it ies. just about ~ow ered to perfed iou. 'J'h!'u what "·ill you say to this '! A r-re<•nt bullrtin is>n~t·d hy the United Stat es Ninety p er ,>ent of socialized . pro<l.uct iuu govrmment estimatPs that four and one-half m eans that in ~0 p er eent of th e things we mill ion factory work!' t'S in this country pro- must have to sustain life th et•c is exploitation . duce the cquiYah•nt of the hand labor of forty- :F'or exploitation and: tlrP factory system under fiv e million men! • capitalism are insPpar·abl e. Bxploitatiou is That means that 90 pet· ce11t of th e wol'l< is robbery. 1t is that process through which men rlonc by machinery. . get something for nothin g, hy vit·tue of own'fhnt. m rans that pr·odu!'! ion is ROCL\ ]_.._ ership of socialized tools of pr·o<luction. l~ED ! 'l'he only reli ef possihle must <•orne thr·ough With that estahlishPd. \\'h!'t'P is tlw <liffi eu lty socialized ownership. That is, ownerijhip n.ud of imllrg-ut·nting Rol.'ialism '! d emocratic managem ent of so('ia l tool!! by !IO· Factory proJudiou m ea ns socialized prouueciety. In that lies revolution anrl the com ing tion. Bnt it is so('ializl'd production under of Socialism. cnpitn_list ownership. Social·,ownership, under Soeiali!lm, will not lR.the owner hip lit'S the ~\Toug. 1t is the mean that four and one-half mi1lion' men will ownership that mn. t now lw . ocialized. That do the work while the balance go idle an<~ i !he object of the rP\·olutionary .~ocialist starving. It will m ean a product sufficient for Party. The tool of prodnetion-the fartorie - have all and a chance for all to produce enough to bt' rome oeial t ool . u etl and nf'l.'ded hy the satisfy all the needs of a complete Hre of .ocial body. X o otw num Ill'ed.· to or can oper- health, happiness and f'!_h_!cal fni_J_ ne_H!l.: - - - - - �The Western Comrade WHAT ABOUT 1914? · 311 ocialist Party branches have done more or · less of that sort of thing in one place or another, and never has it resulted in benefit to the party, so far a is known at this writing. It is all very well to say that the I. W. W. stands for industrial unionism and that most Socialists believe we should · have that sort of economic orgimization, but as a matter of aetual fact the I. W. W. stands for 0111ething entirely apart f~om that and for sontething with which the Sociali~t organization has no sympathy or tolerance-not that the Socialist organization is intolerant, but that it is sensible and understands economics and history. To open the doors to the I. \Y. W. is to open the doors to disruption, dissension, destruction. The Socialists must lParn that IPsson. CONstruction and DEstruction c·Hnnot tr·avel on the same train of cars. ,-r e are per·fectly competent to provide speakers for our own forums. . we at·e perfectly capable of arousing all thP' public iuterest that is needed, we arc perfectly competent to go ahead and accomplish tlw n~volution without any hell-raising "·indjammers interfering with the macl;inery. I.>et it be made clear that thr Rocialist Party . is run by those INSIDE and that the door is open to all who care to come in and help. HUT TS:ERE IS ONLY ONE DOOR! HE 1913 election struggles are ov~r and the Socialists · have more than a~ple cause for rejoicing. But, while tlte ·day for balloting has passed, the Socialist campaign goes on forever and we are now fighting to\\·anl 191-!. What ahout 191 -11 What will we do then 1 Every ~ocialist is interested in that proposition. ::'>J ext month 'I' he \V estern Comrade will tell you something about what the ~oeialist Party I'XJWcts to acc·omplish in the 1914 elections. The \\'estern. Comrade has written to · every state secretary in the union, asking for .a conservative statement of the outlook for the 1!J 1-1: Plrdions. N E'a rly one-half of the officials writ t rn to ha vc answered. Those answers arc " toni(·. :\Tor·roHJ'. they are a thrpat-to capitalism. Hy tlw timP the nrxt number· of this magazine gMs to prc•ss the replies of almost all of the srcretarics will he in hand ~md 'l'he 'Vestrru Comrade will be able. to · hri11g to ~'OU a rrsume of the outlook from the conservative viewpoint of tr·ained officials who have heen schooled thr·ough the years to expect political defeat at election time, rather· than victory. And at this early date it is not too much to say that_ the rpsults lool<ed for in 1914 will surprise you. And what is more they will put you on A HARD LESSON, IS THIS figltting edge for yqur own campaigu. E of the ~undamental lessons the AmeriBe sure and get the next numlwr of The can workmgman has to learn is the les\Yt•stcm Com rad~·. for it will lw the• lllost vison of organization. And to many it tlllly intcrrsting magazine you Ita v1• r'PIHl in appears one of the hardest lessons he has to many a long day. l<'arn. Jt seems difficult for thousands of perWhat about 191-lWe shall sc•t•. lll·Xt son~ who regularly vote the straight Socialist month! ticket to understand why they ought to be within the organized party, paying dues and • • • • • • AB~UT THE DESTRUCTIONISTS 0 M:A'rTER what the case mav be this magazine believes it to be the .ntm~st of folly for the Socialist organization to offer a forum to speakers whose avowed pur~~~EH&~-~~~~~··~ helping conduct the affairs of the party. In California less than om~-tenth of the Socialist voters are Socialist Party members. That is a condition that ought not to obtain. The average over the nation· is about one party member to ten Socialist voters. The ten seem ~t~~~~----~~~rou~rrm~~m++mrm~~~mh~~4------- �The Western co·mrade 312 all of its aspects except thatof class organization for political purposes. .Just now the national office of the party is ··onductiug 'a · great orgaaization •campaign to bring thr party membership up to .150,000. That lllt'ans the securing of 50,000 new memi~<· r·s. lf Executive Secretar·y JJa.t;lfersiek : can rrranag1• a nwm hership campaign thaf will add .111,()00 mernbcrs h e will have accomplished. one ,,f t llf' sP\·t·n wonders 'of politics. N'Ot that it "'l!.drt to IH• an especially difficult task, but that it ,, ill ht• lL task that no on~ h efo.re .him has aco•<JillplishPJ. However·, th e Sociahsts have a ' HoweYer, the sort o~ advertising the Reuter sought to do ~s not one whit worse for the working cla s-and proba_bly not nearly as bad-as the sort of proselyting that is done dail,v for big business in the way of coloring news storie. '':ith a capitalistic shade. The simple fact is that all capitalist news services ar·e had f rom the working class standpoint and our only r emedy is to establish our own sources of information-and that soon. • • • ag~ncy A ROBBER DIES . • . ,..,,. of do;ug th;ug' when;they set about ;,_ . ~~NE h~adh~e ,e]]s us that the ""'' of a11d illllit·ations n~.t"· are that tl~ey are setting · heef Is gomg to go lughe_r and ~nother ;ri>OIJt this husint•ss with gt·<>a t seriousness of Jllll'pOSC. Th1• \\' <'s1Pr·n ('nmr·ad<' adds its word for this <·aritpaig-11 , t h<' (ll'tails of " ·hieh have b en ~.-t J'ort h with a11rpl,• attl'ntiou to detail in the daily a11d Wt•Pkly pr·,•ss. TIH· Soeialist Yotrr ' '' "st h,. brought to a r·<'alization of his isolated p11sition o11tsidt· tht· party. Jl,. must he made 111 st·•· th•· IJt•t·<·ssity of g!'tting JNSIDB th e l'<ll't,,· ,,-h,.,.,. his roil'<' and votl' am! int-elle<:t llnt,v ht· of t IH• J'ull~·st s<'l'\' i<·<· in thP str·uggle to li nall,v t'lllllrH·ipatt• tlrt• \rorl<ing elass. \\. hat a IIIO\'<'IIlt•nt \\'t• should lra\·r in Calir()l'llia ,,·itlr all ol' tlrl' lrundr·(•d thousand So··i;rlist \·ott•r·s 11'\SI DE tlw part~r ! ~T•·;~t • • • THE REUTER PREDICAMENT IfF. ohsl'l'\-illg newspaprr r eadt'r on this sid<' of th E> grPat puddle will not h e sm·JH'isPd to learn of tlw disromfitur·e of tlrP R1·ut cr· ne\\'s agel!('~' . English all? of our own Assof·iat('d Pr·ess. Tire Reutet' ageUl'? <·onduds a:r advpr·tising lnrsinPss as 'Yell as a news business. Hrrrntl.v it sought to combine the t\\·o, so as to inc·r'f>HSP JWofits- a most natural firing· to do. to ad n•rtisl·r·s stating tlrat th<' ag<'uey " 'as in a position no\\' and tht>n to insPrt tin es Yalnahle to advertiser·s in its news dispatc hes. lt offered to perform stl<·h s(•n·ipe at so mu ch p er p erform. Th,• dl'al -was a -little too raw even for capitalist l'ditors, and so ,~· h e ll they discover ed what ·w11s afoot th ey prompt]? rebelled and rnade lmown th eir displeasure by refusing to liSl' the Reuter senice. · - tells us that Edward Morrrs, presid~nt of thf> Nelson-'Jlorris Packing company, has died , ](•aying a for·tune estimated at $50,000,000. }fr·. 'Jion·is haYing lwen only one of a gt·oup of "hrainy m e n " associated in what we term the lwcf tr·nst, it is fair to multiply the ~1orris f01·tunc hy several times and call that the exploitation in th e heef industry. Of eout'SP. no one will deny that there is a n·lation. and a very intimate one, between these gTe~it J'or·tttlll'S and tlrP <·ost of bee f-and other meats. · This mrtgazine said last month that the Americau n ation \\·ould find a way to provide its food supply if the exploitation could be rernoYed. but it declared that w e did object to hotlr a h el't shortage and extortion in con:t:~ec­ tion with what supply we have. The fl eatlr of this rich packer should serve as an <'~- P-open e r to such · as still slumber· in the land' of falsr contentm ent. It is not considered good tl•n-p:u·ty form to speak in any but flowPI'~' tPr·ms of the tlead , bnt we are constrained, lll'Y<' r·tl n·lt•ss, to ea ll 1\'h·. Morris a plain robber and to assrrt once more that our everlasting aim is to make impossible all robbery of that sort. l{p,·olntion ? Of course! • • • CENSORSHIP PLUS OT lon g ago the hoard of motion pidur·e <·('tJsors came within one vote of putting th e han on Frnnk B. \Volfe's film-play, ·' F'rom Dusk to Dawn,'' because of its c riticism of the establish ed order of things in Los Angeles Some time hefore that- under the Waldo rPglllll' it is r e nort ed tlH!t H nl<nr ,lJ.:I"A . �The Wes,t e' E.DI Com r N igrut ' ' was saojeet to pollee IlllU!t:itration iD N e York. Her.-e j, whar( tine Wal!do eenlors:hip :removed: Policeman : •• Say~ kidl. J 1llii1 ony abo:t:Jlt the lllll.gs." Mary : '"Oh, forget rl.rr Policeman : ".And, Mary, after thl d!.e papers aar tellin th. peopLe o. Iy- it i tbt V:rneent t ~ m wimOOg l'l b. 3i tiDe y~~ oman b.nde. 'li'he :ravin aremethiing to marvel &ver. R1llt m~an hire ~et 'J!!Ot forget tha.t h(ile Vmeent Astor i I"81ted \\·ortb , 5,000, . and rs go-mo to be married to a pe:ri'tretly ni e yOl'mg _woman, he als0 · · the:re :lin 't goi:ng to he n&thm' dloin'. in the piece-ofr·hl'lnge lin.,.." Ma.ry : ''That's ail right, ~Iik~yol!l!'re Em- one of the ]arg t owners oi New York TENEtitlt·d to it, and as long as I keep goin' Y' u'Il MENT property. He i one of the very ric-b ~d your:+-(half to · herself)-and' the serwho t rieher while the poor get poorer. or ~t·:'lnt 'll get his, and tlte lieutenant and tbe capcourse that s nE>t b. faullt. It' an in tbe way Ut in and all thr rest of them 11 get theirs-and the ystem works. Bnt jn t the ame, neh when there ·ain't nothin' more to give up-- ea e' .a thi help some folk to get t~e right (smiles wan.J:y )-maybe I'll get mine."' . sort of an Ullder tanding of what' wrong and And also this: why. Policeman : '·Can it, kid, can it. I een her wltr·n shf• tia~gt·d ya-hut if you want to fall POPULAR GOVERNMENT ft·r it, go as far· as ya -like; r,·e given ya _the0 ;n,;d·· ;nfo ·. '" don't holloc ;r the harpoon ~X T v;A to be expected that the powerhurts. And say, Birdie, yer a new edition to · that he would undertake to gain tbeirrrtt·. so ]('t Ill(' wist• ya up; if yer goin' to eatter end through the initiative and refer.nr line of eltirp along this alley fer the eason, ·endum, ju -t as they formerly ought to gaiu don't fprgit Litt IP Boy Blnc. Got me, Baby ?" tht>m through legi ·lature and judge and othe1· Tht> point is that tensorship is bound to be official ~and a they do yet, for that matter. in the hands of the ruling class and the ruling To prove that tho e expectation were well t·lass ('fln, if it wi.-hes, st rike f rom any play or rounded the hireling of Big Bu ine · are to film, OR BOOK, any portion that too dra- ht! found in eYery corn er of the state now-atnat if· ally, OH THl.'l'IIFCLLY, sets fo rth accu- days gett ing signature to a petition to forbid sat ions against the established order of things. any but property owners voting on bond i ues. There is a co nstant trend toward abridgeIt remains, however, to be seen whether they JnPDt of speech and of the liberties of the press can get the voters to be sheep when it come which W(•, as workers fighting for the over- time to pas~ on that nefarion measure at the thr·ow of an iniquitous system, ought to fear polls. a nrl guard against. ~o lon g as you hav·c a censor ~·ou must have SHAW AND EUGENICS · a <·ensorship that is· colored by the personal BR.NARD SHAW.. al"'ays is supr·emely viPws of the censor, and those views will be delightful-and more. H e is keen, origt hf• \'iews of t he int erests he represents. inal, humorous, resourcefu.l, and he ha.You ha " e your illustration in the Waldo in(·id rnt quot (·d ahove. You haYe noticed. of a knaek of making his ideas "get acros . '· tour·se, that th e portion of the play that was Not long ago. he delivered a lecture before th e stri cken out was that portion which criticised National Liheral elub in l.Jondon, a ledure thP poliec. :what more natural for a policeman w hi(·h has since been published hy '£he Metroc·euso r than to sa ve him self f rom public excoria- politan magazine, togethet· with some of t ir e tion through th e medium or" the playwright's comm ents made upon it at the same t ime hy linc•s? Liherals whom Shaw charft eterized as anyt'hing Th ere you have t he point. \Ye must beware hut liberal. Hhaw was stating "The Case fo r· Equality.' · of that ldn(l of c·rnsorship. For the capitalist system movPs in di\'ers ways its dirty work to and, of course, had his say about engenie . . 'S lrrPld. aw mamtam ed t hat it is all well enou gh to • • • • • • I - - �314: The Western Comrade strive for better horses and cows and chickens, ''because when you want to breed a horse you know the sort <,>f horse you waift. If you want a race horse all you care abOl:tt is that the porse should be a very fast horse. If you want a draught horse, you know that all you want is a powerful horse. You do not bother: very much about its temper; you do not care whether it ic:; a good horse in the pulpit sense of th.e word. • • • It is quite simple because you kuow t lw sort of horse you want. But do you know the tlort of man you ~\'ant? You do not. You have not tire slightes~ idea. You do not even know how to begin.''; And isn't there- more than a little in that 1 And, as Sha·w eontinues, suppose someone is to fix a stanclat·d toward which to _work; \VRO will f'Stablish that standard, and will it suit !lit• l'f'St Of US ? Shaw argues for reonomic liberty, in order that men and women may select thejr mates in response to the dictates of natural laws; for c·onditions 1hat will make for a wider field fl'om which to scleet a mate, for the elimination of the starnttion incentive and all other incentives peculiar to capitalism. That does not mean any other· sort of marriage than we have now, so far as form is concerned; what Shaw intends it to mean is a marriage that shall be a true marriage of real mates instead of a bread and butter bargain driven by people whose finest emotions arc ehoked or· dwarfed and whose opportunity for selceting the life companion is immeasurably broader than it can ever be under present conditions. And, aftcr all and ouce more, isn.'t there something in that. Would you car e to view the human race that ·was hrecl up to a standard establish ed by a committee of hankers, or lawyers, OR F'EDERAI1 JUDGES 1 That may not he what the science of eugenics contemplates, but anyhow it's a hot tip right off the hat of George Bernard Shaw and Shaw has slipped a hot poker into more than onP stagnant brain! • • • ALSO, OWN THE GOVERNMENT HATEVER. may he tlw popular cr.v of the mmnerit, thr Socialists never lose sight of the main goal, the ultimate objective. Whil e we go on urging public ownership of utilitirs and monopoliPs, we arc a lways on tlw maiu track hf'aded towRril the_ complete OYerthrow of the capitalist system. We w..ant to own the government-and we are going to. Those who stand in the way of progress can have whatever· comfort tbey can get out of that statement. We intend to push ' · capitalism overboard. And furthermore, forgetting all the restraining sections of the penal code, which, however, will go overboard at the same time, we shall tie a stone around its neck. • • • · INVENTORS AND SOCIALISM REQUENTLY we hear the question: "How will Socialism reward its inventors Y'' We shall not undertake here to say j~st how they shall be rewarded. Nobody can say just what reward any man will have f~r his labor under Socialism, except to say that there will be absolutely no exploitation, and that each man will be rewarded with the fruits of his labor, with no profit, no interest, no rentno gougmg. Certain it is. however, that Socialism will do hetter than capitalism has done by its inventors, its scientists, its great creators. As a sample of the r ewards under capitalism, read the following from Collier's v\ eekly: "In what we proudly call an 'Age of Science' the world still treats scientists like dogs. An appalling array of recent. news notes is at hand to furnish the counts of this indictment. "'Poor I have lived, poor I die!' were the last words of Charl es Tellier, who, half starved and in agon~'. died the other clay in a shabby room i~ Paris. His experiments of half a lifetime madf' rrfrigerat.ion systems possible. One of the many corporations that he had helped to f'nrich ·offered him in his last hours a gift of $20,000. _ Tellier scornfully rejected it. He accepted a ribbon from the l1egion of Honor but spurned alms. "J. H. F'a hrr, the Frrnch ...poet-entomologist, railed 'The 1nsret 's Homer,' at last has attain Pel de'H'l'Yed honors- hut he had to live until ninl't~· to get them. " 'A littlr longer,' h e quaintly observes, 'and the Yiolins would have eomc too late.' "Yet F'r·ance is no more ung-rateful than other· lands. 'l'hc ·w right brothers found , quiekf'r recognition there than in America. '"J'hat Germany may liYr in a glass house, -too.-n1ig.l+t 'lf'-gtif"Sji;ed o -e-a-ding we swry �315 The Western Comrade of Dr. Diesel. His work may prove epoch making, but he died a bankrupt ·and possibly a S:U('ide. • ''England rewards :Marconi, the scientist lifesaver whose invention has rescued hundreds at sea. by connecting his name with a financial scandal; and France has given equally shabby treatment to Madame Curie." To say that Socialism will do better than that is not all that might he said, by any means. • • • SMOTHERED IN DEBT HA1' capitalism is doing to nations in the way of piling· up indebtedness is shown graphically in a recent report issued by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. The r epor·t says that the aggre{!ate debt is upward of forty-two billions of dollars, an in<·r·ease of 20 per cent in the last decade and double what it was forty years ago. The debt of France is the heaYiest of any single government. Then comes Russia, the l' nitf'd Kingdom, Italy, Spain, British India, .Japan, Germany and the United States in the order named. The debt of this country grew a little more than one hundred million dollars in the last ten years. • • I • TELEGRAPH FACTS UT few people realize the Yast amount of gambling that is done in America every day. But an inYestigation by a number of congressmen re-veals the startling fact that more than half the t'elegraph business of the country is d'one for the gambling fraternity. Poolroo'n1 and race-track gambling and stockmarket gambling furnish the- bnlk of the telegr·aph business. Were it not fol' th e newspapel' telegraph service the gambl ing business would he almost the entire suppor·t of the telegraph companies. This can indicate but one thing: The telegraph companies do not aim to serve the people. Their ehief business is to sene the bourgeois and the big business-crooked though it m11y be-of th e country. · The business that the common people do over t hP t elegraph constitutes but J 0 pel' cent of the total. 1'he t elegraph is not for them. \VI1i1e -the government {)perates 67,000 post offices, all convenient of access, the telegraph cpmpanies operate only 25,000 telegraph o(lices, many in· . exceedingly out-of-the-way places. ,Just ~ecause of that fact alone government ownership would bring the telegraph almost three times as near the people ·as it now is. In England .you may go to any post office, drop a stamped telegram into the box and it will be collected an!} telegraphed to its destination. The cost is a cent · a word, with twelve cents as the mm'imum charge. .As a result so-called so.cial messages constitute from 50 to 60 per cent of the total business. And yet, many of the ''common people'' gasp in holy horror at such a revolutionary idea as . government ownership of telegraph systems! • • • . THE MONEY POWER HAT an unscrupulous "rule or ruin" . power is really wielded by the plutocracy is well shown in an editorial in a recent Harper's Weekly. While the spirit of this manifestation is not new at all to Socialists, it may be new in detail, so we quote in part: '' The power Qf the concentrated money interests is as great as it is hidden and smooth. A hint is given and all 'the forces act together. Take an example in the recent attack of Mr . .Aldrich on Mr. Bryan and the currency bill. ~lr. Bryan has long been a red· rag to the large property interests, and Mr. Aldrich is an expert in giving the signals. Wh~n his speech was made, word was sent out at once hy many of the large financial institutions to small banks everywhere to cut down credit to the utmost. They wer~ to give it to merchants when they deemed it. absolutely necessary, but th<>y were at the same time to create a stringney in their neighborhood. A person would come into a country bank with abundaflt security and the bank officials would say: 'Yes, your security is ample. Yes, we have plenty of money, hut we are not making loans. \\. e !H'e afraid the currency bill is going to plunge the country into ruin, and very likely this bank itself may· be destroyed.' No wonder, with t hi ~ policy pursued all OYer the country, Congr·essmen and Senators were deluged with 'f~tter· ·.'' • • • Everv new dav is a. dav of '"''"" for Socialists. t\nnm•tn~:• · .~ �31G The Western By EMANUEL JULIUS SABOTAGEIt simply had to come; the surprise, to my mind, is. that it didn't come sooner, for sabotage imprl!Bses me as being a splEndid theme for dramatists WhO are ever on the search for material that offers the elements of surprise, suspense, adventure, to say noth·lng of theory, sociology and philosophy. Sabotage is almost new' to Americans, who got the word from the French Syndicalists, who. in tum, got it from the English; that is to say. thf' idea of sabotage,Jlot the w·ord itself, came from .lollu Hull. So ue\\· is the word sabotage that at the 1912 conVf'n t ion of the Socialist party, at Indianapolis, it was pronounC'ed differently by the various delegates who spoke upon the su bject; according to John Spargo in his !Jook entitled "Syndicalism, Industrial Unionism and Srwialism." IJefore -;abotage was. formally denounced as anarc·lli,;tif' and individualistic, unworthy of beihg used as a weapon by Socialists. the delegates participated in a debate on this "Anarchism by a new name," as ))f'!pg-aie \' ictor L. Berger expressed it. ''We know now wh ." the Socialist party of the United States in 181.2 madP the advocacy of sabotage, crime or violence a bar to membership in the party," Mr. Sp!Wgo says in his <·hapter on "Sabotage as a Revolutionary Weapon." "It was an act of self-preservation. It had been supposed that the e xclusion of the Anarchists by the International Socialist Congress in 1896, in London, had once and for all settled the point at issue between the advoeates of political action and the advocates of direct aetion. Rut U1e Syndicalist movement in various countries has b1;ough t the old Anarchistic teachings and m t• thods of warfare into the party. by a side door, as it were." Sabotists believe they can bring an end to the 11rh'ate ownership of the machinery of production and distribution by a campaign of destruction, deliberately disal.Jling machine ry, cutting wires, placing cement in switches, and ' so on. Spargo tells us that sometimes sa hot age takes most amusing forms. "In Philadelphia when so me tailors went on strike they are said to have left !Jehind them specially made 'yardsticks' a couple of inches short with all the spaces likewise altered. The cutter wh·o cut garments according to his instructions. using false measures was, of course, ruining materials. and one can imagine the most ludicrous results." Mr. Spa1·go says. At the Grand Guignol, Paris, "Sabotage," a oneact t:·agedy, was p1:~sented recently. It was a brillian t s uccess, causing a g!'eat sensation among th e theater-goers and critics. The play, by Ch. Hellem, \\'. \ 'alcros and Pol d' Estoc, translated by Andre 'l' ridon, appears in t,l:le Nevember issue of the Smart Set. ·w e are told by the editor that . it has caused more disc·ussion than ''any other one-act play of its generation." The editor also says that it "ranks high among th e most sensational dramatic works in modern literature. " The action of the episode occurs in the C 1agneau, an e ectrlcian. At the rise of the curtain, Pierre and his wife, Angele. are discovered near the bed of . their child, Little J eannot, who has been stricken with diptheria. The chlld is asleep, ·resting after an injection by Dr. Margy, and, from all appearances, will pass safely through the impending crisis. l'iiow that the child is asleep, Pierre feels that the two-days' strain has been too much for him, so he tells his wife that he must go for a wiJ.Ik. The conversat.ion that ensues reveals the fact that he ·intends to gG to the ·union meeting, where, he remarks, the restive workers are going to take drastic action, should their demands for improved working conditions! be rejected. He goes. off, leaving his wife to -\vatch at the bedside. She soon learns, to her ·consternation, that Little Jeannot is suffering a serious relapse. The child's throat gurgles in a rasping manner, and its breathing is labored. Dr. Margy, brought to the bedside, sees that an imtpediate operation is necessary. Under the light from an electric lamp on the table in the center of the room, Dr. Margy begins his operation on the child's throat. At the critical moment, the electric light goes out. Left in total darkness, Dr. Ma.rgy is unable to Huish the operation. When at last a candle is lighted, it serves only to bring into view a blood-soaked child-dead! "While the mother weeps, shaken by convulsive sobs and mumbling inarticulate words," the rumble of voices is heard. The strains of the International are heard. Pierre returns to the room. "We've got it this time." he says. "This beats all the strikes to pieces. That's sabotage, that is! No more lights. .J have put the dynamos on the blink. Hear the strikers marching?'' Dr. Marg~·: You miserable fool, look! Pierre: Miserable fool! What's the matter? Angele: You! It was .you, murderer-you have killed .my boy; Murderer! (She jumps at his throat). In this impressive sketch, no effort is made to theorize or moralize; we are not told that sabotage is good or bad. nor are we told that political action Is necessary, nor that direct action should be the weapon ot the revolinion. The sketch merely places a picture before us. and leaves us to draw our own conclusions -for which we are most grateful. Pierre, by his actions, proves himself to be a rebel, an individual fighting properl;¥, not the institution of 11rivate ownership; he is unlike the Socialists who wonld change social conditions through class action, not individual action. Soci-alists who desire to bring certain changes in the ownership of industries are att'lining their goal by the intelligent use of political and economic wea(Jons. In desiring the substitution of social ownership for individual ownership of railroads, mines, factories, etc., they are, in fact, social revolutionists. Theirs is not a rebellious attempt tO · destroy propE'!'tY, to smash machines, to clog the wheels of industry ; theirs is an attempt to smash the private ownership of socially useful property. For that reason, the social revolutionists are ·far more desirable ~61 ~ eb1! may dymrmtt r a building, but that act does not shatter the principle of private ownership. He may scu.ttle a ship, but that �The Western Comrad·e dues not weaken the Institution of private property. h e has merely destroyed a thing which can be replaced q11 ite easily. But once the institution of private ownetsl.ip is shattered, lt Is gone !orever. No intelligent Socialist could possibly believe that l•"lltlcal action should be labor's sole weapon. SocH iists realize that labor is robbed in the factory and tl1at the governments are used to legalize and perp.. tuate that robbery. So, in ·addition to fighting polit ically to gain possession of the powers of governme nt, the workers must also combine in a union to ti ~-: ht the employers who exploit the workers at the point of production. By ceaseless fighting at both pl aces-both the legislature a:1d the factory-labor will pmerge victorious, the possessor of the industrial world, which labor created. The ballot, the strike, the boyc·<Jtt- these weapons labor wiil wield. \\'hen a child is angry, it kicks a table, it strikes a1 something. Pierre "put the dynamos on the blink." AlHl, his individualistic propa.;;anda of the deed. in 1 hi ~ dramatic episode, is shown to be anti-social, for a dynamo is more than a piece of mechanism, it is a pa rt of the social order, and when he put the dynamo "on the blink" he likewise caused the death of his IH l ) . \V(' all agree that projJerty is good; we all agree th:tt pri 1•ate ownership of social propert~· is bad; well, in order to destroy the bad why shottld we wipe out th<' good? Sahotage- as the word is commonly understoodnwans the wilful destruction of property. Of course, til <' tl:f'ory of sabotage, as expounded by the French s ,·ndicalists, takes on many forms. Spargo tells us 1 h3t o;abotage is a principle of action rather than a mNhod. " It may involve violence, ' or it may IH· peaceful. It may involve destruction of property or it may not. It Ill::!)' be based on illegal acts or it may not. It may consist of telling lies or of telling the ,; imple truth. It is essentially a furtive and stt>althy policy, practiced by individual workers, havi11t: for its aim the obstruction of industry and business tu such an extent that the employers w!IJ suffer a Joss o f profits s o great as to be compelled to grant the .• worke rs' demands." Spargo adds that no Syndicalist would include in his df'linition of sabotage murder, or acts which result in the destruction of human life. "Practically every Syncii c·ali st writer insiste that such acts do not constitute sa!Jotage," says Spargo. Hewever, in this play we see hr: w Pierre, using sabotage, causes the death of his son. 317 Though a sabotist may not desire to taKe ~um'an life, still, when he doeS so simple a thing as putting a dynamo "on the blink" he may take human life. Human • life has been connected with the machinery of indu<:try so that putting a dynamo "on the blink" can eaetly cause the taki.n g .of human life. . Bl-eak the laws and you batter your head against the. ston'Ei wall of the state. Use the laws that are good and agitate for laws that are necessary and the state, with all its powerful institutions, becomes your protectCJr. ' Labor needs the state to advance its cause w'hlle capital uses the state· to keep back the workers; and the grim tragedy of it all is that the workers lend their ballots · to the parties that use the state for the cap!talists. Rebels of the type of Pierre are unwilling to ·admit the value of eapturing the weapons of the employers.. They are not averse to going out and fighting the state. lf a thing is worth fighting, it is worth capturing. There is no sense in fighting what may be captured through peaceful and · legal methods. Socialists and unionists believ.e In Jaw and order; they say that if certain Jaws are unjust, they may be changed, since political powers are in the hand!! of the people. Obey the law so long as it is a raw; strive to change it if it is unfair. Chester M. Wright, in a splendid artlcle- "The Gun I s Not. Our ·weapon"-expresses an attitude that apJ)eals to me. He says that he opposes destructive tactics as a matter of expediency, as a means towards attaining the goa l of emancipation. He does not beli?.ve sabotage is wrong from the moral or ethical view -for the ethics and morality of our day are nothing more than the wishes of the capitalist class. The property owne rs tell us what is right and what is wrong, and we, like sheep, take these opinions and give them the name of morality. Because sabotage will not "get the results" rather than because it does not tally with the accepted property morality of the rich, I do not believe in it. We c11n gain nothing by pursuing the tactics of a Pierre. Nothing constructivtJ will result from "putting the dynamo on the blink.'' The labor movement and the Sociali!'t Pa1 t.y are surely traveling a road that will lead to the capture of the machines for the workers on the i!ldustr~l field and on the political field bring about the r.a)Jture of the guns that now unfortunately force the producers to keep their hands off th e mf ans of wealth production. STILL BURNING WITCHES 0 \\' l\ in :\Iiddleburg, l\Iass., a gathering of womrn the other day solemnly r esol v£>d to rcma in a way from "suggestive ph1y · · and to fight th e ...intJ·oductioo. of sex hygiene teachings in school . ln San Fran<"isto just a short time ago a society of women hnr·nNl " Damaged Goods. " " The Three Daughters of :\1 ons. Dupont,' ' and '' Maternity. " 'fherr. is not much difference betwct-n the actions of such persons and the actions of th e good people who burned witches at th e stake in ~'lassachuse tts just a few generations ago. Indeed, som e of t he human race have ~ot come so \'Cry far sirif•e th e witch-burning days. �318 The Western Comrade l By M. L0.UISE GRANT an all-star company, were it not that Miss Horniman's vocabulary does not admit of any such expression as Our country has an institution known as the st'ock appii'ed to the Iegit1'mate theater All the members· of f· umpan y ; England has the repertory theater company. · · · T he two terms should be synonymou-~. as the New the company are not equally good nor equally versatile, though versatility is held to be one of the cardinal Theater experime nt sought, but failed, to prove. The virtues, but each character in a cast is assigned to that l•:ngli-sh term, as applied in the .Isles, cgnnotes the person w ho can most perfectl y d e 11 n eate 1•t. Th e porhi ghest dramatic art ; the American, except in rare in-" trayal of. a cab driver, who appears in only one scene, stances, notably on th e Pa'cific Coast, quite the absence or a rt. · may be as finished a bit of art as is that of the principal who holds the center of the stage throughout four The fi rst success ful English repertory company was acts. In the next play cab driver and erstwhile prineH la lJiis hed a fe w years ago at Manchester, home of cipal may have changed places in importance. lit is cotton mil) <; a-nd tha t remarkable literary newspaper, for the spectator to decide who are the leading memt he Manchester "Guardian." The founder and manager bers of the company, for they are never so labeled. of the compa ny, Miss HoriJiman, is a woman .of r.are Colly -Cibber's eulogy of Thomas Betterton's comintellect and phenomenal artistic and executive ability. pany, which comprised the most famous actors of his timir-the late seventeenth century- would apply Her succPss if. due to her extraordinarily large stock of that sense which the world ironically dubs "comequally welL to this modern company. He says, "These mon." BeforP. entering upon an enterprl.se of her own Actors were ali original Masters in their different Stile, s he s pent. many years studying the methods and -charnot meer auricular Imitators of one another, which a cteric;tics of the best repertory theaterS on ·the Conticommonly _is the highest Merit of the middle rank, but nent. Self-Judges of Nature from whose various Lights they Miss Horniman is able above all to distinguish the only took their true Instruction." po~sible from the impossible. There are many people A few Londoners "discovered" the Manchester Playwho know theoretically why the New Theater underers four years ago when they paid their first brief visit taking In New York failed, but Miss Horniman knows to the metropolis; a second season followed, and since practically why it did, for she has ·seen two heavily then the company has been so enthusiastically received and the house 80 uniformly crowded that a four weeks' financed attempts to establish repertory companies in season has been extended to eight. The Coronet TheaLondon fall through, while hers, on an investment ter, which Is their London home, Is out Kensington way, equal to a moiety only of the capital lost there, has had an unexampled success. · far from the popular West End, and full houses there _ In· the selection of plays she refuses to cater either are much more indicative of genuine and intell!gent interest than they would be in the center of the thea~er to the elect few or to the already (lverpampered multitude who imagine they need something light and redistrict. laxing; but she seeks to give to the general theaterOne day in the spring of 1912, Miss Horniman's going public plays which arouse and sustain intellicompany, en route homeward after a month in Canada, gent Interest. It is only necessary to watch one of dropped into Boston for a special matinee performance her audiences from the front to appreciate how well of John •Masefleld's "Nan," but that was a brief call rather than a first visit to the United States. They she succeeds. Her appeal Is to thinking people who look to the theater for enjoyment rather than mere carrie again this year, and several of our eastern cities amusement. had the opportunity of seeing the individual excellence It has never been a part of Miss Horniman's proand the marvelous ensemble of the company, and of g ram to train new recruits for the stage. Her com revelling in the plays which they present. pany is composed of the best talent to be found in - Their repertory consists of the best examples of both England. Many of the members have bad years of the old and the new schools. Shakespeare, Sheridan, or experience in the provinces, hardest and best training Goldsmith appear in a week's bill with Shaw, Galsworthy, - Bennett, Stanley Hough-fon, Allan Monk house, school an actor can find. But while the Manchester P layers fro'm the beginning have been a thoroughly or St. John Hankin. Their one-act plays are only paralprofesslonal company, there is no stereotyped acting to ieled by those of the Irish Players. Many of the finest be seen in their productions. Naturalness is the keyof the new' English works have flr.st been- produced by note of all their characterizatiQns. It Is the principle them. Two of these, both by Stanley Houghton, are of the company that nothing shall be done merely for now playing here, having been introduced by Miss effect, but that every act and every intonation shall Horniman's company last year. result from the circumstances which forced it. There Grace George is appearing in the less important one is no overdoing, no un-rrecessary noil!les or movements, of the two, "The Younger Generation," an altogether stage business gives way to character delineation, and delightful comedy, rich in human philosophy and gentle the revelation of the soul Is the matter of supreme satire, which illuminates the fact that youth Is not' so importance. Careful and exact attention Is given to much a matter of years as it is a ppint of view-an stage setting, but the audience likely to be oblivious attitude of mind. alike to costuming and to properties- the personal!The other one, "Hindle Wakes," easily takes a place - ----~tl~e:s:.,~w~i~It~h~o~l~dt~h~e~a~t~te~n;t~l;on~-;~an=~IT,~~~~;e,::~~s--~·n-Ht 'Qremost amk or gtea:t t _en Ie cen ury ramas. e u e na ural accompaniment to the situation. both tremendous social import and rare artistic The Manchester Players might easily be considered value. It is also a faithful picture of Lancashire viiTHE MANCHESTER PLAYERS AND HINDLE WAKES is �The Western Comrade t;,ge life, and should always be given in the north country dialect, in which the Manchester Players are Iaiasters. 6 "Hindle Wakes" is what is' called an "advanced" . play, which means that its logic has lo~g been recognized by the hundredth par-t of the population who thi nk, but that it startles the ninety and nine who live by custom and are governed by habit. In America we pride ourselves on our modernity, but it finds a readier expression in mechanical appliances than in attitude ot mi nd. London loved the play at first sight and could ·not see it enough; New York looked at it askance and 'Pnt it out on the road! It deals with the reduction of the double standard · of morality to a single one. Fannie Hawthorne, daughter of a Hindle mlll hand, goes to Blackpool to spend the week-end during the "wakes." While there she falls in with Alan Jetfcote, son of the wealthy mill owner of Hindle, and spends the ti me with him. By a miserable chain of circumstances hrr parents Jearn of the escapade, and after much ado, arrange for their marriage-the only solution to the disgraceful affair according to the parents of both. · But Fannie possesses an independent spirit and a philosophy of life, and she refuses to consider the arrangement. When Alan, who had been persuaded to IJ rf'ak his previous engagement, ask-s if she never really lol'ed him, s he says : "Love you?" Good heavens, of 1·om se not! " ' hy on earth should I love you? You 319 were just someone to have a bit of fun with. You were an amusement_;_~ lark." The shoc~ed Alan exclaims: "Fannie! Is that all you cared for me?" And Fannie retorts: "How much more did you care for me!" "But," protests the ancient spirit .of sex-privilege, "it's not the same. I'm a. man." The logical woman justifies h'erself. "You're a man, and I was your little fancy . a woman and you were my little· fancy. You . Well; wouldn't prevent a woman enjoying herself as well as · a man, if she takes it into her head?" Alan does not yet graap it. "But, do you mean to say that you didn't care any more for me than a fellow cares for any girl he ha.ppentt to pick ·u p?" "Yes,· are you shocked?" Of course, · he is shocked; so are the others, also some in the audience. Mrs. Hawthorn, black with rage, turns her out of the house. But Fannie doesn't mind; she has seen the light of a new day and proposes to live by it. · She I.'ecognizes that economic independence is the indispensable accompaniment of sex freedom. "I'm not without a tracle at my finger tips, thou knows. I'm a Lancashire lass, and so long as there's weaYing sheds In Lancashire I can earn enough brass to keep me going. I wouldn't live at home again afte'r this,· not ariyhow.! I'm going to be on my own in the future. (To · her tender-hearted father): You've no call to be afraid. I'm not going to disgrace you. But so long as I've · to live my own life I don't see why I shouldn't ch·o ose what it's to be." I'm The Simple Story of Karl Marx, the M·an Stanley Wilson By r.LKJ=:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!tARL HEINRICH MARX was born Tuesday, May 5, 1818, in Treves, or Trier, as it is now called, a town in the western part of Germany, In the province of ~ the Rhine. His father was Heinrich Marx, a Jewish lawyer, a man of great talent and leaming, and highly respected in Trier. His grandfather was a rabbi, one of a long line of rabbis, unbroken . from the sixteenth century until his son, HPinrich, father of Karl, adopted law instead of religion for a career. The mother of Karl Marx, before her marriage Henriette Pressburg. was born in Holland. On her Ride, the men of the family served as rabbis, generation after generation, for centuries. It has been suggested that Karl Marx owed to his rabbinical ancestry something of that wonderful exegetical powe1· which he displayed in his work. In 1824, when Karl was 6 years old, the elder Marx Pmbraced Christianity; and wtth his wife and children, was baptized. The family or Heinrich Marx was in comfortable rircumstances. Early in his boyhood Karl Marx displayed marked intellectuality. He waa a strong, imperious lad, of tiPry temper and im etuous mann r unately his father was enabled to appreciate the gifts or the boy, and to undertsand his strange temperament uno the perils to which it exposed him, and to guide . B. • him with wisdom through some of the most perilous experiences or boyhood and youth. He was a strong, active boy, full of mischief and fond of indulging in some boisterous, boyish fun. He "was · a brave, manly fellow, with a .passion for achievement. Handsome, beloved by all who knew him, and successful in all that he undertook at school, he was a general favorite with his teachers and fellow pupils. His mother watched him with gratE~ful a.dmiration, fondly and proudly calling him her "Fortune Child." Karl Marx was an atfectionate and devoted son. Between him and his father existed a bond of comradeship that Is delightful to contemplate. In the midst of one of the greatest..,mental struggles of his boyhood in one letter he wrote: "In the hope that you, forever beloved and dear father, would understand the manifold moods of mine wher~ the heart would often like to live and enjoy, but is conquered by my restless spirit, I wish you were here with me, ·so that I could hold you tight to my breast, and express to · you all that goes on within it." At another time he wrote: "It Is almost 4 o'clock in the morning; the candle is almost burned out and my eyes pain me. An awful unrest took hold of me, and I shall net be able to conquer the feeling until I can feel your love right close io me." : In his father's letters to Karl occur such passages "You must remember that you are dear to my heart, and are the greatest hope of my lite." Shortly before his father's death Karl's mother �320 The Western Comrade wrote tellil'lg of the father's condition. She asKs her sou to write "very tenderly" to his father, as he "reads the letters over and over again." The father added a brief postscript, scrawled by l!- hand so weak tfiat the words were barely legible: "Dear Karl, accept my best wfshes; 1 cannot as yet write much." It was the ambition of the elder Marx that his favor- perhaps prettier and of more regular features than her older sister, "\\'hose direct opposite · sh.e is. Although she is just as- tall as Jenny, as slender and delicately formed, there is something lighter, brighter and more lucid about her. The _upper part of her face may well be called beautiful, with its waves of curly hair of chestnut brown, her sweet•. dear eyes of changeable ·greenish lights that burn 1lke triumphal fires, and her ite son should follow in his footsteps and take to law. finely formed and noble forehead. The lower part of While this was no doubt distasteful to ·Karl, as it was · her face is less regular, being less developed. Both girls contrary to his disposition and aspirations, he took up posses!! rosy, bloomirl.g complexions, and I often marvel his legal studies. Philosophy and history were the two at their lack of vanity, for I remember very well that the studies which most apjlealed to him, but he studied same· could not have been said of their mother at a law to please his father, "as a necessary evil," he said. certain tender age! He graduated ln 1841, at Jena, with the degree of Doc"The girls are a constant pleasure to us, owing to tor of Philosophy. their affectionate and unselfish · dispositions. Their At the age of 18 he became .engaged to Jenny von little sister, however, Is the idol of the whole house. Westphalen. She was a childhood's playmate and four "This ' child was born at the time our poor, dear years his Sf>nior. ' Edgar departed from life, and all our love for the little Her fathPr, Baron von- \Vestphalen, was rich and inbrother, all the tenderness for him , were now showered fluential. He was one of I-I'einricb Marx's most intimate on the little sister, whom the older girls cherish with motherly solicitudf>. But you could scarcely find a frien<ls and \' C I' Y fond of his friend's children, and esl<;>velier child, so pretty, naive and full of droll humor pecially of the favoritp son, Karl. Jenny was a bright Her cb arm 1·n g m a nner of 8 pe akin g a n d ·re1a t·mg · 1-8 she . and beautiful girl and much loved by Karl's parents. stories if' truly remarkable. This she learned from the He r full nam e wa~ Johanna Bertha Julie Jenny von Grimm Brothers. who are her companions by day and We ~tphalf>n. night. In the summer of 1843 Karl and .Jenny were mar"'Ve all hav'.! read the fairly tales until we are almost ri E'd. They we re devoted lovers all through their marblind, but wo·e to us if we were to forget one squabble ripd Iiff>. anr.l each was proud of the other. They used of Rumpel!'tilzkin or Scbneewittchen! By means of fairy o;;tories she has been able to Tearn the German to man: h through their home hand in band singing a GErman lo\'e song. iangu<tge. which she speaks correctly, besides the EngThey had s ix children. five of them girls. The only !ish !:::nguag-e, which, of course, lies in the air. This hov. ~::::dga r, died at the age of 9. The child, whose little on<' is Kart's favorite pet, laughing and chatting body was too weak to sustain the mind, was the pride away many of his troubles." an<l hope of his p:uents. Marx wa!' a passionate lover of children. Nothing The family was reduced to severe poverty on accould move him to sympathy like the suffering of a count of exile and the father's de\'otion to principle. child. He would break away from his learned comThere were days when Marx had to go without food pa•1ion~ to play with the children on the street. There in ornf>r tl:at. th e chi loren might have enough to susis no doubt his love for the little ones was one of the tain life. strongest influences that impelled him to his devotion On one occasion while Mrs. Marx was seated trying to the needy and oppressed. to nurse her baby at an empty b'reast, rendered so by John Spargn says, in "Karl Marx; His Life and hunger, she was roused by a demand for rent due. Work": "During the worst days of his poverty, while 'Vh en the money was not forthcoming two constables he lived in Dean street, he was known as 'Daddy stepped in and attached everything in the rooms, even Marx' to most of the children in the ·neighborhood. In to th e baby's cr:tdle and the children's toys. those days onc•might have seen in the streets a handlndee<l, it is said that three of the ch!Jdren died some man, of striking appearance. rather above the within font· years, victims of poverty. middle height, with small hands and feet and an exTo those who contend that Socialism· would destroy pressive face. framed, as it were, by coal black hair home and the marriage altar, let it be known that one and bear<l. with ch-ildren all around him, some holding of his fr.iends said of Marx : "Karl Marx has three saints his hand!>. others clinging to his coat- tails, shouting whom he worships. They nre his father, his mother mf>rri!y, 'Daddy Marx! Dadoy Marx!' This love for antl his wife." children Mnrx retained to the end of his life, and durA charming insight into the home of the great ing the last long illness the presence of one of his economist il'< furnished in these extracts from a letter little grandchildren seemed to be his ..only source of written by Mrs. Marx to a friend, March 11, 1861 : comfort and consolation." " Although I most fear that you wlll take me for a One of his daughters, writing of h_is love for chil rather conceited and weak mother. I will give you a dnm, . says : · description or these dear, praiseworthy girls. They "Karl Marx was the kindest, the best of fathers. There are both except ionally good - hearted, of generous diswas nothing of <lisciplinariar. in him, nothing autbori positions, of truly amiable modesty and girlish purity. tative in his manner. He had the rich and generous Jenny will be 17 years of age on the 1st of May. She nature, the warm and sunny disposition, that the young is a most charming girL- making quite a handsome apappreciate. He wal'< vehement, but I have never known pearance, with her dark, , shining, soft eyes and her him to be mo1·ose or sullen, and steeped in work and brunette creolP. complexion with its acquired healthy worry as he might be, be was always full of pleasEnglish tints. The pleasant, good-natured expression autry with us children, always ready to amuse and be of her round, childlike face makes o~e forget that she amused by us. He was our comrade and playfellow." has a stu b nose, which perhaps is not beautiful in itKarl Marx was not an opponent of religion. While self, and it is a real pleasur , w peak to-ob---llm~hmiair e was wholly tolerant of the ve e rten ly mouth with its fine teeth. religions beliefs and opinions of others. ''Laura, who was 15 years old last September, is Truf>, some of his apparent attacks upon Christian - �Tbe Western Comrade 321 . i· y are very bitter, and have been much quoted against The very soul of this manifesto Is contained in this l:'ocialism, out for the most ~Y are attacks upon summary by Engels:· - 1 d igious hypocrisy rathe~an upo~ristianlty. , " In every )llstorlcal epoch, the prevaUlng mode ot HE: was as bitter against the blatant dogmatic economlc prod'uction and exchange, and the so¢al or~ atheism t>f his time as he was against the .hypocritical ganizatlon necessa,rlly following from it, form tb:e basis a""'~ nmption s of those who spoke In the name of re.upon whicb 1t Is built up, and from which alone can !ildon. be ex}.llai.Qed the political and Intellectual history of "Penona ll~· an atheist," says Spargo, "lfe took the that :epoch, and consequently the whole history of manP"sition which is today the recognized position of all kind (since primitive tribal society holding. land · in Soeiallst parties of the world , namely, that religious common ownership) has been a history of class strug!J, lief or non-belief is a private matter with which they gles, contests between exploiti-ng and exploited, ruling arP not concerned." and oppressed clasl!es." · Marx was an a rdent admirer of Abraham Lincoln. This -'fundamental propo ition of the manifesto is lind - America has yet to be awakened to her obliga- .. eredite,d. by Engels to .M arx. tiuns to him because of his interest . in Mr. Lincoln . Mll.rx offered, no suddenly-appearing Utopia. Ha•laid ami his cause. • down a · scientific process of "revolutionary evolution." Du rin g the troublous days leading up to· the Civil In 1850· he tells 'the majority of the German Communist 1\'ar. Ma rx was a regular contributor -to the New York movement in London t hat lt will take fifty years "not Tribune. . only to change e'xisting conditions, but to change your~~ r. Linc-oln was one of the very interested readers selves •aud malie yourselves worthy of political power." or the Marx wrilings and considered him as one of the The -battle-cry of scientific Socialism is ·a call to !lUSters Of PCOnomics. Thel'e is 00 doubt that many 'political ' action-a call _tO the workers tO transcend th'e or th e splendld quotations we get from Mr. Lincoln's petty divisibns that keep theni apart, and stand solidly >IH-'eches were inspired by Marx. For instance: " Labor together in a · world-wide economic and political i!.: prior to an d independent of capital. Capital is only phalanx: ' "The proletarians have nothing to lose but tile fruit of labor and could never have existed if tqeir .;Jhains: They have a world to win. Working men Ia 1JOI' !Jan not firs t existed. Labor is the s uperior of of ali countries, unite! " r·api ta l and deserv es much the higher consideration." Marx and his colleagues were not the first to recognize the materialistic idea of history-that social orHad it no t heen for Marx, England· would, no do1,1bt, ha,·e recognized the Southern Confederacy, for the cotganizations and the political' and intellectual aspects '"" manufacturers were being forced ·to the wall beof an epoch depend upon the economic conditions of (':tnse of the impossibili ty of getting the raw cotton. that epoch, whicb in · turn depend upon the methods of Gladstone· declared in 1862: "The Southern leaders production and exchange. Bu.t Marx was the first · to hare made a n arm y ; they are making a navy ; and they work the idea lntQ a comprehensive scientific formula. It was in the development of this theory into a pracha;:e made what is more than e ither- they have made a nation." Gladstone spoke for the English manufactical propaganda that marks him a s one of the greatest t11rer!-;. . scientists of a11 time . . Gladstone's SlJeech greatly disturbed Lincoln and That -Marx had well-founded optimism respecting .his SUJlponers. It was everywhere interpreted as· ·an the outcome of the class struggle to which he so deeply intimation th::lt Great Britain intended to give official and ably applied himself is attested by the following recognition to the Southern Confederacy. from -his book, "Capftal": · Karl Ma rx came forward and entered the battle "The transformation of scattered private property, against r ecognition in the South. He appealed to the arising from individual labor, into capitalist's private British tra de unions. Great labor protest meetings were property is, naturally, a process incomparably more held a ll over England until the government and the protracted, violent -ant! difficult than the transformation manufa cturer s were told in no uncertain terms, of capitalistlc .private property, already practically rest''Hands off." ing on socia'lized production. into socialized property. Murx, an E>>:ile from Germany, France and Belgium, lh the former ·case V!e had the expropriation of the was wen adapted to be the champion for ,human fx:ee- .'. -mass of the people by a few usurpers; in the latter we dum on this side of t he water. · have the expropriation of a fe~v usurpers by the mass It was fitting that Lincoln should recognize· in ·Marx of the people." . . a masier and that Marx should greatly admire Lincoln, The last years of tbe life of Marx were filled with wh ich waR true of both these men of destiny. sulfering and sorrow. The death of some of his grandlndeed. the sympathies at Marx went out to all the daughters oppressed him greatly. In 1878 hi'A friend's 'Jiipressed of the earth. He took an active interest in wife, Mrs. Engels, died. She was, like her husband, a the affairs of Irela nd, as he did in those of Poland. He very dear friend .and Marx mourned almost as deeply denounced the English ·rule in Ireland as "a governas her husband. · . ment of cruel force and"s'hatneless corruption." In 1880, while his own health was sadly impaired, Kar! Marx was more than a .s ocal philosopher. He his wife "'as taken ill, suffering the terrible tortures of \\'~£ a socia l constructionist. He not only analyzed cancer, from which she died on the 2nd of December, ~od al history, conditions and tendencies. but he laid 1881, her last words addressed to her adoring and griefrlaw n practical political policies. 'With Engels he indistracted husband. At the grave so shaken was Marx sisted, in 1847, on. a revolutionary working class pothat he tottered and would have fallen into it had not lirical party with a definite aim and policy. At the Engels caught and s upported him. f'O ngress, held in London, in November that year, he March 14, 1883, Karl Marx died, seated in his armand E ngels were requested by resolution to prepare "a chair in his study, where h e had gone from his bed o( c'omplete theoretical and working program for the Comsickness. Engels, who ha d been summoned on account nt unist Lea ue." · · mmuai Qfltl---'{)~ lrt en . e fPs to, which has been called the birth-cry of the modern study, where hi!! friend seemed half-a sleep. ~c i entillc Socialist movement, published in the early Karl Marx was not half-asleep. He was wholly asleep in that sleep called death. ''art of January, 1848. a �322 The Western Comrade ' - - - - - - - - · - ·- 4N Ttl€ C ff <·:~~ .~ ;', ~-M Gt,OW -- ~/// I .' . '0:.. ~ Charles Edward Russell, who was the Socialist political and social . questions SOOJl brought him fame. He understood the · political game as it is played in candidate for mayor in New York, helped boost the America; knew its corruption and fearlessly exposed it. vote 300 per cent. The total Socialist vote was 32,109. This tremendous increase swept the first SoC:talist Russell did not stop at magazine articles. He became an author of books. Among others he is the alderman into Gotham's city hall, so, from now on, the . writer of "Why . I Am a Socialist," " Thomas Chatterton, voice of the working class wiJJ be heard. Russell was the Marvellous Boy," "Uprising of the Many," "Lawless a splendid candidate, delivering the message. of SocialWealth," "Greatest Trust in the World," and three vol ism with wonderful force and etTect. He delivered many umes of verse, "Songs of Democracy" being the title speeches a nd wrote many campaign articles. of one. He has also written a numper of magazine seRussell is one of the many persons of fame ho have rials that have attracted wide been attracted to the Socialattention. Among others ist movement. A writer of are: "A Life of Charlemagne," national renown, profound ~'The Power Behind tjhe Restudent of human affairs, an public," "J3eatlng Men to able critic of the shams and Make Them Go04," "A Burfoibl es of capitalistic society, glar in the Making," and "At Charles Edward Russell ia of the Throat of the Republic." great service to the cause of These articles got Russell Socialism. the name of being a "muckComrade Russell was born raker." He does not object at Davenport, Iowa, on Septo that. "If you don't want tember 25, 1860. me to rake muck why don't His fathe1· was an aboliyou remove the muck?" he tionist and worked hard in often asks. the cause of emancipation. In July, 1909,.Russell marHe managed, in the end, to ried a young Chicago woman, have the cons tit uti on a 1 who had been engaged for amendment giving the negro some years in journalistic the right of franchise in that work on two or three Sunday state passed. papers of that city. Mrs. Russell thoroughly learned Russell is a chamlng woman the newspaper business unwhose whole interest Is in der the direction of his faththe cause of Socialism. She er. One thing, however, must Is enthusiastic and has energetically entered into · the be understood by the reader of this article-Russell's life work of spreading the dochas not been one of ease and trine. comfort. He has gone through ·It is not to be wondered an intt;!nse struggle for the that Russell became a Socialposition he now holds in Ist. To refrain from turning American journalism. one was almo::t impossible At first it' appeared to when one considers Russell's Russell that he would be able character - a man whose to grow up with his father's heart beats throb for the suffering millions. newspaper. This soon became impossible. Following some Russell learned that povattacks on the Rock Island erty, prostitution, unemployRailroad his paper was seized men,t., child labor, crime and by the stock holding interests all the other diverse evils or of that corporation. this insane system result Young Russell then found from the private ownersbip of himself dependent on his own social needs-because of the etTorts for a livelihood. He fact that a small class of capCHA R L E S EDW ARD RU SSELL reached New York, where he italists own practically all the walked the streets for three industries, all the mines, the days and nights in a,search for employment. He finally mills, the railroads, the machines and other means of landed on the old Commercial Adv~rt!ser as a reporter. wealth production and distribution. Russell then filled many positions on important newsWhen Russell learned this it was but another step papers throughout the land. He continued as a jourfor him to grasp the fact that the only remedy was for nalist for twenty- five years. But the magazine world the workers to take possession of ~hat is truly theirs. attracted him. He saw a new field of activity before The only cure for society's ill was collective ownership him ; so in 1904 he resigned his position on the Hearst _ Qf__the_ ind,,striesGGial·i&nr.--4'h~lrere-tre-lt11ill aper-in-€htca:g came a wnter of reform articles. application for membership to the Socialist Party and Success followed him. His great ability in tr<'ating since then he has been a Comrade In the ranks. �The Western Comrade THE SITUATION IN MEXICO l1 By HA}l'OLD· EVERHART ~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I 0 FULLY understand the situation in Mexico today, one must know and interpret the history of government, its growth and development, from its earliest inception. To the ordinary observer; there appears very little relativity between the ancient governments of Egypt and Syria, and even of earlier peoples, and those of the Americas today; yet it is there, running through all history, from the first crude yet finely knit cohesive~ess of the gens of the uar!Jarians, to the scientific and forceful government of these United States. Government as we kr10w it, came into existence with the establishment of private property; at first crude and loose, as private ownership was uncertain and simple. The two institutions have developed side by side, and each is dependent upon the other for its continuance. Government is the organized expression of the will and power of the economically dominant class, and has always taken the form which gives the fullest expression of that class: The dominant class is the one which controls the means of wealth creation. Though government is maintained in the interest of the small minority who control the wealth production, yet the burden of its maintenance is placed upon the non-possessing classes, who, by an adroitly molded psychology, are blinded to the part they are forced to play in the governmental game. Government then, being the expression of the will and power of a certain economic class, all struggles, whether peaceful or violent, for · its control, are struggles of antagonistic classes, each seeking control of the governmental machinery that its own interests may be supreme: The great struggle throughout Europe which had its climax in the French Revolutiou, is the most striking example of this class struggle. There it was the rising and rapidly developing mercantile and manufacturing class, against the ancient and strongly Intrenched, yet decadent land-owning class-CAPITALISM AGAINST FEUDALISM. Another familiar instj!.Ilce was the struggle in our own country which culminated In our bloody Civil War. From the foundation of our government the struggle was continuous between the slavooracy, and the employers of free labor. Every Important political action, every election, dealt with some phase of this contention, which ended ouly with the final triumph of the capitalist class over the slave-holding class. We find that certain forms of government have usually expressed the supremacy of definite economic interests: Slavery finds its expression in a certain form of democracy. As Greece and Rome were the fullest expression of the slave -society, so also are they the classical forms of independent or free government. Slavery and democracy declined together In Rome, through centuries of slow decay. The autocratic and absolute government we find usually to represent the supremacy of the land-holding class. This was the __gJRernment -OL the -Eeuda1-er-a:;-a·nd-st:iil-extst~rin h"<l~ nations where Feudalism, eve·n In a mild form, continues, as in Russia, Turkey, and India. Capitalist so- \.T ciety most easlly maintains its dominance ln the representative form ot government, which reaches Its Jiighest development In the most highly organized capl~istic nations of ·the world today, the United States, ·Germany and England. The situation in Mexico today Is but a. repetition of the struggle . throughout Europe which finally closed with the overthrow of the land holding classes and their autocratic government, by the capitalist class; and the establishment of parliamentary government. In Mexico the land holders have been dominant, and demanded . _a government · such as has been historically connected wlth ·such dominance, autocracy, and, while maintaining the form of a republic, It was, in fact, an autocracy. The various revolts against Diaz have been on behalf of the growing mercantile and manufacturing interests, largely controlled by American financiers, who have furnished the money necessary for their conduct. The revolution which put Madero at the head of the government was a triumph of the Capitalist. Capitalism, however, had not yet reached that point of supremacy over the land owning autocracy where it could successfully maintain Itself; hence the ease with which the counter revolution was accomplished, which reestablished the Dlaz regime. No settled peace can possibly come to Mexico until the interests of the capitalist class are superior to those of the land owning class. Then will peace come, and with it a reliable and staple parliamentary government. The Mexican ·or the working class, he who has been shedding his blood and orphaning his children, in a spirit patriotism. will continue to be exploited just as ruthlessly as heretofore, and he will be little, if any, better off economically. Mexico, however, will then have taken an advanced position. She will be so much nearer the ultimate goal of the evolutionary forces. Only through Capitalist growth and by participation in the government which represents such growth, will her people develop the Intelligence and self~reliance which will eventually lead them to their own industrial eman~ cipation. The pressure being placed upon our government to cause It to Interfere and "establish peace," comes from those American capitalists who seek control of the Mexican government that it may be used to destroy the supremacy of the land holders, who are now so heartlessly appropriating the wealth created by the working class, that they may in turn, just as heartlessly exploit them in the mines and fact.ories. The argument being used most strongly by those who advocate interference is, that the American capital invested in Mexlco ·must be protected. THERE IS NO AMERICAN CAPITAL IN MEXICO : True, some socalled American citizens have capital invested in Mexico. That is not American capital, it is private capital. IF THE BLOOD OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IS TO BE SHED TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY AND CAPITAL OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN MEXICO, LET 1'1' BE THE BLOOD OF THOSE WHOSE PROPERTY AND CAPITAL NEEDS PROTECTION. Mexico needs no interference: It can and will work out Its own destiny. 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Western Comrade https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/3f1b86d325362f577891885af5491f08.pdf 89cd84f1edeee5088b64057a0d0be215 PDF Text Text EMBER,1913 -TE CENTS When Girls Go On Strike A Story of- the Firing Line in San Fran~isco Today. • We Call It ·w ar! ~ A Ripping Challenge to· the Iron Heel! , ArtlciM l ll thla ~tumber by Stanlty 8. Wllaoft, Eleanor We:ntworth, 0. L Anii ~n. J. L EnGdahl, Gtorott Kauatl, Sydn y HUiyarcl, Chester M. W;rlght, £manu .J ullua. Elsa Unterman, Agn" Dewnlng, David FuJten Karsner, t..o W. \Valft Adriana Spadoni. . - �The Western Comrade A Word From.the E·ditors f - • A Every Socialist in California should glue his eyes to 'rhe Western Comrade for the next few -months for the especial reason that Stanley B. Wils!)n is going to have lot to say about the conditions he found in a three months' trip over the :state. While making that trip he spoke at cross roads and in big cities, he talked with hundreds of· Sociali~ts '8Jld he OBSERVED, which is, after all, the important iliin~ . Comrade Wilson is writing of Callfornia and t~e Socialist movement in a new way. The second installment of his ·series is in this ~umber. Next month . there will be another installment. When you haYe finished reading the articles he is writing ·you will have a complete picture of the movement in the whole state. You wiil be well infon00d. Better still, ' you will have some new idea's. These articles ha·ve· constructiv,e effort for--their chief feature. And they are about the most important addition to our propaganda battery that the movement has had. Imporant because they prepare us for bfgger things, . . because they show us just where we are and what needs doing. We feel that every article and story .in this number is a gem. It is difficult to single out those of most importance. But we- cannot ·fail · to say a word for J. L. Engdahl's article on·Tlie Federation Idea. It is a fitting mate to his great article on the Underground War, published last month. When you have read the Federation Idea you will have a b"etter grasp of. the onward trend toward solidarity and progress in the great Organized Labor movem_ent. · Elsa Unterman's story of the girl strikers in San Francisco and 0. L. Anderson's story of the Seattle judicial farce throw new lights on the ever-current class war-and valuable lights they are. The Lilies of the Field, by Georgia Kotsch, is a gem of brilliance and logic. It handles a big subject in a big way, yet with a swing and a sweep of humor that makes it a delight. You'll like that article immensely. And there's the work of Eleanor Wentworth. But few women anywhere equal her in her concept of the feminist moverqent, but few can present their ideas with such beauty of form and force of expression. Next month will bring you a table of contents equally brilliant, with-just a whisper here-with almost a certainty that J. Stitt Wilson will have ready in time for it one of the biggest and best things he has yet done. And you, dear reader, please capture at once that elusive but ever alluring prospective subscriber -QUICK! To your branch you may say that there's no better propaganda material than· The Western Comrade-in bundle lots. a Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, etc., or THE WESTE R N COM RA DE publfshed monthly at Los Angeles, Calif., required by the Act of August 24, 1912. · Editor, Stanley B. Wilson, 203 New High St. Managing Editor, Stanley B. Wilson, 203 New High St. Business Manager, Stanley B. Wilson, 203 New High St. Publisher, Union Labor News Co. STOCKHOLDERS Amalg. Sheet Meta l Workers, 540 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, Calf f. Bakers Union No. 90, San Diego, Calif. Beer Drivers and Stablemen, Labor Temple, San Francl~co, Calif. Bramley, A. J., R. F. D. No. 2, Compton, Calif. Campbell, K. C., Los Angeles, Calif. Carpenters Union No. 769, Pasadena, Calf!. Carpenters Union No. 1140, San Pedro, Calif. Carpenters Union No. 235, Riverside, Calif. Carpenter s Union No. 810, San Diego, Calif. Cement Workers No. 3, Los Angeles, Call!. Chandler, J . G., 1816 Magn olia Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. Cherry, J. E., 830 16th St, Los An geles, Call!. Culbertson, Wm., City Heigh ts R. F. D. No. 1, Sari Diego, Calif. · Davis, David, 229 Front St.,· San Pedro, Calif. Ele8i!lr.l Worl<ers No. 61, 540 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, Ele8illrl Worl<ers No. 82, 540 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, Fahler, John, San Pedro, Calif. Farrington, W. -R., 721 W. Ocean Ave., Long Beach, Calf!. Goodwin, T. J ., 3083 So. Molino, . Los Angeles, Cnllf. ---J~laU {)h-n, 69-Gftle n ., dena--;-ea:tt . Hawes, S., 395 No. Moline Ave., Pasadena. Calif. Inter. LongshorPmen Assoc., San Pedro, Calif. • Jansen, C., 1140 W. 4th St., San Bernardino, Call!. Johnson, Charles W ., 320 Valencia, San Francisco, Calif. Jones, Elwood, 92 Pepper St., Pasadena, Calif. Ke~!iir. Mrs. H. B., R. F. D. No. 2, Box 145A, Pasade na, · Keyes, G. C., 992 Summit Ave., Pasadena, Calif. Kirkland, Wm., 604* E. 5th, Los Angeles, Cnllf. Kirkland, A. G., 604'no E . 5th, Los Angeles, Call!. Kuehner, AJexta, Box 509, R. F. D. No. 3, Los Angeles, Calif. Lancaster, J. N., 981 E. VIlla, Pasadena, Calif. Lenfest, Melville, 1107 C St., San Diego, Call!. Linney George, 777 N. Fair Oaks, Pasadena, Calif. Long Beach Carpentem No. 710, 2327 E. 4th, Long Beach, Calif. ,. Merz, Martin, 519 E. 33d, Los Angeles, Call!. Mount, H. H ., 590 N. Madison, Pasadena, Calif. Painters Union No. 267, 2927 Thomas Ave., Fresno, Calif. Plumbers Union No. 280, Pasadena, Calif. Peaslee, G. S. · Retail Clerks Union No. 769, San Diego, Calif. Rieser, Antonle, R. F. D. No. 3, Box 509,~.. Los Angeles, Call!. Schrlekel, Adolph, Box 93, Princeville, uregon. Sa.n Diego Fed. Trades Labor Councl~ San Diego, Calif. Tarr, F. A., 241 Isabell St., Glendale, \.:all!. Team Drivers Union, 540 Maple Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. Typographical Union No. 583, Pasadena, Call!. Wheeler, F. C., 1301 Waterloo, Los Angeles, Calif. Wilson, Stanley B., 200 E. Ave. 40, Los Angeles, Calif. , · STANLEY B. WILSON, . Business Manager. Sworn to and subscribed · before me this 26th day of September, 1913. . (SEAL) WILLl(\MS W. ROE - o{ary Pul51 c n an e ounty of Los Angeles, State or California. My commission expires February 18, 1917. J (' �The Western Comrade 5 , I .:__ - J The Cost of Livin �256 The Western Comrade BEFORE -THE DAwi<.J . By ELEANOR WENTWORTH N THE highest hill of the City · of Hills, overlooking the ocean, the woman- stoo.d. It was the sunset hour, that magfc hour when the innumerable enchanters of the twilight approach, m,ysteriously whispering or more mysteriously silent. It was that hour when the sfars appear one by one like great, questioning eyes that would read one's inmost thoughts; when crickets, a thousand strong, in hus~y tones bombard one with the> question, "Whaf do you think?" "What do you think?" "What do you think?" -~ . -It wa:;, that . hour when the sea breeze - comes tugging at one's hair and clothes like a shadow wraith, breathing tales of beautiful ad'ventures into unwary ears; when the desire to eSCipe from superficial bonds becomes all-masterful and the longing to be one's natural, gpod and beautiful self will not be gainsaid. In thfs sweet, potent hour the woman stood on the hi!lhest hill, her arms outstretched, her head up to tlie breeze.' Her white loose •garments fluttered in the wind like graceful birds in _flight. - ~e gazed earnestl'y across the gleaming, undulating expanse of-ocean, as if seeking there an answer to some intrusive question. "Tomorrow it must be," she• whispered ecstatically. "Surely it must be tomorro ....." As she spoke a light shone on her countenance that was like a reflection of the farewell light with which the setting sun was caressing the green hilltops. "All you living, springing .things, you children of Nature's wisdom, tell me it will be tomorrow," she cried. ALKING' closer to the edge ··of the. hill, she seated . herself on a rock and rested her elbows on her knees and cupped her chin in her hands. She surveyed every object and listened to e.very sound with an intent, almost passionate ' interest. The stones at her feet seemed more distinctly colored than usual, the pines more green and pungent, the sunset colors more extravagant, the air more alive with noises. She had never before been aware that the earth under her feet, · the trees about her and the air above her teemed with such exuberant life. "Everything seems so different tonight," she thought. "So much more wonderful, so infinitely more alive! And I see it !ill now because I -am going to be a mother. · "What a strange thing life is and I am to give this_ strange thing 'to a human being. "I am to deliver a little beating heart into the arms of the world. I am to unfold to another the pure joy of living. I am to give to the people another mind and body to help lift the burdens of the world. "Soon, very soon-yes, I hope tomorrow-! am to have given to me that which is dearest to I W Women." A smile gathered about the corners of her mouth and shone deep in her eyes. Already she felt her arms around a soft, warm body and felt a little head pillowed on her bosom. "It will be a great gift," she thought, "a-n d great gifts mean great responsibilities. This ·gift is different from all others; through it I am both the giver and the receiver. I give life to a little being; I give it to itself-and above all, I want my baby to feel that it belongs to itself-not to me or to its father. Then I give it to the world . .. In return I receive all tl)e joy that may come to my child or that it may g i ve to others." • HE darkness had by this time shrouded even the hilltop. It covered the earth like a protecting mantle, whose solemn shade was offset by the star-wreathed sky. Under the in-:. fluence of the calmness which it brought, a prayer rose in the mind of the woman-a prayer to herself. ' 1 1 have waited long and worked hard that my baby when it came might be secure from the drudgery and disease of poverty; that' it might never be surrounded by the dirt that makes misery more miserable; that its body might grow strong and its mind expand before the burden of labor was placed upon it. And now that the waiting is at an end, I must not, simply must not fall short of my responsibilities. "' "May I always love this life that · is coming, but never sear it with a jealous sense of ownership. May I always protect it, but never cramp it. May I open its young mind, but never force my ideas upon it. May I nurture in it a strong sense of personal freedom and yet implant deep in its nature a knowledge of its responsibility to others. "May I never cease giving to. it and ask as a return only the privilege of giving more." A ca·ll from the_foot of the hill startled her. It came again and then she recognized it-it was his call. Down below where the trees were thickest and the flowers sweetest, where lights were gleaming from the windows of homes like fireflies through the underbrush, he was wai ing for her beside their little bungalow. · · Then she remembered the dearest thing of all and marveled that she had overlooked it. This gift which she was cherishing was their gift to each other. She flitted swiftly down the path to tell him of it. T J �TWO-FIFTY By CHESTER !.J. ¥. RIGHT . ~ Little Jimmie was a foundry helper. He worked hard ten hours a day In tl)~ little shoo. Twice ~ach day Little Jimm)e belpect the big floor boss carry the crucibles •of melted steel to the molds. It was hot work; terrfbly hot. The ' Jitt le lad would stagge·r an·d pan under the lpad in the heat. The white metal would send 'ts glare fitfully over his face. B11t .;Jimmie kept on. He must earn money. The c;rucibles were abO'ut the size of small nail kegs. They could be us·ed with · safety twice. Their cost was two-fifty. But th'e I ittle shop was hard . press·~ by' the big shop and the order was to us'e the cruc i bles three times, even though the · graphite sides were burned thin and the danger was great. · .. · , ' Little Jimm !e stood ready to "take hdld" when the crucible was haulea from the fiery oil burner for the last til)'le of the day. - It was the - th i rd trip Into the fire for that' crucible. It was but a shell-a shell full of white heat. The tongs clutched the sides of the flimsy thing. Jimmie gripped with his boss. There was a crunch. The shell · fell rn pieces: "The melted steel · spl~shed to the moistened sand below - like a catar:act of f'lame. There was a gorgeous, blinding flash , as though a billion living stars had been hurled from ground to sky. A man and a boy were dead, the i r bod i es and faces pierced by the· raining steel , burned and seared by the awful fire. But the shop had saved two-fifty! �The . Westecn Comra d e When Girls Go On St t By E L . lNE weeks ago the Cloak A ~ ·~· akers of the '· city San Francisco whichofmarks sOmething began entirelya. n strike ew in tbe history of labor -troubles . • It a waken-ed intense ent,Jlusiasm, a.o indomitable will to win; it m ade hand .. . eager, beads keen and hearts loyal. But enthusiasm, · k eenness, loyaJt;y-aU these • are old. They have guided other strikes. Even the cause or thi~ strike, criminally ~.:;;;;;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii_. low low wages-is a s·'o ld as the hjs tory of str-i~es. There is something besides. these chiua cteristic;s wh ich disti nguishes this st rike." It bas one char-' acterlstic th at is distinctive. This chara ctedstlc t e-· veal s the Cloa k Makers' Un.ion as one of t hos(! awful unions whlc.h a re causing P. H. McCarty and others of kind a· great deal of worry ; it re veals the Cloak Makers' On ion as a radical union. But this is r elating the end of the story before the beginning has been told. Let's go hack for a moment to ancient his tory. Until the last .week In August the conditions 'of the cloak making industry In San Francisco were like the· conditions of the industry in New York and Chicago before the time of the big garment strikes. Tbe men and women worked in unsanitary, badly ventilated, badly lighted, unclean shops. The girls received wages ranging from $5 per week to $9 per week-except the ne w immigrants, the Russian Jewesses, who were unfamiliar with American values or with~ the English language. These received the munificent "remunera::. tion" of $2 per week until they caught on and began to join the Uifion. As the organization of the girls progressed, the employers began to combat it. They brought in unsk1lled, non-union girls and paid. them $10 and $12 for their inefficient work, while paying the skilfed union girls $5 and $6 for their efficient work. You ask: Why is it that the eminently respectable business men of the Cloak Manufacturers' Association keep their shops In a condition that is dangerous to the health of the workers and that thre·a tens to spread disease among the community? Why is it that they pay girls wages which they know must swell the ranks · of the prostitutes? Why is it that they attempt to destroy the organization of the girls, which is their only industrial means of defense? They would telJ you that they do it for the "glory of California." · They wou ld bel1eve in home industry, you know.· To develop home industry, they must ~" e cure to Eastern manufacturers. To secure these orders, they the orders which the large department stores now send must compete with Eastern prices. Of course, it never occurs to them that they can cut prices by cutting a ·part or their profits. '£hey only see a way out of it by cutting the wages of the workers. That has been their piau lor developing home industry. lncidentaily, as they cornered the home tmde, they would increase the number of theil' autos, their. conservatories, their footmen, their French chefs, trips to Europe and Counts and Dukes for their daughters. These are the glittering dreJ!.ms, rather than the "glory of California," which are r ally at the base of the insolence ar1d inhumanity of the Cloak 1\:lanufacturei'S' Association. But the Cloak ·Makers bad their dream.s., thei.r... am . . .· bition • too.. They are Russian Je the truly 'terrible bal'Qened their b~ies and their dream · h Ye become mountain of determination. When t,hat stag) i reached, .M:~. who endure a.od dream until enduranoo b. • MRS. IDA ADLER AND HER SMALL SON their comes a storm unexpected by all except them selves. So the Cloak Makers endured and dreamed. Whtle their fellows about them contracted consumption; they · dreamed of workshops tilled with the glowing warmth of sunlight; perhaps, too, of flower dotted fields outs ide. While here and there a girl disappeared from work to enter that profession from which none of them r eturn, tn ~· dr~aDMd of a time when 'the wor"kers wage will �The Western Comrade ,IJ()w a home, a heart's home, a home for cbildren·Nhen dens Of debauchery Will knOW bbn no more. They !reamed, too, mayhap, of a thing which each day grew ··eslde them as they worked, a thing whifb: they fell .muld bring their other dreams out of the realm of pos"ibllity into the realm of fact; mayhap ~hey dreamed. •oo, of- solidarity. · At any rate. one day the Cloak ·M anufactUrers' As-ociation a wake ned to the fact that the dreams of the· t'loak Makers had become a mountain of determin!ltion · : ith which their own greedy dreams must cope. One line day In t he latter part of August, when the wheels nf Ind ustry were preparing to go at .f ull SP.eed to meet 1 he rush of the Fall trade, when a moment's delay meant an infinite Joss of profits, they found themselves •·onfronted with a strike committee presenting demands rrom the worker s for sanitary work places, a closed :-:hop, a nd, above all, higher wages for the girls. When thus co~tfronted, the oosses displayed the ~h rc wdn ess of cowards. They said to the men, . "We will grant e \·erythlng you ask for yourselves if you go loar·k to work Immediately. But we will not grant the dema nds of the women. They arc foolish, preposterous, ou trageous. If they can't live on the $6 a week th!CY mn ke at sewing buttons, let them make a little on the ~i t!P. " They had met similar situations before in a ~i milar manner and had succeeded. But this time they failed. This brings us back to th'e distinctive characteristic n l' the Cloak Makers' strike. Instead of accepting the offer of the bosses as many g-roups of men have accepted similar offers before, the lllPn or the Cloak Makers' Union, who, unlike the girls, W(•re well organized and compartively well paid and who might have secured the minor things they wanted without a struggle, went out to a man to fight for the women who daily work beside them. And to a man lhPY have staid out for that cause. Altruistic? Not a bit of it! Just p.Jain horse sense. It is true that this is quite tin usual conduct. It is tru e that until very recently the bitterest antagonism f'xisted bewteen men and women on the industrial field. It is true that men oppo ed the entrance of omen Jnto the skilled trades and opposed t;,heir a4mJssion to untons. Undoubtedly they ha.ve scabbed. on women as ther ha. ·e scabbed on cbildren. I.n the past they looked down u.pon women. workers as if from giddy heights. But was that horse sense! What did it result fn? Becan e t.he women were unorga.nlz.ed nd unskilled did it not begin with low wage for them and end ;\'ith low wages for men-e>en unemployment for men? Did it not begin with weating for women and end with sweatlug for men? Did it not begin wtth anta oni m against the organizations of women and end "1th antagonl m against the organiz.ations of men? Did it not pro,·e conclusively ·that the weakness of the weak is thousand times more advantageous to the enemy than the strength of the str~ng is formidable to It? ·o, the men of th Cloak Makers' nion are not superhumanly altruis c. · As their brave little ecretary, .Mrs. Adler, said, they are just as good and just as bad as the men of other unions-only th y are a little wiser. They have merely seen, a it is tOj be hoped that the men of other unions will ·soon see, that short-sighted selfishness is the sux:esf weapon with which they can be undone. Aside from this the men are finding that the women in action display a determination and courage which they will do well to emulate. It is dawning upon them that. not only is it advantageous for men to help women when they need it, but that there may come a time when it will be most advantageous for men to have the help of women. As the strike drags on from week to week and they see mothers leaving their little children at home alone a.nd hungry, while they go out on the picket line; as they see little girls, who ·have competed with nature in the attempt to keep well and happy on $6 a week, submit to arrest time and time again; as they see the women zealous day and nigqt, selllng tickets for benefits, making appeals for funds and making every possible attempt to gain the attention of the publlc, It occurs to them that they have acted wisely for more than one reason. Theirs is a wisdom to be envied. A Matter of Clothes story ' commences with a sort of flirtation. You see, Herbert Montell took a sudden Interest in the common people-"for sociological research" was ' the way he put it. , " ::Herbert Montell was a blue-blood in every conceivable sense. He was of the . select few-an ultra-exclusive. : . Now, it's a funny thing, .as I come to think of it, for every time a patrician decides to study the "poorer clawses" he invariably chooses a young girl for his researches. I lerb rt, you know, was no exception. He went strolling a(ong the aisles of Macy's store, saw pretty Miss Tillie ThomJ>Son. stopped before her <'ollnter, bought a pair of gloves he had no use for, and ~ tr11 ck up an acquaintance. . Herbert Montell was greatly surprised when it !!radually dawned upon him that a poor person can be il.l.teresting. Th.at---wa a.-mt>m-entous--discuverr. 1t cut a wide swath in hi well-regulated life. --~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~HIS · T • By EMANUEL JULIUS Tillie sized him up with one sweeping glance. "He don't look like a piker," she thought. "I guess I'll get nexl." Now then, we are taught by our newspapers that "society men are very self-possessed personages." They never know embarrassment, we a~ told. Well, Herbert wa; awkward, in this instance. In fact, he was !Ike a schoolboy carrying his teacher's umbrella. He managed to say what he considered the right thing at the wrong moment. Once he almost remarked: "You're looking charming," but by a stroke of luck he succeeded in refraining. The girl, on the other hand, was very sociable. Odd, don't you know? When Tillie said : "Would you like to go to the Fifth ward ball tonight?" Herbert accepted immediately. . Would he like to go? Well, I should say! "All right," said Tillie; "I've _ggt tickets :wlth....me soli' you want them I'll let you have a couple-they're only fifty cents each." �260 The Western Comrade Herbert Montell bought two tickets, thinking: "How odd; this young girl sells me the very ticket that will admit her to the ball. There's psychological problem worth analyzing. Interesting, on my honor, I must say, by jove, yes." "We'll m~et at the door o/ the Switchmen's Union hall on Third avenue-that'!t where it's coming off. Be on the job at half past eight. I'll be dressed up," said Tillie. .. . "Oh, yes, by all means, thank you cordially;" and thinking to himself: "By jove, how o.dd!· Meet a ·Iady on the street! And she says she'll be dressed! How odd! How Interesting!" · There was rioth!ng to trouble Herbert Mo'n tell, except what to wear at this ball of the Fifth warders. After pondering about five minutes he decided to throw the whole matter before his butler~ It was .James' opinion that Herbert Moptell was far above so decidedly vulgar a thing as the· Fifth ward ball- he shou ld keep away, for iC was the rendezvous of the low, the habitat ef the bad and the criminal. But. as H erbert Montell persisted, James ventured a little advice- in a word, he said it would be best to dress in his worst and look his most vicious. Now, a butler is the last person in the world to g<i to for information concerning the common people. He can tell you of the significance of an oyster fork or the difference !Jetween a finger bowl and a bath tub,· but you may as well expect a politician to understand political economy as to look to a butler for data concerning the poor. Herbert said, in so many words, that James' advice was splendid. The time was flying; the hour for the ball was fast approaching- he must get ready. So He1·bert Montell ruffled his hair, tied a blue handkerchief around his · neck to take the place of a collar, squirmed into a tight, almost shredded pair of tan trousers, borrowed James' over-large shoes, and a coat that .James used every time he supervised the cartage of the ashes. Once upon a time the coat had been black, but now it was green . A half dozen other additions to his outfit tended to transform Herbert Mantell from a blue-blood into a black -leg. He was a changed man in every sense. Herbert appeared like the conventional stage boweryabout the only thing he lacked was the proverbial discolored eye. James surveyed his master from the top of his checkered cap to the soles of his hea,·y shoes, and slowly. said: ''You look quite presentable for the people you are to mingle with, sir. A rough class it is, sir. and it would be quite well to be careful and go armed." Herbert was pleased to hear he was "presentable." At eight o'clock he covered his masquerade with a cravenette and hurried from his residence. Customarily he went to "occasions" in an automobile-but this time he decided to ride in .the taxi-cab of the common people - the trolley car. Whe n Herbe rt Monte ll alighted he found himself in a section of the city that was new-and somewhat disconcerting- to him. A few m inu tes later he was in the lobby, where he found a crowd c lamoring for admittance. In his crav enette. Monrell passed, unnoticed. Through the dOOI', Herl1ert obtained a quick glimpse of the tum nltous room. He saw the mass of gyrating men and women. swaying and rotating to the tune of rngtime music. And then his eyes gazed upon Tillie Thompson, "the daughte1· of the low;· the real ''sister of th e common . clas ·es." My dictionary defines a diamond as "native carbon crystallized in the isometric system." Describing Tillie makes me feel like my dictionary-shorthanded, unable to meet the gloriousness of my subject, literally at a loss for a suitable flow of words. I can do no more than tell you that T,illie was beautUul. Adding, of course, that she wore a gown of black charmeuse. And to set off the black she had artistically .bardered the bottom of the skirt and up the side with a white fringe. The bodice was entirely of exquisite Irish lace over a combination of white and black chiffon. She was a d~am. • Herbert slowly stammered: "How charming you look." "Thanks to you, old top. Get you r coat into the check room-" "Many thanks-" and he went. off. Tillie, ever alert and able to judge a whole by the minutest detail, immediately surmised that something was wrong. When he returned and she saw the blue handkerchief J around his neck, the tan trousers, the !Immense shoes, the head of ruffled hair, she placed her hands on her hips and pressed downwards, squeezing abo'ut three inches of anatomy out of her corsage. Then, she relaxed, becoming normal again. "Well, who'd a thought you was a piker," she exclaimed, making no effort to conceal her disgust; "if you ain't of the kind what goes to affairs, wbat do you want to butt in an' spoil a night for one that does ? You cheap piker, creep under the sink with the rest of the pipes, and mingle with them as is of your own class." And, with a whirl, she walked away. a FREEDOM B y Dr. George W. Carey The rain that falls In the heart of man Flows out through the eyes In tears; ' And God ' s decrees In the Soul of man, Are wrought In the Cycle of yea rs. The Is And Is • morta l thouRht In the heart of man, the flotsam on life's sea; . . the Div i ne urge In the Soul of man the Word that sets h im free. RENDER UNTO CAESAR Ra il not at the Idle rich , ye slaves, B~nd your broad backs to the load. Whrne not because 'tis heavy, Kick not against the goad. Fed on the sweat of your bodies and brains A great republi c must thrive. Rejoice that your food though scanty Is sufficient to keep you alive. Strive not to change conditions, You lose every time you fight. Take the cru m bs from the rich man's table, "Whatever Is, Is right." "Unto him th at hath" shall be given, Rose strewn shall be his :>ath. "From him that hath not" shall be taken The little that he hath. This may seem rank Injustice; But the good book says it's true. Then why complain that the millions Make bricks without straw for the few. Your women and little children Must be fed to the hungr·y maw Of mine and mill and factory; For that is commercial law. Millions 0f lives must be wretched, And millions of homes be sad; That untold wealth may be stored In vaults _ For the joy of the money mad. -George B . Richards, In Pearson's. �The West e .r n Comrade ~ 261 Th.e Soci alis t Mov enien t in Crilifo.rnia ' By STANLEY B. -WlLSON In this, the second of a series of articles, · Stanley B.• Wils"on, continues his r esume of the movement throughout the state of California. This chapter is filled with a dramatic interest seldom equalled-and it. is also filled with suggestion for those who have the inter.ests of the great ca,11se deeply at heart. Comrade W ilson finds the "company town" a frequent menace to the welfare of the workers. In this chapter is an illustration of one of those places where exploitation is 100 per cent pure. ,His observat ions on the single tax propaganda are of interest. Another installment of this series will appear in next number _of this magazine. ' ~.~~~~il 0 reach th e points .desired in the northern portion of th e state, sentineled by Mt. Shasta, it was necessary to cut at an angle ac·ross Dei Norte County and lnlo Oregon . This was a portion of the trip that appealed especiall y ·to the senseH. Except for the first half-dozen milf's through the redwoods. where the s unli ght enters but dimly, the road was one of the best mountain highways I have el'er Hee n ; step and narrow, with plPntv of s harp turn~ and thrilling precipices, but reIIIarknbiy smooth. \\'e sto pped t'o r luneh at Monumental, consisting HOi Ply of th E> hote l. The stage stops there daily for 11w noon meal. When we took our seats at the table, nn e ld erly lafly wailed on 11s and 11rged us to eat, with I ill· n•mnrk: "The more you E>at, boys, the better I like il." \\'h f' n Hhe learned or our being from Los Angeles, s ltP II' IIH not so frie ndly , though her nianner was still •·Oiirtcou~. She told u s tha t s he was ·rorrnerl,v a resident or Los Angeles, but that she had been swindled out of a fol'li iiH.! thPr<' and was <·ompelled. to go out in the big world and Ht· I·u~~l e for existence. Again was I glad of 111~- part In the onh· movement. that can re nd er impossiIJh• tlic l t'~a ll zE>d robberies of business. Strolling along the main street' of Grant's Pass, I was a ~-:n ('ab ly snrprisetl to SE'e the '\'estern Comrade displa,v!'d for sale on a news stand. \\' lien we hall reached the summit of Siskiyou and l•t·gnn the dcscf'nt on th.e south side, wp were afforded mu· first view ·of Mt. Shasta: T "Serene and satisfied, Supreme, as lone a God, Looming like God's archangel." Our first stop was at Hornbrook. I did not have a lecture da.le here. 'or did I have one at any of the towns in the Yiclnlty of Shasta. For some reason the Socialist Party has not hem very aggressive in that section. A few miles from Hornbrook, on the Klamath Ril'er, the go.vernroent maintains a fish hatchery. Game of all kinds is plentiful, and as the population i n that part of the state is very su:lall, the problem of rood is not as intense as in more- populous and comhlerdali~ed <·ommtmities. l<'roro Montague, the next town we stopped at. we took a side trip into Little Shasta Valley. Driving up 10 the post oOlce, which is in a store, surrounded by a lar e J.>t.~Oha..uf Jh&--pariy-aske+l ~rmission­ the old man ln charge o.f the stoxe to pick some oJ' the apple-s lying under the trees. 'AH!elp yourself," was the. hearty reply. "The hogs have more than they can eat." When we had filled our pockets and hats with the fine fruit, the old man said: "Now if you boys like plums, just ·g o out here back of the store and help yourselves.!' H e explained to us that be bad no market for the fnJit. When asked why he did not ship it to the San Francisco· commission mep, "Not on your life," was his reply. "I tried' that, and not only did I have my trouble arid expense for nothing, but they sent me a bill for a balance to them." He said that the most be ever received for a shipment of any kind was six bits for six dozen ducks. When I asked him why the ranchers of the Ya lley did not -undertake the co-operative marketing of their fruit, he said: "Well, really, we haven't enough to co-operate. That's what's wrong with this valley. It's one of the richest spots in the world. Once -back in the mining days-this place was filled with people. Ilut when the m ining played out, instead of settling down to f.arrning, the people flocked back to the cities. I tell you it makes me sick to see this rich valley with about a half-dozen familles, when it ought to be filled with people. I am about the smallest properly owner here, and I own a 'thousand acres.'' I thought of the fish hatchery at Hornbrook and wondered why the government is so strong on fish and so weak on folks. It's well to keep the streams filled with fish , but the good" people at Washington are a long time getting at the problem of filling the fertile valleys and plains with families sunounded by conditions that will enalJie thHn to live and prosper. All through the Shasta section, I found Socialism dead, or rather absent, for it does not seem to have ever lJeen there to die. The problem with those who have any problem is land. Single tax is the only live problem. At Yreka, the center of the '49 days, I found single tax advocates aplenty, among them roost of tlt'e county officials and school teachers. 1 had several talks with District Attorney Hooper of Siskiyou county, who is an ardent single taxer. He was eager to learn what Socialism had to offer as a solution of the land problem. He was with our party at several places in that section. " ' hen leaving us, he said that if I would return to Siskiyou coun~y be would personally arrange a series of meetings for me. It was apparent to me that unless the Socialist Party interests itseli intensely and Intelligently in the land problem, the Single Tax movement will take · its place in many sections of California. From Yreka we ran up into Scott Valle ·. Tbis vafl u re rom ac of population as bas LltUe Shasta. It is one af tbe richest !arming districts In the state. The s:oil is very productive, but transporta- �262 The Western Comrade tion is difficult on account of remoteness from a railroad. There are some active SocTallsts around Etna Mills and in the mines at Clannahans. There are also a few at Ft. Jones. I was to have lectured at >wedd, but the comrades could not get a· ball. Weed i& Weed. , That Is, it is the property of a man named Weed, who owns about everything ownable. The Weed Lumber Co~·pany has immense mills and mile after mile of timber lands. I secured a copy of the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou county; at which Mr. Weed made application for a reduction '· of asse sment On his cut-OVel' lands- that is lands from Which the timbe r had been cut. He was asS'essed · one dollar per acre, and asked a reduction to fifty cents per acre, whi ch was granted. • I m.et a few of th e comrades at Sisson. They have to work tamely, on account of the influence of the !urn- . ber kings. The mills are at McCloud, another company town, th e property of th e McCloud River Lumber Company. Say, but this is a despotism with a vengeance. The re is not a privately-owned horne ot· building of any kind in the place. The company owns everything. The workers with families must pay rent tq the company and purchase all their . supplies at the company stores. I had to pay ten cents for a picture post card of the town. You can judge how much the workers. have to S]1end in riotous living after paying rent and grocery bills. This company owns all of the timber lands in Siskiyou county east of Sisson. The charming McCloud River runs through its holdings. We took a side trip to McCloud and up to Fowler Falls on the rive1·. On this river are located the magnificent castles of Phoebe Hearst; Charles \:Vh eelet·, the San Francisco attorney, and Tom Williams, the racehorse man. Indeed, there is much to make one forgEt he is visiting a portion of the United States instead of. some section of titledom in the Old World .. The company takes as 'g reat precautions to pre'Vent the operations of Socialists in its realm as it does to prevent fire. Yet It did not take me long to find out that there are several So.cialist firebrands in the mills and woods, who are slowly but surely adding. to the great mental and moral conflagration that will one da y consume the last vestige o( ·s pecial privilege and selfish exploitation. Before the railroad shop strike Dunsmuir bad a strong' Socia.list local. Wlth the strike and the remova l to other P.arts of many of the shop workers, the local went to pieces. But there remained a few who had red blood in their veins as well as red cards in their pock. ets. They continued to meet in private houses and to keep alive the agitation for that commonwealth wherein strikes will not be a necessity. They arranged a lecture for Sunday evening. We bad a fine audience, in which were several rabid anti-Socialists who were ne\'er before seen in a Socialist meeting. 1 In nearly every community I visited, I was asked by the comrades for advice as to· bow to keep interest alive in the locals. My chief suggestion .was to organize a study club. · It's an old saying that "Satan finds mischief for idle hands to do." The exploiter certainly gets a new lease when the Socialists of a community have nothing to occupy their minds except to quibble over some cheap question of tactics. One sincere Socialist, living and teaching the great principles of Socialism in a community is worth a hundred quibbling tacticians. There is no more fascinating and effective mean ~ of Socialist operation than the study of its origin, history and principles and program. Interest can ne\'er wane in a local that has a goocl study class, no matter how sma~l or how large the membe rship. (To be continued.) WE CALL IT WAR l;~!!!!!:!!!!!:!!!!!:~llVIL war is in our midst. By CHESTER M. WRIGHT It is real war. the fact that the soldiers are on duty. No certain sort Nor is peace in sight. Though some r:Jf weapons is necessary to a conflict. The weapons may cry, "Peace, peace," there is no always are selected to fit the conflict. And it even may peace. For there can be no peace until be that the absence of any weapons, the absence of any there is no war. And there IS war. activity, the absence of any tools in use, denotes conThose who toil are in revolt against filet as truly as the roll of drums,. the crack of rifles. those who own but do not toil. This the boom of cannon and the tread of many feet stepping great struggle cannot be .described in · in time. The strike! the phrase, "Labor war." It is too big There is no need to gloss the serious nature of th e great struggle that is on between the Have-nots and th e for any phrase . . It would take volumes Ha\·es. It is serious; it ~ bitter. And there can be no to describe the great struggle, and those volumes have not been written. They cannot be writpeace until absolute victory comes to the dispossessed. ten until the struggle is ended. Dispossession is the cause of the conflict; it forces the Smug defenders of those who Have try from time hosts of toil into battle and they cannot retire from the to time to convince us that there is no need for strugfield until they have gained for themselves the right gle, no need for war, no need for anything but harmony. to have what they create-the right to live without be· Some go so far as to tell us that there is no struggle, ing robbed. except in the minds of a f-ew "agitators"-terrible word. 'l'hey prattle to us of "living wages" and of arbitraBut, if there is no war why the soldiers? Answer tion and of many other things calculated to lull us. into that for us. submission. But we can have none of these. We can lf there is no war why the military prisons--the bull not stop half way, for if we do we shall be dri ven back pens of Trinidad and Calumet? Answer that for us. to the barren plains straight ·away. We must go on If there is no war why the soldier-jammed streets of until complete victory is ours.' Seattle, why the troop- patrolled streets of Pa,terson? So we say to the world that the • Answer fo {}tls~------~-----c:coO:n irffic w a 1t wishes-we call it war. But we do · not prove that there is war s.imply by They chide us for our insistence In t_he fight; they �The Western Comrade ad monish us to be fair. They advise us ru- "meet the e nemy half way." Jdle words; bait phrases to protect the masters and to trap us into ceasing fire. The only fa~ thing to do to the man who is ptcklng your pocket.is to ma$e him 1ake his hand out. He must stop entirely. You do not want him to merely take a little less than he intended 10 take. You want him to stop altogether. You want him to take nothing. That is the attitude of militant Javor. lt is uot that the capitalist shall take a· little less; it is that he shall take NOTHJNG-absolutely nothing at all! And !>O today we ha1·e great con'fl icts between labor :LIId c·apital. \\"e haYe the battle of the copper miners, 1hP hat tiC> of the coal miners in the East and the \Ves t , 1ht> batt IC> of 1 he cloak makers in San l<~rancisco, the l•attl<> of till' timber workers in the South, the batlle of thP cotton mill "·orkers iu the East, with hundreds of l•·,;spr hattlps scattered in eYery Cfnter of industry from To us the plea of the ~pitalist for fairness is ludicrous. It is like requesting the executioner to pad the straps of the electric chair .with velvet. And we do not mean to be fair to capitalism. We mean to kill it; annihilate it absolutely~ That 1s the only fairness we know anything about. We must get the iron heel off our neck completely. We must get the .sneaking · hand out of our pocket for good. We are in deadly earnest. V\'e carry no white flag. There is going to be no s urrender; no truce. There is going to be nothing but one unceasing war until Labor has regained its right to life aud all that life at its best can mean. This is not a _q,eclaration of war. That came long ago from sources over which we have no control. This is merely a reaffinnation of our uncompromising, unflinching attitude toward ·the war that is upon us. Our trade unions stand out a lon g the s k irm is.h lines, sighting the enemy, halting it here and there for a moment, doing the best they can do. But looming big and menacing. with the key to the heart of the sftuation, the Socialist Party looms up as the g reat and final power t hat is to send the capitafist system into d efeat and death, building out of the ruins as they fall the new civilization whe rein the only potent po~er will be the powet· of RJGH'l' as voiced by a free people. The Socialist Party is the agenc·y through which the toilers are to perform a historic mission for the world to come. l t is the great agency of the revolution-the civil war of the workers against the idle possessors of the world's machin es and storehouses. Capitalism, we hal"e no kind word for you, except that you ln11·e brought us to the door of our liberties. You have setTed your pu rpose and you must go- unwillingly, but none the less completely. \Ve shall see to that. \\'e a;e flghting . you and we are going to win. <·oast to c·oa:-;t. And. c·alled IJ~· its right name, this is ch· il war- one pm tion of the ·peoplp strugglin g against another, for a pritiC'iJ>i<'- for the right to lifP. liberty and the pur;;uit of that happin( ss that <·om<>s from the possession' of tl1ose thing,; that go to make life full and rich and IIO I'Ih whih• in e1·ery sensC>. Tilt> light b dPSpPrate- - ll·ar is a!IYays that way, just "" 1 hat h:ll"kn .. ,·pfi phrase of·UC>nc•ra l Sherman's pi<;tures " \1< n "tan·, .. mPn arp killed: \\"Oill<>n stan·c- and are -otn<' li !tl(':' ldi!Pd. Littk C"hildr<' ll are stan·ed, and fre, llt•nll-'· di<•. And no war is anylhing- more than that. lltll it nttl"t hP. It must ht· h•·•·ausp lh<· ('Onditions tlt at 1·n·ate il ar<> upon 11s ha1·c· been for some timP. TltoH · •·otHiilion~ ~ro\\' ll'orsc• automatica lly- cumu latil·c !"t~n·t•. • Thai is. unless there rist>s tip in front of them :t JHlll"(•r :.;trong enough to check thC>m. And thP only tiling !.hat "an c·hec·k roblie rr is thP might of the man or " la ss .._, lint is being rohhed. ThP ll'orkin g- (']ass is being robl.Jed. l'roducl ion is "'H'ialized. The rol lectil"e tools of production and dis tt·iiJution are o11·ncd by the capitalist c lass . This is not a fight bet\\·epn indiv id uals; it is a fight l.Jetll'ee n clasSE'S. The 1\"0t·king c lass cannot al low the robbery to continue. Strikes come, inevitably. Strikes have for their obj!'t·t the protec tion of the worker from excessi ve rob!,.·r~· . ThC> pure and simple union ist is willing to pe rntit some robbery- but not COJ\1PLETE robbet-y. He dol'sn't undNstatid the principle behind the robb eryyet. 'fhE' man who does understand that principle sees that the '' just-a-little- roiJbery" toiler doesn't understand hbll' far he has to travel. He bas plunged into the battlc-l.Jut h e doesn't see tbe finish of it. H e will, howc·,·er. Having been plunged into the battle he cannot Pxt ricate himself until the final . 1·ictory is won, holl' e ver much he may want to. For. wh il e h e m ay win a small victory and halt th e rohl.Jer at one end of. his line h e will find the robber IJus ier than ever at the other e nd- and so t h e fight goes on, incessa ntly, until the final overthrow of the robbe r. The pu r e a nd simple unionist may get the foreign hand 011t of one pocket· for a moment, but h e will find it tlil igently at work in tl:le other pocket. In cessant battle. ="o complete cessation of hostilities. So it is war to the finish. \Vhy veneer the thing? It may be u g ly, but it is n ecessary. lt may be bitterhut su bmiss ion is more bitter. The term "war-" may be une thica l, but what has bcund us to abide by the eth ics '>f the robber? To us robber eth ics are unbearable. 'I'D the worm ttre btt11"1s- evil. We can see no nobility in any ethics that condone robbery a~d murder! 263 • • • DREAM L U LLABY Sydney Hillyard Sleep, little baby, 't is bye baby t ime Thy mother will sing thee a bye baby rhyme, Will sing of the day that my baby will see When baby, my baby, a woman will be The day that Is dawning,_ The bright golden morning, Its ~y Is an awn ing, my baby, for thee. No dri ve•· shall drive thee In terror or tea rs, Nor judge shall condemn thee to long silent years, No sla ver, m .v baby, In ambuscade lies To steal. all the lau!)hter from Innocent eyes Oh sweet baby mine My arms shall entwine Thy star that shall shine In the beautiful skies. ' ., • Thy mother, rock·a- baby, has wept In the night For thy fathe r, my baby, that'JO out In the fight But a new world Is making, my own little girl Mother sees In her dreams its bright banners unfurl For the night lies behind thee Its ch a ins sl>all no't bind thee Its ghouls shall not find thee, my sweet pretty pearl. In the day that Is coming, that's fast on the wing, Brave men shall· rejoice and sweet women shall sing A lover Is coming my baby to woo, Mother sees him In dreamland, so strong and so true Now he lies at his rest On his own mother's breast So smile In thy nest for she's singing of you. So sleep, little baby, through bye · baby time With this In thy dreams for a bye · ba by rhyme One day thou shalt teach thine own baby to dream As thy moth~r .!'~ t~kbes tbe.e,..JJ.Ule_su.nbeam.-s s fie sings soft and low For her baby shall grow, 'v'v' here her summers shall flow like a beautiful stream. �264 The Western Comrade The Seamstress B From that blithe and impertinent organ of the revolution in New York, The Masses, the following sketch Is culled. Along with this culling there goes a wishing that this might have been the first magazine to publish this bit of art-thought from the pen of Adriana Spadoni, one of the numerous California writers, to hie themselves to the equally broad but less sunny shores of the Atlantic. And as just an added bit of information about this little sketch let it be known that ·current Opinion liked it so well that it welcomed it to its own columns. And now, thus formally introduced, yDu .may read on.-Editors. r=====~ , T" HE woman laid down the skirt she was binding and listened. The street door below closed, someone went into the front room, and then shuffling feet came up the sairs. ··Are ye in? It's yur friend." The snuffling feet went down again. _ The woman rose, folded the skirt neatly, and crossing to the curtained corner took a black jacket from a hook behind and a small black hat from the shelf above . Before she put on the hat she tightened her coi l of auburn hair and picked up a few loose threads from her !Jiack marino waist. She had soft,· helpless hands spattered with light freckles. The black jacket was too tight and gaped in front. Above her face looked large r and paler than before, as if it had been compreai:lcd upward . The eyes, with much close sewing, wer-e slightly red about th e lids and tiny red veins netted the eye!Jalls. When she was ready she pulled th e window down from the top, drew the blind that no one might look in across the narrow lightwell, locked the door and put the key in her stocking. As she e ntered the front room below a man got up quick ly from the shabby sofa in the corner. He was a tnll man with military shoulders. He looked as if he sho uld have been in uniform. "I was afraid you might not be in," he said nervously, and the hand he held out trembled, although it was a strong hand, bony and well s haped. "No, I'v e been working at home all day." "Then you need a breath of air." He tried to smile naturally, but his lips twitched and he seemed in a hurry to get out. "This air is enough · to choke anyone," he said impali nOy as they stood for a moment in the narrow hall while the woman buttoned a pair of gray cotton gloves. "Does she cook cabbage all the time?" "Most of the time, I reckon . Unless it's the odor of the original one in the air yet." The man smiled a little less nervously and held the door open in the manner of a man accustom d to such service. At the foot of th front steps he tumed to her. '"Have you any preference?" "Anywhere. It reallv doesn't make any difference." H E HESITATED a moment and then, turning sharply to the left, began climbing the steep hill b fore them. It was cold, with a cheerless gray mi t creeping farther and farther in among the gray wooden hou es. The mal). shivered a little, and she tri d without his noticing it to button the three gaping buttons. Block after block they walked without speaking. Th man s mood dictated the silence, but there was no mb rras ment In it. From time to time she glanced at him .as Jt -lookiag-.fm--a ·gn, -amt-ghmced away agafil" without having said anything. The man star d ahead, his dark, lean face set, as if the mu cles had b n worn away by nervous friction. At last the sky gr w darker and a dull red glow of the city's lights spread through the low-hanging fog. The man turned. "I didn't think It would come so soon again,'' he said in a . weak, petulant voice. "It's not more than thr e weeks, is it?" I "Almost four. Three and five days." The man shrugged wearily. !.:What's the good, Kathie, I can't do it.". . The woman laid her hand on his arm. "Yes, you can," she said softly, anc there was something in her voice like the ring of a finely toned bell. "You're b tt r, lots better than last year." "Kathie, I'm not worth it.'' The man looked at h r with tired, discouraged eyes. "It's got too strong a bold." "Let's go and have something to eat." She spok cheerfu ll y. "I was so busy today I didn't have time to stop for lunch." They walked on again, silent as before. A( last they came to a restaurant wllCise swinging electric sign cut the darkness of the block. "I g uess this wi ll do?" He nodded, and they went ln. A S THJ!: officious walter dropped the red velvet· curtain of the small private box behind them, be winked at a fellow worker. The other returned the wink. "Poor fellow, madam has the face of squash.'' When the first waite r· took in the tea and toast and strong black coffee tha~ had been ordered, there was under the professional indifference in his eyes a faint • shadow of curiosity. The woman broke the toast delicately with her plump, freckled hands, and ate In that indescribable way of a person used to the proper thing. In the same indescribable way the man drank the strong black coffee from the thick cup. When it was almost gone be looked up. "Do you think I'd better go in again, Kathie?" "How long has it l~sted this time?'' "Only a few hours-so far. I felt It coming on atter lunch, so I hurried over. to you."· "Don't you feel as if you could ward it oft'!" She spoke slowly, knitting the palely red eyebrows. "You're really-so much-better, I hate--to have--you go in again." "I know." The long nenous fingers played with the saucer. "I thought it was going to be all right after the last time, and then-this afternoon-" The woman le ned across the table with an oddly graceful motion. "Don't you really belie,·e you can do It alone? hate to have you go." "I don't know Kath~ I Jlwl1 Jmow." he. upeated helplessly:- ·'Ir-y~u could-" �The Western Comrade 265 The man buried his head in hls arms and groaned. was no good, no good till I found you again, Kathie." ''I'm going to quit, Kathie, I'm going to quit. What's Now he did see her. "Why do some wome n-underthe use? A West-Pointer-first in the class-and now · stan.d, Kathie," he asked simply. an und er-draughtsman when I cad keep the job. What "I don't know, Bob. I suppose-It's-to even things would the folks· at home say tO' that?" • up- for those who have rio charm, no beauty." A faint moisture glistened in the woman's eyes, He made no effort to contradict. "It's the lonereddening the network of tiny veins. sameness, the awful lonesomeness. You don't know "He was proud of you, wasn't he?" what it is." "Do you remember the first appointment; the quick " No." she said quietly. " I don't get much time to promotions?" be lonely. I'm pretty busy." "Yes, Bob, 1 remember them." He looked almost envious. "I wish I could find "How did it get such a hold, Kathie?" he · asked~ty in mere work," he answered peevishly. "But plainti\'ely. "1 wasn't worse than the others at first." drawing-boards and blue-prints seem so foolish without Beatrice." Again · he stared beyond her. She reached ~ for her gloves, and began buttoning the tight jacket. HI•; woman's thick shoulders shook. "Perhaps it "Shall we go?" · was in the blood, Bob." "Perhaps, h.~ answered wearily, "but I never S THEY walked back the man talked and the ilPard of another Farthi11gton that was a drunk-a comwoman listened. The heaviness was gone. With JllOll drunk." vivid touches be sketched the me n Jat the office, "Yuu'rt> not. You 're not that." A dull color crept r epea ted bits of interesti ng gossip, anecddtes at which into ti re pale. fat face. "And you're getting better all they both laughed. Wh en th ey reached the house he • il <· tim e. Las t year-" we nt lightly up the ste]YS and opened the door for her. A tittle hope g limmered in the man's eyes. "Do you A tiny jet of gas flared in the draft. Behind a closed r•·all;· think -so. Kathi e~ Yes, 1 guess- ! am- a littledoor someone was snoring. The man dropped his voice til;tlll\s to yon." as he took the woman's hands. "You·,.<' done it yourself. lloh. Nobody could have "Thank you - a thousand times. It's going to be all tll:tdP ;·nu, if- '' right this time, too." "You made me. Some how if ca n get to you in The woman smiled. "Of course it is. It's going to till!!'. that g nawing, hiting thing insid e goes to sleep. get easier and easier t·ight along, and soon there'll be somPlwll· you bring the othet· hack, the plantation, the no next time." :<low. hot day s uf peace. the- " ... "Do you know, Kathie, believe that-1 believe ''You will be able to do it alon e soon, Bob.:' The you're right. Really I have a lot of will. If Beatrice tu•a ,-y fa1·e was immobile. exce pt for the shadow of a 1fli,d only und e rstood- and then after- it was so lonewpar;· smile about the shapeless !ips. , sgme-" " \\'hen you say it like that,t·y believe it-till the The woman withdrew her hands and turned to the nPxt time." stairs. "Yes," she said soothingly, "I know. But it \ "And soon there won't be a next time." The woman will be different now." laughed softly, and again the ring of a fin ely toned "I believe it will." The voice was young with hope. bt•ll came into her voice. "I have a will, you know--only it hasn't-seemed The man laid his strong brown hand on her's. worth while." "li:;1.thie, if happiness ever comes back into my life, I "I know," she said again as she began slowly mountshall owe it all to you ." Ing the stairs. "Good night. If you get good news-" The woman looked down into her plate. "Have you "You shall be the first to bear it, Kathie-the very heard-lately?" first. Good night-and . thank you." "She's on her way home," he whispered. "I saw it As she bent to get the keys from her stocking, in the society news yesterday." s~uffling feet moved from the banisters of the hall The freckled hand quil·ered. "Edgar, too?" above. Her room was cold and damp, for the narrow ''It didn't say. But she wouldn't leave him in Paris light- well drew the fog like a funnel. When she had alone . without he r." hung the black jacket on its nail and put the hat in "He must be-quite-a. boy- now." its box she sat down, drew the lamp close, and finished "He's almost eight." putting on the binding of the skirt. T A • • • A THESE ~'JU-" They shall be gentle, brave and strong, To spill no drop of blood, but dare All that may plant man's lordshi p firm, On earth, and fire and sea and air. GAl they were silent, until the throbbing in the woman's throat forced her to say something. " \Vhen are they due?" ''About three weeks." The man looked up. Behind the despair in his eyes there was something flickering, trying to lil·e. "She said a year. If I could-for one whole year- she wou1d- trust me again. It's six tuonths- since 1 was really bad- because the last time- " Yes," the woman interrupted quickly. "It's six tuonths.'' • The flickering spark in the· man's eyes grew stronger. .. .\Iy God!" be whispered. "If-I could. Think of it, 1-\athie! She-would- take-me back. Beatrice would take me back. She would be my wife again. It's four ~ Ntrs since she went and took Edgar. Four-yea;s." The woman knew he did not se .J:!~r. He was staring<•ac'K Town the years.-~r years-and I have tried. 'low I tried the first y_ear-and the next, too. But it TH IN GS MUST BE . DONE By J. Symonds These th i ngs shall bel a loftier race Than e'er the world hath known shall rise With flow'r of freedom In the ir souls, And light of science In their eyes. A. Nation w i th nation, land with land, Unarm'd shall live as comrades free; 1n ev' ry heart and brain shall throb The pulse of one fraternity • New arts shall bloom -of loftier mold And mightier music thrill the sklu, And ev'ry life shall be a song, When all the earth Is paradise. - --r=:--=:-::-::=-=~==-=-=:::----r'flese ngs-they are no dreams-shall be For happier men when we are gone; These golden days for them shall dawn, Transcending ought we gaze upon. -- �2Gfi The Western Comrade THE FEDERATION IDEA ' · By j. L. E N G D A H L and influential minds in ·the American f<'ederation of Labor were having their say. The storm of debate dashed against and was hurled back E> from the question: "Shall officials ot the A. F. of L. also be permitted to belong to the National Civic Federa~ tion ?" The time and place-the 1911 con\·e ntion of the A. 1''. of L. at Atlanta, Ga. Down in front someone had long been see king to gnin the recognition of !'resident Samuel Gomvers. At J~st he got it. Then he IJcgan to talk. It was- Max Hayes, of Cleveland, 0., veteran in tlt<' Soda list st ntggle. H<' talked little of the Civic Federation nor did he denounep the ignorauce of his fellow-delegates. He talk<>ll much and earnestly of the growing and multiplying JIO\I'<•r of !!apitalism. "'J am glad that my friend, Hayes. here, has finis!J f d ltiH ann11al propaganda sJtecch," said "Big Jim·· Lynch; the n<>xl spl•aker, the international head of the Typographical t·n ion. It also happeus that Hayes is a printer. Annually they sit dose to each other in the councils of the Atuerican Federation of Labor. Just as often Hayes tlnswervingly assai ls tit<• citadels of exploitation and s eeks to interpret to thosp about him the handwriting that indi!Htrial evolution inscribes upon the pages of tht> years. It has been a hard and discouraging fight. Year aftpr Y<'ar it SPemed as if no progress was being mad e. Now it sN•ms, however, that the lJig thing- Am e ri ca ·s Organizf'd Lahor- is on the forward move. "' I was surpriserl- agreealJ Jy surprised- at the progress that had lJeen made."' said A. A. lllyrup, interna tio nal prf'sident of the llakE'rs· Union. upon rpturni ng last .1·par from th e l!l 12 convention al Roches ter. N. Y. 1\lyrup had missed several conventions and was th E'refore altlc to note the contrast all the bette r. After a ll the Llattle is the sc hool of the toiler. Suffering is his teache r and delegates to aJiilllal eonl·entiuns o nl y talk .and hav e writtf'n down the stenographic account of the lessons that h e has lea med. It was in the biltf't' war aga inst the lllinois Central and Harriman railroads that t he Fede ration idea of organ izing th e railroad s hopmen r eceived its greatest imp<.>tus at a gathering held at Kansas Cit~· . Mo., in April. 1!112. The amalgamating of a ll the shopmen on ail the railroads- th e object sought- was called the f<:>deration of federations, and the hope was a general strike of all the s!.opmen in ordet· that victory might perch upon the lJanners of Labor. The move was new, success has not yet come. but the struggle is s till going on. l~or the Pllr)lose of this article no sacred words sha !I hi:' rpcognized. Call it federation or industrial unionism. or coin some other name if you like. "Big .Jim" Lynch could refer to Hayes' effort to rouse the slumbering Llra.in of LalJor as a ·•propaganda speech:' but the fact still remained that the purblind eyes of toil were gradually but surely beginning to see. I shall attempt to here set down, not a hazy, specu la tive dream of the far future, but to indicate some of t he phenomena-nm1cea i1eln he organized 1\:~ric~ 11'!!!!!!!!!~~~~!'10\\'ERI<'L.L . p labor movement that spell "GROWI:-\G SOLIDARITY .. in letters large enough to threate n the peace of mind of the industria"! masters who even now feel themselves slowly slipping from the backs of all men. women and children who labor. I shall also dare to prophecy on what this growing olidat ity m Eaus for the next few years. Right now the American Federation of Labor is sending a ,Pamphlet lJroadcast o\·er the nation <:>ntitled. "Industrial Unionism." There is a sub-title, ''Its Relation to Trade Unionism:· The contents • of this pamphlet is in sbbstance the report of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor to the Roeh<:>st<:>r. ~. Y., convention, 1912, in which it is declare~. ··tlw subject is fairly discussed."' The point isn't so much that indu trial unionh:m resolutions we re defeated in the last A. t'. af L. con \'eutiou lJy a \·ote of two to one, or that the A. F. of L. executil'e council has issued a pamphlet not at all fa\·o ring it. The point Is that this question is hefort> nearly 3,000,0uo organized workers of the nat ion for discussion. At its meeting the first Sunday of October the Chi cago Federation of Labor referred the qu<:>stion of in dustrial unionism to all affiliated locals, with a total membership of a quarter of a. million, with the recom mendation that the locals discuss and vote on th e sulJ ject for the guidance illld direction of the central body. When a quarter of a million get to talking indust1·ial' solidarity o\·er their dinner lJuckets at the noon ho11r with the reflected resu lts in union local meetings. the outcome will soon affect cit)·, state and national federations. The A. F. of L. executive council argues th at the t rad e unions are not "rigid, unyield ing, or do not adjust themselves to meet new conditions and do not advance, develop or expand:' as is argued by a certain type of so - called industrial unionists. ThEl, declaration is made that "trade autonomy, ac cording to the ethics of the Ameri can Federation of LalJor, means self-government. Craft autonomy does not prohibit the amalgamation of kindred or oth<:>r trades or calli ngs. It e n courages it." Jt is then pointed out that th e A. F. of L. has "developed the system of industrial departments which federate the organized workers of the different crafts. trades and call ings and which co-operate for common protection and advancement the intere~ts of all." The contention is made that "progress in the Organized Labor movement is the result of a natural del'elopment." and that the organization of the Ameri can Ft>deration of Labor is such that it is able to meet with "the varying Jlhases and transitions in industry.'· \\.hile the organized Am erican labor movement has no such organization as the German Metal \\'orkers· l nion. considered au industrial union of all workers in metal, it can be said that the American workers are not subdil·ided into crafts to the ~:~arne extent as th e British workers. In its last report detailing the result~ of jurisdictional ~utes the A. !<'. of L. exec util·e coun _clL..r.epar.t.s~ - - ·-· - · - - - -·-· "Years ago we severed the affiliation of the Amerl- or �The Wes t ern Comrade can branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, and declared that inasmuch as its members performed the work in several of the machinery trade91. the members thereof should belong to the Interqational {\.ssoclation of Machinists. The Allied Metal Mechanics' International 1Jnion became part of the International Asso ciation of Machinists, 3ntl the Machinists' Helpers' Unions hav e become part thereof. "The Amalgamated Wood \Yorkers' International Union a malgamated with and became part of the United Broth erhood of Carpenters and Joiners, and th e American Branch of the Amalgamated Society of CaTpe nters has had its chartet· revoked because it refused to amalgamate with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiner s. "In accordance with the instru ction s of the Atlanta conn'ntion, efforts were mad e to have the International Association of Steam and Hot \\'ate r Fitte rs and Helpers amalgamate with th e United Association of Plumbe rs, Gasfitters, Steamfitters, and Steamfitte rs· He lper s. Because of th e refusal of th e former. we have e nd ea vor ed to carry th e instructions into effect that th e re s hould he but one organization recognizEd in tire piJ1e-fitting Industry, and that the 1I nited Assoc iation of Plumb e rs, Ga s fitt e rs, Stea mfitters, and Stea mfitte rs · HPlpers. The l' ni ted Association has within its membership those lJran ches of th e trades includ ed in its titl e. "The International Molders' llnion of North Ame ri ca now e nco mpasses mold ers of all metals, and some years ago th e C'oremakers· Inte rnational Union beca me amalgamated with it. "'The Longshore men have pilots and steam shovelmen in add it ion to th e ir own work e rs, longshoremen. "lllacksmiths have chain make rs and helpers. "Th e Las ters' International Union becam e amalgamated with th e Boot and Shoe Workers' International llnion. "The Iron and Steel W·orkers are organizing th e unskille d with the skilled of· the trade. "Th e miners have jurisdiction ov e r all work in and around th e mines. "Granite Cutters have added polishers, rublJ e rs. saw yers , and the tool sharpeners have been part thereof from th e beginning. "Quarry Workers have added derrickmen . boxing and strapping. "Railroad teleg~aphers have added station agents, signalmen, train dispatchers, tel ephon e rs, pne umatic iut'erlockers and staff men. '.' The Journeymen Tailors' International Union , the United Garment Workers of North America and th e Ladies' Garment \Vorkers' International Union are e n deavoring to bring ahout an amalgation of the three organizations, or to bring about a close r co-operative effort. "So on we might quote nearly all of the national and international unions in their constant effort to a more thorough and comprehe:nsive organization of their own fe llow workers in the trade, or in kindred trade s." Internecine war breaking out as the result of jurisdictional disputes has taught the workers many bitter lessons. \Vhile this internal warfare has bee n going on for th e most part among the better paid workers, the so-called "labor aris\ocracy," it has militated against the organization of the unskill ed and the underpaid. The new era now opening in the organization ot American labor includes the banding together of the -ll·IHlk-i-1-1~-tm-d -mttrks-tire fUJilllllg Ofln US na aepart _:ments within the A. F. of L. The Rochester convention saw reports from the building trades, metal trades, .min- 267 ing, railroad employes and the union label trades departmentS. Affiliated with the building trades departments are 19 international unions, 173 local councils and two state councils. This department is reported as serving as "a sort of general clearing house where the dissatisfied members might confer ip. regard to the conflicting trade jurisdiction and reach some mutually agreeable understanding." "It has been ·the conviction of this department that joint efforts are necessary to attain greater progress in organizing industries," reports Albert J . Berres, secretary-tt:easurer of the metal trades department, which has now ·affiliated with it all eligible with the exception of one international organi-zation, the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen. In his last. report Thomas F . Tracy, secretarytreasurer of the Union Label Trades Department, tells or. the ~ffiliation of 38 nat~onal an? international u~iqns wtth this department, whtch carnes on an educatwnal propaganda in behalf of the union label. '!'he year 1912 saw the issuance of nearly twelve hundred million such la bels. The Bakers' Union was in the lead with· 555,439,000 labels issued . lm])atient workers at times speak slightingly of the work done by these federations of toilers in industrial de]Jartments. They speak least slightingly, however , of the mining department, which easily brought the United Mine \Vorkers and Westem l<'ede ration of Mine rs togf:'ther at the Atlantic convention in 1912. This departm e nt secures the active co-operation of all organized miners on the North American continent. I \ is now reaching out for the lake seamen and longshoremen engaged in the shipping of mine products, and the .steel workers, who toil with iron ore and coal in the nation's. gigantic steel industry. The railroad employes' department does not yet include those "aristocratic" brotherhoods which still remain without the pale of the· American Federation of Labor. This department relies for its main strength upon the shopmen who have suffered at the expense of better conditions and higher wages granted the more docile employes of the operating depar tments. In this department are to be found the International Association of Machinists; the International Brotherhood of B()ilermakers, Iron Ship Builders and Helpers of America; International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths and Helpers; Brotherhood of Rail way Carmen of America; Amalgamated Sheet Metal \Yorke rs' International Alliance.; United Association of Plumbers, Gas Fitters and Steam Fitters' Helpers or the United States and Canada; International Brotherhood of E lectrical Workers; Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and the Switchme n'S' ·u nion, with the !lope that the Ot·der of Railroad Telegra.phers and the ~intenance of Way Employes will soon be added to this list. Presid ent M. F. Ryan, of the car men, in his recent report to his organization showed how early battles had been won by the railroad. system federation idea of organization in preventing th e extension of the piecework system on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and how a wage reduction was prevented on the Southern Railroad by the Southern System F ederation, composed of both the transportation and shop organizations. "It was almost immediately concedefl by a.ll," declares Ryan, in reporting on these successes, "that if joint action and federation was a good thing to prevent the introduction of piece-wo.rk.__a.ud..-.wa.g.&-r-e&lteHe_,- that it certainly wou ld be a good thing for their protection in all other matters of mutual concern." The big test came when 30,000 men were struggling �2f18 The Western Comrade in twenty-toso states against the combined- financial power of all the Wall Street interests callEd to the rt<Scue of the Illinois Central and the Harriman lines In their el'forts to crush this "Socialistic" spirit of organization among the shopmen employed by them. If It was good for all the crafts on one system to get together, then, it was argued, it was good for the work ers on all the systems to get together. The result· waK the fed e ration of all the system fEderations which received the name of the Railway Employes DepartmeO:t of the Amerlr:an l"ederation of Labor at the 1912 Roch f'Kl!•r <·onventlon. This was admittedly one of the bigg eM forward steJH:! ever taken by the railroad workers of till!! 1·ontinent. Tlw iudwHrlal d('Jiartment idea of organization is 111'1\'. It fW<'tTI H to lw making giant !;trides. '\\'bether it will he ahl" to sue1·essfully com i.Jat · the growing trusts atHl l'otllldnations of capiwl opposed .to Organized Labor J'f; luahl !l 1o h1• HI•P IL It hat> already ;been so successful, hoWI!\'1'1', that additional <,lepartments of a similar natur•· w11l 110 doubt h P organized as soon as pos~ible . Sud1 d<·partntC'Illtl will he the wearing apparel deparlltii•IJI a11d the food dPp:Htmcnt, with the likelihood of )JI'illllng tracl<·s and I h1•atrical Pmployes devartments. Tl1" 111aking of the uation 's <:lothes is one of the <·Oilllll'.\' 's gi'I·<J t 1st ind ustrics. Yet til e organization of 1111• worl<('rs in this inllu,;try iH somewhat chaotic. \\'hi II' t 11 o organiz:ll ions of s_hoe workers are ca rrying 011 <l dual <·tiJIIIJat the Hattf'l's' lfninn is hav ing a liard tlllll' of it with tlu• l'Ourts and hig hat 1nanufacturers. In 1111· nu·autinlC' N P \\' England gi\·es cddence of the lad< of organization in the texti iC' industri es while the I ' I'Y of lltC' l·hi ld slaves is f'ontinually heard from the <·ott on fadorlp s of I. he South. Th1• ha t ti cs of LawrencP., Mass., and Paterson, N. J., addl•d t o thC' r PpC'alC'd confli cts of the garment wo1:kers In Nl•W York Cit y, Chi cago and other large cities indi<:lltfl that <'lospr federation is needed between th e workers who l'lothe th e nation. The raplt a li sts are n ot l.Jeh indhand . When the button workers of Muscatine. Ia., went on strike the fa ctories we re rlosed and th e work tran sfe rred to factoriC'!'\ In New York. Wh e n the silk workers of Pater so n , N . .T., were s tarving for the caui!e of labor, Sears, rio buck & Co., of Chicago, the world's wonder in mail order houses, s hippe d silk weaving machines to the Paelflc Const, brought Japs across the Pacifi c from the Orient and s uppli ed its custome rs as if no ;·evolt on the part of 1 he worke r ey had ever take n place. · The same is tru e. o nly to an eve n greater ex tent, of thl• food producers of the nation. The bakers have wln~t som e call an industrial union. So have the browNs. The t eams t e r on the wagon is as mu ch a bnkery or brewery worker as h e who watches the ma rhi nC'S lw<>ad the dough or wh o puts labels on bottles of bC'C'r. Yet t hese industrial unions feel that someth ing morE' must be accomplished. "It Is not suflicl nt to have all the men employed in th baking and brewing industries, which are only s mall 1mrts of the entire foodstuffs industry, banded togethN into o ne organization," declares Gustav Mostll"r, editor of the Brewery Workers' JournaL "They nlone ttt·c compa.rnti\·!'Jy powerless against the combin -tl fot·re. of t h e food •manufacturing emJlloyers' as.o lations. In the .ame proportion that a strike, under the Jll'esent capitalist system of production, inaugurated by a small group of workingmen in a single shop is u.eiE>ss: o will th ine vitable struggles of the future. in strikes inaugurated by single organizations in the Co d indnstt~', also pt·o,·e usele s and ineffective. "A st.l'ik will onlY be -elfectl~ 1n rufure struggles when all Ill!'!\ emplo-yed in the food industry are closely united and when all the e men, in complete solidarity basEd upon the identity of their common interest , are able to t,ake up the fight against capital at one and the same lime." One of the most spectacular labor battles the nation bas seen was that of the butcher workmen against the growing beef trust. Through their experiences with the growing monopoly in bread the bakers see rEasons for standing side by side with the employes of the beef combine. While tightening its claws in a firmer grasp upon the meat supply we see the beef trust dealing extensively in eggs, poultry, potatoes, fruits, grain, grapes, butterine, butter, cheese and other household necessities common to the kitchen. The Swifts have bought up fish canneties in different .parts of the country. They also have pineapple plantations in far-off Hawaii. The Armours are big dealers in cereals and grapes. When the beef trust puts its hand into the grain market, especially in wheat, it immediately gets its thumb on the flour mills, thus. working around the br~ad industry. Thus the gigantic food trust comes into l.Jeing and in order to combat it the workers in the food industry must de\·elop a solidarity at ·least of equal If JJOt greater poten cy. Thus the bakers may now l.le said to have an industrial union. Yet they are only part of the worke r s in the g t·eater food industry. And the production of food is only part of that greater system of production and distribution, wh ich feeds, houses and clothes the people of the world. F or the t ime bei n g capital has gained a lea p o n Organize d Labor in that it shows greater solidarity for the moment t h a n the working class. The remedy is not in hurried ly mapping out an ideal but e lus i ve plan of o rganization and shouting to the working class to get ahoard for immediate transportation to · the co-operati ve co mmonwealth. It is rather in continuing to carry on an increased educational propaganda urging the solidarity that is necessary to e man ci pation. Whe n all workers recognize that theirs Is a universal brothe rhood then the form of organization best adapted to every situation will come of itself. "Industrial unionism is just beginning to manifest itself in all the departments of industry throughout the world," writes John M. O'Ne ill, In a recent number of Miners' Magazine, official organ of the Western Federat ion of Mi~ers. "Conditions being created by the 'captains of industry' w ill force the working class togethe r intO an army that WiJI ye t prove inYin cibJe tO 'pr edatory wealth.' "The time is coming when even the champions and advocates of craft autonomy will be forced t o abandon t heir obsolete theories of o rganizati on and stand for a system of organization that will bri ng labor together industrially and politically to overthrow the Samson of organized greed. "The employers stand together as a unit to give battle to the working class, and Labor will see the necessity of o rganizing along class lines to end the hellish system that enslaves humanity." And this is only an echo of Karl Marx's age-long plea-"Workers of the ·world Unite!" The labor movement has always progressed like an irresistible glacier and there are no immediate indications that it is suddenly preparing to take on the qualities of an a\·alanche. So the militant, class-conscious wo1·ker, like Max Hayes thundering in the balls of the American Federation of Labor, must keep up the fight which will ulti..llli!telY -.be....crol\:ned -WitJI Ht~-1aurets of' 1'1Ct0ry over an outgrown system of civilization that is soon to pus away. �The Western Comrade 269 THE LILIES OF THE FIELD By --=~~~:'1 \ T·-:-. . GEORGIA HI!: liliEs of the field. Everybody is considering them. What time the papers. are not fill~d with rhapsodical panegyrics on the fall · fashion show and the Easter demonstration, the space left from · the advert.tsing of fashions is more or less taken up . with piffling diatribes against woman's dress. Periodically members of the Business Men's Ananias Club furnish the press with the statement that woman's dress is ruining the c·ountr~·. As a matter of fact, I can think of few things that would be more disastrous to business and to such prosperity as th e re 'is in the country than for all women to d'ecide to dress rationally. Many a scoffer would lose his employment in the resulting stagnation. It "·ould be almost as cataclysmic. to business as if all the working people shou ld quit drinking and smoking and save their mon ey. It wou ld be fl ying in the face of facts to deny that ~ex at tra!'tion has anything to do with the modes of dress in vogu e at various times; just as much so as it would be to assert that it is th e only, or even the chief explanation of th e m, and one cannot ignore an plement of masculine perversity which lends gaiety to the s ubject. E1·er since that old primeval snake in the grass- a male creature, by the way-stood up on his tail and put 'ideas for th e firs t fashi on show into our first fore mother's ear, down to th e Los Ange les high school boys " ·ho have ju st gravely resolved that the attire of the high school girls interferes with the ir scholarship, man has been outwardly deprecatiti g and inwardly adoring woman's frocks and frivol s. He has cursed them and s laved for th e m, ridicule d and run after them. Incitl entallr, he has de veloped our bus iness system. T1vo ways of escape open to women who object to criticis m of their clothes by men. Dress sensibly or wear shabby things. lri either case no man will taln. enough inte rest in you to criticise you. Even though he may not know a Paul Poiret from a peplum or the diffe rence between charmeuse and butternut jeans. the a 1·e tage man is, according to his light, a Josiah Allen a-ru nnin' after fashion.· A s ttidious young g irl who must perforce choose between pretty clothes and the furthering of certain intellectual a m bitions said wistfu ll y to a wise dame: ''Mae wears th e love lies t things to school. She's got a peg-top skirt and it's slit to show he r rose petticoat and her coat t ies around her knees just too sweet so she can hardly walk, and you ought to see the boys swa rm around her- the very smartest ones." Mae has to wear we ights in her hems, her head Is so buoyant, so the wise dame said: "And you just watch MUJ! walk off with the boy who will be a senator at th e least. Now, you will never get a man worth shucks. You're not going at it the right way." The young girl said, "I wonder why men are like that." "So that ten years hence they can tell some other ~·oman i.h e¥ are-net--undePst-oed-at --lrome;- alll:llrwnrJ)e' a m iracle if the other woman is not a case of clothes, too," said the wise dame. KOTSCH You would think just .now that the subject or extremes In woman's habiliments was brand new, but that is only .beca.use it is perennially new. Formerly the hue and cry was of full, heavy skirts and every paper went into sanitary spasms over the deadly microbes which mothers carried t o the nurseries of their hapless offspring after performing the civic task of sweeping the streets. Now, that no microbe is agile enough to find foothold on woman's clothes, the air is roseate with masculine blushes over the immodest styles which ar·e betraying the mortifying fact that woman has nether 'extremities-quite an irresistible theme. It cor~oborates in a way a theological dogma, for certainllJ if the creator of all good had been left to himself hEI would have equipped woman with a roller skate instead of such immoral appendages. What a boon such a peregrinating pedestal would be, now when ·skirts 'are worn upside down, goes without saying. lf you will look in the files of the wartime papers you will find that although the soldiers could meet on th e battlefield with valor they were the same querulous chaps we know so well when it came to meeting the ladies and they cried at being crowded out of the concourse by the decorous crinolines which left the method of woman's locomotion entirely to the imagination. \Vhe n dresses were cut short at the top the tumult was just as great as when they we·re long at the bottom, but all these were as nothing to the scare that rocked tlte nation when the practical costume of bloomers was advocated. Heavens! Ankles! BettEr fat· a H erodian massacre of the innocents, better be crowded into outer darkness, than that manly l'irtue s hould be put to the test of an exposed ankle. Apropos of man's courage in taking risks, the parade g round of fashion In Los Angeles- the west side of Droaclway- is known and spoken of as "the female side of the street," it being lined with shops which cater almost excl u~ively to the fair sex. Does a shocked unfair sex shun it? I have seen men standing before the r evolving figures in the windows, notebook and drawing pad in hand. That is a matter of business, you say. .Ju st so- business. Well, anyhow, I venture the assertion that if an ordinance ·should be passed restricting m e n to the east s id e of the street- Perdu! the oculists would be overwhelmed with a demand . for distance glasses. How can we think otherwise when,.a minister of the gospel has confessed from the pulpit to having "risked one eye" on a s li t in a skirt. Not but what it seems to me that the cloth , of all people, should risk both eyes in a clean, OJlen gaze on any skirt, no matter how seriously slit, s ince it preaches that the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. It mus t not be inferred from the foregoing that I ani less harrowed than ordinary folks at the spectacle of wome n in swaddling clothes, like over-sized pappooses, trying to navigate Broadway, but I have seen fashion shows which distressed me more. Once a year, before we bad free text-books, the mothe,rs of young America came out to buy books on the first day of school, atbetlc a olo !:tic flgn res.-too...asham~f--t-bel: shabbiness to hold their own with the clerks behind the counters. Needless to say the papers did not give :space to their costumes. �270 The Western Comrade Now, why all this froth and fizzle published abo,!!! woman's dress? Why is this pretense on the part of men played up for so much more than it is worth? For the same reason that we are deluged daily wjth crimes and sensations, pseudo science and false phil osophy. 1t is to mak e you l ook pleasant while you are being hel d up. The papers print the dress stuff, not because they are shocked, but to mask the issues that are important to the masses of the people. The ca \'iling i s not applicabl e to all, but is merely th e f eaturing of a elass of women. The majority of women have too little to be artistically, self- respectingly or f·omfona!J l y clothed. It i s th e Jilie.s of th e fl eld who drPss in th e moues. Of cours e the dogfennel and ragw,·<·ds do thPir sha!Jb~· brav e~t to imitate them. ThP Jilic•s an' an exPmplifir·ation of the old saw, "'Sata n find s some mi schie f for iule hands to do." Their c·lothes <H<> dPsigBPfl to proclaim to all and sundry that thP lilif's uo Bot have to degrade thim scli"PS with work. Th<·.Y u n· till' dsi!Jlp tokC>n of th eir pr111·er to compel others to work for th em. 'J"!Jp husinPss of cateri n g to . th e Jili (s and th ei r imitators i s Oil(' of til(• Jargf•st in thP world. Great for lllllf's rf•st 11pon it. Its adrertisin!'; is tlw life-blood of th<· new~pap<•rs . Th e lily adopts thP sty le;;. hut hu si nPss c r eat<• s l!ll·m . I am met by th e argument that if IJII sittess Wf•n• the ar!Jiter of fashions tlwy would ne1·er be sc·ant. si nf"P th('I"P i s a Joss on l11 e yards of mat erial. I IJaH· not oiJSf'r\'f'd busin ess C"Utting off its 0\\"Jl nose. \\'itl1 t!JP ~ f·ant sly !Ps th<•rp is a suh tle af!l·ance on mat,•rial all alon~?; t.he JinP. whir·h l"f'lllains wh en th ey ('Xpand :1gain. Th <· tnriff f'ithf>r go(•s up or it doesn 't and :H·c·oJJnls for thP pricP. l "nd erw ear i-; su m e11·hat di tninishNI. hut what thl'n' i s, 0, m~· duf·at s ! Y ou f"an"t \\"f'ar your old flour saf"k ling<> ri p with an X - radiant gown nor y..t with Oil!' which is dontlf'd with a shoe horn. ancl corspts 11·prp neH'I" ~o fearfully and wonderfully tnadP-a ncl prif·f'll. ThP rpquin·nll•nts of trad<• n ccf'ssitate the running of tlil' gamut from full to sf"ant and hack again. with all possib le 1·ari at i ons. ,\ protE>s t inJ?; man delivPn•d h imself at on e jab of a plaint agai n st the special pril"i !E>ges of "the female ~ll"l" an d thPir present hun f"hiJwss _amid ships hy saying, " I f I ·shou l d go dow n town with my pants on hind side befon• l 'd be arrested." That would depend, howel·er. al togt>ther u pon whethE>r t r ousers worn thus had hePn fea t 11 r pd in t he shop windows . Any monstrosi ty " ·hif"h r ccP il"(•s t he benE>dic.tion of business becom es illlJlPCCaiJJ p. The lily u[ th e fiel d i s not rui ni ng the coun try. Sh e i s more o m inous t han t hat. H i storicall y she has prPsagPcl the d E> cay of c i v ilizations, as so abl y set forth by Olive Schreiner in "Woman and Labor." A.t a certain stage of civilization she quits . wor\{ and becomes a sex parasite. This manifestation is hastened in modern life by the great wealth piled up by the use of machinery. Great numbers of women also, who do not properly be l ong to the lily class, are involuntarily condemned to sex ,parasitism. They · are not the very poor, for the ver y poor can always afford children to keep them bUlly. They a"re the modern cave-dwellers whom capitalism masses near shop and office work, shut up in tiny fiats ov apartments. They have nothing to do and no space in which to do anything. They cannot have a baby or a pig or a garden. Thousands of them pine for work to broaden their Jives a bit, but if they seek it they only aggravate the cheap labor problem and crowd" out others more needy. 'About the only outlet for their necessarily idle lives is dress and the ·changing fashions, and they arc not to blame. Tell m e, gentle sirs who criti cise, where has the young g i rl who Jea\'e&' school after thE> grades and goes to work, h::id a chance to acquire good taste? )\'hat goal docs soci ety set be fore her but the <:atc·hing of a man to support her? In all the literature ·I ha,·e read upon th e minimum wage for wom en I have n ever fo.und it to include m onE>y to lay by for old age or to help pro\'ide. for a future famiiy. It is ne1·er aught but a temporary makeshift until a man to provide these things can be landed. Dress is the bait. 1 was ask ed b~· an anxious man what the dress of thE' future emandpa te fl woman would be like. " You cau seE> that fot· yourself," I repl i ed, "any time you go down the street.'" "But I don 't see," h e a1·erred. "Needless to mention it." says I. "You are looking at the l atest thing in skirts. There are al ways a few wom en and th~ streets tas t:efully and beautifully dressed . Th ese are the forerunners, the few who have education, good taste and the means to dress accordingly." I profess no seeress· vision of the number of gores and darts in th e future woman 's dress. but this I know: People cral"e the beautiful; art eternally strives for expr ession. When the pal sying, di storting pressure of special pril"ilege is lift ed and people have a chance to devel op natur ally, when work is not a slavish th i ng of wh i ch to be asham(jd, but a healthy exercise in which men and wom en share, with justly proportioned re wards; wh en we all have the means to gratify good taste, when there is no incentil"e to flaunt a badge of power over anoth er , th.en will a dress that is at once arti sti c and practi cal evol ve for woman as naturally as grows a beau t iful an d useful plant. THE ·c HAINLESS CHAINED By Da \'id Fulton Karsner I look at y o u s ittin g there on. th e 9ark ben c h r eadin g a p a pe r th at y o u f ound." You see m t o rea d o n ly t o kitl the lon g h ours th a t drag Into lo n g er d ays. Atl a bo ut you r ea rs th e tumultuou s C I'Y of c omm erce. I see y ou s mile as th e hum of th e s ubway fills you r e ar. I sa w you sneer a s you w a t c hed a n o ld man hobbl e by y ou, his b ac k bent under a he a vy load. I saw you turn your head when an old woman c am e by with a huge basket balanced o n her f eeble shoulder. You lifted your hand to your f ace a nd ca u ght a tear th a t filled your eye when you s a w l i t tl e children , w i t h their luncheon under the i r a r ms, hu r ry i ng to work at sunrise. And there you Jat, In fhe same '"pl a ce, o n the same park ben c h, a tl d ay lon g . T he po l icem a n p a sses by a nd you c h a t w i th h i m. You a nd he a re c o mra des, It seems. . Y o u are not afra id of h is club for you know he would not st ri ke you. He is n ot afrai d of the fierce e x p r essi on on y q ur face for he knows you r spiri t Is broken , dead. The club Is used to bru i se th e sp i r i t m ore th a n the f lesh . Y ou rs w a s b r u i sed , oh, so m a ny times. And no one fe a rs you. Even the policem a n p i t i es you . I love your phys ic al freedom, but I loathe your spi ritu a l sl a very. I w o uld ra the r be c h a in ed h a nd an d foo t in some mu st y cell , with my spirit fre~, th a n to h a ve my h a nds and f eet fre e to do wh a t I d ecid e, and my sp i r i t d ead . Your sn arl h a s no stmg. Your b i te has no polson. Your speech is without re solut io n. Your p r otest comm a nds no a n sw er f r om tho se who c ons!llred a gainst you . __ · - ---- And yet, my spirit ca n never be fre e._y.o.u.l"S~Is ensla.Yed-. - M y-emanct patl on cfepena5li"j)Oi1 your r esurr ection. Any - --<>evotttt1on ou"l"d--be- t"fl emwple e a ed to revolve you Into the circle of l ife. You are a dead we i ght to live spi rits. But d ea r b r other, you too wltl be free w i th me. We are com r ades In life and death. �T 'h1e Western: C amzradl.e T he Ignominy of a . obby Rider ~ PTY DV'.MPTY sat on a-"" No, no, this fs not a nur ery tale but the truly true stoi!Y· of a man who e name and build &uggest tb!e famous i:=:::::;;::;;=;rt couJ')Iet o1 cMMbood memory. It is the story of John E. Humphries, jndlge of he surrerior court or the state of Was!Jington for King County. An affectionate ahbrt>viation easily makes him Humpty; hi!'~ enemies added Dumpty, and there yov have the man whose name has gone the lf'ngth and breadth of the rnited States in the last lf•W months on account of the sensational record he has ma de upon the bf'ncb . .Judge Humphries, ambitious, confident, determined, 111 ountl'(l that famous old steed, Injunction, astride of whidl .fudge William Howard 'l'aft and many another, notorious and not so, judicial· celebrity has ridden to ~-:n·ater glory and reputation; but alas and alack the duv whPn the thought obsessed his mind, for that day llll;rl<l'!l the beginning of his undoing. Great was the s port for a while a s horiH! and driver cavortell about. TIH l'l' was applause. amazement, amusement and dis).: li St, until finally th e performance wound up in a frenzy ,r l'X('Itenwnt, with th e ~;notring steed badly wrecked al!ll the rldt•I' a -sprawl In th e du s t of the arena, limp <IIIli Hll ud ued. lllilleRt this reu~aln as unintelligible as the ball game ~ torr to tile average reader, we here check our ha-liahing Hpirlts to tell the story of the Seattle Free Hpt•el·h Fight, so called," of 1918. !'t grew out of the riots incident to the Seattle Golden l'ollntl'h, nn annual camival and street fair, organized fur 1he purpose of coining golden dollars for sundry Real lie IJuHlness men and inciden tall y to commemorate tht? uiHco,·ery of gold In the Kloudyke. On Friday night, ·nf the Potatch 'we k, the precise date being July 18, following a hlp, h ip, hurrah speech by Secretary of the l'\avy Daniels on the night p receding, a street brawl of th e same night In which some soldiers and sailors had a little the worst of it. and the more than usually lying and 'lurid issue of the Seatt le Daily 'l'imes, a mob, consist lng principally of city h oodlums, but led by soldiers nnd sailors from the fleet at anchor at the Bremerton l'\1ny Yard and In the harbor, abetted and applauded hy mllltat'Y officers of the United States, sacked and :;et tlt·e to various premises occupied by the different wings of the Socialist pari.y and the I. W. W.'s. As a result of that riot the mtfyor of Seattle, basing his authority on a provision of the city charter which centers police and some other authority in his hands in time of extra01·dlnary emergency, took personal control of tll'e ,pollC'e department, and, fearing the e1fect of possible ince~1dl.ary utterances of the Times, made its issue 'Oll Saturday and Sunday conditional upon the proofs being :submitted to him f<tr his approval in the int-erest of publl'C s:a'f'Cty, at the .same time al o ordering the ci'Oslng o'f tJhe sail0ons for one day. A.s '(l,".a_s Ito be expectJed, th<e edilt.or of tihe "il'imes, kn.0wn..lot .!lli:s...bllQs!t.u-~~~ll.'lg, .a "¥etii'tftle oM1eer 0n the jowrnwldstic sea'S, a lt:rnGuililroed iJijs <deterlnliillatJiGn 11.0 Jiss~e Jhis iiJ.aper JiuiS[l1te llilf aiil tlbalt tibe malf-or on of the ~ity might say G.r do. To p.re ent tb.ts; "lliol.atro~ o.t e ma Oli"s ord:er. a e01'don. of" :p0lic& was ttl-V01Wllt ~~tbout the e ttle Time bruldi.ng. t.hu b@i.ug; u:p, th.& ediUQll of the ver already off th.& pre es. and in tb b.and!ll· of the new ooys who tilled th Times deliv&f'y roo.n1s. ready to ally forth at th& first oppor-lunity. Ou.rtous thousands toad about. lured by the greatest attfl;lct.i ou of' the earnh·aJ, to % what th€' outcom€' would be, Here' i ·where Judge Humphrie leaps. into fame ol" infamy a your bia may judge his conduct. Col<mfl Blethen, editor in chief and ownea· of the Times. dfd not intend to bow to the man whom be had attaolced upon every occa ion and imaglnan· pretext, and allow him to dictate the contents of his paper, evE~n U10ugh tn tile interest of public safety. Accordinglr appllcatlon was made to Judge Humphries, who had Jll'tn'lously 'proved himtrelf exceedingly obliging to the 'l'lnws edl, tor·s· wishes, e\'en going so far as to ordet· the expunging or mutiUation of portions of two grand jury r uort" which displeased the editor, for an Injunc tion restr!\IU· ing the ma);or fl'om interfering with the publkatlon and distrib.J.IUon of the Times. Thl judge immediate1Y I sued the llesh·NI injunction, at the same time delivering a lecture on a mnyor \~·ho would · stoop to such low actions as to s uppresR so woi·thy a.nd indispensable a newspeddler as t h e Seattle Times. As a result the mayor withdrew the pollee and the times ·was issued as usual, filled on that and the succeed i n~ Sunday with the vilest stuff printable about Seattl e's mayo!'. Finding that relief, speed! r than the dispenser of any patent · nostrum wou ld dare to claim for his cure-all, was obtainable at Judge Humphries' dispensary at the King County court houRe, the s11loon · keepers, one by one, sought and speedily obtalne(t restraini ng orders from h im, preventing th e mayot· from closing t heir places of business. ·we now•come to the opening skirmis h or what hp,s wrongly been termed Seattle's free speech tlght. The corner of Fourth Avenue and Pike Street, one of the busiest corners in the city, had been tailed by stteet orators of a ll apinions, economic and rellglouf!, to pro. pound t heir views to the passing crowd, ofttimes, It muat be admitted, to the inconvenience of passersby and the hindrance of traffic. It is probable that the riots ani! false reports of insults to the flag by some of the street orators precipitated action, at any.-rate husin ss men and property owners around the corner In question sought and obtained an Injunction preventing m eeti ngs · of all kind s at this place. This Included the Sa.Jva.tlon Army as we ll as the I. W. W .'s and Soelall.sts, and ft was issued by Judge Humphries, to whom that portion of Seattle's population which finds itself In need of fn~ junctions of one kind or another, bas naturally oo~ to turn. Parenthetically it may be state.d that lle 1Ju served about an tile dUierent varieties ot lnjunctlo.us made and inl·ented some of biB own. He even · l.s.soed a temporary injunction preventing the elty ft'«>m elllforclng iits. o:rduumc.e oompelUng fruit venders w_a(lf~~,u !lbeJll' em om es. A mrt.le eo:med.Y entered tJbe :lnjun_e:tiion woee.e_d~~g_s of 1Jimt d'S.}" 'Wben am. artl.toroey called ttliP Ute nudg<e ()"y,e r �272 The w .e stern Comrade tile ~ephone .at biB apad:ments late that o.jght for further paperii, "Come right up to tbe honse,"was the judge's reply, evidently linking the aggrieved property Qwners with the late call, The attorney and his client qulcldy repaired thither. Ringing the bell to ufe judge's apartment, a voice called, "Come on up." The attorney and his client did so, and as the door opened, shoved a paper into the hands of tbe judge, robed for the bed not the bench. The paper proved an affidavit of prejudice and the judge's only answer, accompanied with the bang ot the door, was, "Oh, hell." We have searched the constitution of state and nation in vain for any pro1·ision specifying it as the inviolable right of any individual to turn a busy thoroughfare into an auditorium for the expounding of his opinions at pleas ure, I.Jut such was practically the view taken by the aggrieved parties to the injunction, and it was openly disregarded. Arrests followed the challenge thrown dowu. aud thus I.Jegan the court scenes \Vhicb have since paled the attractions offered by the S~attle vaudeville theater~:~. Dr. Hermon F ..Titus, the firs t man to fling open defiance at the court, was arrested, and in a dramatic trial, sentt•nced to six months in jail and a fine of $200 for ('Ontempt of cou rt. This was followed by a mass. meeting in a down town · park at which the actions of t Ito juuge we re assailed and defiance hurled at his rul!ngH. Out of this further convictions resulted and resolutions we rP adopted, denying th-e right of the judge to proceed as he had don e in the street spea~ing injunction matter and calling upon volunteers to come to Sea tl! e and hold meetings in de fiance of the judge's orders. Ninety - nin e me n and women signed these resolutions of dc> l!an('e, rnany of whom were neithe r Socialists nor I. W. W.'s. Th e resolutions, with signatures appended, were sPnt to the judge by special delivery and warrants were Hpeedily iss ued for their apprehension and arres t. More than half of the signers could not be located, but thirty -eight we re found, some of whom gave the r equirNl bail of $200. the majority being incarcerated In the county jail pending a hearing. Meanwhile the resolutions were being circulated and another list came containing more than a hundred additional names. In the trinl of those of the first ninety-nine offenders who . hnd been apprehended, the judge -blossomed out Into pro!Ja!Jly th o mos t garulous incumbent of the bench In th e United States. Profuse lectures were de!i1·ered. Homilies on all subjects Imaginable we re served to the crowdPd court room. Everything that popped into the judge's IJndn was r elevant. Everything that occurred to evPry!Jody else was irrelevant and promptly suppressed. For rising to object to a question, one of the nttorn~>y s was twice disbarred fore ve r from practicing in tho courts of the state. Two men in the audience who s tarted t.o clap their hands were quickly brought forward and sentenced to long terms in jail for contempt of court. The conduct of the judge throughout this period was ·such that physicians declared themselves willing to go on th e stand and testify that he showed unmistakable e vidences of insanity in one of its many form s . Here are some of the sentiments of which he deii1·ered hintself: "I am the only pebble on the beach." "I feel like the angel Abdfel, unsullied and unafraid." "lf anybody was after me I would get a gun and fill him full of holes. I am 63 years old and I know human nature. People have to be governed by fear." "The room is full of street corner speakers. Instead of going out and killing those street speakers which business men ougltt to. do in many cases, tbey eome to me to get justice because they are law abiding citizens." The judge's friends and the defenders of the judiciary and judicial di.gnicy were ;getting l'eStl.ve under tb.is buffoon-ery. The press a il'ed his vagaries fl'e-eiJr. Regrets wel'e freely expressed because the legislature had fa.Ued to provide f(Jr the recall of judges. Impeachment proceedings began to be talked. The culmination eame when a fire visited th-e Seattle Times building, Sunday, October 5. While the fires were raging the judge ealled up the editor of the morning paper and told him that the Socialists and I. W. W.'s who had come under the ban of his displeasure were responsible and could be indieted and sent to the penitentiary for incendiarism. So astounding were his charges that the editor would not believe them possible, giving the judge time to cool down and then insisting that he put them into writing. This he did in a slightly modified form but so extravagant as to lead the editors of three of the city's !our daily papers to draft a telegram to the governor, calling upon him to end the judicial farce being enacted in the King County court house every day Judge Humphries was on the bench. As a result the governor hurried) to Seattle, a conference was arranged with all the superior court judges present, when the situation was carefully gone over, the governor giving the judge some pointed advice. Next morning Judge Humphries announced that he hlld nothing to say. The homilies were at an end. Sentences were remitted. Pending injunction cases were dropped. The disbarred attorneys were reinstated. Judicial dignity was being restored, and things are now as they were of the distant yore. It need not be said that clearly the right of free speech was neve1· squarely assailed. It was a set-to between a batty judge and hot-headed propagandists. The judge did not violate any law or constitutioil, but he made them both look ridiculous. His victims did not establish their claim that free ~:peech had been abrogated for they had the right at all times to speak at innumerable places in the city, aside from the particular spot covered by tb e injunction. From a tactical standpoint those who fought the judge proved too much. Judge Humphries offered the best argument in a decade for the need of a r ecall law. The first skirmish established the demand for that law firmly in the public mind. Later developments brought another corrective force into play. 'the interference of the governor ~bowed a less expensive method to bring a rampant judge to terms than a special recall election. From the standpoin t of democracy it would have been better to have s topped short of this last deduction. LOVELINESS By Madison Cawe ln How good It Is, when overwroiA(Jht, To seek the woods and find a thought That to the soul's receptive sense Delivers dreams as evidence Of truths for which man long has sought! Truths that no vulture years contrive To rob the soul of, hold ing It ·• · To all the glory I nfin ite Of beauty that shall aye survive. r • Still shall It lure us. Year by year, Addressing now the spi rit ear With thoughts, and now the spirit eye W i th visions that like gods go by, F i ll i ng the mind w i th bliss and fear, In spite of Science' scoff, that mocks Th~ L-1>\#efiness-of wet, nln' mTncfs The anci ent myths, gone w ith the wlnda, The soul sti ll flnda 'midst wood• and rocks. �273 The Westernz Comrade • Everybody's Loaded .· �274 The Western Comrade The World Drama . HAKESPEARE w~ote:' "Ail the world's . a stage." The figw'e is interesting and suggestive. . Upwn Sinclair says; "The curtaJn is going up on a world di"ama, the like of which history bas never sh()WB be. fore; and it is your privilege. to be a sp€ctator. It is a privilege I ou!d not exchange for a ticket of admission to all that has gone before since the human &;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;• race began. And alas ror you if you are one of those unfortunates who sit cofd and indi!Ierent IJecau~;e they do not unllerstand the l~nguage in which the great drama is played." The plot of the play is tge ascendency of humanity. "In all the procession of the centuries gone," says Eugene V. Debs, "not one was for humanity. From the Ycry first. tyrauny has flourished, freedom bas failed; the few ha1·e ruled, the many have served; the parasite has worn the purple of power, while honest industry has li 1·ed in poverty and died in despair." "But the ete rnal years, the centuries yet -to come, an• for humanity, and out of the misery of the past will rise the dv ilization of the future. · "The nincteeuth centu ry evolved the liberating and humanizing moYement; the twentieth century will doubtless witness its culmination in the crash of despotisnls and the rise of wor ld -wide democracy, freedom and !Jrotherhood." Surely this is a drama worth witnessin g! Of its developmerit De bs says: "Now, we Socia lists propof;e that society in its collec tive capacity shall pro- · uuce, not for profit, but in abundance to satisfy human wants; that eve r y man shall hav e the inalie nable rig~t to work. and receil·e the full eq uivalent of a ll he produ ces; that ever y man may stand fearlessly erect in th e pride a nd majes ty of his own manhood. • · J~very man and woman will then be economically fr ee. They ran, with out let o r hindra.nre. apply their labor, with the best mac hine ry that can be dev ised . to all the natura l r esou r ces, du th e work of society aru! , produce for all. The n society will improve its inst itutions in proportion t<~ th e progress of inve ntion, whethe t· in the city or ou the rarm, a ll things productive will b e carried I By Stanley B. Wilson furward on a gigantic scale. All indus-try will be completely organized.. Society for the first time will have a scientific foundation. Every man, by being economically free, wm have some time for himself. He <!an then take a full and perfect ·b reath. He can enjoy life with his wife and children, because then he will haYe a home. "We are not going to destroy prlYate property. "\\' e are going to establish private propert.v- all the property necessary to bouse man, keep him in comfort and satisfy his wants. Eighty per cent of the people of the l'uitE>d States have no property today. A few have got it all. They have dispossessed the people. \\'e will reduce the workday and give e\·ery man a chance. "'c will go to the parks and we will have music, pecause we will } haYe time to play music and desire to hbar it. "Is it not sad to think that not one in a thousand knows what music is?. Is it not pitiable to see the poor, ignorant, dumb human utterly. impervious to the dirine influences of music? If humanity could only respond to the higher influences! And it would if it had time. " Release the animal, throw off his burden; give him a chance and he rises as if by mugic to the lllan e of a man. Man has a ll of the dil·ine attributes. They are in the latent state. They are not yet developed . It does not pay now to Jove music. " I am not a prophet. I can no more penetrate the Future than you can. I do study the forces that underlie socie ty and the trend of evolution. 1 can tell by what we have passed through about what we will ba\·e in the future; and I know that capitalism can lJe aboI· ished and the people put in possession. "Now, when we have taken possesslou, and we jointly own the means of production, we wfl l no longer have to fight each other to Jive; our inte rests, instead of· being competit ive, w ill he co-operative. We wlll work sid e by side. Your interest wlll be mine a nd mine will be yours. This is the economic conditiot1 from which will spring the humane socia l relation of t he future. "When we are in partnership and have Htopped clutching each other's throats, when we have stopped • e ns laving each other, we will stand togethe r, hands clasped, and be friends. \Ve will be comrades, we will be brothe rs, and we will begin the march to th e grandest civilization the human race has ever known ." WONDERING WILLIE By A. F. Gannon There is a man in our town an' he is awful kind, Pa takes our shekels to his bank for him to bravely mi;d: I wonder if we had a sheep would pa let someone sheer Its woolly fleece an' give pa just a handful every year ? An' there's another man who comes when me or rna is ill An' gives us nasty things to take, an' then sends pa a bill ; I wonder if he'd like t ' see both me an' rna stay well ? I'm goin' t ' ast him next time, but-1 don't th i nk he'll tell. An' there'.s another one who talks on Sundays at the church, About the si nners burn in' when they're left i n the lurch: I wonder if he is the one who rings the b ig, b ig bellAn' how he knows so much about the hot place he callsrrell? · An' there's a man who helped pa win, when he got in a f ra y About a five-cent overchil.!9-e ~.Q.c.er Jnade. h im-pay; won er ifpa l ikes him hard ('twas Uncle made the crack )? He charged a hundred dollars just to get a n icke l back ! �T h e We st er ll! C o m ll ad e THE " MOVE ON " IDEA UE hourhon attitutk toward the great so<·ial e\·i: i~ well stated by .Jiohn Purroy :\fitdH·ll, fusion candidate for mayot of .:\<·W York JJc: dee lares that a ",-ery ~ood hf·ginrJing' ' was made in 1910 whrn "we >:ll<'tercled in gf'lting- thr streets c:lf'aned up." following ·whir:h hf' urges that the r<•ilidential ~H·f'! ions Jw flll rgr•d neXt. Tht· whole nttitudc is simply to g-Pt viee out uf sight. Yiee is not vicious until it leaves tht· shadows of the night and })('gins to stalk 11hont in tiH· dny tirru·. seems to he t ht> idea. ~o. all t lwJ'f' is to do is to <lr·i n! it back iuto t lw shadows. .Always dri\'illl!; always pushing it from one p lncc to anot her; a lwnys shut t ling it ~~~·onml. Cure? ~o, 110t IH·t· <·s~n r~· . ,Just IIIO\"t• it a long, int o som e othc·r· sll'f'c•t, som e .. "t h <· r· alley, some oth er city. 1' hc v icti ms a r c not r cga nl eJ a s hum a n . Th <· prol1lem is n ot lool\ed upon ns t hP r esu lt o f 11 <'I IURf'- t'Xet> pt hy th e S ociAli sts. • • • POISONED FOOD IIETJI E!l by d esig n o r· hy <ll' f' idPIIt, our s l:tt t• nntl 1111 1 iom!l !!IHl l'di ans o f t he food s upply arc c1urful not to give to th e pPnplt- an~· g"l't'a l 3111 01111t o f infonnation as to t li t• •·xt• •ut t o whit ·II l'oor1 poison in !! is p r·;H:Ii ccd for profit . Th nl. 111\l t' h of it is clon e c n •ry on c lu10ws. Htrl ns to how mue h is rlou c and " ·ha t t h e t'll l il·•• r• ffe(• t is. f,. w know. .\ si n g-It> lll iii Ptin of th e \'nlifomin h Pnlth tkpa rtm t•nt g-i,···s us j usl n t iny g limpse At ll'h nl is go in g- 011. Jn this one h nllctin (for .\u g llst ) \\'t' tl nd t hat Hh nost f' \'cry sor t of food is hP illg poison Nl. \Vc Arc' t old n othin g nt all of ho w m ud1 is po isoned. \ Vc arc given j u t a list of Nlsrs 1-l nd t h t> kind of food or d r ink or th·ug th~t \\'1-ls :~ d ultcratcd. 1'hc layman can nndPI'Sillll(i noth ing of w lmt the r N11 facts a r e. Tht' Ill hi~ ):;; W<lrth ~hm.lst nothing. Olliy it <toes tell ns that :a numb<'r of drugs in c-ommon u c lU'c a~d., tJb.at a .nom.bu of stA~)k food. . \ldl as eannr<l salmon, a[t ish. dried · pp]e and! :flolll!li" are- adln"lteratedi and misbr~ded. Eve:n .liroz:e-n e-gg produe-t · · adtuliit is. ehargedl. 1\Icntb a:lfter montb thi go on. 'fht>-re wiU be just a ·many ea e next month a H•ere were ]ast m4)nth, ju t ·a· mauy the following mo~th, BECAr E there i§.. jn t a mueh PROFl'f to be made next month a.nd the month after a there was Ia t month. Profit i the root of the ternted. evil. Any per ·on of normal intdligem•e will tl'll ~·o11 that the hr t way to eut·c an C\'il is to de. ~t1·oy the sourec. So it dor n 't do nuy good to ruC'rely tr·y to punish men w ho poi on food so long as the profit incrntivc i. ther·e to drive thPm and other s to do the same th1ug all over agn in. Crn t uriC's of punishin g ha ve prO \' l'll t hat p unishm en t doC'sll 't stop c1·ime. lf t h e lure of profi t. causes men to poison footl th en t he l o ~­ i(·al thin g t o d o is t p wipe ont t h e profit syst em . And, g ood folk s, tha t is " ·lw t w e a r c coming to. 'l'h c i'C r eAlly isn 't any oth r r wny to put a. complet e And final stop to this bus iness . Jf y ou haven 't seriously consid e1·cd I his qu estion so far y ou mAy som e day wh en yon· a equ ir c ptom a in e poison ing f rom some in nor-PII t l ook in ~ ea.n of sa lmon Ol' even from som e dPii(' iously t empt ing l,lit. of' r onfectionery-that is, if t h P ClOSt' is no t fa t a l, HSit SOIIl Cti mcS is. m • • • THE PASSING' BAS~MENT ISSOUH f has ontlawC'<l t he bas<•mcnt dwellin g hy a sta tut e whi r h became effective iu S t>ptcr nher. Th e state a ut,.lJO rit ics r ecogn ize• that t he b ase ment dwellin g iH n ot sa nita ry. And they a r c r ig ht. '!'h e trou hie is that they do not go far Pnou g h- they Al'c not RIGHT ENOUGH . T hey merely recognize 1he fad that t he hn!iement home ]. ' without fi ud iug out W HY it is. The far·t is, of <~ourse, that the basemen t home is a product of economic couditiom;, chief ~m1m1g which is low wages. Obviounl_v then, · thf" rral and Ia. ting e-ure for improper Diving .-.m«~.t..iQ.Rs - ~-P.OOI!E-1~ ~M-HJ ffil- -eo TWN~. �276 The Western Comrade So it will be seen that the Missourians need to ''be shown'' a few more things., But Missouri is in no greater need of additional wisdom than any of her sister states. And the Socialists are doing their best to "show" the vic-. tims CYerywhere how to get out from under th.e terrible burden th at exploitation thrusts upon thPm. • • • BRITISH " LABOR TROUBLES" quer spirit, it cannot conquer.workingclass solidarity, it ~cannot conquer the mass when the mass knows what it wants and how to get it. The only chan~e it stands is in deceiving the mass-and that is a slim chance that is getting slimmer every day. 1t resembles somewhat an underfed toothpick. All of this has nothing to do with the mooted question of "tactics." It is simply an effort to set forth what seems to be a condition. The employers of England are setting themselves for a jolt and they would not ·be doing that u1;1less they had fairly accurate knowledge that a jolt was coming. Th e workers of America will await developments ·w ith interest, knowing something of the ways of organized capital after the somewhat unsavol'y Joings of our own National Association of 1\Ianufact]Jrers. · ~~ 011' fum ;J.ioc that phca,, ."Labo< houblcs," is in the columns of th e capitalist . press. \\'li cnc,·cr J1a bor )vants anything or triPs to gPt anythiug it is always "Labor t roubl1!." .\nd lt·t it he prorniscll here alll:l now that the end or th e " trouh) P" is not yet. There will Ill' more a-plenty. 'J'Ji,. •·1nploycrs thclltSt'h·<'s kuo\\· what is coming- and tiH':V are r eady. Their Ycry readin ess WAGES AND ROBBERY is in itsf'!f a "trouhle" mak ee of no mean proportions. Th e militancy of the British labor ACTS have at last driven a vein of light ntovi'III Pnt has Jn·ought the employers of the into the sanctum of that hard-to-classify island up standing and th eir one thought now Curtis publication, the Saturday Evenseems to be to get r eady. 'l'he United Kingdom ing Post. Listen to what the glooms have Ern ploycrs' Defense Association is the name of told it: the employers' answer. This. gigantic organi"Increased cost of living during the last zation of employers has, The Independent tells dozen years has been a worldwide phenomenon us, ''entered th e field with a guaranteed 'war -as noticeable in 'fokio as in New York; and ftnl(l ' of $250,000,000.'' it seems to be a worldwide fact that wages, Fm· its declared object this powerful or- though advancing almost everywhere, have not ganization has the purpose to ''consolidate the kept p'a ce with the rise in commodity prices. resources of the employers of labor to maintain This is certainly true of England, for the Board their rights and their freedom to bargain (get of Trade ha;; lately published a very compret his ) individually with free work ers or collec- hensive report on the subj ect, which shows, in tively with trade unions." And that means a word, that rents and food prices since J905 just what you think it means. No quibbling have risen abol!t twice as fast as wages.;, And what does that m ean~ That the buy!tbout it at all. It's plain. But to intersperse a thought in passing, ing power of th e ·workers has been r educed oneI'OtJid thct·c be any finer humor, any more subtle half-wages cut fift.y per cent. That 's what it it·ony than is found in that phrase, "freedom means! to bat·gaiu inJividually with free workers 1" And what J.ocs that mean~ That means 1ma~iu e it. F'recdom of all of the united cap- dark, desperate misery. It means that half their italistic inter ests to lJargaiu with any little in- former food supply has bct•u taken a way from dividual wage slave who may be found out a great mass of working people, leaving them nlolw a ftcr dark! These English employers to struggle against something wraith-like that have been learnin~ lessons from George M. sneaks upon their backs and circles them like Cohan . . the unseen t entacles of some ghost-octopus, Bnt they have other lessons to learn. They stt·angling, blinding, smothering, killing. havt• to learu that war chests do not win the And all of that means labor is la.cing a sot·t of battles they are facing. They have to mighty big Rtruggle to get back that stolen fifty - lenru that _po"·crfu18.S.J.llo.n.e~ds, .it-eannot-eon- --pcr-cc11T-"1rnd llllJtc~ror nO\v we \\·anttius ex- • • • _, �The Weste.rn Comrade fra fiFry J!ler cent rund 1the oiil'u~-r fifty ~Tr ee-ratt_.\ LL. ~r f'S, ]~aJI>OJr is iiac1nmg at m£gnty oig flight -anti 11lready the gl'lins rur-e T'>oorning heavy. • • • THE BEEF FAMINE OLLAR beef; cry U1e meat ba1Wn a · they gathrr arouml their- $J2;j.()0 banquet board in Chicago. Yes, dollar been :-4tartling enough. So th~> kept press of the country, including thr W;tll Strret ,Journal, ln·gin to lmnt for a rPmcrly, earcfully steering away from anything that might rvcn remotely resemble a real remedy. · It may 6e-thllt we llrc fa(·ing an actual and acntc sho,·tagc of beef llllfl it may be that if W(· do not hastr·n to provide a remedy we shall 1111\'(• pra (·ti ('a lly n o heef at all, except for the nry rich. As it is now but little of anything at all is left for anyone but the very rich. Jfowcn- r. a shortage of heef is no excuse for lllll'OIIst·i onahl e J·ohhcry Oll what little there ma y lH·. To fnee a bee f fnmine without the J.ppf tl'llst would !Jc ha(l Pnough, hut to face a lH·Pf famine with th e beef trust sati11ting its appetite for spoils between produeer 1111d consume!·, that is indeed tragedy! Jt is entirely safe to s11y that, left to provide f'nr t ln•msr l \'c•s und('t' a sncial system in which tht•J'r wns no ex ploitation and no market jugg lPry, the p eople would sec to it that th ere was no hccf famin e and no famine of any kind. The h·ut!t is that we do not know whether \\'e aJ'C to hn\' c famine or not until some trust (P]Is us of it- and then we do not !mow whethf' l' th e famine is actual or artificial. \Vhen we c:i n get our producing and distributing machin ery out of th e hands of the exploiters and into th e han(ls of th e people we shall not starve hrrnuse of failuJ·e to produce. • • • ART AND THE POLICEMAN EALLY, we hould change places with the-- goats of the field-for we are ''goats'' indeed. And that may be why we "fall " for .the poliecman o readily. .\ ls·o C"onsid('r the policeman and his ways for a moment. Also consider our ekes and the :arti t. The artist m.ay ~~a,·e painted a wonderf'l!lil }}ictuN'. He may have p~tlt a gl'IOO.t truth oo C31UV~" in ~tli4-&'i~ -<eel'6r • -H~--mJaY -bve broUigb;t .J!ortru a mas-tnpie(te of art a.n<tl! thought. Am.d hi!!' hMil{t h' pic-ture whe~e the pubJlie may see the proooct of his mindl Mi1d souL aml!te-:rting along ~ -itb b' ~·rub wbiatlirag iu its: aeenstomed e-liptie111l Oli"~it, the p,oJileeman, wonderful h~ing, see-s the work oJ art, Uestop to gaz.l". You ee llim le111n forward, deep in eritiea] thought. You see be ' especially fitted to eritiei e , rt bee-au e b(l-fore he became a policeman be wa a digger of ditche -a state-. ment which · ralenlated to ea t no di eNdit upon the art of digging ditch{' , a ta k to which the · arti an bring more of hone ty than the a>erage policeman brings to his round of g~­ ety and bead cracking. And now, recovering from the digression, let u look again at the policeman who i a qualified art critic beC:ause he once dug trench es. A wave of anger crosses his noble countenance. He march es up to the man in charge-or mayhap right up to the nrtist himself. The pietut·c must eome down. It is immoral. It is shocking. It will n ever do. "Can it out, " howls the outraged guardian of the public morality. And then h(' blithe!~' sanntet·s nlong, finnlly coming to the littl~ row of shacl<s on the borderland of his beat where he proceeds to collect divers and sundry quantities of legal tender from sleepy girls and raucous madams in t» o interest of public morality and the general up-· lift- to say nothing of tl1e continued prosperity of the Inspector and the Lieutenant at Can. tral Station. How luchy is America to have such nobl e g-narclians of th e public weal to protect us from the hort·id .artists! • • PROGRESS IN EDUCATION OIJLOWING the lead o(.a few of the most progressive cities Los Angeles has estah, ljshed a n open air school. So far the s<:hool is of no great magnitude and it is only for the very young pupils, but it is a beginning, And along with the open air the children are taught by the Montessori method, wlJieh all who are familiar with the system will welcome. .\. great many have long woudere<l why children sihtouJd not do a large part, at least, of t!lileir studying illll ttle open air. Arid with ll:ft:re sp~Pi1Jdml6ermm:r upellil mr se1Joo1s as an in~ �The Western Co mr a de dicati.on of the worth of the idea they ba,·e gone on preaching the doctrine of open air. Jt has taken a long time~ but we .·eem to be l:lJflling to it at last. The~west oticrht naturaiJy to lead in this departure, and particularly had ( 'alif11rnia (Jught to l•·ad. The Califo'rnia clitnat•: iK KO adapiPII to (·omfortable ·open air Wlll'k 1 h:tf it uwy ,.asily forge ahf·ad. althouuh .-old w•·~tf lwr i!. "-'" no uwans enoug-h to dri\·e iul" s,.,.Jusioll t hos•· who t'Pally under taud \\hal fn·sh. pun· ai1· !IIP311S to the body ami !wain. Jt 111ay ),.. wdl lo add in passing that most of OIJI' houws a~··· quit,. a-; llliHi l in IIPPtl of an opr•n ai1· l•·..tun: as arfo our sd10ols. Fot' T l11• 11 irn hJ,. h:ll'i II us. t h•· pussy-foot g(•rlll And a ll of tJt,. hosts nf thPir •·lau ,J ust r·11l'i up :11 td d i.. in t ht· IJJ·i{!lrt IH·at ing sun .\ tH I l11·:t1 it to lt ••:l\·• ·11 :ts fast as tlw,v can . • • • GOLF AND EYES liE .f oll t'll ;tl of tltP .\itt (• t·icall :\I Pdi cal .\ sst w i ;~t io11 i ~; '"" ''' ' ·~x • · 1·c: i sed O\'l: t' t ir e app:t lli11 g- loss o f' •·.r•·s u11 t he nation 's goH •· otll's•·s. Jt ~tthi s • ·s pl<ty •·rs nut to look a r ou11d "''' '' " t h•· •·r·.v of .. for P" is hl'ar d. lt is nil y rry \l't•llt o Jtl :llti f'•·s t :111 ntt itud r of s;pn pat hy lo\\'anl :til,\' 1111111 :11t h•·i11 ~ 1rlto tnay br inj nJ'Ptl , hu t Jet 11ot all tl11· sy tltp:ttlt y ami a(l\·icc he directed t 01\':11'(1 t ht• poor HJtd ltl'ipl es>; golfin g populat io11 . l<'m· Jll<lJ'e Jll <' n:H:ill g· lo th e t•ye is th e oc•· llp:tt io11 of th r ha11k vr 'rho lllHSt n ceJs work in t h<· blindin g g-litt er of g old all day . F or t lt ..s•• lt• •H Yily hunl eued " ·o1·k e1·s we lJcsp cak a hit of lltilk of human kindn ess a nd syn1pat hy . • • • CANAL GUESS WORK YIWY m·gan o[ exploit ation is fi lled t he e days wit h proph esies of t he wond er ful p l'OsJH'rit,\' that t he canal is to IH·ing-. Ba eh •·it y fa nt·ics that it is to be most hJPS.'t'!l Of a JJ. .\ ga inst t hc~P a 1·e tho ·c who fear a great llli'IISh or imm igration. They . ce hor des of lnW-Wil!!t' workl•rs tlol' ki ng to the Pacific shores to tak•• tht• plaec of the worker· who m·e all'l'IHly lwrt•~ 'l'hct·c i.·- omt' ,...round ftw their ft•m:, hut uohody ndu~11ly know to any del!'''''' of t•t•rlainly how much. 1'lu• fMt i: I hat no one know ju t what the t•nnnl will llll'llll. ~\uyouc ma~- predict wl•at it may mean; none kno\ • anytltin•.. t.ldiuit('. And tho e who know lea t of all art.' Ute one· who e ole information .·~ gJeanetl from the daily pre . Xo one---except the capitali t -know· ju ·t what the capitali·t plan to do with the t•tmal. The capitali t are the one· who will n~·c I he canal and their· one pm·po e will be to jncrt•n·c exploitation. Of eour c we at·c certain that there will lw . ome immigration and ~omc commer·ct• or utl11•t· sorts, but that i · all we l•now. And we do Hnt know "·hat la1·gc plan the capitali. ts IIIli,\' hnn• in rcla(ion to thP eoa ·t indw;t 1·i••s in i.•on H••I'I inn with the pro ·pcetiYc immigr·atiorL 1 The one thing that we may h' . 111'1' of is that f·apitalist: will seek. to hcnd eYet·y t·it·,·umstau•·<' to h(·ar 011 wage to the ciH1 th'nt wn~t·s may hP reduced and liYin g conllit ious lllllth• worse. So, though " ·c han~ no t·c•·tnin kn owl l'llgl' of j ust what wi ll happen. we must l\t'<'P hoth f'~'l'S on lhl' t·H II Hl and wh at goes I hi'Oil!,dl it. vYc mm:t , as far· as ' rc ean . pl't' I'PIIt tht• sprea d ing" ot li Ps abou t t his <·oast nnlo ng- lh t• workr n;_ of E n rop e a nd '\'C must fo rrnul nt c sOIIII· •·oJistt·u d ivr pla n of c·o11d urt towar·d th o~e bo p!' fnl o11••s who arc lul'l•<l tc t his w <·st crn emp11·c. • • • OH, ANTHONY, BEGONE! P l T we re 110t th a t· J\'r• \1' YOI'],,.,.s st a nd f o r· so Yer·~· Ill lit h, th e f:wt l hat A ntlio 11y Co111st Ot· k p•· t·sists i 11 punill ing- h is JH'stifel·ous lt old ,y t lt er·p would be 111 0rr n•111 a Jek a hi e. ?\fot Jon)! ag-o "\ntiJOny C'omstoek g-ai ned f r,•sh lam·<·ls J'o 1· ltit nsc•lf' hy arresting :;\l ite hell Kl'u UeJ:ly, a :X ew Yor·k pu bl is h<!r of magazines aJHl books. H is magazinP is T he For'llln, aml tlw hoo k t lt at otfenJed Comstock was ·· H agar· Hen·lly,' · w1·itten by Dan iel Ca1·so11 Good111an. 'l'IH• poiut of tlif· book was that the gil'l "of l' i~ht instinc·ts." with a k n owlNlg1~ of' tile wodtl. but with 110 money. "can go str·aight. ·• ·w ithout disl'ussinl! the qw•stiona!Jic eouclusion of thf' author. we sulJmit that a discliHHion of the quf'stion is imperativ1•. And the ·ooncr this Comstocl< p er~Wil iH •·nmpcllcd to stop hi.- prudish yawping the le!is the I'Ommon . cu. c of the public will be outraged. lndccd, one could not '"' hlamcd for drawin_g t h~ ~;onclWii.un. iha.t.. C.:Onu.t~k is an �The Western Comrade tiOna whieh harve indiUeed deeay. '.li'w being one and the snUJr~ of it life pur-moo, l.t re tontitm to health &nd to t:rengtb • a uvoo• .Ill .& • Tb it is in human ooiety. No amount o,f THANKS AND HYPOORI'JES aid N'.ndered ''the wimming tenth" ' iU ui, • .Jt:ST a few days variol!IS e-xecutive nee to produce health in the s.o eial OJl'gani m will he issuing Thanksgiving proelamao Iong a tbel"e remain "a submerged tenth" tlens. These p1·odamations will, for the of that organism. Permanent relief 1 only posmost parf. he of the usual effulgent variety, ible to ociety a a wllole when the conditions sf'tting forth the numerous thing for which we respon ible for the ubmerged tenth are met shoul<.l give thanks. and overcome. He wllo would proYe himself a V;u·ious eharitYJ organizations will be begocial avior worthy the name; he who would ging a m itr here ~nd a mite there to - enable.~ }'o.ntrihnt e t~ the pcr·uu\~rl•nt rl.'lief of. his kind them to proYi(lc dinners for numerous "in- and the ultunate salnrhon of humnmt~i, mu t dil-{l~nt ·· Jwr·sons. And the "indigent" persons din•ct his attPntion to thnt pnrt of sol.'iety will takP that mPal and be duly thankful. Of where tht> neetl i, gr·eatc,t. Hmnan soQicty must 1·ot1rsP fhos(' who provide the dinners will he lw saved at the bottom if san•d nt all. ~niYatiou th11nkfulthat tiH·rl' ar·e "indigent" persons to fr·om the top were an impossibility. ins-idiol'lS press- agel!llt in tht pay of pl!IIDllishers a.nd artists: who fee] t11e :need pf .nrriblle-itly-th~ugh it won]dl not be trlle. whom to giYe Llinners. \\"hat a rottrn hypOPrisy all this is. ... ... ... "THE SUBMERGED TENTH" X ... ... ... SLAVERY IN PRISON L1\JOS'l' quoting verbatim tlw words used in an article describing prison life, hnse1l on the experiences of E. E. Kirk and _Harry McKee in the last i. ue of 'l'ho \Vestorn Coml·ade, Thoma. l\Iott Osborne had tho fol·lowing to sity after a voluntary term in Anhum (N. Y. ) p!'ison recently: '·First, the prison system is absoluirly a form of slavery and all the tmths thnt J.~incoln l'llUiw iatcd apply equa lly to prison slavor·y. lt tai<Ps from the convict his own initiativri nnd frc<·dom of action and he hccomcs au irrcsponsihlP automaton, who - r rtut·ns to the outside \\'l'lrld to find he is unable to resume his own indi,·i<luality and guide his own destiny. " One instance of the uointolligcncc of the systi'Rl is the attempt to prevent the convicts fr·om normal excl'eise of the sc11se of sight and HAVE rny own ideas ahout tli e submerged tenth,'' says Andrew Carnegie, " hut 1 am n ot quiu~ r·l·ady to give them to the " ·o rld . At present I want to hr lp the swimmin g tenth." In this statement Mr. Carnegie has touched th e essential point of difference between rational social sc r·vi cc on the one hantl antl that form of charity on the other which seeks the bett erment of society through palliative methods. The statement that "Society is a chain whil;h is no st rongcr than its weal\Pst link " lrn s hrcOllll' trit r through oft rcpratPcl assertion, hut it is none the less true. Hunarnity is a uuity composed of ind iYiduals indissolubly sr('(~(·h.'' linked together fo r hetter or wor·sc for life and :\ir. Osborne, chairman of the state pdrwn for d<•nth. lie " ·ho would save the soeial ag- hoard, went to prison l1> find out what pl'ison gr·cgntr mnst hcgin where the socilll need is was lik e. His last day there was passed in the grefltP. t. There can be no salvation for that dungeon. · Of that 'Part of ltis experience he maple tree on the lawn decaying at its root, said, "I have been given a glimpse into the iuthrough ])l'aying the leaves which struggle for nerrnost cirelc of the inferno. '' h1•althy growth in th e unlight, hut arc_ perThis eastigation of 1he modern JH'h'>Oil sysnwntcd ,\·it h thr pois~mous sap that wells up tem is ,·aluablc, coming from 1-iO well known a from the frrmcnt below .. The healthy life of person. 1t helps to pile up the evidence a·g ainst t h c t rec can lw rc to red and i normal growth the criminal punishment of:' eriminalJ;," Mr. prnmot d 1hrongh one and only one process. Osborne surru; up rather forcefully the entire The lmsbandman must dig about the tre<>, fer- indiet~e11t i_!l th ~E_ _!tu~_C(' __wonis, '' uuiut~ H1iv.e it a the root aDa (n~e thec<~uidi- · irteff\·<:tin", cruel. " �The Western Comrade WE~T\VORTH OLIVE SCHREINER: SOCIAL ARTIST "All I astoin• to be, and was not, c-omforts me." Jr i!l in this simt•le manner that OJh·e chreiner 1·JoK•·11 ht,r intrmln:·tion 10 ''\\'oman and Labor." and yet, thi11 llimt•l•· line. usE-d in the f:onnection in wbicb she "~"~~ ir. is 110ihiug l<•ss than 1mhlime. lu this lurrodtwtinn stu.. writes of ll' former book of '' Jdr·h "\\'r11nan and Lahor" is a 1·ery minor portion. Sh•· ••·IlK how that l10r1k, the product o~ eleven years of I lu· 1110111 at·d:~ouM Jahor. was d<•stroyed-during the Boer \\'ar l•y HfJiclic•r,;, wh •• l•rokc-into her little cabin from whic·h slw had h••••n r·ut off and 1\'hic:h she was comp..t l•·d 't o l•·av ... vac·ant during the war. Together with or ho·r of llf'r IH·IungingH, the ~ohliers set the book aflame ancJ wh• 11 sh1• rf'l11rned nothing remained but a little h"ap of aHiwts. Thi s hook c·ontaiuing so mtwh labor-not tbe autoIlia! i1·. HOII IJP HS labor of one who is driven. but ti1e inKpin•d, I' real ive lalror of one who toils for love- was tliOI'P l'aluah l (' to t hH world IJ.v far than all the diamonds in lhc• Ki11ilwrly Mines, for which l~ngland brought on tl1o war. And of ir s irrr parallle d('struetion by the murderous 1nlons or nalional gref'cl, Olive Schreiner says siniply: "All I :tflpire to he, a11d was not, comforts me." AHidP from all el sc·, this one instance earns for her 1he n;11nf> of artiKt, for it I'PI'Pals her as past master of lhP art ol' forlltitdc•. llut in addition, the merits of her worl<H c>arn h<•r that name rnany times over. 'l'hl' sc·iilplor sc•<•s visions and would mold them out of c·llty; ~Ito s<'<'H visions and would mold them out of Jwowh•dJ.!:P and human flp slt and blood. The musician ll<•lli'H 1\'0Jifl c> rful symphoniC's allC! p;i1·es them to the world; siH•. too, It Pars a symplton.v. a sy mphony of !inman desire•;; and site has gin·n that to the world. Tit <' paintPr r·alf·he;; l.hP C'Xquisite lights and shades of nnlur<•. intc>rprpts lwr somhr(' moods as well as her glorious unc•s. hut lw is 110 mort' adept in his art than 011\'f• Hl'ht'PiiiPI' in ht>rs, . wht'n shP catchf'S lhP lights of hnppltr ss and the :-;hac!C's of tragPd.v in human E'Xist f'lll'c' 1111<1 hlPnds tl1<•111 intu a pieture of a moving whole. Liltc• thP pn i ntt 1'. thC' m11sidan and thE' sC'ulptor, who are puinl'd hy lnl'k of hnrmony in things thf'Y may see or hPar, so sh,, is pained hy laek or harmony in society, \\'lildt IIIPIIIIH :<utTering for all thosp iu,·olvPd. Like thP!W < thl'r artists. Sh<' stands out distinctly in seeing what mnn.1' Ntt irl'ly fail to Sf'(', or seeing do not understaud. 'l'ht' thing whic·h has com~' honw to her with such forn• is t hP lll<'aning of the \\'oman's 1\Iovement. \\'hile to snm p nmns it ll]lpeat·s a ch:ws and sounds like a lllNIIt•Y nl' nni~t>s, to h('r it is a harmony. he has h ard tht- \ ·oirl"s or the women of the world ringing with nnl' a(•enrsl. To hn. through the disrord of strife and mi:und<'rstanding attE'ndant on all pE'riods of social l't'ndju,·tmNll, there ha been wafted a ong like that of a hu~ ort'he tra in which the thunder of the brass, 1 h~:> • i •hiug of thE' 'cellos. 1hE' • inging of the ,·iolin and tht' riJlJlliug laughter of the flutes are mingled in a mt-lods Umt lift lht.> heart out of it- own narrow eoYirons and m:~~c,>..;; il n.,_ "ith thousands nJ)Oo lllousands of olht.>r heart-- t:nlike many indh·idual who han• madt- a mnrk In the world, the J.IE'rsonal life of Olin~ clll't-in!c"l' is :llmost unknown, but thi has only , ened 10 Nll]thn ·iat> bt-r • work the mo;·e. \\'It i l e she has lingcn •d in some remote c:onlf'r of the glohC'. hPr message has soHI'('U far and \vide. g-<JiniPg volum•· and swl'elnf'ss on ILK way . Furthermore, Ehe ici tlWJ'oughiy lmlJu(•d with that spirit. whic·h is iuvariably the gifl of the artlst- lh spirit of universality. \\'h1 tiH•r she was In Kmoky, noisy, suffering London. in smiling, gri'Pil-C'Iad llaly or in the wilds of ~outh Afflca , she r£!garded the worh.l of pPople in the same way- as beings or the same flesh and blood. with the same problems. th aame pains and joys. whic·h are alter<'d in form . but not in auh~tance hy drcumsta nc·e.· ; huu.an !Jeing~; belonging irrevocably and fore\•er together. She differs f1o111 the d<'n•t<P of the flnP art~ in only one way and that is rath~:•· a difference or degree than of kind. I nstcad of a)>IJIYing Jwn;elf to the tmrtmlt oC the beautiful. she has aflfllied hcr~;elf to t he )lursult of the good. 'fbi.· marks her a" a new kind of arthuthE' artist who wa,; not thought of in the past, who is on)~· beginning to l•e rec·ogniz~d at ..the vrel!cnt time. but who has lhP whole future w look for"ard to-the !10(.-iat ani.st. �The We steen Comrade c'B l - By EMANUEL JULIU Yictim a.nd whom he is oon to bring to t:h place, saying: "Remember now. She's young, and I'm her first Offense. And I've been careful with her, Tiger, Not touched her fingers onlY once or twice And used good English and been sympathetic,» "TIGER"- Even at this late day, Americans are not over the silly notion that the drama is a vehicle merely to amuse and entertain female parasites and "tited business men." This, more than anything else, has been the cause of American backwardness in things dramatic. Authors are gi\·en every possible discouragement by managers until it is now an utter act of folly for one to write a play with a purpose, one that demands intelligence and thought. I wish to confess that I am not a theatergoe r. I don't believe I visit a playhouse more than two·or three times a year; and I condemn ·myself on these few occasions for my thoughtless waste of t ime and money. And yet, I am a lover of th'e drama. And, because I Jove the drama, I desp_ise the stage. I prefer to rely on printed plays for the drama of life, leaving the stage for the dilettante, the "tired business man" and the shallow-paled midd le class. I get my George Bernard Shaw, John Galsworthy, Granville narker, .Jose Echegaray, St. .John Hankin, Arthur S<.:hnitzler, John Masefield or Hemik Ibsen from books. 1 flnd more pleasure in the quiet of my room reading plays than J <.:ould ever hope to find at one of the local· theaters. That's why I don't go to the theater. I believe that there are countless thousands of persons in America who do just as 1 do; they are sick of the trash peddled at theaters; they want ll)eat, not superficiality; they want thought, not namby-pambyism; they want th e iHsues of life to be faced honestly and intelligently : and that is why they do not go to the theater. They look to book publishers for their drama; and they are getting what they wish for. The book publishers are fat· ahead of the theatrical managers. . Publishers like Mitchell Kennerley are doing more fot· the drama than a dozen nelascos. This publisher., in his splendid magazine, The Forum, printed "Tiger," a one-act sketch by \Vltte)' Bynner, some mouths ago, creating so much comment that he brought it out in book form. It may be had by sending 60 cents to Mitchell Kennerley, 2 East Twenty - ninth street, New York City. As a work of art. this play is flawless. I cannot recall a single play that is so pet·fect as this drama by 1\fr. Bynner. It is, obviously, a play with a purpose; it dt ives home a terrible lesson ; it teaches a fearful moral. The stage is overrun with sensational white s la,·e plays of "The Traffic" tn)e, Jllays that literally disgust one with the stage, but here is a tremendous piny on the same phase of li.f.e. I don't remember anything which gripped me as did this play in blank verse by ;\I r. Bytwer. The episode in :\It·. Bynner's drama takes place in a ;.;-,,". York resort whic-h caters to wealthy men. The k<'ellN of the house is known as Tiger, "on account of h<'l' lith'€', hard brilliance:· She, Annabel, a girl of t\\enty-fonr. and ''The Baron," a man of thirty, somewlmt over-dnssed and over-mann'E'~Ped. are dis.eovered at t~Je r~ e '6.f •4te ~n i:m <~.--room --mnl'e snowy Ulan ext)ensi'l'e," The Raroo SJ)E'aks of the g1rt he bas marked for a • He lea\·es to bring the girl. Tiger and Annabel begin a conversation. A few minutes tat r, a[knock Is heard at the door. Annabel quickly hides bot les and glasses under the table, while Tiger puts away the cigarettes and ash-tray. The Baron enters, "1 ading h~ the hll!:lld Margaret, a simple, romantic girl or sixteen." The Baron introduces her to Tiger, whom be calla Miss Dillingham, his n.unt, while the oth r is introduced as his cousin. Margaret tells of how her aunt ohj cted to "0 n "the Baron- because he "worked in a store." "And then she didn't like his voice on the telepllon I do, don't I, Eugene!" she says. Tiger: "And aren't you tired out? Let Annab 1 show you your room. You ought to rest before your marriage, dear." Margaret Is given a cup of tea "to make her sleep wel l." Two da.vs pass; it is Sunday night. ln an adjoining bedroom. poot· Margaret has be n k pt n. prisoner, Tiger having taken possession or th e girl's cloth B. · Wlllie-ll- prosperous man of later middle ag~ enters. He is a regu lar patron, a "sport" who must have "the dainty morsels." He frankly says he must have "something new"- he is tired of Annabel and the others. He hears a, moan and, on inquiry, Is tol<l that in the other room is what he seeks- "somethlng new." Tiger Informs Willie that the girl Is as "young . 11.11 they come, and new to It- in fact, re bellious, dear, and fasting for her pains." ''I'll break her in!" Willie cries. Tiger opens the door and le ts him pass Into the other room. There follow~; a •·scream of mingled terror and joy from the girl, and a moan from the man," Margaret is heard: "f•'athe r! Father, l knew you'd come! l~ath er! .. Willie reappears a~d facing the women, llvld: "Give me her clothes! Damn you, gl ve me her clothes!" Could one conceive of a more thrllling climax? Indeed, this powerful play Is the moBt lmprellslve bit of literature l have come acrosl! In years. Willie, father of Margaret, must "han:~ Korneth lng new;" this time. he is gi\·en his own daughter! One learns the meaning of tha t cl'llde fatalism or man: he seekJ> the daughters ot other men to satisfy hiE ltust and only uuderJSf.alldll when be is gi\'en hiE own daughler; then be t.eeiiS tjle significauce of the time-long quel!tion: ''GeiJUeme.n, whose daughter?" ?.fr. Hyuner l1a,o; done Art a11d humanity a S<;rv!oo in writing this amaziug llrillla.ut drama. Hi~;, Q! an entire raft of 60-C4illed "wlJite. :~>Jal'e" _vJ.JU~i.,....il! J.bAU:IAI.lY one OJat is w<Jrthy the aUention of iuwiUgent per-son.~>. Of tbis play. l~win Markham rlgl.itlY say~>: "It earr)el:l its lessolil with more of art tlJ.an &ly of tb.e Br1eux 1 1 �•• The Western Comrade 282 tlrama5 and ill aa ellective--a perfect bit of work." Play11 like }fr. Bynner's are rarely, if ever, pro- duced on tbe stage. The real dramas of life a re not foond In the theaters; they are between book covers. i THE UN HAPPY * * * ENDING- Many pf'rf!Orls seem to think that a short story or a non•l, to he artisti~. must have an unhappy ending. Othcns say tlwir reading matter may ha ve Jots of Jlllthos and tragedy bPtween pages 100 and 250, but tlw last chaJ•I~>r must include a hugging match. Can "''' Kl!Y that l•oth are wrong? Is it wrong to contend that a nat ural ..ruling, an ille\·itaiJle ending is the thing to l11• fiN;ir·•·d, rathf'r than a determination to have the tal•· •·nd happily or uuhappily? A friend of mine, who •·arms !JIK lll'ing hy writiug "JJiec·es for the papers," o1Jc·1· told rn1• 1hat persons who dam or for unhappy endillgK lu·ca)tKP thPY are "artitst ic" must believe tha t a llf't>lng l'artl!lc· with a tomato can atta~hed to h is tail lltUKt lw art lillie IJec·au!;t' lie -has an · unhappy ending. A PLATITUDE- * * * ThPI'I' arc• KIJme Jl f'f'HO II S who ea rn th eir li velihood hy wri t in,:;- t'KKaYK a11u articles a nd books in which they Kll'ivf' f { J Khow rlw futili ty of writing books, because, 11i1•y Hay, thNP iH 11othing new und e r th e sun. Usually, wi• a'r·c· to ld th at I he yearly book otnput, In this country ulo ll l', IK Homethill g like 1 ii,OOO. These anti -bookists wri t<• th e ir hooks a nd arti f' les because t hey have somethin g to Uoli II H. They hav e an opinion on a certain subjec t. And it Is this ve ry sam e desire that a ctuates c·ollllth•HR writ e rs to 1> ~ 11 LJOoks-th ey wa nt to te ll us HOIItc lhing. So, th e argument of the anti -bookists is, In J'a c:t, an argum ent for books, more books, and still moro books . W e 'll always want to talk, we'll always try to s ay old thin gs in a ne w way and new things in nn olu way. And , wh e n we can't tlnd any t hing to write a iJout, we 'll write an essay pointing out the futility of writin g books. All of whi ch re minds me of Sc hopenhau e r. He s pent his e ntire life asking "What's th e use ?" He worked like a s lnve writing ponderous profundity to prove that lit'e Isn't worth living. Dut, hi s earnestness, his patlonce, his hard work nil tended to prove that "What's tht' li S<'" Is non sense and that life, afte r all, is worth li v lug . *. * * THE COMPLETE RlLEY- HNbert H. Hyman, writing in the October issue of 'I'll(' Dookmnn, s ays that ''the first comple te collection ot' the wo:·ks of James "hitcomb Riley in both prose nnd 1>0<'1ry, containing more than 200 poe ms which have 11e v ' I' before 1\]J)leared In any book, will be published thi · (0 tolle r) month. 1t is ofte n wonde re d why American radical ' hav take n s uch a liking to Riley's poe try, co11s id ring t ha t th re is v t'Y little ra dicalism in his \'N'ses. to suy nothing of a re volutionary spirit. The lUIS \\' t'. to my mind. is 110t difficult to find . While not l l (lOl'l· o f social pass ion. ;James Whitcomb Riley is a de mocrat {wit h a small ''d") -'~ho is of the people, who has n kindly humor and who ca res more fo~ the common dalsit'S of lnnua nity than the s mart-folk hot- house I'O:S ~. P el of hom ly t hing and s ma ll tow n folk , Riley could not be ot her t han a democra t . Of cour e, r adicals h ld Umt democracy i not enough. Riley is to be comm nd d fo1· lo\'ing the people and singing of t hem in hi kindly manner, but ra di<'al seem to -wa~i a great deal more than that. They want the re\-olutionary pirit of Socialism fused \\-ith this lo\"e for the people; in other words, they want tbe poet to thunder again t social wrongs and inspire the people to lofti.e r planes of existence. The poet is expected. in ~ subtle rounda bout manner, to tell the people to \"Ote the oelalls t ticket and elect Job Harriman mayor of Lo Angeles. * * * - THE WHY OF IT- There are m a ny persons who go walk ing because they "want the exercise," while others walk for the sheer joy of it, glorying in the esthetic s en a tion wa lking offers. I once knew a dignified boy who used to go t o the swimming hole becaus e he wanted "to be clean" ; but all the other boys I've k nown never thought of t he sanitary phase o f s wimming; they only conside re d the fun, the ha ppiness that comes t o one floun d ering about in the wa ter. So is it with reading. Some persons r e ad because they wish t o get a mass of facts and details ; their motive is merely t o learn t hings. The fa ct-seeke r conside rs a book nothing more than a s ort o r' postum product- brain food, " Take it home with you ;· Shredded \Vheat is r eady- cooked and r eady-to-se r ve"but the true book lover can tal;e the same book and use it as an aeroplane t o carry him to the mountain peak. Fact-seekers usua lly memorize long passages from Hugo, Schiller, Goldsmith or the " Private Memoirs" of John L. Sullivan. The fact-seeker digests books- precisel y the word I have been waiting for! - diges ts, r e digests ; a book to a fact- seeke r is a huge, steaming dish of corned beef and cabbage. Book lovers read for the sheer. joy of reading. Turning the pages of a book, they feel wonde rful s ensations of suspense and surprise ; they feel love, hate, fear; they laugh, they shed a tear; they feel all the passions of man. Wit h them, reading is an ad venture. It gives the opportunity Emerson s peaks about : mounting to the skies by the stairway of surprise. * * Advanced thinkers in Burope are now concluding that language must be revolutionized, considering that old words. are still being used to express new ideas. Take, for instar!ce. the word souL To the orthodox theologist it m ean s something that le aps from one's body and flies to some sort of a hea venly paradise. The same word is used _ by artis ts to express that vague something which emotion e ffect s. God means a t hou sand diffe rent things to a thousand different pe rson s. I have met many radical idealists who use the word God to signify the bright goal that beckons them to a. loftier plane of e xistence. Confusion re!ults when old words a re used to express new shades of thought. Lan guages, like institutions, need re volutionists . * JUST TO FILL SPACE- The printer t ells m e the.re is room for another paragraph in this " Books a nd R ea ding" depar tment. "If you don't tu rn out e nough to fi ll this hole I'll ha \ e to s tick a poem in," he says. So, I take my typew riter in hand with much gus to lest some poet steal space that properly belongs to me. Of course, I don't intend to say a nythi ng; I'm only rattling this typewriter to kill time and fill .spaee. Ami if you don't ttlre It, you aon•t have to. �The Western Comraae 2 3 Amuseruents for the Young B.' A G E S H. D 0 r~:!! !:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'l ROM east and west comes the cry that · we are losing in the moral quality of F rN I G quires social · changes that cannot be tfe t~ In a day and the problem of the cllildren is, abov all others a problem that cannot walt. Moreover, if we react! out tod:aJ to have our youth we can baYe the help of their fiery enthusiasm in making the world better for all. What can we do today? The question is not sa complex as might seem from a brief view, for all these children who find their way to shacking vices and petty crimes have a comJDon starting place. Strang as it may seem the poor little one froxq the slums that started by stealing an apple and the petted child o[ the fa hionabl -dame, had the same point of departure. They wer both seeking for pleasure. Let us right here convince ourselves Ithat pleaa_u1·e is good and necessary. It is. That i one r ason wh: the churches and the schools · do not save ven their own. They cannot save the ones who. have th fullest ad,·antages of both. This is not to their discredit for they have not been organized nor are they supported to do this work. One church that put in an athletic apparatus and a tennis court for week days closes th se features on Sundays. Those who support the church will not have it used for Sunday amusements, and the boys and girls for whom lt was equipped go to the amusement parks and to the beaches, whlle the church is preserving its traditions by keeping up this puritanical severity. The minister in this case sees the mistake but the members-do not. What joy do we offer our youth? Can you na~e a single amusement in your city that Is offered them? All is for sale for profit for the promoters. And how are · they conducted? You do not know. It would take an extensive investigation to tell. The Chicago vice commission tells in Its report how amusement parks, Jake front resorts, lake steamers, pleasur.e boats, shows, some pool rooms, many theaterB and even some ice cream parlors are connected with and leading to the worst forms of vice. A recent book by Kneeland and publlshed by the Bureau of Social .Hygiene states similarly of New York. As far as Investigations have been made similar facts exist In other cities. And we continue to send out our stream of youth, fresh and beautiful as the morning, but wlth every nerve and fibre in their bodies calling out for the normal pleasures which are their due, and we leave them at the mercy of the profit mongers. To give to all the freedom of joy and thus to save a maximum we should have the amusements within the reach of all. We must have large municipal amusements and the motherli'ood of the cities must bestir ltseir that we get these and get them properly conducted. We are failing, we have failed, In trying to make youth good by repression on the one hand and commercialized amusements on the other. We must give to youth safe and wholesome surroundings and with it full opportunity for expression. We must make joy so easy and pleasure of the wholesome kind scr natural that vlclous amusements will be abandoned. our youth. Young boys are ' een synlcal and hardened at twenty and. they fill the ~ Zi'l penitentiaries at twenty-five. . Young girls, In large numbers arre befOre the Juvenile Courts with experiences and attitudes that bid bad for their futures; while the streets a:re filled with bold, wayward ones of both sexes. · Then come .the white -slavery cases, ' he police court cases, the hospitals, maternity and oth~ 1·r kinds, that makes the thoughtful wonder, what for rhe future . . Vei-ily in the conservation of youth we a,re losing. Careful staisticians the world over tell us that juvenile 1·ri me is on the increase. Lewis E. ·P almer wi-lting for rhe Survey· says: "The surprising fact is that about half of America's offenders range between the ages of ren and thirty." Crime and Criminals, justly prized for its authenticity says: "While it has been shown on the authority of congressional investigation ·and noted experts that throughout the civilized world crime is on the increase, this increase is most marked in the case of juvenile offenders." And to be more concrete Mr. Frederick C. Howe, the great city expert tells . us that more than 10,000 children under the age of sixteen years are arrested annually in New York. Other Amerkan cities have showings as bad in proportion to the-Ir populations. If this continues can the beautiful agelong symbol of the innocence of children be t~e type for all purity? Even the hardest of us cannot blame the children hut are willing to ask why it is and what can be done. Most keenly does this affP.ct women, who just coming into a position of social responsibility, find that their peculiar and special charge, their children, that nature put entirely into their keeping, are finding the dull rub of the world unbearable. What can they do? At present the church and school are at work with noble p.urpose but the obdurate facts show their hick of success.· A staunch friend of both institutions, the devoted• Jane Addams, says (in The Spirits of Youth in the City Streets, page 159), "We are at times obliged to aslmit, however, that both the school and the church have failed to perform this office, and are indicted by the young people themselves." They do not reach the <"hildren even if they were efficacious. The church reaches but a small fraction, and the schools, their fraction has been counted, the grammar school reaches about one-third of the children, the high Sl!hools about one-tenth, the colleges about one one-hundredth and the private schools and academies a negligible number. Some other way must be found." As it is the children with the least adult care that fail most-t~ children of the very poor where p·a rents do not have the time, and among the well-to-do where fashion or amusement claims too much from the eldrs, obviously a change that would equalize conditions "Twlll be as easy then for the heart to be true would do much. An economic status that would give to As for grass to IJe green or skies to be blue,'Tis the natural way of living." the poor the comforts of life and opportunity for the care of their children, and take from exp:::J.::. o~ it:.:; e.:. rs ;:-.t ;;h:.:e;:-_ _ _= ----;-'!Trt! 'tlleY was e m 1 e s ow, o the det ment "'e may havet<>change some of our standards a little. Frederick C. Howe, above quoted, says thAt w of their children, would save the youth. But this re- �284 The Western Comrade cut a pattern of the best man and tried to make all men measure to it. If we have done this with-men how much worse have we done with women. For women we have cut a pattern from an impossible ideal and we have stoned right and left In a vain eflort to make it uni versal. It were better far to dispense with patterns. Let each develop as best he can: Let us· have the realities of life; we have had enough of the make- believes. Nobler ideals and freedom of joy will do wonders. Of course some will be afraid it cannot be done. AI- CAPITAL There is no such thing as capit~l. Anyone who starts out to defi ne capital -is a fool, and that is why all professo rs of economics- at our various universities are so busy doing it all the time. Each new light in the field of political economy expends at least a couple of chapters in his monumental work in a fresh and manful attempt to define capital. By the time he is through he has succeeded in add_ing to the already heroic li s t of dope the poor students have to memorize one more batch of facts that aren't so. The aim of all this century-long defining of capital is to give to th e polite world the assurance that there is an inherent and essential diffe re nce between capital and !abo!'. The stock exchange hires the classroom, as it has so often hired the pulpit, to ease its conscience and to show the ethical and moral basis of robbery. Once admit that there is such a thing as capital apart from labor and upon that foundation a good wide-awake professor in need of promotion can build a wonderful tower of light that can cover the misdeeds of a generation with a noble effulgence. Let us take, in the considera-t ion of this so-called capital, the familiar instance of a railroad. A railroad is commonly called a species of capitaL Now what is there about a railroad which is not labor? What is there i-n any stage of a railroad's existence which is not labor? In order to produce a railroad we ha,·e to chop down trees, dig up iron ore, blast Iron into steel, lower grades, and bridge chasms·. All this is labor as any man will quickly lind out who goes to doing any of it. But while this is going on the laborer who is running donkey-engines and driving spikes must be fed. And right here is where the protagonist of capital gets off a little hot air. Capital Is needed, he says, to feed this horny-handed one and therefore the railroad cannot exist without capital that feeds horny-hands while he is laying the rails! But no matter how bard the hands or howsoever tough the digestion, the laborer cannot masticate gold; he cannot be shod in Common Stock nor .can he drink preferred. What the man eats is bread, and bread is produced by some other laborers somewhere who exchange bread for railroads- and wind up with neither. From beginning to end, from original survey to Pullman diner, there is not one thing in a whole railroad that Is not a ctual labor at that particular mon~nt. The so-called "store d-up" labor which professor s of economics try to call capital, the steamshovels, cranes, pile -drive rs, and the like, are all at that time a part of the r;tilroad and of all of them the same can be shown, that there is nothing in them at any point or at any moment eithe_r in their constructlo n or m iGh · ,o urel ia'tro iT :S ways the voice of prudence, short-sigh'ted . prudence, would choke out all great social effort if it ·could. The cost? The poor of New York alone· collectively spend $70,000,000 annjlally on amusements.. Proportionally like sums are spent in other places. This money could be made to flow into municipal channels te the ..ennobling of cities by erecting athletic halls, courts, amusement -parks, ball parks, billiards, baths, art, rides, and the manifold forms of expression which an awakened joy would create. It would save our youth; it would be . worth the while. By SYDNEY HILLYARD not one item in .any of them nor in the whole finished raliroad product upon whi-c h a man can place his finger and say, "Now, this is capital." This is the reason why every professor of economics and labored writer of political economy defines "capital': in a different way-it is because the thing which they define bas no existence. These men sweat blood trying to separate the inseparable, they call together the four winds to blow apart a natural and indivisible unity. 'l'he product of labor is the proauct of labor, and labor is labor, and a natural resource is a natural resource, or in other words, land is land, and there you are, while what, oh what, is capital? - .. .. .. TRANSITION By Anne R. C hlst Oh, brutal phase of human nature '.Vhen Man gloats in battl e ·o'er his vanquished toe A nrl r eve1s In the pain of fellowmen. \Vhat thl11g hast Thou created here below? For tho' we m·ay n ot know the fateful day Of Judgment when hath ftown the mortal breath Slill dare we In Thy spotless n ame to slay Till drunken In debauchery of death. As such, Oh Lord, hast Thou not molded us Nor sinful as the tempted Saints who fell From Paradise to d epths of Erebus Nor as the Slnglr sweet of Israel \Vho a nger ed . But as Thine own given Son, Thine ol'ferin g to H eaven f or r elease From w ays unhallowed of the warring on e That we, as brothers all, mig ht know Thy Peace. At l ast, in ev' r y land Th y workers are Anew proclaiming that which He dtdst teach, To throng ing thousands who will n ever warTo m en whose n ew-born thoug hts towalf-d• Justice reach. And down the sands of 'l'lme the armies go Of th em \v h o, ruling, have not rul ed for Good The mission of God's Socialists to show \'l' ith Him who bled, th e way to Brotherhood. .. A NEW .. .. DEFINITION Secretary Bryan, at a dinne r in Washington, said of one· of those patriots who are always talking thirstily about a Japanese war: "Patriotism is love of one's country. Yes, perhaps. But often, too often, it is hatred of other countries. "As for imperialis-m - " · The secretat·y waved his palm leaf fan gaily. "As for imperialism " at--m+gh+-1; e ned as international kleptomania. " �The Western Comrade 25 Public Education and Social • Progress By LEO This is the second and last of a series of article by Prof. Leo W. Wax. The educational value ' of these articles cannot be questioned and they should be preserved for: their historic value to th.e readers. The thorough training and education of Prof. Wax tit him to speak with authority on the subject of education. ·~"""""""'"WJ""""~~~~ N THOSE European countries where thetr parents' pocket-books as the · determining factor traditional class d-ivisions still prevail in this cla diYision. the children of the various classes do At any r~te he calls attention to the exl tence or two not minglE> much. One seldom finds distinct classes of children in -our schools and in the there peasant children rubbing elbows name of social stability and safely he demands that with those of blue blood nobility in the each be given the kind of education that will fit its !!arne schoolhouse. In this country, members for their respective future roles in 'Society . however, the school is a more demowithou t arousing ambitions that cannot be reallz d. • cratic instltu.tion, and a part from the He advocates industrial education for the "mass s" as ' fC'w belonging to the very exclusive set the only permanent cure of our social 111s. educatE-d in private schools and boardT\lis proposal may sound somewha.t rasping in the lng-houseR, children of various socia l and economic ears of the self-comp<lacent individual peacefully dr amHtandings occupy the same school bench and participate ing to the familiar tune so often repeated that this is of the same mental food . a country of equal opportunities where the washThis equality is limited in duration, however, owwoman's child bas the same chance as any-o·n e else to ing to the need of the sons and daughters of the poor work himself up and become a Rockefeller, a Carnegie to graduate early into the school of real life and assume or even pr~sident of the United States, if he only has t hri J' respective po~ ltion s in th e s truggle for existence. the ·ambition. But this tune is rapidly getting out of The recent report of the School Board of Massachusetts style anyway and is sung now only occasionally in a Hhows that 74, 000 children between the ages of 14 and Fourth of July oration or in a political campaign speech 17 are out of school in that state alone (which is, by when the people's votes are wanted in support of the flu.' way, the cradle of uniYe J·sal compulsory education). old regime, and thi s, too, before Increasing skeptical ·10,000 of them bE>ing regu·larly employed in the textile audiences. and othel' Indu stries. But even this limited amount of It will be found interesting at this point to refer c•q uullty I s ca using an xiety In the minds of some or back for a moment and compare this educational cure our patriotic C'ducators and statesman wh en th ey come for the threatening social unrest conceived In the libto ~ p ec ulat e oveJ' America's future. era! mind of a college president of the 20th century ''How !'a n a nation endure," exclaims Dean Russel in democratic America with that proposed for the same of Ten(·he rs' College, Columbia University, when it purpose by the above -mentioned minister of Russian lu•pps a rou s ing in the mailses strivings and ambitions education, Shlshkoff, in compliance wllb an "ukaz" or whi<' h ure naturally impossible of fulfillment?" "If the tyrannical Niiholas I. of beaurocratlc Ru ssia in the the chif' f fun ction of govemment is to maintain social beginning of the 19th century. Besides revealing the ord e r aut! presen ·e the stability of the state, what right st1·iking s imilarity of both plans on the point of dividing have we to cdu ca.te the' masses in the same way as public education along class lines, this comparison also we educate the ir leu.J ers ?" "Js human nature so conshows clearly that those concerned in the stablllty and s tituted," . li P asks with right, "that a man will stand perpetuation of an exis ting regime ·have always and l'almly by watching his rival climb up high on the social everywhere e ndeavored to use public education for that ladder, cspeeially when he does so not through altopurpose. To bring up contented, pious, and obedient or . gcthe J' honest means, while he himself must remain laW-abiding citizens has a lways been and is today the bPIow nnd CR nnot rise at all? Is it any wonder that final goal anq •purpose of e very educationa l system conwe have so much trouble with our working people?" trolled by th e ruling classes. The program of studies, "\\'e are optimistic, indeed," he goes on to say, "if the choice of text and reading matter, the e mphasis put we se no cause for alarm in our present condition, and on some subjects and the neglect or omission of others, we are worse than fool s if we imagine th'at our social in a word all the work of the school is carefully planned ills can be cured by supe rficial external remedies. and adopted with this final aim in view. Proper legislation can furnls b some temporary relief, to Every study that would reveal the faults of the ex!sting order, every book t hat might arouse discontent be Rure, but it is only the right kind of education alone that can pe rmane ntly save us !rom perdition." (Educawith things as they are, every teacher that is known to tiona! Review, June, 1906.) · entertain and profess radical ideas on the subject of .Just how to separate the children on the school governme11t and prevailing institutions--all these are as hench while till in their knee-breeches into the masses much as possible withheld. and tho e "destined to be their leaders" is a problem On the other hand, religious societies, churches, that would apt> ar to present some difficulty. But since missions and the like carry on a brisk activity In our Dean R\t, e doea.JUlLenl.ighien us__on this point it rnu~---GO>Heg.es-an~~ties witft...t-hedireet-etd-1Hiu~·---be left to speculation with l:be negative assumption co-operation of the authorities. only that he does not consider the respective sizes of There ha.s been indeed a good deal of preachln.g, - ·,I �286 The Western Comrade lecturing and writing going on of late to the effect that there is · no actual antagonism between science and religion; that they are on the contrary two sisters, so to speak, of the same flesh and blood. Th& fact that these two sisters have always been at the point1 of the knife, that religion has for tliousands of years perse~ cuted and suppressed her younger sister science, denouncing, anathematizing, torturing her representatives, and burning them at stake; the fact that the two are by their very essence Incompatible and antagonistic, the one being based on blind faith and unquestioning adherence to authority, while the very existence of the other depends upon critical investigation and bold inquiry, recognizing no authority but that of inte11ect and logical reasoning-all this is being variously explained by our learned preachers, lecturers and journalists. But whatever the actual: merit of these exp.lanations, the efforts to bring about a displomatic compromise between these two antagonists of yore are already producing results. On many occasions one tinils nowadays socalled science and religion- clasping· hands, and it is Qften pretty difficult t,o distinguish between the university professor and t he ecclesiastic. Very frequently indeed he is actually one and the same person. The church owns and controls a very great number of univen;ities, colleges arid common schools in this country as in all European countries. In some sections of this country the attendance at the parochial schools comprises as many as 7ii and 80 ]J'er cent of the school population. The re lationships between the denominational and secu lar school have been far from friendly in former years. The authorities of the denominational schools have on eYery occasion denounced the secular schools as ungodly, irreligious and hence immoral. Declaring that the pupils of the secular schools are let loose into the world devoid of religion and morality, they repeatedly warned the pious and God-fearing parents a~ainst sending their children there. The last few years. however, have witnessed a marked change of attitude between these two former antagonists. It appears that the modern tendency towards combination and concentration characterizing our industrial world has permeated into the scholastic world· as well. These two kinds of educational institutions have evidently come t realize that rather than competing and divldin t eir .forces it ' uld be better policy to combine and feed· their herds on ommon pasturage and with united watchfulness guard ir charges against feeding on unwholesome food or drinking from impure sources. In Canada, Mexico and in some of our own 'Vestern States this happy union between the denominational and secular schools has already been affected, in many ins ta:nces, and it is to be expected that other places will follow suit. In speculating upon the probable effects of these attempts at reconciliation between religion and science on eith-er of the two, one is naturally reminded of the policy always pursued by the church. Whenever she found it impossible to defeat her antagonist in direct conflict, she sought to defeat his ends and gain her advantage through a diplomatic peace. The conduct of the seq_uj.ar schools, moreover, in point of religion, piety and godliness has b~j!n such as to satisfy the church in all particulars, and leave her no apprehension as to her hold upon the graduates In their future lives. College education does not exclude but often goes hand in hand with religious bigotry. Every college and university as a rule - - --<:cfl''tl1'C a1l:Y services are conducted either by one of the faculty or by a special pl'iest maintained by the institution for the purpose and where atterulance is usually compulsory. Every university Is provided wit special halls and accommodations for religious meetings, Bible and mission classes and other religious organizations of various descriptions. Commencement exercises and other important college and ·university ·functions invariab,ly open with prayer. The University of Michigan, for · example, qualifies on the avetage six priests and missionaries out of every graduating class. Thus the school furnishes adhetents and worshtpers for the · church and the church in turn spreads her protecting wings upon the school. These two institutions supply the spiritual and mm:al foundation upon which the existing order rests. "As a police measure alone the school is worth all the money it' costs the government to maintain It," observed a shrewd American statesman, whose name I cannot now recall. . . The school deals with the human individual in his tender and plastic age, at the time when nis character is being molded and the first determining stamp put upon his ego, when his nervous connections' can be re~lated a.nd permanently fastened · into habits af thought and habits of action, which the circumstances of future life are but too often powerless to alte1·. The ave,rage individual passes through life with the ideas, ideals, b,el.iefs and habits imbibed in his youth. He may wander over seas and oceans, he may change skies and cliiD.ates, he may settle amidst entirely new surroundings, social and political life around him may become revolutionized, his habits of thought and action will remain substantially the same. He will rather submit to inconveniences and disadvantages, he will rather suffer losses and sacrifices, he is often ready to give away his very life for the Ideals, ideas and habitll acquired 1n youth. As a matter of fact the conservative man cannot see why he should have to change his mode of life and conduct to suit the times. He demands on the contrary that life itself should remain stationary. He laments over the "good old times" when he felt so well, when his thoughts and actions were in full accord with his surroundings. Naturally then he will strive to counteract and obstruct any change in these surroundings which would tend to make him uncomfortable. But even th~ more progressive individual, of mature age, who has been brought to the realization that something is the · matte1·, that he ought to introduce some changes in his mode of thought and action, often find s himself unable to a!Ject these changes; he is powerless against his own self. For habit is not second nature, it is tenfold nature. Those of the immigrants to this country who are making serious efforts to Americanize, tO cast off their home habits and customs, and adopt neliW ones in their stead, find the task almost impossible of accomplish ment. As a matter of fact they ·never succeed, how ever hard they ma:y try, to Americanize thoroughly. On the other hand the second generation of tll.t)Se immi grants coming under the influence of the pubHc schools finds no difficulty whatever in that regard. There are cases, it is true, where a person breaks away· completely from the ideals and beliefs of his youth and adopts creeds, doctrines, and modes of life In utter contrast to his upbringing. This is especially likely to • happen when his education was carried on iq violation of some fundamental laws of psychology, At any rate these cases are the exception and not the rule. Be&id , wns are usually the result of a spiritual and mental crisis, and like all crises it is �The Western Comrade abnormal, it causes a great waste of spiritual and mental energy, and 1s fraught with grave dangers to the Individual concerned. A person who has had all t his youthful Ideas, Ideals and beliefs· uprooted a t a .single stroke without sufficient time and opportunity to acquire and Implant others In their stead Is likely to become a moral cripple. He .Is likely to remain without any character, without any moral atamina. Amenable to all possible external Influences, without any Inward balance, he may be tossed about from extreme to extreme on the b1llows of life, easy to yield to any temptation, likely to turn traitor to any cause. Hence such crises are undesirable, and a proper education should seek to avoid the possibillty of such crises by sufficiently preparing the child not for the beliefs of the past, not even so much for the notions of the present, but for the ideals. dreams and posslbllltles of tl;le future. It has been firmly established by modern psychological study and research that not only Is human action subject to the law of habit formation, but human thought Is likewise controlled by the operations of the sa me law. Roughly and hastily speaktng this process Is as follows: Something in the external world produces an impression upon any one of the sense organs .. This impression is at once taken up by a special messenger, known in psychology as an afferent nerve, and Is rapidly carried to the main station, the brain center. As soon as this message is received and interpreted, another messenger, called an efferent nerve, is hastily dispatched with a reply to some muscle or some other brain center calling for a certain action or thought. This completes the circuit ' and constitutes the expression corresponding to the given Impression. Should the same Impression occur again it will ten,d to trod in some familiar path attended by the same messengers and the response will be the same, provided that the results of the first r·e sponse were satisfactory. In order to make a certain expression habitual then, all that is necessary to do Is to supply the impression and watch for the ensuing- expression. Sometimes su-g gestion or direct imitation Is required to call forth the desired expression. Make the results pleasurable and you are certain to get the same expression in the future whenever the same or even a similar imlll'ession occurs. On the other hand if the expression obtained is undesirable make the results distinctly disagreeable, and repeat ·the same ·ope-r ation until you get the expression looked for; and then continue repeating until the habit is established. The school, having the human Individual under its The Western Comrade Vol. 1. ~ No. 8 r care at the time when most ·of I:i.is habits are being formed, supplying the child with most of Its Impressions through the process of teaching as well as through Its general atmosphere, plays therefore a gigantic role in shaping the destlnles of individuals and of · nations, and in tlie enhancement or retardation of social progress In accordance with the ideals domlnatIJ!g lts:-procedure and the final goal towards which Its educational activity is directed. ·- One ·other significant feature charactetizlng pubUc education' all through its history ought to be mentioned here In conclusion. I .refer ·to the zeJLlous watchfulness with whi!)h P.Ublic education has been guarded against external infiuenees and unorthodox doctrines In religion,. morality, or politics. Any attempt to Introduce new ideas into the minds of the youth, not In: accord with the old establ,ished notions, at once fell under suspicion as · dang~rous, and the Innovator was often persecuted and his teachings suppressed. Socrates, one of Greece's greatest philosophers and noblest thinkers, was accused of corrupting the ·youth and .condemned to death for no other offense than that lie taught the people new ideas of philosophy, t-ruth, and justice that were not in agreement with those sanctioned by the state. Tw'o thousand, tw.o hundred and nine years have ·passed slnee· that time. The mighty stream of human history rolled on and on, bringing about radical changes and .transformations In every aspect of llfe. But the watchfulness of the ruling classes over the education of the masses has not relaxed. On the contrary, it has become more systematized, more centralized, more thorough. · Only four years ago history repeated itself in the most striking fashion. The Christian rulers of Spain murdered Francisco Ferrer, one of that country's noblest men, a most devoted teacher and ldeallst, for no other offense th~n- that he attempted to Introduce into the minds of the youth ideas and Ideals that did not meet with the approval of the 'church and the state. Here we are reminded. through association of Ideas that church and state have always resorted to suppression by dungeon, fire, sword and all Imaginable tortures in theireffort to prevent innovations, check the stream of social progress. and thus perpetuate their authority and maintain their domination. But all the injury done to progress by these means of direct suppression becomes insignificant when compared with the indirect but far-reaching effeets of a falsified education constantly poisoning the minds with adulterated mental food, constantly training the young· Into a static, complacent, uncritical, unprogressive and servile manhood. The ·Social - Democrat Official organ of the Soclallst movement of Callfornia; owned by the party-the very best propaganda newspaper In the West. In addition to its propaganda work constantly keeps In touch with the dally Ufe of the movement, bringing to its readers each week a reflection of what Is actually being done. Correspondents everywhere make It .a mirror of the field o~ action. YOU ought to have this great paper. Stitt Wilson calls _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___.,...,..00iate....Ea.i1"t.ot'S---.,.-------i,~est-in-Amel'iea. tts-a-doUar c ve Eleanor Wentworth . Emanuel Julius forceful, virile-always on the job for the revolution. 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Not a month has passed during the life of this maga~ine that some new writer or artist of worth has not been introduced to the r eaders. This ni"onth the .pages teem with new names. · The contents of this numher of The W estern .Comrade seem to t he editors so exceptionally worthy t hat they woril~ like to write across the cover wl-iere all might see, "The best ·yet!" . · · Especially .do th e e~itors want to call your attention to th:e work of Charles Tracy, ·the artist who has decor·ated the magazine. Tracy is a veteran in th E' California nio~ement. Years ago he struggled with ''Common Sense,'' a publication that many will ·remember. Those were the days when a subscription meant a meal. Tracy is as. youthful as a hoy, as cheerl'ul as t he proveriJial kitten and as sincere in his ·work as the most profound scholar. There will be more of his work and it is certain to prove one of th e delights of th e magazine. W e feel that th e cover design t his month by Rob Wagner is his master stroke. It has the daring of th e unconventional, the exactitude of absolute accuracy in that it at once is a work of beauty and an announcement of fact- as well as being an exceptionally good likeness of Comrade Harry McKee. "'l'he Under ground War," by J. L. Engd ahl, whose y ears of contact with miners have fitted him to write th e story as few could, and the study of education by Prof. I.1eo Wax ar e two offerings of which we are indeed proud. Each of the other contributions fills its own little nook in a most delightfu l way. Altogether the effectiveness of this number of The \ IV est ern Comrade must be r ated at above par ·as a work of constructive educational value, of the k eenest interest to the Socialist and ·to the outsider who is not afraid to take · a peep at the ide&_s ·of others. • The Western Comrade Vol. 1. No. 7 ~43 October·, 1918 The Progressive _ _, '\VOMAN Pub! ished :M onthly by UNION LABOR NEWS COMPANY, INC. 203 New High Street, P. Q~ · Box 135 Los Angeles, Cal. Today Is the most virile , educationa l, e nte rtaining m agazine In the Socln llst and Ruffragc movem ent. Full ,, f aspiration, vim and zlo. · Excellent ft>ature articles. s tories and Illustra t iOns. A magazine tha t d eals with conditions and facts from the femi nist .anti Socialist vie wpoint without gloves! Is n ' t that what you want ? The Progressive Woman Subscription· Price One Dollar a Y e_a r SHOULD BE IN YOUR HOME Why nnt ~Pt It?. Yours for 50 ce nts for one Ch -.K W YC'ar : 2fi r.Pnto. In rlnh" of four nr more. AdB . W I"ls i , ester ln . right dress THE PROGRESSIVE WOMAN, 5445 Drex el Avenue , Chicago, Ill. . ate··.Ed1 "to.,." ________ ___hundred. (B..undl.es_foL.!ocals...and-.hustle~s --$2.00- p e l'' ----·-··-·--- Socl ··· •-<>•-~-) EDITORS Stan 1ey Eleanor W entworth Fred C. Wheeler Emanuel Julius Rob Wagner ' �The Western Comrade TWO TRAINS B y F RA N K . E .· W OLFE f I r It was hot, bt oifing, s1zzling hot. The si lver mounted thermometer that hung In a nook reg istered 105 and the humidity was unspeakable. Servants clad in snowy rai ment were moving about swiftly and noisetessi y. Whirling fans were gi ven the, proper slant to blow s·o othing breezes; ic!'d Q;rinks were serv~ii ·. ~ nd dainty summer d ishes, .fruits "and i'c es wer e on ·all the tables. . . Spotless napery-, sparkflng cut glass and shi ning silver was .set .off by . t;~uquets of fresh flowers. Women I n filmy· lawns d awdled with salads and ices and the .men were oppr essed and ennuied by the heat .a11d 'bores()meness of the journey. Everybody s i pped cooling -drinks. It was luncheon hour In the diner of the Manhattan Limited. The eastbound train pulied Into a dim and musty.· statio.n •. -,;n Instant later a westbound Immigrant train drew In and stopped opposite the Limited. Wlridow to window the trains stood. There the Inmate's of. each conveyance got a glimpse of' how the other wOt"ld lives. The i mm i grant train composed of " day coaches" was overcrowded. . Every one of the str aight-backed, narrow, close · seats contained at least t wo passengers-sometimes there were two or three children in addition. to the adults on one seat. Men and women either slept i n the abandon of utter exhausti on or sat bolt upri9ht staring vacantly. There were no fans, no ices,' no .coolIng drinks. The air was filled with a rotting smell. The fetor of the place m'ade It dehumanlztng. This " freight" was on the way to the Pennsylvania coal and iron districts--food the hungry maw of steel ! Opposite a window sat a sleeping giant. The bulk of him compelled attention. Bared th r.oat and breast showed color and contour of torso that would have delighted an artist, brought joy to a sculptor -a great blonde viking w ith wavy ha i r. Suddenly awakened he turned with wide staring blue eyes and looked into t+le luxurious car opposite . ..He .seemed to think it a dream. Wonderment in his face gave way to understanding. A look came into his eyes that seemed to me the most hopeful thing in the world-a look of Demos awakening. It would have been an inspiration for a masterpiece had some great artist seen it. Flunkies hastened to close the windows lest the stench and horror from the opposite should shock the finer sensibilities of the Limiteds. Then one train moved east-the other west. • • • 219 • • • .. Will the Giant awake ? I saw another look of understanding last night. A three-foot hedge at Fifth avenue and Thirty -fourth street was the barrier. Demos, this .time, was a tall, lit_ h e, dark, well set up worker of Latin cast. He paused and gazed steadily at the scene across the hedge. A word will describe It: The dining room of the Waldorf: Astorla at the fashionable hour. Understanding was registered in every line of his face. The alert policeman moved down on him, spoke a word. then the thin lips parted -=~---o~::==;;c~~·~f-c·· - rna ilow;-fas criiating sililre ·snOwliig .twol ines -of white teeth. One more look at the scene and he moved rapidly on TOWARD THE EAST SIDE. �Tb.e Western C(i})m EE.die My Confession . I[QJ , By JOHN M, WORK ... r:cE rrpen a1 tinre, ] gua;dllmtedl ftam m Iittl'e a:ea:dem>:w do?Nll! m So,uth:easti.e:m.. tov.:·~ And! the! a<m.e. eQ.Jll.eJ> to> my nelllrt agaiDn\ a.g, I Clclll t.(!) mfn'dl tile J "U!Ilfo:tr Quartette sfngiing;, '"Fllliie-w.e-111~ Pa.r~vre-lll!~"' w.b&te. w-e Were in 1!he mid'st 01 0-1re 0f! tile most liealnt=.:rren.di:ng; 1iragedifes; 0f hUID.aill!: li!re--1th~ S&\l"~iio.g; Qt SC::h~J ties. H~w 1 wam'tedl to gO> t(l)l that s·elll!lo/11 !EJ1!ei'l'EW~ 11 wen.de£> :ti! the acom bas; th& hea.vt~.ehe w.hen it ~ buFs"ts its g;heU. ]1'. Clllil\ n:ever· be !!iii! oak Wlth(1)1rt. hmstmg~ 'Fhe bmst~~ <lfi: t!'l~ seh~] she-U t!:l: j,ust. ~~ as- necessary to 1illJtelirectual an.dl mom gj'o,wffu. IDI th0se days, meredltiO-Ie as ~t may seem 1 was a nEe eatel". J had! been the most timid! bQ,y,' i~ ' scnooF.. Tl'le flirst tiime I faced! an l!llldfence iiil! the literary soeielfy- hall. mw l~p tJiembtedl and t,he • c~rners 0f my moutlll !lrew themselves aw31;y dlown and for the· me of me 1 couldn't g,et them. st.raignt, eued tiP again l!lllltil I l'e ft the platform a nd! sat down. · But 1 was ambitfous.. To acquire cimraf?.e '"and determination I read a bout aU sorts o.1 heroes, ox· alfeged her-oes, and attempted ·to {mbibe their spirit. I read a bon . Demosthenes and his pebble. I · r ead about OeneraJ Custer. with his fllowing Jocks, flourishing his saber and h~ ing defiance at the whole Conf:edel·ate army And 1 said to myself, "JJ these fellows had nerve, why can't I?" So I waded ln. I began to bowl and saw the ai'r every · time I found myself befoTe an audience. I soon dts, covered that when a person shrieks and fans the air, people think be is a. sublime orator, no matter ~ hetner hel says anything worth while or not. So I always did it. I got so I took great pleasure in it. It delighted -me beyond measure to get out in front of the place where the carpet · left off and yell, and churn the air with my arms, and s tamp the bare floor with my feet by way of emphasis until the dust rolled up and curled around my ea.rs .. That's the way I did with my commencement oration. My subject was " The Rising Torrent.'' I pictured a lot of terrible, horrid, grisly 'osophies, 'archies and 'isms, which were gaining ground, and, unless the Ude was stemmed, they would sweep our .civilization over the precipice of revolution into th~ bottomless pit of- something or other- ! don't remembe r just wha t. All I r emember is that I rolled civilization over the precipice and chuck ed her ~---down into the black hole and then gave her a kick. · Now, one of the dread 'isms which I pictured as being about t o sweep our civilization over the precipice of revolution into the bottomless p it of what you-may-call-it was Socialism. Yea, sir; Socialism! Honest Injun-hope to di e! W)1at did I kno w about Socialism? Nothing. AbRolutely noth ing. A few years later I investigated Socialism . for the pur pose of pre paring a lecture against it. I wound up by preparing one for it. Since that lime I have been· atoning for that ignorant. blundering, idiotic crime. 0 SONG OF THE SHOVEL Down on creation's muck-pile where the sinful swelter and. sweat, · Where the scum of the earth foregather, rough. and untu · tored yet, · Where they swear In the s l x · foot spaces, or toll I n the bar· row squad, · The men of unshaven faces, the ranks of the very bad, Where the brute Is more than the human , the muscle more than the mind , Where their gods are the loud-voiced gaffers, rugged, uncouth,. unki nd, Where the rough of the road a r e roosting, where the fa iled and the fallen be, There have we met I n the d i tchway, there have I plighted with thee The wage-slave troth of our union, and found thee true to my trust. • • • • • But you ' re foul to the haughtY: woman, bed l amon ' d s.l ave of lust , Who bows to a selgn l or's sabr e, t i nged w i th a coward 's ru.s t, Foul to t'he apl ng dandy w i th the glitter.i ng finger rings, You who have hel ped to fashion the ,charnel vault of th.e k i ngs ! -A'h! the l ady fair is d i sda i nful and l oathlngly l ooks askew, And the ooll·a r ed .ass of the circle gazes l.n scorn at you, B u t s·o m·e day you' ll ·scatter the -clay on gri nni ng lady and l ord , <For _you:~s I s ·the <e_yJ!I!;al _t r_l_llm__pl:l oy_er thJL~C_eptne and -,or.d! -,E,mp·ero~s [pass In ;an flour, em,p1res pass i rn a d ay, B u t yo·u of t.h e loine .a nd mllc!k--plle open the gra~t,e a1W.aJY. - FII'om Patric'k IMacGlJI's "'Songs of .a N avvy." �The Western Com r ade 221 TWO F.O·R CES . . By Eleanor·Wetitworth WO agitators went ab-road .i n the land, talking to the .people about the great c·a use o.f Economic ,Freedom. The one was very bjtter. Incessantly he hurled anathemas ~gainst the oppressors. He. ·~rou~ed the· ire of the people; be lighted the fires of hatred m thell' hearts; he caused them to raise their clenched fists with the de~ire to destroy. Of gentleness he made a mockery.' To the p eople he said, "Know tpat your so-called 'masters ' are but fat parasites, sitting on your backs, absorbing the energy, the life 's blood, the hope of you who are the world, takin·g to themselves all the r esults of your efforts and leaving you but an· empty pretense as a r eward." He declared that bate was the world's great motive force, the fearful cataract of snow and ice and debris let loose down the mountain-side by the thawing of the Sprin l!time. The other agitator knew only one sentiment- love. He was as gentle as a mother, but as unwavering in his. purpose as the· ri~ing tide. His message to the p eople was, " Love one anot her ." Cease wrangling amongst yourselves. Stand shoulder to shoulder. Divided you are but so much· chaff wafted hither and thither .tXhe furious winds of tyranny. United you are more mighty than all the combined forces of hatred and oppression of all the ages, for you set up against madness and. destruction, the tenfold -g~eater ·powers of peace and co-operation. '' Those who heard him felt welling up within th em a desire to create something beautiful ; a great, strong feeling that caused tham to know the str ength of gentleness and to clasp hands with their nearest fellow. And further he said, "Do not hate your oppressors. H e who is foolish hates the st!·engtb of his opponent. He who is wise hates his own weakness and sets to work to remedy it. The only strength of your oppressors is your weakness; your weakness is your division amongst yourselves.'' He declared that love was the world's great creative force, the su bstance of the pulsing hearts, the clear minds and the hardened bone and sinew fr<1tn which would be built the House of Human F ellowship. * * / * Some of the people loved th e one agitator and some loved the other. There were very few who trusted both and thought them both sincere. ; �222 The Western Comra :d e HARRY Mcl{-EE-:I-5 -o~u-T­ OF JAIL By CHESTER M. WRIGHT Photo s hows Kirk nnd K cK ee In prison, McKee w earing coat. Harry M. McKee is out of jail; out of the terrible dazzle of the enamelled white bars and the glaring white walls; but in his regained liberty he is a roaring flame, scorching the defenses of the system that demanded his imprisonment, burning into the strongholds of capitalism at a white heat that would not have been possible but for his incarceration. McKee passed two and one-half months in San Diego county jail, after having -been .... convicted of conspiracy to violate an anti-free speech ordinance and ·sentenced by a Progressive judge. The entire proceeding is recognized by everyone familiar with the case as an enforced concession to the demands of a ruling ring of Vigilantes, who, themselves guilty of the most heinous atroc!tJe~, sotlght CO\f!!S !!P.I!er .the. IJUJlishmenLoLsome_. __ one else, followin g the time-honored principle of the man who cried, "stop thief," so that he might escape with the fruits of his own plunder. Harry McKee emerged from the great concrete prison with some very definite ideas concerning prisons. The first and greatest of these is that all jails are wrong and must be abolished. In this, he stands firmly . in the acknowledged position of the Socialist pa'r tywith the additional strength of his own "ins~de" knowledge of facts. "The real criminal is an abnormal person," says McKee. "He is abnormal either through environment, t hrough having been forced to live in surroundings that warped and crushed, or through the effects of heredity. Abnormality leads him to crime. And to effect the cure of this criminal society takes him by force and plunges him into a prison, which, no matter how modern, is absolutely abnormaL ..In_ jail the .prisoner is .tr-eated--ab-normally; his surroundings are abnormal. Nothing is natural. His food is brought tQ him, such as it is. He has nothing to do; takes no thought for the morrow. �The Western Comrade 223 No incentive for anything is required. Existence is a stirred the citizenship outside the bars. During MCKee's dull routine and the prisoner may look abe¥ for ten term he passed some of his time in sketching, and the years, if he be sentenced for so long a term, knowing product of his pencil adorns many a s_quare on thethat on each of the separate days in all or those years walls and bars that still surround Kirk who must rethe routine will be exactly the same. He can time main there unt.il December 1st. The books, some few e very event in his life for every day of his terni,Jmowing gay pictures from magaz.ine.s, and t.be art products of that those things will happen by the clock 'vithout fail ~cKee's pencil dreamings went far to relieve the killduring that entire time. And how ridiculous it is .to · ing, maddening blur of whlte. hope to remove abnormality by thrusting upon the ab- · And the solid white does not end with the walls and normal creature more of abnormality;" · bars. It continues down over t.be 1loor, t.bough it blends 1\IcKee does not mean 't hat every man who is ~ut in 'i'nto a gray. But there 'is that solid cement 1loor, always jail is abnormal. He means, with distinctness of dell-· .cement; never once 'foot fall· on a bit of turf-always nilion, the men and women who commit real crimeson · cement, month after ·month. the acts that an honest societYGvould regard as criminal. Now sum this up: The solid white walls and bars, He declares that a thief may be perfectly normal..:....so all in the most precise geometrical order, every unit normal that he will not pennit the unjust impositions just like every other, just so many fractions of 'an inch of capita islic society to deprive him of the means of from bar to bar, so many inches between every door; · sus tai · ~ life, e ve n though prison be the punishment. . the little oblong · coffins for the food twice each day ; But the murderer is always an abnormal person. the interminable portions of mush and stew and bea!JS :As an example or the effect which chasing each other in endless arld 1risons and prison appurtenances uninteresting routine 'in, over the have upon persons of perfectly norfloor and out; the constant and unWAN T TO DO WHAT In a! and healthy character, and yielding cement underfoot-everywith this still more amply fortified t.bing exact, no element of choice BY HARRY M , McKEE hy the breadth of view that is given anywhere, no stimulant to the inThe thing constantly on .my mind Is terest of the prisoner; nothing exto those who understand t he· Sothat Kirk Is stl·ll there-he's in jail. And cialist philosophy, some of the except the automatic progress of ex1 know what It means to be In jall-locked up, bolted up, bar,red In, with guards periences of McKee himself are of istence as regulated by law and the walking the steel and cement corridors. wishes of the sheriff, though, as for interest. His companion in prison The constant longing of my soul Is for the liberty of my comrade. I want to see describes the feelings of McKee in Sheriff Fred Jennings neither Mch im free-away from the cell, out here connection with the food problem. Kee nor Kirk has anything but with the rest of us. · · And further; I want to see the time words of kindness, The sheriff Is The ja il fare is served in tin dishes, ha& tened when no one w ill have to go to oblong in shape. much like the tins a good sheriff, and the jail Is an jail for the causes that sent us there. My whole being Is In the nght agai nst that in which bread is baked in the home excellent Jail, as a jail-but the jail thing. ovEn. The fact that these tins had is a JAIL and the sheriff is a I want the t i me to come when no one will have to go to that kind of a Jail fo~ square corn ers was the bane o'f McSHERIFF! any kthd cf a crime. I want the time to Time was, early In the term of Kee's life in ja il. Th c ome when jail as we know It shall cease to be. · corners loomed up at •er the two Socialists, when the winThe only way I know to gain those ends adding to the repulsiven dows outside their tank were open. Is for the working class to stand shoulder to shoulder, Invincible, at the ballot box, unsavory contents of stew or beans. Between the tank and the outside In the Sociali st party, the political exlf only those corners had not been world then there were the bars or press ion of the ,working ctass. To bring about that d ay Is my single aim. . tllere; if the tins had beea round , the tank, the heavy screen of the Workers of the world, that Is YOUR Harry McKee would have felt far window and still other bars outside flpht, as well. And the v i ctory will be less repugnance toward jail fare. YOUR victory. - two sets of bars and t he heavy Join the party of your classl H\)p to screen. But the prisoners could see And if there had been a dish of difhasten the better day, when peace and ferent size and shape upon occajustice shall hold sway over the world, outside--they could see the sunwhen the race shall bloom In ·freedom of shine and a little bit of the great sion, that would have been relief of soul and mind and body, when Iniquities equal magnitude. But always the shall have fled, when honest thought and wide world . And that was a wonh. o nest toll sh a ll be the measure of th.e derful privilege to have. But let same oblong with the hideous m a nhood and wom an hood of us all! McKee tell you how closely they square corners, like a mfniature coffin containing the dead offering of studied everything about them; how a deadened social conscience to a the attention of the man behind the prisoner whose everY human attribute was supposed to bars is riveted down to things that never would cross the have died when he passed behind the bars. mind of the free person; "We nev-er could look out of our tank from any point. through those double bars That is an instance of the abnormal life In jail. To · the outside onlooker such things may appear trivial, a nd that heavy screen and see the same object at one but the · fact .is that the entire life of the prisoner is time with both eyes!" But there came a time, when for some reason, the made up of just those things-there is nothing else! windows were closed- all except one ·way up in a. top With Kirk and McKee, of course, there were some other interests, but the'y were forced in by superior corner, twenty feet above the 1loor. "When they closed will power and by virtue,.of the understanding of social t hose windows it seemed as though a weight had been let down upon us," said McKee In describing the senproblems which absorbs them. The bars of their "tank" were utilized as book shelves and here · they gathered a sation. "It seemed as though half of life had been shut circulati ng library. Donald Lowrie's "My Life in away- it was like something pressing hard against the eyes." Prison" has gone the rounds of the entire jail. Other So for weeks there has been no sight of the great books have followed it through the tanks and cells and outside, no touch of mother earth, for Kirk and there papers a rrd leafle ts without number have gone from Jll'isoner to -prisoner -be!!llllSe -·of- th·e --Intel'est -ur-·urese - ·warnmrefor~cKee-untilnTsrealese -ca:ine. But ------two Socialist prisoners. The best laid plans of a. lot of people are never fully carr.ied out and so that statement about never a sight No two prisoners that this grim dungeon ever held have exercised such an influe.nce within its walls or so of the out-of-doors must suffer some slight moniftca- a �224 The Western Comrade "The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American P eople, just now, are much in want of one. We declare for liberty; but in using: the same word we do not all mean the i same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while ~ith others the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men 's labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name, liberty. And it follows that each of the things i , by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names-liberty and tyranny. "The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's th~oat , for which the sheep thanks the shepherd a hi liberator, while the wolf denounces him for th.e same act, as the destrQyer of liberty, especially as the sherp is a black one. Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of the word lill!'rty; and p1·cc iscly the same difference prevails today among us human creature , and all profe ing to lo\'c li be rty. "-Harry McKee's favorite quotation from Abraham Lincoln. tion. That little window away up in the top of the tank, is th e modification. And when McKee or Kirk wanted to ge t a wee glimpse of real, honest sun and to prove again that the world actually WAS still outside, they climbed up the b.ars, band over hand, like sailors going up the rigging, and stole a glance out of that real hi gh-up loop-hole in this adjunct to the ship of state. It is hard for th e person who never has been locked within prison walls to get the impressions, the mind agonies. the awful feeling of restriction that bears down upon the mentally alert, fast-thinking man who is sud de nl y grasped away from life's ambitions. from family and liberty and thrust behind bars and bolts and walls and screens whe re it is prison, with PRISON stamped in eve ry inch of the s uiToundings, with PRISON drilled into eve ry waking hour and eve ry fitful dream! It is hard to u.ndersta nd that sensation. But I am try ing to carry it to you as you wou ld get it if you could stand close to Harry McKee or Earnest Kirk and look into their eyes as they talk ! The point he re is not that Kirk and McKee are to be commiserated with. or pitied or anything of that sort. No, th e poin t that they make in every consideration of the question is not made from their personal \•ie wpoint. but from the viewpoint of society-the great est good for the common people eve rywhe re. Jails don't make the world better! That's th eir argument. Just one person attempted to commiserate with Kirk and McKee du ring the, time McKee was incarcerated. H e happened to be a visit ing minis ter. "I'm so sorry," be began. And he got no fu rther. . "How do you kn ow you're sorr y? How do you know you ought to be sorry? How do you know you oughtn't to be glad?" came the questions rioting after each other from the tense lips of McKee. And the minister of the gospel left that tank with an apology and the conclusion 'that being sorry wasn't just the right thing in some cases. Being proud mig ht better serve the purpose! No, the point is not that they are to be commise r ated with at all. The point is not so much concerned with them individually as it is with society collectively. That has been the point throughout. They wen t to jail as a service for humanity, because of devotion to a principle. Their personal sacrifice was for all of their fellows. Had it been merely a personal matter neither Kirk nor McKee would have gone to jail. Both are frank a nd · vehement in their dis!ilnl of jails- but bot h are staunch and unre lenting in their determination to stand by their principles, even though the cost be prison. And so, some three months ago these two comrades marched d'own to the .jail doors and passed inside, to suffer "reformation" for the high crime of asserting their right to freely speak their thoughts on the streets of San Diego. But they went to jail in triumph, knowl,ng, as only Socialists could know. that their cause mlust win in the end and that their sacrifice · would hasten the final victory. They knew that their sacrifice was a service--and so they went gladly. McKee came out of jail on Friday, September 12, at noon, · pardoned by Governcr Hiram Johnson, sixty-eight hours before his term would have expired. The pardon was recognized beforehand as a possibility, but not as a probabili ty and its a rri val at that late hour was a surprise indeed to most. McKee is a more powerful man t han ever. The fire burns more fiercely within him. He feels more keenly the wrongs of an unjust system. He is more fi r mly determined than ever, if that is possible, to do his whole part in winning for the right. His voice will be a guide and a shining light to thousands who would never have come within his reach had not an arrogant plutocracy sought to punish him for e ncroaching on its ill-gotten presen-es. Capitalism resorts to diverse tricks its ends to gain-and pretty generally, when those tricks are played on class conscious members of the working class, it loses ignominiously! It has lost this time. Harry McKee is the victor ; the Socia list cause is the gai ner. And three months hence when Kirk steps from tlH' big wh ite .,door there will be a new victor and we shall count fresh gains! Fo1· of such are the fortunes of the capitalist war upon the e nemies of pl ~acy-and of such are th€' fo rt unes of the war of U ·orkers upon those who sit idl y upon their shoulders, sapping the product of their toil in parasitic fash ion. The victory, in the end, is with the just! A DREAM CHILD By DAYID FUL TO KARSNER . A child went forth I nto the world dream i ng of love. Truth, w isdom, joy a nd h ope were woven by It Into a clot h of fellowsh i p. It knew the meaning of aerial elements and the demons un · der the sea : It made songs to weeds by the roadside a nd to lilies In th e pond : , It made songs to libertines and harlots and to the fa i thfu l and p ure : · For this child dreamed of un ity, chanting to everybody, cele· bra t i ng e verything, om i tting nothing but nothing ness. Its ·pilgri m ages led It to the remote corners of th e earth and to densely populated ci tie s. Th is child Is a dream child who visi ts me n i ghtly, takes me by the hand and leads me to places and people of whom I pai nt mental p ictures In my bri ef day dreams. �The Western Com r ade 225 The lmpe.ac.hment of Sulzer By William Morris Fei.genbaum Tl --====~ HE impeachment of Governor William Sulzer of New York is an illustration ·of the foulness and the rottenness of capi' =·:talist politics; it is a sample of the raw work that is "pulle d. off" every day. in the year; it is a laboratory demonstra. tion of the workings out of the fake and the fraud that goes under til.e alias of ~ '" ' "Democracy" nowadays. It is the final argum e nt for the placing of the government in th e hands of the working class. The manne r of it is thl!s: For years "Bill" Sulzer has lJeen the prize joke in New York politics. Elected to Congress -~t '32, the e lection was altogether without s ignificance, as he came from the congested East Side " ·here a yellow dog on a Tammany ticket could ea s ily · he e lected; wh e re, indeed, last November, a violently in sane man. Timothy D. Sullivan, was chosen over .Joshua Wanhope, th e.u rilliant writer for The Call. Tamman y does not care whom it sends to Congress. During th e fourteen lea n, hungry, officeless years of 1 896 1910. th e unterrifie d Democracy of Ne w York cared more ro r the s hri evialty of New York co unty, with its· vast pntronage, than it did for the New York congressional tll•legation. So it is that little none ntities, like Daniel .I. Riurcl e n. little pe tty politi cia ns like Sulze r, ignoramuses like He nry 1\'1. Goldfogle, go to Congr ess from the impe rial me tropolis. And th e re they become totally for)!;otten. That is wh y the whol e lot of th em, led by John .1. l·'itzge rald of Brooklyn, voted for the infamous RepulJlica n gag rul es in 1909, in return for wh ich favor the Re puhli c:ans put up a s traw man for Mayor in New York to 1Je knocked dow n by William J. Gaynor. Tammany !ires on several things . but it ge ts its s lt]Jport from th e people by g ifts or promises of jobs, and · hy protection to its he nchm en. It is not generally know n, but one out of every thirty of the vast popula1 ion of Ne w York City is on the public payroll. Not a ll of th ese hordes of civil servants are protected by c· i1·il service rules, and th e registrars aud s:Jrrogates and s he riiTs in the five counties constituting New York City, a nd t he ir s ubordi nates numbering thousands, all with SIHJ1le n salaries, are the officers and the rank and file of Tammany. Tammany wants access to th e public till, so they get hosts of men to work for the victory of Tammany candidates; they get slimy cadets and gunmen to repeat at elections, to drive away opposing voters, to colonize, and to stuff the lJallot boxes. And in return, Tammany rell'ards some with jobs, promise.s others future jobs, protects the business of the cadet (for a perce ntage of the receipts ) and protects tb e gangmen, th e gunm en and the murde re rs, who are rarely punishe d for their activities. This is Tammany, and this is her philosophy: You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours; you give me the fa t contracts for city \vork, and I'll pay you we ll. You ean commit any crime, but one-doil't go back on the gang, don't peach; because if you do, you might jus t as well go to a notary with your last will and testament. And because the re's no pabulum or pap in the Congressional delegation, Tammany never cared whom it sent to Washington, ne:ver cared about the national party of which it was an integral part, never cared for one moment for the issues that animated the nation. "This here Wilson, we don't know who he is, but he's on the T ticket with our Bill Seltzer and ·o ur Tim Sullivan, so he must be all right. So ·vote for him," said an orator. And they did. . The electric sign that bla,zed against the a utumn sky was "Wilson and Sulzer." Read that. Study it. Mispronounce _it, as all New York did. Then judge of the psychology of the people who thought politically in terms of whisky. So Bill Sulzer was tolerated for eighteen years in Congr ess. He was a strutting peacock, the funniest joke in Washington. He affected the pose o'f the professional "friend of the 'peepul'." H e cultivated a disordered lock of hair; he wore a string tie; he let everybody know that he wanted to be the latter-day Henry Clay. / He was much like Clay in one respect. As the story that n ewspaper m en in Washington still tell bas it, when the barber told Bill that he r esembled Clay, Bill puffed up and asked, "Is it muh brow?" And the barber said, "No, sah; it's yo' bref!" In \Vas hington, Sulze r was m erely funny, but he was sh rewd. H e knows his district. Made up, as it is, largely of newly-arrived immig rants: J ews, Italians. Hungarians, Germans, Bohemians, Slovaks-the most polyglot distri ct in the world, the modern Babylon-he kne w his ground. His extravagant speeches about his friendship for every body, "Eve rybody is my friend!" "went" on Second avenue. His speeches were models for burlesques of politicians on the s tage. And so, when fina ll y Taftian stu pidity Jed th e Democrats out of the age -ldng wilderness of joblessness and into the bright su nshine of control of the House, Sulzer's sixteen years of more or less service to the pe ople in Washington was rewarded by the chairmanship of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, a r eward for seniori ty in service and for nothing e lse. He used his position to e nrich himself in the rich Central Ame rican pie. His e xtravagant speeches in favor of President Estra da of Guatemala astonished th ose who wondered what he knew about a country so far from. Second avenue, but those that know dollar diplomacy, those that und erstand the fien dishly farr eachin g "concessions" those Central Ame rican tyrants are wont to grant in return for American protection, were not astonis hed at those pranks of "poor, but hones t " Bill Sulzer. The a brogation of the treaty with Russia is his prize stunt. The million .Jews in New York read his speeches in t he Congressional Record, but th e million J ews. not under standing Congress, or Con~essional procedure, or th e funGt ions of gove rnm e nt, do not know that the whole thing was the most monume ntal, the cheapest, the most insolent fraud th a t was ever pulled off. But it made Bill governor! Bill announced that he was governor, not Charlie Murphy or any other boss of Tammany. And he proved it, too. H e appointed as chairman of the Public Service Commission Edward E. McCall, tarred with tbe stick of Equitable rottenness, put him where he could loot the city for the benefit of Tammany. No. McCall is no crook. But he worked for the gentry who are looting the city in the gigantic $300,000,000 sutiway construction. To fi ght th e boss- in the newspape rs- is the game. To take orders in public would queer you with the people. So Sulzer stridently announced that he was bossand privately did Tammany's bidding, untllUntil Char le!; I''. Murphy gently intimated that it �The Western Comrade 226 would not much distress him if one James E. Gaffney were appointed highway commissioner. Sulzer gasped. It was a trifle too raw. Gaffne y is Murphy's partne r in th e contracting busines s, and ·that job would, give tb~ firm $50. 000,000 worth of s tate contracts. If Sulzer bad appointed Gaffney, be would have to prepare himself for re tire ment from active life on January 1, 1915. So be didn't, and he 'll have ' to retire a bit earlier. Certainly, Sulze r is guilty of what is charged against him. But, a s Mr. Dooley said, h e's guilty of murde r, arson, grand and petit larceny, and going back on the ga ng. So th e legis la ture that includes some of the blackest politicians in Ame rica, th e legislature that exone ra ted Se nator Still we ll of bribery, said Senator now be ing in pris on s tripes in Sing Sin.g, that legislature impea ched Sulze r. And the lead er th e proceedings a cting unde r Murphy's orde rs , lVIurphy who sat ·with his of QUEER r~=========~AGAN was a genius with th e s upe rna l artis try of line that limns the windowpane o' frosty nights woven into the fibe r of his be ing. As a small boy in an ~ ~ ol.Jsc urc middle -western tow n , th e trac ery of th e naked trees on a sombre ~ antnmn sk y a wake ne d t he indescribable /.l'r dream that fo re ve r after fi iiC'd his years. Time clarified lhe vis ion a bit and goade d him to th e city . At tw e nty-thrrl'. !o1·e fount! hi m a n e ng r:n c r. The g irl was an art stud e n t who a lso har bored a dream . So!'il'ty dot•s not like dreams , not, at l e a ~ t . nut.il th e dream t?r dil'S ant! th e d ream Ji1·es on, so twe iPty put l.Joth t!H ir foolis h noses to t he bras ive " ·heel o f ll <'<'Pss ity. Th C' g irl 's dreatn a t !.Jest was rath t? r blood !t?HH. so it di ed from inatt <• ution . a nd t he we al th of her affpc tiuu a nd fa ith ga1·C' add ed ln ~te r and stre ng th to th e inau's. Long s int'P, he had found his fo rt e . a nd th e sec re t son! o f his dream, to be e tching: bu t sudety 5tupidly lus is ted that It was So-and -so's , lung dead, and Such -aone 's, a howling me dioc rity with topas- tin ted whis ke rs aud a "s tudi o." " ·hose e t <' hings we re pa rti cula rly desimblc. I-I is <lr<'alll dill not fad e at this fi at. or 111 the lean, ~ tru gg ling ypan; that follow e d; hu t the color in th n c ht•eks of th e one pe rson who m he loved, s lowly di d. He Raid she was g oing to hav e prope r me di cal at te utiun and a cllmat.C' to <'Ounte rac t t he e nnoa ching malnd,v. Ce rtuiu suav e ge ntle men who ha d slyly compllme uted him on his cle ve rness ns an e ngrave r we re ~:;oon In possession of the plea sant information that · sudde n and s wift repulse would not be their portion a gain s hould the y cure to reopen negotiations. Cnrtnin othe r urban e nnd forceful gentlemen. some weeks Int er, int e nuptcd him in the a c t of putting the finishing touch es to th c . last of a se ri es of plate s that we re to bring him a sum s utlicie n t to re trie ve his wife's health, 01· ease her remaining day s in a s unnie r ciime. Sode ty, duly and snug ly horrifie d nt his de pral'ity. thlwe upon rus t. him into a dungeon. Hi s wife quickly and eonve niently died. In point of fa ct, e verything o f any moment conce miug him die d but his dream , and n hul e fu l hatred of soc!e ty, .ns a re cord or his subseque nt lallorH In th o Held of c riminal art would bear witnes s. F * * * ear and his lips to a telephone for long h ours while the dirty work was being pulled off. Aaron J . Levy is rewarded by betng made a judge. That's your Tammany in all its h ideousness , cruel, relentless to its enemies, greedy, m urde rous, the epitome of capitalism·. It's a picture of capitatU:.m e nthroned in ·politics, holding otit "good" m en like S ulzer, m en who are . not shown up until they go back on the gang. Its solE~ excuse for existence is t he r eluctance of the working class to take hold the mselves. It isn't li'Iu r phy or Le:vy . • It isn't Penrose or Flinn. It is n't Hinky Dink and Lorimer. It is capitalism e xpresse d in te rms of municipal poli tics . Republican or Democrat, it worr ies them not.' ".T here's no politics in polit-ics." And this will last until t he working class runs the cities for the ir own class interest s, until the rank and file wiii tlisregard loot and look to class welfare. By J A. F. GANNON :!\[a rden could be categorized a s a genius also-ii t \\:o plus two is e xqu isi te ly poe ti.cal to one's sou l. or if one th fn ks t he mul tiplication tab le bears a fami ly re semblance to t he d il·ine a fflatus. In ea rly man hood, while his com patriots " ·ere at one anot her's i.hroats o1·er what they sup))(Jsed to be an ethical questio n. he ma naged to get possession of a la rge quantit y of but rece n tly discarded and dangerous ly inadequate firearms a nd resell them in the e xcitement to one body of the i.Jelligeren ts. T his wondrous feat dispelled a ll nstige oi doubt as tp :\!arden·:; fina ncial status fro m t he calm. judicious mind s of th e r emaining (at home) patriots. an d from t heir patent ad m iration :\[arden's dream of dom ina nce e 1·ohed. At fi rst he though t in thousands of dolla rs. later in millions. but finally, when the t win dev ils of Powe r aJ;d P ro fi t had gained complete mastery over this scarred sal.Jot ier and rifler of socie ty, he could cogitate only in hundreds of mi llions. It was du r ing th is period of his carel'r that he conceived and e xecutEd a coup. beside wh ich Faga n 's act. fot· which society ·sa1·agely sque lcheJ h im, pales info absolute and utter insignificance. ::llld e 1·en all h is own formt>r financia l rapine seEms to be as free of duplicity as the monetar y matters of a Hapt i:;t l.Jarbacue. By s urreptitidn~l y a cquiring or gaining eon trol of t he known or con jectured iron -ore bodies oi th e country. an d t he :>tragetically situated ruannfacturing plans. tra nsporta tion faci lities a n d fue l depo:>its. consen·atil·ely valued at fi ve hundred m illions of dollars. and capitalizing the coalition at fi fteen hud'8red millions. he calmly utt l'l'f"d. in ellect. cou n terfei t money to the a mount o f TE:-; Hl':'WR ED MILLJO :-;S! Did society in s tantly incarcerate him an d con fiscate t he "que.er''? l\'ot so it was v isible to the naked intelligence. Society fatuous ly fawn ed upo n bim. gave him t we n ty million ~ In r eal ye llo w coin for his ::cut" for the ''Napoleonic s troke " and nearly broke its collective neck in th e scuffl e to pay hard cash fo r P aper, the va lue of which la y in th e bone and sine w of u nborn workers. The reafte r. K ings of the blood made .obeb;ance to :\!arde n and sought his coumel. That he li n•ll. tht' great mass toils deepH and is no ~ spiritua lly quicke ned. and it was fitting t hat he should pas s in the lanl,l whe re Christianity 's anasthetization occutTt•d ce ntu ries a go. �The Western Comrade The Socialist, . Movement . in California By STANLEY In th is article Stanley B. Wilson begins the story ·of the condition of th.~ California Sociali t movement as he has fo und it in a tour of the state lasting :about three month s: In suc·c eeding chapters ComraJe Wilson will go more fully into the matter of facts and cobclusions. This series promi es to be of incst ima hl0 Yalue to the California monment. LOVE you , Cali fornia! One who bas not caught th e seutiment n eeds only to get a cquainted with the fair Mi ss of the Pacific to become a devout e nthus iast. '\\"hile the purpose of. my tour of California was not to generate sentiment, I must admit that the last fe w months' tra1·eJ o1·er th e Golde n State bas made me a more e uthusias tic de 1·otee of Cali fornia. In a recent arti cle in the California Social - De mocrat I e nd ea1·ored to s how the great dis parity !Je t ween th e Sociali st Party and the Socialist mo1·eme nt in this s tate, and that th e cause of it is the lack of an " int ellige nt, con ce rt ed and consistent" effort in th e way of organization. Si nce th at art icle appeared, I have been covering t ha t po rtion of our g reat Pacific commonwealth which lies north of San Francisco and will in this and succee d in ~; arti cles in Th e ~·estern co'm rade .g i.ve a de~cri ption of th e trip. · Some m onth s ago, Grand ·vice Cha ncellor K . A. :\!i lle r, of th e !~n ig ht s of Pytbin s of California, urge d me to a <'eumpan~: him on an auto trip o1·er his district to ass is t him in teaching th e lessons of th e order and in bui lding up th e lodges. I inform ed him that I bad a lready arranged a lect ure tour o1·er .th e same regions and fearl'd he wou ld object to my mixing Socialism and l'ythian ism. H e informed me, ho1ye ve r, t hat he didn't car<' what I talked about in my lectures so long as I co r~tin e d m~· Socialist t ea chin gs to my own meetings. I join etl the jlartr. consis t ing of Col. Mille r, Capt. H. \\'. Broughton and B. C. Thompson, at San Francisco. Besid es be ing. a K . P. grand lodge office r, Col. Miller is a n attorn ey of Los Angeles. Capt. Broaghton is a membe r of the Los Ange les Paint and 'Vall Paper company. Mr. Thompson is a court r eporter in the Super ior court of Los Ange les county. Monday afternoon. August 25, we le ft the F e rry building on the Sausali to boat. Aniving at Pe taluma. I found t hat the comrades b~td not recei\·ed notice of my coming. Howe 1·er. tbey hustled a round a nd secured a hall, and did their best to adve r tise the lecture . with th e result that we had au audie nce of a!Jou1 100. At the conclusion of t he lecture I hurried o1·er to th e K. P. ball, whe re I de lil·ered an address. . !\pxt morning we rode around P e taluma and visited several of th e famous ch icke n farm s. " ' e learned many int erest ing thin gs about chicke ns. one of wh ich was that the chicken that bus the fin est feathers is generally the poo r st lay r. "ln t.hi~ ~:esp.c.c.t,' ' ..l'emat:ketl our- in---fo rmant, "chi ck ens are like fo lks." · \\' e vis ited a ma mmoth hatchery, and in one room were introdu cE>d to SOtll) youn"' c hicks, fresh from U~e shell. Frequently t hese young · chicks are shipped as far away as B'ritisb Columbia and Mexico in crates. They are shipped fresh from the shell an d do not require any. food until th ey reach their destination. s ·a rita Rosa comrades bad not made any arrangements for a lecture, on 'a ccount of insufficient time for advertising. · Between Santa Rosa and Ukiah, we stopped at the Swiss-ltal!an wine co1ony and were shown through the great wine houses. A very interesting feature of our visit was the inspection of .the building where they manufacture champagne. '\\'e saw millions of bottles of this costly a nd effective beverage, and were astounded t o learn that ·there are champagne manufactories in France that produce more than twenty times as much as this one. Cond.itious at U kiah and Willets were the same as at Santa Rosa . . From Ukiah we ra n up to Blue Lake, a beautiful r esort. The lake is one of the most charming in all the world. Th ~ water has th~ appearance of being perfectly blue. \\'e had a r efreshing swim. The comrades in this vicinity have been asking for speakers. Just beyond Blue Lake. at Clear Lake, is au immense string bean cannery and we me t scores of wagons and auto trucks laden with its products. Our next point was Garben·ille, and we were told that ·it would be im possible for us to cover the distance from Wille ts i n one day. "-'e did, but it was a day of thrills. Some of th e grades we climbed se.e med impossible for an auto. Mile after mi le we ! sceuded and mile after mile we df>scentled. In some places all except the dril·er were com pelled to wil!k. When we reached Garbenille and got our machine inside the garage door it stopped of its own accord, and we found that the last drop of gasoiine was exhausted. Garberville is at the bottom of a deep valley on the bank of the south fork of E el ril"e r. ,. H e re we we re treated to a trout dinner. One of the boys of the K . P. lodge had spent the day fishing and to his piscatorial prowess was due 'our delightful repast. There was no lecture scheduled for this place, b!lt the lodge he ld an open meeting which was large ly attended. At midnight a banquet was held at the hotel. Our next objective point was Scotia. Our route lay along the r iver. "'e pa ssed through one of the greatest apple, pear and peach sections of the state. We found the river banks dotted with the tents of deer hunters and saw much spoils of the chase. Here we entered the· mighty red wood forests and paJd our respects in won- · derm e.nt.-and-..delig-h t--t G- t-he- -mam-moth- mona-rchs-; -some -of whic h we re so large at the base as to completely hide our car. Four miles from Dyenille, the · end o! the railroad �228 The Western Comrade from the coast, we broke a vital part of the auto, and Col. Mlller and I started afoot for the railroad, leaving the others with the machine. We reached the railroad in time for the 5:30 train and at 6:30 were in Scotia. There is no Socialist locat in Scotia and there is no better place for one. Hundreds of men are employed in the mills- there and in the woods surrounding. Union organizers are at work trying to get the men together, but they meet with almost insurmountable opposition. They are obliged to get among the workers !Jy all manner of subterfuge and woe betide them when they are found out. Here is the condition of affairs where Socialist liter: ature is especially ·effective. The bosses may be able to throw out individuals, but a piece of literature is a treasure to isolated men, and the pPinters' type is too el usive for the boss to eliminate. In Scotia I s poke to a la rge nun'!.ber of men in an own meeting of the K. P. lodge. .Scotia is a strictly comfJany town. The company ow u s eve rything. vVe did not reach th e dining room of the hotel unti l about 7:33. It doseti at 7:30 and we were compelled to employ the utmoti t diploma cy to get anything to eat. \Ve we re told later th at no oth e r hote l is allowed in the town. The company owns all th e stores and houses. If a man wants to uring his family th ere he must s ign a lease that he will not r e nt any of his house or take any boarders. In fac t, t he company dictates about eve rything th e family is pe rmitted to do. Old King Geo rge was not more hea rtily hated by th e colonis ts than the company is hated by all of its employes. Talk about soil for the seeds of Socialism! Com rade Jose ph Bred steen, of Eu reka, tele phoned me that th e Finnish co mrades of his city would hold a pic nic at Ca nyon Park, four miles from Scotia, the fol low ing day (Sunday) and wanted me to address them. Canyon Park is the most beautiful park I have ever seen . It is ju s t as nature made it, except for walks and build ings. It is owned by a Socialist comrade, and has been th e scene of so me great Socialist gatherings. A Socialist camp meeting in this magnificent park, with several of ou1· leawlng speake rs and workers, would be an undertaking productive of g1·eat r esults. Monday I spoke at the Labor - Day exe rcises at Sequoia park, Eureka. Managing Editor Irvine of The Times, a Eureka daily, was orator of the day. His speech was eloquent and full of compliments and advice to th e workers. I was given ten to fifteen minutes following him, but the audience would not permit me to s top. Monday evening our auto party went to Portuna, whe re I lectured to more than 200 and then we nt over to the lodge hall, where I addressed a K. P. open meeting, which was followed by a banquet, at which I again spoke. The Ferndale meeting the fo llowing evening did not mate rialize. Messrs. Thompson and Broughton drove me over in the machine .from Eureka. whe re 1 was to address the Knights the same night. At 8:30 there were only about a dozen people present to hear the lecture, so I announced that there wou ld be no lecture. Returning to Eureka at once, I made two addresses befOI:e midnight. Our ride that nigilt was made ·in a heavy rain. , Our stay in E ureka was exceedingly enjoyable. It is one of the gem cities of California for climate and natural advantages. But it is a gem owned by the most selfish kind of exploiters. I n~deed', exploitaflonh ants mosCaciife stage- Til -th is lavish ly endowed locality. Corpoi·ations own a ll the land and timber, which they secured for next to nothing. i In their mills they are cutting the timb.e r into lum'ber by the hand of labor reduced to a shamefully low. stand- - ard of wages. Then the land, stripped of ·the timber, is held at a price far above what they paid for it before it 'was despoiled of its wealth of timber. And all this is permitted in the United States of America, in this ye.ar of qur Lord, 1913! . There was a fine, healthy young. Socialist local in Eur.eka: unti~ · it began to be a menace . to the exploiting interests. Then some sinister hand sowed seeds of dissentloft which propagate too' easily in this active movement . of ou.fs: As .a result, the local is split and is no ionger' the menace ·it once was to t he wil y exploiters. With the ot hers o'f our party I visited the studio of the famous painter o'f forest scenes, C. T. Wilson, the product;:;·'of whose brush have gone all ov·er the world. Mr. Wilson paints,all of his pictures from nature, spending months at a time in the great fores ts. Our enthusiastic expressions of admiration of his art moved th e artist. Whe n one of our party asked about the financial r esu lts of his work. Mr. Wilson said that he did not include. the financial in his compu tation of art. ln tone's . thrilling ' ·ith feeling he told of how he bad s truggled to pe rfect 1Ii111self in his art, and declared as a climax: "I wish I we re a ble to place one of t hese pictures in every home in the world. I would rather do that than have a ll th e money in the world." I was glad to know myself part of a moremen t dedi cated to th e placing of the best in all the arts and industries and inventions in all the homes of the world. For the lecture in Eureka the hall was filled to the doors. Tl~e auto was waiting at the close to take me to Arcata, whe re I addressed the Knights of Pythias. \Vh en we were r ead y to leave Arcata for Crescent City next morning, ·we found one of our front springs broken and we r eturned tcr Eureka to have it r e paired. The distance from Eureka to Crescent City is 110 miles. It was noon before we got stai"ted, and it was raining. The roads became s lippe ry · and dangerous. We bad tire trouble a-plenty. Reaching Orick, ~he half way place, at 6 o'clock in th e e vening, we spent t he night. We were adrised not to attempt the r emainder of the road to Crescent City until it had dried, but we were scheduled there that ni ght. It was a ride never to be forgotten . The road lies close to the ocean most of the way and in plaCliS wind. along bluffs hundreds or feet above the beach and is so narrow at best that the outside wheels are only a few inches from the precipice, while the re are turns so sharp that it r eq uires considerable maneuvering to get around. Then we would wind back into the forests, where th e dense foliage prevented the sun's rays from reaching. The roads were so sort that corduroy was necessary. About 4 o'clock we came in sight of Crescent City as we wound down a steep grade at t he foot "()f which we found a delegation of citizens headed by Judge John L. Childs, waiting .to escort us into the city. The sheriff of Del Norte county was one of' the delegation. The last four miles lay along the smooth sands of the beach. Judge Childs informed me that sotne of the Socialists .wanted to postpone my lecture until the following evening and that it was the general wish, as all were eager to attend both meetings. It was so arranged. There is no local at Crescent City, but the re are a few Socialists who are of the red -blooded type. !hey secured the opera house, got out dodgers. and boo.sted the lecture vigorously. ~- -Tt\ vas one ofthe -inost uniq-ue meetings in the history of Socialist propaganda. Judge Childs, who is th e whole judicial authority of Del Norte county, presided. �The Western Comr;ade He announced that he had never known himself to be a Socialist, but he realized the educational and moral value of the lecture, and called to the platform ~everal of the officials and business arrd professional men present. Col. Miller, Capt. Broughton and . Mr. Thompson a lso took seats on the platform. Wbile at Cres~ent City we were taken over to Smith Valley on a fishing trip .. Another of the guests was a Catholic priest who had re.cently come to the community. He was one of the jolliest of ·the party. We got along like""two school chums. Think of it, Socialist comrades, not a single Socialist local in Del Norte county! It is not a populous county, . but almost the entire population is of the producing .class. Is it not an ·ideal field for Socialist organization? (To be continued.) / THE TURNPIKE By Marion Louise Israel --=~~~~ T WAS autumn. The labor o"f summer accomplished, the promise of spring fulfilled, it seemed as .if tqe weary ear th had drawn a long breath . of relief as she suspended for a time her never-ceasing routin e. The li ttle old town bathed in a golden haze .slept peacefully. Old men and . women who had traveled its narrow, straggling streets from childhood walked to and fro under the leafless tx:e~s. with a'D. air of placid conte nt. One wa lked those streets. in the yellow October sunshine, to whom the peace and stillness were a torture, one who had come back for a brief time from feeling the pulse of the world, and to him the placid little tow.n with its contented men and women see med dead. Away to the south stretched the road to the city. Orer bro"!vn hills ides. through patches of leafl ess woodland, past exquisite li ttle lakes, mirroring the parti-colored leaves on th eir banks in a blur of scarlet and russet and gold, the road Jed up from the sleepy. bygone little town, to the thrpbbing, teem ing city. Out beyond the edge of th e town , out beyond the last snug farmhouse. with its garnered winter stores, up the long, une ren road, strode tbe returned traveler. His head throbbed and his heart burned within him-for he had watched long with a diseased humanity, u ntil its fever burned in his veins. As be wandered along the old highway in the autum n afternoon, he saw on every hand th e sig ns of d en1 ~· and death- th e windrows of fallen leares by the· roadside, the leafless trees, the dry rustling corns talks in the fields. Thus the landscape minister ed to his mood. It seemed to him as if he were Jiving in the very autumn of huma n existence. The old r oad, which so many feet had traveled on the way up from th e ·Jittle to,rn to the great city, was as the road of life; the dead leaves under his feet·. the decayed customs. the worn -out Jaws, the futile efforts at ref,prm, which strew the path of progress; with here and t here a crim son-hued maple leaf, like a splotch of blood shed by. the way. A little whi le. and then would come the fi erce autumn gales, which a rotte n civilization could n ever withstand- and after that a deal, cold world, under t he mantle of et e rnal w1nte r. The n from over t he yellow fi elds, d~wn from the tende r sky, th ere see med to come a mystic presence, and walk with him on the road. .And she seemed to s peak to his troubled spirit saying, ··o wayfarer, this road that you travel is indeed the symbol of the long, long road of life, an<i that quiet town you have left behind is the City of the Dead Past. These dry leaves that strew the road, they are as you say, the custows. the institutions and the systems that have fallen into dis use forev er." "Failures !" he exclaimed bitterly. "Nay," answered the radiant spirit, "a falle n leaf. is not the sign of failure, but of work accomplished. The road is indeed strewn with fall en leaves. and marked by deserted houses, which may never again shelter humanity, but this is but the passing of the old to make way for the coming of the ne w. This wayside shall once more be bordered with blossoms, and these woods and fields shall again be clothed in green. As spring cl1mes after autumn, so shall a new civilization flower among men. As surely as this road leads up from a little old town in its decay to a city that teems with life, and that holds the hopes of men, so leads that longer road of human progress to a City of Mankind, where the common life is beautified by just relationships, where th e spirit of service reigns, and where labor is sweetened with song." I 229 �230 The _The Un rground War By J. L : P.!!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I AMES KEIR HARDIE, vete-ran coal miner the mountain ranges· and the hills where coal is found and Socialist, stood aghast in the streets and miners;are held in subjection. The time when these of Dublin, Ireland . only the other day two states must fall into the hands of the United Mine and asked the workers of the British Workers is ·numbered in months Isles, "Is this America?" Then· wili follow immediate!~ the Western FederaHe had reference to the manner in tion to organize the metal miners, for in Alabama and which the mailed fist of the law was Tennessee, coal and 'iron go hand in hand. being used against tl;le street car strik. To t~,e southwest of the "central competitive field" ers in Dublin in beha1f of the exploiters. are the ·coal producing states of Missouri, .Kansas, OklaHardi e has been in_ the United States homa and 'Fexas~ There are some coal miners in all of several times . He Knows of the bitter these states and -when they are referred to in the counstn,Jggle l>etween capital -and labm· in the nation to cils of the mine workers they are known as "the southwit ich the Britisber refers a!? "The States." He recogwestern states." nlzes t yranny when he sees it. Job!). H. Walker, formerly president of the Illinois Yet the American worke1· seems to thrive on his miners, bas just returned from this field and announces "Sibe rias" and "Little Ru ~sias." For out of the anarchy new ·vic'tories. The W estern F ederation has just tritbat th e blood smear ed hand of capitalis m has made of umphed in .the lead mines of Missouri. Jaw and order th e re has risen r esplendent the greatest Going westwards we find the coal miners organized labor organization th e \\'Orld has ever known. in Wyoming. and .Montana. The frontier is down in ColI refer to the dual alliance between tlw United Mine oraclo, New Mexico and Utah. What West Virginia is to Workers of America and the Western Federation of the East, -Colorado is to the West. Miners in the mining department of the American FedIt is in these same mountains that the Western Federation of Labor. In carrying the torch of civilization eration plans patiently for bigger victQries. While it is upward and onward among the workers of the world strong in Montana and Arizona, there is much to fight these two organizations are as one. They have cementfor in Colorado, Utah and Nevada. ed fiv e hundred thousand toiling men into a real "one On the Pacific Coast the _-coal miners have strength big union" and declared a peaceful. edu cat)onal war for in Washington while they are giving the coal barons the the unionization of the remaining half million men who battle of their live:; in Vancouver Island, the rich coal toil "in and around the mines," coal and metal, in the producing section of British Columbia. The Western · United States. Federation is fighting bravely in Alaska where the coal This war of th e workers underground is a wonderminers will follow just as soon as the fuel mines are fu l thing. It is the enlightenment of the future conopened up to any considerable degree. quering the darkness of the past. No bigger struggle In the Great Lakes region the · Western Federation for humanity's rights was ever declared. Justice never is now waging bitter war for. mastery on the Michigan before put as much in the balance. copper range, to be follow ed by a campaign for the capThe bituminous' coal miners are s upreme in the states ture of the Michigan and Minnesota iron ranges. In of· Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and in Western Pennsylvania. the far east the coal miners hope for the recapture of It is the nucleus of th e strength of the U nited Mine Nova Scotia, Canada. which was lost to them a few Workers. When the mine worker parleys with mine years ago. The anthracite fields of Pen nsylvania during owner th ese states include 'what is known as the t he past year have been almost solidly unionized. "central competitive fi eld." There is one other section of this North American The wages, hours and conditions of labor in these continent. But it has not been forgott en. Th e miners four s tates are the bas is for negotiations in other states. have their thumb on 1\'lexico, t oo, and when the right What the Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsyltime comes cal)italism must go_ vania bituminous miners have won the soft coal miners Shortly afte r Diaz had beE'n shaken from his Mexican of the other states of the nation are out to win and throne and Madero had been placed there in his stead the battle be.g ins. th er e appeared in Mexico City three strangers. They sought an interview with the ne w president of the MexNo civil war , general on the northern side ever scannecl the map of the "Solid South" with greater desire lean republic. The inten ·iew was gran ted. That is how Madero happened to hear Frank J . for victory than do the generals of 500,000 miners. The story of how West Virginia has been partially won has Hayes. vice presiden t of 'the United Mine Workers ; Joseph -D. Cannon, of the " ' estern Federation of Miners, a lready been written big In the nation's newspapers and magazines, in court-records, cQngressional proceedand "Mother" Jones, of all th e miner s, argue for the logs, in pamphlets and in books. To the south i;>f that advance of the flag of unionis m across the Rio Grande lies Old Virginia where · union miners are unknown, and into the mining camps of Old Mexico. There was where the chattel slave has become the industrial wage not a line about this conference, striving for peace and slave and still languishes in bondage. enlightenment for the toilers, in the jingoistic press; To the south of Illinois and Indiana is Kentucky. at th e time raving for armed intervention, and nothing The miners' unlon- rorces -trave- crossed ""the 0hio- River -- - ----nas be·e n said concerning-It--since. and the Blue Grass state is beirig rapidly won. The It was soon after this that the strength of the United campaign stretches to Tennessee and Alabama along Mine Workers was demanded in West Virginia and the �The Western Comrade 231 fighting force of the Western Federation called to Ely, their westward way. They came to Utah, built their Nevada, and Bingham Canyon, Utah. And then Madero homes and began to 'till 'the soil in the ·valley of the .,.. was assassinated. But like everywhere else this hlis New Jordan on th~ eastern shores_ ot the Great Salt only momentarily halted the onward sweep of the vicLake. . torious _underground war that knows no retreat, no• deOnly in their agricultural pursuits did tliey disturb fea t , no turning back. the ground upon which . they trod. They deemed It sac- · It was the growing light in the brain of the Mexican religtous to rob the earth Qf its hidden mineral wealth. worker that forced Madero to declare to the represenBut <;1!-Pitalism knows no religion and it soon foltatives of organized rlowed the Mormons American m i n e r s into Utah and went that his administradeep into the hills tion would place no and mountains and obstacle in the path brought forth much of any effort that coal and copper and might be made to orother minerals reganize the Mexican sulting in the accuminers. M ad e r o mulation of · great may be dead but the wealth. While it light Is penetrating · robbed the earth it deeper into the mind also r o b b e d the of the working class worker as it was alof Mexico and the ready doing in 'everight time to strike r y other corner of will soon come.~ the land. Tha t is the underG r a d u a I I y the ground war in birds worker grew In ineye view as it stands telligence and with today on the third it his objection to being robbed and greatest continent of the world. from that day cap"It is very signifiitalism was doomed. It is only natural cant," said the chairthat the workers man of the World's who dig the coa.l and M I n i n g Congress, mine the gold, copthat met In Europe per, iron, lead, zinc, last summer, "that silver an:d a host of we have with us a other metals, should representative of the form the backbone American miners." of the growing and the chairman reAmerica. Ji.· labor ferred to Charles H. movement. Moyer, president of They mined the the Western Federametal from which tion. It was the the machine was ambition for the built and they dig world-wide solidarthe coal that runs Ity of labor that spoke. the machine. And when the era of maF or one fleeting chinery began the moment listen to the first gray streaks of voice of the· exploitthe Socialist dawn er who is passing. began their war up"We will spend eveon the capitalist ry cent we've got night. ,. and go bankrupt beMany have tried fore we'll recognize to explain the reathe U nit e d Min e son for the great Workers of Amerand growing soliica," said the mine darity among the owners of West Virmine workers and ginia. Up in Michithe fil'In stand for gan the copper ba.• working class progrons declared, "We'll Solldarlty Is written in their faces ress that they have let t he grass grow in always taken. As the streets before we the Socialist party starids for the emancipation · of the will give in to the Western Federation of Miners." Out working class on the political field so the Western Fedin Colorado the mine owners claim they wiU grant everythi!_!_g but th ~'.I:_ec_Q~j!i~.!l" of the miners' un!Qn. But__ -· ~_I]Lj:ion and _the__ United Mine Work.ers stand for__th.e complete abolition of wage slavery on the economic all that organized labor wants iS "recognition." Once field. having gained that it will take care of all else. . Take the case of Vice President Hayes, of the coal The story is told of the pioneer Mormons plodding �,• 232 The Weste rn C omrade miners, just passing 30 years of age . . When ·erected vice president several years ago he was the youngest international officer in any American labor organization, 1 being at that time not yet 28 y;ears old. Hayes was a little bit of a red-headed• Irish lad when King Coal beckoned. to him in one of Illinois' many mining c·amps . . There was something irresistible about the beckoning. The hoy obeyed. The whip hand •or the monstrous monarch drove the little lad down into the hidden recesses of the earth and numbered him among the one million other men and boys who toil underground in these .United 'states. The minds of most children are deaden~.d by t oil. The minds of a few manage somehow to thrive on it. So the persistent !pind of young Hayes developecl down there in the gloom of tbe subterranean caverns. At times he would pick up a piece of slate and scra:tch thereon the ideas that formed themselves in . his mind. Gradually the worlds fell into rhyme and r ythm. It was poetry. He suhg just like the unlettered bards in the days of old . • The songs of the m'iners' life written by young Hayes did not go unnoticed. They were mailed t!) the Uni ted Mine Worker s' Journal at Ind ianapolis, Ind., and when they were published the coal miners of the nation ilrst began to bear of F rank J. Hayes. That is one way of working out the reason for the strength and solidarity of the organized mine workers. The re are those who pick out 'ft nice big word. call it the " psychology" of th e miner and let it go at that. Bu t to me it seems impossible that the youth of the nation's mining camps and v illages should go willingly to slave the days away in the underground darkness, where the never-ending night g ives birth to dream on dream for better things. Even the poorest among city boys can usually find something to remove them partially from the day's toil. It is different in th e mining camps where there is but a step from the cabin to th e mine mouth and back again. The !Jig thing that impresses one in all mining camps is the utter dis regard for the child's demand for some joy during its growing years. . I was talking to a young miners, Jl. mere youth, delegate to a com·ention of the Illi-nois mine workers at Springfield, Ill. He was waiting for the train that was to take him back to the miners' cabin where he dwelt with his father and mother, brothers and sisters. He spoke in bitter tern1s of the bumble home and of the bare necessiti es of life-all that they could afford. He had a dream- the dream of a bigge r, better, brightei·· futur-e. So he takes his place and fights Iiis fight in the ranks of the million miners. For the big thing that labor needs is hope inspired by a dream and that is what the miners ha ve above all things. The fact that their wage contracts are intricate aJfairs with many sections and clauses, calling for .something akin to geniu s to properly understand them, is not the foundation stone of this or any other labor organization. lt is merely the drel).m laborious ly working itself out. The miner is us ua ll y pictured as being irresistibly associated with a pick and shovel. These ancient implements have been almast universally .discarded. Now the miner battles with th e virgin coal or the ore produ cing rock with ela borate machinery. One of the points of contention in the Michigan copper strike is whether one man or two men are to operate the mining machine . which is known as 'the "widow -ma:ker,"-because o f- Inability-of-th e-human-make ~ up to long withstand the· demands made upon. itin the -ru.n ning of such a machine. With two men --running the !(.- 'W • · 1l c machine the life-span may be stretched Olit" over a few more years. These maehines are rapid producers, too. Working only three or four days in the week the coal miners of the country can keep the fuel market flooded. When the copper strike broke in Michigan there was an oversupply of the me'~al. Things like that make the miner think. Why is it t hat he must remain in poverty while he~·provides more than the. world needs? he a sks himself, and straightway orders ·his delegates in convention assembled to demand for the miner, "the full· product of his 'labor," :Wherever legislators . gather to make Jaws, in state legislatures. or in the national congress, the represenstatives of the miner are to be found. When Socialists ''Were elected to the Nevada state legislature they championed the industrial rights of the metal miners of that state. The .same was true in Illinois and Pennsylvania. There · are .some who criticize the manner in which the mfners go on strike. When the trouble in West Virginia was at its height there were those who pleade~ for a so-ca lled generai st11_if~ of all the coal miners. . believing· that this would i~ ately bring the West Virginia mine monarchs to their knees. Su.ch a proceeding could have had but one outcome. It would have wrecked· the miners' organi~ation in· the unionized states \Vhile the miners in the non-unionized fields would keep right on working. A strike of air the miners on the North Ap1erican continent is impossible until all . the mine workers have been thoroughly organized. The present strike policy of the United Mine Worke rs and the Western Federation meets with success be·cause the mining industry has not yet been thoroughly monopolized. There is still some competition and it is still . possible to play one group of mining barons off against another group. This occurs even inside of states. During the memorable 1910 struggle of the Illinois miners the organization of the mine owners split in twain and ,opened the way for the victory of the workers. The mine own ers signed up with the miners' union in the southern part of the state a nd the men returned to work. The men in the northern part of the state remained on strike, received support from the southern Illinois miners with the result that the northern Illinois mine owner s soon gave in rather than see the ir pr operties become bankrupt. - The miners' union was stronge!- than the mine owners' union. But. the mining industry is becoming more and more monopolized. The mineral wealth of the continent is falling more and more into the hands of one set of capitalists. \C\11iile th is is going on the miners' union is growing stronger and stronger. ·What is going to happen? I cannot see a continental confli ct between the exploiters and t he exploited of the mines. The working class has already a dvanced too fa r for that. Already the bane! writing is in the sky, Not many more years will pass before the nation will iake ove r the mines, the exploiters will be peacefully exterminated and the workers will dictate the conditions under which t he miners shall labor. The hand of the "widow maker" will be stayed · and the underground wealth of the la nd will be sought for what it can be used and not for the profits that it will bring. Complete victory will then have come to the side of the workers in the great underground war. Act first. this earth, a stage so gloom'd with w oe You all but sicken at the shifting scenes. -AIYd yetoe- patie nt.• Our Playwr1ghf may show In some fifth act what this wtld drama means. -Tennyson. �The We s ter n Comrade 233 CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE ~ ' > L By EMANUEL J ULIUS Flynn-better known as "Porky" Flynn-was found guilty of murder. The jury had listened patiently to the evidence, had retired to debate on the merits of the t es.t imony, had reviewed the murder of wealthy, aged J . Albert Sewell, from every possible angle, and r eported its belief that "Porky" fired the fatal shot and that death should be his punishment. The judge than ked the tw elve men for their work and told them they could go to their homes. ·Turning to the prisoner, the court announced: "You have been 'given a fair trial and have been couYicted . Step forward and say why sentence should not be pronounced." Fl ynn-pale and trembling- arose fro m his seat and a lmost staggered to the bar before the judge's bench. The jury's verdi ct had paralyzed him an!} left him nearly speechless. His bra in seemed clouded and unable to cum pre bend th e mea ning of it all. Nen ously, he cried: " I did n' t do it, judge. So help me God, I n ever done that ) ob. 1 know I' m just a measly, Jow-dO\vn dog of a er•Jok, judge"-tea rs blinded him-"1 know I've done a Jot of rotte n things''-his voice rose to a high, hysterical falsetto- "! know I've served a bunch of t erms in prison for thin gs I done, judge ; but I never killed t ha t mau- l swear, judge; I never killed him that night and may God strik e me dead if I ain't telling you what's th e tr uth." Flynn broke down and wept like a child, his should ers hea1·in g violently a~ long. painful sobs came from the dep ths of his ches t. The judge waited until the wretch could control hi s feelings enough to continue his plea. "1 didn't kili that rn a n, judge- " Flynn became incoherent; here and t here, he r epeated, " I never done it," ap pare nt ly le:ning the judge unconvinced. "This is a sad· case.'' sa id"'the judge, slowly, empha~ izin g each sylla ble, ·•and I feel for you; but never have I known a man's g uilt to be so clearly .indicated by circumstantia l e1·idence as in this instance. I have al way s dreade'l circums tantial evi d en~e-especially whena human life stands at s ta ke- but here you are absolu te ly proven to be th e actual murderer of J . Albert Se\,·eJI- " " I ne Yer don e it, I never done it!" Flynn moaned. "Your mer e denia ls avail you nothing," exclaimed the court ; "to merely re peat again and a gain that you are innocent does not wipe away the overwhelming facts against you. First of all, you confess you are a professiona l ' burglar-you haYe served more than fifteen years in penitentiaries throughout the country- your record is a s black as any" criminal I have ever known. All your life you haYe preyed upon society, all your life you have broken Jaws and robbed right and left. This you do not deny, for you know denials are worthless. On the night of the tragedy. you went (o the home of J. Albert Sewell for no· other purpose than to commit' burglary. Is that the truth?" "Yes, it's so-l went there to break in. and, I did get into his house-but I never killed that man," Fly~n answered. The court contrnued : "A policeman heard a· shot and ran to the Sewell home and caught you running from the place. A min- ute later the police officer -found the body of J. Albert Sewell. Y-our Jievolver was found near .his remains; one of · its· chambers contai.ned an empty shell. The bullet extracted -frQm Sewell's body is of the same calib'e r as the oth~rs in y.o ur revolver-that is convincing, to say the least. : The· evidence establ1shes the moti ve, which was robbery; you· were caught 'n ear the scene ot the crime; your revolver was the weapon used- that, to any. reasonable person, proves you to be the murderer." · The judge gazed ll,teadily, for a while, at the condemned. man's face and there, to his own mind, found further proof of guilt. Flynn's knotted figure, heavy, brutal face, glassy eyes almost lost in their sockets, huge, crooked nose ·and wiid brows. together with a po\~€ I:flil , .. vici<jus jaw seemed, in the j udge's opinion, to help spell his guilt. " I never done' it! " .cried !<,lynn. " You have peen fou nd gu·ilty," said the judge, ass uming a cold, unc~nn p rpmi sing attitude; ''I an:). convinced there has been no error and I can do nothing but pronounce sentence." * ·X· * Seven weeks later, the shadow of what was once a man Jay chained t o the stone floor of the death cell. Often, he mumbled, "I never done it," out his words fell on ears as hard and deaf as the walls about him. A few hours before · d!twn, Flynn was given enough ' whiskey to intoxicate him. He drank long draught's of the liquid , for its numbing effect drove away the fear of death that was freezing 'his heart. And, while in a drunken state, un able to understand wh(lt was soon in store for him, with a priest reading passages of scripture, imploring God to save. his soul,. Flynn was led down the gloomy corridor to the death chamber, where he was strapped to a chair and shock ed with murderous volts of fire unt il the life in him was no more. · And then, the state recorded in. its books of justice t hat a fearful crime had been avenged, that Flynn had paid the penalty and th"a t · the last cha pter in th e Se well murder had been written. * * * About three months before l<'Jynn was electrocutedor rather, on the night of his arrest- Henry Purvis and Mrs. J eanette Se1vell were seated in the diml y lighted library of J . Albert Sewell's home . They were akme and gazed at each other, anxiety written on their faces . He was a man of about forty; so evenly featured was he as to leave his· countenance almost characterless.. Every line and wrinkle had been carefully massaged out of him, leaving him expressionless. But his glittering eyes showed him to be possessed of a quick, shrewd brain aQd a will always striving for control. He was one who lived by his wits ; a man-of-the-world ever ready to risk anything to obtain what he was striving for, a temperament thirsty for ad venture. He and Jennie, as he called her, had long been Intimate, and had, for almost ten years, formed a team that looked upon the world as their oyster and who used--theiF- w4-t-s- as- an --opener; - Am:l--th-e- m-anyo ysters · - -they had opened were not commonplace oysters: they in~ri~J>ly found pearls. For the past year. since J eanette had wormed her �The We tern Comra de :w ~Moo tfoe efder !ff':W'eft"s; ~ e had d9> "Wife, V m. had ~ 215 her h-rotnu, Ure - /' :t'i t.h6<1' eal~ bf • nen-r ~ tbJat ey j;, fli€t, 1ln'er5, 1'b€ir u erne, in- brief, was to g6t ~~ ftltlfJey, of W'hk1J he bad ple:oty, Tbat t ey got fi(lfjfi &f M~ wt.-altfl Wa!f a Ca(:t p.atneuJ to confess. bot u wttre, 'l#;tij; trne, M,....e rthell:JJ!f, ~l1JJ beJd fut to bls money, even ta Jog upon bfmSUtlf the UUfk of JY<&Ying what expenses were met fr(llfl (Jay w day, refusing steadfastly to give heir sums of mmJeY trllldt 11he tried to obtain. And that, to the rmlr of ~H:henu:rt~, was a very distressing condition- of affsdrfl, "At any time/' !laid Pun·is, almo~t angrily; "the old fuuJ f~t Jlkely to Jearn the truth abo t us." · "Ye8/' agreed Jeanette; "you can't pose as his brother-In -Jaw lndellnitely. "Some day ~·n Jearn the truth 1111ll then you'll 11ee your picture In the papers--.another Jmnlf;wmo eureKJiotH1cnt. That would be a line how-do- rou-rllJ, wuuliln't lt '!" "1 WDUllJn't mlntl that KO much ir we could only get bill llJMHJY. 'fhaf.'ll what we're after a nd I'm tired of thl ~j IIJIJU walt- ! uXJJ ctcd to walt ~< ix months, but here It lH a111!(1Ht u year anti we haven't progressed very much. I w ll you, you must make that old fool loosen UJJ !If' 1'11 do It for you." "How?" til e woman lnqulr d. "Ol1, t ll c•l'tl Ul'u a thousand ways, a nd one Is as good Ull IIIHJthel', 11.'1! a CJtH.Hillon which Is th e best at thi s luw. 0 11u th i ng Is ·ertaln, we must get that money." 'l'll lJ woma u nod!l •!l he r h ad s lowly. " ll'M lou ll ud," s h cornm · nt d. "1 never kne w s o old ~~ 1111111 with KU ·h good health." "Y!o!H. hfllif.l' 111m, he hal'l rft ev n got r heumatis m." ''Wt•lL th iJ I' '11 nothin g to be done except wait for o lll' t' il lLll Cil. It wi ll !:lUI' ly come s oone r or later . Have Jllitlt·uNJ, tll Y d a r·, huv pat! nee." " II' I bud hllll he r l 'd ring his n eck,'' Purvis blurted, with uu Ot\Lii , Ilo g lr111 •t•d u ' I'CJHI:! th dlrn room. a look of disgus t on hill I'll<;!'. S utldt'n ly, h tum d deathly pale and fe lt lll ll li NHt l:l ]ll'ill g lnt Ills llll'ol\t, for t here, to his utte r fill ttml~ lilll lH it ' lUill b wi ld nn nt, ~:~1ood-yes, th ere in lli u lluot·wny, ng ltatt.> d b yond d scription, s tood the obj uct or hlfl t~ ch m s- J. Alb rl S we ll. "He huMhcn t·d a ll,'' was th e firs t thoug ht that fl ashed lht'flH ~ h Ptll'l' lM' mind. "H au g ht us napp ing." .1\'H II \'I.I l' Uhltl llll'ncfl and n w what hnd driven terror htltl 1'111'1'18' lt \ltll't • hut s h wn not of l h kind that rllu •lt t>tl ll'h t> n t'tll'ecd lo "fa ' lh mu i ." b laughed ttlll ltly; It was ' mor • ot' l\ huckl · t han a laugh. " \Vt' ll, w 11," sh ex ·laim d in mock riou n ss : "J tt >~ t lno1 wh ' het' ! " 11 ' 1' Inn h l\11 I ait· of lndlfl' r n r tored Purvis' 11 1'\'\', H Qllldtl air and ni cker d: " 1 ml \'IHJing, i ll'. S •writ; dr'opp d in ruthe r sud - thml , didn't you ?" 'h mnn t lh d or did not an wer; comin"' forI, hi! ~h k his h ad lowly nud look d at the pair, h\ll'dly nbl t b •II ,. hi yes or dmit th truth of wiH\t hi: ~·u lmd b • rd. " ' m lbl)k w nl d, .d:u-ltn ," 'li!l J nun tte, yeing b.tlil 1\lti\•Hh>hl '. " 8 1 lhh> I' wh, t has \)~u iu tore [or me," Mr. '''' •ll f\ wn tt "l married Ul partner or a thief, bl~u~M. b tb int tns hou nd h N! they are chewing WI\l "-'b l\1~!" l r. " \\ lL thd\~ t bl' ~ "oo•~•IS- .. t~~n,, was - · fee ping oct a reV"olveF, e - .e d it towards Ul Mr. Sew:ell stood, transfixed. Late£. i sank into a chair_ The reTolTer was unl ded. Pur well Jmew: but. be continued to aim i t the announcjng. aS a lii'arning: "If you mo•e out of tba.t chair rn kill you on tb spot_ f mean bJJSiness. _o you bad better trunk t nee before _yon attempt anrthillg.... Tbe revolver levelled a t Mr.· well, the WOlUaD standing near the table. Purvis leaning anxiou ly [orward, and the third seated ilr a chair pre ented a picture tba t was s triking. For a full minute, a heary ilenee hung, lik a blanket, over the~; no one tirred ; not a word wa~ uttered. P1,1n-is _w as thinking rapidly; s om thin ..., b concluded. must be done. Tbis, be admitted, wa tb moment for action; to waver would mea n the lo s of everything. But, what could he do? The revolver wa unloaded - and then, he did not r elish the idea of eommitin a . crime that might result in-he shudde red; h was In a quandry . . For another minute, silence continued. The quiet was broken by a noise that came from anothe r. room. ' "Someone has e ntered this bouse," Pu rvi s whispered hoarsely. " The re must be a burglar here." Mr. Sewell, his head between his hands, did not seem to h ear what was transpiring. Pun-is i·an into the other room, wh ich was pitch dark. ·and qui etly tip-toed his way to the bottom of. the stairway. There he discerned the form of the in t rud t', With a ru sh , he spmng upon the burgla r , who has tily drew his r e volv e r . Purvis immediate ly di s arm d him. With a lurch, th e bu rg lar 'dre w back , freeing hims It A second later, h e was making his escape, leaving Pu r vis with a loa ded re1·o1ver in his hand. Mr. Sewell and the woman, having beard the commotion. came hurrying down tpe stairs. "What is it? What is it?" a man's voice inquired . "A burglar," said Purvis, pee ring through the dark. 'Vhe n he pe rce ived t he figure of the aged m a n, he fired. Without e ve n a g t·oan, l"'r. Se well fell to the la ndin g. Pun·is t hought qu ickly and ins tan tly came to a. condu ~ ion. •·t; p to your r oom! Quick! " be commanded . " n dress and get into your ni ght clothes. I'll do the same in my room. Quick!" · l n a second, . t hey were off. * * * " 'bile Pun·is was peeling off his clothes, be heard the noise of another struggle. This time. t'be noise came from the s t reet. till undressing, he ran to the wind,ow .and looked down. There be saw the burglar fn ·the arms of a policeman, s truggling for his freedom. By the time the burglar was overpowered, Pun;s vas in his night clothes. He l.hen hurr ied down, soon followed by the woman_ Opening the door, he let the policeman drag the almost unconscious form of tbe burglar into tbe halL "'He fired a sbo ," said the policeman. "We'd better earcb around." - ly God. Here is his "ictim," said Pun!£. "llr. - e'i'ell baS. oeen Jfilleil. n And rve t211ght tiDe monlerer red-banded," Wd the "policeman. �; .. Tbe Westezrli Comzraufl e ntque elange of Red-and B a ____ i By R.O:B WAGN"E R r.=~~~!!!!!l] T- R.elm a11e t-wo> k:~ttds; af ~alifsts who must no~ read! tbJs;, F'o if they dlo they -«rm be pe:rfecnDy fnJirfoUS'. 'Tbe first fs the Whale oxr Noilbhl'g cemrade who !iJeffeves that the co-o];l!eratlve commonwealth is- gohlg to artiV'e at 3 ofc!ock s&me Tbtwsday aftertlOOll! a JfuJe heJIIIce. Tbe other is our cofo~izing brother who wants to drag dream in 'by the ears and elliectllte a miniature commonwealth in the midst 'fhey are bet1ili so orthodox andl uncom- otlr' of capltaHsm. promising that a scheme !Wch as 1 am about to relate wtll Le considered a gharneless deal with the devil. 'rhls frame-up fsc the same old combination of the co-operative element and perfectly disgusting exploitation, 'T·he only difference being that the co-operative benefits are going to the radical owners and the rich are the ones upon which the robbery will be practiced. Some sixty or seventy villagers-mostly the.professioilnls Wlto live by their wits- decided that they were tired al <llscommodlog the pigeons In the stingy flats and apart!Ilefltli thnt the capltallsts built for them at oiilf'ageous rents. Tiley said to themse h·es and to one tlllothel' ; "We ate perfect goats to be Jiving the way we ~t·e when by co-opel'atfve bVylng we can environ ow·~ elre s In a palace." That's all th e re is to clubs. l·'urt li l•l'mui'P, if· th ey built th e ir palace co-operatirely thpy c-ou ld lla\·e It to 1:1 uit their own pe rs onal eccentrlcl1ies a 1nl IH;> l•ils. Hut th e best part of th e sch me is this: Stt up close no\~ untl li s te n to th e s hame of Sociali s ts playing the grlnt P. '!'h ey Int e nd to build much larger than th eir ow n ll t:'l'll!i and rent th rest! Forty per cent of the apn i'tnn•ut g will b ~ owned and 60 per cent rented. This will gil'e th e uwueJ's th e ir own apartments rent free. l'm>~~·? No t at all. lt has l.lee n worked nine times in :'\L!w \'odt Cl t1·. The lns t co-operati r e apartment was Hta J'IPd IJ~· Francis W ilso n, Richard Watson Glider and .1\ il l'K Utlc>l' ln . • Hut beto re I get you a ll work d up 1 suppose I ought to l f' ll ~· o u s ou1 thing n·l.lout til e pbysi ·aJ plan. Do ~· o tt !mow th ose hills to the rig ht of Pasade na Al'enlle. O)lJlosite H. Wn shlng ton, that have been all cut IIIJ with counti'Y roads? W e ll, on the topmost point of t hnt- the hill that lm be n blocked oll'- this is to h l'tn·ntlllslis. The re are len ncr s to that hill and 200 acl'es 011 those · s urrounding It that ilav been parked. 'l'he hllt Is 00 feet all0n1 the ea and being the hl~lmst point \\"lthln tbe old city limits looks down upon t.os hgeJ s Ilk a feudal s uliuel. The vie w from the top b tl~· llght Is one gorgeous panorama of 360 degrees fl'otn tb mou ntain to tile sea, and by nigh t the picture i.' ,llint>st seil atlonnl- fo1' Los An-g-eles lies right at its r t nntl lh~ llghts of the city· re emble a gr at fete; while the other 11lace like Pas:~dena, Garvanza and lhaiul.n"a 1 ·embl clusters ol' sparkling jewels. l'm \" i':S lllWcl\ t llll)i d to rove about U1is but refrain le t ~"t!U think l lUll t.IUkillg.like :a real es.ta!~r. 't he bltih:Hn.g of w Itch tb .p ictull'e i- a tentative swg:~s\i~u (th f'O\ll' dinlty little t owers ar<e coming on:, for fn:stan.ce) t1afnl ap • - _be dais wm en A. reinfmreE.d! and! ca t:fn:g n.earily" • , l'H let ~m p- her (in the Cail!fwrn.ia Outloo tell you. tire details e>"{·thfs. p13.n. lt rill s.av~ me r~ting a Clillll1Ilm-bes;Itles ~ifering; lit in ch.ast~ English. "These apartments will oos:t from 2 , t.o Q .. a.~ cording to location ancJ · sf~e. The owner put up his: money, gets ~s apa:riment~ which rill he uanged exa£Uy to suit him, and company toek l ued. t.o th& amol!lDt of his paymentf No more th.a n 40 per Qt the apartments will be sold. The remaining 60 ~r cent the company will let at prevailing hlgh-cla s rentals.. That's where the owners. begin banking dividend • Besides owping his . apartment and clipping coupons the o~·ner of a Parnassus apartment. gets oti !urther a.s follows: The ·a partment a re laid out on room units. A two (unit) room apartment, let us say, going for $2000, will have a large· living room with b ds and all similar jiggers of the . press-the-button-disappearing type, a neat. and . ideally arranged kitchen, a bath room, a large closet and dressing room and a sleeping porch. He will pay no rent, but he will pay 10 per room, or $20 for the two, for " service," and this en-Ice Includes his insurance, ta,es. hot, cold and distilled water, light, electric fu el, telephones, vacuum cleaning, r efrigeration and washing of a ll flat linen. Then he will get ·the use, in common with his neighbors of a la rge dining room, ball and assembly roomthe latter provided with stage for lecture and theatricals; also moving picture mechanism- playrooms for children, billiards, pr·ivate. smoking and dining rooms. Then, the "villagers" are to pool the ir ·libraries- and Intellectuals have libraries worth while-In to one of the finest private collections in the West. Under the great dome will be a magnificent art gallery. ln the basement of the building bowling alleys and a gymnasium w!Jl be installed, and on the grou ndi tennis courts and a beautiful Roman bath will be found. lt goes without saying that garages will be provid ed. Street car fac illlles are to be arranged, passengers landi ng therefrom and pass, ing through a tunnel to the e levators . Just as an apartment bouse enterprise Parnassus shows well on paper ;. l.lu t th e co-operative plan Idea Is the new thing that will be copied. But bigger than the building or the plan is the "center" phase-the homing of a large number of hl'f;hly cultured, interesting, worth- wh ile professional men and women and their families in such a manner as to establish in the city of Los Angeles a definite Intellectual and artistic holy -of -holies. Remember, all wbo enter h e re must pass muster before the "villagers," and those who have no qualifyi ng distinction of accomplishm ent will not be admitted. Parnassus is to be tbe abode of the ari tocracy of talent. Only those who b.ave tolled to a purpose may gain these heights! Forty per cent of the a!'artments must be e.old or the building will not be started. Bef.ore the company --~.lL_incgr..RQrat.ed nearJLJ!ne-t.hi}"p of tb~..!!L were spokf!n for and the only thing that can stop tbe sale of the rest will be the attitude of the absurd ban:k.s tb:at at present eent �236 The We.s:tern Comrad ,e THE ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF PARNASSUS wi ll not relea se an y of th e mone y that we ha1·e all put ln . 1t is a mighty inte res ting bun ch that have already gone into th e plan. Th ey Include every s haped head In th e vi llage. or course. th e radicals dominate. In fact, on ly one real reactionary has so far come in and his reaction ought to add spice and vivacity to the t;oclnl life. Some idea of th e social omel~t can be gath e red from th e incorporators. H. V. Blenkium (Red), lllchmond Plant. (Si ngle Taxer) , Roland Paul (Mu sicInn), 1\ol. E. J oh nson (ve ry Hed), )lob Wagner (Hed), l•~mmt\ L. llecd (Haines mother- Bull Moose), H . G. Wnlltin s (Red). Dr. 'I'. Perceval Gerson (Anarch .) , Dr. J. E. Wilson (Red) ; A. S. Hinneman (Architect), Mary Colver (Red). Harriman, Ryckman' & Tuttle, attorneys. Of the many who have reserved apartments there are a Jot of Bull Mice, but of course the Reds predominate. When the place is finish ed-which we hope will be next fall-we want you all to come up and look It overand say it to our faces-all but the t •o Red s I forb id to read this tale. I'm sure that this will pe. them. And we want only joyous people up there. We ntend to gra b off a little of the co-operative stuff without waiting and if to do so we have to play the rules of the gam e as they a re handed us, let's at least play them in our own interest instead of the other fellow's . • THE AUTOMOBILE FIRE TRUCK Br C H E S T E R M. . W R I G H T It comes! See It plunge! Look at the beauty! How it rolls down the pave like a great, supreme, electrified god ! It's the automobile fire truck ! No jangling bell mars the harmony of the thing. A bi g throated whistle clears the way for th i s king of the road . On It comes, its great engines throbbing like the pound of a thousand giant wings. This thing Is Invincible. It has the grace of the new, the majesty of the supreme. Nothing c;m stop it. It has power, power, power! The strength of the limitless Is I n i ts vitals. Every line is beautiful. In build and tone and function there is harmony. A symphony in util ity! The horse ? Bemoan the passing of the horse ? Never! Beside this engine of man' s creation the horse Is weak and futile. The picturesque of the horse Is of the old. The picturesque of this wonderful thing that streaks by like a cyclone und-er throttle-Is of the new. It Is olfrs! We made. it! We know its power, its unlimited strength, Its strong beauty, Its sublime indifference to heat or cold or danger or de<:ay! It typifies the age. We need not drag out of the past all of our delights, nor all of our picturesque utilities. · Out of the new materials which we have found and learned how to use we go on to create for our own age our new picturesque things, our new utilities, our new beauti es, our new powers. And no thing that has perfect utility is lacki ng In beauty. Roll on, you superb automobile fire truck~ Never was horse to matc_b_ypu! _N_eller ..can_one. take your place! You ar~ of us today! · .- - - - - -·-You typify an age, an age of the new, the startling, the da.ring, the man-serving accomplishments of man! �; Tbe We teEm CG m rra~dl.e - lN Ttl€ C ft ~'c·,~~,., ) t~11 Gt,OW I ----- ~, ::.:::/ ·, < - I - -.., "'A-t fast/" T'lle> crass strllgglle has bee'll111'a!rlledl &VeT tile d'azziiing wbi~e canvals of the motfol!l l}tc1i.l!lll'e tb.ealtell". ""Filom JYus1( ro ID:twnt/' F'11ank E. W0-Me' s- filllll sto-vy o'f the ~abo'F histo't'Y o1! Los Ang.ele« fs '*ocn the boavd's," JI'Jl t he fust wlaee 1\)le tHin is on~ of t)le fin est e'Vel" disp1ated ~tnywJlJete, frO'm the standpoint M lecbniqoe sea 0f fumd&-han o! terr. tb.ousan or 'th fng; eon1 ~ mo e ImptteS: • & thlm j,us: tho h 'Fhe~e> are tWisted! am:ll hl'oi:.e:DI ban Rig,tlt in th , fQ~ gnnmd! a mmdl Ila.rd! and boll~)). f a. gQll&t Tire sttm:y of Ia.h or is 1!nitt.e.n m th~& han.-@.. ' Anlf the- s:ile t:; pl~k&ttn~. . "l'bree. abreas.t. the m&n. march do\\"D in front o.t the struck foundiry gate • han£\ clasped. lip ·led. 'There' a swing and a power that grips in that eene. Again ~N expett and tbe faventor the marchers show in th of vtocesses Wl'lkh he alon·e Darrow trial scene. A "melt is abfe to ilBe.in," done with the genlu or 'the pictilte aims· to carry a ma ter mind and hand, no story thr'elid throughout, brings the marchers in a thoUgll there is the n ever' 'ision right through the f'fl dlng story ot the class court room mas ing in a fl tt·uggfe In every scene. mental plctur back of Ther'e Is a '\VOIHlerful coltheir champion who stands lection of s t irtlng aud hisat the bar on trial. Th turlc l'cenes that cannot scene was taken two years rail. 10 move the thousand!! ago In the great Labor Day and thousands w ho w ill see parade of that stirring year. the plo Y, It is not a staged picture. Oh e or 1be most stri king lt is a reproduction of real o f .th ese Is a great courtlife. It Is wonderful. ruuin aceuo in th e Darrow The first scene of' the film trlul. Court Is in Hession. shows . the struggle for ex'file J'oom ls jammed wllh ist ence of a slum fam lly. s pecliltOI'fi, M 1's, Darrow i s The oldest daughter besee n lu otto of the front comes t he leader of a la unRe nts. Dtu·t·ow Is fighting dry strike. F lashing on his oint battle fo1' liberty . soon after Dan Grayson ap,.Job HaJ'l'lman lakes the pears as the hero of the stH ttd . 'l'he thin'g Is drafoundry strike. He Is lllll ti c with th e tragedy of elected governor on the Sot·eill life. It is real, natural, ~ialist ticket before the play t rue to lil'e becau se it is ends and the "cur tain" 'falls !He, 'l'he wlt11esses are a1l on the heart-union of the h ' IU'd lli1d the prosecutor girl and the man just after 111ajws his plea. 'l'hen Darthe. governor has signed a ro w, 111as lve, lmpl'e;!slve, bill that plunges the state d!~nlfl d itt the loose haug. into Socialfsm. ltlg clothes that llt'e char· One of the wonders of the nrteristic or him, beglus his film is in the people who ap(tt·~ument, his plea for jus· pear in the leading re1les. tlce. Aside from Darrow and Job F'ot' five minutes he is the Harriman there are J. Stitt c 111\'Hl 1\gul'e on th teen, Wilson, "Fred C. wheeler, al'glilnl); \;() the jur~-. empha· Stanley B. Wilson, Cyrus F . si~liig his )>oims with his Grow, Thomas W. Williams, lowg foteltuger, talkin-g 1:0 G. Gordon Whitnatl, ' and a ' '' m lH,"'e a father to hl hundred otlhers. Some of SOli . Th SCi'een. ~tches the mass s~s were stageD l h•e tre'N;ob.a!h.y ot Ut~ ;m:an. Clal"enoe IDa:rl'oW ;as :seen on t!h e :scl"een at Socialist gathe.rln·g a, h 4s a 4t h'e S\'Ood \ be'l'e in Tlrou=ds oi Jiimmie fflgginses m recognize th.emlif~. n. ~s o'ne 0t the rglteatest rno'tlt>n. Q:Jkture cenes 'eV"& selves :at o ne t ime or another :m the action of the play. : rl\s~)l~d. AU in ail!!, the mm is :an epoch mar:Jrulg ~roducroloa :nd 'tb~l'e :ail'e '01Jb-.'!r St:'ene str~ik<e scen-es, mo·b ' ' - ~ t.r~m 4abor'.s iteal n~ in the ~ty--thalt -used ­ ---14:.-pa.-s~~r-,gr~-thillgs .to co~. And U.S :success is asSlU'ed iby t!he t!hons.Mtds 'h_o lh:a:ve ll:le..en ~t ~'0 ~~le'd Ot~·s't<o'(l;·n. Ther-e is ltJbce v~ by rsbow of iin illie ciitii·e s Wihe.J\e it !has lllk\early lbeen lib:owa ha'Itd ' . ~rom ''l'~gihlt lt'O lett it:Jbe 'Clilltr'er.a. IIJ.'liln<gs over ltilre in produeUan. Tbe photography Is by Fr-ed Siegert, �238 The West .e rn Comrade The Intercollegiate socialist Society , By E. ·E . H ITC. HCO.CK 81GN.IFICANC.E OF A .STUDENT M OVEMENT Ha·v e you ever realized the significance of. a student movement? Take for instance, the Jap student. He comes, as David Gordon Graham once pointed out, to pay in this country for one and to learn enough for two. Then he goes back to remake Japan In sixty years. In California he holds leases. In the "Cruise of the P iffle" we meet him. In brief, be is well nigh ubiquitous, bids fa ir to bet:lome omniscient. and thereby omnlpotent. Consider also the stu.(lent in Russia. The authorities there have filled up Siberia with free-thinkers. and him. Just recently his father-country has been burning Tolstoy's books. 0, land of oxen-people, quaking Gzars and as piring students- where nothing seems to live but stud ents ! As for France, who has not with Hugo and the Pari sian s tudents built barricades in the city streets and rough t ovet· the tops of them; or gone with Dumas and Freuch students of an earlier time to secret, revolutionary gatherings until the very empire rocked? The stru cture of the present Republic of France, after the edifice of the decadent nobility had been razed, was erected with a cornerstone filled largely with student deeds and the novel wine of Rosseau's thinking. But the blessedness of singularity belongs perhaps to the German student. A common notion of him is a fu ll personed, heavy thoughted individual who reports to his university once every six months for examination, and In the Interim whiles away his time with cheese and beer, music halls, and broadsword duelling. Four millions of Socialists in Germany, however, would indicate that he s pends part of his time in reading "Das Kapital." And lly the way, Marx was a student. After leaving ol'f the mere bagatele of getting a doctorate of philosophy from the universities of Bonn and Berlin, and after seeing- through his novitiate as editor of the Neue llhelnish e Ze itung. he settled down to serious work in the university of books of the British Museum and in the concentrated; universal lt'fe of London around him. There, as you know, with his sacrificing wife near him, and with Engels for his life-long friend, in poverty of body and richness of intellect. he formed the arguments of the worldng class man. He there applied economic and evolutionary explanation to capitalism. row students are both matriculated and unmatriculated ; and. tb..e thing of real significance about the present student movement Is that, through Marx, the workIngman everywhere has become at least an unmatricula.ted student. Unlike his fellow, the black slave of time past, within the limits prescribed by his pittance..a week and his hours of labor, he has some privileges. He is rending and thinking, questioning and arguing. He is sending his boy and his girl to college to learn in that upper class workshop how capitalism shapes his shackles. In aus\Yer partly to the demand of these sons and daughters, duly ar1•lved at its-portals,-but more .perha-ps to satlsify the intellectual dilettante and the. fashionable seeker after culture. the college, in m!mY instances, has vouchsafed a place for Socialism in the curriculum. It has been crowde~ in, a mid the must of Latin and the decay of Old Romance, along with shop,.work, eugenics, aeronautics and ~ther- ·matters vital to our modern life. But more or less truthfully, in general it ·may be said, tl].at Socialism as taught ·in fo~al manner by a college faculty is hn:ndled ;without throb of life and far frpm contact with the ·thing itself-like chemistry without chemicals and botany wit~o';'t botanizing. Or worse still, it is surrounded . by "a killing frost" and "that doth end it." Since the reality has oft entimes been thus lacking, the sons and daughters beforetnentioned, and these sons and daugli.ters, frierrds and sympathizers have elected to make the world their laboratory ·and go out after the reality. One of them th::-ougb "The intercollegiate Socialist" published by ' themselves, exclaims to his costudents. "Hark! Have you caught the warning in the wind. that sweeps the world? Or have your ears qeen deaf to it, and have your eyes been turned So fixedly upon the past, that rouoo about you whirl~d Unnoticed and unheeded the revolt 'of the earth's Spurned? You shall not long stay blind to it; -they cannot long shut out With ivied wall and book and gown, the living world beyond." With a spirit such as this in the colleges. the sons and daughters, friends and sympathizers of the Socialist movement have organized the Intercollegiate Socialist Society. To borrow a simile from.the mood of one who hates each Socialist thought, the thing has spread !Ike "devil grass"; and wherever it has sent forth a Socialist runner or tongue, it has formed a new center of radicals. So that today in Berkeley or in Harvard the under-graduate interested at all in the matter can h~ar the professorial critic "answered · directly by the Sociallst orator." A student movement such as this has profound significance. It indicates that a large share of student energy is being directed to the conquest of one of the most noteworthy subjects of the time-being; that this interest is becoming well nigh universal; and soon in thorough earnest may be knowing and powerful enough to sweep the present capitalistic economic system into the dustpan. "What," you exclahit, "these students are not meeting to incorporate their society, with a patent on guillotines?" , "No, worse than that," I hear a plutocratic :riend retort. "They are trying to steal our power, and what we are pleased to call our prerogatives, with their VQtes; and we don't know how to stop them. _If th_ey only \vounr--piofor·ao-· somethfug desperate~ But they are only reading and arguing, thinking and voting." �The Western Comrade 239 •· .. HERE'S KNOWLEDGE VERY r eader of this magazine-and everyone else, for that matter-who read "What 's Wrong With the NPwspaper Game," published last month, should now- pro.cccd to buy P earson 's l\1agazine for O<:!tober and read ther ein an article by Arno Dosch, entitled " The Romance of 'Legitimate' Advertising." 1t climaxes " What 's '\Vrong With the Newspaper Game." As that article dealt mostly with the goings-on in the editorial room, so t his reveals what happens in the display advertising department. It develops that "Romance '' is a word that aptly describes most' daily newspaper advertising. Only there are harsher words that many will use when they r ead Mr. Dosch's article. If you are a woman and have ever bought a marked down dress, or if you are a man and have ever bought a $3 shirt for $1.95 this article will interest you. Buy P earson 's and read it. And while you have t he magazine in hand it will clear up some other phases of economic rottenness to read Charles Edward Russell's "·Railroad Bunk." • • • THE LAST HOPE · ONG before the tariff bill was finally passed by the Democratic Congress, to the satisfaCtion of the Democratic Presr- · dent, the press of the country began to talk about the next big t.ask-tJ1e task that will face Congress when t he r egular session b egins in December. The program for t he r egular session lists t he trust question first and f.oremost. It will be th e big issue. And there are a great many who b elieve that the Democratic administration must stand or fl!ll on its trust legislation r ecord. Of course, whateYer legislation there is will aim to be mer ely of a palliatiYe nature-and ther e is; among Socialists, an overwhelming doubt as t o- wheth er :'it -wiU- palliate: --'l'he -So- .cialis knows that the only remedy is the revo·l utionazy program of Socialism which demands the p~blic _ownership apd de~ocratic manage'ment o~ t~e ..means of production and distribution. ''But that . is not the point just now. ',l'he point is that a surprisingly large numb.e r of newspapers · and periodicals appear' to r ealize that,. the· profit system must meet its doom if the Democrats cannot find a way to save it . T.hey seel!l to realize that we have arrived at the parting of.the ways. They seem to r ealize that conditions as -they are cannot continue and that the only hope of the system lies in the miracles :that. the Democrats are expected to work. .The thinking people of the country are edging nearer to the Socialist philosophy. They are lpoking over our way and they are wondering whether Wilson will save them from coming clear over. But Wilson will work no miracles. He doesn't tote the knockout punch for Uncle Trusty! At least .he doesn't possess the cure for the ills th.a t Uncle Trusty has brought. That is the Socialists' open secret ! • • • THE FOO.D PROBLEM U U NUMBER · of English scientists, memhers of ~ section of the Brit.ish Associa. tion for the Advancement of Science, listened the other day to a lecture by H. N. Dickson, th eir president. Prof. Dickson told his audience that t he · f ut ure geograph er will have as his field th e vital qu estions of supplying and d istributing food · and clothes to th e world. The professor f ea red that, unleiS th ere is soon to b e a hastening to systematize and intensify the world 's producti ve resom·ees, we sl1all find ourselves on th e verge of star vation. The matter of a wh eat shortage is t he first cause of worry, according to this learned man. It may be unfair to challenge the professor at so great a distance, but it r eally must be done. The man is right about the short~ge of things we need, but we cannot bring ourselves -to f ie1 alarmed about l li.e- caPacity of th e earth- -- --- -------· �.. _ .. Everything is out of orde r . Nothing is ane. t<~ produce in plenty fur some considerable number of years to come. T he thing that is Pro.duetiq:n is for pl'ont. The probletn of p r of pressing is the need of readjusting our methods tecting the food upply is not 3: problem of beof dj.stribution. • • ing able to get the earth to produce e nough n Millions of people already f eel the pinch of million y·e ar hence. It i to properly distribute lack of food and clothes. But that is not be- __ what th-e earth produces now. It is a prob lem cause not enough is produced. It is b-ecause of wresting the eart h away f r om the r e t rieting an insane economic system denies t hem ·- the h;a.nds of great wealth and turning it f r ee to right to what 18 produced. It may be t hat some the people who a~:e starving today, in thi hour futu r e age will find the p eople of the earth un- and mjpute. The·Socialist party and not the learned men able to wrest from the grc~mnd enough to silstain the life of all, but if that t ime ever cowes of long-named scientific societ ies, _presents to t he 'world the solution of this problem. And it will be ages from now. ; But the time is upon us when p eople cannot_ the ·s -ocialist party has a way of summing ~p get enough to sustain life because someb-o dy the remedy in a short, sn appy, direct, hard-hiq else will not let them have it-or the chance to t ing sentence that is fam ili ar to millions. That earn it. And, if seience views t he r emote ch~nce sentence is: "The public ownership and demof peo ple star-v ing b ecause th e earth will not ,oCI·atic management of the means of pi·oductlon prodw·e enough as a startliug m enace, why is and distribution." And back of that li ttle not sc· ietH:e co ncern ed oYer a condition that sentence is a great philosophy ;:md a liter ature eo m pels p eople to starve because they cannot . t hat ranks second to none in a ll the history of t he world. Prof. Dickson might find it of inget what the ea rth Jo es produ ce 1 Th e first proul em to solve is the problem of te t·est. starntti on touny. l\Iost peopl e will be p er fectly wi lliu g to cease worryin g about wh at may GUARD THE CHILD linppt' ll a mil lio11 yea rs hence-- and besid es, they · HE huma n or ga nism is a ha1·d fig htin g w ill 1hen he in a po ·ition to r eally conserv e the aggregation of enct·gy. Else how could fruit of 1he earth so that th e future menace it survi,·e the ri gors of modern eity life1 mny be r ea lly studietl aud prepared for. Thousands of babies arc born in every la1·ge Today milli ons of p eopl e a1·e uuabl e to do American city every y ear. Of c_oursc, a large a ny thin g to i11 crcasc th e production of th in gs per cent of t hem d ie, but also a large p er cent good to cat and wear. P rivate ownership of of th em live. That t h ey do live is wond erful. t he mcm1s of produetion and distribu t ion stands R eared in squalor, fed on dirt, exposed to as a bar to thci1· d e. ire to work. So th ey j oin a thousa-r!d d angers, contaminated with poisons t he lll' lllY of t he un employed, an a rmy that has on every hand , y et th ey struggle through to come int o .bein g in the last fifty yea rs. lls some sort of maturity. g rO\\'th has been in proportion to th e g rowth of 'l'hrough ' childhood th ey gr·ow up in spite of th e 1t·u t syst em of pt·oductiolL Over the face of th e earth millions of acres filthy milk and aJulterat ed foods. Th ey take of hmd lie uutou ched. Other millions li e wast- into their little systems all of th e ~o_iso_ns that in r• iu the semi-idleucs of improper cu Jti ,-ation. a shrcw·d a nd profit-hungry commerc1al!snf can The p!'Ofit sy tern absolutely prevents saue till- find to put into their food andth eir dainties. I ce cr eam is brought to th em by the street age of t he land, just as it prevents sane citybuilding. \\ c live in a mad-hou e jumble and peddler-ice cr eam that is innocent of cr eam jargou. W e ari e each day to take a gr·ab- and guilty of almost everything else. 'fhey chaucc for a bite to eat and enough to pay the eat chocolate that is little more than flavored • 1;ent. For a few- hours at night we r etire f r om · dirt, pickles dipped in acid, "soda pop " that is the edge of th e battle line; and then we go aerat£:d poison and a score of other infantile back for another plunge in t he mael trom. delights freighted with coal tar products and Meanwhile the ystem hand · into the keeping various other preser vative and artistic fakeries. of a -very few the ownership of tlle major porNo one will deny t hat a la rger proportion tion of th :produet oi"'t-l1e-many. · -- - - ohmr chitdr~n would grow to mat urity, st.r ong- • • • �241 The Western Comrade er mentally, pbysic~ly and morally, if foods No doubt the articles will be of in-t erest, but were pure and if th~re were sufficient of light there is a ·rc lothes problem much nearer to us and pure air. all that is of far greater interest. lt is the All of this is outside the great child labor problem of every working girl and it is, how problem which · adds i ts heavy weight to the· much is made out of the clothes she wears. LUI·den of the child. · It is not the fashionable dressmaker that is All of these child menaces are due to t~e ~aking the money out of her, .b ut it is the profit system. Not one of these burdens is w:oo en trust and the great cotton mills of the placed upon the shoulders of the little one tor east. And the profit· h ere is so vast that this joy. Th e manufacturer of rotten foods doesn't magazilui .cannot even undertake to venture an pursue his nefarious way hecause lie would . estimate. rather do that than anything else. He does it The pitiful feature of the case is · th~t t he for profit. Th e employe1· of ch'ildreu doesn't profit of the master class comes from both ends employ ~ hildrcn_ because h e lov es to have them ·of the trade~from the producet· and fro m the arou nd his factoi·y. He employs them because consumer. The producer of wool, the worl\ ers he c-a11 make a profit by so doing. 'l'h e man '"ho fas.h ion the wool into fabric into -\vhich a wh o sells diluted milk, or preserved Iililk, or liber al mixture of shoddy is inj ected; the thou~ poison etl. milk doesn't do it because he likes to sands of cotton mill operatives who tend the fed that his product is causin g suffering and batteries of looms-all these arc cxploitc~. t_o d vnth among th e litt k ones. He does it _be- the last possible p enny. Uiuse the profit in centive drives him on. And then the product goes through the s\\·eat shop and to t h e working girl who finally The mcuace to American childh ood is tenidons the finished raiment. From cotton plant hl r . Cou ld w e but comprehend it in its aggre·and sheep to the wear!Jr there is a trail of blood ga l e we " ·ould not tolerate it for an instant. \Ve and misery. How dram tie this story is! Row " ·oul \l became so enraged that w e would end it crammed with all of the economic problems of in a flash . Th e trouble is that only a few r ealize th e sum total of this danger. ::-.Iillions have the day! How intimately associated in every not even the faintest conception of it, though step with the vital p eople of the country! Bet l1 ci r own children may he among t he sufferers. sid e it ho\v puny and purposeless is the trifling nut it is the business of those who see to $25,000 a year taken by the fashionable cosopen the eyes of the blind. The future of tumer of a handful of idling rich. F'rorn th em America will be worhcl out tomorrow by th e is taken only a tithe of that which they in turn babies of today. And if half of the babies of stole from oth ers. Jt doesn't matter. But that today must come to maturity by wnniug the othet· class.. Vv ell, they are down in real, eargamut of poison and hard labor, so much the nest, fighting life. Theirs is the story! • • • ~1\·o rse for America tomorrow. Class conscious. ness, race consciousness, social cousciousnessTltE NEW HARPER 'S drill these into the unawakened. Th e child EFHESilJNG ·indeed is the new Harper's must be rescued from t he iniquities' of capitalWe~kly with Norman Hapgood at the ism. We who- are passing on can stand the helm. Not a Socialist magazine, 'tis pressure of the system if only the child can bt> true. But a far more agreeable magazine than saved. For, after all, all nature sacrifices eve- . t~e ol<;l, moss gt·own Harper's of conservative, rything for · the new born . Childhood must not to say reactionary hue. have a chance! Hapgood has brought a new type of magazine into the weekly field. To begin with he THE· REAL STORY has thrown convention out of his art room and FASHIONABLE d ressmaker soon is to fi lled it with Socialists. Such well-known arid begin a series of articles for a woman's forceful artists as John Sloane, Stuart Davis, magazine in which she will tell how she George Bellows, Art Young and C. H.eed are made $25,000 a year out of the society of wom- ~~~~g__t~e regular coptributors aQd nQ_olller __ ___ _ en of New York. . ·- --- - -- - American magazine, with the exception of The • • • fl E: �242 The Western Comrade Masses, is giv{ng to the people the vigorous art that is found in the pages Jf the new Harper's. For the work of these men alone the magazine is worth getting. The trend of the gr·eat magazines towardwell, let us say Socialism and be -done with it, though it is hardly that-is enough to bring the ·world around to its senses. One looks forwanl to a dozen of the leading publications with a feeling of assurance that the work of some Sor-inlist will be fouYd among th~ pages. ..\mo11g tir e latest of . the promising annoullt:emellts is found in Everybody's, which is to hcgin a debate on Socialism, conducted by l\iol'l'is IIilquitt a nd the Rev. John A. Ryan. A touch of tir e revolution creeps into Collier's JIOW and th en aud the :'llctropolitan we have come to look upon as a stand-by, of course. It is 11ot too mueh to say that some of the finest aud deepest COiltcmporary Socialist history is being m·ittcn in the pages of capitalistically Ol\'lll'<l publicat iolls. of •X-RAIMENT • • liE boll! hastic 11ature of some men is nowhere showll to a greater degree of perfection than in their attempts to dictate the manner of dress that women shall or shall not wear. Of late we have heard niuch about the styles of dress for wom e n~and we have seen a considerable, as well. Some of the dresses worn IJy \\'Om en, it is true, are of exceedingly flimsy mnlerial and JJOW and th en the graceful shadolr~rnph of the und erncaths may be gl impsed. But it is difficult to understand just how or wh cu it became the duty of masculinity to censor the apparel of femininity, even though here and there a hit of X-raiment is flaunted to the gentle breeze. Pt~rhaps man raises his Yoice in pP<l'tcst just to show what a rc~tlly well-rounded hypocrite h e can be ou occasion. It is safe to say that the problem of woman 's dress is _not going to be solved by men. 1\Ten haYc enough to do with it now., the popular conception of the village dressmaker to the contrary not"·ithstanding. H there is asininity in woman's dress it is not beca use the good sense of woman put it t hcr·c, bt1t rather because the profit system put it there. Profit and the profit-incentive works in more than one way in reg;:trd to dress. Dress has become a mark of station, a sort of broadcloth Bradstreet, so to speak. '\Y ealthy persons try to denote their socia!' position by dress. So we must have styles-and many of them, Styles are the boon of the clothes purveyors -and they encourage many styles. The profit in the game looks good to them. And clothes that outrage the scuses of some persons cannot help but result. There are not many evils today that do not have their root right down in the muck of the profit system. And in the face of thrt it is foolish and puerile for a man here ana there, . C\'Cil though he be a ch ief of police, to think that he can dictate what women shall wear. Of course it is possible to conceive a costume that \\·ou ld be a social outrage, and justly meriting suppression, but in most cases it is chiefly the bombast and th e dictator that is in man that leads to these foolish attacl\S on woman's atti re. Man had better take a look no\\· and then at some of his own sar·torial ins.anities, of " ·hich he has quite enough, thank you. m • • • THE HONOR OF MEN UCH comment has lJeen aroused oYer the action of lll inois ptison aut hori tics in putting men at work in the open "on their honor '' and without guards. In beginning this new prison departure th e authorities p~t a company of fo rty-fil-e convicts nt "_.or·k on the roaJs absolutely " ·ithou t guards and bound only by th eir "·orcl to r eturn to the institution. '\Vhile " ·e look wit.h gratification npon this lllinois experiment we may go furthe r and recall the work of the l\Iilwaukee Socialists in the same direction. Upon their first election to office in Milwaukee mdtc than eight years ago 1he Socialists turned their attention to the men behind the bars of the county prisons. Upon gainin g sufficient power they purchased a beautiful farm on the outskirts of the city and three years ago the first experiment with honor men was made. Eighteen long term prisoners " ·ere tal\cn from the house of correction and placed on the farm. Th ere those. n1cn r emained, tilling the soil and reaping the ctops - wonderful crops they were, too - with nothing to hold them to the farm but their honor as men. Not �The Western Comrade 243 a man left the farm. Not a man broke his word. workingman, but the fact was that engine That experiment, born .of the dreams of the brakes previously condemned had fai}.ed to Socialists, was the beginning of the end· of the ' work. old-time prison in Milwaukee county. And SoOf 2,288 passenger cars operated by the cialists everywhere view "the man who has com- Ne~ Haven only thirty-one are all steel and of mitted crime in the same light. He is still a the wooden cars more than a thousand are over huma n being-and the old kind of punishment, twenty.fi:ye years old llnd some are fifty years th e kind that has failed so tragically~must go. old and were used to transport troops during the Civil war. The officia}s may blame workingmen for JOE CANNON wrecks if they like, but in the face of the facts OE CANNON wants to come back. He labor stands clear. The real specter behind the "·ants to go to congress again. And may- New Haven wrecks that have killed seventybe he will. Nobody knows. But he one and maimed 442 in eighteen collisions or ought not to. derailments in two years is capitalism. One encle Jo e belongs to the age of yesterday. r eally cannot see how the safety of New Haven His id C'as arc the ideas of yesterday and of the passengers could be menaced greatly if the-. day hcfore yesterday. H e doesn't fit in any profit incentive and the stock juggling lure lougc r, enn \rith the bourgeoisie. were -ivithdrawn frQ.m . New Haven operations. U nc:l e J oc is r eact ionary, facing into the day Still there are those who doubt the desirability that has go ne. A strong, fighting sort of a of public ownership and democratic operation l!lan, his ener gy is \rasted. He is swinging his for the service of the people. ar111s in the air. lie doesn't understand today and th e problem~ of today. LA WYERS NOT WANTED "\ml 1"ncl c .J oc must pass into the discard. l A WYERS and Fred C. Wheeler do not I [C' 'nw y he elcd cd again hut he willncnr really mix w ell. Wheeler, in his capacity of <·O IIH! ha r·k. Th r re is nothing for him to come Socialist councilman for the city of J.1os hat"k t o. Angeles, does not like the. quibbling, t echnicality-tied, trap-setting methods of the lawyers. -THE DEATH SPECTER When a case is to he heard before a council T is rath er fashionable for railroad ofcommittee at which ·wh eeler presides the lawficials to cred it labor with the r f'sponsiyers, for once, are silent. Of course, following hility for disasters wh en they occur. But, unl"ortunatf•ly for the railrqad officials, th() pl"t'cedcnt, whielf is their mainstay in life, they l"ads han• an llnc-om[ortahlc way of coming to appear br.forc him out of habit. But h e announ ces at the b eginning of each h earing at ~h<· front. After the latest (providing there has been whi ch lawyers arc present, that there will be none during the time required for this maga- no legal battles before his committee. They zine to go to press) New Haven wreck in which have to subside. Jt is something n ew, this practice of \Vhecltwenty-one were killed and fifty injmed, the officials said with great solemnity that the train- cr 's. It is typical, hot h of Socialist; and of m en were to blame. But the fact was that on this one Socialist. Here the truth gets a chance that particular divisionthe antiquated "banjo" to flow unrestrained and unstimulated. Things are natural. And the big philosophy and the si gna I system still was in operation. big heart of the man go straight to the root of _A, t Bridgeport on the same road on July 12, things iri a way that makes Old Lady ConJ 9 11 , t\\·eh c \\·ere kiiled and fifty injured. vention shudd er and fear for the safety of the Trainmen were blamed, but investigation nation. showed that the long cross-overs required for Is it too much to picture a day wh cri all safety were not there. At Stamford on June 12, 19la, six were tmth shall have a chance for such freedom of kill ed and twenty injured. Officials blamed a expression 1 • • • • • • • �244 The Western Comrade By ELEANOR 'WENTWORTH SOLIDARITY There is a spirit in the world, like which there is no other. It is the oldest spirit in the universe, grown hardy and eourageous with the years. It is the youngest spirit in the universe, as full of bloom and shy promise as tlw newly sprung violet. It is the tenderest spirit in the univeroe. binding the hearts of the sorely IJressed with animate bonds of a conimo'n hopefulness. It is the sternest spirit in the univers"'e, enJi\·ening the onward flux of humanity- with an indomitable will that heeds 110 o!Jslaeles. It manifes ts itself in a thousand different places in ·as many different ways and whereH'r it appPars, it is daunlless- this Spirit of Solidarity. From 1imP 11 ilhout lwginning, it has marked the progreos of all tllings Ji·1·ing. all things moving. Million !'; of y('a rs ago, when driv en by inexorable forces, nelmlar worlds !Jpgan th e proeess of becoming whirling SJlhert•s, it was master of ee r enwni es. It was the guiding star of adY entu reso me cells, which attempted th·e a chie1·ement of new forms of life. In all ages in times of dangPr, it was th e savior of myriads of creatures. Today it is mon~ than <'1'('1' the harbinge r of safety. It guides the airy flights of wild ducks, storks and sparrows in their migralions north and south; it draws together hNds of elephants; it direc ts the armi es of locusts and potato !.Jugs; it dw e lls in the little underground ant citadels and in the hives of l.Jees. In the world of human creatures, it is even more a factor. In a sense one might say that human history is the history of lilt> march of the Spirit of Solidarity. Beginning- with th e mPagre nuc!Pus of a few individuals, it spread lo th e elan, the tril.Je. the nation and the class, changing its character aC"cord in g to the g roup in which it €x ist ed. Th e story of its s pread is a romance of the rarPsl kind. which demonstrates time and lime again, sometimls by joyous realizations, sometimes l.Jy tragic failures. that Safety, Power and Progress are always accompanie d by Solidarity. This knowledge is ours to cherish and in time it will prove to be the k ey to th e gate of the Garden of Happiness. Jn the days of mankind' ~ infancy, it was in the woman's heart that this spirit was born. Or rather, :She l.Jroughl it with her from lower forms as the he ritage .of motherhood. The protective instinct of the mother, which she exercised in th e dear duti es of feeding the young to whom she had given life, in clothing them and teaching them, was the first manifestation of this spirit which has presided over our every forward step. The agricultural indus try, growingt .out of these efforts of women. developed a tangible and extensive foundation upon which this s pirit could build. It not only opened a field of co-operation for women, but also drew men ~nto the raRks of productive labor, whereas b efore their activities had rbeen entirely predatory. The ad1·ent of men as productive beings heralded the birth of a new spi rit of solidarity and the gradual disappearance of the old. The combative nature of the male, which asserted itself even while at constructive work, upset the harmony of that first solidarity. embracing everyone within the tribe and introduced instead the solidarity of classes. Before the social scheme had bee.n "we all work for each other"; it then became a scheme of "they all work for me." And so it has reqJ.ained to this day, each man riding rough-shod over all obstacles in the atte~pt to be the "me" and have as many "theys" under him as possible. This ·c1a,ss solidarity, the solidarity of the oppressors against the oppressed and the solidarity of the oppressed against the oppressors, has gained ground decade by decade and century by century all during the past two thousand years. Having arisen in the obscurity of the hearts of th e first prisoners of war, who were made slaves instead of being slaughtered, and travers1 ing through the trying vicissitudes of the lives of Greell. and Roman s laves and mediaeval serfs, it Is today, in the heart of the modern wage slave a militant sp.irit, stronger than any mass spirit that has eYer existed. But th is class solidarity reached women very seldom. They were slaves alike among the mighty and the downtrodde n. the conquerors and the conquered. They were often shut off from communication even with their own kind and were always secluded from the rest of the world, so that an expression of the mother spirit in the institutions of socie ty was impossible. All those bygone centuries wero sad· ones for wome n. \\'e still have_ re.G,qrds of their struggles against the suppression of their dearest hearitage; also how they suffered when it was written on the pages of history that ' l\light should rule. But time and necessity reconc iled them in a measure, so that they allowed thdr social feeling to smoulder l.Jeneath the surface or tried pitifull y to l'eep it alive by service in the limited sphere or their families. The great wonder is that the poor s moth ered spirit, born to fly like the eagle and forced to era wl like the snail. has not died in the hearts of the majority of women. Dut in spite of the dirt of subjection pile d npou it, in spite of the poisonous air of competition whi ch it has breathed for so long, it yet li l'es, and 1\ihere there has been one Cleopatra, one Fulvia, and one l\largaret of Anjou, there have been t housands of mothers, sisters and wives keeping the sac red flam e smouldering l.Jy their hard, e arn est senice. And at last in this twentieth century the changes in our social and economic life are remo1·ing th e obstacles to th e free expression of the mother spirit, which longs for Human Solidarity. So, today, when men are trying with might and main to bend their combative natures to constructive tasks and organizaWJns in order that they may r eap the reward of the material riches which the labor of the ages has accumulated; today when classes forced to unity on the one hand and to combat on the other. make the whole world tremble with th e roar of battle, it is the great privilege of womankind to nurture thi s beautiful, gentle little creature, who for tbe most part is overlooked in the heat of the class struggle--Human Solidarity. Dy one of those strange. yet sweet r ecompenses of history; we, who for many a dark day · ha 1·e been di Yided against each other,· who were sometimes the cau e and again tjle victims of bitter antipathies, shall today sow deeper and reap sooner than any others, the harvest of our efforts in behalf of Soltdarity. In this, the hour of the world's great need, it is our fortune to be among ~he' foremost rescuers. �The Western Comrade To what may one compare the joy that is ours at once more fully expressing our individualities? The Israelites, entering the Pj"omised Land after long marches through desolate or hostile countries, strewn with the bones of their noblest ana fairest, knew no joy greater than ours, as we breathe agafn thE! free, clear air of fellowship. The green young things of Spring, pushing arduously through the turf after the dreary confinement: of winter feel no keener delight than we as we test <;mr powers so long dormant. . No joy of realization that the world .has ever known is greater than ours as we feel the fire of Solidarity again leaping to full flame within us, as we begin to work for the world which we have seen struggling painfully and confusedly for so long, while we were powerless to assist. It is so great. this joy, that we cannot contain it · within ourselYes. We must shcut it aloud to the world an d beg that the world believe also and feel also. It h'appens, therefore, that while we are eager to render assistance to the class or cause that may need Hs most-the class or cause that is in the rig·ht, 'because it makes for progress-we do not bear the banner of any special group. The banner we wave in the winds has written on it, in the golden letters of Hope~"ONE HUMANITY." PREVENTION OR CURE The follo1ying is an extract from an article printed iu a recent iss He of a Hearst paper: "It is a fact. deplorable but true, that a very large proportion of tll'e blindness in the United States begins in infancy. It is often due to some taint in the parent, but that does not affect the resu lt, which is easily pre,· entable. "It is proYen that blindness among infants can be pasily preYented l:)y proper treatment immediately after birth . If a few drop s of a solation of nitrate of silver IJe put into each eye of th e infant jHst after it is born, 245 blindness of this .type will be prevented. The treatment with nitrate of silver will not do any harm to the eyes of any infant. sa it is only an act of wise precaution to treat every infant, without exception, with these few drops that will act as ·an absolute preventive of this awfal misfortune. "In Germany and other parts of Europe it is tlle . law that every· physician must use the solution of silver nitrate upon the eyes of every child that he brings into · the world-and this under penalty of a heavy fine. " There is nothing more pitiful than the blind child, and if we can make it impossible by so simple a precaution as this, why is it not done?" At first glance this plea seems very laudable. But can it bear up under close scrutiny? Does it propose a fundamental remedy or only the treating of effects? Most emphatically, it proposes only the latter. Science that is directed toward the curing of effe::ts instead of eradicating causes is certainly science misapplied or is no science at all. So this lalnent for the protection of our young generation is about as sensible as the charity cure for poverty or the fresh-air cure for tubercu losis, after long hout:s of confinement and overwork have wrought ruin to the system. It is as sensible as any quack cures or quack reforms that treat effects instead of causes. There is a much better way to preserve the eyesight of our babes than an eye bath with a solution of nitrate of silver-a much better way, which would prese!'l'e not only their eyesight but the vigor of their whole bodies; also mental and moral health. That way is to work with might and main to remove the causes of venereal diseases and all other preventable diseases which are malicious to the welfare of the human race. That way is to put an end to exploitation, which is the dire ct cause of practically every widespread disease from which• society suffers today. The better way, the only sensible way is to end the profit system and substitute Socialism therefor. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." PLAYS. PLAYmS"PLAMI6m By M. LOUISE GRANT A very few of t he plays which are born on the Pacific Coast and travel eastward when the first flush of you th is ove r may, in their maturity, eve n reach England. The reverse direction of travel is, however, the usua l one. A large part of the past New York season's ~ucces ses were London importations. Plays which mad e good there during the winter and spring of 1911-12 have held our eastern board s during the year 1912-13, and some of these not already seen in the West will appear there du_ring the coming season. It is worth waiting two years for a play by George Bernard Shaw- if it cannot be seen any sooner, and "!''annie's First Play" is his crowning dramatic achievement to date. After the number· of its performances in London had reached the half-thousand mark it sti11 ran on with public enthusiasm unabated, until it seemed as though - th.e th eater goers of the world's metropolis wou ld refuse to relinquish it until its author should give them another one. Despite this devotion, it is said in England that Shaw is more appreciated in the States than at home; and sti11 the English continue to poke fun at American taste! "' The play is a compound of Shavian complexitiesthe author at his best and his subtlest. Shafts of wit. satire, and truth flash past one another with the snapping rapidity of wireless sparks. It is a play within a play, yet the audience is assured by an authority on dramatic ingredients as uncorrupted by modernity as Aristotle himself, that neither one part alone nor botb parts together rea11y constitute a play. The piece di vides itself into three parts: an introduction (medlaev-· ally termed a prologue), which quite effaces the nineteenth century from history i-n respect to the appreciati on of art, beauty, r efinem ent, and all things else that count in the life esthetic; a three-act center=.ni~ the actual play of Fannie-which exposes and ridicules, as Shaw delights to do, the du11, smug complacency and hyprocisy of English middle-class respectability'; and �246 The Western Comrade an epilogue, which stabs the critics of toifrl.y with knifeedged shafts. Never was a denunciation of the "dull brood" more merdlessly keen, and never so audaciously accomplished as here, through a criti&l discussion of the author himself. ·Shaw's exact status in the public eye at the present moment is faultlessly portrayed. To review or criticize the play, therefore, would be merely a work of supererogation. lt can only be commended with admiration as one of the great events of recent theatrical years. "Milestones" is another record-breaking English success. During its run at the Royalty Theater in Lon:don the houses were regularly sold out for a fortnight in advance, and it seems to have made an equally good impression he re· in the l!:ast. 'fhs m ere mention of its two authors, Amold Bennett a.tJ Edward Knoblalich, is sufticient to g-ive it ·a crowde. welcome as it comes across the continent. The formc-r"s works of fiction, his miniature 11hilosphies, ;md others of his plays- in particular, "\\'hat the l'ul.Jiic \Vants''-are so well lmown that he seems to ha ,.e become one of us. His collaborator is an American who can always IJe counted upon to produce something unusual and dbtinctly worth while. Witness "Ji:ismet" and "The Farm." Thus with one of its authors IJrimful of clever ideas and fluent ease in ex pressing them, and the other one possessing a knowledge of stagecraft and a dramatic instinct ~f the highest order, "Milestones" is unique and immensely entertaining, besides IJeing redolent of suggestions for philosophical reflection. Each act is a milestone which marks the years 1860, 1885, and 1912. respectively, and the characteristics of each period are carried out in the exte rnal trappings, and more forcefully still in the mental attitude of the membe~s of the family whose history forms the theme of the- play. The c ritical period in every generation is its mating time, and in each act the autho!l seize that moment and play wit~ it for the amusemen1 and instruction of the complacent twentieth-century observer, who, if he listens closely, must mingle with his satisfaction at the almost incredible progress of mechanical invention, the unflattering acknowledgement that human nature remains in a s tat e of stagnation. 'the characte risti cs of .each generation are reproduced in the next, howev er altered the environment. 'The radical in youth becomes the conservative in maturity; the traits of the parents despised by the children become in time th eir own inh e ritance an(! justification, and always it is the woman who sacrifices. Three characters outlive the lapse of the fifty-two years: two of them pass from lovers to parents and to grand -pare nts; the third remains single. The young man who in 1860 breaks a way from family and business partner to stake everything on iron ships, in 1885 condemns the id ea of steel ones, and in 1912 scoffs at the notion of air ships. Thwarted in lo,·e for a time himself, he neve rtheless forbids any freedom of choice to his daught e r, who in turn, after a loveless marriage, demands of her child the same sacrifice. The young woman of 1869 has no will of her own. She marries at the command of her parents and becomes her husband's slave. Her daughter, in 1685, has developed w!IJ but hicks the courage to express it; while the daughter's child, in 1912, takes it for granted that she is mistress of herself, and laughs at any attempt to thwart her will. The young woman in Act I who is so shockingly advanced for her time that she refuses to marry the man she loves J:Jecause he will not argue with her, finds in Act 11 no occupation as yet for the unmarried woman, and in Act 111 is too old to take advantage of the opened door. In 1860, in a setting of green rep furniture decqrated with crocheted tidies, the female characters, In hoop-skirts, discuss with wonder and admiration their new bathroom with its marvelous hot and cold running water, and speak with horror of the possibility that women will soon be riding on the tops of buses. In 1885, old maids are still held in disgrace as not having married merely from Jack of opportunity, young girls are not allowed to read Ouida, or anything more sensational than William Black, while woman suffrage is· laughed to scorn as a momentary fad. These and many other characteristics of the three generations are brilliantly woven into the fabric of the play, and the finished product is worthy of the year in which it was written. Whatever the diplomatic relations between England and Germany may be at any given moment in the present complex international situation, they find no reflection in the artistic connections bet\veen the two -countries. The English welcome German invasionwhen it is confined to the thea,_trical field. Consequently both German musical comedy and legitimate dqama are made at horne on English soil. In tiJ;Ile we inherit them. Such is the case with "The Five Frankfurters," which Basil Hood adapted from the GE'!'man by Carl Rossler; a title behind which thP. house of Rothschild in 1822, is thinly disguised. It is an easy matte r to understand the popularity of this play in Germany, for there every school-child is taught the story of the shrewdness and sagacity and unanimity of purpose which enabled the Rothschild banking house to become as great a factor in the making of Germany as any of its dukes and princes. That it should he as successful in its translation to English or American envi~onment is due to the cle \·er treatment of the story and the preservation of t~e atmosphere of its period. 'The incidents upon which the story turns are of s ufficient authenticity to have elicited the approval of the present head or the German branch. The scene is laid in the famous old house of the founder of the family, which still stands in Jew's Lane, in Frankfurt, and is kept up by his descendants- as a museum: monument- in a spi rit of superstitious sentiment or sentimental superstition which is emphasized in the play. In this "lucky house" their good fortune started, and lienee e very act that affects them as a whole has to be there decided. For this reason the four heads of the family, carrying on IJusiness in the great capitals of the world- Vienna. Naples, Paris, and London-are summon-ed to a confer ence with the fifth in Frankfurt, where the e ldest brother informs them that the Austrian government, in return for the remission of certain large loans, has conferred upon them a patent of nobility with the title of Baro!jl. Somewhat overcome by the di stinction, the ambitions of the eldest mount higher, and he plans to marry his beautiful daughter to a reigniag German duke whose exchequer needs replenishing. How the daughter herself defeats his purpose forms the Jove e lement in the story. The various personalities in the play are clearly depicted; filial respect and racial pride are accentuated, while the strong common sense of the sons is shown to be an inheritance from their mother. The attitude of sovereigns in 1822 toward their Jewish subjects and also toward the advance of democratic principles is well brought out; and the house furnishings, and · the customs of the periods- flowing trous ers and gaudy long-tailed coats of red and -yellowmake a quaint and interesting accompanim.:>nt to the dialogue. �The Western Comrade 247 Ry EMANUEL JULIUS AS TO BREVITY- Americans appear to be suffering from two manias. First, they are bath mad. Second, they are possessed with an insane desire to be brief. Neither of these aliments is serious, so the precious institutlo'Iis and holy traditions of our fair land are in no danger-at l ~ast, from these particular manias. Of course, when I .s~y the Americans are bath mad, I do not expect the people to reform by allowing America's choicest specimens of rral estate to gather under their finger nails. Not at all. I am merely trying to say that a good thing may be carried altogether too far. Howeyer,. it is with brevity l am more concerned and which I sincerely believe bas been the means of making many of our writers quite ridiculous. The epigrammatic life is al,l well and good when it is sandwiched between healthy, thorough chapters, but if works great harm when it takes exclusive possession of these United States of Literature that Hugh Thompson speaks about. I like a writer to stick to the point, but he can be so brief that he often succeeds in eliminating the point. Isaac F. Marcosson, writing of Walter Hines Page, in The Bookman for September. tells a number of intPresting things about the new American ambassador to Great Britain, who was until recently editor of Th'e World's Work. Mr. Marcosson tells us that Mr. Page is a great lover of brevity. One day, Mr. Page was discussing an article with a contributor.· "I think I can cover it in twenty thousand words," said the writer. "That's too long," said Mr. Page. "But it's impossible te t ell it in less," protested the man. The editor sat silent for a moment. Then with the • utmost gravity he remarked: "It IS possible, my friend. Have you ever stopped to realize that the story of the creation of the worldthe biggest news item that ever happened-was told in a single paragraph'?" So goes Mr. Marcosson's anecdote. Of course, it's an old one and has been credited to Horace Greeley, Charles A. Dana, Arthur Brisbane and every other editor who has succeeded in getting "pieces in the papers" about his pe1·sonality. It's an old one, and I didn't like it when I first heard it back in the days when I was Just getting ready to have the measles. In the first 800 words of Genesis we are told all about the creation of heaven and earth,'\-of the light, _of tb e firmament, of the earth separated ftom the waters. ancl made ,fruitful. of the sun, moon and- stars, of fish and fow l, of beasts and cattle, of man in the image of God, of the appointment of food. This, I maintain, is carrying brevity too far. The story was underplayed. I am of the opinion that the city editor should have appreciated the fact that this was the biggest news item that e,·er happened; so, instead of sending one of his cubs to report .a story which was of far greater interest than the sinking of the Titanic he should have rushed his C(lpy boy to a nearby saloon to drag the star reporter to his senses, for here was a story really worth while, a story of great human interest that was worth more than a stingy paragraph. Now, if I had been city editor of The Bethlehem Herald, I would have sworn a blue streak If a cub reporter had dared bring in such a poor story. In fact, I would have ca!]ped him on the spot for permitting The Nebucba"''rnezzar Times to scoop The Bethlehem Herald, a paper of far greater circulation, sworn to before a; notary, and which prints more want adjs than The Jerusalem Clarion, The Assyrian Weekly Trumpet. The Babylonian Daily News and The Phillipian Searchlight combined. I would have go~e out .on the story myself and I wouldn't have stopped even to catch my breath until the story had been covered in a proper manner, thus saving the r eputation of an established newspaper that prints more · national advertising than any three newspapers combined. I would have got a number of interviews, for they help make a story "stand up." A careful reading of Mr. Page's favorite news story falls to reveal a single signed statement. I would have got a couple of good pictures, for there's nothing like a striking Jay-out to help one's story "get across." I would have seen to it that my story bad plenty of descriptive passages. Take, for instance, the moment the earth separated from the waters: there would have been a splendid opportunity for some fine writing, with plenty of punch, snap and go. I would have worked like blazes for exclusive tips on wh!lt was scheduled to happen, for I'd never permit The Bethlehem Herald to be scooped. I would have gathered facts, figures and opinions. In othe r words, · I would have got a good story and then, with my latest and complete story placed alongside that 800- word paragraph written by an inexperienced cub, the world, especially America, would realize for all time that brevity is not a virtue. .THE NEED OF "RUFF STUFF"! believe that a little of John Masefield's " ruff stuff" is needed by our over-cultured temperamentalists who are enslaved by form in art; we need a raft of Whitmans. Maseflelds and Traubels to show us bow we are chained, for we have"''orgotten that art Is expression, not me re form. Masefield doesn't give a rap about his rhymes nor his meters, he Is little concerned over the ab£t!nce of a few feet here and there-he has ·something to say, and he says it. And, despite his formlessness, he almost instinctively gives expression to the most poetic sentiments in a most beautiful manner. · Masefleld Is like a diamond mine-we are in a storehouse of gems, but we must dig patiently to sort the clay . from the jewels. 'i' REAL "RUFF STUFF"- The above paragraph Is taken from !l lelter I wrote. to ~Jeanor Wentworth, the young woman who writes "The Woman's View" for The Western Comrade. I w.as telling her bow glad I was to hear that I had converted �248 The Western Comrade her to John Masefield's .poetry. In a Jetter to me, she delivers herself of the following: "Oh, don't think that I shall close this lette r without giving you a good slant. I want to say this in regard to your comment abopt highly,strung temperamentallsts. You just bet that is one of the things that ails you, but what you need to get away from mere 'form' in art, what you need to get the spirit of· it as Masefield ha.S it and others whom you mentio~ed, is 'not to READ about it in the works of a Whitman or a Traubel or a · Masefield, but to FEEL it. And to feel it, you must LIVE it. But you yourself admitted th-at you don't care to do that. In writing about S---, you said that you prefer to get your experiences 'a Ia Pulhpan,' which is the same as getting them second hand. "But you are such a cute little person that I must not diaturb you too much, or yon will come back with a broadside that will annihilate ~me completely. I am getting accustomed to -being amiihiliated by· this time, however. The crushing remarks made by you in that Leonard Menick debate are still a weight on me. "Just the same, I'd love to see you have to do some real work, build a log cabin, or cut <;lown a tree or beat it with a cop at your heels-ot· walk up and down with a baby that thinks it is a great joke to squall at midnight." This talk about "living" the life· that you intend writing about adds to the gayety of my life. Artists are told to "live" the smelly life. In order to write about an imbecile, must one be a half idiot? In order to write of the playful meanderings of a murderer, must one "live" the !He of a murderer? No, my friend, "living" the life that you intend to use is all wrong. Artistically, it has always been fatal. Many innocent fellows have tri ed that novel idea and learned a fearful lesson. They found that you can get so close to a picture ~hat you can't see it. You ca n get so close to a mountain that it looks like a molehill. If you want to write a poem immortalizing the spirit of a lofty, majestic mountain, you go off- away off, to get perspective. So with life. In order to get its high spots and its low spots. its passions. sorrows and pains, its sorrows and its humors, you must move back a little. One smell of the smelliness of the proletariat is more than enough. Ten whiffs may accustom the artist to the smell, and then it will be beyond him. Do you get my point? A peep at a thing is an adventure; a !ife of a thing is a task. The artis t must li ve his OWN life, not the character's life. If the artist gets too close to the life of a mine r, · he may become a miner. That would be fata l to his art. In order to utilize the min·er in art, the artist must not be a miner, he must be an artist. When George Moore writes of · the Great Passion, be does n't work himself into a passion; he doesn't try to "live' 'the passion; rather does he hold himself in restraint, striving like a true artist to interpret the meaning of the passion he is viewing, discove r its beauty, its drama, its form. It should be noticed that in my paragraph on Masefield I speak of over-cultured tempermentaiists, not of true temperament. Temperament is an intelligent selfishness that desires environment-natural and socialto_.. be so changed that character and personality will grow and blosSO!J1. That is why temperamental people are so unpopular. They usually are revolutionary and rebellious. They want things as they are to be different. I never met a temperamental person who was content and satisfi.ed. Is not that to his credit? What is more valuable than an intelligent discontent? The trouble wJth the world is-that the people are not temperamental. They are conservative, utteriy reactionary, at times. Being conservativ.e. they are satisfied with things as they are. If a thing is, it must be right. With a little temperament, .the people would not tolerate one thousandth the evils they patiently bear today. They would make things hum. The Americans, above all others, have not even ·a pinch of emotion or temperament; and that's why we are fifty years behind the continental countries, so ·. far as social reform,' art, science, and letters are concerned. Oh, for a dash of temperament! Ob, for a flavor of divine discontent, emotionalism! 'i' 'i' 'i' IS IT AND WILL IT?- Many critics, in judging a contemporary, always ask two questions: 1. Is it Art? 2. Will the fu.ture appreciate this novel, play or picture? Both questions, on many occasions. have caused me to frown in a most unladylike manner. I am reflinded of Rudyard Kipling's "The Fivst Art Critic" : · When the flu sh of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold, . Our father Adam sat under the tree and scratched with a stick in the mold, And the first rud e sketch that the world bad seen was joy to his mighty heart, Till the devil whispered behind the leaves: "It's pretty, but is it art?" And since that day, the question "Is It Art?" bas been asked of e\·ery soul that ever strived for beauty. Is it art? We do not ask the machinist: "Is that a machine?" Nor do w e ask the paper maker: "Is that paper?" But, whenever we view an art ist's picture we always begin by asking : "Is it a picture?" How aggravating! The artist's Jot is not a tempting one. Indeed, the only things we are willing to grant him are some empty beer bottles and a string of garlic. Ah, thet:e is no denying the truth that George Bernard Shaw is being appreciated by a discriminating tmblic; also, there is no doubt that he is doing wond et:fully we ll in instructing and entertaining us, giving a we lcome, much-needed insight into . the shams, foibles and hypocricies of present-day societyall this we grant-but what about A. D. 2047? There is a mania for attending to posterity's own affairs. There is a ne rvous desire on the part of many of us to even decide what sort of clothes the women of pos terity shall wear, the books they shall not read and the manner in which pan cakes shall be made. I prefer to let posterity take care of itself. If I like Shaw right now I'm going to enjoy him, posterity or no posterity. If Shaw is good now, if be satisfies a present-day mood, what 'tllatters whether posterity will laugh or frown? So, when a highbrow says, "Yes, granted that it is this and that, but is it art?" I say "Huh!" and when he asks, " Will the future enjoy this picture?" I say "I should worry!" BRIEUX' "THE SCHOOL FOR MOTHERS-IN-LAW" - Brieux' one-act semi-humorous sketch is given the place of honor in The Smart Set fo'r Se'ptember. In spite of the name of the author and ability of the trans lator, the sketch · gave me very little pleasure. The moral is obvious: parents should lea ve their married children alone if they wish to pt:ese.r..'l'e peac.e..an!Lhar.mony. Could anyone take a more commonplace theme? There is nothing about the playlet which shows wh Y �The We s tern Comra d e good ink and paper should be wasted on it. The wonder is that so gifted a writer and critic as Willard Huntington Wright should spend his time translating 1 so dull and prosaic ~n effusion. 4r 4r 'i" ~ IRVINE'S "MY L ADY OF THE CHI M NEY CORNER"~ Alexander Irvine tells a beautiful story in his ""My Lady of the Chimney Corner," a novel of the Irish. peas~ antry, a life that Irvine was born into, a life that he knows. His style is direct and fine; his story · moves 249 r8.1)idly and the pictures he presents are Indeed impressive. I enjoyed this sweet, human book, and must admit that I felt a lump gjl.ther in my throat more times than I can remember, but his humor would bring a smile at the moment when needed to down the lump. I love a smile a thou_sl}nd times more than a laugh. Real ·huil!.or draws a smile and stQps right there; comedy stuff draws a, haw-haw. The real pathos of life causes a lump in the throat; sentimentalism demands weeps. Irvine's pathos Is real and It rests with a lump; his humor· is real and causes a smile. Public Education and Social Progress By LEO W. WAX, B.S., M.A. This is the first of two articles written especially for The Western Comrade by Prof. Wax. The These articles are of especial interest ;~rld should be of gr~at value to students of the So'cialist movement, as well as to active propagandists. st·r·o rHl and concludiug article will appear in an early numbet·. growth and development of social and political institutions from primitive times up to the present day has beep. a very slow and painful process, attended all along by Ji, most remarkable backwardness and conservatism. Its head constantly turned backwards, society proceeded but reluctantly on the steep road to 11rogress, manifesting at every step a· powerful aversion to any change .,.....;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;iiiil in existing conditions, cherishing throughout. a strong, re verential adherence to the past and positive distrust a nd fear for the future. Old and thoroughly rotten social and political institutions have clung fo1· centuries to the afflicted social organism maintaining with the most stubborn tenacity all kinds of st upid, wasteful, cruel and unnatural relations between man and his fe!Jows. Every attempt to overthrow any of these institutions or only to introduce a more or Jess radioo.l reform in them always met with powerful opposition and obstinate resistance coming from within ' ociety's own midst. No important social or political re1·olution has ever been brou.gbt about without long and continued suffering, without persistent, intense, violent and bloody struggle. The old established forms never yielded, never gave way until the sea of human sorrow and suffering bavmg h1come overfilled, grew stormy and turbulent, threatening to sweep away all barriers and obstacles and to wreck the entire existing order, and even then the trium ph of progress has not always been secure and perm;ment. The tid.e would _frequently dash backward · in !'Paction, resuming its former course and suppressing or dt>stroying the pfogressive curr-ents that had forced it out of its old bed. Evidently there are some powerful forces constantly at work in society tending to draw us backward, to hi nder our advance and prevent our progress, and thus J•t>rpetuate existing conditions. Forces that blind our I".Yes to_pxe..Wling ..elti.ls, .-;;top.-our-ea.r-s-t-o-tbe-el'i.es-and-- r-urses of the sufferers, harden our hearts, dull our conscience, confuse our intellects, and weaken our wills. One of the most powerful and most effective of these forces has been public education. Now, this last statement will doubtless be regarded as a paradox. "Do you mean to say," the skeptical reader will ask, "that public education has been a drawback to social progress? Edocatlon which we have all r!!garded as our future redeemer, which has been expected to bring the millennium and convert this earth of ours into a paradise-do you mean to asS"ert that It has served to hinder our advance and to perpetuate our misery, instead?" Yes, this is what I make hold to affirm and what I expect. to be able to demonstrate In the succeeding para~ graphs. In the mean time let it be borne in mind that the term public education is sere employed in its widest and.most comprehensive sense. It includes in Its present application aiJ the influences that have produced or are producing a more or less profound and lasting impression upon the public mind. It comprehends all the factors, .be they good or bad from our point of view, that go to mold what we term public opinion. It takes In all tbe agencies that have contributed towards the .f ormation of those habits of thought and habits of action which characterize individual as well as social life. It must also be suggested. at this point that whether a certain force will be productive o·f good or evil, useful or harmful results is determined, in most cases, not by the nature of the force itself but ratber by the manner and purpose of its application. The same force that is capable of producing a great deal of good when rightly applied, will cause a corresponding or even greater amount of harm when misapplied. The same fire, for example, that warms, cheers, and comforts us when Grackling brightly on our hearths; the same fire that bakes our bread, operates our machinery, and carries us with the swiftness .of wind over mountain and dale, sea and ocean; the same fire, In a word, which constitutes the soul of our commercial and Industrial -lif-e,-wHl---;iu-st--as--rea-dHy-ereate-ll1tV1lc-and-d'isaster;-d·..._.._- - stroy lives and property, devastate homes and firesides, lay bare towns and cities, when It Is misused. �250 The Western Comrade The same dynamite which wlll blast rocks and dl.sclose !or man's use the treasures locked up within the bowels of the earth, will just as effectively bring death and destruction when used for this 1latter purpose. And what is true of natural forces is equally true of social forces. • Now, let us have a brief historical review or the role which public education played in the development of social life and institutions. From very early times, ever since man first learned to enslave and· doininate his weaker brother and society began to divide: itself into rulers and ruled, captors and captives, masters and slaves. owners arid propertyless-ever .. slnce that tjme and up to the present, the contro1 and direction of education has been in the hands of the ruling classes. And It is this control over the education ·of the masses that served. to establish their superiority and mainta.'in their rule. · ~ The political state aione wouid have been utterly in- · sufficient by Itself to accomplish this purpose. For the state had to . rely upon mere physical force to keep the enslaved In submission. But physical force alone, however great and however well organized, cannot maintain equilibrium for any considerable length of · time in a condition of" oppression and inequality. To dominate over the bodies and use the toil of the "lower" classes it was absolutely necessary to dominate and control their minds and Intellects at the same time. Indeed, the former would have been altogether impossible without the latter. For the enslaved and oppressed have in most cases been numerous enough and strong enough to free their bodies had not their minds been enslaved and their souls made servile and degraded. It was necessary to have the established order regarded as being of divine origin and the masters and rulers as endowed with divine rights and clothed with divine authority. It was necessary to stamp unquestioning obedience and meek submission to those in power as supreme virtues to be duly rewarded in this and more especially In the next world. On the other hand, to resist and revolt against constituted authority or even to question, criticise, or aoubt Its rights, had to be branded as the gravest of crimes, severely punishable, not only by secular but also by divine law. These ideals and beliefs had to be constantly cultivated·, religiously practiced and faithfully transmitted from parent to offspring. Having been thus inculcated and fostered in the minds of the masses for centuries they have finally become their second nature. In the oriental countries where the caste system prevailed and the position of the individual in society, either in a higher caste with all the accompanying privileges and immunities or in a lower caste with all the exactions and disabilities was forever fixed and determined by his birth. The education of the masses was the exclusive function of the highest caste, the Brahmans, or holy teachers, as the name signifies. Th!fi.nstruction which these privileged educators dispensed i01lie lower castes consisted chiefly of ceremonial. It prescribed numerous observances to be strictly and blindly followed in every activity o.f daily life. There were rules for eating, drinking, dressing, going and coming. There ·were ceremonies for childbirth, marriage, sickness anil death. These rules and observances have been imposed upon the credulous people as handed down from above and possessing deep and hidden significance the knowledge and interpretation of which had come down by divine ~atio.n... arut transm.itted-to....the.-Br.a.hman,s-as...the e'lfclusive hetitli:ge of their favored caste. Instruction was also given . upon the genealogy or the various castes, setting forth the exalted origin of the Brahmans, having· sprung from the very head of ·Brahma himself, and the 'low and despicable birth of the workers or sudras constituting the lowest caste, who had come from the feet of "Brahma. Particular emphasis was .laid upon the sacredness and rigidity of caste lines, and it was strongly imp.ressed upon the minds of the pupils as the most hideous crime for the various castes to intermingle or for a person born into one caste to at- · tempt to pass over into another. Thus circumscribing and directing all the life activities of the. lower castes, fixing for all times their various stations in 'society, · and intimidating their minds with . fantastic horror-tales of an· -unknown and mysterious after-life, the pries.ts made them so ·helpless and dependent. and gradually gained !)UCh absolute control over them, that they could be driven like a herd of cattle wherever their spiritual leaders directed. So great indeed was the power and authority of these oriental priests that even the despotic mon~rchs of these countries, unless they themselv~s were members of the caste, had to bow their heads before their high-priests without whose sanction and blessing no undertaking or any importance was ever attempted. Whatever there was of real knowledge these privileged scientists and educators kept hidden behind seven locks as their own exclusive possession. and source or power. Surrounding it with mysterious symbols and secret formulas and putting it in a script and language unknown outside of their own ranks, they made it utterly inaccessible to the lower castes. Such a system of education consistently carried on for many generations produced in the course of time an extremely servile type of mlnd, amenable and submissive to authority, and incapable of self-respect and self-assertion. It is this servile type of mind that explains many a dark page in ancient as well as medieval and also modern history. For this type of mind has not only been t1:a.nsmitted by inheritance and tradition to later historical periods, but it has been actively cultiYated by succeeding educational procedure, and has survived in large measure to our own times. · It is this servile type of mind that made possible the extremely despotic monarchies of the East where one man disposed at his own will and whim of the lives and ~ossessions of millions of people, and where crouching and cringing subjects prostrated themselves in adoration and worship at the feet of merciless tyrants. It is this servile type of mind that accounts for the long duration and wonderful stability of the unnatural and cruel caste system. It was this type of mind that made it possible for an Egyptian Pharaoh to mass together 100.000 of his subjects and make them toil away for thirty long years at the erection of a single- bui!dipg for no other purpose than to shelter his precious body after the soul had departed from it. This building, one of the pyramids of Gizeh, rises from a base covering fifty acres to a height 450 feet, with single stones in it weighing as much as fifty tons. Having defied the all-destroying hand of time. this building has survived through the ages and is still standing there today, an object of admiration for the traveler, a solidified mass of human toil and sweat, agrim monument of human exploitation and human servitude. To be sure, these r esults were not accomplished wholly without the constant display and frequent use of pb-ysiea-1 -force ·as- -embodied-i he-lJoHttcm-state;But physical force alone, as already intimated, is abso- �The Western Comrade lutely incapable of maintaining any social order for any considerable length of time. In order to endure it must have its foundation in a c<vresponding social philosophy, social morality, and social ethics. It must have a thorough justification for fts existence in the minds, the hearts, the conscience, and the will . of a majority of the people, and it is this philosophical and moral foundation, this ethical justification of the prevailing order that a! ways had to be- supplied and is being suppli.ed today by a n appropriate public education.:· It was this necessity of providing the .required spiritual ammunition. so to say, for the mruntenance and defense of the state that led in our own Christian world to an early alliance between church and state, and..that encouraged in every way the actjvitles 9f the church as an educational institution. · Carrying on an untiring educational activity in the schools among the growing generations and in the homes and churches among the grown-ups, the church soon gained complete mastery over the minds and hearts of - millfons of adherents. With education as her weapon the church marched triumphantly from land to land, .a second Alexander, conquering· tbe great.ar part of the world. Her power and influence became so great Indeed that the state itself, her patron and ally, soon had to acknowledge her sovereignty and submit to her spiritual authority. Rome was the r~al seat of ·a uthority and center of power in medieval Europe, ·and the Pope was the supreme arbiter of the destinies of nations in matters social and political as well as ecclesiastical. It is this educational activity of the church that leads many a pious hut uncritical historian to lavish eulogies upon her for having spread . kp<JNledge and enlightenment among men. - '-' A r emarkable demonstration of the great possibilities of education had been furnished by the Jesuits. ·This order, which was established in 1540, spread with wonderful rapidity to all parts of the Christian world, and its influen<:e in shaping the ·destinies of Europe 'was enormous. But it may be stated with certainty that one of the chief causes of this remarkable success of the Jesuits was their splendid educational activity. Every .Jesuit spent many years in training to become an efficient teacher and educator, and no effort was spared to make the Jesuit schools the best in the world. Instruction in these schools was free to all-to realize tiJie fu ll significance of this fact one has to bear in mind t~at the free school in this country and in England is barely fifty years old-and the influence which the Jesuit schools exerted. upon the future lives of their pupils was remarkable. They were ready and willing at all times to sacrifice their property, their ·nearest friends and relatives, their very lives for the ideas and ideals imbibed at school. In the year 1710 this order counted 612 secondary schools. 157 seminaries for teachers, 24 universities and 200 missions. The recognition of <the great value of education for the safety and stability of the state led many a ruler and statesman to take a lively personal interest in the education of the people. "A very interesting illustration of this is furnished by the educational activity of Czar Nichola'S I of Russia following the revolt of the "Decembrists" in 1825. That was the very first . open attack made by the Russian revolutionary movement upon the House of the Romanoffs, and that monarch was the first to get a shake-up on his throne the very day of his asce1:1sion. The organizers and participants In _this revolt were- chiefly -young "RusSian noblerileilWhohad become fascinated by the new revolutionary doctrines then agitating western El,lrOpe, and brought In through various channels across the border into Russia. They conpeived the audacious plan of overthrowing the monarchy and establishing a republic in Russia. Enlisting in their cause several army regiments they fo~med a conspiracy, and chose the day of coronation for a sudden and decisive attack, expecting thus to take the government !Jy surprise. Ori the fourteenth day of December, while the ceremonies for the coronation of Nicholas I were in progress, they led their regiments out of the general line of procession and entered into an open fight with the government forces. But their numbers being too small, the expected additions to their strength not having realized, they only gained the distinction of forming the very first lines in the now so numerous army fallen in the great battle for Russia's freedom. Soon after the ':s uppression of this revolt Czar Nicholas turned his attention to the schools. The fact \hat the participants In the revolt werq young men, m!dnly university graduates, evidently led him to the conclusion that the educational system in his country was defective; that the politiCal and sociological studies '."there pursued aroused in the students· too zealous an interest In matters social and political, and caused them to become too meddlesome in the affairs of state; that the studies of modern foreign languages only facilitated their tra veling abroad and reading the pernicious revolutionary literature of Western Europe. He therefore promptly issued an "ukaz" appointing a special committee to "reform the schools." The duty of the committee as set for in the "ukaz" was "to introduce uniformity into the school system, and to adopt a course of studies tending to keep the pupils away from utopian political interests and harmful literature." Following these instructions of his majesty, Shishkoff, the minister of education in Russia at that time, formulated a scheme of three distinct types of schools corresponding to the three classes in Russian society, the peasants, the middle-class, and the nobility;· and introduced Latin and Greek into the curricula of the gymnasiums and universities, calculated to o~cupy threefourths of the time. Reporting upon this reform to the czar, Shlshkoff claims that it will have the effect of keeping the classes distinct and separate, and thus insure social stability, and the intense study ·of the ancient languages in the gymnasiums and universities will divert the interests of the young noblemen into safe channels and will give the graduates the feeling that they were neither ripe nor capable to meddle with the affairs of the state. In another manifesto issued July 3, 1826, announcing tlie penalties of the "Decembrists," Nicholas also urges upon the parents the necessity of giving their children a sound moral and religious education at home which should "guard thtm against dangerous Ideals and visionary doctrines" (see Mitinhoff "sketches of Russian culture.") Emperor William II of 'G ermany is likewise greatly concerned In the education of his youthful Teutons. There is hardly a teachers' convention held in the "fatherland" that is not ~he recipient of some communication, open or secret, from his majesty the Kaiser, urging upon the teachers the necessity of . arousjng in their pupils strong patriotic feelings, .of fostering a fervent love for the army and the flag. the glories of soldier life and so forth. Especial emphasis is laid in these circulars upon the great need of safeguarding . the youth irLev.e.cy wa.}'-&g.ai-ru;t--the pern1cl~mrductrt~..--:---­ dlssemlnated by the Social -Democrats seeking to undermine the long cherished belief ihat the House of the Hohenzollern is ruling "by the grace of God." · �"(\ ~--------------------------~ THREE BOOKS . "Ca.n & Catholic Be & Socl&list" By Stanley B. Wilson, lOc. ST. EL ''The Religion of & SOcialist'' By R. A. ~faynard, lOc . FINIST 11• cLEAR aAvANA '"'Igars ' 'The Gospel of Sooi&lism'' By Stanl~ B. Wils-on, lOc Holde W orld1 Grand Prize State Grand Prize 1 Each one a gem. Send your order today for · any one of them. fo r a dine, or Three fo r 25 cents Made from Cuba'• Choicest Vuelta Abajo. in all Popular Sizes and Shape•. ST. ELMO CIGAR CO. CITIZEN PRINT SHOP I.OS ANtrElES Los Angeles Box 135 ·The California Social·-.Democrat A Sparkling Department by EMANUEL JULIUS . Ably and F orcefu1Jy Edited by .CHESTER M. 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Western Comrade https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/8a289072f4c331d5bd9632ead2492536.pdf 6e9c090e2511298fe8f7c9f895de3c4e PDF Text Text TEN CENTS SEPTEMBER, 1913 : , .·:-.... . -.4 . t·' ·::'v,£ . . .. . ~ ·' ::· .... .:/.;\.\:·_ .·· ...... ·-. ~~- �The West~rn Com r ade Editorial Dtfice· Chat . It is with more than the usual a'mount of satisfaction th·at we open this little talk with the friends of The Western Comrade. First o·f all there is a new department tucked away iri the pages for you. It has been felt that there should be some meanS of keeping the Socialists in touch with the intercollegiate movement. The desire bas been voiced· many times by the readers of the magazine, and the fruit is now in the basket. This· month E. E. Hitchcock bows to you as the author who will conduct the new department. This is to be one of the practical, helpful, information dissembling pages of the magazine. * * * * * * * * * * * * Just a word here to those who ramble in the world of writer folk. The Western Comrade wants to know you and The Western Comr·ade readers want to know your work. If you have something that you waut to gi \'e to the moveroent. this magazine is ready to serve as the go-between. 'fhrec beautiful plrotogr·aphs were published to illustrate an article . about "Frank F. Stozre; a Sculptor With a i\lcssage," in the August number of The Western Comrade. These photographs were lal<en espeeially for this magaziuc by Carl K. Bronccr·. Inadvertently credit was omitted last month. Among the really big things offered by 'I' he Western Comrade in the next number will be a thorough review of tho( wor·k of the Socialist Party in California. 'l'his will be written by Stanley B. Wilson, who is just completing. a tour· of the entire state in which he has reached every section. What he will hav e to say will be of intense interest to every comrade in the West. Rob Wagner, whose drawing of .T. Stitt Wilson appears on the cover of this number, will write for the next ·western Comrade the wonderful story of Pamassus. Parnassus is a vision that is just budding into reality. You will want to read this story- autl all of the others that will rome to you in the next \Vestern Comrade. Saving the most important matter to the last, you will now picture to yourself the interior of the sanctiuu wher·cin the business manager passes the time in strenuous pursuit of gold and silver. The business manager· is saying to you that it is absolutely necessary that we have more subscriptions. He means what he is saying. He says that each sub. criber should secure at least one new subscriber at oucc. It is absolutely necessary. The editors are giving .fOU the best magazine possible. It will be made still better· as it grows. ·You, the readers who have tested the magazine, are the ones to secure the subscribers that will mean gr·owth and impt·ovement. Go now, out into the green pastures-or even over the brown descr·t.-and GE'l' TIIAT ELUSIVEtUBSCRJBER! The Western Comrade ~43 No.6 Vol. 1. September, -1913 The Progressive--~ "\VOMAN . P ublished l\Ionthly by UNION LABOR NEWS COMPANY, INC. 203 New. H igh Str eet, P. 0. Box 135 . Los Angeles, Cal. Today Is the most virile, e<lucattonal. entertaining magazine In the Sdttallst and Suffrage movement. Full of aspiration, vim and zlo. Excellent feature articles . stories and Illustrations. A magazine that deals with conditions and racts from the feminist anu Socialist viewpoint without gloves! Isn't that "I)'hat you want? The Progressive Woman Subscription Price One Dollar a Year SHOULD BE IN YOUR HOME EDITORS . Chester M. Wright Stanley B. Wilson Associate Editors Eleapor Wentworth ·. Emanuel Julius Fred C. Wheeler Rob Wagner Why not fi':Pt It? Yours for 511 cents for one year; 25 cent!! In clubs of four or more. Address THE PROGRESSIVE WOMAN, 5445 Drexel Avenue. Chicago. Ul. (Bundles for locals and hustlers $2.00 per hundred.) · �v T h e W e·s t e ~ n C o m r a d e 183 lit tarue with a message, a beautiful VISIOn·. For a few moments, the people listened as he told the \ror-ltl might take the debris of the centuries and build a beautiful palace, how the battlefi•·l ds of life might be chaugcd to gardens of love, how the thot·ns of existence might blossom into red h"". l"OSt'S . ( )nc man said: "Bcauti ful scntime11ts, indeed, but you arc a hundred years ahead of your time. The future wfll !!lory in your dreams, but the present can have none of them. You were born too soon.' This grieved the young poet. He had hoped his message would be as a spring-blessed oasis to thirsty desert-folk; so, he went away to give himself to the dreary task· of changing his message, r<·spinn ing his dreams, hoping thus to make himself a son of the present. At last, he returned to the p<'oplc find again spoke ·to ·them. They listened attentively for a while, but seemed unimpressed. "You a1·e a hundred years behind the times," someone told him. �,- 184 The Westers Comrade The Gun Is Sy CHESTfR tOur M. e .. pon WRIGHT 'G:;iiiijR EAVING the moraJ slde of the question enUreJy out of consideration, labor must. leave the gua alo.ne in Its conflict with capital. • • • Economic conditions determine morals to a large e:rtent and IF labor could ~collstrucl economic conditions through measures tbat the ruling clas would ~;onaider morallY wrong tbat ould be no reason for hesJtancy on the part of labor. Purely and simply on the ground that it is bad tactics, labor MUST let gullS alone! Every time there Is a bit of gun .play labor loses and loses ignominiously. The Industrial Wor1Cer11 of the World Jose some of their magnitude of name and splendor of phraseology when the force of Jaw and order unlimber aud wheel into act!on. The cold truth of the matter Is that g un play doesn't pay labor apd the most outt>tandlng, big. type reason Is that: the other fellow packs a bigger gun, bas more rounds of ammunition at hl<! ten and more rations In his haversack. Morality aside, the 'fACTICS are wrong! 'fake a case In polnt-Wheatlatid. Grant-which we· possibly do not-that .,Vheatland was a planned ·point of attack, that certain leatleTs had intended to force better conditions through violence. The smoke ot the ftrst shot had not ceased to curl sickishly away !rom the barrel of the ugly automatic before the telegraph wlr s were hot be t ween Wheatland and EjACRAMENTO! Sacramento Is the capital. From there the governor may wire to a ll of the armories that dot the great stat . He may call for TROOPS! And the governor did call for troops and he ·had them at Wheatland b fore breakfast. The ~overnor Hald, "Tiilll foolery mu~t Htop." And it DID stop. The state packed a bigger gu_n by far thau the lltarveli nnd explolt ul little band of misguided zealots at Wheatland. And the troops had all of the great stale to 1•'1J; t~D them and to keep them supplied with ammunition. So, when the governor Jald, ''There must be 110 nwt·e fooling," h e had the JlOwer to see that no more workingmen tried to get food via the gun. He declared that he wou ld put a s top to rioting at Wheatland i[ he had to call out every soldier in the state. And he HAD that power. :\lot'eovet·, every othet· gove1·nor In e\·ery other state bas that power and above all stands the president with the nat louul nrmy and na,·y at HIS command. And ALL of these officials represent THE SYSTEM. Not one repr . HPnts Jabot'. OoveJ'IIOJ' Hiram .Johnson of California is as close to the working class as any governor that any old pat'ly e\·er will elect. He iA as sympathetic and has as good an understanding of labor as any governor ver wi ll have until cluHs conscious labor lects ITS candrdates. · · And the !JOint of that is that when Governor .Johnson says "foolery" and calls for the soldiers and backs up the lllll!lters with Lite armed power of the state, that means that EVERY governor will do the same thing, Ir this progrPssl\·e ls willing and enger to ·•go t he limit" what would a conservative, fran kly pro-capital man do? He might be more erne!, hut he could not be more E l~FECTIVE! . The fnct Is that tho gnu-toting working man is outnumbered, . out-fed, out-classed, out-e \ erythinged! H e hnsn't n chnnce and he uen~ r will have and the sooner certain brands of "rev-v-volutionists" discover the fact th bette!' fot· those workingmen who are accustom d to taking their remedies according to somebody else's prescJ•ip. tlon, rather than from theh· own study. Nvery clash that can be cited pt'Q\'es the same lesson that is taught by this pitiful, tragic little clash at Wheatland. At Wheatland a distt·lct attorney, a cmel capitalist prosecutor. a real enemy, mind you, was actually killed. A deputy shet•lff nnd a constable also were killed and the sheriff was des}>erately wounded. But the STATE came to their aid and the state is as big as ALL OF US, whether we will or no. 1'he state Is a political unit. All of us vote as to how it should be couduC'ted. A minority of us do not like tbe way the ballots total up, but we cannot help that, until we can get a majority_ l ntil. then we have to pay our share toward all of tho e..xpense of the state, 1 CLUDING THE CO T · OF THF; SOLDIERY THAT IS CALLED 0( 'I' IN TlME OJ.~ STRIKE! We have to do thal We ha,·e NO CHOICE! And so we DO it. That m ans that when labor is battl!ng for bread and the masters call for troops W(J have w help fight against outsei'l'es- at least we have to pay the bill, which is the same thing_ And bow hopeless 1a 1t fiJr a few men to arm them el\> s again t the tate, t.Qwards the armament of which ALL OF US mu.st contribute. The 111an with the gun is an outlaw and all of the forces of the law are lined up against him to capture him. He Is BOUND TO BE A HNORrTY! His only recourse is to become a political MAJORITY and OVTLAW the other :tenow When he bt>comes a polltieal ma.jaraty then oontrol of all of the ;powers of the STATE pa.Jis to blm and 'T HE S'r.A"Tl!J WILL TOTE HIS GUN and enforce HIS WILL~ '!'bat ,f s 'tlbe -ptogra,m of Jl&bor; must be! !POLITICAL l(;!PREMA.CY is the only way o.ut, purely as ,a matter of ta<c'tlos. lt IJ\'1\lSt be admitt-ed ltJ'h-at shoot.iln.g is . a much mol'e grave t.hin,g th-8'11 >oting. A' m.BJ:l wm vote r:lgh.t more qlll<'~ than be wm shoot. And unt1l he is (lll>pable of voting ~n hls own inrt.erest !he mast assuredly 1B not .eapa.ble of shooHng 1'11 his OWin lnt!e"Mst-for ('a:nd mM'>k l!lhis -well) if !he Dill :shoot true to !bls iiJter.est and .1! b.e WON, had be not lt'he en·se :to V6TE . ri~t in lti'he ltir:st JP.lace lbe would mot !ha~·e sense £DOugh to !know what to do with V'ic· to't\' ~f lhe g&lined 4t b'.l• t'he rgun, The ca:p1tlilist ~s not womad ttlhTatrg'h lfea.r·of wihs.t hbor 'Wiill do ~ guns., BO ~ong as t.ihe ClliJ>italist contiols the stalte 'BITld ttlh:e gulls of tJbe .sta>'te, 11'o1' 'tibe state lhas <so many m011e guns ltih.an J.albor cllln ever !hope to }lave. Labor can lle'io·er lrol>e 1to lb'a'\<e lgtlllil lello"Ug~'h ito -cope \Wdtb (C&pital !in gun JP}e,y. untill llabar bas learned to vote 11ir;:bt. a:nd ilib n ~ab -;yiflllba re l'fO lllse !for !gllllS. ·votibrg ls so muCh ceas.ier ana safer And more 'UP-i110-[)Ail'E! · ~i'o'J) e II\)SI , !ltlmseJ:~Sica:l, ~s. lba.ritBI!iic, \tllila'bor-llifke <talk rat sa.'botage -ana -gun pl~ '8.lld SII.'OOW 1f'H.;E til: I()F ttiFrtE rB(Al)I{(i)"'J'. ll.Jeail1n iitS JlOWe1'. LeMlll QRGA.NrrZ.ATJON a~ t!he ballot box and lea.rn how 'to US'.E poliLi<'nl powe-r a!tlter t has bEfell gartned. · II I j �) The Western Comrade t ---.:1 A Warning., By Eleanor enfworth EARYING of their game of tag . in the garden., the flowerscented breeze and the saucy, golden moonbeams frolicked through the window into the room where the woman sat with her sleeping babe. 'They wove a charming spell around her under whose influence she was carried far ahead in the course of years. She saw her boy as a man. There 'seemed no doubt that all the wishes her mother heart had conceived for him were fulf'illl"cl. She saw him, in those years to come, a sturdy man in mind and body; lon•cl by his fello\rs for his kindness and r espected for ' his wisdom. More t h11n this, d1e not.ed that the soft, ingenious lines about the mouth, which she l11ul so lovPtf in the child, were not hardened in the man and that his eyes till mirTor-ed the frunlwcss and idealism of youth. A fin-off, omi·uous murmur scattered her dream. So strange a sound was it that iuvoluntarily she shuddered with apprehension. A lioness might feel so wh '11 sc•euting dangey to her cubs. · '1'11 mur·mur became a dull, heaYy roar, oppressing the night air. Closer n nd eloser it came from beyond the distant houses, revealing itself at last as the harsh roll of a military drum, encored by t-he tread of legion soldiers' fert. The woman hcat·d it coming on steadily until it was in her own street, h neath her own window. The figures of the soldiers cast uncouth, weird shadow into the room, where previously the moonbeams and the breeze alone had dar d to intrude. With hideous noise the drum routed the silence even from th mo t ecluded niches. Tramp, tramp, tramp, roll, roll, roll, the <•rho reverberated, each ound cutting the woman to the quick. Un on iou ly she stepped to the window and gazed with the fascination of fenr at the rhythmic tep of the human automatons, whose actions and equip111 nt wer o ugg ti,· of sinister intentions. There flew to her mind a c n of battle wher thi machine of men was doin~ its ruthless work. In ne in tnnt heart around which mothers had woven') tendernes , were overt• m with th lu. t to 1\ill. In a ingle ru h beautiful Uodies for which mothers L ' hnd uffl'red nnd t oiled were r educed to an un ightly mass of blood and bruised fll'.h. The nmc drum marshalled the luckle ones and with fiendi ·h atro-· g'Qlll' hl'nt 11 l'OUUt of the \.'Ore. of human live against the })ollars in the poeket of the ~fonry od . In a la wild glance at thi imagined scene of t•nrnngc. the mothE'r aw her on' white face among the lain, the still, staring t•~'t', r~>\'Nlling the fact that though they were open, they aw nothing. In a iugle bound h wa b ide the cradle. The· child was still sleeping pNwefull~~. Witb a fluttering heart she contrasted the picture which the passin ... soldit•ry bad arou ro with the happy dream of the future tHat she bad t•nh•rt in~ Ul"h • short while before. •_lw mowd . lowl.- from the cradle to the window and looked out into tbe night. The ldie t ere ne, only the faint murmur from beyond a dist nt hill biotin at tbeir l'ffent presence. The l oman ~all again alone with the breeze. the moonbeams. and her ehild. And hl'r tl'ar-her ~ aUrin naked fear. ·~ • - �186 Th e We s tern Comrade Th e Story of a So-ciaiist Mayor By J. STITT Formn '.layor of WILSON Berkeley ', Cal. No corr,pct analysis of these Socialist victories has ever been mh~e. Some day we may attempt it. Here we ·merely !l'et down the facts. My "hunch" ne>·er left me except for one or two dark days when the campaign got I.Jalky, and then it- came back like a Niagara, and in my soul defeat seemed impossible, . though on the external defeat seemed inevitable. • "n -la · Miilhall" wlii<"li wn!l pendioJJ:. I had livNI in HPrkl'i!'y nine years. but nevN in all that tlnw had til" ('omr~dl's PVN !lnggested me for a loc·a i ofllr·p _ :"or had I pvpr thought. or such u thing. In f'ac ·t at till• limP ut' tlip loc·al Plectlons in 1\lfl!l. I was In l·:ugland , and lli"P\' ious to that we Socialists of JJcrkell'v C'CIIIid all liP ~Nlt!'d in a ten by twelve l·oum . . llarriman and I hac.l hac! a big mass meeting the ul~~;ht IH•ftll'c•. \\' p had occupied the samp room and whpn 1 liandt'U h 1111 the tel!'gram to reac.J, lw just rHared. ''Tlw ic!Pa," sa id I larriman. "Berkeley! \\'hr. Wilson, vour \'ott• would l>P sn small it wou ld be n jokl'." And :lob llllli'HiizPcl on th!' "IHntrgeo!s" city that I was c·ondemtl!•cl to aliide ln. "Thc• last eity In the state, \ViiROll. that will t·IN·t a Soelallst. Don't accept it." · And I agrPt'd with Harriman that I would not acrept. I had t \\'o days to think It over, llo\~e,·er . That tdght wp went on to l\lodestu. Another big meeting. Nc•xt mot"n!ng I rosP to take the early _train for Berkeley. .loh r·ul lpd out of his bPd his final advic e, "Don't acc·ept." . Arriving In Berkeley we had a day left in whieh to file the nomination papel"H. Stern came up hot-foot. Ho would not take "no" fot· an answer. "Sleep O\'el" It toniAht," Haid he; "noon tomo rrow some-body's nomInation pap rs must be In the hands of the city clerk." That ulght I "waked" over it. rather than slept. And wlwn day dawn d I had the "hunch"- ! would accept. I would run . I would be e lected. I couid fill a whole issue about thi s "hunch." It was a remarkable experienec . \ Ve hustled around. got Uie names on the petition just In the nick of time, and away went the batt le, hard and heavy, until April 1, 19ll, when BerkeI~>Y. dty of schools, city of churches, city of wealth and the "bourgPois." actually elected a Socialist mayor. And that night tht> main street of the town w-as one solid mass of howling humanity. carrying the said Sodallst mnyor shoulder high through the town. Never in the history of this consenath·e placid community had it lost its hPnd before. Two vean• before the Socialist candidate for mayor, 1\lasow. i·pc·l'h"t>d 1~~ ,·otes, and Hodghead, his opponent, was t'lt•<·te-tl vu the first ballot with 2520 votes. Masow's ' 'Ote wa::~ lt>ss than ten in each of eleven ,.precincts. This time, two years latN. with a light primary vote, I had 2i ~9 vott•s, against Hodghend's 246 . I also wa elN'lt•ll ou the first bnllot. \\'e carried five out of six se<'tlous or tht> city. Three \H' eks latt:-r, after a fight fiN·ce-r than e\·er. the afon.'lllt>ntiunt>d H. l. Stern. old war-horse. was elec-ted to tlu• school board, aud John A. Wilson to the • eouuell. Sotut- thought the judgment day had t-cme. • •. • • • • Three months later, as goes the charter, July 1, we three entered upon our official duties. I had studied municipal affairs for years. Like all Socialists, all such problems from a general standpoint had been before my mind. But now I was confronted with the actual, concrete, detail of the mayor's office, the far greater proportion of my duties being the routine affairs of city government. Now that those two years are past and I am no longer mayor, I will tell the comrades one of t~e Inward vows. I took as I walked into my office and unlocked my desk for the first time. I vowed that while I was in that office every act and word and plan would be such that the whole city would be compelled to honor anc.J approve-not Stitt \Vilson-but the Socialist official, that my comrades everywhere would neve!' need to apo logize for my. executive acts, or I.Je ashamed of them. I vowed I would not only do my who le duty as a man to the city and the citizens, but I wou ld make it impo~slb l e for the pursuing critics to attack the "Socialist administration" as it was popularly called. · And I kept that vow. I gave the strictest attention to the pettiest details of the mayor's office. I was on hand. Citizens not only found me on duty in the offlee, but freely called at my home, and kept the phone busy early and late. Without being officious, I fam!Jlarized mvself with the functions and work of e\·ery departme~t of the city. I knew the city cash account hetter than my own. I balanced the various needs or the city with its poss~"ble and then its actul:ll income. 1 must say that the n n-Socialists in t~1e ~ouncil very soon graciously yielde to my judgment . Ill cttY finances, ani:! practically permit ed me to make tke second halfyearly budget, readjusting the city expenditures. In short I was simply fanatical in my attention to the municipal affairs. Whatever I d.id do or did not do, that was my state of mind. I never let a day pass without doing that day 's work, and no Saturday noon e\·er came with a bunch of left-overs. Our opponents were camping on our trail. Some of "" them ached and longed for the new Socialist mayor to blunder. And blunders may easily come, let me say. to inexperienced city officials. ""hen finally our Socialist comrades on the school board '(a separate board) " made the blunder" (!) of not retaining the appointe!' of our beaten opponents as school suJ)erintendent. war broke out. They would "recall" these school directors, and then they woilld "get the mayor." and sweep the whole lot of us out of office under the disgrace of the recall! The history of that famous recall is familiar. Our opponents surely met their Waterloo. \\"e beat them two to one in the hardest and bitterest political coutE'St tbi city bas ever known. hundreds of voters who had formerly opposed us now sustaining us after being eight months in office. �187 The Western Comrade The ordinary affairs of municipal administration I will touch upon In another paragraph. Here let me refer particularly to the distinctly Socialist proposals whiCh I urged upon the council and which they turned down. As a matfer of fact Berkeley has never had a ··socialist administration." There has been a Socialist · mayor and one councilman in a board of five. The anti-Socialist majority worked harmoniously with us on general municipal matters, but stood pat for capitalism ,,ach tim~ we presented a genuine Socialist proposition. Had we had one more man on the council I believe Berkeley would have had by this time a municipal telephone , a municipal electric lighting plant, a municipal market and it would be standing out as a i!eacou light on the supject of taxation of land values. .\nd before now a whole advanced program would be laid out to supplement the municipal labor bureau whieh we did get through, a program by which men would he employed, vacant land put under cultivation and value placed UJlon human beings, now tbe mere llotsam and jetsam in the labor market. Hut let us not be too severe. This city had 188 :-ioeialist votes for mayor in 1909. It would be nothing s hort of municipal miracle If the council had come through with Socialistic proposals in 1911. On ea<'h of th ese cbjects we set our hearts, and the Socialist local and comrades did their part nobly and we ll. especially on the municipal market. I gave months of special s tud y to the matter of electric lighting and mtmlcip·aJ telephone and personally prepared l'lahorate reports for the council. In all this work we cpnstantly sowed the public mind with Socialist criti1'\sm uf capita!ism and constructive Socialist thought. l'erhaps a few stray paragraphs from my messages to the <'ouncil may hint the nature of the doctrine we preached in season and out of season. ·, The geofTHI municipal policy was suni'med up In this Rentence : "I believe that the city administration should seek to se!AJre the necessitle~ and'.'the advantages of city life, for the use and enjoyment of the humblest family, and to put these things into our hands at the lowest possible cost for the best possible serviC'e. In the twentieth century we should never permit huge cor]IOrate monopolies to hold us at their mercy and charge us all the traffic will bear for the ltiJsolute necessities of life." In a long document against a telephone merger and for a municipal telephone system for the whole bay region, I said: "Let us place the telephone· in every home, shop and ranch. Let the rates be reduced to cost uf opemtion and placed within the reach of every workingman and rancher In all this populous area. The al'et·age citizen now pays twice as much a year to have a telephone in his house as he pays for all the street cleaning, street lighting, police and fire service the <'ity government provides. Such a public utility should he removed from the realm of private monopoly." In the first move for an electric lighting system .I used these words: "There is but one problem righ't now before the American people--that Is to deliver the rC'al prod\tcers of wealth from the exploitation of the privileged interests and giant monopolies. The one s upreme issue is : The People vs. The Plutocracy." No matter what came before the city or the council it was intei']Jreted from our Socialist viewpoint and the local press gave us all the space we could use. Never ,.o,tld any press be more generous than the Berkeley pape rs were to us. We got our ideas .before the people. On the taxation of land values and on the municipal market complete and elaborate matter was preseq(ed; suppor~g Weld~ also the amendment. Space wUl not permit quotations. But on all these projects that "solid three" voted us down. I could not get a majority even for a resolution endorsing the present amendment providing for lo~al option In taxation. · This was my sorrow as a Sooiallst mayor that I did not have enough support in the council to carry out our program. But the work done .on behalf of these projects is solid and enduring and is bound to bear fruit; and our proposals will h!lve to be eventually faced and undertaken. In the meantime we have done a greatly needed wo'rk In educating the people on the subject. • • • • • • • In this paragraph I can only make a list af the important municipal improvements which shall mark my administration In Berkeley. I copy the list ~rom my annual report to the city council on vacating the office: 1. Municipal · incinerator.. ~ 2. Municipal garage and ambulance. 3. Municipal laboratory. 4. Municipal employment bureau. 5. Perfection of the police flashlight system. 6. Additional fire department. 7. New heating apparatus. 8. Extensive street Improvements. 9. Spotless town campaigns. 1~ New corporation yards. li. Passing sewer bonds. • • • • • • • Just a word about municipal finances. When I entered the city hall of Berkeley we had but $12,000 surplus in the general fund. At the . close of my first year we had a net balance of $27,000. When I took charge the total funds available from all sources was $32,000, but I left for my successor $60,000, besides $50,000 in the treasury for the incinerator. One of the attacks made during our campaign was that the Socialists would ruin the finance of the · city; that the candidate for mayor was a good "talker," but "what business could be attend to?" This criticism was soon silenced. The finances of the City of Berkeley were never in better condition and everybody knows it. Moreover, strange to ·say, I introduced an amendment to the city charter providing that the tax rate might be raised to $1.00 for puJ.ly municipal purposes, that is, an increase of 25 cents. I wrote and talked and worked for this increase and e people carried It by a big majority. We did not r se the rate, but simply provided for a raise by charter amendment for future emergencies. • • • • • • • .And when my day was done, I had kept my vows, though having met reverses at the hands of the "system." But I could not get the consent of my conscience to take that post another two y~ars, in a minority relation. The council holds four years. I conshler the passing period right now the most crucial In the history of the nation. My greatest service to the workers and to the nation, I concluded, was to be done In some other place. 1 am now again on the firing line, carrying the Socialist message to ears that have never heard it all over the state. 1 have never had such audiences. Six w.eeks of work since 1 left the mayor's office have convinced me beyond the shadow of a doubt that I did the right and wise thing. And on the day I left the city ball, the Socialists in Berkeley for the first time entered into a majority relation in a public body. On the day I went out of office ·Comrade Elvina S. Beals took her seat on the school (Continued on page 196) �188 The Western Comrade The Terrible Minihg Gam-e A Plea for Federal Control By DR. JOHN R. HAYNES Ol ods, they found, briefly, the following : Ignorance on F ALL the nations of the earth, America the part of mining superintendents, ignorance on the i~:~ the most wasteful of the Jives of its part of miners, slackness in tbe rules regulating the citizens. Seventy-fl\'e thousand of our · use of safety lamps, carelessness in permitting the people are killed each year by accidents, a-ccumulation of dry coal dust, use of coal dust In ' of which number thirty-five thousand tamping charges, negligence of state officials in acting are workmPn s lain while engaged in upon the reports of inspectors, incompetence of state their daily occupations. If we add to inspectors, carelessness in the arrangement and use · · . these figures the number of the wounded of electricity in mines, use of improperly compounded and crippled in inoustry, we shall find explosives. the use of excessive charges of explosives, that Mr. Mercer, ot the Minnesota Emthe use of wooden &haft structures, and the failure to plo)·pps Compensation Commission, is pro,·ide· more than on e opening to the mine. not far wronp; in clairni!)g that industry now kills and First among the causes of the high fatality rate in crippl ps more !•a!·h ypar than did bullet and s hrapnel in auy year of_the c·i\'11 war. American mines may be placed the ignorance and carelessness of superintendents and other min-e officials. Of all Ame ricau indu stries coal mining is the most One of the Europea n experts to whom I have referredhazardous . From three to fiv e thousand coal miner:! whose name I am .not privileged to arf' annually killed outright and from mention- told me that while -passing e i~;ht to tf' n thousand are serious ly in through a mine in West Virginia with jurPd in the United States. Since a _ party carrying both naked and 1!<90 more than 30,000 coal miners have safety lamps he lifted his lamp tobee n klllcd and more thl!L 80,000 have been seriously injured. In the single ward the roof to test for gas and was state of Pennsylvania in the year 1907 surprised to find it present In very alone more than 1000 miners were dangerous quantities. Turning to the killed, leaving nearly that number of mine superintendent, he remarked, widows and 3410 ch ildren under 10 "You should not allow naked lamps years of age. to be used in this mine." "Oh," replied the superintendent, easily, "we Mr. Joseph Holmes, director of the are installing a ventilating sy!ttem Federal Bureau of Mines, declares that that in a few months w111 rid the min.e 7fi per cent or the mining fatalities in entirely of gas and render the use the United States could be easily preof l?afety lamps unnecessary." "Bevented. fore that time arrives," protested the While the average annual death rate European expert, "your mine will be from mining accidents in Europe runs, blown up." And this is precisely per 1000 men employed, below two, what happened. The naked lamps and in the case of F rance and Belgium were not excluded, the mine was is less than one, in the United States blown up a few weeks later. and hunthe rate In 1907 was, for the - single dreds of miners lost their Jives. year, 4.86 lives lost for each 1000 men me of the states have nominal employed; in other words, our death exa !nations and g:ant licenses to rate In that year through mining accisup lqtendents and foremen;' but dents was about five times that of they are of little value, a s is shown Jo'rance and Delgium and about thr in the case or the large mine just times that of other European coun tries. l.),erhaps the most discouraging mentioned. feature of the whole situation is the In another mine a foreman, t esting DR. JOHN R. HAYNES fact that statistics show that, while in the early morning, found gas in the death n~te duri ng the past ten or fifteen years has dangerous quantities. Not being able to write, he laid been st!'adily decreas ing in every European country, It a piece of iron across the railroad track before the'"' has been s teadily Increasing In the United States. entry, assuming that _the miners would guess that it This Is not due to more dangerous natural condiwas a danger signal, and went to breakfast. The min tions in the United States. for the contrary Is actually ers coming later not .unnaturally failed to und erstand _the case. Three distinguished European experts, Messrs. the purpose of the piece of Iron. , Supposing that it Victor Watteyne, Inspector general -of mines, BpJgium :-had come -there by accident, -they removed it from Carl Meissner, coundl_or for m ines. Germany: and Ar the track and passed on Into the dange rous section. thur Desborough, Inspector of explosh·es, England, who where every man lost his life. were permitted by their respective governments to 111 Europe a sttuation where a mine foreman could accept the Invitation of the Government of th e United not read would not be understood. There every min States to make an examination of American mines. after ing official Is a man of intelligence, thoroughly grounded an extensive Investigation In the year 1908, unanimously In the principles of his profession ; no other can secur e reported t hat the natural conditions in American mines a license. Shall we go on in this country, clinging to were much better than in Europe. our Inefficient system of s tate r egulation of a n indusThe h uman cond itions, howe\'er, they found genertry that is essentially interstate in character unti l we all y bad . As compared with European mining methhave uselessly sacri ficed the Jives of tens of thousands --~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ e t �The We s tern Coll)rade more poor miners before we stop this slaughter under the only practical system of safety, the federal regulation of the mines? A state mining inspector In Alabama reported to the ";tate officials, after each visit to the Virginia mine near Birmlngh!Lm, that there was a large accumulation of dry coal dust In the mining hallways. These reports were correctly stamped and filed away in the proQer pigeon hole, until one day the coal dust became· Ignited, the bowels of the earth were torn asunder by a · ~errific explosion, and a few days later· the bodies of I GO miners were brought to the surface. The Inspector had made his · examination all right; the state oftlcilil had filed the report all right; the only trouble was that ncthing W_!\S done about the coal dust. In Europe the one distinguishing character! tic of mine management is the careful, prudent foresight with which the mine1•s' lives are safeguarded. In America the one universal characteristic Is the reckless disre~;ard or .the monow, the criminal disregard of the considerations of safe ty. The Cherry, JJJ., disaster, in which 350 miners lost their Jives, was caused by a boy pushing a tramcar, loaded with bay for the mules, agains t an open torch stuck In the walls of the hallway. :-;uch management in the case of either the bay or 1he lighting would have been Impossible in any Eurol•ean min . T·he Aust• ian onsul, In rendering to his government the report of the catastrophe, charges the operators with criminal carelessness and negligence in S<'l·en different specified particulars. Newly arril·ed immigrants are very cheap. While it woul!l cost someth ing, say one cent per ton of coal rHf ncd, to make conditions comparatively safe, the pn~se nt system is perhaps cb aper. It is doubtful if the ave rag miner kill d during the last twenty years lras cost his m}rloye•· $50 in damages paid to his dependents. If these men were slaves worth about $:!000 apleC'c, as in nntei.Jellum days, they would not II a r e ldllccl 30,000 of them in ·zo y ar·s, I.Jringing upon the mselves a Joss of $60,000,000. They would have llladf' th •ir mines as safe as urose in. Europe or else Ira rc goue out of bu !ness. It is doubtful if there Is a min today in . the United .'ta les which could pass the insp ction Which is requlr d of nil min s in Europe in the matt r of car ful mi uute precautions again t accidents. State regulafious, for the reasons I have mentioned, will · never sol\;e the Pl'oblem. We have had .a good deal of state IPgislation in th past .f w years having for its object tl!e less nlng of dangers in mining ; but it bas b en in Just these years that the highest mortality ever known in the hi story of mining In any country has taken place in American · state-reguiat d mines. ln a q~ining disaster at Marianna, Pa., coaling the lives of about 160 men, the state mlntug Inspector liad just completed his in.·p ctlon. pronounc d everything to be in perfect condition, and bad pro eeded a short distance from the mouth of the shaft when a fearful roar shook the earth, and be turned to see the heavy Iron cage from· wbicb he bad just st pped out torn from its chains and hurled a distance of 300 feet, bAaring in its fiigbt the bodies of the two men who bad it in charge. tate lnsp ctlon has never be n efficient, is not now, and there is no reason to believe that It will become ..,f11ci nt in the future. The federal government must take bold of the situation and use compulsion. An ndvisory relation to the miners on the part of the Fede.ral.B.u.reau. of M.in.es.-ls...good.-bu t....it.-doe -not- g:o-l.a.r -l'nough; It must not only be able to make recommendations, but It must be able to compel {he mine owners 1-89 to carry tbe"'m out. A federal ~Ystem of rescue etafrons equipPifd with oxygen helmets and other safety apparatus dese.n•es great nraise.. However, the essential thing .bl not to rescue su:rrvfvors after an e ploslon 'has taken place, but tor the r presentative of the federal ~vernment to be able to say, "Your mine Is un- • safe; you must do this, and tb.is, at once, otherwise your produ·c ts will b debarre~ :from interstate commerce." Pre ention, not cure, should be tb policy. Now, how should the tederal go ernment take hold of this' matter? We advocate the followi-ng plan: The establishment, 1tr congressional enactmAOt, of a permanent comml sion o!, say, five members, analogous In character to the Interstate Commerce Commission; this commission to have complet power to l)rescrlbe the conditions under which coal entering lnto interstate commerce shall be mined, just as the federal governm nt at pr sent passes upon the character and conditions und r which meat products enter Jilto Interstate commerce. This commission should have power to appoint Federal mi,ning inspectors and to enact regulations for all coal nterlng Into hiterstate commerce. The .members, to be appointed by the President, should consist of three sclentitlc !ben select-ed for their special eminence In the subject of coal mining; one practical coal miner; aud one business man of experince in the mining and marketing of coal. This' commission should be empowered: First, to appoint its own inspectors; second, to pass and enforce regulations protecting tbe Jives of the miners; and, tbtrd, to prevent the waste of coal in mining (now nearly one-half) for the b neftt of future g neratlons. ln the case of coal lands still owned by the nationstill one- third of the total oal area- protection of the miners can be most elfectlvely secured by retaining the ownership In tbe bands of the whole people and operating tb Jll either directly by the ·Govefnm nt or through leases in whi h the provisions are made £or safety regulations such as have proved so effective In saving life in European mines. Mr. Broderick, c·h ief mining Inspector of Pennsylvania, states that with an additional cost o! about one cent per ton coal mined In Pennsylvania safety precautions could be Introduced wbtch would r due the number of fatalities one-balf. Jn other words, of the 893 miners killed In 1nnsylvania ln the period from 1899 to 19011, inclush• , he lives of 4447 miners cpuld have been saved by m ly increasing the cost of coal production to the ex ent of one cent per ton. ' Is it good business to slaughter miners IJ:!. order to sa ve a c nt a ton which It wquld cost to protect them? Wb n the American people understand eondftlons, tbey will be righted. We do not understand them yet When we read in the papers that orne 300 miners were killed In th :M: nengah disaster, 350 at the Cherry mJ.pe, as many more at onnellsviJle, and so on, the statements are m re figures to us, they have no human meaning. But if we could stand at the mouth of the mine upon its reopening aft r an explosion and behold the emingly endless column o( charred bodies borne hour after hour to the surface; if we could witness the · long. line of h arses on their way to the biJJside burial ground; If we. could hear the heartbreaking sobs of stricken widows mingled with the pitiful walls of little cbUdr n b reft of their father..s.; it we could go in the days that follow to the bare homes deprived of their breadwinners, and find that the little children have been taken .out of school to gain their little pittance In tb~ --eoal --br-eak-erst-if-we -rould ;sett t-hese tbfngs- we -wou-ld realize that It is not a question of "states' rights" or "constitutlonali m';; we would see that lt Is a qu.estlon �190 The Western Comrade of protecting the Jh ·es and the homes of our humble workers. When, after years of weak and Inefficient state regulation of Impure food products, the American people decld~ that they wished their lives and their homes protected by th e strong and far-reaching arm of the federal government, all kinds of constitutional objections were brou.gbt to bear by the manufacturers of Impure products. They feared for the future of our country H the consti tution was to be so trampled upon a t the expense of the sovereignty of the states. But when we decided that we wanted il, the lawyers found a way for us. Uncle Sam no w places his Inspectors in the packing houses of Kansas City and thereby pro- . tect11 the homes o f New York and San Francisco. The question for us Is, do we really want the li ves and the homes of U1ese JJour min ers protected? If we do- really, earnest~ do--the lawyers will arrange the constitutional preil!}ems in.vol-ved. At the best the coal miner leads a hard life, in the depths of the mine, shut out from the light of the sun·, bi eathlng all day foul air aqd ga5es; prone by his occupation to tuberculosis and other diseases, living with ~ his famHy usually in dirty, smoke-covered villages, b!U' of trees and vegetation, all this for miserable wages, in , order that you and I may enjoy our bright firesldes, and that the business of the nation, through factory and railroad, may go on. Is It not the least th.a t we can do for these poor fellows to see that the present farce of s tate regulation should not stand in the way of a strong interstate mining commission that will protect them against the useless, foolish, and unnecessary waste of life which now characterizes our American mining industry? A Woman's Hat I'!!!!!!!!!"!!!!!!!!!!!!!'IRS. JONES bought a new hat this week and her hu s band is growling about it. Well , he has a right to· grow l, for the good woman was a bit extravagant this Urn e. She paid twenty dollars for a creatlon In brown and blue, with a. big os trich feather on the summit. It is about such fL hat as would have cost her fath et· seven or e ight dollars before she married Jones. Jones Is a good mechanic-earns four dollars a day and likes to see his wife well dressedyet In this case he demurred at spending five days' hard work for a hat that will be out of style in three or four months. l'robnbly It will be of Interest to both Mr. and Mrs. .Jones to nnalyze the price, of that hat and find why It cost so much . · Nature charged nothing for the original raw matet•inl of th e s traw, silk and ostrich· feather, but the silkworm bre d r, the wh eat raiser and the ostrich farmer each figured their prices from a schedule something like this : I.. nbor, Rent, Inter st, Ins urance, Taxes, Profit. 'l' h n ttch or thes nrtlcl s wer tilk n to factories wh r the s ilk was s!lun, dyed . wovE-n and fini shed; the s trn w wns blenched, sort d and btalded ; th feather was Bllllt, bl ached. curl d and fluffed, and then each manufaclmer add E'd to the cost of the materials a list of Items like this: Trun s portutlon , Labor, Rent. Interest, Insurance, TaxeR. · xt th e goods w r ollected by the wholesalersJlrolmlily tHtsslng through at least two of th ese establlshrn ntR, nch of which added another bill or costs compt·ls d of tile familiar items : Transportallon, Advertising, Rent. Interest, l_nsurnnce, 'l'axea, Profit. It will he noticcd t·hat t he cost of transportation is added at nch stag , nnd It Is worthy of mention that In t>\'e ry n 'e that ost Is made up of such Items as: . T..abor, Adv-rtlslng, He nt, Inter est, Insurance, Profit. ow nt the laRt s~e the mlllln r purcha es the materlllls at a price that Is th sum t.ot.nl of those accumulntrd charges. be pro e ds to manufacture tbe creation thnt mak t he trouble for Mr. Jones, and adds tor his benefit a . cale of charge that ID\lSt include : By E. BACKU Labor, Advertising, Rent, Interest. Insurance, Taxes, Profit. The su m total of these charges Is the twenty dol lars that Mr. Jones so strongly objects to. By running back over the list it will be noticed that Mr. Jones has not only paid the people who actually raised and cared for the silk-worms, wheat and os triches, prepared the materials for use, carried them to the millinery shop and wove them into the hat- but also he has contributed to the support of a very much larger number of pe(jpJe who levied tribute on every stage of the process by means of: Adverti5lng, Rent, Interest, Insurance, Taxes, Profits. Now a certain class of people known as Socialists have suggested that bats as well as all other necessities of life, should be produced under a systei:n of National Co-operation, where such items as: Advertising, Ren t. . Interest, Insurance, Taxes, Profit would be entirely eliminated, and at every s tage of production one Item only would enter into the cost. That item would be-LABOR. As the actual time consumed In producing the ma terials of that bat, manufacturing, transporting, assembling and making \~uld certainly be not to exce d fiv e hours, Mrs. Jones c figu re that she could alford a new hat as often as th fashions might · chan ge under the Socialist system. · In fact the difference between five hours ·and five days Is just about the sum or the total a d\·antage to the workingman between Socialism and Capita Usm . * * * Mrs. Jones says : " 'Vhat makes me mad is that Jones had to work four days a nd one-half earning hafs and luxu ries for the. wh·es of a lot of other men, before he could work five hours to gft me a bat." I hold tbat the two crowning and most accursed sin!' of society of th is present day are the carelessness with which it regards t he betrayal of women and the brutality with which It suffers the neglect of cbildren .~John Rus kin. ''Capitalist civilization condemns the proletarian to vegetate In conditions or existence inferior to those of the a,·age."-Lafar_gue. �The Western Co tll rade A Vision of the Ne 191 Time By DR. GEORGE W. CAREY r,!]!~~==:."t lfiERE are >;et Epics to be written. The themes or poets and romancers hav~ not been exhausted. The sleepJng souls of great poems and thrilling romances rest on California hllls and seaward cliffs, and in mountain gorges, beneath the fir and redwood's _shade, and He buried in the sand where sagP. and cactus grow, waiting the resurrecting hand and wizard touch of Imagination that will glorify the literature or ages yet to be. Grlm witll<'s~es of trials and tragedies are In evidence from Tamalpais to Point Lorna, and the story that the Pacific keer1s sac red in Its archiv{'s will never he told "until thP sea gin•s up its .dead ." On the Mesas. the adobe soil of ancient Ptieblos, and upo n the rocks nuiy be found the foot prints made by sai nts and sa,·ages when nath·e and-nature clashed with •·hurl'h and creed. Tlw JlOII'('r that Jives and operates unseen behind the manifestations of Nature decides the destines of men, dties and nations . Balylon, Nineveh, Jerusalem, London. NPw York City, were fixtures in the Cosmic mind, ht>fore Orion swung his clus tering Lamp of Peace across t hP Soutlwrn Sky, or the morning stars chanted the ju hllee song of creal ion. The sites of great cities are cut out, carved, upreared, 'hy ·the artisans of wind and wave; of storm and rain; uf c·ataclysmic shock and molten lava. Later comes man. directed by the same power that pn•pared the way, and rears a city. No antique city of Europe pleases the artistic eyes as dol's Lo~ Angeles, ''sitting on her bills of palms and <lll\·es like .Jerusalem of old." To the 'north and east are· the Incomparable mountains of Southern California; while west and southweRt the Balboa sea spreads Its .-lean page. Glimmering waters and breakers F'ar on the horizon's rim. White salls and sea-gulls glinting Away till the sight grows dimAnd shells spirit-painted with glory Where sea-weeds beckon and nod_:_ Home people call It ocean · And others call it God. Humboldt said that the center o.f the world's blgb,, st civilization would be found on the Pacific Coast, be•·ause climate, soil and geographical position favored the climax. · Secure In ht-r strategic position Los Angeles has hided her time. The flow of human life was swept on to the world's extreme until the rising tide has found Its l{'Yel and the matchless city, full rounded and Imperial smilt-s to find herself a Queen. The Master builder said: "It ye have faith, ye may >ay to the mountain be thou cast into the ea and It >hall be done." · And it came to paes; men have faith and are clea.vlng the hills and mountai 1s In order that the Panama River umy flow from the Atlantic Ocean to the Balboa Sea and 1ay the treasures of tt·e world at the feet or the modern "Queen or Sheba" suted on a throne "SUTJlllSsing in . ''!'alth ~nd splendor the Ancient realm of Solomon . . The Queen's domlnton spr ad wl b. e ery Circle ot the 11un. Her cottage hpme and pala. s pnsh on over the bills and nestle in the hacle Of the Sierra adre Mountains. They spread out over tbe plaln to the southwest until they tront the Sea and look upon the white manes or the smoking horses of ptu:ne that for&Ver charge against San Pedro's Sea-ward Clltts. The East Is just over there In th We t and the strange p ople of the Orient may now journey East to find the Western Queen. LOad the camels, dark-eyed Egyptian. Set thy face toward the land "o'ershadowed by an eagle's wings," thou dweller on the NUe, for our Queen has spread the feast and Invited the guests. Here upon the westmost verge of tre dom's exultant Empire the Spirit of Asia will infuse Itself into Western enterprise, the old will be gathered together as a scroll and a new parchment will be unrolled that will proclaim the gospel of truth, science and phllosophy. I slept and dreamed. I saw the sunset of the old day of sacred chivalry; the day when faith was both simple and terrific. · "The world turned on ln the lathe of time The hot lands heaved amaln Till it caught Its breath from the womb of death, And crept hito life again." 1 dreamed that I stood upon a mountaln peak in Southern California and looked towards the Balboa Sea. The desert biOS!ilomed and a commercial empire full rounded spread out before me. From Santa Monica to San Diego broad boulevards marked the ocean's beach and clltfs, castles and towers and temples ~ere everywhere, and the "Voice . of the Sea" chanted the Jubilee anthem of the victory of mind. The pathway of the eagle and the aeroplane Jay parallel, and man talked to man across the spaces without wtre or artificial tran.s mltter or receiver; for the human braln had harnessed the Ether, and the telepathy of mind was regnant. Towns and cities had reached out friendly hands and altruism prevailed where sel~shness bad held sway. .Architecture was uniform and stately. The animal lnstlnct in man had evolved into um'Rn love and the miserable dwe111ng places called omes that offended esthetic, tastes in the days of poverty and competition had disappear d and. In th.e ir places were Corin.t hlan temples, frescoed, grained and gllde_d witb gold. 1 saw.no locks on doors; no priS'tml. In this Eden there were no soldiers for the workers w support; no battleships nor forts. In this ' land men and women did not hire out to another-did not sell their labor to the highest bidder, nor their souls for place, power or "distlnctlon's worthless bad.g e." In tbls land of love and· beauty there were no 'slaughter houses-no stock pens. The fruits and grains and vegetables so bounteously yielded by Earth's breast supplied the wants of the sons and daughters of the fair ·land of my vision, and men no lo'nger grew wealthy by the murder of men under the guise of war, nor by the murder of animals u:nder the plea of necessity or the demands of greed. I saw a race of people who worked and served for ~o-operatlon had replaced competition, love, wher where love relgnoo Instead of bate a.nd envy. In the land I saw, machln.eq did the world's work, �192 The Western Comrade and all the people owned all the machines. They did not make machines out of flesh and blood and muscle, but from wood and iron and steel. The. men and women in this Beulah land loved children more than the~Joved dogs and monkeys, and put human happiness before creeds, books, bibles, customs, Jaws, Institutions, kings, queens, czars, kaisers, supreme courts or presidents. · The people In this Arcadia knew that the "Heavens declare the glory of God" and that "There is no language where their voices are not heard." Th se people knew that law is eternal and cannot be made, repealed or violated. · The products of labor, in this happy land, were distributed equally. to all according to their needs, and there were no idle rich-no idle jJoor- no millionaires and no !Jeggars. Above ttle material world I saw miraged in the air Ca!Jrlllo's phantom ship, the mi<>Sion at Old Towu, San Luis Obispo, Soledad, Dolores, San Gabriel, Santa Darbara, Sa-n Juan Capistrano, San Carlos, San Antonio, San Miguel, Los Angeles, San Juan. I saw the conquistadores, the Indian Neophytes, and heard th eir plaintive "f,.ve Marias." Some were count~ ing !Jeads and mumbling "Hall Marys" and some were weaving baskets. I saw the priests of the old time bow and kneel and make the s ign of the cross; and In their midst, his face radiant as the sun, stood .Junlpero Sera, chanting "Gloria in Excelsis l)eo." And then Ramona and Alessandro hand in hand, looked down upon me a nd smiled as th ey walked along El Camino Real in the c louds. I awakened from roy s leep and exclaimed. '"It was not all a dream." '!:h e· wonderful Hebrew prophet and poet Isaiah wrote as follows: "The wilderness and the solitary place s hall be glad for them; and the desert shall re joice and blossom as a rose." ' "The eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of th e deaf s hall be unstopped." "No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall grow up thereon; It shall not be there; but the redeemed shall walk there.'' "And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon thei~ heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall fl ee a way.'' The brotherhood of man is reality soon to be r ecognized. 'rhe Co-operative Commonwealth is not simply a dream of the visionary. All concrete facts are materialized dreams. A dream of an ancl ut alchemist solidified in stone and the awful Sphinx sat down in Egypt's sand to gaze into e ternity. Columbus dreamed and a white-sailed ship turned Its prow west and ever west. On uncharted seas, with an eternity · of water ahead the good mate said, according to the fancy of Joaquin Miller, "Not even God would know if I and all m·y men dropped dead- and uow good Admiral, what shall we do? · The Admiral said, "Sail on, sail on, sail on, and on." Columbus remembered his dream, and "made good." Michael Angelo dreamed a thousand dreams and sleepIng marble awoke atld smiled. Hudson and Fulton dreamed and steamboats ran "over and under tbe seas." ,. The Pilgrim Father's dreamed and America, the "marvel or nations," banners the skies with the Stars and Stripes. Washington and Jefferson dreamed and the "New England farmer fired the shot heard "round the world." - The slgn6l's ...ot the Declaratlon.-- ot.......Indepeudence .. _ dreamed, 9:nd then sent their ultimatum across the A~· lantic careering like a thun~r stor,m against the gal.e to tell a gor,mandizing, drun, n ld:ng, sitting on a throne of purple and goTiJ, even as ode.rn ca;pltalillm sits on tbe. ·laborer's back, that they would no longer &ubmit to his "tyranny, taxes and sta.ndi.ng anny )n time· ot peace." ' · • John Brow.n, Greeley, Garrison, Lovejoy, and Harriet Beecher Stowe dreamed of freedom tor ~he chattel slave and then the monstrous idea that any p6l'son is good enough to own the body of anqth61', be he black or white, was .shot to death on the slippery slopes. of Gettysburg and before the· gates of Richmond. Marcus Whitman and Lewis and Clarke dreamed long and hard and the bones of oxen and men and women and babes made a bridge across the desert sands and mountain gorges to t he ·shores of the Sundown Sea, and now tbe Pullman cars come 'Safely over. Morse and Marconi and Edison dreamed strange, wild dreams and concentrated intelligence springs from carbon -crucible a.nd says to earth's boundaries, "Lo! hero am I." \"lbration of etherlc substance Causing light through regions of space, A girdle of something enfolding And binding together the race; And words without wires transmitted, Aerial-winged, spirit-sandaled and shod; Some call It e lec"tricitYI And others call it God. A mechanic dreamed and man sprang upon his automobile and drove it till the axles blazed and tbe spaces shriveled behind him. Men of high-strung, airy brains dreamed WOnd i"OUS dreams, and nOW the eagle's highway and the open road of men lie parallel. A musician dreamed a sweet harmonious dream and forth from a throat of brass directed by a million tiny fingers of steel came the entrancing notes that run . riot through the singer's brain. Karl Marx, Edward Bellamy, Henry George, Victor Berger, E ugene V. Debs, Stitt Wilson and a host of men and women, thrllled by the Divine Fire of Brotherhood, dreamed, and out of the vanishing clouds of war and corop tition there looms the outlines of the glorious temple of the co-operative commonwealth. Dream on M n, dr am on Wren, for in the distance I he~r the tramp of tb~ roigh y hosts of regenerated humanity coming to · stnke th shackles from your limbs. . · Even now, amid the clash of contending armies and op[)osing int r sts I see the Commonwealth loom. 'l'he darkness of the water age- the flood that covered the wbole earth shall pa s away and the Ark of Humanity· shall i"e t on the Ararat of Peace. The age of Realization has dawned. 'l'he prom! e of a R generated Humanity has touched the mountain peaks of thought with resplendent light. . He who knows not, and knows not tbat he' knows not, is a fool; shun him. He who knows not, and knows that be knows not, . is untaught; teach him. He who knows, and knows not that h~ knows, is alseep; wake him. He wbo knows, and knows that he knows Is wise; follow hlm.- Arablan Proverbs. · ' lll fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, ---Wh6l'e-wealth .accumulates and .men _decay:. -Goldsmith. 1 1 �The Western Comrade e Flare of the New ~:;:I~!!!!!!!!!!!!~ HE~ was unusual excitement in San Gabriel. Autos were darting about plastered with banners on which was bluzoned, ··vote for Mills," "Vote for McCarty." The very air seemed tense. Jane Kirk was putting on her hat. Starlled by a clear peal of the doorbell and wondering who could be comi ng so 'early in the morning, she opened, and was greeted ''•ith: liiiO;;;:;;;;;:;;;;;:;;;;;:;;;;:a "My dear Mrs. Kirk, won't you come with me in my machine? It Isn't that I wish to influ.. ·IH·c your \'Ote. though 1ny husband Is on the ticket. I licliE'\'C in people voting ns they like, but the polls arf' such a di~tatwe." "Thank you," said .lntw. amused; "but 1 enjoy the walk. On which ticket does Mr.-pardon, what Is the The eag-er lady flushed: "\\'hy, dou't you kuow Mr. Heuolds? My husband Is runniug- for assonhlyman on the Republican ticket." "Oh!" ThP half- mocking smile appeared again. "Then you won't come?" "~o. thauk you." Mr~. HP.\'IIO!ds jumpeL' into the machine, and with au angry look was off. .Jane ;;tood and looked after the dlsap11earing woman. Till' smile flared up and displayed itself with fine scorn. .lane Kirk was a Socialist. Few of the people In San (;al•ricl kn P\\' what a Socialist really is, but It meant a <'hang~>, and God forbid there s hould be any change i11 this Jlrrfect country of an almost perfect world; besidPs, she was known to ha \'e remarked: "Advantagps s hould not be decided before a child's birth, and each should ha\'e an equal opportunity.'' She also had a most c ritlca:l way of, drawing comparisons- but, she remained In their midst, with them, though not of them. As .Jane stat;ted down the steps, she saw the postman coming. "Lette1·s ?" she asked. "No, Mrs. Kirk.'' cordially answered the postman. "Only yo6r papers." It was the first time he bad ever gi\:<>n her a civil reply. "You must do a ·beap of reading,'' he added. ''One must keep abreast of the times." "Going to Yote?" be· queried. She nodd d. ·"John Mills Is a fine man." Jane opened her paper. ln blg headllnes was, "Frank ~larks, 'A Bomb of Mentui Dynamite!'" She showed it to the postman. With a disgusted ~ runt, he passed on. Jane Kirk had been a globe trotter, not for pleasure, hut to earn a living. "Tired of forever going up and <town another's stairs;" forever forming acquaintances which had not tlme to ripen Into friendship, there came a ne d for repose. So, when she found this llttle village, sb said: "1 will be an Arab . no longer. Here I pitch my tent and r st." Looking down the quiet street, with the grass peeping up through the crannies of the cobblestones, indl··ating that not enough feet bad pr ssed them to stay thei• growth, her longing gaze rested on the llttle cot•ages with their yards and flowers. Sb began making inquiries Ill$ to land and values, for globe trotting had l93 By PELEE left her only ~nough tor a few years' independence. When the vJilagers answered o genially, dir cting her to the places for sale so eagerly, she took them "into her heart and named them "New Found Friends." A tiny bungalow soon reared its proud head and sheltered Jane Kirk and her family. Gradually the petty lltthiness of some of her new found friends dawned upon her. They tall:ed or God and against their neighbor in a breath. Th <'~ spoke loudly on the blessedness of charity, and "h" ted at the same time. Bnt today everything was different. Harmony reigned. People who had not spoken for a year, g1·eeted each other with a cheery "Good morning; fine day.'' It was a fine day-in the life of Jane Kirk. She bad lost some of those she loved best for her principles; but today, at last, after years of waiting, she stood an equal human. Her little s lip of paper counted for just as much as that of the richest man In San Gabriel. · Here came Hank Selby, one of the strongest posts in the church. He hated her ·w ith a true fa:natlc's hatred, than which nothing is more corroding. But Hank Selby was on the Republican ticket, and Jane Kirk represented a vote. He had fought woman suffrage, be had fought every progre'sslve movement since the ballot ·was placed In his hands, and spirits like Jane Kirk had l>en1 forced to conciliate, to beg their rights from such as he. As she passed him on the road, he smiled, a mirthless smile. But this time, Jane Kirk did not smile; with mocking disdain, she looked . him square in the eyes-and passed on. At the polls, people were grouped here and there talking excitedly. A table stood nearby on which was a large printed card with the names of voters. She approached nonchalantly, wishing to convey the impression that voting was an every-day custom; inwardly she hoped she wouldn't do anything ridiculous. She knew for whom she was voting and why, but she did not understand the procedure. As she hesitated, a voice at her elbow said: "At·e you looking for your number?" Beside her stood one of the homeliest men she had ever seen: a face carved like the ~ncient wood carvings in the cathedrals of Europe, ever line crude. "You will find It here," he add d. . Jane follow d him to the tab! . . "The name?" be queried. "Jane Kirk." He ran his finger down the columns, as· he came across her name, his face glowed, his eyes brightened, a radiance nveloped and transformed him. Jane was amazed at tbe tra nsition. A lltlle poem to a bulb flitted through her mind: "Misshap n, black, unlovely . to ·the sight, Oh mute companion to the murky mole, You must feel overjoyed to have a white Imperious, dainty lily for a souL" He held out his hand. "Comrade!" Then she knew, they both smiled. "We are few in numbers," Jane said, " but great in deeds.'' And she passed in. In th:at booth came the supreme moment of Jane Kirk's life. She bad heard the audience of a thousand throats call out her name; she bad felt the pelt of roses thrown by enthusiasts, as she made them laugh and weep and feel; but she had never known the triumph of-this moment, as alone In that Tlftle oooth, she bad put an indelible cross next to Joseph Mason, So- �194 The Western Comrade "l don. t even know it yo are Miss or Mrs.'' clallst; Frank Marks, Socialist; and so on down th& "Mrs.,'' Jane promptly t!:_epUed. line, Socialist, Socialist, Socialist,. untll she came to "What!'' Mms f lt a qlteer little pain in his throat. Hank S lby, Republican, then she looked around for a "It's getting beastly bot," he growled. ''This counrubber stamp to mark her disapproval, and felt distry is teo dusty." · appoint d when she could not find one. Search1ng in They walk d some dtstaM fn sile'nc'l!. J'a.n s was her handbag .for ape nell, she remembered she must not the tl.rst tO. apeak: • mark <!le ballot. She sighed. The afterthought came: ".A.re you fond ot poems?" Hank Selby woufd win now, 'but they would win in the Marks look d at l}er k e:n.ly. future. There was splendid satisfaction that principle "I ·used to be.'' · stood back of this mark, that this little Indelible mark "And now?" meant on more prot st against corruption and oppres"I bai.e all po try,'' .he savag ly an weted. sion. Her mark was little now, but It would grow! They ha'd reacQ.ed Jan 's .house. Into the sunshine she went. 'fhe comrade was wait"Good bye," he said, holding Ollt his band. ing. He approached, saying ; "Will you not com in?" "Did you do It?" " o thanks." "Yes," she answered, adding iii a whisper, "It was om.e day,'' sh ·"But you will ome and ee u the first time in my life." asked. "Couldn't You bring the el ction returns a,nd "Anu no split ticket?" he questioned. have breakfast wlth us tomorrow? It is so refreshing "How can you ask?" .~ under the orange· tr ea in the arlY morning." She hau met this m8.n ten minutes before, yet she A deep r d dyed Mark11' tace. This woman with the felt she hau known him a life time. He did not ask 1f great trustful eyes wa playing with him. None but he might walk with ·her; he simply sauntered along. words of good comrad hip had passed between them-'· They talkeu togeth e~ as old friends. Y t, he r It sur she knew. As b stood sm\.lj.ng a t. " l•'lne cool morning, isn't it?" be remarked . him so Innocently, an impul e s i.zed him to play witt "Do you know the man· who Is running for Senator,'' her at her own game. Jan e asked . . "Jt's growing bot in the un,'' Jan stepped back "You mean Frank Marks?" und r the shadow of the porch. "May I bring you a "Yes, 'The Hom IJ of 1\fent.al Dynamite!' " drink~ · "Yes, I know him. He's not a bad sort when you "No, l must be off. J am going up in tb mountains get acquainted with him." as soon as the election is ov r. "ii\Then I return rn run "Strang , I nevet· heard of him before this election; in and see you and your husband." · after all It Isn't so strange. I don't know the Socialists "My husband?" .Jane laughed mockingly. In our town ." "But you said-" Marks was on the porch b side her • "You may make my acquaintance if you like,'' he in a moment. · roguishlY replied. "Oh, that Is ancient history." "I think 1 have alr ady Jl'lade it; that word comrade He look d at her inquiringly, reproach.fullr. Jane is the IJigg st loom in the world. It knits all cr ed, all answered the look: nallonailti s." "You are shock d?" "l am glad to hear you speak Ilk that,'' h r joined. "Oh, no, I suppo e a husb~;t·nd tp an actress is an At this junctur , Mrs. Reynolds passed in her autoincident." mobile. The car was filled with several wom They Jane bit b r lips, she answered slowly, each icy ouple s'trolll.ng al ng. After turned and stared at th word cut th air: · th y had passed, the word '"actress" and an inslnua~ng "An actr as i first of all a woman!" giggle was distlnctl audible. Their in ol n e s nt the "Pardon, 1 did not m an- " blood rushing to Jan 's face. H r companion xpof!tUWith a sture sh wav d away his apologies. Inted : · "Yqu wond r that I can laulb. Thank God I can"What do you care for a lot of viJiag go sips?" onc.e I ould not- a long tim , could not- an actr ss A couple of workm n came along. leants to laugh-" · "H llo there, Mark ·!" The omrade shook bands . he open d tb door. · with th m. "You an count o.n two more vot ," they ·~hat a bright ell erful room'," Marks r mark d. said as they swung along. · Th y ent r d. "How foolish of me,'' murm.ut· d Jane, "I never sus• * • • • • • ~ • P ted." Frank Marks dHI not go o th legi .lf\tur that year. Marks smil d. H · and h.is wrf w n to tb.\3 mountains ln tead. "You imagin d a enator would ·bav to be a big, handsom chap." Jan looked guilty. "Come now, 'f ss up." Tb.e at·th spr ads out b fore us, .rich in it r sources Jane stopped in front of a cottage covered with b yond the power of the Imagination. The in entive tiow ring vines. genius of man bas aptured t'he lightning, snatched th "Look, isn't that glorious? What color!" he added, tlnma rbolt from tne band of J.ove, and grasped all the •· uppos · I had said something dreadful about you ?1' fore s of natur and on.v rted tbem inte titanic toilers Marks laughed, and said: for the hildr n of xn n. The earth aod its glorious and "My, what a fine day!" its riotous abundan and man with his miraculous "Y a,'' Jane answered, "the finest in the year." ,. produ Uve power, scout th.e idea that poverty is to forMarks was watching a humming· bird: ' 'et s ourge tbe bi.U.na_n race: The past, in the density "Look at that bumming bird drinking from the of its· ignorance and the. nigh.t of its superstition, may honeysuckle cup." · be excused. But the living present with all its myriad They sauntered on. Marks exclaimed: available agencies for producing food, clothing, shelter, "You haven't told me the story of your life yet, and lor the education of the children and the ditfusion _ either" ------'------.,.---,---IOLlight..an.d.lnt.ell e masses can make no Jane . smiled mysteriously. There was a long p ause. · such plea.-Eugeoe V. De n. �The Western Comrade ... 195 The World's Bat k Yard By THOMAS W. • WILLIAM Secretary of the Social! t• Party 'o( r::~~~~~ J~RWII'\ indicated two chief factors In the process of evolution. First, the nature of the organism. Second, environm nt. Heredity demands likeness, variation implies differentiation, uoth of which are manifested in all organisms. Figs grow on fig trees. All figs are not alike. Human beings reproduce human !Jeings, but no two individuals are identical. Rabbits do not beget kittens. Eagles tlo not produce chi<-kens. Lambs are always embryonic ,;hleP- tlH'Y arp never hor~es, yet some lambs have longer legs than others and arc different in nearly e1·ery oth(•r parti<"ular. · Externa'l influences, such as climate, hare a predisposing influPnce on all animal life. I1 is 1hP nature of eve1·y creature to adapt Itself to a Ill' " . l'Ill'ironment. Dirds change color when transportt•d to diflerent countries. Bugs and insects are 1-\r!•Pn in eountries whpre there is much muistur.e and o·onsrquently dense follagt!; they are urown in arid or '<'llli -arid countries, where protection demands that they rPsPm blc thE< !Jruwn rocks m· dry sands. ( 'Iimate, social and moral surroundin gs affect na1 inns as well as individuals. Jf I had been bom in Turk<·Y. I shou ld, in all probability, have been a. Mohamllll'Uan. \\'eisman indicates two kinds of organisms-sexual and non- sex ual. 'l'he moneron (non-sexual) produces through division . Among sex animals, including man, 1 ht•rp is always manifest two kinds of cells; namely, gPrm cells and body cells. ' The gerfn c·clls, tru e to the thesis of heredity, reprolin<'<' · thl' fundam ental specie. They eliminate a.ll, or IH·arly all, artificial abnormalities in the immediate pa.r<·nts. The IJody cells, however, are molded and shaped by Pnvirunments. The germ cells assert themselves and a 111an is !Jorn. uut the kind of man be Is to be-that is, .whPther he becomes a loyal citizen OI' a. criminal- is larg-ely dt>lermined by environm ent. 111 dealiug with crime and cri monolo.gy, different thefl ric·s present themsell'es. First, absolute freedom of will. The ad1·ocates of this th ory claim that every ln dil·idual possesses the freedom and power of will to do whatever he desires. Second, fatalism . Tbe supporters. c1F this theory maintain that 'man is absolutely h lJlless, one school !Jelie1·ing in the divine flat, and the other nmin taining that external environment dominat s the Iuotives and acts of men; Lombroso. the . world-renowned criminologist, said: '' Pauperism has t~o causes-corrupt heredity and viclpus environment. The correction of corrupt her dl-ty i>< change of en1·Jronment." \'on Litsz said: "Crime is the product of only one iudividual factor (heredity) and countless socilil factors 1•·nv1ronme'nt.)" It is generally known that crime and disease are more widespread among the poor tha.n among the rich. This Is more largely due to the conditions und.er which the poor are compelled to live rather than any inferiority of inheritance. . _ The Drltlsh Interdepartmental Committee, after years alifornia hildreu ot of resea.r h, unhe itatlngly r port d, "Th the poor are born tbe physi al equals of tb children ot the rich." · a.ture will make ev rything contribute to the wellbeing of the ra.ce, even to the acrlftce of the mother In ord r to start the next generation right. This n ga.te11 the idea that "the fittest in every way s urvive." Darwin's ppsltion Is that the fittest tQ survive under existing conditions, whether good or bad according to existing standards, will survive. Man is what his forebears and xperience ha.ve made him. · What a. man does depends upon what he is. What hC' is depends on his b1· ed a.n d his experience. Herbert Spencer said: "Wha.t ver amount of power nn organism expends In any shape is. tbe corr la.te and e(]uivalent of a. power tba.t was taken into it from wjthuut." We do not blame the child for the color of its yes, nor do we hold it respon lbl for the texture of its ba1r. Why, then, should we attach responsibility for any other hereditary faculty or power? Heferring a.gain· to the la.w of variation, suppose I have t11ro vessels containing colored fluid, one r d a.nd the other black. I have another vessel which Is empty. If I take the first vessel·and pour a quantity or the r ed · fluid into the third vessel and do likewise with the black, what do I ha.ve? I will have a liquid possessing som of the elements of the first and some of the ele· ments of the seco~ . yet dil'rerlng In hue f_rom either. In this way th e law of sex operates in the animal world. The new bom child does not JlOssess one single trait that has not been handed down to It by its forebears. lt Is .conteuded that "A man can be good wher ver he is." that he "has the pow r to change or to create his environment." This d pends on the strength of his own nature which he has inherited from his forbears, his experience, and the character of his environments. Two men may !Je thrown tto the cunent. One man w!II swim to shore and sa e his life while the other sinks. Both ma.y understand the art of swimming, yet • one ma.y possess sup rior muscular power which enables him to stem the current. Place a Ilttl girl in a. back ya1·d a.nd surrounded by a high fen wb r filth and mire abound, and inevitably h r ga.rm nts will be oiled. You may punish her, you ma.y ask God to put the love ot cleanliness In her heart, all to no purpose. The only solution of tbe dlf- "' flculty Is to fill up the mud puddle a.nd sow blue grass a.nd clover in that ya.rd; making it possible for the child to ke.ep clean. . ' The old doctrine thfl.t a man is I? gotten in sin is fal e. The Creator did not xact vlrttie and right living and proceed forthwith to make It almost Impossible of execution by retroactl ve environments. No true father ever enjoined virtue and then built road-houses along life's journey. All the forces of nature are converging for man's advance. 'l'he deterrants a.re ma.n-"' made and must be eliminated. An lndivldua.l may to an extent ma.ke his own environment. Other environments sha.pe and mold his life. Some environments a.re pro-duced by society. Society a.lone can change them. Some people Insist that an lndlvldual can change hls �1 !J(j The Western Comrade envlronmPnt, whatever It may be. The ai.Jsurdlty of such a contention IR aptly indicated in the following satire : "l•'or he himself has Raid it, And it's greatly to his credit, That he is an E ngliKh man ; . He might ha,·e bee n a Roosian, A· F'n·nch man, Turk, or Proosian, Or e \'en Italian, But in s pite of all temptations, To be long to oth r nations, He remains an Englishman." \'il'louK heredity can be changed under wholesome c•n\ lr'<Jillll <'llt In a few ge ne rations. The civilization of I.Pn c•(•nlllrl el! <·an I.Je wi ped out In one ge ne ration through ltaneful !.'nvironm ent. l\Jorali:;t+; of th e world have failed to g rasp th e conditions making for human life and happiness. \\'e have ltuilt IH!nitPntiari!'K, asy lum s, and de te ntion homes t o t'PRll'nln crirni nal K an d - have permitted the s lum, th e It rot he! and th e demoralizing forces of the world to go unrcs tnolru•rl. If ortt•-tPnth of the money now s pPnt In pPna l an d lnj,;anc institutiom; were 's pe nt in maintaining w hole!!om c e n vlronrne nt for ch ild hood, we wou ld have• th e millennium in one generation. l'reven t ion iH preferable to Pu re. !'.resent duty demands th P l'ilmlnatlon of the s lum, the r emoval of th e baneful influences which dwat·f and destroy th e potentlalili<•H uf thre<'-fourths of the race. A c·hilcl horn in th e hov e l, with a saloon on-one s ide a nd a hrotlie l on the other, is Inevitabl y des tin ed to a life of ('l'imc. That Hame child placed In the cou ntry, with the birds and animals for companions, would grow up luto an honorable and worthy man. Our hopes for th e future are bound up in this law of environment and Its workings. The knowledge of this fuct gives a k e n sense of the r esponsibility restin~ upon the 11resent generation to so s hape the envi ronm e nt that the high est qualities of manhood and citize ns hip may be dcv loped rathe r than base and selfis h lnstlucts which are invariably brought to the fore wh en the s truggle for existe nce becomes too fierce. Giraffes have long necks. Tbey live off the leaves of trees. 'l' hc s horter neck d fellows die off because they cannot reach the food, and only the long necked onPS live l~r,rott gh till mating season, he nce th e tend ency to lung nE>cks. 'l'h re would be plenty of food for all if the I on~ uecked an imal would commence away up and Pat down and allow the shorter necked fellow to get all the I.Jr·owslng there is I.Jclo w. Why .do they not do t his? Decause th ey follow the rule of th e jung le. Do human b ings do any diffe rent in this regard? o. They are like giraffes. \Yo must so organize society that we can get beyond th e giraffe standard. 'l'lio brute struggle of the jungle mus t gl\·o way to a social r elationship which comprehends all within its relation. This Is the aim of the Socialist movement. Socialism llas no quarrel with the moralist, nor with the church. nor with any agency which Is working for the emancipation of the race. Socialists, however, do assert that It Is n travesty to spend our time and energy in fighting and struggling fo r happiness In " the sweet by anq by" and yet remain oblivious to the pain, misery aud drgrudatlon which now is. \\ o demand that the back yards of the world be cleaned up. 'We d emand that e very child, regard! s of his parentage, be guaranteed au abundance of wholesome food, that he be cloth d and fed and educated. and that the state be r spousible. th refor. The child Is first the charge of the s tate; second the ar~ or lbe par nt . · If the par- ents fail to do~eir duty to the child, let us punish the par nts; but, the name of humanity, let us cease to exact sufferin !rom the cllUd because of the defelection of his forebears. The statement, "Self pre)!ervatlon· is the first law of nflture," is in contra vention 'of all the facts of history. • In the 4ungle, in tbe wilds where wolves congregate; on the mountain top; alike among sa'ltages, barbarians and civilized people, race preservation Is the law of life. We must recognize that our interests are correlated with the interests of every other Individual. We must di vorce ou rselves from the heresy of Individual realization and consecrate our lives to the e mancipation of the entire race. The Little Comforters By Margaret Wlddemer I have my little tho.ughts for comforters ; They run by me all day • Hold i ng up perfumed memory that stirs My dull accustomed way. They murmur of green lanes we used to go ( For here the snrlnR for11ets To set the roadways thick with grass, and sow The paths with violets!) Here tl)e hot city crashes, and all words Thunder or scream or cry, Yet there were lake-sounds once ( they tell), and b lrda Called from a twilight sky. There still a night wind strokes the slumberers And the cool qrass lies deep • • • h a ve my l i ttle thoughts for comforters, Who wh isper me to sleep. "Fools Rush In" One fool sailed westward t ill he found a world; One fpund new words w i th i n the m ind of man ; The cynics called Columbus charlatan And bu rned Giordano Bruno ! • • • Who unfurled The heavens like a scroll, that man might know, But fooli sh Gallleo ? • • • Who began Our new free art and thouoht and social plan, But th at poor outcast crazy fool , Rousseau ? There Is one toast the future ages dri nk Standlng!-To tho~e who dare, rush In, and dle ! Those who defy al rights and break all rule :, Who fight lmposslb e battles, and whp th i nk True thou ghts-of whom with one accord we cry, ' 'The fools , the foo ls, the fools!-God bless t he fools! " - Curtis Hidden Pa ge, In Harper's Magaz i ne. The Story of a Socialist Mayor (continued from page 1 7.) board, thus placing three SociaUsts in one voting body for the fir st time. The comrades in some places and some in Berkeley complained that this Berkeley move- · ment was a one-man affair, that when I pulled out it would go to smash. But such is not the case. The Berkeley mo,·e.ment is built on a vigorous and r ational education In Socialism, as the election of Mrs. Beals at the moment of my withdrawal manifestly shows. Two years from now a good, strong, able candidate on our ticket wlll land the mayoralty and we will get a majority on the council and Berkeley will remain iii the Socialist column. �The Wes-tern Comrade ..,... A Try-out • lll , By STANLEY N response to Cook Nels order, the cookee had seized the broken peevy hook that stuck by its point In one ·of . the Jogs in the rear wall of the cook house and proceeded to "agitate the triangle." To one unaccustomed to · the Washington woods and the appetites of loggers in those regions, the result of the 11rst tones of the "grub shouter" would have made him think an alarm of tire Ol' other disaster was sounding. Instantaneously there was a hastening of an always hasty toilet on the part of the occupants or the splitl"edal· F.hacks that domi ciled the eigh.ty odd men of No. 3 l'lllllJI of the Advance Lumbei· Co., a tossing aside of ~r imy to\\'els anu colllhs in various s tagt:s of dental disligurnllon, and a hundred und sixty odd feet frisked as n•auy spike-soled boots toward the cook house, as 1ho11gh life or fortune were at stake. ::>upper In Camp No. 3 was not a tragedy by any utcans. It waR a delight, for Boss Jack Murphy was a utuu who b iieved that rood feeding brings its compo·usation In good work, and Cook Nels was the one ··uok in the camps of Washington to criticize whose culinary conjurations was a sin that could not be overlooked or forgiven by his epicurean devotees-as were all who had "et after him." Murphy himself bad just pulled to th door of his otnce, which also s rved as a store for the nccommodat ion of the m n, with a short count I', a gander-legged tiPH I<, som shch· s stock d wllb articles of loggers' use, and a bed for the timel}eep r, 'YhO also served the camp a~ hool<keepcr, scaler and clerk. Boss Jack was never in a huny at meal lim . It was r emarked by Mick \\'nlsh that th boss was "mor \1v a . con-nis-ser then a t•nnSIIill I' ll\' {;I'Ub." Hl ~ ht her I t us digr ss a mom nt to note that Jack ~lu l')lhy wa · the ld al Jogging boss, and that's saying a good deal. 'fbe logg r is a str ng. skilled, Cea.rless, n ·ckl ss, ind~vendent Individual. ' H is a fighter by_ trade r. ud he must be one by nature or see~ another " ''''IJ Jllltion. The logging boss rtms t have all th qualit lcs or th logger, but In a great r degree. Th ~sE' Jack Murphy had, and in tb superlative degl·e . n s id he t od lx fe t two, weighed just ••nou h unde1· 200 pounds make his poundage an advan tage, arid if look w re a featur in a logging camp hl• sure had, as a tramp moo h,er who once visited the <'<llllll remarked, "Adonis backed clear off the b auty ;;helt." · ~I u rph)· bad pulled the office door to, wb n he was tli'CO ted by a h arty " 'Evenln' " and saw before him a tlgure of no m an proportions, with a face much In need <t( tonsorial attention, and lad in garments Intensely iudicatlv of the handiwork of that industrious and tn ntl\ t1 artorlallst- Hard Luck. "Looldn' f r a job. Anythln' doln'?" came again with the arne anomalous heartiness. m on in and eat," was the reply, as the boss started for the oook house. In Ide Nel ' mporlum, each found a seat as he could, and then comer-proved-both]L "con-1ils-ser an' I"On umer u grub." w::::=:::!::=::=~ I to 197 the Woods B'. WILSON Next morning the name of Mati.hew Bu;ns was entered in the tim book, also in the day book with a healthy-looking list ot purchases from the store stock. Fumlslled an axe, pick and shovel, Burns wa.s directed to report to Dutch Charlie, boss of the skid road crew. To experienced loggers this was evldenc.e that he was an apprentice in the ways of the woods. The skid road ' as a hard primary school; and Dutch Charlie was notorious as a bard boss. He could work harder, swear loud r and tlercer and bold a grouch longer than any other Individual in the logging business. Burns was meat-large, juicy porterhouse-for Dutch Charlie. At least Charlie so estimated him When he reported for work. A man, a full-grown man of Burns type must Indeed be in sor need of a job to accept one In a Jogging camp and be vlllln~; to tackle. the skid road. And Charlie was one who delighted in collaborating with necessity against human .feelings. Burns stood waiting for Instruction . "Veil, vot you waiting vor? Vy don't you go to vork?" "I am waiting for you to show me what you want m.e to do," repUed the novice, with a shade of amusement. "Veil, vat you got tern axe and piak and sbofels for, to tig der skeed h·o les, ain'd idt? V II, tig dem!" BUJ:ns took advantage of the dialogt1e to study the operatlolls of the rest of the crew, mie of whom beckoned to him. "The Dutchman Is sure dirty this morning. Lost his vile in a black. jack game down at Millson last night. Dig there." And the a.ccommodating skidder Indicated a spot a few feet from wher be was digging. . Burns was a willing worker. But Charlie was an exacting and unreasonable boss. The liarder the novice delved, the harder the skid road boss 'tongue-lashed him. 'l'be skid boles w re itlter too long or two short, too wide or too natrrow, too deep or too shallow, too far apart or too clo together. Burns didn't m to mind the abuse of the belligerent boss. Rls n(lltrerence only served tb increase Charlie's belligerencY. "Dot boles vas too teep!" b screamed, 'approaching the hole i.n which Burns was working. The big novice reached up soddenly, seized the skid boss and dropped him into the hole at his feet. Then leaping out of the hole he began to shovel earth upon his prostrate pest. "' "There you durned little gnat," he grinned as he dashed an xtra heavy shovelful in the face of the scrambling harlie)' I'm just givin' you a taste of what's comin' to you one of these nJce days 1! you don't ee the aggravatin' an' everlastin' error of your way,s:' He reached down, Ufted the now frightened and co\\•ed bully out of the bole, and shook him bodily to relieve him of his extra load of dirt. * * * A month later, Burns was called into the office \)y Boss Jack Murphy. It was after supper and the men were all In their shacks. _ _ -wtien Burns eniered . the office, he found Murphy hanging blankets' over the windows. �Tbe Western Comradle "Just tum that key, Matt," saldl .Mtu]lhy. ..Don't want no one to butt in." {_ Bums mmed the key, &at downon the edgE( of the clerk's !Jed and waited. ·•twach under the bed, tbere. Matt. an• pun out that nox. and get wbat's In it.~ He ~id as directed. and turned a ~t·t or boxing gloves odto the bM. .. Mau. I want you to strip to the waist, pull on a pair or them glo\·es and do your damdest to lick. me, for that's what 1'm going to do to you." ..S!lrc. Boss," replied Burns, 'ftith his usual good humor, and at once proceeded ·to prepare for the encounter. :'o>atur·e ne\ er made two creatures more alike physIcally than the pair who faced each other In ·the little omce building that e\·ening, and ne ver did more perfectly developed and traint'd gladiators engage for phys ical supre macY. " Theirs not the errattc tr-aining of lhe prize ath.lete, hut or pprfect phyRical me n conditioned by natural health , clean lil'lug nnd hard work. •· 1\o rourid ~ ·- throu);h to the finish; no bugging; no lllltlling on th e ~-{round; a man's s crap, best man wins," prcHc rlliPd Murphy. "Heady- go to It, tillicum! ·· · Th.ey t~ lu,~uk hnnds. s tepped back, each smiling and aJer·t wllh the al rtness of mental poise and faculties unimpaired and accustomed to instant obedience to will. !:3puco wa H limited, but though giants, 'much space Wl\!1 uot required. ·There was no foot-racing, no fancy s ide -stepping. These men w re fighters, struggling for physical mallt ry. There was nothing or the sbrinker or dodger in their malte.up. Their·s was the rule of give and tak~ - not glvo and run. 'fhelr d fense was by means of speed and accuracy In d Jlverlng and warding blows with the weapons of m n- the hands and arms. Like the giant firs of the woods about them, they stood erect, and like the firs sustained by the splendid ltf forces their .organs and faculties assimilated from nature's untainted and unstinted sources. After ten minutes they still stood, toe to toe, faces flushed and bruised. but no trace hatred or shrinking. With bullet-speed, .Murphy's right connected often with the visage of bi:s opponent, while Burns, less swift in hitting, was a two-handed fighter. His left plazed to furphy.'s fa<'e. while his right raised great welts o er the other's rlhs. stomach and heart. Hal( an hour waged the battle, with hardly perce a. ble nbat('mcnL Burns' face was swollen. cut and bleeding, Mul')lhy's body bruised and blotched with blood. Both were panting from the incessant exerlion seemingly h yond the pos. ibility of human endurance. A l<'rriffic right to the jaw knocked Burns to the ,f loor- the first knock-down of l.he unprecedented encount!'r. ))ringing to his feet, Burns swung his right, caught Murphy on the rib and knocked him against the wan, wltlh such force that the blg boss loosened the thin sh ~s and t n wltb th spllntet>ed mass o'f cedar out on \lh~ gronnd, . The na.mi[J th:art had furnlished aigbt far the contest bad tmng hr a n'R!il on the in-fat d wall. iiJl the dar. ened !Office !Bunt!'< stJood for a moment <dumf<0unded !by tlhe result'S <Of lhls lbiow, then !Pant d: .. A~'e you ihiOII't, !Boss"!" "SometJhi:n,g Wil1t1rng ·wJl'IJb 'llhds 1li:~bt .arm,"' :ne;plied Mllll1PW .as lhe IIJI'O. e 'from ltlhe -:1uins of 1Jhe wa!liL '"il'here's <eandl s in .a ib(I)X under illhe count<&. Uigibt one, M111!1t." IBmms found tt.tl ®!nell Ug'hted M.. .Mu:r,ph~ .s:!.eJJ;p.ed dntn ttJ'he o'fficE>, !hi. ll1igbt anm hll!llgil:n_g by Ibis s:ide. or 'Ihe followlag vemng Bunts reeeivedi a.uot er- caU--. this time tn B J ek u.rphy hack. He fQUDd utpby atet:l em a eb.alr wlth l\l feet propped upon other. hi - arm in a ling, • "' rry. our tittle erap la ·t nig.bt wound up b~Co{e the fintsh. Matt," began the We Bo. • "but _l ue · H'U do. aU right. Where in bla.z s did yo'• l to tate care of yourself whb tbe il t !.. ' · ealng lh.a t Burn wa not inelided \)er. sonal tli tory, Murphy coutinu d : · "HaY had m)· eye on you, 1\Ia.tt. ever Inc you struck this camp. Wa in the brush the d'l' you flopp d . Dutch Into the skid hole, and that nigbt you , bluffed Tony, the Dago, when b wa gotng to cut Utu wede I was pas ing shack ix and aw you tht•ou h the window take away the knife and pll h!tu into hi bunk. "I need a right-hand man. on 1 can !rave In tung of the camp when I hav to be gone, aud ){now that it Is being run. .. 'ow, to run a logging camp, a man mttHt h!l\' three things. He must know logging, h able to lick any roan in the cr w. and have enough or th man in him to treat the men ·just the same a s h t~'d Ilk be tr at d if he was them. "You don 't know much about logging, but •ou're learning fast and. you've got tho h ad to carry out orders. You s howed the way you handl d hnr lle nn<l Tony that you are a man. The reason I mix d wltl:t you was to lind out what you could do In th way or handling huskies that happ n d to need a lan;e-slzed licking. On this point I reckon I am saUs fled now." to fO THE LESS WEARISOME WAY Old Gor·gou Graham isn't r 'IHI ns much ~~~ he us d to be. But there are many or his sayings that w111 not be in a rush about surTenderlng their suhstanU I feature. For Instance, that one about the boys onxlog a dog Into a. back-yard with a bunk of meat, 110 thnt they may successfully pe rform the op r ation of attach. ing a tin r eceptacle to his ex treme I' ar npp ndag!l. The youthful canine edges up, licking his chopa llt the thought or the provis ions, and hanging hill afore said appe ndage at the thought ot the hardware. If he gets the meat it will necessitate bls running himself to death to get rld or the unkindlY ut n ail, Moral : It's wiser and much I Ill! wearisome to vot for what you want and not get it than to be fooled int.o voting for something you think YOII w ant, and get mor than you bargained• for. A BIT OF FANTASY The grim reaper s topped at tlle lady' door, '-Xld with a firm knock he notified ber ot his pr.es.eace, " Oh. so it's you.'' tbe lady a ld . "Yes," 'Said Death, "die Ume ll.as oome. Jt':i y cmr turn.•• " I s uppose !t. won•t do we any good to vl _a.d 1Pr mercy- -·· "No; JYGU must come with roe," "immediately?" " Absolutely-and without argume.n:t.." "'Then 1 wlsb w a-s!k .Y<>u t6 alJlow me one min.u.t£just one llllnuite." "1Jrt's n@t tile ,CUS1iO.lU, l ady :• "Cw 't you .alllow .an e:xee,ption'?" "Welll. if ) ' OU dlim't wa.nt .any long~. l conseA.t." ' 'Qh, thank you. kind .S.~.r, tlh.aAk if,ou.." B:h.e h.u:rJied W .a mb\r,or. (F.QT sixot>Y W.Q <&eoG~ la.bort~d witlh a chamol~:~, powd~riln~ lh.er s\!Ju.y .no e.. �The Western Comr ·a de 199 What's ·W rong With the Newspaper . ~Game . Br cHESTER M. wRrGH:r .· HAVE been from the bottom of the daily newspaper game to as near the top as · ninety-five per cent ever get: I have seen the inside of the· game. I have seen the wheels turn. I have sean. the guide wires pulled. I know how newspaper "policy" is made and what it Is. · I want to say something about it. 1 be- . lieve there is a viewpoint people need to get- something they need to know. liiiiiitiiiiiiaiiimiiiiiigiiioiiiifiii nOi g to talk about only those things concerning which J ha vc tirst band information. 'Whatever conr:lusions are drawn will be drawn from facts. In ten years of newspaper work these facts have been met week after week. An·d in those len years I have come to love the game passionately. But the rules under which it Is played have nauseated. I hale the rules. And yet, under those rules millions of words are turned off huge presses e,·er'y day in the year for millions of peO)Jle to either believe or disbelieve. And there you at·e; there is the point-to believe or to disbelieVe. Look at this: "Managing Editor: Agreement for simultaneous publication of Washington editorial is off. finds itself unable to remain in agreement." Those were the words contained In a telegram that come into my bands one night as l sat at the city editor's desk of one of the most influential standpat Republican pap I'S west of New York. The inner wheels re,·olved in that telegram. A chain of great newspapers bad agre d to publish simultaneously a certain editorial conceming a grave political issue. Privilege was concern~d in that issue. T.he ·common people were concerned. These papers were on the side of Privilege. To make their battle more effective they had planned a concerted attack. The· same editorial, sent out from the seat of Privilege, was to have been published in all of · those newspapers on a certain day. A wheel slipped som where in this parttcular instance; but the wheels seldom slip that way. · The met·e routine work of great newspapers is not a ,matter in quei'jition here. If a man is b ld up and robbed the public is llPt to be told of it with as fair a degr e of accm·acy as may be poss ssed by the reporters who "cover" the story. Th re is no question of the aver.a ge accuracy of newspap rs in the matter of commonplace news. Reporters ·must be accurate in such cases. For incorrectly spelling the name of a guest at a banquet I nearly lost my job on one occasion in the early days of my newspaper work. There you are. The newspapers are constantly strivIng for accuracy. Accuracy is drummed Into PJe head or every reporter on every pat~er In the country. And yet, there is accuracy and accuracy. For instance, a sheet of "flimsy" was turned over to me from the telegraph desk of a morning newspaper one night. Some dreaded Asiatic plague had b.roken out in a department store in a neighboring city. A section of the store bad been boarded up by order of the health depar tm nt. The dread disease had been imported, so the story went, in shipments from across the water. The -managing edltor--wa mo t-acou-rate-j.n-bis -det-eFmina-tion not to allow publication of that s tory, because it I Q,Jigh are at the department 'Stores in his own city and thus aJr ct tb.e ad\•ertising revenues his paper derived ft·om those stores. Agal,n, while working on another paper, the telephone at my Ibow rang. The advertising manager of a departm nt store was on the wh·e to request that the story or an elevator accident in b.is store be withheld from publication. Knowing that the publication of that s_ort of tory would not be- wished by the managing ditor, for obvious reasons, it was not even written. Yet, the story of an elevatot· ac ldent Q no greater serlousn ss in a small building which contained no advertisers and n·o prosp ctive advertisers, was given considerable spa e a few days later. A scandal story con erning a m mber of the G~bel firm was causing wide Interest through the country a few years ago. The tory, judged by newspaper standards, was a good one. It ried. aloud for headlines and page one position. I was working at the time l.n a city in which there was a Gimbel store, though it was a thousand miles from the city in which t.he scandal story had "broken." Every man on the paper knew that :r;othing would be printed about it. We were. correct. If the owners of department stores were in the habit of being candidates for mayor, which they are not-but if they were-they would r ceive uniform support and cou-rtesy at the hands of those newspapers in which they advertise liberally, The same newspaper that will urge the organl7.atlon of blacksmiths, or that will support a strike of dock laborers, will bring ou.t its largest type and its most yehement condemnations if an effort is made to organize clerks, or if the street car men go out on a strike. If ever there was an effort to unionize bank clerks the daily press Golden Gate to Bar Harbor would rouse itself Into a frenzy of righteous indignation and fury. I have known for a positive fact, as a newspaper ecutlve, that theaters and department stores have olated fire rules month after month. Reporters have gged to be allowed to write what they knew and to ~ut aft r more ·racts. And• I, like countless of others in like positions, have bad to tell them to save their energy for an interview with Mrs. Lotta Got-Rocks, whose opinion as to the latest fashion Jn lap dogs was of great importanye to the community. Th·e facts that I have set forth so far migh( be added to Indefinitely. I might tell yuu about the alderman who could have been proven ll'"'crook by any newspaper man in a certain town, but who wasn't because no n'ewspaper man cared to trouble himself to put that much good energy Into a hopeless cause. The alderman, be it known, was an extensive advertiser and was always highly spoken of in the papers. of his city. What I ariC actually driving at is that newspapers are not controlled by -the ideals of the editorial rooms, but by the profits gathered in by the business omce. You will understand more clearly why this is when you know a little about the costs of newspaper operation. Your newspaper tonight or tomorrow morning will contain anywhere from twelve ta thirty pages. You ---wi-11- pa-y~n~ent -for it; less- 1f-y.au -a'r-e -a---mi>n-tb-1¥-&u-b.-- - scrlber. You may think that your one cent pays for from ~ .. �The We s;:;: 200 that paper; but it doesn't. .And just there is where Privilege gets Its grip on what you think, for you think acoordlng tP the intormaUon you get and you get a certain type of economlc and political Information accofd!ng to tile desires ot tbe persons who pour the money II.CJ'Oil! the counter In the business ol.fice for the advertl~:~ing that keeps the paper running. Go back over that sentence and .trace It slowly. Digest It; beat It out; dig It to ple'!es; put It together again; study It; it-Is the essence or .the thing! Here ill wha t happens in the matter of paying for your paper. l<'lrst off, th newsboy who sells It to you · on the corne1·, or deliv rK It to your house, gets hall. '!'b at IeaveR one-halt of you r penny for the publlsher. Do you think the half penny payR for producing that pap r? No, not even when those papers are run otf by thOllf!tt!HlK and thousand s. Jn many cases the net return from clreo iatinn doerm 't cv•n pay. for the blank white PllJJet· upon which you r· newa Is ptinted and for Its delivery to y'ou. llut let _ufl agree· that the halt peony doe11 PitY for wh ite paper and circu lation . What then? Who PllYB the edlto rH, the reporters, th e girl "sob slstora," w'ho pmlt lo ahout th o doings of. tho "highbrows" and cr·y ineffoctuully over the predicam nts of the poor? Who JJil.YH tho tplpgruph tollK and th e special correRporHie>ntR nnd th o preHs crews and th e men who sweat Rl rlppPtl to th eir uudcrshlr·t~:~ In the st~ r eo t yp lng room? \\'ho pa y;; th e men who mnrr the linot ype battery ? Who rutYH tlw a rli Rtll and photogrnphers who make pretty plct ur·oR of th wlvoR of our "best citi zens" &nd risque plctureH of th o prett y broiler gll'!s? 'f'h two wortlR that nnsw r Y-OU now are the two \\'()I' <I H thnt llnlt Amnr·icn's dally n ews papers to Prlvllog('; link them In chnlns that bind ti ghte r than steel; link them In ohnlns or dolhns and thousands of dollars. 'J'hoflo two words? Th Adv rtiser! 'flwn• nrc mun y altruistic writers of salable words who will l'is up nnd d ny what has just been said. In f&ot th f\Y nrc busily engng d In denying it right along. Scnr<'oly a month puss s but what som writer, somewhore, hobs up to t lo'll th Am t'ican p ople qf th e virtue ot th(l <lnlly pr<.'SB urrd to assure ov ryon that the daily press is hone!!t and ri ght n x tloor to paradise. But the 1 on who IH~I'e played the gam , learned the rules, taken th chnncos nnd made the papers-they know bot lEw! lu most n wspn)1or Ill t'S the h avy adver U er is known as n 'sacred cow.'' 'l'he term is pregnant with menu In~. O\' Ql' was idol or brass · mot·e f at· d nor hawed to with mot't' s l'l'iUt~·. NeYet' was monarch's edict mor tnithCuUy obeyed tluui is the edict, orten never coU\·e-yed in so many word :, of the modern liberal adnwttsing patrou. · Y ou may ·a Uu't the · ca e apl}lle to great tores only and tha~ the pre · i fr e to say what 1t wlil of othel' inter sts. such as gt•eat tru ts that d"o no local Ml\'E'I'Uslng. Doubting ont\ oome. with tne y t a UtUe. 'l'he department stor dealS: \dtb big; banks; bJg bank deal with other bl ban\!: : all big ba.nk deal "·Uh concerns of l&.l''ldtna.aotnl importance. 'fo toueh the credit · or o..ne ts tQ touch the nerve centeTS of am Clas olldarkty ts l.n ns no,w r- amoug- the people of Privilege a. d U\e "uon -puU~ns_l\\ip;" tliat is· ruling their poliUca.l same wb.el.'e t elr- l)Q l1' i . tbreaten.ed! has; ,llllt for a. mom nt be ~ ~ec\edi their bu Jnesa atl'airs You: wa.:nt sometbJ:.ll.&; @ft..nUe!' V .vy w )1. · GOJ to the clt~ edttol' ot the pap.er th t you buy Y&IIY day a.D;.di ask him t01 telit YOUJ hralliklyo· w:tQ; local! QJUestions. hllo'<& their· hea.rtng u~..n national! q.ue tions ; wbir the a.tt.it.ude. t0J\!I:~d! tb.& d:~partme~t sto Is· the- at:ttitud:e. .... to;w~.l!d! ttb.e ~iYS\tin~ £til g,eueJ<$\1. M he t ~ ~ee to sped: he -n .t Com~1 wW tell at the d:epadment store 1 linked -wUb. the bank .holds ·the credl:t lash over ball: the small wslness hou e.s In town and that at the b$e t of the big advertiser$ the bank could force out half the man advertisers, should tbe emero~cy demand it. He wm rtell yon that an unehl!:clted attitude toward outside PrlvU~ge would tend toward -an uncne;clr$1 attitude. to- · ward local Privllege. .a nd that in the inter sts of local PrivUege ;ALL Privilege must be res.pe,cte.d and not handled too rough,ly. The newspaper business office is sensitive towa.r d these matters. Time after time I have been requested by the busl.ness manager or the advertising m11.nager not to pub!Jsh certain things. Those requests were requests only out of courtesy. Had they been Ignored they would .have come back in the shape of commands and upon continued disregard there would have been painful separation from the payroll-a separation that 1 have come to hold as the only absolately clean .rela,. tlon to the modern newspaper game. Of course, there are papers that do not play according to the general rules of the game. They fight for "reforms" and say a good deal of what they thlnk. But they are few and far between and they suffer for their conduct. They suffer-don't forget that. And now and then the sheriff comes to quietly put an end to their misery. Then there is another sort of paper. In this' class there ai'Ei many publishers. They pubUsb papers to defend the system and all that it does, either because they believe it is right, or because they want to make money and . ara not particular as to how they make it. But, whatever the publishers may think as to right and wrong, their views are not gen rally shared by the men who do the wor-k on th.e papers.· The men who do the work are quick to see wrongs and they would like to tell what they know. But a few of th-em are SocialIsts, but a few know the remedy for the wrongs· that they see, but i.Lcy do see the wrongs an-d th ey would like to print wbat they know, but dare not. The only contention here is that the conditions under whi.ch great newspapers are published make for su bservi ency to Privilege. It is not contended that it the influence of Privilege were lifted today that every newspaper in the land would publish revelations tomorrow. That would be impossible, for the ne"·spapers have been grow i ~ into th ir present condition for years. Hundreds them are owned and published for the sole · purpo e f deceiving the. people in politics. Any discriminatln newspaper reader knows tilat. The sole contention is that there are those conditions and that the product of those conditions' is a tact. The future of the truth-felling newspaper, I have come to believe, lies i.n independenc of the advertl~ · and only in that! So long as the big advertiser can . tell the newspapers what to print and what not to p~t, what to do in wHtics and what not to do, what to do tn affail's or econon;tic moment and what not to do, just so long will we have Ising newsl}ape-rs and treacherous newspapers. For the -injury that new papers do is not always. i:n wha t they say; as oflren it fs in what they do not: say_ Here comes our old friend "accuracy" . again.. Be acc~U&te in bat you prist, but U ft fs n:ot o.f the right color don't priiJlt ft ~ The art ot "playmg up"' and! "'p}ayii:ig d'ownQ has freem developed! to a s'denee. When the ocialists controlled Miliwaokee the adlmiDistmtion desired to fioat a bond! issue. The· eapita:Dst ptress, ever Cilll the alert to sen-e Privl:rege, secured an iintenfew to the etl'ect tlrat bwdls woutdl find! no me· utndeE .a, ..Sodalf&t--at'lmmi ~aliom ·'l'ha:t fn:te:rvfew'~ giivem peat space and! llberlllll hea:diUnes,. l.fkewtse. It �, load tnw .r; 8Dd .....,..........:-.._ wm •or 0 o-bo i America will nOt 1le IOJ't'ver ~ \ital ifted to lt ~ b m.nant big department.· std It 'WIU t1 doings of its public '<lffidlll to be bro it ·l main olftee ol the big adverti . It till n allow. the (:8Q oJ great aeeiden and th \Vt...nllrl"'"' of human lives in i}il~ sale grind to b btou ht to i( as the advettislng_.matlllger slgnlfi . ·lt ·m not torever alJow the railroad : ad.verti 'ment nil tb · tel • phone adverU ement to stand betw en it and th t.ru facts'.abottt raJlt-eads and the Bell monopolY. ot forever! · . Just nilw there Is a.n 'experiment b lng conduc d 1n _Chicago. A dally paper "(The J?ay Book) ls b lq • published tor a. penny a opy, minus advertising. Tb t>a· per Is small, just a booklet alfalr, but It prints tb vltal news that It is able to get a.nd. tt doesn't color it to ul~ any ad.¥~rtiser-lYecallse there is none.' It hasn t 11. la.r ge news stalf, b·ut It does dig Into some things that otb r papers ne~lect and 'Its doings are llmlted only by the mental desires and the pn'yslcal posslbtilties ot tb m n who run it. There may lle the beginnings of th way out In this Qhi.cago ex·Iierlm!!n t. And again, the way out may lie in an· entirely di lferent channel. l do not know. But there must be a way out..:_it musE b found. The Socialist press must face tbe issue. For, be your politics wbat you will, if you depend · upon advertising for the production · of your paper, Y.OU,. will be comp lied to In some measure beed the dictates. of tbe man who bas the advertising .to, give you. 1t there is .a rope around your neck you wm, .consciously or unconecJously, follow as the rope g)lldes. Wbat about it? Wbere will we· stop? How long wlU we stand for poisoned news? · How long do we want to be told about our Panama Canal and our raJiroad mergers and our steel trusts through a press .that Js warped and woofed in the .mill of .P rivilege and dry klin d in the fierce blaze of business necessities. orne way, sometime, newspapers must be produced without the aid of Privilege. Some way the tentaclet~ that trangle truth and thrott honesty must be sbaken otf. Doe that mean that the price ot newll}laper production must be bonie ·by the people who read news~ papers! Ma;rbe. I don't know.. J oaly know that there will be a Will' out found. l know thai. the e1fectlYenetl of the Socialist press must, in a "certaJn degree. c1epen4 u]JOn bo11r socm that way out is found. And 1 baYe • lor~ cion that the Socialist preu wm pioneer the 1l'al' to the point ~ the busineu o wDJ DDt de: e ..er the engineer bee em ap ty-four lloun wbe.ther lie c:arelela; ~ tJaenoo was aa iD the deputmeat .a«e,. « no ~ tlle.re was no.epidemie; 'W"'IeddB tile dty C!'OI!Jt01' c:roobll; wbeUier pal Jp or PQ"; 1il>l!etiiEr tile leiEpQia Ire tab~~. CR1!'ll' ....,. pne:11iii!611 « ~ l!lllll; 1lllltdJielr - . . tree kwe,. or ~:It C'JDI:Iftpiiau ol ~ I I dl .,. dlelre �202 The Westero C ·omrade The Intercollegiate Socialist .:S ociety. By E. E. HITCH OCK A leaflet headed ·· tudy Chapters·• and issued by the Intercollegiate Socialist Society contains the following: "The Jnt rcollegiate Socialist Society was organized September. 1905, 'to promote an intelfigent interest in Soc:1alism among coil ge me n and women, graduate and und ergraduate, principally by the formation of st udy c'h apters in the unil·erslties and colleges of the country.'" " l ' ndergraduates, graduate s tudents and members of thc fa culty who are interested in the study of Socialism are eliglhle for· membe rship in · a college chapter. Form er college students residing in a college town who gi\·e promiHe of being Of a ctin~ assistance tO the ('T\ apl er mar a lso lie admitted to membership." "Thousands of ('OpieH of pamphlets which materially a ssis t In gai nin g a knowl edge of the Soci:;tlist movement are priut ed Pad1 rear. Among th .se !Pnfl ets are: "'Stlldy Courses in Sot'ialism.' s uggesting four poss ilJI!' courses, caeh of whi<'h may be given In six or twelre lessous. a 'ClasHifi ed Book List of· Socialist Works,' 'What Socialism Stands For,' 'To Skeptics and !Jouhl.l'rs,' 'Socialism and th e Student,' and other pam phl<·is." "Each <:hapter of the I. S. S. recel\'es bi-monthly l.Jull<'tins for its members. These bulletins contain a r es ume of the work of th e general organization and its indh·idual chapters, a list of recent books and articles · hearing upon Socialis t and economic questions, quotalions from well known men and women on Socialism and a llied sul.Jjects, and other matters of interest to stu d ent~. " l!psides the foregoing matte rs the same leaflet explains the method of holding an annual convention: of sup plying both Socialist and non -Socialist speaker!> of prominence for the instl'tlction of the individual chapte t'H, and several other a cti vities of the organization. The society si nce 190,, has stead ily growu, ·and now numllet·s chapters In nearly all the iarger institutions of . learning, as well as in ·many of the s maller ones. lt has IJ!'sidcs fot·med au alumni branch of its organization, wh ich now contains sev raJ strong chap ters; among others, one in Los Angeles. · THE LOS ANGELES ALUMNI CHAPTER . Japanese balloons, by Q:leans of 'vhich rather somberly can be discerned the low benches. ' stools, and chairs which are· the sea~s; and again ·t the 'walls the ·artisti.c trappings; and verywJlere the large, enticing pictures, mosUy portraits. •~ • · ' Here, .Rob ·wil~ r . ,paiJ;!.ter of pictures t lle:r of tales, slinger of slaqg, ··1hstro ·tor f ideas, · witty excorla.t or of .. ''hon heads,'' pr · t•llzn or of chJc beauty, defen-der of the ocinllst .faitll •. fl • .;ood fe.lloy.> generally, presides an.d genially in '.itas you to t•splash. in" to the disetis slon, and . o become "Mocha and Java" ·with the subj'ect.. 'Y ou'· Can have it any way you want; S~raigbt' OCiaJ1Ju:Jl "f·rOm SOUP to nuts," he Will inform you, ot· with ·a ·demi-tasse of' black anarchy thrown in, or witl! the iced opinion of" those opposed to SoC'lallsm admixed . .. Jn any case it is an Intellectual banquet; for the idea is to g et· tog tper all who are in' any way interested in the ' mafn tl'leme, no mat ter from what vlewpoint, whether mild or radical, and rio matter fi'Om what motive, wbeth.e r from insight or' curiosity; but all in an atmosphere having In it, besides i cense, soft ligh ts, and influence <;>f .artjstry, ah 'a ir of friendliness not only for the cause, but also for eacti indi vidual visitor to the place as a caUS!l in himself. . · And indeed you are here made to feel af home, with full privilege of parlicipating in the running repartee of comment after the main speech. The main spe ch may be from a court~ous cr.itic of the Socialist mov ment; from a student of it; from :an dltor or lectu ret· working 'f'Or .It; or from one who .Is down "on the firing line," and bas seen the whole thing fi.rst hand- the strike, the lock-out, ·Starvation, soapboxing, and even arrest. After the speaking you may be invit d to avail yourself of the opportunity to buy a good book on the sub• ject of ociallsm by some one or other of the "great guns," such as Spargo or Hilquit, ·Engels~and Marx. Next you are given a chance to shake ev rybody's hand and get surpris d to meet your form r cla mate or fellow teacher or law partner or somebody else you hadn't suspected· of having a taint , or even a curiosity about having oue. Not long, since seven teache rs from one of tl!e local high schools met each other here. And th n, after you discove r you bave employed a whole hou r in this mann r before IJeing aware of it, you huny away with cordial invitations to. come again following you, and m ntally as well as openly you resolve to do so. o doubt you also r esolve when you do to bring your bum, your business associ~t . or orne r lative just for ,. the lark tltere is in it, for the sake of curiosity satisfied, or for •tbe cullural value of t-he e xperie~ce ; or, if you are already "Red," as if Is s in rely -hoped you are, you desire .to bring the e friends of yours-of course, because you like them- there are none better- hut also because you ·want them to be Inoculated just a wee hit more in order that th y may ee things right. You are (ully aware you never could have gotten them across the "dead line" to tbe East Side and to Socialist h'eadquarters where things are really "doing,'' but now you know you have found a place, this alluringly mysterious, delightfully different little half-way station, to which you can condu t~DLWi.th_ llQJle__same. day _of..gettlng ..... The Alumni Bran b of the ]ntercolleglate Socialoist Society was form ed partly fot· its own sake, and partly to aid and abet the more active societies in the colleges themselv s. At 625 South Figu roa stt· t, Los Angeles, the Los . Ang les chapter of this branch organization meets.· Here, in a studio on larg grounds in the rear of one of the Los Angeles stately mansions of a sotnewhat elder day, gathet·s in inter st d and earn st, but not solemn, conclave a goodly group of men and women, both youthful and prime, who have been " In, llir6ugh, or b)•," in person or by proxy- you s e the conditions of eligibility of this Alumnt Chapter are not very strictour leading schools and universities, local and remote, such as the Normal, Pomona, Occidental, the niversity ot Southern California, Berkeley, Stanford, Michigan, Cornell, Wellesley, and so on through the whole cataIogue of Alma Mater variants. 'l'he atmosphere In this studio, on the occasion of a meeting, Is usually further thickened by the fragrance or Incense, uncoiling to air from· the table; and Is furlner mumrnarea--ana·8ul)(Ii.iealiY ther uddy ilow- ~·-"ia'emfarther. a �203 The Western Comrade FERDINAND AUGUST BEBEL EIWII'\Xt\D .Al'GU!:::i'l' REBEL, Germany's UniUd Old jJau of the Socialist movement, is d ead. Seventy-three years he lived. lJurn1~ most of those y car·s he fought for the \\·or·king da:.s. Jlis \\·as n life truly liYed. His ,,·ns a lift: l:Onsee rat cd to !lis fello\\'s. During all the y ea rs of tlrt! l:OilScl'iption in Uc·r·rllauy Bell!'] l'f'lllaincd 011 tir e firing line. H e ddi ecl tIre · po\\'erful Bismal'lc ~>l'ison s faileo to hrt•al\ Iris · great spir·it and many \\'C're the months lrt' passcJ \\'itlrin th e somb(·r· \\'ails of the German fort rPss-prisons. Todny BPhl'l is d l'nd . Forty t housa ud houo,·,·d him at !tis funer·al. Ju all eouutries of the \\'ol'ld lllt'rnorinl scn·ic cs wcr·e h eld. A great man had fWSsl'd <1\\'il,\'. llis gr·catncss was of the truest t~· JH'. lit• \ras gn:at in the sen·ice of the common Jll •() pit• 0 • • • TRUE TO CLASS UHl:\0 his Californ ia tour Former CongressmaJJ Vi ctor L./ Beq:~er· made one state. mc11t thnt Socialists- should take to heart. lit· \\'as speakiJ1g of eongrcss and cong1·essmen. · ' :\o one bought Joe Calmon," he said. "No on e bought t :ncl c Jk c Stephen on of Wisconsin. Their own nrou c~· bought them. 'l'lwy were cnpjtalists and they w r r e tru e to their· class intcrcRt . " E\·r r·y eapitnli.t l c ~islntor is not a crook; that is, not lll'<'Ol'ding to eapitnlist law :ind custom. H e d ~esn't fight for lnl,o1· beca use he doesu't r cpt·csc nt labor nnd ll C\'t't' intcnll ccl to. lie r eprcscuts enpitalists, li e is th ere bccau e hL• is a capitalist and bccnusc the capitalists cou ld foo l enough workingmen into Yoting for him. Il c is ah olutcly t ru e to his class. Jn fact, ,·r r-y few capittili ts bctt·Ry their class. Labor's only nutidatc for that sort of thing is to elect clas -consciou. workin"men to office. • • • SPEAKING OF FISH ALIFORr IA has a wonclcr.ful climate. California is rich in the gifts of nature. It is the envy of all the earth. Why should the greed of man . be- -permitted to mar its--fair · name? Wb n a shr wd speculat r can get a bit of desert for a.:song; or le ' manufacture descriptive . book out of .fake photographs, embellish the whole thing. witli· ~ story that is rem~rkable only for its di tance ·fro.m tl'Uth, and go hack to the less climatically favor d :Ea t and take perfectly good mot1ey .for the land which his word · and pidur·c : belie-w·hen ' a pe ulator does tlla.t it hurts Ca liforni~. .· · Of course people OU~Yht not to be that kind of fish , hut they. at·e. And there is alway a day when :the·.v .discpver that th ey have been hooked. The harsh words that follow u ch discovery do f'Riifomia no I{OOd. Oivic pride should mitigate ag-ainst the rascal' :\'h·o do that ·ort of hooking. a • • • THE GREATEST ISSUE I'l'HO.U'l' .qu estion· the greatc -t i sue before the worlJ today is the futm·e of Jabot·. What is labor going to d.o 1 And how 1 EYery real issue that · faces governments is an issu e that is a labor is ue at i.ts base. Que tions of corpor·ation control, . _questions of municipal owrwrship, questions of civic betterm ent, que tious oC intcl'llationalrclation ·hips- ail these are labor· quest ions at bottom~ The question of co r·poration eontrol is one that C \'C I'Y congr •ss and every lcgi lnturc has to face at e\·cr·y s •ssion t hese clat . It is a labor question, purely, and not a co r·poratiou qu estion. 'l'he probl em is to pre,·cut the co t:porations fr·om going too fnr in gougiug the p eople who work, which, tu m ed th e other way about meam; .allowing labor to l<ecp a little more of that which it produces. So, it is a labor question . " The ' hamc of. the City" bas heen its ignominious treatment of the common people- the worker. . The Jlation-1vide movem ent for cleaner city govemment is a labor question- a question . of giviu g labor a fairer deal in •ity government. o it is with municipal ownership. Private ownership bears down too hard upon labor and labor r esents the robbery. Out of this has grown the d mand for municipal ownership of public utilities- a part of the Socialist program. · Even m questions--of international character labor is at the root of the issue. War is the �The W este rn Co mrade 204 greatest of these and in .this labor is at the very foundation of aJI deliberation. Either for the protection of workers or the conquest of workers warl!! are '1'1anned aud wars arc fought only by the workm·s. · The world of tl1iugs · touay revolves around JaiJor. Labor is at the very center of all things. Capital speculates upon how hard it dares press dowJJ upou labor. Capital plaus and intrigues agaiust lahM, wonJc!'ing just how far it can go aud how !lOOn labor will awal<e. )lost widely diseus!lcU and most fuudamcutal of all is · the problem of Jalfor. _\ud laiJCH' is awukcuiug as JH!VCl' Lcfore. ·Lahor iii eom ing to a e!J)lsciousncss of its position a!'! JJt•v er lw t'IJI'I;. LalJOr is forcing its own issue as JIC'\'CI' hdorc . A II t lliu gs wcn·k in favor· of labor todny. As lhr! a ugler plays the fighting denizen of the deep, eautiously but without cessation brilll-{illg it to th e gu lr, so the g t·cat unseen fo r ces of c·vo lut io n a r·c playiug the issue to th e finish. ('apitul t:a11110t tum buck to ycstct·day. Nor can laho r·. Bot h mu st go on and on aud 011- into the l't l t lll'l: . Jt is as if labor· aud c:ipital wer·e being forced upward throug h a g reat turbin e. Labor at the l.t•g iuniu :; is at the bottom and capital at the top. 'l'ht! ~ r·t·at force from behind throws both forward tow:ml th e end . T hey tum as they go. '!'hey IIIU Nt turn. Th ey hav e no po,wer to do oth erwise. And \\'h en th e end of the turbine is r eached hibor is at l.ht! top . 'l'h u difl't•t·cu •c i that with -labor and capital 1hct·e will hr, 11ot n: lran ·position of plnee and JIOII't•r , hut a compl •t amalgamation. Cnpital will he drawn within labor and when ·t.h c r cvolnt iou has brcu " ·orked there will he no capital, as we lwow it todn: ; 110 capitalist .·fn s. But. · ihi · labor mu. t bear alwny in mind: Whil • Jabot· cannot stop th r volution of today, while it cnm1ot Ht)<e it 1f out of the equation, it cnn, throu gh consciou n s of it own po itlon nnd powt>r , aid the natural for c t hat arc at work and pt>cd th day of mancipation. Tm.l~ I th · For it own nkc labor must he 11 u c. m ... ... ... THE P ASTOR AND THE STRIKE A Y p l' on of trona r eligious inclination ha voiced the b lief that the working 1 copl are coming to eare le .for the t.hnreh t.lnm form rl . It ~ not the intention here to a.y that th~y arc rigl1t or wrong.. oo. But IF"they are ri"bt ere m: bear' a There ha been a reat copper trike in n~rth­ ern Michigan. o,rkingmen .h3 e been fighting· again~ oppre ·on and low ~ag . It has been labdr aaainst capital. 1t may be well to e k the po ition taken by the church in tW typical labor · ruggl . : J. L. Engda.hJ, .'tati carr pondent of The :\Giwaukee L ~der, ~vriting from . Calum , the heart o'f the trike z~e, ay that on the u:nday foJIO.wing ··the 'beginning cJf the trike two of the Calumet pulpits wer e ··filled : by militia ehapla.ln and th at in ·!l t hiJ;"d the regular pa tor preached a sermon· in which h e evidenced hi feelings of sympathy with the mine .- own t. . He deeply deplored the fact that hi churcl1, the Fit· t M thodist Episcopal, would lo e a great um of money hccau ·e of the strik e and he hoped, oh cv r ·o a rd ently,: that· tl1e men would_ oon cea e their naughty strike. " If the strike continues t here, is not a church in the whol ~ district that will not be affected seriously, if not dis·a ·trously," aid this preacher. Then this ruinistet' of the gospel· clo ed· his ermon with the following surprising p erorat ion: " Th e miuistry· i.tud the Christ ian p eople of the community are calmly waiting the outcome. 'l'h c crL is will, of coui·se, c:orne when the min tog companies attempt t_o operate the mines, with uch as are willing 1o wo.rk, which pcr·haps is 75 per cent, but t he pre. cucc o'f the t r oop ought to as. ure order a nd safety. "They tm. tin God, hut are glad to l<oow that the 11uthorities a rc k eepin g their p owder dry." While this incident doc n 't exactly prove any- . thing, a great mauy " ·ill t hiwk that it indicates a great deal. ... ... ... THE MEXICANS HE diplomatic flubdub a nd the jingo n ews. paper talk about the Mexican situation become exceedingly trying to worldng cla nern~s. The entire discu ion takes into con iderat iou only one . tbin.,.-the protection of I' American capitali ts and their property m 1\fexico. 'What doe the American working man car e about the property interest of American capitali ts in .Mexico T He is not concerned. If the American working man has any sympathi in Mexico those sympathies should be at all tim with the cruelly exploited and brutally mi treated Mexican w-orking clas _ �The Western Comrade ' LIBERTY 'S DEBT TO STOMACH RITING of the Mexican revolution, an autho~ says : '.' You can stir some few men - to revolt with insult, some by commariding t hem not to t hink, -some others by taking their god away ·from them; but the mass of men niust be starved into se_dition. " trail to the human stomach! What debts of gratituae the firi e spirit of liberty owes to stomach! :\'apoleou in his glory, if he had known any sense of gratitude, should have er ected a splendid monument to the F rench stomach, upon which he rose to power and made a new France. Every l'rvc nation should put an ic.l calized tomach in its hall of fame; for not the mind of man, nor the !wart of him, 'n or any beautiful instinct of equalit,,· has tumbled OYer most despots, but the stomnl'h, most tender of human organs, breeding place fot· nil reYolts. \\"e are wont to say that ideal are the world's tnaste t'S. And in a sense 'tis true. But students ot' human histot·y arc beginning to sec that the idl'als which haYe revoluti:mized the world are 110t those which have been impressed upon man · fro m without; not those conceived by seer or prophet, . but t he ideals whi ch have come as reflex of the economic conditions under which men were ('OIIlpcll ed to live. Isolated exceptions to the rule then' have been throughout history, but the great, l~tn·deucd, struggling, toiling lnasses of men, these have li fted their eyes to the tars, thei t· aspiration to heaven, and git·ded -their loins for freedom'. uattles only ,-.,·hen impelled to do so by the. pangs of hunger and starvation. 'fhe battles of freedom at·c cvet· fought on empty, _JJOt full stomachs. _'l'he time will doubtl ss come orne day when a fu ll? liberated h1:1manity, freed from every galling chain that 11ow bin d t he race, can escape ft·om thralldom t ~h e tomaeh, but t hat t ime will 205 ' « The- d eep-lying, ineradicable d~sires, foun~ tains o;f human action , the ~felong aspirations, · the liglitning-like r velations 6£ right and justice; ' t h tl: a ured, hidd n ideals, bol'n ill flames and in darkn.e within the heart- a.re, as a. rule, a:nything but col'Lventional. .. , "Th :y m!lY --be, nd often ~· though~ immoral. don t:\~al.' , they are ju t il acred. If t h y und rli a :m_1Pt,-.:tl£e and are n~e to 'hjmself_:,.th ·y "will.1md. rlie .hftmanity.: To. ji'our own . : · self be tru~. '' To l?ve a:nd t?.rt ·pit , to trive joyou l 1or the good of all~th e. make ']if pontaneou , bubbling life. In thi · i ·notlli'Q-g 'f wayward impul e. It is irnpul , but imp.lll e pringing- fror:h the loving toward tl).c )o' .,ly. : "Wen ed mu t lpve the highe t when we see it, not JJauricelot nor another." . T h lp awal{en the, _oul o hat it may see, and, eeing, ·lov ; is the · b st rvi c that can be t·cndcr d a hum an being. • • • DEFAULTINO THEm a.t· :oBLIGATIONS 0 P PIL educate<t the public schools at public expen e .ever· realize ~hat in addition to the obligation th y. ar.e under to parent , teacher and themselves there is still another obHgation to ·the state 1 lt is a mistaken id a for pupil to imagine that tb y are conferring a favor on th community wh n th ey ac ept th edu cational bounty pro- · vid d. Th ere is a en , of c<mrse, in which any boy or girl onf rs a iavor upon society by becoming int lligcnt in tead of r emaining ignorant, but it i a poor type of human nature that does not r aliz that while there may be a mutuality of obligation, it is the individual and not the state he \\'hen who r ive the greatest measure of benefit. 10 ''Every bondman in his own hand bears There is a g neral . protest from taxpayer The power to cancel his captivity." again t the burdens of taxation which they are £or ed t o a ume, e pecially .for schools. Yet there i no civilized country in which the amount THE TRULY MORAL LIFE of public money used fo.r school _p urposes is so HE foHowing ugge tions give some )dea of great as in t his country. From the beg~ning of what the truly moral life should be: their history the several state governments have ays a writer: been phenomenally liberal in all matters pertain" When I use the word 'moral,' I do not, I ing to education. And it is wen that all pupils in the public schools should be made to feel this hope, mean that dull, pinched-lipped conventionalit.y_ o£ negations--which often- goes --u-nder--thatrt- --aa t-an-early-a-ge-in-orderthat-they m1ly·-reatiz-e-th·e ---full burden of obligation which t hey are under to name. • • • �T .h .e Western Co_mraile 200 t he 's tate therefor, and that they may no.Lde.fault t he obligat ion. While the state O\ves a duty to eve-ry .citizen, I however humble, it is likewise true that there :is a co • mutuality of obligation. And that government is strongest and its people happiest where neither t he state nor the citizen defaults this obligatio~: • • • A CURE FOR INSOMNIA which such a caterwaulinrg would. lb.ecome soothing and lull one to peaceful Jeep ! .' Then · too, think of becoming ens~ve to the rhy·thm. contained in the tones o.f a ~coiding wife 1 One might become en rapport with the rhythm. in the ound of_a queating pig a. barking do(J' the filing of a aw or the: ound of a violin play·e d on by an amateur-but imagine a husband, however sleeple and fatigued, yielding to the oothing ·,.rhythm of a wife's tone when her anger is at a -\vltite ~eat. ·The 'Doi e would be tlu·ough him, so to ·peak, and would run hard again t hi willingness or unwillingne · whichever might obtrud-e itself. _ f)ecifi..e , whether in medicine or philo opby, are to be shunned. Human nature i wonderf~lly elastic and resourceful. But it bas it limits. WfU'l'ER offers the following novel suggestions for insomnia: " '' ·w h en we a re not necessarily . overtired, bu t perhaps only a littie tired from t he day 's work, it is not ~ncommon to be kept ·awake by a f-lapping curtain or a swinging door, by unusual noises in the streets or by people talking. " If we arc willi,ng that the curtain should go ou flapping, th e door go on slamming, o.r the noise in th e str·cet continu e steadily on, our brains yield HOW TO KEEP YOUNG to th e conditions and so sleep naturally, becl!us_e ~ HE search for the foundation of perpetual th e noise goes thr·ough us, so to speak, and does · . youth is a perennial one. Smile as cheerfully as we may over the fact that age is uot run lrard against our unwillingness to hear it. " '£!Jere are three facts which may help to recreeping on apace, yet all have an instinctive move tlris r esista11ce. One is that in almost every horror of growing old. Lap e of years cannot be prevented. The ever-recurring birthdays will sound th ere is a certain rhythm. If we yield to the sound enough to become sensitive to its cnme ~d go in spite of tis. We are powerless to rhythm, that, in itself, is soothing, and what bestay the seasons on th eir roupd. Spring merges for·e waf; keeping us awake now helps us to go to 1nto summer', summer into autumn, winter suesic •p. The rhythm of sound and motion in sleepeeed~ autumn, and old age drops his mantle quietin g car·s and steamers is, in itself, soothing. If ly over us. yon 1< ccp your mind steadily qn it you will probTher~e is a saying that "a man is as old as he 'abl y be asleep in less than an hour, and, when thinks he is." 'l'his, of course, has no reference to the car stops, you will wake only enough to setlapse of years, but to the m~ntal state which deti e omfortably into t he sense of motion when it termincs. wh ether one shall continue looking out star-ts again. It is pleasant to notice the gentleupon life with the same bouyant expectancy and ness with whicli a gooJ. engineer starts his train joyous inter est as in childhood, or shall permit the at night, and rrive us many a lesson on the use mind to believe itself old because the body has beof gentl beginning with oth er things besides come so. locomotive engineers. "Happy is the man who still retains his child" The second fact with r egard to yielding, inheart.," said a Chinese philosopher thousands of st ad of re isting, in order to get to sleep is that years ago. He might also have-added that such an li t cnina alone, apart from rhythm, t ends to make one would be both young and happy. Ther e are one leepy, and this leads us at once to the third certain things which always find us . young ~and fact, that getting to sleep is nothing but a healthy always keep us so. Chief among th ese, with its form of concentration. ' sudden, terrific, but momentary power, is music. 'l'h o suggestions, while both novel and interPoetry is another age-staying agent._And last, but ting, ha e a. limit"in applicati<J? beyond which not least is an active interest in the progressing it i. not ca 'y to conceive of human nature going. events of life and of the world. A septuaaenarian Imagine a poor tired nervous individual yielding who can read with interest a love story or see it him elf to the sound of a cat nght on the roof at acted, depicting ~11 the passions, hopes and ambinight J .b x n oming sensitiYe_toc....~..'t.... s _ _.LJtiwown""s...o.Llffillth,-can...ne.~o:w-old,...thou._gh-h.e.-lUr J'h)('thm! .lmagme, if ,it be i.r.naginable a pQint at forever. t. : :.f ~_1 • • • �The We e r-.rr Co fiiB ·G ltBBD O:P - GOLD spirit now d(hninant tbroughont e world }tas been aptly tinned. the eommercial spirit. and womm orship at h e shrine of the god of gold. On the altar of mammon are sacrificed all those virtuea whieh in an earlier age were thought worthy of man's highes~ endeavor. • Art, musie, literatur e, religion and love, .these count !or nau ght in the scale in wllich the mod•rn man measures things of supreme worth. 'rime, t alent; energy, all are directed -to the• accumulation of wealth. 'rhat it is which colors man 's thought by· day . and lin ts his dreams by night. :Morals, motives and standards all feel its deadniog influ~nce. · · . 'l'h entree to society is determined n either by . an intellectual nor character t est , but by the test of dollars. This in clear, bald terms is a most serious arraignment of modern civiliz:ttion. All t houghtful men and women are compelled ·. to ad mit its essential truth. Manldnd worships at the shrine of mammon. Moral and jntcllectual worth ; honor, integrity; abili ty, manhood, th ese are no longer things. of supr m worth . . And what docs this indicate for .the future of humanity Y e has e: experien Th.roughou huntan his:to:r ever eon~ibuted to human pr·omNN>l~ environment. Each have At each su inl hundr d ar ~ in indu try, the , world' material advance bas b n than during any ten previous nturi . So 1·api0. has been thi growth tho.t mo.n h been unable to adjust his own lif t o t h marvelous change in his environment. But the adju tment will come in time, ind d is now on the way, and the man of t h n w. a.y will emerge from the chaotic condition of th pres.ent. The universe is committed to the att ainm nt of a full er, richer, more abundant life. It is bou~d to be! Not All Sleep in Sepulchres By DAVID FULTON KARSNER ~ Not · all sleep In sepulchres; not all the dead. · The living dead do not sleep In sepulchres: they sleep In themselves. We gr.ieve when the corpse of our comrade Is entombed, yet when the soul of our living comrade Is entombed we scarcely shed a tear. · As a child a dead body frightened me. As a man a dead soul clothed w ith a living body saddens me. , I fi nd conaradeship w ith liv ing souls .of the dead. I ahudder when I meet a dead soul of the llv in!l. I see dead Bou ls In benefactors, philanthr opists, teachers and prleats. 1 see liv ing souls In outca~s and daulJhtere,--o-egifars- a nd crimina ls. I hear socia lly a ccepted persons curs ing the name of Christ . I hear socially re j ec ted persons chanting the Nazar ene' s n a me. I meet dead souls In churches. ·I commu ne w ith. liv ing souls In p risons. Of little use Is a liv ing soul that_ c 'r aves to h obnob w ith t in ted w inged cherubs, or one .t hat w ants to squ at In t h e orch ertr a c ircle of h eave n. I am a t home to t h e si n ner, n ot to his s in . I s hun the godly, I am at home to God. ot _.II the dead s teep In sepulchres. · �208 The Western Comrade e ·It ·. omortsVte By ELEANOR WENTWORTH WINNING JIMMY OV,ER Ru t h lived in the city on an unattracti ve .;treet, border ed only b y str ee t cars and canopied' with moke. H er dail y r ound o f enjoym ent w as traveling .d01yn t he st reet car lin e i n th e morning t o tpe h eart of t he noi sy di,.trict; standing all day beh ind · a cou,a t er, answt·r ing t lte m an y q ueri es and supplying the de mands or shop pen; ; a nd i n th e evening whilin g "aw ay a f ew ho urs or going wearil y to be d. . In spite of thi s d reary r outin e, w hich t o her sp.;!l l ed .Li re . ·none w ho kn ew h er ever detected in h er m anner l: 1 n t~ of un happin ess. She smiled as readily an ·a spa,·r ow chirps in th e su nshine. .She n ever l ooked t i red . She n ever compla ined o f fa ligtie. 'H er fri en ds, both hoyR and g irls, thoug ht her a m arvel of cheerful n ess. .l ust because it's yo u, Dea r H eader , I'll give you a P tt le i nside information and tell y ou v er y s p ec ~ fica ll y wr1y she was a! wars cheer ful and w h y she never ·look ed tired. S!J e was in Jove. Wit h w ho m ? Wh y, w i th .Jimm y ! !Ju t, of !'ourse, you couldn't have k1~o wn J immy, a nd that i s you r misf ortun e, for h e cer tainl y was wo r t h kn owin g. H e w asn 't Iri sh either , as you m ay surmise f ro m his n a m e, bu t "plain U nited St ates," l o use his ow n phra se. "And of bette1· sl.ock t han .J iJhn D. o r Carnegi e or an y of th e r est o f t he mans w eaters, you bet. " You see, .Ji m m y was a w orkin g m an-a structu ral iron wo rkPr - a nd pr oud of i t. B ecause h is t r ade ~,·as w ell orga ni zed he m ade good w ages; good enoug h t o enable h i m t o "su pport " Hu t h if she wou ld say th e w ord. Ruth , as you alread y know, lil«!d .Jimmy immensel y . ln f act, she liked h i m so well t hat she was almost oblivio us to his " faults. " Do you see? H o w ever , sh e h ad qu eer ideas abou t one thin g-so .Jimmy th oug h t . Th e t hing abou t w h ich Ru t h had queer ideas was t lfe money qu esti o n. ' Vhen th ey w er e m arried, ·she sai d, ,jimmr should not support her . She contend ed that being supported r uined th e charact er o f th e indi vidual b y d ev eloping slavi shness; al so th at it c r eated inertia. T o thi s .Jimmy object ed str nuou sl y. Said it wasn ' t fair t o him , and added that if he was a good gu es~e r, th ey wouldn' t be married until h e did support her . Ruth· tried to explain . " You wou l dn't l et m e support y ou?" sh e ask e d . ." No.'' " You wouldn ' t l et an y oth er w om en r elatives support YOU?" " I should say n ot!" "You woul dn' t ev en l et another man support you?" " No, of course not " "v'Jell, don' t you see ! That's just the way I feeL" "But you 'r e a wqman!" he excl aim ed , hast ening to bolster up that irrefutabl e argument with others of th e same calibre, which compl et el y failed to overwh el m Ruth. Sh e showed him th at som e of his premises nev er .... , oeen tru e and that other s w er e no longer true be....use the times had changed. "'JTinrily," sl1e proceeaea- w 1th unruffled ease, "1! I w ent to the Unions and told them that they ought to . start a campaign . to bring back t h e days of the old slavery because it i s better t o b e ow ned body and soul by .a. single man than by a job, you w ould expect them to throw m e out. "You're right," was the r esponse. " But you ~ re asking m e t o do t hat ver y thing-step from th e sl aver y t o a j ob into a state of sl aver y t o an indiv idual-for i t is n othing l ess than thi s t hat you ask .w hen y ou demand that I become d ependen t upon y ou f or cash. I s i t?" " You don 't l ove m e," said Jimmyjsadly. J In spite of th is disag r eem en t, t hey did n ot break off. They l oved each oth er too sin cerel y . Y et th ey could not set aside t hat misunder standing. F or si x m on t hs it was a bar r i er bet ween t hem , w hich they b or e w ith outw ard st oi ci sm and inward h eartaches. On a hot sum m er ev ening, beginn ing the seven th mon t h o f t h eir engagem ent and t h e seventh mon t h of t h eir misunder standing, they drifted away from th e c r o wd s bent on a musem en t and wan der ed instead in th e directi on of a secluded park which faced a waving, m oonlit ocean. A s th ey w alked alon g t h e beach w ith t h e boundless expanse of wa t er t hundering and sw ishing ·before t hem ; wi t h th e gold dotted sk y ri sing on t he horizon f r om th e m ys t eri ous d• pths ·of t h e w ater s, t h e wor ld b eh i nd seem ed insi g ni ficant and its t rou bl es unreaL Th e arti fi cial barrier bet w een t h em was tossed aside f or t h e m om en t a s lightly as th e w av es t ossed aside th e dri ftwood in their path. " Ruth." w h i spered .li m, l eaning close t hat th e 'w i nd might not sw eep his w ord s away, "the big ness of it! H o w it tu m b l es and boom s. And do you h ear t hat soft ech o that goes throug h th e a i r a f ter each break er has hit the shor e?" Ru t h an swel'ed by a lit tl e pressur e on .Jimmy 's coat sl eeve- a w ond er fu lly eloquent answ er. " Th er e's som ething in m e th at acts for all th e world like the ocean. It's what I f eel abou t y ou, d ea 1·~ Like th e ocean th ere, it beats u p against t h e boundaries that should hold it in. It m ak es m e l o ng f or strange h ei ghts t hat I n ever even dream ed of b efore 1 knew rqu. "Ruthie !" She did not know wheth er it w as t ender n ess or hurt t hat cau sed his voi ce to qui ver so. H e halted in his w alk and pla ced a h and on each of her should er s. "' " How l ong ar e you going to k eep m e ou t of m y kin g dom. Can 't w e be married now?" Ruth took a deep breat h and clung desperatel y t o t h e thoug ht th at sh e w as acting for th e best. She did n ot dare con fess, ev en to h er self. bow much she would have tiked to gi ve in. "You kno w I'm not making y ou wait," sh e r eplied gently . "I'd marry y ou tonight i f-. Oh, if you would onl y under st and! " At this juncture she liit h er · t (im gue, and this misfortune allo wed a few words to slip ou t which she had n ot intended to say at al l. "If y ou love m e so much , w hy do y ou object to m y doing what I f eel to be my duty . It m eans a lot to m e. I can' t m ean anything to-YOu-. -But i t's -ilot - me you love; it'~,. ypur inherite'd, m ildewed opinions! " ~ "" .... ,. - �The Western Comrade Bein·g a whole-hearted and sincere man, this was too much for Jimmy. He stood dazed for a moment and then whilred off in the. direction of the city, disappearing before Ruth regained her composure. When it dawned upon her that she wa!i really a_lone, she suddenly looked at the world through tear-stained lashes and dropped upon the · sand in a wretched little heap. * * * Things went hard with Jimmy the next day. So· far . as he was concerned, the entire morning -wa,s a bfank. He did not remember getting up or gqing dow.n to work. The first clear impression he had ·o f anything w8:s • a hurried commotion among the men around •)lim and a tremendous shout of "Look Out" close to his ear, fo'Jowed by a deafening crash. Then came a dizzy -sensation of falling. It seemed to him that he contic.ued to fall for hours. · When he finally stopped, it wasn't with a thump as he had expected. He just stopped-that was all. He opened his eyes and saw bending over him with a white, anxious. face-Ruthie. He remembered then how all during the black hours of the previous night . he had · wished that be had not gone away. So_ he tried _to hold out his arms. to her. But they were · obstinate and refused to rriove. Surprised at this, he glanced down to find out the cause of their obstinacy. Everything about him was white; there was a queer odor of anaesthetics in the air; ·be became aware of hundreds of aches in as many different parts of his a1iatomy, an of which was very puzzling. He glanced at Ruth for an explanation. She was leaning to ;vard him, smiling. So he smiled, too. Af~r that be became deliciously drowsy and drifting into sleep, forgot everything, Yes; ·e ven Ruth. The doctor informed the little lady that her ward The Socialist landing from the dingy tramp at . London and East Ind1a dock, the young A Armenian dragged his bones toward the l"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~f'TER west. Hjamied, his fellow-countryman, was working in a sweatshop in Shad~. well, and in the direction of this place through the black and yellow fog of ~ . Whitechapel, be turned his steps. Around him the close packed hive of the East-end was endeavoring to hide itself from th e fog. It was rubbing its smarting eyes, coughing, washin_g the dirt from its face, ear s. and neck, and miserably hoping that th e sun was not to be forever but a memory. As the Armenian crawled up the narrow streets, keeping one band running along the walls of the houses, the vision of the past few months was all that to him stood for this fog. First the beautiful Sassun Valley, with its vineyards and ,grain patches; the coming and going of the gaily colored soldiery; his family circle, and their quiet life among t heir co-religionists; then the rumors that strangely moved to and fro; complications that began to" arise, curious. but significant; then. the command from the old patri!uch at Constantinople that no violence must be offered to the authorities-all; this then meant that the innocent were to be protected. Then came other and worse rumors from Er~erum, Sivas, Trezibond, and so many other places; and one could never trust th~ Sultan. And tb..en the__end came! Oh, that a fog like· this had covered Sassun, and he had not seen that day! Or if It could envelope his mind as it .., 209 "' had fallen into a healthy sloop from which he would unqoubtedly awaken much improved. So with the fear of immediate danger · removed, she diii some hard a nd rapid thinking. 'She felt that this was a crucial time for them both, upon. the ·outcome of which hung their. final happiness or misery. As Jimmy was not in a condition to act, it seemed to her that she. must. Havhig come to this determination, she laid aside all qualms as to whether or not he would approve of her action. · The· color was flaming in her cheeks and her eyes were bright with excitement as she left the hospital. When she· ;returned some time later it was with a frock~coated gentleman who looked suspiciously like . a clergyman. "Jimmy," she said to the young man when he awakened, "t'his is Mr. Fisher." · "Glad to know you," responded Jimmy dully. · "He is going to marry us," she added briskly. And it was all over before he had time to be amazed. I * * * We may call this a postscript. It was said that women always reserve the most important matters for the postscript, so 1'11 not tender an apology tothe reader for this. However, it is intended to convey the most important fact of this narrative, nallijllY that Jimmy still survives the ignominy of having his wife earn her own living. _" But did they ·live happil¥- ever after?" I hear you say. I can only answer that ltuth continued to pursue the precedent she had set for herself of acting first and convincing Jimmy afterward. From what has gone before, you may judge for yourself as to the result. ~y SYDNEY HILLYARD did this London that he might forget. His mother and sisters- of what band of murderous Kurds were they now the property? His father-dead. Himself, though beaten and left for dead, had crossed those cold, inhospitable hills to Smyrna,- where his people had put him, ¥If crazy with sickness and starvation, on to the English merchantman. And now what was be to do with such a broken life as this, that had better have perished in the massacre? How could he, impoverished, sick,' in a str.ange land, help his suffering countrymen and women to break the unspeakable toils of Islam? How should he, th~ starving pauper, persuade the great Lord Salisbury to send his powerful Mediterranean fleet, now lying in the harbor of Lemnos, to the help of his compatriots? At length, by dint of jJlquiry, by use of a dirty map, and by groping down a halLpaved court, the Armenian arrived at the toil den of his immigrant friend, a ne.st of woven misery, built in the branc.hes of an all-embracing pove rty. The work could not stop for a welcome to th e newly-arrived, so the Armenian seated himself on the straw to wait till the time came for the meagre supper to be eaten. After this was over the Armenian was led by his fellow-countryman from the filthy garret out into the now pitch-dark night fog of Whitecl:iapel. "Where we go to?" asked the Armenian, coughing up th e soot. His father had ·been one of a family of merchants and had early taught his boy the language of the merchant nation. "To frens; frena of Armenia, the frena of the starving man," .llonswered Hjamied. j �210 The Weste r n Comrade _sisters; at which some or the feminine members of t_he Up the deserted Wapping High Street they felt their way; past Commercial Road where the trams bad been congregation assumed a shocked expression, g~t up and compelled to cease running two days before, and where went out. In fairness, ·however, it must be said that the only Jiving things they passed in all this heart of ' many of the younger people would have preferred the {""great me tropolis were an occasional policeman, a Arrpenians should be rescued from that sort of _thing, laborer peering his way home, or a stray without any• provided it did not involve them. While the doctor was home to go to. At last they found themselves at a closing with a few words, a prayer, arid a hymn, Hjamied wretched and apparently deserted slum, where Hjamied, and and the Armenian and their frien.ds walked around secretly congratulating himself upon having found his to t~e Holborn entrance to the church to listen to the round -about way th e re at all, turned into an open door· sentime'nts of the people as they came out. No; the way and began to feel his way up a flight of rickety crowd \vas J?O~ .weeping; no, they did not linger · at the s tairs. Voices we re heard on the first and only floor offertory bo-X" for A·rmenian refug_ees; no, th ey did not auor e t he m, but the Armenian could not dis tinguish· the lang uage. A fEw seconds late r Hjamied knocked at a f~rm in line .and m~rch toward Whitehall. ·"How is the door. It was o pened by a man who held a whispered skating at . the Welsh :Harp?" " Oh, my dear, isn't this conve rsation with him, and presently the Armenian fog. too a,wfully dreadful for anything?" . "Isn't that found him self in a large room lit by three oil lamps, ' Crossing' the Bar' just lovely? Well, what would you furnish ed with be nches and small tables, ·and inhabited expect with Tennyson and Bridge together." "All that by a wi erd crowd of cosmopolitan"s, of the like of ~vhom poor fellow says ca:b.' t be true; I think he must be partly ho had never heard. dement.e d; ·I know the consul would not permit it." Th e Arme nian was introduced to every man in the Great ex·p ectations waned as the penny Aldgate bus room Th ey s hook his hand ·or kissed him according rattled eastward with Hjamied and the Armenian. The to th e fash ion of the cou ntry of th eir birth; they called people in t he bus were not talking of Armenia, they him brothe r; he sat at one of the tables and drank were talking about London. Arrived back at the Shad- . Italian wine, a c heap vat ie ty, but s till wine; others we ll slum. H1amied 's wife and children were still at drank I•'rench abs inth e, as new to him as the lightning work by the light of balfcpenny candle, making up for language of th e little J•'ren chman who sat opposite to the time that Hjamied ha9 lost going to the temple. him; s till othe rs r ej oiced in Austrian vermouth or Rus_ The Armenian wondered as he watched thetn stitch sian \"Odka ; while he li s te ned to talk, talk, talk, only a wbethfir perhaps after all they would not have been as few snathes of which were intelligible to him. Neve rwell of!' under the yellow earth by the hillside church theless he me t some of his countryme n in the crowd .. at Sassun, as crowd ed here in th is fog-filled, dirty, and , whnt with th e liquor, the cigar ettes, the warmth, freezing garre t, enslaved by a monster more silent, more and th e brothe rly talk, he felt him self a diffe ren t m an per:; is te nt, · more relentless than AbduLthe-Damned. from th e one who had e nte red the Whitechapel Socialist .The Daily Telegraph ne xt morning had .all the winLocal. ners, th e league football, the Devonshire reception, and Some of th ese countrymen of his wore unmistakable the Peace Conferenc~. Before the dissolution the House s ig ns of res pectability, and they it was who made the of Lords had debated a bill to allow Australian widowArmenian promise to atte nd a service in the city on ers to marry a deceased wife's sister; the Commons, the following eve nin g, where a cele brated preache r was one concern ing the teaching of the life of Christ in the going t o give th em nn opportunity to speak on th e crisis schools. Mr. Balfour· was playing golf at St. Andrews ; in Armenia. the great Lord Salisbury, the protecter of the Turk, was So th e refugees rEjoiced on their way home through busy wi th vast affairs of statesmanship; the King was at Monte Carlo; t he great fl eefs rolled at Spithead and th e blackn ess of the fog, reass vring each other that now that they we re to have an opportunity, the English Le mnos. while a smile illuminated th e palace of the people we re going to rise in th eir wrath and smite th e Yildiz Kiosk. The Arme nian began to see. H e saw on and on. His offe nd e r; that soon should th e sword of the Lord· "l.nd of Gideon be laid bare. Bible, like Hjamied's, ~vent to the Jewish pawnshop. Instead of it he read Emma Goldman. He talked to the It was Thursday evening in th e City Temple. The wild man in the e vening. H e saw-but how could the s mug mirld le-ciass congregation had just finis h ed singing : . vision be anything but distorte d? Was it not filled with the hypocritical callousness of one God and the murder and cruelty of another? What to him were Gods whose "So ue it, Lord, Thy thron e s hall never, like earth's puny arms could not save his mother and sisters or proud e mpires, fade away, build a diffe re nt church from this? What had God to Dut it shall stand and grow forev e r, till all the world offe r him now? Anything he could fight with, love, or shall own Thy sway." eat? But Hjamied- Hjamied offered comradeslftp, wine, warmth, a wild · ideal that all tyrants should be abolDr. Parke r rose and spoke of David. of Jeremiah, of ished and honest men should be allowed to Jive in dePaul, and show ed that th e Lord had many times promcency and peace. ised help to th e fearfully oppressed, and had deli vered The following nig ht, the Armenian, with sorrow, but the m in the time of th eir great need. He spoke of the with hope and str ength in his heart, took his way from Christians of Armenia, in th e hand s of a bes tial manthe Mayfair of a brilliant West into the all- penetrating stet·, I.Jent on th eil· extermination; and finally introduced sadness of a toiling East to seek the waiting welcoming th e. Arm e nian who was sitting with h-im on the platform. arms of th e Socialists .. Smugdom gazed in se mi -comatose .nervousness, that it mis took for Chris tian syrripathy, at th e s haggy- haired Importation who told them in broken English what his rejo_ice at e very effort working men make to ·ors hare had bee n in the ]~as t e rn ques tion. H e s hook his ganize. I hail the labor movement. It is ·my head and hi s hands, show ed them th e chains th ey had only hope for democracy. Organize, and stand bound him with, the lash th ey had beaten him with, togeth e r. Le t the nation hear a united demand from (these had been brought ove r by his' friends); he spoke with tears in his eyes of the fate of his mother and the laboring voice.-Wendell Phillips. �The We s tern Comrade 211 \ HARRY MARSHALL McKEE. EARNEST ELIAS KIRK Merry Sunshine and the Professor ! Introducing Earnest Elias Kirk and Harry Marshall McKee. A little music please. In the calcium glow? Well, rather. Likewise In prison In San Diego for daring to stand up fot' eternal truth. If there Is no pardon and his fine is paid McKee will emerge from the great stone jail on September 15 and Kirk will" join him in liberty three months later. · A l.itlle. faster· with the music, gentlemen. There has been great agitation for a pardon for these two fighting corrn·ades. They haven't asked for a pardon, but their comrades ha ve asked it for them, believing ·that t hey did only what was right. And this matter of a pardon serves to shed a littl~ light on the character of the men. · McKee, the scholar, the tense, nervous intellectual, lovable to the end of time, would inform you in well chosen words that on no condition would he desire pardon, unless it were to come in recognition of .the justice of hls position. Kirk, rollicking soul, sunshine of the eternal sun, big and bouyant and ruddy, would slam it home to you in this _ fa~h io~ : _21f a· pardon were t.o be· be ged for on the round QLme.r.cy..,.JLwe_co.llldU.:Lha..ve.J.t-as...a-matter-Of- common-- - justice, then this jail is home, sweet home, with 'welcome' on the inat!" These two Socialists arE} worth going far to know. In ·them is the stuff t hat: makes ·the revolution invincible. �212 The Western Comrade By E¥ANUEL 'JULIUS ROBERT BRIDGES AND A MOOD Last month, in this column, I ruminated on t he poetlaureateship, treating t hat ins titution as a fossilized, inex pensive, trifling anachronis lll; not to be taken. erious ly. I spoke of hal f a dozen or more British p9ets · Kipling, Wa tson, Mase field, Noy ~s , Hardy, Yeats, Me'y n ell, Phillips and New bolt-who.-we re being considered as likely candida tes for the "honor," sho wing, in my characteri stically mo.dest manner, where certain poets were worth y of being choseq to succeed the late Alfred Austin. P remier Asqui th did not heed my advice;. in· fa ct, before my article evep. had an opportunity to reach the pressroom, t hat in considerate gentleman decided upon Robert p ridges-a most disturbing selection since 1. hadn 't even includ ed th e aged poet in my list. To keep what the Chinese call " face,;' I added a paragraph. In which I bemoaned th e exas perating misfortune of having my article "spoiled, " saying, in addition, that "I know only two or three of his poems and think they are not worth discussing." Of course, I was perfectly sincere, but sincerity, like ignorance, is no excuse. The strong-armed gentleman who springs from a dark alley to hold me up, and who, while removing my silver watch and emaciated wallet, brandishes a business--looking lead pipe, is one of the most sincere men in the eritlre world, but his sincerity does not alter my opinion that hi s act is most base, unscrupulous and deplorable. So, I shall not plead sincerity. Anxious to do Mr. Bridges full justice, I hunted up a number of his poems so ·I might know what sort of poet he is. And, where two .or 'three of his poems led me to say that he wasn't "worth considering," two score. or more of them cause me to devote my entire column to him. There -is the difference and the .explanation. And so, to be perfectly frank and vulgar; I wish to take what may be calle.d .a staggering, amazing, overwhelming flop. In other words, I intend to "say a good word " for the aged fellow in this "piece for the papers. " Th e reason for this reaction , this retrel!-t from the thunderers to a 'timid con servative, Is that I am utterly tired of, disgusted with, bored over and tragically exasperated by our class .struggle poets who have deliberately prostituted poetry in a manner that out-jungles The J.ungle. The class struggle poets in future issues will be praised-of that th ere is no question- but this is mid-August and the much-heralded climate of Southern California, for the moment, ceases to b-e climate and becomes, to paraphrase "Dusty" Rhodes, "just .plain weath er"-so, as a PlOSt natural result r may be permitted to protest against "'the narrow restrictions our class struggle poets have placed on th1'l muse, their P,eliberate misuse of an art for propaganda and even political purposes and their constant affirmation of the contention that the sole purpos~ of poetry is to free the proletariat-and the best way to ' register a vigorous .and emphatic- protest--aga-inst-this- impertinence- is by--· praising Robert Bridges' poetry! This explains, in a great measure, why I enjoyed thes~ •exquisitely beautiful lyrics, these flawl~ss poems of · a . singer little conce.rned over the injustice of the tar.U'f, . th& J;l?rtentbusness ?f the· money question, the utter 'n eed of a ship subsidy bill, the high cost of living 9 · the bitter cry of the children. This is why, for the • ·ume being, an entire crew of class s t ruggle poets are · peri1ously near the waste basket. . Oh, dolf't say it is temperament that brings on this mood . . ·Nothing of the sort. It's tp mperature. .And on jus t such an occasion one can apply George Moore's j .criticism of Millet to · our class struggle poets, charging t heir vers s with being always the same thing, wailing . over the same peasant, fiddling the same sentiment, desoribing the same smells, glorifying the same' overalls. You mus t . admit that it is somewhat stereotyped, says Moore in his iconoclastic " Confessions of a Young Man." The·. first thing that impressed me was Bridges' creed as a poet, which William ·Marion Reedy say·s is enough: I love all beauteous things, I seek and adore them; God hath no better praise, And man in ..bts hasty days Is honored for them. . I too will something make .And joY' in the making; .Altho' tomorrow it seem Like the empty words of a dream Remembered on ·waking. For sheer beauty, the following lyrics seem without equal : Have Loved Flowers That Fade r have loved flowers that fade, Within whose magic tents Ri ch hues have marriage made With sweet unmemoried scents; A honeymoon delightA joy of l9ve at sight, That ages in an hourMy song be like a flower! I have loved airs that diM Befor e th eir charm is writ Upon a liquid sky Trembling to welcome H. · Notes that, with pulse of fire, Proclaim the spirit's desire, Then die and are nowhereMy song be like an air! Die, song, die like a breath, And wither like a bloom; Feax: not a flowery death, Bread not an airy tomb! Fly with delight, fly hence! ·--- --'Twas- thin·e loYe's tender sense____ To feast; now on thy bier Beauty shall shed a tear. �The Western Comra de Wh Death to E i r S ball e Wben. Death to either :!hall come,.1 pray It be finJt to me,• Be happy as ever at bome, lf so, as J wltlh, it be. PM..ses• ihy heart, my own; And sing to thy child on thy knee, Or read to thyself alone The songs that I made t or thee. * * * So Sweet Love Seemed et love seemed t ha t April morn, When first we k issed beside t he thorn, So strange ly sweet, it was not strange We t hought that love could never change. So sw Out J can te ll- le t trut h be told- T ha t love wiH c hange In growing old; Though day hy day Is naught to see, Ro d ~ll •ate his motions be. And In th e end 'twill come to pass Quit to forget what once he was, Nor even In fan ·y to recall Th plea s ur that was all in all. l-1 Is lltll s pring, that sweet we found, So <1 • p In s umm e r floods ir drowned, J wonder·, lw the d in joy comple te, H ow IOI' C so young could be so s weet. l<· And. if thou tarry from her-if thi Awake ! The land i scattered with 11 h t, and Uncanopied sleep is ftying from fi ld and tr ; And blossoming boughs of April in lat!gbt r h k Awake, 0 heart, to be loved, awak , awnk ! l Lo, all things wa ke and tarry and look fot· t h She looketh and saith, "0 sun, now brlu him to m Come, more adored, 0 adored, for his oming's snk And a wake, my heart, to be loved, awake, awak ! " After r eading, and enjoying, Bridg s' wonderful r s hould lyrics, I am con vinced a ll the more that he n have b een named as poet- laureate. Th ))rltlsh state cannot use s uch poetry. The ponde rous dignity of the British court will find few occasions on whl h It will be a ble to utilize Robert Bridges ' lo1•e Jy ri s. Afl r r udlug t h a bore, o ne appears r eady fo agree 11 l1h 1\f r·. Hc•ccly, who s p ·a ){S of Dridges as having the 11'111 • " po ti c quality, at hi s h s t. of excess in moderation .,,. 1110\1 •r a tion In Xl' f"~S. " H e a lso says the classic l' l'~ ll ·n lnt i n h i s work is s lroug." Jlr•l\lg •t~' hea utiful , lig ht toucll (and by light I mean , ort) lm pr sses m as ue lng at its fin est in Gates of Life and Death Hope, the great explorer; Love, whom none can bind Youth , that looks before her; Age, that looks behind; J oy, with brow like summer's; Care, with wintry pate, Masquers are and mummers At life' s gate. My Delight and Thy Del i ght 1\Iy d light and th y de lig h t \Va ll<ln , lik two angels white, ln th gard e ns of th e night : 1\f y desir an d thy d s ire '!'wining to a tongu of fire, . L aping Ji1· , ·nnd laughing higher; • Power, with narrow forehead; Wealth, w ith hagg a t•d palm ; W isdom old, whos e hoa r head V au nts a barren calm. H aug hty overcomers In their pomp a nd s t a te, Masquers all the mummers At death's gate. -William Wabon. Das Wunderwerk By K a therine Elspeth Oliver S un and a bit- o' ralnA long low wooing breath from out the West; Mornings of AOiden mist, B irds seeking nest; T h e lark' s Insistent call, t hat will not rest. S un and a b it o• ral nO ne !;.tarry n ight , and warm (sleep sun, sleep storm) The barren earth thrills, pregnant;Labors an hour: At morn The wonder- b irth, and Spring Is born. che tbe be"..b ts \\"ben be sings of m~t eem to mark his verses, and refin T here is a courage greater than tbe fair of publJc o pinion.- owen Wister. �214 The Western Comrade Once upon a time many years ago, a man who bad gotten his s hare of earthly sbeckel s through t he shady shearin g of unsuspecting s heep, got a notion into his uood le that he wou ld like mighty we ll to own an ocean. H e wanted one that he cou ld~ do just as he "goldinged " pleased with, without inlerference from otller proprieto rs of s~a ll e r . bodies of water. All this happe ned long before the trusts had gobbled up the e ntire earth and a ll its trimmings, and opportunities we re r ipe for small in vestors to grab off an occasional mounta·in or town-s ite without the National· Bu s in ess Me n's League missing it very much. John Grab, for that at least was the name under whi c h he registered at the Coast hotel, was a business genius. H e had Bellamy s kinn ed off the earth · and marooned to an ice -berg wh e n it came to the looking backward stunt. Said he to himself, said he, "The day is s urely coming when th ere will be nothing left on land or sea that will not be und e r corporation control. Even the bl~ sky will be nix for m e, as in all probability the trusts will regulate by legislation the mov e m e nt of the clouds. They will obsc ure the subli me view of the celestial dome to all who are unable to ·pay for a peep at the azure blue from the deck of a trust aeroplane. When John Grab got a hun ch nothing short of a penite ntiary sente nce could s top him from getting it into action, and John lost no time in "breezing" to th e coast to a ccomplish his purpose. _ "Now just what kind of an ocean would you like to purchase?" inquired the suave earth agent, who had the largest list of geographical bargains in his territory. " I've got one just a short distance from here, just adjace nt to the s hore, and it's really a bargain." "So far," said Grab, "your noi se oozes oilily into mine ears. L ead me to it." "This ocean I'm offering you," explained th e agent, as they walked towards the place from which th ey were to view the briny, "Is a nice big level one, and it is surrounded by nice fertile dry land on all sides, as you will presently see. It has jus t recently been surveyed, and I can give you a clear title to it without any waiting." When later they stood on th e damp line wh e re th e shore left off and the ocean commenced, and g azed upon its wide expanse, Grab secretly r esolve d to bu y that big s ea - bath at any cost. The age nt we nt fa·rther into de tails and assured Grab that the ocean was a perfectly good one. The blue was guaranteed a fast,. color, and th e water therein was capable of supporting as many ships_as Grab saw fit to float. "And anoth er thing," add ed the salesman . "It's a ni ce tame pond and is warranted to be free from earthquakes and cyclones." Grab cinched -the de al -right- on th e -spot-, and before the tide came he was.-the proud posses sor of one of the largest bodies of water on the globe, and that's not all. H e had driven a sharp bargain and incidentally had short 7 change d · the agent out of seventeen dollars and forty thre<:! cents. The first thing Grab did ·the following day was to order a thousand life buoys with "No trespassing" and "Private property" painted in large letters on either s ide. He hired an old sea-dog as watchman who claimed to know every wave by its first name. He also decifled to fence it in as soon as he could get bids on the Job, and he bought a motor boat so that he might the better survey his newly a cf]uired property. "From now on," he chuckled, "all t hese ship owners have · got to come and see me. I'll have 'em coming and going. They'll have to pay me or they don't sail, that's all! "By jinks," h e suddenly e xclaimed, "I'll bet there's enough fish to fi ll the whole world every Friday and some left to can. If there is I've sure sli pped one over on the earth a gent! Me for a hook and line." Grab los t no time in tuning up his motor boat, and was soon anchored a few miles from shore. It wasn't long before he landed a fish of the size he had lied about all his life. The finny monsters kept right on biting, and Grab kept right on . pulling them in. He was so absorbed in the Izaac . Walton art that he failed to notice the approach ·of another motor boat until the bow bumped the lee side of his own craft. A big red-faced man in white flannels, with a huge diamond in his ·silke n shirt, glared .at him from the other boat. "Fishing?" he bellowed. "No Y,Ou big boob!" answered Grab sharply, "I'm playing t:roquet with cod-fish balls. What's it . to you anyhow?" ~ "Don't get fresh on this brine," roared the fat man, "or I'll fine you for fishing without a pe rmit and charge you double the price for them fish. How many you got?" For a moment, Grab was speechless, then, shaking his clinc he d fist at· the other man, he sputtered: "You! Why, you big Sandab! What are you driving at anyway? Do you know who you're talking to, huh ? l'm the man that owns the' ocean. Owns it! Do you und e rstand? OWNS IT!!" "Stow that talk," thunde re d he of the r ed face. "I don't give a fish - foot who owns it. I own the FISH in it. See?" "You own the fish!" roared back Grab. " You own the fish? Say! You're bugs. I'd like to know how th e devil you own the fish whe n 1 own th e ocean and they're in my ocean." .. , don't care anything about your o ld ocean," r eplied the fat man. "I own the fish. I bought 'e m from the earth a gent and paid for them, .and th ey' re mine. Do you get that, you Pickled Minnow'?" Grab -was puzzle d, but only for a moment. He glared at the big man, and controlling his r age, h e replied, sharply : "Ail right, all right. If you own the fish. Take 'em �The Western Comrade out of my ocean and do 1t double quick!" of perspiration trickled df,l!\Vn his flushed face. .He The other man hesitated a moment before answering. shrieked: .:. "Take 'em out nothing!" ,he doggedly replied. "Don't "You! you! Say, wh-what Is this? .A frame-up? you know that fish can't live out of water? -F-ish is perThis Kippered Crab over there,'' pofnting to the fish ·iahable goods. Don't you think for one moment that monopolist, "ow:ns all the fish, and now you come. along you can make me ·destroy my own property. Not on _and try to slip the. bottom out from . under my oceanyour life!" ;u~·~and say, you soft-shelled sea weed," roared Neptune "Your property is none of my affairs," retored ·Grab, • With revived Spirit, "if you think YOU can eject my ocean, hotly. "You'll take your fish out of ·my ocean or you'll :· you just go ahead and try It, and-'-' pay me rent for the use of· my water, and you'll pay · .· " Hold. on, now, hold on,'' broke in the fish pasha, their board, too." 'rl'.ve got somet~lng t.a. say about this. I'm interested "Say, you! I want to tell you something. Do you in· t,his ;PQI)d just as mucb as the Big Bubble is; In fact, know?" sneered the fish owner, "that half of the · bulk we're p~rtners and we've got . that big spill stocked with of this big wet smear is fish? Fish, I'm telllng y_o u, ,, the finest line of fish from whale to smelts that ever a nd if I took my fish out of here your old mud~hole flopped a fin. Desides, the fish shovelers are on a would shrink to the size of a puddle!" . strike.'- Now,. get me right, you-one-='chhved lobsterr "1f This was one on Grab, but Grab being a financier, you mak'e us remove that home for friendless fish we'll was likewise a diplomat. He realized that the finny · Jet our stock lay ·there and rot your old land s~ thaf l{ing held a trump card, . so with a forced smile, .. he exthe stench will kill a buzzard at a hundred miles!" claimed, "Say, old inan, you and I are both fools. Why "He can't do lt.f He can't do it!" yelled the Water all this wrangle? Let's go ashore, have a cold )lottie Wizard, .turning to the F inny King and banging his fist aud get together." on the table. "I got you," replied the f&t "Oh! I don't know," reone. "Heave anchor and head plied Has, with ·a sarcastic fo r port." sneer. "There's the law you An hour later the two mag- · know!" nates were eating out of each "The law your grandmother," other's hands. Between botretorted Grab. ·"We're already tles they had unanimously a corporation. The law can't decided that a merger was the touch a corporation. And you," only solution of the problem of he continued, addressing the ownership. The ocean wasn't fish owner, "couldn't separate worth much without the fish, your fish from my ocean In a and the fish business wasn't a thousand years, and I couldn't healthy one without the ocean. make you t~ke your land from The whole thing was framed under my ocean," he continued, up most beautifully. The two turning to the cellar hog. "We would form a partnership and__:_ are all in the same boat, so Just at this point, a large let's get together." man with a big black mousWhen the last of n dozen tache and an unbecoming face, walked briskly over to empty cma·pagne bottles was removed from the table the table at which they were sitting. Taking a chair, by a yawning a nd much overworked waiter, a co-partnership had been formed by the three Grabbe rs, just as he inquired in a businesslike way: "Which one of you all trust combines are formed at 'the present day for is Grab?" Grab allowed that he was that individuaL Wherethe furtherlfnce and protection of their individual inupon the other said, pointing to the playful tide : "I terests, understand you hav-e just bought that ocean! Am I Of course, the fish couldn't live without the water, the water couldn't conveniently hold together in the correct?" "You've got my t:ight number," answered Grab, form of an ocean without a place to rest on and Cothrowing out his chest and swelling up with pride, "1, lumbus would never . have discovcr.ed America if the ocean· had not been the just heritage of man, but such my good fellow, am the only Neptune. The rest are all minor points as these were not taken into consideration counterfeits." by the men who "hogged" what the people rightfully "So, replied the ~tranger. "Well, you can call yourself any old name you want to, from Alpha to Omega, "' owned. It Is need less to say that the trust prospered. and I should worry, but my name is Has. H. E. Has, ·and I own the land that your ocean is squatting on, ant-" For Man Alone "What!" yelled Grab, jumping to his feet. "What! You own the bottom of my ocean? Why you- youleft clawed, bubble faced land crab! What th-" No fledgling feeds the fath er bird! "Tut! Tut! Tut! No,- don't get excited,'' sneered No c!1icken feeds the ben ! Has. "I just want to politely inform you that I am the No ldtten mouses for the catsole owner of the land beneath your ocean, and as I Thi:~ glory Is for men. want to subdivide and improve the aforesaid property, I ask you to vacate, unless, of course, you care to We are the Wisest, Strongest Racetake a ninety-nine year lease. As it Is, your ocean has 1llegal · l)OSsess1on of my_j an_d_an_cLLshalL be...coJil..,..._____ - - - - -Loud- may- our- Jl'ra·lse-be-sung! -------pelled- t o--force you to remove same unless you come The only animal alive through, see?" · That lives upon i.ts young. John Neptune Grab wilted- in his chair. Great beads· - Charlotte Perkins Gilman. �Big Biz: "All I Do is .Furnish Crackers" See page 199. TWO FIGHTERS! Nowhere in the American working class ·newspaper fi eld are two such papers as 'l'hc California Social-Democrat and The Los Angeles Citizen to be found. 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NJNG next month The Western Comrade will offer its readers a JJ~W department dealing 'with the news and aims and progress of the Intercollegiate movement. The Intercollegiate is one of the arms of the Socialist movement and is accomplishing mueh for Socialism 'and it is growing m power and influence day by day. Earl Hitchcock, treasurer of Lo Angeles Alumni branch, and 011 • of the best known and best qualified comrades in the movenwlrt, will eondud this new depa-rtment. The We tern Comrade counts itself fortuHatP in heing able to make this nofablc addition to its usefulne s. B * * * 'J'!J,. l'dito1·s ht·li\'\'e that this number of the magazine is the hest yPt. Thry lwliP\'c that it lllt'rits the efforts of the eomradcs in its hehaJf. They feel con_lid Pnt that tll!'y are amply justified in urging the comrades to double their dl'orts i11 t ht· way of build in g up the circulation of the magazine . . · Cin·ula t ion is tIll' gTOUJH.lwork of p1·opaganda progt·css through ~he printed pa ~l'. The lint•st 111agazine in the world is valueless unless it is read. The WPstt•t'll Conrr;u]l' wants :JI OH E rradcrs. There can he no complaint made on th e pro~r·l'ss nradP thus far, but though we malH~ no complaint, we are not satisfit)cl- an<l lle\'l'l' will oe. The western Comrade wants l\IORE readers. Those of you who have bccomP tht• family of the magazine arc the ones who must Pularge the family. Let t'a(·h one set·un· at lrast ONE new subscriber be fore th e next 1mmher comes from tht> press. Th e task isu 't a han! ont'. And sut'Ply eaeh should he glad to do that much for the causP. All or the t>ffoT"t that gcws int o this magazine is effort expended for th e <:anst•. Thrrt> is 110 profit madP~not a cent. The cansp is the thing. Ro let us wot'lc together for tilt· up·hltilding of the Soeialist mOYPrnent-we by making th e hrs t possihlP magazine; you by getting for the magazine a hearing out O\'t~r the world . The Western Comrade No.5. Vol. I. ,August , l!'ll :{. Published Monthly by UNION LABOR NEWS-COMPANY, INC. 203 New High. Street, P. 0. Box 135 Los Angeles, Cal. Subscription Price One Dollar a Year EDITORS Chester 1\f. Wright Stanley B . Wilson Associate Editors Eleanor Wentworth Emanuel Julius Mila Tupper Maynard Rob Wagner Fred C. Wheeler Editorial Writer-R A. M.a.ynard IRA C. TILTON, Valparaiso, Indiana THE TILTON SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE VALPARAISO INDIANA (Courses Give n by Correspondence Only) The questions, directions and requirements In connPC'tlon with the following courses cover the subjects named. The books you have, .o&r any books on the subject, will answer for study texts. 1. History and C ivil Governme nt, Six leuonl ...... $1.00 2. 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MAYNARD [EJ H IIIP"!!"!'!!!!!'!!!!!"!'!!!!!"!'!!!!!!!!!'IIOW human nature Ia slandered l Men are called me-an, low, vile and unclean. They are often termed criminal and outcast. Many of them are incarcerated In prisons and reformatories. A large proportion are products of a home and social environment that placed a premium upon ~ human weakness and passion. An environment that fostered all that t..a...:lLJ was vicious and condemned every appearance of virtue. Crime, In l'!rge part, Ia a disease, the product of vicious environment. For the most part Its treatment should be in hospitals, ncit in prisons. Then there are other men and women who are pointed out as living exemplars of right conduct and virtuous living. And this, too, although some of them live purely .negative lives. They abstain from vicious deeda;.are regular In matters of habit; pay their debts and have strict sense of business Integrity and honor. Under no circumstances would they, in matters of conduct, resort to anything considered low or vile, mean or unworthy. They are always law-abiding. · Many of these' were born In sheltered homes and home and social environment from childhood the direct opposite of that described for the other . group. They nor none of their ancestors have ever been In the criminal or outcast class. Ono group Is claimed to represent high water mark'and the other low water mark in the tide of human development. Last week a man was hung In the prison yard at Folsom. He was a triple murderer and while in prison made murderous assault upon a fellow convict. He expiated his crimea upon the gallows. As he stood upon his scaffold he made a plea for an anti-capital punishment law, powerful and pathetic enough to move a heart of stone. A few days before his death he wrote an appeal for the protection of childhood, as gentle and tender in ita appreciation of child nature as is that of the most ideal mother. Recently, In Los Angeles, a lineman for one of the electric companies, with not more than one chance in a million In his favor, took the chance of receiving 2200 volts of e lectricity in his body, to save a fellow-workman who had become entangled in the mesh of live wires. A similar case Is also reported from the city of Milwaukee. A few days ago In an automobile accident a Mexican common laborer rlj.Shed in front of a swiftly moving train to save a stranger child from death and the rescuer barely escaped with his life. At a brass foundry the other day, a workingman suddenly went insane and threw himself Into one of the red-hot furnaces. A fellow workman with almost certain death staring him In the face took the risk necessary to save tho Insane man. Who has not been thrilled by the stories of heroism in connection with the recent street car accident just outside of Los Ang~les. Just plain, ordinary folk, even crushed and bleeding children, In their forgetfulness of self and thoughtfulness of oth.ers, have caused our eyes to moisten and our hearts to glow, as we have realized the heights of physical and moral heroism of which our common human nature Is capable when the demand In made upon lt. And theae are but .a few of the heroes of the commonplace. Just a mention of two or three, slmlla.r to others constantly coming to the attention of all. They serve to point the moral of the grandeur, the nobility, .the divinity of plain. ordinary human nature. They furnish concrete proof of the fact that no form of incentive . Is <I& powerful In Its l.n fluence over men and women as the one that has been termed human. After all, what Is this thing we call character? Is it acquired or Inherent in human nature ? Is it superior to or controlled by outward circumstance? Is civilization more than a veneer or polish laid over the raw material ? Is the dollar lncenttve necessary to ke.e p men and women In the line of progress? Would the race deteriorate were that Incentive to be· removed T Is not our humanity still largely potential 't And will it not spring ·nto objective reality upon the arrival of economic and social conditions that shall make the human Incentive operative in every department of human living·? �. The Western Comrade ' 149 "How do you build for the l<uture?" said Wisdom to the Indifferent Woman. "~rhe Future?" she laughed. "I know nothing of the Future. I liv.e today, wit11 song and dan e to make me glad, with gorgeous raiment to make me beautiful, with coin to smooth away r spon ibility. I liYc now." "And those who will come after _;you Y" " I know nothing of them." ...' \Yhat is your rontrihution to the Future?" said Wisdom to the lave Woman. Sh e r cm ain ctl silent for a moment, her eyes cast down. When she looked up, the hadow of adIII'SS 1·loudc<l hr r· features. · '' I drudge from day to day. I bring many children into the world, riot born of my h eart's d sire. Till',\' are eursed with the sins and ailments o.f their father. 'l'hey are welcomed only by th xploit rs, who Sl'ize them in th Pir· young days and grind into pr·ofits the meager joy of living that may hav been t hPir·s Ht hil'th . L PI haq.!y is their c-hief inh eritan ce and th eir on.e gift to the Future." "\\'hut will lw the c-ontent of that Future?" " :\fy work will hnt make the Future like the Preseut." " lf(m· do you lay the foundations for the Future ?" \Vi dom asked the Olil;cious \~loman. Th e smile with which she turned to him was happy and confident. " 1 h e ~in my plans for the Tomorrow by working to alter the Today. I h ar strong, clean hildren ht·(·ausP I cl10se a str:ong, clean father. I give li fe to uo more than I can effici ntly care for. I bring no hahps into th e " ·o!'ld to he rcsistles fuel, adding speed to th wheel of the competitive y t em. · "I rear a childhood cn.ry fibre of whose being r ecoils again t needl es strif . Fr9m th b ginning · I ins! ill a desir·e for th e larger· Liberty-IJiberty not for one or two, hut for all. I · r ear a childhood whosP t>Yery thought and act i dir·c·cted toward the attainment of th11t liberty. "1\ty wo!'l;: cannot he undon e-not even by death." • �15 The Western Comrade Garrison, Judg· ed b . . and the chlldren of the men wbo were best fitted by "Diue and the Gray" have been celmoral ·rervor, and -clear-eyed courage to face those evils. ebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg on the field of the At Harvard College, a great Memorial hall comslaught r in 1863. The situation is memorates the students who "olrered their fresh lives" .unique, it is beautiful; it is also ghastto the cause of truth as they saw It in the sixties. Low. 4iir' ly in its ironical arraignment of the conell's "Commemoration Ode" is a still nobler monument. ditions It commemorates. · But though we may rejoice In the inspiration of their ~ When after half a century, men who courage and sacrifice, althoughfought like tigers _leaving battle fields "In every nobler mood t;trew n with maimed and mangled, dying We feel the orient of their spirit glow, in slow tortur·e, or. dead in th eir youttrPart of our life's. unalterable good." an<oi vr:oml~;e, l:an meet In friendlY: goodfeliowship, recwe must." nevertheless, see the utterly lmmeasureable ognizing that each side believed itself in the right, loss which this country sustained when out of every seeing the eamH:>H or the struggle in e:alm , dispassioncoli ge went the noble boyhood, the precious . promise ate pcrRe(l< · lh'~> "with malice toward none and ch arity of the future, to battlefields of awful waste as well as for all" - when Hllf' h a reunir~n i ~ possi ble, the grime of ot immortal glory. tho · ear ii Pr horror hecomes apparent. Such are the stern. cold facts which we must face Tht• fipld of Gettyshurg in l!J13 shauld make the when we judge the wisdom of those who labored in tile field of (let t,\'Hhurg in 18G:l the irrationa1, criminal el,llanclpation struggle of the Nineteenth century. niglitmur·t· that it is in truth . It should make any future The complaisant Jllacing of laurels on the brows of Gettysburg forever impos~;ibl e. leading abolitionists and Republicans for the last half L eL nrc• not be mi sunderstood . The past is wha:t it century will seem a strange anomaly when the sense is. It 1\' .. rc mos t unprofitable folly to "blame" or conof social Jaw has cleared the eyes of students from the de mn in c·onne<·tion with what is irretrievably past. dust of Ui great upheaval. Hut thP future is before us not behind. \Vhat it s hall It is not that the spirit and purpose shown were not bring will d ~>pe rHI In some measure, In large measut· , admlmble, but the loss and horror of the civil war pcrhnps, on how we read the lesson of that great strugproves the methods to have been wrong methods. They gle wliic·h is f!Pnernliy thought to have begun with Gardid the best they knew, no doubt. Forces which they did rison nnd 1hP "Lih rator" and closed with the Fifteenth not understand carried them on a current they were Amendment to I he American constitution. powerless to direct. but the time has come when, If we Let those who are thr·illed with th gr at CAUSE are· to be true to the responsibilities of today: we must of this gcn('l'at.lon, face reverently and humbly but none be more cleat· sighted as to the ways and mean~ used th e lcRs sq 11arely tlu! facts of Gettysburg and all that i s yest rday. typified hy that tragedy. Today, .there is some knowledge of scie.ntlfic Jaw as Half n million men fell on the battle fi elds of the ap111ied to soda! movement. It is our business to see cil'll 1\'ar. At Gettysburg alone th re were 4·0.000 slaln that this Jaw is better understood and more skillfully on onP side nnu 42,000 on th other. What does that applied . Blind zeal will no more avert disaster or bring mea n? orderly freedom than the steam engine running without "Why," we ask, " does It matter wh ther death came switch or· engineer will move a train to its destinasoon or late?" r p rhaps, thinking of the sordid grind tion. of modern lil'e and the grovelling standards It too often The ineteenth century brought a sense of law In fost rs, we think a period of str·enuous s.trife might not _, every department of life. For the first time it is now be altogethe r without its compensations. possible to progr ss in conscious co-operation \vith the Look ther fore at the e slaught r· figures from angreat sweeping C\rrrents which carry the world forother angle. Who were the unit in those lightly countward. We may, if we will, evolve with "eyes in the d thousands? • forehead ." Ttl y w re the red-blood d 'Hower of the best g~ne r­ It is not ea y to secure mass movement l\)ong rationatlon on Amer·tcan soil. Physically, mentally, morally al lines, and one of the handicaps at the present time the "ho:vs In blu ·• and th "boys in gray," before capis tba general assumption that if one group is working italisru had borne its worst fruits, w re the finest in the in the fashion of Garrison, it must be right; If another laud. 'l'housnnds were turn cJ away from the enlisting pa ty or faction is akin to Lincoln in its methods, it tents because they were not perfect specim ns of phymust have a guarantee deed of the future. sical str ngth . Incipient disease, faulty eyesight, d This I a wide-spread Idea which must be met. reetlve h arlng-all thes thi1:1gs · sent young manhood Analogy !s not argument. Historic analogy is parback to t'h' ilian ranks, to become the fathers of another ticularly mi leading, but as a matter of.l fact. no suggeneration. The stron . th perfect, the ardent went gestions are so powerful in political and social propaout to brutal battles from which they came back too . ganda as those based on history taught to pliant minds often maimed, or \'ict!m of habits born of the condi·as glorious achievement. For the past two generations, tions of war, or never· returned at all. the idealism and sentiments centering about the civil · ~' hen we wonder at the Inertia, t)le mental blindness, war have been plowed into the brain cells by well-nigh th owardit• with whl h the evils of the past gener·all the hero-worship of the period. E'l'ery family 'h as ntion hav b en allowed to grow and penetr_!lte ~v~ry__ _ _one nr mare altars rected to fat~rs. er uncles Who avenu of the ivll life. hould \\· - nOt remember that had part in the great struggle, while Memorial Day and th" pa t two generations hare been robb, d of the men other commemoration services have worn deep the P.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'I HE: T • �The Western Comrade ettysburg 151 By, Mila Tupper .Maynard . . by which these results were attained. Garrison, and under him., the main part of the antislavery society, did not believe in the ballot. He said the constitution was "a covenant with death and league with hell." For years he would not vote because the constitution supported slavery. For much of the time he was an avowed .advocate of ."the no-government plan'' and believed in ~he :•overthrow of the nations." Not only did he not approve of violence, but he was a pronounced advocate of non-resistance. ' That the issue should have ·come through war should have distressed him if his theories had taken deep hold of the man. On the co.ntrary, he felt no responsibility and; because he bore no gun himself, felt that his skirts were clear. In temperament, non -resistance was about as natural to him as it would be to a Roosevelt. The conflicts of his temperament and theory bring amusing inconsistencies In his expressions at times. John Brown's predicament tried his theories sadly. He wanted to applaud the deed, but, as one who advocated no force of any kind, he found it hard to be consistent. This is one of his speeches during the Harper's Feny excitement: ''Rather than see men wearing their chains in a cowardly serv ile spirit, I would, as an advocate of peace, much rather see them (the black slaves) breaking the heads of their tyrants with their chains. Give me, as a non-resistant, Bunker Hill, Lexington, and Concord rather than the cowardice and servility of a slave plantation." "In a sm!ll ~mber, friendless ang unseen, When anti-slavery political movements began to Toi led o'er his types one poor, unlearned young man'; nominate men for the presidency, Garrison and his Th e place was dark, uu fumtshed and mean; group scoffed lit this political a ction as "folly, presumpYet there the freedom of the race began. tion and almost unequalled infatuation ," or denounced it as "the .worst of pro-slavery." Help ca me hut slow ly ; s urely no man yet The only definite program which I have been able Put lever to the heavy world with less: to tlnd in Ganison's teachings is that the North secede \\'hat need of help? He knew how type was set, o union with slave-holder" was the from the South." He had a dauntless spirit and a press. slogan for man,Y years. When the Fugitive Sla e Jaw ~le>n or a thousand shifts and w!les, look here. was upheld by .the Supreme Court, all the Garrison aboSe one straight forward conscience put 'in pawn litionists d manded that Massacusetts at once secede To win a world;' s e the obedient sphere · from the un!on. ) By bra\'ery 's simpie gravitation drawn! SI>lendld moral courage then does not en ure practical wisdom. The men who bring down upon them the Sh all we not heed the lesson taught. of old, opprobrium of their time are not thereby proven to be And by the Present's lips repeated still, statesmen or wise guides. In our own single manhood to be bold, "To be sure," some mild reformer will assent : "It Fortressed in conscience and impregnabie will? . took a Lincoln to so_lve the problem raised by a Garrison." All the Garrison story is appealing. The well dressThe impli d argument of this asserllon has been the Nl mi.Jb by which he was hounded through the streets means of keeping more honest men and women out of of Boston and only saved by Imprisonment stands in the Sociali st ranks and with the reforming factions of the bark-ground fot• the picture of honors and renown the old parties. than any other conscious factor. The · accorded firty years later. The slogan of the Liberastrongest psychological tprce back of the Progressive tor, "Immediate and unconditional emancipation" rlfigs party has been this idea. The likeness assumed to exou t mnsterfnll)' \vhen the Emancipation Proclamation Ist 'between the origin of the Republican party and that is celebrated. · new party was its chief stock in trade. The practical thing to know, however, is bow this It would take us too far afield to go Into that conagitation affected actual results. How was "Conscience tention in detail at this tlme, but this much may be a nd impregnable will" hitch ed to the trolley of actual procedure? said at once: A new narty .which dld not pre.v.ent- a It is almost laughable to see the - assurance . with - - Plunge into ch•il war-a party under which a Gettysburg came close upon the heels o( the Emancipation which ' the abolitionists appropriated the results of the Proclamation has no prophecy in Its history which can {'1\'il war wh en they had . OJ>posed each and every step mental furrows. Moreover, the literature of America studied by e\·ery school child from the ''Readers" of the grade through the fm mal study of the high schools has made the anti-slavery and war poems of the New England p'oets as familiar as was the Bible to the Puritan. Add to this the· fact that the dominant po!ltical party during this time had its rise in this struggle and that its nominees have been largely men who came into prominence dur-ing th~ war, and It will be apparE' nt how tremendous Is the influllnce exerted by the C'Xampl e of a Garrison or a Lincoln. We can on ly guess how much the Socialist cause owes to the recognition of a kinship between the earlier despised abolition is t and the despised few who eJ}listed to ema ncipate th.e wage s tave. That the debt Is very ~rea l uo-one ea n doubt. Sentiments like those embodied in Lowell's poem on. Garrison have strengthened the courage of· many to side with truth "ere the cause bring fame and profit a nd 'tis pros perous to be just." Thi s poem quotes th e well -known contemptuous . referf>nce of th e Boston official, one H. G. Otis, to Ga rri son and his little anti-slavery paper, "The Liberator," as follows: "Sometime afterward it was reported to me by the city offiC'ers that they h!td ferreted out the paper and its editor ; that hi s office was an obscure hole, his only Yisil.J le auxiliary a negro boy, and his supporters a few n~ rr insignificant persons of all colors.' Passages f1"j1 th e poem will be recalled : ; �152 The Western Comr~de qch wretch Ju-xwiance ~om that TOQt bad the minds give bop to the rational citizen today. A party under which th slave was freed only as a measure of war, of men been trained to a saner, broader spirit. a party whose platforms promised not to free the slav'es Trying, then, to get the lesson from this fatefUl era, Is not akin to any from which aught can be hoped at pow shall we judge the methods then used? Slavery fostered arrogance and a tyranni.c.al menth "'res nt time. . No juggling or stumbling will be able to bring free- ~ tality, •there is no doubt of tha.t. ·lt is alt.ogether probable that an a.rnled .Con.t lict could not ha,·e been avoiddom to the wage slave. The history of today and toed, but tbe ,only chance of th1s, the only chance of a· monow should be deliberate history. The old blind rational, reorganization for the welfare of all concerned blundering will never again be .necessary. Let us hope lay In clear thinking and the steadfast facing of facts. It Is no long-er [Josslble. Here was a $ituation .f or which no one was responLooking at the past as dispassionately as possible sible individually. The north had given up slavery only nd In tile light of the knowledge we have of the forces because It was useless and expensive under northern then at work can we see any way In which the civil war, and the almost equal horrors of reconstruction conditions. .Personal abuse was. as reasonle s as the yielding of political power would have been foolhardy. might hav been avoided? The pro)llem, couid they have seen it, w'as to weaken One thlng we know, slavery w·as doomed quite inthe political hold of the slave-owning class while aidd p nd ntly of lther a Garrison or: a Lincoln. Wl1etber ing .natural forces to undermine lts industrial hold. tb class slavery had fostered could have been dlsWhat influence had Garrison during the fateful delntegrnt d and Its domination undermined without a cades preceding the conflict? phyHical con t st Is not so sure. A story told by Julia Ward Howe of John Brown may Th ·k ping of slav s was becoming more and ' give some insight into the intellectual clarity of the more unprofitable, so that only 'those who had huge methods, not only. of this zealot . but or many of the • lllnuto.tiona could afford to own them. The mass of abolitionists. During the bouler warfare 'i n Kansas, south l'n whll a wc1·e suM'orlng Intolerably from the erBrown had taken several prisoners, among them· a cerr t or s lnv labor and the lack of industrial developtain judge. Prayer was a large factor in the life of m nt. "Tho poor whites" were a problem which detnand d a n w ord r of things. Had they had any real' John Brown. on· this occasion, he went apart to a thicket and in tones which could be heard in the camp, bec onoml · power and und rstood their own _interests, sought the Lord long and fervently to make plain to tho little sla\'e-ownlng hierarchy would have met as him his duty In the matter of sparing the liv s of the nlll<'h opposition at home as In the north. Books were prisoners. The judge, overhearing tllis petition, was so ll!•gl nnln g to I.J written 1\ll!J nllng to the non-slave-ownamused by it, that, In spite of the gravity of his own Ing sou th to realize how slavery was making Impossible position, he laughed aloud. HU<"h tH'O!IJl rlty as wa. s n In the north. "Judge," cried John Brown, "If you mock at my On hook, '"l'h Imp ndlng Crisis," described by A. prayers, I shall know what to do with you without askM. Simons In his " octal Forces In American History," ing tho Almighty." was sn c:onvln •lng In Its fa ts and figures that the slaveThe southerners may have done much praying over 0\\'llPl'H hum d It In piles and prevented its circulation the situation but when they heard the· denunciations h~· ' \'I.H'Y m 'a na or tet'l'Ot'lsm th y could muster. of the abolitionists. they no longer asked the Lord Til large slav -hold rs Oulnhel'ed less than ten what to do. The way seemed only too plain. thommnd. 1f v nt ould have been dictated by some Garrison, meanwhile, was troubleil with no doubts. rntlonnl author·lty, it Is now appar nt that the slaves · He had no need to ask the Lord for guidance, so sure rould hnv b n bought by th government and freed was he that the thunders of in~ spoke through his voice.• nt t·normously I s cost tn money 11lone and with great He demanded "immediate and unconditional surlll'ollt; to the sla\' own rs ns w 11 as to the entire render" but was utterly guiltless of an}· suggestion of south . how or by what instrumentality. If th spirit whl h prevail d at G ttysburg Ia 1913 His conscience was clear if his denunciations rang ould hav b n pr ut In fninte t degr·ee a t Washingout without any modification. The 'first announcement \ 11 In t 60 r tn pr din y ars, the passionate in the Liberator outlined the spirit which prevailed In bUnt\ d ru h to slaught r and ruin would have been preall his work. " nt d. "I will be," he said, as harsh as truth, as uncomWhat v r In r a. ed 11r judie and pa ion in the promising as justice. On this subject I do not wish n rth t nd d to In r a the unreasoning, obstinate to think, or speak, or write with moderation. No! No! d t nnlnation of th ~mth to let nothing interfere Tell a man whose house Is on fire to .give a moderate with It "dlvin In UtuUon." alarm; tell the mother to rescue moderately her baee t pton ln l lr In bl novel "Manna a " make more from the fire; but urge not me to uc:e moderation In a roal th n n · bl lory can do tll · inten lty of feeling cau e like the present. 1 am in earnest. I will not nd our ..; nln ·of tll plantation ari tocracy in equh'ocate, I will not excu e. I will not retreat a th y rs p lng lh '~ r. s:l.ngle inch-and I WILL BE HEARD." The el b f nom! intere t.s b tween an indu How such words thrill the blood. trlnl cl t . hundroo f y TS out of date and the norSurely none of us are strangers to the feeling which mal n ml d \' lopm nt of the north ju t l)ringlng made him say again: "The apathy of the people is tnt · a gr t rorld epoeb, ra inevitable.. The onder enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and I that th parer or til .1 ,·oc:raey ndu.rid as long as to hasten the re urrection of the dead." n did · nd bow ueh errlm t:rength in its death It is not easy to be in earnest and still be cbarltable. ppl • Garrison did no make tbe attempt. Wben Willlam tU bu in 1 63 1tlS the erl i in truggle for Ellery Channing came out strongly against slavery and . ' ttm ootween t" u of illdustrlal cl illaation.. yet said that there should be ympathy for the Southhi. " ' doomed· by every la of urvi .._ ~ tbat the - lave-ownenrvbo opposed Slavery Th lQO of the ~ ere ~c. bu the desen-ed eredit. Garrison denounced bim as a .(Jimmer m.l'rk of Pftjo.dic:e_ ~ 011 and ental madne and time sen-er. bn.neh tnd_t hi need no hue grown in �153 The Western C·o m r-a de ' Instead of appro\·ing ·or Southerners who opposed slavery, he sa¥}: "I will not make truce with them for a single hour. I blush for them as countrymen, I know they are.,..not Christian. Their position Is mere hypocrisy. They are dishonest and cruel. God and hie angels and devils and the universe know they are without excuse." It was against the law to free slaves In most of the states further to the south except they were transported to another state. Many slaves would have begged to be kept in slavery, fearing the unknown conditions of freedom. Yet to Garrison, there was "no excuse" for anything but Instant emancipation. Harriet Martineau, ardent In her work against slavery, protested at Garri son's severity; many others did also. Margaret Fuller excused him. "He has need to apeak loud ," s he said. "He has so long been cal!!ng to dear people." "Why Brothet· Garrison," said the young Unitarian preacher. Sam uel .J. May, coming up to him after a street speecli, "you are all on fire." . "I have need to he," he answered, "for 1 have mountains of ice to melt." ' It was this same preacher who answered when Channing protested thal the anti -slavery movement was rough and harHh and unwise In Its methods : "We are not to blame that abler and wiser men have not espoused the cause. It is unbecoming in abler men who have siood h~· and would do nothing to complain of us be('ause we manage this matter no better." Channing took the rebuke and acted as best he could hut could not a lter greatly the methods of the move- . meut, Emerson spoke with the clarity of the seer be was. No one can look today with less passion upon the posnlon of the Southerners than he did during all th fury of those l.Jittet· decades. With startling penetmllon lw sa II' the likeness between chattel and wage s laverr. " H e who does his own work trees a slave," he afflrmed. "He who does not his own work is 1\ slave holde r." "Two tables in ev·ery house. Abolitionists at one and sen·ants at the other." "The planter does not want s laves; no, he wants his luxury and w!ll pay even this price for it." Such wisdom, howe\'er, was little adapted to direct the nt·dor of the time into practical channels and so the hammer and tongs metllod of Garrison dominated the great movement that sprea'd far and wide through the land. That its appeal won as many as It did shows the contagion of an idea. · · Phillips had a glimmering of the law or class self int r st. He said at an early day, speaking of the difficult! s of the work : "We have to make men intere ted, Indignant, Elllthusiastic for others, not for them- · s lv s." "I do not believe we shall see the total abolition of slavery unless it comes in some critical juncture In national affairs when the slave, taking advantage or a crisis In the fate of hi master, shall dictate his own t rrus." · . H did not realize that the north would use that enthu ·iasm and indignation to give force to Its material inh>r • ts. ltlter the chattel slave nor the wage slave wer enough awake In those days to make themselves felt In the . struggle. It was only the master classes which held the Jevet·. "You make sentiment, we use It," aid eward., the Republican, to the abolitionists. Alas. it is too true that much of the "sentiment" that et hundred of thou ands of men at each others throats acros Mason and Dixon's line was made by men that b 11 v d in peace. . Ala . th freedom earned by the sword was followed by wage sla\·ery and "white" slavery well nigh or quite ga~e as detH<>r&ble as ' y 'that preceded, while the war a n Impetus to a form of capitalism more arrogant and merciless th.an has been found in any other country In this i)eriod or plutocracy. ~ ·• Praise qr blame have little rational place in historical judgments. But halos unwisely placed may lead to present blunders. William Lloyd Garrison will always be a name to conjure by in his ardor and persistent devotion, but his wisdom and spirit will be questioned ·more by tbe future than they have been in the past. . Merit cannot be measured by martyrdom. The man who gives way passionately to denouncing evils Is not likely to see the surest, quickest path to freedom from those evils. Has not the time. come when unswerving loyalty and deep feeling can go hand In hand with clear-sighted, practical judgment in the applied science of social progress·? Has not the sense of evolution and social law brought enough of B!lnity and insight to make the Garrisons of today retain the unfaltering devotion, the unyielding persistence, the consecrated ardor of the earlier struggle, while keeping utterly free from the bitterne13s, the obs tinate fanaticism and the scorn of practical exP.edlency which made the splendid zeal of great hearted men dubious In resu.Jts? A study of the spirit and methods of the tens of thousands who are on the firing line in today's struggle for industrial freedom will show that the social science of Karl Marx has brought just this new phenomenon l.n human history. It shows masses of men moving together, year in and year out toward a clear goal, by wise, practical paths, as free from malice as from compromise. Such a spectacle the progress of industry and of thought has made possible. The Garrisons of today· will succeed without the blind, blundering an$1 methodless ardor which was probably inevitable in the earlier time. No needless, purposeless, fruitless Gettysburgs w!IJ divert the sure progress of the approaching years. THE TWO DYINGS By Margaret Widdemer I can remember, once ere I was dead, The sorrow and the prayer and bitter cry ·when they that loved me stood around the bed, Knowing that I shpuld die. · They need not so have grieved their souls for me, Grouped statue'Jlke to count my falling breath; Only one thought strove faintly, bitterly, With the kind drug of Death: . How once upon a time, unwept, unknown, Unhelped by pitying sigh or murmured prayer, My youth died in siow agony aione, With none to watch or care. WEIGHING IN As they passed a street scale one day a wag handed this to his English friend: "To find out how heavy you are get a weigh!" The victim couldn't see the joke, though his friend was hugely amused. However, thinking that It must have been a good joke because or his friend's amusement he thought to try it on aft. acquaintance_ He sald: "Say, old top, If you want to find out how much you welgh, all you have to do Is to m~e over." �/ The We s tern Comrade A K F. STO E. A Sculptor By GORDON NYE With a Message a dreamer. His .fine nature utterly unsuited him for the 'Gi::iii R Hf!; subject or this sketch Is one ot the "bard, grinding, shrewd and crafty commercial life of most thought-compelling of the small but steadily growing band or sculptors, this age of dollar worship. He was a lumber-merchant artists, and poets who place moral Ideal- · and though he struggled manfully to succeed without sacrificing his high principles, or lowering his ideals of Ism abo1•e all material consideration, integrity, he finally failed financially and when Frank and who arc willing to make great sacrlllces In order that they may be tru·e was but three years of age poverty took possession of his father's home. Early the child was compelled to to thell· Ideals of justice and thus true toil long hours to help in the battle again t starvation. to the high demaqd or their spiritual Stone's youth was rendered bitter by pinching povnature. The sc·u lptor, IUl a servant of idealerty; yet the Angel of Beauty did not wholly desert her own. His imagination was fed as by a perpetual but iRm and interpn•ter Of the SOUl 6( beauty feedS the lmaglnutlon with Jl l' ing ..wahidden spring, even amid ter; and baiTing the joy that gloomy and soul-deadening ill hor·1i of th e lo1·o for environment. · \\' hen ever he idNI I llfP, hi R WOrk yie ld!> could snatch a few momoro p11 r (' an d exalted ments· he s trove to picture p)oaHIII'o than aught else some of the beautiful know n to man. l~tl p ec lall y images that haunted his Is thi s tru e when the at·tiAt brain. underHtandH and dlss cts One day a we ll -known the ca11ses of our social artist saw some of young wrongs and uses his skill Stone's chalk-drawings and and imagination to Influ insisted t h a t t h e work ence th e Hlow - thlnk lng mlls h o wed "the sculptor's llonR, hand." From that day Stone And thl ~ Is exnc tly what came under the instruction l~ rank F'. Stone, Los An of Richard Belt, sculptor to geles, sculptor and SocialQueen Victoria. Here was Ist, Is doing, the longed-for opportunity, Llko Gerald Massey th and though. circumstances poet, Stone learned to think compelled the youth to toll seriously and fundamenta-lly early and late. he managed after he hurl fall en und er to give the necessary time the wheels or Ca pitalism, to his new work. Gerald fn ssey, It w111 be As the months passed it l'emembered, when n little seemed that fortune had at s ickly boy was forced to lalast claimed the sclptor for bor tout·t en hours a day her own. Many eminent amid tht~ unsanitary en· men came to his studio for vironment of the English sittings. . Gladstone. Cardifactories, In a dcspemte nal Manning, M1·. Stanley, battle to keep th wolf of Mrs. Booth, Lord Tennyson starv~tlon from the wretch ~ and many others of England's most distinguished ed little ho.me. It was seelug a.ud feeling all the bit men and women sat for the terness ~nd horror or exsculptor. Seldom has fortt·eme poverty, when it e.tune smiled more genially lsts side b y s i d e w tt h upon a favored son than Site wealth swollen to abnormal smiled at this time upon the young sculptor. pvovorUo.us by Injustice, But his health · failed; l>l'hHege and cor-ruptiou never robust, hle bad drawn th.at called toxtb ma.ny of Ms mo t powerful aud eon~ too heavily on his reserve sctence-arresitng poems, strength and pbysi.cians or"TH E WORKE R." It takes tb.e lasb o{ adideredl him to move to a verslty, tb.e goal o.! b.unger country where the air is puue-, dry and sunny. He sold hts househofd belong!Jngs to awake~l! most o~ us to a rea.l!ization or the (ruil!s O:f andl set out for Canada. l.alter Mr. Stone removed! to ~1;1Ju.sUce a>ndJ iuequall~y and! the- morat .uesponslibilltY Los Aillgeres, h!ich has been his h0me for tile last thirdexolviug ou every lUli to tb.lnk ea.ruestly and! (\mdatneutal1y o.o. a>U poUHca1 a..o.di eCOJlOm.lc problems·. In teen yeaus. ome oe the Sli!uEptor's creations that impress; us. tb.ls respect ~'rank li'. St0ue wats n.o n.ceptiotll to the rule. as especiallly fine are: '"t'lle Wm;ket,'' "The Agony o11 M11. ~o~ wa borOJ ~ London, Ehgtand!. · K'ts fBltheli the Ages," urundl '"Fhe Two AmbLilians." was a lllAD 0t ediu.ca.tiou and refi.n.emell!t, an id:elllliist Bind II �Th e Western C o_m r a d ~ 155 ment of "The Two Ambitions," to llfe-stze tn marble. The piece is to be placed in front of a. New Jersey churcf whose pastor Interested. his members In the artist s "sermon in stone' by preaching a pulpit sermon tbe'reon. • Another powerful piece of work is "The Agony of the Ages." Mr. ~tone's fiye line poem glves h[s theme as figured forth lrr the composition: ':The age-long, blind, dumb Agony of Life G~ve glorious Knowledge birth. Then pain and strife Took meaning; and to Knowledge, Love was born; Love that is wise to will and to foresee Sull'e•·ing's assuagement in the time to be.." The three figures in this work represent "Agony," "Knowledge" and "Love" as set forth in the above poem. And of the symbolism employed tb'e sculptor has this .to say : "It is not without deliberate design that l have given the 'Agony'-Qstenslbly a female figure-a very masculine aspect; the thoughtful beholder will understand. Nor is it without meaRing that the balance of 'Equity' is dependent from the engine of judicial vengeance, with the very Bo!>k of the Law Itself throwing it ou\ of poise. This presents the artist's Idea of the ever-present though oft disclaimed presumption of guilt against the victim. "The concentration or introspection depicted In the pose of 'Knowledge,' who, bending over her scroll, (Continued on next page.) "TH E TWO AMBI T IONS." "The Worker'' is a powerful and suggestive creation. It is a figure that commands respect and to us represents the ideal worker-strong and masterful and with a mind that can think. Ju referring to this work Mr. Stone has written the following descriptive lines: ~· what makes h ? Everything-yet Rh iftless goes; Omnipotent well•nigh, yet-crass of brainHis chiefest work on drones and cheats bestows, Whil for himself he weld.s an endless chain." His fine and original creation, "The two Ambitions," is the r snit of many months of mental effort. Commenting on the work an Ea'ltern magazine says: "How well do s th Sltlek self- entered figure represent the «:'!:Wist who. through w alth, the assumption of divine right. the accid nt of birth, or the sword of force, seeks powpr, prestige and advantage over others! And equally f hc!tous i the type of noble humanitarian who, lhoughtless of s If and unwilling to rise alone, has fixed his eyes on the heights to which he is rai,ing his wpakPr broti1er. Here ' e have epitomized the heart or Lh gr at struggle now raging throughou t the wo•·ld." fir wa~· of argument to tb<! work Mr. tone has written the following lines: ''Two ends in life two eag r souls pursue: One bent on rich , one on helpful deed; One's aim dominion, one's the good and true.. Achie,·ing but to en-e the common ne~d." .:\egotlations are now 11raceeding for the enlarge- " THE AGONY OF T H E AGES." �156 The Western Comrade The Toiler and His Hire--' .,.. are confronted with large issues in these days. We are told that the country cannot be saved unless we can have physical valuation or railroads. We \ T/ ~ are told that we must conserve our natb.~ ural resources. We are ·told that we must reform the currency and that we mus't do this imd do that if we are to be saved. It requh·es no remarkable sagacity to understand that we must do something- for it Is easy to see that something is the matter. l'e rhaps nothing has so clearly driven home the fact that something is the matter as the figures just gathered unde r direction of th e United States treasury department for use in assessin.g the ne w income tax. Many are aware that srutislics relating to the ceonomi c condition of the people are none too reliable· at times. !Jut the frtct that th ese figures are to bel'\'e as th e lm s is for th e levy in g of a tax seems to give to them a rc•asonaiJLe assurance of accuracy. Two great pyramid s are developed by these remarkable figur es. On e pyramid is large at the base, taperlug upward to a peak. Th e other is inverted and rests upon itH peak. One pyramid represents men; the other re presents dollars. Tho income tax is based upon yearly incomes, so, of necessity, these figures deal with yearly incomes. It would b.e more fitting, in th e majority of the cases errumerated, to speak of eamings, rather than incomes, for we have come by common usage to look upon an income as ' someth ing lhat comes without having been earned. And the Jlgut· s are ample proof that the majority of persons earn the mon ey that comes to them- and more. .And now Jet u s look at the two pyramids, · Persons Engaged Average Income 37, 15,000 .................................. $ 601 r.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'!!!!!II E W m 126,000 178,000 53,000 24 ,500 ' 10,500 21,000 8,500 2,500 550 350 100 ........................ .......... .............................. ~. . .. .......... ¥.................... .. ............ ,................... ........... .'. :................... ............ ...................... .................................. ........................ .......... .................. ................ ................. ..... .. .......... .................................. 4,500 7,500 12,500 17,500 22,500 37,500 75,000 175,000 375,000 750,000 1,500,000 Capltallsm in a nutshell! ·,,...,. {Continued from preceding page.) turns her back upon Superstition as symbolized In the sacl'iflclal tripod and the Jupiter--ls thrown into marked contrast by the hopeful, farseeing gaze of the 'Love,' who, for her part turns away from the Implements of war." Mt·. Stone is ·exhibjtlng by Invitation some of his s maller works at the Ghent Exposilion in Belgium, and among the number is his bronze medallion of Clarence Darrow. This work is one of the sculptor's latest and finest creations. * * * It will not be sut•pri ing If the time comes-wlren he at·t - lovi ng chiz.ens of California and the world who ha\'e patronized Mr. Stone will find the works they ester M. Wright .. . · The great mass of people get a vel'Y little. Tde great mass of wealth goes to a very tew: lt fg not the man who has brains to create things who .- is reward~. The reward goes to the man Wibo has brains that enable him to take away from the man wbo creates. In ro~nd numbers, thirty.e!ght mitlion people get an average annual wage of $601. O:n.e hundred get an average annual income of a million and one-halt doJlars! , Scattered along between th~se two cl&.sses are those who are between the upper and the: nether millstones, either climbing one way to become exploiters, pure · and simple, or going the other way to become complete victims or exploitatiOn. I For there is no explanation except the explanation of exploitation for such a condition. No one wUl contend- at least not In public-that there are in this country one hundred men who are capa.b le of honestly earning one and one-half millions of ·dollars ln a year, sustaining the effort y·e ar after year. So we find that the great mass of the people aPe producers, while the 'ver:; small minority gather in the product. While the people who are really useful to the country, by virtue of the fact that ::the.y. cr61lte tl:te things that the country n1JJSt laave ~to keep tt alive physically, are compelled ~to,.-exlst oq a r~turn& hat is s tartlingly meager, t~e Httl~ ·handful of parasttt'cal peaocks strut across the land arrayed in purloined finery nd S\IStain.elr in every move they make by the prodct of · tltewarded toil. ;As ou stand off where you can get 11 good square look at the figures, things look rather· 'topsy turvy. Something big is wrong. Those who produce all the things we· haYe g!!t but very little for their labor. Those who produce nothing get a Yery great deal. The men an'd women- and children-who turn the wheels that produce the grist are not getting the grist. Now the idea that we must have currency reform and that we must have phy sical valuation of railroads and federal control of this and tbat is all very well. We must have a lot of things. But the great trouble about that Is that so very, Yery many of the people who are clamoring for those things do not know why they are ne-eded, or at best do not recognize the tru e need: Th _ real need for all those things that go under the general classification of reforms is to be found In the big fact that the ereasury department bas tardily uncovered-that fact being one long known to ocialists and some ·few others who have cared to listen to what possess valued fat· beyond the cost to them, for in our land the men of imagination, the tri.te artists, poets and dream rs- who stand as -plon ers -of ·'the"!greacart that is coming will be more and more apprecialJ!d. Ere long their creations will be treasured abo.ve price as the works of the advance-guard in the awakening 9-f the great art-spirit of America. Frank F. tone belongs to the army of emancipa tion. He is 'doing a work fur our time not unlike that which Massey and Mackay accomplished in the Eugland or the forties. The hope of the world- the hope of the human family lies in such men- men who fully r allze the moral obligations they owe to the cau se of just! ana humanity -an-d \vlH) are noble enough to rise above selfish consideration and devote their lives to the advancement of their fellow men. �15 Tbe Western C.omra.de the Socfallsts; bad to sar-that ninety per cent of the people do the woTk ot the world while ten per cent of the people own the wealth of the world. Out of 38,240,000 .per11ons covered in tbe the treasury department :figures, 37,81&,000 have an average annual Income of $601 per tear. One hundred get a million and one-half. Outside or those two cluses not many remain. The middle class Is &mall-and growing smaller. Jr there were nothing else to be produced those fighres should Htand as argument enough against the status quo. But men who sought facts have been busy In other channels a.nd when all of the facts are presented the poor old cnpLtallst system has not a leg upon which to stand. For ln!ltance, the same government that gave us thos tlgures also tells us that the cost of living bas "one Ut> flfty -elght per cent In ten years! And It Is the t'Oflt ot living balanced against our Income that determines how we shall lfve. 'l'en years ago an annual Income or $601 would not have been regarded as productive of more than a bare existence. So, with the cost or Jiving fifty-eight Jl I' cent higher now, what shall we s~ of thut ' lncome? '!'he man In the million and one-half dollar class muy well look down from his dizzy heights. and exclaim with the S pal'lans of old, ''We s hould be lost If these men knew th ei r power! " And fur the man In the $601 class-all there !s for him to do Is to gather with those of his kind and Jearn Ili A JlOWel'. But, we hare not yet had all of the facts In the case. Let u ~ go on a little further and pile up a little more (' l·ldcnr against the sort of ayst m that puts a prellllum on a certoln bmnd of robbery. There Is something startling Yet to b told. We an:! Informed lly those who profit by the malntenatwe or undllluns as they are that the poor are tmor heca11se they are lucapallle of being rich and we are told thnt the poor ar puo,t· because there is a con~llut llY dect•easlng food BU llP~Y In the fa • of a constant- · ly lm:r•eo.slng population. In thus stat ments many def<'lld t'll llnd much sola and th y do indeed put llllUIY otnplaluer·s to rout with th lr hallow r a oning. t'lhttl' ,Jam s 'l'odd, Ph.D., Univer lty of Illinois, which, by th way, i not th Ro kefeller institution, but quite tl till\' rent on , brings rorth the facts that lay this ghost. Prof. Todd tells us that wliile there ar rr·om ten to tw n~ ml\11 us or 11 ople con tantly at the 11oVel't.Y llu tn the Unlt t1 tales .there Is a constantly g.t'o\ lng SUllPIY of food product with wblcb to ustain lit . J hall let Prof. 'l'odd tell th · tory.· H says: "J.~rom 1 60-l 10 pOJ>ulatlon trebled. But ad valorem taxi! · ht'Cl'eas d -el~ht-foltl- From 1 ?0-1910 genel'811 populat.t'on increased two and une-hal'f tl~· and persons engag< d h1 avkultu do~bled. But the produc -of agrlcultul'e lnc'l'eased t~ur and one-·b alf fold ln valuaUon. 'l'eC'ellt Cl"Oll r :pnrt .from the tU.ted tate:s ·De)1attnr n o'f A.grlcuh.u l'e 't at s tl1at for tbe la t It n ror fiifi~n YMt tlbe iPO'PUiaUon ot :th clvi.U:zed world, oexd"dtng Mll\ l1as b n lnel"ea:sJng t t'be rate of .albout !I per ~nt l'e1' :r But ihe production of ~tbe 1fl g1 a ~l'eal - wh.ell!t, ool1U, roats, cy and lb~~~rl'ey-.s'bo .s al'! aw•rag;e · ann la1 tncl'ea · 'Of albout '2.'5 p r oent. In {)'t~let· woN'Is, ifGod ~s 'OU1t. t'f1p'}lirrg ~o;pnla11llon a · a double 1'a't:e. ~ t l!'ea1t,v noo'kS 18'8 ~if' ttJh )):'1'0'b1em 10f itJh !flu1lu;re <rn1ght !be tro ttind m6U'th for 'OWl' rnonmou . tares 'l!lf ffo d, ift'ls't'ead of de. :pe'l!Ate1Y ~ mtJ'ing t0od t or nlllio:ns 10f ifam. .ti moutih . ~'tl fa:et, :a.'l"e -n: ,.. :a'b t -a.n o11m nt o·r n q11a'rt-e'f <o.f ihe ·a'ralb'le ~llll'ld lin JDiitr a , tes wm1~d mot <on ho~ tlhe ~·OTld~ Jfooa SUi>PlY- I "But these flt'Ots are taken from the ag;rtcultuw and! indoalrlal sYStem as theY are now, without. cous.tderin the posldbilltlea that jje tn soientlfic. Bgl'iculll.J'~. ®nverlflltion and i.nventiou. ' (lienee stand ~ a tOEI com~ p~tent senant behind heJ: wrangling, undelebred 'er • holding out resource , devices and reme.die.s tb,ey. ~ too stupid to see.' "The conclusion of th.e matter I that overpopul ~ _ tlon is not. imminent, and that from the stanclpoinl ot natural resources ours is a world of plenty, and po-verty is unnecessary. We are or should b enJoring an econ~ omy or surplus, not of deficit." The professor's conclusion is that If 10 000,000 Americans are starving it is pureh• ''because of human Ignorance, of bad politics and worse economics." The proof that there is enough for all Is abundant. None n~eds to starve. ALL COULD have plenty. None needs;to be enslaved to another. BUTThey do starve and they are enslaved. And the tew do pile up great hoardsAND'l'hat brings. you smash up against that classic phrase Invented by Tom Platt and used by many others since be fell from the zenith: ·· "What are you going to do about it?" When enough people know WHAT to do about It the doing wlll be done In short order. The trouble just now is that not nearly enough people have any Idea of what to do about it. The fact that we need to learn thoroughly Is that the entire system-all the economic wrong there Iswe shall find securely bundled up in a great, ramifYing net which Is called the law. The law gives certain rights to the owners of property. 1t prescribes certain things that owners of property may do to Increase their property. Abstract right has nothing to do· with legal right. Legal rights are the things that men can do and not run counter to .the Jaw. And, since much of our law was made when capitalism was budding-and even before that- it does not fit the present situation. It allows many things that should not be allowed. It allows many sorts of plundering that should not be allowed. In short, it allows a few men to take and own the product of many men. 1t allows slavery, In fact it not In form. The capitalist system has grown up ·under the law. What the capitalist does ·is legally right. Exploitation i legally right. Any lawyer will tell you that 1t is perfectly legal to hire a man for one-dollar to produce an artiele that co ts ten dollars. .A.nd when we consider that the form of production bas o cha..nged that many men are foreed to eek employment from a very tew men we understand why the man does work wortb ten ,. dollar while. he •e in return only one dollar. He H.A.S t'o. 'fihe eapltalist system stands upon law. 1t is tDnd ()f law. Jt understands a.U about ~- It (l()ddJes lt aniJ fu ters it and g.ets ilt interprde.d "''"easODaillr' anrl ofttim it fixed up JP110perJy 'in legisl1ltures. Wb n ·e understand :that ·we ee the ·work eut .out for u.s. Our 'b1g itask ls to cllan,ge tJhe law .o that lt will.l lflt n ol' il.lhe many :and ltihe .oondltions 11.1:nder wlh~Ch dleY lla!bor lll!lld i>l10duoe. · \Vi 'C8!IliDOt consider for a moment tlib.at tthere m~ ib·e rany 'Ot:h er \\WI!' 'OU1 ol' the .sit: The one rtihlng :at w ca.n <eonslder iis 'that o era ~ .%II. e1f.eot.. .!We rmu t ell. :at e eause-=.at :e oot <Of e ev~1. The ren:hl:ne -eo:onomic .sw t..em lis mooted .lin llaw. lLa must lbe cbanged. i.Ja\W iis cll~ed ~b..nougb 'Wlhatt ·we «:all mas �11J8 The Western Comrade volltkt. Tbu•, w must have polhlcal actton--revolutJonary volltlcal action. · ur ma blnerr of vrocJu(.'tlon !JI satis!actory. With • • wo •an and do produce all that we need. We a.r e etJnll n·ur lm(~rovlog our m thods of production. But wh n w ·om to DISTRIBUTION we lind the crime ot all hllltory, 'rh ' cavttalhlt proudly declaims that "the I b1>ror IH worthy ot hls hlr " and then proceeds to put th gr al •r 1111rt or th laborer's "hire'' In his own , 1.10 k • L~GA I.-LY . lJJstrlbutlon Is all wrong. Not that wages are too low, or the cost ot Jiving Is too high- not only that. The ntlro IIYHll m Is wrong. All WAGES are wrong. All Jlltofl'l1' Is wrong. All RENT and IN'rEREST Is wrong. J~m· I !11 through thos ag ncle11 that exploitation, or rohhor·y, •om ll, It ts th r that DI STRIBUTJON goes wr•ong. Jror <.IIHtrllmtlon Is not . simply loading things <m wagtlllli or tJ•alnH and tnkln~ th m to some other )llru•v. lllstr·thutlon IH g tUng the product to the people wli o lll't• to IIH It- but 't hnt lnvolv s more than wagons nnc1 LJ•nlnM. · I lnvolv 11 HOW MUCH gets. to th people who nro going to us lt. And rent, 'lnt rest and profit, fi iOI'It I hnn WO.KOUK un<l trains, det rmlne HOW MUCH IH tO Rill W 'th P OJll who us . 'f'hn Hnc•lnllst ront utlon Is that. v ry person Is pntlth•tl tu th • JH'odurt of his toll. That Is putting the mnltnr· r·uuudl y. In ra t th labor r will not g t QUITE nil. l•'nl' th ro will b a t w who will not labor, but \\ hu will Jl v In mfor· . Th y will b those who are lnc·upacltated tot· toll- not those who do not care to toll. 'l' h Roc lullst ont nllon Is that all things used colI t•tlv ly ought to b oil tlv ly owned and democratlc•nll ndmlnlst · ,. d. That at on !lmlnates the capltnl hH- lh mnn who llv s from the toll ot others. It ban e errone Jtom life excep those to pcodttce enohgh to maintain lite- and: ~o .are Willing i.t p..-o e<: from robbery those. who W1Ult to ~·ork and to U e "~\'ell I . means tbat UDder SoeiaUSln on might :produce all ou ar~t capable of producing v.ith no fear that some o.ne may take away from you any part of hat • ou produced. And it also means tbat yoa cotl]d take from no other person any ot that person's product. • We do need a lot of the things that the reformer tell us we need. But our REASONS are different. They are intent· upon so "fixl.ng" the old machine that it wlll continue to run. The Socialist i.s intent upon supplant~ ing the old machine with a new one under whlch the evils produced by the old can no longer be. For, so long as the old machine runs at aU it will produce its evils, to a greater 01: less degree and of those evils e are heartily tired and ashamed. Our conclusion Is that the laborer is worthy of:-~ot his hire, but his product, and that the exploiter Js worth nothing at all and we do not want him among us. We are intent upon revolution through political action. We are Intent upon rescuing the $601 class and abolishing the million and one-half dollar class. We do not want to divide up the wealth that exists, but we want to prevent the exploiters from forci.rig us to divide up with them that which we are y£:t to produce. The Socialist party JS the channel through which .we must work and the ballot is the weapon that we must use. The class that needs emancipation is the working class. The Socialist party is a party of the work. log class and when enough shall come to see their class Interests and to understand the way out of their economic difficulties the reward of toll will not be $601 a year. It will be whatever that toil has brought Into 'being. _. . . .ing a Socialist Film By FRANK E. WOLFE "Everybody melt ot.it on the conversation stutf till his Grace gives the answer to this puzzle," shouted a scalded iron molder whose naked torso and splendid BELO er. I pJt a swift t :u �, The We s tern Comr .a de 159 "GOO D NI G H T, DADDY," AT T H E MI L LIONA I RE'S HOME >~cenarlo when the director gav me the business on the sob stutT Sat'day." This in a hlgh_pltched pipy voice from a 60-pound prodigy who sat astJ'ide the ponderous knee of Wild Bill Hickok llke an English guardsman ~ it s his horse, and tickled that 11ust re and almost awful poraon In tho ribs. "Fade out. Fay." said a whit -rae d girl who had just been b11med to n cril'lp while tied to a practical stake In the willows along the north side of the Platte River. "lt'H this way," said th duke. "This western stuff is out of it. You can nil see clearly where that comes in. The main show under the big top Is the one In whl<'h we are portraying the maladjustment of the ecouomlc, lndu~:~t•·ial and polltlcal system under which we lll'e. This morning we worked out a. scene of heartrending po,•eJ't)', now wo participate in one of lavish wealth. II tl;u'Ough the picture we have made these !ltaJ'tling parallels. You boys and girls are doing a far ~:reater thing than you know. You are privileged to work In the t11·st great oclallst play ever put on the screen and I'd advise you to make the ma t of your ovvortunlty when you get lu on a scene. You feel this. as I feel lt. as far as yon understand and you should make it •·egis tel' to· the utmost of your abutty." "I'm going to do that," said tbe buckaroo who was tleeply imvressecl. 1 belong to that bunch. I wa rounded up and branded Joe Cannon out in Arizona two years ago." ''tm doiug my best." said a youth who had listened to the duke wLth. rapt attention. l don't like to have my <'M\ torn ott' but l'tn going to do a faH in that re- take of the sttHte stuiJ that wllL couvince the director that I'm s.loughed with a Jjlraetlcat pick handle." No. ge(\tie. bewHd wed readet·. this. couversation did uot tak:~ vta,ee ~u th& outdoor ann~x of a state asytum. l"' was in the property voem li>f the Occidenta~ MJott0n ~'lctu.ve studlli> in East Hollywood where hundreds af performers have been engaged In producing a Socialist . special feature film of four reels, and a number of shorter plays with diversified motives. Pr:>bably no motion· picture that has been produced In any of the scores or studios In Los Angeles has created such a profound interest among the photo players. In th e convention scenes, at the p~nlcs, In the senate scene and others where Socialists have participated, the pl'ofessional performers have been deeply Impressed by th.:! readiness of the comrades to make speeches. During the progress of the state convention scene speeches were made by two of the high-class performers in the cast after hours of travail In memorizing lines, whlle Stanley B. Wilson, Fred C. Wheeler and \VIlilam Mountain made Impressive extemp.oraneous speeches without an Instant's }Varnlng. The fine speech of Chri tlan B. Hoffman was an event of great Importance that will long be talked about by the hundreds of performers who then heard their first Socialist speech. In the scenes enacted by J. ·sutt Wilson only one brief rehearsal lasting less than two minutes was neces..ary, and the acUon registered was excellent. Among tho e who have "acted'' under my direction none has b~en more natural, tberefore more convincing, than Job Harriman, Clarence Darrow, H. 'A. Hart, T. W. 'Williams. Emanuel Julius, Cyrus F. Grow, Frank Belcher :\nd HteraUy thousands of Socialists who have been in the great scenes and whose devotion and enthusiasm will bow dl tinctly ·on the screen with the production of the play," From Dusk to Dawn," a por trayal of the world-wide class struggle. AU of the scenes are completed and the exhibition of motion picture No. 1 only awahs the comp[etion ot posters and a few mrnor details to show the crunliades aU over the wMid a ~Uon: pictume de-picting same or the sUrrtng scenes tl'lat d'eveioped into an acute stage [n Southern Ca£Uornta during the past two years. �The Western Comrade he Awakening Of Georgia . By N . A. RICHARDSO l:~!!:::~~;tVr~N tomnambullstlc Georgia Is awakulng under the stress of -modern ece"' nomic conditions. But Georgia is still burdened, especially among the older m mhcrK or her society, with the idea that those who work are either slaves or poor white trash. That real, Jfve, thinking, UJJ.LO-date, American citizens Hhould he l!tJ KIIged In manual toll Is to them uuthtnknble. One of thh1 11t.rlpe of her Inhabitants htLH juHt doHccJ a t ·r·m aK governar and his parting blast to lhu llMHf•miJIIng leglilature wtJJ contribute materially t o th o ur·unHing or t.h lnhorlng masses of the South and 111 !hnlt• nl11(nmont In th l'llnks of the Indus trial revolutlonii'IIH. It Is woll. · · 'l'h t• outgoing !!OVPI'IlOI', ,Jos. M. Brown, ls a fine IYPI• or tiH• l:imrlhcrn gontl man, but he has about as IIIII I• It or CL I(I'IHI P or I h s ignificance Of· the events Of tmlu alii hnH u. t~ ltlld . Th o t1·emendous economic class H J' UK!oflt• lhnt h1 1111 mpltlly ngulfiug the whole world f\11 lli'V (lJ' liM!ll'o hns nny other, has no more meaning to him tl111n hnd th o Mll!sourl ompromlse to Ills counltoJ'tmn In 11120. III H hit ll'l' lllntrlbo Is lnnn ·b d against that now 1\llliO~I ohHOIPit' 111111 l ouNt e ftl cl nt expression of that MI I'UMI<\11'. tIll' t' l'llft 11nlonR. In ull of which he and the Kolllh , 11 11 \11111111, nro Hom o decades IJ hind In the race toll'lll'tl t·lvlll :mllnu . H o hiUI llttl thought that what Is l'l'ttll,l' t·omllllo: nt u 111111'\'QIOus pace will mnke that form or nl'lolllll hmtlnll took llko hnrml €'811 Innocence. l•'tu· t wn ~· t•li i'H this num 1111 b n governor over a 1{1'\•H II'r flt•l' t'l'lll or whltl' t~la\' 11 In th p rsons of little t•hl ltl t't'l\, pout', oi.JI'tlll'nt WI' tch s, too helllless and Jltll\t'l'h•lll-1 Ill tlt•l\' nd lhl'lt' t•lghts to th sllghtest degree, t hl\11 t'Xltlll-1 nu~· wh t• t't' l'l e In America if not in all 'hrltll\'tltlnm. 1'hough hi' grow s loquenl in his "deft'IIHI' or hill' nnd nrder," we hear not a word in denun_ lnthlll of this numsn·osit~-. lint WhNI tlw nbl .lmtllod ml'n of his realm refuse to Huhmlt to t'nulltlons thnt tho old owitf'rs could not 1\ITill'd hi lt\lllOSI.' \lllOII lh h• hlll\\1111 lii'OJlert.y, orgaulz.e, , n·ll~t' nml 1 H~· show lht'lr h•t'th (''" u to a relati l'ely modt•l'!lh• ''~'11:1'\'1', this 1'\.'lm:-st>ntall\' t' of catlltalism at Its Will', 1 hl'\•nks f 1rth in h•rms so vi lou tb t only llt•t·iolllt'·nl. of lht lltl'llll' f th I.o.! An le<> Tim will 11,1\ t' him s1 t'l.' ~~ an~· n, hlernbll' distan«> from holm'. It l'\•ntls mud\ Ilk~.> tht- old on lnu~hts or the .. utbern ''"'"'" l"-~h\. t th ah 1lhlt nist,· 1d. In tbt' end, will 111 IV\' j11. 1 '-''1\\111 S df~ th'l', '\'hi' ~ \ '1'\\\ll' tliat tht> labor uni n.· ron titute th'' tml'l t ' ldt us tntst In At wori\' and that: • uclt a th'\ ''' '1111\\'1\ \ is <WI lUng to el r~- I \'er of tbe I w _ '"let. \•t lt is \\II ''''~ ·t •~· n ~ ·hkb tell mon:> vh idl\" th tb<\t tht' lall>l.'r ualon bl:llds it. U higbll'r tb:ln the l:A\\," l\\11 l '' ..us ~ ti"""~ to dL rn tb~t it · tbe 1\\\it:a\i''" f t ~l\italb.t.· woo • aE HIGHER '\'U, , ' '\'Ul\ l ... \\' t t ''" tbi.:bina.t' of tb nl.." - a l h:a;,· ·~ root "~" h~ ' he means-which he does not-the system of capitalism that be is upholding, he bas put the · matter very pointedly. And be tells us: "There are upward of two mll.lions of people In Georgia who look with no patience upon the continuance of conditions which leave their basic rights In life at the mercy of the star chamber of the labor unions." The governo(s figures are somewhat extravagant, but It is doubtless true that a majority of that state, ' led by such blindness as he manifests, still prefer the star chamber of the employers, of the men who enslave even the babes "or that commonwealth and who, if left to their own foul practices, would, maintain a state-wide system of peonage that would shame the darkest helJ of the old chattel slave holders. But you are helping to waken your people, governor, and ere long they will car_ry more enlightenment with them when they go to the polls. This political light seems to deplore the fact · that during the last decade the workers for the rallway11 of the state h-ave, through the medJum of unions, raised the wages an average of $105 per annum per each employe. Evidently the railroads think the unions are bad things and their opinions may be more or Jess reflected In the words of the governor. No, governor, the struggle is on. Your state Is ex_ periencing but the prellmin.a ry phases of it. When It ls ended, t he system that you are endeavoring to bolster up will be as foreign to our civilization a s is another that you probably fought for in your youth. The wo~ld moves and all your bombast cannot prevent it. The methods of its moving may appeal to you as crude, cruel, or e\·en anarchistic. You heard much of the arne sort of a ccusation when you were a boy. But it kept mo,·ing. "NO-SURRENDER OATES" By Frank Taylor .. It was blowing a blizzard. Oates said: 'I am just going outside, and I may be some time.' He went out into the blizzard. and we ha\·e not seen him slnce."Tbe Diary of Captain cott. It was not in the fury and the foam, The swift, eanh-shaklog tumult, and the shout.. Of dose-knit squadron riding bard and home, Tbat he went out. For him no trumpets called •·itb jubilant blast. Onlv the ioe-wind' e\"erlastiog moan: Alone into the solitude be passed, Yet not alone_ For joyfnlb' the long line of bi oeers. Yost joyfully those lallcb old bands aad tme. Wbieb rode at Balakla~ in far yean;. And Waterloo. WartnnJ;. and Paardt>blo-rg. and Den.ingeo. Watdaro him go out inro the deaihly wildA_v. many q,liant souls of mighty DIE'f .- tmtL and smiled. e the lark!E'Y DUll lllDI1 thE> llaml_v ~ug :U>~? ol a Wii5e old .,.-L ~ EllO'IId! to �T h e Wester n Co m r a d e 161 The Truth Ab6ut .the Canal , . By· IC.IE BOWDRY . ~~~===;"~ HIS is not an attempt to write a tech_ nlcal treatise on the Panama Canal nor the philosophy of Socialism, but simply an effort to present conditions as seen at first hand. Every informed Socialist knows that governme nt ownership does not mean Socialism, although we advocate It as a means to an end. Where Capital rules, government \l;;iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii;;;;;!l ownership is exceedingly dangerous, and can be used by the mone~· class as a bulwark behind which they may hide and carry out gigantic schemes of who lesale robbery. When the people nile in fact Instead of theory then go ve rnment ownership rnay be a real lJeneflt. Clippings from se1·eral newspapns have made much of the "canal zone as a l;'oclalist haven." The canal zone as an argument for go1·ernment ownership as adl'oeated !Jy the Soeialists is all tight, because in this g-reat work every d!! partment of life has come under g-orernment contt·ol and no\\·here hal'e \1·agf' worket·s ilef'n so w<>ll cared for. But to call the canal zone a "Socialist haYen" · is ahsurd, and ouly capitalistic newspapers print such stuff. \\'all Street rules in America. and it is well (• nou gh for papers, representing money interests, that. arc drawing fat dividE>u<is from sales made to the pur··hasing- department of the Isthmian Canal Commission, to talk "Socialist hal'en iu Panama," but the clearhPaded comrades ou the joh know Wf' . are e njoyin~ militarism, not Soeialism. The administration is the antipode of S6cialism. T~is ·a one . man control here that outclasses anything of its kind in the world. All r·redit is due th e chief en gi net-r because of his hrmid a nd just treatm e nt of the questions that naturally arisP in the Intricacies of this great work- but the fact rema ins his word is absolute and flnal in el't-rything. He has the power to say whether a person shall or s hall not live in th e canal zone. Auyone whom he tonsiclers und esi raiJle Is deported a nd a re turn to the i~thmus means a term in prison. 1\t>.('ently a young man returned after lJeing deported and had to stand trial and was sentenced to one year in the canal plison. I do not know his offense. but (·t>rtainly if he is a dange rous character to be abroad in Panama it. is playing rather a nasty trick on America to burden her with anothe r criminal at large. Anothe t· feature o1·erlooked IJy the catlitalist writers an1l th eir "Socialist haven'' is the fact that the men doing the actual work- the common laboret·s- receive 10, 16 and 20 cents an hour. (See Official Handbook.) Handbook .) J<nowing the West Indian lahor, and considering the rlifl'erence between thest> slow-witted blacks and th eir more highly developed co- workers, there appears to be a very good reason und er the circumstances for the s mall wages. This, however, cannot be said to be a llplied Socialism. But there is a brighter side. This Is the world's ~-: realest example of go1·ernment owners hip. and th e ~ uccess ful administration of every phase of lite und er !.:oyernment control foresha.d ows the better way advo•·a ted ll.y Socialists. The methods followed 1n caring for the people is 'decidedly Socialistic In tendency. Instead of the usual unsightly shacks of a contractor there are comfortable homes-clean, well ventilated, suitably furnished, with electric lights and baths, all free. Considerable attention has been paid to roadways and beautifying the surroundings in each village. The streets usually follow the contour of the hills, this being a 'rough country. The houses ar·e built about twenty feet apart, and all painted a dark slate with white trimmings; this makes a mos t pleasing background for the luxuriant tropical plants and also relieves the monotony one might expect to flud In a village where the houses are all alike. The method of one great· r ceiving and forwarding station. which supplies s ingle stores in each community and the order and system that tlrevails, is an ideal long held by the Socialists. In the American towns proper it is a relief not to see · hurrying grocery wagons and niilk wagons from several competing houses crossing and recrossing the same te rritory in endless duplication, adding all this extra cost to the price paid by the consumer. Under government control the same system Is used as In the deli1·ery of mail in American cities. Great wagons qrawn by a team of mules make regular rounds deli vering the supplies which had been order d the day llefore. Prices are about the same as In America, but we are a long way from the base of supplies. Bread making, laund ry, Ice and coffee-roasting plants are all located in Cristobal, ~vhich Is the receil·ing and forwarding station. All perishaiJle supplies are handled by a train of twenty-one cars that leaves that 11oint every morning at 4 o'clock. The Health Department of the canal zone is re_ nowned for Its splendid work in conn ection with this . great enterprise and is entitled to its share of glory in : making the big ditch possible. · Ah·eady calls are coming in offering flatte ring positions to the different ones who have been instrumental In transforming the isthmus f1 om the "pest hole of the world" into a com pa rath·ely healthy place. Yes, the Panama Canal is an argument for the Socialis t teaching of government owne rship, bul under a capitali~>tic government it is by no means a Socialist haven. The Panama Canal is Labor's achievement. TO A POE1' . \Vhen Thy \Vhen Thy ,. Margaret Root Garvin none besides was near to speak. s inging spoke to me ; Sorrow /\vas my only guest, grief was company. No lyric word or wis tful sigh Hath stirred thy lips fo1· long; Yet I do thank thee with my tears. Requite th ee with my song. - The L yric Year. Some of tht> Senaton; at " 'ashington . are hinting that If Woodrow Wilson does n't .stoq ~s mashing precedents, they'll take a hand at smashing presidents. 0 �162 The Western Comrade / FOUR. BITS Across the HallDRIZZLING rain was falling: The world seemed wrapped in a shroud of gloom. December's chill wind howled and moaned as the clock-bell sounded the early hour of four. The citya tired, giant monster, worn after toil and pain-was asleep. ,All seemed dead. A man was groaning in a dark, damp room . . Across the hall, In a cold, uninviting chamber, lay a moaning woman. He seemed to be an old man-sixty or more; and he coughed raspingly; and when he boug·h ed, th e bed-clothes re<;eived crimson stains. He was dying. The end was near. So~m. a yawning ': grave would swallow his 'withered corpse. Long had he. suffered, long had he felt the life in him ebb away as the cold hand of death s lowly closed about him. He could tight no lot.ger. He must surrender to the will of the destroyer. He gasped "I'm going-off!" And the woman by his side shook her tired head and mumbled: "Thank God.'·, All night, she had remained near him, wa)ting for the end. The woman had known him when he had been in the prime of life--strong, healthy. She had seen him fall victim to the disease of the poor, she had seen him grow paler and paler, thinner and thinn e r, weaker and weaker; she had seen him decay slowly-and now, she was waiting for the last chapter-praying that it would come soon. And, she was glad; she thanked God for His mercy. She wanted him to die--she felt it would be for the best- for himself, for his wife, for the world. ''I'm going-" "Good-by," she said, her eyes undimmed. "I wish it was me that was goin'-God knows, I wish it was me." "T-the priest-h-e--" "He was here at midnight-he can't come again-'' and under her breath she said, "Good God, striKe him quick ." She wanted him to go-she felt it was good that he should die. Her lot would be easier-no medicine--no more of the thousand worries. She didn't regret all her sacrifices for him, but she wanted them to end. She had suffered long enough. He had suffered too long. And when she heard the death rattle, she mumbled: "Thank God, he's at the end." He died. She calmly took a sheet and covered his head. And on the sheet she placed a cross. She then kneeled before the bed and prayed. Her prayer was one c;>f thanks. . She was glad he d i ed ! A scream! She rose to her feet and listened. Another scream! It came from across the hall. She>'· k new what that scream meant. \Vitb a glance at the covered form, she turned and walked from the room. A few seconds later, she stood at the side of another bed, on which lay a moan ing woman, soon to become a mother. From the room of the dead to the . bed of the life-giver was but a walk across the hall. ' She knew what was required of her. Her tiredness fell from her, and soon she became feverish . a·s she hurriedly served the woman. · And as she labored at the side of the bed, she thought. Her heart felt pity for this poor, sufferIng woman- a widow of but a few mouths, alone, helpless, poverty-stnlcken. She raised her hands and cried: "0 God! Why did you send her a baby?' T he Seeing Hands- * * ·* E \VAS a creator of th beautiful. \\ ith a chisel and a hammer, he composed wonderful poems and symphonilo'S in stone. His bands burned with the divine tire of genius; they gave exJlression to a soul that looked on beauty as the God of the universe. His hands took rough stone and breathed life into tt. All his life, he had been sending forth creations that inspired a \\:orld hungry for a r t. But, something in him c raved for the masterpiece- the artist in him wished for the Great Climax. �Th e Westecn Comr a de 163 ~================================================~ By. EMANUEL JULIUS He hoped for what, so far, had been unexpressed-the Great Climax. He knew not Its form; his Imagination could. not picture detail. It was somethlng beautifulthat wa!! all he knew. " I shall take my chisel," he said, "and let it go its course. I shall give my heart and my soul to my hands and let them make what they will. When my work Is bnded, I shall see what the Great Climax Is." He He.t things In readiness. He decided to forget everything but the Great Climax and give yeara, If need be, to Its birth. When he dellver·ed his first blow, the studio become dark; light became night; he could nc;>t see. His eyes were no mor.e. He was blind! The world mourned. His friends wept. "Art has lost much," they sighed. The artist was the only one who smiled. "\\'hat need have I for eyes?" he asked. "My eyes cann.ot see · what my soul Is struggling to ex press through my hands. I shall create the Great Climax-the beautiful masterpiece-" His friends feared his affliction had a!Iected his mind. "My eyes have already seen all that is beautiful-the. glorious sunrise, the immense mountains, the inughlng chlldren. They have seen all-they need serve me no more. My soul feels and my bandH shnll express. My hands see." He returned to his studio. The months passed. Years drifted into eternity. The artist became gray and old. But the fire In his soul was at white beat; and his hands worked tirelessly. At last, he felt the soul In him become calm. His hands seemed to see no more. "The Gr·eat llmax is here," he announced. "My masterpiece of beauty is born." And th n, he asked: "What have I made?" And hls friend answered: "You have made the most beautiful thing iu creation-a woman!" His Answer- * * * J.J SENT her a message, and she answered : · "Can the Sun love the Stormcloud? Can the Thrush Jove the Eagle? Can the Flower love the Desert? Can the Poor love the Tyrant? Ah, I Uve in the gloomy C!ive-you sing on the mountain Peak-we can never love!" And he answered: "Love ~onquers 11. The Sun is the mother of the Stormcloucl And the Stormcloud lets the l<'Iower make a Paradise of the Desert.. Love softens the claws of the Eagle and tbe heart of the Tyrant and gives tbe Paradise to tbe Poor. Love pours Jigbt into tbe .gloomy Cave and makes all thhlgs I?;OOd.'' She walked trom tbe gloom.y Cave :and climbed to tbe mountain Peak. Two vol~s now sing to the glory o'f the Dawn. The Conqueror peak '--' * * * AM IRing <ot 'Time, Ma 'ter o'f eatb, !Father of Life~ With a scythe in my hands, il walik in a 't~>orld as Hn1itless as pace, for 1 ':am King of Time. m watched 1Jhe .soldiers of &me go forth 'to o®quer all tba't. il1ves. [ saw ttbe soldlers of laome tall iby the Toadside. They .ave roo more. ll saw lt.'he Gl'eeks build a te:m:ple under the :sofrt., iblue :a:ky. [ saw the f;lorJous cohrm'lls ~~clh ~lP lfor ijmm~ta!lity-and ii rgaY at rt..o tll.em. .f1or I ,g'l~ .eter.na4 !He -e~y t-o tb:e bea-u'iJfut '[lhe '<'Onquerors bca-ve IWifbered rt nto motlhdT\gmess. The masters of men h'8.1'e -gone to dust. '11'he grea't have 1fall1en be't'ore an e. IF1or 1, KiD.g of mime, give :tnunort:a:licy onlY to thlng.J~ of beauty. · I Ob, OhildNm of Time, if you \Wo11.1d ijlv.e for.eve:r, 'build a temple or 'Bing A son,g! �, The Wester .n Comrade ,.....IF.r==~il.N AWAKENEIJ woman}lood, an organized' womanhood, a militant womanhood! • A womanhood tingling with life, ardent with 1•urvose, uplifted uy a new vision or ilK own destiny; drawn by a new Ideal, and sblldlffed uy a new perception or Its own power. That Is the womanhood of this century. · Tha snn'raglsts have lll;i;:.~r=~~ vole •d It most clearly • - thiH new dream of WOIIlilll, 1 hl H IIPW runetlon which she IH 1'1111111111~ UK h .,. own . "Beho ld," !111•y lll't• t~ uyluJ(, 111 subl!tnnce, •:"this IV(JI' (d 01' OIII' H, ll'fth all the wrong in lt. nn!l nil 1h<• Wl'<'lt:lu iln<>HII in It, yet wHh ull lt H JtOIIH ihllitii!H fot· happlnc•ss IIIII( fill' 111'11111 ~· Il l HI \\'!• hU \'C lic•vcr YIIL IIIII 0111' hulld ~ to Its IJUIJdlnl-(, III'VI'I' Yld 1-((1'1'11 0111' llllntiH to th (lllllllilll).( vigilance to see that· it is enforced. uch e.lforts these, with th~ir inevitable reslllts, wiU not long ptO\' satisfying to her, with her growing con lou n s of power and her faith ln the far-reaching effects of the new acti\-itles. She will sooner or later realize that tbe results she truly deslre were nothing short of r volutionary, but she has not considered a revolutionary program for their attainment. o(' II. 111'\' 1'1' ypl ll<!l. Olll' fl!'l'l'l•t•llng ol' It! Child hood IH l'ohht·tl of plnyllmc, youth of t•llilt'lllion , \\'Oil!allhOod of liOIIOI'. Had Wt• n fllll' l In t ht• mnklng ul' the world, hiHI 11 , . n purl. 11ow In th governing It, \\'t• II 011 111 IIOl HillY I' NU •b things t n hi', \\'11 do nut 111111 tho world ns It I H tu IIIII' lilting. \\'(' s C' It undPI'· llf l lll'l ~ Oil th~· ur ~otulnl( t'nll~llwt chnng(', rort•v I' grow- Into unothN, with thP chnnglng id 1\S Itt)( uut or olll' c•nndltlon 111 llt'<'UI'tlttll!'l' or mNt, 1111!1 now wo too would have a In tld ll t'm~hlonlug or th world.'' 'l'hnt IH lt. \\'omnn hn!! seen h<•r- ltl\t' t l!l•lr nt lmu 1111 n sodnl cr ator. This· IR lht• IIi'\\' ,.l,. lnn which Is Inspiring hor 111 ~· m· hl - twt 1\·ttr. this I the int'Nllln• whlt'lt 111 lnqt>llng het· to_ atJ- tm't' fm• h •rat•lf tllllt' l' In thl' ll:O\' runwnt or tho ,,. rid. • ~lw Jllll't'ost-ll t mnkl' or thl W rid llhtt•t> of bN\uty; Of clean 1111d m'dN·t~· t•ltlf.', ; n tllll t• where t'hildhot~~l ~ ·h I'( will h\:0 , ttfl.' ft• m e:-:t)joitatlon; , moth t•ltood wlll bt' sec:ur wlthln thi.' home : world fore\· r ""''' II f1 M RIO LOUISE ISRAEL,. Correspo Li~e ·n ent. State Womap•f: Com,..ittu Aln!aiiY tile labor moTement ~rlk ilft'tr as the c:-ll"t'ator of a ue.- .-orld-a splem~did slate clblal is to be- n sees the iadD-cuial d~ or the ruuarfJ!--tbe .,.,_ ire of it- OWIII heart. the ftJDrepltiou of its 0\lniB braiD. $i!C:1mt!!S a the c:-Jreatioo of ils o.-. on. The- labor 11111f"'emE:IIilt of tDda..T beaJrs; YiiiiDiD. illrelt the flllltOP'e Sfa4i. u a llll8daer anies hEr dliiW IIAieeatb liar ieftan. AM u e lliiiOlBaer ns~~~~S aiDd ~ of tlDif' rrmue or IM:r drild. IIJDr laliolr l!!llllln'EIIl!llemiU ti dnamaiq:: ~ ·'\'lllblalll t!B:U ue �T h e We s tern C_o m r a de state will be. It Is coming to look upon this civilization of ours as so much plastic material, which It will shape to suit Its will. Already It is seizing upon the present, out of it to create a fairer future. The dreams of Lati'Or are larger and more daring than the dreams . woman! . Here is no conflict of Ideals, no differentiation or purpose. Human activities are of two kinds, predatory and industrial. The savage man who lived by hunting and fishing was a predatory creature. So was the savage warrior. But the primitive woman was engaged purely in Industrial activities-caring for the sick and aged of her tribe, carrying on a rude agriculture, making baskets and earthern utensils, cooking the game which the hunters brought home-feeding and nursing and _ministering to her people. The performance of such duties brought no glory to the to1Jer, a s to the hunte r or wart'ior; rather whatever compensation she derived from her labor must lie in seeing her people comfortable and well cared for. The most significant dil'fere nce between the life of the primitive man and the Jlrimitive woman, the e.ffects·or which have jlersisted 'to this day, is this: be came in contract with his fellows as creatures to be outstripped in the race, to be o1·erpowered in combat. or to be s,lain In battle; she came in con tact with people as creatures to be fed, to he warmed. to be clothed, to be nursed, and to be sen ·ed. Through all the long ye~rs from that day io this, ot WO!!!_an's acti~es have been mainly Industrial-servIng people and supplying their needs. It thi!n she ls more humane than man, . this is why; If she is more. concerned with the supplYing of a people's needs than wfth the profits to be made therefrom, this is ~by; 1t ~she Is more Inclined to collective rather than bi.dlvid:. ual action, this Is why. A long process of eltminatlon, however, · bas been going on through the centuries-the elimination of the predatory instincts in humanity. Originally the workIng class was composed of the women, with a few aged ·men; to these there was added at first slave labor, confining great numbers of men to Industrial activities; feudalism and capitalism have swelle!f this army, until today only a limited number of men are able indulge in predatory occupations. The effect of this conlinement to Industrial activities is the same upon one human being as another; women can no longer claim as distinctively theirs the passion for human service, nor the conception of industry for the sake of satisfaction rather than profit. . Here then Is the field of woman as a social creatorto color the visions qf Labor with her own Idealism, to enter into all its planning and all 'its working-to be a part of it. In this way will she truly and effectually shape and mould the future state; in this way will she do more thp.n amend a law here and there, secure this amelioration, institute that change; In this way only will her work be fundamental and enduring. to Two Bills of Fare r=====~ NE of the worst features of the present high cost of living is that It is forcing down the standard of living of the people. Worse still it is defending lower ' standards. So we see apologists for the ~system advis-ing all sorts of crippling · · economies-economies that not only cripple the spirit, but will if followed cut down the physical and the moral fibre of the race. One of the most pemicious of these Is a recently written r eport by Mrs. \VInnifred Harper Cooley, National President of the Associated Clubs of Domestic Science, and published \\:ldely ......... This lady hpldly l.Jegins by offering her experiences as a model for working girls- and for working men, too, and then tells how she li ved on nine c~nts a. day for a whole week. She gives her Jist of provisions for the week: 1 -3 (12-lh. basket (S) potatoes .............. $ .05 1 mess spinach .......................................... .05 I loaf whole wheat bread ....... :................ .10 Cocoa (1 -:;- Jb. can) .................................... .10 Raked Beans ...... .......................................... .10 1-2 package natural rice ........................ .06 1-o Jh. oleomargerine .............................. .05 3 l.Jauanas .......... ........................................... .05 1 -3 lu. sugar ............. ................................ .02 1 rgg ................. .................. ................. : .03 apple .......................................................... .02 Q Total for food for 1 week. ................. $ .63 ::-:otice there is no meat and no substitute for meat; there is neither cheese. butter, nor milk, and hardly anything of fresh vegetables or. fruits. lt is in brief a diet that any fair-minded person with a knowledge of food values would unhesitatingly condemn. · 165 By . Agnes Downing Out of this she recommends two meals a day with such a menu as the following: Tuesday: Breakfast:_ nothing ; lunch-whole wheat bread, cocoa; dinnerone-half mess spinach, 2 potatoes, banana. True, there is such a vice as over-eating and to one who is addicted to such. a habit the foregoing diet for a short period of time, or for that matter an entire fast, might l.Je a positive benefit. But to offer this as a plan for working people to follow for a regular routine is little short of a criminal suggestion. Any reputable doctor or food specialist and the experience of the race itself regardless of special knowledge on the subject, say that there is loss of strength, and. physical d~billty follows with insufficient food, especially it the person be working. Mrs. Cooley even says : "Incidentally, I lost ten pounds of superflous flesh in one week." How about the spare built workers, ·most of whom do not have ten pounds of superflous flesh? They would lose their vital strength and energy, The report of the Chicago Vice Commission says on., page 200: "Laxity of moral fibre follows mental degeneracy and criminal acts." But it appears that the lackeys of big business care little for the results ~f only they can get their checks for writi.ng some plausible reason for "contentment or tile mass s"; and what better than a program for Jiving on nine cents a day. The scheme Is Impossible, of course. 1f adopted it would be destructive not alone of its followers but of our whole scheme of industrial society. ·what would become of production if people consumed only nine cents worth a day? And have we not the classic example of China with its [Jeople of few wants? They also have few po_wers. Proof that they who-offer this are accepting no such (Continued on page E7.) �166 The Western Comrade Labor Conditions, Past and Present By Fred C. Wheele~, Socialist Councilman, Los Angeles ·. I'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I T has· been my good fortune to be with the lalJor movement of the great South almost since its inception. I have watched It make remarkable progress. The changes that have been brought ·alJOut are indeed interesting to note. • In AJ>ril. 1887, in St. Augustine, Florida, we were tolling ten hours a day tor • $2.50 per day. An agitator came along !lnd s uggested th?-t we organize a union, which was done. The president and secrPtary of the new union were discharged from their employment, but within a few --weeks we secured the nine hours and an increase of twenty -five cents a day. IJI twenty -six. years' ex pe rience I have never known it to fail that where a recluf'tion of hours took place, the mep n•rf'i\'(•d a corresponding increase in wages. The history of th f' Pight-hour fight shows that, as a rule, c>lght -hour towns pay iJII pe r eent more than t en-hour placPH. · In thf' South they Raid: "It is no use to try to or~nnize here ; we ean not do anything on account of the ni~g('r s." "\'ery well. then we will organize them." This ha s been done to a considerable extent and with good results. Coming to San Diego In 1887, the union mPn WC'I'e receiving $4.00 for nine hours, while the nonunion men we re working ten hours for $3.50. In San l•'rancl sco In 1891 we fought for the eight-hour day and were s uccessful. The usual increase in wages followed. In 1893, Pasadena and Los Angeles Carpenters were victorious In their eight-hour fight. I was president of the Pasadena union at the time and walked the streets with the rest for several months. In 1894 the eight-hour convention was held in San Francisco. I was elected president of that body which in its activities was Instrumental In much good for the mo"ement. In 1903- 04 I acted as organizer for the American l~ederatlon of Labor aiid the State Federation. During that time I organized over sixty unions and added over 21,000 members to the State organization. During this time the big strike In the beet fields at Oxnard occurred. About nine hundred Japs and six hundred MexIcans were being made slaves of by the. Western Agricultural Company. The men organized two unions, which were governed by a joint board of directors. The fight las ted about two months aud ende!} in a complete victory for the men. It was one of the most complete organizations ever ·seen. Not a Jap in the State came to the valley after being notified of the trouble. Several carloads or Mexicans were sent in, but we captured th em as soon as they arrived. While organizing In the lumber camps of the north, I found that the pathway of nn organizer was not one that was strewn with roses. In some out-of-the- way place, the com11any mill was situated. They generally owned llle railroad entering th e place. They owned everything in sight, including the constable "and his brindle bull ' dog. An organizer was not a popular personage with the lumber kings. At Truckee I worked so quietly that the employers did not discover me until se\'eral hundred men had joined the union. They were threateued with discharge, but through a friend, certain evld~:"nce was obtained that would convict the mill owners of practices that would land them behind ·prison \\'ails. They were politely told that if a single man was · •I discharged for joining the union, that this evidence would be used. The men were not discharged. ln many places various roles were assumed in order to work without serious hindrance. In one place I was threatened with arrest for trespassing. Having seen several violations of the law, I retired as gracefully as possible, but told the hostile employer that on my return we · would come with the sheriff with warrants for their arrest. My arrest did not follow. The career of an organizer Is not an easy one. After a fight was won, it was often necessary to fight in order to keep what we had won. In Los Angeles, the big fights put up by the brewery workmen, the iron workers and the machinists, aroused the oppositian. Injunltions were Issued against 1300 men. The anti-picket Jaw caused four hundred men to be jailed. Free speech was a dead letter. The unions, as such, were almost helplees. Political action was discuss d. The unions sent delegates to a Union Labor Political Club. A pla.tform was adopted. Then ensued one of the most remarkable occurrences m American labor history. Over 100 unions endorsed the Socialist Party ticket and donated large sums of money to help elect the tickEt. Then came t he Times explosion. Instead of weakening the movement, it was strengthened. About two weeks after this, a parade of nearly 20,000 men and women marched the streets in dead silence. J. Stitt Wilson, Socialist candidate for governor, addressed them in a park. Later on, Job Harriman was nominated for Mayor. Forty meetings a day were frequently held. Victory · seemed assured. Then came the McNamara c.onfession. Harriman received over 51,000 votes. While we were defeated, yet we gained a great victory. Organized Labor had taken political action. The result was that both the ·socialists and the unions about doubled in membership and set In motion a movement that has commanded the attention of the whole country. My twenty-six years as an active member of Organized Labor has taught me the immense value of collective bargaining. We have secured more genuine results in the past thirty years than In the five hundred preceding years. Yet something was lacking. We can organize, strike and fight, but when we leave in the hands of the other 'side the most powerful of all weapons, viz., the law-making power, We can never hope to rise above a certain level. Union in trade matters and political unity with a working class party which aims to give the worker the full social value of his toll, Is to my 'mind the only sane method of procedure. The Socialist Party is distinc~ly the party of the working class. It Is the only political party that gives them assistance when the workers are giving battle to the common enemy. Industi'ially organized, the great captains of industry do not greatly fear us, but when we organize on the industrial field, and act together on the political field, we beeome a power that nothing can stop. We will command the respect of the other side just in proportion as we show political strengl-h. A poll of 250,000 in a state election would mean as much as twenty-five years of union labor. It will cost but little, why not try it? " A fool in revolt is infinitely wiser than a learned philosopher apologizing for his chains."-Kossuth. �The Western Comra_)Je T ls t'l'allv refreshing these days to have the months roll around and the current magazines put in an appearance. The dtangPd outlook on social and industrial quest ions as 'n•ll as th r faet that leading magazines nr·<· giving- it pine<~ i_s encouraging and significant. BriPf ex<·<·r·pts of matter of the character indi~·;tl 1•d from the J 11ly magazines follow. HS. IL\ YELOCK ELLIS Jiseussiug "the Philosoph~· of Ilappirwss' ' iu Tilt· Forum sa~·s: '' Th<•r·e is a sor-t of uneasin ess ~·t'l'<·ping- nl'l't' s()(·iety, the un easiness w.hieh c·ornPs upon a tllllll in shabby cloth l'S, the llllPHSllll'SS whi1•h !'OIIil'S 0\'PI' a \\'OIIlall in hadl.v c·ut Olll'S. Tlw solidar·it y of the workers arul tl](' solidat·it? of women is suggesti\'(~ . The happinpss of t h1' many is It ow becoming the im(H·rnt in• d!'tnaud. The day is not only coming, but ;s actually hl·t·e, when to li ve in luxury while one hurnau er·Patur·r lacks either bread or joy can only he enH·ifixion to the spiritual man or woman. To hl' a millionaire will soon be more pitiable than to he a leper·, because it implies- extortion, the . swent of brothers for mean .ends, and the g lutting of on e at th e expense of many. The seeker for happiness soon finds out the impossibility of real joy on t h<' l incs of monopoli.es in any shape or form." .J I~TT lu\ UCK declares in closin g an interestiug contribution to Th e North AmrrJean Rpvi<'w on "The American Wage · Et~rner :' ' · '"l'IH' pt•t•sPnt situation is also dC\·eloping so" inl and politil'nl dangers which demand imrnediatP Hetiort. Tht• hopelessness of the wagr-car-net· 11ndcr· rxistiJtg conditi~ns leads him to r·ecei,·e r·nd ieal t rneh ings ,\'it h increasing eagerness and to follow hli~tdly the rc,·olutionar·y progr·arns of O\'Ct'·ZNilous politieal, social and economic pr·opagandist.. Th<> rrmarkahlc spread of Socialism ifl all its forms, th e rxtraordinary growth of such Hrt-Alll t'r·i<·alt orgnnizat ion ns the Industrial \\'ork1•rs of t lw '\Yorl<l, together with the r ecent str·ike iu Lawrenrc, Mas. achusett Pat erson, Np"· J l.'r <'Y, nnrl other industrial communities, ~re · hut an · parnPst of what may he expect cQ. in 'the lo7 future unless some attempt is made to improve existirig industrial conditions. Not only the economic welfare of the American wage earner but the Inaintenance of our political and social institutions are threatened. '' I N EDITORIAL also in The Forum says: ''The first r port of the _B ureau of ocial Hygiene, the organization of which John D. Rockefell er, Jr., is chairman, contains, among oth ers, the follo·wing intere ting statemen ts: "l\f anhattan alone supports 15,000 prostitute . " There are 160G vice. resorts of all grades in. tho borough. "There are more than 300 'massage parlors" in which not the slightest effort is made to cloak the immoral nature of the real 'business' conducted. "Thirty of the most tawdry resorts operated as a combine earn in the aggregate at least $2,000,000 annually. ''Twenty-seven such vice resorts were located in tenements, where, all told, some 500 children under sixteen years of age were playing about the halls. "The comforting doctrine of 'outward decency' is once more completely vindicated; and the children of the tenements, brought up in such wholesome surroundings, will illustrate i~ later life the advantages of an ·admirable environment.'' ~ N THE Atlantic Monthly Ellen Key in her "Education for Motherhood," declare : "A society which sharply restricts inheritances, but . protects the right of all children to the full development of th eir pow •rs; which demands labor, of all its members, but allows its women to choose hctwecn motherhood and outside work; a society in which attempts to li ve without work will be d eal~ with in the same manner as forgery-such 'a society is coming. But without such radical social transformation., a renaissance of family life is not even conceivable. And it is likely to become actual wh en the changing order of Pconomic and religion combine fo1·ces." �168 The Western Comrade ) THAT INSIDIOUS I~OBBY VEI~Y person at all conversant with public nfl'uir·s during the past quarter of a cen. I trr·y has known that the big interests . whPthc•r in 1 hr National ('ongr·ess or in state legislRttrr·rs ha\'r Jllaintaincd a lohhy for the purpose of irdlltc'JIC'ing lc•gislation. Lnhor, too, has had its ,lohhy for the same JHII'JHIS(', IJIOV('cl I hl'I'I'(O hy srlf-dcfcnse. Jt has nil '"'I'll a pai'I of that clas~ str·uggle arising in industr·y thr·oul-(h tl.H• division of the product. Thc• f'111·t has lwc·n i(('ncr·nlly rccogniz<>d and nc·c·t>fi!Pd. hy the p(•Opll' a11<l they' ha\'c known that 'most of t IH• lt>gislation ('llfldc>d was secured ' t hr·otq.rh somr kind of undue• infhwnc:e hrought to l11•nr· ttpon St·nators, CnngTcssrn('JI or legislator·s. Jn t't>t·••nt yrHr·s, howc•vrr, it has been the polic·y of Hig BltSilli'SS to IH· r·epr·c·sc•nted in official posit io11 ''-" its ow11 mnguates instead of by its cr·t·llttll't•s t·host·n gc•nPral ly fr·om the parasite class. A fpw months ago when President \Vilson l'hllt'~('d that hral{(•s \\'f'J'c being applied to the wht>t>ls of lq!islnt iou hy n p<>rnicious ongrcssional lohh~·. the sainted St>nator·s and Congi·essnwn r·nist•d their· hands in holy honor, assumed thr r·oll' or mar·tyrs and · dl:'manded flll investiga1ion of I hr Pr·esiclentinl charge. 'I' Itt' 1'<111111 r·y 's eit izrnship expcricnecd a feelill go t·nntposPtl of our part o.f hilarity to another pm·t ol' c·tHII<'mpt at such mnnifrstation of nxiolllnf ic· hypol'l'is~- on 1hr pnt·t of their statesIll I'll. TltP inv<-. ti~rntion was ordered and is till in pro~r·pss. 'l'hl' heet su~nr lohhy the !Jamar imhro~lio. null 110\\' 'olmwl Mulhall and the Po t, Kir·h~· .Jr-. nnd ColouPl Pope ~fanufacturers' A.ssoPintioll hnn' hrf'n the mO\·ie thrown upon the ( 'on~t·t·ssinlln 1 l'r'P!'II. ']'he dc,·elopment thu fnr hnn' .·urpri f'd no one a. all ha\'e b en in the tlir·t•t·l i1111 of furni. hing c·mrrrele proof of general f:wts lwfon' known. . ln lht' f~~t'l' of tht'. I' proY n fact a recent :-;tntl'mt•ttl of Pr·f':idrnt \Yil. on· would eem to be \\'!'II ~r·ourulrd in tart. In the ln. t in tallment of his ":\l'W l<'r·eetlom" th!' Pre,ident declared:: "''Don't ' deceive your elf for a moment as to the power of the great intere ts which now dominate our development. They are so great it is almost an open .question whether the Government of the ·United States can dominate them or not." The President is wrong. It is not an open question-save to defenders o~ the present economic system. ocialists alone have the progt·am by which these "great interests" can he dominated. ·~ ... ... ... A NEW SONG WANTE:O as well as to the men and w school days long since miliar liues run: '' \Yith fingers weary and wom, \ Vith eyelids, heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and threadStitch ! Stitch ! titch ! In poverty, hunger and dirt; Aud still with a ,-oice of dolorous pitch She sang the 'Song of the Shirt:' '' 'Woi·k-worl,-work! l\Ty labor· never flags; .And what are its wage.? A hrd of .·tr·Rw A cru t of hr·ead-and rags, · That shattered roof-and this nakf'd floorA table--a hroken ehair:And a wall o hlank my shadow I than]> For ometimes falling there.' ' ".hile thi " ong of the hirt" is still an ap~ propriate one for the weat hops of tht• larger eitie , yet in the main the eYolution in indu. h·y has rendered it inappropriate for modern shirtmaking. aid one of the newspapers recently : ".\ social reformer lately Yisited a hirt fa (·tor~·. ancl the foreman tarted a piece of cloth on th~ rounds �T_be Western Comrade 169 and made it come <Jut a fini bed shirt in j ix and one-half minutes..,. One machine made 16, 00 htJttonholes in a day, or twenty-eight in a minute. In ten Jwurs in this shop a m&.n can cut 250 dozen •Jr 3000 shirts. · Just seven girls worked on the shir·t. A 11 the mod rn contrivances now conspire against l1and labor." While a 11cw· poet is needed to sing '"rhe ong or the ~[odet·n Hhirt," it is not a machine poet. 'f'hf't·r! Hlill rrnuduH u Hong in modern shirtmaking r'ol' the poet who huH rye to sec and ea t· to hear . NO ... •MORE• VENUSES I .on for an instant dole of an ~ • e-eertain of l!o nt men in a �170 The Western Comrade THE CHUltCH IS ASLEEP .\ST wcPk there were thousands of dele. gates from all O\'er the nation in Los Angrles in attendance at the national con\'L'ut ion of the Society for Ctu·istian Endeavor. A wt•t•k o1· mot·c was dcYoted to the program marlH•d out, y<:t not in the entire p1·ogram was tiH•I't· nrol't• t hmi passin ~ · rder·ence to social and indnst ri<ll coudit ions. · The newspapers report t·d a tliseussion of 1he ~white s laYe traffic in whit·h it was t·t.>ntrnclt><.l that this enormous evil ~lt•adil,\' ).!rowinl( was du e fo1· the mast part to tliOI'IIl \\'t•akllt·ss on tIr e pn1·t of mc11 and women. And this i11 faec of the fact that every public or prinrlt> inn·st i~alion from .John D. Rock.cfcller .J 1·. 's pri nrt t· t•om rll ission to 1hose carried on by tlrt• J .. t.rislallll't•s of Jlliuois and ~lissouri have re-· por·t,•d that Hll iHsuffieicHt wage is for the most part llrt• prolifit· eausc of this hor'l'ible social St•Olll'g't'. In n not he1· coast city- Seattle-during the samt• \\'Pt·k, HP\'. A . .'J. l\feKrlway, secretary for the :-iouthr1·n slnlt>s of the National .hild Labor Assoeiat io11, in pl'l•aehiHg the annual sermon to the t·onft'l't•nt·l! ehar~ed the church )Vith being slothful Hnd the ministers with indol ence in not inve tigatin~ iudustt·ial ·auditions. , ociety hn the right to t'X(H'd that the church . shall be the ethical ~wout in all matters pertaining to social welfare antl lrHman p1·ogrc.. , was the asertion of this 111 in is I!•!'. l ust I' ad of considering the e questions the ('hrist ian Endenvorers wcr' content listen to 1h1• diatribe· and shuw of Billy Sunday. How lonl!, oh Lonl , how long! . . -· to WHAT A BLUSH IS l"HS i~ an nga of analysis. Tb h~nd of man 1s hml ruthlC'S ly upon the finer feelings all(! emotions of th human h eart regardl1•s: of ~wntim ent, and tht'. c arc uhjected a far ns mny he to 1·igid sciPn1 ific unaly i . l t \\'PI'C ha<~ t'nough to analyze the bloom 6f a Jli'H!'h o1· the delieatc coloring of a pear but wh n it t·nnu•s to I he> pink of n hahy' cheek~, the deli- cate mingling of pink and r din a maid n ' blu h, the indescribabl but gloriously b auti1\1l . olor with. which the .love of her ojf pring tints the face of a Jil.Other, it seems little short of sacrilege to lay· bare with the surgeon's knife· and calpel, or tra·ce in scientific terms the minutiae of the modus operandi by which these are produced. Yet h er e is the scientific definition of a blu h: "The capillaries or small blood ves el that connect the· arteries and veins in the body, form particularly over the cheeks, a network o fine that it is necessary to employ a micro cope to· distinguish them. Ordinarily .the blood pas ·e through these vessels in normal volumes, leavm'g only tli natural complexion. But .w hen some sudden emotion takes po session of the heart, it. action incr eases and an electric thrill instantly leaps to the cheeks. 'rhis thrill is nothing mor than the rush of blood through the invisible capillaries; the color is nothing more than the blood just beneath .. the delicate surface of the ·skin." lt is thing like these which make one long for a r eturn to the days when the smile of a sleeping babe was regarded as it answering smile to the smiles of the angels which guarded its sleeping; when the blush on a maiden's cheek was thought to be a r eflection from the face of the goddess of innocence, the guardian angel of maidenhood; when the soft, holy radiance in a mother's face was said to be an expres ion of that divinity which wa ever the accompaniment of motherhood. • • • GOLDEN RULE IN PRACTICE EADER of Low ll 's poem will recall how when ir Launfal set out on his pilarimagc he cornfully flung his alms to the b agar a-t the gate and bow upon l1is r turn he carne fe ling that alm are of no avail to the giver aYe wh en prompted by ·a d ep sense of fellow·hip and equality with )liin to whom they arc ginn. If the giv r would be quite willing to exchange pia ~ with the rec~pi.ent should circumtan e r quire, and ·if he would then he satiswith both the aid and the spirit in which 'it were offered, 11e may rc t a surcd that in giYing fiea �his alms ot· r endering his sen·ice he is observing the spirit as well as the letter of the Golden Rule. To IH:cept the Golden Hul e as an ideal fo r regulating human conduct shoulu mean that whatsocYer ~· e would do for oth ers yc should he willing that othet·s should do for you . Th ere arc far too mauy !::iir Launfals, r eady to help at long ran g<' with eoma•ious ot· uncon'wious disda in : These lll't'd th e ex perience of the 1n ~· t h icH l het·o to disco\'cr that assistance is worthlt·ss and Hll charity a mockery which does not ~p rin g- from good will and ht·oth el'l iness. If the posit ion tak en hy many r eiHt ive to. the unwot·thi- 1wss of those to whom they giYP th eir charities '"' eo rt·t·t·l. what satisfaction C'an they tak r in t It t' f.!ood thPy arc able to do ? How ean ·th e pride 11·hit·h cont ends that no one can accept chat·ity a 11d pt'l'SCI'\'e sclf-t·cspcct dream of accomplishing !!ood in its charities 1 Tht' spit·it which fosters such a pride is the sa tiJ (> spirit whi ch places a few fa,·ored ones of t·:t rt h 011 a pedestal while r egarding a large part nf huma11ity as inferior, as made of a somewhat difft>rcnt and an inferior quality of clay from th e fa Yored ones of earth, so that to them may be dnlt•d out bounty which these superior heings ll'ould spurn. The Pharisees are not all dead, hut it is tim e they were. It is time that snobbishness sa w itself as it t·eally is arid tried to find the simple p att ern of democracy and equality. The Goldtm Hnle, if true at all, is as true r ead backward as forward . \Yhatsoever of good you would do fo r men be willing that they should do for you. • • • INTERF'ERING WITH BU~INESS ALIFORNIA now has m easures soon to hecome laws providing for an eight-hour day fot· wom en; conserving the wat er po·wer· of t he state to th e p·cople; giving workingmen compensa tion and accident insurnnce; .against renting property for purposes of prostitution and a hlue sky law for corporations. Undet· th e auspices of Big Business the r efer-. f' ndum is being invok ed against these laws enactPel by the last legislature with the prob~bility that non e of them can go into effeCt until after t hey haYr hren passed upon by popular vote. '' l" nwarranted interference with private bus- iness' is the claim made by the interests _against these laws. It is not urged that the e measures are not in the interests of the p eople. The issue th~n is between private and public lmsin s, between the people and the inter ests. Legislation may re t on the principle of the greatest good to the .greate t num lwr, so long a t her e is no intel'ferenco with priYate business. This is the issue today in city, tate and nation. • • • THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES AN is a sh·ange animal. l\lost men will dcehu·e t hat women a re n ervous: that ·they co nstant ly worry over t rifl es; they are so easily disturbed; are not philosophical. " If only· ;\f at·y would 'not he so easily disturbed hy her daily affairs life would he so much easiet· for her, fot· the childt·en and myself," has a familiar sound, has it Not? Of cours( you haYc heard it before; who has not ? "Mary is just a bundle of nerves. I have never yet known that I had a nerve in my body." 'fhese and kindred expressions one hears often f r·om the masculine hal f of humanity. But watch this strong, virile man who is notconscious of th e possession of ncrYes whPn l\fary or one of the children is suddenly affl icted with some trifling ailment. Watch his down-sitting and his uprising until the doctor has hPen summoned and the case has been diagnosed. l\fary is cheerful, calm and philosophical. .She, if it js one of the child1·en who i's sick, goPs quietly ahout her duties, applying simple r emedies and calming the irritable child , her calm, even tones soothing the excited ner,res of her h11shand. 'l'he philosophy of th e household is in th e car e and lt ceping of the wife and moth er now. What a hig bluffer ·a man is, anyhow Y He is n either as brave, as wise nor· as practi c~tl as he says he is-and he knows it. H e knows that in all the serious troubles and trials of life his wife is the rock under his feet, his place of refuge, his shield and counsel. Yes, he knows it. (,But ·how f ew men even admit it to oth m· than th emselves ! �172 T h e W e s t e r -n C o m r a d e By MILLA TUPPER MAY A STRANGE CONGLOMERATE The dnuna is a fad so absorbing nowadays that alnrost anything will receive attention that Is turned out in drama form . A new IJ)ay which Is receiving much att~ntlon is so fantastic and unprecedented that one wontlers at first If the authors are not making game of a gullible and drama-mad pui.Jiic. "The Yellow .Jacket" is a creation which resembles nothing heretofore seen in heave:n above or earth beneath . It was written by ·two min, George C. Hazelfon and .r. Benrimo and pul11ished by Bobbs Merrill & Co. Jt has lleen played successfully in New York and rer·ently lq Los Angeles it was "bulletined" by the local Drama League. All the high-brow critics say it is quite tbe proper th ing &o I have dutifully tried to find the. beauties and the inlerPst it is said to possess and I have found them without a doubt h1_1t I confess that on my own responsibility I shou ld hardly have dared to say it was worth while. lt. i~ a conglomerate based on Chinese ideas, and methods. This would he quite understandable and deHirahle, but ins tead of taking the Chinese methods seri ously, they are turned into comedy. 'rhe Chinese ha\'C better imaginations than we and instead of hav_ In!!: renlil'tic scenery with hors s brought on the stage ami other thrilling marvels, they Jet a stick serve as a horse and wh eels for a carriage. ln this play, however, the property man who mani)Hilates the meager properties iH chief comedian and turns the proceedings into fa1·ce. It is certainly funny ' to have the man who has fallen dead ha\'e to wait to hurry the property man· before he can lie down on the appropriatE! wooden pillow for the restful moment before he climbs the ladder to hcn\·en, but It does not s em quite true to the Chinese method. I~Yei'Ywhere the child methods are · mingled with d<)llborate co medy and Jines of exquisite sentiment are voiced under farcical conditions. That It is enjoyable Is undeniable and probably the authors knew that tbey could not give us Ch inese atmosphere without giving us at the same time the kind of humor \ve cou ld ap preciate. A unique feature o.f the play is a "chorus"a lone man who comes before the curtain to explalp matt I'S nnd sitg In majestic dignity through a ll _scenes, read y to expla in whatever is not inte111gible. He expr sses a paternal int rest in the actors and does not allow them to appear In answer to applause lest It make the m too complai ant. This is not Ch inese. lt is just ltseir and a ltogether c111ii·ming. Certainly when such a medley as this can find delighted appreciation,. no one ne d fear to be original. · ~ ~ ~ ANOTHER PEACE PLAY "In the Vanguard," by Katrina. Trask , is a new play Issued by The Macmillan Company. lt Is a direct, forceful arraignment of war as plain, unvarnished murder. An atmosphet·e is pictured such as was found early In the Spanish war In the most patriotic communities. A romantic heroine will not encourage 'the--youn-g!Dan -wbo loves her when he Is merely a successful young lawyer. lt ls only when he gives up his fine prospects and en- A RD lists for t4e war that sbe admits her love for him and enters ardently into the martial preparations o! the communi-ty. The expected promotions and heroism are rapidly coming to the hero when he begins to see war as It "TSO." A Dainty Character in "The Y~llow Jacket." really is, demoralizing ·between battles and brutal s laughter during the -actual fighting. He comes upon a dying man from the enemy's ranks after -an e ngagement. This man has with his dying eyes begun to seel)lnd to think straight. He sho\vs this friend from the enemy's camp how absurd it is that having torn him to pieces. he should now try to be humane and try l~make him. comfortable. After it has appeared that both thought they were fighting for a P}'inciple, the wounded man says: "There you go. Don't you see we can't both be right-we can't both be working fo r a true principle-It's tommyrot. You kill me tor righteousness and I klll you for righteousness-don 't you see 'it's "Silly? Don't you see that the only thl:ng which might justify Jl\Urder, becomes Its condemnation? If you and I each honestly thought we were morally �173 The Western By ELEANOR .WENTW . O RTH . Oh, Free Human Heart, wherever you may be! I to you. I am the Spfrit of Independent Womanhood, sorely · ;:rieved and utterly lonely. Far and wide I traverse the Earth, searching for tellowsbip; 'down broad boulevards of great cities and . throUgh murky, narrow alleys; in the happy sunlight or midday and in the foreboding silence of midnight; over ~ nowy heights and boundless plains; along sandy, wlnd~ wept beaches and by firesides blessed with laughing children. And always I am lonely-utterly lonely. Though I knock alike at the doors of the miserable and the merry; the farmer and the factory hand; the merchant and the mendicant; though I call alike to old women and young women, to plutocracy and poverty, it is seldom that I am heard. Som~times a woman or a man faintly hears my summons and opens the door, only to gaze about with vague, unseeing eyes: Then rarely, oh so rarely, my knock is beard by tense lisl('llers, the door is eagerly thrown open, I am seen and wise hearts follow my bidding. 13ut for the most part, I am lonely- utterly lonely. ~ peak * * * Yet I have not a! ways been a Stranger at the Gates. Li sten! Once 1 was known and loved in this America from the adobe pueblos of New Mexico to the wigwam villages of the Columbia. Ayft, even to the banks of the mig!Jt .1' Yukon. Then my abode was with the Indian women; the women who were brave, wise, and FREE, !JI'cause they fed, clothed and sheltered their people. In my lone wanderings recollections come to me of that time. Listen. my Comrade, wherever you are, and I will tell you of those days. I had vlsionings of them but a short hoUI' ngo. · saw them weav"lng baskets with swUt, ingenious flngers; saw rugs of amazing colors and pottery of artistic design with which their industry bad. enriched the tribe. Looking again, 1 saw a .;roup or m-a.idens beading moccasins, humming songs the wbJJe. Others were nialdng garments to pr6tect the warriors from wet and cold when on the hunt. In the distance, echoing·tbrougb the big timber, I heard the sound o.r axes and the music of voices as the tribal mothers cut poles for new wigwams. Everywhere were the evidences of wo~en's laborarduous labor, it is true, but not degrading because It was not slave labor. It was joyous labor because it was willing and creative.' Later there was a council gathering at which sat women as we11 as men. And I beard that the women spoke firmly, wisely. They guarded the children \-i•ell. They took 'precautions that there should be no poverty in the tribe. None were more alert than they in demanding efficiency and honesty from those in the high places. Masters of their own time and labor, except for the ruling of an unconquered Nature, these women guided the tribe with h.a nd and rn:fn"d, protecting the liberties of each and all. As I watched, the gloaming fell upon the wilderness and camp fires sprang up here and there like glow worms. Then from the depths of the forest, as t110ui;h having awaited the signal or the firelight, carne the carressing notes of a warrior's Jove song, drifting through the leafy isles on the wings of the night breezes. I remembered that be sought a free maiden and that be sought her fairly, so 1 was happy. * * * * * * But while I stood there on the hill-top, the vision vanished, and instead of the pure notes of the lover's song I beard the discordant voice of a policeman. I awoke to find myself in an ugly alley, ,with the evidence of a common, sordjd tragedy before me-a girl bf the streets, a f.lashily dressed man, and an officer. From that moment I have felt more keenly than usual the stings of the rnan-go1erned world which has superseded that simple Indian life. It bas made me des- then it was a case for arbitration not for murder. The battle in wl1ich this man bas been killed was one 11 hich had given Phillip the expected opportunity for distinguishing himself. The general tells him he fought like a tiger and tries to make him a captain. He refuses the commission and thereafter wiJJ only carry the colors, not pu11 a trigger. The author kindly sup_ plies him with an exceptional superior oflloer or poor .l'hillips resolution would have cost him more than they . <l id. As it was, public opinion brought him martyrdom · • nough. His fellow soldiers scorned him a.n d at home liP was regarded as a disgrace to the community. Philli p writes Elsa of his new convictions but has not heard trorn her when he re.lur.ns b.orn.e -to-Inee cold- shoulders. El'en In his own home, he is made to feel ari outcast. Then Elsa appea~s full of syrnptt11U!Jm.d. linderstandlng. " he has been educated during J.lls a bsence by a Tolstol disciple and so is able to see her love1·'s position. This. teacher is a rich man who can supply Phillip with the necessary "job" and all live happy ever after. The play is not too -''preacht." It has much of action and seems to me we11 adapted to amateur presentation. Most of it happens o'ut or ' doors and all of it could be given In pastoral fash ion. For the benefit or those looking for plays for amateurs let me say: The book costs $1.25. . It Is not copyrighted except in the ·ordinary book fashion. Sudden death is not t!veatened against such as shall dare to read aloud the creation except behind closed doors, as Is true of ma ny recent plays, Any number of young girls can be used but only two or three - have lines·-at any lellgth.. 'Five or six · fairly · strong men are required. There Is provision for a dance- on the village. green which can be made elaborate it desired or ornltteCl altogether. From the calm height or a California mountain I l11ok n again upon a cluster of wigwams in a clearing hl'low. 1 saw the women boeing maize and grinding meal that they might bake· cakes for their children; 1 ig-ht, �, The Western Comrade 114 ,.. (llatf!, that &harp coDtra.t. It has made me call for yoU;JAJver of True Womanhood, whoever you may be. Olldh1K Ummgh the 11treets, alone and unseen, I see huma111lY without the muftllng clothes of hypocrisy.' I liN• that the crude tools and wigwam worksbOPIJ are dhiJIIut•c•d by never slee)llng factories and marvelously pr11dtH~llv1• rnadJlneH. But I know that the crude tools lwllllll(f'll t.u the tmtlrc trlhe and were ~d to serve l•Vt•r ymw, whercaH the mac hines are In the possession or a fp w 1111d arc liKed all a hunger-lash to wb1p over tlw lwuriK or t hf' many. J see that where women · once l uhm·r-rJ to MP rve thr tribe, men now labor to create profit. /11 •1 aust• or these things, I see society divided luto hl!tt•J'ly autawwls tlc c lasses, waging a war that holll H llllllilu ~o~ HIH'rl·d ; neither the honor or a man, the H ll'r•u ~o~ t It or n wmunn, nor the youth of a child; a war whld1 lllllkr•ll or 1he di H)IOssesl!ed a_ class or slaves and ll( I hi' JIIIHHI'HH IITH a ('lllKK Of tyrantf!. * * * A11rl tl11• II'OIJH•n-who long ago were the peace-kee pl •r M, I liP ).lll lll'dlunH of lh1• tribal ~~roperty, the home buildI'I'H, I 11!1 l!dHII' I'I'H ! ' '1'111· r·ludiiH of fii·JIPIIdl•nce hang heavily upon th e m IL!Ifl tlt1•,1' 11111-1 llu•lr clatln ~:~. The officials In the high Jilllf'' 'H ~ ·~ plolt thl' ommon w·eul and lhl'y say, "It is 11111 Olll' nffulr', Otll' work IH In thP home." Profit mongN H l'l'lrlllntlll ,l' poi Hnn th P food of th e nation and again lltt•,l' Hl\ ,1' , "Our· jiii'!Hdlc tlun PXlcndH only over the home.'' ' l' lu•lr l'lnllti'H 111'1• dy(•li with the blood of childish flll lo(l'l' ~. 11111 1ht•Y Hfiy, "'l'hey nre not our· children." The 11'111'11 or the• world th e ir work- hns become complex. It ltnM rlt•pur'l(ld fi'OIII th <• home for the factory, the l< fltl'c', 1h1• 1'\'Hlttttt'IUit, the laundry, the offtce, th e school. IP!I Il'l hlllll'l', IIIII t hc>Y makp fHnall 1h11 ffort to follow it. Once~ey rendered large service to a large group., they render petty ervice to a petty group. o But I am not disc:ouraged. I appeal to all alike; to those wbom a heaVY servitude has crushed; to tbo whom rose chains have intoxicated; to the foollsb •ho turn away; _to the dastardly who revUe me; to th timid who fear- me; to the parasites who hate me. And I sa¥ to you, though they now turn away, tbe time ls not far otr when they will eagerly respond. There will come a time when timid womanhood will see the strugglings of the babes in the mart and find timidity Irksome; when parasitical womanhood wtu hear the cries and curses of the doWiltrodd n and find parasitism loathsome; when foolish womanhood will shatter its bonds and bear again with men tb burden ·ot responsibll!ty for social welfare. * * * When tha(time arrives the pain of the Pres nt wUI be forgotten and the freedom of the Past wlll be outdon by the happy fellowship of the future. Although human. ity was free from the tyranny of Its own kind during matriachal times, it was the slave of precarious Nntur . Though women were independent of m en, they wer not the comrades of men. Though the tribe owned the tools, they were poor Instruments, necessitating much drudgery. In the dimly outlined Future there will be n lth r slavery to man nor to Nature. There wlll be ne ither class dominance nor sex dominance. Men and women will labor together in the world; not women alone as heretofore, or men alone as now, but both togethe r· In a universal comradship. When that time arrives, I will come to my own. nut at present I walt and am lonely- utterly lonely. [ IN Fu A LEGAL MATTER A \\omnn wnlk 'd Into thl.' office of the courtroom mw hll11~· dny nud, nddt •ssin~ th(' judge, said : "At'c' ~·mt th~' H('lll'Obnte judge'!" "l mu lht' )'t'tllH\e judg-.., madnm-" ",'hnl 'll \\hut I lilt' tn," 8ht' Nlntinued. " You ee, I hn\ \.' \'tlllW to ~·ou b~>cnust• l , m iu I rouble. My bu band WM stmlslng to bt> mini"ter at a logical emlnary 111\d h\' d 1('<-1 th.•t<t.'llt\:d and l('ft U\ three little infidel ~md I h h' \'Oil\\.' to ~-ou to bt> &ll'POinted · their exeen~~~lll\'1'," " ·~"~ ~U"<' lh\" n~t .-l~<'l! ~... The docthor says * * Gillet-1 managed to sa..y* just the right thing to old Pes ·ioiist on the annhersary of his blrth. Perry-'W hat was that? Gillet-Wisbed him many unhappy return~> or tbe day_ •"'""hal are ~-our * * * on the great public probviews lem!~ * * * ' mighty expensive disease be's got. l'\'e to kape him in good spirits." EU. U LIFIED tu'i't'to:r :and a pbann r-ist or t.be ··t h8\'en·t any ~iewrs on public problems." replled the mao whose interests are under in~>astigation. "I'm one of lhem m_ selt_r * * * TECH ICALLY SPEAKI G 'Ihey were speakm,g of tbe extreme. to wbieh • * "*~to!'QQII'~m:IIU~ .saaalkli=:g .. t-. it'!' .. ·1 ·u be ·er by ~ of llilit.e fblff ~ slre trutt~ l go_ ""llooniigllL by meter will be the nat t.hl!l&.. deda:red Ole pessil:lltitie e. 1o fDStead... R!- ed thJ;~~ �The Western Com rade Visitors coming to California from other sections of the country frequently remark upon the number of remarkable women round here. The breadth, culture, resourcefulness and variety In Interest of our women have already occasioned national comment and their fa me Is rapidly becomi ng Inte rnational. The So!'lallst party has the proud distinction of dalmlng as It!! own man y in thl!! "advancing margin" of womunhood . These ar1• not "new women" In the ordinary sen!!!' of that hackneyed term. They are wom1• 11 who through the many a c tivities of all kinds now open to th E' women of the s late have availed themHl•lvPs of th e opportunity thu s offered to secure an all roU nd d.l'VP )OpiDPilt (JI lltl'ikfng COntrast With that Olle~ h.Jed tl evelopm<'nt which has hcc n th e Jot of women in t•urilrr· gencrutionl! and whleh s till obtains in some nf th P h·KH pmg r<'BI:!i ve older ser- tlons Clf the country. Among t h<' women of whom the Socialist 11arty has 1he right to he proud Ia one who, although she is a party memher·, Is not ns we ll - known inside as outside the part.1'. Margaret 1<:::. More iK a teacher of history in the Sonoma Jllgh School and a membe r at large iu t h£' Ho!!l nlis l )lt\l'ty . Some months s ince th<' San Fmncisco Dultetln pubtl ~ hNi nn article from iwr pen enlllied "The Heart of 1h£' \\'omnn Quet!lion." Las t. wee k at n rkeley at the unnunl Stale Teuchers ' Convention s he gave another pu p£'1' on "Histoi'Y in th e Making of the Citizen." ~omP pregnant ext·erpls f1·om these two addre sses togPthl' l' with nn excellent portrait of their author are ho•I'O gl\'('11. " I'I'Ot. II. :llorse Stt>ph ns says that evet·y age must 11 rite 1t11 own history. 1~1·c ry age must employ Its own hlsto ri cn l lntet·prPtntion. Whether It must or not, the 1 ruth I'PIIIalns that H does. li:nch age has its own part i<•ulat• llei'Stlccth·e. We 1.\l'e lnl r11r tlng history today 1 hro11gh the medium or economics. ot h roes, but 1 a~t populur undi'I' -CIII'I'ents constitute history for us. II i~; tmrticnlat·ly llttlng that we should do this. We are t ru ty living In a n lndu11tr lal age, the great eYents are moving ni'OIIIHI the creation of thittgs. To join oceans, t n mnk<> gardens of the arid deserts. to pierce the ••arth to ln<'rcdlble de>llths- thcre are the great events of llllt' 11 me. i' "1'h<' on<' ~rcat Democrat of the early period of our li:Hiona\ life gave the best te. t .of good government that was e \·er uttered. .Teff<'rson said: "'I'hls is the 'Hill of good go\' ernm·e nt, It shall ~strain men from inJuring Olle another, and It sbal1 not take from the molllh of labor tl1e bread it has earned." 'ot to tak from til month 'Of labor tbe bread it hns .-arned. H~s'tor:y records go~ernments 'that bave c·rm<'el·ned them eh' es -v.·'ith that Jl'rlnclpany. The wor~d ,-; a\\'akening to tMs tact. No teacher ts :alive who ils not rarnHiar wi'tll the e'Xploitation of ~abor -and 'CII.ti wa t<-'h it going on <down thr011gh Ute ag s. 'The child ><N•s in ancient ih'lstory men en.la'flng otlher men by 'he o'l\·n r M11 of their bodi s. 'I'Ms lfo1'Tll of ·s lavery •·nd;;. A ne-v.· government arl es. 'Th~s ·gov; rnm nt :ve Ti'lt>:n the right to t'hei'r o-«·n !bodies., lbut ens'laved itl!ltm~ j1lst as . llNl~Y lb..v 'meDJns ot tlhe poss ·s ilon of ttJbt> !ann 'lT!O'n "tt.·hlcb theY TnllM live. The sw.a:y or itlhe femdal baron was broken. Men came to get their living t:~l ewhere tban upon the land, by trade and commt:~ree in the clUes. Hence the child bas two phase ot ploltation. What do they mean to him? otbing unle s be knows that the third chapter in tbi cycle is today b ing written. .Namely, the overthrow of industrial feudal· Ism. ln the midst or great accomplishment the world Is nearing a cri!jls. The air is vibrant with it. ThE! old master-slave economy gave way to feudalism, this feudal land nexus between man and man was replac d by a more varied property relation which we have com to call capitalism. Today capitalism is ·crumbling to gil·e way to something else. What tb1~e Is going to bring remains to be set>n, but tbat It Is approaching every teacher of history must realize and pa.re th future electorate to meet it. l' i' l' \Vh en \voman's employment In the home slipped away what did she do? The only thing she could do- she fol lowed he r work into the factory, the packing house, the department store, wh erever her toil had gone befor her; the home stands idle-a place or l'eS]Jite perhaps, a social unit, but Its industry Is gone forever. Woman toils the same except for this dit'feren ce, thi s tremen dous differen ce, her fath e r or hus band is no longer her e mployer. She has become an economic entity. The wage she l'eceives comes to her hand directly from her €'mployer, between whom and her..self the sole nexus Is an economic one. The wage Is hers, hers to keep, to spend, hers by every law of possession. It was a stupendous occasion when woman found t his s tranger e mployer . For th e first time In th e course of th e ra ce, she became a se]Jarate economic entity. Ont of thi s arose the cry for the ballot. Economic Importance al ways demands political recognition. i' 'i' l' There is another woman not peculiar to our age, but existing in all ages-"the woma!l atoned." \Ve are only beginning to speak of her. She dU'l'era among us in numbe r only, being in far greater proportion than ever before. She has borne all the burden of her sin Instead of half of it; she was brolJgbt alone to the stoning while her compeer went seot free. And she never dispute d you. And you went on your way thinking your God marked the SJmrrow's fall and took no heed of hers. But her vengeance came and continued sure and awfdt he says nothing, b_ut she sends your children to .asylums for the blind; she corrupts your .s on; she creates a demand for ber kind to su))ply wbicb your daughter is abducted in a d iabolical traffic; she lne.ap.acltate.s YOUr husband for fatherhood! she .SE'nds you tbrough his -agency to the operating table. By tlJe argument of deeds she has changed your over nice :notions and by the log;lc of ·science she has 11ro1' n her i!lBterhood. You are !llndmg out muminating f:a<'ts in ber favor; that :she as there main~y because !!he js poor~ >that ln tbe ,lrltern'll.tlve of sin or 'Btamwatlon .sbe has chosen to live. Amd tlbe R!D.s wer to bei pro:blE'm! . 'ot rthat de- · spair.in-g ICl'J' .of •'.A miD.lian if.e.BT.S lheiOie s.he .ca.n !Ue llt>.moved." !Let ~s :rather s.e t about maikling lit possil>Je tOT her to earn a !living wage atnd something above that to -sati~ lber !Donnal crn.il1g :for fein.irnJne va.ui1Jie.s. - pr �, 111) The Western C omr a de / ~~----~~-~~-----. c~-~--------~ By EMANUEL JULIUS THE POET-LAUREATE Ont·u upon a time there Jived a good, old ldngtlumJ! I've• done It! After fasting and prayer, I open ll IH "plccn for tho JJap r" as did the old-fashioned story wrltol'll, Well, this king Rat on the British throne; he wo.11 .lunws 1. Along with a wife and a host of worries, lw luul a c·ourt jeHtcr, whose business it was to make · 1ho It hill' tuul{h In a most hilarious manner, for this ' kin~-: wou ld lw a jovial. merry. old soul. But, this king hull 1111 lnur·dtnatc> fonclnoK>~ for· rhymes. so. he did somethinK rtwolultonary -·ho gave Great Britain a new lnHlltut Inn. th<• llll(ht llonourai.Jlo Ancient Order of Poetlntll'<•ntr•H. llt•n .Johnson was the firs t poet-laureate and ho r·c<·rolvl'd tlw mun!llcE>nt salary of thirty dollars a ntonth. Mnny puet-htiii'Nitea hnYc come and gone, but t lw t hll·t Y-tlolhtl' Hillary ill stil l he re. The jestership \1' 11111 to tiN·ny ll'lth lh<· Stuarts, I.Jut the poet-laureateHltltl IHII'I'ii'!'H <•VPn to this day. l'oo t - hlul't>nlt'H, lll1e jm;terH, ar • XJiected I hc• !lin g- rt•cl g-ood. 'l'hus, when th klng's l'NHler to leal'n tbat quite a numhllld down t.be laureateship since color-with plenty of emphasis on the water. Hi name will nestle close to the other la.ureates-Whiteh ad, Scogon, Pye, Ensden a.nc! Kay-and stay there. Critics persist in. the sneering remark that he was made PO tJaurea.te not because be was a great poet but because he bad succeeded In falling to do Jots of sinful things. His virtues were in omission rather than In deed. H was a lawyer, critic, politician, noveUst and war correspondent. His friends, who loved poetry and knew him to be the worst laureate In-history, defended him by saying he was a splendid lawyer. Lawyers looked on him as a fine critic. Critics were fond of hls war correspondence. War correspondents admired his novels. His friends showed their love · for him by Ignoring his poetry, as did toe discriminating pnbllc. 'l'h Y knew that when he aspired for the sublime peaks he could ~o no fat ther than to lash himself to a chimney. It t;; " sad commentary on Alfred Austin wh n one considers that his death has caused persons of critical ta stes to ask that laureates be tabooed. It has been charged that poet-laureates, like jesters. at·c use! 111:1 and obsolete. That Is a disturbing allegation. It hns heen contended that Pre mier Asqu ith (who is In charg<' of the poet-laureate business) should not retain a po t to take the late Austin's place. That is ~n anarchistic doctrine. Just because a. thing is an anachronism It does not follow that it should ·not be perpetuated. A king, it is generally agreed, is a mere ornament. but that does not mean he should be forced to abdlcat •. Such Socialistic ideas should be knocked on the head. England must have a poet-laureate. That Is self· evident. Who shall it be? The Jist of poets Is not meagre and includes Rudyard Kipling, William WatBOn, John Masefield, Alfred Noyes, Thomas Hardy, Wllllam Butler Yeats, Alice Meynell, Stephen Phillips and John Henry Ke~·bolt. Kipitni. it is argued, is not In favpr with lhe royal famlh· for be is said to have offended \"ldorla In bl1 "B~;ck Room Ballad~;," calling her "the widow of Windsor" and adding "with an 'airy grey crown to 'er 'ead." · In addition. KipUng i.s known to bne Jlttle regard for women. This. in the mind of Premier Asquith, 111 a erious fault. Asquith shows his regard ~ WO!Df<D by not permitting sufrragist to ~rve. wring tender and lo\'ing methods when forciiJg lhem to eat. William Watson, ourortunately. written .orne ra.diea.l poems.. This is a dUIIcult h icap. He wrote poem abour llrs. Ascimth. calling her "'The Woman '\\lth the rpelll's Tongue_" So U appeau u thou~ he ..-oa·"t ge-r the thirt~-dollar job. William Bat.le:r Teats. ht> 11J'stfc Ce-Jt.. will DOt IJe . The reasmz s JlDt .bJ'd w IrislL We eoa1d as t"JUilJ' lla~e a Japanese policemaa - California as ltaTe aa JriH pott-laar~ ~ as poet-la : be - �Th e We s tern Com r- ade '·177 Suffragists. Im ag in e a poet-laureate d generating so low a s to s ing : used .!ry' a poet-14-eate, might bring a thousa.n d a month Instead of a paltry thirty dol'latsq .· • ~ 'I' • . '"Lily ema shed the r oyal gem s, Al'id dro wned th e keeper in the Thames. What does this girlish prank denote? · 0, just that 'Lily wants to vote." ~!l.-3 above was written e.l)ou't pne week attar tbe deatil of Sir AI.fred A<lstln. ,And now;~juat as this magazine is getting ready to go ,..tO J).re s/ djttes the report that Rob ert Bridges, a ret;jbed Loi'td.on~o·spi;tal physician, 69 years oW, has ~E)en -ni!.Uied as ' poe£-1Mireate. I know only two or three of his poemlJ ·aad thlnk th'ey · are not worth discussing. The thing •that grieves me is. that my artJcle Is "spo1led." T!wmas Hardy Is looked upon as harmless. He is yery, very old and rarely writes poetry. He stands a good chance. Alfred Noyes Is conservative and patriotic. He believes a Britlsher .can do no wrong. For that reason, he rna~· get th e thil"ty-dollar job. The only ob stacle is his youth. Th ere is danger that he may develop into a great poet wjth social s pirit and enthusiasm. Asquith rtoes not believe in taking chances, so Noyes may not ~-:e t t h ~ thirty -dollar job. .John Masefleld. an Engli sh journalist says, would have to "tone down conside rably " befo re he could even he considered. Imagin e Masefleld toning down! Imagine him writing an ode to the King's garted In John Masetield's "The l~ v e rlastlng Mercy," Saul Kane meNs the "old Jlarson, r ed -eyed as a ferret," and aft er te llin g him "The Engli sh Church iJoth is and was A su hHi dy or Caiaphas ," ti!'Jii·Prs him se lf of the following scorching attack: ''Y ou let him giv e th e man who di gs, A tiithy hut unfit for pigs. \\'it hout a well, without a drain , \\'ith ,;; oss~· thatch that le ts in t·ain, \\'i th out a 'lotment, 'less he r ent it, And nev<'l" meat, unless he scent it, Hut weekly dol es of 'eleven shilling To make a grown man strong and willing, To do th e hardest work on earth And feed hi s wife when she gives birth, And fe!.'d his lit tie ch'lldren's bones. I t ell you, man , the Devil groans. With a ll your main and a.ll your might You back what is again st what's right; You let th e quire do things like these, You back him in't and give him ease, You take his hand, nnd dl·ink his wine. And he's a hog, hut you're a s wine." Yes, " ton ing down" John Masefleld would be as easy Lt task as ·•toning down" deat·, old "Mother'' .Iones to Pnab1 her to 11 come th e Second Lady-in -Waiting to H r 1\fajesty, the queen · of the l nit d Kingdom! I feel that I hav wast d altogether too much time in di cussing candidat s for a thirty -dollar job. This . magazine is Jlllb!ished by p rsons of Socialist ideals who beliP\'P in the principles of unionism and who are opposed to open-shop salaries . They would much yrefer to ha \·e me di scuss plans towards unionizing poetla ur ates o that they will not be forced to slave away at sta n ·ation wages writing odes to the King's kitten. \\'ho knows but that they are right! Who knows but that my efforts might be crowned with success! Then, the 110et-laur ate would go on strike three days prior to the King's birthday, and there would be no· ode. Or If, b)• some incomprehen lble turn of the wheel of fate. the laureate were to become an I. w. w .. he might he<'ome conve rted to the per.ftdious, mendacious and meretricious doctrine of sabotage. Then , he might make King G orge rhyme with rage. He m!ght, in aceordance with the philosophy of Arturo Giovann1tti, Andre Tridon. William D. Haywood or Emile Pouget, cut h re and there a few feet from his verses. Sabotage. Two Bills of Fare (Continued from page 165.) standards for themsel ves is found on another page of the same papers that printed Mrs. Cooley's report. There is another bill of fare-this latter one not recommended to working people so it is doubtless kept for those who do not work. One day's menu Is as follows: · SUNDAY BREAKFAST Oatmeal jelly and cream Tom Thumb baked omelets Batter .Dread Coffee Strawberries LUNCHEON Cold corn beef, sliced Saratoga chips Orange layer cake Buttered toast Iced tea DINNER Split pea so up (stock from com beef) Roast chickens Boiled rice Green peas Raspberry ice cream Cake Co~ee The corres ponding . one for working folks Is: SUNDAY BREAKFAST Nothing LUNCH 1 cup of cocoa 2 slices whole wheat bread I ~lied 1 Fh·e cents NER potato ~·orth baked beans ·How do you like it? How do you like to see the Idle exploiters flaunt th eir good llvln,g while at the same time they urge on you and on your children a diet that Is sure to ause a physical and possibly even a moral breakdown? The food which we eat forms the energy or our , bodies-food together with the oxygen Is the power that makes the engine of the body go. Never give up. Demand good, wholesome food and fresh air. If necessary fight for these things for If we ljo not die for them, we will certainly die without them. ' OUR LANGUAGE Oh , the copper on the beat Is no coin, And his star doesn't shine from aloft; His billy never says a single word, He doesn't pinch his job, though its sort; He pounds his beat all day and never hurts, His round Is otten square, so they say; Think these things a re funny? Never mind! Its our way of taiklng; just our way! �178 The Western Comrade "THE MARCH TO JAIL." KIRK AND McKEE SECOND .A.ND THIRD FIGURES FROM LEFT, FROM BEHIND JAIL BARS An i nterv iew with E. E. Kirk and Harry M. McKee follows. These are the Socialist attorneys of San Diego who were convicted and sent to jail for "conspiracy to violate the anti-street-speaking ordinance." Their offense was that they spoke on the street at the beginning of the Free Speech fight, which eternally disgraced the business element of San Diego a year ago. The sentences of Kirk and McKee are six months and three months re spectively. At the expiration of these sentences, there Is a fine of $300 each, which must be paid or they stay in jail 150 days longer. The cases were appealed to the Supreme Court. The convictions were upheld. · As It Is almost impossible \o see and talk to these men, Mr. Kirk has interviewed Mr. McKee and then himself for The W estern Comrade. By E. E. Kirk P~'!! ~!!!!!!!'~'!!'!!H'!!'!!'!!I!!IAHRY Mcl\:1!:1'; sat on a folding chair, r adlng, his feet 'on the third step on 1111 Iron stairway, when I asked him, " ay, old man, how shall I say you like ~ jail life?" ~ Down cam both feet. ''Just say I don't like it," said McKee emphatically. "I don't Imagine any mari would like it. Then, the absurdity of putting men in jail! W e t wo, for Instance. As though jail would make Jess radical, or would mnke us lOI'<' the .capitalist regime more. The only Sl\\'lng clause for me Is that I'm getting rested, for the first time In my life." "Why, Mr. McKee," I said.. "You don't mean to say this Is your first time In jail?" "Yes, it Is." r plied Harry M. "That is, in a real jail. for a definite time. 1 was arrested in 1906, in Coimcil Bluffs. Iowa. The chief of police honored me by taking my arm all t he way to the station. I had read the Declaration of lndep ndence on the,.. street. That was only for a couple of hours, though, and the ca <> was laughed out of court. I have been in the Socialist Party for fourteen years, too, so that's a pretty good record." "And since that Council Bluff affair, you've kept out ot jail, ha1·e you?'' " ('S, sir, unttl Fe-bruary, 1'912. That is. when you, dun you, were one of the 3 othets arrested with· me; u then we all laid in the city jail for twenty hours." "All right. Now tell about your jail life. What do ·YOU do, and what is done to you all day?" " That's easy, for we've had the one routine since June 30. There are two ~eals, one at eight-thirty In the morning, and the ot er at four in th e afternoon. For the first meal ther is mush, alleged coffee, unsweetened, and a piece f . uncut bread. 'The whole 'is encased In a deep bread pan and shoved along the floor. The second meal is either beans or stew, a tin cup of tea, escorted by bread, all in the never-to-beforgotten bread pan. The food is all right, but the method or serving and its appearance knocks all its good qualities. ''We read-l'm sure the readers will know that we may have books-and we reply to letters received, conduct what's left of busiliess by mail, and write out thoughts for future use." ''Now, Mr. McKee, you have been .In San Diego a number of years, so will you tell briefly what the Free Speech fight was all about, and if it was really Free Speech that was invol\"ed, or was it an I. W. W. invasion for their propaganda? "I certainly will," said McKee. "That's one thing that should be straightened out. The trouble began with the efforts of the Merchants' Association to make an Diego an open town. Their biggest buildings were being built with non -union labor. Street meetings, wbich had been held for years, were the best means of • •reaching the non- union element. The Socialists had �The Western Co mrade used these meetings every night. The Council passed an emergency ordinance; that afforded no chance for a referendum. It prohibited street speaking within the only district where one could get an audience. The Socialist local v.oted unanimously to oppose and test the ordinance. The Federated Trades Council also voted unanimous ly to support the Free Speech League, which was practically organized by the Socialists. The I. W. W. had three delegates on the executive co'm mittee of•-the League, out of a total of more than thirty delegates. Whe n me n went to jail to test the ordinance, th ere were more I. W. \V.'s who made the sacrifice than others. The capitalists find it easier to discredit the Industrial \Vorkers than the Socialists. and their papers plcture<;,.the fight as an invas ion of the l. \V. \V. But when it came to prosecuting the cases, the facts s howed up. The Socialists were prosec uted bitterly and the I. W. \\' .'s were given freedom on various grounds. No, It was a Free Speech ftght, and I think it Is a mi stake for any radical to assist the capitalists In condemning a portion of the working l'lass." "Good. I agree \\:ith you. even if th is isn,'t my. inten ·iew," I !'laid. ··1~ut you're not looking any too we ll. old man. Does the jail affect your health ?" "Yes, to some ex tent it does. The jail is so new that the conerete is not completely dry, and I hai·e a constant cold. My health has been injured by the systematic campai,;ning for free speech during the fight; th e loss of business, months of time and strain of doing ali I cou ld has hurt. Then the sight of these foolish bars and bolts Is s tifling. They bear down on one and smother. Not th e immediate personal effect, of course, but the glarin g ins tance they present of th e cruelties and barbarities of the system. I dare say that the' on ly radi cal thought that has been publicly proclaimed to the prisoners was what th ey heard of the speeches made by yon and myself the day we held the street meeting in front of the jail before coming inside." "What message have you for the comrades, Mr. McKee? "Just this. It seems to me that we must, as Socialists, take warning by San Diego, and make s ure that our Free Speech is not wrested from us in other places. The Socialists of California are powerful enough right now to prevent any r ecurrence of the San Diego methods. An initiative measure would do it. A constitutional amendment declaring that no legislative body may restrict free speech, directly or indirectly, 'could be had. Freedom of speech means our opportunity to carry on our work. There cannot he too milch free speech. Let anyone speak their thoughts, just as they write them, and be res ponsible, civilly m· criminally, for any d~mage to any person by such speaking." (Note-This is where the writer Interviews the Interviewer.) Ques tion : "Well. Comrade Kirk, do yon agree with what Mr. McKee says?" Answer : "Not altogether; life would be too easy If I agreed .with Mr. McKee. But with his details of jail life, I have to not only agree, but be present." Q. "How do you feel about the jail conditions? A. "The one thing that impresses me Is th e simi" larity to army life;· I ftnd that the treatme nt a soldier receives from th e government while serving it faithfully, an d the treatment accorded to a convicted prisoner, as punishment, Is practically the same." Q. "You don't mean It ?" A. "Yes, I do. I served during the war with Spain in t he Twe ntieth Kansas (Funston's) Regi ment. This hody had as good or better treatment than the regulars. But in the army one get;( u.p at a bugle blast at sunrise, whether "there is an? reason or not. Here me rise only for breakfast. Bars keep one In here; bayonets In the army. In each place the guards are armed. The rood is muc!l the same, yes, just about: There Is not so much unpaid wo1·k In the average jail as there is In the army. And when the term of the soldier and the prisoner ex.plre, they are each glad to quit, and swear never to do It again." Q. "Isn't that rather hard on the soldier?" A. "No, I don't think It is. The soldier will appreciate the ·comparison; every ex-soldier will recognize it. If It were Investigated, the recruiting offices would be ev~n harder worked to obtain men." Q. "How do you like the jail?" A. "It could be worse; generally Is, understand. But personally, I'm the healthiest of animals; just the kind that should go to jail. There is no shfl,me at- ' tached, so my temperment doesn't suffer. Then, here's Harr~ McKee for company. That's the one bright spot. There are so many thlngn we disagree about that we stay in every evening and argue. We play chess_:_ but Harry wins. That's why he didn't mention it." Q. ''Didn't you count on winning on your a:ppeals ?" A. "~o. I can't say that I did. I have been in the Socialist Party for twelve years, and have seen enough to lose faith In the fairness of the courts when business men are to be favored or the working class discouraged. M~ opinion of the review our cases got in the higher courts is well expressed in a letter before me. It says the re w&s only one statement and one answer possible on appeal. They were: Kirk and MeKee have been convicted of conspiring to commit a misdemeanor. Here's a glorious chance t.o soak th em. All those In favor of bumping their respective heads say Aye. Carried unanimously. Sentences affirmed." Q. "\Vhat Is your solution for free· speech troubles?" A. "First, the initiative measure proposed by M.cKee. Also, an increase in the. red card membership of the Socialist Party. That's the answer. The organization Is the thing. Let's do our fighting as an organlza- ·.....__ lion, choosing the grou nd and making the Issue. Q. "And the [uture, what about that?" A. "\.Ye must cheerfully stay here until the authorities have their portion or our lives. That cannot be replaced. When we are fr~e again, physically, we may speak In several clUes of California, In response to invitations. Then ·we take p our dally tasks. But we'll always be for the work! g class from Aipha to Omega. 1f our .stay In jail makes for propaganda, It Is worth while. We are satisfied that there will always be men and women to make any sacrlflee that will unite the workers for Socialism." ON T HE BIRTH OF A By F rank T~ylor CHILD Lo-to the battle-ground of Life, Child, you have come, !Ike. a -conquering shout, Out or a struggle-into strife; Out or a darkness-into doubt. 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Western Comrade https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/d8e2cc313778a4b8e25fcd4c42ee6b9e.pdf b8b68feae1fb0b9f1f4e834c9a1b16f7 PDF Text Text JULY, 1913 TEN CENTS -' ~ . \ ,:> ~ I ;_-.\ ' 1·; ,- 1\-: ' . i ' • ' 1 './\ ' \ , . . 1· L:. ~ -I~ANOH \I .)Pl:l·J " 'll•. . . i,;. J \ V; lLSON Wr_;N'I\VORTH 'ti\.NUEL JULIUS M LA 'l'1.1PPER MA NARD Cl-~· STER M. WRIGHT ; 'dJNEY HILLYARD ~·aLLIS CHURCH LaMOTT\ , ;RANK E. WOLFE :~UNICE EVELYN BRIGHT ..\RTIS1'S ItOB WAGNER GORDON NYE EMMA GORDON ROB WAGNER By Himself �l"'h.e WesteEn Comrade A Message .From the Editors The western Comrra:de: th:Mi yotJ n@W narve- m yl!lmr ham:ds. is, t!ite: fO.ml!i i8s-1!Ie an€1! it is with a1 feemg of pride t.halt the edit.l!l!i B1ave watched Dt go fli"{I),IIII! the press. No eiif'orl has bee-lill s.paured to ll!llali"e- 'l1te W es:te:lin Cmim~Jde a magazine- 5Uperior- to aM Soeiiali t magazmes. This has; been doJJe, not with a spirit of grasping competition, bl!It with a spirit of Ioya~ty to Sociaiist principles rutd a desire to give to the pa~rty and its members the very besi po "ble propaganda :1 ntl e!JJJcahoii'al medium. Tfte smJ,scriptiou list of The Western Comrade has grown F"mm month to month and the indications- are that it will grow fa!-!tct· in tl~t: future than it has in the pa t. .\11(1 that is tlw point. .J ust what are yc;m doing to help thi s r,ft:u;Jiu ma~taziue iu its dforts to help build the pa1·ty 1 Have you sccun·d just oue new .·ubscription Y It may be that you have, and it may be that you haven t. If you haven't the big thing to do is to take this copy and go traight to the be t prospect you kn~w of and get his or her subscription. You never have had a magazine in your hands for wl+tcl1 it was Pas iPJ" to get suhscriptions. So let us sec ho\\· many sub~owri pt ion s f"<ln he roll ed in before the n ext issue come from t lw press. Th e h rst magazine in the world would he no good at. all if it had 110 suhserihPrs to r ead it! Th e next numlwr of The Western Comrade will he just like nil of the ot hPr num hPI's-thc YP.l':V best that (•a n he mad e. Th e editors arP nl'tPr some g rPnf I'Pa tuJ·ps right now. The Western Comrade always will he a magaz ine to be proud of- ~ a ma'g azine of the \\" est for t he \\"h ole eountry. :'\r)\\. for those• liP\\" suhseriptions! ThP prie <·- just a dollar a year! . r" The Western Comrade Vol. l. ~ ,13 ~o. -L .July, 1913. Published Monthly by The Citizen Publishing Co. :.!Oa 1ew H igh Street, P. 0. Box 135 Los Angeles, Cal. Ruhscription Price One Dollar a Year EDITORS Chester M. Wright Stanley B. Wilson As ociate Editors Elennor Wentworth Emanuel J ulius Mila Tupper Maynard Rob Wagner Fred C. Wheeler Editorial Writer-R. A. Maynard IRA C. TILTON, Valparaiso, Indiana THE TILTON .SCBOO_L OF SOCIAL SCIENCE VALPARAISO INDIANA (Courses Given b~· CuiTespondence Only) Th e qu es tions, directions and r equirements In on· n ec tion with the following courses cov er th e sub j ec t s nam ed. Th e books you have , or uny boolt s on th f< subject, will ariswer for study t exts. 1. History and Civil Government, Six lesson s .. .. . . $1.00 2. Campaign Soc ialism, Six lessons ..... .......... . 1.00 3. Sc ientific Socialism, Six Lesson s . ............ $1.00 4. Political Economy, Twelve lessons . . .......... 3.00 5. Psychology, Twelve lessons ........ ............ 3.00 6. Soc iology, Twelve lessons . . ................ . ... 3.00 Th ese courses are arranged in a proper order for a com plete course in Social Sci ence. Nine dollars paid in adYance will entitle the applicant to the six courses, including a certifica t e wh en th e work Is completed. <Mark with an X the Cou rses Desired) Kam e .... ... .. . ·stree t City .. .. .............. . . . !;tate .......... ........ . �The We t rn Co r I t the from he xecuti e ecreta Uy \\';\LTER LA..'XFERSIEK ~!!!!!!!!!!!!;tJn; ,_wi~li.t J•aMy Us entl"rinu upon a pt_"riod of uneumplt't.l un~wtfl. t ·,·rtaiu untoward {'ireurn anees a the pres..~ut mouw•-• umy J.,,.,.Jmt,J that fat:L There i · a dt>tieit on band, not at ~~~~ l)~mJtl'rliU~. hut th•· ~c-iali. t Part)· ba the }ton t p . •t•hology 11r tlw wm·kiuJt vlll"-'1. in that it di ·likf to facet he world 1n debt. Huf uJift,mJth impor1:mt, this ~- or pa. ·inu importan<:e. An ~1\'llhllwlw l'lllllwt tno\'e huekward, not· can we. 'l'l11• 11ld Xat i111ml t ·,.,umiH ,.,. f(')t the ri~>ing spirit of the time . They felt I lw I 1lw fl)d fw11 '''"' I'HUld JW l•m1.Wl' hold th new wine, and graeion ·ly han h•d 11 \ l•f' 1111' I'I'J IHI to 11 1ww ~atiou :tl E xecutiYC Committee. All honor to them fot· I fl,·if· JIHI'I l ~l'l 'ill wol'lc 'J'IH•y l<~·pt us fr·om the rocl•s of destmction and will ),, . t'l•llll•fltlt~ •f'l'd will1 lo \'1! an rl ·gr·atitudc by all who know theit· real ,,.ot·k . 'I'J,,. 111'\1' ~ ~~~ io 1111l E XI•(• tll J\' 1' Com mitt el! is composed o[ J. Stitt \\'il 011 i'l'!ifiJ tlw 1'111' \\'1'"''· Ut•o l')!l' II . (lcwlwl fr om t he fa r· El).st. \ icto r L. Be rger·. ,\ dulpll < 11'1' 1111'1' nJJd . J nJIII'S ll. .\latll'r•r· fr·om t he m iddl e SC'dion of t he eou u try . 'J'IJ,. 1111'''" ]Hst JJIIJII!•d ilt:J JJ d lli g-h i n· tl 1!' ir r·espedive un ions. Th e ot her t wo /ll•t•d 1111 ill t J•odfJI'I iu1 1 t o ( 'lll i t'ol'll iu n s. Th ey will wor·k harm oniously a nd will II IJJ)I I' "'Ill)(]. l•'ol ' I lit• JI I'"Sf' l i l nil big' plans must h · h<'ld in ahC'y ancc. \\"c must look aft er I Ii" '' ' 'lillllis"'"'''.l' ilf' l'lll't• 1'l111't'in g into !h f' c·ampui g u . 1\ s soon as th e n ew r egim e · l111 s l'tilllll i it s f' li' lh l' l't• wi ll IH• s·o;,~,. l:ll'g'C pl a ns inau gurnt ~·d. \\'e must look at tli ill~ot's i11 11 iii i'M'" \1' 11 ,1', Oll t· hlilldrt·tl th ousnutl men and " ·omen with on e iuca 11s 11 l'iil l·l'll lll !'ll llllltll' t• I li t• wol'ld . \\" e ar·p rn ovin g it , comrades! The evid ences lll't• lllll ll ,l' 11 11d ilig·ni tl f•JI III. Otil'lil<•r·ature is p enetratin g en>r·y home. Our spir·i t i~ l't'lll' li i ll j,( 11 11d i ll lhtt' ll t· in g- m i 11ds a ud h ea rts ,,.hC't'e \'L' I' just iee and p eace arc Itt \' I' l l. l' phnl\1 I ht• hundH or ~'0 11 1' ll t' \\" Ex !'Utivc Committ PC. \Vo rk har·moniously tlii• ~l't •nl j,I'OII l , un d \\' 1' shnll th en ha\'C , u ch ean.·<' fo r r ejoicing t hat w e wi ll jtl'IIHI lllld hold tht• wol'ltl for 1h e "·oJ'l;:ers anu thr t:r ucl c·lass wa r shall 1'111' .. �112 The Western Comtatae '"-...__, . YOUNG LIFE'S REALIZATION By ELEANOR WENTWORTH NE N_ovember the strong Fall Wind passed through the Woods and en his wide-spread wings carried away a little seed, depositipg it at length among the debris of an alley in the Great City. 'rhere it lay all during the winter. While the wind whistled bet ween the rows of houses and roared through the alley, causing .Do the tin cans to rattle, it crouched down far beneath the snow ~s and longed dreamily for the Summer. ~ h~~. ''Come soon, qear Summer,'' it sang. I am growing, growing; something within me is plishing outward. I hunger for your sweet sunshine and soft rains. Come soon, dear Summer-I want to BE.'' ·when the snow began to melt the seed pushed roots downward and leaves upward, thinking "Surely the Summer will come now. I must begin my I work.'' The days advanced and Summer came. But to the alley it brought no sweet sunshine or soft rains. It brought only rumbling, crushing wagons, ruthless childish feet, and a dry heat that made the soil impenetrable. The little seed struggled bravely, calling to the beloved Summer, but it received no response. So it crumpled up hopelessly and withered away. 0- The Spirit of Love breathed over a home and reared on a mother 's breast a tender young life: He pulsated with that heritage of the well-born, the desire to grow. During his early youth his mother protected him against the misery of his environment, so he grew healthy and rosy and beheld large visions of the future. "I'll be strong, Mother," he said, "and wise and brave. I '11 go out into the big world and bring beautiful things back to you. I '11 give my strength wherever it is needed; fight for the right, though it means danger, and stand by my fellows, though it means death." She answered him with a strangely intonated ." Yes Y" But long before he reached maturity, Poverty beckoned him and led him into the factory. There hard labor robbed him of his strength; weariness stupefied his idealism; uncertainty destroyed his courage; and incessant com. petition killed his sense of fairness to h~ fellows. Before many years the clutch of the octopus had made of him dry chaff . . And from the world he brought to his mother the knowledge that her love 's labor was lost. · · �The I W~ tern Comrad . By CHESTER M. WRIGHT * WomlPrfnl, beautiful human hands! * * Hands as delicate as the fuiest fabric, with tint of kin that hlends into shaflo-w onr fleeting curves. Hands that breathe of the divinity of humanity. lende~, soft-hued fingers, tnpet1n ~ to tiny rose buds. Fingers that flex and fly like scampering sunbeams in I he labors of ]on! ~larvelous human hands! Human hnwl s. torn and knotted and broken! Great hands with muscles that are hard and bones thnt nrc big and stron g! Hands that strive and strain at great ·burdens! Hands that gra p shovels null levers that eoutrol powerful machines. Hands that plunge down into danger! Hands that grap- plu with df•ntll! Jinnds with hard palms and thick, tough fingers! Hands! Human hands that do 11n1'1l wol'l< I Ifamls that an• indolent. Hands that reach and grasp. Hands that tear away from other hands. I lamls stron g in th e strength of trickery and treachery! Human hands that never create. Fingers that "l't) n cYcr Lent except to grasp! Human hands. All alike in the dawn of babyhood l -' �The Western Comrade 114 I " Rob Wagner, the ArtistiC e By of nature, or compose a song that contrasts sound with have your little lists of world probsllence, tempers volume with tone . !ems--so have J-so has the valedictorian Rob Wagner believes that nothing. In the world ls in the Pomona high school. Some of our better than beauty. The goal of all things Is beauty, inclusions will di1fer widely, but there which means perfection. He be)leves, with K a.ts, that are other things In Ute world ~out us what Is beautiful cannot be bad. Only the uglY is Imso raqkly grown that man's--nlstinctlve moral. True beauty to the soul Is as ozon to th sense of fairness takes the pen and flower. \Vere we to surround ourselves with b autlful writes the lists alike. things our lives and thoughts, In time, would become Man now produces thirty, sixty and a b autiful. for beauty absorbs th7 ugly just as light drives . hundred fold more .~ealth than did the orr the blackness of night. This Is Rob Wagner's philos· to!Ung gnmdslre; yet there are among ophy. And jt is red; It is revolutiona.ry; lt is dangerous; us· those who want what our grandfathers, had. A it demands vast hanges In our economic system-or woman driven in a luxurious car and adorned In a gown • rather, lack or system. that cost a. thousand months of painful toil plays at "All artists are Individualists, but many of them see charity where ten thousand unwashed childish faees no hope of achieving their Individuality except through gaze upward from a garbage-laden gutter. We, who the Socialist movement,'' says Rob \Vaguer. "Jack twice daily are packed in cars as no ranchman would London was right when he said that capitalism Is abso- . pack his cattle, appoint committees to find a remedy !or lutely Nushlng art. The artist occupies a curious posirural isolation. With education universal and enforced, tion In the social cosmos; neither a capitalist -nor a with the science of preventive medicine progressing proletarian. he forms with the with marvelous rapidity, insauity, suicide and crime other lntell ctuals a group that II s betw en. Howev r, no steadily increase, while in mutter how much h would llk some of New York's human to express h1mself or socially abattoirs only one child of ten serve his fellow men under tb born reaches the age of five. These conditions cry out for competitive system, he must of change; and no shutting of our necessity become a servant of eyes to the facts, no comparithose who can pay hhn his son with worse cond.itions in wag . Thus, we find most of the past, and no shifting of reth.e artists and intell ctuals In sponsibility upon Divine Provthe service of the capitalists. "Jack London has to write idence, can still the cry. We directly at the beads of his edivoice our cry in ten thousand different ways. We write of tors, and they are either capitalists or represent capitalists. our heart-sores in for.ms that The artists have to p!dnt what are countless. We aspire to utopias that mirror the dreams the buying public want-and the only ones who now can buy of- our souls. And this vast their wares are the capitalists. chaos sums itself into the deWe edit their newspapers, sire for a beautiful world. We build their homes, write their want a better world, and that plays and books, paint their means a more beautiful world. pictures and In every other war Child toil, poverty, disease, crime-all these are ugly, and glorify their Jives. It Is natthat is why we don't want ural that the Intellectuals should be rebels. What selfthem. In Los Angeles, Rob Wagner respecting roan wanttl to be Is preaching the Gospel of subjected to this klnd o't Beauty. He despises Capitaltyranny?" Rob Wagner and his C4)Dl· Ism because it is crude arid ugly. He loves the philosophy rade artists would fnflni£Ht prefer to beautify the lives of of Mutualism because it is all mankind than to bury their beautiful. He is a Soelalist, PAINTING STEWART WHITE' S PORTRAIT works In the private homes of an Artistic Red. He believes moneyed mediocrity. It was for this reason that Mr. that ecstasy o\·er beauty is something that is actually inherent; the thrill that comes from viewing a ·wagner sought expression In the public service by enmajestic mountain moves man to the depths of his soul. teling the publfc schools as a teacher. He feels that His emotions throb and pulsate. craving for expression; there is a real exhilaration In helping to estheticallY if be is an artist, he will write a poem that breathes mould the lives of the coming generation. Tbe n~ce~· beautiful words and thoughts, chisei a bit of statuary tive minds of eighteen hundred boys and girls at the that takes on the haunting loveliness of harmonious Manual Arts High School Js a largel' and more splendid form, paint a picture that glories in the color and shade canvas than be ever painted upon befoTe. -=~~~!!!!::~ OU .y -~ \ . • EMANUEL . JULIUS �The e t r 0 r For Mr. Wagner to striTe to o beautify their homes. their ~{lei'SO r maillll'&r'S t.Lstes is to lead them. to beairtle they tn.ow n • to make them sensitive to artistic horrors that us on all sides-this will help del'elop & r& ot o people who will know and demand beauty & personal and social necessity to their lives. As the schools are the most highly sodallaed Institutions we have, they are the most successful. o greater demonstration of the social triumph could b shown than in the Manual Arts High School- here r. Wagner teaches. Here is a faculty of eighty teach refine, intelligent, high-purposed men and worn n who dearly love their work and who all w~rk tlr 1 sly for the Interest and joy they take in it. "It Is a pleasure to associate socially and lntell ctually with such fine spirits," . says Mr. Wagner. "As for .r-~::=:--=-~~~-=-~~---.--"""'"!1' the students, they are fairly bursting with the joy of life. lt would be hard to tell when school is out for ttie students !luger around. some still working in the shops and many rehearsing for all sortt~ of musical and athletic stunts. ''One reason why they love the place is because the physical equipment of the school is so beautiful, which goes to show the importance .of beauty In making work joyous. The shops, so full or fresh air and sunshine, looking out upon the field, are an inspiration to work and stand as a symbol of what our industrial life ought to be. When the industries are public institution . like the schools, then perhaps there wlll be some dignity to labor, for one can work with dignity only In beautiful surroundings." Of cour e. the public schools have not attained the perfection of Socialism-whose fruitage is lndlvldUAlitlm. • lr. Wagner a,·ers there is still too mucb authority to del'elop splendid individuals. The ~utbortty iJI not the tate nor the church, but public opl.nlon. The stat£, u rep en ed in the superintendent and board of educa-tion. bas been a.muingl.r liberal and broad-mlDded ao4 has helped to eni:on.rage indl\TidDality in the tea£h£ni and sa..v Yr. Wagner. '"'The e ~ ~ 11'bat I call PJJblle ... Mr. W~ sa.,T e reamn is thAt PJibUe Edl:IICAtiiomll. - te&ctnal :artJ.Aie Ed1Jea.tDnl u"e ~ tl1aze k �116 c.. The Western Comrade Fig~ting For Labor in State LegisIatures By CARL n. THOMP o Carl D. Thompson is in charge of the information bureau maintained by the National Socialist party in Chi· eago. He has been a member of the Wisconsin state legislature and was city clerk of Milwaukee durln'g the two Years of Socialist administration. He is probably the best qualified man in the Socialist movement to telt of the work of Socialists In American state legislatures. This Is the first time that such an account has been written. The story as told here by Mr. Thompson is an extremely valuable addition to current Social · ist literature. P.!!!!!!"'!!'!!!!"'!!'!!!!"'!!'!!!!"'!!'!!:'IACK in 1899 the present Socialist Party · elected its first representatives to the state legislature in Massachueetts. From that day to this the"*Bocialist Party has 1 • ; been tlgh ting a, steady battle for the cause of labor in the various state legislatures. The story of the legislative ~ enactments won for labor by the Social• "!J is party has ~een a steady crescendo. Gathering strength slowly. but stead1 ily In every state the party finally breaks through here and there and elects .a representative to the state legislature. Generally It is a single representative at first, but It may be two or three. In Massachusetts Carey and M-cCartney were elected In 1899, and the party had representatives until 1904. It was then without representatives until 1909, when Comrade Morrill was elected. 1 He still holds office. In New York the first representative, Herbert H. Merrill, was elected In 1911. In Pennsylvania the Socialists won a seat in November, 1910, electing James H. Maurer. One representative had been elected in Florida some years before, while Comrade Nels S. Hillman In Minnesota was elected in 1910 and is now finishing his second term. Naturally these single representatives could do but little, yet they held up the banner of labor In the leg. islatlve halls. By !j.lld by a group of Socialists-four or five-later, six, and later still, a dozen were elected in \VIsconsin. By this time other states were "breaking through" and we had this winter (1913) a group of two or more in four states-six in Wisconsin, four In Illinois, two in Nevada and three in Kansas. Thus gradually and steadily the power of the Socialist movement is gro.wing, as the numbers elected to the legislatures increase. But it grows in anotjler respect; the program Is being deve-loped and made more comprehensive. It also gains In power as the members of the '~!arty assemble the facts and Information that constitute the arguments in fa\·or of their mea ures. Nothing is so mighty as the unanswerable logic of the facts behind our program- the moral appeal of the realities we present. This is being understood and admitted everywhere. And every year these facts pile up. Every year a thousand influences are Bringing them to light. Every year the ocialists learn better bow to use tirem. But most of all the growing numbers of the great mass of Socialist voters back of their representatives In the legislatures multiplies their influence. A few thousand votes In a state attract attention, but give no alarm. Thirty thousand votes are liKely to strike fire, elect one or two to the state legislature and start something. Even that "premonitory rnmbling" may be B disregarded by the smug politician!\ UNLESS IT GROWS. But if the 30,000 grow to 60,000, and the 60,000 to 75,000 and eyery year keeps cr eplng up; and worst of all, If while growing thus In one state 1t also grows in all the others- then truly the alnrm ls out. Desperate measures must be resorted to in hopes of ·stemming the tide . . It is such growth that by and by causes the capltallst and reform politicians to loosen up and throw out a morsel to labor here and there In the shape of concession, some law that Improves labor- conditions, shortens hours a bit, Improves the wages a trifle mayb , or perhaps Improves the method of the payment of wages. The gains are slight at first. They are admittedly conceded not to emancipate the workers, but with the hope of perpetuating their slavery. That is· the apitallst politician's purpose, of course. .But every galn Is an advantage. Every penny of wages wrung from the capitalist masters, every mom nt of leisure gained, every device to safeguard the workers' life and limb and health is so much of added resource to the worker with which he may fight for more and still further gains. Every penny more means so much better food, and better food means better health, better blood, more strength and vllallty to the worker. By so much he is a better fighter. Every moment cut off from the day's labor .Is so much time gain d to st~dy, to read and reflect-time to think, time to whet the . worker's wit with which to match the power of the capitalist class who have all their time to plot and scheme and devise new ways of getting the better of labor. By so much again the worker Is a better fighter. And thus the more the worker gains, the more he Is able to gain In addition. And this Is the way the legIslative program of the Socialists has worked In every county where they have elected representatives tb the law Ulaking body. It is slow at first, of course. On that account some grow inpatient. But the movement gains not only In volume, but also In momentum. It gathers force. It also gathers speed. Every day adds to both. Every vote add!! to both. Time, patience, persistence, are all that are needed. To take account of what has been gained so far by this movement-and we are only In tts very beginnings here in the United States-Is to encourage and Inspire every worker for the cause of Socialism. and ought to settle at once In tbe. mind of every laboring man and especially every trade unionist where be belongs. A Glance at the Record • 'We haven't as Yet been able to gather all the data on the work of the early representatives of the SocfaHst party in Massachusetts, Florida and Pennsylvania. It �, The Western Comr d 7 Is known that some of the measures they advanced WeNS 8Uccesstpt and started movements 1or ImprOVed conditions that are going yet. Later on we shall ha e more complete information. But the trend and the extent of t.hfs ·work and its lnfiuence Is shown sufficiently in Wisconsin. There, as Is well known, th~ Socialists have had their l\,fOUP of representatives in the state legislature for nearly ten years. In 1907 the Wls~nsln Socialists had slx members in the state legislature. They introduced seventytwo different bills during that session. FIFTEEN WERE FINALLY CARRIED. Among them were the. following: 1. A blll which provided for the erection of guards and railings over dangerous machinery 1n factories. 2. A b1ll provid!ng that all metal polishing machines shall IJe equipped with blowers and sufficient drart to remove the metallic dust. 3. A bill requiring railway companies to equip all trains with sufficient men to handle the work without overburdening the train men. This was known as the Full Crew Bill. 4. An eight-hour telegraphers' law. 5. A greatly improved child labor law. 6. Certain measures securing a greater degrlae- of jus tice to labor through co~t processes. General Gains The above measures indicate the possibilities of political action with reference · to the cause of labor specifically. The whole problem, however, involves a much wider range of activity. The Socialist legislative pro- ·gram sweeps the field, and the Socialist legislators have not been without their laurels in these matters. For example, the following measures were successful· In the Wisconsin legislature In 1911, bearing upon general problems: 1. Municipal legislation. Fourteen different bills introduced by the Socialists bearing upon this problem were passed during the sesslon of 1911. These provided. among other things, for a greater degree of home rule for the city, secured the right of excess condemnation, enabled the city to embark In the public ownership of certain public utilities, and gave them the right to et-ure land and property wUb wbJch to begin the building of workingmen's homes. 9. tate ownership. Socia.1ist.s secured the pusage of a joint resolution for a constitutional amendment, pro idi.ng for the ol!Ollership by the state of the lands, mineral rights. water powers and other natural resoun::es. They also secured the passage of a joint resoluUo eall.ing for a onal constitutional conTention. 3.. Political m of a law ~ d eiectkiD da.l Soclalist.s secured the pa.a... fo a :nni!l~ initlatire and for a bait holiday em p~ that YOJDeD may �--· The Western Comrade 11 c..,; had nineteen representatives in nine dift~ent state legislatures this year; 1913. &ome of the legislatures aie strn in session, and it Is too early to secure definite data on the work of those uiat have 'recently closed. It is impossible, therefore, to give a complete record of the bills that have been enacted. Twb or three of the legislatures have closed their sessions, others are still at work and others have ·so recently closed that it will he some time before we can get the final results. So far we have been able to only partially tabulate the bills introduced, with occasional reference to those of whose final disposition we have learned. It will be some time before the record will he complete. One or two characteristlc feature~ of the work in the state legislatures this winter are new and worthy of note . . For example, 'Ye have for the ·first time elected a group of legislators in the states wlri!re the problems of mining are uppermost. -As for example, southern Kansas, Nevada and Illinois. This has resulted In a number of measures being introduced into the legislative program of the party, dealing with the problems of labor in 1 he mining sections. We have also for the first time elected representatives in the states in the semi-arid region, where the problems of irrigation come In for 1:9.nsideration. This again introduces a new feature In the legislative program or the party. Another special feature worthy of note is the greater care and comprehensiveness with which measures providing for the public ownership and operation of public utilities have been drawn·. This is notably the case In the w easure -.prepared by the legislative committee of the Socialist party In California and Introduced through their representati\·e, Comrade Kings leY. Following is the list of measures, ananged by subject, and it includes 11ractically all of the measures introduced by the various state legislators, and constitutes a pretty Olflmprehensive reriew of the entire Socialist legislative program. as shown by the work of the Socialist legislators in the present sessions of the state legislatures: Labor Hours-Eignt-hour bill on public works, Minnesota (defeated); one day rest in seven, Illin.o ls, Wisconsin (new); eight-hour day, universal, California (qefe~d, new); Saturday half-holiday, lllino!s. V Wages-Cash payment, California, Washington, JJlinois (new); to compensate miners for time lost when mine closed in enforcement of state taws, Illinois, Kansas (defeated, new); assignment of salaries to married men, Nevada, Tlllno!s; semi-monthlx payment, Nevada, Illinois (new); weekly payment, Wisconsin (new); wages for public utility employees, Wisconsin (new). Women-Hours, comfort, etc.. California, Nevada. Child-Abolishing, regulating, etc., California. Mining-Providing for sale and delivery or black powder, Kansas (passed, new); health and safety or miners, Kansas (passed, new); abolishing compulsory purchase of supplies· from company stores, Kansas (defeated, new); pro\·iding bath houses fer miners. Kansas (passed, new); prm·iding for ventilation in mines, revada (new); pro,·iding sprinkling devices and drill sprays, with dry ores. Nevada (new); amending state mine Inspection bill, Nevada (new); mine examiners. Illinois (new); relating to sale of commodities by em. ployers to employes, Kansas (defeated) . Giving right of action and damages to union employe, Kansas {defeated, new). Unemploy d, furnish employmen£ in development or natural resource· , California. \ Bureau of . labor statistics and factory Inspection, California.. Insurance-Employers' liability, California; proof of injury, Nevada.. Submission of labor dl putes to board of lm~estlgll­ tors, '\ isconsin. Canceling of contract by bonded employee, Callfornla. (new). Providing for asses li1ent of logs In districts where cut, Minnesota (defeated, new). Safety in construction of buildings, Minnesota (passed in amended form). To prevent misrepresentation and false advertisements, Minn sota (passed). Montana (defeated). Illinois. Bmployment agenci s-To mak charging or receivIng of a fee a felony, Mlnn sotaj'(defeat d); r lating to bonding of mployment bur au , Mlnne ota. Providing! for tleaceful picketing, in labor troubles, Nevada, Illinois. Prohibiting blacklisting, evada, llllnois (two. new). Private detectives, Ne,·ada, Illluols. Freedom in choice of JlhYsiciaus, N vada (new); Housing, railroads, lumber camps, etc., Washington, WiiConsin. Advertisements In time of strike to contulu notice of strike, \\'isconstn. Influence In discharge of employees, Wisconsin. Convict labor- Marking of articles, Wisconsin; wages to dependents, 'Visconsln, Kansas (defeated). Direct employment In rilles, Wisconsin (two). Occupational diseases, forbidding us of white lead, Wisconsin. Licensing of englneet·s. Wisconsin. Guaranteeing right to organize, Illinois (new) . Union label on state printing, Illinois. Right to boycott, Jllinols. Union conditions on publ,lc work, lllinoll!. Mu nicipal Home rule in regard to municipal ownership, Call· fornla, llllnois. Debt limit, California. Amendment of city charters by popular vote, Kansas (defeated). · Municipal coal yards, Kansas (defeated). Tax levy for libraries in cities of second class, Kansas (passed). Granting use of public buildings for meeting pur· poses, Kansas (defeated, new) . Tax levy for water works In clUes of second class, Kansas (defeated). Municipal Ice plants, Kansas (two bills, defeated), Wisconsin {passed) . Charter convention, Chicago, Illinois. Municipal banks, Illinois (new). Municipal ownership, telephones, ·wtsconsln. Parle subways. Illinois (new) . Street railways, franchises and rtgulatlon, Wlfconsln. Public utilities, regulating use of meters, Nevada. Deep waterway, Chicago. Illinois (new). Legalizing park elections, JIIinois {new), State State ownersblp;-Raflroads and lndustrtes. Wiscon·sln (new); storage houses, Wisconsin; land, tenure, etc., Wisconsin; land by purcbase wben sold for taxes, Wisconsin; natural re1Jources, internal fmtJTovemenf. 'Kansas {defeated). Debt lJmft, Wfsconsfn. ·o State lf!e fnsurance·, UJinofs. \ ./ �The Western Comrade State ~ntlng plant, JU!nois. Traffic, street and bJghway cro sings,· Kansas (passed). , Constitutional convention, Kansas (deteated). •Redistricting of state and election of legi(llators, California. Legislature, election of senators. Industrial board to investigate cost of electric ranways systems, California (new). Discussion and action on measures affecting interests of people in public meetings (new). Abolishing state senate, Nevada (new). Assembly districts, California. Abolishing governor's veto power, Nevada (new). Senatorial -districts, California. Regulating cold stora:;e ;;arehouses, Montana (defeated). PreEervation of timber land, memorial to congress, Montanp, (defeated). Courts Legal aid in criminal cases, Nevada, Kansas (defeated). Legal aid to poor, Nevada. Suits for wages in county where labor was performed, Washington. Prohibiting injunctions in labor troubles, California, Wisconsin (passed). Nevada. Qualitication of jurors, California. Grand jury, California. Relief to persons erroneously convicted, California (new) . Relating to ·civil proceedings in district courts, Kansas (defeated). Election of federal judges by people, Wisconsin. Prohibiting injunctions against public officers, Wisconsin. . Verdict of jury binding, Wisconsin. Civil action without prepayment or fees, Wisconsin. Preventing imprisompent for contempt, ~lllnols (new). Licensing court reporters, Illinois. Preventing courts tyhig up union funds, Illinois (new). Attorneys' fee~:~ in suits for wages, lllinols. Increase wage exemptions, Illinois. Advatfcing cases o! persona~ Injury, I!Unols. Government Protection of game, Mlnnesofa (passed), Wisconsin: Elections of . S. Congressmen, California (new). Congressional districts, California (new). Government ownership coal mines, Kansas (defeated). Wisconsin. Government O\\'nership railroads, Kansas (deleated), Wisconsin. \.._ Elections Election day a half holiday, 'Wisconsin. Nevada. Providing employed electors opportunity to vote, Nel'&da. Certificates of registration, Washington. Qualifi~tion and absent voUng, saruornia, Kan.saa. Election boards. California. Primary elections, California (nellli"). Forbiddiog non-partisan elections. CaUforfnia (new). Election day a legal holiday, Kansas (defeated). Education Proddiog for night schools, Kansas (passed, new). Boud for scbool di.itrict.s for paymeut of outata.ad~ warnm . Kansas (defeated). Compulson; attendance. courses of study, etc.. Nevada. Fr t xt book • Wi nstu, llllnot School board alarl , Wl n h\, Trade school , ts on La . Rallroada Prohibiting ·pas s, Illlnol (u ) • Rallroads to maintain !lllbllc om . lllln ta tl Authorhdng ook ounty to build a rail d, sota (passed, n w). Amendment for lnv stlgallon of tr lght t 11, tana (new). RaUroad Commission, r p al, N vada. Promoting safety of trav 1 re and nwloy 1 ll)'· Jatlng size of caboos s, Kansas (d f at tl, n ). n· gu. Taxation Exemption, California, Wls onsln. Assessm nt, allfor Ia. Poll tax, I' p al of, alltorula, N v d , K nso1 d • featlld, new). . Sale of property for taxes, N vada. Providing for paym nt and I' lpt t tax 1 on nndl· vlded Interests In property nt r d for xatlun, Min· nesota. .. Direct Leglelatlon Recall of judg s, Wisconsin. Recall of munlcl)lal omc rs, Wisconsin. Jnlttatlve and referendum le Uons, N v d Amendment to constitutional am ndm nt Initiative and referendum. alltornla. ranlln Domoetlo Relatione Distribution of prop rty ot par ntl ot Ill gltlmat children, Kan as (d teated, n w). Concerning common law marrlngee, Kan101 (d • feated, new). Divorce shall not affect I glUmacy of chllctr n, llll· nols (new). Fraternal beneficiary socl tl s, Wlaconeln, llllnol11 (new). ' Civil service, Illinois (n w). • To change party nam trom Publlc wn l'llhlp t Socialist Party, Minnesota (pa 1 d, n w) . Loans to farmers from 30 Jl r nt poetal I&VIDIJI deposits, Wisconsin (new). PublJc health, detlntng communlcabl dlt ale, M n~ tana (passed, new). Abolishing capital punlshm nt, Neva4a (n w). Reducing cost of llvtng by Jlmtnatlng wa1 In 4111· trlbutlon, Washington (new) . Public service commt.tlon, r p 1, N vat!# o ), Agriculture, prevention ot pet!J, N Y4da (ntw). Penalona Neglected children, Nev da (D w). Mothel'll' peulon, KanPt (d t ted. new). Old age peuJooe, Kauu Cmemortal to Con~r H, pa.ued); to Investigate, Wf.teoD.IIn ), Co-operative enterprtse., Kaneu (p ted with amendmeo.tAJ), JUI.noJs (new). Co-operath'e mark IJJ.S ot farm productAJ, Wt.co In (new). Regulating dtatrtbuUon of. ne••· JJJ.taot. (MW). Foreclosure of land couuaea.., WIICOUJJI (Dew). AboU.~ sta.DdiDC army of CalttDroia, Catttonda (new). . Prohibiting .ale of 1J4uoq Ia paroeblal tcboot., Wf.._ coJ1IJn <J)I.IR4) w. CUrtafllng pcnrer. of CatlwJJc e~ IIJ ebureb aJrabw, Wtaeoa..m( new). �120 The Western Comrade The ,General Stri f WRITER in the current North-Ameri- ' can Review sa)'s: "All human beings aim _ at what has been called, selt-etrectuation. It is the realization of their capacities, J> aspirations, hopes, wishes, passions. The lower, the less developed the being, the . less conscious; the higher, the more conscious Is it of this motive to action. The range is from Instinct and appetite to clear purpose and.ldeals." ._iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~ In the Forum for May another writer has declared: "There Is being created for us an ideal of life that shall_give full expression tci big men, and as complete expression to lesser men as· they can unfold. Every single revolt agitating us comes back to this proposition. Every single revolt alms at gaining a right to express that personality now." Still another Forum contributor has said: "The man who after a hard day's work takes refuge In a novel, or a bit of music, or a wholesome play at the theater, or who, of a Sunday morning goes to church hardly knowing why, witnesses to an imperious demand of his own soul. In every sort of business, men and - women are rising from the weariness of daily toil and are trying to fill the vacant spaces of their existence with Imaginative visions of a better being for each one. "Wherever the 111.odern Industrial system makes way, there is the same unrest that spoke in Broadway two weeks ago on the banner of the Garment Workers: 'We strike for a better life.' It is getting on the nerves of earnest people everywhere." Ours Is a time when man has attained to phen.omenal success In the conquest of nature. He has harnessed nature's forces and made them do his bidding. He has succeeded, to a degree that promises much greater achievement, in making the air and Its currents servants of his will. He has well-nigh annihilated time and space by sending his thoughts and words out Into the ether to he transmitted, by sound or electric waves and received hundreds an/J, thousands of miles distant by his fellows. But great as is the story of accomplishment the most striking development at present is the growing spirit ·· of revolt-found well-nigh everywhere. Turn where one may in the current magazines, whether the subj~t discussed be art, literature, religion, drama, politics or industry and protest against the conventional and· established is increasingly in evidence from month to month. Periodicals, heretofore generally regarded as hopelessly conservati"e, .seem at present to vie with each other in giving expre · Ion to radical thought. Many men who loom large in the public eye because of omcial or other position. from the President of t.be United States down, .are freely expressin,g radical views. Scientists and educators are joining the procession t.nd adding th weight of their in.fluence and ideas to swell the growing sentiment of discontsPnt. Progi~essi'Vlsm and radica'llsm are in tlhe al1T 1llid con ervatiism as a directing ~orc.e 1n buman 8ll'!airs is fast Joslng caste and d:nlfiluence. Ain edltorlal in a ~cent number of Lyman Abbott's OutloOk i(leo1ues: "No tllougbtful man er woman can ltve !today :and not I' allze tb'at the old order 1s changdug and givimg ;place to the :nev; wlth tlbe rapidjty of a A dissolving view. All -t 111 flux, nothing at rest or permanent. The Nation tao s lndustrla.l changes;'' while in the Atlantic Brooks Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams and son of Charles Francis Adams, who is a professor of law 1\l Boston nlverstt ·, writes on "The Collapse of Capitalistic Government," and declares that for the most part the act! It! s of the present are carried on outsld of and beyond the pale ot the law; while still another writer declares that ours is "a political system done to death by an economic growth.'' Perhaps flrty y ars ago, Fred rick Engels, colleag\Je of Karl Marx declared, that "th final cans s, of sootal changes and political revolutions ar to be !l'ought not in men's brains, not in mrn's b tter Insight into aternal truth and justice but in changes In the conom!o system. The growing perception that el'IBtlng I!Oelal Institutions are unreasonable and unjust, that reason has become unreason, and right wrong, Ia only proof that ch(lnges In the economic I'!Ystem have allently taken place, with which the social order, adapted to earlier economic conditions Is no longer In keeping," Sixteenth century law and twentieth century economic development, to use a phrase attrlbnt d to an agitator lately much In the public ye among Am rl®n radicals, Is the unworkabl probl m of the present, An extrel!le statement by an extremist mo11t persons would declare. But, says the prof ssor or law before quoted. who Is certainly quallf\ed to . !!peale, "Through applied science lnf\nlte tore 11 have b 11 domesticated, and the action or th se lntlnlte forces upon finite minds has been to create a tension, togeth r with a social acceleration and concentration, not only unparalleled, but, apparently without limit. Mennwnlle our laws and Institutions have remq,lned, • in substance, constant. I doubt if we have developed a lllngle important admlniatratlve principle which would b novel to Napoleon, were he to live again, and I am quite 11ilre we have no legal principle younger than Justinian. As a result, society has been squeezed, as It were, from its rigid eighteenth century legal l:ll'lell, and lla.s passed Into a fourth dimension of space, wber It performs its most Important functions beyond tbe cognizance of the law, which remains In a space ot but three dimensions." Thus, it w111 be seen that the pre11ent 8oc1al problem Is to so enlarge tbe skln or envelope of tbe socia1 organism, eonslsUng of its taws a.n..d IW!tltutions, as w give free opporU.mlty !or .s till greater growth and exp.anslon of those limitless forces of prodtJctlon whicb applied sclenee has· brought into tts eeonomic 11fe. Ju ot.her words w make Ute legal ptJntsb.tnent fit tbe ec.o nomlc crime. But whlle the fact of revolt, its nawre and tb.e Q.I!.VS.e of which it i.s the effect h.ave been W.dic.ated, tbe.re Still remaius the goa} sought, tile eJl.d to ibe att.aiJ),ed. Sodalists declare, and rightfully, ·th.at t)Jere is ~ class Btruggle. A struggle on the pa.rt of tlle exploited, the down-trodden and oppressed 'worJrJ.og-class p,rtmarilly for bread. A ~u11ict between w co.r.wmic sys- · tem ~·hich ha~ rea.clled lth.e JPeliiod .of Jts de.c aden.c e and a new BiYBtem tb.at ha alread;r taJken s.h.ape tlAd tor,D.l wH..b in tih.e old and :PUShe_s it§ w.a.Y .OJlWM~ <t.o\\·.a.r.<I ifl,. evitable bi.rth. .A pureliY mate.ri~ s.truggl.e for a IJ)\I.r.el:v ~atefli.al �Tbe Western Comrade l 1 for a· Better Lif end, say th.e unthinking, whether inside or outside the Socialist movement. · or this there can be no doubt from one aspect. Animal need and the urge for bread comes first. Man is a physical being before he is more. Physical necessities must be satisfied first. But who shall say when. or v.'here in his niture the animal becomes human: the physical merges into the Intellectual and that into the moral o1· spiritual? · When does the struggle for bread become one for bread and-; at what point does the struggle for existence become the will for a more a·uundant life; the impulse to live, the desire to live g1·eat ly; the strike for life a strike for a better life? In the animal kingdom below man, warmth, sunsbipe, shelter and food mean unquestionably only material comfort, hut at even the lowest stage in human deYcloprnent these suggest mucll more than materialism. !'hysical we11-1Jeing is the first goal because a condition makin~ possible all farther growth and progress. El'ery single re1·olt tllen is not only a strike for life but a strike for a better life. Eacll individual is striving for self-realization. \Vhat ever potential life or (lower may be his, this it is in his nature that pushes for expression. As the life inherent in the roots of the rose bush pushes its way upward anti outward in bush, branch, twig, leuf, bud and flowe~ revealing itself in beauty of form and color and richness of fragrance, so the potential life in e1•ery human being seeks for fullest xpression, striYes to reveal itself in and through all that pertains to the individual and his activities. · Self-realization, self-effectuation, realization of capacities. aSI>irations, longings, hopes, in short the completest personality possible of attainment and to reach this goal not in some far off Utopia but here and now: Nothing less wilt' satisfy. And where economic system, political institution, tradition, creed or poverty restrain or hinder, there Is revolt. 'TI a re\·olution, a world revolution that is upon us, a yet in its formative period. But all who are In tbi • world trike for a better life are revolutionists. \\'hoever is working to express his special energies, to attain the complete t personality possible lo him, in order that be may live supremely. Is esientially a part of this eon tructh·e revolution. The inescapable fact in the world today Is the class truggle. As Vlt.-e President Yarshall said the o her day, "Karl Marx and hunger are abroad In the land." Tbe new pages of en::ry newspaper. every day, tell the lOIJ of the pilifnl trugg)e for bread. And In 110 far as this world conJlict is a struggle for bread aiCIDe i a cl eonllict-a struggle between the exploitand the exploited classeS. 1 is a eontlict between who produc:e and th who 01m the wo ld"E .-eal ; hetw those who 01m plants and es ey do not use and cise •bo m IDe bnt cannot own; ~een labor d capital; the baves ao.d is a· univ rs In "'WI! eaDJlDt tnltlle tn our pttltdplet, 'e eaa compromf.te, OD act' t. 'lt'Ub ~ ruJitlg SJ'fl We IDWit break wWa tlJe ruU q aDd U to :a. # DO 14...-IM t,. ots. . & .. . •• - �122 The Western amra de Organizing the "Capacity of Co,n.trol" The recent meetibg of the National Committee showed a new spirit and purpose developing within the Soc:lalist Party. It is the impulse or the legislath>e and administrative spirit awaking within the political movement of the workers of the country. "This spirit has shown itself in isolated localities, while in some others it has been sadly lacking. 'i\'lsconsin has proven its own ·development in this respect. :l[assachuset ts has r:onsiderable of this new spirit, ami it is spreading in other states, such aa :llinueota. Montana, l'enn'sy·Jvania and New York. ' I nwan the spirit and put:J)ose whicll grasp the rein · of politkal power with a distinn purpose of making ti'I'IUin usps of that power, as opposed to the purely agitational spirit which aims orily at unseating the old drh·ers of the capitalist reg-ime. In tht> innPr work or thP party this was manifested as ne\'er before at the mpetings of the National Com mittee last month at Chicago. lt c:ame out In the handling of the Bessemf'r case-In the forbearance, yet firmn ess. with which the erring comrade was shown th e limits of his insolence. It developed a new patience with details in the hours of patient study given to the details of the Lyceum Course, and the eagerness with wlrlrh th e members of th~ committee drnnk In all the information which they could extract from Comrade Katterfeld and the various one reporting from the state organizations. lt showed Itself In the restraint with which the printing plant proposition was handled-the capaci-ty of self control in the presence of a great idea, presented by an enthusiast who was master of his subject-for that is what Comrade Baker Is. Every one of these problems was fundamentaJiy a problem of party property. Bessemer l:iad been found wrongfully in possession of party property. Katterfeld had been managing party property. Baker showed how to capitalize the party organization. by adding some capital for a printing plant, and create more party propertY. The committee understood Bessemer's act, and Its imJ)lications, and acted--on the basis of the previous exJ)erience of society with those who misappropriate propertv. · The committee understood Katterfeld's difllcuJUesand the dimculties of the national omce-in ·working out the new problem of a lecture bureau, and condoned the mistakes. They also took Ume. for the first time, as Katterfeld wd, to look tile_.a dmillistrati\\·e dl.fticulties squarelY in the f.ace.. Then they backed up the enthu ia t and organizer as they ne,•er ibefo11e ha·ve <done. with the a;pplloval----and the specific :lnstruetiom;-cl the natianal organ.i!:atlon. 'The committee lf!at~ed ltbe possibilities of modern machaner.r as ex:pl\essed in tlhe poss1bllitles of a modern perfecting press-and sa'\\· that the proper operation - of !fucb machinery cans for a correspondingly perfect • macMnery of 'fJali;y organization and propaganda method. 'rh!:U' 111eallze.d after titt Wilso.n had tl.n.lshed that tlhe pB.Tty •w;as not W"et "assembled". O!V adjusted so a-s to meet tbe llr.e.in wl\lic'h the mere pos.session of &ucb a !Plant wouJd purt UJlOO it. And so the_y ·Tery Pl'o.PerlY l'efused ~ tlh1s 1Jime to ''hl"tcih "UJl." lf By WINFIELP R. G, YLORD E,·ery goyernment tbat e\'el' lasted mare than three w k bas done o because it has been able to "make good" as tb governing power. - ow, the principal business ot \·ery such go,·ernment has be n to make, interpret, :xec~1te and enforce laws-ninet~·-ti\·e per cent or the laws l..lelng 1aw11 about property. Of course .t.ey ha,·e. In the main, made thcHe law~ In tht> interest!! of th people who constituted the governhUl group in society nt that lime. The fact that they l'OUl<i •·make good" on that job was what ((Halified tbetu to he the • gorernmenr. \\'hen the law!! Of Jll'O(lC'l'tr 111'£1 aolmade, illlt:'l'!lff'ted, xecuted and enforced that thPy hverfm•e too much with the proper l ~o of Jli'O)lett~· by those who hold the ultltnntH control of the powerH or gorernment at the timP, tho go\·emment whlt'h thu s falls to "m11ke good" goe11 down. The only hope that tlw ~Miall~t~ ha\·e of ~>ecuring ]lOwer aH a ]loll tical 1110\'enH•nt · 11:!, that the Did nartles will fall to 'Ro make and enforce the laws of nrouerty as to meet the needs of the neonl of onr clllY . The on ly hope that the Soclullstfl can h~tve or holding polit\Cil) power aftet• they ~!'Clll'e )lOSI!eaSflln Of the government Ia, hy ''ma king good" on the job of making and enforc·lng the law!! of !lJ'Oflerty fot• ttw general welfare or those who may give the Soc!aliflt party its power. The Ho-callcd "perils or democt·n.ey" have to do mainly with the democ•ratlc ownen;hip, cornrol and ma.nage·ment or property which muat he used h1 common. The non-Socialis ts do not hollev In tbe no~sihillty or democratic administration of property, Their· democr·acy or ownership an represented by the l!toc~­ holders of the corpon~tlons, Ia always tempered by the absolutis m of the board of directors and the "Qten higher up" In the management of their property. And out of their• unfortunate experiences with. th.ls cmnblnation they bave ·brought a who)esom~> fear of "tbe mob." Democratized management of property Is not an easy problem. But It is being solved gradually, in nicipal and other forms of IHiblle ownership; and ,also in the great co-operatl ve movements of th.e working class. DemoeraUc IW1.nagement -is JJossible &!lQ is practical. That l.s being proven and te-sted more every (laY. But the dtsc!pline of the industrl!l.l armY must be as etrective under a democratic control QS un4el' 41-n .autocratic control. Otherwise .tne social-democracy \\'Ui not . "make good," and wm go down. . "'To see this discipline 4en~loping w!tbln tile raJ;tks of tbe cboic.e.st -a.nd most representative cb.ara.cws i.u the American SociaUst move.n.tent is a sj.gbt calculate(! to glve joy and ligbt-b.earted root)del:lce 1o those \1-.b.o bave eyes to -see H. Our tasl! wm not oJ;tJY be to thtd indiYiduals vdth ~ great ex.ecuth·e capacity. Our tas.k is now and w)ll always be>. to de\'elop also witbin 1be working class a c:a.pacit-y for or.ganl.z,ed self ~o.ntrol \\"Jli<'b wm el;Ulble them rto m:a.tc.l.l t..b.e perf.e.ction .of tuo(ler~l Jl;l;l,acbil.uery bu.ilt ol -steel and brQ~e witl.\1 a.n equaLlY perfect social .m.aabiue for the opera.t;l.on a.nd coutrol of the meW mu- meob:a.n.ism.. 'J'Jhis dane.. "ourea.u.oracr" <&.nd '~te Sodalis-m" hav£> n0 terrors. �The We st e rn C o The . ReVolt of . [!]• I'!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'IMM the tip-top of his elgh • ears senioritr, Laurence Gordon gaed ac.t'QS: the table at his sister with frank dlsappl'O at The deftan~ in her brown eye remained ~ undaunted. She had ju t announced her ~ her intention of golng to work and tbe determined set of her mouth forb~tde hl laughing at her. "I tell you, Alicia, it's nothing but spring fever. I bad it every May when 1 was your age," he confessed paternally. The girl shook her head. •· · ot this time, Laurie. You don't understand. J want to get oat into the world of men and women who are doing things. I must expreBt! myself .somehow, just as you do. Some women ca n do It In roast beef or doilies or afternoon teas. J've tried to but I can't." She leaned forward coaxingly and sm ll1•d a little. "You are going to give me a job on the paper, like a good boy." Her brotl)er threw up hls hands und laughed, but she went on. "If 1 couldn't write better articles than some of the stuff appearing In your subsidized j<?u1·nal, brothe?' mine, I would go off some placf and gently expire." Sh" rose from her seat and stood _looking down at him, cheeks flushed and eyes restless . .. Rt>nwmher, my dear. I stood just as good a chance to inherit some of fRther·s ability as you did." Gordon rpfused ·the logic with a stubborn shake or his head. "'l'hE> bnsinE>ss and commercial world is no place for n woman," he declared emphatically. "lt hardens them-'' Alicia Interrupted him quickly. "Really? Why, I hll.\' read some place that there are about six million women working for a living in the United States alone. Jf they can stand it I can." · Her brother turned in his chair to get a better look at her. For a moment he was silent, and Uien he said quietl~'. "I always thought you·so contended, AI." The girl hrugged her shoulders and strolled over to th ~·lndow. "'lth her back to him. she answered, "Not lat ly. Tbi &fternoon, I went to Mr . Saunder '. You know the lady. Well, there were twelve ladies, elgbt mal person and one man pre enL It almost stifled me and I'm ick of it. One~ ju t grin and grins at Idiotic nothings unm one· face assumes what Emerson called 'the genU t asinine expression: My face actua1ly burt J came a ·.ay and ~ed it." Gordon grunted aQd sank back in his el!air- "You sound like Edv;ani Carpenter and a sulfragette raJJy," b e claimed in disgust. "'Women are the limit. Wbat on artb do they want these da,J's!"' _ "YO nd Uke openbauer." be retiJJ'Ded and th Jaugbed at the exp o his J:aee.. ~u·s uo use, Lamie. rm t to the haWits of amiable parasites toT- • • • • • • • • ·oen e dropped a • his forehead and staned door. ""'h, • be eaUed bd c1osed it,. -,..bo at llrs.. Saii.DC!11!!1'S" todaY!"' - A liaD w1lo to too lllllicldY f« l!itra,g::lfll! rur SliJ;ft'J._:Y • • • • • • • • .j -- - j �·1 Tbe Western Comrade 1:24 most recent divorce aeandal or a bank embezzlementall things ar which tbe"'great world stopped and stared. Onoe, after a particularly hard day, her brother asked 1f she eared to go on. ,She nodded her· head and was sUen for a moment. PresentlY, she said, "I've learned. that I can't solve the world's problems or even my own problems by going to work, but perhaps this experience will show me something that wUl." After six months Had passed she was given charge of tbe "Personal Queries" column during the vacation of its manager. She found herself in daily demand for everything from freckle lotions to love potions and at the end of the two weeks felt thoroughly at war with that portion of society which takes its advice from the family newspaper. • • • • • • • • • On a drizzly November evening, ten months after Alicia's entree into pressdom, her brother madE' an announcement which set her hearf pound!ng. .. They were sitting at- a hurried supper in a little restau1·ant near the World .office. A new play wa~ to have its Initial performance that night and the World's chief dramatic critic had suddenly and thoughtlessly taken ill. "Thomas is off to the Colonial. new musical comE-dY. Da,·is has already started for the Philharmonic and Miss Keith is getting that Club Convention report ready now. Can you beat it? Everything coming the same night,'' grumbled Gordon. ''This play is going to be the senRation of the season and we simply must have some competent man there." Alicia's cheeks flushed slightly. "Can't you get Kelly on the phone?" she asked. Kelly was book reviewer or thE' World staff. "Out Of town," re{J'Iied Gordon. Alicia leaned eagerly across the table. "Laurie, don't think that I'm crazy, but please let me go. It's Hudson's play and I understand him. P lease," as he raised his hand In protest. "·L isten, if I don't make good , on this, I'll give up the work, right away." "My dear AI, no one knows you. \Vhat would your name at the head of a review mean to anyone? Besides, they would accuse me of partiality." "They know you too well," she answered. "It's no use, AI. If you fell down, I would get in wrong with the chief. I'll have to bustle up someone who Js known." "They all had to start, Laurie," she insisted. "Take a chance. Be a sport," she wheedled. As be showed sign of weaken!r.g she reached tor her coat and gloves. "It' aU settled. l'U trave the story in by ele en-thirty.; r,m too ·e xcited to watt and it's almost -el.gb.t now, Goodbye." Before he had time to protest Go'tdon found himself alone with his troubles and his 'deml•t& se. • • • • • • • • On the foUowin& morntng, Grant Hud on scanned the papers eagerly for the reviews of his ftrst play, Before openiag the pages he knew that It would be mls· Interpreted. The "Sun" critic in glowing metaphors proclaimed anew the "great American play.'' He wrote at length of Its richness in artistic imagery ·a.nd symbolism, although anything akin to symbolism liad been far from the playwright's mind. The "Enquirer" man saw nothing but "a prosaic piece of economic propaganda" without literary or artistic value. He wailed at length ()ver the r alism of the modern stage and sighed fo1' the good romantic days of yore. 1 The "Herald" relegated the pro~uctlon to "highbrow" soc! ties a1~d declar d solemnly that such could never satisfy a tired business man. Hudson swore softly at the tired bU111ness man and threw the papers down ln disgust. "~lore rot, I suppose," he mutter'ed, picking up the · · World with a hopeless air. His eyE's paused a moment at thE' heading and then waJ~ ered down the column . • • • • • • • • So someone had undeJ·stootl . Someone had felt with him the slav ry of an expr·e~sionless life; the tt·agedy of monotony; the common, unheroic and unbeautltul stoicism of a scented bud that may not op n Its petals to the sun. It ~as more than he bad . hoped' for. ltito this play of his, Hudson had placed no gr at shining joy and no deep stinlng catastrophe. He bad tried simply to picture the unlovely life of a working-class household, Its soul-destroying round of petty cares; Its over-banging cloud of fear for the morrow; its Isolation from all the beauty and lnsph'atlon of the world. His eyes sought the head ot the colull}n ag~ln . Alicia Gordon- Gordon? The name was famlllar to him, yet be knew be bad not seen It ln print before. For a moment he tried to recall the namell of various women whom he bad met In the past year. SuddenlY be remembered and his face grew red with etiJbarrassment. Five minutes later he was on his way towatd the World building and tbe office of the dramatic critic. GREAT SOLDIERS IN GREAT CAUSE It is a. great thing to conquer difficulties and overcome obstacles when in pursuit of purely selfish ende. But wnen Inspired by zeal for a great cause for human uplift dliDculties and obstacles become but stepping stones on the way. It Is undoubtedly true that self-preservation came first in order o.f development. But it I!; likewise true that the growth i.llto alU:ulsm dates from the tfme when life . first left a unicellular ft>rm and set out toward manifesting itsel!! In ev:er growing complexity of form. This is the essential meaning of eivilfzation and today· there are many men and women who wo.utd wllllldngiy die i! thereby th-ey could serve indltividuals or the race. It is me-n and women oe this chBiracter that a ~eat cause ~or human llPli!t creates.. Mien and women wa& are neEther fanatics nor martyrs but lUTe fns-pi'red b:t such passionate love for humanity as to cause them to place upon Its altar tfme, enfrrgy, talent and tr need be life Itself. The international Socialist mov ent contains thousands ·of comrades who Jiving are wholly committed to Its Interests and whom neither fear of physical suffering nor death itself can sever frbm thP-fr allegiance. Gre;lt sold!en In a great cause-cause worth all the IQ'Yalty and devotion. It !ns1>i'res. M·r . Dooley glives it as his opin1on that "if the lmJ)lTOVemenU Iteep on there soon be Sll{:h !acUities tor tra.ve.Ung that anlY&ne can go anywh-ere fol' trothin' an' come baclt agln rel" half price." wm �The Weste .r n Comrade The Movie Revolution I'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ }IOUSANDS of red-cheeJfecri;irls, blo~des, brunettes, tan and short, natural and "made up,"' Bit In little glass cages with one hand in a pfle or nlckles and the 6 other on a..TJ. endless roll of paper tape In thousands of motion picture theaters that cover every city and hamlet of the ~ . country, overflowing into every other · country on the globe. It is the invasion of the movie. For back of these girls ao;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;il out in front endless reels of pict'\lres rut and flash over the white canvas while millions of people pour out their nickles and dimes for the privilege of seeing. The movies have outclassed baseball in point of popularity. And: into this reeling, flashing, nickle- piling amusement the Socialist propaganda Is to be thrust. We are to have "red" movies! The me&Sage of the revolution is to be put before the endless throng that passes In and out of the motion picture theaters in every part of the world, da,y and night. And out in front the cherry lipped blonde or the haughty brunette will tear off tickets and take nickles and dimes for the privilege of seeing the story or labor. A startling contrast it will be, this jump from the gun-play escapades of Dead Eye Dick and Piute Pete to the man in overalls whose aim is to overthrow an entire social system. But the dramatic possibilities are th re and that is the chief reason for labor's break into llimland. As this story is being read the finishing scenes are being staged in a great six-reel film, entitled "From I usk to Dawn,'' In the Essannay studios at Hollywood, al., near Los Angeles. The film will tell the story of labor's struggle in this metropolis of Southern California; a story than which there never has been one more dramatic. _ Within a few weeks this film will be flashed on the screens of theaters all over the world. It will be seen in New York and London, Montreal and Johannesburg, Paris and Keokuk. Those people who see but never read will be given their first lesson in Socialism as they ,it in the half-dark and watch the big picture reeled otr. This film will, in itself, constitute almost an evening's amusement. Fitting it is that this great film should be produced in .Lo Angeles. The city is a home for moving picture companie . One of the e great concerns .employs a thou and people. Another has an entire "city'' of motion picture people. Thousands of f~et or Him are manufactured e;ery day by these companies. In the film, ''From Dusk to Dawn,'' hundreds or people have appeared. Aside from the professional acton~ and actre e who ha;e taken part. hundreds of Soclali ts have appeared. ociallsts whose races are known all over the country, and e•en In other countries, have ppeared in cenes already taged_ The illustration produced with thi -article shoW' one scene in which So<'iali appeared almost exclusively. A great convention scene -was staged -.r.ith Socialists. In numbers or • other seen Socialists have '9QSed for the camera. And he wonderfUl part of the tory is that the_ have inl-ariably had he greates eeess in uansfonnlng themSl'l 'IIIOTia!.da.v foiJi in co on pursui into motie Thespianthe es Q1Je.. Among the Socialtbat have for thi~ series o plctures are Job B. \\W:oiL Fred c. U'beeler. ~ T H. A.. Bart. 1:2 barrow- aDd nearly A SCENE IN "FROM DUSK TO DAWN" to amuse and to ln11truct. Tn movie as an amusement Is est.ablllh d. Th tnovf &II an Instructor Is just coming Into Itt own. Ana Jt wm be successful as an Instructor b cnuB It amu11e1 Whll It instructs. It makes learning a pi a.ur • Tb "nonl" and the "nears" will watch t.he m 111 g eagerly wb n they would not listen to It tor moment. While "From Dusk to Dawn" 11 tb real biJ vrodpc. tlon just now, a number of smaller ftlm• ar b tns mad and will soon be ready for the 1cr n nd the mtlllota. More are to follow and before long tb r wut b "r 4" mingled with the blacka and whitel ot J world'• movies. "WUI thlB ,venture be a sucecu?" 1 have b n alked often &ince I began the wrltfng and productfon ot "From Dusk to Dawn." My an11wer fB tbat J know It wiJI be a SlJccess. That mncb ts auur d already. But to COil• vince yourself you need only look about you aiU! wltn.e•• the growing radJcaJI•m tbat t. pu.bfn.c ttulf up tbroup the cou.ser:vatltlm on very band. To be,Pn wttb there are 5,000,000 prople tn America wbo are SOdaiJ11t.. Tb.tt includes chlldren-but ebJJ4ren are sre.at JOOt'IB "ltln•/' Aside from these there are rnfJUollfJ JJWre who are tinged trftb the ftamJq- color', aDd be,-OJ'Jd tbeJoe daere are other mlllloJd Who wlJI wate wf b ~ joy film portrayal of uy nbjeet of mertt, We ate going to take Soda berM_. dw ~k ol e trorld on the rlsf tide of k poJIII J, 'rt ue ~ to JDUe tlie ~ leu • • ftw Wlof, We ~ goiDg to tile 1D01'ie r~. a twofold purpose. It Is �126 The Western Comrade - ~ PADRE .BLA I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I A.MPO was astir with ;aqueros from the · border region, for "'ith the beginning C<e· of the next week would open the big . roundup on the Laguna ranch, twenty miles away to the north and adjoining the Rattlesnake ranch; and It was Saturday evening. · . ~ The saloons were doing their usual roundup business. .The bars were lined an·d gambling table; filled. There was no rowd)(.lsm. While there was much drinking, the spirit of good fellowship prevailed. It was a sort of reunion, for these cattle wranglers pa)lle from· different ranches and only got together on occasions of the big 'l'outldup at the Lagunas. Dutch was the latest arrival, and as be stepped Into Fallon's joint he was gt·eeted with a hearty welcome. Dutch was a big, clumsy-looking youngster, with the strength of a full-grown steer and a disposition as · smooth a.s-- the pink skin that covered his round, fat face. Dutch did not drink, but was always ready for any of the pranks or contests so prevalent among the grown-up children of the range. . As he entered and shook hands all around, he was seized by Chiquita, a massive Mexican. Chiquita had been the undisputed wrestllng champion of the border section until Dutch at the previous roundup laid him on his back ftve times within an hour. The big Mer.: lean was in a playful mood. He had not been looking away from the wine that is red, and was overflowing with ·exuberance. "Coom, Dootch, we mak'. de wras'sle," he chuckled, as he seized his husky conq\leror of the year before with an under hold. · · · Dutch leaned forward, clasped his hands around Chiquita's waist, lifted him from the floor, and threw him over his head, landing him on his back on a billiard table. As the two giants grappled, the . saloon door opened and a ta\1, broad-shouldered, well-dressed stranger entered. He watched the brief contest smilingly and when Chiquita had arisen and swung himself to a seat on the bUUa.rd table, said in a pleasant voice, "Pardon my lntru ion, gentlemen, I am a minister of the Gospel, and dropped in to invite you aU to attend service In t.he chool hou e tomorrow at eleven o'clock."' .And looking the massive Dutch over with the ·eye of an admirer of ph,y, leal development added, as he stepped toward the uccessful gladiator, "'·ith band eXtended: ..1 wlsb to congratulate you. 1 love that sport. U ed to 'WITesUe some iDlY e1t. You are -wonrlerlitill:Y :strong .and elever:• W'b.lle DutCh stood blusbill;g at tbe polite oom1pllment and holding the tn:nger's ..hand. tihere were queer gla.noes -passlng .among tbe onJbolrers.. lit -w: s F.allon, the 1proprietor. who spoke. • ay, Mr. Preacher, 1 ~ yon what we"il.l do. U :YOU"1U ~AS"'ie Duteb. 'tb.e:ne, J1l clOSe UJJ itih1! jolnt !before elev;en tomor-now .and we 'ill go ;and ihear lVDU A"ky-,Shoot:'" "'You lbet we wall~ Wii.D or ause~·· renthusl.astllcaiUy II'e:s:pond.ed ~ me-st. ~hlle Chlguita Bpll&:fl"g lfu\om ltlh.l! ~- co · THE lla.rd tabl , slapp d !.1\ PNaober on the lloulder ana added, "Sl, Senor Pad~; me too!" The preacher mlled and. looking Into Dutoh'i\ ~oe said simply: "I'm willing, If tbla g ntl ma:n Ia, 1t would be a pi asur to v u loa to such a &plendld antagonist." Dutch blu h d and nodded bls wtlllngueaa, · The pr ach r r moved his long coat, collar and Ue, anct outer shirt, and there wer ·clamatlonll of lil\lrDrl e and admiration at the dev lopm nt ot Arms and bodY he exhibited. J Dutch lost all or \lis mbarrassment, a th ord r, "Go to It'' was given by Fallon. H sprang toward the preacher with th ~glllty or a light-weight and trl d or a ·body bold, but his arms wei' skllll'ltllY thrown orr and his OPPOMnt at pp d nimbly aalde ntnl!l til 1\Pplaus of the astonished &nectntors, 'Tb pr acher soon saw that Dutch Willi! unwl1111 to the holds of professionals and r solv d to use no bold except those with wplcb Dutch wRs fl)mlllP.r, which were body-grapples, depending upon sp ed, liltr ngtb and endurance. He was kept busy on the defenatv , for Dut h Willi doing biB best ror a chance to match 11tr ngt)} with htm, which the preach r wlahed to PI' vent untll be Cl!luld grapple In a manner that would give him lUI quBI chance with the h rculean German. Changing suddenly from tb d tenlilve, be elP!I d In and they locked In a body hold, So int,nll Willi Ute struggle that It seemed to strain h v ry tmospb r . Chiquita stood with legs apart, bent a11 1t In B grapple, and tugged and Panted . a11 though hlmll lf B CQ!ltestant. For fully llv.e minutes the gladlator11 strgJn d w tbout seeming advantage to elth r. Then, llumm9Dl hi full strength, Dutch hurled bl11 ant~onlllt to tb OJ', But It was a disastrous move tor Duteh, By a IIIJ)JJ)le twist of the body, the preacher turned, and wJum tb two bodies cra.s bed to the door, 1t wa11 Dutcb'll broad shoulders that greetecl the hard 1111rf~e. .. The second fall was secured Jiy tlle pre cll.er, ln the Identical manner In which Duwb lled djsPQ$eli .ot Chiquita, with the exception that tb.e v~ .._cber fDr~d Dutch to the under bold by pw;blDg lliJi anm; downward a.s be 1t'U.81led In, "You wtn. Domlnle," s.ald·Fallon, ae h.e ~~pped tn.t indi;-tluat on tlle ba k, ''It wu eur,e mtb ta}111g atl day in a protr&et.ed _me_etln' to W4tcb yOU tWO ht.~skt wra.s'le. We'll be on haad tom.orrow ...~ ~let> JJ., 4~ you eau go the 11mlt with the b_ea en-h.erdJ,!J.g l~ngQ." And sure enough, ~.Jt m..orJ:I1Jlg tb..e JjJt~ se,h.ooJ houae was·cro Aed, w1tb aU the F~lo11 delega.U..OJl pr,ese.nt. wihllle the 1)reacaer £41.tle.d th.em \\¥1111 31'J. lnst#"l,l_CtJve .and entel\ta1.Dlo.g &~ur.ae <O.Il "Jo&..®b W.r.esWng Wtth the Angel" 11hat eve:ulng t~ \PUD.__e"lleTS J.e!t C& P <f.or t};l.e J.4.. gu.nas. !le.d by Dutch and Ch.I.(,JuH;a.. wi.tb 1l.b-e iJ>r~~~er be.twe.e.n _tJhe.m.. 'for the gs.o.g 1\ad !ll.doptMl W.w c&.A.<l ~­ si~tte.d lt ""\\'8.11 tlib.e 11l.r.st tbn.e lflhe.r l\ad ~ er &Ot wl.1"ibJll roplng dista.n.ce of. a .g..e.n.ut.ue g~J....\1,~, a_n..d -tb.er ndt.o:ne.d ~ w.a..SJil• t it.alr ito Ohtib '8.1Ul ~e b\l.ne\1. \lJl at �.The Western Comrade ~ P~REACHER IES O:f PADRE B BL4NCO STORIES the ranch not to enjoy the luxury of knowing a preacher who was plumb wise to the heavenly outfit and could flop Dutch two straight falls. * Padre Blanco rode* up to*the Lafu~s, where his two sons were helping on the roundup. '"""""re was ·Introduced to the dominie, who, decked in blue jeans, was wrestling cows by the branding fire, at which work he had become almost as ex1>ert as he was in wrestling humans. He had become well acquainted with Dave and Bill and learned from others considerable of the fine character of their venerable father. So when the Padre in,·ited him to ride borne with him in the evening and he learned that the branding was about tlnlsl:).ed, be accepted the invitation. When the two men reached the bead of the trail that led down the side of the mountain into Rattlesnake Valley, the sun was sinking toward the surface of the ocean, which was distinctly visible sixty miles to the west. Below them the peaks of the lower range threw their slanting shadows downward Into the valley, like figured carpets of variegated green; beyond the bills and mesas shimmered in the golden evening glow; while the rays of the sinking sun dancing on the water and overspreading the background of clouds produced an elfect Indescribably beautiful. So they sat, while the sun sank slowly between the liquid gold of the ocean and the gilded cloud wall; and threw upward a last flood ·of colors that deluged the battlements of the sky like the spray of a sea of r~lnbows. ,. Then silently they urged their horses Into· the downward trail. , _ Arriving at the ranch bouse, Padre Blanco prepared supper, while his guest stood in the doorway and watched the peaks that rimmed the valley darken with the evening shadows, while the sky above seemed to weave a satiny canopy, gemmed with twinkling golden tars-an ampitheater fa.s hloned by the hand of Natare. filled with the spirit of eternal peace. "We will eat now," summoned the Padre, as he stepped to the preacher's side. A smile overspread bls feature when he saw the absorption of his guest, Indicating that bis oul was enchained by the charm of the valley's environment. upper over and the di6hes cleaned and put away, the two men sat until midnight in conversation. In Padre Blanco the preacher found a rich mine of experience and knowledge, and the preacher In turn delighted his host with his wide acqua intance with politics. philosophy and science. and his brilliancy of conversation_ ·when the conversation was finally turned by the preacher into a dl:seus~ion of religion. the latter was for.. moment hocked by the Padre' simple reply to the question: "May I a k as to your reUglous experience!.. '"I have none.'' &.DSwerecl the patriarch.. The preacher 1niS pla..i.DJJ' puzzled ''Are you. then. an unbeliel'er!• he asked. nvlronm n Is a dorn"I do." The preacher was disturbed. "That Is a d ng roue doctrine," he contended. The Padre was silent a mom nt, and r pi! d, kindly : "Please do not misunderstand me. It Is not do trln with me. I have no doctrines. I only thlnlc, 8 my x. penence, observation and judgm 1\t s rv m . I do no seek to convince otherr1." "I would be pleased If you would t 11 m WllY you place such .emphasis on envlronm nt," urg d tb preacher. . "Beca e this valley, the hllls", tho ran e 'land, wUil all that attaches to them, are as n c 1111 ry to m J the blood 111. my veins. Becaus In other Uv a 1 tb elfect or environment. The Wee rn r Is mor th.an geographical term; the cowboy, tb ranch r, the min r, the clergyman, the lawyer, tbe gamb1 r, ar tb tnw• nation of the elements ot their respective r almt of e~­ tstence. Because my study or history and sci nee co vlnces me that the characterlstlCJ~ and fn1Ututtont ot a. people are lnnuenced largely by even tb phytlcal formation and locaHon of Its country, "Mountain rc~.nges, desert ttr teh I; --lar e bodl ot water, by separating peopl have b aum.clcnt to develop different charaetensttca and lnltitutl"''' ... "The difference between Europe and _..fa, Jn dt'fJJ· zatlon, Is the result of the dl.trerence In nvtronm t. The conformation of the former II auch u tD ncoura intercourse between ber vartoue natJmtt and t worJ4, whUe the great mountain range. of Alta, her 1'Ut plafa., and b.Ji!r oceans ao broad u to c!flc.ourqe th earl navlgatOJll, made lu terCOUJ'IIe Jea favOJ'&bJe; b tlul lower cl Ulzatlon of Alia. uls It not a tact that t: clvfilzatJon of the ~ b was as much the product of tbelr Jan4 at of the stock from which they orl,ginally .prun~? "Did not the Hebrews t:b.emselvea prcwe tonu. euce. or euriromnent In their adoptJoD of tb f4f Ja~ praetfces of the heathen peop with bolD the)' u In eoutaet! "Sodety u we know lt 'IOctay ts bat tiN t6tal # �12 of the conditions and circumstances that have environed t he race since chillzation began." L!.Vou have Jiien reading Marx and ha\' e imbibed his phtlosophy," interrupted the preacher. "Yes, I ha,·e read Marx. I am still reading him. But I did not arrive at my ideas environment because of )lim. I c.an see no other interpretation of history." . "Do you mean to say,'' and there was a note of challenge in the younger man's voice, "that the only forces that have controlled the evolution of society are tho materialistic?" "Indeed, no," r eturned the Padre"; while I can see ·DO rational interpretation of history without the predominance of materialism, I do not deny the influence of ideals, of religion, of patriotism, and yet even these are mainly the products of this materialistic environment." "Where, then, do you place faith in the development of ind ividual character?" inquired the preacher. "Faith," replied Padre Blanco. i-eflectively; "Faith is defined by. the Christian writer; Paul, .as 'the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.' Faith does not refu te the influence of environ ment. It sets up an ideal and proceeds to attain it by intelligent and consistent means. Faith sees distinctly the mountain and 'the difficulties that must be met to remove it. Then it proceeds to adjust the methods of removal to the difficulties encountered. Faith without such works is dead." He paused as though expecting a reply. but the preacher remained silent, and the old man continued: "I do not think the church can effectively meet the conditions that are corrupting individuals and society, until o1' she reCQgDl7i6S thls fact-untll St\e ~p.hes herself to SQ changing environment that it wm be easter for t.l\e p,eQple to live clean and no_nest Un~s," . "But" queried the otb.er, "it eiivh'Qllll\ent i sucb a powerful element in atrecting individual ahd sQci~l de~­ tiny, bow c.an it be change(\ by the cr~tures or Its in~ fluence?" 'Progress is the siruggle of intellect and energy \q adjusting environment to the advancewent of indi\'id~!ll and social man. Intellect enables man to di (ler~;~ his condition and the influences ·responsillle fol' t4at condition, and urges him to d vise methods for remo\'lng or remod ling it, "Thi valley is an el\ample or environment. Wb.en we first came her there wer no ronda, Our iaolatlon was increased b cause or this, and because of O\ll' itwl!'tlon we became intensely domestic in our !lal:Jits !\Ild ta tes. But th isolation of our environment dill not prevent us from building l"oacls, which our lntel!ept told -us we ought to do, and with the roads came a o!la11ge in our habits. Neighbors b g~n to visit \Hi and travel ers to puss this way nnd atop wltb us, and we beca!lle social bel~gs in !\ hug r s ns , With each cl:Jange of envlronm nt came a chang In Ot!r nabit!l, In our thinking. and to a degree in Ollr cl)araoters, ~~~ th wl:Jil w have been cha nging the valley, the valleY has been corr apondlngly '.lhanglng us, ·•society Is tills vall y on a larger scale, Put 1 t us retire now. I have found thot til llaf f!t phllo!lopby Is that which Is mo!lt Implicitly obedient to tbe demand!! or nature-and aleep is on of her moa~ lnf!iatent ~tnd agreeable dAmands." Disarming the Pessimist By CHESTER was very f.ond or telling how grandfather did things. He seemed io find relaxation and comfort in recounting the b~rdships that grandfather bad ~ to contend with and nearly every one of Henry's acquaintances was thoroughly familiar with the manner in which Grandfather Brown lived. "Yes," said Henry one day, "grandfather came west in a prairie schooner. No transconUnental railroads in those days. o cushioned seats to ride across the continent on; no bu!Iet cars. no diners with refrigerated meat all the way; no three and four day trips. 'When you travelled then you didn't go and buy a long ticket; you.went out and packed the lva,gon and bitched up the horses." So Henry would go on relating incidents of life in 1the 1ia,ys of grandfatl!er. Henry was fairly !}msperoll.S as ·prosperity is reckoned.. He !had a fair lmsif.ness, be dressed well and went w the tileater when he ear-ed to. H<e was :a man of tile middle class.· One ni.ght Henry wa~ t,emng :atbout illlie inl!ness f ,n om whicll lhis grandmother rliied. GTl!iii'diailier had gone ten miiles con h'Ors.e hack to g<et :a <doet.or. "In s u'C'h a ease in m:Y tiome.,•• said iHeDJry, ~II W(i)U] d me1·eu~ reach for the ille1e:pbon·e 'IU!d ilie <d@etor <would come !iJn J:rl.s autom0bHe. GrandlfaltJher mever us'Cd :a telep'h0ne -aJIJ d never s.aw 8lll cS.'U\1i0mo'bUe. at was niDt un1i'l ihe >~·:as wellJ ,along !iJn years &:at \he ll"ode on -a £imeet Cll11"_ •• [!!] H P.!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I ENRY l.&..:...aJ ~M . WRIGHT One night a storm W'l'ecked a goon· portion of the electric lighting a.ppal'atus In Henry'B town and IJenrr went to the store for some tallow candlea, "Gra.ndfatiH!r never used anything but tallow dlpB a.n4 k-.eJ•o.s~me lamps," he said. ' Great central power plants and lfghUng pJunts llnd heating plants were but little more tllan wild speculations. Of course there were packing Plll.nts jn those days, hut they were !!mall In Mmpllrlson to tbe estal:>llshments of t.oday, Ye.s, t}lere were fl-our mlll.!l an4 lumber mills, but grandfather wa.s thrifty And w)l.ep h.e built his bouse be cut and bewe4 mo.st" pf. bi~ own IIJmber. When he WaJJ.ted tLoiJr }le took bls I)Wn w)l.eat w the mills and bad it ground. paying the miller. o~t ot the ttout tbus produced, Jn !act. Henry'JS .grand!a.tber was a go0d de.a l of an all-mund per.sop, Ill. J>om.e tbing·s ll.e 1~eeAed U~e wor~ of otber.s and tiLe tbings otll.er m.a.de, J:>ut it w~sn't pfwn. Of e,ourae .be ib.ougbt re.l!-dy malle st.o.es and r~agy WPYen clotil and n~.ady made dothe.s iJl his law~· Years, b1,1t i:Jil !his b.0yU.10od eve11 .sucb. tbtlf.lgs Jilev,eJ· pt.ered the ~me i10 their 11:inJshed s~te. T.bey were mGstJy .r:o.a.de )~~;~ UJ.,e home. iWber.e the Bkm 10! ,otlbe.rs was lU-ee.de.d H wa Plli.d f0r mostly lilll work-wJOr~ tor work, sltm wr ,sl<iJl. Tb.ere ·wa.s mJigbty dlrtrt:le i@s1: between Iie.nfy"s 'g)raJJ.d'( a•QQ.er a1,1.d the men :f~·om ~rhom he s.e.cuJI"ed tb.e 'tb),ugs ib.e col,l]i.d JJ,ot make !Wmsel.t '!I'~l.ere weJ;en't m.8J.J~' to@l§l used t)l,e-,n~~t ~s. JQ.@t 1.t .w;eart varjel!y 10! te.o ls. The lblac.KswdtJ.b \'11b.O w~s 11. • ilil~lg\btb.(i)r, made ma.l)-w of. ·tlhose 11l.b:at were jo us.e. iae �'fhe Western Comrade likewise made the .!::'..agons andtfrandfather often helped at this work, or made parts himself in order to save expense on the job. Of course Henry didn't mean to say that. he would care to live as g~andfather did. He wouldn't care' to ·work as hard; not as many hours a. day and he wouldn't care to live without the conveniences that he had been able to surround himself with. He moerely talked of grandfather because grimdfatlier's life, away back there in the pas.t, was somewha.t pit:turesque and because now and then he was able to draw a lesson in thrift and frugality from it. And among some people Henry seemed to create a profound impression. Henry n1erely goes to show what a very long way we have come in a Yery short time. Henry didn't ·need to go to a historical library to find' out about the days of hand looms on which all the family clothes had been made in the home. By word of mouth Henry had been told of those simple machines by a man whose clothes had been made from the cloth so produced. Henry didn't have to take his stories of Indian fights from books. He got them fresh from his grandfather who had fought in them in the east af!d from his father who had fought iu them in the west. Hen ry was accus tom ed to the things that all of us look upon as commonplace; he lh·ed where social production was the rule-where all the big tasks of the world were performed socially. But Henry had been told of the days of individual hand production by a man who had lived in those days. Looking upon Henry and his g randfather we see that in the space of two rather full lives we have come along through a maze of wonderful changes with amazing rapidity. In the space of these two lives the wage system has budded, flowered and fruited-to the point of decay. Some people there are who, seeing the same things ihat H enry sees, knowing th e same things about the past that he knows, believe that while we have progressed satisfac torily in some things, we have failed woefully in other directions. Putting it in another way, they belie,·e that in our perfection of the machine of production we have progressed admirably, but that in our use of that machine we have bungled amateurishly. Some there are who have become so ·depressed that they are at the point of being willing to break the machineat least to rip out a few cogs. Of coursP. Henry himse lf has gathered wealth with a fair amount of ease. He feels no great pinch anywhere and has taken no particular pains to inquire about the reason for anything. He will remain satisfied so long as his moderate incorrie is not molested. But of the others there is a great deal to be said . They see the change in mode of production and they understand it. On the other hand they see that the change in mode of production has benefitted only a few persons to any great extent. True. it bas changed the methods of living for almost everyone, but it bas greatly improved the living of but a small proportion. The entire present .purpose is to point out that, while all who see the vast improvement in conditions that it is possible to have must wish and strive to bring about such conditions as rapidly as possible, and while at r t imes we may bemoan the fact that our progress is not more rapid, yet, looking at the question fairly and sq uarely, our progress is satisfactory and we have come as rapidly as we have been entitled to come. That means, of course, in relation to labor's progress on the political and economic fields. The Socialist movement as a whole, of course, knows that the change from capitalism to the co-operative co mmonweal~h is coming steadily and at such a pace '-.J' 129 as the change in economic conditions may determine aided for the first time in history by the intelligent cooperation · of those who use the machinery of production and distributio"n. The story of Henry serves merely as an illumination. It is by way of casting light over the road that stretches back into the land of Yesterday from which we have just come. And we find that the road is rather a short one after all. The Old Oaken Bucket is used by some ,of us even now a,nd my own eyes have . seen a wrinkled grandmother tending that treasure of colonial days, the band loom. It is a short road, ·after all, that we have come over, and as we think of it we have well nigh exceeded the speed limit in the coming. But there are those among us upon whom despair has fastened its grip. They declare that the Socialist movement is rankly conservative and they rage at him who will not countenance the destruction of all present institutions in one cataclysmic crash. They want sabotage for breakfast, dinner and supper add "article two, section six" is a CO!jlstant red rag in their faces. Syndicalism is their miracle worker and a loose bolt in the mach inery the height of their ambition. The reason for this is not that they are on the pinnacle of our most extreme enlightenme nt. ahead of the prodding procession, gifted beyond tho rest of us in the philosophies and sciences and filled with the enthusiasm of the ultimate deliverers of the race. No, it is simply that they are discouraged, des perate, befogged. It avails nothing to ignore the fact of the existence of ,such people. The ostrich neve r has been noted as a strategist. The philosophy of despair has fastened upon a great many antl we may as well face the fact'. The world has come through many economic changes since man began to walk erect. Man has come up through many changes in his mode of life. The individual chase gave way to the hunt in packs and tribes, and tribes have given way to nations. The hollowed log bas been replaced by the turbined leviat han of the seas and the patriarch of the family bas been replaced by the elected president of the republic. \Ve have moved:· But not until now have we moved by our own collective direction. Until now each little cycle of progress whirled itself along the highway of the centuries, gathering speed unto itself blindly until it crashed of its own momentum into the next cycle, that in turn was destined to grow and gathe1· speed and burst itself into its s uccessor. E conomic changes have always been at the root of human advance. Always there has been a master class and a subservient class. Always the· master chiss has determined the economic condition of the toiling mass and taken to itself what toll it could from labor. This toll may -have been in skins and cocoaimts or in dividends, but ilways it has been the fruit of productlv,e toil. Economic changes have come without any intelligent action on the part of labor. Labor has found its condition changed as modes of production changed, ·but it has been ailent, powerless and ignorant whil~ the deep curre nts of economic change went on to work their way toward the light, carrying the unwitting slave ever nearer to the point where he might awake and have a ha~d in the making of his own destiny and the shaping of the next change in his conditions. So we stand today at the point where labor, collective labor, may take the first conscious, intelligent, studied step ·in the flow of economic change. This time it is natural force directed by _int~Ijgent mind! Into this wonderful situation, this unparalleled opportunity, black despair would rise like a blighted shad- . �... ~The 130 Western Co mrade / ow andi heave boulder as blindly a . dfd the lirst savage ho refused to diivide-'he fiuits ~ his bunt. The pfdlOS4!PhY pf despair. I believe has its fotmdation in two sonrces. One or these is S't:arratioa of body and the other is lack pf perspecti>e in viewing e"eonomtc changes. The teacher appUes the wrong measure to time and change and the pupil accepts the wrong measure as.. th~ right one-on an empty tomach.. An empty s tomach is short-sighted. . Jt was to aid in straightening the perspective that the reminiscences of Henry were brought into this article. While the clouds mar look dark and forbidding ns W(• toddle along with our head bowed: while the road may seem ·hard and tortuous as we wend our weary way at nightfall,. we shall find if we straighten up an9 fill our lungs with pure air· in th~ earJr morning that the sun still shines In the heavens and that it will be !!imply a mauer· of time before asphalt will r eplace the rnuddy ruts of tlJP road that so htirt our tired feet last nil-(ht. The person who .can stand ' up and get his per!>peclive right nen•r loses his grip on OJltimism. A . straight pe rs pcctii'C is the best tonic a weak philosophy <·an have. We must understan'l this thing : That H~ry change ill mcutal life, yes, eYcry cha nge in religious life; every · r~ mngc that com<'s up where out· heads iue. follows· soule c hange in th e life, o[ toil down where our hands and feet ar(~. And if we get our h eads down too close to 0111: feet we cannot see clearly what is going on there and we shall he all at sea as to what is to follow UJl a!Jol'e. The doctrine of economic determinism is pretty generally at!cepted in these days, but not so many have s ucceeded in keeping straight their idea cif what ought to be the relative s peed of actual change in the form of machinery and by whom and how that machinery is to be run. The fact is that the master class has al-· ways held to the form, (or law), under which a g iven economic change began until changing economic condltlo.n · compelled that condition to again give way befor the ternal pressure of change and move. I am not one to stand back and· say, "Hands off and ail will come right of its own accord." Not that. I emphasize that we stand for the first time in human history a t the point where we are capa!Jie of exercising conscious )lOWer in the direction of U1e next step in the e}•olution of society. The world bas never known such a thing; it is mar~elous beyond compare. The big thing is. tl1at having this matchless opportunity, we must not sink our head back in the muck and refuse to see. We must not hiss in the face of the goddess of light. We must bend every energy o the intelligent· direction of the changing sociai heave. And as we strain and strive 'to bring things out aright we must keep :an eye on biistory and an ear to the i!>.'hisperings of e~ern1t:y. This ' as not a world of a day. .A lifetime is lbut a are but flecks on the lfoamiing sea of e.ternicy. We (()lllln" measure wor~d <Chmges by ltlhe cl.ock We do not :sa-y !thait lfeudail.ism "ex]pired at ten ®• cloc:k .eastern fla h. tin1e, .A'l.rgus.t ll, HU. W1e do ne>t saw ifu:at d.be era of IC'a.IPitalll m !began <On M&ldh 411h., il on, nor .shalll 1we sa,y ttlhat !he co-o:per.ati:ve 'ooma:noniWeallth 1w'illl lbe us'ber<ed !I'D. 'WlrtJ'h tfitltii:n,g ceremon3es IWiith tlte com·en:iJng (()f ltlbe dirst Sooia.Jris.t <Congress on .Aipriil ifi.l'slt., 19[i;. "otlb1ng l!l1ke 1!J'halt eve1' ·hlliP:PeDed <or <el·er "1'11jjj)JJ lhaJlJ>en. And ttihliB iis rtJ'he 11'-eason.: lllloonom'ic 1dham.ges 1do llilOt lhappen r;n•er llliig>'ht. 'lrurey evo'lwe din B.1lil :age. 1l1h ene lis -a ,diM&<en oe. .tAmd ttihe 1011e IWbo :st!llDds trp stJr.adg\lrt Jllll.d llec).k-s "1'\>li.tlh ~ue .<e:y.e lOVer ltlhe oad liJJ'tro tilDe ]last .sees rtlhiis : ]il,o age as ii'isan ttio -,tlbe ttimie ,of- uits •deca.w s0- J:i!iPidll\Y as caaliitall- ism.. The chang,~ b.a , been. wQll.de.ttlll @ its ~·;ufdity.. The.r& is nothin d.ep:re !Si~ itt tb:a\ 'l.'ll.el1'e i eve.~·y. ~ heartening in U Fo.J..' change is. etew.al. lt' i ~\~ wa.ys. ·ith us. LU i~ Qhauge, hal.U~~ wtn Q.Qt !itOc\1 wi.ll uot even paus • lt m \St go ou And. g(),\ng on tt must bring new . thi.ng Capltallsm. nas ~c.Aed tts perfe Uon. Chang now cannot bl'lng m.oxe o~WJtaUsn'\. It mu t bring something new, 'l'b.e \' tl\ougnt brtn~s song tbe heart an(\ ex.ultauoe to tl\e tnteUect. Fw' we ta.nd witb hand on the le\'el' Utis Ume tQ 1\irect the to change. And how ar we to cl!r ct the changeY WhM will be tbe con ·clou a t ot' ours that shall IH•Ing \Ill into th new order? H r again we PI' \' , b; tile vei'Y U!\· ture of what w know or how tne change will come that it must b an int lllgentl; gnided . change, .AH hange befor has come witho111 the k n of l!l\\'. Brpoks Adams makes the point in 11. way in an a1•U 1 in th AUa.nUc Monthly for Atll'll. He says: "1 d<lnlll If ' •e h!lve dev lop d a single ltnJ>Ol'tnnt nclmlniRtl atlve JW' !! l!lle which would lJ novel to NaitO\ on. w t•e ne o Hve again, and l am quit sure 'f!l IHI\'e no I gal IWi.nciple you nger than .lustinlan." But in tho coming of tlt nrxt chntl ll'e w m1111t (levelop an rntirely new and revoltllioru.\t'Y arln1illil3lr~tt i ve p1·in ·ipi and onr mes h or mn at;v legnl )or mtl!l~ h torn away. and r plac d by I gp,l bottnda bqilt fra111 pn cntil· Iy opposing angle. We nr• facing r ni revolution, We ha\'e come through th ngo of capitali!lm D rfecting ottr conomic machine uy \'lll'iolla 11te p11 and stages. Labot· as a colle tlv IJody hp,d no Intelligent, self-dir cted 1 art In the building np of the economic machine with which we now wor•)(, W e 11tanq now w!th that economic machine well n igh p ' rt ot, With th perfection or the economic maclline hilS come t)l awake ning of lah~"' J,abor ha:> b orne awa1•e ot the macliine and it hafiiJfound out whal It Wllllt~ tP llo with the machine. '!'he ne wness of that fuct )1111$ not y t borne in upon all labor, but takan · IJ.~ a collectivity It js fairly familiar with the con<l illon, The nen :St D p~n be none .o ther than own rshlp of tbe machln at hand 'rbat is the purpose of our desire, We l)ave'!o!Jn4 tbat the machine has Its chief valtJe In it:S ownershiP; that the privilege of working with. the machine is b · re!t of its pleasure when OWIH!I'shlp lJ ~ elsewhere. o WfJ want to own the machine, lltJt those who own it now have hedged themselves behind .a blink of law iMP wb~c)l no new principle ha.s been in_sti)Jed :SJnce t!J.e time ot Justinlan and we find .our b.attle.tield lal<l for u_s ill t~ realm of law-making, 'fbere t mar~ed tb.e ~Hiferell.~ betv.'een t.bl.s and all previou:S .c!J.,a.n ge, We are engaged in changing tb..e )aw. We l>rJ )g about a partial change ea.cl1 tJme coJJ.~UveJ,Y ~P~T lint-a a !lle'\1' tine of eadeavor--e-ae.h ,tj~ g~, ,c ity u.y~ ~t_s water works or elee.tric ~i.g'bt plant. Tb..e . .oompk ie change wm ~we oome when .all tbi~s .coJl~U~·eJy ,us 4 .sb.aaa !be c ollectively owae.d .and <lieJU.o_efau_cy..Jjy ,a..di.nipjstered. W.e $'e mo,v.iJ,l.g aad WE ~ire.ct :IJI)_e mo,t:i.on.. )l'n 1tb..e light of llil$tory man ae¥er m.o-ve.d ,willl.Q u.cb m,arwe.Wus p.eed. "il.'ihe pessJwist ils .<l~S.8) .e.d.. 'NA_e .op.~ mlst lis jus:tmed~H he ils a lfi1;.htiAg ,op:t:i:ll,l:lst. The .9.oe.. mrine t0f d.e.spair il..s <f.lb.e .<loctron.e ,o!. ;r.este.~;O.a~ ~d .of. 1tl.b.: m'R'Il of .Y<e.B.terday. IRe .c0uld ll:I.Ot :aee bis lfu.t•v.r,e ;a,ud c.ouna Jhav.e ll:lO !P:8J'l 1.n tJb.e ShlljP.iAlg .of :i.t. c.oli< ij,v,eJ~. lBut 'tlb.e ltllue optJ_mist ,does lll.O,t Jlll.~ t.lJ'e ~I'OJil.d Ah..~ges by l\ours 'lllo.d ltlbe ,e volutiol;l o.f erAs •b;y ~a~·,s. ia,e ' g e,tts fllhe !light IIDeaSW<~ 1!h.e ll'igh:t W\iCIW- OO:l;l[t ~Q ttJ.b..e Mt t ilnt~etami®. Am.d GillE .sees t h.at rt!Q.e tac.e ®a.r ·s 1/.l~ dt6 W.s.torJi:c lllillt&on '~ tlb s.um ·e..nt ~~ ~1,\d \'Ji.~b a &\\'lin~,g ~;tu1ide ltJl\ll(t w )ll lt>..e.:tiJ.: ttlb..e ~c..e.t~J @$. '8.it whldll :it W0tik-&. w:e �Tbe Western Comrade 1 .Judge Oa1·y, main tnf>gul of the 'te l 'fru t at tlw govemment heat'ing for dissolution of that t I' IIIII, ltas Pxprl'iw1c d difficulty in making what lw ,. Ia inu; ns thP trust's policy of fost ri11g comJll' l ition, while it has b come the niost powerful t t'liMl ia tlte wol'ld, quite clear to the aYerage ll ll illl. l't·t•sidPnt. Wilson, it is said, has perpeti·ated tit" f'olloll'itJ~: '"l'lt c tr·ouble seems to be,'' lt c said, "tlint I'IOtnr lltf•n at·c taking joy rides h1 their cor .JI,II'Iil ions. '' .Afi it r •medy he suggests tltat the J.rll'~''l'ttm •nl IH'I1 Pt' slop fining iltc automohilP ~nd !J,.,,d n pnnisl~iug-1lw jo.y l'id r. " How would it do t'ot· I IJ., Pt•r>si lr•nt to net upon some of hi happy ittspil·at ions fllld tn lk about them aft nva t:d. 'l'lt • .Jun et·op rl'port of the Department of .\ got· i\·ttllttt'(J say.': G vernmcnt xpel't estin~ate this ~\' t'lll''~:; hnt·nst will be 744,000,000 bn hel , of wltit·lt 4!l.. 000,00 lm h >] will b wint r wheatIt 1'1'\'0I'd .fo t· t.hi •t·op-and 252 000,0.00 hu hels will he 1winn- whcnt. But, ala it i. no long r 1\t•t'l'll •c ot· ~·i ltl that int r t the hoi polloi but tIll' HtnU ll mntt 'l' r th pr~ e. to be demanded hy tlh' f1 Ut' rmd b1• !ld l'U t. .Apt'O} Now that the gov t'nm nt l1nR d cid d 1o dis·· ' ontinu the 'l'aylor y tem for en ien y • ecr ta1·y of Comm l'Ce Redfield ha · devis<'d a new sy tern. He says: " fany of us are not using to tlJeir full the productive powers we out1·ol. 'l'h · rpeu. and women in our factories are endow •d with r ason, interest , judgment, imagination, att ntion and memory. Has a d liberate 'ffort h eu made to try what the responsive fore of tltc~:~e pow r are to patient and inspiring leadership 1" In oth-er words, continue exploitation to the utmost limit but try and make the workers f l so go d while it is being done that they will themselves render the O'reate ~ pos ible a sistance in the process. · ome of the Los Angeles kept press and Big Bu ine~ generally are greatly exerci d over tbe faet that one of the organs of apitalitrm bas charged that th~ new mayor of that city was eloot-. ed by the underworld. nclt publicity will injure, they declare. But there is no wor4 of complaint from these soure concerning the faet that the _juvenile court of that city has bown by its reeords that d!J,ring the _past ,-ear under the role and of Big Busin over 200 yotmg prh, *»Be of them as young as 14: and most of them under han been ruined. Could a worse blow be struek ~ a eity' life-! Yet hese ..ailed jams ne\"er winee a publieity of this eh.araettr bued on .fad.. re!!'Il �1:12 The Western Comrade AMENDING THE ORGANIC LAW liE proposition to amend the constitution so that amendments will be more easily obta iu eu is one of the most pr·actical measllrl•s yet proposed hy tile progressives in Congress. 'l'll c plan int r·oduced by Walter 1\L Chandler, CongT,·ssm an J'r·om New Y ur·k, "provides for three 111dlrods of. in it iat iug arnendmcnts; hy Constitu1ional ~·o11v e n t ions held ever·:¥ thirty yeai·s; by a 11rajor·it.v v<ite o[ hollt houses· of Congress, by onefour! lr o[ th e stat('S. So proposed, these amendliH'IIfs ill'l! !0 l1e S1lhlltil!cd to a popular YOte at the ---.,.--Brst ( 'on~r·t·ssiunal <'lection, and for adoption, IIIIlS!. ro•t·<'in· a nrajority of the fu ll vote cast and also a lltajorit.v of 1h.e vote in . a majority of t h-e statPs. ~'"''"I.Y to have a matter of this ldnd propns"d is 1111 <!dtl!'ation. 'l'hc·wny "the free Amcri''"" p<'oplt• ., han• t ied t ht·ntsch·cs np to pt·cvcnt t hPIItst·h·t•s from doing what th<•y wish to do is llllliiZIII~ . • • • COMMENCEMENT DAY MEANING T lS hc.autiful to wat<llt the young men aud wom en as they pas.s from one year· to another· iu high school and college. J•:xpcrienccd teachers will testify that there lll'l' howcvcl', Yet'~' f w who give evidence of real maflu·ity 11ntil w ell through t he college course. The · ft-c hn<.'ss' of the aYe rage 'ophomorc in eollt•gc is proverhial. Yet the Ya t majority of children do not cYell <.'lllt•r high sehool, much les college. The mt~ltitndc mu t remain undeveloped or get tht'ir mcntnl hrcadth and str ength from hard effort or hardel' knock . "lt i like the hlo oming of beautiful, wondet·ful flowers, " , aid a teacher after li tening to . the work of a graduating cla from an advanced chool." I am exultant that I have had part in growin.-r them.'' Will it not be gloriou when we can know when Nwh u 'C -iYe JUne comes that all the ,y outh of the land will in turn commence life with the fullest cultme and :finest training th y are capable of taking Y Will it not be even more joyous to know that each will have found the line mo t to hi ta tc and capacity and can be sure of a place in the industrial army that serves the common n ed Y Utopian ? ot at all. .Jt is much more practical than the tragic, law. less, disorganized, m ethodlc.·s method we · irugrrle with today. The economic waste of pre e11t day society i bad ·enough; the human, :piritual waste i. worse. • • ... faf LOS ANGELES ELECTION· wit~ its hc~dless ticket at the finals, was good Jl!ustr.atJOn of certain principles littl e understood. The party was gr·catly pleased to clc t a Councilman, Fr·cd .C. \\'h e lcr; it was even more jubilant, probab ly, o,·er the fact that more than 5000 vote. wct·c ! c:ast haYing no vote for Mayor·. In many ways it has hccu shown that the metropolis of Southern 1 C.:alifol'llia has f r·om 3o;ooo to 50,000 who vote the . Socialist ticket. Why then should it be a source of gratificatiou 'that i:iOOO will not vote for: nonSocialists? '~hat is a long stor·y, but sul'fa<:c r·easous m·c apparent. . The JH'cssure was great. "Are you not going to lrelp keep a · cle;m city1" said one side. "_1\re you not going to throw out the ol<l gang and blunderer. : " said the other side. \ · "\Vbat, not vote fot· the man pledged to public owner. l1ip ?" said one side. "Do you not want to ee the new paper crowd downed?'' said the other . ide. uppo e the party had yielded to the pressure and taken sides 1 Now there would bave been a yawning chasm in the party and discord foreYer . after with no good attained. Ti~e will pro•e to those who voted for the suece sful 1\fayor that they but p)ayed the game of hig and little capital. Had the other sid~ won, HE Los An ...eles election, �The Westetn Comrade the · ' Socialists" who voted for that side would ha\·e found they had but pulled corporation chestnu ts out of tbe .fire. The unbroken solidarity of the party standing for the workers and knowing what it wants and hO\\. to get it is the only effectiYe final force. " Cmcial issues" and "vital crises" will always be £· rea ted to divide the ranks'. ''Save the city from the vicious " and "turn the rascals out" will en·1· he pet slogans of "Things-as-They-Are." [uti! Labor realizes that it has no interest in settlin g capitalistic squabbles and shows that no 1·ri!'s for help can r each its ears from that cAmp, it \\·ill never win that wholesome respect that fo r1·rs change. lt is a cause fo r r ejoicing whenever 5000 voters in a r ity see this cleal'l_y. •· ' - • • • THE OPEN SEASON llE man is to he pitied who can r ead of the catches mAd e by the fish erm en th ese days - and not f eel a tug at his heartstrings. Cooped up in office, store or workshop during th e past months, one day out in the open under the June skirs would nerve the ami with fresh vigor, put new light in the ey e, and a renewed courage in the heart. It is routine and drudgery that kills. 1\o more can th e mind· endure the constant, steady. st rain of business than can the muscles of the body. 'rithstand a strady, continuous pull. And th0 relation betw een miiid and body, although not yet st rictly and accurately defined, is beyond question a wry -intimate one. Action and reaction , whatcrer may he t1·u e in othet; respects, are continuous hetween the two. Nothing can happen to one of these two co-ord inat e parts of 1-iuman nature that dol's not appreciably influence the other. Constn nt plowing in the same grooves of the brain, like constant dropping of water, wears. A change of int e1·cst and of scene, a d eparture from establish Pd routine, a break in the chain of habit, plows nc11· gt·ooves through th e fallow or untilled soil of th .. brain and crecates'hoth the mental and the ph~·s i cal man. Life is short at its best; we will be a long time 133 -~ dead; the world will wag on just the same whether the dollars we leave behind when we leave this sphere of existence be many or few. Only we are the losers if we refuse to consider the means necessary to prolong our lives and enrich our experience. The secret of securing these is to studiously endeavor to add day by day, week by week and year by year to our interests. Today, tomorrow, next day, then, although ·for the first time in life, secure some tackle .and go, ·no matter to what stt·eam, but go to some stream and spend a day or two tramping the banks, whipp~ng the waters, and, if catching a few trout-so much the better. Do this and you will live longer and di_e happier. • • •• CAUSES, NOT EFFECTS F HUMANI'l'Y 1s to advance individuals must help to that end. Many things in community life depend upon the active interest and effort of all the p eople. Civic responsibility is· a very real thing, aTthough so widely distributed. Development toward industrial just ice, political integrity, educational ideals or· social virtue . must depend upon the earnestness and intelli~ gence of public spirited endeavor. P et·haps it is worth while to try and analyze the aims and methods by which this effort may be made most effective. In every cause there are two distinct but relative objects to be sought: one, an ultimate goal, r epresenting- the highest ideals; the other, measures looking toward that goal, but adapted to what is feasible and appropriate as an immediate next step. 'l'hese two objects are not antagonistic to each other, but are too often sought by separate groups; the one unwilling to accept any partial measures, having eyes turned exclusively to the final goal; the other seeking some avai lable . good with no t·egard to ultimate full rounded results. In choosing objects of effort it is important �134 The Western Comrade to make sure that one is \vorking on causes and not mere symptoms or effects. Attempts to secure politieal r eform are largely mistaken uecause aimed at . inevitable. btaneltes of some "tr·ec whose roots req1ain untouched. Jt' the cuer·gy spent in anathematizing the . <>vi is and spasmo<.lie attcml?ts to right surface wrongs wcr·e systematically expended upon a few fundamental changes .in th~ system great results would be attain ed .. 'J'her·c is a vr.r·y gener·al tendency to dip out water· perpetually. in variou. leaky civic boats without attempt iug 1o stop the lcal\s. PPt'imps most important of all is the spit·it in whi1·h r·cforms arc undertaken. Tl~ negative, destru eti.vc, fault-findi_ug attitude is ruinous to success. l\fcr·ely ear·ping at existing evils never made the wol'!d better. The person who does not love good more than he hates evil is not a factor· which evil has to fear. The spirit which nothing can embitter, the spit·it invincible against antagonism <;>r .scorn, is the spil'i t which can achieve. The path into the futUl'e can only be clearly seen with n vision lighted 'by whatever rays of .brightn s there may be in the present. Only light can dispel darkness. • • • • MARRIAGE MAKES WEALTH F R1\'lER as istant secretary of the t~·easury, writing on thi subject, clo es with these words: " .1\'Iarry. It i the best bu iness investment that has ver come within my e~-jlerience. ' It wa aid of Josh Billing that he once gave a young man imilar· ad' ice : ' Marry; marry by all mean . l\larry for love. But remember it is a en y to love a girl with $50 000 in her own right a a girl '~othout a cent. ' In other word , alway have an eye to. the main ehauct>. Form a ma"trimonial as you would a bu ine alliance. Certainly there ~re other considoration entering in, but the e will accommo- date themselves to the primary one. of secur·ing a busi:de s partner iri. your wife:-. Of course there is ·a little matt r of sentinieiit which from tim immemorial has been associated with marriage, hut that will adjust it elf. The fundamental n ed of every young man is a wife who will either brin" him money or help to save the msney he earn .. S_ounds cold-blooded, does it not 1 Yet it i hut the application of the working philosophy of mod. ern life to marriage. There .is no room in the life of the present fo r sentiment. Life is praeti ~:al. and all things pertaining thereto must be plae d on a practical basis and · be judged by practical standards. Let very young men and very youug women, very old men and very old women, dt"eamy poets an~• weak-minded · se.n tirnentaliMs til\ im. agine that the old-fashioned tliing called. love should be the sole basis for marriage, but prae. tical, up-to-date men and women have outgr·om1 mere sentiment. Unhappy marriages, divorce and race suicide increasing 1 True, beyond question! And, alas ! so is the tendency to look upon t he marTiage r·e· Jation as a business investment. ~ ~ . DEEDS, NOT SYMP.ATHY N this city there is a heart beat in sympathy for every pang you feel. You may · not meet your friend and sympathizer, but he exists. The fai lure to meet is one or the tragedies of life. But the sympathy is ready when you do meet. \Yhy, not a mongrel cur can pant his last breath in agony on the street but some big-hearted 1~an or sweet-souled woman feels a. pang t.o see it.'' "How much more when a brave but d efeated human being cries for help 1" There is a note of an all too common lullaby for the conscience in this well-ex~ressed bit of sentiment. · · Is· the tragedy of friendlessness any the le • because there are persons ready to be friendly if some quite co ventional chance brings them in contact with the forlorn one 1 Are the sufferings of the cat any th e less be· cause the men and women passing indulge in an amiable thrill of pity for its sufferings. l\fust the brave hut defeated human heing �4 'T h e We s t e r n C o ·m r a d e .1~5 \ cry on the street corner before there is -~nyone to len<l a ~nd ~ : l f the cry goes up through the notoriety of the pu hl ic prints must he still wait for practical aid he•·ause the thousands who have read the story an• content to feel the pang and let that end it 1 There is no virtue in an emotion which does not incarnate itself in a deed. The human heart is sound and true deep down. Kindness and good will are the native prompting of utmnal humankind, but the difficulties of being kind and giving practical help ai.·e so great ~hat the emotions giving birth so often to stillborn tll'<•ds weaken the moral fiber. · The t endency is to gr·ow. content with pity alone, wh eth er it bears fruitage· in help or not. True, the deed is often impossible. 'l'hese terribl e dark chasms made by the crowd and by custom a·nd by ignorance are not always easy to ~:ross. Even when gulfs are bridged and the han d-clasp of friendship is given the baleful con<.litions cannot always be overcome. Only-an<l this is the crux of the matter- let the impulse to lu·lp be the result of sympathy, and if intelligent cfl'ort does not avail let the heartache which follows be a spur to more fundamental service. l:lomething is wrong \~·hen the dwellers in cities must steel their hearts to the knowiedge of mi.s<'t'Y and friendlessness which th ey cannot aid. defl'at ed human beings." To ·enjoy a 'Pang ~f Lrt the attention be turned to finding what is wrong and why there are so many "brave but pity is not enough. Cease to feel, or let that feeling prompt to action. • • • A. FRIEND OF WEEDS N an interview Joaquin Miller, the poet, was asked why he let th e weeds grow beside · the roses and why he let the grass grow so long 1 He replied : " Because I love it. I should feel like a prisoner hemmed in by a well-kept lawn. I like my grass wild and sun-browned. I have set my house in a wilderness and planted the rose· at my door, but not one of the baby-blufl eyes haYe I uprooted to give place to it. \Vho shall dare to say thm the ro e is more beautiful .t han th e waxen eup of manzanita ? Roses, wild flowers and weeds, I wa nt. them all whct·e I live, " I t is James Whitcomb Ril ey who says in one of l1 is poems: . ''To r eck o nize ' at no thin's made in vain, That. the Good Bein' made the brute 's first chiee, And us folks a terwards. '' Is it not a cause for wond er· that ·seeking fo r one universal in his love for every form of life, · he must needs be found among the poets of earthY The cosmic con ·ciousness, as it has been termed, to whom there is no lower or higher, no clean or unclean in all the myriad forms of life, is invariably to be found among those whom the practica l world looks upon as impracticable sentimen~alists. It was the poet Pope who wrote : "He who needlessly sets foot upon a wo1;m . · is such a wretch,'' etc. And said Lucy Larcom, the factory girl poet: "The g·r ass beneath . our feet i His own grass ·; The wayside weed is sacred unto Him.'' Said another poet a long time ago : "Poets are all who love-who feel great truths, And tell them.'' It would seem, then, that. the fundamental r equisite is that a poet should be first of ali a lover , and that it is for this r eason that poets do not d1scriminate in nature or among men. To them all life is beautif ul and they see deeply e)lough into the hear t of things to d te t beauty wher e the unloving eye does not behold it. For are they not "God's Prophets of the Beautiful ?" As Emerson said: "One more royal trait belongs to the poet. I moan his cheerfulness, without which no man can be a poet-for beauty is his aim. He loves virtue, not for its obligat ion; but for its grace ; be delights in the world, in man, in woman, for the lovely light that sparkles -from them. Beauty, the spirit of joy and hilarity, he sheds over th e universe.'' • • • The lesson most clearly written in the evolution of the race is that of hope and promise for the future ... However dark the clouds at any period, men may lmow if they will that the sun of progress, whose warming rays mal{e for the r eign "o f truth and justice, is sim,ply obscur·ed from vision and t hat behind the passing cloud it still shines on in full midday spl ndor. And that" Some day J.Jovc shall ·laim his own, Some day Righ t ascend his throne, Som e day hicld cn Truth he lmown, Some d~y-some sweet day. " �136 T he W est ern C omrade PUYS.PLAYmS'PUMitim \ By MILL.A TUPPER MAYNARD LADY GR.E GORY A N D THE I R ISH MOV EMENT r~ =~~~~~ HAT will the people do when they cease · to work at hard labor for long hours 365 days a year? This question troubles our friends, the enEUny, greatly. It is little \T/ :;;'\ wonder that they think it a problem. ~ They would not themselves know what to do-without Uie drive of business and 'l..tr they ean see h'o w stupidly the majority of the very r ich use their over-abundant time. Occasionally, however, one finds persons who have had neither too much nor too little for a generation or two, and who have learned really to live in activities that mean something. The Irish Drama movement is a good example· of what persons of t rue refinement, some money and cons iderable cleverness can do to make their own lives -worth living, wh ile lifting the life interests of many thousands at the same time. A group of men and women who had enough of freedom from the eternal grind to th'ink of human values, two decades ago waked up to the fact that Ireland and the Irish of the past were fast passing away. Its language, its folk lore, its peculiar humor, its unique poetic and fancifu l viewpoint were all being swept away by the prosaic English education and commercialism. Among the influences deliberately set in motion to_ bring appreciation of things JI·isb, the Irish plays and players have been the most' important and far reaching. From ·very meage1· beginnings, not ten years ago,· the dramas of the movement have become a notable litera ture and the players have developed an art which is the deligh t of two continents. They found they could not use imported English actors, as it was hard to enter into the spirit of the plays or catch the desired a tmos phere. Accordingly, they took Irish working girls and young men, and trained them with a success that has been a marvel and gl\•en somethi ng new and very beautiful to art. Lady Gregory .I-tas been one of the leading spi1·!ts in all this work. A ~w volume of her plays has just been iss ued by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It contains six richly amusing playlet s, full of originality, human nature and excruciating fun , all in a rhythmic prose more musical than any poetry. Some time, not very far distant, we are going to find the drama and song which belong to the West and ot , the Comradeship. W m A TRAGE DY O F GRA FT ''Fue- Fe-a thers" is another play by Eugene ·walters, the former red card soap boxer. The soap · box is more in evidence in th is than it was in "The Easiest Way." This dramatist is doing the best work in America in the judgment of many critics not as partial in their judgment as some of us might be. H e is strong be cause he has a definite viewpoint and never fumbles. He ma.y not speak out as clearly as he might like always but "the spine of meaning" is a clear cut understanding ot how the profit system puts dry rot into the social life of the time in every part. In thi play, the graft in construction work and the forces which lead thereto are made clear. There is the grafter with his oily sophistry which deceives the wife and makes her think that the husband's scorn or the offered fortune is obstinate fanati cism. Finally the young engineer has to choose between• his wife and his LADY GR EGORY Author of " New Comedies" a nd Leading Spirit In the Iris h Dra matic Movement principles and so makes the false report asked of him in relation to the cement in a dam. Luxury and .an abundance of " fine feathers" follow for a time,. but· ruin is close upon the man's heels and finally the breaking of the dam with loss of life brings the full logical tragedy. A newspaper man brings brightness Into the murk by' his wit and "red" philosophy. Altogether this is a greateP> play than "The Easiest Way" and deals with a feature of capitalism even more common and quite as devastating as that which formed the tragedy In the· play which won the author's fame. The Long Beach tragedy of May 24th was caused by the same "economy" in construction and the failure to report or to find the weak conditions on the part ol inspectors was born of the same desire to bold a job It not to actual, conscious connivance. Such plays make people think, but alas, even th is dramatist has not yet found a way to make solu tions clear. To point out the problem is something. We must be thankful that this can play to crowded houses. At this time, the Western Coast folk get the dramatic harvest of the year. When the New York season closes, then the luminaries can pass to the western heavens. "The Case of Becky" is something new under t he 1 1 �The Western Comrade ~ 137 ~~--~~--------~~ Oll\OJ\8 Vte By ELEA OR \>VE TH E SIGNIFICANCE OF WO M EN' S ORGAN IZATIONS TW O'R TH RGA IZATIO is the basis of all social trength, the propeller of all progress, · the instrument of all socialization. The power of Rome was built up through organization. Early ·christianity developed into. a world movement only because of the thorough organization of its enthusIastic lements. The entire map of Euro.pe was changed by the organizing ability of Napoleon. Organization created the trusts, the 'p ower of the unions, the power of the press. It is only persistent efforts at organization that finally secure the franchise, the eight bour law, the minimum wage, and child labor legislation. The Socialist Movement will grow powerful just in proportion as its organization is perfected. Although women are the original organizers, being largely responsible for the existence or the ancient tribes nnd ha ving first placed industry on a working basis, this tremendous social power, ORGANIZATION, was beyond their reach during the first eighteen centuries of this era. As a result, any influence exerted by them in the molding of insUtutions er customs was very indirect at tho best. i\Ien have lent themselves to organization only under gr~at economic pressure ; and their organizations have uever been truly democratic. They have been class. organi~ti~:>ns, craft organizations, or sectarian organ z.atlons. but never representative or the interests of soci~ty a a whole. There have been patriarchs and tu~uia1 families, king~ and slaves, lords and serfs. capt·talists andJ wage sl!wes-one _c lass ahvays being ex.pl0itedi fo.r the benefit o!' tP, other. As a result our society has been individualistic primarily and! social only seconda.rhtr and indirectly. The mneteentbt century is marked! by the trise of two powerful movements, the proletarian moYement and the woman's movement. The former is the greates~ working people's organization ever known and is far greater in its scope than anything dreamed of by the early Christians in their plans for a universal brotherhood. The latter promises to once mare inject into so: ciety that social spirit manifest in the patriarchal days, before there was private property in necessities and when class struggles were unknown. This is a spirit which does not take it as natural that some persons should be in the power of other persons, or that inanimate, material things should exploit a living humanity. It recognizes the fact that we all belong together and that only by securing the liberty and happiness of all of us, . can we secure the liberty and happiness or any of us. The proletarian movement took on its pre.'!ent form about 1867 and the women's organizations had their beginning in this country in 1868. Jennie June Croly, originator and second president of the first woman's club, "Sorosis," wrote as follows of the club movement: "The woman's club was not an echo; it was not the mere banding together for social and economic purpose like the clubs of men. It became at once, without deliberate intention or concerted action, a light-giving and seed-sowing center o! purely democratic activity.· It had no leaders.. It brought together qualities rather than personages; a.nd by a representation of all interests, mora], intellectual. and social, a natural and equal divij;fon or work and opportunity, created an ideal basis or organization, w:here every . one has an EH~!Ua.l! tight to w:hatevet· comes to the common center ; where the center itself becomes a radiating medium " for tlile diffusion o! the best or that which is brought to it. and into w:hich, a]] being freely g,iven. no material constderations enter." Thinking that this sounded far-r~tched she added, dramati~es a case or double personality. The tuedfcal case from which it was taken, was. even more remarkable. as in the actual young woman. there. were three differe-nt .personaUtie none- of whom were quhe uormal. ]n the- play. "Becky" is a mischievous lawless. little creature utterliy unlike "Dorothy" the normal gir] wltose body Becky takes possession or occas.ionaUy. The play gi-Yes wond'erfu] opportunity to Frances tar (the actres.s who made her :reputation in "The Easiest Way") as the transformation scenes from t.he demure, gentle. well-bred Dorothy to the reckless, im:pi ·tt, hatefu~. malignant Becky require rem¥ka.ble actlu~<:. · Perhaps some one tMnks : "At least here ~s one- play that has no o.cialist p.reachmeni in it." · Right you are. There i :dot an economic line in it from first to last. •evertheless· not to disappoint any one ho, thinks that hobbies were made to :ride. the mural i.a hereby a.dde.d• . Hypnotism is the only thing· tba.t c'3.n account for tb-e pers.istenc o~ Capitalism. Would! any sane person believe that on the planet Mars one-tenth or one percent of the- peop,le could own the planet and the ninetynine and! nin.e-tenths per cent allow it? Certainly not. l!t would be ag:llnst human nature. But on this planet. the 999 not only allow ft but seem to like it. MorO{)ver, they ac-tuaUy make the laws wb.lcti giive t he earth and a fence around it to the thousandth man. By what magic iis it possible? Hypnosis.. Tllat fs the only renson. The 999 aJTe caught young andl hypnotized by teachers, newsp· pers, preachers andl all the other spokesmen for t.tie one one~ thousandth until the whole 9991 wm dlance any tune tbe masters ask for and pay the nddler besides. There is. no other way to account for the astounding racts. Now- Is there? Ir we could only break the sp.eU and make people see true for just one hour~ emancipation would be right upon u.s. Let us have s~e. more plays showing what tricks. the human mfnd can play upon us·. suu. ]t -- �138 The Western· Comrade "This ts no Ideal or ~ary piciifi.e.. It is the simplest prose of every woman's club and every clnb woman's e~rfence during the past thirty years." (1868.-1898.) · This was written dhly a few years after the formatioa of the General Federation ol Women's Clubs. A knowledge o! the committees which this Federation supports and a survey of the work done by them, together with the sulfrage organJZatlol!s during'the past fifteen yea.r:s removes all doubt as to the social nature of their activities. They have agitated against child labor and against white slavery. They have worked for children's courts; !or clean streets; for proper sewerage; for sanitary waiUng rooms in railroad stations; for good roads; for children's playgrounds; for industrial education; for conservation; · for the employera' liability law; for factory inspection; for betler educational facilities; for extensive Jlhrarles; for the reduction of the hours of labor· for the minimum wage. They have been on hand tO Je~d aid in limes Of- strikes, especially those in Which women were involved. In times of drought or flood, they have not been the last to give relief. Where tuberculos is threatens the nat ion, they have entered the battle for the removal or its causes. They have accomplished many things in spite or the obstacles in their way. . They have availed themselves of the power given th m by th ir or·ganizations to express themselves dir tly,_ through their own numbers, in regard to social matt •·s, ii1stead of indirectly, as heretofore, through tbe men of their families. But there Is one thing which hampers them very much In their success. They fail to recog:nize the fact that our androcentric society is a society of classes; the fact that all men's organizations, through which women must as y t express themselves, are formed, as the saying has It, ror "the ins to knock the outs." Failure to recognize this fact makes all social effort superficial and unfundumental. It leads to the treating of effects inst nd or causes. Thl , however, does not detract from the value of tlt pirit manifested by the women's organizations, a spirit which' U1e world has been- in dire need of during all th pa t centuries of class struggles and class hntr d . Nelthed does it lessen the value of the fact th t lh wom n' club have in their ranks all ages and c:la e of women-maids and matrons, wives of Cripple r k miner , wives of New York millionaires, and the wives and daughters of middle class men. It . simply m an that in order to express itself fully this spirit mn t have condition: under which il can live. The att lnment of ucb condition necessitates the abolition r th I truggle; nece itates an eo.Jnomic reorgan1 ti n. wbicb wilt pl.a ce the prodncts of the labor o! the rorld into the bands or the mali:ers; necessitates a l'alu ti a or human beings on a basis of en-ice rendered to bumanits d not on a basis of things taken from bu.numit:r. When the women' clu come to thh. realization and p~ o deal "«ith our social problems "«ith i as a they r i l inaeed be a tremendOD- t»nstructil"e ly :sa._-.; ..-itb :l&s.. Cro)y: tlll'esl!old of a fntme rills illOs:sllbili'ties-;:ossibDmes of fello.-sbip loTe w-llere hatred who d 0 rn 'l' mm chivalrous g ntl m n t • • • THESE THINGS SHALL BE By J. A. Symonde These things shall be! a Iotti r r·ac Than e'e1· the world hath known ohall rls With flow'r of freedom In their souls, And ligh t of science In th h• yes. They shall be gentle, brave and Rtrong, · To spill no drop of blood, but dar All that may plant man's lordship fh•m, On earth, and fire and oea and air: Nation with nation, land wltb land, Vnarm'd shall Jlve .a11 comrad 11 fre ln ev'ry heart and brafn shall throb The pulse of one fraternity. New arts shall bloom of lofUer mould And mightier mUBic thrill the tlkUHI, And e"'ry life shall be a. song, When all the earth Is para4tu. These thln~they are no dream..--baJl IJ . . .. For ·happier men when we .are gone; These golden days for tbem •ball 4a.wn, Tran.scending OU8bt we gaze upon, T1ro Scotch frien«b met one lay after a kmS allsenee.. One of them bad a. C1t'mbJe JJOJe. ~ otfU'f looked ioto his face ;au4 uJd ~ ...A.b! .Jo a. J 4oo _ .. 8uL .lob said be W:U GOt W 1:te T ~~' as be only drauk one ~ of ~ a "'011.. •eel... iai4 the odler, "yer lue J• OICl' gu - '-ilt ~ II! dial jt ~~=ell"' �T h e We s t ern C o m r a de Up in the northwestern corner of North Dakota is from a. Socialist standpoint? Wby not educate worn h the little city of' Minot. Minot is a live little city of by cartoons how to use their vote properly wh n th y do perhaps five thousand inhabitants and was one of the finally attain their right to vote? When on ' om n first cities of the country to elect a understand Socialism . capitalism is doomed. Socialist administration. One of the active Socialists here is "Women are home-Jov rs. apia young lady, a teacher in the public talistlc n wspapers lta glv'i'n them schools. She is a bright, vivacious the Impression that oclalism wlll d .'·oung woman of artistic temperament stroy tjle home. Thll.t's an old bog Y• However, a small interior city offers u~ed by capitalis.m to frlghten1 men little opportunity for instruction in and women away from ooiallsnt. Th way to treat 1·hogeys' is to walk •tight art, and Miss Emma Gordon, for that up to them and Investigate th tn. js her name, has been obliged to se"The pen of lh cartoonist Is tb: cure her art education in that hard weapon that should b used In tipbut efficient school of which so many .. of the world's most efficient men ·and ping open th se shams and a. woman cartoonist working for the cause of \\·omen • have been graduates- the Socialism could be able to pr a nt the school where teacher and vupil are . woman's point of view In regard to one and the same person. our industl·lal, social and political Her -story is a tale of intense appliquestions. cul ion an'd sheer exercise of will· "Of all the worn n J have ev r power in the face or discouragements talked with about Socialism tb se and difficulties. Her special purpose four objections-free Jove, against r in her work is to arouse the women llgion, destroying the hom , and "dlof the land to the horrors of the capi. vlding Ull"- seemed to be the only obtalist system, as these afl'est them jections women have to Sociallam. and all dear to them both inside and Can not some cartoonist-a woman~ outside Lhe home. educate them to a knowledge of SoAs yet teaching is her maio work. cialism by destroying these bogeys? If re is where she eams her bread. For they are but bogeys onUnualiY But the deeper under currents .of her EMMA M. GORDON brought forward by the eilemles ot 1if How along' the line of accomplish Socialism and bogeys that I could mak short work of ment in art propaganda. She is every inch a woman If spac~ permltted. and the urge of the feqJinist and Socialist movement "We need women cartoonists to depict the woman's for the sak e of a larger and better life for women and point Of vieW QS well as the WOI'ld needs the rnett car• children is what she feels most keenly. toonists who ·look at everything from the man's point Interviewed on the subject of her life work she ot view." declared: "Women are toMiss Gordon was born in . day thinking beings, not 0 Vlsnaes, a llt.tle to n in Norstolid household d r u d g e s. H(CESSITIE way. When she was stlll a 'l'hev ate today entering child her fath r di d and the fields which for centuries o OF family removed to Haugegund ha,·e been occupied mainly on the west coast of Norway. br men. In many branches IF[ There sbe Jived an open afr women, yea, children, are life, learned to love be sea. taking the place formerly ...0 and the mountains and the lield by men. Look at our Independent sp1rft of tbe factories, our mill . natives. She wag nine :Yeats "Can we not in thi field old when the family left Nor· , how up by cartoon our pre way tar :Mfnnelicta. She lf•ed ent industrial y tem . which in oreuvtne, Minn., ontlf !!he> take the lh·es or men, \\·omen was elglttee.n yeara old, when and children, and grinds them she accepted a posftfort ·as up li9--to o much profit? teacher fn a North. Dakota:. "Cannot the cartoon show district school.. the :AU~ oi th~ social evil! To Mf s; Gotdan. · efcrngs a Vben we do away with the place in. that forrg; nne of comrades whO' tibr'o'Ugb toe llntt:.e ocial evilt As a Social. spfra.tfo-n broU'ght ftrt& tlreb e-. or won't we- dobelie· away !cau t, I, comse. ve we -Mcvea ~a;~ cail ~· can• do awa~ with. the social ~9-unttt-yo:u-1trst-cltange ~ - --4~} mamTdnd' ft's- eve-r. known ha"¥e bee'ti'-M~Takenell ro 11~· system that is the- direct ON'E OF HIER CA.RliOONS nes-g oi life. ftfllttSe> tlf it. WI)) not sll.ow it with~[c~J~~~~~~~~-~~~~~!~~ ~ �140 The Western Comrade - ~ - - By EMANUEL JULIUS THE CHARM OF THE KITCHEN "For God's sake, a pot of small ale." -;Shakespeare. I picked up the May numbe; of George Sylvester Viereck's "The International," recently and was -impressed by the title of Andre Tri<fon's article advertised on the front cover, viz: ~"The Shame of Hotel Kitchens." The International is decidedly a literary paper, puttering somewhat with politics. So, I asked, "Would the insurgent editor publish an article on _'The Shame of Pitts burg,' or 'Low Wages in the Textile Mills?" And I concluded h e n;1 ight, provided it were wittily penned. But, (and here I became emphatic), he surely would not boast about it on the cover. Then why should he mu ckrak e the kitchens of New York's hotels? And it all dawned on me. I immediately recalled Willard Huntington Wright's charming article on "Los Angeles, The Chemically Pure," and how that remarkab le writer seemed more concerned over the bad cooking in the City of the Angels than the mediocrity of its orchestras. And, in addition, I r ememUered bow our Nietzschean, Henry L. Mencken, in his article on "Good Old Baltimore," in The Smart Set was more worri ed over the scarcity of terrapin than the po-s sibili ty of war between Japan and Uni ted States. And then, my mind bopped to the Middle ·west-St. Louis-and I saw m yself in an office on the eighth floor of th e Syndicate Trust building-the sanctum snnctorum of good-natured, profound. de mocratic, humorous W illiam Marion- Reedy, editor of The Mirror. - And he was pouting because his lager beer hadn't been iced sufficiently to suit his epicurean tastes. I thought of a dozen others-literary fellows-artists to the core-and all spe'n t most of th eir time worrying ove r bad cooking or enthusing over splendid victualry. A Beamaise sauce is far more important than a kiss from Kittie Pearl. Of course. Kitti e Pearl need not absent herself, but first must come "seductively prepared truffles," or better still, COUJles St. Jaques. Genius is concerned, first of all, with the stomach. Watch an artist carefully and you will see that I am right. The spirit is a ll ,·ery well, in its place-which is-after dinn er. Compote first, poetry afterwardR. The esophagus attended to, there is plenty . of time for matters of the heart. But. heart. is welcome-if cooked properly. LobsteP-, ·more than music, hath cbarms to soothe the artist's breast. Artists do not scorn the ecstacy of creation, but it 'must follow the delirium of digestion. Alas. Karl Marx was right. His materialistic interpretation of life ls again demonstrated . * * * THE VALUE OF CRITICISM Artists paint pictures, write ·poems and compose symphonies, turning them over to critics who act aswhat shall I say?- inspectors. to analyze and explain. _ Critics are necessary and the - artists themselves are growing to a full appreciation of their, functions, refus~ ing to believe with Benjamin Disraelj that a critic is one who has failed at literature. The first duty of the critic is not to find fault, but to explain. It is his task to help the people know the meaning of a work of art. To be perfectly frank, critics are needed only because of the ignorance of the people. Were the people omniscient, a critic would be a bore. But, the people need critics to anal yz~ things for them. This is not a slur but a calm appreciation of fact. I · And, I venture to say, the time will never come when critics will not be needed. The older our civilization becomes, the more complex our life grows. Our activities become so specialized, and the "Human Alto'gether" becomes so tremendous that one person could never even hope to fu lly under stand all the a ctivities, the arts, the thoughts, the systems of busybee men and women. Paradoxical as it may seem, the more intelligent we become, the less we know, as individuals. This is democra cy. And into this vast democracy come critics who mount rostrums and tell the people of things they would be likely to pass up. They enable us to appreciate something fore ign to the routine of our lives. But, as soon as a critic ceases to be a teacher, t hat moment he ceases to be a critic. . Professor W. R. Kethaby warns critics against frightening timid people off with high-pitched definitions and fa r fetched metaphors mixed with a flood of (as Morris says) "sham technical twaddle." "It is a pity to make a myste ry of what should most easily be understood," says Professor Kethaby. "There is nothing occult a bout the thought that all things may be made well or made ill. A work of art is a well- made thing, that is all. "We have been in the habit of writing so lyrically of art and of temperament of the artist that the average man who lives in the str eet, sometimes a very mean street, is likely to think of it as remote and luxurious, not 'for the likes of him.' There is the danger in the habitual excess of language that the plain man is likely to be frightened by lt. It may be feared that much current exposition of the place and purpose of art only widens the gap between it and common lives." Criticism, fn America, is rare. Our _self-styled critics do not analyze and explain a work of art; they merely a ct as "feature writers" and reporters. They cgnfuse cr-iticism with stories -about Anna Held taking a milk bath or Lillian Russell wearing a gow n costing ten thou~and - dollars. They tell us_ that Archibald Van Roundelay paid three million dollars for Albert D'Vincent's "After Breakfast,'' but steer clear of an intelligent discussion of the painting itself. Take our literary journals, for instance. Instead of discussing th e philosophy of literature, the editors fill their co)umns with anecdotes of authors. stories on how much money Robert ·w. Chambers gets for his latest "best seller," articles about -t he "love affairs of famous men," and editorials on the iact that George. Bernard Shaw Is not an eater of meat. This is not criticism. This is amateurish namby-pambyism. �The · Western Comrade Soc~al~sm, 141 \ Moral Substitute·for War ;By WJLLIS CHURCH LaMOTT Willi's Church LaMott won first prize of $50 in an intercollegiate oratorical contest with the following oration. All · universities and colleges in Southern California were represented in the contest. Second and third prizes also were taken either by Socialists or by orations on Socialism. The committee awarding the prizes was composed entirely of non-Socialists. •~""""""""""®"""""!!!®!!!!!!!!!I~HE or11:anized movement for world peace · is well under way. Advocates of peace T point with pride to the fact that about half the inhabitants of the civilized ' ·i world favor their propaganda. This host of sympathizers finds that, on the ~ . ~ one hand, the cause of world disarmament strikes llome to their reason. They believe that economic evolution points . ' to triumph of peace; they believe that peace is a just cause, an ethically righteous cause, an eminently reasonable cause. On the other tiand, the peace movement appeals to their sentiments. They have a pathological horror of war, a horror induced perhaps by morbid, nauseating descriptions of past battlefields; they hope, they sometimes pray for the Federation of the World; they dream the·dream of the seer, who paints in roseate hues the blessings of the time when the war-drum shall no longer throb; they fully believe that the only hope for peace lies in a certain charitable instinct, a sentimental feeling, which they possess, and which they are pleased to term "the brotherhood of man." Even though half the world favors the cause of peace, this allegiance is a confession of passive reasoning and shallow sentiment. The average man is in favor · of peace-in times of peace. At the first boom of the can-. non, however, · his convictions as to peace exp160e in thin air; at the first blast of a bugle he is straining at the leash like a hound before the chase; at the first echo of the battle cry "My country, right or wrorig!" he is up and away, to follow the flag to the ends of the earth,-..:..or to plant it supreme upon Wall Street's interests in MeliicO. It is not surprising that our passive desire f-or peace thus is impotent before the imperious cry of war. We are the children of War. Our ancestors, waging bestiay combats on the mist-soaked plains between the V.'ese&; and the Elbe, have transmitted to ·us a heritage of War. The blessings we enjoy have grown up in the shadow of the wars of antiquity; our National ideals have developed in a long series of moral conflicts, the chief arbiter of which has been the Lord of Hosts, the God of Battles. Our heroes are men of s terling worth, w ith warriors' . hearts and warriors' wills, wh o Jived, who fought, who died for liberty and truth. Ground into our • beings, coursing through our veins in every drop of red blood, bred in our marrow and bone, the age-old love of war is, iil >ery truth, life of our life. We let our pulseheats rule us-not our reasons. To aspire, to dare. to sacrifice, to suffer, to die-perhaps-for the cause that eommands us,-this is the spirit of our humanity. This is the spirit which the advocate of peace must overthrow in hand to hand conflict; in the past he has a ttempted to do this by waving in its face an olive branch. 'With a passive, reasoning desire for peace. with a shallow, dove-like sentiment, we have been trying vainly to overthrow one of the most inherent, most vital, and most aggressive forces of human nature. As the late William James has said: "A milleni~m of peace would not breed this inf?rained and vital flgl;ltlng disposition out of our natu ~es . Unless we can discover a counterforce which will act as a moral substitute for war, world peace will never be attained." Our hope for peace will never be realized until we find this moral substitute for war, until we find a force that will fight the aggressive war spirit on its own terms. Our dreams of peace will never come true until we discover a dynamic force for peace, a force that will appeal to the indigenous heroism of our natures, that will utilize the fighting spirit in our blood; a force that w1!1 so command the lives of men, that they -will find no appeal in the call of war, no appeal in the call to slaughter their fellow-men. There is among all mankind today a vital movement, the strongest manifestation of which is to be found among the organized workers of the world. According to Miss Jane Addams of Hull House, "The only visible beginning we can discover for a moral substitute for war, is to be found in the Labor Movement, as lt Is developing in every land on the face of the earth." , We need not be reminded that the first people to c'Onceive the need of a newer ideal of peace was the old I:::.tcrnational Association of Workingmen. Since the year 1870, Labor has consistently maintained that whenever war was declared between two countries, the laborIng men of the countries should "go ont" on a general strike. In 1906, the Impending war between Norway and Sweden was stopped by action of the Trades Unions·; the disgraceful "Morocco affair" between France and Germany in 1907 did not materialize into a war, simply because the working-men blocked the Kai.s er's move. Were England, or Germany, or France, or our own country, to declare war today, the union men of all nations would arise. Closed shops, Idle mills, rusting machinery, -the enf'ire paralysis of our industries would register the protest of the workers of the world against this blight of the ages. Now, this magnificent display of solidari ty is the result of a n ewer ideal of service which Inspires the la'borer; an ideal which holds that all wealth is the product of labor, which demands nothing Jess than that the men who create the world's wealth should own the means of producing that wealth. It is the result of a new feeling of brotherhood that has sprung up in the breast of the common man, an electric thread which connects ~lm by Jiving ties to every other· working-class comrade the world over. It was during the Russo-Japanese war that the Workingmen held one o! their International conventions in the old city of Amsterdam. Apart from the confusion, the shouting, the tumult of the world outside, the little gathering was quiet-hushed In expectancy; the delegate from Japan was about to arrive. The door opened; the 1 �142 I The Western Comr d "7 Jitlle brown man entered the ball. A giant Rus ian with a battle-scarred face, advanced to meet him. . The e two. men, wbose countrymen were butChering one another on the corpse-strewn fields of Manchuria, stood face to face. •Their eyes flashed with the fire of brotherhood; their lips met in the kiss of fellowship; · one word, and only oae word, passed their lips-the word "Comrade." Outside, Christian priests were singing masses for the repose of the Russian dead; outside, Christian prayers were ascending to the throne of the Prince of Peace askInk for power to be the greatest slaughterer. But the time Is coming, wher. all this will cease-hushed by the one word "Comrade.'· This is not .the result of shallow, book-learned reasoning. It is the spontaneous expression . of the convictions of men who have throw.n themselves with all the ir power into the one great cause, the cause of humanity. The men whp toil ha..,·e striven ceaselessly, have sacrified th e mselves in sympathetic strikes, have e ndeared lockouts and persecutions, the militia's fire and the prison's cell, all for the sake of brotherhood. As a result, he who labors has ceased to be a brute. and has become a man, glorying in his manhood; we seldom hear today th e dolorous "Song of the Shirt," with its monotonous "stitch, stitch, stitch"; th e sweat-shotl slave has become a woman, glorying in her womanhood. During th e long and bitter struggle for a Jiving wage and a decent chance to lil•e, the spirits of the workingme n have been quicken ed with the old warlike spirit of our Viking fath e rs. Their capacity, th eir cou rage, their e n duran ce, their willingness to sacrifice, to di e for that which they know to be true....call the innate herois m, all the elemental fighting qualities of their nature have been called into play. "The country needs you, my man. To \Var! ·• The worker looks up, his back aching, his muscles taut, his pulses beating, his temples throbbing in the intensity of his fight, his heart still singing the song of brotherhood. "To go to war, and KILL?" No, Comrade, I fight that men migh t LI\'E! " And, so, Sweden has tried to teach his un willing lips her battle-cry, only to hear him shout to his brothel'S across the trenches the words, "Comrade. comrades, I una•,rstand!" Russia has Ia bed him into battle with her whips, only to see him cia p the mangled hand of a conscripted brother on the other ide; at the point of the bayonet, be has bPen drh·en into the midst of the artillery's bloody hail, onls to mingle hi life-blood. in a last embrace, with the me-blood of a fellow-workingman. The piril that in pires the laborel' thus to take an aggressh·e tand against war is the dynamic force for peace.. The ardent zeal of the worker enkindled in the hearts or other men the fire or a new-er id eal of pea.re-ol"er all the earth, pulses are beginning to throb HI-RED~ with an w RE iD.-eatft! liT~ to Y" or ymn- ~add, ~- :ltMl �The Western Com r a d e LABOR BY THE ·POUND , By = = = Eunice Evelyn Bright is · this Sharp's ¥uscle a~ency? This is the purchasing department of the Steel Trust. I want to purchase 2,000 pound units per hour of labor to be de· livered tomorrow morning." "Hello, is this Shiner's Brain agency? This is the purchasing department of the Steel Trust. I want to purchase some brain energy for use on a contract we have. l want this energy for the next two months. l want four thousand thought units pet· hour from high speed, double tension, lJ1 ains. See that delivery is made in the morning." "'Hello, i~ this Grab's rJ eneral Energy agency? This is the purchasing department of the Steel Trust. We have a big contract for work to be done ou the ground <II Kewaskum . I wa.nt to ship the human energy from hero:, together ,\·ith the other materials. I will send you specifications by messenger for the varieties of energy needed, but the total will be 5,000 thought units per hour and 10,000 pound units per hour of muscle power. That is, at the customary rates per unit. Let me know if you can fill th e order immediately upon receipt of specifications." Upon delivery of this energy to the Steel Trust's receiving department it is immediately subjected to the Trust's own testing apparatus to make ce rtain that it is up to specifications. Impossible? Not a hit of it. Listen: "What mode rn industry needs is a chemist of human qualities, who can take a man, look him over, separate him into his constituent parts, and decide whether he meets certain requirements. A few years ago this would h~_!.ve seemed a purely fantastical conception. Todar it is becoming a practical possibility. A great western manufacturing plant employs just such an expert in human .nature to sift..i.Dut of thirty to l!.fty thousand applicants per year the six thousand workmen that it regularly employs." That is the editorial introduction to an article In the June McClure's magazine, written by Burton J . Hendrick. The article is written to exploit a new phase of "scientific management" or ::;peeding up and "squeez. ing out .'' The title of the article is ''l•'itling the Mau to His Job," which means molding him into the job "£iie'. employer has for him. So the master class is to treat labor as it does coal. It buys coal according to thermal units, foll owing scientific tests. The vital difference between coni and labor !Jas n,ot yet beeu recognized by the master class. ~oal cannot light back; labor can. Coal was meant to be -enslaved for man. Labor was meant to be free. Coal has no brains to be aroused and to plan for liberty. Labor has. It is not that we so much object to doing a job of work in the shortest space of time with the least expenditure of energy; not so much that we object to having people do the work that t!Jey are best fitted to do-no, not that. But we mightily and constantly ob ject to training ourselves down to ringside condition to produce to the last notch of "scientifically manage{.!" efficiency while the product is individually appropriated by the master of the bread. Labor will not forever remain in the same class with good steam coal! until Charlemagne butted' in a thousand years before Austerlitz and put one across on Rome. Then came the joyous time when each little hot old baron, Sir Tom, Sir Dick, and Sir Harry, represented himself, to be succeeded in turn by the aristocracies of the ancient regime. The king-killers went out from Paris and presently Napoleon, on his own account, kicked over the pot that Charlemagne set a boiling. Bonaparte was followed by the triumphant if ''ulgar shopkeepers and cotton spinners who played their innings off their own bat a11d ran bases on their own middle-class legs. This brings us, of course, to Wall Street and its Rockefeller, and that's as far as we've got. All these good and kind gentlemen enjoyed governing, had stood in line for the job and when they got It they swung the government dungfork with their own hand.s. What do we have now? ·we have government by hired man. No one in the United States Senate represents himself. Standard Oil has a hired man, Vanderbilts have a hired man, Steel has a man, Tobacco has one, Wool several, the banks half a dozen, Lumber is represented, and the Railroad subsidize them all. Congress is mostly lawyers, and a lawyer is a hired man.' All lawyers will go to hell of course, but it will be to a hired man's hell and they won't know they're in it. · Meantime while we have to be governed by hired men only, could we not manage to throw a fresh lit of Armageddon spirituality and have our national flunkies uniformed? Why not Congress uniformed? Now it would seem that bere Is a noble opening for th e zealots of the great Bull Moose peni tent bench. Bull Moose, being a righteous party, recently in siu now forgiven, would it not be 'the part of morality to Insist either that the Senatorial and House flunkies shall wear properly monogrammed llvery or that the principals shall come there to represent themselves? This business of government by hired men is too irresponsible, it is too lax, it is too happy-go-lucky to be safe in the Benevolent Feudalis m in which we shall presently be living. Before the Trus t Feudalism is entirely consummated the moralists of the American bourgeoisie s hould determinedly see to it that the heads of the corporations themselves appear in the Senate, If only once a week, and to assume such, all bona fide trust magnates should be given a compulsory seat in the Senate. Talk about your election ofA!enators. It's a fake. It means the election of the real senator's livery. Then let the hired man wear it, or have the magnate there where we can see him and take our orders from the boss himself. Governmen.t....llJr-Wall Street will be a much happier thing than many folks sup_pose. It's going to be 0. K. and it would have come long since but for these clatterbrain-ed repentants who seem to think that praying Is atonement for being a fool. In choosing between government by penitent-bench and government by Wall Street America wlll choose the Stree t, but she should demand of these holystoned Insurgents before they get up otr th eir knees that they shall put Wall Street in the Senate in person and have done with government by blred man. ! �Hunter Fifteen · ••QUALITY WINs•• ST. E-LMO SU J 1 S Carefully made by the best wholesale tailors, especially for Hunter's. The styles are authentic; the workmanship Is excellent; appearance Is dignified and businesslike- · In fact, they are the best productions or the most sk1llful and highest priced cutters and tailors In the country. For Men $15 FINEST CLEAR HAVANA Use the Parcel Post Sen~ to us for your furnishing goods. State size. and color preference and leave the rest to our experts. You wil{ not be disappointed. Postage paid on all orders over $1.00. c•103fS Holds Worlds Grand Prize State Grand Prize "Hurry to Hunter's" Made from Cuba's Choicest Vuelta Abajo, in all Popular Sizes and Shapes. W. Hunter & Co. ST. ELMO CIGAR CO. 525 So. Spring St. lOS ANGElES Los Angeles, Cal. NEW LOCATION FOURTH AND SPRING STREETS These spacious, well appointed, new quarters or the California Savings Bank occupy the entire ground lloor and basement of this centrally located, well known building; and are equipped with every modern convenience for the benefit or our patrons. You will like the quiet, good taste and the courteous, "homey" atmosphere or these new surroundings. Among the many added features are a St.eamship Department, and one of the largest, strongest Safe Deposit and Storage Vaults in the city. You are invited to make use of the splendid banking facilities this fast growing Institution has to offer you. Savings and Commercial Accounts. 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Western Comrade https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/720fb01f5c079bd705886a04fa402699.pdf 2dfeda49c4aa797f0d1e0925ed14c8d5 PDF Text Text JUNE, 1913 TEN CENTS IN TillS NUMBER ,· A \Votnan in · thP RacP By Anna A. Maley <, , , I )esi~n Sketched From Photo ,,r MISS :0.1.\LEY hy Hoh \Vagncr 'fhP Vindication of ' Won1an Suffrage By Cameron H. King By Emanuel Julius The Pessitnistp. of Jack_London - R. A. Maynard California Today and Tomorrow - - - -· By -- �T be Western Cc om r .a de ( ~..~~~~. :~:~~..~?..,.~~~M.!~l:w.~~mber "You know Bill Jones' neck?" "Yea." "Well, he fell In the river up :to lt.'' So now we query: "You know Rob Wagner'• face? 1 "Well he's going to get Into the next 'iiumber of The Western Comrade up to It-and Including ltl" 1 A pai~ter who haa carved for himself· a great big corner In the western hall of fame, an author whose wor~ Ia called for the best publications in the whole country, he Ia a man who breathes life and energy and orlglruJIIty and comradeship. For he Ia a comrade, real and true and earnest. Red of the red, Ia Wagner-Socialist to ' the roots of hia hair. • ~ • ( So Wagner's portraitL sketched : by himself, will adorn the cover of The Western Comrade for July. You hjive seen Wagner's sketches of other faces on the front cover for the past three months and now he himself Is to stand revealed-revealed by his own hand I And that will be a treat for you to think about! Nor Ia that all, by any mean•. For you'll want to kr:tow about thla artist, this wizard of crayon and oil and pencil. You'll want to know the dreama he dreams, what he sees in the future, what Inspires tllm In hla work I That will be told in a delightful conversation-story by Emanuel Julius. It will do you good, cheer you up, brighten the whole month for you-this plct•Jre ~nd thla story of Wagner and about Wagner. There Isn't a more Interesting person to be found anywhere than Wagnerl And when you know him as you will know him after seeing the picture and reading the story you'll have something new and cheering and thought provoking to think about. You'll see some new sparkles from life's prlaml · There will be a lot of new names In the July number, aa well. It will be the beat number yet. There will be some powerful atorles, fact and fiction and propaganda. Every comrade ahould make sure of getting the July number by at once sending In hla subscription. ·· For, to use one of Rob Wagner'a favorite aaylnga, "It will be a splash! It will ring the belli" A Miracle of Civilization By .Stanley B. Wilson The century plant grows in forbidden surroundings, a thorny, grisly, homely thing, but holding in its hand a secret. Assimilating sustenance from the earth and drin!ting in the rain and dew ; it stands nodding to the breeze for a hundred years, and then springs into bloom of surpassing beauty. Socialism, thorny, grisly, homely, forbidding to the senses of those who are unfamiliar with its spirit and purpose-is not a chance growth. It is not the creation of some modern Burbank of economics. It is not the product of some new horticultural laboratory. Long has it stood, devoid of popular recognition, shunned even by those to whom it offered its blessings, struggling amid the woeful wastes of chaotic society; but always there; always drinking in sustenance; always assimilating the elements of · growth and strength; always struggling for expansion and expression, until today it stands forth a miracle of development and power-the most interesting and influential factor in modern civilization. The Western Comrade Vol. 1. ~48 June, 1913. Published Monthly by The Citizen Publishing Co. 203 New High Street, P. 0. Box 135 Los Angeles, Cal. Subscription Price One Dollar a Year EDITORS No. 3 I Stanley B. Wilson Chester M. Wrigfut I Associate Editors Eleanor Wentworth Emanuel Juli~s Mila Tupper Maynard Rob Wagner Fred C. Wheeler Editorial Writer- R. A. Maynard �The Weste'rD C.omr~de Mount Shasta "Like a hoary sentinel o'ertops surrounding country at--· an altitude of 14,350 feet. See page 79. �T .h e Western Comrade 76 c tl This World of Ours ll'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!il ODDLI NG 01~ By CHESTER M. WRIGHT i11 childish in110cence, the baby lisp scarce off its lips, the little o11e reached out O>ill.Jce soft hand to /ouch Jhe world-to feel its pulse and sense its texture. The world but crunched a massive jaw; the little mite went back to join the great White Throng from whence it came! . • The world is Beast. It leaps and lurks and -lunges. It slinks in the. slwdow and prowls i~1 tile da1·k. It peers through the night with a. lr.i/lion eyes of flame, seeking flesh and blood of lrmmm kirrd, savage, brittal, reckless, in tire wild abandon of a drunken clwse, keen i1~ tlte wonder WO)'S tllat have come of ~ countless centuries of cunni11g, fierce iu the close-pressed pack of the lumt for life. The world of the i1wuimate. seems to be a· Thing of life; a Tiring of life and torture. It seems to be a Thing of vengeance, and fight and hate. It seems to /urn and grasp and bite and strike. It seems to be opet~ly ~-iolet1t and, fralltic at times; at times soft aud Ptlrring and all mellow-liaflted and delicate, gli11tiltg and shimmering a11d beckoning in de-<lilish treachery. It rises up in awful majesty and coolly raises one great arm to crush 111 calciliated measure: it comes by stealth anlt sneakay to slowly poison and entice to death all w1awart'S. This Tlwzg, the world, delights to."tawzt with d.angling joys the little mites that straggle o'er its face; delight~ to raise thrm into rcstasies of joy rnzd wotzdrous heights of passioll; screams il£ ghoulish 1111rth the while the)/ build of strat · and sled their play-huts ol a passi11g h our. A11d the11, just for the seeming pleasure of a passing whim the 1 hing but doses j ust otll' eye 1111d by the flicker of the lash are catmtless hordes of pigmy folks swept back into that wondrous mire where lie lhl' dmosaurs, u.:herc flit the souls of all those cozmtless ages that lwve gone. lf'ild and wo1zderful is this world we boastingly call ours. Wild a11d stem. forbidding while it beckons on with honeyed bait and subtly cha,11ging charm. At times it almost seems to take the ll!llllall form as shadows fall and misty dreamings blilld the daylight eye. Its features seem of massive steel a11d stone and brick. Great flashing bulbs of man made light in white and rrd alld bl11e seem as the eyes that shi11e from tmd.:r brows of mighty buildings made of all tire things the t•artll yields up Ia dccm·atc her face. Great . engines. factories, repulsi-z:e ~·et compelling, are woven in with cormt/ess other things of •·aricd usc tv form the cheeks and features of this mot1strous Thi11g, our world. And i11 the animation of its ponderous mm·illg s th crc see ms to be a little bit of all there is i11volved i11 daily life-the straining cranes, the heaving, swingiug ropes a11d guys of slz'rps, the trains, the gaping mines, the piles of stolle that crowd a11d push within the city straets. All this there src·ms tv be ill this great Thing tl1.at bids us come and lose 011rselves in its great maw. And the misty, ha=y dream of dusk time tells. no lie. The Thing has life. It wallis to cmsh and kill aud lure a11d trap alld spclld its lust vu tender flesh. It shouts for joy as mall goes blindly 011 and Oil and gives no heed to what has go11e be/orr. Its fist v( steel delights to grasp where dow11 tlze ages it has bem its wont to grasp, Its velvet paw dtrh•es rare joy from stralillg through tir e night to creep in muffled stealth upo11 the little things th<~t scamper for a day through wlwt we lm u<v as life. · } ' cf, as we struggle 011 and strive to use that ma.rvel brain with which this gia11t foemall t~et•er was endowed, we seem tn know that we were made to master and to usc whet·e now we fur11ish ga me and food for what should be our slave. The piled 11p struggle of the past has left with tis the key with which to lock the chains around the throat of this great Thi11g. And e~·m 11ow as little so1tls are se11t i11_anguish from their shells of flesh we ga i11 what hope we hav e by knowillf! that we lose to win; that as we flicker on the things we know shall be piled unto the things that those to come shall know and that the thi11gs thus knvw11 will turn the key upo11 the Thing and h old it fast a slave and fount of joy and life for all ma11ki1&?} to have. It s w hite hot brrath may beat rcpon tiS yet a little while; its eyes m.ay glare in mockery and damning glee upon o11r paill ~·et for a time; its fin gers twitch a11d twi11e about our throats; its massive feet tread dow11 r1P011 our heads lo11g bowed i11 fear, for j11st a little span. · A11d thet1-a11d then-and thell we win, we rise, we take from out the dimn ess of the past the brain that, gathcri11g there, has lain i11 wait for us a11d, proud, we n'se to co11q11er and to have and hold! 'fire dt1ll, roa11 clay of all the sodde11 past has lr ft its heritage to tcs and now we wi11! Oh, men and all the sOilS of mea! We wi11, by God, we win! We win to dwell i11 peace and co mii!Oil mastery! The terror of the past is slain! 1 he world is ortrs! 1¥e wi11! In very tmth we gain the victor~·! We sec the rising srm at1d if it1 these last hours of mist the Thi11g should flick tts off in some t11Ca11 dyi11g lurch we mourn not as we go, for the comi11g light lws told us of the vict01·y, the victory that little souls like ours have come throt1gh all the agony of time to gai11. At last toe win! The giant Thing is doomed to serve and all its myriad eyes 011d tc11sing, fle.ring li111bs shall do for us 011r will! It seems as though all Time were made for 11aught but this! . ~ �The Western 0-p mrade MY BOYBy LiLLIAN PELEE My boy, taU and fine imct strong; Lrer r endy to right 3 wrong. Stral:;ht as an arrow in acUon and deed; l>nrcs ~olrc Ids opln..ton. when U1ere 1s n eed. <.;ourteous to an. be it t>cwar or kin&: A feeling lnbom that from U1e h eart must SJ)rina. Voice low. Each word falls tlnkllna clear, Pure and lhnptd as a crystal tear. GracJous, an'able, alway~ gay; Adds a bit to U!c rach day; Mind as broad as the Bca\·ens above. No room for meanness in the boy I love. His pride and hotfor. be h olds mdst dear. Knows not what it is to tear. Strength or body a:td stre~1gth or mlnd. ComiJinecl qualltJcs. hard to find. Beauty and talent blended in Olle; A 10\'e for the serious. a lof"e for fun. NoUling that 1s sordid or low J;"'fnds a place tn his heart to grow. Always exwndlng a helping hand To atd the weaker "in the land. No fanatlcal creed holds its S\ny Over thJs boy or mtnc. open as cla.v. Some wOuld r:all him "Hero,u "Ideal!" Or other word£~ so true and real: But though I know. he deserves them all, I U.1tnk It hetLer just to call This one who give!'! me so much joy Two simple word1- tbey are, ".My boy I" 77 �78 The Western Cor.nrade California of Today. ~~~~~~HE m;.T ·~ .. imagination of a Jules Verne never conceived roman to equal the fact in California's earlycehistory. The state's name is sa id to have had its origin in a Span i sh romance, first published in 1510. Cortes, who discovered the territory in 1535, chri stened it. For thf' period between that date and ~ th e founding yf th e missions in 1169 there is little authentic history. J.t was under Spanish and Mexican rule from 1169 to 184G and was ad mitted t o the union of states and became part of the republi c in 1849. Its IJamf' ha\·ing had its origin in a romance, it is i"'nlliarly fitting that thE' ch r onic- les of its early histor.\· shou ld read like a tal c of th e MiddlE' Ages . The story of the work of t he .Jesuit priests and founding of Franciscan mission s with the history of thf' presidio period is as weird!.\· fascinating as any tale of t;rPcian or ;-.;orse mythology. Ca lifornia's lan d an•a is 1::,:,,6:.2 sq uare miles or lftl,:l:,o,40IJ acres. It is thP st?c·ond state in gross area in the United Statrs and had a population in 1910 of 2.:lii,S49. \\"hat th csl" figures l!lPan c·an hE' best ~hO\\'tl by romparison. The six New Enii;l a nd states ha\·1" a combined land area of but G1.91G S']uare mil es and an aggrt>gat p population of G,;.52.GX1. The lan d area of l\'e\\' York, P ennsylva ni a, lllinoi s and New J ersey i s 1i"•6. 04~ square miles, yet these states contain a population of 24.9f>4,483. The t'nit ed Kingdom - England, \Vales. Scotland and 1reland has an area of I 2 I ,39 1 square rniiPs ;,ml a population of 4:•. 21 6.66:•. In :~ th e r words the l ' nited Kingdom with far sma lle r area has nearly fifte e n tinws as rnaoy ppo ple as Cali fornia. The census of 191 0 r eportrd the improved land in farms as 11,389,R94 acres. an area grPat er than that of tho states of Massachusetts, Connecticut. D elaware and Rhode I sland combined. A statement from the United States general land office gave the public land s vacant and subject to en try and settlement on June 30. 191 1. as 18,0 12,903 acres sur YPye<l, and 5,350,06 1 unsurv eyed , or a total of 23,362,964 aeres. an area greater than New Hampshire. Massarh n se tt s, New J er sey, Connecticut. De l a ware and Rhod e I sland combined. Hut of this l arge acreage the greater portion co nsists of mountain and desert land not yet availab l e for irrigation . Of the 88,197 farms. 9112 contain more than SOO a c r es each, while -the total acreage of the state und er irrigation in 1910 was 5,490,361 acres. California has been rightfull y called an empire in ex tent and is on l y excee1led by the state of Texas. \\'ithin its borders are the extremes of climate of the t emperate and semi -trop ic zones. although th e greater portion has an exceptionally genial a nd eq uabl e c limate. ·with a ferti li ty of so il une xcelled anywhere in the w orld , all tbe prod uc ts of th e temperate and semi - tropic zones, including fruits and Yegetables, are grown in profusion. It contains nearly e\·ery known mineral and the min eral production for 1910 was in. \·aJue $88,4 19.079. The state has a coast line 1200 miles in l engt h, with three of the world's best harbors and is traversed by three extensive mountain ranges: the Sierra Nevada, Sierra Madre and Coast ranges. Mountain, mesa, plain, Yosemite Falls "Volume of white water plunges 2,600 feet-half a mile." va lier. lakes. rivers and seashore- these comprise its gen era l topography . So much for the cyc loped i c facts, each one of which wi ll be pregnant with significance for human kind when the sun of the new day h as ri sen. The story , howe ver. i s not comp l ete without r eference to a wealth n ot to be put in figures-marve l s of beauty and gl ory for the er e in rno<mtain peaks. cascades of �The Western Comna.de nd Tomorrow wa~ers, broad eXJ)ans·e of ocean and limittle!Js horizon. Gual'di'l'lg fhe nor~hern en~rance ot the state fn !4-1\as~a Counfy is Mount Mssen, which rea~rs its head lft,.'!77 feet above· tne I.e\lel. of nhe sea, whHe Shasta, a 'er itabl e lUng l!l~ rnounnaiu peaks. like a hoary s-entfnei o·erfops (he surrounding country at an artitude · mf 1·1,3;,1!) feet. I onC'c E'ntered the snare frm.m Oregon on a Jianuary cia)'. Great flakes of fleeey snow filled the air as the train near~>d fhe vicinity of Shasta, Arr eyes were \' atclling ior a first glirnL•st• 0f the mighty mountain "hen suddenly the sun broke through the closed banks :1 nd a wondrous IJil'ture stoo€1 r-eveale•d. Like a great shtp on a clear morning, looming sud<lf>nly Hom out a heavy fng bank, so stood t he great ><tww-cappPd J.H'ak towering nearly three miles above "ltarply outlin(•d in the bri~ht sunlight, gleaming in rainhow colors-a sight to he long remembered . The •·ntin' l!•ngth of the !o'Hara .:;'e"ada range from Mount I,ai<>'en ~outh is a continuouH panorama of natural lll·ittlty-lak<'!>, f'll·ers, and water'falls, peaks, canyons and (·~· ergrPt·n fon•flts. OnP "' t hP n,o ~t interPHtfng regions In thP entire 't" t" .~ that on the IJordPr line between California and :\t•i·IH.la, ktwwn as the lakp region, where are twe nty "~' morr• Jakes at an elevation of from 1!000 to 10,000 r.... t. Jlp]'(• iH LakP T ahoe. the largest hod y of fresh 1\1tter on t•arth at the Io.noo feet level. Ten milt>s in 1<'111/:th, wit h an H\'enlge width of six'rnil es. it li es at th e 1 .. : ·~· s um mil of th e Sierra s and is th e cen ter of a t·•·~~:iun of Ht: t•ni r hea ut y certa lul y not s urpassE- d any" ltPrP in lite l ' nit ed Sta t es, pe rhap s not in the world. Thi s is th e an~~: l er's paradi se. Th e la k es, riv e rs and l•rno ks of the r egio n abound with trout of nil kind s. from i ),.. Ha lhwn trout nath·e of th e wat e rs of T ahoe to th e 1·::-tRtPI'n ur'ook trout fou nd In th e fasci n at in g m ountain '"·"n its which thread th e mountain s id cH. Ottce, accompanied by frien ds , I le ft my hom e late •111 a sllm met' aftPruoo n o n a fi s hin g trip to this r eg io n . .-\ftpr an e n joya ble drlve of a score of miles on a tn>i cal tlt llottl lt e \·ertlng \\'e r eac hed a beautiful ca n yon at the fool of onp of t be s now -capped peaks- a c harming s po t '" a l<n er of natural beauty . H \i~hi llg dmvn th e s lee p descent. forming th e center of the picture, was one of th e most beautiful of mountai n l>rqokl'. T hP watE-rs we re clear as C'rysta l and so ~h arp "·as thPir descen t that where1·er thE>y met with an ohsti'uction, th ere \va s a miniature <'ata racl. fr om 11 hich th<'Y 'rush ed madly forward only to fall perhaps a ft• l\' feet farther on in to the quiet and rush of some ~ •'e lUded pool. Th~> c·a nyot\ wa s narrow with banks slopi ng on either ~it1f' \o lhe \'!'I'Y water's edge, and <'overed with a ln xnrlant second growth of pin'!' <>xtendlng UJl, up and up to ,,·hat Sf'f'med the very snnnnlt of the mountain-a ,.:o]iod masR of >;l'ee·n foliage. An1id sud1 sllrroundings, out in the open ai r, unde r 11w lhic k ·r oliage of the plnes., making thf' air heavy Wi tli its fragrance. we Jay down t(1) rest.. Lying ·111ere one could gaze u'jlward thromgb the foliage to the ·twinklitig stars o'i'erhead. while eve r ringing in the ears, was the •i ncessant mns~c (I)[ the brook. O('C,asio·naiiY lit(l)Ken ·in npon by the cana of a nigh t ~~i'r·ll. wh il e co\'el'ing ::11 with Hs mell(I)W ratdd1!Jilce By R~ A~ MAYNARD "'as hfue so:l!t light of thee npid.l(y desG:endin.g .A..ugQst moon... E l'La.dl often been alone ~i:th nB~tu.r& !:tt many o.f h..er myuiad moods. but I! had n ever befoll& passed a ntgbt amfdl such suuuoundings : had ne-ver before- b,e en whetre> I cotrid funagine that I felt the beating amd tbtr0bbiug of her gr-eat, tender heart. Never again on earth do r e-xpect to come consciously nearer to hhe Hea.r t of the Universe tban amid thes·e surToundings on this· August night, beside this mountain~ hrook. Scarcely less beautiful was the scene in the morning sunlight. Although with the dawn, the weirdness had dE>parted from the landscape, yet the litth~ brook sang on as merrily as in tbe silence of tbe night, while now its waters glinted and sparkled in the sunlight, lnexpressible but very real I found was the inspiration and added trust which had come to my soul direct from Nature's heart. Down the range in Inyo County, the greatest altitude of th e Sierra Nevadas is reached. Mount Whitney, one of the highest peaks in the United States, is 14.502.1'eet above sea le vel, while numerous others, within easy range, pierce the clouds at a h e ight of o~ e r 10,000 feet. H e re the "American Alps" can be seen in nil their magnifi ce nc e and grandeur; here lofty, snow -ca pped peaks and pine forests sentinel radiant meadows . W e r e it possible for a ll the over-worked desk and co un ter sla ves, all th e workers in kitch en nnd factory, in shop and mill to escape from th eir multiform drudg e~y at least one~ In each year and s pend a few weeks or month s up he re with these massive peak s for n e igh . bors, every atom and cranny of their being would become brimful of life and e very breath drawn cause such tingling of the nerves and quickening of th e pul se th a t the wh ole being would echo th e r efrain of life, life-life . To stand on a mountain peak at sunset-s uc h a s un set as only comes In th e mountains-a s uns et glowing as if the Creator's fires were just dying out;. and In the afterglow with its orange, amber, pearl a nd smoky opalescence to feel one's soul e xpand to Its utmos t ten . sion, until th e sense of perso nal identity is almost lost in the overpowering Influen ce of the mighty e xpression of Nature's life-this it is to li ve. Life, life in its fullness can n eve r be kno wn to any save as e ve r y atom of one's being is made to r espond to its utmost limit by nature's master hand . Farther up the range is Yosemite, one of th e natlon't! playgrounds. A mi s nom e r today as only compa ratively few people have ever seen it. Yosemite National Park is in .the heart of the Sierras and in extent Is thirty - six by forty-eight miles, "The valley itself is a cui de sac about seven miles long by three - quarter·s of a mile wide. Its center l.s a level parklike meadow through which a tunefu l river runs: a peaceful place, where ove r the stream s bend alder. willow, fl ower ing dogwood , balm of Gilead, and otber water-lovlng trees; where groves ot t all pines and groups of black oaks are interspers-e d wltb carp.e ts of emerald verdure matd,e colorful by man_r varletle.s o! wild flower s, such as lupine.s, dal.sies, goldenrods, mlnts, w[tih .g reen ferns gf :all varJetie.s in secluded dells. Attogether a quaint, flowered land.scape (Dj' trees and p~ain a;n d stream with stretrebes of sha·u·lits. �e Western Comra. T M..-,..,. ft.~ ~,.... ./, 64 riize gn.y, ~e: «,~~~ m~. lii~Kll., f>' '>'~14 ~<J.W%f~ ~ fl'G t~,_. 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The Jlll•l'llfll' dtllllli'li•t• '" tdllll ll Zll ,.,., .1 , ;tllltflllgh S fllllf• t•xr·epcl !I ll a11d l li; •lt• Hf;l•• ltHK JJ(•f'll f' t! tlttllfl!·d at from :.ooo lo k llllll ~·t•l t l'~ Jn fHirlltlo tJ 111 lilu ~ ;· l'lll'f'tl l glani K !IH• rf' is still standIll!{ fl l't•ti l f'ut' f' K i t~ ll f' l'! •d ll llllrflllltl piiiP. lf llm ilnlcll County IIIUIII' llt'IM IIIIil l ~· l iltd ~.:lS,II tll; 111'1'1'~ of 'n•dll'ood timhcr. Ill' !f ilM ii,llllll lll'l't•H IIHI't• lli •t•ll 1' 111. l f'ill"lng 4fil.l100 ltt • l ' l' ~ Mllll Hl ollldln g, "'' 11'!1!11 I1U ~ li!•t· n (•s l imat ed at ·lfi ,tiiiii ,IIJIIJ ,IIIill i'J•PI nl' l't•d ll'nod Iundt .,. , At till' present 1'1111' ttl' llllllllll'lu•ltll'l' nl•oul a~,u.IIJJJI,IIllll f<>r l annua lly, tlti ~ ~ ll!lld ,l ', It I~ •·lu ln tl'tl. ll'tHtltl laMt tl t'llr l y a el'uturr. Add Ill tid ~ otlil'l' l'lll'I'H(H I'Niwootl. sug-a r pin e lllltl tJtlu •l' \lllod M llllll t'tlilrornta ~:~til l has r Pmaining; a rnt' t' ~ l ~ lljljJJ ,I' ~ 1 '11 1'1 ' 1'1 ,1' tO ill' lNilll'd iu consitl<•rab l t>. In ilil~ tlt•~ nlpllnn 111' lllll\ll't\ 1 IH'a liiY no lli(•ntion h as ,I t>t IJ, .,,II lllll\11' ul' ht•n uty oc·t•nn and st>a~ h ur"'· of l ll l tlltd ~ orr tilt• Pllt\Ml, or IJayM and iul r.>t or seaside n•~ul't . 'l' h l'~l' lll'l' ll'l•ll - ntgh lnnum erablrJ. Combina t l!iii K 1110\11\tnln, ot· nn, plain nud ca n yon art> not at nil t'lll't• t\1\ll th t• :-tct•11l · hNHIIY of this rharaf'ter is r,.,,,, ur or ur \111 ~ \II' IHI HHI•II. tll'l' 1'1\1'1111! tllltl fnrtn home~. I h(' like of Hl't• 1\\ll (\\ Ill' lUIId Ill lll\Y ther !;[filE'. Great !1 \l't'l\' ltt• i'\ lit' \' t\llt·~· x In ltl'\11'1 rrnits. !lpple, prune, t\lll'k nt , !WI\ •h, nlh't'. n lmond and \\'nlnut or hards: jl;l't'\\t \' llll'~' lll'tl~, JH\Il\1 tll'i \' 1'~ and nt•alyptm; grO\'I'S dot 'l'ht11\ t hl't'l' r whl\•h th•' hlllll:-tt't\llt' , l' ox;.;x, 11 \\\'t'I'S of all ntrit•ties. ttlant • Hhl'Hhx \\lid tH'IHil\\\'nlal tt' t'l's nr!' tto,;:-;ihle- to ,·ery home \\ ht'll\l'l' •mtnll·~· t' lll'han : \\'hih• n~rkullural t)rod - nil 111' 1:-t, 11:1'1\\\'11 In tm~· i\H\lt' nrl' hN•' l\l'odu etl. \'tl~l nil h'l't'lhw~· ~· l~c•ll~ oil in t•uonmms qnnntity IIIII If 1'\1'1'1\t'l\l ltlmlll~'. A shll:(h' t•mmty in 1!11 1\ had ~ ll\11~· IHll\111\ 11f H,ll\111 l~1rr~l~, whik h>' annual 111 1 1111'1 ('~ \ll,tllll,,llllli in \'nln~. Alltl thi but a ~ ht~l" 1 1\11\t~· whH,, thl.' "'nth'l.' oil - t~ror.ludn,., t .-rritory I' h'il ~~ \\1 1\11\1\~' 111\lii'S. ,,,,,.._,,,tt ,. • n'<t S\'t thl~ ~" l ''' \\'tl~\ •II wm two:auts ,. ,. u~ w~lth of m '~i~t" h'Jd~· f •~rial r but. mines and oil wells. its mills and factoril'- and th diYidends from its transportation y te rns and pow r plants are all f or the few. The many are exploi ted and lh·e liYE'S of self - d ninl and want- that the few may pos. ess l'normous w alth and power. The beauty of mountain and seashore. of nation's pl ayground s. of mountain and ocean sunsets. of wat rfalls. ca t aracts and great forests do not E>xist for th mass. only for those who hav e wealth and l eis urf:'. There are t " ·o landed proprietors in Ca lifornia-on e a corpora tion, the other an indi\'idual-who a h own three-quarters o f a mi llion acres of th e best t imber land in the world. The comb in ed area of th se two holdin gs is 2342 squa r e mil es. There i s in the stat e fa llin g water enough to produce 5,000.000 horse l?ow er of electrical energy. \Ve now lfse for all purposes about 3fJO,OOtl hor;;epow r, worth $200 each or $10.000,000 in the aggregat e : at th sa m e rate 5,000,000 horsepower are worth $ 1.000,000,000. A ll of this water bel ongs now and always will belong to tb e people as a part of their patrimon~·. Hut they have already giYen away forever the right tfJ use that $i0,000,000 worth of energy. Says former Governor Pardee: "At 6 per cent, therefore. we are compel l ed to pay, to one company, a present but constantly increasing tribute of $84 0.000 for the prh·ilege of using electricity generated by falling water belonging. from the bE>ginning and fore,·er, to us. "If WI' should continue to hE' prodigal sons with our water right patrimony until the entir e :..000.0110 horsepower ha\'e b('en gi\'en away, future gem•ralions or Californian will be compelled to pay, as we are paying, a constantl)·-increasing tribut E' for the pri,·itege o r using the product of their water patrimony. The value of that patrimony is ea-ily H ,ftOO,OOO.flf~tl. Our children will be compelled lo pa~- at least $121t.fll#l.•!IUI of annual tribute to those to whom we gil·e iL'' In a slate capable of supporting HH'nty ime~< its present population with its resources fully del'eloped and its products properly dis ribuled he great bulk of i people iead a band to mou ·h existence. " ....,._ un:-e <~~ sm n "-hat or the years o . come~ Is tber&? &n:r promise �T 'he Western Comrade o1' future· chang-e; any h.ope that t.l'te magnhlieen:t h-eTHag.e nanure has beql'leath-ed for the pllea:scure and enj0ym ene o1! an can be so administered! that al11 may enter into ~h-ei r iObPrinance?. Can H1e empire approDri a~e d by the tiew be reC'lai•med f~H· alP not only c·an hur will be. Moreover the process o f t>xprojJria! i OFl Iilas alr ~·ady l'legu n. Already the maC"binery of governme!lt is in fh.e hands o~ rhe people. 'Fhe Ia \\IS Ha•y SPe ~o tJe g0ot<l th(•y have p0wer to enaeL The strc·{'e~~ive seeps by which the goal i s to he reached c·anno! l1e dPif•rNJined sa\'e as rhe issues ari'se. But surely. 'f(•ad il y !he diHpl}:<se~sed ma:~ses are uniting and inc ·rea~ing their Hftl•ngfiJ to r final victory. H t•••fuin•s no Jlrr>Ph~>t',o; vi~ion to foretell the gen ••ral r·har·i•<·!Pt of !tw approadliltg Ha. · It is aJr·e ady aptlaH;nt rhat sor-ia l rw• ·•l. not pri\·ate grePd. w lll dominafp •·r)· ph as•· of l!r, .. i n !hat ditY soc i al O\\ m·r~hip ()f all that is sod ally lll'f't'~sar-) 1\ !JJ hiiVf• HJIT!'I'fif •tl the prhatf' OWIWrship ai11l at•pr-ot•dl({ ior, that now ohralnB and thf> n•ign of <·:qr!Hdi-.d•:. Will haVt> f·pn~t·d. \\.hat a ,.,,rifahl" par-adi>•,.. this great sta t !' will !Jc V>llf•it it' hutlfltll~->ss l'<·~OIIU· <·s are at thf> di~posa l of tt r o~•· to "loom nattln· """" tlu ·rn for the ir fullest use a nd l'f1jo~ nwnl Ho i\ >:Ptfl•rotJ~J~· and ho11 nti fully thPse stretc lws of d•·:wrt ~oif wi ll yJp ffi wht· n thP great ,·oJume of water t•roViuP d ''·1· nattfl·p fnr t iJPir irrigation is di stribut ed a~ ll•t· IH•st ~ kill c! i!' t nt<"H. wi th rPgard only to the \\ Jsp~ f JHlH~iliJ<· IIRI' \\'h,,n all thi li gr .. at Htoragp power of en e rgy in fall i ng w att •i's Rhall IJP lihPraiPd and own pd and conI ro iiPd h .1· t ht· ppo plf> or t hP Htate and e very t ested fnt· f hud in agr•lf-ultural ><t· i p fl( 'P !'an b e usE"d at on ce in g n·af .,~t •·ronom y; wlwn t•· ~ I K of so il a nd tempera' ii!'P Iii<'Hn pr·nmpt arHI fui i P~ l u sr• of eac h loc·a l ily for w l ~t!l if l~t •s r cu n ylP irl : whPn th e h eavy gains now found In l argt· farming ar p multiplied many tim es hy HtH ' ial adlllini><fratinn, th E' r PR ttlting YiPld in grain a nd l'rtilf C'H!llllll j,p ( 'II IH ' !'i\ p (], ~0 E' llOrmOUS will b e t he rr 81 There will! be- depe-nden.ee stilL, but the s.elfi-respectfng d.ep:en:den:ce of eaeli. upen aD. Bind Bill! upo.n.. eacbJ.. Not untlly freedom a:n:dl pient:r. but b.eBiu1iy will reign fn lifegreeo befotre unknown.. The entire state develeped as Ian:dseatP€' arebiiteets wilE p ian. wfth regard only to the P€-rfecting; of it till *'' httr, · t ·~ r . In li•at da y, too. ll11• !tan·ps ( will he for th e SO\'I· er aml t li P r .. a l"'r and Labor will bp frE"e. Jo'r(•f• laiJOr think what that will mean! No l onger r l11 • c•ringlng lic•forP t li P pri \' ale bos s. No lon ge r th e llll>ttnc ·it1g ~ \\' ord of th e' lo st j ob o,·e r eve ry worker's IH •Htl ~ "Great stretches of valley in citrus fruits" What j oy and pride we will then take in this great garden park of the world, when all of us can enjoy it! \\' hen \'acations, travel and money in the purse is the lot of all , how we shall revel in the glory of mountal n sce n e and ocean wave! How gladly we w ill make accessibl e these delights to workers from other climes in their well-earned resting seasons! Too good to be true? .lust good enough to be true. For humanity's faith that Love has meaning in this old earth must soon find its ful!illment. Brotherhood is a great omnipre sent fact of the Universe and will not forev er be a c r eed upon th e lips to be denied in daily life. Ju st good enough to be true In a world which bel ongs to Truth and Life and Love. And when shall thes e things be? In a glad tomo rrow-a tomorrow fast op ening u pon today. MOTHERING THE MOTHERLESS ll E happiness ol' lht> motl.tct· comes not. al?ne tv tliost• to whom natur·e g rants a child. l t t'olll\'s in Pqua l measure to an army of \\' ollH'n who know as I hei r 0\\'n childr en t host ' whom th e \\'odd ha.' ldt motherless. lt hloo;;s<·:.; ntnn,, · whom naturP has IPI't childl ess, that :t ll ~· hildt ' t • n might •·n il th••m mother. ];; it ll• 'II Pt'ally 1\!to\\' 11 that our orp hans' homes Httd ;;tat .. in,.;!itutions Nlllllflt supply the demand for• 11 <' \\·- hut'u aml \' Cl',\' young c hildren ? Indeed , I'OtliJHll'ati\·t>ly fe w children of any age whose l11·n lt h nllo \\'s them to he p lacctl in honws r ema in Jl t'I'IIHlllt' nt 1\' nnclaiml'd. 'l' hNc would he fewer still if opp~n·tuniti•·s were gr~1cr:lily lmown, and if authorities 'H'I'C not so wisely cautious that Oltl,'' the hcst homes in ~·Yt'l',\' respect he giH!D the state's t: hildrcu. lf they only knew, too, how the older child rcn long for a ''truly home.'' Th ey are happy in the institutions, but are hungry for the small home atmosphere. Ouc boy who was plaeed from a State Home for D<•pend eut Children was taken back again b ec ause he was unquestionably ill-used and overworked. l n spite of this the child was brokenhea rtrd to lcaYe even this makeshift of a home, it "·as so much bett er than to belong nowhere. How many hungry h ea rts would have been glad to hold him close had they but known or thought! Th e prolJi em, after all, is easier for the children and the pareotless than for the misfit in (•xi stiug homes. �82 The Western Comrade The Vindication of Woman Suffrage By CAMERON E women of San Francisco have vindicated woman suffrage. The women of San Francisco have vindicated th e judicial recall. That is the result of the municipal electio n held in th e metropolis of the Pacific Coast on April 22 of this year. Wherever putrid . government raises its hideous head, there the police courts are seen to be a festering sore on the body politic. San !~rancisco is no exception to the rule. It has been known to the male YOters for many years that t he police court and the "system" there was rotten. But th e male voters acrepted a rotten police court as inev ita ble. Th e protection of crooks, the defiance of decencY, the defeat of ju ~ ti ce t hat was part of the police court system seemed to th e mal e voten; as ineradicable as a cancer. Hut th e arou se d wo manhood of San Francisco 1 hough t otherw ise. \\'o man hood had been wronged in tho police court. lly the negligence and complaisance of a judge a man charged with assault on a young girl had bee n allow e d to esca1w. and th e moth e rs of the cit y det e rmined that a whol es ome lesson in morality and justice shou ld be taught that judge and the \\·hol e of th e "honorable cour t." The lesson has bee n taught. lt will be some time IJ e for p th e honorabl e co urt will forget. Th p ca se of P<•op le vs _ Hendri ck s prec ipitated the trouiJit·. Il Pndricks used that fa\·orite method of st> c!UC"Pr S , an automobil e ride, to lure two young girls to a roadhous e . H e attPmpted to assault one of th em, lnll 1111th €'SC' ap€'d and he was arrested. One judge fi xP d Ids bail at $3000. A police court attorney, one of thC' "syste m" lawy e rs, went before Jud ge C. L. Weller wit h $1000 IJail furnished by a notorious saloonman who conducts th e "syste m's" ball bond business, and got an ordPr rel easln!'; H e ndri cks from jail. H endrick s de <'atnpPd. And th e case, of course, was e nded in fact if not in th e eye of the law. Rath e r that would hav e bee n the end of it, if th ere ha d \• Pe n no woman suffrage. It would have been the C' nd of it if th e re had been no judicial recall. lll e n would nev er have gotten excited about the <?sra pe of a while man charged with assault. Of course, if h<? had lleen a black man, he wou ld have been recaptur ed and lynched. But a white man trying to seduce or assault a while gir l-the average man shrugs his shoulders; it isn't his gir l ; and it's none of his con<"E'ru; besides the gir l must have been partly to blame. That is th e male point of view. There is a sort of sex solidarity that numbs t he morality that has bee n preac hed into them . Women have a similar sex solidarity, and a different attitude. And the women of San Francisco, armed with the bal lot, dec ided to use that power to protect th€'ir daughters. As the story of the Hendricks case was told to the ditierent women's clubs a r es ponsive chord \\' I!.S struck. Woman's indignation at police court m et hods wa s aroused and they took counsel as to remedies. Impeachment was impossible. The judge wa s within his legal right when he reduced the bail of the priso nE'r. Mo r eover, it was certain that no remedy could he obtained from the fraternit y of lawyers and poli - H . KING ticians who would conduct the trial of a police judge. There is a clique solidarity, a consciousness of similar interests, among them that would be invincible by the forces at the women's command. But the final source of power and the new court of last resort is the people. And by virtue of the recall an appeal will lie to them at any time upon a just cause. It was to this court the women appealed. Petitions ·were drafted. But even here the slick, slippery, trickery of the police court system began to work. Spies and traitors were introduced into the councils of the women and wormed themselves into places of responsibility. Petitions disappeared. Dissensions and quarrels were stirred up. Finally the dis turbers were forced out and the women in ~arnest went to work getting names. In twu weeks they got over 10,000 signatures of persons who desired the recall of Weller. Then began a sear ch for a candidate to succeed Weller. Lawyers were very reluctant-except those who were undesirable. At las t a progres sive young attorney named Wiley F. Crist was impressed into a candidacy and the campaign was on in ea rnest. Behind Police Judge Weller were all the saloon element and professional politicians, many of the fraternal orders and most of the "highly respectables·· who viewed with alarm the revolutionary procedure of recalling that bulwark of property rights, a judge of the law . As is usually the case, Pacific A\·enue alli ed itself with Pacific Stree t-B ig Business with the Barbary Coast. Behind Crist were the women-not th e women of Pacific Street, not the women of Pacific Avenue-but th e r es pectab le, dec e nt women of the community, who still beli e \·e in chastity as a virtue. The campaign of the r ecallers went into mothers' clubs, and women's organizations, n e ighborhood m ee tings and the churches . ·weller we nt the rounds of the sa loons and co nc luded that it was all hi s own way and th e re was no need to spend much money. Th e saloon men were all for him. At the clubs where spicy stories are told to th e clink of the glasses of good fellowship all the rounders were going to vote for Well e r. The politicians assured him there was nothing to thi s "old he ns flutt ering" because a hawk had swooped down on a "chicken." The lawyers begged to assure his honor that th ey he ld the court in too great esteem and regarded its independence too high ly to lend themselves to an attempt to make it accountable to the pa ssi ng hyste ria of a female mob. With these assurances why should \Vell er worry? But the recallers began to dig up more facts. Other cases where ·weller ilad permitted enem ies of girls to go unpunished we re brought to light. W e ll e r began to get un easy. He publish ed falsified endorsements from the officials of the juveni le court. Th ese were promptly repudiated and the trickery of \Yell e r e xposed. The newspapers were mostly passh·e supporters or Weller. The Bu lletin at first gave hearty su pport to the recall and then became lukewarm . The Scripps paper, The Daily News, bore the brunt of the fight for decency when the campaign warmed up. And at the very last The Examiner let go an e dito r ial broadsid e against Well er. And so we came to the day of decision. Over 60,000 voters went to the poll s. Weller got 29,927 and was r ecalled. Crist got 30,751. Of Crist's vote probably 16,000 were cast by the wom e n . \\"eller �83 T h e W e s t e r n. C o m r a d e got approximately 1000 female supporters. This is shown by the variant vote in districts where women Yoted heavily and where they voted lightly. In all the districts populated by working class homes, Crist won by a good margin. In all the precincts where th e re were practically no women Weller won hands dol\·n. ·welle r Jed by a substantial majority in the Barbary Coast and in tbose districts where stand the ltlansions of tbe rich. The dregs and the scum of so cie t y voted together. An unanswerable a ccusation against the women of ··11igh soc iety" stands out in this one fact. In the we althy dis trict bounded by Van Ness and l' r ps idio an~ nu es , \\'ashington and Valle jo streets, Crist was badly beate n and r e ceive d less votes than the 1111 m iler of wo m0n Yorin g in that distri c t . And that is 1 '"' only di stri ct wh e r e that occ urre d. Eve rywh e r e e lse 1 ho wome n not only Yo t e d for d ecency the msel\' e s but lrad e nough influ e nce to bring their me n folks to the l'"lls in th e same good cau se. See mingly the women ,,f l'acitic HPigh ts n eith e r care to protect chastity them ,-,.JI·cs nor do they insp ire th ei r m e n fo lks with any r · · · ~nrd for it. l! owc \·er, dece nt woma nhood triumph <'d. \Ve ll er is · •ff til e llc·n ch he he lped disg race. Th e poli ce court .. ,-'·,;tcm" lla,; lost a good port ion of its di'ecti\'e ness. Till· sl·du c-t ion "f gi r ls is a lit t le )('ss po pular. Ju s \lt· t> is Tn ort' p o t e n t. And this nc\·er would ha\·e happPnPd if the wo m e n d rtl no t ha\·e the ball ot. Thi s rl e \·(' r co uld han• happe ne d did t h(• \'OtNs , n ot 11:1\'l' th e weapon of the jn dicia l r eca ll. • • • SOi\:C; OF TilE OPE N LAND By R ic hard Burto n \\ ' •· of til£' upPn ('olln tr y, :\J~ · n o f th t• ran ch and r ang-~ · . Hr •• nzf·J o f skin nncl ou t t o w1n. ~l t:n of t he larH..l!·::cape strant=t_' . ! Jail you , a nd b i d you hith e r, Hrothe r s so far awa~·~ 'it~·· b(>g-u il ~d nnd gr~·t• d -defi l e d , Int o th e air uf day~ All nf II 'P I ~ JH1i rl. n il <' f H ours ~ Broth f' r b y hrothf' T" s l n.nci ! 11 ... fur the w .,st , wh ere t o breathe Is bes t ll ai l. for th e open l a nd~ • • • THE ESSENTIAL By Robert L oneman \\"h at ca r e I f o r cas t e o r c r eed? It i s th e d eed, H I s th e d <>ed! \\' hat f o r c l ass or wh a t f or c l an'? ll i s th e m an, It Is th e m a n! H Pi r s o f lo,·e, a nd j oy, and woe, Wh o I s high , and wh o i s l o w ? 1\! ou ntal n, v all e ;·, sky and sea Are f o r a ll huma nH y. Wh a t care I f o r r obe o f S t a t e? It I s th e soul, It is th e soul; \\' h at f o r cro wn or "ha t f or c r est? It l s th e h eart w ithin t he b r'east; It Is th e f a ith , It Is th e h ope, It Is th e s tru ggl e up the slope. It i s the bra in and Pye to see O n e G od and one humanlt)'. Aim of Proportional Representation By FRED C. \VHEEL ER r~"''I""'"''I""'®"''I""'IIIII;"''I""'IIIIII,.HE T coming movement in t h e political world will be for proportional r e pre-· -. '. ~ sentation. For fifty years it has been discussed, and is now in practical _ ope ration in several countries. Th e need of it Is apparent to anyone who has carefully studied the evil effects of the present system of e lecting • . me mbers to legislative bodies. W e loudl y acclaim our be lief in th e rul e of' the majority, yet it is a notorious fact th at most of our legislators are e lected by minorities. lf is f re qu entl y the case that a minority e lects a r·o rnple te s e t of cou ncilmeoJ, and t h e maj ority is abso lutely with out r e presentation. Proportional r e presentation proposes: First, to re produce the opinions of th e electors in legis lativ e hodies, in th e ir true proportion s . S econd , to make certa in that the majority of e lecto r s shall rule . and all c-onsid e rable minoritie s shall be h e ard. Third, to giv e l'if'ct ors a wid e r freedom in the c hoi ce of r ep resentath·es. Fourth . to insure to parties representation b y th eir ablest and most trusted m em be rs . Th e Britis h House of Commons when dis cu ssing the H ome Rul e bill, provided b y a unanimous vote to secure th e e lection of members to the Irish senate by proportional r epr esentation. The Chambe r of De puties in France, b y a large majority passed this rneasnre. but it was d efeated in the Se nate by a small maj ority. Th e latest a dvi ces from Paris state that in the forty-five bye-ele ctions h e ld during the past two years, of th e tw e nty- three anti- proportionalists, only thirteen r e main. Japa n has had minority r e pre sentation for thirteen year s, and the n ew House of R e presentatives in China was e lected in the same manner. In the Transvaal, the capitalist parties a re bitterly fighting it on account of th e large numbe r of la bor candidates elected. Tasmania has just passed th rough its third election under the ne w law, with ge neral satisfac tion. The latest advi ces from England state that rapid prog ress is be ing mad e th e r e . In continental Europe the movement Is gaining ground among all political parties. An In ternational demonstration was recently held In France, and Conservatives, Radicals, Liberals and So cialists joined to ma ke it a success. The delegates from Belgium stated that after years of trial, they wished no change, except to make it more complete. Th e first city In America to vote on proportional r epr esentation was Los Angeles. W ith 40,000 votes ca st It was de feated by a bare 1200. The n ext time It w ill probablY win. ~ • • TO A BULB By R . K. Munklttrlck Misshaped , black, unlovely 0 mute companion o f th e Y o u mu s t f PPI over joyed t o Imperl ouR, d a int y lil y f o r t o the sight, murky m ole, have a white a so ul. �84 The Western Comrade The Prod EILEEN By SALYER HITCH_CO(;;K 1 , ..~~==1tJ]b!!!T!!!"!!! -!!!~~ HEHE ' " ' ao all" amoag aetwO"k of eyesores 1hat scarred thethe ci ty which was better lighted than others. Y (>t even this was dingy. One could discern very dimly a human form now and then shuf fling- along, for the hour was late. The -_ shouting of !Joys had died out for they had lung- abandoned their nocturnal haunt s and quiet pre 1·ai!ed in the g loom y houses.' A young man. well'dressell and seem ingly a stranger to his pt·esent environment, walked 111·isk l y along and turn ed into the n earest street. With hh hands in hi s pockets, and his eyes glued to his patent !eat h..rs, he w·ts t•XPrcising sweet obl ivion to all the surrounding sordidness. \\'here he came from this particular nil-':hl or whNe he ,,·as going does not matter. He was ac·c·ustonwd to engage in a number Q.f philanthropic _purst:i l s and it ma) be that hP was returning from the Japattf·~e Christ ian :'l!is sion. l 'pon ll•al·inb rhe aller. he raised his eyes and, either ottl of force of an old habit or by way of establishing a n('11· one. he entered the postoffice and went to his box. A d('lil'ate, dainty handwriting peeped through the window causing hi s eyes to brighten and his nostrils to dilate-• as he thought he caught the ambrosial fragrance of thP sl'ented paper. :\ervousl y he fumbled for his keys and not finding them, bPcame very agitated and perplt·H•d. Along with the keys were valuable papers and n•port~ of cor nmitt el'S on ci\'ic and philanthropic work. E1·iut>ntly h!• 11·as an important person in the commun it y and " q•ry useful citiZPil. HP rus!l(•d uack to th e alley and n -•traCt·d his ste ps ca 11tious I , .. " If you're l ooking for so rn t? thing, I guess I'm the Oil!' who found it ," ca ll ed out an abrupt and coarse woman's voice that causC'd him to shudder a bit. He I'<JII!d faintly see the blurred oullint• of a human form a11:ainst a jagged fence but could ('!c;arly sep the s hining keys in her hand. She r t? laxc•d h('r c lutch and extended the co1·eted articles to him. "Thank you very much.'' he courteously and St lal·ely said a s he hand ed her some si l ver pieces . Then h e turned t o go. ··wait a minute," she dra\I·Jed, staying him by th e slet>H'. "Is that. all you're going to give me? Say, you're in no great hurry, are you?" Slw drew closer. He cou ld f ee l h er quickened breath and clearly see her features. The tilt of her young wanton face, the l eer of h er j aded eye, the faint and forced smile upon her hardened lips repelled him. Jerking from her. he flashed out angrily, "Do you know that it is just such wom en as you who send men to th e d ev il ? You're to blame. You pollute society. You're viper s and adders infesting the community. You Jli'I?Y upon the ignorance and weakness of mensnakes who- " "Stop!" she shr i eked, at the same time recoiling from him, for th e word " snake'' had waked h er from p, dazed apathy. "Stop," sh e hissed. and her eyes, l ike molten coals, sudden ly scorched forth at him from a livid face, while her hand gripped at her throat. Ht?, in turn. recoiled and then found him self pitying her-yes, pityin g her from the bottom of his heart; .~ "Stop!" she shrieked. and plunging his hand into his pock et, h e brought up with it a gold coin and helil it forth to h er. She glanced at it, grabbed it and hissed again. "It' s on l y your I.IlOney I wanted all tlw time- just your money most of us ·snakes ' want,'' and the words vibrated ill his ears as he hurried out of th e a ll ey and r eheat upon 1h em long after he had reached the brilliant Iy lighted street beyond. • • Th e next morning found our good m asc uline friend in the office of th e largest department store in the c ity. From the way he was greeted by som e and furtivel y watched or timidly approached by otht?rs , it was apparen t that he was its owner and manager. \Vandering from his private sanctum to the main offices and visiting the head s of departments, h e took e1·ident pride in his own supervision of d etails. �The Western Comrade Strolling pompously down one of the aisles, he ob sened that an unu·sual crowd was collecting in the basement. "Her e. cash! cash! cash-girl! Didn't you hear me ca ll you a dozen times?" he addressed a little slip of a girl who tripped up the stairs. "A little impudent this morning, aren't you? \'\hat's wrong in the basement? Hair pulling o,·er bargain waists•" "There ain't nothing the matter," and she adjusted her gum in her cheek, "Only Cle:-k umber 28 fainted. I'm after water." She stalked slowly away as though ha,· ing th e whole nay l.Jefore her to perform her errand. The ht-ad of the establishment descended to the l>asprnPnt and workt>rl his way through the crowd. "'""·· if any. noticed the sudden flush in his face as he '" ' rr t o\·pr thP unconscious form of . 'umber 28 lying on riH· cold. •·onnPtP floor. H e arose wi th no audib le •·ommcnt and skulkt>d ha('k to his pril·ate office, sat lhPrf' on his swi\'C•l-chair. shiftt>d his position, and paced n•'t il's~ly do \\·n t hP room. " Hr·r rramc- 1 "·ondcr•·· he muttered as he opt>ned 1i.f' rloor 1o tlw main nflic-P, sPized the pay-roll and s1ood gazing al th<' l'ntry of :"\uml.Jer 28 and of secondary irnporranr·p h<·r nanw ;,nd of i<'a !'<t signifi can<'e of all her "''Pkly w;q.:• · of$:. a piliful !'<ti pend for drudgery in a l•as .. nrf'nt. ('losing 1111• hook with a thud. he rt>turnt>rl 1•• hb ofli<-1·. took out a cigar and puffed away. Tbere Jr,. sat lor sorrH• lim t>. lt•tting his thoughts float away "it h Paf·h whiff of dill\·ny smokp and glancing lis ti e s~)~· :rrorrn d t l1<• room. "\\'ell. Jiltle girl," he l'l'spondecl to thc smiling and l~t•('koninl'!; of a dimplt'rl far·e in a picture on his de sk. "Yotl <·l'rtainly arp tlw onr· to ke ep the blucs a\\·ay." H e pi<-k<'tl up till' ~'(old framt> and studiPd the bright and ilapp_,. fa l'(· IH's tling in folds of pink plush. At tlw sam e 1i1111· li P n'achPd into his q•st pocket to sec if the ~ ~·pnt1•d lPttr·r had mm·pd morp than its allotted inch. "\\'hat a wnndl'l'ful girl to g i\' e a fellow inspiration 111 sq11ar(' his shouldcrs firm l y aga in st tile world and to a('(·otllplish hig things." h<' tnusecl as h e thought of his I'Ot!ling l1appin f'ss . HP trrrnPd to tlw "·indo"· and out l.Jeyond to th e somiiPr gloomy h1rildings low erin g through th e gray tnist and ~moke. Tlw city's fum1·s and clouds were slow l y <·oll t>l'ting arOtl!td the sill a11<l almost stifled him. :-;iJrntly and unolJtrusi\'C')~· arose the wan. gaunt, '"·dral'(~led figure of :\'umhcr 28 and stood against the d11ll hackgrorrnd of the c ity 's towers. H er moistened, pas~ion l pss cres were turn ed toward him sad ly and ~'\?a rrhingly. Hf' shucldPrPd at thi s one jarring note in the m el ody of lo\·<' hP had heen c·njoying. turned shrinkingly from the wi nd ow. hit the end of his ciga t· stub and threw it on tho floor. "My God~ That certa i nly l <'a\'ps a hitter taste in a fellow's mouth. I was wrong. 28. You'rp not a \'ipernor adrlt>r·--snak e• Ko, you're Number 28-on)y Num lr er 2R." THE PIONEERS By Horatio Winslow \\'t>'re thc mPn that always march a bit before Though we cannot tell the r eason for th e same ; \\'e' re the fools that p i ck the l ock that holds the doorPlay and lose and pay the candle for the game. Tbere's no blaze nor trail nor roadway where we go; There's no painted pest to point the right-of-way, But we S \~·i ng our sweat-grained b el\'es and we chop a path ourselves To Tomorrow from t hP land of Yesterday. 85 MAKE SURE OF THE BEST N the busy round whatever else gets crowded out time must surely be found to enjoy fam"' so ily and friends. Iothers are often absorbed in the duties they owe their children that they rarely take t ime to realize their joy in them. \ViYes, who would not neglect aught of the prescribed routine for their husband s comfort, sometimes let these lesser things crowd out the subtle, intangible unity of sympathy and feeling which cannot thrive in preoccupation. The dream of love may last-does last in perennial beauty, but only fo r those who, in the daily round, never forget the supreme value of the heart's treasure. The man or " ·oman who can face a sunset, !rear birds sing and leaYes rustle with no delight in the beauty of it all is to be pitied. The woman who ran let days slip by with no glance or word to show the child what h e means to her, to show the husband that her innermost natme reaches out to meet the living self of himis letting the hubbub of happenings crowd out real life. "~aughty from want of kisses " was the title of a littl e rhyme published years ago, and the suggest ion of the title is a key to many situations. If mothers, teachP.rs and friends could only k eep near th e child in close and conscious affection, there \rould he less'' naughtiness'' than now disturbs. Ko one outgrows the cr av in g to feel that close ties unite him to other human souls, and any woman who imagines that her· husband cares no more for th e romance of li fe than "the faithful kitchen r lock" is making a mistake fraught with heartache. The days should n eve r become too full of cares or activiti es t o displace the sweeter possibilities of life and love. The sacredness of friendship is left too largely to the apprec iation of school girl s. Life holds so many pleasant acquaintances that sometimes we awake to wonder if there be any close friends among t he multitude. There always are! Friends here and there whom we know to be true as steel, a lways to be ·fou nd , though years internne between tile' meetings, right where we left them in sympathy, und erstanding and faith. Always th e same joy in the comradeship, t he same stimu lus for our highest and best when we see or think of them . Busy liYes should never let slip the luxury of meetings with old friends and opportunity for mal<ing new ones. How foolish in the machinery of existence to crowd out life. lo · �8G The A Woman P-!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!~N • lll Wester~ the Race aftermatH of the Washington state campaign was heard last winter in the Minnesota Senate when the woman's suffrage amendment was under consider~ ation. "Where will the women stop?" I1L.1LJ storm ed one doughty opponent. "They already want to be mayors of c ities and gov e rnors of states." Well, what if th ey do? Women will not stop whi le yet one inch .of the highway to human freedom re mains untra.ve rs ecJ. That is. th e human race will not stop. Great nation s hav e had queens-- and qu ee'ns are exaclly like king s in this, that they are guaranteed to be harmless only after th ey are dead . IJ11t no r ea s ons have de velop(' U for wishing th e m ~ooncr dead or more dead than th e ir brot h ~· r s. Ev e r y Socialist campaign follows the broad a,·enue of human iss ues . Firs t and foremost s tands human need for th e bread of life . Out of tbe heart of life comes the univ ersal cry for bread. And wh ile a woman st ood on the s tat!'! l'latform of th e Socialist party of Washington, that pla tform was Socialist to the core-taking cognizance first of th e colossal fact that during a part of the year ju s t passed, six million un e mployed men and women had sPcthed through the streets of American citi es, forcibly divorce d from their right to g et bread on th e face of th e earth. Our party stood di s tinctiv e in its solid insisten ce that br<' ad is the issue . Six million idle, breadless men might well arrest the' att e ntion of ev e n a stupid world; but one of th e less stup id of the wayfarers, a minister, add ress ing a union church service in Walla Walla, grave ly as sured his seven hundred auditors that the dance halls and districts or every city are the great pest and cancer breeders. I was glad to have my innings with that audience when th e minister had concluded. They listened for forty - five minutes, with earnest if somewhat curious attention, to th e Socialist Interpretation of vice and kindred evils. Several hundred normal summer school students at Che ne y heard as much Socialism as I could pack tight into their twenty-minute chapel period . The ir director was a Socialist. Fi\·e hundred club wom en in con vention at Taco ma were betrayed by th e astute engin ee ring of a Socialist woman on their program-"t:ommittee into devoting forty minutes to a hearing for Socialism. I was the speaker. "The Moral Significance of the Machine" was my subject. The speech was Socialism from start to finish , but not until toward the close was Socialism mentioned. "A very good speech," quoth a Seattle teacher, "until she dragged Socialism Into it." Bravo, teacher! Don't permit yourself to be divert ed from your task of making defenseles.; children Into perambulating multiplication tables. Frances E. Sylveste r-, our party's candidate for state superintendent of public instruction, arranged an audience for me before the county tea chers' institute which was assemb led in her city, Olympia. The superintendent was "agin' it." Under pressure, however, he set 2:30 of one afternoon for my discu~ion. I was on hand. The superintendent coolly gave my time to a learned professor from the Un iversity of Washington, who expiated for much time an-.! tw enty dollars, and with great animation -upon Indian basketry and the financial astuteness of Benjam in Franklin. Then followed . a musical number A ~ Comrade By Anna A. Maley "" and a gymnastic exhibition. At 3 : 45 the director solemn ly announced that there would be one further exercise-he did not say what it would be-but he would call a brief recess before it was put on. Naturally most of the fagged out teachers went home at the intermission. That night the Socialists played Wellington at the superintendent's Waterloo when seven hundred people, includ ing several of the visiting teachers, came out to our meeting. Olympia is a conservative government town and rumor had it that the leading bank!!r was stricken with apoplexy when he learned of the attendance at that meeting. Every night between tbe middle of June and the eve of election day, I was on the platform . in schoolhouses, halls, and on street corners the liste ners ass embled : Dreamland Rink in Seattle was fill ed to overflowing for every Socialist campaign meeting. At our closing meetin g in Everett three thousand were in th e Coliseum. Socialism was the iss ue. The papers made very littl e adverse comml:'nt upon the fact that a woman was th e standard-bearer of the Socialists. True, Editor Albert Johnson of "Th e Home De fender," referred to me as "The fiery Ann." He said my platform was an automobile for every lazy tramp. Johnson is ever the champion of the many lazy tramps who now own the world 's automobiles. He is the particular defender of the homes of Hoquiam where striking blanket men who asked for the right to earn homes were horse-whipped by the very best citizens. M. E. Hay, the Republican governor of the state, gave some fearful and wonderful reasons why he should be returned to office. He published these reasons in a campalgn book. He said he was economical in feeding the wards of the state. Glance at this table giving daily per capita costs of Inmates in Washington state institutions : Insane Asylums .......................... ...... .. Penitentiary .................................... .. Institute for Feeb le Minded .. ... Soldiers' Homes ............ .................... .43 :391 .501 .57-5 Let it be understood that these costs cover all maintenance expenses, including the hire for the automobile in which the governor visits a commission and the warden's sung little graft. It is not strange, is it-that prisoners sometimes throw their plates at attendants in the mess rooms? The plates are superogatory. Th e r e is nothing to put on them. A young woman who had nursed in the Medical Lake In sane Hospit:.'l told me that she had giv e n up her work there because of the way that st r ong patients_ cried for food. She went into Spokane and stirred up an investigation. An obliging press telephon ed the authorities th e date of the committee's pr ospective visit. In the words of an attendant, "it was Christmas at the asylum when the committee arrived." Old soldiers feasted on thin soup and the party of their love and loyalty asked for votes because of the splendid in ce ntive offered by it for patriotism. Soldiers old and young might cevour a piece of the American flag when they grow hungry. Su r ely the fiag is theirs to be used as they see fit-it has been dearly bought In the blood of their class. But the flag is not the issue-bread is the issue. Over the heads of the wo rk ing class ex-Governor Hay called to his masters, the large tax payers-"! stand for your righ t to close the industries and to send twenty-five thousand men despairing and hungry Into the streets of Seattle. I stand for your right �The Wester~ 87 Comrade Padre Blanco and the Outlaw ... By STANLEY B. WILSON ~~~~!!!!!!!!~ADRE BLANCO was not a priest. He was a cattleman, owner of the Rattlesnake Valley ranch and many thousand head of the best nourished cattle in the Cuyamacas and the territory over which ~ ey stood sentinel. There were many Mexicans anri Indians who passed over the trails of the Rattlesnake region, and many )Yere the kindnesses shown them by the owner, both verbally and substantially. The love 'of the early padres and the benefactions of the priests who yearly visited t lw rancherias on holy miss ion were the most sacred rc·collec:t ions of th e descendant s of the first inhabitants of Southern California, and Padre Blanco--White Priest ·-was the type of men most re\·erenced by the darkskinned children of the hills. Tall- almos t s ix and a half feet-straight. with the uprightness unmarred by excessive toil, and sustained hy clean living and a s pirit proof against the petty things that we igh me n down; his hair and beard sil\'(•rcd l.Jy the s un s of more than seventy years; of cul tttrPd mind and quiet speech , Padre Blanco was a man to tnspire re s pect in the breast of all with sensibilities not e ntirely atrophied . \\"hi le his t \YO sons, Dave and Bi II, both n ow of giant stature like th e ir fath er. w ere lads of 6 and !l, l'adn~ Blanco had settled with his wife in the valley nestling in the bosom of the Cuyamacas. His wife, a cu ltured lad y of one of the best known families of early C'alifornia, died from an injury only a few years late r , and the care of the two boys became the passion of the l.Jereaved father. To th is he gave his personal attention , fulfilling a s best h e could the dual duties of father and moth e r. On the summit of one of the peaks that towered in the western hill-l.Jorder of the valley was a small whitefence enclosure, and inside a mound, with a simple marl.Jle s lab inscribed with two words, each In th e middl e of a separate line, "Martha," "Mother." That was all. but enough, for those words were the dearest to father and sons, and that s hrin e was theirs alone. Here they worshipped, and every Sunday the three repaired to the sanctuary of wifehood and motherhood. F:ven when the peak was white with Its glistening l.Jlanket of snow, no Sunday found Its shrine unvisited . They would bring flowers-in the summer the wild ones of th e valley and In th e winter those carefully grown in pots and sheltered in the house. The peak was known to the family as Mother, and Mother looked- down upon the little borne an d shed the mother spirit. Once whil e Dave was a lad of 16 h e was breaking a horse he had selected as his favorite. The beautiful little sorrel demon, as soou as the saddle cinch was P to drive these men to crime. to force them Into the prisons which first they must build for themselves-and I wi ll save your taxes by starving them in these prisons." The governor thought the working class would not notice. But forty thousand of them did notice. And I am pe rsonally wil(ing to g uarant ee that if the governor e ver rallies political energy e nou gh to "come back," there are some costs of state houselteeping that he will never again itemize in a campaign book. fastened, and before the boy bad a chance to mount, began to buck, and in its nimble gyrations got its left hind foot through the stirrup. The result was a broken leg. The boy was disconsolate over the injury to his pet. Cutting the stirrup-strap with his pocket-knift, he released the injured leg, and seeing the helplessness of his pet's condition, sat down and wept. The father, happening along, consoled Dave, gently saying, "Those tears, Dave, are noble ones; but they cannot heal that broken leg. Let us see what we can do for the poor beast." "But we'll have to kill him, fathe r ," sobbed the boy, hopelessly. "Kill him? No, my lad. \Ve will do our best to mend the broken leg." And the father gen tl y led the Injured horse into the barn, where he called some of the men to help him put it in a sling that raised its feet off the ground. Then he secured bandages and some pieces of thin board and put the injured leg in spli nts. The s uffering animal, seeming grateful for the ministrations and subdued by the gentleness of them, submitting quietly. Then the Padre stepped out of the barn, and looked up to Mother's• ~w. )latlled. in the softening light of the late afternoon sun. When that scourge of the · cattle country adjacent to the Mexican boundary, Texas fever, swept the Rattlesnake range, and the cattle by thousands drooped and died, necessitating their cremation to purge the range from spreading contagion, the boys, Dave and Bill, complained bitterly of the ill fate that threatened to bankrupt the ran ch. But the father watched the dying cattle with pity and chided his sons for worrying over threatened financial ruin. " It is sad, my lads, to watch the poor beasts suffer and die," he said, "but it Is better that we should lose our last foot of ground and go out of these hills penniless than that we should compute our losses rather than the suffering of these helpless creatures." The cloud that had settled over Mother's brow lifted, and a splendid serenity pervaded the valley. • • • • • • • Jlm\'H enry, the outlaw, driven from hi s former rendezvous In the Chihuahuas, just south of Warner Ranch, had changed his camp to a deep ravine on the east side of the main peak of the Cuyamacas. Henry had committed many crimes and had about him a dozen or more of the worst character s of the hills. His last deed of crime before being driven out of the Chihuahuas was one of the most brutal In the annals of desperadodom. A couple of members of th e Henry gang were In the little store at Warner Ranch, kept by t wo young men nam ed Ke irn and Graves, and overheard the proprietors plan a trip to Los Angeles, to purchase a supply of goods and proposing to make It a pleasure trip as well, taking their families with them. In a camp wagon the two families left t he ranch at early daylig ht. A lookout on the ridge west of the Chihuahuas saw th e wagon start and rode rapidly to the Henry rendezvous. That night the storekeepers' party camped by a spri ng near San Luis Rey. �88 The W e:s t e'r m Cam r ad e In the momilflg, the hat~ll:l' nra~elers, ue~reshed by. ll\e nigl\t's sleep in the 011en air and Huee Hnom the crures o~ bo.sines~. were j ub ilant and lu~edless 0tl da.rugen. 'llhe women Wt>t'e tlre(l1tJTing hreakfa.s-1!. GPaves was rustliing fuel I'm· the tire. Kt>im sar; tlln the edge of a camp a0t fondling 1\is inrant son. A ,;h<'Jt rar1g ou~. Gra1•es dropped his armflur1 oE fu.e ll artd fell dead. !Yer1ry with rhrt>e o~ his ga;ng rode M within fffliy yards r,r th<" c-amp, sat ~(l)r a moment view~ng with fiend ish amust>m~·nr 1hE' E>ffec-n o~ thei.r appearance fortow.irlg the Hound rll' tl\e shot. rhen 1!-Uenry raised his rifie aJnd ta~ir)f( d~·Ji),~·rat<" aim fired over rhe l!lody of the in.fant and shon K1·ill1 through rile bf'arL The Hanher's lifeldood drf·l'wli•·u t1l€· clllthing of the helpless babe_ l)?;l'll>ring t liP t'1·ant i(!; w~>men and ch.ildrren, Henry per~IJnalty "''ard>€·11 fht· I>OdiPS of his iicrims, and securing 1M•·ir r~l>tlf·) anrl 1· ait1ald~. motJnted his hor·se and with hi,; rrio "'' HC'C1Jll1piifes rode Leisurt>iY away. Tilf· dt·~p!•ntlil>f's l"f'l"'' not lt>ng in the Cuyamacas i>l'fon· rl11·11' prf'Hf•nr·t· ''as rn~de known by the boldness rtnd t"n·<pli•Jif".Y o~ tlH·ir dt·prt>dations. Tt11· ~r;,g• · . <-arrying lnrl'lton to San Diego from the Ston .. w:tll ~lint•. 11 as roi>l>ed a~H·r the driver had been S(•'riOII,JV "OIIfldNJ. A J•r<>spt·r·lor was found with a bullet through his hNtrl "h•·rt· h•• had sroopPU to drink out of the little r·rt•t·k Jtt•ar· Hrwkrnan Spring~_ Tht•:<t·. a r].>l o: ht·r ("fimt·s of pqual and less degree, at Jpngth aro1"1·d thP sh .. riff at San Diego. who appealed to !ht• r·ornmatHlt>r of tlrP ft·dPral troops at the barracks for l11·1p in t·XI!'rmlnating tht· lawless band. A ><quad rrndt·r· f lu• r·ommand of a young captain was df'!ailr·d to a ss i Ht !lrr• slrr· ri ff. llt ·nr:> and Iris gang )parrwd of the com in g of the r roopt· r~. \\' l~t · n !l rP r·apfain 11 ilh hi s m<>n roriP cautious ly up tlrt· ral'inL· ll >ll:trtl lf prrry·s <-amp h" founu the desperado with s onw or hi s nwn playing pok('l' on a blank et spread ou tl ru g r o und . " lland H tip!" r·o 1nnrarul Pd th (• f'aptain. hi s rifl e l el' t· IPd a t th <· tr·a tlpr of th e gang. wlt il e the rifl es of his ru t•n COI"(•rp tl th o of hers. Tlt P outlaws <.lid nut atiPmpt to ris e from th e ir i>lankPt or r a i st> th Pir h~tlll ti , IHtl continued p l aying. w Jtli P Jl p nry r Ppli ed ca r t> IPss iY. "Gpt down. ca pta in. and lalil' a hand ." "l'p with yo ur hand s. at o nr e. p 1·e ry onE' of you, or IH' ll blow yo u to bit s. " d C' mand E>d th e angry officer. "Do n ' t gl't e xcited . captain." adl'ised the r ec kl pss H enry . " l was Iookin' for you. an' opened thi s littl e gam E' for your amusement. \\'o uldn' t adl'ise you - " " I f your hand~ arc not up when i count three . you'll 111'\·er lift th em again." s nappl'd the man in blue. ··on e ' T\I"O! - " From the hu sh es on eac h side of th e ra1·ine thE' cli c k of l'lfles b ega n with the co unting. and the cap tain knew h f."' had heen trapped. a nd did n ot finish. "As I was going to r emark . Cap ta in . I wouldn't adVi llt> you to disturb th E> peacefu l calm o f th is quiet ra l'lne b ~· dischargin~ th em llncle Samuels of yo urn 1 Get down an' join us in this little friendly ·ga m e. .l ust rlt'op y our lines over the hrush, an· leave your artillery on tho ground." The troopers swung from their saddles, laid down their guns and approached the players on the blan k et, while the 'Captain was dealt a hand. As they lJlay~d Henry chatted gaily wltli tile captain, who smoth~red 11i~ l'('Sentment and resohed to make the most of )tis humiliating predicament. A ncr a tllne HE>nry W'markt>d: "Guess it's abou t tim e f0n you gentlemen to be goin '. 1\ou'll i"usb. abou~ !)lake JTul!ian l)ceftore SIID.d.own.. 'ifOill are at: liiberrtry, ~o var.moosewhen. y.ott (!Jlease. l!lnjpyedr tile- \\lsitt a hew, but hope you. won.' I! be in. a h.w:ry to repea.!!." ..._ IBefiore retlurning tlhe rtfl.es tbe desperacLQeS neijjipved t b_e ~artridges llJ.n.d. relie\\ed the tli'C!lO!jlers oil ~x.!!ra m~sles. * * * • * • ·~" l!'arfre Blanco was alon.e a.tJ ube Ratblesna.ke ranch. Bill and I9a\\e~ witht a crew oij c-owbo)(s, were u.p Q>t the Lagun<~~s. visiting Ch.ub, nhe tiore110.an. The- tall for:m of the venerable ~ar.ttlel!IIa.O had just eme-rged from the OUrtsLde cellar: do0r. He. b.ad go:ne to the cellau Eor a dish of apples, fol' nhe li'ad~e had sub stituted ··apples" for ustral~<benies·· ~u Henu \\'ard Beecher's sa:lling that the Lord migl'l.t ha,:e made a better fruit, but he didn't, when a hors~mau calne galloping up,, swaying in his saddle •. his mouut in a latber. Pladng the dish ~>f apples on the doorste{l. tbe. Padre assisted the rider to the ground and helped him in~o the house. The stranger was weak fran loss ot lt>lood and in much pain. The ranchman suwported bim to a bed. rernon~d his shitt and found a tJt11let wound in his Iigh.t side below the armpit. ··Got me at last." gritted the wounded n~an, wh,lle the Padre was washing tile wound and staunching the flow of blood. "How does it look, pardn ei~ii ke a fini~h ?'' "Yes," responded the Padre, " You are, I tltink, fatally wounded." ''Thanks. I want it straight," was tlw reply. Both men remained silent. The Padre tor·e a \Jedsheet in strips, l aid a heal'y clo t h soakt>d with witch hazel on the w ound. and wrap ped the strirs about the man ·~ body. ThE' stra nger set>med mu ch t>ased hy the mini strations of his hos t . and lay quiet Iy, l ookin g intent!>· at th e er ec t figure on the c hair b esi d e hi s bed . "\Yas ju st wondering. pardner, If you'd been so kind to m e if you kn e w who you w er e h elpln'." and th er e wa s a grim s mil e on tlw str an ger's fa ce, The old man laid a hand upon the hr eas t or the spt>aker. a nd sai d gently: "Do not lry to s p eak, my fri E' tHl." "Gu efis it won't mak e thin gs mn c h \I'Orse." co ntinu ed tlt f' stranger. 'Tin don e for. nnyholl'. an' I don't care how soo n th e game clo ses. You'v e b ee n right goo d , pardn er. but 1 r ec kon if yo u kn ew who yo1r were tlxin' np, you'd a h ee n on your way to .Julia n for th e mar11hal inst ead of sittin' there hatin' to see m e cas h in ," Th e s1 ranger pau se d. wat c hin g clo >~e l y th e face of hi~ host . who sought hy gentle hand-pats to s il ence th e dying man . "I'm .Jim H enry." Th e Htran gcr pau se d again. "So I beliel'ed you to be." "Th ere's enoug h money on my head, put al l , toge th er, ro sta r t a mint. It won't make no difference to m e how soon the law ge t s its hands on me. an' I don ' t ~now anyonP I'd as soon see get the r eward ;ts you/' Padre nianc·o a r ose from his chair, ''Mr. Henry," he said with sadness and reproach. "I will be eompe ll ed to leal"l' you alone if you pe r sist If you had come )lere uninjured. I would ha1·e !!Ought t.o capture yov, not tor the reward. but because yov are a dangerous man to be abroad. Y ou came here injured and helpless, overtaken by the hand of the higher Ia w, whose decrees are absolutely ju.st and from whose declslons t.b.e re 1-s IJO appeal. "It is too late now for ad \'lee. and I }I ave no ri-g ht or desire to censure. Y ou cannot retrace your life -steps, You cannot rE>store t'he Jives you have ~ken. rccall--tbe sutl't>rings and sorrows you lJaYe cause d, or undo the �T h e West e' r n Com r a d e , "There is but one eye capable of scanning you1· past." TIH·y are now i.J e yond yo u a n' s LI., d own s o I can ha Ye m y li t tl e sa y be for e I hav e ''I hU\' e Hl' itlw r th e ab ility no r in c lination t o jud gl' yo11. Th C' rc i s hu t Oll C' c·)'C' ca pa hl p o f sca nnin g your pa s t n11d co mputin g t he influ l' ncps a nd pro ,·ocali o n s th a t im pl' li N I yo ur d ee d s. An d II i~ ju s ti ce is more t e nd e r t ha n he r '!; wh o gu r e yo u llirLh a nd we r e s he he re wo uld !J p mo t h<' t' s till. " l' ad re Hla n C'o wa lk ed to th e w indow ancl loo k ed up t he r e lr l' tY si d e o f llloth e 1· a nd sa w he r su m m it c lpar and br ig h t. th e mid -day su n direc tl y ai.Jo\' e. "Pnrd n r," fain tl y f'a ll d t he dyin g dPspemdo, " come throw down my band ." Wh e n th e Padre wa s sea t e d , H e nry s poke a ~a in, hi s Yoice almo s t a whi s pe r: "I didn't m ea n no o ff e nse, pardn e r. I sure mad e a bum bluff a t your hanrl . I ain' t usp d to sittin' in with your kind . "I gu ess I a in't g ot no ki ck comln ', an' go t wh a t was cumin ' to me . Th e mo t h e r talk so und s good , hut I a in't ba nkin ' non e o n no eas y de al if I'v e go t t o sit in in a ne w gam e. I'm willin ' to ta ke what co meH m y way.' Hi s vo ice becam e almos t inaudii.Jl e. P adre Bl a nco IPa ne d o ver a nd caught th e fa in t g as ps: "Te ll - ca phe-tu rn ed-tric k. " n lnw!l yo u li H\'(' !'O IIl ll lit tP d. 111 11l m e. to - P ac Everlasting a Dream LfliJis 'iPr <·k. a fonuC'r member of t hP German Rt>ith. tag, in tlw International Magazi ne for Februnry, t'los~?s a di:<rns.ion on "~hall " 'e Ha\'(• Peace in 191:1?'' in the followin~ language: " \\'hen we scan the politict\1 situation of the Old \\'orld we can hardly con cludt' that the year 1!11:~ will end the era of g r eat wars. r fear n the contrary that om· century will be pr:>duc t iY(> of . \lf'l\ nti~ht~· cri~e s in the lh·e of nations that, di'SJiitt' tlw ob\'iou:< lH"t' P:~ity for peace on the part of II ·h'ilial"d Jl('{l)'lt>s, • uch a thioa n pence e\·erla tiog m, Y ll l hi" th OUght of {' X ('(>jlt in dream '' ---------- - This co nclusion is a r easonable one, no do u bt, In Yiew of polit ical co ndi t ion s as they now exist. But 'ti s npithe1· politics nor se n timent t hat rules thP world. There is a power more fu ndamental tha n either. Said Albion W . Small, in beginning one of his book s: "In the hPginning there were interests." These interPsts we re and in every age have been economic interests. Both politics and sentiment are the offspring of which they are the parent. Economic power rules the world today, has always wled. will always rule. The complete international solidarity of capitalism would pre\·ent immediate war. But the triumph of International ocialism would bring peace e\·erlasting. �90 The Western Comrade The Pessimism of Jact rr;~;r===ii E:-\ miiiiJt t> s after m eeting .Jack London. is impress ed by hi~ grim pessimism. Ill· is. c-onfess e dly , a pe ssimist. But, lwfor u \'i"". i ng I his phase of L~ndon, 11'1 us ha1·e ~"me small tlllk about things that may " """' i'niere sting eH'Il though thc·y IJJal not be of gr\jat national impo r tanc·•·. To h f' g in wit-h . he looks much llllltd.-'onJt·r than his pic·turt' s. for th e CHIP (':ttnt·J a Ill·\ t~ r· gpts his soft, gray e yes. TIJollgiJ tllirt~· -sc · \·pn ypar ~ old. he doc ·s td <lilJ"'" r to IJt · tno rc· tl1an thiny . lie l1as a magnific·t·JJt l•ody a firJt· forrn. 1\·ith notlring pugilistic exc·•·PI hb s hortld<·r·,_ J It· lras a c:hin that dm·sn't appe ar IU IH· of 1 h•· sort to in1 itt· disput<'. \\'ht-11 h•· laughs. hi s tnoutlr looks !ikl' a jt •llf'lry siOI'P windu"·· llressf'd ' illiJ>iY. !11· w.. ars a plain. n•ac!y - rnadt• suit of •·lotlws; a sofi - C'u!larf'<:. wh.itf' sh irt and a blac-k. si lk lie prodUCl' a strik in g f'fTl'C'I lli s hat is one of thost• ahominahlo sombreros. His CO JH ersat iou is decidedly co lloquial. having neillll'r the refinement of a u o1·er-cu!tured scho lar nor the roughness of a stage W este rn e r. I t is just ordinary En g li sh, the kind one bea rs on c ity street -cars ana o tfi ce- huilding e le vators. H e is quite approachable, a! ways willing to talk st reaks just for th e asking. His s peec h is intersperse d with mild, harml ess oaths. And, here let us g ive thanks, he doesn't carry himself with an air of dignity. In brief, be is an open, frank fe ll ow, in appearance more of a good fe llow than our common co nception of a famous author. Wh e n I saw him, be was in the bands of a Los AngE>Ies moving picture man, who was u s ing him to pose before the camera. A company bas contracted ·to have London appear in a number of films that will depict many of his famcus stories. These films w ill begin with London s itting at a desk, pen in hand, cigarette at his elbow, writing one of his tales. Of course if the moving picture man wanted to be realistic. be' would have London seated befor.e a typewriter, but that, it is generally agreed, would be lacking in romance. Au- tbo rs, in pictures, should peri their stories, not type write them. He will scratch away for about 200 feet of film, when the scene will fade, soon to open witb..tbe action of the story. So says the manager. After proper intervals, London will rea ppear on the screen . Then, it will close with a hundred or more feet of film showing the writer in the act of closing the story and iuserting the manuscript in an enve lope, intending doubtlessly to send it to the harsh, hard-hearted editor. A photoplay of "John Barleycorn." a ser ia l that appeared in a popular wee kly magazine. wi ll be one instance. it is announced by the film managers, where London wil l aci ually take part in the a<:tion. As this story is auto biographical, it wi ll add much to have London himself in the r·ast. His famous trip in the Snark will he included. London's wife, Charm.iani·i!l a lso appear in this play. it is s· d. "Of course," says London, ·I ne1·er pretend to be an ac to r . I don't know a thing about the pmfession. I'll do w hatE>I·er I'm told, fo r I a m in the hands of my friends." ThP plays will ht- produced at Balboa. Ca l. . where tile flalboa AmuseIn ent Compa ny has erected a st udio for the special purpose of stag ing the London sto ri es. ThP managers predict that these stor ies. with London himself in the films, will attract much inte res t and possibly be the greatest ser ies of fi lms e1·e r produced. "As I must stay h ere for consid e rable tim e." sa id M1·. London, "I am going to wir e 1o the ran ch and ask my wife to join m e. Do you know, this is th e fir st time in e ight years that I Enjoying the ha 1·e been a way from h er." The tel e gram was se nt immediate ly and Mrs. London join e d h er husband within tw e nty-four hours . Mrs. London appeared concerned over th e impression that her husband's "John Barleycorn" bad created In the minds of many pe rsons. They have concluded that becaus e Jack London speaks of his . friendship with John Barleycorn since his boyhood days that he sureiy must be a drunkard. "He bas nev e r been a heavy drinker," said Mrs. London, "and though he isn't an abstainer, sti ll h e has n e ve r taken enough of the fiery fluid to cause the slightest alarm ." Bailey Millard, writing in the May number of The Bookman, has an interesting paragraph on London, saying that "Jack bas never survived the effect of his vagrant habits, acquired during his youthful tramping days, and be owns that since that time be bas never lost his terror for a 'cop'." "While I was in co llege," London says, "I went to a circus in Oakland one night. I lingered after the show and by a bonfire I came upon a bunch of small beau ~ �91 The Western Comrade {London boys who had d('termined to run away with the circus which was about to Iea1·e town. The showmen, learn~ ing of th t- ir int pntion. sent a message to the police. \\"lwn I sa11· th e sudden eruption of brass-buttoned, li!•lnH'i(>d IJulls, each of th em reaching with both hands I ran . I ,,·as nut a hobo. I was a citizen of that com~ 11111nity. H coiiPg(' man. And ye t I ran, blindly, madly for IJioc·k s . And wht>n I cam e to myself I was still running. ··:-..:o. I'll ne Yer ge t o1·er it, I can't hPip it. \\"h Pn a lJUll reaches I run." Londc;n ,.i., ,,.s hi s art pessimistically - in fa c t . he obj('c ts to being called an ani s t. "I am no thing more than a fa i rJ~· g <JOd art isau," said London, 11·Jwn th P r on1·ersation turned to art. "You may think I am not telling tbe trnth. !Jut I hat(' my profession . I dc test tllf• professi on I have chosen. I hat P it. I tpll you. I hate It! " I ass ure you that I do not write h<·cau se I Joy e th e game . I loathe it. l cannot find words to e xpress my di sgus t. The only reason I write Is lwcaust> l am 11·e11 paid for my labor - that's what l call it-labor. I get lots of mon ey for my books and stori c>s . l tc>ll you I would be glad to di g dit ches for twi ce as many hours as I de Yote to writing if only I would ge t as much mon ey. To m e , writing is au easy way to make a fine living. Unl ess I me ant it, I wouldn't think of saying a thing like this, for I am sepaking for publication. I am sincere when I say that my profession sickens me. Every story I write is for the money that will come to me. I always write what the editors want, not what I'd like to write . I grind out what the •. ies of his own ranch capitalist editors want and the editors buy only w hat th e b~slness and editorial departments permit." ""'hat, in your opinion, is the effect of the capitalist system on art?" London was asked. "Awful! Absolutely killing! The -editors are not interested In the truth; they don't want writers to tell the truth. A writer can't sell a story when it tells the truth, so why should he batter his bead against a stone wall ? He gives the editors what they want, for he knows that the stuff he believes in and loves to write will n ever be purchased." "What a pleasant view you take!" I said. "I give things little thought these days," London rPsponded . "I am weary of everything ; I no longer think of the world or the movement or of writing as an a rt. I am a great dreamer, but I dream of my ranch, of my wife. I dream of beautiful horses and fine soil. I dream of th e beautiful things I own up in Sonoma county. And I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book By Emanuel Julius for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate. I write a story with no other purpose than to buy a stallion. To me, my cattle are far more interesting than my profession. My Jack London friends don't believe me when say this, but I am absolutely s incere. ''You may wonder why I am a pessimist," said Mr. London; "I often wonder myself. Here I have the most precious thing in the world-toe love of a woman; I have beautifu l ch ildren; I have lots a nd lots of money; I have fame as a writer; I have many men working for m e ; I have a beautiful ranch-and still, I am a pessimist. I look at things dispassionately, scientifically, and everything appears almost hopeless ; after long years of labor and development, the people are as bad off as ever. There is a mighty ruling class that intends to hold fast to its possessions. I see years and years of bloodshed. I see the master class hiring armies of murderers to keep the workers In subjection, to beat them back should tbey attempt to dispossess the capitalists. That's wby I am a pessimist. I see things in the light of history and the laws of nature. "I became a Socialist when I was seveqteen years old. I am still a Socialist, but not of Ahe refined, Jf_ot--- 1n ier.tJ7U!tl JnTize tlz �92 The WeS'tern Comrade Th_e Socialist Spirit • tn the City~====~ B E.N you p1ck up nhe Soeiali sn pratform in y~wr !O{'al ~·ity campaign and ~ead over the• g~nera l elemancl for better homes, rJNff'l' fneJcl. he·t~e>r cl l!lUhing anel m ore I~i~ure for rh., 1HJ~king- c:lass you p~otJ­ a¥.Iy pa~s fll·er it ~uie·kly wirh om much Owught. It is the usua! Cillimg and sepffls !n be put th(·re pun of habit, you gather. Hur you ha1·f' made a- fundamenta l (•rtor. Your iclen. that rhe Hhort, snappy thar c·ornf• und~r !he head of "imme diate at e the rPal me1t t of the platform is all a m '"" 'I.IY , . s t a!emf'ilf~ iJeillitllds" mistakP. 'rh · n·a l ~n(·at of the Socialist mun icipal platform is < ·o ~tU\inNI it1 that genPral demand for lJE>ttPr homes, j,,.,t,.r· foo~. lwtt(•r c lothing and mon• leisllrf'. And H it stwul d ~ ~~ hai•T•Cn that the campaign should end in a 1 ic-tor y for candldat(·~ who sta nd upon t hat pla t lorm .\"Oii "'011l1! find that thP spir i t of the Pnt ire ad rnin:strati• Hi "-<>IIlli IJ,. hased upon that broad, gf'nera l dellianll. l t I~ thP PSH PncP of what the Socialist muni ci pal adniiniHtta ti on is fl l riv ing for. '!'hat Htnt e nw n t in th e Sol'ialist munic-ipal platform fi<w s not nH·an that thP admini stration is p ic d!!:e d to S<·<'llt'" a pa lnn· fo i· P\"P I'.I' fam i ly: it does not mean lliat the administra tion i s pledg<·d to d e(·Jar(' a holida y twir<• dtc h \\Pr- k; it. doe s not mf'an tlt at th(·re sha ll lJe ln!J st r·' ~< a l a d rm C'VE't'.V taiJ Jp (·\·ery day; It does not tll t'lt ll th itt e,·, ·r y woma n in llH • corn munit~· sha ll be n,. <jllil'ti st i <' sc hool of Socia li s m . Th e Sociali~t~ . the g il!'lto Socia ll ~ t s of the J•;as t . no l ongt'r believ e in the strong , firm Socia l l Bnl of the Pt:trly day s. 1\lention 'C'onn sr alion ' in t i lE' ghetto of l\:••w Yorl{ and th e l ea d ers will lltrow up th eir hand s in h o l y h o rror. I Bli ll h c l ie1·~ that Sodnl i st s sh o tild Rtrlr p to elim inate the cap ital i st rlac~ and wip e away the pril·nte ownership of min es, mill s, fnctori eH , railroad s and o th E'I' soc ial ll eP d s. " I do not IJ<•llevp that ~oc i a i ist s shou l d sof t en and y i eld , e1·entunlly lwco min g m e r e refonners who se greatpSI llP sirp iH c•C' ohorny In goH• rnment and low taxes, and the iilH•. Tli<'Y s hould tuk e upon themselves th e task of doing nwar 1\' lth the robbi n g cap itali st syste m, do n w ny with the profit syste m and pla ce th e workers in possess ion of th e lndu stri Ps ." "Ar e ~·on opposed to politil'al action?" l\lr. London was a sk ed. " I bclle v,, there is much to be gained b~' entering polllirll l cail1)laigns ," he auswered. "The r ea l ad1·antage, in m~· opiilion . l s the great opportunity to educate the work ets to an unders tanding of the wrongs of th e presPH I s~·stem and the m eanin g of class conscious n ess ." "!)o yon b eli e v e in sabotage and syndicalism?" '" Hopeles sly so. I have b el\P\'ed \n thPm for tw·pnty y eah.;. l look upon mysel f as a \'Pteran in th e So cialist tnov e n1 ~ nt. I joined wh pn it was di sg race ful to b e ln\o\\"1\ as a Soclallst- I be lle\·e th at any means will jlis\ i fy t he end. I belie\·e in any m ethod to brlng about tl1e BorialiM commoi1\\"ealtl1." ''Yon think that a p eacefnl and legal change is impossible o·• "flistory shows that ·n o master class l s eYer will ing :Sy CHESTER M . ·w RIGHT deckeG. out in. the gaJ;b of snobbery (jJii that every man shaH be eo.ab[ed no g0 t o his daiLy toil in tiull dress. N0thfo.g like that~ n0thing footish. Putting it in another w a y, that platform statement is just the Socialist ex~ressi0n of the need 0f those who wr! fo v a fairer chance in life, a chance for enough r es t , (' n ou g h ~lay, enough education; a chance to get back a little more of the product of labor. until in the end all that labor creates shall remain wir.h chose who perform the labor. It is the Socia lis t way of saying, ''\\'e know where we are g oing and we are on the wa.r." It has been a rather commonplace saying in American pol itics tha t platforms are m ade to get into office on and not to be performed upon after office is secured , Th<Jt saying i s rather going ou t of style nowadays. :O.: one has been more actil"e in putting it out of style than rhe So cialist. For it has been d iscovered by American jloliti<:ian .; that the Socialist means what he says. I t ha,; been discov ered that wh en the Socialist party put s forth a r, latform it puts forth a platform upon which it is eager to pe rform · IN offiCE'. And it has been tlis co ;· e r ed tha t the Socialists DO perform upon their platforms IN office as well a s run on them FOR office. Th ere are many people who ha \' e not y et l earn ed 1\·hy it is that the So cia list party a lways p erforms accord ing t o promise-why it is th at one who und er stands th e Socialists ca n almost a lw ays tell j u st in which di rectiou th e So ci a li st e n ergy wi!! b e ex pend ed ; ju s t "·here th e Soc ialist s will attac k . to l e t go 1\·ithout a quarrel. Th e capitalists own the p:overnmeu t ::; , the armies a nd th e militia. Don 't you think th e cap italis t s will u se the::;e institution s t.o keep the ms elv es in power? I do." '' \\'hat do you intend to do, 1\!r. London?" " I fee l that I ha1·e don e my part. Soc i ali s m has co st m e hundr eds of th ousands of doll ars. Wh en the tim e comes I'm goin g to stay right on my ranch at Glen Ell en and l et th e r evolution go to b l az es . I 've done my pa rt." AftE'I" a paus e, hE> adde d: "That's the wa y I fe el no\\·. I suppose when th e tim e co mes I ' ll l et my emotion s get th e be st of m y intellect a nd I'll com e d ow n from th e mountain top and join tho fray ." "\\'hat a grim, p es simistic 1·iew you hav e, Mr. London!" "\\'ell, I'm a p essi mi st; I admit it. " A s I ro se to lea1·e, I shook his hand ana sald: '' Y es. and I think I kn ow the cause of ycur pe s!::;inli!:;nl . ' ' "Tell me." "I f epl positi\·e tha t your Ji1·er is out of o rd e1·." Wzll t!Om Fhe �The Wester11 Com rade I \ This is th2 reason: The Socialist party holds certain teliefs regarding society, its past, its present and Jts future. Because of these beliefs the Socialist party 111ust take a certain course. No man or woman enters tbe party without belief in what the party stands for; without underManding its diagnosis of conditions and il!l pr..scription or remedies. 'Yhate,·er differences there arP among Sodalists are largely-almost solely--difJ••r .. nces of opinion regarding tactics. But the Socialist jlany stands adamant upon the proposition that the ft"<>f!ent t;odal sy!.lem is absolutely wrong and that the n•uwdy liH in the co-operati\·e commonwealth. The •·o-opnratiH• ,.,,mmonwealth cannot come, except through 1111• •r:,.nhmw of ! liP present profit system. For that H·<HWII <•\·;·ry t•nc·rgy · is l1ent toward the overth row of 1IJI' p;·oflt hy~t<·m. J·:n ry Li t or addt>d security to labor i s a bl ow at the prolit n)"Sl£·m. f-:,·.,ry sl rong, healthr, clean, normal '!Ji ld ;H an a~sel to t he c·ause of Socialism . E\·ery unlll·<·••,;sary linur <·lipped from lhfii drudge of l abor Is a 11dl•· !'toll<· pa sH<·Il in thE' march toward compl ete eman<'ipatilln. J-:,·,·ry woman pla<:ed in a normal sphere. every 1nan .1 llo i,.; gi\·,·n a Htraight hack and a clear brain, ar•· Hl <· pping ~ l <•n<•,; to freedom. Every tenement abol1~1"• 11, Pl'l•ry l ·on1 e made beautiful and clean, every :' 11'1'"1 mad,. ~ ··1 ,·icl'able hon estly, every park and school :111<1 playgro1111<1 th C'He ar(• things that have a differen t \a lii" II > lite Socialist than to mo ~t other· people. Yo t: r HI rung, hC'al thy c hild may h e t be son of a lit·nl<l< rat; your workingman whoHe conditions are imi•roq·d may Htil l be a ltepllhli can -s till the Socialist ••q.:anization works for the irnproYement of the condili "IIH of all. l .. or tllp Socia list party r ecognizes and l• ·ac !H· ~ till' id< ·a lhat a ]IPople whose brains are free to lilinl< and w iH·;•• hodi <•s are clean enough to back up :11111 pro1·id• · foocl for p;ood brains will not remain l ong ill 811.1' HOI'! Of itO!ldage! Your IU·ptli ·lif'an or lJpmocratic nPigbhor who i s !>ringing up a lo righ t. y01111g fami l y with l ee way to think '''"' tlll LI<•rstand and <'XPI'dse th e natural faculty to tll<jui n· and rPaHOll and :tcq 11irP information withou t fear iH tnPnar·E> a - plPnty to the nPxt generation of ca pi ta lism . :-:o Ill<' Sol'lalis t persi st s in demanding for ALL the things that h l· r)ema nd s at all! 011t of th C'HC th ings comes the spi rit of.. Socialist Itiiiitici pal admi nistrations, a spirit manifestly and ll<·n·ssari!)· diffE-rC'nt from th e spi ri t that actuates any ut hr>r ~o rt of administra tion. Tel set up the contention that a Socia l ist administl'!lllOn will difl p r in spiri t in differ ent municipalities if' to se t up t h!' impossible, sin<'e the Sociali st part.y is intprnational and actuated in all nations by th e same mot il·es and for the same · r easons. A Sociali st ad miuiR ration in Chicago will have the same spirit as a ~oeinllst ndm l n i!ltration in I~ankakee. It will be found thP same in Schenectady as in Berk eley, the same in Bu tt E' as in l\li!waukee- and when the time comes. the R!llll!' in N'ew York as in l~os Angeles and San Franti!'eo. Thr> Soeia!i~t s in different cities may DO different thing-;.;, but they wi ll do them for IDENTICAL REASO:-\', workin :; toward ON'E l"nd! One of th fir·st thing the Soci ali ts did in Milwauk €'e was t o !'ompel the in lallation of air brakes on !;tr€'el cars and to com)>€'1 sani tation i n street cars. Two of thE" greates.l things it accomplished were a phenomenal rE-form in strl'et paving and a wholesome re,·ision of the mnnner oi Jevyina taXI'S, the latter being now in proc-e:> for the reason that the ~ocialisl tax commis - 93 sioner did not take ·office until a few weel.'"S before the term uf Mayor Seidel expired_ On th~ other baud, the Socialists in Schenectady found their opportunity greatest in furnishing ice and coal to the people at'<£OSt through mul!icipal enterprise. So, you wiU find the ociali t admini tration of different cities DOING diffe•ent things. But always the e things that they are doing are done IN THE Al\1E DIRECTION, so to speak. They may use different guns hut they all SHOOT THE AME WAY! The Socialists of Milwaukee were able to in. tnll a complete municipal factory inspection system, owing to legislation tha: the party had been able to force through the state l egislature and through this inspection system factory conditions were wonderfully improved for l\Iilwaukee workers. On one occasion I went with a d puty inspector· t o a factory wh ere th e filling for ch ap quilts was made. The product of that factorv was sold exclusively to the working class. The place . was indescribably filthy. It was a menace to the workers who toiled there and to the workers who purchased the product. flags from the tenements were taken, uncleaned, ground and prepared for use in quilts, a substi tute for fresh, n ew co t ton . The deputy went direct to the comm issi oner, omitting al l red tape and delaying formality. He detailed the conditions that he had found and he showed samples of what he had found. Bang! The door of that factory was shut and sealed under orders that it he not open ed again until i t was made sanitary and until some method of sterili zing the materials used l~ad been found. Profits? Who said anythi ng about profits? This ti me it. was LIVES' I <;aw Mayor .J. Stitt Wilson l ook out of a window In the B!'rkeley c i t)' hall where workmen were pu tting the finishing touch es upon a municipal playground where the c hildren might com e to play without f ear of trespass or warning to he ca r eful not to spoil the l awn. He was proud of that little bit of work; he knew what it meant, not in magnitude, but in DIRECTION! None of th€Se th in gs i s Yer y big in itself. Not one of th em . nor all of th em constitute the Sociali st goal. No effort ha s been made t o sum up what Soci alist s have acco mpli shed in any city t h at h as or has had a Socialist adm ini strati on. Th e sol e object has been to bring out 1he spirit that animates Socialist adm in is trations-to set out the lin e that separates Socialist from capitalist in the admin i stration of municipal affairs. The Spirit of the Soci al ist i s always the spirit of revolution and that i ,; th e spirit Olltt an imates ever y Soci alist administ r ation i n the world. If Socialist administrations · DO different thing<> it is fdT th e v ery good reason that th ey fi nd themselves con fronted by different manifestations of t h e capitalist system, as well as by different limitations in the way of statutes and o th er blocki n g agencies. But whatever Socialists do, whatever they undertake, ;t alwan is done according to one measure, and that measure, applied, will al ways d etermine the action of the Socia lis< party: WHAT DOES THE WORKING CLASS :\'EED AND WANT? U nder the capitalist system the capitalist is engaged in keeping from the working class as much as possible. Th e object of the Socialist i s to stop that proceeding. Therem comes t he class line, the class Interest and the class conflict. ·when you have found t he class Inter.; ests of the workers you !rave found what the Socialists are fighting for and the spirit of their fight is the spirit of the people who are fighting for justice, who know their road and who know they will win. It is an irresistible spirit and there Is not likely to come up out of capitalism any immovable object to halt i ts progress. �The Western 94 PROTEST AND PROPHECY LiGH 0. PE~TECOST once said in a Memorial day address: '' :'\ ot because war is glorious, but because men who live and die for their fellowm en are glori ous, ncn thol.lgh their dcYotion fin<.ls expression in so shameful a thiug as v;ar, do we uhsen e :-rcmorial Jay. "By and by we sliall leam to d ecorate the gran-!-> of factory children who arc worked to deatl1 , of trainmeu who arc l\ ill eJ in scnice, of r:o nsu1nptiHS wh o di e ifl swcatshops-Yictims of th e strup;gle humanity is makin g for better conditions. ' ·A rHf by and by \\:e shall dec orate the graves of prwts. proph ets and JH' :ICP-bringers, when war shall lut \'(' <:easeJ." • • • THE ONE AND THE MANY AHL I3.\H:-\ES, for-merly of Stanford Uninr-:;it.y, un cc used the followipg illustration of how strength ening the ind ependence and power of the individual finally secures a higher form of unity: Th e first printing wa.<; done without separable types. A new constru ction was required for each piece of printing. When the types were perfected th ey \\'Crc capabl e of wide individual use, and yet could be combin ed into a more perfect unity than und er the old method. The mod ern growth into a personal sense of being one with all mankind is quite consistent with th e desire to arouse in each the fullest personal deYcloprnent. There are many persons who are as yet scarcely distinct individuals. They absorb the ideas of those about them, accept the approved routine for their lives; their actions and their emotions are gonrned by the strongest suggestion of their associates. Such passiYe, negative people are largely back in the primal mass unity. The great need is that education and the pressure of conditions break up this mass and bring out each human unit ir:to the power it possesses. Comr~!.de It is only when there is such individuality that true social consciousness is possible. The riper and fuller the individual life the more capable is it of that enlargement of sympathies and wider consciousness required of one who knows himself part of a great human whole. • • • TRYING TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE IIE:-..r Los Angeles cast the huge vote of 19ll, it seemed that this could never be reduced . True, it was not earned in the slow, steady fashion 'ocialists expect, but the pressure of class feelin g was so intense, it seemed that no one who. had w eathered that storm could ever fail the cause ther eafter. Since then, one election afte r· another has shown that less than half the vote then cast can be depended upon when only the ordinary conditions prevail. Th ere is only one way to a ccount for this. The friends of that day are with us still in spirit, but they do not realize that a vote has power even if it does not elec t. "When my vote can coullt to put the Socialists in, it is theirs, but until th en I will not bother to vote or will help choose bet\\-een evils.'' This is what many feel and a few say. It is a woefully wrong position. THE SIZE OF THE SOCIALIST VOTE IS THE BIG POWER IN THE WORLD TODAY IN CITY AND IN NATION AND IN EVERY PART OF THE WORLD. Los Angeles will need to bestir itself and put in a Socialist Council or r eact ion will show itself more openly than it has dared to do since the primaries of ] 911 made it known that that city was on the red map ill emphatic fashion. • • • CONSTRUCTION NOT DESTRuCTION UCH of man's work goes for nothing. Much energy is wasted through methods employed. Well-meaning people with the best motives accomplish littl e of the good they seek because working through wrong methods. Nature is constructin, not destructive. Man is beginning to learn from her. He is also- coming to understand that only insofar as he cooperates with her and her laws can he be certain �T h e Western Comrade o( ~u:compli!ihmcnt. Ha\·e you not noticed bow Ju>nisttmtly tire dry, brown lea,·es of t he oak remaiu dinging to their stems throughout the cold l!Ja~t~ of wintl!r, never yicldin" to the fie rcest 11tormH. But in the s p rin g, after the stout blasts ''I'WW their angry shakings, some warm, h riuht 1lny flwy gently loo~>en their hold and fall quietly 111 1lw ,!{round. What has d islodged t hem 1 The 11r•w, Ji,·ing ~;ap fr·orn tiH! roots of t he t ree workHrg u p and uut with p rmn i:;c of new a nd fresher fulill).('l'. II tJ who- wou ld :r tt t·m pt w it h a flo uris h of loruollls aJHI du ste rs or more su lJsta nt ial weapons 1o d isp1•l dar·l<rwsH fi'Om a r·oorn would injure his n ·putat ion for fianity. E\'cry c: hil1l und ~ rs t ands 1hut 11 11 JHH n •r ~ a ve lig ht ca n ba ni sh darkness. \\"li l'll rna11ldn d un dc)·st auds t hat this prinl'il,J" is l'(j tl!llly ap p lic:~ c t o all li fe 's probl ems, 1111•1'1' wi ll li ll\' ' ua wncd a d ay fi ]) pc} with hope :111 cl p r·omisr. It i ~ IL IN;son m a ny Soc· ia li st s should tal\ c I n hf•fir·t . • • • LET US FORGET IT ()JWE'I' it ! '!'h err i!'; no cr cc<l of greater \ ' ; iltl<' to linnuttlity tllllll that comprised in t li <'St' two word s. F or get what ? Forget 11ll t li r r r n I or· fnn eicd injuries don e you . l·'n r g t'( t II t• s l i ~ h ts, t II r injustic es, th e misuoJcrs tHlldill g- of yo ur motiv r s. For·get all in' the past t li nt to yo u Sl'Clllrtl had and r emember only th ~ guo tl , Evt' l'Y rcol ot· fan cied wrong r emembered. , . ,. , , ,. ~. 1lPs ir·p to r r pny th sam in kind harbored Wlll'ks nn i njury not only to th e individual who hll l'hcm; it. hu t t o soc i ty as w II. No man or \\' Olll ll ll t•on he tr·u ' to th emselves whi le th ey hli t'hor· in th eir nntut· s a sense of wrongs done l h••m nr· n t1csir· t n r even g th emselves for real or t'ntH·it•d inj uri<.'s . li ght OL' indirrnit ics. Th e most 11 11hnpp~· p<.'t' on in xi ten~.: i h who r·ememb ers nil his wn mi. tal\ . a nd th mi. take o f friend ; nil i ht• littl unplen antncs. e. tha t nrc bound to •:t•t•t•p into \'cry lif . T he lc on t au ght from t hNiC' is t h onl 1 hin g wor t h r m m be1·ing. E very human lif mi,.ht h hnppi<'r t han it i i f each \\' ultl n.d pt thi impl ~ r rc d : For a r t a far Hs pn. ·ihlt' e\'N'Y nnpl('a nnt thing iu 'the pa t. Fnt·~~>l thQ ilk f tl~> pr<'. ent. lt doe n 't make ~· them or y ou any better to hink about them and dwell upon the))l in though or eom· rsation. D rive them out of mind by t urninrr attention to something el e. Let the mind dwell upon th pleasant, positive things in life to t he ex elusion of the negative, unplea ant things and the result will be an increa e in the urn total of human happ iness. For get it . In the p r actical ap plication of this creed there i health joy and happine for whomsoenr w ill make it his own . • • • PRESIDENT WILSON 'S PLATITUDES ET us be good, bu t not too good. Let u be honest, but not t oo honest. Let u r eform abuses, but be careful th at we hurt n obody . This, with becoming r eference t o ou r g r eatness and grand eur as a nation and pl ent eous a llusions to the Deity, was the nbstancc of President \Vilson 's Inaugura l." 'rhus begins an editorial in Pearson 's for May. Truly, not since th e r eign of Th eodore has t here emanated such high -sounding platitudes as continue to fall from th e lips of the present incumbent. As an anaignm ent of existing conditions the President's ' ' n ew freedom'' has no doubt educ·ational value of a k ind. But a long-suffering publi c, having had its curiosity wh etted, now anx iously awaits some intimation of the nature of the President 's construct ive policy. Just how he proposes to mak e th e strong weaker and the weak st ronger is what the people would now like to be told . Th e man on th e "make" who has been assured that he is to be th e especial benefi ciary of the presen t Administration is becoming anxious for th e " melon cutting " to begin. H e is quite familiar with th e good old Democrat ic tariff a ntid ot e for ec onomic ills and is beginning t o f r ar th at a fter all th e loud talk this is th e only "jok er " up the President 's sleeve. • • • FINDING FEET OF CLAY HE fairy stories ma squ ~ ra d in g as Ameri can H ist ory w ill ha ve to he r ewr itten soon if th e l\1 arx ia n Yicw of t hin gs continu es t o open th C' ry C's of thP writ ers of books. A. 1\T. .'imons ' "Social For cf's in Ameri can History " hC'wPd out a path wh ieh has been followed v igorou 1.'· by Prof. Cha rles A. B eard o f Columbia Cni\·('r. ity . �96 The Western Comrade Professor Bea rd. has uug deep into musty boxes, somr. of th em c:o ,· cr cd with dust whi ch had to be r emov ed with a nu·uum t: lcancr, and has found ( ah , woe is \H• 11 pro of im:ontestable that th e Yr·ncraiJ!e and infallibl e rn en of th e conven tion \rhi r·h fornwd th l! A1nerican Const itution wer e rl yt· d -in-th e-wool r·lass -~:o n s~: ious cap italists. Sor·ialists only rw •·•lr-d to r c.a d t hat d ocument t o know this long ago. lnr t a lot of folks " ·ill not hcli e rr· until a ( 'uluntl,ia JH' O~essur tells them. " An El'ono1nit· lnt •· r·pi't't ation of th e .Am e ric:an ('onstitntiun " is thf' tit I<' of' this book and, of •·fJ!Irs c, :\la cmillan puldish• ·s it. BETTER FRUITS, FAIRER FLOWERS T l S said of Lu tl11 ·r Burlwnk , th e mira cleworker in th e YPgda bl c kingdom , that h e c](•r·lan·d: " I shall be eo ut f' nt if, becaus e of rn e, t hl' r c sha II be h rt t •·r fruit s and fa ir er fio\\· crs. '' A g r ra t id eal , is it not ? "\n id eal of senicc open t o all. Jt is tnrt· all cannot cont ribute in th e sa m e d rg rf' <' "·ith this " ·o nd cr-worl; cr, but there is no man , 110 \\·o man , \\·ho ra nn ot co ntribut e to,rard mabn g thi s l'a rth th e fair r r for their liY m g. "\II ca n r·om e in to vital tour:h with th e uni Yc r·s e at some point ; can beeomc in som e m easur e a c r eator of bea uty; ra n co-op erat e \Yith nature in },ringing int o mani festat ion t lr at fullest, more abundant life for whi ch she c \· er stri \'(•s. SUPREME COURT DEADLOCKED N in t e r esting situation rapidly bec oming a ctl-i2 ha s aris en in th e l·nit cd Stat es Supn·mc Court. ~ Three c:ascs of utm ost importan ce t o th e p eople arc ti ed up in th r hamls of the judges. Th ese ~:as c s are th e l\Iirmesota rat P, th e Omaha bridge arHlthc Spokan c-Hcno cases . ]\fore . than twenty <·as r.s in,·ohing state authority to mak e t\YO- ec ut fare la \\·s or to cut fr eight and passenger rat es within a state, are await in g d ec ision of th e Minn esot a <·asc. Jf th e circuit c·our·t he uph r td it will m ean that no state can r rgulat c its state traffi c on roads also used for int erstat e traffi c. As th e const itution of the l :nit ed Stal l' S givrs th r fed eral goYccnm cnt co ntrol only O\·c r intersta.t e traffi c, it would mean that no authority exists to control purely state traffic. Th e Spokane-Reno int ermountain cases involve th e right of a road to charge more for a shorter th an for a longer haul. Th e r a ilroads imposed a rate whi ch m ade it more costly to ship fr eight to Spokan e and R eno than to ship the same freight all th e \\·ay to the Pacific Co ast. General equalization " ·as as k ed by the comme r ce comm ission. The roads w ent to cou rt. Th e Omaha brid ge case si mpl y irwoh ·es t he question of wh eth er the Int erstate Co mrn cr·cc Com mission has and cnn enforce aut h orit y OYer muni cip al tra11sit service whi ch crosses a stat e lin e. Common sense w ould indi cat e but one possibl e d ec is ion in th ese cases and that for the p eopl e and agai nst th e railroads. But unfortunately co mmon sense is one t hing and th e law as co nstru ed by (·onrt s wh pn t he int er est s of th e corporations and th e p eo ple a r·e irnoh·ed is far too oft en quite anot her . Of eours r, n r ith r r kin g nor <·ourt ea n do wrong, ~·c t in th l' t'Yr nt that s uch a thing \\' er r possibl e, th l' n rxt hes t \\'il.'' to sen·r th e railroads in case a (]f•,· is iun in th r ir· fanH' \\' er e t oo ha r<'-facrd \\' Ould hP t o l'l'< 'il1 l' a tl ca dlo ck. IN MINER'S MIRAGE LAND C.\ Ll F OR:'\L\ \\'Oman writ r r once \\TOt e a ho ok " ·hi c: h she ca ll ed. " Jn l\Iincr's :\Iirage l 1a nd. " ln on e of its chapt er s she sa id: "Jf ~·o u lo\'C th e desert , and liY c in it , a nd li e awal; e at nigh t under its lo\\·-han g in g sta rs, you krJo\1· you ar c a part of th e plu se brat of the uniYersc, and y ou f ee l thr s \\·in g of th e sph er es through s pa l'C, and you h ea r through the sil ence th e Yoi cc of God ·sp ea king . " Th r n you will com e to kn o"· that no better thing is in t h e \YOrld for man than just this- the clos e-tou ching of gr eat things: th e und cs ir e of the sma ll , su ch as the man -crowd ed pla ces g iY c, a nd just enough food and clothin g and shelter to support life, and enough work to fill one's days . '' Th er e are f ew p ersons '"h o haY c c,·e r bern able to com pr eh end the old prosp ecto r in his lonely, isol a t ed li fe or th e hold " ·hi ch that life ga ins in his affect ions. In the mountain r eg ions today, wand c r·ing over �The Western Comrade the hills and through the canyons with a prospector's outfit can be found men to whom that life has become second nature; men who would die of suffocation in haunts where their kind most do congregate. They will continue living where they arc and die as they are. Jf asked what the charm of that life upori them, they could not tell. They !mow the fact but arc unable to int erpret it. Search fot· gold-do you say ? }.1 ot at all! They have long sinee abandon ed hope in that direc-tion. It is a nam eless something that chains and holds them where they arc. They may at 1im cs delude themsel Yes with false hopes. 'l'hey ;11ay tht·ow out alwad fals e promises to lure them u11. Yet all th e tim e thry are cognizant of the. dt>lusion. 'l'hry know themselv es as irrevocably ,-ommitt cd to their IIHII1ner and mode of living as · 1hough uouud with chains of steel. ~one may Yoicc th e emotion of their souls. But as 1his writet· says: ' ' Some time ~r om· destiny may lead you there, nnd lying in yo\11· blankets some night under a purpl e-black sky that is c-t~wded with palpitating stars, whil e the warm desC'l·t wind blows softly <>HI" you-caressing your face and smoothing your l1;1 ir as no human hands could-and bringing with it the hushed night-sounds that only th e desert knows; th en-a ll alone with only God aud the desPrt__:you "·ill come at last to understand the old prospector and his ways." • • DECADENCE OF PIE NEW YORK medical authority says the 1\merican pic has r eached the period of its decadence and is fast disappearing from aristocratie menus. ;Commenting upon the fact, a writer says: "It is now we realize for the first time that the framers of the constitution of the United States did their wot·k in a sloven ly manner. "Nothing was sa id in th e constitution about th e p erpetuation of the Am erican pie. It now dawns upon us all too late, that the preamble to the constitution shou ld have read as follows: "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect unwn, · establish justice, 97 insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, secure. the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our poster-' ity and, above all, to foster and encourage the home manufacture of the American pie, do ordain and establish this· constitution for the United States. '' 'l'his is an era of decaden Many American institutions heretofore deeme impregnable and eternal are threatened. Eve he Declaration of Independence has been characterized by the president of an American college as a bundle of consecrated fallacies. Free speech and a free press are frowned upon in certain quarters and even the fundamentals of democracy are called in question. Americans are a long-suffering people. But there is a liinit to their forbearanl~.:-a limit beyond which the iconoclast goes at his peril. Is it not probable t hat he who attacks the great American dainty-pic-is standing very near the dividing line separating good-natured indulgence from righteous indi gnation 1 There are few American men to whom pie is -not the piece de resistance. It has been asserted that the road to a man's heart is through his stomach-an assertion most men would dispute, whatever most men's wives might say. Yet the fact remains that these same men would regard as a serious infringement upon their liberty any organized attempt to deprive them of the consecrated pi e of their fathers . The American pic is, in a peculiar sense a national delicacy. lt was used in large quantities hy the Pilgrims to fill the'm with hope and vigor as they blazed the way for those whu were to come after. Rocked by the stormy breezes .of the Atlantic as the Mayflower dt·ifted almost helplessly over its briny depths, developed by contact with the rude winds and sterile soil of New England, matured in the fiery crucible of the Revolutio n, the love of liberty has become the heritage of every true American. And amid all the struggles, through each successive step in this evolution of liberty, each succeeding generation has been fed on pie. It is indissolubly link ed with the development of the American spirit, and as long as that spirit sm;vives so long will the American pie find defenders worthy to defend it. �98 The Western Comrafl e IN LOVE WITH LIFE 0 be joyously alive-this i~ is to be in love with life; this it is to love. "\Vouldst know the secret of this manner of life 1 It is to love supremely; to become attuned to the key to which the music of the spheres is writ; to understand-that at the center of nature there beats a heart of infinite life and Jove. Down in the great state of Texas there sings an humble poet, whose song is ever a song of joy. He is that modern creation-a newspaper poet, singing once, twice and sometimes thrice a day. Each note struck rings with joy. There ar e no minor strains. He is a father, and many of his poems ring t he changes upon his love . fo r his baby girl. And it is this supreme affec tion of his heart which is the key that has unlocked for him the r eservoir from wh ence flows the stream of a p erennial joy. Thus, without intend ing it, does he disclose his sccrrt: "My baby is playing nex t door· tonight, And her mother is with her th er e, And I know that her eyes arc all alight And the nig1tt breeze lifts her hair ; And to me the old world seems all right, Out here in my easy chairOut hcr·c in my chair· iu the pcrf_umcd night, \Vith her laugh in my ears, the world's all right! "The jasmi ne is white 'gainst the dark green gloom Of the shrub, and its perfume drifts And catches the scent of each other bloom And blends with them all, and lifts Like an unseen scarf from a fairy loom, Bulged big with some wondrous gifts, And my baby's laughter comes through the night 'fo. my easy chair, and the world's all right! "Aye, she's just over there, is my baby wee, And here's me in my easy chair, And, oh, but the world has been good to me, And, oh, but the world is fair! For my baby is where -I can hear her glee, And her mother is with her there, And the blooms are bending 'round where I sit, And the world's all right! I'm in love with it! ! '' INCOME TAX- rJRST BRAIN .FRUITS DUCATION of the kind that is inSerted in the cranium with a hammer is sure to be one of the best .result.s of the income tax. Already some facts shining with a great and mighty light have been brought out in that connection. Two statisticians in the Treasury · Department have made estimates as to the number that will be eligible to pay a tax, namely, those who have incomes of $5000 p er year. They differ largely on the question of how many ha e incomes of '5000 and less than $7500, one aying 100,000, the other 200,000. On one point they are agreed, that less than 3000 persons have incomes of $100,000 or over. In the tables given as to wealth distribution the figures are usually from the census of 1 90 or 1900. For some wise reason the figures for 1910 census are not easily available. Yet the piling up of wealth in a f ew hands has gone on far more rapidly in the last ten years than before that t ime. 'fhe income tax is likely to make some of th e facts evident. According to t he tables mentioned about 35,000 p ersons receive $20,000 a year or over. This is the least that can be accounted wealth, the least that provides real leisure and luxury. There are, then, 35,000 out of 51,500,000 (the population over 21 years of age) who are r eaping the chief harvest of America's vast "prosperity." That is six-hundredths of one per cent or three out of 5000. That the 4997 like the situation would seem clear on election days. Perhaps not next time. Let us watch and see:- .. • • • ... • So many men confound prejudice and bigotry with intellectual integrity and moral stamina. To sell one's friends for financial gain is but another form of selling one's soul to the devil. ~ Character assets are of much greater importance to the true man or woman than finalhlial possessions. • • • No man can leave greater legacy to his children than he whose death is sincerely mourned by all who knew him in life. �99 T h e W e s t e r n C o m r i:l?d e Whose life in this generation has been most nearly what you would want your daughter's to be? Have you ever asked yourself this question? In this age of changing ideals and enlarging opportunities for women, it is interesting to ask what opportunities and what goals are after all truly worth while. Education? Just as much as the age allows-provided always that it has in it a purpose large enough, unselfish enough to repay society for what it costs and to reward the one who works for it in soul growth and the consciousness of vital service in a great cause. Marriage? Yes, provided that .. a right one be· found strong in body, mind and character, and if like training and devotion to a common cause be added, so much the greater fortune. Judged in ~his way, May Wood Simons is a favored daughter of her time. She has had the best the country affords in educational lines, having graduated from North Weste rn University and later doing the work for a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Chicago University. In 1910, she competed for the Harrison prize for th e best thesis in Economics and wen when her competitors were all men and the judges the professors in Economics in five of '-the great universities. While engaged in the preparation of this work, Mrs. Simons was busy each day as Assistant Editor of the Chicago Daily Socialist, of which her husband was the Editor-in-Chief. He is now the editor of The Coming Nation. Mr. and Mrs. Simons are almost the only "red card Soci!llists" who are doing scholarly, original investigation. Much of their work has J;leen to dig out the facts of history from . the documents of given periods. They are demonstrating the Marxian theory of history (that economic forces control the trend of events) in many May Wood ways. This all sounds as though musty libraries had crowd ed out all homey comfort and romance. Not by any means. No couple could better suit the school girl's imagining. Here is the dark-eyed stalwart hero and the golden-haired, dainty 'lady, as mutually devoted as heart could wish. The moving of The Coming Nation to Chicago meant the return of this family to their artistic, carefully planned little home in Evanston, with a garden in which the farmer editor raises miraculous vegetable harvests. One thing about this house is significant. There is no kitchen in it. In a corner of a beautiful dining room is a buffet gas range and a dainty sink. A screen can hide it all easily when desired. Perhaps you think there is no difference between eating in the kitchen and- cooking in the dining room, but that is where you greatly mistake. There is all the difference between our grandmother's time and our own; all the difference between living to eat and eating to live. Think it through and see. The important part of this establishment, however, is the ·winsome, dimpled little beauty of twe1ve years, who plays like a child of six in mischievous gaiety and devours grown-up histories with as much pleasure as her fait'y stories. If one is searching, too, ·for an old-fashioned mother or rather for · a devoted mother, a supreme example may be found in this most. modern of women. Miriam has never spent a night away from her mother and the brooding care she has received has been the marvel of all observers. Mrs. Simons is much in demand as a lecturer. Much experience as a "soap-boxer" in tl:).e earlier stages of the work, has given . her great power as a practical propagandist. With a fine voice, tremendous earuestness and effective skill, she is equipped as are few scholarly persons to give others the benefit of her grip on principles. Mr. and Mrs. Simons have both ·been delegates to every convention held by the Soq,ialist Party and to Socialist Labor party conventions prior t~ that. She was delegate to the las t International Congress. In all phases of the organization work, her efforts have been persistent and most helpful. Such realization even today of wellrounded, many-sided life is a prophecy of rich, more beautiful fulfillment in the llfe of aU the race. Do you remember in Ibsen's "Doll's House," the husband says to Nora, "First of all you are a wife and mother." Nora answered,' ''First 'o f all I am a human being." Even with this woman's unique devotion as a wife and mother, she has never lost sight of Simons the fact that she is, first of all, a human being, a human being with full responsibility to serve her generation. May the future have even more in store for her and for hers of e ffective service in the grat movment which forms the larger life of all o! us. ~,..._. ,. ,, ..., 64 h '1 Smile aw;.l e, . t) I . ) l And while you smile another smiles, And soon there's miles and miles of smiles And life's worth while, Because you smile. ~ �_./ T h e Western C om r a de ~ By MILA TUPPER MAYN.ARD A WORKING GIRL IN NOTABLE PLAY "Hindle Wakes," the most discussed play of the year, has as central figure a novel kind of "new woman." It is not a doctor or lawyer, a suffragette or a doctor of philosophy, !JUt a factory girl. Moreover, the factory girl Is no t th e kind to pass laws fo~ and sob over, but a young woman proud of her skill, .weJI paid as wages run, sure that as Jon: ·as cloth i s~ woven in England that she is su re of a job ..and can support herself. Incide ntaJly she can decide her own-fate without dicta tion from parents or need to marry until it e ntirely suits her so to do. :. Ail this is pleasant to note, but the play also makes it a pparent that thi s self-de pe nd ent young woman thinks s he can sow wild oats after the fashion of her broth ers if so it pleases- her, without being forced into eith e r marriage or prostitution as the result. This can not be co ntemplated with th e same degree of complacency . It is painful to think i.hat because women are not de pendent for bread, that they are to be no longer s hielded from th e dangerous follies and life-wrecking mis tak es which have been heretofore difficult for women but horribly easy for me n. Let us hope it is not tru e nor will be true. Forced marriages, no doubt, will grow fewer. Ostracism will be less used but protecting care will become greater for girls than it is today, and will extend to boys as weJI as girls. Freedom and the possibility of going wrong cannot be prevented and it is probably well that they cannot be, but a brooding care in the training of both boys and girls. the utmost effort to make their interes ts and associations helpful and wholesome will become, not a lone the problem of parents, but of all society. Mankind has not passed so far beyond animalism that th e race can afford to weaken the safeguards that have grown up in customs and conventions. V.'e must, ho wever, turn on the fullest light. The standards of a "man-made world" must give way to a free world, but a fr eedom controlled by a reverent regard for what th e experience of the race has found to be best adapted to th e general welfare. a confiding girl and was about to marry her, the woman cut the knot by dropping from a balcony ten stories high. Pinero evidently sympathizes with the PINERO'S PITIFUL WOMEN To appreciate Hindle Wakes, in spite of the dread lt stirs, one should read or see some of Pinero's plays. "The Second Mrs. Tanquary" had a past and the past cursed all her future until putting herself of!' the earth seemed the only thing to do. The last · important play by this author, "MidChannel," pictured a husband and wife ·meeting a rough place In their life voyage and separating. After a few months, they discovered that they had made a mistake, for th eir mutual love was very real. They met. The busbantfhad serious confessions to make and was duly il ,. forgiven. When, however, it was found that the wife also had something to confess, the husband took it for. granted that there was nothing to do but make the other man marry her . .' Forgiveness on his part was not to be even imagined. Since the other man had returned to Emilie Polini, skillful Factory Girl in "Hindle Wakes," Who Scorns Marri age Without Love woman, but he draws the picture as it is, and in the world he has observed the woman always pay the penaltY. The spirit of the factory girl who- refuses to let one mistake blast her life, is far prefera}:lie to that of the woman of wealth who finds nothing to live for when the men of her world regard her as altogether lost. But �101 The Western Comrade By ELEANOR WENTWORTH ILLINOIS WOMEN ON THE DIVORCE QUESTION Two bills for the regulation of marriage and divorce, pending in the lllinois legislature, one of which is direct- ed against the securing of divorce by "collusion" and "fraud," while the other aims to make both marriage and divorce more difficul.t, have caused quite a turmoil among the w0men of that state. On the on e hand, these bills have resulted in a petition for a National Divorce Commission, composed entirely of women, to in vestigate the causes of divorce in all states of the union. On ·the other hand, they have resu lted in a scorching open letter to the legislature, which places the framers of the bills in a ludicrous pesition , and will surely make them laugh at themselves, if they are humorous enough to face the situation. The petition for a National Divorce Commission was initiated by Mrs. Charles Henrotin, and is not at all improbable that the commission will soon materialize. It is to report two yea rs from the date ~f its appointment. The open letter to the legislature was framed by Mrs. Liaa Parce and was endorsed by the Woman's Party of which she is chairman. The letter reads in part, as follows: "'Ve call your attention to the fact that the parties ,.. 1o a marriage contract are not guarded by being provid ed by the state with the text of the contract-before signing the document. We submit to you that the state ought to safeguard the sign ing of the marriage contract at least as well as it does tbe signing of a business co ntract; and that failure to do so is in the nature of 'collusion' and 'fraud' against the woman, who incurs such heavy duties and penalties under it. So long as the girl's story is not all told. Deserted by friends, among strangers, economic independence will not save her from new and subtle temptations. Poor girlie! There are many chances that she will wish she had taken the Pinero path out of the difficult situation before she has weathered the storms awaiting a young woma n with "advanced" ideas. THE DRAMA'S SPRING.TIME IS E X C ITI NG This play "Hindle Wakes" is by a new author, Stephen Houghton. It is remarkable in being so dramatic with almost no action. It is wholly a drama of ideas and character revelation. A friend attending the annual meeting of "The Drama League,'' held in Chicago last week, has sent me a report of an important lecture delivered there by Mr. Clayton Hamilton, of Columbia University. The last thirty years have seen, he said, greater strides in the drama than for two hundred years before. Alfred Noyes pictures . in ..a poem Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Spencer · and others meeting together and l.Jemoaning the fa ct that there were no more poets. So I oday there are people who sigh for the greatness of t he past, while they ignore the truly fine work going on around them. Hindle Wakes was used as an illustration frequently in this lecture as one of the best of the new type. people are not guarded in the signing of the marriage contract by being furnished with the text of the instrument, the great concern now being manifested regarding 'collusion' and 'fraud' seems somewhat misplaced and is not altogether convincing. The procuring of d~­ vorces by such means ought to be stopped when the procui:ing of marnages by such means is stopped, and not until then. "Further; three fourths of all divorce cases at:e brought by women, and tw? thirds· of all divorces are granted to women. . Lawyers unanimously testify . that many.,. women try to secure divor ces ·for causes which they cannot talk about to lawyers and judges, and fol' which the law does not grant divorce. Without 'collusion' and 'fraud,' therefore, these women cannot procure the release they crave. Should such petiticlls be dj:lnled? By doing so the state places itself !n the positiqn of conspiring to force women to perfqrm, against their will, functions which it is a criminal indecency to force upon any one. ·· "The bills now befQre you were prepared by a group of persons, nearly all of whom are priests or judges. They have publicly declared that their purpose is not to investigate the causes of divorce, but to make both marriage and divorce 'more difficult;' like the quack doctor, who insists that the ulcer must be healed, but cares nothing about the condition of the blood. Such a course is frivolous and childish to the last degree and a confession oi' hopeless incompetency. "The commission has addressed a letter to preachers, requesting them to demand the 'enforcement' of the NEW SOCIAL IN SPIRATION The reason why the drama is awakening to new life is because. the industrial revolution is bringing new ideas, new problelhs and a generation of young thinkers full of a social ardor which they . w"tsh to express the most effective way. The evolutionary belief in the power of environment, too, has a large part . in the new play. Each character is set in a background of just this world as it is today. Iago and Hamlet could be found In any period. They need no special setting in time or place. The modern play.s, except Maeterlinck's are all part and parcel of today's capitalistic society, Few of these authors draw the moral direct, but a searching diagnosis -or the disease will usually give some thought of a cure to the thoughtful. So the drama is a powerful agency for the social uplift by making the essential facts stand out clearly. Browning says that we are made so that we see first when it is painted things we have seen a thousand times nor cared to note. A few lines drawn by the ~~ortist will bring out points in a face or landscape we will never again forget. So the -dramatist is · drawing society and making clear conditions which will never be forgotten and which must be faced. in / �r ··h e W est e r n Com r a ·a e 102 'sanctity' of marriage: We submit that 'sanctity' is not of a nature which admits of 'enforcement.' "Under the regime of 'sanctity' the race has become infected to the extent of 85 or 90 per cent with deadly dependent motherhood, when he is not born under compulsio&,.. it may be that he will resent with greater energy tlte fact that he Jives under compulsion. But as long as he is conceived of slavery, nurtured in slavery, and reared in slavery, it can only be expected that at maturity he will think slavishly. "i' \"i' GRANDMOTHER'S SECRET Llda Parce diseases, and the white slave traffic has grown to giant proportions; while insanity, feeble - mindedness, defectivene~s. delinquency and crime are increasing much more rapidly than the population. We believe that the time has arrived when the laws governing maniage, and hence controlling the reproduction of the race, should no longer r est on 'sanctity' a lone, but should be framed to secure the preservation of society, both as to its physical and mental well -bei ng, and its social efficiency and happiness. Laws to be so framed must rest on the evidence of all the r elated facts, both biological and social. These judges and priests see marriage only as a theological or legal question, to be settled according to their respective theories; whereas, It is a practical question, which .is at the bottom, directly or indirectly, of every human activity and relationship." This las t sentence proves that the women who sent this letter to the legislature have gotten down to fundamentals. It suggests an explanation for the great difficulty with which pP.rfectly apparent economic facts are impressed upon the average mind. It does seen:i inexplicable that a man, who must dispose of his mpst vital energy-his labor power-at the behest of anothe r, who produces $5.00 and receives $1.00, who builds mansions and Jives in a hovel, or starves while plenty is within arm's r each, should still Jive under th e illusion that he Is an independent being. But when it Is remembered that his mother probably accepts sex slavery with hopeless submission, it is not so surprising that he should accept economic slavery with hopeless Indifference. · When a man is not a product of forced motherhood, or "What were your dreams about the' world when you were my age, Grandmother?" I asked. It was the first of May and my sixteenth birthday. In view of this fact Grandmother and I had gone to the garden on the slope of the hjil for a heart to heart talk and I had impetuously told her of my ideals and rose-hued dreams of the future. Now that I had given vent to my .exuberant, youthful spirits, I hoped that she would' be responsive. Receiving no immediate answer, I again put my question and looked at her from my position amidst the grass and dandelions at her feeL ...Her expression was so set that I exclaimed in alarm, "Why, dear,-what have I said to hurt you? Tell me. You know, surely, that J meant no harm." "Don't worry, childie," she murmered softly. "What you said did not hurt me. It was just memories. Come, give me your hand and I'll tell you what you ask." She smiled her wonderful, enigmatic smile and I crept closer with a queer feeling of suspense, imagining that all the life in the garden paused in its activities with the same feeling. The breeze halted its rustling game of tag between the rose petals and the leaves of the oaks. The robins stopped their twitter and stood by at attention. Even the flimsy white clouds, which had been casting cool, fleeting shadows o-rer the gravel paths, seemed motionless for the moment. And the sunlight fell on Grandmother's face, thro:wing a halo about her soft, white hair that made her look like the priestess of an oracle. "At your age, Ruth, I dreamed of many of the things of which you have just spoken to me; of a peaceful, beautiful world. peopled with happy, vigorous beings; dreamed of helping to bring this world; and dreamed ot Jove. "It was my pet ambition to paint pictures of the beautiful world we want to create, and as I had done quite successful work, many of my friends encouraged me to continue my efforts. But I dreamed a1so of Jove, and love came first. In the minds of my parents and in the _mind of my sweetheart, love and ambition exclude each other in a woman's life. Even my friends, who encouraged me before I thought of marrying, considered it perfectly natural that I should give up my work on becoming a wife. I was very young and afraid to act without a precedent. So I gave it up." "But how could you!" I exclaimed in surprise. "Did you forget the pictures, really? Or is it because you couldn't forget them, Grandmother, that your smile Is often sadde r than tears? I've often wondered about that." "Being In Jove made It easier at first," she replied. "And for a number of years the babies took up so much time that it was possible, with a little effort, to imag'i ne that I did not miss my work at all. But as they grew older and I had more leisure, I found there was a vacancy in my life which nothing could fill.'' "Didn't you ever work at it again?" I questioned. ''Yes." She looked at me with strange intensity. ''I'll tell you of one picture I tried to paint, after neglecting the work for five years. �103 The Western Comrade "It was an .autumn .JUIU!et. When I saw u; I was etandtng in a llttle boQow. The ftr-covered hills all aroun4 were the frame and the sky was the picture. To me it was symbollc of the struggle for that beautlful world ot Which we dream. "On the very edge of the horizon hung black, sinister clouds that looked like factories and strikes, hunger and hate. Above the black clouds were crimson ones, tumultous and fiery, like the 11ames of a social !urnau, purifying and moulding tbe old order into the form of the new. Beyond the mass of red clouds were tiny, broken up, many-tinted groups that gradually grew paler until they melted into the great blue infinite, It was for the worst that I am sad; because I know that my sacrifice was made in vain.. "You remember the time that Grandfather had such dlmculty in keeping his little magazine running, and how it finally falled because he was unable to aecnre . a good artist for · the salary be could afford to pay." If I had continued my work, I ~uld have helped him then. As it was, I could ·only assist with the wrapping of the papers. I might also have remedied the situation at the time he was so s.eriously ill and we had no money, But without my profession I could only otter sympathy in Ueu of money. There are numberless instances in which I might have helped if I had kept my profession. But I had dropped it-stopped doing a big work for many people to do petty work for a few people and •ended by being unable to do efficient work for anyone." Grandmother took both my hands in hers and ssld gaily, yet with unwonted seriousness, "And so in dreaming, girlie, promise me you won't forget to dream of these two things: Self expression and social service. If you miss the one, you miss your . happiness. If you miss the other, you miss your function. I have missed them both." • • • Mrs. Charles M. Henrotln TRAINING THE CHILD HERE is a good old Bible passage which reads : ''Be not conformed to the world, but ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God." 'l'he soul that is poured into some mold of petty self-importance or of other people's opinions or unwise habit is conformed and needs to be transformed into the self of truth where, unwarped, the mind may by insight see what is the good and find that its own will is the will of the Highest. What a blessed thing it is when there is no need of that transforming, but when the soul is kept from babyhood simple and loving and hence truly spontaneous in its activity. Much of the best thought of the past century has been given to the problem of securing for childhood this balance of harmony. The old ideal was one of repression, an obedience in which conformity to in- · numerable prohibitions was the chief virtue. A later ideal-especially in America-was of freedom and has resulted too generally in a lawless autocracy of childhood which was not freedom at all, . but the saddest sort of tyranny in which the child became slave to his own petty willfulness. The true aim should be freedom, but freedom held sacredly for the activities of the true sellthe activities which proceed from and make for life ,llnd love. • • • "The nations of the world are vieing with each other in the conquest of the air, not for the advancement of civilization, not for the acquiring of knowledge, not to lessen the load of the worker, not for' the betterment of mankind; but for the sake of war. Invention pays best, today, if there is in the new idea a possib11Ity for slaughter. In the meantime, hundreds are killed while searching for the mea.n s that will make killing easier." �T h \e West e r n C om r a de ~ . 104 ['BffinS:u~ ~ . By EMANUEL JULIUS THE ART OF UNDERSTANDING Shavianism, addressing a letter to those who attend~ To misunderstand one another is tragic comedy; it his "John Bull's Other Island" at London and asking is often the basis . of our humor and pathos. A ·person them to smile instead of laugh. Handclapping should speaks, striving to express his feelings. To him, a word be reserved until the close of the play, says the Irish Socialist. Mr. Shaw asks: "Would ·you dream of means a certain thing. To his hearer, the· word shades off into another meaning. A misunderstanding follows, stopping the performance of any piece of music to applaud every bar that happened to please you? And and two persons are hopelessly estranged. do you know that an act of a play is intended, just like , One phase of life misunderstands another, failing to comprehend the significance, the meaning, the place of a piece of music, to be heard without interruption from things. FI"ictlon sets in, unity is lost and chaos reigns. beginning to end?" All of which gives the newspaper paragrapher an opportunity to talk about Shaw's One trade misunderstands the other, just as one mind fails to comprehend the other. sparkling charming originality, and Yes, and even one art often thinks repeat the time-worn statement that itself the wi.Jole, forgetting that it is "Shaw is a paradox," or accuse him of but a part. 1t derides, scorns and striving for publicity. I don't think Shaw is so very original in his sneers at what it thinks is a lesser request that laughter be eliminated. .... or a useless art. ,i A machine performs its full funcBaudelaire, a halt century ago, said · tion only when all its parts work as he despised laughter, branding it as parts. Were one cog to misunderinfernal and sinister. s tand the importance of its neighbor "i' "i' "i' THE RENAISSANCE there follows great loss to the whole machine. ls it not the same in the In the April number of The Atmaci.Jine of life? lantic Monthly, Robert Shafer's arThe poet does not understand the ticle on the two newest poets, John naturalist. He cannot understand Masefield and Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, why a person should desire to measopens with the observation that decaure a sunrise, time an eclipse, or dence in poetry is once· more dead study the structure of a beautiful and buried. This means that the rose. He sees the beauty of things, spirit of Socialism has rescued poetry and Is indifferent to their mechanism. and given it a new lease on life. SoTo him, nature is a beautiful vision, cialism is entering every phase of life not a smelly laboratory. So, William .and its influence is for the best-for Wordsworth writes of the natural a better world, a more beautiful life philosopher, calling him and a fuller appreciation of the human "a fingering slave, family. Socialism bas brought · a One that would peep and botanize renaissance. Upon his mother's grave." Mr. Shafer quote.s a haunting poem And the natural philosopher gazes by Mr. Gibson, adding that thi..: workGeorge Bernard Shaw on the dreamy-eyed poet and wonders ing-class poet possesses a sensitive what It is all about. He often thinks social conscience and perceives that if that man should study nature and never bother about his art is "ever to be real it must concern itself dirhapsodizing over it. Nature to him is a concrete, rectly with life." The poem: definite thing. So, he says the poet is Snug in my easy chair, 1 stirred the fire to flame. "A man of trifling breath, Fantastically fair, One that would flute and sonneteer The flickering fancies came, About his sweetheart's death." Born of heart's desire : And so, we forget that each is good, each necessary, Amber woodland streaming; each a part of the whole. If they were to understand Topaz islands dreaming, each other, would they_ sneer? Would the poet sing Sunset cities gleaming, the praises of his patient brother? Would they be comSpire on burning spire; · rades? Would there be unity if they but possessed the Ruddy-windowed taverns; art of understanding? Sunshine-spilling wines; Crystal-lighted caverns Of Golconda's mines; SHAW AGAIN Summers, unreturning; The best way to begin this paragraph is by referring Passion's crater yearning; to George . Bernard Shaw as the "inimitable Shaw," for Troy, the ever-burning; that appears to be the custom. Well, Mr.-or rather, Shelley's lustra.! pyre; the Inimitable-Shaw has delivered himself of another Dragon-eyes, unsleeping; �The Western ComraStle Old Repley's Kid ~IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!"'!!~ELL; as near as I can reckon," Said Repley, " it was in the fall of '89 that all finished up the troublesome 1 we Apaches, and put an end to their devilment. If I'm mistaken in the date I'll warrant it won't be far off." Repley sat in bis accustomed seat in front of the barroom, in the cool of • a summer evening, his chair tilted back · and Nig, his favorite pog, quietly dosing a==o;:;;:;;;;;;;iiiiiiiOiiOI near. The old Arizonian was at peace and contentment with all th e world. Repley was reminiscent that evening and had been recalling stirring times on th e border. H e was a native of the South, an ardent lover of all it s traditions and romances. He referred to it on all occasions when comparisons were made with other port ions of th e country; but he bad followed the frontier until be had lost the characteristic twang of that sunny clim e, and now called himself a Westerner, with all the name implied. He squar ed himself for a long story and with a long pull at his pipe began: "If I recollect In particular, it was Lute Davts who first brought the word that the Apaches, from the reservation at San Carlos, about twenty miles below, had broke loose and were on a big raid, and had killed an old man and his daughter, at a point on the old Indian trail near Guthrie, quite a ways up the river from here. "You know a few years before we always had a bunch of them soldiers hereabouts, but Uncle Samuel t hought that because the redskins had been quiet and orderly-like for a long spell past, there was no particular danger in them a-wanderin' off of the reservation; so he took the army boys over to Fort Grant across the Graham Mountains. For this reason we couldn't get no soldiers at this time. ."Well. in less time than I can tell you, me and Lute Davis, John and Jim Parks, Ed Livingston, Crook-neck Thompson, Bill Perry, Judge Hyatt and Archie Brookmiller, old man Solomon, Jake Thorne, Sid Green and a ~ang of cowpunchers from the Double Circle got our bosses and shootin' Irons ready and was after them red skins to a fare-u-well. Our bronchos was a-feelln' fine and we certainly did cut the dust some. "We rode all that night, and early next morning took up with the Indians' trail near Coronado, where it struck straight into the mountains. We got a little feed and drink for ourselves and got fresh bosses in the corral at old Sam 's place. He told us to be keerful as there was about fifty savages in the raid. "The news of the Indian uprisin' traveled powerful ' W -. Witches' caldrons leaping; Golden galleys sweeping Out from sea-walled Tyre: Fancies, fugitive and fair, Flashed with singing through the air; Till, dazzled by the dro~sy glare, I shut my eyes to heat and light, And saw, in sudden night, Crouched in the dripping ds.J;k, With steaming shoulders stark, The man who hews the coal to feed my fire. . 105 By CLAUD ELLIS SHECKLES fast, I tell you, and by the time we left Coronado there was some twenty-five of we cowpunchers in the party, a few havfng joined us from Cllfton. Most everybody on the Upper Gila know.ed that the savages were out on the warpath. "We headed due south right into the heart of them mountains over yonder. If the Indians had searched all over Arizona . they couldn't have found a wilder place to make their· get-away, "Their trail led up past an old !lbandoned mine that was supposed to haye been worked a couple of hundred of years ago by the early Spaniards, who came to this country to look for gold. It is likely them Spaniards was · run out or killed by the murderous Apaches who infested the country at that time. At least that is what has been handed down to us . "May be some of the forefathers of the savage gang that we were after had a hand in massacreing the early Spanish miners .at these old ruins, and now as these Apaches, the ones we were after, were passing \Jy, probably the spirits of some of those old red devils, who were killed in this ancient battle, and are now wandering around in the happy hunting grounds, kept egging this younger generation on tb-.Jreep up their devilish work. "Judging from the old tumbled-down 'dobes, scattered around the deserted camp must have been a powerful busy 'diggin's In them days. It's almost all worked out now. Once in a while, during the rainy season, a few Mexicans go up there and pan out enough gold dust for a small grub stake. "From this place the trail led up the canyon past the Cliff-dwellers' long-deserted homes. These Cliffdwellers' caves are certainly interesting. How them natives dug their homes in the face of them perpendicfllar cliffs will always remain a mystery. The Cliffdwellers must hltVe been considerably like monkeys, and could climb mighty well. The only way they could have possibly reached their homes must have been by rope. You couldn't make a ladder long enough these days to get into one of them. "Me and Ed Livingston, a few years ago, explored one of the Cliff-dwellers' cavee;. It took us nigh onto two whole days to make it. By good luck we managed to get into one of the largest of the caves. It looked just as It had been left ages ago, only the fioor of the cave was covered with the dust of centuries. In one corner we found the ashes of the fire the cliff dwellers had used. The ends of the mesquite sticks looked as though they had been put there but yesterday. Near the ashes broken pottery and cooking utensils were scattered about, showing that the natives bad made their escape in a hurry. .In a room adjoining we found a skeleton, a portion of which crumbled away at our touch. By the shape of the skull one could plainly see that them Cliff-dwellers were not of a high order of intellect. At the feet of one of the skeletons was a pair of bear-grass sandals that showed plenty of wear ; but the weaving of the bear-grass was certainly a fine job. Scattered about the room were pieces of bear-grass ornaments showing that the women folks of the tribe were handy at weavipg. From what little that was left In the cave it was hard to get much of an idea of the . every-day life of the Cliff-dwellers. "One of the things that struck us· most was the painting on the pottery and on the walls of the cave. There �106 The Western C11mr .a de it had stood the wear of the elements for a cOuple of thousand years, I guess, and was just as fresh as the day it was put there. We found corn cobs, but where · they came from no one can tell. They couldn't raise an ear of corn in forty miles of the Clllf-dwellers' habitations. "Just what killed off these Cliff-dwellers will never be found out, I'll warrant. Whoever it was that exterminated them didn't mean to leave anything behind that was valuable. Their pottery was broken into fragments and scattered about. At the foot of the cliff we found many pieces of beautiful handiwork. "I have often asked the Indians living around here if they knowed anything about the j:J.Istory of the vanquished race, but they know nothing. As far back as the redsklns' traditions go, and that'~ ~ tolerable long ways back, the Cliff-dwellers' home's have been as we see them now. But I am wandering:_! was telling about that Indian uprisin'. "About four o'clock in the afternoon of the next day we caught up to the last camp of the Indians, where they bad left their camp-fires burning, and we knowed that we were near them. We then picketed our bronchos, knowing that we could do nothing more · ti:J.at evening, and cooked our supper, meanin' to start before daybreak the next morning. We were out In our saddles just as the first gray streaks began to show over the distant hills. Riding was hard in the footbl\ls and the path, an old cattle trail, was bad to follow. You know them mountains out there are covered with mesq uite and cactus, and it's really worth one's life to ride fast over that kind of a country. "Lute Davis and me and the two Parks boys rode a little In the lead of the bunch, and it was near onto five o'clock in the afternoon when, lo and behold, in a little flat down the canyon we spied the redskins eatin' their supper! "They had no Idea that they was bein' followed, as they had picked out a mighty hard place to get into. For that reason they felt perfectly secure. But you know we fellows out here get mighty handy at fiJl\owing trails ourselves. "No sooner had they seen us than the fun began. You ought to have seen them Indians throwing their blankets and other traps away and make for their bronchos ! They had no time to save anything. We never did get nearer than a half m1Je of them savages, but we pumped lead Into them faster than I can say it. The short range guns of them days didn't do much good , and J don't think we hit any of them very bad, but we scared them a-plenty. On some of the horses there were two of the Indians, as some of them didn't take time to get their own ponies. The way they made them bronchos fly was fierce. "I was more than making good headway in the running fight and was about to overtake a young squaw who had a little papoose fastened to her back. In order to lighten her load, so her pony could run faster, she deliberately th_rowed the papoose, together with the basket, away from her and away she went as fast as the broncho could carry her, never looking back to see what had become of the kid. ''I had little time to think, but as I dashed along as fast as the wind, I reached over, grabbed the papoose basket and throwed it over the horn of my saddle, never stopping for a second, and more than kept them redskins on the hump. They wasn't loaded down like we were and could go faster. The squaws have a way of fastening their kids in them baskets so that you couldn't loosen them with dynamite, so I wasn't afraid of the kid a-fallin' out, while I was on the run. "We never did catch up with them redskins. Night coming on, they got lost from us in the chapparal and mesquite brush and we had to give up the chase, as we· were near the border .of Me:tico, and the Indians were ' ">ure to cross into the land of the manana in the morning, where we could not follow. ,.. · "That's the last we ever seen of them Indians, and they -have never le~ the reservation si.n ce them days. That scare we cowpunchers gave them was enough. They are tame Indians now-because they've got to be. Of course, every once in a while one of them gets loaded up on stolen whiskey and raises some fun, but he is immediately called in, and he certainly knows what's best for him. "We rode into Lordsburg the next morning and had breakfast and fed our live stock. I turned the kid over to an old Mexican woman to take care of while we all had a sleep. The kid was a-cryin' right smart. He was hungry. The old ·women gave him something to eat and cleaned him up a bit and in a little while he was 0 K. The old women begged mighty hard for the kid, but I had made up my mind to take him home with me. "After a day or two of rest we an left Lordsburg for home. The kid soon forgot how his · mother had throwed him away-he was little more than· a year old, I reckon-and by giving him a little m11k now and then from a bottle the Mexican woman had given me, he didn't make much complaint. Indian kids don't cry much. He stood the ride, nearly fifty miles, in his little papoose basket, attached to the horn of my saddle, an right, and when we got home he seemed as happy as any ot us. "Of course the news got quickly around about my Indian kid and the women folks and men folks joshed me considerable. I hired a Mexican gal to take care of the kid and I resolved to raise him and send him to school and make a man out of him. "I. have kept my promise. He is a man now, but don't amount to much. I have some consolation In the fact, however, that I tried to do my best by him, and maybe he will always retain a kindly feelin' for me for picking him up that afternoon long years ago, after his strange mother had throwed him away to starve and become food for the coyotes." Old Bill Repley was thoughtful a moment, but the heavy tramp of feet in the barroom recaJled him from his reverie and his reminiscence of Repley's kid was soon forgotten in the convivial round of firewater. The last time I saw Repley's kid he was living In San Simon, where he had lived nearly all his life. Standing to the rear of him was his squaw, a papoose basket strung across her back, containing a pair of black little eyes gazing out in wonderment-a miniature 1 of Repley's kid, when he was picked up on the plains many years before. Repley's kid was Indifferent. The Indian characteristic was strong within him. That element is seldom eradicated by contact for one generation with the whites. Repley's Kid, as he has always been caJled, is content with life. His learning 111 the white man's school has changed him but little and he remains an Indian-nothing more. TODAY "Rise! for the day is passing, And you lie dreaming on; The others have buckled their armor, And forth to the fight are gone; A place in the ranks awaits you, E;ach man has some part to play: The Past and the Future are nothing, In the face· of stern Today." �~ The Western Comrade ~ THE ACQUISITION LEGAL MATTERS He had read Socialism 1 because the Social Circle had taken it up. The wealthy Mrs. Got-My-Rocks had become a sort of second aunt to the cause, so he took out a Red Card. He was at once featured in the local. The wealthy young Mr. S. Cranium was a valuable addition to the party-;-indeed the whole multiplication table. They couldn't roast the Socialists - as a bunch of ignorant hobos any more. He was placed on all the important committees. His opinion was the Golden Text of the meetings. The members hesitated to call him "comrade." It was too presumptious fe:mlliarity for ordinary Socialists to thus address one of his standing. Old Comrade Fightingrebel became a bore. His speeches were so rough, his tactics so extremely radical. The Jimmy Hlgglnses were a reproach io the party. Their collars weren't tall or stiff enough, their clothes creased by over-wear Instead of a tailor, their fingernails unmanicured. The Sister Comrades were a common lot. They couldn't talk bridge and lingerie. Their economics smacked of the kitchen and shop. Their costumes did violence to the fashion books. ' The wealthy Mr. S. Cranium was IT. He was of the set Kipling wrote of in "The Pioneer": "Well I know who'll · take the credit, All the clever chaps that followed; Came a dozen men together, Never knew my desert fears; Tracked me by the camps I'd quitted, Used the water holes I'd followed. They'll-go back and do the talking; They'll be called the pioneers." "How does it happen," said the Lean Workman, "that though I obey the laws I go about most of the time halt-clothed and h"lt-fed ?" . "That," said the Puffy-Faced Person "is because of ?e Inevitable Law of SuJ?ply and ~nd." · .; . ' , · "But the Supply which I produce is greater than the Demand which I make on the Supply." "Alas," said the Puffy Face, "you know nothing of the Laws of Economics." "Perhaps some of the Laws. of Economics will be repealed,'' said the Lean Workman softly, "for if you have observed, you will notice that I am beginning to understand the Laws of Stomach and Fist."-The Masses. * * * AT THE MINSTRELS "Mr. Interlocutor, if a baby swallowed a key, what would you call It?" · "I don't know, Mr. Bones. What would you ·call it?" "A key In A minor." "Mr. Baker will 1now oblige with a recitation entitled 'Ragtime'." Rags make more paper. Paper makes money. Money makes banks. Banks make loans. Loans ·make poverty. Poverty makes rags. * * * FAVORITE FICTION "Old Chap, You Haven't Changed a Bit in Thirty Years!" "Dear M:aria: I Eagerly Seize the First Opportunity to Write to You." "Universally Pronounced by Press and Public to Be the Greatest Play of Modern Times." "Mr. Chairman, ··1 Rise with the Greatest Reluctance, but-" "I Don't Know Whether You Owe Us Anything or Not, Mr. Smith, but I'll See." "George, I Wouldn't Say a Word to Hurt Your Feelings for the World." "I Admire Your Nerve!" * * * MODERNIZING SOLOMON Editor-This stuff won't do for a "fi1ller." New Assistant-It's good dope; some of Solomon's proverbs. '. Editor-Bah! Nobody ever heard of him. Tell y.ou what we can do, though. Head It "Business Epigrams of Rockefeller,'' and we'll run it on the front page. * * * . Kind Wife-John, dear what are you weeping about? Husband-1-I just lo~ked through this auto supplles catalogue and find there are 2500 accessories our car hasn't got.-Boston Transcript. * * * O'Rourke-Thera, you've gone an' sat down on your new hat an' smashed ut. · O'l<'laherty-Falth, an' Ol'm glad my head wasn't inside ut at the toime. * * * * * * "What did the teacher preach about Suriday?" "Thou shalt not steal." "I'm getting tired of that kind of talk. What business has a preacher got mix!Bg In politics?" * * * "My friends,'' declared an orator during the conventlon...:_"My friends, I say to you that this great republic of ours is standing on the brink of an abscess!" "Don't you think It would be a good thing if our legislators were limited to one term?" "It would depend on where the term was to be served." "What are your views on the great publlc problems?" "I haven't .. any views on public problems," replied the man whose Interests are under Investigation. "I'm one of them myself." * * * * * * . Exploitation is the aviator that keeps high cost of living. up. �IO SU .-,f S EasfJy the p'eer o1! any $15i Suft soTcl fill Los Angele8. . They are. not ma:d'e for one- For M .e n time trade. On the contral!Y. ·- ,. • It fg, ..on.c:& a eustomer,. a!ways a customer'' with us. We ha-ve built up an enoTmous clotbfng bl!lsfness by Uvfng up to our advertised statements. These. suns are tailored from the best all-wool fabrics,· are hands·o mely finished and are guaranteed to fit and please. Come in and examine the. "Hunter Flfteen"-note their genuine worth, their beautiful lines and the distinctive patterns. Other and better Suits, $20, $25 and $30. STRAW HATS We bave just put on display a large line of Straw Hats In all popular blocks, at prices ranging from $1.50 to $10.00. }Ne also carry a full line of Men's Fumlshlngs, _Including all Standard Brands "Hurry to Hunter's" $15 1 W. Hunter &Co. 525 So. Spring St. Loa Angeles, Cal. IT- ~~-B:~k~-iliaiAp~eal-~oth~-B~~~i~ E~~~-;:el . .. -· ----·-·· .. __ _ ...... - --· T " '"""" ................................................,..,..,., ...,..,.,. ..... HE GOSPEL~F SOCIALISM T ............. . . . . HE Religion of a Socialist 1!11 "1111 -~~,.. By Stanley B. Wilson By R. A. Maynard A book that makes you look into your real ''The great message of modern evolutionary science to hlllD,anity jg that man is a part of nature," declares the author in this remarkable little book. It is a stirring, inspiring message that is told between the covers of this messenger of intellectual helpfulness and satisfaction. being and find yourself-<me of those books that nre filled with thoughts worth thinking nnd reading. nere 's a little sentence from the book: "To the Socialist the test of righteousnes!'l is not personal piety, but social harmony.'; • . . ........... ............ . . ~- These two 32-page booklets will set yoll right on a lot of points. \ You get them for a dime each-just a 10-cent piece slipped into a letter The Citizen Print Sht>p~ Los .Angeles, Cal 203 New High Street P. 0. Box 203 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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A Chat About The ·Jun'e Numb F.l~-ll!lft LL along the Bigre" Editor has _b een conatimed with an iiiordinate· ·passi9n for ....;,....,.......c great, big. pictures that burn with life and fire. ·The Biggest Editor brings hiS flat hard on the desk and cries for pictures. :Meanwhile·the Little8t Editor hurlches up ~ his chair in the corner and squints an eye and draws one conier. of hia mouth a funny smile and lets it be knoWn that in his ·opinion ftCtion is about the most ultiml1.t thing that he kD.ows of as a means of gettiDg folks to understand what you want to understand. ·. . The Next-to-ihe-Biggest Editor and the Next-to-the-LittJest Editor have ideas oth~r things that go toward the making of a ·Jll&g&zine for . Soci&lists, but those are not concerned · this little account. . · ~ · · · . ·· · The Biggest Editor ~·t to be found anywher! for several days. Th~ Littlest Editor ·and Next-to-the-Littlest Ed,itor a.:nd the Next-to-the-Biggest Editor couldn't understand it. But alrthe -"'~:•e they knew that the Biggest· Editor would come back 1with &perfectly good account of himself. And didl . . He came back with &Big Idea I Hia Big Ide& will stare at you from: the front cover of The Co:mr&de for June and from several numbe~ after that 1. Beginnin.g with .Anna Maley, ~e big SSD4~ialWI~ of the country will be presented to you IN COLORS on.ihe first cover of The Western ~el · will want to save th~e covers I They will be done by Artist Rob Wagner and that means that will be done as they should be done:--and as only Wagner can do them! Of course this doesn ;t mean that the ~ttlest Editor doesn't win with his argument for nc1~lOit-:r".. ·( he does. The June number of The Western Comrade will contain two be&utifW, fiction stories, ........_ ....., ful, worth..while stories. · · · And the Next-to-the-Biggest Editor promises you that there will be for you such &propaganda story' as you have seldom had.the pleasure to read while the Next..to.the-Littlest editor has a.rraDged ~or. two articles of the fact-and-fight- 'em kind-a re~ar bristling p&ir of them. ........_ [; But there is little need now to promise more for the June number. You know what it will be., BETTER than anything that has gone before it.- And another reason is that all th~ editors want to say something else. The pra.ise for The Western Comrade, the kindly, heartfelt suggestions for betterment, 1 the deep interest, the rallying arouna the spirit of the new magazine-all of these sentiments ·have fairly .' overwhelmed all of the editors, from the Biggest to the Littlest. And all of the editors want to answer \ i.n of these Comrades, not simply with a "t}l&nk you," but with what means more than that-the prom- \ ise to strive harder in the future to give~ you each month &magazine that shall have the spirit that ~ born in The Western Comrade, a m&gaziiJ.e that will burn with .the living fire of the social revolution- ; the magazine that YOU WANT I · "- - ...; • , . In your sincerity of praise you exhausted the entire edition of the 1lrst number of the magazine within o weeks &fte it left the press. To prevent that f'rom happening ag:ain this edition\ will be run to twice .the number of the first edj.tion. For your well' wishes all of tbe editors thank you and conftden.tly expect to give you eac! mo:D.th a better magi.zine than you had the month before I · You. have told · US that The Western ·co:mr&de has "made good." It will be m&de better-and m&:elY 1p a precaution let it be whispered to y u that prudence demands that you YO!U" order for YO~ :Western Coinr&de before the supply again exhausted-that may mean TODAY I BE SAFZ I was place The Western Comrade ·~ · Vol. ;t, May, 1913. Published Monthly by The·Citizen Publishing C9. 203 New High Street, P .' 0 .' Box 135 . Los Angeles, Cal. Subscription Price One Dollar a Year . ..r No.2. EDITO~~ ~ tanley B. Wilson Chester~ M. Wt ight -' . Associate Editors Eleanor Wentworth Emanuel Julius Mila Tupper Maynard Rob Wagner Fred C. Wheeler Editorial Writer-J!.. A. Maynard �- The Western Comrade I J '- I stood on a -busy street corne1· at dusk. From a lit~Ie niche in a ·shadowed wall I watched the throng rusp by. And as they passed I-saw mirrored in their dress and in their faces and in their· manner the whole complex civilization of to_d ay! For they went in many ways, these people of the throng. T-here passed the people.<~f toil. Toward the places where rents are cheap they gu ided }heir feet. Toward the plac~s where shop windows are small they turned t heir faces. Meii shod in heavy, brick-hued brogall'S, clad in torn and slouchy cloth ing dragged their wea-ry way by my little niche. I saw, but I · was unseen! Women and girls with faces whited by long hours of work ·in \'i tiated air away from the s u~1Ii gh t passed a~ I stood sentinel. Their c-lothes helped in th e betrayal of their posi tion. Sometin1es of faded hue, sometimes torn. sometimes severely neat, yet lacking that note of . ex u.Itant' style, they marked ti1eir wearers ! There were li ttle children •without stockings and without shoes. Their fac es told of sulJnormal lives-of dark hom es and of work beyond theit' years. 'J'h ese .peo]J1e' streamed o n and on and on. _To see their fao~s \Yas to pictu re 1he places from whence th_e y came and to · when ce 1>il..eY went. And then there we re the others! Not so man)' of them ! 'fh!lre were j ewels on their hands an<!._ on tlH~it· c loth-ing. Beautiful jewels. Their faces _to)d likew ise of the ho mes to whi ch th ey would go. Not- · all were beau tiful, not a ll possess; d glow of health and happiness .. nut a ll possessed mark of' mon ey! Sometimes th ese peo ple \\'alked. Sometimes they rod e. Their self-d rive n car r iages were beautiful to behold . From my little niche I marveled a t the ir grace and beauty and power! / Everythi ng of life \\·as there! \ Those who toi l a nd those for whom t hey toil. Down two wide ly sepa rated walk~ life th ey we nt; side by side, but oh, so far 7l);t:r--! · · Some owned and som.e b~ge Some toi led and some reaped t he fru its of toil. though ·th ey' foT!ed not. They typified labor and capital! Two classes! l'ioth ing in cojnmon! Th ers.. in t hat moving stream was the life of the wor ld- a ll of it; -... its hopes. it s amb itions; its agon ies. its despairs~th e class s truggle ! And on the motTO\\· -. the sun will ci><e, I thought as I gazed, dimeyed. thoughtful, froni my darken ed niche. And it will he the s un of ~. ne \V day for the world . ..In that day t he paths will not di\·ide;• • The line between capital and labor wi ll be gone! All wi ll b Jabot:: happy labor, labor for the lo\·e of labor and t he fru its of labor i ·exchange fo r Jabot·. _.Just that! And all of that! And as I t hought of he su nri ~e to com e the passing T 1e n I ·smiled! of -· �40 The Western Comrade - Blossoms., Birds .and Babies By R. A. MAYNARD l · rr===~~ T is good to be alive these April mornings. The early sunrise hour brings air as sweet as nectar and sunshine more warm and . glowing than ever poet ot· artist conceived. Green aqd gold-green ..and gold carpet the earth here · in California, in valley, on · plain and on hilitop. 'Tis nature's resurrection season. Orchard and garden, porch, trellis and arbor are a blaze of color, growing aud deepening from day to day. Pinks, reds, whites, crimsons and l.llues.-run riot '-everywhere. 'Tis nature's resurrection season. - "fhen, too, there is the \vorld· of animate nature. For dweller in city home as . well as in rural abode, nature's chattering songsters exist. Each morning \Vith the sun's appearance, a 1robin on a near-by tree tills my ear with stirring music. Under the spell ·of his song one can almost forget the weight of years and. the "silver threads among the gold" and once again feel as w-h~n !Jope were young and life was new. Then . too, there is the little twittering, chattering, saucy, fea,thered urchin- the linnet. In turn sinner and saint, there is no more !ascinating bir·d for careful studY, nor no more exasperating visitor to garden or grounds. Another feathery rascal is he o~ the first gray streaks of the morning dawn and of the afterglow- the mocking bird . Impertinent, mischievous, willful rascal ever with an air of conscious ~ up eriorit y he disdains your presence. And last but by no means least is that joyous singer of the early morning, the sunset and the cloudy day• "Sounds of vernal showers on the twinkling grass; Rain awakened flowers, all that ever was Joyout!),.clear and fresh, thy music doth surpass." Rippling mus ic, gurgling, liquid melody; bubbling, gushing, pouring forth her very life in song, this queen of birds, the meadow lark, singing on highest wing and building on the ground her lowly nest. -:· · 'Tis well to open the shutters · of the night to the el!Tly sunlight and throw wide tl.t,e windows to the outburst of melody from the morning songsters and unstop the vision to behold the wealth of color spread in blossom and in flower. For these are but symbolic of that other unclosing of the soul that it too may· receive s urfeit of these manifestations of the One LifE\ behind all life. / Sunshine, color, blossom, song of bird, what after all are these heralds of the Springtime':' divinely fair and beautiful though they be compa"fed with that pther ri-cher, completer, div.iner expression of the Infinite Life, the joyous, happy children, singing, laughing, tripping everywhere? At the home, on 'tht'! street, the play'grou nd , the common or in the park, go where one may, their pre§ence still persists. those blessed babies, God's best and dearest gift to man. Tiny hum ns they are, yet through them and the care and love for them was humanity made human. "For what are all our coritrivings, Anct the wisdom of ou r books, When compared with .your caresses And the gladness•of your looks? I l'e are better than all the ballads That ever were sung or said· I For ye are the living poems. And all the rest are dead." God pity nJan or woman whose heart does riot soften ·o eye brighten at the · mere sight of one of these. human flowers. God pity the world 'i en "for the chi ld's sake" ·shall no lo.nger tug at the heartstrings of lhe individual and o ive man. And yet-an d yet-yes, yes, I know what you wou ld say-those other babies-they of the great city slums and tenements. Babies bprn to poverty,. squalor, wretchedness. But this-this is of the dawn, of sunrise, sunshine. springtime, color, light, blossoms, joy and spng. · · _ Perbaps-!1-nother time of the shado"· -of those other babies! , \ �Th e We s tern C o m r a de e Henri ot the City S:y EILEA. O R WENi"VWO En r:=~~~~ J • 'F. wa:s IHael!: night. Tl're man am.d the woman stood! Olll 'L'bey were IoveD"S and sought to g) the edge o.f the city. llatiing it, where they mig;IJJt keep tllei'l: rove always. They saw the lights gfeamfng m the darknes and thought them i!lem.o:ns htlinting for pl!'ey. They heard the mills of Ute Opp.res ors grinding lin the d'epths of the city and! thought them relentless tor-turers, makmg night hideous with their gloating. They heard Vice stealing tbro gb the streets, Vice born of the weariness or human bodies and tbe numbness of human souls, and they cried!: "We cannot work here--there is only slavery. We cannot lQY& bere-tlilere is only brutality. We cannot think here, there is such a turmoil. Let us Jeal'e the haunts of men. Let us be alone!" So they fled swiftly a~d far to that Isle of Happiness which wealth can buy. It Is a truly wondrous Isle: an emerald poised airily between the ~eep blue of a river and the deeper blue of the sky; a living, vibrating orche tra of tinkling rintl ts. warbling songsters, and gentle, murmuring breezes; a wonderland of riotous col01·; the !lite of marvelous temples. Here the lovers clasped hands and exclaimed ecstatically, "Ah, in this place Love wlll be with us always. The sunshine, the freedom will make him grow stronger ea ch day. We will shut out· all strangers. so that none may t a ke him from us." One thing they found in their fairyland that was more than wonderful ; it was strange-even terrifying. From the center of the fores t that covered t he isla nd tiler rose a monstrous structure, larger t han any their imagina..tion had ever conceived. It was lmilt or a whi te ma r ble that wa s da zzling to behold. Above the columns of its entrance. In Roma n script, was the word PLENTY. But from the tOJ:> of the rounded colonnade to the root or the square base its wh iteness was marre d by s pots of red. These s pote were not m erely on the surface. They we re grouud into the ma r ble; they were a part of it, a s th e woof and warp of a fa bri c. The red was t he life blood or Labor which bad r eare d that monument of PLE NTY. The Island was neve r wholly free from the shadow of this temple. Wile n the s un rose In the morning the da rk, siniste r finger began its .progress towa rd the north west, growing longer a s th e hours advance d; and after the sun had passed t he m eridian, th a t fin ger journeyed slowly a nd s ilently toward the· southea s t. La ter came the s unset. transforming the dome of th e t e mple into a mass of r ed- r ed blood. And las t or all, . like a cloak hiding both th e good and the evil, th e beautiful a nd the fearful. like t he shadow g rown all -embracing ca me the fathoml ess twilight . ·fh ere was some thing we ird about that shadow. The woma n a nd th e man al ways remaine d beyond its reach, traveling from beach to bea ch to avoid it. They were 1\frnld of lt . They could not understand it. No one came to the isle. Tbey were e ntirely alone a nd , while th e s un shone, bell vcd the mselves happy. Tiley warbled and laughed a nd chatted, ·mlmlck <I t he songs of th e birds, discovered odd nooks, and r evelled in t he fl owers·. Rut a l wa ys they rema ined warily out of the reach of tbe shadow. Soon, bow ever, there came a time whe n the songs of the birds -echoed hollowly, wh ~ t he per fume of t he e xotic fl owers nauseated t hem, and the winds whispered tale~f loneliness. The ha ndclas p lost its spontaneity. Each, wandered a lone, seek ing new t hings tha t could no longer be found. The harmony of color a nd lone waR spiritless. The wei rdness of the shadow ha unted them more and more. And Love. fear ing the shadow, went away.· IT. Again it was black night. The man and the woman stood on the ~II e;'. • edg~y:he city. hel;itating, y et longing to I l'hey were seeking their lost love. Bre:athlcs ly they listened to the tumultous b · g of thE' heart .of tbe city- and 'll:nderstood that whi'Cil they had failed to grasp before. !Using noisUy, inexorably as tihe cloud fog, they saw Brotherhood anrl KnowiE'.dge, .a nd -as tJhey rose, Ignorance 1l!nd Vice became impotent. Above t:he mig~llty whirring <o'f the wheels in tibe mms ~bey heard a Bouud t~at swelled <even as the wheels grouill<d illaster_ "Su'lillariil.Y, :so'lid.arity, so:!Jl-da~Ity," eame the lrles age, !(l)Uder, sweeter, cleaiFer. "'H6lllT, ibe~. we bear_" was lfhe a!UB:I'I'er of tale ttoiGers. "ii'Woodom, fuleedom," sang tih-e wheeils.. "v,i7e .uom:e," :amswered tlhe eclw.. "Aib, ~s, ·W<:l oome... rcriied ltibe man and the woma'll.. They wallked iDto the <Oit!Y, ~-o\~sty eager 'ltro shM'e iin the I()I1eaJtion rof lha>pp1ness. A'Il'd Lo,•e wa~likC'd iin ibeslde them. �..,.,-· The Western Comrade By STANLEY B. WILSON "Oakland ain't ter bl ame. Ranges ean't he)JJ what herd's on 'ern." He !Jailed fro:n Oak laud, Cal. How <'reditaiJie h i s r esiden c·e in· a c·otHIIl tJIIity was c·oinputed, Fa<.:ts ·, ll us nagt•ly stated . Fac·Js 1•:as not vo l uble. !Jut his Jac·k of ,·o Ju!Jility was made up !Jy the• l'i·r i I i r y of II is remarks . .Oak<',\'. whose• vo l ubi l ity was the t·llief iu.-iraut of F ac·u;' rPrnarks. had aHotlu•r name whe11 he arrh·ed in til<' lltic·e•- rnac-ks --t he kind thPY writ•• on •·n l't>IOJJPS and l e~ga l doC'u IJl l'IJ 1s IIlii t l1<• (l !Joys g-en erall y s11 ppli e•d tl l<•i I' own n ame~ fo r i n d il idu als, an d 111111 I liP liSllal (·onlrad ic- 1ion of Slia k l's pea r es. said nauws ha d nll l<'li IIIP:t llin g in the m . ..;.,: : A lo ng l ilt• IIOr dl •r til l' !'attiP r liKIIPr s ll'e• l'l' li ti S,\' , with a ho ld nPsH t ltat was· as exaspPrat in g as it \\'fl:-i l'X Jti 'II S i \'l!, " To !;'<'I aw a y w ith a st unt lik ~ t ha t h; "'" "~ ·.,n w ha t. t lwy get ftll'a .1· w lll t," was l•'ads' wa y o r Jlllttin g' it. a nd a ll agrl •E'fl. Th P ru s tl t• t·s we r p not as nu n tPr o tt s US lli t' i r Sli('C 'eSs IVOttld intli !'at f', fo r w as n ot lca <'l s 1he r e ug-a in w lw n It t• r C' m a rkE'd : " A wi sE' c·o.1·ou.. tl ops llp t tP r w hen Ii i? pla ys it sol'taitT ... l\Tont fut o was a coyo te. H e lin•d o n t li e lllex i can sid e of th e linP, a nd so su <:cess ful wer e hi s O JINII I i ons I hat t h e afo r em en tio ned o nwl P a ho ut ex hau st ed a mon t h 's >< P<'!'I'h to add :'\..;•Jf o ld M o nt. k ee ps t h i s lic k u p. " .,, ·1 1 hil l'(• to h il'l? 01~0 him to hav!' any eo w ~ t o Jntneh.." * ~1 'llano. ii k e Cen C? ra l Sh ennan o n his farnuu~ march. kne w hi~ C'OHn try w ell. 1\ot a tra i l o r !'H'll r alJh i t - run . was strange to h i th . Anti. li k (' othNs of !'l'il d!'ed s. h e l ov ed dark n E's~. \\' hill' o t he r~ w ere sleep iHg t he sleep of t he just. and t irf'd. !ll o n tano w ould m ount his must a ng, sel ect a seeltt<l ed t rail. a nd Jlro(·eerl t o r educe the t a x on tlw ra n J?;e fpptJ of the QuE'e-maC'k s. and the n u mber of bovill!' w ard s of the Q JHlnchers. • * It was while workiilg this combination in the ruJOtlers· art that Montano chose a trail t hat IE:'d to the little nuok up on the si dE' of Peak Thr~e. \\·h erE' Oak ey h ad a mystel'ious min e>, to which he had bePn direeted by spirit hundt \'Olunteered by an Oakl and medium. Oa k py was not !\t · home that night. H e was down • a t Ca mpo burden i ng a r espect ab le ~oa p hox wi t h l l!O pound s of un der -cl ea n h umanity. and t h e ears of the co rnPI' l oungen; with a med l ey of id eas t hat 1\·ou l d defy t hE' l'l as~if i cation of t hP mo~t w i dely-i n formed. student of sociol ogy. . Oa k e~· had run t he who l e gamut. From the Quaker raining of his boyhood to the latest phi losophical a oma l y, consisting of lln acute a<lmixtun· cif I. \\'. \V.(T; a n d philosophica l anarchy. And . like'- .'s body. J ·ey's mind stitl carried some of ea('h of l'lte various re, s through which he had passed-and was prone to impart i i berally t o the senses of all who approached . It was while sau n tering hy the little knot of l iHteners on the street corner that i\l arshal Bill Hu'rke heard a c:ouple of Mexican punchers from O\'er hy the \\'ells u,;ing tht name "Montano." The alert marsh~! listened " and lC?arned that one of the pair had seen the ('lusive :\fontano cross the line and ent er the Peak Th ree traiL * Ahout midnight Oakey * wa~ \l·i_thin a quart~>r of a mile �The Western Comra de or his eabin when he was halted by the coin!Dtlnd, "Hands up!" Instantly his theories or rebellion against authority took leave-of-absence, and his hands went up obediently as t hose of a less pronounced individualist would have done-and sil~ntly, too. ''Don't turn or move~" A figure swung frow. the saddle on the trail behind Oakey, and the pockets of the mineless mine magnate were speedily explored. A two-bit piece, a few dimes, several nickels aud a tlollat· watch was the extent of the spook dupe's .pile, 1he money being the collec-tion for the soapb·ox oration of the evening. • In disgust the ex plorer flung the lot in the trail. swung bar·k into the saddle, and wn~eled hfs mustangha<·k down the trail. :\lont.ano. for he it was who had so effecti\·eJy appropi iated the pi>t 1 heory of Oak ey that ''e1•ery man makes his uwn law," made baf'k to where the Peak Three trail nosses lli~ Trail, and turned along the graded road that winds toward the uppE'r range lands. * fly that Jlf'(·uliar iutuition ·possessed by men of rt-gions wherp the dm·e of peace is an uucertain bird, ~lontano he("ame f'Onsl"ious of danger. He spurred his tnustang into a run. and looseued his rifle from the side of his sadd l e how. 1\larsha l llill Burke was on his trail. llurk<· had the !Jes t hors(' in the hills. ·and Burke IO.Il'W hO\\· to get the !Jest. out of him. His combination 1 ii'IP and shotgu n in th e ("J'ook of his l eft arm, the offieer g-a 1·o f'ha'<'. Along thl~ winding mountain grade raced the two. ;\I on: 1han once the fleeln!-( rustler was an easy shot . for the man of tlw law . hut it was written religiously in llurkp'~ Jll' i'SOillll f'O<IC' of eth ic·s nel'er to shoot a man in t h<~ had<. not p1·en a rustler and outlaw. ''I'm an ofli<"er of 1he Ia w- to preserve peace; not a li<·enspcl man-killer," was Burke's explanation. ;\lontano wa" a <·oyote. Hounding- one of lit<" turns of the grade. he plunged hi ~ mustang down the side into the canyon, halting under shelter of the scruh timber until Burke ·had gone ,,_,.. arid then haek-traeked down the eanyon trail, and 11·as soon safe in the. maze of hills and c·anyons. )-Jalf a mile Burke had gone beyond Montano's pl acP of departure from the grade before he became a ware of the rustler's ruse. I t did not take him long to satisfy him,.elr that he was outwitted. He knew that furUtc>r pursuit was useless. So he pulled his horsp to a walk, roll ed a cigarette, and r9cle slowly back to 1h!.' Peak Three trail. · Noting from the hoof-marks that Montano had heen up Oakey's way, Burke pulled into the narrow trail. • In a few minutes he discovered · an object ahead nf him. which proved to be Oakey, still with arm s aloft, as ,though addressing in "movie" manner the peak loom ing into the moonlit sky. ''Talked out. but still willin'," muttered Burke. as lw beheld 1 he silent figure. ''What's the matter, Oakey; moonstruck?" inquired th<> marshal. his usual uood humor somewhat returned. Oakey dropped his arms and crumpled to thE' ground. Burke got. down, lli<>ked up the wilted man, laid him a<'ross his ~a ddle and started for the cabin up the side of Peak Three. * * Hurk<:> l'etnained at the f'abin. rolling himself in a blanket on the floor. At sun-up· he awakened, got to bis feet. and seeing the ali-in appearance of his leeping b·ost. proceeded to get breakfast. , . Oakey's larder wa not groaning with the weigl:lt of plenty. A few ounces -of coffee and a hand-siile bit of bacon was all Burke could find. Not until be had S\\tanowed a couple of cups or coffee did Oakey recover even a noticeable degt'ee of ,-olubility. He explained hi silent posing of the night befot·e. and for one of t he few times in his life while in the presence of others, became dumb. Burke himself had never been known to handle many words that were not called for, but the sil nee of the wilted Oakey eemed to excite his vocal organs. "Oakey," he began. "this is the first time I' seen you when you wasn't as full of talk as a lame calf's hide \Vith wood-ticks. An' seein' as how you seen real broke to listenin' I think I'll spiel you a f w fo a change. , "Right oft' the r eel I want to remark that them ><pooks what wised you to this here minin' layout is the blimmest iot of minin' ex11erts that ev r del uded a t enderfoot. · Tnere ain't no 11,10re gold in that min of yours than there i s in a cow's ear, an' any spook what says there ·i s, is either related to that feller An'nias plumb ig'nant of th' minin' game. "Th em ideas of yours is just as wrong in m!nln' as in the big herd they call soc iety. Minln' has laws the same as · folks must. have l aws to keep the h erd from ~nillin' an' stampedin'. •·y·ou can't get gold out of the kind of rock you've got out there in tha t hol e of yours any more than you can get peaee an · prosperity an' a square deal out of the kind of a mess you're tr·yin' to make or things generallY . "That there greaser. Montano, is a fine sample of the brand of soda! stuff you'd bring to the top with the kind of diggin' you're doin' with that tongue of yours. :\'ot that Montano's suf'h a heap sight wuss than some of t he critters they've got in the l ead of t he h erd at '\'ashington an' on the Big Uusiness range. But Mon tano's got no li cense to em'late the exampl e of them there soeial pirates ~-ou spiel about. Multi11lyln' cri me don't. cu re crime nonesoever. "Last time I was down to San Diego I heard one of them there Soc' list fe llers doin' the soaphox turn. He talked a pretty fair hrand of hoss sense. H e just took the ol d government machine to pieces . anrl' showed exnct l y where the rust an' cracks an' wrong gearin' l ay. An' he didn 't stop with that. He set up another mal'hine tl;at. to my way of thinkin' was what old Abe Lin coln had i n mind when he said that folks come ahead of spondullx an' he wanted :l government where the big bunch was the whole ch eese. " I don't know much about Soc'lism, ner this here thing you call 'direct action,' but I can make a fair guess wh ether a feller's talkin" from his think - tank or ju"t through his sombrero. "That Soe'list chap didn't push the herd down Into the desert and leave it for the buzzards to hold a fiesta over. He didn't adl'ise any fool stampedin' to gi ve the <·op he:·ders an excu se to shoot 'em up. "He showed how th e other outfit got con trol of the range by usin' the ballot box an' gettin' tbe 'B. U.' brand on all the implements an' weapons of govern ment. an' that's the deal the workin' outfit must pull olf to clean the other crowd out of the good feedin'. "Explosions can spoil a Jot of property, an' spill a hE'ap of blood an· hrains, but they can 't get any good �The Western Comrade The Conquest of· Em-anuel Julius Prudery By is an animal; but he has been trying to dodge tbe fact for the last two thousand years, and by so doing has got himself into numerous and sundry dif\ T/ ~ ficulties. 'b.~ Thb biggest single. fact of a ma11's life IS sex. Male and female, so we were "17Ji created, or evolved, .or "arrived from somewhere somehow and as male and ' female we sijall lil"e, and grow, and reproduce, and die. We may like it or not, but we are up against it and as individuals and ~ a race we may just as well face the music. Human customs and beliefs are not all right- in fact, they are rarely free from the need of reformation- but they are usually based on some past experience of humanity that explains, if it does not excuse them. We have every reason to belie1•e that the sex relations of early man more t,:losely than now resembled those of wild animals, which, whether monogamous or polygamous, are at least fairly uniform and constant, and suffice for the needs of the species. But when man began, by the force of his mind, to change his life habits, his inslincts failed to keep pace, and troubles began to arise. A forest tribe could be almost wholly devoid of what we call morality and survive, but with the growth of the community, promiscuity became race destructive. Not only were diseases so transmitted, but the jealousies, the intrigues, the wars, the neglected child -life made the survival of the species under such conditions difficult, if not impossible. From such experience, monogamy, or the permanent mating of one man with one woman, came into vogue, and the scheme of sexual morality, as we now know it, was recognized as right and good. These morals, cusr==!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~ AN M m pasture for the hungry bunch to call their own, an' th ey can't blow convictions into folks' cran'ums. "Oakey, I s ure admire the way you've stuck to this spook hole, but I feel delegated to make it plain that the chap that digs for gold in th e kind of rock" you've been wastin' powder on, is just as wise as the feller what's tryin' to rectify things social by buttin' their heads agin the cop's clubs and the cold cement of t he drunks' corral. "I don't hold nothin' agin you for ·all the skunk cabbage bouquets you've been throwin' at yours truly down on the street corner; but just the same, you want to try to remember t hat even an officer of the several kinds of a law you talk about is only human . An' besides, he's got the drop on you. "You're welcome· to keep on spielin' your dippy dope hereabouts if you want to, an' you can k eep on s hootin' powder into the bowels of old Peak Three. But my advice is-don't!" * • • Marshal Bill Burke saddled his horse and headed homeward. • • • Oakey took his advice to the extent of removing one social · unit fi:om the Quee-macks. toms. and beliefs evolved without anyone particularly understanding why. They developed as did the dicta for honesty and truthfulness because they gave the best results. But with the establishment of the general precepts in favor of monogamy crept in also many notions that are only incidentally related thereto. Woman as the exclusive property of her spouse was secluded from the Sight of other males. And as customs evolve one into another in most fantastic fashion, so the sexes, segregated and clothed in mind and bod y, came to pride themselves upon their mutual or seeming ignorance of each other, and, for that matter, of themselves. Because sex functions overdone destroy the balance of life and are an evil, there .grew the notion that the whole of sex is evil. Out of this grew sex modesty real and pseudo and the unrighteous belief that celibacy was a sign of virtue. But sex instinct can break more rules in ten minutes than humanity can evolve in a century. Promiscuity bas been checked but not controlled. Civilized man has never been thoroughly monogamous, never free from prostitution, sexual diseases and all those unwelcome facts of perverted instinct that we have hidden under a cloak of moral precept and actual ignorance.· Girls have been honored for "innocence" which was only ignorance; and a constant percentage, together with a larger percentage of males, have ever falle n into errors and excesses that wreck Jives and leave the race unclean. And now comes the Twentieth Century with its scientific analysis of everything-and science simply means definite, classified knowledge. We want to know the best way to do things- we will listen to old teachings, but we must reprove them by modern knowledge before reaccepting them. We take nothing for granted. We ask why. We look ahead. 'Ve see the hopelessness of each man striving for his own immediate wants and killing the chance of the other man, and of the future. By such an age anrl ·such a spirit the established notions and customs of things sexual must be retested. Is it good for a girl to reach womanhood ignorant of the way babies are born? Is it wise and right for a boy to get his information concerning sex from the livery stable man? Is it wicked and wrong for a woman to wear short skirts or an artist to paint the human form? And if a bunch of maiden ladies happen to see some healthy urchins in swimming. does it in crease the total of human happiness for them to put their hands in front of their eyes and scream while they look between their fingers?. If so, why? Prove it! There has been, within the writer's memory, a great change of conservative sentiment on the subject of sex. Not long ago Edward Eiok of the Ladies' Home Journal began his work in this field. In his campaign there has been li ttle tendency to kid -glovedness in handling the subject, but considering the general conservatism of the paper and its- subscribers, the stand take n· must have done untold good in arousing the minds of un thinking dames who had always supported the doctrine of prudery because they had closed their eyes a nd ears to any fair consideration of the subject. �45 The We'stern Comrade Pearson's Magazine has bandied the subject l:n <direct and vigorous style. The· editor says.: "NC) co'ncatenatlon of circumstances brl:ngs more misery to humanity than that caused by certain dis-eases which thrive solely because oi prudery and false reticence. It does not meet the question to say that these ailments cannot be discussed by polite people. Public discussion is the only process by which public -conscience can be awakened. An awakened public conscience Is the only means by which conditions may be bettered." Dr. William Lee Howard, in his "The Havoc of Prudery," which appeared in Pearson's, charges the nation with being "prudery drunk" and the daily press with cowardly silence on such mattePS. He cites spe-cifically the fact that there are given each winter iil Boston public lectures upon healtlJ, and- medical matters. These lectures are attended by crowds of Inter-ested people, and information given is of great practical value and fully appreciated. The dally papers print the program days ahead, and after each lecture give a summary of its most important facts. That is, they do so in all but that 9f the most important lecture-the one on venereal diseases, the inference being that they fear to offend the quacks who depend upon newspaper advertising to keep them In their nefarous business. · Hundreds and thousands of youths and men, Dr. Howard maintains, are having their spiritual growth distorted and disturbed through fear-"a terrible fear of self"-because they are left the prey of quacks. And the truth is not taught at schools and in homes. Dr. Howard tells us that the continental countries are far ahead of America in their attitude toward sexual hygiene and morals. Courses of Instruction on all important sexual matters are already given in schools ~nd universities in Germany, France, and other countries. In Finland, Switzerland, and Hungary such instruction is even made compulsory, so that now, Dr. Howard assures us, no youth leaves the high school or university without a solid working foundation for keeping morally and physically clean. The editor of Current Opinion deserves special mention for his treatment of sex questions. He advocates open and wholesome minded instruction .as a substitute for mystery and blind uroblbition. He tells us that "the sense of duty creates a stiff and formal morality, but to do good and avoid injury out of pure sympathy is the idea1 morality." Other magazines, among which are Harper's, McClure's, and the Woman's World, ba'\'e taken up various aspects of the sex question and added their influencs in breaking up the sheath of Puritanical ignorance under which rottenness has so long thrived unmolested. But the periodicals are not alone in indications of the decadence of prudery. Numerous societies and organizations that are interested in social welfare have by means of lectures and literature helped along the change. Among these Is the American Association for Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, which Is simply a Latin student's way of naming a society for the promotion ot sex hygiene. The above society, of which President Emeritus Eliot is honorary head, has distributed much useful lltemture and organized numerous lecture campaigns. A wholesome sign is that these lectures have been given to mixed audiences. I recently attended such a lecture by a woman in one of_;.be most prominent -churches in New York City. The scheme of "for men ~nly lectures" certainly has not altogether freed us from the evil of mystery that has befogged · the subject Surely it Is Inconsistent to expect a young man and the girl he fs- abont to many to talk personally ·uPQp subjects when we segregate them for personal lectures. Becanse I believe it may· be of help, to young people ·who are sound! at heart, but timid by nature.. the writer will say that for several years he. has .tried to make it a rule to speak with ·equal frankness to both sexes concerning sexual matters, not excluding tbings of a humorous nature. After ·all, sex: is the biggest thing in life, and to admit that a joke based on. sex: is for that reason wicked, is but another way of encouraging the old trouble-breeding secrecy which has made. evil of much that is good. But let it be clearly understood that there is a great difference between the funny story that Involves sex and the story absolutely devoid of ieal humor that is only told and thought tti be funny 1\ecause it is forbidden. Because of the policy liere referred to, I believe that I have suffered some limitations in the number of my young women friends, but I am sure the loss of quantity has been more than offset by the increase of quality, for I have yet to meet a young woman of mental capacity 'and clean morals that failed to appreciate and admire this attitude. ' • • • As a whole, in my ·o bservlrtion, books on sex sub; jects are becoming more sane and wholesome. They are substituting an open explanation and a reasonable appeal for the unexplained prohibitions backed up by definite horrors which did as much harm by arousing curiosity as they deterred with their threatened punishment. I recall one book in particular that was given to me when I was about fifteen. The book had been written by a preacher, and I remember distinctly that even for a youth of my age it possessed little pos!t!ve Information and a great deal of harum-scarum stuff, the sole effect of which was to make me afraid of things that I have since learned to be comparatively harmless. There was something about these old preachments that smacked of the inclandest!ne and made one feel ashamed of himself for being an animal. Of course, the various workers are yet far from PE1rfection in the method of- approaching these subjects, and the errors. are not all on the same side, though, perhaps the most common one is in over-shooting the beads of the readers. In a pamphlet written for young men by an earnest worker I note such words as "obsession-semat!c-etblcizing-semniferous." The same authority in an intervl~w with the writer deplored the sensationalism which be considered was being elsewhere given to the subject. If a man v.:hn is not too old to remember his own boyhood may express an opinion, I would like to Sli:Y that I believe a little <if the sensational referred to would do less harm than the dulling, discouraging effect of the "semat!c-semnlferousness" of a super-learned vocabulary. But this difference of approach that comes of the diversified training will not destroy the movement. Prudery and sex Ignorance are being attacked from many sides and the work will not be in vain. The world has tried . the J)lethod _of the prude these two thousand years and found it a failure. We are now going to have an end with tlils mystifying, magnifying foolishness and let sex knowledge and sex acts, sex joys and sex miseries take their natural place ln life's affairs. Prejudices die hard . Prudery, which makes a virtue of the mental faziness of Ignorance, - will be anything but an ex:ceptlon. But the change has begnn. Prudery has damned young humanity . long enough-and must surely follow cannibalism, witchcraft and slavery into · oblivion. �The Western Comrade Time was when if little Marcel Maxwell, who was just sixteeu. pretty a~ a rose, with an eye to the sort of clothes that make a girl look neat and winning, .ha1•ing found her income of five dollars a week iusufficient by about three dollars to enable her to Ji1·e. had slum bled one blue and murky day and gone tumbling down the white lighted hut tenibl.Y life - wrecking path - time was not so long ago when Marcel would have IJeeu pointed out as a horrible exnmple hy th e pl'l'fectl y good old l adies of tho vi llage and that wou ld have heen th e ('!HI of it. Marcel would ha V<' IH•Pn just a honlhle O?xample and tht"re wou l d have heen no thought of an)' oth er phase or tlu• que,;t.ion. Uttt, th £> world lllOI' es ! And we who i nh abi t th e world and now and theu give a reason for inhabitinp; it hy showing a glimmer of inlP IIigPnc·c, II'£> mo1•e with it! And wp have moved to th e point t.hnt. l eads us to ask, wh en Mnr·cel stubs her poorl y shod little toe in an effort to dig the price of better footgem· out of thP g rim e of disgrace. just how many Marcels ther£> are doiug that same thing and just why they do it aud just wltosp fault it i s. The whole truth i s tlt11t·,we hal'e moved to the point wher£> thirty-two states 11re either actiYely engaged in unco1·er·ing tho e very important facts about all the woe - b e~o ne Mar el s. or they hal'e signified their will Ingness t o do it. Furthermore we have m ol'ed to the point where there is n surprisingly general knowledge as to what wages are and how many girls there are who work for l ess than a recognized living wage and what the r esult is when girls ar forced to work for less money per week than it r equires to lil·e per week. When the state commission now iul'e ·tigatiug the r elation between low wages and white sla,·ery in liJi nols was told that in Chicago there are more than iiO,OOO girls working for less than five dollars a week there was nq g net·al outburst of surpri e on the par t of the American Jlublic The fact is, they knew that the figures ran somewhere in that nei~hborhood . The American public has a rather general knowledge of the fact that six millions of American women �The Western Comrade ~re bread winners. Every liltle village in the country • has its little Marcels who w~rk for five dollars a weektror less. Thousands of perfectly good people-our b~st peopl e, in fact-have first-hand knowledge of that fact, because they pay the wages. Other thousands. yes millions, have equally reliable knowledge , because they or their relatives get the wages! And now, just by way of refreshing the memory let us get at a few of the co-related facts with as much definiteness as is possible. These figures, like the others, will cause no great surprise, because they have all been given before, but it may do us good to have th em all set up in a row. \\' hen we, as a nation, ha\·e moved to the point where we can take these figures, and others like them. line them up in a row . analyze th em, get back of them down to what they represent and straighter, out that tangle..,_ ah, then we will surely ha\·e reached a point worth getting at. !'\ow for the row of figures: Dun's Tle\ i ew. as IJUOted by Profe!'sor Rauschenhusc-h in his book. "Christianity and the Social Cri si s," declares that in 1 !101 it t~ok $Hll :l to buy what $i24 11·ould ha\'E• bou~ht in JS!li. John Spargo in his wonderfi.11 little volume. "Common Sense of Sodalism." declares that there are ten million s of people in pon·rt~· in 1he United St<ttes. The same author dPelares in nnother of hi s books. "Th f' Bittpr C'r~· of t he Children" that there are at least l.i~·O.O OO chi ldren at work and thai. n ot l ess than 1.24S.00ll are ~uffe rin g from malnutrition "to such an !• xlent that th ey n eed m~dic.al attention ." Vastly more than that ar<> \·ictims of pov erty to a l esser degree! l>r. Thomas \\'ood of Columbia University puts th e ti~ure at ii,(IOil,OOll. There are approximately :•. ooo,OOti illiterate persons 111 the t 'n ited States as you r ead this-a nd many of them are among the little i\larcc l s whose labor returns th em a wage too scant to Jh·e upon. Kat l' Hil'hards O'Hare estimated a few years ago that th ~>rc were 600,000 women in the Uni ted States who liv('d professional lives of shame, and possibly as man.r m or e w ho ~acr ificerl their virtue to augment a lin•lihootl ~aine d in some other occupation! Th e famous Chil'ago vil-e commi ssion asserted at the !'lose of an <>xhausth·e investigation that th e gross r<• lttl'll s from professional vi ce in that c ity w er e $2U IIOO,IJOII per year. The l ' nill'tl States 1·cnsus for 1904 tells us that 4i'i.li p!'r ·l'enl of all cr inws are, cri m es against property . And it uHt~· be added here tha t it is .not difficu l t to as1·ertain that c·rimes against property are c rim es l'aused by econ omi c need to secure economic security in tim es of rl es peration! And that will be quite enough. 1\lany more facts of just such nature as those allove might be set down h ere. but if w e have too many figures of large dimension to handle at one time w e 'may not he able to k eep them und er control. It mig ht be said. howevet·, that if y ou desire to r ank as one of the fifty-one rich m en of th e !'Ountry you will have to present credentials to sho\1· that you have succeeded in piling up not l ess than twenty millions of dollars. That will enabl e you to size up the question roundly. And now let us go back to the question of little Marcel. with her · worn shoes and her toe that is just about to be stubbed in th e mire for th e sake of new shoes. The whole question of low wages and fallen -womanhood may be figured out on the basis of ne\v shoes. Squire Blue, who has always lived in Cross Corners and taken up the collection regularly every Sunday for 47 the last forty years and never missed a Sunday and who spends three nights a week down at the corner grocery expounding the virtues of Grover Cleveland and helping himself out of the cracker box when Peter Pouter, the wizened little grocer isn't looking, may not agree with that statement-and he might find an ardent aid in Peter himself, the pair of them never having read a daily newspaper from any other town and neither of them having ever had the faintest conception of the longing of a girl heart for a new pair of shoes like Bertha has-or even for a new set of combs, or perchance a skirt or a pair of silk hose. nut notwithstanding the dire frownlngs of such worthy folk as these two good old people upon such r evolutionary doctrine, the fact remains that every honest investigator who bas ever studied the subject of white slavery_:an~ there have been many- agree that the rock bottom of th.e question is econor:uic'-and that means bread! When a man has no food and no job he commits a crime against property. When h e has a little bread, but not enou gh , he commits a lesser crime-excepting, · of course, those who beg, but there you are again. That al so is crime. Wh en the femal e of the species has not enough bread she com mi ts a crime also. She sells h er one salable com modity-her body! l want to digress a moment to cast a sidelight upon " this question. A .Chicago newspaper wanted to get at th e facts abou t girls in 'the big State street stores and it wanted to print them. An eX]Jet·t wom an Investigator and writet· was com mission ed to go among the girl s who worked, to get their stories and to write them. She did her work well. The editors were w ell sa,tisfled. The woman was paid for her work. Then the editors planned a campaign, using the stories as a basis for an appeal for legislath·e action to prohibit starvation wages. To get lhe appropriation necessary for the campaign the man who held the money bag had to be consulted. And he promptly vetoed the whole scheme. "It would drive every advertiser out of the pape"'r and ruin us," be said. "No. w e can;t/ 'print those stories." And they have not been printed to this day-and probably n ever will be. llut the facts that th ey brought out are the facts that are now being laid before the l egislative investigators in Sprfhg-field. Ill. They told of pay envelopes that contained three a11d four and.fiY.e .dollars at the end of the week, th e:v told of d ed uctions for petty infractions of rul es, they tol d of brutal floorwalkers; of tit·ed feet and a ching h ead s and broken hea1ts. They told the whole, compl et e tragedy of exploited g irlhood in the trade pal aces of the great metropolis of th e mid-west. They p.o inted out in burning word s and white hot f ea rs the beckoning route down to the great white way of deatha route that always went down through t he gnawing want of bread! • Ou t O\·cr the remotest rmal mail route of our great n ation go the glittering promises of these great mer chants, offering to all, th e wonderful products of their shops; wrapp~d in the heart blood of the American girlhood en·sJaved there. Yes, time was when people didn't know about these things. Time was when people couldn't talk much about them in public. Time was when peopl e didn't know much about the"telation between bread and obedi ence to the Jaw. But we are going on and we learn as we go. We l earn that when t)le human organism 1s· denied a l egitimate road to the satisfaction of its funda mental wants that the human organism with its twentieth century skill aQd its first century instincts will �4-S The Western Comrade Who Pays the Bills? By Fred ~~~~!!!!!!!!!'IHE 7 of c. SYSTEM meets us at the beginning life's journey, pursues sorrie of us to ,T~ the last day, and then .tribute must be _ paid to the system even · when we lay in our caskets. Like a spectre it meets us in childhood, gives us battle through life, and millions succumb terore its vicious on• . slaughts. It stunts the youth, degrades the adult, and marks t!Je word "Failure" r.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;-.. after the names of 96W. per cent of those who engage in mercantile life. Youth is robbed of its cllildhood~mature years become a wild scramble for a place of comfort 'for later days, and premature old age is the heritage of the system of economic waste. We pay the toll of 100 per cent and get nothing in re turn save the pitying scorn of generations that will come after us, who will say, "What fools those mortals were." This system of distribution goes through our entir e . com mercial life, and the waste is appalling, as ·shown by th e following figures in but a few of the leading ave- -,· find some othe r way! And in the case of Marcel it. is a way that fills us with horror-horror not only for Marcel, for he r span of life will be brief, but horror as well for the generation which she will mother- the babes to come! · We know that our machinery of distribution is capable of taking to all the people of the earth all of the bread-and bread means all the .things we need to sustain life in full measure-all of the bread they need at all times. We know equally well that our machinery of production is capable of producing all the bread that all the people need at all times. We know that if our mar c hinery of production were allowed to run all of the time tt would be capable of producing all that all the people need and to provide a generous surplus. And, with the possible exception of Squire Blue and poor old Peter, we all know that healthy, normal people love to work and will always work at least enough to provide the bread to keep them alive. We know, again with the possible exception of the squire and Peter, that if there were no profit in sight for the employer of Marcel and her millions of likenesses, they would not be employed, and also that If the profit were eliminated there would be enough and to spare for that sorely tried and tempted little bud of human life. It is well for wise and rorofound legislators to go delving into the facts about Marcel. Many of them have been Squire Blues and Grocer Peters up to now and they must needs catch up. And God bless 'em for the desire to catch up. But just as sure as little Marcel tinds only five dollars in her purse next Saturday night and has eight dollars chalkM up on the debit side of her worn little account book, something that is not sanctioned in a proper code of ethics is going to hap-· pen! When we reach the point when we shall have set our economic house in order our Iegisl~tors may forget about the problem of Marcel and her · wages and her morals. ·There will be no problem then- but there will be· one UNTIL then! VV'h.eeler nues of business: In di.atribution alone our national waste amounts to six billion dollars annually; insurance, $500,000,000; for crime (its prevention, detection and care of those convicted and awaiting trial), $1,000;000,000; in manufacturing, $1,250,000,000; in agriculture, the enormous sum of five billion dollars. The waste of food is placed at one billion, and at the same time there are millions of people needing the things so wasted. . Bankers and brokers draw $600,000,000; transportation (parallel roads and competing lines), $1,000,000,000; the drink traffic, $1,650,000,000; advertising, $3,000,000,000-or more than the national debt at the close of the Civil War; unnecessary household moving, $45,000,000; militarism (past, present and fut~re), $600,000,000; agents and solicitors, $720,000,000; the unemployed , $600,000;000, and the idle rich, $900,000,000. The economic waste of militarism is a staggering one: The United States Bureau of Education, in discussing the question, says: "At the present rate of expenditure the four countries of Germany, France, Great Britain, and the United States will spend in the next forty years, the life of one generation, for the support of armies and navies an amount sufficient to build 2,000,000 country and village houses at an average cost of $2500 each. With father, mother and four children in each of 'these houses they would furnish .homes for 120,000,000 elf people, which is more than the total present population of these four countries living in villages and the open country. Thus the fear of war is consuming the home of the rural and village popuiation of these great nations in a single generation. "It is estimated that the total direct cost of th e armies and navies of the world each year in time of peace is $2,500,000,000, which equals the total valuation of the wheat and corn crops of the whole of the United States." These astounding figures are the yearly cost of economic waste, and under a sane system could be reduced to a minimum. The total of these items alone equals $34,961,600,000, or an amount equal to $388.50 yearly for every man, woman and child in our land or in other words, equal to one-half of the entire am~unt received by the average adult worker in America. To put it still plainer, for every dollar's worth of goods we buy we pay a tribute of 50 cents to economic waste. To give a few illustrations: A circular from a New York advertising company says that there are 1000 firms in America that spend $1,000,000 each in advertising each year. John Wanamaker recently signed a contract calling for an expenditure of $170,000 a year with a single paper. According to Printer's Ink, the following firJllS pay / annually to the New York Herald these sums: Bloomingdale f!ros., $30,000; Siegel, Cooper & Co., $30,000 ; and R. H. Macy & Co., $50,000. This is for one paper alone. Printer's Ink gets $10,500 a year for its front page alone. It is estimated that advertising alone takes the labor of -122,150 men (which is practically all waste) at an expense of $145,720,00b. Drumm!irs, commercial travelers, agents and solicitors work at an ex pen~ of $495,000,000. There are 300,000 �T be Western Comrade of them, b\i't. thei'P numbel' iS" gun-wing, fess• as; tJhe fulust rea:cfte& pe1lfe«tiou, · A stiavtltllng M.ct is· gitv'e'nl coneeming, the w·age loser o:t our U.nel'n plo)Yedl, rt veac~es tlhe e'll'()i'ln(ffi , tatall o! sf!x' Mll~n dbrJaafs a.n®'alfliy, 'llb't'ee fnmdlfedl tl'lotrSBlndl fd'l'e In. Funnyland viCh' cost us $9~01,0001,0001, • • • . /, . Some t~l'lle algo a fia~tm.er sofdl a. batren cW' apples tor 7~ cents. ln tfle ~arre~ he ~ut !Hs name and! additress· and lieQ'Uestedl the p'Uilcbalser tC!Jl tell aim what tbe al!lll'le-s '((Tere t>ougbt ft<>r. Some time later the fai'IDer received wol'd fh,a t the p'ilrcbaser bald paid $4..30 fo1' the app>les, Tliis is a go'oEl exampJe of economic waste, By warY ot passing, I wiJJ say tba.t the tn.tsts have dolle away With an ei'W'>Tmous- amount of waste, and as theY de'V'elop, more waste will be e)imfna.t.ed, The ttust is a labor-savfng de~ic:e and deserve.s recognition as such, Let us enlarge the trus-ts until v ery pe-rson in our land is a member of a eo-operative trust, to be operated for tbe .interests of all the people. Another phase of our economic waste Is evidenced by the fact that everY Y!l'ar 900,000 people are needlessly killed in the United States by preventable dis~ases , or by unneceSSMY acc;idents, These might have a dded $18,00o.noo,ooo a year to the national Income. Thomas \V, Lawson tells us In Everybody's that "th~:>te. are sixty billion dollars in stocks and bonds on 1ilis uatlan's industries, forty billions of which is tlct!t iofls, and on which the people pay 2000 millions anfilial trlbilte to 10,000 individuals." Who pays the bill of these enormous expenses? Labor- and labor alone. A corporation desires certain privileges by which It can control valuable rights of way, or valuable concessions, which when obtained rorce the people to pay tl'lbute fa1· in excess of a reasonilhle amolmt ; or through unlawful lnfluenc;e have high rates maintained In order that It may pay dividends not oniy upon the actual investment, but on stock watei'ed to an enormous extent. In ordei' to do this, c•1rporation agents throng our city councils, stale legislatures and national congress. Whenever our national rights are bartered away, the burden falls on th e woi'kers, because they must finally pay th e billa. But what do you pro)Jose to do? First, call attention of the people to the facts. Educate them to a better understanding; second, show them that a ro-ope i'ative system is SAVING, while the competitive syAtem is SLAVING. A non-pi'Oducel' i~ n parasite. He must live from wha~ others produce. So the workers must not only su[Jport th emselves, but the idler and non-producer as well. 'rhe Rept;bllcan and Democratic and ·· Progressive p!l.l'tles are In favor of continuing this system of ecohotnic waste, Sor.lalism would substitute In Its place a co-operntive system In which the toller would receive much better returns for his labor and yet pay much less for the necessities and comforts of life. Competition Is anar-chY; cO-OtJeratlon will bring order from chaos. THING~ ARE COMING DOWN The high cost of Jiving has come down con'siderably. A good aeroplane can be bought fo1· about half of what it cosl a \vhUe ~go, and .a.utomoblles a1·e somewhat cheaper. Good news to the horny-handed and ftatlllii'SC(i ~ons Of toil. HOW HE TRAIN~ NOW "The ' wblt<e ilo))<e' l1a-s ciosed llis tight camp." "Gt\J"efi tlll tralnln:g'?" · " Nope. Takt·n.g his \vol'k-'o nla delivering parcels JlOSl'' . u'l'hanlk goodness there won.'t be any strap;.-hax:-ging; in l'leaven;• exploded the ladiy m. a erowde.d. street ear. ..Don't see what dmerence that. will make to anyone in thls bmrcb," retorted the abused! conductor. • • BLUE SKY LAW ''Bmy;• said a street gamin the other day, "what's , "Ob, that! Don't you know what that is? It's a law that keeps folks from gettin' soaked with we..ter.ed stocks." th!is 'ere blue sky Jaw the papers talk about'!'' .. .. .. WHY HE WAS DOCKED . The engineer who had been blown up in the air by an explosion during the week had just drawn his weekly pay. He found himself docked for thirty minutes. "What's that for?" he asked. · "For the time you were up in the air." • .. • PUNCHING PUNCH The British suffragettes are threatening to wreck the office of Punch. Go to it, sisters. ~ · Don't care bow much you pu h this Punch; Yes, punch him with a mallet · Until he cuts his nasty stuff ~ , To keep you from the ballot. • • • ECONOMIC DEFINITIONS The young preacher was asking the old preacher how to present the ten commandments to ·ws flock. Said the old and experienced preacher: "To the poor people present them as commandments. When you're preaching to the middle class present them as recommendations. But when you're preaching to the . wealthy give them out merely as suggestions." • • .. A .GHASTLY JOKE • Recently near Omaha the body of an aged man was found in a snowdrift. In a little notebook in one of the pockP.ts was the following: "My name is 'Guess Who'.'' "My home is-nowhere." "ln case of death or serious accident notify-the float ing population." • • .. SOME TEMPER An old Scotch farmer in Iowa was one of the best loved men in the community where he resided. He had one bad failing, however-a violent temper. On one occasion a neighbor, one of the slack, easygoing type of men without sufficient vitality to lose hls temper, remonstrated with the Scotchman, whlo had flown into a passion with a balky horse. Said he: "Oh, Deacon Jones, you ought not o give 'way to your temper like that; you should contr.ol your tem!6." "Control my temper," re·pJied the old man, "control my temper! Why, God bless you ma-n. I control more temper iu a week than you do iu a year." �GO The Western Comrade There are as many kinds of men as there are menAmeringer-with a pause long enough to say that Mr. almost. Sometimes they are funny, .sometimes sad. an.d Mrs. Osc~r are about as near the perfect team as sometimes hall-fellow, sometimes taciturn and - not a one would jolly well find in many a day's tramp. But bit chummy. And, sometimes they are sensible and that doesn't make the circle. Not until you are introduced to the seven Ameringer children do you realsometimes they ar not. But when you've found a man who is funny, who ize that here you have a real family circle. Further Is sensible, who is hail-fellow and who has the bodythan that, it is a music circle, for every member of build to flt his brain-build- well, when you have found the family, from Daddy Amerlnger to the littlest such a man you have found a man with a person:11ity Ameringer of them all, plays some instrument. worth looking into. In the days when Oscar used to rove the west country, propaganding from the .rudYou can take a . man like that and" roll him around in the m ill-yes, everi der end of a covered wagon, he would s lick him right in between the upper drive up to a village, cut the horses and nether stones, so to speak, and loose from the front end,. s.take them he'll come out wherever it is that out in the grass, stick a gasoline things eome out of a mill just as torch up over a rear wheel, gather chipper as he went in and his bodily his family circle around him and get circumference will be just about like the good will of the irfhabitants by it was when he started on the jourgiving them the Marseillaise from ney. Moreover his smi le will he just nine good , strong, healthy Ameringer as broad and his mental vision just as brass blowers and string manipulakeen and ali-grasping as it was he tors. Then he would find the coast clear for a verbal demonstration of forP. And that';; why Osc:ar is as hapjlY his mental powers. "Friends, I ain't and roly-poly as he is today. Oscargot nothin' against the caj:Jit'alists, no ! don't. know how e1·er the parents of more than I got against' the bedbug," he would say to them. "Only I obOscar happened to have the foresight to give IYim that most ad mirable ject to the way they get their living.'' nam >- but If e l'e r y man was so adAfter that Ameringer has them. A me ringer· has written a whole mirably adapted to his name as is Oscar Amcr inger, 11·hat a world this bunch of little books-one might alwould he. Amerin ger wou ld be woemost say a flock of the m-they han• that "FJ~· ing Dutchman" twang and fully out or place in th e company of that Oscar· Humoringer way of lama llame like Cla re nce Ql' 1\.Yontmorency. hasting the cap it a list system to a It wou ldn't do at all. .Just take this s ing! sentence frotn fare-ye-well and a merry good night! Being as you no11· have a ve ry t h • Ameringe r lin of discussion: clear conceiJtion of what Ameringer . "Sabotage? What doe!'. It mean? Why . looks like and is like- T admit this Sabotage is putt in~ soa p in the bee r." He's Alway!: Happy description is accurate- you are now .Tu:;t as soon as you'd heard him say at liberty to wonder what would happen if Oklahoma that, w ith his little tou ch of accent. you'd know that Os,car should ever crash- he couldn't merely amblehis first nam was Oscar. into Congress \ and sall y up to Hon. Root and say to And it is just the Ame ringer way of ex pressing that bland old codger. ''81ihu , old c1mp, you are about things, the Ameringer· su nshine, the Ameringer peras socially useful as a bedbug. You get yours in the ~o n a lit y t hat makes him one of the best propagandists same way-only you get more." i n the Socialist Party. They call him "The Flying Dutchman from Oklahoma." That a lso fits Ameringer. And the reason WHEN RALPH IS KING 1hey say "from" Oklahoma is t hat in recent years he Ralph Korngold, who rece ntly delivered a number has be n "from" that commonwealth rather more than of Socialist speeches in California, had occasion to In it. For instance there was the time h e was down l'is it the barber's chair while in Los Angeles. And , In New Orleans helping · win a half · dozen strikes. as to be e xpected, th e barber s l.a shed poor Ralph's Th n ther have been several years during which Face. Osca r has been seen rather freely around Milwaukee. " It's a ll right, sit·." said the barber, "here's a little He is tolerably at horne in that bailiwick, it being a cou rt plaster I'll put on it." city of st rong, not to say pronounced, Gerhmn pro"Do it well,'! said Ralph, "and .when I become king cllviti s-procliviti s being hardly adequate at that, I'll make you court plastere;·." if yon hav s en Milwaukee. For while Milwaukee has those pronounced G€rman proclivities Oscar is Dut h. And if all Dutchmen are built like Oscar. the Lord be praised for the Dutch. Oscar hns a home circle that is a circle. There a re enough people in it to go 'round. There is Mrs.. DIOGENES IN A BIG CITY The mo~ern Diogenes hangs his lantern on the bacl~ of his vehicle to ·keep honest folks from runing into him in tho dark, �The Western ComzracBe e P a irtle d P lgeoill By r.::=~~~~ \l'ii'O Rob oeauti'ful Befgian g:mwds carnfedl Andrew Carnegie mtl€1 his p~Evarte boUJdoir and laid h~m C!Jlll a biire veroun:· C!JStet·moo1', wher-e he dissorved im nears. C'ong:Fessman lllenfwfd tl'l~ew !ilfs hM so high In tne air tha t h weilln through the s-kylight a n d never Ca~me down. The Kaiser JdE>sed the Pr'esfl!tieii\11 of the Frencn RepolllHc and 'Fed.dy <:l~nc!Jed with 1'afL The great Tell!llple of Peace sfuook winh the hurrahs, ban zais. and hochs of the a~sembled muUitude. Bands JJla!Yed. whistles blew and newsboys shouted the glad tidi ngs that univer sal peace had come. It was a (>ic'ture flO artist can paint. bu t l'\'e done roy bE.>st to I>OSt-impresR you with i ts symbolism. l'ea('(r! 1 HE.>al peace! Aftet· all those red years or struggle ! But It all goes w show what money can do whrn Inte ll igently directed. J.'or it was all the fruit of AndrE.>W's endowment!-! of temples and peace propagamla. At last the world had been educated to the l!orrifi<' e ffe('t~ o f war. And now his · patient years of waiflng WHc t o sf•e the <·ulminalion of his hopes and aspit'ation s. lJo you wondet· that. Andt·ew dissolved in tearK'! It was 110m e triumph, I tell you. F'rom the prnlit ~< of the armor pla t e he had mad e he had so m•uaiuPtl ('\'eni B that now th erP should be no more u se fo r ·ll!'rnol' JrlutP. Sueh self-abrwgation was bound to t'eH IIII, in tli Hsolullon . Till· tla~· of thi s grea t C' \·ent opened au spiciously. · Th E' Hll ll Hlwne. thP band ;; pla ye d and th e str eets w ere nlll'l' wi th the pitttii'E'HfJIIE' presen ce of international tliplornat ~. atla<'lr es an1l n e wspaper m E' n. Th e Hague lrad h ad man y peace I'Onferenc·es. but thi s one was pr'<"Knunt wil h a g r eat nr ea!llng-. f or ever ybody belie ved lira! a !lotaiJie eve11t ill th e epic o f huma11 prog-ress was almut to Ire en ac t ed . 'J'Ire great w a r started in th p llall<anH had Jefl Europp prostrate and the worl d \\'US Hie·)( or war. Yes, lir e tim e had arrived for l asting peace. So N i cholas, \\'llliam, George and Andrew li nd C'allcd thiB parliam ent togeth er . llecausf' of hi s ·unique position and Iris noble peace lii PdUlo, T. H. wa~; el ected pr sident. H e presi ded with a lat>ge stick th at made th e rafters rattle. His dental per sonality immediatel y d ominated the great. assembly. They w ere all g iven el'iden ce Lhat th e best way to obtain peace was to be prepared for war. and T. R. ,,·as lll'epared. H e told them all wh er e to h ead in. H e began by forbidding Engl and to build more llt'<m dnaughts: Germany, Z e.ppelins; Fran ce, submar'i n fi, and Am erica, aeroplanes. H e told Germany sh e must get out of Alsace, .Japan out of Manchuria, England out of l~gypt and America out of the Philippines. H e pr·omised Greece the r eturn of th e Elgin marbles; Paris the r eturn of t he bronze horses from the Arc de Triumph and said that France must send back the \ "cnlls de Milo and Madam Tonssand return Napoleon's llll.t and coat. He promi sed Venezuela that America \\'Oiihl I'etnrn her asphalt. tho ugh it meant tearing up hal f the streets in that ' country. The Morgan group \ \ ' llS given si xty days in which to re-distribute among the rightful own ers t he plunderings of it naughty trusts. (The good trusts were to be left undisturbed.) lf<)ach natioll ·aro~e . in turn anu amid great applause agN>e<l to r~turn Its thefts. An<.l though. h e sald, he preached the soft heart, Wagner he didl not pneaebl the- so.l!t h.eadl. H~ t.ol'd th.e!Dl th3lt now th:ait llhey had! sqll007edl o.fl!· the cau.ses· ell mo.st olf thei• quarnre-.IS· a.ndi jealousies the-y w~Uil:di go f'o~h atud d'QI b~ttle wft.l'll th.e fnstlrumen.ts. e! dvhl:WatwA Flro.w. nO>w onr lit was to he a waF oll wiits mstea.di of ~-iu.­ cl'l:est ell's.. He fovl:1!d them tQ settle bouo.daiies~ pay old! d ebts and clear the slate generarUy•-so, that the woFfd woU!ld begjn all over agam an.d go fo..-th in peace and concord. It ·as. aU aCCQmpliS:hed Yery Quicltty amid stupendous applause. and as the last nation signed the compact a v ast mar of approval we.nt up from the assemblage. trang men with beards wept li:ke women. Tiley sang an d cried and whooped and yelled yery much as I described in the first paragraph. But in the midst of their pandemon!um and b fore the signa ture of the last delegate was dry a curious thing happened. Directly over the head of the speak er was a lat-ge all£gorical mural painting by Wilhelm ll representing the nations of tbe world with arms uplifted to a white dove of peace, and to the amazement of tht> crowd the do\·e began to mo\·e. It had come to life and was trying: to free itself from the canvas. Finally, with a triumtl hant coo lt burst foi·t h-ftew three limes about the great hall, and with noisy flapping alighted right on the end or th e S.peak er's stick. The Congre.' ~ . awed by such a phenomenon, sat spellbound, and :·1 the great silence that fell the bird spok e. "Gentlem en," it said (it spqke a sort or J)lg on English), "I thank you for what you have done. F'or years I have l.Jeen aborning. U p to today T have b et>n nothing hut a painted pigeon d ecorating th e halls and l etter - heads of peace societies, appearing 1:1 tuffed nt weddings or l owly r eliefed on tomb -stones. Hut now I li\·e ! "My mother was a wish, and you,. gentlem en. have from that wish brought forth my li11ing presen ce. Th er efore, YOI:l are my falhe t·. 1 shall do my utmost to honor you- for it i s not ever y bird that haR such a large and distinguished father. You shall n e ver re g r et your fatherhood and now l et 's g i ve three cheer s for me!" The noi se was deafening and for: a moment th e poor bird was frightened, but h er attention was a'rrested l.Jy the Swedish delegate who was asking the Speake!' if h.e did not think the Carn egie Temple In which they hacl met and brought forth their child would b e .a fitting a bod e f or the dove. nut the bird intenupted him and h olding up h er· c la w for silence t hus delivered herself : " I thank you, father, but J ask you not to confine m e to thi s or any oth e1· temple. I 've heen her e long enough in that old picture. Besides, I have a mission to fulfill. Through you . father!l, I have the blood of messenger- boys in m y veins. I must carry this m essage of peace to all the world . I feel that I am a natural-born carrier. Call me Carrie-Cal'rle Pax!" In the confusion that followed the wonde rful pun that this opportunity afforcled th e British delegate the bird up and flew OUt o f the high window and was JlOOJl lost to view. After their amazement bad sub.slded a permanent organization was effected with Teddy as U.s president The Ha,gue was neutrnH~ed and. Teddy was t.o rnake lt �The Western C o mrade 52 his permanent home.) _A palace was ordered built _for him and his large familY to be surrounded by ~n Immense park in which he could keep pogsnoggles, cheetahs, dik diks and other of his jungle favorites. • • • The world basked In the Pax CarnegieismBut: One day a huge s teamer called the Biggerenania was th irty hours out of Cherbourg when the heat at noon . tJecame most uncomfortable-an unusual thing at this 1ime of the year. Aft. under a large awning, sat a group of delegates returning from The Hague. They were exulting in the triumphs of international peace one moment and cursing the unlced drinks of the British bartender the next. With the setting of the sun came no respite, for at ~ p. m. the thermometer stood at 89.· At midnight it had risen to 93. No one could sleep and everyone's nerves were on edge. A .g.1>eat storm seemed impendlllg- except that the barometer showed no such indi<'alion. Toward morning the vessel ran into a hot fogalmost like steam. Thermometric readings of the wa11-'r ran nearly to the boiling point. The condition of the passengers had become alarmIll~. but it was difficult to know in what direction to turn as there was no way of te_lling where the dis Ill rban ce was. l•'ortunate ly at s unset a red glow was observed far 1o th e south . Though it was un comfortably hot everyoile was imme nsely r elieved that danger had been a ''c rted. The re was now no doubt that a submarine eruption had occurred. Because of such an unusual phenomenon t hP captain felt warranted in "laying· to" for the night and taking observations. The next day was · spent in circling the disturbance and its volcanic origin was c learly indicated by the dead fish, seaweed and cinders. No other vessels were reported and at 5 p. m . the tJi g leviathan proceeded on her course. The greatest excitement and inte res t prevailed and the wireless was tJusy reporting to both shores. A New York newspaper correspondent returning rrom th e peace conference had been aloft all day with a pair of powerful glasses. After the boat was well on its course he descended and sent twe nty-two words in cipher to his paper. He had f!een something no one e lse had noticed and he would scoop the world on the big~est. story yet. The nex t morning the re appeared on the streets of New York a most sensational newspaper splash of a great submarine earthquake that had thrown up an island in mid-Atlantic. As soon as othe r vessels reported the truth the boats were dispatched from all directions to make scie ntifi c reports on the seismic phenome non. · While most of the world was interested only in the scientific aspect of this amazing occurrence, a few hard -headed old anarchs sitting around the mahogany in ·a directors' room on lower ·wall street, turned loose their splendid brains on how to make even an earthquake profitable. No_w, when brains ' like these ar-e scrambled the omelet is liable to pay twenty per cent- and. of course, that's worth cherishing. So they come to a magnificent conclusion and it was this: ·when t hat island cooled off. standing as it did midway between four continents. it would dominate the trade of the world. And the first nation to get a flag on it would be its possessor. They immediately got the Admiralty on long distance ·and had a real little heartto-heart talk with the High Boys there. Their argu- ment was an economic one and it convinced the deparrment th~t its usefulness would no doubt be discontinued if it had nothing to do ana the ranks of the unemployed would be largely augmented by former admirals. The argument rang the bell and pretty soon there were great stirrings in the navy yards. ""' Now you may think that these industrial captains were amazingly shrewd, but bless your heart, they were not so stupenduously origina , for all over the world twenty per centers think in the same terms. Thus it happened that similar schemes hatched around many foreign mahoganies. * • • "When the Bunkton, Captain Spevans commanding, arrived several days after the above-mentioned conference he found that he could not approach within six miles of the islan"d, so he decided to circumnavigate the whole disturbed area, but was very much chagrined to find an English and a German cruiser doing the same thing. It now became a waiting game--waiting for the island to sufficiently cool to get a flag over it. Spevans, however. was resourceful and had no intention of waiting. He wired the situation to Washington and immediately they dispatched the June Bug 32carrying two men besides Lieutenant Glenwrigbt. Their mission was to fly over the island and drop an anchor with an asbestos flag attached right on the highest point of the molten mass. Then would the place belong to America by right of discovery. The June Bug arrived early the next morning and to the amazement of the intrepid pilot he discovered high to the east the approach <if two huge dirigibles, one flyin g the English and the other the German flag. He suspected- this motive and hurrie d straight for the island. but the bot air rising from the lava caused the air currents to whirl in all kinds of eccentric circles and, to the horror of all, the biplane turned trutle and shot straight for the water and he was s·o on lost to view. The captains of the big airships witnessed this with their binoculars and were chuckling over the fiasco of their a e roplatoni c friend when two fearful explosions rent th e ai1· and both th e huge dirigibles succumbed to the strange gases. At almost the same instant a shot was heard and an immense projectile flew over the ship. It seemed to come from the direction of the German cruiser and landed too accurately close to be accidental. In a few minutes the Bunkton was under full steam. headed for an explanation. As the vessel turned toward the south it passed between the British ship Inevitable and the island. With the glass could be seen mu ch agitation aboard the English vessel, and no wonder, for with a loud report a great bole was torn in the bow of the Bunkton by a British torpedo. Explanations were not needed now. It was too obvious. Spevans Jet go both batteries, one at the Germans and the other at the English. The Germans re turned their fire to the English ship- which was puzzling. Pretty soon there was the prettiest three-cornered fight you ever saw. Toward evenin g the three vessels were still afloat but badly use d up. They were all glad of a chance to eat and rest and send news back home. This incident shows how easy it is to start troubl e, for had Captain Spevans known the truth a terrible catastrophe would have been averted. Like M. & M.'s. captains usually think in the same terms. EacJ1 had determined to out wit the others and get his flag up first. Captain Schmitsberger of the armored cruiser Whosahollerin had rigged up a flag fastened to a pro- �The Western Comrade jectile that be tked at the top of the hot mountain. Pnfortunately it went high, just missed the U. S. S. Bunkton, and was most uncharitably interpreted. Aboard H. M. S. Inevitable, Captain Johns StokePogis , V. C., was equally alert and had had made· an asbestos Union Jack that he determined to send ashore in a slow-going torpedo. The only trouble was that in the excitement of dispatching It they forgot to pull the war-plug from the cap in its nose and the · American ship accidenta11y intercepted it on its triumphant trip to the bot shore. ·when the facts were known many hoped that each nation would see the futility of the brawl and call off the dogs of war, but the Percenters called in their newspape r publishers and told them to whoop it up for pat riotism and play up the flag stuff strong. National honor! the Stars and Strjpes! and all that. Of course, th ey obeyed. One great publishe r admitted that be bad made fortunes off of wars and earthquakes. And so th e conflict waxed. As the new:> of the terrible losses to the three countries became known. nations that had s uffered for centuries in silence became bold, and pretty soon in Europe and Asia the lesser ones began to assert themsel ves. Small irritations grew to great ones; old scores we re remembered, and as they were all armed to the teeth it was easy to guess the answer. And, sure enough, trouble broke out in all directions. Red war was ablaze all over the world in less than two weeks. The sight was sublime. The English at the time bad a greater fleet of Dreadnaughts than the Germans and utterly annihilated the latter, and the great fleet of Zepplins was torn to pieces in a storm while trying to invade t h0 British Isles. The Agrarians of Mexico took advantage of the withdrawal of foreign money from their military despotism and easily won back their lands, which they were about to divide. when some planted Mexicans on the border raid ed an American town, and of course the governme nt had to send troops into that country to show the rebels their place. By the end of December every country in the world was prostrate from exhaustion except Great Britain and AmE-rica. Their wealth alone prolonged the struggle. Beside which. their naval supremacy was still unsettled. England staked everything on her great Dreadnaughts, while America put all her eggs into a new type called the Fearnit class. It was exactly opposite to the British Dreadnaughts. Though quite as large. it had thousands of small guns of tremendous energy. Everything vital to the ship was submerged-even the guns being worked from below.· The superstructure was built of pipes, like their military masts. Thus they cou ld run close to the cumbersome big vessels and pour in a fire as from a thousand hoses-at the same time presenting a skeleton battle-front to thP. enemy. They dalmed that even though the big guns should strike them, the projectile would pass right through, and at its worst carry away only twenty or thirty small guns. These fleets did not meet until January tenth. The battle was fought off the New Atlantis and lasted two days. The din and roar was awful. Ship after ship on both sides sank with all on board. The end of the first day found the Union .Jack floating over the island-now cool enough to land on. However, the victory was temporary, for the next morning the Americans, in a splendid exhibitiQn of seaman and markmanship, managed to send the last of the Britrsh vessels to its doom. At the end of the battle only one American ship re- 53 mained afloat, and it immediately raised the Stars and ~ Stripes over the conquered island. No sooner bad tbe small boat returned from its patriotic labor and the news flashed to American tb.a n the great ship began to settle-and almost before ther knew what was happening the huge creature pitcheil" forward and with one tremendous plunk sank to the bottom or the sea. · This battle was the closing scene of the war. America was acknowledged the victor in the greatest war of all time, and though the sacrifice had been great the prize was worth it. A new peace conference was called at The Hague to negotiate a treaty. It was a very different gatheringthan the one held only six short months ago. Bent and broken in spirit, the delegates filed up to the Speaker's desk and signed the covenant for their res'p ective countries that gave to' America the prize. They knew now that the Great Republic was supreme and would arrogantly dominate the trade of the world. But as the last name was signed to the treaty a wonderful commotion arose, for it was noticed that Carrie Pax was flapping violently against a large stained glass window of Andrew Carnegie. in his excitement an Irish member hurledVook right through the Tiffany features of the great Peace Maker, an<l Carrie staggered into the hallowed te~. Bewildered and }Yeak, she flapped aimlessly about, trying to find a mural painting .with a hole in it. Finally she flopped fainting onto the Speaker's desk. Her featu,res were burned and one leg was broken. Occasionally she would raise her head as though to speak. A great silence fell over the august gathering. No one dared to move. At last, with a supreme effort, Canie raised herself up on one leg, and clearing her throat began: "Father," she gasped, "something has gone wrong. When I left here I was full of your wonderful message. I started out to deliver it, but I seemed to be speaking out of turn, for I found few who cared to listen. And then came the great struggle for that fool Island-it was awful, though even I, a sentimental woman, could understand the importance of it.; but now that it's all OVI~t· I've hurried back to you with a sad tale-the IslaM has disappeared Ill" "Gone! ! ! " shrieked the American delegate. "My God! Carrie, what do you mean?" But Canie had begun to giggle hysterically and she found it difficult to go on. However, between laughs she managed to tell them that when she was hurrying back to the Conference and was about half way across the Atlantic she heard a terrible noise below her. Looking down she saw Atlantis disappearing again into the Atlantic. "As I passed over the spot," she said, "where once the proud flag of America floated from the top of the battle-scarred mountain, I saw rising to the s urface, bubbles; some red, some white and some blue. I'd never seen any bubbles before-oh, they were beautiful! But when I began to think about that Island I began to laugh, and say, I thought I'd die before I got here. I couldn't bold my sides and fly, too. To think-- " But she went off into peals of laughter she couldn't control. Finally sh£ just rolled over and died. Did they bury her? They did not. They just put her back in the pictures, on the tombstones, and the le tterheads of the Peace Societies. �; ..~ The Western Comrade JVIaking Drear By P-~~~~~ N a eroplan e flight from R ed Bluff to San A ~ Diego, Cal., would unfol d a n indescriba~ ble vista of mountain s and valleys and boundless sea. ~ Sailing south f r o m R ed, Bluff to the 0 ~ T e hachapi range, a di stance of 400 miles, one wou Jd pa;;;; O\'er on Jy · t wo valle~·s, the Sa<"ram ento and the Sa"n .Joaquin. On the east- ex t end s . an unbroken mountain range, lifting its peaks in to great heds o f perpetual sn ow- veritablP in l'ert P<l resenoirs, that suppl y myriad s of Jak es in th e beautiful mountain valleys f r om wh,ich streams rush down th e c·a nyons in to the valleys bel ow. SP,·ent y- fi\·,, miles away on the other side of th e;;e le \' el IJeds of rich alluvial soi l. th er e Jay s another range uf \'all Pyed mount ain s IJeyond which i s heat:d the r oar of tltP f·pase l e.,s tid e oJ th l• sea of seas. Passing over thf> T PIHI<'ha pi r ang-e sou thw ard the m ountain s open again an d t he eye sweeps o1·er th e great l\1oja1·e desert. This ,-alll'Y t•xtend s far to th e east a nd down be low sea il' l'e l into lJpath Vall ey. H er e m a n y a wanderer has lost hath h is way a nd his life and l eft his body o n the hot desl' rt sand s. Still farther to th f> south Jays that little paradise. Falling Waters t o Propel Our Trains the San F ern ando, t be San Gabriel , th e San ta Ana, the Los Angeles and th e Cajunga valleyg like ·a g r eat fivecorne r ed star, in th e h eart of which is tile city of L os Angel es. For y et anot h er hundred miles southward extends th e coast mountains and little valleys to the b eatt.lifu·l Job city of San Diego. Here ther e i s a deep harbor capable of accommodating the navies of the world . ther e i s another to the north at San Pedro, and at Monterey and Santa C ruz and at San Francisco the world 's best, surr ounded with wonderful valleys, and still farth er north at Humboldt. this coast line of 800 miles, equipped by Strewn With O rchards and uature with un surpassed harbors, invites the commerce of th e ,,·orJd. In the n orth t he mountains are covered with forests, the bowel s of the earth are filled with preciou s m etal s, and t he Yallers fai r!~· bu r st w i th f r u its and grailis an d flow er s: whi le the irri gabl e deserts of the south are r apidly d evel opi u g into Yei·itabl e valleys of the N ile. Sli ll ]Jrodigal with her hfessings, nature r efreshes this land of pl'Omise with a geutle and cooli n g bree7.e from th e .Japan current, a nd thus makes o f the l'a ll e~·s a perpetllal summer land. In this wonderful ('Ountry dwells a popu l ation of three million people \\"hich cou ld be increased to fifty millions a nd u:tder normal conditions th ey could dwell in C'o mparatil'(-' l eisure and Ii1xury. Rut early in the history of this great commonwealth a n ol'lopus of seeming l y infinite power settled down upon this fa 1·ored land. Around every man it threw its terrible arms a iHI o1·er his heart it thru st i ts sti ll more terrible mouth. "All th e traffi c will bear," 111 a fearful m etallic roar, i s eve r h eard belching f r om the iron throat of this u n con scionable, heartless monster. ln every Yalley and tow n. from -the mountains to thE> ~'ea, it;; relentl ess greed and power has .gr own until all the means of transportation and most of tbe i ndu stries and comm ercia l institution s have been encircl ed in its serpentine arm s. The cry of despair and the call for hel p is h eard in every city , t own. v illage ancl hamlet, but their h eart s a nd hopes are palsi ed by the ever increasing roar _of frui tless promises mingled with demand s for more t ra ffic a nd hig h er rates. Each worker struggl ed alone in the battle until h e was oyerpowered b~· the very mon st er h e fed. How natural i t i s for those in despair to rush to �T h e We .st er n Com r a d e s 55 Co1ne True arriman each other for help, and what \·isions open before them to which they were totally iJlind before they clasped each other's hands. It is the power to do a thing, that makes one think or the tiling I o do. A minor power cannot e\·en dream of harnessing and rards a:1d Fie l d s of Gra i n. appropriatin~-: un infinit ely superior pow er. Possibilities do. ntust be inherent in th e fac ts iJefore a conception of th e idea of doing i s possible. Bpforp th e dPI'elopment of great social power one · <·ould not have seriou sly thought or harnessing Niagara. h<.'ne'• all th e possibiliti es springing from the comforts, lttxttri es and l ei sure, made possible by its proper appli '·a tion and a ppropriation were 1·i sion s beyond our k en. Standin~ alon e on ·the plains of th e San Joaquin, l oo l<in~ at th <' snowy peaks of the distant mountain or li ~ tening to the roar of the water s rushin g rn·er th e <'a tarac·ts. one c·ould not haYe even dream ed of turbine ,wlH'f'l s and endless wires and powerful dynamos. Much l ess !'Otild hP have had a vision of transporting th e infinitE' pow er of the fa ll ing water s through endless win•s and unJinown devi<:es to bl ess c ities then uniJuilt and peoples unknown. nut no,,· that cities and town s and ,·illages are IJuilt, no11· that the" plains are str e wn with or chards and ,·tnpyards and fields of grain, now that the cities are tilled wi.th Yat·i ous industries and those who have worked hard est h a ve hungered and thirsted and l.Jowed most under the power of o1·er - production and underconsumption- how natural it is, wlren they clasp hands and begin to f eel th e power of their united mig ht, that they should not only con cei ve of and construct great irrigation system s, but that they should also harness that water power and thus shift the burdens from the shoulders of man to )lower generated by falling waters. HaYing the power !o do it, what visions unfold b efore us! Our homes could b e warmer, our pathways lighted, our factory wheels could hum, while the dangers of the coal mine would be forgotten. Great cold storage p !ants. e>lastic reservoirs for perishable foods would 10 spring up in every industrial and commercial center. The cost of maintenance would be infinitely less to the st ate than the value of the fruit that now decays . ...._y :F'rom these sources would flow a constant supply of fresh food to the market places of all our large cities. With the mutual desire on the part of aH the people in this state to shift the burdens from humanity to gravity the vision would enlarge and the concept wquld take practical form commensurate with its scope. : "rom Red Bluff to San Diego, railroads would be built with lateral lines to all industrial and commercial cen ters. The falling water s would propel our trains and products would be transported to our cold storage houses, to our ma-rkets and to tide water at cost. Here on the shores of the sea; · with our product in hand, new ideas would be suggested. Steamships to ply between the Pacific and the Atlantic would become a necessity. · Wftli Uris gap cl osed the cost per ton of transporting from the field in the \Vest Lo the factory in 'the East and from the factory in the East to the field in the W est would- be a mere bagatelle. M illions and millions of dollars would be saved anually to the peopl e of this state by the change. Aiong the lines of t h ese proposed railroads throug h out the st<;te" th e poli cy of excess co.n demnati on would surely fo llow . The increase in the val ue of t h e l ands condemned wou l d accrue to all the peopl e instead of to certain individual s. This would put an end to the usual railroad town site speculation and l end great impetus to th e movement. W it h Ou r P r oduct in H a nd N ew Ideas W ould Be, Suggest~ d All the people being l.Jeneficiaries, they would be l.Jound m on~ closely together. The rent accruing to the state from a strip of land a mile wide on each side of a state wide railroad in a comparatively short time would liquidate the entire cost for the general good. The stale ownership of that portion of the transcon- �56 The Weste rn C o mr a de tinental railroad beds which lay within this state would probably be forced by this policy. Nor would such ownership either interfere with int~rstate traffic or fn any way become a burden to the state. The roadbeds could be used by their former owners at a rental sufficient to cover the purchase price within a reasonable time, however reaso nable or unreasonable that purchase price might be. This rent charge would not be met by an increase in traffic rates but would accrue from profits arising from lowe r rates than now prevail, inasmuch as the transco ntinental lin es would . be compelled to meet the rates on its line of steamers. The only advantage in rates accruing to the railroads over the state line T hat Little Paradise or steamers would be one of time and to this extent only would the railroad rates be higher than the state water line rates. In addition to the v·a stly lower rates which would be forced by the state there would be freedom of access for th e people to all ]larbor and water frontage. State ownership of all water power within the limits of the state, properly applied and · furnished at actual cost for municipal and domestic heating and lighting, fm· all industrial and commercial purposes, also for all the state railroad and storage plants, would call into being not only such industrials under state ownership as are necessary to build, equip and maintain the power plant, the state railroad, the storage and municipal distributing plant, and the great steamers of the state line, but such cheap power would lay the foundation for industrial development throughout th e state, and the low rates established by the state line wou ld prevent further discrimination in rates bet ween localities ot industries. Under our present rail- · road management, the companies have it within their power to make or break or seriously injure cities as we ll as indu~tries. By the clever manipulations of terminals, the companies force enormously increased rates, equivalent to the rates charged for vastly greater h~u l s. For a long period, the rate on freight from Chicago to Spokane was the same as frotn Chicago to Seattle and back to Spokane. For forty years the Southern Pacific has warred with Bakersfield because that city re fused to be held up for an enormous sum incident to the road entering the clty: For· similar reasons a railroad magnate said some thirty years ago, "I will make the grass grow in the streets of San Diego," and the threat was practically executed for years. Similar instances of railroad tyranny are too numerous to mention and too vicious to endure. All this will some day pass away and will be remembered by future generations as the barbarous and savage acts of capitalism. These are only incidents in the· criminal history of railroads from whicll humanity has borne a grevious bur.den at a horrible cost. Combined with and made possible in many instances by them are also other combinations, each fastened upon the jugular of our industrious classes. It is from these combinations that the people are fleeing. It is by the tyranny of this fearful power that we are being forced into new social relations. The people are literally being forced into each other'!! arms. They are learning that along the way of mutual ..help and not strife lies the greatest economic, moral and intellectual development. How differently we feel toward our fellows when we find them actually helping us to the things we need. With what tenacity does this fact make us cling to them. We have all been struggling each aga:~t the other with hearts of stone and tongues of steel~ only to learn that our hearts and tongues are made of flesh to feel and to tell the story of life. Whatever. destroys life the heart ·will hate and the tongue· will curse. If, perchance, one benefits by destroying or absorbing another's life, even then he will hide it, will close his eyes to it, will deny that his conduct causes it, but will never face and confess it. All of which means that the conservation of life is the premise from which we must start .and not the conservation of extraneous power by which human life is absorbed and wasted. What a splendid step toward the conservation of the lives of the people in this great state would we take by loosening the grip of the octopus from the throat of our industries and by opening the way thereby -.the entire population through the mach.i nery of the state could unite in mutual service. Such a step would bring the people closer together and would make them feel and better und erstand their mutual interdependence. What feeling would accompany the state ownership of railroad and steamship lines and cold storage plants and markets in our cities, so that our products could be preserved and freely mo.ved at cost by one great system with the propelling power as far as possible shifted from .the shQulders of man to the falling waters? I think I can see· men of every calling looking ·in to each other's faces with a welcoming smile and more brotherly recognition. Can we not see th eir minds opening to an understanding and comprehension of possibilities infinitely beyond this step? Can we not see in this bill whi:::h has been presented to the present legislature of California the · elements of most vital issues leading to the growth of great social institutions? In deed are not such measures necessary to their making and preservation? Has not the time arrived when the masses of the people must establish an economic foundation upon which a ll may stand with equal opportunity? How differently 'Ye would then..-feel toward the other! What a groundwork upon whi ch to build an abiding civilization! Our brotherhood and brothe rly spirit will be as permanent as the institutions out of which these relations !?row and are sustained. {Editorial Note-Illustrations in this arti cle are used by courtesy of the Salt Lake Route.) �,T he Western Comrade 57 HEROES O .F THE SOCIAL REVO·L UTION R. A. MAYNARD By BEN HANFORD, in his great Socialist classic, "Jimmie Higgins," has immortalized one type of hero of the : • , rHank ahnd. til~ I~ the b~o cialitst re1;oluttion. e w o 1s Janitor, 1 pos er,. 1tera ure agent, soap-boxer if occasion require, . and general all-round hustler is drawn so true to life that thousands of comrades • · ') . have imagined that some particular "Jimmie Higgins" of their a cquaintance had been taken as. the type. The history of the more conspicuous members of the mo1•ement is too well known· to need discussion. But there remains still another type of whose triumphs no poet has s ung. a nd whose virtues have never been extolled save hy personal friends and comrades witl! whom these have been associated. These are the m oral and intellectual heroes of the mo1·ement. Men and women who have triumphed over moral infirmity or weakness or the lack of intellectual opportunity in early life, and who, through the insplra- . tion that Jtas rome into their lives from our great world eanse. ha ve been brought into newness of life moral: inte llectual or both. r have met them and sp <1a~>e you: comrades who hal'e nnde rgone a veritabl e spiritual and intellectual regene ration throu gh the e xperience of becoming class<'onscious. Only a week or two ago a new convert, a well-to-do business man of middle age, who had just taken out his red card, was congratulated upon the fact. "Yes," he repliPd. "but I don't know yet whether mine is a real (:ase. It seems to me that to be all right, you have to ge t it like you get religion, and I haven't yet reached that. stage." To many this re mark is couched in language not compre he ns ible; to others it will suggest meanings very real and vital. At the close of a summer day in the presidential campaign of 1908 I reached one of the smaller cities of lllinois, where I was bille d to speak in the eveni ng. M~- instructions gave the name and address of one (·o mnlde. On inquiry the information was obtained that a lockout was on in the paper mills of the city, and 1his comrade, who was a paper-maker, being out of work, h~d sought It on a farm ten miles out into the <':ountry. I aske d if word had been left for me, and receiving a negative reply, e xpressed my surprise. "Oh," said my informant upon being told my business. "Never fear, he will be here in time for the meeting. You can rely upon that." ure enough, before the hour arrived he was on hand , naving walked t en miles in from tne country after CJUitting \\'Ork for the day. After the meeting, in a visit before he took his departure for the return trip, also on foot, I casually inquired: "Comrade, have you a family?" "No," he replied; "that privilege has been denied me. You see, Comrade Maynard," he continued. "it's like this: When I became a Socialist I took a vow that so long as I li ved every dollar that I earned more than sufficient for my personal expense should go into Socialist propaganda. I have kept that vow, and I shall keep it to the end." Soon I parted from him as he set out on his long ,....IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII~~O MRADE ~ C 11 tramp back to the farm. I have never seen him since, but because of the steady light in his eye and the indefinable quality in his tone as his hand gripped mine, I am as certain b.e has kept the faith as I am of any fact within my knowledge. In the adjoining State of Iowa there is a city with a Socialist local which once had a se<eretary whose front name we will call John, since that was not his name. He was a blacksmith by trade, and was chairman at the meeting at which r was speaker. His personality, coupled with an unusual grasp of Socialist ,principles and rare dignity and ability as a presiding officer, attracted .me. On inquiry I found that before becoming a Socialist he had been ·a drunkard and gambler, but at that time neither drank nor gambled. In conversation I asked, "Have you always been a blacksmith, Comrade?" He glanced at me quizzically and said, "The comrades have been talking, haven't they? ·well-never mind; I don't care! No, I have learned my trade since I became a Socialist. Before that I was the town drunkard and gambler in this very town. I became converted to Socialism, however, and whisky, cards and I fell · out. I have never touched either since. Now I work at my trade, support my family, pay my debts, and fight for Socialism. My wife and children love me, my comractes respect me, so does the. community, and, what is best of all, I respect myself." He added earnestly, "I sometimes dream of what Socialism will do for the world when it comes, but l have positive knowledge here and now as a living, actual reality of what It has already done and still is doing for me and mine." In one of the thriving cities of Indiana I once met a comrade, perhaps fifty years old. He went with me to my hotel after the lecture and remained for a visit. In the course of the conversation I learned that his schooling had been limited, for he had been compelled to leave school , at an early age and before having finished the grammar grades. He had been a Socialist for perhaps a half'_Jjozen years, and previous to becoming one his r eading bad been almost wholly confined to the newspapers. To my surprise, at the beginning of our talk, be launched into a discussion of Herbert ~pencer's "First Principles," then on to Darwin, Huxley, Tyndall, John Fiske, Dietzgen and Feurbach. We sat until two o'clock In the morning, when he apologized for remaining and was about to take his departure. . I said, "Pardon me, Comrade, but of what college or university are you a graduate?" In reply he gave me the personal information already stated and said: "You cannot understand what t hese ·few hours with you have meant to me, it's so seldom that I have opportunity for such discussion. I am a workin g man- a driver of a c ity sprinkling wagon, and in an hour or two must go • to my daily work. In this whole city there is but one" person, a young woman in the public library, who will take the trouble to direct me in my reading. Like most workers. I have known hunger of the body, but, oh, this hunger of the mind! This insistent demand for Intellectual food without the requisite knowledge or means to satisfy It! Today I live in a universe of the existe nce of which I had never known save for Socialism. It will never be mine to live In the Cooperative Com- �TheI Western Comrade monw€f<llth-J am too oM-Ibut dream sDmeti.mes of wbat Hie woricl will be wben all men and women lhawe freedom and OJJJiOrtllnlt:r to develop their latent powers ·and fiOSSibiiHie£/ ' In a small yllJage in California I met a young gitrl .sixwen yean; of age whose i11-bealtll had preiVent.ed attendance at Echool. She had. however, done wha!l: she could at bome. :J.ided by the tutoring of her parents, and her rea~>oning faculties and power of analysis had developed much beyond most girls of her age and opportunity. A.s I wa£ lea vlng her father's house, where I had IJeen the guest of a night, she said with an intenlilty of emotion before unnoticed: "Do you know, the amhHlon and as]Jiratlon of my life is to give myself to the Socialist mo,·ement." I replied: . "Well, that is uot at all impossible." Do you mean· it?" she eagerly inquired. "How shall I go aiJout it?" . After directing her to take a· thgrough course of reading and study in Socialist literature, I informed her of a school for girls in one of the cities of California. !Juring the next two years nothing was heard from l~er directly or indireclly until a few months ago, wheu. ac<'ompanied hy her· mother, she greeted me at the do~;e of a leeture in the city c.:ontaining the school. Arrangements were made to attend some of the IEc><·r ureR at the school and she he came a member of a da~>s in puhlll: npeaking. one of the educational features of a Young People's So<:ialist League. Today· her ambilioll i ~; Oil th e way to realization. At the age of eighteen she lias del'eloped remarkable power as a speaker, and, health ponnittin~. Sol'ialist propaganda, state and naliollal, will know ltc•r aud lwr work in the near future. 011rln~ the Ni~ht Hider war in Kentucky I made a tr(p. through 1 hP Stal e>. and ill many towns was the first Socialist spt>a i<N. Ill one of tlw small cities in the Houtli PI'Il portion of the State rile> l ecture was g i ven from the publi c> sq uare, with th o consent of the mayor. lnrlc>f'd, rrowli('rP irr all th (' States it has been my privil(•ge to \' i slt hal'e thf' public- oflicials show n the same d('grPc' of courtesy to Sodalists as in Kentuc·ky during thi s fi erce llldnstrial war. At th e cl ose of thiR IN·ttrn•. which was the tirst ~II'Pil in that city. an a ppeal was rna-r.le for m embers. nlld t IIi ny - fiv e sign('(! applic·at ion cards w ere return ed. Satisfied that the message gh·en was not r esponsible for this UllliHHUI nnmher, I took the troub l e to in vesti~ate and was directed to a farmer's wife there present. "They t.t>ll m e," I said to h er . ''that you are respon sible for the beginning of t he Socialist movement in thiR town ; tell me about it." "\\'ell," she r eplied. "I · hal'e n ever b een to school a day In my life. 1 had l earned to r ead, however , and the po~tmaster would occasionally gi\·e me an unclaimed n ewspnpet· or periodical." She went on eagerl y: "One day h e gave me a t orn copy of an Appeal to Reason. I read what there wa s of it. wrote to Girard and ordered the paper sent to my address, and soon was a Socialist. Th en 1 went aft er ' my old man ." she smilingl y asserted. "but I cou ldn't get him . l had some boys and captured two of th em . They and l together finally got 'the ol d ' man,' and then two of my brothers in the neighborhood: then w e l eft t he farm and set out to capture the town.'' l kn ew the resu l t of the \~ork thus . set in motion. It had been shown in the hanest that day. "I am the happiest woman In Kaintuek tonight." she added. "Think what has come from that torn copy of the 'little old Appear that found its way to my hands!" It was Saturday night. Finally I accepted the pressin~< ilw!tation of this sister comrade and h er "old man'' and went home with them to the farm. A tasty. clean, well-kept home and farm was found. On I ea\·ing. I thanlred them lor their hosp'itt.ality anrd <eOruiJ!llimented !!:hem upon tihe condition <Of home and fu.rm. M:Y hostess remarked: "'It rdi.lin't used t.o be this way. So mans. many things have changed since I read t.bat torn COllY of the Appeal." A way up in North Dakota I once met a comrade, by profession a lawyer. l[\ ttraveling over one of the transcontinental lines I fell in with, as the traveling companion of a day, an official of the railroad.. In some way, r have forgotten how, the name of my lawyer comrade, whom I had not yet met but expected to meet on that trip, was mentioned. Said the railroad official, to my astonishment and surprise: "There is a man I would like to see elected as a member of the Supreme Court of the State-an absolutely honest lawyer." When I met the comrade I repeated this conversation. "Yes," he replied, "I suppose I could be a Supreme Court judge if I desired. But-do you know what I am going to do instead?" U pon receiving a negative answer, he continued: "I think I have accumulated sufficient estate to provide for the maintenance of myself and wife for the remaining years of our lives. During the ensuing year I shall convert this into safe securities and then, in my automobile, give my time and services to Socialist propaganda. 'Tis the only thing in the world worth doing." I met him again the next yea•· and he had kept his word. In tne winter of 1911-12, while on the National Lyceum Circuit away up on the Mesaba range in Minnesota and in the same latitude in North Dakota. there wa.s ~orne weather floating about; mercury from t w entyfour to fifty-three degrees below zero. Yet night after night sl eighs loaded with comrades came from fifteen to th irty miles and r eturned the same night, while other earn est comrades walked fil'e, ten and fifteen miles for the l ectures. Glorious co mrades in a glorious cause ! One worth dying for and, better ~·et, one worth lil'ing for- liv ing in the truest. fullest, completest sense. _ Mark Twain, in "Captain Stormfield's \'isit to H eaven," makes the Captain say: "In the matter of honors in the New .Jerusal em , the prophets take preceden ce oYer the patriarchs." Shakespeare was num bered among the prophets and walked in the procession ahead of Adam , a vatriarch. But e\·en Shakespeare had to fall behind a co mmon tailor from Tennessee by the name of Billings. The Captain was asked: "Why did t h ey throw off on Shakespeare like that and put him away down behind shoemakers. horseshoers. knifegrinders and tailor s?" ''That,'' ·he r epl ied, ' 'i s the heavenl y justice of it-- they warn't r ewarded accord ing to their deserts on earth. but here they get their r i ghtfu l rank. "That tailor B illin gs from T ennessee wrote poetry that Shakespeare and H omer couldn't begin to come up to; but nobod y wanted to print it ; nobody read it but his neighbors. an ign orant lot. and they l aughed at it. "Whenever the village had a drunken frolic and a dance they would drag him in and crown him with cabbage leaYes and pretend to bow down to him, and one night, when he was sick and nearly starved to death, they had him out and crown ed him, and then rode him on a rail about the village. "\Veil. he died before morning. He wasn ' t eYen expecting to go to heaven. much less that there was goin~ to be a fuss made over him. So I reckon he was little surprised when the reception he was giYen broke o\·e;· him." \Vhat a world ours will be when justice reigns and merit is the only test in indi\·idual living! a �TFne We tezrill ({;(!))II1JzraJdle JO:E' CANfNO~ ONl POVER'.l1Y '1' will ht~ rt"<:alhl ~Jqat E'X:-F'rres-iclent 'J''a~~t. w~JI'} 1va~ onr:r~ a~kl'd a rtursti~n, gatiJ!Jeu im.m01'~alifj- through rris al'ilSWer·.. ' ,Jor ('mtr~tMt JtN'!'~t~ly ~al'ilg: Fr~ ~'van H{)ng. in fJH• Nml"l'l!'• f~f ll'hic·h ht• t011k M'<'ll><l()ll ff) tll'li:H\'t>l" ~ ~11• ~a rJili• q a r•s( i01'L lnasmtwh a~ hofh h•· aJrd. \fr. Taft a1'1• olf tile siww poli!it·al l';lillr Mul l·llf<·t·tain views in vommmt !lpMl !11df( Mrd ntlwr- 1pw::rtions, tlw radl<·al difl',·rr·nl· t• ir1 Jlwir· llll!'(~~·,.r·s· to this important fJII!>S- 1ioll i~ il~ ~igflilit•fltJf II!< IIIII•XfH'I'II'!L ~ni<i \>lt. ('atttron: '· 'f'llf• hillllHtl llllilfllll i11 IIIWOfllf'ol'laf.(p WlH'll I hl'f·t· is ('X I 1'1'11 1!' ]W\'(•J'f ,L I r I W(•f'(' a )'Ollllg' nian ail<! lr11d 11 wirP 1111d flv•· or· Hix ,.!JiJdn· n, :md tiH·r·e \i·;rs no l·rrrplo;·rJti·JJt and tlw:.· Wt•J'I• hungry and Htll r'i'ing. 111'1 priuwnd rnan did . l would talu· \\'ith 11 ~t r'ollg hand IIJrd dlli't• th1· law. lw<·;nts•· that. li"<•ttltl lw tlH • onl y 11·n,v to gl'f it. Si n•·{' I •·ot ild nut ~<'1 it J,,v luhor·. I Woiild 1-{t·l it oth• · r · \l'i~w r·;rth•·t· rhorr s!IJJ'v •· IJJHI "'''' '''·" C' hildr· "11 sf:r n ·1·. · · It wo11 ld 1,,. iJJfpn· st in ~>{ to loiO\\' '"''"' ht ·r ill' wl•ttld lr tt\'1' g i\'t• JJ t ltil'l HJI !<i \\'t'J' l11 • f'on~ hi s <· or rstit ut' JJts d• ••• idt •d tu ••nd lti s oflit· i;tl l'llf'<•r r . Tit•· mnJJ 11· ith 11 jol1 li l'l•s ill q11itt • Hl illfht•r wor ltl l'ronr th r I'P llow who il'l jollit· ~~. l ' rlt'll' .)Ill' rs 1111\\' in tlrt• la11• •r ..Jass willtonl a 1111 ion r•:t rd . • • • . THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY IIILO~OI'IIY di st'O \'P I's that lllnnl\ind is o.nl'. nn d <' 1\·ili l.n tion ,;onfir·ms th P l'<' l'l'lattotl. " l<'i r•N t <'Oi llt 's t It,• st•ff.,•ons.·iousness of t h<· indil'ifllllli , tl11•n of !Itt• fnm il,\·, and nftPt'\\'HI'<L sut~­ l·••ssin•l\' of llrt• nntiotr nnd t ltr• t'H <'t'. Jlum nni t~., h,•g-nltPII a11 Ulls< • lf-eo il~< io11s unit, \\' Hs splintcr·ed ill(O fl'll<'lJOill'i by Srlf-t'OII/lt'lOliSIH'SS: and histor~r shmn~ \Is ho w it \'ohtllllll'il,\' t·rco m hinrs until it lll't'flliWS :t tlllit OIH'I' IIIOi't', 1' \'I' I'Y at Olll 1'011. I' ion. Hf t hr whole nit<l 1h1• who it- frt•li ng- t hl'ong-h all )Js (·oHiponrnl pal'tx." 'lll'lli fute: sun11m.aJ1Ty ii· one- e.l! 1ib.e Ullan.ty' Jlt()t Ito l'>e l'teaurcll rut 11> rrese-ntl. l't01wiing that 111 n.e-' \)l'ltli-pi'L(I)m.y i gli'owiimlg li'e-a~ :lieir" tlhe- hairllt@lllY ob' UJ.mJiiverrsali <:lh.@IrUS. Th~ hl!"et1lkfurng olf tine pt"imiitiv umty mtE) ' ~ r.1t~ umiiils tl'Lrlimgh e-Elf-pr ~rvatro.nr <tn~ eU:com.<:t(l)ru:..<~nes , and the combining of aU ag<tin into a \"it:arl hole, al" Ute two contiinuou prot'in thf' past and wiU continue to be :in futme history_ But the ·t• two arc 'Upplemcnhu: ·. not t•)lSf'S antagonr ·t ic. II' WI~ look at evolution iu hmnnn ·ocit·t~ iu one way, we seem to E'C means t·t•a·l'lc·· ly nt wor·k to sepat·atc m!'u and hriug out their dislim·! in· qualiti<•. m· indi1·idualitit• .. LookPtl 11t fr·om another Yiewpoint, unit ~· of int I' J't•sts anti enlaq,{Pillt'llt of iniPrti epcnd eneP aprwat· t h1• dtiPl' mot if at \\'Ork As a mat!.l' I' of I' a 1he I ht·ra-dx of <'1l<'h h !rHl Pm•y arl' fo und in Pl'rr·y nat iim at all tirn<'s. I'! : I nity and inlliYiduality are the two <l esi t·ahl l: fll'o<ln•·ls in human <levPiopmcnt an!l bot h utus t in•·t' Nist• as 1im P goc•s on. • • • A BIT OF GROUND 'J' \\'O IIId hP difficult to Hl'l!OIInf fOI' tlrt• ~)rigin of t~Je <~<'sire t~ dig in th<! gTOtllltl Jn the spnngtnue winch <'OIIWS to <!V<'t'.Y Jtor·nra l man . \\·hrn t'lt r gr·ass hegins to bdw on '"' add ncl shad!' of g'I'Pf'n, \\'ifh Hd\'1'11( of r·ohin :t nd IIWI'IUOW lark , th r r·p eo ni<·s a lon g ing to seiz<• spade• or· hoc and <lig in th r ground . Tli<·r·t· is som<·th'ii1g in th<· ahoun<ling life of Ute! spring! ill ll'. that awa),rns a df'sin! in t he hea t·! of nw n to aid nat ut ~ in hrr· effor·t fo PXpr<~ss h e rs<~ ](' in lt•H f. aml hlossorn and fruit. 'I'IrP dPsir·p is 1111douht<·dly H sun•iYal ftom thP JH!t·iod wh<'n agTi c·ultur<' was mHn's <·hi<•f _CWI'Upatimr. .Ta1·k London in his famous •·lassi(·. ·'Tiw Call of tlw "' ild. '' :,Jwws 11w infhwrw1• of •·m·iromn Pnt "' �The Western Co mr a de over the nature oC a d<w and its power to cause rcVt!rsion to tnimitive type. So l\;tb civilized man, his savagt! im1tim:tli are not obliterated, onJy ~~ontrolled in ttwir t"XI·r•·i!w. · and eD\·ironment is thc~ controlling Cadm·. lu:tur'1J man to hi11 pl'iu~itive environment and itWrl.! JH 1'1~\'I'I'Hlllll , . ) fan a111l tmvimiHII•'Ill it is these that have I'I'C?ated 1·ivilb;aliou. ThJ·ough th~ action and readimt or tlw two Jll(lJI has he•m lifted higher and fl\'r•t' ltif,(llf•t' iu ttw st·;al•• of manhood. Hut, w!Jatevm· the origin of the desire to dig iu 1h1~ f.ri'CJIJtHl in t 111~ spl'inl{timP, it is not an evidl ' "''' ~ of t·t~VI!J'sion to iuclulge it. A hit of ground wlrc•J'I! 11111~ 1·aJJ J.wt dose to I hr· soi l, where day by dfl,r tlrt• llllfaflrornahl'! pro•·•·s>ws tllr_o ugh whi ch Jlllllii'P I'X pn•stw's tJ,,. Sl!l' l'l't at her· hea rt may be Wllh· lrc •cl a11d uoU~cl, and t hr·ough which he is 111adn to f'l:f•l llis 1wcrr• ·ss with IH!J' and with her li fe, is a ruosf l)l' ll l'fiec•nt fn!'!or iu the life of any man. "A g; ~r· tl f'll is a l ovt•solne t l1i1 q,l', (;oJ wot! Hmw plot, Fr·ill gf'd pool , FPI 'II '< l g r·o t'J'h e ve l'i <~st schoo l Of Jll '!ll'l'; 1111d y l'l. thr fool ('ont cmls t lint Ood is not No t floll! in gnnl cns! wh en the e ve is cool ? Nr r~·, hu t 1 hav e a s igu; ''l'i s "\ ' I' I'J' s ur·e Oo l walks in min e. " • • • THE PRICE OF FREEDOM Ollt' ll OHhA ou ' said: " 'l'o pl ease our fl'i\'lHls lllld r 1ative \ \"l' t.urn ou t our silver OI'P in c£u'llond wh il w e necrlect to "ork min<•s of ~ ld- lmow u on ly to ourselves, far in th e :;;i.:ot•t•ns, wh<' J't' \\' l' pull ed up a bush in om mountnin w nlk nnd aw the glitteri ng tt·ca 1\1'1'. l J<'t ns 1' t um thither·: let it be the price of 1 Ill' l'l't•cdom to mol\(' that known." 1\Tt•n nr pr n t think wh u rem mbering the 11p rend r d by n fe w h roi . onl that they of dift'ct•t•nt eln ~· thnu th a\·crage, or had ~omt- , l t't•inl nU ftH' th ir \\'ot·k. Of cou r the w t•ld hn' had it g<'uin~t·~ . hut great t•t•form d'l'\'i '\' Wt'l'l' have for the mo part not come through th e. ~hey have usually come through person of ordinary ability whose only peculiar trai ha>e been steadfastnes of purpo e in follo"-.ina all the truth which their own heart had revealed to them. These ha' e been men who could not be intimidated by popular clamor nor cowed into ulmission by the good-natured content of fri nd . No speciaJ geniu · i claimed for the early antislavery· leaders; they imply recogniz d an ~·il that thousands of other al o aw and differed from these others in that they gave their heart. and lives to the effort to right the wrona. Columbus' claims to the original discovery of America may be undermined. It may be prov n that he possessed a l'_nowl e<lge of preYious di ·cove ries. But t he world can n ever overvalue th e moral gmndeur which lay in the persistence and unyielding determination with which · he acted npon the tlteor·ics and rum ors which others pa d li ghtly by. ' Fidelity to t he truth of one's own heart, loy. a lty to the high est voice whi ch speaks, is the pri ·e of fr·eedom. Nothing short of the rich gold ore away up in the Sierras of our hearts will satisfy the demanJ mad e upon us . \V e must g iv e of OUI' hPst; the cnrt loads of si lver ore will not suffi ce. H c gets most f rom life who g ives most of himself. ~aid H erb ert Spcn cC I': ''Not as adventitious will the wise man r cgar·d t he faith which is in him . '!'h e high est truth he sees he will fearl essly utter·; knowing that, let what may come of it, hi' is thus playin g his right part in t he world- loJ O\\'· in g that if h e can effect t he change he aims at. well: if not, well also, thoug h not so w ell. " TOUCHING THE BEDROCK JSP.-\TCH from Dayton during th e fioo<) : " ~r one,v can't bur anything, a man with :'1.000,000 t·on l<l not hu~' a lo:tf of bt·cad but he could get at the l'elicf stations a many lo:n<•s as he necd<'d for his fam ily. In en!'.'' sN·tion of the: city therf~ arc long bread line. t·omposed of the wellto-do and the poor. th~· well drl's. ed and t!JI' �The Western Comrade 61 c. ragged, waiting for supplies of food. There is no food on sale.'' Rather whol esome once in a while to find out the difference between a piece of gold and a loaf of br ead, is it not? The big problems of the world will be settled finally only as we learn the difference between what satisfies real ~ncl the things which have no genuine valu e. · The workers must be the fulcrum for the moYing of the world, because they are the necessary, bread-giving, sheltrr-supplying factor in social li fc. '' i\foncy c:muot buy anything." It never cat.. huy anyt hin g worth having unless labor has produecd the something. Let us think thi s 1:hrough to the end! DEMOCRACY'S NEXT NEW TOOL HE Kcw York Sun pertinently ash: ''Does government by the people, Hepublicau-Dcmocratic self-government, mean in municipal affairs this foolishness, this wast e, this rule of savages, this constant and inevitable intestine war of departments and heads of departments, this li.rjjgering death of civic pride, activity and hopefulness to which the Roman munieipia of the empire show the on ly parallel ? Arc the kindli est, sympathetic foreigners r ight in believin g that her e is w here government by t he people has ''broken down 1'' Can Americans rule soberly and sanely a little town by town meetings, a county, a state, a federal government, hut not a city?" If t hi s were simply the opinion of one editorial writer it might not be worthy of attention. But there is scarcely a thoughtful student of municipal government who would not agree with the writer. 1\{any would not confin e their opin ion to municipal governmeot alone. 'l'hey would dc('lare it equally true of all representative government as at present administer ed. It is emphatically not tru~ that democracy is a failure . For democracy,- save ·in town meetings, has n ever been tried in this country. It · prohably neve r will be for the r eason t hat be- yond the boundaries of a township it is not pra:<!ticable. There is, however, a form of representation very near democracy that is practicable to city, state and nation. This is proportional representation. During the past month the voters of Los Angeles came very .near adopting it in their city government. Had the plain people who had most at stake in its adoption r eally understood, it would now be a part of Los Angeles' charter. Through its use most if not all of the evils of which the writer quoted complains would be eliminated. Every official would be made personally responsible to some group or organization of voters. Elections would cease to be games of chance as now. The best uses of parties would be secured without their abuses. Minority r epresentation gives full publicity before action and makes wiser action c:ertain. Justice and civic righteousness will not prevail until industry is socialized, hut every step by which Labor can make itself felt will improve: conditions. Pi·oportional representation is the n ext new tool democracy will USP to proYc t hat it is not a. fn ilur·e. FREEDOM AND A JOB HE Santa Fe Railroad Company, it is claimed, compels its flagmen in Los Angeles to work long hours-often fifteen hours a day. One of the men thus employed was a Socialist. When agitation was begun for the passage of Soeialist Assemblyman Kingsley 's eight-hour bill, this man, exercising what ~e conceived to be the right of every freeman, circulated a petition for signatures. But, he neglected to consult his master in the matter. As a r esult, to u se his own language, "I was canned quicker than I ever knew a man could be canned.'' Jobless at sixty-three! Because he did what any true man would do to retain his self-r espect. And this in our great free republic! This in a �Th e West-e -r n Comrad e '7 G.! state where the high-water mark has been reach ed in political dernocr·acy! Yet how fr·ee was this man . Failing to cou;;ult the iuterest of his form er master; choosing the rather to sen·c his own interests and those o[ his class ; he is 11ow ft'<'t~ to look for ·another· joh a11tlnot fi11dillg ii, to star·1·e or stt!al. This the system and this the. fr·eeJom which all s;l\·t· the ~oeiaJists wonlJ p _drpetuate. Antl this is not an isolated <·a~l' - 'tis one ol' many. ]s it !lOt -H]lJHll'Pllt thl'll t!J at l' l' t~l'Y J'OI'l1l of' l'n·eJonl will lJp hut lllot·k<·l·.v to th e 11·o rkPl'S until industrial f1·t·t·do1n has l11•<•n won! . • •. • THE HERO IN DEMO_CRACY II E prizt•ll'illll\'r 111 dt•lltOt'l'HL'Y is e1·er th ,• lllilll in t-he rnnl\s. l>Pmocr·a<·y means tills o1· 1wthi11g-. lndt·Pd, history writ large is i11e story of t ~~~ doll'lllnost mau eom in g into l:is o\1'11. 'l'hP populat·P may . ha1·t~ shouted its ;1•· •·liiinls for thC' t•patrll'ts, l'o1· tlw _lf'aders, hut till' r<·iil prizt· has 1'\'t'l' htdongt·d to the t·omlnon ma11. Throngllout tht• agc·s in t lw r 1·olution o[ SO· •·it·fy ;Jnd flit • growth of fh<' stall', 11·idl'r and ev<'l' \\'id<·r has t lit· door ht•,•n opt•nPd for· th e Plltl·an•·" nf' 1ht· •·omliJOll mnn int o all lift' 's af1'ail·s. l•'r011 i out flit· Jnists of thc· ages laq~t ·r at;d lal'g'PI' hns !ti;-; fig-lll'l' loonll'd 011 tlH• II'Orld 's horizo11. J It· hns hP Pil t·OlllJWIII'd to strug-).d<· for tht' flllss<·ss ion ul' his 11irthright, l11tt the IH'<·f'ssary sf l'tq.!glP fo1· P<H·h stH·cPssir<· g"ain has hut pl'Ppnr c~d l1iln for storming the next c·itadt'l that opposed his II I'Og'l'l'SS. '\Vhat though n111rh in immediate gnin h as g'Onc to rulers in powe r or· to pow<•t· behind rulers, his lias t'l'<'l' bel!lt the real Yiet.ory. Th<• laws of the mjivcrse are so fmmcd that it IIIIlS! 11ceds he so. 'l'itc triumphs of justice aucl dt·mocr·nc·y He .all for· him . Th n <·ommou man has not. ·yet eome into his o11·n. ln the future, hpwcve t·, tlt cr·e will come 11 day wh en h e shall stand nn uuc rdwncd king on th e cn rtlt. In that. day, h e shall set forth with a manhood greater than any -the earth has yet known as his goal. \V h en all earth 's battles for freedom have b een won then shall he enter into his full heritage. In that day he will be ldng. • • • THROUGH OTHERS' EYES HE color _of passing events is determinetl largely by the eye '.vhich observes. 'l'hey shine by reflected ligiJt. 'l'hc sense of ·Yision and the m echani. m of the eye docs uot differ mat erially in differ·ent persons. Yet the thing s<·eu tak es on as many different fo'1·ms as th e muHlleL' of observing ('yes. General characteris! ies may, an<l often do, remain th e same; but t ~~ ~~:~ --i~ a ~rid e divergence ip details. lt causes a feeling of lonesom eness often, 1rhcn, as at. this sPason of the _year·, oue has givl'n himst'l[ C'OIIlplPte]y to th e en joyment of the Spring ntornin g to realize that there is no other CYl' on em·t h seeing exact ly the same morning. The lon eliness of a uowded city street, 11·hen• tht' Pye g r eets no fat·e other thnH a strange one. is the supcr-Jati1·e o[ loneliness. Yet there is a s<•nse in 11·hich h e 11·ho has most of human association still lives a life oi isolatiou. The sense of' isolation 11·hich t.hc tru e artist or p oet is <·olltpell ed to feel in the anrage community is of' this l'hantd c t·. 'l'he knowledge that ~I'C know and l'an l\11011' littl e of the real innee life or· self of thos<' nPa1·est and clearest sometimes comes ho.!!1e 1rit:lt a tPlTihly depressiJlg- c•fff'd. \Ve mny HumlH·r our f1·ic•nds hy the seOl'P o1· b~' 1li t• t housan<l, nnd yet t lwr1' a1·c IJOne II· Ito know us or· rnu Jmo11· us as we krw11· oursl·h·f's. Sonw t·an t•ntt•r more appt·ec iati,·cly into ou-t· liYt·s il1all others, hut the difi'Cl'Pnc·e is one of clr~l'l'l' only. In the Yct·y natm·c of things mueh of th e life of cve 1·y inclil'idunl must he of this isolated chnradrt·. There is no esrnJW from it. In ]argr meas1tl'e each is cori1pcll cd t o nse h}s 01rn sense of 'l'ision and to sec with It is own eyes. Yet there is such a thing ;1s seeing throu gh others' eyes. :\Tnclt �The Western Comrade of' tl1e wr·ong a nd injus.h1·P in t he world ari e. f'rorn ttw fad that ft•W pc•oplc posses-s the. ability or tiH· disposition to Sf'l' through others · Pyes. :\lort• tl1an th i!i!. tht· nt >~t majority of human hein!!>~ >!!'!'Ill •·oniP tlt to st·P onJ_,. t hrorq.dt t lwir· own P;\I!'S>. T h<·? h;n't• no d Psi r·•• to S!'f' otllf'rw isP. Tlu: lllP II and ~v<1men who lrii\'P ll i<h•!L most m tht· wol'ltl'l'l progr·ps>f. lro\\'f'YPr·, ha ve not hP<'ll of· this d nss. Tlwy hll Vf' hrPn or t hOS!' who Wl'J'f' al,Jr to !' TI II' r apJH'rf'intivf'ly into th r lin·s, not onl~.­ ol' fr•it•rHls nnd nssot·iatt•s, hut of ~ll lii nds and I'Ondit ions of Ill I'll nnd womf'n. To antir ipat r th i·i t· ll f'f'ds and lll HOIIl f' lllf'H SI II'f' (•OJilfH'!'}H•nd th!•ir·Jin's. 'I'!Jis tlw.v t·o1dd do IH'I'llllst• poss<•ssin g th l' ahility I o Ht·•· I hroll g h th eir Pyes. Thi~ powPr , t·itht>r IP illJWI'fl lll!'lltal or a!'quir·l'd, dl'l t·r·min .. s p P rh:~p s mor·p tlrnn th e p osspssion o[ any ot htT, I h1 · d PgTI 'I' of llsP I'ulnc·ss of C'\'Pry t·it izt•rJ to hi s dny and gPnPrntiOJJ. \Vh ct hPr nature has or· lw s not lwf'll g'l 'll f' J'Oli S in I his rPI!nl'll, it is worth t·llllii·H tinl-!. Tht•n· is 110 hc•ll!'l' t' l'irlPnt•f' of ,.ulllll'f' . Jlo JHlSSI'ssion ll'llit·lr t·nn lll'ill l! to onr's 111\'ll lift· g- r, ·:111 ·r sntisfn,·tiorr ;nHl •·orrlt•ntmPnt thnn fill' ;r}li Jil ,l' lo Sl'l' f}II'Oil!.!ll Of }I I' I'S. P,Y!'S. • • • A BANKER'S FAUX PAS ~ J ():-;'J' :tlllllsillg irH·idPnt was lh;rl wlrir·h Or'I'III'J'r•d i11 Los Arrg·p Jps \l'h CI'f' I lw oppollt 'llls ol' !-iol'inlis111 l't'!'!' lltly me t. in <·o11 fcrl' lli't'· II! :ll'l':tll /.!1' !'or n pol it ir·HI II Ilion i11 t lrP t'Oillirr g' ,•it _,. ekr•t il!ll . Th e !'h:tirJII:tll nl' t ht• 1111 '1·1ing was a pr·orninPn t ltnrrl\ pr·r•sld<'lll who is :rs ;rl'r·<tid of a :-;o<·ialist as is :1 lll Ot lst' ot' a ,.;.tl. In assuming- thP post· of rJra il'111:11l to Jll't•sidl • 01'<'1' lhP hrtcrogenPO \lS li1PSS 1 this fi ll:tll r·.i:rl 11111 1!1WI P ld. lh<' eat out. of the hal! \\'hrn hP tlt-r·lan•d I hut lh t> li Pt'\.'S. ity for the grttogP I lwr· Ponfpr'l'iH·P was dtl!' to thr fnet that thr good -rr:lllll' and fair·-fanH' of thr city was s<•r iOilsl ~· nh•rmr•r•d lry thP dangPr of So<'inlist success. 'l'h P stu ndpnt HPpuhlil'<llls, D r mor' l'HI.. Prog'l'c•ssi l' t•s. Liquor· a11d Tt'111(WJ':li1Pe HH!ll all nrust I'OIIlc• to tht• l'•'S<'llt' of I h<• "'r· hosPn of I he Lot·d " from the awful menace of ociali m. Tbi . wa soJt>mnly announced a the chief rea on :for the unnahrral union. Xow while e' •et·y intelligent itizen knew thi · as the sole r ea on for the attempt to cramble the in<·ongruous element , they had uppo ed that the IPadt•I'S would haYe ufficient en e to attempt to di ·guise the r eal moti\'e. \YhateYcr admit·ation one may have for t.he honesty and sincerity of th ' banker chait·man it must he c·oncedcd that h e earcely po e se the r·r qnisite qna lificlltions for a uccessful politic·ian. Likt• the lt·ishman's parrot, he talks too hlauwd 1~111dt. • • • POLITICAL ACTION ACTS! 1•' anyon e f•\·er doubted tliC power of votes, the fiutter in the I;os .Angeles chicl\en coop th e fi1·st wrel\ in April should haYc tau ght i If: lesson. \\'h at. a lru1·ly hur·ly ol' t·at·i<IPs. t·t·ows and llapp in ~ win gs ! \\'lrn t , oh wha t \I'O tlid lrapp!•JJ if oi l and ll'alcr· did not g-et promptly tog-Pt lr r·r· and mix in a hPnll 1il'11l Prnulsion. " 'l'lrt• r·Pd p r ril " -holl' it·. hlttr·r·"d a I I issu es lw!ll't't' ll hb~t·k and ,\·hit .. , fish o1· foil' I, I lw bcni~rlrt Nl and I Ir e elc•d ! It has hPen n. !Jc·autifu l I'X Iiihit of hl't!llrrPII dm•lling tog-ethnr in unity. ·ln!·idPnlall,v. all th e nPar Socialism that. !'!lllid lw lnll'! rislr cd up for th e oceasion lias hcen p11t 11p in PXI1ih it. E\' cr·y ca nd idate who ·~ou ld claim <Ill~' "o r·igin nl SociHlist ' ' traditions hn.s lrt•Pn 11JOJ't• an1i lahl !' hec·a use thPrcof. 0, it has h e<'n a merry t · in~ us ! J f it \\'(•J'P not that thri:e is r·Ntl wol'lc to hP douP, it II'Ould ], p rath er inter·(•sting to Jet thPsf' t·hildr·r·n dnne<' awhile to t hP , ' oeialist fidd le. As it is, if the imitation makes a pr<'tty show, th<' r·pa) thing ,,·ould nctually get n·srtlts and mal\!' ];os .\ng-rles a eity to lf'acl tlw world. Sw·c·e. s to th e .'oci11list tir kPt! �61- The Western Comra-de PUYS: PLAYmS"PLAMifi By MILA TUPPER WHO ARE THE MODERNS IN DRAMA? who write at the present time are not necessarily modern. Their work might oft n have heen done from two generations to two centuriei! · ago. It is not easy to de'flne the qualities which make a work dis tinctively of today and for today. As hley Duke thus defines this subtle differ nee : The moderns arc distinguished from the mob of authors in their own pe riod, he atnrms most clearly. "It is Rimply that they are ln touch with or ht advance of the thoug-ht of their own time; that their work breaks new path M. offers new forms and modes of expression; that the men aud women they create do not merely reflect th conditions under which they live and the spirit of their age, hut arc dynamic, developing. continually of1' ring a criticism of those conditions, and so projecting I h m H eh~>s into the future and making history. • A bov a ll, tho persons of the drama must be engaged not only in being but becoming. The Jlnal curtain must see them changed. Both they and the audience must ha v learned something. They are ·the transition men of a t ransitlon period, the bridge between yesterday and tommTow." This all has meaning, it will be noted, only as one l'! eoA society a~:~ a growing, branching, blossoming lifen great whol growing by the upward-pushing energy of a ll its parts. So possess d of the idea is Dernar:d Shaw that it is th e t•ssp n e of his re ligion, which to him is not at all a jolw . In d adly earnest he says that a man is in the world to co-op rat with the onward urge of social gr wth, and thnt the spirit which prompts such effort is th Dlvln H a ll t.)i-w hich gives all things meaning. This is the one "real game" worth the playing in a unlvers which is on the side of the "good game," as he JHits it in "13lnnco Posnet." Th method by which this push from today to,vard tomorrow is s cur d Is not essential. In the drama It is •1ft. n conn ct d with the naturalist technique. Any meth od, n w ot· old, which holds with dramatic power is mod('l'n. provld d it is rooted in the vital life of today and r n h s out to an approaching future. Usually this will mean n !if struggle of some kind, and the more closely thl Is knit with sentjal factot·s in progress, the more truly mod rn th play. To th o inllst, th most es entia! forces are those whi h make for Labor's -growth in solidarity. Hence th pia· w nwnlt nr tho e revealing this mighty force in its mighty pot ney. --~~~!!!!!!~LL ~. * • ... ... ... THE EASIEST WAY plaY wliich wa t11e sen sat ion of the • ew Y'ork t' o : ar. ago has been among us-Eugene ;v alt r' "Th Ea ie t Way." 'l'bl I a bit of d liberate propaganda. Its author " onp-box r" in the New York campaign of a ago. He found a means for reaching a wider MAYNARD audience. Incidentally, he found a way to fill bis empty purse. It ·is hard to trace the origin of the present phenomenal agitation regarding the white slave trade. But not least of the countless agencies by which society has been forced to f_ace its industrial CI!-USC is this play. With the precision of a surgeon probing a festering sore, Walter shows the ease with which the wrong path is entered, the liorrible difficulty of keeping in the right path. With such skill is the work done that few plays of the generation offer such opportunity to the actors. Unfortunately, the play ends just where "the easiest way" becomes the most horribly hard way the universe contains. While this is implied, the average imagination cannot picture in its grewsome horror the hell at the bottom of the abyss to which the "easy" way leads. The play is a straight economic gospel, but it is also very strong dramatic art. A young woman who has been supported in luxury for some time by "a friend,'' meets a young Western man willing to overlook the past while both start anew. The girl attempts the. task of selfsupport in New York City, knowing nothing but the stage and debarred from that by the machinations of the discarded lover. After a hard struggle she gives up. A few weeks later her Western lover, whom she has not enlightened, appears with a fortune and a marriage license, only to find that the girl who welcomes him devotedly has lied to as well as betrayed him and he leaves her to a fate all too apparent. The work is well done. You see the girl's struggles in all their sordid bitterness- the strenuous landlady demanding overdue rent, the diet of milk and crackers, the surreptitious eating in a room against rules, the ebbing pennies from the last valuable pawned , the final surrender to what seemed the inevitable. It is all easy to understand, easy. to pity in sympathetic heart-break-but cause and effect are not pitiful. The girl pays the price none the less. She weakens in character, coarsens in spirit until she is utterly unable to tell her lover the truth. The toboggan slide to complete inferno is easy to predict after the fall of the curtain. The lesson is taught plainly enough and the play avoids throwing any glamour over the path of least resistance. In this it differed from "The Escape," a play recently "tried out" in the West and now playing in Chicago. Here an ignorant girl escaped the slums and after years of support in a luxurious flat emerges a fine, intelligent, strong character, full of ideas and high purpose, and marries a broad-minded physician. It is a miracle play since by no law of rhyme or reason could the results be obtained. Almost as fearful and wonderful is the play's chief presumptionthat the people of the slums s hould not be allowed · to marry. Truth to character and the natural development of real people is th~ essential elen:ent in -the drama, and Eugene Walter has not missed the mark. He has "counted it crime to let a truth . slip." A great work is the result. �The Western Comra A e M~n or a System? uRu:therf'ord!. aiHI Son."' by Githa Sowerby is a drama which! has attracted! mm h attention. iii book: fo.rm.. England it has been a ])£ono1l!Ilced! sueeess, and! add a woma.II1ro the Jist of notable ell'I'Teiit d!ramatists. Moreoveu she fs a yol!l!Ilg woman her earbr twenties and! writes wit,b a sure gnp and sternt maturity. which the crities are pleased to term ''lnasclllina• t o th m in point or genins. The play pictures John Rutherford as hea.d of a manufacturing concern for which he has worked with a devotian: and narrow fixity of purpose which crowds everything else out or his life. In one way or another he ruins the life of each of his children .until his autocratic brutality ha driven eyery one from his hom except a daughter-in-Jaw and her child a baby boy. This mother of the babe makes a bargain that she and the child shall be supported for ten years and then the boy will belong to his grandfather, "For," she says, " in ten years""you will be an old man and not abl to make people afraid of you any more." The offer is · accepted and the old fanatic seems quite content since there is to be but one to inherit the business and keep intact its greatness. This old ogre of parental tyranny seems almost too abominable for human shape. The play is written in such prosaic, naturalistic fashion that symbolism seems out of the question. Yet what could better express the effect of commercialism upon all humanity than this picture or a father whose' very breM I!) a curse? One son is 'despised bemwse he is a pre·acher ancl he feels that through.·his father's influence a ll the com munity regard his work with secret contempt. Another son makes a discovery important in the business but is robbed of it by his father. A daughter is driven from home into white s lave paths. .,. All in all, in America at least, this Rutherford resem bles much more t he "System" than he does nny domestic autocrat ever seen on land or sea. Remember the name of this girl-Githa Sowerbyyou are likely to bear it again. • • • OLIVER HERFORD SINGS THE PRAISES OF' G. B. SHAW In the American Magazine ·oliver Herford contributes the follow ing verses on . George Berna rd S haw under the captain, "Celebrities I Have Not Met." Following are his li nes: "GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. "The very name of Bernard Shaw Fills me with m ingled mirth and awe. Mixture of Mephistopheles, • Don Quixote, and Diogenes, The Devil's wit, the Dan's romance Joined to the cynic's arrogance. Framed on the· Pythagorean )llan, A Vegetable Souperman. Here you may see him crowned with bay The greatest playwright of his day; Observe the look of self-distrust And diffidence--upon the bust." • • • SPRI NG - Photo by MQffitt. · Florene() Reed St~n·ring in "Tne E,a siest Way." "For it's spring! the willow tells us; and it's spring the blossoms say, And It's spring! the warm sun carols as it wakes the · early day. · 1 But you'd know if all were silent, by your new heart's glad r.e frain." �, The We ·stern li(, By EMANUEL Comra ~ e JULIUS . ROBERT MINOR AND HIS BLUNT CRAYON I'!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!~~ HE ca rtoon has "center stage" these days. In fact, it has· the entire stage, iucluding all a1·ailable _spotlights and an ex tra 1ow or f ootlights: It is the whole ~ show. and, ftom all appearances, threat~ ens to hold Its position for many and many a day- oh. for a long, long timeat least a year. The cartoon is a . popula1: form of Art. Many newspaper editors are little con<'erned oYer "star" r eporters, snappy "feature" writers, profound editorialists, "sob sisters" and o1·erworked "funny fellows." Give them a good eartoonist and their joy i s unlimited. A cartoonist i s a better editorialist "than a dozen Brisb<tnes. One person in a huudred may read an ed itorial; everybody "reads" c·anoons. Th ere's th e difference- cartoons "~p t ac·ross." !'lease r em ember, I am _speaking of good C'arloons. And. hav inl': spoken of good eartoons, l feel that this i~ the psyc hologic-al moment to ring in the name of nobert Minor, .Jr.. the St. Loui s Post-Dispatch's matinee idol. It has taken him but a few ~· ears to become world-famous. I·:Yeryhody l<nows l\'linor and his rough. blunt <·rayon. In the i\!arch i ss ue of "Cartoons" appears a brief article by l\1 in or on "Cart oous. the Slang of Art." S ian ~. says 1\l in or, i s the most suc<:essful mod e of expression. "The eartoon is fascinatingly simple a1id its appeal per suas i ve l.v dire<:~ ," 1\l in or remarks. Th e C"artoonist and short-story · \\Titer haYe on e thing in c·ommon: thf'Y striv e heroically to u se only such material as will enabl e them to emphasize the theme. Anything unne<essa ry-e1·en a single crayon-st r oke or a si ngle word- dare not he used by a good cartoonist or an artistic short -s tory writer. "Leave out everything you <·an!·· exclaims th e cartooni st. "Don't say too much!" cries th e 1niter. All of which m ean s that the modern writer must not be a sl a1•e to detail. So, instead of hccoming co mplex, mod ern art is striving for simplicity- and attaining it. What you d on't say I s even more important than what you -do say. To l eave out. to eliminate embarrassi n g d etail i s more difficu lt than to put in an overdose of non -essential s. William Hazlitt, in his interesti n g "Table Tal k,'' t ells of Denner fini shing his unmeaning portraits with a mic roscope, -and without being ever weary of his fntitless task. Denne1· was not an artist in the true sense of the word. To magnify an object t.o reproduce each wrinkle . hair and speck is a sign of patience. care and industry, but no indication of genius. It i s not enoug h to m er ely place the mil'l'or up to nature. Emerson, in his wond erful essay on art, says the painter should give the suggestion of a fairer creation than w e know. In other words, Emerson tells u s to value the expression of nature. and not nature h erself. In a portrait, says our seer, he must inscribe the char- . acter, and not the features. T Robert Minor, ..ir. Mere reali5rn is 'not art. To say otherwise would lead one to the con clusion that the photograph er 's ,:arnera is one of the highest mediums of art, for it <.loes . in truth, mirror nature's most minute details. And now we come to Minor's blunt crayon. Says Minor: "When I u:;e a large, blunt crayon it is not for the sak e of the appearance of the lines, b ut because it forces simplicity-for you cannot draw tedious details with a big crayon ." * * • The reader may, at first thought, conclude that it is an impertinence to talk of a cartoonist in a "Books and Reading" department. I believe a person may discuss cartoons and still have in mind a phil osophy of literature. A cartoon i s expression. Literature is ex pression. The difference is not in expression but in form; that is all. J:;ach has its bearing on the other. • • POOR DAVIDSON In speaki ng of ''The New Poetry," last moni.h, I said : "John Davidson, .T_ohn Hall \Vheeloclt, ami a half dozen others, including a few Americans , are writing poetry that is new- - " Of course, I meant to say John ?llasefield instead of John Dal'idson. My typewriter de- �The Western C o mr a t:Fe By E L E A N OR THf._; COMJ. G MOTHERHOOD It t ak r.< J; r ro l Jl f t'llJ; t h t o t rai11 T o 111odtr11 .~n·;·icc yo ur all c~s lra/ bra i11 , T o li f t t{,,· Wl'igft l o f tlu: 111111 11111bcr cd •years Of dead m nt'r fw/li /.1. lllr tfw ds. cmd i deas ; '! o /w id f lra t />ark <.Jith ow: ha11d a11d .SII/'I•ort ll'itft tire otllt'l' t/11! ••·cal: ,<!cps of tire , ,.,,. thoug lrt -Gilma11. J;=~==~:I HlS Vet'y well expr esses the predicament modern motherhood. Beh ind i t lie "the wei gh t of the unnu m ber ed years, dead m en's h abits, methods, and ideas," t he idealization o f th e indi vidual mother , of duty limited t o family. And these confuHe an d r etard the development of the newl y a wak en ed social sense. B eforp i t . equall y c-on f usi ng because of t hei r ne wn ess an d i mmensi ty, lie the co nditions t hat 1end to war d a social m otherl10od --a mother hood r icher a nd stronger than th e old a!l th e oak i s gtron ger than th e acorn from w hich it spra11 g. It has Ko long bcPn th e ac·cepted v i ew that a m other f ldflll cd lwr obl igat i ons to a "T" if sh e kn ew how to •·tJO k. waHhed t hP babips' fa ce' s thoroughl y, kP;Jt father's !lOt k H d a l' ll !o'tl w el l. and always · wore a cheerful smil e, that It Is I"Prlta bl c her esy to suggest a change or an II11JH'orP1l1Pilt. This in spi te of the fact that ou r dally l ife r c 1·eal H th e fac t th n l t he old con ce ption no l onger fully He n·el'l its purpoRe. Th e idPa sti ll c l ingR th at th e mother i s n eeded n o1\' il er c ex c·ept in th e famil y. though t he famil y occasion a lly suft"pr s from pt om aine poisoning, th e r esul t of <• a tltl ~ ca nn ed gooll M, whi ch mother didn't cook ; th ough Ht oeltingH are made o f suc h shoddy materi al th at darn- or c•ell" ed m e. That uoesn't m ean Davidson's poetry i s l.Jad -IJ~· no m ean s. But Davidson is not among t hose w ho "nre writing poetry,'' because, poor fellow, he did som ething drasti c four or fil"e years ago- he died. • • • UTIL I TARIANISM 'Ther e a r many intelligent persons who are proud o f t h eir utllltarianism . A thi ng should justify it s exi st ence hy " doin g som ething concrete, useful and neces sary." Such Jlei·son s look on Niagara Falls and igh: " Ah . see th e good horsepower going to waste! L et ' s harn ess the power and make i t work for us." 'fhat . in a word, i s the philosophy of t h e utilitar ian. I (':lilnot agree. I believ e a thing of beauty i s wort hy o f e xistence nnd admiration even t h oug h it may n ot o perate a sewi ng machine o r bake a loaf of bread . A t hing of beauty i s a joy forev, r, exclaim ed K eats. A thi ng of bt>aut y i s u seful be ause it is beautiful. 'fhe ut ilitar ia n p hilosophy Is as bread to t he stomach . But w e cannot llve by bread alone. We must ha,·e som ething f or the soul - music, poem s, Jlictures. W E N TWORTH ing t hem i s a t hankless task; though he st reets where the ~ now play, are so dirty that t o wash their fAces is a mere matter of form. • B.ut this old idea is by no means complete ma ter· of t he field. The thought, which picture THE mother as m eeting t he p roblems of. t he world with other mot hers and with fathers, is growing, if slowl y. Like all the ideals that have won their w ay onto t he forum of human achievements, the ideal of social motherhood comes t hrough many years of painful experien ce. .And though it calls but faintly as y et to a few women, to a great many it comes a a clarion call, bidding them face gri m facts . that will not go unh eeded. It calls t o the wives . of strik ers as the pangs of hunger grip their little ones and they are powerless to r elieve them; to the women who see. their little sisters driven into the str eets becam.e of star vation wages; to th e mothers who see t he free y oung spil'it th ey have gi\•en their children cru shed by hopel ess drudgery for the sak e of profit; to the mothers who ee sons and 'h usbands and fathers sl ain in mines and l umber camps and battle fields. To all these it calls and to millions more. T hrough the blin dness of many tears they see t he v 1s10n . But pai n drives tbem sw iftly toward it. Each mother i s beginning to say, " Alon e I am noth ing. cannot protect my own children unless I pr otect t h e ch i l dr en of t he worl d. 'l'he str ength of on e i s bu t a singl e ston e to be washed away by t he torr ent of expl oitati on . Bu t th_e stren gth or m any i s a dam that w ill t uni t he torrent f r om i ts course." And w hen t he torr en t with all i ts s wi rlin g l oad of l ogs and g r avel and u nder b ru sh i s t urned asi de, t hen w ill it be time to mak e of t h e earth , whi ch i t has cov er ed, a garden spot beyond com par ison. • • "\ ECHOES FROM PASSERSBY (What I hear d one day w hen I t ried to fill up the gap of l onesom eness by en terin g i nto the spi rit of other peopl e's troubl es.) I n my ci t y it i s an acciden t when on e get s a seat in a street car. {I suppose i n you r ci t y thel'e are no straphanger s.) 'Veil, any how, on t his l on esome morning th e acci den t of getting a seat happened to m e. Someone carel essly push ed me into one. A nd immediately J began to .cheer up. T he worl d di dn't seem such a bad pllice after all. The weather was fine. And the p eople-but w hat was th e matter with the people ! H ere are some of the comm ents that floated around : "Say, look at that two hundred-pounder go through t he crow d." "Gee, ain't that conductor the fresh guy !" "Pardon m e, y ou 'r e s tanding on my foot." "That motorman isn't fi t to run a car. H e ought t o be driving a plow w ith a bell on it." "If the r ails wer e laid straigh t i t woul dn' t be so hard t o stand up." "It looks as though some peopl e ha ve just got to gi ve you a shove that . �68 The West e rn Comr a de .. ""7 Th e Star of Dest iny m By Stanl e y r.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"'!!~~HE B. Wil s on uncle or the first Napoleon once sought to dissuade him from further attempts at conquest, urging the dangers that beset such a course. • apoleon caught his· uncle by the arm, and drawing him to a window, pointing upward, imp).llsively inquired: " "Do you &ee that star?" "No," replied the astonished pleader. "Well, I da!" exclaimed the ambitious soldier. ; The purpcse or this art:Ycle is to direct the mental vision, through the gloom or greed, and selfishness, and injustice, and wrong that is too much with us, to the star of hope, t he star or e nlightenment, the star of human ascendan cy, the star that s ignals the birth of a new era for America and mankind-the ever-rising, ever- brightening star of Socialism. Look up into the s ky on a clear night and you. behold two thousand or more sparkling orbs that look like jew Is set in the grand overarching canopy. Most of these are suns similar to our own. Many of tl em a re inconceivably vast in size-probably a thousand times larger than our s un. They look very small only because of their distance f1·om us. The nearest one that has been measured is twentyfiv e trillions of miles from us in the measureless de pths of s pace, and some have been measured that are nearly forty times a s far away. These stars are not mer e separate twinkling dots in space to decorate the sky . Each has a system of worlds of it s own, and like our own supplies light, beat, attraction and cohesion to its individual system . The heavens are one immense organized system with intimate relatloiuirups and laws for their government. Man is by nature a civic creature. He is a creature of organization. By virtue of this, "all action by individuals toward incorporating their views in laws and public policy must be through associations or groupings of indivjduals." Organizatiop implies order. Order implies government. c · The highest social triumph is that which puts government in the hands of all associations, or groups, or parties affected by it. Th!il best government is that which best serves the best interests of the human family. Astronomy is the most ancient of all the sciences. The Chinese have astronomical annals claiming to go back 2857 years B. C. Ali down the ages the study of the heavenly bodies bas been prosecuted as of chief im portance among the sciences-the basis and illumination of all the sciences. . The science of social astronomy is the basis and illumination of all that is vital to social man.. Let us cast our eyes to the great widespread social firmament and conjure for a time wi th tJ1is star of destiny. It is n ot a freak. In astronomy there is a vast difference in the heavenly )Jodies. The planets have fixed orbits in which they make regular revolutions that do not vary from century to century. Comets, on the other band, are very different in their nature. A comet will suddenly burst into· view, dash around the sun, and fly away into the unknown realms of space. They have been called the tramps of the solar system. For many thousands of years, in an orbit over three and one-half billion miles in ' length, a great sends your hat over one ear." "Wish I had a pin to stick that fe llow to make him move." "How I would hate to be the car company if this (•J'owd went after it." thought I. But have you noticed, for some reason, th e crowd n ver goes after the car company. the little lady. "And they don't like it any too well. It's no wonder they don't, either. This having a cookery in every bouse is about the most wasteful thing imaginable. How much would the owners of this cafeteria make, do you think, if they cooked up a little plateful of stuff in the home of each customer instead of handling it all together as they do here?" "But the cooking by women for their families bas nothing to do with economy," was the indignant rejoiner. "They do it for love." The brown eyes took on that surprising sparkle. "It's a pity, then, that love should muddle up even such a prosaic problem as that of cooking." R For lunch I went to the usual caieteria. Near one of the windows sat two women who attracted me by the striking contrast they formed. So I put my tray on a tab! near them. ne of them was heavily built. Her clothes were in every respect "the latest thing out." Her voice was affected. The othP.r was a pert little wren, whose clothes we re not noticeable at all. At least, I didn't notice them. I noticed only her bright brown eyes, which were soft and meet one moment. and the next sparkled with the most surprising mlscbeviousness. "What is the meaning of tba sign-Metropolitan ooks' Association?" she asked her large friend. "Oh, that is an elaborated title meaning Cooks' nion," was the reply. "A woman's union?" The bt·own eyes were mildly lnno~ent. "Of course. not, Rheta. V. hat a question! How ould women belong to a cooks' union? A union is a fighting organization. It fight the people its members work for. Women cook for their families. They have nothing to fight about." "The .P?or ones cook for their families," responded In the evening I went to the Women's Trade Union League headquarters. I had no special business there. In fact, I had important business elsewhere. But yo.u know what a contrary creature lonesomeness is. A group of women, among them several of the marchers in the recent pageant at Washington, were discussing the treatment accorded the suffragists there, Most of the conversation expressed high indignation. "You don't seem to take it to heart as much as the rest of us, Miss ," said one of the group to an elderly woman who, judging from the conversation, was among the standard-bearers of the procession. "Don't I?" she questioned. "I wonder is it really true that I don't?" She paused to think a moment, taking the charge quite seriously. �The Western Com Fade - comet (;'()'(liJSed tll.roughl the g]!y at a. spee'dl :Mty times g,Tea.ter than the !ifi)eedl of a nee bulfet. A te.w ye.u ago tMs- ~rtmrend'ous- sutav tJramp took a brief moD,. l'm!lshed by o r eartn, and e-vevy eye was wat.eMU!l for a g1fml}lfe' of the wonderl I vagvamt of the sky. SoclaJiSlll' iis; not a t:ramp oT a vag. Jt is not a soclaJI · beak. ]t i!r n.>t a new -fangled scheme of soeial salva.-- tfo'lf. It is the simp1e, sane, sctable, free, fo-rceful prindpte that bas ac·wa.ted pt"o>phets, and statesmen, and humanitarians since systems of government began. I scee the lone Jsraelite-his heart throbbing with ind.lgnatlon aga· nst the oppressions of Pharoab-face the tyrant with flashing eyes and voice vibrant with the courage of commanding conviction, and I bear his demand: "Let my people go!" 1 hear his cry to his Lord: "Save my people; if not, Jet •me be blotted out of the Book or Life!" I tell YOU he was under the spelf Of the same star of destiny, the same social impulse that is sending the workers to the polls today to smite with the silent, yet invincible weapon of the ballot, the modern Pharaoh or c:apltallsm. Centuries later I see a scholar probing the social strata o'r ~is day. 1 see the same look of indignation and coura~ I hear the same vibrant tone : "Ye have f!Uten up the vineyard; the spoils of the poor is. in your 110uses. What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor?" Many centqries later I see a company of men, with the same look and the same tone. They are facing a crisis Involving th'e destinies of nations-yes, of mankind. What are they saying? · "AH men are created equal"; "all just powers under God are derived from the consent of the governed!" When Garrison said : "The great fundamental fact of anti-slavery Is that man cannot hold property in rnan"; and Wendell Phillips penned that splendid resolution more than a half century ago, "Resolved, That we declare war with the system, which demoralizes alike th e hirer and th e hired, cheat s both, and enslaves the working man; war with the present system of finance, which robs labor and gorges capital, makes the rich ri cher and the poor poorer, and turns a republic into an aristocracy of wealth"; and Abraham Lincoln dedared that "to secure to each laborer the full product of hie labor is a worthy object of any government," they were .fired by the same spirit, inspired by the same ~ te ll ar social Influences that warms the lips and impels t be pens of our Debs, a nd Seidels, and Bergers, and Stitt Wilsons. and Harrimans, and Maynards and Warrens, and their many colleagues today. Jos ph Cook used to say: "The nineteenth century has made the whole world one neighborhood. The twentieth century ought to endeavor to make this one neighborhood Into one brotherhood. "The world was once a block of marble. Struck on one side, the other side did not quiver. ·But it is now like a mass of nerve fibre. Wound the modern world anywhere and It winces everywhere. · There are no for lgn lands. There can be no more hermit nations." Over the cradle of this new century shines today this star of destiny, heralding a new era of social relationship among men and shedding sensitizing and nerglzlng influence of ever-increasing intensity and expansion. This star of destiny is the star of hope to the whole world of humanity. I have chosen the figure of a star beCiluse· a star is a creature of nature, and as such expresses something thll.t· Is Integral, something that conforms with the great unh·ersal plan. - a " '11-Jle Socialist is often 1o0ked u~ as a d:'lream&. a 1lheorls:t:. a fSillatie-. Hi dootnne are pronoun.eedl 'Vis:i&muy. im.IJ1'3etieal llllWelia.hie. e~en. dangerous.. But measured! by the fnndamentiali-the deepest and pW"eSt principles o:f AmeriC81Dism--he is the m.o st normal kind . It is argued! against SoeiaMsm that. it promise an unnatma;ll and impossible:equality-a resolving to a. dead level of the whole mass of hwnaniiq. Socialism asks and otrers· nothing; that is not promised by the Constitution of our collDtry and the common rights of mankind. Socialism does not mean to reduce all men to a dead: level, but to lift up all men to the limit of their abilities. It does not mean dividing up the wealth of the world. It means putting the sources of wealth in the hands of the wealth-producers. It does not level down. It levels · up. It does not discourage initiative and enterprise. but indolence and exploitation. It guarantees nothing to nobody, except the full product of labor expended. It is only the scientific application of the principle of the square deal. Emerson advised: "Hitch your wagon to a star." But when we point to our star of destiny with the same advice we are pronounced Utopians. Well, let's seek Utopia. It's better to seek much and get less than seek little and be satisfied. Socialism has access to the stars. It is the star of destiny. " Rather than Utopian," ·says George Dole, "it Is the wisest possible application of practical common sense to human relationships in the place of individual prejudice and privilege, with their countless train of barbarities." " T~ spirit of Socialism," says Rev. Charles H. Vail. "is fraternal, and its aim is to realize the brotherhood of man in all the relations of life. It recognizes the solidarity of the human race, and would surround men with an economic and social environment that would minister to that ideal." Is this Utopian? Then there is nothing worth while practical. It is to this the best minds of the ages ,have aspired. It is to this the best souls of the present are applying themselves. · Is it Utopian? Then we are hitched to our star and It will take us to our desired destiny. "Today," says Edward Bellamy, "it matters little how weak the voice of the pteacher may be, for the curr ent of affairs, the !ogle of events, is doing his work and preaching his sermon for him. "This is why there Is ground today for a higherhearted hope, that a greater deliverance for humanity is at hand than was ever before justified. "Vlhen sun and moon together pull the sea. a mighty tide Is sure to come. So today, when the s piritual and economic tendencies of the times are for once working together; when the spirit of this age, and the Divine Spirit of a ll ages, for once are on the same side, hope becomes reason and confidence Is but common sense.'' ~acim~ AS YOU LOOK AT IT Wealthy Tourist-"They tell me that only a few years . ago men a ctually killed each other on the slightest prov ocation right here in this place." Western Booster of His Home Town-"They tell me they're still workin' women an' children an' klllln' folks in the shops an' factories back East there. Takln' them a long tim~ to catch up with us out here, ain't it?" �70 The Western Comrade ' 11 ~essage of the N ,e -vv Revol.u tion By Harold Story Harold Story, of Whittier College, delivered the subjoin·ed at the twenty-fourth Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest, March 27, winni.ng first prize. This is the second time within a year that Harold Story has c·o me away with flying colors, each time choosing radical subjects. He is a member of the County General Committee of the Socialist Party of Los Angeles. • upon century, age after age, the workers of the world have toiled upward toward the light. The story of their bitter struggle to rise out of bondage and barbariSm is the true his. <6 tory of the human _race. The fundamental force behin<L this struggle, the ~ ener·gy behind man's evolution bas always bee; human toil. But only in recent years have the world's manual and mental labore rs begun to realize that they are the indispensable agents of social and econom ic advance. When the masses e me rged from th e gloomy gulf of prehistoric ~avagery th ey had to gain a foothold before th ey cou ld continue their climh. Slowly, with in linite pain . t hey c'aned out one after anothe-r the empires of the ancient world . I<:gy pt and Greece, Carthage and !lome were successive steps of their progress. But though slaves ;,nd ple i.Jiam; ma de the conquests, patricia n ~ and e mperors reapecl the reward. At last, driven to despe ra tion , th e workers re belled agains t the Ca e::;a rs. Sw iftl y th e e mpires c rumbled. Rome fell, imperialism was over(hrown, feudalism was us hered in. Thq>ugh th e Hf!Xt thousand years, the "dark ages," humanity sti ll plodded on. In th ese centuri es of rea<"tiOII and c·onf1ict the culture of the south and the vigor of th e 110rth were gradually welded together. Now serfs and se rvant s fou ght th e battles of progress; knight l;i ancl kin gs s tol e the profit and prize. Again the wre rcherl workers rebe lled against th eir despotic mas te rH. T PITifi e revolutions swept ove r· America. France, J•; nglan!l, a nd Germany.· In a mighty upheaval feudalIs m was hani::;hed and a 1hird social system, capitalism, was plared on th e throne. 'l'hu;; far ha d humanity climbe d unknowing, un con sc iou ~ . un seeing. Ru t. with th e ad\·e n t of th e ne w period, th e mod e rn capitalis tic age, a few of the work N S commenced to realize that man was on an upward jOIII'JH'Y. Through the s hiftin g mis ts th ey caught occas lonnl g limpses of IJright uppe1· s lopes, rising in the golde n glow ot' th e warm s unli ght. 'l'hey dream ed of a fnir future da y wh e n freedom should sm ite the shackles of s laves. wh en 11ure democracy should re ign supre me. wh e n 1he toile rs at last should come to U1 eir own. They found e d a new phi losophy of political and economi c progress. This philosophy i. an instrument by which the work e rs may behold in themselves th e only creative force of human sbciet:v. F rom its fundamental vie wpoint, by means of history, econQmic facts and scientific laws, it interprets and analyze the faults of society. It formuln1 es its doctrines from rules of social growth and evolutionary advance. Recognhing that all permanent change and subs tantial reorganization must be brought about by the essential force of the masses, it appeals to the worker s alone, s hows them their trouble, its cause, and its remedy. t ow that the capitalistic s yste m has fulfilled i-ts vnrpose. now that humanity is a t last r eady to rise into the light, this philosophy brings an urgent mes age to the workers of the world. P.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~8NTURY C Through the voices of its earnest prophets it is ending forth this mighty manifesto: Workers, by your toil all material value is produced. 'You till the soil, you work the metals, you write the books, you burrow in the bowels of the earth, you travel the trails of the land, you sail the ships of the seas. By your skilled hands and active minds the gilded palaces are builded, the mighty engines are constructed, t he weaith of the world is amassed. And yet you Jive in huts and hovels, you do not own the tools you make, you are s·corned and_called "the poor." Idlers Jive in your palaces, plutocrats own your machines, social parasites control your wealth. Kings and capitalists, princes and priests Jive in luxury while you sweat In drudgery. A thousand standing armies live on what you earn. You make t he loaves that nourish the world, but you give them all to your masters. You eat only the meagre crumbs, the wages t hey toss back to you. \Vor'k ers, you a re being robbe d. Toilers, most of you have cea ;~ d to live; you only miserably exist. You m<st struggre to earn the necessities of life; its comforts and its luxuries you cann ot win. Books and poetry, music and art, all the finer things of life, all the glories of civilization, they are not for you, though you alone can produce t hem. Insanity and crime, disease and prostitution, with these your lot is cast. You are haunted by gaunt famine. you are victims of false charity. Your children are the child slaves; your sons and daughters taste the world's bitterest dregs. You are governed by a rule of gold, rathe r than the golden rule. Your bodies, your minds. your very souls a re be ing crus hed by the me rc iless grind of a despo tic industrial system. To11ers, you are being degraded. Laborers, without a r eason of your ow n, without a hope of gain for yourselves. you bear arms against ea ch othe r. You blindly fight th e wars of the world at the command of your industrial lonJs. From your ranks come those who writhe and groan and bleed ou• th eir lives on th e red battle fields. Nowhere amon those life less bodies, nowh ere among Mars' blood y Vil tims can you find the mangled corpse of a single grea. landlord. You pay the price in blood ; they reap the profit in gold. Laborers, you are robbed and degrad ed, and, in addition to your misery , you-are murd e ring each othe:·. You may sa y these words are rash ancl bold, but. fri e nd s, are they not the truth? Where is· th e re any materia l wealth that labor did not produce? And is no t the world's wealth controlled by those who p roduce litt le or nothing? Are the re not in this cou ntJ·y a lone ten million a ctual paupers? And do not the wolves e\·er howl about the doors of fifty million more of our citizens? Who fill the slums of the cities and the "hellholes" of the earth? Who fill the awful sweatshops and the child labor mills? What wars are ever dC:clared by vote of the laboring class? · And whoe,·e r sees a merchant prince in th e ranks of a !lghling army? H . these words are rash it is because the tru'th is rash. If these assertions are bold it is beca.use the _t ruth is bold. But, workers, it is in your power to change your �'U Tbe We'ste.rDl Com , de e:oti:dftfoo<. N6tllfn~ flo yo If~ b a womout m:cfustrla an~ m.t f1aaJ I'oug BiD:• fUI1lilecJJ fts b18rorf~ tunea 'l!h'e fault fa\ lfOt creatliJ' wilh yo ee4om e mUU!itll\. tor they are lKmnd by· g'o ell&fmr are e dJ by fl'on. You, worllen;. ,-ou. arone caD! as ro· brett' humanfty fl bonds:.. Brf&ht hope persuades :JOU. progress ve> evofntt'on commancfs 7001 to tree youraelves1 and the' wort<t S.ttch, frfends, are the primary ooachfnp 1 of t1Wl worttng~efug phttosopby, StancliDg on these teaehlng~L and beHevfng fn these doetrfnes there fa· a powerful. ever-gto'W'[ng workl:ng-elaaa movement. Already a gYeat company ot your fellows is striving toward the goal, Fifty millions of them there are, from every corner of the earth, every nation of the globe. Fifty mflfton men:, women:, and ebUdren, all bound together lo a fOTW'ard move'tnent by a noble common cause and by huManity's brotherhood. From this great host of my comrades I bring this tlnal appeal to you who ton. Wod:eJ!s y; am the nat maj9r{Q; th 1t®l l'IJIU'I[;-t&ia ltfl S'ocf&ll!r td& and ~ o,WD. th ll'lim1lneJlDl prodilctfon.. ~' soc~ aoefailJ' eon1iml the produetfo , at y to "Te of' ton., awake to -giOI'J'l. H&rk1 H'll.rk11 What ~ yo Your eiUl'lben,. wiYes and §'&ndslres. h~. or u Bellol their tears. and! h.e ar their erles',•• Let. ~ be a. reality and! 1\latfce rule. th~ world. Let kindn~ me~. and lova ha,;e a ehane:e to C14BP banda with your f.e now man; put race. and ·creed asf:d~ We!oom wlth O]lell h.eart.a and helping hands that. new revolution «which. marta the. transition • • •trom waga sla.~ry to tree cooperatmn, from capitalist o~ to industdal demoera.cy... Join that great'"IUTIL3" of your fellows, and follow their eonqnering banner, ever onward even upward. "Wor:ii:srs of the world. unlte; :rou have 'nothing to lose but your ebalns; you have a world to win." grow ami be• PUFe• n Black and White Tom and BillTom lived down in .the valley, wh~re he only saw the· sun a few hours during the day. He never saw it rise, he never knew the glory of its setting. He was too far down-the walls around him were too high! Bill lived up on top of the mountain. He saw the sun all day. He saw it burst up in the splendor of its regal glow; he saw it sink to rest amid wonderful shadings at night I Tom just worked all day, without wondering about WHY anything was. He just took his orders and carried them out, dully, without reason. He saw people rise; he saw people falL He saw money come and go. He saw evolution, but he didn't recognize it. He went to work; he worked; ~e went home. Bill went to work; he worked; he went home. But while he worked he thought. He asked questions. . When be went borne he talked and be read. He heard what others bad to say, and he reasoned with himself and with others about what others bad to say. He saw people rise; he · saw people fall. He found out why. He saw evolution and he ·came to recognize. it. Tom lived in the valley. Bill lived on the mountain! Move- m • • • Move I Everything moves! The world revolves, the mete·or flies through space, the river flows, the ocean roars and surges-even the lily of the field grows in beauty. Everything moves. Nature intended everything to move. Are you where you were yesterday T Are your ideas those of yesterday T Is your brain moving forward T If not you are not in accord with the universe. Be open to the new. Move I Everything moves! �K ~ rr=========================~=======/====_==== ==~==.=.~ ...=.. .. )J;~"B~~b~~A~pe~to the Be;in Ev~~on~f :Ill............ $ T 4 ~ U ... $ n $$$$$ . . . . . . . $$ anne HE GOSPEL OF SOCIALISM T . . UUUU U • %? f ~ n 111(11 n $$ HE Religio11 of a Socialist Ia Ia By Stanley B. Wilson By R. A. Maynard A book that ma&es you look }nto your real bein'g and find yourself-one.of those books that are filled with tnoughts worth thinking and reading. Here's a little sentence from the book: ''To the Socialist the test of righteousness is not personal piety, but social harmony." "The great message of modern evolutionary science to humanity is that man is a part of nature," declares the author in this remark-able little book. It is a stlrring, inspiring message that is told between the covers of this messenger of intellectual helpfulness and satisfaction. ................................................................ ' ........ ..... ....-...... ..... .......... ........,.... . . . These two 32-page booklets will set you right · on a lot of points. You get them for a dime each-just a 10-cent piece slipped into· a letter The Citizen Print Shop, Los Angeles, Cal. uunte-r Fifteen su · its Easily the peer of any $15 Suit sold in Los Angeles. They are not made for one- For Men time trade. On the contrary; it is "once a customer, always a customer" with us. We have built up an enormous clothing business by llving up to our advertised statements. These suits are tailored from the best all-wool fabrics, are handsomely fin1Bhed and are guaranteed to fit and please. Come in and examine the "Hunter Fifteen"-note their genuine worth, their beautiful lines and the distinctive patterns. 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W ~ tern Comrade PUBLIC UB RA RY. : '\ \ ) •' -~ ( ~ ~ . • ;· i . 3 ,...-- \ ' : TI'COt:N f0UNO .. l i0NS R !') ' :> L -V\Iestern Comrades ""' \ ../ :\"ur iJI gold ill h c•r rrunr nt ain s . .'.:cor in !diu· of li<· r s k il·s. _,. nt in ~lc·ar r t trf I~: a ius/ :\"c,r i n ln·i~lrr . ~P~~-i-~1~~:~·~ ( )f l11 ·r [ a irt·:-::r 111~~ wnlllf'TI. I~ t I If· Ill, ., ' li l:t I 1111 '11 !1111 s t r Pn gtlo of \\'Olll<'ll , w o r l li of J'Tii'n. ,\ nd h1·oad .. x pa n"· o f \' i !·\1· : I n fra nk \\·a nn '"'''of ,.,; ,n r a d<·s . wlil'll Tllf· f'a11 s •• conH 1,. j HSt ·:u.d t r ou · : JJ, .'n · ~ rand s tlr ~· '-{,, .·. .,. ,,·,:·'!'! .('o:r : r.·:t'd• · I I i~ Ira rill ''" pn,fff'r"' \.,,, _ Jll"i Zt·. I �The Wes.t..,ern Comrade . ·. : .. ~ ... ·. ·: ·. : : ·:: :: bebi~Je:·ti ii. c~f.Om~ :that these lines are written, but to tell you something of The·:lVef;teiit ~j:imrade, its ~plans and aspirations. It ~ not It is not I because publiqatio!lS:·~e:e~~d .to explain themselves that The Western Comrade takes yolf••l>~ :0}\··.a:J~el! into the future in these paragraphs. These lin~ are Wfitteri because The Western Comrade is so brimful of the e~erance of youth and the sheer joy of consecration to an ideal that l.t just mus.t take you one and all iiito its confidence; · These lines are written because the heart must speak.. And if your heart. is attuned alike to the spirit of the great struggle, you, too, will enjoy communion with the people who have produced this magazine. . · The Western Comrade comes into the world of clash a~ cdnflict .w it! no under-estimate of- the size of the 'breakers ahead, with no foolha~ard at what the cost of its daring may be. · Bti't it ~lso comes with a whole-soUled conception of the work to be done. It comes knowing that all men have hearts and minds that must be- reached; and in reaching them and gTipping them that day for which the gre'at world Socialist movement is striving will be hastened on its _way. . And what nobler purpose could there be than to speed the .com- · ing of that day? · . The Westetn Comrade comes into the world to breathe upon it the sp,irit · of the boundless West and to bring to the West itself ·a bet!@:, more wKc11esome interpretation of its- own a,ll-inclusive spirit-that noble spirit which has heralded our West to all th~world as something wide and free ·and daring. The spirit o{ .the West is the spirit .of health and youthful effervescence. It has bamed the agencies of decay a.nd pessimism as no other has uone. It smiles red-lipped from its verdant low ·lands and it laughs full-throated and clear from its majestic p1aks. Its leaping rivers flash out clear like the bubbling eyes of wonderful maidens and it s glowing sun rays betray warmth and · _comradeship and b~au·t,iful sentiment. · The real spirit o{ -tlhe ~est is the spirit of humaniiy· untram.melled. The real spirit of the real"West is the spirit of the world to be, the spirit of emancipated men and women; the spirit of perfect healthy.childheed, the spirit of huml!nity unmasked and u~burdened! That is the SJi!ipt of The Western Comrade! Exultantly it goes forth to the world! Smiling, clear eyed, deep chested and strong, with the ~hains of • commercialism thrown aside, it goes out to spread .where it may, the spi:Cit that. fill:? and clamors for expre·ssion! And in the pulsing, indescribable joy of wonderful life it calls to you every-Where: Come up out of bondage; come up the great slope, up where the sun shines, up where the a~ is pure, .where the shadow of despair. i~ ne~_t. . / · ••• ·•. :C.olf!e \~.~ ·~~ all ~gemezymching elbows, hand in hand, go up where ·:~an.~!tll oe fret~, forever! ::.: ~ ~:.! .::. ..!.!···~ . ..·:~.. . ~ .. .·.:...·::. . ::..·.....·:~: :·.....: ~: ...: . . .. . .• • . •.• : - ~ . ' r �- T b _e Wester D · Comrade ·c ean. Fig ti g By CHESTER M . WRIGHT -HE best rebel is- the c1eanest rebel. · . · • omebow the -world Jra com~ t:> demand that tho e who prOtest against the arrangement of things-shall be of uperior fiber. omehow the world i ~I) 'l1:"ilfulg~. tn: ~n\:qt that t h wl10 are in r evolt against the ~~ q~- :~~ 8,ba~"rlon them elYe~ t th.e vices common . to tho e wh.'Q: uii!>:ort • ~tlflgs a they ar e. And shoul d w'e not be glad tlim•tili ·i' · o ~ For it ·has had its effect ~p~ ;ql~. r~~f.t?1utiou autl ·n t he JH~o plf~ ·of the. revolution. It has made t_ltet'i{ beftPt.-i·dohltioni t . But t he men and women of the r eYolution pride t hem eln on dcanlin '~., ' n ot because t:lt e world demands it, f or t hey ar c in r.evolt a gain t .man ' t hings t hat t he world has set up. TJJ.ey strive for cleanliness because cleanline. s mak es f or effi eitmcy. And we n eed t o be efficient. Every ounce of ene).'gy makes the r evolution that 1 u ch more sure, t hat much more ·wantable, that much more inspiring. • ./ This cleanliness is not a cleanliness from t he soil that accumtllatcs on th e hands of th e person ,\rho toils to crea-te the world 's bi·cad. It is not a shrinking from ontact with the grim ~f work. Jt is that essential cleanliness that ' comes. from th e thinki'ng of no.bll' thou ght>~, the leading of right lives, the p1·oper use of body and 1:nind. 'l'hat p erson who so uses his body as to ·k eep it at the highest state of purity au energy is exceeding wise. He furnish es a pure source of enm·gy for hl~ ;·. brain . Clear thinking is essential .to the social r evolution, fot; the cial rcvo- 4j lu tion is a r e:volution in which Tnt£.!ligence must win the victory. • 'l'hc fundam ental r evolut ionist r ealizes th ese things. 'l'he fundamental r evolutionist beli eves that fresh air is as necessary to the fighters in the social r evolution of today f!S bullets wer e to the fighters in the revolution Of 1776. The fundamental r evolu t ionist believes that sunshine is as n eccssm·y to t he r evolut ioni t of today as strong tents wer e to the .fighter- in the da rk days of , t h Frencll r evolution. 'l'h fnndani ntal r evolut ionist of t oday has a p assion for cleanliness in all t hing.. H e loYcs clea.nlinc of t he body. He loves the rud dy glow of cl an kin. H e is inspired by th ~ : beautiful play ·of clean muscles. H e r everen c tl.lc clean body . H e is enraptured over homes t hat ar e"6kan and "he know th fiCPhting value_of the clean mind. lean p ople a r e ~l ean figh ters. The social r evolut ion of today is t he l an ' t nobl t fight t hat was ever fought . It has a r igh t to be fought by clean fi rrhter . Th r fore, bould not we men an d women of the revolution, be clean; be dean of mind and body and clean of home! 'flte great prayer of the revolution i" for n day w-hen all people may ·be clean, wiJeu every babe shaH have as it birthright a clean body ~>eryjhome hall be .fr~ from ·the dirt that i fo~ed into it by an unjust- soei~t~m; when e •ery rer on in the world . h U ha•e au abll!ldanee of eleanline in habitatio~ ~.--:.)OJr minlJ ::tnd iri and wh(>n men and women hall be clean in their d~,lings- with ~h- .. •. .. set th. up as ;; :-qf_h::·' T:.~· f>A?St ine= I«>fore us I . - ••·" . .. . eJ. e '\\"" (>;rn Comrade wjU .always staruL �6 . T be West e c n '€ om r a.d e -hi e Sun,s .. e IP.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I X commenting u pon the las~ Socialist National Con vention at Indianapolis the press of that city called _ attention to wha t it termed the "terrible serious- , 1!]~ ness" of the del~ga,te~- • . , • _.,, . • Littl e humor;. :r(;w :j~e~. tat'P. .1lastlis ~ of enlivening on1y ;an '-bc~asf6~ar rift in th~ cloud to l'e'f,t~e ;,\U!shi~)n---:­ this was the verdict: .·~he:cri.tfciSm - was not new, ben~e tb'o ·lfdosier: scri'Lie~ are Jlrecluded from asserting the clai~~ o!sc·i~crers. ·,i.f..: l)i t.>t·igrniti: A Socialist may - be defined _is an · accoucheur assistIng at the birth of a new social order. As such he is engaged in serious business. His duties are many and complex. 1 Careful s~ udy of principles and tactics; continuous Hi eeping under marching orders; enforced marches followed by frequent engagements on the skirmish line and an occasional hand to hand conflict-whili(all these t;levelop an intelligent appr eciation of the nature and gra 1·ity of the class co nflict under capitaliflm they do u ot eontribute in any great extent to the hilal'ity of nations. To serve in this gr eat Army of the Commonweal ever read .)( to accept \)'hat may come of personal diseomfort or sacrifi ce, is not child's play nor especially mirth-provoking. "'"rhe forces engaged in worl d-wide ......___ ('Onfilct are tremendous aurl the principl es i nvolved farR. A. MAYNARD r eaching in effect upon human welfare. None save Socialists fully appreciate the significan c1'!' of thl~ titanic struggle only to end with death of the All Socialists are r evol utionists. Th e battles of a o l d und birth of a n e w social order. revolution may be fought with bull ets or with ballot ~-;.' Th e Social i st uml r rstancls that the miseries and infhe Socialist uses the latter. But whether with ballots dustria l wrongs of the present are birth-pangs in the or bullets, equal courage, ski ll and daring at·e n ecessary . trnvai'l of a ·<'il· ili r.ation long since past th e nortnal And _these are ever found com-men surate with the hope ·jl'r riod of ~o:estation. · and l:onfiden ce which a g r eat ca use in spire s. Hut, whil e <·onsdous of b<.>ing a factor in vi-tal proTh e world has never known greater cau se than thi s eesses and of d e~lling- with lil'ing forces . whic_b must . _ l ast great con flict for freedom. A freedom t·lrat Hhall inQI'itahly win to th<' uliimate goal , h e y et beco <.>s make real all th e achit.>l'l' ment s or th P pa s t. and brin g impati t- nt or d('lar. a fully emancipat ed h!ltnanit~· Th e mills of uhture grind exc-<.>eding sure hut they llu t all this i s of the shft'fi.aw not. th e su n s\lin o of' ' nd excee ding sThw unl ess their m ac hin er~· So('ialistJl. hp spt>edPc thr4ugh huntilll aid. In nature, as the ;.;hallo w intl' n sifieH the fH tll Kh inc of ll o w to l111';l , .-n the m i nds of the workers. that th e which ! t is tlw pt·odu<'l. so th<' su ush!n e of SodalhHll <'I'Olutionary Jll'O('C'Ss<'s !'e so accelerated as to make i s hu t m !!.de bright er IJy n•ason of c ·on tr~s tlug shadow. pos!' ihiP thP tt•ansitiou f ro m old to n ew ord<'r withOue of th e l esser po et s, writing of t he oc an , mtt l ' (olenJ., i:; today th!' Stt)H'eme task of the Soc ialist. desc ri-bes the winds as mgittg and billow s co ntend!t tg in It is not easy of a,·<·ompli sh m ent nor is the burd en ang'r y roar at th e surface. whih• far do w n in th<> depth of ' rt>:::ponsihility li~h!. of waters a pea<'e ful stillne>'s r c.:_ign s undisturh<>d \\'Inti II'OIIIll'l', then . tlJat with such r ealization of . tempest or !>'lorm. ' th <• mn ~-: ni tude of prohlems cnn ~i't•n li ng th em . So~ . /Thu s despite th e storm and Ftress of class c·on fli (·t : wlwtlwr itl • w orJ-:' ·.or Jli'Ot:l..iano~-: or con1·eution. tn<' <'l ~d t he cloud or shadow which it c·asts into human the ·c proht~i·s h,~ s!tt'll !>a.rucst. serious spit•it a:; to Jil·es. the r e is sli ll a eahn at -the (·<'nl<'r of th e storm dtallcn;::;(• ih;, . at ,t cn:iou :n1. <1~-,- nerC-' casu al onlooker. a-nd a sill'er lining to the cloud. Hut lC-'t tlH' "'l!<'•' (aw)· · not ·he: misled by aJ1pearances But non e sa1·e the Sociali st c·an find the ..--alqJ or and JIIIPll 1-<.l th~ c.O tH•lusiO'•i. rl;.it th~ ocialist is a p ssi,tlim pse the sparkl e of the lining. mist. a ·nl!'r.- di~ell: i· C'f'g~i-.o~n. ·-\\.ltat is here seen is In one of Browning's poems are tbet;e lines: hut his li~htin!!: flt.<'e. his militan t spirit i n a ction. ·'God be thanked. the meanesl of his ereatu r es f:Y �The Western CCJmrade o f S o . ··c . i a I i s Boa!iU! two tiOUI~sides, one to face the world v.-ith, One to show a woman v;hetl. be loves her." Til~ dil!cerning will note thajr. the most · strenuous Socialist has not only. the s~er soul-side, with which he greets the sadly distorted wo;:ld, but another warll\. with hope and faith and Jo~e undaunted, witlt which he pays de\•oted homage to his mistress-T he By R . ·A. M a ynard "' Autho r o f \ uThe Relig i o n o l a _so'ctallst,.'" Etc. the early morning just as the un wa pe ping ov r Ut range, and the snow still lay like a manti rln all with its fleecy whiteness, my steed and I b cause. descent. ~ As science has told the story, away back in the Electric fountains shimmering and sclntl!Iatlng und r pal!t human eyes were set well around on the sides t he rays from skillfully manipulated electric lights ar of the head. The progress of the eyes to their present" JIOS!Uon and their subsequent focussing required beautiful and posses a power of weird fascination, but l'l!nturtes ot time. ..... the rid~ down the mountain side .o n the bright Octob r l'norning, while myriads of melting snowflakes r ft ct The Jndustrlal and social changes of the past have come through the clash arid s truggle of blind forces1 the. sunshin_e froin twig and leaf and branch, in all th colors and combination of coior possible to nature, pr our world or the present Is for the most part the result s ented a scene of more bewildering beauty than any of a well - nigh unconscious evolution. electric magician coltld devise. Hut at last the eyes of evolution are in its forehead. The Yes of natural and human selection focus together. Away 0ff in the distance could be ~en the rat.Jbows covering the' silvery mists of Bridal Ve Falls; while far T he Socialist is conscious ly co-operating with nature down in the depths of the valley, the s re and roofs a nd her laws in the s ocial revolution now on. HIs is not a blind. faith in invisible forces. It is of the little . city cast their reflected light into the picture. nolthe r "the su bs tan ce of things hoped for" no~: "the Instinctively there came to !Jlind these lines oC uvlllen(·e of things un seen." 11 is a faith that has ripened Moore: · Into kn ow! dge. " Blest power of sunshin~; genial day, He kno~s that the en t i re Socia l struc ture r ests upon Wha t ·balm, what life is in thy ray." a n economic base. H e al so knows that · econom ic This village and valley, t hus glorifie<l, was at that chan_ge for the m&§.t pa r t dete rm l nes a nd shapes a ll socia l changes. Final l y, he k nows that economic ch a ng e mome nt the center for one of the most bitter 11aaea or the class struggle conditio 8 have yet :sJeveloped ID Inevitab l e. Apparently the gulfs and chasms, the deadly depths On thi s l c drot k of solid f_a tt does he stand, con~C'Iom; ,of tit!' impregnabi li ty of his position and the which divided mine-owning class -from miner class we re hopeless, and desperately dark. ill !' l' ltn!Jie triumph of h is cause. But j ust as th e valley was made radiant a nd beau·li t'!'<• 1:; the Soeiali~t 1\lount of Vision. In th e entire t iful by the sun of the new day, so the li gh t of Socialist 1'1\ llf.:t> HI' ::)oclalist- Himalayas this is the topm ost peak. philosophy intef pre ted that human feud, turning it l'r·om ll t• who <"limb;; thP trail to this poin t i ~ rewarded horror to hope, from meaning less tragedy to purposeful l'ly hi't•u dt h of l'i:don !\lid e nlarged hori zo n, and is llerdran a. llllt t!'d to look out upon n world transformed and Stlmding at Lookou~ Point below th e falls, on the · rndinnt with light. bl'aut ~· aud truth. brink of th e Grand Canyon of th e Yellowstone, just ' LI!l;ht. hPauty Hnd truth are none the less in the . hefore sunrise on a Summer morning, a scene of Inde1'1\ll<•.l'<' a nd on the plains than at th e 1110\l!llain su mmit. Tlw ,IIIli!" su n bathe · ali - in its effulgent ray s. sc ribable beauty present:; itserr:- The mighty canyon lint molmtnin top...{:ii"<'S perspectil·e, ~ense of yawns a · thousand and mot4t,..feet ·in depth and thoupl'n]Hlrtin nnd relntion!';hip. sands of feet in expanse, with walls so brightly tinted liNt' nlun~· \; ~ht> .·hinin~ of tlw ' llll ne1·er obscured in rainbow colors, as to make the fact that It Is nature's hr douds thnt hol'l'l' dt :;p and all too thick o1·er the handiwork ":ell-nigh unb~lievablc. ln the foreground lm!Jitnt ions, whert' dw,•tl tht• children o ff rrwn. towering needles of rock )Jinnacles stretch aloft and In l·~nlh•sy appt't't'iar ion of ~unshine. ~s ~nly possible to the back gmund' are the gr~·at falls or the YellowHtone nm• "ho has dimbt>tl to the height . whose waters in their descpnt fall rnore than 'three times :>;owhf't't' among thl' Ho(•kie can I now recall such the distance of . 'iagara's. From the seething maHs of fnr-n•aehing muunt tin ~lop~> as that fro;u the ·ummit wal~rs great banks of spray c'!ntinuously rille, tll~ nf lht• ran, ,, abovt' tlk' Tomboy mine, down~down. e air with fleecy douds and dewy mi11t; when I~! Jt •h\\\11 :ual ;:till farllwt· tlown itlto the pretty Jill, o Jri~htens in the East! the first gray s {realul frorrl blr} ,,f Tclluridi•-n:ml~ hi;:tork in the annal of the ·labor maje>cty the sun stPearn aho\·e the horizon, and tl•c IIIUI ' Nllent, _ wboiP scene is thrown into hold relief of ligbt and t n n toh..,r aftl'l·no..ln a tride a haod.o.me, intel~hadO\\', ll~~·u•, ntomnain pony I cliruht'd the trail en tbou><aod On c:omt's the sun, dirnhin~ lligher and Ktil( hi.l;lwr, f t \\l' whit!:' t h~ _h:tdow- \'\"ere tliro'I\'D oif down lh•· unt-il at last a nood of golden glory stream~> intu tl& can1\\t IIIII , in ;:it}(' by hi.' .Autumn UD. ~on depths and · the wondrous picture j;fandK revealed. llillion or raiobo.-s arch over all; the infinite l 1rit1,: tht> ni.,_ht thN\" t'ame a .now flurry and in ./ . , • �8 \ The w ·e.st ·e.rn'e'omrade the beauty and· the glory that shall be ...lYhen the sun variety of color on rocky wall and spire and pinnacle of Socialism ·s hall have reached its meridian height. glows with light and warmth; the shadows deepen in · Here w 17 reach · the border land of ! hat future just the depths; each gleaming drop of water, as the mighty ahead. Here at last is place · for vision, for dream volume breaks at the surface, becomes lt diamond, niby, interpretation, for anticipation. For, in t he language e merald or sapphire, and the glory and triumph of the of a great souled Comrade: "The' S~ciatist heart which. sunshine is complete. Hungers for · the music of the ·future must at times l!~rom the foot of th e . falls on' the river bank at the listel\ for no'tes floating down !rom the heights manhottom of the canyon but little of this picture would kind is yet to climb, and take ·in t hose harmcin.ies as be visible. The altitude of Lookout Point .is necessary • if they were. sounding no~s creating a present day to give perspective, proportion and full appreciation. ·But, while the wider ,·ision and enlarged horizon are joy' out of the joy of the coming generations." necessary to reach s uch und e rstanding of the fundaThe Socialist alone is the true optimist. It is h e who draws 1n full, free breaths of g ladness . .There is mental truths of Sociali s m a s to m e rge hope and faith in positive knowledge of sure fruition, yet, after all ' tis ever sunshine in his soul. Labor's problem ~oday is only a questicn oi bread. not so much in this knowl edge a s in its necessar y implications that the full glow and warmth of the sunand bread is no questi on at all· to tlie man of the s hine of Socialism is ·fo und . ..._ twentieth century. Away t hen with e xploitation, the Within the sh iuing -rails · o[ economi c a ctivity all - unpardonable sin! Let us clear ·the high way for the Messiah. Let us break down the obstacles. remove fu tu re progress must. move. · ln th e workshOJl is t he arterial life of society 's heart, brain and spirit. Seeing the fears, arid de s t roy t1 e prejudices that block the this the Socialist find s in it his ins p\ration . pathway. Let us do this and gain for all the world an abundant entrance to a glad •free life. , How to free thi s indus trial life , how to make it abound in health and fulln ess- this is his proble m, a But first the chains of bread~o ndage ~JUSt be problem, too, for whic h h<' has th e remedy- ll)<lod s uckliroken. Then-after that! Are yo big e nough to see ing e xploitation mus t ~o. No longer on all the earth mus t what come s afte r that? After that til ~il: come to mankind a limitless life or" stre ngth, dignity and l:>eauty. one man live in th e -sweat of anoth e r's face. Although to co mparath·e ly few, in Labor's migh ty On Comrades- let us on! army, it is g ive n to e nte r into th e larger ~nowl edge " And what if trad e sow cities and unde rlying a ss ura nce s of Socialist thought, ye t the Like shells along tl]e shore, ~lowing warmth and invigorating prope rty of th e s un~nd thatch with towns the prairie broad shine wlri ch · radiates the re from. is for all, even the With railways ironed o'er;humblest toiler in th o ranks. They are but sailing foambells While Marklu~'tit·s lines : Along Thought's _causing stream "What to him And take their shape aad_Sun- color Are Plato and the s wing of Ple iades, From him that sends the dream. "' ),l.LHat the long reaches of th e peaks of song , The rift of dawn, the re dde ning of the Rose." A SONG OF SPRING are all too true of the rank and· fil e of the worke rs. Yt:'l. the aspirations of each comrade are common to all; and By B. B<trnett all receive their inspiration from the same source. ''Lie down on the earth- th e n thou may'st hear t he "' And this, after all, is the living. vital reality nvtking se6ds quickening." Socialism inexpressibl y dear to the hearts of Socialis ts. Come creep· wi t h me A mighty host'touc hing elbows round the" world, in Among the ragged mass of toiling life, mill, in mine, in shop, in factory, on farm, ....,)v het e ve r Through every crevice let us work our way, th e }York of the world is done, move d· by a 'common Jlur Dig and descend; and let the k eenest strife pose, sharing a common hope, loyal to a faith equally Gnaw at our brain and bo2.[_ night and day. 1 sacred o each, receivi~ inspiration f1'om th e same source, nstitutent parts of one world-- wide struggle, Dig ct'e ep and full sustained by 'p.n unfaltering trust in the ·o~ u s tic e of their With me into the great deep heart of ma n, cai.Jse, and each pledged, by his own life and all life In to that surging sea of agony, .'h olds dear, never·to gi've up the struggle until industrial And let us clutch · at what or whom we can, emancip~tion has been won and for the first tim e a Afraid of that grim death · for you and me. race of free men and women. inhabits the e arth . This is the solidarity of Labor and ~h e meaning of class-consciousness! Cpm radel ·what a dt:'Jlth of meaning the word contains for all who ha,·e e ntered into the full spirit Socialist comradeship; for all who have foul)d the more abundant life to which it is the doo ~:. Bring thou with th ee The "m emory of pleas ing soundS and sights, The sense of beauty and of pleasant things, The finer feelings, and the changing lights, The sense that sorrow into justice stings. Comrades in a world cause having· for ,its ins11iration th e life· of humanity; "for its mission to make that life fre E; and to beautify it. Here is: found· the hea rt, the life-center of the sunshine of Socyl.1is m. H ere we are enabled to glimpse See, feel and .know ' Vhe re motley murmu rs swell to voices grand , • " ' here seeds of progress find the ri chest soi l, Whe r e rising forces , deep and wide, expand, Down where th e ragged human masses toi l. f �- . ·de · The ·W estern Comra A Piece.· of . ··o· what a tangled web we weave W hen first we practice to qeceive'' --Scott pa.p~r . ' 9 , . . By \...... Emanue l Jul i us a letter \Vith a million in:~it for what a · turkey'd cC:st..'! / . As Mrs. Brow~· tu;rned to leave, Susan· declared ; . \ ":Oon't forget to. come tomo~row. · We got to !;lave the · house a ll cleaned up for Christma s." "I'll 'come," said Mrs. Brown. ' are ruled by pieces of papereverything is based on paper. We conque r nations, enslave millions-all * · through pieces of paper. Paper is the On her wa y home, coming · upon a piece of paper! 1 ~ ne'v tyrant-it is .all-powerful. The peoMrs. Brown leaned over and picked · it up. There was ple have a new God, . a, new religionnothing OU that bi( Of paper, excen.t a f!:)W .printed WOrds they worship pieces of paper. which read: "H. . R. Crowell, Counsellor- at-lli,v." · lt ~· Pieces of. paper make the !t6lltleman was a lette t: head. . ~ and the aristocrat. Pieces of paper hold · The paper tieing clean, l\frs. Brown folded it ·carethe paupe r where he is. Pieces of paper fully and slipijed it into her bag .and when she reached direct arm-ies. father wah< foster peace. Pape r is civiher tiny home, sh e unfolded that piece of p!l.(ler and laid lizatiun. it on the table before her. ·And as sh e dipped a slice· · And , whil e on this subjc<:t, let us consid er the case of bread into a cupful of pale, weak•tea, she ·gazed abof Mrs. Brown. stl:actedly at that . p.i ece ·or paper, which ' was w?rth!Ls l\1rs. Brown was poor; she had nothing, SR I·~ re labecause it had no· black marks on it. Such pieces · f · tives. In that respect she was well suppli ed. She once paper cannot . possess power. Mrs. Brown wa:s wei r(> marke<.l , "If I had a dollar for every 'rel;!tlon 1 wouldn't aware of t hat. She thought of what J,l.er nephew had ila re to worr.'· any more." said-and s miled. A Tetter · might come, and it might 111 rs. Brown was a wei~hl on her kinfolk, wiw were not.' However , waiting for a lette1: would never , bring i'o)'(·ed to help keep he re. But Mrs. Brown had to work b~r a Christimas turkey, Mrs. Brown concl,~ed. ·ro r what she ate- th is aged woman was for ced to wash "And yet," said Mi·s. Brown, s iO\.vly; " a piece of . l'loth(>s . snub floors. se11· ;1nd knit. paper like t his \'-:ith a little writing on it .could mean :\!any 1\'PrP th e humiliation hea ped UJlon this. the end of my t roubles." poor. frail bit of humanity. Of course, Charlie hardly She fell to thinking of 'ivhat she. would do were ,.,·er said anything tha~ might be construed as offensive she to become possessed of a fortmie---,nsw__linens, or insulting, nor did Susan , h is wife. ever remark , in a rug, war mer. clothes, a better stove--and no more so man.'· words. that she was a "sponger." · No; th e washing~ The idea pleased her immensely. · So, in ,. , il .wa s in -.,,·hat they didn't say. They ignored h er her best handwri ting (just for .the fun of it) Mrs. almost (•ntii·e]y- e xce pt when the re were specific in Bro\vn penned th e following on tht: bit of paper: s t rtt~·t ion~ to accompany basket of wash . .They hard ly "Mrs. Alice Brown, <"a rcd to know whether she were ill or wel l. They and dozens of othe r'S took i\I rs. Brown as a matter-of-fact First street, City. . ('Ondition. Dear Madam: : This letter lets you know that Once, near Christmas, moved by a spirit of love. · / ' you have inherited $150,000 through the death Susan rema rked, "Oh, aunty, wou ldn't it be great if of a friend. Signed: ' son1oeon e was to die ;md Je\(ve you a wad of money?'' --); • H. R. CROWELL, And to this, Choliy interjected: Counsellor-at- law." ''Gee, that'd be· goo( ·luck, aunty; I ~ure do liopc 1\frs.' Brown read this note again anlr.-again. It someone lea1·es yot.t a ~roll." seemed . to satisfy IH:il' pinched heart;·. it seemei:l to :\1rs. Brown shook he r h ~ad. She kn e w the folly ;. e~ be l·, for the moment, to forget her hardships. of expecting a "wad" from Cholly, Susan, or the others. She· gazed at it, a look of happiness on her face and So she sighed : ' soon she imagined she had received such a letter. · "There ain't no dangr: o' that happening." As Mrs. Brown kissed that piece of paper, she "You never can 'tell," Cholly philosophized. "J<'unnier could se h er self sitting dowri to a Christmas. di~ner th ings than that 'av'e happe ned in this funny· old world of turkey •cranberr y_ sauce-and ·lots of other . ·good ~f ~urs. You're always liable .io get a letter sayin' thin' g s. A d then came disiJJusionment when she real't his is· to':in.form yop that you have fallen heir to ten ized that t a v ision-the piece of paper wasn't mi ll yun greenbacks.' Yes s iree, 1 tell you , this is a worth a row ·of pins. But, Mrs. Brown didn't throw it funny little world." · · ·away; she carefully folded it again and returned it to "I'd sell m y chance for the pl'ice of a turkey," said her bag, and. soon· this worn , weary woman forgot Mrs. BPown. her idle dream. Charlie didn't offer ·to pur chase. Nor did Susan. It / ll'as . talk, that's. all. * * Mrs. Brown s lowly repeated : On the morrow, Mrs.· Brown a ppeared at 'Susan's / I' "With ·Ch ri stmas coming .J.'d be m ore'n glad to sell . home 1·eady to do t he house. cleaning; she warked until I ..,.~~lllllllllll..,.la•E'~<' * a 5f8 .. * '·' �io The Western C,.wmrade every bone and muscle in her body was sore and stiff. Scrubbing floors was a little too trying for a . woman of Mrs. Brown's age. On arriving at her home again, Mrs. Brown slowly. reached into her bag, for she wanted what solace that letter could afford, but, to her surprise and disappointment, it was gone. Somehow, it had been iost while working in Susan's home. • • • • The news spread, and before nightfall almost all her re1ations, and there were many of them, learned of aunty's good fortune. She was an heiress! They literally mobbed her, _so .anxious were they to congratulate this bewildered woman. Susan ~as the first to appear. She carried something .wrapped in a newspaper. \ "Oh, aunty, aunty!"'' she cried; ''I'm awfully gladto see this." She handled the letter in a nervous manner. . " 'Tain't nothing to get excited over::_ said · Mrs. Brown. "Ain't it? Yes .it is, aunty! You're ~fully lucky. Oh, let me 'ldss you, dear aunty!" · ~he embraced tl~e old woman and kissed her. " See, aunty, Cholly was right whim )le -said this · was a .f unny old world-oh, thank ~od, f~r this, aunty, He did it--" · " 'Taint nothing," Mrs. B-ro'l\;n repeated . "And aunty--" here Susan's voice sweetened. She smiled. lovingly as she continued: "don't think we're the kind as'll forget you, aunty, with Christmas so _near. Oh, we ~was thinking of you, aunty, indeed we. was." Susan quickly tore away the , newspaper and ex- · hibited a fat turkey-·"Ain't this a dandy, aunty?" she asked. "You'll h_?.ve turkey for Christmas-lucky aunty--_'.'Mrs. Brown looked at t hat piece of paper-that flit of worthless paper-and s miled . II i ·- , Trarisi·tion Stage By H e l e n U n t e r m a n Ueep is the stir of the emotion after r eading the wonderful book "Woman :'!nd Labor," by Olive Schreiner . But we would faii to see th e greater value of the book, w.e would not coma e hend its main message, were we to be satisfied with the me re stirring of the emotion, alone. The aroused soul must utilize its inner vibr~ ­ tions by leading them into chanqels of practical activity. For in the practical application of our ideas lies ' the i'reatest evolutionary force, the greatest value for all · mankind. "Woman and Labor" pictures in the clearest and most fascinating manner the various transition stages .. of wvoman's labor. And to understand these variot.\5 stages is · to understand all the manifold suffering and pain connected with them. But what is more ! ' It is to realize the necessity of it aii for the sake of progress. Evolupon! ·.U nfoldment ! That is the· meaning of it all! If we could but comprehend this, how wonderfully it would ai( us in the transj.,tion' ·stage of today, the greatest of ill, the changing from the individualistic to the social sph~re. The growth, the unffilding and uplifting that comes from such change, · a change that transforms all our feeling; thinking and action, would be welcomed/ by us with open arms. · .]'oy would take the pJ,ace of 'pain. And it is joy that we "need because it inspires to action. If we had but eyes to see and ears to heAr we would no longer try to bold on to the Old thereby stifling th e energies that would build up · th e N,f!w. · Rightly would we interpret the little pain messenger and s milingly we would say io him : "Olt l know you, you are the e \·olutionary iTQpulse, · and I needed your aid to -rotise me to action. Glad you ·.came!" "But there is pain,'' ~om e will cry out. Indeed th e re is. mu ch of it, _;:.e ry much. But the- pain does . .. '• not lie in the change itself but ·in the social dis harmony, the socia-l inequality, in our ignorance of social and psychic laws. The inateri«i and m~tal. forces thathinder us from accomp1.1shing the · change-these are . the real ·causes of our pain, For .observe the \~sition stages of nature. Ti:J.ere the ffilrtn elements neede d for the perfection of the change ar~ rest and activityand not pain. Take for instance a wintry day, a snowcovered ground~ Nature at such times is seemingly dead. "But remove only a little of the snowy ground and Ia! whom will you find? Spring, beautiful, glorious Spring! It was just lulled to sleep by the friendly snow tp gather fresh beauty, renewed energy for the time of. his service. Social dishr.rmony is unkno\~· n there, hence the absence of pain. And so it should be with human transition sta'g es. What we need to break the pain of. today. is to overcome social disharmony through collective f¥ ling, collective thinking, anfl coll~cti'Ve wisely guided action. The energy of every individual must be utilized to build a new force against the old. The new force-rightly directed-wJJJ gradually conquer the old. Then Discord will dissolve itself into Harmon y, Bondage into Freedom, Confusion into Understanding and Hate into Love. And then the unfoldmen t of mankind will bP. carried on as spontaneously a s that of nature. Canr you imagine the power and the lov e~ of a race that wi!JI e li the evolutionary ladde r -with joy and vitality, ead of pain and weariness? Let the wonderful powers of nature rest and inspirt us. Le t us relate the never dying activities, the end · less creations of new fo rm s to our own indh·iduaJ ·and social life and :Struggles. and trust that we s hall fif!d our phice in them. For, are we- not part of Natu re~ �T be Western Co iilr a d-e 11 Lewis ,J. Duncan. Socialist mayor of Btilte, Montana, of milk, meat and other foods bas been pro ecuted, ha e, is the political house-cleaner of that city. At the beuncruestionably; been the proximate ~uses these imginning of hts administration he grabbed a figurative provements touching the public health." mop and has beertkeeping it in action ever since. And, Duncan bas many oth~r things to his credit, but, it is like the proverbial Silver-Dust Twins, he has made the utterly impossible to even give mention fo half of them. dirt tty so high that you couldn't see it with a teleHis' short tenure office has been a brilliant succes . >H'OP •. All of which is a rather round-about-way of It shows what happens when Socialists roll up - their ~aylng that he aimed for efficiency in municipal gov- · · sleeves and get to work. It. shows what representativese rnment, striving to bring order out of chaos and r~­ of the working class c_!ln do w.hen given ·half a chance. JIIaccd rank graft with com.petence,' sy<;tem and bon The plutocratic editors, in attacking Soclaltsm, never fail to parade this well-known · bogy : I'K ty. Which goes to prove that "he :1c1 d just a s a Socialist official shoutd ., . . "Beware of the Socialists! They al'l, that he did what was expected of will increase e«penditures and bank/ L 111m and that he lil'<'d up to the prinrupt the city!" <'ipl •s of labor's internatioual Soci~l­ That · sounds 'familiar, doesn-'t it? lst partY. Well, the actual trutts th.e fq;. I 1111!<'311 has t·ommc•n<'t>d a task that lowing: will ht• tal{(•n up in <'l·ery uthE'r AmN'fhe Socialist adlllinis ti 11 in it·;l!t t·i t y. The Soeialist ~ ·a rc t·om in~ Butte, for one · year, cost only $398,fni'W!ll'd with start lin g- ra pidity, dP784 .64. The anti-Socialist administra!t•rllliitPd to ~il't• tht• world a housPtion of two years ago. cost $460,292.64. I'i<•aniug-, wi pt• away the' dirt ot' di:-;How is that for "bankrupting the <'HH< ' , t h<· :-;C'ars of JHll't•rt ~- and then city?" Sa_ving '$60,508.00 is a. peculiar ··on s tr11\·t. rt c·oJ!nnonwealth hascd on kind of bankruptcy! ill dn s t ria l dt•ntn<·rac·~· .... ~· hich means, Some years ago, Du!lcan was In I'~>;tli ! Y. that th e 1\'Urld s hall be long preache r i~ a Unitarian chut'<).h . ' at I 0 I lto 1\'0rl\C'I'S. Outte. He had a ~regation of _17taid, And. it. i~ ju;;L sur·h administrations dignified, respectabl e folk who WOI' a s ar<• bein~ given tlw peop le of dean collars when they went to ih1l!P, l\lontana; Seltnectadr, New - c hurch. 'fhey were the kind of peo\'or!;; ll rl<cl y, Calif., and s uch an ple that threw soundless money .into the collection bo" -no jingling dim es t~ ilmini ~truliu n us was giren th e peoPI!.' of l\lllwauke , that will make the wero used. ron !I !o(.O !Htccess qui l(e r and more cer Duncan was getting along nicely, A Polit:ca \ Housecleaner giving the respectable people the re lltin. For, it i:; in suc·h demonstraspectable 'stuff they wanted. One day, Emma Goldman, tions that 1{te peon!(' see Sodalist:-; at work doing-. t lw q ueen of th e Anarchists, dropped into town. She was th lugs lh<'Y bl!l· •e lin; and . as a naltlral result, they _ea n 1lci nothing but prai and support- except if they bP • bi lled to de live r a lecture on Ana•·chism . But, as usually happens with the fie ry Emma: 't here wasn't a pluto('ra.ts, dishonest polit iei!ius or subsidized uewS.JJ:l hall obtainable. The police harl...eJerytbing bottledj up. llN edi'tors. ...... These ul)der-handed tactics to suppress free speech Aft t' on ar's serric·e, Mayo•· Duncan sent h_i_s set Duncan's blood boiling. And-good beavens!-he l'l'port to the memb'ers- 'of the citr coun cil, out~intng the ·immediately ex!)loded a bomb that was worse than anywtwk · d ue. and indiratiug scores of improvements in one e ~· er dreamed \\'Ould come from a Unitarian minmuni ipal affair . It would· b impossible to Hen outiste r. He actually threw his church open and invited . Jinl) th nchie\j lll<'nts, b humerottSare they. One th ing he r to deliver her message. stands u Jlrbminently : 'fh almo t unbeliel'able d Duncan said that he wasn't an Anarchist, 't!ut that he in th number of infectious disea e and dis did believe in free speech. As a resl_!lt, be got the Anto hildr n. Thi year, say the revort. gora of the staid, respectable deacons. In addition, the• u 126 infecti..ou di ea es. During the · ers ·commenced Ooc!Qng to his church. He, to tbe' for 1910-11) the rE.> were 1,0 4. These . figur~ aswnishnienl of all, delivered bls message to the workon~incing 'story. \ ers, telling them of the means that would result In their • nd. wby should tbL h8J);Jen after onlr one y~ar of salvation right here on earth. In other words, he talked 8 i:tlist rule ~ Th explanation i ea r ' to find. and ocialism. And then, the deacons, minus their Angoras, a Ids t the . r dit and spc 'al '\'alue of ocialist rule. JJrcCEeded to administer the "can" to the Unitarian mfll:'11 \' Or Dun an gi\'e the reason in the following: i_ter-he was fired. -But, the people of Butte didn't dis' 'The faithfulness and t>fficiency with which our ani(·barge- h im-they elected him to the oftice of mayor. 1 ry r e II tions han• been enforced and l he in peclion of of r ... .... �T b e Western . C O'mca.d e· orls er o e By 0'\'-. ~~~~~=;t E George W .. Carey (aJk gJibfy allo t common things; b1!lli now aii.d then. in our experiences, it hapj)enff that s·o me strang e and &n ca ony thing is pre~ented'oo tbe canvas of consei.ou!'!ness. These grotesf)ue actors on the stage of our mental experience f!Ometimes r,ass a way like the "baseles fabric or a vision"-others rem ain and refiiSf' to r!i !l!iOIVe or be exercised. :Maybe lhf> ac-ror in the story I am writing will !a!IP from the <·an\·;Hs of mPrnory after I ha\·e written thP Him pl!, far·ts a!! I rt>rnr·mhPr them. I wa!o\ li ving in a r·allin <•n thP :-ianra Cruz mountains ahollt twr,ln· rniiP ~ from Ill.{' r·ity of Santa Cruz. .One morni ng ahout X ,,·r-J or·k, a man r·alled a t my cabi n and aHk ed f or an inlf·rviPw. li e said his name was l'lanrle H ay mond and ha<.:t il.v acid Pd. " my name is of Iittlf' eo n se quPnr·P, hut '' h::~;t I shall rplate is of so much r· onsl''llll'IH'I· thai it a ffr-r·ts thP \'P ry fonndation of K('i<·rwP and all I'Htahlishr·d things." and he then looked sr·arrhingly into my I'Yr·s and sa id, almost Yehernently: " I t i !ol too mn<·h for onr· to hr·a r ; no man ea n hold such a s.-c·rPt and livt• IW<•rity - follt' hours." I IJpg-gr>d him to proc·<·ecl with his story - the ~ ~ r a ugt·Ht , muHt \l' ~>ird ·story ,. ,·p r llttl'rc d in spe ech. l tnymcm cl Jlroc·r·c •dr·rl a s follow s: " I arrivf'd aLan A.!'J!·<>!Ia m i ning c·amp iu 1\l ay. 18[1(; . Aft er a few w Pk H of JH'ospP('ting and inve stigat i on , I hong h t h a l f in t erf' st in a f' l aim for $400, which was ahonl all t h e monpy I hacl . My part n er' s name w;l!; C'ar l Peterson. a SwedP. ~ "Ou r clai m co nsisted of a n irr egula r l ed ~ f decom J)~ s erl f]n artz. 1' he l edge was n!1 l y f r om thre'e-to five fef't wi de. Small pockPts w er e fou nd occas ionall y that ('ontnlned go l d - beari ng (]ua r tz. T h Ei wor k was sl ow and.. te di o us. Ta k ing an ave r agP, we found was slo,· profits net ted eac h of n s $)10 a mon th. "O n e d ay, th e Swede came to camp grea tl y exci-ted t nd said th at h e h ad seen a pictu r e of the 'U1 i ng: . and that hE' ~~· o ul d n ot stay at th e camp another da~·. 0 co u r se, I had n o icl ea what hE' m eant hy the 'thir.;:;'. "My parl.lter exp l ained , t elling m e that the I ndian s had a tmdit:\Qh t h at many Y<'~S ago the ocean covered al~ th~ l and in ~rizona exce11t the mountai n , which \\'ere islands, and that the ruler of the islands was a spa inonster, about one hundred f eet in length, with head and neq.k of a human, body like a lion, taperin hack to · a tlsft tail. It was claimed by the fndians that th e monster had perfe ctl y formed hands and that i t worshipped at ce rtain places wh ere crude erosses had h<><'ll E' l'ec t ed by m eal1s un"t-nown . • · "Crude ca1·vings of thi s 'thing' w ere known to exist on t'Ock s in that rf!gion. hu t it w as conside r ed u ufortun at~ to find one. Howei'E'r, I persuaded my part ner to ta k e m~ to see t he 'llkl\lr<:>', as he called- i t. lt v.-as,a _ 'little above our rmtll, wher(.> we had passed along mlU\y times. Th~ canill.g' was on tile smootlt surme of a lar~ s~ab of slate-stone ro WhQe\'er 'IITOu.giht Ule lmagp \\..as a mast'E'r haill'd. 'T!J<e carYing represented ... be Gorge t a monster ind ed'-th~ roan's bead!. iu~ck....ar~s. a ndi ha.n d WeFe traced ID l\nes Of awfu} bea\lt:o·. . . l only glanced a~ the pictured 'thing'. when · ID..'-' partner pulled me away and "-·e hurriedly returned to our camp. Peterson seemed half ·craz:ed and urgett me to go away with him. H'e said that we mu t seH out and lea\'e Ari21oua. ··r agreed, and · we packed up. ·we w ent to the little to..vn and bunted up ·a R,ussian named ~iC'k Jartson, and after much bickering and dickering succeeded in selling -out for the pitiful sum of six hundred dollar · . " T be following day l<"\Yas relatin g the tory of the carYing to a dozen miner , when a -gip y 3Jlproaehed thE' group and beckoned to me. I step)led aside. and she s1}id. ' I ba\·e a me age for you .' I thought sht' impl y wanted twen t y-fiy e cents for .telling my fortune. and told he1· to go ahea d. "The gipsy' s revelation tarlltfd m e hE'YOllll nlf'asure. She said there was a ca r e ia th E' anta ruz mount-ns that contained untold wealth. Sh e aid th at _}.J1n nish pirates had d eposited a milli!>n dollars 1 gold and precj!)us s ton es _in this caY e nearl y 11. ernt11ry al!o. Siltgave me a map of the country and said tha t I mH st go and secure the great weaith . "The gipsy th en warned m ~ ·. to hP\I'a r of thf' ' thin g' that mad~>. r egular pilgrimagE's to the cave and wor shiped there. Sh e said that all who lool<N l upon th e monster's awful form W<'rP s r rif'ken w!~h n fatal malady and soo n di ed . Sh <; a l so said thnt tlh ~~\· ing on the rock that I h ad o ~crltwd~s 11 pic-titre.. 6f the monster and that it liv Pd i t• . : ' Par·i f!r- lkl'l\11 "I arrh·ed i'n Santa ('ruz. and nr,. • inquir·i•·s nhoul the m ou ntai ns. but found no onp \1 ho krto of a f'U\'C i n the section indi ca t ed 011 the glp~y·~< !'rudP 11Hi, " Y ester day I found th e cave. It wa s ~l tunH · •i i n th e side of the deep gorge just WE'St 'or th is r·ahl11 . When I entered the cave I saw signs that i11dkat<'d t hat sorn<' large, J{ea \·y ob j ect had smoothed away th e \'Pgeta liQ11 and mad"e a path from the mouth of th e c·a,·p down th e gor g e to\~:ard the ocean. The cave wa s lighted hy tlw refle ct ion of a pile of dazzling gems at the foot of an alt ar surmounted by a eross cut from ~:~ uNd gold quartz. By the altar' I found a pool of t'tear <:old water, ar\d on its brink ~he most beaHtiful CUI> I have ever Hf-en; it was cal'l'ed out of a garnet. Diamond s. nrhles, pearl s and gold c-oins were pil ed in heaps all abou t the pool and c-ross. So at iast I was in the ea,·e tl,ese r·! bed by the gipsy, and tbe wealth of the Hothsch ild s wa1> unveiled if- a h. the 'thing'-if l could only secure t.ite gold and gems w ithou t an en cou n ter· with the sea . ' r "I had a sack th at I intended to fill wlth the vre>- ., to fill it with diarnoudli, pearls, rubies and some of the old Svanish coins. cwus find , and proceeded "Suddenly J was fill€d with an awful fear that the "thing' wa.s near, an d J ran to lthe e;ne opening · and ga"red down l.be path and .saw emerging from the hu.sJ:tes a bJ.>ing that b:alUed·lleserlJit'ion. · Jt was movivg sl owh'. and majesti.caiiy up the inc-line towaJ·ds the cave. IllS �-· T h e Western Comr -:r-d e 13 Joaquin Mlller;s- head was raised ten or twelve feet from the ground an d its hands were crossed upon its breast. "The length of the awful shape seemed interminable as it was dragged forth from the bushes in the go~e. "All this I took in at a glance and then 1led to the most remote interior o.f the ca,·e. Gold and diamonds ha d lost their lure and I thought fuat my last moment •Ill earth had arrived. Crowding against the back wall ur the cave, about sixty feet from the cross and poql, I looked out to the mouth of the cave and saw the lle\·out !\1onster bow its human head and enter the .;anctuary and re,·erently approach the altar and baprromal font, for baptismal font it surely was. ., La~t Poem Almost as he passed within the portafs of the worid . beyond this life, Joafluin Miller, "Poet of Sie~s," · wrote his last poem. It was on the Friday bef~.,re he died, after he knew that death was .near, that he gave to his ·re the pieces of pa.per on which he .had written the beautiful sentiment. "This is my last message to the world," h e told her. The Western Comrade counts itself fortunate to be able to give tq its readers this last treasure from. Joaquin. Miller's pen. These are the liqes: the "! shall never know if this wondrous being knew of rny presence at all; or if it did that, it simply consi dered my presence as I would think of an ant or fly. "Strange to say, as I looked at the features of the · Huler of the Is land s'-as the Indian tradition had itill e dread feeling of f<'ar passed a~\·ay to · be supplanted l•y a soothing sense of resignation. re\'erence and awe. As r gazed at this creature. more wonderful than any rnythologica l god of the ancients, it bowed its massive · llPad as if in pray<'r. I . fe lt for a moment that my . r.e~ .;on was Jc,av ing me, but I was aroused to sanity'-1:Jy_ I ilL" god ra hing its !wad and cha nting a strain of song "l'i rd and wild eno ugh to ha\·e delighted the soul of IIH Quincy. "Then the DHout Monster took th e cup in its mighty hand, dipped it full of water from the pool and poured it on its head; after thi s baptism it stretched rr~('lf out on the ground and lay perfectly still. "The desire to escape iii ized m e , and I cautiously pass d out of the cave, almost brushing against the •·normous form dr' the 'tliing.' Once out of the cave, J ran down the trail for a hundred yards and then climbed . ll p the side of th e rocky gorge, pulling mystlf a long by ill<' buNhPs. fe rn ~ and shrubs. I soon gained the top of I he rfd ge and th e road. and fonnd an . Italian's cabin :<ituated in a vine yard within Jess than two miles of the •·ave. I told th e Italian that I was a sur veyor and was !ired out... I asked to stay 0\·er night. a favor which he .::ranted cheerfully. '"fhe sin was O\·ercast with dark clouds and th-e rtali!ln said a !Ji g storm was coming. You know about ilw terrific rail) and ·wind of last night. "This morning at daybreak I hurrie d back to the cave, te lling my {riend that. I must go back to Santa l'ruz. Can you iuniline my feelings~·hen I arrived near 1 he seene of yesterday's adventure and found that· a • mighty landslide had swept the side of the gorge where tne cave w'a s located and piled tan million tons of debris into the gorge '?" His story · e n de~. the stranger rose to go. Before lea ving me. he· said: "Let me see.; what was it the p;ipsy said? Ah. yes, now I remember. 'No one cim lc>ok upon that awful thing and Jive!'" 'rl1e·n. with a sigh, my strange visitor hurried away. Without a minute's delay I started for the gorge to "<'e if th e slide had occurred as described, and wa-s s1 artled to find that he had told the truth! On my return, l stumbled over a human fo-rm. Looking down, I wrrs astounded to see the body of' a man. It was the strange man who told !lle that strange story of the monster of th e gor·ge. "Could I but teach man to believe, Could I but make small men to grow,' To break frail spider webs that weave About their thews and bind them low. auld I but sing one song and lay Grim Doubt; I then could go toy way In tranquil silence, glad, serene, A.Hd satisfied, from off · the S"ene. But, ah this disbelief, .t-his D~ul:it, \ ·. . . I This 'doubt of G.od, this doubt of good. ~ The damned spot will not out. "Wouldst learn to know one little flower. Its perfume, perfect form and .hue? ~ Yea, wouldst thou have one perfect hour Of all the years that come to you? Then grow as God hath planted , grow A lordly oak or daisy low, As he hath set his garde~; be · Just what thou art, or grass or -tr.ec. .Thy t reasures up in h eaven laid Await thy stire ascending soul, Life after life- be not afraid!" SONG OF T HE NEW FAI :r H By E . Nesbit \Yheth r leading the va n of the fi.gh ters In the bitterest stress of the strife. Or patiently bearing the burden Of a changelessly commonplace life; One Hope we have ever before us, One aim to attain and fu lflll'-One watchword we cherish to mark us, One Kindred and Brotherhood still. What matter if fai~ure on failure Crowd closely upon us and press? hell an hundred have bravely, been beaten, he bimdred-and-flrst wins success! · watchword is ".Freedor;n"- new soldiers lock eac)l day when her flag is unfurled ! \3 ·~ · ~ r cry is the cry of the agell! · Our Hope is the Hope of the World ! G IVE THANKS Give -thanks with all thy flamin g heartCrave but to have in it a ·. part, Give thanks and c1asp· thy heritage To be · alive in such an age. I t_; �14 The Wester ri - Com r ~ e The Conversion of TOIIt~ By . Arthur R. Characters: Tom , an Industrial Unionist, who doesn't believe in political action. Dick, a Socialist, who does. Time: The present. Scene: Dick's study, which is also his dining- room, dormitory, kitchen, etc. Dick is seated at his typewriter, working on a Socialist article\ which he has entitled "The Big Union." Tom stands behind him , hands in pockets, reading as the other writes. more of• his employer's interests than he does of his m\·n. He can't even vote a '·capitalist ticket, can· he? Well, he can, and he does-mi llions of him." Tom, shifting his ground: ~·Anyway , your professional man can' t represent labor faithfully in the legislature. It's against his class interest." This gives Dick im ii:lea for his next tiaragraph, so he rattles away: ''Sometimes a Briand or a Millerand proves false; but Dick, hamm ering all·ay: the traitors are repudiated and the ranks elose up again. In · nearly -all cases, howe ver, the 'intellecfual' i's true ":V1any men in many land s compr ise the membership the men 1 who elect him. At any i·ate the capitalis ts of the l.Jiggest. Iahor union in the world. ·Uns killed laborers are me mhers or the uig union, and they take be lieve tliat he will be, for they always 'fuse' to beat him at the polls. Th e y do more: th ey pass lab or le'g isequal rank with all tlw res t. Craft work e rs are meml.Jprs 'of th e big union. and they take e qual rank with . lation-such as it is-to head the Soctalist vote. " all th e resl. i:'lmall farm e rs. self -employed ('ity work e rs, Tom, grudging ly. rolling a rigarette: "'Su h a s it i.-;,' is goorl. " · and profess ional me u are me mhPrs of th e !Jig union. Dick, typing rapidly: and thC'Y tak e equa l rank 11· ith all the i·es t. Tom, rea{]ing with growing tln f'as iness. thC'n glanc ''But des pite all its e ne mies ca n do, th e bjg union ing again at the title': "Hold on. old man! Ar e n't g;ro11·~. In Germany, th e slums are wiped out in th e you htPaling some of our thtt tlller -- lndu s triali st thund e r. big c:ties- to head off th e Sociali ~t 1·ote. Iu England. I nH'an '! " th e 11·orkers receil·e an old-&ge pe ri s jon-to head off llic·k. without look around: "Certainl y uot." Th f' n 1 he Socialist \'Ole-. In California, th~ women get the hn finish<' S the paragraph: e ight - hour day-to he ad off the Socialis t vote . "Ant! llH'rt' are nt C' n o f 11·ca lth 11·ho a r e m e mb ers of Tom, impati e ntly, and forgetting to light his c igathP big union, and th ey talc~"equa l rank with all th e rette: "llut I t e ll you tl.at you ca n't get anything by I rc•s t. I-lo11·'s that, Tom 0 " he asks his fri e nd. 1·oting-. · Th e re are four million s of iu.em1llQr.ed work e r i(.., Tom. in deep clisgust: " \\'h at right has a man of t1l this ~·o11ntr~· . I'm on e of th e m ,"- proudly. " What WPa lt h to hP a mcmiJpr of a Jailor organization, as you . g-oort' is voting going to do them ?-or me?'' . cal l it?" ... Dick. appare ntly engrossed in hi s typing: Did": ''O il. th ere are non e too many of th e m in "And the C'ap italists may yei. be driv e n to pro1·id e it to s uit me. But t e ll m e, Tom,' ' . he asks sly ly, in tum: stille work for the unemploy e d- to head off th e Socialist " \\'hat ri!!;ht has a workingman t.o organize one muon vote." to 'scal.J' on another?" He chuck les to himse lf as his \ Tom. appall ed at th e prospert and quit e losing his "' . compan ion tri es to think of a s um c ic ntly cr ushing rehead: '':-\o . si t"; 1'11--'-1'11 e migrat e first.'' Then sh ifting tort, then typ es away again: '· h is ground agaill: "'The Rig l ' nion ,' indeed! That's "Of cou r se . th ere are wealth y men ll'hiJ join t be OUR idea, Dick. That's what we ca ll ·ouR organiza!Jig union for their own private ends. l.Jut they drop out. ti n- the lndm;tria l ·work e r s of the World. \Ve' 1·e got Anarchists hal' e ' even been known to join , to ad1·ocate it all figur e d out - " He stops t o li ght hi s c igare tte. the 'propaganda of <teed,' but they drop out. Occasional"Yes- on paper. N~ you ,,·ant to Dick, dry J~·: ly, Industrialists don't believe it poli tical action mak e it a reaJio·.. Explain it to the workers- to the become members of the . organization, but the; dropran k and ti le. I mean - and no doubt in tim e they' ll • out. adopt it. That's how we l.Jrought o1· e r a lot of pureTom, with ronviction: "You ~et they do!" and-simp le trades unionists· to polit ira I artion , and s~on­ -D ick, finishing th e·· l)aragrap li a nd und ersco ring the er or lat e r we sha ll con 1· e rt the r est. " I words: Tom, choking on a mouthful of toba cco- smo ke: " Ot· they are .kicked out." vert nothing: \\' e are going to smash their old He goes on typing: lll)iOt and expose the rotten grafters that ~re running "Every member of th e big union carries a red card them. Th e n we are going to r eo rganize th e work ers in )ti s •pocket. H 'is his pate n t. of 'c lass consciousness. into tl . \\·. \ V., and when the tim e is ripe , we are And he stic ks a dues-stamp on it eve r y month." going to call a general strik e, and-- " Tom , protes ting aga in : "Now. there 's no sense to Dick, inte rrupting: "Not so fa st, Tom. \Ve can 't that, Dick. You kn ow that a wealthy man can't be c lassmarshall all the workers to the ballot - bo x- " conscious. Re can't even have th e interests of th.e Tom: "You bet your life you can't." worldngman at lleat'l ." Dick: "But you can get Lhe m to abandon the orDick : "Oh, piffle!" And t he n . mimicking the ot h gan izations whi c h are at pres.e nt their only defense e r: "You kn ow , Tom. that a work ingman can't think agai nst capitalism. 't'ou can get them to dese r t the to off wft9 . .. �15 T h e Wester n Co m .r a t1-e leaders they themselves elect. You can-reorganize them into a· union which antagonizes them every day. And rhen, when you hold up your little finger, they will all 4 Jay down their tools and--" Tom, eagerly: ''That's the idea. Overturn the capitalist system at a stroke. Sabotage. Revolution. One big union of all the workers to fignt the one big union of all the shi rker s." His eye gleams; his '!best expands; his nostrils emit columns of smoke as he sniffs tho battle from afar. Uick, looking around : "Gu on . F'lap your ears. Don't mind me." Tom, nettled but thinking it over. "\Veil, I'm always open to conviction ." Dic·k. turning to his machine: "Conv iction! I'd makP it six months- in a st raight jacke t." Then he c-latters away again~ ")fpantimr, th e hig political union of 'the worke rs, It'll m illions Rtron g, man.:lv·s on to cenain ·victory. In Anl(•ri<·a, tlw People'~ !'arty E'JltPrs th e lists against it, hut is Cflli<-kly left hel.liil'l. The l' nion Lnbor Party, a J•Hf'tldo - labor orga ni za tion . has a meteorie career, and (· JHI. Tlw l'rogrcssil·cs la 11n c·h a part~· to sa \·e the \\' ork!~ r ~ without getting off the ir backs; hut the latter 111ny liP saf<'IY left to llc·al \\'ith th em- -" Totti . growing intN!'SlNl : "That's what." IJirk. 1·ontinuing to typP: ''And th e lnllu slria l Worl< •·r·s of th f' Wor ld. th e organization of unski lll'd labor in thi s r·ou ntr,\·, mu " t. Roon1•r or lat pr wh ePI into line fo r tl1t> politiral tight ." Torn , imprpssE'd hy· thP illNt~ " Tli f' l'f'·~ ~O IIlPiliing in that, ton, ( ' CIIlW to lliink of it . lint \'iJH·Pnt St . .fohn '" '- Dick, a bs ently hAnding an application- blank over hisshoulder: "Here, you chump! Take this." Then he goes .on: , . .. "War- clouds gather in Europe, but the big union lays down the law, a nd_ the clOuds dispers e. 'f'YO Industrialists are headed for the gallows; but the 1abor politicians' take up their ·fight, and the two ate freed. Every year the organization grm\•s bigger, _more classconscious,~ more cer tain of its destiny, the abolition of the wage system." Tom, weakenfng: "It sounds all r ight, Dick. Bu.t"anxiously-"don't you think you place too much confidence in your leaders ? B1U Haywood says--" Dick, derisively interrupting: ''Oh, of course we do. But you don't, do you?" Then, imitating the-other again: "Vincent St. John says _ J;lill Haywood sa·ys Honestly, Tom, do you know where you ought to be?" Tom, g1'inning: "In a padded cell, I suppose. But. . what wouYI ygu advise me to do?" Dick, tn1ing the ans\yer, whi ch is also the conclud ing sentence of his article : ".Join the big union of the 'll·orking class. the In ternational Socialist Party of the \\'orld." H e . wings sharply around and watches his friend, as the atter thoughtfu])y reads what he has writte n . Tom, suddenly making up his mind. · "y'ou arE;! right. Dick. I me an about the· padded cell." He takes out a 'pencil and starts to scribble his name on the application blan k which he still holds in his hand. Then he pauseR. Dick : "W ell?" Tom, grinning ·again· as h.e finishes writing his nam e : "I guess, old man, you'll ha\'e to advance l;l1e tho fifty C€nts." f (j The Socialist Party ('um pos t•d of llll'n and wom e n who are dream ing the world's !\' re ute~t drea m , the Socialist party is the most t"'ll<:t i<'ltl pa n y in th e history of organized politi cs. 'l'he Sodalist party ne ve r disband s. It is as ready 111 fi gh t after e lection as b<>fo re. Its stat us re mains the ~!l llll' , ..... The 'oc·ialist vart ccepts no person to me mbership who does not gi\·e allegian('e to its principles. It wan~s nmH' but the sincere. It seeks not m erely numbers, btl! numb rs o f people who be lieve in its principles. The ocialist part)/ wants to grow no faster than its are acceptt!d. And often it makes deep in . principl \'estigalion of a prospective member before he is aill'lWE'd to so much a apply fo1· a place on the rolls of tho l ' Yolutlon . ~o iall' t pay ~ue . They do this to enable the work f com·e r ion to · their principles to be continued t matically. In tbi they are extremely practical. In an ag of organization they adopt the principia in its be norm. They do not traggle up to the enem'y in rag d, undi ciplined disorganization. They march forth. ompactly, di ciplined, well ordered. o iali t rule from the bottom. They elect officers - A Practical Modern Machine \ for their organiz'a tion. They watch th e ir officers. They ,.ommand through the re(erendum. They make known their desires through the initiative. They express their • dissatisfaction throu ~; h the recall. They practice democracy. The person who ''doesn't like the pe&p.l.e in control" has no argument in the Socialist party. His voice is as weighty as the voice of any other. The Socialist party is always responsible for its acts because it Is always tangibfe; always THERE. Every per,son \'{hose views are e xpressed In the dem nd; of the Socialist party . should join the party. It is Ui only RIGHT thing to do. THE M ORNING CO M E S \\ e are tiptoe for the morning, and we catch the radiapt beams. W.e beh1>1d -the heavens clearing with the glory of our dreams. "'e are pres ing to the splendor, we are reaching toward the light. ~ e shall see the earth· in beauty in the en,!ling of the night. �- The Western Comrade 16 The Ransom llEGAN writing a novel of · a medieval baron who was to maro; a daughter of a ··water-e~ting" farm er, against _ all the ·customE and trad-itions of the suzeraineuus Japanese history, an out-of-date, ruse -washed, opulent romance with lots of duels and abrupt meetings, when my, friend, Tanaka, slipped into my library as sneakedly as a Tokyo 1!-ewspaperman, and tossed the brave baron in the air with a motion of his eigarette-stitined linger. '"What's the news, ne ws- man?" Tanaka was full of humor thiS" morning, which mad e 111 e suspect either he was dead broke OF nursing a des Jit•rate prank down in h,i:; infernaj psychology. " Have a heav en-climbing sche me ! Firs t let 111e quut" my soul-ele vating proverb; "Drink and then li g ht!· Uuocl stu ff, did you ge t this over Shinbas lri's '?" ' Uem·rally, do not ins pire myse lf with absinthe like_ l'aul \ "!c' rlaine before or after l write, hut, th i:; morning, hy chance, I happened to have two glasses and an imported fla s k on the shelf. "Oh, I know now Tanaka! You just discovered the residenc-e of th e beautiful girl'"\vhum you met at a con<-Prt and follow ed to see he r \·anbh in th e air. Am I prophe tically right? ~ "The girl? A .{!!?_Y s mil e curled up behind Iri s mu.stache, which , however, fritte d away as he ;,macked his lips greedily. 0, l wish I knew whe re she li\'es ! I really am in love with her. The day before yesterday, too, I saw h·e r in Hongo, on a rikisj1a. She is worth my life, old friend. Not that romance though today. "Listen, you, recluse and money-spender, you no doubt beard about the terrible downfall of the Saionji privy cou.ncil last night. All of them, up from the premier down to the twenty-ye n-a-month parasite, resigned for the royal cause of the disagreeme nt between ' th e m and the ministe r of Army, Uehara, who insisted "Enough! admire your genius; but, if it was the recitillfi_Of your own arJJ.cle which the last night's extra printcil, I wish you kindly do that at the dusty street corner of Kanda, instead of disturbi~g - a man of letters. Politics and the insurance agents are always in the habit of seeing me shut the door before .dJ eir faces." you are so Cse ! This staiP romance of Kama kura will not bring you a hokd copper. I have _a s ieveful of money co mi~g. Yes, coming from this case. If this goes w ~ll . we will divide it into two. A million; each! - . Are you on? The treasure is hidden in . the bottom of this sinister downfall of the Saionji cabinet . the government of the_ people·. "Well. novelist, do you 'really know where tbe denouement of this _s udde n political tragedy is .hidden? I'll sho\v you later. "li'iJ·st, the stubborn Uehara, the army minister, as said; 0, he is an iron-headed, steel-boned simpleton, .. o. By Herolchlro K. Myderco nothing but a mere scare-crow, as I said, this man reported th~ expansion of the nat,ional' a·rn~ent, especially, th~ army, according to his program >\ which w.as utterly against th~ interest of _the Saionjl cabinet. But, t~is bull stuck to his horn, and raved about the s acred hedge of the new Mikado; and, at last, said, self-disgustingly and precariously, that since his opinion, which was based on his insight of the international politics, could not be used by the present government, his existence as the minister of army was only a nominal play. Then, peevishly, he resigned. This is the famous trick of Prince Katsura, O~ama, and many other jealous red d_e vils who work within -Ule black curtain of tbe stage. Uehara )Vas simply wedged in by these monster exministers, COf" fin-marlufacturing tyrants, whose i)lt_e rests were not in common with those of Japan and Japanese, name ly, of the cabinet of Prince Saio.pji. "The noble Prince Saionji knew that if we\ had four more regin~ e nts in J?-pan. th e suffering of \he poor would be as bad as if they had another Russo-J~~~e war. "So, be fought with all the braveness of ·his heart. But, no use, Saito and his men were against one of the greatest fi,nanciers of the country; " . . the Japanese Rockefeller, Yano, the capitalist of capitalists, the talking mint, the golde n de mon, who backed the bald -headed - politicians, such as Katsu ra, Oyama, Yamagata, Yenouye." Tapaka's searching eyes flashed through the gl~­ - of the amber liquor, a nd as be lit IllS-cigarette hls ra.und oracle face twitched into a cynical _s mile. "You know how I came to d i:;cover this? know no one else has scented this except the m yste • rious dragon reporter, with a pair of Mephisto-eyes, Kant's brain, and the feet of SYengali, . whose celestial name is Re porter No. 3 of 'The Morning Sun,' Mr. S. \ Tanaka, pseudonym charitably ·omitted. "No matter, you shall share my whispe r. . . . Last ni ght, as I felt a li ttle tired with th e t ranslations of t he English cablegrams, I took a long walk through the s treets of Aoyama, toward my home. Do you know how many auto!TlDbiles we haYe in._.!okyo, dreamer? \ Well , at present there are four hundred and thirty-six. Among these, r can a lways single out a green Detoroito car manufactured in Detoroito. 'Merica, a fast children killer , too, owned by no other person than Honorable Yano . "'It came self-pn)pelling the twilight street, as I mbled along, with" its primitive honk and beasty buzz, an nearly cut my slee\·e .off my kimono with its speed. Be f re it vanished in the mansion, howe-ver, I saw a piec . o '4\aper flying out of it. It did not drop like a ill which the rider threw to help a pessimistic news-creator, whose hungry eyes might have struck him with pity: No, it just flew down from the car as the wil).d caught it from his open pocket book. Thanks to the wind! Lo, a t elegram! . . Addressed to Honorable Y~no, - from th e ex-premier T . Katsura. Here it is." The object he carefull y unfolde d was an official �..The t€J~am, Jt •~ vrtnted in the Japanese alpbabet: "lfmwrabJe Yano; Your ftnant.-talsutteSS is n~nr, S:awnJi t~lt W ~ are1wimmiog tn the tl~ tM~ again. We wtll see you i n the cele- br:atkm. ''TARO KATSURA." "Q;ftnt. tlefH'tmil! • : :• ,1 rlmm •d cried, d r opping my gold ~poc'UU:'leH, JKIIInding my lhst IIJtOn the romantic dl•llwrivtlm; of Uw Jo(:al ~:olor, which was spreading from ttl~ llrilt. vage t11 the tweniY -IH?cond in a gorgeous array 1m ttw table. ''l'lllo tho point?'' ''Hut, who wa11 In th1• mr?" "Yarw, nw 1'"1'('1' of I!OUrllt>! M)' eyes ne\·er mislead wlH•n l judi-'<' tlw hinese peddler's silk. 0 , I ~-:au l nrllj.;'hw how he got nervous abou t this J!lfll'l' of JIIIJif'l', MII•J' !11• clhwuvPr >d lis lo!!l!. H e seen:s Ill lHH'I' tWIJH' Hlll'l of l'l•l t•IH·a!lun, 3(:rord i n ~ to t his tel~::1/.l'li fll, fl1•htK a 1'1'1'111'11'1', l mrgh t !J • t he first o ne w ho 11111111'~ atlt llll II. . . . \\'r• JI, anyhow, ht>'re · i s ou; hilllilllll. Wor·r 111 1111 1wo ld:lC'k - mai l£'n.; !" '' fl ll l. lilY tl t•HJ' rrl!'llll. I [!Ill Kk epti cal. "'l'ht• "I I IIU I I111 1 Jt ••t·d~ toltl' irnnw d ia l ~' acl i oJt. Th is fi ii'II II K (t j.l l't•ll f d r•nl for lhUI Kl lk - hcggar. riC'e- l'ender. <'Oil l · pPlllliPI', Ma rll'liH· J.Ifl ll l ln : for til t• •xposilion would IHf ll fl. ll l lll , f'n<·u 111 l'n•·t•, u~-:n ln s t lil t' wtiol e, pnpulation td .fnpnn." I l fl O)( f'llll y 11'11 rnl rllllo 'K to r· on ~ ull lit mutter to " '" " ""'' '"' tllld dt•llll J.ltid K, lht•n, mad e- up my mind to !liP l't •~ l of lh P da ,l ' 1\1-( rl'!'fliol y with lilY fri end . " l ,t•! II " t< I UI' I n'o w, 1111' 11 ." " 1.1' 1 11 ~ ill'~ ( ~ tllil~· IIIII' Hll'att>gy. Now, a ~ I heard . till "' 1111111 I ~< IL lo(I'Pnt (·onnol foi~ PIII' of nre ~ He bought lltl t• l,l ' 11 l't1 1ll pl t•<•t• of RrRAhll from a hungry artist. ~ u~· . I hl\1'1' II! \\' hnt do you lhink of this? You tnlu• ul'l' th iH Rl ·roll of Gaho from your lllii'Ht',l , 11' 1'1111 II In 1\ pllt'plt• Rill<, und go as an artist f l'il'llil ll f llll\11 ; I ht•n," ni'IPt' ,II' (' fHI.SS Into his parlor, you llllii'I'UP II t1!1d Kn ~· : ' \\'nultl you b ldnd enough to hn~· till ~< for nt;o '! ' . . , t he11. of r oiii'Se, h tries to Jll' k ~· 11 ; ll'h Pn I. f'!llllltll-\ out of your sill and speak: ' lltllllll'nhlt • '\'a no. •1 hn l''ro !lin' II you buy many treasures flf Ii i' ( ; II Ili\' , If ) ' 011 Rr(' genei'OUS enough to I ll! ~' 11 On ho, w i ll yon til<'ns l o It nt whnt I have for 1'111 1 1'~' . • . An1t. Ollt Nl llH· ~ my t el egram . \Vithout ttlll tlll ll\llt·h hl'l'nth t't•o m h ls· molll h I will start n r egu lt\1' Hll!'tlon. 'l'w o m i ll ioH. , no I ss, no mor ! ~ ~ t hnt ?" ... \\'lth ll uod tll' tt dm im llon, 1 t k o~· my ooty land !'l'lll' of Onho, ond 111-\H!::NI t wo rik' ha . In n few mhHII\'1' .. '"' W\•1'(' ~hooth11:: ou1· Sll ulat h·e way a fu I ~~~ fmtt' U\\\' 11 ~' hmnnn him~ ul d ur~~- u:. 'l'ht• ~lll'hl • wn~ dt'\'l\lllitl~ sup/n on h r ba k along thl' tlslng jll~lntlositlt:>n f )link, btu indigo. ,nn-t on t>nwml l nnd tlw llroad ,'tll'lng tm. Th gnarled pine ~€'1'\'t•nln~ot' n lin~hflll 11~nth \'('r a bamboo f uc • au "old th\mt•'\ dlt'l'l')' d~o"ln '"'''" _gr(' · u idol of th~ Buddh a, t h~ ltht~t I~· w llh~w tum bin~ ht>r hnir on•r the mirror tlf n Jltmd, tht> !'low JIN~tmlmlatiot · f roup of flow rhllnlln~ tl""llll'. . • . n~rytbin in tb streets promt;\\\(1 ll ~'\)l)tl hlli.'Kl"l'tmnd for m_y n\'W no\'eL But. omehO\\\ HI{' tlk-tt~.-;1 jin{o':l.- of one million il\'er roin t-h;a11~''\l lh"' ~ntir.- lU\'('h~tui;m of my t'.ranium, and I tlll\~' t.-•t thiilt \\'1' Wt'l'\' ft~·in~~ ta lb\" t l@o of ~ IJ P IIil nm: • -· Western Comrade 1 Present.I.T. we drew in a graveled-landing. tbrougb a )azge Yedo-gate. where, hundre¢; ot automobiles and ~has were ~ in the ganlen. "'Surely, sometblng up, .old. man!'• Tanaka anxioust?lmttted-his brow~. uTano-"mow ! Tano-mow!" A s tewar d, dressed in a black baori and blue silk ·• skirt came out. and watched' our faces with the· dignity of a bull:dog, samurai, and -an EngU b butler, combined. '"We, two, desire an immediate i.J:lterview with , the master of the bouse, Mr~ Yano . .~ . on a ver~. !mportant private business." "Honorable cards, please!" He reappeared some · minutes Inter and,> witJh a gra~eful bow, we were ushered in. "Yha, . . . wel~ome, sirs; though it's my bumbie habit not to see any newsp-a permen, I will accept your greetings to day, as !fou were kind enough to call for m y daughter's w edding ceremony. She just got through her formal reception, but, hearing that Yilt!,_ were gqod friends of her, I suppose she will be delighted to see you. Come right in, this . way, please." Yano· was a fine looking old fellow·, wit h very little . of sympathy for two black- mallers. He neither waited for a word of greeting from us, nor wasted his hundredyen-worth moment in watching me upwrap the picture. His brusque hands opened .t he sliding panels, and nodded toward us in his aristocratic "hurry-up" mi)Jtner. Spel l - bound, w e crossed three rooms. At the fourth, w e sat face to face with the beautiful daiigh ter of Mr. Yano. Knowing Tanak a from his early vagabondage of the brilliant poverty, my estimation of him as a good actor n~ver deceived me. But, I found today thittI was gravely l!'isl aken. There was nothing crispy about his manner when he stainmered insolent greetings to the bride. Mr. Yano showed us t he door with a patronizing j erk of his head. To .me, however, the situation w eighed as heavil y as our l9sing two millio,n silvers: and I was going to pull the host's sleeve had not Tanaka ~aution ed me .. with his cigarette-stained finger. "Let's' go, I f eel headache!" · That was !\II. Wh en we cam e out of th e landing he bt·i tshed asid e th e entreating rikisha - men. I was {!isgusted. . I did not notice th e motion of his l'igarette-stalm>d fi nger. t earing the pale pi€ce or paper wort h two mighty million-s until i t dr opped on t he g r ound like petals of cherry. " W hat, in t he name of t wo miJJi ons, did y ou t ear our ran om for?" " aito, fo 've me . . . forgive me ! . . .th e world is no plac f or gods ! . . I cou ldn't threaten . . . A b, no use, no . . .1 don't w i sh a miiHon sinre he i not going lO be mine. . . .. Y ou stupid, don't YO!J understand, that is the girl I met in a concert and followed, and foU~wed ~ I took a treet- car hack home, and immediately reomed my romance of a mediet"al baron who was to marr1· a daughter or a ··water-eatiDg~' farmer, with a lhe scmtillating background of Kamaknra. ah!o. wilb a Jot of duels and ahrupt meetings_ �.._ T h e W e s t e r n C o m·r a d e 18 Ba-tt ·-1·ing ·8 ··1 th BY CHESTE.R r==~~~!!!tHE N the average wage of the working people of a nation is found to be $250 per year below the cost of . the bare necessaries of life it is time that country ~ ~ did something forcible. It is time some fundamental causes were di!U!OVered and 'I.!Y some fundame ntal remediehpplled. W e no longe r need proof of the statement that the low-est s.trat um of a nation's life is .a powerful checlunate to th e aspirations of its high~t s tratum and we need not deba t p th e a sse rtion that. a nation will make no perman Pnt a<h·ancP far ah ead of its a1·erage !_ntelligence. And. while th e re haY e been and will be, cases of indiYiduals shining triumphantly out from the miseries of' grinding po1·e rt y, th e great nP.ss of nations is not built upon the intli\'idual, hu t upon th e mass. Li1·iug in a nation whi ch at least make'S a pretense at d('mor·rar·y. e Ye n thollgh in fa ct it may not haYe ac·hit·l·<·d mtwh of it, we must concerti oulse!l·es with th e r·o ntlition of th e m as~ . In such a di scussion av e rages mu st te ll Lltl' sto ry. Sn, again. th e fad that a nation's average wage fall s l>l'luw th e aetual cost of sustenance is cause for con- ·m W · This is the ·t ragic situation in America t the minimum living cost is $750; the toil~ in wages; sixty per -cent goes to people wb tal,'' but which really is the sixty per ce_n t o faet.ory ·gates and in inter;est, rent and pro li¥J.e in dead earnest! Ce nsus bulletin No. 93; J.lage 11, after an .official il vesti -. gation covering 3,297,81!! wage workers. Of this ~~ 2,619,053 were men, 588,599 we re women and 90,161 were children. The a c tual a Yerage wage, all wage earners consid e red, so far as can be detenpined, is $,10.06 per week- . · a bare trifl e ove r ' $i>OO per ye~r . The actua l a1·erage cost o·~ Jivin g at what is taken as standard · le vel by most inves tigators is $7~0: In this . computation the family contains fath er, moth e r ' and th1>ee children. - Th ere are other figures fixed as the "mrnimum liv~ t e rnati o n! ~ ing~ost . but nearlY. all of the.m place the _figure above Tlic fact that th P co nst.erna tion so far has been $/ i>O. An ave rage of all of th em would ·be about $950. mainly !!ontin ed to t!te me mbers of J)l.e Socia lis t party But fo r presen t purposes $750, practically the lowest and soii1 c 'few others who have see n a faint g limmer est imate mad e, n·ilJ do a s we ll as any of the high er of lig ht milit a tC's not a whit agai nst th e l'act t hat the figures, because in acce]rti ng the lower -figure we are e ntire natio n ought to haYe been plunged long ago in to n thoroug h"- going. unre mitting search for the \ Vay Out. ~ ure we have no mar?in left-t!1at we are at bedrock. And we know t hat we have an absolute chasm of $250 To be s ure, there are a few who have been a gitated mor or less m·c r indil'idua l cases of pove rty and th ere~'-.. · between the ave rage wage and th e min imum living are those who have expressed the deepest consternatib n J cost. that th e re s hould be· S.o many poor, but in a good part-- .., • J:\or does th e problem e nd th ere. Figures · which th ey have been or are fa.ddists or spot- light seekers who well may be accepted as reliable tell us that in 1911 prices of all commod ities were 44.1~r cent higher will cons ternate on he s lightest prOI:Q,Cation at so mu ch than in 1.897. T~e tendency of prices is upward, now, per S!Jas m, payabl either in ne wspaper space or in as during that pe riod. and with greater velocity, it cold coin of the r ealm. . . . appears. All reliable author ities agree that the rise Then ag~in, there is dear old Brother Sparks , known · of wages has not kept pace with the rise in ~he cost to. the entire village as the lead er in the town temperof commodities as paid by the ultimate consumer in an ce movement, whf. always arises and points to· poor t last twenty-five years. Dave \Veaker ·whose wife and five babies are starving because Dave · hold s too many communions per day till a·nothe r angle there is which, to many of those ·· · peop who ride daily in their _limousines to help "uplift ' with that old, familiar foeman. D~mon Rum. the p or" but adds fresh complications to the already • Otir only quar rel with the argu.ment of the dear old Brother· is this : · baffli oblem. But this fresh angle reaJiy holds . the key i:o the solution of the problem and explains the Forty-six Percent of American wage earners get very ·existence of any problem at aJI. It is this: less than $10 a week, or $520 a. year if sickness or accident doesn't "Jay th em up'' for a single day- out of The a-verage Ameriean wage worker gets, in return for his toil, only abou t forty per cent. of what he the 365. Aild the _Brother hlmself wiJI hardfy contend• produces! that forty- six pe1· cent. of the people of this greatest nation on earth are so badly booze-bitten a s to be ThE;re, in that brief senten ce, is the meat in th e incapable of•producing wealth in excess of. $10 per week! cocoanut, the summed -up damna tion of the entire ecoAnd those figures wel'e made _public ·in ·U nited States nomic system under which we Jive. 0 - " ..... , �/ The Western Co tn.r a 7ie e M. Brea ·d 19 ' .· VVRIGHT \ cheaply as possible, which again has its effect on wages, and t6 sell the finished .Product at a figure as high as the traffic wiJI bear. -.Jt is just in that process that )day : The average wage per year is $510; the sixty per cent is tak~n from the worker! Right · gets but forty per cent of his product back there is the robbery! It is not" i~ the d~rk! It is ~ hold paper titles to \Yhat is called "capi-. right out in open sunlight! Ther·e is no neeQ to conlabor's product held back from it a\_the ceal tt because it is all done accoroing to la~. The ·American labor is bucking the bread American Jllectorate stands for it all-votes for it. _ : .. Private ownership ·of things collectively used by the collectivit~ for the collectivity is legal-absolutely legal! Profit-taking is legal! It is legal to indue~ a man · to work for wages upon ,which h~ cannot Jive, even though you make 100 per ·c ent from bisaabo~ :. Superficial refo rmers may ·speculate as much as There is no limit to the game. Only the cru est of they please. th e tariff tinkers may alleviate or aggramodern highwaymen use violence. The legal is . ,·ate, the goorly-goodies may moraliz~ and philosophize easier~arid safe! · unto th e e nd of tim_e, but until s'o me movement, or .]( your mind 'will be ·cleared by ·a concrete e-xampJe, :;ome agency i ~ de ,·eloped to the point 'X here it can ·here il is: gil'e to th e creator of wealth that sixty per cent which Th'e New York Her~ld found that, with modern mano11· is ta keu from him before he leaves the factory chine ry such as is turned oi1t by the'·shoe machinery ga tes th e re will be oo solution to the pt:oble m. For trust, it costs to -make in the Massachusetts factories it is the th e ft of that s ixty lle r cent made possible from 60 to iO cents for a pair of shoes . that sell at hy the profit system, that ~nstitutes the problem. retail for from $6 to $7. 'l'he owner of a shoe factory Th e re may he differe nt ways of e xpressing th e id ea. doesn't .have to jimmy your bedroom window or stick ) Th e ro may hE' diffe rent words that mean the same :):.011 up on .a dark night. He only needs"to- sell you ~ thing, but clot he th e thought a s you will. in the end pait:_of Shoes-shoes that you have to buy! Simple, it mea n\ a bold , hands -up-or-die robbery of America n safe, sure, legal, respectable! lahor ot more than half of what it creates. The profit system · presents no way out of the dif" Le t us brief th e e ntire situation: ficulties which have grqwn up with it and because of The average wage is about $510 per year. it. Nor can it, for the ei).tire situation h.as come as a The ro c~ -bottom living cost per family is $i50. growth-an evolution and we cal)not turn about and The av e rage worker gets back in wages about forty g\-ow down ag~in by ·the process through which we pe r ceut of what his toil has_ produced. came. The profit system continues to create the evil. lf so man~· persons of undoubted reliability had not We find the profit system throwing .into the great J oontributed th eir efforts in the compilations of da t~ -,- wilirl, asid e from the great army of under-paid workers from which tho'se figures are drawn, includi~g om·-- another army of workers who are not paid at aJI beown Uncle ~mu el himself, they might be disputed. cau!:'e they are aJIQwed to do no work. The United Sfates census for 1890 showed that 15.!':'per cent of all But they stand! ""' wor-k ers o·ver 10 years of age were imemployed a part And they stand rooted .and buried, t runk and branch io the profit system, the ' system - of private ownersllip of the time: Then ca!Jle the 1900 census with a greater ·arraignment and the last {:ensus says that the number · that enables· one man to be mast.er of another and to found to be unemployed a part of each year Is 6,1!6~,964 dictate to him when he shall come and when he shall go and what proporlion of .his creation he shall have a that the number ldle from four to s ix months each yea: Is 2,069,546, or thirty-.nine per cent of all workers after he bas come and gone! . There you have it! If over n years of age, emplqyed in aiJ lnd_ustries, lriclud,you can alter the things that come from such an eco-· nomic system without crushing and destroying the sys·!ng a !culture. Pi! d u· n the human misery caused by theft at ten'1. then stand forth and -perform ' your miracle! None other has gone ·b efore you to rob you of your laurels. the mac ine ·are the g reat travel!ng companions of these ·evils, theft of land and absentee ownership ot land, After you have wa\'ed your -wand and gone on . unjust ta~atio!J .- purchase of the public· prints for the your way iu chagrin and contrition at its entire Jack of purpose of _shaping public opinion, distortion of history · ma.gic we m..ore prosaic ones oome back to the attack. so that past deeds shaJI shed as little light as possible American induslrY 1s conducteu cin the principle th~t on present evils and futur':! events and a vast mass of it is right for any man or set of men to get control related 'nnd similar ph-ases of life. of as much industry as they can, to jam wages down ' A)l are descended from the profit system and all to th ~ lowest possible · ~b. to buy raw ·material as rt. l ii l I I ~, �/ 20 T'he West e rn C o mr a de - rally around and mass their strength to uphold that for control, even though they seem more · arrogant as the day of their doom · approaches. · which bore them! The profit system is an ad e pt at so shaping its -otTThere is but the one way out. It is up and ahead , spring, at so warping the minds of those who live under · through the coming of a new order. The present order it that its own life may be prolonged. 'is not constructed to make justice possible: It must So that differenc e of $250 or more between _the pass, after having prepared the way fol;' the new. Weaverage""'·age and the minimum cost living does not cannot nor do we want to go back. Every law, natural raise th e uproar that would be expected by th e cas ual and human, drives· toward the future and the new ahd investigator from Mars. away from the ol_d and orn-out and out-gr,o wn. But that diffe re nce is vital. Eve ry day that it conAnd the terribly painfui sh~ll of capitalism so galls tinu es th e race grow s weake;._ Lack of prope r food, 11.nd chokes and su!Tocates that it is with that exquisite prope r edu cation, prope r pleasure, prope r light, proper joy that comes from the prospect of passing pain that ventilation , fr eedom from worr y and strain--all of th ese . humanity is turning itself toward the new o'r der. stunt and dPvitalize and brutali ze th e ra ee _ The social order within the old shell is reaching the \\'h a t mu s t be don e ? Fi ght' transition period . It is reaching the limit of its growth Fi ght off th e s HpeJ:stiti on that thin gs jnu st a lway s und er th e old ~tern . It cramps and turns and heaves s tay as ti H• y arp_ Fi !!; ht for a jH s t econ omi c sys te m. '- and e xpa nd s agam st th e cracking shell. The birth day F'ight to c llll c<·onomi<' robbe ry a nd poli ti<·a l jo bher y. com es ! L a ~· do wn this s impl e de mmid: 'J'h e race -mu s t get a )ll'ay from th a t marg in between Those things which are socially (or collectively) Need and Cann ot -ge t, between s tarvation a nd compl ele used , must be socially own ed and democratically adminsatis fa ction of e\·ery n eed, betw ee n econ o_mi c curse istered for the benefit of all. Those things which are and economi c ju s ti ce. personally or privately used must be privately owned. Humanity must. win out. O\'er Dolla rs. Huma nity \Yh !' ll PII OUgh pprsons of \'O tin g af!;p a nd VOl ing inmu s t become of first importance. · Th e $i [i0- lowest-posclinati ons und er~ t a nd i IJ P prin c ipl e invo!l·ed in that s ible -Jil·in g -cos t mu st be le ft -behind . Th e ma chine s impi P dec la rati on th ('I'P will hP an e nd to that ;-a wning mu s t be a ccesible to all who would wor~ . th e collec tivity $ 2~1) c·h as m hptw ee n H:np a nd Hal'<' -not. bet wee n you mus t ri se s up,!! riot• to th e indi vidual d es pot by taking a way j1 is legal statu s. and th e hread lin e. Th PrC' will be a n end to that robbe ry of Gtl pPr c·p nt of La bo r's prorlH c t. Th e re will be Ca pi tali s m mu s t go. Sociali ~ m mus t com e ! That an C' lld to a ll px pl oitati on throu gh re nt. int Prest a nd is t he solution! Onl y as humani ty works in t hat direcpro fit . thr nll g h jll'l \'a t ~ own e rs hip o f th e m ea ns of tion can it work a way from that t errifying, ·dead e nin g $G10 a1·erage wa ge a nd its hord e of trailing evil s. pr o rlt~< · t ion a nd di s t rihHt ion. " 'Eac h ~- <' nr SPPS thi s pr in eip! P more wid e ly a (·ce pted, Humanity mu s t fi gh t its way a head . Th e pas t is . use Pn<' h ypa r spps tiJ p mns t prs of th p bread ha rcl pr pressed less exee pt as its ex peri ence g uid es th e future. ....___ of VVhat Happened 1.\.ttarch Fourth . By Carl Sandburg ~~~~~~i'\ 1\larch 4, '\'ictor Berge r s aid good-by to hi s seat iu th e national House of RE> pr Psentali ves . . As he wa tched th e minute hand of th e c-loc- k mo1·e slo~' toward th e fat4l l hour that would m'M'k th e e nd of hi s c-aree r in Congress, he ad tw o so rrowful thou ~ ht s . One was sonow t hat he _can i10 longer ::- it in th e storm Cente r ; of na ti onal legis lati T . And th e ot he r thought 1\·a s SOJ'l'OW that hi s seat will be occupi ed by a s mall un·uers tra ppe r who will ni. e re ly wiggle and rattl e around in tile sf. a t and not really fill it or occ upy it at a fl. The s ucces:;o r to \'i ctor Be rge r' s seat in Congress is a Milwaukee lawye r by th e name of W . H. Stafford . He is pointed to he re becaus e he forms s uch a _horrifi c contrast to Victor.Jl e rge r and th e elec tion of Stafford to succe~ d Berger is at th e cost of- placing in th e na·uonaL Congress one more Mr. Nobody, one more DoNothing, on e more obedi e nt mutt whos e political mis~i.-on is to act a s errand boy, bundle carr~~ r. and r ead y lis te ne r to' t he co mmand s of bi g fellow s whos e money a nd brai ;, s pot bJ m wh e re he is. ·T hi s ma·y not seem pe rtin ent to a discus sion of Be rge r' s te mporary fa re we ll to th ~ hall s of congres s. Yet it is pe rtin e nt. Th e retirement of Be rger has bee"ji"he re and th e re hailed as a se tback for Socialis m. Jt is a se-t back for Soc ialis m only in th e ·se nse that it is a se tba ck for th e whol e nation. In spite of th e fa ct that Be rge r's vot e m hi s distri c t in crease d la s t Nove u be r, that di s tri ct again r eturn ed S tafford to congress . taff ord had se n ·ed seve ral te rms be for e. His r ecord is k 10\l'n. rror yea1:s he was fought not only by the Sociali ·ts, but by th e LaFolle tt e men. In th e bitte m ess of he campaign last fall, Be rget' r ecall ed th e Washington. desc ription of StaffOJ:d- that Stafford was k'nown as ".Toe Cannon's poodle dog." Stal!ord, with a record of following at the heels of Joe Can~on and obeying th e nod and ge sture of Joe Cannon, 'is what the nation gets in e xchange for Victor Berger. If th e United States of Ame ri ca _can stand for it, th e Sociali st party qf th e United States ca n. �/ - The Western Comrade Berger's Hardest Punches- . . . 21 , B r ou!jht about a Congressional investi gation of ·the gr~at Lawrence strike w h ich resulted in a settlement. Caused th e resi gnation of Judge Cornelius N. Hanford of Seattle shortly bef ore he was eligi bl e to retire on a pensi on . . Recently he introd uced a resolution that undo\lbtedly had a b ig. effect . in ca,using the . fifty-four Eastern r~ll roads to accept arbitration under the Erdman Act for their differences with the Brotherhooll of Fi r emen. • Introduced a bill p r ov i ding ol d age pens i ons. · Introduced a const ituti onal· amendment granting th (l francl)ise to women • • Intr od uced a bill p r ovid i ng for federa l ownership and operation of railroads, telegraphs, telephctnes and exp r ess companies. • His b i ll prov i d i ng t o •· •h e employment of all unemployed persons who desi red work was consider ed one of t he most r ad ical and f ar- r eaching measures ever i ntroduce~ in Congress. Cha m p ioned th e cau se of government employes by speaki ng for an eight- hou r day. One more reference to Stafford and we are thro.ugh ,, ith him. A little alJOut how Stafford nosed i11 ahead ' <>f lkr~;er in th e elec t ion.. Stafford. or rather the tn on <'y and brains back of Stafford, mad e th_e Demo..ratic and Republican machines of Milwaukee cou·nty ~ce that they would ha\·e to get toge ~er and work tngeth e r or tlt PY would he s mash ed by th e Socialist ltlac hin e. It was don e. The c ry was star ted. " \Ve are 11011 -parti sans ; in th e presence of th e com mon me nace <>f Socialism we mus t unite and wipe out th e di sgrace of having th e fair name of Milwaukee s mntched through reprcspnt a lion in congress by a red flag follo\\·pr of Sueiali s m- votp t he Democrati c ti cket." And ~o thf'y l<>d th e blind and th e la me a nd th e hal t of th e working c-lass for th ·in th e Jlame of non-partisan ~hip to vote the DPmocratic ti cket in order to elect a ltP publi ca n to tak e th e place of a Soci3l't.it. Of th e many amazing plays witnessed on th e check•·rhoard of American politics, this is one at least that ~ hould he awa rd ed a bun. ' Now for a litt.Je st or~·. a narrative with human · <·o'iu·age around the edges o[ it and human-hope at th e· i n~ide. of it: One Sunday mornin g in the Spring of 1902, several r housa nd people in th ~ city of !\-Ill waukee found on their fro nt porches a curious leafl et. On the front page was prin te d th e qu estion: " \\' hat Shall \Ve Do . To Be :-5a ved ?" The day be ing the holy day of. the week ma ny persons opened the leafl et and began reading in th e e xpectation of fincfing bow their souls might be resc ue d from t he wrath of an ave ng ing God. On reading th ey found that th~nly matter df~ussed was bow workingme n and th eir wives and children might have more of th e good th ings of life to live on be fore they died and went to m eet th e ir pod. How the workingman m ight raise himself out of not-enoughto- live-on into some thing be tl.er was the mutton of discussion. The words we re short and po}nted, sometimes flashin g like the fan gs of a mastiff. The workii1gman is poor because he is robbed and one reason he is robbed ·is because he ·is not politi cally organized. One way to tight those who rob him is for the WOJ::k ingmen to stand together massed solid ly in a ·workiil~ .-lass poli ti ca l party-so said this J eafl.e t~a nd such ~­ party, called -the Social-Democratic party was inl the 'ield with platform, ca ndid~tes; and organization. The leafl et was written by a big German. He and h is comrades at that time were struggling to keep their ilrint -ahop out of the clutches of th~ bank ruptcy cou~t. \ The leaflet was distributed from house to house by comrades-fellow-workers. Not one of them had a ny more hope of ever ~liding into a city hall· office than a Siberian convict has of becomin g czar of Russia . A tow-headed youth a t the north end of the town peddled leaflets from house to house little dreaming tha t one day his comrades would th rust him into. t he ma:yor's chair. And the big German went on writing and talking • ~ about bis principles. E,igh t years went b"y and he sat in the national House of Representatives.-as a member with a vote. H e knew that h e would be expected to .talk, to tell the country what he stood for. And to ma ke sure that he would s ay th e right thing, that lie had not slipped away from the first principles he spok e • e ight years befo re when he . a ske d in the little .ieaflet. "Wh at Shall We Do To Be Saved?" he wrote back home for a copy of th at leli_lfl et. Most of the paragraphs of it went almost word for word into the body of Be rge r's s peech "on the wool sched ule." "Haf Y<Ul read my vool speech ?" is a ques tion t:hat was freq ue ntl y_asked by Berger as be met his CODlrades over land ·in the various cities. He is proud of th·e "\·ool speec h" because h e believes it voices in t~rn11-. tion a! s ocialism and as such the federal government prin ti ng pla nt in Washington has printed more t).J.an a m illion copies and th e post office department has de liver ed tll\em to more t]\an a mi llion American voters. . It see)l~s s uch a beautifu l }lnd supe rior method of propaganda1that Berger feels h e is jm:,titied in asking Ame rican cit izens. "Haf you r ead my vool speech?" . Two million copies of Berger's speeches were run off by govei·nm ent prin ters and (listr ibuted to voter s th e past two yea rs. The propaganda value of these 'fclthe Jab01: move me.nt has been la rge. T his has probably b~n th e most e ffective result of having a Socia list sit in congress two years. The Socialist party has been in luck to have in congress a n with two unu s ual qu a lifications for the place (1) a w1 know ledge of exis ting economic condi tions· and (2) ab1 ity to express his knowledge in straight English, "langua e that a brick layer can unders tand ~ ' to use Berger's n trase. The press associations have g iven conside rable _attent ion to Berger's acts in congress a nd news papers in - large cities have given bitn an u nexpected amount of · spa,c e. The writer .once asked Berger why . this was so. His a nswer was, "They a r e goo(! to me now because I am only one. I am a curiosity. . But wait until we get . t en or twenty men in ·c ongress, wait t ill we get dangerous to them-then look ·out." �/ ~e 22 Western 'comrade SUNSHINE AND HEALTH liE Golde_n S t a\e is a ~land o_f he~.lt~l as w e~! as sunsl11ue.. '1 h e tnte saymg, 1 on can t liYe on clim ate" is an ax iom . But the fact r emains t ha t you ca n Ji,·c longer iu t h e Califo rni a climat e tha n in any other. (: oY<'I"IllllPnt morta lity statjsties bear wit u ess to tiH· foi J o,,· iu ~ l';u·ts cou ccming American l'itil's ' ,,·ith a population in ]!)00 of 100,000 or mon·. San Fran<:is<·o 's an• r:1 ge <Jge <Jt tleath .t:l.-1·'·,.ars, Los "\ ngl' i<•s .t:l.l, De tne r :ll:i. l , :Kew ll <Jn·n :lH.:l, \\" ashin~ton :JU.:l, Cl1i eago :l-1-. Jndian<~polis. -to.!!. Louis•·ill<: 3!J.G. ::\ pw Orlrans :JS. J , Baltimorl' :;~•..-•. l~oston :11.-1-. Fall H in·t· ( a f<JtllOIIS !'a!'!OI'~· tu\\.11 1 :!.-•.1. \Y or•·••st•·r .J(l.!J. D Pt roit 3 1.4. ~Iinue­ apulis :lk.-1-. St. l'aul T:.!J. l\a11sas Ci ty 81.2. St. .Jos• ·p h -1:!, St . Louis:{."\ .:!. 011Jaha :~s.;;, Jrrs<·y ('ity :n.:!. ;\,.,,·ariz :;:LI. l'at•·rson ::ri.ti, Buffalo -:l-l-. 1, \'<·\\· York :!:!.1. Hoc·IH•sl,·r -1- 1.9._ Syra c- use :l!J.;;, Cin·· ~1 11at i ..J. 1.·L { '1<·\·c ·l a nd :3-1.2. l'olil!llhus ..J.:! ...J., Toil-do ~1. 1 . Philad<·lphia :11. l'ittsl1~1Pg- :~2.3. SnaJi!o!l :!!1.1. l'rorid r· IH·<' :Hi..7. ;\l r mphis :1;:>.2. \lihratilz. ·•· :lll_.-1. Ln..; . \n ~<·il's has Ion~ bern nd ,·,· rt is<·d ;ts a IH·:ilt l1 r •·sort. Jt. has at trad etl · matly old Jl<'u p l•· . .\~· lw d1Pd soon · aft.e t· they n•;lf·l!f•d th .. ir •·a r tl lly lu1\·c·11. Their <Jgc nt d ent h ll<'lJwd to i11 :·n·asl' thl' Los .\n geles <JYer nge. li o\\' :1 ppropria t<· t 11 eu that " The \\'este rn Com ra ck.· · a magazim• of sunshin e and h ealth. s hould 1!:1,.,. it s a bidin g place in t h e laml , pnr exrr ll <' tH·<· of li c•a ]t h and Sllnsh,in e. / ---· . . / \ I THE OBLIGATION o bOWER ;' n a r <'('Cilt. writ er: ''That . h er e arc in c v e t·~- walk i n life so many m en and '" ~)111Cn wh o r ecognize a nd fulfill t h e obligation of powe1:- <lo it instant ly toward u f ter strange r s because all <·oncern ed <Jre hum a n- is t h e stt·ongcst possihl c pi·oof that Olll' civ ilizat ion is not a f ail llrr. '! 1 All of \rhie h is unclouhtcdly true . In m<Jt ter s of m e r e courtesy, in n eig hhorlin ess, in incliYiclu a l .,. . - association, there is little laek in this direction. · But is not the . principle state'd a -univ.ersal . on e applicabl e to all the r elationships of life ¥ · Is it not applicable as well to great social movements~ Docs not the obligation of power Test as truly upon the social as the indiv idual man? The same persons who as individuals fulfill t his obligation, in the ir_ collective capacity as members of soc iety give little ~Wid ence of its recognition. Startling example are to be found on every hand. Iu the treatment accorded the crimina , th e outcast, the weak or unfortunat e, tl1 ~ under. man or woman 1n enry walk in life, t h e obliga- . t ion o I' pO~\·e r r ecciYcs littl e if any . attention. Docs uot our f ull duty as human beings rc~t in r ecognizin g and fulfil ling in eveu walk in life, in full m easure, ~· hat e nr obligation of power mny be ours ? • • • EXIT CONGRESSMAN BERGER F the sPuse of. humor had b een omittc~ in th e mak e-11p 6f Victo1· L . B e r ge t·, t h e So- <·in list _· m o~·m cnt of "\m et'lca 'roulcl hav r lost nllt•:h. · Any Social ist tn Con gr<·ss ,,·ould h ave beei1 useful , hu t to have t h er e fo1· t\\'O yea rs a man 'rh o knO\rs th e· party philosophy ;{nd history, r oot and hranr·h: o n <' wh o. lmom;:; t i,,. minds of tl1e millio;Js and how thry must b e .n•aelt ed; au(l ' ' . ahoYe nil OI\e who ea n ba it e ve1·y hook " ·ith il'l'csist ibl c humor '·hi e· It prnet rat es hut. r a r ely stings, is good fo r tune indred. S oc ia lists h ave c vrrythi11g ·,Yi th them, faetr,prill eipl e!>, th e plish of rYcnts; and t he self-inter~~st of 't he Yast ma j ority. Th e mane] is t hat t h e part y's g r o" ·fh is uo t evrn fnt· more · rapid than it is. The r eason l s t oo oftrn in the tactlessness of Socialists thcms h ·es. nder stancls t h e way brains Victor Berger win conver ts by sledgewo!'lc H e does not hamme r cuffs ·On t he e'a r. P ersuasion, h e kno,vs, is n~o re effective t han antagonism. I �·, The Western Comrade It is well that the Ex-Congressman is to lecltiT;r now as well as write. May h e teach a pract ic·al psychology to his fellow workers. Not sneers nr· hitt er wit arc n eeded. A good-na.tur ed laugh 1rith, not ' at, ·those still clutctJin g at out-worn idt' as he lps amazingly. • • • THE RULE OF REASON ~ DECADE ago th e ro urts of the land were eonsidere<l a bran ch of govemm ent above cr·iti cism. l\It·. 13ryan's m en10rablc first. ·· nnr pn i ~~~ was r· t>gllrd crl hy 111 a ny eit izcns as little ,iJ, ll·t o[ t r·eason to th e Hcpuhli c because his plat1·111'111 e·it if'iserl th e Supreme Court. \\'c· haYe tran·lr d a long- \\'flY along the politj,."J lrigh\\'ny in th e yt·;u·s t hnt lie bci\\'een us a nd ] ,- ;%, I;...ts ;r f';ll' r·ry fro rn e·;1111pnign critir:ism t o the .i11Ji o·ial re•e·;rll !l oll· aclnpl e•d in many states. It j, still !';rrtiJ ,•r· to tl~< · ll' ithdrn11·nl !'rom th e courts ,f the• po1re· r to cl t•t·lnr··· l:r11·s IIJI('(Jn stillltional, the ilri ng f'nr \\'IJie·JJ 1ritJrin t·e• r·tain lirnits emend l: lltJSc•\'t•lt 110\1' st; rncl s spo nso r. .\ ncl nn11· C'O IIIl'S th r lnt c• rs ta t P ('omnt erce Co mrrrittrr• of' t he• l'nit Pcl Stat!'s Senat e in a r eport to 1 IJ;rt holl y in " ·!ric h it op'l'n ly, ht·aze11ly and with lllil li c·P il i'Ol'l'lir oll g ht lllill\CS Ut•lifli'J'llte attack UpOn 1 hP h ighrst court of th e land. Follo\\·in~ • . governed by a written constitution and statute ;,. law, t hat the courts can. be permitted to 'test each restraint of trade by the economic, standard which the individual members o:i the court may happen to approve. 'If we do not speedily pre·scribe, insofar as we can, a legislative rule -by which to m~asure the fo rt)l of contract or combination in restraint of t1·ade we can anticipate, we cease to be a governmen t of law and become a government of me~; and; mor eover, of a very few men, and they appointed by t h e President. " .• All of which is mighty good sense, even though cfnanating f rom. t he Amerj.can House of Lol'ds. • • • BACK YARD PHILOSOPHY :\~E ADDAMS, she of.. HuH l-:I~ousc Social ~c ttl em cn t and Progl'essivc pat·ty. fame, is fond of quoting a qu est ion. asl{e~ by oue of the s11·ratshop ch_ildt·en in Chi cago: · " \\'!t o can be good 11·it hont any back yard?" To this qursti on soc ial settlem ent work has p erhaps g iven a more p t·ncti cal answer than has y et come from other sour ces.· · "' hon t the_ issue misC'd by this inquil'y has rag-Pel th e hat tic royal o'f scien ce during the last .q uartrr eculnry . llt·Q.!ld l. sta t ed , it is the r elative p owr r of hcr edify and en vironmen t. · And while not yrt full y settl ed fro m th e standpoint of sci en ce, pmcti cally the g reat seething world of li fe has answered th e child 's qu estion affirmatively. is th P lan gu:loge u sed r eferring to 'l'o "be good" \is not impo.sibl e to the back" r·ul e ol' reason'' as laid down hy t h e United yard less, but~t.!_1c probabilit ies greatly favor th e :-;t rilc·s Rup r r me Com t in th e Stanuard Oil and possc:;;sor of Hu;(\ back yard . .\ m P'r..Jc·a n T qbacc o Com pany d ec isions: . A potato' v in e in a ri ch, loam y soil, on a sunny, "TJr,. POn~m it1 rr ha s full co n'fiden cc in the inwell-water ed slop e, differs materially from t he . t Pg-rity. intc•lli gc urc:/ anrl pntt·i otis1 of t he Sn....,.. pa lr , sickly, grcenis!t-ycllow vine which .has its p r·pmc Court of th e l ' nit ed States, h't it is unwillroots in c~unlly good soil at the bottom of a celin!! t o r epose in that rour't or any other ourt the ,.ll~i a nrl und r fin rd p o" ·ers wlii ch it must exel'C~ ]se lar·, nnd struggles to r ea ch t he fli ck ering sunin th P admin ist ration of th e statutes lmdet· the li ght breaking through t he accnmnlatcd · dust of rule ·w.hi r h it ha s promul ga ted. It s)lh:>t.itutrs the tli n C>ell a r window. c·Onrt In the pl ace Of C'on~I'eRs,· fo r wheoevrr the 'l'h e essenti al' life a nd · soil . from w hich it n d e is invok ed th e ro nrt rlorR not admil)iste t· ·t.h c law but makes th e law. If it cont i.nue iu fo rce sprin gs is t li e sar:n e in each case. 'I'h c result in the Fed eral .rourts will so fa t· aR t·estraint of trade one is li fe plns good em ironm en t and in t he other is con cer·ned, makr n eoni mon la' v for t h e United li fe m inus the environm e t- in the first instan c.c a States, just :1s thr En glish courts have made a hack yard and in .tlt e lattcl' none. •·ommon law fo t· Eu ~land. Fn lt of. pr·omisc for· thc. futni·e is th e fact that "It is iuconrc' : ahlr that in a rotw t ry t11at is 1 he' . ' (. .... �/ The 24 w:e S ·t..e humanity is eon:iing to understand and to aet on the knowledge that whil e i~are ca.ses good citizens may come front ho!ncs without back yards, y et from the gn·at 111ass •of humanity, the more back yards and the lwtt cr kept th ey arc, the bett er will be both iud i,·iJual and social life. Not until the hrca J and butter conditions of - life arc so arranged that ba.ck y_ards arc possibl e to all has lmrnanit~· th e right te ex p t;ct to r c a~h, fnll fruitag e iu lil'(• aud charact er. · -.- . • G • HORSES, HOGS, AND BABIES AHE and <·11 lturc of' hogs , horses aml otlJCI' animals ha\'\' lung- I'CCl' in~ d attention. Seed selection and st·ient ifi<· met hods h:tY<~ bern employed with g- rra t sut·erss with fruits , Ho,\·crs, g rain aml Ycgda blt·s. Th e l3urbanking Jli'Ol'l'Ss~>s hav e· bee n productive of results wrll ni~h ma1·v elous. lt is saiJ that on e ('X (WI'i lll l'ntl'l' in th e State or Jowa. throug-h Sl'ed se ll'\'1 ion aiOill', was abl~o inl'I'CaSI' the average y ielll of (·urn for the entire ~tatr fivr . bush r ls per acre. Littl e attent ion. ho\\'e\·r r . has as yet hecf1 given to th e. applil' ~ tion of scientific methods and pr·in eipl es in the ililpl·o,·cmcnt of the hurnau rac e. 13ut 1here ha s now come to hand, and from lo\\·a too, a report of,. J efinite results obt ained, with hahics, th rough the rffort of two women. 'l'hcsc wom en eonce iY ed the idea that Iowa was d evoting morr attention to thr perfection of cows, 'c o r·n and pigs than to ·· babies. H aving . reach ed t his conelusion they hcgau a systcmatie campaign Oll f>C icntific lin es~ th e uirec tioii' of giving at least as mu ch . attent ion to babi es as to ; '. liv e stock. . They began 'Vith the annual baby sho'w held in connectl.on with the State llait·, that temple of perfection -in live stock, where farmers djscU:ss the various points in far111 animals- but n ever m ·babies. Baby show a ,;.ai·ds wct;c invariably made on the ground of personal beauty · alon e; so new standards were ad?pt ctl. In 1911 doting mothers rn c 0 m r a de found th~ir youngsters were. being judged along differc~t lines....:....aiong the . standard o£ height, . weight; circutnfere:Dce of chest, . abdomen · and head, symmetry·, quality o£ skin and, fat, quality of muscles-hand-gi·asp, rising and sitting poise__:_ bon es of skull and :-frame, dimensions of head, shape ·and measurement of eyes, shape; size and position of c·ars; the same of lips, forehead, ·nose . and jaw; number, shape, size and conditio'n of • t eeth, as w ell as the psychological tests for disposition, en ergy, attcnJ;ion, facial and ocular expression. \Yell-they drew a long breath and.,sent their husbands. f~r . Th es came mostly from the -cattle ring and after looking for a whil e, expressed a var·i ety. of s-entiment; said many things and said them emphatically.· But wh en i t was over, wh en evening ta me an(rthc fa mjJi es WCI'e driving slqwly to their hom es, one vital thought had impressed itself u'p on their minds: Iowa bal.ii()s had not shown the same sta"n dard of ph~1 Si<:al P\,rfcction that had been fonnd in Iowa eat11e, tom a nd pigs, and· each........_ moth er made a m c ~tal rcsoiY c that n ext year her Lahy " ·ould come neare1· taking th e 1Jlue ribbon . During the following year the babies w ere put t ln·ouglt a cot1rse of scientific tm inin g. Diet w as wat ched and r egulated along scientifit: principles; " ·hich the I~oth e r l1ad ca r efully studied.; babi es wet·c exercised at regula!· times, and movements " ·ere ;l.;e'a. · to bt·ing up tl~e deficient points;. th~ t~ct h 1\'l'!f~ gin n minute attention aiJd they were Pncoura ged in to a bette r disposition so that the psychological . tests would shuw a h eencr atteu.,. t iou , more facial and ocula J', ex pression. more enCI'gy, and a bettC1' c]i ;;p~iti on _generally. 'l'h c fair.·_of 1912 sh owPd that wonders had l1een ,. al·tonq5lish cd. low::t is now just as interested in raisin g th e sta: dard . of its halJi es as it has been hrretoforc in pro ueing fine stock and crops. The id pa 'is; moreoYer, pread in g to other states. North" Dakota, Minnesot . nd 01·cgou haYC announced that thi~ n ew form of judging " ·ill l_:>e used in baby sho ws at their ;;tate f.a irs. .. �I - The Weste·rn Co .m rade Burbanking the human race llndoubtedly )l~EJ its limits, but before these aee r cacbeu much may be accomplished. - :B"'ro.m ·out her life ·all come at birtih, ihrough-tife her_bounty is-spread for all and upon he-r: ·gener-· ~ ous 'bosom ali res~ weary heads when 'the br_ief S);>a.~ of earthly exis~ence is O'V r. ~ :. :; If _any find life Iiot_. wortl1 while ~the fault is PRUDERY RUN MAD not Nature's. Thoroughly impartial ·she makes HE Paf3adcna public schools . haYc a generous provision for all . - . If any starve ill bod7 course in dom estic science in their _curricuor _s_oul the blame.i_s not"llCrs. . lum. \.... And while man has been able to create In th e se\·euth a•nd eighth gmdcs a r eal live . a monqpoly in her r source for supplying his hHh_v is sued as a model il) t c_aching t he care _?f · physical need; . not y et h'as he been· able to create t·hildrcn. All \Yent well as lon g as t his mod el a t~;ust_ or even corner in~ food supply for . \r as a girl ba by. human souls. · Th c1·c came a t infc, howc\·er, wh cu change to In mountain fastn. sses and sh~ded nooks, by -. a baby of th e stern er sex became nccessai·y and· lll'ookside of!'" ~easide, in son;g of bird · or _care-free n t \Hive-month-old boy was su bst'i t uted. li fe of animals, Mother Nature · preads h er bounty · lt was her e tt·oubl c began for t he t eache-rs _in . o( life, light and beauty. · th e shape of protests f rom Madam Grundy; Oh horrors! A r eal live boy baby for a model! ]-f any pa ·take not 'tis - bec.an·s e th e door i~ The Ycry i~ca of tcachcr·s showin g su ch utter disclosed to the source of supply. . .'· r·pgard for th e decencies and prom·icti cs of life ! To this g t:eat ~vcst1and of ours wher e ~ature It. must not be p ermitted. _ has been so lavish with h er 'gifts, every y ea,r come This from d evotees at the shrine of "1ashion thousands of tourists. y et how f ew of- ~hese fipd n-ho y ield ·implicit obedi ence to .all r equir ements, t he green pastu_res arid .virgin meadows where rr·om th e heighth of decoll ete-to .the ext r eme sug-_ t eems her· most_abu,udant life. ~cs tiveu ess of th e most ultt·a attire of the p erioli! . · Most travelers fo ll_o_,.,,. routes· lp.id do_wn in That th e good sense of the community SU!>guide boob and visit resorts well known. _ Not 1niu c·d th e school- principal, in th e contention -t hat many leave the beaten _paths for the §.Olitude of t her e is no sex qucs,ti on in -in fan cy, is matt~r for mountain fastn esses, where such close access . to r-ongl'atulation on th e pal"t of all plain common t he heart of_the ~ll-l\[otlJ cr ~ permitted that its sense folk. pulsing ma (} f elt and ouc 's own soul be attuned . t o its etc n· ·ythm. ~ . . NATURE'S BANQUEll' TABLE . Iri the ark of silent gorges, amid the awful sil ence of a . mountain canyon, alone, afar from AS it th e· Indian who ·· gav\__to nature t he-... the haunts of men 'on some broad, expanse of ocean ; name All-Moth er ? It wa~ ~en somewh ere shore, lc~ him who 'vould wrest· Nature's secrets. back in th e dim and roisty past: while Jm- · from h er, woo her there. Let him pitc~ -his tent · man nature was st ill imaginative. _ and hearken to tnyria_d voic_es spea~ing in myriad ·. .It must have be-en given, too, whe~ conditi~ns tongues. · · wer e such as to p eTm1t men· to {Jiink of othc1; Such communion 1 Suicide thin gs than bread and butter. It was undoubtediy of the -b ody is.ba.d im ugh, but suicide of' the soul .used b efore grim' n ecessity hacl compelled full sur~ - is fin unpardonable wr n rende1; to ihe whol1y .lillatcrial occupation of prbOn .and: on, _day l;>y 'd ay, an.d y ear by year, \'iding for physical n eed. But, whenever g.iven, throughout ·life man can wander if he wil'l in no better name could have been selected. · All ·o n clos_e ~ orripanionsb'ip- wit_h Nat ure. Communing r;arth are bon e of h er bone and flesh of her flesh: .. a ----· .. --..v v .· �·I The Western ._ Comrade 26 .. · with all her forms, ~utering into h er life, he can . become ever more and mo~e. conscious of the bond that unites his life with hers in an inseparable unity. • • • A FATEFUL DECISION 1{AC1'ICALLY all the iaws to alleviate conditions wh,ich might be passed by Congress could be t hrown out by the Sup\reme Co Ut·t as infringing on· the authority of the States. Child la bor hnvs, eight-hou r measures, Jvhiskey transpor·t·atiof1, facto1·y J•cgulation s would all ' eomc unuu· l'Cg"tdation of iuterstate commerce. A Supreme Co urt so ui sposed could block all mcas nl·cs of this kind 011 th e g round that they int crl'i' n ·d wit It th e p oli c" power o[. the ·states. . The whit<' sla\'c law ilJ\'O ivin g this ·prin cipi i. • has l'<' t'l' lltl y IH'c'n dc· <· lan·d \'Oust itutional. Thi s indi<·<tt<·s that. th e Jll'l'se nt eO tll't docs not mc·nn t o hl<wl< l'c 'i'O l'llls on th e state- righ ts quibble ami hn s established a pl·t•tt!<l ent. likely to he follO\Y Nl in th <! future. Thi s is ~o orl 11 1' \\'S, iudcPt1 . '\Vhil e t hc1·e are many t·\·ils whic·h t·annot hr stop ped s-o long as p1·odu r:t ion for priYat c profi t ren1ains, ehild labor ll t'l'cl not IH· t oltt J'a t <'ll eve n as <·o ndi t.ions· arc today. Ot her c!Yi ls <.:o uld be ri ghted, and as Socialislll st J'Pngt hens many n~ forms - will lie ll.ttempted. LPt t h l'lll c ·on~P ha t k and fast. - lt is a r elief to lu10w that. 1he! l-\uprcme Court is not idioti c enough 1o put a stone waU ..jn the path of eve u t hese tnil<l measures of r eli ef. • • • • f'. • ANOTHER .EXECUTIVE VOYAGE ~ RE IDENT WJLS . enters offic;'with an . hon es t . d ctern,1ination t' serv~ th e nation an l r em d~ wrongs. 'l'he more e ffective, th u, will· be t he object le son wh en· he fai ls to accompTi h anythin,. .funJ'amental. .· · He m eans w ell , but good intentions will avail . little. 'His task, he says, ''is a work Qf r estoration. " trange, i it not, that governm ents should n eed to "restore" the old, when every where 'else growth into the n ew i the purp~. e of "·isdom ? - The one pregnant statement in th e inaugural aq.: dress' is this : "we hav,e reared giant machil;ier y w~ich · ma!le it impossible t hat anY. but t hose who · stood at the lever s .of eontr?l should have · a chance t o "lob~ out f or them~lves. " Those ''giant- machines'' ~ can . n ever be '' restored" t o smaller ma.c~ines . Oin'y· when all the people· own these niachines and p ut t h eir s.e r¥ants at the levers can any .but the few " h ave a· chance to look .QJlt for themselves.'' · . '!'here is no fr eedom except in going on throu gh . . . . .. the .trust evohitwn to industrial democraew-, President _\\Tilson; you can not turn. the wheels of progress backward. . . • • It .will help in 1he ed u~ation of the peop)e, however, to h ave th e executive . failures made by a man in whose sinc~rity of purpose all have faith .. 'I'h ~t a President" means 'well " counts as little as it . wmild in a sra r:a pt ain who kn ew nothi11g of navigation. .Fo1· anotll!.~ l' voyage, 110\\'C\'Cl'.' it may lead t he passen ge rs to ~cleet on e ,\·ell p osted in the nse . of charts an d compass. U erQ.'s t o;[ prompt edu<.:at iou in the grea-L.a r t c;r ho\~· Jtoto..to run the sh ip of .·tate. ' ------··~ ' · -----. FOR· PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATitiN OCIA.I"ISTS a r e the onJy true d~moc rab; . rrot only do t hey ac~ept t he principle but ,\·o nld also ap ·ly it to the fullest extent. '1'\t'cy accept ·as tl:ut h heyonq. cavil t he state . l lCO tlu~t, "the cure for the evils of demoera ey is more democracy." Socia\ism jtself bein g the democratizaJj_un of industry, wh er el'er under capitalism opportunity ·,.is· giv en fo r wider application of the principle, . . Socialists a1·e r eady to t~ke .advantage of it. Among its imm edia.te - political d emands the Socialist ua .· onai platform declar~s for propo t;tional r epresentat · n. · For. the fi st t im e in this country, in any large city, a cam i is now on in Los Angeles in which .this form ·o f r epr esentation. is the ~ain I issue. An effort is bein g made to amend the city - charter and one· of t lie amendments provided by o•o~o~o•o · T 0 O 0 �7 / The Weste·rn . Comrade· . ' : tile People's Charter Committee in which Soeial- · the girls who. bav~ no home~ shall not h~. ~­ i:;;#s had farge representation provides for this . . ployed'! · Can th~re . be any more b-razen avo~a] of acplan, cepted charity th~ • to say: • Of course, the ~aturally mernbet's of that party are among girls can not live on· what we pay, but they liv~ il.' staunchest advocates with excellent prospects at horneT · ~ for it.'§ adoption. Char~ty workers are very fearful of "pauper- · ~oon or late, the recognition of the principle izing" the~ beneficiari-es. How about pauperiz-. f hnt minorities are entitled to representation even ing the rich '! under ma,jority rule is bound to c.ome. Trut~'and willdom are not established by stifling the vote TEAQ!;IING SEX HYGIENE rof opposition nor by suppressing the political .NEW YORK CALL recently appeared . power of tho~; e \vho~e opinions may differ from with two columns ·on its Woman's .Parre, 1hose held by the majority. headed '' \V1fi1at ·Evm:b~ Girl Shou ld Know ' \ . . 1 1 Th e r esult of this election will be awaited \Vith and ~ U.nderneath, Uing t e· ·tlv.o co umns, t te ~ int l't'cst. words: "Nothlng: By Order of the United, tntes Post Office Department.'' ------·•---.•---+·-----This, being interpreted, means that the authorTHE PAUPERIZED PROSPEROUS -.:.. . ities refused to allow a series of articles , on sex ID you know that th e ri ch department '. hygiene for girls to appear. stoi·e owners and the ir customers take up . A girls' ignoraJ;Jce · ~p.ay mean ·a life or lives a collection each week fro· th e fath'ers iii cursed with disease, yet she J!IUSt not be taught hundreds of thousnnds or wOJ·king class homes~ the dangers · that beset. t_. Th ey do. The -articles_ had been written by a tr~c1 nurse and ~ontained in plain limguage vita:Uy They pass the hat to th e brothers and sisters, important facts. fuluncle Sam's paternat' a.Tm !'oth ers ot· moth.ers who pay the family grocery reached out to stop this good work. hills and as]{ them kindly to aid in. the support of In Denver, arrangements bad been made to t h1·ir help. have a ~peci al teacher employed t9 · teach the The customers. follow along and say, "yes; girls of the High Scfuool on this. subject. The pl t>ase help us out, so that our fine clothes need Sc)l'60-I · Board-'-certairi mem?ers of it-qbjectcd. not cost so mu ch.'' Tidot~rs could be taught" but not .the girls Thi~ is r egarded as uph a pretty plan that direct, and that is now the arrangement. Classes H li w official in d pa'rtmen't stores-an investifor mothers are held, a-nd only girls 'Y.ijJlout I!Htor- is to be appointee who c busines 't shall mothers are taught. · he to see that the girls en Joyed live at home in .• 'This is much better than nothing, but is not families which can supply roo~1 and . board. - so effective and sure as direct lessons to the girls. J ust why a farnily hould pay half the alWhat an obscene generat_io.n this is, t~ . be at·y whil~ 'the employer· fa~e all the time and· sure, whe plain physical facts take on the color ('tH~ r·gy is hard to ay, but that is he · rrreat slf.. of indecenc1 ! · hltior: o~ered by t he Illinois innstigation. . ·seve~ty p cent of the opera:tions upon wom· It ls ad!nitted that 50,000 'O'irl r c{!cive less en ·are made cess ry by diseases of which they t h:\n . &.-00 a \\~e~k iu liic.ago-..,a trifle more than aro ignorant. h;Df wlmt it co ts them to live. .Many time. that 'Perhaps there are mgre reasons t han modesty nu mber work for lc.. tha1t a liYiug wage. - why enlightenment IS not popular in fiOtn c Om t he¥c he gt:.catcr ~ t'(IJ than to . that · quarters. rRHE l\i§ s . • • �.._ The West e_r n Com r·ade 28 PLAYS. PLAYmS'PUlWIR B:v THE NEW MILA DRAMATIC THER TRIANGLE . !li-amati~ triangle has been dis- It is not the t raditional two men · and a woman or two women and a man , but the three factors which make th e theater a help or : a hindrance in progress: 1he illay \Vriter, h.e playac to1' and tl·;., playgoer. · Whether one i s intereste(! ·chiefly. in the progress of art, in moral education or in so<'ia l propaganda, the forces to be .c-ounted npon are a l way s lhree fo ld : skillful drama from tho author, •ffc<' til·e art frem ·th e actor and intelligent apprec·iation on lii P part of !he audience. c~ac h depPnds upon thP oth er. Neither can ad1·ance fa1· IJP)'OIHI ti\P 'o t hPr t wu. Th e finest .dramat.jst -in til e world <·otlld not win a hearing uuless th ere were actors skillful t•no ug h to mak<' th e valn e of hi s work apparent ; and wit holt! a pull lie !'apabl e of knowing good work litltl willin g to patrnni:t.P it, genius in both plliywrig ht and playpr s wou lu 110t s:irc them from starvation . \\'hnl PI'er there i s ohtained ~ and by the d1'amalic urt llltl st <'OJm• liii'Otlgh th e triune education of writers, puiJile and play ' J';;. )) manu creates supply; suppl y <·rcal<•s dtomand . It is a mutual stimulus and it were prun(lpss to a slc whi <' h IL•atls, hut ce rtainiy t1.1e audien<'P i s nol l<>us"' in importau c:e. Tl ! •• \\' rts tprn Comrad e will try to do· its part in mal< ing li s r •>ttl c r s h lpt:ul units in the· g1·eat pitblic which IIIII Ht iJH·n·asP lhr;- popularity of good work and weakeit t hu hold ol' pour work . Truth Across Footlights ·· /~. a truth to propagate nowadays ( --~ C'rO,wcl s which fre[]uent the thea- -.....~ I g l not my gospel ·acrgss lhe ALLA NAZIMOVA • (•ry or the ard e.u.t in ev ery deto stiit the Iabelle!'. The sturdy facts arntler e in unmistakable p 'r ecision.' Th • 'odnllst i s w ell at • th e front of those laying·· • Ou J• Oy.-n...Bernard Shaw ars nal pOII'et:. si<'g lo this g r ll .were 11101~ exact to ay, the s·ocialist i s already Then there i s t h e inimiCable, delicious Shaw.. If in 11 session of its l.HJSl g~ms, is air ady using its weaIbsen i~ unlabelled, not so Bemard SMJ.w. He not onfy P ns t.o do etT eli \' St>l'\ ire al many points in the world-il-rite Socia!ist signboards all through his plays, but, wide bnttlefl ld. · .. ~ lest a nse public. fail to see, he introdu ces every play J·:vprynn L• who has 1ool(H longlng-ly,.tl ~he l l'r.·. "\\'oe i s m e if J'oo tllg-hts." Thi s · is tl partment o l' c iTorl. 'at ' T ho litemry drnma i s tlee]lly tinged with social sugg sll n if not with dire t propaganda. H(•tirik l bs n. now rN~O"'nized g nerally as the Fatit ,. of the ~1ud rn. Dmmn. rnis ·tat'tlt's nnd bnffl th .. s II' tions'"TI•om mal\y P<-'r]ll!'xiug )laradoxicnl angle,_ 'o \l'l'il , ,. of whom o much ha been written -i so llttl under tood. His work f a gr at labor atory in which tl1 stud nl or the world as it i find his- mate•·inl 1 ad-y r r ' X mination . ..r"fhe lab I. may tie put on \. . df wi~h a p ·eface of volume l ength telling the . ~eader all tha t the lay might mean if interpreted f~om the soapbox. Tb 1s . no chance to misinterpret Shaw in his ecenomic ,gospeL . True, ome of u_s would wish that be mig):Jt have put our own litHe red co\·ered tract in his volume instead of the ones he places the1·e, but if lhe· proof of the iJUdding -i in the number who can be got to eat it. h~w's brand of propag~nda is ti1e real stuff. "I u ed to ha\"e a half dozen of Shaw's plays on my sheh·es ' for a year bef(n:e they were sofd." sai d a Coast �/ T h e - W e s t e r n C -o m r a d -e books tore man, " but now I can scarcely keep stocked up, although I order hundreds at a time." The secret lies in the man's irresistible wit and the utterly unexpected places in which he pops up with a new mask for his Socialist clown. The old 9rder will n e ve r be laughed off the earth. but by making capitalists, big and little, and intellectual paras ites of evet·y bra nd roar with laugh ter at t hemse h·es and their fooJ civil iza tion, the crises of the transition time are likely to~be met with greater safety. With s urpris in gly general consent, t hi s noisi ly labelled rehel is placed at the head of JiYing dramc a ti s ts. Quite a feathe r in our collecth ·e ca p, is it not? \\' ha t Sha11:Jhs done in astoundi ng measure a nd in his own fashi,on, hnndreds ·of oth~rs c=o;;tay do in sonfe.. measure a nd 1 in hi ~ ow n fa shion. To nam e tlt P ether dramatists whose plays lta1·e so-· cia ! im port would be to nam e we ll nigh e1·ery a ut hor ll'h!JS<' fame has crossed local bord pr Jin es. It c·ould not we ll h P ot herwisP. A man o r woman in this age, who is not awake t o tlw Yast a bomination of things as they arc and thrill ed with PX pectation for thP advanc ing n PW order. would hal'l:"! too li ttle life for g-ood work of any kin<l. The Drama Yet to Be T he re yet awaits. hOW(c'I'Pr. th e r eal tl ram a of th e age . l>rama that sha ll not be conten t to picture eY ils all too fam iliar, but which shall e mbod y tiie livin g forces s urgitt!-( through the arteri es of Labor's ,.-alill4t_ hod~·. \V e ~t·p waiting for th e com rad e artist who sha ll make know n to all th e wo rld that Unseen and Som e what by 11·hi ch the clasping hand s of brothe r s leas hed th e do!'ls of war, wh e n Europe's m e r cenary rivals threaten ed t o make the f.lalkan h o t'fo rs spread throu g h a continent. \\'e wait th e h eai't and Yision which will make real ro a:ll men that Co mrade Kin gdom in wh ich th'e millions are co ming .to stand upon th e ir feet. heads erect. hearts ltPat ing s teadfa s t!~·. ea d t strong in the stren~th of a ll. han d c lasped firm in ha nd, fu ll circle. 'round the globe. This, th e mi g hti e~t ]lOWe r the .ol<l ea rth has e ve r knoll"n, waits an embodim e nt in dramati c art which shall he lP to s pread that Cotl)rade l:(in gdom to th e last rPmotest corne r of the nations. ln. th e m eantim e, it will "he a: )leasui·e to k eep-J,ally as th e various aspects of v ital ths find the ir way Hf'I'OS!; th e footlight s. / 29 Chicago, issued a bulletin concerning the play to its members. The result was that it )lad a .Phenomenal run an<! is now well established as one of the successes of the year. Margaret · Illington as the · re be llious slum · mother, w-as exceedingly strong. · * * The Drama· League of America is an 01·ganization to increase the general ititelligence in matters which concern the drama: . It · has spread· . with remarkable rapidity all ove r the country. The aim is · to encourage good plays by a prom pt notice t o me mb'e rs, telling them that a g iven play is worth while and why. ·There are flouri shing branches ·in · both San Francisao and Los Angeles. ·A- * ·:~ I Bernard Shaw's n e w play . "Fanny's First P lay,' has been one of the g reat successes in New York this winter: It is a play written abqu t a play and h-as a group·or c rit ics trying to decide who wi·ote th e p lay to which they liste.n '. Many play \l;f'iters, not omitting Shaw himself. are ridi cu le d. Shaw's 'egotism" is again in la\tghing evidetice. "He who has a message will not h esitate to beat a drum at the door of i1is tent." The se_lf~advertising" of this str e nuous propagandist is but the beating of this drum. "lf I tell- the dull British public often enough what ~ wonderful _person am, they will be lieve and listen ,'' he calmly says and r estilts are proving him wise in hi s m e thod. i ~ ~----~------------------------------------~ ~ • MAK f NG " KINDLING" SUCCEED f. How the publ ic may make a play a s uccess· is ex •·mplified in the play ''Kindling" "tried out" in Los An geles more than a year ago. It was a good 11lay fro m . ey e ry s tantlpolnt, but in _picturing .the fatai effect qf t he s lums on c h ildl1ood, the relation of the landlords to these slums and a young mother.'s r pbe llion against ''ringing h er e hild into the ir death -dealing a_tm osphere 1l taugh t a valu able ·social lesson . Th_e p lay ratl'in Los Xngeles se1·e ral ll"eeks, · la rgely ltcC'aUse it was ca lled to th e att<!ntion of the Socialists .tnd pushed by th e working class papers . . In , e w York . the play was not a ~t ro n g success but lit<' Dran1a League" noti ced it ·and . ,,?fi~n it . cam e to . =·. -..t: I ~-----· - ~ '' MARGARET ILLINGTO f'.l �I ..._ The Western Comrade By CJ EMANUEL . JULIUS that our young friends a.t:e not anxious for advice'.' Does not -experience teacli as much as a lecture? Young men do not take things for granted. Tbey want th reason for this and that. As Bernard Shaw 1lays, on should listen to advice and then go ahead and do a. he pleases. ARTISTS VERSUS CRITICS lf:!!~~~~~~HgRE T l.s a ne ver-ending war be tween our critics and artists. The critics bark at our artis ts . 'l'hey e xaggerate petty faults and overlooK real worth- sometimes. ThJs ange rs -our art ists. A California author, for instance, recently attacked crilicH, frankly .cOnfessing he hated them. H e declared that critics fail ed as author-s, and, therefore, are unable to judge. This is ridiculous. Must l Jay an ('gg to judge whether one is bad or good? * I * "No matte r what the period is, the chair I sit In comfortable," said Henry Irving. ~e held that WhPn 1111 ·om fort able, he could not act artistically. Might It uot b ' add •d that a writet· can no create if his Htornnch enusc H hlrn dJ~comfort , and th: an artif?t canBot pnlut If he l'e Is that exas peratinr 'aching void"? 'l'ho 0 rcelu; were wonde rful tfl'rilosophi and sculp.tors, t ht•lr !II'!I HU of th o beautiful was idea· . they were free frum t li t• wnrrlcs of ;;atlst:ying physical ueeds. A coml'mtalJio p •opl soon becomes an artistic people. lnUI!t b .. * '* ·X· * * * \\'lmt I ~ art '! Can \\'(' not say that it is ge nius ' ~u lill!• \\'llltti \\'t>ltling a noise into a harmony? * ATTITUDES \\'l' nst•d t o I'll,.~, Jl' :r tlw author. or the pa s t. Ah ! 11om(' 1 \' irgil! Socr.a t{'tl.! A li ttle late r \\' l' t ' OIIIIIH'II •pd tht·n 1111; ,flow t• rs at our !i1·ing au thors._ A h ! JH:·l{t'n>'! Hugo ! Thn kl"ray! T oday, ah . today, .,.c do n' t tin so .t'noli ~ h a t hing. T h past a t· the present lll,;turh,· 11~ 110 h•ngt'l'. \\"t• nuly 'l'on,;ide r t he futur('. W il l '1'\\'t't; Ill• - \h•' 'lfri.kt' a 11<'11' note if T1e continul" \\Tiling fnt• l'ort~·- pi~ht. ~'N\1',;': W ill 1 <'t'dle-T wum',; nhwt~·-fmtl't h nul'<' I l•t• " 'l'hC' G n•nt AnwriC'an l'\o1·e1 ?''· \ 'Ill t111• IH•xt t·••ntm·y l't•ad ,'wn,;hhu('k •t',; JlOt'lry? \\'ill tlm'l 11,/-~···at·-oltl -~··n iu.' who wrot~ his fir. t t welH.' hunth'<•tl wnrtl ,;tut·y la,;t WN'k t'fl':ll.:> a nt'W SC'hool of litl'l'nhu·t·~ 1'mnm·•·ow is the day wi th us-::::elah! tlw l'lm;~ il'~ ! 0 ICE TO THE YOI.:J G "'l'nk"' ~~ hudfN ~I' Wlltt"l''. stir it almut ·with a stic-k f 'I' half l\ll hem t•; t hl'll _Sc>e What SilEO hole ~'011 ha \' C madt'. .'u•·h is lbe {'lft>el of d \'ic-c ou a ~·oun.~ man's mind," ,; 1hi u A m~·ri('l\ll..ttllmori::;t, - And i» it not gOO!! ' \ ,, \ \ * * lt" is .apparent to the most casual observer that our :~:..oung poets a re striking out for themselves. At thl mo~nt i. am impressed by the fact that they are aim · ing body blows at that arch tyrant, Mr. ' Highfalutin '\\' urdes. It appears as though he is soon to die the death of th e useless. No more Necropolis ! No more Ashtoreth! No more Blo~somy-excreme~U What did you .ask? Oh, to be sure, l haYe Johp Masefield in mind. \ -r. Wlit•lt you ~ ut• a lie in th o Atlantic Monthly you feel t•UnHO ictl, l'ot' you know, at lea s t, that it. is expressed In l.'laH~ I tl l•:ng-llsh. .. * .Shakespeare speaks of art being tongue-tied by authority. It is undeniable that those whom we treasure as geniuses were th~ men co~nigeous enough t rules . . Beethoven, Wagner, ·whitman, Monet, and· others ha.ve enriched our store of the beaut! cause they knew· ·enough to know mora than those w o preceded them. They }earned that art is expression. • Which is more desirable-free expression or limited ex ~ pression? ln other words, should an artist permit himself to be ens!ave!l by a code of rule!ii? But, would it not be welt for young writers to Jearn rules before ~hey smash them·? • COM FOR~ II * RULES AND ART ·THE _.;; NEW POETRY \\' he n a ne w t hing <·omes into the world, s ome perso~t s welcome it, and othe rs r egre t its a ppea ran r·P; most. howe Ye t·. a re qu ite indiiT rent. The n e w poelry-tl!e so ng of c ity streets. city people, ~life-is her •. John Da1·idson, J o)1n H a ll \\' heelock, and a ha lf dozPII o the rs, inclndin g a few Ame ri cans, are writ ing poetry t hat i,; ne w- and. a s fo be e xpected. they are accepted by :t few a nd reject<'d by others . They a re singing, n o1 of t he moss:grown rucks of t he hillside but of ' the h 1·taches. Lhc !topes. the aspmilions of the people--· 1.'\·er : -day ·p~ople. Tb to lie expected, welcoJ!l_es the ne\\ poets nd their new :ongs. A writer in. The lndepend· ent wo I 13\'e them rurn back to the fields and th• fOJ"ests. Hut: the editor of The ·Forum. in an editorial note, annount·es _in the February issue that "i is hoped that the poets or America will send in their best work. abandonin" mor and more he con\·entional and traditional. and ginng to tbe 'l'lme-Splrit what it has not YP' n~<"eit'ed-adequate expression. · * * • pring ode.. and om- modl'd mol'alizings are no desired. Jt is bet te-r to raj! with an id.ea tba was at least wonh whilt- �: ~1 T be Wes-t ern C ,& mrad e By ELEAN ·OR WENTWORTH ~~~~-~tOW, of course, the first question that will life is far behind the rest of the world, it is only a come to mind in seeing this .title "The faint whl per. In Germauy, Holland and France it has Woman's View" will be what sort of grown to a mll.rmur. In Eng1and· its notes are crescendo. depa.rtmentai division is to be made here And ·in America ~ts theme is alreQ.dY ·stirring the hearts for the \tomen of the world; whether and minds of the people; , they are beginning to· respond it Is to be a house,wife's 'department, a to its messa_ge. mother's department, or a department It is f-OT us to understand and act on that message: telling women wit.l;l impecuniOVE! · or I 'It ·* "stingy" husbands bow 'to make pin P EO PL.E OR PROPERTY .-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;::;::=.~~ money; whether·It will advocate political It is very seldom that tbe, English. militants are freedom for women and taboo the subject of economic connected with· a·n y. idea except sutJ:rage. It is a rare freedom or vice versa. occurrence w~en any mention is made of a deep · The reader will want to know if in this department pose, of an ultimate aim. · But it is there and the m there are to be aired the seemingly Inconsistent views in which 'theY prOceed to. 'Vin the ballot-their means, of the funny old world, which· al!osvs women to be their 'weapon-is the key to that aim. atrong and economicallY free in parts of Siberia, allows ·Their organizations have officially declared that in no them to be politically free in Australia and Fin.lane\, • instance will they attack buman Ufe in their efforts . gires them partial ·political freedom In some other · to secure the ba.llot, but they will / attack the idol countries, but nowhere allows them In all respects . to Property and attempt to destr·o y its prestige. In the live freely, fully, and -bumiinly:' municipal work that the' women have done (the women It will be the purpose o.f this department to pre::;ent .o f England have a mui!icipal vote, which, however, ) through sketches and articles the efforts women ·are leaves tpem quit:e helpless · when it comes to parllamaking to achieve a ' full share in human activities and Itlentary action) they have ·seen human . betngs of both to show the economic cau~s und~rlying these 'efforts. sex~ ana all ages b9und to the rack of ~oil for the And while national problems and event's will receive 'sake of Property;· they have seen .them thr-ottled by dirt the international phases will also be special attention, ., and disease a'n d vice because ·or the worship of Prop..kept In . the foreground, for, it is .International, this e rty; they have seen the bloom and promise of little mo1·ement of women toward the. larger affairs of the children ground into dolla~s for the sake .of this same . world, as international as the working class movement. idol. Everywhere the·y have .seen animate · life counted Like a great new son_g, it ris s from th~ hearts of the a!l nothing in cQmparison .with inanimate wealth . nations. ln the Ori nt, wh re thl'J economic and social So with admLrable courage· they wage their . battle 'that this. m'ay be chang~d. than to succeed unimportant!)' tin the United Stat~s this same idol receives more. \ . . by following worn-an worn-out- grooY s." human sacrifices than it does _in England. In Illinoi s lncidcntall)·, Th Forum's editor announces "The \ we hear qf agitatiO!l for pure milk- b!!:les lives are Factory," a long po by Hany Ken~. con'sidered as .naught beside the prpflts of .the. Milk 'l'he new poets are, fter all, not so very new. \VhitTrust. ln .Oklahoma we hear of a scandal among school man \1'1\S a. nell' , JlO t. H ~\'as thrilled by the music ef book commissioners : _ .Some of the oldest publl_shers life. To hlm . every human being was a ong; every tried through fraud to secure the adoption or antiquated •·ro' ·d wns n symphony. He did nol. hold himself aloof, · tex.t books_:_the education of the childhood of Oklahoma is ot to be cohsideretl when it endangers' th~ standing "aboye" humans.. Hepb.horr d seclu ion; and lo ·ed. to 'Hingle with the people of cities. · "One can name poets of ildewed book firms. In Wisco.nsin very recently who would ha,·e 'been greater btit for the trammel of . factor s have t\\·ice b~en destroyed by fire because ' 1Aei1• seclusion," said Edmund Clarence Stedmfin. the bui dings were old and badly equipped ~· As usual, b it 110t uufair to say that the new poet<> are not the wo ers urnished fuel for the holocaust-human , l''l'ers of ilatur ? · 1 a man a less part of nature than live are t a jot compared with fire insurance. <I ·k~·lnrk. a tree,~ rive~, or a.\nount:ain? To "get next · In a thousand instances this monster destroys help! ,·ictims. It i's the Old Man of the Sea riding on ~\ll'e " is it neC('S ar.· fot· t~e poet to ignore.. one ·•I t\llt'ur~·s noblest products- inan? • our houl~ers. driving us to desperation. Jt is time to J.l.lllallon i'Stt1er6 u'Ot as much poett·y 111 the laugh of~ child,' _£Qncerte..Q.l r ·st · It is not nece ary, it would _e\·en be inexp"edient for the 'he ob of a maiden~ the aspfi-ation of the Weals "f luau. or the love of w·oman a may be round in the women of the United States to. eml!}oy the J11ethods of the E.qg.lish suffragettes. · In some states tbey already mnrmur of ihe west wind, tb rippl~ Of the hrooks. tile "<U' of' 'tbe ocean OJ> the · t!fll.llder p-f the element '? have the weapon for which the Engll!:h· women ..are now * • [J . . iouth: J �- •· The West e r n Co-m r a de only lftrl.-ing, and in thmse .states where the)· are not to get it ffOmJ wirhout violent measures. .. ~"· thl<Y are already practically equipped to cope 1wtth tbll J!TOIJiem IJf People versus p ropert)'. 1£ only y •main• PI d"L-ide how and when. 'J'lJ twglu with, in tbOHe !States where they ba\·e the baltm, tfjl:Y should l1er:omc thoroughly acquainted with Uw tmllrleal !!ltuativn and n:fu!le to support those po!itlcal Jlarti~l! )fhir·h- arc: thian~ed r,y and tight for Properly, Tlu·y Khould IIU JIJIOrt that party which is fighting agal u Ht Jlr!IJII'rty and 111 financed hy the People--that parr y which ill trying lO rl!vcrse the \'aluation upon W)llch our 1!0 ·ll!ly Is now based and make Property llflr\'1! I'NIJIII' ln11teall of J'c,oplc sen·ing Property. Tlwm an, al1111 tfw uni()n~; <:arrying' on an organized l'lllnJialgu fm• the 1\'{)f'kt: rs. -All women \VllO are able t.o llo 110 Kl1o1111l f!plong- to twm c union. Those who are not l•llg-IJ,I r• lo IH'I'OIIW JJIUillbt•rt~ of o"'rganizeil labor should jol u I lit• \\' om.-u'M Tr,ulo I ' Ilion League as a llies-even hull llf•Wh' l'll ( 'UIL do tlli!!. l ' I'IIJ>I'I'IY li a K inln•nl'lwtl itself so solidly t hrough orgnul~aliol l. H111. wli l'n t h e puople organize whole li('ai'IPtl l,v 1111'11' K tl'l' l l~ l h wi ll b e so great th a t e ven thcJI <•I' I'II i• •aJI )HJ\1' <'1' o f l' ropPI' Iy_ wi ll IJc weak in com Y'-t in JHHillefll>iOO of tbtl ballot, they are sure JIIll' iHoJI . l,!'l Orga n iza tion lw I li P wall-h word. ·X· ·X· ·f.· TH E DECADENCE OF SELF - SACRIFICE \\'p Ht't• l<•nrnlu g ' iu th ese days tha t thi cal idea s 11111 a il tLllllllllitH'. bu t that ~ey han ge with time t·l t'<' lllll slfLll c: wear· learnin g a fact th a t a d ecade wo w o uld h iLVo flro rn •d lo recog ni ze-that virtues are and ago are 111 1\d l' n t' II PI' •Rs it y. E xn mlna t.i ou of the g round on whi ch nny <• I hiC'tll ld IL sta nds will prove t hat thi s is so. \VIl Ll ~• t· It lJ hones ty, fa ithfulness, physical coura ge, mom! eoumg- , pat! ll Cl'. it s till holds good that th e qunllt y hns nn thl cnl \'Uiuo !Jocause th e circums tances or n ~ !l·t•n t lrn C' mnk it advantageous for an Indi vidual ! ~ t·on,p I n <I •I'C'Iop s uch qualities. 'l'ntln~· hntw~ l y i on icl r d a virtue because it is 1\ 111'('\'SHa ry !lSS('( t o our ir111us trial civilization. If o~' lllt n t•ould not hold a n o t h r a t his. word. the re would -·· ho nn!lting hut chaos in ou r ommer cial !if . Factories. ha nk ~. t•h.•t\l'ing hou s, ,. n sta te Ins tit utions would Wl\Yl'l' llk th ~t ·nhov t he S<'a,.. if it were not for lh ft\l"t that tM gr at major ity o f humans a re th I' u ~hl~· i mbu d w it!' a sens · :-:amt>IE-, ubmi ion under oppr I ,.<' wh se only alternati'l'e is l\QIWlltnkhn '· , but when m:mifested b~- au independent .!l,t'ill~ II ,is. WHikll~'s.-. A :: rf or the Middle Ages was II\ 1 l Wh\'n ht' bend~ Wilbon qu tiou to hi~ lord'~ ~ Ill, Hut for , lh, t nu.• I rd t aequiesce ' ·itb qual to tb u hing dem ud or another lord l\U ther ~~ \II I~ \'irtu u in ) 'llh>d ::h~s c:o" ntiN>. Self-saeri.fice is one of those tirtue which is m~t surely the product of necessity. bo who~e real character has been one of tl'le last to be reco~ized. It -is n idea with which three-fom:ths of humanity b.a benumbed itself beeao e there was no other< eou to take. As a _bulwark of religion it has en·ed dru"' that made tolerable an a lmo t intolerable rondit!on, And in that capacity it had a great ,;alue and en·ed it purpose welL It may haye been well that at one time thou ud of slaves bent their back at ruthless toil in alien Rome and ga\'e Ul> their homes to enable one country and one people to r ise to heights in statecraft and . aJ'(;hitectu1·e. I t may have been well that out of the blood of workworn and slaughtered Helots. gr w the leisure, ~alent and power of the Greek , who mold d the radiant b·eau•y of a Diana and ~>. ·venus of 1\IUo, reared the formi dab le walls of t he Acropolis, a nd constructed sys tems of logic. which after the lap e of a t housan d years s~ill hold an interest for t he ~vorlcl. The psychical suppression apd pen-ersion. the bodily s poilation of womankin d from th e tent days f anci nt Jud ea to t he t ime of our modern industria l 1 a e lstrqm ma y have bee n well. "All these im meas urabl e s · ritl may ha Ye se r\'ed a purpos e. \ Ve a cted thus bccau ·e we w ere in our .childhood an.d knew no better . B u t on this mountain of human li ves we have built t he possibility of es<:apin g fore Ye r from t he necessity of sel fs_a crifice-we have built for ourselves t he possibility of a t rue De mocracy. which ni eans MUT UAL AID, A societ y in whi ch one · pers on, one class, or on e sex mus t s acrifi ce itse lf to th e inter ests of some othe r , is wa_steful, oligarchical, undemocra ti c. As a syste,rq it can only be classed with th e unsyst ematic met!fo-ll of nature in bringing to life many more c reatu~ s tha n g~en conditions can support in order tha t the s pecies , may be in no danger of pe ri shing. It is {or u s .with our mu ch-va unted intelligence to improve upon this · m e-thod, to supplant sac~ific e with fulfill_m ent. There is no harm in r ecognizing that all' id ea, which \ we have reg(lrded s a c red for many years is no longer serYiceable, tqat its re lation to ethi cs is altered . Ti me is a crucible th rough which all t hings mus t pa ss. And ,t he crucible is a rare transform er. Mora l t raits that• g listen a nd sparkle like opa ls a t one time, come out dark, lus te rless at another. . ' In our actions we a lready begin t Obelie our t hough t s on the subject. 'In unions, and clubs a nd in the Socialist party in pa rticular, we a re e ndea voring to impr in t on the mind of m ankiitd the n eed of he lping ea~h other, of mutual concess ions, of mutual a id. We teach t hat it is the good of all that must be considered ;md not be good of a few. But we are 'l'ery timid. We are id of being selfish. The old lessons of the ages, " e >e your master," "serve your husband," "serve your prie t," « ·n make us waver. \\'e bat'e learned to give, but to take. " 'e are a fraid to belie>e that it is an equal amount of gi¥e and take t hat makes a complete and happy being. · But we are learning. ""e are now at the parting of the ways. We mus decide once for all. wbetber we want to go forward .to a better thing. or whether we want to remain ~ sau-fied whb our drug until decay begin. �/ - The Western ComEade g e T IS often supposed that tbe opening up ot wila and desolate lands, the pop!lllatiflg of rugged mountainous regions, and of places where tbe sparse settlements have to struggle hourly with nature for subsl11tence is a good thing and a beneficial one for the nation. Jn tale and song we continually laud and magnify the name or the homesteader with his sod house and his capacitY for enduring abotlt everything 1hat can he endured. It i s '!ery gen••rall y con~>;idcred that tjlis proees!'! of driving the pioneer to the " margin of cultivation," to the poor lands and 1 he w ild lurHh<. to add v.·astel! and to winters of howling l>lir.r.ards i ~ all a part of "tivJiir.ation ." Even 1he dear uld ll!lllllttl'r, IWt>ul Y· fil·,. miiC'~ from th e railroad. fight ing moslplit<ws In the Hprlng. tolliug under a hundrecl and tPH (]pgrPeR of heat all Hllm n.er . Jiving on l.Jlack· , tl'ftp and lJC'am;, stuf11ng his red handken·hief into his ~ hirt to keep the tlyiug ant R from nPsting in him, ;~nrl Jayitt~ up all through flnc> month s of freezing winter' wi th ttlu.:nlut('!y uothlng to clu- e\·en he car rir•s his straw illtl" IIH!Jfttll ~· as lHJ<• of tho ~<' fol'l'l'llllll<'l'>; of progres,; tlrat 1\'o t·Pa!l a!Jottt. An~· onP wlto H u ~g<··Hts that thPHC' f(07.Pn prairi es - lwttld hp )Pft nlonP. nt lf'n ~t In wintPr. and the rl Psert s al leaH! in Hllmmer. thnl thellC' rough gn!\'elly m lf1l>f1 taiu , Jupefl allll wort ltleHs Hand wasteR Hhall IJp l e ft alo11e :tltog!'lh< •J' fllld that JI<'OPI<' shou l d live in a human •·oiillt 1'y woHld n ere r g•·t a trar·e of a lH'rll'i n g. And yet tftp l!JIIP Is crH ttin ~~: whPn d\'ilized. inlelligenl people II iii lin• \\.ill'l'f' til(•_\' C' IHlOKt• ,ii'nll \\'hPn thf'y ('hOOSf', when n•aKonahle lll< •n will livp in reu son abl e C'limates. and 11111 1\' IH•rr>, lllr" <'R tll t>. th e ~· hRPP<'ll to he !lrh·en. Almu..: t tit<' t·nl it'e population of l.he Dakotas, MinIIPHOta , Manitoha, Saslmlehew:?h. and simi l ar plaecs is a llt>ad loKH to lltl' world front No\·emhPr to April, anrl In thi fl IO KA lllllSt. he adderl the l oss of the use Ot all iltf'll·· h~nrlrl'd~ of thou ~u,n d s of honws aud 'ITli l lion;t of dnllan; worth of machinery. A hll-lzanl howlin~; an!l !'agin g down fl'onl Alhaba~ca ti es up ten thousand men Htld 0fU· thou sand hOI'SeS. It should ti(' p nothing hut mttlelltlltkes and foxes. 'l'hc entire JlOI ulal~on of the t'ajlfnl·nltL brush hills, t.h western timber Hmits. the l'fl!'u);h rountt'ks in \'lrglnia and. 'T~:onnessec an(! other states, lA, tmdet' the pr.t?sent sys t em, a dead loss to uie wm'ltl all the time. 'l'hese people ,nevcf produce anything worth mentioning above a miserable suhsistPnee. while the l'idiculous ~xpense of emlless road-bnilrling. nlail-cnnytng. s'cho'ols, churches, tax - coll<><'ting. and teaming, Jlllts. the whole Q,U~ineSS Oil the debit side of lh~ national !~gel'. TlH? root of 01e popular 1mperstition that the country the g~iner by the opening np of worthless lands to ,·al'6able people li<es · Ill- the al~ nrd Malthusian iheory 11'> ' hat th<el~ is-a glut 'Of POllUiati~m .and a paucit.,v of .land. .\S a inaner ot fact the good land rof California could -'lll\!)Oi't tlH~ POI)\Ilation of the tln~ted States- leaving all open for homestea'<liing ag!lm-. If th<e 1ll~ oll\el' stat>es. .~ 33 B y ~t. S y d n e y H i l l yard · good lands won.ld support America. why farm tbe bad lands? Kropotldn showetl that England cbuld easily live, and comfortably"' in t:11.e counti'es or Devon and Kent. Why - then firm the rough, poverty- stricken woods of Yorkshire? There is a slight immigration into Belgium, the most densely populated co!lntry in the world; why then should men emigrate away from some American states that have no population at all worth mentioning? The ~ne-time emigration from Germany has stopped And a return flow has set in back to Gerinany's most well-populated ~egions. Ireland had once ·a population of eight million and an abundance of land. Now Ireland bas· a populati6n of four million and a shortage of Iarid. Has Ireland shrunk in area? Or <!o we dare to take a peep at the Irish system of r.ent? Emigration has denuded some of the most fertile regions of Asia gf- men so that 'there is no one there now at all; as for instance the valleys of the Tigris. The !lescendants ·of these immigrants are now Jiving in rough hilis and wastes, while the fe'r tile ·loam of the ,·all ey .is occupied ·by hyenas. Never once has emigration been caused by lacl{ of land or by density of population, but only l.Jy rent, and ~y the accompanying Jaws w h i ch force weak races i nto seryitude and strong ones into the wilderness. There are areas of t h e earth's surface whereon i~ is almost eternal spring. \ V'by should we not live there? Southern Ca·lifornia -could S.Uilport a hundred million ·people. There are a hundred mi llion people on earth who would be glad to go there. What is it that keep!! th em away? Why is it that scores of fami lies have emigrated from California to Canada, Arizona, T exa s, and even to South Amer ica? These bundrE(d - million who woul!l gladl y crme to .California at: least in the winter are now earnmg a mtserabfe dole m a hundre:d wretched climalll.s: Southern Calitornia cou ld make their lives ri t h and joyous, but they are m et at the gates of Califoi·nia with 'the ' ancient chains and welcome them with offers of lifelong servitude. What do we ask of those of our hr'o thers who would come to dwell in a land of warm breezes, of orange grove:;, of surf-l.Jathing at Christml\s. and rose gardens. and roses for the picking? " 'hat do we inscribe on our welcome arch? In faith we offer what Egypt and Babylon offered:we offer the. terms of Macedonia and Rome, we offer that which is now crushing out t heart of 1reland and India. Rent, one-third of the cr ; purchase price, a thousand dollars an acre; monstrou tram.portation charge; irri gal ion robberies; low and insecure price for produce, extortionate living cost; m age, interest, rent; rent. taxes, and robbery; .this is tale that is told of Cali· _ fornia, a~d t~is· it is that bars the way between~ m en and fertile lands. · Tb1s 'ivasteful dissipation of mankind. over wide inim. pitable lanu - wben fertUe piains cot -onehundred b occupied is the work of a murderous rent. Malt.tms attributes it to the hand of God, wbo, says .M:aJthus, having CJ1eated -roo many souls. ·and desiring , the m -- �The Western Comr"ade W kill lOme of tbem on tbb aeeoant,. proceeds to furDfB tbe roo mauy souls wJtb too Httle Janel to the end that tile Jaodfeft lliOUis must perfoTce die for want of ~fng to eat. Tlw wor~ «?f Maltbus sto_p short of espJalnlug by thl~ God of hi~ sbouJd be so long on 100.. and 110 11hort on land. One cot1ld abnost wish . that tbe God or Malthus had had fewer men and more acre~. Maltbue was 1lne brew tor the knights of the nin teenth eentury, who wanted an apology for their poorhouse•. Jie began to be smaller beer by the time Marx and Henry George were through with him, and now today where Malthus would say God or Nature is the cause of this or that hideous atrocity, or the deV opJiog of this fair land and the crowding of the other Into wnem ntiJ, w say "True enough. Brother Malthus, but lo8tead ot calling It God c~a1 it Ren.t!" Jt Ill nut 1Pcau~>e of God bu because · of Rent that any farmer Is plowing rocks I stead of "loam. But for blm- R>nt- ev ry Carmer In America sho"uld be within r •ad1 or town- and such towns as he w_ould be in reach ot wo do not dream of yet! But for ReBt, which whips him away Jnl o the I!Olitudes, every farmer should have Lh tolor,Jwuo, tho •I ctrl c ligh t, the boulevard . the colleg , tlHJ library, Lhe opera, and the great city store. • Tlirrw 11hould uo In his hand, for th e city should be his juHt till tho cou utry should belong also to the city clerk. I t Is Jl(lHl whlc:h puts a million men inlo a city slum rwd ~r·a tlt' r·~ unolher mi llion among th e "tall timbers. SO? Namre and natu:ra1. !1'-et.bod l'"ould place the two m in a city hi~ a farm, or in other rd farm which was a city, while the work which n~ · be done on the vast wheat fields would be done. by those from · these centers of humanity and. life ~o went tbere. to tbe outlying fields, not to live, to tate, to sla\•e, and to ·di~ but to do their ~k ~ re- was turn. Nature made man gregariou~. altbu V.' ould make him so solitary ~at he become boor, or o crowded that he becomes a beast. Natural law would olfer man evecything that is contained in life; the ultimate of Malthus denies_him everything but death. The bands of (;()d over:flow with milk and honey to b ta.ken by whomsoever will, and the whomsoever that take both the honey and the milk is Rent. Whether it b the tribute of the railroad, the factory, the mine, or th city block, it- is all Rent, and it is for whomsoever will. The laborer will not, therefore the owner does. Th.e land flows. the waters burst their banks, but t ile thirsty laborer refuses to drin~. Laws are on•mir statute books . today in this America whic~ command the buruirig of blasphemous books. Then by· all means let us obey them and burn Malthus in the streets of Berkel y. The university d~fends our · arch-enemy, Rent, and lame' · God· for poverty. If the workingman ~ ·auld ·but take o land he would change the professors of the great Malthusian Nonsense into professors of life and happi ness, for he himself would come into his heritage. If the crook dug would the graft probe? ll, .lim, I Haw a drunken cucumber the other day. lllh ? R, If Morgan refused you credit would the steel trust? a ot(!runlt n cucumb r. I ow Wt\S tbnt? 11 II dl The coffinette wlll be the next Innovation In these days of rising prices and decreasing size of purchases. OUR LANGUAGE xtremes to which trusti- 11 b ..... the next thing," de- n' . ' t ' t' by moonlight instead," rebit r whiMJ fluff loomed through I NOT AS OF OLD rry old oul, he; · bowl, " nd b ~ •ruled for bh~ fiddl rn three1'\lt. th\' Firnt Yi lin l~'lll~ t ntl:'l'1'i~· in nd d""'ll\~ tht\t tlu.' union had dl'1"ided uron 1\mr m\lsi itm,· f(lr th..- ro~l ntertaiumenl. Hard ~a~ 1\~r n ~ lt~\ lh .. Oh, the copper _on the beat is no coin, And his star doesn't shine from--aloft ; His billy never says a single word, He doesn't pinch his job, though ·its soft; He pounds his beat ll:ll day and never hurts, His round is often s quar.e, so they say; · Think these things are funny? Never mind! Its our way of talking; ju;;t our way! WEIGHING IN As they passed a street scale one day a "·ag handed this t~English friend: . "To find out how heaoy you are ge a l\'eigh ~ ·• The ,·ictim couldn't see the joke, though his friend was hugely amused. Howe,·er, thinking that it must have been a good joke because of his friend's amuse· ment be thought to tri. it on an acquaintanl'e. He said: y. old top, if sou ·v.-ant to fiod out Jww much you .-ei . all you half«.> lO do i to move ot"er." " �/ T h e W est e r n [: om r 11 d e· MODERN EDUCATION Mother, what's domestic science? Teachin' your dad to clean h1s shoes before he comes in the house. - I~ 35 The Good Old Days ' ~ AVE you ever lived in a log or an adobe house Y If not, .perh~ps you hav.e h.eard par- ' MATTER OF ~ONGS · ents or grandparents tell of the tune wh~ · \ · A suburban parson was carilng on a new resident of they lived in one: The good old days· of his parish. "And what is your religion, might I ask?" 4rank, cordial, ~hole7souled ·hospitality, whe~ "Oh, we are Baptists," replied the object or his sogenuine neighborly r.egard still ·existed; the Q.ays Jlcitation. when the old-fashioned · firepla.ce, with its great, "Why, how lovely," enthusiastically exclaimed the roaring, crackling fire flashed out (!heerful welpastor. "We have a Baptist lady in our choir so you'll be perfectly at home with us." come, while the guest still stood upon the threshold; good old days they were, of simple, homely ALL WELL AT HOME joys and pleasure!! ; suited to men and women of A young woman recently had a letter from her stnall simple tastes. brother at home. Here is what the youngster. wrote: · . I Travel where you may, converse with .whom "We are all well , except mamma fell and broke a kidney. Tommy is just getting over pneumonia, Sammy you will and all will say who lived through them, has whooping cough and papa has a broken leg." that they were the brightest, happiest' days in. life. ,;~; . Life under such .conditions necessary to hap- ·\ WHAT SINGLE TAX IS piness 1 Oh, no-but insistence upon t he r eal and \____ Sallie-What's this Single Tax idea anyway? the genuine in life is · necessat~ to happmess, Tillie-Oh, it's that law they 're trying i.o get passed whethez: the life be spent iil a ·cabi or a mansitm. taxing bachelors. It was because the emphasis 1 as placed here THE OLD AND THE NEW in the pioneer days that to those who lived in hear th ey have added a gnu to the zoo. them they still remain the happiest known. It · YeR. an old one. . ' ' is alf a matter of emphasis. Wherever lived, oll PERFECTLY NATURAL life must be happy when the emphasis is placed In th ese day:> when so many things are automatic on realit;r. · "-it is not s trange that we should also have the auto c raze. Some d3¥- our humanity will again learn true .· values. For the great mass of humanity present · · IT'S N~ A JOB; IT'S A CINCH! social and industrial conditions force the emphaStrange that they should be called pork packers so largely upon the bread and butter problem sis when their sole occupation seems to be packing vaults! that all proper sense of proportion is lost. · RANK CONS.E RVATIVE' Just dut yonder, only a little wa:y ahead in "No, I never did be lieve in this woman suffrage · the fq_ture, that stage in the evolution of society business," he remarked a s his wife concluded ten hours ca-l1ed Socialism will be reached. When it comes, over the wash tub. it will' be •a day of adjustment. Reality, sincere and g~nuin e, will succeed artificiality, hollow and NOT UP TO HIM insincere in 'all human reiations. ~Then ca-;r hu- . "I should worry," Rockef r mused as the- people cheerfully came through with an e_xtra million for oil. rp.anity be truly human, and freed from the strugg'e for bread, place the emphasis wher e it rightGREA:r DAYS, THESE fully beiongs on living realiti es that make for Yes, sir, we are progressing these days. You can't spiritual e largement in the life both of th.e mwin the blacksmith vote any/ .more by talking about ~ dividual an society. Valley Forge. a ~~ · T h e· W .e s t e I n C o m Vol.. I. I a-d e · .....43 No. 1. April, 1913. Published Monthly by · The Cit'izen Publishing Co. 203" New· High Street·, P . 0. Box 135 ? Los Angeles, Cal. Subscription Price One Dollar a Year Chester M. Wright. Associate Editors Eleanor W entworth Emanuel Julius Mila Tupper Maynard Rob Wagner Fred C; Wheeler Editorial Writer. R. . A. 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Some da y the J~eturC!I will~ 1it,.. f \\"o•ll, thn>il ( oi~:ht~ ) no a m~ltn of hrt h3·-~ ~"t t.,•f'n Jlt\'eo to th~ r i'y 1nd """ will thc o lt:oow tha t the <'I· at all and a r••to alltiii<'DU ao.l purl"'"'' " l'"'~h-..1 baa I<BJ>J~D<'d. otillllw ilo"-'''Jo."'flh•uouftl>rdunor ~'.~,::" ,: :·~::· ,::~~.·::~:.~. \~:· ~ SAPERSTONE WINS BET FOR ;;r~:::~-:~::b~;L:";"1i~:~~~.::·;.i's~~.,~7~ .\n•l•urh r•·r•utattooo nrc ~o:enc mlty ~ot onl~· lhf !lrrt co•t Doe----.i tn;.-.:.Uq"'V "BATTISTONI BROS. BOTTUNG WORKS quor~ ~ Kl"'"~"'"· il h ijl'h. t.ut 1t nmo•U> II tu quit<' n littl<> .-\ r~w '"'·~·· 1.,110 tome o f the comto k...·p tlo.-n• "I' Our ltl<'al uhil>it of rad<'o W l'f <" talkiog o•·cr tb~ r«ent thio "l'"'d,.. bft> di•eo\'<'I'C<I a molt a•l "'"''"' •·ar otnke a11•l S•J"'Ill\011 t h~ •·anr1~t on.-tho<l Th l""'f'l•• nro• to 1 ,,.~- tnitor "'"" 011 t h~ u~lr. for Li• treht· f or th,. UJ•k ...•J· ,.f tb~ plulanthro 1,k ~ m~nt or t l>" mot.,rmrn and roao\uctolll nputatoon. ' "'ho ,.·rr~ furcL'<i to patrood~c bitn 0. d i•! ~·ou 11rt th~t ~uJ,~erihN! If through the c"m)•&uy. 1101, ,.· Ly nut! i One'""" jakialll~· &lljl!;"ded that our Lu~i n~•• manager obould oce S..pentoa "' n!lar<i to ~d··~tti~h·~:· Juol then the iutmotiono of t be worker• and t heir iutolenble i11 Dull'alo. inatrur.tion• to h~a,J them oft' I c.u;~ io.,in oii.,oo l ri~~:ht hl\"11 thry to iuterfn e with order!~· .:rou p of me a going ~trc.•t olf tu foue t hem back ! h<lNIU"<' thry wer~ a crowd of wurkio~;m<'n tha t t be.~ couidrr no ""l"'rtnneo an•l to treat ola•·cot It i• a pr<'l t;r ""fe Let policr.n>rn ........ a ll r•~·~'-"<1 i f SI*W aUe11doo Jlno to pbooe orden ID4.JI"I'IIP' deltYery. l~l.t.- .s,. ~l((tate 1 Ju dar" not :nlt: Sapu•ton for a111ld in =~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~~1 tbt" Buffalo Socialiot . The OPiy GenaM n ewtpeper Ia the . ." oaWde of New York qty, npre.eenthlJ the i.atererot of lhe WorklnJ au.. - eGceaittor a -.oa.tbt. ' " ' · - · . . . . . hi• . ., " ' "' "" '· ~iaa:a rn ~ I' woke a ad r~a!iz.ood ' L., ...,..peakillg,bo wentul'lathe t•n•. N. r ." -T•·u mon•t" r a ir likr tho J'l'ilmlture <'lplosion o! 11 1,.1<1 Jut ,..,..,ka t 1-al of finnwor k._ He ~poka with m,a..,. m.-.•t u•l!'• • rrt.' CUT ·THIS :~~~i-~ 1 ~~~~~..~;,::~~ :~··~~~;'~ :~~~~~ ,:; ;~~~g~:..."'":n ~::d:;.,.u::~e ~:;::u that t be l'lnl'loy...,• of t h t;n itr•l ~'"'"" on l•i• way ha el< to 1be oOice to Li~;ht •od ' llc:< till,l: ('ompout~·, nnol, 111 hio bet. BUFFALO SHOE CO. . INCIDEN OF THE onGIAN OLL: baa bf-tll doi ng murb j~ood work in thia vidalty lately 1111tl St~pll~a J. :Ma· of thfl IJutr~lo Sodali1t atalrt and · t he ib.it ial wnrk .,, 1 beg11 n for t ba Oae IC~OUIII of t he orpniu.tio11 or a machinilll' unioo aud g..,e aa i~ervlew with a · ho11~y ~~:~;.:lli::~niog t he meeting w ... 1111d tbe de~~>a•<l• wr~e take n u11der co.uidcra· t!o11. A meeting wao a l110 held 011 ~[ 011• d ay e nning 1 t Labor Hall on ••8 tt1 Btr~. lfr. lolahonc~· npruenl<'d Or· ganiur So11 nel>f'nd, wbo wu" a~or on' otlaei lmj>Ortant m1t1ero prrtai 11 iug to the Mar hinittt ' Coioa. The d""a 11d 1 ill brief art a• follow•: That all mea diKharg~d duriag t he teodayl previaUJ'O meetl,gbe t eill· • addrlll!~ b~ Mr. Ma hooey ~=-=~~,.~ 1 : : : : : : :: : ·~:: ',',;,;;;;;,; !S.>Ooohood withdra onU. o! money from ballio, " l~>diati11g t hat he, other Ionia of tbe. tieij>ated earlier 11.11d htavi.er alt. . . The 1h1lt:e bad thc11 bf!ell about 1l.J: da~, &a d be " that it 'wu Dl'idellt that ha d uot reached the u d ot IOurcet." \'ou _-. tbeJ' ot tbe atated. figure It out t bat ! ro111 ab. da.y1 That the t11en demand t.h e ir right to w~~tlul ia about u loag u tho! orpGiuo ~U>d he lons to uoiono without worker un' do without that ibterfe~nrf', tblllg ea.U.ed a j ob. Alld 'tbe Tbu _.iena«'!! be take11 up bythop 1rw aboat eoi'Teo:l, too. Tlle~ il eotnmiltecoe.. ' i llthlt~lr.er 'a u.yiogfortlle Tbe ol,o\i,hmrnt ofpie<ework a lld l \0 JIOIIdar 01'01. Why ia It that acal~ of in roo formity to t he c011t who do all tho u.ef ul work, ·wha, of t;•·•nll' t... oublt ituted. 1lttiog Idle with " folded antlJ" 0.11 ~inr louur• a d:ay for 1\•·o darw and l lill the llldut"tri" of a uUo11, han ! our a~><! oa,...hlf bouu on Bat urd1y. only laid by to «•te !.h eir a ethitiel a~ent with the Wagner "Uaelli110 u~·:~:~':~ :~~~m~:::r:"::t~o,:'::; ~ ':.,:.na;;,n:n::e':,,:·:D~7 ~t"~: SELLING THE ••Rfl ao;!""r:~:: •l•~lt:neSI or of work 1 red11r tioa oo the hou rw ohall t.. made bttore <'ta;>loy..._.. ar~ t:a~ olf. Seo-r11t~~~~ huudr..d mrn are emplored at tile •bu]"- a>~d with t wo J:ood uoioo.a ta back " I' the.e d~ad• the mu (1..11 oblab 1.-oJ"'o.-ed cull<lit iuno nd bt'tter ~7· - -- - !::n:e~~:::e ~:; r:~~,ea~::t •••1 J~ ,J'. Enor, wl:o .-at J'rorniUut who 11'~ ·t ... ll, aft«nooo ud e~ail:lll· E:uor wiJJ ~~-~~ !11 p,.teu • G•inot tho .. ~~~t of~ attllt:en who •~re ~ 'aiaiti.. ~.r r:eSir. a ~~ of thalttU:e of tl;e writ~rtiU'o111.ldoos to t.utDe • orku1 at IJ6Ja :P.U. lalt fall. If that Ia ao- will n,., ...W.J wiD be btl4 uder the ln11 them, bot we ~ llf t~~l l. W. 'ff. IDC,IIta. . reftrd »•1 jail ao ageot of Distl'tet :No 1!, IatemaUoul pohtlcaJ blghbladar1.. A-lation of llaelli11i1t., b nrelr A cottullluee hu bel:,n delega ted patllng)i!e inj_o thUI or(&llhaUoll. The deal with t lw) eoJDpaDJ'. ,, ~~t;:' e:rro;::~:u~":: :~~;::; ~"..-,: :::: ::~:·:t !~::!~:U.work. ~.:~,.'.-;::;~ :::~ ~,:'~10 :.h"; ':!: ~n~i!~.;y~lolt: u p italid wuru, wiJJ 'I"'•It: 111 lloll'a lo · ua · t he •or1u of art) ADd w\at bu be· ~om1 of all t hat tha.t hae b('«<!!l dueed Ia all tbeH r ean of toilf loog could the banker aad hit lea••e tht ir ott!ee. for a trip , without feelliiJ tht neee-itr U..st.ad oat.lolljobt ADd H r t the tbat..-ould ~ :1. ~:U.o TO aon.u.o. -~~~ ~:~";.~~ri:i~ that it o~t, ud .. • O~T QOOD FOR IIOo CUT OUT THIS AD AICD BRINo-tt TO 'rHJ: I a re..ult, t •o •truhj: union• .,iJI he :':!, ':;~.~~::::·~( ~~;t :.- ~~ ::r:.'.:~":; ,. Offiu, 315-317 GcnaOo Suut, - - 1!uiWc>, N.Y. t11 wbo111 _ ''!:' ;,:"::.~":::.~~.":t:::: :::: AN and • ubecrlbe f'or the llrDetter•Eettung. TWO BIG UNIONS ~:t~c:~~:~e~:;:·:~n 1:u~~:hl~i;r~~: ::=~ ::~k:;.:~~;·hnort~-::1~~- :.;:·,~~~~ ORCANUED AT . NIAGARA FALLS :::..:··":u·~~:,:"'~;:::''.:,:n:..:: fiu.lt~- I'.IC-.~t.ll. ' • · ~ CJTY HALL ' ,.;·,.~;,,:;::;;:;.. SEN.B C A A ND B LLICO'IT .&T& ��BUFFALO SOC1AUST PUBIJSHING <XlMPANY . . . .Tnt HIU3l.JUt. .....,._. I"RAHK I!HRENPRnw, · - --...:.=~.~3odlloo. W. P. C'B~Ai.o-:--N~~. ~Prb$1.00p«:r-,50c:llhmoctht,.pay..W. Jaad.-a­ o4il!o>> � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/895a8db986fd2b445175b2c9d9c51e24.pdf 729414663db4adf5ac111516527ba2be PDF Text Text nm I!IOI'fAJ.O !OClA.UST llllii'ALO J1QC1AUST 0111 IIALSAT . . . .ST~ ·' 'nDI'IIIIMY TO lfoWl'IIID AND CDNTltOLlm BY THII WOIUtlNG a.ASS IIATURDAY flYE liiWND SOCIAUST BOOMS .SOCIAUSM AT EAST SIDE MEETING ·MEEJID -All .IN ONE DA Sunday' October 13th, .Ia Sodaliat Day' ~ Local in United States will Hold - Anti- Sodaliat Paper to' " Save" Pcop~ lrom~m. -.b~;--''B-bed, n.t T\oeo- -.~t-U&~~eHID)'ofdle Emulator of Judas Hired by Church to Annihilate With On~ Swat - Audi;,.,cz Gets Wise and Meeting Proves to Be A Boom- Workbr ca..•• 1:H lleNt.ton: Willla.la F- Duff)', Slodallllt Jlln'WII""w"br, at!lnul· tiu, Yf!,_ 'Wallfte Thayu, gn!!lti<re Sodahsm ero- Patty, auv ....,., 11~Li~e. ~ Admilldoa fr"'Ad~ ~tncdo.tt:. $appu TM !,,;!·~~~~y$u·;::: fralll eo..~dt~~ llUI blow 1.> Our old friM><I Da•·id (lQld•tcm ha1 l!l"erybod7 • . _ e . 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"';~.~~~:~ olt bal e •ill ~J;io I"On<J>IIv 111 " n'l m. . :.:::,,, I(OOJI<I ll ,..h w . . tho: urder ot l h~ lloru~~~~ l h~ IJji:ll~!ll)n ~~ ~ ~ mtt'tiOJ< hu :;~.t~bl~b~lt~~.\\:~,.;"~..~~ ~:~·· ~~~ :~·;~~::~ "~"~,~i:;~',':.~~~ci~.:~~ ''"f.::.~·:~~<·;~· .'"'"' m t holl 0111 br n ~'' tonU\ lt"'OUI.ti"""I:'"''IKII!IItt l itt•u t I0!1J. y 1111 on th e t · l~tfut 111 to ulk a~:al11ot ~0· tl •li,.n. PRICES AND UNEMPLOYMEMT ATTEMPT OF CAPITAllS'T d.AsS TO RAILROAD LEADERS OF WORKING CLASS TO ELEcTRIC CJWR AND .POLICE RIOT AT 8u~r1H ( iff 11.• Bdalo lloctallft. ,...,....,..,.. THE BIQ EVENT nt JHtl • ...,......... ~oe•~~• t.. lraT,.I•!.•allh tlty, Tb:y "'" cafJd.,_, •b(••llt It I• 111-c f~i• ••<l otor•all ~u tlty. tJ.• U.•. Y.!l.(i!U V. l~bs 11 <:-111'11: lfl Jf111 •IJJ,~k Ia tW. ~,0114_1 Ar-ty Tonday I"YUiaJf, ~u,.iwr w,.-.,,.. ...... ft. ._............. O•.taT• A. . 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' . •• Ou.staveA.Strebel Can~ fdr Lieut. ~vcmor , :.AT : . Broadway Armory 'tutsdi1p.Ewning; od~btr 22 . -=:,. .,. AI»>SSiool25 IDTS · .llfDfD IATS.50 1D1t PERSONAL NOTICE :ro COMRADES 1\o• 1,,.1,,...,. ,.,.,.,,, ~~IDf1l• lt<lf 1-<lta l H,!lfll!,, l u ll~· ·•i •t • ro·~'" ' "' t b.- IIIIJOOrt• 111lo'••u(ll lo.-111 :-;,.,:o. \LHplli"'TUa D Dt•l Ill J•TO I "'.C"' ! ip~ -iOoriolf•m, boo~t· ill+: lllt'<l tinjl"ll ftnd dd'ending our ( a lloe, I n t~r r~ .. mo11tb• of IU n.latnci tb e \Jutfalv8oc-lollat 1111 btcome k110"'" u Ollt of tbr ~ot Sol'iali:lt in th .. L'll iteod Sta tH . Every ll aft it •rlnen l.n tile""'" of tbe Jllt.)lt'H •·orld lllf~lQIIlldbYflou-ulltdOUI !!ociali~ tt. ~;,:,. ,.." ronuatl~ of J.ocoal Bu!l'ole ' I• vi tallr latrl't'ft..i In thf' au~ ce• of tb l•t••rer.y•tout~>foorlugerae"'· Ml"lb ipliAithnl OO I>al'e OUbl(ribt.i hr ~ ~ ...-~. · Yon r Jltllte an•loi•Proul io ~~:ot 1 th • i)Jily tbiaj;: arl!'llr<l to in.ke tilia JIIJ'f!f o eur~ru.. \\'t nef'd _.-our . t!I!O D.,ia l ,..IUaloU a ut! mu•t 111 ..1 c.,ui n,: ri£1>1 tlo.,.n to btltiaua, w .. ...-lolltoillflltlll \htr<lmll de. thot tlot ltulfaloaotl•l i~t l'ublitilh•JI Ce m.· I*•Y it r t qolrl!lll•y b,w to ba,·e..at uae· blf of i b "'Jii tol atOl'k · •ubttri brcl Uld ,,.;d Ia I>'! ' til ~ " "'1 of t l>c. li nt yror. '"-•t M._.:' Of'Otlt rom rotla can ofl'ot'll te •uhorribto f or ot !Mn 01111 or two olluu of at~k ot ~.00 utb. ~ ... i lt...,ld filii'! t o lllOPObf'tD of t hf' ~iali u f'orty. u di tdeJ"'•d• ~at >t<'i." .,. t h • Ja 'll'httbtr tl>io. filii'"' ' i•k<'ptali..... ' l\""'· ... hat arr rou ,olni to dO •bout itt /+.rt'Yflllglli ll (ll o laydo•n a od ro~aradeo t o u rape Iii!' l!'"l"itb IIIOIIt!f to 1!1111.1 t blt PI~• aUo• • ,,..... oli' ll'h D if ewrf tomrr.d.e-uld d • ..-., ia bh }'oclr.et •nd boy ftor.k, thl •l"'f't!"' •CPUldiMom&llfl t.be b~ popeor \11 Bul\'olor It ;, nJ• to y~ t o •lo ,MDtf'llliiiJ • ooll be" r !pt ao 'O'. ~u r! to li:ltpart O.,.a.ntie lllt.ltd ~ lar ...mo.... tlleh ...,rportenlilr- tba tcw dollar~ ~bt tilt' 1rnrlrn tan •Vb~a. '""P""-' ~-t .,.,.. ~u.., .. (!(, t ile wor\t hlt f'I'J....- il ~"'fferS..!al­ t.- l>~ .., IIIIi~ •'*"'" Ia a ~U"""t>j•l llla for t .. ~·l'l ak Ell..,..afM ..... n u - re r, :!.'!' W, I.:.s:le 8t~ - Ilo!•' la t)loo a t krrftllu• · ;t., it•ll.• Ol't •• t loe: io~.rourwlf. ot last lto11day ' (Froca N.Y. c.n.) - a t fjllrit." Tb01 judge i1 Wt011g.' tcl ary, Tbomu B.irtWi1tlt, llu Society Ia npllalitltit, " .. c:ru t l ud l e~oi 'Govenor Wil•~~o to ilallomaa in tile u u e•e; It ""u bad, inuu af the ea~npa.ign. llu •ot, a!td of'"~'' wiU baTe a A!Ote are eoDtldenttbuth lnuna n• IJtlrll , 10 !oar aa lt r•"'*'"' will ueept wbe.. t bey • \te»d:"'w' wbeo n.a.Jli11g Tbt t>roba.l lo~ KheiiiO lkat WI! IIOW of New Jene!l', d.alJe..,.. b"e ;~ nnly ou ot tbn•Dd• of to ol.cbne t b' i•ae. i•tctOft ot tilt failur~ of ~pltaliat~ ..,. Tbe Soelalin ra~tdit\ate ciety t o ltlfltrl bnDI&D Deed~ ft b a {iY- Uee!•ted llia c'-lluge, bat ca JWta lbth:. Lojo! ..-ay to I b e ioevitabk- 11 >. ·the foreroap.er of till bln.kdoW'IL Of courM>, thi• i.J aU O.retlk te Jadp tool a,....,._ Uia bourt;~eL• •bol. .-JU lMo nabhl. to take it ia, aad why 1hoald be uouble hi• bra.ia wit b cridrall'! aaaly.i ni -iuy ead IU .crlmd. H a cliucl, n,-iiiJ lbt be ~ tiM.!. et t. lfo wm be ID ... ~. De~ ·~AU at tl• Be ll. 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A LtttJe Oleap._Candy ) ,_ .. . . __ , ~ Candidate for V ice · P r.,;id.ent &poses H'u,;,bug and Pleads for W oriili.g Class Unity Against the Masters of the Bread .. . ,...,ed IU:iiu1 l'O. 'i.,Sclpt.24.-WIIile tbe upi t&I U.t DOW-Jl&pen ei.itioJ t.be prat..e. of """'l~t16e ..JDaD&gtlmtlll." nd tile variou. ....t.e~~:~et ot ••weltaa'' .-ad 110~alkll t•eO:opera 1!11 11 betwee 11 lnelinocl to b<! me<f;il: uader tbel r llena. So, It ..., wo~ td be no need of JiVing aay &dual mooef u a ~net 't• Cert&l aly "pot! 81!11!1ley." tbe worldog ..,~ ud tbe ~ .muten of • perleetly utJ.. taeti)Q' dae bread, lied in~~ 'a worhl'i b ue bad Wbieb W raY dlvldet~~, aaopportani tr to~ tll.lsetyloo t co- auya flt onwaa~lll;.,.ea f I OJ~Uloll In I c. .tall flower a.U It « r· 8o tb e1 prol'l'ded' a .ubtUt11te. talaly'malt:n a pltt11relor t ile god. tO !lover roeu tll& lbouuo d yean weej> OVU Ia. Well, It WU I Be It bowa U.at ill :Medtoa th e ll~uly pr. nted ud workP.t'. ar11 uplo1ted to a dogr" tl!.at reaa 1.1 toll owa neat little eouDte nlgo~ ol unu•u-:l eot1a m the lar rer uto-. "Tiu1 C(l rtUieate ~o ent•t ln P o!t\'JI<nf bou n a week 11 the regu bi!IU'tr to twentyflv• t"'n ta' ia tar difag In tile fura!IU I'fl IDdustry, ! aay ~onfMI 1 0!ItrY 1tore 1n •bl~b :;?·~~:.~I NICW'SP'AP'ERS m.aln.~ta• la tbe of tb•• V1llage, II'Uiae.!lte<l oo or be!ore Augwt IDd tlle a..-e raga WlgH for me n Ill IIII I 8 A COOl( .t llelil u between ll.!i aud J'f'r week Jlut olou' t ~ut' loo.e' Wllb tb e The e&.t of hv lnJf, 111 theM dau or enid JrUI!'a ... 1.,, \\aot untu' you bear ~t orag .. an.J qolek UtMporiatl on If ]Ullt llt'qocrl On tb e ot her ~o.Je of the •1) abouttbe..,,., ,nar>!~oftln••IU! I "'t"e tbe..., "'•ll•" wor~a 11 r ~~ ~~~b:.:tr:~u are foreed to "orl< TO TJU; "D t:ALEfL '~ houna w~"k In au arduooJ< oeeepoo "\\'" htt<!b" aotlul n n~you t o 11011 h ke the man11fartuu of fora>ture, l tlli• ~.,r'II I'IUt<', of proJiflrly eoaa te r 1t 11 not 11u rjrlaon(l that maa} of them a1gned U lu f11e e •alue, aud "e RTfl unaUie t o J•Ot I D tbe full tuue fiTl"T)' Hldeeru 11 l'l the r by ~i'M<IiDJ' yonr ac wMk, ""· iD order to ... u r thi':DI on to I':OUIItWitbU ce ntaoru:c baaging lt work th e f ull time, tcgardl~ bf their tb&t llnlO~ut of me r,.haa dlatt If retona ed hea lth or tbflir "earlneu, th e . _ at t o 111• dgne.t by you, "" Or before Au . oe of tile •loora bit Djooeau Idea. The «U•t 12, 19 12. itlea ,..., to head otl' threatentd detl , A. (X)()K il 00. '' maud• fo r hil!rll<' r -sN. by gi"illf!' t bto You wi.ll olpprMia t e thla "ben you men • "!H'Inua" of 10 per ce nt.. coadl· r,...UUI t bat o11e of tbl Jabot ·aklnn en tiona ! upoa' the full "~.1< of lift bou n ,..110 <'o nt rolt the fur nitu re factory lilao haYin g bee11 pot ln. cootrot. .a ~.a 11 dy fMtoi'J'! ·l:ud rr tb ia new r ,..gime, the man who T lu/ ar.....,~me!l t ia u.ld to btl afl wu <lrawiug t8 f or Ole week ef !ill J>f!elally beautilal one, beeau.e 1 peat houn, wou ld-'"' ts.80. 1t "otked fl11e, ,.....,,.. of the. wnrken tJug1f' • " ay tbe aa•l th wap-aiaTN, grittlnl!' tloelr <:OUJOOM in <lltpo t . An d 1>0, the glor· tntll, woul d ttiel< oat the weary d.a,YI lou• "ark of "" lf~re IJO" 011 ; 10 our fo r the ut ra 10 per eel!t. "boPua." broad la 11.J u.J the tapitalllu eoa t iau.. S..O.iag how well,.jt -rkcd, the firm of 10 inna ll t.lo.- Ucligllt.lul "eftl.deney" !:!.. 'A. Coo k ,t. co., t u rlll t are 1111 11 ufaetu•· aa d ~ · w• lfare '' ..,~....,. among th e .,.1, d Mided tilat it weald be a lood J,o 11 J .. Ilfl'erlnJ •·let lma ot thei r greed, .,..,J] th.illlj: fo r tlt.er11 10 do alae. Sa", the "ltUit, tbe Clj>ilaliotie plljlfln pat th elll ., 1111 ,\oyn ,o f s. A. Cook 11: Coi'., appat ·!OR tbe bll!k aa ol tell tb em w"bat noble ' ~· . 'II'IIU 110 ~ tiHeatenlD~t:· Th ey were ! b.tae !ac ton~ of aotio ly they are ! ---'---, : : FINE MIXTURE Of 1 POLITICS AND RH.ICION 0 :h•l r 1 " ,.. 0 . 1~1< ~~~ ~:~· . bo!ber . ..P ~~~ d ~of At at.ou t th e the u ona l lnu:l t 1g 11 t 1on o! tile tbat broul( bt RLou t the Jl flka, 11 -elfappolnt l~l e••l• or th•t r• t • c1llli n~o: '' Th e Corn ndtl e.o '' 0_, 11i. b~•kall throug hout t be !a nti and · bad priu t NI in e•·e n · t uh.e rTient •• l•ilaliet ab~t that wo~ld pr h1t it, 1 bundle of ttate· . mom II, ;.hi ~ll, t or down r it;bt Jylug arul pr~~~eut at tbfl O}Jett al r l"' '""'f'llon of ha lf tl'llth•, oev..r hd j at \Jaiu and Moha"k lftreoelll ita Nfllll. It wa• pr inted under tbe l day ·eT..niD!f. . Come and briag . · ' 'What City Xe:rt ' "• 111\1 t olol frienda. Leu j~k t ht earner ma11y mine preaeatati oaa tha t t"o tb011"1"l l>f!O I•Ie. th e ttorrlble a gi t a l an aud Ignorant f or · ~member tbto date, ne.llt elg aen bad bro ught upon tbe "fai r evealatr. llama of o ur eity.' O<et tblll f "Fair Ttoe place, ~ain an <l llolla"k 111111e '' of I.Aw reDce, Y.a-.! Of re01 rw, Tbe prind j,.l ·~aker, ·JoUua, t here "a• • J>apt:r in Rul!alo !kat ,..., boJ'I!-. • bil(ot ed aaU baN ~noagh .t o pri.Dt it. At tbe lllllfl lime t b11 art~ele wu being ~ir r.ulat .. d a d ):namlte '' 1>11nt :· ":u b.ttnJ pul~ . oil" 1n t he ull! e I~ Jt ~ I INIAGARA FALLS • e tty ~~ fiOIDe e1t ouuo, a~ d cnll of Lta <'~·oftie~ lo .,.a, t~Uj;bt with tb~ jj:OOtb a nd •!"'"' a aomuoal l'ln• . 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It 11 for tb e .ole pufjooN of utudiaiJ their pr~l actio11 good f~~ o ~.~~,_J*n•liaJI tlo~r .Titlll · a..t fh oldreu fa r womr.u w1U ecwunuf' at ' l~ag ... eapitali1111 c:o nlluuea. It i1 laentable _u lool( aa lev#. of p ld in · ot mall, .domlutu. All "-101111 Ia life are learued at peat U · pe-; a11d the . lc:wJOD of tbeae t h ee! ~ r eouad~dor~ that ~i t oal,. .u:v•· l.oo~ e~11.11111 111 C<:'(Onomoe aod pclllleal ,olul,.rJI,J: u a DU.'II.U of llrlngla(! abolrt a ~ta l e of 111dety Ill , "b.ieb lo· duttry ••II be ~1/<:l':tively O"!'ed 1 11 <1 111au,.a f_or th e of a ll , l111 tea~ of tbe prit"atel,r awntd intitoti0111 fo r tb e.JIO(>olof th e ,.,.., i1 no ueo~ptt_o11 . . \\ould that"' eould l111tlllll'o tbe harta and 111ia<I. ef me11 tbe ai!Uial t ;r or. the eooopen.t h·e eommo••ealtb u tile on ly bopt ef tile !"or k iu g ·cjqo! ll~d ol love :J'OOII oeoi'II~ • Ltd- t i<"la ~;:a•m•a." ~)u.. ,' ~:~..:· ;~~. 1 ~~ ' ;: .. tb:~~ PRISON ADYANTACES comit f or the • J>J"-'• ••n<'e of thio ~ roru i•h qaariet~ In tb e <l ual role of dint> on<l believer•, while .Jeep ia SnJ>e ri nteaol~ nl Seott of tile New tbti r h l'~ rl 8 IIOIIfil lliDg O!l ]y toet em pt Yor k ~tll<l J>rilello 11 .. IDIIOIIUeed a fo r tbe ll'holejor!N'>IItdln;.,. ' a e,..poliry f llr th e fut ure.beu;t"•: fTDCtT OINJo-1- ~~RIIlllii'J()RS . Qll~·r:~l:~~ !~-:~',':;"'"" e..-ery - WftUU\J - - ·prbo n to __,,,.,..,,.-,,.,.,,;.,J.,w;;,,cJ . : · THND D JOBS :~ •.:~.:·u::. , ..., tbt troable aad will . that prin t ed t be '' r nmmittee'' ~reed! Any fai rneu ahOW!I 10 th e at r ikera ' •i•le of the Qllutionl No! Th ty a r e wotk · e n~, and JO ar e ,.. 011 Ji.y oaly of beiag •~•· iled, ID<I .,, .,1 fa •·orabte to their aide of 1111 queatlon b ca refull,r 1111 ,.. Jlteur.l. Some there are who woud • r why tb e re ;1 111 unrnt in tbi • t OU!Itry. Do yoo1 T lli•' ioddeut ooly tbo"l 1 ~ Hyi alj: need of our owu i*rl{J>reu ; 11 ... bi eh we wotken ran let 0111 llde iJ,e. fo re the Jlllhli ~. ---- •n••de of tb 1ide ... alk and ill lioe"i th a row of U..aa t iful 1 1oa dcr tr- . Tb ia liljht l ine IJ>e lttL ruin fer tbe tree~, u will boo reuJi t d waa tbe n~ oa Nias · ara o.no l lither • lre.o t.. Tbe eop t utantl wer e lilletl np •• f olio"•: fl..-e hi rtod lael<ey• of tbe "•~·r.ikebr,..aker t:rpe," three datnonie., ot he rwi H known u · \lumen , tb t ci t ;o" 111 toroey a nd e ngin e-e r, aa•l lira. M::ogee. ll[e<l Ji l ted. by H>'e tal •ympa thi11!-n , n o"d of about t.,o buo•lred if thev will • O R~t. ~UIItr~l~ ~ n tl m:u~a~·~ th" So~· •~ "' 1 tOIIJ<'n t WITh n f ew h~nd r~d~ or a , .. ,.. Boo it furthu ....oh·~·l th RI this ~hml Pa rt~ . IILo 1 1'1,..1 1 fo r • ~oll.to'\ < on t hou,...uob, tLe Sot-ialJit ole marHis tbo lenJI~ he j)uhli•bed in !b•• Dn n ki rk Ob· b rnuJ!hl fl l O t o "'d• lt o th e funol. whol e n il roa d.' 1er .. ~r, a n.J 1 tO( ' <' onait~.l t o th~ Sl!<'· reta ry of tbe K t>il;h t J of Co ium t1111. DU ~K1RK SOCULIST CL\f D, GEO. A. W I LJ,JA).IS, (.'b airmau. ��.R•k ,., CapTors 1ct Crtam pou a>lll ,...rtlllbtr tl}t TI•oor �.... ~-~mr. ·- PUIII..WUIP"........ BUFFALO SOCIALIST . ~ yftTKa l'tiBUsHiNG <X>MPANY ·,,5 PUTII'T •I ON BUPPALO,N: Y. =-~~=· 'twWr-. a 52 Y. e..p Stnd. Srd lloot :=~v:~. Blm'ALO, N.Y • . . ii. . .J ·.·-. uiii!OOOCI-e...,. ma$hlrJuar.6, 11112, at !.he pod'ofi!l9e" Boft'alo, Ne..- Ylll'i, 11.Udfll"the Act of llucb S, une ' .Eo~ \. . SATURDAY. SEP.TEMBER t8, 1912 ION.- "(OU ~1Tf1 "fOU.R. Pf\Ofl "(· :.... wiTH "CoUtt... C Lu "T:~H ON.lft4E MttES~ITI:;,~ OF. L:'FE - - you FOR GOVERNOR · - CHARLES EDW. RU~L FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR H A"VE GOT 'TO L~T ,: 1::_:0:_=- "" GUSTAVE A. STREBEL WHY A~E WE Ooo. Mr:.Ma'ERS . ,,... 'rHE • . SOC.IALIST PirRTV 01" TH£ 1 • ·- UH,rtEP...STAT ·ES -: • . ' TAKE' A Lo"Ot(\. r\T .TH i S. :ST,ROHC R ~b H i A R.M l fwtP. . MONf"YSR.-U8 - ~ DO' "(O\l KN O~ ""HAl 1't Mi'liN$.1 t'T Mf"NS Tt:IA't - SoO 'NE·f\.· OR lP1,- £.R.-"'(O U \Nt'Tti . i"O Uf\ -..t OI\1\UPf- ~·Ptb~I.OOf*~S!k:lhmoatbt..fY.Tuielaadvaot:•; • • 1;,0 II At:(C:HT ..Cl'OMTHER£ AAI!:' OVC" rt' CC.OADI ~ O * n;...,.-, .SlY. ~St,r.t.:Wib. BITTER ? . ~:~~-;~.j~ ' :~~~r:~~t~: hE:I;III~~:::i~~-:;:~~~;~R~~~:~:.:~~r):'.u'1~~~:! i~t~. :;~n;:~: . Yt:!<, it is I rut·. \\'j• Sut·iu!isiK .\HE hitto·r iu our olcnunciation of tho• rolol1<·t d!tS.~ . Why ~hould wo· l'fl inct word11 to ht> kind!~· awl cour\t·ow; to tlu· •·:t ploitcrs whu ar,• ridiug on our ncckli. unl e!l>t. inde~d 1\'t• lo t: <.'fiWIIt'llii T lu ,w hnt X\\'t:CI 11nd rr~t•aly-!lloutlwd words s4nll w.· <•X prcM our l1orrur of •·hild lnlocor. \\'liE:\ IT 1!-i OL'H C ITII~ DRJ:::\' \\'llU ARE IX TilE S\YEAT 81101'~ 1 lu what tl'.nder hm.;uug-l' sludl wo• •·oddlo• the rida ow uctll of tlo•pllttllll'lll KlOrt:ll wJm.-ohtil~· ta k(• thdr Jl,OUhd nf t\~l\ ftOlU OUt and uur dnughtcMi, olnviug tl~em tinHIIy iu t!CilJWrntiou to th <• a11<l tltt' brothels. thnt tlu-y 1uny ··at e<·uu the brNtti of po<'t:l't)' ! Whitho·r ~>lint\ \\'(' Ho·t:k fo r the pl•wiol plmu;cs ol' prutt·,o;t when tl \\'o ul•·ll 1'n1sl. wnllowing iu hlon<i'·IUOilt'~' . rohs ~~~ uf :' I X LOA\'ES 1 1""""' "' ._,,. "" "'" of """"'' 1""1" " "'" '"""'"''" of "''" Hn.-1 /~~~~·;,t,'.~;:1r~(':·:,f 11;~:··~·.1~1s.« Stru)t~l•• """'"'- 1IIi,~;, will thill_fkht J,.. fought. lllld , .,.,~, •• mi•9 whb blo of "'" " 1 ."'''H ,,..,, ••, ,. '"d • driM dolgio' "• ·,,..,, •lmod :;~~~;~:;~.:.·~~:~~;~,~ii:li;.~;·bo;_ ;:: ';;!::~ t;:~be 01";~~ t::~~n'::'~;.'; ~:ll~~:.,':::':i:;; •< :::;t ::::r~·:.~. ~~~t.~ ~~~:.·~-..t':7ot';~ :~l.:::r.., c!~~~ !::~ ! ~. :.~·:,~~=:·.,;011~: 1!, :b:e.:--Ji~:; ::~. b::.;·'itanre::.·· :~reu~t':a~ ::.~~:~~~i:.:~·:; ~.:!' e:::.y~~l :;:~or/l:,.~~·;:f I:JI~·.:·:~::;:'I~~~;;~u~t~ ; ,.~;~h:f,.t~li•j~,~~:~..::::~~ ;·:~~~-~~~:i~:;r't;h~~:~~ j i~nillf''d ;:• .the ·~•:1 ::::... vbetr1b&l i·~;·p~:~~·~~n~~-~o:;:~~~,~~ :~~~~~:~ ,...~~"'11 y::,:: f~rdjo;:: :~":~~:;1:~1°:1111 ;~~·-'.gll:\"'~: ~1:l~!~f~~~~l~~~!;:~1i!il~l~i~i=l~t~~' 11 ti 11 suft' !oct tint ! llwy wuu 1 fnr rho· \\'orkinj.;' t 'Itt~~-" ~t·· :ol th•· ltchtullljl l!thf·lc<l. " Th,, \\orld • I !;""'•.hn lou..-... th.t ul t'& t b of tbt' tbt' "'all. lined t..-~h·e "'•oo"'.•1· t 'u m~~ Klt'.Dt~ta, eo py. ••\\·by, repltt'd Ju11tlly, ''that •1arm1..- of ill mu1tltuol" 1"'1"'' wbieb will ebow you bo..- 'Ueae lloriltlant ..-rller., aod it. mrri••'- a :;';';,: Tho· E:o:p ro·ti.~ r('f•;~ IC> thu~,, lny1d SociKlist WOilll' ll who 1mt u~ ! :~. ~::~t•;,':,.n,.;:~~ ·;~t~:~~ ~~':b~~~· :::~a:tH~f b;:tin~~~·er:e;o:! tlw pln tform ttl thi"S.,t•lo-1 tl\Ct'lllll! n~ · · womt' n of tlw hoh\o•r sort. t t•lootpo\ • work<"r•, ..-ha n«tl ~tr.h•lll hr<"akfaat e••er~· mormng. ' Tbe eap- 1ln!IU11K Juamy fi•&OIIIII!L You so••• thr!\' wt·r•• tht: wi\'I'S IUJol lltotlu•rN Kn<i NilltCI'!! of working. t ~~~~~~~~-~~~=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~· 1 :~~~:~t),!~gt~i~:. ~~j~~~:jj;·~~~ ~!~~m~·;~;;;·~;~,:~~~-:···=:·1~;t ';.:~~c k~~~~~~ 1~:\~~e~ I ~~!~; 1 of~~:~~~li~~t,mo':;:rrn~ 11 j. · rellth~ wht-u it ~c~··rihe~t t lu· 11j•h•wur.· fl\'~lllh! thuuCII who ~;cntl tho·ir l extrcuwl•· \l('t·oll lltl' pieti1res in for publication ~~~ "Bull ~lo~(, , . , . . .. . .. . . I I .; l Th•t !be dutellu of er.pttahsm •l'lh llun· ~ 1\'ihUilou 1nd Jllllj:T<"M are 111· eat cl"!!. 1nptu"' a 1r.r&:ely incre•-.1 uum!Jer of l P nd~d for on]~· !he hw- not the work· CHILD LABOR ON THE INCREASE t :;,;,::;:~,/b~.:~~·:u:t~:~~~;a~:"~~a:!: j in~:~::~· ...., HELPING SOCIALISM two rea..,,, tor tbe ia· iu~. ~~Jt:.~r;~,::r ~~.:~~~=t~f··,\~.'i:i~~~';j_·~;rt~\~a7i:;:.;:,:e !f~:~~~~~~·::; ! ;::til~:;::~~::~~~f ";,::,:..~b~r~~:~r:;; j ~;~~~~~.m;::t '::, r::~~";O:t" oi;i7;: Roos.•\'o·l t llto\'j,ml'nt will ho<'t' i11 itll H\'OI'I't"OI attempt Itt Sot.·i~~~\ 1~8-~:~~:~ "''em~ ld Uti o•xomnh 11 " HOl)l<o \t'il diKruptin~ ~II\ th('!IP 1-.'001.\ folk nfH·r II <leal ,.f "fil!erm ' ~utitlra t ett the , .;,uoo rathl' r (Jll&inl Htul not wit hunt t'n terttl.i nmo:-n"' "1\i\) ;:':.~:';J~~:~H~~~~::'~:~\tlw1 ~:~:t~~M1:1~lJ:~~h;~~~;\ ~~~::~r:~~:~~~ II ~::~-~'.... 1 T h•t trl' i~~ta<Ml r.nnuatty. l ing 11 too it ..-Ill rua UJI tl) rno r;;au\m";"''•" 11 Ill leut gr~-at for the (>&Noll' poek- • • ;;:::.~j t:~:~~.p~t:·,~,;·,:~:r:::i:~;-:1 va~r~1;, 0:~i;:;o~:r..:: :re Ito..- ... ~11"• to dtt!.lren ! l~lnfloan~ ..- 11 ~~:~ 1 I<> ..-ori 1upen 1.:~'"' ":~:: ,:: e~~::.:,, l ~o beu~r ·~at 1 thaa lh·lo; ger tba\ ..~ tbe eiWd! Cklld lor.loer 1~ dety, .u.r-ee f:r=::/ .::, tom at '•ad...tnr.l di&r. lb tbe 'lith Iouth olt\ pnrl u'll 11111 1 "ho hii\O'Il t filTH' tto hothO't \\lth rrnlnhatton ... tucat.ion, •ontbfal haJ'I",...,' r.aol e•en ~ate, tbrutpaang lb.e ver} burt of tfa- be pre-Tecated. Tlolt ~ r.a fill 11 pollt!CJd ISSIH' II ,-. ", 11 ,..., llllt the bu>UIH'MK ,)~nwnl "ho Cllll 't 1 hulth a•"\ to •hne1op 11110 lllr.abOO<I 1 nfthon a11<l on" ~oat •le111aadt 1111111ed c&mpr.lf~t IIIDI't -v1taJ tb.r.~t all ~~i!lo~~:~l' u:::~\',~~',t., ;:~1l"fr:~:::";:::·~~~~~~~:nPu~~~ssmtoT~~~;c8~:~:1 :\~= j ~~:t wo~~:oh~~~~:;:~~t,::"~:;:!t~; ' ~:1::;:ta~~t~a::t~~1o r:~kl .,~~::; nat 5I, I ~~ ';"..:"':,ooo " ..... 141 IHit buld•r ..tu tile B-il} .-,Jp fllad TIMt tnt ll1~e .-!<II eam f~i'~ 1m:t,~~;.~l:j:,~':~k~:.~~~~ \';;"~,::.nt~'i!:~:t~~~~i-11 t;~;h.i::t: ~~~:80~~~ .• ~ !! ~~::J.'e :::·~'"::::1::1 ~~:: ::~r~·~:n::: ~:~~~~~~:~oa WE A NATION OF FREE MEN? . 'v . ' . :~~y:~it;tl:j;~,.n~:;:~ll~;~.:,'t,.' ';•;Jr~~;~:~;:~ki~~;~;,~~:!i~~ ~~t~:~~;';~i~_•r;II;Ca); ot~~~~o:u~~- i• ~tiOIII!h o..-n ~~~- ::;n::'i:~~/;~u b:o i:.;~~t::a:l!~ ~;t_t::;,,."':trt !:':!~:.,~:~ TI~~,~-~~~~ ;~:~~~',~,~.:t_"ullt~i tlu· ciUUJ•·f,,Jluw.~~ ~~r~he pro~l'tarillll army. tb~~:~~- :~~~~::~: ~~:t~:~~t':;t~~~_:::~ ~;::~;.~~~~~~~0;/;:;·~~,.~=; ;: ::;e~;:a:Ot!':;~~~b~:d n!:: I(OOtl ·Tht' ~-iuli"t l'Krt v i~ not a III C1'1· lO \'O!f>.('Jllt·hi n~ de,·ice whtch tecls ~lavery th~a. n ,1•t•ng •n th r. Un•trll l>t- - I ll to uk yaa f_or tkil ~tt'fUer. matter ..-brthl'r you r-1 Ji.n! ugg~~~~~~1j,:~·:'"tt:til:t:.,~~:~; ,.~:.:""~::::~";:~,t~. to~~~~i~~~: 1t\u~ !!n~~~:~ :;;t~:· ,:~;1;'e:~:.~ bto;:::·.~::;:f~:; ~~~ ~;~:. ':u~la:kf~~: -:;::~o ::: :Z!'•:.::;!;o,!~~~~ a~.CO:!! ~em (, f till' workinl( o·]u>lli. it!l !)!lSi!! of <.'O ht'SiOn ill t~ intelligent. d~ath "l"'a ah..-ery, ~ad u:...,uted it. dure it wit.b, He~~~~ \t:- meaat Ia ia~hat YOU i;:ve ta &ell yeo~Mit . ~:;;~~~~~:~~::~];~::::.i~i;,~:£~~~~:.:i~:.;.:~!Jf·:E: ::: :::;::~~~:·:::::.~::J:;;:; :~.:;::·:~~::~.:~~;~:~:.:; :.::;~;: ~11;.:~:';~,:... ':::t o'f' J~·cna~. 11";-h':.;.'l~~~- ~-~:!~~~~lire ''81\'Ung'' loy pdli~ :;~~·:a. no mllta I! a Ill tt . ·.a one ,::;•:; ;:e t=au'::: Q,"t::t. ~- ~~~~...., :.:!te B;::a~he ~;:;~, :r;:m .,. M nwti nu. tile Sot•illlillt I'Nrf\· tiOC!<n't Wllit for tl~nutgoiJIL to "de- .Bnt J>ow about the mtr.a_• af u~lea~e and that ,._ n~ tlleta -.hrw, to~ you Hlf, you 11'ill ~w tlaa.t I be • jlrh·.- .. il of ila umlt"tinthlt' m~mbt'MI. For example, lhere ill 'Villi.Am Wlt~ <>.ut ..-blrlt the •·rry ltfe of .~~~aa ,. t torna~ll taan~\ . ..-!'lt. All depend& a.r.epandlle'· lbt ltiey ·r.rr-oae· every ~~tc~uJ!! ~:~~Polit~~: .~!;:;/::;::i~u r::r \.:;:~:i~~~~~ t~:e!'f.•!~~ ;!., ·~:"~..r:;r ·:;a 1;;:..1:h~~~; ~: :;; r:~e~~~=~,:;11~ ~ .z;::. :~ :'.!:~~~,!·~0: r;:•:: ~~~~~i~:~·~,~;~~t~~o';;i:~ ;;:~o ~~~~~10~~ 1~o~~~ "~~i~~rt~! ;~~e:,~.-::g 1;~:: ~~:h 7:~~::: ~~~:~· r.a~~~~~~~=-~=t~.!:,.~ -;:~ ~';..~ ~~~~lag. . · ~tlli~ l~any, t~t'Y Th::.. would !11· •·ounted ''nmon•, tbC.e to he ,•,.,·ung, ' ' ~:! :U:d~el')' 01 "'1"" . oof-you 011111 ~·~· ~:::,"8 t!~~~•';~~~~~~otlad: ~~~ ,: · ;~:~;·~~;~!a''::'b Dl• whn 'lmo~ ao little al:,;t tho• r liiAA Mtrua:Je ._, to imagine Jlow • re Yau lr!iag 1o t;et it r R:r ...-ltbo•t. Lei u• ~r t~ price. Tbe roo<!, eaougb to owa 111'1!• that then! l:all lw. am· ~ib l~ hope of "'lh·atin u from lllll'- h all the " ' il<l you r labor. Certaialy, for labor alou~ prire it ~'011 -r.btijty !<'' jirodoee b,..d, who oiiJoPHH o!, ya11 at ..-ill ~i~~J~~..~krui;:Y:~~.~~~~.~:~t,~ 11tuoly I{ .-'ml 1;0- .:r.-,. a Jit.tle _morn hd~re they :;::~: b~~-~~o~B~~.~f b!:.~ t~:attoa~ ~;;'~~~~::;~ ,.u'i; 1111 f'1~"i':~i~~at: MY that ir tho!' Root~en•ll IIJU\'o•ment riW. Ill or the ·~ dn it wath. Do :!OU ba~c tbetllf ai_ae, lei _mare boara a .a.r r.ad l ~~:,n'~~~:~:?.''S:i~l\~~i~;e~l':,t1d t~~o\~r ~~~~R~'t~:·•:la~e~t~:~J~~~~~~;:~ ~;~ b;:.:~;;h:'~m~e~:!;m~0:ada:! ~~~ :~~~:.~b!;, Ia~~ .Dot btl gooi! euc:ap ~o;t .-:.-~._,.~, ~·,.,..,:I gi;;.ro;;;';d ;::, e:n tbat it will dD u;.; ll ~en·i· ·e of uu meau impoM ilrtct!. The Soda Hat Pany ~o!"J!O!lletl Ia . ..-..h 1t-yo". cr.~ do .a t~e ~nee of tb~ ;au ~rpoa. yj!~ to llUke libq · blUI rvr y..ari beeu doing it>< honest, lcrd hc~l to get rid of that clement. onl)· if t.lae other fo~Uow ..-111 I've yotr \t~a may eall -.t f&Jf,. far tl Jll.teiiB uatteaee. , .~ ;t • ;:n~.,!::·~ 1 •...~~· yoa bt.!"i~ll· aad M)ledally ta 1 - t buard- ~:r.n~b~fci! :Cfa:'~~~-:'Y :::'::~. ~~~ .:!'; 1otu..:..l<~:;•~:~:: •;: a Ia TNtll \<Utfit IUtd nolhma: <Hll Stolp th"m ' n> ~ nt a 1 auo1 ph'fot<lll tlfi~ ><'n ~y It I lab 1h ~&o1 •1tftncl'l..,• babe• r.wr.1 r.piaat child labor of &IJ1 ilad, vadtr mr.ay J>4Ctllr~ of n:uaa.r . • \\, hll\o 11 t 11 oh.mlot 111 111, \IC>tl•l hut tlutt tht.~ t!inj.!'IIORI!I t ;t t t'r< tl••t 1h" ble.. •a~o.-. of !Otb """ 1 fron t thetr home~ to t! tebool •od eut aay d r£ant.uaeN ar.d at all tua~ ploller~ ot the •mr.ller tn, llf'llth <'OI'Tt'CI nnd "' eun t fi n,] u IIIIIJ.:II' 1~1-; to h11na: K te~f't 11~11 In fr<t!J ••I'C't gcatlnae11 faultt•y alloftiH~Itnpr...tnj.:'arnt.\ of•~tlunlltuHSjlJ'OI!IIO><It clltton \\'e iUII L'l! tel) - - - - -=-' " coa•ent>noally 1\retMd Er.prt,- ..-a IIOJli'_ IJ;• go•tl! '1 ·m all. '!'h(' kiu.J th ut nre "t;\\'llll~ .. J,y ~;udden. Rilly AR~ we turn itt ..-11;\te papt for t&e I"'"""" , Yoo IM\ wonld 1111 ~ ballilo~ 11 ;::; tft Jll£e ' Tun ..-e now 10 tb,. beralt! of llrht i them Ia luu.e, billl 1ip to110 I~~'' ~eat a t the JO'fer• wb~~ t~:;th:~ll. '"f"'~ klk, f or inrt,anrl\ It_~ tl.OOO,ol)i) Ia ~~~- \f'itb il . it ba71 II .~QIIt'l ....-art af H"'''~'""'eat beta~. or . _ otb.trofa~r~~latoeofWir: •lt lp(lro\"ad ~1 the' ,O'rrn"'ect 1: But . lt niU pr.e- ·,:.t:.~.~~:, :::: :~ea~! ::--,:hei!~ee ::!:;: •;::-:: tb;r;;~~~r.;.a~~~~=~~~:·~ :;':;ll;f b~.~~."':: ;,!'!"'~=;. ;:e;li~~: -':;e::;':'!o~lt ha ,~aua« ~·=t: ;;flo or bo:~:~~~f·~b= ia \\:, iad ml:IC'llrr.lll aboot old parlin, Jl;OT~mmu t ofth:~~ i:...~! ~~~~ j:~i:: ~:;e;:ut, 9, •...-..&~ ta t::!:e olorrae, ~-~ ... ·";~~i~ . •• 1&1 tb• Uait..:J Sta~ pr.~~:a'a:::i! .a that it ·~::: � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1912-09-28 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. 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Convention _Largest in ·History of ·Marla-Entrance ·of SociaUsm as Fighting -. in State PoUtlcs. ·lAW USED:AS .CLU~ AGAINST WORKERS Judge Hazel Takes Law in ·Hls Own HaneL. '\!ld PI!Il)shes Molders for Conleplpt of Court. ·No ·Indictment-or Jury Trial Necessary to Convict Wo.rkingmen. �Take The • and ~to the BIC Annual .CRY.ST-t ·aE·AC.B ~-PICIJIC~6ottpbodp~S g,ing, .·b ttiUst tiJt ~rd /Jn gillt II'OIIIId 1/JIIIIitft will bt . II. ••• BIG DOINGS.~. · B•stb•ll gimt, i(aces; Contests~ $p~J, (,f all kinds for poung_.nd old ':"'7'- The date I•' Watch the Proletariat cut looM on . SOCIAUST DAY AT JHE BEACH The Address of. WHAT IS ·sYNDICALISM? the day will l?e delivered by_ �ON THE JOB is ·be~ming u b~ •• a ~bj:.e: thea da:ri to mAke tbls papezt a au~ tiM! b&t• ll!'e ~ • time in n n thi." p11per. Solhin~ n ·n AOp. tMfrom now oc. Hunle, h01tlt. e-w~t thf at work, 11nd 1'1. l th~· "'"'"''d " in 1 [m~• yettn ago that we nen~r th~ ret:a lta • re WPr~ ~Weel#r thaD a_hnt\o!Jt unkn~wn. !n f~ knew tb11t n Soculllllt local eXI!It.MI 1n tbl!ll large aign on the huiltling. ~d the adl.-lty ~r e,·er_,. ph_ue or _the movement. t'hmgs ba,·e wo~f'· ty(l(:~·ritcr.r ni-e clioking merrily, a.nd _ii i11 'Kith pride that we look upon- t he efforts made hy lh(' boyR to •mprO\'•· not only the paper, but 11lso t o inereluJe t he circulat ion. . ; · . It \dll be on!~· 11 sbort tilUe from uow. when we !ihllh bl! f:te1noz the ~al iuue in ·t h i~ city. Tht> strou ger we j.!CI. morr ,we ~ha ll be ft ntsgouized hy our opJ>OIH'Jllt<. nml when t lmt tnne , eom~. Cl'ery thing will d epend U J)()I~ t he u mu l~r or on~ reftCI,·rs. So IJo?Y-"· we Atlk \'Otl t o keep 1mund m g HWM)" for dear h fo·, 1111d by t llc_tu ue ! he fttll 'ca mpaign opens in_ !"'eltl .•'n rno-.<~. · w~h!l!' !'"'"•• " Cl':"ldat w n '?"' t!Jllt Will ll!l!list- lU! t O Will M \"ICt Ory 111 t h ts City lll II Short GET IN LINE, IIIII~. T~ERE I "" every loaf oi Brud you ft~t::! . s hops and •. workinll' conditi''"'' .. I WITH SUBSI E ven thfi.. COJ!!I a.~ gett.ing in lin« ; n o t only in Butralo. hut _in t h~ town!!: 1111d cities of Wesf· ~rn KeW Yo r k 11n<l l'~n D!i,\"1 \·an ia. Co mra d e . A. Griswold trail!! in. 111! the ws y from Pa .. w ith hi!l 'y~arly liub. "He's a cop . isn 't his atltr thttl he looks a t ..,.hen he with pride. " It "11 the little old r rd mark!! him for 11 fi ghter in the work. ' ' ~l ark mr: up for th11t ne w 11lca .se find o.ne p lun k." !18:'" 8 O riawo ld . t hink of it, bt-rt' ia a l'omra •lt> by t hl' n~me of tl en r~· :Iotan In . wbo aub-,..r•l•. \"e,, and tht- ~~ fUHI of it;, t hn t bt- rl'<jUf!UI ai~ :lolanin muu buain~u. a nd w bt-n a t'<lmrao.le :uk• for more , it t h11 h t- ~if Jloini: h i.l duty-i.D -.Jt_i•r hi, ·abare of<1 . but"al.o (lro•·.-. t h11t b"" will kffJ• riJ:hl on at-llinjl' &Jl•l '•~llilig aatil wbole d t;v it iloooii'OI wit h 1Ublotrib4';,, ai ~ •ho•• �*' ~~Y*J',._ «<FPAI.O SOCIJW5T f'll!WOm'iG 'fi!!:A!'IY »•~~ .....~ R."Tr.UO,"- ~ , tuanlif . . . . . . ,...,_ ~~.._,. ..... NA&~T- . src.fttDf j.. .................. - !!Uff'~R.T4 ~Nasim,.,..,.-= • ...._-~~ ~._, ~'fi. LJPS...Zd._ . I ~-~~h::MJ.Jm.•dwfoUI'~:U . . . . . ~f<'d.,adtf-sf.#A.q l.(lbnir. S.tni # IJtret!t.- -··•.,...,---•••- ...,u......_.,.,,~ •Citv-···-;;;;;~:::.::!.::::::::::::_,~... � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1912-07-06 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/a92160d29cbc7666214db0da86b43f6b.pdf c4485aa1c2adb9cad83b1a05358c7e16 PDF Text Text - A t e ) SQ6Ausr oR hu!ATI'II!WSSTANDS . l 1VIDMiiDAy :ro IA~Y �Attention Baseball _Fans! . To UniOn Men aDd Tbdr Friends: Brooldyn Team the Federal Lea rue Ill CIWilool b, T • HERobertS; Ward and. other.....,._ tllo I)Oil•uDlOII cl cl Bread T r u at, DOW ' to~ them. flrht!ng <!>< orpDiaecl&akery :wcnirl and lrylnr Down With the non-union Bread Trust and its advertising ~cmes I . . Rduae to become the ~dvcrtlslnr aandwkb map lor the non-u nlon Bread Truat b, fall ing to attend the·FcdcftJ League cama wbco the Brooklyn team playa in this city on May 28, n, 30; Aur. 3J; ~ J, 2,3; ~5, 6&Dd7. . . You will tbcNbr patlr aid the 8rbt of the cwpnlxd babq WOtbn . arainst DOD-unioo CODditb:ls, SOO'Pillrolmtn's . •II HI14'£Ut..r Work Shoe• SlaM I '<lit, w14&1lD,Sud&K. HeJu.lu .. Sb-:tot.trodt.bet-bMki)'OQ $2.11 tbe peir ' uo\UJOO.Ird. Mo&-bi&Cif l!boddy 1IMd Ia t.be a:IU.•·•JI of tbltBh•. ·. ==:.::....~Bon~':""'®: ....:..·'- "•'~·· Men'a,Boys'aodl.atkGcnts'Scocrt Sboa, in bu«on or 1ac.r: 1 cob1, tan, black. ~btechW::~Ia~ Sola or Niarara - - . ~ $1.50, $2.00 $2.50, $2.95, SUI BUFFALo· SHOE 00. SENECA AND ELLICOTT STREETS MakenofSolidlat~Sboa. tiOl>.. '' "A r,. ..... tiY'Io · /' .~n a al"" in t.~ o • of mor~ or workth up11 in.pe~ t it, n ,~ · ••T bfl fe<le"'t ioa h s a lwa.•·• ••d b a • wuk!!dfn rth ~ t pu rr- . " "DoQ tile fed ~ ra t ioo fa •·or th e· d i· .et e lllf•loym eo t of " o rken by fed· -.1, •tate or ri ly go H rumen!A I ' ' •• tt dot!l. " · OpeaSatWday Nir"hbuatil 1000 6iving 'f~ur Busintss Evtl'f' tbanct t~ 6rDw The small r<tall &usinaa nceda can ret, theae daya. eva')' ciw><e H Dori't- overlook the telephone order part cl your bualnaa. . Bd1 .Servia opens an entrance to your ltorc through whlch customers may weather. "i"'" in any · ~y keep this door closed ? Azc your door bdls. out of ordu ~ Use tbe d&a:ified ICCtion of ,t be Bdl book and c:aU the repair man. New York Teleplione I ·eo. TdophoGc~ C.uoch & P...t~~o·-: �.SHOUlD :MOTHERS_Bf. SOCIALISTS? Eq~ of opj,onunlty - ~ wll! that aHect woman ? .Will ~ be pold by future Soc:kty for bet work "J Mclther? i'bls and other q~ answered ln a r<mark- .. ible book, _enlltkd : . "SOCIALISM AND MOTHERHOQP" By JOHN SPARGO One hundred and t hirty para, doth bound .and just off t he prcu. " SOCIAUSM AND· MOTHERHOOD " i.s for salo at the headquarters at sixty cents a copy 01 will be: sent postpaid upon receipt of price. mcJidlltiS nyskll l\llllft _lltSIIIflll Now Open 60 Nla~rara Street. Try oa r famotu Whole Whe.t Dread. Good for Boy&, {llrl• aod Oto1r.D·Uptl. T ry llfa &ure'a d iU to-day. :JI1IrfH Capl~rs Alf)tate and subscribe f'or the 1c't Crtam llr(Jetter•:&ttung.. ,_ , •• •111 _ , . , tbt T be!only Germao neWipaper In Ule nase ooU.We of New Ywk C\ty, repr.· MDti.Dg th e loterMt of Cbe 'Norldor 01--. -IKI 01111t. 112 B moolhll. fiADSWISS CHOCOLATES Office. 315-31 7 Genesee Street - - Buffalo, N . Y. . . . a repo rt ~hawing that )&rl{e aum · ber& "otouhje..t• hadbeoeD hJi od led and tNI .·;,;,;;:· :;·•.• ; -_ _. , - : ;- ·,,,, : · ::":::·.o:·: ,,!':O ~:;; ,.: ., •• ; __ ,__ ,~ - elabora te f11.~h and fign r<'ll ~o ~npHed for tbt UN! or pa rt y f'•li t o rs,•J>eaken, or· gani ~e r~. e t~ .• and that ''~''Y ma ny in - ~;~~" n~:.:'l:l::,:.no~;:~:,g •;~i•·:~ I mad o to exte nd t he KOpe and in tlu-1 makttlt l~==========:========:::! th<'l moot enmplete burt'IIU de-.lin g with avamMGa-C.Aa.t.1tllT eoee of th e ole],. tllnea t and to polit inl, eeonomie and oooc:i-.1 qu <'o t iolll BUSINESSMEN WANT "'·~·• .&v. ,...,_ TO TAKf CHARGE Of PETER KLIPPEL (U/,, uNI0 BMl ts.OO flU Value oa Earth ,, •. ow..-u,w.•m•w_.;,_ , ._ __ . Th e ~tt.tional Committ ee al.o \'Oted WARD'S PIE COIOOIR N HAT 8 THE(j) I !:";/;/£NIIr_ f1l4 i n tb eworl;l. ""'"""" ·~· ~·· ' fo r ... t.oolo a all ot~et publie pro~t.a .,..;u req11ire a hill'h tall rate for many to eot>~e. fet.J ibilityofJ•Ur e h1.$illl(tlbuilding ai le in Chicago, forth pur,.oSe o_f e1 tt.lr LEONARD ._. SISTI · liahing a .. ,J:..",C:. •;,;· •• :··::.:... ;: iloclalla& Boob ILD.c! ~ul-. .tJl bND4t of Cl.pl"' uc! Clpreue&. CIIISI-m Cll l t1lf n::.;m t'~f. ~._!o~::I C::U ~ J::~~ B UNIONS, MOLES an4 O.&.LLOOSES. tbe a r\miDi ot ration ot you r 8Ut'?lll.O,-N.T. he ~-:: ~~:.~~~:octir~ 1 :•o: ~~:.~!::~~~~.w~i ____...;.._:----1;!.:::.:'~:,"~~~~~~~:~, ~ned:=:: of partiup are 10i11g to u~oe you bl!lp t hem wi11 U1a pri•llegu &lid you wha t 7011 ban alwaya got. r=========:;i SPRING SUITS ao~ ;:~~~"!o:::: ~~e:·..~~;lr.~t 112.00 llnl etur_e of dealing with cu r re nt e •·en~ at~<l cri-, t~., atn~et ~·~:m;~.,we;~,.: ~!e~i::.~ ..,:c-.:· -,-..: .-.-... ""::·' ;ail:~ ,, ::::.:·-::::'; ...... ,..,•• ,,,=,,. . of IJ! erature, particu luly qu a nt i.ti ~l ~Olllpany, .. uway both gu p111iea, electri c llflbl compaD!J..&nd will baa real beghuliag of rour dpatieo. · ' Do 7octr e.u \htDJdac. [ ---------- [ :-:;~~::;_=._--- · a n<! spealr.c ra ... ;n ~ furniah~d to party "'":.:~..:~· =.~,~·::---'~ Union Gas Bumei Go. 369 Ellicott Street Olll<o {WE SJ!LL VALUE) Ho.a• ,.. "''""" ""~'-' ~·'"!"':,'; '1 ~;:~·••i;::: .~:-,·~'·;·"' ::·:~:.: .,_ ,__ .. ,~:..... :·::~:~~~:::~.~:~~~~: ;:~~~:o:~o·:: CEO. I sr.t~~~~~~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ "'''""';"•.:··_o·_, llone or otll eeeMape theiraailltlyd"t elloe.. Th.,..., work er• of Bulfalo, are IIOISie "."""."""-' "Y ,"'.'".' aN •:.:.· p•r·roll loolr.• ~~:ood to t hem, ME N A N T E Ill. . . ·-~~ attheprlceot fle.d · .,.1111 IIIOre of thfl Colonel 'a flie. :: :::.r;::.::::'"' ,, ... Prioa 26 ceo&&. Sold e.er]'where. RSLlABLE SPECIALTY OORP'N, Q. A R Na tional lt wu \' Gtt!d to remand both ae&ll ill tbia )"l'&r's lnl.,rllatinna! Congrese in \' ien na, .-..u1tria, al ou ed t n Am erica, to 862 Broadway : ·;:: ·_-, -, ; ·..--; .' :,, ·;";.; :c favor ".st ~&nJ! e of me m~nbiJ• urdt, Dltt ributor of th e \'le1or 6c Cigar :.: · ..:::.•:· ·;:··,::.;·.".:; ~'-" _.,aod to •n•·• te the lnte rnn10 nal to meet rte Nle plain Cleu CllpJ>Ing. Made io the U_llite•l Statea i n 1917. Euro- Bnlf~alu hy U11 \on Labor. JH!n ll &,t,oa!iot. ... il!alaobefurnished J'uroDizelJome'ffade, not. ha•·e do ne tb ill .,.;th a I Ol'ith da ta relating to labor con 11itiona .l.l# fi',.,.,..,J,....t. Qf.ll J>e l'tn&II &Dl quarte", a apedal aneuml'llll of 10 . ee11 t1 ,,,,. memb<P.r to be le•·i e<l during Lltrht Groceries preeiritated by Goveroor Hatfield of We-t Virginia will be backed by th e P- U f l IWI. T -27U-J =::i:~::,t':: 01d::'::~~:;•ll:e d.:~:~:~": en aod Co lorad o autboritiu and J>ledg · ing aupport to the mioe ... (Bee tl?P of eolomo. ) :h!~~~~5~nl~l:ie~:=~~~!:U,:;l"~~ 1-....;.;;.;..;_..,.;_,;,;,;.;.,;.,::.:;~:._- ed to donate to a arecial "OIIe Day Wage " l1.1nd to uocel the laJett-.l.oot the p&rty, atul ''8oclaliat Weelr.' ' will begio th e 6nt Suoday lu 8e}ote111· which will be dnoted to lner - wo are aellllll' ua all wool blue .er.- aulla of be \elttnre, made Gp llt all Uie De w t17le1. We ruan..:~tee a 1inlog of $3.00 ~n nery•• ll. ~"'"" at e-tiiH~IIIIIIRalt . • 111, f18.110 & f18.00 st ra -w- H a t e Ia aU oew•h•PII' f1, .1 .110 and •2 ,........., $5.00 Tllfll'l' 10101 • Ant - : ; llint ttll tiN Bulftfl's Shot's lilt alii'"** Wh7 buy moo u eb wh110 you eu. rett.horourhbted•a.ttbe u. s:sui'un IIIU ito\IT. - �~socv;uvr~ Y . P. CA.TTau_ ...... ~ ~ ....•1 ...... ··-'·'"1!1'0'!~'1'! 'rtar:: ......'J1!&111l11Jl!NG."""'ALO,J!.Y. ~ Prb SJ.II ,_ ,_, SQr; a ........ ,.,.. k ~· ...... __.........._ J-S.ttJJ.attr.,.e.-. .. ...,.,._v-. .......... --.a..1179 • SATURDAY. IIIA>Y 30, " " , COMMISSION LEAKS If things keep on leaking ·M they have fo r the ] Mt week o·r 10 _,ml' or our "e5timablc" citizew wi! l be relegated to the back wooda. This eity h= been placed in a particularly had light through the be&utifully-ill!#klent oonduet ·of the Ch-i! Sen; ce Board, in itB blun- dm~ ~et~~tr ~~n!u~~!,~·~~J~:.~·those Jooal c:iTil ~n-i ce e.xaminAtions had o( doing things in the .,·ay of htJping 5e0retary of. the board round it necC!181.ry to · Mm for fear that one of the commitll!lionel"'l !ipMb \'ery poor fo r that eommiaeioner. Th.tt lk.>eretary and thought this and fail ed w act Until there wu an actual leak lookJJ u though thty were afraid of be-ing eaught in the ne~ tbeiil!feh'el, ! With tht cs:amination papen in his po!llle58ion O\'er night plACet~ the ~ret.ary in aD emhl.rraE~~~1 ng posjtion now that it bu been shown that sOme o f the ILD8Wen were !mown ~fore th e e..u.minl.tion. -,.. ,. The memborw of th e oommi118ion 11.nJ th e secretary ba\'e l'i!fligtled with the ueeption of the suapeeted comwialioner_, who, it ill aaid, il a particular friend of tlie- niayor. What s fine ap~imen of a ch'il aen'ice commiA&iouer, and what a fine lot the whol e outfit is, in fact. It looks to the oul.liider as though the m ayor's fr iend on the com· mialion will so sure of hi& ground that he had no ntocd to be careful . Tbe le&b be"'t.o(ore hue ~n oondueted -in a llllUlDer wbieh enabled t~ politici.a.!;uJ to .J>lace t heir J riendtl in tl1~ deBi ra\!le..,po8itiODll Wi!bo.Jlt the pnblie being &DY the wiser, but t.hiB friend of _th e mayo r a nt 80 blatantly that he )las give n the whole mtlllll awRy. These men RI"C ' 'good'' men. t)w~· a r e ''honest" men, npitalillt politicians, and were hdping thei r !riend11. They are of tb( capit.alWt syatem. ~ Bow do ,\·ou like the ayatent I ---- Ill tlle lan muoldv-ot ~•mpalgu :May or BlltliDIJ Elluged that under tb~ Sei<lel adminiiH.rstln n tsOO bad bfto collected fro~:~~ tli~ Bo1to11· ;;::;ord~7t:!::'~~.JJ~:ud~": ~-:~ ~:plr~u:r: ' !;;:~;.;;;•,;:;;,;:;;;;;, ;~·..;;;. graft cbarre, wb leb b e b'rougbt againlt tbe Soeialllt admi11i1tn.· tioo., TIIereupo11 !lr.Seidelbroul~t 1uit agaia.11 Muor &ding ud Tb~ Free Preaa. n~ Fr~ Prea~, ~•\·· ill! 110 dtf~D~I IIOW ID.IIIr.« retr&e· t1o11. Jt ·~11d1 that thera wu 110 bui1 of tn~lb wb.at~vtr i11 li&J'Of Badillg'f. KUdalo" &lid libeiOIII ~barge-. It •TIII D v-ort! Durinc th 1pri111 e&apa..\111 for eitt ofll~n, · aad on April 2, l!IU, the lllilwaoke~ Fr~~e Pre. !11 r~po:trt· inra•peec.bof lLator G. A. Ba.di111 at tbe Bob ~ao Turo Ball, quoted t ~er~~~•F p~ve . .. tllal •:ri•ct'!t tb~ Soei.alilt :r,•;i~:. o~r~ -~1 ~~-:. ~~=- ~!al,:d~~:;t0~~~=:~:o~~:r· .:u.:~~·~,;:';;~;.~:"t.t ai. trleh, 'i ndturftierelaimedtbatth did BUSINESS LEAKS What iD the t.arou.tion tinkers is th e tru1.tter ll:ith husinerill! It hru~ . aprung a leJ.k. Some body h11.11 1kuttled tl1e sbip · · Bnnkl ' hu bee n working O\'ertime and 8.!1 r~llr<l1 ol i.he city not dr.ow wb er~ ttlia 1!1101111J' weal, but dalm· ed .tbattbe IDliiii)'WeAt.toBrlabaoe llall. n e ·Free p,_ h• eloce looked. lip Ill ~ facta in referei.ee to t be :~e~~~~:r:!:).VI:;:~· li~~~~;~:t~r1 ~~c,~ ~,~,~·; ·;~, ~; Bolton tto,.. alley, a.oli lh11il · tbat tbn.e ttafemeDlt • w~r~ u11tnoe. h luffetl and compet ed "'ith all eomef'"!l o n the l'ro111 tb r~ordala tbe city hall manv vc.al"'l. • ·o·rwhatanil isRll tbe deni11.l thnt businf'!!!l is "on ~he bum ' ' .a.ad in th e r~,:tiater of oleedt otr.u that is the faet. If it is tnl(·. why notRr knowl edge it like rt'Rl men and it llf'JINrl that e•·ery lejZal t t ~p set to work to fin(] out thr ~'fill~ tht•n 11.ppl.•· th e rc•otdy. pro•·i·leJ !11 tbe ci ty ~barter for tbe l nsteKd of U1al we find tl,.. lllllriO<'Si!men of tbiB <'Ou nt.ry who crOOit .-.~atioo or alleye waa followed bJ' •Maaelnw with all the wisdom (t:Oiug t~hout like 11. lot o r dt.'Capitatt~l tb~ ~it.•· tbrou~b ' "' Soeiali•t all· chickcna, f111. pping thei r wing~> nnd I!Jllnlle ri ng 11nd l.~u tiug out tl1e nliainratioll i1 tba \"&~11 tion ot tbe l11.8t drop of blood. lt is the li111tl lt•uk nf tlu- competitive system Q[ Bonun •tore 1llry. The proceed· inp:•wtrealipllblic, ootieeswproJueti-an and distrihution. Jt mcllfl.~ •h·ath to smul! lm.sim.'till. In th e tnen ntim e fhe wo rke r is gufl'cring fur th.· wnut of c.mploy. , l'ubliabl'.i • • •·eu re<Juir~l "by lAw, J•ublk beu.r i Djl l • e ro• bat! a111i that uwnt. While the big hnsi ni'flll mt' n Hre ll!ttiug the lif t• blood out of tbeut 1\"U uotbiaJ;A4!<" ret doollttbe the Jton ll t'X ploitcr , thon1111ud~;, e\"t•ll mill inns. or wo rke D RQ! walking pro..,<'Ol<liu j111< hat l<OC\"ef. the strt--e~ seeking" chHnL-., tn enrn <'noug h to lnst th tm O\'Qt the day. The worke r8 haw lis tcu<'d to t h(' ("(mfitlt- II C<' t alk of the cn pilalist ::: politicillnll en r~· ~·e~~.r. 11nd t•V<•r)" ycu r tlwy )uu·e ll{.,·o tllfllle who o~~<·u ~oda l1> t aolntiaiotrat io a is un ... ai· the menus by whi ch tlwy nlll!il li\"t• mllkt- n wor.:~e mt.1!!! of it, unti l now it h1111 COII\t' to pll.'lo.~ thRt t"our or fin• 111 (' 11 own pnu<tically the whole l"illlt ... l 1 ·.~ Ute lindi1111• ma.Ue i,Q t b~ ~eare h or th ~ J>DI•Iie rt-c:ordl. country, 1111d run it for th••ir <tWn l 11·~··fi t •"lltir.,J.\·. Tht> work ers first 111low..d tlw ow twl"llhip of lht' me11.n11 of t'n rninit a liTing to lf'Ak into th e hand!!" of t_h;• .>~mnll eompeting cRpitlllist!f, and the amllll ea pitalim hill'(' rlone hke1d~ to the benefit of th e few "AJDUic:llJl heautiet" who h11ve conlltilltt L'<i tbetnse.h·t'li ll · ot abonf.. five III.'Jf-appointed r ulers to wh om .RIJ tnu.st .... · rb::~~~ ~~ ~~~~OIII:~I;e:~a~J~ bebe&dt!d. Business hflll leaked om or the BIIU:Ill t.Rnks into a fe ul owned by a few men, enHbling thePI to ensl.R\"t' tluo !"(lilt of the lA'! us obtain poR~~e&Sion of the tanks. FINANCIAL LEA:KS One of the aotieeable fee. lures in the speaken tor the o..rtu il tne:ir ability to mal;;~ ·1"='!1.!- -•• a apeeeh on t be .ubject without =:.~':itf:i~ ~~te~~bt::~~ r. ;::~:li=t ~rter AldtriJl&D .SuUh•an ia a liber.d fellolii'-Y.·itb 'hat dGeln 't ~ ~ t.~=~ ~:f::J!'.~:!f ~~ t)~~U:~· U ;e belc••rl•;,,.,,,_,, EAST SIDE AND W£ST SIDE AND OrnER SIDES � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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YOUR~UBIL ~YTO IATOmAY YOUR~a. lAirA,T NII;B STANDS ;' CllARTEfDEBA.U: EX--COUIQI J J:StiTH~ vs. w: IP' IT IS 104 I'IRI!S ND:T ~ �Attention- Baseball F~nsi To Union Mm and Their Frlcnda: THE Brook lyn Team _d the F~deral Lea rue II OWIIIIII II!' · Robert B. -Ward and oll>a mapatad the ncrn-ualoa B (e ad T r u 11, now flgliting the orpalzcd bolr:a7 .....-.. mol 1rJ1D1 to disrupt them. . DOwn.with the non-1JDion Bread Trust and .its .advertising. scbaDea I Rduae to become the advcrtbiDr unclwlch man lcr the non-u nlon Bread .Truat. by laillnr to attznd the Fcdcral Lcquc pmcs when the Brooklyn tum plays ln thls city on May 28, 29, 30; Aur. 31; Sept. 1, 2, 3; Oct. 5, 6 and 7. . . if ..-. ruu.n tl"a( b only tbe Socl ali•tL dt~ n d upoa 011.r tappo rt ~n We to go among t hei r fri r.ad• and ~u 111beer lpt io n ntob, Th t': rfl are tb ou.. nd• of JH!O< pie 111 thl• ri ty who tl!l<l ir.e t l"t t here It no hope f or relie f uad Ft the pre.e llt tyatt•m: t b o·~ k no w that ~o o ditiou are • a t' l.h rliu:>i t a• thfly •art':, but ~ the. ~\ut1DD &D4 BJ· . Law, of the Bllttalo ,Botoll Aa10Ci1,.. uoo ~UJ' orpnind &D4 of w hich UU. botel. 11 a. a:a..mbtr, •• tu.•t ftii'Mil to U. foU.crwiDC coa-, 41\.IOu; "lro -bta: all&lJ employ Gf pu. m.lt &11.7 ome41r or emplCif'lt to l!m- tlon<>t ployor~eanyPftWJll,w11ols k now t bt remed;o'. h i1 tile mi.. lon of this , .. ,~ , t o poin t the way . Ooee we p t t btm to read a nd t bey huy lit e ra · t ure t hat will le• •l t hem ou t of the OT bM ~ amplOJ'ecl by at~oth• 111-.b4r of UU. ~Uon withoUt W'rltt.DCOIIHiltofu.tdm.mber.'' WW you k1J1417- that t1:1.111 f'Ula b Und ap to, u wa do DO\ Wfollt to h1rt empl.07- !rom "'-7 ·otht:r hot.6l In Bu11'&lo wtthou\ tilt lmowl· t4&1 o.g,d COIIMZI.t ot .aid. hotal. lD e:lllacUII AZl7 cJ.a.. o! http. i.Dquita wturtbft thl appUc:&llt b or h" baeD e:arpiO)'..S b7 a.11.7 bot.al In Bu11'alo, folld it appllc:&~~l>"tu.. bam ao .u.ployad hamu..t b.&1'awrlttan ccm.at fn)DI 1ut e.mplG,-u. You will no::a11'1 rr-om Uma to rr-om the Bu11'alo S:otal 1n nJ&r'd to ·n rioua whic-h ;rou. will k1Dd.JJ' 011 & a folld COIUllltwhezl. ~pi07i.DJbelp. 8J(D..S b"7 w i ldt n~ ""· T ht re .,.;u t>e a ml'f! ting of th e Doar<l thho Tb ur~<l ay e•· tnlDf!, queMion o b rought up a t laot J'ri<lm ~· '• meetin,; will bfl gi\•en <lue r on· D~r~!c• t o ra o! 111d th~ al deu .t io o. l l f'ao wbiho • r t <"mio<l ou i- f ri tuuh t ha t it io UJ>O n their aeli\'i t y th ai tbi 1 pa per <I<"JH'Ddl for ita u iotco re. Sto od h> onr •u t. 1 mon th for a year an d th ere !1 no quea t ion aa t ~ our o u~re... Th f' f ollowing le tt er ! rom our tteuu r<'thn~ b...,o rf'Ui1'N : l'lt><l~tu amuu 11t o u ~: t o S16ti.OO ..-~tf' ma• le a t th r ""'<'11111:, Rtld I ! erl ju>tin.. ,J In tb e <'X t..,.. ta t io n l th at a jtGCh \ llliiiY fOIIlrll <\,, and f r,rn <l• h a•·i ll ~:t btiui<' to'~l ~o !th" llulfalo SO<" ial i~ t nt b.-a n wil l ,.,. ~JoOn •l to th<' 11 •·~·1~ of our 1'"1''''• au d J tru "t tbKI tb r Ul<> of • Ub ra rol• • ·oil • ~• •'"" " a •t irnuhn •• -to t•III<' <!U • >n aJ•Mrtlou ,.·brrr ,..,. •·oU 1101 l~· r r~u,. ... l IG rAil 0 11 t i•P r oorr :ulr~ ou ul.f r .~rr.l~ t o ~on· "'""h You will thacbr rrutlr aid the ficbt of the cgaoi#d b!kay wcwbn a(~ DOO-unioo eood.iticm. 500 P•lrof mtn's •II uiUI·fA•t.,r workSh~. 8'- Ito U, w\dU. D, laadB&. Keftdu " Sb-; so llatradwll t.h•to-loyoa$2.11 tb• pair aaill.l-.aelrd. }rfO$-bl&ol 1Sbodd7 a.Md hi lbe mak••P 1111 tbb Shoe, Bo,.• ..a e atkfl, "-- ltolf. lUI . "~c:. " Men's, Bors' and Uttlc Gcnb'.Scout Sboea. in button or 1act: 1 colon, un, black. ~b1cchW::~Ia~ Wa or Niaran ~ $1.50, $2.00 S2.SQ, S2.9s, SUI BUFFALO SHOE 00. SENECA ANlS ELLICOTT STREETS 1000 Jt...-u;t'alleyran d who- u l!lt bat &r e t wo daun in .oeiety: ah... r &n.l tho othu• ,..ho a re Dividends in Comfort and Convenience An Investment ln Bell SerVIce. lor your hom< will return big ~ in comfort and convenience thls Summer. The beSt part d ·14 too, l.s that tt,only r<qldra an investment of a few cents a- day. Yoo rully have to 'F Bell Service to appredatc what it wlll do lor you. . · The errands it will run. the s~ it will save, are llOl>'-'" 1.•· ,h~J·UI•~t •t. Th""' w;·r~ a o ]<&tll••ll·· .-la ••r• linng 1111 the work ot otb ~r• . Th~r.;, • a• no ~u q•hu '"'''"" to-~ :t. t·J••ol't i ~ t.·•l: l~'"t'le w~re full~· nt .ilfi,..J I<> '"' 11Lk t ~ t•ru•lu...- •lr.ll tbry l>f'<"'I,.,l It th r re "'&a J>l4! at;r ; a ll th:.r'l ill it; i f there wu ..-alii , All au1!.-r~ I fro;lll •t. B~t ~~~~~ w-ur l·l ba~ t-:om .. ri vilizl!d, t hat •• '" ""':'"• th~ .Jh·iaio-• of labo r h U msoJr t b<' JIP O<hlrtion of •ut]!l'u l •·al ue t-oo.aii>l.,, au olthwr;r - o u ot our ci•·ilua t io n i• th::o.t thi' ~uqola a •·at11~ j:'Of'!l to l'f!Of'l" who do not coa· t.ribt!le t o Il l pr·otlu< t ioa, or at bot contribute no mor., tba11 t1r • O>t~cn. almost numberless'. Make thls Investment lor your family toqay. New York Telephone Co. · T depboac BoiJdioa0.....& at F.aokllo Sboda. in_Heaquarters, Edward Hall, I ' .,... . �SHOULD. -MOTHERS BE SOCIALISTS? bow will that allect woman? Equality al oppaotunity - ·Will wcman be pold by future Society .lor her ....,.... u Malhcr? Tbl. ond other~ answucd lila remarkable book, entitled : "SOCIALISM AND . MOTHERHOOD" By JOHN SPARGO Ooe hundred and thirty para, cloth bound and just off the pras. • SOCIAIJSM AND MOTHERHOOD" is lor sale at the headquarters · at sixty cents a c:apy or will be sent postpald upon =<Jpt of price. Al(ftate and aub..,rlbe for the· Jlrfletier·:&Uuno~ 'l'bePII7 0ermaa DeWWpt.p8C' In Ol.e UM ootald1 of New Ycldl: Cl&J, N~ Meldq tbe bite,_ of &be Wm:ll:l.q 01.u1.. - 110 oeoa tm I mooll:ul. Office. 315-317 Genaee Strut - - Buffalo, N.Y. WI py, W<! ;:~~:· 0 ~0~:;·:~a~:~ :;ii'~:a~:::·~: ~~;~~ olemon~tnte quution1. Meet ing• bfgi n II that they will not •apport work and Y.P. S. L PRESOOS ___.:::::.:.=:.:::.:.:....__ • .... "'" •ill ., ' '" "wruuu Of THE HOUR" WESTERN NEW Y()RK -- - UJ'UU1 ~=dar.o';~. f::e~:~~ ~:e!~e01.:t~~~~"'~f : : : , :.p lbu bHa orpalud with ~er l!ltmben. Tlle .,.eeu u f ollowa: Orpaiaer, Georp~; rer:ordi111 -.ret.arr, t..oa Tbo~aU; lln.aacialMetot.wT, lfr.. nollllliBrowD; Up to t1te •laue llJiel, pod, " - • ' IUlod quit· _..realld.., tl•utd.lcnrlrllwa a)eawt..Hta prioelllhe8LOO&lffl#oar B~Olollltnc'. We an•bowlq a "'7 Larr- IUlod oo..pnbea· eln--..aalvlftJW.U TWO eTC>.._ lfi49J ..,_,St. : IJH 3tffrru• St. '---------...1 ean~ ~.tragH ao tha t b~ WITHOUT O~n M onday and Saturday Evenln&:• H. S. BULLETT NEW, WELL-BUILT, u n ;;;-;:;;,;;-;; ~::. ·;:;·,:·:,:: :::: ~!,.H!':~:t;;::::;..~~~:,;sr.~~ ::.d)' e;;llg~h~o:;~· ::~:··~i;~,.-,~0~ ~~~~e;r ~::::.;eiiS~!e!~~~:.wo b loch aam~worry rou11d of mono!· wllieh bu would meet dl.e { work a n•l OIIOUI ::: :! ASAYING TO YOU . COMPfTiflON _·- - - - 56 Seneca Street Up Sta~r.e' ~-- ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The bouea like a man wllo will go ~ ~ ;:~:?.:~~~~~~;:!:~~:£:::.,;:: :~~~~~!~::~:~:~=::! ~~~ ~:~ ~~! ~~~;~~~:D·.~ ~::~~,~: ~: Union 11ao JIS Bume·rco, I..\L\LLB, lfBW TO.:It. Buurd '• pbr.y, ll.lt Ui111u Utt.a II t ka 4elepta eleded at I.& T011no.i11e Hall, go t.o tile H.oelleetff couution, witll • e re ten ebaraete n Daa f ortk u alternate. ,._ loeal ot tbeM wu ;::========:;!;:; •, r-tu• J::: ~~:~~~u~:tu~;· w::t ;,:n~~~~;,!;ot: OUR CHEAP UP-STAJR.S RENTJIEANS SHOES f'ly. ·, a weleome !or Teddy and a ll o f Tbie it the uutk about the Yuiean ~h~· !;tl•-l"ll.trl~k O'Urie11. Thir etrugglno 11111 1.., <li!',.~lll h um IIi• .. JaM. " _ _.:.;_;..:_.:.:_:....:__ _ _ _ ! ''Hi•i•"' -' j)Tf'H.t. Wo a re uarjH :.lay 30tb--J 1 me~ O'!'eil ot Sew your, but l.a11 't it a lltuJ!RI" 11e•·er the· llul\moo~u. rl<!phanh-"" UIY j:ockua.. war thllll we II&\'~ bfea Ill a ny t ime In York , 1- t If tbe workrno Kill b 1u .. and \'Ole f or the lut l tD year., thank• to t h l!lun•l· ,<\lten•l tht..e IDI!I't ingl, bring Tile bo;t you migbt mury if a work· t heir dua. · ~~-··•_,-, , .•••.~, ··.:·· :·:-:: l ering o f t he l"r"'ide<1t. IJ be f l&n<lf f rien<i• and raeoor&jle tbe11:1 to er, too, no doubt, a nd be un ne•·er be When Tt·d•h · ~omr• marchin.-:: home. tbe tbe Y. P. S. L. wh b d pte'l'ioaslr littr,or a o 1tap u perieoee. Tile tbor wu eaUed before aa. eurtai•, in a tew w a.rda, thaaked tba t ortbee•idtof wbo a« wiUi11g t.o work, are uti tlecl to IKime of life '• IIIIDibi De, 1t0111e of tbe brip:blae&.~ aad ._utr. It would aee= that r-r falllet aad 111ot1H!r wbo ba,.e aD4 ~~I ~~r:..~:·~ ~~ :aboO:. · 369 Ellicott Street (WE SEll VALUI!) IKIIDI!lklng betrond ot bard ltbw aod _ _...,.;._ _ _ _ __ c:: :rlllt~ ~!:!.1:!~e:.~~ ,........... !~~·'": ~~~ ::==~~.,:~~~~~~~=· ~~:-- born. JhellDJ' an k•ld 111'1ty W..a- &a~H, will, d11riD1 tlae • l'•t•er, plar, of a mo« da r . .., uter, w laiell will be preee11ted tile earlr utama. Alreadr Peopt.•, . B«ialiat Leap• anull..iac f or llle u ,.. Ill• aot re«l.-. :r-r ,.._ yo.; Pollowiat" aa.. apo. tM y.U1w ..Ml '- a •-.ber. =~~ ;:.t ::so':t! ~:~· ~..::. 11. ... ,... .......... . . . _ u "' . . . _ ot ,..._ !.~---...----...: - Teck Theatre· Buildin May 23rd ~~ .Dancin·g at 8 P.M. - �~~~ - ....-waa.Yn1a BUI'I'ALO soa.uJST PUIIl.ISHINO <X>IIPANY . . . . . . . . Knlla. TJia. THBATR.& IIRJIL.DING. .BUPPALO. N. Y, . .. • • (:ATTC.l., . . _ _ . _ . . ~'Pib$110,.,... • • ~~·-­ ~.· ................... . . . . . . . .....JG-. ..... ,_S.ttQ,at .............. .~."" ,...y• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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PIRES NI!XT.W&It n· Oh~ri:er Debate: Thayer vs. Hall~r, , Tec~- libea~re Building, Sunday,~ay. 1~th, . . 1 . . .. : - ,.. lj; a p. * . �-oovom aiY Of~JDI,I p~ to R.all the Ma.,.,.. aDd I:'ilur Cotllllllm.l ·. sianas Thrown m the Rubbish by the . Sought to R.all- Commlaaloaaa Have Recotd. Attentton Bss0ball ToUnloDI'&oaudThdrF~: - . . • Fa~sf .... THE Brookl:ra .l'um al. tho Pttlcral 'Lcacuc Ia ""'*' J.r Rol>crt B. Ward iiDII cthor ,- - altho DOD•DJIINI Truat, aow ~tho ~looloert......,. iiDII tr,iic disrupt ,them. .- • • . · ~ ' s •• ~·d to Down with' the non.:UZUoo Bread Trust aud its advertising scbanes I Rduae to become the advcrtlalar saaclwkh mao lor the a~a-u a loa Br ead Trust by failing to attend the Peclcrall..eque·ramca""""" the Brooklyn team plays in this city. cia May 28, 29, 30; Aug. 31 ;, Sept. I, 2,3; Oct.5,6and 7. :· J . You will tbmby rrutlr aiel tbc fight of the orcanU:cd b&kar worbn apinst DIXI-uDiorf c::ooditlcas. THf ROO Ill DIRECTORY . MAY 20TH 'you have unlll that cl4y to cet your name ~ this mQII hi>portaai buahWu and aoc:ial rdcrtaoe book. . You WilJ ·add owC:b to your disaimfoo:t and incon- · ~ a you c1o withoUt BeD ~this ....... mer. Why not ilfln that contract today and have your name In this book? Bell Serviee Is that quick, courtroua, aatblyinc" kind.. . May 2111 will be to late. Do b today. ® New Yor-'L. • Telephone Co. Tdop~lluiJdioa · lt'•E-t.a.. '• Cuach & Pnokllo-. llm-Y-rllmudBcr,.,:&lor~olboft:-.ll.,_S....:..,.,__ C.. we d.~ Track Mart. II caa -~-•l5c:IDc.llllll•u?,.,..ol a;urPALO SHOIS. S.C.,_ ltrk &oa:r.- . _ ....... ud Ibm - llw25cTrade Mart. Oxfords AD DCW pattam tb1s II£UDIIo Ia RuY,. Sola, O.k Sola, or tbc rcddWatcd DroaWr: 11Vcu NL\GAJtA SOU!S. -~ ..... ....t Liltk Gads' Sooul Shoa, ... ....... .. ,..., ........... Wack, elk or daoc:olate 1 Ilk Sal. DfNispu DooW.Wcu Sola- - SLSI, $2.1 $2.51, . $2.15, $4.1 SHOE 00.· �SPAR·GO'S LATEST. SOCIALISM AND MOTHEQHOO~ Baoarian Hall JOHN UNVERZART Slmpltl(..m 776 Byca.more St., cor. Reed Do you know what Shakerism was? Perfectionism ? ' Do .you know that much false criticism of Socialism is based upon the utterances of Anarchist. Communists ? Can you tdf why even such representative Socialists as & bel cannot be: quoted as commiting the Party to any position bearing upon the marriage relation ? All these questions are answered in "Socialism and M otherhood." If you cannot answer any of these: questions you need this book. Socialism and Motherhood is on Sale at HeadquarterS', Teck Theater Bldg., or mail MoneyOrder or Stamps and book will be mailed postpaid. PRICE 60 GENTS (CLOTH BOUND> CORRECT STYLES FOR 1914 PRICES $2.00 TO $4.50 0111 14.50 Slm IRE 111E BEST THAI m CAll BUY, W 11011£ OUR CHEAP UP-STAIRS ROO MEAIIS ASAYING TO YOU Open M o nd ay and Sut&..e .-dny H. S. BULLETT U p 10 the a~.1DuWII171•. cood, boaeu ao4 weu-~tla 1 qa ..U· dH uad low.f ~~~ el~ewbMela priC* Ia 'hi SLOGo\N fO'I' ou Sprlac Olochltlr.f We..,.. t ho• · lq • ..,.,.., tua• aad oo!Dprebt a· dn &Mart.aaa l of l l11M ll $10,$12, $U5, $18 and $20 ALL Ullll LAIEL .Riu Sprl•ll 6•1J, Ctps, Stlm, Clto, Etr. THE ENTERPRISE ui-19J .,_st. iiio·3,.,.,.. st. \ ' e , · • nlna:a 56 Seneca Street . UP Stairs �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/95c46559771301866cebd86b8b8437df.pdf e27f90ec656a548bdb68d4c1eb8aa23d PDF Text Text MURDER )1USlfACECOURT 'MARTIAI.--· ''LAW AND -AID-:TRIAL BY CML COURTS - 9RDER" IN _COLORADO CONCRESS_OELAYS SEAMEN'S BILL IN -INTEREST OF BOAT OWNERS No Thought ol Lives ol Passengers - Cost to Owners is First Consideration ol P oliticians Life Belts Would Drown Children. .. T~ Disarm Tin Soldiers Wi>men and Cblldren Found Buried In Hole After .Dev;aatatlon ol Ludlow- Guards Join MJiitia and !Ucdve Pay from Both Sources. elar~n pollb.,ra rrinlbl!n fromLud· Tile ll&l!ae of :&odefelle r will llu Jcar ia mt>111oriel of tile wo rk.I 11C . elut tbe world for tba dutardl.)' a..cb perpetrated oa tilt ttriltl"' mi11 ttlot C,elorado. T\e R.oclt.tcller'o, wit~ Bible io oa" bad · a..t mouy witil wilkh to hire II•• low: K!W11,1 Waa D!lliban.ta. ''At prNidut or tilt! \\'om1111't Peace Auociati .. , l•hall tall for 5 ,000 woDtol\11 to m•~h through th e 1treett ot Dell<'lr to till C&]>i tol Ill impreu UJ>OII l b" krl!tlltate aod tbl! publie that tbl cott ot thi1 \odurtria\ war u te.,Jtoo.,t io dollan and U 11ta i11111t10 11111eh to be co11tlde rod u tlt e tbi11p tbatu.,d erllelt. ''The retto.ltl of ou r i11Y11tiptloa •h•.,ld ~otrlfy aad arollta to ecti'l'lt.)' a•uy woJD&II itt tile Sllte worth,. 11f motbe rbood. " I eo.i!l hlll!la llrmlr oaaYlDced that \be .WU.. aat1 \M7 ...-ted., I M.I&D \bJ a& \be ll-.4 Of 0111 kat& Oont"'llltaat azt4 tlla ~ Jllllllle:Diat~otllt:r,arecarr.)' leroat tJi e t ~teat to spend 1u11 tileh lut cut of H•h tt11lea bl.lllou to beat .dow11 tb1 1111111 wbo dlr 11p tile wcalfh fot U.-. At la•t PrN.ident Wilao11 hu fouad lmpoulbl1 to stand oo: apllltl t~e will al tlte p!10111a, aad bu Hil t U. 8. UOOJ>I l•to Colorado to ro:tlllo~e nd d!sa rm till milit ia 111d tbup bh~d b;<' thrieh VD.Itu ru . W! til tM 0o<'eJII111111l 11klc1 1 llaod b tltoe Colorado oltuati.oc t he .tat11 olllee r1 aad pollticiano ' " ruaning aroulld lilta a lot ot rata. A 1peds l -1ton of , .., 8t1te 1...-Ki•lat ur" i1 to t.. cal/d, and Hl'rtl ~1ur,_. a re bol · l11g llr.ld ;., tM iootcl• of Dc~ ver. Tile ! Ida IJ tuu in~e apl11•t th t p;lW en th11 be ia til• Colorado di~ttirt fH.. i~ •. d•y• :~:h t~~i;;~nr ell., wu d .Ub!ln.&e. tam~ to ''"' -~~~~... ,.,.., lleldo 1101 wltl> tbe idea of J>ro ttocllng ptopoo rt y. ot k u ploa ponte, b ut of k illlug tbr •ttikeu. '' ---- TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT :;~,.:~: cTI,: '_;~,::, \ : ,..." :ukcd,cth~; qucllio n •·e ry bluntly. \\'ith th e cou ra ge th.:u cu mc• irmn ~~~i~~~~~~f~~~ u I'" thl!l t ow11 eta.. f or a ..iataDe6. To niH the tuath 11ecdtd to defny a da nrc on Satutd&.)' auni~g )[ay 9tb aeema a--ry be lakrn lmmrdi l'~IIUIIII~IIt XUwn 0.... P..S.al aol41ara. artiJ.ta ~j]\ perfo~m, i~· ofW~:IIva:~; t:~ 1 :",:'pa:- ~u::::',~: ;~::;;,' ~~~ldlt~a~~~~~:::,.u!~~:~,~~; RoO!•~•. '•b., ~ K~b•, ' "" f'•n <b•y ll<bolu lbo <00 .. • ..,, m~ at lbe train by a rneat body Acti•·n u d otbers. ~~~trikna nd 0 n:~rilrera llriklln' wi"" ~"1 li~bb~l~· ~~~=ilip hbed a br•N bell<! to :~::: :;:de~11dLot~~1YI:~e ~b"i11 fit~: w appes~aee c 1t::o:;der O Dl.nl b ~ill( ~ ea:~·:~rlh 0~~~ eia;;eer;tm;:: :::e 8tata, i11elodi•1 tb1 _. 0 rtbet'll diJirict, ot wlllth LoubYille ll tb• eelltef. Tbe Stal-e 11111ilia hav e lett th._ eovlllera l eld, bat tllere an rtlll - e hi llle a~rth1r11 dbt riet. Tbe1 mtUtt lea•e or 11•• u_p their 111111 to tbe fod111ll e.: aJrytnaa. iH~~d~ol::~!lll~ o IIOlD UP tnmt~~ittee ' B&l=-~::.;~~~ on:t ~::. ••:~·~. lc~:·:g.,:~~~ra•b;,:' ,'!i ~= bfon.,!lto, O''t'r fl,~ OO ha•·•ng bN"n d~ nat•" l hy the uruon for th11 pu rJ>OIII).. The lluter Painte u, o r .. huon Cou a ci lnmn I:OJ'J'in-and ~U[ >t'T\'Iao t ll r Eivia a re !rleml!" '" · a ro• 11oinl{ th e lhnit i11 th c tr cft'ort J to o/inupt th e l'& <nta,..• l'n ton. \\' p wond ~ r bow many J•••o te.. •·ot"'l for tbco.e 111rn e 111f'h 011 f'le<:ti oa day. Tb ~ l'''l'"'h""ll<'rl ha•·e &i,:n c,l a 1,.,~ no ~ n b wi t~ all ~mpJ .. ~·<'re t!U<'I"t ~l ttr hcll & l'a rh r . .i67 !o!&i h 8trrcl, whu lm•o n ~iJ,!II iu th eir windO"' ' ''\\'anted, 111111<l!ltUII l'"l"'r~•nJ.!tr&. '' ••·kole r~ t o ~Illy ,..,. ~~- r.,,., th i~ con·· ern. MINISTER LENOS HIMSElf TO CHARTER ELEMENT u - o f all • pcrJOn5 on • ~.. ,":', ~:~~ :! ft:~l:n~mm~; 1 ~0 ~'1 :~·~~~ ma~a to mform .h' m that 1t th 11 ett > s tn cke n ant.! ru' h for the boatt, th at anyth!IIIO hk e an a tt empt to pay • •'."' '" . Womaa'• Club &lid t·h e ez ' . ::t:::,~~~;ly~~ir a •u~. wl~~·,i:i~~;~:i~:. 8 toelall,. p. m. Tbne , . . I...ter we w•ll ha) e goot.l mUJtc for da aeu>g. For tb oae ~ho •lo nDI pia,. cardt "' U.~~ee tome '." 1 good rcfrH~meat. ha•·c heu l'~" ''l~l'<l by a eompcUllt <'Ommlttec. " e wtll try to plu.~e :~~:: 1 ~ 11 l=d~dtM~~~aliD~<:'.O::: ::~~.=Y·e,·e~..g~~~~a~~r:~t~~: 8:!:~ ·~·'" b~tr;d U]llai otd ill' d11tail by ~obcrt Steitlct, Good ~nough. H)' thr I team ship o wn- "~'· ll.ll doh<• " ' , .,, ,. .,.., Wa ba•e d~ht• ."' o•cr thlfl y yn.r~ lla n~ ~;reo~ha:h•;:e :;igi:.~" a:l:::~·''inp~~~ ' " ru t . But that maltn buai nfar 11" • • •"'" •f ' "" A" " ' O,la~'" . ~!" '~:: : o bapreo to be '" the loa ok- ~::~..'!: e:fit~i;!,~;cu .,h-:d~l:c: an!h~h:i~~~!:U:,k:o··:;:::!Y "!mls:: :~:te:;~-t~~est~~~~~-i:Jo. 1;:.,;!.;~"...~~~ ~.' 1 ' pro•·~ wht Soc:ialiJt P.-eu lU ll: eo u U )>OIIti"Dt, .tbe fllllo.... p&· i• tha ·,y!le•n whkb i• ~~ ~~ b:;"d 011 1''~ 1118 • 1 ! 1 11 tba 10 blam.. ;e~ wltfo I\ grr ahcr whi ch h~ o r •h~~· th e ltb • tom.ml ulo o go•·ernment aa E~ery Socialia~ .,...1111 to kpow tb e I ' . ' d d , fl tbia city we will illform J.!r ~'ri ck thai; true mcanlo~:., tbe true ~au.e lad d 'eet, 1\aby-:;-"'n _JIU~l~ o•·..rboa.~ T~n . :at tbe a~phalt ~ ltctri c ~aa lt~cat railWilJ' :eia~ :•;b:e;.:.:~::t~n~e.~!~::ioto7 ·t~crill· :~ :.::~:i:n~~~~:'%~:·~~:;,;t":la~i~::;: :~;~:;e ur:~~y ~~J~eor~~:·~ "iti;;·:oact~~=~~·:u~:n,~i~ilj~:~.'~ ·~ai; !"obd; ~o= \reF. Crvz, May 1.-IJ.a J.!uieao 1 bate Amcri~~&Pif They do ; mllli oot of tbem do. Aod durillfr the puJ_l.Jr9, months iPlluieo 1 b&\'e learJ!ed Wh.)' 110 maay Mcaie&D l adiJ.aa wleh to kill or abuae Amerleu mille miiiJgerp and plaPten. I ha\"e beard,•flrat ila..d, trom Am~ri· t.lell~ ;:,:,~s~:nbo:;de_':n~a:~;~ .of t he elan Jttugg la there it no e::tc::;; oac Ut tble . eouotry . .a able to c_l ear 75 ecnt s u ch. away tbe nuJCoDcepctllnl !11 the m111dt But the " unreuo nable'' pi]o rmen, Ill the peoJ>I.,, &lid 10 u~ble to opraadlto ,.·ho rn the phris., ~ w o men and ehilbd~n~ ytta the rea l ptetun~ of lb t t drcn first" meaDa - more than mere t~rnbl• tn~y tbn Robert Steiner. m o uthing of wo rd l , brough t fo rward :So at lldcnt .Qt tb~ labor mo•:.emePt nil a little child to an s w"r that a rgum.,nt. ::" ~~:;e :!:~on~e~:rr~~· i::ttye;~ :!:'! t:r::;n;~:~~~~r~~~:·.t~ •. •:cilt: :~.••':~~r:tu::dr;,ou:~~~f~~~~~:: ~::.JbBu:.~:. ~1~1m(;~o:~!i ~:::~ ~:1: .:::n~to:~~,;~a•·e1~1~ :o~d1 ~ =~:::,g~ ,:~~~11 ~=='~:o:el;:,. ~:::: f~l ··~.ve ::,:~:,:0:,::~:~:~~:::0 ~1 :0:,.:~:~~~:;; :~ ~:,er!::b::~it:!:~~~~- tb~p7.:!~:~ ~=~ot1 ;be~;l~~tc: 1Ze~~~:!·b~•boT:!~ ~~/;;:~~v:~::~:~::: :::;;;~~-'.~: ,;rt, :, :~o::.~ ..~~b:c~;'1 _~~:~~~m_o~ey :~ ::t~m~ 11011n t~:~dc~-:~~~:;.e ':J~ou7.. ::,;~~:, ~~:~mT~~e;b:~::~.t~e ;~ft'~ !~~!'; 1 ~2:~:~~ ~=;~ StrHt, s u11day ~!~~~~:: :i~:y 1 ;t~11c:;:u~~i~~:-;:.e': ~::~·:~:. wb•eb th e My ollie•• 1• ~ 3ohD Oolemaa' a-;;:. AptD a&Dd- carried oot • II"' aU penon• !11 . the rtri_lte KOne wil o _are lo. aot. \11 the a"t•u 16\' \te ot the G1ute•l . . . . 8tat01 Ar111y to ill t lllda. mellfben of the A,.,., .. ot l l b<!o11K •lCIIIOIIJtrated tllat Colo ..do JDIIitl• a• w.tl u tlrihr~, the buoinHt "'""of Bu~alo arealo~ llf 11>ine auanb aad othcn1. Maay of tb n eao:- ma r b . · cuan:la jooiar<l tbl! militia llld r~~echod It ~-- t>ceo the cutom of th'a labor ~y from tile IDioJ owner.. <.'oDJe-~h.keT11 c•· ~ry year to p around to th.e I • CAPIJAIJST IIDrSS IIIIIIJS ITJI HAVIIID~ TDIGfDY """"' yoo ,.,., lllob~" rftl. 11111' 1 1~1 IM 6 per e ent. of the wo men and e hildren ABUSE Of MEXICAN WORKERS ' BEGINNING OF HCHT· yo u mry ~~your ships. \\"h;r.t about Of fMIIIfT th~:cth:~:·po,.·neu reply that they llVIIUIIJOI. ·PARJY BY AMERICAN EXPLOIJIRSI HOUR MOVEMENT hm ''""""''' ;uo•·ldod ... hlml10·• . -.• -_ . _ fo r 1 _e en _L mo re . .A. l tfc~aft. by IIOOSf WIDIIIIII' Rlll'lllnt Of IADOOARliRS M'Uli H> committee are aU ... orking bart.! iag article .:::e:.:::~~-.1.. ~r~a~:'Ydlu~::ir~;"~: u than 3 ))cr cent dw g, for tlte on Satarda.)' e•·e11i 11g, Yay 9. T bia will wil i<!b sbow1 th e rcaaon ,;, tb: UIITU llalllll ftlfll Alllftlltl. Tb~ ;,0~1°,0!:~,:.~ .~ ·'l~;o':f;•~blo~l:.o,JI~o;oti.l~f~~i :•::·:~lenI ~:~J:~:~~~n~ ... :~~e no;~m~~ Striker Defending His Famlly Againat R.ocla:feiJas Hired Gunmen and Militia <>• . lABOR fAKERS OIJT ot' fedr ral troop. Ibm. W&J. W. A. ~Iaibrook, ht tbarJ • or t ile fede ral traor- jp t~ e Trl 11idl<l dil· t rict let it b. koowll tbtl be ::e;~; lc-...,. 1'1,,. Y-tt C..a) t.:rsr;'~d~t::":!~";;cai;~~~htJ~oC~:~ e,-!~':in:t•; 1 at t;'h a :;'~!::qua~~~~,~ ... d \\'hy so ::•~•;,:~,::,:;• .~.'. "~;·::;; ·;.~,"',~;; 11 I f k ar o ftl n I ""' ' '"' " " " - _,.,,,.,, "' " ''" •••• "'"• 0 • • - ',,, , ,,; pu1111llotd to Ute h.ll u tcpt or t.,. lur . oue~n. rcguding it. The rc no n is quite app;r.rent. It i1 o ne that co ncern 1 the general puhlic far mo re than it does the seamen, The bill is bcins: delay ed beeaulie of a disput .. a t to lifeho au on pa u en~;cr •·e•' d s. Sha ll li feboau l>c pr O\'i ded tO take can: of all pa s scnger~l Or is it ~uftl ~ i cnt to 11ro•·ide lifcboa ll for leu than tlt rt~ pet c~ nt ., a s at prcs~nt. " " crowd ed excursi o n .-c s s ~h an<.! a link more o n o1hcr r•aucnger ••c ss cls' Th~ Jc~•nc n ~ay that there shnulo.l he hiehoat ;t,(( Omm <•<.btion ior a ll o n hn ar.l. Thc shi!><•wnen contend th at the )>res· ent rulu arc ~:o-o d cnoua.::h. \\' ho 11 to sclht the three ptr ,-rnt. oi the p~ssena.::crs 1" !(" in thc 'life- ra- Lc:~~~:;~l a:-::~et~i;t '::;~ 11°r~:!: ~i~l ::~n:: ::te~:i;::':; ~~~~ 0~:":: \'t'Uch, CotwcUm..l.n Oo~~ &.D.d Snperrtllor )(~ Ehin Hirin&" Scat.. l,.illlm he.eu o"b .trika t'd}· either o f thcu conditions. Hear- for the l>&at fl!w . «h arl! willaioc ing after bcariag bat ebf!-n bcld by all a lonl{ th 11 l in~; ~!. l>!llt'l ha•·e 111{111co mmint'fl of both h ousu o f Co n- e.l up . .. ,, o•·er .~ ou m ~ ba•·e rf!- turpod g rc n . Many •·nlumc s h.2\'<' been filled ICI wo rk a t tb ~ i11r,...a I 11'&ge uf t-4.00 lb lt th ,...,1.J,.,,.,,,.Jibent"l.Y wtfirf'to an .\ looted t~r t..., h wbn" !be wow~o Tha l:o lnmb ia TurD \"mln, wboae &ad • b•M•f' n • ~ ro r r,.mat ... t, "'' 11 ba A~ t i ~ ~ t:la" t"" k fourth Jlri U at t ile llfiiN a• th e ~u onu•~t ~ ' "1 ""~" or Xfttio1111 li.)'mlllltl" a ad Atilletle lJHt, be<!:a told . t'quippin g ~~~~~,:~:~;~~ou;;:::~ ~hh~ctr:i~sn~o 0,~~~: ·~~~ COLUMBIA TURN YEREIN •"re of the wome11 a11d ~hihlr~a bu PAINTIRS AGHTING HARD FOR _INCRIASEO WAGE _ o nrdenythat thepresc:nt mclho.d s "Aa lrmly eoa\'inet'd am I that. the otllea" o( the Co!ondo :O:atloo al Guar,! at1d ma11y of lil a mttc u11d a r tbcm ::••~:. ~:···:·;.~::~:.·;::,; •• ::;;; ••~:. ·:~.~~':::.~::·~:':: ~·;~··:;: ~:::.:.~~;:~:::.::' ·~;;-.~:; ~-;:;;·::; of ~anning and apctll&l.blafot\lleba.ttleu:LIIdlow&.D.d tlt.M t.b!l -..:n ot_~ c:kiJ. ~-~~~ tloty b••·e rooa to h.r ill lhr ir ar.fulooo ... ork tllatll maypro•·e ,]an,.rouo to tlr.e npltallot da;_ h -;, ru~aored that platu u~ d O<>! to imr-do bntb Go•.,uo r Aannouo 1111d ~·;·c:;,::::~::,::·!,] ,~ -tiHb' of seamen wo rk on Freigh t •·enciL It i s their hu nes ty to ..-ard s th ~ public. their rega rd for th e li•·et oi o then. that impe ll s them to dcntand proper safe gua rds on the pa uengc r vcuds. Is it fair to 1~ 1 the sea men fi(; ht th is battle alo ne~ p~rucularly p;I. Ut'ngc r & t e~mcrs, a rc ""*' tha~ OWJI U>J .U...,...,. Why does Co ngre u delay the enac tment of the Se;ome n' s Bill ? o .. ~, 11:0: mon ths a ~:o, Octo~ r :ZJ, 1913, to be exa ct, the Un ited S t2tcs Senate paucd it and referred it to the H ou1e of RcpIHertt ati•·u tor 6Ml aeti1111. Ao ~·et tile~ hu bee11 110 IIIIa! a ctio n. Wby no t? ~YIIII Ul~r ellanu eould •fa troo. IDdalliaa <:art\•, diPCiDg nd .,... rdrobc. empln,.,• Drgu•Et>tl ud uthtr tor bet· . ter wage~. fA-. AD/IIIIIlt It bu bee~.rc::,-;" to th• IDU VllQIUULL VI\IUJh) cb.llt.o ~at r " · nlud•~t• for -!~ttbt>~l:m:n °~ t.be ~ tet"bt (A. F. of ~· Letter.) . . ll!lltatiote, which ~ • .,... U.lliil o.a '::; Tolttdo.- LoeallllllODi•l• In! &aa1tlt11/r b m, el&W"-ot B ~ Pteeideat Bl"lltt of tilt! lntcrnatiDDal 11 LAUNDRY wnowtiK' .:r rul~ wit~ when Diu tke Iron ha11d, ....,. upc,_a. .llmericattJ, aa • rule, treat &<.I tlteir lol ez· lt&ll wo rkmen .. th a moet eroe\ of the l"tuTDIIII I"IDYnl tlave ,o•nen 11f the old Soatll treated \ILIIIIUUJR \lfU\IIILn lftii\L their blaek ala•·a. , . -" I've riddc11 tnto a buocb of theDI ( A. F. of L. Lcttar.) . aad mo•ed them dow11 wllll 1 machete Cl!~tralla, nt-Tbe We.t B•de atreet u if tht)' •t"re dog•," oDe AUlerica11 eat hac, operated by the Centrall• Trac- STDHtt: what will blppen to tile ;, 111 res11 0( tilla ci ty would ma ltc a oubjee t for a 117• thlllg but 1 tetmoP. _ We would a sk of l,lr. f'ri ~lt that ia h.is apare m11menta he make iaqui r7 into the eauae of th e to.,dition ot 1\naacial baok.ruptcy al l tbrwgb oatioa, :~:r:~~h::'!:~~~~::~e t~:~~ ~~o~!2 ~~~ alate and e_ity_.- - - eo ng rcu;.en, an: LONG HOURS fORCE'WALK-OOJ a ' r~gttlati~n " liie ~~:•;r~~wn :::u:;'~:: k~:u.crFloa~ hcr?-yu-but with her head down I The thipowners ' "rraincd • ilent! What lh~ll be; done for the p.auengcrt? Lifeboat., whieh ride nl.,ly ove r the wavu when b1n~\cd by altillcd J.clmcn, ""' ' · onr whtch eve;ry tea wuhu? Life p ruervert, that ..a"ro wn (A. F. ot L. lAtter. ) Atla~tt.a, Oa.-" It '• limpl7 a 1trikar. bf.c,auH we eouldn 't ataad tbe fltt" • boun ' •ork d11 that had beu ~o•d ... ott u• f or t ha Jut •i.J: IIIOIIti.. We u,.. ~ worltl~g frt>ID i i11 tie lllonu_-. t•ll 10 • ,t "'ght, •lth Do Aop for dlaa e,r. It 1 more tia11 •c eaa ~." ~~~~:~:!~~~a~~~-=:~ r:-c:;;:k~::h~~~:~~ ~a::'::!~ !:~~ ~!. ~:~~~. g\~o::: t!: !io::,i~~~~~· :::!;d::r:::-:ro~ ~~~.::~ i~v:~~:!. t~;; ~:~lhitp':~ :!:~~::.· ~~re -:~~::::: =t i::~::Os~=:r :k¥&~~=~ J:.=~d~ Ameri= ~eel:~~~~~~~~ ~~~laa:c!::e,::~d !::;~oi.~:~ ::ut!:e ~~~7 .,!~;:-;::~ ~i~r-~: ~.to.!:~~~:e:~u;m f~:;· ~~~~~~~r:--" zl~~ Su- :•.:::_ ~=~~~~: :-:a d7:tli:!:: .. :f bet•'u points ill tba State, bill lie lo d ~·; ·11117 utire)r ~ 1 '; on:J.I'ed ~ MIOODI N:ltlab eloald 11. ~qo.: ho. l"'pp'eM U 11 lUoUJit••t tlla d._tldod diatriet. aa •• te tlt.-Jy. nd 0 t 111 A~ alllp~ Ia Yiolatloa ot 1tb otdu, L Bttt ~~ It a dtdat~ WO!lld bl ~tea. tll t th• mm... ot ~ lilrL Alill• 'X.truty, ~dut of tb• ::::' a•a.kcoed to uu. taq 1«. ~ee Leafue, ui " ' ~ tlo.a • • 1• ~~ Lo4low, ttee t~t ••• L. ~ • ·L 1 ::.:=::nned ao.i.. t='• • a: •o: I :W w: -plo71d ill Tolotdo laudrlu reeei YC is rtelt ud la heii.Ual ud Ilia f ort1111e . _ U.U fCI a week. Tltoe L&u.ndr.)' Work- lou bee~~ made ia lluieo. ' e : =· :,. . Two more Getman journlisll heve en ' Ua.loo hu !!iO mtmbeta, and dlortl ' 'It wu tH ooly ,...1 to treat U.em., bttn t.cot to pri101:1 for iDstt ltin r. the 'trill be macJ• to ll:roc rea_- the 111emh<!r- he .a.! d. "No• u4 t1tea of Crow? Prin«:.' aklp to 1,000. Tilt 1111 \0il'l agrecma11t 1f1Mlld pt druak 011 rt~T naci Ia 'ba_- . - - witlt proprietor. up~ ~Y l , a.ad a pico. 1 foo.ad w bllt ,...; to do ..,.. Ttat paper ,..on wi.U . •tart caU1111 •!"" coat,.e;t wu 111buutted, ea!li111' for ' · 011 th• U.lll; •n ~~ pepen. Bud a M-llollf ~ a~d i"~ . .,es. ;_ ~ _ - i. 111 "om;~., . . eome -... . . t);_ . . the mein time the Clltire men'a Bill. with iu gcnen l p rovi1io01 rduing to the eu.far ing men in partk:ulu, rema in• 1 prif<lner within the walls of the o:omm~tttt Iuw~ly beea11H the - - . , ta U. t."bt Uae puuoa:cn ou~rht to be p roper l7 aafecua rded. \Vhat an t\e pauuren doiar abotl~~h.is? The 11'~1 majori17 rpom . ~ t::::-; I!OIIIplied wkb 111d tlo.a wlllkou.t foiJcnr. , ~lO'J' el!.ti&Je are .ot lae.liaod ~ npoa a ~~~011.r day u lUI_,_ &ad q11oted -n.., thiJ e_ . . . , eel loe~k are , Hear. R. 8telJ1e~ on Haym~rket Tra~dy - - .Qoh.Jm.bia.!urn Hall-, Sunday~ May 1. . . \ . . ;;- ' u c• tH strik•: "'ne-.. eu do • tll.7 pl~ U tlle7 wut \41 qu.it, W the q.ut. .A. to th ..,.. •'" ~- to •1 aob\lt ,~t." · ••klac -... �~~.{Social --;:-~ aot 01111 • tlle leW of pror-pada; hilt ue ad&pt'-1 ttr.e>Uel..._ to edoeet1111 ~e pabUe fro·t~t; bellid tae tootliabu.. 'ney are fol•t to prod..«' P~18 w kldo d oe rullq elau g,., tried to .v.pptftfl; ead .. a v.ouel t\inl( w\at n lirog d . . Hf'Uft to eedone, u.DIIot I'll ,.uy tar beeau~~etbe1 ere ~e de• i.apowu. Tlleir lint produet\011 will be Thle11'1 ,...., J>lay, "O b01te." Xo doubt there e:r• ...~ ry few Socialist. i11 H~l•~"··l wllo ha•·t, eot b-eard of lle11rlk JbMa, en d tken IM!Iml to be greet lato:r..t e;llawro iatbit undertakl11g. '' Gh00111"' iJ one of the play• tllat tlle working due 1boul d .,tend atudy becau.. it deal• with tlo.e modera problema of lift. It deaL• wltk a womea wh m~rritMl a · fallen man &(!tlnet her will 011 accouat or f'<:o'nomie A!ttr 1 ys1of merrit~<lllfe, d.cidn to lea"e bin>. She does lliotbrougbtheiulluenceof ihat •hereturna. b.., ...,_., __ · OOL:UMaU~ TURN HALL, Under ~'au~Floio al. tbc Eut Si&lci...Uor L , _ ADII . . • llnDcb One,~~· . i;;<,.,,;,T.. THE CLOSING OftHE SUMM[R BEn TELIPH~NE DIRECTORY The nat "thll moot thll yur on Ma.y 20th. Al•·inJ.:". tb~ m<'>!bt•r. i~ pl11~·etl •·• tl,..rin,• HodonlOD •I; U»<"lll•l. ber Mr o, I·~· •vn. lo.•· .l11e~ n. 5COJ>k (u\vrs of ~uch rX11e ric n cu. In ··hJ•tn~ Sh. Hu~U l•Y• J.... fvrc the rc;ulrr no ··o verwro ught talc"" lout unr surh h will rc:ld like a wondcr ~'"'Y 10 mindl :lccustomcd tO th <" <lu•ctrr and ills disturbed currcotl oi c <ornUHIIl Iii<". :\11 thr ambition• o f the ucW~I!JJ>Cr m:ln; his difficult b<!ginnings. hi1 allt-lllflU, his first 511Cccs,.,l. ·May II a iJjg business month. It 1 The steps It will save, tbc convenknu d thllmoot useful servant during tbc hot wutbcr, will rcp~y the small cost manr times over. . Jibt tdl the man of your family. to s1fn that conThan your name will . _ . ln tbc tli•hl'art coing (llilur eoo. hi• ''o•ah.'' firJt h:>nd acqu11intancu ..·ith the tract today. new~ th~ ,o~n·ar~t, hne srt down f;li thfulh·. .\nd then 1·.•· ' •· '" .!a· ~hu •nll.. ,,.,,J En11•trautl, thetc is the dc;H sympa;hctic S\Of)" of till' ·· ~q ·o•lltt'r. h.•· Wtli•Dm .1. B.,I!Qn. H:l)"m:lrk<:t Rim in Chicago. se tTho- ft<hnl,il<>n to the !'l~y i1 m•de 10 1 · a cl o uht aot! contro•·eny, ~0,.) has always H thuc's <v<r a susan, ~ Houxw!fc, wbcn you IJf<(l Bdl Savlcc, It's the Summa time. I liAT Jof; thr mini•h•r, undtrl)·ing factors o f cxi5tcnce. :lfC l·.•· !fJr,l<l U J.,,,.;, lt••)!H> R. ..:.m c:looc seemed that everyooc wantl tdepbaie just about thll time. To me<t thll rush ol business....., have made thll ~t ~ ollcr you 10 dayo ~ to cct your name: ln tbc Summa Bdl-Book.- •il<l•""" 1 , .,;;-preYioua yWs It has been <Uilomary to c:looc t!J< Summa laiJue OD May lOth. . . . ehtd f'<:idee to,..,n •lhima"·a.Y 110tto jri\"1: him an e n•·i ron mf!nt _".:lo.ieh ceo hin.le r him iu hie fut ure 11ii"der· 1 takin~ •· Thr 11011 it hpt awey froiD hi~ hnmf' for O\"et tw enty ;rnr1 and Th~ Ul:lll)"·eh:unhcrcd mind of It foret- •1 to eOml' lwme through 1.11 IlL· Jo;,t ..·• rol H11....,1\ b:u gh"l'n us aea whi .. h ht- tbinkt bt hat btOUJ:M mo re im~rt5tin~: tb:r.n ""Thc1c S hH<;o gJmo<;og uron bim,.,lf, but is tully a dilleiiMI in· Scenes."" :l ,.,.Junoc in which the p:lft hcri tf'd fro111 hit fllher, Af t..r bit...,. cxp<ric nc rt of it5 :luthor in the nc.wst-urn homf' ke fin tl• out thllt Htj!"illl., • p:P.J>n iichlarr sd forth in the k:llidc - aer\"allt lro the house • .rho. h~ th iok~. U. the daughter pf a poor .. ouuuy c11r· pentcr, r~ally it hit•i•ter . Tbt t-Idt<!mful of all thi• end other im)>()rt>lnl fc11!Url't bring the rMult of hi~ oli•<'""f'· which i8 owf t•·nin~ of tb c brein. n il tb~ 1oon~r. Th e play io • ,.,.,_,. int .. rc~ting one and .ho..,·p tlw t•'h,.lloon of ,..oman again~! all ~"l"'rstition an.\ ignor:>ncf. uidulliook Rtmcmher tbe date, May lOib. Tbr. 21st will be too late. ~;···~":·.,.::~y~ll~~:~"~:.~:~: nom ina;ions of 0 ~:l'!'~id:~~:ur~~eh~~~ :!; ~·~:;·:!: 7;~~~oi!<>~~:.,.~~~fit of ~~;;id:,~:~~ :~.:~ch~~~~d~~~;;c~~~~~~ lea~~dc:::i::!:n c~;;t ;~o1~dl!:: ;:',/' L~ late<\;,~:,~::; ~~:rc~~~~n"':~~a:::~ ~:.~~;~ j::~ !:pa~:;ri~~~-~~ hl\"en't uyl •••c:::-;c·;_:;:.;;;; __,;;· c_;;o·,c::oc::: ::~:~";;;~.~~~:: :~~~:~:: ~;::;; . a talk on the "":\d~an tagc of :\d\"anccd Educ3tion."" John Chuc o f th e N. s. ;t~::.~~:7c~~tt~e:t~~: f:~c.;:·~,. 1 ~ 9 ~i';~ is l ihl)· i1 will be """ ::~.;~S.j. ~:;if·.~!-~~ , : fa~t~~d/hdr hu:lll .. infc rencu in ~:,••i:~J>iriag book of ;;.~~. ;:g~~;;2~~:~t·'~~·=~= 1~01; I.:;,,,_--"_-_-;·:;._:-:.·:,·;;·: al ~ d lh t (f bold t .,.;t~, the ~d~t~ns. In ~~e k "t 1P" me " 1 go New York Telephone :;--;;::: ·.:_•••-::• Co. Td.,o"'-llulldloc · Ouach & PW>kllo Stnom. J:•mJ•blet. ;' ":rldltioll;i ac;pia o«io, ..... . a.:....i i~:ub~::~dyl:!t',h~h~c:;;:~ ~:,7:"'''r:~.!~r"~di'~'~:i11~=~b:1,,~e~ .. A $}3{) • • ~ form.'' there i• an o~ ~ge ~bat 11nail• enrry paaserh;r ill tha10 words. •' The rommiuit>u doartu '1 lll etltM it 26.c/ TRAbE MARK Q~o~ ~=M=a=y=== Until~ 12th Gr<!tll in tern~ I• bclnjl: ~bo'OI"n ill Jllly, ••Tbe Woman of the " '"''•"le"";""' whlch,..lll i,lf!l"-ntetlbythe People'• 8od1liJt [...,a gue a l l.a aine Jillll, corucr t:.Jt l"tiu j'luct oltreefe, ~~~~· Hth. Thr wrijl"h t l1. Willilun t'Tlln~i • ! 'OI"ell -kno.rn J><><"t, aut hor 1111~ A number of tl'hur•alo hiH"c l-n h~lJ AU DCW pattcms thil IIUIOD. In ~- Sola, Oak Sola, or · the. ·. cdil.atcd J:>ou&Jt mo•"f!IDeD tt. 1'11e!•lotlllngn aroulldth lo •·eof an •rDtoer11tie youug mill for 1 young ,jbl.,.holl,..,,,.muchi ~- ia tbe ..,,.';,~~~:.r;:~~;,~: . of 1~ in: ·t be ...., •f l'lltertllillmf!ll Come· &.Dd i yov fri<'nds. , e t icket• ere udtube urtdettke>-d quu•,"' i•·•>«. War.NIAGARA SOLES. Mea·~ a...' and Little Ga.a' Scout Sboa; in &uttoa 01' ..... cobr, .... lolack,· ~ ·orcboc:olatt ; Elk:Sola or Niarara Double W'Al'· Sola'- . llany wouw.n d~rka the Botton offiet-1 o f Hrw H..-flt & Hartford foiaU!c the Brotherhood H•••T i-'"'"'" of . . Ocrb. whicl hu ~ci~d to admit mcmbcr5hip woman worki111 · """r}' tlld .. aum._ P.&%aOJnZII 00. --;,;,.,;,rDI_I::_~~~~~~~~= ~;;::: AJ �AND i.MOTHYHOOD I . wliat Sbabrism ri? Pcrfcctloalsm? Do you lmoW . that much '""" cl Soc:ialbm Is. hued upon the uttEranca oi Anarcl>lstCommunlml Can you tdl why even such rcpracntat!vc Soc:l&llm u Bcbd canoot be ~ u ccmmltlnr the Party to any p>altion bearing upon the ·m.url,ore rdatloo ?· AD thea quat1ooa arc ansWercdin "Socialism and Mothcrbood." If you canoot ~ iny·cif !f- qucstioos you need this book. "' ' Baoarian Hall · at Sociali.sm and'- Motherhood is on Sale Headquarters, Teck Thr.ater B~.; or mail MoneyOrder or Stamp and book will be mailed postpaid. ,_ .JOHI\I UNVERZART : . ~ s..,lt,I(H• . , . ?78 BJ'OI.IDOI'eSt.•.oor.BMd ·-.a..IIOW'AIIDIIII ... Do' Y"'! .maw 'PI!Cili11JQt ...fl • -oo'T'O-' PRICE 80 CENtS . (CLOTH BOUND) · Alllt!Lt• lind •ubtoo_l:lbe f'or the ArfJetttr~Eethtttg~ TM DliiT Gennu oews~P. ba Ut• .....011tdd1 of Nnr York Chy, repn-~U~r the lnt.reet of tbe Worklq a... - 110 oeo• for ~ moa\hl, ' OIIkc.315-317~St.eet· ;' • Buffalo,N. Y. CORRECT STYLES FOR 1914 P! RICES $2.00 TO $4.50 1111 Si50 SIIOIX llf Til liST TIIATIIOill £All lilY, 1.11 IQIE .I ~ D.-· . ~ Up 8talr8 ......... .lnllll C/dlollt If.teNt ..t/1 R..ai,.. .-w.,.,_,w Flue Jewelry RepairinJ: '240 Terra~ Buffalo. N . Y Bd'Wftrd S. Pranke Plumbing & ..u.Ptkii'IB Gas Fitting r:;..,_,.,s,, ,,~ • ~ArzKmn. OF ILUIAoBIIJINT, "'"""'-'n""· me. .,. SprJ.ng Suits Cop Coats Balmacaans Up M \be mloate ~JIM, ,ood, hODeH IUI4 ..,..re~lttlag qaall· delqdlGwerthaD eltewberelo 'prtoe la Ule SLOGAN tor our B!Wiq Olot.blnc. We are ebo•· . 1J1f a.,.., IU,e aD4 oomprehen· alft~II.&CIIf!JlMI$ " $10,$12,-$15, $18add $20 AU IIIII LAIEL . JIIH Sprlq B•fl, . Stlifo, Eft. an, TIE ,E,irffiPRISE TWO . . . . . . . . 891495 ,.,.,., St: ·luo .,,_,St. UP-STAIRS RENT MEANS ASAVING TO YOU 56 Seneca Street Q. ARMENANTE . OOR CllfAP (Seal) • S•ora 10 aod nbeeriWd hd'on - tbi4 escJ daJ of llarda, lilt. LBV ANT D . .LJBTER. . , NoW"J E»Ue ia nd tor. Coat,.'\! Em, kate ot T•l<. �-'W'. P. CATTWU..,.....-.._ TBCX 'T'HKATUIIUILDING, . . . .ALO, N. V. ~ Ptb $lAO,_,_,. 1b .............. • Ia-+-- J ~ slanJ!r:: ~:~~nig~~er-=~~r~ta~~m-,--"·:,,· · - ;-_,•--;c;·--- ,...eek llrain11'' in their rc£erence11 t o mllllt do 110 li~ain . It miKht he po&~~ihle to of it1 r eaders mo1t of the time but the majority get wi!W awhile. The :\l ay Day Cf'lt bration a nd parade of ~~~:n::yu~:da~~t ~·i~en:,~i~~eu~r~?! ~·,~i~~~:;~~~~e:;t a -,, _____ _: .::-,,__ , sh owing dearly hi11 biased opinion. The poor intoxic11t ed boob Ktnrls out to s11y thlit to begin at i o 'dock, and that the r e werl' only 1 at that time. H e wa11 for t y -five mi nutl'li aht•a1l jl).1ta1 euily haYe Ll'en thrf'e houTKIIit t• •~>lfll r aa what the t ime wa11. lie wn~ lh•:o<t to m won11e ioua. under a hca\·~· loftd. · H e &I"H'IIkl of t h,.. "'uth1·r h~tl f'" "' from the cu rbtilone11 autOK, o ut to sN· the· r....t flnl:ll'•' l'!'. ,;milt·d as the motley a rmy flied Yt!ll. "' mot lo•y" ~·1•11 bko·. hut lot•lio•\"l' u~. 1111)' one in &Tmy' ' eoulol not It'll mor.. Hhout wh11t i11 going on in ~thi11 t han Ill' ltuo"'f ; tlwn w.· npolo~i7.t• for them. JJ,> lil'l'llks of t hf' "" host il ... tlo•monflt r ation' ' of a crp\\·d with n lo•um•·r l11lwl•·d "":\J•t i.Suc inlisl,li." \\'1! bet he and outlit k llt'W 111! Hhoul !lull li ttl t " do•w o n!ltflltion"- most · up nt lho• r.·cnlHr m•·o·ti_nc t•f tht· Knij!htll of l"olumbus. OWII!J.! to Ill•• Nl ll<) ltlfl ll of tho: writt•r WI' might O\'cr look 1 1~o~ m igh t ,;uy. !Jut thd•· i,; nLsoluto·ly 110 t-XC\111' for t hl:' Nlitor it. if if dull ' SQU.EEZING SMALL BUSINESS llltl~lt·r with h~u1i11o:SST" . . fo~~-tbbf.:f \:: .;:~~":b;~~pUI~:: 1111111~· of t il{' eoeltroach busml~ :.~: ;~·; :d;,~•·:i:~; ~lit' llt;kH tht· o_t ht·r , Rnd h·· k11nW11 a11 hu h• "?out _tht> cauHt as h1a i• baudieep1..m by bf,i"i two ··\\'hat"!! t ilt' w:::,".:;• ,_.;,,_ 1.,,,, 1,. men ~~i:hii~ ~\'~,:!.n•·s1to11 on tho• hps or quelit tom•r . Sonwtii!H'II 0 111! of tht'm lli>!illlnt.'li a Wllf" a1r and 911)'11 that miln from the home of t ht it i11 the tariff, alltl a11 iOOOII 118 it lft' ll! t o wotking r ight bullinell..~ will 1 bt'gin to boom. Anotlwr will put hi11 thn111b1 in his \'t!fit ·-•, ,----- ~~~~~~~ 1!~. ~:~~o·~;::~rl:~:;•~llltl~:::slt~:~:t.1 :~~~~~~!c~h:.r~ho-- 1 d emand ing sm·h lligh w11geil that the j)OOr b u1inr11.11 man out all t h,. moue~· to lho: me n , thereb~· pre\·enting hiu1 from 1 more yacht11, ilut.,mohilcK Hntl eountr~- housea. which a eo:ording to idea ill making mor e work for the wor kt-r. Of COUI'lie tOO lldtll)" "agiht!Onl it> IUlOther {'XC\15£' that fitl anywlu.•re. :\e n ·r once tlo theMe •· wit;••'' hu)ii ne" men Ill t e mpt to' bottom o f t he "lou~i ne11s" system to· find out t he ~eal cau~e. the~· run .rouml hke 11 lot o f Kl uck _bO!!II .IMJUeah ng the1r hcad11 abou.}.b:h:.~~~~:~:~l1-nhi~:f' d~~~th0 o~ 1!t~~~~~e:he smaJI busi~ess mep ill too good fo r _th~ S:ocialiMO!. ami while the Buffalo Soei&liit• r ealized duDe Dotbbr. lt wu our hol'e that t bi• w~klr at.atftii&Dt ot "our d~o•l•·i'"'''- ~7~~ ~~=~.:l!:t i•,t:r;:e:~e11 · •erribc-rah.i: It Ilea •;ot tha~ ra~t . a nd Socuillllll kn ow t h11t 1111 la \\:s.pa.u£>d under t he . 11 it ;1 1101 produeth•e o( ~Iter eaplt&IUII SJKiem are. at bt.:t>l; only of 11 palhtl\·e OlllUrt'. ye~ Wf" J~mted ID the hhont we 11111 111 well out what would he most l1kely to hiiJlpt•n to s mall busmeAS If tbe tiDoe it ud r-etur:a 10 currency bill wa..~ past;cd. . Jlow eftlly it wus for the lounkefl to get eh11mbe!"'ll u f commer ce a ll o\"t'r t.he eouutr~·. fell for tlu: gold brick like a lot of ffl.rmen~. uhd for the ir influence to he iJl ge t thy bill t ered to the nry hf'ight. ne,·c r drt•HminJ.r of wbat it The cu rn.nc~- hill ·wall 'lai\Jicd, and ahnO£t financial eapitalis b; bc~an to withdraw from the indurtries. Tht'y hlid no furt her llt'i'd t u OOther running p roduci ng euru~ern&, all t hey ha,·e to do the fiiiHIICeti. IUid t hey Kte luwdlinl! thl':tn in such a nate a.ll e lse but that which J,ri u~ in J.rood p rofit for )Jueb of t he ~>mall g r a·ft of !he cockroach bu sin e81i a t hing of the past. eeu~": r:;~:~· ~d'~ii:a~~~ ;:~r~,,~~~aen~:.~k.~~ ~b~hia th6DT~oe ~i;n~:=ii:!s";~~~~~~~~~o!h-:u~l :;~b~~ir buai!'etll u., lkltnll·~ u tiM. &UWft" OH. TM.-IIaey..,.. prolt., .... ~.,.....~ ia getting the rt'tlullll now. • Thi.J pa)wr 11.11d th~ Socialist preM throughout the country ahOWD lhf' t.eMiblf' t'.)l l'lll Of Ulli!.ffiJJlO)'tnent thr~mghout the! )and, the e.pitalist p retlli. i1111tead of !t-Iling the truth of the situation, wobbled penistently: in the news columna dtpicting .....crime J':rv!~"wf:':;: ~'ittin~~':~-~1~~- te~ling the people that there is a · You boainea men who M lie\·e t hat we ha,·e 'aDd poor, and alwa~·· will ; you who believf' i&at ud nenr ehan&"e.. and ,that it -i1 all right that and othtn alaves ; you who hl\'e had a taste eDOUcb to lin on at Ieut decently- ARE YOU OOME SLAVESf That a. j111t whf're ~·ou are hud.in&" for. I W:Ut doet your paltry few thouMJid. of doUar. mean uUUiou are Dece.ar)"' to ...Y in the buioea~ world f For .1oac sleepus the. iW~Il busioet~ men baye it all o•~r . JOIPI '"Van Vinkle. They are ft!ty yeara behind the times. I .-,...auwtuu..•-~· wiUbtO..-.tlt.. B•· ~ ' - - ltU pntta. MonJr a.. will .-..1- f....,..,...llia..... /- I . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/9466f442060d72cc4a545c82aa4a019c.pdf 32453540cb425fbb313cdc8c139d41d7 PDF Text Text l.()()KATTHJ!- OF YOUR ADDIUISS I..AIEL IP IT IS . - 101 . . "YOUR SUBSdUP'noN EltPIRI!S NI!XT 1FIIIK • Pric{.Two Ccna COLORADO TUGMEN DISCHARGED . FOR OBEYING THE LAW Capitalist Class Try to Evade Law in Regard to Working Hours of Men- Expect Them to Sleep in Hold of Boat Six Hours and Work Six - No Chance for Esca!'< if Accident Happens. Tools of Capitalist Class Commit Murder in of " Law and Order" While Man to Blame Sits Luxury Far Away From Danger. Women and Children Victims of Sold THE BITU~TION VoP .. IN COLORADO ~t ::.~~::, ~:...":.~~ ,._..,. KAN'BAS CITY, Mo.- Our tent oolony at Ludlow wu bUI'IIed 1.o the ground. Mare lh&n t wenty women and Uttle children ud ICOret of men were murdered by coal company guards &nd the &tate militia. Muy o! the women and children were cremated in the btlJ"'Itng t;::U~:O~~a.:';~rtn.y the Colorado aitU&tion. The aulm.dhed militia &nd gu.anb tbrea.t.en to kill fi'IMY .man wom&n and chlld in the tent oolonin. Thtl'minn. are defending t.hemHlves u belt they ean. Tbe lituation in Mexico il oile hued on property rigbtJ ; our conai~ in ColonLdo is hued on hllliWI right&. Aa usual, our capitalist government U more oonoerued a.bout property r;,hta than about human rigbta. Let t.lie working cluJ or the nation reaolve that the minen of Colorado ahall not be crucified on t.be crou ot greed. W l1ile thf' f'r uiil rnl n f th" l'uu .. JI r~~:1~n.:1:(~;,·1l~i~£~ ~~~~~7o~:.:.t;:~.k:~~~ UNE Of MARCH FOR THE worlh.Y !-Co.~nob•· .,-honl !o•M <'Iwr to mut olfr th<' wl•·~• '•n•l • h ilolro•11 nf tlw •tr<lr. iug mlnrr• of t:nh.otll•l" '""'"'"" in l tb~h hl(><>oll hitll .. wutk Thr liHI uf ,;,orr A~• :i•u r H iuo nl b l l<' 1,,... , ln111 in tbr n11l wa r n t tbo 1ni11,.. than " ' th~ hnrllt·~·l Ill' " ' Mr on I ~;:.::~~:·n ly;~, •::~1 ':,.,.~b •;, ;~·~:;~~ .~': u \ar to l•h~ r~ il'llo) l 'o l<>rn. ol" In "' " I' the wtlrlr. nf th r • nuo•hlot rnrhn• n f that MAY DAX PA~ The parade will form bl trnnt of theC1ty H..U •t 7;SO P.M., a.o4 at prompUJ 7;U P . M. will proCet4 np W eat E11le strett to lb.b:l atrtet. onr M&1D meet to CbJp,..-a .tnle\, Chippe•& lb'eet to Del&W..._ &VI!OUI, o.t. .u• aveune to C4WV11 1rtnet, •114 Cd.w&ni 1trtet to the ElJisW'OOd M ll.ldc B&.ll.. Order cr M&rchiq. Sd.Dt.& 'l Band. Braoctr. 1 Branch 2 Brandl s . ...,.. llr&ecb • hconcl Dh1&lonlt.&li&D Bruch. a.nd Drum Oorp1 Youna Peopl•'• Bod..u.t Leape ....... ......,.,,_ Bruch 7 . 1'1m111h:Bnll.ctr. Bnll.ctr. t, Bldiou 1 ............... Bta.llclal,a.ctiou 2 VICTOR L. BERGER F ormer Congressman from Milwaukee,· W is., will ~the Speaker at the Big International May Day Celebration at Elmwood Music Hall on Friday, May ht. MAY DAY IN BUFFALO CATHOUC.S ADOPT ANARCHIST METHODS TO BREAK UP MEETING �...,. ......... ollf- ---ou.- S2.51. SU5, U, SC AJ .............. ~ . . .bc ................ Wcu NIAGARA SOLIS. ............ ""' Uldc Gcoto' Sooot In bu- .. lac<J ....... ..... l1b<k. dkorc.bocofatc.J . !lk Soa. ~ NApra DouWc. Wca Sola- ' SUi9, SUI S2.50, $2.85, suo . BUFFALO SHOE 00. SENECA AND ELLICOTT BTRE~ MabnoiSolldl.ulhu$boG. O,..Sat-y Nlaliu-tll ·- A:..tat. and eubeorlbe fbr the · AriJetter~:settung. Th• Oil!r·GermaaMwtpl,pfflo._ .... oolllkteollC. . T.-k Oq; ......2 M11tl-r t.1Mo lac.nl& of 1M Worlr;laf en... - 10--ht I__.. OUic<. 315-SI7 c;..,;_ s-t - · Bu1b1o. N.Y. �*IU.NOW'A.&OI111 •M I"ROI'fTl&aiPoNtl -ooTO- LOUIS MAISEL . J.,.tt.,.., C•~t1, 0/1 CIHM_ .s,_ Alo.,.. ,.,..~.,.,., ,__,, , _ ,;;ct.. : ·:·.. :.:c. ;,;-,,.-;r..;;-;;~,;;~;: 1 "'""'' .uc~ ·.c.,.,.~. " UlCTURI!. I!.Y 965-967 BROA.D'WAT are not l i So r do we· h.ft..: Ball, ..... ,. 14. Fr•u•tl ar 2SH4 ~?~':"-~, •::::::,It;."' ~~~~~~~~~011P::w111 •Y~'""'· dr.an ·IIP w~ •• abatolutel1 ,.,.... ~ "-aaiii..,M Froftf.lar21481 ,......., rft...,. ... e.Mrft IIEIUI, ILOCIE CD. Pun•ral Dlreotora ·C:.O...P~S..o.lla...- O,...O.r.-.N IOio\. -or -•I...L.a..to.u -~· • t.. .....___ .1blt ,., ~'1 lo hellltb :ud a df'gr~ee 'FI•Hr ~~ · a th<" ltiKIIIime H'l u• ,]o l itt l~ d•••u oin K of our "'"'· l.rt tb. ~um in lt ;:~ ~: ..~~~~.;.~~;!~~/' : ..~~:.:'~·;: W!p ia CLt:!SISG DlSTRJBUTERS Yroatl•r ~~ 803 WILLIAM STR EET PRESCRIP riONS F"IL..L£0 A T Ul ' .. .. ~ A BeU telephone instaUcQ in your home now will go far to insure your family's comfort this Summer. u. I I. Br all mN o• II~IJ• ia tit.. ., unkiJ>Il l \ .i . :£~~:::!:~ir:r£:~";D~:,~;,..~~~;~: ~ w tr It's a wonderfullitt1c step and time saver and makes it so easy . to keep in touch with aU your friends anywhere. lr.. I!U ""<'wa.L Look up tb.. mall •hom Your name will appear in the Summer fku Director-y, which closes soon, if you let us have that contract today. 3~J Wllll.tlP Str ee t .',:.. ~·.~!~~:.;:~. ~;n;;,::,d.,.=• li:! : '""; ' 1 ~- u 4/'se•'"of tbt 1\11 1 IJ BVUUMca-C..\a,uutT PETER KLIPPEL ,_eu,.,.,,. --------- .1/IA.,.,.St. .,_.•• I!:VERYBOVY WIU.COWB T il E liYtS· th~unn a nd JlromiAPd to ouM<Iriboo lat .... ARE MA!ll! RJGHT N... e..........t • IIIR•<l'"' l"""lllo Booltho "TONGVUOPTOlL" Your Warm Weather Comfort Now 10. Zackheim's Pharmacy ;~~::.1 ""t.!~ ·~i':..;;t;, •:;',;-...:t~~~ ~ ~&0TB PHONES TUJIIcH~:u .~~:.~ ~RS:,~:'"' ollhe O..W,.U..~ ADMUS.Iotf I"RI!J!I fatbf't11 '' fRANCO.SWISS CHOCOlATES :1.r·:.··rz..~a!::;_:,7~:~~~:'::t~ ..:,d Queen1Cr; 'C~;dy Co. ::ii~;~.~~~·;;"~7iJ;:~';~~{~b :f ~1!. H owo.rd JS'll-lol : il llw noon· o.... .,, tb., 11 .., ""'·ntilll• or riNnli · a.... iltiHo ,.,.UQ.tiollth&t Wf au• i I .M u• boo glad th.lt our i h&Yt~ a•akell,..\ to that . il ..,m,'lbi"lt t<J lr11o•. tuo, th.lt thfor I i~ thr nl'ftWitr for <:<>-<>JM!rati<JII br •bole Joeo ple.. SoliN' dr.1 we "'*1 ablf.lo<"OPYiacet.hemthatif co-oJ"' ra • Tou a i• g<)Od ooe•tdl; ia!bey.,. r it ~~=~!I to Lto good ll.tl1 ·1wo •~du ia tbf Caplots 1ct Cnam • In , .,.. if1111 rtlfltlflftr q{ WD.UAM fUIIaS BAUARD, the noted lect urer and a uthor Sunday Attcr noon 9 Muy 3 rd 0 ot :ll30 o•clock It yuu c~lfobrat<' . Bodali•l ~lea11 · up ~~~~- ··(!;;~"·uS' ;::~~:"~~n-~"!:~~ :~ Hl. •Ill ~ up the old political J*rfie., !0 ~•pt"'~~' tlwo llO•cmOH:ot a1>d fl" Buf· falo •ocb a r..,_U ·UJ• th.lt tlw p!!Ople will ~7.~:: . •~~:aio •~Mo '" tbe p~at toll· Ot-rn "' e..,.n·UJI """"lr'' i• tlw o r· :,~~··~ · r~~t~~a~~.:., "";:,;.,;~~i"~.;_m. F.~~ .:.~:-~ra~i~~.a~~:~:po~t·~: It may cost less than you think. :!t. :!e. :.':'; ;~: New York Telephone Co. T clcpbooe Buildinr OluK.b &: Frao\.Iin Streets. Q. A R M ' E N A N T E ........_!lftlll -·- Cldlal/lllt"_ _ ...,,...,,.... BULLETT'S SHOES Ftne Jewelry Rep&irin& Spl'lng Suits top Coats Balmacaans .,.lei, ti p to &1M !»11111\e (OOd; taoo.n aod __,...Neietla( qUll· del aDd Joww daaD ellewben lD pilce It lbtl SLOG~ for 011!" Bpr\ac Olo&bl~. We are t ho•· lDc" a.,.., lup u4 oosapreDn· .. "~.llt)'ltJ1M•t $!fi,·$1S and $20 !U 11101 LAIEL RIH ~,., ~,.. Sbl~. elf., e~. s,., TIE EIJEIPIISE TWO ln'Q~\oo 19149J · - $1. OORREOT STYLES FOR 1814 PRICES ~.00 TO $4.50 N.Y ··: IHII 3tffriH• $1; riOII·IIIIiOII al>o~, while ill Newark, N. J ., their plallt.. Dl>d...-.triet allloacoadi· Pou ld t hat btl~- Why feuorganlz.f!dlabo r iDWtll· apilllt U. eitiHaad• hytllould t~ybe t o dlteri mlute el~ f A SHOE WJTHOUT COMPETITION �WHY THE UNEMPLOYED? W•-r•• ynu ,.,.,.rout of 11. joh 1111d '' bruke' ' T ~o T Tht!ll .1""11 do unt kno w the gr..ntt'st s.•t!SI!t ion of t he capitAlis t r;y~b·m . 1!'11 lik,· t h i~. \\' lwn ~·ou flto.' luid off you han • 11 few d ollan1 that you IIIIHIII ~l'tl t o hitl r from lhl' e11 p ihll ist dRIUI, a mi you thin'k t h 11t it wi ll t id•• you 0\:t- r until you Rtriko· r.ouwthiu!o('. Yo u lil& rt ont !hf' idPn that yon will look for sOIIlf"thin!o(' ht•ller than the ami 11fte r sPn•rnl e ffort!< you think you will bf' satisfied to go at t he old busine&!i-nothing doing just· now, things very quiet. you can 't expect the prorrif'tors to oUIII someone else to gh·e you a job. Mont>y iA Jrllltin~Z low now. and you decide to take any o~d thing you <'811 gtt l~ld of. ''"yon keep on the downward !'ltretcb yon find 1.• your~· 0 Wll " " ''' ; '' " ' that peoplt> li'a'''' hef'n fooling yon with that old 1tory about there beinll' " plt'nl:'' of room at the bottom." and you find tl1at it ia already ";"1tb wbacb to de.eribe oYererowded. :\Ionf'\' all gone bY this time and YOU ha\"e to borrow tbe J>r.,.tlluted preN ru~ it in or beg. · · • . oeu~ion pon.il»t!. i Talk about taking the dignity out of a man; if thi1 isn't degrad- t be way tbi!f Do..- tbeir ing. what i1 I ?I lbe ~~11eroa. ~~~p~rt yo~ are i~~~~~~~t is jullt the condition in whic_b plenty orOOOD ME~ ~~w~!:;:~~~~;~ i:•;b:l::~o:bow An1l they h&\'C the OCI'\'(' to l'&ll it civilizi'<IIO<'!iety. wb.u e your •apport of a ne...pa.Joer be· to M~-~ tho!IC men who ha,·e bet:n in thi• position we have e word 10~fe~. i.e • d;_riptioa (t""'''b~ by · Did you c\·er think back Blltl ask yourself why it was that you tbt G!ieU.J autbor of tbe. Wall Street had to 11Ufrer this hmnilit~· in" ]anti of plenty I . bar•lt-C'.OJ>.:mgbted) of a Don 't you think that t here is something wrong with •t:mber of tbe f>eauyln11ia of aocicty wh,ieh dt'pri,·es a man who ia willing to work opportunil)' of earning H. li,·ingf Didn't it llf OIIIIP you to a f('eling that 10me change waR •~,,,.."· ! l ..d If it jJid not. then ~-ou failed to profit by uperienu. If, after ohlaininf: the co,·eted " j ob '' you aimply sunk baek · the old n1t wit hout doing nnything to pre,·ent it.l recurrence, theo you need anothf'r ~uch nperience to profll pl yon to your duty. So long IllS you nt•ed a m&Kit·r you will ha,·e one. and t he capitalist ela&S know tb.is. W hen you werl' out of " job it wu..not b~aoae you froin tile P,Jal... of wanted to he, but !I('C.allllll someone d~~e owned the j ob, an(l it wu ; rnouct threoc the within bi11 power to NY whether you \ll't'N! to live or not. You were bo~ac wltb a mi•d ot a bia Alll·e. alt.bough you were fooled into tht' idea that you w~re Blood": ~aultipl_,- tbi• nne by free man. You are free to f[llit your lU&Iiter any time yon see watd•tbem " bit tlle Nge of but yon mUtlt get _a .hustle_ on and find a1_1ot her or you .will at.arve n;. i• wll.t took place 111 to death.. plate &trike io Wutero ., The man ..-ith an eye to his own welfarf.' will take advantage of i11 We~t llorelaad _c011l •tribe IUeb an experience Rnd t~· to find out why it i ll that be u a free Bctbicbem •teel •trih. m&n must bow clown to another .m an in order to get a Ji,•ing. He will ftnd the eau11e of thl'! trouble and Ulr-n look for a remedy. It doet not take au exef'ptional brain to di~~eovcr t hat. the r eUOb wby the bou can tell you 11·hethf'r you may work or not i1 he owna the job. lit• owns the building and the tool!! with work and be own• YOU beu 1111e you mual eome to him· for Whenever: the~~e boMetl gi!L together and determine to . "priee of'ware- they begin to lay off the meD. Tbe~~e men go to plaeea to look for .,work and it jeGpardir.es the,job1 of t.hoee who workin«. &Dd enough of thill foi'C1!5 down, the price of ..-agea. They eao do thill hecauae yon let them own the shops, the mine., uad the railroada, atred ear~ and steamboata. They n~~e them u a ~DII of akinninr you out of what you produee. You work for them iutead of working for rouraelf a11d family. • WMn the majority of the ~rle decide to o'WTI the' mea- . pJ"Odpetioo and d.Wibution, tht U the mines, "milla, factories, tan railroada and boata. tht:n thf'y will '\fOrk for t.DeJUe.lvet prociuee for- a. a11d eounmption in11tead of for profit. • Th~ we will bt ·eh:iliztd. 1'!'.''. w• _. tD 111111 ~.- ~=111111 ,.oar·-··- ---·'--·• acuoa.. ---- ,;r~~~;:~~!~: ~c~~~ "''"'"''"•.! ~·~ >• IOOC'_,,.,;··;c;,-•,:o_:::-_ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1914-05-02 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Slaughter in Colorado Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/d90b388eccf068523ba52cd4e063fbea.pdf 6bd41037fe72dff714052267d3daf1eb PDF Text Text IIUJIPALO SOCIAUST ON LOOitATTHI! ~ OP ' YOUR ADEIUSS L.UBL IP IT IS I,MJI AT NIIWI STANDI tOO ~YTO YOUR SCBSOUPTION J!lt.. PlRl!S NI!XT 'WI!I!X SA1VJIDAY ' I CAPffAUSTS ·sTART WARS. AND PROID BY THEM WORKERS DIE IN THEM Mexican Farce a Trumped Up Affair Invented to Fleece the Pcopk- Brag that U. S. War Chest. arc Bulging Is rio Excuse for Sacrificing the Youth of the Land - What Has Mexico Done to Our Workers? MAY DAY PROCLAMATION · VICTOR t BERGER WILL BE BIG ATTRACTION AT MAY DAY CELEBRATION P<·~!lgr's:'':n"n Will Pay His f'irst Visit to BUffalo -Has Message that Every Workingman and Woman in Buffalo Should Hear- Will Tell of His E x peri ences in the F ig ht A gai nst the <:apitalisi Interests. Don't 111lu thi1 opJW1rtunlty to beu E~Dert Uatenna11n. It may be yoo!' Jut th...,re. Put ul<le you r otber ugarem.eau aod 10 to Armbi'Uit '• Uall a boy livias It 893 lllal a on 8onday G.-.r~lnr, April :!tltb. t be Tec: k Thea tre build· :::::oo~.:::la'!::ro~:!d~ Uppeaettos:•~i:! :~~~.:t:.J;~ boy. A pol\cem111 wa1 called but refilled t..o make 1111 arre.t beeaoae ·u CONGRESSMAN EXPOSES SWEATSHOP fifTIIODS AT POST OfOCf ~ 1 -- ....... �...__NIAGARA para.D........ oola. Wdlal. ..... ~ .S5JIO - -~$U!. . - Bof" - ~00.- ..... $3.00. . -with bat oak taooal oola. Wd!<4. Mm'o-sz.50aad$U5. Boy~-$ JS) ..... $2.QO. Our atyleo lblo spring ai-e the ftnest ~ have ever ahotm, all new lasts and pattern>. and · quality above all. Men·s all solid IQather ,.ork sboes, $2 45 to ... :00, NIAGARA SOLES. wrre J•••~ t iu lly wlwn tbt! t'.,.)., ratio n uf Germnn falllf<:fnt llt• Men and '""''"'I Ht :::ll<'i..t let "Uuu~,J io •· ;uul ,,,, ;.f;o.ioll•h·-"• Mr . l 'a rm ody t o ra fl rel lh•· ra ~o:a.:~men t ( •·.,n pa rt i~ o la r~ •ill h~ ~o~h·po at t bi• llltt ltnlf.) Wr fttrU•If•••l thi • rleloat" t o . ol<o,.·th" l'""f'lt'o f Hodu:ttt-r thlt it; , 1 J!f!rf~ ··tly ro .. tb lt tor t.,.o m••n ,Jia m ~t · r irall .• -o i'J ••O<"di n n t•mion t o•li,tUO$ r ia li n1 w itbnu t any rancor o r bl onol '' or tMlling yf " '"""'· lflt. po'll"e1", be·- - ,o:c - ·:.c- ..· - ·-,.tGm ot btr . Nmmodi tis ; 11 otprodllciDgftloretbaa a.ad the wo rlr.tr rft!l'iriag 1oe r., tbf~fere, unble to b111 wbole of t. U! produo:t. eo- only otberd!;:,:~::t~e11~~::~ ill tbe ellor:'ll. Col,( ~e 11 t at o u aide lino our Wh it e fortbetod ; aile11t li~; a~ t\ f orm t.h at "'('ellk t o UJ ~h111 or ordt: worda t hat car. I I>Ohll; 11 1i.l eou n.-er to be "TilE WOMAN Of THE "Tbt Worqa u t>f _t be ll ou r " It ti t le of • pl ay 10 lie produ eed by You 11g People"• ~ialilt Lnlflle Buffalo .ea rl:<- nut. mo ntb. Tb ia wu wt~tten _ UI_"H'Ially ~~· til e Joe<>J>I e of tb,. _e• ty by V. ll lla m a::::.~ e:-:~i. 1~U:~! ::::::~~b~;:u~:~lakn~o:~lla~ :::.tbebew.::a~~i=l~:;;~D0~ :~dL~e~;;::::",t'::e~~ror""r Y.. "mul!t 'lfllit tor work oatil t he p~ure Tho play pietllr~ the life of ial'ei~. Oatbeother lw>d, tbede.,yoiiDJ.!peciJ•Ieoftbedayu th.ey ma11d for tile_.,;. of lif~ retnai-'11 for-ted ia tbeit e\·e r~ day lifa to ... -troGit u eYer &lid Ooe ~ riiUil. euu t he proble mt wh~ b eo llf ro11 t tlltrefon' , tbe • -· Kautttr .\-111 0111 tbftle problcun• i1 t ilt! · aa,.. :. ''Biaee lstoltlle etl'rottao f goldpro- problem io•·oh·io~t tile tu tl'rage chledon hll<re doai...ted al>d D.ade thml· eia.l ill t -IIIO'remub. -..i•• 111~::-~~ ,!":;erm:':!;. ~=• :~';. ~~ulil:c!! ~~ri= 1111T:~.~=~~~~~~~:~~~'::! :~; '.~,,. , . -~: orllat w~ all m ut yet - t , d e~~tll. lile uotpticoo pf tiritl't 11'~ ollly gi rl orllo U ••t ty mudo · operate ill 11 r.r.A~.itory Wllloa.'' Up. t beftollomic problemtof tht: tU.t n arm h.u bet'ID der tM. -'-itlou. there..._ tlli.t """" Tll,e n tt ot ~hlra,.,t ers the body &Ad tilrowo (ar whlell wa ~ .~llooUnl, t hat ~- Etbel Allu . . . ..... !lliu ~~~~~~~~::~~~ ~~;,':: ~~:·.: ~=~: "':~!:;n:~ ::~~'::~'~: Alle -.Jol iu t'IIIOdi~ e f u.e _proletuiat, to )h~. Aile~." ... ~CIII~tioD of ~1 llld '!G p"O.I Bobf'rt B~ all~ 1 =~orJ~: )(iu Br~~w 11 .. A!'o,:,:~!· aeC::7.!:"~:~:S ~~~~ =~~ ---- c-.,, .,.,.., .. de~ Come, A-k-:ro~a boy • •4 my ~ e11ti;; lidl'et, witt. •.e U«j>lio•, ~\rt aad my pl-TB:EIR • .,. ~IIJ'T\el ti,.Jtlle So<lll~la i n i•u brea~• aunt Dot meet tile. ,...... ~ Vta. ft il bd• dflll l tt.. fo]. ~Il l • '-"riqt .o.ee,.: ,.._. ..~.,.;... ura Bu, a..U~ ' Jtla.g Pfolll t U I d ed., u ....... ~ • . - ......! l'wo ••lo* --.. ~-~ wit). rut tlllt tl>e ~iatan .,.d tlte d at .., it Wl'<lDI!Ida~, o'• iuhlt; _tllat U.e bro w It 1111 ..,._,., ..ll'f"il :!!G ~"' ... m he 1 ~ t:tGWd 11111t blt white, bo.t b ftaiof"d wit\ blood 1111 by t\t -.-ay tlcl<tta ar...goi111. i b~ fON"e of bllltLU baud~ w. toll · ~•IJiq tl~-e~•-b.dy at.~ Nol ........ A,.a. . . pair. s.;..,;. .......... bera~~~~e J.bor ~~::~·~~;:~:~·~7~:~~~ ~:11~~· ::: ...... IM'FALO SHOI CD. lmr.'i"~;~~::;~~p~:-w~ Tbt a..- Sbo.or...,.a..Jollcl_..wttbNiac•• more rapid; it inereur~ •II Dut if the demaad be- i 25c lScta_,.-oo.aay~crl .......w.. .... A 1joia Boys - o.toutcw.eo.-, •c:uw._._ .. .-llltiaa t o 6eldf.!~ Sc:rib11a. ia Ee«'aiKI wu -..k-<1 ~- of w proo!IICtioa ~D tMia.ary IJlirit of 0,.. dut traa ~ ...~ .,_pi.taliltie t,..ma... lo Do-. Jon• lbry Lee Lillian •. . lli• 'nit ia -.:tlii.., Dew ill of .-.Dtertaill.l:uaL C• me &.a yon (riu.da. n.. tid:n. aro I~ qgeet~ ~dt :;"',:D ~:::ec!~y~TKk p.ltbep::::;,:u "~ ~~ ~~~~~ ~,.-:-: ~ tbo. pr-oilllrtiosl of told f.!ro;lld.,..y. Tb• odablioll. will ba Olll~ .d.aee lOOJ. wMI it ~ !5 eecia. '!'bert: will be c1a•eiq ia· itll ·~ poial (>( U9,000,000. Si.aee ll<td.larely &fur.,.t.M pa,.. ·- - ·..,-- - l5t b a lhort walk .s.-s.-aSt. ' S.. .... ,_ .... out abow wiDclow I tbm..-tbk~ pod oa &aF IIJI$. �·MAY DAY DEMONSTRATION , FIIHIT. SOCIALIST _OONQRE88M~N VICTOR L. BERGE.R If MILWAUIIE EU4WOOO MUSIC HAU: FRIDAY, MAY 1!! 8 P.M. CIIIEIIl ADMISSION, IS IDlS R00Y1D SOlS, SO IDlS ALITHE SEASONABLE ADVICE:TAKE BELL SERVICE TADAY If thue's ever a season when Bell Service h a positive coillfort it's in the Summer time. You'll never know real convenience untU you have- a telephone on your desk and at home. A Bell T elephone brings with it the ability to be in two places at one time, a blessing to the. busy Then, too, the Summer is:soe of the Bell Directory is closing soon. Have yoor name in it this time. Telephone Co. T dcpbonc Buildiar Chorcb & Franklin Struts. BULLETT'S SHOE-S CORRECT 8TYL'E8 FOR 1914 PRIOEB $2.00 TO $4.50 A SHOE WITHOUT · Spring Suits .' Cop Coats Balmacaans Up.,Lbemtr•ou.st11•, c-ood, htl.ll•~ aDd. ~re.bdDJ qoall· :~~~..~M~ · P~T·.;;ON . J . . tCe. ud lower &ht.o elae'l(hua to prloe. It the SLOGAN for our Spdq Olot.blllJ'. •ho•- "''an . 1111 • .,_, larr•a.F oompnbeodn -rUDaot of' IJ\J'k!. •' ·. . . '!M'IIE lD ~~100~ -~ - .,PiJnll[ . mna DIHIIII OUR IQ. IIP.sl~ · . ,· - - ASA¥1C IIEIIT lOllS TO Y9l Open Monday and Sal:urday ev~nae �BUPPAI.O IOCIALIST --. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1914-04-25 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914-04-25 Relation A related resource MicFilm HX1 .B83 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Newspapers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LIB-021-BuffaloSocialist_v02n099_19140425 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2018-06-12 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Is Version Of A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation. Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. v02n099 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 p. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. War -- What For? Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/74711f2728a92d13b9dac10d53ee0791.pdf c88962f8287d6694f53a0c46628c912f PDF Text Text -a..o~ .. -MAY·DAY' DEMONSTRATION IA1& A T - SfA!'IDI ,_YTO FIRST IIOOIALIST . OOIIIGtiE. .MAN ,M'I'IlllnAy VfCi"OR L; BERGER IF MILWIIIIEl ELMWOOD MUSIC.HAll FRIDAY, MAY 1!! s · P.M . • Wii'e=- aiAt IIIIISSiol. IS tirrs Eltct C1rr Attorney at Mllwaube - Alderman-atInaea.e Number of Supervlaors ancl -G a pltall s t P a rtie s F~lo Com t Soclalim. R6!lY!D 8011. 50 IDTS . PITTON'S ...u.'!':.'"~ lfelieving The Hardsh!ps Of Moving Day Moving Day at Its best is one of the big trials of home life. .-T hinking of the dozens of details is always rather dismaying. Bell Service in the new home will run errands and save a lot of worry. Tell us 15 days in advance:where. to move your Bell T elephone. If you arc not a substribcr, why not tah Bdl St.rvic.e today and have your name: in the: new book. wbic.h closes May 9tb? New York Telephone Co. T elepbooe Buildior O:uu-ch & Franklin Strccts. CORRECT STYLES FOR 1914 PRICES $2.00 TO t4.SO • A SHOE WIT HOUT COMPETITION ~· IDI!Ilfi YIUIS 1111 lliAT I'UIIli li.niDl Tllf'S l lllfli!II ~ of the ~ CII£AP UP.STAIRS ROO IUS ASAYIIC TOYOO - Toiler' ~ �G .MEN AIIIIYS READ THIS - TBEI CUT TIE CllttiiELOI BUFFALO o,... Shoes for Spring Of 1914. The ideal town and country shoe, combining the·atyle and refinement requlied for the pavements of ihe city wUh honest worth and substantial maiertals~ that will stand file ·"(ear and h~ service of the c_ountry. Our styles this spring are the finest we have ·ever sho~n. all new. lasts and patterns, and quality above all . Men's all solid leather worlc shoes, $2 45 to 14.00, N I A G A R A SOLES, in Western and Central New York. In addition !hac , are fully that number d Federal telepbonca that have the pref<rence. Thls is a bu.lnai ._. you cannot alfonl to overlook. Are you one of ~ .lnveatota in our 1~ Preferred atock? I At the United lnduotrics Esposiqon and Sale at the 1>11: Hamlin Store, April h-18, !hac will be a complete private Automatic T dqlhooe Ezdw>re, wltb ten stations throuChout the :s!<ft. !{s a 'IVOilCicriul czploitatlcxl d the New TcJii;ll6ny and yrxir vfaft to the Ezposition this tboroucl>Jy. will DOt be complete unleas you • aamint ~~lephone The Federal ·and - 4 Telegraph Gompanr . . • II >. . ====' .I �MAY_DAY DEMOt~~~ VICTOR L . BERGER IF .llW&Ullf: EIJWOOO MUSIC ttAU. FRIDAY, Mft 1U 8 P.M. mil AIIISSMIW, IS IDIS ROOY!Il sun. so IDIS Relieving The Hardships Of Moving Day Moving Day at its best is one of the big trials of home life. Thinking of the dozens of details is always rather dismaying. Bell Service in the new home will run errands and ·save a lot of worry. T ell us 15 da~ in advancc:wherc to move your BeU T elephoru:. _ U you are not a subscriber, why not take Bell Se.rvic.c tocby and have your name in the new book which c.losu May 9th ? New York Telephone Co. T clcpbone Buildi.nr Church & Franlclin Strub. r �~ \. - ~-~~ I"U1LataD ....:!.T In' THS BUPFALO soaALIST PUIILISHING -~- ...... ....._.1.6...... ILt.ltT11ftcaSILD..~ ~ TVTTMU... ..._.,. • OOMPANY ... ..,...ALO.R. Y. ....... ~TY . P. CA~ - . . . . .U.....6CM.615~Uit-..., JIUIIPALO,N.Y. ~ Prb SUID J* , _ . , . 0 ......_,,.,.. tl * - ~· " ..._.~..-)-S.Itll,a._,_.cac..a~.·..._ ..... vcn. ..... data.ct.JIIIda.S.II19 SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1914 LET THE PEOPLE KNOW . / Rur Admiral G-ao W . Uti-\ cill!.l'VOI \1 111ft lleW A IIUIIIlitof of C.. -IJ~ ~ @o.. •..,..........·.r~·UOO~, -~~mfela~:l ~;: ~..::~!: ;:!-:a.l·~~ ~:01111'=: :·::;.;:~ ~laliua. Tile ••"~ ia a ....... ne, tile 8oc!.lilll •ore tU.a a l~ttlt · of IUIIe.t. TW .OTB roa' tnnTY, r. nHn re&lire tllla, pet. .pa, _,. llli a I of "Uolty," Cot· 1111 Oo<'lol.., a J*rty of tbdr owa. d.urADA. orca• of Uoe .. -. kl .......,..... · ..,,k ---- ~"J:k::[~~o<;;,,. n~~noo ~':1::!0:! vao~~ro.!n~uaa. wltlo U... 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MOlE SUISJAITIAL TBAIILESSIICS � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. v02n098 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 p. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States New York Erie County Buffalo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/1e62eba3440abf7357562f07aa5d4bca.pdf f2e981a81bea6ca079f14a7a092d1735 PDF Text Text ' LOOitATTHI!-0. YOUR ADiliU!:IS 1.A1EL IP IT IS YIIDI'IIIIIDAYTO SA~Y 98 YOUR SVIISOUI'TION J!lt. ' PIRES NI!XT WED: V...11-No.97 c �lEAD THIS- THEN -CUT TIE COIPII iflli BUFFALO Drou Shoes for Spring oll914 Tho Ideal town and country shoe, eombtnlnc tho ll)llo and refinement required for the pavements of the city With honest worth and substantial materials that will stand tbe · wear and t'!.ard service of the COUAtry. Bbr.te Co••·.,Hoa op<'nrd witb -•lwn- 01 til • roll of Lonl t.er. ltu.a ~ donf'i t you p.~· Spri•c i1 C"Omill!l; e•·er;rt ll i11g ho• it. • iauer'• •l~r. &Kialirh of R ~h..,.ter - h up! a ll tile • iM'ry ""'I Ullf!mJoloymeat, Pi~»trial ni•i•. the J>ro.pede for .-•·rn~eatoughtt oiM! J!OOd. lti1 k> yoll tobriagthf'm- g " tothe n., .... Rrre ill work t or you. Our styles thiSsprtng So~ i .. Usta. are the · finest we have ever shown, all neW lasts and patterns, and quality a6ove all . Men's all solid leather 'llrork shoes, $2 45 io a.c.OO, N I A G A R K SOLES. ,.,., , Uf' rpquHte<l t o make a af t ilt rollood ng meelinj:"o an ·l · u d do yGur tHmo•t to aUentl ' ""!;'your n on -~iali" fri~nd 7~ - 0n Sa tur .Ja~· r••rn iflj:, April tbc ill Ute Worlr.in~ l'eoplr.'o l.yreum Rollol-1 ''"""' " " iw ~~;, a danre an• l l'ri u ho-..linx ®. _ will he heltl Ull<l~t tb e aou pi~1'11 ' ""''f'Diion ~onunilt~r of Local Mlf' r i• o rder to ra iooe fu ntlo f or war<ltflllf' rlalalngourj!UUI8. . i'uaday dt eriiOOu, Al' ril l~th. Com· n de Wi lliam t', Da raard will !H t ure, T oaa•·•ntl 11 , ~h rrh :11, 19 U. a11 oler th e aUIJikH <> f th e l..abor Ly · ~:,li t or. llulhl o Soei•ll• t : ;:;~·,;:~:~~~;:E;~:~!:·~~r:::;~ :~~:. ~:, ··:~;:::: ?:E?ro~~:·, :; •'•:=a~~~~.-:. !!,';;,';,.;;:~ 11h1i•111:ou:0~ :~ ~~~::. "'i:;i:i•;.~·~17,'..;:r ,:,, I .. ;P~:F~I~;~~I~~~g:f.0:E ~: .~:~,~:!~:{f··~~:;~~:::E'.-... . . . . ~.. . .". 11 11i11l T~Ni rr. tlw l .al.or l .~·rru llt hu ...,.. llt<'d t hr. h tli' hmll "' t h r \\ urktng J f!011r. J,nPUIIt Jlu tlllltloi' 5~() ~ ~ J'111l llr>•rt. all•l Mil futurr nwt'ltllli'~ ,..,11 ~ rl •l thtro• l'iull•IIIJ' 11fl<'rh<Hlll Ill '' hop ._,.. f h•r, au ol 0 BI~!J.!!,~I. mum o1 110 SoiN J:ti!M Sllots P.., S.t..dar Nirhb Until 1000 M<n and Boys :____ 25c Cool'O!I Cut oul: .tw. c-p.t•M c:uo Wlllld.a- r ooa uy pul'daa.olluflllo ~tlSc: ID !::.:.u~jobN::::::::Q; 19Jt. ea. -s-lbo pair. BUPFALO s!!'~~ S.. pocl «a &aT Jtylc. 1 d•~··tt >-•ion •rh l,.,• t ure. :t-#s In Ill• Jlocbnter SWld•J &cbooL ArOett_er-Eeitung. •-Yen 'l'bec.I70..U-,-perto&M .... oa'-'deflt atp, -ca.., Ute b:aiiNil of &be Worliltq 01-.. -ID _.. fDr I Ollb, 315-317 Gcn- Saut ,..I -.a.. • - -..._N. Y. Tlli us NOW WHERE TO fiiiYE YOUR BH1 TEllPHONE Thousands ollamllle.. in Bulfaio .... movtnr between now and May 1st. W oo't you be one of thae tbo.-.ds to tdl w 15 days in advance wbcrc: you ,_,ant yours moved ? you will help othus .. well .. youndf. (~ I c.u s.-. 12000, ~ Dq.Ut. mcnt, today if rou intmd to moYC. New York Tefepho~• Co. ~ Wit I TdephoacllulldaJc a..cb It l'toukliD- �BULLETT'S . SHOES OORREOT STYLES FOR 11114 PRICES t2.00 TO t4.50 . , ,•..... \ Baoarian Hall RUSH Investment ,..,,,1(... JOHN UNVERZART 77ft Sycamore S t., oor.Reed is not the ally motive that has moved ·hundreds of people to invat in Federal Telephone COmpany 7I Preferred Stock in the last three months. WSU.,.,..AilD 1211 ... . JlllOMTlD"Mtl -OO TO- • LOUIS fw\4\.ISEL c.,_,.. 011 CIH"•· . ,,___ ......_ ,_JM,_, ,_.. .;.,..~tw,., .u ....... BUY FARtYAND AYOID ·OUR EASTER SATURDAY The knowledge that thcir money is going to extend and irili)l'OVe the world's largest independent telephone systr.m- the people's system - did quite as much to influence c.;,.~~w~,... ·. c.~ ge&-967 BROA D WAY them. They are both good reasons ; good business and good dtizemhip. True principle., t bat'l what Cat Shott for M~n nncl BoY• a.~ built on. Honrs.t maUriala, thru a nd thru, Brocton Union-made, a nd soles \\•bich we a btoluUly guara ntee to wear at leas t twkt- aa long na ordinary soles. We d o butineu on a low rntt, low margin, low price bui1. "The bttt t han io Buffalo" - that's wlib+ stnd-ca:r men, driven, factory and railroad men are aaying. Let us f\bdp y'ou ma ke your money go far tbnc dull tjlilcs. · 0Ter one hundred stylish numbers, perfect 6ttrn, Oxford s, Buttons, Blucbcn, Blhmorals; in Black or Tan Calfakin ~ Black or BrOwn Vki, and Patent Leathers. .,...DOUBLE-WEAR SOLES ON EVERY PAIR S2;50 to $4.00 , OAT SHOE STORE . Ill E. QENESEE ST: (Opp.O>lppewoMa.U!) lUlG.UU. P'.l.LU a~nday .. BRA.DFOHD Ewning,. Apri' 12,: t9.1 4L _s ~'"Heredityl - and �~~TirT'nm PIJBI.lSHlNG CXlMPANY ........... , BUJIPAIA N. Y.· BUFFALO SOC!AUST 604-605 1ibtu1 LBe. ....._ . -1 lUTWII.-..._ .,...... ~ n.ua;·~ T - TUT'TJCZU.. .__,. " ' " ' - ~ Jlult.l Lda ~Prb $1.GD .... , _"· a.....c ~· ·· C4~ .. . . . . . IUP'PALO, H. ....... ,..5,~· v. ~Irt....._ a..-..5 »~ _.,.. lfll..tlb. p.t cib&tBuffa~~ Yotk. ....--..c:~aiiLrd:al,.ll79 / . u. SATUJ;IDAY. APRIL l 9H DANQEROUS BRAQ Bo th Oonl1l snd Haydi!D of the Gould Coupl er Works "'·here the st rikf' ia on are .1 couple o( ~la ngerou11 brags. In tiH• IIU••m pta to aett le the strike at that shop the men I'•• •••"''" t•rtw"d willing to make con{'CH~;iotrs. 10 that the labo rers wli'O out with t hem. lltul who a re in a b11d !Hat e, may be 114n.'d from lrtarworhfll io otbt r trad" t'llt i<m. lm•ltlhi of trying to mt'et the rne n hal( way, theRe two moral ~at work tbouclil thU "'a\'llg"o•ll tHk~· ll<h 'Oil htge o r en•ry (:OJICr!UiiOII MUd prew Oil harder. •itb tbeh btolb.er-worken.. Tht•y I>''{'TTI to rPf'l that they hl'l\'{' the guru1 hack of them And that thf'~' •·11n d ri w the uwn a l~ut at their will. Th ey hK \'f' done thiAliU rmw h tha t tlw~· art• lernpt i!IJ.t tro ul•lc. · lltJ w"" MUST AND AN 'EXIIIISf ~:~~:~~~~'::~~;· 11.~!i~~(~~-~~r:!~:\fh~~ :~ ~~o~:::~&tion wilh hi& fri ends. · C'ol Wolf anti fiNI. Wdeh. h..- IUIHie th1· hrag that afte r lu.~ l1ad thiuga Tb.e geoual rau~ of po.-rrt:r Up lit DI•Jli'W h..- ~11\'I!Ml·rl that the llt'Xt j ob th ey would work koo,•A to·all meA i11telllgeo1 l'lo~llll>·tl 1 do not know . hut we do kuo,.._ thllt t£ tlw Jlt\(' r lff 1111d the JUd~ell are AJIO ,.., f!d to elllt out the ~f~~~~~~~~~~~~:l::n~7't~!.r~~jlll;~..-~~= /:~:;\.e 011 :;o~~i:e 1 :::':b~~~.. ~:t~till ;...toe ~~k~f 1 8 t to tloem realiu for ~~e:':r0 :;1 : 11 : 1 ~::::::.,,to tbe tg11orau1 poor ~loe•e QREATER THAN EVER 1\ufTRin iii l.!l' ttiutz to lu· n proud city 118 well 88 p:n·ttt.•ei ty. Wt· do u 't W!itll 1111,- .-- helt]' folk~ iu thi!4 hlwu. 01JL'ljlll101. Tho· l•il!)!l'f W(.' !!'tOw tl1c tllllrt' it cosiK to li\' e here. Look at the f uu you 'r.- lul\'illJ.t. \\',. will ha\'t• twu hu!it • h~tll <•l ull ~ in th i11 t.' ily thi11 ~·ear-isn ' t ! hilt ll ,j~ll Of J.(r nw th f .-\11 ,Will lh't•d is the THOIIl'J for admill8iOn, nnd l'ro ddiu~or !Il l' lluli-.~ let" ,\'tnt off you Cl!.ll tzO. If ~·111 1 owr1 your ho1uu• tlw illcrl't!.St·d rnx I'II!P will about tht· pri•·c or the ~ummer snit you iutenrkd to bny. lr ,1'011 ren t. ~·ou will h11ve thf" plcl\surl! of psying the :,',l:'',~;,':t~::h~~u::: •• ;.'\~111~~ :~·::j'~I1~~:~~KI: ~~1-0IIth IIIOrl'. 1'l11:y hii\'C :\ f1•w Y('ltn 11go it \\' 11~ figurP<I thAI 01\t' Wt•ek't~. KRiil.r)' J•ll.'' 11 muuth 'K rt•lll. Th t•n reuht for Kn ordinllry house fro m fifro ·o·n t(l tw;· nty doll11r>l 11 month . Wngt'!i jnM nhont mel that fur t h.- 1\\' <'tltJ.tf' Jll('t·hnuic . Wage11 still hOI' I' r flhOliL lhc !llllllt' lllllrk, hut II!Cp into II r{'&( e~ llllt· nflit·t· nno l tt·ll tl~t •m you want fl pint'(' HI th11t price rmd I dt•rk is lirdtlf' to tmu•h I hi' buttm1 fo r th t• plilrol wagon. Wt· IITt· in an r r rt nf ~reltt rrosp('r i t~· Tho• hn11k >1 lm•·•· u mnrtj!'Uf't' un !110111 l' l't• r~· hou!W, upon 1· llw oWtlt'r must pn_,. intt•rt•lll. und th{' owm•r mu ~< t rel't!il·e 11 rrofit o n the III Ont·.\' thul lh• hKii und hns 11111 iun·sh ·.t. nnd tlw work1·r i11 th•· l-.'••nt - llfll th;· hurkiu~ kiwl -ju ~; t plnin :\nnnit•. W..-....-Ju.dp R••· Do yoa ~laa1 a aa,a • lt lil u laeoe. madebi-lfcoatemptibleofe.50.,000ort.'IOOtOOO.ltllelt .. lll lt4 to llfllll all Ute Bod.alilltll 11 •IU. tlda,.. ae llle7 aNt W•ld aot ,JaU II a f'" •PHCIII lrlilt, Jla, too, be •tlaW wUir. Rttr. alt III01fl troable. AUJ'. laeoaer Oa tire ottr.er ...., ua JO'* no.,lue~a u. 41-..1 a .Wt blame a - · wltlil ea t_.e of NOD o1 for.IO,OOOda-~ teOO,' aade fa.iiiUJtOnpPOrtt fotbe• of nllllarh tude bJ' lhe jadae IDI t!U.tkt.dl " •t•tn.nu IIIUted t1 It I• utoral te Jftt .,. .ta•t w it~ •d rHord. Hoac bto11 dedarHtlilat tire rood tlillap of llf• at JOIIr dltltllelllellt• sr-11 llbt!led ~~ .. t JIM&It .... it Ia j~~Jt &I llllural aot to a book be bu WTittea. ....-t eoate:at witlil eotblar at JOIIIt dlt-- ~ WHO SAID CLASSES? A f••\\' \'1'111'!1 n~o wt• hntl nu nwful howl 11hout th(' f'Oilt'f'rt h11llll iu 1l1i ~ t·it\' \ln11K HrontlWII\' nnd '-'11 llt'\'i•rn l oth t• r atrects th{' 1111loons l1nd n i1irut:, nwl sO illl'lim~li 1\ ft ·w other inRinmwnts, and prohabl)• u ~in~o: •• r ltm!tt 11!uw('r thrown in. It wus •·uuc;_•tlrd thnt tlli•I!C J>lnee~ wo·rf' not t'()lll11H·ive to the Our lawmake~ '''\'e taJ;I<l all fa~ultieoo of th e• r Lraiu IO plaee Ia•& uroou t~e .• 1" 1" 1e belob ... I deter _th ~.,m,na! frum foltowtog •·Ma tton. The l'• ~ k)'-o~krl, the u nd· l~t•a rl ~. all warned b." tlltute Ia.•• to refn.iu from l t l.l of tlegt neracr or be pt&- pr-lltt repreauu11 ff cupul· depeall eatlrel,r oe Mr -nl dltpet;i· t~e two Sot!iall•t pattlu t U.I t!o.a. aall tllat It II wllbla " ' pe•er lilitllet1o ei'ilted wer. mnfed late to plfet ..,...,.,.. l.to •e• • 111411.11 ::~:~~ 111,\" r;~'ljtl:~;l;·i:j;;,,ll ":::~~h ~~~~ ,·;:~ulJi;·l~k~. ~r\\;;:1.';:-:~\·~~g=~~~~C:\~~~r ~::~~~~:~.:.~:~~lrar~~~~h~!~~~~·::!;':.:: The world Is w,. 11111.,. 110 ' t'O IIt'l'rl haiiK uow . ~·:. ::~·~~~~ e~~~r:~=~ muait~ wort! '"'-'n to tllkl' the 1 ' ·.:.':,,·' 1 1 ua (:h11rp: e- the dlltll!l'N wilh imlc:el·Uc~·. ·• llnlt, Mikl'. {~~h~~:~ "::s~laili i~:li~:~~~~{ hAll s bvott t~y 1 b were f'reque.nted by flrcliu~~r~· working ll\1'111, and wh~l)<'\'<'r thin(tll were dull around . ~lation it Wll8 considered good form to go down the Hne and in I<OITW hal'OII. 11tte~~~·~~tl~~~ ~~;~~~;·:,'! ~~:~·i e~~ s:;~:r ~rhe01:1~e~~;~in01ft c~::~~r bee ~Jl e a\'~ c;r:;;.~ ' .••y.th.iag bu ~~~ •. ••.·,.• • 1~ •orldt. aad tbal moder11 IIOcidy ia ll'eDnat i• ea immea..e imp!'o•·emeat :::: e::~ ::~:~~~~~ ,~~a~~::• eomb~~o= t;::g !::,~;;:t~ trulb of itt Ar 11~ we wone or , =~~~."er:!:: :;~~~~d~~~~~~;u oS that~ our torefatbera l a Iebel of butler, aa walk tbe· l lrt'ftl u taJl find !tOiliC chea p phu•e thAt h&li no infltwnee, why it's all but kt•t•p KWA)' f l'(•m the dusy places. They wo n't stl\ud for it. Who 1111itl th t• r(' Wl're l'l~511t8 in th i!t oountryf ~: r~::~~~:~~~k .~f~~~e r:= ~e ~,::~:~~~~~i~\·=~~~~~~ c!:~~~i!io;~"· ,~;;;; 1 1"\<~;>d•·•• th• ~:e f!l~~ 1!;e:,.;~r:g tttl~e ~b~g- _abont makmg the no~. be wilt t... drar"?p~la:~~~::::M If mu~~~~~. tow!~~ man. appetite • • eo...ao..alll ... ',':,: ••rl;':_ ac, w.. ... .... 1 ~e. ~~~ .tt~ tlte ueer\ll..a taew ot t.,bllr PfltJIOI&l ..a •a-.11 tkltlr l or .• ~~~eetl•c· b JU;t• ~r&llle :'~:~~~~ coadlll• •-.: ,...e Pan/':: .ut"OD.aiiOOJ.ALlftl WDI' .!11 .:~::.=.~,It ,:';Hee::::.. hEll eJ'ImoH ~111'. tlo• ol•u'l ••terliJ bc:l•fl• • wtdn- • a 10111 ull -eu 11eoo 10"7 111M t f lbe t•ra. ne.ee, to~ttnta•at ~~ .'*:"~'·~ ~ L. Aecea.. ::!~~~-;,"';'t~·:.;·~,:,e-."::u ~ eoctllcll 111 . . ~ a ,_ .treal(lb wloee tH· ""Jalretl ~a4ltla. for tloe balldi•l of 1 a-. laek,.._ 01 tlte J'lu:a ,.....,_, llea, u • ntl1, • u .ot 41K01kateil rt.t took plaet oa on.._... -..... t11eJ ••JoJ - • a «ate ot I fonllf will be opeo oa re- •lad. It It tltelr IHurlal lad -w orpefutloa. tolollltlou tUt •"- tile• 11. Aad ha..-e a.IM beea p,.-..idN 1M aeo-k. collllltlou Ia •Ilia--de otlter ltrMII le tbe 11111tn.l • - af tAte •on.iq """' b4 tiM•· t with pro..-I.Sou tht will ... Ml•.. t.odl7 are Hnafal1 A*l M •pakerao f7a01 bterr•pHoa. ta lad- latti.lt.,..t atJ t•retpKtlar -a ..11 - • n LC1 flit ne; · BOLD P&Ol'OO.tliDA WBBI[. -..aid forfeit t~e rtp~ to .,. eo..l4· •' In~ f!fopopada fflt enot! elrlliled pmpJe. If lbq we11 •t.hl'rap ka1 bee• tlldd•d Wed wit~ ~ ef .ule&e._ u..t d. 1 ~~~ 2~JaJi~ or Bei,S. . f,.. r;.:en~ .t th -to~ 'd1" ent11t. :~a~~: :i:u~~~e :~~j,\.~~~rl~=~~:·:~::a~s~e}:d1r\b!f not thf'y would adulteralt food &ad 1111 kl ea or t ht' rt:'lll t rouble thE-y would •Pillr the It i-5 jlf'ntrall~· n-cog-tlit.t.'tl that we eanno t ha,·e tician under th t> Jlr-e&€'1.11 a~·l!:t enl of liOC:icty. It i:! not indi•idual, hto i1 but A refleetion of tbto conditions whieh him. ..) ....W a_pd iat~lfttul 'l'hf' JKllitieilln ~ no difl' .. reut from any otb~~:r 1nan in ' 'l\·hai we Tke fU'Oih •.r-te- bu DO -.1 or &t llltden MCiety 1a u11 tht bu~ 11 .._ world. ., b...n., bot is. eo rold-b'-led tbt life Ndety, ead ., _ . ::eiJJ~d~u::::;~~:hf~~o: ~ i~ ":,i~ -~h0e ;:~neM - ... .u.• ror 1urlil mu are ; tlile t"oadu1ioll tkat Uoe but !~~!~~~;:U:~d~" ::: !ain<.Th~~l";•~~~lll~h: i~~~~~:; ,:~~~:~t'~he ~c:le ~:tel,.:~~ o:h:~ Ita: =~ :~~ i!:::~~:oe-:~a~; ••ri,.•-•t,...,. r:...·,~..e~ .!. . . eo'~.'·,:'·:,":c-:· : :,.;,:. .,~ .~, :...",~,:.~~.~.~.!~ . ~-,:.~;,',, 1 co•· of l•e .,.. e~tll · ~· .. ,a aacl itl ~=·e:.~. :e.;:~b oa t~ npaclt7 for ,_ .. f1 p~,..... THE SOLUTION 1 11 1em il ll 'i!-rll 0 £ Ullrl'l!! t. Why the nnt\lfU • Who'11. a t th~ bott.OJJI o £ tJ1e present desil't' for R change! The l11g bllPdD~ m en, . . . loulf, Anordlttf to l...Sr ~~Tt t~• tJJil%1' t00JfP'DJDI OB. -terlal eollodilioa et au 4... aOI aet· i~~~~~~~;::t·"'!;" 7t~o~:;r •I'll •.:t11o~belil;:;ea:t a:~:. ,.·-~~,".,;·,· ,.~et.••",'·~.;:,·•1;~.r=.~.· ~.~~.:;-:-,'7~-~-.~.~.~~,~;:,~.-~.:, r;:,:,:-.·;~ :~ ~.~:L,-.:,:,:.~:~.=.".·:.~~~~ ~~ ~ :it~.::J'u;:11(.•ra a:;:ror' ~~~~:;;;,~:e;;,::~~.'~.~~~: t!:; :~; 11 1 !h.- Fre ..t 111iaen.. J.f .0. let So'?e morali JI.I are rolllplalaill( i1h tbe burglar, tbe piekJ-IIet, tbe our t•mea 11 belli& tbe wont 111 morah aboal drivu from thei r home. oul tato 11._.rmit~ tlu~ ~::;~:nth~;::. ~,•;<~:;~~~~-~~-,;~~:: ·'·'~:~;ko! !~:;o~~t~~; ~oa~~~~~:·;~·~:~ui:~ ~ :;·::":.~..~..::!.~ ::1:.- liDJIIe or,-oJUtiDI. = 1«.. ~:·~~~ ::.::;:~:." ~ot-~a~a~'u:e:\p::~ 11 !ill loon with thrown iu as 11 A t•llhart'l i~ 11 j)luel· where li ~ nre !!Oitl , with the ::!t'~~~ t'!:~;;':to:-!:'d ;~::~ ~~::· IIOOL\Llft JOmOL ''lEN'~'A.-At 1 ..e41at eclll(ra. of Yet tliot:ra are •erallttt W~ll ltlt &I Ratbeat .. 8odaliato whlil 12 de)t. tltat c.ctate.tme•t lid 111-at.. tiMat fat~ aDd olumtop._, A finf! rondition o( alfairs when :'l·o u are on ()(ln&l&Dt watch ff'&r that you will bt robbed, bigh~'ft..'', o r legally. 'tbf' trouble ia lli'ith the 1ptem. ]u&tead of workiDg to live lit"f' \oO work. W e jwt work and kn ow not what we worlt. for. produe.. hapbuard ~- old thing we think we can aell ,and .-.. fiad · ont aJur w t- produetd it nobody rints to buy it, tls•Y do t..ilf!y haTen ' t the monf!y to pay for it. Tilf'y tall it the upitalist 1,.-atem of tocittJ. The~ ill oo .,.atem to it, &hat is the ma.in troublf!. We do DOl prod~ things for use, aah 1rf' thtlll to ~L Tbe f'h~r w e ean malte -thf':m., and ~ deue:r we eu .ell thf!m, the-- more we ~~ out of iL , AI aoeif!ty HeomH morf' eiriliHd mN"f' people ria;ht •f a dfftDt liYing. That priTil~ eannot be. thiztp &1"1!. prodof!ed for profit. for the profit of one ......... n.t J"dM)D for Ute 1lDf"Kt ill that a ff'w an rtapiog t~ Of thor Woft: Of tJae Tui ma.iori\1. W• pod~ for prollt and the profit eonceotntes. W" muat prodaee (or Ulle aDd f'VP')"GDe wiU ban all Qiat is ....w. It • .utbt-li~ . !I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/2cd9076807d84fa3008d2e54cf69a84e.pdf 2ca2a6c59317ab89eb8529d70220242d PDF Text Text •· ~T~~ IP ·LT IS 97 YOUR SUIISCJUP'l10I' l!ltPIRBS NI!XT WEI!It • PLAN OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT the Ulb\uCe of u many women u will devote r. few houn of · Constructive and for the Benefit of the Great Majority -Includes the Initiative, Referendum and RecaliUnivqsal Eight-Hour Day- Direct Employment and Abolition of Private Contracting. A're You · Qolnc to Let Gould ·a nd Hayden ·Starve the•strikers Into S~bmleslon? LOCAbFIREM'EN fROM'·· . PUTIINC oUT s2s;ooo ol. ~d vieildty will bold~ Tag Day am' Baturday, April ULI"ILL. . .. Lll Drun~tq, ' FOR DEPEW STRIKERS TIN SOLDIERfiiREvOO . Soi.J.... s~~Beat u~ Old But Run for Fort Gould· Wh~ Striker Comes to AidSon of Gould ·Boss Hdd on $4000 Bail for Stabbing Strlkf Sympathlur. YOI~ ~~ ~ kiDdl7 npOI'\ to W. P . Cattell, 604 Mutual .Man 8r.aurd&J mOndac" at 10' o'clook.o -:..····:~.:-__-;:c.~~ary~?:. :~-:n.!d · :=;:; r!:t'wbkh~a:::~ Ou of the dAily p&~ in·~ af.tlrl& 1&71 : "U b jUJt t.hiJ rueraJ m&Dapr of the Gould Coupler Worka, buis hil hope~ ' - '. ~ be 'WfV.iq' t.o help t.bue mtD. ~ t.heiJ; ~·· 8ocl&linl will·npotC"tn 'ntllclent numben, to make clu& that there II a growing aolldartty &mOD£' \he i T'-ot 1•rimary e lec tio11 iD Yilwagkte in, to the m~ting bu l>e<i!ll eu t l ud tbtre will be Oru.J Juoetloa, recoe11tly, utato of •!o,OOO to tbe ....,.,, upo11 tb e du t.il of bi• bi1 will 1o0111e IIDIII btqu~tl to e•·ery Sodalilt ~~~l""IJiaJ>fr rNidue to tbe nation~ I ueeuth·e ,,_ 1c ...- .... _ mitteeof tb e party. Jut wecik re.ulted i11 th e oominatloa yer, who diN! be rt •!•ott all Uu1.Bcoclali•t no 111 int~U. NOII· j,.ttl ... ra elee Uraa i11 Yllwaratee INI run 011 tb e aliminatloa jllila. · Far i111tanee tbeNI wtre foar undl.late. for aa,yo r at the primary. ·01 tb eao tll e two ~eh·Jng tbe hlcbHt Dumber of YOI~ go 1111011 tbe ballot at the NCOadary of ~ntitt '• Call? ~= �home. : Why not-~ve ~ou·r Bell T~e~ho~e Qn ~)and. · to help out? ,. . .. .. · . You will hi.lp• us" to do Jt I! you wlll giVe us · 15 days notice.. . ·~ -1.. CommadaJ l)rcpartmmt. 1 :'\ .. ~; - CaU ~Sawa l:z,ooO • ' 't •• .. f. • ., ' .., 1 1 \; New York ., - · Telephone~.co.•. ll'ol!_,.ma.. 1""'"· ~·ratnnPil~ W. 0. LF.E, l'•eoioll"nt B. of R. T. ~ ,.·, n .\. M e:_._ __ _ SAYS CAPITALISMS ·ArfJetter•:settung. Tbeoa.l,.~ ....-papwba&M ..... oo.... .t R-Yof'll: Oky, ........ -dqi)Mttu&.NM.ot&biWorklacCIN&. -10--.f« l-aa.. .. Oflk<. 315-317 Gco..o - '' \1>ol th,. •nork~r• . ® liTo' .,.•11••• thi~ fart to " u y ou ha'f'e Neurad the required ~~,.~·l.:n·:~,:~,,t;~";,~.~::·~~ .:~:J: ;~:~~n !:; ~u;b=~willu~t!'~~J' n~:::.- ~~n:o•~;li,•~e l'~~:i~n~ :~:..~l~tti~7! ~: r~uropa: :OOU~~ ,::.b!::UN. t>r~:u"~'l I>•· •n•l fnr tbe worke111. lt :~,:k: ·~::/:.~!<' n:,';;~ ",1::;,.~~~ ~·~:~~:~u1;: ~:::c·;,:.::' ,,.,,,,,.,•.,.. '' ""~ ·~, OD 1.0 lloeheltet. Sell.d 1D your oame t4day. . ROOM fOR IMPROVEMENT ": :•;;' ,;::.:;. s;;:H:~. ~~::"~ AT lAFAYETTE Thr io wht·n ronu ~ 11 trur. tla.~ romin~: thr 1>ation'o '">0"rt'U, iudu;trir8 anol J•ul•liru t ilitiH,..JIIIIPO"'"'"IIInol t ah••l !Jy the l "'"J 'l~ and not b~· a .,•. P•l""'''"'"' l*'"'"·.,ly few upi tali•U. -"'Tht da.•· io rominJ: "'hrn tb cre hf! •rl'""'~· r<>llr11~• and uu in,.itiM all c_bihlr<"n.' ":he n th~ rbiltlreD o r workina:tmau 'fill llf' takeu "'"or mill•. farto ri ~~ kntl owen t•bop1 and en thl"irjull b.. titagt>. '•Thr •lay i• r<>n>in~: wh .. u tllfl tan l"'"Pie ...;u h,. a fr.-t:, hpJ•.'· pro•J~·r<•n• j"'<lplt•; ..·hea tbio ..·orld b& a worltl of br<>tlteu. tlti• out . J..-,..; ... h,.u th" uu~ h of mau.....ill ha•·,. heMmP an ft~tu.li ty. - • • 'Bollalo, N . y, . - . $2.58 b):1.1. $2.45 to $4.1 $1.25 to S3:!1 -~:BUFFALO SHOE BoyS sbc:cs IUIIIS llllUlfilll. 8BN~ AND BL.LIQO"'T &Ta. Fret Competition Under \..afntalltsm j poltllton, that;,., tb.• roml'elilion ' '" hrn tl. -alt lta nUmat eriai J>oll'tt, a nd tbe Mluc.t10o ant\ d~•·eiOI'mrllt <>f tbe hij!hPr an •l mor~ noble 'lualitiea of mu. Jt ... illkac<>nt j>elitiooforintelledull a nd ou>ra \ aruunpli~hnlfi M • and elf<>riA. At>d m<> D<>f'Oir u..:der Sodali•o• wlll m~an tbe ~<>ntrol <>f the rbief• ecooomie -.u.*"FAitD1211 ... ~-.. LoUISMAI~EL:: ~-~~ ~ ..;,c~ ·.c.,.,.,_ 9ee·9e7 BRO'ADWAT- Class lnrerest • and ·M.:,chiinetv: '.11Mip . taplon. 1tt Clt•m . m,;,.,, th ,". .,_, - ,.. IIIII �Ownership . . . ~ -~ wu ;...... bette. a<mpll&d than in the people of ' Watan N.,.. York and tbdr owDonblp of ~ la,...t lndcpendcnt T dephone System In America.- The F«<cral · v.,.,bulltft. ·. y;,.. ~ft. . h ba clvie institution that iw adfu*d lor you the jlroblan that beocir d&s the tclepbone probiC1n. Aslde &om the great eMe ~tride It ~b, It has pald yoo welllinandaJJy. veat- • Our 7% pt<lcrred stoc:k b a better investment than you can make elsewhere- It pays a large~ income in. moneY and a tremendous bonus to your city and sur~ rounding country in better service and Katt~rtl e hl, the orisioa«J r "::!)"L~~!~d~··~~~~~~~11m::~ fewtbatare mos tcapableofaothat quutlon. T~ ~ l~tu re w ill e•·ui n_w:, AJ •ril litlt., Jil-6, at ·~ .-\rmbrutl't llall, to ro t.r and Bai\t.y an!:aue. it; Lri11~ you r fr ieotla; il'l tlt.atth oun .. tl•• •"' · • 1 Upw to Get What lower rates. The Federal Telephone and Telegraph Company BULLETT'S SHOES The Shoe With a Reputation LEoNARD SISTI Ll~rht Qrocerles r.-try JllfKJ• o• lo-eo l flo.J n!newal. 8oola/lali BooU and lb(ulaea. l u tb .. t.oar.J of dirHion of tb e Huf· .&.11 ~of Olpn and Cicai'IIUea. 1~ 1., ~O<"i a li•t." .I/~ ,,.,.,.,. ,s,,__ ·- - -- taR~ ~.~ i:"bt, ..-o•·: :.:~oioc:~ti!!~"'la.'' ..,M fort he bf'Mfltof - - - - - - - - - ;;;;;,-§.;;;n:d•.!••~;;~•:::~~~~~·,.:c.~:-. 1 I MERCHANT .:::: FOUil Do a 't io rg.-t tlt.e en~ 11e11•:~:~ ..~~-~~~~f.: ~~~~~ ~\!:~e On Suoda,·, .-\q•il J!tb, fh e.re ,.-ill be If YDII 11l1y, ainJ or"tlo a~~ytbing "i!"I~~f.:tl~~ ~~;~~~; ".·.••«••""''-" l •~rr,· 1nd Q,.nt ltretll. th:'o';.';:;:~,•;i,~~e._ ·~=~:.la~tr 8 ~~d;l:aod~ .,.·bich l•ro.-ed •·ery lutere-ti11g. 8~boola. " ;,;"n,:~"\v~~~!~~~c·~~~~~.. ~"t0b: ~~: mill,..: would like to make 11 re port. · \' oa aee.l 1101 be 1 -···'- · ' ~,,_,·:::CC:.C. of tllla IHgue to come «< tb it ~:•· erybody welcome. :'\o · - Saturda:r e•·eai ag. AJ><il llth.' to priu bowli11g by t.llle 8ori1liot iaorde rtorsi•e fultdtfot the oJ•I papel'll. . ~b· ~tile Cull\"erttiOII wlt.ieb ..-ill he Bu~b~ Ro<"bl!tter, Jn ly 4th a11tl :;t h . Sis iotbetime to lb owyourintet~for mo •·eme.ol. Local Rodteoler i1 e11dea•·or· s.;:•a!':! ;., 1:::::=-:::=-:::--:::::11Sp;Jng SuUs Cop Co•ts B•lm•t••ns U p w the eiAu.re 1111M, CQOII, hOl:IM' attd weu"-~1Jitill1 qoalltletattd lo-rl.b.&DtJ-.WhtTI (a ' priot h the S I,OO AN for OCU" Sp.rlDc Oloth lnt. W e al't abow· lUte aod eol¥!prebeaIIIJ a ti H •UIOrt.IIWlotoflt)'leiU "I'.,. ~;~:~~~~~~;ii;i~~: l l $10,$12,$111,$18and~ ALl IIIII LAHL Rlu ·Spri,. &iS, C•p, ~Sjlifi~ .Cits, f:lr. THE EmiPIIIE ..._,,..,._,.,..11 TWO.ro,IUia ......- ..... u"'""'~St.: ·IUO , . , _.• �~-~~. PUm.lSHI:D YUKi'\- BY TKil . RUFFALO SOCIALIST I'UIILISHING coMPANY 60&4Q5 ~ IRJI'PALO. N. v. Uk...... ~l ' .....Till HmSSUDt. .....,_ ....aT TVTT1C.L. a....y ~~....,1.-.~ ~ Jl'ltAJ& ~ T - w. P, CA~ . _ .... Jllii'FALO..N.Y. PTb SJJIO I * .,_. 5lk .tz IDOIIdllo payaM. Ia , . _ ~· ~-~--}..wS. i,~Z.atlb.pllll«&c.at~NnrYd. uadertbl;~o1Marcbl.J179 . SATURD.n', APRIL <, 1914 · TbeBoeialitt of Olrt.rd, ·Ia-..bl'., · Dkk Hoa11•&o• for . ~~~&ror. fore.aref~~.u... !uJudtlet udtoabl.a: lloe Skitlitta. n.e Girard! "TII~·wm bl ao trouble> aatl-8oel.al~.t aadldat. ir � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Militia Shoot Volunteer Firemen Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/88ee0b6e1ac291e9010ad4f819bd9191.pdf 21860c7ddd3637de3aaef67095e44a03 PDF Text Text LOCCA'rn.~a. Y O U R - J.AII1. IP IT IS · •• • YOUII. 3UIISOtiPTJOf( J!lt. I'IR!S NEXT- • �AN INVITATION -TO SPOO ll FOURTH .WITH Mary's Me.Senger.Maka Sad Mistake of Trymg tD Prove Sbciallalll Bad People with .Liat of Ten·- <;rimlnal ReCord · of 'Ministers Given by Catbol,ic Union and Tim;es as 26 ;... Peril GlveslUcorclofJOB Crimes. Committed by PrieSt~- Some Informal~' '!'Oi;fh..Keeping. - "' no ~:.erJ":C:~i~~?f8 ~c~a~~!~ ~e:d~ t!:u~t88~~~~~:i ~~i•c=:~i:,a::::'!t:!t~t~~ial~stK have · . We Sotialistll do not claim to be angela, but if eompariaon c'ouuta fpr anything, perhaps we are not 110 \'l'ry bad aft t r -all. , The anti-CatholiC5 hll\'e r aked the coun,hy 0\'t.r, and in the" Peril" jluliah l& lid o r 108 Jlrie.<cta who ha1•e atrayed from tile fold. N...ot to be outdone, the Catholie~~ come baek-ui the Catholic Union and Times with a list of 26 miuixters who ba,·e left tb l! atraight and narrollf pith. T hen to pro\'e ~~e~~f~~~~ ::~~1! ::! t!',~ r~~~;"~o'':~~;~:a~~~~~~~~~::~~ta :::~~~ 8~he1 i:;~r~::: C!J~=-h a~rt1:: crimes chttrged against the Socialists in most callt'IJ t he.\: injured no onr but_ thelnsel\'e.!i. charged with murder. Mnlon or forgery. ' .... ~ None are But T~~~g~;i~ll.\~~o~~~~~i::: 1~h:i~e~~~d~e~0 ~~1 8!~r~i!u~~~~~~~!i ~bl~~ ~~~i~~~~!~e~i~!~,0 ~:~~t0C:t The Firat Dbu-Jct. lnelt1cl" Ca~ca. their traduc er~~ who ehai-ge th r m with Hery crime on the calendar. lndil'iduala in '~'·e ry church anti organization ha,·e gone wrong. • Socialism stand11 upon ita philo80phy ami .aehie,·cmenta and appeals neither to ignorance or c·::·:. ::.::,:;.:. :':',: .. :::.,, :C:I ::nc~U:~.B~~~:!.'.,O:,;::.,L1~: prtjudiee. Who can aay u much for our opponeuttT l..nl. Saneca, Warne. WJOIIIio& Yun. and . (From tbe. Peril, Match IS, 1914.) {Crimes of SocialistsTaU:nfromSt. (F~ Catholic Upion and 1 Mary's Maaenru , Feb., 1914.) Much ·19, 1914.) .. . 1 MOVING THIS SPRING 7 If you are, doa't~rcn·:roa~ &f! !.Ph~. • T he men who move your furn itun; are ~ ot te\1:· ,_ ph~ mea - ~bey cannot move your te1qmp ae. So, let as have your removal order dt ldlrt. two wub in id..-aDCC,J:I!Ore if pouibk,. Remember, pleue, there are hundreds of families in Buffalo moving at about the same time~ many of tlmn ho\'"e teleph ories. •~ YoU may be only one, but we ore: anxiou1 t o ... give )'OU good iter-vice a nd you enn l'ldp !?• in thi1 way. Do you haYe busine-n in New York City ? Why aot trnel by &II Telephone ? Round Trip fa~ only $ 1,90 New York Telephone Co. Tdepboae~r, Cburc.b and Fruklin Strccta. Al(ltate and eu-rlbe for the ll\rDetter:::Bettuno~ The oal7 Germaa Dn"tpaper Ia the .... ocu.a.s. fll Jfew Ylll'k Olty, repnMDdllflh• lra&ereet of lM Wlll'klq OlMiL -10 - · fill' I - · · Qffi«. 315-317 c;..... Sbut • • 8ullalo. N.Y• .1914 Spring Stples . ® Are the finest line ."' - . $2.50 to SUI $2.45 to $4.1 $1.25 to S.tl BUFFALO SHOE CO. IIIIIISiflllSUif.llBsaJ . SENI:lCA AND BL.L.ICOTT 8'1"&. We ;m : showi nt.: now all the n ewlcrentio n s in spring) soft and flcxihlc hat!!. The displn-'· is bet. t~· r than cn·r befo re and q uality;mngc fro m · All exC"CI\ent vnlues n nd nil uni on lnhd. We hnn• fair vnridy of Winter Sui ts ami On·n·oat!', and we hlwe cut t he price ~ti ll ~~ ~ so low that st"lling- should be bris k. · UNION 00008 Baoanan Hall -rwo erroa.ms 191•19J 6tnt•tt St. I IJDD 3•"•n~n St. JOHN UNVERZART · S••P'' ~~~~· THB HUB <,. 84 ··~ECA .IT. ·1.__ _ _.;...._.;,..._....... .. .. . ·. .. . . · ~ zze 8~ ~..,. ~ William F ·Eiarnard·wm Lecture at Conle~s Oonseniato.ry~ 860 Main St• 81oamore oor. Reed S.Mrlbe '"' 1 . - .- . . . . I ~ . . . .. "' . . . -· �.,.,.· - AT - ARMBRUST'S HALL, Genesee Sc and Bailey Ave. · Sundilfl, m11Nb. 291/J, ill 8 P. m. tOt;:ent:• San Francisco's Praise ;of Buffalo J. M. Lynch of the San Fr:mclsco Chamber of Commerce and representative In the recent hearings before the Department of Justice. s~aks eloquently of Buffalo's degree of civic Interest. " The manner In which you have met the telephone situation Is an example", said Mr. Lynch. "It's splend id! The telephone problem that · beSets other cities, you have met squarely. You "have bullded a wonderful system of your own ! You have bullded It - your caplt.allsts, you r w~gmen, your teachers, you r ftremen. you r policeme n, you r citizens : It serves you well and you exemplify an Ame ricanism that Is an Inspiration to the nation " LOuis Josephson .................. lf«bnttr ;;;;,;,, Cl•tbl•g UJ'OOff~P--Pto..uou ~ 7o...._.ac .. Buffalo.N.Y. Several thousand Investors have made pos· slble the condition Mr. Lynch speaks so well or. ARE YOU ONE? The Federal Telephone Company's 7% Preferred Stock pays a larger income tilan othe r Investments and It pays a tr~mendous dividend inr-R~licid v.antage. The Federal Telephone -and Telegraph Company Prices $2.00 to $4.50 Jo•eph Wuts BA..MPLB:ROOM e..... W""'-4 .e'P*... ...w c.,..... 15110 a.u., A'Wenu•- .• ICH-8UPPDITII8 SHOES ~:";,..:::,''[...':,~;;:oo• MADB TO OADHA '""••••• ---- BACK PAY AWARDED ' I _.AU.Uat Klenke ~~.~:'::·;:;~~~~::;.~,.:~:~m:b~ '"'··.::··c···:·.• :,·::.::."....,........,.,..,.,. J.f.ICNIU'.IOII,WWI.IL Nr ~'";.~::d!·~~e'7r:e::~~:: l ""'"''""'" '·""'· ,...., "'' THIRST PARWR j .,J,hn oloo bN'"'· wh l~h reuntlx rai.ed :u.,. ht of lut l llte. lht tl!.t:!,- ol. i t o i0, 1 40JlCirio~ w~om hd ld! til e t<lm t•PY'•! 'I""""'' ''""" ~"'' but • ·bo 'lf011ld be l!i•·n Oh•l",· i>" ':":"'' """ "'"'''"'""' dr.n~ ud. Th e 56 Seneca Street Up Stairs ALWIN EHMS Ryan D.eb~te'Summed _Up' �. ~~~ - ~ 9Dia.T aT na: BUFl'ALO soaALIST PlliiLISIIING .aliii'Al'IY --......U~ TVTTHIU....._., adTIIf..asauat. ,......_ -T ..... BUPPALO,N.Y. . ~---- T - W.P, CATTa&.,-. .... 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Co •e.r'~ U.lldida,.y for Oover11or 1U II lllf•mbet IOCl:A.Ll:lft JIAJD:JfO 8UJ FRENCH EDITOR KILLED � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1914-03-28 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/b9a83811f69843a1150e474963269bf1.pdf b0d9d64f19f5493c66f6c46ec5c8280e PDF Text Text LOOitATnta-~ YOUR Aooa.I..UIL IF IT IS ' 96 YOUR 3VII5QOPJ10IOI' IXPIRES NEXT WJ!II: �. . . . Ofll fB1IAI. LAlOR CODICIL .IZ\ wuoeallf'd toon:\t!r 'lll'itb wal'd ia tltc tloair. of X. X . ai'Jr.io~t "Ont mDmtnt. Pltlst, · thfo tollatll alt!J» to idorm the i•q!itt C.••mio<ioo·lwbi<b en do at t b.e 1Ddia11 MotoNyde ~hop, p.ay ••• a atnu:il: ...d to Co••· I"""'"'''"'" Public ~tkpbMt tailing,: U.b rtalll11tpublielty~iblt. A··"'m"'""iut lo" wu ~ived Ute Ck!ak atul Skin )bker.' St.. Louia, iofol'lll in~ ua of A 1 tPt Hty. ~rotted Inlrgate Rotb tht . dut William• of t he Baildl111 Depanmeat. Waobill~~;:ton, D. • paid a \'ilit to tht rit~· to .. ut walt. ·~ """'"'·x::;::~.i;'~.::::. ~a men t111 a Dd S11IU•·ao of tb t Laltt Wulllar.,..... !0 -oi us, U!>'t ~? 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' hi • t ory ''~" " ,..;fueu to t h l!fiP » . SPRING HATS ] ~::,;;;·~:·~:.:,;~~~~:"" i of thto i{Uat Iedou ta uJ[ht olfo·elor•n>tnlofthfJ'OW~ • We urc ,;hawing no w all the uew}crent "ions in spring) soft nnd flexib le hnts. The display is bet· ter thnn e\·er before and quality range from t•l•n tl'<t one another in the Tb ..y totne to rea liKt ~ iety. o.r.t e r t o • tt•l n wbat •_hey ~~~~:;.'':,:",:;;;u•re ...ciety. rron~ the $1 ,oo to $4.00 All, excellent \"&lues and all union label. We. ba,·e. sti\l .n fai r \•arictv of Winter Saits Rqsl 0·\·e.rcont:s. · and we ba"e. cut the. price so low t hat ~~e.llin g should be bri•k. THE UTERPRISE ,,,.,,J TWO 8TOI\DI lltiiHII St. IUD 3tfhrH• St.. e""l'pla,..aythe tor'ia li u t itutlD IIIOf ,..ami~;h t tbat.,ueated the ~:~~~~y i~o::;, ~~=~\r:::::J ~pi· 4"'• IOCi~ty, Let Ill lMnl tU pe.•t a ad rMII&e the fac t that ria\ta a~\'f't Jivep hu t tonquued. taliJ t L------:----'--'1"1"1! BollaJo, N.Y. BUFFALO SHO~ CO. o><:uoll)" or ~o>tru['l. T lw_1· :~rr ij.l~or•ut uf th o• 1'0 " ""'' uf >'0<-lo·t~· t ho•,•• th ink th a t ! In>~ ao•t u ot<lo•r '"''"~&• i ty . Tht,l" Hf o' ''"" "a t oll .•· if Cho•y J•to>f 1•t 1 t l.,• obrk ro j u • ti~ .. iu..-,b 1• <"Otfi!J•I thron,ch ~U~>i<>ll tbn •' o·W.lol tu t hO' ri~ b IJO>I· •tr h :o il . .,.,., r multipll<"l GcoaU Stout • • Th••.•· l'torlanno··l t.l .. • ;,,. ,l,..tuft ~.~ :",•;~, :'',":~'·~:;.,.~h,:·. ~•··,:::,7.;~ 11::~:::. ';;~ ~";t..,i,:·,~~l "~,1~;1;':.,:f ~~= ~G>•• Ollk<, 315-317 Mil l Tbii:Coupoc.pdb~ Y c ... mtyou lo trr• pt.~ Gi lboei: woacMmd. Bu&kl Sboet. Pr.em. thl• c:ooupou to !..be Buf· f•lo ~boe Oo. bf:fon 1r( at cIt 241h1Uidllwlllbe ndeeD>edume uliOoeota lo m11aey oaa111J1Air ot Bufl"alo Sboe-tt fur dn!M or work, • uo.M.•O, ...,,OO orte.OO. ' Oor ooupoatolhepal r , No& good dterllan::ll24tb, 11114, t Nlapra WaurproofGoa.ra11teed Double Wear Sole- oa e"fery pa.lr. �J ·Oodd telephone ·Service 1 Is . .Only- ~ the ~eason . -why every Buffalonian should be associated with the Federal Telephone and Telegraph ComP4J1y both as a subscriber and Investor. investJTlents . In QUr- 7% Preferred Stock not only pays you a largef Income than other ·Investments, but 1r a1so pays you a generous "dividend In advantage" that accrues from . the eXttnslon of Independent telephone service - a substanl lal Jetum on civic In terest, so to speak. ~ We should. like to disc~" this with you. Indepe ndent telephony In Buf· ' raio Is of great civic Importance and a thorough unde rstanding of It goes with good citizenship. lf«..lltr A W The Federal Telephone and T~Jegraph Company Louis josephson $-;;;;,. Cl•tbl•• ......... ttcdalllt. 11JO»tLAIIIU-P-"-~JI O U 370 .....0. at: •• Buffalo, N. y , Prlpes . . $2.00 toJ $4.50"."''' ,;.,,," '''"" '~ ··BI INSPIRING C£REMONIES ,;,:~:bo '"" ''" wBI "~.')" " " ' MARK fORMAl. OPENING Of ...::::::;.•. ,...... """'-" • ....... . SCHOOl Of.SOCIAL SCIENCE 1 ~~:~~~ :~;~r ~-... t • ..-111 ~:~' ~-o.. ,. 0~;r:bit~l:~n,\e:1~::::~:n . ~;: a:;~.:: O'nllm~ir.:, ,..hat it will Lor. ,-00 will ba•·e 10 IJOundO'd ma r kO'd th e fomoal · ot..-oing o! Tbe ;\l n< IO'tn l"t-bool of So . ~f:l~~;~ ~\~~;;,~ ~~~:;}:, · lh~;,~entor\" of 111,. lut . 1'0 •l.-nt t o • OPEN MONDAYS UNTIL 9P. M. SATURDAYS· II P. M. · LJ: r./ 1 .;_ '- .. ·(_... eon•·~ntion .,,.,.rr · : ru eJ: tra ouml)for., lo mak e J•t~Jillraloan ~ th~n for lhO' hc·fore the hour for thO' rut.-r· tbe 8s.tr of ... taimuen t to llf'jjin u !a t i n th~ hall ..-... taken anU »>Oua fl l!rO'•'f' r'! l.uo~ OUR CHEAP UP-STAIRS RENT MEANS ASAVING TO YOU ~., 56 Seneca Street Up s.~lrs Tbe Main Lunch . Uf.lfut. 1"1 Dlf UD IIIIKT. Pure f"uooh . SI'ECIIUOAII.r . Qulek 8erTice. • l 'OJlll llt . Price.. Q o.authy aod Q11alhy. WaH"Oflro•116Uitlf 60 4 Main S l . • Bufl'alo, N. \". Jo•ephWuts &A.MPL.It ROOM ~'P-" · • c..._ ..,..._ I&M Ball•,- c,_,... 1-"riola~· afiO'rDOOII, ) bub :!Oth, at :!:30 I'· m •• 11 1 the hoone ot ;\I rs. Allam~. 39 A<la l'lal"o:-. Thf' r tuh i• ~lu•l~· lna Allen Tlenll(ln'•; " Tnoth About Sot:ial lam . '-' All Soo-i111ist .,..,mea of Rnneb Tb ree ar .. .-orolially in•· itO'<! to a tt ~ ad. A v.m~e- a t imely warning ~i\·en poo.-.oaal aalmotily W••<tuirkly reatand rh·ea. (A t be Allen 11•:~-} J ··u" "'""""l I the retent I"~Cf' diog• v •lbO'o:-OUrhaDdlawy~>rc r imr• tlo ee•·er·read.rJ'"'""D<:e t he dt•·i l and h i~ hnpL .0'1'11 PBOMD• · tbt .• _· • Kaistrb~f I~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~ 808 Wf'U.IAM STR.B&T had&* fll501 OR Y GOODS ~Sunday Eve'g, ·March: 22, .$u I . a.u. BOw. ,..... SHOES . �.....__) P\l1!ll.ISKD) WDIXLY ISY T1G BUFFALO SOCIALIST PUBLISHING COMPAII{Y 6M-6051hea&l ... Lif, Bu6SioDf a.utTllfiGJUI.JIIt........,_ HSJatT TUTTK1U.. ~ . BUPI"~ N. Y . Plt.4JII[ . . . . . . . , _ T _ Y . P. CATTWU... ._.... Addr-. 604-'05 MGb.ll.d. BuO.IIar .,. BUPPALO. N.Y. ~ Prb SI.OOp~t,..,, .50c; tbt ~ ,.,..W.ID*­ &ia.nd u~ , mak j._ s, 1912, al"tbl•pa.t,ailke at ~ N.wYott. • .....-tbc:&ct o1 Mudi3. JI 79 SA11JRDAY, MAROi 21, 1914 WHO 18 THE ANARCHIST? Tit,. wurko•rll nHill l o•nu11wip11t•· T lt • ·•u~o · h·r~ ii it is to lw rlmiP i nn 1' WH,I' :t n <l f••r tho· l10·tl•·lit nf tho· wurkt•l'!l. ~ l :t~ l lll l! T .. tl!Oh(' whn lUI ~' I lmt ''"'r<' i~ "" Ill'''" of 111<"11 twill!{ out or lll< d t lutt t lw,l' d n 1101 louk r,-,,. it. ......~11 .''· ll<h • ·rti~·· for h 1111111 . !l ll d t h <' llltml.,.r• of :.pp lieuti•• ••s. W.•u dtuit tltut !h•· mn,l'nrud••d l ' f' r ,l' lh•· ··row,] u t tho· f'0111111 is"iou h, • ur i ll~ to. -· lout if it h",J ]lf'l'llU lnt .of wnrki llj!lllt'll ' t 1 o·li•m••m ) l r . ll t' ltllll wou ld l11tn• 11<'1'11 q uick ly r rr,uil'litiont'd and somt h rnd11 hli• l OJ"''l. COMING TO AN END ~ .\m\ th lw uuty of it :dl i ~. tlmt if thiugs kerp up the th••y ar•• I!Oim:. w•• will uot hu\"~· to wnit so long .bdore the ·• J will hnV(" n ,.]mnl',. t o go•! bu ~~· . l'ros!'•'t·ll• w•·n · n(•\·eriJt'lll·r. ,Sul'illlism is llt'llrf· r thnn ntollt pt't lp\t' thi nk. Tlw I!H pituli st ~ys t• · m hns llt·arly rnu its ~,by , T ht• ··out·•·nlrHtirou of r·n pitul is Hiuunering tlown to th e \ 'er y r·~~·· m··· T lu• •·ontrfl l ur in .ln ~>tr.1· loy u w·rr fi'W llt'l'IU II almost eom· Jolr·lt·. :-:o o·ntuJ•],.h• th ut lnt.or· hns '"'''II diminn t i'd to 11ueh nn tha t ! hon~Htlll~ . 1' \'o' ll millio ns of worko·rs url.' thrown ont o f ,\"1>1 1 ~~~ ·~ .. 1111 · 11 tT;;:~~~~~:::·t1n~~;'~~·,~ . :~ ;:,~·il~:';";~u:; t~l~;~,~~ i:0.~~-ient~· T,~:rt~~:~e A~:~:::':i~:,0~elt:~nSoelal· of work. or j u.at lift i,~r:,•;:::·l:h:·~~~ut:;~.. t.:~::,n·it 11 :~··::7!i~~· ~:~::~.l'11~ ;:;••;~,,~::~~;;. f~r?~~t~0 i:Sti~ ~7t::m.~:gi;::~, t n t irm~ tl uu IU<·II who . ha,.,. hith!'l'tu )., .cl, stt• noly worke~ art" out of all •·mplj~··::~:~':.•.~~~~;:_, ~~~~,~~:~~~;.~.'· ~tm,· ,J,•p~t rtuwnt. the natio n , and in bus.i• : •·s~ tho·r .. i~ 11. loth\ •·ry fur o • llit· i t• J h·~· in or.lt•r to continue th e tn ent. H··•·•·utly th·· lil'lll nf ~i·· I! •·I.VuH p• ·r fn il t•t l to th e It t.•i ltio n» lwcuus t• th··~· Olo·t'>'I<' PI"'rl th r m ~t· h·t·" in t lwir 1d l lh t· •"~•nn•r n" th ut llr•• d oin11 lousiness 0 11 11'11\t'rtd f~tkt• l11t.~ i ~ ll'••n· t o J.,. illl't'~< l i~,:n l< ·ol tlw r.· Wllllltl he 1111 ll ••r••tofo re tho • l• iL: ~·upit~tlb<t . wltr u It t' 1-urm• st·hrmt' . \\ ollltl :tppt•lll t h•• ~111 11ll t r 1 ll tlil lwnd11. 1111d ! ht·Kl' proKpt•ron s husin,.il.'l me n tbl! $oli,l Sou~b to tho u ~~a u d . '!' hut ••lf'lllf'llt lt ns pll M-~cd out of f':t ist t- n•'e nut1 th e !:fe:: ~\'~~;.~~~~~ ~·~wtrltu·j,~l':!ili';l ;•·t~~:'\': :::1:.~~:r::g~~~~:~ ~t~~-~~~!~•· WOI U·,'I "'"m.,." lta rd.· r I"'CIIU>I(' }1,. i~< inten.•!ilet.l fin11 111·inlly. ,..; · 'fht: l~t of th o!!€' who e1111 im·;-~ t 11 hund r ed is ,:.:il·ing l·i&; f••llow l ut~ ll<'nrl,v t· h~a n ..d up. II (' owu~; th e bnnl."S tm d on cdt i u~t th e r t•!it thron).!'h th c ru. lmpro\'t'd u~o• thofi ll hlll'l' 11oh-t'<l th (• pro ble m of prooluetion th(• workN·s <'ll.ti produ ee If() exto·ut th a t l e~ t~nn olnt'· llttlf tl mt W•· llttll!ll J<dl to fon•ijtu mnrk f' lll. a nd th l.' Itorei~n eountrie. j,1 tilt· liHIII <' ,fix look iJt \' lliu fo r • ·.u ~t omN~ th11t aN• al re:tdy over · • l<loekNI. . or f.: n:r;.· thin~-: i11 \·rry Jli'llr to the hri!aking pOi nt. Thi n~;,; "'"Y rexi1·e 110011 a.u ~ he h(' tl <'r (or a wh,ili', ~Ut ' the.e t'O in t' d osc r a nd closer IOi[ethcor. The I!Ji pital i~<t "YIIIe• u hu s een it ~ he11 t dny and is r CIHly t o die O ~< p t !'SIIionll at . · point tht> wuy to th <J II PW Soci11li11! ('ommonwen\th , Leh hw\'" •n lrl'rea fruw th e old ~~~·lit e m join hauda. wit h U't no.- whil .. the "tnHrl!l l' i" hn rd eMt, fiD <l It"! it not be 811.id t.hat you hill"(! t.o J, your 11ha.rt i11 hringi ug llltout th e grea t ehange. ' tt'fly Lt-t mintth·. Ul th~ wl1o from ~ tion 1 of tlle s 1,. 1f', "'118 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. v02n094 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 p. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States New York Erie County Buffalo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/fdcff4edd0b3ab661254563fca0497e9.pdf 00192d928988d55584e73398cbcbe7a1 PDF Text Text '-., · LOOitATTHI!f»' YOUR ADDitiiSS I..AE. J P ·IT I 94 YOUR 3UIISCRIPTlOI'I EXPIRES NEXT WEI!X .. W~en1 N~ York . PaP..,. Try io Get IUturn 'io Work at Gould Plant- Armed Attack Strikers - Alleged Violence Loon Frame-up. Willi IS 6 PER COO NOT 6PER CENT 1 WIJI/IT' S .•&PER . -1Attonll•£ to tbe talo of woe tal• ..U butiaeq mall wbo wntup •J•inta~~ampleof ,.Wr brai . . . .d abilit y'' of plu.__rary, It woolil llpp$U '-Jal b.,.OIIIIlll"t! dUJIIJl II wriakle 111 tM ut of biall lhauce. ftb Kr. ~U. 8.&1DH11 llaa pliM to a eutalo Mak for a 16,000, Ud,.... iaformed thllt tke woald ~iom.odate 1111 a.eed1 ,._ :;"',~ ~1.':" ::et1~~=: i•tileb... lttobl • pplle4 tftan! tle pllym~t of tM �fll ill mEFIT lf'TIE IILIIIET ITIIIEU AT " . L.f.BB~TY HAL. I... Oor.r Woblln £'"•· a.cll..udo.k. S.turd•v·ew·g, m•rcb 14tfJ, B ~- m. SPI!Aiti!RS• FRANK AALTONEN, ~ oi theW...., Federation oi Mlnaund .JAME8.J. KELLY. Aueo4 tblt me-dar ·aDd bev lhet boa reprdl11 •b• OIDp~r lila-War. , First Annual B,all EAST SIDE LABOR LYCEUI AID IUICH OlE Cutsditp €otnlng, miff'CI) 17, 1914 St. l'•trlrlro nlgbt -AT- SOL. KISSIN ARMBRUST'S HALL, Gcnexc St. and &il<y Ave. Sole Agent for Rualen Imported WJ..otzky Tee of M a.cow - - ADMIIIIDI 25 CEITI - - ® THE EXCHANGE NAME FIRST, PllASE You haV. notiGed that our operators give the exchange name. llrs~ hl repeating numbers. Our directory Is arranged that way also. There's a reason back of that idea. It is not a mere notion on our part. When you ~ thh. saying, lor instance, "Seneca 321", you give the operata. time to make the llrst move to complete the conncctioo while lbten1nr for the number as you say it. Michael Ulrich J ••_,,, jp••• ~~.rt.wr. .t d ::~;~_,. 1 t;~:d:;. ::~~~~~~b~: Perhaps the time saved on om toll does oot amount to much, but we have to cons.fder thOu- 10 sands of calls. 674 Ellio;olt Strut, cornu Virrini.a. Armhruol ·, I! ttl, ro rn~r Grn~·~~ &11•1 Hail"~· Annnf'. \"ioitor• • •~ t!• oll'~tro~·~ol. •' It oM>m~ ridP..\IInu• for a priut of t!o.- Homan c·achohr t'burt·h, ao.J H J-. nail.•· a,, , ;..,, ••th ourh a name u llu · lrl'11he1m. to ull an.•·tbing un -.-\mericao, from sau.n-kraut to philoaOJ•h.r. Following lr<' a ff'W olelloitiou of IIIUO! :Jisk for t:aplors Tct Cmm pou wJ/1 nmtmbtr ·tbt 'R•oor It means quicker service. the ''arony'' io makiiiJ by tbe of a citeular UJ•<ni the i tf'lti fio.<l ill tb~ rharlt.•· gnft tbe ''3ohjor'' <lid uactly tbou'p:bt hf' orould do. Ilia ot'!lrer, ''l'oloof.l'' Mr l nty re, THE .NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. I T d<pboae Buildf-r• Oum:b aod Pra.akli:o Struta. ::~:~~;Ji::o0 ~~ ~::~ 0 ::.~:: lndioJ[ ~:; ::: ';,: ~::~d :;o;:.t)l";,"';,'",'.." ~,,..,•'·f<h••'i't'ia:':: :::.r..:~~~~dS<lw;la~:e a~·~=o~ f' nl<>n••l Thater, Sun<by, Manh Tbr t:11 r,r. llr•tUnlu. ''8otiali1m i• him of '""tifriog to I falH'boo<l. uom i~takable, It tb.P.. wonltl but littn~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1\"m ~'rancio llunlr.! ..,;u make an ap- that Jo(llir~· or tlwor~· "'hirh ai~n • at .... !Jam.-. Bon 011 lo<:U.u.t& tit.;>' •o11ld hnr th~ .rumbl~ of ,li,...on· \\"I.,. a the ''Major''.,. .. ulleoJ IIJIOII tent wbidt pen·arleo from ro.n to <"0&111 l"'al for ~nbouiber&. JliVillg n e• and •· nri n~ by the Mtion of tbe-1:'e11tral <l~m- ClEAT auroffi~a COU aJRE ::~~::~e';'.:;::;n,•.u;hfa ::: .:~";:t;; ::.:~';: :.~~bo;,',~:.:;~·::t:: :~::~::,'~0 ~ !:e:t!~~e~~~••ofmt:: s;!';~, ~~·;;' or B~~~~~~J~b:=J~~;?Ji;~.~~t~~~ t~:~~~~~~~.·~ n••n.,.r .will uu .tb e auu- ;:;:.:~.:.'.~~... ,~,,on l'rl~ l!!lft•l!)! .. Sold et"eryw hen'. · to on of tho.., •ho &l!t"nd h11 l~lor.eo of. •e•l' " .. Th<' New lotrrnattonal. ;:: 'h·~ ~o· ~~i:"i:.. ~~~:e::~.a,o"d .eh:;;;' ;::·!~~~ ~~alto~• cati•·e mood ud •ould hl'rf talked all · ;h~r:h ;;~.~:.:~~t.c~.,.. will Jltft.tt•ter•,at. "m"t•tung•. AKitate and eubeorlbe tor the ---ROCHESTIR lABOR LYCEUM ' ~ ::;~;;~: ::;:~:~.:;~'·~-·= ~·~:~;:l}1~~ ~~~~~f~ :~~;~~lf.= ~==~=-=·F·=.~=~=~=,-;~-= · =: .: fi~:" -=~ :~= ~= ~ a~:·~=~=~=~=~ i .. 776 Sycamore St.• cor . Reed ALWIN EHMS I• 511 ~esu• a ~·~•r. and th~ !lulfalo ~· r 'be;:::':!~,:~.~:~~ a~:o~ '• ~;·e;;!.!'~:r: :~ :·~~;~:~·~:~.-.: t.ltat ;~,!~'':~:~.:.~~::~· ·~;~ 1 ; 011 . ~:::.!o;::,'•r:::i:l~~rt;;;;•· . Re1h•nla,; e.~ly Ia .. ..&lfaJc,..=:=· SENECA AND eLLICO'TT aTa. & ru.rd llu <fell,..red ~~~f.f;,:~;:;;ff: :~;~~:0::(:~:~\~~t~J::~~;~j; ~: ;·:f~:~~t:~~~\~~.;;t!:~~~ ~iF-~:~:·l: :.~··F~:~::::::.. ,.._. &~~u......... ••1• UNIONGOODSONI..Y he <lid nn the Comin_li.' :\atioa. '* P~•••a:R~:~'~·.~=:.~':'.,~~j1 :2";;~~· 2 tMt MOUH~7 Thi• ..... to ~t>· OJier&lion an•l that the op· h .II ;I• ju!,::ment tb e ,~ouat rr'• •lont ohouhl makf· th• olfrr irrHIMtiltle. I>O~Iuniti.., of lit .. a n•l t he n•n•l~ or 1ore h ' 0;:, 1 e 1"';;.0'"' 1~ ScH'IaliJm U~·h ... s.•r romrad~ ahoultl unt e fl labor shatl he "'luitAhly apportion<'d. •· ;illt 11: 1 bem:nbit .:~:,;:.<! ~ 111~! · Woll A"ft""1·" ~tQCI(fC~~Nnl :::;~·~~-~~';!••;.d,;:.~~r~,~~~eo'..~·~::: or~e:~"·;~;~lo:~·:o!~~~3 · o,'~~~;.:~: ~:·,·~~~~;~a ::•,::l~~~:."and puC:.:.~!.~.!~~ r • :~:~·t:~:~!~~~::::~:b:b•~"l::~:..m::. ;:~:'\::~:d~:;::~:~--:;:~~~~vn:r :::r;;~ :;.~~~at~~ t~~~~l":!~"'.,!;;.~ .OJ ,..,'-~~ftMO..::.ft:=~!~ .. --·~ ::·~:::~:.\:t ·:~;"!r:!o: ';rr~~et~:; :~o~~~:~~i~:E:~F:::,:~~~:~~:~t~:~ =~li:!~= ~~~:::;us:';';t:;:·,, -:-·-.:.-,-· .c-·<: SPRING HATS We aff showing now nil th~ n~w cr~nt i ons iu spring sort nnd nu;:iblr hats. Th~ displny it-'brt t~r than ~'-t:r bcfo..; nnd quality range rrom \"aiu~ a-··"' ... J~ive o1n1ersblp of the lll&ill •-•· j'~"'"~~ Sl.OO to $4.00 All excellmt th~ ra tr of 50 reatt eaeb. olittribotloa of the Jtrodudt of Briatr the tath with you. and get the woold mate laocl ud n.pil.al. Ka.n7 ~ at lll.d!Wtrtal Home. bearfit of Barnard'• reprial~<f leelloret, in•trame. la aad IDe&.,. or -pro. Tbe '' 111ajor '' ad111ib thai u ::c-. c-t h~ Roche~ter Soeialiat ...,.,.., Cb.aa. F.d· ; the johat r-eulon or "the ,.em". ot tbe ine~tlp t>oa"~~t~ay ward Ruuel1'1 hammer bla•• for the to.r& of the eommoalty.'' made at t he iattitutioa. nooW"'fwil" '~••u uuM, CrHI'• rommut, and ali •·~ • «k· Staadatd DktloDary, Ji ll. ''A til.o,.uj!bly I ly aewtr-pe r, Th Bolfalo 8«\ahu. of -.italy baled 00 the publir Jxfore It nnd all union lnbel. \\'~ bnvr nill a fair \•arict)· of Win. tc-r Suits and o,·~n-oau, and ~han cut the pritt .o low that Riling should be brisk. GOING SOME We &n! iltforraed tllat tile ioUt!&M l'f':r raplta for ntooht( lhi• tltlle bt 1,!100 J111r C!f'cllt ia the pt.at teD yeua. Sotwilluita.adiaJ'" thi,; Aawmbtyau lloo,·erlla•tlleoef"\·etolatrodueeabiU ' " the Lesialature appropriati111 otwealthptodu rtioll Y.w&alyvutotrya pdr ctf lbG. Pre.Dt tbllooctpoa ta lhiBo!· talo Slu» Oo. Won Kat ob Utb...tl*"llf"lllbe--11114-• M60o.rtakl-.yoau,~ Df8o«alo8b- torll,.. twwork, ll.bO, f'.lO. . . OOor ... OO. 0... ooapoc~ &o &be p&lr, Notlood alietlf.udt24th;lilt.. n!~we:·~~=-~ :;"= ;~·:~ '::::..e .:-:::.:f = oleril.oolt. . tiM . birlhJ•laro: of Oo'rtr•o.r fllyna, r..- a iuilm•r &tala rapit.ol to r lhatg... t lemu.. THE EITEIPRIIE ,OTO:,:~.t ~ TWb IJTOa.JI8 ::::.~~.,:: •IUell •Pid - . . u 011tlay of a aialltralanat. Whet do ,..o Ul•k of itt JJH $1. 0..... :""Hr M. pro"fid.e 1011 witll two 1 - - - - - - - - - ;;rnidnreof lfl•lfJ flfiHNf S/. 3tttu.#• 500 pair Boya all solld hard knock Sc!ux>I Shoes, s1ua I to ·5 Mf:l! TbltCou;ooroo.fioriOc- ................. -. . rd Will L..Oture at.eonley's Conaerv~tory, _ -- Socialist News Depot Dally Sao:l&llat PaPero ' ,... .. ;.= .. .....,. ... ........... .&.Pn.U 8011 C.IJUW.. e&O Ma.n St. �Prlcee $2.00 to $4.50 .. £): 1 .z 1lPEN MONDAYS · IINllL 9P. M. The Main Lunch UT:IIM. INI DIY AID IIIHT. SHCIAUDAl.r pg,. :::!: Q~~~~~~~~~.pular --604 ~,:-;:,:~~:~':fo,N. r. ·:::.o;:: ·" ·-:::.1 • SATURDAYS · •II P. M. .• .:1 •. ' · OUR CHEAP . _.. UI!:STAIRS . • ROO MEANS · ASAYING TO YOU H. S. ·ouLLET_T, 56 ~;:.;:red Joeeph Wats 8A.MPLE ROoM e.H~H .,......, ..t:~r-- ...~c.- . lOGO Ban., A venue. Thcae an the two l;>uamount .....,.,. why you ahould afflllate with the Fedcrai·T dephooc & T de' ~ph Compony; both .. .Ubocriber' and lrivcalrlr. Buffalo ..m ban tbO . . - td.,.boo. ...- of the natiaa Wbm our AUTOMA ~ystcm roes iatO Comma.ioa. U r ou uc a JUI:.uiber IOU.&han in it. nc Oar ·7% Prdurcd Stock is oac of th< dty?s ,bat inwstDIImts, The ~ p&yable qua.rt¢r. is 1AIICOIIIIDOG1y ~ u.,.. ........_,.,,....tw.mit. . HI!RE ARE STRIDES ClTIZI!NSHljP. TOWARD The, Federal Telephone and telegraph.· Go!DPIDJ • 1 GOOD . �.. ~~~ BUFFALO~~ ~ANY ....asaa.....s~ ......,.__.........._ - ~ ..... , _ . , TVTTIILL. a - - ~1- BUPPALO.ft.Y• ~~Tw. p, CA~ . _ ..... ~6(K...605J.Iula,.J~...... ~ALO..~Y. ...... . . _ ~Pnc.su.,..,..,Sik.a.IDIIIIIb.o,., ~· ~»~...._J-S.19Sl.llltta.,..a&i.t ...... JWw."Yort:. -'-t~Y:"'afMardaJ. sm From time t p time I he Buffalo S6e.i11liat a nd gt-n.:tKIIy bw.\·e 1.0int.,d out thKt thtre arr· tt. grea t J' loyed all nvo·r thia t·onntry. On the other hand the ptt'h•noling to as._~umf' tlw optimist i<- view. h111 made thMt 11 Willi o n!_,. in th.-. m ind!! of our writ e l'l!. de. Xo matt;•r wha t th•· paitl pro·SII h1u1 aaiol. tlw faet hundr.-ol~ 111111 thons,~mJA of men who a re willing to ployt-ol. ami th•· Holrnia11inn or tloe f!:O\'o·rnor of Ahia 11tate t o t"1ihthh~h ,,.,..,. j ol•ll for hill emHitit nen\>1 in t he s hape of plo,\' lll•' "' Lnrf'l'lll J•tO I'f'li nut stuto•nh·nta. l ie SII.Y' '' I ·am pen"""' " I"~· tlont 11 '" IU'tim•~ o•tonu~:h to drnuuul our •·onsidt'rHtion." Who·u ''it is ,.... ri••IL~ t•IIOIIJ:h to drmand 'our ' l'OIIsidcrHtion.· n~ur1w tlmt t he \NN!,.,. han· luul It talk w ith him on tht• 1111bj«:t. tlull tht11>.' 1-!•·ntl.•uu-u ur.• willin~ that th•• l'llll tc sttlrl nn e mployment lmrt'llll whit·b wi ll pr"'' 'd" I!'OOf.l workuwn. 111 low prit"t'M, fn!e o f coct. Anpnty, it is nil Ht lrni,;o;ion o n t h...- pHrt of the Oo•nuK·ntt P a rty that tlwr•· i11 n ,/,-r,.,_., in th~· ~<ystrm of stll·it'l )" in tha t 110 many mt'n are- out of t>mpln~·nwll l anLI thHt lhr lilllll" 11111111 lllkf" lni'II IIS t o rf'lll<~~- the tli t inn. It ,j,..,j..,. tht·ir llr!flllllr·n t th11t 1111~· mnn •·.1111 jl'l"l work j;!'fbit . It 11111!11 IJ+• r,.mt•mllt'rf:l.~ thut t\IJ;•rupJ,.~·nwnt is It fllirT uf tlw J i~t !!y&tr m. rmd KO Jonr: 1111 tile (·u pital i~t ~;~·stem exists theN' uncm plo~·ml'nl . Tin· foundation tlf the eapitHiiflt sylih•m -b! \'aluf" : it iR hlt!ll-.\t oll the •·Oln]~titi\'1' WHj.!f' t.)'lih:m which kl'Cpll a minimum, Hllll t h nn,. IIHit wht·n th•· lillflply of l11 bor is gtf>lllt'r th1· d e maiiLI. Tlw nlli'IIIJ'IO,W•tl rtu;.,;tit•n will nul L.. St•tt led tlllti i •WI' 115(' ifllllf'Hd n( profit. ""''''""I•"'''••• lktwtn ' " ridl &lid the auu a ry . .ISMJ.ali•h i• Clloiu. are· b atl1 t.ll. Of tlte\r two•·TheCiol. . . Sot:lallllt , •• put 1111 of blete•M, Iad t~ Vol~• or tllot hop!~. •• pubtlt.lrd•••bttr-rotlilea tllo~ CAPITALIS'f PATRIOTS Wr·ll. w.·ll. hf' l' f' you uut in·tl till' 111tilud(' uf our t'llflii Hl ilit Ji1m.._. in En~-:lflntltnwuro l~ tho• incon u• !Io:C ! ~ Th o•S•· Jm•u who hnl't' rmulo> their for lllllf'li in thi1 I'Otlutry, y,ho "''' 11011' li•·iug in luxur)' in Enj.!]aml r ..Iust' to pn~· u p. ~l r. S('lfriol!f•· 1111,\' N lw ··~Jimp l~· won 't pH.y it,'' 110 l ht•re now: lilt'. The t .vtllo · - ' " ' ilo-. ootThepttblbliltl' ofllle'' Yoleo hupr -11114tolllllil• tt.e" CIIIHM8eelal· to - at lfaehhr topubiiM. Popolo.'' of Cl•te• , wlt.et"t • • tor• t ilt u~ ee. K•l•a x i.,, t MJ'no·l•ee of K waeJtii•J.. ..,,,,,.I '''~'' '""" tlwo prow-bdi ldepe•d..t. lhtofJulyoflutyMr.DIIrw"'k of AUJO..tti.t 111111, ,ub4i-'iot'd h.w-. Ju 8111 K l, t lte•elllio!•tlo•of t btproe· , • Dtl C.o K"l•l ll tar , . . Je• $11.1 Kl, tlile pro•la.loul prnlot <:•111a, orduf'd that Lll•r K:al •••1 Kouab«OIIIetl;'•ro•uooroftlill'p~"~J•· I11U. .., � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. 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Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1914-03-14 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914-03-14 Relation A related resource MicFilm HX1 .B83 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Newspapers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LIB-021-BuffaloSocialist_v02n093_19140314 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2018-06-12 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Is Version Of A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation. Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. v02n093 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 p. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States New York Erie County Buffalo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/e0a590337d653f192188a5960f2b974b.pdf 79e86f688e99a7643789a5dc05f89d08 PDF Text Text tbbitAT'rflll-0. YOUR ADDIUISlS ~ 11 IT IS 93 1ii'I!DN!sDAY ·TO YOUR .iUBSOUPT10I'f Jilt. SATURDAY PJili!S.NEXTWDit Price Two Ccota UCHJ PROIDS CO I~ FACTS FilM .INSIDE Of ..GOULD COUPLER OUR "RESPECTABLE.£ITIZENS" . Ripraaltat!Ve of Buffalo Sociallst Destribek tiona Under Which Scabs Work- Compa .Olargea 25 Ccntl for Dinner Which Stunk Company Cannot Keep Up With Such Men. · Dltplled wltb lJie part.ll of r.oadiliOIII "='"·"'"'" r,c;_'!l ~:;;r-:u~~:! -=:1•c·c·.··.---:,c: &114, lvr two daye, fro• tll e laalde. A1a ;~~...~t.~:.~~~~~rs u a:'tr~ r:':!~:;;~g 1 1:n;ll1: 1 ~o~!d'.,.~· --~- ::.-:.~:!,!~t;":v!::~~~/~~~~~ -e=1111d:'~.~~!~~~! '!:J'Ia~~k~"~~~ ::-"·-··;,,_:.:: ;;;;:.,;·;:··:;,;;; .;;.!:~:.;:.::-:;·, . :: ~-::r~~~::l~:~ :~;~t:~ ~~~::::~::.;~~i-~:r:~~=::!~ -,:!~~!·~~~-~!~~~ .... 1 ~,;-_~,-. 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Ike• wl\11 .,.a tbe ••1• tbet t.bey dam· a lo.am.111er med1 t bel r wort • - t.._a 1~·:;;:~·~~~j:;:;;:;:_;j~~-~~~ 1:·:;;:-:~~~~~:~:~ �Lecture by JOHI SPARIO of< New su•d•v :~~tto-·· ~tt• • ; 3 •••,.., m.,.•. DOOitS C1P1N AT 21.10 P.M. TOIIl' IIDtural Alii .. . lfl Fipt;., TAe 1,.,., .. . . Buffalo's Most Important:!; ; f'\'l'ty ou~ t o flngf't. unnt hf'tthf'J>OUt ~•p ro•·eo.l f r O!It tJilten an.!. watt'r Committee Investigating at Trinidad Hear How "Law and Preserved - Tin S61dltts Rob Women and Child= While Captain Lies Drunk. w..hd. Aoent lo r R ua lan lm porled tin.: " hit fro•~ otJe I found W J.aouk y T ea o r M CMCO 'W tut ... fairl~· ~ttnk, or th e SQie alt.UMBIA oUIP \VHITB LU.Y TI!.AS ..,_•-·•-~ a WlLWAM ST. ~~::~t~~h.t"~~~~~ull::u.·ft·~ ..;•·~···;;,l '"~'"~ •~ornf'<l t hl' l(rl'allf' t h ey Both Phooee at~ it •l r,v anti nl!t·•l it n Go• ~~d ··:;::::~:~::~~::~· --,----_,-··"·-;.... Union "-aiirBumer D lil CO-PA~TNERSFiiP Is Its co-partn'e~hlp with the Federal Tele-. phone and Telegraph Company • • In money saved to this communlly In lowered toll ~ and rates, It pays ttits city a dividend of . more than $2,000,000.00 every year. ,. Moreover, II establishes a degree of Independence that Is a civic lesson and Inspiration ' to every city and town In America . · ;'.:~:-~:;:;., ·~;:;;~·· ~!;,\.':. 369 Ellicott Street (WE SHLL VALUE) _ __;------~---- hi)l hl.•· complino f'nlu,v. t'or ournptuou• ·~f>I'U J · ~ .. ~- ~bUI(ft th-e trnl o, henri' t b e~r oolidtude atay and go through tbe pret41 B~ catin){. This co-partnership consists of many hundreds of small stockholders of whom you should be one. It Is very profitable to _you financially, btcaq~ our - • securiUes yield a large Income . For example: If you Invest $350 In our 7% Preferred Stock. It yields· . enough to pay for an AUTOMATIC party llne _telephone In your home. YOU WILL SERVE YOURSELF AND YOUR CITY WELL BY INVESTIGATING THIS ' A The _Federal Telephone and Telegraph Company . • A,.altate and •ubsorlbe f'or. the Arfletter•:&Uunt. TbeoolfGermua.,.,_paper liath• ••oau&deor Jlf..-Yorlt Oll7, ~ .eoCW, the basereat of tbl Worlrllaf Olu&, _ . , . _ .. for.l - - OIIU,31S-317~SbUt - - i¥bfo.N. Y. �• ~ 869 Broadway ·,. .mw.rtttut.or or ·lhe ~ur 6c ctpf-u4 "" W'le Jlfle plalca CXpr Ollpptq. Made ia :lld6lobJUill.m ,~_;. . PaU"Oulal Hoii\'IT,..Se. ~ . .... . ~-Wallo..&..,._.,.~ •Boa.Hooot*71• - P'.....,tJ4022 1. WIL~·t.:ECTURE Ott· AR"Jio1.ENA·NTE. ,·· ·cnou;.w~ ··~... !¥lmlir __,, ,..lt'M' ' Q. IMW.,.,.,.. SOCIALISM • FJae J_..elry Repa.irtn& ~AT - ,...0 Terraue, Butr.IO. N.Y MILLIR'S HARMONIA HALL 264 Genesee Stree_t JOSEPH ROESCH A.t.t•n UO Kall and Sample Room ...... L.o ................ a.a..&c. at7 BKOA.OWA\', Oor. Lutbena au- monday Evening, J11ar(b 9th ' at 8 o·c'f:ck Admission · - DAJWB'""" - - - 10 Cents. ~let-t• evtry Monca.,. alabt at Y er· er ·,. Hall, e~tair JlerWI a ad Tou- .,..... ,J a ltreft-1. J.. ~ ~l~~ ';~~:~~:J:;b/~~~~\:!~~ t n'•(.1ub, wereufo! lo'": Pint prbe. - 1.-,din', lin. Nuaemak.er; Jllltll, :w,.. l ley.,.._ Booby pri~Lad•.. •, liE u Ca rri e Welte; pab 11 W:r. ~ 8111itb. He.freo.llllltuU Wt-tfl ..en-ed . a f lel' tbt- ;:1~;\,!~::n:,~ r: .~~~==~t-. ~~.~ I tH Uil,e, ..,.Yoaebad llood joJiy UIM. First Annual Ball under &uspices ot ············------ EAST 81~ LABOR LYCEUI AID BlAICH OlE tutstlap Evtning, maN/) f,], 1914 St. "P•Iritkl nlgbl ARMBRUST'S HALL, Genesee Sc and Bailey Ave. -' ADMIIIIOI 25 CEITI - - There Are Others $4.00 . /L' : s2:0i)~ -~~---- :\ . ' ' Compare our up~lrs prloee with · the so-oalled barplnsyou Up Stairs ACLEAR TRACK F'R ALL . YOUR MESSAGES Bd1 Individual Une T depbone Service forms a "clear track for aU telephonC: messages" to and &om your hmne._,. It is at your. .service whenever you are ready to Wk. It enables anyon< who desires to reach you to obtaJn a connection without the delay that Is occasiQnally ~ when tbeK Is more than ooe party oo the llrie. Bel .............. Lb s.wb c.- ...Jy . . . . ~- .. . ..., du.a Putr.U. s-tm, ..... ::? Why not ask our Commcrdal pHice tO td1 you "Our TrW<" tdcpbone service lor Zl!!! New York Tele.,hone ~· ;-.......,.._. a..Ki.ok_._ �IDW~~nm~ P\.JIIl.J:IitmD WD11:LT aT THa IIIJI'PALO SOCIAIJST PUBUSHING OOIIPANY ........." - . - ...... ~ ...... IIUPFAL.O.N.Y. -.utTIIt~........,_ PRARE~.T-. . - : T TVTTH1L1.... ..._,. ~ 6M-605 JooWual Uk !ka116tc Y , P. CATTIU.. . _ . . . ~ Pricl BUPPA:Lo, N.Y. SUIO,_yW, SGta moatb1. ,.,.aa.&. .._actnat. ~· l!alo.ndu~--)-S.Itll..llb,...clbr.tBaeU:.,NnrYork. - - dM: ad"' March 3.1&79 SATURDAY. MAROI 7, 1914 NO WONDER I If the city budget is &llopted as it comes from the thf' cit,\" taxes "'ill he abou t ~29 1>er thousand thi• year. h ia pointetl out by t he Ht>pub liean prcu tha t e lect ion year a mi t hat we mm1t pa~· u p for 1t d efleieney from Jaat ~·f'ar. which w11a k indly arranged 110 1111 to elect m a nn for nnother ter m . ~l ore ·· hu!lines.<~'' .!1\lminillt rat io n. What a fi lll' t hin~ this · · huaitw8!1 .. ga r~1e i!l. Tht• Huffalo Soe i~ttist h ilS been pe rai11tent in 11oiuting o ut to mMyor of t hi11 city 1t IIH'IIIIS hy whieh I H! eou ld lower t he lAX r a t e, hu t up t o t he prf'sent t i m~ we ha \·e not h~anl tha t he ha1 made a mow• in thRt tl irtwt ion. \\ "t> ha\·e 11hown wher e mi llions u f ,Jollal"ll t\"torth of in 1hi~ d ty on whit·!• tH..'te>~ ahould h t JJRid j uKt aa much 115 t•f t he wor ker who is fortun ate e no ugh t o own o nf'. W it h the colla pl!.iug of the pum p in(t st11tio n , ttud no d oubt othe r thin p condu•·ted in a 11 l'flllfllly inefficient mflnner . there i1 little wond f'r t h11t the tRx ra te is hi gh . Purt hermort" if th t-r e WfiB 1111y Rt tl·mpt mode t o J•&y o ff some of t hf' city'11 dt•bt ( whit•h is uot .l ikcl~· on ~~~count of t he eRii~· mo ney i t brin~os to tJtf' banken) tht· t ax rate wou ld h.: m uch hig her. Jlow tlo ~·ou likf' tlu• "busim..s"' fltlmin istrs tionf .. Don "t tor~N to llR )' your int•omt- t ax. T he l nternnt io na l H11ilway Comp11ny cKIIIIOt r a ise the money t o b u ild t he B11ill'y Annm: linl'. Too bad. l..et t h e cit~· put in the line Rnd f'Rn l ·•·nou gh moru•y t o pay u p some of our J~bts. E ver t hink of thatf VICE PROBLEM SETTLED? Di,J you know t hnt hufi"Kio f \""of Well. it hu. t hf' \"ice probll·m hu1l hf'+'ll Worn~•::":. ;_··;_;_;o:·::.::;:::·; :···:•J LINE UP I _. ira! ;,~,. ':',~r~~·~o~,t~;~~o',:'k,:ilitlt'!e~;~~ i::n:~~~n:,;n,tt~SI~:~ ::~!:\~£ :!i;:·~··lo IKII"il'ly. ''ir:.. l h fll;o· who wor k 1111d th011e who exploit. This iN llo·ll. T lw IIOOII•'r t he o·npilaJi,..1 t:\888 and its paraliilet~ :.··;"_,;c;:; :;,· ·: _·; to li~:ht 11nd forc•·tl lo takt- t heir place in line wit h t he ir ·:::·:_"' .• " .'_'"-":·· killll. tlw 1>0orwr will t lw working ··la1111 1111 a whole learn t o flght 1 t he lull! It• which will h HI't• onl.1· one {•ntl-the a bolit ion of &rf' Clt: J•O~d itali~l s~·"t•·ln nnd !lw iunn,:m11tion of the Socialist <~~=~:::~~:((~;,~~:~~:{'j:!•~;,;~=:~• innu·~:~·~~;·;~;. 1.~~.,::;.hr,:~~inr;r::11 ··0{ri~~~la\\~o;~~'; only i1 thiH t rut' nbont t-lo·t•tion t in~es. but ever y day in .....:.c:••--;: :·:. .-;-,··:-:_· ..: •·:·" ' ~·~;r~·~..~~;.l.ll~~IP;~],:.',',~r.''~i~·,: ~;~n~..~~·elll~oo~~~~:! ~~h ::.leer '""'.""''•I;-;,;,~·;: det•o•i\·,. 11.m l I>J•trK.\" tllo~t' who .urt• t ht·ir prineipa l mefln.~ l u Mtrikl·M t hi~ ,.J.••m•nt is •:•·l•r 1'1'Hdy to go among 11.1111 u~~e it11 i111h1t•n•·•• Kglliu~t thf'rn. The prof euional 111 t hat w•• hn\·e no Jou~in.._.R.~ l t,\"ing to tell !hi' hu11ineu how tho·y shuuld run it. T hey are alwaya · i how n1Ut·h t h··~· mus t t·R~· tht- !'lumber beeauae the tll.f:n " ,;; j ,.,an~~~:iiTmiiJ'iiii ~;~~;hi,)~e~~:;·~·;, 11:,·;~,:·u;~h~tr:,~ ~~1;i~fl~-i~1:i!a h~afe~~~s, tb!~. 1 ~ the~ ea n IJQUI'eU' out of t he m. Tbia aa.m e buai nt•~>S Rlld profl'll..'lional element almoat man takf. the aid e of t h•· r apit11list dau mad e a fl.fte ahowing Calu met. 111 they h &\"t' in oth•·r Jlllll'f"ll reeently . T h eM people t hetnJ~eh•et u the Cit.i!.ens· Allia nee a nd did their bCIJI. t o t he men on 1trike. On the oth er han.! you lun·f' h ea rd no appeal• to of t hia eountry to eontribuh• R frw penniea to ii:@I!J'<the ie:c,.-,_-_- ·:.II~IM l ht 11trikf'n1 from ata.rving. You han• heard n o appeals by ieal 110eietin to ~~~d doeton hel t' in \.IH' way. Yon have b eard of no a ppeal t o the ,roee rs ai!IO\·iatio nJ to ~""iHI a fe w doUan worth of food lo t he striker.. Not on pmr life. T hey a.re not. or think who to or t~~Y~e:~o~~ft:~:~ ~~:;;:=~~~~~n~~~li::~:n~o not belp them,'-·-·-··~-----,_:!:'~~:~~"':.=!:.:::.::':; If you 'II'&Dt to find out uk y o ur groetr, butch er, doetor, elf!J'IY· man. o r any of that outfit if h e iii a Socia li• t , or if be belie•et iD labor u uion1, then listen to the " ita,'' "buta," and " andal ' • Wafcll . the.e pme gentle.DJen •bout election time and many of t httu are "out for the capit.list 110litiei&D11, e ither openly to induee the wor kers to ..-ote a gainst thematJve~ or o:-aati~:~r t heir ballot. · ' · Tbett par aaitetl are d r a wing tbe · Unn: t hemaeh ea. Thej t o boo on I~ aide -.rht'n! the mou e.)! ia. Let Uwl!l. W e will then who we are duling with. '. J..u tbt " rnuntime let the • •orkers .fl;t'lv..- by ~:~~~tahl.ishiug eo-operat.ivs . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Y~ FEBRUARY 28, 1'14 Price Two Cents �,"Friute Pl'Operty and Peraonal Freedom · Onder Socialism" Lecture by JOHI SPAIIO of New York S•llll•r .11ttt....., m.rriJ m••, 3 #'''"" lXXlltS c.sN AT 1:lD P. IL New York Telephone Co. Tdopboaellolldioc O.uoch&Fr.ooldloStrab. Baoarian Hall JOHN UNVERZART S• mplt I(Hm 776 Sycamore Bt. .•-oor. Reed. · 700 pair& of Men's $4 all solid leather Work Shoes .. .. ..\ All •lze• 8 to_12, $2 o' width•. AC ~--. '' ~ ' 3()0 pairs Boys all eolld g· [P. leather School SHoes d" m.,.,. .n,.,,,81ae1toSI tDur S~J~u ··· _, ,. , . · ABNBQA AND BL.LK:O'IT aT& Open aaturd-.r Nllllit until 10:ao I ' ' �.. Don't Buy ""' - n kOOb JOU have looked line.until THERIE'8 A REA80N I - .;~aJo Open Mond8.ys until 9 P. M. Saturdays until 11 P.M. Compare our up- •talrs prlceo w1th · the--called barplnsyou see adver- ' ttsed elsewhere. Our "Community Plan" Means Automatic Tetephone Listen. If you Invest $1,000 In ou r 7:C: Prererred Stock you get. ::1. year • • $70.00 If you pl ace you r money In a savings bank you get, ::1. year 40 00 By simple mathematical c ::~.lcul ation you observe your net ga in Is $3000 Thirty dollars a year represents j ust what you h:ave to p:ay for a party line AUTOMATJ C telephone and :an extension phone u ps t::~.lrs or elsewhere In your home. This IN ADDITION to the sum you would get from your savings bank deposit. CAN YOU THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO SAVE MONEY ? The Federal Telephone and Telegraph Company · W SUbject: · The Frauds· , Of Charltr . , . �- ~,..._Tin"THa BUPFALO soaALIST PUBLISHING <XliiPANY . -.- ~ Ul.....; .....,...-.-.p..-... , _ - y 1'VTTIIU.. ....._, ~ . ~-----·· IJUPPALO. N.Y. ~· -.:kWt nadir J-S. 1912. 11 .._,_ c&:. .a~ N.w Yoot. tt.t ~tal!M c-itl- u. tau, bot tM ~-. Mt. ..._...,. by tWt ,.., . .Ill thy .... .. . . .in. ........... &I .......... . . . . . .ad .. lludl.l.lm ~.rr.:: a.;, l111ut>oa ef : , : - SATURDII.Y, PEBRUARY :Ia, ,,.. ANOTHER VICTIM Another •·i,·tim o( t he eapitali11t ~YIItffil is 'ret.'Orded in the Tn>:tt'llrcr Jul111 J . Kennedy. Uoth t he Republican ftml t·rat pn "'i& hun• flliOO t•ohmntil in oom:irreiug the pul.Jiie that Wl' f'f' !'I:Jilllrt'. 1111J telling how he WRS a lways ready a.nd willing i t loat11l ta.eel,.,.,tloz: wu elee!N ta.eC.th· hi~ (~~!~ to '" It~ tile :MaaldJllll t;~~~o~rt io t he ~retar~-~~~~~r o~ , ..._ Copper ,Db· to· tlliny .t•y. tht'lll turn our l"fl'orts in 8 tlireetion wh_!dJ will make it £ur othl'\"'i to take thr 111\tni" rout~. \ ----'"---- lit't lUi hojh' that it ill tho~~<" who llfe liO (om! or the li)"Mtf: ln th11t 11rt' nnemployo-d 111 the pt~'llent timi'-it tlu•m ur. t\W /WWIIj)Af~l"'l •.:•'ltnpfllinillg O( goH~<ip~. tJoW it i~ the DON'T LET HIM FDOL YOU c'athtie Cborell followii'.Te tor tlle life life 011 art'- of Wf' note that durinJt t ht• excitement o£ the strike 111 the l"ouplt'r Wor ks at Dl.'pe w the daily preM i11 placing Mr. Uo<<ldl""''"""'· whol~ ide~~ b! 1•1• polie)'. hlllmf' £or the trouble on the ~ld politkal W'al bedtward. finuld ill tf'portl!(l as r.omin~t out nf t h.- ~<hop unguardeo;l, ttnd tlw m+'n on Ml't'ing him <'111"·r••d. All Wt' ClUJ 1111'' · it tllf',l' <lid, is 111111 thl')' u~o;"ll to brush thirlkl'l'!l. An.•· work1111(11UUJ who IM>Ii•·nos that 11 1 1-'o·nrrlllnnmaf.!l'r il' •·omllwting H J<t rili·• na•inst tlw · 11·hn <>l'.'ll~hf' ~hop i8 111Hkiug 11 1<11d mi~tnkt. ~lr. Ooul<l i~. ur thinks lw iH. n n·r.•· slick pr njKMition. llllol w in~ out will flO 11hout !t•llinll lliH fri(·Ud>i how h.- fooll'tl the poor whn thou~rl•t it wn" nil thf' fnult of hi11 SllfM.'ri nflondcu t. Gould 1111! his ~lll"'riult·r~<lt·nl whnt h•· wnu l~ dun<•. uno! lw is doing •n•rk ••·llilo· (:,.uld himt«·lf i~ l'"l'illfl a" u hero 1111d r to:l·h·ing tho• nf tho• nwn. Onuld i<~ 11 s runrt ' "'''· llo• l111s lutol tr'fouhlf' with tlu: fnn· nnd tlwn·f,.ro· l;nm;." nll nhuut fnoliu~ tho·m. llr: . ~t nr) ' " hi" frio•ntls uf 11 pt·•·•· ion~ lul10r l•ltp<•rio•tu·•• in whio·h :!10· niol .,f n o·kr k KII!<'IIth·man. with $.'o,001Ju;; ur1 " itl<'t' lltiw. ''"lit·~•· Jw 1\'H!I tht• oJU,I' , I f tho· wo·n " " ~I rik•• ut lin• liuultl f'nuplo•r \\'urlill hll\'t: tlw ::••11•'•' wo• ''"'~li t tho·m with th•·.•· will not l'OtL.;itlc r ·~lr: Gould 11!1 fri•·tlll, lout n'il tlw o \\'tll'r nf till' \l'tll'k" whu is in it for j•Yery <lolhtr .1. llutt l<itoultl knuw f'lll'lllg h nho nt IIIW to ~n l i7.C th11t t::::;•~.:::· ~~~~~·ii~t.~.:~ ,:::~~rtrl~n:'7:, ~~,S;';:::;~~:,. ett;·:•,\i:~~~~:~~~h~~~~~~~~ b' i ::;:;- 11110V:~~o.~.:: ;:~~·:~ ~ JH.,.... .. m1m. 11 8 l hKt tho• nlr11in~ of our own d t y. ::~·~~"NJ"~,;',' ~ h:~ ~;:~~~ ~~~~~~:=.:~~~n~·,ll~· b.< seen "'""'"!"'''"''"' h>· looking Thl! .tJlOipgisl will ~~ay thai we are ~·:,';';j :~\'~~~~~::~.'l''l;;~!J~~:titLt1';1;':;~:!:· or for that n111tler the ·~-~~;,.,'".:.;.,,.; T.Ue ror imJt11nee. Uulrftlu with a debt o £ f3 1,000,000. Do you call tltllt good buMiness a bility! With that d ebt Wt~ Jlll.'' out 11 million and a qu11rter 1111'1 "'·err yea r to the Lonke nc ro r ~la,·bfl that ia wh11t t hey mean ' for t tw! bankrra. H th11t i• wha t thry mean it is a - ... 1£ it is bulline~~~ . I to let a lltreet ('ftr eornp11ny ha-ve an ,ehi.t- for almoct nothing and m11ke million11 in proflt , then it is 1£ it il ,oOO buainN"' to gh·t away \'a luable und pf'.rmit the 00111pany to mulct the people, then Dut wben it com€'8 to conducting ' the a fl'aint beoeflt of the majority of the people the facts h::~,: ~~ :~d =~~t ~-~~~.._. t 73 pair ~~- ra•~ ••• ••·e - t>l!\etA in IUCh a ,....,,. W<>.td l ;:;;;;,; ;:.:: he di.du.rged immediately. The whole worb would be . 11ncl pqrced of enr y man who could not make ~. aDd ' ~'--·-"::···""" would be ehanged to one whi~b wo,llld not ~if of w~ u roee the ~nd t ime. That ill what 1bould happen jo.t now. Theile 110-Ca.lled bwrin.- ·men have prol'ed a failure. Tbe IW failed to meet the noqnirementA aDd t he only way to our dairl ia to throw out. the ineftkient •Y•tem ud in.taJI a Dew in i~ plaee .whieh will meet the I."'ndition~ broupt aboai •by rb~ methods of Jlroduetioo and ti,·lng. We- are trying to eooduet ou,r t!OIIectil'f• bua.inet~ ·oD u plan wltidl wu pradieal one bundrf'd yea1'11 a,O. We are Ji \'e eoll~til·ely and own ittdhidually. We hne 190e broke dO b'lWD~ eo~trary to logit'. A busifM!t8 to be ~~ · · to tbt m.inute. Our ' ' busir:rf:SII" aduliniKtratioo is one- hund~ yMre behiDd t i~ aad uur treutlr>· ill t-'11,000,000 SHOR't. .. .• t . b .. ••- fonnrdiod by ,... .. be 411• tribat.d for t~ bn_.. <at ,._ alrilliac • 111'" frHti"C' ll'.illl•rn . " KladiJ' IIS1Ud •Y alattn tbaU. ... :: . ~hor~h ;:"·~·~~:~' i:• .r..~~;:~c,•~b~~~ l fl!l . &-nnlorO'Gorrnan,n•r•ro!· !be State or ~ew York, Ia the i•workioglik.. a he••·rr re!~::,;";l:;•.";,fp:: • eWWna.•• ~ -..moll' 800•.' Till! P"rutt.· ...u...a elilcUotu .wilt 'O'tltdlet of 1'\illty. pluad~i•~~: out,.,_, llr I of lll••ea.JW>ti• are .... pkrt_la Kay. At tHltiOtiM· Cur CbaNallowed e•·idl'llt•-•••••" 1,_ "--· -· .t..:itioa. A ...OIII· tloa• 1. . 8odal..._ poiW l ,lOO,OOC. it wu tllowo tllat Lifllftl I to,.;..,. fud• "'" ..a - . . . ! Jl· - • At ...t Lloderftlt ••• Ia ellatll of tM ,.,.~C.o..-. ll. tht edltor u- tl• . . . . . . . ._.., ... Yerr deallar deYU,M of tile openlon llu • .,.......,~ ._,.11..,. -;radltaliftk iUMI teqM ~ u. til~ •Uitia wn t IIIIo tile ! eld aod meetlor.tohelltoloiJ!IIftY·· '"-•11dir.-lldtM.n.,...,_• acaayotllermembf.n.:oftllemilitia I, at tile I:IIII>IM!rt ThMier, one or-.tll.t-a, .,.,,. of tWi t ' - l•d· lllredpaaeaofllleopoll'f'ato"" Ia the city. nome• , ... en oew lie!., ~~ af tille RorlaliiO Jolla C. O.,ood, J. f'. Welborn I eaadld.aW> for )tayllr at pert.y, U l• tiloiiJ.III thla •Ill Jrf!Otly otlleu of tbe opcntors nhnly I two.,,...,,,.,.,., will , 1-11. Otto l~unlll' AOtll.liat •trtartll. tblt t be,- llad bougiltmaelllne I :WS2 Nl11t_b . ,....... 110111b, hu , llln~<t jfii!0-11, aad thea ia l reAIIII'f'T of C'OPIIIQillet\. OJ'PJCr8 brestb their attoney ..d tloe , PAD arr mG DDT. to d""." that aoa"'b." rei,.• 111 Tile n.,ort of ''• •••IIC.rw wllo lin• nrite .utile, .IIOOlALtaft WILL MDCI~ tua.laad t k b.b at tloe utloatl of~ llhu: ¥U•rdo aided br th" m\litia Ke-ep ltaliu ff'mlniR" ha•·e •IHidtd to llee of '"" Soeiallfl puty lllaL tile mf.a ia tile ..ioN aj!'&ill.tl tbelr, JlrO· t ~f'ir mo,•mut wit II tllat 'of tlol! t-S.IItll.i.'i o~ tll.e dP.bt or ta.e oi!Bce llao IMt b,.- gunt. takl1111 awar tll~r ahoeo., loeca11N ar tl>e ,,...o~~:ailio11 of •-• ~ld·l• ta.. la•l lli.r aOttll., letY· ~ otbn tlewo!•trh·ialf ml!.no, witn......, that the t'Sotll.lil't~ ..... ... ,,.. lal( et:t,lll4.o& qiJiuaadl••· h • ••,. 1""1\llto<l. IIHIN! d'Hti"l' ll.rbt for WOPIRD tl1111 to t'-1• a eouldoraWe oUIIO!Ial af' F.•·tdeaee iatr..l11rtd the lint week tb111 lbt femi•!Jb arl' abll' \O •ew '""t '-•• beooP:a ua.dtrtab• aad 1b11wed J•laillly lbaltlle ooln f!lll to bt tile::;;::· of 100 Slltiali•t •omo tnrat.diq? npe•- .-'Jlrll''"'i by wilD- will ••o..k tbe Pll· I• • ••ea •• lht ••f. .AftOW&L -M•• LAWYERS fOR Jll to ,..rtiallleat ••• i11 la'lCf. d11e to t.be umpela:n ell'ort• Itetlan ..,ft'ratti.c•, tiM' Boc-ll.tilt• ba•·i•ll dtel.,.'l!d fur wo111en •nl· fn)!e. · . Yrom now 011 t~e ~lalin• ~Ill !alit •• ... e-tleratooa •• all ltahen elf'l!· AS'I'HW ~ g . PWLJ.BD P&OJI ~~ ·be <lid not adllare t• t b• party'1 l•; t Mitlioo, Ia tile llebat.e orcr tile Afrlcaa Joollry at 1he 1talla11 Oor· eranteat, Arthur l..brlola, a flo!:putr from ~-~~~~, fr111 lt"'et tro111 tlle me•· J:l.t.c•- benbl)•lillllfllM!~Iali!tparl.f: BtTLOABIA~ --; ,-IIOCULliT IOALPS. Ln'ESATUU Of TJIB DV1'0II L&lrGVA.Oa MA~ TO fOOL ~" m8tti•r which o£ the eapitali11t eHntlitlates wiM we S ueh 11 1111111 ill IIUJ'JKII!k'tl to know Hll :;bout alf11in; o r 11dministr11tion in n nwthot.l whieh will eliminate ,.~.,,.'J,Jillh t•tmditionH "·hieh will bene llt t he locality. It i~ eXf'H.~·h-d thlll ~m·h mt•n will j'Omluet our aff11iM1 in .a our Catbolir in~titvtio11~ and H'IIOOIL Thfl Olll t ry of t be autb.:oritiu i• by no mean• ..d ~llitc~•.o:;;,ll~t~~f. 10';b~ir ·~~;: :,l;:e"'::;::~:~~~ ~t;;~.!:?~~!:lf,::"~:~~ inlhtf'llf.l' in Am..,in. I t ;, t be of anarehy !bat now uiotll ill Sont'il.erD ' o•·er 'tbl! ~bio:keu the! rOml' home Colorldo. CAPITALIST P(IJJICIANS sn. UP CAMPAIGN E n•Q' yt•nr a l.oo ut eiM!tion time t he .bu~int!!!lli men m11ke fl ~trellt fo1r a " luuiilll""' IHlminilitnltion . .. sml the i•upitH\ilil politit:lll u•"k•· it 11 point to nomin11t~ 111! " husini'!'O"'" men us t heir "J!M..illt.t lilt' t·K ndidah'!l or th ~·iK iist I'Krly who sre ·of dass. Tbe j>oliry,la a modlhdo\elfrt'"· • "" '~-"'""'' '''"'"" i UA1rmo• l r .•.-.... lw W/llli 11111k in~: hin1.<R'If linhlf' for lloyeotting. ~lnyl>f' he think!! th:tt !Jc. Tbe antic.• of the old ,,.ny •'1111'"'' ht• il' ~ f:Htl•••li<• h~ c•on g~t IIWII\' with it. · · rlant In tbcn "'tr.orh to 1ec:11rc a BU81NE8_8_ A_ D_M- ;-N-18 - T- RATION •••1, "JI"oalty by their llirll illit.-raty. !bat t aowltdRf' i! JIO"IIt al'rriookeol by tile Only t bry wir."-'11 I' forlhtiiiHIVPOtllepower kllowletl!fC. 1~\PO\t ,.f •nol to.. drl!•- wl'rl! ottt!a mr_a lf'lroiltg. Blj,l 1~ maMH •eTe i11 a ot.,te or mf'nta l bli11d11t,. .o they ronl.t more •••ily hf' reD• olotilt 1od Ollbmill>li.,. to r hnreb ~~;·i:;~: ; ,;iG~\: :!:~:~;~:.: ,: ~: .:.: :~: : ~ .: ; ~::E::::~:!~~~:;.:~·:~::::: .: : : ~;~;::~·::::~Sf:;~·:,::.: : :~ ,.,.n,. ••Ill ..r tlw sh"t'~ uwl ti•• )lr. t:oulol'~ work;< up 110 tight lr thKt Jw will !uno· 11•• ··hKIII'I'. In t.rH!! th i,. timt· Kilt! tt·ll funny ~torit:~~ llfll'r· 11 nrd~ ,.f how lw us•·11 ll ny•h•tl to f,ol! lw wnrkt·MI. •' c.! ~", •::;.•:::::. ::r;..:. per 1.--.,.,, 11 .-.uu JIPI',Jl"'•• b11rd:ea oft~ ••••rl•rlittle t il;(•tn••n!JI. ~\ r. l'nnl al•t of t.l.tlll•t ,..-.~._~•1 llf Ul bo1"' •it.,. 0: • • . printL...! 11s a supplem('nt to the ~~~,.'; !);~~:~~~~~io'l~~~nf,:~~~~;~~ fo~1,";n.:.e i11 ar-. III'P.r • • attitl• t"'bth"u~- 1':;;;,..,.i1~" A1"::~ b~ t1:: :.~~~~lo::':t~"~ ~:nbt':lf ,:! ~~~='-:....-:•,:: ~: c~~"r;!~::! ::a~:; :~~e•;:::: =~ tt~.!.~ thf' " ~:~~~~; i~t ti:,.a r!!~~; !~~~~:rd~~~~~~~:~t ;~•;':,:~.!.he ;he:t:1~~!·~~~ ;";.;.~. ....!!'""""'"''""· tlw Iatile -·k- :,~:~~t .:'d ~i:ui':::!;•!.i'::-ier~:: u~e Jl=etl by •• b.._riJIIio• tiler. \'. Oolli•• PllbllQi., Npeela.Uy 1._ fake of "'"'•r foa•tala Pf'll, • •ril.a ~.60 or i a d - t wltil •ubwriptlao._ tile ~ne of tile trial Ill Wllfll' IIIIIIISillf,: to I!Ott' :-;;;.ra 1''-e.nt ollldat._ tt,;3o.os. 1 all 0\ 1 ~;, lau MP u:puded Ia d1t f'll"'luriae of cleta-1.,. ' IIUft 00 TO J4IL. wbld1 h.. bw• faMnfdeol tt c.l...do );lh1a -Twin City 8o· ••d M!.-ll.iJaa. · . ·~';•;.i:: C::O:~\:: ::i~ !7~~=~: ~~~'·,:;•:.=;:t~o: JtOihi~~- th\~l:to•::;n:1i~ ~~~~~~ui~o~~ ~:rt ,.'~',':si"a~l~nd. i~ TIWID • ":;::: ~~"~:~~~"::~::;0,:! t.:~:~~~~:~:e 0:e~C~~~~·~: . hut a "ystem of which I'IBC~ a 1111111 iu u J)Oiiition wltich drins him to ~uiejde or hiH o~·n or l1iK rrit'm.ls' rnetlwds or c·nudut'ling pri•·atc LtllliOt'MII ru\tt'll l'nough to uff'd 11 clu1nge. It Soeialitt -pblfoq ..... ann:o• ~~·~0 :~~~~~~~ ~pologil:ing ror\_Kenm'll~·. c:nrri·~ l b~· •• Of'IUlDU. aM ...._U..al - pall• ...... -.,1 II It bellon'M lloatSalt Lake wW 1M Mkl«tly • th• ~~·~·:k, f~ ~=~~h: ~ ..ik.~~ ~=·! ~~~~~:;.'·.~:~ lh~~~~:'":::.~::.':. ·~,;~ \Ui Uli if this r{'lttli;J(->111 WtLS the r'Bltse 0£ hill lw.•11 n m~n morl' t'8flllhlf' o£ Jltltling up 11 f\gbt hi! ~tnud It;;; j..'TOuud int:tt'lltl or eummitting 11 d~l £or whieh the re i f'!lll'IUlt·. Tire raet thnt h;• woultl ha•·~ to f11ee t ht! im:et:tigotion ami · th<' truth shouiJ uot trouLie n 1111111 who know11 thnt !11! ill d e11n. ..tlh·nl hn•·co donf' wrong let t h~o~u C.et! tht mmU~. ~~·iuli11t;; <'l11.irn thl\t iudh·icluKI!< art! subj ect to l'lll'ironmc.nt. till!< rn11.n wn no ;•xf'eptiun. lie Wll.<t a L'OOI. ea lm politicilm o£ ».lllndinfl. and Willi ho•li1•\'NI lo be one o£ tin: wiliC 011~. yet b e c·lutflht in t hr rrtot v f tho· <'llpitulilit "'·stem tmd fell a l'ictim. 1'he 1 ~ 111 ·-:--:..: :!: 14 ·-=·-~:..~:~:\:: '":'! :.::a:~··' ttt. c...tlt ol llot "c•- tlera . . . • • tk tUt IN . .101' 1M rt•ol'll( It ;. ••nllt •1Tftll , ut,;..tiled aad tlllb· ~·• 1 ""-""~-""" naal•r '-Itt'-· 11( :O:uto• !loti . . . . . . ., u..... ,.,.. ........... .·. ' t:::: ...~== ~.::..~ ·~ .,. i• alliuce..tl'-t., -•• ..._., ... ,..,..... ... ~11- ...... -~ Ia...: . IIUPPALO, N.Y. ~Pib:St.G0,.-~5k•__.,,.,....k,._ ...._, u ... J . ....... W'. P. CATnl.l.. - . . . . tCN-605 llle.al tJI.: a.., ri..n.l . . . . ...:::: ~~ ~~~-=:..-: PltARK~T--- ::; ;: � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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RIGHT OF WAY· \ ' Tclcpbont oervlu shpuld bo av.d!Uk lor yoUr ux at ANY TIME. In a n your:.'vqlce ~ have tht ricbt r:iwar. to any:~. wf¥> can render asslltana. ·, llnetelcpbc.eoerv~u!S­ allowio you lo -<1 your caD 191' wlthcut clclay or lntcrruptfon. It b ~-p~blc. Tllllc.t~oaly I • ...,_._ ,_.,.tt.u.PartyU.~-. When the~ oc:cun . wll1 YOUR voice have the In YOUR homo ricbt r:i war ? . . mNewYork • . , Telephone .eo. It'• E_,-.bao. Tdophooc,lluiWioa Cbuodo olt Ptaoklla- PIANOS artd PLA'YER.P.IANOS . HONBST PIA.HOS AT HONIIST PlliC':Q • 326 JBWfSL-uJiifll;s:'EALO, N. Y: Allftat. .and euiMorlbe tbr the lrfietter•Eeltu~· 'l'be oa.l7 Germao Denpaper l.a &he .... n ..... of s ... Yodr ae,, ...,.. • -~lbelu&e~otU.•Worldaca-.-110-forl......_• Olfb.31S-317Ga..-Sac - ·- -...,N.Y. �• i. ' MAO~ $4.00 . . . •• ~?' . Compare our up- eta!,.. prloes w1th the eo-called barpln• you Up atal ... ''Eodo.ed f111d 0118 dollar l.o re a"' •1 .ut.cripUoi. It wu a matter ot Ml(leet oa my pa rt l11 not lookior •~ the JIDmber on tbe b.bel. JU!ping th a t I will not n~i• • aiogle iS~<Ue , wb ic b woald be mrlou, 1 l"'!ma.io, 1ritb beat wlob"\'oun t or the Re\' Olotioo, OTTO I:OITZENST ATTER, ' Lotkport, N. Y. Contract Today For The Automatic Telephone It Is the only system that Qffers absolute relief from the telephone annoyances that hampe r and retard your dally business routi ne . It Is the Ideal syste m for the home, because by a marvelous mechanical arrangement, It affords your home and loved ones complete fi re and pollee protection, In addition to perfect te lephone service. It's secret, It's simple, It's safe and It's sure. It Is the greatest lnven· lion In a decade and has revolu· Uo nlzed te lephony. BUY YOUR HATS AT Pike & Dressel Tbe Federal Telephone and Telegraph Company Socialist News Depot a. Dally Socialist Papers tall Uo• ot 111oathl7 ll.lld -11:17 pertod lcalt. APPEA L SUB CAR Dti. Uoloo Good• 1.........., lk......... •hofu~~~;!" ~:~:~·:~= to p~.,...:R:;I~..~::~':,~~j.::z":;:~' 2S&M Jln,... .........,. .. a.. HOUIEI, ILOCIE CO. Pune'"al Dlr eg t o r • ............. o-11~ c-a- ~ o- o., .,.. Nl al'lt. e()7 "W"I LLI.A. W •'-• oor. •t:o.u _ _ _ F. A. Z-..M. N. J. ~Me¥ ....._ . . . ._u-12 . ............ -.,,..., c.r.Kt~.t-• - U671 - ZEBOLD BROS. 00 • ~ .&~p.,. . ..J. c~.,. .., ........... ... ....... ........ . . . . . . liMI'IL&ooh ; ll:IO~t:OO -"Final Cltaranu of Winter ~ults end - Overcoats ~50~~.'-~. ft8.7S tl8.:=::-!~ - t14.7S ~::~.:QJ~ t11.78 ·~~~:~~ . ...78 �._ -. ......... u....._, IIAit'n'l~,.._. , _ , . TUTTJaU... ..._,. ~ 6N-6a5 Muhal 1.&...., MJPPALO.N.v. ~.........,_T_ ..... c.t.n..&.. ........ BUPPALO, N.Y. ~Priat SJJIO,_yeu,5Cie *mG!IIdll.pq"" ta.....,_ ...._.» --s..ca... _.,.. J- S.~·d. J1011: oifb .. IWWor. N.w 1912. .. \ Yort. .....S.tt.ado1Mucb3.ll79 SATURDAY. fEBRUARY 2J. J9H THE END OF MAN'S L!CEN8E The time waa when people said, "It hu alw&)'ll been so, and· it aiWHYII will ho· Mo.'' ~ot so, in this unfair. inhuman and injurious pr~~rti•·•' of thr tloublc .11 amilard of morals. 1\!ople are awakening to ' !.hill evil and ILltking mw nuother. is there one good rea.'!On why 11ociety &!HI tho· chu r c/1 allow one (·ode of morals for our women, an(l accept a.unthcr for ou r 111en ! It is time Jlrude ry wu flLIC away and COIDIIJOII fh' ll...-· hrnuJ:hl to the front. W t" cli ll oul'tleiVCM 11 Chri11tian cou ntry, we sa.•· 11'1' li n• in 11 l't."Utur~· of 8dvanced idea11 and educa tiou and yet we M~t r wtiun this douhle 11tandard of tnoral8. When wonL<'IL fully n·Kiiz~: thnt their he11lth und their ch ildren's htalth d.-pt•ntl llll mut'h upon th e phywical cle&n lin!!RI! of the hus b1111d and ruther ItS upon tl:o·nt!lcln•K, then the,· will tltnuwd of the n whKI tit<- mnn e:t jlt't:lli of .the woma n. We must m1tk e it pla in th r 1111111 muJ<t h~ ju111 1111 )Hire as t.he woman. \\"h t'ther thia sex · ~hould ht> tuutrlll b~· tlu· mothcr 'or fatlwr st houJS! or by the phyBi~·ian ur at ~t·hool. it mn,;t lw tl () n f', t 'hild la hor. whit(' t<llln>r\· arHI liWentcd labor. the tliligrllt>e and of our uution. wiiiiH• nO mon• nntlcr the o·o-ope rath·e <!o mmon- 11hnmt· wt•nlth. II ill the dut~· of c\·ery Sociali11t woman to uot only bct'OIIIt' a rueml.,·r of tht· S.winlist l' urt y. but also to join the Womalt· ~ Cluh in her hmncb or local. A NEW .JOKE A nrw joke haa bel'n going th r rounds in the womt•u's mag11zinet1 la!l'ly thnt rt•a< lll sotnl'thin~ liko• tlli": '' !'it)' tht· poor workinp:: Jrirl. Why. she of all people i11 most to J,.. ' ''"'iN\. Hutho·r pit~· tlw poor you n g heireAA or the wife of n Uus~iau f.(rand rlukt•. or th~ j..'irl who tu11rri ;o11 nn Italian count . But don ' t pit~· t ho· 11irl with n guod jnlJ. A 1-!'00d job i}l one of !h i' hC!II health r r.~ort11 m t il•• world . He,mlnr work . rt•gnlar hour11. ph~·siep \ actil'ity r"-.' N. r. t.•lt . ll8aowD'O F411'. ~~~~~~~~~~~~=~~~==========::::=::: ot til• . aatiou.l 'tlll.ct ot parlyfdt .Juauy, 11114,. lll!..•be,.l!ipof lilt par· .110.... 11. Of tbe~~~~ 101,!-91daea.. Tile ot.laer1 . 1ftnl .,_. I"'IIIlltutloNI reqpu. •·ttough t u k•·•·1• th.-- IJO,J,,· s trmtfl. tttl oc<· npio•d mind. p olt·!fr•••• of intll'nr.- tho· thillt:ll thnt o·ount for one'!! wdl h('i nll und "" I"' IHI•• n l'e--Titt•~t•· umk·~~-:~t ~~~·~:.1;n 1/:il111 ~·1:;s_ whi.-!1 i~ 1111 ,Jouht trtH'. makes on.- woud•·r. ;•·hy ."H '"'.' '""'''',"' I> h~· ~;"'; of ''" wocki"< 1wo:'"" "",' f~)'. WHY EVERY MOTHER ,SHOULD 'BE A SOCIALIST n,.,. "'' ~"" """ ;, "'' C.~''"" I"''"'"' •"•hi•u ~hlom •mplo1 o phy• oom><OU1, wo wm """ ,_,. d>Udmo ~~;.~;r~1f~~~~~~!~~~~::;~:t~ ~ii~i; ~k~~~:=--~.,4~~.7"'_\,.bl~.· · · ·---~~-- nr~ utter"'"' tl"' ]Jrof.,un·IP&t truth. IUcllnt ~~tr.lll"bertii.IP for o~~e•i~tteOo:tober,lll l :lp flllt tbe •la•p' 1fiiiE II fol- ; ot191!ia-..otoaly ot tilt put, bill tbat. IOWIPtl• O,..lliUtioa [-. I l l fltUI.hll -<0 ..... rrc•u•~• 111 will prob· meca~l'lll!:- , fronl sh co fiiJhl .-bi!~"'OJ tbt-y ~.:.~::.~~:!::;:~>:?:!::.':::~:,::;:;;;:~i::~(i;gi'fl.::~~;;,~;;;~·.~f~:~~~::~ii; :'::!;~·:~:;;::::~:;~::.:~·:·;·;~·:::::~:::~ ;~~~~~2~2~~::·;. Jf•.l' t!u-ir tirst snmplt· nf pnliticAl j u~ttice. '"''l"l':;;; '·~,~itt: ',';,7 1 ,.,~:'c:rrnllll;;,. ''"''" tnQIIx>J.:I ( O<hom th~r •:; 1M! A;:n~hi;h~~::~'! "!!cc~..:~ould bonor io . ,_,II ..-ateb hl:'t up l"ee-<!loo. A POLITICAL PARTIES NEGLECT WOMEN .... tn ••"t tin -amon~-: tb{on, ror a ..-bile, daw-a• ut>Oo '"''· -n;. I IloW 1, 11 ,.11 1J,.,·s 1 h•• Dcmocrnt p!!rly eare for the wom en of the lind lloNt woulol l .Jut"~ th~m~ tu go fort h •h ':""" ~~ ntotber ; aile m111t ::',',~',~"~~ ~~.:'',::~~~~. r} ::/:'~!r :~::~form o·o ut11 iuing 5.000 word11, u ot ouc l.o •t ns lttk•• n look nl t lw llt·publiean platform. Yes. th ey IOOIICII up u It!! It· loit. \\'1• rt·!ld in thlll pHrngrnpl1 e.nlitletl Soeinl Legislatimt. " Tn !unit ··IT····ti•···ly tho· lnhor ~·pmt· u . " Thf' only !lfllt Ct• gin·n to "'"IIP"tt iu t lw ]•httf1•rttt wa~; the menninglt'llll tt•rm nbout limiting fetnlt l•· lnhnr. Tlto•tt · ·ou~t·~ tl~o· prize pae kHgl', thnt gay dccei\'er, thf' l'rogrctllli\'l' pHrty, 111 i t ~ piHtformuy&. " Th e l"rogreuin: party • ' • pled~s itfl••lf to the ta Hk of RI'Curing f'"tUal auffrage to rue u and wom en alike.'' W t· lll~ o rNt•l of the l~greuh• tfl' thoughtfuln l'll8 of our aex in th e flllrtlgrHp h on "~ocial Rnd lndU8trial Justiet' .. , lmagine any !IOCial ttntl in,lull t riRI ju111ire under th e eompeti th·e wage ayatem. Th r Soda liM l•httform eomea out boldly for "unrestr icted f'q unl suffrngc for wo::nen." ' They do not e \'ell forget that of tbo• o• ppitaliKt ~y~;tem, th e prostitute. Today ltD)' hone11 JW1'1'tm know" thut low wages is .the cause of prostitution and womf'!t l111\'" lico·u Ullt'd RH a tn ellllA of reducing the P rice of la bor by th•· profit so·o·k •·rs. It i11 an economic reason which d r·i\•ea women to tht• ~trc1· t. ('nn Hnyone supJKllie for a minute that thtse ,.,·omen would not pro·f•·r to Ji,·e JZood lht-JJ if gi,·en R~ - ~pportunityf . or \\',. r••Mli7.t' thnt it i11 \u~r-d f'nough fnr a man ~nut in tlw wc-t< k.'K pay e.D\'elo))f'-hut it lakes a · mnkt• that sum cn\'er the (,0 ~1 of rent, fuel, clothes. IWt'''· uio·kt•l Hhow11. c!lpita list ne...,'lfpapers and that fooJ. ::e~ '~.:~;:, •,~~1111 "~,;~'".,.7t~ ~::~~~:.:~0~ : 1 11 ;:.:, 0 tol .w~; :,~ ";!~~:~ 1 "<1 ~ham r. ot_ a time when oo woman m~m Let u~ f'nl~r a tytlital honw!. It f•irlr mot.Mr 11 nll'al her whole heart aod ,.;,h ,l'l>UIIf,:lll'r... 'n>e hom~ ot J'Ntlll for- IL !b~"" nootben ••~lr ~on•iet of ~ore thin AP,i11 ...-atcb bn uprNOioa. 8be t...-o room~, yet tn u•t •hettr.t from nip~ ,.,.y: ''If my bi!Sbtllld kaew that, ' " t..-~h·e ~"""'"•· • ( It brtab J'"ur heart to 1t would take tbNegenUf'QICII to a,;.,. belpl-.) . """'h" o:o:re pby1idao of thil roll~"ttd diltriet. t would aU tbe ph)'tidaa to tell wloat abjeet roieei'J • rootller i• ploaJ'!d i11to wbrn W I"Hii~H that obe I• will! ehild •K•iD. A11d the phyeidan will abo tell him !hat tbe motllt!n of lar~ famillH "YN," you 'uy," your der the- ea-.;iroPDtnt, will to illlprore bi-ll, aad 10 w-10 tile Na-re tllat ' 111 - o f btl ldo d wben lllftl 111d womeD &J'fl t,iUthf.olKII.t; • de.l., wltb • .KJiooUal of_ e bildre.. rdrKt"'7' Ia ••;~:~ •:o::~~ ~~ lala-aalt-. b<lun, will bOt able to bear 10ule, ~. ,.,--.Jinl.,-.) lldoua't · a nH•herlo 1olliatfaetory:Miadln r tbe , loe~lll• from tilt daw .. tl'ell! b-'t..._a-1: ll.er at aU, yoa wlD aote, .. . tjglf &ow ••teedJ•P7 '"I'- uti aawe...J7 -.... w-..... .......a, bt it1.a.. Mppaud to- ••t•r : · .. " ~ DU"'t'Y ~laim thr birthright, brot.lt!'r, Awakt!ll f rom tbi1 ltrribl~m; Co m!!, lt'•rou r<1uty,o~toanot b . AltbOCigh doublf11l tbi1 ma -m; open the ga.lr. to bappine. lf~lp Aod weltome tbe fnmiabed gu"ll Witb I:OtopauioD &ad ll!a~ro~ Whr do.t thou d~lart . r-i11Ute .un wbn 111e jqrl• • the e~k...,., . ·• ,••>:.... Brfa1iq- 700 blltil1l7 tilt order 701t ""' - ' In • ....taop ' ...,..... lite lll a ;N !••eaa' fol' tile plUa-· •• lin- . wll.idt . 1lae ''-'t••to. ~loera pato- .. ~ . ...... Jr.:..., ·~ =:,.. h ... ~~ · ...proi.. W~ ~,...lF,.Jwr tM ~· ·J • • , - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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YOUit stiiiSOUPTIOI'l I!XPIRES NEXT WI!Dt SA~ Price Two CaD LOCKED OUT OLICS THREATEN JOHN DOE PROCEEDINGS preliminary arraDgtomea~ a.re a a fr.>r tb., lecture by CbuiN litusell to be gi •·e11 "' Xe• i l bll, :?6-6 Gf'nH~ •tr...._t, & .. f' \'f'ninlol', Feb. :?:!•ul. Tkkeu are Ia hud1 of~ll btan<"b •~retaricll aaf ••~ - .ura l at fWeialilt beao.lltuarte"' Mutual Li fe Bldg, inquiriea ila•·e be-en ree.!4 •·e4 tbe •·•J•aci t yoft hrbaU ..... wiabto~ Iotenatlllul, 1lle employe. at~d tlaay are Dot aoing to T he tOIIIJl'-Dy e:rpeeu tie mea to I' up to the agl'tll':me<~t, and u.~ me~~o maad that til. eompa11y do tke -.me, or t lr.erew:IIJbetroublt,aadtbe-ntr tbe ecllllpaay rulbn It t M better. IOtl a t e tAt Lba �:GBRUEs EIWIII . .BlSSHL, ' , NOTID'!OCIAUST atA'n:a • ' AND~ .. j ', wtll•~kat: · . · _ ' \~ . MILLER'S HARMONIA HALL aw c.-.Snd.- ...._. Sunday EvCnin'g, Febr. 2md, .. at &;6'dock · Au.plg- . LOCAL IIIJI'!'ALO, S<XlALIST. PARTY, ·~ ADiiliiiOI IJ CEITI . 10 IEIE~YEI IEATI Are men who grasp opportunities readtl)'. That's Why "Buffalo's·· most pMgresslve business men are those who use Federal Long Distance ServlceJ~ They quickly See the difference between nominal toll charge~ and the e.noiTI'lous expenses of traveling salesmen. M\"CiothMare dealg aed tomee t t hel'fl· qulremeDtaofmeowhoOMIF:tbtlbelt Rise with the ''new bus(ries.s day" MAZUCA and get Into the ways ol the most progressive men. Use Federal Long Distance. ••clolbes Tba.t Are Different" H. F. PENNY .The Federal -Telephone and Telegraph CompB.!IY ® - . . . �l any .,_until-you •II\ -R~l ·--.- AM. >ntEJIE.. . Arthur ~ollobe\'ktor"6o(.lpr l'lc:JflcpW•Of:N'Cil p~. ..,_.~ br u~ Labor. • ~ P&UODI:iile 0 . . "Crtl4e. ._ .,.ll...... c,_,_,..,,.._....tJ,._._ Q.ARMENANTE .-w- J'iu.JewelryRe~ Butcalo. N . Y ~T•-aee. .- e> ·" .· S2.oo~~·o .. . $4.00 . . ... .. .· ·. . .·· . . . THIS WILL INTEREST YOU On and after FEBRUARY lOth rot store wlll close ·at 6 P. M., T tKSC!ay, Weclnesday, Thursday and Friday evenlogs. OPEN MONDAYS UNTIL 8 P. M. SATURDAYS 11 P. M. 56 Smeca Str«t Up Stairs Louis Josephson l(«b,.,., s";;,;,, Cl•tbl•g · S-.l(klttas,cdllllt. ·--.,.,..10t4 umoHu.U.t.. . ._ . at.. Bun••o.N. v . ~76 ONE BELL LINE JUST FOR YOU • bii' arguments that Individual Une T dephcac. Service advances. Is one of the lt"s a service that b ~in every way. It allows you to c.a.U or be called at any time day or night. The cost is but a few cents a day more than Pa.ty line T~ Service, too. Ask our Co,;,crcial Office about lndlvidual Line Service today. You'll be interested. New York Telephone .C o. T clcpbone BuikHar CbUKb &. Franklin Struts. . ..,.,., ........ ,__. THE. EmiPIIIE , TWO~ �- ~.....a..Tn~n,- BCI!'I'ALO soaAUST l'tliiU5BII'IG COIIPAHY .__ ...... U. . . . . . ~---............ KII'P.U.O.,JI.Y. • ..... --.T- a MIJiaa Dallara Worth of Uatucd _,.~~u- .... ·· ·;:.~:;-;:"" ~ Ptb J3dooejng to Catbollc a.m:h on. is Pald-Oty and Officials aft ~ ......,_.~ s- ..... "-S.itiZ,.altla. , . ....,_ .. ....._pw.y... SATURDAY. ·FEBRUARY t '4, ' ' '-' IN OUR SCHOOLS "F•tvm:ahlo•" l '"'!:"~ Working C lass Pay For :: ..-a.actoflola.:b!,Jm - -================= Pn>•rvt•;;;. iD SIDh Ward- $l,U6,650 JD- lUI,_,_,_. * ..... ,.,... .. ...._ A i t a - - t b e - r o l l o f a a - Kicl.Hl'a a..ar-cll u aot -ouo"'- 1.::·:. taud pi"GGp(ny lrill ,.splda • ..,. . . _ . Probably Ill• . _ n fc.P' it. •b,. i& I• tUt t.H C"oJy or Bdalo i• . Wnld a.:r mw·• n... The lalnt inforuu.timJ •• to tilt' iulluen«:e of tile Catbo1ie Obureh Pl,oGO,OOO <.. ddot, aDd ri•& deepu u lbyar F'ollnaaaa b6 Ua ~eeted '~f!E~fi:w- ~-lbe yaz ~114 :.~::.: ;:r:~~lo~\ity, •j·~~~~=~~:~~;';..:'~~br~ :~!...t!Sl:!.:'l~~:_n A. KiD1 lw been • . ~l r. Ki n~ • h~<ral~,ffi u tln~ _lnWnt!W!I manager of t~ Ca~li~ ;: I Ilio n _and T1m"·. sud •• rea~y ffi•l or. ur that p11.pr:r. In ~1.1 JX*!Uo_o Llllti f'u.b.,...:.~-. ~fort},:::!.~wail: r~•ll-& t111a Dt~t *• ..,. , cit.._.. ~n iateMib 1'\r.rty, e·nr ofll""' t.M to u ,.h111n1.1an of ll1111 tJaard wlueb t•nm m,.a the papc111 mbm1Ued by h~a; -~:C· tllo k pe r ~- • 111 ~e, ( tht •• ua.. d u.itiaa .III'J•Iit'alll!l for JIIOO!it itm!l' '" t("'IChr MI ) Jr. King will be ,-e~y tl!M!': ful to the ~I.e ·~bt it ~ pe;er:~.:~=r ~ be will tab aupo to llave tilt . •·1-'ln~~~ !:~,:'.'r)~~j,,l! in l•ot"•king ovt'r tht- vnpe-n will !"' very Ul!l_l !" t im""' 1d1 ~1 ~U"'£'""'1 (rj>{'Ju m o( thought 011 e ugenae1. r,..hj:IO II, 1111d ~11:'11ilUiln . IJI ther e llrty ll. !';, Jl rO<l Uc..'\~ wtJmt.•r 1h111 :::=more tnoaoey oa ,..bid• ,,,. h11 vr panks when a country .f;l :l.llOII,OOil.IW o r wealt h iu a year, and paya out lifJ(l.OOO iu -..·,.f:IX'!Ift ~;::r:~ :::~!b will t U tolle miUioadol..nworth tlle-oceuldaotbeboaJht for!our wu ta:1: fr~. E•'Ml llle )ow t i ms lllat •mouot.. Kiu.• by tllo eMeMOn oa 11111h it doe ~&~~~a old atmy .t --.ki•r REMEDY AS BAD AS DISEASE l!ut~t o r Ollliting Sulu:r from th e fl Onhi)' 111t~ l f' IHc.i mc 01 )'11 11 iu h i• pit~ •·•· lut..-c a lready r..:ad1ed t he Tluo hill11 lilt'l.l 11huwinl( lbe t•f ll!:?:il'.i,(KJU, w1th 11 mtm lwr II i11 IO laugh. to P•rl•- Two wteke ago weeaJW eU.utioo to lb.. property • • th 1.&1: roliL t he va•t ..., 01u1t of ..ut.t.aud propeny, Wo &HI catbg tile figure ol oweed by t loe C.tllolic Ch rdi io tile _ . u a bub of tll• T&luo ol 1'irie ity d lhi • • od J d'e recn.,sr.rent, ~ .... bet •ll.fo.. wllo ~ 1U.ti.llr t.llat it • • • admitted by til• tbiog of tbe propertin, aadent&adll :-·~t t o IN.· "11dju~tOO ." • o-wud by tho Catllolit poor pa.y tH b lU. Tweotieta Ward iprN Tb.o Catllollc ClloR;Il 11 t.lle ti,261S,&50. P rope11.y ownd by p.~litiul IAUituUea lo llli.t otlleT reli giou a dePCmliutiooa i• IJI&I"M ao dort to lla.-e ...u;ounlll t• U5!,(HO. ol&ee wh will - lo it over a millieo&JJd•Wf pe...ed tU.t wl.Uiater:fere · !•toJ•eny ia o•11 ..ard. terial wolfe" The el«~ Want OTer JWliOD U:atand u refulto appoillt Pfopertr. ealiber &lid .. a reRit tllat j~rt;.,u~~ 1,,.,.., dtiEI!III of tile Siztll Ward aliO .. the rklleat 1-.titatieo ill ll crc.twl• iun•t•Oil thc11idt• o r t ht.' Jlr11M:Ill atl ministration II 1rn.•n wl10 duu·xc th•· ll'lnh• ~tll'h IUJ I'Xorl oittm t liUIII for tltcir it Hjlllll 14) f{r1lfl, IIJid thl!'lf! ume men t:a\llll.'d S uUer grnf t in" IJt.' ("r•· ht• hHJk the offiee. l.ouk /JW• r til t• ft'('-l;l·lmrgo -<1 hy tlw hi11')" 1.'Mi in theea!K' 111•1f 1t i11 a:rnft or IH.ol. Th ... IWIUUuUi to be: i in t•l•nrK•· of ,,,,."" "'' llfllliu:~t Sult.t·r nr•• "" rollnwH: ~: ~~~~~:Jol!:l:~;:~:;~::• •·ery bea••ily towarda tbe Ia· S.methaea t.hat ebartb alia.-, f l.'i/HHJ: .l u!llJ B. !-{furwlilio•ltl. -.,l:'dii'HI~ ~\h on H. k~ wllleh alloat palrioti1111 and ontlide lte fold to bold oiBee, but tllat .. ppe111lt b eartful to J•laee J,.ndllr•' ./ . 1\ r••ll••l. 4-1.r.flll: Eu ~o· n t· L. l H<•h11 rd11, *7,, td . ~.ouo. tu: rolla ahow t llat tbe "right " ..,..,, 011 th job, aad. * au wl1elhcr ' -r... t'utHJci l (flr l'lulr.••r rct~·iw.,. lh•·~· 1 u 1 ,'11111 , Luui11 ~!ltrlihllll. !f' lO /tiH I: ll lln'o•y ll . Fu :o~. fti.WO; HoJll.'f 1'. Clnrk. :j=;?_;,(MI ; Charl('ll *WO.tiOO for lnwyo•n; r, - ,.~~ ~" f11 r. 11111! tlw are not I Cllli••r IHII',\'•• f'1111f" iu olll rl..- l•uluiu·o· w l1 i•· h htk t7! in th e $2=1!>, 000. • If thi• i11n't 1-(ruft , v.'ll"- ' - "- ' - -- 11 '11 u l'ff,\' roll I'll ~.~· ~ I• • Ju of lo'll'i••l)' ul !will II ' " n< 'n• J•II'II!iril.l o f JU tl•tla·r. ltut it'.,.,. tnu~t hill'{' lilt' rllro 'l! l io n ,. ( th o• o·lt ,•· u l"l h•iul~ . lluJ.,.rl ll m ltt•r t h·· ••run1!t~ frum ll w lmnqu_··_ I _w _lJJt_·._ __ STAND UP STRAIGHT c~;~;~o~r~~~~-:!ll:~u.01~~~ ~~~~~;;!;;:; tent of tazee, w!Lile all tbo denollliaat io utoot 11 ptotl31,000, a total of o•·er fl,OOO,OOO •orlll on whiell tile t itinne mutt th ey pay th ei r tazoa. Wa rd take. ia tb e di1triel 11 Mala b4. t"'~" Eagle aad I <I ruoa to 3-lielligaa, aad to Ueao etl. · Some of tbe big o•ne<l by the Catholie tllo St. Pra ne\1 Aaylu111 1 St. and .cboola!Hl...tbe old , .-llieb .-bell told will I Diet prollt. Tbe St. QET AT THE OAU8E q,~. t• r imo:> llll< i')! ruft 81't'tu t o ll f l&~~tt<. - be running r iot a ll <l\'er this ~~;~;~~~t:t~s: 11 =i:1 'n~~["d:t~.r~~~'th~'":,~~i~'"';; iOmotigoti"" I tA•• wl1id• im Jllit•nt~ t hoilt't w ho h~t.- e been tnuded with all'&~rs o r state. . lln si n~ mttt turnht~; aU kinds or trkb to t".b f'at people out or t h e1r mon~,r. · . 1'ht• uho.hwtion ar ·'·nnn j: girhl: tot.. n~d M whlte "'bwea. ;\l urd••r ni:' imlh·iduat b;\· nnathu in o.rder to earry out Mime •ln' llll' In tt n niu tli'Si.MI t nd!l \\' ht~lo"MII" mu f'll ~ r e1rri f'd m1 by ~'0\"'f':rmnt"nts to satisfy oomtn"'"" ll ::~~:_:~~- ,,r .. ~~hl> killffig ami cori ppling o r w orlrer5 t hi-oo.gh luk of pro} er {\f'ttaUl KlilL Tlw.w ~ tbt daily ha(!peniop I~ Ut th;._. ~XI"I u .OOU of '"l!rythinE w.'hicll fl U the «Mumns oCt.bt eR .\ ~!n l muil llf aot ttf onr cbil.,v pap!!nl tOOk ul! l~.e Rnt l otij.."t' ·••itll t hi• kind o.f new.. e~r)' articlt- beanng t-ria-.., It lf'fiDU thai t-l"t!r~'Wht>n" ~pie are ~~ ;~;::1~~u~!:::~~~r~:~~ lirtt~~to ~,;d;~~-ibe ;~;;;;.c-,.,-.n: I~l \\'ate:" t•li' n-I!Qw wbo d rh'e:s an a~.tto ::~w.~-~~~~!h~';~=t:~i:! ::\!.i~= DO ,;·~.!~·~~~,~~~ {~ ""' "'iiiUrairt bl.a 11ttkloolting rw the (e.UM'~ tMt taUJii' lw- Ienon t}lat t~ it onJs GDt ...,- make tht !.ti ~~ ~l the tauft.. H~ d\181101 tW, a il 0r' '""' tu.l!il:-. n~ miltbl eaU it IGJDt' ·D&D8, ~ ~ W.t .-it-' t-'•' he df!IW: 111nly will 1"1€-'t. abd jWrl~= :i~!:J! f!l!itd btfart it .-ru -hi• ::e~~ ~Ce~:!t l't!nl ~ wt!r~=~~~~,o;; :.:::~.::::,::~~=~==~~ Y• ..to -.. pN~pk: wboa:a Y'Jil • • • are J-cl a.w~ Utt~ n f t tlwir Meek oft ~ ~ pall. tt.t i& ~hb ~ OOi:ridnl_. U. . -. rieM•~~UDDU .. • ; t.tW:-t ~ iot _,. t;V ~ .... a! u. n..~ UMti-ridual'sctiM. a tor ~ ..-Wt~ ..-.ila.u...._tac'ef;rpMple dllla.tt m. •-. w..t-~ . w·.. ~lht•3""1~... ' ;:';: t~e ::i~;~u Coale oat ot yow- traaee, fellow uu,,.-bileyou tr.aYe time toMVe qJvea from ~-thia tombi .. troll of tallaU who are uslag lhla robbiagyoa •ad fooliog ooly tbe dollan~w•lebrou wbletr. they do not JI&Y Ia it J>erv•du tllel"llole f•brie or wllieb i1 llooeyeo111bed with IU 1tltlo111 aad fal-.. teaehlog• IDd keep. mra from tlllnklog. l or le l ve~~, aad pre.·eat1 them from iogto malie tllil a .-orlol io � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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PI1UIS NUT~ Fttb. 22nd_ �take t llem to ('0\lrt may lllta" •tarva· tioD for .omeone deprh·ed of tile Jlf!Dnif'l wb leb t.btl1 gatber during <h• l •o.•Digbt. Deterualned t oatleutbriDg tbe aitu· ation t o lilt! a ttn tion of t he autlloritie~, t he reprue11tati.-e of Tho R u!· '"••" FORCED: TO. V!G-aTE ·30 DAYs· WITHIN BIG CASH BONUS PAID FOR LEASE N0W SHARED WITH OUR BUFFALO CUSTO~ I am pa.rtinr with this store with deep rept, b it bas l'fO"CD to be c:mc of the the l:qpst succ:a:~rs in my chain of outk:ts. But oo accoua.t of ilJDca ao6 the dis-taocc. &om New. York bCadquarten ·it il inadrisabk for me to CDDtia_uc ~ 1 am.I u:oabk to riTe it tbr: attentioo it must baTe. I am, bownu, prcparinc for the future . "* of ... thousaod. of Bolblo . ........... . ·ENTIRE STOCK OF GE~RG'E:S MODEL C1.0THES FOR MEN AND YOUNG ~EN MQST BE. CLQSED OUT WITHOUT REGARD TO_ COST OR LOSS I \ Never before In the history d my sa bic atora have such reductions been made. Nothln&' reMrved. All thJa IC&IOO'I suita ~d overc:oat>, fur .ooat>, dress clothes, wolk1nr and Prina Albert au!ts, ralnooat>, trousers, etc., and In addition my new "14 Ss>rinc models In two and three-pice< suits and top coats"(.all aiul) arc thrown In at prloea that do not oover oo.t to m&l!_ufaoture. THESE REQUCTIO.N S HAVE BEEN .MADE KENYON OVERCOATs · (WATERPROOFED) •us andrt18 valuea. Combinadoo Dr<Saand Slorm Coats. Plain and blanked back Velours, Tweeds, Casslmaa, etc- Medium and heavyweights. All have the "K<nrei&n" tradcmark-NOW. 5 $ $12.00 AIID $13.50 $15.00 AND $16.50 I SIUl AND $20.00 $22.50 Alii $25.11 Suits and Suits and Suits and Suits and Overcoats Overcoats Overcoats Overcoats sa.se $10 .$12 SJ-58 And so oo up, I!> stq>o-d ooe dollar, to the-hlcbat crade silk lined Sub, eenuln< Mon~ Overcoats (outer edeeo and podzta vdvet piped), Elysian UJst.n, Donegal Tweed Balmacuna - moot • luzurloua prment>, orlglnally marked at $40, $45, $50. . and $55, NOW BUFFALO SHOE CO~ SENE CA AND EL..L..ICOT'T STS. .Men's Work Shoes $2to $4 RAIN COATS Iovest N 0 W for the raiay a:pring ~~eason. Bvery- coat guaranteed. IUOe.od • .oo~ ' rorcec~ .- ~·~---··:.......ta.ao ~-~~--··------·~- N.50 f,J.I.IIO,fJ8 •ad$101f11d•. lmock School Shoes, size l to 5 95Cents CODPU MEl ! n.Coupoaroodlo. SOc. Y e WUillrou lo tty a pdr of thoK ~==-tod.eBuf- taio 8U. 0:1. befon M.ll reh l&t &Dd It Will be ~......IDO at ro oeatt ID mouer oo M:l .-lr :~-~-~~- _......17.ISO ~a-.,;.; o!,~.~~~::= • • • . • - •• 25 TROUSERS •t.ao 12.51 liOOSIIS 13.111 13.51 14.• t:z.ao t3.oo ~.51&15 .. 'SUSJ " SUS! " M.oo ta.oo .2.00 .a.~ ./ILL S.IILE~ ABSOLUTELYFINAL NO C. O. D.'S - ~ '!!!..!!!fUNDS .NO E."IC(:HANGES . 3~7 M-ain Stre}e t . Tw.o._DoOrs From lr«MMuol'a Hotel oiBod!&lo~ for dNJil'OI'~tll., • .bO. U .•·O. t5.,00 01' te.OO. ODe -Pfiii i.O tbllplltr . Noc rood atw K.teb ~ ltlt. • ~LTERATIONS FREE f10.tltaD4~- 500 pair Boys· all solid hard • '. ALSO ~TORE& AT .- ...NEW YORX.:!...(Two)- 42 PBtLAD!ILPIDA .15th llDd Cbeabsa.t W~t 34-ih Strut a.ad a t 86~b, ~oroer ¥roadway BOSTON • 884. Waabia~ PROVIDBNeB 869 ·w~t:aaidatcr �FtaeF.-• - .........~-... - PIIN •U uof0mt'4HaU ·-IT. . . . . NlT1ID !IOa'AU5T CllA"JJOt AND At1"''B:a :YJ:r-.o:; ,,;;;;: - - . . Cll>olTJ """ ...... -~ -'ll~kat .. ll<iiLLER'S HARMONIA HALL Goo6~··­ lW~St:r.L-- . . . . . .Auaplc:. . . · ux:Ar_ BUFFAI.O, SOCIALIS'I' PARTY AIMIUIOI 15 CEIITI •• ltlli'EI IEAU Don't Buy any shoes until you have looked over our line. THERE'S A REASON I ffJ $4.00b P.:taces $2.00~0 THIS WILL INTEREST YOU On and alter FEBRUARY lOth out store will close at 6 P . M., Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings. . OPEN MONDAYS UNTIL 9 P. M. SATURDAYS 11 P. M. 56 Seneca Street Up Stalre JOHN A. COUGHLIN,~:::;:;• Sft YAL~~!';.~;_Ccw· &!W, •tu.OX~O 11Ua .......... " . . . . .. .. a OlUlAl..IIUl 1 l . . tlkL Charles Baumann Rev. John W. Ross · --- SUMDlY, fURU&IY I , 7.,15 P.M. " "*-"'• s...-a.~o...,.,- c...-. T ... So. l l lfU' NUifRIIU . . .I,Dolo•oro A._ ...... ~.s.. Baoarian Hall MERCHAr~Y TAILOR JOHN U~VERZART /,IllS .l•••u• o!#w.t. S•mplt '1/,Hm ??6 Sycamore St.. cor. Reed .t.amva on.a. HI aao>..Dw.t.T. DWUNIOI"otU. .lo11o Ro1klo ••.• • . , . . , ..•. . . le c..adi. . Ciob ..•. • •.• ••. .•. . ac. LII'H11ut••• .. .. .. . . ....... .k l'rloklha •.• •• ••. . , ,, , ,, . . , . , ,k Elllo• l d• •• •.. ..... ..• •..• •k •u•Mt• .......... ... .... ... ~.c B.,.1o(Ualoa lhda), ....... lif ;1:~~~·-~::::,~ut~·.~.~i::l~>: ::= &Ani &ltJ•oro (Ualoa M...t.~.10e J:l~:~~·~~~·~~i:~'~J.L;eo. JllaU OrC.a ~ DaUnrot. The 01111 Germao ae"PI'PI"' Ia lhe ai.&WI ouulde or New York OU:r, rep,._ MIDilD( I he lnteree' or lbo Work\n1 OI&M. - 60 c:toW for 8 moalba, Office. 31~ 17 Genesee Street - - Buffalo, N.Y. INDIVIDUAL LINE TELEPHONE SijYICE A line to the Telephone Central Oflla lor your adwive use; a telephone that you can we at any time withi.ut tile delays that occaslonally arise .wh<n yoU share your line with others ; a clear track for all meuacea cominc to you - that Ia Jndivldual Um Telephone Scz:vice. . And the cost is only a lew cents • day a>OK than you now pay lor ulcphone aervla whkh you share with othen .., a Party-Une. Why aat lu.YC _. ladlriNII U,. T~ lo y-bom.&I.Dil~ol._._ , __ Soeialist Ne~ Depot Dally .,.... Soclallat Pa-. -- l td!- ~_,~ u.._~ Tni&Story iif the Constitution �~-.ma..TIJ'f'Tlm _, BUI'I'ALO soaALIST PUIILISHING coMPANY 60W05 ~I.&..., BUPPALO, N.Y. PIU.Jat~T- IIAJtT1It.-.a,....... ~ --T~~Lif.~ y, p~~~~ ~ Plb SUIO ~-~mdlr I * ?Uto 5lk lll:t. ~,_,.a~~~. ID. . . . _ ~· J-5, J9J2..tlbtpc~~a&batBc.flala.,N-Yori:. --·ado1Mud:.3, JS19 It i11 nmm•ing ro nor,-. the o' BS<! with speak s uf S]'l<'mling aLout $25.000 to $35.1100 Kl\other inn!s tigHtion of the ~ns comptmy. fa1·or tiH· gns t>ompu11y. but if it is rwct>ll!!nry to fl.utliug out how umch the l'ity owo·s th!' company pAy tht' bill nnd be d oue with it. or better 1till with the money. · • The IOoCII\Ied buaincssmt"n of tllis city are e it he r an ~)' boobs Or 11n a r tful Kilt o f bunco men. or they would rise up this looting of the city trcmmry. The fact of tht: m11ttcr i11 that a frw men at the head bank• and public sc r \' io•,. eorpnrations with one o r two "leading ~·t•uMI'' 1!1111 put o1·cr llll."thiu~: th<'Y t>llll llflUeer.e dollal"ll out of. 11 1 t i Puhlio· Scn·i••t• Coml!li1111ion must. make a show. tufty~~ ,~:.~:~s 1 ,~; ~:~~~nc:~~ ~ 1.~~~~ ~~~~~~~;~ t:~~tt:l~·~ 1\n\~c~t :~~~'(o>;;, lh·~ ult: The cit\· hnrrow~ ~2i'd)00 from the hankers, the b&nk-1 '"""'""• ~·n r1·t>••i1·e inkrt"~<l ot; it. tlw Jnwyo·tll go:t til e mone~· for_;n:~t;goHng, thf' 1-('KM o·mupnll~-·H l•ill ill pnid just n~ t.houl[h nothing nnd th(' M11yor nml l''ublie ::-t·n·ic,.. CommiAAion are I ~k•o·ll for "]•cnJillg tl• e rity'" tnOiu:y without results. natiollalotlieerea<lilyagreetl. SOMETHING MUST BE DONE 'i\' ,, bal"t> l.wnrll _tlmt r ..c.•ntly ~~"' _h .. nd of the ll cnlth D t·p artmcnt nrult·rt.onk to tn•"t•ilt tlo('IITI· .the .' ·t·ntllntlOll of tht· ~tret'l CRt:~ o_f the l u· h · runtl<Hitd }{ntlway . ll IJ< llll~<lthnt lw a~tunlly t0<1k K lf iJ) m one of tho' •"II I'll inordl•r to lt•a rn furllims•·lf: w,. 11t1• JrlKii !hill l~o· rctnrurd uhn· nnd wo:ll. Tlu,. poor inno•·o·lll do('tor h11s ht:o•n eritit·ltt•J tu such un extent ·> n th•: ' '!'lllilntiou of tho· ~ tr.,t· t t'llt:~ that he deciolo>_J to t reat the lt_t· l•·rnattotml r•·nlnnuJ:ht~·. liO whnt •ltd lw d.o but f,:'O rt ght clown to thetr olli t: <' :lllol gl"l "n·nl infor n1ntiou'' for lnm~elf. Th e offic ialn of th!' <:tllnpnuy WH•· only ttHl willing t_o two•nmodnt., th e doctor illttl ordered ". SJ"''''"! t:tt r wit_h ··r•·HI'' l'!'llttlah>_rM in it _tnkt• him ove r tht• lines. !-,l'l't.l'thm ~: wn~ tu;ed f'TOI'<'rly for ht~ r t·t·o·pHon. l!.!lc\ you may he sure thnt that <'lit Wtt~ not ;>n·rt·ruwdc•l. . . Ctf t•O\ll"!'t' ltlli IJJ•lniOll of th t• I'I'Illt!Ktton of the lllrl'et CHMI WRS ful'u~:~,:~\~:~ ~~~~r~:~t'~~.!'~:;;~~ot~ -~}' 1 ;\,!' . ~~~·c~ltl~•:r~i~~ 1thiM c ity has I! dif- fo•ro·nt opi n 1~11 . ('rowdintt '"'''.r onf' h_umlreol_ri"'ple into one of thcs" ]"lf•rly l't'll rll!l!o·.d o•tt!!l.• <"IIIli •~ 11 •·rtrnt• ~gH m&t the deceu~y of the pt·op!t· _or ~hill •·•.ty . .\l •·n.nud wumcu nrc Jammed .together 111 a fa_sh~o n wh rl'h tS 11 du•!!tllo"l'. fulk ~hmll NOnti' of the mode'tn diU1ces be!ng llllll~<1d.,st. wh.1· whtll hnpptns 111 n crowded s treet c11r hAs anytlnng thut !I oiR!ll'O' hall.'•l'l' r product•tl dw11ted II thou_11and .time!P.' ' l'ond 1i~·:::~L~,:.1.1 ';e'~ri.;~~· ~:~r:i~:::~ ~~~~'\?c~fa~~~~~~~~e~~:eS:tl~1 ~~f~ !~~~ otho•u fucl'll And mlud•· 1·11•·h otlwr s bN!aths. UanJk_erehtefs 0: 11 Mi~·h .. ,..; •.,,J hi• Jorot ut, but J 11 auary the b~"'' of tbe ~ reo lit deroa rtment, a :'tlr. f'rO'n Qb, .,.,.url'<l :O.Ir•. Winnie Brantl<~lter, uatiunalwumnn'•eo rfftpondut tbat the ... u reR•i" ani! that it ~out.J be at one<', ·b-tf to Cotoraolo and Michil:an. lfrl. Brauteuer 110 li••l tbe Mt rike autboritie& in the o\iatrirtl. ··on th e o!ay foll .,... inl!' llr. Fl'1!lltll ralll!d ntt 011 the ttlepbone, and told me tbat .,.,.,. 11.., of the 1,.e... ure in Tfan~O<' k i!iwtrlrt thu wolltd be of tb o So.:lali1t ttaMy ~:~::~~~.:~nrel tbe ~r<h>r,'" aai.J "The reuon ~J•·en wu that ~oul. l not do a rr!.llil bllaln-. wu ob•·ioutly an ea-eu•e. •• it been lffree-d tbat tbe good• to be rt~t•iled. So ye.trr<lay 1 reporter ot tbe Day Book, a 1 ~~~~~:':m:;, ;,~.~o;,~~=~ ;.~. ~: ~re MIAnee: llirll·d in t hl' foulttlt. R_nd th e t~:m~er of th e- passengers l8 at fijthtmg heat through th., unai'Oidabk g~mdtng o f h:els on 1~ belongmg to otht•r thRn th.-ir ow!" . Thtl mcu~al a nd Jlhystca_l cond1bon of a person aftt•r K Hltt•ct <'llt trl]• IS O l't' tytl~mg but ~ougemal: . It take ~ a ~tomach of cast tro n to w u hstand 1t and tf the head o f :~:a~~~s 0!r!l~tlr~'::, ~~~~~!¥. ~ i~i~e~~·eh ~h:"~~rhfr!.:etb~i~;:~bat th c foul11ir . . 1 hert' ill onh· one n •med'" for the evil! wh ieh eonfront t he people 011 the Htrt·cl fltlt'lltin n- ihe people nlUSt. OWD them IUld run them forth(' benefit aut! uHe of the pllX&t'ngen inalead of t he profit of a few b11uker11and lawyer~~. ur ,.. ~:~·'<1;;:1~:~!:1 ~~:.:' , 'Our agent 111 Mio:llipD bu 111 th•t lbeT1! il • •traffgle in the 11tet distrlet wbi~h bu 1nerehanta, aDtl that if w 1 wiab t be bu•ine• in that dlrtrlet • e 1 got to keep Our baDda d.'' I t'IDU lJJU\11 It ilu 110.,. HOW •JO YOTI beeo~Ue a ba.blt •lth _, __ 1••• •~--•- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1914-02-07 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. 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Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. v02n088 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 p. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States New York Erie County Buffalo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/33959748d6c0091bed250e22919614fe.pdf 7202130523039ced7eced080904324a2 PDF Text Text J.OOitATTHa-C. YOUR AlliiRJIS LA8II. IP IT IS , 88 YOUR suasatiPT10H llt. PIUS I'IIXT Yl!ll[ VoLD .dU·D.G. E HAR·T ZELL : W:.H ITEWASHJ·NG ~ ' ~ ' liWS Har·m onia Han 8101da~ Ev~g, Feb. :22nd �Get J'ODf UebU . . . ~Mdl•a or•:ro- .... 't be iDtotlileb:a(,l ()..;aa: ottbt~ltteeto Your 1"bio11 b dukued ·nrtpeC'trai.U.Jlflt. to holcl.&p&LI-..ti., oa IDS llt _tke S.wood ll'l;ltio . Tbat point with ueualna hua. --...beta fonfti to ~~~n~re on...e.n d ren you•.... killed, ~all. Tlla bll w~it:k hu The ..W. you''l'e ••llied, • , for t llh a«llliOD II .New. I Troop)'1 Ill 11 &hutly bud. ~ U.ll,2&40eMMeStreet. Tllb hall ll"" eeatT&llf louted Youmiat iJO lorhul"fb ...n,. re•obed br all ear Uoea. Auot 1our tith~, fut IUid .. t bll' We how tb,at "' til but 11 foil _,about alteeu h&,· ed«idod to Wberatbe Arad rour drlul. of tkltett h~bei!D-oldlt bthe••Mtoftoil . •... p.,- Ji•• ~~\=1~~0:: ::,m -· -by-- Williiu.J, P.· Barnara: National Uctur..r and Debater ! .at CONLEY'S CONsERV.ATORY,\650 Main Strut " 1at Subject f'or Sundar. ·Even.ln., Feb. "ci.IJUS AND -~RIMINALS" -. MUSIC AND SOLO - 11 - AC~ IRA~ fOR lOU~ MESSArl lnclivid.W Line T depbon<! ServlU from a clur tradqfor all telepbone mcaaagcs io and from your homo. It is at your servia: w~ you are ~ to )all<. It -enabla anyone who desln;s to · zuch you to obtaln a conn<ct1oo without the delay that is occuionally apericnc<d when t ' - is nwe than one porty on the flnc. ladlri:lual l...bSerriceallt oaiy akw caatt - •dt,. ~ Putr ,Linc Sc:rvb. too. Why not ask our Commerdal Ofllce · about "'ear Track" t<lepbcnc service for~home? New York Telephone Co. Tdoobooe 11oiJc1mc O.u«h at Fnnklin ~ BULLETT'S ·SHOES. Union Mlide HAVE A REPUTATION c.,,..,,,..,...Oit Ct•''"· .r_...._....,.,,. ;.,.n.,., THEIE'S A IEAIOI ,"'~ s-, •..,.c..,~...·,c•..rt- ~ ·967 CliARANCE SALE w 1.- - 11!4Kt..... ~oeuou, heraee r reat pren\laDdlfyoo.~n~lu _ . t ot wint.l'r rwd' t hb b your oppartooky. ., ltl .llO Sv.IU and Or er· -" - · ... IJUO&o"$188n1A aod po.oo Wi"tb our mormoa. oat. put, combined · with oar. BROADWAY s.IA aod 0'1'er- -w • . •..:. ~ aDd O'l'llr· u....._,., 8 we&tf!:r. ete. , al -aa&ll1 ndoeed nllll l Made <X real ' Leather • The ldncl cb~ap a pe:taira rcat, we an: in a poaition 'to ' -val'ae. that can. not lx duplicated e!Kwbere. - �FAST COLOR HOOKS AND EYELETS bun~b 111~1 :;,~I ;~~:·•:!~~~·,,~~ 0~' ~~it:.:~~ ~:; !: :·;·:·:.: ~::/!~;:;. ~:...~\:~~~~~~~~;~~~~~~~~: ::~~.E~;. ,~~=:~:;~~:; ,~:~:~:~:;~~ ... are .,.,,....,.,,.,, to .. at \'en· ftnd prJ!jodieoeto f orn ber tooiHlyatul r~main 11'ithiD lbfl O'it <'ling f'Out rol of l~rJ:I.IIar 11•<'1'1in~:• uf th" ' 'Y""""' wol! hi~ orill. T he prno.•ot Julrn.ge moni- :r .. ::,~·il~l ;,'~:·::~~~~= :,"~.!01>11~:~ .;~:;;, I:::::,~':,..':~:o 1 0 ,,;~~~:=~~~· ~~;lo ~::,~ floor ),,..,,~, --=~~=::_:.=.;.:.;__ l ;':;':h;irtl dl)a oleyaveuoe. • of <.ir.,f'N'<! """"' !""'he allayed, btll mUll rontinue till, ,.,,.,..,,.. .,.! kofli(,.antl in all t he io imjHittaot that ,.,.,.,,,. n<emb~• Hf'lol~ .,(male acth·lty, '11'01'11111 b11~ "'111&'1 the unt mf'<'tLIIi:· T he re•·i,.e-1 •·••~• ....lall.\lulrit y, wit lt. m&ll. ••hli>lt'tl. " '11 thr l1a llot with all that it i ~Q•I d<!JJI&rulln! tbat ~~~ Cl<'rupy " Ia l'qll~lilf with mu, wilb t'OIIIIdeor<' to WAT~~TIGHT GirO•cE•rle:i!l-fl•y·i••• wlll ~ JOHN A. COUGHUN, 5" WALDEN AVE, Cor. IS.a.U•.,. th,. ".,omnoitt.... rLerte<l to t ake tar~ eau,.OJli'ORDTI~~,....,~OU..U. SIUl :~;n:;:;~• 1t:a:~~: ::.~. blgl(tr aaol . . . . . . . . .......... • . .... titcl. .....,_-PATENTED SOLE SEAM ,.,., . .-:~::::~;::,':,::e.:~~~T~:~~~~"l;~L~ lCharles Baumann '" "· ~..~ MERCHANT TAILOR -----------11 AR.BESMAN, WholaakManufactUf'U, 37 Se.ncc.a Strut, purcbased · at 15 c.r:nts on the doliat DOW on :ulc a t las than the coct -~f JDanufact~ Tbe _King Outfitters ' 10&-110 DCA ST. GBHBLES EDWHBD RUSSELL NOTED SOClAUST ORATOR AND AuntoR lVIII •JM~ak at: ~ ~ILLER:s HAR¥0NI-~ HALL LOCAL BUFFALO, SOCIALIST ~ARTY AI.JIIIOI I& CElli IIHIOYO �~~mr ~..al.Tin"Tia: BtJFFALO SOCIALIST P!liii.ISHING COMPANY a-Wl ' . BUPPALO.N.Y. ..._llllll.t~BaUDr IUaTllf 1G1SSLD. , . _ HDatT TVTTHILL, . _ _ , . ' Jr1tAJia ~T-o. W. P. CATTWI.l... . . . . . . U....6CM-605M.Itut.JU.Bcolldtac ~ Prb S1.00p.yeu,5Ck Blii'FAIAN.Y. pa,-.W. man. . . a~ ~· ~aa~malta")-5,19J2.attt.s-oHaatlkdlaiD.NewYort. aadcrtl.adolMudll.JI~ SATURDAY. JANUARY 31, IJI4 A STRIKE WON � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1914-01-31 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. 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Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. v02n087 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 p. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Judge Hartzell Whitewashing Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/1cf59297c6b656f584783f54aa880a71.pdf c7795a3d2956182cd61a9ea8172ba4ac PDF Text Text . ,, LOOitATTHa~C. =~~~~.:~ : YOUR ADDRI!SS LAIII!L IP IT IS . ;~ • WBDNIISQAY TO. . . ~ ' 87 YOUR SUIISaUPTIOfl J!lt.. PIIU!S NEXT 1VUJt SATUIIDAY ~ " , VoL D No. 16 s·A~~VATJON. ~ • ~ •, • , j AR·IVI·v · HO.M E EXPOSE.D , I , FOBMER.INMATf nllS . Of COllAGE' SlREU r �cf,....._ T...,..._ , _ Ia ~In tbcwhen .,... uoe lnllhtM1 u... . Scrvb. Obo Lll!e. C<IDII<CIIac ,.....ldq>boat . to tbc Ocnldl bi&c, Ia ""*""" .. ,..... • acluaM:uoo. • Th. - Ia opecdy, -~ ...s·~ - able. h aflordo a IUI'C• IIIWII o f - . · cation at aD - . • It allows tne~~qCS. to cOm. to you at - . lim< without bdac bcld up bcoauoc ·other ""':!Y Is uslnc tlic llnO. . F o r the f o llo,vlnK A4 - 1. The y ue t;nlou ll.ade aud ....... _ c.-..diJ Olb' -·~...,. ~~~~~~~:~::~!d T~~n~=~~y­ ::~~~~~._.,u::~p:.:tt!~ q':;~~~~ll ,., ·5 ." .;· ....-.. v-u-.-.a~urrn-- prl~-- Try apa.cluge to-day. Oompel be doet yo•~r duler tu keepth11111 oo~do ao, byNklng for 6lh A v11. C11•reue•. I. B. KRIN SKY MAN U t ' AOTUit&lt 207 North 41b St., Brooldy?, N . ® New York ' Telep~one Co.· ' Tdcpboo< Boildioa- It's E~betc. ' Cb<n<h & F....Jdm SbuU. Allltat. and •ubeorlbe the llrfJettet•Eettuno. .Theo.&q~~U.._...-...._,~..;T_.OIIJ,,.,... -&I.Df\bltba-..oftMWadlqCI-.-IOCIIMitwl . . . . S15-3J7 Gcocoo0 Stnot • • Ballalo, N.Y. BULLETT.'S SHOES Unlo,; Made HAVE A IIEPUT~TION TIEIE'I I 1~1 • With oa.r eftOnD008 out. put, combiaed witJJ oar : eJxap apetaira rmt. wt: an in a poeitioo to gin yala~ that caa.- not be daplicatc:d do<wi>H<. �l- I ~,••,~~~~~nt .""l f PEtPLE'S ·ffUCATIONALIEACUE Ctctul'ts tOtfP Sundi19 €otning ill ].45 --: - - b y - - Wil~iam F. Barnard N~tlon&l Lecturer and Debater at CONLEY'S CONSERVATORY, 650 Main Strut Subject for Sunday Eve.:Wing, .Jan. 25th "The Rebellion ofW~man' ~ _./ - - M U S I C AND S O L O - - ~~~P~keCHANcE ' rUiu,"I . .aD .aoox• 12710.-~ . .R•k ,., Caplors.1ct Cl'tilm ,. .,, ........ 'FT•~, ,., �HKRRT -....am, TY.P. CATT"G.L., - .. .. TVTTHil.L.,........., llAit'nl'f ~ l'lt.u.: ...__ ........_ ~ -...u 1..11. BuiWiac ~ ~ BUI'P.\14 N. Y. ... PTb SI.OOper yat, SO.: *IDC:IIIb. ,..,.w- I D . _ . ~· .. ~_.,)uM S.I,lZ.atttr. pOil olflo:. .at!luHUD,NnrYort. ....S.It.utoi M.tri:b l. ll , ~====S=A=TURD ==A=Y=.;,JANU ==AR ~Y=2=4,=1=91=4====~ I''"TI~h,';."~;ulf~;1 l~b:;: ~b=~0:la:,• ~ :!.~"~~:• e': =o~:ru:d,:;:~ l••••ooobau THE 8LIOK ONES . ,\K note..! iu th~·IH' •·olunms 11. few w eek • ago the American phone t"o•nplln~· kn~:w what it was doing when it plctiHI' Prexid ent Wi lson an•l ann ounced that' the Telegraph Com pany would be separated from the · It was too l'lllly. Sotnf'thing must he behind it. Surt> e nough tht• mt•n behind that company d oing anti wen· atlt•mptin g t o pu t o\·er 11. good Thcr JWrm itt ed tlu· ta lk for the lfO\'Ctnment grAph I"'tnpanit'll to bt• publi11heol in all the tlw huul w ithout u n~· ~··tious k i ~k . nnd thi11 is r eftHOII : A h •m of t eletrntph inl{ h11~ hccn l'!dnl!lisht"d which i~t 110 much L~tt c r tha n tl111t of tho- old com pa uies thAt the oltl ~;· ~:;.t~,:~l't~.tnl~~:~ ,!::~;.':~~~;!:::,r~~~~ o n ~· ;' ""-. t went,\"-fiH'. , . . :·: . The point is caay. - - -- Sow.-tiuu• wh('U you 11re 11hoard a lll ret't car with two or lmndr('d o tht"n! cut a l"huuk. of lht foul~tir out 1md take it to tlte bn t·h·riologist. · QEl'TINQ EXCITINQ It nmst ht• thR t writing on tho: wnll. i~m throu~:hout tht· Rto· at tlw Jw hu of tht! Catholic Chnr~:h ill heginniu ~t to Ro'<' tht• 1 The rt..'<·(•lll nlln cks h,\' thRt t hurt·h Rl{nin"t ' IRwl ill loy no n>+'il llS hap tunnrd. a ll the ntt•u th nt nrsw n i7.11tion nrf' th(' most I'Xpe ricnco•d I it·inn~. \'f•Ws)ln Jwr!l nr•· t·thJ>J•IIIII! UJ• 11ll un·r the o·ountry huck••d > Ho1un11 l'ntholit' f'hnro·h for lllo· o !to• p uri •OSI' of I'Omhating atr ow th u f t lw :'ut·iulillt uw\·o·u... nt. uno! to re~Hort• t<l it11 fnrnwr ""'tttl.,·n.t whn hn\'•· tin·ol of th•· rdi~:ious humbll!(' nn d !Itt· now olo•\ ••I o ro~ th•·•r 1i:uo• ! •1 l•rinl.::!!ll.:: 111"' 111 u •·tu!•litiuu ''" o•,trt l, whio·!• will •· ttii i,J ,. tho•uo,..·h·(·K u ttd tl o,.i r f••llow,. tu li•··· li ko· lmtnllll lu· ill,:t!l l.o·•·luro:s 1>.1' prit·lll ~ •or ll u ,•- olol po•NOII w hn will t nk o· tl!t· plntform f' r•·u~•··l :.~~.,~:~~·\:, :~.:;~~~';:·f •:::,~:;~.::~::• 11,:·:::; 11~1~~~::·j,.~:111t1n1·~ ·~::.~;:;,~ :~ ~\','.'.~:;::,.~" •• 1 lbit dty. Jt. iafiDeDce II , aaol thlt r-.ct II fully aptbt- iate""-tl wboM nit l · apo11 the deeeptio11 of tile Tbe"piS.lithdotbeir tbt volley ot such hi· tndreP.rdthem•ttooltwit_b form the OJ>iaioat' of the peoSocitlina ba\'e put & au111her in lhi'IC! tooil by io1i1ti1111 , i""PUI tud mtgaxiatt~ det ide of tbt cl•u t truggle tide by tide 011 tbl' •beh·ea of tbe apolol!iltl for tbe •r-tem- Pftutimee e bit· bu ari~~ta oa tbit .crore 1 I i t heir poiat, due totbe of tbe J>Ublie for fr~ IJ!'I«h prtu, tb~ •UPJifeNOr• of k"ao..leolfle com,..,llt<J to adopt 11111' ttttiu,.. Hall'alo Library hu made liMit to •u~h a ac-ht~ne. UsiAg the dooated by the city for the ofkn<lwiNgt"amoagtttbepeobt ve publitbed & bulletia of to llk.-l'lare i118ull'alo duriac '"'' I!H ~. ,\ •umbP:r of •ubjeet1 , and ,..;,h tbe 1iagle ex.-epuf liGtioiOJO' and f('tlnOmin, t ile i~ \"""' f•ir. 11 ih. Browll, tlll~d tblt HI tbtM II!C!!Ut~ wu library from tbe ,-.,r. .uoiModetletowbicb toD· mo•etiu~a. A reJ>rtHntati•·e ::•·;~ •::·:-~.~~~~ :L•:."·:·i d•:;,~··,,:~;,'_l•::.~,:::~oil~:~ ,s;:::~'il1r11::;~·,:r~~~~:!•::,'rct/t~n •••·•-•io........... ~~- tlllllller&elal iltlt beea eble to mullet, i• oal,.draw I uowd tbrouglo the which the tsodalittl. tbcmlf.h'H btari11g Aha ra.vio, 11'htrtll a l !>eaktr 1ouh u Charlet~ fill 'l<ill !II tbe lhoed.-ay or Y u.ie lltli .-ith an JIIY to ~~:et In auol t ~l'n '''"'~'" 1 So<-i~lilt u llf'd IIJ>OII to tbe eeDM. 111 J.Oint uul to him thai tbe llr. 81"0WJI sl•!f'•l, in I. i 1,.h·.-r1i~ia~ 11 <'O UII>e of ]OI"f'. O,DOHtitlNof'a!' ot hia llall~ti u, thai ol i nf ''"'"" lo•Oo•oo<,· ' .Tiut\ t lu~ ..ln1r•·h i11 tunro• of 11 i'"liticld JIISiillllion thun noli'o o•nustJtnl l,\· ~huW it lo,\' , , ,. IH•li!it·al owti •·it io-s iu •·ity. !llltlo· nnd I tho•r••futo• W•• lUttS! lr••lt\ it !11\lto• ftO!Il !hUt J'"irt t Of \'jo•W, Tho·u . 11(1'niu. tho,. dllll"••h hus loilliuns nf olnllu~ ill\'t•sto•ol ill t•T••t"•r\.1' thi'HIIJ.'hnul 1h1 ~ o•ll\l lllr~· . n••l o•nl~· in tlw lnuol nud I ,..,,.,,..,.1<-tl W! l h ib \';triuu,. ~11-l'llllo·ol ~ nrit if'!l. lout ill lho· !It·~ ,,f o· xploili n ~ t h·· Wt>rli•·r~. Th1 ~ o·ltllto·h hn111111 ,.,., ,nomic 1"' '1"'\ Uiolin ~: lito• ""l'ituhst ~~·~• ·· rn II L~ in ull tho· t•rMiruoL" J.~· rh•· ··xpluit JI Iiflll ui' tho· ~tnrk o·~. tlwn•fu ro· tn an.•· sys\o'tn whkh wi ll oll'ptil··· it ,f it~> •·n~.\' rnuno·y Th•·nthi" ··hu ro·h hull tl1•· :tnolut·il.l ' I n pr>'lt"lhl to lot• t ht• · i~ tp6Ci!uUy wltb abri1ti111 wbiell · they trat wltb tbe ....,, of iatellileace u allowa io their lllnU e@&hut 8or:iali11111. Tbe of llflbl hi tilt i«turetba llltthutloa lieto ia tio11.1 oa teleaec.. We micht here that 1001111 of the tUu Ia" ,.._ world are eoaaf.rtioa, bat t J.elr bloloc:r, 1\"0iutioa, f'-le., are IIIODk lled to the ''tloek" for ooo<•i•I::::::::~M materlalistie'reuoaL llr. BroW11 fouad it rather e:a:plaia bow be b&i>pellll'd to tbe Socitlitt view of toOCloloc. Ue il witb leetulft whicb are. tlll.a city 111d kao•• f11ll well S«ialUta 1111 tile biggNI falo IVery wl•ter, 111d lbal •Pf*kera, w~o, for 111.111 ia f'l"""'llliAg tbelr 111bj~ct• di.tiagulabed diguitariet h teet, It il rat her obaerve t~at '1be _ , Jpttker ~;~~~:::,;~:t ..~::t ~;=~ !•!b7,;:pa;:!~a •o;o,""~:~:!:. ,;o llf' ""lied t he Li· to tbt• follo 1dn~: U · .,, >r rio-. of lo•<'(UrCI hr 1pe11trr1 ' •u•1•k.,~ of l'anitiua l"ollllj.,¥ . llro..,n A•lnlllltd Wfrl! &ll'AID~I ~II•'Diioo •~rn,'' ··~:~.,nomi~ mu,..,, thai ll•~t""'.a lgaiu" arl! ll<)t !•tOfG)IIttda, wbllr lf'rturt'~ \\"ttaol..rful. thr tindioa w loi~b th,...r learneol mfn t bl~ to d..w. 8ouudo liltr tb., j utlidal d~l•iou tbal the work1n it Ill! ptolp&puola. NM-inll!m." ' ''Chril· ,'~;;:tri:.~~::~·.:~~~:~~ Q:~t:!! t;;..,d~rt::;: ;;~II, 1 at:tl t oun : :: ::. ';... dlMtrrlm r t""· uw l is w"rliinL" U!-'ni nst t hf' l"'nplo• wl tom it i~ llll ppOsP.<I and t:thio·•.'' ''The Soo· inl Que•ti11n end lor BerJ:rr, Augual Cloi!Meuo, '" •lrorL"L"l•· for tlo" Sttlt•. '' •·Th.. ~;,. 1 Quut ion and ot.Mn, the Soci&lifll of Buffalo Tl:~:~·~~~~:~~~~~~·~~ l \t~~f';,l;;~;::l~~~~\r,'.'u::~~~~~li':,::!~_ur~~~ ;,;.~~~~~;~s '" i L. s id•· tulk s "" '' l•r•·ukiu~.:: up th•· lu11nt' . .. .-tc .. hut onl~- to iuflue ut'e Jl""i'l•· 1\J:'Iillllll Socinltsm ,\I tho· hottmn o f it ull i~ o·r·onom h· int f'r est. From the fJOJll' down t•\' o•r ,\· pti•·st Ro•t•s t1u1t. .tl!t· ''"l'it 11li~t ~)'!il l' !It h11s prod need tl co ndition whi<-h l ' l\ 111101 o•ntlutt'. 1111d th11t th ~· ~·· fll' tlll te ltdtney today is t oward t h(' •·Olll·f'ti\'C ()1\' IICTKhip of tlw lllt!Uilli of production ttnd tli1trihution. Tho-so• pri~·•t" HN' mn kin~; 11 n r)' ~otood liv ing out of t he ir r eligi_on as l'r~::.'.''l'~l~~.·~:::~~~:: -~. J .• ••So.-i•li~m ~"!o~:~~~~~~;:r e~rrdh;n " '"'"'"'" nuoltb~ Family."' suppJem.,llt to tbrir 'tbil Uolletln will be l'llelr .,ontitleration on the l't~ohl~no." , of F~ruary 111d itt I n ••ldltlo11 to tbe ebo~·r, Cllnitiut jeetioe will be UDOV.DI'f!d • Collt~ bu fourt,..D otber lectur1111, Ah'· Sorial iet. t". J . Hubr. A. ~ .. "f!Locitli~n• •n<i 1b~ Sut.., ·~ ·' Tb._. lillle tn•l t be Soo.i&l ;;~.~-~~~~·-.:~~~~~~~~~·?r~~;:·lt~,\'~·t:~::: . ~~~;:··,~-1~~ 1~~'{.' ltb~·o~~~~~~!r~~~:-~-~~~~ilti~~~ SALVATION ARMY GIVES nml the \· iut o•m l I ll fi~:h t !o m11Hlllllll th<'lr good JObll. "'~"""''' o\,.,,.,..,;.,;,.., ;, "" " "" "' f'h ut('h tiJ:H in~t :-:ocinli11m. n 1nl 1111 tho fight of tho Caiholio tht mo\"<'ment t o a boli1h the profit i'i::";:~~~~!to;:11;t~~~~:~:; 11t:r~111;;r~l;r"~-~~~~-he C h 11rch ~ght tc maintain Somt>Ont has J'e('OIIItnl'mletl that th e I nte rnational RAilway take New ioftm~~ttloe whieb eometo a ll o f th t> ~t•stA out of the cart~ 111~d ~ubstitute a seriea of hookli in Urbt dtlly ro:-J &rdiag tbe thei r pint·•·. Tht' I•HMRf!lll(••r s1t·p11 1111111le t ilt' ear and tht: eonducwould !ad ;11 belt tor hanjt'S hi m ou a hook and ex tr11 ct11 the fare from hia pocket giving ;;•·:;;;;;;;;.1,;1 ~"11' him a Mta r t LI0\\'11 the incline to the other end of the ear . The ear look~ liko• a wl·lllltockecl c lot hi ng store p repared for a ru.h. THE DEOLINE OF OAPITALI8M The norm al de\"l'iopment o f any ~;oeial syatem tende to d eatroy 11.ud g i\·,. hirt h t o 11 dit1'1•rcnt MJ'Iilh•m. Tht> rspita list sy"h·m h11.r; sen ·ed _it."' b e11t day and i1 about t o down in hi11tory to II<' I'I'J:illt•·rl.'ll with the h1111·beens. It ill 11ro\·ing ihwlf innd•·t!URtc to the wantft o r the people, it i!i.RhliOintely nt'' N'lhut ry t!mt u sy~tern bt e~~tablished which will t he d~mnml. ..\ fl'w y es tli RJ:O tht·rt· \n'r~ fl'w people who did not think the J'N'IIe llt eapitlllillt s~·"tcm Wll!t the final thing. in the of thf' gon•rtuncnt>~ of the world. II wall the hut · PillE "BISHOP" ..aSOit fOR ESSAY' 011 "HOW TO 8lll) ']ftE Pli.J:" · (;>'li•• ft.Uf:P: • ow . . . ",::ee~:_: ~':-~~~~:::.: y~rs ==:.:::~ ~;..:~:e:!-!~:~~~:;:;;t~:!~ "'"~' 1'""' '"'' Dk koell, IDd., U a b!aeklilled had beeo drh>ea 11ut of t he for bi1 acti1'ity ill i1110 the okl Lut week be be- i•trod1~ by Soeialitt BeJ>UHII\e.Uve Charlet H. W:or· rill, •u i""-' by tbl-.~(~lttlfl! tae.t: yur, alloW"IIIf eltiM to fetid the ebll· · dren. I t ••• the f011rlb thu •~ b&l' dty. A •tete law,. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/fbcda3345899ccc1bb78c900f6febfaa.pdf 0b9a2bf4831ecc31d4f2527c9b3924be PDF Text Text .. -ALO~OR Jllftv.'ffi IALE STANDI ~YTO· $A'fl'RIMY· VaLD-No.as , ~ " I.Oillt.ATTHI:~CW YOUR ADillta u . L IP IT IS 88 YOUR SUilSCRIPTIOfl ~ PIRBS NI!XT 'ln!l!lt �F o r the fo llo ,vlna: ReoiJ.one • STATt: n~· SEW I . T hey are Uuh111 lbde a tod beAr 2. Ooutalna only pure f'ounty o{ f.ri<', \'OI:;~- lOth, IIl l-I. "U1:1Ioa Labi!l, - , ~~~~\~~J:J•~qr:;.~f~~ ~:~ o;,::::·~;~~i'nJ duly prlce.-- Trrav-ci(J.get.a-day . Compel your deo~ler tu k~p d ..J"''" and u y•, that l li•·<' lh~m ~;~n If l•r,.pet"t A•'f'IIUf' and thai ~~:,::~ do to, br:utlng for lith AYe. ~~~~-":~ ·::n,~:.;y;:l:::~~~ ·~:~' I. B. KRIN SKY for tb"'JII> t)IO!Ito of idfnti fyin,r XAN UYAOTUitEH whom I 207 North 4th St.. Brooklyn, N. Y for • _________ un i 0 n Men ~~ut:~~j;;z::~·~~f ·h· ::~!~~:F~::\~~u~:~~~to Dt-. c:. .'M .-l.rn•.•· E. WEDEKINDT I UNDERTADK>AND PUNERAL DIRI!CTOR fs::.~. ;~~~;::.~:~:.;~"'"" --·. . .,.... No. 5 WALDBN A VBNUB :,:~~~r~~~{:,~.~~::;.:~~-- ~-·~ 1 A8Jt!ot. a(ld eubeorlbe fbr the 1 ,,. , ,..,.,, I TIIII\llnl 1 ]f'A\'ingtbr oni•· r bt ~ •. wbo 111!btrd ;., a \J\ltlyinl( mY ~:i\"i lll:' nt~· nanor mntl ad1 re fHt('•l thruo t o ~i t. Let (or At the laAt mH't ina . !'f I anti t ('f u... d to gh•e my meo 'a l'nion, t-al (1, t be • •· " ART IN I' . fiJI Wlftft. CIICliDl ~EitlrJ IC,.Itl•t . 1:~'1 •:;~~h~~:~:::~~~~-~-~E. :~: ~~,~~::~ ':,"::.';::~.J:::te~; '""1...t.~tn,......a-rort~. m~ Service That Is All Yours ··;::·:::·.~:;,o:.'~~:..·: "" ;,.Y Tha~s the simplest to~ what di=t llnc Bell tdepbone scrvkc would mean in your hO!= ,.... \.s.:\::.~:; ~r·:·;,:•"L~ 1 ~~.,:::·~.~.,7.~ ~~~ :.~;d•&aL~~~~~~ ~~ct:. 11:'~0::'~~nn 1::~~ l .. ho~b 1!"' llulfalo l lo•lrio.•t forno~ B. I'D rl, :"ork • • ." 111eant I~.~,'~r :·;,:~"·,:::::·,.~;k~::: 8n:~~~;''~:r",: 011 :\~1 L;;~~~~i,Lr uf ;:ainin~; aJI ea~yli\·. · ill•tit ution• . Ice c~::r~!~~.~!~ !?~inks :::a·r.·.:;:;.~~:.~~~.~· ·~~~;;:;~ ;~·~·i:·:~i'~~~· ·~~:~ ·~~:~::i,:•.~u";; '.:~~~~~:~'::~ ~~~ . .. 63 7 \Vuhle n A vc. Uutlo SOL. KISSJN l'houu ~:·;~_;.~~~~:,~~·~ :!0~11: 1 .. ~::~ ~~,1,:,~~:~: :ii:~.:n:~~:." :~ :~~~ ::"-~~~~!~':;"!~~~ ;:r,... 1.,z., .,( ,..a ,t.• 1"'1"''· fu r nituro•, Union &as Burner Go ::L;::::;;::~;;::~:';:.~· .':.~:·:.:::.':; ;::·.:~.:;.:~::~~:~:.:::;·::~~:::·~: • (WE SELL •VALUE) tbete moralro• • rd c:orroration Wall aiii!<M atanoed a r l!port e:rplo-ion wa1 tllft retenlt of a UIIIOD 1Jtllpathill!", Seldom, If a mol"'! laiquitoua a ttempt to labor t~Ma ' maill! hy upltal. 0111! attrmpt Ill wh lrb tbey . T . . . .. .,.. , . : : ::.;.. . h. 1/11\C a..-a~· ibrf'C or f >:>Hr dolLars wor~!o aa,.-thing furtbtt about the \' olnnt"',.. l11g di~pat~b Jut 1-"Tiolay: ;;'n:!o:~.:~~~d':,; 1'1"h!;o~. :~~~·~·~ :;:!;db~~ ~~utA:~;i",71 e.0'.,:~;:•::~'l•n;:,de,•:::,: ~~~~~:~~·.~;,:;\~-~~ian~ of ~harilloblf' •louatiuu' of .,~· k in•!. 'rile fakf't8. J ac:k \\' rill'bl ia u yet URheard Wnh your Bell tclcphonc on a f"""'''"rlY line you share the servia: wiih thra: other subscribers, who are cntitltd to xrvtc.c: with you. oiuat a11e.,, N r., • ueb ·~the Au•tin flood. :~~tf~;~~~i~E;. ; ~:.;t~:~l~:~~·~1tf: ;~,:~ ;f,~ i; !f~ ~ i.:;iff~~~:~~fi 369 Ellicott Str eet •"'paper la.; ...._ '-' Of&.. 31S-317 ~ Sbat ·• • 8ollalo, N.Y. Major fbmmon41 on Stand. ·I \\' h ulo.!oQh.' and Ht>taiL Healer In ;,;;;,,~;:;;1 ,;;,~ t h>1~_ 1•:::~!,~~- ;~ ~~;~~~--~:~1 4. M A Z UC A H a Fa p E N N V .:,: llrDetter·:&flung. oaiM olll. . TG OkJ, ,.j... '"IJ.Dtlbeila$eraltof &MWor.tlq'OIMt.-•_.forrl....._ The cinly GeralaJI. till><'. lH M~,~~~~:!,~~t:!~"!t.~O.:te~l~~t,!:; ''Clothes Tbat Are Different' ' W111. ~~ ;~:· ~:~:~ ~~f.l •:,7mt ,:,• i::~ ~~:~;101~i~m~~~lnry, "'Y timr ~tlltlt to t he )lr. T . II. S IGlin, llu.adal ·.::;:.;.:::.;;.;;;__.;;;_;_;;;;:.;.:;;.::· s .. ""' to 631 !lot uln Stl " ' - t fic""' "'"'" eleoted: u ••poad..,l, ·• \'o u "'"Y olo tin•e nu~ur.. r: t ', J . :\l ~rthy, EnrTC•umgl~ft~~~;;;:(ST, Or-ft to at.out a pair of "~;."'::~:' ,:,'~"ui,:d(~o;\~~" . W••c~ ~$11vo...-. .. oM RAy ~1.okt <"hit.l at thf Sah·atiou in thi~ l>uild iag . '1" .,' "'~- ,.er e made pub-lie the tlinributio a of . i wr-rtial eorollf!T'a jury blaine 11nd lind it w he ro It ) 00 per cent. service on a direct, pivatc: llnc would cost only·a Uttle mote: ·:rtr ··· ® It's Evaywbuc. New York Telephone Co. I . Tdq>baaclluUdlar 0.=1> & F...Jdio Sbub. BULLETT'S ·SHOES Union Mad• HAVE A REPUTAnON TNEIE'I A IEAIO. LOUIS MAISEL :;.,..11.,.., c.,,.tl, 011 Ci.IJI-, ,..,u"'"" .s~~-·· .w...... , .. s-..~. • - ' CAIIJ~•·• C.,~.,, 0 6& · 967 BRO A DWAY ClfARANCE SALE O u r &fmi·.Unual Cle&r•Sale beclnl Tll lJ I<SDAY, J<''NlTA.KY 8th • nd 1&.u for IOdat!. l~ oo.rtuu•l eultoln ~ dean out aU msebaodlte tnxn MNOD 10 ae-, hence creat redactlot:M pren.\1 aod If yon are In need ~f wln~r food• th\1 1a your opporumlty. '':.:w s:;u aod Over;· tl~~~tt aod p.T& t11.75 po:Ut s:l'- ~ ~.,er: ..14.7& sn.cw:u ~':* ~ ?•n: t18.78 u..xr..r. a....... etc. •t aqu.UJ ....!ICed . . . . TIE TWO...,... EITEIPIISE "'""'IJH fl•$1. $1. :lttlt- ;~::~~~~;·~:,::._~~~~~o~;.\,,..lt ro:m• i n ..H..c l nd In !It ou t!.OO 1>1!• trr.ek r~n,. a ,.-~e)o: f or fOO!l. . Witb oar blormou• out. pu}, C:O!llbintd with oar ' cheap upetain rent, ~ art in a position to gl..e ,aiDa! that eaAaot bt daplicated d.ewhue, �~ ~ THE OL6BE TROTTER New 8oolall!'t Monthly, 211 ......, . ,• .., month . EDITORIALS 8Y OiAR1J!I BDYARD RUSS!U. 80 Cents a Year The Buffalo Socialist .1.00 a Year Send One ~liar to the Bufi'ILio ~lallat at 8011 Mutual Life Bulldln• and you will r-Ive THE BUFFALO. soo·IALIST and the Qi.OBE TROTTER for one year. I Remember - Tht Globe T rottcr has Russdl' s Editorials every 'month. f'1w 4101£ /.Hllci<KU 8oft Drink JICKW PINTS AND Q UARTS 1111111111111 Ql cn rccllllll!l 500 p.~ln Mu'l $4 00 011 Gtdn. all ;",!,";:!:: .......$2.45 Nla"ara Waterproof double " ·ear tulea on ll!'l'ery p.\r. Slset II 10 12. ~~ !:a;!:~/ro~.:!' ~iz~ro.:~~~ ~~:!,r:=:~~e;oJlll;::!~~~~~:l;l;: doubleweu. !IVB.HntGS-cA.B.\RilT BUFFALO SHOE CO.Ii=-=P:::: ET:!::.... ER..!~~ L~~::.=: '~~~ ,~--~.,I· Seneca and Ellkott Streets Men's Shoes $2 to $6· Boys' Shoes 95c to $) UNION HATS THE~HAT Bell 1!!.00 Bu Valueoa Eartb lllt.DWofliNSt.,Nt. ,eitt. W'~SIL ,,..,.,.,11711 Bol &1llioh trom8:80 .t.. M., cot P.ll. ,.,,TIIf111WIH1 DDfNUS sutvao Michael Ultloh YOU AND I (BJ L. ~- Lea) You are tile ...,t11r, IamtHW.n. Yoa hc.n " ' tlll11p Por nidi I but eraTL You-• 0.. me&aa ~I•at li'fe, AIM$force-1ftab Wlla' 70• ~ to rin. TIM:~ . 11 tbe wortOt' •1 ~•• I toll •blle10'1 traffi r. tu dbtut JuU. IW pi'OIIoct YDU . , ud 10'1 tbiM... no I!Odai8r, wmuu.-.r-t It wfU.!..I 401!'\ �POIII...J:SKal) YII:ULT BT TJn: - .__., ' BUFFALO soaALIST PIJBLISHING COMPANY• 604-605 Mutual u. Bcdkllnc .....TII'I~,.._I Sulooc:rfpdoa Pril:a SUIO 8UI"''ALO, N. y • l'll.oiJU~.T- HaatT~s-;:u.JUf.~ p2 , _., ~ lb ... P~~ :;~· ~ J"'..._ ~· k adnou . ~u~matkr J-5.1911. .dth.p01tc:ifbr.t8u&JD.Nn.-York. \JCidcrtbc&dot&Wc:bS.JI79 SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, J9Jf OUR GENEROSITY The illlliOJU••t of til~· C hn rniJe r of Commer ee t.he ot her ofrl'n ·ll n •·cry J,:Wd urgume n t for t lw i1u111g!•ra tiou of 11. llYlllCUl of pro· oluetiou n •~<l oli~o~t rilu~t ion w h ich would put thi• conn try ou a reul sound \\')Iii•· "''ery 1m111 ut thHI luu htll•·t no t!ouht h, J _Jt feeling !iQmo·thinJ,: wusr h·· ,Jon••. yt'l if a uyouo· hnd meltlionCd Socinli11m wouhl lui\·,. lot•f'IJ " r 10! T h•'M' nu·n who JIMio• :lJol thl! bra ins roruno11111l\' nr•· nt 11 lull.~ to kunw whAt is tlte mut lt'r with t.hingfl. tho·y in•· i;,. · m··u frl•nl 11\ ]to·r ··itio·s with l ht' hope finding t l1 r unJ,:i1 11 fo·w "wcll-··ho~cn" wonis how to !ix t hings u p 110 tlmt t lwir prlltils wi ll iuer~·H ~•·t.l n;• of tht• r•·ul w i~·· orw~ !wing pr•·M·nt hc toltl h is hcn r era whn t 11 SJ I~···dy Jot uf prodH<·•·•"~~ ,,.,. n r~·- Ire aaid tlmt we produce in nim•ty J nys t o lmppl~· ourHo>ln;. for t ilt' n:•l of the ~·cur, !Jei n ~ 110 ~mnrt. nntl 11uch guoJ w•, r kcn;. we must work the re~>t ~·en r for pcol'le in fort•ign cou ntrie!i or ~tu n•e hccuuse we J uced too much. Julit think of it if ,vou clln f llt·rt• we nrc luner i!'llll!i who wouldn't listen to uny -'iystcm ·· I a ny cons idcrn t io n, yet we nre fo rct•d t o fintl a for eign 1 prod uctM. w hich mcan11 tha t w e a r c so gcner oul •lutt w e work o nly t h rcl.' mon th s fo r ou r11dt'cM, m nl n rt> insi11t cnt o f other coun1 rie11 m u11t ll't 11!1 work ror them for the moutht . We o n · willin ~o~ tu wvrk uutl ht1 \'t' not !hut o thl!l'!i 11111111 t he fru illl of ou r lnhor. nr lt•l it h(· lln itl tim! thl' Amo<r iCKIIII a r e , s tingy lot. or """''" •I "•'"'" tol.l hoOI' th,.y h1ll ·~•"Olte<l al- i a pin•l tb~ advice of edlr & l'fl ill 110rtbeu~r11 'OIIJI:b l IIIM'tllem,.ut Pftially OD tlte bo~n s .. who li . ..-ithout al'trike, andthfiNt~thnearO....ia, will not go bll('k to ..·orlt uu- rif~. 8a1o~ilta i1 full of Fedcrltlou or Miul>rs i1 the most ten-lble eouditiou... lD I •• th,.ir 1poke~~mu. 1111d 011 1-be bordton cooditlo111 bu t h,. oame riabt 10 orjlu · bad u t My poulbly o:aa be.' f'or Lt·l t ho• mnyo/1' t"k•· th o· hi ll! il; Tf'l('ll rol 10 i• mlw r tha u thnt J.,•Jon j..'inc to t ho• nutiou. stltl o· '""" ' "" ~~ ~ •·~ ~; in~:-;:~~:;,;:•:,•.~l .::~~~~~~ :~~;~;;:::'::...~~~a -·~im('ll of u ,,. ~lfilttra an<l thti r repre" Of t he U!IHI at thouuudM at l'l't'Dgeel who ar~therl'ol at t he Dou 11 t~• in the-e diotritu, ,.;ghty per, r:eat ..-e \o\ iJl h H\' t•pJ,•nl,\'nffiiTld!I IOj.t'() I)JI\\ilhlh•• ., THE MASK IS OFF l 11 WOOW!a 111d tbildrt'll. They ·~ bnded I hn10lr 0 Tft\ lor, prl'oltlent oa ""boaltGoart, ltahln nd outbould !'tate FPol~rl ll<>n <>f lDII"- Thoo~aada .oo ab,.lter wAlt g ,,. -" - Hilton. rbief I'(IOil· lie h!\1 ~~" worltiejl' ill tbe Thf' ( .. muriR.~ioner or Charities will' l;a,·e f ~;ood job of hou&e· :~~:~ r;:;ll~~. ~~~!~e ::;m~~ 1 dl'lllti n~or ou h i~ Juuul~ when th e' peorlto ~ho llre rNnducting miuiona, worhr ('111 r~e;.-,._ i udu~trhtls. c_huritit•K. _n nd thto eo.lleetion of relief "'.llda are compell~ N~vertbeleu, he claimed Ilia to r o·J>fitl thl'tt o•ollectl~nll 1111<1 chsbune!flent. to th•l d eJJartme nt. N o ..-~M-aut:b that ''I tonld """"' IOIVe iJouhl IUHUY of t lu•rn wt\1 (!:0 OUt o f bus m eU. l hln~t.'' ,~n ri~~~~~M~of~l~~,8~8~~~::,~e~Y~cny Hard Times and Thrift II 1 the good m t rntwu11 of 11 111 1111 llko lle u n F ord who baa w 1thm the pu t w eek g ra.nt.t><l eon•·t•"'"ions to t he men e tuployed by the eoneeru which h e A uw for bard t imN baa ~n ~i:'!:::t~~~. likt· t"\'t•rythin~t else it iK w ell t d investi!ate the moti_'if for too;ered b-;.:eyw'!:!,~;\~ ;::~ "\ l'ffirtliut: 10 ~J r. F orti. he claims ~hat he does not desire to · tnt:•lof! peo111e 111 ball~ llct·u mullll l' 11 \' IIIII fortllllt', ttnJ that he wlllhea the ruen moaey. by deprio;iDI o.,.m to sh1u e in lht• prooluct or th eir labor, and that h is to,bae1 1111 t o. Tbe not i'Xp~t ~ l' rofit !Jy w ha t Itt h 1111 d o ne , b ut that they moat be .._1 ., " bu and hustll' for th••m~Wh-I'K. · hablta of t llrift t o All uf whid1 is n r y j.t'oot.i o f ~fr. F ord. • But. h.,Jio•w us. ~l r. 1-'ord i11 11 •·er y wise man. 'J'Jno wr~· fin;t thint: thnt the working mlln .;.ith bill eye~ open Mhou!t\ 11otil'<' i~ 1h111 wht•n it w1u1 Announced that the eoncen r wu ahout- to p ut its m i'u o n an eight hour baaia, and ma ke pla l·e for allout -t0t)0 more men. there wu a nab for jobs br ought 10,000 mcu at tht· t:IIIC!f of the factory. 10,000 men ;f,OOO jot..-n ote the uutnlwr of mt>n a nd the number of j oba. !abo~~~~:1~8~,~~:11 the Furd Co. can arl'ord t o pay ita ~"'kill•!d l l"o>••·a Another fact i11 t h111 h.- ~~~~·.s the men will produce u m uch in t ight houn u fo r uwrly in !he t weh ·e hour-a. Thi8 meana quite it em to ~lr. Pord. d -., • erdoa11ta .Altogether ) lr. Ford t~hows 11 ke~n buainesa aeUC!, ud wbeu aad •oney beeo.eanal~·zed his IICfie nte look!! lih a good bna.ine• propoaition. But tltritt, ,.gt.awy er J n the lint plaee. thl' Fonl ~rotor Co. bu received more tile \k--.d f • ad\'I!Miain g through ita btn('\'oleure t.h an the firm could afford daq •llllcb Ia t.no f or in yean at the regular ril le... Column after col.umc in wlllt:b pape:r in thil and other .,couut ri('3 ah!iOlntely ~ of ebarge.. Ju in"estment. • ln tbe ~~eeond place we do not t hin k llr. J.~ord needa to wonT -.rbtre t..be nen weal ill eolflin~ from. Jf b e un now alford to pa,J the n e w aalaril!l md gi.\'e t he rn~n d i•·idend.l bia profita mnat U.ve beeD eoormoua in the put. ' · ln the third plaee Mr. F ord b.-Jiew•s no doubt th&.l. be ia c ~"- ' ~ ~----'~-" in line wit.b other Cory eapitt.lillt. io pretendingho h elp the aU o f w hich W \'ef1' good diplontacy, eonaidering the faet of t he worke:rs are • t lting up to the nfflt of the -.rorken the tainea and tactori• and <J'UilDing lhe:m ·for t.bem.elna. l.n the announeemt n f that the m eu t~·ill prod.uee much -~·~··•-··~~ "houra aa fol'mf:rly in tweh·e, it Powa a meaDA far an third ..ore profit. J&. 11'0l'Jl, r ou 're a wonder. to you. tallin•••••••- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. 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RIDl LIKE .·cATTLE BUFFALO, N.Y.; JANUAftY 10, "14 BUFFALO SOCIAUST HAS FORCED ."CHARITY" FAKIRS ro ·SKIP TOWN �UNION \ : ARB TB'B .1'/ntsf In Bufl•l~ pu.lf.:=:~:.#.=-.:.::l:;'~m'of.tta.nl•p. to.._ n-& will w-. laa·• - ol $M lac$~ tM 0~ •bo W..,. ..UJiiO·sJW WlldMiDftwW.._ ..ppqt.btoalltl• . . . . MY~SWER . n..' ro-•.. \Ida ad~& aad ....., U..l,.,_ tot.mW& ....... oud." beniP quae.!,.... ...C ....- PIIJ' a -c. uad _,. W.W IMIM""'mea•u JvtU-'pt., I • Oudit ~No. l = ==~~~~= • • $37.00 Outfit No.2 =~=~~~~11ro-=-. m.,, burial penul.l, oompleM ~;;J ~ To\&1 ooit •. $43.{)() Outfit burl&lao.l\lo ~bartal~!I,OII,Dlp~c.:-~·~. . ~=:IL 00m.~plKoou0.o4'oiioDdou;o; .···• . • • Outfit·No.4 :;::.e~~::u:r=~~::::~~orotM:I::i::: e=·~l::::l:l!~r,:::::·~~=b:-C::,J!u, 'hurW~auk., $60.(}() burlal pertall,cvmp~ c:arealldatteD4uoe. !l'otalCOI& , . I GUARANTEE •li the rooch fvn!•bDe ao4 lhe .enlow -.dere4 to be tu aupertor w UIJ f11nabbed by aoy other UDdenalr::ft' lA Bo.!alo far &ha u:orbiC&atpriDM&heywlllebai'J•· &II Pbooa1 0doftl' l81 Feder.! Pboaa 178S ·E. WEDEKiNDT UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL D!Ri!CTOR No.5 WA.tDBN A VBNUB A..tate and eub..,rlbe f'or the Arbetter-:Bettuno.. : The ualr Get-maD u . . j..per to &he Nle outr.ld& ol •New Ywk Q'J, re~ lflod~ the inlei"Mt of Lbe Worklll( Olaa.- 60 oeatl for!_,._ Offioc, 315-3!7 <;..,_ S,..t • - Bafioto, N.Y. TWO TO FOUR TIMES THE SERVICE. AT AFEW COOS 0 IN COST That i> what lndlvidual Une Telephone Service would give you, Subscriber. onthout nu~· · i ""'i"""""""· ~~~~1.~,~~~ ~~j~t~ ~~f0~~fl:,:;.; ,;: -~ ; .-; ARGUMOO , ~:~:,;.;·~~~,;:~' ~~.:R:~~; h~~;t~nr!;';~:~ te;i;:,~!",.::"':; .~·~~i•, you propo~e SMASHED TO PIECES fD·::7~1~ .J:~~~~.~~;·Z;'~t~:~~:~i~~~~::.; 1 \:~~"~ood-bye! -- ~:.~ h~~~:~:::!~r~~;::fi~:~~;~:~:~,~·~::·.'/hE~ Socialist News DepOt ~~·}'Ju.t"';','... :~r~<l<'~;~-.S":;;·' ,~;~·~~:; Dally Socialist Papers • run IU ,1uarteno , r.oCi .\h:t '!" ' !.if" Bid!!. . ~~:~f.:~~~~~rA;~:. weecty ;:J~:I~~:::~~:~/",';: !~~:,'~"';:./·;~~~~. l:uluu Goodt n eat lr~dW&f F. A. lHold H. J. l MKNII. ,._..,Boll. S.aoc.o J UJ ITtl~IIU, C. r . lfalllf. p,_,l.. llHl ZEBOLD BROS. CO. Party-Une The Central Office Une that would be as• signed to your exclusive use would allow ' you \ o telephoce at any time without clelay. h &lo(I IHI th~m . Thf' i u• utpr<l thr fun ~lion~ of Mr. · 1 ~'""~of th~ en t ir<' •tal~ Thore h••·e ohny~ b~n t ho"' ,·._.•.•·.-_--.,:~~.·i. ,..•._ •.•.,.,_.·. ::·· _,.·,.·. :~~~~~:~:e:'c,·: ~:;~~~~ . . the d ,· ~;Y.g:~ . ;·,h::c'::~ ~~:"'out It would make you independent of the uac that others make cl yoor Une. A.k our Commudal Office about Individual Une Telephooc Service today. ~New YQrk • T~lephone \ Co. T dcpbooe BuildiDr ciun:h & Frankllo Struts. d runk•, a11d taka it eat y, ild . ~~. '~c::~i~:"'.:.,"u~ '";~~ . .. h••·e PROTEST MEETING LAST SUNDA BULLETT'S SHOES Union Mad• I HAVE A REPUTATION · THEIE'I A IIUSOI . B11t let him loolr. bae lr. a few ytlln, eomparlas t llto ataad lag of t he me~ye­ ment tlle11 with Itt me-niag now, 1..11d he ..-ill marnllo111 ad•·..,~e h at beo:-11 made thr011gl!. th ~ • tbe bej:lnt TII UitSDAY, J AN UAH\" 8tb ano:l ltll.t for 10 dayt. 11.11 un r ti~IIR L cuuom to eleau out tll m~n:handlll<:' f rom - - t.o M!UOn 1 hen ce gtn t ~uctlont1.re ulland If yo~;~.ar,• lu ufo<'d uf .,.·lntf' r thlt It you r opportunity. _.. •ood• f i&OO Sulu and O•~r fi U Oio fl 88ulttaud Oven:ol\.1 a t po..:u &.Dd Over- s::UI ~ ~ ~~UI ~d 01'e r- B••"'"' Codu ..·•r, el.<:. at eqtllll y redoced ntee THE EIITERPRISE TW08TOR.It8 191·19S 6t•ntt St. ISOO 3•"•n•• St. .: ·:.::...:.::...;;:,:· •::::!::· ..:: ~::.• of allrhe eonuadet., With our enormous output, combined with our ch~ap upetaira ~t. w~ are in a position to give ' 'aluet that can. not be duplicated elacwhere• �Mi:l l TbkCoupoaroo(lb Sf)c. .................. .._. 'l'ew.&lltyvuto try a p.alt of tho.£ Pre~eot thbe<lupoa. to theBo.r- $2.45 Co. befllt'l'l J•nuou y l <l tb•ndl ,wlllbel'<l!dt!eml!d ,.., UII!! f&lo S.bo& uOOee11t.t In mn.t•~r. on •ny poo.ll' ofHul!aloSb~ fordmnol'•·ur k, U .•O. ...\.00 or fG.OO. totbepal r. On., ~00: a:~~~/B~~:!hSJ,'~~Nla.~r•ra Wate'l•rou fO~rant~ e~r.r pair. Double Wur 8olt!io "'' .Sizes 6 to 12. Niagara Water. proof Soles on every p.l.ir. No more. .at t bis price .after t bae: sol<!. So be q_ukk to act this big Sboc B:arg.ain. :a~ Th• JJOIIt DeUcfom &lft Drink .llatU J'IN'JS AND QUARTS hll II SIICin Ill llllllllltn Queen Gity Candy Co. WHOL ESALE CAND I ES ·iooo~~;grsfso THE QUALII!!.~~~:!:!:,~::"ALWIN EHMS Ord111n fur W&dd l1111, Pa rtie., Balla, l"to-~.eloO,prom p1 1 7•Uendedto " ' -. Bo.Q...__.s, 7.,.. UJCIOliiGOONOftl.T The Main Lunch IATitiUL INI DAY AID IIIHT. UteJAU liA.tr Pu.re F'ood1. Pr1011a. Quic k Senlce, .... H. WEIDEMI LLER Pop11lar Qll&ulhyaod Qcudl lf . ~-lt·d,., 604 M a. l n St., Bd»Jo, N. \' . HENRY F. 80HORB U nio'n Band!&;<>r o h . . tra r..-fllriMillaH II•w.lht M\JSICA.LlNST..RUMENTSPORSALB BVIJ'IING-5-CABAR&T 7 '\V~ AYmuc PETER KLIPPEL T~1 P-WIIt(IJ Qd ... .,,.,,.., ..,cu, 4fl~t~,. U, UNION HATS The 11n111111e bnw!N"n ~Ja\i.m ' and ;. • 11ru11~1e for lbft eoutrol THE~HAT Bett t:J.OO Hat V& IIHI oa &utb political pa•~r~ and 1111. Di,Mitlt., .. r.ll•itl l aoc:i~ty, Capit.alim1 n- hlf: T.,.,IHJ ~ 0~~~~~-=:! ~=~: 111e 1.1e~ 1 :'d '!:!'e.:!u.,~ ~f all lbe peop~ lf tllte a:o:ar:!.M ~b'- ~ Bot W.u;,.,.,.n.. F_,_,_tl1r• La~~e~=~v!,W l P. K. Michael Ulrich 8•-,h Jt-- cS .st•..;.,.., 674 J!lUcott Stnd. COI'DU ViraiDia- Dttroit Cuncb Coioinc csull<nt. Pnoa - · �~~~~.-a.TaTn. BUPI'ALO SOCIALIST PUBLISHII'IG <XliiPANY . .........Uiit.... . BUI'!'AA.:N. v. ' __ ftAiK _._.. T_ ~ 11AR1'1.--....-;;;;..... ~ :rvrntU-o ~ , , ••_C&T'Ia4 . . . . .. AMI-.....__....._,~ ...... ·". ~Ptb$UD,_,_, • • IIUPPALQ.N.Y. ....._ ........ . . _ ~· .... ,..._ .. ...,"-v-. a.....s.~_...J-S.Jta. . . . . . . adcl.._ .. ..., . SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 191< PIIOFE880R8 WANT FREEDOM In thi1 home o"f the bnn•e and land of the tree who would th111 it i1 neeesMry for w llcge profeuon to have .to 'take f'rJibr e J)ttfect freedom or thought and tpeet:b, yet nch ill 111 haa bern hrouJ(bt uut 111 the annual eonveutioa of the Am'' "':''" 1';;;1 ,-;Tio~o l'olitieal Sticnee AMIIOCiation recently. . It !l(.'(.'lllil t.lntt at profe•or t1a'i been disehnpid frmn well-kuowu uni\·e nitit'11 for helping to lJeeurc prorreui,·e oe~··~•••~· l :;;:;: ~~~;~"~ hc~~e 111c 11 a re cndea\·oring tO proli!C!t ttaetnM'h ·es ~ ~.:-:·~~~~.•)·•;;j::;'.J:·.:~:·;;~;;;,,;::~:'!'l m lht)i~:';re~~·:~~c~~~~-r~·~~,')\'t:'ti:th:J,:~1a~~~;~;g::~. iRtrong of ,;;~~~~~~~:".:::-:·:: ;.:;:;,~':'.:.:":.!.~'1~:-.~~~~; thl~~:~;lll;~"u~=~~:~~~~~~" t~h~l:c1 ~~II:::,:O:!l~~~da~~~j:.~~~i~0}0~hill l•o: tnkeu 11111 of the control or the o:llj)italil t ds~f Tile rt·port of the Commift.'liUIICr or I.J&bor o ( N~w Hhow11 au I!.JlHIIing rnuuber or unemployed-how nloout that Tht! workt•n. are adriS<•tl lo be optimi11ti•·· Try if aor.~e you hll\"e wulked the ll!rel:!lll f<ll' a cpuple 11( day1 \\'it hout t0('81. AN EASIER METHOD Thl' e Rpitulis t preu would h11 n • u• belic,·e that'M.r. )lr. B~:~kcr, the bankers, ha\'e d ecidetl to withdraw from intc rloekinl1 direetorat('l through " det~ire to eater ment, tt ren~aiDI for Mr. Mr.:\forgan Morgansayajt to che that i11 but a n economic one. wuthe " d one· ;~~:~:~~~ ;:~::·~:i;:~·.;,;;~,;;~;-<b;i,";;,.;;;.;; of , d elil>er atio n a nti 11olt•l.' · f~~r the bHt illttre~t11 of tile eoner~~~~h~·~d ,,~:r::~. ~~-~~~~~;:~nt~ ~~rt~ r~ro·~i·h·nt or Wibop 11nd f 'ou11r•"l'lii. t/11· huu kinJ: intc>reR\JI ha\'e""IUeel•f•tlo•d in ~eeuriug l egislll· :::~~~~:·:,•i~:,•e );~~:~:~ t~~~mm~i:;n~tn!;·.~,:~~~~~.::_'f;~ri~~nr!~e_;;~~:t;~ ~~~~~~ ·~~~~o~l~~:w~n~" tt~IU~~;;it~~o::;~Sc~.'t ;:~a~~~~o:ti:~dt~~:;;hln;~~ •··' -~"'- ~;.;c.c~;.;~:;;-:_tii':cl;;,;j;;!p~cor ll10n<>y raute. '· Under t!I'W ml"llu>~l t ho· ~n-o·ut1eol lou!liUI..118 man will f,,. 11 nu•re JHIWn in the hRtuJs of ! lor o·Oll••o"l"r'll nf the big ptoflts. fi nd fl.,. IIIIlCh hl•rRioll'll ··. ~r11· Fn••·•l••tn "" will J•rO\"o• 11 hootne~ng· to thus•· ll"ito ha \'e lwl'n t•r.1•in11 tlu• lfllu],.,.: for itK 11/'Pt'llrAnee. tl1i11 .\fr.·r l'r•·,.ido•lll \\'iiBon IIUC:ee(.oi lll iu h~ attl'mpt '" , •..rituut ),. ll"ill rn k <> ~IJ' the t nbject of un1Cr amLiiu11 ''ill.!~ n·~tore com· Th o>~•· w j,.,. \"Oh· nt who \'Oted to win 111 tlw Itt~! t·lcction are get. t inLr tlw full lwuo•lit o f their winnings---n· ft·" 111illion of them are looking fur 11 joL. IF WORKER& U8ED SUCH METHODS? What \I'Ould be the re11ult if t!Jf· ll""rk··r.c 1111ed the ume ml'thO<J,. :Ji~~:~i~tc~;:~~in~~liam!e and tht' 111int· "wm•fll of the Calumet tuininc What wo uld the cHpilnlii4T J •r•·~,. sH~· i£ the atriken1 we r •. 1n ru pture :'ll r. Slunv, thi• prt~ idt•n t ,.f 11,.. t "nlumet apd Hecla :'llininC" Co.. a 11d a ftw shnuting him und l•o·ul in~ hi m hAir to death, then to rore ibly O<.C: i" '' ,, : ~.:; , ; ·;. tl rag him n milt• throu~th Tit•· :<tro·ehl and take him nhollrol train u mh:r guard . nntl 11llip him in" d,,•ing condition to nnutllt'r · \\'hat woulolthr ··a r•ilnliHI pr~ uy if ju1t one nf lht> ,"~''' "~.'""'I ~~':!"'!~~·" ••h lllil & houltl U!lillll liOUU' ho~ lir,. thmngh o ne of 1trikers '" utlw.. r n unol<-rlwutl menus oft he weake ning .n·llinJ: tltl' lll iiW OWIII'rl> ~ l:~~7:;.:7;~::~:~~~·::<::~;:t~.:f;~~~i~:;~~~~~~~~~ Wh ut \l"nulol tlu· o.:apitnli1t p~ sny if flll<' nf the t/oj> utilwn. uni"11 lwd d orw a11 Jim :\lcXnu~hton tlitl when 1 lti! l hllt:S ,,.,,J; ]Ut l"1 in the kiduappillg or MO,I"j'r: \ \ ' h 11t wnuld tit .. poli~·e. a nd the t..'<lurts. Kl¥ 1 the gonrnor, t ht•j:u\·o·r uttu·nttln T \\"hill wuuldn't this gang do. ami ~l o •tni..-k ! \nw thnt u;e new' Hoard or .\l.lerii/CII hKR be<-n hitche(l up t lw t·npitnlist wngon, _j ns! wntl!h tllo:ll1 run nway with the l.mnd- LETTINQ, THEM TRY f.;ome mont h or so llb"ff MOUlt' of our brilliant dailies ll' t:re pub· lixhing cdito riRIK which wert' s1!f)polled to he ' thf! ftn11l 11rgument ngnin11t Sotiali~m. The i.!t•K whic h they wished to gh•e the' public \\"811 t hllt whe.renr the Socia li11tK were gi\·en lln opportunity to do thin~oox nolhin!f ILitd b~t~u nceotnplishcd. t hei!e artieleM were balled tntth ,and in c\·ery case t hey were prejudio·t-fl lou,:! tlis tft nec ahohl written to please th<> boss. · To tht• pcr"l'on who wi11ht>s to find out for himself there is a to leanr of thtr tl oiug~ of the Socia,lillts whC:te\'<"r · heen l'h'Cted to oftil:e, aud tha t way i:c by IICCuring the . or the localit>". llml we will guftntntt:e that tht- re~~der \'iul'ed of one thiug, 111ul that i!l that the S ocia liat )Jress fearleM in expo!ling 1tT1d Hghting tbr.. gra.ft aud fnrnd! !ko long bl,"t'.n prolet!ted by the silenef' of the eapitalilt JH'~ h t the in11ttnee of the rt'"Cf!nt exr)()!le of the ;,charity' ' whicl~ luw e been r obbing tht' citiuo.n1 ot Bul!alo for yeara there not. 11 hit o r tlo uht. that the l'llpitalist preu of thi$ t;ity kne w a ll 11L0111, Lout for r~~aannl' of it11 o w1o , l'robably too delir:atc to Hlt ntion, ~~~~~il;:~e!:~~ll gi\•iug t l1e public the info~11a1 ion nee~ ry to aboli1b !\one of on • . --: :::.·:·.· _;- _.:·;: i"- •:·~:_;,·.·:·t. oc:• ..::::· :c::-_c:c: re..Ju .,.. af terrible dun~- --- With C\"t'r)' fflcilit,\' nt h11ml. th~ arilt oerats' of jountatiam f~tiiNI to oome tu the front when the truth of the situat ion At'tually prt'8e.nteJ , ano l _kept ll!i &.ilent as the tomb UDtil (Ort't'd t o oouu~ to thl' front to Q \ "f their akin. Her\' wu a place whE"re t he nJ•italitt pr~ had e\·ery <hao"''"'"'""~' in world to ' ' t ry" and refused to aet:ept the opportunity . <"f th~~~::::. ~~d~"l'itftli$t Jlrt'U try pro,•td, .. u~. to ~ a the Not until the Buffalo Socialist took up the fisb.t and'"··-,·-;::·:-· t he t'Ofd))lele a tidnits of Mr. Jone~~ and Mr. SkinDe.r, warda prdled t he callt' with th'! Distrid Attomey; aad the i n eourt did the bra,·e and toura(!'OOua eapitalilt prea eoru frorw. Thru weeb -.i.s 11 hmg ti1ae to be u1eep whtn there it ~ . :··;·;,·;:o· ",;:;. --: . ·;;:!;: .--:c:. ·:. ·::.::;··:~;; ~<• -~~~ ;f.;~:~.~=~ ~;,;~!:: � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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JANuARY !X.- 3, m4 ·. • MOYER~ SHOT AND 'KIDNAPP·E·D -- PROTEST~ Citizens Alliance of -,Calumet Run Riot MEETING FOR CALUMET STRIKERS CHARITY fAKIRS IN COURT ,.. MUST ANSWER CHARGES Sunday, Jan. 4th, at 7.30 P.M. .. �MANt: f ACTI'\U·:1C 207 N orth 4th St., Brooklyn , N. Y E. WEDEKINDT ";: noood•• m:.:,·~ ;:~~ ':,~'::·h;:.'~J., UNDERTAKER AND I'UNl!lt.AL 'DIRI!CTOR .:~;.nf~:':,:j N o. $ WA I.D B N A VBN V B la b<J r , ur ,..,. t l"'J t... wumen a ud ehlldr<·n In IIU on otiiM.~ r~·· turl ~u r •"'""•"""" lf )'O IIION\uold"'!!; (ur t he un\unma4 e p rudu<·l we h • • r if . <m rm<"l n ~te bl!l n~e: " IFITIS UNION ·MADE. WE HAVE IT" ·AtDellet·Eeitung. :The Dilly a-u .-paper Ia dw .... oalillde ol l f - Tor\r; 0Q', Npre-tl.q- t be iii•I"Ml 0( tale Wofldq ClaM. -10-M Oflb, 315-317 " ' - Sbut M Y t.1ullu!tare dMlinl't\tomM!tthel'l' q nln! maot.u l m,.nwho•t!flllthebrn Ill<> TR\"dh·" tori-.-. • • &Hole, N. Y. DEPENDABLE SERVICE · ~~ ... ,t,j,. MAZUCA ....... . 63 1 Mul n St.-- t "Clothes That .Are DUfer"ent' ' You can clcpcnd upon Bdllndividual Uno T ekphone ScrvlU. You s!mply know that in an~~ will be rca'dy to""";y your voice to anyone who rondcr aid. .,.y /'-. W IMOUII.y T.,.. o t M <»eo w COLU M BIA AND W HITB t.n. Y T ltAS "'"'''""":,· · . : . 'C;::,;: -.CC .. :C:·c i08 W I LLI.AM ST. Both PbooH in "'ntt.•r <> f ~l••fL•I••Wf••• C.......,&~"'•••• :~!";~~~1:"7~"n~" l"'t"'o~· ~m•n··ipa to• ' When your telephone Is the ooly tdepbonc on the'Ccntra!Oificc 1Jne. lh= Is no delay dlliu lou t Sole Agent for Ru as lan lmJX)rted a !omu or not, th • acnd!na' or r<edving mesaqes, TbcCIIII ol th ~ mtoel "'• · ~lJac T.,._. Servk:o:•cantr• '"'-*•cl.lr- Union Gas Burner Go. ;;~~~~~r.~u~;;·:~~~~ lb.uiP~s-b.._ Telephone our Commercial Ol£icc !01' port!. culars to day. 369 Ellicott Street "Great t•Aieu " "<' rt' tak e ll to b.-raid it Arr ohl i og to tbe Japa11 Ganlle, a •d d<'ly bt'fort' i1 ma•le it~ &fll'e1lrauer. New York ;~~:·.;~~~;~~~~~-:;I~:~;~g::~:~:-~~ :? ~~~~~~~~~:,··::.:;~::;:~:,:r:i:::~-~ ~-~~~ Telephone ·Co. himHlf unol,.r 11 train 'D limf' Ita• ljllllf" I!~· wbru J>r<lllie rou i.L llf' out~ki rt 1 of Tokto. ,....,.,.,, or e•·en intrrt"111ed by tb,. t imf' I :l.li11d •ou r bu1i11c.'M' Of eourw :~~~~:~[~ ::::g~~~;::;::~~!~~~:~~~ ~%~~1:=~~~i;:ii ~;~ ' •~•~• •; •• '•-m• hr -uul•t ~ "~' ,.f',omo•u ''" rrom ro•·e· to .. o,·er. are IKI full uf u. mia·ll&lt"noeltl& lh·i"G· 11001'11 .. o·, your auion mur b .. ,.our.elfr &ll ~oM"--,···•1I!·~~::?~':~~-~~·:t•:S~~~\~r~:;~;i~~·~;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ ::~~::.~~~~~:ii:~~I:~;: ~f~~il::~:I~~.~~t~?!~?E' •·ery title of tM m&J:ninf', p rodu~tio11 of eriml11allf Cau..., " b 11 fal,..bood. If people ""P@III ia l'nl~li~eo """"I ....-.;,. , ;,,.·''"'"" brol!nralled .. ;.h•'J:I~Ial Prh-i. tu<ll6 iMreUI!! l ll r t!im~u ltin LOUI S M A ISEL ;,,..;,Ill,., Otl Ct•t••· c.,,.,,. ••.,c.,u.... ·. c.,.,.,..s-. .s-.-•. .,.... ,.,.....,••,., 96&·96 1 RROADWAY 6, •VJ'II e l 'pfitt Oog,'' tb r titl r IIC'en •~e ur..,.e . good ; 1 ·ma:r do •ill •e· • \' mo•·emeat. u it tell• tbf' tn<th aho11t itt r~adeu wi ll IH' fa•·orahly t uup:le ftn Ntl•tanre for Dot .tbe b111ine.. of the onn.., ened to 0\'1- ~n~eb i>r.etlcnf T hr f act it l ha t \DOUrday-a e~>o:.! ot e•·ery maD. deJ!fn.lt oa many ·o)her mea, ud the iaadioa of u..e may be of queneetotbe • eJI.bf:ingof it, there fore,.., • ...,. ~•"'• P•! th e eloJe~t alte ati oo t o t6oclitioot of .oei.al life •bleb ;~"'~"" 1•"';:;~.,.::.•;:~:•:. OV RCOATS H its an OvercOat you want right in price, right in motcrW, right in tailorinr, right in fit, iU hue at $10$12$15 T depbom B.Udmr Olu;rd, &. Frank.li:n Stnets. BULLETT'S SHOES U nion Mad • HAVE A REPUTATION THEIE'8 A IU801 With our enonnous out.. combined \dtb. our . put, cheap u~tain n:nt, "''ea~ a position to gi•e \•alues that can· not be duplicated elsewhere. �'~be Autom• rlc TelepbotieTbe Pcrle et lotJ~oT~dtl'bo•r - A Gna t Jlod~ra P•clll •r ·" $160,000 7°!oPREFERRED ~TOCK AlREADY SOLD Bccau~ of the continuing demand sinct: th~ dose of o ur sale of $ 160,000 1% Pr-ef~rro Stock, the Oin·ctors Of the Fetl era i" Td~phont" & Telegraph Compnny ha"e ,-otC'd to se:l l the remu inder of the $290,000 issue nuthori:ted bv the Pu blic Suvice Comm ission ,.,- to be sold nt not less than 1100 a shan·. · The recent decree of t he Attorney General of the United State!', whi~h opens to us u nrntricted fncilitit'S fo r Lo ng Distance scn·icc, will cause thi~ second i ss u~ to goeven more rapidly t han the first. WITH THE INSTALLATION OF T HE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM OUR COMPANY WILL HAVE A VASTLY SUPERIOR LOCAL SERVICE. BY THE RE~:r GOVERN.MENT DECREE OUR LONG DISTANCE SERVICE WILL BE UNIVERSAL . THINKING PEOPLE CAN vERY READILY SEE A WONDERFUL FUTURE FOR THE FEDERAL T ELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPAN¥. fh is stock is full paid, non-nsRssablc, di\·idt"nd paym~nts nre 1~a i~ qu<trterly, Ft'IJ. ~!.t:~ ~dJ~~~~~·h:~~~~;~~i~o~in~st:fo{; 1~"-h year, For subscnptaon blnnks apply Federal T~lephone & Tele·g raph Company Corner Church and Pearl Streets BUFFALO SHOE CO. S E N E CA AND E L.L.ICO' l l 8'1"8 • .Jolla Ro•kl• ~a di n Cl11b Up.cbvta ' "· W'n llllllll ....•. Bl Dumide. B UI Sy~ BdD.io (U11io• Mado}. ti'.~~~~~\~:~~~U('bo~o~J!~~j. -~ Lord BaltiMo re (Ualo 11 K W)-1011 ~=r,;i~;: ~-~~ ~6i·~p~;~~~JE.,o. '"'~"" I ood known, • bmw be i• bo tr.-ated m•kHu h;an , out~ut. Tb c worlol ia h.-autilul f or all hut for bim. ('ultur~ <lo.-1 11111 ~~iJI for him. The ,.·orult'rfu l ao b ie,·e•nenh of H iC IIU .. ,,] tb e glo r iou~ olevDtin~r pro<lurtion• of Jit+'TIIUrf' and art P~H't IIJ'J>I'&i to 1 bim . H i• ]if<' i• an endlr~o.~ <ltu,lgery 1 to him uotil tlcatb nt• bim f11·e Dnd relien·o bi111 of bi~ uM!IP"" l if~, 11adeu lb!J~~n.u ....... / IJIIEI! ThloC.:...pooroodlor 50c. YcwantT(I<.Itotrr• pdr of tho.: ~ Buff.alo Sboa. P~Pt t hilcoupr:m falo Shoe ·ab,and Co. tothe Bnf· befOI""e Jan ua ry hwl\lben!d eemed~&me u&oeeau In mou"y ouaoype.lr of Bulflllo8boeo.tordT1!1Morwurk, ur tG.OO. Oue 0011polltoth.. p•lt . Not good afte r J a o. 7th, 11114. Not roue! 011r..M B• rglliu!:lhoea. N laa"a .. WaterprootOo..niHI.eed Double W11ar Sole• uu eve ry pair. fjUO.~. • O,to\,00 !000 pair Men's $4.00 all solid Wi>rk Shoe3 $2.45 Sizes 6 to J2. Niag.Va Waterproof SOles on every pair. No ~ at this pri:a after these a re sold. So be quick to ret t his l;ii' Shoe Bare:aln. s .. ~un:l at Nl g lou Uct\1 10.80 o'eloell: . .........'"" UQ,l. PHOfl&, HOWUD ll"·R Jol.eph Wuts l!!lA.MPLE ROO M ~ .,~ .&If'-·- c.,.,.._ n~··1u .~n .a m"!:~.":..e:: !~~r:,. lo 1.e es S..ii•J Avenua. ~~: ~:~~~"d•l>~ :"!.:"~~~:!~"~<! AIICH-IUPPOITIIB BHOEB ~:~;;::;,•·:~ .~~:,:!'' MADIS TO ORDBA J. f, ICIIU' 1111, !!!!Will. •••"" PATERSON �P\JIIUSHIID 'W11BKLY IJYTHa BUFFALO S..~ PUBIJSHING COMPANY .,: ' :. a--l 60U05 M.lual ut. hlldl:q: MUTDI HZlSSUUl.. P.-... A.ddr.. 604--605 McshW lJI. 8uUac Sut.atptioa Prb $l.eo,.,.,,so.: • Eae..d ·.. ~ . BUPPALO, N.Y. PltAJQt ~. T W.P.C4n.Lt. ....... ~YTVTTHIU... ,a--p BUPPALO. N. Y. ..-.. ,.,-.w.m.actnac., ma._ J-5;~· ~91l. at bpall: olflcl •IWirJa. New Ycd. uadertbii,Patllucbl.JI79 SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 191< WE DON'T FORQET ["uder t lw eaption of "Lest We Jo'orget." the Sil.Jda~· News gives ll ~UII.f'Uftl~ lht' I'OIIIlitiOII of po\'ert y Of 8 hnudred ftunilies ·ill thr" o· u y w ho u eo•d chn r ity. Rllll that th ere are huutlred11 more to dire 1 18\eK tnu·. cc·:·-:··• "' ..,··--: ••" ••• "·' l ikt• th t·m . 1!'1 \\" o: knuw t hH t tlti11 i11 1111tl w e also know th at th e News l'lnrul.<> fo r a [oOiitit·ri l p11 rt ~· w hit·h "t riiH,Is fo r c:api tnli Km. ThL;,ce p oo r 1' t•t>up[,. ~rc tltt· of n _~;y sto·m of so<'idy whic h t o pro•·itle I t lwm wr th tho· IJ Jt'l\111< h_1· whu·h tn •·Hrll H li v ing. Tht•n· iii 110 Utit' \\"HH tiu g pnges in td lirrg o r t•fTI'd ll whl':n cnu"'· i" known. •·ictillt!< f11ils Arl' you wo rk in)!" t Thiuk~uf it - un tltinl!" t Q o·ut b(•cllll til' t lw ro • is too 11111Ch. VERY FINE RELIGIOUS SENSE \\"hc u it t' OIJlo'S \0 ll!lilljt rd igi011 ll.'l Hll l.':lC USt: 0;: fl Cloak. o f t ht• ('hn r ity C'omruittd' of rlu· l 'hnmlwr of •l r•1wrn•11 to ~n t o th e h enri of tlu• cl!u;.,;_ W h r n eonfrontl'd i,, ,,.,, , ............... , l u!-.k o f hr i11 j!i lll! tit•• •· harit~· fn ki't1; to time wh om tht> o·o tmnitkc 1 Ll'w is !'umuwr•·· :.i0:r1~:~;:~:~::~itt;;::~~:,;~~·;.l~:::~~~;~~:~;:::~•:~~;~~~~::~l)e~~~;; :~~:~:·~r ~f::: oli :~~~ ~~~~~!:!n·~~!,~~t I 'ut holi<". nm l il wo uld look hn d if I w(• r e to prdt·r c: hnrg l"~ aga inst a <lt!!! lrn..-•r. Prol:~:.;.n~l,i!n;~lll :~:~it~:l~·,:, ::"!"'"' The ri:;~r::t:~:~ i · r 01 1; nf rlw li" HJH' into wh io·h t lt <>y h!tl"l' 801111a 1 thinkir11d,1· phmgo•d th• •mrwlvo·ll. u·il.l mott o of till' of inbe rf'lll we•kal"N r "ll tllllt o·n·t>. lu lir~ t t>lllct• th• • C hn;}yll'r 0\'l'rlllt:>ppeol it.relf in tak· The bonae will hll ._.• ...., · t~ .~the thl' Chamber I. ;:;~ n1r1 ::.,::;:;i~~·;r,: ~~~-~:~~;Jr1r•::~i:~:-h;~~i~H;~~~~~~ ~:·~;::::itD;~t:i.~l~a~i~~~rn~y ~~~~.,:~:~~!:~";~;,;11:111~!3 upoa Wh11t righ t lut" th e l ' ht~mbt:r or Co mrn ert·e to sr·t it11df up 8& dte tlltor of tlw duariti c~ of C it~· o f Buff~lo ! D id t h e f'hnmbe r C\"Cr huv•• u11 u••• ·ourrt in~ uf th t> mou e~·" eoll ecte1li Di1ltlw t 'haml"'r of ('onmwrcr <' l" t.'r irrn-stij.!K!I· 1111)" o f th e r hariwh io· lt it endor11ed ! • If it dit[ l ht ll wh y didn 't it withdruw its f• JH)on;l'lll l' lll of lh t'St f rnud11 f . Tit !' 1111111 nru l t<!lh~tll n CO' of tlw who[,. Rffair i11 that tht> so-ea ll ed hr11in.\· hu si llt'Ss nwn hun· J' TOI"I'd to J,. 11 lot of onlinsry •luh11. ; 11 rH inow thut tlwy nr•• iu u ii:x liT•· n lt• ·mJ•Iing to h id e \wh im\ t ht.' o·loak ..iro·lic:ion . If 11 l'rntl'~ lnnt for ( "ntholio·l wn r k inl'( m An 011 s t r ik e for ft little mor•· WIIL'o·ll. (lr nut uf wor k . wl'r•· tn lw c nu~: ht ho·l!:ginJt fo r n hit•• thl' tit·l l< il-.' :.·~ ·;~ 1~ 1 ~li• ;·;,~~:~~·; ,:·. ~~·;t.):~';;,,~:~t ,:;r 1.,::::;, 11 .1~·.:~··~::;::;::: ~~~~li~:.~::~t'.e' '' ",".."';·.,,,. l eo::::.'~,. ~~··.~:":,:"';.:;;!;. ::•"." ·"' ·'" 1 himt o .iuil It ~n i ts tlu· r'l un nl"'r of l'ontnu·r•T to ntuk•• this I'Xcuso•. Th t· Uo!lllt'."- h p•· •~ s ll t't.'t'l·ded in hrin!ring about a eoudi~on in the [:Lho r murk o•t wh ich tlw~· d l'Kirt>-8Urplus l11bor . Now let's tak e th e tl\\"ll t- t>ihi p of the johs nw11y from th em. OETTING .ENOUQH COMPETITION Thus•• lou t< incAA u ..·n. eeo no mi11t.l sutl r(Jiiticiallll who prate -•·--·• , .. . .... ~ .-''''.'""'~"""" w11 ntin g !Jit•nt,\· o f corupet iti ou . including President \\'i111on. who prt'SIIt'!i !lu· hnp•• to ro: turn to that biCI!IIed l!tste as he lllt)"l in om ,;·,:-,_, -;,-:" .. "" :-:tow Frt>•·• lo111 . .. huv i' !lo uwthint: to t hink over in the eaae of the J •rt·~s t·ompHIIi c~ 1111d t he pnreel post . \\'h pn il •·ow es to eonopdi ng it nppeara that the U nited Govc rmncm ;,. u mu d1 •-ompetitor than th e r:o•nut ope r ated fo r prolil. It s hoW11 thflt big busineu <i ul'l ec [ by !hti>ello·r und c hea pt! r than by a pPi.\•ate tion . · • '-· ''""'· "'·'-""'-'"1 1<.-ttrr pl'opl•· � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. 72 Killed -- Moyer Shot and Kidnapped Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/481a4523f59b567a07ef0abe6fb36049.pdf f68404f44ba95c3389306fd700bfc104 PDF Text Text EOOK:ATTIII!-al YOUKAOOUSIAE. IP IT IS 88 YOUR -SUIISCIIIPTJOI' IDtPIRISJIII!IIT,_ ..:Price T..., C.... YOIJJNttERS:O(AMERICA- . r, ··sTARVE CHUDRfN._,AT_ .HOME IN·NO~m EVANS T.,.; Slices of Bread Conatltute~ .Meal for Children Plaacl In their Care - Say Gonners 15 a. ClieaJi "Three Dollar ·Man"~ List of· Eaay Ones to "Touch Up, Shake DOwn, and KeepAway From" Alwa,ys pn Hand::...ct..,mber of Commerce FUW!y NATIONAL CHILDBS DAY / Of SOCIAUST PARTY Fitting Olebration Will be Given by Branch One School of Social Science on Sunday Evening, December 28th - School is Accompll.shlng Great Work Among·Children. · W~Up. CHARITY COLLECTORS MUST BE FORCED TO SHOWWHAT.THEY DO WITH CONTRIBUTIONS WILL SEE ITS HNISH- FIRM Socialists Will ~ thatili. Famous Hoodoo is Put Under for 100 Years - Broadway Auditorium , Willl be Place of Attraction on New Year's 'Eve -"Dusk to Dawn" Will be Given - Dance the Old Year Out "-Ed the New Year In. �~~~~::t~:·.;~::~~~~Ji~,b~ ~~~!l)"~:ti:. 1111p Yon ..-on'tplay oo{be eue.t, wbenf'moo!JIIabeat, t ~~:e J:,'i~·~ ~~:f.~ ~~ C: .•::rv!r;: ~·!:_e;,ce.J, be doa t ~11 111 w hat >t wbf~ we e1111 J!b.7· , E. ·\YEQEtoftPT UNDI!RTAltD. AND PUNI!RAL DIRI!CTOR 5 W~l.D .RN A VBNUR t"• "Oit out/ ' yelb maa wb e.a ... kick )It, ub-u n, Thea beo:lllla llll vllt toui be,aa' vlllaiiUiaa' ro~:~,U, An ' anl•iflaald would kaoek motberdo•n• dead. We ru a &II our mlg bt, to ,.et oat of lllb lli.gllt, An ' bumJ~ ial o pMple wko kick 111 awey, AI' growl, but dOll 't liiOIItiOII I plue - U.l play, ~. ~!~~:~£•i~£~~~i~~:1:Z c~ri~~~~,!!,i;' ~ ~:~e::~·-~~~~~" RAY C. o,.,. h111n•1 c..~,c~."'"9 u"M'O'~~«• 1484 IE.UlE:ST. Big Brot hers ot oo.~rs, we waot to do rifh t, Bu t try u we wi ll , it 'a a li ard, " l'h"-1 igbt.. Wt''d ratht' r jday ba ll ·l n a place • here wed1rr. Th an 1kulk oea r a ~o me r 111' Kim ble 111' • • ear. We'd ..tber d im' lad def'lla ll ' a~t o11a ba r, Tllan dod~&J>Olite man ' r han g on a ear, l t'• up to you, Brotb era, tome, J•le..e do11't delay, Bu t e~~tahliab a ]>la ee whore Ill fello'll'a e&ll play: 631 M ul n Street H. F. P1ENNY -.1 W IS&Ot.zk y T ee O ( M OIICO W 001-U r.UUA AND WHITE L.U.Y TEAS M't1 ~1f.,.,~ .. 91f·"'~ c,,.,~Nndrnu~&a! WILLIAM ST. . :~;,"o~";,~~.\;;~~ ~r ~~~~;:!··:·f ~~~·· SOL. KISSIN Botb Pbooel 1 ~- • - · BoHo.lo,N.Y. ® ,'t';::• ""''N T elepbone Service... . There's ""' :!';, ~~·!~:::t....•i:h ':~.. · ... ~,\7!;~~1 ":~u:~;~~;·' ;~~~ :'::t~~~-~ ::',g~~~~facllltl<s a re in , .' lnH~til!• l io n or Socialist N~oos Depot :~·:l~~:~~:j7i~fi£'~T~~~~~;:,;;~~i:;:~! for ,. .,._tb&r:lpatt,-..IID£-mu, r•l that ~ ~l""'ia l ~ommittM" 1><! aJ.oiuted '" in•· r •lt Jo:Mft' hi' hooko. T hi~ m<>ti On · of -th e that line Tb(c:oatt."oo!,. . fnrClalot.• Ask for particulars today. wu nrri~•l in ~ p it~ of thP OJ>pooition 10:.,:.,;;· ~ .......... . o f the x ang rl"~u ll tdiphone Doesn't that ouggat comfort, convenlence and security? Doesn't k ounat Wlddayed '" hi~t ur.•· of thf' town :\latthf'w ~·. ll afe•. ~lr. ll a_,..., "'""" 1'11'<'1<"<1. At n town lnffli"~ rf're otly h••hl a numl"'r of hi ll • w .. ... err OJ'I""""'l h~· !hi' l:!orialiot•. Thr riali~t Thl' big p<fl!ljabout thla - should appeal to you - one for your adu.sfve usc.. · Su<:iah•t atJ<Iitor. !.... ..-~ . ~~'; ..':;i~;,r,..t;!1,'~,-;; :,',~'~t~ .JOE BELL SERVICE FOR THE NEW YEAR Among other things you ';,ill want the beat there is in Bell Service - Individual Une ,. 1 1 '~a ~~~=·~a~~ .c:c; · ., :' : · :: •• :::.·· o•onlr<>llt•ol tooth th~ ]'L<hhrau J,.rt it"• and ::~~: Union Gas Burner Go. l~~}i~;;;~;~~tl~::~;;~;: .~ · 369 Ellicott Street -ttar~m...ofU.Wortta~Oia&-IOo..•to.l...- You will want the · ~ cverytl>ln( for your home durinc the New Yur. lee Cream and Soft Drinks i A f,,,.t .~ .. ~~ --:-:rr.. ir• h~• !we n 637 \~:_:;~•e•,•~ d ~~~~~ fo~W~t0 :'hnnel ! ~;:?'t:h:ll~~~~~~~·~:.~;::~ht·£~~~:~0;~ ~~~ Sole Age nt tOr Ru ae lem lm po rl.ed . Jrr(Jnter~:Bettung. :,TM oa11 O..U .....,.,_ Ia &M .... oalldde ot If.,. York CIQ-, rt>P"- Wby,you 'dnre. r and mak ~beta,a .. •amok.edga roltt~~ ; You'd p111blea n ' Jgbt ,an ' t bro1f atoonjuat f or 1pi te. You'd t ry to l h·e downto tlw! na111et y ou were oa med! Au' yoo.~'d lie, witb th e gaog; witbout ·f ffii ll ' u hamed. ' 'Clothes That Are Different'' W!.oleo!oolea nd Reta ll l>er.le rln we go If you were a·l:ad, dldn ' t ;meatl to be be.d, Ha d 1111 pl.ee to meet, u cept Ia the etreet, N'o pl ate to play ball, ~, " taner " a t all, l\o 1liare j u1t to-y ell, wh en ;r ' ur f N iia ' real well, !\ow, llo ne.t ant\ trae,wht on earth would yo 11 do l ~1ARTIN ~ 111;1. llllllirllnciiJ ::t::t:: J::.:':;~:lka!~~~, ~ ancl•u'*'rlbe fbr the ,..,.,.,_· .:c·_·co;:·...o::.:· NEW. YORK TELEPHONE COM.PANY ~ .. n, miu~ .. wa• ""hmil!ed to '"" ,..,Jecot wee kl y ""'"· Thr ft>llo.-in~.: l'lrt,..rt from lhl" pe.r\odlca la. ll~i•tol Pt.el'• of lle<"tmh<'r 11th, Hill, APPEAl. SUB C ARDS. ,..,11 ~ hnw df'ar ly ..-hat follo"·.,.J: l" ninn (}ood1 ' ' 1'1"' "f'if'ctmrll on Tut"o<ift)" 1D1t\C R nm m ldll•aa. ~~:~:~ 1 1 '.'.~~;;~1,.."~ ~";~;~~T~~i~~~~;"":~; Dally Socialist Papers • h ll line ol mo nt hly and 1u 1'"""' 0 ,..!;~; ~;,.:!·l~ ..~rWd. cp~~'s':~ 1 1 ~;:"t~·:·~~; ~~;~~~!"""".'"in hi~ ZEBOLD BROS. CO. ~""-"0........1< a.,;{,:;;~i";... :!".).!~·;";;:··· o~-~1,1 · IU B.ULLiTT'S SHOES a~~onnt 1';;~~" '"~~: Un.lon Mad• hnok •. tlo.,~· "·n~ unnhll! to J.!l'l a hal !:~:::; ;;·~·::..:~~~~7::t:: ;~~···~~:;~:;::F~:::;~,?~~~x~=::~~~~~i~~ ~~~:. ~~,/.:~~~o~~ca~:i; :: ,·om· nW. E.lllt St , cor. Jruklll. 1111111, n.Y.I "",'~~~:::~.•.:;,;~'"u~~: ..~nle:~::~inn thr ;~:,•;;:- ~~~~~;..,~m;,~~Y•:"~:e~ i ~~¥l~~~ liljft~ ~~i~f' OVERCOATS If its an Overcoat you want right in price, right in material, right in tai· loring, right in fit, its hen: at $10$12.15 and bears the Unlon label. whkh guarant= you correct !it and honest workmanship; Suits and Men's i'urnishlnp . aJso., THE EtiTEIPRISE , T'W"O 8'l"'B.Bl8 'J91•19J 6t...tt St. IJOO 3tfftru• St; anol the a mount a eame in till thf'n ~ad •·ai11 c:::·"·.."·.-::·."e::;::::fou n<lnowappueft tly$6,1:!1)..-hiehb•a '-" <'Oil~ h!•\ "'"' not tur11r<l over to :::c;:. -~:.::;::ce .:.-~- ·.;":.: thf' to•·n trr..uro• r. T h•••iecllnenhave ~;!. ~~~;~~it~lw!...b;~r:t~...";~\:"{.,~~ fo r Mr. Ba rn~ . ;;•::: ~i;;:;~~:~~:i:;:~~~~ ~;:~~~~~i~~~·:,:~~:::~• lbrnu.::<_:·:;.o;;·:·:;·::::·:• ha•l been la1 II :~:''1 :\lr. a numbtor 01 is ,toe Soeiali1t •el KinLn and So<'l&li•t Town Audito r work t bat t bey h.,.e, doue l about tbe in\·et~'""IIID •tlllat tbedi....,vel)·of th i••hort a le. f'talilt f'arly or P1ymo11t h and •·ille havn 14 elected ollielala i tO\tll and 'j U f' lh l" J~ond v- rt,.-. I n lJw, IIIN" IIoa of Ot: tobe r, 11118, t he Re.)tibllt U I eurle.! t he tow11 w1 t11 tt plllTilil y of 18 over t be Soc:l•;li•la. HAVE A REI>UTATION THEIE'I A IUBOI With our rnonnous out.. put, 1 combined with oar cheap upttaira ; rent, we arc in 'a positiOn t o give ·values that cannot be duplicated clsewhcrc. �. · NE·W ~ YEAR.'S E~ 4tl ANNUAL ~SQUE AND·CMC BAUt . ., •. OF... . LOCAL BUFFALO SOCIALIST PARTY ••• AT THE ••• a ·ROADWAY "AU-DITORIUM } P&rk ·knd . . Admission, 25~Cents Spedai Attraction .:.: ''FROM DUSK TO DAWN!' soaALIST MOTIO~ PICTIJR.E IN .FIVE REELS .. . . . BUFFALO SHO.E. QO • .A&TBUS on.a,. 1n of U. D"Ff1lnor ..Jeb BuilD ...•. Cu•d.iaaCI•b IJpKinltaU, rr&.lr.ll• ,,,., ..... . J:l Ha•l•• • . .... BUI N11 ..•...•••........... 5e e":?r!i.~:i;; ::E LoN &JU.Ore {Ual.oa Kw\e }.l~ ~~~·:: ::~:::·.k· ~·~d·:g: ··~eak Pla.la CUppJep Tobacco. lbJJ Odin ~ Dell""'- UNION HATS Union Print Shop AT YOt,n:\ 8.ERVJOE THE QUALITY PRE88 43-t.SCoalaDdlrooRL ~ TIJE ' . AT ~tf2.00HatVeiUIOIIE&rtb 1JII.DmaiotrSt.:Ht. llaill.'lfallli l'lfltMSt.. ORIN K IRONWINE D~trcit Cun(b u:c.ellent. Prica mod.t:ratc Strd&l JltrntiM 1o tadtn 83 W .. Chlp~wa Street Queen Gity Gandy Go. WHOLESAL E CANDI E S 808 WIL.L IA..M STREB:T Beli,Bo• . l818-lil .1/$k C,f Caplei'S 1ct Cltitm pou ·..,m rrrmmhr tbf "'~"' Pllllflll: Bell, Howe,.. 14, Fro"1'-r2!504 A..lcle ,.. ., F-tier 21481 tift Jlnuu.l ' " w.n ... hMrn HDUIEI, ILOCIE CD. Pun•ral Olregtor• c-to..t=a::.-:~~ . 07 -IL.L..IAM .... . ....... . h u . - - • r .;... -minute up to $20.00, '$e.so~ 1111 IITFITTUS TilE HQIIII ·~ Onion Label ClotUa& ,..!''-''· �PUa.tMIED -..mtLT trY TKll )!UI'l'~ soCwJsT ~G PRurx. ~ taaall TVTTKIU.. .__., . T..t-- W, I'. ·CATTKLL. . . . . . . ~60f.60511aitu!L&Budd~D.( ~ Pra COMPANY BUJIP.Al..O.. N:Y. 60W05 llc6il U. ....... I&AaTIII' HmlaUIIt........... . BUJIP~N..Y. sUo,.,..,.. a_......., ,W,.w.ta.._ ~· lb...- a.r.t"" ~ _..... J-'5. Jti:Z. ill ci1b at lhdWo. Nnr York. ...xrtmactoiM...:bl,U?t · The husirw~<.~ men hu\·e !wen ple~Hling with t he ~e\\.. York fo r twt· nty.fh•c Yf'HNI to ~et 11 new 1;1111ion. might hn,·c to o,·er till we gd lht' Sot·inli Ht Commo nweal t h. "'e THE CHARITY FAKE T hnt tht· o·xpo11t· or th t· 111•lwming crook11 or th e Yohnueers of whidt nppo·ur••d iu t he Buffnlo Socialist las t week, c~ntc d i ~ pnttin~t it mi ltllv. Fraud of thi,; kiuti' lmli hh•n carrit•d on 110 lOIII-! unde r the name .\~no·r it• H. st tr. ;; ·:~~~~ilt\~:~;,·:,7.~ ~:"'d::;;~~~ r::':\::.~~:~~~:·r~·;:·~;.;'',~.:~~~·~ti~il~:~n","' !;;;;;;.,,;;,_ ~~~'\ 11 ~:.~~~- PHf'll'l's ol·cn.lid it!ll!lf editurially in praisiuK _ th i~ outfit Ev.rr.t· other pHpt·r in this cit_~· luttl tlw ~ltutt' iuforn{ation on l'ill l•j •·~·t. hut for rt·Jutons of tlwir own remHi1wd 11ileut-\Vhv ! I n <'ll >'e Of twu Of !he ll!, tht')' Wt•rt• nfrHi.J to thru\\" ~ \OIIIl'fl f;,r hrl'akinJ,: up th eir own good t hiujr Tht• C hu mlwr of Comlrwrct·. 'with its w i11e busine-'\11 men pert e xploih~ r'A. prOI"t•ll 1'81!,\' IIIO I H-Y Fo r tht· fei!O"I'i'll with tp"e i IOiljrllt'"i. 11 hud l(in•n 0111 ('lltlo r ~enu·nls to thest' people. no the pn rpo...e t1f ]Piling th('lu ..o!ltet I(Ontls Hnd from ,.Jus!! lllltl to url(nnizt· n ~~·~t •·w 1<11t·h us tlw thl' Snh·ntiou .\r1n.1· in or1lt• r to rl'lif'l"•• 1"•·•·11.•· tn ti lt' IIUJ']U\r\ of tlw l"idimsof II)'Sit:'m 1 'o ~o~·,l,'! ~·~·~ '.:~~~~~ ~.:~i~ ~: ~~;~;e ~1~~':.r~.·~;\~:~\O:~ ~·i~~~~~~~ f~ rl~t~c ~ ~:· .... ! r.:.::;:~ \;-;::;:;,·:~:· ~:,;~,;.:,;." .• e• I '.','.'.' ltlld good!< froru lhl' pnnr ll"lH"kf'r!l, lt u t tht·y pnnlumdled businf'~!< 1 1 fnr •lonntiuus. llonlttionll of any \'tLiue w;•re Ufrued t o personul 1 loy Tht; lt:'ndt•r.<. nnd mouf'y 111\lck to th(·ir fi nge r. lik e [!'lue. l'•·oplt• ha,·t· the gcuerul notiou that tlu~11e two or gAnia:Atioru;. .1 tlnilll-! l(nml work for n dau of mt> n Kml won1en whom otht>n nnt nlrf' to HSI!Ocint e with. hut sueh is not the t.:lllle as Wl't'k. It iB 1·t>ry lillie thA I ~et11 pa11t thes e 110-ealled 1 · the Gt•nr rul Booth family down, the offiee n; of th'C81! uunle the~nse h·es rich t hrough thiR deeeption of to the e:tteut or milliom. ,. J.:,·rr:ndle r e l'oeinlists h1n·e s hown th r mocke ry of eh11rity. wo11ltl not n.:,c d cha r ity if w~ were r ecei,• ing £>1•r n a fl'lir portion whut wt• cHru. f'hnrity mHkes 1111 panren. C harity i~; gi1·ing us back n portion of whut hHs ho:·cn stolen frorn 111. Charity j,; degrading and pl a ce~~ th e r ec ipiPnt on n lowe r \e,·el th11n th e gil·er. Le t 1111 dean up · Hnd do llWII~· with the nee e~i t y of ehttrity uud ull t hese humbugs will \l{'('ol!lt a thing of th e past. · . . l .et us aboliRh th e l'll pit alis t B:'"Ste m with ib ex ploitation hy n few to th(' detriment of llll tht ot h el"l!nnd es tHblillh in its pluee 11 civilized .. _., ..., •• ,,,.,..,. ·~~ iety, di'JI'anir.l-d nml manaf!'ed for tl1e benefit <lf..!!.l. ;,:·: ..::.;:. ··•.:;::We wonder if the new onil'f' of Cnmnlis.Rioner of Ch arities wi ll hll\' t· t ime t o take up matte rs pertai n ing to that work. U it i.11 as l':fliciell\ as the Uonrd of IleH ith we mif!'h l as we ll abolish the office now. WHAT ARE YOU KICKINQ ABOUT '? � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-12-27 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/4106b703dfb8d0701d46829f0e7cc35a.pdf b5b81a1bbe75810a01435bc0f9769c2d PDF Text Text -AI.p .IDCWJST Gl SoUl! A T - STANilll ,.,._,A'ITO Slrl'lmDAT - VoL 11-No. I I lllJPFALO. N. Y, DECEMBER 20." 1913 �UNION ~2'BB 'Finest ilf Buffalo · pU..l(.:=:';~-=a:=;s~;r:t#."-t.llap­ oc::::::.: ::..,~wiD ..u :.:-~~!.~r.:~.::: ~~ MY ANSWER ' .. ONE BELL· LINE, JUST FOR YOU ' u one of the oirgumenu that Individual Line T ck:phonc Service advanc.es. It's a service that b ~ in every way. It allows you to call or be called at any time day .,. nlght. The cost is but a few cents a day more than Party Line Telephone Sctvicc, too. A.k our Commercial 'Offiee about Individual Line Service today. •' You'll 'be interested. New York Telephone Co. T dcphone Buitdinr Church & Fr.taklia. Stra:ta. BULLETT'S SHOES 'i1111tn:'"2;~;rr;;:; Ct)tzrl lluthl"lllt!tl"l l.nuo::h 11:110to2:00 nW . E.aaltSI., cor. Jrultll .. B•lfalo, n.Y. LOUIS MAISEL .71/rlft'ltuY, 8ar~•ll, Oil Cii!IIAI, , .K• .,,,. ;r.,,,. ,, A,., s~. ,.,.~,ut<~.-.,. · .c..rd-,.• 3,...... 90~ ·967 RROAD\VAY Union Mod• HAVE A REPUTATION THEIE'8 l IUSIII With ou~ enormous out. put, combined with our chtnp upstairs rent, wt are in a position to give values that can. not ~ . duplicated elsewhere~: . .. �• • , AT~--- • w~s-'oM;~; );~E"Mv. ~~.:Mom s. Cbtdntsd~f €oi'g, Dtc. 24, i913 ;:: ... . . C Ar/61• •1 TICI ETI 26 CElT&• . ' · 130.00 In Prl - c- . ' I Muac 'byWaihrsFuU~ra" .... tube d~ bated. ·• ~ ,J -~ ~ ·• . FOR SALE 7 % Preferred Stock at ·$100 a Share · T he Federal T d eplw(>upd T degraph Compan_j, in conriec;.tJ.on with lts AutomaticTdephoacinsta""tion, ~ offers fo r the first time to the general public, $ 160,000 of its 7S Preferred Stock at $ 100 a" share . ·This Issue of 7% Preferred Stoc k has recently been authorized-by the Public Se rvice Commission of the State of New York, to be sold at a price not less th an $ 100 a share. · Great strength lies in large numbus of stockholder~ and preference will be shown the Small subscriptions in allotting thls stock. Each stockholda will have a vote in the affairs d the company. · Allottments of this stock: will be made Dec 20th, 1913, and payments on subscri ptions may be m:ide on the following te rms: I 0% In thirty days; 25% In three months: 25% In six months and -40% In nine months from the date of subscription, or the full amount may be paid at any time within this period. P romln<nt bwiness men ol.thls dty have pledged themsdves to. take. all this stock at par that b not sub.;cribed fo. by the gene.al public. Subsc riptions for th is stock will be taken at the commercial offices of the company at the corner of c;::hu rch and Pearl Streets. Federal Telephone and Telegraph Company Th~ WI~LAX'.S Do your Oh1r l-tm as 8 )lopplnl( here a nd reoelye oOUBLE TRADINC 8TAMP8 all Purchases until X rnaa. '!n jewd ry for Lad i~. Men and Children, Rings, Bmcc:le:ts, Bnr pins, Chains, Scarf p ins, Cuff buttons, Etc, ""fimbrdlas in plain or rdnQ' hnnille:s, from 50c to $6.00e:ach. K id GJo,·r-s }or Cadi('s and'"Mcn, from 11 .00 to $2,00 pair. · S' t>e:at e:r Coats for Ladies, l\le:n, Cl4ildren and Boys, from 50c to $7.00. All Chi na. and Glass wa re wlil be sold at about HA L F PRICl;. l\·len 's Arm Bands in· fnnc\' bu m t wood box~ at 25c and GOc p3ir. · Men's fmlC) Suspender& in fancy boxe:!l nt 25c, S5c, 60c and 75c pnir. l\.'len's K~k\'\~a r in fancT Xmns boxes at 25c to 75c. · Men~~ £0c~;9c~~~~. r$~ .s~o!~dcli~ Gifts. Lndics and Me:n'11 fnncy .!!ilk and silk lisle: Hose in fancy bous 25c, to $1 pair. Ex:rRA SPECIAL GOO l n,·erted Gas Manti~. n:gular JOe, nt :)c, li for 25c:. LudiC.!!. :\len's nnd Chi l d~ns H n n dkerchi~fs in fancy boxc!; from lOc a box to $2.00 SPERRY GOLD STAMPS WILLAX STAMPS Redeem your Sperry Gold Stamps hc:re. We. bn c tbc rcdcmplioa station for the East Stde. O P EN EVERY EVENING ·WILLAX'S 1268-70 Genesee St. Comer Kehr Opposite Cuino Thutrc where Dusk to Dawn w ill be pb.yed. NEW :YEAR'S EVE 4tn ANNUAL MASQUE AND CIVIC BALL ••• OF .. . LOCAL BUFFALO· SOCIALIST PARTY ••• AT THE •.. BROADWAY AUDITORIUM Park Band. Admission, !Zs Cents SpecW Attracti on - "FROM DUSK TO DAWN" SOOAi.JsT MOTION PICTURE IN FIVE REELS Lll BAKER &CO. 353 .• Slllfl. - Ul ·- �P'U1IUSHaD 'WZBt.Y BY nm BUFFALO S00AIJST PUBLJSHlNG COMPANY u-,.o'!") ~Mutu&IUK~ . MAllTINHIUSSLmt,-t KalfaY T1JTTH1U.. s--,. A1ktr.., ~Mutual ut. Bua4iPa ~ Pria $1.00 per .,_., 50c; .a BUPFALO, N. Y. PJUJCitaHRBJfPitDID,TW, P. CA.TTJILL. .._ ..... BUttALO, N.Y. · moatt., ,..,... ~~~~ -- 411-• ~ u..::oock1&a matlcf J-S.Itll, at tbotpootoffb at BcdWo,~Yoit. wdc:rtbeactolMarchl.II1'J Thl' Kit• ~·! c·ttr •·ornpun~· i11 tulkin f:! tthou t put1i111[ up 11 1 on t ht Ottrdl' tl Tlwnt o: r prop(·rty. Wh11t '11 tltt• LI JOe of Jl11Yin~· out c·oi n for th11t ~ it t' when it t~lreody own~ tht· C ity flail . · · Thl• Jlrohl t> m IP.'hich tht• h i ~ o:itit>t~ of thiH country ha,•e on ttl the ptt-H-t'lll mnlll t' lll is ''hull' to hom!<' the llllt!lllployeo:l.' ' , tlw pn.-'l'<elll .;yKh'l<l of IO()('iet )' is IIOIIIl~Whflt autiftUIIted wht•n take cflte of ill! Jl,eo ple. • - - - - L.AMB~STING AMERICANS \ &I lilt WOfli. u a f'Oiledo r lor a " ..., Jo.ep)l P.. Robb, Soeial~t IMW.yvr,•llll~ ..duid : rtaliT eoolda't Upeel a.aytllioa- a' lou ""-111 witb tk prtfeuo· 111d · : aoo-putiua'' IJlWin [ 'BIIIIIn!-"(lll)d-~poll· 1~.000 Mto &Dd 14,000 "f'Otft II tb6· f'Ood~te.l oaUer abe- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-12-20 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-12-20 Relation A related resource MicFilm HX1 .B83 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Newspapers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LIB-021-BuffaloSocialist_v02n081_19131220 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2018-06-12 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Is Version Of A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation. Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. v02n081 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 p. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Charity Fakes Exposed Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/8dfd6a734bd89d9dd3f664d748014113.pdf 7b2b30cdd3819a95bdf8cb1b7ca340f6 PDF Text Text LOQI;/o.TTIII!-C. YOUR ADDRI!IS I.ABI!L IP IT IS BUPPALO soci.wsT ON 5.\U! AT NEWS STANDS YOUR~J!ltPIRI!S NEXT Wl!l!lt 1V1!DN1!11DAY TO SATURDAY Val. U-No. ao •-"- 1BUFFALO,N. Y~DECEMBER 13,1913 Price Two Cents �THE "ORDINARY" PART .ijf MY fAll OVERCOATS AND SUITS ARE THHR PRICr~ Th~ ntn -ordln&tfJ>&rt of them couldn't be told Ia a whole 'pace. pu.l(.:=:;~ald·-::-:.::;~~r#.fll.-.lllap- But wb•t 1 would llll:e you to load up lu )"OW" old JimDI1·Jilpe of good judgtmeo t U th\1; teD 1QIII luaa...,.of~fiiOI UWSbeU~•bowq tosbtTrui& ..W &ba. Wedtldati .US DnW.applJ tbe OQ.a. Mil,_... Wow. · I",·e ato\l'.o. • ma rch on. my competllorl thl• aeuon In ou.e thlog, and lhat'l Tb.s'JO'I ll:lllltM}'iJv-l p&. Qutfit No. l l!y t"• ll and Winter O.rme u!a wlll~o-o down on ri!CIIrd aa the aebluemeut ort.llor· mr.dt, l}p l.o•efaahloulogatprlwlne•erbfo:Joreequaled. Sumt eluthet • ho ..· you t.o the world aa 1 l'ERSON ; wthe orqr ld u a P E itSONALJTY. my,d~hfll 1ho"' you · tualabc' u.. r.d..,.... :~~~cud~~two~b'~ . · -~].()() dutfit No.2 :::_~~:1~.-:!~~twooo.cb.., ~ ;;J ~~t&ead&Dae. $43.00 lq, bariaJ penall, -plew TN! --. •. Outfit No.3 ~:,:,a:"b114~~::~~:"-.":,·~=.bllrlal ntt llll black or brotn~ habit, 'bf.:t: be&ne, three ~... 111:1balm laa, $15, $20 & $25 m~· = ~llrlal~.'*·~~~~·~·. tA-tthe mlrrore~:plaln the dlft'e~ocebetweentbe two, T hr•e • r r t h!! prlcel, And rcnu•mbe.r, I! rnllrko'\l $.~ loii(IH'r, MY ANSWER •nihil ~~ IUad at U1 d-lr.r-$0 oadCI berelD. qGO&ed J1* Me4 a.._ pafl 06Cit, IUad ou,r boW thil SMART STYLES. ' • $55.00 Outfit No. 4 :a~:.e::r=~~~ :1!:!~t!.!~: ,l::!:;: gtUow, 1b: ha.zu!.l•, eap1'ed plate, o11Uide cue or plu, hurlaleult or =?~!~~·;:~:~~=- ~~"'o:.~~ . $60.00 ;~:J!:trtDIL• Oomple&e~UI~ I~&DQe, 1hop wu o't IJi!llllrl t lu•y'd be b= Eckhardt's Clothes Shop n.~Ue I GOARAN'TKB. aU tbe ,ooc!t fumllbed -.e~d tbe Mnloel ':'ellde.red to be far tuperlor so &UJ tondthed b7 &a)' other UDdertalr;er Ia Bdalo for the e~~:orbll.al:lt prloee theJ wUI charr•· · 380 Ma.in Street, Buff'alo, N . Y. Bell Pbooe, O:d~ tel One Pll~th t UP Pedenl Ph011e 8781 E. WEDEKINDT UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR No.5 WAI,DEN A VENUE . Aaltate and aub•orlbe for the 1\~.Detter~Bettung. BELL SERVICE WHEN YOU WANT IT! :The oo\7 Germau Dti. .Jlolper In theiUW! ou\11\de of New York CIIJ, rep,. aentlurthe IDW!rMt of the Worll:lnr Olau.- &0 eeute for 8 morula. That is what Individual Line Service would bring to yOur home. Oflic:c. 3J5-317 Gcnau Sttut - - BuffalO: N . Y. The one Central OHice line that would be assigned for your exclusive use would allow you .to:telcphone at any time. regardless of the use others make of their telephones. THE The~ Is only • !C'IIJ Uflb • d•r mort llua P•rty Lint Tokpborw Savlu, \ 01). .. .. OF .... PIANOS It would pay you to ask our Commercial Office for full information concerning Individual Line T elephonc Service. Se<rt tary D11ait l•' laltl l i<lt:l iA \hat gn''<lrom~nt aboul.l lea~e oH.Ja ndt, New York I itao;:e::::~.~~~"':,o~;:•·~~~~~~i~"~ thinh i1 Telephone Co. It's Everywhere. Conflf!quentl;w, th ~ na•·y req11irt1 largt aa•l eertaiD ~IIJ•J•Iy, an<\ tbt 8«· re tary tbat tht S!AD<lartl Telephone Buildini Churth &. Franklin Stru~ ~dvanta.aeoua Features the ln~uoeme~ts. I! you an &'Oilll' to buy a piano or player pi&Do you will ftncl several makes and grades ben, that"·may be purchased on t.he mutual beneftt. pla.n, which will aunly suit your i-equirementa. And, if you are going to buy a. piano, wb.J not look illto this propa.iUon a.nd secure t.h~ following advantages : t?96 For ~ $350 PllUlo ~ For a $,550 Playa: Ptano $6 Cub $6 MonthlY . ' $9 Cub $9 Monthly Or $1.25 Weekly Or $2.10 Weekly Copper baa atrillp, continuow There La a.bsolutely no rilk ill HAVE A REPUTATION THERE'S A REASON Leather Extraordinary Price Reductlone, Bla Values, ~ Union Made T he kind APPRECIAlM BUYERS COMING FROM fAR AND NEAR '254 BULLETT'S SHOES Made of real BIG 8ALE ~il~v:;: ~Pia~: ~~e0':n:!~~m:=~ Wi1h our enormous outp u t, combined with our chcnp upstairs ~nt, we nre in n · position t o gh·e Y!llues that cannot lx duplicated elsewhere. There La & limited number of antee "and flint yet.r'a tree exve~ plain ID&hogany cue~ ta cb&nge privilege protect . yon this lot. aga.inrt risk. EXPUtNATION OF THE Scnuter mutual Benefit Plan 1- You select the plano or pl&yer plano th&t suits you bolt. The price &Dd terms ~ 11 10 wide, the cue de.igna 10 dia'erent., ~!n~~~e:.:d:-;'u '!:!ora~~ cert&in to ADd a.n 2-~0u 1~;oiam::.:;:n~~ =:_.:~•$., ,. piano a nd player pi&no ia OUAB..ANTl:ED lTNB.ESTRI;;1. EDLY. ~Your piano ia delivered jut u soon u you IJl.l.ke t.he flnt pt.ym&nt. • 4--1! it is found to be not u repna"ented, send it back witlrln thirty da.y. and we will refund your money. .· &-Any time within one year it may be excb.anpd f or &nether of equ&l or better Jr&de, without tha 1011 of a lin(le dollu. 6-Beat, cover, pl&yer mule, tuninp am 7ftU ud delivery free. 1 7---!'hol;lld t.he i.Ddrumnt be ~ by Ire wlt.hin one year, 1t will be rep&lrM. or replaced fi'M of obarp. · 8---Sbould you die, a reoeipt in full will be deUvend to the heirs without f1U't.ber paymnl. . (Co~h~ 1913; hy L. C. LinCOln.) • - " Anol if WI! apply tke .,.rnt lngi~ to our awn J>roro-al• far tkat we a1>ply agai flllt Boc-ialil!m, mifbt be l MI to tbat we mat~h irD· po:s.~lb\1117 &lj'aiut i111~lbllity in mueb tbat we write a11d .ugge~t."-Pitt• L _ __:::=:..::::::::=::..:::;.;;;;;;;:_;;;;;;;;..;;;"":-=;_--~ bnrJb Catltolie. Patro.liu Our Advertisers aryl Tell Them-Why I �YIU. II H1LD ON Sundt~p;€o'g, Dutmbtr 14fb, ~~ h 'tiKk FOI THE IEIEFIT OF THE PAT£1801 ocnrvDTlO!t; at 80AWABL'8 HALL,, 351 Broad-y -Mla I!LIZABETH G. I'LYNN, STEPHEN J. MAHONEY and ~ promiDca.t apcabn will addrea tbc medin(. lllllltlD 1Y THI IU"Ilt Dffllll OIMMITTU. , " c' FOR SALE 7%Preferred Stock at t100 .a Share The Federal T d<phOne :.nc1 T elo- graph ~y, in connection with ILs Automatk: T ~hondnstallatlon, offers for the ilrst time to the general public, $ 160,000 of Its 7~Preferred Stock at $100 a share . This Issue of 7% Prefe rred Stock has recently been authoriZed by the Public Service Commission of the . State of Ne1w York, to be sold at a prlt e not less than $1 00 a share. • au -.ioa of,._ City Co1il·ea· be bekl at Flo,._ Par\c1n., •heet"o•er the HappJ lloar Dnt 61111U.1 .eTeaiog, DeftmThe meetlDi will be ailled prot~~plly al _8.1$. Tbil will lmporta11t WM!ea and e• ery llrted tobeprt'M!at . 't:very member of t he aboulil be a 5UbHriber orgu of tile ~atioraal ''Tbe PartY Bailder.'' F.aeb eot~t1111J ~~~-- of t ile• doiap gr~ of t he movj'ment tbl! Wjlrld All the aeWJ of the Dation! e.at&lned tbr.reia. You abo11ld ;FO~RTH AN.N UAL BALL. . •••OF THE••• SOCIALIST PARTY_ ...:AT••• / BROADWAY AUDITORiu-M NEW YEAR'S EVE Park Barid Great strength lies in large numbers of stockholders and prdcrel)ce. will be shown the small subscriptions in allotting this stock. Each stockholder will have a vote in the affairs of the company. Allottments of this stock will be made "Dec 20th, 1913, and payments on subscriptions may be m~e on the following terms : I 0% In thirty days : 25% In \hree months ; 25% In six months and 40% In nine months from the date of subscription, or the full amount may be paid at any time within this period. P rominent business men of this city have pledged themselves to take all this stock at par that is not sui> scribed fm- by the general public. Subscriptions for ~his stock will be taken at the c ommercial offices of the co mpany at the corner of Church and Pearl Streets. Admission, 25 Cents REACH II •ny l'l ANO or J>LA YER PJA.NO dl•lllllyedlo our,.·u eroo\u,oot only In !'RICE llnd Tt: IHolS but "'"" c•n give yo n lUI lniU rumuot of QUAI.ITY for_the w uney you ..,.l•b"tOIIIIY· Don't Bt fflisltd The Federal Telephone and Telegrap~ Company by tlu: pre&egt d•)" c&lch pe_nny • d••c:rtiH•n•enh - thl'fil llfe bDl 1111· men~e ..ell!ug &che me&, "'' here q ual Ity It lo the background. ljigh ffradt Pianos ccwt •• much u they e ..e r d ld, and m o r-e, 11nd the TEH!d.S of I'AY:U:t:N"f uo .. h.-..y. b•~ed on ~he ln\"Cil meul en the de~tler. Htut"'! IT IS Skt'Eit-"t.o buy yonr In trumtnt I rom tiLe OI.D H OUSE o f UTL.E\', ""here Q UALITY 11 the ftnt con tidenulou tnd ch e TERMS of PA )". MENT "'"h111 you c•o .tTord to pay. r Eve rett OUR 1 ~:~~n PIANOS!l ~~~n.ton Mendelssohn OUR ( Emerson - Angelus ~ ::!~~~:: PLAYERS l ::~~~~::~n SOLD ON EASY PAYMENTS $2.45 Sizes 6 to Jl. Niagara Waterproof Soles on eVery pair. N o more .at this price aftc.r arc: sold. So be. quick to i'c.t big Shoe: &rgain. Opea lllcmd•J Nl(bU Uadllro'clock. S.turd•J Nlghll Until IO.SO o'clock. .1t•-~· Jr.,,.~., J"•,...#AI.., s-~ ••~ CAt~--·~ C.,.~,~~ 06~·<J67 I Suits ~ lo $ZD Pnl• II _lo $$ 1;•1• $11• $3.50 108-110 Stntct~ St. ·and cater apeci&Uy- to the Union Trade AROA.OWAY • �- --aor.:zu.LIDL ......... - ~tid.& ..... ............., w:..l""'" .(. u.a hi.- MW a tMW-)CirM}Mt.~ ••r ..._. _.,. • ...._., ._.. ._ a-1 ~ 1"6 'fttle .... t.Mi. ''liii."WbW•l»i~~·~~- ,...... ....,~ ·~l~l!.lwl.---~JUtJ*'-~ t.tkM 0. priH d hs _.... \oarj ...tl<b.ta. IXbt aWV' .b a ..t;e " " •• Swi&f- -._ a ~ rit. - . 1 ~,. tloUot:t. ..; • .-~._.-. ...... l~~·wr.... "*' ~ ( bHk'tti \a tm fiilt,.l. . •clio., &.da~ *"" t., a-.4 Hlll't l:s ~- "'- t k ' - " - 1lf'_ _ __,;;;.;.;.;,;,;;...;.;.;___=,..;======:==l =""'==;:=======\=========='f==========l~,\t~=::~~rat\ta~il ... M~~=~ ::-~,:=~~: rr- w"ea a c-.ntft at t\t. - 1 "-· M .Ul fMI lil-a Mipt'iar f.a - ... IO.••Hooo~ "'• • WKA.'f 00. &DI UIQ1Jl.l) Dll TH Kaailt.. S.isldl:, NitN: to,. ~ ·"-- Riahl, aa,w 1"~1 ~f lbl:ail• Oil" Ia ttr.e }N* 1- e oof tllat Ia a latJ!# bc.lllar, llu. t\111! totlo• a,y: ••Tlte eyN of tM Sofiali.ta ate. ••• n .....ilt-.. •ra• l"!'bUt &I'Jrl~ ..... -'tW ... a tw..H ~:n. lllill hlf'f W ~"'-_. b a ~rat Wiotn l• - n '("e(..q;, bat tat . _ ' l -at. H.w ~ tua.. ·'-· C• .llllau-, -u • aWilllate fw t\lofr. .._.~-'\ ~~ oll tlle tl,..l ·~ t~ll;tt.. Uet fl&"'llltlll!f, Nala li.IIJiet i!ittoO, l• a -.t@i\ Sodalilt ~t11rer. ,..., ...."' u.u . ----- •• ..._.. 8od alitt .-D ...cnAlo ~ om..t.JlOIU,.. far. Wt~ illl\'ot t he ''""'aat-laa...,Wqaa!l.bft'M n~ a-.d ta\111~ &~otlall•t• or ()11.\aii.MU.-. llaH a fit\\ tllay t:rJ'f'('t u t e ue t•lll! kaotrl· Aata.obl~ taar tlla ltatlll! aut J'l!&f pla.t bJ ,..._. •·~ aed rail• tUN wltll S.lalltt or rlly tlle\r ·-1•- -s-b,.., ,....,. to ou ad~•t." !'\ow th•t wc ho,·t! workr.:l j;O bard 11nd wOOuc~ liO much tlw l~t~>t pa nic. may take a n !lt- withoul pay . '1\'t' • will pit ) •V tilt •f t.Jaa Sa· dallM P't\Y Ia H t ll twit.' a1d u n r t~ &loll.f '11')1\f Ia tlla t twiiJ'· IOClALlft8 KAT UK.Ulf IX OITtOIL ~aaM tile ~a11dldatftl fa UN to tie oao.unD ITOCDt OOID'AJIT PUm.tUI OON80LIDATION So 1lou1Jt the lh!Wii of the con•olit11tion of the ) Iarine l'ohuniJia SKtionul Hank11 r•·cdn~tl n·ry lillie lltl e~•t!o_n in the. of tbt WOI'kl·rll Of tiJill f•il)', hut lllf'rf ill f'\'t'l')' JIOK!IIhtJII)' Of thiiii' COm• loination lun·ing it11 effect on the itulnatrial coudition11 or this city he( ore very long. Thi~ con~W1id11tion i11 nuly 11 11igu or the timett. It i11 r .art of l;!!e lichemr of the rcttl c11pit.alist t·l a~ to r:on tr~ a.ll !,he bu!IUJell& .or a lo•·nlity through thc bttnkM. nut! w1t h t~e econom1e tttrengt~ ~ommate po liti<•ll 111ul lo•rcildBt iou ,;.o utttt• h to thetr ue-eds that the workmg elaaa \1 itl ct-llllt 10 cotUit for llll)'thirt~ot hut tul'rr alll\'e&. ' Tho• be111k11 111rt> 111iminf,\ to obt11in th e controlling intt'N!>it in •·••twt>ru thlll cun ll'tlll'<'7.t' mune.~· out of the woiokcn~. 11ntl with . i l 11( olollnril 111 thi'ir luwd. lllltl tlw iufhumcc to control the pol~ce and mfliti" locut Jtnd killth~t who ro·hd . • . 'fiH• capit111iilt dm<H i11 or jlnni7.ing. l.ook ont for younu·tr, )lr. \\'••rki u ~;ntllll. \\' c hn''" trio•tl tht• 11t rik €' nt the '8hop 11chc mt> H' goml lllllllY 1111d tit•• lllli'!.o(t•ll ~t ill lllll't· tdl !hi' IJt!oU of it. Wh~· 1101 11trikt.' at /on liM hox ~ HANDING IT TO THEM ll tiPI"'"inii'H ut lndiumtpolill ,;ince the Chtunhc r of ( 'OI.nlltCr t•e thllt .~I I' hu11 o•o utrol "houi.I!Je 11 h 1<li011 to t h\' workcl'!i of t htlli I Tho• ,,,.;,. tUJtWlr ln~t uo t imt• in 11howiu..: hi11 hnml. Tilt' fil'llt i oltol 11'11>1 In ~·11'1'11 1' ill ll IIUIIIhl'r ltuSitii'Sii IIH-11 ltll >ipel'illll I ' 1 ntt d ann t lu•nt to tht· l•·o·t h with orol1·r~ to llhO<JI ttl th e 'l ,.f trHtthlo• und ht•lio•\'o• u ~. thc.' ar1• oloi n~; it ' " t ho· king',o IllS!~<. ,r fr\'o• ~:.~::0~:;,::~::~,~~~~ ;~;·:.~;:· ~i~::~;·•\,:~~~ '/,'; ~~·~1;\~::::.~~~~~~~:~:~~; ';J;e~~~~;.fri' ~ol 1111111'' t!Ojlll. Thi~ ill t•JOI I•·tl ··111 w lint! orJt•r - cupttl\lllll lnw 111111 . . . . . Tlw chii.JII'r~ nf th•· ...:tl'ikitlt.: to•umst•·r~-for wtnn t n~; ts very sltm u;•w. Som€' fl rlll>i it ;,.. t·l niu ..., J iuw·· s igonc.lup, nud II (!!w of th e uw11 IHI\'t• hl't' ll Jll'rmillo·ll to I!" hutk t o work whi le 1111• loHinncr cn n H ill ut J.,.st nutk•· 11. wc11k o•tTor t to ho ltlthe ir own . . T ho• ntt itlll oOicittl" lut\'t' uid1~l tho· o·tlpitlllilltll in deJenting the ,ot rike '"' fnn·iuf[ tlw 1111•11 ll• !!0 tu•ck to work wht n they W!!r t: IIIUtllimo'u~ tn >i!ll~· out 11 11t il nil 1\'l'lll l ott~•k . .The capitulist pres!! iH lm111 in prui~·· n f ) I•·..~•"" · T itloin uut\ Fnrro•ll 111 turmn ~,; th1• vote of tlw 1111'11 111 11 "~o·nl<'i l•k" o·mtnw. It is ti1uc· fnr the worko•rs to kCI'JI •·r oll'!', or''"' tlu•ir••,\' l:lio n s.u o·hlultotr lo·w ii'M:. thu~,. I~ Tho•n • 11r11 who cOIIICIIt;::;;-;!1111 nil we lll' o'd cli 11'8" o•lum~r tlw tttritT nnd o.n:rryth itt.lt would lw 1111 fi ne. \\'dl. the I•HJO hl•••lll l' hntt~t·• l In ''''l'f,\' htltly'll Jil!iolt unt,l ret. w e hRW' gone to tlw hen!. Olt, wnit Till Wo· gl'l t he t•urrem·.r b tll JIIIAAetl. lla1'e o••ul'iol,.two•. ~ •ua. ~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/28a88694d152d19840b3c2e0b47a9396.pdf 0547b8ac2e437763482fceac9e0467f5 PDF Text Text I.OOICATTHI! - IIOPI'ALO SOQAlJST ON, ~SAUl AT NEWS STAMliS 0. YOUR ADDRDS J.AaL I P IT I S ·so W'I!DI'IIISDAYTO "SATURDAY YOUR SUIISCIUPTJOI'l r:Jt. PIRl!S NEXT 1VDit ,· Vai.U-No.'l'J. Friend ·o f .L abor Lo9es His Ne Fair is Great Attraction JIUJ\[.1~4ocllalist INDIAIMAPnl Mavor Shank of indianapolis Resigns o~ of Chamber of Co~~~~~~£t<:e-Couldn't Stand of Threatened T eariutera Strike. and Their Friends Throng to Johnson Everybody Enjoying the Annual Event- Women's Club Doing Great Work For Buffalo Socialist. Park Hall - ~··eDiP~a of tbe big willbega\ae\'eDU.. Hraneh Four. The TO DAWN e•·enin~ ·:.f.:~:~ I ~::~:::''.::', Clul> nd The l'olioh ~.!:,! 1: 0: 111 ~:.~~e 1 !~!: The grea t Socialist moving pic- · ture in five rce!.• e~titled ..From: apedal proparn bu ~.ten n · D u sk to D awn W1U be tou~ the e•·eninp:. through Western N e w York b y· D•·eni11g will lle the big nighl the B uffalo Soc:Lalist. E leve n ltr~l ur mo:n will be thousand people, including some "'"' 11 11~~e~~111:~~:b~:~: of the r:'o.st prominent fig ures in and hJ'p1101: the Soctabst and labor mov eme nt 1\>e<"ia\ JlroJol.-..m. take part in this production. Sotbi• u :\lr. Fit.:gibbollJ will cialist Locals as far east as S yraa uew and •tart ling act ne•·er cue should write for dat es.. Tenns ·---·-""''->'''"'"" ~~e;e:\.dlwotfllo;e\\.:~.:,":: ~~:~e~t =~:::: .rea~o~ble. A ddress the Buffalo Two ,..m at1111 be at the r,.;, f'ritlaJ Socahst, L yceum Dept., 6os MuT iley are J,treat boome,. t01 tua.l Life Bldg., Buffalo, N. Y. the JJuffalo Sot-ialiu in l!u nrh T..,.o and First come firs t served. jwenin,:. c"''l----------------1 �THE "ORDINARf PART Of MY FALL OVERCOATS AND SUffS ARE THEIR PRICES Tbe uua.-ordloary part of them oou1do'~ be told lo • whole p&ft!, Bui wha t I tn~old lllul you to lo;(v.p !11 your old J immy-pipe of good judgemeDt h'th\1 : 1'.-e uoltll. a man:h 011 my eompetlton tlal.t M'UOD lo one thlnfi:, eod thit'l SMART STYLES lly t"all and Winter Oarmeotl will go dowu OD ueord u the ac blevtme!lt or ullor-made, Df.l.uaefu hloulogat p riCH oeTerbefot"eequ.aled. Some clothet abo"' you to the world u a J!ERSON ; my clotbt!ll 1ho• 700 to the....orld u a PEI~ONALITY. ~t them!l'l'O!' f!J:plllothedUfereaoebetweeo the t"'o· T bete a re tbe price~, a nd remember, If my ahop llfUD'T. a pjlt.llrt they'd be •·or:atlo11 wba uoever b t gr ew illllli tlngaoduld tbat IIOOIII! ~::: ::;: !:' 81::.~~~'i:~re ·.~":~;: 1:::::.:::··.:··::.: m• r bd " \higher. Eckhardt's Clothes Shop 380 Main Street, Buffalo, Pi. maken , atul later on be a dded dirl n 'l ~are for t he ratro11&ge of _""''"'ic.mmHo~ w ho b eli••·ed \11 Sodaliam. R e Y. One Fll.rht UP J>, S . iUoturmeo aod Oooducton uke Notice : We &ell thi! ben w bnlld ; every one 11 gDinnteed to kt e p the Each garmeut eontal01 the Uuluu L-bel. Cumc u p aud look them o nUurm t hat It l• j>OIBlble ~~;~~'_"· -JWATt.ABIL1TYT____ "tiLiVa' OIL That is the word that expresses our idea of the value of Individual Line Telephone Service for BATTISTONI BROS. BOTTLING WORKS Deal--. In C.llfornla Win• •nd Uquor. ~~.,..~~~~Oil flna to plloae Orde~ IID4 prv•P' ~;-:.:......,1#. your home. Individual Line Service is available for your use whenever you are ready to talk. THE It makes you independent of the usc others make of their'.J:elephones. BIG SALE •••• OF •••• The cost of Individual Line Telephone Service is on1y a few cents a day more than Party Line P·I ANOS Service, too. . New York APPRECIATIY£_BUY£RS COMIIIG FROM FAR AND NfAR Telephone Co. It's Evtryw buc.. Extraordinary Price Reductions, Bis Valun, · T elcpbone Buildin} Chun::h &, Franklin Struts. Advantaaeous Features the lndilcemel'!t8• ~iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~~~llo>~: BULLETT's SHOES . Union .1 \1\ade HAVE A REPUTATION ••~ U you are going .to buy a piano or pl&yer pianO you wOJ bd sevmLI ntllkes and grades here, that may b8 p~ on the mutual benefit. plan, which 9oill aurely auit your requirement.. And, if you are going to buy a piano, wh,y not. look into this propoldt.ion and aecure the followin!. adv&DUgel:- "' )' :":~: ~: !•"''''""'•'· o r men tbmw n qut throu j:hout t he U. S . •" ,.,,, ""''""'~ .,.. '''""' i!ts illtlioe wnrk <>fHoodinll" wi t b lllioorf<lrt h.- J•UtJ>G!II! Of inll it. With t b•• l""'~~lll h i):h lh·in~: i t i~ 11 •liffi•·ull 11\lll!l!r 50 $396 ~Y! ~~~ $254 ForP~ » THERE'S A REASON $5 Cub Monl.b.ly $9 Ouh $8 lllon&bly Or $1.2D Weekly . Or $2.10 Weekly Copper b&u strings, couUpuous :rhere il .abtolutely no riak iD Ia With o ur enormous out. put, Made of real Leather T ho k;nd combined w it h our chenp upstairs rent, we nre in n position to give ,·o:l lues thnt cannot be duJ)Iicated elsewhere. . ~il~v!f;'! ~Pia~~: ~~e0:U.~~ There is a limited number of an\ee and ftm yeu's ·free a. ve:r plain mahogany e&ael fn cb&np privllep proMd. fo,l tllil loi. ~ ·riak. .... EXPLANATION OF THE scnuler mutual ·Benefit Plan 1-You aelect the piauo or pla:r.er piano that JUita you bed. The prioe and ~rma r&Dit iJ 10 wide, the cue d-.igDa 10 ~ermt., :!:t::!:U~U:~:d.~u ~;~e ~ \o bel u 2-You need pay no more than the advertiled cub PI'J'llleal. :~n~:RP~Jeris~~Gu~ =~~ EDLY. , · . 3-:ac;:;.~~o}• delivered ju.Jt u soon u you make the Mt>•CAL_~~UJN<EN'TSFOR:SA!-! 1 11 4-ffn!iyiJ~~!::: ~ ::r=ar;:.~-;: it. back Not only willtbll':bargct~a¥•ia•t oh•~---------­ new• fl'll'IDiu t iOD DDdet' t'OIIIider"tiOn be lllbltantiued, it wli1 ••Mrtt>d, but other fotttl 1 11o11'believedtobe irutldl of t he A.-oeiated l'rf'NI, w\11 ~ publk Tbtlr uat urr, itwaanid, sueh u to iJtartll tbetntire country. am '!ithiD 6-.A.ey time within ODe year it may be udiupd for aaotber of eqU&l or bet.&er lftde, without the 1011 of a liDaie doU.V. ~~ cover, player mute, tui.np ~ fe&r _and .7-::kd.:~::e~ ~01by~~Lhln oDe yeu, 8-Should you die, a, reoeipt in full will be delivered ·to the heirs without. furlber paymtni. . <CoP7rl«h~ !913, b1 i : o. Llnoolu.> SCHULER.BR'O · 777 Main St., T!t~~~ �J nly Fo.u r Days .·More-. 7% PnrtiHT.cl ~k at ttoo a Share T ho Federal T dephone and T ek.graiXl ~y,in conrlecUon with of thE( BIG FAIR.. HsAutomatlc T dcphonelnstallatloo, offers for the first time to the general public, $ 160,000 of Its 7t Preferred Stock at $ 100 a share. , ... AT ... Johnson Park H ·a ll This Issue of 7% Preferred Stock has recently been authorized by fhe South Elmwood Ave. and .Johneon Park. Public Service Commission of the Hoyt-Seneca or Elmwood Cars Week Dec. lsi to 7th inclusive State of Ne.w York, to be sold at a prtc.e not less than $100 a share~ ' ~· Grut strencth lb in large ~umbers 01 stockholdua and prcfcrcnce will 'l>c ohown the amaii subscriptions in allottlnr thls stock. . Each stockholder will have a vote • in tho allalno of tho company. Allottments of thb · stock will be made Dec 20th, Dancing every' Evening. ., \ ADMISSION 10ci.- Also entitles holder to JOe. worth o{ goods at F air No lists circulated in HalL - 191 3, and payments on subscriptions -may be made on N ot.like othet Fairs. Bl&' value for your money and a ood time to all. the following terms : 10% In thirty days ; . 25% In three months ; 25% In six months and 40% In nine months from Comt-Cbursdap, 'Tridap, Saturdap or Sundap €otnlngs =====;==BIG DOING$===;=== == the date of subscription, or the full amount may be paid at any time within this period. Promlncnt. business men of this city have pledged . thc:mselve3 to take all this stock at par that is not sub. seribed lOt" by tho general public. . for "the Benefit of 8UFFALO SOCIALIST. · Subscriptions. for this stock will be taken at the c:.....:> Baoarian Hall 0.. JOHN UNVERZART S•mplti(Hm > '""1 commercial offices of the company at the comer of _Church anQ Pearl Streets. The Federal Telephone and Telegraph Company :::s:::::::z:: :::z:: c=: 0 0 0 Tn.lllfllltnaof tMSmanln••tOI'.,fttealr ulu/JH ,. BUFFALO SHOE CO. -1 ,..r-- ==r-- :::z:: .._.., --t0 :1:-< ~== ,.:u "'U 0 ~~~ .~ ~ 00":> .._.., -== -< .._.., -t ~ r-r-H. F. PENNY Wholeu.le llnd~tall O..•Ierln Ice Cream and Soft Drinks Mf .! TIU.Cwpaa,roodl.. 50,, TKbll!'l a ud C h .o.in! for Re n t Uoth Phones Wr ....u l you to tTy a ~It ol tbott woodc:thallkdf•I!) Sboa. PrNeUI t hlaeoupgn to th~B11f f11lo Shoe Co. bdurl! J Ktn iiH)' l n . a.nd It will be n!drl'!nl'd um~ u OOceuu In moue,. 011 auy p~!r ofll utl'doSbon for d tMJur.,..,, k, ts.IJO. fi.• O, t.\.00 or te. OO. Une eou pont.othe 1••lr. !'fut good after J~u . l •t, 19H . :Sot rood o11tt.M Ba.r~al u Shuea. Nla,w:ano Waterproof GUAnnlt·~ Double Wear Sole• oo e,·rry p• l~. 776 Sycamore St., cor. Reed >.- ~,. _. ,.._.,. t P . M, •flll>o - FRANK EHRENFRIED WATCHES &ud DIAMONDS lfo<l& a.-o.d-• .r, oor . B aii• :J" .,a.,.... - IU . .('f U A I K I I f - Ul wt U IIPUUITtl fOUU.SST CUARAHT~!! F rooller U08t Bell, B oWard lti&-11 B. Abelson Fine Furs at Low P rices . Hep&)rlor •od H!!modellug Fine Li n e of Gent~s H ats SWEAT ER COA'rS AND HOSIERY UNION GOODS Good Quality at Reasonable P rice• 35l WllUI~ IT.. Ulf lllfllll• Federal Phoce li4~ .Rik ,., taylors 1ct Crtam v•u wiTI rtmtmbtr tbt Tl•""' PhoKa•: Ball, Howai'CI 1-4. Frontl•r2S564 R. .lda nca,Frontla r21-461 Ca4' .ftnei&III IOf Wo•rl ld £1WJtrt1 HOERIER, KLOCKE CO. P un e r ol O l rec; t o r • C...huP...,.IoboM ... allOcc-. OpanOa,•nd Night. 107 VVILLI.,A.M ~ L, O<>l'. ljl:u.>"""":"'-- f.A . lf1041/d. H. J. l.oolt/. C. •b..,oo• S.U.Sa....,.24<11 ~- II"Gtur. - p,_t~o>U47 1 ZEBOL.D BROS. CO. ........oo~.-o......uc ftll•~l, Llv•t~n turd Ct)•r• lhulut'P ll:eo'l LuDCh 11:80 to 2:00 UHtbe Jo'&mOUI 11 W. EAI1tSI.,m.Jrullll, hniiO, D.!. ''&ral ClrlsiDPltr Pasllltc Com Gore'' s~LL How...Ro l l 1H4 WI! wll! I*Y m for any Co"' It C'>lnnot . .U.~!: ~~:~10aaft:::!l'/ol•ri~2~: MAnufact ured by - I"RRNTt aR 404' ' oo T O - LOU IS M A ISEL ;r.,,{J.,.; c.,,_,,. Oll C!.JA.. 31.--1, .A...,, ,.,,...,,,~,,.., S'-M. ••~ CAll~,.,,.·, A&'ltate and subscribe for the . ll\rfietter•Beitung. C.,..,_,.., UNION HATS :The oo\y 0~ neW'Ipapclr Ia the lt.l&e out•lde of N!!• \'orll: Clty, repra· te~;~IID( the i.ntere.~ of- Lhe Worlr.UIJ Cl.... l . - t.0 Cl!llt.l S IDQD, hl. for - Bufblo. N.Y. P ure wool h:and tallored-;uW to wear at $ 15 ana you buy one of these I :-.:-:::--::-:::::--~~~':':': I O'•ercoats you will · posttlvely save from $5 to $7.50 on y.our purch:ase Unton1 made and bear the Union Label. .Tbb: papt'r i1 paid t~~r, it not by you by aome o .. 'll!'b.o -111& ;you· t o 11 --" :~;·~~~:: ;:o··,, read IL W1l.t 11 t.he time expires It wlll. ltop it 1 011 do 110l r.~ew. Jt )'DUd~ ao\ receive 1011r pipe' rtp!-'ly, ootlfy ua. Your p&per il p&ld for 111d 'll!'e<.W'IlZityotr. to receive "· THE ENTEKPmf Two· Stores Gerieeee St. 1 ., 1300 Jefferson St. , ......"'~.. UI.JI.!IJ..!I - c �· ~~~,· 1"UIUIIGP waaLT aY T1CII" BUFFALO SOCIALIST PUBLISHING CDIIIPANY ,..__..-.) 60f.6D5....._.~..... HUalYTUT'Tlm.J...a.--., W, P', CA~-. .... ~~Mutw!J...tkButldma ~ Prb SUIO BUPPAJ;O.-N. Y• . PltAJUt~, T- IU.JtTDIIIGDSI.IIIt.,.,..._l BUPP~N. Y. I*.,_, s0c a~,..,...... .n~· ..__.,IIICII:IDik:lt. l_..,J,..S.I9J2,attt.pall& .. ~N.wY.t. II:Dda-lllcutclMudi3.JI79 . To ADOP'r m EA& OF &oai.u.mTa. Double StandardsThl!re i.l a double tt. .dald o t mor· bt:~;·~~mn~i~!:v~~~~b ·1~e t~y' ,',~! :11!~/~~h t::.~;~o=~n~:::ioa~:~ t" wor•l " oo J>rogres.n e f'tiDttple•,,. too oae for men Jo ~ooomae J'leld ltmJ>Iatlng the, t'Stablullniu!at, of a 113 •t•o~rd• are nYerN!d; there 11 a low. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. 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Weir Trumped Up ·Charge and Jude-• Noonan Aida Conners 3'ad lUran in Effort to Discredit Reputab~ Writer Russian Pollee Methoda Used in Buffalo. �of MY. fAll OVERCOATS AND SliiTS ARE THEIR PRICES THE "ORDINARY" PART M told. lo a whole Pf-101!, Bu t .-bat 1 woa.ld like you to !Old o p Ia ~llf old Jimmy-pipe o! Judgemt:lllh thla: Tbe una-ordllll.ry part of tbt'm eouldo'l rood l'.-e .aole._a • mal't'h oo my eompetlton thU .eaaoa In one thlar , and that'l SMART STYLES. lly t'allaud. Wl11t.er Gannentt wlll go dow"z, oo record ., the u.hievl!llle at of tallor·m•de, U..J.ue f..ltloolnlatprl~ ue.-erbefon~equaled.. Som.. c lothe• fthow you to tbe world .. a t'ERSON; my clotbet abow )'011 to the • ·nr\d u a l'E IGONALIT "'L Letthe mlrrur e.sp lalu tl~<• dlll'ereucebetwetD tbe two._ $15, $20 & $25 Tbe~e aro:- till! J•rl~. aud r:ml'mber, If my 1hop wuo"l o Jlo'llln th t.Y;d be mrrkO!d 1-'i t;lg h<'f. ~·~!:! ':,,~:O~ta:=~~led aiQ', Wkt.re dawaa.od i OIIII!I eolol"'l lle. Pair q IlL I DJ1111 1 itream, The .n a1 tbat atlll nntaiaed, Plw t.t over a ll of mort._. born. l!'M;•~;t;:,:~l :~~:r~; J COIIIJt a l1111e11 of llooe.t lllllld, Wbo work for bumaa s ood, ADd for the hope that gteama afar, MJ' coaoradn i11 the ~o\y wa r. M1 Country ia the ..-orld! f KOfll ~o lellt"r lo•·e tba a mine, talmly w1it th• t,.!tappy morn a ll&hall lliil>l:! th,. lif!a. I'OIIDI"r,r, u o! dan, to km= of Man. Eckhardt's Clothes Shop meaoatbeaeiea(:eof bealtb. for the worken th.e 1111• 380 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. O ne Fll~eht eo~fr~hnet:j::;~~ t;;m:~::; : UP 1'. !'. lJ.,tor uutn ..nd Coudncton take Nutlet: We ;.ell the bett o nlformt h at ltliJ><ILIIlble to build : "'·ery one lt gua nuteedtu k PI!pthe ~~~~~- E>oeh g.,,u.,nt wot.aloo rhe Uoluo lAbel. l,;ome up .ud I<.CJk them t:;:,o; the at rt:et ean, up«••ll:o' a t Oe o- In ;,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W, P. Daraard o.l Cbie&jlo, Til., will It pro1- ' duri11'~ t he ~~~:~:t·~:::~~~·.~;:~~:;; ~~:~~:::::~:~~=:~. 1tteet. T~e .•ubjeet tbat bu tl>ft'tin&• may be aa 111 ~eeulul u t':::~:;~:~bi:o:~:=~ :rt;eo~ :.~·:; :::.::o·~.~~:~i111::: bl~b~ ~dmiuioo 0 ~too to thll mMiar tidet•:~~~~~j~fs~ft~~~~f;:~~~~§~~~~ 1 110 11 IMI" · •fit'd to speak. Comh.ds Baroard ' ' tul'\lld from an:r 10e mber 11 the bealtb departmeot f., n•n• b icb ... bu t here Ia fea r ...of vjait whJeh t.h e led oi"C'r Ia "'ell qoa_l· ooJ.,. te D « qU aad baj>],..DI without ontifying the the firm. Jt meau for the BELL SERVICE THAT MEANS MORE COMFORT FOR YOU well kaowa at a loetlni"C'r of fOI'ee atul eloquence n d b.aa ea ml'd a 'l'rlae rl!ffll· t&l \OD.. Det.idn IJeiag a 1~-eturer, Com· rade Barnard It a writer aud poet. Tkit JDeetiai, wbk b <• bl!ior held bJ Branehtll Pi\' 1! and Se..e n, ' • the open· IDR meetiag of tbe 191..1 eatnJIIil• a11d will bt.t he lint of a aerjtll of tnntiDifl t~ be beld b~ tbow t wo b .. n~bfl. It of bra11rh. Tell all of yo11r frt"d• about t biJ..,u them a t leket. Yake you to a o aad t beD doo 't yoanelf, Ke<11embf-r, tbe pend• 011 tbe ttlrt :o'OII make our nJ:t 0111 a luuomer. ris bt bJ" bela1 on bu.d al O!>elliag IDH-liptf. rse iU:msTi>iiJ:iBBOB. Anything that increases the comfort of your home is worth considering, isn't it? We tltink so. Imagine, if you will, a te.lephone line that is all yours, a line that is not shared with anyone. a Bell telephone that can be: used at any time, day or night, with absolutc:ly no dc:lay. And the eoot b only • I"" unb mOf"f a d.tJ" tlun P.trtl' Uoe T ckpbonc Suriec. A:J.k ""' &bout 11. 111'hir.h a re ~or k m111t be rtplace<.l 'l'hu~ •uakinat it nrre!IAI.ry to learn at.out th~ elemt'nta -of aud i t ~ rhf'ntiral relation~hip toour l.o.J,•·. ID ohort , llu•ly the JLrl!!lt'r>'i n~ot hfe. e'l<:Uir io ,:h·en that t he worken" t'lt'mt"nls It's Everywhere. Co. T clc:pbonc: Buildinr OJ.urcb &. Franklin Strcc:ts. Hamli11 made tile atronse.t ldad to the big U J,;IIIi•t• t.:o lUI>· varty. lie t oM thtm t U.t Ilia wu the o11!y one tbat 11 tryl 11g 1• .,..ith thf' atreat J>rOblem thll for .olutinn, tha t they a re 110h·e it from tbeeaJ>itali,ta' in the eapita liato' iat erH L Yr. r told t hem thll if t hey do a ot ia to the B~ll !dooae ~d they will fi11d t bemllllh·eo eonfrontt'd with a fon:e t bl! th~y "'ill 1M! unable to eope with. .Mr. Harnlio e ••tn .,.eot .u far u to eite "tbe far o.f!ol'lagMar,.,, the f oonder of aeionijlie Socialiom.'' to abow that t he 1,rOM""C"utioa of thr tru~\1 ;1 a ll I T h.!t is · Individual Une Telephone Service. Telephofle tbe re bel aoy 1 - . The U jlloilen do.. a a.J tbf!r a re J>lai aintf about tbl• a rra"l!lemeet T 1ke t he u pitalin ~~-- u 1 an•\ :--on will not >le ay that it P"riag 111'11Dderfnll.~; ita ~aplt .... Ia a« omulateol j•I'(Lfita, ~· iaereaaiaj< enormollll.f', nil ma tter bow DIIID:o' ill· d i.. iolaal ~:mplo_ye" .;., ,. f{lll! the wall. Tb~ !01:1 a f 011e i.J tbe p ia of !h otber. Whl'a worker• talk of profit 1b.aria,: (bey take t he eapila liat buah>t':u, tb.at ia the b aainof tbe t OUIItr.J, u 1 wholt', a 11d tbia buaiaIa alway• tlouri.ohiop-. It rieldJ imme aae p-roflta, of ..-hirh the ron.lla at iwreue of ~~ do~:::- fa~~dtl~:t ~~::e ~:~~-t l~= =~=t~=~ :::oti•~ ;~•eht,ac;lt~~n~t;~ lrt:~:; ~:',~"~:' ~~~:~~~~:: e~:;'~!:~~o;!: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~iiii~~:~;:~t;o ~~o: ft~;" a~::;~le~id~b~;:!:: ~~~~;~::~Htoi~no~:;m:-~·~~ h·~;:~l ~:~ :~:;:',J~~::dj;:~ ;,~~:~~~~~\~:~:~a:-:: it _ k,.d into t he >~nor~_nL t oll v to l>trlk UJ> '\h...., <'<HQbination~ aud l rl' al.a J"'rfr<-tly willing to U.tept is tb.cir mta.lll of makllllj' Ind. torre their ~omi'OIIt'Dt 1,.,111 l>• ek all t h" riskl aud •~J>OD~ibillt ie. eon· BULLETT'S SHOES Union Modo · HAVE A REPUTATION THERE'S A REASON Wit~u..c.knonnous out. put, Made of rc:al Leather The kind combin~d with our cheap upstairs .to,... ,.,,.,._tk That is why you ought to know about the additional comfort that Individual Line T dephone Service would bring. New York BOM'LING WORXB C._.. in Calllora..W Win• aDd Uqumw Bptdal .....doa ...... n tb.". \'51~;•r m:~7~o~•i;:;t~~ intn atti•·.. tompeti linn ..-it h eatb othe r : :':::..r7~~t'::· h~=~ :~!:e~r:h;:!~ ,::! ~~;~.~~~:~:.~·;:li:'~. :; b~~':!~•tu17;':a~~f. ~:;,lbr~=a ou: 0 ~~:: ~n:.~~~~;~ t':;l•r~~:;b,:~:,/ ~:::: =~~~t:: erdan ......... ~. l'lt:--11111. OF PIANOS APPRECIATIYE BUYIRS C0111C lROII FAR AIIIIOI · Extraordinary Price Reductlone, Bla Valu-, Advantaceoue Feature• ·t h• lnduoemente. U you IU'e rot. t.o bay a pir.Do or p"Ja,Jer piuo yoa. wfll.bd aeve:nJ. malt• ud p-ad~~ htn, Ul&& m&J bt ~ oa ~ mutual beDel~ plan. which will mn1J IUit )'Our nq1drt~D~zd.t. And, ~ you are roiDa' lo b!Q' a piaDo, wll7 ... look IIIIo WI propoGdou u.d Mean &he toll~~ : trr~:;~ : ;r , ;'e~~~:~dne~.~~:.~:;: :":::g::;:.~~:~t tolt:~ :·::e i: la;: · ~::;•:;,ld :~: d~man<~ ~:~~:::11 .;~: ~nly l~wt'r to remo•·~ tt. i1 ;,o;!i;:OJ~110~)~iJ ::!en~~:OJ~:,be ~:=~ tnor:d t he _!:::~:'!'0~ ~~~odei::~ :~;:u:~o~" 1:!h'~:~ ~:;i;,1r:::::e •aa:::; ~ ·.~: ~o~;r~r~~~~~~:;'~~- 011 the rir ht ::t: llutre!n~!:~~~'l' will! hl'ff.b;-' 10 ::~1~n.Ju1hial justier. '' Jdt>a a iagleu ~:~,~~~::~~~·~~;;;:. ~~~~~~::;, ~~:..:::; ~~ar~~7,,1r:J:~~Ufr~=~ld:l'~~~ Yo~ may, as ..-~11 .-IL~r.k ~·our job, Mr. ::ei:~~~~~-..:~1 :;le,t~ba~~::., 1 ~h~: for lh<-ir ainecre U Jifel· Hamha. l our C:a J'ltahet ~ll.'ll loa~e not mea111 IlL" f'Ommon O'l'rat'nb iJI of tb" i11 thi~, our bo11~ of •uiHeleorill their fa t be~~•l• t o learn mean. of produrtioD a e d .t belr employ of our belo~ httle anythinx more. The,. are too abaor~. me ot f or · 1b,. benefit of the wbole pH· c-, ;·.c:·. c;·;.·:c·· ::~tP~~d::~a~:~~~: ~~~:·g~~ ~:~ ·;~~:~~~"r:;; :~~~~t!~~.:~e com· .. .. <loe• not ~late to thti r own little re- t ho! fruita of their labor. ' IJ>«:Iin• jal'.k fK>I.a. • T··:::··.:..:·::.::.~·.~:, ?:·:::.IJEWISH a\llrlltLkl ~111\·III~Ts ' 11 bere to atar, 11 •• our• by ·,,, •~ --loll•ul C,C.. -:=::_ :::=·:::: ~lolom. " "Tharow" t 11 OPEN fiiiiD \ILUD K ooom« '' a of nothe r pb rue"''t hat strao;elnyautetrL )t il your •·oeabularv, norwitbiu of your ~la.u· a nd what The .JtrWitb BraDI'.b of the Sotlalllt ;1 more tbey u a aot 11 a ~~... gnllp l'arty opeatd thei r new ehtb rooms at the •ig~ifieaa~e 'Cif lt. !!':!II Wiiliam Street Jut Sunday e vealng, The_ bat braina uf _the b_uiJll.ll 'na~e tb: ~c:::dw:'~,';..,!::11~ ~~~:":',!: lltti -:nllL 111, Yr. Hamh11. \\ e have. t he tpeakeu an<l eDjo;. t he lntern.ti.n&"· pi'O> ~eaiu~oe~ mot~erf~!i br aeeeuity. ~gal grnm oll'e reCI, l forrit Browa pre.ided at the ln·bg hu g >veo 111 the g~t tb,oJo:, 1 <i~t~::~~~~d~:;:ebh:: "~:::r~:~: :~~~itt~ ~~,~~:~~t~: Llle ~~~~~~~~~~~~;;~~~~;;~~~t~~~~~~;~;;,r.;.:~~~i~~~~~:~~~,:au.mber, tbne g;rowt i.t no bHuet uatlon, uo I' ate.d,r !rom y e.r bat to lt b tho , bulldog '• grip tU.t allr-. oide i1, in the Cull vigor and of rout h. 'Your crowd !1 f llf· from f cu tr degeut",.tioa. Notbt bem. T hey a re oloom~d a.-e-pt away w'ltb the iroa broom oeeeuity. • •·e • '~;;;;:._~~.,." ~~ ..::~.·-~:;" Ca~:~tor, I illelnde-d: aad I. M.. ProMiD, )(, (llo..olmiek 'Two well knoWD Roehetter :J. t'reem111 aad 8. Le"l11e, that eitr to de linr addr- . · The flub room• are IOC"a lecl heart of t.be J e wilb ..eetlou. tlrn aniuruoeing tb'e fart tbat headquarten ta louted t bere tbe flont of tbe b\Jildlni. rooma are t.utetully dec:on.ted tred it to the 8odalilt movetaent of EXPLANATION OF. THEI . . sunnier mutual Benefit Plan . . •*" lbe plaDo or pta.,_- piuo that ni&. yon btiL 'l'ta. azul....,.....,. iloo U . . - cloolcu oo ....... 1-You prlae ... ~ ~: ~ '::!r~ ~ oer&abL to bd &ll t-ion~T·"~~::'~ azul pia,... pluo il otJAUJn'DD ·IJlllUIImll~ piano ZDLY. S-~iaDo ' ia delJ:nrecl jud u 10011 u yov._IUb &be~ '-H "u.rcnuut t.o bt not .. ~.- u ~MU lllln7 ..,. &Dd- wiD - , . . . . - · 1>--"'7·- wllhm.oao rev I I - bo - . . . . . l f c r of aqua! 0< boltor,.ado, tlla- at. oloP dollu. ~ oonr, Jlla7ar mule, luDiop !lnl rev ·.~ UU..,. 7-Aollld u.. - . . .... bo ~ 1>7 tti:. w!IIIID ... rev. .. S£UULER BRl JS. 777 .Main T:r;:.. a-!-:!~":...'"'::::: :!u~d.ti-'i·to .. ~-' ,;> (~bt, ,....~ 1.8LS, 117 L. 0 . St~; ~) �under au•pJoes" of .S.o cialist Women's Club You wlllty..., the a>cribof the AUTOMATIC • TELEPHONE, aa4 &ecomc u cnthuaiutil; u we are ooceyou.i:c· H. • for Benefit of B.U FFALO S.O CIALIST ~ Why DOt ioaU it your buai:oal to aec it ~ ~ A oompldt ~&ucc is wor~r in ~ -~, Offius, comer Cum:.& and Purl Sbut$. It's yoUr ~:. .~ 1te it,. ~ it is of IUCb importaDc.e to 'your \ : •• AT ... Johnson Park Hall . South Elmwood Ave. and .Johnson Ca.U our cootrad' depactmcat, Q00, ancl ask ooc Of OW" ,apats to abaW you why the AUTf>MATIC will .auppl.&ot the manuaL . .,;rk, Hoyt-Seneca or Elmwood Cars Week Dec. . /sf to 7th inclusive . The Federal Telephone &: Telegraph Co. D(lncing every Evening. ADMISSION 1Qc. - Also entitles holder to JOc. worth of goods at Fair • FEDERAL LOlli Dl!lrAIIC£ IS SUPERIOR No lists circ:ulaled in HaiL- Not like other Fairs. BUFFALO SHOE CO. B ig val ue for your money and aood time to all. 6rand Opening r'fair Labor Lyceum Baoarian Hall JOHN UNVERZART S•mp1t'#(tHIIII 776 Sycamore St.• cor. Reed Suits $6 U:-:.:n~~;:.:;;,·;_~=~~:,;.;;.. other beautiful things. The Yair wlll be held f ur tbe benefit nf tne building fund. t• $ZO P•nts $1 t• $5 6•t• $1 ,. $3.50 If. ROCHESTER, N. Y. Bell, EKING OUTfi DERS BQ~Gu~~~T . for Horse and Buggy and F' UNION WEL CLOTHING alP• ..oil t P . FRANK EHRENFRIED W ATCHE8 alld DIAMONDS Dtumbfr 1st '" 61/J, 1913 The Hom< o1 ~T , _ "-4&,. - 580 S t . Ptlu1 S c.r eel. Bo~~Ts.~~S:\Ier U092 B. Abelson me F urs at l.ow p nces . Htopalrlnr a n'! Rl'modellng Fine Line of Gent's Hats COATS AND HOSIERY CHRISTMAS IS COlliXG 108·110 Stntca St. SOL. KISSIN v•u IDIII rtmtmbtr ,,. 71•Hr J6 Coal acd Iron Excllacrc Pl'lo,.aa: Ball, HowarCI 14- Ff'Cintlar 2SM4 Raalllanoa,Ff'Cintlar214151 , '-=========='lc.q :oWER7 ;wc~rc:.-" Wholet11le and Retail ~•let In Ice Cream and Soft Drinks Tablet aod Cht ln for Ren! lJuth Phunt"e P u n e r a l Dlr•~tor• c...~o.oP...~w."''-•D~ wn.. ~~:~.::."!:~~!';. ....,_ __ 607 F. A. lebo/d. H. J. l.Wid. .,_.., 8dL .s.- . ."1441 C. 1'- Kfi.•UI"· p,__ Sl611 ZEBOLD BROS. 00• .;r.,.,.,~w,.~ c.,.,.,~. 011 c,.u,, ,r,_.., """··- Jr.,.,..,.,., s~. ••~ CAll.,-.• •-, C.<Tt._,... 965·96 7 BROA DW AY l"onorade• o! t he aOO.·o:: B ..no:.h will Fo8ter. l'lt!II!O!I nOte tblt f rom now on we m~t ltl-llllrlflOIII - I'omradl'to tbe ue• Germui11 llall, ! -19 OeDeoee .Joneo, Koeblo:.r. l ee Cream-<:omr•<ln Marie Strfoet, enry Sunday afte rDOOD. T he --c...,.. SA.MPLKROOM CA-~ , , _.., ~Fr-• teee Bailey Av•nu.. Q. Y:A.KUYACTUKBlt 207 North 4tb St.. ~Tft• N . · A R !Ill E N A N 'r E lllll..bl ... olmlll -·-- C/odt 1M WofeMe _ , ,_;,.. Fine J ewelry Repa.rrinc JOHN EDAVEY CO. IDTSFIIURS l40Te"'aoe. Buffalo. N.Y Louis Josephson· 14s·Oenesee Street ~:::;::=:::;.;::;::.;;.;;;;;;;;;:..:.:;..;.:_ f)ruo:.kka•decidedtogetarno•·lugplr· lure ma.,hiu.e. Furtller dctailt rellard · Com..dn ~blDg t o joiD t bt Rand & boo! of Sdeou Coune wiU pln.ae lea•·e their 11amn with Comn.de William• or or· gaolur ot Bn.no:.h. The o:.ia 111 will bold "'uiou every So~day afteraoqo aftt.r tbe regu.lat- ontu of busiunt b.. bee11 t.ra11no:.ted, 1111d all Comrades- are urged to a tteod aDd briDf yoo.r uoD-Botlaliat frleDdt. A dilltrlbation · of balldbilil will tak.e Jll~e RUt Svllday morn! a~: f~m 16.5 B~ad-y at 7 A. Y. Com· ..des' donatlo~a are reque~i.ed for the Woman '• Fair, 10 roll in yoor thoo· Welle Freeborn. Kito:.heD - Comt~~dn Ball, P .. termau, l'erry, Malloy, Buehaoan, Koekler, Durkb• rt, Sehweadler, Bao:.hmao, Fahe_r. BappW MPilS For \be The kitehen eom~r.itteoe nt liD '• Club hllll prepa~ meoua for fair week. The be ~en·ed frolll 6 to S p. m. iog aad a r; uc...llent di11ner oa 12 to! o'o:.looo:.k. Snd•io:.bet, eortee, erea~n. and cake will be- JerTed at IDY ;:.:o·;;:_:.... "' hovr. EverytbU.a- o.erved l1 homa made. ·.:,;:,:_:-.,_:·- -·•Bnppl!'n, 2.3 U.Dt•: Sunday dineer, ~ eelltl. ..., _..:..,._ _ _....;._ __ •nd•. BIG DODfOI .A'I' ..~;,n::~:-;.i!,11071,, :::::1•eoi:~atoe i.rlg thl• will be made later. IIL\lfall J:IoJi'l'. Tot;ed• y-Sourkrant _Com~da and •p:apat~l.un_ Ju Braneh ::;,11 ;:•::;tc:::~oe., aDa ~~~:t:~~~~~~;h':~~~d~~~~ weinen, ~~~U:~;f~!~~:W~!o t~~~, w~;!~~o :b: K::;~n~',:r- ~:d ~ In l~t yo~ will h U - ~~b.:o:.~~~~~y::.~~ :.~E~~~::~·..:~ ... 5 Y= postUveJy THE,. ENnlol_"_ElabeRPI_U·ts d flXUIDc!ing loto tha ~toe. cold met.t b*ulb May. Val. .ble JJTUle•.~fo1" coffee. ' ' ' 1eatlee~p "Will be awarded Baturd•~urlr.nvt -~ Two Stores. uot v '1 .*bleD to~ ret tu JI'U'· bro9 ~toW, or taklag" 11p P. m.tr u11ne ol bat-~ .-lad, pia, .tee e , _ u.a. eak,e ::r~:._~~~~:fL.~ ' BudSo:.ll.oot ne:- ~o~)ll t M. •adulfee. ' .p ;;.,f ....w. a'nd and ~J~!~·! : e~. Ut;r. TIN eomradn are tea'• a!': Get, • to the h\abe.t plteh of eDthll· Thunday-Deef a Ia mode, til.:'WIA~ '::':!ia~· J'Otas.:.:;~~=o:.~a:~~~ tOhand weartailored at $15 yoU buy one of these bread aod but · t..-:b. 67~~::!!!=~==-:!:~~ r~•,u.. Gene,ee-e- S-t-~ ••,,....,,_-• ·-~ - 1300 Jefre.reon St.. . ~ . . . . .. -_ .......,.-. . . �• JI'UIL8NIID..-..Tnnm , BU1'1':1SOOALIST P,IJBLISHING ·~ llal.al~ . . . . . ..,..1'11l........_,...._ Hmnt.T TUTTHil.1- ..._,. coliPANY 11\JPPALQN.Y• PILUII:~T- ..... W. p , CA.T'TWlL. . . . . . . .Addr.. 604-6D5 ........ I..lk Buadkl.a: IRJI'PALO. N. v. Prb $UJD IIIII yaat, 5Ck D _.... pqailk t. . . . _ ~ JL:.t.nda.~~IIIICOIICk:I&. ~:Datla J-S. S9Jl, .. ~ .... e&balllullaSD,Nnr"Yort.. uadlrtbradol~l.S&79 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER·-29, 1913 ROTTEN FOOD Lll.!lt week th e Buffalo Socialist stirred up a hornet'll nest in n•porting a c01e wh,•re rotten rabbit• Wl're ~ing sold ou the opom mark;~~t 11rti1·1'-'s unfit for t"ood ar•• sold continually is the unRuimouR opinion of ~-vl'rymu• in this r ity, but thi:' fac'\ "thai there ifl no lu~lp ~~~·~tf.i;t ,;;:.~~~~;: ::~·,.1:·:,~:~- ~~-~~::n;rit~f~;~"~~:';),~~~~~~e ~~~~:,~eJ. tlwt witt urtPrfo•re with rlw profits of the cnpitRii~;t du.~ titn1• to nuok t· an~· ~~~~~r··stiou ~. It ~t·~<~ns to llf' compost <! rut·n uf rho· cu~~- chnir \' 1\.Tit·l.r·. Work seems to ht• o ut of the ir That • !!~];,-;;,'" 1 '""'"''-'• LITTLE IMITATORS Hoo· k··fl•l!t-r i.~ hutcd nuJ d o·nnntl("o•d mo11t ly h~· lu ..·ko·ft·l lt·rs who w u ul d lw pt·rh•ctl,l· wi lil m.:. uwl ~r~· l•dl. t n ~o·rto· h hi>~ eeouomio·111l,\·. lltul 11h11 ro• with hun the ru o•nt of thr t npitnlittl world. To 1111 hto i11 Ult'rely thl" foremost "'' lll lltl •··· .,f <"ll j • ll llli~t ex p loitntiou. moro· p<>wo·rful tlum the ' r (l-111, 1111 worso· thnu the,\". doiug on 11 ~ri ~:untit· 110'111•• .wh11t ot.hcn; ~ no n llt·r m•·IIIIS do on 11 I'I!!Rlle r "''11lo·. 11., h118 ll"htl'\"l•d wh11t lo·"'~ " tiO'<'f'IISful o·o11npo•t itors for 1111 rl'lll~ \' llhw ar<' trying to Jl,. •·xplnit.- lmwlr••ds of thoul!fltt<l~ of jll'O(II!• nnd mnkf'llt rihlll!· tn hiM wo•Hith. tlw otl11·rs 11 n · ohli,.-:l'tl to conh •nt • Wi t h o· ~]•loit i ng olozo:: n11 o r hll tHirt•ls of wn,.-: .. work1'M1. I uro• ,.,11 nt.-(\ t.r· t ht> million~!. t lu· profit11 of his li1tlt· imit.RIONI 1 •·nh '" li1011~1; 11,J ~ 11nd t•·n~ of thou&uulii. . Hut th•· syKt••m of explnit11timr no,\ profit-mAking is o•Kl!f'Uti••llr th·· " llllll' in nll ei\SCH. nn<IIIO nre th<' lllt"IIIIH employPd It o \o,·~< n ot makP u l•it of d ifl'er o·nl'e to the iuJi•·idurtl wu wnr k··r ~ ..- w)lO Jtl lw i~ .,xploitt-d. the ~liu i !JI nru a lway11 th,. ~wall Wil li•·~< for him. 11nd th e r elit o f tlw p roduct of hill l11hur 11n,. o·uq oluyo•r. . . . Tho· ,.Ji mrnn t ion of tlw lu r j:e t•xp lotll•rs Ill fn••or of the < •lit-.~ wnu l•l n ot l•rillJr 11hout 11 m11to·ri11l 1·hnnge in till' rehttion ' '"''''" lnhor turd e npitnl. What we want i11 tho~ e limination of •·xplvi t in~t 1·lns~ 111 largr in fii\"Or of tht \\'Orkin~ c\RJI.I; 110 t hKt w or k•·r~ mn,· lrccome t ht· miiStt'l"l'l, uot on\)" of the1 r IKlror. but or ful l pro•hwt·. HOW THE rMASTERS DO IT ll i~o~"ht>r ~tr•· .. t ''llr fRr'-'1 11re coming IICtorJing to tlu• '-''"""" I ,,,,.,,,,,, Rnill\'11\' .Jounr11L l,t•l t heltl com!'. thl'y will he anoth er f rt\'ll r ~( puh\it• OW I!t'I"Ship, Tht· great lt!RJ;!> of th e people ea 1~ only he . ' •·sp~·cialh· not~::~~~,',~:,::~~ ;;;~;;; h \" unplu11ant faets. lio•t\llomng slone W ill 111·ither "do· other p~·oplt''ll e xpt>rienc•'ll make a ny upu11 them. The ine rcnAt• of fRt"t'A will. of course, not be I"· nov liiiCh d i11turhauc(.'tl a.~ are CUiltotnary when the r 11;1 in e.reaxt> in w a~:e11. !\'ot a t all. . . The rai11in g o f pr icu: ia generally a \'ery llllllJlle affa•!· l i ~ is 11ot conaultcd. tht· r easonableneu o f the m ea11Ure 11 1 tht' subject of p ubl ic diacnMion, a nd i! it. iA, the muten> of and tradt" are not influenct>d by it. It ia their property ing with. 1111d tlu•y are in a poaition to d e t ermine tht' w l•il'ir t h e'' will part with it. ' . In th~· l'llRI' of atrcet rn ilway11 the consent o f the city mt'tH ;8 rer1 ui~J to an incN'a.">e of (11re11. hut u our prelient o·ih· go•·t·rmneuUtllre eon11t itu tt>d thi11 i11 mer ely a matter of th~ ~tro>et r11iiwa\" comp11nit"ll tllke great t lll'C to bt w ell tlu•r e. Th(·y utt~nd to thHt before election, and r eap _the tht>ir :~lt·rtnt'lll&. 11hre wJne!IR and &Kgacity after electton. ~--hen lllftllllt"ll of t he \'Otcrs gnther n othing but a rich c r op of wcll--~ttz:ed nppo~;,t,~n:~~;:;ali~;t 11. Rlld tht' a treet rai\wa~· _u~agnate11 fortlmoat 1 , t lwm / fi't•· p!U!!_mllste~ in the 11rt of poht1ea. Ot hers may Kuppl) tht ,-~t .·h·pl 1 r 11,..c;;: they !llii'PIY tht t·l\ndiJRh:tl ; othera n~ay_ rnake the J ooi~r. th1·,· get thi:' prolitK; o•\r(•rs may talk about prlllCiples. the y Ill•'" II lmllint'l'l!l pnc\ get it. ~·· ns,:\ .-~~: :~~ r .-:. ',~·~:~~s~~~~J l;:ia~~;~~~~j-~~~Jt ~·:;;:\~rp~~a;:e~y c~n mon --------~---- . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/e41d05749e421aa6908fdb9f0b5fda67.pdf aec3c7cbed7153c9ea29fdc26db4fbfa PDF Text Text 1.0011:: AT THI!NilMBEilC. YOUR Al>lllt!S'S LA.IIIIL IF I T IS 78 YOUR SOIISCIUP'tiCJf mr. PIRI!S NEXT Y!l!llt: Price T-ea. MEAT �Suits $6 to $20 Pants $1 to $5 f?•t• $1 io $3.50 108·110 StntCiJ St. SOL. KISSIN We carry a complete Hne of Speetut A~ nt N ew York Life Ins. Co. 4-89 Norwood A \'cnue. Gents Furnishings and cater especially to the Union Trade Socialist Nellls Depot Dally Socialist Papers A ( Qil Uoe of mouthly 11.11d " eekl7 perlodlc"l• AP I'EAI. SU B (;ARDS. Vnl<HI Good• 1u lroi4Wif fttarmldlll&l . LEONARD SISTI T!!E BIG SALE Light Groceries IAIIIIrtJIUICf, 8ocl•ll~t U."'k1 1ml !doogu lou. Allbnnd• , f Clg,.,..·aud (..1gu ettu. .I/# 'fll•f• r• .St~~l. •••• OF PIANQS Extraordinary Prloe Red.u otlon•; Bl• Yalu. ., Advant&jfeou• Featur.• the' lnduoemenb. Charles Baumann MERCHANT TAILOR IW.L HOIV~I~~~;~TI.II.II; ( 0UI LOUIS .MAISEL ;"''"''",..· c,,,,,,, Oil CIIIIAI , ,s,,:·-~. .If'~..~~ ;,....,,,.,"'1 S'-.11 ••• CAihlrw•'• C,.,,.,,._,.., 91).§ · 967 BROADWAY UNION HATS THE u;;.lfOHAT l~l t.2.00 HalValueon&!lrtb 13 If. D1r ll(lti St.,Ht. llai~6t Wa&lungt011St1. It you an roinr &o lnl1 a ·p1ano or player pi&Do JOG wW. ftnd MVenJ. makes &nd lf'ld,es here. tla&l m&y be piU'Ch:ued OD \be mutual benefit plu., which wU1 IUf'el7 .Wt your requiremenil. And, it JOU an piD( to buy a ~ wh7 D01. look iDto WI propolition and aecure \he follo:rrlng advamaie- : J oaeph Wuts. SAMPLE ROOM c,.,.,,, "''-"· .tl:tr•,,.. ..,.J Ct,.,-.. _._._Ba _ll_; oy_A_'v_~_u_o_ .- __ •• Q. ARM EN ANTE Wl"l...liUIIIt!lll l f-~~f~i;;;~~r;.;;f~:~::;:E.~: ClochUIIWorto:.IIH...atJ,RnaJreo ,,WWtlH'tltltH Fine Jewelry Repa.irin&; Louis J~~phson /iocb<stu Samplt Clotblng Slllfk s.lh l lf«latly. UNlON LABEL. P-tlot PII... JIOU ~7o . .n...,aat:•• auttai0 ,N.v. EXPLANATrON OF TH'E SonniBI. W -ntnal' BBDBfl t Plan �. ·a rd Annual Fa1r - '- Tbe lret'' -.ioll of·~ COD\'eo- • !!rider ausploea of tloa will bel ll.eld a1. ,..,.. . . Parlors, ph liO!t, 5e7 Kala Street o•er Ole Happy Hour place ' lu t Baaday Tllntte, Baillfdat rreaiDJ; NonmbC!r yo11111 eomn.de wa1 p. e9tb. ' • , ScbOOI of Soclal Seteue BrudiH tb t ba'.-e oot already do 11e One, aod the f71i,.tby of tbe . .$odiali-st Wbmen's Club an1 ""'aMMd !o~ eleet-deltlllet 'lritb- comrade• of tblt ettr iJ e%te11dt'd to oat dehJ,i ~- \•'' eo itled to n,, p~~reotw. . 0111 deltpte for t ile bn11cb aod aa adThe little eoinn.det of bit claa d• d.ltlollil liMa~ far every li!!ll memben tire that tbe 1ollowhlg pofm be pair 10011 · ftDIIClhll, Secretariet of ldbed •• a tokeo of thei r lne B raru:~ r.reuJ'Pd, i'o .ljDdillthe namrt Mtee111: T~ ' and ad~ Ot deWpt-. elected to U\ lH:MORY 01' GEBU.ARD tb.e SeenUry ol tile local without delay. Our lillie comndf! Oe rbud .0 before From ~~:::;:=:;:;::;~~:t~;:~::::::~==~~~.I;,:T•o aray, life~~ :=:~:::::'. -=~::-. 1 o~~r~ ::·~.;l:- 11~ ~~~~~~bool. refllrfili!'lll,.l" party JUhDbenlilp; A. JtOW 1tate tbard'ereo t o ._._,d-.tbe oatlooal eoutltu· the~rty wltb a view to b.a•·· p&Mcy :"\o~<l•• u for p{'llideot oomloatt'\1 by refervoteol tbeeoti re p.rty 111embe r· . · T. -· t bit •dtoh~>arlt Weallue So yoaag aod aweet a ll owerWatwilllog, qoiek tolea ro bl.- vene For Cbildreo '• Day aooo. He woold llave bclet1 a worktr A lld a 'll~;bttr for, tbe ri@btt Tha t "all" would ,get tll el r ', tba re, · }'or be kil.ew tile aolden n1ie. Yigbt bn.rely, little umradu,. ~o Jo& ill be now ueed dare; So j>arentl <lo not mooru bim IumemorylJI~lair. , Y. P. 8 . L. SOOL\LI81' W OIIAll ,8 ow:B. 011 JIJttk Dtc.lst to·7th inclusivt qancing every Evening. . ADMISSIOIIlOo.- Also . entitles holder' to JOe. ,worth of goods at Fair N o lists circubted in HaU. - Not like other Fairs. Bla .value for yoUr money and aood time to all. ;:~;~~~~.~:~' :~.~\~"i:e·~::e~;v:,m:l~ ~~:;::.1 , ~;;:~ ;:~~ef~~~;;t:o~h:.C:~ e n'• Club ---~ A81~te ~ T he and aubaorlbe for the Arllettet·::Bettung. oaly 04lnDUI. aewtpaper to the ata\e oot&lde of New York Chy, 111P""' the ID\el'fllt a( 11M Worldor 01-. - &O ~alll"fr 8 moa1U. ~t.lac Offic.t. 31S-3J7 Gmaa: Strut - - Bufflfo. N . Y. I!~ IIIHtlng, Mens Good Clothing "EADY TO WEAR AMirMADE TO ORDER · (UNI ON LABEL ) .. me<"tlog of th e Worn· & "'"': !~";7 a t tile will be b rM Fr io l a ~· f!\'f!ll •·rm •- 1 • Hoyt-Seneca or Elmwood Cars THE BEST IN THE OTY FOR THE MONEY journm.ent was taken. J' rom . oow u~tll aft er th<' fa!~, w~~~~ g;:~~~ ~.c:~;~;~~d• are ~~~~ .:~~"'F:I.:;~::n~!g~he-::::: 1~ to aun d tb~ nut ah.rt buel ninr i. ~ u~l~d for' o 'fl oo:k at the l' ro· ioi,'';!!::e::~~::.:::~·llelret,t~ from ::~~;.:~~111 •••.,AT ••• South Elmwood Ave. and dohri110n_Park: ~::f.:;;;·;;~:~~~~;:~~::~;,!~ ; 1 ;,h:,Y~~i~·a:wb b";:~~:~~!;·~y;:eet·l ~:'.!i;'•;f,~'\'1:;!}'·,~.-·i~li;~~·:,-"":.~:: ~=:::~:··~a~;b;~q~::;~ :~~ Pr;~;·~o~:;!• :i.=t~~!reet. F:::~.;~:~~t~eoild!u~~t .:;~:~:.~!;; ~.::~:::::~~;~:~::bate, of BUFFALO SOCIALIST Johnson Park Hall 10 HELP W.AHTBD. aod tandy for the and ~f..Um eot bootll are want· tbe Fai.'r •;to ~ held De<:.e111be t l ltto; tll, a tJobntloll. f'ark lla ll,Joha· •lo11 Pu,k aad South Elmwood A••e11Uf. ~ All donatloo• .,.,. be ldt at th e fol· W1.11.~k es - .,r ·Benefit - ~o· All Gooch Guaranteed to Give Satisfadioa. THE A-NDREW GRAHAM CO. IIAiliS Of l1lf OffiUILI.INif9IIIS JOR llf IIIIIJQilOIIIlll 00. 3e0 MAIN ST. ( Up Stairs) Opp.lroquois Hotd A Clear Track for Your M~ssage Individual, direct-lhu: Bell Service forms a clear track for your message and yours only. Your line is busy only when you are using it. T his service costs only a few cents pa day more than you are now paying for party-line service. Wouldn't it be worth it? New York Telephone Co. Firu LiM of Gent's Hats SYZA.p:R T c.kpbonc Building Church&: Franklin Struts. alATS A ND pl!I"''ONGOODS Good Qu&Utr at ~able JIJ IIUIIIIT.. IIU IIRml• J'edenl PhODe11.of BULLETT'S SHOES Unio n Made HAVE A REPUTATION THERE'S A REABOM With our enormotis output, combinc:d with our ch~:ap upstain rent, ·"'-·c a~ in 'a positi qti to give ::~u: dt:;~~~=~;; dKwhe:re. �NEW IN~NTI~N W~ PUT· ··OUT. OF WORK, · 1' II U.ted o. pod aatbo,u; ,.__...., 6CK405 Mutual Lllc BuGdtq .. BUPPALO..N. Y. ' MAJlTIN IGJSSLD. ~ 'ISJCRYTUTTHIL.l..~ l'ltA.n IPCit.DPIUKD, T W.P.CATTIILL. . . . IIp. Addr... 604-605 Mutwt U& BuGdbic • BUPPALO. N. v. P'rto:¥ $1.00 per yur, SOc lib: moPthl. papt,k Ill ..,.,.. ~ a...-:1 u ~· - ~ -*' J- S. m2. at tbe ~ olfb at a.6Jo. N-Yort. wocla-~l.doiMatdol.ll" . NO\<l!MBER 22, 1913 ADVI81NQ 80CIALI8T8 It is AlllUSillg to note 110me of the ad,·iee that the capitaliat. prelll! is unloading on the Socialists of Ja te--eort bf talciog a fatherly interest iu o ur welfare. .C · tb t tAr. ire ~u~"t;.-::~::g~..-: . Jn SpeMkiog of tbli defeat of :M ayor J.uon of Sebeneetady b); ' fusion o f 1111 the o ld political partil'll. the Enquirer laya it to the "reck· le!Wless of Scc:iali11t pr-opaga.ndifits that aeemR to arr&¥ thllt party at. all tim~ and t'\'erywhere against law, order. the ftag and the chureh. • • • It cau.<oet~ all non-Sot--iali11t11 to forget· dif!'erence. th~mseh·cs when it comes to tht> question of barfing Sl-ocial isbl n ercding gonrnmental power11." lt further ad'•ises l1l to' impoee N&traiot upon them or cut them· oft'. bine·1~e.o~~~ {!c~e}~:~ ~~:'&:ili':~yiaro:o ~~~;~:li~~c~~~ :0~~=~ and tbat tllia au•ber a . ~ ynn qo a work· ~ . . dd~ bJ WiW.. ~ Coopet tl'aloa l.a New_l"ork Wed lo lab .U.ple .Ut ~1 thit c.oathtioa PrtaWeat U. Uah· COIIflftlU· ita. woaderful Ia &uWU ~to of tbi.J poor ~rker, reprecrnt dau....bkb produee:J , be tbrew ap bis baadt aaol kno- " kaoWII;, =•Y be t_, M11Umeat <.'lus eYt.a ot a of tlte tzploittd,. bot tbere lau oae , JDilUoD llltll I.a. tbil tbat lae.,.~ eo- toi-lbe what are up eplal t ai.d '.re paf io for tbeir u,-~ ' A iarse propo~of. f Wntea "bo l.l't u.-preee~~t I the raW ol t.be 'OIII!:IIIpioyed, ••1 - ,,.....,, ••••_•= ana pn~!te' pi.~"'t' a~t. ueaa. 19 Tbe he6nb a, maclll.aa wk.ldl appla.DU reeordl ...e4 oa tile lloa~ laJ •KidM. • Bnrt JJ..boa S.pl~ a •utor u• e•P.•r~ ---.. able lpjt1., ia U.. dlcatloc tlMI JICN'iWllUe. ture oader tbt ~ ed oat by S.ptee pi- of, 1&7 '"· '"'~..... ed Ia a IIIACIIIDe tl&lldud Jo"- oa ll.fty - . / o r a pniod of \ea yean or mori. depod:IDf p t-.e lite ot ~ JU· .cl1be. ~~~ t.be otUr forty~ ·- • ll.t Ia 1$ a qNttio~~o •11.\do tile optS· Jllbta dodp aad do DOt tty to aannr, The a.uwer 1.. Wt.tlaey do, aot It lo; tbey '"' "udu," tbe fovr 111UUoa wllo b.<re 1111 plaee if:! t.be .prrseat ,,.. t e•.4f -iety, CUll tiiODJll tbcy bfl the '"U1 J~~eo wbo PJ'od'CI~ed tbe ••• me· ehi~~ery. • ' Tbe ecual!18 of eutometle maeblaery bu - uded tbe craek daom to tboa· ..ada .of madllaillta, weaven ud otli~ baGd-workei"L There rt111ala tboa· ..ade1 tilat belieTe their job. Meli.Jt. TAey an t.boriet UlldU ~~ deiuloll that the •med. .ieal openu.t •hlcb tloey perform ar-e beyolld tiMI powen .11t a 111&£kiiiL ~ t b.u- beaelt 1 WUI )lrfteDt a ieKnptioa ~ • ~ '7ltem <I ::~;:;;u: lllftbaai~ prodaetioll{'~le-\11 of I ~K~•I cblael., .w.. "•re .,..m -rkDiaa oparatius daiii•Y wb.leb aab .Otlahli bat wiU be JlftJI&I'ecl wiU•. I"*t wor~er eo~poadillJ to,aa ~~ 10k~ i11 tlie· prNte~ 1:J1!teal. The ~rob Ollte1bae, I<- will ••ply k ·~ to piaee th111 Ia die nriou .Aekiae. aiNI tUf will do t)elr duty u fai.U.to.Uy u ia<a 2i&oo1L 'ftaa aetul -.lae.aical •o•....~ will be diieaUd .hj •eaa1 ot'1"1lettriat)'' ud · · jot. d•JOU.P tile tot.i-od11ttioll eli .orb ot . .aafat:!u,. wit) "VJ' f - e-p.--d air u : : r : :: .. of e~:.-.:: :e~~~~ ,:::~.:acb =~ t~--=-;:.'!.,bar~-= Ia Jlla1'ft'pl.eaOL but ach·bed til- -to ''try LIIYa11ton for .o•e tlaa, but Ita prao- wiU be ald. It will be ::~o~ ~~~; :.i~~·~~C:~~::.the mo~ the capitalWt politiciam com· ~£~~~"7E:~~~:~:tf;~t~·:'L~~::·~~~~"'~;u.: tUt tka optiMbtlc bti:U.r Ia •tlnlly a' t=~ :!~~~ ~~~~ o;! tt~ ~pl~u:i!_;:i,'o:. are ~~-f~i:i;.,.Z.~~,;;:;:;;;;~-..;...;,_...,::~~-----1 ~~~=~~~~=: poeelble.~W : :; ~~~~~ Tb.::~~u:::~7~; ~ ~~.::u::~:.11 1d':.,•.,,.~_~:11 : : : ~-=~~Yt!;. =~-~eated -~~e ,;;6.t;l~~ . . .~· ·-·:~.:.:! ;;::.:::.::~:~::~~ ~:-.:!~2~_::~:::t~E. e..: 1 I:::!:••~~:Oil ~= ::?~w~ ~ :;-J.. 11W1Uf' t• 10tand1Dg for the old Order of thiOgB, Viltb Its OWIItrahtp of t ~e &OCial n eeetantu.• ~nd the Socl;&h!rt Part) represenb~g the collec· leOrM thll oa tAe bi.tory o1 lllklwl· tu·e a)-stem of ownerah1p, thU8 makwg the fight on c.l8!18 hoes clea.! and till den.lopmeat, bye ttated t.llet th Wt'll-d efiof'd. . . iatroductloa of ~-~ maebhony bri.The people of the .world are beginning to wak~ up to tb~ f~~;Ct t~t witb it •ueb luei'O!Ued trade tbat tbe th r ayatem of ownen~lup of the means of producu on and du;tnbutlon 11umber of ~~teD , put oilt of .,0rk It more mu11t bt> _ch~ged to meet the ~ema.nds of present d ay. needs of tba~~ ba.laared by tb- required. to The c-ap1talurt ay111e m baa outlwed lis tu~efulneu. and ttK dRys take care of ttle 11ew Yolu111e of bo•l· he re<l Re fere11~e to ~ aae.lyud by What thr Sociali11ts wi11h to at-eomp!Wh is to bring 111d otben proYea eo11duliTely in tht place uf the pn~ent chaotic tilate of co1npetition. 1 • and munler afid tstarnttinn. Tht> p rcaeut law and ot:<Ier is h -ction o f the fo•w ~11 pitnl il>l11 who Ol\' D "'"·ythiing .. ••' h"' WRMI starn• and kill the worken1. .-\t pn~t there ill no t ill' prod uction o f th{' thing1' mMt IIM:l'J®lry fnr our pi t~t-ss. E n·r~· bud.1· for himself ami th~· tlc\·il take tht- motto. · w,. 1uh·i><e tlw Enquire r not tu w;rry 11ho ut our PN>I~'~''""'"'- 1 Ourm~ tb{' r(-.:~ut ~amJlllign wP .. h,.lli'DJ.'t'd the field i-..~u{'!l o f the d11y. but not onP at.'t't•ptc-rl. Ths t OliO'. 11nd 1111~· Iiiii{' thRt th(· ])o•moo· r&lli. R<'p ublil'llllll or Buii-C;,;,.,, . I •••d f,.,.J !<U d i.~JWlRf'<.l to pron , lo lho· p~'()pll' that t he-y k now , ..·nuomict~ tha n tlw Soo.: iu li~<t,; ".1' w11l he Jllatl to pi1!k out ~~·~·11ken~ whi•·h th•~Y ~rit ki~~o• 1<0 fn·•·ly ami le,al'e it t>l the .J,... j,],· wh id l iJ< rij.:ht. Hrinj.: on your inll•llectui!.IK. .1·our hr11in~· 1111'11, th e \'try hnv•·..1·our cnlll'[fl' pro f•·~!'!' 1111<1 ~radnnh~. a nti WI' ll'ill prudiH·o• me nwo th11t wi ll do•f••HI tho·m. \\'I' llf <' fur tho• n~w o rde r of whl lt· thr olol l'Hp it uli~t ~.n<t<-m i~ nhout t o Ji(·, 1111<1 w~ h.a1·e t h•• tnl!•'"fl,.-inl!' illt lwri l("ll1 . t.b:. l= ferred to upth• pi.aao ..d 11 will eo11U'f'~Wto nprolluee tile euet pt.yt111 of t)e ql(] plpl!l' woan oat!· A little nt.etio11 will be&r ~• w Ale • 111 wbo uo-. uytAI• J about lila· cbiaoe., tAe feet tbat tble pri•cipko eaa be applied to ot.bu matbl- be.ld• piaaol. TAel'll .anl few •eeb&llieai opentloq Ml eomplieated e.a O.e plarl-c ot • "- :~:~~::te~~:=\t ~ittll~ 11 wae !.be LllttoelocUOII of ~ 100111 to tile .,,...... Ot 1net reno-bar, teo, I• IIIU<II 111or. 1'8pld. 111 It.,.... at tlloe,)e.wa at tlot Ne•eda1• oalyll! ,_ 111oatU twHa tlle lret t YllltlOD aad tile dey wk-11 tbe sri tbelr u•ou-.. • ·~~. .. Pa.-llobtrt J . Wilefler, oa1 of tbe -n kJoO•• Boelelbh ot ...'! . -•1 POllomOlAlll OH.UI01& W.WI. - - -- TBll .oou.Lll'ft. ~..,-~t~BI:~,:, ~=~'lo.:f b;:: ••-aud tile -rider i.l oDe of .... ,:_::,~ :=~ ~fa;·""ll;: ~::::~t;ll:·~.:.·~o~"c~~; ~=~:: T h<" oiuly <>f the hou r fo r the working proplc is to oq::ani~c fn rr<'' 1n .. rd er to g;~in power. and tn make u -<e o f thei r powe r ]oi•li uc;~l a ~ well a~ the c.-onomic field. You h a1·c po wer, • skill to 11~<' it intelligently for ~·ou rselves_ You hal'(' th(' k now leoigc to emplo~· it in the mo~t dTC('t iv~ manncr th(' numiJt r •. make them think and a4:t a~ nne. and they Th<" strong h and s. the powerful ann~. the ~i ncw ~ of energy hut a!'> long as your thought s arc no t your own, you arc not the ........... 1,,,,..,, o f your clc~tiny. N•biae to dd • t all at· part of Soeia.lilu to bf1.. by eltctiDjj: elaN~ Oil• at publle olfi~iaiL U •tolll -&ualllll R.ateila eo1111tv 1m~~te4 1ately tlle le1i•lalur~ biD pro,.ldi•~ t ltal eonly bJI,., ~ priYIJete ot ""'• 111.,. 111.111 prdu to flll• uadei'tloe ir Juri• '~:e~•ne,<oae of tbe 1114 guant ell tloe work. S.Die cloe.i, fon:ed oae of ,J.ti<"H of IAe ,-ee Ia llinl a Jne>,. luuati,., O«<IJII· If tlw parn~ih"" r,f our rrrsl'!tl l<(H'h•ty. 1n·rr· ··ompf'll,..l tu d o useful 11 wo• t k u11o l J,.,,rn how it f{'•·ls tn f'IITll n lt1·i nc. th"Y woul< l looli with , JitT,·n·!ll •.., ... ~ upon th" work•·r. Rth.l ,.om•· to nmlrrstmHI llH• l'i'Rl menn. I il.:.: .,r t l•·· n ll r•'-"'' nnd d i~""ntrnl u nH>n)l: II"· lal'()ri nj.: dn~<-;.-s. E:~:peri· ,...;,.-.! ;;;;;,,,; en..... • TAe a!lldal ..ote •h" Wloeorier, ~~ Yolts, whilfl , f'raar.it 0. lA!WI~, a J<rOIII• lawyer •ad fo,_., C1ty Soiiehor, bad 3_m 1'otn. At t ile prl~&rif!fo, \Oteo~~ler I'I'Cei,-<"d 1,42& Yote-, belli& Itt• . Jmmediettly tollotria(_. tU pilm&ri"" WltNter Ill· aoa..eeo.l be .WO.Jd =-h lob IIJbt foreleetloa .oa 1\te foUowlDI p~tforen: ) , P'IIW!,ab\ldt:y ot city butie~. f CJ,.jJ ~r..i~ for dty -ployt"a. :1. Eifbt kotlr by for aJJ tlty work~ O!I"L -1, P\:111 11~011 ,.l!-:11 t~~-=rto~~lo:~: br~k ~tt;';~:~e tbe eou~tty oi!CITI •• " to' it tbel ali tb.e bulli11""!' weDt eloe~re. race of w~ of tile ... of polie. to II, Abolition uf t~ f1 ..orJeootT11et ·~·oce"'. City to 1\o work dlr«tly al far 1• tbe State hi" will perl!llt. 1.· .Fstabll•ll111ent of a eit:y tneriret. 8. A eo•t aeeou11llag '7'lt111 111 , ..,1~ dep&rtflltDt and t ilt e•pioy- • 1 11f •• eq,..rt I I pqrehu l111 apllt. II. Rifld I tt i:aapeetioa. 10. Appropriatiou of t lO,OOO yurly · IGNNI!SOTA lll11atapoli.J., ,ltii1111.--''Tite Soeieli•t party '1wl o11IJ' two oppo.ntab Ia tile 1tet.a of lii••MC!l•i"' dtlda '" State &cretar.r T. E. U.tilaer. " Tbe o~~oe I• tile K11i1btt of Col11mb" aad tlle other i;tthe-11-eelti'Uit.'' •. toaupport. tbe p~blie l~. t. " So ftr •• tlle 1'0ie·llo~ti..Ds. btllot- · P· No eity J rutbile to b"' civeo rll.,ing JI'Oiitklau of t ill• oldl!!frllft-•-Y· •~ ~o11~ttae-d t bey trilune tile ~.\ate I~ E.J:teuloa of playrouad ·~tea 1 I tlle l boagbt , . rller~:i1111: tbey . ,. l t iiiOf't or '"'"&- to outJ;na . HCtio.., of tbe tity. ~o;ktr• muot he hpt '" 11ubjee- de,ii•t•, Latimer t lah111. He cltea tile Tha labor uaieQ• of tbo dty j ampe4 ,an kl::,'!;'o::'e':~u:;;;;~g•rra_7 ~=~~~-~.;;.,,J-:: ~;.,~aa·••:~~ :,:b:..~~:or:edof• t:r:::'~!..el:;~ ran oympolllize with Soel•l· :·~~=~tral "r'•" for t.be illlpr~on peritlaa c~ntpelca ~mJDlttee. K """''' MIVH. . f- B«auJ.t there ;1 no otlw=r JIOiitieel l•rty t bat rf!J)rtlll!nh a ad t.· c0111. posed of, tbe workllll! ei&.. e:reept 3--~a~·~~~ ;:::;"· pertje• rub .~re peac-efa! oo)ieldi11g Ia approacb!Jig,C~­ - ·:c.,·,c: an~llot Ude-d, me111 will tbey = •Y be llet eated, c t beDI, tlle wbole Ameri~&ll IA.bnr Tbielt 11111U~pt to ole! -·,;· ;:-.,-~: 1tro1 ''0 oe Westen Federatio11 ot Via· . en, one ot t he m,.t radical and lllili· taatlebororguia tiOIItiotbeeouutry. Tbe Federation Ia oae of t he etroogest ~laliflic . orgula.dou, 111d u 1111':.b Uoald ,_el,.e the full n~pport of Bolliali.tL era op~ . to tbe &ei•lilt Party, wb.ieh In itaelf;. evide11ee tb1t the 8oeial· in Patty reprteeatJ the iateretta of tbe Dle&KL ;:. • 4-Beteute tbe BoNaliet patty I••w'"''' ,·,.,""...;~,.i.,•61•e•l: ~:;:::~ :;~ lu!~:. -:!1"!~ :~:!" o:·~~~~ ~~ ot~bv;cl ~!~~(·T,.-:c:••.~·~t~~~~;; tbe !!rl!lt chovght. Wbet the movcmtl!lt oeed• b not .,..mpa· tbi'tl!n, but &t t J,..e wor~ra. B,rmpatb.y makes no ~·"". ~r~"·. llt itbtt doee~ It c~an'e 10<'111l ,.,.,_,tuliolll 111d Ci)Ddlt•oa11. _Symp~~thy." ot v.lue o•ly in prnport•ort u II 11 t ra.uieled illto tiort, 8odalUt F~ at..JDDDoD ·Fal'k walk December lft.-111:1 '1Ua Batd ~ Ul 1011_ B~. • :~=n~~P d::di~~~. 1e ~:.S:• •~ to 1pubWe bead• nd .becau~~e a ebup "ill caute 1 t blPie of relatiop1bip ia bu111a' eodely of inlmeate value to tllft worii11s dilL 5-Deeau~e I believe if political clemot· · reey i•asood tbiOjj:,..lbert indllltriel democraty ia t..r better yet; beeaote oR-eceOVIIt of u, rrater hoporleaee 1111d lahe11ce opo11 tbt life of tlle worJ9.a( elua. . tloe aate elul of e-:BeeauM I bellen ao· 111811 Ia load .to-Boeeatt tbe &ociaHit . euouJII to be ..otber'e 111uter, artd fllo•ameat,n7 ~ mta oupt to be alloJPed to ~~ei..td"e ' facl't ~ • -~~:•. •• low: let .." uotller'•. tile probleiZI,f of •Oiiiao raJr~ce, Uoe CouDtil ...d "'ember of tlle Soelat..t ~":'=:.,WI~ cbo.eo cbalniWI, alld tbe i q Oil. Ae• eoul.d be t!:IJ*l~ the Jl'e&lt!ll Sgbt "" 01'1!1 ~U.t potl1011 of tlle pi.U· rona •llkb related to tAo ebolillo• ot tbt llM of poli~e to breek etrlk~ E•·ery ~~:~!;P;.!:n:; ::~~~;~~,~ pa~~:. b;,::: o=t~ Z bei.Dr-t Com .. • arri•·al by lotll eomlllilt~'l!ft . "rtf 0. Ren~lt-CollJa 1 ref~ oeualo111 to' tal k all 111111 rethaUoop to dt be.U: , . .I boebn to t il " * '· At t~e polle ~be Sodaii•U -.n 110t foo •d wa•ti•l', 01141 wakftr •ta:rlac oa t be jOb .at- tbe 6tb Weri!; Elfttloa Dlt· trict Ulltil 8' P. 'v. llle aut l!lonbg ' ;;:1~11:u ~!:.:::t *~· 41~ ~~'! -..a na.. .,•• 4it· rMult ·~·ail Wheeler ... ~D.Jt 8 •.ota Ru..ieu OoverameDI pi'OIO- allud wAea tbt retlUlll hem tlale di.-. 8oc.lali•t llltmberl of tbel trict n•1 111. Til• olldal coout., ju1t • tOUJlil'aty llld bigb t:ree..o11. iellled ~1 tbe eoart,, b.aa hlereated hi• of imr rt.o-.et1 deport•· to 10. ud other pollllhllleDll • ~o ofl'eet tll.e • te of ntoaey or bona of our Oomrtde.. If u., .to .beat tbe~lal~ a.t 'at tbe poll•, tket t ilt 0!. . .1 tiM eomDIIItee ofl'cir.cr' a rewarcl of tJe ,be..aJe t50 tor, ID!or.atlo11 wllleb wo..td litall abOYe c:1tarc-- to tlle ar'"t ..a eoodotliilll ~; 1111 CillO of11Didi.,..1lllllf mo...y for iato 11 liquor toof U.. 8oelaJiat bribe •olarv dwti11r; tlte el . "• 111d' a.fl'air. A. thl• probably a • ed t.lle d.,-.' =-eM a· pllb11e Tbl• 1'1~· of a. be.ttle ea.ri\ed oo el'ut, 111 a aew tri11' witb"u ua.z.pfllmtliar Workllli elaw tbe biD~ J-~~~;:~;·t::s::.-~~ t!: 1 avuu.. procludioD.,.~ ~butiort from prl n te beiug ee«atut.ed jlllt DOJOI' hy t he 1111• IIU~ I lppi!IITU£f, IOI'IICI ..,louid <lllfllitr lt by nllla& it "topr," of Petu W. C~ino•, leJlow aDd lDtl-Soelellat •·pen· bl~<oler witb "Da••" Oohltteia. Jut1~ " tbe Soeialiet• 1, .-.Ji. tlle llatfl became 11.,.,1 ;:::t·;..~~l:l,ri~~"!. ~..~lt"'o~o:;~O:~~!:: dlll'ueuce. III01'f_.'l'be p~me111, ;..~:~:: !:l:O~ao::u::;k;: f~tt~u~lo=o~ll!~~ ::!a:~b~::~:':.~';.:.ea:-1 t::~:: ~~~~ ~loa Mcretary of (loa' B~•olu· '"-~·~~ • · • , • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. 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Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-11-22 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-11-22 Relation A related resource MicFilm HX1 .B83 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Newspapers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LIB-021-BuffaloSocialist_v02n077_19131122 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2018-06-12 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. 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Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/ea812576c839496fe64b03afdeeae918.pdf ba41135f4a45b05adbcbf7070a94ce8b PDF Text Text LOOK AT THI! NUJIBD C/11 . YOUR ADDRESS LABEL - IF IT IS 77 YOUR "SUIISCIUPTlON IIXPIRI!S NEXT"WEI!It c 1stto7th �Men Hdd by Authoritias aa Result of Strike Caused by Tyrannlcal BoSses and Sheriff -: Sodallata Investigate and Give Re1oort- ll Horrible Worklng Condltlo~ Exposed. Socialist Women's '· OI"b for Beneftt of BUFFALO SOCIALiST ••• AT ••• John~on P~rk Hall . ··' Hoyt~ or:~!""" ~ . South El,r:nwood Ave. and dolua..,n Par'k. Week pee. 1st to 7tb inclusive · every ~enlnst.~-.~r' · ... . ADMISSION tOo.- A~. entitie; ~~d~ to 1~: ~~~irof-~ at·Fau . ' Da'ncing No lists citcutatcd iD Han. ,...... Not ub other· ;~ : • . ' Bla value. for your· ~~Oney and -~ time -'to ~II. ' Is Chiropractic K I-RO-PRAK-TIKis tb~ na mr: applied to a mr:tbod of locating and remo,·ing the physical cau~ of disease by adjusting the displncro vcrtcbr~ (bonn of the spine) to their no nnnl position, thus n::moving t he p~ure from nerves, E\·ery organ or tissue in the huma n body mus t recei,•e its controllicg influence thro ugh its nerve conn~ti on with the br a in. Prt"Ssurc on th~ nen·cs will cause disease, Jf yo u are sick, one or mote or your ,·ertt'brne nre out or alignment, cnus~og p~­ s urc on ncn·es. To adjust tht'!lt' nrtebrae into· their normal situe is t he aim ancJ accomplishment or t he skilled Chiropractor. ANALYS1S t'REH.. BOTH PHONES. YRJTE POR LITERATURS... S B NBCA AND BLLiccn7 8T8. MEN! Thl• Coupon Qood f'or 50 Cent. W e Want you to try a pair of those wonderf ul Buf;alo Shoes I 000 pair Men's $4.00 011 / 500 pair Boys all :solid hard Grain Work. Shoes, 0 width only LOUIS MAISEL .lrarr~ri(ar,..., .r,~-~. c.,,,,l, 011 CI,IAI, Jr... ~, ,,.,.,~.u., s-~ ...~ c""•,.· ·~ c....n.1,~ . . . . 12.45 knock School Shoes, size 1 I to 5 . . . . . 85o Mens Good Clothing lEIDY TO WEAl liD lADE TD OlDER (UNION LABBL) THE BEST IN THE <JTY FOR THE MONEY FALL SUITS All Goods Guuaatecd to ~Satidactioo. THE ANDREW GRAHAM CO. �J11E MOSTM · ~•clfltlts 61Jd :Jipp~lntmtllff A.BB TBB ~lntst in Buff•!~ WANT AD. EYER PIIUIIED pilei~.:~-=:';~= -:.!:!:b;':L'~~atr.-tap. I ..., awar. ollbe Cao$1bU ~~ UDdertaken who b6&oac tD 1M T.-.. .W. WI JOG.~ W~& .UI oner nppiJ the CKidA N q~ M&ow. MY ANSWER TllatJOD. • ._ dail &d1'..U..-I"aod I& UJ Uma lrefUM to tV1IWI &a.benm DMCI DfiYW p&JI - •, ud m&J bold thk ad~ _, .. J'OU',.-.4 ,....,..Ja.l OQd$1 -I .._ ... ,.... ..., Ou'tfit No• l ................ ~-. ...... t..n., . ·• • • $37.00: ~ ' ~ amb&lm~blad: nro~ ~~~t,~p~~~·~ ~!!?.·~~?~;;=7a..~~~::$43.00 broWn habl&~k ~. ~ -=-. ~=:"·.~~pi~:~~~: .., . . $55.00 Outfit No.4 ~:::~=~~~;I~:::::~:;::_:,::J~: Outfit No: 3 ::!;:,aa•bed~um:o=:' =~~.~:,-:::: bcu1alnlt lD black or ambalmla1, e=·:.~~-=:~=.;rack~"':br:=:b::ech!t::~ barlalnh Of burial permla., oo~plete c.re IU)C( au-daace. Tot.alooel • • $60.00 I GUARANTES all ULe 1oodt funWbeclaad the tenloM ~eNd 10 be far 1uperlor to aDJ fumlahed b7 auJ olber UDden..ker 1.!1 Ba.tt&lo for l.ba U · orblw.t pr1ee~ l.be~7 will cbu,.. Bell Phoae, Od'ord 1111 "MR.· SMITH IS OUT. I DON1 KNOW·WHERE HE IS"Mr. Smlth had lett his office. No one knew ~here: he migh.t be located. So Mr. Smith lost an out~·town Bell telephone call that almost certainly was. important. A recent 5-d.ay record in some of our larger Exclsngcs brought out the ••ther startling fact that. of aU out"f-town calls not completed. 59 per cent was due to just such situations. This is not disinterested talk. We ap-preciate that such calls not completed mean a loss to us. It is · just as much a lOss to you, thoUgh. Leave word where you can be located when you leave your office. Our operators will follow you up and complete every call when it is in any way possible. · It will help us to serve you. New York Telephone Co. T dephonc: Buildinr .. Olurcb &: Franklin Shuts. B.ULLETT'S SHOES Union Made HAVE A REPUTATION THERE'S A REABOI With our enormous output, combined with otlt' cheap u pstairs rent, we art in a po~ilion to give ' ·alue5 that cannot be duplicated· Madeof•cal Leathu ., T~klnd thatW~--· dee:wb~:n!, s2-:c:o" to ~ :1 ..1£ $4.00 . ' H. S•.BULlETT, 56 ~~ IJ' YOU WAJI'l' YOUtt Furs and Millinery ........_.,._.11811 •T •:uur QO TO LOUI8 A. ABIEUIOII W• 1Mb a .ptdalQ' Ol' NpA&dq u4 al..... hn. LO'IIST 8ED l -~'---;.;-=..;0..;.;=~=;..;--;.;.;.;;;.;;;.•.;;-;;;;;;....;; .... ;:;;.;:-;::...._ _~ c �I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-11-15 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-11-15 Relation A related resource MicFilm HX1 .B83 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Newspapers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LIB-021-BuffaloSocialist_v02n076_19131115 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2018-06-12 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Is Version Of A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation. Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. v02n076 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 p. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Buffalo a Bankrupt City Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/923604178303bd0d6d43dc7ff4803231.pdf 359ac52e9075a5aaed7aa97c72454230 PDF Text Text l.OOit AT THI! PWIIIIl2ll C1l YOUR ADDRESS LA!I2L IF I T I S · 76 YOUR SUBSOUPTION J!lt. PIRES NEXT WJ!I!I[ Cble.go--PrH.idellt John }'ii"J>atriek or tbe llliaoi1 F ede.rat ioa of Labor. an 11011 ;~~~tl~~.:":'o;e · 1 ~~~~~~~:.~;,;;:~~ Every Man on the Fence Was Either &ught Out or Influenced-Election Shows Thousands of Dollars Spent by Capitalist Class - Every Cent Will be Paid for by the Workers-Vote About 5.,000. · to abo• , ••, li2 o•g•niu t ioo• ' 11 '"' "'"""'~· b..-. �LHI-lt~(}@G-!t, S• turd1p €wnlng, nootmbtr /51/J, Adwl~11" 16c.. Valuble l'rlu.. ~~ \1l) O.nta We want you to try a Patr of those wonderfuL ~uffalo ShoeS I 000 pair Men's $4.00 Oil Carting and Moving a'Spom:l•lTy Boll Phone 19:JO.W. !~ell !'hone, H u•ard 1777 J Yede u 1 21!.3711 Napoleon Meyer s I N ew Y ork Life Ins. Co. Spe<lu' .AKen• A:l 9o~~" ~:~~~~f~ ~=d~ vw. HENRY F. BCHORB Ba nd and O r Qho•tr -- -~s: ;'lj,1rwood i\\·cnue. r~«INrotriol.n tmd llltlltdolm Da ily Socialist Pa pers I Ilii line ul munt bly ~nd "'"llo! kly 6to41 m t llt Nnd. AI'I'Y.!'7.'1~)~ti~.AI\0S. ... 1reao.• ¥ only . . . . 12.~ 1500 palr Boys _all solid hard 1 knock School Shoes, s.Lze I to 5 . . . .. . INio ~"' thi.J CoclpoG lO IU Bdalo Sho. Oo. bef- NOTeiiiMr lllh, qd b •Ill beredeem&daame u60 Dtot.L.111op.eyn &oJ palr-of BQ.fl'llkl Bbon for dre. oc- work,ts.bO, U·.<.O,M.OO.oriS.OJ. oollPOD t.otbe pt.lr . o.. Not food at&er No.efiJber 16&!1. 11111. ll'o& IJOOd oa tl.81 Barpla 8boei. Nl..,ara Waterproof Uurw.oteed Doable Wear 8DIM OD palf', Special, Boy Seoot 8l>OM, tiaod m•de, wtU. N lapn Double WHr Sol-, tlz.e1 10 LO II, 13 110; I LO li, p V5. .l~l t be s - . for School Da,.., '"'tiY Socialist News Depot j, Grain Work Shoes, D width BP.l.l. PHONB, [lldl Jl... HOW<~.R.D IJ 7,·R J o e eph W uts nurm1•••••· LEONHARD SISTI t ees Balloy A v enue. Ligh t Groceri es tiudryJttn~. Soch•ll~t ll.>t>kl ~n..t ll"ll"~lut'f. · All brand• ..r 1.:1~:.. r• 11ud l.:lg~ rtltt•. ~/~ '1/t.., ., . su~•'· .ut.TB"O'R OPLEK, S62 BILOADWAT. Dlftrlbutor or t.be G. A R M E N A N T E Wllll.llll lll ~111111 :::/:V"::...":::J Rnou-. C/och 1111~ F ine Jewel.Jy Repairin' Mens Good Clothing. READY TO WEAl AID lADE Til OIDEII ( UNION L A.BBL) THE BEST IN THE O TY FOR T HE MONEY AlJ Good. Gua.ra.atccd to GiYC Sati&fac.Uoa. THE ANDREW GRAHAM·CO. m·lflllll.. ..,. • .m.u ce. IIIIIIS • • 380 MAIN &T: · (Up -&tal,.) Opp.ln>q)JOia l;fotd IUll.l.HOW A ROIJI I •M PRONTIBR4CI4•1 -OO TO- LOUIS MAISEL "TAKE THE· TALK TRAIN-. ~ TELE.PHOJf" Jf.r11if•IVi C orp•ll , Oil Cl oiAI , .fl•-~. k••u • -'• '•(lilly S-.!1 ••" CA/JolnHo"l Your Bell telephone Is the terminal from which talk trains.will start wbtnever YOU. wish. c.,,._,., 96:\·061 RROAD WAY T wenty.fiv. mila or a ~) It's all one to these trains. ' - II!~~~~~~~~~~ ut them cairy ·.,.,.;. yotce, yO<ir ideas, y.our per-. sonal!ty. It's ~ plaln, <0mm0n ...,.. builncu to make the proper US< ol the talk trains. ~~r~o:v~e ~~ 11~==""'==..,.===1 T o nearby ~ they- make bcttd tlme lf you pl.u your c.alls by number, ~y ~ cpa k!W Fall Suit. We an prepared to T ime: to immediate think about your mcd your demand witb a stcx:k that is absolutely dc:akrs. $12 to $lO .for strictly aU wool ba.od t&ilotd Suits and we cuuaota: a 'ninr of $3 to $a~c;::~~~·sft.so: silk 1iDtd thtoujbout. R...a..m Coa.ta,$5 to $JS. ,R/1 U.~. nl~dt ~nd btOP '~' THE fl•'•• ubtt EIITER~IISE 8 91-893 Ge- St. 1800 Jefferwon St. ' "I • D>CaSii<o New York TerephonEt . . �'Fadlltlts and .Jipplinflllttds £JIB THB · 'FintSt In·Bu"11l~ pl*l(.: =:~~--=-:.:=r:::-.J.':~r#.,_._... I-,...,.. oiiM ,_,.*'&btl U~ wbo........, • . .""T.- wGJ w..... wW ......,._.,.,. U.. ooUh11 u ,...._. ...-.,, .U ,_Usa& MY ANSWER ~JO'LMnu.k~-taod.IIN.71iJitei,..,_. IO fvlaWI.c-. oadla ..... . . . . . 1"' .... - - paJII 01111, ud .... - JOU .-Ip$, Outfit No...J ·'- l.hlll-.4. . . . := ::=,~~~~m:::!.~tw!!= . .. $37.0() Outfit No.2 =.~·::r~:=;::;:~e!~""t!OKb..: ..,,.....,....,, ___ ;;;/ ............ "-'- .. $43.00 Outfit No.3 =,:.&Dl!b-'~~:~~~~ bllltal nalt lA black or browo babl~ b.,.., J!: _-., •mt.I.IDI.l:IC, ~~·· oo:-~~.~·~· Acftate and •~IMorlbe fbr the Jltrfdtet•Eettung. TlMIGUJO......,...pq.bJU. . . . ous.AdaOf Maw Yorlt 01$7, repn. ...,.&be..__of-&bl Wontqota... - IIOoea• fOII' I ~W. Ollb. 315-317 Gooaoo Sbut - - _,bold Buffalo, N •.Y. ~= ~nalt.. Oom~ eue ud UWGdauc.. • $55.00 Outfit No.4 ~~~:.~o:r=~~~~:n:!=:=a:,::~: ~=·:.~~~-:!~i:;~e:ah~~r:':!:b:,",;:~IM, Mrlal uh... burial per=IS. oo~~:~plete cue aod atteod111oe, ToW .,.,_, • • I GUARANTEE t.lllbe 1ooc1t fiU1lllhiMI aod the eenloe. -.odertd 1o0 be far 1a perlor 10 any f~labod bJ &DJ other IUldenaku b B a..fl:lllo for sbe U:· orbltanl prleee they w1U cbarr•· BeU Phoa-. Orlord 181 $60.()() I a wbat the AUTOMATIC TBLB· PHONB coDtracte h a ve been called··• nd · T!J~ A.UTO..VATICTB L B .0 RONB ia etDIIDCipa - tloD from every tblot thMI m11Jce~ aome ID spite of ita CODveni eiJce. t el ephony Jrk- • It'a jiJat u dlatiiJct IIIJ a d van ce •~ )VIItJ the Jn v eiJtioll of word tranamlu lon. It '~ a t reld , telling s tride ID pabllo IJervice I D Buffal o, 11nd w e are r eapoueible f or It, tboatb It co~ t a s a mllllon . CALL OUB OOlfTUAOT OEP.A.ItTMENT, ~. AND SIIOW l'OUR .A.PP~,diON OP' OUR Kl'rOHT8 '1'0 SERY£ YOU BY SIGNING A OONTKAO"r . ' Federal Telephone & Telegraph Company JOHN E. DAVEY CO. GUTS FDBJIS8EBS 148 Genesee Street We carry a complete line of GENTS FURNISHINGS · and cater e s p eci ally to the Union Trade .. ·. �~ (.__.... BUFFALO SOOALIST PUIILISHING a>MPANY ~ Jbtv.a1 Ufe Buldl»a HaNRT TVTTHlU.., ......_.,. ~604-605Mutu.t.IL&BulktJDa ~ Prb $1.00 pa- BUP'l"ALO. N.Y. PKA2Ut llltiUUU'IlJSD, T Y. fl. CATT.u.. ........ ...... Ttl'f tmiS.Sl.JDt. ...-..,, BUPPALQ. N.Y. nDDAftOW ~01' LdCif- ne poUey...,t Ute :rw-tioa. »-riJ1i1 Ute ,.nr U.. doi,._,'"ot' th ·FW...U.. a:re looked dter b,. aa l:leaaltore Coe..o· ell, «uiatiaj: of 111-t ..-Mn, wlto are dedei· for OM ~· . Ill 1111 U..e iaecae of t.be Ntrat1011 az1101111tlld \o $111,000, aH 111 ~ it tbe reuo~ tllat the wotkers of we,. DOt ea ;ret eeooo•IC.. for eod1 fo~ ot orc. .lu.tln; woN., tbe Idea waa tbtre Ia of Ole eoaditl011a Dettu&fY for epplieatiOII. l'eden.lioo of AJIIe.ritaa Ualoh of L.: (l } 'I'M admiaiiUatioa fud, 'llfb.iell ie ra1Md boaa til a dllote of balf a U llt pv moatla hom each meaibet of bodi e. dlllatod wltll tbe Fedoratloa; (:} tbe etrikt' f..tl, wbltll Ia n.IMd frOm tbt. dDM dUiY.oJ fl'Vm II'IIC)I aaio-.1 u u ... ao aat.loli.al orpalzaUoa aad ,.... ,.:!,t.;:'a:,~~:: ~=-~,.. tDa!h ~ the A. r: ""''SOt. lib: -u., P'T.W. to ..tYuc:. ~· El~tion ia 0\'er , the 1)()l!tician11 LAk e a re11t , _the o rdina ry citizen w n:nrl l!tll wht•lhc r t hc result 111 ':"ort h a ll_ the e x ettcment of the cam. Pill~':!· but for II~ n n ew campllll-'11 h~'~ J_llllt be gun, not only for the ~~~..:::;:,~:r ~nZ,l~;~~::;~;. lmt fo r the Wlutl!ug o r hend11 and hearts for . . . . 0 .uauou Tlte AJuritaa ~ratfou or :r..· bor-or u it . . . Uo-ira at it. iac.ept.ioiJ u U..e Yeden.lU>11 ot Aaleritu Ual~e iate a:btnce prt.arll]' .. • protMt ud a r..rlloa apiut. tile eo•-bt rad.leal aad~""'-trilU,e4 aaloa u t.be X.!Pt. or X.bor. . tb~ .!i!~~::.. ~;~;:::. ;:~e~tr~~ ·J';'=~ ::!"<:~ . '-' a'-ld u..j - i t . th o~ r..l011 to . ...,. putie.iu potitieal puty, ad qtta\M ........- Ur:et tad•eJ orery u4 -..... t.be ~n wu b&UJ' ..-lthd to • -rote, tbe n.t~-J-ri~ ot lle oreted .pian pcilttlal t-,. .un,tr, = e: u.,~ ::;'e,.1 ~:r.ward u.. frieodt . .d pu.a'-11 U..e eoetnl• ot la· bor." Oetuioll&liJ attn~pte beore beet .-.de to org&lilie a labor pe.rty, bot for rae , _ , or otlulr tlleJ bne t..a 'IIIIID-r.tl. 111.e Maden of t he DlliO'IIt kaore Uttk or 110 eooldeKe Ia t b.e r&d: :,•::. ~.11:0:~~~~:.'6/tbl:':~~~~~·=:~~ ••r 11aa!: tio~ of Labor. " Tbe federalie~ eo•· wllich tb~ Federation i• boldla1 .. tru - " a .rn100 tbe le.del"' cauot ain11 of uatio~al aod iutf!rutional 1111. tee for 101n11 o11ioa. eommlt tke Federatloo to aoy poliHeal ioo1, wbicb have membertr in .'b~ ~~!ted It ~aJ be ~d t¥t the aeeret ; , tba I*" Y·· ' Slall!fl, C111111d11 and Porto Rrco, Fed· llnaDelal atre-t~atll of Lbe A. F. of L. Thre are a&IIJ wi!!ll orp.lli&&d tr&dfll 1 11 11 :;.'ni'::,;::.•· :.:::.c;o ...A. F. ~~~~~~~~~~~:~'~:,:'t '~":o~:~~~~~r~~~t11 :g~;~~ ':~:~·~~;:· ~!cr~~ ~~~"~~~ ~~;b:;: ~~~~::::; ~.:::7:~~~~t111~•;.::;u::: ~~~o':~n.: 11: ::',;~~~ ~~~~~~i~.~~~~!~.~~;~~~~~~ c17~~tlen\~Uh;~~~7.'~h~h~·o~~;~n!r ~~;'al:n~ r ep- ;';~ lb;bl·~~-~~::!~"'~m::~ •;b~:;:e!:. ::t:~~·~ e::,;o:n"Ze~·~:~:~-::: ~:..N;:~~a=tatlall ?f .....,,~ I oufactu"o<, of reiWnt..llt l\' e 111 thetr o wn •·1ty <'OUiil'IL ben m_ of dilftNIII trade. wbleb biTe will tbe }'ede.f1!t.io<~ a..,.. jta aeoeral St eam Fitten, aod the The workc n1 lun ··· tlt·cid cd the lollttll' and they h11n! d ec ided it nat ... ye fteed ' forn~ios •• or- membership aad tbu 01111 for aii.U\ed Uai... 11 Wfll th eir Ullt jlll'llliono.hlc privilege to do 110, P 1111-'lioll of r aw · . period.. llany anloa1 taoror 11~11 inHI tllcmlleh·o•~t. :•,:~~:~~:~~a~~~~~~~~~~ r1~~:~·,, ··.~;~:i~~l;·~~~~~~i1~1 ~·~::~~~~~;11~~~- 1~r~Jt~r;!'e,~;t~:~tf::~ ofT~=~Ia~~~~~~:o:~'~;:~nu~it1 ":u;;~ er~~=~~ r;::::.'u1110e;'!~~0!e~e ~; ~:de .~::·::~r~l!.lu bave in t•hoO!Iilll(' r••j)ri.'llt·lllllli \'f·~ of t lw lUIIIIter cll\1111 who at least unde r· !<.!lind RIHI_III'PI'<'<'illlt' tho• \' Rhlt' of p uhl ic pow~r lind know lJOw ton~ it f u r tlwtr u wn l•t·lwfit. lltll the ll'orke rs wtll hll\'t' to foot t he hrll ruul lwllr t)Jt• t·otllll'fiiii'IH"i'll. 1111d if t hr•y nrt· not to their lik ing. they ~lt\:t.' HI ll'll~l the 1111.tillf11.dion that t lwy nrr l('l'Hi n g w"h.at tl1 ey were J"!'rf« t .a.otoDomy ' 0 n a _I01'trnmeat. b latl!e t ltiH tbe <'~rioo• ualo_n• bne a Ce.~tr~l La!~'" Unooo or 11 CIIJ Trade-. Count •!, wh•ch Ia coom~d ot de.l~al~ ~:::. e•·ery trade onloa 111 lllat ,eltr or eompo..ed ot 150 utioll&l ud inWaa· tlonal ullloq, U •tate. federation•, 83 eeatn~l labor unlowr LDd u federal Dllio~s. • The b~t organized lnde 1, tbe prilll- tto.rdl• of ubltratioll 111 labor Caolda lau re-ed a <'Ompulaory tratloa taw, wbkb Ia looktd upoa favorably bJ t he wor ku.. The A.}'. Or L. au rrO vnl ..erul \QIIIl g for . . . . · . . . Ear b atllle ba• 111 "Stale Federatioa i11g trade. It b k11own u tbe lJitena. bel; eatk trod• h11 a label of ltl . Tlw Soeta h11LII ha n• doni' th~~lr ~~ut,L 1111(1 they w 11! coutm ue to do of l.abor, .. «lDiiJt.ing of del~gate~~ f rom tioul Typoarapbleal Uoloi. :Silltty· Tbe AJIIII!rleao Fed.ratlou of ~:.~~-~~~~~t;~·;rt'l\~~~~=:~:r~t~~:0;o~~~':~n1~~~-\~~:~i~~;~~~~~~-'~~:~l~h;et~11~~~~~~8P?.'alist ~~=m ",~:o;:•:a:~:~io~:~e; ,.:~~:u•:'~,~:! i.~O:;;- :,~ 10h,~=~:. ri:, e:,!: ~~~ :!' ~~~b~:--~~;1 8 :::; .1 1 . 1 . . . . wilbin the • J.te. Tbe obj~t of tb- •pent t-5,000~ for en ei&llt lloor day i11eeptlo11 11 bee \\'t- h11n• uo p e rlltllll\l llll l'rrMI ~ m th111 matte r Apart from the In· t.ih · an•l •Urte ff'•lt rltioo1 Ia to aid aad a«ttatloa, wb1~b proved. •oceufol. Tbe ch&lll" ;0 polieJ &lid to·r••MI or t he working people to w h ich we belong. But lUI membera ,.; thd r influence ht wh.uever.rnaon~r rresl belt orguized trad~ are the t loa. The rs.ak eod file 11 t h 1• wurkint: o·lnllll wt· Hrt• hi~o:h ly iut t ro'fiiCd in tht' N'OIIOIIlH.' nnd I· for tbe bf.nellt of tbe labor building traa..-, tbe brewtl')' workera, all.e ttlt~ 111 order to tr.. ticnl nu1nipu lntiou of that 1' 111~"· nnd the ouleomc of th e I i tbe rai! N~ed workera, tbe boot aad eliot tbeir eonu11o11 ece•,. n~nin l' r0\' l'li to 1111 thnt the intt·ll~:cllu!l e mnneip11tion of the fonVentlonl of \be Amerl· worhrtr, tbe elpnu.ktra aod tome of ttle1 roort Of1'&ailte i11 a _,,., ....,, .,. ••.•. 11111111 prt·ced•• the ir !IOCilll ('1/lHiwipll t ion. _ of Ubor take pl•ee an- the Deedle tra~. will make t.bfl'll etra111 aad · Hi ~ttt n rt ing _i" 1~0! to he r XJ>I'Ct ed unle!IJI ".~~'" h11vr lll lllined . I 11 whlcb' tbe unite of I be Fed· Tbe 1"-' 1~:5 _proved to be' a eritieal abl@ . Tile teadeaey loward i'··•···'""'"M'"<S are eatillf'd to u marrr d~le- yur !11 lbe llt1 o( labor ooiooa. TH ortnlatloa l01t•d of f'r&h 11 J, 11it 1· o f right t h111 k1111('. und it 11hall ])(·our bti&IIH'f\11 t o promote th inking nmo nJ; our ft-llow workl'rll. lbey cboo.e to eleet, whb bot uy for .pelit.ieal a.et>oo iuelf lion i• crowinr nronge.r Th~:rc ir; u,;efu l work for Hll of us to d o. t·or11rlltlcll. useful for every four tbo~ruad mem· hurd. · Tbe Mdera, bowe..er, foreaaw many Dlliou «&clay are ,. 1111 oblin~o: work. ,.,lifying work. that will call fortl1 tlw hcHI thrlt eoATentio~• du ide upo11 tbe daDJtr •bit b woold befaU tbe ao· tbe way tor tAt form lUi nnd ta x u ll nur nhilitic11 to the utmoKI. !.t·l UK de\'Oit' 11.11 ou< l =~~~~~~~~=j~~~~~~~~~..,.~~~~~~~~~· I ~~L~' i " •W•' rll 11nd t•!lf' r~o:"i•·~ 1•• it . l.l't 1111 IO'i\'C 0 1!r wholt' live." to the a11d robbery, b111 1b11 tin111lu•d tn~ k of nrouKing th•· mlllll<h< t n o;n•·lnl ~elf-con!ICIOUSIICBII prn1111t 1_:1'111!111 of teo tlw IWII!If' of r;ot·iRI ()uty and r c11ponsi hility. J,e t us dedica t e lion by wblcb tb.e workf'n ot I he fruita of lbeir labor IWII' t•li t u th e llp\t•/t<Jitl 1110\'e iiH'Ilf w\tit·h iN dt>Kt int::d ~)' th~ ':ery A poli(e .-bief bad tbe audacity to denied a lair cobu ce of nwl ro'n l iti··~ o f Ol.lr rn01lern Jifl' to lil>t-rnt f' t h~: worktng mtlhotLM · t ha t i f lbe .,.ork.-r• would only hfl •le•·elopment. A11d t he th•· o· r~~t·lllt~poti!trn o f fo•l!.r, i~tun~u t• ~··· Rnflt>apitMiiflt . exploita 1ion. 111d not .-n•·r tbe ri(b, I tbi1 gTtlt &lid u~h-tnoal init utto- 11 llt' W, 11 r.-ul1.1· lmrnun cn·ihr.utin n . IMl greatly r.-dueed. of th.e dl.eontentcd wotk!!nla hOt· lt't~·. • •de probt~m•, ]Hil l:. IN THE SA ME BOAT un 1tcr•l aod -••1 but ;r If ,n lll !'"""''!!.'! t lw 1110•1111s to ; njuy Jifr. ;•njny _it. fori~ will not ]w;t kno..·• bi~ boainHs al all h!! must ko_aw hu t 11,.,-,.r furf.l•'l thut _v our [if,. i~ honml u p With the 1~··('1; ?f uthe r11, . I he workera " a rule are 1101 er~m· ~;:: ~.: : .~·;,;~','~i:,~·;:; ,: : : ·,~. .1:~:::::~:,~:::::~::~:.' ::;,:;•;:::!:~~~·;.::i,:":C; lllt'lllt~ nf •·:~: i~lt·IIN'. , >I •• betau~~t~ o.oe.l~ty ba1 rob- riiJbtttolly beloap, ll&mely, upotl o_f ~very opportunity to make sb011lden of eapitati•t 110eietr wbiell hTtng by lllllful W'Of k. a Teritlble bot~ of eriminaii!J. · l 1.1111 rt'>ll t'tlillo·ut with t lw wo·ll. fomldo•(] 1'011\"lciiOII !hill 110 p11Wo·r f'll /1 into•rf;•r•· with tlwir rig"ht t u a dt'l'f'nl li,·in~t. 1t i11. tl~o•rduro·. IIHI mo·ro• t~t•ntiuwtliHiity. it ifl our w·,•ll·ou"I'·~Oood i uto•t"l">~l t lult prumpts 11.~ '" tnk1· 11 lin•ly intrrellt in 1111.'1<. ~hnrl\•nm inl.,'li 111111 t•lllit•II\'Otli of our rdJowrnen . 1.ur o wn .. xi!ll\•11!'' '"' ur 1· inlt•rwovo•n wit h tht' thn•ncl>< o f :dl •'lnlou rk•·•l in t ho· l<lt lllf' hnnL R!ld if tllllt fuunders we wr.···k··•l. I" "'" W HAT H AVE YOU DONE? .\ II t lw t lro·"l"t•l i<·lll n• futnt io n~ so-•·nll,... l of SociRii~nr Hro• ll!Htble o·h11n~•· tlrt· ,·.. nditintr .,f tllilllo,'l< wl1wh rnnko• ~·inlism IH'<'•·ss.n ry uw•·ttnl •l•·· t in,· ,.,..~.·u t uo l ··hntr![•• is uu r '""·in\ •·nnolit iOtl-t tcud iu~ lu · hurdo·llll .,f tlw wnrki nc pt·nph· wnultl lw lt. liH!t'll he llrr 1\1111 I ntwillll Ur,l!\lllll'n\ H)!Hiii!;J ~- inJi~lll th1111 nil t ho• t'llltliY I II t1111wi1tlio ns lnun.-!~t·•l n j!ninst it. But tu• such efft'tll\"C · · I ln.•o·!l nllt•UI!Jh•d h,r tlw rulill,l! o•]H"-"''~~ uw l tho·ir poli~ical llo·llo'f'. t ho•t'OIIIph•h • fn ilurt• in tlwrr vttin eiTnrt to 11[\root thflllf.lhhl in lht• h••ntl11 111111 ht•nrlll of t hQik• whu 1111\'t• Olll~l' l>iJC~li rir&IICf' nf tilt' Su1•iRli11t 1110\'{'/llCill. T o Rll thO!<t' tl~·uuncint i•Jml a.nd icllo• lit'CiamHtiotlll t.ho•r.• nlwa.v" !'f'llll!.itul the c rus hiut: re p l,• ·: \\'tlat han· you '"~"li•t l•••.,;;,;ou whn\~;:.,;:::' :!o~~·~r~o8(~;;~~;~;';, ~:~~;:~~~~:,::~ :;:Iii~~::~ of !"inn~. tlw " tleft r t ru~I L'tl uri~hhorli .. of t h e offiN·· hnntt·r. the " itll••lli)..>t•nt work in!O'nu-n •· uf tlw IIJ•nil.stnllll hit\'1'! 11ga.iu hl....'OIIlC the trus ll. t ho• ij!uOrll nl (•rowd . tlw ,· ilt· mn lt itmle dt:m~n·in~ to. be wink.~]. •h~·t·h·t..J nud hrnwl~o•uto•n hy tht· master IUHltl" of liOCiety ntH!ti ft"'t t\o-stim· it ifl to ruJt• the J>•.'OP]I' wi th an iron hand. Of tht·v ,\un't li.ll\' ~. tlw\' IU't' too Hhruwd for that. hut thl'ir tho·l r thout:hti. llov.; Jon~. work in~ 111('11 of Amer ic11. i y un no.•ln·11 with l.H:i lll! plRyt>U with 1111d mlltlt• tools nf tu vour nwn into' n"'tJ;f llow ofH·H must this lMSOn be reJ~Rted ;·on )!rll."J' its me11n in~tf l or o.oe.ial jiUitiel!. ) oo ba•·e no rit:bt wbatenr ,:,::,::~~,~::::~,'~.:7::.7:. :;:.,~:~~:~~E·~:~:7,, ,•nd Ro·ull•njoynwut of life. r t>nl ~t111ftu~twn '""'-~. 1,. J'Ofl.'lil•lt• only who•n tlw o•xi.;tt•n•·t· uf t.ll _or. us i~t HI,-('IIT'i'. ~:.e::..:~::" ~= :t=a~, :~~ cra~lrrg � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-11-08 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Socialist Increase Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/5f795d3540c8e0c979f13d8e94ed0da2.pdf efee00c6b6d91a9932db50b3cf8f991e PDF Text Text EXTRA! To~Nightl To-Night! RUNNING FOR OFFICE tra w Totea WW't taltu iD departmot;a Qf t\e Pie~ plut TblltldiJ"MQQII,t they For Wft'e DOl ih the e•pi~t. ~ ll&b.Oaey •••.••••••• • SO OtB:Wl . . • .,.. •... ~. . : 19 Stoddart .. .._.. . .. .... 11 . FUhrmann .. .; '.. .. . • �.. ····'··· <X>LUMBIA TURN HAll 1t61· 12"6Gea~&. ~turd•p €otnlng, nootmbtr /51b, Adml~ou 1 ~- Fo; Chief Judge of the Court or Appe~~~, . HENRY ·~ SLC>B0DIN ,OF NEW 'VORK CITY. For Aasodat.e {udge oJ the ~urt oL.Appeals, -... H. D. Wll..C<?X OF EL~IRA. For .Supreme Court Justice, · ' WltL!AM S. P1-HLLI~S. For-Supreme Court Justice, V&11uble J'ri&M. I VALJ;NTINE KUCH. 326 Virginia St. Ou bloc:II: f rom t he Prole&f.rlaa Olub. .;"::".::•c::•::•c:.;•::::•:..;T:;••:...:.:;.;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;..I Clear Havana THE 6) J ,::='jj,;t)HAJ I. Qualifier Cigar 5 CUTS STIUIIHT E~~ti;~~~=D a.a ""- N. :1770 I imoke the Famoua Comptroller I. ·B. TAYLOR Asseaor U)j/,, uN•o,; HATs All Union -made Goods. lllr. DI•'::.,~~:,~ Ask lor Unlon-ffiade Cigarettes LWI T he Home of Union Label Oothinr H ATSfL PARK BAND ·.. . . " .I,. 1' 0 DANaNG . .. Pk:TuREs MoviNG < . SP.ECIAL W'IR·E • R 1 LOUis ·F. REXIN ·: 0 Sl"!TS~h•f~ > i')"•' Judge of the City Con'rt , WILLIAM -F . CA'M'ELL County' Jud'ce HENRY lfATTHEWS Commialio~cr of Count~ Charities . i\fRS. DORA FOSTER Q,·erseer of the Poor SAMUEIJ LEARY Couueilmen · WILHELM .ALMENDINOER !~. ~~~~g~~ Union &as Burner Go. mE KltiC OUTfiTTERS ss~E=~!:)at 31 ...... . _: / · Mayor STEPHEN J. MAHONEY PA~I/1-S f.lta~ ~<• 131'10 JAM~~~: g:~;;TONI CUT THIS OUT ~~ THIS ~OuPoN AND TEN CENTS W'li.L' ADMIT ONE TO · BROADWAY AUDITORIUM ELECTION NIGHT .1 •: ·, W. WOJCECBOWSKl i1 1 Asffmbly Firat District-Domonic De Sio Second DiJJtrict-Wililam G. Roberta Third District-Charles Phillipa Fourth District-John ·P . Wannemacher Fifth District_:_Conrad ileid Sixth DisiQ..et- HermaD Eilitz Se,·enth District-William Smith Eighth District-Frederick Grawender Ninth District-Herman C. Glass M4 Seneca Street BULLETT'S SHOES Ma"d~ HAVE A REPUTATION THERE'S A REASON Made of real Lcathh The kind that Wears With our c:normous out.. put, combinl."d w ith ou'r ,.,.-"' cheap upstairs rn1t, we are in a position to gi'·e Yalues that cannot be duplicated elsewhere, PR I CBS $2.00~0 $4.00 .;-~ .z ' I,- ,• - ,•• .~ •'· --;;-, ... · · -.· ... H. S. BULLETT, 56 ~::.~trttt • ·J Asltate and aubeorlbe for the lllrDetter•:eettuno. • The aol7 o-&o .,..,.~pliC' la &be t&a..;: <iu.&IIH of Mew York Olt7, NSJft" • eeadnr tbei.P..reuof~ Worklq- 01-. -10oeatlfOt8mmlbe. Offiu, 315-317 Ga>aoe's-t 0 • - BofWo. N.Y. 'Su)Jeniaor Firat Ward-Vixley Ry\'Crse Seeond Ward--John G. Cooper Third \Yard-Chsrles Plauman Fourth Ward-Charlet Faessler Fifth Ward-John L. Pier Sixth Ward- Ds"id Unlphl'(!y\'ille Se'·enth. Ward-Morris Braunstein Eighth Ward-A. G. Erftenbeek Ninth \Vard-Otto Stilke Ele,·entb Ward- Paul Vogel, Jr. Twelfth Ward-I~. C. Beesing Thirteenth Ward-Charles Roesch Fourteen'th Wiird-Chsrlea AdalWI Fifte('nth 'Ward-George Habicht Sixtccnth~ward-John Vogel Seventeenth Ward-Albert Bayer Eighteenth Ward~ulius Knapp Nineteenth Ward-Albert Abiatti Twentieth Warci- Artlmr Upton Twenty-tint Ward-L. G. Harvey ;: ' 0 1 Twenty-fourth-Jo.eph ·Ball Twentr-fi!th Ward~arles J. Williamaon ~t Twenty-sixth Wafd-Lantrill Geiger _ i·. · 1\yenty-aeventh Ward-Chai-les W. Willett 1: '•' :··i 1 Admis.sion ~boUt cOupon 15 Cenia , 1 1 ~ RETURNS FROM SCHENECTADY·AND OTHER CITIES •. I - l This is the Evening the Socialists Will Enjoy Themselves AUSPICES LOCAL BUFFALO; soaAUS1' PARTY What Is Chiropractic '" '!""'' ,,... ~ ., Kl-RO-PR~K- TfK is the na.me applied t o 8. method or locating nod removing the ph}''ical cau.e or di~ by adjus ting tbe displnccd vertebrae (booes of the ..,m~) · to their norma l position, thus remoring the pree~ure from nernt . Evtty organ ot tiuu~ in the !turtUlD body muat rtttiv~ its controlling influence through iu n~rYe connection with the brain, Preuure ,on tbtle nen·n will cauae d ise~. Jf.you a~ aick, One or mo~ · of your vertebrae nre out of alignmerit, causing prnsure on nerve!. To adjust t beR ' •ertebrae into thdr · normal aitue is the aim aod nccomJ)liahment of the akilla:J Chiropractor. ANALYSlS l'RI!lL BOTH PHONES. YJt.ITE POR l.JTBJt.A""I:\JR&. F. O. HANSON, D. C. BdaiD'•"-" ~ Near Elmwoocl A;,._ 262 W. Utlc;(Str<et . Graduate of the Palma School of ClJ.hopnctic, Dan:nport. Iowa. ·:->"·,· BUFFALO SHOE CO. Af!NBCA AND BLLICOTT BTA- i! ~·;~,~-~ -~=~::::~:~~-;!:;!amin Taylor • • •, • •., j:;- '·': Cut out this coupon. It is good for five cent& With ten cents It will · aclmlt you to the big dolnga. 1 ·: Aldennen First Ward-Ssmnel A. Fawkes Second Ward-Adam Schembs Third Ward-Michsel Roll Fourth Ward-D. F. Stranahu Fifth Ward- ;\I. W. Perine Sixth Ward-Jerome J . Smith Se\'Cnlh Ward- Ilenry Goldstein Eighth Wi rd- Louia C. Gena Ninth Ward...-E. 11. Gierman Ele,·enth Wsrd- Paul Krier Twelfth W11rd-Roseoe C. Ahl'l Thirteenth Ward-AUgust :\filler F'ourtl'enth Ward-II. J . Duth Fiit('enth \\'a rd- John Venhern Sixteenth Ward-John C. Coughl:n Se\'cnteenth \Vard-Leonard Perry Ei.:htt.>enth Wnrd-Willter Palmgren Kinctecnth Ward-Ilarry Peterson Twentieth Ward- Henry Tutthill Twenty-first Ward- Archie Heuden:on Twenty-second Wa rd-George fl Freeborn Twenty-third Ward-C. U- King Twenty-fourth Ward-J. R. Mcintosh Twenty-fifth Ward- Inrin Lincoln Tweuty-ai:s:th 'ward-Charles Grimm T\\'euty-aeventh Ward-Frank Cahill" $15 Suits and Overcoats .. $JO Suits and O vercoats , . $2.00H.lts . . Union 1~ • ! r: ~",I MEN~ . -----~-:>, ~-IQ\ C.nte of thoee wonderful BUffalo Shoea ' 't'"- 1(!; ,..-~. !J-~l~ Collltablt-t :--· ~77! · f'· Second Ward-Frink Ehrenfried ·-;....... f:> · · ' ' · 'I· · ··-r... · FittJ} Ward-Frederick Kimmick Sixf.h Ward-Emil Opler · Ninth Ward-Ernett Stilke Eleventh Ward- William Cadin Twelfth Ward- E. 0. Baum TIU~th Ward-Frederick Goodall Fourteenth, Ward-Douglau Bellerje&u Fifteenth Ward- Frank Wiese . Sixteenth 'Ward-:Johu RoiWkram Seventeenth :Wafd--J. N. Koehlet Eigtiteenth ' "ard- Fr&nk Knapp Nineteenth' Ward-=George•DeGraU Twentieth Ward.!:..Axel Peter190n Twenty.f\n:t War4-R· 0 . Mel;ealfe Tweoty-ai:s:th Ward-Re.id McCredie "l'wtnt..J'...v.I!J1th Ward~oteph Rottrb \OJ We wantyoutotryapalr I 000 pair. Men•s- $4.00 011 1500 pair ~ys all "?l(d :"".."~ j Grain Wqrt; Shoe~. D width knock SChool Sh\'"5, size only . . . . • ~.46 ! 1 to_,s . . J . , • ~* th110041poo llolb.Bdala 8boe0o, betaN lfoftmberla,t.ad ~ wlllbeNdeemed . . . . . IOc.•a.-.,CIIi..,patrot...UO.._.f._ wort.•-60. "-CO.t&:oioa,~IIO. o.. _,_.-- . .. !(of pod afWll~- lM:l~llo ....... - ........... ,._, lflapn • Doaw. ........... ~. ...,..,e.r.....l a-tea-.. 8pec:lal, Bo1 bud aa.cte.. _.dl Nlapn Doable W "-1010lf.~UO; IIIDI.II~. la1 tbe~fot8obooi0.,... ~~ aoa-. ' Nlabtl Uid:U IQ.JOdoloak. �r .... -.SPEAKERS .. &tephen J. Mah.oney • ' I Candidate for Mayor .. ' George -R. ··Kirkpat-rick · · of New York City \ James H. · Maurer President Pennsylvania Federation of Labor. J, STEPHEN JAMES H.' MAURER MAHONEY ' ' / BROADWAY AUDITORIUM . ., . ·.. ' -- To· ighl .Doors open •t . . -. 7 P. M. · . .' SOJ NT.A'S .-To. .. - ,• Admission 15 Cents �P\1IIL.1!Hm ....at.T IITTHlll . BUI'FALO SOCALIST PUJiusmNG COMPANY ;. (. _ , _ . .) t(K.405Mueu.all.Jfe&c.ldb!.c ILUlT'Df KBZaUUt. , . _ HDatY TUTT1QI..L..-~ BUJIPALO. N.Y. . ,. ·, ~ · l'lt.UIIt IDCitDa'IPIID. T..;..,. Y . P, CATTm.L..._ . . . ..... . . A.dlhl. 60&-6115 Ja.tua1 LIM ButWmc BUPP'ALO. N. "f· ~P!bSUIOP'fyeu,SOcth~piY .... .ill ....... • ~ .. ~IDoltkf)111M:S.,I9Jl,.dtb.pCIIleifbda.&alo.lWw't.t, Ulldettbcadolllardi3.U" . SATURDAY, N O ~ I, 1913' , , THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE • On eleetion day tht: peopl(> are excrcisiug their 10\·e~ignti; the rest oi ~h e yea r they arc the tl~c subjects ?f. those whorq,.thcy, ha \·c. elected, if they persist in makmg the pohual agcnt.t ~{- th':!f ploit~,l~=;irw~::t:;si,e thlrir own mnsteu , they 1uutt elect •~en ~f th eir •wn 11tamp and mind, whom !he): eft~ alway• control aud. I~ ueed be, n ocall , by their party orginll%.-1:1011, 1f they should eVC!" sholl 8 you· ha"e cx pcrieuef.d whene\'t:r ,\·ou ':ot_,.,J for candidates rce~mmeuded by uothing hut their skill in t!f'r <•J\'Jilg ~-ou ns to you r own J~ltc.re&tl. . The time will t'OIII(' W"ht.:u thr mR!i-"('8 of tlu• AlnerJcan. 'll'orkmg mcu will AConJfully n•so•nt n n~· propn511l to ,-ote for -Anybody eb e but 11 SociRli&L But il tnkt·tl 11mn..: mor11.\ •·ourlli{C 11ml a good dea l li ll Y ~~~~~~~a~~f~~~ ;.~~, ~.!~:. ';~~~-~~"0~~~:~~~~~~~~~~:~;eul8 J•olit1~~ ~~~~~~::~· ~~~~~~~·!~~~::h~'·r. ,:~ ::~ ~~a 1\0;1 ~i·~-w m11ny or how few 1 .... . . ...... ,.. __.,. umy foiiO-.t·. or ,Jo you lu•luug to /iw !imiol one;; who d11rc not tru11l their own jntlguwnt T Fuhru111 1111 sny11. ,·i•·t• mull\ 1{0: O'Bri~~ou uys. !he ~Ji,•es 1 do~'CI: SUH.!tlnrt excl!tim ~. our yoU Ill-( pe?~ l e mtul't ~ t..:ndcrloin inllucuct>ll. But ) I KhOnt•~·- \'Olcm g the 1 ;., 111 , (leda res. we mus t pn ~- men nnd women · ~~~~~:~r~~ Jf:dd~:~~:Jt11 ~:~~:~·~:·:r~::~~~~~~~. ;Jrctutt h1011:CI)i ll1UJ• I J1 ~ Whicb \to you thi nk Is th e most ijt' UIIiUle methotl of lighting \'ice nnd crime'T • <; You con1ploin of yo ur lt'adc111. lmt if the)· do not live ·UP 'to · cx pe<-.t at ionll why. t\lt'n. 1!0 you still follow them I . " The Je~~ode f"'l of any loody of men 1\'f"e mmully neither better nQ.f' ::~~~~:~~~~ ,:!1~:.tolltr:::· ~~~~dtl;:~~=:;~· ~ ;~,~e:~':o w~~~~~~~p~: o1her men'• jmh:ml'n t ttnd courage M to be toltl what to do and What not to do, how e11 o you jutlgf' wheth('r or not yo u are properl y ad\:iaed 811d It'll ! If ~·ou a rc ahk to form such jud !!'mcnt, if yo u unders ta nd po~it i on 111(1 your tuk , if you know whAt ought and ··.-· ,-··• ···_-, . to b1• done in th iR 11mlthlll l'II.IIC. you cert ainly need no I)()SRI. If you ,\o uot like your leaders. try to do without them; is tilt' onl,\· ro11d to cma.nl'ip11tion 011en to yo u. The lcldt.:TM iu any cnnae are the p-roduct of those wantint to. be · led. ~ ./·· .._:,:, 1 8 AORIFIOE8 W:henner .you an· Raked to u.eriflce your interest. your bf.ing. your manhood, to that of other l}e()Pie, demand to know nnd mAke the auswer a suUjcct of aeriou{ reflection. This · a\titude of C\'C ry intelligent pen on, and it is in\·ariably the · ()r tha-e who are living on the Hlnmy 11ide of life. \ 'Jt ia one' thing ,-oluntarlly to_.. uc riflee )'aunelf to a ~:i\i:rhJ'm: i~r:g~:~~ i~1 i~~~~il": at~oi~: =en sacrifice y ourtelf to the m&\erial intCrests of a powerful Dc.n't you \ bink that your intere11t11 ne }lilt inter-etta of ot.bflr pe~mle, and that you r life Q 'a .. .n lld.ble .. that or anyope elae' If ueriftee& are needed for the common tb it aeeordiug to their,. ability, or . if it ia a l!ecording to the beneftt they expect to derive juttieto, and without 1oci-.l juttiee no b·elllthTut ~ . - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Capitalism Bankrupt Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/5abb3944c1792b01a8d4177c8694d4bb.pdf 7c94f3697c2567d8c47b49dc83bf6b8d PDF Text Text EXTRA! HOUR Detroit ·S treet Ca~ -M-en to Receive Tha-t Sum SoME -DifFERENCE TO,__ . . I ONE-CENT RAISE HEREI EVERYBODY Off AT THE BROADWAY AUDITORIUM Men Win Three Points of Four Under ArbitrationSo= Difference to that In Buffalo-A Pointer for ' Fuhrmann, and His ~ter Butfalo Fah. Meeting Saturday Night wiU be History in Socialist Movement - Reserved Seats Almost ·GOne·..:.. • · Everybody Can Hear in Big Hall. "'Off for the Broadwi!.y A udi- ~ b~ there. It will be a tre:lt long torinri1," will be the :-hout heard to be remembered. I t will be an throug-ho ut the city tomorrow intdlectu:tl. feast. ni~ht. . . . George R. Kirkp:ttrick. of New E\·crybody w1ll be headmg 111 Yo rk. the author o f an internathat dire<:tion. \Yhy? tiunal-famed book: JamN H. BecaUS(" it promises to be the l i\laurer, Socialis t CX-IUCI!Ibcr or greatest event in the polit_ical his- the Pennsylvania Legislature a nd torv in this city. Not smcc the !'resident of the Pcnn!"vlvania tinie that Eugene V. Debs ~poke St:J.te Federation o f L:r.bt~r: sOL in this citv was there !'O much Field!ll:ln, of ~ew Yo rk the I N 0 T ~·a 0 S SED - ---::II!' ft~~1•11 i~1~~"~::~s~:~:,~~~-~~tan~l1~: :~~~~~~s~<~~~dt l~;~"if~~11no~f le~~ Eli::»- ~~~~is~~;yf,~; ~~~k;~~ ;~,\!,~~~~~~d ~~e/;~;~~~Jdid~~~a 1f~~?t·ny:r~!a~~! B U T 0 R I V EN :~a~!tsa~l~:lttl:~~gl~~~r,~:at:u::n!~~i,~t~ ~\~:~ic~d~~~=~t~t~ ~~~~1rc~~~er;t t~! Capitalist Parties Hold Burlesque Meetings standing room will he at :1 premi.um. fhc ,-er~- ~~~~t of sp~ak~rs :1t th~ comm:1nd of the Socialist m~)\'ement ha v~ bc~n procured for !hrs e\·entful occas1on .. !he leadm g star:,. o~ th~ Socralr:;t platform . wrll gn·~ d oquent utterance to the great. m~ssagc oi working cla s~ emanc1p_ a t10n. . Fort~ut ate, l!ldccd. w1l1 tiJO!IC he who wJII have the opport unity to Sc,·cnl thousand people hon·~ who pays the bills can break the suggest that' the Republicans had taken rt:fug~ from the ~ain, the l~ ws or call out the militia at any a fau lt or two. Four cops did ~~::!~:~~~e ~ffe~~~gst~n~nJ~~us~~; tu~-~e fact~ above which han rec itation ~ ~eh~ered by t_hc pup- developed as a part of the se\·eral pets of captt~hs~ warrmg for candidates attempting to discredit nmtrol of th1s o::u~·one another sho11ld gh·e lluffalo .-\ny citizen who has attended \'Otcrs a good view of the inner meeting,; of all thrC'!e parties held meaning of politics. [n order to fully appr(Ciate the at Elmwood Music llall and the Broad\0-ay :\udito~ium , will have !atest meetings held by Stoddart m the Elmwood :\tusic Hall and learned the followmg facts : l SI . Detective \\"illi;un Burns o·~rian in the Broadway Audiha~ invutigatcd the'! present ad- 1tor1Um one must ha,·e a keen ministration and reports ' t hat sense oi" humor. Speeches wcr~ there are 140 house~ of ill-r!=pute not the only e,·cnU on the proin lluffalo whose income is S6oo- ~ gram. 000 per year. and 2 1 wide ~ At e Stoddart meeting th~ g.;r.mhling with entert.;r.ined by a quar_police protection, under the juris- tell~ sfuging coon songs. They diction of ~lichael Regan and were the only really good thing :\l a~·or Louis P. Fuhrmann. · on the card and deserved ..all the 2 nd. Corporation records show applause they recei\•cd. that John Lord O'Brian; Whose' Mr. Stoddart read his speech as campaign promises h&\'e •~Sist- usual and said nothing of great cd largely in desc:fillini what he importance. We ha\"C all heard W? uld do to the General, _.Eiec· it before ~rom other lips as well tnc Company and the lnterna- as from h•m. He seemed to find tiona\ Railway Co., is owned t rOuble ·in reading and going heart and soul by Chauncey Ham· through the proper gesticulations lin, his law partner, who hu a at the same time. P ract ice will !""illion dollars wyrt? of sti:!Cic doubtless remedy this. joint~ com~e crowd~~ h~ i~ca:~~~ ::t~~s which . . · . . . . Jrd. A glance at hts campatgn hst shows that Mr. _Thomas Stod· th~~edu~~~i:o:cns' meeting at the Autorium drew a large crowd that came principally out of morbid curiosity, to hear the Burns report of the \'icc and gambling in th~ city. O'brian stated e,·erything else but the names of the owners o! the ten~erloin property. \Ve wdllook th1s up O\Jrseh·es in the "7-ar future and WOilldn't be surpnscd to !earn that some ~f that _P~Ope~y IS owned by our best. clt_tzef!S ~s den· loped ~ notonou:;ly Ill Chtca.go and Mtlwaukee. _ _ . T he C1tr?-ens' party mtroduced a novel~y m the way of an ··applause mducer." A man with a couple of slats stood at t~e back ~~~~e t~al~t=~td t~=~e ~:i~a in in when the Lo dlj p p~ ~mpo t t . tr_ h~hn ma~c The a; ~nal ~n~nt tts s~ecc · street ~~ men a c~rr:·o . ozen O'B ·a b d .hmg an fo "t n tl an_ncr ~a c t 1e crown thr~ _a: -~a ~r d.:a':ld' •1·atch 1 th!y mt~g~• ~ ~''' 1 11 ~t .a~ then ho~seandd':.:m~ e Ja wtt FIFTY TO .ONE Wall Street Journal Shows Condition of Unemployment Existln~ In N ew York City Through Strike of U,.S..-POstal Chauffeurs. ! '"Mail truclc dri,•er~ did not forsec 1,6oo men amuous to fill thirty-one vacancies.-'' . _ The above quotauon IS an ~dtt- t hat problem off the face of the earth. E\·ery Socialist knows the importance of this problem. But he knuws more than that He yesterday's Fifty to one. The ~ditorial !lcribc probably did not know the significan!!C and importance of the little statement he glicfully makes. Fifty to on~. That's A h~.nU<h 1of5 Su~~by kSup_plcAn amus ing incident occurred just what these figures repr~ment . nc e ams ro c mto to emphasize the "free speech" sent. the nud~le. of_a speec.h ,and ~,-e fcat.Jue of tbesc meetings. After Thin:y~ne jobs made \'acant a good 1mltat1~n ,. of ·.marching tC'!lling of the Burns in,·estigation by the strike of the chauffeurs on the mail trucks and sixteen hun1 0 drcd men ready and "anxious" to take their places. S;iy, :Mr. had ; pent an thto ... \Vorkman, you ve heard some of hour descnbmg how bad the AJ,'ain the police: did thei duty. us Socialists make the statement Democrat Party is. someone in 1Such is the way' of a italist t hat there arc 50 men to every the audie:nce had the ncn•e ' to politicil rriceting. job. but of "course you said " well that's only th.e Socialist saying so.'' Are you satisfied now? Ha\'e \\"ould you like to know these thinr.:s to? Well, read up on Social i~m and you will know. Not only will you know- but you will act. You will join the Socialist Party. You will vote for Socialism. Be· cause Sociali5m aboli1h uncms>loyment and there will he no fifty men to e"rry job, T here will be just one. man to e very job. And there will be a. good JOb for e\·ery man who wanu to work. And he will want to work becau.s;c he will get all that labor IS worth without "divid- ~~i!1 1 ~~:~;af~~:~~~ ;~fio~h~n ~~~~t:::m~~n~t f~~ ~~-~~g!d~~~e~ath:rh ;:ug~ :~ =:~w:m~n~~~~~~~iv~t 50~;~~~ ~srugu~~::~· Th~ o;~~~~tzrr~h: th~;::a~~~~art ~·Br~~·-~!wh~en~:idd -':~~ • WIIIKERS Ca.r . APPEAL OPENS "HIS HONM"- -NIT OT;~~:::· ~tcl,~~~;~:: :r~ . doe~ ~ow get_- SOCIALIST PARADE :\fotor ~o., and other mterests !hat a.re talnng .a chance: at .e:lectmg- hun, lc:nowmg that the man ~;r:n th~ .!•Ggr u;~oo tl)ili-a~-" trial It or. beat :;~n~n f~~ ~~i~tf.ys .that wear at~di~._;::: 8 11?; !ucs0 1d~~ My~An'n~~ . ~ • opeDed before the UD.it!d State. wm w • ' ? aan Cirwit Court of Appe&b today a warrant to fanl;JShC:t; ¥1-e..pay and &.rfUlDeo.11 will eoDtbue fo; thch~)ni: ~rR~(:~t ~m:: thiee da_;ra. ~ ius~s~k at t~at. 1 Y ~ u • - -- This judge getl $1.Q'JO a month 1111111111JT salary and the Ne"" York dty ftiiiMJI . ComptrOller is dirtttcd by the • garnishee ' warnnt. to take: ant mMnll't' $.100.00 a month of it until Mrw. aiiiii.Jl cl U1J1 Baldwin's judgmen"t is paid. -' "ThO~ ,ve the kind that tar: -W~fetr~ arouad tfte titk oi ''Hooonb~" ........_.,_ . . . ~-.._ andthe:booksko.,•towtotbem. c11n y ........ lint . r BAl. llriJH III.D ' ftJI . ,.. ...... . · • ,~phia, Oet. ao.~.u tb.e mquMt~to-~deatt.!)f:Abe.Jtap- fMIIIn' tKET-. 11V'IUIJOI PIJ..IIIIQO _.· ·JIA¥;I -Woe& ass ABIUTY . "GOOD MEr AN SAlliOAY IIIIJ nllJY POUUCS ~O:e: :~\!~~b~~~/in ~i~~~ we are _ _• !::;,-.~~~~ ~P.........,.._, _ ,._ it · go clcare:d $24,ooa.oo on a capital -7.00 to 7-4~ P. M.-Soci.alists and of$r,ooo.oo in four years. It was ramfet hRe:ji" ga~er at West all doqe in the small loan busfor~ef~~d ,!~ltn streets and iness. Th~ despatches say: -Explo~n f tb . Miss Belen M. Fostu of Win7~mbs annou~ t r«: raJ throp te:W.ficd that fonr years ago 1 an d pa- she: was enga.ge:d by mail to ra e_transact the co.mpany's loan bus· S Lme ol Map:b-F~ to ioes's ill, this city and i-ecc.h·ed 0 ·dito !da•n. to Broaaway. St,ooo as capital. Since then she t 0 0 uonum. had sent back ~ooo to the: Chi8.oo P: M_.-Arrival of pardc at~ heads of the company, she Audttonum. . ,Rld:. • . Parade received wi.tb salute of This t5 the sort of :superior aerial bombs and fire:Wortcs.brains that preys upon the wants O n aniva.l of 'parade t A dj o f the poor and produces the torium br.aoch orgaoiunawiJI~m- ''~in millionairs.. . me«ijatelyrep)rttoJosepb...Pdo;~ · _Au marebers ~d ptudla.se 8pe'olal N-ot foe tlclcets before entenne haiL n.. Bdalo Prilrt.l.lt& p.,._ PH4en ° "'A All that " outward otder and deceaey" whieh :Mayor Fuhrmann re~rded u _the hi.best. ~ble ~lf!l of ~ttammeot m the elty admani.atration aeem•. to .have been ntt!rlY §Ubmerged an the nst and fur:aout torrwt of verbal iilth. blaeka,uanf.ism and, billinsgate Jet loote m the present eampaign. be very papen that. .Prillt page after )!&Be of ~ · -:arrruty deplore.ID_th~ editorial eolllDlna, the hotnble mdeoeeac.y or it all, auen: that ~u~lo ia shamed beyond redempbon lD the eyes ot therett.oftbecouutry. Butenry ~ ...... c:dtWttw. · ....... ...u..:.. ... and re;;,m:-n;::,.~he~~ted with tile~~~ loamiq bill.oW'I f flhll lmdaeuaianlereb'Ue~ eiety pa,.. for it. iDsane politi~ ' ' iiadiricJaali:mr '' he • ea tar '1M ~!Jooci ~.~~ni ~-- .. Street Journal is ? T hat little supports the Wall St reet J ournal. statcme:nt contains a good bit of · advKe to the capitalists who rc:ad that paper. It clearly demonI ft strate5 bow necessary and how good .}t -i~ to.. bne an army. of "t'IV'III In man anx10u5 to take your JOb ~~ when you go out on 1trLke. \Vhat chance: have you of winning- a strilc~ with ..!iuch a vut Although little imporunce is FAVORS I h~~.!, ... .r=T.;..':~ ::_n~~~~ '!.~ A.~~lltll~ ~d~n. Pnla~pri:: .,....,, ... J", KIIIJ-. h.; STRA,W VOTE land da~_the ti;deo!. vit~tiqu ~~~~~:: ~·~~ ~~~~~:m~\'~\ha~~a~l:e~ \\"eD~~:~ ~~~e h~!~~:PPY the Wall ~j;~~h;·i~~~~;e :ha~-~:c;:.~ct!:~ Ull __ __ ahd Star-e lltreeta-lul- 'ftanclq Z.U,. .. fl'Ubtc Antonio ~ the · Bftabc. " ' ~~;~~•um-x....u.mw. etrik~er w•o ecml,.ed to :ran.& : ..ud · .......,..__.,... .ner .,.. pralcilc_ ta ,.u.u ~ it• -....1 bell u tM o..hta 'hn e.ra.. u. ih9t. wu bt1d wit.htmt ~ . ~ 1UMd ~,. u. ............_ .. llil I'WBp- Baa. a..- Pod KaiLrr 8lnei. .. tiailforUaaGrudJury. r~-- .lfaiD aDd llollawk Streets- , pillot ~ .. _ . . . , &Wr kl.ad, e.&:.riai, ~~,li•w_.. Ja.U.L!. .............. t\uditorium tomorrow night , The Krcatne:<s of this meeting is corrnboratc:d b,- th~ :1ction of somc of the local· cnpitalist prU5 who ,;upprc:;o;ed C\"t:ry hit of news ab(lnt it and refu ~ed paid ad"crt is~ment,; for that mc~ting. Th~y know it will he the mo..t "-nccessful n~ecting in thi~ campai'g-n and that ' " the rca~on they arc trying C'!Verything in their power to suppn:ss it. --- :;u:wo~:~i~':r~eri;f r:u, ;ndJ;b~~ chance have you of getting a ~sc: by begging for it when there IS th_t army waiting in front o£ th~ factory gate: to replace you ? !V'bat cha~ bave you of keep~~!:dd!~:·;':?u th3t army is ~~i~~!~ ~::e~~~r'~ra.;;;t: dt?WJn of the way the polilical wtnd blows in a gh•tn circle o( people. At a straw vote taktn in OIM: ol the: departmcnts...,o:f .the ~ ~~u~~t.. the. iollowing was bil~ed~v~r~ ~t':~~~ya'!!~~ ~~·~=J(B~:.~ {S.X.) .••• J9 !~k~~sc!or~::se~ :0~ S~ .'~ : ::•; : (Rep.) •• • .. •. jump into the: drh·e rs' seat. Bat Fa.hnp.a.an ( J:>em.) . . ... . .. ... I ~ly 31 oat of that 1.6oo got the Jobs. W.e Soc:ialista aD it" uo-1 ea.r..p ....,....,._ '-· w._ ....... e:mp1oy,ment. What do you lmow • ,... .tUtt. ~ ........, M ., • a~t"1t. Do you know why it. p...,- ..,. c.Mk a.1 a. •• t-. .' Cldits'! a. ........ ....., ...... "' w. - . lf J'ClU knew you would Jmow ... ~ 4W ..... _ ~...., ...._. wlat to do to reme4)· jt-to 'Ufipe diaL . �For Cllid judge~ tbc Court of Appeals. HENRY L SLDBODIN OF ?\"E\Y. ~ORK O TY. For .<\ssociate Judge of the Court of ~peals. ... - . : = ,. ·• WILLIAM 5. PHILLIPS. For S1,1premc Coan justice, VALENTINE KUCH. I ., ,, "".. ,.. H~~- ~~~~~~ ·; I MaJ••¥ABO~"EY STEPHEN J. Corporatien Co~l EDWARD T. DUR AJID Comptroller ......., La '!'AYLOR_ i . :; · . t wo Repuhlicau ''fn cnrb of 104I!'Or," \Oith a an•l -ha•h· pa,.l. They han: scal>lx-J ,.., thc•r da~1o ! Du riug the !lfrtkc I' OU wa!' o ut after thcm with hu tc nic:l'~ in ~·our heart and JX'f· · ~~~,i~~~!~:::- t l~~ ,:.~~~~~~ 11 ~1 ~;~s~.fricnd· ::~:;;.,~.. ;t~ain,.t 1 t r uck; Uut I must be going my way I wag-o n was accompar1iC'd by 3 and ~ncr3l of. ~cn·ed on the l ar~-:t·r ••He!'. '"lit3r~ poli.-~man lio:cr!' : ;!;~:i~(::;::~:~::~~ i~i)~;r:~:~,\~li~~ •;,'1/"lll ltc T!,.•1 ru,..c in hi:o s.laturc :\ ud 11]~~~.sscd a. !muon upon "GOOD MEN" 00 DIRTY POUTICS the .\ uol ·:n•l , , ;111 nnp wlw answered tht• b dl. ·· 1.-o:u rt thi~ fcll<.o ll' ;trourH[ to lid I." co~llaad -- ''""' ,.,... 1. . tu<·IIIIUI'o•s nml civi•• policies he swllmpcd 11rnid s uch " 'I dl ~at3 n ~~~ g iH· him a 3lvuc O n ·• rcdh••l g nddlc up ncar thrvnc. ltur ~ray. c1·cn t he Dc,·il can't ~t il nd tht· sl!lcll O i :. r•'<lking- ,..cah o n a g riddle in lldl: It '' oulcl cau ~c a rc \·olt, a strike, I kno w, Jf 1 1:;1,~~/ou down to the Gu ha~k to •·our master on ;md te:ll' Th3t the,· don't e••cn want in HCII." tt is <:XIH·tly w lwt might he cxpectt•ol. \\'ben tl1e ''goocl mRII .. is clisco,·en·d by one f11ction it l>ecomMI the bounden d uty of the opposition to pro,·e tlmt he illn 't R good mou. !Jut r11ther n llcounclrel, thief. perjurer, IJrihctakcr and general sll ruuod crook. And the good nu111. t hus tltllt.cked. in turn finds - .,; · ~=fd ~~~ ':..,~bem~~:e ~~~~::~:.u;n the :,~:rf'gttttt~i'p:ddi~~e~·it~~• = lut ~·"'r aloa.. young mu wbo lo.t 121,000 men.''eqT~e food ceases. ''dut· hlt.\·e pr~at~l ward order and de-cency'' i.s Autr•• ab?uld •:n\:., :~~~:!;·~~~~:~ c,:~·~~.~aa•d ~i~:::. ~~r::1 e~=b~~~~: ~:::!. ~ee~~ ~:~~~~ ~~ ~bi::u~':-7;'~/:: fo~~~ashC:n~1 th~i:ea~at~~ the :~~~::~l::,7oac.:b~:: ::o:b;lar1e tnftn :~ itl:~i:::e:t!:~r:~ :::.-;:;":kll:! 11!",,!;~!:11tbe CoD!tablet: Second Ward-Frank Ehr enfried Fifth Ward-FTMerick Kimmick Sixth Ward-Emil OpJer Ninth Ward-Eroett Stilke Elevtnth Ward-William Cadin Twdft.h Ward-E. 0 . Baum Thirteu.t h W ard-~eriek Goodall Fourteenth Ward-Dotai\ua BeUer jeaa politiea.'' Ueaoftll-p~lto rieor 1a t"""ro~ de111aaded. ol I'!Pdadal' Ole i•r.-.. Ia ~adlt u" o r 100 millio. wlt.ic-lt. ba t.a1ln plan few :'"ra. ia Clrfl~ tbat lh •l1lt.t ..,..H M pha•4e~l, o~~r pi'D"'•• t.lt..o aoc:iaJ a...t e-t-ie - · "· ' '' """''"" 1ioaa.lt.•"•aen.r uu.re<lhealkor utlltrllid. Batllu .-oWd t~ ..., laa.t depopdat -far it U. ~·en.u, .. -, ~ -..ts dont,...-.. tkkM ... t.lt&-ktaebr'ri.nbti•J • • ·~ l.a 0.... ,..,_ 1t0 -w ..,. jH. i- .. CUT THIS O 'U T ! JTins COUPON 11ND TEN CENTS Wll.L ADMIT ONE T O BROADWAY AUDITORIUM ELECTION NIGHT .,, r Ct,rt out this coupon. I. r~~=: ~:~:-:.k~ Seventeenth Wud-J~ N. Koehler Eighteenth Ward-Frant Knapp Nioeteenth Ward-Georae DeGraff Twe11tieth 'Yard-Axel P etuaon Twenty-tint Wud-R· 0. lUtealfe Twenty..U:th Watd-Reid .lleCredie T1renty-aeTuih Wa.rd---Jo.epb Bourk• It Ia good for flve centa. With ten cents It will admit you to the big doings.- " ~ without ~pon - ' . RETURNS FROM SCHENECTADY-AND OTHER CITIES This is the Evening the Socialists Will Enjoy Themselves AUSPICES LOCAL BUFFALO, SOCIALIST PARTY What Is Chiropractic t SuperviAOr Firat Wa rd-Vixley Ryverse Second Wt~rd-John 0 . Cooper T hird Ward-Charles Plauruan Fourth .Ward-Chnrlea Faeu ler Fifth Ward-John L. l~ier Sixth Ward- Ds ,id Umphrey,·ille Seventh Ward- llorrill BrallDatcin Eight h Ward- A. G. Erftenbeek Ninth Ward-otto Stilke Elel'enth Ward~Paul VogeJ, .Jr. TwcUth Ward- L. C. Beeaing T h irteent h Ward-Charles Roeach F oor teenth' Wai'd-Charlf'll Adams Fifteenth Ward-George Habicht Sixteenth Ward-John Vogel Seventeenth Ward-Albert Bayer E ightewth Ward-Juliua Knapp Ninet~nth Ward-Albert Abiatti Twentieth Ward-Arthur _Upton Twenty-fit11t Ward- L. G. Barv~y Twenty-aeeoud Ward- Benjamin Taylor Twenty-th.i rd-W. S. Brovm Twenty-fourth-Joseph Ball Twenty-fifth Ward-Charlca J . W~D Twenty.-Binll. WanJ- La'ntrill Geiger Twenty.-e\•euth Ward-Charles W. W ill¢ n~cess::Y i\~r;~!:~~ u~f~~is ,~f~ llh!!olute and unmitiami so forth. invites a count er fugj. cht1llenges. defiances, reof t he original chargf.'fl · to prove them in public. 1 _ counter t!harge fly and t hicker.,.until all the goGd nten on both sides a rc 1wept into the roaring catnact of ''er\NII se.,.· emge, rmd a ll equally drcncht>d ·and soaked with the Th" Au1trian aati-SoC'iaH~t p~ b filth\' cnrrent. ...;,; .., a t:~nt hu~ and uy. bM~u-.. (If Then, on ele.!tion day, t he t h• " '"' '""'"u'nJI.' hu•••JI.'ratu;•n ot \'OieMI fish a selected number of ' 'OU Dj: m~a Jiabl~ for military fW'fl'itfl ; thtJle &lillly 0bjeef11 OUt or the rush- \t. Aldermen Fir11t Ward-S11mtu•l A. Fawktt S econd Ward-Adam Scllemba Third Ward-)lichael Roll F'onrth Ward-D. F. Stranahan 1-'ifth \\'ard- )1. \\', Pl!rine f:;b:th Ward-Jerome J. Smith &•wnt h Wttrd- JJeury Goldstein Eighth \\'ard-Loui11 C. Gl'nn Ninth Wllrd- K 11. Gier man EleH•nth WtmJ-Paul Krier Twt"lfth Ward- Roscoe C. AIJel Thirteenth WHrd- August Miller F ou rteenth Wnrd- lf. J . flnth Fiitccnth \\"ard- Jo"n Venhcrn Sixteenth Wnrd-Jolm C. Coughlin Se•·entecnth \\'ard-Leonard , Perry Ei~ht eenth Wurcl -W~Itcr Palmgren Ninell'enth " ' nrd- IInrry Peterson Twentieth Ward- Henry Tutthill T"·euty.fil'l!:t Wnrd- Archic Henderaon Twenty-11eeond Wurd-Oeo.rge H. Preeborn Twenty.third Wnr1l-C. l"· King Twenty-fourth Wurd-J. R. Mcintosh 'l'wentr.fifth Warti- Ir win Lincoln Tw('ni)"· Sixth W11rd--Charles Grimm Twenly-se\·enth W~~rd-Frank Cahill •tru('k, J\ ,· nt·•·cr mixed up with SPE,Ci A L WIRE .-: ;.:· ~ :r:"· j · ' I WILLIAM F. ~'M'BLL County Judge H&.'ffiY M.A"M'HEWS . Commissioner o( County Charitiet MRS. DORA FOSTER Onrsecr of the Poor SAltUEL LEARY -.- It ;, t•,t illlatcd that more than fih.' gan:,: 't~·r~ a nd g-unmen. all mt·mbl·r,. , j noto rious \ \ 't'st Side art"c ~:nanli ng the ga ra~cs cnm pan~· in \Ve:st 25th "I " u).('lll to ~tt 3 large reward A cordon of policemen I \ c IJCI' Cr owne d a union card , l '•c ncl'er ~rumbled, I've never .,·.,rc oi detecti1·c" 3rc al.•0 DANciNG : .., :-:--::·· Assembly Fit11t Diatrict-Domonic De Sio Secund Diatrict-WiUiam G. Robert. Third District-Cilllrl P biUips Four th Di11trict-John P: .Wanoc~aeher Fifth Distr ict--{;ourad Heid Sixth District- IJerman Eilits Seveuth D illtriet-WiUiam S~itb Eighth Distr ict-Frederick Orawender Niuth Diatiict-1-lerman C. Glaaa mcmbCrs of thc .., ..g .:.· Councilme'n WILIIELlJ ..ALllENDINGER JAllES J. BATTISTONI H. H. CROLE Y W. WOJCECHOWSKJ hap~ a piece nf lead pipe iu ~·nur tru ~ t.'' right hand. Y uu have a better weapon to UH' now ' in , ho wing them what you think of a ma n who will scab. \Valk into thc- l••'ot.•th 1 •11 ch.-ction day and '"to: the :-tra ig ht SocialiH t it·ket It i ~ tlu: rml.•· way in whidt .vuu 1 , • • a, the demands were can keel> the":! o m ,.f the place · 1" the firm . and the>' \\ltcrc the.•· w•ll h3H .a real OJ>- ~tartcd the luc kout h•· Jiscrimt- PARK.BAND ; ~ ~~ ~ LOU1S F . REXIN Jod~ of the City Court oc-rat~. ' u,,..u .:·. KJ-RO-PRAK -TIK is t he nllme applkd t o a met hod of locating aod removing the phyaical eau ae of d isease ·b,. a djusting t he: d iapln«d vertebrae ( h onea of t he apinc) t o t lteir no rmn l po~~ition, thua · remo,•ing t he prHture from nerves. E very organ or t iSAue in the human ,.bOdy murt ~ve ita controlling inAuepce through ita / ncn·c eonrtection wit h the brain. Prt:tlltlre on tbctte ncnca will cause: disease. If you are lick, one or m o rt of your \·ertebrae nre out of alignment, cauaing press ure on nerves. To adjust thdte vert t b roe into their nor mal aitue ia t he tUm and accomplishment o f t he akilltd Chiropract or. ANALYSIS I'RU. ~ PHONBS. YRITB FOR l.II'ml4TUU.. F. O. HANSON, D. C. ........ ,.__ C»apracb 262 W. Utioa Strcot Near Elmwood Ave. • BUFFALO SHOE 00. " 8BNec;:.A. ..;,D B L.L.IQO'T'T a T a. :i 1 MEN! , o!~;.:."®· Qood for 150 O.nta We · or •..,_ ! •· .- - ~ -·---·g.. 1000 pair Men's $4.00 OU 1500 patr"Boys : ,Gral.nWo•k Shoes, Dwldlh only . : . • UM ·-: · .. ~ -: ' l 't PNu' ·: T .; . 3 ; ; ~ ~ lf....,.WaMJIIOIII~O..W.w ...... -~--- _· , .,.~ -· ...... ....,wldto ~o..Ma . . . ........ • .. !.tt - ; ' thltcn~poa tolll!a..a.-...OD, ...,._W.,....w .... ... .. .... . WCII'k., • .IO,fl,(.l, . .. . . . . o..~ .......... ... pod.,.. . . . . . . . ............. - . . . . . . . . ...... ,:_ ;: ' ali solid hard knock Sc;"ool Shof;O, size J,.tD 5 . . . . . • 8.11o wm .. ......_ ....,...,..'-..._,•_,,.....,..._.._. ... I,' T ,. 1 ,--~- 1 ..... l0to. ll. $t . . 1 1o . . .. . , . . "-' . . . ,.. ..... .,.,.., j .. I ' 1...... 'S ' ~:. ·;;:~ la !J-, ...... t ~~.::::::·:r~=~~~-1 , ... �CEO. R. KIR.KPATRJCC. Alltbar ol W&r-YIW For~ SPEAKERS Step h e n J. Mahoney , Socialist Candidate for Mayor George R. Kirkpatrick, of New York City, Author of War, What For? JAmes H. Maurer, President Pennsy·l vania Federation of Labor and Member National Executive Committee, Socialist Party Admission, 15 Cents Reserved Seat 60 Cents, on sale at Socialist Headquarters, 605 Mutual Life Building, and 185 Broadway �- ~~IIAlYI~ PUBL..ISHJU) WDKLY BY 1):01 BUI'PALO SOCIAUST PtlBLISIIING COMPANY - · 604-4105 Matua!Ue - .. ~I Buldkat BUPPALO. N. y, MA»;T1t1HIII$SI.mt.~t !'tu.NX:~,T-- IGKRY W , P. TVTTliiLL..__,. ~60f-.605~UkJWidiDc ~ CA.~ ......... BUPPALO. N. Y. Prb 5 1.00 , . .,_., 501; lh _...., pll?abk lp . . _ ~· · . ,,,.. E,· ,·r~· t•ntP r n~< l for ~<l<' itdillnt i!l A pro! Ps t n ~o:nin st t•tt pi talist ruh•. po litt r. ltl o·orrnption. and th e 11uho r diuntion of publ ic intertstH to prinll e profit-lumtin~o: · --- Whllt ha.1 l~·o m e of th e pN~ P"-~·ity uf whi ch en p italist pap1•n; lutd 110 nmch to HR Y R littli• whi],. 11go f Th e worko<rs not liS _l't• l cnugh t Mil{lll of i1. It is int·isihle t o thrro . Th o• 1 hat'P col lnrt•d it IUHI k t't• p it for th em>~eh···~ for f l'llf th f' w i!.~W mi,l(ht ub use it . :\ext TUt"!lda~· you will hRt'e 1m opportuuity hl t PJI tlw w o t tO JIO i it.t·r!i of tlt 11l p roHperity wh11t you think of their sc hcmc. L>o u 't wiss it It tu k •·ll time to hui],l up a polit ical purty . e!llipecially 11. tho• ul ojo·o·t of which is not nwl"<"ly n <' h a n~ ~ of !,!O I'ermnent , flttlio·n l o·h 1111~•· of tho· •·•·onorni•· fouutl11tions of the u: is tin~o: liOt·ia l .. r.l t· r. yo·t no Iiiii I.' nnd l'ffort Lli \1 1111\MI tillll Hern·s 11. great and nohle \:ot hing of rNII ntiu(' l'llfl he act•omplh;:hed without hRrtl ln loor Rnd o•ndunt n!."t'. A sk tht' fllr nwr how much lahor he hns to pu t into tlw 11oil hcfort' t he <'rops urt' n·11dy for the reaper . J'Ut('OII•' THEY CALL THAT A BUSINESS A D M I N I S·T RAT I 0 N w.,. 11~N~t: with tlt e •· Buff11.lo Courier " when it 118\"ll. thnt with the r 11pitl ~[roWth of tht• •·ity the expenditure [Or impro,·c;netlhi find JUaintcuuno·o· mn ~t increnst·. But wr- f11il to M('(' t1111t any rate of grov.1h of a l'ity in JIOJ>ulalion and iudu11tz·ia_l und com mt: rrial import&nce will t'l"t:r justify the l't·ckleSII Kquuudermg of publ ic mouey. The question is not. how much mou e~· h11w you IIJli!Jit, hut how did you spend it1 To what purJ)()IIC did you 11pend it f What did you get for it f Our local rul ~n. have wasted mi ll ions upon millions on new wat1·r works. pretending to surply purt' water to the citizens. But pelled to sell th ei r e\'. This latter sale is no sfrnply a matter of luxury; it become o ne o f th e founda tions on which product io n is carried L: ndl!r the capitalist . titution becomeS a I ciety. \\'hat the :::~~~~~~~~~~~ferw::kr~~~:riDit r~:D:~r't~~m'!~ icfi~~e. fu~~i!h~(~o~~~~s~h~~ ~~~!s s~:~:~~s [~!s~.~~ ~bhose lup~r. cl_u~s et the million• spent for that pu rpose were nut wiaely spent but waated. guilty of themstlves. l!nevo Our eity administration spends fortU Ul'll upon fortun ea on pan- nity of wives is a feature of cap- pu~pose fo h ~~~;~~-l~c11r~,.:;e)~!ur:ai;~~m~n~11;i;~~e;J~~t ~~; b;~-~~-: ~:~~~~{m~~t~i ~:!~~~is ~;:t~~· ~r~~!~~~~~;~} 11tr.-etR hearing the vl' ry chterfnl legend that the street in question l1fls Leen condemned ou II.Ccount. of the dangerous ·condition of ' the P'"'emeut, which i11 us mt lly nothmg else but 11.11 a lmost endle88 chain of holes - They hR\·e rt'pcatedly raiud thr ll!llnrics of t he guardian angel~ of Ja11' ant i order. but to !Ill~' that th ey hll\'e hecome more efficient thereby. would he tt'l.ling n rala('hood. \·i···· a nd cri111e flour:ieh. im- wives tal;:en in modern society that its representati1·es agree in declaring prostitutio n to be a neeessary thin~. They cannot unde rstand that the abolition of the proletariat implil!s the abolition of prostit ution. So deep are they ratt? n 1 InStitUtiOns °5U~h e 1 ~v~~~f~~'ki.K~':~a:~~7. 1::i:t~~l. ~~~~"~~:~~~~ i~~~~~~ il!htteei;~;bl~~~t~!~ilza~DAR::d ~~~tk th~~ ci:~~~~~~~!e,!~a~!~~a~ ~~~ya :auonshtp the capitalist newspapo: NI, if you ueed Hny documentary proofs of system without community of tlli.!t. wives. 1 Tht' publie school fa cil ities nre hopclell81y inadf'quate, the street Communitv o'f wi\·es is an inlight inp: in Home tlistrif'lll or tht• c.ity ill miserable; we have miles of vcntion o f th~ upper cla sses of so- i:l\~~·r,~:~11:i11~t:/,1;: :~~,~-~~~;.~;t·;~i;;~~~·r;.~~~k~,:(~'~e~:~~P~~;ifo~~~d':bfe ~~e~~~~(te\~ ~~ ~~\'~~~~:~~:a~f;~~ lnkt>!l. . . . . 1'hf'•"' 11n· somt' or thl.' l'('lilllt!l of onr c.lly adnu matratton. and tho•y ct·rtniuly Hrl' uo r.-t·on•m•• nt!ft tion for it. They ma y pro,·e many thilll!l<. lmt t hP,V do not pro\·;• th f' ont' th ing thnt is J"Rrely in need of J•roo f!l, 111111wly. th •• 1u;sertion t_ lmt th t• mOil f'~- or the t11xpayera ha.'l been W<'l l llflf'ut. =-.·o priHJ.tc husJ neSII conce rn would stand for 1mch a ~~~n~~emcnt or its nffnir'll: why. then should th~unity stand IIPEAltEI.II Dlll':LJlASB Tbe •mall bu:U:f o:la=~~ 1\ i11 time to 1111\kt• 11 rntlit•lll change. not in men only, bnt · in J'rederielr. i• 10 ae_tive on -'•ett ~ol'­ ")"11\o•tns. !Jut we ac riously do ubt t.hat 11ny aueh ehange, nece888ry a1 De.. tllat tile dty oll'lrlet• have thnatit j,. _ will c\'cr tnke pln et• un til tlw workers initiate and enforce it. •; eDri to 11et tlleiD. O oe of the m011t vigoroue Lula J . &eb, •ife of Tht> capitali11ts can en~ l sw a nd rt~h the wor ken only by eonaent <! f tilt' wo rkers when lh t'y cost their b11.llots on election day.-Debs. J-:,.,.ry \'ole cut for 11 c11pitali11t purl)". whate,·er ita name, is ,·ott• for wl'lg(·-ahn·e ry, for po,·erty. aud d egratlation. Every t·ut for tbt' Sol·iHliat party, the wo~k en ' own party, is a vote Nnaneip11.tion.-Dehs. Pol'ert y, high priee.. unemployment, child millf'ry 11nd haggartl waut i!1 a llutd hur~~ting l ution and i101anity . 1micid e and crime, th e~re the tr111Pc atory of CJlplt ali11111's u turnalia l>hawlc a.s it '11 end t.lrawf -near.-Debll. ... . -' Our city poliee are be-oomiu g \"cry earelet~~~ · they hnt' left lAfayette Square unguarded. that a Socialist apea ker mig ht d eBeerate the nttempt ing to remind hU feUow citite:nro£ ~~~~~~!bf~::e~~! :~'r.r;::~~~! ~Je aUCI! uf (.ortM e-n and landape gardeners, by JawpJ>OIIta are trees und u phalt pnementa grasa. ~ost In !=o untries modes or' expl oit in ~ the prolet'- mum • riat : it is not Sociali sm. it is the wo rkl!rs 11 exact opposi te of Socialism . an a eti¥e Soeiallat � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. 32 Cents an Hour Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/77184152fbd0d6e8622aa1e187410619.pdf 4219ff8f57e1c10a1964b6da3f33988b PDF Text Text BUFFALO NEWS REFUSfS .•·.- TO ACCEI-T AN AD·· fOR SOClALISI MEflJNC WILL ARRIVE IN BUFFALO ON .FRIDAY 'EVENING ; Mr. Butkr ''DOra Not Want to do Anything tha:t J~H. Maut<r, President of Pennsylvania State Federation of labor Will-Arrive Early for Socialist Demonstration- Kirkpatrick, Noted Orator Here Saturday Morning - Will Receive Friends on Saturday Morning. Will Fill Halla for Soclallm"- Very Pe.Yiah Beca.uoe of Exposurea by Buffalo ~· IN ITALY . ..~ wn Buf'PAUI Line of :\larch- Frauldin to ~o"'.~':;di\~ri~ 11 ~ 1i.n, I~· WHAT · IS THE PRICE OF YOUR VOTE? h~ ,...., arran~crl that ];roadway, P. :\1.- :\rrh·al o f parade at c~~~~J:Il~~~~~]],:·\~ltr~!:,~ :~uditorium._ n•iccs. . (\ re sct\"cd .~.;at~ arc still left . I aradc . rccCl\'C<i w1th ,..alpte o f . • 1 h\· pr•..:ured at ro; :\ lu - acnal !J.,mbs and fircwur k~ Bnildm::. nr 165 BrnadI )n arnval o f pa r~de at _A udit un um ht:mch nq.:am zcr~ wtll JillThere will he mu~i c and rc(l fire mcdia~cly repo rt to _l ,l,.rp h !'do n .. J:"alore in the parade. Scinta'" .-\ ll marchers s ho uld pu rchase Hand ha;; h~c:n <-n~:n:-ed t n fur- tickets helore entering hal l. ni ~ h th~ mu ~ic ami thou;;and s o f Socia list fiennant s h:we 'h~<-n o r· i NEWS UPHOLDS d~r<-(L The ':,Reds" W ill Lead. po•'''"" "' """0' '" "" n, procession ha:; been g:iv~n to those Socialist s who are fortunate ~~irugh EJ~hth~ha~·~:~~~eil~·:.1 1 ~ 0:~~ fo r~· ard~ :·ho will march \~ i th 1 The FUCmYE l'tll.Jt. tay£ uw IJt. The :\ewa is h8\"ing fit11 ov;.o r \he LnFo l ~l' tte Seamen's ,Bill: _The lni 1 terunt!Ons! Seaman 1 ~mon haa beeu l!l~ lllhng to Washmgton for t he pllst 25 yeara th" ir officers to fight ror legiAlation ror the (reeing or the American sailor, and · for the protection or lives 1!.1 sea. 1111 _ �For Associa~ judge of tb.'e C'oun of Appeals, . H. D. WlLCOX OF ELMIRA. For Supreme Court. Justice, WlLLJAM S. PHILUPS. For Supreme Court Juitic~. VAL£NTINE KUCH. M&,.or • STEPHEN J. MAHONEY Co11p0Rtion CoDDMI EDWAliD T. DllllAND . , .OOm)itroUet LB. ~AYLOR • Aae..or LOUIS F: REXIN Judge of the Oity Court WJLLIAM F. OA'M'ELL County Judre l!El<RY !I1A'!'THEWS Ccmm~ioner of County Charitie. URS. DORA FOSTER Overseer of the Poor SAllUEL LEARY Couneilruen WII~HELM ALMENDL'o;IGER JAMES J. BATTISTONI. H. B . CROLEY W. WOJCECHOWSKI ~n inform~d Mr. list. ~h~a should be added to Thi fac:s regarding l:ne~t candidate on the blacklist are w be further in\·~stigated :1nd gi\·e promise o f yieldm!! some very iu1erestinJ; results. \Ve , glad to g i\·e this candidate an ponunity to deny the at an \' rate. \\' e are I · to Ctliwictiqu and if mands further assure1l that we i Hcre thev ocrats, two I Republican. "frieud~ of 1 and -hady ~a~l. 1 . hh.l ..n thc1r cia~~ ! Durmg . ~t.n kc .\·on ':'·a~ out a fter them \ylth hHtl'rTJC"~ m your hea~t a~HI per· hap~ a r.u~ce of lead Jl~pe 111 your tr11~1y rtJ,:"Ill hand. ) v u hay_!; . a bette~ weapon to u ~e n'!w m :;!l(>wmg them. what you thmk of a man who wLll scah. \\'alk into the hnoth 01.1 clcctir~n .day. :md \'ot~· 1hc stra1ght ~e~ah.~ t. 11rkct. II 1~ the r.ul y way 111 wlud1 .1'un can keep thcn.l nut .of the place wlwr(' .they w1ll h a\~· ? rea~ . op· pany. \\'ith mail ac"oumulating at all the mail s tatiOnS below 45th 1'( \rc-et, . witl,l incompetent chauf· ieur.. rushing the hea \., wagons through the city, endangcriug liH~ and limbs of pedeHrjans and with t he strikers determined to win 1hdr demands the Federal authorities' stepped 'into the mail di'i\·cn' strike yesterday an cf. fori to help the Po,..tal Service Company break darity o f the worken. Assembly First Distrid -Domonie De Sio ~rid District-William G. Rober ta Third District-Charle1 P hilliPI f'ourtb District-John P. '1\"annemae.ber Firth District-Conrad Iteid S ixth District- Herman Eilitz Seveuth Di!trict-William Smith Eighth Dmrict-Frederiek Grawender Niuth District-Berman C. Glau !~;~~~.~~;:;;" tl:~ ,~.~·;~·;,~~~~~s;.fnend- d~; :;;~~ ~~~if.~~~~ri~ ha\'c no jurisdiction ST. PETER AND THE SCAB ;,~:~ :.~ ~~~.;~;::•;;:" ::. "I nuJ.!'hl to get a large reward 1\ ·e uener o wned a muon card. l '\'e ne•·er grumhled. l'\'e llC\'Cr ~truck, l'n nc \'tr mixed up with union tr u ck: Bill 1 nnH he ~:;oing ~~"'' wa~" to "in. ~•• "l'~·n. S1. 1\·tcr. and l~·t nw iu." ~1 . l 'l·tcr :'(a \ ;tntl ~ trokcd h i:'( staff. !Je ~pi te hi~ hi!-:h ntli n·. he had to loHIJ.!h. Said ht·. '' uh a frcry g leam in his t·~ ~·.- " \\ h" 1s tending- this g ate, sir, •· u "r I ? l' ~t· h•·anl oi ~·ou a1ul yoi.tr ~ih ,,j ~ ;,b: . Ynu:1::r~ ~~.~~~~~ knrown <)IL earth vet the inter ference o f the i:ral officials is nothing shon uf an effort to intimidate the strikers by enforcing a Federal law against them. "~o fa r as we are the fight has j ust :O.Iichael Cashel, 1 dent o f the hood of Teamsters. I S tablemen a nti Helpers' Union, of the .A. F . of 1 L. la:-t nig ht, speaking o f the lockout oi the 135 chau ffeur." and d rivers eri'lployed by the Postal Transfer Company. " \ Vc arc willing to meet tlw firm ior a l'Cttlement. but will stick unr <lcmands. I waJll this affair t u 'b<:" ("nsidered a lockout and ll•1t a, s trike. a i' the demands~n:re ::~:~~:~~c1<~el0l~~~~~r:n;:;. ~~:~c~ti~~~?~ Thl·n·uJ'lon he ro " t' iu hi:; ~tat u rc na t in).!. a~ainst- mcmh'erl'( of the tall And pre~~etl · " a hmtnn npon tlu• \\all. I "Tdl :O:at:~n to )!i\'e him a seat :tlunc ;1 red hut g-riddle ' up ncar the thT<•IW. l:11t ~Ia\', (·•·en the Devil can't !ta,;d 1he :;rnell Oi a l'"oki ni-:" :.(<l b on a g riddle 1 !I ell: It would cause a rc\·olt. a On Super\'iao'r Firtrt Ward-Vixle~· R:p·en~e Second Ward-John G. Cooper Third ·ward-ChiU'let Plauman F ourib Ward-Charle. Faessler Fi fth Ward-John L. Pier Sixth Ward-Dn•·id Umpprey,·ille Se\'enth Ward- ) lorris Braunstein Eighth Ward- A. G. Erftenbeek\ Ninth Ward-Qttc Stilke Ele,·enth Ward- Paul Yogel, Jr. T wel!th Ward-L., C. Beesing Thirteenth Ward-Charlea Roesch Fourteenth W ard-Ch11rlea Adams Fifteenth Ward-George Bahieht Sixteenth W'ftrd-John Vogel ~ Scnutecnth Ward- Albert thyer Eighte~lh Ward- Julius Knapp · Nineteenth Ward-Albert Abiatti Twentieth Ward- Arthur Uptcn 1'\'l'~nt)·-firat Ward-L. 0. Han-ey Twenty-seecnd Ward-Benjamin Ta7lor Twenty-third- W:· S. Bl-own 1'\t'enty-fourth-Jo•ePh Ball Twenty-fifth Ward-Oharles J . Williamlon TWenty-sixth Ward- Lantrill Geiger . TwWt.y.seventh Ward-Charles.W . Willett 1 know. If 1 1;:1~~/CJU do wn to tly: "<""' l•<<><.•m•·n« Go b:Kk lo yuur master o n earth and tell That they don't e\'cll wanl Sc>lb•l ''"' ' '".'"' in lldl." !'. Ck.t.28, 1913. t:O.\Itor Buft'tilo ,SCH'iali•l. Th<' An)lliau unl i·8oclalifl J>ren 11 Soml\ tiflle aro the reailen~ , of tbi• rai~inj: a ~:rral Ju1r anti HI' \lf!('auu of •·a.lnabl-c rarer notit e<l how. eztra•·athe ~n·r inrTl'uiu~: im~•lgnl iun nf j:anl IIIU eity father 'l lrl' in bllyiDJ; you 11 ~: m<'n Jiat.h• for mili tary """'lei'; lautl at fa~y rrien for J>ublie .ehool antl tht•...}n thl' fa~e of'·great call''l'll<!~ for "'""' a n•t morf' ~ollli<•fl. Ia t? tu1 ''""' alone Au!tria IINII - 1!!1000 ,.0a ~~ mf'n who 8houhl hi\\'C' 1,~~tN 1M mlfh·•• fot !<'t\'ke. Canada b uld to h..-r founo.J a homr for 1!0,000 of thear. Tha t 1btte a re !ott for Aa1tria f ott',.f'r ~:or.o .,.;thou! ..)'iDJ! •• not one rrt urh ...l ftOIII Canada a1 ibe tim<> of - Aldermen First Ward-SaPtuel A. Fawke1 l¥coml Ward-.~rla m Sehemba 'Mtird Ward- Michael Roll F ourth Ward-;-D. F. Stranabau. Fifth Ward-lf. W. Perine Sixth Ward~eromc J . Smith Se\'cnlh Ward- Benry Goldstein Eighth Ward- Louia C. Gena ?\it1th Ward-E;. H. Gierman Elennth W ard-Pan! Krier ..--.., Twelfth Ward.:_Ro~oe C. Abel Thirteenth ·Ward-Augnst ::\Iiiier ' F onrtecnth' Ward-iT. J . Buth• Fifteenth \Vard_(John Venhern , Si:<:te<!nth ''Ward~ohn C. Coughlin Se\·entcenth War;t-Leon'ard Perry Eighteenth Ward-WaJter Palmgren Nineteenth W ard-Harry Peterson Twentieth Ward-Henry Tutthill Twenty-firat Ward- Archie Hend erson T wenty-aeeontl Ward--Oecr gc B. Freeborn T''l'enty-third Ward-C. U· King Tw~oty.fourth \\'ard-J. R. Mcintosh Twenty-fifth W11rd- lrwin Linccln· Twenty-ai:r.th Ward-Charles Grimm Twenty-seventh Wafd-Frank Cahill · • Bll•la.aga .,tji be pnt up aome bme t~l• o:.entur;r. It 11'linld be advi..ble for t hl1 buaeh of "seDt\emen," with hnith , eoaunlMiaaer includea, ta loa"k aver the aituat lon of !•U.blie .::hoal N'o. 9, ~•led on Bailey A••eaue, nortlrl of Ooat. S treet. I'laee l~~o ... ~~.;-·· Conatables { Second \Yard7 Frank Ehrenfri~ · Fifth Ward-Frederick Kimmici: =~:==~~ile.t~~ke Eleve.ntb Ward- William Cadin =:~~~~k~ ' B:eikrl-a Fonrteenlh Ward-l>oqlUI Fifteenth Ward--,Ftank Wiese Sixteenth Ward-.Jcibn Bc.eni:nDa Sennteeuth vil.fdi...-J. N. Koehler ~p-1\ Ward--FroDI< KpaJ>P Nioe-111 Ward-G- DeGnff Tweatieth' Ward-Azel P..-a TwentJ-fll'lt Ward-lt- 0: lietealte • ,.,;,.,_.mti, w..-11aa llecr.die -Twen.,...nnth '\V.ra.....,oeeph Botarb . SPECIAL WIRE ··' CUT "(HI~ THIS COUPON AND tEN CENTS Wll.L ADMIT . ONE TO .• . BROADWAY ~UDITQRIU-M . ELE~TION NIGHT. Cut out this· coupon. It is good for live cents. With'len cen!J! ·it y.'il1 admit. yO.. "' ~ big doings. .Admi..ion without COIIJ!Oil . is eents RETURNS,FRO.M SCHENECTADY AND OTHER. CITIES r ' · . Thfs :is the Evening the SocialiSts Will Enjoy Themselves AUSPICES LOCAL BUFFALO, SOOAIJST PARTY Wtlat Is Chiropractic KJ-RO-PRAK.-TIK il tbe name applied to a ~tbOd of locating and removing the pbyatcal caux ot:diteUC: by adjusting the displattd "Webra~ (bonn of tbe epiu) ·" to their normnl position, thua rnnoTing the pratnre from nenn, Every orgnn or tiMue in the hUman body must rtttive its controlling influe:oce: through its nerv~ connection with .the brain, Prnsure on these necvn will cause d~a~. ·If you are 11ick, on~ or ml?re of your vertebrae arc o u t of alignment, causing pres.. aure on nen•es. To adju•t these vertebrae into their normal aitue is the aim and nccompliahment of th~ skilled Chiropractor. ANALYS1S !'RU. BOTH !'fiOHBS. YlUTB FOR UTDATUIUL F. 0. KANSON, D. C. w.w.-~ 262 W. U!ka Street Neu Elmwood Ave. Gu dw.te of the: Palma Sc:bool of Oliropr:ac:~ Oa't'CDPOft, Iowa. BU"FFALO SHOE ABNEC A ANQ 6 L.L.Ic;;oTT' 8Ta. 00. �STHPHl:N J. MA.tiJNEY, Caoc&U1e for Mayor GEO. R. KIRKPATRlCK,. Autbor ci War-Ybd Fot? SPEAKERS Step h e n .J. M a h o n e y , Socialist- Candidate for Mayor George R. _Kirkpatrick, of New York City, Author ofWar, What For? .James H ; M au r e r, President Pennsylvania Federatlort" of Labor and · Member National Executive Committee, Socialist .Party Admlsalon, 15 Cents Reserved Seat ISO Cents, on sale at Socialist Headquarters) 605 Mutual Life Building, and 166 Broadway �oo~~MJYI~~ · ~ ws.KLY~ TMa BUI'FALO 'SOCIALIST PUIIUSHING COIIPANY • ~ -.--......J~Billlllic ........... llAJtTDI' IGD&.D. .._._ ta:RkTTVTTHQ...l...~ · ·-~.. l · BUJIPALO.N.Y. -' PltAIC ~ iY.P. CA.~'~ i!IP- ~Liil:.... IIUI'PALO,N.Y. ~Ptb$UIDI*Y'Wo 50ciD: ...... ~ 'Ia.Jn.o. ~· .a.....da.~--J- S. 191l. at b pmttlftb ;. Bu&&Jo.."'Ni;,Yod;. -*t1Maeiof Mardat. ll19 THURSDAY, ' 3(1, .1913 DO IT NOW Has th~ ,·oicr o f the: wo~ing cla~>s ever been heard in lhe' council o f Buffalo? · If not, whv not, Dttause th'c: worhrs o f this city have Jle\'C:r bttn represented hy men f r o m their own rank!! imbued with the: spirit o f the: lal){lt m o n·ulC"fll. h i ~ within th e ir power to ~ repr~nt~ there, and rc~pcct ou~:ht to pro mJJI them to u...c this jJOwer for tha t purpose. surd~· ,·annot exp«1. tNe po litical hireling~ o f capitali<;t inttrcst to and fight fo r labor intereliU. That is not in -their line. That is t he pnrpo~ they a rc sent there fo [. Make a start. worktrs l!uthlo. to~ l' l!rian ~hnuld gel back and ~how the interc:sts o f Lo uie it would enhance the chanc<!~ o f the Social i.~t candidate. 11 \\"i! • a mean lrKk o f those na~l\' r ubbernecks to d~h·c into the mql0ratio n ho lding.• o f o u r fricml lliamJc~· llamlin, just because wanb tO h:.I'C a man a ~ mayor whom hr know ~ he can handle. \' ow i f and C ~tU(hlart WHAT CAN A SOCIALIST ADMINISTRATION \\"hat lw ~ a muniripality tod a) to ex~.:t from a Socia li~t ad-j.,,,,,,,,;.,,:~~.~;; m iui>tr:.tion ? :--· ot th t ul•t· rthrow ~· f the prcsl·nt eco nomil· >)'l'tcm, to Uc sure. but the " H·rt hro w nf tlw g:tng •y>lem in lt>t'a l pol itic~ ; no t the: cxtc:nniu;ttio n u f ' :n · and rrime. lmt tlw c xterminatin n o f tht· a li•JWilii<T bctwn·n i ;m d •·rillll'. " n t hl· "Ill' hil nd. an•l tht· l'"h<T . "n till· "ther. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Butler Boycotts Socialists Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/bc04ffeb62065ed31eb8e69a3212afaf.pdf d97fc6582a15769b56dff586a595abb8 PDF Text Text SOCIAtiSf.ADMINISTRAIION IN BUTTE, MONT., STOPPED GRAFTING POLICEMEN CHILDtABOR fXPLOITfR . ,HANDS IT TO HAMLIK·ON HIS.--STOCK llOLDI NGS Butt: A. H.~ the Champion Q1ild Labor -Exploiter, Shows Up Bull M~ Boss - O'Brian Would Be Handy Toolln Hands of Law. Partner. Tenderloin Oeaned Up and Sanitary Conditions 1m. proved - Messenger Service Abolished - Scientific and Humane Methods Used to Remedy Evil. h~Uiel much ~gbtyor blows! ~t 's , see h0\'1' a chance he would hn,·e '' People who live in gla111 should not' throw 1tonea" i1 a good old saying that must have been in\·ented for eapitalillt political eampaipa. In Buffalo every candidate or the old partiei, ... wen u The Lord, bas accused hia opponent of erookedneu and proved his case coneluai,•ely. · It il: waated effort for the Socialisla of Buffalo to expo1e the crookl and liart who arl! after tl1e peOp le'1 ,·ote in 'thil eity. Chaun cey Ha mlin hu apent thoui!And• of dolla111 .. getting the good•" on Mayo r Fuhrmann ·and Michael Regu n. Willi ADl Bun111, the greatest d etecti\'e in thq wo rld, hu l}ft.<Jl in Bll(tltht with twenty men for fonr month• and no one who knowa or Burns ' work qu dl tious our prediction that hi11 dlaeloaures will, i.f ca rri ~ to t he courts, land the whole eity adm inist ration in the cooler . Do not, gentle \'Ote r. think for a minute that Chauneey iB doing to carry out hil th reat&. Chaun· cey Hamlin baa thousands of dolian; in vetted' in General Eleetrir .noCk·and he it in partnership "'!ith O'Brian. Would O"Drian eut hia own throat by dragging into court the rottenness of the Gent>ral Electric Company f That eOIU · pany ia an awfu lly 11melly mea~ RJIH&ge and the mo re you 1tir stronger the 1mel l. The Lord I a delicate disposition and r stand atumg odors. His i.<1 to k et! p th e lid on, co\·er rottenne1111. No wonder Hamlin and · want to Tammanyi u fJ'h o:! r own a lRrJle slice or · r m e r~ial w ~alth und only · 'trol or the adminis tn~.tio n to lUI what Mu rp hr is doing to · York. · Now, who ia it that comes out so blantantly and condenws O'Brian a nd llamliu 1 None ot·h- 1 1 !b~a;~ror~~~ t!~~~~1 fo~tc~11n~~t~>; :~ ~t:nc~~~;l:\:~~;~~iut;;':::~d~:~ ~~~ c~~;o~~~ ~~~:~-.B~i~ ~·:ha~~~~~ 'r~;i~:~\:: hl!~l:,:r~X:l~i~~·r:~~ a bout three-cent fa ir~~ ~·aa a flk e. That he ft hray11 Will, lJl now and a lwaya will he • tool to Cl()ito.liAm and t.he disclosures of A. Jo~ . Burt is yeaterday'11 paper~~ ia no newa to Ull. Cbauneey Hamlin, J ohn Lor d O 'Brian'a Jaw partner, OWilll atoek in ll I! ring of Buffalo corporatibne, including the International R ailw~y. John doc• the dirty work for Chauncey and be would laat about t wenty-four hourt: if be ever tried to help tlie atreet car men of Buflalo or let out a ~q u eak about th ree-cent faret afte r election. girl "wage~ ,-~., i t he country. It was t hii{MIIle " weater " Burt who cR me to th e New York Sta te Factory ~ mmiuion and op· ]}()Sed chil d labor legialation. H e maintained that " young girl11 ahouhl not be denied the right to wo rk ," enon when they sre d ri ven to proatitution by hia starvation wages. You see, vot era, they all have their own inte re~~tll at heart. Jn throwing this mud at O'Brian, Alfred H. Burt baH do ne for Thomas Stoddart a fa\'Or which the latter a~u7 ere':tn~a~ttbt. i!~~~~ :f!:_e.~t~~~t~e,~~~n ;:;;::;: ~:~~fnih~~;~~ :r~un:al:0~!~~ ~!~-~! ~~md:~:~'~r h~~~da~r!c:: noT!e only give him a chance. He would pi ~ the mayor'• chair at City deal the General Electric . 110me Hall. Great Gains ·For Socialism Everywhere People~ Discussing its Growth and Slze of Mcetlnga ia AstoUnding Capitallsts - Saturday Will Bt Big Night. LAB Q R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ; - - - - - - - - - - ; - - - - - - -- - PLUMBERf UCENCES Oct 28.-Four striking g anncnt and four strikers today o n warran~ Abraham Cohan, ;t l <>ccik•h ' "'""· employed by the Sacks BrottJers, a non- . concern. . strike A~:~l~~t~~1n h~~~~ .- �Socialist Party Municipal PUBLIC WORKS AND �SPEAKE~S Stephen J. Mahoney Candidate fOr Mayor George R. Kirkpatrick of New York City James H. Maurer President - · STEPHEN J. P~nnsylvania Federation of Labor )AMES H. MAURER MAHONEY BROADWAY AUDITORIUM 0 • aur a ST ventn I Ooors open at 7 P. M. SOI~·TA'S Admission 15 Cents ' Reserved Seats 50 C~n~, on ~le. at ~oclallst Headquarte.ra, 605 M u~ .u:a1 Life Bulldlnc, ·or · · Jones, 165 Broadw•y c �o!~::.n~"' · Qoocl for ·, 50 Qents ~ ' ,- . ~ Wewantyou totryapalr Every Sooia!ilt in Buffalo }rill be at the Broadway AuditoriUm eleetion evening. Arrangement& haVe beeD. to aeeure retuma &om of any import&D~ tion will be lfel'd, of those wonderful Buffalo ShoeS ·IPOO pair Men's $4.00 Oil 1500 pair Boys all solid hard Gr~tn Work Shoes, D width knock Scho ol Shoes, size only . . ' . $2.46 1 llo 5 . . . . . eao PrMeut thle ooupoo totheBoJblo Shoe Co. before No11'elllberl", -.ud" • Ill be redeemed 11&1111!! u 60 teniA lu moue1 ov. aay pair of Doll'alo ShMt for dr.. or work, p ,!JO, ~.' 0, ..~. 00 or 11.00. Oue ooupoa to the pair. Not goo<! dter November l~tb, Ull8. Not 1ooc1 oa P.86 8ar1abl Sboee. :tUAJan WaterJifOOf Oll&raoteed Double Wear Sole. oa II!YN'J pe.l r. Specia l. lJor Scou t Shoe~, IJaod made, wltb Nlacara Doub lt Wear Soln, il-10 to 13, ~ :10; I to li, M. Juat the Shoe for School D~o~•· "' r. PLACiNG LIMITS ON YOUR BUSINESS FACILITIES You an: to all purposes doing jus! thai In using a two-party line Btl! Telephone. A clirecl line would probably more than doubid your tdephone business facilities at a slight increase in cost. Presuming that you do business with Buffalo homekeepus, ~der this fact ; more than 75.5% of the residenca in Buffalo !that have telephones can be reached over Bell Lines. New York · Telephone Co. lt's Everywhuc..- T eltphooe Buildinr Church & Franlclin Streets. JOHN- :E. DAVEY ·CO. . " GEJTS FUBJISS.EIS 148 Genesee Street ll&L.LHOW'IJlD 1211•M GO T O - LOUIS MAISEL ;.,..i,.", c.,_,,, 011 Clt~~A•. ,s_,, A••••-'-t.Aiy $-*'" c.,.,.,.,_ · - CAIN,_•·• 965·967 BROADWAY ·W c Wry ·a C0111Plctc_ line of . GENTS FURNISHIN,a and cater· csJtccla'!Iv to ~ " Union -J"ra~e •• ·Acltats an'ct eubeorlbe fbr the · ·AtDetta•Eeituno;.__· .Jr.~ tD .......... ...W. of lfew Tort -Uac the ln..,.. of1M W•ldaf 011& ~ 10 ...a. tor I Tbe' oal7 Germaa Olfb. 315-.317 Ga.-- resn- �·;" For A&eoc~te Judge of tl!e Court of· Appeals, l;l. D. WILCOX OF E LMIRA. For Supreme Court JUstice; WILLI A~ S. PHILLIPS. f p r Supreme Goun Justice, VALENTIN£ K UCH. Mayor ~ ' STEPHEN J., •lABONEY CorporatioD <:;ouiuel -· Soeis!lst Newll DepOt Dally Soclaliot Papers ........... ... .,..., ........... 6 ,h,D 1UM at Tfl~~ two beds are the.leaders of Buffalo and a full 5 year guarantee hangs over the head of each one. · EDWAIID T. DURAND ' Comptroller '. \ ,.,L B. TAYLOR LOUlS F. REXLV Judge of the City Court WILLI.AM F. CATTELL eounty Judge HENRY ~IATTHEWS , I Commiisei_q.n'!r of Count)" Charities moattaly -.ad WMir.IJ A.PPK&L SUB OABDA. ~mS . The· one· on the ~ is strongly made, 2 inch continuous post patkn>, 5 huvy fillers, large husks and a wondu at , The one on the right cannot be equalled at this price or even 5 dollan DORA FOSTER · more, 2 inch, 4 post pattem, 5 heavy fillers, strongly supported and like the _ ~ it ~ absolut~y guara.nt~. A tremendous value at 0\'er&('er of the PoOr SA:II UEL l.EARY Councilmen WlLIIELM .~\J ~MENIJ.I:O.: G ER JA:IIES J . BATT I S TO ~l H. H. C ROI; EY W . WQ,JCECUOWS KI -':~e.mbf y O.rrlar aod M..t•1 a Spedahy Bell PboGe, Bowud 1m -1 t97.S BROADWAY AJI o~en pl'Omptly allell6ed W. "·..Bricka....& . . E.n.os... oa>'~~_,~,..,_j __ .. -623 MAIN STREET K I-RO-PR AK-TlK is the name applied to a method of locating and rerno,·ing the physical cause of disease by adjusting the displnced vertebme (bones of the spine ) .- to their normal position , thus remoYing the pr~s ure \. fr om ncrYcs. E\'cry organ or tissue in the human body must recei,·e its controlling influence through its nen·c connectioo with the brain. Pressure on these nen·es will cause disease. If you are sick, one or mo re o f your \"Crtcl;rae are out of"n lignmcnt, causing pres. sure on nern:s. To adj ust thest- vertebrae into their normal sttue is the a im and acromplishment of thc skilled Chiro practor. ~ ::t,~\'~~-;:_~;~~~G~J1~!~:in Eighth " -ard-Louis C'. Gena l\int h Wud-E. Jl . Gitorman El ewnth Ward- P11 ul Krier Twelrth Ward-Roseo(' C. Ab('l Thirteo•nth Ward- August )till er Four1 ePnth \Vard- [1. J . lluth Fiftten th \Vard- lnh n Venhcrn S ixteenth , Ward-Jo hn G. Coufl'hlin Qualifier Cigar au:l!'u•~..: Clear Havana 5 ClMTI IU &IINT All Unioo • made Gooch. Ask for Union -made Cigarettes FRANK STEINMETl ~v ent ec:n th \\ "ani ~ Lc:o n ard ~ ~~ ;~~~lf"~~ W. E . YOUNG 19.4 ()ewlt:t: A t:r- t 1W1 , _ N , 5114 I ~. 8 A.MPL.ItROOM ~¥-,..._,cr-. 18115115 S.lle)' Avenue. c..- . ,;;,•.._ Q. IUT IUO IU.I YUU M tL1T1 t ;J II. Dir>IIM Sl., kf, Main <I WlltlmtgtMStf. ARM ENA NT E .llfll.WII.. lmlll . .. CJdtaMI w.nc._ ,..,,, 11,..;,.. _, .,.,..., Fine Jewelry Rep&irl.n& ,-40Terra~. Buffalo. rj.v_ BufUio'• Plooc:a O!.lrupu.ctor 262 W. Utica Street =~!:~:!:..:~~-F=k · - f1.·: Se.ea iroehl~r BULLETT'S SHOES Union Mode HAVE A REPUTATION THEilE:& A REASON With our enormous output, combilK'd with o ur Cheap upstairs ~nt, we a're in a position to gi \' C valpes that canno t be duplicated elsewhere. ~en11~- '11<~ D, Metcalfe TweDt-~ WaN-,.:.Jteht lrleCredie ~ \i: ~: ~ TWel;lt7:.1\~ tliW~oteph ~urke I ) Mens Good-Clothing ~ I i ·; ;.. ~ ' r' .-,,.·nu· 'r•.. ..... ~ '~\ Eisht'eeht)r. W~k Knapp ':1--:"" ~ ~ ., ' . ., ,.,.;, :··· t"'.:.~~';'..~~ :-< I·:'· Near Elmwood Ave. \¥. Wi~ett :=:u.ns WanJ:-..¥. N. . · Gradu~tt: of the P.J.!mu School of Chiropractic. Davenport, Io~a. Constables .. 1~ 1 • • Second Ward-Frank Ehrenfried · -~,-- ' • 1 ' Fifth 'f~rd-Frede:riek lGnni:'lick .- Sil:th WUd-Emil Opler · Ninth Wi'f1!-Ernest Stilke _ Ele:ven* Wa rd-'Wi!liam Cadin, ,··. f'·. , Twelfth Ward-E. 0. Baum , · ~. ·: · Thirteeolj! Ward-EW<I<riek ,Goodall . ~ ·~I .;. ~·r. ·Fo • -Ward-Douglua Bellerjeaa . BOTH PHONES. WRIT:! POR UTERATURE. Perry :.... ~~ ~:·;·; ·. Twentr.aeT ...;.~th Ward~harles , , ~·REE. F. 0. H4NSON, D. C. Super\'isor First Ward-Vixlel· RHerse Seeond Wllrd-Jobu ci. Cooper Third Ward~Charl e11 Plauman Fourth WArd-Charles Fa es~~l er Fi'rth· Ward-John L . Pier Si:~:t h Wi!rd-Dal-lrl l'mphr e~· ,· ill e Seveutb Ward-~l o rri~ Brnunsteln Eighth Ward- A. G. Erftcnbeek Ninth Ward-Otto !:Hilke El e\'enth Ward-Paul Vogel. Jr. Twelfth WArd- L. C. 13~ing Thirteenth Ward-Charlt'ft Roesch Fourteenth Ward-Charles Adams Fifteenth Ward-Gt orge Habicht Sixteenth Wa rd-J"ohn Vogel Se\'enteenth ' Yard-Albert Bayer Eighteenth Ward-J"nlimr Knapp Nineteenth Ward:....Algert Abiatti Twentieth " :ard- Arthnr Upton <r,venty.first 'Ward-L. 0. Han·ey Twenty-second Ward-Benjamin Taylor Twuty-tbird-W. S. Brown Twenty.foorth-Joseph Ball . T-Wrnty.6fth Ward- Charles J. Williamson Twenty-ei.J:1.h Ward-Laot.Mil Geiger ......... tmtf. .Jo•eph Wuts ANALYSIS Eightt•enth Ward- WAlte r Pa lm gren ?\incl"l'ut4 Ward- Jiarl1· Pl.'l <:t1IO R • .Twentieth Ward- 1-lf' nl1· Tutthill Twenty.Arst Wutl- An:hie Oend e ~o n Twe nt;y -see~;md V:an:I-G eorge 11. Freeborn Tw ent~· - third Ward, l"· King "Twenty-fourth Ward-J. R. ~l e lntosh 1'1\•enty.fifth Wa rd- I rwin Lineoln T~enty-sixtb 1\' a.rd--CI~arlt s Grimm Twenty-ae,·enih Warri- F'rank C.i.hill 31 Niarara St., cor. Eagle S12-614 WASHINQTON What Is Chiropractic Aldermen tirst Wa rd-Samuel A. Fawk es Second \~ard-Ad a m Schemht! Third Ward-Miehael Roll Eour th ..Wa rd- D. F. StranAhan · Fifth W a~\- li. . W. !'trine Smoke the Famou e $8 • 50 WE ARE THE FIRST AND ONLY FURNITURE STORE IN BUFFALO TO CLOSE OUR DOORS EVERY SATURDAY AT 6 P. M. First District- Domonie 'De f3io Seeoild District- William G. Roberts Third District-Charles l, hillip1 Fourth Dilrtriet-John P. Wannemacher Fjfth Dilllriet-Conrad· }h:id S i:~:th Distriet-flerman EiliJz Se\'euth Di:ltrict:._William Smith Eighth Di1trici-Prederiek Gr11wende Ninth District-Herman C. Qlag LA RUBOH ol: Dealer's to Coal and $13 .·75 .:.:.: . .,. ~ ~ "' . ~ ··. · ~ . ' ,. IEl.DY TD WEAl AID I~DE Tl DIDEI (UNION LABElL)' �Whtn ~ing to the polls on the fourth of Noveinber , remember t ht part pla~:~l hy capitalist politicians during th e strikH last sprinR! · ~ o w it i5 vou r turn to show them what you ·think o f 3Ctivity on behalf o f the profit·grinden . Now comH your to reward them for thei r hostilit y to the efforts o f unde'rpaid men and W{'l mrn to make a dectnt Irvi ng. • ' thr ~ta'~~~~r~n~is:b~~i! ~r~:~~~it~n~o ;~~~~~; ~-~u;11 :~~~~ :l~a.inst -~~~;~r:i:l~t~t~~~~ti~~.rel/:;~~;n:~od~:is!~~cejJs~:~e~~:~~~n ~~~ country, and pro,·e to tht world that !he manly example fathers of the country has h~n ·wast ed on \\'omen are figh ting for political sth·es heard in the cou ncil s of the · if men, in the full possession o f th.ose ac:ti ~· n that the,· did not know how to t h·ely and for 'their own interest ? Think o f it. workinJ!men oi Buffalo, and show you~h· es to the t:~ sk that lies before you! . !t •. l f human nature cannot he changed, soclal conditions can be changed. tho!<c co nditions that dchtunani1.e men and in ma ny cases p ervert human nature. ... T'roSJlttity today is the pri,·ilt:gc nf a ela s~ . Soc i a ~i !' tn will make it the normal co ndition nf human society frum wh 1ch no h uma n llei'nf.:' will be excluded. with the 'blood of hia ala\'ea,•Socialism "-''' .cc;r ·,c-. war of extermination. Soei ali.~m. by -•--~·-'•--n '-~C~oii:~~t2/ ~~fl~ :~ ~~=b~:~o~~ ' foremoat eotWderati;on of wbieh l{ i.ll be the· people. _.. -. . , . yon going to take your llta.Dil, workinemen o[ ..AmdeleDdera of a sy.tem ateeped in the blood of you r- " · ··• ··-•" .,,,..·•.••• .:. ob :~ ~~.~~~ts, who will never real con· PARADE· Sa:t:.ur·d ay Ev-enin'g B~for~·_·the B,i g. ~e, tin-g .1111 People in Spmpat/Jv· witb ·the So(ia}ist Partp_·invittd to takt:i:pitt.: . • .. • The Parade will · st~rt from . ._ '· .. Fra,_~lin • ,..J • ~ •. arid : w~.st Eaale -S~reets · and J • ma~ch- -~ .· .-t o_._*he aroa:dway .A'u dit6rium There will be Ba....;ds, Flags ·nnd Pirewor~ ci;,pne ·and join .. the ct;"o-vv;d . ··Meet 1n Front,- of - at · t.30 ·o'clock i . . .tl\8 ~ .~ .. �BU!fl'AI.O SOCJALLST ~ A AY · AUDITO M . l" •• . . . .· Ele.ction · Evening . ALL PARTIES .· SOCIALIST · . BULL MOOSE· CITIZENS ·. REPUBLICAN .DEMOCRAT . · I ====== . • • SPE£1AL WIR. E S = . . ' ~ . Dancing, Park Band, Moving ·Pictures··, Refreshments . . . . ~ ' RETURNS · FROM OT.- H ~E: -R · C·I TI.· Es . . - - . . , . . · '~hiS . ls the --EVening the · . . .-9-uT THI-S OUT ·· 8Qcialists ·Enjoy The.m: ~elves ~ c?u~~~gmrs WitL . - · · . - · B_R OADWAY AUDITORIUM .. AUSPICES, SOCIALIST IITJ .. . ' EL.E CTION NIQHrt . �~-~~ ' • PUa.111mD w.BLT aT Tim BUPPALO 60UD5 ' ,._ ~~ 00111'~ ~Life Bt6llq IIARTllf~~ s--., , Addn.r. fM.605 Mut.aJ l..lfe Bc6llaa ~ Pl'b. SI.OO,.. yut, SOc a HitMilY TUTnm.J... BUPFALO. N. Y, l'ltARlt~, T- W'. P. CATTa.L ........ ., ' BUJIPALO,.N. y , fD ...._ -at.. pe.YIMJ ~· ' .. J!at.nd .. ~mdli.J-S,I,l.attk ',..CIIffa·........ NewYod;. uadcrtt..cto1Muda1117' \rh~ne ,·er an ordinaw man· trit:!'i to make hi s indi.viduality re- ~:C:t~o b~~~~~~~~~~~~~"~-~e~c~~;!J 5~~~~~ ~er"~~i~~~.~~~!fh~ i~~d~~~:~: .... an in siJ:n ifi cant cell iu the :r.ocia l o rganism. But let him 'be caught at n cJ! I ec t i n ~ some d uty im poJ=ed upo n him, o r failing to li\'C up to the Cs:J)cna tiom; of t!JO!Oc who feel th e m ~ l \'es entitled 'to set the s tam b.rd.c: inr the conduct Qf men . he i~t treated :is if he h:ld cndan~~::~~ ~~c ,·cry cxistehcc oi SO<." icty by hi s sins Qf omissi'?n or comThe iruli\·iclual i:; hdiulcd whcncvu he claims rights which !'oOC'ict y find !' it incc:u n·cnient to rccn J!nir.c . h e is O\'C tbnrdcn~ with rcsr.on!'ihility wh ~ n ~ocic t y fi nd~ it pro fi t a bl ~ to exploit his powers and energies. Now. at present en n the wQrke r ~njo:n the distinc tion of l<Omebol:h ·, hecatl.~c he h• s " 1·otc that some ptople need. Rut vote c a ~; i . he i ~ ag-ain the nnhod.1· h ~ w aJ; hdore, not considered wo rth \' fJ f t hr at tent ion a111l con~idc ration .,f the di g:nita rics who arc t oda ~·· cn~-:a~e'l in hard competiti 1·e s trn j:::g l c ~ with onc ' anOthcr fo r ~ n~ . • (In cle{'tion <Ia\' the fo r t une ~ n i ~ ta t e ~ mc n and po1iticians arc to bf.. &bd poeraU7 , le,Wature to illthe nu•ber of eoODtf · ill any eotmty. · _, great deal m1.7' .. be .. rd ill favor of thb ama~~dmtnt bf poi~Jt­ ing to law 1a delay. -----~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!~~;~~:":::':"'.;.._ iri h i ~ ha nd ; a iter el eCtio n day he is again the des pised helot, and nohod y ~o J)()Ot tn do his tC \'C tence. Think of thi ~. men . and act accordingly. Don't th rn w your 1·otes a wa y on cap it<~l iM politician s, n e\'~ r kn•>w eithrr Wil t or l'our int e r e~ l !l after election, o r on tali st part ir s. whose hu s ine ~ .. it is to uphold the eco nomic . In · which I' O U ar~ rohhcd of the fruits o f I'OIIr labo r. • c~•1 ~;~~:~~.·~~~~~~~~.;r~~!.~;~,~ir~1;~.t i~:(~t1:r f~~~~~.;~~cr.~~~~r·P~;;/~~!~ :,'~ii:~!~it;~;·~~E~:!~~·~~~!~:~~~:~~:~;~ ~t.~~~,t;;~;w:·~:~,~:~c7!:t;:~:i;~~·~~ii,t.''a~;,~·, ~;;,; ~~:;~;·;:'~~:!' ui :\ rncrifa . were uni ted o f ~· co ur o w n class ! ]" ' l iti ca ll ~· :Hid I'O t ~ d the s traight l'ri1·ate nwncrship in the mt·an s of production is th ~ "'"",;,,J iih,;;\mol<.<<'bl; , f capital is t da!'J;·tuk , ::r.nd the m ~ ntal ami mo ral masses o f the peopl ~ nn es tablis hed authorities r.. un dati" n perro l <" n C~ oi tlu· it ~ main p rop. llo l'o\1 thi nk it is a s ha~c tn e han ~c yo ur opin ion o f l' n. -ir: ih e o pposite i~ true : it 1 ~ a ~ h ;un e n o ~ to d ~ang-c ~·our"'' "·:,,.;~." ),;.,,, 1;0 ., wh l·n rhe t h i nt.: ~ have ch a nJ!~d that cons t rtutc Jt s obJ~ct s n ('l' t'T a !-hamt· tn le arn. but it i.; a disJ,: ra•·c not l<l lea rn whe n t unit 1· 1 ~ nffcrctl Ynn ar(' n• •t infallible: \ ' u ll m ay er r in ohscrl'at ion j u•l !" mrnt. \' .. u cnu ld l h •l iH 1~ ~ ih l ): know in .n •u r . ~·, ;~: i ~~-~~;· ~.',7,1,aj;:~ 1 ·~· ·~~ 1a!i:'~,:• :.~~~: 1\i f:.a rT ,~, 1 ~~~~ 1 chall(!Cd Mo>odoo<- l h;:; ,,,; ~::::~!.i~~~~~:·~;'£,:;~;~~~~~:~:~t~i~t~~~~:~:(:~~:~; l~~.:.~::r.;~:~~~:5~::~~il ,.,,;~ ; ,., , ,,,.,.;"'" " '"'" ' "'''" offoc ,.,.,,. "~'"" l ofomut It is •ml v mu mmil'S that nc1·~ r their m ul n c han t;~ tlwir t1pinion s. An I whip is quit e < li ff~ rcut frnm that an i ho r ~ c u s~d to c it~· life l"Ok,; upon street cars ~ t ~a 111 roll e r ~ in a differe nt wa y than a country Dnn't let \'Ourself b e put to shame by a h ors~ o r a mule. Apply thi'<~ to pract ical po litics, a nd you will readily see fnuli ~ h it i,., to adhere to a part~· today. for no other rea son thin yo u identified yourself with it when yo u wa s young and cured . and wh~n th:tt part~· had othe r problems to d~al i othe r intcrc;;u; to promote than today., The wo rld i ~ mnl' ing ; new intc~s t s ha\'c d~\·cl optd in ~ ;;<tv l'~'''" " ":'" ',', that need new po litic<tl c x prc s si~Thc working class has an ind~pende n t fact or in our soc ial life . and its int~re s ts . po litical r~pre scrrtati o n o f their o wn. r£ your grandfath~ r ohonnho l ~"""' he found his eco n<lrnic interest s rcpr<"scnt~d by one of the it d.~s not pro \'~ that th is is th~ case with you. Think it cw~ r . cxamin~ things as they arc. and not as '" " ~~~tf~~~~ o;:t~\::~~~~~~o~ocuanca:.e:rot~'~?::t!:h!:~ by your ~ ~ KJ..,Cou- But 10 \'le.w that it baa been pmveu' that tome. or our $18,000 a ~ar judgeS, a\'etage one hour and one-batt --.rork a day, and alJIOoo beeauae ot hMtility or the eoul"tJ to l'bor iJ. demauda. '!"e 11hould cart a ,·ote o(' aO confidence to t he eourta. Socialitts •hould vote sgaiut Number Tbl'ef'. Amendf!~ent � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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MORE--SCAB GAIIDATES - .- RUNNING FDI' OtliCE PAHADE WITNESSED I~ BUffALO Republlcam, Democr'ats-and Bull M~ Nomlhate "Frimda" of the Workers - · List Growing 1 Send in Their Names. Cbri.lti.an Heiu-Republithe Oettcr, but if the}: get the can candidate fOC" Superviaor, habit and cominue after election , • , •oJ•bYJI..t......,~~-.. .Zi.p..Bouut.......ilee..ex.~v- •S.U!.z~!:. Edward F. SchroederDemocrat. candidate for AI- a smaller dtrman, 13th Ward. A s a rule The same Non- un:,~sca~~~rr:;;esaive ;c~1a~-:~r candidate for AJdennan, 8th IIOWC\'Cr the wo rkers Ward. a eapitalisl trick and Scabbed at · ¥etz Planing Mill. ing the sc;~bs. About slv~::~·~e~:r~ ~~d1~~~~~~~i\~: ~~~~ as ~~- District. Scab contnlc- f.~~·:r ~~~~r 111~~=:0~ ct~~~~~t~an Un!o~ men an~ ~ialists of I~~e e~~a~~~~·=h~~ll ~?·opnuttt. ~~~u~!; 1 t_he city ar~ establlshmg a hl_ack- The Buffalo Sociali!'U for the ben· ::~~~~ ac::~~d~:::r~·bFr~~ ~~~~~:~~ diit of Hoffalo . ~orking m~n. Buff~o th~ work~n ar~ report- ~ Th~ lat~~t. apphcan_t ~or spa_c~ th~'names of would-be Alder· on the blacklist IS Chn11t1an H~•~s Supervisors who ha\'~ :,~~~-~b ~~n:r.t:~ctf~r w~~e h_:r.s i the one . t1m~ or another scabbed Jmen·,. •·o te 10 dcct ••n thc•r brotl!c r~. These men vi!K'Ir in the lith ward. ·. ' hav_e been _ntfn:unat~d by the c~.p- will douht !css den•· this accu~a­ ltalu t pa~t1~s m return fo r a ss1_s- : tim. and we hope ·he docs. \\'e ':mce wluc_h they rendered m \ 1150 hope he will honor ns with :~~~en~~~\rl~~eioulJ'c~~e ~~:h~~a~~ ! a ,.iliit ~s did scab Schroco~r. 111 , m~n. an~ •1t p;uc~aimin~- themsel~e~. " ''friends ! f,~0 ~ie\1~~~- Df~:l~;:ltly :~~~~~':'~:: I e wor mg pco~ ~take a look at th~ Republican plat· A s many ~ Soc1ahs_t) spea ker 1 form throug h bdore h~ com~s up. I 1 ::::eto~~ ~~~nd~~;;o~~~~~~:~~~ ~~~ 111~1:1 ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ as1:~;~~ W hen you hear a Republican, Democrat o r Bull_ ~~~e can_dl,: ,Jate ha!ld O~lt thu fn~ndsh1 p stuff, With h1s foot on the lo ud pedal, .Just q uietly look up h is ~as! htsto ry_. . Rcmemher, the c~plti\hst pohl!Cians do not ~wmu~ate a man ~ausc they hkc h!! face o r adm1re the way he parts his hair-. They d~t h•m ~aus~ they know h~ Will be nght whcn,he gets mto o ffice. lt is all a pa.rt of the game fo r the nominee to knock the boss who o wns him. Tha t is why these scabs come out and proclaim themsch·cs . pals o f organiz~d labor. It 11 th~ o nly way m which they can fool the pcopl~ and get their votes. The idea is on~ of t h~ planks t~f the Democrat pl;11form. The principles of the party was a litt ic detail that Schroeder had overlooked. · He admitted t hat he scabbed during the Telegraphers strike but off~rcd the excus~ that he was no t a member o f the unio n. Some excuse. W o rkingmen of the city o.r~ invited to send in brief histo, ical skctchrs of the eapiu\i!'t candidates for office to fill out o ur list of "friends o f the working people." State where, wh~n and how they scabbtd o n the class whose \'Ole they arc seeking. ''By their deeds \'e shall know them." If the\' sCabbed once for th r~ dolla rs a' dav they will c~r- I ~.~~~y ~fa%~~~~ ~~~u?'arlic bilr~Yia~~ra~n~~~~w~;nb~0:~11tl~! MJ~~Ym:~o~'t~~~c.l!:f: k0~~ ~~b:~·t: ~i:~i~~~~r!~;. their \'Otc Superior Being-Five dollars a week is enough for any girl to llve on . Clrl-Wby don't you let your daughter try to live on that amount? WORKERS UYES · PLACED AT �l :S ocialist Party . Municl:pal -~latrorm 'PUBLIC ZDUC.I."rlOB. nrtiiODUC!'OKY. Tht' Sotialit.t. Ptrty ill ,tb.e CiiJ The ehild~ o! the •o~a ,or Buffalo ill .a part of tM world. ~a ,are be.inc ~bbed 9f f.be:ar -¥·We Jl.l9¥eJJJt.Df t.o _aOOHab th~ u- ngbt ,~ .e doe.tnoll, FOI' Auociate J adge of -tlte 'Courl of Appeal$. H: D. "'W ILCOX OF ELlllR.."-- Thousanda ploit,ation ol t~ w.o-rken by the ue driven ·by po\·erty to l~ve cap)t.alitiTJ. a.nd to es:ta.hlWI t.b.e IK'.bool .It a.n earl1 ace and ,go mto F~~S~l=: ' C~l-t' ra t.ive Cowwou'll'ea . ltb. Tbialt.be .o.-ere~w d.td hlbor JliAJ"k~.. ~ grf'llt tth..aiJ(!;e il at lt.a.u!l. .u.d tile large pol"tiob of thOR ~tuil.diJi.r .For Sapreme Cotm 1 ustic:e. ;;;:~~~Jv'f~1 ej~b:f!~~nW:~~[' d1~:; ~ ~~ -:'!~~ :Jf! VALL-EKU~ llaToa; , T,o .&!'f.'f,mpli.dJ Util ~nd tb~ work· Th_e II;U~& eapKJtY of tbe«bool i.ng d alii!Jf .t11e "'.or'ld h..a& .c reated buildLDI. ta far_~o;t of tbe aum- Party u ita politie&l ~~ ::u~o~t·~;u;:tot, r:~.:: Htt,''ill g .lJtia UIUtJ.t.enbl.e p.UrpoM ei&He&. _ThOtlN.IIo(b are herded into lft'EPBE!< J . JIAIJONEY Corporatilm ec.a..ei ~!:,::~tt .&;;.jgt1~t '''P.·n~e i:wi:!.v:.tt; =~~~er;:i!:~tg~ m~~ ~~-~~~~Jf :~~:..'~~,!1,~:.!:?11 ~ ~~~ t~~~~~ ~r:~J::r.r:~/:a~~ '~ ;, i ,""', ' 't ~. LOUIS F.~ ~:!:t"'u !,rep i:~e!:~{;~ ..,:!~f Jndge of the City Court WILLIAM.. F. CATTELL • CountT Judge t>eeu j 1 the ~cea of tbe ·lD~t.ead of edueatmg t;he pup1lt, claa . dnve11 t.hern through a IHelt"U f'OU· ~-~r~'iug ,.,.;:~~r~·:~"r~~u 1~1~~i.~~.\e:i!1 ~J~ 'D~~e t~erefo:e deman~: ~mS. of 11 11 Olourr•ell of lift> 11111 1 oprmr- l' ~llt tg e; thnJ t~ ~ 1'1 mllt~l'r of tnui t i... " for Plljornwn t. llllil hy low rJ'fht. pro~ec llug lhf'. cluhlrcn ;;~:.~~:~'ri~! 'i~tr~~~,:~·~::o; e':.:i;r::.~!~; fr?fhet:·~~~~~:,7th!netli::\':-be em- ditll•·ult th l' 11tr U(fll'1" of tlw work - po~·r·red, 111 all ~~··!I where ec~nf>N fur h,..ltf>r f'OII ilititui R. h w1 ,.11~ omJ c• ~r~H•m.~e "ould oth er~ 1se "('lll'ht 11.uol tlw polil'•· ~r... jt 11 \1110\\'line... ~; eon(ht tonlll on contmoJ,..,Ji••nt ton Ill. 1111 hn ~ rc•·•·ntly l uerl, lllll' !! dane~ to that_ age. lw•· n r\rmon,;trnle•l 1 )urin~~: tl1r ~ O<'lltiOI~Il l 1118lrul' IIOII. not for lltrik ••ll or thl' l'n rm•·n. rxpr•·"~ 1111 . 11 , prn·nt l' JCIIIII of ll()m~> manufactur11 ; 1'iill nrul of rho• I•· .Hil•• "'nrk(>MI r·om lunl'f] \I'Jih It ,A!! to fit nil ehll· in [.1;,,.,.,. 11 .. ,.. J.i l! ]l' Full " flfl!l Put · rlr•'~l fu r '~"~· ful l_11bo r. fo r the l·rwu gh 1111\'1' th r. wnrkf'J'll rh,-. ,]II] W~ nud dr•li11111 of tho• uu•l trr•r~< ·h•·n· of tl1t' R•·· puhlfo·rm. Dr moo·rut · uno! ro• fl'lrlll J'llt'lio•fi. ThP !=:. oo•inli!lt l'nrl y o•u!l>< ro u ul! 1\'ork inf!lll f' ll llllll ni11Pr r ili 7NI~ iu ~.\'l uptoth,\' with ih uim !O ""!•· '"!:•·tlu•r nu lll'X I f'll·<'tio u lin.•· ft~r ''''"IIO!II it• fn•f•t )oru l·; q ..' ri•· r w~ hn11 11111pl,1' pro\'dl t !uot tl11• rulinLt .-tn~~ will yi.-·ld Jto> lhiu11 to "IIP]'li••IHio u or nn nppo·1d to jriHtio••• Onl r hy n holtl. lti."L."t··~•i\'1' Hlli turll' will tho• work . Pr~ •n•·-~t ft·om rn pirulillm !ltim(' !'11ul••r iu l llll•illllltf'!l of rl'lir f, n ~ wn~ •l •· luOtl!llrll l•••l fn till' \'nrious ~ lt· P · · ~ wl1id1 hn•··· lltk"n plnrr in t l•[, ··i t_.- duriii J: t h•• pu~ l ,\'Pur. Th.- :O:odnli~ t l'nrt,\' will no) r..Jnx ih • ff,ort " I"' ln1111 li M tho •rr i" ono 1111111 ••:~;ploi t;•d loy nnot lwr. Bnt witlonut lo!lillfl' "iJ.:h l of this. il !l flunl nh\,-.,·r . tlw Roei nlillt PArty m n k·· ~ thP duil.•· s trnuo~tl •• or lhP "'''11--t•rs to i111prn\'<' th r•ir t•nruli t i"11 it~ own llt rugl.']l', 'J'h ,• ~odnti11t l'urtr thl'rl'forP l'''f'»' 111 ~ tl11• fnllnwiic~e prof,(tftlll fnl' this muu ic•ipul r•mnpnigu: MUNICIPAL PROGRAM. • ,,. (' plo•tl~o:•· Ull l'll•· h·t·" to clo our llt ln"lit to a sM i~t tlu• workN'!I to nrl,"lllli 1.•' nu t11 1' •·ronnm ir fll' ld. To ht·lp th•'lll ttl thi' full (':-:frnt of\ our pmn•r iu timl'll of lll ri kl' nud to work, with thl' nrgnnizetl Hlld nnllrgllnh:NI workent. for th e ;,•srni.J ishm('nl of n work clny of 1\!lt mon• tllllll right houf'fl. ~1111J~::~n~~~~··~t;~~i·:.~:;i;~l air;~. ~or the \\'1• d1•111111Hl tht> abolition or the 1'0/HJ'Ad •y~~:l l'm on puhlic work nml th t1 !IU h~t i tution of d irect employuwut b,r the ni mTie ipRiit~· uuci1·J' t•ivil ioil'r\'i<:e ruiM. \\'" furthl'r iltornllnd: That the eity 1:'1\tablish wages Rtul l1011 1"!1 of )ahor 1 i illtill \~ tly hct· tf'r in C\'t'ry CUI} th111n thOIHl l)f'e-\'lli ling in Jlri l'lltt' l'Utf'rprise, thu w_akiu~o: ...llwnieipal o•mploymeut " rorc•• for el t> \'l'tin~e tb e general I'Ondition of labor : Th11t tht> oqt•niution of the emp lo~'t-!'8 in tht- ' 'arious dCJlHrtlllt'Uit bt~ eueouraged and their rii:ht to )lrrik r reoogniz~l. in order to ¥i''t' 'fht'tn a ,-o\ct' in N!gulating R~N'tl t_io n anti 11musement. to-g et h~r With popul11r IIC]f-education, htoing iiect~~sary to healtloy nnd hRppy life, \\'f' d emand: A f!Wecp i ~g liberaliu.t ion of the prt-!lt•nt RUtJ\']Uftted Sunday lawa, whose. sole c.IJeet is to turn the dN1ir e for Pnjoym" nt. into \'ieious s ud unlawful ehRtllleltand to gi,·e fiJIOrtunity for poliee grA.ft; E.<~ tablit~htn en t or free grou uda fo r ou tdoor ftJ>O rlR. public beaehu nml pArks. umnici tllll concert and dltncing ha lls, and other pl'O\'ill· ion for rec:rreation. ,. E:xte-rtdNIUM! of the lll!ht>ols and ollu:r J•Ublie bttild inJrll for llocil'l gatheriu~. meetings of l11.bor orgauiu.tiofl!l, diaeta$iOilll of pnblic IJUMtioua, and other lilieS. w1thout disorhnination betwl"f'n parties or denominationa. bnt 'J'ith ..apecia1 regard to the needs of tbe '"ork· iug poople. drt-Nrt of t:rit'YA.neea. and also to en· lillt tht'ir t t'el~uiea l knowledgfl and pu,blio tpiri,t ~u dei;Jlot'1'111io a~d efficlt'lll atluumatrahon of pubhc faint:. l A hb.tral l,!o'ttem of eompenu. UDXPLOYIORT. We demand the eatablithment of mu nieipal emplo,•ment bureaus to take the p late Or the printe agencies wbicb now pre'· upon tbe nl'e<ls oJ person. sedci.Ii'r work. As a mtans oJ equaliJ.ing the PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ~LOYEES. !~~·,i ~\- "r~~d!~:;~~~.~~~eu~" a~~po; •f· iu d ty ewploy, aud Nlinmell1 itt .,·stetu. we demand the eatab- I ,T iqDI. or diaabiM . . !!:'e~~t_~:_~:~!!~a~er:dem.!lfi; ~!g=~::ro:~ tib:~eb~ Wt . dttuand 1ha\ the .ticeJmDC tb.e w.uni.eipaUty. of ltrikebt'Nkera u apee:tal de~n~ We d emand furthu that iD ties b@ atopped. that th& . pohee timM of ind.uatri.al' d epretllion the • ~:!t ~o~c ~~hp~e u:~e~ ~~~e t:re~':!alpo':hl:r:et~z; ~~~~ ~t~n::;; =.~--s-e:. b;:ti~~! ilL~=·~= hold at~ ad diltributa lit- W"'rb of pU"'UUMMIl nlu~ ud .,. in ~ :..;14 labor th~ laWlttiq of mu~ipal mm.. dWpuJ"; aad tlt.at Uw power of ~· 'Ciadfl' the p:ooril:iona ttaltd• l'r- tt.&.r& :~~:::~ =~l~ brt.Ue-f'l in (aetorin or-lllftat ear b&rt\1,.. I. ! .CIII: _~ ·~ ."' 1 " ·-. · • ·:::I • .,;: etMwhen in~ platform. : "' cents It will 15 Cents This is:· the _Evening the Socialis&· · ·"Will Enjoy Themstt~ves · AUSPICES LOCAL BUFFALO, SOCIALIST PARTY ·What Is Chiropractic KI-RO-PRAK-TIK is the name npplied to a rnethod of locating and removing the physical cau ~e of d i.eue by adj usting t he d ispJR«d \'Crtebrae (boon of the apinc) -; to their n o rm u l po~~ition , tbut removing the prcuun: from nerves. E vuy organ o r tiNae -ia the human body muat retti\•e its controlliog inAom<."e throagb ita ::~:. ~~~:\!: d~::~hse~hel~~:!n~re~=~u::e ~7,: oonr of your vertebrae nn: ·out of nlignment, causing presure on ner\'9 . • To adjust thea Tft'ttb rac: into thcir n ormal aitue is the a im aad accomplishment of the 'skilled Chiro practor. · ' ANALYSIS J'REi. BOTH PHONIIS. YJUT& FOR UTBit.ATUJI.&. F. 0. HANSON, D •.C. Fil'llt Ward-Vixley Ry1·er·se Second Ward-John G. Cooper Third Ward-Chsrles Plauman Fourth Ward-Charles F aeaaler Fifth Ward-John L. Pier ' Si:xth Ward-Ds\'itl Umphrey\'il.le Sci'Cnth "\\~a rd-:'llorria ,.Braunstein Eighth War d- A. G. E_rftenbeek ~inth W ard-Otto Stilke Ele,·enth W ard-Paul Vogcl,t J _r. 'twelfth Ward-L. C. Beeainr Thirteenth Ward-Charles Roetch Fourt eenth Ward-Cbarles"AdamA Fifteenth Wa-rd-George Habicht Si:xteentb Wud-Johll' Vogel Seventeenth Ward-Albert Bayer ' Ei'ghteenth Ward-Juliua Knapp Nineteenth Ward..-Albe.rt .Abiatti Twentieth Ward-Arthnr Upton Twaty-first Wud-L. d: Harvey Twenty~fmd W ard- &nj,!min Ta,ylor Twenty-third-W. S. Brow11 Tw~ty-fourth----J'~h Ball Twenty-fifth Ward-Cbules J. Williaiuoa T-t.·enty..U:th Ward- Lantrill Gei~ TlreDty-3e,~Dtb Ward--Charles .......Pio..c:w..,a.ca. 262 W. Utia Street Ncar Elmwood Ave. G.adual< ol the P.W... School ol Cbbop..ctlc, D - Iowa. BU FFA~O w_:Wm.ett Seeond ·Ward-Frul:~ F'ihb Ward- Frederick Kim.miek Sixth W ard-Emil Opl! r Ninth W ard-:B.ruffi S_tilke .Elennth. Ward-William Cadin Twelfth Ward- E. 0. Baum Thirteenth Ward-Freduick GoOdall .... Fourteuth w ard-:Qouclala Bellerjeu _ • - , Fift~tb W'&rd-FraDk weisoe ~I! • J -,;.; ., Sixteenth Wa.rd-Joh.a Bo.mk:raa&.. . :-:-J; ·~ -r Snenteenth. Ward-J'. N. KOeJaieP -1!-:~ -.,·..,...,... "!. ·,: ·EiptMntll Ward-FraU KD.app ...,:- ~ · 1 ; ,J.:- ~ - , ~tAW~ DeGraff -.. :. .. - • • • ·Tw.IMIIIRt~~ ) . ·:,:! - - 'l'watJ-IBI: WUd--8- 0 . lldealfe TWoot;r- WaN-IIftcl llleer..tio ~-th Watd-.J-h ·- lt:n RETURMS fROM SCHENECTADY AND OTHER CITIES Sup~ niior ... thla .:oupon. It Is eoocf for flv• cents. With a~ y~ to tho big dolnp. Admission withou! .;oupon ' .F'il'lll Ward-Samuel A·. Fawket Second W~trd-Aclam ~~mba Third Wnrtl-)licltael Roll Fourth 'VIl nl-D. F. S tranalum Fifth Ward- )!. W. Perine Sixth Ward-Jerome J. Smith Se,·enth Ward- llenry Goldst~in Eighth Ward-Lpuis C. Gena Ninth Ward-E. H. Gierman Elennth Wl!.r$1-P~tul Krie r Twelfth Ward-Roscoe C. Abel T hirt ct•nth Wnrd-August Miller Fonrt el'nth W~t r tl-H. J. Ruth Fitfeeuth WRrd- Jo,hn Venhern Sixteent h Ward-John C. CoughliD Seent eenth ' Yn rd-Leonard Perry Eight eenth Wurcl ..:_Walt er P~t l mg ren t\inl'll'enth "\\'ard- Harrv Petet'flon ..,.,. TweDtieth \Vard-rrJ.\~. Tutthill Twenty-fit'flt WRrd-Arehie H~ndel'IOD Twentr-second \\'a~d~eorge H. Freeborn Twenty-third Ward-C. U· King Twenty-fou rt h \\'ard-J. R. Mcintosh Twl'nty.fifth W~trd-lrwin Lincoln "'· Twr:nty-sixth Wartl-Charlefl Grimm Twent y-seventh \\'.11.rd-Frank Cahill !:t• ::; ~~d:fri~~·;:~ h:e:~z !~:m:~~::·~~:~p~~~ -o: .. ~ -: ~;~~n;,!;~t as~ I PUBLIC HEALTJi' Tlw nmuidpality is liS rem illl in l'nrin~t for tilt' puhlic lwll llh R!l in ]'rnddi ni( Nitwn tiou for the youug. )h·d ir·lli null hygienic Kcicncc point " ou t the enuses of tli 11eu~ 1111d " hnw N how t.o fli'C\'CIII it. Jlul 110 ~e rifHIA nttf'lllJlt ill tnnolP loy thr •· it~· to uppl_\' ib teachingM. Tlu• ludf-hca rtl'd pnllinti\' t' '"''ll" llrt·~; whi<-11 llll\'l' hc•·11 tuiO (Jtrd Hrl' 11 lll f' rC rlro p in tlw 11\ickl' t. <'OUI ]llltf'd with tlw ..ondi tion11 whi1·h Htl• fos t l'rin~; di ~ o·n se nn1l \\')oir·h th" Hdllliu istrHi i"n mnkl'll 110 r fTo rt to remo\'1', loi'CJI11St> to do ~.-. wou[, [ d itlliniMh thr• profits of JnwiJ.-,rd s llllll 1'111plo~···l'lt . \\'r dun1111HI till' t'stnhlill.hment uf llllllio·io·UI fr;•(' d isprmmrif's. ho!lpitnl ~. ll llll l' rnit,\' hn ~ 1oitn! s .• llllll itroriun1" nnol r·onYnlPii<'f'tlt homes to n.·r•ommmln fe tlw \'liSt numhr r of nn tiPillll who nr!' II•JW dt•lliec\ prnJ'et Cllrl' llTrllnfl'h tlw prohibith·r i'Oiit of rri\'fll (' in11titution~ . '11tc trnn!lformHtion of the comr iPtc merlir>lll srr,·ie" rtf the e it~· from u p rivate, chnritHh\c and <"omnwrcinl. to 11 stricti)' public hn11is to thl' Pnd thnt tltr maint ennn l'r nr hNiilh mny hi' ml'lilt• 1\ pob lie l!er~·iee. reud~recl to Mil the fll'oplf' 1111 rreely lUI Jl!; now the u11e of the Htt'f'etll. RECREATION. _,_;__....;. BROADWAY AUDITPRIUM ELECTION NIQHT . 1' ;~;;':-~r:;~1·;',',~ :,:;~~~:·rH ''l~.''\~-,.~~~ ~!i~~ ;[\~~ ~~ ~~!,'ll~~~~~ c~l~e~~~ti~~~.a~~:-n;~ _ 1HIS co~~~~ wn.L DORA fOSTER Assembly · Firit l>Ulriet'- DoDrontc !1e ii1o = Se«<nd Dilltriet-Willliun G. Roberta Third Dilltrict-Charles~ Phillip. , . Fourth ,District-John P. w'aDDemaeber 1 Fifth District-Connd Beid • . Sizth Distriet-Benn& Enitz·. Sc''CDth District-William'{!mi ~ Eighth Diitriet- Jo"'rederick Grawender Ninth District-1-lermnn C. Glau ' :.~~,;:;~;;~~~m\l~,"~,7~;r~i:~.•.~~: ·rt ~~:~;. :~!:~ ~;~~~~,t::~~~~~~~,7; fr;~lld CUT I Overseer of d ie Poor SA11UEL LE.-\.RY Couneilmen WILIJELM ALl!ENDINGER JA.llES J . BATTISTONI B . H. CROLEY W. WOJCECBOWSKI :;~~r~.:'r~i 10:li~~e ~·:~ki 1~~c!~llll~!~~ '" ~~~,!i:r;~ o{0~hep~~~! f~ling ~:z~k.,;~~~~·:o;~.~~~~o~n:~;~~i~~~~t~~~ :::~: ~:~::::~.; ~~ ::: ::ra~::: ::~~~~~ o·r~~~~~~ ... , •. , , • : Comn!~~o~l~~~"~~ritits : I !it ieal arty whi~h Ml.ll.nda for the !he. Jm rDedJat~ e~~h on of ~ruf. r·apit•lrat l)'llfem of ,.x ploitlltion ftc1ent •eboo\ .buJh.hngll to llccomf'.ltu :11 tlw 118111e tim ... rldend the ~nOO tt f l' ttll ehJ!dreD .of 11ehool a~te )WP IJ ·eo....... LB. TAYLOB org.a nit.ed ; tt1e atrugglet of th.e atruetol'!l ean ngbt.l1 handle. The ;::~C'~~~~~~1:: ~br~u:1cl!!1::i~~ EDWAJID T. DIJS.L'<D ¥ $ HO.E CO. �NOVEMBE-R 1st G!O. R. KIRKPATRICX. ~Of Yar-Y~ For? SPEAK-ERS S t e ph e n J. Mahoney , Socialist Candidate for Mayor George R. Kirkp-atrick, of New Y:ork City, Author of War, What For? James- H. Maurer, President Pennsylvania Federation of Labor and Member National Executive Committee, Socialist Party Admission, 15 Cents I Reserved Seat 50 Cents, on sale at Socialist Headquarters, 606 Mutual Life Building, and 165 Broadway �- ~....:LTIITTIG BVPPALO SOCALIST PUIIIJSIIING COMPANY -.. .....,_1.1......., ltAJr.T1N--._......._. HPnn'~~ ~60WCII5...,_.J.JI,..._, ~ Prb SUIO ,_ BVPPALO. N.Y. Plt.UIK~TW'. P. CATTJIU.. . . . . . . BUPFALO,Pl.Y. T"'• 5Gt .lib: ~ pqaik a.,._ ~· ~ .. ~m.a.lkr)-S.J9I:Z.*'-thlpallai&ol.t . . . . . NcwYoct, va&«dleut«Mucbl.ll" Tl.JI!SDAY, OCTOBER 2a, ltl3 • . DO IT FOR YOUR OWN OLA88 .. WheN! ~·o ur trf!AIIUI"e is. tiler•• will ~·our hu rt be also. " The ho' lltt nf th e mml(' tfl w nrld i f~ in th e poc'!ket book. Attack its poeket l•nok 11m! you cnrlRngcr it s n·r~· t"xilttnee . :X rw y ,,rk I'II IWNI Mt• t•omplnining t hnt co utributiouR for th e \' iw-. n; of tlw \'11hurnn oli~ll!l!('t Rto> J•orni n~or in very p o•l'l t lm t tlw ~o01 l pco p\1• of :"\ ew Yo r k lun·e •liu pp nit1 1111 1' 111 ~ r~: ll'l\1'\ling puhli 1• Ruh~ riptionA 1'0111'~ ... ~ \\'(' hll\'t•. One i11 JUJ\'(' t ~Hto' thnt mon r y liO ~ u hMC r i h ed r en cht>s its tion . Th('r+• ,,,.,. e!hRrill'lhl l.' ltouls whn t11k e too liiNRily I tnnxim t lult rhnri ty o u ght to ho•J.d n At hntnP. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. 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Will Result in Robbery of - -Paying Workers by Check Should be Abolished. CANDIDATE FOR ALDERMAN. FAILS TO DENY HE BROKE STRIKE F. Schroeder Admits He Worked During Strike and Tries to Excuse Himself By Saying He Did Not Belong to Union. Pnrty StN"et meetare a joke are given spaee. Hvt'r~· movethe Soeialista ha\"fl &11\cceu ~o the colunms of 1>rca.~. is on.ly one anawer-tbe that. be are frightened by rapidly growing aentiment for working clau' organization. despite all the obatae1ea aNI thrown in the path of the :;~Joanor•dgn committee e'f"ery meet. luc~ and t be ¥Ote oa will be an eye opener, waul to know what- the doing and get the . ,.. ;._ .--~··.- ..•truggles. nead �Socialist Party . Municipal Pla~oi'm Th_e Bi,Uest ·Valpe 'For Chid Judge of the Court of 'Appqts, HENRY L. ,SLOBODIN OF NEW. YORK CITY. • ' For :.usociate judge'or the Court of Appeals,· ' - ,. H. D. WILCOX, OF EU\IJ!A. UITIIODUOTOIIY. Tht' Soeiali.at Party in the of Buffalo ia n pi.rt of the witlc mo\'ement to Rboli11h the ploitation of the workert by ca)UtAlilita, and to ~•tab1iah F~~l~~r~~ic iO:::r£~~ ~l'erative Commonwealth. p u t change ia at hand. For Su~me C..ourt Justice, VALEN:f!NE I<UCH . Mayor STEPHEN J . !.l.AHOJ'I."EY Co1:p0ratioli Connael ~:~i~J:~~et~nb;~~teit abo~{ dition To ne1..'0mpliah thia end the work· ing claaa of the world has created the Socialiat l'ar1y lUI ita politieal ber ina1tf~~~:;t. 1 :~. Comptroller .Aalesaor LOUIS F . RE.."UN Judge of the City Court WTLLIA.\f F. CA1'TELL Commissionet' of C-ounty C harities ~ms. ti DORA FOSTER 0\·erseer of the Poor SAlfUEL LEARY Cbuncihnen WILUr:JJM ALMENDINOER JAMES J. BATTISTON] H. H. CROLEY W. WOJ€:ECJ10WSK1 , ch•fend int rro·11l ~ of tlw working cl nk.~. t ho• t'IIPiiRliHI rlnli~ growN mor•· ruth]PNS in opprf'AAillll wnrk ,.r~. It h11" ohtnin,rl ro n! ~~~~~:',1!,.~. ~~;·:~~j~~1111!~~. ~,';,':, h.v ~~:.;.~~:~~:~~:~~ ci~'~·'r:~:~;~ I' ,.1:.~.i;···~ pro!ectin!t~ i the . ,..hilclrcn fr~~: ~::h~~f~~~tl~!rff ;~~n,t~ 1 •.' .he em. rfjfli,·n lt tloo• stru g~:J,.. nf tllf• work . po,~···rt>ol. Ill 1111 e""''~ wlwr<• t>c~n· PI"' f,, r lwt l!~r eonditinmt. It Ulif'S I nm1•· pn·S.'>I~tt' wnnl<l ot hf't\\"l!le t h(' pnw,..r nf e nv,..rnm,..nt for thl' o·ornpl'l ]ltlj)I]JO to _lcll\"o• ~chool Jw. ~'XJ•] ..itution of tlw procluo·•'" Th,.. foro· the AJ;(' of ~~~htl'<'ll . to !l'tn.nt t·ourt <: ~tud thl' polic,.. nrc itll H!ln wnn,..CII condttJOnnl on contlll· oho·di··nt tool!! 1\~ hn~ ro.,.Pntl\" _,.,.d ntlo·ndnnPo." In thnt n~:e. lwo·n olr>monlllrntl'tl ,]urin!!' tJ,",.l ~'v1•11tio~nl JIISt rudion. not lit riko•!l nf the rnruwn. P-;pr··~~rru•n. !'rr'•nte ~11111 of 1101111' UJI\nllfflctnr · 1lo·pnrtnwnt !!lOti' (']<·rkll in thi ~ l ~lj.!. or ~Ppnrnte fro111 .or nlternll· rih· o f tht> milwrs in w,.._t \'ir. tll"o' !O ~l·n ~rMl . t•rhu•ntJon,· hnt ~o . ~til;in. nnd of l h·· t;•.xtil•· wnrko•l'll o·omhllll'ol w1th 11 1111 to fit nll chJ]. in J.n "-r•·Ju· 1•• J.ittlf• Fal!.11 nnrl l'nt- •]r('ll for ,,.,.'f nl l_HlJOr. for the t>r~r·n 1lutir>ro; of o·i111.P1111hlp. nud for the I.MI I!' f'llOIIIth hill"(' th,.. worko·f'l o•njoyment of ci\"ili7.1'1l life. ho•••n tlw , ]npr>~ 11111] d ct i m~ of th" l P UBL1C HEALT.h" fruou l nn <i tr•'tH'hl•tl' of tlw Ho·. nnu· Ueereation and amnsPment, tog~ther with populnr Relf.OOuen.· lion, being n ece!lflar:r to healthy P UBU C WORKS AND CITY and happ~· life, we clemn ncl : KMPLO'YZES A s\\·eeping Jibt!rali7.Btion of the . . '. present antiquated Suncl11y lawa, \\ l' d e mancl !Jit' llboh t!OII of t he whoae sole efl'eet i11 to tnrn the eontrHct syst~m _on puh!ic work de11ire f or into ,•iciOIUI and the 1mh"trt ut10n of d t~e~t e.m· 11nd unlnwfnl c h11nnels nnd to give JliO.I' mN~t. by _t he mumc1p11hty oporhmity for police gtn.f t; u nt.l;•r t: l\'llser\'ICC Mtlefl. E!!tahlishment or f ree ~uncla \\' e further ~em~tnd: . for outcloor .sport!!, public be.ach ett That tire e lty estjlblts h wnge11 and pnrk11, municipal concert and and ho\11'11 of labor d istinctly bet· d 11ncing halls. nnd other pro,·ister in e'~ry cue than tho8(! pre. ion for ~errention. ' "l'liling in pri"atc enterprist'. tints Exterlded use or the aehools And making municiptt_l employment 11 otber public huihlin ~P~ for 10ei11l fo ret> for e le\'ftting tbe gener al gll.lheringw, meeting~~ of labor Or· con~lition of !abo:; . gftniutiom. llis('nMionll of public: ThRt the orgam ut1on of the em. 11uutiona, 11.nd other n~C~t, wt thout plo~·<'t'S iu the variou. d epArt· disc.rimination bet1nen partiea or nrents be eneonraged and their denominat ions, bnt ·w ith ll""p4lCi&l rib~t to 11trike recognised, in order rtgard to the needt of t he work · t o gi,·e t~ 11 Yoice in .regulating ing people. not mnre thnn l~i!l'hl hour11. ~· '!-'! the use ... atul unorgamzed workf'l'll. for the e!ltnl•lislmJent of a work tillY of ' ~~\~~- ~~~~:ntJtA~~!en~0a~~po; ~~~~~~~rg;:~~~:!;·k·~~~~g~o.~~d of We ·~. ~e~and ""'hl!••hm,••'l puhlic apirit in demoeratic and ef· to take fir~"n t ndministration of public af· agem~ie11 f111r;~~: .A liberal ll)'atem of compenutiou for accide ntal injury o r death an1\ for indu11tri11l dbease ineurffd in <" i.t~· employ. and rcti~ment ~PnsJOJUI for 1111 nged o r d1Mbled tttr f'mploy'*l. BTRiltES. needa of As a •ecce-~ .--cc ''•-• burden not be iat aystem, we liahment of a of unemploy· ment inanran~ eondue tecl u far aa poMible through workingmen'• We. de.mand thftt the ~ce.nsing ~~~':i~~~·i;,ith liberal aid .by of ,:tnkebreakera as IJ)('Clal depuWe dl'mand further t hat tits ht, atopflf'Cl, t h11t the police t imn of induatri11l depteuion flow.• r be ~ to the nt.moa4 t.o rit~· take 1peeial me!LAit~ to ~r;~fe~ow:.~k'~~ l~eo~~~i~k ~·~n~: ~!;i~io~~ i~11rth~11 ~~:i\~bo!he 111!!~·. aing!r or en ~~~~~· amJ,~o b~· the eonst.rnt:tion of ho!tl m~hu(Cfl a ud. d1atr~hute hi· ";Ot'l..~ ol p..nta nent ' 'llue f'~ature u1 couneet1on wnh labor the l a unching of ntunicipal the f"IOWI't' of tri 8 un(ler the pro,;aioml! tlh;JIIIIf:l; ¥ml · that ::~,~::~:n~~~~~:! 1~!u~~~~~~tb~~k~ hr~aktnt bania. in fft~:totietl or 11t reet cftr eltewhere in th~ pJat!orm. BROADWAY AUDITORIUM S e-•·rnth \Yard- H enry Go ldstein Ei~;hth Ward- Loui:t C. (;t>nll r\iulh W ard- E. IT. Giermnn · F.\c1·enth Ward- P1111l Krie r Twelfth w~ml-RoRCOe C. Ahel T hirtwnth W nrd-August Miller Folllrll'enth Wnrd-H. J . Buth Fitfcenth W11rd--John Venhern Sixt:cnth Ward-John C. Coughlin S...e-ntcenth WRrd-Leonnrd P t>r l')' Eight1·cnth Wnrd- Walter PRlmgr('n r\ineteenth W11rd- R arry P eterson Twentiet h Wnnt-Hcnr y Tutthill Twenty.fif'!lt \\'nrd- Art!hie Hcndet'11on Tweuty-secontl Wnrd-George n. Freeborn Twenty -third W11rd-C. lJ. Ring Twenty-fourth \\'nrd-.1. R. Melntosh Twcnty.ftfth W11ro·J- I rwin Lineoln Twent~·-sixth Wnrd-Charles Grimm Twenty·&e\•enth \\'11.rd-Frank Cahill PARK BANP "' DANCING "' MOVING PICTURES SPECIAL WIRE CUT THIS OUT THIS COUPON AND TEN CENTS WILL ADMIT ONE TO BROADWAY AUDITORIUM ELECTION NIGHT Super"iaor ... ,,., _...,. eujo)'lllent ·· . ELECTION EVENING Thir•l Ward-:'lliehne\ Roll Fourth Ward- D. F. Strnuahan Fifth Wartl- ) 1. \\'. Perine ~ix t h Wnrd--Jeromc .J . ~mit h 1 ill RETURNS F'irst W~trd-.'SRnnwl A. Fawkes Se<!oncl W ard-Adnm Schemb11 f "~-: :·;::.1 1.;:~:::::. r~;;~~~"~:1,; t•l.1· prn1···n I ~;:·~;:•i7~~~·= !';t~·n:~t 11i':;·,~~~,;,itl.,\. 1:;:; tlu•t th" rulilll!" '"111"11 will ri··],] l ,.it.l" to 11ppl_1" it .~ tCAchin~" II"! loin~ lol Hupplio·11tion or 1111 np· Th<' lou]f. heftr!cd pnlliHtiV(' p•·u l to j u.!'ltir>,.., Only loy 11 ho l<l. nu-usHr<'!l whil"l1 hll\'1' heo•n ndoptnccr·•·Jo.~il'•' 11tlitwl r 1\'ill tl~ wor\; . , ,.d nn· n m1·rt• d rop in t.)H· hnekl.'f. r>r• ,..r,·st from cn pitaliMm ROme •·ompnN'<i wit h the rondition11 , ,,.,,.,.;,] IOI O"IIIIIIti"< of t•·lief. 11~ wns whit·lo un• fostering t.hso·allt' nnd f!,. ,,,,,n.~trHt rd in th;• 1·nriou~ whirh t ho• 11dministrHtimo makes ~ trik··" 1\"hi··h hn\"<' thkf'n plnrl' in II" r>fforf to r e mO\"f'. hl'cnll!'<' to rlo t hi· ··Jt.•· dllrin~ tht• pn~t ~···nr. so \\'011], ] diminish tlw profits or T il• "o•·i;~li~t !'nrty will not rdn:t l luncllo rd11 nn1l em ploy•·!'!< it ~ o·fTnrT~ ~" Jon!;! ns tlwro· i.s 011,.. \\"1' tll'tua ml t he l'lll nhl ishment '""'' •·x ploitl'd lo.~· nnolllf'r But of s uflit~ i,• nt fr<'e olillp,..rumtio•s. ho~­ w it lt..\11 lo~iu ~ !lli!hl of tlli.Q, it ~ t•itn[ii. mnleruity loosp i tnl~. 111111i· fitud n h.io•••t . till' ~<11•in l i.~t l'nrt_,. 111ritrm1< nnd COII \'IIl•·.so·~·ul homes to mn l. ··~ thl' 1lnil.'· s lrllt:J.do• of t lw no·t·ouHuodn t e tlw \'IIIII !lumho·r nf work•· r~ tn imprOI"<' tlu•ir conoJi. pntio·nt,; who nrr n nw d t•nicd l inn ih own ~lr11 !;!idr> proper care thron ~:h thl' prohihi· Th•• ~m·inlillt P11 rty thrr,..for•· lil"t' roll! of pri•·nh • in~ t it utiomt. pr•·~t·nts the followin~ p rocrntn Th(' trnnsfo rmnt ion of th r com. f••r th is ruuni··ipHl •·swpnigll ; flh•te medic11l ser,·icP of the city f rom 11 pri,·ate. c.hnritnhle 11nd MUNICIPAL PROGRAM. t•ommt'reinl. to n strid[~· public \\' f' plt-d R"" Olll'lich-<.'!1 to do our hMill to !It,.. I'Ud tlutt th P rnllint enut uu\~t to ns.<oist th" worker.< to llltt'l' of ht'ltlth rnR.I' hf' mndc R ' ''"L'":mi.ze o u tlor I'I·OrlOillit• tir>ld. puhlie ser\"iCI!. r endr>rl'rl to nll the REO'REA T10N. 812-814 WA8HINQTON STREET Alclermen nn<l othPr o•Jll· ' pronoliu~r Nhlt"ntiou for the yo1111~. 7t"ll" 111 s~·mpnth~· w ith it.'l niou 10 1 :\lo·olit·al nnol hygienic J>•·io>neo• \"1'"11•• IO I!"o·t!wt 011 II<' XI clt•o·tinn 1111Y i pnilll11 n ul 1111' ('A IIIICII of d iMI'II.'If' ~f .~:~:]'p~~~~~~ il~ :::~e!u~lf ~~~~r~l! ~rosll: :ts:;t~~ly ns 821-823 MAIN 8TI!EET Second Di!t rirt- William G. Roberta Third DiRtriet-Chnrles P hillips Fourth Distrio::t-Joltn P. Wannemaeher F ilth Distril't-Conrad Ht!id SiJ:th Distril't-Hcrlnt~n Ellit.r: Sewnth D.i!<lrict- William Smit h Eighth District- Frederick Orawender 1\inlh Distriet- llerrn11n C. Glau wnrkincm~n IIIH I to wor k: with tl1e o rg11nize,l -Bricka & ·Enos Astiembly Pint Di11trict- Domoitic De Sio :::,~:~lt,'.:'ll· ~;~~;;~~~~;~tnlll;~,rt:·''~::~~~~~ •·n~:;~ ~~~~;~~~~~.'~~::i~·li~ :::~~~~;~~= ::: 011 ul l +-· oOiidly. ' County Judge UENRY ~IA'M'HEWS i!t•·Ht('t 1\IL!IlhC I'li litirHI party which capitnln!ll ·~·sh·m 1111111' - . It baa a built the dalgn Ia J!Cifcct and the coverbe Is of the .finest goods. Do not wait a minute but buy the big v.al~ at this record I. B. TAYLoR t •\"t•t nt the - ~ EDWABD T. D'URAND en•r in view. the makesb1h 11tmeturee Sm-inli~t Partr i purpoRS. me rc-<'cl with the Ill the wol'l;in.2 dt~u. nud m1I clnue.s o r!fnniz•·d: the at r uggle11 of wnrk i n~ f"huu; ftl"e itfll'llnJggles; it bill~ when the \\'Orkin!: elnfl.'l i it .o~ su<'<'f'M i~ thr 1111!!Cellll of wo r k inJ(' c]Ail~. Tho' workrrs lit£! ~·1111 \- ...Qn Earth 11 Is ont irtmtn• dou.»•lllt Bil and Easy and & {cgular f28.QO .., ~ Pint Wfttd-Vixley Ryvente Seeond Ward-John G. (;()oper Third War4-Chnrlea Plauman Fourth ·ward-Charlea Faeuler Pirth Ward-John L. Pier Sixth Wat'd- Da\·id Umphref'·ille S e \·ent'h Ward-Morris Braunstein Eighth Ward- A. G. Erflenbeck Ninth Ward-Otto Stilke E Je,·enth Ward- P11ul Vogel, Jr. Twelfth Ward- J... C. Beesing ,, Thirteenth W11rd- Charles Roceeh Fourteenth Ward-Chnlea ,Adam.a Fifteenth Ward-O~rge Habieht Sixteenth Ward-John Vogel . { "t" ~ Se,·enteentb Ward-AJbert Bayer fP' .. Eighteenth Ward- Julius Knapp Nineteenth War d-Albert Abiatti ~ Twentieth W ard-Artbut' Cut out this coupon. Admlaolon without coupon ,_ • ,.. , Upton f : ' ···: Twenty.fint Ward- L. 0 . .Harvey Twmty-~eoond Ward-Btujamin T.,ylor IJ'wenty-third-W. S. Brown With ten ~ta It will 15 C<nta IEJijiNS FR~M SCflfiEUADY AND'·O'Hifl CIHES f" ; ..... It Ia good for five ~ta. aclmlt yois to the ·big doings. · ·•• Tw,nty.fourth--Joaeph ' Ball Twenty.fi.fth Ward-'Charlea J . William.lo.n .•· · · · Twenty-Mventh Ward--:Cbarlefl W • .Willett Thirteenth Ward- Frederiek Goodall Fourt~th \Yard-Douglau ~Jierjeau Filteenth Wart1- Frank Weiae Sixteenth Ward-John Rosenkranz Se,·enteenth Ward-J.' k Koehler Eighteenth Ward- }i' i-ank Knap1) . }l.'iueteeuth Ward-Ocorl:e DeGraff ~·entieth W ard-Axel Pete.non Twenty.fint \Vard.-R· 0. ~l etealte \ Twe.nty ...'ri.xth W ard-Reid Mt'Credie · Tweri\.Y;~t\'ellth \\Tafod-JoseJlh Rourke __ _ . AUSPICES LO<;AL BUFFALO, soaAllST ? ARTY , Twenty:ais.th Ward-Lant r ill Geiger .CODitables ~nd Ward-Frank EhrenfHed Fifih Ward..;....f'rederiek Kimm.iek Sixth Ward-Emil Opler Ninth Ward-Emeat Stilke Ele venth Ward-William Cadin Twelfth Ward- E . 0 . .Daum This is the -=:,venin• the 89cialists Will ·i;:njoy ·Them.elve~ TH'B fj' ~ U.B Ellml1"'SS !l.:~~e:.;~:JIIilll,ll~~-lllllm �·oVEMBER .• 1ST "'i JAMES H. MA~ Praidalt Pmaayhmll& Fcokr•tloo of l..!.bor SPEAKERS Stephen .J. Mahoney, Soci.a list Candidate for Mayor George R. Kirkpa·trick, ofNew ·vork City, Author ofWar, What For? .Jam ·e s H. Maurer, President- Pennsylvania Federation of Labor and Member National Executive r ·committee, Socialist .Party Admission, 115 Cents Reserved Seat &0 Cents, on sale at Socialist Headquarters, 605 ~SHOE co. ~How To Vote On SENECA AND E L..L..ICOTT STS. Amendments Mut~al Life Building, and 166 Broadway THEELEPHANTIIOIJSE I Chiropractic Of CAPITAUSM Lay Asid~ Pr~judic-e (The Child of Ignorance) Come and Get Well THE NI!WLY DEVELOPED SCIENCE TH.'oT PROPERLY APPUED, BRINGS HEALTH The body, like any other machine, will work normally when all its pa rts nre in plncc so the energy will upply, ~Oents ~ We want you to try a·~alr of.thoae wpndar.ful Buffalo Shoes I 000 pair Men's $4.00 011 1500 pair Boys all solid hard Crafn Work. Shoes, 0 wtdth knock ~ho ol Shoes, slze orily . . . . 12.48 I to 5 . . . . . 815o Intht~bum • .,body tbeeoersyl•Cilll&dnln:udo.e. hl• trallltDltt.ec! throu4h Lhe nent~t to the eellt of the body, and to loog u the uerTe chan11dt ou-e free ' he ttlmulat will pu1 to the plaoe of !noctiOD and nor· m-.1 aechl~y,.·lll '"ull. Normal fuoecJon muo1 HEALTH. The ehlropt'I.I:Wr 11'ho It afll.d eot In hit 'lll'ork ean ~~the aboonnal po~llloa of a.ny tl&~ue of he body. Thlt remoYet tho oau.e ot (-.tied) dl.e&H, and he..ll.h, or hnmony, It the reeult. No eharge It made fot an eumlll•tlon. It placetJOII onder no obll· ~ratloo. l nYetllgaalo · will tho• yoll that chlropraecte It •hu you are looklnJ for and • Ill do all we el&lm. Curn.tuftlll a apeclaky. 0.11 alld be eo~~Tlnoed . Ut.ntul't MaJitd 0C1 R.qu.l. F. 0. HANSON, D. C., Chiropractor 262Y.Utka St. Both P bODU. ' BUFFALO, N . Y. �• ~~~ ......,...-z,..,.,.,.. (W"IoW IOCW.ST~ i:xl.ARY .............. -....: ..,...~,.,...,..,. ....... u.-..... __,.~._, ~-.- .......,.._ .... , •• ..... JUI7Al.Q.K.'C • ~- -r•. r. ~-.-. --~&Y. • , . ,.,.. . . . . . . . . ..,-M.- ...._ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. 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Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/3b47c44e56fc995974800f93ed6120a0.pdf 543cdee968d39f294da56bb25d3d22ef PDF Text Text ,. . . Some. of the Citizens and Progressive -Candidates Have Slgn'l fied· a Desire to Talk to and Debate With ·tt;e Socialists. The Socialist CamPQ.Ign"'Comm~ttee Is Very Anxious to Gratify Their Wishes and Takes Thls-Opi:;or1unlty to PubUcly Challenge Any and All th'e Citizens and Progressive Candidates to Meet Representatlv.es of the SocialiSt Party In Debate. The Sooner the better and the More the Merrier• . ) -'the Soclaflst Party Is the Only Party In the Present Campaign Which Stands Ready at All Times to .M eet Rej,re~entatlves of the Old Parties or the "C.•tS" or 81,111 Moosers In Debate. . ·· · Will the Citizens ~nd Bull . Moose Candidates Accept This .Defy? Of SOCIALISTS· MAKE OLD PARllES WONDER No one to blame, no oue to ~ ~~~ "htcb the IJllsguu.led blame,'' 181d Judge Brennan HI· took lu• 0\\11 hfe Luigi 1 ftrdlly dte ruOOn In haruJmg dO\\ II 1101 \\ !Hhlflg to IJI! burned to h1.1 cleeuuon On the CioH:r Led JlllllJ>f'd out of th.r wmdo\1 null duut.ater-"..;'.rrio one to blamt' ' l mlt·rnl\lh lnJIIM'tl "'"d d 1eil dec Hled the mveat•gaton~ of the follu\1 IIIK S tmday Is th1a lhated uull d 1¥1Uie r \Ulh Jhl i4 ~o 1 It 11 murd~r pure and nctmu :<\o oue to blame, pi~· llghed the whnewa1ht'rw or t11e It nn111t lw a mAtter of regret BmghamtoD fire, winch sent 27 the Ne"~ and Tune~~ thnt there worken to the grt>at unkU0\111 \\ eN! not 1nore falahllet 1n con • ~ o one to blame.' dee1dl:d the nu·uou with th111 dl&Uter What W\e&tlgators of the Cherry Cro:o:k a fino• chaucP 11 \rOnld ha' e b eo11 diJI.Ilater with it& ..WO victims. ··l'..:o I to take up another collection of one to blame!" The ,.,.ortl" 111ill flftcl'll thouMnd Jollat"' or ao for r iug in our ean when ..-e remo:m- aweo:t '' 1'. h11rity .. without being reber the l.roquoia fit't!, the Oeu~ral 11uireJ to make a public accountSlocum calaatrophr- anti the pun- ing of dilburaementa. dreda of livta whieb were 1111criBy thl' 111"8)'. it will not do to let Heed on the altar of Capitalillt .\lr. J01!lyu think WI' hne forgotgreed. ttn 11bout that riwted mill f und. '' So one to blame :'' ~o! So lit 111}"11 that about four thouaand one but the worken themaeh ·ee doii!Wn! baa h l"f'n diatribut~ to who at&nd by like sheep and aee date and that no a~ounting of the their brothen alaugbtered. What rema.inder will be m11de until they doe. the Capitalist eare for t he are f.!"ood ami r-eally. livea of a• few menf A doll11r ad. Have no fear, Mr. Worker. in the papera and hundredJi will They will di!ltribute the money all be reeruited from the army of the right, but not heeause they want unemployed 16 take the plaee of to. A liltlt. apnr in the rorm of a the murdered. · jlt:tition lligued hy the principal The-e accident. Are prev~ntablo. C'Ontri_hutorR,. 1lenumding an _acT he l:lwted milt di&uter and the countmK. w11l mrn the tnck. Clo\·er l.eaf expl01iou would Dt!\'• illn 't it about time to gtt out th.at er ha,•e oecnrred if the fae torid petition f Will ~·ou aign it f Do W'ere operated for the beneflt of yon went to k~1ow what became of humanity instead of for making the money wh1ch you thought waJI profit&. A thouaa.nd dollan io- goit1g to the ..-i~owa and orp~j!tll ve.ted in blowen would have ke pt ?f tbc Huated duuu;terf All rll(ht. tho&e mills free <It gaset and the 1.t you do, 1111k Jo.~lyn, uk Butler, workers would ha\'t: been rerDoved llSk Mack. They know! fron1 the brink of hell. I ci ali s t S pea k e r s Hold Audiences with Logical Arguments for Cause of Workers- Every Han Filled With Enthusiastic Listeners - Big ·Vote Predicted. �WHERE SOCIAUSTS STAND WITH UNION Jama H. Maurer, P.uiclmt of Pennsylvania :Stlckl'";~""'•1• Ftdtration of Labor Will Speak Here on NO'"m.bcrl lst-0'Brian I....bor Fakir& lnvitd to Hut Him. , lfJll FDUIIJEI .... We carry a ~plete IIDl ol GENTS,FURNJsiiiNGS· and cater espe; ially to the -Union Trade ·:. ~"®-""50 i ?-nte ~ Weof~~~~~~~,.;~alrBuffalo Shoes I 000 pair Men's ~4.00 0 11 Grain Work Shoes, D width only . . . . .2.46 1500 pair Boys all 501ld ,hard 1 knock School Shoes, size I to 5 . . . . . INio ~~~t thl• co11poa to th• &lWo 8bue Oo, bdore lfon~mt.- 111, u d It will be NCIMmed tatDe .. 60 oe"c.. In ll'lliCie7 oa 117 pt~ir ot Bul!falo !AOH rot dre.orwort:, ...60, H.I0,t§.00ortii.O'). 011M10011p011 l0 1be~lr, N"' 1ood an.t Nonmber 10th, UHI. 11"' 1ood 011 ltJI& Bu,Ua 8boel. NlapB Wa""JH'H'f GutaotMd rioabta WHI' &111 011 IYWJ pair. " 8podal, &,. &;loa' 8boel, baed naah , wtdl Mlapn ~bla WMI' Sol•, dt.eol lOco l l , tiGO; l t.oii, P aJ. .l uttheBbotfce'~ o.,._ �STEPHEN J. MAHONEY, Uadld.ak lor MayCII' JAMES H. MAURER. Preal.:knt Pnu>aylv.lnll. Fcckutlon of L.bor SP&AKER.S Step he n J. Ma honey, Socialist Candidate fqr Mayor George R . Kirkpatrick, of New York City,- ~athor of War., What For? .James H. Maurer, President Pennsylvania Federation of Labor and Member National Executive Committee, Socialist Party· Adml••lon, 15 Cents Reserved Seat 50 Cente, on sale at Socialist Headquarters, 805 Mutual Life Buildi ng, and 185 Broa dwa y THE · HUB "TOM", THE r-qfAT How To Vote On Amendmen:ts Mllllll [f. .auii&,VIUI!MI~I 84 Se.n~ St. MEN'S OI[I1'1TTI!RS lil iAn t!tpeol al !Of' t hla 'W-k t :$10 Suit• and 0.trCO.J.tJ, • • Suit& and Ov~tl .. ~1 5 .$10 Suits and Overcoats • • .$2.00 " "" • • • • • • EDWAlD C. UEIIIU Printing of ()u11lltp UNBOSSED ''li~ubo&L'tl, ' ' chf l.i11t£'n. Thom118, I would a. word with t hef•. , Tom! Inter- UN I O N H ATS THE~HAT �: fl"UUI..IMm)yan.Yrtllll. -' , , BUI'Fo\LO soa.wsr·~ <XIIIe\NY .. a..--.-1·. 6M..a:.-....J,L6..., BUPPALO.N.y. JUJtTUf ~ .......,_ HIDCRY ~.--......J~...,, Ptb $1.00,. .,...., . . lib: Sut.::rlplbt ~-.. ta..-.: '~ ......... ~. W', P . CA.Tnt.~.: 1'VT'nULL. ,.__.,. ' BUf'PAJA~Y· ! • _.... piY'I1Ik .. . . . . . ~ ~· - . \\'hen going to the polls on the fourth of November, cem<emiO« II th' "' the part played by capitalist politicians during the spring ! acti1·it;:~~~· ,i)~,;~,r~~rtl~~r~r!~~~~~~;~~~~:m N~h,:' c:~~e~~~~r to rcwanl them ior their hostilit:-; to the efforts of underpaid nfen ~:';~ ..; ; ·;·········-· and \lumen tu make a decent li1·ing. · li you miss tl;ii!l opport unity to reg ister your protest against 1:1=-= .:;;.;-.- ·----~~ t he shameless ahnsc o i power and position o n the part of your masters a nd thei r hircli!IS!I, ~·,u disg-race yourselves in the eyes o f e\·ery right - t hi nkin~o:. fair-minded ami jnstice-lo\·ing m:m in the co untry. a nd prove I•' thr world thilt .the manly exam ple o f the fa thers of the cl'iunt r~· ha~ been wasted on you. \\'o men an· lighting ior pu litical rights. in order to make them .. ,r sel\'e~ uscthem ash:~mci'~~~'1~WP.nSIM~UU);t-f~~N.~t.~~~Ei~Mr:= hranl in the ,-,, n,Kils the nation . \\'ould it not be if '!ten. tn the fu ll_ J ~ •~:<c,.,.i..n uf those rights, proved by their own that t h~·.1 dHI 1\\11 know how w in tclligcnth·. c!Tec.tin:l.l· at~ol i••r thl·ir o w n interest ? · Think .,f it. \~·orkinJ.:mt>n n f Ruffalo . ami show \'Ollt:'-~lve;o. C(]Ua l t t• !In· t ;t~k that he ~ hd o rc you ! ' .. :ll'\ 1<111 the :\lrmc\· ;;on~rn;; the wo rld a nd wo rker,: demantl their full quo ta o f rcprt ~Cili:LtiOH in this g'OI'CrOiliC!lt. If human .n.1 tu rc l'annnt he ch;tngcd. social conditions can be c-han,;cll tho~e con<huon~ that dchumam ze men and m man) cases Think bciore you I'Ote. aT1d if you m ake your interest the subject of your thoug ht!!, ~·ou will vo te the Socialis t ticket, the .1 that repre sent ~ y o ur interest a s a wo rker who is not the tool h<Hir. hut a m a n in o wn tig ht. · his he Fuhrmann prom i:>cs to cnforc~ all th~ law s. His promi~e he n f 1·aluc if had shown b1• h is adminiStration that ltc to keel' promises. He has bCcn tried for four years and w:uu in:.:. Let u,: not tru!"t in idle pro mises o f capitalist the~· :trc not wo rt h the pap~r on whtch they ar-e wnttcn. tin<~ ns :tre tl!lahl~ to keep promises gi\·en to the common hccan~e they :tre not thd r o wn master;;; they ar~ the mer~ t he mal't.: r~ oi indust ry, co mmerce and finan4e. O' BRIAN A8 A DEMAQOQUE. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/6f0412c3667caa6d7e4ed3eff8d16532.pdf bd7748b04066fb090ea89dfa0f10b76f PDF Text Text EXTRA! - As if to: Give ~the Lie to ·the. -V aunted Prosperity Argu·ments of the Capitalist Politicians the Shops af ·Bufralo Are Laying Off Men by the· Thousands. · - ' The Capitalist Vultures Will Go the_.~imi~ in 'their Determination to Keep the , I Work_ e rs in Submission. IF WE OWN.E'D W .H AT WE PRODUC_§ The boob who kicks against the idea of ''dividing up" ' is usually the fellow who is wondering .U.Jinlniii,.O iwhere he will get his next meal. capitalist J¥>1iticians are maka big noiu . just now about greatness of Bufblo and they asking you to • vote for a Buffalo:-Your Buffalo." of it do you ow:n? can figur~ that out and th~n aft~r taking ~t \he wuhh which after an equit- UlCI"CW<I J · ·•~"''" ' able distribution of what he has produced he can db:ide •whether or not a redistribution would suit him. ' :raking the capitalists fi1.rures as ·Set forth in the Buffalo Chamber of Commer« 0Tglln, ''The Li \'c it? If \ not against ~idy says that a few :~ork lh•c Wire," we lear n that Buffalo peo- real pie have $J::a:s,IXIO,OOO on deposit$$$ in Buffalo banks. Buffalo ha,·- to a ing an• industrial population or 988 ahout 435.000, you and ~ach men1- you hne you ber of _your family ought to have diS!atisfied with $5 17 iri" the bank. Ha1•e yo u got yo u produce. hue a at i MINE WORKERS . SACRIHCED TO CREED · OF HUNGRY OWNERS of Men Entombed in Mine and Rescuers Are Hauling Bruised and Burned Bodies From Mine ---;- No Protection From Dust EXplosion. (Sped• ! to tl.e Bn!f•loS.,..ialilt. ) I '"'~'~,'~:~;:~~· ?\ 1;;,i~~:~ 'J·~r~:~~~ SCHENECTADY SOCIAIJSTS ,.. ;,.,. '";0,,,,. ;.,;.,.•. ,.,d """" BE AT1 NC.ICE TRUST know{, to be clC'ad "llnd more th an mo re than 250 min~rs hurried 111 t he debris, who.-:t' fate !s Ullknown, The Social i11 t sdmini~trntiou in t_~e rC'scue wo~k ou; Ill t_hc Stag ~heiiN!Tndy hM pro\·idcd munici~ano n C:oal :\!me No. 2, ts fe\·er· pnl ice at cost , with 1,000 cu&totn- 15~~~~~~~;~!fs ~~i WOni~Tl ~nd chit- r:u~~j~~~H~~;~IIC~Ihi~ll:l~::.~li~i;~~l~l:~:i~ <lrcn, the Wt\cS .and dnldrct~ o f the en tombed tt.Hlcr.i, arc b~SICJ;· ing- t_he ~ntrance . to the min~. f_ranucall y . p!eadmg that the h ves of the.tr Jo,·ed Qne.-: ~e sa~·~d. The_ ~ccne ts heart-~cndermg. I he fanuh~s of the mtners already kno'':". to be d~.a~l, present an agom~mg ami ptuable S l tee la ~ l e. All n_tg.ht lo ug the~· kept a _faith· fu l_ ngtl o.n~r the dead bodt c:S o f t hetr .rdattves. It rs sttted h~r~. hy men familiar. with ~he condit.ions prt"val~nt 111 the til-fated mme. that th~ li\'CS .of the hundreds of miners ~mploy~d there were g:ambled with _a gain5t an outlay oh1 com· par~u,·~ly ·!'mall sum · fo r safety dev1ces. That the ~x_plosion was du~ to the accumulation of coal du st and coal ga~. i~ disput~d only by a few. ~flmng experts agree that with a proper li)"5tem of exhaust fan s and with an C(IUipment oi tntion th ey formed 1111 HSIIocin tion of SocialiKtH wh o en rric.l o 11 the \\·ork n11 11 Jll'inate ent erpri»e ut eo~t 11nrl Iilii!! tlefen ted tlw io.:e tru$11 thnt bnd lon g !Jicd the cio•. St reet~ have bct>n h!.'ttcr clctmt·d . HI )O\n'r rutell. tlmn e ,·cr hc.forc, whi le pny ing ho~ tlt•r wngec for the work. 1'11viug i11 doue st lower rfl.t e» through cutting out the old eontrnct IIYIIlem. A central purch. asing ~tgen cy for buying city &lipplica hu been elltnh lio;hed and d fected great llll\'hlg, thQ.city ~eSI>­ men! hR8 been rai•ed 11. third of a million . Milk and food ilt~ Jieclion hn\•e been t'fiiRblillhed ttnd health sllfeguarcled. A pharmacy hBI\ heen est•bli.sltetl where city pre· llCriptionJJ are Riled r~e. fl u raised ularies of a ll public ~e hopt teach en~. Pro,·id ed freo text book.. and rree IIC:hool ttupplit'8, 1u1 well aa. free dental ~~en• i ee for ~~ehool ~hil­ dren. Forb11de im))()rtation of" thniJII and gun men dUring •trike. bed of it ~ h,orrors. ticians. ~~~~:a~ed;~o~~~~ra\'~af~~~~:O~~: f~~ ~!":!~~ f~s:t"n;· o1f~~~;e 5 ~~~ -"" �.. ~ ; J. Duncan, Ma)'OI'- of- Butte, Mont., Answer this Quation .:._ He is a Capible Official and a Fine Speaker- Every CitiUn s.,;,wd Hear Him. Lewis What will Socialists do when �_ ,' ' Fo• Odd Judge of tbe.CO..Ool~ HENRY L. SLOliODIN OF NEW YORK C1"I'1(. "' Foi- Associate jadge.of dle..totin pf ApPUis. H. D. WJLCOX OF I!Lio[IRA. ' For Sapmnc ~n1 J~ , ''• : • ,W I LI.:IAM S. PHILUPS. .. .._, For Sapreme Court Jil•tice: VALEN.TINE KlJ_CH. • . Jlayor ·STEPHEN J. MAB,ONBY . Corporation Coupsel EDWARD T. DURANDComptroller L !!,.,.TAYLOR I .._, Big M.~e.ti ngsTOURA~ E :·.LA HALL, Ullcil 1111d Clt17'1ilnck Sis. MJZ f.AH HALL, (/). tFmp 11nd 6trkimtr Sts: I .. - . COL~MBIA TURN . HALL, 1261 6tntstt St. · . SPEAKERS: · LOUIS f. REXIN Judge of the CitytCourt WILLIAM P. CATTELL County Judge LEWIS.]. DUNCAN, Sociallst M ayor of Butte, Mont. · STEPHEN. ]. MAHONEY, <4ndidate for Mayor SOL FIELDMAN, of New .York O ty IIE:"l'RY Af_A'M'HEWS Commi.sioner of County Charities MRS. DORA POSTER Oven~etr of the Poor SAMUEL r.~EARY Councilmen WfLBELli ALlltENDlNGER J AJILES J · DATTISTONf H. H. CROLEY · ALL THREE SPEAKERS WILL SPEAK AT ALL lHRff MEfliNGS Admission Free W. WOJCECHOWSKJ AITAll Assembly "Firtt Dilt~et-l}(lmonic De Sid Seeond Diatriet-William G. Roberti Third District-Charles Phillip. Fourth District-John P. Wannemacher Fifth District-Conrad Reid · Sixth Di1trict-Berman Eilitz .' Se\•cntb Dinriet- Willia'm Smith Eighth Distriet-F-rcderiek Qrawe.Dder Ninth Di11lrid-Hennan C. ~lau (Specilll to tbe it in helping to bring the toanend. BROADWAY AIIDITORIUM / saturdag EYentng, JoYemner Jst SPEAKERS : GEORGE R. KIRKPATRICif. Aut hor of W a r, What For? JAMES H. MAURER President P ennsylvania Federation of Labor. Admission 15c. Reserved Seats 50c. · Purcb.,t l'Our Cltktts Dow. tleken on u.le t t Soc:lallt t Headq~;~arte", 1106 )lgtual aod at Wm. J ooe. Suclalltt Newt StoTt', 166 Broadway. l~ed ~·t Ute B~;~lldi~;~J;, conflict ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;;~~~~ Furs a"d Mllline..Y AT ·~~~~Aat.J< QO TO LOUIS A. ABELSON . CORRESPONDENCE ""'" lho Sod;;:;:- u N I 0 N H ... T . . THE~J Aa a aubtoeriber to the oD.!J Eugli.Jib •J>I'&king ..-orkinlf ...... J>&J>e t ill tbe IIIT ..... IIlthi.•MUI"n e ity . (The Bull"alo Soeiali1 t ) , 1 wbh II•. DJ•'-It.,twt. •-'••W~8fJ­ Eighth Wa.rd-A. G. Erftenbeek Ninth Ward-Otto Stilke Eleventh Wal"d- P11.td Vogel, Jr. Twelfth Ward, L. C. Beesing Thirteenth Ward-Charles Roeeeh Fourteenth Ward-Charles Adams Fittee.nth Ward-George Habieht Sixteenth Wa.rd-John Vogel Seventeenth Ward-4._1bert. Bayer B.ichteenth Ward-Julius Knapp Ninet-eenth W ard-Aibert Abiatii Twentieth W ard-Arthnr Upton Twenty~flrst Ward-L. G. Harvey • Twenty.seeond Ward-Benjamin Taylor Twenty-third-W. S. Brown Twent,--fourth-J'*:pb Ball Tweuty.flfth Ward-Charles J . Williauuon Twen-Q>-Uxth Ward- LantQll Geiger Twenty-eevelith' Ward~arlea W. Willett: to _..Y• few "ordal11. re gard• to tbe aU1tu•le of tbe tb-eet e~r 111oflll. About four ..-eeb ago all you c-ould bear !ro1n tbem wu Soeiali.Jit Tie ket for WHITE y H E A T RE OA.K eTRitET Betweea ( l e g - aac1 Tuppn P'our Picture• Alway-. AJ•W..IC• . - I-C;;;·~·· "-"-"-~-.;;:. \he HYPNOTIST - ~~. "' Constables SeOond Ward-Frank Fifth Wlird-Frederick Kimmiek Sixt"k Ward-Rmil Opler Ninth W ard-Erne.t Stilke __, ! "- ' Ele..-entb Ward-William Cadin Twelfth Ward-E. 0. Banm ·'I'hirteebtb Ward-Frederiek .Goodall Pourteeotb WI.~Douglua Bellerjeu ' :: Fift.eestt b 'Ward-Fr&ok weiM · Si%\eelttb Ward-Jolla Bo.mkrana .._ Seveuteentb ~·~· N. Koebl~r !Uob- Wud- Fnnlt !Glapp Nm.teenth'i"~..... DeGntl . · · ! · Tweatietb Ward-Axel' Petenon ' . I ' . h:mf1--8nt W~R- o :. iretealle TweatJ-Cst.b. Wanl-..-~id Me0rewe , Tweati1'T~tla Wani-.:Joeepb Rourke' SOCIAUST DEMONSTRATION We make • tpectalty ot repaltlog and al~rlug !"u". L')1J'EST PRICES ::183 O•n. . . . St~t:. n•ar S p r u e . ·~!~t~\';~l~~;::r~n~~::n:!~~n ·,·-. Socialitl.) Calument, Mich., Oct. :l'j.The \\'estern Federation of i\:liners, which is directing the strike the 15,000 copper miners, has appealed to the people oi strike <li~trict to co-oper:.te with Supervisor First Ward-Vixlr}' Ryverse Second Ward--Johu G. CooPer • Thil"d W ard-ChRrlea Plamnan Fourth Ward--Charles F11.euler Fifth Ward--John L. Pier ·Amendments B~;~ft'alo Calumet, Mich., Oct. 2J.-Im· ported gunmen and professional strike breake.rs aided by the itia this afternoon pe.acdul demonstration of striking copper miners, wi\"e!l and sympathis-cf1'. \Vomen who carried the American flag at the head oi the procusion were knocked down and beaten. the flags trampled in the dirt of the s treet by the gt.m· men. Many of the paraders were bruised and beaten. Fourtoen strikers. we"re arret<ted, :~mun;.: th~m two wo men. The 1-.'lLUmen were let go a tjd a rc n.-.w enjoying lhe freedom of the city. Aldermen Fin~t W11rd-Samut>I_A. Fawkes St'eond Ward-Adam Schembs Third WRrd- MiebliCI Roll Fourth Ward- D. F. Stranahan Fifth Warcl- M . W. Perine • Sil:th Ward- Jerome J . Smith Se,·enth Wan:I- Hrnry Gold11tcin Ei~hth W11rd- l.oniA ('. Gena Nint h Ward- F.. A. Gierman f:Je,·enth "'a rd- Paul Krier Twelfth Ward- Roscoe C. Ahel Thirtet·nth Ward- Angust .Miller Fourteenth Ward- H. J . RUth ' FitJeenth Ward-John Venhern Sixteenth W11n:I-John C. Coughlin Seenteenth W"ard- Lenmml Perry Eighteenth WRrd- Walter Palmgren NiMteent.b Wan:l- ltarry P('ten~on Twentieth Wa"rd-Henry Tutthill Twmty-flnrt Wani- Arehie Benden~on Tweo ty-~~eeond WMrd-Oeorge R . F reeborn Twcntr-third Ward-C. U· King Tlrenty-Courth Ward--J. R. Melntoab Twenty-fifth Ward- Irwin Lineoln Twenty-sixth w 8rd-Charles Grimm Twenty-sennth Ward-Frank Cahill How To Vote On ClREAT CALUMET STRIKERS E.brentried · . . .. ' ... �PU!ILlSKIID .....-s,.y n-TH. BUFFALO SOCIALIST PIJBLISHING COMPANY .,_,_.,., 604.6051luhW Ufc lkoMtq BUPPALO. N. Y. ~.,=:::::: 1· ~CA~a,!.- A*Ir-. 604.605 Mutual Ulr: lkdklbl.r BUl'FAUJ. N. Y. Prb SUlO pll' ,..,, 5<k .tK -*bit J!f.Jdik 1P . &DC& ~ EakNd u ~ ma.tta ~· · Juae 5, J'Jl. at lb. pcll: oftb at 8ufWa. Nnr York. otlda-tbeactal lbtdl l. 1179 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1913 UNION MEN AND SOOIAL.ISTS The i1_11elligent unio n man cannot help realizing t hat in place 1s with the Social ists. for Socia lism mea ns t he I the wurke r!l from the despotism o f capital. \1 Juch union mcu arc con~tantly contend ing. n, c-~· certainly mu.lerstanJ that all thei r a ttempu a t having their de-mand!< io r sa uitary wo rking conditio n ;; in factories a nd sho ps lc-g-alir.cd arc hnile as lo ng a~ the lc~o:i~ latures a re contro lled by the capitah:.t da~.; . "llle \" know t hat whc:ue\'cr a .!il rike is on. or a boy· C••tt, c a pilliJ!<t jmiJ.,:ei are alw a y~ rc a<l y with peremptory inj unet\ons to iustrate tht·ir effort~ .,f ;.::ainu1:,: a fair day ·s wa~t:s fur a fair day's wnrk under hu111an n•n_rh uoon,.. T hey a rc aware of the fact that they can never hope of ~'"•·mg ~rr~cti~·e lal~r law~ enforced, a s lo ng as thl" fudiciary ,~ un•kr the domi 11 atinj! influenct of the: capi talist cla~s and eni<•}"S the pn~ il•·;.:c nf do:clari ng such laws unco n stitutio na l. It is their imere~t pu re ' and ~ i m pl l" that mu st prompt them to Fide with the S.oc i a li ~t s o n c lectiou day, ~nd elect men of their own hi~ <.llla J Kipa t it~n <)f NO\\ ' "'the tune o f year v.hen thc ca p1ta hs t poht1 t 1ans and thetr ward heale rs ply the1r wares. CampaiJ..'ll b;um tn i lluminated with electric light s are seen on ~t.any of the: saloons and the ~ 1 •ll~a\ s h_\'Ste rs a~e ah9ut . buym& crowd and (hstrabute c1gars.. lm· agtne t he gall of a n1an thmktng so httle of hts fello w cttl t:ens as to expect to buy .t hem at t h at price. Yet the sorrow of it all is, that it works. · A candidate is a good fello w be-t:r and a t 1p r or a lunch only shows that ,;oijliti;;~;lta•;.t. arc s uch that men are this free ha nd o u t, the candidate whose bOast his adminis t ra tion is one o f A fe w n ights a!-,'0 at the: Fuhr· mann meet in~ apposite the Publie Li bra ry tbc lkmocrats had a half do1en mcn mingle amo ng the YB:ta when that ci(ir is given away it is with the ho pe o f getting it back a hundredfold. You sell yourself o ut when yo u take it. peril!. . . . It IS ~tgh umc fo r profenmg any degree Ktncc tp rebuke t ho8C and \"Otc fo r there o wn If t he '"oters w.ou.ld us e: thi:ir \'Otell int elligent! ~·. things would be differen t. Of. rourse, but the- troubh: deeper. It is a re making accoun ts fo r I 1.Thefact arc: 1 thi n~s · in the: c.-<amine results unbiassed by prejusticc. If the~· wo uld look upon tic ll a« they look 111)011 thei r pri\"atc affa ir;;, the~· would a llow t hcmsel\'eS tu he misled the (:ttch-phral'e!< and empty dec· l:amations of vote-ca tchers. In their pri\"ate affair"- men look the ir «:ano mie interests. of tending to their own they make the mselves t he ical tools o f the ir masters : · :!~~~~~~~nt•h~·,·,:, ·;;:·;'i/;~~:~.''!-~':;i,r i~~:,~ ~~~~~-ac~,<~:~_~'/7~~:;,~ ~~ ~~~~~~ ~~:n~ss;~;!a~~~~~n~ait~t ctgars to :h~:~ hen~ii~e:. .. a~pcn~. 111 tlw lc~h.la\1 ~ ,- hm!Je~ <1~ 1\cl! a~"' puhhc adm•mstratwn :md "' the halb of JUSt ICC . :\.~muon men th o:~ arc figh t in~ the hatt i e~ oi t he workmg class i n the econo mic field. as Socia l i~ t s they mu st fi g ht the !la me hattlcs in the political firltl . :\11 class-strug g le:- are political as well as ccOnQinic ,;trugg les, and th e ir ultimate object is the co ~quest of all social IKJwrrs fnr the pnrpo~c" of m:akin,~.:: th em !' uh ~e n·1etH W the aim s in \"ic". that is. in ou r case, the: w elfare n f th e workHII-{ pc:ople, and ult i m ate\~· tht welfare of society at large. Tht• re is no antagoni11tn h<'twccrl 1'11 ture and 111t1.n, for mnn hi mH produrt of ~1\lllrt· . 1\JH] ht" r n ob il~st prodtwt. In mnu ~11ture t' ,.,.If ill bt·comcs ~~<·lr-comu: ioul'l. _T~1 i_s is th e roli~ II.Tiny thnt •• • • ~ cou ntry o_f unlimited p0!13ibilitito~~. inrhtd _. C\"t•n thf' me n jii' Miih he,•anlle they an• nn11_h t' o Jl'-'t t> nou gh 111 •·111. whil•· tiH· o·o11ntry t;x rorts.hundreds of milhon~ doli11N>' wort h 1·: food11tuffM to f.:-ed fore1gn nattons. AN YTHINQ FOR A N ISSUE n,..- Rt·puJ.h,·an ranrlidatt· f,,r :<.la _l••r. Th.,ma~ ~t• •ddan. lt•ndl_l t!o:.-J .. re~ th~t he .~!anti~ f,,r bcltl" r ~ t r..-,·t car s.:-rv ice and lower iart·~ ~lr :o't .. rl<brt h:1• " " ' :~!way~ hclrt till• !"'Sill nn It i ~ ,·mly ~inn· he ~~.:,•;;•·; ::~~ \';~·:.": ;~;'n\','t'" ~ ~1;• 1~;;.~, ~ :.·~:: ~It:! [~cc~:~~: :~• :: ~ ~~~ i 1 ~: ~:r~~~~ 11 1 1 •1•1 ;;: c '' " " b ]( :ll lwa _l l ·n mpan~· \\ lwn a man •~ J,,.,J;-in ;: i••r ~ ~· litieal ,ffi<"c In: mu,;t ha\c an i·~n•· t•• ,J,~c"" ;,ml a• '"'"'"a~ )II ~toddart wa ~ ll••nunatt"d In· i><'l::tll t• • [, • .lo, j, ,r an •~"'"' ami t.o:,·atJ~•· :<. Jr Fultrmanu 1\:i,< in co•ht• •l• wi th .~:··~- ~.·: ~ '"';',~ :~;; :;::~ t _,rh ~- .. ~;~: 1·~:;;'.. ,;,·~ ~i' t~-~~.~- ~ ~.~ ~~~~~icC it;:.~,;~!'';.,~~ ohol:tt<" l' " r rn;uH ••·ar < t ht· ~tree! r ar l'cn· ic<' nf thi ~ citv ha" hct·n ro t· [:. ,th I i"Jinau anti S tnr\d:art ha'"': li•·crl in t he" city f,, r m;ut~· i. ; ;; !'ir.·. _ t o:n ~;~~~~: h~~;~:;,~ 1\\~:·; :;·,~!-' :~.~~:1\e~~·,;:~l 01t~•~·'"J~~~:~~:;~i~~a~n~!ii~\\l~i: ~~~- :!nd 1 1 ~ ~•· r nrc: \lit] 1i 1ako: them all these )'t':t rs to f1n d ou t Some· thinJ,! 11h1rh t•n·ry.mc knew ' The truth i ~ t ha t O ' Brian and Sto r\dart art us in,l.!' a nt•driu l"lall •·ar «en·icc lor a n i"l'UC and aft e r decti n n for:;:<"! 1t . Thc:re is nc> ~incc ri ty in their prom ises. The~· are to 1'"'111'~'" tho: l" <'lt <·r ~ an_1·t hing- a nd e,·cr~· thin g to be elected. "' The law cannot prHe nt c rime, hnt in many c asee it Jeada 10 cri me, and the wo!"'MI c rimf'l fl.re com mitted in t he name of law and o nle:r. ~ial il'lls cannot he rulized in a d&y o r in 1 year, bot if we do wo rk for it in our day it will ne\'Cr be rulized at all. and of us i.s eslled 111l(J n to wo r k for it. l..et ua 1\ll . do our p11rt . nod the result will reward ou r elfort.l. Think for it, talk for it. work fo r it , fi ~~: ht fo r it, and don't forget lo vote l or it. L.ABOR EOONOMIES AND L.ABoR POL.ITICS ~~~~~~~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Laying Off Men Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/72261c2d0e7c73dc00584d8252e2cf6c.pdf 45d10a9a0d1c86e80cf78fdeaae1e0cc PDF Text Text T() date' Miyor Fuhrmann has not replied to the challenge s~nt him over a week "-@;O to debate the issues _of 't he campaign with the: Socialist candidate for Mayor, Stephen d. Mahoney and many people wou.l d 'like to -k now why. . . ' ' Mr. Mah~ney stands ready to meet the, Democratic candidate in debate on five minutes notice, -'but Mr. Fuhrmann is as silent as a tomb whenever this subject is mentioned. . . .----· l=he.-8ooiaHS'ts~don~t .wonder~tha:t the~-Mayor .deo!ines..to.. d.ebate..... He is.oampaign~ . lng on a number offake issues .w hile the Socialist candidate has thettfacts. PEOPII MUST 'PAY EXPENSE Of TROOPS I FOR STREET CAR CO.I ~~=:::::::::1 111 court§ wu rk f,.r t he capn ;lli><tlthc: rll••~t IJiatanl. · da~s is l hll'll'll in du: dcct!>il•rl .,f T he fart th<t t the officer!> of t he 1 the Court of :\ pi)Cab in rc~o;<~. rd ' " !ntcrnauunll r ooked u p t h e: dc:tl , the paymen t ut t he troop.-. •·allc•l with Jullt.:e l!roown a t the Buffalo Oot by Jud~:c: Bro wn to ac t a' ILiuh o u :a Suntla \· n ij:!ht a nd tha t t~'!1.t>R:ij:~:: ~~~~ 5~:-n!~tcrna· ~ ~~~~ ~~~;;~~-'\~~= ~:~:h1~1C:::~i:~-:hl~~: i Of cour!lc thC" court dccirh••l 111 fa\'OT o f t he: Inter n-ational Hailway . \\'hat rl ~e conld it du ? T o do o tbCT - ·isc would he a n .,f unfriendlinc:u to the o ~" ll<'T• ;~nd a<"t like a 1·cr~· clear ca se o f p u tting: it "''Cr o n the pt"o ple. Thc!-e 111cn, such as thr offict'rs ami la w1·cr,; o f the Internatio nal ami J \l(igc Bro w n. pret end tu !~7J;~;Iy0~h: 1~~t\1:0bT!io?S.lo.~ ~:~~~~~~"~oL ;;,1:(~: t~~~~u;'t1 r:~~;i~· 1::,~~ ~5n;a:~~c~J~Ic1 h!,~~u;:~. {~,r ~~: h.,:;te·a,~~h:l~c~1 fi<~~~e'J~~~- ~~f~~-act thn::c~ay , milit ary ~isplay . and :=: ::r~~~~~r u::.c~~ t he strike o f 11 is timc that We 1\' 0rkinJ.: ;:~~~; a~~~ ~~i~~i~~·~:~~;;~~~~c:hr:~~ If the~ tel'tr v.·as a worse tx· fourth s n f the judiciary and put ample of 4-fle suburvicnce o i the thc:m a t honest la hor. CLOVER LEAF INYESTIGAliON LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER FIZZII Two Postponements by Court- Workingmen's Lives Not Considered - Company's Lawyers 1 Need Time to Oear Clients. I I �·-........ ' _, ---- . ~ ,,_ ------ -- -- -- ___._,.._ ..-r•"' We are the flret and onlr Fumlture &tare In Buftlo ......__ d-ra everr 8atarcla, at 8 P. 1!1· Whr Ill tTo allow our ....... men prlvl'- or ,epeftcllna ·their evettl,... lit !tome tt>• wfth their ftUonlll"' mini~tr-.tion. is to b(' done, " ''''" "'" ··~• ~i;~~~-~~; ~:~~~~:d to l'"'">·<>o>"" I P•>Im pick.:t 1~ not a~,;anhcd. I hlc .. tarts, th(' u rd<·r is th t a~o:g:n:>:""Or . It ha s ah\, · th lll;li Ill tmpluy uf the 1 lllc- rchant wh" havt~ l.le, anti thc~c h.a•·~ been and fin•··!. There an: no We: prepay P,eirbt ...... .1-.-Thr ee Pl6CI Pulor 8'111118 $37.75 . A Whi-.Eoam· eted Batt7 c..,. "117.75 . That is jur~· i nu.. ~•t in · It's q ua lity ruade of the finHt w illow, n a tu ral fini sh nnd wdl su pported broad back a nd exc«dingly comfortable. This is a ra re cha nCe and n w onderful o pportunit y, tb;,..., .,..hO!I<' Absolutely unbreakable and a reaulllr •12.00 value of in- th•••n a bri••r •urd•·a l h ~yon•l direct l'•• ntcnlpl nu~-:ht t•• be ma n - In otl"'t '"""''"· ,...,. ,..u,.,.bip 1!at• •T~ That j, 11h y \\(' Oa d ly ~"' iut.·r<.. t ~•l in th f n>ftn why tria! .: in a] c:~>oc~ need tht' n:ca ll t• f jud!!t" and u f Our ;,,,..,.,., •• ' u"t mu~b .t o!cfi ~ icHI~ . T lu· J}(>W( r that "I"'" "hath~ oi<><:J with i1 jtu!i,·oa ! l!u mphnt·~ ha ~ !!aunt~ ht· 11..:1•1 ln,~t i~ :: ntl ~·• arragantly ~""ol "'on J>OIIt'r t hat !1.1 t"lt"ll th t ,. j m<llliolu:tl~ ~h o nl t\ w i se~ t lh•t ,., , ,.,.,n~·l >'1> h r u t ,. 1 i uu r ,.-,. uquiro· and ,,.,,..,., ·~> • II lo~ ~'~'""'· '"' ,..,.,, ,.,,,.,k l..~"ou• l)". ~>n l_,- Knd th ~ t that it - The l'uloh< BUFFALO SHOE 00. 8BNBCA AND ELLICOTT STA. MEN! Thle Coupon Qood for 50 We want you to try a pair of those wonderful Buffalo Shoes I 000 pair Men'3 $ 4.00 0 11 1500 pair Boy3 all solid hard knock Scho _ol Shoes, size Grain Work ~h oes, 0 width only . . . . .2.411 1 I to 5 . . . . . fl5o Pn!H.ut thY coupoa c.o th~ Ba.!.alo !t.boe Co. bef llftl NOflmber t. t, ADd It will be tedeemtld ume u !10 oeata !11 mont7 OD •n,. pair of Bo N o 8bOH fm: d,_ or wotk, SI.60. f-1,,• .0., ~.00 or fS.OO. OM l:!llapoa to tbtl ~· , :::~:;:;::~:~~~~~bl~0~::~:.,:~~~:l!Oei. Special, Boy Seou~ !hoe•. haa4 raade, •lth Nlqar. Doublt We; Sol•, allft 10 t.o 1!1, $1: !10; I t.o ~. P 95. Jntt ~he Sboe t6r &boot n.ra. CAPITAUST POunCIANS Opeo Monda,. Nlghu Uot119 o'eloek. S.tu rdaj l'Uahta U~ tll 10.80o'elouk. A11ltate and eubscrlbe for the l '~utpC'<l lllrbeUet·Eettuno. Po'O\"C'r.of thf' f'ouru," by .-\1· The oa l7 Germao UWI~pe'r lD Ulo .., .. outlkJ~ of New York Llty, ,...... watbl.c thtlnWren ot tbl Worki.Df mu.. - 110 oeutl ftw a D OIItb.tt. ANOTHER DISCOVERY .... '· u..._~ ... ~~~~' a~:\.;~:,c~~~~ d~:;o,~~t,:~~(! SOC I :tli~ rn is om: of th•: nationa l si11~ o i :\nu:rica :\ot ln n J! a~-:o ;\meric:m l'ztlriots assure-•! ~~~ that Socia\i!;lll was a fo rt·ir;n pl:un that couhl uc-,·er hnJK' to thri,·e on the ~acred soil of ftt•e .\tucri ra, whe re there were no •.ucial daS.."t.~. and ail had :m equal chance to prosper and make • 5 !-The more-;,.. the pity that w mc- ~ pk th~i~:~ :;,~1re:h,~~~-:i:~~nged Office. 3J5-3J7 Genaee Strut - - . Buffalo. N.Y. ·FREEDOM Of SPEECH . O ur wh:lt thry were: ;;a id. in the j.;r e~ shall the frt' edum speech o r press or th( righ t of the peac.~hly to a~~e mbk'' ~h~~ ':~ ,:~rJ~~~~ae;de and 111 Pa t er~n. N. )., t hat such a 11~~~~~~~~ht~~ We dema~·he ~~:~re l:~;~~~\::1';~t a:~~·t~~~~ ~~~ ~~:ttc.~~·:,t_:Ot , e,~,~:~~~{pa~ rr:ady to abnd~-:e the fr«-- of strikebreakers Rs the- r.un::.ta.ruh d r a n ~ing- re;1 l i t ie~ of lik T hr,: arc li1·ing in their time-s but no l \\' ITH th(m, ne,·crtbeles.,o they an· IK'Id t"ll(•ugh to judg e- things. t he-~· are ,·cry far from undel:l'ita ndin)!. The fact is that Sno..-ialisn• i!< at home wh crC\'er capital ism d0 minat«iS society. It is the natui"al o ffspring capitali sm and destined to !Oh'e the great proble-m s which upitalist socict)" has pro- or duced and is still producing. dom of spee-ch and of the puss t ie• be they would be :Im ply ~hie to do it , rc-gard lc-s.o;; o f what law i.n the mattc-r happened to be.-Ltfe. "Tbe Uaited !:ItaiM aavy b; 1110 place fe~r a r.,J·blood~ Ameriu.a willa • •Y ~lf ·n.r-t.' ' i.& tilt aweepi•r aHuti011 =ad• by fontUr Aui.taot' Peyautef ll i<ldkrtoa of cluo Uait.ed Btata "Dirt " aad "c-os bno.teof' are ltrau •rpUed to tht eol~ mo. t hRt ..... . ;.,_1 ' """" " "'••"' '' · THB HUB ~s•s.~ at. MI!N'S OliTPJTTI!RS • Ull. am-. SillS, IIDlMI$ ~~: aod o.-.. ... $tU5 ...to.-.... 995 ...ta........ . . M6 •• •• • • . tal 84-.....o-at..-t: �B'ig ·Meetjngs MaYor Friday ~veri ing, Oct~ 24th STEPHEN J_ >L\BONEY Corpor-ation Gom:aMI Yolallttbe 'lkpll~ o..,~..._..~··--··.1~;-~ F;DWAl\D T. DURAND .m.~-. M•T~. allatri«, ,..,,U.,,«,...,.,;,.•E~~~· ": ::~. LA· TOURAINE HALL, lltiu and Utrplanck S(s. ComptroUer L B. TAYLOR ~' . ...,~rWbeeiaa · ud luw ~..,.,.au. •c,lltiatotua8it ......... X..7or th.~~eaa Lt MIZPAH HALL, W.' 'Ttrrv and /jtrkimtr Sfs. .COLUMBIA , TURN HALL, 1261 6tntstt St. LOUIS F. REXIN ., b•l•c bee-a bora Lou~ lfo. Altld , ....,,. book~ b, Judge of the City Court. ",LLIAM F. CA~L · f~IIT 111o"M to Q11l.at7, ,... It fd CIOAtl4e,.bl.e .urilu, County Judge lLA 'ITHEWS 'Dut&.~~ p111.a • pblit •lid · .a h.lgll tellool e-da~atl.olt SPEAKERS·: HE..~RY hlt.!r'Oill~at~~Jbao"u Commissioner or County Charities !.fRS. DORA. FOSTER of f11ad1 t oreed him tD LEWIS"}. DUNCAN, Socialbt-M ayor of Butte, M ont. STEPHEN J. MAHONEY, Candida te for M ayor SOL FIELDMAN, of New Yor~ O ty 0\·eM!eer of the Poor SA.lruEL LEARY Coune. ilmcn ALL THREE SPfAKERS WILL SPEAK AT ALL THREE MEfliNGS WIU·lE I~'-I AUI.E~DI!\GER JA~tES ,J. BATTIST{);J II. H. CROI~EY Admission Free W. \\"QjCECJ:IOWSK J Asacmbly First District-Domonie De Sio · Second District- William G. Hoberta Third Dirtrict-Charles Phillips Fourth Di11triet.--John P. Wannemacher Fifth DiBtriet-Conrad Jleid Sixth Distriet-Uertilan Eilitz &nuth Dilltriet-William Smith Eighth b istrit'.t-Frederiek Grawender Ninth Dillt rict -H rrman C. Gl ~ CORRESPONDENCE GREAT Editor Blll!"a.lo Socialilt. The Soeialitl Party demandt from. ita n~f:ntbera a11d aUbneala. other pa"i" TAKE tribllu from adberf:DU'I>Pei:e'--.afterthe.y I tlum. Th e Soeialiat Part)' olentlnolt etlltl per mo11th, $3.00 pe r yea r, oluee fr.:.m each me1nber. The other Ald ennen I!W"e<:b u<! ft•'f'l't.,.. an.l hill militaut ·.SO,.iallot m"""a;q. Il l al110 ttotnU <~:an•l io lalf' fol ~Pngre. on tile tl ~k~t. l::vf:r;r ~ 11"0" c-. l11 th , mP th00"'5f ;u ttl nx •appo rton l7 Mlt ...,d to I truth bf' .,.._. t..arhlnj: and t o bl1 f ai th ill bl• ph lh"'"l'h!'" \im ... lf. Sup~n·isor How To Vote On Ar.nendm~nts ~ Four lldmendmeua to lbe con-~ (h ) Th ~ t• nla rgement of public etitutiou or the State of New powcNI ia in litH.' with tht SociaYork II.N: to be voted upon at the list program. e leetiou, ~ow·mber 4th. · Socii\ lists 11huulll \'ole ror atmctHI· One or t.hea~: tuhueudtnt.nt• i.J or mNII nurulu·r one. J)Brticulu imporhmee to CYery Amendment Number T wo. worker in thl' sta_te. The ,c.o urta Tbi» am e ~~tltuent i~ an euatbliuJ: have <!tclared .\\ orkma~11 _Com· claufi4', IIUthorilting the lcgisll.tur~ pe~pt1on l.>~~.ws un~onalttutlooal. to en/let 11 \\'orkmcn'11 Compcnlltl· 1'hn1 admendmcnt _U!_ C~med to t.iou t.aw. It ts int ended to meet .uu;et th!l' court _decJstom r.nd en- t.he ln·s dtocillion or the Court of able Compensation Lav.'s to be Appeal~. paU!XIIlnd e~o.reed_. Soci11 1ist!l 11hould \"ote for F.\"e.ry Soo111.hlt. m fad eTery Amendment ~umber T.,·o. ~~~~~e~~~~:~~~w:o!;t i~: m~~h~~~ The State Exeeutil"e Connuitt~ <Of t he Soeialillt l~artY con.!idere'd the lou.r atne.udm enb to the Conetituticm of - the State or New '\'ork to be \"Oted upon at the -enauiug Gentral Election on Nov. '""th. and decided to Nue the lo•lo"•ing u a guidance bow to ad"Ti&e~thc voten of the dilf~t .eountiea who may be in IJ)"ntpath.l· ..,.·ith the Soe,ialis~ Party ho•· to Tote on the.e . Pe-nding amend'iueot11: · Amudment Number 0.. This atuendmeut propoees to ,<.banj;"tl the ,manner in wbieb the -eompe:nMtiou for laking prh·ate JH'Ope.rty tor public -PM ahall be de.Lflrmined. The amendmen &tf"ks tot abolitb re.fuees. .A_\Io it ~b to utend aud enlarge the J)owen ol tb~ \Sate in · _taking· pti.nte proputy for public Jfft· IDJr-rfeet ai the a.mud.nlen:t.Ua. th~ Som~Hata abou1.d vote for it for 1be reason thaL; . {a} Refflfttt. acd reeei•ers ue .aht-&J"I &Dd eTer,.,rhere. a aou.t"ee -of eraft a.nd K&Ddal. - '... '.,_ ,t Amendmen\ Number 'l'bree. Thill ~amendment l)toJl(liiM to int'.reft.li.C the number . of eouuty judges, 81H!CifieaUy in Kinp County" £ron1 two· to foUl' and generally authorit.c the leglal"atnre to in~rea~ !h11 uumhl'r of county JUd~o.~a m atly Je.ouut.y. . . A gre11t. _dea1 may be 81lld. w fnor of tbistlulendment by pomtiug to law'a delay. But in Yiew that it baa been provt;n~that aome of our .$.18,000 a yt-ar JUdg-M, &\'trage one hour and one-half work a 'day, and al!llo ~a use of. hostilih· of t.he eourt11 to labor 1t denmids. we Rbould- east a , ''Ote of no QonHdenetl to the _courts . . Socialists should 1'"ote agawat Amendment Number. Thre-e. Ameaclmlm& !lumbt:r Four. This amebdment propotlel to authoriu· the uae o! not more than three per eeni. of, pub lie li.nd for ions. but the mnnieipal.ities must wau·r sheds and resenoirs. It i®tains aome und~~~~ pro\-isiOns. bnt the ·mmrle~palibe:& mulf; ha\"e it. -{ Soeialiat shoald ··"'-e Amendment Number Fou-r. /. ~,..... putl" ta.k~..-cll , all they nn grat.o. Fint Wnrd~';amu l' ] A. Fawkes Seeond Ward-Adam SehemlHJ Thirtl Wnrd- Mieh11el Roll Fourth \\"arti-D. F. Stranahan }o'i(th Wnni - M. W . Perine Sixth Ward-Jerome .J ."Smi th Sennth W~~.rd-He~ rv Gold~;t ein E ighth WRrd-LouiJc G~nn. Ninth Wnrd-K II . Git:rmnn F.le Y~nth Ward-Paul Kril'r Tw;lflh Ward-Roscoe C. Abl'l Thirt~· · nth Wan.l - AuJ:Ullt :\Iiller Fourl f'f"nth Ward- H. J. ~uth Fitfetonth W11rd-John Venhern Sixteenth Ward-John C. f'onghlin SeentN• nth 'V a rd - J.eon~trd Perry E ighto•t•n th Ward- Walter Palmgr en Ninct••t>nth Ward- l lnrr.Y Peterson Tw('nt ieth Ward- Ht·nry Tutthill Twenty-fln;t Ward - Archie Ticuderson Twenty-se<:ond W11rd--Q co r g~ 11. Freeborn Twenty-th ird Ward-C. U· King Twenty-fourth \\"nni-J". R. Mcintosh Twen ty-Hfth W'!r•l- lnvin Lincoln Twenty-sixth War<I-Charles Grimm Twenty -se\·enth Watrd-Frsnk Cahil l Tak e th r ~ase or the ttreet ca r rno-n, wbo t ecP IIIIy reo:e.h·e,] a rai.e <lf Ollf' ce nt 1 ~ r hour lbrou~b tbe ki11.J ron 1iduati1111 p f ''l.ouif!•'-tb(' atr"'l ~~~• me11 '1 •'friead.'' Tbr.y "'"ere t~f!h" illg :!:! bo11r, and demanded :10 """ ' ~ 114'• ~tnu f'f't bout, andtheirrrpi"''!&entath-... an tb ebo.,d of arbitratioo . thoweol that tbry ... .,,~ SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION BROADWAY AUDITORIUM Saturaag Evening, Jovemher Ist SPEAKERS: GEORGE R. KIRKPATRICK Author of War, What For? JAMES H. MAURER President Pennsylvania Federation of Labor. Admission 15c. Reserved Seats SOc .• Pui'Cb.,t l:'Our Clcktts now. lteaencd ~at tlclo: etll 011 ~ate at Soclalllt Hudqullrten, 1106llutual Lit e Bulldlu,,aod at Wm. J uoe• Soclalllt Kewa Slure, tett Broadway. pel"bOIIr. ceota per bour ao!l tbe men one Yl'!\, gi1·~ the lnternatiPn&l Compauy llf!\"CD tf!lltl ~cnl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rnil..-a~· I'""' bour. f or youflrerl "-Ar na•n Sel"f:ll ceuta I"'' hour of y our f!\"l'tybourthat """otlo:. moDO!y, be<:auoe we r f:O 't ~-ou ~ntitlrd that eight ~ent ral u, an ti •li•ln't you oal1 get one eent or it . strt'<'::·~:~"::· ~ ~~~~~~:::~~=:;:~~~=:;:g;~~§.§~ man paid 111 tb r No"" Let inu• TR SNIBUTE wb a t rn•·h J-"ubrmann'1 )•art! or 111 any p~ty ..-b<Me Dlf:Dlbet• Uu IIIII I'·~· DUF..S. TbP)" work at kut nine hPoH • ot Fin>! Wan.l-Vixle:v R~·\'erse See.oml Ward-John G. Cooper Third Ward-Charlt'~ !'Iauman Fourth Ward-Charlo·~ F ae!!!ler Fifth Ward..:-John L. f>i er Sixth Warti-Da,·iol t·mphrey\·illc SeTenth Wanl-llnrris Brnunstcin Righth Ward- A. G. Erfttnheek NinUl Wnrd-Otto St ilke Elc,•enth W~trd-Pmll Vogel. .Jr. Twelfth W~~rcl-1.. C'. BeeJting Thirteenth Ward-f'hnrles .RGCSeh Fourteenth \\' ard-Cimrles Ad11rn11 Fiftcet:tth Ward-Gt.'<lrge l:labieht Sixteenth Ward-John Voget ' Se\·enteent h W ~trd- A i'bert B.ayer Eighteenth Wnrd-Jnliu!l Knapp Nineteenth Ward-Alber1 Abiatti Twentieth WanJ..;....Arthur Upton Twenty-first Wnrd-L. G. Han·ey Twent)"-seeond Wa.rd-Benjamin Taylor "1'-v.'tmty-tbird-'Y- S. Brown Twenty-fourt.h-Joaeph llall 1'..-enty-flftb Ward-Charles J. Williamson Twenty-aixtb Ward-LiuJlrill " Geiger Twept;r-aeventh Ward-Char~~ W. Willett . \ _ Constables Seeond Ward-Frank ·Ehrenfried Fifth "Ward-li' rederiek ·Kimmiek . SiXth Ward-Emil Opfer Nintfi Ward-Ernest Stilke Eleventh Ward-William <Adiu . Tw-elfth Ward-E. Q. Bauin ThirteenUNVard-Frederiek Goodall Fourteenth Ward-Dou,-1~ BeUerjeau Fifteenth Ward-Frank Weiae ~~::t:~~~n N~~:;z E.ig:htemt.h Ward-Frank Knapp Niaeteeatll Ward~eorg DeGrafl Tweatit:th Ward-AXel Pet~n TweD.ly-&nt Wa.rd-R· 0 . Mttealfe TwmdJ.m't> Waid-!Wd Jf.b.cli• "TwenQ"-M~enth Ward-Jo.eph Roll:f'ke de Luxe IIQR arr SillS ~ IILIIIIIICII .ISlfiS. CIBl1l( CIUS SIS, .m. S22~ -- l H. BAlli &ll �.IIDI!!J~W&I1@o~~ ·P'UIIl.l:llmD......D.YBYTla ' BUFFALO SOCIAllST PUBLISIIING COMPANY 6CM-405McltU!U.~1 ~~ ,;;;;jAJ.O.N.v. · mauiU'Itilm, T W. P. CATTU.L ........ JU.RTIN fUliS5l..Q. ,.._.,I HBHRY TUTTHlU.. ~ I'R.uat Mutu&l Life lkolkhr ~ Pm ss.oo Bm.nd.u~rn.atla F BUPPALO, N.Y. .,_,.so.; .a -..sta. ,..,...._ ·• • - ~· - JuaeS. 1912,. at U.po.taftbiiJklb.!O.NtwYork. ur:>dcrU.acto£Marebl.sm THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23.1913 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. 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PIRES Nl!XT WII!X at~ All R.IIIPllllll JAIIH. 11A1flf MAYOR Of Dllm MONT. ; UU II L, oo• 18 BllffALo WILL TH.L Of SUCCESSFIH.· SOOIAUST ADMINISTRATION Ed1o'Ucl F. Schroeder, Candidate lor Al<!uman of Thlrtemth Ward Add:! aa. Strlkcbrubr All 11uodgh Sfr!U of l 907. -~ �1000 pair Men's $4.00 011 1 500 pair Boys :all solid hard Grain Work Shoes. D width only . . . $2.46 knock Schoo\ Shoes, size 1 I to 5 . . . . . 95c " u In line witll tile general drmonttrated by t he rebellious ing tlu. ia this umpaign. Whn Y artlo llelaler, tbe oft.ber•·ening, introduced t be ncdidue for llayor, S t rjlb ell ::::r;,.h:o ':,~~e!r::~~ld:~e •,:,•:·.,,;•• •l w.,k;,._ "'""""t thlo roupon to th<t Bulr~lo Sh e>e Co. bef on! Non•mber !u. and It wl1\ I>, re-dtoemed ..m<' u Yl cema In money on anJ· 1••lr of B••lfalo Sb!H'I f ur d rNI ••• •n~rll: , f,!Uil. ll. ' 0, $.~.00 o r 18.0). One coupon to t hr• pair. !'ut j:'ot.d dtr>r :-; ..,·,·uohe r 1-', 19!3. !"!RIC...,. \\'• l<''!>t<~>f(;uarantl'.-d Not gvod on U.& Bargalu Sh~o. rluuble \\'t'n !!lolr o<>n.,ver }" pair . ~, .....tal. llo~r & ..ou t St""'"· !oa n.t made , ,.-hh !'ilftiAU Oouhlf' Wf'ht .-:._,].,1, oiE<'I I<) :o· 13, f 2 ~~~. I \0) ~.f.'! " 5. Ju- t tlof' l:!b<W f, r S<:lo<><>l l.l>1y1, Agitate and subscribe for the lllrfietter•Bett~ng. T he only Gei'IJI•n """''P*IMl• lo th1111.111oe oot.tld11 of N11• York City, n~p~ lollnllng tloe iutNell of tht~ Work lnc C l..,, - 6(1 eeote for 8 moo, lu. Oflicc., 31S-3J 7 Geoau Sttut - - BuHalo. N.Y. fOnllt"iou• or t b"ir ~lrengtb . ~~~ then d~rly poi1>ted out UNION t he polit lul dog 1nd 1Liek.. '===================! ~~~~~~::bt~e;.'";~·:::~~:::~~:!:rot UN I Q N M £ N Do Y o u..- Out.'\'~ Smoh :e HATS lit' ~it~ iDJIIDfe8 of tbt {lilure Underwood Reooloing Duplicator RECOMMENDED BY 1 1'8 U SER& FOR Stnngth a nd Simplicity of Construction Ease of Operation ~orge Printing Capacity Equilibrat or P~u~ Bar Adjustable <?rlinder Randle Original Stripping Plate Adjustable Counting Dntcc QUALITY OF WORK ECONOMY IN THE USE OF SUPPLIES .Underwood Typewriter Co., Inc., 122 Pearl Street, Buffalo,. N . Y: OYER 7000 NEW BELL TEI.EIIWfS IN BIIFFALO SINCE JANUARY I1ST Great SUIT &OVERCOAT SALE There is a message In that statement for you business men who have twq-party line Bell Service. Today there are' more than 36. 350 Bell Telephones In Buffalo City, with seven thousand added since JanuarY I , 1913. • ; Such an Increase In 1$!lephones h~ had Its lnevlt· able effect In the market Increase In the use of our lines. It seems reasonable to belieVe that you owli line must be busler now than It was a Year a~o. • Let 'us tdf you ailout li\Ni:~L · ,· • I~•E...,...iw<. Tne llltg Outfitters IOB·IIo s.,... si,.;;t .\ T,:;LEPHONE CO. .\ "r~lloiJdlnr Ounch&P~~ �·Lewis J. Duncan, Socialist Mayor &FJ.ffFBBJISPEBS . ' . ~~ of Buttt, Montana Sol Fleldman, Form1ost Socia1ist Orator of New York City ..,. Stephen J. Mahoney, Candidate for Mayor 148 -Genesee Street, Will SPeak In the followlns Halls rrridap Evening, o,t~ber 24tb Columbia Tum Hall, 1261 Genesee St. La Touraine Hall, E. Utica & VcrplanckSts. Myzpah Hall, Ferry and Herkimer Streets. We carry a ·~mplete line of GENTS .FURNISHINGS All thr~ speakers will dcli\·cr short addresks in each hall. Admission Free. ana cater e s pecia 11 y to the •• Union Trade .• GREAT SOCIALIST DEMONSTRAliON BROADWAY AUDITORIUM .Baturaag. EYenlna,-JoYemDer..Jst SPEAKERS: GEORGE R. KIRKPATRICK Author of' War, What For? JAMES H. MAURER President Pennsylvania Federation of Labor-. Admission l5c. Reserved Seats SOc. • Pui'Cbast l:'Our Clrktls now. Hese.-..M .eat tlekeu on 111!e a t Sociallal H eadqilllr{Pn, G06 Mutual Lil a Hulf dlog, aod at Wm. J uuefi .SOCI.tlu Ne ,., Stul't', 115:1 Bro.dwa7. READY TO WEAR AID MADE TO ORDER (UN I ON LABEL ) THE BEST IN THE OTY FOR THE MONEY All Gooch Guaranteed to Give S.~otis.f.\ctioo. THE ANDREW GRAHAM CO. MAmS Of 1Hl lllllllAI. UNiflliiiS fOR IH[ INTWAIIOIW. L L CO. 380 MAIN ST. (Up Stairs) Opp. koquois Hotel A hPn~ fh pe r(o rn•an ~p tW" the po hll · . . ~ . Bn~n~h 1-'our ia rnll tlu.rt i n~t rho! mn~l t a l pr i><m c n and <! r i l ~.. in lfu osi a ,~, u t ...... J wu •tr•p Jled to bu. foul:iah bulO!, rn u.8in J.:" eampair.;n HPr pui1Pt1 o fr in thai he l•l ;11 Jl annonia HaJJ, G .. nuee and ::.i~i~~~:~~;;~~·;,, ;::~~~€~~·:~~~;:~;::~ ~~:1-:;~§:::fi~~::~::.::·~::?:: had died , I Gra lll aud Rre.-k~nri•lll"' BULLETT'S SHOES Unlon Made HAVE A REPUTATION THEilE'S A REASON FALL SUITS Time to tbiat. 'at!out your Fall Suit. We arc ptepai'Cdto yCKq' imma!iate dcmarad with a stock that is ablolutdy the bat we cnr produced at . . - fu bdow tho Malo cfal<n. $Jl to $10·(.,. driotlT an wool b&acl tailoocd ;;wu and we cuua.atet a sa-ncr of $3 to $8 00 CYUJ'Apn:DCD.t. Toj> Cooa, $18 to $16m, Dlk u..dtluourf>out, R4m P\0\1, $5 to $15. · .:R/1 U•l~n -tit ••II . tbtUf!ll.-• Made of real Leather Theldnd • With our enonnous output, combined with our l:::b ~n p upstairs n:nt, w~ are in a position to give ,.,du~s 'that cannot be d uplicated dsc:whe~ . �PU1l.lSICaD.-...::L.T BYnta BUI'PALO SOCALIST PllBLISIIING 'COMPANY ,,_,..,.., 6104.60!ii~U.Bui.Mar BtJPPALO.N. Y. autTlPIHIUSSl.mt.........._. PllAJIIX~: T- · HUntY TVTTK1LL W. P. CATT11U... ........ s--... AM-. 604.4105 Molhlalt.& BaoiWiq ~ Prb SUIO pa ""'' 5Gc: BUPPAIA N. Y. ..,...lib:...,.._ pa7.W. Ia ~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/9ba5b0154645258131dc0126a325edef.pdf 3497bcf3896fbaf3b48ee16e007971f0 PDF Text Text I..OOK:ATTHI!- C : . YOUil ADDUSS LANL . IP I T IS 73 YOUil SUBSCaiPTION l!ltPIRES NI!XT 'IVEI!Ir; \Judge.-P laces -. Q.a pitalism Ahead ~f Americani · Tb~ tollo.,i ll( Jeu~r bu bl!en Hnt to L<:Jul• 1'. f'ubrmaDD, Demoual ~andi · date for ftl.l.yor ot the Ci17 of Bulfalo. Rull'alu, ~. Y ., Oet. II , 1913. DOES NOT WANT ·HIS STORE TO BE KNOWN I AS A UNION STORE ur to h im to biN u•ioo u.rpf'llh! U plaee ot tlle oon -unioa 111e n ia IIi• emf'loy. whi ~ h il atru eupitaliat an•l ill· )f"'"''•·l '"'"modhi::'... :::r=r..:.".:~. :~11 tb~; 11 01 U.k.e it be fO\I Id 'l llt jiif!t alldtbattledi<taotwftnt UlrlU' ~ .t.O.t..Dfft ~ fJfttu.t Mia&,...,__. 1M VapQI!a• aed at. 0... h~ata-u.t...,.... ~ ..__,.., ..-'*"' ,... ,.. ••llkt......... .... ........ &... ,.Mil~ ~ ~ , �-.,.,.,, .. ~ .a.~~ nor . , rn.t611n &118 ,..•.::::=:r;.~.:-::;a~of.---­ :.:ac:.c--.:.::.r.:m~~-===~~ .. .. MY ANSWBI( Ju:.~~~~..,~~...~,:::. ~.::--~~~ ...-..~.;. .. E. WEDEKINDT UNDERTAKEil AND Pl11'll!II.AL DIRECTOR No. s WALDBN A VBNUB BU-FFALO SHOE c·o. ~"® ""- . so Oolnt. ~~ . We want you totryapalr of thOM wonderful Buffalo Shoos 1000 pair Men"a $4.00 011 G.raln Work Shoes, D w~dth only I 500 pair Boys all solid hard Utock School Shoes. size .2.46 (I 10 5 . . . . . No .: . . . "'-...... o--.. fVt•n, .£,,,,,.# •• ~ Cq.,., BllMOftMileo 't LOU>Cb II ;IO "'UIO nw. Ealk'Jt , ctr.lrllilla.ll1fdt. D.t . Rslr for Cap/ors 1u Cni1m poll will l'tmtmbtr tb< n.,, . ~te and eu-.tbe fbr- ArDetter·!dtuno. 'l'beC111110.... ......,.....1a ........ IIMI..W.Otf • ..-T.t.: Olt:y,,..,.. ~e~~bf' u.m.,.. wen-. o-. -•~ tori ...aM. of.- Ollc..31~J7Gcao.oS....• - · - ~~o~~a~o,N. v~ La7 Aaid« Prejudice' (The Child of lgoo<IUJCe) Com< aod Got Well APPUED. BRINGS Hl!ALTH ~~r ~~~~rue: II I~!:J~~!:,!!!!!,!!Y~~~ =:!;' d<akn. $Jl 10 $20 "" strictly aD wool baod ta.ilored Suits aDd we ru.ua.ntft a sn'io,f of $l to - tluooebout. JW.o Cooto. $5 10 $15. 11--;,.,=,..,.,=-::::-- .... ol tiHIIO..J c:::~-:s-· !:mu..::·J':'':u e~t.-:i: .._ --: Geneoe• St. 1800 J effenon St. .. ~~~ '!:~· 1 .,..~~~~~;- -----.... ..._., ..... F_........,... ~ f--tt4&1 119.~3 ~IM~-=-Nd.! '::.':fl":~-=~~~lt::-.::: ~":!;t.:'.,-:'·:::r::.=~S::t~~- ~ Tbedl~wlloiiJ . . . . . l•II'-~-~Qie....._. ~ THE ENTERPRISE The bod,, lib aoy otbn' machin<" will work normally wbm an it. parb an in place 10 the coergy ;no applr. =!'.t~"::a::'~f.~,..:w-ta $1ooncrrptm~CDL TopU..to. $10to$J6.SO,oilk • THl! NI!WLv DEVI!I.OPI!D 'SCII!NCI! THAT PltOPERLV TimE. to think a.bout fOUl' Fa.ll Suit. We arc: prepucd meet rout immediate clc:m.&Dd. with a Jt«k tbat is absolutdy HUIEI, ltiCIE CO. Pun e.-a I Olreotor• ~o.--c::.-=-. 1----------'1 ~ wu.. ~aa-... -· ---·~ ............ _...... --~. . . w016taiJ . . . . . . . o.nu.,. • ......,.. ~.lid F. 0. HANSON, D. --· Ohlropraotor �Philipp S_cbeidtmann Unl_,...._ HAVE 'A WUUTATIOfl " llh•btr - ·, · TIEIFI .I IUIII .t 6t,.., J!tlt,.flll ••II _,_,.,, 6•,•• S#tNIIJt OntH With l>'lr ea.ormoas Oaf. \:,..•, ~ pat, com biDed with oar cheap" upetain rcnt,'weart:iua · poaid90 to give wn.L SPEAK IN GERMAN ..., ··-~· . AT - s-unday -Evening, 12~e~to ·__....:. _14.00 .· - ·' ;C OLUMBIA TURN HALL valaes that caD• not be duplqttd October 19th . IDIIBIIOI lllc . ,.. '&biiclt:fPaon is now on a six wed:& t our of this country, This will be his only s pet<Ch in W~s~m Nt w York. U. S. BUlLETT, ~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~;~~~~~~~~~ "Knowled&e Ia Power" nm RAND SCHooL 0P S0CAL SCENC! IPK&d• kDow· Wp tbtouch ita ~coun&iD Soclalism. Comrade ~ ...a......, aM. Clfl..-u ltu6r dsdllb _.... .... a..8alo....a. llf dwlodallil P uty, ~.....__. . .,. . . . . . . . . . T ......,Mpt.No.--.-5dl.ud ~ __ .............. ._. .. .................... ...__......,...._ .. _..He_,...., 5 ... II ............. , __... . ID ll.llu&l lA- Bllr·. - · .,_, ........ ""*- .... ,;;:·;.;::.!:"'.:.:.:,·"'""- ~:;;~. 1~tz;~=~~~e;:.;u~ora Lewis \1. Duncan, Ci t J . Ja.._ H. Mavar, f9-bn ef t N MAX 8HEROVER o{'IWw Y..t w11 ............. &>r:ia li•t 'llor.o..trllt ioa til;. city. .... &o•doct :-;at io~~&l Ea:ee..t h·e .OO.,mUt~ of t lill 8odaliat Party aad p re.l d'eat ol PeDIIIylva llia hMn tlcNI • f Labo,, StepiM'a J . aa--.y, eaadidau Mayor. TlloeaDloa•n oftN dty i11tereated ia tlw Yiait ol lilt.loiU.t . tlleh .eeond. h,ll..,eet !"« lut Pri lll.c" · Twe~~t,-.1 " " omea were , repreN ati q ~tlte rari.uo of tloe l'ity. laten!llt wu ma aife.t ed i11 ..., . our th ird. &ll· toa rn age~~te 11U' for f a h 10 1M! lleld Deftmber l1t ! <1 THE RIGHT' QUANTITY Of rn.EPHONE SERVICE aJ>I>ealorill - •be ..., nt out to me111beg a nd IJ' mp&t hiu ro to haiP a . Re member l ltP U beinll' nlll t or t " beltf' lll ot Thf' Soc-i al\11:. Til.,... •lu iri a" To a rereq ueeW'd t oH" ud Ba ll, 80 Si ti Hal ~ H56 R ro-d.,.e.Y eu ...-t. ~ Socialist May':'r of Butt~ . Montana , Sol Fleldman, Foremo.t Socialiit Orat or of New York City ~ Stephen .J •. Mahohey, • Caodid~te for ~ayor · Will rrridily a,_.. In the followln« Halla €veiling, 0(/0btr 24tb Columbia Tum Hall, 1261 Gmesee St. La Touraine Hall, E. U tica & VerplanckSts. M yzpah Hall, Ferry and H erkimer·Struts. All three speakers w ill d~li v et s hort add~sKS in each ball, Have you the rtght qua·nlty of Bell telephone se '"':lce In you r"buslne"? Adm.l ••lon Free. If your Bell telephone ls on a tw o- pa rty line, you can never be sure that every possible buyer who trys to reach you can do so. You may not make many ca lls yourself. but tf anYone ts using or caJIIng the other te lephone on the line, your prospective cu.stomel"$ may be gtve n " busy" re ports. A direc t, lndtv1dualline costs only a few ce nts . a day more . GREAT· SOCIAUSl DEMONSTRATION BROADWAY AUDITORIJM ,· Lda talk i1; onr &ad fit our tcrTiu to~ needs. Calls-a 12/XX) S8turtlag . EYBDing, JBYemiiBr 1St ~Dep&rtmalL NEW YORK TELEPHONE CO. ' T cl<pboo< Buildior O u..ch & Fnnklln Sbuti. GEORGE R. KIRKPATRICK Author of War, What For? Queen Gity Candy Co. DR I NK ...... ._. IRONWIN WHOL.I!SALB CAN D IBS 2"!MJio.J.~8qfiDrld . SPEAKERS: .JAMES H. MAURER Presld~t,.Pcnnsylvanla Fcdaatloo oi Labor. Admission 15c, Reserved Seats SOc; Purtb• Jt YOur Cl<lrtll n.w. P[l(ft4M.DQO. - n iHE KIN&S.-• Slrftt , 101-1/D T: :;:~-.~=• 8&1'8 ft 10 fS.eO 3 25 V irginia St. OM hloek frw~. ' ha ProJeurlao Ol.ab. Mens ,Good Clothing RUDY TO WEll liD lAD£ TO 118£1 (UNION LJio.BBL) If JPou THE BEST IN T HE CITY FOR THE MONEY .;..n t yo~o~r Furs and Millinery a,t: ..-..one""- l?rtc.. 110 t o . Louis A. Abe.son We ~ike a spedalty , of repktrtng and alter_tng Furs. t:.o~ 283~8treft Prioea. �The lad~·like t'diton~ of the ~ew• ar-e tb~ f'et•ar h of .. otb et11 ' ' in pnblie of that notormu11 Kh~ lfP&Ci' b.. orrhages. disgi.J itlo;o{l t~l .-ditorial11, in ' 'fin~t l'itizen11.·· 11.11d make- au unfA\'urahlr ,....,ition in n>Q'IInl tu . M.ill fund'l. • Ttw~· KJwak of thcm.~t·lv..,. a.~ eollt>CtorM of mo ney for JlOrj"H_... lmt Are \·ery t•an·ful not to lljll'('ify or n>f1•r to ~~:~~~~~.~~~~ I.~~ul1tr0:~,\::.~ ~·~~;";;Uio~~~ti!1 ,!:.~r\.n . . lwltl'\' lllg ht' is h iddt•Jt fl"JIIl tht •i~:ht of the t>Dt'ID)> th_e thAt p•J~r imi6CIII<' llutt tht- wurkinl!' cl~ of tlu!i city ~ wi nktd b~· Hitlt'Sit'PI>IIII.! nu,J r•· fusinJr to gi\·r All ac:countmg mvlll'\ 'll roliN"!f'<l. Grant th.-t th- .-oll{'f·tnnc o r ru nw 11no "first rhoelh' to <"All tht•Jm•d n"S. Tha t ml'•""· H<"cordinf!," !her>• lllllfl1 lot· ~~nd and thin.! c itixen11. \\'l' .,.mf' en>w t-or~>oidt•r lht· wurking I'III.M of li n tDft'rior Ito· t'Onsul .. rucl. liO that whf"U 1111 AOI.'OUDliug '1\".S Mkt.'d l..&IJOf' C..:ouneil v f lhl' fundi! eoU('(!tM for thP relief of the w ..re ktlled and manl!,'led at the l-lu11ted .\lill ex pl015ion, it tbt' dignity of th .. ''finn eit ir.en,.· · to fl,nrY it out for ''a ThJ,t w:u th" lan~nra~f' ~~~...1 to th"' repn..'ltf'ntath·e Co unC'il whc·n tht' editor of thP ~t'WI wu approached on with a ftw ~~;djet•tivet~ thro111·u iu as "DIIjh.,ia. l'ow this i11 t • ·ho ill crying about abllllt'. In anotht'r 11PIIIIm tht' ..ditor rPruarb that wt are not fit to "'~'"'''~bil.,." tht>ir 11bos. Wbrn it eomf:ll ri~ht do,.·n to bt~W~..taclu; it illlwtter a ~I hootl•lac·k earnrntt 11 li\•ing at hootst labor tha n 111 be ..Uinw.ja•1•'•• rla!lll ~~~~l:;rf';;.~:~i~~el!a~)i~~in.~ :.r;~~i! ~~:0_':;;~1 110 The St•\u bu told m11n'· 1 lit! about the ~1ahsta whc u of IUlliWcring, but t'banb IO tbe Jl'Oll'tb Of the SoeratiBt flu ntf'.-&111 ~"~~~t:~:';:~~gof'~l::aeke:~~~c:!.--:ipf~njbt~f' c~~~.::f v.·nrkeMt. Tht' ~,..,.,.told .. Judj.!i! ~ooman to do his {IH!f c"en ir clcfy t h€' Ia•·.'' Ord+:r"!l from tho· hoM. "Ye,;, sir." \\',. unde Mitllnol thllt Chllllllt't'\' Hamlin tlnt"M not 111·ant bia knm.•n u 1 union Ntun-, T11kf' 11 ·rront ~~<•at . ('hauneE>, next to 1111d ~lr StOtldart . • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-10-18 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-10-18 Relation A related resource MicFilm HX1 .B83 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Newspapers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LIB-021-BuffaloSocialist_v02n072_19131018 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2018-06-12 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. 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Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/6ba1041fc766e875ab25ecdef0a25e6d.pdf d4facbfe401a5fd018e424cf5733113e PDF Text Text ._AID l.OCKATTHI-<W YCX. Am.Dii.AIIl. 1P IT IS IOC2MDT 01'1 MUIIS_JJ_ ,_,.YTO 72 M'I'IIBAY Candidate Arrested for SpeakingJat Lafayette Square }. Mahoney Pulled in Last ffhursday tht Guise of Violating a Park~ Law'Attempt to Discredit Socialist Cand fda t e for Mayor. · I::: da~~r::~w::.·o~0 ~:!· c~i~;·~:~:~'~: c1::~f:~=~~~ '~!~e.~:~~'',:'~~::~ ::;;,,:~~=~::.~~~ ~~~~~:··~·~r~~=~~~~.:: J :,', ,:; !~.~ouk Comml•lou to do tba I Lawyer'- Smith · Gets Severe Jol ~~ 8q11are wu park prot~eny. Tt.e follo•i•l are tilt •••~~"~ of tha \\'hall llabe••l'· .ecomt..ul..t h! l'ark Co•n,.iMioa : Jo.erll l'eloa, orpai&er of the ~i•li•t t'hrl" W01lu, t•rnldent ; nu...... Pany, &.nd S.muel l..ftry arTin•J at th~ l.or llwood, Oeottcll C. Ol11thr, WIIILUII Square tbteJ' were h1f0r111ed tht tht'y ~·. 1\uth•r• u .d Natlla11 Wolf. Tilwould not be allo-.1 to f}-11 at !hat : 11,.., rN"n are tke IRI& for tlte c• t•haliltt plloee, bf orden willeb were auppuw..l to JOOiili~•••u in th~ attt!IOijot to 1top frM ~miAate fro111 d•e 8uperlntt11dut of l ap......h on IJulfalo. l'arlr.a. Tilt! •td~n•ll•l m~tillil that tile &. Mallo11ey fully 1111dll'ltood that It wa• •· lali~t• h•••~ t..,...n iloltllDf tu>o11day1 a11d wltbiD hi• ri~;bta to lpoel'lr. at that t•lue <'•·•non11• Al l.afay.-t~o• 8qua r• bil.v• &lid lr.11•• tb.at t1le .,._ll~nu• bad ~ .. , olrh·~n r•>n~t.-ruat lon iDIO 111<1 bnrta of General Electric-Corporation Counsel Lawyer Commene<a to Reallu What He is Up Against Might Know all About Electricity, But Shy :::;·~~~~~::!!:'o;o::: ;;;:a:~,:,::',!: on ·Par~. W7, bill tlw elrlalilota &nil a ltrrlbM> Mt. Jutttlalalr. oftMir&uolao!ll71o •ll•putinl tiM< ...., ... .. of 1...1 la~.,... ha. laWJtr, Wr. Cla7111n M. 8noitll, - !n u t tu tbe Oorpor•tluo C.un..,l nd •t-1•1 ropr,....a· tath•a Ia tloat oftl..., Hull'alo O..nr,..l PJ.e1rio Co. of,..., k11o• ·a Ull\ldll(llht! autborlti.,.. Tl,. ant 'ftrtim ID he tried wu a Oil. Selkirk, wcnolarJ of t lw !•ark IJo.ro.l, ud Wbta ulr.ed tu ..Sellll'!l t bt p.rk buondariN • •in•lttl"d tb.at IMo •lhl aot kllO'W. 81 till• l lltlt' tluo eonditloa ot ea:~:t•A';:,•~.~~.~:~::~d&f~~~~ J ?.~,;~! ·~:;:~ '::';~~~~::• ll~rht, to: I Jud.,., Noonaa oa Moaday ahf'nCIOa on ""'kl•lr ,.,.,. unl'<llllfonable ud tiM ebtp ef t~l•l 011 ..,....J ,_,k }ud,. tlo.at loe did 101 h ow tbat "" JII'Opet11 aad tMrclJ7 Y\obttln~r oH of l ise ,colt•l to diot>ate tba.t tbe t.tayette Ia.,. laid tlowa t., tllat llllil ••d n•l11il11 Square wu aot • ,.,k, •11d tlaat 1M :7.!.'., k=~.,~:,,'~~:... t~181:1~,nk JKIII~ •N-red ap.llltt bill\, INilled tlt.lt Wallo!M1 •pob Ia · ' - 1 ======================="'7========== 1:;';;:,:•~ ~:,:,!: :~~r;-:_;n! 7~~:~~~~ Cla!t ., a•l"-•1 Wat tO II!IIQ t.ltat 0. ~~.~~~:'~ b;w"':·:~~·~: ::~~~~~ :"~;-~~;!!:~ 'i: IN Buff AL part. bouadarM., aad N jiT&ol'fluiiJ ,.. o rder t.o lar•tip.te &ad bd out w....U.U tlnd, to eDYUII -PI wltll lob. ltup1'11 of tbe Lata,1ttlft Sqna.re ,.... a .-rk or" DOt ~~~·::.r-:.::7~1 kd t• adah tMt tiM~:e. . •;:,:"r"•AI•(.To look bad tor CATTH.L ., AND SHEROYER ARRESTED ON MONDA •,t;:;,".:w1~~!r I'" ~~~ ~~~":,;:;~ e~:.,!~:· ;~~;:~o;,r a;n .. ;:: 1 ' ;: : 1 aad Mahoney took tbe t lall<l, bltellng• of tbe e&Jolttlllt eln t In thlt &rft!llted and tahn to J•Oli'le <'OIIIIIr.~ b.~e 1101 yet re10rte.l to i••l'• 3, r llatg111•l whb •li ... rderly •hot. Their faltb I• •tlll !111 tba .:tub. A1 utu._. tht ~~:anJr wa• in Wone 'l'll.aa &u.ia. ~:/!::~;e•:•!:!~".' ~:;,.eon· 1 .. lD European eou11trin tile ty,.11ta lol aboru•• ~~""' 1111 tuat b with bit I I· .,.,.e loDg tiDee lotoad out tllat n•n totA"'' an'u wu tele.....t Oil hi• own ,ra t-e •bot are not ellltadont • • • l •lut 1 H• va th.t jltnGaal pruaDQD ). tlt-e perk, ~:.~,!·;;~:tl:::::. a~~:~tlr.~=~~~ta~~~o: ::: whit a aplen,li•l m~tinll' t•lart thi!!T' were 11>alr.lng for 111 wh,.D t h..~ dutro,e•l the j>ark that w 11 tb01 re. Tt,,. l&rl• rllf"e1.lDj;tl that we b11 ,•o bo!t'D buloi iDI there h&\·e l!'h'en them tbl! ohh·ua. J•ubha~ II. Wbtll t b.,,'l' ~~:et the s~h·en. tbf'U! Ia Tilt Sotialiau ko.-w well tbr metb~><l• onl,r o nt thin& they ~•o think uf . That thl! raJ•italllt da,... '"'' ·l...:iolf'tl that tbe poliu~nan '• <'hob. h It an old ~arnt,.if!ll for mayor. T1wl f&<·t that t bt! alfai.r w11 well t•lanl>t!ll i1 ...ure-1 when ' one of our olail,r t•pert i1 lr.nO•I"II to "-"'" put a n &rlltll! in type oo !bat •ubjed, hut for wn<e "'awn did not It wu ant a p.rk, but a aqurt!, an•! . -- ;::;~;:~~~~ :~ ~~~aJlJ:;MJ,1 t1 ;!:~:d'u(!~ 1~':i!'b~· ~~;"::.:a;·:,:v~;:!~~~:·~: Yoa•l ...· Park. ~l:llii:LU.toat:n 11Je4 All Goal. pt lfllDt. 8odali.t• l.u all Jlllrtt of Enrot>e, ezeeptl.111g Ku..la, now eaj.y tbe ,..::,":~ t~~,::;~11 c:::::~-:~:r ~~,:;~:: ;~~~t .~:~~~t=t~":,b~ ::: .:~::..~:':~ :\ t r... t i• ia t tore for e••ery J>enoll J. Mabotll'y ;, tile 1 ,..01; 111 faetor in t.be tbe J•ul>lle Jl&rlr.a. b tbe Ch1 of herll., tbit tit~· wlto 1111tl~ntan..St 1he Oer· 110111, 1.,1 of til.- Soeiali•ta lnl'el inj[t at tile ,8 ocla11Jt. ho ld tlltlr mMtiD,. 1., laagDag". Lat..Ptte Square Jt b e•·i<IPnt tbat Jlubhe rarh rialtt under tbo Oerraaa ousands of People on the Scene to UI<Clr l ,,,.,::'~~= =·~;~a.';::;;~:~~~~~;:~ ~~~~:'::•,,•;:,,,~'~:·~ ~d,:;!': :~~~;:~~·.a,::';n,:~!':;:,'!~..':~.d•;:· SocWists - Police Beat Up Lawyer and .,.,.,...,, .......... in ~~~::!dd~O:~:,.;.'; ..~::: ~··~·=··~u~·=··='·=·= · "="="="'_"_'_" _'_·_''-",:..,=-.., .;..,'".,;... ;;,;";,',;;M;.:".,;';,· He b a Soda.list Orator- Trouble Ahead ' polh.. o ( aln>ooot ::,,110(1,. Tough Cops. .f(l ·••ily . .... bu•..tre.l.o of -= \ 'Ot(! More Rough Work by Pollee ToughsManhandled and Punched by Capitalist Cop Sh<rover1 akes Stand and is Dragged Off. ··~ ,~.,·~·~·;.~ .... "'"J:'"r>A"."· I"allllOmf!n '!:....;;~::~~~.: ~~:.:::..n;;:: ,.rtie " ....,, ••••· of''"' fo.... mcnt &eoaltu O>TatOR CAPTAIN PULLED MAHONEY Off SPEAKERS STAND __ Friday Evming"s"Pcrformance of the Police Force~ P oor One- Captain Placed Candidate for M Under Arrest But Loses Nctve. ayor at Columbia Turn Hall Oct. 1 �"Knowledge Power" . . . . • ' Outfit No. 4 :::-.:.::=;,...~=--=-= ~=·:!tl'':!\:i=:;:::O:'i:!.,~ ~~... 1ocit4ai.SS. • burl.lllpe.riAJ&,oompllile_,..u4 ..~. -T~o.R , ,. $6().00 ' fu•~~~~:!t~an)'rwa~~-=-~~:: orbltant pr'- \b.,. ..W cbafr· ~ ~~eu,Phou.Oz:tonl•.r ~n...rm E. WEOEKINDT UNDI!RTAXl!R AND 'PUNI!RAL DJIU!CTOR No. 5 WALDBN A VB NUB BUFF~LO ' ABNBCA -"r'fD SHOE CO~ BL.~ aTa. MEN, ! ~® '!!. . . ~ . We you"> try a.palr . of thowt wc>nder;ful Buffalo Shoes warn 1000 pair Men's ~4 .00 011-,500 pair Boys all solid. hard Grain Wor~ Shoes, D width knock SChool Shoes, stz.e 1 I to 5 . . . . • ll8o only . . . . f2_.4& , ~at lhllllc:ou~ t.otheBdtl.loaato.~. Worello.eaaberiM.' uadk wUl be rt4ee.O»ed - • uGO cea.. b IDODe700 hlJ' palrof B11•alo lbiiH for o.. OMpoa loO t bt J*ir, Nor&iltlddlttNtn't'lllba'l•t,lll ll: llfoii.~ OIItl.lla.pia,Sboet. 4,_ or wwk, 111.110, f4.1.Q, 15.00 Of M.OO. !*'Wfl f . • ZNoJd. H. J.ltbo/d. C. ltl•«•ra Watef'pr'OOt'OUAas-1 WWW..ooMWJp.tr, ! ~pedal , Bor Scou\ 8boM, ......S ~ wltb Jflq:an Doabll Wear SO.. "-- 10toil,f:'60; lto4.lli15 . .luelU.~torScbool D&Tt. ~- Kifll•"· ""'"ZES.BOL0 8Ro8.- CO:'· 4 ~ --- ·"" o-otic tuul Ci~•rl BIUIDen llen'l LIU>Cb li :!;IO ,c,o2 :QO fd;,,,, .Cir••N t2 ID. E.alltll., cor.fraHII a. llftlk, D.Y • .Jisk ,., taylors 1ct Crtam ..., •,..,-"_-,c.::---·, .,. .,c.,....,- , ,., p•u will l'tmtmbtr 1/J< Baoarian Hall JOHN UNVERZART 5•mpltR..m 776 S ycamore St., cor. Reed T ime to th in~ about your Fall Suit. We .uc prepared to mut ~·our immediate demand wit h a stoc.k that is absolutely the: best we ever produced at prices f,u bdow the Main strut dulcn. $J2 to $20 for strictly aU wool band tailored Suits and we rw. rantu a saving' of $3 to $!on e very gument. Top'C»ts, $JO to $J6.50, silk lined throuihout. ~in Co.ats, $5 to SJS. .JI/11/nl•n m•4i •n4 bt•r tb<Unl~~btl eg~..sga e e - St. 1300 Jeffenon St. 1;;.: :· :••::....:.-;:'·'--'-"'''-·-:. ·: .::c.::: �Philipp Scbtidtmann mtmb<r ., ·.6trm6n· lttltbsl6g ••d 'Tortmost 6trmalt Sotl•llst Ontor WILL SPEAK .IN GERMAN -AT. - COLUMBIA TURN HALL J26t- 1265 Geneau Street Sunday Evening~ October 19th ADII88101 15c. Schc:idemann is now on a six w eek! tour of this country, This will ~ his oply s p«-ch in Westt:rn New York. Red Friday Lewis .J .'Duncan, Socialist Mayor of Bu t t e, Mon tana - -- -so-. ~Fieldman, F oremost Socinlist Orator o~ New York C itl Stephen .J. Mahoney, Candidate for Maycu· Will Speak In the followlna Halls rrridav evening, October 24t/J. Columbia Tum Hall, 1261 Genesee St. La Touraine Hall, E. Utica & VerplanckSts. M yzpah Hall, Ferry and H er_!dmer Streets. All thn:e speakers will dcli\·er s hort add resses in ench ba ll. Admission Free. G.R EAT SOCIALIST DEMONSTRATION BROADWAY AUDITORIUM S8turaag EYBning, )OYBffibBr Ist. SPEAKERS: GEORGE R. KIRKPATRICK Author of War, What For? .JAMES H. MAURER President Pennsylvania Federadoo oll.abor. Admission 15c. Reserved Seats SOc. Purrl}ut YOur Cltktts now. l~ed teal tl eht.l oo n le at Socho.lit l Headquartl!n, 1106 Mnlual U t e Bulldlll(, aad at W!D. J une- Sodalil l N ew1 Store, 1&.5 Bf0&4way. Mens Good ·Cipthing - .-.;IIEADY TO WEAl AID lADE TO OIOEI \ > '1 • • . ~ (UNION LABEL ) ~ ~r IN THE ciTY F_OR rim MONEY AD Good. G.a..Otad lo GiYo Sa~ ~ ·,- ,. - . I '\. .A·NDRlW. GRAHAM~-co. ST. (Up· . . . . . a..l. ···~~·· ~Qi>p. ·llllll eta~._) �- ~ ·._._Ttn'T.Im BUPFAID 30CIALIST I'OIILISHIN<i <XIIIPANY .....-~u.-.....: IU.II:TWI".-.............. . ,...., ~ ~ ... ..,..ALO,N.Y. - . ~~"(- Y . P.CATTaJ- ........ AM.r..-....s~U....... ~ Ncr SJM ,_ ~. JUIPALO,.M.Y. 50c lib _ . , ,_,..... .._ . . . . _ ~· &...~.~,..... J-S.l91L.ailae~cfib.aa.&a~ar,l'WwY.a. ...-baca ., lludal.111! o•hau~~:.h.1· ~~~~ n:·!~''r: 1 ;'i~r·;j~::~i~~ ~fu::~~;;:.1;k~!:~h~!~tl~~ ~~o~:r0 ~ 0~: ~E·;:.~~;~,.:·.F~~:.:E.:''•~; •:if~~· wrorkf'ln~ . It "s up to you. 7lwr•· will i• rt•l•nhl.l· not U.. uny Jln] it• f!! fo rt·e w h et~ th f' Sociali11tl J!t•l inlf• i>Oit"t•r - K x pt·•·ll~. W_f' hn\"t• t•l·o·ry rc?''ll to bdtt'l'e th8t under :::O.)Kli~ m t ho·r•· will ltf' 1·ery hlll t' UK~· fnr po h re. ..ff,~·t !l~~~fj~:~~~:i~~~~;~~;: l ::::; n 1, • of tlw Klrikt• of ! he flepartmt•nt Klon• elt: rk!! of Buffalo is ~ huwu nll 0,·,-r tl w <'o'\UIIIry . In mKny t•i t ies night work has been <' UI ont ,.11 1iro·ly. 1111 t~ "'~' 1111 ,.,. {'1'<'11 heard th.u•. thf' clerks of tl1e I..ondon shop~ ?~:::~;B:;:J~;~~:~~r;~:z, uro· ~wlriul!' Lusy . 1'11lk 11hoot nJ,· ertunng Buft'11lo. ,..--.... ~~ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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Price Two C<nq BITTLE FOR FREE SPEECH ELEVEN Socia-lists Make Stand Against Capitalist Ru_ E~even Peopie.·Arrested · ··- ~fayetj!iY'"S(fuare- · ··'tfa;i!ltlweta;,, l ·· Noon •• Byst'anders Als Pulled ln. ~ A_RRESTED I Mah~ney _Dragged From Stand py Police Ca~~~dh Placing _Mahoney ·under Arrest Failf to Take Him to Station •• Fear People Will Resent Unfair Treatment. �p11pcr~ perflh•. W!l~l'•·n:eant rC mcm- lwn'<l his poli~·,, .,.,\ucntion. Tlutt w11s forttmnlt•. Thcrr ia one thing th11t 11 pu lk•·uu1n 11lways h n!l drill o··l into him. It il4 th ~ apotheosi;. vf ]'"lice cultur e tO be llo w liko• 11 ltull ··mo•·c o n'' wheiiC\'t•r n c ruwol i~ ~ o!Tc nRiVt'l~- deco· nt. o r do·rl.•· nnd lnw uhiol in!!' thnt 11 <·Hnr-•· crn ined bully in brall!:l •·nu't 1 r,~J;f,~~;f~~:if~ ;~0~~:[~~t' . SOCIA EN E. ~E~EKI~DT It workN like 11 c hilrm. iustun t USTS OP Th·· t> l\ln; r nf tho· ••ur 11tntL'! instanTh,-u tlw chHTJCI', t mw.-.u~lr . i~ .,. ... p,,;-,;...,, .. ""'"'""' ,,,. """" UNDERTJ,!O!R AND PtiNI!RAL DIRECTOR No. s • W. A .J .DBN VB N UB n f th., ctor. Tilt' t 1'1tSOJ I8 Uf{' J)t·rf,·o·tl.•· plain und ]'l cut ifuL-Tiw '""!'l""r ""n tllkt• hi~ t•IJOir .. ofihl'm E itlu•r tht• crimiunl ol idn't mOV •' fn11t •·nough. or lw mOI't· rl townrd Tb t 10)r ial ,.. ftlfOfl BUF:FALO to r tbe tl ••· nnrth or h<' mul·t'ci t ownrtl the o! Uultalo and their ft;., 01 b :.:~t1 .hor0 ~~- ':~o:. •:.~\'~~~-~~~~~-:\~~~n~~1t~ ;:tu~b ~~:;:•· ..,~ ;·t~:~·;~ a wlu·u · he should hill'•• mol·ed off a 111 j daneo at !.a Touraine n~r-th l• y _ n o rtlu· ~ sl. _Th ut ill the Utita 11 ud \"t-rplautk otrf'da. IIIJ!Ill'!<l k nlll nf mldh~:enet', ter'• Orth eotrlt ..-m furnioh the .\ 1111~~~ M_o .":(']\_ h•uruo·{j ~~~ uurnl t•~i•J'• '"~ ulfe,...,J ""''the ·· t·J_ u~ky. III J!J!IIIII \K wo rth h111 "'"'t at s.!lo. ~~;',~r~,'. 111[,,~oll:~n:t>!ill\l.l.l' [~,:;it:l~i:; S,tor<lay nrning, Odobrr ~tb, 1 01 1~:,at;~~:a~i::1 ::,~·::.~!~~~ ~ tj!l~!llfl1!llit~~Ji~ tltlii ~~~~~J~~i ;ii~~ · ;,.•;;;;~,,;• ,·;,::':::~iti.'.111 ':.o~;~~~:::l·nr;~~ ~;.·:.~.~.:~;'··~::~~:;·:.··;·i.:;t -~~ ~·~):·~~~.'~~~~ J~oletarian WHY AWORKINGMAN II Club. 205 l lutua l 1 ~he ;::;l i;~ i!:•:.!iel~ ~~ . _c_c,_.J"'"""' o•ga::.:~~~~ CANDIDATE .FOR t ill• ~tlllp bo:o; nml _ _ . At a rer.eiH m~ting of th e board .. 1 woul..t likt' to vote I boo So<,iulisl d~tecton, a comrnittee wu gil"i.ll wwlan11 tho·ory trf l idJ.•IJUt~. Rnd ti ~ ko.·t, but ..-h,v don't they ].Ul UJI a po..-er to i"""ef'ol ..-ith th~ . l11 1.! "'"llri !O"t! -cntit iNC to a voice I ll~ rllliL"Ut"<l tilt' t•ro wd. 011 the l' ~ k- :,';~:·~twl]1;;::! ~,';!~;~;~•.~:: :~:·IIIC~~ :::~;~~~:,::~ ~::d"~'~'·:~o'r:\~~,-~~:~.~r::l; !';:~ ~~~~r· f:r=~~:~~~:l~~ce ptano I rHall upo11 Ill om <on •••d •~•did"•• I ;,;:• ~;;','t"t,;,,l,'i,~ ..~:;s ;;::~- ,:,?~:· ~}~ ~~~~~::·;~ :·:~,~-~ 00~~-~=~~u are:::,\~-~~ .:~n~e"~;: ::::::,:·~ ;:,'~~~~~~~it\~~~·- e;~~i::: ~~=:~~e ~:~r~~gel~i:':~c;ala. . j• u•• ·• ••~·JII 11111;· <"(>l.,<l ltUI III)! th t• jllltk u. ll.v The. $ocialillt. Party i1 th e oat~ found that th ere ar-c a number of an..t J OM'!•h I _elun. i :i/:~ \;.:,:; ~:~ ~ :~: ~:.,:I;· it~.:! ~~~3}:;i:~;:~~::;:.;~i~i:i.;,i ~f~ff~~~&~~~i~~; ~F.i'~:~~~~~;:~I~f~;:~~.; ::u::; ..-m :~::rah1~ of the~e be •nno.uneed ~::~Rw:;~:~ ;~:~ ;~~tu-~~1 ~h0~1 rf~:: ::~·~:~i~;·J'i_~~~~~,;,: ~~~~::::~. ~~~~ ~~~~~~Ill:,~~ :::::~~~~·rti:~~~:n:"~~~~·~:"~~~·~:u:~~~ th:~::~ett~~;:nw~::h ~~:.or::l:~::h:! ~~,::•·e,::;1 ::e ;o~re&~~ot o;h•,.•.,.".- ,, Lll"U i o ;:~~1~ 111 ?:~;',\'~' 111:;~:::-r~;·,~;·,~. ~~~~:~:·~~::;~ ~~-:ou:·a:~r~~~~:': =~ 0 1 1 ~:. 1 ;;~= ;:; ~::~;:nt:~d c::~!fr~~e ~:~:~ : : :~:~n 1!i!:•~;:,e::~o&~t:n~::l~ t~~ ma· :~:·,I~:"Ju::::•,;:;:~ ~~;:~. k~:;~~~~~~~% ~:·.~~::: ~\~nt,h:~h!;!n:b:; ~~~~~ 1 ;~~~~~:1 ~lr . ~all l l <h·t·!i IS s ill! With WI. i.n thil GENEJ4.L ELECTRIC 'S ATTORNEY PUT OUT AT ADJOURNMENT. ' Cano in~•d. fr-om ""u .'· • • • tru~o~gle rnr ui~t.ence be hu rolletl. ,The dull ..-u thto illeorpora.ted chi11ery of Jltoduttio 11 ami upon whi~h ~~aJ;a: =~~~ ':a~ :~~to::;;~ga:;ta~h~! ~-:·:~ th;h!~"":,g:rni!:;io~ta~ot0 r u~:; th~::~:i~l~!~U;ttt~~et;~:~~;d;:.:y no~~~::·~. h~:~'t we J•Ut up a buai· ~·::: 1 ::~ ':0~:~d•ee;; 11 f!;~~:('t~oth;! ~~~eh....':!:ee:·~i::a;~ ;~~::;," llomln~~: ~=~ a:o ~;:lear~-!~:u i:o:h;;r:~! ~;; ;:~:~':n~~:~t~DOt~: :~!etr~::u:: :~;~::i ~== ~::·~o;~:::=.:; lmlin.,. 'men,ghig or littltl, ara Oo t gen· tr&cttODI at th e _beaehe., et~. tually, throu~;h the eont.rol ___: ~~:::t~J;cy: 1 1~~~~~~~~-lt: of ~ew 't ~r~ ~:1 1 ;-,y~n a~:e ~~·~~~morfm:::::' :r"'!h:on;:: Qll~~~~y~;:::d•l:~~o~:~ ~~::,e;,u-;·~: =~~ni:~!:;·i:;n:;.:~:~a~:<lhol<l r 1-.;wh cu lprll plctulcd ~101 ~mlt) ~in li s t l'nrl\'. Aud i! tbry 'ffete-alld ('AI~e.uce hu ~a ru.-a rdtd W1th ae-- in the Interest o( thfJ working ~;:i;);,;~:;;:i:t::.:~t~·:~T~f.:T!ff:t ~~~:~i; "fff~f)~;~.~~j:~~;; ~::~ ;s:,.~~~;::~:~.~~~: mt·nt. ~n· m g nr.tln· t lmt hl' \\' 1111 b . 1g 1 n! 1 ll ;,~~·~·cu}url'l',~t~~~i•:;,•~;(.;_un~~~i ~~~vl~:J: :ro~;~;~eulnm:~ ~:~.~8,; t;•:r:di:a~e ~~;~::~,;unar~~~~~:~~,!~;.!~o:~;:i~=: J,-r ·H l'!;oun•tl tht· •· uu rt thnt he wos ~rom his eona.:Jou.oeli 1 ~!Jt •;og ~lth • t Idea thai "there'• nothi~~M too good 11 ".tn~~~~~:~\';!~.:·,i.~·h··;~r llw BuiTnlo ::,:,:~;:,I:•::;:::"a:~ ;·~~~;t:t. )<' ;n :~~~ th~~;;,:~~::a:: a~:11 ;,~rlol'• l;:,:j·:::~;~:~;:i(D!::::~~::~:~ifif·',',!J; ~~;:f-;~;;~:~:,:::{~~;1~::~~1: ff:~·:;.~::i~;~:~::~. \\ tJ11[ d It,· K · • npr.il 1he lUI]•holt !'" '.'' 11'11 1 pnrk Ulj'Ui ll, nnd !l;a t th•· polil'l'lllt'll would hn\"C to f!Trt""' I hem ttguiu. llo· rnisetl th e lo•c11l point th111 thl' court ditl u ot ]"' "'"~'·ss till' powvr to 0\'Crritle Ute ol•j.·•·li"n thut ~ ... Willi 11111kiug t o 1111 ~tdjutti"U11Jt' lll . li e milt!., '11 liJU·•·•·h .thRt R so•••tiou o f tht• City { 'lwrt•·r !'iltid thnt case~ c harging ofl'~·u.o:o·~ II~Ki nlll the ordinances ••'"'"' both, nnd the_So<:.ahft makee •ecnre(l at.205M utuat t•ret.- IUit' ot at~e mphng <lo. 6()5 :Mulnai.Life for ao~·l><><l~· u~ert _th e .-.·ork•ng , ,.·bleB ..-h ~t~rcr tit..,. "ort ..-1tb tnua.:l~ nr br:'"111 or 11'tth both. ?ofa.honf.'' ~orked nn the rt.rf!flt earl; ee rta•nly. \\hat or_ itt- ~~ 11 tom> aaharued of, 111tt wh1le 11o doubt-811'\'et ear mt u "llutu'' enough to \'Ote mann, the •n•jorlty aro I and Th~· eourt ditl twl ugr1.t with th e- nttn ru cy fo r tlll.' Gt•nernl E leetrio· Cmupuu~· on · tit~ ]>Oint. It """'" M-Oelll ifi('Utly ~1\I!Q IInhl e to n!!k. ((lr 1111 udjourulltt'lll tbot h e felt lw shrmhl ~ernnt it. The eaRt'l wo:r1: "II h eld until ~loutlll~', the f.t lt. nt twu u "d•ll:k in the f!flc r no..~11. Anornf'.\" Smith' p ru lesl.cd 11110 took 1m c xc"'llljou in e~teh Cl:t'-t'. ~ot being abiU o carry his poiut for a railrolld-expt=eu-trllin trial }u• addrtMed himself t o the good n~:~.tu?ed ami patient court stenogmpher . All the defendant• filed out of the court room the ,ttom ey for quotf<l nt the beJ!'IIlllillg nf tb•• Some t her~ are who uunot bor. Why! Ot eolltllfl 1 then• ":,::,::::1:~::~:~., amoag na. But we have .il ada~ llli.tra tlons from time and wherein bu labor ('Ontlitlon are llONEY DO , ANY WOH8Et &elali1t ~111didatn we had eomjlt'lellt buai.eu Ytt, Indeed, but 1111\ der . YO U aul•tallee. I mayor of YUW'lOk~, wu a •· F'•tt•m·l••••'"'"'~ ma ker, alld 'Ill• el!UIIe. b vt able t• proTe tb~ ot Jneompetence ap!Dit hit ·~;,!;::1:~~=:•.::tlon. Tllm-t "' h :::::!'it11 ::~. ';:;;~~~~~~11 t~~~~~ly . w~th- · · ···Ill<•••; , •• ~ I•·="' 10 :::nalh~re;~~~~:~~·111:: : ; :;:;:~~ ';=========== 110 ~ Soei•li·.·-. ~w1~w 1nrrl :~~ TH T ... [Colui.ABOR miJUI h&1·iug hud-'Omely ap- ~ ROUMAN . lA Thla • 0~~=~~~~~\~~e~T;~~!~ E(; im ~pon QoOd for 50 ~lit! · We ·w a ntyouto t ryapalr of those wonderful Buffalo-Shoes 1000 patr Men's $4.00 'OU 1 500 pair ·Boys all solid hard Grain Work Shoes, D width only . . . . j kn9C~ ~hoot Shoes,- size t2.415 _' I to 5 . . .. . . -INio Pr.es!t thll ooapoa to the abo. Oo. be.fore·NOYember 1~. aa4 h .-m be redee~:~~ed wae u ~olll haliaoa•r palr ot Butralo ~- lor dre- or work, 111.60. t4.l.O. 15.00 or ... 00.. 0.. ooupdD to the patr. DO Bdalo l'Ha..... Wa~ •rY :N" Ouanolieelfl>o11hla N ~ g1104 after NOTtmbeT ht, 1111: BpecW, Boy~ ' ShoM, bud ~ 1~ 011 PM Barp1.11 ~ 8olM OG enry palf, Nlapta Double W-.r Sol-, We&r .-IIJI •izM 10 to II, p ao; ~ 1 to 6., f2 V5. Jou the 8~oe r.- Bcbool ~· • �~-==~J.,-~-~=~==:::~:===~~=::_-.,--:l!ll ·"WEI N L:.ESE·F EST" .VINTAQE ANttH~:VEaT I:EITIVAL COLUMB1A TURN VI;REIN . S•tucd•v ond Sund•y, Octobtr 4tb ••d Jtb OOLl.JMBIA ·TURN HALL. 1261- 1265 Gcnao. St.-. The h.tii by appvpriate decon.tloa bu beao l\lnlacf....hllo a ptdm rti ill fruit ol .an~· "'"bae wfll be bumeraua~ pe.u.Lilt .u.. andall-.brlb:>tcno&ratcrta~ Adrnl . .lon -ur' ~ 10 C.nt.a· "which en~itlCs you to .$JO.OO worth of ple2wu. arN F. WILSON IOCIALIIT MEMIER OF lAMIAS ITATE LEBIILATURE . 8 0TH PHONES Cbt &istrb~f will speak at MILLER'S HARMONIA ~~~~~ . HALc···- aV&JtUtG*-=C...s...an PETER KLIPPEL Q, ARMEN.ANTE 264 GOOSII Sf NW IOCIIJCA!I lllltltlll! 1.. ltnlli Sunday Afternoon., October fltb, 1913 CldfaMifalc.__,,R_i,.. tlttdWuNJPIN Fine Jewelry Rep&irin& ~ Ter"raO.. Buffalo, N. V I:Jea F. Wlleon leone oftl oe molt eloqn('.nt Onlllln In the SodalL.t Pany . H" "'U •·lo:cto•d to the Kaou.1 SUltc l ..e~l,hunro frum Wt dl atTict In wh ich l ~ lv· Clltad Glnml, the b umP uf the Appeal to Rea1011 . Kngene \". l~bs uye: .. Ben\Vllaonhl acl ""e"'ndr.nl, l!.ciearthlnker. -amau of lute n!f! f'll roMIIIOIII.Imd& lpt'• krrofrluqur.uC'Il•lld pu ..·er . wt ... n·r•· e r h .. J:Ofl he ..-Ul be loved,hunu rOO •ndfnvlt ed to relo.rn ... liD WILBON. THIS MEETING WILL OPEN THE SOCIAUST CAMPAIGN ON THE EAST SIDE ...... Loui.11 Josephson Mens Good Clothing R•tbt•tlr S•mplt Clotblng ..:.:-~~ ~"'· RUDY TO WEAR AMO MADE TO ORDER (U NION L AB E L } THE BEST IN THE OTY FOR THE MONEY All Goods Guaranteed to Give Sa tisbctioo. THE OfANDREW GRAHAM CO. !Hf UNIFORMS FOR IH[ INIOIIAilOIW. 00.' MlmS U OffiCIAl aeo MAIN ST. ( Up Stairs) Opp; Iroquois. Hotel The Test of Typewriter Efficiency has been made for you IN OPEN COMPETITION THE UNDERWOOD EVERY YEAR IN EVERY CLASS ~tart O)ll or~ani~<'tl to or~:anirr or Antorogll.llta oo Mutual Life Building. 111'1111, of Tarupata wil! ~ llf'putmcD I. th~ li e 1 ~,.~~~:~~~~~ i~h:~e ·~:;,~o;:~e~:":fuT:;~~ \H en 1 J>enon tella 1 &,tlal iat th at Aa tlul meeting caLico\ f ool and uya be koo..,.. 110 lo1' to order at 3:00 o'do.!k an t e ~om· flllU · th._.,. aJ.o ha••e ht:anthe-. AI..., in t~ !:koelalin'a r~ tbut ~ rade. are ur~utly requested 10 be th at nt T~o;•llh• und Ta lta l. por u t o ' p reH nt as there io husinftll of the ut· t ho sou th. the.. ha••q aNh·e orJ.;•nir.:o moet lmpor!an ee to he trao ~;&c l ed. One liont . Th at ;t SautimJttl, tbe U.J•iul, a youog nao the other day wbo q/ ~e t,b in gs to be tak_en UJ> will he the a nd Yal!'llrai!IO, th <';r ha,·e ~tr<~ng or- ' i~:e~~~;n::. di~l :~~ ~~·=1 b~~~~~;~ :~~=t of • ne w He then nlil 'he wq a (6'ung miD The flaancial to get abead. 1 "'Jllied ; "ro11 1_ho811! :"ho ~a\:o hamaville P''" "' ~ " them q •oon •• m~t•ng plate for th e ~;;~~:~~~~:·ll"::'e:~:: ~':un~;;~men~ i• ~netary wi•h et ~ ~~ H i! ..Y• that in the Argl' atln~]>Ub t•eh~a for the WL I- lie on th~ ell.!-1 , t bere a r.. now fo111 Fo· to .k•ndly II!U le for da li•h in the ll ou~~e of HcJ•rl'lll! nbtlv6. poa1u ble. 11111J. -an e&:ml l <>ri n th P &n• te. li t. ad · for I Speed·· Acouracy- Stability ' Has establish~ All the lntematloftal Reoonfa . . "'-. ·. UNDERW09R, -<::.:'The Maohlne Yo~~lll Eventuallj au; • �~ ~ Ufc IUitT'IM IGIS3UUl.. PnoWonot KUCRY TVTTKJLL. ,.._...,. ~ ·- B.ldiDz BUI'PAIA N.Y. P1t.UQ[ • UIIIBIV1tiiED. T - - .1 'a>. P. C4TTIIU- .......... BUPl'ALQ. N.Y., Prb $1.00 pa- yur, 50c: lb. l:bCIIIIl!ll. p~yailk Ia ..W~ ~~ j ~ ~ 6(M..lOS M.aaJ Uir Buen6 ~ ..-d.daa lUtter J- S. ~ ,,2. .at the J1011 oU1ce at Balalo. Nnr Yc.k, • uackri!M:uto1Mudl.l.U79 St.-r'URDAY, 9CTOBER 4, 1913 .. Tht! preacher mind. bowt' n !r , thought th11t it hod the right h~· tiH· ca r. 1t wu th t> prc~~o: hl• r ne \·e r had ht'nrd 111oro l iS!IUtl he thought. o{ ("COIIOmic hn n- known if lw luu l me t it ou " night . He didn't know tho! 1 uotion11. lit· wu tfllfTt! ring from Th,. erron eqt\H 1111d useleu· notion pt•o plt• h•·tt er wu~ g r ~tn·n 011 his 1 1 };~yptinn tomb. The re Willi no room in hia ·for the s•·if·uti tic tru th that hnd conditions produce bud men. Tho· p r e•wlic r sort o' 1111Wll th11t b e was in wrong. He felt hll luul uu ly ,,..,.n Clllled in to give n 110rt of re ligious \'ar niah J ciJIHirh. But he 1\"M in for iL So he ~id the only thing eoniiCil'llliotts p ro·:•<"~••·r c ~tn do. He tried w1th wo rds to t@ach t ha t <lid not ex ist. li e tried to r each a morul sen11c in hia Y11in was the dfo r t. So he just railed at the debauchers . . J;c succo:t•<h'd in !{l'tting IYa name into the ne\UPil!Jen. That be ~1uit e enough for son1e preachers. Ue took for bia text: ~oe 1 H I Sid<- or Bu~<i n e~>S."' u if there wer e such a thing. He � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/41eafc26036d5466cb91927b8f1dcee7.pdf 050fd51479abca1fcb6ebfd77afa8119 PDF Text Text LOCIItATTHa~CII' YOUR ~!.~~DDS......_ IP IT IS 71 Y<Xlll 5UJISCIIIP'IlOI D, PIIIIIS NI!XT 1nK Price Two Cads LOOKS liKE -ORGANIZED EFFORT TO BREAK UP · SOCIALIST MEETING �ofllo•l! r.l. tlwjfrMi tanol ..,n iy · ofl al.., r l " .\l'"'·'·e•·rn"·itltln t!o"rnn k• '' ' · f~lt th at h~rc .,.., a r o•J;•" i· liont u t b• r ul.,f} ( ' • ~ • b nuJd JIUI><'' ' o ... U., IUM<it !, • .E. WEDE~JNDT ~' '"' " "'" lrlo •III'IIOtl t o •-•·-•- - 1" ""' .. '"" " " " n (,.,.,...,, n01ulaec Df tbll! UNni!RTA1tB;R AND F'IJNI!I!.AL J:iiQ:TOit No. s lV:.I.J.DliN 'A V Nflll o•kt•· J • r<"~l de ot. t••rt•· I •Jr ·a uFFA-LO SHOE ·CO. ABNacA ~ ·aLt..IQOTI' aTa.. ol H t tUlj.'Pt mf ~ . o• olrrot •l~ a f tlof' ME·N -'! ' . li e w u llr.aul r_ : "<i) -. ~ -· L•••J:u f io lea in JOOiit ico. J>Q~~~l ~:::';;:;;7,::u;r ;:":::n "'~:,~. th·ig7 ~n 1' '"' We• l Sid e with a ~;,~~~~~~~~:~ ~i[~~¥~i~·· 1 '"' " '· it ''"'1 ,,..,. .,, 1"" • 1 •"'1"~ 1 "' 1 • ,o ld loo.'tt l'r , IK> Ib of th o!!U &!fa in J.'rid ay "";, ";,..:.~~·~;,~~\t uti'!T 10 1.,., 1 it. for it ;, ~·~.·::~ ROhl ';·;.:. i:.O)':~~.~~-,!~e~~~.~- ~J.,•wlu•"'• lu •o•d \ hf' lco~ouf gaturdn~· e •·tming. IWHY A W _O _RKI _::_N _CMAN __ .... Delatt 0 , 10 -. ·~ · s-!1 we..,.,myoutOteyapalr • ofU.O.wonde<ful . ~ulfa)oShon Pilr Boys all solid hard kn'?"k School ShOe., aile I to 5 . _ _ . , ll8o 011,500 1000 -pair Men's $4.0jl Grain Work Shoes, D width' only . . . . 12~ �E IN LESE F·EST" -·· OR. ·-· VINTAQE AND HARVE.-r FESTIVAL ' rhea by . ' COLl,IMBIA TURN VEREIN ' ai • 5•1urd'•y •nd 5und•y, Oct•btr 41/J ••d $1/J ~LUMBlA TtJliN HAll, U 6J- J265 Geoau Stttet. Tbc ~ .,.,. 11~te dcoc:of.-ti;.;~~~u "-' tunMd ....; ., r-'= ridi • Then wfii bcbwnc:rouJpcdorm.a-pua.aGid&-. &ult ol. .tD dcloaiptb1. ud&ll..t.ol~cn~a. Adl'nlaalon will be 10 C.nta wbK:h entities you to $JO.OO worth of plusure. . BEN F. WILSON IOCIALIIT MEMBER OF UMIAI STATE lEBIIlATURE will speak a.t MILLER'S HARMONIA If'=~~~~ - - HALL 264 OOtfSE£ SL NfAR MICIIIGAJI Sunday Afternoon, Oetober 5th, 1913 1 ,"""'''"~., HE-o ~. Wll $011 \1 one of the molt e loqaent onwn \11 the :;o. clo-Jt.t Pany: B e .,..,., c1 ..c1..d rro~ 8th~do~~t~~ !.1.f!:!~~0\~ eated Glranl, the h ome of thl! 1 Appeal W Heuoo. · Eotene Y. Det. uy1 · ";;~:,:~~~. '~ "mc~~tl~~::~te eJi r nMtn-,anda•pe•ke rof t! loq uuuceaad puwtt. Where e 'l'e r beg~ he will be la..-ed, h ooortod •nd lo•lte<l to ret=-" THIS MEETING WILL OPEN THE SOCIAUST CAMPAIGN ON THE EAST SID£ Adrnlaalon Il5 Centa Mens Good Clothing READY TO WEAR AND MADE TO ORDER (UN I ON LABEL ) THE BEST IN THE OTY . FOR THE MONEY All Gocxh GuCr~nteed to Give: S<~.tid.action. THE ANDREW GRAHAM CO. LOUIS MAISEL .s-.. c.,.,,. Oil J.,.;~~~,.,~ Ct.tA~ IIAifiS Of THE OffiCW. UNIFORMS FOR THE llfl!KMAnOlli L R. CO. 380 MAIN ST. (Up Stairs) Opp.lroquois Hotel .~r-- ~~,s­ --c~-·.c~ 965~9C7 BROADWAY Aucust Klenke ii! '7i~~~~~~~~~:::~: THIRST .PARLOR 1271 I S.~lo Se11eoa 1694 W OLIVE OIL Fro11t i•• 310S 1 OLIVE OIL BATTISTONI EROS. BOTTLING WORKS Dee. lor-. i n California Wines and Liquors · Spedal a Ue ol.loo giTeo to phone ord er. l.tld prompt d eUTety. .~~~ .s.-. "'""' c.,...w,.tt. ,r,. The Test of' Typewriter Efficiency has. been made ... for you IN OPEN COMPETITION THE .U.NDE RWOO .D EVERY YEAR IN EVERY CLASS �otho!nl. 1-'twiu lillm ill ncu r•·rthtlu W•· think . II. A. ) Jclt! rum is giwn cl"\'dit in the capitalist press for hia work 111 orgn nizi ng t he lm11ine88 t•lemt•nt o r the eity and surrounding .towllJI. It i~ time th11.t tlw cl1• r k11 of hi11 11tore l11kc ex~m pl e from t ~t'.lr boll!! (lt'l h u"y with the Hniou. ing to 11tir up tt'Huh lo• JUH! Oh, my. the So<:tahstl are alwa)'ll try. • urlr deVeloped in primitive 1 Tht 111 plt nhst pnrtto.:ll h1Hc t~el o•ctcd Lh~±tr county leaden-pohu. fo rtltltd br tbe •11dJT1dual , utnli t rHmt•tl tu the mnmtt• hut both n•JH1!1!1ent lng th e cap1ta hst dau a~~d powe r. A MILLIONAIRE•& ORQY Human natu~e and_ buma11 :iunlee Th;-millitU•Hire Jlltckt-rt of Chicago rece ntl-y .. eld Wh at . they ~';:: ::~.:b~;.,d~:~::•l ca lh·d Jill English huuting hnuqu el. It e011t $12.5,000.0;1). T~ey had nmn•on fou11dation It 11 J•rt·Jw ht• r HI tht· jumborec. J Hmlxlret'8 arc ne':er complet.e _WJthout a Wbere thio .olidn ity i• prt·nt·llt' r . . ' , d":troyed, 1rhere t be commu llltJ ,thion.~l~i~~~:~~;·,n~~:~;~in~j'";~:~tl ~ -~~. hl~i:e ~~~~~~ ~~i~t~dt~:~:i~,l~h~~~~!:~~: '=",."='="'='"=~="="='='=u=d=m=·=·==!::=========;;;.==========l :::: thin~ wu~ wrou~. lmt \\"11!1 hdmld led 11.8 to whl!t 1l WAS. • Tlw prt'achl'r mimi. howt•,·cr. thought that it haJ the right pi_g, I t waK tlw mo rul issue 1111re, 110 he thoUght. Thu Jl;.~uclwr IL\'''''r hnd heKr,J of e~~o uomic dcte rmini.sm. lie would uot h11no know n if he h11 tl met 11 on B on a da rk night. lie tlid u"t know thn t mHte rial • moral notio1111. 11 ·· was 1111fferiug from Th t• erroueou" an;l IIIICieM notion j)to()JI)c lwtt er Willi gr1n·c n on · t;gyptjan t on1b. The re w11s ~~eieutific truth tl u!.t had The pn:11c her sort o' lmt?lt that he ..-as in w!'O.ng. He . be h11d on)\' ht·cn cnllcd in to gil·e a aort o( reltglOUI \'&r n,tab debauch. hut ho· Willi in for it . So he did the only thing eon~e i ~ntiou11 flT"I•achl'r cHn tlo. He trictl wit h wordl to reach a t hat did not cJ:illt. H c' triet.l to reach 1 moral tense in hi8 Vaio Wll!l the effort. So he just ra iled at the d ebaoehers. he 1 ucc:rt-ded m gett mg h11 name mto ~= ::Orl:r-~ \1\' tht· t•u r. ;;:rt n. aboat 1b: ..... ..,, wu ta.k:1• altOIUbUeo~ by a tOlD· leadl111 but,... -ot_.llt boktedpolat.aloactJte..,..t, .... ot •eout.y, •Ill £oW. 11n-er It wula eo11-lioe wltb a.p.riatlcm. tllat Oo•..,..or • WHt t•• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-10-04 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/4fb11ce1e4bf521b0cdcb1a6f974e806.pdf 2f5ce5ee81473d5ccd4f1ec6df641dfc PDF Text Text Capitalist f!'oliticians. ~fan to ,D iscredit Soci~list · · . O~ndidat~ Fo-r . M~yor / Attempt to Hamper Sociali~t Campalgn !capitalists Dig Up I Park Law ~s Excuse To Stop Meetings CapLtaUst ;P,e».lltlcla.n s Use Park as Board To,ols to _Prevent Great Advance of Socialists -- Looks I:.. Ike Very Dfrty Work. . Big Meetings of Socialists at Lafayette Square Drive Old PartY Politicians to Desparate Measures. - - C?qTOBER Q-th, _A::r MI~LER'S HALL �WINS DEMIOAT "SOCIAL- BUFFALO 'SHQE OC?~ aBNBCA , ANDEL.L.I~8TA. . .~r NOMiNA~ MEN·! .-<5n·~ · ,. .. ,.«a . . tor 50 0.~ 1000 pair Men's $4.00 011 Crain Work Shoes, 0 Width . . . . . :' . . ~ We want yOu to.try-a pair of thOM wonderful Buffalo shoes · . only _... t2.415 I . 500 palr Boys all solid hard knock School Shoes, size 1 · I to 5 . . . . . INio l'r-.Dt thb ooo.poo to the sdaJo saw,. Oo. before Jlnember ln. ~ lt will be red-ed .. ~ M GO c.-a Ia !II.OUJ oa hJ' pf.U ot Botralo IliON tor drt~~~or'III"''fk,IUO,M.t.O,a.OOortLGO. Oucoa,pOatotbepalr. N ot pod:.aller lfonmbel' be, Jill, litoc roof oa .._. Barpl.a 8tlo& Nlapn. W~proofGurao-.d Docalil• Weu8olaloa WM"J' p&h·. apecW, ao,. Boou' abclu, hud, JU4t;, 1f'lCk M~&pn. DouW. w.... ao-, t W.IOtoll,tiGO; 1tal,tl16. Joettbt 8boefor8obl»l~. ArDetter-Eettuno. . ~'!'be ool7 o.m.a D.w.r-1*' Ill~_.. oatd&e of Kew Yen: Cl*7, ,...... .....uUq ·cbe lDU.r.c ot' ~ Warktra( ~ -110 oea tor 111M*lhl.. ""'' """"'·!Sodolol up il&li.t trutta, aud ••ry on tioll ; ., tbtwmmao loWed of I. will be tU bert ..,atiou of proble=. and ptQOtbly tbe ~iblt w-itb011tlm~lrlurot i-J t~ bull eeoao111ie advpt.ap• ot Ollb. 315-.117 Gao.- - • Bollalo, N. Y. �..., ·-· ·oFt ··- _ V:INTAQE AND HARVEST FESTIVAL . · ; ct~r. COLUMBIA YURN VEREIN S•turd•p in.i S11nd•y; Oft•bt; 4tb •ltd itb at COLUMBlA TURN ~ rnl-1265 Ga..... $but. ' 1-&, ln.a ball trr "f'P''OIriate d«:w.tkla. b,u br.:a tumor:dlalol.fuda.ridl lla..... ol •fll ~- ~ ~be &.moero.~ paaut"-- -~~ol~~b. Adrn'-lon wlll1 be 10 Cent. wbkh .e;ntitla you to $10.00 wort.b of pkaaun.. B£N F. WILSON IOCIALIIT IIIEIIIIER Of UIIAI STATE LEIIILATURE wJU speak at MILLER'S HARMONIA ·-- HALL- 264 OOifSII ST. NfAII MJafJGAII Q. A R M E N A N T E illlcl...,r ..- lmllr Cllda.-w.t~..._ Sunday Afternoon, October 5th, 1913 _,,., tt.,»i,... trlfdWaJ'f'Gifttd Fine Jewelry Repa.trln& 240Teroroao.. Buffalo. N. Y Heo F, Wil ton \1 one nf the moll e loqlll!'ll\ OJttD" In the SQ.. elal!.t Party, He wu cl..ckd to the Kali.IUSUi te Lefl'lllt<tu re from l.h e 'dlatrict lo 11'hlcb l1lD< ot.WMI -Ci«N.rd, the heme n1' Ap peal to Reuon. Eo gene V, Debt ..>.. : ..-,,BeaWilaonlaa c lt»eltndtm t, :.c;:~~.":~~~:!,l~~e:.1~~ quence and power. Wht~ eve r beg~ hewillbe l o•ed,hmiDred BB11' WJL8CIII', f "u! lo1'lted ro re turu.'' THIS MEmNc Will OPEN THE SOCIAUST CAMPAIGN ON THE EAST SIDE lo onee .. bo don't like to be dused Of Butra.ln SociaU.t, J'Ubli•ht'd with the ehii.Jreo. Tb.e claa&H are opoen at Du.t!'alo, :-= •• Y. . to to attend, !Jui.da~·allnt who 10 :30wiab A. ll., corner e,·ery Eut Ferry ~==================~· Editor, W. Ed..itor, F. Cattell. Y.~~aginl( W F. <;auell. ::;;1~~~;._:~1;:~~:· ~i!~-i 1~a~::~ji•b· KiJh olfer •treet. TBlUJE ( iDfJ Co, 6W :\lutaal Lih Bldg.. Dotra\o, JSTB.EBT 'XBET INO. will ad dreta opea air and f:loanfor d llrH t l Oetober 2, And atreeta oo I ..U.HOWAilD I J II .... PR:Otn"ID&O.t•t -aoTO- LOUIS MAISEL l'o~~e-~~~~e·::,~•l;.,d~:ai~ :.~":! .;.,..ll•n, C.,.,.tl . 011 Ct.a._ ~!em~ ?:~.:~:;~i~.:~~~~-::~d ~~ ~: ..:~ei•• .tra;. .r-... ..__ ,-.,.u.uy .~~.. ••.tCA~~.t,..·,.C~ 96&~907 N. Y. Ownoer"l ( U a corporation g;,·e 11ames l a 11d alockholder-. hol ding I per c~ot or more of total am ooat of atock) . Lo<:a l Bol'l'alo Soda lill P.rty, 005 :Motnal Lih Bldg., Bufl'alo, N. Y. Fraok Ellwi ll apeak a t Win1I0111" and renfrie.J, Hi-IS B road ... ay, Bulhlo, N. Y . •"~ au e. oo Jdooday. ()do~t ol, W. F. C ATTELL. I &lid Fillmore oa Tbun· (Seal) Swor n to 111d aubKribed before me thia 2Zd day or Septe:mber, 1913. LEV .-\XT D. LESTER, Notary Public Ia.' aad for tbe Count1 of Eri~, State of Xew York. ••• ~nd~ thi• BROADW.A..T SOUJH AMfRICAH SOCIAlJSTS · MAKING GREAT PROGRESS ·_ _ being the tl••l Aua-uat Klenke ~~;;~;.;;~~~~~ ~~'::::::~ J::i·~~~~.r::1 c:!,~i., thit ~Da::" ~oaeu:•;,:~~·~ry effort tboohl be La~~e ~---;":::.::el't!~t~:~~~~.;r;.: . THIRST PARLOR ••~.• ~.··~~~-;;;;,,.-;.,,;;;,.;,;;;;;;;: 1,;,;,, ,,blpthe J>reparat~::e:io~ki:.: •la~:~~;:~d~.~~;;:c:l~: .~:~~::y~h:a:::: :;e~!;:p!::'Yc~7II,I~~~· :~::~:eot ~;;.;_;_;~~.;;,;...;.;;.;;;;.;:~ fo;c~7~o::;n~•;c:!.the ::•;,~, 1 ~;~t:~~ 1 83';;_11 e:ro;~; :::::~~ 1, ,.. · ~ Ull loe1allR Part;r.· lotien~·, .1• Uo e Raad &boo!, Awlicati~na for th e ~on<! He Ia)-, that. ~ugoot lOth tbr:o- ~~n;~e~l~~·~: ';~~~:~. ~~!~:e!: ~=~ Raaoo"• t he re i• a trade& organiution of th e thr::~od1og Ita edom;,oal in· :o:i~: =~U t~>e~~iott t~:o~:th of th ~;~edr:::;, or ~~:!'.hko:;;~ell,~~:: ~..,.--:----::--:- <'~trn•oon 'll"ork , branch • Dllllt .... r.-r~ntJ••ruorG re.h!rNe.,. ~PHON&, HOWARD 1:111..._ :n::;!tt:; membenbiJ> of thr. Bnot h I· · t~ldtflii.Cd" llt1~ Mens Good Clothing READY TO WEAR AIID lADE TO ORDER ( UNION LABE L ) THE BEST IN THE OTY FOR THE MONEY All Goodl Gupaotud to Gnoe ~tWacdoa.. THE ANDREW GRAHAM CO. II.\IIIS Of Ill OfOOAl UIOfOIMS FOR fliE IIIFiiiiAneiw. ll to. ¥-ocl\JOis Hotel . . .. . . . 38Q MAIN ST. (Up Stairs) Opp. ~==. ~~~~.~~~~~~~w::==:=:=::::;::;=~;;::=:=:~ OLIVB OIL OL-I·Y~··':,, OJ• B A'M'IBTONI BROS. BOTTLING WOR~B SpeeWn::::c!n11';:!':r-p~l~:;;~~: ~~dp~:~od:ftfJ. ~~- 3*•-• 3'· PHYSIC.AL CULT"RE U IW I/IC•nW14t. NATURE'S FOODS. STRENGTH BUILDINQ . CL£A~~O~T:;EFUI.I. R E 8 T A 0 RANT 8 ~~~~~ :£'"~~~ 11 I'F;;;::;;;;::;;;;::;;;;::;'oh;;;::;._ ;;;::;.;;;";";;';;;"';;;~;;;'·~';'l.,.;W~HO;L£;W;;H;";;';8R~£;;••;·;;;::;;;;::;;;;::;9j month t hou.'u lH'!j lo Cartmen. Tn)(lgraphlcal Uniou, Talibn: Th • roenCobu ru,IIOSixteenth•trft't.Ail Freighten and all o! the tndeao,··IIJid [ f ~hotJ !:~.=~~~~~r;:!:"J ;~ 11 ~ 0m,!a.,· ::~E:··u;~net:-~~:i::I•P~tli~~ih~l .;;_ c,..,~ '"~'- 1 · · . , ,;,~;,. "' "' ""'';q,;,_ ,Th'' '"" BlLANCH FIVE. Owing tn t!J.e recent l!rt a t the head· •IDArt~ra, it haa heeD imp..uib le fnr tho br11.nc h to hold ita rrgalar buaia.eu ru eetings, aail the b11llr. of the "-ork llu l~en carrie-d on h1 the u:ecuti•·e eom· mittee of thellta oeh. At tb.e !Ut m!Mll · in)l" of the uecuth·e committee of Rr11neb Fi,·e it '11"11 decid ed to b~ld the nut meatilig no Sunday, Oetober tt Soelalltt Pany lleadquartera, 60-t·S MDtoal L ife Bn iloli~>g. A1 u~al, t b.e meetin,;"will be call._.d to !"iler at 3:00 o'doek aod th~ com· ra.lea a .. urgently re-que~~ted to 1•reaeo tutbcu i1 buei11-tlf the a Chamt.... r nf Labor. enru~ of the dele!'fti H from e,.rr_.. tt adi, a oil a Qotn;J· eil of .\<lministratioo forth .. People"• Paht.eP, <.'OmJtOIO!d of one deleGate from ea.-b trn<l e. Thio Council of AdmiaiatratJoo ma~>age~~ their Co-Opentil'e S.ker~· and Co-nptr&li•·e printi11g ilnu.e. AJ !IO their Co-operatil"ll Store, whe re thty ha•-e a genera l etore nr all da.-. of gooda. Thia Cou.11,.il of A•lminiJtrn lion a lao ia proe~diug to orgs11i ae tb~ w!'ole Inr-rtmllnt of Tar&],.n , and e:a:- Th T e est of Typewriter Efficiency has been made for you IN OPEN COMPETITION THE UNDERWOOD EVERY YEAR IN EVERY OLAS!I peet to atart out organiu r1 to ortaniu the Department of .o-\ntuloflaata 1111 thr Sou t b of Tarnpaea Department.. He abo •~alea _uat at Punta Arenu and Lagua1ll111 111.. the De]l&rtmfnt. ot Tara· aht1 h"·e btaDfh8. Alao I and Taltal, porto t o h.,·e a~ti•"'ll cir ganln· Santlago, t he eapi t al , tb ry ha"e 1trol!g or1••••• .., •••••, ••• thnt th e mo,-e m ut · b tht CtiiiDtry. f'or . . . SPee~.~ Accuracy- Stability ·Hu eetab19JnKI All the International Record• . ~JJ. tt~ DE R·.W:O ~ hy' . ''The -llaohl"'! You Will Eftntuai17 �~-~~TI\ ~~TBTTla: ...,_ BUFFALO SOOALIST PUBLISHING COMPANY u..., ...- • 60oi-60S M~ MAitTIH HllS!LUt. I'!ZlCJI<T TVT'TJOU,... ~ 1.J1e JW6t.t • BUPPALO. N. \ PJt.t.JQ: ~ Y~ ~ T,- W. P. CATTWLL - . . . .. ~~Muto&llJ£cBulWraa: • !RJPFA!AN. Y. ~ Prb SIJXl f"" f'W, 5Ck lb: IDOIIb. payallk - ill-"- ~, Ewr.s u ~ =-1kr Juao: 5, 1912, at tho: po.t oifb .at 8ufWD. New Yart. ._te thr- mel Man:b3. t&79 · Th., ro• &wi .. li~tm . Th t•!lt' nr\0. Wu· kiml uf p\'nple thKI Me ~·omiit~ into th e tnm·o·uwn l , 1111<! tho·y 1\rt· co111i ng . in fa>'t. Bright young men, a nd w 1mwn, t•llrllt<S \ work o.: r~ . n:nd,\' to s tudy our philosophy and tcueh uthe ~ . :-<ucitdiMru 111 ru•art• r than w.-. think . ' Ther•· 11ro• oul\' two plntfo!rma in lh ili muuieip.t.l. oomp•il<n-tl>e I pint form' vf th<' ol•l purllc!i H\Jd the Soc ialist tll]'itRiiKt A MILLIONAIRE'S ORGY Tilt milliomdrt p11.ckl'rs o f Cbieagn recently held what they cftllt•d an EngliAh hunting bamjuet. It t"Oit $125,000.00. T~ey had A prcAChj!r at the jtunbon:e. Jamborees are never eompleU wtthout preacher. This prcat'hl'f eettned to haH! ht'en though mueb behind t·hc age. his senile thiug Wl\ft wrong. hut w11s hduddled 11.1 to Tilt' pN!aeher atind , how t\'e r. thought that it b,· the e11.r. 1t Willi the moral i.uue sure, so he pf.t•udh:or uner luul hea rd of economic dt•termini.arn. lle hill"•• kuown if he h~:~d met it on a lonely nill'ht. He d id.n 't kno_w t hat mllterial .in~eNlllil notions.. lh· wAS s uffrrmg from preacher a mtclleetu a l Th,• erroneou11 anU u11eleas notion t hat preaching J•••oplc lwtte r waa grann ou hill mir~d l~k e the. };~~·ptian tomb. There was n~ .room 111 h11 cranmm scientific truth t luat hud cond itions produce bad men. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Mahoney Arrested Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/6106d4be07d4b710aecd3d21c6a783ac.pdf e63ee20260e75529c3089bca7ae9c821 PDF Text Text LOOitAT T I I B . - Cl' YOUR ADDIIIS$ LoUU. IP IT IS 70 YOUR~D­ PIIl!S NEXT 'WI!1 �will •tat~ briefly for your behell t E •.WEDEKiNDT o_llr <l<:'mandl are , ~ ~~~~ beliel'e t hat ... ,11 oP.• that not llrPJ•ly a f1a rt of lor• I nntl 1''""" of ou r mi•ioa, and 1~ n ..ohlir< in thil ll~~:ht for fr ~edom UND!RTAKI!Il AND ::::~~::,7.:·;~: ~:~';"/~~!~:l~;~.~~~~~ ::~~·~::::t~:~:~~::;~;;r,~:~ ~: drt)!rounoiwo r ken. 1 •. ~:;•!. 11 :u~r!:•::-:1<:: No. 5 WAI.D. PI1NI!ItAL DIRI!CTOR N A VBN ,UB 35 eeot. prr •·rr~· Dulfalo Our ~odaliFt. ~:ditur: -About °:. •loor8, 011 • eOm]•tomit.r i A!ll""· we belie•·r, t hl' tire 11mouot• to f>r lletieally t b~ mo.t di s· f.":~~.~~~;i:n ::~n ::<l,e :: ,~:;::;~: ~~~;:~r!:, ";:~~=;,~~~:/~~" ~~cb p a~:e . "' 111 thio Jhcet ea11 be found t b<' ~uin ,c• or th~ ,..;"1" ( I ) alld othe r · wi •c . . Tbr Dufl'alo Enquir~ r hn been a ~ ri ea of u r too111 by ¥r. Ual. Coft'n1n11. rnti tlto.d "Th~ Mi1taktt of ru11ninF iltlo[l. Thr old Je,.rtt holD.<' ts part of tl11• u bool. and ia u olol ·fu bioned ... oodcn buH,tin,c that "'0111•1 go "I' lik e 1'"1"'' if it ~aught lir e. 1 a.,.--,. ... ~ ,....._.. fP. II . FRANK EHRENFRIED ~ W·A;fOBK8 UMt DJA.li.OlfD8 •~• -....cl-ar. . . r . .... ._., A.Y<L IU--·---~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~.,~~ ~-~.~~~,~ ~~,:,~, ~a~:~~~u. ~ B o& Lot~eb t roca 8:80 A, )II. c.o 1 P . M. M~:."u;;;'o, lr======::;;;:=:::::; FALL.HATS "" New crutioas in Fa.tf Hab a.rc hac J n a&uManc:e. Stiff, flaiblc anci iOft fdu·in tbt ocw boow.U, &!__..,.. and .....,.· and • cood ............ of &taW: Auatrian ~dours in bbcb, t.owuand.,.... . Pri«s ollelb ... $Ul0, $1.50 and p.oo. ' Vdoun $3JlO Ud $'An , AUUIIOI .All i..~a:~~r.;s: at$1J,$1$";""_:_ ~ rii• ~ Em•••••E a . - 8t. . 891-898 1800 J~enon«._ �FIRE 'SALE In the recent fire at Franklll\ Hall a qu, nUty of · books were damaged Some ,were simply smoked, · others slightly damaged by water. All are "In · ~ndft!oti. BARGAIN IN BOOKS lntroducrl01i to Sociology .. . Lot of 26. By J..rt~ur. Morrow Lewis. Regular price $1.00 Fire Sale Price 89 Cents First come first served . extra. All books by mall I Sc. Office of Buffalo Socialist, 60 4 Mutual Life .Butidfrig. Most Of tbe. boob are in such condition you would never know· they had bun throug-h a fire. N ow is the time to fill up your libu~: We have othc:r barrains.. �. THa PU-...am ...a.r'ST ' ' BUJIFALO SOCIALIST ~G .p:>MI'ANY .,.,....~·:::_~wa...-r~.~ldfloot ~~.,.~ 9'.P. CA~N.~. ~Prb$JJICI,_,_,5Cktib....0..P'Y.... ,_......._ ~· ,,,. ,,,,,. !~:.'l~,:; ,~.: ~·': :~.'j~:~.~ : :l,~ :~: '!.~i;~;:~-~::~~~~:~~~:;:_:•· f~~~~:';;:.'~~~~~;,~~:~·!~!l :11:~\wu:o,~•·.k,''"' f ••"'''' '' 1<·11,v"uthn l.•••uuro·Jlo•11 ill t-(nrniso• w .. JJ. rf tiL•· \lud;iu~: ,.J ,~, of thi~ ~ity 1 o1te our frif'lul Louie· Ht-(UI/1 , dnn' t tolntru· 11 .~ if ho· o·Jdbt out tht' polite llllll hW:I l• 1·n l ,\'o•ur ho•uol" 11lf ll'ho•tt ,\"<•11 !l'•l ott ~ tr· ikt•. Tou will I.e gr.tting · utli <· •· Wuu\ \' 011 \' U\t.._} fur Dt• w•u r o•nn·mlu•r wlmt hnppo•tll:!d '" th e 1t•um11t ers wh en th ey========:====================== !:'· ~ mr 'striko· ! Ti t•· J•tJiit·•· wr•r•• ••r~l••r•·•l to rio rough wo rk nnd they 4 hw to •nrusto•r ~~""" Ill must l ~t•nh•u to d et1t h Oil "Scucca street tlu• puli•·••.u wl wns t\rw, ) >!'IIIII rur j.:t'lliztl; hcate n UJl. w 1·t'• ' dul rL lo,\' \\',. uud,·t...,tn ud thHt ,JudJ.:•· Urow u hn11 htf'u ill almORt e\'"r !Iince IH· tuuk th~· law in hi11 nwu huncls IUltl called out the mi litia to shoot ,\,lwu th•· 11tr••.-t •·ur U l t' ll , \\'hnt •·mthl hi· cxpectf NEW POLICY OF POLICE DEPARTMENT 11 is hut n s hort titn•·. ~ ··•· m ~; hut n few llR)'ll, sine,e the Hllthuritit'!l U,.,'<.J IU think thl·~· \'IHI\,j U\'Ctll\\"C the Soe.iaJilltfl � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/14a0046ef3130bd4afca02d368bd0de1.pdf d8333e538baa7623f17f20d2142b9dfd PDF Text Text I..OOitATTflll-0. • YOUR ADilRD5 LAIIIII. IP IT IS 89 YOUR SUIISCaiPl'JON J!lt. PIRES NI!XT YI!Eit • • ...-+- J Cl-o ver Leaf-M•II Repeats Murder of· Husted Worke·r Owners and Capitalist Politi~ Have Another ·· Chance to Shdw Working Mm How Uttle They Care for Thdr Protection. Explosion Result· of-Absolute .-.. . __l?l~~aregard ~r Safety ITAUANS ROBBED AND STARVED BY ERIE RAILROAD clals and Padrones Found Starving by Representative of Buffalo Socialist-County Lodging H"""" Furnishes Meals to Men to Whom Company Owes Money. -- Musi~ Hall, Saturday, September 20th . ; �' '"" ~li t 1M- ~vato11• l fr.;;m •I .r tlr~ir t!()l i t\nl '' P"-. 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The""'"!'""' bae ~w ..,. unfai r all tllf&Ujj b th e!JO~t~IOn ""'' beiJ I be mtll oft' wilh J•r<ltlllsel t o among tbe -J>OliUeal oftleeboltlen; noal"" I(Q<I, llut f• il•••l t u k""f' thern . "ity, would d11re to be-gill a eamT be Slloe Saler,a10w rep<~rH••I tkat tbe:y tor .,~r&J>e r th11 " "f'lt tndeanoring t o clo.e thf' 11torn. nt 0 o'dork '"" r'" night t.u t !bill JJul · liN Mayo r Fnhrmllnn eur me ntroned 11 ou Sea~u i;ti"Cet ~ •• tb" atumbl ; It ojunag blJ admual1tntlo11f ; 1111 Modo. lJ 1111y wo r ki 1110 nren ha1·~ 1111\"1! 1011 e.-er hurd " ot a11;r of 0111 bf!., D olea lin).: at thil ~ 11 re, 11 nd il it i;& or noncilmea daring to dia- a let· ~ 31;••:;:~•1 ,.:; 1~u~11 :";;,~;~:; ,::;·1 t~ ~~~~; :.:u~11~ 1 i:~e1~:;·1 ::~~~~'" lh t• n•••••I IIIIJO an ..-way anol •I~IIIAtu\pulice earrarr. •• Th P r<' JIIl rl uf 111., ~lloulol proprWtora Orga n hi n~ Commit· ~bea]~;",~;;:•nation•l by Fdlo• workers, tOuidl!'r •hat euy ..,Jot w e llrf. The g.!.!ler"&l -le ~ ra Cle.-elaad, tor is hr!lltr tbaa ia &lfalo, • •il tlle lrtJ"eet ,.,'-•ee. ear IO!IIpllll' a.a all'ol'l! to J•a, it~ DO- tb.rfW b.a• riflh' aerou 10~11 aod u11duetOra a ; lll&lrer ..-.ge Ire Ia auNt t.b.a.t ezploaioa Oil a tb.ree 01111 tan t baa till lattrllll • tiona.l ' dOOI at a.-e CeiiU. dema~div; Bu~a:!".~or~ll:..~·~ba~\~lr:,. 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Oente - "'0- ~ We want you to try a p• lr of those wonderful Buffalo Shoea �'Cbt Tall Campaign I ~ Of' '!'BE SOCIALIST PARTY I Wt:LL BB OPSNED WITH .11,. GREAT M=~ATION ATTHfELMWOOD MUSIC HALL 80TH PHOMES Cbt ~istrbDI aYll2nHCoS-CAIIAR.aT PETER KLIPPEL 111 ,-,.,.,,S,. Q, Elmwood Ave. and Vilginla St. Saturday Eve' g .,,.,., ,ev, :Jiw,. pt.-20th A R M E N A-N T E WIIQIIIUI Ill olln~r THE SPE~KERS WILL BE Jostph Wanbopt of new 'iork Citp €dllor ntw 'fork C•ll 6ustao :JI. Stttbtl of Spracust . 'F'ormtr C•ndld61t for C.ltul.•fl•wrnor Sttpbtn 3. fflabontp Sotl•llit P1rtp C•ndldllt .for m"v•r DOORS OPU AT 7 P. I. Admission, 10 Cents 3000 Good Scats at that Price: hundred and fifty reserved seats in front of the speakers stand at 25 cents Tickets at Socialist Headquarters, 52 West Easle .st. LA RUSCH & WILEY DEALERS !tc'i COAL AND W OOD 1973 BroRd»'RY The World's Most Skilled Mechanics use the · finest tools. The World's most expert typls.ts us The Underwood Holder of every International Record for $peed Accuracy ~- Stability "The Machin< You Will Eventually Buy" UIDIIWOOD nmunu CO., ~tu.l UIDUWOOD ILDI., llW l - Brue.bM Ia AU Prhaelpal Chltot ~ . . . ~ . ... ........ 14. , ........ a... UU.. PHOII'&, HOW'UD 1214-R f.let Jl=-:.'~2=~ . IORIEI, ILICIE CO. P u n • r a l OtreCJt:or• c-t-P--.aa.-O,_.O.,_NieM- 007 'WI.l,.L.IAM .L. - · ·----- Queen GltJ Cu4y Co. · , 369 EUlcott Street . ' (1ft SIILl! vALUio ' n'~1Wft - ' ao&Wfl.!.lA.lll~ ....... ~ :.It, . .. - . . �~ waa.T wr THa BUPI'ALO SOCIAUST PIJBUSHING COMPANY ~J c w.a.p-.....wa- II.U.TIIt HaiiL.a.......... . \ BUPPALO.N. v. . •. P.CA~~~. ...... _.,~.;;.......~Doot ~Pdr. $ t.OO ,.,_., SDe.---.pqllllr lo .._ &tend NleCOQC!.eluiJUtwl' .11UII 6, lfl!, ' ' t.be poA omot IS Bdalo, New York, UDder the AO$ ot ~arcli &, 18'1)1 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBI!R 20. 1913 SCAB LABOR ON THE BOHOOLa nhon;ht~~~~;·;~~~is;o~·:~~~~~:~ ~~~a~~~~~\~!~~~:rt~:~~~o:~ :,::! ::a; What it luuiKh,.ll:\"!1 h('c n to fool tl11lt r,.]emcul whC IIC\'er lht-y n el".'1.1cd \'Ot ~;. A t'('ttai u dt·rut•nt with in the nnks of orgnuized lnhor f~r lllllny yt11.ra pssl Jun e hc1•n abl e to ·uutkc the politicia ns bt:lie\'e that th t'y could IIWIIY th e rauk 1UJd fH e which evt' r way it plea&e(l. l'o matter h ow unfair Rn em ployer mi~ht he to th e workers a ll through th e year iw felt thnt nil he !nul to do to obtain tht' vote~~ of th e work ers at th e Tbl t)flttieal mea of •II ages IIJ!teftl on tbt mn:lm tbat a ban<lful I'"Wer l1 t.euu tb•n a to.gt ul or riJbt, aod 1be pnactiul meu line •toray1 bHn numerou f. Yet the mn.llillp: il not tblt the b.ttle S uc h ·tll c ti.cll on tht> pRrt of Uh!ll holtli n,~t _oni•·.e in laho r lllli~llll wo r k11 C\'<•rhtst m g ~mrm to lilt' moveme~'! • _111111 11 WJII t11k e some time for til(' III'W t'0\1111' 11 to ICIIC' h thetK' pohtiCinn~ nnd ll r oc-uretl! of 11eRb lshor th nt tht'y cllnn rt( trellt orgsn i!f•d lnho r with impunity 364 dnys in the )'l'llr. nnd exp.:.>et to rcct•i\'C the \'OI!·~ of u ni on me n ou tll e 3G5t h . .·\t tl1e [1\Rt lllt'tll iug of the f' t•n trnl l.11hor Co un <·il th~ ddegntC!I ~:,;.::~ilonmoo/~.:;~unl~r ~~~:i~!t~1111 or material, 11 h ooths was to St>e th e politicRI hoASe~ of th e old et•nt rn l l~otly . Hn~ nil ~~~e:;~~:~~~::, = 11~b;;",;~~~~ ~::; !~"~b~:· .:a:,~.::b.:~ i~0 i wo uld he forgotTen. llow mu e h good the word of th11t outfit d1d ll a"rm itacl r with JIOWCr if 11 11 to trl· be eo\'fcra bha.elf wit.b C'amlidate i11 \'l' r~· (j llt'~ lio n Rh l ~. P<PJth. 1t me11na tb at it 11 1101 tb i!'Oiop, be b•• oo rlabt to •imJ•Iy formulate itt tbt!ori~ 10 <1 dOl!· trim•,. 1n:1 1b~ 11 v-ti.,ntly walt until !bote in powf'i- Moe lit to eml>ooly tbem in to IOI!iat institutiont. Tbi.. it uot "'"Y ill whicb ne": rig hts ere · of th e Builtlinp:Jt,.IJ'r11des Com u:il r cpnrtt·:l thnt most of th ~ ~~·o rk no w ...~~ 11 10m;;; :e~~~'~r ~~:U in ptoCf'AA o n the public !!('hool.~ is ilt'IIIJ.( olone by >~cR I I l niJ<'lt, Anti by~.., ~. •~tiollll thll yon that you 11re 1\etermi 11ed to espeei111ly on tht• llt'W ).lRs!t•n l'nrl; Hi gh Sch ool. \ \\'ith t h e opcninp: o f lho• sdu10l ~<'fi>IO)U la.'lt :\lomlny it wns found "ic•n r~opike•l.• nJ tbat yo~ llutt tlw l11ck of nct•ornlliOtlntious pt<·d nd et~ hundtNI~ o f children frem ~ 0 "'"'"c1 of the ju•tice of ' tl.wir right to_ propl·t· ••tluo·11tio111~ 1 rn~·ilitk'll. The lnck of room in th e l111;h Mc hoo l11 Ul ili• p ]orllh]o•. nnd Ill Tli!III Y of lhl' grnrnmat Kc hoo]s f~fty t"itildrc n will lw ··rowolo·d into 11 r oom int cllllcd for th irty.fh·c. ;\\any of t ho> ~··hobt rll will h·· f ON."t- J to tnk c only hRl f scll!lions mtwh to the tl o•tr inh•nl of tlu•ir chunceM of ~ttlv nn Ce m e nt . Tht• !iiiJ •~·ri n te_m!t·nt · of eduentiou ill ro·p~rt('(l .uJI ~;~~.~·i • 1 g: t_hRt the rontrn~·totl! lir_'' mnug ~lu.·. s~ hool _work t o fill 11.1 w lulc prii"H '_t' JOb~ s re pill IIIU:tu) of !l. . \IJ !UII II \!'t cht111W1i that OWIIIJ:' to th e MlrTke Il l th e T ,•C'h uiclll ll iJ.(h R1· hool th e co nt i-nctors u ~;· tid" 11~ 1111 o·XcUI!e to tlC'l:J_r tlw work . Su m up tlu· wholt• ,;itunti uu nntl it n·snlvo•s it~o·lf iuto R wl w rt· th l' <'Oiltrndur,; nrl' di..tstillll: to our r ity. po liti<·inns. t olui n g j uwt n~ th~·y pitoNS•· ttlwu t wh• •u tlh".' ' wi ll com pld c th e !1ir·i 11 ~ ~cnh h1bor 011 t lw jnlo, 1111 •\ fo r ~etti n ~~: thai t lwn: Is nu~· suc h ihiu~~: 1111 11 11 .:-ight -hour l11w . Ho·nlly . .it i!l uh out tillh' !l1e w orking dmt'l wnke up to th cmsd utul J.(o• l willl' lo thr·so• J'llliticu l hmwo stet· r o·M\. Think of it. you p uyi nJ.( .•·ou r uwlll'." tn ha •·•· t lw ~c hno i R !m ilt. you cleet m e u to 1 tlutt h iro· ~· · nh ··ontrlldllr!l to tl o th e work . your cl1ild rcn nn: p ruper so·honl "''t•oultund~tlionll. n tul ttll tl wy .hll \'r to t!O is to iihoot ~OIIlt' fin•work~ 1111_}1 ~··rn• you two ect1t11 w orth of fre e hun•h un d yo u nrt· reudy to fight om• unotlwr to vot e for th e m. "~b:•,:9:~t~o ~::-w~o 1 of the fruit• of oor -~~~i:h~:~:::t;:',h:o;~ruct u:e •li tioru of IIOCict•·. and 110 nn be ae~nmpii~bed 1 f>by•ical, Monon.iral, politit":al ro•nr. , ~~~~~ f:~ ..!tm!:t •h:b~:~ul monll an.J i 11 te ll~rtual power hack Tbh iH tb e r UI<Ih or by I l,..nt nn b~o~ildiug " I' 1 •i_rong part,,., intea.J iug lty it.11 mean• ~ i u whltC\'er inOucn~e th ey. I toglinonpuhlirllflli r&. Tlio' prl'~r·nt. with itli mi11ery. poHrty. brut11lity nn rl ti on11 l"'luu~-:11 tu l'H]litnlill m . Th ~ futur e with n\1 it11 hnppi iH'II!i, pll•n ty. IJrot lu·rhocu\ 1111<\ hur!ITO II." lu•lo n g11 t o Socinlism.-Fit zgiUioons. 1-:.:·-•...••-••••l•m .,, GOOD RIDDANCE liK II lolltll tlo thtr ht•ro. Thr· E xfrl!!ll! ~~~Y~ ht• J('re w ri c h out of th e lnu;.im~R. 1111111 who wou ld stoop so low n~ t o llo t lw work hl" did. we /l('eortliiiJ.( to I'UJiil nlist 1•lhi('8. 10ho ul ol r~o·i n• good JU\~' for his Of ull the ~eo un,ir t•li> o n tlw fll l'e o f th{> en rth f'n rl e1' Rtood in fir111 ruuk . Juul th e n ·put nt iou o f heing ulwnys ~a;,y to kill an:- n.. :~~·; 11t1:,~: 11 ~t;1•itl\l,: :~~~e:·ny. ll ll tl woultl d o the hidrling of 11n~·on e Our Fight and who li e hi tL-d th e \o~·(·~t kiml ·of thu gs n nd ._hru t ell to _t11ke I~Je of lllt' n who wt• rc stnk m g. fo r 11 g re11 tt> r p ort ton of t heir earmn gll, a nd 1111111)' a li fe Rntl mllny It hom e has ht~l' ll hlh..'h t ed through his n ef11rious wo r k. The e11p i t11li~t pre"" 11111kt'!l th e bru~;: th nt ht' ree.;-il:.l!d.. the s um of $ :WO.OOO f or lore11king the ~triko' of th e In t e r borough Uupitl Tn.ns it iu :\l·W York. Thnl prio•c wn~ th e bl oo1~ of th e work ers. . :-;1wh n mnn- 110. not mnn-h r ute-111 he ltl!r whe re he I S. F ro ru wha l w t• hnt! h enrd o f J ohn S.nyh:fl Wl• h11cl tlu· i(leA lie wus ~nmC I\'III t o f n l!tuclc ut. hut his c ry for •·ot_, w itlt th e ful .. ity uml int rlligl'll l fnet•l! of \"Oh'tll stuff hns ehu n ghl our . I . __ Our tig~~:~ ~~~:li:;; ;;";;·l::~lm:~:\:~ewb ebouhl nti jlinp• lnc hera mill th ei r tb:. oto11y orilh politico an<l economi,.... 111 d demand nr oz to 1dtpt ou r politi~l a 11 d rn•l .. tn .. t••fy But thi• •nertUO .,,.,.nom il' intt':r~U to thei r creeo.h! And of ptn1<n11 t nod 110eral de&lteflo f~nf'!!d take 10eiety It '" II'Oflt ~~~~k 1 h1°~~\~~7,;..ede:; n;l'tb:b~~~ !~ ~~:t ~~ == 1 .,'!d~~a~u:::~ f:; lll thc r, u we mnst. acro rdin~ to 011 ; in· a co rr-e.pondi11g i n crtS~te in illtelillf'!<IN •ight into the nuure uf the tbin~ we 1nd tu lture, ~nd makatbrl edueat ion of ar ecompellfdinour 1 J,..ct icalti re tothfp.,..plo!•tocil l ~itJ. I ,..jth! . Tb~l .... pit•lii!m lt!telf IK btmnol bJ ill ::ci:~:~~ :; ;:~. ~~~~;',{ ~~:::i:~ ~:'.:;1 ~~::~~~ ~:;gl!..:11i::o:n: •U - "'""·I,.,M_, ::; or UJ•i lali!m deal ~llf'llk the fonnd1110n or a ll'llf11of tbi• wori<I,IBdw(l rlolIt poruu"" ita own · matt"'f11 ~•11 on!~· be ff llled by ll'odd- anol eann11t belp prodUd ilg PRISONERS AS ROAD BUILDERS Crimp n·foruwrs IIIII"•' lwru t nki n ~-t 11 gr..:n t d o:HI of cretlit t h.·mst•l,· ..s o r lutt· y t>n r.<~ for n new po li ty in the lreNIII WIII o f 'lllfl>rllliiUI•· \"ittitns of t hr• ,-upit11li11 ti c syste111 co n vi ctctl of TJ ... y wo ul d hn•··· !lu· ~;in lplt--miudccl hr!iC\'C th AI t h{>y tll'e 11111k•· thiH!.,'S \wt\t•r. Tlh',\' parnd e ns nlieuistl!. The I tlwy 1tr•· nnthiug hut 11 lo t of lmuco ~ tee re~. . . 'l muna. The n•ling du"-"' may llod Wh'" do JII I~PDf!ll aad polltitian1 ~~~ir1 ~;=~~:~,'~lc:~I~110J'1 .!~:0:: ::~::~: 11;b;::l ~~~~ tbeJ tukeoptbt":ma-lfi!8in1uh_j,w,tin11, - - -their dftN'· t~le, but tbia The jot!.Y gOOd felklw l1 in niQit abuae or 1b~ reli~o; lou' oue wbo eao 11!'otd to lea'"r t bt -;;;;,;;;~;;;.T,;iii";i;;;'+,i;~"""iinf"orfiF..iiiiORn7n;;;;[rrn\ffic!.:.:i:jW/...,.,"m•~oo"-•~ oC- t be peopll!c, an or life tn ntbtn, '""'' in 1ura . ...~•l-••-•;..,.,.,. 1 of the prisonL'I'~ abuae wbit":b m.u.at in tb e long rnn tend tbe mont.Y ot~,.._ abYe ea.rn.td for · . I CRtne iuto u nf11 ir competiti on with . of prii'O n goodB]IIIInllfnctured by th em. \,; 11 n·11Uit of n growing 1umt ime ut ag11in11t eo u ltftct cou,•ie t labo.t' tt> t: J•tiMO II I.'tl! hntl to he MII\1 POrtcd in idlen e1111. This wu eXJI CO.!IIVC. Tit•· " ''/It tnxpaycr- th e hig Oil <$ partie ulftrl y- hll \'e !Jeen doiu~ a lo t of IUJII I:nli n g heesu11e of it. The r efo r e th e courts han been dotng all the~· could to III'Oid Heud ing th e v ictim& of th e syatt!.m t o priiUm. ~~~~~~:;.OO:~tl~~~~~u~t ~~~~l:!h ~~~~~ ~~je:\t;:e~:~-"~=;~e a~d~u~~!~~ on the .-ul•j o>ct o r' n more hum11ne trcahu e nt of pri 1or:iera. But the t el\) IIIO!il'l! Willi a\W/1)'~ eeOII Otuit. ,. ' The l"t'o uomit: p endu lum , howen•r. hid11 fai r to tak e ~;wing now. SinN• th~ rwt omob ile ha<t b ~u with Ull the whole · atkntion.of tlw ~hall OW· )lllt ed ' · ha11 been directed to good r011~bs. Thill in ill;df is' not 1 th e co ntrary, it n1ight be a r..sl p:ood. B ut lhcN' is 11 color in the woocl p ile . The fl•ntlu:tl t'tiH owll th at go 1 about pmilling fo r 1111\ t hey arr• •·idous sylitem. put t o r. r•· IO be ronstrne tetl fo r Hml down 1\·ithou t a im or pi1 r poae. If thi11 Jlf'l\' ae hl!nw hllt<-hes out well-audit Jlromises to tht'r(· will In: a great iue"i'Cn:~ in t he. d e mand for pdsonera t<ll the t"Oads. As 1111 re as thtlt oorues., and in so fa r · uwrtased tl ellii\Jld th ere will be a let up on th e paroling So.-Jrty wiJJ the n tun•e to bt· protect ed )lgain, so 11s to get • upj1IY of r·hup lsbor to !mild fan ey road s forth~ nabobt nuth~~!o!' bet h~r to do tlaan to_ dri,·e high-prieea aotomobil.el to bei111 uaed j q ' todell.-ert.,e mt-,e o.ti"oo et ,tbat S•te. l•'l~ag t il-e ~tate . Wll.ot, Oil'Vr~e W. &. &in Wihoa ud "--albtym•• Dl..lriet•tbatb.av•llot BoeiaJiftlpNblttniloatbi 'WUI · n .. ScklaJi• t 111oti11a pie· p!.ay, " l'roDl Dak to D1un," writ· b,r Pra11• E. Woll',willt.edi•pt.ye<f o11tbetour. __ ,4~••-•"••11,.·-/<••• 'om;.,;,,... =====-·"'-===~==== - =====~=========Du ring th e P e rry Celebra tio n one of the feahll'f:!l was a g rand military dis p lay. . Men paraded in all kinds of fHnty .uniforma, Rn d th C: best b nnda that eould be w ere in the p roeeMion. Soldiers, ll8 ilol"l!. Rrtillery and (JIIiek-fi rin g gu ns were t okd throug h Only for th e amusement of the \' il!.itoN, b ut for tlt £> puri>08e of inspiring · deee h·ed into joining theae ill: lltitu tion ll of multilllil'd murder. For the · c it y we reprint Jsek London It ' ' Good Soldier. " Cut it and paste it •· ~ ,--------l.-_;__ _:_;__;__:__.;___________---;J (By ;Jaek London.) Young :\f en~ The lowest aim in \'our ·life it to become 11 soldier . The· ;GOd 110l dier n ev er tries t o distinguish right f rom wrong. H e n~ve r tbinb; Jl~~ reuonA; he only obto)'ll. If h e is ordered to tire on _hi!! fellow cit izens. on his friend~!, ou biA neighbors, on h is relativet~, he obe)'ll' without besila· ~~~<~ ·se!! :~e ~~~~:'rst~tn~ed~~!t ~~d.:!t~':d' t::~w;!":i&;:~.;ia;::ntt:obr!Z~d~r~::~~: feeling nt'itlter remorse nor 11ympath~·- lf h e lt otdeied oft' a11 a ·firing .quad to P.seeute II_ hero or benel"feto; . h e firK " ·ithout h e~~ilstion, though be knows th e bullet will pierce the noblest b~art t hat ever beat lD human breut. . · • A good soldie r i.K 11 blind, h et. rtl~. IIOull-.,' marderolllJ machine. H e is not a lllftD. He iA nOt a · bn1tt'. f or h rutes only kill in aelr defeDSe. All tbit ia human in him, all that is dh•ine in him. all that con&titutes tlt e m11n hRII beet sworn away when he took the eoliat.mlmt roll . . It is mind, bia eou.aienee, aye. his Vt't-y so ul, ftte in the keeping of bi.l "ofBeu. . 1'\o Jnlln u n filii lower than a eoldiel'-it is a depth Genea.tb whic~ he cannot go. ont of th e a r m''· l t. is b ell. . .· · · • · · Down with the arm~· and th e W e don't Hed kl~ling inat.itution11. llitntioDL · � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Men Slaughtered Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/f4799368e3e1663bf073dc3d64819df6.pdf 74c719ae67108ba7131c3c79d636eae2 PDF Text Text . . . .ALO IOaAJ.I5T 01'1 MU4TI'InSITANDS YIIDfGIIDAY .:ro SATliRDAY • • LOOIItATTa.-C. YOURAIIDUS$ L.ua. IP IT IS 88 YOUR StJBSCalPT10N ZX. I'IIU!S NBltT YID: �A8ftata and eu.,....rlbe fbr.... AtDetter·:settung. The Oll.lt a-.. ....paper la lM .._.. ou..We ot Mew Yorll (lhJ, RJ"< . .11adq t bollD......t of &bl WotkiJII OIUI. -110 etlllt for I at011lbl, 01&., 315-317 Gc.... St-. - - Bufblo, N. Y. �tbt Tall Campaign -S·OClALIST-PARTY - OP THE ,cREAfRATifiCAnow Sole Age~l\. ro r R u.Mt•n lm por~ W'-Otzky T• o r M.oac!O w OOLUMIII.A. AJIID WHlTa ULY T.II.AS .A-It·'-•.J•Ct,.....~ .i CH.. 108 WILLU..M BT. 8oth Pboa n 80TH PBONBB tbt K4istrb~f avaNJMGa~aAa&T PETER KLIPPEL - r~il -'-"4'- We have bN.n 10 d~ to l.bat WI did ll,ot .ee it in bat tbe eatmy, e.-u &lert,aw it. adroitl,-, they ba•·e n;t fon·'ll"i<le ea wpaiga for wo~~~&.o ••ote.• B.1 their advll'!a t y au lf111ge th e,- h.•·e enliatf'd actil"eaUJlportoftbou...odllof ea ru· women. Thete wom f'a do not know IHII . beeo~aillg th e pollti ral totTIIpt "and retrogteuh·e whOM ...te porP-~ 11 to fonrard mardi of labor, to agalut brother, wife a pintl female worker apiqt male th e ballot bos:, u tll ey ha•·e abop. mill a ad fa.ctorT. :I:&AlfCJI 'l'BBEE . BTJtl:ET KEETINOS. Blllat'h Tb tto! ia in•a<ling the !01b Ward tbil ~k. i\ta1 Sberonr 'll"ill apMk at the eorn~r ot Lero! A'"?11e 111d Saafonl Btrtet oo Tll~rsol ay "en.'n~, tembcor 11th, at 8 o doc~. Th11 flrstf.imeattrf'e tmeetiugb••~n in tbb ,..,d, and the com111dH ed to be prPeca t aad belp ma ke . · : Hilbert l}arri..on will -,eak at ner- of "EUt Fer?" ud Wa•·ery on ~ tu rday ;•en1ng, S..pt~mber Uth, 8 o eltld::. C.:unra.de Harn11011 ill 011e I~ best eolotPtl Olli! Of"l i~ the. eouutr_v. Comratln, kH"p thla date 111 miD<!. ,;' 1 11 ~ ~~~~:~~~;''\a~:: Th~:;:;lee\.::iit::.b~;;~':! reap ;:;:.kat"; · o'doek on the eomer of Wiualow ao tl aituatioo 'We are b eing It not Woblen aveau..,.. Co.nrade F'iU.IllbboD• aeith.er la it ''old wo- b a good •J~•ker aad «mtradea are i•am 011tvita.lprab-11'iedtobeattbi8 ·1DH!.iag. llleworkenat BB••u um roVll. w blt.b jeopardiu. our thnoah1n1 the _ Co mradea -Dl BfaAt.b.....l'our are of the- Sodallat queatetl to atle nd tb me-etia,: to be • held 011 the 21tt of September to ta ke ARE YOU (lOf~O TO 00 up tbl! matter of a lyt_nm tuune. Tbi• IT, COl!RADf.f important bu1ineu n.e<'d! J" OU r allen· CAl\· you 1taad idly by &Dol al'!i! tion an ti prf'M'.D~t. tlt.t.t ole finiU •~tion ol miUiona of inesperi· may be tak•n. By orole r of tbe Bra!lrh. .1. II. !oldXT08 H, ~~·- -MmiNC AT-THE ELMWOOD MUSIC HALL Elmwood Ave. and Virginia St. Saturday Eve' g sept..20th THE SPEAKERS WILL; BE 3ostpb Wanbopt of ntw York Citp €dlt•r ntw 'i•rk Cil/1 6ustao :JI. Stnbtl of Spracust _ 'F•nntrSndltht<.-I•LLhul. -llMHrn•r Sttpbtn 3. mabontp Sorllillsl P4rlp Candldalt f•r mav•r .w._· DOORS OPEl AT 7 P. M. Admission, · = 10 Cents 3000 Good Seats at that Price Two hundred and fifty reserved seats in of the speakers stand at 25 cents Louis josephson l{«btsftr ·s";';;,;,,-CI•tblng ,_.. 11tH II $tfdlltrf. f'-ot."'"-JIOU ~7& S..-o• at:•• Hu"•lo. N. v . \ Tickets at Socialist ·Headquarters, 52 West Eagle St. ,. �·- PU..._....,...a.Tnntr. . BUFFALO SOCIALIST ~G COMPANY SZY. &tf4....... :Ws.....Tllf tdiSLiat............ IIUPFALO,N.Y• • , ....,.~.;s....Wrs- nAJat ~ T - W. P. CA~J'o~• .....,._PtbSI.00,.,_,5Qclllz...._,.,..., .. . _ ' ~· ~ 11-..-dO..---J..... ttlJ, . , . . ~ . . . . Jtdalo."N-TOI't, u4«&M~flllllan:b l,1171 ATTENTION, COMRADES I WhiJ.: t ht• firt· w hich d e11troyed Socialilt Headquarters Jut Sat· urJ ay ··•·•·n ing 1d ll ••ru hnrraM 1111 to 11om e e xtent. ne w _quartera will be c l•taim..t ; ... ,.,...lilll•·l.\' llilll the work o r tbe !~arty carnHI ou 1!..11 ~rore. 1'1!111 t ht• li.-.· ha.. 111 k ~n pllu:c jwn at thi!l time wheu our t'IUll· t •lliljl.'ll wo rk i« in full ~;w ing. Hlltl whe u e1·ery dollar i A n l!fllh! to carry ( II th·· work. lllllkC'l the loa lhf' IIIOt•· • .,,·e re. The question or fimmCe io; alw11y" m w wh ich t f'ttuircll the .11tri~tt:at et!ono_my 11nd tepnotc~ l•ngim•o·tilllt 1o o•o mt> out f'l'••n l'iljlla rt• wnh the bo0k.11. ami tln11 adtht it~h l t':\Pt' ll"'' ill j;f}Uit•ll' hlll of 11 110l11 r p lt"X\111 blow. ·' . \\'hilt· thP lit •· v.ill •·11n~· atld t•d work rnr th t• eomnultt't'll 111 J!~';~~··~.::, ;:;1!11•;·~~~·; ~::c1 .~·o;~~- 111 ":~d:1 r~~:~e~.d~-~~!t~l~~.i~":~~ti:11~~~~~= " ·ill ;1.:,',',~1r:rlt~s~11::.:~~~~~:~~·:·l~l:~~~:,:~~~=;~it1~1:~~~-dHP tha t under all cir - ~ r· tlw fight iw un. 1Ulol thH I 1.'\' t'll thou ~h w e !lllf!'t•t a I<Ns ct•t·IUiionally, wt> a r e 11lwa.n on the job with pl·~nt y or hackbone and " Jrood strong upJH' r lip. '"'' t'l" •·r~· •·Oillt!HI•· put h is 11hould e r to tht• wheel and b e r eady Hnol willinf,! to olo hiMJ<h111r••. cn mMhiiiC•'II - - -- 1/nl'o· 1'1111 l<'&r~~ly more tban not i••o·ol ho11' n m: iou~ J)if'lri<'l Allornl'\' Oudly:f -j., to and tbP membo!u of tbef ~j~~~~o~:/' ~1J 1i1;\ ;,~;.:i~~"t'ti:;.~llltl:,:~.~·;;:;..:~·,~l c!::::~il i~~~~~-~-~~~::~~~:~i~~: a1:,~~ :~~~~ ~~f~~~lo1:;";b:i.:;~.e: ;~~eir IIi' •· ;t~~';; tJ~t~::·d::,~~~~ ,:~~~~~::~.~~belr ~:::~ie..,~:en~iti~=.-~"':.,!:,.~ ~~~:~ hn w tJIIJo·k ho• will l1o· 011 t ht· juh. ONE QRAND FIZZLE tl( .11 1 tho· sffniN o•\'t•r put on the hoard11 uml••r t lu nHnll' of o•o·lo· lora u un. lilo' i'o•rry t 'o•ntt' l111inl' juat plutt in t h i11 city cnrr ie11 ofr lh•• nwd11l 1111 thl' hi!{!;C"t fnilur.. . 111 t lw ~il'lit p ls 1·o• tho· l 'huulht•r or (:Omml't•·•· rlem rul who beliH••il t_ha t 11 would !.ring hnHillt'KII to Buffnlo hll\'1! suff',.r;•ll bitter di.~"I'I'""'I Juf•fl l. \\'!lilt• 1lw 1•it.'· had many l'illi l o~ it Willi • · .' ~hut th••,l did ! 1111 1'111111' hl'r r for t ho• J•Utpmh· o~ h·~~-m~. ~-lueh Willi\!If.!' ~llll /{llnHh l~l~ o r !t••·th ltlnOillt tho· ~~~·tty o'IIJHIH hlltll I ll the re11ult. r h(• 1'/llllllllllt•o•!l lll t•hftrj:l' or a tf iiiT'!i lllllol•• II llf'W N'cOrtJ for thr romJl&ay rarely l•to•·r• a biN~Inf!i aod tile di.-oue nurt llu to corn•ct Ow! ji:r&\'e mittake. Of tb~ fa.llures of marnarc among tile w-t'a.lt by c-1~ wealtll i1 lnlf•poa~<l to make op for wllat l1 111l•ing iD real all'eclioD aDd ~ommuoit.r of int~IWtual aod -.-al illolerHit, It it oeediNI t ony aoytlllog more f'\' o· r """cmlolo·d HI 111\' .. tllitlo· l'nr k l,.ft t h e r«'l'llt' in dillf,!'lllll. Thou· 1!111111~ we ro· diMi )I)'Oinlt·ol l hruul!h t lu• o•luiii,IW 11t lht• fin· run. the 1111\'111 pr r noh· wtho 11 muolollo· und s ll nlou ji: tho· line the "hig hullinellll 1uo·u " t Pnnilll! t ho• f'o•lt•IJrnt ion w1 1h !-itlltt•'t~ mont•y prnn•d t o he d w mp."' ll huuf,!lt•f"li. , \\II o tho· llllj•OI'h ·•l ~ t l'•••·l I"'.J,III•nl 11 nd It lnt nf hnllcll l ltlr lihOWI ~l um :O:t ···••t t•·li•·lulolo·ol u widwu.''· Tlw .o'flnt·o·~aion" ll'o' rc U!ltl t o on e o.r 1\\oo l.o•·n. whn ~uh. ]o·t tlll'lll to 'llll'Htlf>!Uihl(' fHk••f!l, n nd f•\'t·n the t•re.,..nt 11ate of AOCW!IJ, tbe wllole~ale n 1oloita t ioo of cllllo\reo In factoritl 11nd ot ber plue• of wulth prod11clion, tile r m1•loyment ot •·•11 armiu Df wDm· en U lla r.-.tion waJ,:H. III<!. Dec'Hillly ?' noembf>r of th~ families of mtl· .o~ worlrdPg. peo]'le t~ make _IIi• h•·•nll anol •·ortul ll." ~hoft for bom- ller~. periodical' \'!&it of ..,.... ~pe-r, :0: =..:"';,:: . di_,, ..:!'~~;~ pinR of '"'ter wean away tbe llardea1 rock. Xo ~ialist cao .e"e tbe catbu by J«Uriag acw re~ders for Soeialiat papeh. ' Tbere ;1 a wode~ for 8odau.t. forgfll' t.ll.ifo u tbloy beeome IQOte more actl.-e in tile rcplar work of 1,.rty orllaniE.&tioo. )(any of tbePl !beir. eatbuRiallal for COIIIIaDt.ly ::::.:~::~~i!~:;:,::.~ iu~\~io;J~.~"~:~·.'ry '~.~-~:;;:~~;,~ ';~·;':h'o~'7,~:::~u1~.,oU;;~~:~;:~.~{j ,.,!!:/a;~.~~~~~:~e~~;.~::~7e'rf:rf ~:; . , ~ ~~~~-;:~=~~~Pl.::,.;;:;;;~ I''~'~.~:•• 1110' fll k •·~~rlv;~,::::~.~~~~~~l•::,l'!~·;,',;Hn tl~o' o·t~mwitto·•· nf 111111 llll'mh.4- of ~' " " "' ltuu l t ' lu h u rntnl!• ·d Hlltht• tl\'.-r s port11 fu r lht• lw ut>fi l of •·In h. ,., •·n ~:ui lll! ~" fa r ~~~ In l! f r!I UJ.:•• tlu• h,n lnuwrnpiKm' th utlh•· •'lul•,.•llllol.,·hu r l!•' lift ,\' o•o•f111i!lllmil<sinnto 11H' i ~ t lu.t fur u do•11l • I I( o·nuTlio', !],. h1111•111o•l 1\'JIS II J!'rPIII ""''O'o'!i;S, \\' hy I 1' J.,. w h•·n 11 "lfurdo•d ll!l oppor tun il,l' fur Jtn J\B~OI ,l ' T EI .Y HI :-.-\ Eii tu fnu r humlr•·ol 1':\THIOT!t ' o·ifi1.('111'1, tl)t· ft•o•tltn llC' fo r lo,\' tlu• ~til l•· nf :-.-cw Ynrk t t• n l_,. "'~~' t hi u f.! Wll-~ l 1wki u ~ li!lnllkf• thin1."ll po•rft••·t 111 t he hnnquet. ' ' hio· h 11'11~ mf• n tin n r d h,l' ~Jr. f'o lliH' r!l AI'! 11 h int for t h t• •line N t o get ' J,u".' · lllhl thn t wu" tho• fll f'l thn l lw luu\ no hn1111lr t o hi!! n11mt'. \\'1• tolll.'l!•·~l t hn l t t... dm('l' JWi itiou l'ri·Kiolo·nl Wi111on to nppni nt )fr. t 'n m w rs ~lin it~l•·r l'lo•uipo lo•ntiury to ~l11t or lshmd. whieh would ••IJ!it lt· him t ol US •· ' ' l lnnornl,lt•'' h•·fnr o· hi~ 1\lllnt• . .\tul tl•w• o•tul•·th till' wonott•X(' \1111' for a Cl·le hration o'\'l'r llllf'llljlt· ···I hy tho· ··:.: ph,it o·r- ol f tho· ~ IIII o• of :-.,-,. \\. York HUt! the City or n 11ff11\0. come tllil ttad<!llcy. fly oll'ering a «11m tolll"'ll 11 a premlulll It ,eu DDly tile Individual noem.b<!n, bul t itle• locals to l~o111 e clrculatloa •l!entl for tile Soelalilt pre.. 11 per· IUadH et'<!rv oht " wtr-borH " In tb<! local to ~o~et.buk Jato the harnf!Al once more 1111d hu,tle for 1ut.>. a 1 be did ill lenol:..t~f·l~..:.:~~::miti~Pli'~~er;•,,:!: :::~~::~::~ =~ !i:et::~;a,:~.~:;:i::~~ lhP •Y••~m.. too ba~hful " ' e 1·en "talk f)oc,ialiam " GREAT SPEAKERS OOMINQ T lu- ~tinlilil 1'1111.1' uf Buff11lo h1111 jtlsmwll a g r rat eampaign (or fn ll. and on" whio·h will h1· o f untold ntlue in the education of tht• Wforkf'MI or thi~ city. w,. hltl' c h11d thl' f.!OOII fo rlllll(' iu the pu t fe>w mont hs to have IJH<l !lonw of tlw ht'l'l ~trt·t•t t'(lrnrr orKIOMI in the country. a nd they luwt- ""'t with J.:tt•llt llll<:'l'o~. \\'h('rf' 11. ft•w .'·eatll ago it waa a diffit•nlt 1nnl1t•r to •·o uj:rt•J:a lt• l~n or fifll'l'n p@flpll' about 11 IKNI.P box o r a tor n t" busy •·Ortlt' r. \\' t • hKI' I' had hig a u dicn eer; the past !lummer C\.1'11 in tht• ou tlrinl.' tl i11triehl. Amli.. nl't'll approach ing the thousand IIHirk hlll' c g rN•tt-.1 our lilrt•t•l !!pt•llkf'tllllllring the pas t MUmmer. ' f'Q.t t he> t•Omi n~ llt'llli011 s peRkt'l'll will ht he r e from all par t£ of tlw o:-o uutr.•· 11ml tlw r o· will be no l!·t up t o t h e work for Soeialilllll. A m OIIjt t iWi:f' w holn wo· will IIII'Utio n ftll bd ng or par til•ular inte r est bs l.o nill .1. lhn..-1111. who Willi r o•-e ll'l'lt•d aa MAyor c r Butte. MoJtt., n-tt'lltly ~~~- t ht• :O:~iuli~ts. tlt•ft>ll tinR" the unitt.-d. e f!'orta or all the old roolitio:-a \ pll rli··~ Nlmhillt'i.\. Hull!' ill tht• biggest mining town in the wo rlol 111111 ~~~~.\·or l>u n~n n has fo nJ[ht the capitaliAt eJeme nt of that o·it y t () a llan tl"ti\1 w ith 11 clt>alto'ltl battll' for SocialiAt p r inciples . . \ not ht'r ~ i11 list Ot!ltor of espt'C.iAI intl'retll t o l' iait ua ia J 11mes II. ~l nuro-• r. Jlrt'fi.id('nt of th,. Pt>nm~·h·a nia StAte Fedt.ration of Labor, 111\tl 11 forur~r ~1 11 1 ~ A!ll'itll1hl~··u ll u, _ GPOrfle 9 . Kirkpa triek. author of " War. Wha t Fort '' a nd who i!i a t•·s e hf'r in tht> lbutl ~hool of Soeial Seien ee or New York. will 11pea k in Ruf!'alo und t"r thf' auspiet'K of t h(' Soeialiat Party. · by eomior to ao uat1tr.ta11iliDg .l nllhua W a nhOj'lt'. who ill rditor or the N e w York Call, will be. wltll .. Ia 0..0f'tat ~u-.a- for lor · wit h us 110011. t'om r11dt Wanhope i11 a fin e apeaker with a great rol~•r beloop to Uoe legl.thute pra.e· lmowlo-djtt' or lhl' ~·ialilll 1110\' l'll\l!llt t.'Ombined w ith travel and ex- =========="===;~=====.k========:= l th i~ )Jf'ril'l~e. t llub.·rt IL lluri!lon, on~ or t h r greattst of negro oraton, will !oipeak for Sot-i11liam in th i1 city. Co nU''II.de J-Jnennan, II mi"mber or the Auliii.ao Parliament. and G••o r~t' ~irola, a 'l'' f'll knowo Finnilah Soe ialist and editor. will IH ture in Bulfalo. T~o~·o o t her u oled 1peake ra whom w e a re alwaya upabl e of e_:r;. JoOUIJdiu~: Sociabna in a mannu that makes the ntO\'etueut grow are Gulla\' ~tt't'bel and W illiant E. Duft'y , of ~ .-\1 will bfo ~ the Ct'nt ral and Campai8'1'1 Committet'A han Jiur(f a ('Aillj)llijnl Of eduUtiOD for the lftlr\::ef'll Of thia city '·hn llt"''" r before b..en att~pted. Sud! an este:uin rathtorl utooishM S()me o r the eomrades. b ut with the mO\'t"mt-nt anti t he inef'f'ued intei'Mt all ove.r the city tba1 l'''e ry nu•et ing will be well attend~ and the efrorta n..-a~~~~ht a ga;nst eapitaliam it on in BdalO antl bt- a 1-.nn..r y u r fo r Soeialilm. th~ ;.ear � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Dudley a Flunker Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/1adaeb26438fa840153d28c8fca45f78.pdf 6b04046043d8808d4fba23b56526c015 PDF Text Text ·LOOICATTIK-C. voua ADDIIDSLA81!l. If' IT IS 67 . ¥~~a. �rw ~~~~~""rv&l~-=~= :·=--:::=c..:: ::: orillbul,..... . ., wW ........ a.u "--.~Ill .. ........ , . . . , . £. 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IIAilTIN ......... ......_ PltAJIIIE.__.....,,T_ --~.=--.wsCA~-;..~. •.-.., ..... ~P!bSI.DD,_yw,S(k..b::...._,.,.Mtt...w­ Ell teed ... .-.md-dul-'*- , _ 6, 1112, at; . . pott Clfl!k. at; Bllff&lo, li111w Yorll:, ~ lbe All& olll&I'Cb I, ltrll SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1915 We aote U.al Medford, Or.p~ t.eaJ: tloe Nation! OSee to. eome oat.., W111 aot try H'llDt;apa, ,M. We bave pknt1 of bnutit.J Ia tl1e war of mouat•ia• Or~D na't bu t J.r· tbat ,.. t<eore.---Solltller• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-09-06 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. It's Up to Dudley Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/d4cc89840b7d428ffd47f009b38f9f59.pdf 56bb60eed43a1a69e92904fce85ffd12 PDF Text Text �pi ek out hla rurooer and Jtrl "Ut ..,me h ltU!loHIJ 1url ..... 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Y. 1iatr lut \Vt><ln~~"Y ,.,.,.,;,11, ZOtb, wt. eu S le i>hro J . llabunt'y l'"d • ler ture 11 1111 Opf'n·ai r m Thiw WN j o ot what w r louiltl.t t. io l t j.:Uinrnb o l ~i' hy t hen drh·u th e ]ooint ho11n~ wbieb ia ourr to m•l< .. hio think. ll o• llllllt u~b point r.ll ]oitaliJ I •Y• I••rn.•h owu<J.: #tbe ou t ~ouoe-"~ori•liJtn. tb<' Unl.•• 'I'LI• n·,.•• """""It"'"'''''"''' (ar t, it"'''~ tho· 1'<'51 lllt't'\l ll lj ,..., o•l"l!rbt•l<.l. l:un, �Crystal· Beach SATURDAY_,AUG.·30 ATHLETIC "'GAMES- SPEAKING -. L - HANNES KOLEHMAINEN of Finland ChampiOn Runner of the 'World, wtll attempt to break the world's hour record against four men running In · . one mJle relays. Ol..cHM'AINE~-5--A-SOGIALIST AFTER THE ATHI.EllC GAMES THERE WILl BE SPEAKING SPEAKERS: Stephen J. Mahoney CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR R. R. McCaleb OF WISCONSIN Ella Reeve Bloor OF DAYTON, Oli!O SEND YOUR FAMILY OVER IN THE MORNING . THIS IS THE LAST SOCIALIST OUTING OF THE SEAS08 - AND tHE BIGGEST ROCHESTER EXCURSION ' . '-. ; ' uc~utlf··~~~P'-~ · .v. ___ P. S. L. DDA( Sm:7th,... ltl3 fAI Sl.Si t:.... ,, To 'c :bukr ~can we ban 100 ~~~ • ro- U ,.,.. will !c' w!_c ~ the 100 fiJI out coUpoo ~n to malt this - , . , ROCHI!ST2R EXa,JRSIOI't <DMMITTBI! ' · . 5l Yat Eark St.,Jlallalc, N.Y. · �- PVR.JSlta) Yan.l' n nra BUFFALO SOCIALlST PUBUSHING OOIIPANY , SlY.Lpsw..t.lrdo- IU.JtT'Df KDR..D,. ,.._.. ltii:Ca~.~:wu- . BUPP'ALO.N.Y. ~ &HIUJVItiKD. ":'~ ... ... Coto~~~~- ~Prb StJ»,.yur.50c.tz mocet..pty,W.bl..t.~ ~· I!D.-.d .. MO:;IGd.ea. IPUUJ~l.o.&,lett, atdaepoe&oaloeN BoJ!IJo, New Yorlr, 1lll4er to. Acstll Xan:b8,18"711 SATURDAY, AUGUST lO, 1913 BUSINESS AND POLITIOS • · j � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-08-30 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Union Men are Bums Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/ef562b4dbf1ec781f220eed529d8fa17.pdf 311fae2420b7e3ab79099994cb4fa26f PDF Text Text ~ATT~-011! - YOUR ADDR£!5 LA-. IP IT JS 66 YOUR SUBSClUPTIOI'I Jilt.. - PIRES NI!XT 'IVEI!It Very_ Little Money -Paid to Sufferers PUBLIC SCHOOL" TEACHERS "BICOT[D AND PREJUDICED"- $15,000 Collected &t No One Knows Where It Is -Men Who Paid Mo~ to Husted -Insurance for Year.J Ho.ve Found it a Fake- B<>okkUper in Charge of Funds on Vacation. · What bu ~ml! of t h fi~ .OOO .ub- ~ !oln. l .utot, 12 Obw.., Plare--~t by c.itium• o! Butralo f ur th!t lu11ban•l tbroul!h diM•~- Ha1 tour · Vf th<!' "'lh.ltl!d r ~i M t~; •·r crubg\-lt ' g'ifl lS ~lil l di ... cuf . J ~- U'IIUlt ilf ohockiag •\eatll . ••ri~ll r~lif f of->-t iiP - IItllte.,._ "'" ;, • q•N<iOO whi•h ' ' ' ~•1 H• ·•i•-"':old ••• , ,•n \rlll Lf.bor Coutil intndl 1~ ; 11• 'fimn. h om , . ., ad lo;<· Ti1nq (hat she would ~i!!~!I~~!~1li:;: Itluin~o~ ' " q,, ororkln• ria .. the Cen tnl t-hor u-.·lf 1., • ··•ne d elected lfr. P. \\", (.'ll! fll \ (1 111 ;n;.,, " •·•lt i.'Rto the tli"J"'"''"''hf fnqd • ,,.Jirr lt•d for thP benPIIt of tlw ll uu..d •u~h w~rk urdinuy • • Tlu• l 'uunr il ,,.·,.• t il"•tion ' bu II jut :..·~~.:~~~:::.·~t::~b!: ~'!~ ~~~~;;tm!~:; :;::,~~ti:~t o~',;,:. ~!-~~t~::~~~~';7,~ '""'" f•r"';!.n . ~Lttrihut!'"d. ~ \~~"',~:·~:~:o:a;;r.hc":i,::~l e:o:!~ ttla t ontr a that · I ~· J (e~ bm•h~• ~:~!:~:Ea~~~~~::~:e l huteJ c:::it,baa:·o::: !.11111118" Comr-•:o- bad .,.... , l>f' for~f'dtbruu~o:bt~ HIISTED ·INVESJUIITION 1\Jfl • ABEAUTifUL ~ CAI.IlRY .WILL SPEAK AT ·SCRANTON PARK ~ ~~:.i~ :~:·:·~:tn:.:.ut:~~:·r,tl~fc::uart .-\re raay for tb l' t• i~nir .. nut many li ke ,W.a t next Sunday if yuu take plactol .,·it lt :~~:~ ~o-:~~~ ~~~:o~::':':?;,1 •:":;~~ . Propridors Are liz:Oil<er- l;;;;,' Wbat pienief:. Why th e t•le· f t he IIAmburgb car of the B.~ L. E. 11 very !lui~ ha• IJ.Mn r-id l•y the r<1m· 1 ated from All :he 1~:-.:;~to;f ~::~~~~:. 7. ' ~17n"t~:~~n~~;: ~~ =~ :;•:!~~~~= 1::~~~ :'::t"~~eit~:.~!'iol,~~,.!~" ~~~:~:; i of Course. s. ';::•:n.:·:~i~~.e .~ 0 :h: 0!~: You~~~!;::' :~d.:~~~ eat~ •hollld IOilk i11to If it of its Y&loab le t isne. tU IJ,.te a littlr ~t Cltl&eDJ Fall \o p 117, M tbr. nu"" of tb .. 1\ usted mill an! ftrf' b:u bf't' ~ !Hrd aod ~:;.. ';:!:~~;,.~:;~~: :,...!;:_;';. i~e: ~.'" non~utf'<l. 11 Thirt y."t br"" r...-f'ived &lld, dbperM!\1. nllf'd 011 KJ,te h•·~ Wl'te ~n111fed out, an~. 1 h urr of th o TimM who stated tb.a t abo ot maay •nr• ..... re •••·erely InJured ~~-~~~~~·d.::: ~rc::~t:!~!~:~~=~: .oo~y ..:~:: t1:e l~t:eW"h!. •h• r b t.' ad btea prom\~ by promi ne.at tloe ro ro..,uer'• j llry 00 tb e hody baogiog \.u • lu - moll aJid p(llltida111 who llave dt.ad ' 'lllgj:et'' follntl ::~lfn~em:r"~.~H=:~:.o~eh ::::~ !7' bi:.·,"'~~~~d ~~::o~~~~ drcnHtl l h•t au,.b me11 at tbne may put tbe it na mr down for an,.ttliaJ fm tiloe frf:ll ~·lve rtlli •ll' it Ji Vfol them ~MPW oc. VloQtlaa. llr. J~l;ya, maaa(ill( edi tor o1 th e eao.Nii. · s,.,. , .. id tllal abovt~,r,roo be d ~~~ The lo.• ot lU humaa of """I!Let.! ol import.aare attellliOII of any of t.al;•l of tllte\DI~rict ;':u!ll...:w~,.~~ 0 .,.~0 tile =~~~;edltll:b::~l •::.' ~~~~~:·ro:~ !~"'~~~j~::;~ "'itb }J Catt 11 tb.lt F tbe Barrett ·-1• 1 f uada. tht full ;b. ha1~dllnr ~hoi" ~ormatloa :~ would be M"'en .,. hen ~:, .,~!~;;:. the bookl retur~r<l d~rk from t he ;;:~ !.~11 ~::~0~11 ,:~bemtelYf'l nt illial tilmr- nv. Nothinj ::~~·~~';~~eb:;!::Mt~ A_fter n..IH111 011 tbote W"bo ""' ~<>I· 0, .., with. Ta ra .. t, be gave out hkt••(l money for lbf' r~llef of l be ....... bing illlen'iew 1 before the c..e. workf:rt aod their t amlli111, lfr. Ca tt ~ll rio....t. ~ ;!:'.~ed~~:~er::-;"~~;n:~·.oo: ~;,t":~ y;,~·h,:: 11~~ ~~:~~~!:~:~~~~e:,""~~:~ ~~~~:. ':;:-;,"0~ll~~!a ~:.111::;.::~1 ltl~t:; ~~~~li:,: ·~~;~~:~~~:.,e~~:~r ~~~;~~ ::·:;n::t:;e:,:~:~:~:::;~::-o:,~~w:; :~l:t o~~=~~e~~~~:~.,:::df~~~ •!be th" C011 ndl, at ,tb~ follawlol will p'"':ve: RgrH-<1 .,.; 1h · tile Huat..d F - ~ Jtelief. , .. ny's ia11:_•·er. All agreed Mrw.. Uae{dlol4, 116 Smitll SIT«!- "ain't no llH " to bo ther .,.ltb ~·~~; ~::~':r:!, 1:ld~~·:::· ,.!;!!~;It~ ..,:·the ,.·illdom ~f t h eOurt wq .,.,.,.ka. Wa1 ioture-d in J-'ot~~~ten, but ten 011 t by thr ' ' " "Oifi\Jibetoothe ~•,. aot eeU ec t for Jollie t rcboleal rea· wri te r in thete wor(\ll, "No ;~~ ,!: '~:: ·~o:/:m~~!,81 :;! ::; ~b~ ~;:!~~:~ ~~ :~uld t.rr moa tb n:nt. dent, a nti I tberdore t111a .1. W. H el vey, 118 Emith Stno:elmen whoae autba were · ~•·e rclr bumed o11 ~~a .. a. ana aeaa. aeelden t oc J uce !4th, ""••. net e~peet&d w ll•e, a11a It Ia their du.tb1 frlllll • · ll.re •loQl>ttul If he will be able to wotl1 f or from nnee u11koown ,and tkat '""~h·e mo11th1. H a1 wif~ a.nd e:hila to Wll~ 110 "'ul pab le or g riiM! uegligenre ' upport._ PJ.id !0 te.llU a week htto the. part of thB Hut t.ed lltm111 Company ~umpuy llltn~t~. neB tor t• yu " .wbfeb or ill olftttrt. • I DIOD IIII to N!.OO 1111•! r~eh-ed . tlle The Central Labor Coui.eil engaged taormont '"?'D ot t-4<.!0. lteee.l'l'~ FredBrielr. H•lle.r, tbli lawyer1 to from Xewa ttOO aztd Timet t7G. · .rell!ai tk e labor laterelta ht . tblt Prl'd 8oloa~n, 37 Ot.waa piae.=; te.r.' Aa lnterrlew witll Mr. Nuda . .d ta.ee Wnlblj b•1r11ed; llld«· !Mit~A:U by . • ~preM.otati,.., of Drfl4 . for We. Hat , to bdp tupptrt" J!IIJC!' · H e douliMd, tlowne r, lllot lle.r, Will 11ot be able to work b U!teniew~, sayto11: "lt Ia •i x 1111111tlr.a. ,Keeelflld tGO from New. Uoc. to "nder 1 tb.ll ropor1 Rllol f4:0 fro• ·Tillllll- •-Paid • t G e~tt totbe Dn:tm eetJqofi.be ptr , ~ t•nrii.Dee \o tke ,e0111f*ll1 It ..:ooTa aot therdon~ be in .tor tu 1. , ., ull w · ""' reerl~ta a - to• aitle~lpate tllat .nport cent. Cmapa•t".Mid• 1110h1· uttuua• at tbilt time;" , <til• " t llat are ~ornlhJII t hia way _for Ploil R. C~le ry. !be 0\la· wlio, for thl' Jore-.eut, i~ to lbyor Lunn of 8<-hoo· I be tber. to trll 111 ~orne· .,.bit the COIIU"Iidt11 are doln11 I ~la lln l'i t,r io the State \~:,'~~. :~· •Y, be : • the t b ~ ht~me firm. CAR MEN ORGANUE ·-•••••••., , --- illj.: fed an1l l>u rglau 111l>biog yout hou><• and th,..,., n1 i1111 a gou<i tim e. Th o Younl'" p...,pie't &dalilt Lhgue have cha rt .- re-1 ~~~·~ And • •ill go ou t in a bolT~-:-!( yo1• •·ant 1..0 enjoy yo11ne!f e n 1hr "'"•.•· out JlO .. ith t.he m. Whether .•·ou .,,. 11Bing or oot, they will make boy ~:~1 t b~=~/":h:r,~;;"!:"~~~~· ~~.:;:; h,.·en:~,b=r~;~~::oT::tt: •o~~~ will be soperlluou.. lt Sorialist Drum t'otpt will be you tb ~r~ to reo.der ''beau tifol'' &lid In· p~~';': ':\:"!'a •:::·~~: R. C. l(~1el! who;, Ia town t his week, .ta.e •Y.I!"'· h1 c-.barre of tllti• ~· the betJt atbleti.;.:..pmn, tb.'t t t•i rinll mnsi~ of oam-.' - t:hih\ r.,n't race, "liP. limit H. Hu~·• ' rat~O ~·ar•l•, opeo t.o all. Oi ri • · nre-.~0 ya rdr, open to aU. ll n"o ra~e- l .SO yardl, opt11 to t il. ·Woiul'n·a nc~O ~·i: rdll. open to all. ,.::·~~~~i:-:.::.:""te; "i'ill:~:·::~~r bt>tweeo marrittl an•\ _,ou ...-ife or ,-our W.t &irL U mqre tha n 8 tom !'e te in any ra re the ltlcldiea it you hn-e any. 11 will "- run in heat •. thi lllr. tllat to be a Socia lin y ou Sund1y It t,be :s"EXT S IJX- da~·. ~:~ ..~=~:·~t=u~b!•~:: ~=: D~:k:~~U:TL~~~I. mll. be it -from wu~b. \'on woa 'I 11!e .,there, wilt y ouf · Wr'll "be ret•ret~eotativn et beeau~~e organlred labor had i11 t rn tiooally !pored. , power tbat jlouibly could b4t to bUr bu bee11 nl<'ll agahut men in Erie-411j.uuetiolll, .,.itboutparallel;tbel>laekllt t / �E. WEDEKINDT Ul';DI!R:rAICI!R AND PUNI!RAL DIRI!CTOR No. $ W A LD B N A. VBNUB &0.00.FOB-SOD IO BORUST 3Din WILI:.IA~l \ HALL. OIIWEOO, N . Y. ~~~::;::::X:.~~',:!.::::~::~·~::~:::~-,;.;~~ ~.~:;• ~;,;·.,:,: ,•o~:~'r;:;: :·,~ : :!,';·:.- ~~,':.:~ I ;, r.uJcr!•••l 11• d11it1HRU, f< t o•J •ht•U J, ~J a · ~ ~~O~-' u f l!ulhlo ,..,., h•trvch>~t·<l " ' !hr. i a11 d apNokrr, o;~ j ~nr• l Ufl tbe Wt T'li'JJa~· ~ ,·eni ng. lu rar t t hlll \h o. ml!f!tlu,; trat l•d t~rMljl'll a i Mda\"t'rrfl n~ tn~lilll- i'onrn •i'!! Kel1.\' 'II'U .,;:II roce h·etl m11.ny Ul' lnlklllj;- ii~Te o f th e MIHMI that O. huun,\totonle oftht>•J- hkto, dll· ih ·onod. lll'fur>• be ,,,ole., """'f I' :<J>rt•oq,e,l tbf'ir .UtJ•riortbat nn h l•huol.n ' o:.o nld be a So· t.iali•t . .\ ft•·rt bf'n~ l i nj: lbny tlo.at •~jl.AT•tl"M of lllll oona lity, K1dly lh'f'r~lt h,• ~«>1l1. \ 'llur o•umn.J,. ; ., th e Ro•rnlutio.,, --LO_:~_ ·s-ROSSOW, .'oc.:.:: ,:o,:;,···· ;·· �~~~~!!~!:lti~~~~~~~~J~~~~~~~~~JIIT~~~~ ~~; oP THE V. P~ S. L. ~DAY EVE'G, AUG. 2J , J9J3 FINE ' MuSIC · REFRESHMENTS FOR THE BBNEFrr OF THB Arbeiter Zeitung IN T~~TONIA PAR~ 12&5 FILL~ORE m . &.tnday, Aug. 24th, 1913 eo1u:~~ ~~~e..;1~:s,~:;,o~~d ~~~~or..~~~~'!.~" bi~~'"o7 ::,~~t UnloDI. t Gllmee a u d Haee~ ror Ladle., Men and Child reo. A.JJ eolOi•lile ti me ...u red to all wbo lltte od. Sl'tAm: R0 BE.H 8 TE l ...fR, 00011 Of THE IRBfiTER lDTIIltG ADMISSION 10 CENTS BACK ·TO NATURf BASKET ~ PIC'NIC -AT- SCRANTON PARK Dally Socialist Pape1'11 ..A. JGU A inost· beautiful spot ab9u~ a mile and a half this side of Hamburg tl• of mootb iJ ud weell::ly period~. •PP&li. SUB OARDS. .... ....... C...... l'!'iOIW Al ' S I'ICES Of lk . . . . .. • ·PrtMhtl. , Gllta [AMI. Branches 2, 4 and 8, Local Buffalo S. P. Sunday, August 24th GAMES PHIUP H.' CAllERY OF SCHENECTADY WILL SPEAK Ta.k.c B. &. L. E. Cars at Washin2ton and Clinton Struts NO ADMISSION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "'''"imif_..,,;,,..,,., ,., ,.,, to 't)lin• .•·ou to• ~~enJ rou ain11 t or11"1 In !l'OO<t lime. ~·o 11 r oa n..• ·~:·:~;.:.:.':".::;·'"'''' '' '"'' ! The Street Car Men 1s Union Don't tor~o:••t th" datto-- "" Thoro<hl~· ~vening, ARE HAVI ~G THt:ll~ }'lltST E::.:,.~::;.:~'t·:~.::·.."· . . ANNUAl FIELD DAY AT CARNIVAL COURT -'"i"u 2bt ., 1";:;;;,======== :,," ~t~~\, ~:~~~=~~;~:·::~"t,;~.~:; .umtnt ~~SS:t !~ADWAY. Wednesday, August 27th TICKETS, JO CENTS EACH :E g)E;I:~B;oy;y;o£;'~1;1~;k~~·~;!Jn;row;m';:'~t~~J;~~;;';~1~0~1;,.:~;:t';,J:~:~;~;'';iu~l•;•S~t;~;'~"";';";''";'~ ~:~~~~;:~~:::~~~,:~:~~-=n!~::e.t~ i~ ~l~~}J:.~I:L·::::::~.:::::::: .: . :::::: ::: : :.~;gr.~ BB.ANOB FOUlL. lii!.U.HOWARD 1211 •1ol PRO!'!TIIlll<~Onl -ooTOr- LOUIS MAISEL ;r.,,.{l.."', c.,.,,. 0 11 CJ.Ih, _,...,,.,Jr.,,..,,,_.'- S..J• · .,..J CA lM,_. ~" c • .-r~.,.. ,r,_,, 0 9es-9e7 BROADWA Y T Y PEWRITER REIUILT T'fnWlml IUUIIS AU NAX8S SOLD JtaNTBD- RI!.PAIKIW VISIBLE WRITC/1$ OUII SI'CCIAL Tr Buffalo Typewriter Emporium FRANK.UN 6: SY .<N STS. Aucuat Klenke THIRST PARLOR JO'UaM'I.HJI:D Jt OO M H 1271. Qen•- Street, El Uum id e Bill Ny e . . • . . . • • . • . . . • . . . . 5 ~ Butblo (Ua ion Made) . . .. . .. 5e Wuh illjl'tOo ( U11i011 Yade) .•. 5c Uaio11 Victory ( U11ioa ~hde). ~ Lord Baltimore (Union Made) . ilk Reyaaldo .........l.......... IOt Ci11a r Ciga r C1p r C>p r Ctp r Cigat ~ud~ie~~y Pi~i~ 'Ci1pj,~:; 114o~~c;ipr KaU . ord. . l'roa~ Dlllnnd. SOCIALIST DAY CRYSTAL BEACH Saturday, , Aug. 30tll ~ ATHmfc cANES SPt:CIAl ATTRACflON Ha~nes Kolehmainen, champion amateur long distance runner of the world,will compete against four men -;- ru~g in relay s - a(ainst the world's record. �~-~~ PUaa..IIHaDJ"aaL~nTHa ··~·, , ' . BUFFALO SOCIALIST PUJILISHING ooMPANY <' · ~] · SlY. LpStr-.W&IIAATDI HaiSL&It. ........_. --~~.~lrdfloot ~ - · IIIUFP'ALO.N.Y. Plt.UGt U11tPP1tmD. T - W. P.CA~ ~"9.: ,...,- w-tpebi!IPrb$I.OOJ*fa'0 50c:llb.IIMIIIIIII.,.,....ill'...... ,.·. 180004-cla~~ mauer J11oe ~. lDU:, at tM pott; omo. as Bll1falo, New l"orlt, ~er the M:laf Xareba; JI'Tt &atared u SATURDAY. AUGUST:U, 1913 PRETTY ROTTEN wll\la at tlle M«~Pd biUo~ ar· woald be aub.)eet to tb& :lur Ceat,..l tde-cuth·e Com· StrUbarc. Jt I• pra~ble t.,.t. ~~eeoad Mllou the JIOiier will api1ut O!eriWit111 ..,d, Nadoullami of tilt " IU1btl'of llaa··~ Uaat llo-med Farid lkr, tlr.t EcTPtiU Natiouli•t. be pew.ltted to moide Ill willl.oat iJI,U!rfere.11ee.. llobaaed. wu coade•atd Ia Ea;ypt ne-tM'aad a yar'a ;rBe � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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Y~ AUGUST VcLD-&'3 .. 1~, "'3 �atol~rn:,. n an d fll<' •UJ~ tda<Jto. 1•11.' mernl ..n• ..., u r ~_~~~~ h~ au .,r..J. :-,. ,. ~ ~·• t 'un ut .•·. "'-~'OIIJ lJ i•lli··:. an•\ l ..otkrort ri t y of t l ,.-~·i ali•t l'a rt.•· , willln el'l .. i,.li•tlf a ll,i'r• "'f"'<"l i hrihlin~,: . in uf l. o~·kl"' "• l" u!!•la~·. l•u~u• t 1;1b, ' :: I'· '-'!.:r ~~~ makt umnho.~l ;;,., •. ]•an.• mrrul n•r• arr Ul~•"l r u Ul\<'11•1, MEDINA. I ruu~t on,•· !lint in f '(nura<l" J11m~• ~~·~li~,. :·~-~~·,;:; :.a:;..~ "!,K;~:• ,::.;.~::~ la•ld h••c•· h·· J•<m ~ ·I 10 ''" au ~x~<! !l .. nt IIJ <nk~o ~lui ho•lolll hil; t" ou..- ol fur moro.• tbnn '"' huur . A collf'c l ioa of f l.ij:i ,..• _.·hhn up. T hrt•' ,-)w,. r3 tvr t;o outa tlt Rrlly anol tb .- ~" '-"''" ""' ~-·11•<'- ll l<oi ii•···U> _\ » " •'Rt"'ho•ll"'""h"ll'·"-1' ' \ll l •' oho- • ot.• fur :i u<"iah •m. Anol \O'f' • hn l. ,,.. .,., n·• t until '"' h~.-.- at·n> m· l'l"l>.-.1 I ho, "' "'~'f'll•' MANCHESTEE.. l"u··i uli•t" i• ~ur 1•l)' 11 ro win~o: in :'o.lun l"to•phr-n .I. :\lahorw~· o f ~l>t·•t.•r. .\mo •ri o· n n tHo•l l;o·unol inal'i iiD f<do, 11 ~ ~~It • uq.:Hni,..•r, bo•Jd ll UO• I•< IIU • h··· un· nuw ..,..,."1'.'' " ' 1: tnt•ir li n~l~- " '"'' ,.,,.,.l.,., tu l uw,•t iUJ(8 ,.,.,., ;I i ' ''l'"l·t•··l •JUNrl_•· t~ a nd '"'' fn~t aololinj! t o"'" on Tnt·~·ln~· .,,·.,niPj!:, ,\UjiU>I I~ tit ··" m•"lulwr.h•J•. \\'t• h nl'<' R lhtj;<' Th i• i • ~ tri •·tly a r11 ilr 0lhl t o.,·n. PHYSICAL GULTURR NATU~~::l~:h'il"':!~tt"'""· REBT.A.URANTB ""':l'~~-:r." r ... ._. • ._,,_ltEAL WIIOUJIII(AriiiiiAII. Blloarian Hall JQHI'{ UNVERZART <bo~l&\op~;;"· •• :S..,It lfH• C'ommooo·l 776 S,.oamoreBt., oor.RMd · ...,, --- 7.,.,.~ 1 ~ o-_,.,. .... ~ FRANK EHRENFRIED W.&.TOBD aiM! DUKOllDB w.---·--·-61---tM•--..-..- . -u-.A ...... PUl.l.UT GUAkUTa& F,..,_~1111 8eU. Bowanllri'I-K La.oh trome:IO.&.. K. • .... .... , •.•. Proatkr MOn -.o 1 P.ll. Mioh. .l Ulrloh not ""'"'~ ' h im uuw, hut...,.,. ••k .''OU t c:aol h i, lt' IIN intho•llorain g . I'O)Ot A u~"'' ;th. Zilo• trlt • • J•rOUtl J•ti•"Oo: k ,.-h,•H b<! 0\'U fll tT.''ing loijl •u•k" oluriQ@' tho• r ar J <rO h '<'l ['tOJ'j'TI~' U h f' n o.,· th at the-<' n m~ JlTOJI<'rty h a•··· """''"tho bill ~titlt" ou f...-1~ Jik<1 drirly f<' lll&. Wak ~ We bue yet aTery pod &110ftmeat ol ' Su~merSulta ..S l~:~teod to tDake 'a deaa "'"P· _ ,fllsbem,10 wehi." pa' "prioe aut] ,.·ll i\rji>UM i\1 hal'f •J•ifl lll•<!ittO...-iJ"'OUI Iil<' ll'ltt ..-h w b h.. ma ,Jt'a I T ol lll._j JII, $181o$20Su~ now at • _ _ ·.. ).)75 • T.E E11'£1PI �1i'OR THE BESEli'Tr OP TD Ar~eiter. Zeitung IN TEUTONIA PARK, 1266 FILLIDIE an. Sunday, Aug. 24th, 1913 .. Oolu~! ~~~~~~~n~ ~=~~.r~~:C:n b{e.~'; ~ Unloo•. ' Gamn &ad Ract11 for Ladle., l\lea and C hildren. · An lnJn.table tlme ... un.c'l taallwhnanerad. I mAill: RGIE RT 8 TE rI ER, IDITOl Of Ill Allll1ll ADMISSION 10 CENTS .St:rlp of .-lx tll;kct•• 450 Cent• BACK TO NATURf ~BASKET - PlCNIC AT- SCRANTON PARk A most bea'ltttul spot about a mile and a half this side of Hatnburg UND Eit AUS PICES (H' Branches 2, 4 and 8, Local Buffalo S. P. Sunday, August 24th GAMES PHIUP H. CALLERY Of SCHENECTADY WIU SPEAK Ta k~ & L. E. Cars at Washiortoo and Ointon Streets NO ADMISSION "ARE HA \'lNG THE IR F in ST ANNUAL FIELD DAY AT CARNIVAL COURT Wednesday, August :27th TICKETS, 10 CENTS EACH B uyyun rt lckNAfrom&nymolo rrn sn url.'<mdu clur. EYery Unluu m Rn In Hulf•l <l 011$;111 tu 1•11truu)zc th e Street Cs r .\ll'n. SOCIALIST ..D.AY CRYSTAL BEACH ATHliTIC GAMES SPt:CIAL ATTRACTION �mf~ them ~~ . · Bvoeybool3 fe .a.in· be. thool ratioual attitude iD lise eftt)'~ IIUI'l'~N.Y. ,...,., ...........,_ T - 5lY.Jt.p.Ser..t..WuILUtTI!' HU1LD. . . _ HC'III~~-~Jedn.or .-,, ::<!.teem ~~;:.:~~liopeo. that eo-. b7 W. P. CA~~N.~o ~Pib'ti.OOpa,....sac._...,.,..., f~;'..;;J~~~~;;~~~ pie to tbink dMirable dlaDpl tb em~"ea il they are \.damond. for loaa ._... and loud ~p. ·~ If .ocial changet have heeD broacbtabout wltlaout y~uJ. uailtane~, it doet DOt fOllow that fl'tf/lt7- .. ...._ . .. -..1-ct.... ~JUDe t., 1111, a& &be po.~ om. a Bol!alo, :Sew York, 11D4er lbe Ad of M...da I , 18'11 E:atcec~ ~!;.~:: =·pi:-::~":!!:'~ othe.rt bave acted while yoa SATVRDAY, AUGUST 16, 1913 • ~~~!l!!~~~~!!~l!i:ll ..-."~'dOi-~r;~ i';.. IOOitt!l' .... cil&i_ • yaa are, aDd the BUFFALO SOCIALIST PUBllSHING COMPANY ~o loettcr ~~~~!~~~~;!j~~ ~ ~~!t~:~ Arbitration to ha~ beea deelaba- ~ne~la o!!bile .;:~~~;~:_ter:aW: :~ ~~~tt~~ee)~~~~~:d180i:::e':::fvt!~!;,! ~~ tH'complish ih purl'o:re is the fAct t!Jat the coinmit.tee or the m~:n and and you eao keep on Comp1aitlina. th e ln h• ru ll tiou~~o\ lhl ilw11y officer~~ han• made material e ha n~ in thel'=c~======;==r====='==,;..-~==i-====;,.....-==;,•1~0:8.~.0; Kgrr;;;':';:;kU.irtg the ll'ork of :\IH\'or Jo'uh;m~nn the Buffalo Sociali&t ;;:~:~l'o:t~le th':ti~~~i:. ~7~~~~:~~~~;,~:'l~c~ 8ttern;!!~~~j~l~~P!~!~. ~~~J~ o n t ho• Bo~~rd ," tl1 e men l'o ul;l not h'ave r eeelveol a wone d ea l. Thill ha ll !wen pro\·eu . by th e f1t cl thlt t th e t•~n n of th e agreement haa been rt•di1eo•d t o three yeiH'll in p hl<.'t: of fin:. ami th e gra ntin g of au inc rease t o IIO IO t' of t he men thrtiugh th•• n egotintion11 of the eom roittee of th e 1U1iot1 1\ IJ.OI t he prt:11idet1t o f th e compauy. ' ~o one enr •·:qle•·t,..t l nuythiug o f Bt· rtl.. Jones 11s t he reprHentatin; of tb e comJ""''·· lou t tl1e 11 CiiM1 of t ht• lhtyor in committing f)nlitiu \ 1111ieidr• i!l 11 li u hJc<!t fo r t•onj•·t:! Urt:. ginr~ t 1 i~/~~· 1:t; 1 ~\~,1 ~"! h\~ 11~t ~:~·..~~~~~~~' i~=r~~~~f::,:~:!t~ 1 r1~~\~?~ Ul e The Fc~U~Cdation· Human BI'Otlilabclod 1:,..:;.::; ''Lef.m to labor tlw! poet, a11d"" ..,... tbe Lana to labor tor · day tbt llhall be yM~.......to to..e.. Tbe worU:~ •re obed'-t ud dill· geat VUJ'U' ot tkir naulet·'-IM!ra. TMir P.tlmcie !. u woad«hhl u . ~:~uatu~ i . ~"dp!;.1~~7 ~!~•."".nu..olmoj ;;~-;_-·.;:;;; hn ol (lilt c·ity o nicinl11 ro·ptt·ll<• u t•·•l tlu· workenc tlw IICHbll bN•n li hiJ•Jocd oU I of !own 1111 llllolf'llitllhlt!!i, and ~ n th e militin " ' em!.! noT !J un.' lwPn hro n ~ h l to !h e 1 rt•IIOrt Ill" llliii'O t II'OUid hiii'P ohmt- Ill! th t.' ~ l ayo r wlwn Jw instiiuted procet:.\inlls for Inkin g uwoy tht: ' ehiKt:. lluw ~OIIj: ll'flUifl Tht• Mtr iko• l111 w I11Kft.~ l llllllt• r lhe:~!e o;ondi.Tioni!T Wnvl•l tlll'r•· hlll't• lu·t•u n n y IH!l'tl of 11 1\on r d _o f Ar hltrat lon1 Think th i.. m·•·r. ~ lr . \\'m·kiu gnum. 1111d ~k yont!lelf if )'O n can po.>~.~ il• l y \'OI •· fur 11 n•pr•·~ · · utnlil'o ' of tlw t•upita list du~ ll tl XI full. ~~~ lltty 1ft"' tbo . ·~"' 1.11g all '~" Jlr~ed•os llumu hiJIOJ'!. TbeJ ban m~~tui..l ri,.ili•tl"" time. JIOIIe b,-, yet tii"J' a re ltlll I ' th" ,lay wben .~he ~orld will :~~.,. 1 11 b;-:~_;," 11 ~~; 1 1 bobor. B t lllt'lllhr·r. fo·llow wn r ko·l'lj, tlu• Soein lis ts art' 1101 m erd~· lnokiug fur 11 ru i ~o· uf wn~··~. bnt Wt! nduull~· \\' lUll to own !he w hole wo~ks. I · , ,, J, ·r Sowi11lis1n twl lo•d In ~urri li•·•· hi ~ th·· ltlllll \l' h n i" wi ll i n~ In wor'k will no t lu• lii Hnh nod loy !JI'jl j.:inl! for n j oh cOm· USING INFLUENCE I ( r 1,.· wurl; iuL' o·l u~" rml.1· ha.l li\t W ~· of l iu · ~tn ll o f th(· r·apiln lisl o•ln~· ir l"•llld uouk•· L':t'•·nlo· l' ho ·Hd ii' U,I'. To HI I,I'OIW !lull k n owli th e trwk ~ ••f tl"· ··x tol ,it•·r• il was "' " u~i n).! '" no t •' tho • ~ tu!T t h;ll wns pnt ot l <'I' <ti l th• · )"'ttj>lo • ln .~ l II ••o•l; I hl'< t11JJ:I I ! lit' lh ' I\'~Jl ii]H! n;. ~;,;j·~~~~~~I;i\f~~~¥-~i~l~~\~~~~ ~~~if~ !i:· :·: ·tJ:i}~.{i/\:}/~:: :i.J~Z?i::";\{1:./?;/~}·~::~::::i~E):;L.~::: !:0i.~~::~~]F0;~:Yi:~!~~~; o;l n tf _ llltrl !'row u ,l '• tlllll! s t ri pli n ~t who~ e 0 11!_1· r i)!ht to l'to'O!:Iliti ou i~ ti l•' tu..r li m! !tis l'a lh·•r II' IIS 0111 ' 1' II sulm:holi,l', 'l' h· · •·H [t il ;d i~L•·Im•s lw s j.,.,.ll ul;r;. to t;d awuy .wilh suc h !ilulf for ~" IPII I! 111111 it J,,.Ji,. ,.,.,. it tn I..• :111 innli(•uu hl•· rij! ll l. '1'1~< · .In~ } ,.,, I'~' "-"'''' ! when 11·orking-nlt'n cn n ])(' hHJwOt-..1 with ~ twh lr ; 1 u~p 11 r,·u l ln >'t hn d s . Thr wn rk ers lllt\'o• h N•n fool••o l so lllth•h tha t t l11·.1· lu11··· k nrno·•l t o r P:HI lw!WI'I'II tlw lines, ol ut• 11111iuly l u tlu• work ,f lh·· Soto·iHii"t :•u.! ht l..-lr Pl't'li$ 'in po i ut i n~t nul tlw i1lcnliy of iuter{'l{{ <of du· o'll['itu li• l pr 1 ·ss 11 11<1 llw t!Xploil!·r. \\'Jt ,•n 11t11r•· .. r tl w wor];,•ril wnkc up It) thi~ Tht• cnp iluli~t pri'SS ;:.:~~.i~·~{;~· 11 :~~~~:.'·f~~ 111r;·;;ottl•1n!•,:·,l:. uwn.r u" :ul,·.-·rli~,·uwutll. iu;.~~··nol ~ rt'llll' 1hi• l~ · li~ l"'"""h! o• 86\i , l r ~o nomk h1uis for llrt r~a li r.ati" n iD Jlrlldirf! tb ~ ideal of the brot hl'rh Oo.i of mao t~ tho> aln• of S"cia l i• t"· Tbell'! rnn IJ(' no • •·tua! t.rotberb oo,>·l .ano<mg. mea !!<I l..ln,.: u thr~· a re ~np~l "' nn ."'''f''!loa nt. ~trug·iro •~•" •" · •'""'' ' ' r;:lt- f11r th" mea11~ of t'JIIIell~ w1 th ol>t! ~nothl•l . Tbi t! . truJl~l,• mutt ee111e ht· fore brotlHlrhoool ran ~men i~bby no tne~onw 10 :'"'' 1 ~'"; 1 " o f : .. 1 1 ~~:~~~;;,:;0 ; 11 :,~· ::a~~~~~.'~•h<lr· .\ hutd w1· iu \'•·w Y ork C il y fnil ed t o !lw tun e of llt'flrl~· $ 14.000. II •• "~'Y~ li wl his lrutl t" conMis t ell of hurd work in).: !II CII Rud wo men, TrUlil luu l rui;wd its prico•M to li!ldl till f' Xh•nt thnl t!J c r•uuhl uot 111Tor d tlw lu ~ ury tl l mt:ll l. Tdl it t o P c nl11',1', n~~< l tho• ll'o• rkt·lll n,.,.f HIRED SYCOPHANTS or Truly !ho• s tru~glc th e workin~: ··lK&; is II Iuth i :-.,:,, onl,1· ll!Ulit th e workt•r.; fi~;"lll th e eup i111list dnlli!. IIIII th: ht llh 'l nbt•rw o f their "wn dn>i!i wlu•. 1101 Jm,·iug t lw knnw tlmt th t',l' l•do u,.:: to The working c ill !ll;. tuk1 · t' IWIII,I' mhl do f' \'o· r,l·thinjl iu th e ir power to 11ink !lli'ir T his t· l ~· l ucnl nf soci ety is !llttll' h utlllful n nJ · wu t·ki llj.: ,.Ju,.:.s t lwnul!,l' 91 he r. f or t il•' t't'nsou i hut il : l.y ll h· t'lll'i tnlis t ~·l~ts ~ 111 ,lct·t• in• tl1 e 1\' et t kf'tS h y J f rto• !UII,I-ttt \)tt•i tt•HIISI! . \\', . r..fo·r (UII'ti1•ul n rl y to ! ht• men who w r it•· for the ,.r 1h i~ t• it y. Tho•st• 111{'11 110 tlo11lot fni l10 , l .. ·]ut lt.: ' " tl1<· lli•l'k iu,: d;tS.'\, ,I' d .they are tho• J>OO I' I·S t i tlo nl ··;m ht· fuur .. l. '1'1 1•·.1' ll'tll'k nil h ours of l·lw 1l a y, n nd 11•···k. 'l'h··.1· 11ro• ~rouu ,l oluwn 10 th e I11 HI c1·11 t wh il e th e '""'"'; otoc l! ~.:; ;,f lh·· t'OIIo'••r t• i.~ mnkit•g 111illio11 ~. uml th t>y olo 1101 l;now 1 k wm whio·h dm•s lhl.'y l w l o n~ to. In fu'-'. t hey nro· nbsollll l' ~·~p •·t' iH II.'· u l olo· ll i T i ll!' l>t inl n n~tllll1f P. L'I'II• I~~;.·;,.' ·':~\ S:)\1111 r:,•; 111;;_:~· ~~s~~~~~l'~.'t'c;~;~;u';~~;·~~.r~~~~~~~ht~;., .;~.~~,~~~ ""''"""'"u. lifh ·•·B ol o ll: l!-s u W•·•·l; . ~ Y•·l tln:>~~·puori~:.. J llti,l . ow rwork etllol of tdnn•11 hft,·e th e iudl oe;t,· l :~:~···:·: h i tr ·lo p11int tho· wu~· {(l'nther workeN. 1111J n e,·e.; pa• an it~· "riolieulo· IU(· Il who ur;• on tht• tiring lint• fi!lhl ing for .\ 11 ··X!im plt.• of t lll'ir w urk nppt•Kred in th t: Timt'fl last "Ill' of tho·~>•· ·· iut dliJ.:t'll t •• fo·llow~ u mlc rtook to t eKe h the !o·s."-'.' ~:n,1,:i~~:',11 t~~e ·~~·it r,o :~~;~'t~~,-~~~,~~-~~~~: Soeialistll in - o•otuo•s 10 iu •l ll iltrin l tliffcrc.nce~; is Hut! th ey do 1101 au IIIIJit!hl•le uml suti.sfnct ory aettleme11t.. That · Thl'ir p llrpo.ow ii'l to s tir up truuble. ~ot · IIINtl of t h e tlifti t· ult ~·. tlwy 1111181 lul\'c fi r ew orks, dl~tO,~.They \\'Hill tu O\'ertuni th in jpi. blt>w .borrut, summon ~:~rto ~~~~~~:~~~~~~~~~:,:~t t~:d~':.ler· :: horrific eon~itions. ~t~ ~~~\· 0;r:L~';~~:~Lt;:;n;:.:::~~~~i;;· ahould 1'11 r ill Cormm&ot!." • . There ean ' be no doubt that 1be write1'11 know n othinc of W. or th ti Sodaliata. or th t! r ea!Kiu for tht!ir pertaina c...........,,,....,nyd..."' · · c:·· ··::.· · - -- ~ a haVe lived i: So long u we have not the power the. public life of the ~ple by-active' participation in the 'directinc ud ahairint'· of pablie al-~ and inatitutiona, we ought to strain every to inftueoee the private life of our fi llow that ill to ..,., their thinkia& &bel enry-day tlUa ia the way to p~re for tile eooqllst ol publ.it power. ·And if theft ia; one qeney - ······-·"· ··-,,._,-;;-"c.::·_;:,-_·:· CC'C..::I mc.t admirably auited to that kind of work, It ia without doubt the Soeialiat p....a. ' ~ No one ean be a nal Soeialilt. tllat ia, a tboroaP.J.y eou.vineed and 'aeti,ve ~ Worker for the -~ill ide.I.. who doe~ DOt atadj tU ~ ,;;.ydo•~d;u~od-p;~iiUoolJ>••~ITo,.l l r"oa. For. 8:oeialia1D it alive iaoe. aad .to be li•~ meana to fl'OW aDd deveJop . . ~ ia DOt JDeD, '"",""~.··.~·~.~:~· ~::·1 aetina, for l ..,.,:&'."a~.•mo.'!!"~~ijt � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. 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' IF IT IS 83 YOUR S\J8SCRJPTICIN I!JtPIRI!S NEXT 'IVl!EK Socialist Party .!Socialist Party Municipal Platform STREET CITY OF BUFFALO, N. Y. H 0 lds 0 onven t I.On I '"' "~••h•t ~. ~ • Pony'""' C<h ,, ... ,.. "'" m•• , •• m<ml"'" ' ' " , ••, •• ,, • . , , . , , , ,....... . "''"'" llull'lllo oaa Jlllrl ot tb" worldw>de ]•lu}!llt!n taforce forelt••atJDJ:Ihe~e en mo• .. rn• ot to aboh1b the U JoloaUthlll era] eO'IIdliHl ll of labor, _ dl'llrtto,..ru o\e,hecii. Ufi!IOoiO••"'o"l'l dnnmuoh th e J•tofit, of Jan dl on l• liP 1 CAR MEN ANGRY OVER "AGREEMENT" Stephen J. Mahoney ~o~nated for Mayor at .B~g- ' ;! ~~~••:;~5~.,;~, 1 '[o:!':e,:~r~~~~;~m·~~ ~~:.:::·~~~~~~~::,:h~e:~~:'u~ , em~; 1;~~ e.tabh~hml'rot gest and Best Convenhon Ever Held by Socialist >Hillih. Thll grei t ~ hllll(l! ia at han<!, a~;ed anol t h .. ir ri gbl to ! lrik<'! 1'1!COJ:· lkit ot free d iO ]>en""'rll'l, hMpihl~, ..... Men ~led Over Decision of Arbitration BoardParty-Big Campaign Promised this Year. ::;~,. ~:~;u;~'~:~~~!~~~eL;;:~·t~!"~~.~:t~ :!~~/1: 11o r~~;irto(!;~;;~,;~~:~a:/:~"o:: ::·,:~~: 0~~~~~~~~~· ::n:';;,::::,·0 ,;:t~ t:~~~ One Cent an Hour Ralse Disgusts Workers Who Btepbea 1. Mt.hoae1 , mayer. J :!.~tb war.!; l.arotr"ll ,;.,;g~r. 26tb wan!; :,:,:···~~"'l;~:b ~~;d ~'';,!~ ~'::a::~•k::: ~~·~~!:::o~O.:.'~"~~~'::''t:' :.;,~.;~~:: ~::~~~~;:!7;, 0c~.~~~~:~~",:~:~::·~:11 111:~oh~;,~ ~pected 32 Cmts an Hour Fiat- Sliding Sc.aJe Bdward T . Duraz:ld, corporation lJ ubn Laduu, ! 7th ...a rd . ~i 10 1i~t Party •• its j>Oiitical iutr~~.' t«hnital ~no.,.\ed,e and J>ublic 111irit in th·e <'o•t of J>rivale in•titu tion•. Still in Force. , 1 1 Tthh:' coUDML I B 'f&J:lcrr comptreller of= mt nt Wf!N! ll a• on~~: th ta uoaltua blc of . .,r Of CltJ oour\. d emocr•tk aod elllc oent admlnotlratoao rh e trur fo"""'"in of tb e eompl~ tt! I'" ' J>Ose of JUhh., atraon , medoca l te" '"" ll f the ttl\ f rom a pro 'The ol~11100 -- __ h11 ndl'd \JU t In ~l a\Otj lllg to "lo:" th~ ~c>Lie \\b , keel' me 1 1 fourtb W'llrd, J.'red ~lllllll lrk .. '.fth ~·aod; .!rroml! J. Ha11th, 1 b.,IM A . K&I"''Y llat&h.,..., county }udall. MXIh Wltr•l; 1 011 ""' Heltl, t b<' .J.,.tun of lhe trarkong daN orgau do>'l!iil<! rrnJ•Iov, ona1Ditna no:l' or hea lth ma, be "'fdl! 11 1treet Cit rneo t'.u been tf'•r""'' •nth \lr l(llt the i.u-<1 ~ 111 ] uoorgani~; tbe strtogt;lel of a nd reti,.,.tueot penUou for all ng~d or publi r ,.,rq~..,, n·tul .. red to a 11 th~ Jot'O· a fP<>Iing o f di•gufl hy th e '"""· :\lufh I union ollid1l~ tha t he <'X J""'"'"'' that. ae•·..,ntb th t •rorkiPJo: d•• are iTft 1trugglu ; it di••hleol ··ity f'mj>loyu . 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AT SCRANTONIPARK .,~.· ""'"'):~ '"~'1>(""1''. ~n r hu-in•tir '"''•'li n,.; a t Fr,.n kli n 11:!11 otlw ut her e\· o·nin,:-: York nnd hao a ron•· knOwJ ... t~o:., of ~u·ir' and eco n om it~. IP eonjuu~ t ion wit h 11 tif ke t urr.)•lioaally <JU&Iille.! ia it• en· t iroty. and •dtb th e &f:laliot !"'•ty lJe. S.Oir.n~" of :'\~w )>f~h e~~&ivr >~u A"'""'' 8J"''"""" STEPHEN I~••• ""''$"' "'"' J. MAHONRY .1- ph Uoo<k<, "" w ..d. "!'!'"'~""" ' ? ~ ,.I "' "' ' 1'1- 1 .... W, <h•"''" •l•mo «do "'"'I''"""""';,.,,.,.,.,..:.,,h;':'od ol . 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':::~.~ ~~~~l. i;~",,.~';e ,::~~o:l nat-.! for aldc:~~en. :.~~::... ~~· ,;;/"t,~':.::ut~,:~~=oi• ·~~ ~.. •t';;~e ":~~~~:a D!.o:~: ~~~~.,:~~~n Q~~~e; :~;0;.~~~.:: :: ;;·:.:;~~:~·~·,~~ ·"1 for tlo~ :·i·~tb ~~~, h~o ~~-t;T0~.~~~-:~:::.~1 d<' lega· <h•• THE BRILLlANJ SPEAKEr· Is .wI~H us~ AcAIN i f 11"' ~e:.o:.~:".~~ ~:~': ~r~o..;;.::~,<' ~:t; ~~~2~~~ ~y~;~f~~~~ E£~&~~ ~~~~~:f.~f~ ~~§~~~~~=~ ~;~~t~Ji~;~~~ §;,~~~~~~~ · t~u~h ;•~; :oi.nh~VJ; ~l~m, lif~ffntb ;::.,!rd . 1; \ 01: 11 ;~·•Iter =~e~·,::,n:h ::~~ ofa 01,:•~ ri.;'l~t':!,."':J~~~~OI~:r..m:~j .,·~alth of tho world. · To th e llrlllle ::..::n th e 1 ~'"J' tb~ir ~~~ ••r.(l; J nla I.on eoln, -<5th wa rd ; , .• trard; Prul< J. :~~~~~~=~~~tit rul.... te~:~"f,:·Jf.hearted That tl1e .,;,:· ....tahli•b •u;j:el and ... bleb. h••·e p•llillli\'e ~n •doJ>t~l lllta~w• of~~~ ~~~~o;:i:;~,:~~" ,~;~:·;;; tt~; ;:~~ :~o~h~!, ~~i~~~ ;;:,.;u:m,~:~~~ t~~;~:~ op~::,~:~ :;o~;~1rly('l~::..:~·;:;• ~:; atll s m... .. o.f ~ be wor~lnJo: ~bu, ~iRhteutb ~ward; ;:;:a:,i:,~~.t1b~~,.,f:::~~7~':t~oa:em::"a~ ::~::n'~:OO:.,d~:~;;::i:~~t;.i,~a·:::~~ :.::~i;~0 :1hew~~::e:·,:o;:~:::M,.~\:.:~ ~o'::~l•t u~ket Pai:;;',;M n, Peter.-oo, nm~IMnt.lo ward; womeP of Buii'I IO irri"!Opectln• of their TtlllluiJ, twomtteth wud; . A. J>alil joali t irt. l .nt1ia tion1 or pre.· 1 ~de:IOP, !Itt wa rd; Oeo~ Free- t nt rtli~:iolll belieh. .,' 0 '~ · -end warol ; J~~e• R"., l nto1h, 11 arTy ciJ~~~~~.,~~~~:r ,;~:~!~~~~rvice Tha. de.lg:.=-:r l upen•i.Gn from t he were: JWtn 0. Cooper, ff'l'ond W'aril ; Cbarle~ Palmer, thi rd "'t.rd; ('harle• A. t' -ler, fon rt b W'atil: .l. 1-: Pier, 11fth ward; So!' Kiula, lhth ward; M. BrauDJieln,. Hvn olh ward ; Pao.l Vorel. Jr., ~leven tb W'a rd ; L. E. ll-.ing, twelfth watil; Ect.-r X~nn~.\. l!llk i, tb \rt~•tb. "'ard: .:r. Kl- , four· teea tJr, ward ;. Ototgf! Habkb t, lfteeatb ••rd; J Oh11 VOJel. Rxteealb ,..rd; Cha~ Halaeot, aeveateut)o ward;~ ~ity ~~·u~::~~. .=~~;::o~h•,;;a~; SOCIAUST DAY AT PDYSTAL BEACH \11\ • 'T ile Soeh!.hltl of Butr•1o and tbr or h ieutl1 11 re n])id ly awak ening to the fact that th ei r Is a ].,.ayo &Omf.l hiiiJo: doiDif In Soeiallat .citeltlll ia thla e ity. Till• wmmer wou ld aot b~ ~ompl,.te ll'itbout a 8od1li1t day at Cryltal Beac\.. Our day at tba l popular renrt lui yt!llr will ope of th• bla.p~t of the NUOa a nd till• yu r proml~n t o ·:~':; :::u:!:.' tr~e11doo.e da ta. Vot'-' 1 11T1igh\ ~h Unioo: and the add!.abilit.v of eall· time. &ginning l"ri.da~· e•·~niag. i111;~~:.~~yb.;~~:~;~:~~~~~~. ~j:rcl· ~=11~=~::~ b:,. "'!:~ d:!:::u~l;:n:.,:~ undH the a rm nod ::ntt. 'Thl! gene ral eomn1iltH or t bt (•llr '• Union i1 hoM in g m1oy meeting• th P. out~ome of whirh 11 ,.~ry unce rtain. 'Tiol! et.pit>1li1t J>rHw ;, tryi 11 J( to mil· inga i t 'Malo and llobwk 'Streeta.. Each 1...-ture will take up a dllnrnr J>bt.H of 8ociali1t tb ougb t. Aa.voBt at tendiag t he 1i.x lo:'Chl,.... will re<-"i\·e SEATTU AFFAIR. THE MONSHfjOR ~leo TO VJ:ID IN JAIL SCARES_DANIELS ON 'SOCIAUSM ;~~t::~e:~l':':-:oo~1 ~;tae:11 t::: ~-~~~ ,o~~:;:·thoCiaf'UI!Mdale~. 1t.M . ~riag,..uur lea d th e l>lf'n in e''trv mt.onu :\D<l tb e a 11ae in1igbt into the Soeialilt rhil!. ,,. : .:•::. ;ht ward; B. ~ylor. !211'a ward; Jo. Reateltl~r the aep h BaD, 24tb 'ward; W. H. 4-oth:, Ao.go.•t 80ik. ~ QUINLAN SENTENCED · oatpour· Qulnl~e Patr. ek or the Jude.. of the l"atf' ..on • •l k work en' lttoke hu been arrnted aod lt!ll tented to oue 1e•r In Ja•l t or •r-.l<hf: dll,l"eel~t ,tully of Serpnt Ryan of Ike pollee for« of that rltr. · Quio ln in .a ~~at 1~11 111\d: "E~l • Sociahtt llayor aad t.hen yoa won't ba\·e eept Uh Jtu•~1 Ryaa battiDI .Y• ovw tM ll•d ~tb eluba." • . T ke IJll!ef'h wa~ made Ia open J"<'!t!t- :~~. -::t D1~~e d~'::!e:\!~ '7o~:; ln•e.tt~~ Bator4ay~ an opportuo 111 pall wbicb ehbl~ biro to •trllte anotb et blow at \bit llu~out-., \\h ole In Jecretat) of the Na,y Oan oe l1 .,.., mu~b alumNI ove r ne ...e from \\ uh 1ng1on to the .. tret t that Collg'l't!ll zn iRktJn vl!'l tlpte hl1 aetloa at Sea ttle i-eently, when bo I J>Ok~ Ia a maoaer tkat...rttltlted Ia 300 ..Uo.. raaad:i ua t."4 de~~troylnt the Soclalilf and J. W. ·w. beadqua rte" aad til e •mu\ lar up of a SodaiUrt oeW'1wa1on. ,Sueh aa . untblo kl ol" and H n eJe. mao ~ ~n i d '• •ltoo.ld not oaly be Jo~~e1•hu~ but e~. '~'" ~ :~D\I)IO~t!""~:"c;;:n~~~.::o:h::.e fri;~~:;. Monl!gnar llonu.oo (Om e to t own Jut Su nday Among othor tb1ng• he a lo app..tlog In d•tre reo t pape" bavt brough t along wa1 the Pore 1 bleu 1ng not ool .. lht aam e Idea• b11t the aa 111 e fo r th ~ Cen tral \ ere1 11 1o handlo11 11 .,.ordhtf o•·rr the mon•lgnor told tbe , ..,,~in t hat ~M r. Jooe1, t be t!lllllp.t.ny'o a rbitntor tu~b Jooeietit!l a1 theln we re 11 _ , , . au e • tp' t.laim tba't loh~ "to eon11tentet the evil i olluen~" of it · Jaeboo urjiid h im to 1i1n t hfl llf! rHriligiou• IOdaliam." Th e~ a re aome mnt. lolr. Jad:10n ll'l'eto hi• •·erttioo wbo lay t'laim to mv.cb lw. ra ing that of the eue: · • aay that JOelaliem 11 re ligiou. It "lly urjtin~ of lol.r. J oaee eon•itted -u,, to be a .lght IM!tweeo tbe aeboolt. of tbl~ " aid llr. J aebon. " T told But ll' bo ~artaf T ile &elall1tl do not him-.JYon are golog to l!i\'e 111 ttl tbe : :e ti i i!Ullll, beglnoo; J.'Yida.y' Stk to Weda etday ev"IUDJI:" Ap@urt 13th At Yaia aDd leokaw t" Bt,_t, A ll!nt!l af 1ls J.io!dare• uo.l-erIke au1pi~H ot Loca l Boffalo ~it.~ Ji1t Party. Tllutllday tvealor:, At~j(tlllt Htb, t:i:: Fnry a a d l\'•vtrly Strw.t F'rilb,:r .,,..,.;.!1', A 1111 JSUL. joy ••d N. O@:deo &r..e · . Tbt!l eul.v bW eateMI tU -~ Ao.~tuot Lo,..,... .:!7~P~:~h·rl~~t:e00t~t"~~~:~. that, ~:~~:: :.~:";11~oJ:~ q : : ~ ~:n::o~~=· ~;,.MIIi~: Patroolq our ad~utiaen, aad t.U · Sociallat. otliera to do l ikewiiL ., 8abeeriM , tor tM . . ..a. aodaUit. mlg ht. M · 'Well 1 jp tb.il moro~.DI· You be eaqbt by th have pt It bed o p that yoo an fO- ~ phulap. .i -.·rl1 \i.irof'ot ~~p(~ '' �BUFPALO SOCIALIST · SOOAUST NEWS Of · lUTING FOREMEN I WESTERN NEW YORK N: Y. C. CAR SHOPS ..!:.t.::"".:!.'•:.:i~"!-.wl:-7:' ~Y~ lh ha,l C'DOI>"b wb.tll me11 mon 111'0tk Ali1IAJIIII ASA The Fed~ral Reser~e Act · a, .fa, Dr. Ea:rt W• .ll. S&ndbefi, aothor at •·Tha ll- WIIITQBY TO 11..,etal law propoH'd by tbll tud of tbe Uaited 8tatet AU2'D. ·· 1111111-.s KebeWOG." =~~~~!~~·=:!;tQr::~ ~:~;. ~~:~.. :~ ;!~r;:·~:"ne"~ ~~ ~o:~:~~~~:!:~~:;-~!O:v:o:~·;:: ::!~ ~ud:!~!~,b~~~rr::,.~!:: _a.!:!~::;r_:o::;t:; :::".:C ~~~~ !~ ?.-:~;a~~~;.!~~ !!~~k k::, ~: ;::~~~a~;:~~~:~ b';J~~.~;~~ ':::{ :~d:~.~=~:b;:.r!::uW:o:!" ~~~!~ ~:; ~~~.~~~·-,:,;.~::' .;~t!, =~~.~':~d t~.· ~:!~~:~:~~?t .,;,!.."7d'!':. &.:::::=~~~'\\· 'k,.~ 1111ru,,!: _ :r:: , 'Fintst In Bun.lo Tteuory . ::e:: I• th~ atat e of alfalu -_.:bti".l iD _tb l ~en, IU<:b 11 t.bON oi HJttbeock, JouH. bur~eDII Hall ·be mado br ebedr.• l~ould be _paid. Tile ran tht. t tile mea rar ll el'..tou:nt or fhe New \ ork Ceo· NeiiiOo, Prout,., ud olhNL dn'll'a ~aiD.It •uch dejiOSitL The Sec· had combuted to dll eollecUve blraalll.· ~;I.::~:~~.:::: ::,".!:.:re ,~;';~~ dh1~H Trtal~)' ~nay ~~·, ~= a7'~ih:~e;o!fai.,:~,1 ~~~~b:: •1!::,1'~~::~::: '~~·:~~ ~~..,~\11::::~ !>t~~:u~~:oolJ:.:::~:·cmvlovO'd 11 tbia ::~:~~~ 110 ~t~=~ .~·~::,::~~~~: ::~.~~;e::; i::es~~;:11 11!':~~ ;::;·,, '!'::'c~1 ~1t :=:r::!•m:= The PedcrAi Btten·e Att NIAOAltA F ALLS, N.Y. tbe rettarr of tbet ebarp ill· :::."','~~~ Jb~~~-c:!!~:dtA~~-:•,,: :,~: a~t~ :::~,::e•~;' ,:h~:: .~,~ ~~:~•j•~:l ~~;:,~:: ~"u~~~ ':l~l:r~ut::;ri~;·er~u~ta~::: ~~==~=~·eo~~~::~:,:~ ;,'u;:.:"~":_\,~::::~ J~! ~:ebu-n~k:! ;;·,~~~ ~~:.~~·;:uil::,nr ~~~-:lt~~o:•udw;; :::~~~:.:,~~e.:::~~~ :::~~t~: .:oe; ~~=:~o~:!u::'e:~~ of tbe ~:~:~:r;n h~i~:-jun~~~~~ ~::r-:h:h:~rl!~~ _!:: of ~~~~::;;,.l;rJ!::llnell~r ~~~e~~~~~~~~ UtuUd ::~i~f :: ~o:~:ol~be-:!:,:b~~r:;o,o~ 0°0~ ~:'::~~~;: ::.Ilk:~ ubit ratort of the. ftr~t eu :~ ~:ka:;;.boo~:tt~~::i~;"n;~ 0:0 ~:~::~ '~:!~:~:?';a::.d a~~m::a~i~~n:: ~; ~:;~ ~! ~~:wn:,~.~n~.n ;b;~;ro,:·;:,u~::'~~:~ ~:.:·ar~u~·::ytl~n~W):b: :!it~ir!:l!d~: ~r~~~o-: 1 ~;- ~~be;,e:::.~ ~::r:~ ~~~:·:,~~:~.·:,;"~::~ "I' be wu :: r!:o~~d ·~;~:~o:~ u:N't;;.e rurceli :::cl ;.oclf:rr Ju ,J,; u¥ rrurn """'~ or ~ f 'IUClltinua forr •ncu of tbe ~a r derartmomt ba\'t tl oaal b~ n~•- Half of the aub•ulp lloo Thote Jtde~l ~- n·e Treuory ~?t" thea e very •triko i• wroog lo prllleiple 1 ud a • ,,.• tfllL hl' whi~ h tb ey 1.,.. ,. Uji(IU tho to be pa1d •n. A Federal lluret••e Ba~k eb• ll be obhgaliOIUI h nu _ol the Unttecl an"d e<rl minal ia nat-ure, tbt'u eve r, labor •~k~;J 11 1ur '"" t.lk ot one ~:l;;,lr~,l~ UJ~~· T~•~t 0 ~~~.~ ~~:~~~ 1 °1';~at ~::: ;::• •~u:! ~h:•·ou dun 'I "I'' 1·uu;b you. :~~~a~"·:t ~~ :::=~~=~:~ t~:l;; ~:~::rl::! ;~·~~~n;•::;n::~e% ::: ~~~~=~ •::.1 :0t;: ~~i~·=~~b:~i:;e;; ---- E. WEDEKINDT . FUNERAL DIRECTOR CANANDA.t0UA. N . Y. . UNDERTAKER AND No.5 WAI.DEN A VENUB GOOD FOB SOD 1' BDGOST 30tn JOOO pairs of Men's $4.00 AllSOUD WORII SHOES ·---- $.2.86 .............,.. C widths only at this pice ~ THE APPEAL ,.,.;,., " ,,,,. ' r.;.o,· "'"''""' "'"·' ,._,,,. ,.,,.,. "" ,.,;,,, n. .. B U F F AL 0 S H 0 E 0 0. TO THE FRONT ;;i·~~~ . :~r,·;;.~~:;;,.~,:-~:OUJ~:u::~o:~~~~~ ~: , :::; :;.~.: %%:in~i_;~ul•:,!;,l!_,:·_t.: ~il~ll;h)~o~ :~ ·~::.:~7.~ ::w:~~:~~::~ aLLICOrT &TS. ~ b··". ··~~~~ ~:"•ouJ• ~nll,-.1 rt·d~rm,~l. ·~·~~in,:: Shoes if widths '"' 1 " ,.,,., ""'' " '"" .. •••• ,, ., ... ,_ 1'" 1 :::: ... ·"; r'r',::· 1...:·:·.~::· , ,.,.,,,.;:,,..,..,,.I lu i 'I'' , ,.,, "'"'"' ' " "I"'"' I ,,,,,., •• 1' t " " .,,..,,., ' ""'' ... '"'' • •••· '"" :;;·;·\ dt••·t- <'ll!•ttlll L7n lu>U: SBNECA AND .. lJ'O" appht:>llon \ll'ould and hl\·t ' -" to arbitnte $1.35 for"Buffalo or O:dords, J'OU can. wear A or B ~~~"tfl,liifif~ij~itll!tilr!fliiillftl.·~·-~~-~~-~quarr~l t.ank·~. ... ,...... ., ' " ""''''.hun. ·11h- on l.v tn· . In,,.,.,.,; b hor :Xe..- York ••'''"".' r· but how _ wunhl '' lllf<"•'l th a t ho• _r: ... t,, .• , ,. , ' ""."".!•·· han· ":•t h th~ :-;,;,.,!l,,t• han· nalia ntl~· •lnoo· tlt ei r ,r,.l~'"''"'" of tin• lh•"h·en t luook f ~l lllf.do . ·.·niT •••. I> t hllt th··~· k!.dll ai>Cti j•Urt. ~n.! in tl•i• hu. Uh· llh·r will lik o· or lhl' net l"~rnin~· tbe ~ ~llr.,hol•l <>no • 1•'' •• :• 11 ··• "' .,., ~ .•·nun~ .. '"' ht " '.'"' wi·~ , 1, 11.,.;, l•ll.tl ll!ll 111 or.l..r 10 • hall I""''' 5•, , "" tb•· t~•id · lll' r iJlit.:\1. . 1 !'at iOn!l l hank~ iu t elK'f\'t ril'*'r-i1 1le- a little !tetter lil·inj!. T het arbi tnton. :r~ued from Z:i to zo-;;. hnlf tu he kept Jon n a mi , Fghrmann. did not ~ou•idu ~:·.~I· ''",,. 1 ~ n:";,::u.~~~-tb<>~~~ llk~ b•m :::::~;· ,:,~r r:.:~~ ~tio~;i•:ri"!'u ~::intl~we~ :~:;:".::i;::·;,] ~.·: t~o:1 ~-n~:,J~:~"~: 1:•:•:: :r:e t~:~!-t rc;;~~-i;hr:~,~- r~~:·::;:; :::~~:dri~::~o : o ror:-!:~:=:~~~ot~f: 1 lu•· l•t~~:et l~::·~:.~ou'.:~•tl"~~;:~.,i•~~~d ·l~~:~~:~ tb~l~.~h:~~:1 .~::'t ~::"';,~·de 11 ll•<hl.• ho· ;~~c:•n ;:~~~g:u .:.~~-~t~~~~~~.:: ~~:~:~:~ ,:~~; !~;;e: ~:~~:;~a!':trr~:, r;;~. ~\:7o~~~ ~~~::e ::.~~:~~~~i,:i;:e;:~'in blah~ ::.~ . ,. ~:~;::::.~~E:::;~:~~::.::~~:.:~ ::::~::;; ~·:.: ~;"~":.::~ ~. ·:.:.~;·: ::~.:::::.:;~:::.:·· :,::~~::~:~~:t:.::: ~::::~:~:::::: th•~ _elt y anol H~ r""O<hl . ~t :'\ e w ~ or~. "'h". 11 no•· wor kl ll!r Ill bu ~rad e "?'· <>( "' 11 mncbuoe ~h"l' bert 11ud will ~put atul •II t lmr• <l uring th e muai· ~'1'" 1 ·· ~mpli);:n, 1 '"I'J"'•~' .•·ou hln' hf'~& rd ot tb e 111 a t ""~· WHAT BALKAN WAR MEANS TO WORKms rt'ul ~tate. The ~\·• h:rll lle.ocrw Uoatd 11,111 h••·e IIV"er· A. ·To i':nmit"' ,,11 ,. 11 ~·ederal ne. IW! f\"f! Rank. n. To j'(' rmit or n•quire a t'cdfral ~· DISPlAYING THIS SIC" '" tbt'lr (1'"'1} \'/lu ll~ In lu..-ful money, lhe pnrpOIIe of the 81tike 18 worthy of tb f' ot hr r luolt ...-ilh th~ t"ede ral Re- th eir toplofty atten tioll. a~to rded to the It w eondudoU and n1 btt~rmen mull be eOII · tent • ·ltb a ,.; .. of ooe ~en I. Tbe I>U II\' mind1 ot tb ~e a rbl trato"' re· 11 ._,;;r.;~ tbi. at an neellut rnNlll allo for d ~hllag th at tbe barn ud I'JOJ>mea oha ll ""m•in ~ootent with IHI ~ · Offill Yr1NDOW 111 ~-p'E~r:~~ ~R'()T~{~"T.t~io'N' 11~i'!i1 ~~1~'1U~ET~o:m- :nL:::·t7h~~:~~: ::~:;::::;~·::.;:.:::·;;::·::~:::::=::: OLJVB .... .,_, ... OJL n ulll or. •nth ~h e t edn-a l lteo er>·e llnnlr. f.•·er.•· h ·d r.ra l li Men·• !lank ohl ll hue on h3nd in gold nr lawf11l monty ~3 .'f."~ of ill oul:""'"'iog dttmand h•h•hllet<. An.~ nalu,t nal bank oot ailua~e.l in a rHen· e or ceo tnl IN BOX ===;] · UNION . 229 oprnnoR LAfU' . • BATTISTONi BROS . ·..:· .N~.: • OLJVB OJ B OTTLI.NG WORKS W I d U O..l I Calllo j Sptd.ala\C.I!~a!YeGI.Or;~ ~::ar:,pro.::.-:-u...,-. ~· .s. - , , , C.-.114 o1. '1. I. rg~:~¥~~~:~ ~~~l~~@H~ ~~]?.If.~~~ ~~~0~~ ~0:::::::: PH!!I.c.~L~~~~~~~: l6o 11 ,_,, tb._._,.. "" hr tvld t h~m ceallf!let.~ in plain th••m or h·ea, caUJIIIg 11ln1n8l IJ. To IUJ>en·i~e ami r~gulate the Ill 1\..:al agelltl of the ~;:~~~?h::·f~£:~;:,~~~: ,;:~:.:~~~~~::~:~~ ~~·.~:~~~:;,~;;:::::~ t;·~r~::~~:;;e ~~:.~ :::~~~;:~~::;",:!~~~:::::::~:: l"omtad~ olo>ll~~rt, of inftonu ..l IJ .. rwrooJ aud tin· l<'r ac<'ordcnlf to '"' 1' mltH by lil>nk... .. ,ru, ••,. on ''"' ,:ruu ~"lthM hr w:u .,. co ~•t'!' l 10 111 l_••nb iri the tleld... 1-'. To reqnire the rem o•·nl omdaJ1 n·~ tm:.r lum fvr •J•t•llklll!; "' lthout I l'errh ....~tunated fiJrU rtl!l l rtl or ~·Mi<' rll Reooen·e Ban ks for <'I UIM'. mit . :and •· b,·n h" ~u t to th~ 8la tiuo, 80J.Dii:R8 KU.J. t; u. G. To ~uin tb e 'l'l' riting oft' or t ft•·r l hiukin l{ it on r, h,. louokr.J th e S«o"d. doubtltt~l or worthlna U&c tJ. ebnn:·- ., .. .,h.trul'liut ' ~: '' .tu,Jge . Wa r. War. 11. To 1111pe:nd the tun h.._r ot>era. Unlt~d 8tlte.. CHANGES INJDATES Of STEPHEN. MAHnUJ;V unLI • In t~t Jut edltlen ( II~' Charloue Purldo~ ~on•1• lam SPECIAL NOTICE Oilmao.) abal~~: :::~:::;[it tbe-wortdt BAY ~~~Trt~~~a~t:-a.~~!~ ~ =~;~~~E:?~FARE SbaU • nu who ar e the world, e . 4 L . lt. Car. Dlr.cl, Clinton an d Ellicot t S t •· Ot wblt tbe _worhl may clof 5eeDreJOtlrTic:kec.at TICike$0tlloe., Ollotoll&Dd Elllcott 8 ta.,or at<-1ty Ltoe AI trom tbll hour, \"ouu8eyourpo•er, I ~W...Ur....!......., ....,. _.,P.M. The world muu follow you. FRANK EHRENFRIED _. of tb e Butralo Tbe world"~ lit~ bangt •lD yeur right, .WATOBB8aa4 DUilOlfD8 t::::::::=-=:-:::-=-;-;';];::========:. AIJCIJSTWIND-UP SALE ; ;~:}{/~:\{j:~ji:~J:~~ij~~: t~~::... : :]E ~:E ~.~,t.-~~~.~ ~.:.·:..:~.~.f.:..f~.;.,~ m:.~_~:.:,;..:£.·~ ~.~_;:,';':.~,I',:~:.:s.:.;.:, ~,u.',:,·.~.~·.:~.·~ ~;~ ,.:~~f~:~::~::.~:~~ ;, , . :~:Baoaiian §~= ''~::."~.~ Hall Syml'll!er Wtt b .. i....... ror wore power to I am Y..ufl ill !'l t\"t. tb~ rt~~:o:~.til~~·ll.t:r. .. ezs,ooo • 'F::ie~J 130,000 the 3<>1!,000 iztd 111 ~olld MOXl:';,:ENT. autbo~ Reterve Board b.t dls~ounl the "dlreet ohligalioM ~ai•l. ~~~b."::.., ~be:·~~::~~· ~=:~. ":~:":~ '~;:·..::/;:~~ga ~~;n,~:;u~n b~~::;~l! Yli: ~~ i: ;:·~~;• ~~~~;.,..t;of;:~l\~;·;:,~~ ( ::11 n:~na~; ~~:.;ln:;.;o.::::ptf~~ ~:~:. ·.·::~ 1 ~:::: ~ ont<•Ofl_lfO Turkl'y .. . 1: : : : : : ..oo,ooo -~ ~ a~•n:. Of bullioll . ol1.~;~~e~: o~n!~:d u~',~:· s ~! ~. yj_ . J. _ \ Endieott, ,\ u~1ut 13. Owtogll,• Au i! UAt I .f. ~~:::r~r\~:::;~ !~~!; ~~. 19. ~:::::. ~:~~~:\t ugu•l ~0. Blngbamtoa, Augutt !2, !!3. ' Or U.rk or li@hl, Or " roug or righ t, Tb~:~.::·~~ ~~~m::~trb~!"~ort, Xor bo11e<l before, ~or dand befon, Au.:h:b,:w:: JOHN UNVEfiZART 778 ~ltln~i~a~! ~: :on:e! Conttie~~t I• tha tle.i eo tnmoo leAH :t':!t;:d"'~=:~~~~ll:!t ~~~b::!l~:- _ Zt- n rri W, 1.,_. 1HI Mlotiaei Ulrloh of~ner ~· ::~~~b :;e)'":re•:::::~ .~{, t: aod l"teud ID make a elu·.....,eep potllble. Uo.loo. Label 0\otbloa- ~l•blop OG f 1pedally. $12 to $1 6.50 ALWIN EffM~ OJnfdionery St., OQI', Wat.cm :.~~~;!':ro: t:: ::le~:ril~7••:,;~ Vrde:s!~.'!~~~~P1o- 75 $1175 S~ltS $9 now at - - s••" ...__ cl st..t-r..t $18 to.$20 Suns ' 14 Ellicott~ comer Virpla.. now at • - · - o .. i,Ja, Anguli 211. • p.e loW'etl j)OIIItOD ill JOC\ety u real tilt too of tile •gnonn\, and the IICOOrge Bakery and . I\' ~eopl.&d h'l" thole wlao allo-... l biP.m of tbe eo-rd who I• ah"':rt ht donbt \04 Howa.rd 1 0 1 baAktog h•:; All mooe,-. 110w btld l11 tbeae11eral port tb~ITn. eoaT!ctlou. •........ ......_.,., uil \ell eo:~~~C::oro::l!.~~~::~':.. -rt su·~ts Sys:='!:-:;.~ : ~.:=~ ~ ':a~:'":Jc~.:e~~ :~~:rli::si:b;:11 before, IIG$1Al~=:!':!~tol P. ll, &li&•·e an<! dare and do! ~~:e ~~e;~~~d e~:;r~!.uehllllge p•y· ~.blub adT~ Pa trootz. oa r olb.e'ft' t o do Ubw\M. 1 t: :!: 12. ·~:~;.,:.;n;:~11 m1;::::a:.:;tk, ~11d ~:::~:~. A-=~~:t 2 ~/~8.26 . TOll PIT"«lN-DJu u d O.alllt, Jl li· d h. II I b" d'u t·· to t.cl l I u4 Out '• Qananta. :Eioyl d. wHkly or ~::;"; i1 ~w::itllo~~~~llo: 111 ~801 bift i BtrH~, aeu ~~ AYPM. mialatuan rste of di~t. 11 1oa1>ef• m:i..._ '::_•~.i: ..~~:':,l t:!:t.:entd fo:u:~;~ of stul<l ~:~ 1111 ~~~i30,"'00'000t1';.,0:::::· w. M" \:o; Kew Stale rMdeu take ootiee: Seneea Pal11, Augu!l ~. !l, 9. 10. ~~~v.m~~m~~~t~ll~:;::::: :~.;:~~ ~~:::-~t;~:·c~,l~UI!Oit War. • Wa r. pn r~~-.e an,\ 11111 cor.mtr~lal BulJ!•ri• ..... $SOO,OOO,OOO $150,000,000 ill the 01~0 tnarke<t. May: THE HARVEST th e ure 11 11 b-. '--" trul.'· ._ , , .. '''" lb froit. lAok ., tbe fruitl ~ Total s (Ora 11 oJ total . 10 • THE EIITE~ RPRIn EIPRIU S9I-S9S .GaneM& St. 1800Jefferwon St.. UJQOIC~CRLY I I..----------...IJ �Arbeiter Zeitung IN TEUTONIA PARK, 12~ FILUIIIE Iff. Sunday, Aug. 24th, 1913 Baod Ooooen. Apput.lD.I and llrld perlormiUICH by At:tlnll of clwl Columbia Tura Verelo. SloJioc. T DJ·Of-,...r be&.,..ee. teouru of ....-en! V•lou. GaaiH aD4 Race~! for WI.., Keo aad Ob Udrfla. A.u ea JotabletlmeUIUredloallwboa&r.elld. ADMISSION ~ S~rlp 10- CENTS t.l~k•t:.a. 50 Cent.. or al x BACK TO NATURE BASKET PICNIC - AT- S'?RANTON PARK A most beautiful spot about a mile and a half this side of Hambura UKDEit A IJSI' hJ ES O F Bi'anches 2, 4 and 8, Local Buffalo S. P. -Sunday, August 24th • G _AMES PIIIUP H. CAllERY Of SCHENECTADY WILl SPEAK Take B. & L. E. Cars at W asbinrton and Oint on Struts NO ADMISSION SPECIAl ATTRACTION Hannes Kohlemainen. ·champion amateur long distance runner of the' · world~ will compete against four men - running , in rela ys - aga i nst the world's record. UNDER AUSPICES OF LOCAL BUFFALO, SOCIALIST PARTY - �I"Uaaffa) -·!life,- t1aa 7 ~ ia ou tt- ~ life • die tllotlit. . . . . md .. 'WIIida the 1DSD1 oqld to be -'-"ielrL Life oapt'to be a joy to "uy lt.umaa ~ ..d ""erythine lh.t tmdl to make it pw..at doald lie -...&LT rt" T1la BUPFAI.O SOCIALIST PUBUSHING OOIIIPANY ~J 61 Y .......... W._ · . 1R.1PPALO,N. Y. ...-:T.u!-~-~:wa- ~lrioodo.... ~----lh­ ~ prodoet of a IJR!lll life il a well~ penoaalit;y, aod 'WWk of .-e kiDd w otber ill the by whiell the penooality i& IDOif et&eieut lDeUII =ld~ ~~-~~ftj=p= ::a~o:!:t~~.;;::· c!}:; P'lt.U'It ~- -:-.-.. ......,... NUil.D.. ........_ .., will . _ be e:spo.c~ m t11e ~ ., . .... ~. c.~N.-v. ..... actn ·ill reeopized. Life U tbe muter, and all other thiDgl are ill ~PdASIJIIJp.-,...,., .50c:tb:molld.,pa7..W.Ia~ Eo~._. ~<1. . tDIItttt J~UJ~b, ltl!, II the pott.o!DN U Bll1falo, :Sew Ywlt: , 1IJld.t!r the Act of ~b I, 18"iV penon. Thill i& one of the grea~t drawbat:b of our modeiVVizatiou that .0 m&Dy of US hu·e DO t.boke l!r."\'ant.t.. antJ the rno.l important and tDOit ~ en1: ! ul sen·ant. of life is work.. 1n our eh-ilir.ed .oeiety life eanoot be IUR.ained 111·itlw.tt 111·ork.. and be ..-ho· does DOt share in the eommon wori of 1be of mankind ih·ea on the worlt of those ,.-bo do. We are dt'!l!idedly in favor of ..,·ery 1~eravu to do IUs sha.rt! of the work nte- in tbe.itJedion of their life work. Their po\"'ert.y a.od teODOotie taeipiSes& foree them into ~PI· tion wbieb do DOt appftal to theii batunl niclinat ioo,. and do-not ~bl_e tMm to b r ing out tilt bMt that is i.n tbWl. ln eoDII('((uence of tbi1 tbty ba' •e no oppo n .unity to grow "ith their work. but are ~ 11· for 1l1e mainl<:~lant:e or repz:oduetion of · depres!M!d.and mentally and morally crippled by il tlu· me11ns o f li Ce. and we art det.K.ledl~· oppoeed Thus great mlll8e8 of men han! eome to share the to JIIL1fill~t the hurtlt"n of iiUpporting sueitty upon :~ondt:nt m'-eoooeption a( wai-k u a curte and as tit.. ~oboul•Jc n~ Of ~rue people in orde r to enable &Omi.'thing dt'gl"llding. and to eonsider freedom [ram o1lwrs to lin• the Life of paruitts. We are OpJ)Oited the obligation to work the supreme ideal of human tu ~;udtll ll rnngemenW that· make life a meaning· happineM in this world 11nd in the next, of wbM:b lo'1.8 fRrce to some and a trag(..(ly 1(1 othertl. F or the~- are dreaming. · "ii!Jout 'il!ri"ll'i ~tml UJ.;(lfnl ~·ork life iJ meaningSoe.ialisrn will t erntinate the mor al d epreeiat.ion rn.• SATURDAY. AUGUST 9, 1913 OUR CONVENTION Th.- l!llll\"o• u Tipu KIIU @'e 1wnl ('Uty uw~Tir1g of tht> ~i alist p 11 r1 y w"" tul•l l:l · l ~utoday nrul it will r,o•IIY out> of the Krt-at enute of l h•· ~» 'II ..O II 11 \\ ;u t il t' h•·!>T ('<lll\"o•ulion ,.,.tor ltdll in This dty by t ht! ]'Urt\" l;vtl1 11t1••1nla•l,. .. •ml iu the m•·thoda o f eoodn eti ug the imt"Jrttuil hu.o.i lwM o f uom i rulliu~t Clllllli•lu td.. 11 \IIIIi int.·r .... c iu ~t 10 lltJt•• 1t1,. 1111111 1J.-r or 1•11 mJidllll"ff propoaed ft~r lUll f Or , u1 ··r hnlf 11 olroz,•u IUIU!t"i !win~ Jt]HePt\ i11 uomiua t iou. A i•• It*>, :unl wilh u••thing bot wo rk it ~ a tonure. ·-·~t.-la~t­ ........~.. .., . . . . .traae. • Joaa IJe .t ~.a-rt.. n\'jr- ~ r-t.b.c- hal • cam.4 ''""" oa thir illlllllldftt, ..,_ o• udtoaM~f'l!4l~Nilil ot 1 - ._,_ or work h~· ~ng it t.rom tbe eurae..TOf profit· •·ut lo r ouo•l••"' lnok urtl'l" thc 110111 inntio11 of t'!I IIOI' t~I CII vftlt·o•ll, 1111d lh•• "P'''' II l pro\'o·ll to I~· 11 grent impron·niO'nt . aLir to ('!ljo~· thf' material M well aa th e nu.• ntal and moral print11 ur their rornmoo labor . Xo one w ill th~· n he L"OIIIpt:ll~l To 1111~ rifiee h~ whole exi'ltenc."e In tht: _productio11 or the mPAIII o[ life. "ithout ••Wr findi11g 11 ch11nee to n111ke -the mea118 aen·e th (' hiJ:her 11nthition.11 or mind 11nll MO nl, and no I -- llltuy or tllo• ulol··r ···mnruolo•!l iu tlw 1110\'<'IIH"III I"OU!d he llf'l'll li•tJi\. to~ovetb..-mJIVt· 111011 lAbor of all. Tb.en tb e workers will be able tu enjoy life. for it will then be more t o them than merely so and so man~· dll\'a and weeks and Jo-e&rll of toil. more thAn merely a proc:a. o f prod ueing 11'eAitb. wbieh other~~ use and ab1111e without any reA l benefit for thE' prod_ueers. or __ ,,_, :!~J'~··ttr1 ::;. ~;~~t~.' 1 1i~_';;;~ r.~:~~;~~i,:u:m•.!U•·IIIiou' of l'~trty. apiatttlleibrv.. yu.nll"'lt1' wlald• tcntteiaf'\1 ; 30,000 Tlle IO''",..mt'llt b.aol ail ' ;:J ;;:~.;..';b,i;;~;~-~:u;,;!;' !~~ ::: · ., •.., ;,;;,'.,";:,,'" ;::: ,:::::.; ",~:~',',',;';:; · ;',:,: I I r . :=!:::. ,:; it i• the everyday •tw.ad• IIIJ life boriag !be - - boltt-. :7, rh~::" ,.2 1 :~~~:·~~ 1 ~~~: ~~.~;;",';;,~i•;:· fu~"!'[";~: I . tftl hnoar to th.J t I praparatiea._ h IIJ'On tlilo-dao P .ot· Ia tlileprotelttd"pllatlle wera ..ada 10 di1e lpUao el'ol1 will 1M 1111de l•y tlla to ~M.ara a• ..r!Tot<it rlblO_. all4 for-c-t tb• nollltar1 till~ ~na t.ry, whell It !1 that tlileir pow•r ta Pari!•· will be l'Cr;t' la rJ!f'lY •UJIIII!.IItfd. p .:10& bllrl 11111111 ~~~~:~~~r~a:~ f!:~f ':if:d~:~ :::~~~,-~~ t~~ie~ivtl:!11!,~:erY:;'u~n:~~~ :~~=lilt~::... b~~·~:~. ·;::·~,Ill! bi:.::lf if tbt rf tn•un • ~untlirt bet wrHn faet.o aad theo rie-. tb~ for11>r.r '<ill •lwayt prt•·•il Wbat ifOnd will il o\o ~-e>u to tu eb. that b uDe~ty i~ the l.,.8t policy. ao lo11t; u you reward ditbon.-,; t.r witb wea lth and 1-itil1~ or oli~tnil .•· •nd pownf h is 11 1.0 uH.I fQ to tl r••<"~• mt>dtntion ~~~ lo ng •• -if'ty ~ ro ..· n~ the rushful •·ith onr.ce~. •nd fu r~Po lhf m~l~t to fOn · tent him ~~el f with • h•rk ..-st. A ad oo lonll •~ you fl'f'<l fhiltl rr11 <orith l ieo~, wbm1r•·• r lbf'ir hun~:•·r for ltn<~wllllll' e 1'•""'1''• th em to • ! II •rnL•rra,..in ~ qu ..•· quote.! abo\'e a~kl. ~·oa wbo are !.led IC> the mu blne to elte oul a very fr11g•l OELAIIOIIA. ---- qd oul ~ :~;";!~u: '"'"•! 11e>t •lfor•l to let ~·our lntellig•n~e ohrindle • ..,..,. ualt!M •·ou ~lo 0011 e co ceatoe to'"' a .,,.~ In t he. t rur .en~ <It th• <oro rd. ll o<or to f'lrl \'11 1h11 rruel ahuumti•·e or t"itht!'r to J/An·~ ' '"Y•k•IJy ur to nout•ll •.-. t hio ia tlw! <JUHtion. To u' lout oDe Nl1ution ut t heprololem H1!1nt pouilole, and t hi ' i~ 1he abort ~n- '""''I! '"v ,,:·:~::::,;o~~ ~~u:i~ :~:... and •timul~te ;;;:e ":: " : aDd politiC!•. . llul r th f'i r . t>l•n• wfte rn•dt for aa agl"'!~" re ~•m· tiN! far111.,.. of t he ' tll te, ••d tbt i••i!!ll- 6orlalisul 1~ fomlnt 1trons ia ,.,.e,. did. Out of t.hP 11l11e membtr• CRnads. • of the board, th•y eiO'f'l ed tcu r ~I ll · i•t... Sstufltlt1 t he "1"\lliot.t' poll · TR£ OLDEft Ct '!T. 1!eia11• dlda"i !lite Hilt tort of ,..t lac Tb~ oldr,;c rit ~· In Am•rl.... 8L. ,..,1 . t he part ul l llelal"lat!ll ud tltti1 uti ne,· )1•.., rame nts r golnll' 011 tbf! submlu... t • mt.. llrt ill lht Alllf• r..<J m•J• In thp reerilt flt!t' IIOII&. The All elet"tlons to nake t.be boud •P" ·' "' m~tn"l ar t h·l· th·~- ia pot'l!ilole o" ly unolt"r ron•ll- ~ I ~ROI Yor Our rrom e<ronorn l<" bond•~"· •nd ~:r::~~"':..!:i~e~h~ ARBITRATION-- THE 8088E8 CAME . ::~~;lri:!:'l~um:: ~=~,:~:'ail:e.tri~D~t"e:~: dr:'~ela~: "::: it UD Ollly weak11e. ,IIDd then unotr<t elfo rt or the ~·ou ~!~ic:;~~~:C,b~:~=~~fbin,: m•lte ~-llunelf •·irtu.. "nd "u•1· u ti11r :::: ·~;~~::::~~.:~;:~:E:.:£:~ ··:··:~~:::....... 01 !bat ._/oar d•,.• debtlte took 11• ..., · . f:;·::~ ~: ~ ~~_\'"~.:_;ity bi~ int t ller tDal de•·elopme111, for :~~~~~~::: :::~~E•;·~~E.·~·:~;c ~~~~~r~~~~~ .. :~k~~~~~~~~i:~ ~~~~:~~;~j~l ~~~:~~~~:i~~~~~~ :~:~I ~~'!:i,;~:~,.~~:;::.~::. d~~~:op,~~~ :~:::;i?.~~~:~i':·:~:i=:~~:,~~= j:::r:;:,~.r ~=:::~~~~:ed Iit c11~e or u t \'AI·h·· r th t'n '"" of t lilrt'l' l !'HI' IU\'11 t~ h o ult\ lit• II I1'K.'IOII lh'\' f' r \t) \.Jc ror~OII C.II \.Jy l1•11tl••"' 1111tl lllf'lllh1·nt nf \nbor uuio1111. i11 f11c.t . lillY loody or wlto d t• pt•m l on n wo•t•kly ur mouthly wog.- for tlu~ir li•·ing. 1 . t 1-'il!'uri ug from ttll~' Mn~tlo· tlh' \\'Or kel"ll tuUtlt los{' wlli'rl• 11 :~~~rrll~il~~~;:i·~~ristl•,',:·l~;:::::~~~ ~::~~~~~~e::,1.~'1 nl~l~:~·:rr.'~'·~~~~~~:l\\"t•cn 11~111 cHpitHl hn11 !h•· h1•st of tlw J,:lllll~:~-. or M~lCHit'llt . i th" \ r · f•uol•li~n• •·f r•pilaTi~t •o- c •tuD::o:~·· ~:~r'::~::t t:! : t1~== .:::,~.,:~lt7:,~ell for t he ····- - -cl _u:.~.':.~~~f~i!~ 1 \'~,~:~i~~: ":.:~:ili;l~?'~~=\~fnll1 ~/\;,~sl~!~::;i~n • ._.moderator for we1 .-. wttll~ fhe t hra•llial th~~ir ~:;:il~:~:·~~~~h;;:•;, '~;· ,!~:--:•;~~~:~~11 c:;,:~~·ra/;;;t~)~e" ~!ij~ k h• k I> \' thf' w ork t-.nl. tltmf' who lin' diSI.IItiafll1'd •~ singled Itt. •ii- Tur~n.. o r if th.• ntunht'r or disturber~~ is too ~at ~ r.a rried t o SQWE' Tribunal. all th e lalll'"\"t!:rt oD th e Srwl t hf' .-a.'-t' ~;; :~"'~;~h1;ro~ t:~h~h~~~:~~i:~ha~1=G~re ~;..:·~~ ~b•••·o.r f"'lh~ann ~the: ;: 1 r::~~ ::: :;~1111 ~: "mms. a re y of ::' ;~br~tia:i~~eo'..,.:.~:r.the>•~ ••• •·ho ::.~f'l~·';e:~ •uol me>ral t'' . .. aD ollldatinl$ f"i"t ot JlTOWtb.~u~ Au. ;:;•~;:~:.:~t~:.. ·~f ::.,d ~~:.~"::.:r ::::rt~f:n!,~~~~:·~=t~:~ ~~:gtlil to pr• tour l'olilllil Soeiahne are of IUeb worltera are oeta every· ure the moeaa• of ttibllrteace, and t.w a trtmeatlou lurncrut aad wbere j 11 life, etpecially .wb~ re me>ra l aaJ oniH tO mpletett fall tO i1111pr- .Ollie 1harp ~rit1d1m1 ,.-U\ 1Je ': 11d. • •ieb lllllaifHl iuelf ia the dirH:t ion ~lUll what the." belil!'l'e they are 1!11· fli t he iaf,.rie>r worlt demauded by UJ•i· ti thod to. namely, a fMPKUible potltioa la1itt prolt-makia,r. in litc. O!l r 111oder11 -iety i1 ~~'7r ~~::;~~~e;:::·;;~:~~::; ~~;;;; ~~·:. ~~~:;:11:'; ;!; :U~~ar,;;~ =~·::':,eM, burien 1 Padi. . .at will take r.taee ill Anplf. KATlOJrAL ~Tloe,. are auw .!10 (fodali.u i• tlilla The S •tioul Cemmit' - •otloa er- body, bul It It aot tspwted tlaat the . .·.:·.~~~:~:~ ::7:::::.:- .... ,~ ·"' - t .,.,.. uad~ ~ IIIOtitn _~MH!ty, •ot aa W1'1111~dlli111" if be lot!rTet t be eo.•a.ity kl!t!p ~ "outeut " f~ beeoaiq •-·~ of 111 .. ~·'Y· _but beeaue ia u.e di••oal!lt way, ... for i• - lllde>t eitisea apia. Mol .. &o.l lk 1111 wallb at· lilt~ C«<lmaad, lt.aa~, ia petilk'l, wflne lile IDikl!:t ~-- tliU: •..r-tem b ..U.Waed, we. wiD 7:: • li~-=~ ~~Y ~=:r: ::~lie .,f ., _, ;;~ ,':. = 1Hd-:.".~-e> 11 ~:! rc;r ~ tool of t.be Dialloat!lt,y -t ""a!WU ''"N!! ;:~~~111 •• 8trebotl aad Ball, yN; ~t-.L party ,.._ =~e 11~eme:::::. ~!....:: ~ d~,.. a.ad • "-M:• ~J'ft, -~ ,..,_ .;u,.nt, aad ;:~=~i~:-J..r.~ aaaof-,.,.:!; m1 . wltat ...... ten I:MPL nw .n~ i~ f a"u •f tile •t.ple lif•, 1t • lM a..d life, a..t C'llad.On t• tutiar !ht tile Dp&e life ia by • lib el tai:rou:r aad aaeial • . ==~-~~ ~ :';nof t~~· ,::,...So.:,~: -ber. ;. te ~ateH' inl• 1'-I>J.e.for ~Jdoial W • ~atsti" fro• t._. tk• - u -.,. e~it ...t. ~ worW. whE"thE'r the •r.._ e.e, :::~~~~t •;:,:.,":'!nrt ~~~:h:.•.· Sola. ---,---- Like Master Like Man me;::J~·:~..c:l=-kl•~~" n•a~•eu tlte maa 1 It i~ not "' mueh the ki11d we>rlt ;:!. rtlue.-. ltt no .:e> a"'"'"' tool; aader ·:~~;.::_:::~::::::E :=:~:::;:E:~::~~;~~ :::·r:~~:::.:.:,~· <b• thi.N arbitrator neftr_ • Arlnt"t)Oftf Lt-t thf' Npitali•U a r bitnt i" .!IIDQPIK lht'~lvet. if ir th~ • ·()rhrt " ' ·n ~JM't' 4P r~• aD.,vthirtr thf:y Na..k.. dt~ aod .sta.bd by thew to the lut ditel,. ,...{Wi'E' 10 be bamboodt'd into u,v Ct.llli" of two a ~hao~ io t hf'. ..-ond o[ • "'IU.!IH" dE-aL :,,;:•!t"u::t;ol:w:l:~-e~:;.r~n;o:::;eitoe tu • liktd. tht> a\ll·ard or Dot. .. . )!.._,·or Fuhnnana aboWfll his tntf' t>osition wbu hte wade •tl!-l('•ftt. and it wu the first ddp~'-Y or bat".kbcule t\"U" llbown thll 1• How We Must Settle :;::~~~~:"'a=: ~=u~ 1 ; -!e..~~ ~:;:.e~~~·t;:o:: totkt!~ ';;,er':.,:~; ::;·~::·r-:;:e:~:,~::..,o~:.'~;, 1,kt. With RockefdJu K«ept.d Ia "t!TY 1111 tbe ame •pifit barr!",. to keep llim ud klt: lilt.e f.-om ki••taad aplan tlt.e ttriltert. Tile tr"ltt!l'll elediou fC>J tilt Piultb ;:; ~~r:~.!!';i:=~~~r:::;i:~ ~~ :~nk~:t e~.fi~t-:.re a ~u J- ~~~~A~:~e~:~~~.-~::::~;~~;~~= I ,. 11is of m .. nt ami tlw ouly rt'llrt"S.~ u£ lht> w orkt- ril _is to •gniu go on 11trike. Th.- 1'1\Pilllli!l-\ t>IHS!! ktmw how t'HSY it ltl t o )Hill the wool 0 \"er tb e . "·''-"' of tht> wotk'l-rs with 1ho• old "snc.rt'd t.•outn~et' ' gttg arid the Oar fnelld, Roelilf'relle r. ba. ben e>f ) 0{\li.w!l 111'\' t'r rail lo J;t•t " "'' ' ' w ith il . Tb t'.r ..._,, "lt't the men holler lale tlu · objHt 11.f murb • hu.e ia 1lilr ~~~:~··;:~~~~f::~~~it; 1;:·~~!si~~= 1=1i!h,i~·~e!0~ft~~~~'d1 !u~!.e . Wt- ia~iJt ur•on our rij1hl 1o 6n,J our Tho~.gb It I• aot the f1n lt ot th e ow11 1•urr-e in life ln<i n•~lt.- the mou worker if be Ia eompe.IW!d tu 1•rodure of il. To u.nillr• hom u liv"' lo till.- inferior ,ltOOib. wbieh me1n l11ferior lllrll nf Of lifr it ionnit_v. •ad th• worit• work111.11D1hip, ilil tllarader i• I"O!IY w.ri- it . . tl ul"\l IIIIIU. Mnol •••tUH I I~· sun• J!l It thcu !hi! e.apl t ahst d11ss will WUI Ill lOll~" I'Oilll th111 ,.fT,·•·t, tlw l'rolitll O[ the COII!tertl iu \·oh·E'd. ::~~:·:,~·:L~:~:·~~::i::~~?:~;.::".~i~:;~::.~:::::'~:·:.:~ ~~, r•lber t han tbe ttsfblags. ~~r. ::~:~~~~~:~:;,~a~ · _:;~~~u-~~J;.i,~y :!.~':':~It~ ::..~: :::t~~~~.:: :;h::Di!b~ ::~:~~h~.: aad··~·::;;.:~~w·~:::t~: ~':m.te 1bit ~;b,o~~"~~~~r=! ~~::e ,:: ~t~Je hy two to 011{' lilts th o· •·lwi•••• of Olh' llrhi l rtltor, t: llpitlll th e nnc. tlw 1hird It> h1· o•huso•n hy th•• lwo, 1111d in 1110~1 Cllllt'll n~ n·· · 1111 tlw t hird. s"111c nin• 11111 11 who is 1-o utroll t>d h~· the •·hiss ill fol.,' t'll 111~'11 tlw hnart! thNII!;h tb,,• infh ti':!Wl' of the I ~•U whi••h i.;; to I ~<•J h•ii l hy lhnt num t...•in~; phu:...:l tht:rl'. · •b.r~n,e ~:e~be :;:,:~~ <t!l'<'ryone PNied t ile lil lde Ia •pteadld ot tloefo~·,':·~~:~";tn:;~:;_'":~~~b~:: ~!~ ,:,::!,~;' 11~~:::"·:~eto ,;;:..'::;; ;,;~!;.:~~;;;;h:::,~~~t:"orlt 1 ' orommon to d•• tb 1 of ,::'~';'; j~:.::.-e~· or:; . at Bl. a!: few bou r1 left for otht'r JlUrlpit.o, ,::,.:t::,:' ·~~n.•·thint; to he tf 111y bo.nelll \et lilt:• kelp pay tor tlla~ todon· b." p~~yl•r a 9"•11 adtaiMion to .-\rl it ru t ion i~ thin g- for t hl' hoiiH t'l, Rt"O:ogPil in,:lhe Jrrut •-•ibititi•t of <h. r 10ei•l 1,..cticl'll ut- •·ieiou• iD Arhitrtttiun h1111 jtrtwo•ll to ht· 11 lHHI th ing for tilt" wo rk e n1. hun••n 1iff, 1" '1 dftl'rminf'd to ruli~e ,... .. y JHJ>C!f" U •nd thi• mtltet- tbe e-du· bit lult tot ed ucati on •11ol me11t.al Thnt l>t•iug till' eRIII'. lt• t th•• i!Ost~t'll n rl~it ratf' 11111011g th~m~~eh·H ::c~~e"::~;:i:,:: ~::~:,ri::~ c•~io 11 of the' yong "~~ di.lli~uh. Tile 1"11· • _ H ,.'( \lf' r it•n•·•• i11 Fed•li~tn l'~~""~r : : : :rl:~~-not n;e••ure-1 :::~:o,:~r!:::.t~~:~· ;~·"~.;::.'....::: .. lullv rtah ll! make him !eel tb•t he •• tn t ir•h out of hint to de• ole hlml'l!l!, iil'ltde bll bre•d !OC'ICIUIIV ~UJ>J:Ort thp ~r ..at JUHI-.. nr ~let• "'·~mart llt!OJ•1e J.l~ln~ln~t ~ont•_e>.,, to >atellt!<:tual pu- tlte pa;ty. The tonvertion of th e work· If 01 W<'r• •n •n•1'"''u•l rrobtem to p late 111 th11 ~meh ~..;o:~"\~;~~~~"~:~.:~ 1i;0 ~h:f ~~e:tm~ :.:b~u;,.~;::o - -- - - 1 • At tile tan ell!t'l ion tht 1H 11te of You e1n11ot NO'&pe !be m•rhinf, for Tbe &..ol•h•t• of M..,otoiHI h11•e ju.t Oklaho1n.a YOI«< by o\'f'T 11111 hundrfol wltbout 11. a 11 ol without .rour work •t t.omplfotl"<l a J•ro•·indRI it. - iet~· eould not eai•t. \" et you ean· An u~uti•·p 1-rtl S~ate Roard of AllTif.MIIore f.l«l.,d bf ~: ;;;:::'::·,:. : ·: : : : : :,:~~: ':."~:::: £::~;~::::::~:7 :;;,:;, ;:,: : ,·::::~::~::.:~::;: ~::2~:~l ~;:::.::;.:;::;:.~~~~;:: ~;fq~:.::f.;:~~~~;~·~;~~:;~~:~: ::f~~:f;·~;~; ~;;~:~~~:~:; 1111 h111 l'ohtw11l ··lww•o•s To the wtmlll m 1 riot. l iYinll~ ';"it.i~iti: ....-b...10., art y01u ~r~~· ,.e!:~ :;;':~~;:;•. ;:;:::· ;,;~'·!:e··~:: :~:::,.--;~~~~:.~:;.~ ":~:~.,~;~k::.:ti~~ ~~ti':,:,~~;~~; ::.ha::~~~:""~~:~~~;..: : :;:~"~:~e>~,:."t~ 1re:!':d•!t ~~~:~l';~ I II ::"r::~~~~~~-~ ::,'.,:¥:;~: ::~~~:,:· ~ , 0 ~~~~~ ',~r ' 1~1~1\,:/'~;11:, 1' :~~~:r,~. ~~~~~~->~ ~10~~~ :,''. 1i1 •,:~',:::~·; ~~~~:~~~ ··.t:.l l .t"(o\1' A &OWE& 0 •• ., ,:,~ i ur.t:: lllOII•·y lo plnce in f •1-kia~r, ~t~lllllritil!alldt hfptO­ :::::::~::~,:,:::;·::.::::::~:.::::~:~::: ::~:,::~f·.~::li~:·:~:::·.;, ,:·::,~::~,·:,:.:;_::• :,i:,·~, :,~ l:<,:!o;,.•·,~ .{n.", ~, ,:,:,·., ~,',r'o,:; :,:;f~i:ra,~ :.',.•~• '.~i ""::.:~~~::~~~ ~~·~!~~ ·~:~ :;~•:::·.:~.:>;;:;•;:;';,,•:..::::.••· :,:•;· , ,', . , > • of hi,; ~~-~~~..~~\',:·; ;,1,\\~,,',:'t':.~i•~;' ~~~i;':~;~;~,,::;!"! 1 ,:~··~~;~' r~:l1tl~~~~;~~~;t~~f 8ot.ially i l · nu nlcrouo..rOn•·enlioulit i"' I !if~ ia j.t1!Ut',..l ia notbin;: mon1 th•n defor thf !•urpoto• nf mall•·•~ ; .,, for _t hr rulin11 el•~- to "tbr ..-o rlll •n o~·lrr tb• hetlrr to •1 1!. Th~ in•th·ultt•1 who in~ists •J•l hi• own ...,. _,. Sf 1hinkin11 prol·h·m• i• • olislttrhiiiJ: 1 I'OO"i•1 •.•·•'""'· t he ohj..,.t ~~ lht- i•r<•••inJI tlown of l_he . 1" !he ''"'""' 111' ,,.,.l'l _o f tor" 1 1 ~'h. m. •hr hn"•1• ,.f lh o~ .. 111 110 "u. j lil \11 htJUfS 11 1\ <•o•l;. \\ h i•• f1 i01 \ll'o •) l'l' \umr~ Ill I<'IIS\ IIIOfl' !llll tl he 11 111:1.. Ill' •11lur.1 wtll "'""11111 101 tlw •·nl!l'ntoll~ lit1111 1:1.80. liut ul~ l :'l;;~l f~~~~~',' ~';;:~~ ·:,.,~~~(~~~~~ ,;.\~~::;11~· ~~~~:.,:~r. u l"'ri ti e•, and fo • nr:r 1 Ito bi:.~:;~.li~:i~1111~e::;::•~,;; 1:!~ i IIIUII. Jt 11"0111\11 hl/\'1' IHI\' I' d titn c , ll.lld !it•itlll'r O( th em f'OU!d 1 n(Tt·r•••l n wo'""' ' J'r!IJ'ullnl tiHIII ol id Fnllrnlllllll in his "H WIIro l, '' 'rlh• wnwl•·r 101 1\.nt l·' uhrltll/1111 ditlll't oiT•• r In ,,r rh•• n11•11 in m·d•·l' tro r•••·omp•'"'''' t lw o•nmpn11~· for i I til<' ~ •r ik • · . .\tu y lt<• F u iJrlllllllll 11 ill t·ull iu )[r . . Jo u,•s • ' ' " " " " 10 ~ u ltl!· lt)!l"•••·nw rl\ who·rrhy th1• nwn mR,\' 1... ''' jUlY Ill•• o• X j., · ll ~• · uf 1\w ~t r il.co• ru ul tho· ]uW,I' t•ril f•·t·ll. til•· uuluo•l" f., r til,• lu x url< 'll h·· is " o·u titl•·•l" 10 uno[ wllich, ' " lulll , th•• 111•'11 ··,Ju llt<l •l•·~• · n• ·. uw[ it 1111111,1 pl tw•· 1,()1JiP iu tJ,.. ••11!1 11 111 1iuu uf tho· •'h iu pun.•· llf •·uurr<•· . )lr 1-'11 111·111 101111 uu.\ ) lr. l'c-un~· ar.• o•utitll•o l 10 ~r- 11 thull~llll.\ ,J,.IIur• 11 .• 1·ur fur li1· iu~o: ••X jWII~t·s. lttll 1111'11 wl1n tiO ~ul 11 ur i; 111 usl 111 ,. ,. 11 It· II .,,. 111 •·I•··· dollu1·M u W•·••k wl1ieh the 1 :~;:~:,":~:::,:•:: , ' Tile Soutbe:MI Wo rker, that lil·e r•tlf':~i;;"",:. '::;' m::u:~ .::!~'Y:..or:~t ..~::ep~::: :::i~i;gl~:e.::e =:~~~~~ of;:,·~:~~ Je>h~ "':· 8\ayto11 of Pe1111•1lnnia 111 he of ..orne a~<:ount i11 the babh• and teadeud"' a re formed, de· !1 that th• •trophy of bi1 i11telllceDr.e 1 ~ 1 ".""• •a :he turbu lut •'-te of i• hi• nr-,.it•· to 1t1111<l on bill vf.Je>i>ed •nd ellroura~te.l In the 111oli- I• ooo 11 ~omplek." \ i'll"oala. \\bile •~IIIIIJr •t ia~ilt 00 hit ril{ht vidaal. lle>w are DTO'II to pf'l!venl thi• r_ereat11 lha plutl!:t Uo":ed · T h•• rllll"l'>' t do•ul tlutl lutM 1'\'t• r lw!'ll h1111dt'd o ut to al'ly worl.c ••'"" iM l h•· "''OI·k nf .\ l n,\·n r Fuhrlulln ll who 1\"II H. ll t!Jl pOSCd lw•· llllll impnr rinlm••ntl..-r nf I h.· hoHrtl of Hrl•ilrlltiOII in !h.. t w ~o·u 1hr· 111ro•o•T o•u r 111••11 n nol tho> ln !t·rlllltiOIIIII H11ihnty. ::::.',' li.-.all JlniVe t ill• a-nttl.a. 0. bnd, tile Sotiali•t• 110t o•ly tll•-lld•eftitUtllre.TD(li'Obot lHild t!IOtiiiOIUI IIIMt• GOOD. ,~; 01°~~~t~: ~· 11u;_:~~,;h:~~~~ ;:: ;:/:::n;;n:e~;t·.:;/~::e:,~~~ora~:e~t:~ ::~:!;::!!; !et:~~e=~ ;;; !'!::Jl;:. ~: ~=;~~Y~~I:'~.~~.;:rt~ 11 . ·;:";.:.~· ;:;':;';:~;.:,:;,;• ;;•,;·;: ;;.~·:.:::;:·.7"'~ ,.. """" ~· ;:,·;:: ~:,: ~::; ~n:;;.~~.,'';;';; ,.,,,., ,. ."M"·i ;._,, ,;. A RAW DEAL lllll'o•)IIJ~;.,:··;:~~:·,•::;•;::rl:•;,~. 1,::·;·:,' i~"l1j',~,:~:.~:;.i'~rhli~l~lr~;.l::~~j t!:.~~: aool-ulratllllll"" - rth f!O.III !~Ut ThP pu rpooe ot your lite i• <orh•t 10'11 prRObiag dON little ~· it ill Jht •' .>1. huDtbed yars l frO, • worlunu no..:• II: •nd 110 one~~ ... ua make it for ua.mple thai eoaDta.. .\ ou mull tath <oru a •·eritable artiat Ui•able of u · hut roa ab tl!d d t M 13 •k •~tc~ ,_ntbl bt-~ ''~'·"· • ~li"' !~~~~~~'11\r:~:J~::;. :' r~~~: ;.~~;:·~:J::r "11,'.:•. ~:~~~·~;;,rr~1,;1 :r ~~~~~;,i;•wonld The More . Grave Contradictions ~~.','::~~~~ ~~~~~::·.'t"'!,:~;·~·\;:;::::~:;;,~\~:,~111 :'::·11 ~~·~~~ tion or makiug th e cnn· Abundant Life .n~~i~h::r~~~;-;::. ~t!~. r':~~; C'o nlrHdcM Wt• 1\l"t' tho• "'""' iu tht• fit·lo l 1111 ,1 we musT lllllrt . to 1Uttko• tiH· ~ll UtjtHiltll II h"l Oil •· ror tlw 1"111'111 }'.• F ight .. tlu- •II· ....,_dit.DIUthPrftlllft\ h.idMa 'r r - ..M;or, Jib , f'OIIIIi H bend n.lll11 !.~:;, ~;·;~.~~~~~:: . :~·;,~:~.'' :~~::~:·.~~~~~~.~.-~:, ;!•;·',~:·i~~r:~ic1!''f~ ~~·:~·,1,t';,~e_,t_o )'::: de:~~~~-i~~ .-~er~;~u;;;e:nhei!if:1;•:~tt.;:;r!it 1 ~~~~u~ ~~·tom::~.z:i i~ t~~li:i~~:, ·~'h;'~~~ J1nw•y. uwl w•· !lllllrHUI•••· tlutt tlw o •t~mpHig n will lw n uuod Olll'. lf 11 h 0111 ,.~· ill 10 ymm ~t 1111111 _ rull .. r •·UPr~y n nd.amhitiou . with a goO<"! lwowi 1-,Jgt- of Il l•· ~wiu l i11t J'hilo'tllph~-Wilh tho• l'nrty ., 1 . ~: 11 uh:o·d iutt• 11r 11 ucho-.. 1111 it n. llu Ill '!:~~!:~~"d:!:J~: ::•.:eai::!:... .~ln~t:f.~ !:.: ,:":t:~.c;s_~ ,..._futinal tbt wkld depn.._ _ . .t tlle ..ue a <~«eat JiYiu. to O--.utt'J'. 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J u11" of :he hlt~r..ario.al Hail- Agreement of Street' Car Men and V"ifiaDiway �UNDERTAiti!R AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR .No. s WAl,DBN A VBNUB. ROOD FOB SOG 1J JDIOST loalloh nr. · t<> r WtOI•' ln f. t o <'<•onf' , wo ~ ],] lot• gla tl tn tian· "'''· I "' " ~~ "'to~,.,. u nde r, prou•s t. u e no mur ir,\ lo u~:~• ~~~~- m~o . •\1 •horc tilt'><' na•·•· ~:~~. :,";::·-:~·~,:::;:::·~::::: ~~~~;E:~ :~~ ;~:.~~~-.~.!.~ ':~:~~:;:·~ 0::.~ i ·:. ,; nf tlu· !5talr ' ~jiROiutely ,:..':':,7e-..un with th e aw11rd of clreetuall .. de fe mi _rtm fo r 11 t erm of fiv e lD..Ilil t. of th e mNo l'.rp<llled 1110!11 o hnOXIOUM to th e employes. -~ot II Mu llb a ll re velat lou, tbe Willi hro ug h t out thllt w ou ld su pj)() tl such 11 working mu ,..iJf N'rog11 iu 11nd wi t h one pO~ihl ~ cX•·r. ptio u th ure i!l no precetlf:nl for tk 11111 n that hat t - ' 111 i I . .· friend OJ flabur. Wun~er I!.WUrol fl!! to wtn;es Wfls suhdRuthtl gonwt hing might fri o:n<lallitl than tbl'•· · bt· K~li d in fn\·m· of it. hut Iii\ c rmditions nre it seem11 very from any li p.. · 1 suc h an ~twnrtl lflh(inld he I!Lade. and I am of Lbe .opinion It at1Jil'llr11 no ... th~<t tbue 1 I 1 11\U ,\' prc> \ ' C R hallii< for ;t b rOJ,:IItion Of \be entire award. frin•b of l•l.oor 'lt't'r P In the l•bclr'~ tf"'lltH.~ '-'"''"'f--for hire !rom ·~·ri. IJ.II t hy, at 1l.ullla ll .aay•. T hill OUj.lht tlljlUI an fll tl for ail J C<1n1Land h om ~•~• I, to thl~ "frirnd of 1:tloor" \\·o r k u n h·s~ it h e~ omcs lH.'{T~t·,,· to opc r Hh: H seh~lu l e, tt nd thi• <'ount r,r. Tbp ne::~ t Li.a~ e 1 he ptti tl f r o111 the titrh' tl tt•)' lll't' uro!ere tlto t PJ>O rt until rdie \•ed.' ' r oml"' nrouod (lr•f~ui ng t o 1.1c> Th.: di sa,l!'t't'o·d poi ut : • of l11bo r, all wotk<' r• ougbt to :\nd slu; ll t'o' o·c ive no less thnn nino• honNi' pn)', and 6h111J hf.' book. lni'Ariahly a n,\ · pa id tiuw nnt l om·· . h nlf f or nil t ime w orkct! o\'er n ine hout'!l. DO lli-'IW wha t may 1 ~ tbe ~ee l ion i . th e liM!! parnj,t'rnp h is Jt gn·<•tlto. wh ic h r t'lld!!l Dll foll o ws : Why •\oulol lal.or ba•·e ··All tut·n tnk••n fro m t hdr ow u run to 1\o o t h e r work, nnd !Jte " fr i~ udd" !tQUrto for lii.I C: h St' l'\'it•e is 1 ('!1.~ tiUIU th e ir r cgn.lltr · work, th ey s lut!! Urn i• labor. o:on~ t i tu t iuf tbt ,.,,c,•i\'c puy fo r th e nnm her of ho un; tltt·i,;. rc}!ulnr work calli; for. " .,.he1min(l' majority af tbe J)e(l ple 'fh(· {li su~rct·d J>()illt in !hu t section is : t.ountry, the only t tl \ JIO"'" • " If m ort• ltnurs f>f sl•ni ec tt r c tl't:iniretl in ! his (·luss of of t.he b1-llot ho~. lt It tho u !he ir rc ~ulnr hours o f sen·icc Nllls fo r . tho•y 11 hall hr pnid nml o ll f'· ltulf ·for nil time he~·oml that o f th e ir r t•gulnr ll••n ·ic{'. " T he o t he r two pnrtt J: rn phs of lk'Ctio n 7 is Rgreetl t o. "Ai1 iu c't<'lt ~ of \\'All(• t n be grn ntcd t o nil me n luwing" or boi lers firt• room!! in Hll ca r hou!K.'S Hnd shotos ; nllio. r 110rk mg b m ldmg dcpnrtmt•nt nmou n tmg t o t\I CII t \ per :':tars. JUt t :~~:,~,;~·~,,~";;, .1·~,'~:,.~,~"'~';• :~.~~:~. 1_ '"" liu!~ ;n,o· 1fh!le k<'J •I ou t " ' I U'" IHI\IIo] " {'\' o• t • ll f' l" 't\ I IH' III . Thort• :Ho' 'I'"'" :1 (,•w !llllrt ico! • fti l· nt• " ' tlo•·· ·~" " ' ll x. ""'' it mlll.: c• lifo' :. lt\ illj..'!<Jr lnro • fgr uo, " lll•l. :.l k h ~ o•l llo•jo!lJI! ~"."" Oml t ho •._. lt alo:<u !u,•wurk • ov..r con <'ourt S tr.,~ l u " .,,!\· l,· ·old""'' tir.·.l l,..r<·aft c r "" .l uh· llh. :\l ur.• po> ore r t o him. ( li e will ner.1 it . t•l ~ ' "P t hnt ). Hut if "" n n' t ' '"I' u >~n ail Mlll._. mrn t of for· oi ~ ,.··r· H\,·l.tat insr wi th fir~w urlo~ . " !wt •' " ""''''' :or.• th"'e t>( h i~ ~ ' "l' t• in ~: t lr it it no·:t,roffutb t 'nTohll• l "i~llll, ,\Ul!. J.::. !'l; ho rt• •· illr, Aug. •1. ~ \tuldt r " t n, ,\ u:;. 5. Oc n•••· n. .\n:; .G. ~,. , ,.-.~ ._ t'u ll>, .\ 111-(. ~. S. !!, 10. ll hPcn, Au;.:.ft. TuWI> of lth:. ru, Aug. 1~. Euo1icotl , ,\u ,;. 13. Owo•j.:n . ,\11 g. I I. \\'n ,· ,• r l~·: ,\ Hj..'. !.i, 10, I~ . ~: hn i r:t, Anlf. I!>. 1:1"' ira I! o•i ,~: Itt '• ,\ ug. I ~· . :!0. :O.I oou nur l':tll•, At~ ;:. ~ 1. ~~. {'oruinj:. •\ uj:. 2:1. ~I. Hath, .\u;:. 2:i. lt •m h·ll, ;\ug. !!G. Wc lt,.·i11t•, .\ug. 27. FUHRMANN LOVES THE WORKERS • M ORE U:TT£28 OF THLS KO."'P ,. ot th.: r Hte of \\ Hgt!!i p111cl 1 I ;,~I"'~'.""'." I"'''"' t h~111 on Al trt l 5th. J 9W ' I FUHRMANN'S rate• per hour for all ov~rt•mo UCTION 16 GENEROUS PROPOSITION ~.. m•• oh&JJ ....,,,.,. -tl• e ~ ttl'l"t ro r m.. n " '"'' t:tl fro•u .\t r '""''"''"" ,,, .,.. ,,, ""'"' ·• fl"1'1t e ftcHII 't!\ett . ~ap1 I A 1t ~ l 1 Before lu1 t'lN•t.l on t)o),.. wage Of $1_2& for each theT rMp011d to all m&T be desipa&t.ecl by laloor ~hat !abo\ eonl!l not do fo r "m'!!'!!!,P.'?!~l~ ... 28 cents per hour foremeJL it.,..lf a thon•nd tim" better. I ;===;;;;:~=;;~:==~==:;:::;;;:~==; · ~~ 7 ld, An matters determined by ....~b::m:~~r::r:~: ':!:g~:':~:: U.U. be u fo}. BO&I'd of Arbttralion lh&ll be a ...... wben It lndnted iu facile jo.dgM C..nuna"" foom pon 1 &It · fZ cont.ractnral · beach un(\ ""•G"' f'ujort •l lm nt~ tuif'l)'. 8atur ~·, Aogv~t 3Gtb. "·ill be tJa1 i•t !.111- y at the llf.rb tbi~ yu.r. Jlla n thatare l>eiog•nad c- fort bcwill kn Otk you r ~ye out. 01>c ..,, tho!- tuain futu re- will be atb1e:ic J.t3mf.f. T~w• iDnea toa a thlet ic 1,rog ran 1 will 00 lhanu nta inea, o:,haa1pion l on,~r: dh;tallte runa er ol the ..·orld . Koblelltlli nca l1 a So· elali•t 1111d et tbe \\'or!J'• Ol)'mJ>Ic garue. heM a t Stoe"bolm !aU year be cle-aned up everytbial! ia ~i~; ht . He11'ill eompele •l!ainll fonr inl'.a, ruuvlng In relay•, ~~ ~aiaot th<~ "'orld'o lltnlleur &our re'llord. 10 mile.<~ l,lS! ya rda. l..ut ,..J.,tet K obletuaiDt;,u ~Om]'eted •t tbe Hth sawn be.lor! tbt! lllf'itli l uowd t ba1 the & J'DIOI'J lll'n beld. 1'ou All know wkere Cry1tal Bcoacb i1 aad :rou. lloow th L lt' th~n! ill u f •pot Ia tbio part .t Ole eoaatr,. ia /'"bldo ••peud • d• y of joy aad e.OUI~ it r isbt at 1.b1- beaeb. 1'lte biJ •tt'amer• are aaply lltla te U.trJ tAo-ada tbat will jo!lntey te bH,da tbat day. in gs i• aaother leuo11 to !be •;;,;:~~ ~=~~ of t h ••alo" o f Working Cia .. '."' I · ac!tioa. :\ext el~t ion •·ote . !'arty of tb e "'ork•ng elau, T br Sot,aJ. 1 _,_.,., _-· • .•:-,·~ "'t Party. · between to grant ull,iu•l lnjunetion1, wben it 1111· · 8BOWI THE. Youl'l fo r 8odnli ~ "'· the- obliption Lbe compiu,. aad the Aaoeial.iou t>ritoned worker11 o" abllurd cbugn of f« a period of flve yean, from ~oo t rPipl of cou.rt, wbu It .ecnred de· May lat. 1913. eilllon after d«i1io~ limitlug tbe ll'rn t to thr wor lo h•!i 1h·..ot !'"!'"' iu thi ~ r•art of S tall' o, and lo itl fdi ton I crtdit for th e. ll'lt'l- lu!IIIDI!Of th e•"''"" l'" '"'" ofUuthlutnthcpadfewmoutb..!. )lOtter to· ~·ou r o;olb£,.,., ---- I am a Soeialiit bed.tltl! I .""'":: l ~~~!!;f:~'-~~~J"'IiticoDJ thnt ~hose orrbo are the doing of "'!"fnl LaYe ao opportunhy t oe11joy file wbit.b otben produee. Rf.ll] wll!4um il t be knoorr l l!d~ one'• 11 ...11 poorren and limll•tioa rela tloa to the t ao kl o~e oh~~• ' "j;~ -.~ 1-erlurme;d, or o11e;. c111\ed opoD form, tbat 1•, to one't life work. book·leal'lllag thai. tllllke, bat Ute aprlleatlon of to ,!!!!.J!!!$1iral probiUill of all tbelr uptetl. ' .. .,. of t he worll:oen , wben It tried tbf'm Jllll to d"-lb oo ~v~ .Boor. :!:;~" t11°:.~~~~;d:~oo~~=e~1 d';;~ Lou l.la na nd W~t \'irgiDia. It dtdared war u.o leu when It ru ptM Congteu and took by tbe I III HDI Ike eontrol of tbe It \,too late now to fttl 11!'1ariou betwtf'D ._bor Th~n! can be no more preteiiM We kno'lt' DO'It' On iadilputabl.e from tlla io1ide tb a lengtlu tbi• a~hter du• bu go11e. So loag u we b" ·e •;utf'rn of -ittr ,..e 1hall looal ?altDD faet uren' by., Parry ud Y11n lhto;v ban bcJn allf!o~ed a~~ d the coDf-loaAf one of lomorro,.. they or tomeo!le f!ilt! wUI ap.ia btl at work to trick alal·e. There I• h11t o11e po...er· l., ab le to eope wltb 111ch an DOES DfTE:UIATlOlf.U. t ha t l1 tile IOIIdarity of Ute d"a uprened throa.rb Jt• awn • " OWlf FtTBlL.If.Alfln wbieb 1•- lke Bocialill))lorty. Wll" " the of th e di•patchet'l Ol"'ni!Otll eame 111• for · di.cu111io o Oj!J>O!ed u iaert alt'. He uid were getting •~ mucb aa for tbs t dill!$ of wo rk an)'· hia zeal to JlfOh!C'I the dh·i· !.be l ntfTDIIIioDIII I be mayor e••iole ntly aclinl!' ,..ithout luto.'lt'l· . of lh flleu. Tbt t n~tb, l• t brae meu are the lo West raid ia the .o:euo try. 1Ic.t11 a re tbe w•an of difJillte.ben oa tbe ru. ilrqad• e111erlng .B ufl'•lo: B., H. I< P., f lllO, ~35, t H O; I.ebi11h VaUey, fl:l(l; :\ew Yo rk Cto tral , t l ~O; Eri e f 1e(l; Penn•yl ....oi.a, fl!!:t to tl37; l.aek11waan, fi:!'Q. The l.llleru ational I..Y. $80, t85 •od fOO a ll>Oulb. T el.graphera on tbe other road• ]!et IN!m t57 to tS.'\. T he l.Di e matioaal'• 'lt'aae ,(a,·es dr:~w t1own on ly $55. ...l~liliumtJlo;mo;e [;;:::;.:~~':,'~ SPECIAL NOTICE BAY VIEW BEACH Koud REDUCED FARE r:ma!,a~ ~ :&::::l;t~ty 'l'rt~!:.:a .. Fa... B. A L. 1t.. Ca" Dlr.at, Cllnton and Ellleott 8ta. Seewe yoor Tlckaa ~ TICte~. omoe, CU.aoa aJid Ellkoct B&a.. or a~ cu1 ,_ ......, ... ......., ......... , .... FRANK EHRENFRIED ·-··.--4-:-......... ... -"---·-............ WATOB.Dud DUIIO!fD8 I'ULU&ST GUALUn'U llaU, llowant 1r'f6.M rn.ttu tton u.... �A T"FBNTION! -----.!Y MEIIIEIS IUOCIL llffiU, aaT N11J . - - GENER~L±~M.EETIII Franklin Sunday Afte 2 W. Eagle St. , Aug. 3rd Candidates for City and County office:s wtll be nomtnated. Munldpal platform will be adopted . Bring your due card 'With ,you. · Only rhembers In good standing will be admitted. Due stmps Can be purch .... d at the hall. · The meeting will be called to order at 3 o'clock.. BACK TO NATUR£ PICNIC -AT- SCRANTQN PAR.K A most beautiful spot-. about a mile and a half this slde of Hambura: Ul'iDEit AUSI' IOES 0 1-' ~~;~~-~~~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;~ ~~~:.::J-~:~~~~~~~~:~nr~~~ctt52,4andR-~~".I~.rtf•i~.~~~t Sunday, August 24th GAMES PHIUP H. CALllRY OF SCHENECTADY WILL SPEAK & L. E. U u at. Wash inrton and Ointon Streets NO ADMISSION The Street Car Men's Union ARE HA \1!\ G T Ht:llt Jo' IIIST ANNUAL FIELD DAYA·TCARNIVAL COURT Wednesday. August 27th TICKETS, lO CENTS EACH Bny your-tlck~t11 t rom • ny 1ilotorm•n or euudut"tor. t:Yery t:lllon 1n•11 In llnlfal iJ uu,::l11 111 Jl•ln:tnlzo· M l'h ree! C..r li en , SOCIALIST DAY CRYSTAL BEACH Saturday, A~g.30t~ ATHlfTIC GAMES SPECIAl ATTRACflON Hannes Koblemainen, champion amateur long distance runn e r of the world,willcompete:against four meit -- running in. relays- agalnat the world's reCord. UNDER AUSPIOES OF L09AL BUFFALO, SOOIALiaT PARTY . A&ltat. and aubaorlbe for the Atlletter-Eettung. 'l'he cmtr Germau oewapaper to the-.~ out.tde of I'Cew York t1tr. ,.~ ~eat~Dc tbe imenM of lbt Wc.klar Ob.ei.. - 60 eeu ~ to.- a 11!9D' biJ· ' Ollb, 315-317 Gao..c-llbut, - - Bu!Wo, N. Y. ,. �-I 52 Y . Eap Str.t,. ~ D.ot •.utnH HIUSI..alt,.._...._. BUPP'ALO, N. "t, I"RANit~,T- He'IJI~.~lnftloof .,.., w.~.CA~~N~. Sut.atpl::m Prb $1.00-PK nar,SOe lib: moatt., pay.W. In*ua: EDtere4 UleCOOd-<lla.u matter Juneb, 1Gl2, at tbe ponomoea' Bnfl'alo, New YUC'i, uod l!r the A~ ot MU"Ch 8, 1879 SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, i9J3 ANOTHER DISASTER- • MORE INVESTICATION the. produet& o( th ui r toil. It ill within the power of labor to atop the wheeb of eommerell. and paralyze the bnsintw~ interst of the country· and it i.!l not until the buai.neiJI intenl1 uf the country bu been paralyzed that the IRiillt can be nutde to fet!l lh!! direct efteet a,nd in the trufferings Bud in<.'Onveuieueet of str;tccr:a. CapihtliRm ha <~ olt>veloped until ita interest is 10 wo,·eu ami interwon·en in tbe ,·arioUJ indUBtries of the nation thtt 11 local strike in any one indu!ltry will o nl y cHUliC th em to l ose" s mall JX!rccntage of profitfl, while the ,;t rikers Are :rorced to endure nn. toltl hanlllhi}m J~mJ $u1Terings. We ba,·e An illus. !ration of this in W ~!!il Virginia now. W hile t he ~ 1 iJ1 i~~g0 ~,.!~: 11:n~0 ~u~~a~:~ ~~d~i~: ~~~~! :~~ other milll!l'l! nt \)'Ork ilupplying the .market with CoAl. filling the ordcMI. erc11ting wealth aud ·fur. uiJJhiug the ca pital interest wit h the sinaws of war to·Joree the iltr ik en~ into Kubmi~;~~io n and· what is the ri!Hillt f long 11.~ mi ners keep the market 11Upplied with cnalnnt! continue to erente wealth !or the coal Mro1t.,. int erest this light <:11.11 be carried on iudefin. itely. m1 t he samr i nt~rest that finance~> and con· trois the mi n e~~ of Paint and Ct~bin Creek fhumccs and controls th l! mines in t he ~e ,V Ri n~ r diatfict nud o\ller n o u .union~ .!IS well as union fi elds of Ail the ORCANIZE TO WIN Gradunlly the labor •now:me nt in th is eountr~· i. fi!-[htinl( OI'!"UIIitntion which will meet th;> conditions whnt i ~ called big h usilii'BM. Ou t ill' Millo• of t l11' e ~tpita li at elaAA ('RU be seen · Hmnlji'IUmttiou of fon·e~ tlmt will cn11.hl l' th e ••:otploit eno; to mak t> 1 Jlrotit tha u c \'{'r h1·fore. ThHI mCIUlll that t he ":orkcrs· must fo r tf1eir labor nud puy mon· for thi• meMus of Cli i Rtl•!I Ce. Lt~rl('e C;(lrporu tious nr~· uot ouly growing lurg~: r. but t •·orporntion!t 11rc usuully orgnn ized into solne kiu,} of. a n . ~~~~(~~:~~~~~~~~r !:.\~:,: ':.~~~':.~~~~~ ;::~~<;k~·~~~~~~il•,~i\. t;:;:~~.~~n~~::'~.~~\ ~>11]' 1'1 ." tl••· neo:i·~!Uiry produc111 to cun lole their nllit.'ii to OBc~l~"c''""c~"'<>n8<";"•ghti"'<-""'~''",;,~;;r.w-,;.:,;; -R<;;;,,I; oltJ>r.n4· )iD rtan"l! tor , tb-e 1ue - of tb it ente "· bi~b deJ>rh•e- th em of the mu n1 meat tbat the emot.i 011.1l 1ld!! ot ot intelled ual~elf·dt! v eloJ• mut. Chain· n•turebe no\ neglected. 1 every ""1 to th t! prollt·produ.::hlg machine they Tbe muMS are aot tialned in the women, lelf·respeelhlf m HII U · ~aei tbe opport1111ltiN of nquirl11g thlt 1eboot. of pbl!otOphy, their eapacitles to wbom work i•. aot • bordea, , 1,; !ke-b•coldng •ndepe.,de11ce, or lell·mutery. for logiul thinkiag are 1101 u a rule bleal11!, 1101 • d • ~.;reeable duty, for tbe woriiag people to illtelle('klal 111d mnral frerdom wlthnut wbieh no ru l freedom i1 ponible; aad liberty an illn•ioa. · aad tborongb comprebeatioa of the rrnt rrobl~m• of Mela.l Ute. Tbeir lnlellet tu..l borizoe b Tel')' limited, ·bfl,. ta lllf! thei r wo rk deale. th!!DI t be opportunlllH to widen U. Tiley thillk, Finally, we will havl! In orpnl&e •ork of aoelety i11 a wbi eh euble tb e worker. to of their labor wltllont to rtve· ap tbcl larger part :'ea::."'~:: !~b -:~!ir ~~Lwith ~itp~:l::•,: a':~!~!e 1ot ea~~~~~~~~~~~~~:;~n!il~w:~ ..w:!: ,!~; ~:~'ib/::::::~ ~:!. ~~r to~:';:!~ :";:;::~~~~:;:~~'· '"~'spe"'abte '" This is Our Day on the part of i must be ch anged, and .oon. if of · eountry to make headway in th e struggle. th'at molt of the rank a ud fl le of the membership of the umh:r"*tand the ueeesaity fo r organiu.tion alons tbcte lines, tb ~re ia a st rong te.ndeu{'y in t~t dir ection, but in order ~ wo<k<•< l..".'m~;_oJ!... lllelr of the 1reat ehtlli z· We mUll, therefOre, take the road ela- lllat lh-e 011 the worll of men hue throqb · their heart. It we wpt to people, It lii"'UI the e!Jd of all !'- ;:~me~: r:~,: ::c.:o:~;l~~"':!;d, :~~~;;t,!:t1 :~!~ ~~:'.:_:: !~ =~ :::~~~. 1!y u n;>>n•l •>•·~·· tae •pectaelel ot the it . prej u· tit. it "'' wl•h to eallft til~ 1• thl• It' • - t o ruder aaptd&able all 4 great r-n.l ltriie WII'IP. the a.aten ot tbeir peat Jtruqle for the e.tabli•b-t ot ~e• by waleh peoflle try to obtala Wlllien _,. oenr I• - W'l.nt to be tq m,uten eo!Oaomle j111tlee. Tiley m.t be mack! tila.~ . •lllell _tUy an .•ot ntltled to. t or .._plet• muMod 1tlmu~..,!; :;ti::i,·~~::.::.at~ ~~~ ~~~~~~· nl:::~--:: !~~:; ..or::. ~·.;-:1:\-:,,2-;t--:: !:~~~~he,~m!i'·~~~~!;·~:~~~~~:fn;gi!f 1~h-;~,:u~~~!r:~r of .ofiduitr of IMt>Or. -...._ • .1 It il ju11t 11.11 neeeuary to bn e a nDion of u m o01, ~gam!ed to pr~n\ 4 a 10lid fr ont, as it it to have individnala organu:ed 1nto 11ader.tood thm, alld 011r actlol:ill aatf.rlal lntfre111, a11d tU.t tile nltl· l•aUIJ, Ud · then' 11 u dletated a nd •tl.malatM by oor . .te ntelli!U of it will • ot oaly bot "• u.,.bla of N1vl el' tt. muon. Orsanize to -..•in! onf'L the Thy~~re.-:~,~~i: a:~d::::~ ~~II.IIIJ!m~h 1 o;:w lty a11il jn.ticll. ~~:::.}!~ih:;'!;·o~~ -~ :=~ ":t,!:W..!!t 110 wit) ot M r o.e tio• tui a ,...ok l8 liar to the , .., ·.....el1' ~ nu:..:•_ :::~;~.~ The P,. Upeec eajoy tomorrow ,_· . . . 1J01tl tw todaf, follow!., fada • W.pupl ~ted bJ a 0.. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/5c8a04a58784a42285666ab67bd9d631.pdf c5dca8f1d48d1cb6e9509259db204ffb PDF Text Text LOOitATTHR-C# YOUR ADilUJS LAJIU.. JP lT IS · &2 YOUit SVIISCRIPTION J!lt. PIIU!S NEXT WE2It CENTRAL lABOR COUNCIL GAINING IN STRENGTH ., �ability•••mutleia!l. ll y ea lu,- -.r&4! ju!'t &!)(Ki t ten I E. WEDEKINDT UNDERTAKI!R AND FUNI!RAL DIRECTOR No. 5 WALDBN_ A VBNU our tin!,· 1 a~· "hilt· k<-!•1 "": 111 ~~~~ ..-vu!oln r••· t•Ul'l"''ttlol'm. • Tl .. ,,, nro• •rnilt• " ,,.,... mnrri<••l ~11i l · , , ,~ "' tlw ~""'" n~. ft'"' it ,,_.,,.. li fe .\t ... .-b ... t..r, ,\u~;.:i . r.eu•·•·a ..\ug.6. :"..•nt'~a 1'1111•, An.: . T. ~. ~~. Hl. l tl111~ll. A u~,t. II. T~ "' " uf l tbllt"l\, ,\ u ~t. 1:!. 1:1, E mli~ott . .-\u~t. lhl'"~· · _ l'- Uf•l . .) ! ,.. ha ~ l llr c11n .,.~·· th ~ t tluoor l! 3htHI th r l"nrk < ""'' ''" f'o urt ~11•·•·1 ..,1~· 1... . .,1,1 ""'' fir···! ,,.,,.,.rtrr ,l nh 4tb . • JII or .. !'"""''' ICI him. "'illneo•olit.tn•tup th• l): IIIII tt• n 't•tnpn ""'•llf.-ttl,•nwt•t f' i l:""'" ,.,.J,.I>rntii•~ " 'ith• 1 ~•n tlw lib I j 1'<'1 ~ lllltl l) ,~b ,\uc. U. •.• . 16, 17. \\'lll'l'rl~·. '' "~-'· El111i ....\Uj.:, \• . ~: lmiu llo•i vhh •• \ u:,!. 1!', 2 0. :!1,:1:. t· flt~l 1''\"IUt'UI 011 f•.... lj:i' tof 5(1 · " 'f1:k. It i• -.ri t b fll•·•~u re· thi.•, kuowln.: tho• ,~;r.•U 1 t h:lth:r.,l.t'l'n. maolo•lnthr dalil't in fbf! r~~>t ft 'l" rr11liution that , " ·ith tht <thfl p!lr1 ~· rn embc" r• anti P•l'erunben•arle l•r ·~ h •tl:t' • gn>a ter tuL!l<li~t'lllinlltiu•• SPECIAL. NOTICE - BAY VIEW BEACH Jtouad REDUCED FARE Tri&e~:!'na':aa.~·~!'!..~ :.~~~,ri~ty P•~ · B. A L- lEt. Care Dlntct, C linton and El11cou t!l t-. Seeure your n rtltt.l •• Ticket 0!11.01!, Ollnt.oo and Elll•...cJ Bu., or at City IJoa. o- dJli>i .:~n•l at tile \\'or!.l't pmu htld ai. au~ckb ol m lui rleaufod up e'~'o:-trtAiuJt in ~iJ:ht. •orkn d - oot 011ly aot OWl! Ill! UN'I, bu t lie mill\ ~t>'nt d~ hi~~~~otlf to be allowe<l to UJe tbtm, "'try r&l'f:ly ~ hu i ·chantf' o f betbe .,...,..,_ o f • trad.. n-layt, a,:•i•ut dte world ' boo r r..cord, 10 mild, 1.1 52 riat t r K ohl>!ml lntll l'OmJot"ltd ~-&th gamn before dr• laf'l;n t that tbe armorJ' fll'tr held.' p...a.- l givn H ere it i1 eiali1t will JJOiat with pride to ca~m l>epar1ml!nt of the Soti&lin •• 1. tuec~fol Bod•list built Ill' iA • ear1i tali t t ;.:~;~~::~:~e:~~v<!d I witdom ia tbe kAu..-ll!dxe of mtPibenhip aad You .II k110'II" where C r,-.ta l a nd you know 111&1 If tlac-'H i1 l.lttbitJlartuftlw!eouatryill 1pead • olly of joy ud ri&h t at the bMeb. T~ biJ tlaat thoee wilo are rteo~•ert ar. ••plr &ble to uny tM tM doi nt of _.,.1 o.o-aO. tbt will joa.riM\T to ••• U..-c • • oprortaUty to eajoy tN ~~~ tb.l.t •lddtot-.n -1 prirf'. the 'II'Otktt O'l.'ned hb IOOhl, lftd witho!lt IIIJ thOIIJ!hl of J)(Of'WDI. i Tbe modtrl In· It will not be 1(111! u11til Ia not ht~& me I muter. -pete11:1illalfourmrn, dar. hi~:b • Our Mlci-Sumzna Sale as usual brings a lara'• throng of eager buvera our stores. A:. our "•'="""--!•••"''' ~'!!nine tbe to ~:c:_:;do~~~:~ :: ~:;~:;in:idO::~:o;~:u";!~~ibvtt oroae;.ealledapoa torer.- - - to on<! '• life work. It ;. Sa t-ribe fOT Uae -..alo lodaUit. that Dl&llee for re•l , but ' t~ a ppl.it&tlon of upir- TOK PITTOS-J>rw . . . to the pnctiu.l probluu of life WS..• ad O.al'l eu..q.. a.,t ~_!heh uptett. ....... ..... p...,_. 4..._, -- ·~•: ~.,,.._,,~,.,,,. ovq from one to another' therefore great bargains prevall in all of our de- --~~~----~-11~~ Cmifut,-,..,.,u THE EITE~ a.- IISII..saa 8t. 1800Jetr...... St. - �ATTENTION! MEMBERS Of LOCAL IUFFALO, a l l PMJY . GENERAL PARTY MEETING - . AT- BACK TO NATURf BASKET PICNIC -AT- SCRANTON PARK A mos,t beautiful spot about a mile and a h~,·~:::~:~,~~~:~~::~~es~ ~~: :~:~~~~f~::~~~:~~:~!~~~::::~~~~::;~ · ALL MEMBERS OF xi£ 1ST PAll'l'T • - a .:h u,• J 'I JI'~'· / ~gin ning Septemher 1~ 1 BOCJ.AL.. th._. auh..., ript hw Jlritr .,.. ; 1~ Ll' i nrr~u~t·<l to r.o r .. uu 1~ • ~'1!:\r, ••• 2.~ ettJb f or ~ 1· Wf'O'I<!. At ~;; reub t or ~0 w.-... h. th •· half this side of Ham burl( niDJ.;Jt AUS P ICES O t' Branch~s 2, 4 arid 8, Local Buffalo S. P. Sunday, August 24th . GAMES PHIUP H. CAUERY Of SCHENECTADY WILL SPEAK T ak.c B. & L. E. C.us :a l Washinrton and OinlotJ Struts NO ADMISSION ArDetter-Eettung. The oul7 Germa11111!'11'8p&per lnlhe lla!.e01111h'le of New York CltJ, repreteolhlc the ioterMt of the Worklolf Ch11.•. - 00 eeuta for a tnoa t !u. Office, 315-317 Genesee Strut. ~ • Bufb.lo, N.Y. P il CH~..: Ball, Ho, wa ta_14. FI'OI'Itla W.ll_ _ _r 2 '!64 . fta eifa,.oa,·Fr0fotlft2148l HOEII£1, ILGCIE CO. Puner a l O l r egt-o re c-.-P......... Ioo ~~ O ..... ~a..ti 107 ........................ . . .. - NieiiL _,. __ _ �PU-.....D ..al.T aT TKil ......._, Blll'FALO SOCIAlJST PIJBIJSHING COMPANY SlY. a.p ..... WS.. JLtoaTIII~.....,_. IIE'IIl~~.~Wfbw ' , ..., BUPPALDtN.Y. N.t.llll. . . . . . . . . . " ' - - - W,P.CA.tj,p~~~ ,.._.,..:xal"lbSI.OO,.,;.r,Sk.- ...... pa~la.._ • EIIW!ft4uMC.'OII4-dul-&llti'J- ... tttt.M IMPI"cdal.& Bdalo, Ne• York, _,-1• cbe Aal cl ll.da•, 1R SATURDAY. AUGUST 2, .,; , lnwal!n .. d r- j altloaoftb e In a 1tonny r.oatm of toUr day.. Aa&liT AOBD ih IOOL\LDD. / growth of tb e Soclalitt moH meal a p rob lem baa a ri~eo wbi r.b he liOh -e,J. It i1 t he fate of aged noelnltef1. The mo1·e nu!11l ,JI':noa "' '' .a much or itM atlno<.'II I N, the llfllj:l[l<! (or bfottt"r eon ditii• u~, for tAe mcmbt-rt of tbe With 0~. ,.,!!;e~:~~:• t0 :. 0=:-..~·~:k~:: a total of 111 that tHy 11Dw hold. ne ·~ la tsl Tlctoj.y .... woa 011 !be ~o11dl " ballot In tlite Alnth oliltriet of Po:lldam. Oil ~ of "' ll ooth Uf r Kai ... r'/ WU Mimd 't lllilit.ary l':l':llte rt. All tbt' oltl ruti e. <!OlDblaed to 1- 1 tllf!~ ijociali ob. lout tht'y were uu~cnafal. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/c147a5217be28e720a71bd04fcc4ac55.pdf a72665acb575ddc00654c83658c2eeb6 PDF Text Text WOCATTfllf-C:. • YOUilADORI!!IS LAIII!tIP IT IS Sl VOUR SVIISCRIPTTOI'< 0:. PIRES M!XT WED: MEN AWAll DECISION . Of ARBITRATION BOARD �j>irn i~ 111 O.:ryatal llcoatb oo an att,u•b.Drt u f Ill""""'' t bouanuol ...t•rn• a u u rt!d. 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Ua. . ton)l 10 ~it t ··· rin<'i t•l(!tl t rllln•!'b , .lia\11.,. unablt t o,.,,..,. ,., ,. tub to Sodali•t wbi(b o•nol1 with t.hil h'J.."Ilt ol it a& ha•·injt olone than aay ot hO"r l'•l'er ; ., hope t hO" worlo:iag rl... will I ~:·~:·;~~~~~::=~~~·;::~:~~.:·::~~:~qi~ ~~:~~~.~~:~ t~::~::;1,1 ~~::11 . ..... ..... . , •.•,• • _ ., l'"""'l or Inola •u!J.ua utial•uro w ill hoe llt•11•·r n J•it 1' tboem.' W ouldlllre t o aohlf'•l I O lilt' J'lltt y ·~ umpai.:n f unol. \'OU mort' b~l l a m wnk and tired. ~::~·;:; :::;:t'~~~~:":~~~~ ~~~t' ,.::~.7~·-': ~:: r<•A•• loa. 1- 11 f llr th.. r oiPmOUJII rllt•l ooo. ~~~~~~om;, . b.~ ~io'::~r:,":"~~,..:..~~;;,"~:C:'::·•~~~..;~.·Iiea· BUFFALO NO PlACE fOR!PEOPLE WITH A Comrldf f or Life. 15J Main:~·~~~·==·~ 11. G. llcoa tlwa1 of J54 IA"'"~>., J ..••: 8 tr"C't, B1111"alo, !'. Y.: 14'11111 io a for his 1Ublerit>tio11 a nd writ... : •lon't agrl'<e .,lth a ll you n y,l>ut :-ou' 04 thr r i,:ht trad; ''8top"U..Daa'flal..ll.l:.' ' DAINTY NOSES s:i~::~'";'~o:~,~ 7.~'m 7~::~ ... UJI Orwaut IOIOM fZl1 jOb. 8tOJI damtbi11r. ' -- th;·;:.~~~~~ 0o;h::,~!~·· .:~..::;~~;~;~"':;: rul• l ~ tbWIIJ:b our dowu town oli•trid. .. Gfnrra l DC'II:.~~;I~~~O~jla. Bl )h:ft JL1a4lt. :·:.~: :.~\,'!:tnt;~: ~~~;~~~e<!O: ~::: l.:omndtt~y~~~er, N~ Y., July ,• 18, 11113. t ht {'haml>t'r M l'omm~r~e ..·m 1100• bt' 1 mlllt ~esd tllle B1111"alo Sodalill &ll· a oh•trti.,llg 111 • • t he> ' 'City Or Emrll1." othrr yMr, ao t re11e., m.~ •ul»crlptio11 h:HJ• a11 eye oa \h,. 11e..- arrh·al 111 LOW, End...U l111d P. 0 . ordoer f or 0111 l h F.uban111• etrl't'l df'JIOI and 1 011 will dollar. Tour ('omrade, CARL ANDERSON, Cl,rm«, N.Y. Aad.t'llil ball part of the da,-. a~aiL SoiDI are remlttaae• lor .aM, oiku lelWn eoatalaiDI bOla. Bo.e are "!lotN of oe• coonpmot aad ~.but tUoca111 tlwca all n111 tiM aame 1trala of tH 1trulfle forezlllteaceaadeTtlloc!oeapit.ll· 1111..tea. ' • _ _:.. · -DIDIIL 'rO 'rOtrL . .PiaU ant aow btiar. -.pi.tcod for .1 lfetll~ trip by o-rMe Emil 8C'i'tkl .,m allo w w i""MIUI to ad'cor aD1tltola1 der tM di~ oiO. 10 tlt.at tbe otber4 fcollow may JUke bit F«MNdoa. c...zsde tktWII'I work pUeof fZlo~&ey. . probablflltfU! blo.tebar. P!taM do.'t mhtloa U11 to U.. .c·'---~ Board of .Bt&IIL hblalbe,.. . . ~...., nat l<'t' t bar t h,. J<OiitiOI! ofthe uAI o rpu i 1 o11 111 1111!11 of 4:i del!..-. P erf11med haudkrr~ lole.ft aroe aee-..y u ti! eae IJ«ontN aed lmat "". AddO"d to the ••~t 1mell1 e ialtted by o ur - p fartorW. " ' IIOW ba.l"l 111 e nelle ut variety of orlutal rerfllllll ullrd l be " ar-eao.a of ~~:rai11 dr:-ia~~:. " Woe a t., tile o•ly '.j)rooS~el!f'n or t'llr "'a t 1t 1111', ao.J it'• IJI"MI. S o limber~ d teese o r ba11dcne e ver had u j-thl•r • 111 tt.e 1mtll of d.ryill( r aiD. l!}t did tile rlt1 'would not be ltabitable. . Trlll1 •co a re a lell!ut ~ Wa �ORAND a _ EXCURSION &BASKET· GrYUI1aT' Columbia Turn Vereln and Arbeiter Maennerchor Sunday, 'July 27th, 1913 AT BAY VIEW BEACH PARK strwtCuT~lO.:Ro.adTrtp,.Pot.W.•T.......e.u ..s~&D......_ TAlE, I .' .. L. L OAII AT W-IIITII Ul IUIITII l'f'IU'ia CloUJe ODe aac! aD aac! brb>g yov frteaxt. wttla 1ou. Aa ec.joyable tilDe roal'hteed. Al(ltate and eubeorlbe for the llrOetter•:&ttung. Tbe 01111 German aewapaperJo the ltUI ouulde or New l 'orll: Chy•. repre· ttotlnf lhe interut of Lh1 Worldog OIUI'. - 60 ceotl t or 8 moc:athl. Office, 315-311 Genesee Stru4 - - Buffalo, N. Y. LABOR MOVEMENT IN BRAZil TYPEWR I TERS IUIUILT nnWflmfl IAJIUJIS �PU........ w.a&LTIITT1a _, BUFFALO S0CAUST PUIILISHING CXlMP,ANY 51 ... .......... ,.,.... 1IUI'I'ALO.-N.;f. M.AJtT'bfta.ISl.U......,._ ~........uao.T- He'Ut~~.;;.....W&oot w-. P.CA~~N~. ._., ~PwbSI.t»,_,_,.,SOc.a......._,..,.W.IoahMC:e . Eawnd ;.._.t-clulm"*'""JIIlM'-1111, a'tbepaetofllcea' Bo11'alo, New York, oder.&b. Act. ot Jlu-eb 8, 18111 · SATURDAY. JULY'" 1913 THIRTY-TWO OENT8 AN HOUR :->ow that both 1idtos ha,·e been heard in the s treet car ttrike, the ole1·i,.ion or the Bmml of Arbitration iK anxiously awaited.. On Mayor Fulmmum ~~~tile t hird nrLitrator dt-pen\18 the cause of t he men for a wag~ wh.ich will •·uRhle tht:m to Jh•e ~~ond ket:J' up a hou.e. Thirty-two ct:uts 1111 hour iN IIMk~-tl, whieh i11 little enough, as the llayor 8hould know, und un,·t hing lt:llli would he nothing llhort or the betrayal o r th<· trust pla•·•·•l in him at the !Jt:J,:inuing of the -strike. T hirty-two t•t•nl~~o 1111 honr it< :f2.flli 11 day of e ight houM!. To r t:lllize wh11 t ;, 11m11ll .~utn th i" is we a.~k the ~IRytr Rntl )Jr. 1'.-nny to ·try lin: on it fo r ju111 one We•·k. - - -- Some Jlt'Ople who lul\'t'l:'t •• iltick to ·~•II their own nrt' r~fr11id •1f Sot·iali~n• J.cean~~e thf'y think it will •lcpri\'C thc ut of their pri\'ala prr.rwrty. DON'T WORRY Tlw l'r:litor of one or our lo.·al cHpita liNt d11 i l~· J•IIJI••n: is ' worri"l twer 1111 •rt idc whi<'h lll'fli'IH•••I in th·· )lo•t ropolitan wrilleu hy ."Wgcrnon Lc•·. on the •tlh'lil iun of llholiHhing thl:! t 'ourt. ... iot.,..._ ..t Dn' rn,.....,. .,...,.,. Jep) ~tL We wadt j~ doDe at .. . priee, but 1M priee of eur interell. Ow bt&erem ill the lttlls qf our eoaeeption of riPt. .ad wrons, jUitiee ;::.. ~ j!.":ie:-:::.! :at:~':?.: eoU.l one. Yet at tlte bottola ef it yCJU will 8ad a •·ommon ioterett wbieb iadudet 1our oWD u well as that. of .other-.. · yOCl will ' protest &piut a wrou~; done to others beeau.e you naJlse a L-orumualty of interecta between. you and ~eee immediately injured. and you know that allow. iug otben to be wronpd mean• to iuvite tile wrongdoen to ~'TOll.& you Whtm!ver be ma1 find it 1111itable t.o hill pbrpo~e to do 10. The solidArity o( interuta ia t.he life foree or j ustice.. Jut:tice ill a product "f 110eial develop. me.nt . . lt c:hallKf!l: ia form and auWaoee u JWi:iety ehangee. Jt it a lway8 the exp~oa of tht' eeonamic condition of a gin•n aoeiety, that i~. of the faetora of power in aetual foree 1p that 11oeiety. JU purpcac ill to maintain a eertain lutlauce · of powtt. iu order to naake aoeial life poMihle, and it will remain e.lau juatioe u long a• aociety ia divided .into eeonomie el&set or � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/4567009f7304d15ac513d5023d003ad2.pdf 0523f9cead76ad11c81020bc7255f786 PDF Text Text PARK ¥1CNIC WILLBE EVENT Of ULI'IUVIl rEv~~ I and Sympathlur wiH be Present Great Gatbering- Speecha, Gama and all of Amuoemenb to Delight Great Crowd at Opening of Sociallat Campalgo. rUIIKJIIIIln~l iW>o ww Speak a t We b.a,.. or(I.Jll.nd a Pna IJec:urity L.!!:~--""--.;.:_.....!11._---...J Leqtr.a. '!'he lo.cue wru b&&r the 1-UM loda.tlat Plalc ~; ::~u:~: -::m:u:::: ~;'!ppul to a..-. Tba le&('Cie b com~ Wbo 1 ww ·~·k at 8oda.Jllt"Picnlc: Taatonla P uk,. J'ol:r 20tlL T he DudJrk, N. \',, United Trad• D[PARTM[NT ::ucU.':: ;:~.~ei:,.;n~~==•Y~ :,; The B11ol~ong Z6tb. Tblt 11 an ayual e.-eat f ur organi1ed lal.oor in Du11klrk. h addi- Traole. DeJlntmc:at of :;:.:k~•,;~~ 1111:~11V:~;:'1~"~ 0°:Ie~:: Th•• Tear aa 111 mN;tlng will be beltl oa 0Ttrui1.,.1 labor ia Dtuokid: aAd ~rmaant ol!lttn will .-!rlalty bu a 1reat Ia rto,.. f or till.-. andititUfl"!tedtbt tbe lll>iODI not yet ri!pre8ut~l will '• "•• DELIRIUM OF DETERJ1!11NATION P'!'opapada wil.llovt' ~tin ZLJIO'l' J)BLBQA%Ba e.a~ Ia delirium, Ia wild •rriallll Ual · 1'0 OOliiVD'f'IOX. ,.., dettroy, or ~=" t.. t llnl-ed ~ . ore1'eatvraedOiplad.tlt.''eJ"Y t"~ Di~ade~~:S :7::: 1:Wr;=; ~~ ~-;, i:..s'"'::- =-~ rwaa":at1 Au«latloo of Su.et aod Eleelrie JlaU. f'Ofod •ltb talft u •~ttl . . ._._.., of A-ri(a at tlla Ulla O.ly 0.. f8N t b . t - • lui............. ar., C. P. C...-oy, Uo• will ,...,_ a ~ t b.l -.,.. IN 0'8...,.. . ~-n. ~" a.illlu. ..allairtyeUHUac.oaU.. udtt . . . a .ptri.WalaeU.L ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • �,.nill, loarb f ; r -tll lta t ypieat ot tlta flellltiet ul th port of Bdalo. It laall l ot toe- wldPM liaee t.M plen rere built .P"1 :-e~n~ 1fD. Tlum l1M largM bolt. ~~ 18,000 .,...... of wiH-I!t ; IIOW ('1.~ CTOri tile kalf allllon Tile t llauel llloald be at lent twlr.e lt. wid~ to make torlke ll\'latbaatoftoday. _ ,Jc. Au11n•t f , 2 1'. M., ''The Bible Collrrt l\"<' PtO).-t'tty. " Aut:Uot :;, 2 1' . ll., "The BiLil! l'r-~-~~:.:·r:,J~''j~:·~.. " The 'nilole Lat.cn ." AU@'II •I ;, P 1'. ll .. ''The Blhle r rrounal ••orlnllt"'.' ' Augu•t ;,, :! 1'. M., ' ' The Bible J' o•·rrty. ' ' Allj!uol D. II A. ll., ' ' Thl' Hi hle Cl• n Con flieta." Au~u·t 19, 2 I', :\1., "Tbl' Uil•lo• tb" Goal. '' E. WEDEKINDT UNDI!RTAEI!Il AND .I'UNIIIlAL DIRI!CTOR No. 5 WALDEN A VBNUB fl"' . ..-a~·· t o loa car,~ t rovttt'l tijlht h\•'•1 ha•·e to bobble IIIDIIf., or ·~•• n u , t•olb, powder, t~iat, etc. m .t y<>ut :"o. Well t hne you .,,.! Now wait a •iout eyOiliiiJ f ello.,.,aot fan pla..e; wbe.Dever you Jtrikl' • · in ""' I'Of~l makellt>. j ust 10.00 FOB SDo lO JOUST Stn ,.,,.lplobod _, reprtteabtih fro• Teua, ... the noble fllijDOIUf:D of or bird.. tbon1~1 be ' bad •• n r .., 11\'tr J!'l~ a t the apola : on. Bl!'t, on 'ille quiet, Itt k nowo t hat ~b. •:aple lo.ld bMII ing tbe artltll!ll oa T he Baak.lq ill · t he Rul!'a lo J:loeialiat. The Sorialitt.. lle'asot ake;o-tba t tlleiNU<IIbefo.retbeiiLIIIDII a ll~l IIIAIIJ' of tben1 ami hP I' ' " the Kiq of Beuta oru O!<"OIIDmir determlaiiiD tbRt i~. o;,.,_nl'r for lb. Eag le. Thf' )lf'l ourLrn.tlaltd. butler dNt'r · bird ••• tberf'b,. tlrowo Into i u r_r often how we tlllnlt, t a lk, n t of fighting ~ood.. lt~~:o~~~~- il to ..on•N• ·~ du•.. ~~:Ur: ;r.,:~;a:'~:::" Lird 1 0 ho;f ~b: •::~kins;: rlu.• lu""" ~:...•n~lor <;'=~~~!> I.~U pl:,u Fint • • • : .;: ~~:.-~~~ i,:: ~:.:~11 ~~~ctb: ~::~:;;· ~~n' . lie • 1:~n;:~·~.a7,;~:,~t~~~: d 111t~~c •,:"::~no( tb: I J,a, ~ .. ~ . ~111 ,1 ..,.,~1 ' " t.r ""'t·h· fur tho• • ro··lll ~'' """'" th:>l tla· loank ~&tflt•d un it · t.,,.,J.. . . ,,..., t ho•ll tl»tJ£• h:u·•· 11,.1 1,....., ,.., t,. ,. ,, ,11 11... to 11 . , .,, • • , ,.·nrl•!. The :~:·,·." (:~ ~::·~;.1:::::.)'~'~';"'~~:~~~;~~:~:: = are brlow tbf' lo•\'rl ,of Se<ond aa I"O~titute; that or nt•at ioll, mo•t of into it. An•l th irol :u rbnt a n.•·..-a.•·. anti uro• tbr t. d for hotpital or ot bt•r l'"tJ•UII<'f for henelh u f u1anlduol in~t c:.,J uf 1raini11,.: 1nl"n to kill utlu·r•. panolen of tile llflj>t pr- a o1l JiUtrldly.,qrn.li>I"N'I'tc11enlath·~oftbe 011 thf! m;lao'1 p':~.of the INFORMATION WANTED ~~:::;· ;,:~. :;·:":~m~;~~=;~ ,.!~~~: ,::::~ ,:~ P..ajllf! ~ottte.l<rtd the ltair·llrainf!d llf!OJ>Ie" ha•·c alikf! bf!f!o lllb~lltl!dl l!;:;:;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;!:::!:::::::::::::::::::::::::~ ::~..•:0 a;1 ~ r;;;~~~~:~:~llg the~ . 11 No.. h~~;.. :be: •1ffort1~1 I more wu!r ~~~~~'n:~t::t~:n ~~; ;;,: : ~/~~~~;:nwf!':. : / ~of! 11 ~;f~f~~~;~~ ~~I~~i'~~J.~ l~~:l:K¥~. :fg""H~?; ::~~~~~ ~:•·• ' " ' t lll'n>. .-~ al.o ~•"I that th mrn wen- Socra whl\l d aM be do l lito nunt fh·•t ~"'".~o-rali,•, J '"''"'~·of li·::i·ll·~nt ~mh of lilt! rC~:otd• Lv tba ~;:/\;:~~~ ';:~~:~~.:,;::~:~~~rut; Tt.••• ...r,. .,r T~ lu;· lllhlrr ..at•ola h • m ,. 11othuo~: t.ut II • n • lr tha t 1 k • f e.<rea of ;'"@f't!UIIU!D, are !Jut • • :;:';.H: t:''::lrt;l:n~lut~~~ ~~~: OO<I torlepr~.. now uoa:at heflnl!' th t :,~;~~;~~i~ ~¥~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~£~~. ::';k~h::~.oo~;7! J;:;,~r ::.~"~;·~~:t':~ ;~~:;:." ~~·~. ~~~~~~~;. ,!":ue:; .. olr nontt•lc•l inltud of olill"t ct1!diu u iD 1 ::,:~.nlv~1":.~no7.::,:..~'•;:ut1; ~~::::k1\~~ I'M llf!ll hl a re - me. ~: ~':~~.. T::~~;e •:; ~~~bltik:o!\.!!~:l'ii~Dn~ \e~ll:: ;:~~i~t_!l• :~:~Jar8~:~ :~.,h;1.~!,.::;11r1!:;." 0;"',:::~~ : :.c:yw=n ; 1 1 i·one;ill ;b:"";;::7i~tDJPa:;~~ a~]l#, lJ~~~~~i:~~;lr ~.;;:.,~.~.n~~~~:~.-~~1' :~·:•·~~~~s:0 :1~1" Str~t. l\'at ll>nol ltnnkn• •!""l"''l.>nllk to bohl · til<• rH l'r\"f'>' of otb..r ba okl. Es11etly DDIUTtORD t •·n ,Ja~·s hrt"f tb~ }'ri•t·Set-on•l !>/at• DI\IU111 U:.11al Unuk ,.... do~l'<l hy thr a uthorit:~r !)HI •a mi' r Om]•t rullo·r of tb"' cnr· ro•n•·• Tlor n ·a""n •tntr•l lo th11t the lo11nk h~,J '"~·Tr too mlln,· l,Md lo•"•· ·.~:~n~~e ~,:~~:~~ :~:~ ~~~e~~~~i~~j~: !70::"• ·aDd ,:"• Shredded Whllk Uroonla on rour the Blnki11g aad Cutrf!MY Com••;" •• I ::~·~ ~~:~;::: ~~~:atr':",:~o:~:J: .~:;;•in"~;;; ~:;~":';;. "!,:,~811tf~~~e Mr. !~~~~.~7..:~:'':n;r t~e ;·::~.~idr·~·rll~;,oe~~·'· ~~:::·'1!:.~~~~:~. :~: :~o7 ;·;~n ::: thr•r ::·;;:•,;:";.~~:;~·'"h1~';~c:~:•1 ,:;' ~~"11 ~7!:;~ :;~re":':_'•;::·o~r~~~: uJ by . l•~rn ~oiPj: •tndily ou ju•l-..t~c u I •• h•t L MOLDERS REFUSE STRUCK mnthc r will ~•roudly trot out her b~ood h!OO<~ loom UJI bf-fo~e t he. '_~find '• ~~~~;.a.~·,.~~~ 1~0 :~~~~~ as"t:~~: !~;bi~d;•i:rc:m:~~~~~:.• ~:• tDLTORB NATU~~~J8~· Whi1k 8roomt· Tel It woalda'l takt <lan;ter tbat Out J;lorioua hllljl hfoforf! ~~~ all onr the eonntry f'..liJIOU<I to in lht romnoillee 011 ..-illtakf! to W~ilk Brooms. In!( nn<l Curnnry. ~ow thP.n, auppote 1 J!hl would now Jla!ll doWII tllil "rt....et anti J>Ut t hlt audit nef! dreutd almply, 11taJ11Jy a.~d nutly. I 'll bet· nol on~a of you !f!IIOWII wottld twi@t 1orn oeeb to look u her, bat l<UJ'IlOH •aothtr wouill 1•11o1 l>.'f wltlo . n .. t how t onunate we '"'· aaerili~inJt" , patriot• 1'11! betl to rHrut. Thallh to ,t}oe.ir e lforu OtaJt <lid eot 11Ut.ll11 e\'tll the I -.:noah aad M~. l:!ao~tlf! 11 gentle Ill I IDC'kuog do<rf'. --=·~~» r.,,..._.IMI.,_Ifu rtiiOU . , , , . _ , , _ REBT.&.UR.&.JfTS •"'1 '""••"'··,."..·.';;.·;::-;; ,t:,~~; ~:;: ~~;,~·; ~~. ~~'f'tl::,:.;::~: ~;~10,:,] ":~ ~:~-·~;tsh;,~-:,~~~toyjla~i~::"~fll~~"; :i:~~: :.k!=d ;.l~l~e~oDnbr~1 ~,.:.. :"n~n;: mi;\';':~r~:i•:.::;• .:~~~ '~i~tlf! ·,.;;;: l••••n"'''''-'·'•• t ho• '""" t ho•y ,..,.,.. m:ul~. ur "'ht thcr r ouhl not •~ t heir •a.r d u r to act u tbltk, hreiu'dlng a~ :~:·.-;· ,::.:·::,~-~~;:~~ ·:It:;::,~~::;•~~~':·,~: ;::~~~·l:!:;"::l ::r: ,'!:~~~b~11 " ·'•'• "'it' .. ur uf the ru•tum('r. To trrtl out at thrfll founderie~. :::~..~"::m1!7;edW:o:1 ~fl'l~::..~;~; ~tett do >O "'"Ill•] lof' I" ]p\'ito> at h' DI \un 10 t h•• m i•~rnl•lrne,.. flf thr ~-• i•l ali •t\t •Y•to•nt. ~o thr otliN-r• or thr h11nk a n· h··hl "l' tu ]'uhlie """'" tu M•·r tht J.'"•~<"ur. lin,. J•• l"'' •a.•·• th~y wf!rt too tr.,•·toQu• in mak i1111 th,.l r 111&111. Tht' ttnth ot t l•t m~lln .~n,. to t... tht tht•e men <lid juot wha t all of tbr l•an~er• do. Tlo11y I' " ' aJ ml\n~· crt!<lit a~eou11ta on tbt ir l.oolta u t hey tbou~lr.t th":" roul•l la kr <'Itt o r. Tbe mur~> the~· rould !'"' 011 tht mort rah olf t h,.; ban k wonld get. Too ma11y che<'.kt haol to bf! met with ll!~_ltudrr n~one:-. ftU]o.l rub, not a •ulllrre.al a mount wne mt-rely ldt to be wrlttf!n o•·er to utbe! ae~u ntl. "~rit W. f OT lo.ru'' '"~:b:~u w~rd. bi~-otr 121011' ha ir on AD intO<lliderate dub, 11101. name-d .tbeb:~,u:ryte~~ll~f tbat he.t thn-e·fonrths of t hi1 uowd would cattle lw l'ivcn 1 pee.k i11to fu ture of t~ 1trJke ill ]f!a.Vf! me Jmmedillf!.ly, lifuJ garde.n Of the banke..., IO nou-unio11 !Ut'll clmf' out with thl< u oloD T ake a Ball TOO!Il. SnJi r - 1 j:irl I Olay OPt)OMd the ~noldrrs. lt'f11 ~IN"J.Rtl •im111y, nutly anti Oloairm1111 Olaa •a• Alrlrh t yo111111' lady, bowily do, jun • ant aloogelde of t he waii-"Ob boY'I! l bre com~ lb.;lbtt take from ht r bl!ld to her t"f bo:>'•willhfod..ntlnr the her all nl~tbl IOIIJ!'. 111d will he I ru· aatl Soutlleno ..HaiiWI)'. wl&ltlt ~ut ot~tr to JN!' ht':r bo1111e. off •lm011t 111 eommunlcatioe betwee.11 y .,. t-omradH. Bomt.~· aed Calc11tta dgring t he lut fl'OWI be(aue wome.D ~et r..w WHita. The drh-ua, ma.t ly lnlfH a a d 7111 &Pf!D<l It • II Oi't'BII.. •lo not -~~~ to 'ba\·e takrn Why, doa't you lnoow if the,. in the movelllent; which il tllt ir rbaaen of ,etti11! 1 tb" uat iu work ano. Meapiq low waga Jatt'ltlerormatloo t !lf! dotloeold folka IN"eo able to obtain 1oftlelu t lo rood t ill! k: ~~~;tri:: ~:";!e~!:.'::.b' droJ>Jif'dio .-alur,tlltiOIIIIISbetame lr~t~ 11 dlf· t hl buk t loalliltov.Jd e.loew•lld it r hoked. 'Til"t..lllikH a re t akl.q pl1ee \11 Olher • •• thl•r au Joap,...cl Ia B.tralo dala towiU. aad lllll y etMr plana 0.. ud tla• · •pia. Tbe ..,_ t ile pa• of eepltal· l'atroabe oU a4ftriialft, .._ otlle,.. to do libwlM. 1 ~aw ft.keaad of s-. •;.rtor lalell~ t'-' - SPECIAL NOTICE BAY VIEW IIEAOif REDUCED FARE '1'11&c:c:::.t:mBa~~~!'!r ~ ~!:'?rl~ty Kouod . .,.. B. A L. lt. Car. Du-.et. C linton and E!Ucott St._ Sec:ur~ yoar Tlc.lret~ ~ 1'1cli:1t Ollloe, Cllll&oll and. BUkot>ct. SU..or 11 City '-1111. �J MONSTER.SOCIAUST PICNIC and SIJMMERNIGHT'S FESTIVAL .~or btntfit (ampaign fund ... at ... Teutonia Park SUNDAY, JULY 20m3 Games Bowling SPEAKERS GUSTAV A. STREBEL OF SYRACI;ISE ELLA REEVE BLOOR OF DAYTON, OHIO .Jidmission fOe. Strip of 6 ticktls SOc. hall. llt'rnh.,raliLrnd•~inrwill urgt"<ltu,.\lea<lanolbringtb..irfrifoud!l. be ht'J.I a t )lt'yf'r'a Hall. eon.rr lfe t1"l Al'rtul,. auol T ou..-. uob SUHl: The , III'!XI II"IO"etin~ ia llouola." eveaipg, Jul;r The rtgular n.~tiBJ! of t be I t TIM:loralll'h " '""-•Y :\lunda,... · (.'fllllf! llll•lmH'h ~~:et ac-qp.aint"'l. B loor 1rill 1j~k for Bnuw:b 1111 " I""" a ir m('ll"lia~:: t o lw btohl t otuf!-r o f B rigg. anol T on&11'111hla Wl"ol~·laye.-t'nillj!,•l uly ~ll.tl l'eoJOie'"~ial>.t I!"'"' bt•ld Tbunolay e•·,.Ding.l..ugllf' ..-aa a abort aioa, aoljourome111 !..•iug taken t o IPnol t he mee-tin~ of Auf~" oler the " "'1';.,,.. of thl" theroratrofYainaod Te utonla l'ark I• located Jnlt uorlh or H uruboldt Parll and egmp rl"" H<reral ICI"el uf U'e el, flllr kl and fbh (IQndl. U.tnelug a ud IJowllng l'a1'll\uniiN!Onthegrouud•••"·ell umanyutheramu&l!me n u . T h., mtdn e ntnnce to t he l!!'rii iiOTo 1-'lllmore A\'l!nue. juJt uurtbof Huml.ooldt P.rll. Ot>nl!~, t'lllmure, K Utica vr ~I un•u can "Ill take you dlree' Hl the park. ~;· ~~=================== a•ul , S"o. Auton1oh ilc ~!i. JOSEPH ROESC H mfoeb a t A lla n t ic H 111f l!lnd Semple Room t bl! llut H•ll .., t...t i•~. P--.I!.t.llo.lhe. moot b. 857 BR OA DWA Y, ()vr. l.uthenn Streel ont ~~~~;.."to - - - - - - - - - - :,:,.;,;,~~~~"':-·.;.;.. "~ '· -:- Seneca Turkish Bath �PUR..IIfta)w.&l.TBT~ BUPFALO SOCIALIST f'UBLISIIING COMPANY o-,-...J r siY.LpStn.i,:W&.or BUl"F~N.Y. IU.aTIM KIUSUat, """"-' l'1t41'X HD!Cil~~.~Wflaor w. IDIIlDif'IUm); ':"- P. CiosVI:;t.o-:"'N~.. ~:.Ptb$1.00per~,5Ck.l:zmoc61,.pt.,..,.loltlhura ~' Elltered:•~-c.a...rnaua-.11l!Mb,. lllt, al tbepon:ol!llc!tat BQJI'a)g, New Yotlr, u.o.c!erlhe A.csol Jlueb8,1178 SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1913 FINANOINQ THIS PAPER A lUll eompelled to dcn-:ote allltlt tiatt usd --~ t.rv to the prodaedo:a of 1realtla for otben t. onltr to pin a bah living for ldlbltf hal bard1y any ehance to deffiop his intelleet u he oucht to do. Fortunately, ·~towenr, U..e moden1 priDtiq Ooe tea.rna only br eiperiuee aod pn.ttiee. By preM aupplies ample meant for all who eu" read hill aeth·e partieipatioo in the Somatist monmeut to k~ the1nRhtlS informed oe ciUT~t atl'airt,. the worker IYFDa to uadentand the world in and pi.fter Jtaowledre e.DOUfb OD genen.J IUbjeeta whieb he it lirin«, and the lend~eDeie~ of, this l""~"'·'"'l•m 10 <.'llable. lh!!m to leam t? undemand the peat world. He lf'011'1 mentally and morally •• his 110so.::ial 1nonment of our timet., on the suue. of ·$1 intere.U 6))and; and he pin& a world of whit>h de~ndw their own future, and the. roture ne"':; motive. b• joining thote who reJl~t the or the whole hmuan race. And the .c:tive pt.r- foN!moU tbougbta and endeavors of our days. B e ticipation in thiil mo\'CII)tnt itlt'lt ia a meam of lr:arns to eurb his natural ~lfiahnell, whieh 10 !W!If-edue11.tion of 61111 maruitnde. ·often leads bim astray, and to aubordin111te it to the common interetll, of whi.eb his o~ inter~a for111 a part. He beeo.mea a aocil'll man who finds that he can beat promote hia own weiJ.being by working with his like for the common well-being ot all. S illt't: lhc RppenrKn ee of thix prq~r. a year Rgo the pKNt 1 h11.,.,. 11t1l •·KIIt..'< l upou o ur "uhl!4!rihenJ for hl'll'· Once we pll'R for 5UIJtwri pt ioll!c when we wt•rc in 1hc mitliil of the hig- ~trikes whidt took phtet• in HuffKio, bccltllll(' of the whid1 wc w••r e for•·•••l Ill me1•!. and we nrc JltOIItl lo uy, t.he mcl wilh hf'arty llll pport. :\el'tr lnt\'t' tn:• EU~kctl for money. ~n tloultt tUIIIIY of m1r Muhscrihe~ little dreftm of whRt it iu tiutt• ftlltl mout·.t· lluriug tl11tt pt·riutl wlwu C\'t·ry w<.irker waK strugjtil· fo r 11 U~·l!('r t•hlllll't' lu lin. 1111d ··ou~itlcring Hll things, pullt•ll tltruugh ' 'l' rJ· ert·tl itul<l~·. Wt• hn,·c nulltiu~ to regret for tit lnOII<'Y 1\'t• .<~pt•llt , for lht: tt'llll llll will lot• t•\'t•riHIItillg. ~( oro• WOrkill!.(lllt'll IIIII) WUI'kiugWIIliiCII hlltl lhtir C~'Cll OjlCIII'd tho· o·Xiiii\'IU'I' of till' t•IH~ 11\rlll!'l,:'l<• in tht' pA.'II f (•\\' IIIOUt hll iu tht· i nf HuiTnlo th1111 iu Yt'iltll lwfor••, n tu l we nr(' coucdlt.'(l enough lit•\'t' th11t th+' HnfTnlo :OO:o~·inli~t hn>i ht!t'll tlu· l{rt•HI mt'ilium hy 1 thi11 1\\ntk<•ning )ut~ t'tJIII<' 10 pHil.'< . lu our li:.dtl fur !Itt• wurkittl{ (·lu!O!i Wt• ht\\'1' ]'ln•·••tl ounwl · :ht·l11111 o f iiOIIIt' uftm r fnruu· r Htl\'t·rtiH"I'jl whidt lll<'flllll some 10!<.!1, nml j•t•H•Ti•·ttl l,,· fo rt't'lt 1111 t o r·o•ly t•ntit·o·ly upon our "'''''"""'" '"'''"" ' " ' • li~ot fur &IIJ']'Orl. \\'., 1\'<)Uid . pr~·ft·r thi.<~ t·orulitinu if it w<•r•• t1h0111 . nnd tlutt ill whut \\'(' t r.'' In dn, 1111 llllllo; · Wt• will o·tWihll'l 11 ~ ll'llit..t"ht lit..t"ht 111-!Ailt~t tho· nn Hth·o•rtiMo•tn•·nt wi ll '"' ti<"CI~p!t•d whio·lt WI' ;:,;: ·.~ :.: : .: ;,·~:·: : ::i:·;,.: :~;.'.:~: · ~:;:;:;: · ._~;E:~:~.':·;\~::::·,~:::::::;:;:,:::·~~~ ., .::,:7::;·:~:-:~:~~·~·:E:::::::~:: ,)nth(' lrit·k. II i~ ulwu~·~ tho· pt•oplt- on tlw ti ri n~:: liut· tlmt 11111111 b e natur~. . •!l•)'•·:tlo·•l tc. 111'>11. It ill tilt' ft·llnw tltut t•Ru •lo iiOttl<'lhinl{ w hen it is . Fo!a r k...,.t,. . mrn In Lt.. ,.,, wnutt•d thut w e mu~'fln.~k lo t..t't'l tlw joh. y., 11 II'Httt thill PRilCr, onake. rhttt: Itt :~:::.'1'';~·· ::·~:~::. :,~R~~I't• it to ~·ou. HU it i.~ up to u~ lu go•! IOI{cthcr nml ~~~.•t•i~:~. ";,' 1 h ~ho:;:•:..:: at 011 0 thrru. worn·oul 1 11 f:l'o•r y l10tl,1· is •·r,,·inl" fo~ 11 tlltil~· ··clition of till' Buffalo Soeialist wnb l'toblo..nu ""'' r~:fir:;:~~~~~,::~~::.~~::f;~.:~:~~~~~ ~~~~~;·;: l.t-:T f:\' E HY ~l ' IISI ' Ii i iiEH liF Till~ 1'.\ l't-:n S E~D I ~ ()~t-; :\'E\\' sl ' ll~t ' HII'Tio :\' Til TilE BI'FF.\1,0 SOCIAl. IST Till~ \\'EEl-\ ..\ .' \II.\ It:\ I I.\' l~sn: IS \~SI ' HED HI 'U I ~n TilE ( ',\)f. 1'.\l f:~. It \~ IIIII II tliflit·llft l 11~k ttl ~o·J1 '""• '"the"',.,.,,. who nf'<'•l • " 1" ' 1" ' 10 10 '"'.'u .ut.· ttu nl. · Ollt• ,<'t'/11').1 t•ll rd tO t his )'IIJII'I', II I ~~ ,;~';''~;'::~::~;,!,:·~~ 'i~~~.'.'~..~~~'ti·~~·l ::,',1','.,~~~~~ ::,~~~~::; ::·;:r~·i;~·i:,'u!~:.~;:,:.·::c':::,;·.,::;:.... :;:Im•><•l ··l~~,.,~ ,·;.~ 111 !;~;~:·:: ",~' ;:•,r ~~.:~~~,:;!~t~·~·~'~~ rd , f llitwt.. rs. ~>•k·· ., lu111.1 i i llltll"•·lf . [It> thili fnr ,l'llllr~~·lf. it ;,. Y••Jtr tid11 II.~ tt1t11'h 11" uurs, 11 11.1 :!111111: 11" :t ho•l]'illt: lumd in til<' l1111tlo• is th•• only wny I" prm·,, ''' ,.,.,. 1luiut: th•· wnrk tho· 11 11.1' .\'Oil Wrlll l it tlnn t·. \\',. wunt Ylll ' It• uu~w··r thi~ wit lt <Hi+' rh·W yf'url.•· 1'111'·1 All ion~: ~~~ tho· f'nt •itulilit t'I HII~ t'll ll llo·o·p ~~~ ··otttpo·tin~o: fur \\•· will Ito• work in~: for ju111 I'!IOIIt..t"h to ket·p 11l i\·e. W ith u So~iH ii~t ruuynr iu nfllt·•·" ft•w nf t he hill ~ for poli•·e t •·•·tion o f ··npituli~t prit·ut r propt·rty woultl l1c uuhcH.rd or. - SUN.DAY, . . - ·JULY 20th. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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IF IT.IS 69 YOUR StJIISCitlPTION D.PIRES NEXT~ BOARD DENIES MlRKINC ClASS CHILDREN USE Of WADING POOL of tbr. -.,., ]'laut.o u:!~~.;·~~"::'~;~,.;~; Police Drive Chlldrm Away from Pool on Fourth to , .... ·li..:omto" ot ,." of July Because of New Rule: w hlch Says that it Shall Not Be Used on Sund.o.ys or HoUdays. Tile P. .k Com mi,..iontr11 of Bulh lo 'inJt pool for tbt ~b olol r~n. Tb,. only to ban~ the idea tt.at "'bil<' tb~ ! ·lay~ wlll'a a work ..r ~a" oa k" bu ~lui· .. Itt ".•~f•_l ~~~· tile ~ity tb.,~· ~ ;~~;•.'".!~ ,'~:'·,~:: ~::;::,:::~.~~:~ b<' l.•lnun.l" .."''l for thf' ~u.. llt lall th,.lt .,.;kan.IJ•rofoun•l otor•loiii•• Y t ..w. Thi• io tr'"', not onlr that upon til~ ,Jay~ tilt r ll•l•lr.. n •hall l'atlt J),.l'artnornt, hut of uur ,. .,. not IK' JOiluYo..,l the liM" of til~ -.·a J ing .A,Jmini~ttuion. Only a f~.,. JoOOI. J uly ~tb io of ~"'''Pf' " lrlfa l hoi· I.MO tbr C<HulloOII (;oun(il ,.,. ida~· •~•I. •badH I)( ou r R,.•·olut !onary ar•p•O!•riat.- 6 •·• bua.t r... l dol· for<'-fathf'ro' h.,·t t'ri.fay tllr •r- tadon t~ .._,.~"'"~=" ,,...,,.,.,.. in the -.·a• wito•U••" ' at llunoOOt.lt !'ark of Som.. of lht aJ.krruea j'lllk'!- o!rh·in~ tilt' t lllloltf'n from th tbe .. ily rou!.l aOI a«on! it. wao\in,.: pool, .,.h~re tbry ha•l jlODt to WtNI perf~tly "ll'illiiiJ to 'I'" .e<"lltf'· •on•~ olla:ht rt'li.-f from thf' beat. I "ro'"'"'' O>l.,o00 10 huild a .,.,.. bome Tho dolldren of tho~ wnllh."" .,..., ., til· e ltJ!bant at the Z<lo, 1.11<1 th..y joyln~ lhf' r..ol lm•••-" an•l batblnfi! u tba rli'mu •bu tbty aJ•pro•·~l )Ju•kokl. tbe Tbouooanol hlu<lo or th d i,..ue of tiS.OOO to build a ..t11lo- -~ho.-... lout lh do ll.irf'll of tht' work· l L:&I>IH'ri... haftlileJi•tiactiooot.,.cm· · a br.rg.er propor'tioP. of <!llild~u •~l~ome to J oe &lh l hia gang of other kilhl of m&llttfadure erw-oo, wbo compo.e tae rear tbrM tutile i~.Jutt~ John Coleman, aad ut u Ilia nd llilk. Ai'«>rdina to tile tycopba11ta. &IMtla oo Ca11oiag ud No doubt tbe article io t ile ~..rryehiklrf'IIDWII• J>re.. wuautbori~bytbe mon tbo 11,000, but wbid1 ttate.l that tJ.ere would I OUd J..abor Committee llef!•l for bol<lioa n el~tio11 tblt wbetbertJIYU.oottooklwu intii~Pclrt.ouKII--tbereoevull.u '"''" 1"'« "("\bo 00~""•.1••1•~"· - ''~"P"'I'''· J~·~~",'-~for t br golfo:r. at tbe 11ark :.:~.~~;a:.::ae;~:.. ;:~~:\~'·,~.. :.~J;h\0 ,: uamJ>LI! of the "ll'ay 111 "hir b lid alonlt•l by a ,liJ> Ia a wao;U og poo\, lotat~eon"::n~:::7i~";;',i:~·:: ::00"~ 0; ~~:e a:~:~:...:~,.·~~ :~~ .~;~: example. The ro-rk ahoulol t... for in~ of tile IH.-Iaruion of lll•lepe11deau. and enjoyme11t of the t.b ouaan.ll 01·er i~ l'f't ent. o t thf' J>opulat io n an<! t hrir r,mme-, who til·e 111 tbi• d ty aM' waS'lwork""'· Tht1 vi~iaity, hut it 11"011!.1 apJ..,at ba•·t' 11o rej•rf'llt'llll t i•·e 011 thto J!l.rlt the l'uk Contmi""ionrn iut'""'' Th•• hoard ;, rompo""'' entltf'IJ' tbU it ~bouht be lltett'ly an ornan>tlll uf hu1inu1 anol t•rofn•iollal mflll. Tll..y for th,. autontobili•lt I O f..a.t the ir t'~..,_ rt!Jtrf>..,nt tbt ,.:olf,.ra anol 111.. polo J•la:r· ltJllln•·bcntlyinlltbrougbtbi.IJ>Ottion.,,.an•l •lonotjl"h-tanytor,.hlerat •o n therity. tu the thou•an•la of e hiMr,.n of t he 1..-ll<'llt•l at llumholdt J>..k if a .,..J. •orking daflll. . .,.,.,.t, I\IW""•ru•" UST Of KNOWN DEAD BOARD Of ARBITRAliON ADJOURNS FOR HOUDAYS 1 Of HUSTfD DIMSTER CONTINUES TO CROW o atlll•quMtloDlt uf" )hay uk "ll'bO OWI.I thfl 1llk ,,.,,,..j 1'oOf•bo'< tr1 of Pat.raoa l A m.,.t IJUt'ltlonaad oa•tllatl• 1 lalol!.IO!lt:••l. The ottlkfu aome t ime ago Jl&rlllllal"f'l.llptln N!latlve ahov• J>olnt. Tlla l'ftU it• of the " ' " Nllllt lo. .t t..-.1 1111111 a re ownfld l>y flrit.iab rl•ll uphaliua. l"re.Atklllu ud hlillll IIIla £ rnt'lt Rylfl I I 1'uia eonttonlaoaw b!JJ•IaDta, blf~~Ht fOIICtt ll lu Paleraou, lbt •aaa eorporallon, la tiOI!II aated l t OIIJIOflalt'.rlll.l.ioiii.I U.i•ltal\ltl. Wlflllooa .. n ""''"'own mill• ll<oUM !11 t'nn"', 8elfhllll llld Qmo"Y·i '.'""' A lar1e number of •Mail kDOWD a1 f•111Jl,y llbO\... Je-.., wbq ta.ke tke h• bu•diH ud ~tU tlo~lllttt and Par::J~~0;'oj;r_SSoa~~t~j!x~ ~~~~:!;~:;:,:· ·:=~:.:~=::.~:·;:~:~~:·~~: ATIEMPJ ON UfE Crowd Ever Gathered on Such an Occasion. An-dr- :\fae.Britlt', Ia el..-ced a• ,-orb-,- tilt votH of (.'athoUe work· M:Na. 111<1 Ill a11 lrl•llma11. He baa • I.JlJ'IIl"tJ"t: of tile l'oliee Boar<laad Ill 1llk lUll 011 tbe ..lilt'. Tile~ id ot J>Oii~~t~ i• Joh.11 Bimaon, u.lo.111aa, wllco I• an A. r . A. .•u I hi~ 1 ',,~-~~~:a '7:':!~~:..::' ~...~~~ Of SOCIAIJSJ "~:;~~;,:;: ·•;;:;;":: SPEAKER wtary "'ay homeward IUhl if __ to mH'I lo im .~011 "ill_~~, ( By E:.htard II. K im n r , State Stoereth::,.. ' 8• 1~h:,:a:, ,!:~"~~r t••r ~iali•t P arty of w. \"a.) I ; -..,..f, it u a reli" of wh•t I!LA RK6BCHO, W. \"a.- The OJIC:II· t he t:uit ..•l Tradn • .,,, lAbor ing • hot lu tbe ••airmoru eoal-llt'ld eo11· rd IJIJ'IIIata the City Jo.lxo or R.tdtr-wllo lla,·ertallllll\ll totllf'ltt.· 'k:. ()!ro~~~:, -~~~ ~Dt:tJj'.": t~~ I of tbi• eity, ,..., cet a tab Ileal. trl"'k I... Qlllal-aa I• ·~kill$ of aitu.atioll at Pt.tti"IO!l wrltttl : llolltlullt, J>.tt raon lJ tloe ~r~o.r eortlo 1101 take a tumblt to Jll t ity hi tile t'OUIIIt'l'. E ,.tr,- 1,.,.. loa, wllet•r it ~ l~ll«P>an, docu.t t or« our politieal lfhr, J>k;uktaa, t'GIIIa\ploatr or hltlf'TI. to !lfolllbit tile 11.le of r~Un, ito bovopt aad 110111 oatriJIIt. • orb t'llti11'l!· . lt'tl tU.t a britt rtftftHI to IN T hiak of tile good tbat P>isb.t •loan "ll'itllt.lle lniiM,., tbt illtotkaa.i.t ia . . .te. ,· ~i:ttio~:~ .':~;~;;;';...::hfat::·S::~7~~ l'art_,-, 1.11d •·ie t im of Oo••trllor ll•slle lol'• drlllll·be&d r ourt Dlartial, wa1 It "II'OUid be- ri.titglo1i1 to u-peet tbe fired upoo lrom•aa olliu Ia tilt' l::lllj•ire of tloe ptOJ•Ie toda,. to vee- buildln,: 1bortl,. after DOOA la.t lloaall tbe praeti~a.l kl>o"ledger~iliteto day. Tile boll"' 41Tideatl:r wu Ired nh JI'I(IU II pal4 for, if DOt b,~--wh wuta~t• iL Wltea tM lima uplHit it •ill.-cop If ~ do •ot n....-. r+~d U yog do .ot rec:ei -re :rou p;pu •otit'T -... You 1*1* II wut 1'011. \G NNift np~ pa.ill ter u4 n i~ ~ -- �at A0~:oo:it~l~~:~ y!::'i fellow :.;.klli~!:'ord:~: ~·~=.~:~'-u·~: .. ~- ""''n~ '-" 'lir;.~;;,••;,;;;;,;p.;::tll\r.r.::::.';: ;;• w of Lolbo!. A ~ort UIJie falo ltro t" dor dukl .of a~iu-1 that .it waa ailo(ll i dod IKihletlung lo tbt i~~ tbrm.eh·e. for their ' r ononut 1 u\ride uae ulgbt by c:uulag bo• !bro11t. Hut &ftrr he ra""' to bi.o """""" frvm t he ~bodr. bringing h.lm out ,.( tbr tit n f ;..,.,,;t.-that hc!wu ;11 1M> wa\h,J out o f t he. bowpital and · a1ttd :~~~ ·:~:: ~~~~·~~~;:•::: •:;::;tm lu ::;:, ~~~~b'~?"m~•;·;nd:.e H,. thooo wau•lrn'\1 (>Ill in tbr ~rruu 11 .U Tht! dl'rh are r ....ri•· iu,: the he\11 ;~::tJ::·:~~u:g~f:::.:~.i~~.7; l1i;B:i::!ii:~1:f:: ~·~:~· ~~. ~:-;;;;~.:;-..;·;~~.-.i;;::;;;~· ;;.:ki;;~: I;.;;;.;·.,.· tfi~;:f;:;:gi<:~~;5~~.)~:;;~·~ ~;7~::~;~:;:~:,~~~;·•;;· ~· ' ~ in•11 nu.•· nn•l ..-110 tlwu I'"'"' a "t,...i~:ht T bN<' i• Ollf' Lip: atore that olljetta J'~"~•~t. frutn "'htr h hf' manal!:ed t u frl't' to ,.J.,.iro): "" S.turola~· night l.ut it lurll,...lf, an•l ,,.lr.inj.i a ola1h fo r tbe j thP dt·~h k~to\11'" thdr lmoin- they Wlll•lvw h~ jump<••! <•111 arul a jJI'• inl'ol an I """ u~r]~- rf'il<'<' r that ...... ,. f'OIIIf'llll.)' anlr.lo• a•ul ""'' tho• out~bu front hia of that tolra. 1t all •lfJ,..n•l• UJ>OII the t bruat 1Thi~ ""' wu .., olwp t hat thf abilit~· of t h•· worke,.. to gfl t ogt-tber aH u·uulol ron>!' uut thrnul(h tl1<1 rut 1 an.Jar t <JUICk arul <il'<'bi\'e. whrul,rrathin~: 1 . Tbp lluthnritiHiut· -''' - . , . . - - -- E. WEDEKINDT UNDBII.TAJa!ll Al'ID PmiBII.AL Dllti!crOR No.$ WALDRN A VRNUR &ODD Fll SOG JIJIGUT Stl "'"''"'''''~ .............. "" ... "" ""'~ MODERN CHIVALRY :~:::.~.;":,:"::;~::· ~~~.n:..::~"','; :~; I ;:::.::·;:. ':,. .;::·"' .,,, '· ;....~· ~ IN THE SOUTH :ccc:· ,•• ••., ..~"'< . ••, "'", ''""' \\' hil·· tbt'."' ha•l him in t iM- •traigbt ' !iitii~j~~i~{{!~~~~"··';_,. _, _,.-;c:-.;":_•-"~ : ._-·•"-· •lo,. ~"": ::,~:, ~,:;; :1"'1 :.:~·~~~~ tha ''""-' tlu nr. " Qll b."" Uuo~o: 1 ,;:: uf tl>o :;:·,f.'l!I"''{"-' "nt•a•;~ tblll ,,,,., a • htll \t !><to •h!T..t'nl 1'11" -.."' :~~.~...~' ~~~·~~~~~t~:d 1-:;!~~~j.~1 ':,:1 1 '""' 1IUntcn l<lt\ wu Mr l!orl!'aD 1 ''fla#.." ~-" .'o....~ ''"~~~~~ b:~ -~::1·:~ ,'::.:.;,h~; the h " I <tnt ""1:111 I•> J,.. run '"~' an• ol• , 11011 lha :~;:.~~;:· ~·.: :b:2..;':,:·;·\~~~~~: ;•J:, 1111\l::l:l ,':.. "~'''"' t ..' \\hue Ollf BIDj.ilf' rtot If Joe load lt-fl --" -~-o;- ~:h11 ~~~:riD I >lotJ'D~~~~f ~~~~~ ~:~;~ 7!~71:!:.!!~~~:;~gn:]~~!t~f~b;:: \lo•l of !It~ lull "'' '"""1: , 1 ~1 ,b1t 1N>II' -.; '""of tl/o Lui wtould tk "'"'"~" Dll•l ~Lildr.. ll! Tlo·•· "I•<> hn••· In work I~ hun,. n •• 1 ltf':lrd an nniH<r in unr o f thew ,J".' : ·h• •" ""'k, "h~>< tf ''"'·' · lm•l ~~~ noil1~ \ft>t~i11~ ek-<t'n hour~ b~· 11tj' anti [,. .,, 1~·11• ·~··11'!11 • ,,.,.1 .._,, t he II Uno<.. " 'onlol ):I\'~ Tl"> ""t>•h i>UII '" thl.' ~~~t••·llto fn"l ton•h-~ h<>u"' !J~ Dij.iht, J'fll)' tO QD<l tlt:r.t ll<'ttcr u·e IH.' •huwu <lllr Cull <lllt r . •b the word• f~l! from hio lit"'• I I"<>Uitl not hut thiuk \•n•\ :IINII io 1111 that DU lll~"'ff 10 that l'll\J'~f WU '""l''"b ' " tho• <'UUII t r;.- 111•1 • l ouruioj: "'()('{ull,r Ul"f'ill'<-1 iu--bi8 fllllf', ' ' oh·~·,.,-,. '" ''"' •·nuutrol J...ut• ut fi•·l· and the Dfii.D 18C1111!T one yur $1.51 H-ero.Jar price: OALL OFTH£ OARPB'NT&:B ......$1.10· BUJ'J'ALO 800U.LI8T I TaU!..... 1.00 t.tO Tt)C.ll .........................t ..._ .................................... .................... U O PlU oo~'::~;:;;·;;i;;;~d';;ii·;-···-· BUFI'A.L.O 800141:18T,.It W. Bq-k1 8t. , Butl'•lo, N, Y. Naa~e ......: ..........- ................... ~.......... .. Street II:- No. ..........- ...................................................... Oil y ..................- ................................. SlUe..- .......... _ .........:. _;;,;,,;-;. I W<Jrll 11011hl not bt\e 1~11 .nnebedl· .:··.·c:"';~ ;; ·:;• ;;;:;: ;;;:~:~; :·~;~f : :~i:~:ti:.i~ ~{:j~\ iiif:\(::l~:.i:~i~~)~~~?;~;;,::f] ~~fi~t:;~~{~~;·~.~.~ ~ The :::.7 '".,';'":.,:~t: .•:~:.~~,.~~~~',,.·\lied lr: -;,: ;:. -.:-.-.-~,·:· · �Jl(ll'tait bclll.- IIODI.. • Y!U be ol~BII.8'aJoa.Nt• Braa.ch~nto erTe for ud ~ loc:al b,.. and ~p.u. t CJ tM Cu.us.J MONSTER-i SOCIAUST - ' u.e PICNIC b\... &nJ ..gatio. wiU b. Heeted. ~o -a tM . _... m P. Buill., ~ of xon - - -- 'fO on or 'rJm SL.A.VBL :~::-- _ ..--;::c,··=,._• ~~~'7U:.t !:m"'~ 8~~:~-~~~:;, ::dr~;~~ ~~~~bi;0~! a na111~r are UIUiip.ed. Wber1 r -ible ore io•·e.tipte, bot witllout tile 11a111e to bt'e J"'''I' TUWll. : , qe ue ill. ~io!!:; ~~~ No llld• u4 . - - . . otMr :;-~~~~ Kat'-ath! wu .a..,.. ou Mort •it, raby dar tMt il ~ ~-.i~!'~O:.~·= t w tllo ~r or I&Ur. tella Ill~ pod. wioJe.. tratll., alld lllra J>IUIU , bnlrtl· · bow lulppJ ..d ladepesl· we t OII.kl all be it Wt paL awa:r ti!.Oe a IIIDotb," lelia Ill lao• un a elllne IM!It·~l, orQT, ~·· ot tbe borly jiDlilit. " " tbo (irl •bo 8t'&. f l ,OOO peT :ri:u :" lfiu lA•lt ean te ll •ltetker a •o~na11 Uow raa.ay eara tllat a.11101:1111 f We Ill a aa l'e r or oot, jUM fro111 tlte way llhe ba re no ataliat ica at haGCI, but we ln1ow wal ka, wlllr ll we a dmit, Ia soi11g .omt. tht Tery fe w •o<nea booU::eeru-, ~~eboolteaebe,..tralDtd lluNHotothen u.e tnjo:riug '-1 par , average tbat •alked alllllt; Ia 1 dtollJIT 10rt 11111cll, ud If 11111.1 the well-t,.id Wlllllfll .,..,. ~~;t ~llee;:;,~"':; ~~~~:; :=: ~ of CWtaco, .at t~t '.:ut~ :::~~t, ::,.''::!: ::, feu 1 i11tliute d tloat aile laad DOt &tlllJ'I· JltNtDI&II of d t pt!Otient WOQitD Ia •J"alf'Dialif aar iap J>lan. ticabl}' deer-.! b.r tlte N.v ia g ::~rl::~':; O:.:~~~on;';~~~~~·eb:;: toeriq _tl• State of Nes York toiDt!tlliDIJ wonb wllile, tOiae ' " d - u • :~·~;.~! p~~::~ .:; lq beltt.O. the apirit of o 1:!-JIIte't "; at tbe to...- of Briep Aq11oe ud bot, prrUJI'I, ICIDNM wb~ ..t:d doe. 8treeu Tbv.rtday ""a lq, aot tlltll bt. .k at tbo t!Pt of t:wo,.. Kr. &mat-d Lt a ve ry ef•. of ill"~ ua work oot t b'e proble111 of i.-Jr::er aad· aU readen of tile ltow U,ey quld N.ve tht "eTea Bod alitt in U. aiw-tnide p;... 112.00. " _ DTpd to be prewat &.ad brin1 l.lJ-LewU,. bo,.-e\·e r, apparently ad· frieadt. witb tbrm.. • T bt 111eetia1 ;:=:.::::;.;.;;;:::=~:"'::"':~': ~:;, ~~: ;,:7;:;~b~t~:'~~ ~~~ ~~~;==· ~ria~!~~; N.w ~~~~~~~~~; l:"":.:e; b.olal1nyaimaghiedwll-.z~we coonirrll: from a loai dar '• 'II'Ot k wmw. r. olia8~~c:r;,:ir udtr tbe a.- or .eml u1 your llalllt. DODfGa OF nt£ T. P . 8. L. A &pedal meeli•l: of tbe Y. P. 8. L. ,..... beld on To~oy, July 111, ud ill •l•ll.e ot tile inn nH beat, tbere 11n11 a lar3'11 auerulanct. Tbe m~ting ttlled to tl~t dele,gatn to tbe eoanatiOn a nd a f tt>r tbe USt~al ::~~a~:~:,':~~~:.s:•deraon, Aa tbe wntlor.r bu been u ou.uall.r wa rm, it waa .J~i,Jf'o.l by t he exl"C"uti.-e El'er:r member 11f tbe Boelalillt l'arly t.OQ\IIIilttoP t bat the mcct int: 011 J u ly JOtb urpd to ..,bltrlbe for tiM M'll' ot6clal be bcM on t lae rllraer of :Ua ia a a ol :Uoof tbe Soeialiat !'arty. " Tbe hawk al rffla, iaSin•l of In Fran klia 8111lder," tilt Ja.t i»ue al11u .,... Hell; u pru·iout ly arrugtd. A. ;ro11 tbe price of a :rnn ..bacriptio11 J•~bllbly kuo,.., tbe •Joea kfor of the e n!.D· and SUMMERNICHT'S FESHYAL 1or benefit 'ampaign fund •.. at ... Teutoriia Park SUNDAY, ·JULY 20m3 Games Bowlh:tg Two Bands Daoclng M :m~~~~n;~·.ftreOd~; .~:~· ~~ ~~~~~e 0~o~~·\:11u":.~-~=•";; bJ" Deba aad B- U. The htatjJ him ..-iii.,Orl'l... he on ba nd • .nd Builder" It publiUed wetld f; 1(1 thllae ot ;rou wb11 ha\·e 11111 bH11 110 ~n-aytartlll~riptionf.;>rfortuaate•e •lllal;r, "Pilu •t =iN it.· • b1 tallillg 1111 the -l~al :i! W. Eagle StnJ1. • ~ T bol hutin.-.. meetinJ; will be bf'I.J as n~nal on T bureUay ,,.·enia g a nd .w ill be u t b(lrt • •f>l*lible. .o\fter tlle· buaiaeu il olillpllH<Iof, the league willaoljourn will tpeak at So- to the atrce t ~~~~eti"l!!· ,J;:~ ~~1111:'::n;.~~~ Co~:~:. ~~e-::.~~~/:~e jo~~:l! ::: (.,._a '• l«ta~ a DOOII day \'. P. 8 . 1... It you feel t hat you ·a~ too will M held In t rout of t bt oi.J to e~iatawithth~ youugfolk•. r bllpe a t noo11, July 16t.li. join aa;rway a nd help t.liem by ]";ring ba.-ebHPmade tll hare •I~. 11 i• t he ;rou•!!J-I'It llft o.lay f!l'. fllia&"w::IIJ Qber-ta~tiM~t;..., willal--d"' paa rcob f rom •.lao noon,.·ealth. an<! u11leaa you _!~~~~~i.i~G:~~~:~~:;;,;.:;~:~.::;::.;:.~~::.-;;:..F=:..::,;;t-~~?~·~~~~}~:1;:~~~~eort-~ 1"~1"" ud \'tllliull StrPet t o aad Nottll O,Jta, •·ia Bailt>y aad Lort-joy. Strn t. ltart in,g at ll. , ha•·t for It, tb~,-. .. m be u nab lt 111 M>J>t tbf J>rol>lcnu ...b irb will a ri&t . thf' lt a1ur. work f or tbf" if'I!(Uf . t bu• br l]' ip tll ia gloriotU work of u t lou for rma neipation. amODJ; I n la~t ,.-...,k ·._ Buft'a lo 8-ofi•li_. Reftrrndum f•uloli~b•••l 1 IDI.ol.- ~:i•·ifll( tho! 11'ff"tt"1Uiu"' i• oa thr .luf' ~11 11>]•8 \.ouJ:_ht b~· Ml,.h to the ron~t ituliun 11 pro- the llr•t ~ill month, of tbr . ~atio111l Commit tl!oe. \"otf t hf" ntm>ht r o f .Jrlrgat ,., to t hr Augu•t 8th. All balloh ~a•t t •ollHtlitto~·. to wh ifh urh tb tr will not 1..- toUnlt•L tit l~<l un·l~r tbP !.y -la-...8 ~~~ d~tril"'t~·l for ndi<,olol••"'"-"' Thi~ ~&lioaal SPEAKERS GUSTA"' _A. STREBEL -OF-8Y.RAOUSE - BLOOR ELLA OF DAYTON, OHIO .Jidmission IOc. Strip of 6 ficktfs SOc. Te~atoala Park Ia located JnU nurtlo of Humbo ldt l'ark a nd eotnprl~• par kaa11d lbh poudt . ll•neluj: ~tud u.,,.·Ung l'a .. lllooaareoutloe ~;ruunda at"·eUa•maoyuther amuatmf'nta. The ma in t·olrauce co the pa rkllonFIIlmuro• A ..,.noe. J un north of H umbold t Pnrk. Gco~-. ~·mmure, E. Utica or 8 t ol otrr tol c an " Ill takeyou d lrecJ to thepark. aeTen~l ac~ uflrtoe~. t �BUFFALO SoaAusT PUBlJSHIIIIG COMPANY . SJY.E&pser..t.:-a=...I BUPJfAl.O,N.Y. MAilTlN Hlltsi..U, ,._.,_. ..... K!Cut~~-~3rd l'~ba Prb $1.00 W. Jf. CABv.;'-~N~, ,_,...,,SO.: lb. JDoaAho, p&J.W.Ia ad~ Ezztned U MODtJC1-elut !WI tiM' Jan• II, lilt, . , the pol' ofl.oe II Baffllo, Ne.w\'orlr: , UDder thi'Act of Kareh8, 18'79 SATURDAY, JULY ll, 5913 SOMETHING GAINED A l t hou~b tht' Strike ..r t he 1\e parlnt(·ut s tore •· lt.'rk.~ '''11>1 11. fnilurt' to tho• o•xto·u t thHI the workt>rll hR\'t! nul rrRiitetl the llt.'t!l"!!))i t y for u n i.. n , 11. 11d thHt l hty tllUIII h·· j:r<lllntl duwu 111ill ITI(oN- ht>foro: they i lllltlt•f'liiKIIt.l their l n ..- )OQt;it i" n in lif1> umlo·r t he c Hp itlililit .!iYIIIem, ~·et h' \l il h ! h ... litt lt· t·:fnrt nuHit· I•.'' tho.~ of th\·m t l,tnl b1tr.l tbe spunk Hml i nt;•llit-~·lw(• to m li te !Ill<! j..'ll ort s\riko•, W!!IH.it-rful thing~~ 1111\'e bet!J1 nn "OIIl]tlillhec\ iu 11 ,·,.ry s hurl tilil". :'\ot Gil ly h11~ th;• l'rio·c o f Will!~" J~.,·n ilwro'll~t'tl, hn t >'horter untl IH•IIf'r work ing , ..,n,\lti .. w; ••:r.: b t ull throulo!h t ilt' de pHr tment , f thi11 •·it y. \\"lwrt· umuy u f th•· •l··t•Hrtlnt•nt ""lon -.; w.-re poy ing frum :t".?..)tl t o f;I.OoJ Ito l~·l!'ill . l luos•· ~tmo· l'!lor t"!l now JlliY f;ti,OO "lnrt.-r. E n•n Knox '11 ; , nnd Ill o·•·nt >~l ,l't·~ 11r o• ,Join ~ thi,;;. T ht• ei~:l 1t·h<m r tht,\' Jm,. ),..,. 11 ): r nnlo·ol in <!lle of the 11torea. nl•nnxiou~ :i11!11rtlny ni!o!llt wurk h KII J,.,.n nh,Ji~h•~l h,\ ' a ll lht• worth~- of tlw u ttrrw. · T h in k ..r it. nil th i" t ho• diro•t•t rt.osu h uf Ollt' wo-.·k'll ~>t ri kt-, thnt. h~· 11 hoot!,\· uf wm·ko·n:- without o·xpc r iO'III'•· iu urguni7.Jttiun of what o·ou lol tun·,. J,..,.n ltt't•ompli~h••tl if Rll tlu· workt•r;; ,.,.1111' out HI t l1o· o·nil nnd k .. pt tilt- ~tnrt'8 o·lo-"'11'<1 unt il the we r.- o·om pell• ..l '" lo!iW in. th~i~e~~·,l.~r~~ ~~~~~:~;:~~~~~~ .:;·~~~~:·;~';:: :~'~~~~~-~~~~~~~~''"\:~·~~~~·:;·;~~: ·,~:~~: of 114'.,,,...,.n;.l'llicl o f thooso• workt·l">! hHI't' the c·,no·eit '" think t h;1t t ht•}' "11ro· ,.r ,linllr,v wor k••N . kno w of llt<llll' r.-.:o·h·o: ext nt dollar 11 l'o'o•ek who nt'lnn ll,l' ho·lio·l'•• thnt t l11·}· .Jo uut 1..-lun~or to thl' w01rking 1'1111!11. 111111 who u l wtt~'H ~tnwl r••n•l.1· tu ~C..:A B 0 11 t ho•ir fcllnw wo r kel'll HI nny mnmo·nl. 111111 .,.,. ""l\!1 1111 I'''""'~Jh~o <~~.~=~ ~~~.:··::;~·~~'~'t:~·,. '~';":,r;:n7~~~:~: ::.1'1;::.:;':;~;;d;~ i»'f-:::. /W~~gul~ ~~11t!"t. · th11t the1· lull't' " ~nl"'rior Hi>ilin· " u rn! t.h111 th<' hoAA nn\Mt hr~n• thdr r b' " •• • ~ 1 111 .dtie 1 ~t·rl'it't'S: whilt', in fHl'I._ I ~IO'~' ~rt' "1!1111 inteiJiflt'llt thlln.their f1'1JO~' :n~~~~~~~..::l, lll~:::e~ll&l 111 , ~n•rkt-t"K or t lwy wuulol J fOIIl w1th !11t·m a tul 111111 ma t er tlllly to the1r ..tlofy ~ ; 1 material an..t lm..,;;t.-rl• l 11 IIIL'Ome. . . . . . iaarna11Der111itable to ~i-lf. :.,,J lu~l r~~~~~~:;~,o ~:-~:·,:mr;:·;··;~·t u:.'u;~~~~~-":1<1•111::_:;:",~:~~~ ~~~::k;h:~ ;.e:.::"~~~;.'~,~~~··ery •••ge wr·r •· W! lhn~or to lo!l<f' a f1·w da,1·~ pny Ill l~t~er the~r contbi!OIIS. . llft , be ba• to • •·ery u.teal Tht.;;(' of you wl1n "'u~-·~1 111 aud :-s<.ABBED hnn• nothm~ In b.: lf ro~l the fo"" o( 11111ure aa<l ia pruu.t or. ui"tll~, dODii.,.nl. NO TARIFF ON LABOR lly ~;. labor w~i~~ ;,.~ .......... t.lo i Durin~ all t he t11lk u f tlw ··upit ~t. l ist p n-s~ ~tbuut tilt- tn r ifT on lllll:llr, tflligeu~~. 111111 by Ill• latt tligeDI't!, ••;•> 11• ·-•oli<y •·11· .. wt• hn1·<' ru·n·r nvt i•·•~l 11 11 uro l uf ··ummert l upon the J!r in- wiolf'n.-..1 the - J'f anti intrtlllletl <"i J•HI <'t<tnlllt Kiit~· . lubur : &t!lden,.y or Iii• lllbor. ,,.. ·outvrW T hi~ lill lll<' <'IIJ!Itu liHt p r•'"-' i~ nlwu_,.,. r •.,,.)_,. If• ~hout " for r-il-'lH'!r " •aly t b., '"''"' within llilu , ' "" • l.o ul uny work•·r . ur n tu nl ..•r .. r wurk•·l">!. wh .. hlll'l" 'll ' " 1.,. IK!rn ou tsid.- 111'1' uf tho: h.-••t wil buul. li t ,..n of I h i! pHI•' o f til<' \ ' u it•·ol l'>l ul··~. ·' "' t h•·r•• •·-~iMh< in thi11 l'OIIIIIry au luna,.,.• li>·f •• • n ,.,lu~•t ... t •nino• !; or~n ll i 7H i inn. I•H•·k··•l loy o'll]'i t u l i"t ~. ~ 11" "'11 II." tlw ~ ..·i<'l y for tlw l'ro- or•u•• ' " ,,.....,not ttul~· hur,..,., by i Jw •ll<oll u f Emi!-"l'lll ion . ..,.,. ..-it h tbf' t..-o•tly >l tu~o:.:lf' T lw ohj t-.·1 ,,f th is "r~:•m i1.u l iuu is to loritllo! w ..r k<'l'!! to thi.-~ conntr~· an•l ot...lt N. ""'' •.,uot.h.hi~t,.: • " h" Will wo rk •·ht'lll "'r tlutn thus,. tlu11 ur o· non\ ho·J·•·. :\1()1;1 u f til•"'"' "·hirl> ,.-;u •·n•l·l~ tunt I" '" ~ I lifr •·tu iL"rn nt.: n n· ,.~· u ro~ l fr••tn tlw ··••••••t r_,. ,J i~lri•·t ~ o f 1-:nrot"'· h••lou~-inlo! n f int<-ll...-tlllol '"' rr..-t , Bl....,noliu~: ' " whut i-. o·u ]l,~l tho· J ~·HIIlllllr.'. mul Hro• rt•u.-llo..) h_1· luring aJ,·ertiJte- l,..auty, ,.,,] l>r omnnl>l! ,.,·rr .-it II !1!!'111 ~ 1111d ,.fT,.I"l' nf h il.! 111!\lh' \ in tho• l "u it o·ol l->tu to-s. oym]oatl>y. Tt,,. J:relll ,].,,.,,.,.•• ul tl..- • orlol T ilt' -.to•ll ml<hij• •·••mt•Hili•.;. rt' ll) l u r i•·h hll rl'•""t thmngh thi.~ tlt'<'<'Jl· 11< ·1! u ud " n•·•· tl1•· t i•·k··l i~ Mll•l. thul ··nols l lwir ro-sjl< <ll~ihility nntil the "".. '"~'' ...,.,.trrf~ l ~>1•·•1• of ""'" .,.t hun>a~>i..-·1 ,...,.,r l' il'l im,. Hrt· dump.~ l out ul 1-: l l i~ J...ln ml l ik•· u lot o f t llttle. (i f o'foll rs•·. 11,.. •'M)Iilulist ··In"" 11'11111 IHIIIlr tlflmi"'-d f rL.._. t o thi!! ,.-~·• 11•1: l~t·lo· "' "ur d•y, t'"''""· ::~;1','-~':t;., ·:::::·,~~:~.·-· n1 h:\l~u 1 .:::.~· ,:.::;; 1 ,:a::;~l ~-~~ ~:: ;~~~ it~ll~ to ma kt! it .. :·::";:,!~;," ,.~, ::·:·~~~,.-n~;,:• ~:·~ 1 nl~:.'·;::· ,J:.~·~~o-~;~~r~·;:l •·;;~n1:· ,:::,,\',l·i~ .:·; ·~:;,~;-';hl;·~.:~~:~gt~~~~~:~~- 0~:~~~ ~-~n~:":~~.. ~:~;~!. ::~~~ ;., ,.:::••1..,.. lot• t ho· wor i,J liw uho nt 1111 n l'"r. T ilt· t ~ ...t Wo• 1.!1'1 untler t he ca p italist ••1.>1.-. ~~·~tt·ru in uny l'!'r' ." f t h•• 11 nr l•l i~ o·nou J,!h to on ftUd repnxhtN• ou r • Iii:•· ~.~1111,::; 11 A;~:,:·,~::;•·.,'{ ;:;;::,.·~~·.·;;t:·:~.,::.~~- ~!2~:~~n~yl::kr;t:t 1!:C':r' 1~~-~~;:.~ Man And His Ideals J•h.'·~i• Jih'. " '"' \\'h ilo· t l~o·y m i~:h t look 11 littlo· the 11·once for w.:•Jt r f••r ~otal iolt"'.lo • "' u... lon u tho• trip uno! nul •Jll it•· >~< • · ···hts.~~- " loo •k in~t Jtl< t lw nnt il"t'. y ..u will tin t! tlwr ••~ hl<ltln from A<'tual t h111 ull l h•· ~~···ru~-:,· tlwy uro· slnlllj:! utu \ hcnlthy, untl tlo not luok liS r10mt ~ U. f>.-1 in word• Wll r n un;J hllf.,"Jl' 1'11 11M''""'' ' of us who t• mi~ti'III L"tl a fe w ~·,•al"!l 11)11•. l hf~· muot t>f' li.-eol, in tottlrt to "'~~; ,'.~~~~~~;-r;:~.~~:~· ,;~::·:~:::~~~;;,:,:• ,:~\is]=~~~:~~llll~;~ ~~:~l~!~:~~~:~.::~ :~:in:.:..~ti:::t.;~u~o•:!tu.-; '\~,. .~~ i" '"';';"'"' ,,r of .!itit•JHi thei r own or uny oth;·r •'(lllllt r,\·. 11ml wht' ll tht'y nrrh·t' lwre ~.mt.l.. b.!' t ~i r nlf'luh•,.,.., anol by ••o l ·- - . - c·.-- ••c··llr•• f'ltA,I' pN>y ' " t ill' Ay~1··m . u n t il throud1 <:x plo itntion ami di r•• othrr mrao ... l •ll':l>b ~•nnol ~ lllf'ol 1 1 11 1 ..::" • tlt·Jntllltl thllt the mi litiu 1 ~· o·nlll'd uut to ~hout t lll'tll oluwn, liM in l.nw- ar;.,,.- lnll lW'n<'<! ou hi• • illiPLI: 1111d dofi•IJ('1·. l'nt ei'!!Oil 11ml B t!ffu\o. , ing. Thty on~at find llflmf kilod of maD••n ' t \o:t t lw tn f•KJI yuu witlt tht ir ta r iff t 11lk. ;~t ick to t hl' elaRS liuolion in • ,..., ·. •~tiont, or, if 6t ruggl~. ;, ·;- ~ . "' .• - ... .. .--~ --· • . •. are tbf iolf'al1 of • <'laM of 111en, ----f'r•eti.,. l oloing>t of tbi1 d11M. THE COMPETITIVE WAGE SYSTEM For i·ll'At• ;.. our .enlf' of rbe ~:~:;,~~~ ~~w;-h;r~~~;~i~::;·;~~ ~~~~~.:·~-~~:: ~~:~ 1f~, ,.~ ! \~~:··~-~~;~~~~igtl:~~· ·) ':~ ~::-~:n." 8 .~.~;~~~:;: ~~~.,o':.~:~ olu~;~~· ;n~-~~~·t!Jit~;:i:J~1 ul\ro~:~:~ ~~~~l'~~,:~:,.r,~~:fn~~~~~~~;~"-:!"~1111,,~'; :~: ~;"':~;::~t::-~::·::d ';d. tt ll .. ri~ht t~ow for t'\'o·r: und t'\'l'r, w~rl~l w~tho;Jt j·\11 ,r rght. eh 1 1-.,·,.ryUo d y ~ll l llifWtl . <>mL ~;~n::·~nl::::.:·;:"';h.- ~~~~;~~~=.:: J>l't'l'~ion ol tbe roonmou inlf~• wal!'•'~.:·tJ1,~~~ ~~~;:~·;il::;u;•lr11::~r i:':•·dr:t;:.:·'(~~..~:!s: i~·~ :~·· it,:ri~~~c0~~~~~: ~:~j:;~::::-=10~•1~~ n:~:f of - ~: ~,~:.:~~~:·!;~?~~:~,~~,~.~~ -;~'_'~:~:~~:~~~~;;·~':{~-:::~:J~~h:'l;::;~r~~';~lio~~~~~~~: :~::.~~;',.'~~:~,~!:~-::~;!,~;fi:: ~:C!:r~£~:~at ~!:' !~· ~t:"!~::· :!: ~~E:i~~~~~~:g~::~~~mo.t U IO· I·•·~·~•·o l (·Osl ':'f h r m ):'. Onr. ~~~~~~· rua~· h f•lp 1111 h·mpornrt l~·_. hut nut !II to r...e tM rf!aliti~ or prattlnt l :::~r:;l'~,,"'~ll~:~·i:n,;:,.";~';:';' tl~:11~tl~\:~ 1111~:::•,';.,•·~~rt::f~~:i~~:du~;::~: :,~~~~~~ lit~, if t~y •r• of ~u~h reelot.- mueture Wt· now li•·•· i~ ~;111'11 t l:ul it t'IUlltnl U..· ot lwrwilll'.. tho: .~~~:~i:::~:. ··:.~~~~~!~~~~~~~-~~~·-~·1hi~. ~i~.~~~~~~.~·~o~~~- 0t1:to:11!:~~~;~L~t\~~ ;·1~" s,:~~·~~~-"'~~~~;:l~~~~::~~:.~·~~~::~~~}:.~··~~:~l:g~~:· 11'~;~~~~~~::~g11~~=torl::l:.~~~ kt't.']'ill)!' t ill' priL't' cJ,~II t o tJ 11. lllillillll!lll. • · W h~·tht'r we hn\'1' ro-.·o•h ·o•tl u'i1 Hth"RIICC or not i!t clch'r mined hy t h•• IIIIIOttut of,good~ w~ t:flD pu rehas•• wi th our mon('y. I f we ,•an buy mnr e lor the Wll.gell we ll.l'l.' now tl..:o•i \'in~,r, the n ou r w11ges hnn1 Ueen raillf!d,.' if n o.t , t ht>n Wt' h~~tn• l!\'t-'11 ftk•lo-.1. . • Fti.,'tll'e 1t our fOI" ~'Olll"!!('lf. then yon Will kJ.!OW, MURDER WILL OUT .-\t Jut it look11 1111 if 8fltne o f the mo.:thud>< usaL hy tl1e Xftt ional A SliOC'iRt ion o f l l ur111fllcturenl will \)t' CXJ'IOiK't.l. It i!i ton hlul t hat lillCh nice p ublic 11p iritcd men 1111 Olll'itl :'II Purr~· lind J nh n Kirb.r, Jr., exJ•rt'Oiidt•ti t ami pret~.itlt-tlt o f thAt or.,"Jtnizat ion ~houltl b~ brought t o t ime . for ~~~i:l~:~~;~o~~t :~r:x~:•.,~~.;;.i ·~~~~!~~~~~~~~timon,· will be given the t'Ommitl~ whil·h i>l im ·o'fltigsting the • insidioWI " lobbyi~t.g, lmt .1t loob f ront the \' er,l' that w ho.•,·e r datefl to M Y a t:ty thmg d ..trmwm tal t o a uy or !he trtetl a nd t r th' memhen; of t he capitaliat claa will 1,.e set d owu u " IiaN" 1'11111 tha t will ht· abOltf all e.xCf!pt the f l"dd of t he lawyer.. - t>efo~ _s111r1 There i• no otber w•y 'W bat-•·er. mallnt h bot for tbtm-Gn An)n•·inr ible organiut ion Ia tbe d• y. · Or~i1111lly The Development of Government gol'trnnwnt, or .. bat •~ l aa..t more - •~iKe~, It• prooludh't nf'tfl l itll fund ion llat .,,..., , rem•i....d tDtlay ~111 hy tilal aa ....., ..,., I~ ocn·ut inerf!aleoJ 11110! 'Witil it lhf l.ttllnlullltlfiD !.llf11' il lou .....,.• ._.. tbe of the! l'f'OP~- Ito ]>O•n• 'tfl'ft' ,·t ry of wnlt~ in t" baaol1 ot tb<'l 1trong. •ll"n•J..or. t.m- wbo owDN or . lilllited, aad the frH>Iy anol •·ery tli,.. I'I'be ..eak ~- tbe e«1110mk tooh of. 1 ~' t•n a~•P"l me&o•. of P~ll<hon tiD~tly ut'r~ ..m uf the Jl('OJ!Ie .... tb<'l 1trong. and in or~ler to •ft!Jl tbe g.•·eo Pfl<:itty, and 1 ~ btlllne. i be 1111pn>b>(' l.n r ut the ...:u:nwunity, • """"'" toot. ;., ol>f'di~ntf', wt.o were by ..;-:~:;en;!~~~ ~!" ~~i 111 1 Ji.-lllg '••, nor. • ":tiltu o!W!, a 111• t~t tar mort' 1111sna-Ou. titau tMir U ]Jioiten, ~en! 11{ theg pro~rtiW.~ of ul!>tdt~tl not t.he •k•ll _• ntl ohl't''lf<i~eu ot 1111otlorr 1yrtem of go;rt:Tr~ment w.. Aeeli· c:ommunity II founoiP<I. Yet, tbe de•"eloj!lawyer• .:"·1 llfor.,......n.l jlldltfS ~~~ ID· <!<I, not t oundt-d 1111 Ioree, bt~t on rigbt, IMnt of ..,.iety .,.0,.1 IKI ead, nd u ttr)>ret 1 • Tbe l'f'OJ!lr 0\'fnl tbr Judp •nol thO! ba.Aie of t.bi1 •'!.'eoo• ...~ the IIOC'i tty deftk>JII', gtoo·erament wllt'- al10 u we_IJ 11 thr 111,. ma•~n., • nd the UKD· jltopnty inttfffl ol lhf .atong. Wl'Altby de•·elope. Witll S«iaii1111 'Wbl<:"k ,.,m t.i't. Jifl~r • bo wu ia tb!,ir bod•. minority, J'el!l"tWIITe.l,to .tbf! __..of tbt nut nage in the eeo'DOml~ \\ ar, bowner, .Je.-elotlft! • Je.den.hip nt t ile eJp1oltf<l u t be ina i•peou ble mf'nl ot oodety, gcn-tmmenc 1 1 1 :hi,~~=~1i!u":~ ',·~: ':.~..·::1 ia•l~:;:: =~:~:~,/f ~~~~~~~:::!.en~ =~~~ :::!':~ :~:;,:·,1•:: ..bor, ~ .., riH ~ 0 • tli•ti?~t d•. .gfd it. W roder • nd ~ 0.. di•J•pt&r, l ad with tbeln tbt d..,. rnon who •hd tbe fi;lou"i rep,_nt•tl'~ ol tJ.e - ?Uy Jl01".' ' poUtieal d ... agu ey, tilt 1 111 · 1 ol o( ... for the'"' of ~ r-plr d, of ronrw, ilad to be "'Pi10r1N bJ' thaw "'"" bJ' tMU ~bot A ppUO!<I tloe lliNn• ot lite ; ud t ,.,., 9let ~- tbe ....._d of I n an alln~hi;w:mcrt~ of ~ht Lito•ro~y Dig~tb~ info r ni..t ion that M •~ people, t~ perooul eu-tati.-e ow~ ha ,·e 90,000 lawy el'!!l UJ lhl!ll'Ou ntry 11 caUl'(! t o ou r atteuhon,-and power Lo )lfiiOe u 111 ""'· Tbu. flO•· most of t hen,t holding J>? tii ical o lliee. ~o wonJ,~~ we h 11n su eh bad '"'~' hiiiiiN f.b --'tr of tile Jl(<lplt. Ia •·~. T hey a re made w rtb the J>IU'J)()S(' of p roclncmg eaJJea. .U ltlbc dPtloped ~ be<sme mort I, - . I 1\tl, the rv.I>IIJ ~·a uplottUif tlaeel, 111d u .aeb """' protector of wll•t tboae t la- ~ laW aad ordu. •'n:lm • •rTa•f of the wllole propM f01't.ra~~ttt~l ~ deTelopN l"to an lJt. ltrlllllntt of d:U• nle. •'-11 DO -tw how Jllotk the f~ of ~t ~ b .-. dlallpd in tbt eowwe of tl-, wb~il b tl>e ptotmion nt ebu jnn~~~Ht ,.,m ap i• beeo- the 8 ,. t of tbe wbole people, "" l!"llgtr dl· .- ed into-t ea-., and it. tc&Klloo 'triD lit, aot to nile peojtle bnt to maup O...bto1111110• -~ al'lln •• far u tbrir at.,.e aad wOve - "" n t il ~ ment•l / iftll"l ~- ,. I bu a repntalio• u a rfftdl'l!ilb t :~u::''~·~~~~"c.r'';.., 00111Xt1Jf.A.KJ) Ca~lll:e ~ierre :p£AD ~.t.o t..llp.-la, . wu J>&i.DtiDJ!I dH.Iillg' w~Ui' I.Ddi&n the ~.:i. eo:.::::~·~.·;rv'~: :~ For t.be.e acti.-lll.. tlJa r.d Pari• "-rrtly. ' • ar., •bont to tab ~im luto tMir He took ail ad' aped tM 1 1 d U ' "' Jat ~ - . The hal eerellloAy ot l doptlon .W E::::~ • ~~IDe •D :;~;: 1•robabl1 take plaeca at tile o uo,..tlap tl the ~d Df tile Ia t 8eMI'1'•tioD, • nr Bynoe- , wlie-a Ofllll ~ ...otiatlou lo pari.., 11 e11111, U · • to 'Wftf tlJt orlt:lllal b di u - aeabero- of tM 0o till 1 11 · 'b1 lA-tfil B. Korp1, t.H ooe of- wko111,' vam:..-:: ~ '11 11 ~' J.ttl•nt Society, " w~ ... t. tM ~-of tk ptOple. • :d"::-:'. 't "'a::l1 m7 . . . . . . � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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' laagu~~ge e.-er 1141 with Injured and Dying Men as C'<lllvirted 1'lpdpg, t he )'niUn:IJllilln _ Wb, I Ilii, a ]Wifll; apirut biln, 1111! I Ia tanr ot tile C'Oane 1'iAgN, •~••·I;,,,. I"''~'"'' 1'0i«"ol, 1'Dii[IU lun~;ufil Tbe bonroll ~lftltrn,..t of the unoiH Mlh ;,. alway~ prelo~ol 1Ji the Cit; Coun OD t 'iiday la1t of .,. unpto1'olltcl u.:aun--oo a peaeefol pic:Uc on Mrilre u tbe Sterling t;lllj:lne Cmnpn1 d>opi 1111 X~pra Str~. Hobtr wu defude•l bf the a t.torn..y t or till' «~mp1111, aa<ltbe tria l •••• eplritrol •rul I'DIIoiUI'n!d OPt. T be ~~deute. b owe,.er , wu o•' l!r•Wbl!ln>ing t o J>IVfe t hat- t ile Ul!ault .,...~ apro1'ukd lhbtr WIJ llno:d fallit',a•••l tbe flll·r~"ion.a ll'i'U~tom... t tu t ra•le iD aiWIJI gh·,.n rrl'<lt!lll"f' aud a i'Oothinl{ l~·ttn <'lin ]>f' UJ~II"tl trn .run cunu• \.oeture t"'- wbo '' bOw ...~:. .,'i::~'·:. ~~.-~~',:.:'·::. ::.:·: ELLICOIT SQUARE " ~:~;::.~~.:·!~~:~b~:. ~~~~·:!)!~:~~~ WORKMEN STRIKE · of whom n~ ~xJieet~ t o '' '"" i na tuully ,allo lfortho~ 0"''1\t'r~ ot'l the miU.., heu,.llt no on" bow i ~ h• l' l"'""'' • but 1111 llio·l~ ~lun~· rwot•l<:! ha'·" t.c..<11 woru!~i•r IHO! anoounee.l, " ' bicl_l whit ;, tb" troubl~ with the do!xator . ··" ·;.,rk ' o.riag the way for the .eni~~ in th" - t:lli~on Square than that tNe famili}'S of t he ,Jay~. Alo<>ut thrN> wHh a~o the ena ~;~t olO"al by the •trike, will loe ,J,.fute.l in c11111 o f gin<N!u ••n•r·lop:•l th<'r~ m••lf a •ltmaad f.Jolrit a f organiu.tioo will go • nil• for olamagn. for an inn.. ue of Wl}:t'~ to forty <:<"01..11 I ··· m~efo'~~or Uter a Jbort time th!' ~~<1:~. '':~~~ ~;t~b~:.~~~~~~::;:.~; !';;11!;1":·b.,~n•:,..:;~::.t '!".,~~~:~"''w;: •';::.;~i;,,~;:::.'!:~.;:::.~ ;~ft~~~:~7.,: ~:; ::un;l~~l ~~~.~!: ~~ ·~.:~:r.~:~~~ L;~;;.::~~ ....- •::: 0 lpirit, Jlad l lt hOUJlh the bo- the aUI>I.Ort af theH hmilltll until t he h••·o wan, they ha•·e 0 111 ,. chil.!ren • re •l.ole to t11kecu eofthem· aleJl towudm their 0.,.~ sd•·~ i.o. anothrr thing. We ha•·e leu ned that men worki ng in • a nol aroUth l the mill n:]>ect e.J eome thiug Hitto ry ; 1 ,.,1~uing ltli'illf daily in of th kin•l to hat•lw:n, uul ha•·e eom· , )IJ.OO it, ;vet no olouLI t h""' "'" " wonlol.ba\'f! .non found them· out of a joh if they d ate<! lo ll:lJID, went out in •ympAthy with the n~.u nn•le r him. Shl<'<' the ttrille wu oledare.l the .-amp•o;v hat a ll'er...l •• ine rn 1e of ••Me- to U5 Jler monO.. hut the nlf! D refilM to return to work uoln• the eb ief engineer, who 1toool by th<'m, i• ~einlllllf'ol. The 1token are • Ito an urike. \'ery poor l<'f\'iee i. be ing gi••en to the t eoanU, ..·ho Ul ..~:};:t~~·:::. ~E,:~:i:.·~";: ·,-.,,W . W ,r;-O "R ··GAN ··· IZERS m... are the h••et of a few wark· to the profit .that ~omt .. re•l • LEfT TO STARVE • • be J:roonol out of them ! Prot!(" to e11try oil' tho: .loot woulol '•••• mo.,•·y, ' "' '"''""' ;,. "" · of JlfOie<:t ing tbto li•·..,. of t he ===================•!:," ,:,,.:"..,':;~:;••:~·e ..;:~~,':., ·:~:n~;~~~ - Sent A~~r~:;: ~u:~:::~~ ~F •=•"' LABOR COUNCIL AN .ACTIVE BODY Of MEN .••, "" •.::.·:. :,":..;~:·:. :~;'..~:: ...~.'2~; ':;:;";,~~;;;,~~'·::!"';;,!~ tbnt thry "'" mll•le of ~"l'"rior day lte· co"o , • ..,. ' '1'1'"" •• b• ;, • l~;•i•• Tho folio•;,, of i• ,.;,, tn olirtat•·· oninthe \\'e.~twllf're theotruggil't!Qft ... Trn mro ..·ho hD•l J..,,,,. in tho! lmihl· workt>.. ha\'i• IIC'<:(Inl~ ttnl'(' Uocorird !lVIII In~ wb~n tbo• ,.,,,,..,,;.,,, I><'<'UTf~ol Wft{> tht ~..w York Ca ll: •ho• __ h aoiR lltbrirhnirl•ln"'"Or lourne•IOif, uf tho••mrkufurjo,,.niQtil'ln~in):o'lln· Eighty-five Per Cent of Union Men Represented I:.~::., ..~:·~i· th:f ""';;,:h ';:!~~:~:· hu!1~;~ ~~:o:;;ln;?'.. ~~",:~/·t...~·:.t \:·h~ :'f11..1~~·,. at New Council- Losing No Time in Taking ~ ~:::.•."."''' hm.l all.,,..., th" ""'1!!.!10'· .,;be"~~';:il~'~:~·~f:::;:;•:~.;"";;,~,~:.~ Up Questions Pertaining to the Welfare of the It;, hi::h ''""' t hot th··. wnrk<"r~ of Urn..enuttwoorJo:llli~I1'.W..J.I::<Irorth Working Class- All Committees to be Elected- ;.~:~~~:·;:~·, ~·;,'o~ :~::.:~:: ,~:·, :~;;; .::: ;.~~~;·:·~..~~:~.~_:t ~:.~ tt~::n;i~h7: Fourteen Unions Corning in Next Meeting. ho• J•n>h·•·w.J. Tbu Uull'nlo Soo-ioli•t hu mi~ !rom lwrc lw!ol1! they "'~rt allowed \\'Rr~<o•ol our dt ~· unkial~ •~1oeato•olly ot to mRkc a l,llnding. Tbf'J an only ~up" •'R ih·I UJ'"· oucb •~ lh•· ·ll t'llj.~fi'f Co. plio~! with one olay'• t oo.!. \ ll otd t ...ing "'ithout Tht' :• \' i~:iho.ntl'l',''all or tbt'nl pl'1)min .. nt • · patrit>t~.·· mnrrbotol to tbf' l.ouildiug h•ntoon of tht' l'ni!.,,J Statt'~ ·li~tri~t whrr~ 1he I. W, W, bad bef'n hoMing iu . nttornr.•· to "·nrkin): raihoR•I men o •·..r Orj,'llniJ.IIIintt IU<-'tltinj,.,, anti notitiN tb<l . hour• on tho: Buffalo Crrrk and othnr l"'"["it'lor tb.,t he hll•l bf"tter ~f<lHi the r~tilrna·l~, hut th...,. ot!l<'ial~ arc too I. \\', \\', tilt• right to gatht'r thf're ur be · lou~;v a lt o•adin;.: t•ink t~u athl J:Oin)( tl~h· nn•l all m~mho•t~~ ot the union would hi in;: h> lllh'tt•l to Httlo• thiuj:~. tr~atttl to 11 •imilar eiJ,..rif'n~ IU that Wb111 tho: work••r• muot oiPmllll•\ ~~ vl•itt'<l "l"'n ~;Jgwnrtb and E\'erf'tt. J••··~aotion,ary m~t hooll. , .,,..,,t i):lltioM Tbu I. W. W.,ILa• ~K-en Otj,"lll!iling the __ . 1 """ tho• "'"''"' • fl.,. •·.•~Ill"'~· nn•l ,..,. ha•·., ··:olll•-.1 tb.- 11t· :·;:::;;,:·~"··;;:-:·,,!;::~:.:~:~; ;;",::~:~~ :.:"::~~:ic~~~~:.l: th•• Jo(l<!ktt~ ~:~:~~·k~~~~~:~ :~'li::~~~:~:i·~=~ th l , ;:;_. _,_,___ Druaun LI'IRRV ~'· ~";; ~~:;·~~·., t~:~~~~r ·WA"J: JUfiDJ:ISE nln~ 11 t;~ UL ll1\.ri\IJ\ Ill . .. III'IULIILIIU lt>r I ,SOO • .,:; for 2.100. Ten o\~le/at..., to II<! tb~ Jtm!t o r 1111~· loc•l. Th.,. ~OI~u:~j(:~7:.:!:o:• .:,1'':;~~~~:,~~; ne•to I · .,... ry · =--·=---....-,._:~~.~~:t£~ funbtr ii. JifO\'tll .. ·uv~,:.~~~r:~: ~~~ •o·l wh<•n 0 11 I JlUI 0~ •liHtg•lf•l8:~.1a~~\'WAR\l, l'...,i,if'DI, \\'),1. IIEATL\', Jk.r. CHI _!'~'~'"'"·! "'""''"' 1 LJ \ ... .. repr~ut at i.,..,.oftheunioo,nl•nytlrma lbA\'f! ~·mp)oyrol gunmen .,..hOJOe dilly it 1.8 ~i):bWI\YI 11 ~'1 l"<'"l'll~ any -- , .Tbo:rc •houl•l be great thinj,'8 done lofo- tu j!'U:Itll the I WI't'll ttow an•l .. ~leetion. tin!!, i! a·~~~ ~;;:"....;;.~l:m~~~~n:: !~: a ll tl ~~t only Ull ll lot IIQ:ltlltot .,,Ill tli•t"ft t~ mtn ha"n '-to Ill tbe point or a i=· In ,..,. ot orgpnizJng bn tlriwn a "'•Y i~~~i\::;~.:~:~;~~~,~::::::~~: "YOLU ARY'' INr~•n ~an att~n•le•l to the 1atnty all•l wei· ~~" ':;~1t1t111:;·~b:~:~n~!':: err s.-.-.:,.1.,,.. r~ort I~ matl~ l•:r tbn U111on n:_o:n ot tb18 I,...! 011 11u e 1. ··· ~i~:~:: ~:k:,~:). .~~.~~~.~:~~ GLA"P CUTTER . S 00 '';. ::;~~·.;:. :.~·,:::·::·::: TO the t~ ,::~''"':;QI~be t't1bttrlw~ti~u~~.~~~~:~l l ,!!OOmNt llteODIIrike in \\""tun llon- ::".:;,:;~~~~~~~~~i~h~·~:;; ~ ~~~~:'ti!·la AFTER THEM 1,.'11~~:;~~;,.,~7~ ~~~~~~ :~"~~·h:t~; NOW IS THE TIME ""JIIe<"Htol fo. be ARE ON STRIKE "., '"";., .;.. • ,.,...1;,.., ••·•• TORS MUST BE PAID BY BOSSES ~f·~;.~~,~~~~ ~~~.,~":u~t~:: ~rll'atl:.,•'•~~ ::; :: it b.,.... d";i: l ! that F te<l- .Jh~~~~::: ~~:1~1~:1 :,~, :~~ ~:·~:~~~~~ 111th:a ume tht 1t:u::,~e·;t 1 ,.,:.~:;:~~;~; Kaiatr Co., l'itt.ab~rg Pla t<' OJ•• .co., of ou r . Republlttnz;-or ~mocr•t <la iiiH The Voluntary Conl=iit~ ot ,.ational '""'';'.."~~,'!~~=f~~e,::!'!;:':: ~~::~~0~~:,. ~ 0a11nd•tr;:.,~ Un~~~ !.~~~-~~ :~ho:;:~:~~ 0lo:dlfe!or'~~ ~:::.ic:~~·o;~~ntih.:e :~ 1110~:::; f011t"l ID b'\ame.. =!•tt~e 8~:!:~:.: IIIUJ;n;~:: t.;;·e.;;; f:d~~: '::u~~~~~~ ~~:~::~)'8 tJle liBIDO label I t itt RIUt :~~~~= t:,::pli=v~D~~!:~tb.. de- , .,.,r;'es~:~ ~:~ ;:.~~ :! ~:~ ~~::,:,;u;~~·: ;~~t\:~::~~k~ ~~~~t t~:w ·=~~h,~bnupu:::,.!"!;gat~~ tn>o;; ud e?mforteble Ia tUh ,..~ 0 he •l~::i.::,~~l':'\~~ ::,.~!:~~ atT~e1 t~=~·~!~ •loiog picket <lnty and ::~': ~~~:e;:'!~ ,~to !:.~~~:t ~~oetle =:~~=;; ~~:.• ~ ~~;.:::~~= ara a lway• 1Uf'J:reued, and thl• no ..see1>t1on. A copy .,... f1!ll0rten 11f tbn Erp.., but neither paper l'ubliJ.h· following b a eopy of th~ t bey ha•·~ tbe llrt>ll eomplctnly tied A llae ljllrlt' ;, belos •bown by ttriket~· antl t bey are deternlilletl 1tay oot until their .:ln11:1andt granted.Headen ot l.b e Bnlfalo Socialifl. Dl! •·oluntary eommi!'ee ~ dte pU. t• My that t be low w .... of worfliD.¥ ;vl4 b•ve no n~lation to lauao..allt;r. The report of l " - "io..est(fat..,•• Ill eQV'fB BO"P'P.ALO. giYet il.Jielt·.the lle. bt•~pert<N 1ri'JI • lot of dabbet-e\1 dbll.,..t"' it , J - ~ Som~ of OtJ;i. •beeribtn ia Boutb tUt c n.•ped lhiq ~~ Bolfal~d~ not ~five tlle Bdalo Uf: • ~ntribatina ca- . TN. h_ r\'l't!l. Soel"lll.t on Ju.ne eltL 'Ikit .,.. a lat of 1lrlv~ abal" ··-~ "' UJI. with tbn Comm<!ttiaL the to are N OTIOB 'fO UADD& ere oh<OOoh ,. ' ' " " o f - A hood~ of 150 pepen for ttatloa D, a..aloj ,_,,. '""""' ••"':~ a..,. -...1 p~... - • - t to !tl'ft' Vork City by U. . . .t,I~&H~.t JIO'l ollol ~·t bt .u.tui. ....,_to 111 U..t W• ...... tabo doel HI. ~t apiL ~ Cal . .pUotW..,• • _. ~~ It 1W. <io. . . . ,.,....1 II U.. ~w.r ~--2. .._ �s11d boer"'""' 111ss.r fo.ld Tbe "JI'I!""ior illoebriats of lndu.tr1" Clftaki~~gl.li&;ra~!fa frotllaail.lradewoolil.ao.l ola~ 1o..._ve· ,Oillg. Aad. ,._. Lll11b!n! ..-ill ~bt of their OW1l oa the n.bjtod ••r t::J: :!~:~;.:-: ~";;'.be :1:= %,t...~:pnlJ~tiua 1.1'~ o~~"';':~i~Fr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;;;~~~~ ap~lat -omf to write fiftgl"ft in ew.r bn.rtl of a aa•l t~ otbers to trrite a enr11ui..:ioa fa.ttor:r to wonen to , . tl>l' ~~~. r-olum~ Tbfo 'file t bt. fHtor:r l.iwsf \\'~ bmriJ. rtMr'fft Will take ~ of of II Jli"OjlOIIt ioa to IIJif'OIIIt a com•"-lon I'CIIIfi<Wnte t'tld aad Jlte'tf'lll scsr-et rsilroa<l workl!,.. 10 ~lllf d~e raU..-.1 uol run. 04 tilt lMaak for ~p.l tw.il.t'r lllnf \\"boeo·t'r llflltd of 11 PI"'OJ,..il lo,on ~1· to •J•rol•t a tolllmllliotl of bull.li111 Tht bus!- boo!• t~DIN'i'ftt -nltt' trdtt workers to rniw tbe baikliaa: lbt IIDII'IUD" IDUI tbH:b 10 bart tht-111 iawd \ \"boPTft liNN of a j)I'OpCIIIIUon -~kano\fortllt.romvue"lint' 10 sJ)I)Oialaf'()lllllldalo.otre1,.-ata· of I•." •·rou••n~~ t '' JJall )looo.,.,.. Cro•h;r of Rulr.h>, siMI lit. liaun1!11 of tllr ••n"' .. ill•):~. tbt "'JIOO•I' '.' 'I\ull Moo•r'' . of ,\mln.l.,·rntr.rawr.b• •·•· ,Jo not In~•\ •· ,tir...-1 w,. trt'o~rt · frt.•t>•u•u ·~ of '"" all t orra·r ill th•• h.-:trc. Z.:ut ""'" ~illl'l" <"OIIIf•lsillt wiTh. lu•il,!hl 1ohl llln•thal l ":olt•ll ,:,.,., , ... ~. it ;j,!(, IIi· "'"ork1nl! '' · 1 1 11 ,.,.,~hl•iOII. 1 wirh 1., ~11 ,. •bouu like from "'""• or ! 11 llulhlo_ I• It i• in It~ ~tuml>f'r. Wbontt kfsrd o f a propolillY inlmeDJC ••d!KOunlt"' uodcr ~itioa to • r>J'Cliut • t:OIIilllialola of ""'' rlf"llll'iull that tbe;r IUf! Ut!iug mOMy 1*1,...., to rt"iM! t l~ l.ouM"-n:llt and teDt· by thfo IJ.nk. brtw~u the banD, tom· in amount , aff' art:Ur· IIW'III•hoiiH l111111f TIIt'n' t<"OIIIo.J li t ' - ..."~ h• t he ' I'" nlll« hoy with bl1 J~<~luuneut of .iu(b cemmiulon. u tbt'H. 1uarhi~. ,\ atan·rlia~ derk. Snell I'OIIUnllt'liUIIII wvultl repttooe!nl tiM' out tiM> riUbif:r"~ ~bet'k lc«ortl· J•roo\n<:e"' at11l out tlwo itl'l~n. b." I t i~ rrn,ltin)l" agalun . l't:tha r"' ~·ou >\"OIIhl tikt to; lift n..-ay for 1 !'illanrt•. tho• 1!•\itor in <'bit f of !be Tl1<· wurkiu,: <'Is•~ of Hu fl'nlu i~ lo~ F-O<"iati..t!" \\"rll, ~·uo ran't SH"OUDI t o aootbl'r,~~ tinfollbe laborin~tiiM'Rtote'l"iN tbt: t belr owu JII"<IJ'C! 11Yi sud for thlt labor loi.w1l ~ ~ain•t luw " "III:NI, ""'' luu)!' th in)!' ; 11 rt"turu. "' II IJUr . · ....,,.~o;;.,~ it~ 11 l>f'llow• tb~ Ju,J from •h•;~rr ~ho~.· · 1"hi" l>llf>er,.''Tbr Bufl'a lo Sociali&t'' I• r•ul;li~bl!"<l 1>.1 tlu! $Mi1lifl '• Sot ol thl' Conltsdn Jllllrtirij..llllg lo ll•hin~ t he Jllllj'('r i1 l>f'iug J•llhl o r h~r ll<'r\"i<'rs. All of th~ 111 aN tilt-"'"~' t hry uu, ~hin;; thl' 1,..;.1 I• l\"ilhin tbt'nl l\"lthouT t:Cj~ttting 1 ~;ll!;i:::~~;'"~:it:~:l ..~~~~ f•;; hi~ Hut. tbt mark nrul glt'l au aNb:..nl 11Url1 "'"~ l'~~l"f1 u , .. rlllill'!' woold Jlrtpo..ttrun... 1000 pairs of Men's $4.00Q i\0/ SAIIPUl SUS -~ l""' i\ouTiPb on it , l.a1 it !M'UI '• be Sot"ialiA~ n~a." .,..,u look with , •i~tN lwi11k • .,·btrt It IIlli)' bt writ · 1111'<! upon tile onward. Jltru aod rrout b l bt' \·r-edil au.! o.ltbit ~i.ll'• of or 1M l~aukoor, uow tbr ltir.g of 1111 tbe '""LJII.>!HdPolui'Citlf'.. Jlnd"'tory~ll!. Uut hfilnaltni"'""f· ot!wor balaM'ft. 1111!111 1111 allutbtr bt . .lll of ptl'f. ~·~~=====:::;=:;::;:;~~~~~~=~~ \\'uJ.iu~ou bankiu~r n:lorm mo'll· I•"'Y" upcoo thlo n rni>·nrs. ·Tbtr" w:l 1(1 111 ;.,llll-aJ~urlllolt ut~ut uni· bl! IOIIJ.l' «<III!(JIJotiun lu ll•tl!nicg I and..oli•lifytb.ebaukilll(~ll.bll!ldl'qPftl.ooflhe it ''ll"if'ntiflr. "' So flf hyl'llu of ln~IW!try wt.en W o>o•• l <••h•'";""'go•~tODif'DI ran do 10,1h11 will)~or J•Ut UjiVD .,·ill !of'"" ..oli•l that <iynllnlll~ . :1bl<.' t O dillturb it, it thf in· bug groWl! tiibl~t than n·•r,.and hi~ I<>Sj.,'<!r aa.t ~harper a•ul IC"I hl.lltil!t ~till than '"""' !Jf:ll'l.,. ~iallft" mljfht IO"ell t <ljoil"t' 111 t be f olltnO" along with jlltt tllUIJttry Cl! ~.~ru- tb.l a""'''' ''"'"..-ill 1 fsnr ,;~~~~:,~~::~:1 t~it= !:.~~:~,:ere~';":!i~io-:'o/"t~ n~t-ytbing l~aukt'~ 1.! .;uio~t to be It ua •Jiftd thto lnl!\'itable tht! rMifn ~)'Bif!lll of OJ>itslilm, Vacati0:11 time you waat a ~~~~!_~~~~:lf:~:~~a~N-s~~~s~~t~ otbu acttMOriel. We ba ft tbml all ia tbe heft quality obtaiDable loww dowbere pri<n, UNION __.;____.;,;___ II tlw> LABBL oar opcdalty, at oar uuat SliTS SI2. SIS .. SII �• MO STER .SOCIAUST PICNIC and SUMMERNIWJ FESTIYAL ~or btntfit campaign fund .•. at •.. Teutonia Park SUNDAY, JULY 20ffl3 Games Bowlin& ; August Klenke j;:;;;;-;::;;;;;:;;::.;;-;;-;;;;;;;;;;. THIRST PARLOR ~ \1 M :K 1 8 Htii:D .. Q O Jol . 1271 Geneaee 8tr-t, �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/c27e299e7d87f7ddbbc60b7981ead3a0 3d5d384d786b98ee21ad0303321afc80 PDF Text Text LOOitATTf!a-01 YOIJJt ADDIIIS I..UI!I. IP IT IS 67 YOOit SUllSCRD'TION l!ltPIRI!S N1!XT WE!lC Price Two Ccata Rushing to Aid of John Coleman ~ 1 r·--,.· 1"·• Press "Take Sides with Him Because He is Favorable" to Business Men -That Being the Case it is Time the Workers Make Short Work of Hini. �=~~~two~ . ·~··.... ~~ . : . . . $37.00 Outfit No.oompl111111i 2 ='=:1~~-:.--two--. fac, burtal .U.04aace. COd •• $43.00 Outfit NO: 3 ::::,bilbed~~=-~-~~-:t: burlal1111t 1.- b'-ck or tno.n!. qbll~k beuw, l.:J caaoiMa, _.__..,, permt&, T ciaj 01n1 ; ; / ~~J:'". Oo~ple~~ ~at~~- • • • $55.00 Out£~· No.4 ~~'!.e:~~~~:::=::=.:,::::: b= ~Uiow, .U: b.a!lldl•, en,nnd oame plate, ou~tide cue ot phae, barl&J.Nak or ~,':!,~r.·:,=r;:~ac!J':::d= ~~-;,;.~ , $60..00 . I GUARANTEE 1.11 lbe good• fg,nallhed aacl tba Mlnb. "'mldeted. to be ~b~=~e!:::,':m'~~f. anr other ~clen..k~ 1o ~alo for*~· Bell l"hoQe., OJ:fonll&l hd..-.1 Pltoae r.at ' E. WEDEKINDT UNDI!RTAX1!R 'AND PUNI!RAL DIRECTOR ·. No. ' 5 ' iv .I. Ln A VBNUB THE DESTRUCflON Of .,, . ..... , lAFAYETTE SQUARE :::;·;,·;~';::::·;;::~.·~~..........--···'"""" ~·::.~·:!:.. 11 ,,.,;.,, • H :·. .: ,: : :::~·~::,:".:.,:::::. : : : ~:~..~~:· ;·,:,,..'~·,::·:~·.~·:~~ '!';,_ ~~~~~~::," ',,,;~• tbr millioHI dnll~n b~ worlu11g 111 the (annl'r mom•... tbn 8o the j>oblir W'O\Ild 11..._1 bn·e le&. •· Ell. n •to on tbf' builde.n tbf'H ,.:;":'h~~": 11 !";:~;~·;:tt:~~,'11,~:;:: ...~:~ ~::. f,':;' 1j:~~~~;~·ilt:~~·~::;ol;·,:,:c~'eof<::t.•· ~::M1r,:;:~,.~" t:,~: :;•;; ~:.:.,~ ~~~~·~;, ::~~ ;.~:,:;,.."' " '-"' =~~~~~~~~' ~:~:!ie ~:;~, 1 1..,.,..,, u~·tlliiiR :~,"':r ~~~~;,.:;;.~~:.~:: ~::' ~~~ - ·- Social-ist Picnic .BAY VIEW BE·ACH PARK ,..ortb ;:,h;0 :;;i'l:: ;!"~~~arti 1 ;u It.,.., not to the - ren~latiollt .,.bl~b atirre<l ~~~,.~b:ar::~~~ :;~:;e resohl'd •tH if hllo 1 110\lnte Soc-1alltm anti Under Au•ploes Branches Nos. 1.and 7, 'La Salle an.d Y. P. 8. L. 1'rea., .. ,, :~::;; ;:::,:::~::;,~;~~:,~~~~=~2: ~f~§§J.::~~~~ ~~~~ 1;M:~~~~t11:1he trrt' a Take Buffalo and Lak~ Erie T raction Co, '• Cars from Washington nn~ Clinton ata. dirttt to park. . ·;,';;~;~::..~:nbuti~;i~;·~~·::c~ ;;::•:::t.~•~t~::e...:~.. ~:.~: loll~ Exhibition Drill Games f!oller Skatinlf• ~:.:;;:.;' ;:rr;it;;' Ill tl F f. b :Sow fill any buthlon~o: tr11lu 'III'Orktr, olit lon1, wt f>rOtlaimed lht:lll 1 Kllb ~ . 8 .~~:~,1;t:;"~:,:;; o:~: ·~~~;~~ ~~;; :;r ~um:a~~~:· 3 ;:11: . r,;:::~~::~R<.::~~::.~-:~~~~:;; :~~t~~~~: ~~:::::;-~;~~~."'~:~ ~':!:" .ame 11 .'"011 anti I wo111<\ lw roml'l'lltd I ~ th i• deal, an.l you know it. .. 1 . ---- . ~::o; ;.~ ",~e"~:!~~~~ m"~,'.:e: .'·:e....::.:~· .:;:~':;:·b:;,d .tr:~~·~;:: '~mt:~~- :.~:: :.: ~~:1 BUffAlP MILK DRIYERS ~:~i:;. 1f~ :~~ ,~:;k:~:~~~~~~~~~~m;~:~ ~"~;;~ .~"~t:!.":~~~~""~a.~!''::ntw;; ,a:~ J•rlu• Jmi•l. l..nfa.•·ettr ~•ruare i~ uue or I be Lrt'lt bing plnctl' for tht tirll<.l IIUd Ullfmptoy...l, onf' of tb~ huu t~· ,]'OI~ that l:"il't' 4 &<'II~ of reroa~e h• th;• bun of ~ i>n>\' ,Ji~trirl. \\'b•· ;huul.l t blf " '"'' loe dl"l'C'I'nted t o , 1,loeau! t he lol'l,.....l or 11 ~"~l'i"ll ror· J>OMI.tio 11 tbt ~i•·p J<rltlinll" nuthin,.: to the dn· for iu frurhi~l' 'tout takf'l froo• tht: 'dh' ..,.,.,,.I loin,.: lhKI mcrrt:n· .,,. l~llitiria~• harul it (or •J•altry ~umf .. Atnni~'" or rorelgn born, tell onn ~in~o:le \'a8Ur Oratlua~.et~ aD<) little " ~ LOCAL NO. 171 or~:~~:~, •:n~h:,:::~~:\~'';:;1111 011 ~ ~~;~ ~:::::~.~~e ~::t•,..~ .,111 11 <CA~atinu~. from~~~ I.) :,:~,·;~,dT:~~e~s;:~·~~~~;:~ ; ; ;,•:;• ar<:i· ;~;,: :~1~1 ~: :~~: ·~:••~~';;.~' ~1t ;. .... wbo arP rull!ung tbetr 0"'" wagoN!. h tloere '"Y ob}N-tina to t.ei 11g uu.y more oftf'" ' " " fault of ' 'forPigr~" ijt.r· Thuc ~·,. not maoy, hut tloe7 al110 ne.-<1 l'fOt":ll?n fro~ tbr FOUnnand• of .''~de. •~d II " olo·"'""~ thlt ~htlr aftlhat•on • ·nh the U1110n •~ tetlatnly ll ~tej> in J•rogr~u in the right direction. t:i11ht looura F"'' da~· ahouM bn ~nt4b U.OO fnr t~i• ~lan of work. Out Ot bf'd at mi•l11il!bl, ju,:l!ling Cl- df milk w~l,.:hlnfr. llfty l'lllltul•, be(orf' nature. bu ht'-rn •uJ•t•li""'l with the wbt'ftWithal ... bellf'\'<'r thrf'l' i • any n~l f or a ew looUH10 or ttbooll or roarkl; a11<l ba•·ing a holiday whe n tbp """''• ol tht: J'Ulolie hll'f' l>f"Cn ..tl•llf'•lf h tberr '"Y ahjtetion to maklnM But· t.rn a rnbolel rity! A11y objtetlon to huilolln11 only with xood aound lumber 111!1 r l<':lll, 1harr und t . b the~ any ohjH't ioa to &ul,o\tilut iog l'il·iliu d metlooda for jun11le ruetbD<l1; . tntl. tllan that of th ornera. If tbtae 1-'attor;r l llll'<!f'IOr. . Wt'N' rorkillll' ramen, or at lea•t would , _ t he • ·orklntr coliN J>Oint of l'lt w, lnUt'ld of IN'in!f mert \' ..Hr ColleBt: Ora•luati'Ol, thl'," wouM at letJI Ulldf'...Und • thl1 •lmr>lt: fad: Til AT AB LO:SO AS THE I'ARt;~TS OF TII1-:SE aJII'LURES WILL BE f't\rD FOR TH..t.:IR LONG HOURS OF OLIVE BATTIB'l'Cln >Nlca= ::te~::~~fr~~~~~~.,~=,.~·........., ;~-~;;;~~·~';"~u"~"~;_~~...,~ "' hall ~~:arne bf'IWtf'". the '' IDII tbJ Fprt F::r~e The are bflln~ (illt. 1n trim b~· ' ntly, wholl' L•nd""Y a1ul gi•·ing tlw lln.tlPr• tbe ·bea,lit ba.teball gt:nualahiJ•. "Doe" will come i11 lor hi• Bbart: of t~ at tbt' diDCfl ball, •rre ht: will ehatijl' ol tllf. mu•i<:". '' priu walt~ will he notber feature, lj'n.ISI Jl~qtlero~.: ' M Oil e n ' s ® Grain All Solid Work~ Shoe& ~e~~;1t1t<d"':n::' ,::~':, 0::~~,:::~ :!::.,:~~t ~,;;;\a~~e ~a;!~.\:~:e"'~~~~ 0::::;~~~= ::~~=:~:t ~~t:!;~~~n:,:~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~:~~:\~~:r~ :~~~~~~ :~;:~~:~ei'~ f::m~.~~~:~;!~~~;,; t'd ~ .. ure.ot ur. and t )l(l moot or tht: tlij:hb of •tair• tbat '"' ~utalnly ltg· '.' yoo;~ b11·e • n;o: objtet.io11 won't you LED TO ElCPLO\' THEIR CHI.LD· nor :~~~;flrr:~··;;;,' ,~;~"';t,~;~ 11~1 :b:•;:~: :::~~:~·~~,"'i;!e': =~~~rr. ;!1 \k~:t~ ~!':i~~~~":t;o::t~C:'-7!. ~;1~11!•':.:;. u~a1 lttminal for the "trl'el rail· <:"U•tomtr mnn• to ...,. nrfare to 11111 hlb to . t lit: Bull'alo Soelahtt. Tb~ t:d•· "4'b ;~!::~·t!ail,..a~· hat Md for thit ~~~: ::::..:r;;•t h: !~!t0h11,todl~:;en1 ~: :;:,fl;'~, ':~~:!~~.~0 ~~~!i•:~t. ~rn: ::;~bt·.~~.•'!' ;:; i~ f:• ~~:~I!',~~~= ~:: i::~;~•itr~:.'~::rt:: :~·~~~~;-~~:~ =-~:~~;~di:ui~~:'c:::,7d'tal ~ttli•• 1 bot walt alld - · Aloo 11111 1 look at tOIIIt of the. Broadway bw.ioHI Ullla wllo w rrP I' HY aeth·t Ill t hill monmtmt aad ootlet .-!tether the la~l't!'IN<I b u1111taa i• ret po•uible 11 f or the new ~utumO· bll• wblc:b M"t-"'1 ot t bt<m art: •J>O•t· iDi t bout . 10 - ture ot the J>llt.,.ong bum111lty, .ay you art: abort tl to tl5. No llll'f>iall4lio11. I tit •imply dt!ductM frotll wllatla tom· 111( anti tbt: hou eolltllluM to eat eb.lek· aa whllt: tbt: dr il't:t eth tbt: do« HrVIIl In the •loo.ua bt: deiiYerv to l11 t he morniaa. Tbe dalr.y b.111d1 are realiaiDA: tbat 01111 Ia u11t y lJ uht y. Tttey a n rt:ally going \0 bunt lilt the tr1.lllt., yt:t tbe tru1U will be able lo ti&Dd it ·u Ioiii u Oln aocial order la baNd 011 tbt: riallt of t\'fltl' 1111.11 to o.-a .,U,tever lit caa lilt~ hi• J*· ••lolL Aeeordilll to npitelitU proP' ert)' rigbtt • 111111 m•y ~ bollda lilt ; ~~::::2:::::::::::::::::::·:~::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ~:: .WOUIMtl&aaktbelowaad...Uto -· BOI'I'ALO~~LlST, tl W. Ba.t~ St., Butfalo. K, \', par~•t-workiiiJ!' t.l- par1:11U _• Ill Hll tbeor 1.-bor Powt:"7'lle only thllllf t b.rt J>OIIIfl~for .' plttablt: ••••• jull .a lon~r ••II r h •ld laboc fOIItiiiUt ill our mllilt. l\ot antll lilt: worlllllf el._ will or. ~~~ 011 tbt: t:eOIIOIIIIC u "~llu oa tllfl ~httul l eld eaa " ' upeet to do •-r :::;·;:·.~.:.:::~:::::::::::::~~=~:::::::::::::2: . . . . . . . . :::::::=:::·:::::: a "'i'•ld-klld labor. brce. I . . a JJoeiak .. to ..,.Utioa. L--·";:;,''::· :: -:;..·:"';:'·•;":;"·;,"'. ;-·,. _ ..._ ..._ ..._ ......._~..._..._..._ ..._ ...._"-""-·-·_..._..._...;_.-.,. ,..._..._ ..._-_,,.,_.~ graften aro Lrt:attd 10 lnit:ntly tloe1 ant <:IDIIIt end l!.ll'~d l beea llM thOM wbo baYe to t \ t: buill- of pwaililoint 1111 co tht mat:h·a. Itt'' It la l oo1 tile 1 zi o:.acht, ••d Ia ~R~C:b tlltuat itl etc-f)' In 1 t bC MDIP ot j111til'e of tile piL Uowel't.r, yoa canaot f ool .,..,,. pt:Ople all ~~ time. :e.;:: -~~:~ t~.,::" ~~ ~. .;;: ;:~n~u.t"'e::t~:~~,:: ;e=~ ;~a~~~ ~ ::;~~;!~'fa~=: t~!h.~~: ~:;u etfeoara~, U..t-bu.fllt lag 1rillrt.JUia large crowd "ill attntd. ~=~~· n::,~::!::"n~~~~~~:O:.tll::~: Wb~~~D:~~~=~~=~ w• RepW 1tolf either." yon k110W bfltWHD LIVL"O outing, and jndgiag f'9nl i11dlrallona a ::~;~.~~~·;111= 11~11~:~~.: : =:;:;:;:;;~~~~~~~;;=::===:;;:,lnd morlpJ" of any <!Meription. He Wit~ t.b lld. labor. 111.111 owa ttoeiF: ill • lot~lldntd illdtlltrial ?riot 1111111 tbt: worll:hg t.lau mot~en .JI. Tl fMIIII and the llfl.t Slllllf one ~ SI.SI t:ate.rprilf., ••d IIObodY, IIOt e•·ee tbe "Ill baTe • •,. Ill the :~':• ot tlle prtc.: ·~~~f~~'i~~~:::::~t: :::~:tultolo~~;~~~t:i~bea:.~.:~ ~:;;~~~:!~~~~~~: d:·:~~e= ,. 'turk~y t rou,.• :!~~,.~::::.~\~:D~e~:~;!:; -~~~~:~:!7.~o;f ~~:~~n-::!'~;11th:~: tlilff'l'flllt~ Not oatil thp .,orldJI« '*-- [ .. oppoa. .. . i.:LI.!sGt!'.?!.,KB ~pit: ;t. Oil \ oee, or a.ln~ aBNJSCA AND BLCiciOTT aTa. $U51aollolfok.Sbo..,.Oaf<rio,Hrou...,,....A.,.B...- PHYSI"AL COLTOU u to 1ft riel! tplek. NATUAI'SI'OOGI.ITUNCITH ............. ~~T=II'ULL BJ:ST.I.~!..~.!.,..,:?!.u~• . ·p::'f... eem.plu: ud tlaborale lr.l11!l, b let olf wUI "itll· a allort Urm.,<or la ~dolled after ~t~ ::~r;.:;:::!":.will, ",.":: ::=' ~ =:-.:i~t;":t7::-tt:; a14 oWr peopla'• ~' laupftt! ud Wit.,. ill eo. pe«. ot her laW'I tNt Mel! u U. e.U.rs, a11cl tWr ea., BUFFALO SHOE ·c.o. . SPECIAL NOTICE P'AJia- "'to..on:.':-.,~ ~ .:J'Jt,. Gtr W... and ICIIJooll . . . . a-d ) IL a L. S. ,e.c.n . -~ IIA.Y VIEW ..U.OH car. ~ ,._.,,..._I&..,...._. ~ ...s .u:-- ~- · Cllneoft (IQ' UM. �..... > Q, lrO'fU. ofLot:alBu.4aloan~re· andttaU.,.. theloulb;or· ·baTe aay AllfHtioot to •ead tbo - • Ia. P. 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MEN 'S FURNISHINOS her lluoloonrl J'l'tt l llt"ior•; ami t be b11d .-'.fto>r tbe b,..•·y •l•y'~ work ~be dill· ~ ~~ l~rnwn ° JoOn..hen..lt Ill I hi' t!Ut~.$11e triloutt11 l•tOf•lf•"''' leadet•. ut"rillcrtl f11r t'JI•t<:ll~'"· \\otb II l l rength of oron l tlr.tonr11 i 1111.,,b~miJelr.t ba•·e m•tle intbe .-IW.,..tM J ·op qu"t~ •DE MILLER H WE I ~=~;~~~ ~~r :U~~~ot=. ~~~~~~ ~",:!~~"'! ~.l:o~'f.l"' .;-~;~.,~;tbf:rlf~~: l~lbt lltlr ~~nun. t'OIIl!'adH D A'!'EB FOil !A.v o uST OLA.%88.E!18. Bra~hn 1101 ba•·lng - .u retl •lllte. for tG elljo_!" 1!<!1 ~~tquaiou.L OPB!I·Am JIEETDIO BILA!ICH ONE. Ste-J•h rll J. ~1llon,.y will be tb,. 11ftker u 1111 opo-n-air rnnliP8 111 b<' Hi>''" 111uln the aiUJ'icH of Brlnth 1111 S.tllrP•Y ,.1-enlnJ, Jun~ 2:.tll, eorurr of Oenrllt'e a 11d ~Jorill~<"r <:om,.dt:!l of B,. urb 0~.- u e reqUHted to be J•tt'tf'lll ami IU>~t In making t bt mtelilllf .a turceq. . = =::: bit rril' to" St. l'aul on tbr OO.ta. r••l,. 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L. umm 1111icate with tlu! otg1111i~er 111 The t~ij'lllat mtt'tiug of the l"oung f'~:Dplr'l! Sodali~t l.n.Jlue took !111.cl' . Ia~! Tbu ...olly ,.,·e~\11)1 1111<1 J>NI'tli : ,.: c UJ- ~ ... i ,. G) :l Y. 1'. 8. L. Drum Oorr- tltw.n·e for 100 ~bort • time, auo.l 'lll'ill be • '""'' All lorucbu of loc-al &llalo 1.-e re- btl!' f ur 1uda O<'t'U !ou, aud wbil• we to dU.CU. the queetion of art ta lkiuJ.t a!Jout It, Jack Andrt,...llt& Il-l I}V· BVUfD'GS....c:AUJUIT 0· i(1J 0 agreatdt al-of treditfor tbeirwork 4 ~ IJood material fot our 8:1111 ..-u t he ,bHt bauer Ph·a 'a t t&m, 'mtt ' B~oc:b ,,.~1 f or him, an.! Coa>tatlo anto wu in rn•lin.U t o c:hue ~be whn h.. ,;,..,e to U.t. The Mgre 'II"U ;:: x lliu fa ••or ofJr.eJIOIIt:ke. Tb~ c: "' .... z: -,. :110-t 3 tuj>ily~, I'UIIYOf.,.bo• ~ ~ - :::z: c:"":> == --t ~ I ~:~::~}i:~~~;:~~·~.f~:~i::~~ ;:~;:i:~:~~=::~:~~:.~.~~~~::;, the JoO!ire •topj>t'd f•llto auenol. th~ ml"t"till~. :Jislr for .., ,..~,., ,,. ...m,. .., ,;m, ,.,m Com rade JonH, l&S .Bro.d••y. Br11111cb s, um)'Oit'd of t he ht. :trd. •nd 5th ward•. mre11 e very f'rid•y QueenWHOLESA Gity Candy Co. taplors 1ct Crtifm LE • C A N D I E S 808 WILLIAM STR.E.ET . •tAh~·;:":~:d~•lr Tri~~ongle rro _.,. "k-:,... ~'=-==~=,..;..;. SUMMER SUITS Vaciltion time: you want a lightSamme:r Suit, StrawHat, Cool Shirt, Nttkwear, Be:lt and otbe:r ~oM. -.::we: ba-n ~=n:'t~~t~r::-:J~~ , : than e:l•wbeTc prica, UNION L&'BEL oar ~alty, , ~:SIUSIS All SIS including Norfolb Shirta 50c: aa~_ I!P; ~att '$ 1 aDd 11p. THE ·EmiPI .- :,'fwO·- , . lleJ.... OeMiiM 8t. J.l!OOJ.,.... 8t. �PUIIUIHSO 9aaLT BY Ttl& .._, BUFFALO SOCIALIST I'UBlJSHING CoMPANY · Sl .... EapStn.t,ltdS.. _ IIUPP'ALO,N.Y• ....._TlM K&JSUUt. ~ l'1tAJIX tDIQl;..:!~.~lnllloof ....... ~. T- W. P. CA~N.~. Sat.criptboo Pl'b $1.00 p.r-r-u.•.a IIIOCIIbl. pay&W.IaMnoot bU!'ftl4u MC.'004-cl. . matterJee6,1t12,atlbe~So11oea• Bdalo, Ne" York, UD4er the Acl ot llareh I, IB'lt SATURDAY, }UNI! U. 1913 -·. ... � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. 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' PIRES NEXT YUit Ch: il tfU In !he Cabi~ t.nd l"a inl ("~k eoal fteld• of Wu t Yirginlt. 1o Aud Ill teq~~&l In ~oart wa r• 1~1 llliDHI l.rC IO ' "'' damt.goet. agaho1t rupcuulble t or tbe ldllloJ lac of 111l11et11 1 1>d their cbildru n•l for tllelr ft. l.e �E. W'EDEKINDT UNI>IiRTAKER liND PUNI!RAL DIRECTOil No.$ ·wALDSN A VBNUS Socialist Picnic BAY VIEW BEACH PARK Buffalo's · Popular Summer Resort· Sunday, dune 29, 1913 Under Au•plo•• Branch•• No•. 1 and 7, La Salle andY. P. 8 . L. Tnkf! Buffnlo a nd Loke Erie Trnction Co, '1 Can from Wn1bjngton nnd Clinton 1t1. din'ct to pnrk. Exhibition Drill Games I Roller Sk'!'tina (.-'.. t•. of I "~ till u<~L from 1'1gc 1) fo:>r.nation of" urw . L. .!\'ew1 Servil"t'.) Wa,hillj,'1 0n, .Jon~ 14.-Thr Dur'I'IIU of en, 4,,o-18; labol'f!ra, • • ,._.,_,.,••,. " ;:•;•·..~~:'..~::',~~~- '':~,~·;,•,•;•• ,7!~ .. ~"~,.:: ::::::.,::;~'~:;!;:~~~ '1"11·· " ,.,J,Jr.••o. """' IIII I ],. 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Tlle~e •lien •00 '"'''"UI~'•"•' 11't'fll dbtrlbutt"<l ia part u Xew Yurk, 37,D:W; l llinola, uyl ...ola. 19,033; HIIUth'l"a of lon l uniol>~ who rl"quett• ia t hat t be i11thu: uf Sout hf.ra ltaliDJlt li8 ; Miebiga11, i,Sii; ; Xe.,.. •••·1 "'"'h ,..,.,. fur~iJ,::n, ~l r. Orant . f'<iaDII ~<ecurcd tbe J•ri,.ilto,l!~ of remaiJO· ~011tino"- ia even ,:rnttr •·oiPIIIe tbe11 9i>7; Ohio, 11.~0; Clllifomia, .),,.. Wil<l won · a •·•·r.•· ouh•nl1> cnnn· in~,: ia thr m~to\iu~: .-lthnot n>irC' or herel ofon<:. The (QIJowing ia a 1•r t ial C011.eetirut, -4,261. TltC' l»alance ~~·.~.~·~;;,. h~~ ~·;:· ·:,.!'.~ ~~lhgl~::· :~~· :h::~·~~~:;::~:~~~h;~"t::~t ::~:d~:g ~~~ ·::~·:;;:~~~.:~:~ t!:,.:~m~: ::n~igs7."t:: ~:retb~est~:~.. r~: :: ... •• mfd· 1~-.t, .. , ! •~.•· .lonrnal t:o ~t:ltmnwriu,lt'l .J 0t1 ing of tbC' nttw Coundl, <tl' hirb will bf' month uadu t"On~id.,ratioa: Sout hern ,:ot ··rl " lot uf rnu~h wb id1 nui~..Jy h~l<l .-u Juue 19. I talian~, 30..2:81; l'olee, 19,1-H ; HuNianl, h•~<·•· ·"' '"· !It• ha~ that '"'h"l'l'~· rae8,!1!1~; Gttrmao•, 8,6iS; lhbre.,..., s ,u 2; uh to " ' t 11 lki u ~: a @tC'al ,l;•nl lout u_rin~ Xorthera ltaliaaa, 0;;6-1; S.:aa<linavlant, ~ ntl""e'· ; 1-:n,:li! b, S,-43~; Irialt, 5,1111; ttl ~onr;.,a J (lbu l'ull'!wlln 'J>Oke. .l obn Utd Slo•'l'!nianl, ~ ,611 , tLe bal· Jill " ' •tui te a leajj1.hy a<lohtt~~a 011 tbe u cebeillg dlririblltt'dbetwe-elltWI'!IIIY· variuut dlll't-reneet t blt hau taklu nine difi'N"tllllt attiona.ltiea. t}l....;w pla~t ;., the-labor n>ovrnt~at <luring the Colambul Obio.-At thtt lotenr.a· ;;,;~ c:~:;•~te; u: ~:;: pe~t.:~~bo; i= ::~:,,~\~e:-~11; ~;"':11 1'~: ;':;:,~; ~;;•r•~:~;;,;t~o~~e:;:,;,"i:~ 1hdd 111 1 01 :;",;"1 w•ru~n nomben. The nambeT uclud~ one l'aUIM! II'U i 5 7, beat....., of babilit_r of their c hart!"'- There WIP.ftl mental a...!. phyaiul mi~bt lnterl'fttre whb· the ab! lills to ear11 a li,.ing. Pmfmolltk t bereder•rted 0~':;,3'(;lpaot a liru to ri~:~;.:;<~~~f~.~fE:::::~~:: iif;::f:;.~I~T·~:~;.~~;~:i~:: t~;~1;~~~~:~:~t~~F~~;~ ~5~:~~~~~~~~~:)~:~. ike•. too ra<lira l for It wa1 N>me ml"t'llng. ~=rk, :~~~~~~i::n~o~:: a., l utnd of • 1 bo d b 11 SOCIALI~T :=;,';:~t!a ';!';:::~~~~ t~ 1;~ 6L;~;1t!'!:.~r:T; ~~~~u. ut; of " Gloom." Go!. ' wnkl,. Khrdola for 'II'Otk oo orpni7ation for pulitiul J>PTJOO-. ~:.!t:ll,t' :]7;~e ~:.~. anr .: :::::~~~~~~~:~~~y,;:-0~~~] :~Jf:~~:;,~?~::,:~ '"IS SWEEP 'NAI&\TIJil COl. ~nil I ~ In tile moalriJ..J e lf<!'tiOM jtlllt held at 1\'aogata<"k, Con, tbo~ Sociall•t• tartiO'd tbe entire t iekfll in a buti_r ('Oil· t "t.rt16Fbt. Thr big-be-t 1'0it ea•t wu 9116 tar A. 8, ( 'r- , Jr., tor !ol•fo-r. T. K. ll O,I!lll. tbe ~moe.ruit undldatt, , . uh·N M4 \'etn aat! W. C. !Laid, llepal.liun, ! U. =::o::.:r::; mlgbt_r dollar. 0i1'fl your moaey·malrinr, aod DI'!Y'I'r •l•·dl~o llDd...W. tbal aretnlJbed lo to ac:nm11late wn.ltlt.. t' or powar, 111d the .rwl tl1troag. lbb your ,bN.rt eor""'i.ellt!ll wille, -.1 ]001' larp. &1, t ortanatttl,r foitbtre •re thoee wloo wiU OOXINO XATIO. 1111P.Blf'Da. t kil ad...-k-., not Mea- lM,Tbe -~J'pPS.I te Reuoa anDOUnc• tllat Wl'!ait b u4 ~~bot ~ ewial!' to t ~e tart tllat tba e-tas s ... ~of ~ltearta w~ '"""" I'"' :::".:. Tlr.e AJ>J'"'alaaaOG- tUt It wiU aa.li:e tM -riel o:.:-1ta ~ Pfld all •obo.friptieu or erNit tM ......lM, without wlt.Idt 11; ,T ;--- .- ._ell _,._ • •••ot Ia Appe~~l ••.,.,_ S.. a..o.DH- datrt, &Mplte ita ...-10. 4 mut la IN Appeal. nlto.ra. 0•. . oal,_ .c I O'cloelr: ,p..a....t an:.rnoon I ln~r~ Ia a lbcldy wltto.e god R :~0~~·:.:~~ .:.~m:d·e:.~~=-c:~ ~~~ WOMBN•S CLUB ADMJ88fON 16 On'R .Corne and -!I'PMMI a •••k«i ' " 'lll.itttn " hoon,~•••• I• . and many witbout ooplOf· l<lol'-U. 11 -- FRIDAY AFTERNOON, .JUNE 20th, 11t13 at FRANKLIN HALL, 52 West Eagle Street 011 • &OIB""FBB ILOO ·TO JILl 2nt �1~~~, IF IT I.S· ANLxa~ WILLAX'S 7& Voik: Flounriag. -1.5 in. ~~~.~~.:~:.~~~- 50c 75c Men'1 Neg:Jiff: Sltirts. _... ~:::-~~-~-~-~-~~-~-~-~: ...... 59c 75c Peat.lxr Pillows ( 21i lh). :.~~~-~~~~~~-~~~ ...... 59c Ladic.-s' Sersucttr Petticoats, ~~~~,:~~;-~!~~ ~-t~~:...21c ~~~!.~~~~t lasts..I2~C 59c I& 85c AD·Ient~r Hand Bogs, while they lnst... Coat Hllt'l~. whik bst , e:u:h............. . t~y 2c W • ar1ve our-~'"" Tradi n g StorTJ ~ -whl c:h Ia a. - vlna ot l5c: on o dollar Corner K e h r SPECIAL NOTICE BAY VIEW BEACH REDUCED FARE Tlrbt~ f r um UutTa l" '..'0.:-, ln~lu>.lh•fC Chy F'lii"'!!Ladl•"-.an• tu lb.•· \ "1.. -.· I W Ruunil 1.,p, B . .ot L . Et. CUrK ULI'"'C'..,t. CJln t .. r> u n d l':lllcoll S t ... Secure your T \clti'U •t11<'\:et llfflce, Clinton •u<l 1-:llh'UII l:'it~~ ur at 'l Unr Huund Trll> piCNIC AND SUMMERNIGHTS fESTIVAL - AT - Williamsville !»ri~~ng 9ark SUNDAY, JUNE 22nd, 1913 Under Auspices of' Branches 3 and 5 , Local Buffalo Socialist Party Enjoyment FUN - FUN FUN First o t the Sea:;;o n Take Maio Strttt Cars to City Lior, then Willi.uruvillc Gn to Parle. PHYSICAL CULTURE NATU~~~~:~~~lif.:~~fE:~~tOING RE BT A U RAN TB • Nu~111~· .-:~:~t'MW:.~'a'N':,-:,. ..-.~ rtth ~IIIHf of tHURCAL 11 WNOLC WNCAr SRlAO. - - - - - - - - - - 88.l.l. H0'11AkDIJ I I•M ...Ofi!TUlR ~O~•I lh>d ud 411 00 TO - CUSTOM TA.U .OR8 m"t' ~:~:~~: ~!u~!. s;:~:rta ~bt~;; ~~': 11 ~i:it. JoiD!!11d_r1'0,~t~! 1!: t..bel LOUIS MAISEL ;r.r"il11,...1 Cur. -11, Oil Ct.t.t-. .SN-~, .IY••1# J(.,,,,,AI•I $~• ,.,JCAIIJrw• •~c,,,,._,., 96.5 · 9f>7 BROAD'\VAV JOSEPH ROESCH A.tlantlo Hall rand Sample R oorn ~~.-,·r'~a'O~~;..';.~;i:~':"b~ ~'tr.e, Queen Gity Candy Co. WHOLESALE CAND I ES ;369 Ellicott Street (WE Sl!ll VALUE) ........,..,....,,~~~== liS U ITS AT *15.00 AJII$18.08 �SATURDAV. JUNE 21, 1913 NOW IS T H E T IME itH'I">~;,. ",~; !~'~i·~~~~~~~~;,!;~:~u:e1\~~-~ 'f';;;~, ·~:~~~~~~1i11.enJ llt lllo·(l. Tlw •·ll piholiMt dus i" not !10 ea.~ily l~ateu. \\"lutt .. •·o·r llll."ro·II>W in wa~e~ you hR\"t ret>ein-tl through the striko.,.HII<I th..- n••· inl of thf' working dass of Buffalo w ill you iu a luu·e HIIY mor..- of tht' llf'(~itiea of life m·o·ol ho·NIUS(· of IHIY 1mrplm; on•r arul RbO\"e your wag('";! pol<iflon to i;~~~i~ ~~~~,~~~-~,'=~·~'~:~ wlitl•\ ~:~,'./*~~~~!t~t~~o~~~E'1:r":i,:i~l~·~:::'~one im.::::::~~!:::~~~:;::~;:,=,!,~~~:,:~;:~:,;:~~~~~~~~~ooiOIIIIIIl~;_::~~:-: n tonJ: wuy 11bun your wnl_l:hl u.nd the ,rlight r11ise iR 11. liter in the t..liro~·t ion ()f t•nto·hin~ np. hut likf· tho· wi11o· mnn thllt ti~·d a huntlle = nf ha.•· on t ho• o·nd uf 11 ~tio·k ...-. th11t it would dHng\0! ju!'>t nu t n f thO! rt·uo·ll of hi~ uonl•·. 11 w1ll ko•o·p yon goiu~ ll!ld t hat "11 a ll. UC><>li'DD. J :;,;;·,~ Tlw point iK. )Jr W"rkin~m1111 1111d )lrfl. \\'orkiugwomau. tlull hmlt ~~~ on,. o·ln"'i is do·J"'nolo·nl o n 11110tht'r for l ilt rigl1t to ii•·e. \ororko·t will lu· roiJI,..,J of 110 m u c h of his labor that he will tho• !os.-r nt tlw 1::11111+' Y1•H o•1nouot I•NII tho• t·ttpil..!lli<~t at his g1111"'· lout you ,.,.n 1·h•m~o:•· tlu• ·J:UU!t' Tht' •'IIJ'itnlillt ~.n.to·m IIO<:io·t~· i~ Lns.·ol on tho• I ".Rj.:t" ~.n•ll'm. anol "-"Inn~-: 1111 tlw •·Eipltl<lillt o·IH!O.'I ··RU t,:,.,.p th,-. fi,duin~ fror" Jolo tho·r 11"!11 t;,.,.,, tho· pri~·o· of Wlll::l'!i olown or ton Ji,·in,:. Th o· mi..,;ion of tho· ~W"·inliMI l'11tly is tO tt'no·h tho· workf'r!l t ho·t f' ,Ju.....o·ll 111 so .. · i··t~· u u olo·r our pr··~l'nt S)"StNn- the ' dA»~~ and tho· w o tkll!j.! o•llls.~-H no! l ..·twt·"ll tht'llt.' ·two '"two i~ u f'flllllhllll st ru~L-:1•· Th .. pO«ill"" of tho• o·npituli~t rluAA ill mKilllllillt·tllo~· Wo>1"kll11:' o•hJ~M \\"o· po·rnoit I lw t' II JII!Mli .. t clR>4~ to I)\\" II nil tlw 11WII!IM ,.f t•r,.duo·liou nud olr~tnloution. l'noler t ho11~1111ol>i 1n11~1 11urk nml h•·•· in J>fl\"o·rl_l". wlrilt• ll few ri~o:h t tu t lw nwno·r,.hip u ( ,.,·.,r_l" lhin~ unol rrnp t iH· ll1'11l'lit In lour Tlu• wnrl.iu~:: .-Jus.s is tl..- working o·I11S!1 h('o·nw•c ns R d o• !UH know •·11<>!!1{1! I•• •"lllllrol whnt tho·~· J•rod1h"t' IIIlo\. b y "" 11 If ! lot• Wn J·kur ~o: d10s~ wuuld t uk o· on 11 l ittlo· of lh<' ut 1lw o·~tpitMii"t o•IH"-~ 1111ol wnrk for tht•it ol\1"11 iuto·rt·sts it 1 1..-th· r fur tho•m Tlw t!ilfo·r•·tft:•· would'" " thltt tlu· I!Rpitn\ist •· I n,._~ hnH \\"~ ~•rnO'~l ly ""i•b •II our ~ ''''''" whMI 11 ,.,,,,, rOJ IS. wh ll•· tho• 1\" 0t ko·l"!< nro' thr- rij..'"hlful o wurnt ; J~ ..."'•k'"'" •n·l 1•obli~ olli~i•l• ,.f whnt l lw~· IHI\"4• j•rou!uo·o•q I "''""" ,..,.,., honH I •o~o. and ~;~:·: ~:(i~}I:f:\t~ i:.!r\: :;·{:?:::::r:;}::i}fJ>~::~t::;~~:¥~t::}:.:~f, ~~:2:~:i~ii:Q:iif~·:;yif , l Aerordintto 11u, "'port oflh.Fedcral iou of Co-optralh 'e &.ei.edtt~ •vhllllt· tf!d 10 tbeeoogrnebeld l11 All4!rdHD•t "'hliiDJiti<l.,,l,.5!0e...prnoth·eaoeltl• u iet"'l•ttbe.,DoloftiNi yo••rltl!!, o t wll._ldl IIVIIII>f.t !,!ill! ltO<':ietiH report • lola) llle•bertlllpot !,8715,59!. • parpoeoe of a N1npaper lt to~ naJ faell of oat -.LtJ Uf• . tbN f~LI aN qt7, 7 tM ~ptr for It wk!dt u-Ol-'~u.­ . . .,., Ub•NIT ,..,._ ot u.. Mim~r, aal,... ..t ilBPJ"OYe ••tten b7 , _ . Uaetba � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/ef6a2d6e5ccc73360e7bd9ed67f74cb2.pdf b6765e7320ad5b44e78319aff9febab0 PDF Text Text IIIIMLO«<CWJJT Cllf MUIAT-STAI'IDIS ~YTO - ~Y , VoLD-No. 54 _. �.IAMfS J. .KEllY US IN Am NOTES ON .HIS SPEAKING TRIP 1 loori uguo teson h is t rij~: Dunktrk, N. Y . T!<' Dunkirk m~ting i n !'Oint raan>t..>r. waa a aucecao.. A crowd a bout t wo bondtedgatberedn!!at l railru•lde pot aud abowed tbei r HI loy rf'ln&illillg I O thO I'Dd mr<'l tn~. I ai!N,l Jpokc bdorc t bt on t b<' ~Ill, ou organh.atlon. nuork• ,.·rr""'"Utakon. :\11 Und.er Aueploee Branohee N.... 1 and 7, La Salle andY. P. 8. L. Take Buffalo and La ke Brit: Traction Co. 'i Can fro m Wubington and Clinton 1t1. dim:t to park. Exhibition Drill Games Roller Skating Da ncina FIRST MONTHLY DANCE YOUNG PEoiUSiiusT THUs;uiDAY LLft. . .L . ... BVBNlNO, JUNB I~ At FRANKUM. HALL, S2 W- l!qle 8treet &H<I 111ult. · Jfttrw.-m 15 CI!Nl'S Men's..,_ Oil ® Grain ·All Solid Work Shoes - ~ �-AT- .Ti)i/lillltUDil/e !briDiRg 94lrlc SUNDAY, }(1NE l2nd.· 1913 Under Au•ploell ~ a...,.oh. . 3 and II, · Looal Bufl'alo 8oolall.t Party _Good Speakers FUN - Enjoyment FUN - FUN First of · the Seaso n Tab Maio Street Can to City Lint, then Will.ia.msriUe Can to Pad::. .......... GULTOR~ NATU~-~:,.~=~~~~w.~LtotNG Q, AR·MENAN Cl~i• Utl..,...-.1f}''II.-J,_ Ut/'iiMf"Dfftt R E S T AURANTS - .W::.'~.:i:"~ -=-P Td'e ...... o'-fof,_rREAL WHOU WHEATBRCAD. Fine J.-.Ir7 Rep&iriJls ~Ter-r.~ Bu,_.o, N.Y ~RY 00005 S HO!tS h not beyo11d our rntb.; M EN' S . FURN lSHJ NOS Woultl evll!ry one a -rt hit J. H. WElD EM ILLER _ 11~8.1/SO .£•-1•1 Jt. Yoa P' q..Utrat a tAlr price h1r1 "'" ''"~" ~;;~~~L~"~\E''' .Socialist Nert>s Depot Dally Socialist Papers ... ..& hl1 11M of moatblr a.ad ptrtodl.aalt. APPI..U. SUB OAR08. 1 Tara a &c\alilt becau~ I un Op)lOII· ed t o war, for I bflie•·e that.,..., it but ====....;;.;=~-::.=:: ltgaliu:d murder, reoulling ia profit to the greu eapitalltta, ud brioginrr mit- try aaol atar .,...tioo unt o milli0111 of orrorktf11.. • FUI'tNI 8 H K D R OOM@ 1271 Genesee Street, ..... ~- Joaeph Wuts 8 A M PLEROOM CIIH•• 11'1-.., J:tr••n · - c,_,., UJ88 Salley Avenu~. �·.- ~J SlY. &pSind,lldS.. . · ltJPPALO.N.Y. , , , ltART'M..._.,........_. PltAMII.~1'- 111!M~.'L';S.....3rdflodr ...... c.r.~N."Y. ~Pib$J.OO,.t~.•·moaa..~ ....... ~· Ea.Uind u -c!-eta. aattel' Jo.ae b, I tit, at tbe pol& otBoe aS Bdakf, New York, UDder the Aesol Kareh8, 1871 WHAT DO YOU OALL eioa, t lley are abletouwlla• to de!nt evuy aue111 pe to HOII01IIie 1tnet11.., of .oeiety. eve,. attempt Ul dNiroy Tiltp aad e.tabliab ladu.Uial raey laevltably talte• t be pol~t~ul dau •Lnlggl.e betwee11 plll•h111 daAI (tbe t bt e:rploited dau tbe eapitalilt to ld•rn aad try 10 r.r~te tile tbat l (l('iety al!e'd1 rege11entio11, ll.lld tbu it ;1 tlleir blllilleA to briag it about." -"-Pi" ;rou are ml•taltea, my !rlea 4. Sodalilh 1re th~ 111111t merdtul 11r ( ritiu inJOfar a• tbey try to pot11t ont tbe tad th t 10.,;111 ro11ditio111 aad ill· ~~t:=t"~l~r\~;-~o:o!'r.~fe~i\~i~;'~?~~;~,~;~i~h they ::~~:~~::Y ::rew!•;,,~::~.a~~~ : a : to~~~- l'~""d know the proflta a nti \\·e are iufonned thllt one o r the ori~inal t ight lis t th is c it.'·. th(' Prall & LC'tt·hworth Co.. a f,, w dK,\'8 Krh•r 111~·11 went out po11tcd It uot i•·t• to t lw e fl't"('l thai 1111 1 t('l·eiw~ 11.11 increas... of h •u pt•r c~·ut .. 1111d thi.~ is olhl'ts 1>11\·e tiOIIt' lht• Slime. J.:n,>t)• t"Xploih•r in t hiK city k uo w11 that! he h1111 h is 1;ta•···~. lont tht' sian'S were content f'<l 111UI wh.'· ~h~:~~~.t~::.b:.;:;isfl~.~l.1:~1:;,.'~~~;·~~~~~ t!~d~~ll~~~!l~~i\1. thP .. .,., tbe ;..e,·itable outeo111e of..,. riai •lf'•'f'lop111 ~nl. A 11d tbey al.o b11ltl th 1 t noen are u they are, IIOI· by tbeir 0 ,.. 11 f rff' chllin, but 11 J>roduct.l of their rn•• ironm~ljl, utinll aa tb~y mtllt undN ~on>]•ULJion of tbe -1•1 l>o'"'r• I that i!O>'ern their t,..i11g. j 11 ,th·i·<lual fault• but ru ulu of J>rOro!-..~~. au1] :mpba1i~i ng t bat tbo~~e 110eial proceau11 ... hieb th~ ia<lh·i<lusl ia he rhanJ!~d by colltotti•·~ Rt•J>eal fr11m tbe upon the in,Ji.-ioluat ma11 hy rontlitiODo 111 tba rommon all men. We tbo• tblt ]>11\0't:t 11f th~ bulh·idual fail~ a n<! fail. the eomblned p<twrf'r of the munih c1n 'II'Ork W'OUtlen. You w orkinjlnlt'n thfl l rcct•in~ ~y d o\11111!11 w ... ck ancl renli1.e We.are i11dee,l t:OII\' inted !bat a how hnrd it is It) lil't· o n it, d o 1·on en•r wonder how thl' man with rt. ~;..ncntilln uf 10eiety it aeedf!d, a fltmil.'· ~ehl ll llllll( o n niuc nntl iwt.'l•' t" doiiHMI T gellf'ra tion wbirh will place t be rnon illltrntlofallabo.-ethe . On th f! ot hl'r 11i1le of the book11 lht" ,,ril'l' o f lh· in~ Willi sonring t o 11 ht·ight t h11t rood IJ<'<'Km~ n h1x ury. ami t h(• trilling rai11t" in tlw pri•~e o f Wllg"l"!l ill n ot suflil•i••rJt. 1'h t· n:·l'h ·nl of thl' l11bnr mOI't'IIII'IH hrouJ('ht 11ho ut h_\· tit(' ngitntion o f tht• :;o;ocittlists hali not onl.'• been n menus of J:elting ll littll' IJ.e!ler J'll_l'. b ut t o m1w .•· workt'11! it has awalu:nrd them t o the fltt.'t that t.ht>y nre l •rin~; rflhlw(l by the cupitfllis t t·I HI'l.~.IIIHI thnt if rrop('rly orgsmzt.'d o n the politic11l nnd t•conom ic li1•ld th<-.1· ••ou]d hrinl! nbou t 1\ IIYiil e tu whic h woul1l cn11hlt• t•\'('r_r wo rkf' r t o obtain t he full protluct of h ill toil. i n~lt:rttl of Olll'·ltixth 1111 Ill preKent. Rtrik~'r;l ~:~:~~~::, 1i1;",~1~~R~1ff~~;1 :~:~ :~ee~~::~~;~~ai~~i~~e~~~~{~~:. :~;:rn;~;:!. 1:il:nt~~~:~~·:h~· i~t~r-~~~ 1 :!~11 • Jr tht> hos."{!.>l wish l o rai11e tht ir \)rices t hey tlo u ot wn.it ~~:::• 0 ;r ~~~" ::; ;~1 tb~ ban•l• or UU1lct the tll~trol OUR ORITIOS we .ar.,calle<lu]>olllll k itul of Rlnnding joke( t) our Oll JlO!lellt.!l thllt we a r e of ...bicb i• of •vcb f1i varit ies. T h('y &tty tha t. we d o no t agree among ourseh·e~~. that we and.., full of nrt• .!i•·itleJ into di(]UCA. IHHI t hat whil;:o we preach pc a c(', we pract ice war. 11t !Cast tha t W(" wnr upon ea eh other . Aa o ne . who claimed to kuow, u id p ublicly in a lecture given in n 1•h urch in this city. " I f t h ere ia any ltlace, anywhere. that o ne can ho•nr IIIOI'fl wrangling th an nt n p art)· meeting of Socialis t s. l would like to k now w here it ia f' ' ~ow. our j;t'oorl b rothe r could luwe found it quite easily it be had attended a few m eetings o f the councils o f the d <i'nomination of the c hur ch in which he Wflll l ecturing. W e admit that there a r e many ami \'arious opinion& expre~~~ed upon pnu! iieally all t h e phases of Soeialiam. different v iews upon tactict.. u pon platforms and certain planki ln the . It. is true that we h ave in o ur .ranks h it~ or tt ~~id!t f~o~~;:,~a~'::a~ 1l:e~11~~·;~1~ _. ·,:::::.c::. ::." to be p u rsued . And it ia well that so. It I• our b~laeu to call to The m em ber11 of' the party are mentally a ctive. If t hey were not orbo are 'PI""I oo etrort to they would not be in the party. You an n ot required 1o think in • 110r:lal Ol'dttr wblell 1~ order t o be a m emb er of t he old political parties. In !act y ou are II""' lm:apult,- to ;f~1:'gu~:~l!·o ,~::~b~~ :i~~~~t~h~1e~~:~e":.kn: t':e·~::i:;. 1~i~! ~~~;;::~~~~~ :!t :!__ t bey eu y lor you, a'nd for them t oo. But t he Soeialiat ia tire() of that ; h e -elves thl11k: It ralioul aad juoot., goes in for him.elf. H~ hu no faith in leaden, b e wan~ and baa his aay u pon m a tten in which b e is inte rested. . _ Tbia ia democracy, p ure and aimpl e. · ~ the party ia growing quite rapidly at the present time it is well.1 hat these difrerenet:a be thoroughly threahed out in order that ')VI! may ·han a poliey for future llll~ even i£ tha t poliey would have to ehanga to m eet ehanging eon· diti~ · . Tbeae wrangle~ and aoeial. ehureh and tiona ' 'prtaeh stagnate Yidatia. likes tioDI, timea, all :::_·.,.;::__··-- .. :;::·~i!::~;f.i.'~;;:;;.';''~t;;:~~:,..:,:.'~ST;:A~~T;;E,~:,f.,.~~~:~:.F.::C!::::::--;:~~~~~:~~~~wu..,. ~~~~~--t:Bt:~-::.~.~~".!~·'!'~'~'~:--l WHAT WE HAVE AOOOMPLISHED :'\o woutler the c~tpih!.list dRI!& thro ugh their u ews papcrs are pr11~11ing the conserl'fltivcs nntl howling against the Socialists ' n •ht·ll l. Tht> t l'('t' llt r e1·i1·11l of the labor lllOV('Jltt.'lll by the Soci11list s hs11 "OSt lht> capita li111 elas.<: many thou~~ands o f dollars. n ot o n ly by· what it h~~ ('0111 the m for loss of profits through s iOppage or work. but by the m cr <i'aN' of wa~tet~. \\'e hal't' heard of many ca11t11 whet(' firms han• ,·oluntarih· ra ised t he wagt•!; of the ir e mplO_\'t't'K a dollar or 110 a wee k in ordt.'r to war(\ they prollt b,- it at tile pe11te of t.he ~"'Ute peoplo. It 1• our bua- to gh'e to tile de~~~a~~d of tile workers d al Juatlce wklclt irltladM abo.-e ~ opportualty to tlljoy to Ute hll !n~lta of tlleir owa labor. becaUM .: of the ela• . we are lnvi11dble; it w" are Jon , hMauN we are 1011 d~i1ta. The .tr't!11gtb ud Sociells111 rett.l ill tbe tad ohat leading a el&U •trusgle; that the 1118 el~• i~ uploited utl 11pp~t~ by the raJlllahlt dau, aad t hat wnhla cap- k:a11w11 I• U111tarla11 clrel~. at· tar.k:t Jt.ue ' -• ••dt 1111 t.M• by the radieaJ,. Ia t be dl"ft91aiaatio•. 81. Petl!nbvr1.-ne joar11&l Rill'tt~ tJtatlstko relath·e l.o tile a~ar pe11altie. i•r-f IIJ>oo · U!• RUM!aa pren du.riq tlwl •outlt ot lol.arc.ll. · THat lllatlatiet Mow tllat tlli rt7 jo11r111l1 aad 1111p.al11ft U.ve 1.alJ t.ato tlletotal ...lll ofl8~ rllbiN (O".;. pubUJIIft . .d t~li•tpu~!:'y.,.~tre:ua:~fo'=,,,'.~·,w':'bl:'.','• l"";;;~:;~~:;·~;, r.lu• u ploltat loll, are M,OOO} ;fllrtyjeuraa.a.~"'eeabc:ated •illbe ma.de t'lt llld J~lltltD.o ....,. btoatllt apiut. tlleiredlton. 7.~:.~ ~.d~;:~=.~~~~ l.UOa na - v-aa - .... -.,.-.1JU1L lu ~tlu.l aj'f<lkatloa .'• • mUIIt~IJIII:I, tta'\e u d - J.al a11oht1111UM owal'd ]'lalllled for tilt tllr, tbou11.11d1 ot "•,,_.,,.cu;....., .t.noann 0a April lHb, t!.t m.asorlal 114)' or tl:e t risltttal .,....._"" wltirla took. plaetlll!lle J!Old wulliDI" 011 tile Rh·tr • Leaa ill Eut !:liberia, tlla warkt.u Ia St. Patenburg a•d J:O.rt of 1110111 · la lf- w came 0111 011 etrike. Numneoa• da,- ltrlkH aloo Uoak plau i11 t H ~':!:;':, ~~~~!:U.:.":•o7:u:': IIVft 00 1'0 JAIIo. d ti.-u wu II~ upoa aad \11 tile p,... l attoraey1 at & 11 Dlep, ~·io,.. 7"-'· 011 ' "'' day, wlle11 !50 •or.ll.· mllllt ao lo jail ntll •ut ..;..,. k:Uled Llld 150 iajured; t bU.. J?lllllllll IDol r-1 a l11e ltr\ke, wll\ell Wll proeH<illlf q_lli~ dld llotpioluobjeetM-wllk ltlook plae... were oae after aaot~~ar' a...\. b,- ttle gold-mialoc otber workttt ]JGL oo ia. Tbe di•IDI-" mea Ill•• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/34e1fd2c94b5f784676f8d6d2945a671.pdf d31cd7d87c5f64dc2f1d894c27d0aafc PDF Text Text .... - Save Mllllon ori Electricity·- Up to MaT., to T akc Hands of Colond Wani and Hls Counc:' Out of People's Pockets- Dan: He Veto? • I ~oald eootiltue, lri~ 1 dtr!Uolk~ ~ eo.t of Tupt.u ~ •.W. r tiiOUPIII! 011 "-do- jlt«!ftL t reportof t\ot ~Md ~l'<:t ridty of th<! CitJ of 0\5- ~l,KIVMtotalc:o.tofllpt.. a"lld~i•pitb.mc~ u f3,6.5 wbleh topUer piS1i laborutlmateria! . . . . . per Iampi per JHr b tLtl · foriUI•t.uM:r, u . - . · Wall.ba(~ 0 . tM B11hlo ... j•••••••••~Cotlmetof~ 'l'ldll 7 �'" X o. 0 -a. On ant! afl<'r tltr fir.t 4 ay of .Januu~·. J!IHI, '' .11~11 IK· a nla,..fullor anyrailroftd<<!lltJ•au,• to OJo<'r1lt o tnliu~ IJ~· II"' " -" '' .,( Lu eomati• e onl!'iPO"II J•roj~·llo·· l J,_, ortram JOO.-I't -"th in llw lt!lut• . r tb~ .-ity or u ~tr~<l<>. I!'CITlHiOII OT ~ODIJ •IIll~tb o~ pro.-iaiona ut Aaltate and eubeorlbe for the >iolnt trt): t Itt• "'-'<l ion • hall 1,., ArfJetter•:Bettuno. :Ttoe oai1Getma~~ DewtpllperlDthell&teouuldeof !f-Yorlt: Ch1, repN-teotlua: t.be iDWr.ttof&be WorkiDC 011\.1!!, -I0-18for 5 mma&bl. Offiu, 3JS-317 " - - Stout, - . - Bu1Wo, N. Y- train~ lll•;;;:::.~ i;::.::::::::::::::::::::::::::.;:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::J:;:i • • •, MI:O and t bree·l'll t btrrnlt tbN>uj:bout tb,. ,l,._,.. .-kle;l ill tb(' fran~bil<", in~t~atl .i''t aa tl mornin,:: ~1.-.~m t uiu, ..... QUESTION Financial Revolution '"''''"']]L - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - J],.,;; uuoke orolinallr<' "·oul•l 6a requi red rl'Uilt ato•l ba\'0" a dl'~t on tb~ raJ'itl <'rr•·tion · aiaal lltation. i f th,. olaV on tbe ..,tiu of the Otoliouur,• "'''r<' rhanl!~ t.D Juun..,- ] ~\. Ull!i, •l'itb the addltlon e f a elauiH!, J•ro' i•h"ff an ezten•i11n of ti..e tor el~trillcation (otlle r than t.be Belt J.i llt} l{ grounrl i1 brokcu by any aillo.d f or a ne " ' ~tatio.~o within a ]'el-•, tbe o...:Jin11nc~ ~i ng elfo..:\ i.-e for .._, niltoad Jauuar~· lat, 1916. r ile Naw Tork ' Ontral ahoulcl bt _.u to &fq Jeocl •"'-c• tiD \be lklt J.I:De, pron4a ~-~ eleet:rtc tn.t.u, A_ ... G~OD By K ARL F . Jl , SA.NDBEltCi, a uthor of •·The Money TTuo;l.'' •n.ttl'..!in aoall~m ]tl\ultolt.lthc TH EP,OSSI Dl LI TJDi' ~'OR XRAI'I D , mo11ey. ORO\VT H o~· SOC!A I.!Sll AXD TJrE O YEHOJIO\\'TJI OP C A.I'I TALHUI. ARE ORF:AT~:R 1:-: TillS COUNTRY TIIA~ IS AXY OTII EII. Tbe t aJ>Ital· i~t •yucm b at nrh·anrrd more rapidly aflil to a big h<'r Jl<lint ia tbi• ton11try tban iu any otbf't . ~·ortoiX'II&tl piled biJ[her thau in a11y other. Co111111li· ..Jatlon. tnlll llkatio>n nd mncr:rvolilalion o f iotlu~t rin, railro.da aad othe r pu blic ut iUtil':l ha.-c• advanrtd morr r:o.J)idly a nti reacbf'll ~r8t.er perf~tioo tbn i n auy utbl'r. Capit.ali1m hu ''I' And Con~•• is r ight {OOiot ot J>UtlinJ: i t& Uan•J• of on taj>l!alilm by lrgali~ing t he ••••·.I'""C.·.·--:-···· -in~;·trl'<lit and rnoney truU. Wiod.·mool'y ;, Uoe lill'blood of Capit.aliam. W it h tbi1 it 1La1 go'l!b ler! up a11d ronuopo lizt'<l our 11nt ura.l ri!'Morcett, public utilit iet nd our iadulriK, hu .lll"' eau ..W t hl! llrld to a ir <~M1!uit irt of .llfe. . aod n1oro:l of a are daily ala.-rtl, Tbe time f or itt nm:ly arri.-~. N'ot hias 1bort of clr:::t.:.~ aliCl ~~~u.:tr r::~:,~.~!~~;:~i~=dia t::n~:~: !:::":.-:il~d~h~htbe~.,•..••,,.... ,,.,'. "~'''I.,,~; : . :. : :: - : ......-u" ~ ..ceommoclat.lona aU PftMellltn. , ~' FRANK PEHKl:S~. ' • tnl'llf'IN (Xl'IIRSION ~ W - T(}j'.' BAV VIEW The m.Liu rflUOu f or the npirl ad.-.nt<llllf'111 of r..a pitalism In t be Ua ited iA te be ! oo11-d lo our lawt. UUT ~:Sl'~XlALLY T-IlE ' O:s'F.S. ha\'t been {Tamed, aad eofol'dd t o• a>l t he e.bt-. Tbe,.- have e~abe4 IU . "" · •i~:e':~·:::; :;;'_,~!ale T ie.- BeK.IL Put 8onday, J u11e /' :~:::~~;.~:,d~8aL1~ ~~ ~1l~~~~~~ ~~IIIIo e..ir lrie.a.••i.ll j.Ooruy t o popVIar p'-na 1pot. <!apitali~tie wind·lllallf':" _ p it IIUth a od real Wllltitut iona l , S tale. moo•y ,get• ou top. \\'f' mu1t r ofu•e to a~pt wind·moae,- for ou .,.ork, c"pt :-:•t loaal boo1tlt notf!ll t beth; llctept a otbi11g io ,._...,. •~ wn>· "''" moo•r. 1111a i o lhf'm the J>nnibiuty The \'ahae of t l e ~·ational eaa be fbaDIL ~~-r~d bauk clu!"b lie. ia u.r wiUJ,"'"'N o f t ba United SUtel are to a.ceept thelf we do , ut~•u of our i''- "'"" ~ ~ :~.,-:;-:~~~;:.~~··,:;"~', ;;.,;:;;;:·;;:; J ~'".'.".: r • · lawa 1,..,. will make~ u- t hey 110 ~o:r:Y:~: =i~ r::•~o e~~~ :~n~:=:;~~~~c~!~~=hea of :Y:.t':. ~all to p1 a ma· ;0 ·~~: , ;-~:~-•:;le~.... at pe-A, II- wooJd 1101 l«'m to i~N~FH~ ~i,!~~~~: 111~ ,P"'rw.uio11 to mate 111 .:·~.:lt~~:-::u:tu~"i• ~~:.~,:~ ~:;a~~Dll~~t~~A~~~ ee~~~ ~.::u:~. ot:t~o; '~I'P•;.,••J•'~"'-." =,. -..ala auil '-.--died altar a beaotJ.ful OA.BBY lT THROUGH TO 8UOOE58. • lot (!II Mlog tMIIIIerfe•lttl _ . rewtfal rw. of abou.t 3fl miulM 011 Our !100,000 ran, by -eer1M tor tk(r .,.I~·~D"e:r. ..,u..,, Jar ot 1: .. La~·~~= ;!,~~ ::~11~=~~ ::e;::~::! !~ ~ ;"~·d=~:~ra ~0~;;... ·~::to~lloo· • - -·· --·' -·•;';"" York. jorl,!?. ~~~~a.Stat" ..._. tuadal lawt are eo~:::::==~~·::; F:~ e:.atn~::.:_arry WO&EJ!U ~ ~ . • lloafleaal revolu· OWJI' ""'Ul01PA'rtl«>]••"' FOB- II. DO TtJDJE 181 mtn's Oil6raln :Jill Solid Work ·Sbots $3.50 to �:-For the ~la.cd 11.50 Kad me tbe 8a&Jo poe year aad "The Call of the Carpeokr." (tP aooc. IS TO U · SINT BY JIAIL zNa.osa SJ.il}. Nam<'--------------~~----- S~tNo..----- -- ----..--------Sta t· City .......................... il' il' SOCIAL. AND DANCE .. UNDI!lt AUSPICES .. .. THU~SDAV BVBNINO. JUNE l.::hh 0· i YOUNG PEOPIIS SOCIAUST LEAWE i .. il' At· FRANKLIN HALL, 112 West Eacl• ~ .. : . 6Hd mnlc R.tfrtsl)mtnn :: . il' . · ADMISSlON, 15 CENTS .. .......................... GRAND ANNUAL PICNIC . cavaN BY THII • . Local Union No. 16 IEEJDIIYEII, HELPEII AND ITAILEMEI At BRAUN'S PARK, Gene.su St._and the Creek June 8th, 1913 ~ · 'Tlcket-. Ill C.nta l.o•·~jor •t r~t 11•·ar F riday e•·e· Tbia brn eb i1 1111..- tbe IH'COPd THE CALL OF t'Bl: CAltPENT&B. , --,"··.:c:c: .:;_,._.,,.,, ,.:i.;,;F;:.;~;;; I ~:~:-:: ~~a~ ~!~~.~~r~:<~~;:, ~~~:~ "':.:~:~~~:;~ ~;:,~;" i:b",::"'~ali•t ....,,,• .,. ! ~••'· ar11 loTitN to a lle n 11 t.be wbrn ruo.leru meaut of t•n•duct ioq a11t.L Bran..h Sii. R~entl,- a t.Lillributio ll are uuJ., ba•·e eP tertd . th~!:~:1e~~: ~==;~ :::::g::~ ~a::,.:eu~ ~~··\\~::::b:_ftl\~1~ ~ridap evening 1 ('lUn 6t'l. Jl t IJ by .. about :!I mflmbers.· · Ao or.,he1. talist du1 it ;, a light to matotain alto .,0,.. 1., 11, ...,_ or f ormat !oo. profit.:. With the ,.·orlti"g tlu it it the •oe of tlrug111~ for n.i•teDte-life it· llEEt'INO IN .ell. With ,..hich •ide will tbt Cbrit· J. Mahllo~=·~!~~ ;!•:.~.~:;"~b;~~e::;o~0~~~ ~:eb;: ..~~· Franklin Hall Seo~a aod Cau 11o,·ia 110 f ortibly t hat the iuue cao11ot louger Ta.~yentting, JuRtlOth. beavoideJ . at '!rill be held uahlt r the a u. Eight. Samuel JAArr a ct u tbairmu.. X&IIOlfET TO LBOrtJ1B. 8 ttphe11 J. ll&l.o.,ty 'lril1 lectu r11 a t H all, eoucr Broadway 111d ltreet , Frida ;r e..-eoiac, Jutte · tobjeet ,..m be "Ia Socialiam Km•• l Comlo;•l" The lettore 1riU be. heJd a~Y"plc" of B~cll Be.,.e11. Thoee ,..bo "'" i11 tbe C&rpt"IIIH Xaun~th a rreat lea der Ia t he for rlgbtoeu lnt t ryl ag to ehtn'tb true to the poait iott of Founder. lll that atrugglu !.be rt · book.. which, 111"he11 it Sud• ill thfl peoople, will turtt th11 tide tile "orkera. Tbtt book Ia Booek Wllite '• "Call llte Car1•uter. " TILat book Pl"ftf!DII ia po"crful tbefac:ttlhattho"thtt- 52 West Earle St. For all Office Workers the purpose of organizing. �~ ...amu.T irTnta .....,._, BUPFALO SOCIALIST PIJBIJSHING CDMPANY S1 'JI. !ql. ..... 3rd &oor llAaTDt K1DSU1Jt. ......._ ....... ~.~lctJ o,_ BlJPl"ALQ.N. Y. l'1t.(JCK. ~. T - . ....Cot.~~. ~ PrbSI.OOI*TMI'•SCk tb:IDI:Iad., ,-T&IIkhl"'"-­ . ~' KlltnN ae MOII'Qd-el.ael maUQ' J a.q b, 1111, at &be poat oe:sc. •• 1 Bo.11'eki, New York,CDdert'BeActolllarebl,l87i SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1913 The worker~~ ha,·e 11roduced enryt hiug for t he ('BpitRiiat for a long time. Why not do something for our~~elvea for fl chuogef It i! tough luck when an ex-P resident baa t o go to court to prO\'e that he i11 110\,f drunkard."' But Teddy was looking for a nother chanr.e to be a hero. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Police Stop Street Meeting Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/416fac45168c18fe7ab282133d6c4fc3.pdf bbd6e3b86a1863b917b115029dc0e2be PDF Text Text ~T~ar IP IT IS . 63 ' YOUR SUBSCRIP'110N J!X.. 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Patronize Only Moving Picture Theatres IN BOX OfflCE WINDOW ......_ Jo•eph Wutz SAMPLE ROOM c...,_ .,.,..,., • ••., c~. ..c~ teee Bailey Avenu6- �rutiu~ .. I ·• ~ future belongs to the sttolll!:. tlie active, the daring, and . the beat way for yon ~ to one of tliem is by • howing lrtrengt.h, a cth·ity abd daring in tlie daily atrn4gles for Tile fonndations of th.e new wocld of the' futuro! mu1t be laid now, tor (h~ '"""'~wl'""''""' outcome of today. Tile Sopa}iJct ~.acidy will not cowe ·about as ·11 mirae~. it come as the re~rult o( our ow-n acti\•ity 8nJ .. eflort.. It w1U not be the r.:ali.r.atiou of our but the prOtlut1 of Our 'actions. 6his world ia a man-made world, a nd 110 ~ill be"the ~ne.,.,·e ft r t ing a t. tho· Nt<·inli..,ts uu.i.:~~~;,~·..~ ·;:~n:;.~!~.\:k~~~~~~:.\:·, ~~.::.~~~:.,:,~;.r ~~~\~.,~:~;~~:~~:~~aft~~:~ THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE All 111111 nr !lUll WNhw~<rta~ \lh('u ho IJf'nt II v.ngoii \oail of Jl()licemt!ll Tb~ .... n o! the J'f!OI'Ie &ball rule I IDfOfD\~1 .- "bo ... tM . peovle ....~ admit till~ I t .. to tb_eu tG\f'r~t t o th t Uuft'Hiu 1'111.11 to orr~st 1- \\ C11l l\lll lou!Uni'A8 rnanagPr and T\111 11 a •ery romforuoble plo,....e, but •nil ahall rul<! f make 'helie~e t llat th1. •re ~~"~'""·1.:7'~;·;"; ot ••Jotaetleall.- muala~:lew 111 our mod I nil• II wa, tlllkm)!' 111 LlH 111('11 on tho ~<lrtke of the mnc hmtii\A, tra -•et• , and Jo~t ~aoooe of tbl1 1t e•hlor of !lull pllp<'r nndlf'lll• \\II" 11 ']1111'1 nnd 11111lhgrnt lot of mtchii!UCS ~ho l\t'r• alll!OII!IIO ku011 ho11 tht lr (clio\\ "orktn; 011 11tr1ko II CrC mak m.:: 0111 Cauell hn<l ht:., 11 t 11 1kuur but 11 r,.,., tniiiUit!:ll ~hen Po hce Cn plnlll ~ ••rn-..t ol uppt lltt ,\ <111 th• K< en• 111111 "ti iHHit 1111\ rxp!Rnll tlou l<lllrl ~ct to JIUil 111111 from t ht \\ugun m tht ma.uner of 1\ bull) \\lth 11 ]IIIIo nuthontl llhlt h ho 11111 1 ,] 1 n~tl to ltll.'l< r t Ins tead of frlghl t-n llllt th1 workc~ of the Boff111o 1'ltls \duc h ua;, the IIIIS!IItHI of t ho r•oh~e lt luultho oppoontt' ,-.ff, ct One of tJw polict•mf'll wa 11 ,.\·•·rlu•arcl t(} !Ill.\" '" thnt thrrt' ""''"' only a frw of the Pit hi llH'II out uutil Cntt<:ll ~pokt> tn t lu•m ; now thf' whole bunch on 11trikc " · · T he Police ,j.,1111 rtmeut bali a)WII)""ill !we n 11 weapon of t he c&pi&.alist claM with whic\1 it hall bci>Tt·n lht wo r ketll into MuluniMiOII wlu~ne1·er tht•y ha n • s tt ... r11 p tt•ol to rill•" up sn.l fight a~o:11i11Kt condition11 which hKfl brt·orut intole rl'lhlt·. In ffll"t, it iM as we heard Oil(' p-oliceman lillY to ltllOtho·r rf't~eutl•·: ' ' \V" 11r,, julll tools in the hRIIIIs of thf' hoAAell to do tht·ir <lith" wo rk . while thtl" reap tilt lwnefit : illllt cad of protecting thf' peo1>le.. ~ .. rnuat ahUIIf' thf''ru.'" ' The capita liat. politicians know t ho·ir bosint'M well enough to foreae" whl'lt will hllpJW!n llt'ltt f'lf't•tion if t h(' growt h of the wor k ing rliiM ~~enti onent eontinuea in"thi;; eity. Thf'y can sf!oe t hat if the Hot•iAiilltR keep up the ir work of otgRni.r.iug lliUI edur.ating t he work· ""'· thnf' i~ ew•t)" pn113ibility thltt Sot-i11JU1s will ht> t>l~tf'd to office at the I'OIIIiug ''"mpaign. and abovt' a ll t hinga th111 ia one thing that muat hP pre,•ent ....l. if they wish to retain their profita. Thf':rdore. the fight must ht> w11gi'd a~tainat Sod~tl istJI 1tDd n Pwspap Pr And t heir 11ptaken1, and you may depend uron it money will not he sparrd in the Attempt to put U!l down a nd oul.. But tht c11 pitalist politicians han• figured o ut tht> t hi.ol time. They have been ao aco·ustomed to ha•·in~r · o wu ••ay.. s.nJ only hal·in~: to gi\"C the order and any r.,tno\·e;t. t h11t they helit\'1' it will he the 110111e in thill clllle. Soeiali11t1< nN' not eo eaeily detealt>d. The SocialiJita cannot be fooled o r bm w-heated. They know that t h"' otJ~· w11y th11t tlu~y can gd a ny r t lief i11 to turn the men who N'pN..ent the capitaliwte out of office and put men H1 their plwc:(' that ~pN'sent the workera.. I t iN imposMiblt' for all,I""OIH' tn r•·pro~f'nl both 11idt'a nnd L•r this ay~t l!m of 1110ciety. The capit.MiiMIK now !'OIIfrol all thf' oflie<'ll 10 tho•ir interettl.. anrl art> in a roaition to pcl""l!M:Uh• t ht• workinll' dali>l to their h,•art 's de· light. and IIJ'C doi ng it. The &leialiat.ll intend To PIPCI 1111'11 to nffice t hs t will represt•nt l hl' working t·lau. 11ml """ill t'(mdm·t thl' 11fhirs or stnle in tho·ir illtl•l'e!lt 7'o:o 11111011111 of hullclo.r.ing. o r th ro·RII'ning. or Jlt'1"1L~nting of th~ Sociali11t11 ll>""ill pNl\""f'nt t hem f rom lht• work of reof1(s niting IIO{'iety on a ha111ill that will ~ein! the workPn< olf thi1< worltl 1111 o p portunit y Tc reap the f ull product of tlll'ir toil. lllhl h1>1 The awrag~ ---- workingtn1111 works a ll his lifr a nd tlies in J u11t watch the work<'MI of tbi.'l cit.'· ilo thing. whe n lhf'y arlopt the ''Soeiali111t \Yay. '' - -- - - PAYINQ THE MILITIA ·-~· ~:·· ~-·~,.~~~~~··:~:~~~~:!';.d~~;_ be0:'£ 1e1 ~0 •1~~::~\::11 .~:;;::,d :~ ~·o~lell~ofth:,:';:et';:~1 .,,,.1')' one of tbeM dlft'ernt d"u. of •ork u la~Un,' •-•-I •• one of the t.,t jlhrurJO of f>rofeu oool.l j...Of•le •f the Mme. tlme and '" the Jlulgn eontrad1tt tbeir platform """".·•-·::·~ polou~,ana. }'or •lao ••f' tbe poople,u.me rntaal. Oaly tbe Te l :f •gaanuot t l0111 Jt Ul \Mit peoJ>'e, tbl' ,.. ....... .,.,n h to n~le tbt large cap1 can oltlnde the~~>l.elvt• Wllb the lH!hd 1•b- H01.o111it iateTta t bu are t•h•t• •ho are eveT nger lo .,... now that 11 11 w\tbia the po11'er of aav IJO' rt':III!Dtlag whoM woll l.a the one "I tb<' omall ODI!!I, or tbe ~mall Uj>l ernmrnt to hai'IIKIOIJ.e all tb.! eontrad 1~ rules 1.11d will nde 1.1kulg u tbry tahou •bo wa11t to uoe tloe power• of t11rv dau •at"'"'- eluk•na datil "' l tnlt tbe te:11nonUe prwera 1.11tl -··~~'j,.,.;,.,_ !!OHrclmtl>' to cru•b t be large onu, modrra .ot:oety of M<ltty Tbe ~ag tbe fa':""•n, who) d~maad a bogb_ lat~tf Tbe m01t fODI~IeaOQJ t•nrtemhr 110 part I• theu·· polltleal """'""'""""•II•.. ~· o~ ftgT>rnltural r•rodu~to. ~· tbt< IDdl~t· of ."'odem eapltalut .oeltty l.a 11ot th~ Leeaa.e tbey llaTe 1t0l yet lroal wurlu•r11., who l.!"fl er~"> hlt for tbeap Uh<OII of hltel'u t, b11t tloe di'l't,..tty ef 1tre11"'b enoqk to eomJM'I to>Od: thr iDdt...;du•ll•ta, .-bo are 01'" inter<"lt ud, re~.uttiar ,,.. It, the p.ar attutlo11 ~ tftlr roo....J to go•·~r11meat lalt'rfueaoe Ia ~~•• strv.gs!... Tbe rMl objeet of polL· ud will I "'""~•• of _,., l!t'OBomy, or the t'Ol· tou Ia our day, lberefon, l1 tbe eoe· Tbe will of tU .-orldal! k r th·i•t•. .-bo inolot oa tbe ~laliu· qoetl of vo_litl~l powu for ~··rlifpt>H ~·et • .DeJI!fible qaaatl~y t •~" of tb~ mn111 ot J•rodad>oa aad of ~oou·erhat 11 l1to a mfll.a• ot ed· anJ ••II ~-Ia 1;11 Dllt>l o·oTnlllunlutlon: the i,:aora11t 1.1111 ua· •·au~inl d ... letel"fttl.. r~lilr tbe u-lllte DKfl!lity duuted, or t be latent,eat u d wellOf coorH, the polllleiau will ae~er toaurtftl a«.ioa oa tloeir · THE WILL TO POWER Life iA ""; 11 to power, uya the German philCHOpber, Neitucbe, and the nilinc eluses of our dsy-and of ·a u pre\'i oUI day.-b.ll\'e long ~i&ed • tlliJ ' IDd De \·er h~tated in their attempt& to monopOl i&e all the powen on earth. Their will lo . po~• bu a\ WB)""II bun very strong. a nd uceedingly relucta nt in reMgniz.iog ita limitatiOil&. Howe.er, t he chief limitation of man iR man. 1 The will to power ia alh·e in everyone, and the n.:ili ia eompetition for power, and in it&moat devdope4. and formidable form the atruple betwMtl tlle elauet and nationL The rn~t aipifi.cant atrunle f or power in our~~ W that bet wet>n the workill.g claM and the capitalial clau, and that object it nothiuc leu thaD the government of the ciTilised world. not me rely t he political govemmeat, but t.lt.e govei'IIIDent of the eeonotni., world, whieh ill the' foundation and 1.0urce of sll other ·po...-era.. This ia. iodeed, a -.tupendous 11trunle, the gra.ndeat, per· haps, tht' •orld ha• C\'er witnNeed aince t he de.truct ion of the ucieut llor111on Empire. Ye t \'ery few of tbote who are able to make themsel n~s heard""in publie diseuuion. outaide of the Socio.Jis t mo•·eme nt , see111 to re&liu ita rrandeur and app~iate the wignificauct> of the fact that t he working c\&11!1 haui gathered at rength enough ·and aelf..col*.louaneas enough and self-relianee enough to cballengt t he most powerful cia. that enr ruled .oeiety to combat for the mutery of the world. :\l ost of t bOI!Ie oppl)fle<l to t he Socisliat mo,·e.ment fail eomplt>tely to understand that thi& is not a struggle for hread and butter on thr one aid e, and property rights on the other, bnt for wo rld eoneept ions and ideals of cult u re and civiliution. But thl'~· ma~· learn to undef!ltand it by Rtud,;ng the Socisliat mo,·ement in all itli upect&.. Tl}ey may _l"t't lt·an1 that the ·struggle for power on the part of the working cl8flll ill a nruggle for tbe emancipation of man from t he •ial'ery of the thing• of ll""hich he himll!lt is the crtator. material t binga, llpiritual thinp and aocia l inatitutions and for the cstabliahment of a 110eial ordl!!l' in whieh the econotnio·. politieal. intelleetu&l and moral. fN-edom of every matnre human being will beMme a r eality. anJ the fullest pbyaical and mental development of e''ery individual a posaibillty.. • • The Soeiali111 mo\·ement ill directed against the old dave morality. llll well u ap.inat the old mal!ter morality, againat the rule of propt>rt~· over man, u well aa againRt tht rule of one claas over another. againat 1ex aiiVery aa well llJI against "the d~titm of authority. WhPre there ie politia.l power ther.. it 11buae of power, unless it bl' relltricted to eertain function!! and kept nuder strict control of t he pt>ople; and the foundation of \.I IJ>OWer of men o•·er men it t he po!l!leUiou of J..be meaDII hy which people live. The people wilt tw thair own mutera and contml eHry p-ublic power as .oon 11.1 tin·,· ha ve mad e themad n:~ the maaten of their daily bread in the broadeat aenae of t he word. that i11. of the mean• by which t heir daily bread i.a produced. " b tile capltalaad tiLe..lafJtllr pl9"" titiw, a 1ri111 ud viedleti•e- .. IJ ptHfll.f0 Wbld1 IILGWI itM)f" ud aio,. opellly,la tiLe !nt i1- • by Rreet demoutrat\ou.. Tl!e 1..r1 u ere.blJII;' tiLey ue re- Ti~~eial •::~:~~=:~~ ~~:: nol g~~.&taac- tlu:ir put_ · Wllo ~.•rt.ala ~IJJ aot rile 1.11d tiLet � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-05-31 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1913-05-31 Relation A related resource MicFilm HX1 .B83 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Newspapers Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LIB-021-BuffaloSocialist_v01n052_19130531 Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2018-06-12 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Is Version Of A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation. Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. v01n052 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 4 p, Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Cattell Arrested Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/f2b1a51519f46a9056348d6816a21bdb.pdf 6680a58513c55303cf45be8e48766ae1 PDF Text Text MEN .ANSWER GALL FOR BmER PAY �8,000 lamp., iale'"t 41 JA,"', P,OOO.OO aaaull)'-per Wa p Bd alo Gt!ael'al EIIHit.rit Co.. ! DrfUt, teat-.b, ,globM, eve a a il lall' (Compt7oller'• report) alaintenaou, $8,000, per lt.Dlp .. A ~iu.tloo (oa life 20 y~), ' 10,000, per lamp ..• de&ll· Total co.! Tu.qttueleet ri c li(bt.a . .. <.'arre nt fro111 ~ua'alo ae'nual Electric Ca. undergronP.dline~worth) . . . SaviP.g 01"f r Welabaclo , ..., per lamp per yet.t .• Sa•·ing per year, 8,000 lt.mps .. Elet t rie•vla,goverp•lu!JIO!I, :'.iyean .. Tbe coauni..So~~tr of Public Wo rb alated that t.lle Eledrie prol>ably niH t be priu of live light el&etrie Tuagatea po.t f rom t7 ..SO per ligh t, to t-40.00 per pott fo r ~nywhere ebe t biiJI on GenHH T hU! or Ul.Y otber nwe c:uDot. be made lUI4at tha d~an of tha Pa."bllc Th• "'!"'" '" ' forth ~ Hutralo i 1 h,:...-e rer, ..... unabl" to •~11re on~ ot eh oicr I>OII'· enil1'. bfo~.a.ute. <ion 't ,-on w-e, thf n> t~·or lo afflld'ot '"'inp the.., the A <lt lr$:11t or Tra•l•·• and Labo r l "ou n~i l uked f or a roeumt to bold a u orwon • ir me-eting ! o r th e bf, ae. r~J......d. ft! ofthernillhaDolta.ndwutololtba t e ra I manag~ r ••! the mil! t..•!otr tbi o tril" nd ot labo r would a ct, anol it •I'" ]>taro to l>f! olaw,.ing upun thf oniDolo ot tht' working d••• th~t uo larger -- T he aMoad p ropc,.itioa i1 not only to replace t hil &,.ll6o Wellbach p1 wit h 8,000 'f1ulpten la111ps, hat to buy the t;...,-ent wholeale ['OWU tloe city· uaing itt condui.U a.ad uplarlag t he 3,000 are lamp1 b the HCtion aow OJit! ra tcd .,ith d- ngfroua over-bead wire. by DDdt'froo.l1<i uinC>9,000addi tio.,. J high power Tllngatea l OOwatt eledrie Jampa,(a of thiN! at t.llecornen. Tb.ia bayl.nJ! by the thy of wholcule Niagara electrie earrea t a t borupown.., th e nnr rate, woald ..,., tha d tl' a f'llll JAMES J. KELLY dollazw Clll. tha llY..JU.l" CODtnCtl of t he gat a nd. "eleet rlc . . in In whielr they recei1·~ o;U: two ~ ot1 4ollanr, or :rut them to ff'&h~ .the meaa1ag of the dua d~y .J'OU.Id ba•·e to pay 1! 1t >nttal led tU OWII IDDllldpel 1)"8tem ot otrugglc "·blth 11 """' KCing 011 bctwe~n tor stre-et llshtlag aud for public buUdiop. .:t flO""'' ;=::..11'7-::.~~~:~:ho:;::yu;;;,:b~~~ ~~~: 1 ~~:d ~~~~;:,~ion ot ~~1tcn c" trlho:~nt (.;o . •bleb Comnde electric ;!·. ~"i: :! :::~!\:n :~=~t 1:n: 0 :'::~~~~: ::::: ~!; ::.: u r~ l'l ,.,., o'- lal r ownera. A~y ror- ~ .~;, . ' · t,!:',"a~ 1'd ~t:::ffl. Lake "·0'7 tb!ae:.:~~~;e:~;:t.;~ur.~:·o~~~P.~ill~."!, t!~~~-r::a:t! .}':,:'.~~: ...., '"'"'""'".,'"';dl·: decided aad wUl rtat We wW C'lt othen 011 our ~= ~~;!":/~:il~t:~:: tte"~~~t:/ !.1 ~tM~:~lazn:. ::i~~~~p~;':n~A:a::~tio• ..:::!~ our for J..Ort I n intu•·lew with th ~ om~ial • or New \ork •obecr>b~ra we J>r•Pt 1111: Weltbt.~h g .. Wll tr&ct, •• the pa lamps coat •~.7l5 eaeh per year a11d the th ~ I" R. u 11 t1 n ..,., In whirh bt da tu aud 1' 1''"e. nt only "tor 100 watt lampl per ;-ey- with dol.~ eleetrldt:J. ,...prt • tb r jOOitibility uf th•ir modng Ke lly " "ill •peak: Thi1 ia a u..-i Dg of S1:5.67 per lamp per ~ and f or 8,000 l&mJM! ill p\aee ou t of tb~ rity . Juot lbiDk ~~ an i~· Wa7 ~u . Dtoaklrk of Wehb.eb • ..yj.q ot ' 108,360 ID OQ.I! yea: 11M b:l AYI 7e&r"l a ......m,: of 21 1 " min ronahletiDII •uc h •pill"lt .'" SM6,800. I waot to ...1 to all macllla btt to tta.Dd l.rm. It yoa do not, t hey will UN ua .,0rM t haD Coadl tllllll beea bed eaough lug lotll of Sociallst.a. ha•• e..-er. loollfl~==~;~~~~~~~~~;;,;::::; God kao ..... · Keep S waj" f rom .. be at ud ~atlcmea --~:cmn~IST. mWloo doUart, \0 .be uaet S3f.l,S50. aDd thir. would make, with the Pvlag ~;~::::~~:bt!:,~::::t~~;;~h;;e~:~:;~~-:·,~ !: ~: •. ~if~~~t. ~~::~::t~b!;;~:r~~:;,.ot::=:::~~:~,~~~~;~~;;.::~~!~ .b~~~~ ~~~~:.::•111• :;,~~.t:te~~~~~~~~f~S~r:at':a y::~i:~OP1:lil .:::~f b~i~;~~ c~r;~~t:;·:::r~ 11 11 • •" R•• ..-r..DooJ >T'.,.. nN,~ ~~,?~~ ~2!Tn~1~q~... Spetd&l &l \ n e dollt.n. uactllguresabowiag t be cott&!l<loa\·inpi.l'l!gi.·eabelow: J•Urebued Ill powe r r~lles t rom cu .. rad .t Coadait Co. 8,000 " lialet& tolbtiJdaJ Ia 4oae by C.a · lamp•. 100 .,...ttl eacb, f CJ!Iacing 8,000 Welobaeh gat lt.mf'l!. gre111 pretty qalt!J, doel'l! will be IIi r&< 100 wall• ucb, ~lacing 3,000 are Iampi Ia retideote volt Ia 1 coua trr. '111 1 \ the workla«peop41 hu l8114il ...ytoo far." · 8o ~&id ll other Jo11n, ''Aapel6f Min es.'' to 2,000,000 roal diggen lD · · ·· ····· · ·· · ··#• ·· thfl UDltl!d Stalt!l and Canaola in \\"uh· Po.rer 1#13~- .s~. tbi ~::~--~pi~. · II.#C.,...-1#. Aattate al)d subeorlbe for the The lltrfJetter•Eettuno. oaJi Gvmau ~pa per Ia &he_.. 00'-lde of New York Q.l.)', re~ MDtiDc !h• in&el'lllll of Cbe; Worklq 01.... - liOOliiM t or I -\hi, Olfb,3l5-3 l 7Ga.a.es....t, • • llu!Wo, N. Y. CUT THIS OUT I o.aring in 5 yu r1 .. ~&vini(OYtrg ... i n policeatations.finhotlllft I i U ut ~hki~t e~i<hi:Dffl. "O&VIP.Jt!! ,ml>li.,bolkHngw,peryear .... i11 eJ.,.,trie htCIIIdCI<ei!Dl lighting in l'llhlie buildinpwholc•alo o•·cr retail ratet,Syear. perton ""U io l'""' '""''",":".:~t~yj~,ri~b:u::lta for ~~":"':~=:"::=:'~~~~~,==~~,==~~~~ ~ ::::; now rn~:n;~~~~i;! :,o~~~~~!~:~ore";,~~ lflTIRS,Of PRAISE !:;';:yen;~ 1t1h:· ...~: ~:~~:.,."':~~ FOI BUFFALO ..-beD he wu uale auper lnt~lldeat ·;;g;:. "· 0 \l!J. NiagaraGuarant.C'ed Double W~r S:o~et ~n nrry pan· $2.60 to $6.00 ··~ OdONO - - �MERCHANT 12oa a.. .... ,s,,.,. ·Louis Josephson "l(ocb<•t" s";';,;,, Cl•tbl•g ..... .... . lltdMf._ P_.._Pio.I I OU .3 70 a-n- a L. Bu tr•lo, N. v . __ F. Al . l-.111. II. J. l«NNId. C. .,..,~u•l r.lftu-. P--n~11 ZEBOLD BROS. 00. ~--o.-.1< [[oN~~ IN BOX OffiCE WINDOW mOPEft:_~ltg ::'KbT~lVE"u~io~~~U'c<it1 :~ ~~~~~T~:.o:_nm GRAND ANNUAL PICNIC ,1 """"N""· ntt•~·l • •ooog••phon aod o!!l(e &.olitt&Dta il S:~~o:;r:~· ~oV:~~-;~;; Local u·;;;~·n No. 16 IEUDRIVER.I, RELPEII AID ITAILEMEI At 18RAUN'S PARK, Gcntsee St. and the Creek 1.'t1~~ Ticket.. Ill Cent.a Sunday, June 8th, f euthatbbnamewl/lbetlivolged\ - - - - - - - - - : . . ; _ - - _ . . ; ; . . . . . __ _ _ __ �~·~liAIYI~ · PUIIi..aHm 9ua.Y aT T'IG BUFFALO SOCIAUST PUBlJSHING OOMPANY • ~1 ' S2:W. . . . "'"""SJd&ar IM'PAlAN.Y, . . .'"" tcaa.ml. . . . , _ PRAJOt mataNJiki&D, T - ...,.~.~WEioot W.P.CAsTI;...~N.~, ~Prb$UI0,-,...,,50tPIDIKib.paFAIIkloldT&DC:8 · ~· PEACE D4Y .. Ci.reulaa~ were distributed to the pupU. of the public Rhoot. lut wee.k fanm, ah.tloD. to tliat M:.y 18th wu E~e Day, aDd giving .ame rlartlina facti in regard tq t.be eo.t ol the cii.iun. of Bdalo. · · · O.aly ·a few weeki ...,.0 we had with ua Oeorp R. Kirkpatrick, antbor of " W~'Wltat. who 1poke· to a great audience at ElmwOQCI Muaie Ball, upoeini the 'e .pitaliai ~ iD til~ '"'!•,me• I ~:::;. to PQ,m~:=di)G~~~ri~:o~r:~;:\~P1:.~~~e:!·~.~·P:~~!:~i::~~·-:i·:~~ ana police .and militia..-®mpoaed of the wo~king claa, to be used to foree the wor:kera to: • k~p the capitalitt claaa in luxtlr)' and eaae. J. 1 The Peace Day ~rculu points- out aollfe important facta that ~ow how the war game, the .e.hildren are ulted to learn, and •ussest here in Buffalo, Md we quote a few ~, take a few lewon1 blend u -..d~laa m~ .lODe 6, lttt, at the pc11t otlloe •• Bulfalo.New Yorlr., 11.Dderlb•AccofM.&fCb8,l8"li SATURDAY. MAY24. 1913 THE SOCIALIST WAY between &ba Uatiecl Bt&\H and Orea' BriWD we bi.V. been a\ a boundry line 3,800 milts l q, not. forWled or ,uarded, or wa&cbed wt\b. tpeDd 10 much on \he ~ aynem? · . pow~~r lhat. flllJ tiM world with terror wealtl:l bestowed on camp and cotuU Given the human mlnd from error There were no need for atleDiola or forts.' ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/b064a7addd59c690059c21e453fb806a.pdf 6d6f05ee710a40fe1f1381946809758e PDF Text Text raamst rs �car mfn lllt<o! uo •·try llllo!ly, l m~:uo m otormen anol eo ndu~toro. runnin11 tb~l r t'&r• t h rough tho• l'atl dr ,.·henr•·,.. tht·~· ~uul o l aoH) ~onfu•in g u t in evfr~· wa~· Tb o ngh .,.,. o•oulol 1o ot carry the reol llnjl,thffrontmakpntonrf ol h Ju;~.ea\:~; ~:•:l: ~~:r~:y 0:;,., 11 a .ihich b~d b<!ea dllooded . -ern <'ialiu mn·or .,.;ll"br d erw d and a littlo • limy, ~ttrky mu • f rH<Iom a.llo..-....J lnthi••·ity. Oootl!O&noltllnginitDU"f!" peated wuhing1 are all thi•di rtot!. win tile ~~&!HI &ppJau.e of "'" Yonn1 Peorte tn~gbt to we ban 111111\: it tomaay bstbt-l••ttbree.yurL _. apin ud think. lt h a~ · a me&Jl\111· •· l'e&Urd&y in tb e Sunday bad »ay na,., ...,.,,.,;-, taww.lred "hil.dru 1',_"' iat.ere-ted. I told tUPI, tb iap, of tb.f.it Rebul who"' I luwl weAlD �mento r Buft'alo.'' Wedonotfeartlr.attbe tor tb• .... heed .,..hat be i~ apt to •bil•• l ••bk~p<l~· · ,c.ard~ ):ou· reeeutly sent aa a ,..ord of warning ,..,., 1 ~ntlo..e my m eh~ lr. o'::'~r£~:~,;:f~~ :~~,;o;:m'!:~c;~:~~elt!cn up ~~~ '' blingjoillttinthi•to,..nitwillbe til!(hl. Wbat't t he mattf't with th o Di t trid nud She rift' taking tbi t tipt Alton~ ey NO SPORT ''E11d~ "Ill aer iptiollt&rdt. Y . P . ll. ~ :NEW& pat IIIICeet.l for T he nut replar buli11eu mPeting or and .tbe wo rk yon ~V~ IIUJbl . the br«loe rbood of the l'oung People'a, Sot:ialitt League will be held Thnnday e•·ening, Yay ;:!~=:~; :: ~~;:;;~:d.:.~·~ an :~~~~!:~!d, '::,~~~~.~ ,::1!:':; o;i~~...~ ed \:::,,s:;:•lli~~~~..:=~~.,1 ;~,",·-·I Uf"'q'" eome from the OIIUI4e. . . , . . . . . . ........ 1 I ... I:*L Charles Baumann 'M ERCHANT TAILOR Louis josephson .j ====c======:b=========l member to;:_~~~~~~~ afriend . Bala~tee on band ll'a1 ~ Ia. 1.00 ~'t11 nk L.ng . 1.00 WeiiiCI"'. !!.00 Umou . lftdlht,_ - P_.. Pir.a iOH ~70 .. and £Xl'E:S8&8. Oulttlol li...~•ttr S•111plt Clot~lng , . . . , ...... I !~!·~;::~ ~:;~~~i.t _ Th e \'oung People'• Eoo:ialiu Leagn• ~ry an<l tu.r .... tion Dru.m Cotpt held their llrn rehearsa l. work11ra. WOIII.Ali'B OLtTB. lil3 .. REOElPTS. _ 1.00 Supr . . .r.O Coii'• . Pot. .GO Gro-rie.. ~ . 00 Alwin Ehma ( Rolla ) I.OU lh ekin 8 ign Co .. 100 . .. _ . aL, Quflalo, NoV, ~~et~~~= :t~h~0 e:~:~~~~,~~~:,.~h~,:~e,:~~i~~!~:.~r~: i~o~c:~:elu1r~ I the past week . we ha w~ a word to say. nod r:~~ ~;~a8g':11 ~~: t{~:p~:~::::n~f ~~:~~fr ~:;l~)~cn~~ ,~-~~~,c;;~td a1:~~i~~n;, r clio:f. !llany nttcm~•ta work, but t o no avail. wer~ made to abolish the Sntnrd.ay night --------- PAJ!':.~!r~i.ot~:;at::u a:!,,i'l:t' ta:;J,atc!u~:;/"Q~ 1~ 11:11-;tz~.!:i: 1011 While some of the stores wt>re read\· to gin• up thE" Saturclar 2eg Stt. Pruident, Ob ... A. (him•. 7th St.; Set'y, Pa-ul r. Se bl adl•r. ~:~~~~;:~~:~~~-e~~hc~;. hl~:~:ds~~:,-~~h~~a:~~~~- O:r ~~~~~~~~~:e~.~:~;~\~~;~! ~"='~"~"~""" =9"===== I n~cind lUI bt>lie,·e that low as $:!.50 and $3.00 per wet'k fo r the ir work. nn•l we ei~h t huul'l! is all any \'l'orke r should he corn J-.ell ed to put ~~~~sa17~~;\r - "" J .. .. . .. . ~.20 Total Btx:AP IT OLATJON . pace this !l~~<~ ~~~.;~'1th1~~~~~=~~·'=e~h~0 r::frr!c~~~~~~~~i.s~a~~~~~~ihe'r~tcti~'~d':e;~·=; '; it couldn 't be done." DO:SAT IO!IlS. ;\Ira. L. Stllke-beant, eoft'ee and tugar; lira. Rauf-cu of ~at; lii'L W, Xeddr-coll'ee; ltlia Kedd:r-upr; A Workingman-! it.. batter. · Fiunei.al ablemeut ot dante ot Sot.iall•t Woma.u '• Club, )lar i'lb, J9U, t11e beoeflt oJ tbt 8trlk.Jat Depuuneat tllou Work.en; BECEPlTP, E..UENBES. ·~~~~===:=!.~~~ ~ ;~~~:=~.;; - ............ ·• a..:; l ee .....•. .::::::::::::::::::~:~~~:o-r~~;~· : :::·· - ....... ... ... tJt.!O !daabardt .1: Total ' _BEOAPITULA.TfO!\. .~~'l'~':!'!!~:i:<'.£!1~;~k•;i~s in fo;h: Dutl'a.Jo re11lited this condition of 11ffa irli nnd knew that the on ly way to reml'<ly th e evils was to orgnni1:e the ..Jcrlui into a uuion that would DE~IAKD a reduction of hours. au rucrt!lllle of pay, Rnd the aOO litiou of Saturday night work We also rt:Hiiled that otht"rs htul made feeble at.tcmptll to orgnn. Opn fOf 1 ize these workers; othel'll hnd tried to do away wrth the Sat urdny T•k" Baffalo & Lab night work. but had FAILED. •t w.. hlngto!l We knew that it would be ye11rs hefo r<• Rny relief <·ould he Adolphus Busch obta inetl going at the anail 's 11dopted by those who 11tyle them· G ...... r "'-'•• seh·<"S 111 eou•er ,·a ti vC!I; iu fa ct, element had pron•u positin•l)· BAY VJ e.w .... ~ .00 Oo~ prlntiug ... ;·.._.. ==0 ~ =·="·=·~·====='9r=======~ Patronize Only Movln& Picture Theatres ' ~~~.~e.When c~l~~~al:'!ee~n~a~~c~~; :ie~k!h;:r ~thh~ ~~~;,r;~~~~~( f~~~~~i~~: DISPlAYING II the elerlui once got together m a hallJt thJ.not need . one 1 ~nt~~~e~~~\et~l~~ ':u~~!~h a1 hs~~i~:. 0a~~: :;~~:~~~·ns JHJS d~~t ~~~e:a!~~i~~~;i~~h~o ~~;e: ~h~~ ~~~.p completely, sueeea of tbe strike. Another dav would clerk of8 ~~e !:~n~~~;:u~ 1 ~t~~=~P~:~e:h~ 11~ :~~J SIGN the he'!J'IB of every on': of them. st~:e\:~~~~li~~e cf~r ~~~t ~~;;:~r: bomb was in the ~b~~)~;~:nit~~cr;ein the ca~ 1 Jo~~ 1 11 ~~ UNION . ~ • IN BOX OFftCE WINDOW mQ~f{Z~~ ~tt~T;C'1{V£,.i!~'iJN:b~~I1 ~~ ~~~~~ PHYSICA L·COLTURH ::.opo: NATURE'S FOODS. STRENGTH BUILDtNO. CL&AN2:2°~~T:;EFUU. R E BT A ~-~=.;!#.,,::.:;;~~-:f'" that the Trades and Labor Council was not behind the - - - - - - - '·' - - - - - - - - - - - - - , �PUaUSKm ..UZ..T f t TKR BiJFFALO SOCIAUST PIJBllSHING OOMPANY -· ~ SlY. &c'eStt.&.lnfa.. !SUPPALO,N.Y• ....~,_,._~ 1"RA.fntaatD1"1t..:C,T- • ._., T'VT"n..L..__.,. ' ,..._,SJY. &pse.r.t.lldlloor Y. P. CATT&l.L. 1!1o.. .... 81JP'JI'ALO.N,Y. ~ Plb$l.CO pwpu,50clb: 11X1D1b1, p&.,.W.Ia adYulu · ~' . . . . . . . ~~J~m~~&,tltl,allbepatloflloe .. Bdalo.. N•w Y<ll'k. 'llb4« ab• A._et ot l!lareh 1. 11m SATURDAY. MAY 17. 1913 OUR DAILY .-\t a grea t, o'Xfh.·n3e. to t.h e Uulfalo &>cia list we puhli11hcd a all J a~t wl'ek for the Jmrp 09e of aBSiating the striker~~ d epa rttn en t Atoret iu thf! bani.., lljfllin!lt the capitalist ownel'!l. Ovdng to th e f11.l'l th11.t we lal'k th e money to procure a dail~· nt Jtf'l'lit:lll. the cOH iu labor aud money to for itJ ro r oduetioh Willi 'rtry l;'l't:at, but we do uot W ,. Hre hero• to fight th e llllttles of th e workers. during th e IJrill i~tn t uprising or tho· p1u1J, two '''L•eka it was 1 illliiu e "' poper thlil wouiJ plead th e en08e or tho11e who tb t• Kling or the daM Btmggle and h11t.l th e manhood ond to ro•,·olt. "<\'e kue"· that the AO-CMIIf'd coUsl'rl'Rti,·eH wou.ld try that Wl' did n ot back them np in their work after to thf'll> if we Wl· re not o n tht> jol!, hut w e have of thia city thnt we ltre behind tho·m ot all · h•Pr•em. W e know the atreugth of cla!18 solidnrity, and we will fight the ~ o rumon e nemy. the ca pitalist elllsH, at c,·,.ry opportnnity. " 'e have p•J~r ~:. ~,1:11;"i /:~J,i':S; v8i~~~r~~~~;cl1:f~~"tl~;·~~~~ ~·;a;.;,::!s'~~\~~e t!o11r~!~d. iull!I'C.f\ts. lcl tb,·UJ be\\'Rrc. W t' Hre W•·ll pletlllet.l in thl' way th e public patrnnir,ed ua , ancl it gOt'll to 11h0w the lll:et'llllit)• Of 11 J'IIJll.' r of our ki ud , Jt h11a enCOl\1'· ag,·d 11 ~ to go uheod with 1111' work. 1111d we hope that in th e nea r futur~· we ldll l•e in a l)()l'ition to gi\'e to th e worken1 of this city a daily pap(•r puhl ished in th ei r int<·rcllt. 1 rr:.:o ~~~B:~ ~~/':u 1 ~~·~~~~uJ 11onu~o1w (By D . I.. B. l"err'QIOL) o Sulterotitioaa arw briug uploded , the n~l•up Ia Fnt.11t:e, qu.ite a oumber ,.au .owed IO ·~udui liJo a fur · day. CoDdi t loDI ol tbe life of of 1.ri1toeratlt mto and . women got tbe bo"' frolt, tlloujla that ,;,it wn And =~·~eb~ :~:~~~0u';:,"~~: e:boa~~=:~ ~;:;:~ ;.~~:t 0 ~e~~~· ~~n~;ut.~~~c:-= ot lite tb"t !<leu of tile IJeOflle ar.~ al.o ahnya ~heDging. Jdn.• that have bee11 fOII,id ered &J ftrmly l'llaU,.] ia lbf! mind• ot the ~pte utbe Roel< ot Gib-raher, of iniUt&ll«o ill·hme, au ~Oil· u:~nlly di&IIOII' illg luto tbia air. Aud th t •trange thing aboot il •II is that Pi« eretl at • tembia of . bloocl molley. Tbe 1111"1 •vet were free, le,ut 111 name._ _ · Tile world ill IIOW lo tbe· mldtt atrngale II"'Mter a mlllloa time. auy that baa e1'e:r .~" be!OI'e. ttro~le for _tb~ abohtioo ol.wlllf'! ery ra ra&ill( Ul '"'1 el1'1l.aad and ' be leaden of the fun~b Bt'·olu· tioa oue honored 111 b'-tory, wloile th blil'dMU at>d plg·beadedoOM of tilai r opponeute ere dulj H\ forth.:~ · Again, abOut fifty yean •go uotbe r "di.\·ina" l'llpentltioll uploded. It uaod 111 be perfee tly juat ud na'bt to ~~,:, ':e~:ew·~~~~r:~~d~:C.~~~ ~~:~ ~::: ;;~~edc~~~\h~':t:e, a~\b:r::: ! t::«~~':et!;odJ~;· upon el11e for a job you nre not u danj..>erou a agll"on aatl d el!lagogae~ held tbe eburcb. That .,,1 all tllerll bee11 I111Uueted. U.n. ila.Te Th,. nirn of th e Soei11li11t l'nrty ia to bring about u system thnt are today bo~>oud by all mea, wbila ••• to it. Bot o11forluoately f(ll tho ed 1_h• labor 1lllloOU ud ~m· <'\'f'ry l>otl~· w ill 11 eham: o• t o o wn hill own job. 1::-::eto;,:: NOT THE ONLY ONES ~incl' th o:: rt· •·i\'al of th e lahor IHO\'P!Ilent in Buf!'ttlo we hft\'C h11ol nrnch _ roow ~o gi\'1: our read~:r11 th(' n~:ws of mauy of the ~;tril;,.,. j:Otng on m otlwr partll of tht _eo umry . Huffalo i>~ ),~· no IIICIUII< th e only l' lty thAt has workingmen out on ~ tril; e. Some ~orretlt loi!.ttlcll nr e bei ug fou~;ht by the work el'll ut tl. • ~ time, 11nd ,.,·cry oue of thcrn nrt' bri ng iul( th e working class a r0'11li1.11t.io u tlrut the ouly rt!lll rcll>o:<ly fot the whole t h.iug Sodalir<m. Thai th<· cltpitalist rill'ill is collt'cntrntiulf itH energy in ti ou fllr thnt d111' when tbt' workt.' t ll will d elllllllcl th e full th ei r toil ill APJ;uro·ut. E •·<'rywhcrl' tho· nutunfal'tUT"f'l'll. IU"t' gathering nil th••ir Mtre n~;th. ns in Buffalo. where ll A . )lei<lrtun. 8.11 it~ pre11it.leut. i11 campnigning nt pro.'l'!cnt for mt>mbers. ThP U1tnk ~ ur!' n o w HO or~orauiz<•<l thHt thl:\' cun demand J'l!molit ~tnr J.,Ki llln ti ou they wish. nud it j~ their rl ellir~ to p111111 fu rth er th nt will 1011ko· tllt'm th e pnl('tielll tUIUl< of the co untQ' .\lltho·11e th in~ ~ nrP prol'ing ,.n·ry m in ute th e falsity nf th<" o•lnim of thullt' wlw wo uiJ d ecci••e th e wo rkt·rM with that olt.l lltor~· nbout th o· ·· rdo·nttty of cttpitnl auol labor. •• Th,•J<•• inlhlcncell nt<' makint.: the hrt·ndl lwtwpe n l'npit 11 ] ~tnd lu!oor !l'rPU1••r. 1111d f>\'e rythiUK thut i11 !<"O<! for tlw <'upillllill1 is h11d rnr .., aiaee tbe beginuins of The Chri1t waa crudfte-d be-wu oppoaed to th e order of th e .'lay. And wbll II tbong_ht of the f'hr> wt to•l•yt A Hille later <n hittory Galileo in .., .,,.., the t~le-J<"ope aad, u • tb! Uit or hi a dl~ o ..erieo. the •·Jioly ln~uilitio~ ·' gn1 bo•y, and to u•·e hl.l •lun_ Gal.'leo "'"'" forred to r~•nl. ~11" 11 •• GIOrdano Bruno, the great Itel· 1111 philo.oph~r. wu burr~t'd II the •take lly ' th e aame •·boly'' upholders of tbe oytlem of thll tlay. Today the 111111 fll I and Bruno ne hooorffi by the peo pl<•• _of the .,.ori<l, while the "lloly lnqu ioi hon" h only opoken ot witb hor· rur •no! •hogu•t Latrr on !be Am~•i~an ~oloni tu •nd tbr F'r<!urb ll:e•·olutio11i•t• decided that tiM! ··~o " J:"•me'' abou t !be dh·i n~ rigbt of kinp had gone far eaongb. Duriug t!~~i·,.~'·:.~~r·~~:~";~:~~~;I~~~~':n~:.:\~ i,':~.,"~~.~~j~~\.oori·r ~~n~t poor~r 8111 I I"'''" 11 " ' ' .I · ·~rt~•: 1!'I ·~ <>ntt· thtt 11< 1 t 1." IS 1 t l;- ::~:rw~~~i:e~{:;~ :~~~:~~~::.~~ :'~~:~e::11111 ~~ ~: ~~;lloo of tile wortua, ~~~ tl owo the land pnaehiog freedom tor th e hla~k ala1·s. Tbey ditln 't 'han a r-ni~ularly pleannt time. E.llje P. Lo•·ejoy out io Alton, m., h•d hi• print· log td 111t dutroyed fo11r limn ud ,..1 lloall.~ ahol to death by 1 re~peetable o1ob. Wm. Lloyd Oarrlaon ,.... drwJ· ged tbrougb ibe atreeu of Boeto11 .,.itb a rope> arouod him by a mob of the "erninenUy re.opeeuble" dti%tnl of that burg. 11 it lnt~rnlil'g -to to!ad th e noti~e of bi1 I>Oliey at ,.11on11ted ia the 6n11 number ot the ''l.ihenotor'' whieb :a i>~ red i11 1831 . O• rri110 11 waa •J'I&Ir.ing on the wronJ:"I ef ehattd alu· rrl': "I will be 1ft h1rob aa trutb and ,; un~ompromi•i~J' as jnotire. on' thl • auh~tt I do no! wiob 10 thialr. or IJ>ealr. or write wilb n1odu•liou. " G•rri.oa wu deaounrr<l •• a ".,.iJd entho~i.aat," a '· f:anatlt '' acol a ''publi~ enemy." Yrl th e o('f!dt tb•t Lo1·ejoy and Oarri· Tlu! 111111! for-eea of otoocl i.phtlll t he lla,.~ry a,. apia allpat.a w<nkiog elaa. Yet It enee ,what !iPethodt may be it, Soc:ialiam eootl11on to ~w. In tbe aot 'rlry far I be po.,.er of t he atate will thl band• of the workl11.1 da.el. lh•t ~hllllft of eontrot takes place u:pentitioo ol the d.l"lne ri~o:bt of ~~~• property In the aoel'lla of life go up In •mol<e. FliT the ; wboae blood a1'4 1(111 hu the we•lth of the world. that wbieh belouga to it. thea then on.ly will it be 1 el'ery 111111, wo!Dall 111d i atand tbe full roeanloJ;:: of ''life, liberty 111.! lhr I'Dttuit pi10eu." D.'llll!lben to.. oa tloa ba.t, JIO be talnl to tua. ni. m'ldt ' ll, all rigiiL ftn Da.lky. Poor'.BaUeJI u.. to blame. He hada't ITf!ll llall lo the diltribatln of th-e dyuaWe, twnty or 10 of u., Wllff! t h.. talprlta. We aaid I~ to til& wblt.lllle dlda'lllU1'1!rywi!U,a.nd I!OJ> .... ret~~!:e~~<!:• ~~;.,7Ltto1 'u!~~. RESISTANCE, NOT SUBMISSION 1I n_r~<' · au ~1• r~ u Ittmg th ctr 1 w~ Jo not belie1·e i11 r•tieol Jubmi•·ll!lore beautiful world tbu tbla to ~ome, whleh tbey apriog, 10 aubjn~a te ,. . .,....,. : .: : ~t:x:=~:~~:(::i;::~~~;::::·~;;:~~:i~~::;~.~;:~j~~~~:~:~,::·::;~~::":::· :~:·::~:.::::::::~:;:~:::::::.:.::; ~:r:f~::·;J~:E:~:;~~·is:J.~ :J~:t0~~;;~:;~;;;;;:: ::~~t\~~~~t~~:!:~;;:t1:t:~~~:~::(~~~~~~~~::;:~ii.i\~'~~~t~E~,.!~~h·i,,~T~;~:~:; :.::~:~~!·~::~~~.~::: e;;r~:~~: !:,.;Lo~ ~ :,.~ :.~~:~;~· a~de·~~1 ::t ~=.~ ;~::~~·!~~~.:::,.li~~.:r:10r ;:: h' .. to auo •• ~~~~: Sol'illl i~ tq ~"~ii; ~:;e .,.~;:t~ero:::J~I::/O::;':li:::: eau~f!l. 1 ....., " to gel rJd or the>r ot ,·otiu~.: forth~ Will you throw ll\\11." your \'Ole un e leetrvu dny by men t!ntl callo:J 011 1 th e polit'e and mililia t o shoo t vou down du rin g th e strii;P ! • .oou.-~:ae ..eland Citiua. · ..- :~~,~~~=: ~~~~:,:::'!t!;';!:'~~:tioa SOCLU.l8~IUOTOB. meatu 111 1 ;•::11 ' half · te ~t~~~~~:~~~~~::S:,:~~trt:~~~!o:h~~~~\~::t~)~~~~~~n~~:~:7:,~:,.tl:~a t~!? \~ e ueture :, ;b• oi'UI<!at, but we 0 "er :.ho.ot~;. ~~:: !,loat~ :-...:.,:: her eoarte, ,he dlda't I'*IP tlwl toll •lpl· fltaaee of It all Wloyl B.aa 11 lo•· th e ,,.rty fl'll'l utra lima alld at U lbe polilleal aad aeetaria.o bo11.._t!t wile bate~ aott.,.... ::~~::• me:;~1 ~ro0~ 1 1•::o: 0 ;:or:t:: ~;~~~ t;~:.wu;:; ::::.:,•rem!~ ~:e~!l'!e~~ jo!:·~, o11~fr~~;~ ea~ •bnuld ba )!<&My m11:11ber1, but bare •re along, tlley would 'redaea their tptell: I \oo uanot wrve two lllftllt'rl be 111\f!r kaow bat tbe !ot\ITI m• y have 111 eleetoor~ d•y are ~a.t by working people. ow" mutu aod H rve yoo~ulf atore for ao , AnJ Jf we m1ke tbe mo.st '1'b.a wotttnamt.D u. kept. hi. bo~ , ot Jlre&eal opponutni>H, tbe !uta•"' by '~~:'Dr~ • 0o o • o o orblth " th e ehtld ud .heir of t he pr... ... I a maJority It w.. Reartloa aecomr-~ai a.eeo.- r-nyllll Prope. to the J aUo-.. Of f!GWM, lha uowd went alo11g, too. lt.,... a •~eadld ad.-ertf,.r:ai!Dt for tbot 114Al<YIUWIOK& It the meo of your 1'Jclnity won'! 11'111111 l'o•erty 1.1 DO tbame, b11t ev~rybody lyou 10 mueh Tither, and tba-e to wbom l a11d lbe .old•er'• r>ll e are 1n tbe bal'dJ IH!'e moto bf! aaha111ed of 11, and 11obody yoo atldreu 11 oo mueb hal'poer of =~nor tbeh ow11 ~lau tbe 1trih· wen111o be beld•rn•po:111hle tor 1t .f,...,, 0 Ol•pone~>tot8as. . ~"::::.~·-:-. . . ~~;·:: THOUGHTS OF THE WORKER monm t:nt than hu t' \t•r been the tllse before 111 Buffalo 1\ ho tH rt'III/OIU;JI!ltt fo r II f 01d \OU stop t o <'O UII I<I er that I)Otnt I . \\ t>ll tf ' ott ha\ i' not noti ced tt 'I,. \1 til call ~our attenlJon ~:!e~:~~~~~ba:~~~be~s:: ·~~~:~~"f!inP:•t~~te;~·~.;;l:~: ~~::odtl; 0 ,:~a:.111 :1~:~::·~:::!11i:: !::~i,~~~~ the ab.alu~e rule of "might ~:':.i:• S. rD<!a!!~to [he .e.b~l boa~ with WHERE WE STAND The lnst r,. w v. ef' ka ha~ prO\et.l to ft n~ \\Orkmg num '"Hh h111 :;.s~Y.;;;:r;~.if n P:t~~:te ~~!~::: ~~~-A~~ =~:;·:.~:-t!d:~~~:e':7:!~ 'I 1 wnut th(lM(' wh_o do enr.':thing to own 1'\Wything. . . \\ ., 1\'Urkers pro<lnco• t'V"r,,·th m g colle,·trvl'ly . Let ua own f'\'f~ ry - in• tin~ tb.- .oure ... 11nt1 eau.es of e.. U; \\ rong• ~ 0 not IIOtJb, they hue to eowaroliee 111 ,1 r.eit·<leg-radetlon· It 'o\ tbinlf rOII<'C.t i\·tlr. Th111 '11 tht• ro·m edy. ,.,,,it ia th~ duty or ('Vf!r~' bun1~e bei11g be uti"J'U'~be·l. and tbe only rational tb~ •tilling of char.,.:ter auJ,wiU - eial:,';.• 0~ not """'ld b ..·e bHn "'•furl ;a alllbbuao at an el'l~Dia. At It ....., he ':DMot I jutt twou that maoy reuoua why work IIOII!Iewhal. But they ttoa' t -lt. Til& 011¥ womea aboold be party membera.- booe It too llllf!.ll:,. eo- ~part of U.. ( Soutben~ Worker) mv a~t tbi"O\Iiil _,.,e floe a,, 111 11 11 1 II. we hega.n to pa'e .,.t, w>U llkt' ea: e :f '.t"lf KAPm noouaa m mE IOtmL ::t WI!)' b~ tdlmg the t.rul.b 111 r egu. rtl to comhttons a.nd wagC!I for ~~~ery u nH b t.he elfeet of lithe: U you w111t t o be uaeful to yonr lg11orau~e, and lad; of eou..,e A Soe.llltat editor -'cJ aome we ntlell All bealtb to the tl'ort.l ar whieh tbe worker~~ of ButTal(l were forcf!l.l to IaLor cauHI Tbos we an drlun 10 the eoa fellowm eo In rende• ""''e' to .ome b"'alr. .,.itb 1njunoua hablta whleb hal'fJ ago that tbe Repubhtaa Party killiuf8oe~iftll ... . 1\hi'N'\'f'r ,,,. l"otrld obtnrn th111 111formutro u \It' Ret to \\Ork to elo•>ou Otat tbe uot'rerae, wbl~h con great ~•11•e do ot today, for you f!&JI eome to be ulenbl!ed W> th wia•t people tryl1g fOT mauy yean 1(1 ~ ~~~,!~ tJ:; ~~~:~,i~~~ :;':l~t>gJ~,:~;,;~hS::,nhst ;~~= ~~~c,1!:~L:~~ ~~1•1\l::·e Wt- I old of d1,1 not need to exaggerate, all thnt was ~~~e~~'"e~·,~~~;::!,h':e:•:oa s':~ ::':!· t-ffort• In 11 mr.u m ~hnlt of the workent ami pulhng oft the ·moat rueet1111fU I atrikfl i.n th e history of the country. It 11'111 quick. short aud <l eeisi\'e. No tim e ,.,••• allowed for the boMCII to accure advance, and those that were induced to work were . imm!t~:t:Xft~~b~l f~r= 0t~~h~h the aame ""'- meana. · On r nut job \("&f the tlepart.ment stores, which were ~n&ide~ impw;libl~!, and already coneessiona bal'e been made the proprietor. whith usur a th e uniYen~al eight-hour day in all atorts of this city and DO Saturday night. w ork. W e f eel that we ba w "1tartt'd something" and intend tinue t.b e wo r k. · Xo Soci.11.lillt t \'er thinks of defeat. but goe!l ahead • to lJ:Ie go":J. • , . v; e w1.11t th11 et.ly to be one of the beat organiud l1bor oa U.e eoat:ioe:nt and 'll'illll'ork to that end. ' ~0~ ean •top it now 1hat. aueh a good 1Lart baa been woit;: mut eoul1nnt or .., . will lmqw ~ re-.;m why. n.e wMW~ :r=e-;,~.\u•:e i.:cs!t"( DEMANDS. T o tllia eDd w~ ""'ill .lead .w~ neeeaury aDd ..u.t with at:l mJc:bt aJJ othen With th 111 obJKt m Tiew. Oar mottet will bf, : •·y . - , ol tiM Wodd. 'Uid&l'; Toa y-_, ~ u4 a World. t.o QUal '' an BPt'··~ to · Lolt a11d tbrou~~;:h wbieh aed to thl~gs;~:' ~~e:~ ~~:,'b~i:b: 1 ~t·e:: ..,.., a time whea 11othioll'' llllrtl!d Ia Gil · t.hlal<able for we ~uno! ann bl\·e any toueept.io~ ot apaee and time witbou.t objeet.a and proeeeae. of life of 10111.e kllld or otbrr. _ A word lilly ;,.. : ~o n. men, these nwn abo eall.ed a atrika and ~ re ltke tlgt'l'!l. Th e~· <ic~~en·e to ~n.n, and ~··e are hel't' to Our. n:putatJQJ\ for Otgll.nlz.tng bavmg o,·ert~~'be l!ued 'tll' itb l ~tt~ra !or ai(l in this taemboers o r the Soc1ah1t !'a rty hartlly know :u;b:J~ !:,.,~:'netr:f t';: b~e; ~::;;!1 ;;~:~;o~~!:!',::d~:C'!' .:~; ::~er10:~o; 0 :o;i{t';! ~~~e ~~~ d~•:.:o;; =~ ::!,;"~"!, ::;:ll~!eU.eiro~::~~ e::~ :~~li:b:~,7:td ;:~~ th ~· coutlitions 11ud wngf's on tb c hll<'rnational Rail· Jil'"ll<:r•e. by wblrb - ;b~~· ::;~,P~r:;gt~~~ h1~;~~it/':{'~;;~,i~fn~.te fi~~;l~y i~u~l~~io~~r:;.r 0 ~~ tb;b:..:;foteat~-:' ::P~'::' d:.;; it 11111 arlll mult.itudet of mea aad luapire the111 to •truula for 11oblt t ndt. A wort! Ned; It may liTe riM to aew tbonebt, leadiJI&' to 11..., ancJ .,.,.. I.JIII mod" ol 111'1•&'· m.ay baa UJht, it m.ay IIIUlll.lo· fJIICH In t be meatal ud lplrof 1Df.ll aott w01119 and matt wlaleb wu «loomy. A word a llr11; it mi.J' .,.u:m 11p u.. wtril eo]d ..d br\10« c.oomtort aoala. A W>Ord ma7 ba lite dr\o1t, It may vidf]' dcnra· aaJ renlmate n:b~U~ted we ..... may~ a •e.ocu and frihdtbip; it lloiJialo eetl ..id• ot . 1M! able to be at IQo to ~Ill& tlaeir live~ Jo order to plu tlle IDfli.U for ·a few yean and ;1 body. • o o • Tbere al"i! 1pot.a even oo tbe aua, a11d you upeu poor mortal man to be per· f&Ct, be wbo il nflea dt'~tiad tile nry meau 1(1 develop hi• huma11 btllltle~ aud m&ke bl~~~.~eU familiar witll the !Ill· ~f~!~e, ,:u~h~·!::,o"a~:;;,cb~:";" food an~• P"'•Rta them f rom nriall' lltlle U...y. h.ue Ia • ratloual IRd11lgeuee Ia iajllrioua bablu joymeot weal<eua th-eir .moral edutitutlora. But 11 tile t~i'~a~~~~taa.. AU ' w.. . o • o Boeialilllll 1.1 aa llfuch a ~li1klua aa aa eeo...,udc priuciple. lt ill a rellgi)'l'iariplt, ai11u lt ;a a -w Ideal ud reqalree a mat de•l olaelf"-ddlil. 111u. aa.eri.leot·aad l!lltbalium trom lt. a4hllr· e.nt. to work frn IL To the •aoV-t, !lie ..u-au, tba .me~y:haatu, 8oc:tall.lm I• u ltU.-4'.., •ot wtQ'thy tbe .,-iocU, •ttuUo11 of pftf!U~ mao ot &6airl for who!D t.illloe b •Hey. • ~ •.,. o • Jt d - 110t mdte:r .0 •11eh how loq you will M 111'lq u bow waD yoo ara ll•iq, It b yollr diiC\I U.at e01111t_ not your,......... . pro.llt, and mo4ero toele:t"y llu 1rf euae far , ..ery abomhtaholl that pro.IL 0 • • o • 'l'lte aat•ral l11ereue of !lie feller fortune alou woald AlMriea Ia • lluoilred. yean. • Korpa ancJ U.. olllera. ';rill.f.t talle 0.. boull to do U.e • 0 ...., Capttalbm i.J BOt~~~ ID1'elldoo eapllallrt dUll a11y tr)ori thu lull il ~ prodoet ot t.ll1 Cap!Uliem 1.1 • prod~~Ct of de1'e)Qpatcat ot lllellty, and b · d. dlleOTUJ ot llle'la1n aDd nt \Jadllleiel of tile~ ol · I~ tr,..... ...: ~~...,· ~......,. .... .._ . ~ ......,·:r-ileutl Mil!• . ~~ iJ fMt...,.. •• ..... It, ..a- K ~ a~ b'N ~ ..,...tutt, to ....,.. lAt w...,_ ,..., .. • ,__ It wt~ .U•. ._..._. ~ lot tM ~.._ dU ....ld. .cbe.n ~ AD'IB~O va. ~o~~~'::!~::!";: ~ ia appJyilla U... t.G'~].f ~per. Frn twnt7tile ........ ol till piMple._. -U·bai.at lJI Blll'a~o loa1'ot tQ .bbaU•~·Ze~ !::~.:-: =~:fi~:tiolll of bit ub~ ~e:~.!:ia~~';; o:~a:W:b:ot11r:; :~=otjoy~~~-~:: ~h• wrn~!i~";'.,.~ 7~oa. :U:ab ' 7oUaelt lk - .. ~~~ .~- ~ ~ I~-.a a ,.._... iWit. 1 mn ''We Jthoa hi• .for till aae'f!" loe U. a,~.:~· _ _..,..._ . . . ,..,_ ~ I~ .>&*I bot .tql~~ o1 PflftQ', t. 'Ntaektol, ll&a· till latelleetul ProJt aiHI 1IOt w' ,...a d.et of nell waD.- .... 111tl&le and 111UlJ7 Ia other way, The paOeaell mootb, aad .,. eoa:r1 o!italtoa ol pttin1 acqoa.late41· . tbe older SodaJ"ta ia witlo a pa...r tliN a41'ertfeld 1 J'iuplaJ. tbt Rplar 8a.o.cJay alp.t tl1'1 u .. lt.-•tlllta, Ita pu~ aalt' Ia U.1 AuaJtorlua. ttl 1-._ aad aiqulnt.uca ....-y oft._ lito triaa.WUp. 0ae • .-.. woaz:aa~ \ too. -~trl - r. .:_~~~~-:=a worbn' .baak ~ d4 t.k wwJr:' ~U.tllae.a.JW a qpital el Jlft ttat .t tH ,.w 1a.. ·~ ~ • a soi tw tM trada :::- . bleaue I • u : o - t ~. ~ ......._ are t~ ...._. ............ ~:...::.::-:..:: --.-, • • • • .-:, e.ilaalt,put .tu! t � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-05-17 Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Will Call Out Teamsters Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/0505e9a80461e8027f14665007d27f25.pdf 236f69ce3c823252be4138c37ba5f4cf PDF Text Text EXTRA! ·TRIK·E �WOUlD JESUS .· ACT AS THESE· MINISTERS DO ill&!lflll ia whido h" would Le welrom l!'d. The prot..b ility ia t hu be would mot ~o aear aoy o f them. We ~boold bear h im ~ry to .,..,., pt'Of.,. Ia t-.7 hia rrN ch Ilia d<>f tri'"'· ·•o ye ti.Oll of dt otl ra·· u •f hio 4nh. he did i11 Web"''" a Buaalo todar wbieh requi ru t he ki11d of agitat ioa be mao.le u..e the dnk i' lu~ ~ of J eruulem. Chri.otlan •n iniol<'r or l"int bu hit •·oi<'e 0<1 l"'hnlf o f the poor iugll irla"·ho .re 6ibtiagfora teo li .-., d<'r ~ nl ll\·.,., Mally of Al(ltat. and euto.orlbe fbr the Jl\tfletter~~tung..'l'beooiJ~Dewtpt.p.- laShel&a&eoa&Me•f lfew'faft 01'11, ~ WlldnJ lbe inter.~ of the Workl.llr ~ -10 -f- tor I_.-_ . Of&., 3JS-3l7 Ga.... - "j - Bollalo, N. y, triNl to <':rr•lain .,.hat th e)· • f' r r for h•• tbrea l<> twd t o h&\' <' io,; arr.-.trJ, ll o• dift'erent from tht di , pooitioo Initiation •· - . of t hio JlfN rho· r·~ :\laoter who sat at !'ale of Taga •.. thr •·ell aid•• forb ou.,.t a lkiag t oa J••o~titute. Thru J•rople wbu at r iking an ju•t u ¥<>0<1 u th<o prearh· 'rota! ltf'~ lpta .... c ... The IIIRJUrity uf t hrrn ~tteoul tlo e Tutal t:xpenua cbu r rbn. It i• tht J• a intet\ buuti t• in aueb Bal1nco~~ , ..•• t\OTI'tl no tbat or J. N . Adam ,..ho ---arlhtoe <l bf'rau•e th Py bn\" e ulbtr ""I'· Bl:LPI HELP ! HELP! po rt. who IT¥ not Gut ou strike. Thit He1p the Deparimen\ 8\ore Girll on11ht to I~· pl!t'nt to th e bt1iu e""" and at.\elld \be Woman '• ;:::···;;.,;~.- ,c.:;c., ..,. of 1 pru chrr ... bo UIDIIlr uadcn"od o Club D&Doe at but lillie of t•roaomir cootlitiona. Franklin HaJJ, M W . Bqle 8~. Boci&lilt H-lW"Ien · Tontgbt., May 8th, 1913 ADMI8810~ 10 CENTS REGAN ' S THREATS t.b 'I'W c1pltaiUt pAJ~n, urine fUM 1M aioda of tbe JleOJ>le, like . \kt.tt. . . . .iDIJWU!Obll! \ , by tiM &1:\al.i.)*rty, tbu. obeyina- eoDJidence .,... lo. pWed in We .. ioc~JwofbueteU1,.PJ"dlDJ] ~I.Dt.t.W~-r..-t. """""doe ~e ~-=-- !-:.,.~~hr" 'a . . .latel7 M b te kfo•p body u4 .ual fte eod; .., llr• i a • u lal eaoac~~. ~ Or JooriDI( Ld ~. u•11-ly witJtoat , _ _ ,.. IJ>oU.. Joac •... !:~ ~~ (~~~ ~:..~d-" 14co,..::.iq . CUT· THIS OUT QOOD FOR IOo OUT OUT THJ8 AD .ufD BRUfG lT TO THJ: BUFFALO SHOE OQ. �_...::::::.:==;:::.;:~~':-::- Help rer.ou tht. eaaae, my dear, A11d efr~d will d.iappear. PBOPI T U the m!Khief-mt.ke:r . Clldru~f::,'::J,.,_.. _ :.~~~~:·~~:~ ~::~~~~ir. rtne J~ Repairtni Vote willa 111 to b&.alt. b s roed. .:::14Q,..Terraoe. BuffaiOo N .. Y Wbe11 11111 f ood it. ~411 lor 11111 For Jla..lMI-Iaati'WDeuU, ~~,=~~~~or40111~~~.· ~=ct. , PliUlo• atJd Pbyen - 00 TO - No toll wble.h mlddlemep. eolloe\. Ada)t.e,..tloD wiU DOt t A. MAJ8EL, 915 Broadway B«allle tb.m'll be"'llo poroat-111 Be&w. To..,....,S all4 Wl.ltoa Sea. , Wbu a poo!Up t.lt.mp 71111 ~oy, PaOif'1"1:at. UlOJ P011tm1a doen 't d otal aad he, DRY GOODS SHOES Beuu.e yii11 ~~ it proftt- frMMSN'S PtJRNISHINOS IJ.ul d~ I M t.t&mp la- beH e&ll _be; T he mllt:ilar tntt<d, pun aad alee, Sor do :roo worry abo11ltbe prl«1. · CO~RADE OEO. D. JONES. ARTHUR OPLER 862 BRO£.DW.A.Y DtstnbutoN>f :Jon llalde tM btJIMl - t.DCI bMJ lie C11~ li)8o ...... fi'I*KCJtar, Pto Nlo plala Clru OUpploCI ' r.RY THV.N Louis Jose_phson IN BOX OfflC[ WINDOW Don't be deluded by the orOC>ked methods'" the - ~READ TRUSt: ' - ,. 1 Krust, Cittle '6eneral and ·· tip·t~p is n~n·llf!ion 13nad IIRIINNER BAKING .co. AI COlliNS SOlD _ ·.OUT TO THE CENfRAI. BAKIHG CO. ' �_, PUIIl...lSKBn.-..:x.LT IIY Tl'IK - BUFFALO SOCIALIST PUBLISHING OOMPANY SlY. !.ap:StN.I.ln!.U.. ~~~ BUP'I"ALO,N. "!f. ,., ......_IRY. a..-s.-t..wn.:- ~~;!~ Bun'ALO,..N.Y, ~Pib$ 1.00J*.,...50elb:moab,pa.,ahletilad•-- . Just t hink of *-"2.5(1 a wecf nnd Jmyi ng fo r car out or that. fure and lunch THE RADICALS ' \\'ithin tlw Jut W<'<.'k we no t e thnt tht• cnp italist preAA is i · extretue deli~:ht in ref 1•rr in~ to th<.' Sociulists HH r udicals nnd at the U.Dlt' time takin g comfort w ith the old fogil·~ of the lnbor movement as eons••rl"ll\il"ell. 11 i~ till old Myin~ in th e lnhor mm·euu.•nt th11t wh~n a lnbo~ ~~au mee lll the npprcn·al of the hm11wR, th en look ou t fo r h11n. om! It 1!1 true~::~· exploitE•n; arc •·onsen·nti_,.,. wlwn it menm th e pa):iug out of wage11. hut tiH·y n•ry radical 111 thei r mcthotls of_ lu\udhnJ.:, men. It a mll!l d ol'~ no t j ust suit. out hP j.!"OeH. immrdl_Ril' iy._ :-..:o nr!fll· meut is toll'rnh'd . Younrr flreol on th e s put. lmnwdtute dtrect lld!O il is brought to b••nr if you nttem]~ l it: . If " worker nskA for n rHis .. 111 pay 11 o ft<'n t11ke11 mouth11 d elib .. rntion. tltcn the workPr i ~o~ infonned by the hos~ that he. aaord it. "''t' IL thOLII{h it is known thut iLl· is ~ po•ll(lillj.!" money I B\"IIIill~·· ur(' be R I[r1:~~~it~~~~~<~r:~,~~~\~:;i::egrJ~:~~~ ~~J ~~~ne~tl!~:lllh~~ ~e~~.i~.orDi~~ t It olidn't takl' long f;_:-;~boliah lhe Sat urday 11iglit work whe n it ~;u itl'<i thetn to J o 110. J � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Original Format If the image is of an object, state the type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Newspaper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Buffalo Socialist, 1913-05-10 Extra Subject The topic of the resource Socialism -- United States -- Periodicals. Socialism -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Periodicals. Description An account of the resource Extra Edition Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. General Strike Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/c097dc84d1be617647b9c72165a14629.pdf 08ff13b0c3517bfcfd10b35232fc76fc PDF Text Text �WOOLDJEStJS ACT AS THESE MINISTERS _ IIOt~aa,...ran ro ftbem.. We olrooW lto:a. lu m "'1 ta ....... rrofro• lc> W,ar Il ia •·o 1".,."" llio do..triae, t ion<> f •·•l "''"''ubl!' di<l ' .t hi• lr.b. We ha•·e 11 B aiJalo !odor wllieb r~uirN ki ad of &l(' llatlou b~ m ade .,... tbe duk 1'1• ,....• o1 Chri•liall ,.,,.,;.c.,, or r•rlect ku ll bh •·oil!<;! 1111 l.otUJf of tba poor ""''' iai Jritla .. ho u e ll«il tinlfora I"'''"'un l o li .. e dr<" ~ l ll\·eo. !ofuy of "'~ ltut rlulol teu . T o them mia::bt •rvht<l tb .. t1>i~t Jr.•~a •d"·" ::·,~ ; ~~~~~;:~":, k~" rat;·;~u~"~" 1 ye ha .-tt olon~ It Ulll<l lrlf!. ' ' , .,., oa~ "' oar J>r~a<' h ero .. _,.., will<l .. l wltb t heq ueo tionafthe ro-rHn e ot alorr em1•h:oy ... fr om tllll ij:hL'' In two Mttik e ..Jai.Jnrd OU II(bl tha t 10 be hf' 11110 l> ' "r f did oat ............... ............... ................ RA"M'I,CtTI>MI ~ . ~ ~~41o BRO~ BOrTLING WORKS In Cal.lklrrlla Win. aDd LlqUCift ~ • ,..,.. lllc--Mif. A~~ttat8 IUid eubecirtbe . ArfJetter;Bettttno. 'l'bl 01111 a.m... MWIJ*pll' .. lbtitd. ....... el If. . Yft O&J, ~ ::;;,. -dollbela..,.oflbllrorllla6a....-IO .... twi.•O.u-.. ' Ollk<, ex..- s.-, · · a..lw.. N . v: �0..C:IIIMtUn'1JbeDOprOI!t-el Wh.. 1 poootap rt.mp yo .. hDy, ==~;:;:::.:::..:::::!.."""'~';, J:::~~~ :~~c:-~~ ~:e;!o::~~~ Dealdeto, doe abmp it bnt Ull N; 11111dlaae 141\ed, yon a•d 11iee, do 11111 worr:" abou t the priee. COllii:ADE OEO. D. JONES. �~-~liAIYI~T • PUBLlSHal)......._y· JS., TKA ............, Bt11'PALO.N.Y. BUFFALO SOCIALIST PUBllSHING COMPANY S2W',LtpStr.f.3rdO.W .... a&a'nNHBm..U......_ ....-T TVTnaL.l...__., . ~ ~. T- W, P. CATT 81.1.. " - ..... AMr.. a51Y.&pStn.t. .W Oocw BUFF.U.O.N.Y. Sc-.tpba Prb.$1.00 ,.y.-.~lhiii:IIO<IIh.. pay&W.Iu &IY.ua S:Dtered &tiM<lOad-du. maUH ,hme h, 1112, &I the pon oftloe •• Bllfl'alo., !'iew York, UDder the A~ ot llarch 8, 1871J v. FRIDA MAY 9; J9J3 THE DEPARTMENT STORE STRIKE The suddenneM of t he strike of th e tlepattlllellt store clerks drht'r& i!J proof tiUlt eontlitinn" tlt•mlmded irumediate ~etion Of kind . \\l1ile it may be con~Jitlcred Uy llJAoy a ho.sty step, older organiutiow would ha\'C rmrleyed O \' er it for some :;;~~g Y~:;;\:o~d~~o~~~ ~~~~~~h~o~:r~~~\';';~·~~~~o~sia~~;et~~e~r~i~t or clerk1 11nrl dri H .nl that thty lost no t une 111 cal ling I atnke. • -uTI>•to'm~~i1k0< lh>~~-.'h,'a'tllit>h>~,· ,c~c00<tplo0u>."the110o,w1 "r'."-,.w'h"~'•,.::e .•,•,•1ny ..... .,.., ," " .. .. r"-i . ,. ..., had el"e rything cheAted. The girla took to the pic ket line like dueka to water and doing wond erf11l wor k uutil the scare waa gh•en th em o n the day of the etrike by John ~ol eman or the Tradea aud Labo r tha t the A. F . of I.a. wu not behind them. Home WHAT NOME RULE MEANS Ia ottmade at- dlrta11t 11.&11 tapltal f rule -tbii!TII IIIUtlt talk home r11\e ao;,.adaya, for the Mrm !.lade ltHl f rndi ly to eovu a multl to.lle of politic-.! eoueeptlooa froiD wli~e"'el1'· oae may Klec t what nalta h bftt. The public apirite4 dtbea o11de t.aradt by It tlr.e "'Ia of Ole people, '!1•. pi~ the well -to~o. rnper.tahle people, tbe people wbo pay tile tun abd wh..;e . . tub you wbat it e-.llod public opiolo~~.. Yet, tb- pe-ople 11..er rule.. Thy h ...•. dolept.e-d their politieal We have no doubt that the tli rla "·ould have sueeeeded · out many of those eold footed , wcak .kn eed aouls that Jo,:e &Dd think n1ore of a few daya pay now than a •ubstanual . inerea&e. Mr. Coleman did no t tell you that for yean ~e b~longed to the power to profe.loual poliUda"' Pd Amalgamated Carpe nt er~~. an out .Jawed organir.a t10n, 111.11tead of the to tile ~jtieisot of • g; .. eo eomm11ulty ngularly e011111ituted union of ~he A. F. of h , the Brotherhood o_f bome rult 41implr mea•• tbe abeoluta ;;r{l~r;i:t:· i/11~0 ~1i~ 0~t llt~llli~~~ '!~th t~~eT::1~1~ri~:~l ~~:~a~~~~~~~ lpoi~: tbe home ruuket of otllee. Labor and tha t he ia respon11ible for this condition of aft'ain~. Bnt wlmt dill'ere11ce doet It ... ,h t.o A~ with the organi:tation of the Stroct Car :\leu '11 ' the ordinary eltiun whether be b Expreu Men '11 Union. it was tho int~ n tion of the !lu red by 11 ffJiow tlti11e11 or by a tion to eall in tb ~ prope r r41.,._,G~Wt&ll\'CH of the otn.oRer, •nd wbethu tbe 1&"1' wbicb of Labor and make it pall\ o( tbat body. but :\l r. bit fluel11g 11 bomt·made or unduly excited O\'er th ... auet..-.!!BCll of th e O rganizing · V.'. F . Catte ll and ru:~hed to pre'l'ent others from doing not an1l did not ilo ('\'en though he lm11 had all kinds of oppo,t.orut;"·l If Mr. Coleman was rt'ally desirous of aeeing tlle whi ~ h would mean another st rong union. he would ha ,·e to the front like a man and offered his ft811istance inBI('I:Id out in the capitalist n ... w~papers th1:1t ''the l'nited Trndea Counl."il is not h11ck of thi11 11trike.' ' :-lot wit hstanding t he injury Mr. f'olrman hRI done this worken are 11till out and fightinR "'it h 11 determin11tion th11t th e admiration of e\·ery work er in the ci ty. The O r gani:tiu~e t\11.'Joei11tion. eompo11td of Soe i11liat~. in o,uy w~ty injure the ehanre11 for 11Ucee11s of turned O\'Cr t he wo r k to the Trade11 and 1.-~~bor e\'t•n·thing pouihl o• to carry th l' 11trikf' to I IIC!"eSA. 'we atre out for the bes1 th11t ea n hf' obtained for the and 11re willing to sacrifice e"t>rythin.l(' for th ~ ir can11e. . We will SJwnd our Ume aud monf'y to tlus t> nd, and 1f 11tand11 in the waty let th em ht>w are. All the s tr iken1 ut>cd to do is to s1ie k to th t ir guns and \'ietory is a uu red. Just think of $2.50 11. week 11.11d payiug for ear fare and lunch out of that. 1;1 Tht most noticeable feature of the strike or the rl epariment the Jaek or news on this 11nhject in the e iiJlitalist preu. Ov the fin1t d11y of the big st rike the Buft'11lo Times had· a head clear aeroSA the page tellin g what Willi going on in London. \ IN THE AIR "· e 0 ,erh ..ard a IIUtll SA) the other da) "Yes, it's a fi"ne day, I till.,,. eau aot help ' ra1i.1.1af t.bt lt U lm-terial to ttr.'e P ..p by wilom Ue powu to deta:abe 011:r e~ed. wUI 1M tJe. 1.. to be: a .pw to the - e : the aheep ••II . _ Ita wooL pNple b. wdtr tbe "-«u to llowever, the we1Ho-4o e.it.i.a~ eu l.b • -11 aJI'ord to lot the poi!Ud&aa ~ ot • _ . . lo p:omott thei! way Ia npl"4 to well-~~ t.e r- . om- ..a .,.oil&, bee&llla b. the tDd aesrr-.tlq it y they w!.o ~p tM riclleat b....... ut oUter latentt o1 tM from thV hiod of polltlea. lloden~ ea~ 8ocia1UU -.loas stud for italitt Poijt.ia b meref1 tllo ll.utdaaid '"' to ~ h~ ,_. - . u of mode ru eapitalitt prolt.aal:lq, pd Vel! of all -JaJ ~.._ and tile ouly la.en ue tha of Ute of ~et7 bJ .U ol.U. people workiar peopl.e. • 1nlfan. of .n the PtOPlo, Jo Jt ;, for tbo worhiat psople to dlddo lliD(Ie 11111aldp.lity ,M well u · t Ia &b_ora, the al.,.,. .b,, U.••j =- . ::~rl~~~: ~~~ 1~tr o~=l·u z7 ~~ ~~ ~!;ta~~~ :~..:.-:au. tbem to decide wlaetller bo- nale b tl!elr t.~en~~t ,U•...S. tbat 'tb becom1 1 fatt ill. the irne loe.llR of ·~ be prutlted enrywbel"'', tbe werd or remai11 a lllOC.kery ud a lbt th peopt. .. ..alfue •.ball be ob.t.m. d•aatlq f~tot t. pehtleo u11r1· Let tbem eount ' their "'t~ ud U.oy wber.. • • · � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Drive Out Scabs! Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/ca40c11c258c0682930e3f9413d9e923.pdf d4b89f915d721d0409bb6b54d246415c PDF Text Text EXTR·l ! Price Two Cents L' Ju·sr BEGUN �O.lers In California W lnaand UqUON .. 111!n1111111111 • 1111 nq Spedal •&teatloa ti'AII to pboM _.,• . L - ,s,_ ~ ud promp4 MU,..,.. • 1,1 C.-.Noh. A81tate and subeorlbe for the ArfJetter·:Bettuno. CUT T~IS OUT GOOD I'OR IIOo OUT OUT TBI8 AD AM.D BBllfO IT TO '1'1111 BUFFALO SHOE CO • .SBNBCA AND BLLic;.QTT &T.i.. • AND A 60c REDUCTION WILL B.S GI VQ .Olf .&BY P.llR OP BBO.II ~ \QI. NijgaraGuarant:ftd Double Wear Solei , s2:?o~ S5.90 Cpa. Mooifay, , 1V""-'ay, Fddoy oa<I'So......y �_.,:.::=..;::::;:;::::..;:::;=.~=-=:- mY Help remove U.e eauae, det.r, ADdl!ft'ectwlll diuppar. l'ROF1T I• tba mi-..:Wet-make rWbleb h•aplr"' ' tbe wuy t..kir. the ballot, thaD, IDc!eed, Vote with 1111 to bui.t~,reed. ~~~~;r~~~;;;H Wbeo ou.r food b m&de fo r uM n.cau~e there 'll be 110 pro!t-ef Wllu a J>OIIlagt! f l.amp you buy, eheat aod ,;,, C~~~~::~s~~ ~ P~M;;•m;.:·" doeta'f $t&mpb""becct can 00; yoortitprotl.t-<r~ the modlage telttd, pre ud DiU, !'or do you •ony abou t lbe price. COl.UCADE OEO. D. JONES. ::~}~~;:a~• o1~ "f""',/>'''V ~ ~;be•<•'""''..,'' There h.u beJ u 1o11 mu;h ~oDdem.~~&Uon our •i•t..,.l o "!lerrle,EaalaDd'' wohave110uhul6dt.ou:a1111Dethe ••IOI• I ••Id.,~ of aU tSia y\oleDee ( t ) aud theotberlldeoftboat.ory. ano two aid.,. to eYer)' rtory, yoa bot you do11't ofteD besr bolb of ..;:.::::=~_,;..__:7;::::::::::::.. 1 ;;;~ I!Pr-iall1 Ia thi1 e.~e, when J C'On>u f ro111 the pru. that ptl Ita O!ou ... from tbe 1011ree ~bat li t~ to It appear !.hat great dam•re l1 . ~:n:;. ~~:~~~=~~!~:.:~::: ~~We MERCHANT TAILOR /101 $,_ _. .ftr..t. ART H U R 0 P L E R 882 BROADWAY 1 w;:;: ~b::o;::.~"87~. vou~nt'f! ::;. 1;·etb~:·~ 0~:cl;0 ~:., o;~::: of !be ::::~; 7hllet~~.:;~~:••:1tu0:lly Jon! uamp le. Du r illi thJ ~tnt car tlrike .-erylitUe daw•1---e wu h. aympatby w.it b tile PlOD, bavehadlbemoral by t he121 to the elld. ltrill:en would hue lo.~t burt d.rike pet..re-d out. Rut &Ito~ ie11 t hrough the "lodowt wtlo tblnll: that a o1thing i1 good !or wor~iog JM!Dflle f~om ridh>g lo ~•n. Not from prlatople, but from ing (l 1me." A.a admiu.i oo f f!t! of 10 a brolr.ell be.~ •••. the tridc turned. eent.J wJJI 1)<1 tbarge4 and t itll:e!J 8c ~be lllll'rlgllltl lrul!d the pme, and bei11g 110]d by membere of Brut b t ht11 I I takea d~llltageof•lll~tb the~=;~·::~~ ~~: ~e;b:~: TRY T HICM ::t70 . . . _ . F, A . ~- ~. Buffak>, N. V. Jt.J. Z-.«1. C. r.K-'-· ot the trime. Perllap1 V<''J' I tlu! r~ported vl<>lenee lla.l fellnd:uioo · fad, but bco tbat11 it may, U 'O'iolellceth.. reilplni J Ofteuoolar A c.. rt&ln F.ll&liahntao reoidl11g in ZEBoLD"BRo8:00:71:;; 11:~ 1~0 ~;~~~ 1~h;~;: 1A,,m•d•••• l"''" · ...,._..._o-- "''··~ tbe £1!sliob 1ulfra~r:ilta beuu" .J:Ir.•n ••• c~.~.,.. . . . _ _.. Lolleh 11 ~ &0 U IO ca.lllkii., •.,....~Lf. Ullllke COIIdil>lool ... bennie the .... age Eol(li1b law to.alte r ••• n.eh headt'd lodi¥1dual t.hat be , AIDM-IIPP.riTIU IHOEI :;;,~~'••:'.".:''!:. :;.,.'~••::;; . J, MADII TO ~ to 0a8.-a~~ 1th~::h: 1 :!roh~;b a nd wooo.,o, b >U•e ~n t'be L-aoklng g-raf t and 11 i for •n~ re ly takl11.g tbt'lr 1ide tilted to dttnih<l it i11. all of Itt llcatiou. I to aet llh boodlunu, a nd Louis Josephson :lf«b<•t., ;;;;,;,, Cl•tblllg ~~~~· t~d •::::~:e o:ll':~~ thei r frieoodL l'hllh>g 01'er lht' in- to the J trik log dej>artment done to the We>meD, II e>ol7 ioei - tTl who hl\"e not u y<'l ._~=t~!, 0~~ ~abo :;n:;,~".,d .;:~to:i~~~ ~~:!~ c-.S.Ketll;lr. P1o Nlo rta\ 11. Ctpr Ql lpplnJ • Tb~,~~:::~.. ~il:t be!~~ 3 :30. :::, ~:~.hom. BeiJ(In n~t..,be r c oe, ·I•Y•"''''''" , J<Oo·u"i'"'''~ 808 W IU.I.AM STREET Beii ,H~.lSJ8-.K no• lUJnn"~ ro OOif.IVlDllt •t~~;.,g~~:a::a~ ..:~~ 0th~eu::k::: ~;£~€f:::·::::·~:~·~ ..:.~.:. ~:~~ .'t~r.::=r·.::i~.':~a~~s..dtur,.,7prteou.•l. 11..-M toi"L U..$Oa.d1p OU I TAV aCJ"J[lgJI&T, ot r ..q xa.a ~~~:~~ at"'"..-.- VI. J'olTJ' ltno&, a-.. BdoJ o,. • . Y. �FATHERS f'U.usH&D W'llD.LY BY THa ~~etw:dth:w;: ';e:; ~=!:rum:~~ ~0:!~'!: ..__..., BUFFALO SOCIALIST PUBUSHING OOMPANY 5lY.&pStnod.,lrdO.W ..... l l 4er OI>""'"'-&Dd ::t.::.:~:e~~.:~~= on ...,..,,,-- daring, jlllt u our present time. wi!.h their momentous problem.. refte(ij tbe"" apirit of our young peopl'e ~today. times are the good times tor tb~ who fill them with their actio~ and ot their will-po"er upon the.m: .a.Iwa)'l understand the ~. though they are of their own which served them 10. well wbe,u t.bey wete young and faeed the BUYFALO,N. Y. - - --;:;,: · : ,~-C. ,heerful aAJII:TDI HlllSl.Sit. ,._.,_ ---~~-~ltdfloof 4110. SONS to an~~~~~~~ ~;t ~v:=u"!:f~ ~=~~~~!o;!~ld~ tall of their own tbousbtl, of their own·doinp, of their ,o-.n· ambitiom and of. their W.I". CAB~~~N~. ~Ptb$1.00pK-,ut,50eob:moatbi,payablclaacfv~ N ~-cl .... m11Uer Joae 6, lila, ~~~ tbe pwt olBoe •' BolbJo, N- 1'ork, lhe Act of llucb 8, 18}51 bten'ld THURSDAY. MAY !, 1913 THE DEPARTMENT STORE STRIKE Th(' tmddt•nnl'l!..'l uf tbt' st ri kf" of tho! depurlment -store clerk!! driv .. nr. i" J•rO<or that 1-orlllitiuns JNnnudt:d imm~"(l i ste aetion or kin.!. \\"h ill' it may he t'O il!llll"r t'd by many u hiUity &tep, oldt'r o r~,:JUHUitiou~ would lun·o: l'llrlo•y("() o•·er it for some 1 en·n r •·ars. ro ndit ions in th t• llt·JwrtrJwn t •ton·11 we re ~ue h thing hnd to h t• {lone. nw l don e <JUlck. IUHI it i• to the clerks KIH I drinrs that th t')" lo~ t no tilue iu calli ng a st rike Th•· o;t rik·· luul 11 tc lliug riTt·ct on th t ow ne rs, who huve heen aec u ilt onu~• l to browbeat the ir employl!s that fo r 11 s urprise party bad ,.H'· ryth i n~ c h.,llted The g irl • took to the picket line Iii;., Juo·ks to wl\.ter and doing wond t'rful work until the IICI!. r u \\"11!1 J.;"in.:n th l'm on the day o r the 1t rike hy John Coleman of the Tl"l!.dt'll and Labor that the A. F'. o r L . was not behind thw w., havw no doubt th11t th e girlli wo uld han~ lllll'C~-etled · out many of tho!W' cold foot ed, wntk.kneed wul11 th11t love and think mort or a f ew days p11y now than 11. J;ubstru1tial, •-•'"K I•.,••••• inerellu. )l r. Colemau did not tell yon thnt fo r yl'art ht• belonged to Amal gnmat<·d Carpt>nh•MI. 11.11 out .Jawed or~a 11 imtion. iu11tead of the r eguilu-ly constituted union or th" A . F. of J,., the Brothurbood of Carpent ur:&. lie tlid not tell yon t hat tl1e Trade!i and Labor Council of Buffa lo ill not n_ow llffilia~ed with t_he ,\m_e ~can Fede.ration of ~arru.•d oa at their e:IPf-'IH. It I• tO¥ Lllb~''s 8~\~htl;~~ .~~g~n~:=r~:~~H~I:•~~;~~-;:~:;:.1 ,.~::~ 1 \11~·1•11 .~r L~~~~~N~nd the tb~u~r:i':.trydl~~~~:~ :~:~~~rmabkee -~: ~e:et~Qm!: 1 ~:c;•:.~~~ ~:a""..::; ~=~~~i'{~'\~IOr~·p::r \\li S th e tn tenUo n of the of Labo r and IUII.te it part 1 unduly e.s:citr.d O\'er the HU t'" ei!JICII 1 '" · F. CAttdllllld tlll'lhetlto prl!\"i'lll I not 1111tl rlid uot dQ,e•·en though lw has lle«"l!d ~!lllillttm ce fcillol!' citizen or by a the word or remei.n. • = iq people~ •l llome e'"er,.....ber~~o nd :~!u!:'·~~·~:,:,o:_t~~~ ao~\~==~! ~,;:·:;'~o:*tioDI IMckery aad a t.Ut the people._ weii• I"C' •.b ~U be the Colo..-.do, Sodalltta Ia poht••• nery· '""~~ri.:; &IIIODf betor "t WGD T'u ~· ~ 1 01" f~IIU .:~ tH1 ins tead of a :;-m the 1 6 : · y,;; . whic:t ,~!~l{f~111 : ~::'~ 1 ~~~e;c~l~ 1 ~e1~~i:~.s he !~~~;~f ~!\~e ~:::;etl·m. to tht• front like a man und offered Ids by a ••d At Sool~n:t, ..=;~~Ka,-or A seriouiJ ehnrge hM been brought against the Socialist Party, J:Wnel7, that ita only object is to gain politica_l power. . . . . . -. . Vilta. neSt. httnbuj ud x-w work.'"'b•• loMe nontl1 tllrow1l law • tlta ~::r::~--..:"~-;::. •kiellanoeeurria.reve.,.b.1~ wltll~ c~~~~~ilt~= ~~n:=~~~0~et~,;~:fr~~~~E'.t.l,lllt "'the l'nitcd Trudl'IJ nod ~~};:-u:s' wt~~~~~:!.l!:~~ t~t :~n;~~of:; :::!~:~l.!-:z:in~~~~~:.~~~f:~i:;l~;:ys been . mJ1 ~ W~VB. ~a=~~=:- e·! "u..~t~ work~;~:~~h:;;;~~~;;~gll:l~lefii~l~'i~~~ ~~-:;t?~ 1(~~~~~~~i~~~~~~~~/'1 ,11~~~;:~~~~~~: ~~= .~!;n:~!~ ~r::e1epr0~~e~,w~~e:~dP~n~;~ t~~~:U~:r~~~e;.:!t,tti:d~~~.t: :~erst~v~1ef~~.em~~; err:~-:!7~·::~:: ::~:: ~:;!':':;' ;:t~ th e 11T\~;iQ;~~;~i~n~·e;~~:~~~;i~~•.ir~~~~:~~'~:~· of Socialists r at her than ~c~a~~c~;a~:; e~~~.e~~1~~~ !:dt~~~ ~~ 1 :-staw~~~~: ;j =:Oc:\e~~l ~dS:oi~i~~t J~u:!~~~~Y~ut ~:...~B~~:! '::a'::~ :a~l=lt·~ •orktr b a: :~~~~~~~; :·:~·ri~~~~r\~.;~~ ~~~:~:~···~~~~(':U~~~L~IIL:t~eC~~:~~~~~D\~~~~1~~ peop~t:t~~:t or.~e:h:; :'ullsiU:~n~~~:\~:'h~ads~:~~::~~:::60~~ e=~ti~O~:Dm!~eoflllt!teri:rka~~ :::~ t~~~=: -=~U!n;badf.:r 0;~ ;vf'r.;~.l~i~~~ep:~tih:~rt~b~a;;~~/ 1~~=~t~7.~. \~e ~~~~:~·cd for tile workers intel~~~u;!.I::~~~e ~~ia't::~ t:0;:i~ 0p~ft~~n~~V:e:~i:'!tineafw~~~~~ire of the working people :~0: =~ 1:! ==~ w;:~~01: :~ 0 11 anrl ~\~: ::W~~e:;~l ~:~~;i~i·~:~.:r\11:~:~./ot: t:~.,i~ ~~~d18 ~nd if 11nyon~ :~~!::~~~ ~he~n~a:~:~ ~{~~!~=:r~e:~~~:~ ~e~:C:!~:mm~?e:!1:r:!t~~~!t~~·a:rb:i~;~~.:~ 1 ,:.We~ ~ ~~el;hi~..;.':ao;•!:!::,.~0::. ~:~ l tands in the way lo!t thum hf'ware. "\II the striken~ . need to do ill to s l ick to tlwir gun.~ '"&'"'"· 0111 ~~e;~:~:e:i~~fc~:~0uS: t:hr~pn::,:e~aJa~c~~~~~~~!rf~r~~:ing at ~thing of importance can be achie \·00 without political power. IICII !Wd \"ie tu ry ~:U\th~~-ink of $2.fl0 a wc"k und p11 ying for enr fu re aml lnneh THE RADICALS ~itieal power, in a society in wbieh EXCURSIONS INTO THE REALM OF REASON (B,- Bam..&.~) So, my reli)(iouo frierul, ~·ou quurel den ot tho yean. Hi• ltP a111 bowed your owa arrumeat t hat hi• renoa•lity "'~Utili'!.,..~ ha.-e eeued to aiug and hb body mil-itbapea. He lov• Ilia wiU be tbe aa!lle aft er death HE ..-ith ~·~~~·:o'::.~- !.~~~~~ ~:~.e~~~~=r~ir:~;::":; ::::~~~ ~=;~:~u=t..=eiP~~~ ~~~~~~~.~; ~:"\~1~ ~:,h: =~~:~~~=·~ ~7 ~r:!':'~e:,~!~be=:~:!,t ,~.a A~PRE· it mean.11 the JH\):ing out of :~:~·pta~~~ ;it!~::: Y~.:~ f:!;~e:: ~~~ ~.::~::•:d ~;~~=:.. bn~~~-e Wllg~;~· !11:~:1 1 1'J"o=;•:1 ~;·r;;,::~:~~-~ ~~:11tl:1:.'rg~~~~hi~~:l~i~:~:;~!m~ 0m:~g,1 • ~=~~ ~::;, 11 ~11 meut i~ tolt'rll lt•d . ~· ou nrc fired 01~ the is brought tv l•o•ur 1f ~·uu attempt 1l. ~;pot . li~::~:d ~~:~ ~:~e::•t ::~~ ~:~::~o;~!::-: ~~;;,Ul~~:ythh: :.o:~;;~.::~;..b!;:: afford it . e\·en t ho u~:h it i ~ known thnt he is ~ pen ding money Ja,·iahly. If ~·o u wa nt some thin~; tl111t you arc e ntit led to dema.nd it.. D.on't be a "rir1 ging, c r~~w li ng Mc rp~· nt 1111d J1l e11~ ami beg and ery for 1t. , It didn't tAk e long fo r the Hto n'll to nho li11h ~ th e Saturday nigbt work wbcu it suited them to <IO so. The lllOiil uotice11hle fellltm• of t he strike or the departm ent i1 tb t Jaek o( lltl WII 011 this IIUhj N: t in the capitalis t prell!. On the tint day o r the hig strikio the Buffa lo Times had a heac:J acrose the page telling whut was going on in London. aiity ""' mhuo tet after be i1 dead u be "'"' • At·l' miaatet before he di.,.J.. Let 111 e:ramiae oae U H out ot the millio111. A. n old tn.LD, ltill..-orlr.iag in tbo millft at •l:n y.ft..e, hu a foilh thai t hiaes uadimmed. Evt ry dty be goe• to hi• toil. Hi• back II beat with the bur· tloat But, m7 dear re~~Fot~~~ f rie.Jid, tl1ta old maa hu beeiiiO _d_OWDtroddta, btla 10 wury, he bq i ueb a blttar feeli11g tp.iall tbeeoadit.iOIII WIIIe.bllne).ept ltim toiliag wileD be OUJhl to tNt 1pe.Dd· illg U.e .enntide nf IIU lite amid tbt ligbt of rtoqulted toil, that, Ia '"lew ot ~~~ t.;._r•;::e:e/0\\~!'·~~~~ 1101 eoaecraed with wbat we rhall be mi1111tet after our pUiiug. The all portaat Lbiag i1 w~pt '"' tha ll fu a1 Otlt chracttn ead · ; are li ve miaut n t.cfore • e ctOII thru holil from ..-beu(t there ia retnra. PERS01'4~L LIBERTY .::;r=t~~aa~ for U.e• =-later Ia eo•phte 18- . Tloe F1aalall Soelal'-t. ~~ Flkbbar1, 1 ~ .,.wm •llkll bib ,..,_ .A.-rtat. 01 '1 11..11dar the II&ZD.t et lke "Tayler a,.. 1.1 ~Diahled nd operated telll," wll~ll I:JliiUI, b7 -UOD.J.ac:- ~...._, ba"e reeea tly ettabhllled a pa~~wbitll ~:::~·pe~q~ Pill.ll•: mht o • eo-Gfl*t~Uve T = OUD:.JD:LhOUU. ;:: :i~:ra:i:~.~~~~: ai~~r~~:~ratioe fo~eer:'o~=·~ : :!tb:l:. lmmr dinte di ri.'C t a ction otht r l_lfe there will be perfect identity. wcaderfal llome pqpared for 1011 Ia tar ,- 011 ta do ;1 ta t ry anti m•ke Yon ""li" " We 1ball know a• we are U ea vu. All that 1011 llawe m!M&d In tlen1 10 good in thi• li fe tbtt 1 delib1:ra~i:~:rt~:;/t~~"M ,!.~~k1t1. /~s1 j~)~1rt~:~~ 1:~. ~r:ee 1~~ktlla1~1 ~t1~11~!n~! !::;"~' th1: ~~~: ~:'i~t ~i~r:,:~ ~~!:i:: :!'!.:n~~~~:~Pu~e?.~~ In ~ l e11.r ::. =:: (~:::!• ~= ~..:!~.! ,m.uay.....;._ 11 ,~,!::!:;,;-;:!~,;::.;•:_',!; me<'t~t ,\~ua~l~~~~d~i~~ :~:etl;~o~:::~:rt;::~~-~~:t'o~I~R;o~·]~~~:.~ ~:~oft ~~a~ gr~tt i::t~:~:~~i7~~·~:~;~" daim II ::::lt:o:::ti:e~ ~~S:n~::, ~~ ~-=~~·· o~!~:·.~~~·.··~~~yo•u r:;;c:=.: ~LDI. o::~· exploitf'l'li nr•· ctHJ~e~•·nti_\"1' wl~t·ll ::=-e:dort .. ui\ed oo.o...._.. Witl1i11 tlw lru>t Wl't: k wu t\O i t: II lii ! t!J,. •·:t pita list pre!l!l is tuking W[LL NOT Bt: ABLE T O :ld .t n:::kt.lle extreme dl'ii~:ht in ref..rrin g_ to till' :-\rwi u l i~ts as rntlic11IS nu t.! at the ia you r otlt~r .. orldliatu to .ueb a de- " u ry after the day'• work \bat be CIA.TE AND ENJO\" THAT ld.A.N· ~eplar prl~ b ttrll~ eeat. l.a P\tell· t:aUJe titn t" tak in ~; comfo rt tnth the o!tl fo~1es of the lubor movement gree lhl you ba•·e forgotten to •pply mu•t drag bim.eit to bed. Tbe preae.b· SION" JS TilE SKY. ~·:.b Tht au.t DDil~ld•l of tH 81 t'O illl_e r va th·es. . reuon tc. you r ~onrido.ration of tbe er eallt npoe_ hllll aad otren lrlJii tht Did ;rou e•·er ~~~~ a mlal'r enttr hit .:.,1:;.' 8oda.JiltA ...UI be tru ¥ bJ reeeall 1 of S.. f.or tile beadt of tll.e of Oreeee. Bee.alt =~~ ~a:;b~lat':~":," In ~1 moo;:::, 0~!t;e:;:;~~=::: pan of IIIIa 1!1MitJM. o .. Ole worken> •Ito an toMtllla l•v.-~, an t~;~a W. :!:.::! 1-: ~ftetftd~ llkt it. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/84b3371f57d943d92fda0029bc32c6bf.pdf 4d988d2745366a7577a9917d4efd0ed9 PDF Text Text . . . I , 'mWJrrt~O~nAM@lt EXTRA! TIRE.CITY There ia not a lhadow but that this will be done without. needleu Wh"n 40,000 workiapen a demand of thil eharaeter, DEAlAND IS GOING TO HEARD AND BEEDED. �BATTISTONI BROS. BOTTLING WORKS Deal&rs In Calllof'lllao Win• and Uquors 1Un111 11111n !II ._IIIII ct••&o p~<riersaa4~~~. C.,.,..,41, A~ and •u'->rlbe for the lllrfietter·:Bettnno. The oalr GermaD IH!WIIpapet lD the .W..te oauk!e of New York CIIC7, repn- -uor tM loure.t of~ Workhll' 01... -00 cea&e f « l - l b l. ()ffju, 3J5-3J1 Geotare Strut, - - T H'l.S 0 Otrr OUT TBJB .&b uT Bu£falc.. N. Y. QOOD FOR IIOo tt TO TO AND BRII'IG BUFFALO SHO~ 00. SBNE!CA AND BL.LICQTT' AT&. AND .&. 60e REDUCTION WI.LL BE G.tV.B:N ON~ Plt.lR OJ' 880&8 ~ ----iiaiim 111 Mlt--fti!IWftll ~.._·60C aP~o.M• .. AI- IJA10oUnklft....,_C....-.u- ·=::.;. .... A,_,IW.,..•UIII-,_F.a. lll.llalla . ... .. . :11•11 , , BLUE S.ERII ·SPRING SUilS We a~ 6-aak t O eay that we have the belit BlUe Serp Saitt iD the city at Caplois 1ct Cn•m .I $U5.00 �ORIN lRONWINE T1w JIM INUI:Imu IJqft Drhtk M~ Pll('I'B AND QUARTS 1'111111 II IIICm ... For Jlrzsl~l Inatrameota, Piauo. aod Playen -OOTO- .A. MAISEL, 915 Be\w. T~ aDd WU.OO Btl. P'ke*TI:Ut 2120, DRy GOODS SHOES Beco~uw you ret It.proflt-trY:.B:N'S FURNISHINGS ~lldf>l, t~ atamp u beet u.o be; . J. H. WEIDEMI LLER ~:; :;';~:·;:_:;:~;..~;·;,:~~,::"· 1/-'&1/$1) .&•-/•lSI. ~ You Jil' qiZ&l.lty at a tdr price bert COYRA.DE GEO. D. JONES.~ IDfOLDIB 8 t!l"''LUJB'f"l'EE.. S.oeialist News Depot ,,!!:;~~ .~:::-~.o,;;:~... Dally Soclallat Papers • that we h•·e, coz:ehu1ed to ua~~~lae hll IJoe o1 moa.thiJ ud weekl7 e,.lclellei~ ol all tlt.U. •loluee (f) per:lodlclla.. IJ!ve brietly the ottler 1lde ol tbtt .I.PPSA.L SUB CAR DS. Thh"e are two • ida to ,,,.,...... lk• ........ ......... Prf...... I ..... tiki. Charles Baumann llllhe.... �~-~IIAIYI~ W&.ULY aT _, P\1R..lSHm) THa BUFFALO SOCIAUST PUB!JSHING COMPANY .5lY....... s.n.&,Wa- .._1'11'1 KllBl.D............. tmW:T TVT'THIU.... s.--p. BUFFALO,N.Y• P11t.AHK atall1fl'1Um, ,..., ~ISlY.&,p.Strwd.lrdfloot w. T- P . CATTB.LL. lb. 11.,. BUFFALO,N.Y. ~Ptb$1..00pK.,...,,50clb.tbOCitba,pa,.&H.lAad..-a~ :EnW!ftd .. .-ad-ea.. m&tter J 11.11eb, 1012, u thepoqofB.oeu Bu1ft.lo, New York, under the Ac:lof Jolan:b a. 1819 WEDNESOA Y, MAY 7, l9l3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/464f933348e498d4c993c619304962e8.pdf 3afb6c8883b541661ccbb24b085693ff PDF Text Text �WORKINGMEN SHOULD NOT JOIN MIUTARY · Under Ausp~ of ORGANIZATIONS T~:na•~~ ~~ - . - in Elmwood llu&ie n ai l oa During Recent Strike of Strut Car Men "TrooPs" were Ca.lled Out to Beat Down Their Brothers Otiu:ns Jeered at Them and Big BUsiness Used Them as Tools - Capitalists and Politicians Will Make People Pay the Bill. ~~!~~~O::"ed~~:~~ .=\,;o-110 . .,.,., '"'' bron1 ht iato :;:t;.. 1~:!·~~~ ":,!~7~~~~~~"!.... !.....,._,.,, . u ao.le rttudi" s " ' , • ., ~~orrorw or,•• ap ::gro~::~;,;r, 11:·~t1;r ::.,·:~!: rnaiataint itt 110trer by the_ pou u1.ioa oltbe ar111ed gwt.td---¢r.b , -o.•- - 11 -------: lNT)!RNATIONAL SOLIDARITY n d militia. By Jea.n Jaurc1. For the twenty-fifth time llay Day, this year, r e-unites in one interuatiowt.l demonslrntion !hi! organi:r.ed working class tbe two worlds in their nffirtulltion of solidarity without dil:ltinetion of froutil'nt, tun! in a mighty d eclaration of t heir deter111ination to o,·erthrow the forco:~~ whil•h plumier a nJ murder their class, aud endangrr t ht• p eace of the world. At thi11 moment when th(" 11t ru ~;gle betwcclCapitalism . and Lubor i~t nt it11 he ightA t th i~t moment w h e n GOI' t•r u nwnts place 111 r c a nd more HI • s~~~:~""'~'~!~~:..-:,., '7::~d~&d"::te or t be Raad 8choolot 8oeia1 Seie nce ~;/!~~~~~i~~-Jli~,~~~~~ ~~~~u~~·.1:~!;'~~;~ ~-'!.-'~';~ :.0h~;e~UJ~i~:~ a l i ttle wore of their d uc-_\t t l1 i~ c ri!lh4 it i~ imJit'rnth·,. that the o rgnuited workers t•\'l'r,ndu·ro· .;hould aignif.•· ' " th~· cup ital is t l'lHlll>l'S th a t. th ey hn n: tolerah-.1 Joug enou gh 11 rt·J.:"inw founJed 0 11 the h o n , h1ge a nd subj t-ct io u o f t h e producer~~. _ Let 11 ~ J.e ~ttirriug_. 110 ; h:!l o n ) IHy D n y we ma~- demonstrate in o n •• J,.,.Jy that th t" work f' r~ of alleOUiltrics nre r•·atly to r eeol'er t heir r11,;hB ; r eady nlso to opprn;e the plot.\~ of CaJ>italism, and vf t iol't'MIIIH"III-~ which e udnngo ' r inlt!rlllltion a l J't'Hce. l,.et u~ prove (,_,. our nct iou tha t the work ing clH!lS will not res t eont ent u m il it hs.o~ ""''"r•·•l tlw c oiiLJ•Iete contro l of the means of pro dut·t imJ llllll exi'IJn n~o:•·. the poliSeu ion or whieh is the condition or itll emandpation. <"ffiing tbe introd11~tion of Kirkpatrld;, 1peakcr of tbe Comnde lfaboney'• ap~a\ for DediUpJIOtt uf t bi! lttikinl('ftOte Jiir l• llgtlin broug bt do... Dt hf hou.e. Alt tbe d~rtme11t ~otora o f,\ n 't it .,ouH ~-ou• an~eor ..-h.•n yo11 L~=~= Georr e H. Kirkt)(lt ritk ia the ablt-' in t he Labor n..:r book .. ::::~·~ -~~ :.~w:.~~ ~!~~~: ,~:~:~::~ 7,-1 JAMESJOWNiAR-MEN :::~ ·~~~~·~t~!~~~~==~erd- ~~:·~~i~b~r'~ri~..~~...;;.,:.:;;-.-..-;ooc.;,;~~-r.~ ;::.~;~:~ :::~~~~; ~.=~7t ~·.~:~~:~·: ,;::~ j HAYf SYSTEM TIED UP ~::: ~~:~~~:e:;te~, ~-~~:. :~· ~~~~~!:, .~: ;:.~:~:..;::~. :i~:f . :•:i~~~~~~~hon;•\ 0o:~:• ~:~~~·.d:::~,;:ll:';-'" I ::;~~i:;tlda~:n!;~:: t~l'...:r:l~~.:.r n;v1e:~ ~~ ~~:•d:;!~:~11~o..'!: wttb -- . ~~~~:~f~::~·~~~rt~~~ ~li~%r~~:~~ ~~&d~·7·.·.-·"'"'l"···· """'"' nil <tau j•la'~ t bNnoeh·e• ;., • T h o•y h··~•l. 1,,,.• ,.t~nt ,.r t ho• ~mnt•An~·. rf'fu .... f rnm t be •·crJ!l' of h 'I NI. b.. ~! lht \'&I I ~0n~::~o .:ti~:; ..,,~~:17l:••~or~~1 1,:,1on••.•·,::~~.: :;·,.;,',~ ,:.',•·,~;~.,~";~• b:,~~·~·:,~~~·~:~~~~:~ ~~~~o:~i:0hn:•l·~~::~:;n;.,~:.,:~"re """'"'"JI m rm l•r• • o f t h r d u o a rt• ,.,.Urd ,f., with thr '!llr> k ~'" nut ' " • h•'tJI ltl•l hn~·m,.·t 1h~u• . n n•l :;o,., o•ral " "'" loa• r '"' '' " nrro·•t•••l Afl<'t "!"'" ad•·i~in~ mig ht h a •·e t h~ owm • tri krr~ BATTISTONI BRPS. BOTTLING WORKS .. ..... O.lers lo C.lllornl• Win• and Uquor. lallnllllflln II n. IIIII Sped&] •tteo.tloa ,tftn $0 pboaot ord6n &Q4 JIIC*P' • A==~ ~ P/i.T 4• • ..-bo r(')"nam ...t to ll" to th•• Asttate and aut..orl~ for~ AtDetter-Beituno. Pe.-.p.per Ia tho wt.lde ot New Yorll: at,, -Tbeoal7 ..,tlu;,Germaa tbe Interet\ tbot Wurltlnr Oleu. - ilo <*l• lr. J moe.1M. re~ .Ute of Ofla, 31>-317 G...... St...._ • • BufWo, N. Y. CUT THIS OUT GRIM ORCANiltNG CAR SHOP • MEN I _ BUFFALO SHOE 00. Lllbor Coullcil, bec.niN! t h at l>O<lv tblt tbu r ould .,.; 11 the atti ke f~r !fOPner tb l n the ~i&lU~ eouhl. . bope thly w1JL GirJ1, He to it t bU tbl•ltrlke io . :~:;:~~~;;;~~~,~~:·~~~~:' ~.=:P~~:-:~~:. i:~JE:~~·D::;~::~:·;.~~::.~~e:i~~.~: ~~ ~;~~~,;:::~,:~~~~;::::~~e:;:~~: ~er~:"':~~?:. :e~.~~e~idw:e~:~ :~;=E~:~~~~~£:~~~:_: m, .u,...,,.. ~·our huntlr•··l nwn r-r.kc•l th~ IWill ~0"'1"'' t he donu ueerh•g omt"lail of o f t he . r~enl !trent t'U eu.ke ..-be n ~:~I ;,n~:n~r~~~:~ ~~,:tu:b:.~l: f.;'"::;:; 1the ~ou•J•ItiY rarri...t 011 t.v it. It Utlm, flf1l •·i~f- ~ !';';:~~;~,.~~\:l:,::.:t~rnntiunll ;\Nod• · ~~=i•m~~lnaf~~:~ :::1b::l::t t o tome to t crntJ. down lin• lly thlt uobla lnD IJ1Delled a nl. ronr roadit iont. Thil I• tile ~~~:..:::;~:;.~~e.::\~~::: of~:,,s;;:,~:: ".' .",,'.,',.'~ity00_.,"'"': !• Ill D.ahng •nth the deJlll"mut • tore ..-ere to be redueed to 54 a week , ud vnt igate for TOII,...h'H. A POINT OF Drl'OBHA!'lO:N. Ua\'e Tr~~";~' .~:::•00 ;•~==il ~~~~ tb~~~:~~: f;~~::.:t•::;i:~~~~ ~;;;:11 ~ 0;, ~~:w~~: ~::f:\~tl!";~:;ed~:~t~~~e:b;;..~ta~ ~::ro::~~- w~:~~o:oo~'TUED. .M •. G• i m it in ~hR•gf o ( tb~ • tri ke io 1 l'••t of the Amerin u Fedention ebutt:"b~an 0~ lUll, 1t"tll taka •d•·aa ta go n;pea.e. Tbny 1boU1b~ of thei r owa lflil to • II of you who a re ovt o! t h• 2~ J...b i):h \'"!!~.- n 1e a. 11~ of Lahot. S ueb, ho...e •·er, Ui a ot tbe of • iltlle gtrl wbu bo get. her Ia " • ceor•l, tltat b., a b8d of t be !~ow, the ll1rike ~ :•k:~~~~~ ·~ ~~~~;::.~~('~;:,'; :~:-~.~~; I :;~-dr!!: ~~:~~ o~;thh~ loc;~abo~u::i~ :o~e:tnd~:•c•et!~\:0 r:~r~b!"~!~ ::11~e·:::i:~ ~~~t:::; :!ent~r:o ~::: t he ,..n on t he ('h\itf' ••·•t~m f rom Duf . falo to Cliiu):o. •,.11 h~ hill 8uec...,deol I n 1111ioni~inj! tbe m•jor it•· of tbe otNI on tile Pennu h ·ani1, I.u i. 1..-1 nblo, Erir &lid );~..- \:or k Central ---Sut..:ibe for tile 8\llf&lo 8oel.aUR. wu t.ard~r than f or tbe J"lll le a nd tb1 .earitdi•t wa1 able to get the l ittle g irl '" • corne t fwl~llM! of ber belpl- -, be-c•UJoe of her TOat b, 1i1e, llek nt U • perienu, J>O.-'l!rty llld bun,;:er. f'a troDi&e our a d•·ertlHn, &Dd tell Ou r Cit·il w., wa1 re1·ie"'ed with IU otbe,. t.o d o likewl.._ gbar.tly toll of mo11f'Y • nd life aod It• =========='=====~==== loftg- tnil of ml.ery a n<l the hotTo,. of 111 tlti1 ti me iR not a J>art • • II bu DO r<'plar co111111etinn witb the A. F . of L.. lltbllaglo m&IIT o f the !M.ab aftitialf'll ~!On)( Ill the A. F. of L. thia fad ldYertl.ed, witBout ~on to them. So they eaaaed 10me of · emplorf!H to pnt aa ad ill t he I"'Jl<!n, loDIIOIIDtillg the taet fwiDuolent bnl.l.ne. Jirm b1d nf fret wUI abo!Uhed fti&)lt workd1y, for wbk b tile employ"'" I not mue ty their duty, but a ~ ''BO:NEU , BREAD CONSUMERS Of Buff,1L0 f ;~~~;.~~~£.:::":~~~:,:~~~: ~:;::;::~,::~::;;;;:, =:;:::;=:::::::::=::===:=:=:==::=::::::::;:·::ft.:.;:::::::• ~;~ ~ee,.B~:-~·~:e:;o:;u~~ !~~w!:.':'~t~:~:to11;!,. - Don't be deluded by the Crooked methodS ~the -BREAD TRUST. dll!lltrihf!d, a a d to vh •id ..,.... tile pich:ra 011, of t.bem. Tbey b••l par that One " oaJd ahuc:.t btU •the l o•l· &d\'<!"iloeDJt Dt Of the 6r111. :~:.,te:~:::~:~:'t;!e,::_: o;~o;: :;:!~o;:l:g ~~;~b~~ IlL Vote of tha11b • rmy ILDd 1 '- II&")' ... "" - - FiltBID:N'BTWO-l'LUOON .,.. ll]l whb lbt. . If thePill<!· "'';::::.::::~:: <..- Inter~ to break the ~~~KINu!e~:!!a?~;..:,.be,~~~~~~ eat Llaeir own lbro.t.. BUY _UNION ·~READ, BEARING THIS IABI'_ - it ' . :~::::a~::!e ~~~ ~~r;~:; :~~~::v:;-:e;t::IJd~~"::"t.:-:: ' .-..t, ~.ita"" 1d0.1'1Mt . p~. F C:o!.!le<;!\ ~~~n.f!~d :::.~ ~~! grower, ~.~\9.1-k i:.;d ~o~~· J'~~l}!'a ..-aut &ad prkw will be e6efl'full7 (lyea .1/sk for cavTofs 1tt C'l'tam :!~~i•~o;"~~~::~";b~i~;o'i=~~ ; . . ; ,, 1#Ji :~;.k~~~~=;~ag ::~ ~:d tbe~1- ~:.e~:n==~t~:,>;, ~~~:~0t:a: -=====~--- to- balla d whH._ of ruULn1 gaHrueb. ::.:~.:!e;e :,~~:~~-:~ riJil, bJ0011 ~ bo- •up, bralu .,.. 4ubed-p d.-. •Mr. -~~ toll, UL IM, an IIUIII•II. and Pearl•treeU ID tbe i•- - - - : ; - : - ; - - - . ; ; _ - depattn~eot etore• are made to~''u;et;w!:. ~~~ ;i•as:e: : d : :~d~~:~::~'::b th;;".., U~~·-up t o 1;tefor or pray tor, U ill _pod C!IIDD8b to Ill do;:n~~;~;:~:t 1~n:; a. "';o.. :.!,c:.~:~~t:'l.=;:!;•• t raft"ic. P ew ot the boot· :!!:udlr:.fi'OID tbe to • ny • ppreeiable the "'1 btlt ~' TH.~ ;:~a: 8lLL C.pit.ali.U WA-N'T .,.,., Strike rd th~ Street Oar Men. STANDS. propose t.o put t be t he '" P"ol•lntiel lau Thia Firm 'was very ""'".. .._ ""' • P~t-t•M • •• limply . hllll- tY,. would. pb,g~~e. DOIIIIIIr:J) BAKIU/1 co AND COWNS SOLD =~::~:~ =r:~~n7°1111 d THE IJI\unnLJ\ nu • DECLARE .....,., oor•TO THE GENERAL BAKING CO. L,.l -- · '-'·"~-' ..-c,, ~lU of w bicb !bey k ne?, Butter Krust, Little ·6ener.al and bn~~o;V::~.:=~ :~e.:~~: ::!i:!~·e·r~~:~~~ <?> _,:n.<?""P ,·s n"n·Unl""n B•"'ad u,~.·.·.··.~·~ .~··.,"'.•~":"·'a'",-,,..,·..' \,, I' . GOOD FO!t &Oo ofir OUT TBui AD AND BfWI'c} l.t' TO TIJB ol~lf tb~_ l hHI t ht" ot•i k ..., r ould not lnlt anot her ..-orkws:- d u• will mnke frre- 8,•.,,.jlljt, !blot II, I bey we re COZIIpelllld ,, ._.. no.\ t h Rt t h l' men •nr.-1.•· w~ultl lote. olom JOOU•b ll' for • 11 mlnkl_n•l. to, and the lt'irb' eye.ij.!lll 111d g<i!neral Hntl~f' f«'~t •I•.'"IIC'':" tb~ ronfh~t going Tbe_sJ-k_e~ltl"''dth~h'"tor:""' ""., hn lth - •e not improved thereb7 . It on ...-ub t•·e~e"'e'l t igor lm<l the m" n f~om llo ~Ttjfln I~ l hP <nl l'r-troblll ~on- ..-11 a bu d t uk for many to work from IIIDrt' •h-l,.rnn nf'd 1~1on e •·cr to make the lhrt~ of tnba l ..,...,.,~- nd Lro_"l:ht home t"arly in tlte morning till ll!.e •l night. ' ' What U WNI" . . ; Tlley ..,. ''WAR I8 HELL:" · Well, let . wbo ,. a¥tt beU th- :P to ~:y :\~!110:::: : : ;: ~rb. :: s:~~n::,~:: Tit• BDtl'alo 8ckWist u.a M boll Jolala flt,r~ .._..ida. {~- t �I, �iiUP p• v MAY PUBUSHaP rimtJ.. 'I' ....,.._, liT THB BUI'FALO SOCIALIST PUBI..ISHING COMPANY SlY.B.pStn.t.WDeot ._...,.. KmS~...U. BUFP'ALo(N. Y. ~rcK ,._ tm~at~~-~wn- -.. .... c.o.W,FAi4N.~. s.t.::nplba Prb $1.00 per year, SOc .m moalba,. pay.W.Ia EZite:n!4 u ' autDPJtnw, • - ad~.:.C. ~· _.....d·dut mauu JuM b. tlllt, at the poo~t omo. '' Bulr•lo. Ne..- \"ork, o.uderthe Actof llan:h 8,l8'78 . · . ' (ByA-otll<bel.) i , The Brat or lla:r, thfl feat. dq of the interne.tioual M'orkine-claa movem~~ is dvilized world 'the work en are mlitiDif to propap te their ide ala and to pr• de wanda on preeent 10eiety. So clote yarUr ranka. · Thia uuin~rsal reut bu made enormoua atrid~ in tbe course or elapsed ainet the lnterutioD&l Concre- or Paria in 1889 dec:!ided to tries that.. are eelebratiq the first or May is increufng. May ·Day ia wide event; the day of internatiOnal demonttrat.ion ou which the -:;:~~ ~r:::tl ~1~-~~~!r:f~te:B'~~e:::o:= ~e~:e.-::.n~e ea_pitoliot' ,,}~....~ "'""'''"•llv-1tllat ""'· •. •fll-~ltl~'t:"',.: ~Ou~J:. tbe AppecU bd ••l•pudea pabU- 8e.M orUh -.:laJin Pirt,-, 1U the enolea,·oring to conquer n e w market• ror their lfooda and to cruflh out ma r keta. aud they are uaing their dominion in all cit•iliud Ianda to =~~ ::· '!bey :\ow thllt a movemcut ;,. on foot to or gn nite the department elo•rk!i lrt •·•···r_\· SociRlh.t. 1!\'rry IRIJor union m<~.n, and ' work •·r. lt>~u\ R l1suol to tho:so.· poor wKge workers in their ••""' """ ..... "'·for a cha n(·e to li H. It will he no ~lis.\· tuk by an~· UH'RUII, hut we nre we will win in llw eml. 'l'he ho~~o~es will bully and Ia.e thrir jobs po!!Sih l~· - and the r."ritalillt Jlre!UI will crt!atures thr;ot' worker~ are. hut 1r the girls have ~~); 1 :~ ;:~~ea~~~i:~· ; ~ ~~~!~~s;·~~ ~~~;·;~~. ri't~:~~;.d 1 10 11 t hat the bal'lng inh•lligenCI' Kml ncr \'C e nough to dt·lllll!ld what will e.xiend juBt ftO rar·u you ide ntify youneh ·ea more and more with all Ianda. united in the Inte rnational, and earry o n in common with them of the v.-orktn from want, misery, oppreaaion and exploitation, towards the ('ll]ll l nli~t ll!Hler So..·i11li•mf mpltalillt prea is btraldilllf tar daU•t Part,- tomplW ttatbtiee alter wido tbat tbe Boc.lali.rta were de- Mevrlq rtperb: f111m mUJ ~ ~~;mea:~~~~~:;~~~ ~ac=~~~;': '~~~;.U,::'l :,: = . .,. .=..:::, :-:nu:- ....,_bWt,- whieh ~ tM ctf. ~ W "The •afld :ra - . UOUier rupa; =:: Put him ~ a Uloqlat too riAkuJO)gf; \oM Mrt· lo of tac:t tbe SotW.iit part.1 hi· aade ttriea •• lllh1 8oeb.liltl u . . , iU .-ote ud it .... nl1 b1 l.h ot.t.r metbod of J>topapuda. of tbiat•oold partiNtbattbeJ ""' oot eled 'tbelr eaadldat-. ~!~=:f~u.. &«"::: Wh ile you 11.ro;- conweti ng fnr wug.·s the UoS!!e!i are piling up : : :;,~ -=bll~ profiu . &D7 mort~ thu tile efwe •hkh ~hand tbelr lot u ~at~~ &Q' 1110re A SOCI ALIST VICT ORY ~~ th• PriDliU~• too~a u~. iiiiP• II l!'lnd tlw capitl\ !i~t tWW!iJHI]H:r~ nn> to ol rop the 811 J,jcc t or : :th~J' :~DOI>l~=u: the s-eucrnl !ilflk•· ftJr suiTrnl!'•' 111 B+·l•l;'lllll: Aftl'r nil The advice our or bud a.ud llaart U...t Ia,- cl.onll.uit Ame rio·nu pnp•·rs h11\'J• gh·o·n thr.se pour for1·igrwrs 11hout not mil.:ing wiUllJI them· the,- we:ra deprtnd ot politit·!i with work tlw ll··ll!'inus "'<'re too stubborn to lis t ~ n and wcut tbe maa.ua or'~ &117 d..at. feu' righ t ahend 1111•1 won. . . . . . htabn- ~D1»li.lluaaat11 th&t miJht 11M At th .. i>cl{inniul;' of the Mt rlk f' m1smform~t10II wa.'l pubhshed Ill theh' .aub· tbaJ' wan dlllild naQ' 0 C::.v,lD =: I I :::lll~~tl~~ ~~:.\l;h~·~~,::~~~~~~r t~::t ~~;,~;~,:·t '~-~r~~~~c~~~~e~~~~~e~- ~';~~ opponWli~ ''wo"'t of 11mo_unt of w1111 piliug up in the milliOII!i." IiTOwthN ewr mind till' ff, •ring. · n e,- 'ot molal 1.114 :'~..=:=-:;-"' ~ te M ma4e 117 'linn PQbUe uu.raue ·o.. Ma,- ».,- - Tbe Loll AagelH, Callfonlla muoleeleetloo take. place llaJ ftk. Job !au aph1 btea oo1Diute4 for tba 8oelal1Ha. The old pady •Ill eombiat, u \llll.&l, to tile &Mialltt e~&dlda.te ovt of mon.l etlle'-'- a~~ .:r~-~~..: ~,:.:: ..U-aac::$l.oe: anct - Wbaa tl!W WrtaJ -4iUODI I:IIQinlnd, uu JU. due u.. .0. qpropriate ....,. tor u M: to e..ue.u : peap1e U=:~. .-.. atW 4llllle4 t 1 1 a - ot .._, bod.7 au4 80111 ,to u;~ot=~ ~:.:::::: :..u.s pUbU w2lkh ~ ou. t:M put~~ ~wfUa ' aWI.ODI OTer. e ~-W~ lll.'nl -cad from Ur.a state of lAt u - - ,UW. UtiD&:I 1I'U:a. mema.l, aodal ~ JOlltica.l laelglou May Day •• etiebn.te th.a tba -.a- r.ll4 ~ .ad ea.tefed uu .,.. clpat1011. ol our d-.~ U.. d..,ot- tD •llkll tile FUt- battl• of .............. = :.~':..~;__-=:: -~an~~=~~~':': ~- \ aatio11al eimpelp fOT MC.ri.lll, nlT,.-- to =,.Ui:~ :~:~~~: ~=IJI·~~ (BIIeilq) nroup the . . - tM wortiJ1.r llllil- aD4 aod~J.Da' _..._ ow :::, Tbe and ~uoe~: il~~~~:lrthd~t the elerka ha•·(' th<" ,;~·n1pathy of e•·ery one i11 The wuJth 1' aDd., UlO\lw IEMJI; their riglll mimi . auo.l a strong, hurd pull lflget llt'r wilt do the trick . :: ~=-~~ with tho· '*" t.IOII hekt ~eatl1 lot mn;llerl of lit... n 11 priiiW ..,a, ... Eq!c!ru.... Ia Bueaoe A.iN1, Ara;atla,e, tlla wbk• wLfl M · ~ ...,.. 1.. tle -... eleded a S.aat.or al$d two daY ot ...._.ut~ 1t.qup. . Let Us Conquer the Worl~ 1 , ''mJI OBIDa IOOI.f.Wil'. ' ' ~=t s:u~;;n;::!~.~~·= ~~~,.~~ .~c:::..· prt~g~. They manner only can the •tor~ ~ notOaDI. xoU mu~;h:e!!~Jd~~yd'!:e~~-0 the A C ALL TO AR M S do ta Nom ~ll.ltl 8tnet, ~--~~ DL eatloa. . . ~~~!a:O:i~~c~~d?t:i!i :boerd:=k~:::,!h!~o~~gl!:t:d. TUESDAY. MAY 6. 191 3 What will we to work. nmvraa-..oo. ~ a,.-.·'J. W"'rta:M, • ·• ....,....... of tlw! A.,..l tO a.-, ,.. booilet wdtw. b •"' ..,. . . U. b..,.pt Rtt W - - . It Wl7 ..U, ~ le S. s,p1ut u,,r X.... • · ~•"r, .U...W. t..k '- ..., . . . . ._. sP&IXo m.BeriOlfa. • R_e porta eootlout •to O!Ome ill of 8oe1ail•t •uee_... •t tbe Sprlnltl.eUooa. fluuo!red• of 1'illep (l~ d eau, ldlool dl redon •ad other ot'Betall wue e*ted ou _ tli~Soclallat -lW<!!_io.~.-~·n to'"'• •a aJI J*l'te of tbt eoa11Uy. TBB ~ nw UVIPI. lal IUIII'IIf" Ia Ue Uallt!d Btatltl b7 eoaHltuUoa.i.l ame.O.mtot wiU be ,.... M.llled to ht Boclalilt Part,- MalloW CommlttM It , lb IIIHtiOif Ia ctaieap autmo11tll. It it tile aim of t .. Boda&t Patty to .ea at tba ..... lillie that f4 tlie w-orken, mea Of ..-ome., are dilhaaebiled bteau&t of "be.t of ,propert,-'" or fallur. to P'Y l.uew; ol u,- ltl.a. Tbett '!'alll!leatlaot ar. ope"'tl•• &. f'UI ~~~nlll.alf'l' to_ .-oten ia a-. ltalp at t • prnent t1me. . ~......,...,_._ • • ' WB IIOUU ova LOI& \~t ~:.or.~~o::.u:: •::: Hillin· 111011+'\' In"" faadul our clale had to ro rtPt. .eptlq for OW ew11 Tlie S ew Rule• ••leb, •P \.0 t..li• SodaUH raapmll!, •u eubed I• lte wtn npnlad b7 UWr . _ throqb. i.U order' to p1zl tJui podtl.ou Uld d~ \OJ ecaQ.1Uil' tJui wori4 prni!Dt time, bu beeo pobliJHd u •' t.He.U aod p..ad to t•• l"'•t ~114. 1111 Our own Duft'ulo Timell. in tcllin!l' th ~ Bell{illns where they w('re ten u bai.Ua of lDfarlor ~tlon. l or dUatDII i.U tile ~tL Let Ul ,._ uut make 1t a~ - - . f'" all weakly, will, begianl111 tke lnt of :Way, rna kin)::' mi>~tal.:eA. sai1! , ·· Bl'll('ium·K Mu ffr~~~o:c ln\\'11 should he chanl{eol. l.ucapabla or Uu.t hely cWr-mted IIWIIbu- the baart-bnalttn&' -.cn.a- b.~ \eiJICL be l-ed u • moatbl,-. ••n ox.AL OOJIKn'7D WILL but th;· Ht rikt•rll hH\'e mnolf' 11 mi!<tl!.k<' in id{'ntifying themse!H•s with · x:aft. Soci11luun ·· )I \HIS th e So•·iRli:.clll tlmt lltRrtetl 11nd ronductrd the · H OLI..Un) SOC7IAI.IB!'S. Tile NaUoaal ~ComJDlttH of ta.e So- I atrik~_.~~~~~~~~~~~,l~:~~~~li;:;~~;;~;i;t~hl~::tt~-~~c~::t~i·k~o:;:1:1~~:~11::~·~i A" NEW -?E~LARATJON OF JNDE~END~NCE A th t' Time,; or 1111 y of the othe r cupitali.r;t papen1 comiuJ.: out with 1 h •m 11le. wo;ken11 m Chu:ago department stores are threatened with dismill881 if tbey dare full page hcodiugs KIIIIOIIIH'iug the "l i rclll So{'iu list \'i,•to ry. , . IKho r o r j.tn ll_l uUo~. .. . Jus t_ ilunk of!'! ~IX ~ore and se,·enteeo years ago "our father~ hrt~ngbt fo r th on thia . . . . ~ ~~~~ w nHtmu. conf!el\'co;l 111 liberty. and d edic.ated to the proposition that all men art crt!ated I an(] ~111!tr~, •~L~~~'i•; 1 ~~~- ,:~~~~- ,;~ ~~:~•. ~~;;~~\~ ·:~-~~. ~11•1:. j~~~e hrtwet!n ··npttal i;~~~ty.tl~·;~:lat":e e,:::'~:~~ 0 ~;\ 1 ~~;~~~~~to~n':r~~:;t~~eiri~!:n;~~~e';.g:!:!; Wh11t +lo .n •u thml; of .lu~ti+•f> ltrowu·~ iilf' a of juatirr 1 Roger ! ~~h~~~~~ei~ ~~~~~~i1;~-~~1;h•~el~~~: :,~1; :r::~t~if_.~·;:~~:21::e:t :\~;;.~:,':?;;being. . Lee. lltl lndiKll, "'••s ~•· 11 1 to .\uburu for u yc"r ami eight mouths for i Don't ~-ou_thiuk _11 n e~· ~laration of Independenee ia needed, and eO!lllequent J,y a n ew for the ruhuhon or 1ta prlllclplelf 5 tealing n pit•. You {'f'rtainly do, and you know that this new Deelaratiou or Iudependenee :'1 ! .- hut tho· ll nfl'f'S I•·r tru11\ i~ ~trn ug 011 Amerie11niam ..hurt think uno.l that the ltr1_1g~:l~ f?r its principles ill going on for years. I t is the Socialists of it. !hose fnr•·i~; 11 worl.:~·r~ wouhl nut I\Ce1·pt its offer of :?-9.i5 fo r a new c.hllrl~<r. or mdustnal d e mo~racy , and it is the labor movement in gene ra l, and the 54-hou r ,,...rk . Bul l ~! 00,.,. wug.•s. . ment Ill JllltllCUIII.r. t hnt. are fl_g htmg the new War of Iitdepcndence. Every labor · of the great urTn~· fii:hlmg tlus fight. ever:r atrike i.e a battle in this war, bot in the · THE COMING CAMPA IGN To tho- ohscr\'o· r tlu: antio•11 of tltt: CIIJJitalist pr~ in preparing the :.~~~~~~:; \~::;:!W!~.finda o7'~';1~~oa;::l!:~ 0! ;::. =: :;: ne r.Jtort• a'bo• tile rut1 \.0 be sUpe. TIM! dueoo-peyi•l mealoe,.,ued 20 per et!111. Ia UlZ. Soelal!at repreHUt.ath•M tit aet' other It i11 nn ·old ~dwnw of tl w p11rn,;ites to cook up 1111 argument of aonH• I.: inti 111 •11 r \·leetion tim•· that will !l:''t the votera all worked up over the ncL~ of some few uHiividunl>~. nnd kee p up 1 atcaJy fire of ac11111Ja1 uud at>use until the •·otes nro• rus L _The unthiuking 1\'0rker bt>com\'11 int,·rcHi t>•l in om· s itl l• nr tl1 e other as 1 personal matter, forgettiulo! eiitir.·l~- tli•• ctT{'I'tJi thut will result, and \'otes for the beat ma n. 1\fH•r f'l•·•·t ion he kil'kll huu~ ·· lf for lH!i ns- 110 foolish. 1111<1 vows that uext time lu· will ,!o difft·rctt t. ami vote for principle and his own daasTil~:e~:~:i,nli~t st~rtecl. new&pupers h11.•·e 11 lri·ndy tl;e . work or f()(lliug th e \'Oit·r b_\· diggi.~g up re,"'o ~mliti ~~ for the _coming cnm- o. . OP 'I'HS ~._ its most complete expression, for this mo\'ewent aima at L. t!:!~~~:=7o~·tb!npu= 0~ =-n~/!: 1 :u~~ol ~b:""Soe~~~= pie.. Capltall•t sodety h n,·e a strong . ppy, :~.!:':ilil~ ,011"t 1 ~";?.:.~erae':~:!~e: ea~didstc at~~ UQdou~tedly the ::::;;~ ~hli~~:e~~~~ f~~'i;"')~~r is a ia tb~t It ••• made Boe~m, tbat ta, ~lasa of this eity 11re lea rnin~ fa11t that_tbe_re ;,:::o;!eo:e;::;~::~ =~ •u~:11 : :o~~i~~~~~~.~~~~c~~-;~~~~~1,e11~1~;,~.~; ~~d~~:~!);k\~:~ r~l1~1=1 ~e~;s~~~:~\~!~ ;:~:~twe~~~!~::ed;~:'~~::~= ~ert11inty. The working ~~~l1st ~~o-~:~~~~S!-~.c~~~~;:1~11 ~-~=h;:~hmate t•• t•• •-bar pertme11U t.oaa~ted •itk t•• ~tlo~ lite f4r tile '11\&aufathuera ot P•• ..a. •:;k~e:hadaa :;:~ Ia tbeln lt tbeJia•i•t oa m&killl ~;~ i:::e::::~l~l::! =~~ ;:e~.:: ~,3~--=·~:!,-~~~ bree:~:~ :~r.a•:;U~~· n:~-::'~ !:~k~ ~!~f~:~{~~~r~lf fto\~~~-ht .1i:~J!~" ;~:~!~~~:i:~~~ra~~rtg:m~~~erl!~t~~= ~·-ill . . .IU.'I'IO•. Dr. Karl Llf_bh~bt. ••U kllowa aatl-m.Oitarilt n.S Boc:lalln d" Oan~~a11 Baie•rt•r, antei! • t:lu br .S.ebrl•r Ia • apMdo 011 61> a- of U. Relebter lbat o.r.... ~·t 1,.... bd bribed a.JP dleia» of ta.e Oeraaa Ara,- ...S ~' jt..... :~=alba=•~~e.-:qt~rt!:: ~:a.::-:o~=l::r:'.::\!: THE GOOD OF JT ::·e: 0:b~=1ietyeo: depa;~::~~~~~~~10&,~i:l~~\ l·~~~~~~r~~~~t~~n~! olldate o..-er 11,000. - -- I.Dili3Df1ICJIT CJII&A.rD Modern aodet,- ;1 not all t..d, uol they ,-raoluall,- eome to reallu that tbe reaped .. il-alt·rella1lce taoap•to tke are w_111e enough to mnke prCJJRrstmne. Tht' coutest f_or M~yor ~-Ill b~ wretc.bed an/miaa~.ar::" u the Sol'ialist party A 7AMmV :PAJICJT'. Peoplt .ametlme. •o•da- ito• tile 1.-t No-ranbn- t!l.a BeU M Boelali.U bna h11Ut orue• a poUediU,.OOO ,.otH ill Cllltap. lo U~o l o'laulutiOo.. Oae of t!Jflr Bpriq lltDilldpaJ eleouioa, fat o,.er,. aaol, perb•J'I. Uae Nde ""' tbe,- polled 47,000. Liley u.e "ftJ' udeuor td At tM reeaat al«t.lo11 for )11,-or Ia Th e "'~ ':lggl ~ wi~llut aalon~r as men poasesa the means to deny other me n the opportnn ity of party •o.rku. • tborourJJ kaowl11 _"''t ll l":st 11.11. long as men poaseu th e po,~er to deny other human beings the Sot.ialilm. l:'.aeb 1tudut rer nJoymg the l~ber_tu~ wh1cb are esaential to full mental and moral deYeloplu('_nt; it will last aa from tile pan1 fuoJb N7.60 po~sses reah.ut•on of a cOtnpletc human existence m11terial, mental and moral, the for a.b tupport. Oa•thlrol de1Jrn·e ~the; pl'OJ!le _of t~e ,.,_gh t ~o pursue h11ppinesa in a way best suited to their atude•t• are •11111eo.. ~h e mahenable r~g~ta .or hfe, hberty and the pursnit of happiness have been made ~orkmg p~p le b,l' e«op 1ll!._lis~ class rule which is baaed on the private ownership or the meana II0014LliT :auu.DJlfO. 11011. 11f:'d tht>y will remam tllu-?ry. a11 long aa thill clllllll rule will JasL Thererore. in order seeure Co11.d~.-.w. fa..-o.-.bla Matl•qt 1aa1 those nght~ to t~ e people. ~~ere Ill no alternative fo r the peopl e but to pos&e~r.~~ themaeh·ea of the economic ole..-eloped for tbe e«oellGD of a balldi•l pow er~ upon wh1eh a ll poht1cal and social power is founded. to be o'!"'ned oatio.o.ally h1 t . . Sociallat Party of tbt Ualted Stat& Tlie ba.IJd:. 1'81 gT:h:~~\!hae r:~~~t~~~ 1~1 :~1 e~l~~/~~:r;.c:~Ht~:lle ':p~~~::::;oliti~inns 1 -t a:::ral;:u,.bod~;,, ~ =-~::!o11cO.::.:It~~:.::::UN"!: ;u::.~~ paper aad 8 Dumbtir ~::!.:"::.!::.;:a~~~-= wa•· forth,· ••oming el\l!lplli~w ,... ,._ , full. 111 whic h 11 :'ll11yor and uumtr· "~~ ··e~lit ltnn ~. ou~ othe r ritv \lftieiKI~> will lw dt·l·h·•l. 1\re unmsing. ~~~eo:;o:~~~ ,.,ri_ •t•te., wnt a\ ctal..,o lila,- 11. Ttr.a -.lou b upoeet.tl to lut about ooe •teL A-•a otMr tlllnp \.0 rom• before t.b.1 hf41wlll M- C. ital~m hu made Boeialilm ble, :....t meana, u •u ole,.eJo~ =• i- of the &eoDomlo pcnren of eode\ order to muage ill quarten Ia C.lea.ao, •bleb are 1D11t.h mt:atuy proo.t. :be• ~ tllatrm:, of :~~::::ee:::.:~e".!;:t;: ::u~7;:; ::!!n;~:~~~~~:~ :a;::·:~~:~.:~ aeed1 of all, ud more thau tbeir ban dlup~';; a111o11J bbu belap. ::::ee~~:~~~:::bt~t!: ~:7:~b:f ::~~er: :~. : !"': 7.,.,_:~! ou~:;u..:~ '; ~=u::.~ ,.:::!."· ::: !:~~do•;!:~ :~~:e;~~~:~tioa end of cstabhshmg the edu_rltloa lea'ret a:Out u mu~ to be bally, eapitalilt _;,~,- ....• ola.-eloped t•e rule at tbe erat11,._ !pita!, de11rod u tbelr eeouoale eoad1Uo•, .fo!, a •orkl11g ~ .... •itb IUIAIIllsenee, aelt· Ue e«:ator, mao.. too •mall. m. APPJlAL roaooro .maAl) CONVENTION OF E"'J Bodalbt will 11ote ..tta. ~7 The Uoi ted ;~~.~ ~":~~~~:t.:::~• .~~~ ~=-= heJd ib l Oti! aoo3f.l eoa.-e11tioo a f.., euletloo. Tbe 0~ Apr-! 11u tate• 'IDT.e ~~.::!':a ~':on7; !~ ~.;' t::! 1;.;:~ !".!;1ia~:- t::::::: ~:: 10 400 0 .Soala •M eo foulylluder.cl J . A. b.a.S aftet llil deatb. . w.,.- • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. 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Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/bb3c206b3bc38cf0dd4f0018a1f3a619.pdf 851f3257c7ba294effa7e2c4abd962e3 PDF Text Text Price Two Cait. �WORKINGMEN SHOOlD JOIN MIUTARY mn During Recent strike of Street Car Men "T'·- -·-" II . . .,...... were Called Out to But Down Thdr Citiuns Jeered at Them and Big Business Them as Tools - Capitalists and Politicians w1111Co'l'<ll, :prim• Make People Pay the Bil!. INTERNATIONAL SOUDARITY Bf .Te&n .T&urw. inter~:~i~~~~~~~~~!~~~~~~j~~ct~1e11~~!~~J• !~~~·i!;ucl= ~ ~:: two worlds in their 11ffirmntion of Aolidarity without distinction of froutil!nl, lltHI in a mighty d eclaration of their determination t o ol·~:rtbrow the forces which plumier a nd murder their cla&!l, a nd t'Uchwger the peace of the world. At this moment wltcu the ~>t rugglc bet ween Capitalillm and LHhor ia 111 it1 heightAt Iilia mozucnt wh en Oo •·er u ment.ll p l11ce mor e 11nd more at th,· dispoul of privilege nnd Cnpitnlism all t heir foree.s. both militllry 11'nd JOO!ict". in order t o au pprc1111 the workers who arc clo..iming hllle more of their due-· .\1 thi!i erisi~ it iK impe rati ve t hflt the orgamir.t.>d worke 1'11 cn•rywhcrc llhould •ignify to t hc cnpitalillt eiiUI.!ICll that t ht"y IUl.\'C tole rnh:d long en ou !_:h a r~·giuu: £o01uled 011 the bondage ami suh. j cction of the produccn . l.ct 1111 be stirriug, so that on l\h1y Dny we may demonst rate in o ne btu\~· t hnt the worker11 of nil countril'll a r c ready to r eeo\·er t hl'ir riJ;h t ~; read~· also to uprose the plotN of Cu.pitalism, and of ti O\'CrtuuetttJI which cndungcr inter national peace. l~t 1111 prove by our 1\Ction that the work in~-: elpu will not r est t•on te nt until it ho.H•ecurcd the cornplcte control of the means of pr(lchll:tion IITHI e xc:h11ngc, thr poucuion of which is t be condition or itt cmaucipatioJJ . 11. ..~:~ ~;~:·.-:.::. ~:',;.:,~:: ~~:;,~:: II JAMESTOWN CAR MEN :::.;:~~~: ::~~~:~~~~~. ,~:~~.~:::::a ~~~ HAVE SYSTEM TIED atrokr nd U" a lot of p<>or f oob or wodr.r.1111 111eo dreuf!d r.u nnhtar., l(ub wou l•l obow to t h~ ..-o rot ar.hanta~;ef _ E. WEDEKINDT UNDERTAKER AND FUNERAL DIREcrOR No. 5 WAI,DB N A VBNU B • _ a n•l the . .W•·'~'''''•rl ~-•- . ,.h..oom~:..·b u tho~ r lau whole t o atle..lr. toget.bcr uutilyO'l yon.~~==~;:~~~~~~~~~~:;~~=~ ~~~ '!~ld ,,~,~~ ;~:J"',~"~:~~ ;;: i••:.:~ IJo•;:~':~;.,:~:.:• ~:~;~:~.;:• ;~~; =~~:~t~;:, thhea• e ...: .. t, lourrJI Thr l n lerna t r.o nal Jlallway of j.. 1, ,. ~• .- " "" runnr.nj.loiUt!lljllhe >lay o! oot tettlng your I>Ofitioa Let 't fear giYe . .,. to rourage. Be let 1111 d iteOun.ge . .ull. Beontloejob. · ot tbit City will J;i•·e .. much help u ther h••·e ,,.~•·1 '''""".""· Doa 't tllhak l or oue mornent I bad: 0111. They bne oo lt!l'llnlf'Ottobehule Ll ~te . :~~ ~~~~:.·,:::;;;:.::0~ ~: ~:::,~·..:·;:~:;: : ;;::.;~::·:~· ~~~:~:·: :'·~·~~~~~~~:,·;, :~~;;;;;:;;I ~'::::.:,:.:.:: ~~;:..J"~:i;•.l: ,,',:::·::,.;•:·..~~.:.o:ft•ll ~:~'i,\~; l "";l:;:;~eo~tl!ft 1 u r "'"" are :·~:·:r:·"~~::•= :)":ll:li rl;,~~~~;~t;•;.,:~ ;;~:tl:.~ I ~i·~::",.,::;l;i:~itn~"I~~P~I~~;~~:t::;~;i;;:: ~~~~iahnrr. --- The ooly Gtmlu new~pe.J* Ia lhe 1taaa oocald• or N•w York J;JIQ-, re,.. ;;;... telltlaclbelDtMMt of t.beWorlr.ba(cn-. - aoOOOIItorl-lt., :~,t";.t,;,ll~~·:;11•·~::"~:~~: :~~ :::~:~;·l~t;ell~toal fw~ hfr to work for IZ.60 Olllu, 315-317 Geo<xc sum, ab le t<:> ,!let the lillie llitl thAI -eu.e that A m~ti." lf nf "'otk<'rl in tbt I n Sifgrilt I; }'raley'• 11torn the em· ot ti kt.. could nol lui aaother Our Ci,·il Wa; wu te\'iewed 1l"itb illl to, ami the gtrlo . eyH>,;ht aad gtoeral n "'•t h r~nt•·ed ··~got •~"I th me o preaellt da" war!anl wit h O!leftrieally e~rl.l •n the mornlug till late a t I' I merce bu befn atlwrtiainll' •lm;;~i:t:~~~~;od:::•n:: Ulllke tho~ :::~~!;:y d~~~~:~:~"KTiu:"l:~~:e:r ,: : : ~M:~~ =~·~:·:f ::~.·t~e~ec~:~!lavM, ~~:::~~:~;!~r::;:~:~-:ad pnblie &to• with the diuo in thll Ruuo·J &f'&DI"te "tN'•'I•. •..,.,, hun.tr~.t tn•'fl t•arkrJ thl!l hall&u•l• j:rrat irnt..,lu• "'ll!IJ.,-iHII Ul "thf orjlniz.alioo ..ork wluth lo Win~; · urrJ,.,t un I!,' ' H. II . Orirn, 1\r.t \'ir<'• p,.,..t.lrnt of tht l nh'rtlllliunll A~ooria· tlouotl'ar \\'orkn l, :\lr, ('irun i~ In ~h~r~:o• or lh .. •Uike of l b., ~l;OO t....hiJI'h ,·,.u~.- m~n. He ' hu .,...uu••l ,illu,..\tlfr<'<'lll<';,b "'ith tb~ 1.-ke ~bott\ in<t S irk>'l 1'1111•• ""''rrinx t bt n><"n on th~ .,,tir,. .,.u~111 ftotn Uuf. lalo 1.11 (.'lllrajZO, an,] b~ bu I<Uf'rl!<'<letl Ia uaionirinlf tho majuril:""ol the m<'non tilt Pron•yl\'&ula, l.nehwanua, F:rll! . &Ad :-.·rw Yurk Cf'nlral. Bollalo, N. Y. 7o"'~~~ 11t~:!' ;;ln~~~ul:!i"!:~!: JM!rien~/~'(l~i~~~~~: ~~:E~~e.;;e;:: :!:~F.' 111 : 11. ~::::::. ;;;;"eo~:~: ::•:1 GRIM ORGANIZING th~ CAR SHOP MEN ~~:;:~;~I.:~::~~;-:; ~~:c;:~~~:dg~~~ ~0h0~t!~.:."~,o~;::;e~0~n:lh~i~:r:~ ~; ~:~~.:::.~e~:.~t f:p.::~~~;:~"fro~ . - - oi humor"'"" ~·-· poop" I""'"' tlia:lr;:,~~:l~h:o;.~:e.!~n•t•~: ::~~::u.~~ :hr:~~:!:; are J'UOJ>O•t• of lh<' n• llil;t:"" It '""'"'I "l"'n • ll•l•• Thr .l"meotown eorrct brm. "l"'" •lt•nt• of 1hc IOt'al ~•pltallot t!rC. - and aut..orlbe fbr the lltDetter~:&ttulto. T hr.• •• o n l,•· Ol<o• ph•~•· uf tht• rn,;i """·'' t:ur.J<Iu.••rr~ of .-\ m~ri~•. in Dr.,. o ( th" tnl.H... y. ~!any mou. arr of lh<' o<lllal ion. Thr rnr.n ""' l<ll•lllll> IOih••oroliu"rytlr.inkioJ~Lr,.in injl lin.. • J•irlt aud thr•oo"HU" •I;ko lh•ol Wit , where nol lrH meo. 1l"IJ;M aod there fore tbe run•l:~·lth:o::~~~~~;:;el::~; !~~,~~::.Jk~l~i"7'~d"'~~o~::~;d:: ao:~~:•::~.":.~~:~~:.:;:;::'~~ ;h~~ comr•u:" to ~ome t o terlllt. A POINT OF INl'OlUU.TJON. that poor old Bulf~lo ~~~te~~::~:~:~t~~~~:~::~; ~~~~~:! ;,:;,:~'.:e Fr;:l~~l!d-~ ~::, =~~·e·~: bo~1 eo;'::e;o:~in;':~.~ ~:e.:o~: ~:: ::!::tO:~"~!, ::~!~~~~~~ o;: ~~.~~~::!.~1;:;~ :;~b:b:rt\. ~i?w:;,nl~.~.:la!:: ::~~~eb::::.:~ ~:~u:::; ~:!~o no~::.;~!: ~;•t:~: ~~dp!:'!*io &MIIJ::a":e:•-;;:: : :: the workiol! ~la.at for tbe tbb faet adntrtl~ withont eoat t o the freer t ilie. of tbe ~OilDlty Wilet"e d•• aod wound 111, with thlt t bem. So they uoHd 10mct ot tbelr being 1 workilllfiii&D do. aet, mean JM':roration: emJ!loyee. to put aa ad Ill tho lie-· belllg fOIIIJ>let~.ly ~bject to t.lae ' - ' != C.rltalid• WAST wan! :::::~~le:11t0::::~ ~~ !ii~t!!; wi:; tbfre are any oo·uJied labor led · J>olitid Pre~bean• .. PRAY Ot:CLAFOR RE .,... VICTORrt:S ! wll..! FlGRT tloo ••rs! maders • ut blood let them O'lrll tbrot.tiJ. tlay, free willaboliah..t tor wbleh the11ig8t emr>lo~ worlr. 'oaf elt Moll· it not me M!y tkelr duty, but a Teal prh·· ileJe publitl~ te UJII'8 at~r t lonlr.IJ. ~ut lmagtne 1he l'lll'f'rtMI of t h II.,.IIIJ*lillg ernplo,.eea when oo the etheir .. IabuaiiiNt Bo!'alo 1.0 who ata.o•l lmaaio.e 111 th lha( wayIt of PtOft"reM and heir the m~ i11 tee~ ing t he workt rl dow11, thy will tpeed· lly hd their.,.,. to tbe jullk: heap. &ft'a lo hu betll 11 paradiM tor the t~to•~:: ::~ ;,~';~~d ~~~ :~w!:!:"~t~t!:u::~t~t ===============:;==== ~ ~';;",.., 11 good l':aoag b to vo\e t or or for, it b Jood. eDOUJio to JO t o w~ ba,-o11eU gleam, a•ord.J e&IIIIOn rw.r, riftta e.rula, !leah bolita IIIAp, braiq = :::e~=t ~e;b:•:.:~ I'll: f~ I'Taley '~~'""' Ia~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~:~~; blood~e~::era11Dl;o:o:aough. llttbby poor 'II'Ofk.IIIJ girt. pe.y tor Yole of tkaa.b o r wbteb notbi11J1 &II~ wbl~ wu lrimp\,." a •u7.';::..':':•.::::: ·- "'"~= ~=·L==- Butter Krust, 'Cittle 6eneral b.ow1, eur:.e, go mad and OOUB'CJILKJDI Wiall !lO Cip·Cop is 11on·llnion· Brtad Tllf . NER BAKING CO. AND I'RJ.J Wl' fHL BRIIN WUJI1I) DIIDJI' co OUT To THE GENERAL IJIIIUnU • .:.~er;D~~~~:.:~!::: n~X::.:o=to put i11to • red mualo ot lDud 1:!1 boothlae.b 011 tbe dcnntt.o'lrll 1t"'llt. I "''~ bolb, by ,,.,...,.. ~N ••• ot bw;- •• " ' ' " " ' IJIIUI IC"· -·_- plloJli•c bo,_ alld tlle attel· they U.tnaet trdle. r.w of llle whee'- of roaslllnf gtlll·t'ruc:b. blat-b' •&aad.J olfead 1o ••1 •11''' ,M;,,blo iiC.••I• • Y exta.1t1 ba.t 11 U.e .Woaa Tbey •"''WABJSUELL.'' ou fOIIIg p11Dl.a,g tor oboi~Hoolotolti•o~ Thlo Flrrn wati very lntere- to br-k etrlke of the lttreet Car Men. W'U t~0e ·:;,.";i~l ~nl~~ tllat lH'f ll t•l•y • httle f omedy at other people • eat out or the bandt -or tbl!ir biiiiJ. i1 • pa rt or the Amerlean of Labor. Sur h, bowenr, ru~. The rbarloo!r 11! the loeal with•lrl'll'., ll'art;b 1!\h. The • 1 t~i• timr it not a pe.rt &lid tfgula r f'OOIIfeliOII with tbe A. L., althoush ra.any ot tbe loua. bi!IODJ; to tbe A. P. ofL. ld~lh~~· ;:::l~tai~:;:~e Q.blt tbat oae nuld lllmOIIt hear lhfl. 10111. the workon(;' boo.. or _atore e raploren Well, le.t t.b· w\o 'f<'l.nt bell fO to tb~_!i~=r•~!ll~l """''"'""'""' , rear ot Ole dtpartml:'llf. •torn 111~ im~ble bt lULL P.u~f~ ~ ~~ot.;~U..diM on tlile • W..utll ll. .r of tbf -..ioa ee• plalaecl e!by I lllallt' ~!l'f'lata•at..o-llii<~Coll.a..umea-y I ,,._..,, tllilt l#l{i~latllre. T\e fenw!Mt boorblub, it b " ' ' . "P lo tlu! OonnoOt" . .d lili1 ~o:]' will wai te ao f!llll!ll"g1 •• I'On lc't(!t d y S"\ofol't4'\L tl>e l!IKiioualr~ efPIO\Il':rs ~~~. """•- I:"'":-.1•• The uew -;::':-.;.;..=.;;;::;.;::;.;;;;;;;;;--J ��Pemale workers iu ChicagO department atorU are threatened with diam~ if they dare labor org11nizatidna. Jlllit. think of ~~I ~i.x ~core and seven~een yean 111;0 "our father~ brourbt forth on ouly one w11~· to 1\o nw11y with the s trife hetweeu cupital ~~;~~:mt~:~;· ~~~:n~~~~~-:~.; ~~~~~~/C~:~~~u~!~~ !:r~~~~Pf:~~!~~et~!h~~;~i:tanamong Let tho~e who <lo th1• wor k ow11 th<' job. !tberty. 11.11d the pursuit of happ1nea." And today Ame rican workena are den~ the right _ . . • . . • _ 111 ~rde_r to J;ee_ure t~e mean• of a decent life, of !iherty frl!ed from misery, and o~ enjoyi.nr Lbat \\ hnt l~o you t hmk of Justu~t' Brow11 s 1d<'11 of !us tled Roger v.·luch 11 _the btrth:r•ght. not only of e~ery Amen can , but of_ enry bum11n bein1. -. Le~>. 1111 l mltuu. wu~ sc11t to ,\uburu for 11 year arHI etght mouths f or Don I ;ron_ tlunk ." ne~ J?e-claralion of Independence 11 n eeded , and eon.equently a n ew atealiug a pil'. forth..- rrah1.11t10n of ttl pnnc1pleaf .& . _ . _ . . F.&Jiflr. You certain!~- do. and you know that this new Dec\Rralion of l.ndependenee hu already 1AR JfOT-Mr 0. Ball Ko.MI. :\1.•· hut t lw Jli1 n ·f·!;i <' T trll!ll i!l stronl" on Americanism. Just think flml that t he stnlgl-!"11! for itA principles' is going on for years. It is the Soeialllta who ba\""c 1 Soeialiata ban ballt R cll a poUaa l+l,OOO n ' - ._. a.J.csp. Ia U. t.Jf i t. those for.·il!ll "orkel"ll wuultl not IH'Cf'JII its offer of $9.75 for a new c_hartcr. of indnstriul democracy, and it is t he labor movement in general, and the Socialist wo~rtul orgubatioJI. OMi ot tWf 8prbr ••aid~ 1\Mdoa, j.d o.w., 54-bour wt·ck. Bull :\loose wng<'s ment 111 part1e ular. tha ~ nre lighting 1he ne w War of Inde pendence. £"yery labor. organiutWm is 8 · metllod• aDd, perlq,Pft th '-'te . . tJ.ey a-u.t u,ooo. of the great nnny fi"'htmg this fight,~eyery strike i! a llattle •in this war, bn.t in the Socialist mo\'ement 11 that tltey 11M .,..,. ..a• .., to At Ute ..-.t tlettiu fat ll.ayor t. The"' is and labor. THE COMING CAMPAIGN ~~~i:-;l~=tt ds~;~:~~!~n:finds ita most complete expression, tor thia mo,•eme,ot aim. at the allolisli ment of ::::1te11 t!:~~.;:'::t-.!•:.;:;: ~~ To t lu: ob!lf•rnr tlw unticli of tht• c~r. pitt~-lillt press in preparing the The ~~~~1ggl~ wt~! las t n.s !on~r as men pouesa the mean.<! to way for the t•oru in ~: ,.11 rupnip1 nd.:t f11l l. tt l which 11 :\layor aud numer· II ~cc~nt h\'IJI~, It ~''lilla_st fiR long lUI .men posaeu the power to o us otiler •·it •· ot1io- 1uts \t·ill tw •·le1·t•·tl. urc a musing. ~IIJoymg the l~ber_t•es whteh are euent1al to full mental and It 1s 1111 ·,ltJ ~d11·nw uf thl' J'IITJUtll e~ to cook np un argument of f1°1111 ~118e~ ~hzauou of a complete human e.:s:iatenee 1 :~-~~· ~~~i:1·,;r1t1.:·:::f ~~~;;:~,~~•.~.~ 11i1;:,~t/~.:~1:lu~::~~ :;,:, ~~:e;0:,~"u a~~e:d;k:~e U:C de]Jr~v:~: ~:~~ir;s::/:1~i;~t~1~!r ~~i,~,tl:~e~t~-ra:~~ ~:~pp~~j~ :r ~:~;i~~ have~ m: ;: ~~:=~~ eeand11l nntl nbus•· 11111 ri tlu· ·· o~t·s un· o·ust. The unthinking worker '~·orking people b_Y c.ap1t":h1~ daM rule which ia La.sed on the prh·ate ownel"'hip of the mea111 of herom0;'11 inh·r··~t ··d ill ,,r,.. ~itlo· or tlw other 11.8 a personal m11tte r, t1on , a':ld they "1'1"111 rem!ltn lilu•?ry, liB long a1 this eilllll rule will Jut. Therefore, in order !:~~~~~;~'ftp~~~::~::~~~;,' r;;,.··~;;:~: ;:;~:11~~·; 1~;~~~:;1 ;"8! f~\:sl~~~~~e'"~~! ~'::~~~:nt~.h~:hp~p~~lit~::~ !:doa:!1:Sn;!~:rr:r (~hu~~~:le but to pcaeea tbemseJ,·ea or the ~~:s's"i:;~~:~~~:~· hi' wiJJ ,]n tli!Tt·~nt. aud vote for p~neiple and h is own H~ GOOD OF IT . The eapitnlist lll"WSpapen! haH alr eady started the work of fooling the \"Otl'r by diggiug up penoualitie~~ for the comiug camlloder11 .odety i.s not all ba.d paign. nnd the w11.y they w~ll dig this year will be~ fr!ght. . . . ev1111 tbe IJOciety of tile workirrg' tlley gradually coma to nalize tllat u.. reepeet ..ct •lf·teliaMI enoaall. to future ia tbein If tlteylosiat orr makinr partl•t.Mn.poulbilitl• of are It ":i~:r:n~u~~e~oso~afko: ~~~~=~~1~!~~rtT~~~~::e::~~~~~)!:;·~~il1r:: 11 ~o~edwbo~7 n~~d of rt:~:~~f:it;:::;:'::iF!:~~ !f£~:~:~~i£i~:·:~:~:.d~l~ti~~t 2·:~·~~:: .::·~ t:~· 1:~ ~ ::,~£~L:~~~:~:~~p~~~,~L~~.~~~~,;~::f~~J;}~:, ;;~;' ,, . ;::I:·.r~~ d epartment stori's will be represent r d by n Roose,•elt followt>r. b p olitical p11rti(l!ll nmlit be Olllil~·J and w-orking elaa ~e-;i~l?st i~~~~~~~~S:.:e~~~~\;~tohv,!~:lt~~timllte end of ;~orr~t";.~11rr~rm11 ·~Pf!ll The Buffalo E xpn •ll!i l"Omnrcut.ll editorially aud r eprints a n article from 11 Pari,. llni l~- ~ howiug how il eJtnggel'8tta the account of the Bufi'Rlo s tret't rnilwny 11trike. Bnck up, you we re in wrong the SundAy after till' fir"St me-ctiug was called. nnd had to crawl out aa lx!st you ~uld two dnys ufter. ed~~:ti~n lea.-ea 0 . •~t•.. ~~ltali•m b.. 1111a11 Soelalilm .-1· wit:..Uoo-=~!:n"!; = ~:··,:::::~:-.u~: ~::.::·;.·,: :..3 :;-.. !l:errdt•:~c~~."::~ :::ti.: ~ :~~-:::~~:i.~'-;;·.;-:::.; :::":~:!":::E.:?....Z~ -.,.ture hUt servaota. A.nd de·uloped, •lUcia will brlDf w a.rr 6rrally, capitalt.t -iety b.u dtnlopecl tlre.na14 ot \ka e,..tve, ca.pltld, a wozkiat c1. . with irrt.eWguu, Mlf'· tlla ~tor, 111111. t be lore• of :!i~.~l'!:t!'!d ~ ..::n,~ gldnr puty worken a t~ll llaowl- di4ak o•a 41,000. ' M fl of Boeiallaa. EMb atd111 t ,.. «I•" from· tb& party f11a~ -.:17.50 ~ CD:IU.IWI ••MY •011t~ tor bt. 111pport. OD•tlt.lrd _.M'!IOW'~ of til.• 111141111~ ara ,_,._ ~;.=!!;~ ~::': .. till . a.-~ u•*-4 a..-.. 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Price Two Cents OlR GANIZED: LABOR~ RALLI·ES TO AID ·. · 0F··EMBAT:tLED STORE EMPLOYEES· Workers Sweeping ·.· AU IJ;efore them rn · . Qi-g a_n tic .Stntggle ~ - Despite Tric:kl of the Employers; DesplteSI..aalroant the Thugs· Despite Uta of the "Kept H'undrida Flock lnlil the Fight and Vldory is a Matter of HOuni. TO T .HE WOMEN OF BUFFALO The fight of the deparbnent lrtOre girt. and men of Buffalo is more than a fight o£ workeril £or more wagH. IT...IS A FIGHT FOR THE RIOUT TO LIV& P URE. DEC EXT LIVES. 110d ew·y woman in Uulfakl who believ11 Utat working girJ.. 1b®ld have the right to LIV~ IN DEC ENCY ahould be actively intereltecl. · .. . Do yon think it it more important that S. H. KNOX .S1J:OULD RUY A:SOTRER l i ARt!\' E BA..:.~Kf Or iA it more important tbat5.000 Buff'alo g i.rl&,yonr d11ughters or you r neighbol'll' dAugh· tel"'l perhaps, SIIOULD BE FREE FROM THE TEMPTATION TO SE I~L THEIR BODI ES F OR FOODf Buft'a lo has l'freently .~een;nueh apluhing in the- ~ire of the underworld. The police ha,·e fti.Med and the di.rf'riet attorney hAll fumed and the Buffalo Times ha• nearly burst a blood·\"~! try· ing to saddle the "blame" for auclt eoDditiona of v ice upon eert.ftin politieinns whom it does uot like. Jn.rt u though they are .i.UJ' diJ'l'erent fiom the -Times brand of capitalist heeJe ra ! REsTl~~~~~YT~J'NT~:~ ~~~~T,~~E~~'?v ~~To~~~ ~~~Jr~:~~~~~~~~~~ T H E STORES ARE FORCED TO WORK. T HE GREAT W0:"1.1>ER, lS THAT SO MAXY OP TUEll HAVE WfTHSTOOD THE BAT'IILE 1~ $TEAD OF THAT A FEW FL'h \LLY SU)."K INTO T HE SI NK-HOLE OF pESPAlR. What are you going to do about it f Which aide are you women of Buffalo goin~r tn take in tbl• tremt ndou. ba~tle! Are you pin r to patronize the ,-ultures who lil·e UJ)(}n the blood and tcar8 of your ai.ten! Or a~"e you (lOinS to Qelp the eouragecWJ fight of the embattled wotker8f THE OUTCOME OF TIUS STRUGGLE RESTS LARO_ELY 1:\" YOUR HANDS. HELP THE OfRLS W!N· KEEP AWAY F'llOY Tll E BIG STORES. National Leaders Spike Lying Tales Of Tricky Press National Leader Flett, Together with W. B. Fitzgerald, and Pauline Newman, All High in the Councils of theA. F. ofL "Show Up" the T reachery of the Capitalist Newspapers. Quiek to r~nt the implication that the f'mha ttl r d d"portmt!nt 11tore empluyt·NI or Buffalo nre being d eserted by t he ~\mcrii'Rn Fed· era.tion or Lnllor thl' na.tiomtl orgnnitenl 11nd ot.lu•r noted figu ri!'S of Ame rican of Lnbor who are in the eit y ''Oluut('o,•rt•d I i at the Ya rioua 11t.rike mt'1'tiu g~~, nnd others are· coming. Grim. first l'ie1•-presidcn t of thl• lnternationlll volunteered t o g i"c his IUI!Iis taucc. He Fridny Kftcn .1oon, anti !oat no l.imc in g..tting situation. · · · ·· · · · · ·- · · · · · • · • · ·- · · • ·uationRI leaders, f ortuna l cly, e h lln t•ed to he in town in i with the settlement of the strt'ct l.'nr workers s tri kc. and did not hesitate to stamp tlje report Maid to lun·e bef'n ~i \"lm to ne wspapen1 by a local labor "leaJ e r " 111:1 wholly unwnrr1mted. Among these an! Willillm B. 1-'it:r.~erllld. m~·mht•r of tht Gt•neral Executive Comn1ittee of the Carnwn'11 l'uion . ami J ohn Flett. orgRn· iter of the A. F . of L. ' I n the mctt n~me, Pa nli.ne Newmnn. nnoth•' r general or.:auizer A . 1-'. of L . a.,rri •·t·d lllllt night f rom New Y o r k City nntl immetook cha rge b.('~ the girl~ in the union. ent~ uoiaatie mNlting• werr . by t be striken. ,, mor nmJoC m ..... t i ng• were bl'ld a t Harmunia ila.ll and Jut.,rn•· 1 oa Go•u<'ll~ JUett . Fou r me a and t;irltj.amtned both l itU•n<'<l t o the ~pt!f!cbeo of leade r.. ~·. Catt~Jl pr~oi<l~•l at the IIIH· B all mettin~t aatl aft tr a t.r ief i ntro.lunol William D. t'iu..,~nhl , of tbe Uf<'lllinz .-om d of the r~~tmeu 'o 1111i11n, an•\ " ' bo IMd tbt rl!"ent H11ff•lu lfr. ~'iUs.:~r~ld t old t hl' t it Joohd to bi1n u if the won f or a h <"a•ly tloe 1tore beginlt1Uj:toroure<!d to:> K ~lley • t>oke to t b~ jtatberinll. A erow.J. of Ahollt f o11r t h0111Utl ~lriko·r~ a,.elm• b ird, to •hi~lt wa1 arldl!<l •!.em! t•o t botlfand workrn w ho wtre retur ning home hom t heir •lay '1 toil. The 1pirit of aolidatity ranotrong ao<l tht<"hefn 1 of tbo l t riken r.ould he hfar.J. for l>lll<'ks. Wbil~ th" m01etiur;: wu in prO!ll· r•·•~ Paulin~ :'\(!UII<au of Xew \ "urk <'lt;r, ,..·bo h••l he.,n wired for, .,,;..,..1 nl the ml!(!tinll and ,..u i n1rodu~rd to tbo otrike t l . Altbou11h fatil{ll<'•l b~· the da~· ·• ltat"d , :.Iiu :-.:flltnan lmo...diately took t he J<la tfo rm a111\ in n ""lli"S.: IJ~Hth denounucl the tn.aji:Uat~• .... bo:> o w u Butralo'a 11or". Sbe ota\o..J that aome of t hem reoi.le In N'f'w \'ork •a.d hat•e no rrg.rd for the11'<:!ihre of tbe of tbeol rt~erl. lle ur~:r.l wo rkl'n o\Mr t ba11 t o IH t hat their t o bol<l firm a11d not let llulfalo man• geu lt'nd t hem an l!t"U· be <lit•id~d 011 a ny l>f'111CI I lb~reuialt' prolh from the IJuft'alu ~toru. f or 1111 iojury to Ollt' I• ""Injury t o all. ~Ita :'\tlumao t old t he lltikrr~ t bac..-c.b• • gl'1lat .,,.!, II""""'' �WORKINGMEN ·suourn NOT JOIN MIUTARY ORGANIZA During Recent Strike of Street Car Men "T roopo" were Called Out to Beat Down Their Brothers lbe •tri-laa alclre Citizens Jeered a t Them and Big Business Used =::~:b~: Jead-m!, ..,. Them as Tools - Capitalists and Polltidana Will · • · • Make People Pay the Bill - Hear AU About it bcl~·:;::::;lt:~~t1 ~t:b:u;u at Elmwood Music Hall Saturday Night. ,; :· . .L ~·=.~~~~~m~~1 '::e:::!ee INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY By .Jean .Jabnl. For the twenty-fifth time l\lay Day, tbia year, re-unites in one inten1ationa! demon11trat ion the organized working elau of the two \\"()rltls in their RllirmMtion of solidarity without distinction of fronticNI. and in n mighty lleelaratiou of their determination to o\'erthrow the forcea which plunder and murder their claM, aud tt),Jangt>r t ill' JlefiCC of the worlt!. At thi11 moment when the Htrugglc between Capitalism and L11bor is nt its heightAt this mome nt whe n Go\·ernmcnta place more and more at thl' llispoSIII or ptil·ilt'ge and Cnpitali11m all their forces. both mili· t ary nnt! I.>Oiicc. in order to suppres5 the workers wl1o are daiminJt a little more of their dueAt thi~ cr isi1 it i~ iUJpt!ratin~ thAt the organi.ted worken t:\'t•Q·wlwr<· should 11ignify tu the capitaliAt cla.ues that theY haYc tolerateJ loug enough n rl'gi:m• rounded on the bondage and subjeetiou of the prot!uccn. Lf't m; he stirring. 110 that on :'llsy Dny we may demonstrate in one body that. the work;·n~ of all countries f\te reftd~· to reco,·cr their right.~; tt'ndy rtlso to oppose t he plots of Capitali1m, and of Go,·crnments which ••nJAugcr infc rnauonlll peace'. Let us ptOl't: by our net ion thn t the working elaa will not rest t ontC'ut until it has 11CcurcJ t he complete ;:ontrol of the mean11 of prothwtion And ~:xduuJ ge, tht> JlOsseuiou of which is the condition of its f.'maucipatiou. Allftate and eubeorlbe tbr .llrDetter-:&itung. Th•==::i:-~::c-~-:o~~=:"' Offiu, 315-317 (;..,... - • CUT TH,IS OUT • lluiWc, N. QOOD FOR- OUT OUT TB'l8 .l.D UD 8811(0 JT TO T BS BUFFALO .SHOE 00,. S E N E CA AND ELLICOTT 8T~ ' AN , Q " WILL ~· GI VeN Oli .UlY P. .K OP 880. . \0/. We a re fr.uk to uy that we han tbt bcft: Blue Serge Suitt in tbe c:ity at ~,. · )1,5.00 ' TbeK Saitl are guaranteed at.olat~y au worsted r:d.~u::d!~bl:~=d~:s to be ·~~·=~~~:!'i::~~- ~. pay lor neb Soit. from$18.00 . to 120.00 dawbtrt:, BUY UNIOtf-Bl[AD, BfARING THIS .• .-IABU .1111,0•1#• �~ IUXliiS Y1TH AU. CONVBNIBNCIS Turk•h, Rua~~an•Piunge 168 ~ atre.t: -=.Q, ARM 1!: NAN T E i .......... lnllll '(1. . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , . , . . - ,, MIIW~ Fine Jew•lrJ'. RePaJrin&: ::a40T.-rrao., Buffalo. N.Y For Jlu•lul lutJtramenU, Queen Gity Candy Co. WHOLESALE CANDIES 80S WILL.IAM S TREET l"rontler !MOl Beii, Uu... 18!8-JI l(~<btlttr s":,;;,, Clotblng ~-~~~· ::II'JO-..-a at- O...ft'•lo, N .Y. F. A. l .._.. H. .1. 1...-. C. 'r· K•IM, , ..__ ... .._.au p-..sh7 1 ZEBOLD BROS. 00. �BUFFALO~~~ COMPANY ............, g ... w.&p:StN~t.3rd&.. -....Til'l~- ..... ~.~3fdllaor Bl11'7ALO.N. v. I'RAHJt1DttVI'P1U1ltl. T - w. P. c.+.~Ai.O:""N~. s.t.c:dplbPPrb$1.00f*'?Ut"o50r:.tzmoall.r.p&FaW.Io.-.d•a- , btereduMoOOD4-el&NmatterJD.Deb, 1112, UtbepadoftSce•• Bdalo.)'\ew York, D.Dder the Aet ol Mart:b 8, 18711 • SATURDAV. ~AV 3, 1913 A CALL TO ARMS X ow llutt l l mo,•c nwnt is on foot to or gnnir.e the jeparlment ctore drrb let e,·,·n· Soci11li!;t, cnry l obor u n ion man. fllld • workc·r. il!tul a hw1l to th~th.' poor wnge workera in their f or a chance t o \h·e. It will !Jt 110 t•Hsy tnsk hy .1111y menw( hut we nrc confident w e will win in th'-' eml Tht• l•o""CM will hully nud c11jole. tome Jose tlu•i r jOioa l'o.-si\,\y, aud thl' rl'l pit• l illt p r~ will t ell what erent u rt.'!l Ulf'!'r work•' MIHre.IJut if the gi rls hll\'i'l nmdu up 1 that thcy ·will or_g11nir.... nothing will tlmnrt tiJCru. Allth11t i11oeetled i1111 .;eu~>c of 11olidurity nnd the · ba,·ing intdlis::t•nt•e a nc\ uen ·c enough to d emand wh:~t and IIUCcetil ia w.~ure1l . Ko our Jouhts t hnt the ch:r k11 hnn• lht• &)'IIIJlllll!y o f e \'c ry one iv t heir right mind. ltnd 01 11trong, hnrd pull togctlll'r wi ll d o the trick. ThC'I'e ill oul~· our WilY to dG nw11y with tlu• strife hetw~n capital Ll't t!Jo&t• who olo the work o wn tl1r job. and lalmr. \Yhnt tlo \'OH thil1k of Justi ~c Bro wn 's itlcn of justit•l'T L ee. au l ndiJu;, wo11 14:111 to Au tmrn for u yeu r aud eight mouthll stealing a pic. :O.h· hut tht> Tl nr\'(:!>t,.r trust i~ HlronJ,: on Ame r icanism. Ju11t think o r it. iho11c ·ror•·ign work<'rs woultl uot lll'cept it11 o!Ter of $!1.i 5 for 54-hour week. Hull )loO!!e w.11gce. 4 -1'.-.e J'AJRJY. t..t N - - - tM :&.U !l_,. lH,DOO "~" Ia Qkqo. b U.. IDIUildpal elettJoa, jQt - ·• P"ll.t f-1,000. At t ilt ,.,._t eltoetioa tar Karor lao et.~.,u..a.u w- ~ polled 4,1111 "''- aad Owl 8ed&1Ut d.ldau Ol'U "'*'·- - eaa- LllDDliOJl't - . . - .......'n-~ Dr. )[arl Llebh.Ut. tlte -.11 ~ . .d .llllJlt.ullt ad 8odallet ol O.naaa Jl.ddtltlf, e_,..te.! • . - •-beT tl•• Uoabycl«lariacb•.,._.-u.. loo¥- 0t th Beldletac tWt o-..r-m.. . . - a t ..... bil bribed. 1111'11 oflkW. ::".;:lii;;t~=to~~.~~ woaldm... J.au-dpre-- ID&IIdMtltNTJ; of au.!Uou of WJt . 'I2DI pu ... U.b&Mrll.~ un.u. FOIIGDfQ "-Bf&-D· ~ Boda:Uet , ..W 11ote . . . j q IIOOULDmL ! II..t Ia laet -k'e Appeal to a -a ....,- date ikwed U laUQM Ia drevladoa. n.. Old J.ppee.l J.u tate. t he .,...-.,.. alld 11 aow plDf &tt.ud elllq all tboee papers aad b4h1daala wbo eo!OIIlJ ala.dere4l. A. w a,... IU4 after llle 4n.t1t. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. 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Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/259df3a48eb05fecafcb6381fcb997a2.pdf 4b12244fc6dc3aad85a6b3c8ca303948 PDF Text Text - ~ie;s tal i-s~ Pr~ss . to Public to ·~iscour~ge Stri.k ers .,"{'the Stores OOICQ Do~ Entirdy Y ct Daily P'ress Says Only OM-Tblrd·;of Employees are _ Out- Only a Few ·Cierb are Working In Stores That an Open - W'oiDCn Detectives and Floor W '!,lkers Acting as OerkS. ' ·' · ~-~ . The J~uft'alo Socialiat hu many thne~~-lllli.d~ihat the,daily l'r•'!O!i of !~1i,~e~~~~·.as couti"olled' by the C~amb~rt Of .COn~~H't~e~an~l t!lc ~ig• INTI!RNATIONA!: SOLIDARITY By leu.'lamw. For the twenty-fifth time May Day\!. tbia year, re-unites in one international demonstration the orga.nued working class of the two world5 in their affirmation of solidarity without distinction of £-rontien, and in a mfghty declaration of their determination to O\'ert.hrow the foreee which p·J under and murder their dus, and endanger the peace cf the world. At this moment when the struggle between Capitalism and Labor il at itll heightAt" thia moment when Oo,·erumMJta place more and more at the diaposa.l of privilege and CApitalism a11 th~ir forcis, both~lDilj· tary and pollee, in order ·to suppreRS the workers who are e_talm~ a littl~ more of the.ir due~, ' At thia eriai.s it is imperath·e tbat the organized _workerw e\'erywhere ah0uJd aign.i..ty to the capiWil:t elaaes that 'theY.have tolerated long- enongb 1l regime founded on the bondage and rubjeetion of the productra. ' • , • Let ta 1be stirring, 10: tll.lt. on May Day we may demonlltrat~ in one body that the -workeh of all countries are ready to recover their righti; ready abo to' oppo~te .tl!e plota .of Qapital.iam,_and of fi9v~rnmenb whieb eudanger-internation.al pc!ace. · Let ua prove' by our aetioD that tlle work_i.Dg elaa wiU not rest content uDtil it bu .eeured the CQJPplete control of the m~&IUI of pl"Qdnction and aebange, tile p~on of which is the condition of ip~emanc:ipation. • •. �As~te and suiMcrlbe tbr TWO BIG UNIONS ,\lltfleit~r-BeUuno. Tbl (lll]y Gentwl ..-~per Ia the e&aM.ov.edd41 of Me• Ycrk ctq, ,..... -IJ,qlheiv.te..-ot&baWIII'klncQl-.-10.-etr~•-''-· oo.;.. 31~17 GcocOcc Sboet, Butter Krus,t, Cittle 6ttttral :and . Cip·Cop is non~Union Bre.ad 1Hf -ER BAKING CO..AND COUJNS. · . OOT TO THE GENERAL BAKING f.O.. This Firm was very Interested to "noal~:(i•• [~;:,a·.:;,-..; Strike of the Street Car Men. ' ·· ''""''···-'1'•v. ,•••. ,...._ BUY UNION BREAD, BEARING . THIS .• ,; - - .~N.Y. ��rcra..tll'aDYSUI..'f'aTnnl ..........., BUFFALO SOCIAliST PIJBUSHING CDMPANY 52W. . . . . s...t.WIIIIDf ......,.... .-....... , _ _.,~.~SJdn- - BUPPALO.M.Y• Plt..\8 IIHII.DP1UZD,· - • Y. P. CAm~N.~, ~l"lbSIAOs-,_..51kamoolbl.pa,.W.lD.naaa ~· What will "'·e do with the capita list under Soeiali11111 f to work. P ot him While y ou are oomJoeting for wages the boliM8 are pilicg up pro6\l. A 8001ALI8T VICTORY F etnale workert in Chicago department Ito~ are threatened with diiJD.itu.l if they dare lnbor organiutions. . , . · , '• Just think or it r Six 1eore and aen!nteen yean ago ' 'our fatbere brought forth on There ill only Olle wny to rio away wilfl the 11trifc between CApitAl ~:~~-~~~~~:~;· a~n~~j~·~e~ ~~~~·~ir ac~:J:je:~~ ~r:el~~~~et'ri!~/'~b~:re and lahor. J.~et th011e who do the work own the job. liberty, and the pul"8uit of happine~~~." And today Amerie&D worken are denied the in order to secure the zneana of a decent life, of liberty f~ from misiry, and of enjoying \\'hat olo ynn think (If ,J u~tio•e Brown '" j,J,•n of ju11tico! T Roger which i1 the birth-right, not only of en!ry American, but Of e,·ery human being. Don 't you think a new Deelafat ion of lDdependenee il needed, aDd conseqqently a ,new Lee. 1111 l mli11.n. wnw Ment to Auburu for a y..-ur 11.11d eight months for 1te.aling 11 pie. Cor the realiution of its principled ·• ' You certainly do, And you know that this new Deelaration·of independence ha1 already ;\l y but tho• llnr\'l·ltf· r truMI i;~11 11 ~ on Amt' ri~11n i11m . .I uBI thiuk ftl\(1 thAI the 1truggle for its prineiplea is going on for yean. It ia the Soeialil't.ll who have of it. thMe rort·i~n workt•n~ wunlil ut 11\'e,·pt ill! ofTt·r of $!1.7fJ for a new charter or industrial democracy, and it is the labor cid'veweot in general, and ,the ment in particular, that are fi~hting the n ew War ol lndepecdence. Every labor &&-hour wet·k. Bull Moo"e wa~,.M. · of the great nnny lightini. thia fight, every atrike ia a battle in thia war , but in THE COMING CAMPAIGN ::;,i~~~:,t d"~:;::t~!':n.fiuda ita W?St complete e:~:pre.t"IO~ f~r _thia· mo,•enten~ aims .at To the oh11erwlr thfl nnti••ll of th<' ••npi't11liJt press in preparing the w11y for the roming •·uu•pail,m ·1u)xt fnll . HI which a Mayor 1111d numer· 0111 ~~h: .~:t~~~rn~;~~~~:·~; ~·~~"e~~~;~~i·,~'~r~on';~u;~~~~p an argument of aon1 ~ ki nd uear election time t hat will I!''' the \'Otcrs all ::~d~~e11:1dtMa~~~~':'~111:t~c~;1~11~·l~;·:~h~n/;· e~~~~ kT~~ up b~m e5 inten-.ted in on~ Mitlf' or the other Ill 1, The ~~~~zggl~ wi!l last u long as men 1!. . posaetJa th'e meana to deny other men the opportunity o! ..,,,,;•• lrhl•• ., ..,, dee~nt bnn!l, II ~·J II l~llt 118 long M .men~ th_e power to de~y other huz_nan. beings the t~~~:i:=[i~:' ~h~c~o~~~P~~~~:: ~:::~al~~r:r,r~:::ai1~~e~~;~~~~-:!.':~~dg ~the~ pl!ople .or the r1_g ht ~ poraue happmea m a way best1u1ted to their o~n nature. ';~~~~·~!.e :i~~~li~~ ~~f~b::l~w~! t~e ?~~tn~~:~~~::-o:~~~~;~ttb~em~~':'~ ~:~d~o~' [••~;,.~_,.0;;;;;:;-;:;;~...,LDI•O. I •• working tion, and they will remain illu1ory, Ill' long a1 thi11 clasa rule 'will Jut. Therefore, in order th011e rights to l~e J>eople. ~~ere ia no aJ~mative· for the people but to poiiiCSS themselve11 of the .,;,.;;~,;;;; f powen upon wh1ch all pohlleal and IIOCial power ia founded. forgetting entirt•ly tlw eii'Pl'ls tlmt will n~ult, man, After elo-etion ht> kich him11elr for being so foolish, that nu t tiwt• he willtlo d iiTt·rt· ut. aull \'Oil· ro r principle and his elua interest. The eapit11li11t IU~WIIJ>H)lers hll\'e fooling the \'otcr by digging up Jdodt rZI ·IOciety i• ZIOt all bad, "" U.ey ;radual.IJ' eo.i.a to realisa,tlaat tbt 11aign, and the way they ";11 dig -I ~-"•' · ' ·~-'"'"" tbe aoc:iety of tbe working due tutureiatllelnlt tlleylubt ollmalr.IDC: There ia a reason for thia early start, and the wilolly ,com~ ot unhappy, it •o. _ are wi11e enough to ml'lke pre(mrntiona. The eont.ellt ud meatally pauperlud peoC&pil.l.li.ul W •111&de Soeiall11111 poul· eapeeially hard foul!'hl. ror the rc11son that rour prtrtiefl aoc:lety after all II &II bit, tlaat m---, It U, diYeloptd JMI.JI:I field inatcftd or two. llCIIides the ' Do,>oer·•t "I>Ort;o, f tYery oUter ~et7 111 ot produet.ioa aad p~ ot the Soeialiat party will ba,·e a """""•'-""""·'f it. rn-te.t &dlleYeiDct tloa wblell e~~able ~at, to department 1110~ will be bu made Soclalimo, tlaat 1-. 11oeoU ot all, ud more tllu That the Socialist party JIC*Ibk. 'l'b.a u:· tlll<b.. :J"'nUer•ore, It U. eertaiuty. The workiniJ' dau or Uii.s city are I!Ddllo&lld~acllllc.. wlrlell.euble i1 only one remed,-, and in order to apply the ope:am1Ddt4peo- bi.tuelt tlaa m..ter political partica muat be ou11ted and working amo11g tlle woi-lr.en wll.- tlle fotee~ o~blrl eleeted in their place, v;ith the ultimate end or lNYta aboot aa arudt to bo dully, eapitalilt Socialiat C()..()perati\·e commonwealth. ' tbelrecoooml.e ~cudidt111 for Tbe BufTalo Expresa commc.Uta editorially and reprint• an ' from a P aria daily 11.howiug how it uaggeratea the Buftalo atrett ra ilwAy atrik('. Bnek up, you were in wrong after tba fil'lit moeting wu call.cd, and had to ~rawl out as oould t"'· o daya aft,t r. aworlr.iJtcd. . <lo••••,.,,.,,. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. This collection contains a number of the socialist newspapers owned by the University Libraries. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource University at Buffalo Libraries believe this work to be in the U.S. public domain. This work may not be in the public domain in other countries. Language A language of the resource en Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers LIB-021 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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United States New York Erie County Buffalo Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the resource. Fuhrmann and Regan Refuse Strikers Permit to Parade Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/">NO COPYRIGHT – UNITED STATES</a>. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. Buffalo Socialist https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/files/original/6cfdadd3cac08b6b86456534aaa9c058.pdf 18f0ddcab473c0d96d4ff410f18d91d6 PDF Text Text l.OClK: AT THE NtliiBI!R OP YOUR ADDRESS LABEL IF IT IS 49 YO~~ EX -' Price Two Ccn1> BIG. MASS MEETING· OF DEPARTMENT STOR, E CLERKS TO-NIGHT- MAY STRIKE . ' �lng ••I'J>C'd tbe ' 'ltalit;o- ot t bc employ· en a Dd imJoairtd their mcmtallty in 110 There !1 01111 mu on t he '•malld~ t heyha\·e ani•tl'!dlnpro-•l• lf"':bodesf-n'~ t.te-dit moti n~ ttimf', inaanity and diteaK', a nd and h11 wo rk, aod t hat f artbert'<.l ! h~ ,,.,.ond .aune of f'.XJiloiu.- arti~t ..-bo dttW11 t he •" ~::d';:U~~~~.•~~;·~.:~I ',:,"~.,;~~,~:~~~:~~ ~=~~~~:.•:,.'";~~~ to a lit ll•· b Cluo,. and f ail«! in the M! r~:;;;lo come,Jy, porlra~·inll' a anol •~ a r<'llllt ha•·r w r('{"ktd the li•·H hol'flr who bas bo.oroml'! rido1 ef tbHn"'-'l n •10 and f amiliet.. O~~e would abock1 and thri111 he Muhjeet. hlt JIJIIIHallJ· ~"I'I"'M that bt1~ine111 me11 ily to a re ao t rue t o nat ure that . ---~~~~~~~:.:ri:f .i,·tz:rf~~;'1!~: .,;~~·:~~~:;-,, . · T lw>ir ol lll'itlity Ia mar•·elloua. I ucrcu.ed m~t Ulel t he boss i1 wai"H ..-ould nahnt.lly rnua iar.rcaol'ld ohl tpott, ~but we iuae a bu.iuru to a nyi>O<Iy cl~ other t tla a a the ~elfaame f ellow not to get man with a ]otot riRNI dome. 101111 or the police will ne•·~ be 0. aa~·. did you hrar about the ,.., k 111\"f hl11.1. Jitr~ r Well, tb~ (O<II:ht•) n. a nonttct &me day t he t•ictare~ will be miulug of fur ru._,.,. not he<111 )(h"r.n to t he dt~· and we .,.ill t hen know tht the u · • •.•H and a rc to nU u>trllb and ]'llfl"'t<.'• pr.ded lur1 hflf'CIII"d. • ...., • ~trll .thr ao ..-er 11ardcu. of tire donor "u~inru ood • ·IU ~ •• m• l• lodoftoholy. T hl• methrul. <!on "t ~-ou know, t 1•1iei"CI llr. ~lw.-lll.apf of l'"~·i nj!' rn:tt.'ll on thl! inr· plo•u\f•uu ..-_iai,·h hC' ;,. u•i"~~' t u ui.o(,.; n rbe t•"J•ntat><>a "' n ph ilant hropi"t. to ) ,.,.1, Th""' n ] •. Our ]~11 1 shibh of t b•· •] ,.,.,... ba• •h~rn••trNI 11 mMI 11<1· \aur •··l rutthotl. Thl' ]o<'O]•lo• a t e 10 pfty (or th.- UJ•kr•']• o r t l>~ J•bilauthr" J'ir h "]•U t ntiou. "· .(,,] .•·ou ~=··t t hH t """••·ri!Jl•r f If not. nh~· not ! .J. E. 1'. - --- - - " radeo •tr••tl lnilur m..nt wrrr t a lk ing O\"er the P«l'l>t n r Ml r ikl' nnd &rptrston WI> OIL t he nrk ! or hi• of t hr IPOinrmen a"'l " ' bO ..-~,., f ot <"l'll to pa triini.utbnmt:h t he f.""'I'""Y· . Oue man joki n~lr ~~~~~~,.stl'll that hu~1n<">ll man•11tr ~bould •ee in tf';Hud h> tulwrtl, ing. Cn"lL ""1'1••1 ;, oo<l "" i ' ~. , or::!~t~endm:l::;~:d,:~:~. int•rf,.rr ace. That I:Tii!\":LP.,.,. be ta ken ap by r:ommillff"l!. Tlio- al.ouh•' •rn•nto;of J>i~" ..-ork nal¥ofw•~;..,.; a .,onforrnity lo lbe of li.-in~:loo:- Jg)>a\jtu!ed . tft:~:~:~ee ~:!":~~:e:iuf~~~~~0 :,d!! ~eb:l!~~~t~~~ha"':e;!:. ::!,. .d •J.o>t...fre.. :; inotrnetiont to btld t htm olff Wh.at r ight ha.-e they to interfere w-Ith 111 order ly group of ml'n ~oing down 11 " r<!i/t or to f o,.,e t hem bar kf Was it bec-a ute t hey tl'e re a crowd of foreign wor k iugmtu t hat t be.y nn.idu them of r:o i mpor1 nte and t o t lf1t t htm l! i• a rr"eu ,r eafe bl!t w.:'!n al\J•lea~d m """II' to t.lkt o,:den from the -~-~ Tf ht i1 w-orklag for the why a ot take· bira olf the put tomeoae oo t hlt k<tOWI work f or t he pr-ople who par T he workiDg t.la u are In majorit.v In thb ell;o--why ................. . RA'rn~M..'i~BROS. BOl'TLING WORKS 0 . ' - ID CaiUornla, Win. and Uquon. Whogt\"e0Jptala Colli'll ~o•::::::~:::;: jj ;::~" \ SpeOclal au.ad011 cfn.IO ~,,_,.. , paa.. on1en ud ,._pt . qltate anCI aubeorlbe fbr the ourxh·r.bygettin~; ridor our • Arooter·Bettung. Tblok o l ' " ' om roll ••<I I::::::::::::::'·==:: "':'~<h~eir::::::~::::::~:::::::::: l 1111 ~ The ooly ~ ...-paPf!l" laLhe••Dilc.l4efllJ(ew'Torit: CliT, ..,.... aeotbaclho~t-' of \MWorklq<na.. - 10-•tor l _t... ' :·~~~·d ,..,,. "'"'' ol:ll <!-11 hrl llll,.roD. After fina lly woke ur ud rrall ~d he ..-u ~pukiu&". l>e . w;•nt up " '";:arft l"•ll•. N: Y. -T wo monntr ti t llke tbe pn!mltarr eSJ>lotloa 11\11• • m·~·llll~o n·rr~ ht ld Jn5t wre k ho r of flrtworb. He ~poke !.! ·~·It• 11• 1! <>II Third l'"trce t, wbkb ; tongu~ a nd h111dl, u~iag word• .., They • • " ll<mU1 ' " ' " llko ' - ' op • lo< of fo~l. . •hC'f'l> or catt}e, and if oue of tbem I I· bftaa..e they eGuld get away w ith temj>led to re~l or go rlow11 a t ide I t i1 t ime t he ~pie of I II~~ be "'"'ived a ..-back at;tOM t he ]>en~ with terl"llll l t.Ut for~\ •h•a• from a policel!lllll"l dab. JlaYI them, a ad who are too ready A fn r dft~"S aJ(O tOme o f t he r om· the iiiii!AiioiiJ of the workert a Dd their i ntoll.!n.ble in Blll!"alo. a J,Julf r.fl'ffo-..1 to ll-f't l..i~ht a 11<l llent inj!' CompnPy, I f¥•U!t, U L"O fltOIIjl Ull iot\1 adolr-lto thf'<jUPIJoforJ:nrtixf'd At Tlrun.b~· eHning "J m a~• i11;: t he >iJ>eakt·to .,.,.,., .1. A. ~·lett , t'tal oti.'IUiil.l•r of tloe A. t". of L .. ho• ht~P d oiaz nm<:h i:OO'i work in . 'l"itinity bt<•l.•· 111\1 Strpb~11 J . bonl'r ofth"f.lturr.lo &>t:iali• l I'''" BET FOR CATTElL TWO BIG .UNIONS ~· ORGANIZED AT "' ... NIAGARA FALLS ~=i•;:~,J:;::'~I":;'c~~ Qflj~~:::tY· imluee them to join t Hra.. & f or o n ached their de~~tlnatlou t hey were ••••-••• "''"'" o••ertak~ ~y ~-~" ~li« who d~ve theo:r back in t he d1reclloa f rom winch tlley t heir d lltyll lle mea , beeame SAPERSTONE WINS qu~:·~s;:~.:,:;_l'"~~:o:,·~~ -"::e ~~~~·:;;: ], ln.rh. lou! it "monnh 1 , ui t~ " little of 11.1110 ai milarlr eo:rplo,-ed, t o la t h e meantime -, Ollkc, 3~17 G - St- - - Bu11aJo, N.Y. CUT THIS OUT GOOD FOIIIOo OUT OUT TBIB AD AND B&UCO IT TO TO �· TM .Jtot/1. ~ IJqft.DrlM Jlad4 Pllf'l'8 .um QOABT9 lUI II 1111111 .. lfthellllln M. F. CURTIN C;,tu., c••,,ni-•17, !JI~ s_.., .s'""s,_,,v,. 179DewiUSt. ll~oMM-ruM. •1111a1os.MI/tJt P~i.own-.;a~ -:!~~1'1~/:. BZU.HOW~s~;;~~Wt4Mtl da, a\. p ¥.., ., sa...u•. LOUis MAISEL LAbor c.,., •. 011 c,.,,.., ,.,,If.. .St•H,,.K... ...,.flltl y S _ , Comrad~ S.m Atlr.huo11, "' Buffalo, h" be~n ~~t-leeted f ii'M!Dt the B. P. speak~r to "'Jltbt Ualfrd Stain •• the or oti---------- a t the ~oav~ntio11 of t he S. 1>. P. Cannda to 1w held 011 May :!Sth, in Vaneou•·er , n. C. -T he eomnulet ha\'11 ma de flattering oftr to Comrade Atkin· If he .,.iJ\ remain •is month• ..-ith The Amalpm:\lf'd Aa~~oeiat iou of • ·• -·'--·"""'' ·- , - : - · - " - - -·;;;;;;;:.;;;;~~·.;,:;:._;;:;::;: p;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ Dell, b uw. 1828-M: Pho,.. .:o.n, Howan:ll4. Frontl.,23564 Rllh:lenca, FronUat2146 1 StrN!t - Car Men... nf'll<l him in nutra lo, ,,.,J he bat ool -""' •l<'l'i<led whether to ae.-ei>t t beinvitativll oruot, td9 JlnnNiJ lor Wo•n ud £1111•rn HOERBER, KLOCKE CO. Pu n e r u l O l r u c t o r • Important Notice to C...Ct>ool"w"Ubo4I•N10.<~MI..,., OpenOe~ end Night. our Readers &01 WILLI.._M !ill... cor Rhuou - • r -ANTI= WAR DEMONSTRATION MAY-DAY CELEBRAliON Saturdap Evening map 3rd ELMWOOD MUSIC HALL PRINCIPAL SPEAKER CEO~-- R.. KIRKPATRICK. OF NEW YORK <j-TY . AU+ HOR OF_ WAR~W~A . FO P .Jidmission, 10 Cents �(li,.i...... S.b<l.) PUBLI$HaD'IIr"UUtLY BY T K S BUFFALO SOCIAI.lST PUBLISHING COMPANY -...~, JlAJtTUI SlY. Eap Stftllt, W Ka:5UDt.. , . . _ O.OC BUFFALO, N. V, PKANit KHJUUIII'Rllm, T - Mr:.'Qt~~-~]rd&of W. f'.CA~~~';'V.~ ~PrbSI.OOp.I'.,_,SOcamooeta..pa?Mik~.dvaza ~· ' Ezlteftd,.. -.ood ~l~ -UttJ110e 6, Ull2, at W.sx-tofl!loe • ' Bul!'alo, :s- York, uader the Aet at Marc~ 8, 11r.9 WEDNESDAY. APRIL 30,· 1913 A CALL TO ARMS :\nw thnt a JUO\'f"lllf'llt ia on foot l o o rganiU: t h e :ttorr o·l o·rk~ 1\•1 cn •ry ~o•:iKiil>t . eve ry la bor union • . worko·r . lt>nol a hnntl t o tho·lw poor wHgtl workeni in I for :1. dutuc~ to lh·c. It will bo• no c~~..<~y ta11k by 1llly nu•11n~. but we are confident 1\'C will win in tlw t>lld . The ho1111es will bully -and caj ole, some }08(' tht'i r j ohA poBSihly. aucl tho: cRp itali!lt p ri:'SS will tell what cro:oatui'\."S thcst> workers fire. hut if the girls ha \·e made up t hat they will or~:aniz.•·. nothing will thwart them. All thJtt i11 lll'"llcd i11 a HenRc or ~ol idarity a n d the ba,·iug iuteJiig\•nce n nd nen ·e enough to d t·mand what and IOUCCefla iN I!.SI!Urffi . No one tlouhts th~tt the d er ka have t he sympathy or e,·er y one in their r ilo!ht mmtl. 11.11d a strong. ha r d pull togl'the r will do the trick. What will we do with the capitulist undN Soci~tliam 1 Put to wo r k . Thia univerval feaat hu made enormoaa atrjde~ Jn the course of the twenty-four years which have elapsed ainu the Intemational Co'ngreu of Paril 'iD 1889 deeid'ed to ulebra.te il · The number Of eoun. trit:il thr.t are celebrating the fint·of May ill inereuing. May_Day i! beeooriiag mpre and nK!re a worldwide the of international demonatration On whieh the aolidarity aDd unity of the demarnd for expr~ j ttflf itl tbe stl'Ongest pouible terma. ' are unfolding thyuelvM. The eapitaliJ;t clLUei for their IQOds and Jo eruah out their eompetiton using dominion in all eiviliud Jandt~to inereate arm&muU terrible flntu~eial burdens .upon th~ people, aa a reault or whieh the rai!ling 1oeial condition& of the work ~MJ ne sadly n~glected. Against t his disalltroua policy the workers mu1t1vehemently protMt, lfay oppor tunity of t:XJlreM~>iug to the full this proteet. The working claasee do they n e fighting for peace, becauae' they deain! human prog r eu. They - ·.-.-•:·:···,, .::· justice, e \·eu for the mollt .lowly, bceaua~ in thiJ manner only can the bringing liberty t o humanity. ~ . The field or action will e.s:tend j uat ao far as you identify yollt!Jeh ·es more a nd more vdth ized working dau of all lantl•. united in the Inte rnational, and carry on in common with the m for tl1 e liberation of the worker1 from want. mia~::ry, oppreasion and exploitation, towards aim of humanity. . • ~lay the watehword be liberty and equality and ever)-thing which makes for the realization o£ human aspiration. ' Cheers for the International! Let .us Conquer .the World • ' Till M*1 ,.. - . &DOUiu ra.a-: ~lb,... lDd., POUM!r Pip~; rot. 71 ..an, aDOtller WIUII; n.am.,...rorp.&DOWrblan.' ' (IUUIJ) ~ Ule .... tJa. woniq mUUOu 1n . ....,. coutr7 &114 1n......,. wal{o..,. the bosses are piling up elba.at.l ba4 no 1n pubUe ap"llrl. 8&7 more tJIIaD till caw. whicll lb.arlld. tbeif 10\ .. bluW or bude:D. ..,. a1or. SOCIALIST VICTORY w..n pri&lts. . toola baPla- Wh1l<' you ar<' t'ompf'ting profit,;. A ci'·il~~~~~~r:::r~.~~t!~utar~~~i~~e!~~=~!~~~i~~!l~a~o~mp~-,;;;.~d'tl;;;•;;;~t;;~IIJ\~I:;;;;;w.!J~~=;;;;;;-:;;;;:;;;;:";~~;;;;'f;f::":;;;:;;! demands on pr.eseot ·aOeiety. So eloeeyour nnka. ' · for mce th• lllllll WAd a.D ~ 1M b&r'b&rlaiL ftr.t &4...,... U.. YWI4 onr tlM7 llaolll4 lftr Jla7 • part ta peUtae. • ,U poMiliQI.U. of to :;:==':~~~:.,_~:,~toto wu tJIIIlr 411V to 1a11ar &1114 to ollq; - - eov.at ta JOdal 11!1. aa4 ~ ..._ • • 0.. 11&1' »-7 - Clllbr&tl u.. 'I'M~otU..woddq,.O,..a 1111111c ot • W'IID:IQI daaJ w a ~ of -~ ~ ud tal poUtlcal Nil~ alt.-.:rtac~ : alld. ..,. wMQ. UMb' tJIIa mo.t appropda&.l wa,. ot · blrl.al ~titicllla ~ tJ111 people u.m .Jor u t1 to 4tcUAie ._. .uu ctllldld. bod7 -.Did aoa1 tbt crw.t UM - ot ld-.. ,to no:w1pn1~ers are to drop the aub~ect of :.ua~•thtoqd::::~ob~~:::tt: ~~i.-of:=:.:~== ::::a~-=~ ~\hr:;:ri·.~::·,~~11,,;1t,~~··h~~~~.. ~~;1:.~~~~;·h~:~rB~~~~:n;o!rt·i~ 1~~e~ ~~~~~e 1~0~\·:~i,.f,~; ~t!nudU:. ~":; ::aer: ~!~:a:; d..U. pobUe ~oa. · We ban _ _,_ fnm fl ow !o!lnoltht" rnpitnliNI JJ:Oiitinl W11h work th1· Bc]I{11UlS Were 100 tii UhiJorn tO lis t e.n Kill\ We nt tlr.l rlght,\~ 1 ~~;~::~ ~::.r~i:\;::::;g ~~~-or'~ all)' dllin !or OD:r:)'QIDa~:::= tb~::::. =~aad:.:~·~i;;;;.;;l dl~don Hf the ~lriki- miMinfornmtion wa11 publiKhed :~~~:=~~~:!!'; e~Uoo of ov ~ rrom Ull 4 11P0t- U. •llkll "- ~batU• tht• ntunl•rr on 11trikt' Willi terrihle to concede, yet opportlln1tr 'or IDIIIDtal aDd moral Um of !104al 1alt.lt:l;rU.OEY, bbltor)''" !oq)l 110\ N fitudl1· tlw t ru t h •·utnr out thnt u!Jou t ;,()u.fi(){J we r e o n s t r ik e. nnd ,rowVI. aU preju4ICII. Let u riiDnD* U... of tJIII JDUWI., ~ lp whol•·.~nlo•. coa.ce"':: a llrl :~:·~·',~',~~11:1t11\::~··s~1t~~~i,\'~~f m"n•·yloss Willi piliug up in the miUions." 'l'hiiiJ' ~ repnle4 b)' ~lr mu. !::!-:-::. ';::~ ~~-= r: C::u~~~ t tnr owu ll n!Tnl•• Tirru·l!. iu .Idling the Ho•l.g iam wher e they wrre ten . . be1q of lllferlor COIZIPOitti.Oil. I OI dt1aul: La tiM ltat.l. Let Ul ze. 8ll4 ma.lul 1t a plaaan.t ltomc fOI: uuo k1111: m iostKkt'll. AAi,l · '' llt·h:ium 's liuffrn~f' \nw11 ~hotlld Ue ehangl'tl. Lllcapabl.• of that I!D&l)' di4erald.a&l4 member tile 11-.n-b~ IKrl.f!.CII lt111:DU1 \tUp. l•u1 rho· striko·r~ hn \·,. mu,lo· u rmslnkt· in idl·ntrfying t henu1dn•s with ========='~=====~===,b.========= ~·~;~.~ ~:::~;·t~~.~\~:·~:~ :!~~;.. ,~.~~t;:~st'~~.;,:~~:~. ~~:;,'~~!\.:;.~~r::~~~:~e~~~~~,~~~ A NEw· DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Yo·!i. un. t it Willi til,· So1·iulish1 tlmt 1\' 0il the osl rik t·. hut you tlou't .,,.,. th t· Tmt>'-s (tr nny of th•· o ll~o·r "ll(litl!.lilll pApers coming out witl1 full pngt• hNtolin!:'~ 1\Unoum·iu~: t l1e ·· Grcut :-)ocialist \' ictory. '' .& P.&UDIO P.&JIOT. tat NoTembu tbl Bull li-re poUid 14·•.000 'tote. lu Ol~ap. Ill , .... 8pri11g m.u111idpal elertio•, jut O'ttl'.. t he,.polled f.7,000. AI tltl reeeat ll~doa ftn !i.&)'Of ID St. Loui• , th &II lrl.- tudhlar. po.llld 4,1111 •otft aad U.1 Soelallu ditllte '· ' ""'-'_.000. __.:._ ,-- na- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early 20th Century Socialist Newspapers Description An account of the resource The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901, largely as a response to the United States' new industrial economy. A 1908 study by party leaders showed that many of its participants came to the movement after reading socialist literature. In turn, the proliferation of socialist literature was helped by an increase in literacy rates, lower costs of publishing, reduced postal rates, and, prior to the first World War, relatively lax government suppression of print matter. 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