The Social Democrat. (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 80, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 24, 1913 Page: 1 of 4
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THE SOCIAL
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"Without Eronomlc Equality Thw Can Ilf No Social .Turtlce."
VOLUME 2. NO. 80.
Join Your Labor Union
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK., SEPTEMBER 24, 1913.
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SOCIAL DRMOCHAT.
Published every Wednesday
Published by the Social Democrat
Publishing Co.
One Year 50c.
ham and philosophy.
By H. Grady Milner.
We're civilized, e. Yes. Virtue
goes begging in the streets; honesty
1s a di grace; success plants its leet
upon the face of a child; money
buys the :ovo of the one woman;
Six Months 25c. poor girls . U their bodies for bread;
rich girls trade theirs for social po-
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C. H. Armstrong...........Editor, sition; religion is a mockery; and
Stanley J. Clark......At-so. Editor, j upon his pedestaled throne Hyproc-
H. Grady sMilner......Asso. Editor j rlsy leers and grins at all mankind.
Mrs. Dora Mcrtz......Asso. Editor.
______—--The Ancient Hebrews worshipped
Ownership: D. E. Hedgpeth, the Golden Can'; the modern Amcri-
Stanley J. Clark, Dora Mertz, C. H. can worships the Golden Eagle.
A mstrong.
____j The first exclusive God-given mon-
Entered a. Second Class Matter, I opoly seems to have been the liair-
at the l’ostoffice at Oklahoma City,
under the Act of March 3, 1879.
oil invented by Aaron, with patent
rights protected by the Almighty,
and infringements punished by
death.
Marriage under capitalism is but
an invention whereby priests man-
age to collect duty on the divine
pleasures of love.
The proper treatment of old men
DOHA HURTS' DATES. under the Mosaic concept is to be
September 18 to 27, Arkansas un- j found in Second Kings; First Chap-
ter; and along about the first ten
verses.
Office 328 West Third Street.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Phone Walnut
2070.
A cross hero means
your subscription ex-
pires next week.
Secretary
der directions of State
Caller; . Ft. Smith, Ark.
September 28, 29 and 30, Oklaho-
ma City. Okla. State Fair.
October 1, Prague, Okia.
October 2. Castle, Okla.
October 3. Weleetka, Okla.
October 4, Dustin, Okla.
October 5, Bokovhe, Okla.
October 6, Milton. Okla.
October 7. Ft, Smith. Ark.
October 8, Stigler. Okla.
October, 9, Warner, Okla.
October 10, Muskogee, Okla.
I am a patriot. 1 love my coun-
try eno'ugh to tell the truth about
some of its institutions.
Man’s first need is a material one.
Christ realized this. Before He
preached to them He filled their
stomachs. !.et the priests of today
follow tills example and thq world
will be immediately better off.
Economic determinism ruled the
Hebrew prie ts also. I find that they
© © © © © © © © © "S’ © & © ©constantly had God in an awful rage,
^ APPEAL Si'll CARDS.
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© Wo have secured the ser- i
©• vices of Comrade Fred D.
©
© the only propitiation for which was
©ja sacrifice of young mutton. The
© | priests loved mutton.
© * Free-love, If a part of the Soci.il-
Warrcn as one oi the speakers (SJ j jg( philosophy, would have the
at the Socialist Day Celebra- ©j hearty endorsement of the ministry,
tion during the State Fair ©[Their meanderinga in that line have
which is Tuesday, September, © caused so much concern the United
30, 1913, and are to sell 1500 © | states government used tip a page
sub cards for same. I have © in the 1910 eeustts to prove that 59
these cards on hand, same © j ,)Pr cent of their crimes were against
being the r gular 40 weeks © i women.
subscription card, stamped © j -
ready to send in, 25c ea"b. ©j The eugenists have hail their say.
Send to me and help the Ap- ©‘Let me now have mine. I believe in
peal list go up and also help @ love and In toleration: also modera-
tis out in our endeavor to jj} j tion. It is wrong for a man to put
© 5000 for good measure. It's r^] him to l.ring into the world so many
up to you. © I children that they starve. Under
© ©
© © © © © © © © © © © © © ©
f- unly Conventions.
Washington Co., at Bartlesville.!
Sat., Sept. 27th, L. G. Baker.
Canadian Co., at El iteno, Sat.,
Sept. 20th, T. A. Harris
Kingfisher Co., at Kingfisher, Sat .
Sept. 27th, T. A. Harris.
Lincoln Co., at Davenport, Sat.,
Sept. 20th, A. E. Blackwell.
Okfuskee Co., at Okenia^i
Sept. 27th, A. E. Blackwell.
they
present rules of the game, a man
idealizes his sweetheart; but so soon
as he has changed her into a bride
he uses her as a pack horse and a
brood mare.
We prate of currency reform, yet
hold slavishly to a currency system
that had its inception in the desire
of a potentate to practice extortion
upon the people. Are we not yet
civilized ?
SEWING SCHOOL CONDUCTED AT OKLAHOMA STATE FAIR
ROOT'S LEPHEW iS NEW ZEALAND GIVES
SLAii EV IMS' U, S, A COAL HINT
sp*
Steamer Brings Word That Super*
intendent of K| Tigre Mines
Mas Cut to Piece*.
Control soil ' iin..cn»ent of Governs
ment Coal Mines in Alnni.u Giv-
ing Officials < tMte for
Much Concern.
SERIOUS WORK IS CONNECTED WITH INSPIRING PLAY AT THE FAIR.
■While the Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition, Okfchoma City, Sept. 23 to Oct. 4. 1913. will he nothing short
of a collegiate "short cut" for men and women, boys ahl girls, officers and directors are not unmindful of the fact
that it often requires amusement to attract peop to ik struct ion. Tha o • ..son why thousands of dollars
will oe «p< ut for high-class attractions and music this yk'ar. People In this section of Oklahoma are now planning
thnir vacation for the big State Fair and Exposition. j
ing masses makes necessary the so-
cial institutions of today. Because
of numerical Insuperiority the capi-
talists have placed a paper cinch up-
on our jobs and to get by with it In-
vented ethics, and hired philos-
ophers to teach that it was ethically
right for the workers to ho dispos-
sessed; law, and hired lawyers to
prate of the sacred rights of prop-
erty; and religions, and hired preach-
ers to make a mythical god who up-
holds this dispossession. And be-
cause of the insecure foundation up-
on which these Institutions are
founded, they are coming to decay,
and settling into the dust of ob-
scurity.
is provocative of jmtold suffering. It
is responsible for the countless trag-
edies buried in t|e bosoms of men
and women. I? is responsible for the
souls of men being dead, and only
the husks remaining.
They accuse the Socialists of ap-
pealing to the prejudice of the poor
and ignorant. Strange, when 90 per
cent of their diet has been prejudice
from time immemorial.
MINE WORKERS
P»R»0t STREETS
Sat., We need not currency reform half
so much as wo need the social own-
© ©©©©©©©©©©©©© ©!
© ©
fa County Convention Socialist
fa Party, Calvin, Sunday, Octo- ©
her Oth. (». A. Fisk, County ©
igj. Secretary. ©
© ©©©©©©©©©©©©© ©
ership and democratic management
' of those industries socially necessary.
The democrat party and the tum-
ble bug are synonymous terms. They
both transact their business back-
ward. The tumble bug has the ad-
vantage however. He gets by!
Only the dispossession of the toil-
LAN Your VACATION NOW
Why do the old parties howl so
much of the Socialists and berate us
because they allege us to be "free-
lovers” and yet leave untouched the
gospel-peddlers who break up in one
year more homes-than the Socialist
could if they tried? Why? if the
annihilation of the Socialist is what
they want; what do they propose to
do with the others?
iVhat is the greatest need of the
American people today? A better
circulation of money or a better j
medium of exchange? Also, under
the new’ currency bill, with the gov- |
err;r°nt loaning millions to the I
bankers at one and one-half per cent,
how much will the workers get of;
this unless they have good security
to offer?
Why do the capitalists prate of the
workers' immorality if that worker j
spends 50 cents for a pint of whiskey, j
when our capitalists drink chant-[
pagne that costs $*> per quart?
The government is providing mil-
lions of dollars of capital to the na-
tional banks, giving them a greater
club over the lives of the workers,
under the pretext that it is needed
move the crops. How about th*-
workers in those sections of the coun-
try where there are no crops to
move? Do they not need some as- :
sistance also?
Lending the bankers capita! to
lend to the workers at extortionate
rates of interest, and keeping the
workers too poor to buy bam and
eggs certainly looks like class rule
to me.
If we were to revert to the ancient
custom o' death to those guilty of
immorality, ye gods' what a demand
there would be for coffins for ;In-
rich!
if we killed all the immoral men.
the pulpits of the country w’ouid be
practically deceimated by tomorrow
night.
CONVENTION'S.
Hughes County convention at Cal-
] vin, Sunday, October 5th, 2 p, nr.
Comrade Blackwell will address the
convention.
Seminole County convention at
, Wewoko, Saturday, October 4th, 2
! p. m. A. E. Blackwell will address
j the convention.
I Comrades:
! In regard to Referendum No. 0>,
I now being voted on. 1 want to make
j some remarks about the repeal of
i Sections 1G and 17.
As it now stands in our county for
j example, we have two organizations,
i namely County Local and County po-
! litieal organizations,
j Under the state laws we are forced
! to maintain the latter. Therefore
! our county local is of no use as I see
; it, and has nothing to do but burden
a secretary with the task of receiving
; clues and reports from the branches
! and transmitting same to the state
j secretary. Receiving referendum
‘ballots from state secretary, distrib-
uting them to ’lie branches, counting
j the voles and making returns to
: state office.
The present referendum ballots
i were mailed front state office on
September 1st tut 1 reached our
in ire'h .-■<■* r. 11:r> vin the eotinry >
tarv on September 8th. If it v i; •
TRINIDAD, COLO -Two hundred
and fifty members of the United
Mine Workers of America paraded
the streets here before going into
convention to act on the proposed
j strike in district No In. "Mother”
! Jones was cheered as the parade
j parade her hotel. More titan 100
I striking miners from the northern
j Colorado fields marched In the pa-
! rade.
NEW YOR^C. Sept 15. -American
suffragists are talking of nothing
j else just now except the visit of Mrs.
! Emmeline Pankliurst, the militant
| suffragette leader of England, who
) has been jink'd so many times that
t she cannot count them, and v, ho is
| now in Paris, where she fled after
! she was released through hunger
! striking while serving a three-year
tsentence.
.Mrs. Pankliurst. who cc lust in
this country two >i ars ago, will sail
on i.a Provence, Oct. 11. She may
lie held up «t. Ellis Island and sent
back as an undesirable. It is this
feature of her v t i; that is causing
the most discussion. The suite de-
partment has asked for official pa-
pets regarding her status in Eng-
land
Reg.-,ruling her visit the militant
leader said in Paris: "1 intend to
describe and explain the position and
:dm< of our movement in order that
' tv• -an women may understand
what we are doirtc and vtiv and
e ■ ’I eev- : V 'I
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.—Word of
the murder ot Morris P. Root, Ameri-
can superintendent of the El Tlgre
mines ot Tepic, Hex., was brought
here yesterday by the steamer Peru,
which hud nearly 100 refugees
aboard. The mining engineer was
Intercepted by a few bandits as bo
was on his way to join employes of
the company, who were preparing to
defend the mine property. He was
disarmed and cut to pieces. Root
was 50 years old and bad been in
Mexico about sixteen years.
Max Lambert, another American
engineer, who arrived on the Peru,
was left for dead by bandits, who at-
tacked his home in Tepic. Lambert’s
(wife and children escaped by crawl-
ing through a rear window, and he
remained to greet the bandits, whose
approach was noticed when they were
a mile away. They fractured his
skull and left him for dead. When
they departed Mrs. Lambert returned
and summoned aid.
The refugees were from points
along the western coast of Mexico
and they brought repetitions of stor-
ies of refugees who preceded them.
Western Mexico is in a state of an-
archy, they said. Rebel chiefs do
not recognize each other and when
they are not looting and committing
murder they are fighting among
themselves. Americans from the
state of Durango asserted conditions
there are beyond description. They
said the country is overrun with
bands of drunken peons who commit
unspeakable crimes.
The El Tigre mine mentioned is
not the one ownld by Kansas City
capitalists, TCtnfBSS CTty’L’TTTfTfWO.
WASHINGTON,—For the past Id
years the New Zealand government
lias successfully operated two state
owned coal mines. In addition to
supplying its own needs, It has sold
directly to the people in competition
with a coal trust.
This is exactly what tho Poindex-
ter Alar-kan coal bill proposes that
Uncle Sam shall do for the,people
of the United States. The conditions
in both cases*) are so strikingly simi-
lar that it is worth while telling you
tho New Zealand story.
Up to 1903 real production was
wholly in private hands. The inev-
i
eight days to get
office via county
sixtci n days tiim
the vote
secretary.
■ or t wo
WHEN WILL V00 BE-
COME A SOCIALIST?
j That is the question every work-
ing man and woman should as1’ of
himself or herself. Not will you be-
come a .Socialist, but when vvili you
: become a Socialist?
Souse day you will become one.
You do not believe it to day. perhaps
But you will some tins*’.
There Is no other alternative. If
you grant yourself intelligence. The
only objections offered to Hociaiisuc
arc those based on ignorance, preju-
dice or fa!:-, hood.
p.'cMV ot you Lit, ,
let licsitato i:.- saying "Yes
; ,. -■ v,. ..' o i.i'c a o' .'1
I ......
arc known there -made Its appear-
ance, and, in combination with tho
"shipping ring," controlled the mar-
ket exactly as does the railroad-coal
‘ com hi nee in Pennsylvania.
The government was paying high
: prices to run Its raiironds.
Fear foal Shortage.
Presently prolonged strikes in tho
i Australian mines threatened a short-
age from -that source, and the New
Zealand combine prepared to charge
famine prices and reap a harvest.
The people of New Zealand reasoned
the situation out about like this:
| The coal ring proposes to rob us,
V*; can't afford it, and, besides, only
1 fools or Impotents will consent to bo
roDbed. We have abundant coal on
lour stun land*. It is our coal. Our
j government is maintained to do
some!.tin • besides collect taveg and
look \y) e. D is our government. Wo
!own and operate the rulmy : j; why
not min*-.*? Ho they told to* ir gov*
; eminent to get into the coal bu 1-
jnt BS a art dr* It quick,
I The government, then under tho
i leadership of the famous prcini: t.
Richard B< kb u. who had started fa*
lift- •* t, m•»!••-. did ct quickly. Tla
parliament passed a law t:.ithqrts--
int: two state coal mines.
T* n--i Gang Fail1.
; The ring mu l.kied i ;• ;ho f >v-
' eminent wont lit aiis: . •■’ Uli
its mines. They opened in 1 ■ I
at first the entire output was t - .tv
by , i a life id.t and other R";v:
pot. v.> r op* net! uj* in lV'
p!o citios, and coal was toU
prop! * ju around $7 per tr>ii
to
d branch a
private n
ur.ition, i!
>£ from * J
-3! :J.
of our local without haSIota at hand
to accommodate comrades who might
hr in attrndanri
All orsanizai
ini? locals or n
encampment
on by the
tion.
Coinrad
to have r:
the state
merey in
and want to vote.
>n work, like boost-
conduct in sc campaigns.
rtc . can b»* cjtrried
rny political or^aniza-
paid i!c
d non
;> im}
tiurro ii
ft i »• i
can?, u {»
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< Sl»l|w «
1 Kir
REDUCED RATES ON ALL RAILROADS
NflTiELLOi
AND HIS BAN
GREATEST LIVt STOEK SHOW IN THE SOUTHWEST
! iimik it much hm.«*r
branch deal direct wi?h
clary. Then let all our
, coon?v br dirrrt. d ro-
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. •iiueiif went
nor to »ui>-
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?ate private
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mon (USS HARWEy AND RUNNING BACK DAILY
H©PT-. 29 OGT 3 *
Seeing so much suffering in the '.y'lu
land, I am impelled to the belief that i.usine
God is too busy in his fight vv it.ii *ii<• ton -•
devil to give us any attention at this this, t
time, and therefore the problem is HttUst
up to us. Let us face it like til- a.
—---- Wh.
Virtue under capitalism is dead, v :
Every woman tins Her price. TV- |mli
woman in th* street has hers, arid :.!
women of the middle c!a.-:s s> I! *'*• ■■*:-
atlvea for a home, or arc g..
their parents to those men able to thank
buy a borne
Only through the suicide route car
a young man under capitalism t»• t
hi* ideals and keep pis promise-*
the one woman u*t_4 bis eyes bav*
closed In dreamless sleep
imp
ft*
these resoiutkt:
, Canadian Valle;
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S tie t t| -t) iSh •- I ' *
Record and the So
praise
«off in.
fc pea *
The necessity under capitaliam of* rial Democrat for publication.
a woman looking first for a home A. H. CULLY. Pres.
Belgium maintains at public
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with Her. chlsm.
the i Kotam Texas, Oct. lath aud i«th:
ideUat*? with R< v. Lemmons.
| Bomanon. Texas. Oet 28tb ttnd i
ex-12t‘th. at r.trht; debate with tleu M.
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Mr
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do* of
• 1 y girls wt-ro
for - rying a
"Can a girl live
banuer that i vi
on ?? * week*"
The juds* continued the case for
,i month nod promired a dismissal
if the r-rS* **-! 'atn* J from further
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