The Social Democrat. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 85, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 22, 1913 Page: 4 of 4
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«’l<*arly that the early Christians were
Qt Communist*. They opposed almost
4$ YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN {H everything the C'athollr church now
* ® favors, and they favored all nscsn-
Ual proposition* for which Socialists
- now contend. We read In Acta 4th,
SAGACITY OF A MOUSE. eraes 34 and 35, the following
Some nature atudenta contend that which ahowa the . irly follov.fr* of
doga are the moat intelligent of ail Jesus to he Coutoniiiiata
animals. Others aay horaea are. "And the multitude of them th3t
While some maintain that elephants believed were of one heart, and
•nd beavers and other animals are one soul; neither aald any of them
Just as bright as dogs. My own that ought tff thin*- which he po.
•pinion is that all living things from , sensed was his own; but they had ail
Wheatland, Cal.,
Strike.
Hop Field
MEN WHO PLOTTED RULER’S
LIFE ARE BLOWN FROM
GUNS.
&
EXTRACTS FROM
$
l.oa Angeles, Cal,-—Vividly pietur-iand to such opportunity to earn a
ing the outrage* that were perpe- few dollars under, at the best ______________ ______
trated In the name of the law In the conditions. Is In Itself a sad common- barbarous'cotintry. the nine
flea tp man, possess intelligence things common. Neither was there Wheatland hop field "riots" on An- tary upon the status of the laborers i blown
Allahabad, IndW.—AH the bar-
barities, cruelties and tortures of
; the days of Clive and Warren Hast-
i itigs were recalled by the exe-
jcution of nine men for ^mprisi.ig
to assassinate the ameer of Afghan-
istan.
While a great crowd was assem-
hard | bled at Kabul, capital of the semi-
were
•nd have reasoning faculties. Of
course those faculties are much
more unfolded or developed In some
insects, birds and animals than in
others. All life is intelligent and
there are good reasons for thinking
that all living creatures are progress-
ing and slowly climbing the stair- need."
way that lead* to spheres or zones This Communism was practiced nv
Of greater power of expre slug Christians for three hundred years,
thought. I read once a story about Then Christianity was made a state
low a nature student lay motionless religion and was radically change I
on a fallen log in the forest, and both In doctrines and practice. Before
silently watched an animat at play the time of the Emperor Consta t-
in the grass nearby. This was a tine the Christian church was In
large, brown mouse a meadow truth the friend of working people
Bouse, that had come out from his and the poor. Under Constantine
home under the log. and when tired I the rich pagans got control and
Of play had sat up to make his toilet, "paganised" the church. They abol-
Uslng hi* forepaws as hands, the
Bouse combed the white fur on his
breast, and licked himself smooth
and sleek. Satisfied at length with
his appearance, he began to search
for food.
He did not have, far to go, for a
few-' stalks of wheat grew among the
thick weeds near at hand. The
Bouse was so large that he could
to death from the mouths of
any among them that lacked; for an *<»at »■ N. A. Richardson, special of the Weal. This status the em-(cannon
many as were possessors of lands or commissioner for the Socialist Party ployers will understand and they Hablbullah Kahn, the ameer who
houses, sold tb« n and brought the(‘>f California, has finished his ,-t seem generally In no wise loth to raids like a feudal despot In these
prices of the tilings that were sol.! vestIgation of the atrocities and take advantage of It. modern times wished to give his
and laid them down at the apostles’ j *•««»« his report, calling for imme Thig maR8 of m,.n *omen people a terrible object lesson on the
feet, and distribution was made «n- « » e action by the Socialist Parly children, variously estimated a. from danger of plotting against the life of
to every man according as he had BM.m4.ob recommends that the cn- eighteen hundred to twentv-thro, a monarch.
tire party be thrown Into action a* hundred (and doubtless tear the! He chose
once and that the national office b- |attpr flKHro) were
asked to nrge other states to also dpr condj,
offer assistance. could well be devised or imagined—land employed by
therefor a method of
to work on- [ punishment made infamous by the
unendurable as old moguls more than 150 years ago
the British cort-
Ir
ished property held in ,'oinmon and
substituted private ownership; they
charged usury and monopolized pub-
lic utilities; they promoted wars, en-
slaved prisoners, engaged In the
slave trade, bought and sold slaves,
persecuted Jews, upheld bloody kings
and tyrants and built up colossal
private riches by exploiting the work
ing people. Reliable historians say
probably ha e bent the stalk down | that, according to the early church
•nd brought the grain within reach fathers, avarice was oneo f the great-
est of crimes. Usury, lending money
at Interest, was strictly forbidden.
Said Tertulllan: "All Is common
with us except women." Said St.
Basil: “The rich man Is a thief.
Said St. Augustine: “Private prop-
erty originated in usurpation. Prop-
erty Is not a natural right, hut a pos-
itive right, founded simply on civil
authority." Said St. Jerome; “Op-
ulance Is always the result of theft.
If not committed by the actual pos-
sessor, then by his predecessors.”
Said St. Ambrose: "The soil was
given to the rich and poor lu com-
mon. wherefore, oh, yt ich, do you
unjustly claim It for yonrselvos
alone? Nature gave all tilings in
common for the use of all, usurpa-
tion created1 private rights.” Said
St. Chrysostom: “The idea we
should have of the rich and covetous
they are truly as robbers, who.
standing in the public highway de-
spoil the passers." • • •
Father Patrick O'Reilly ought to
be familiar with this well-known his-
tory of the Christian church. If he
is a» Ignorant of church history as
he Is of Socialism, lie is an object of
pity. The honeBt truth Is that the
modern Catholic church, in doctrine
and practice has little resemblance to
the (iirbtjgn church as It was prior
to the third century, when It was
paganized. With all sincerity I
solemnly declare that after a careful
st^dy of history. I believe that So-
cialism comes nearer being genuine
Christianity as Christ taught and
practiced than does the Homan Cath-
olic church. That church opposes
about everything taught and prac-
ticed try Jesus and the apostles, while
Socialism Is advocating nearly every-
thing they stood for. Socialism
makes no pretense of being a ro-
liglou, but speaking for myself Cone,
Ri< hardson finds that there now conditions to which no chattel slave j querors of India to strike terror to
.in a < ozen men in jail as a result owner could afford to subject his the hearts of the conquered natives,
of the hop fields trouble, ail of then, properties. | Knowing their fate, the nine men
arrested "on suspicion" and none
of
them by any chance being auy more
guilty than any of the 2,000 who
W'ere on the
ft LETTERS AND OUR CHAIN
® OF PAPERS $
v2 @
• * * I will say tbt* much for the
Miller County Leader, it has accom-
plished more than ail the speakers
we have ever had in Eldon.
Yours for the revolution.
FRED McCOY,
Eldon, Mo.
• • •
Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 11, 1913.
Dear Comrades Editor:
The enclosed "Wheatland Hop
Field Report” (to be found elsewhere
in this issue—Ed.) is mailed to you
in the hope that you will use as
much of It as possible.
We shall be thankful for all the
publicity you can give the matter.
The issues involved are grave, and
call for a united protest from the So-
cialist party.
Yours fraternally,
THOS. W. WILLIAMS.
LOCAL MEETING.
j In the first place the temperatuie j were halt dragged out of their pris-
| during all the time considered in thi.s;on *n Kabul, marched through the
xrourds on th s 1 ¥ i rePort dally reached 100 degrees 0'(8treet8 ,0 the parade ground and
Of iho ntme11i, ‘ , mor<U and a hop field at such a time drawn up in line while the cannon Our local is coming to the front
rbppn ^ Ben8e a de8,rab,e work,:,K r "\2ZZ7u, rrr;
of "vicious troatment^'and 'conatafttly No or little water was furnished 8trapped to tlle mouths of tne bers Meetlp*9 are wel1 Qt"
held In vile pens in the hope of for.;- ,hH workerB. though there was oppor-|rJnnon
ing from them "confessions" which jtunlty for them to buy citrus acid
they cannot honestly make. ("lemonade” at five cents per glass
That the first shot In the trouble Ifrom a v«*nder to whom the propri-
wns fired by the sheriff of Yuba|etor8 had so,d the concession for its
As most of
If not, be could certainly have
climbed the stalk. He did not try
cither of these plans, however; for
these were not his ways. .Sitting up
very straight he bit through the stalk
as high up as he could reach. The
weeds were so thick that the Htalk
could not fall Its full length; and
the freshly cut end settled down up-
on the ground, with the straw still
erect and the grain out of reach.
The mouse again bit the straw in
two, and again the upper portion
tattled down. In this way he bit off
five lengths of straw before he could
fcrlng the grain within reach of his
paws. These forepaws were very
Skillful little hands; and he deftly
kusked the grain and ate it, sitting
•ract and holding It to his mouth as
•aurally aa a boy would hold an
apple.—R. A. Dague.
SOCIALISTS START OUT WRONG,
SAYS PRIEST.
When the last thong w*s fastened
the terror of the prisoners plainly
(showing In their faces as they await-
ed their fate with bodies writhing,
„ . oui„ ___________ . , the military commander of the exe-
County iii *1 nuttoiiint to diiinpriui ,i shh upon t.nc promises. As most ot
7, nauelnpt 10 al*penM) “ „ .. .. (ention squad gave the signal and the
peaceful meeting that he had no right | e laborers came there penniless ;rannnn u.„r„
and could average to earn but 75
cents to $1.50 per day by their toil, |
the "lemonade" proposition did not
appeal to them as In any sense phll- j Wlth sn,okfi and fraEment8 of men'
anthropic. | Tho ameer was avenged.
„ , „ ! Until news of this execution
Sanitary Conditions Horrible. rpa(.hpd Allababad Br,t,sh ruler8 be_
The sanitary conditions were ua- (
to molest, Richardson declares to he
an admitted fact, sworn to by Ralph
Durst, himself. Durst operated the
ranch on which the shooting took
place. The entire history of the trou-
ble and of the report and the injust-
ice of the officials is clearly estab-
| cannon were fired.
For an instant or two the air In
i front of the canon mouths was filled
equal anything ever revealed in
American industry are shown to from time
lieved the barbarous method of pun-
ishment had long been discarded. It
ing many movab e toilets so placed ,, , ,
^ was recalled, however, that the Brit-
■to time as to aecomino-
lsh themselves used It during the
have existed prior to the day of the date this human horde, there wer*. jSeoov mutinies
00t,nB' some say six and some say eight. i‘ Hector Munro, who wa. then
Richardson’s report now Is before plac8d Permanently along a trench H njajor In the British army of In-
the entire state executive boar 1, PU s ( t u ^reat fit Id of labor : dia, first employed the cannon* moutn
which, without doubt.
unanimously. The movement
will concur l,lf imnu diate \i« init> of (lie l*v- j metb0(j Df punishment against the (The Fort Scott Socialist.—S.
ing and cooking quarters. These (nativeg
After the giassacre of
tended and enthusiastic.
At the last meeting the local di-
rected the secretary to order a sup-
ply of literature, and the local will
soon be in possession of 3,000 books
and pamphlets for distribution.
Whenever a person is persuaded to
read Socialistic literature with an
understanding mind, that person is
a convert. And this local is going
to extend itself to see that the peo-
ple get the literature to read.—
Rogers County Voice, Collinsville,
Okla.
• • •
Fort Scott local had a good meet-
ing November 3d. Comrade J. H.
Bard from lola, was present and
gave a lengthy talk on hla co-oper-
ative publishing plant. The object
of his coming was to get the Fort
Scott comrades to renew our paper,
M. Stal-
f ***<&®«HBMMH***» «
& &
ARKANSAS STATE NOTES. Jb
&$$&&$&$»»»»»»s
Seventeen locals during the first
twelve days is our record for No-
vember.
• • •
National Referendum B has gone
from the state office to every local
in the state. If you have not re-
ceived yours, notify headquarters at
once.
• • •
Comrade T. P. Laughlln is coming
back Into the state. He is the all
’round best organizer we have ever
had In the state and we should give
him every encouragement.
• • •
Comrade Patton organized three
locals in Adhley County last week.
• • *
Comrade Blackwell who Is filling
the Mertz dates through Crawford
and Sebastian Counties, has organ-
ized a local at every place he has
spoken.
t • •
The Jefferson County comradss
are routing Comrade Galloway
through Jefferson County.
Comrade Hopper of
writes for organization
supplies.
Paragould
blanks and
The Highland comrades write for
a speaker.
“W'e want to organize a
this place. Send us blanks.’
Davis, Fir.
local at
1—O. D.
raise funds for the defense of the w®r* foul beyond description and the Pa(na jn j-61 in wbk.h 2 00P Sepoy8
men now held In jail will be start'd h1**1 10118 of flies that
lard in Appeal to Reason.
*
Creston, Iowa.
(By R. A. Dague.)
The Tacoma, Wash., Dally News
Mid:
" ‘Workingmen will never benefit
from Socialism, as it starts out with
,«ro wrong principles,’ said Father
Patrick'O’Reilly at 8t. Leo's church
mission. He declared that in twro-
ty-flve years Socialism had grown
from a mere speck on the horizon to
• movement so great that it must he
considered.
" ’The doctrine of Socialism
teaches that all wealth Is produced
by unskilled labor and that all men
are born equal,’ he said. 'Both these
assumptions are false, as you can
nee by a little thought.
” ‘To say that all men are born
equal Is another mistake. Of course
all men are born with the same civic
rights under the law. but no two men
are born with equal talent, brains,
Industry and ambltlcn.
“ ’Men are not all equal. One is a
spendthrift while a brother from the
name stock may be prudent enough
to lay up his wealth for a rainy dav.
" ‘We do not say that there are not
•vile In the world to be overcome,
But we do say that Socialism will
■ot provide the remedy. The Cath-
olic church Is a friend of the work-
ingman and will help to better his
condition whenever possible.’ "
Father O'Reilly may be honest,
and If he Is. then every lnteUlge.it
Socialist who reads the above knows
he is lamentably ignorant regarding
the doctrines of Socialism. They
know that Socialism does not favor
a single proposition mentioned above
as Socialist principles. No Socialist
writer of repute contends that all
wettlth la produced by unskilled la-
bor. Socialism says: "Every work-
er with head or hands in every useful
occupation should receive the full
ftluc of his services "
Socialists do not say that “all men
•Pa horn with equal talent, brains,
fadtmry and ambition.” What Social-
ism does say is, "that children born
into this world should have equal op-
portunities to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness, and that wealth-
producing utilities necessary for the
sustenance of all should not he ownod
by a few monopolists and operated Berlin. Germany,
for private profit. Therefore our So- i Democrat has been
an indefinite
ness on the part of ihe proprietors
such a violation of
lte|M>rt of the State Executive Coni- as would land
mittee of the Socialist Party of Pr'8°a for
California on the Matter of the,bard "ork-
Wheatland Labor Troubles. ! The wages paid was 90 cents per
In view of the serious nature of. J100 pound> of hops and a bonus was
and the conflicting reports concern- 'offered of an extra 15 cents per
Say but didn't every body respond
nobly to the big special distribution.
We knew every body was willing to
-big Xmas
they bred ; and 200 Britons were killed as a se-
at once by the Socialists of Callfor- f"'armc °'tr everything. I he 'a- j qUej to a war begun by the Nawab
nia. One of the prisoners is a So- adequacy of these accommodations, ;of Mur8bldabad tbe Sepoyu instituted „„„ w.,„ue,
cialist party member, one is an I. W. wr< 1 *( a8 * ' •' "ere. 1* at once ap- lbejr ftr8t mutiny against the Eng- j work. Look for another call about
W., and the others, for the most parent: antl before one or more of Hsh
part, are unattached laborers. them women would lon? stand In S|r Hector quelled that mutiny and
THOMAS W. WILLIAMS. “* at on® charity * bread tils- | exeruted 20 of tbe rlnfleader. by
State Secretary-Treasurer Socialist, tr|butions. In this matter we " it- having them blown from the mouths
Party of California. n*88 ’be part of the proprietors of ^non SubBPqlIPntiy. the meth-
decency and of od a.aR d|8Parded ag too cruel for
use, even among barbarians,
period st i____
WHY I AM A SOCIALIST.
the middle of December
edition.
It was decided by Topeka Local
No. 1 that we have a big rally of all
the Socialists of Shawnee County.
Date and place of meeting will be
mentioned later.—Shawnee County
Socialist, Topeka, Kansas.
Any statement made in The Plain
Dealer that is erroneous will be
gladly corrected. Any denial will be
(By J. A. Smith.)
When 1 look into the sweet, inno- _________
ing the origin and outcome of the la- hundred to each worker who stayed ! eent faces of my little ones, and then gladly published.
bor troubles that occurred at Wheat- .with the Job from beginning to end think, that, under the present sys-1 Any democrat has the privilege of
land, California, during the first of the season. In the conditions tern, founded as it is upon exploiU-
week of August, 1913, the State Ex-, that there obtained, there was littie tion of labor in which men, women
excutive committee of the Socialist probability of the bonus' increasing and children are compelled to worn
Party deemed It necessary to make the tqfal outlay of the employer. Af- for starvation pay. and become dis-
offtoial Investigation of this matter, jter the trouble occurred, the price cased and die from lack of
to the end that they might more in-;Pald the new lot of workers was $1
telligently advise action on the pari ; per hundred.
of our membership in relation there- j It must be here observed that the
proper
nourishment, clothing and shelter,
there Is a possibility that they may
be forced Into prostitution and a
replying to any article published in
The Plain Dealer.
The many new subscribers without
solicitation, is gratifying. We thank
them, one and all. and if you do not
get your money’s worth, you get
your money back, and your subscrip-
tion free. That is fair, honest and
to. Accordingly N. A. Rlchardon ; original price paid or even the $1 Is premature death, it sends a hot and just.—Plain Dealer, Corsicana, Tex.
was appointed a sub-committee to go
to the vicinity of said troubles and
to learn all possible pertaining to
them. The sub-cop.-111(166 report* as
follows:
Report.
I say unhesitatingly that even a' a To the State Executive Committee o'
religious system I prefer It
monizei
theology, either Catholic or Protest- j Pursuant with your instructions. 1
*“*• spent the time between the 20th. and
less than that which prevailed in
that part of the country. If for r.o
other reason,
care required
burning desire into my soul to stamp
out. with all the strength and vigor
because of the extra of my manhood, the profit, rent and
by the Dursts of the Interest system as 1 with my
The Lincoln County Socialist has
| kicked off its swaddling clothes,
heel 1 donned its overalls, and gone into
pickers that they deliver each a is would crush the head of a venomous ; the ring to stand for the rights of the
quota free from all leaves or stems, [snake that threatened to bury its working class, without, any apologies
In consequence of this extra work pdisonous fangs Into the flesh of one to the capitalist class or their re-
,0 any | f be Socialist Party of California. J the Durst hops bring the highest of my children. itainers and paid hirelings.—Plain
r , a* a , matnmonized church , Comrades tparket prices. No ordinary picking “He that taketh interest, blteth i tainers and paid hirelings.—-Lincoln
could pass their inspection. (like a serpent.” iCounty Socialist, North Platte, Nen.
“We can’t Stnml This” Workers Cry. I In the place of the interest, rent ! -
Altogether the conditions were and profit system which makes men COST OF’ LIVING CRAZES MANY,
wholly intolerable and revolt was at similar to the lowest beast, I would j Columbus, Ohio.— The steadily
Mrs. Francis D. Everatt, Highland
Fark. 111., told of the work of wom-
en's federations at the Purity cong-
ress at Minneapolis. Minn.
“The national federation promoted
passage of the white slave act,” she
said. "It is now working for uni-
form marriage and divorce laws, and
for requiring health certificates as a
preliminary to marriage. Woman
have brought about passage of J-i-iing these troubles
2«th days of October. 1913, in the
vicinity of the Wheatland labor trou-
bles. I interviewed many persons
possessed of knowledge of this affair
—persons of all shades of political
creed and of labor affiliation. I also
consulted at some length a tran-
script of the evidence taken before
the coroner's inquest on the victims
of that strife and also at the pre-
liminary hearing of some who are
charged with crimes committed dur-
All the essential
venlle court act*, and in Chicago now points of this report are gleaned
have a woman Judge to hear the
girls' cases in juvenile court. Ter.
days ago lectures on sex hygiene be-
gan to be delivered In the Chicago
high schools.
‘‘The women of our federation
now stand for the single standard .if
morals for wen and women, for com-
mitting erring women to Industrial
home* Instead of fining them, and
for the annihilation rather than the
regulation of vice.”
that 13 per cent of the 2,399 Ohioans !
whose mentality weakened last yeir j
(suffered because of causes akin to I
.financial trouble—overw-ork, worry
Comrade Patterson of Eldorado
writes for organization blanks and
supplies.
• • •
“I believe that we are making
good. We are holding splendid meet-
ings, having good programs and
large crowds." — Arch Carnett,
Combs.
• • •
The Denning comrades are organ-
izing a Socialist Sunday school.
• • *
H. Chilcote of Fryatt sends in his
application for a members!) Ip-at-
large card.
* • •
The Truman comrades have or-
ganized and write for a speaker.
• • •
Comrade C. S. Ledbetter of Gos-
nell Is routing an organizer for his
part of the state. Write him for
dates. A number of good locals are
possible over there and we should
line them up.
• • •
O. F. Bransfatter held a splendid
meeting in Ft. Smith, Sunday No-
vember 9th.
• • •
Should your letter not receive the
prompt answ-er it should, remember
the volume of work in the state of-
fice and be patient. A number of
good comrades are helping get out
the work voluntarily but with that
the work is very heavy and take*
much time so be patient.
• • «
Speakers' Dates.
A. E. Blackwell—
Nov. 21, Dyer.
Nov. 22, Mulberry.
Nov. 23, Dora.
Nov. 2f, Rudy.
Nov. 25, Hobbs.
Nov. 26, Lancaster
Nov. 27, Mountainberg.
N.ov. 28, Chester,
Nov. 29, Armada.
Nov. 30, Kimes.
Dec. 1, Lees Creek.
Dec. 2, Natural Dam.
Dec. 3, Union Town.
Dec. 4, Cedarvllle.
Dec. 5, Dripping Spring*,
Dec. 6, Figure Five.
Dec. 7, Van Buren.
W. M Ferguson—
Nov. 21, Brownsville.
Nov. 22-23-24. Cabot.
Nov. 25. Wattensaw.
WHERE “YOU" BEI/ONO.
from non-socialist and non-i. W. W
sources.
In the vicinity of Wheatland are
many fields given to the growing of
hops. One of these Immediately
joining the town is that of the Durst
Brothers: and during the times of
the trouble there, this was under the
personal supervision of one of the
brothers, Ralph Durst.
ANOTHER SOCIALIST 11 V,S E tsy
TIME LANDING SEAT IN GFIR-
MAN REICHSTAG.
be gathered within a period of no response
more than three weeks, th* demand At such a meeting about three da s
for a tremendous influx of laborer after the opening of work, a comra't-
for a short term of service is great tee was appointed to interview Mr.
i »B‘i imperative. Durst and see if conditions could
Another Social- | Slavery Never Worse Than This. not be improved They did so and
once in the wind. At every gather- establish a co-operative common-| increasing high cost of living threat-I
Ing. at meal or eventide it was con-; wealth—the kingdom af love an.l®ens to compel Ohio to build mce
stantly whispered or proclaimed, justice in which the souls of men (asylums to house its breadwinner*]
"We can't stand this. What shall we and women would develop into rare : who are worried into insanity;
do?" They told of the hardship they beauty and be crystallized in the fire j through inability to "make both ends
had endured and the sacrifices made j of God's infinite lore, and Instead of > meet." Reports of the state board 1
to get there; and of their awful dis- ■ looking into worn and haggared of administration to Gov. Cox show j
appointment amd often of their awful faces of littie children compelled to j
poverty. .Uoil day in and day out. year in and
There was no semblance of organ- year out in the mills mines, factories
ization among them So far as I (and sweatshops, we will listen to the j
could learn they were but a hetero- joyous shouts and laughter of happy, (and nervous exhaustion,
genoua mass containing but o ie healthy children at play in parks and I Statistics of the occupations of
known member of the I. W. W. and playgrounds bathed in the sunshine ; those admitted show that more and! ^bo place of every working man
one other who had formerly been a and clothed in the beauties of nature, more persons In walks of life where 'and woman i? in the Socialist mor.>-
momher of that organization. One is Hence 1 am In Uie Socialist party the remuneration Is not great are 111,001 because Socialism Is the one
known to be a member of a Socialist and am agitating for working class committed each year—laborer*, me- ■ ntotement In tbe world devoted to
local They were a mass of unskill 'd political unionism and political ac- . rhanics. miners, painters carpenters, protecting the Interests of the work
laborers from everywhere. (tion. that those who toll may seize {The percentage of prcrfesslonai in- 'n® class, to aiding the workers in
But there here existed such condi-j the powers of government, answer j mates has correspondingly decreased 1 securing shorter hour, higher wages
tlons as compel human being to e»- j their own prayers, bring ,to pass the ...........—- ‘and first, last and all the time to
operative activities; and a sugges- Christians hope, apply Christian; G. K. Chesterton, a leading literary j helping them in their effort* to hu-
man of England, lately wrote these prove their material living coudi-
words. "One can say clearly of the tlons.
ralvanists. that they found something Helping the workers is the BNf
even worse, and even less obvious day *ltn of Socialism, but the gre*t
than atheism. The argument against S°al towards which Socialists are
losing faith is that you lose hope— working Is a new society in which
and generally charity. But the cal- every worker shall receive the value
This property is of several hundred tion of a general meeting to discuss ethica to civilization and make
acres, and as the crop of hop* must their common grievances met a ready straight in the desert of commercial-
ism, a highwsav for the "Prince of
Peace."
............ ,0 ,bo j Alluring advertisements of an op- he told them to put their grievance*
cUIist motto Is: "Equal opportunities German retchstag at a by-election at portunlty for an outing, a good time, and demands into writing and call
to all; special privilege* to none. Dresden Neustadt. The candidate, a chance to combine pleasure with upon him at 10
Father O’Keilly ought to read up a Herr Buck, had an easy victory, with money making, etc., were responded
•it before talking obout Socialism 31,125 vote* as against the 14.201 to. In this Instance alone, by more
Hb ?3T* the Catholic church f* a gained by hi* closest opponent. Dr. , than two thousands of men, women
friend of the working people. Now. j Hartmann, Conservative. Buck ha* and children. these were *e’
I admit it was IB it* infancy, but in ! been foi *osne time secretary of the work upon the field of the ranch
l*t*C year* It aligned Itself on the ; workingmen's union In Dresden. It might be well to here remark,
Bd* of the rich and powerful and ----
•BNOUer* of workso* peoprn even-, Labor s* ssxpioited through inter- that such swarm* of labor respond so
o'clock next "day,
Sundav. Another meeting w«« he;d
and the required statements formu-
lated
(Continued Next Week.)
IN SCHOOL.
There seems to remain some no-
tion that if the schools teach useful
things, and make their teaching
pleasant. It will be bad for cutture.
The truest culture af all Is that
which knows what to do with Us
hands Culture without work is
dilettantism “Labor is a law of
life.’
>Mts. jjftpariisi bitteriM* prove jeat, rent or profit*.
•readily to a call tor ■« hriet a term. *troycd.
A system that Is foutwled upon th- .
exploitation of labor, is condemned vir Worker where do you come
oVGod and will inev itably be de- ' in at, in "the best banking system in
it he weriw
vis has ha*.
vanlsts who knew they were !os»,
abandoned hope, and those who knew
they were saved, abandoned char-
ity.”
THE OLDEST SEPARATOR
“I see you keep * cow ”
“Yep.”
“Got a separator?*
"Yep.”
“What make?”
“Urn it. I separata tha cow from
her milk twit* a day.”
tot his
er.
product.—Progressive Work-
Soctnlism will destroy the interest,
, rent and profit syateiu, establish eo-
! operation in the place of competl-
■ tion and make it possible for all to
have the rfiil benefits of the social
product of their labor.
Skv.iaJtam has but one country—
;he w-srid, hut one natioa — bwir •
jiti. bii one ratig jzv-tnttfc.
* *
U. Mtnpaiga.
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