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VOL V. H E L E N A MONTANA. T H U R S D A Y , J A N U A R Y 3 1907. NO. « .

Russia Doing Own Thinking

Its Carter's Political Pot Boiling

• •Tha t t rouble w i t h the C u r , " s a i d a great d i p l o m a t , " l a t h a t h e Is t ry ­i n g t o do the t h i n k i n g f o r 140,000.000 peop l* . B u t the 140.000.000 a re o n s t r i k e a g a i n s t the c f a r m o n o p o l y o f t h i n k i n g about R u s s i a n a f f a i r s . N i c h ­o l a s II a n d h i s h e n c h m e n t have ;<>l lens In f luence o n the hea r t s a n d m i n d I of t he R u s s i a n people t o d a y t h a n T R o o s e v e l t .

W a l k d o w n the s t ree t s o f S t . Pe t ­e r s b u r g a n d see wha t the h a w k e r s t e l l Y e l l o w Journa l s , c a p i t a l i s t d a l l ­ies b a c k e d by some M o r g a n ' s m i l ­l i o n s ? H a r d l y .

H e r e i s a p i c t u r e o f K a r l M a r x 2 f e^ t b y 4, a n o t h e r of B e b e l !

B u y the newes t e d i t i o n o f the c o m ­m u n i s t m a n i f e s t o . A n o f f i c e r In u n i ­f o r m t akes a copy . N o d i s g r a c e i n Ruse l a . v

A l l the c o n s t i t u t i o n s o f the w o r l d f o r t en cen t s . C o n s t i t u t i o n s a re n o i s a c r e d In R u s s i a but they a re Inher­es* Ing. S o m e day the peop le In t end to h a v e one. In the m e a n w h i l e t h v a re s t u d y i n g t v o r e o f the o t h e r l a m ' s to see w h a t not to do. D o y o u i m a g

The p o l i t i c a l game is a l r eady r o l l i n g mer r i l y i n He lena . A t an ezampla of the unpar t iaan d i v i s i o n of the " p l u m s ' in the l i ne of " i n t e r e s t s " tbd Inde­pendent ba t been g i v e n the state pr in t ­ing . Tho award was g ran ted by Qov . Toole, A t t o r n e y - G e n e r a l G a l e n and the State A u d i t o r . T h e aud i to r dissented f r o m thia f a v o r i n g of the Independent , which is on the u n f a i r l i s t of the unions o w i n g at improper t rea tment of i ts employees. Pe t i t i ons have come f r o m the unions f r o m a l l over the atate a sk ing that the contract bo not g iven to the Independent , but the democrat Toolo and the r epub l i can G a l e n pre­fe r red to s lap the union men of M o n ­tana i n tho face to ca r ry out the i r own ul te r ior purposes. It is supposed that Car te r c r acked tho w h i p over Ga len and ho had to keep lock stop.

The R e c o r d i f the r epub l i can sheet. It is con t ro l led by the sympa th ize r s of D i x o n and is agains t the repub l ican machine a l a A m a l g a m a t e d and Senator Car te r . Ca r t e r has made an at tempt to get a c o n t r o l l i n g share of i ts stock, but has f a i l e d ; consequent ly ho d ive r t s his f a v o r s to the democra t ic M i a s In-

THE DEATH-SENTENCE OF LABOR

lue they w i l l e s t a b l i s h a senate o r s u p r e m e c o u r t w l . en they get r i d of dependent. A n d rumor h a . .t that the c z a r ? I t n e r e p u b l i c a n senator is p a y i n g tho

H e r e a re MM la tes t w o r k s o f G o r k i I Independent ' s def ic i t , a n d T o l s t o i . " A le t te r to ( aga ins t ) tne' : W o r k i n g m e n of M o n t a n a , how does c z a r . " " T h e G r e a t C r i m e " ( p r i v a t e , h i « » * o f f m i x U P F " ? Y ™ p r o p e r t y ) .

Car toons! P u c k t L i f e t W e l l h a r d l y ! P i c t u r e s In red of the m i n i s t e r s U P . . . . A . , , , - vo iced duet comes before y o u to en-

d r i n k i n g the people 's b l o o d , of the ' . . v , . u t i ^ „ „ „ h i . t reat you to vote f o r them and to bo

c z a r p a c k i n g his t r u n k to l e a v e — b i s » . . , . . . . . traitor. , to vour own class once mom b a c k is t u r n e d bu t t h e r e i s no m u v *

. . . . . . iust remember S c a b b y T o o l e — S c a b b y t a k e — y o u c a n t e l l by the shape o f ^ _ %

h i s head a n d the cut o f h i s b e a r d . B u t t h i s Is o n the s t ree ts . Go

w i t h me Into the f i r s t book s tore a n d p r e s s t h r o u g h the c r o w d o f y o u n g s t uden t s and w o r k i n g m e n .

voted the democrat Is t i c k e t to aend Toole to the senate. G a l e n w i l l come

i n t w o vears. W h e n th i s sweet-

I Ga len .

A g a i n s t Stone Wall. The " C o m m e r c i a l W e s t . " Jamea J .

T h e b o o k s s r e cheap a n d s l l i n pa- * * * n e w s p a ^ r . states

pe r c o v e r s , but t h r e e - f o u r t h s o f t h e m " , a t , ' a * * * * *

a re s o c i a l i s t b o o k s t h e y c o v e r the g r o u n d . T h e r e a re m o r e s o c i a l i s t p a m p h l e t s p r i n t e d In R u s s i a t oday t h a n i n a l l the ..th- * c o u n t r i e s c o m b i n e d .

W h e r e h a s M a r l M a r x ' " C a p i t a l * b e e n m o s t r e ad? In

tha t H i l l the i n t e r s t a t e commerce

\ i .! i commissi . . , , in M i n n e a p o l i s l a . t week that the I ountry was " u p against a stone w a l l " so f a r as the t ransporta­t ion of i t s commerce wus concerned. H e declared thut there was not enough r a i l i oad mileage to take care of the

( J e r m a n y o f I" ' 1 ' ' " ' " ' business, and unless the com

"Even if it be true that the arrest and deportation of Pettibone, Moyer and Haywood from Colorado was by fraud and connivance, in which the governors of Colorado and Idaho were parties this does not make out a case of violation of the rights of the appellants under the constitution and laws of the United States."— United States Supreme Court.

Brutality of Capi­talist Class

DOES THE WORKING CLASS PAY TAXES?

y o u answer . W e l l . y o u ' r e inerce enn be t aken care o f proper ly a C X M I rse

w r o n g T h e R u s s i a n s h a v e read m o r e f - n . e n . l o u s crash w i l l resul t C a p i t a l -c o p i e s o f " D a s K a p l t a l " t han h a v e » " ' ' f

b e e n p r i n t e d in a g e n e r a t i o n i n the table, as the social is ts have predic ted f o r .10 y e a r s — c h o k i n g in i t s own f a t . W i l l the people have in te l l igence en.>ugh to step in ami reeonsrtuct on co l lec t ive l i n . s the only possible way to success*

F a t h e r l a n d A n d what are these A m e r i c a n

t r a n s l a t i o n s ? A . M . S i m o n s ' " A m e r i ­c a n F a r m e r . " I ' p tnn S i n c l a i r ' s " T h e J u n g l e . " S i n c l a i r wrote me be w a n t e d h i s book t r a n s l a t e d in to R n s -s i a n . A l r e a d y the R u s s i a n s o c i a l i s t s ' » " r , , f , l , t ' * * * * * h a d It o n t h e i r s h e l v e s . empire . Count AU-x i s Igna t ie f f , has

A n d r e m e m b e r . F o r ed i to r s s n d 1 " " l i , i n h> " " ' r evo lu t ion i s t s . The p u b l i s h e r s p r i s o n and S i b e r i a , f o r an- , , H i l v l " l , H r H i n c o m m e n t i n g a f M It t h o r s h a r d l a b o r and e v e n m a r t i a l " T h e obnoxious d r u m - h r a . f l a w . F o r persons In p o s s e s s i o n o f , • , , , , r , , " 1 , r , ' H , , a w - u m , * ' r w h i c h 1 , u " f o r b i d d e n l l t e r s t u r e In those d i s t r i c t s « , r , , < ' " * , n p , r a > , i , , K » « ' " o r i s t s have w h e r e the re Is m a r t i a l l a w ( h a l f o f l M > e n «**•«'*•'<' «*»inng *>"' R u s s i a ) — d e a t h ! months, was w o r k e d out of BSSSisI

B u t the flood of l i t e r a t u r e r i s e s . < '»nforenoe of wh ich Coun t Igna t i e f f J u s t n o w It is d r i v e n f r o m the s t r ee t s . B u t It has gone Into the v i l l a g e s a n d

I f y o u aak a w o r k i n g m a n i f he

pays taxes, he unhes t l t a t ing ly answers :

" Y e s , I p a y taxes, both d i r e c t l y a n d

i n d i r e c t l y . I n d i r e c t l y , because I use

tea, tobacco, and beer, each of w h i c h

a r t i c l e* ia t a x e d . Conaequent ly, I pay

these i nd i r ec t taxes. A n d aga in , I pay

them d i r e c t l y ; that is , I pay pol ice

taxes and b u r g h taxes. Consequent ly I

vote f o r the man who is i n f a v o r of

low t a x e s "

Fur ther , we are t o ld that i f a t r amp begs, borowa or steals threepence and spends that s u m f o r beer, he b y tha t act pays t a x e s and is consequently a taxpayer . W e have a t axpayers aol-diers , sa i lo rs and t ramps, acco rd ing to this aspect of the case. N o w , i t i s p l a in ly ev iden t that the w o r k e r is a taxpayer , f o r acco rd ing to the evidence of the e d i t o r of the Specta tor , " a work ing tnan who has t h i r t y sh i l i ngs a

t r a in his pocke t t H e c e r t a i n l y w o u l d not. The pr ice of the neceasariea w o u l d f a l l , to be sure ; but l abor power be ing a commodi ty , the same as tea, tobacco and sugar, i t i * sub jec t to the same laws that regula te a l l com­modi t ies , so tha t a f t e r a t emporary fluetuation of marke t prices labor pow­er would f a l l to i ts cost of produc­t ion . So much f o r i nd i r ec t t a x a t i o n . B u t a l though we may not pay taxes i n d i r e c t l y , we are t o l d that w c s t i l l pay the police t ax , poor tax , etc. Y e s , m y f r i e n d , a sum of money passes be­tween you and the t ax gatherer once a year, and i f y o u do not pay that y o u w i l l be l iable to proceedings b e i n g t aken out against y o u . Su re ly , then, you ought to be a t axpayer . L e t us t r y aga in and see i f i t w i l l s t and the test. I f it does then y o u are a tax­payer ; i f i t does not, then y o u are not. Does a commodi ty pay a tax on

week pays i n indiTect t a x a t i o n the . i t s e l f t N o . The tea is an inan imate sum of some th ing l i k e three pounds j t h i n g ; i t cannot pay a tax on i t se l f , o d d . " S u c h re l iab le evidence should I iocs labor power, b e i n g l ikewise a convince us a l l , even the most b l i n . l . • .mimodi ty the same as tea. pay a tax that we pay taxes. A n d as t axpayers o n i t s e l f ? N o . L a b o r power, b e i n g we should be a l ive to our Interests, the phys i ca l and mental powers inher-and as w o r k i n g m e n protest w i t h al l . nt in tho w o r k i n g man or woman our might against the scul l ions who wh ich the w o r k i n g class sells to the

The b ru ta l i t i e s of the scenes preced­i n g the French r evo lu t ion when the poor were run down and k i l l e d by the carr iages of the a r i s toc ra t s are repeat­ed almost d a i l y by the auto machines of the m i l l i o n a i r e class. The latest is the L o i t e r f a m i l y murde r ing a negro boy in W a s h i n g t o n . The fine ladies were " g r e a t l y a f fec ted by the " a c c i ­d e n t . " B u t they h a d to be t aken to the i r d inne r engagement before any­t h i n g else could be done. The chauf­feur was a r res ted—of course, the work­ingtnan, do ing the deeds of the others and f o l l o w i n g thei r ins t ruc t ions , is the c r i m i n a l . Tho press states that (o f course out of tendet considera t ion f o r the " h i g h r e s p e c t a b i l i t y " of the par­t ies) that the coroner sa id the acci ­dent was " u n a v o i d a b l e . " Such shal­low excus ing is an outrageous and wanton i g n o r i n g o f the sacredness of human l i f e . Tho dea th was caused by the heavy au tomobi le rush ing through the c i t y streets a t b reakneck speed, t r y i n g to keep up w i t h a street car, and spread ing death and des t ruct ion i n i t s pa th . N o thought is t aken wha tever to the au thor i t i e s pos i t i ve ly s topping the p o s s i b i l i t y of such cata­strophes by f o r b i d d i n g the speed and j a l i n g every one connected w i t h the i n f r i n g e m e n t of the ordinance. The r ich must have the i r pleasures no mat­ter how many l i ve s i t costs and there are too many poor a round a n y w a y .

Socia l i s t L o c a l Dos M o i n e s has elect­ed new officers and opened the 190S campaign .

c i t y homes . W h a t a R u s s i a n roads and b e l i e v e s

h e l i v e s and d ies b y ! T o h i m the A m e r i c a n s must appea r a f r i v o l o u s f o l k — s o m e t h i n g as we t h i n k o f the I n h a b i t a n t s of gay P a r i s .

A n d the R u s s i a n s r ead s o c i a l i s m because they can' t get a n y t h i n g e les . T o a v o i d s o c i a l i s t b o o k s i n a R u s s i a n b o o k s to re w o u l d be l i k e t r y i n g to find t h e m In the o r d i n a r y A m e r i c a n s to re .

A n d yet people ask w h e t h e r the R u s s i a n r e v o l u t i o n w i l l s u c c e e d o r f a l l .

I t has a l r eady succeeded In s o a k i n g e v e r y I n t e l l i g e n t p|>rson In R u s s i a w i t h t h e wor ld ' s b e s t s o c i a l i s t t h o u g h t . — W i l l i a n m E n g l i s h In C h i c a g o S o c i a l i s t .

was a member, and to h i m the revolu ti .ousts a t t r i bu t e au thorsh ip of th is measure. ' '

A s to " t h e saere.l union of man ami woman f o r mutua l h e l p , " that is i n innumerable cases a ghas t ly mockery to-day. In the " p r e s e n t cond i t ion o f t h i n g s ' " th is so-called sacred union is o f t e n no th ing but A f o r m of pros t i tu­t i o n ; a f o r m of p ros t i t u t i on w h i c h , albeit entered upon w i t h the b less ing of H o l y M o t h e r C h u r c h , is . i f a n y t h i n g , worse than that w h i c h is w h i s p o r i n g l y spoken of as " t h e socia l e v i l . " — . l u s -1 i .e .

The F o u r t h w a r d b ranch of A l l e ­gheny is send ing out c i r c u l a r le t ters to a l l the readers of soc ia l i s t papers

W a l l i n g ] In the c i t y reques t ing those that are social is ts to j o i n the p a r t y .

would increase our burdens by rais i n g tho t axes .

In dea l ing ' w i th this quest ion of t axa t ion we must s tart f r o m the cor re. t premises, so that we may a r r ive at correct conclus ions . F r e d e r i c k K n gels says, " T a x a t i o n is to the work-

ap i t a l i s t class, i t must first get the tax f r o m the cap i ta l i s t or i t cou ld not pay i t , because labor power exchanges • a the market and gets i ts marke t

price, of which t a x a t i o n is a part . V o , f e l l o w w o r k i n g m e n , you don ' t

pay taxes, d i r e c t l y or i n d i r e c t l y . I t

Spies in America. O n the occasion of tho arrest of a

man who had Stolon huokw j n the A s t o r l i b r a r y the d i scovery has been made that f o r many months the Rus­sian government has employed a se­cret agent to w a t c h persons read ing anarchis t books or m a k i n g notes f r o m such. T h i s agent was k n o w n exclu­s ive ly to the employees of the l i b r a r y . Ho had to f o l l o w up his v i c t i m s to find out whore they l i v e d and wh ich meetings they a t tended and who were t ln i r ne.piaintaric. s. Fur ther invest i ­gat ions disclosed that a l l l ib ra r ies of N e w Y o r k are thus watched by Rus sian secret agents.

W c hear that Russ i an secret agents have oven in several c i t ies of this count ry sold revo l t i t i . % a f y l i t e r a tu re as pseudo revo lu t ion i s t s in order to make out l i s t s of prospect ive v i c t i m s of the " L i t t l e W h i t e F a t h e r . " — C o m ­mon Sense.

For Our Press—A World Force

i ng class o f smal l , to the middle . lass ' is in the interest of the cap i ta l i s t class of great i m p o r t a n c e . " The w o r k i n g ' t o keep up the decept ion. get the man exchanges his commodi ty—labor I w o r k i n g m e n agog about t axa t ion , make p o w e r — f o r wages. These wages repro them interested in low t axa t ion and sent, on the average, the cost of main h igh taxa t ion only in f l i e measure t a m i n g and rep roduc ing labor power that they can w i e l d the power there­i n g i v i n g the w o r k i n g m a n wages, the f r o m to their own interest . The work-capi ta l i s t g i v e s h im bread, beef, cloth J i ng man had better set his b r a i n a-i n g and house room. N o taxes there, t h i n k i n g , use it in his own interest , , A v e , but in b u y i n g these same necessi and start f r o m the proposi t ion t l int he t ies he pays the tax , quoth the capi ta l - l is a s lave under cap i ta l i s t socie ty , a n d 1st edi tors i n chorus. W e l l , let us see. . w i l l remain a s lave as long as t h i s The c o m m o d i t y tea when it a r r i ve s on , f o r m of society lasts. T a k e a w a y the these short's is subject to a tea duty . I taxee tomorrow and the w o r k i n g class so much per pound, one s h i l l i n g f o r ox e s t of subsistence s i n k * in due pro ample. Consequen t ly when the tea por t ion . M a k e the w o r k i n g men un i -eomes on the market wo have th is re j v e r s a l l y sober, and that f ive s h i l l i n g s su i t : va lue o f tea one s h i l l i n g , plus] that he is supposed to spend on d r i n k the tea t a x one s h i l l i n g , m a k i n g the j is cu t off just the same. N a t i o n a l i s e

SOCIALISM AND TRADE UNIONS T h e I o w a U n i o n i s t o f Dec . 14 p r i n t s

tho f o l l o w n g f r o m an exchange, c a l l

i n g a t t en t ion to the d i s t i n c t i o n bet­

ween U n i o n i s m nnd S o c i a l i s m :

" T h e r e is a decided d i s t i n c t i o n be

tweon them, but it seems to un> that

of e n d n r a b i l i t y as set up b y M r . C u b l " 14 reached.

" H u t i f the union man 1* sat isf ied wi th a cond i t i on merely endurablo t l ie d i s t i nc t i on here e r n e s in . Because the socia l is ts aee no cons is tency i n a l low­ing a midd le class of 1,000,000 to ex-

tho a im i s tho same, ns f a r at least ploit tho labor of 2,000,(100 w o r k i i i g m o i as the goa l r e fe r red to by M r . . l a m e l and a p lu toc ra t i c class o f id lers , o i i lv A . Cable , edi tor of the Coopers .Tour 210,000 s t rong e x p l o i t i n g the whole n a l . T h a t ia to make tho present or- " T h o a i m of soc ia l i sm i s : dor endurable . Tho immedia t e i c i c f " F i r s t - To make the present order clause of any aocinl is t p l a t f o r m w i l l endurable. p rove t h i a I " S e c o n d - To secure to the w o r k i n j ;

" T h e soc ia l i s t s w i l l be f o u n d hhoul- class tho reins of government , dor to shoulder w i t h the un ion is t s in " T h i r d — B y the a id of the govern-a l l t he i r s t ruggles f o r be t te r eondl- ments and the people of the world , to t ions. These condi t ions m a y be rencbe l establ ish n < pera t lve commonwea l th q u i c k l y i f the two p u l l together f o r in w h i c h l i f e w i l l not o n l y be ' em ' t i r the common good. B u t i f jea lous load- a b l e ' but en joyable as w e l l , crs nro a l lowed to i n t e r f e r e , t hey mast C . C . B R I G G H , p lod a l o n g more s l owly u n t i l tho goal Des M o i n e s , I o w a . "

pr ice of tea on the L o n d o n marke t two sh i l l ings . N o w , the cap i t a l i s t who pays his w o r k i n g m a n less than that neces sary f o r h i s maintenance c r ipp les that

tho l a n d , the w o r k e r remains the same — a wage-slave. The l a w of supp ly and demand w i l l lower tho w o r k e r down , down to the cond i t ion that tho

labor power . H e must , f o r example, j marke t a l lows. Grrs th is mat te r y o u r g ive the w o r k i n g m a n the pr ice of tea, .ar t ies t considera t ion . and a r r i v e at plus the t ax , or the w o r k i n g man could j tho conclus ion that c a p i t a l i s m has noth not buy the tea. B u t the w o r k i n g m n n lag to offer you. J o i n the par ty that " d o c s not p s y the tea t a x . " H e \ represents VtMSf mate r ia l interests , the merely gets sufficient to b n y the nee- Soc i a l i s t P a r t y . W o r k f o r i t , t h row essarles, o f wh ich the tax is a part v our enthusiasm into it. to the I f , fo r example , tho cap i ta l i s t s were that we may throw off this night ma re to take tho tax off ten, tobacco or that hangs l i k e a pa l l over us, and beer tomor row, what would happen? b u i l d up tho C o o p e r a t i v e Common W o u l d the w o r k i n g m n n re ta in the ex- wea l th . E d i n b u r g h Soc ia l i s t .

Some t ime ago a correspondent in the " T i m e s , " w r i t i n g about soc ia l i sm, s a id : " I t s g rowth , w h i c h is vastly-greater than is genera l ly conceived, is not the result o f na tura l forces, but of a propaganda coherent , def ini te , re­solute, a n d p r o f o u n d l y ene ry .S ic . a propaganda which has been ca r r ied on f o r t w e n t y years past, and which is hcinjg ca r r i ed on now w i t h constant ly increas ing power and e f f e c t . "

( i iant L a b o r , truest emblem there is of ( iod . the W o r l d - w o r k e r . Deiniurgus . and F.ternal M a k e r : noble L a b o r , wh ich is yet to be the K i n g of this F a r t h . and sit on the highest throne, s tagger ing h i ther to l ike a b l i n . l i r r a t iona l giant , ha rd ly a l lowed to h^ve his common place on the street pavements ; id le D i l l e t a n t i s m , Dead Sea A p i i s m , c r y i n g out, " D o w n w i t h h i m . ho is danger o u a ! "

— C a r l y l e , - - " U n f i t and P r e s e n t . "

W h e n B i s m a r c k suppressed f r e e

speech and the f r ee press, our comrades

in ( i e r m a n y pub l i shed t h e i r o f f ic ia l or­

gan, ' ' Der S o z i a l d e m o e r a t ' ' i n S w i t z ­

e r l and . W h e n the I ron Chance l lo r

f o r ced the l i t t l e A l p i n e republ ic to

ex i l e the social ia t edi tor , B e r n s t e i a ,

and thus p r o h i b i t the f u r t h e r p u b l i c a ­

t i o n o f " S o z i a l d e m o e r a t " w i t h i n

S w i s s t e r r i t o r y , the i n s i g n i f i c a n t - l o o k ­

i n g l i t t l e G e r m a n social is t pap , r " e m ­

i g r a t e d " to K o g l a n d , to the c o u n t r y

where a M a r i a S tuar t , a Char les I . a n d

( ieorge I I I had l ived t he i r l i ve s o f

p r ide and power and d i ed i n impo­

tence and humi l i a t i on .

There , i n tho great c i t y of L o n d o n , " l ) e r S o z i a l d e m o e r a t ' ' was p r i n t e d w i t h the very l i t e blood of the ( l o rmaa proletariat, Hundreds of thousands o f copies had to be smuggled into Ger ­many eve ry week. Some were sent b y express as " d r y g o o d s " to some Ger­man merchant . F r o m there b r a v e w o r k i n g women would get the social ia t " d r y g o o d s " i n the bot tom of t he i r market basket to thei r homes, where the soc ia l i s t d i s t r i c t o rganizers a n d propaganda managers w o u l d a t t end to the rest.

To be caught c i r c u l a t i n g the " S o -z i a l d e m o c r a t " meant impr i sonment or ex i l e to some other c i t y , or ban ishment f r o m ( i e rmany . Thousands of soc i a l ­ist f a m i l i e s were d r i ven f r o m t h e i r homes, f r o m the i r count ry . I n f o r e i g n countr ies pover ty , misery and Buffer­i n g w o u l d awa i t hem.

B u t the good work went on. The i i t t l e soc ia l i s t paper could not be kep t out of ( i e rmany . A hundred thousand pol ice agents cou ld not prevent i t . So­c i a l i s m and the labor movement grew more p o w e r f u l every , |av P e r s e c u t i o n ' cou ld not prevent i t .

To the surpr ise of the c i v i l i z e d w o r l d , B i s m a r c k , the most p o w e r f u l states­man o f F.urope, was h u r r i e d under 1. .o"0 social is t votes. H i s anti-so­c i a l i s t l aws were sneered at by our ( i e r m a n comrade*. B i s m a r c k stepped down and out. Soc i a l i sm occupied the f ron t seats on the p o l i t i c a l stage of ( i e rmany . F rom one m i l l i o n of soc ia l ­ist votes in 1890 we increased to over 3.(MM1.(KMI votes' i n 1903.

T o d a y ( i e rmany has about s ix ty d a i l y socia l i s t papers, o f wh ich the It. r l i n " V o r w a e r t s " has a da i ly c i r cu ­l a t ion o f 120,000!

It was tho socialist press that revo­l u t i o n i z e d the minds of those mi l l ions of ( i e rman wage-workers and c i t i zens who f o l l o w the red banner of B e b e l to-day.

In A m e r i c a the social is t press it g r adua l l y ' r ecogn ized fis a ]Niwrrful f a c t o r . The t ime w i l l come—must come—when the w o r k i n g m e n of this coun t ry w i l l also appreciate and sup­port the i r own laTwir press. Y e l l o w sensa t ional i sm, prize and dog fights w i l l then no longer monopol ize their a t t en t ion . Soc i a l i sm and the labor problem w i l l become the topic a t t ract i n g the i r interest and a t t en t ion . We shal l sec the days when our f e l l o w worke r s in th i s count ry w i l l de fend sac r i tVe f o r the i r own press w i t h the same s ince r i ty , perseverance and en­thusiasm as the i r German brothers and sisters.— L a b o r .

A branch o f J e w i s h socia l is ts w i t h 27 members has boon organized at Tu r t l e Creek , A l l e g h e n y county , P a .

T h e ban placed upon the Ca tho l i c church by the F rench government w i l l p robab ly prec ip i ta te a re l ig ious cr is is . M r . . laures, the social is t lender, pro­fesses to be l ieve that the Y a t i e a n has de l ibera te lv determined to tost the s t rength o f the par .v o f react ion i n an effort to over th row the republ ic . The socia l i s t organs genoral lv . however , re­cord the pop.-'s ins t ruc t ions to d e f y the l aw as b e i n g the result o f the gov­ernment 's weakness.

VOTE SUSTAINED SHERMAN

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN OF FRANCE A s regards the p o l i t i c a l enf ranch ise

m. nt of women , the French an more old f a sh ioned than t in K n g l i s h : but as regards the profess ional enf ranch ise meiit of w o m e n , tho K n g l i s h arc more old f a sh ioned than the French . In F n g l a n d w o m e n nre excluded f r o m the profess iona l chairs at the un ivers i t i es . In France n Woman has been appointed to a p ro fe s so r sh ip i n the Sar tonne. In F n g l a n d no woman mav M l a t the

women n. lvocates: one of •I en line ' ' h a u v i i i , had been

time, and the

now three

I hem. M i l . an advocate f o r mini, other two M a . l i m e Denozech and M i l e . M i l l e were admi t t ed Inst woek. \ p a r t f r o m the quest ion of equal r igh ts , the admiss ion o f women to the legal profess ion can bo just i f ied on the g round of pub l i c u t i l i t y . Tn cases where women are concerned, a woman advocate mav be of more service than

legal profess ion I n P a r i s there are a man.

The r e fe rendum vote of the Wes te rn Federa t ion of M i n e r s has been counted, relative to the l e g a l i t y of the acts of the convent ion d the Indus t r i a l W o r k ­ers of the W o r l d he ld at Ch icago f r o m September 17 until October 4. Tho re­fe rendum vote is o v e r w h e l m i n g l y in f a v o r of hold ing the acts o f the con­vent ion i l l ega l . M a n y o f the local unions went, on record pro tes t ing against any per c a p i t a tax be ing pa id , u n t i l the acts of the I. W . W . conven­t ion nre taken up nnd discussed in the next annual c o n v e n t i o n ' o f the Wes te rn Fede ra t ion of M i n e r s . The edi tor of the M i n e r s ' M a g a z i n e took the posi­t ion thnt the I. W . W . convent ion had ignored tho cons t i tu t ion nnd t rampled under foot , es tabl ished precedents The voice of tho membership of the West­ern Fede ra t ion o f M i n e r s has be. a

heard. M i n e r s ' M a g a z i n e

T h e Socia l i s t V o i c e states that C o l . V l a c l i i s l a v Pe t rovsky , a Russ ian pol i t i c a l re fugee , a r r ived at San Francisco, and was re fused a lauding by Immi­g r a t i o n Commissioner Nj . r th who c l a i m e d that F e t r o v s k y was an anar­c h i s t , whereas he is a socia l is t . He was permi t ted to land on g i v i n g * 1,000 b a i l pend ing a hearing. Commissioner N o r t h held that i f . lack Loudon came here an immigran t ho would no t bo pe rmi t t ed to land under the present po l icy of the government , l l r c a t repu t a t i on the F i i i t e d States is ge t t i ng fo.-" f r e e " ins t i tu t ions .

W o r k people have no r ights a eapi t a l i s t is bound \o r e spec t—Uni ted Sta tes Supreme Cour t .

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M O N T A N A I M E L E N A , MONTANA.

T H E MONTANA NEWS.

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George Anibrtise John Home J. F. Mabie George W r sleder T. J . Rooney

N E W S P A P E R C O N S T E L L A T I O N S

Razors » n d rockets lire il m c i n tlit* a i r in the northwest socia l i s t field. M i l l s and T i t u s :iro lioth f lood ing that espec ia l section of those 1'nited Sta tes w i t h eirei ihirs and prospectuses o f 1

mammoth eight to twe lve page soeial- j iat newspaper adventures. Sea t t le is the f ie ld of the t h r i l l i n g newspaper w a r . Where W a l t e r Thomas expects t o buck a l l such inconvenient i ncum­brances as socialist pa r ty o rgan iza- < t ions , T i t u s aspires to have his ven­tu r e very much party o rgan i za t i on i -fied; inasmuch as three states, Oregon, W a s h i n g t o n and Idaho, have been ask ed to pass re fe rendum on the " S o c i a l - ' i l t " as thei r state organ. M o n t a n a has been deluged w i t h the prospectuses of both papers. In al l th is newspaper | j a w there has been an ominous s i lence i n regard to a l i t t l e paper k n o w n rts! the Mon tana News. Its existence il l j the northwest would never btt dreamed of f r o m the t h r i l l i n g tones t;f the pros perfuses .

T i t u s says: " N o state o rgan iza t i on can a f ford to run i ts own paper, not j even V e w Y o r k or P e n n s y l v a n i a . " W e w o u l d respec t fu l ly remind the good doctor that he does not state the f a c t s ; that M o n t a n a has success fu l ly owned and pub l i sh ! d i ts own paper f o r over a yea r ; that it has been a financial success f r o m the s ta r t ; that i t s resources antl equipment are i n ­c reas ing con t inua l ly , nnd i ts ' i n u l a t ion is increas ing at a h i g h l y sa t i s f a c t o r y per cent ; «ml no skyrocke t pprotechnics about i t , ei ther, ' t jus t a t tends to the business o f i t s part;.*. There is not the slightest doubt that wha t the M o n t a n a N e w s has been an eye-opener lo the poss ib i l i t i es of an A m e r i c a n socialist press. A l l these b i g w i l l be done i n t ime. Hut 'here is on ly one to do them and that is le-dou 111 jo li 1 hard . leg i t imate w o r k , b u i l d i n g f rom the bottom up. The N e w s could do this i f it had adequate financial back ing , which it has to a t ta in yet . In the meanwhi le , it is f i l l ­i n g a field that no other pub l i ca t ion reai In s. and is f o r e shadowing what the p a i l y paper of the f u t u r o w i l l be. I t seems as though it would appear cons iderably more l ike pa r ty s o l i d a r i t y a m i an intention to f a f W l I the i n tcrcs ts of the organized mo\ ctner.t i f these proposed b ig enterprises w o u l d keep out of a -^.te tha* is i f t . a d y m a k i n g a su-ecss of II,•• te i r tv H j W f instead of t r y i n g to swamp the o. i lv successful .11*1 • 1 rise of i ts k i n d l i ­g h t e r i n g promises and s, l u t i l l i . t i i g proposi t ions. Not that there is any­t h i n g to be construed in this to mean that there is any ob jec t ion to MaJTtJM t a k i n g anv paper that he chooses. 1 h«t more par ty papers we have the better, but there i s p len ty of v i r g i j s . i i l Mrs* side of M o n t a n a , wi thout m a k i n g a del ibera te a t t ack where the s i t ua t i on is a l ready w e l l i n hand. One comrade i n L i v i n g s t o n , on r ece iv ing the Sca t t ie prospectus, wrote and reminded the promoters that there was a l i t t l e paper in M o n t a n a in which he was part owner, and every ex t r a .r>0 cents he got went there. A n o t h e r — n o less t h a n o u r own F r a n k M a b i e wr i t e s US as f o l l o w s :

" T h e N e w s is showing wha t c s n be done b y a pa r ty owned paper, and now there are others m a k i n g goo-goo eyes at the par ty . I suppose y o u have rece ived 11 prospectus o f the " T r u s tee P r i n t i n g C o m p a n y , " but f o r f e a r y o u have not 1 w i l l enclose t h i s one. f i n i n g to cut r igh t in ahead o f the M o n t a n a News . N o one state can sus­t a i n a social is t paper, so i f t h e y can take away the support the N e w s gets outs ide the state—why, down and ont goes the News , and then they can add M o n t a n a to the i r field. Reef How modest not to pot M o n t a n a down to

s tar t i n w i t h . 1 p a i d $10 f o r a share of s tock w i t h the Toledo company, which I unders tood was to f u r n i s h a plaut to pr in t the Socia l i s t . M y sub­sc r ip t ion is pa id t i l l next sp r ing . I have not rece ived a pa |H ' r i n two months, and when I wr i te to find out the reason no at tent ton is p a i d u n t i l they want more money. Bu t jus t sub­scribe f o r another bunch of s tock now and a l l w i l l be w e l l . The Soc i a l i s t is going to move right " i n t o Easy s t r e e t . " " T h e company can eas i ly pay d iv idends on in, (MM» s h a r e s . " I d o n ' t know whether that is " s t r a i g h t I ia l i sm or s t ra igh t business. Maybe my unders tanding is a l i t t l e c rooked .

" J u s t read over the names on that staff . Hon ' t that make you and Com­rade llav.lett l ook J ike H cents? T w e n t y - t w o of them! A n d they are a l l go ing to l ive on ' E a s y s t reet . ' W e l l , i f the rooms are ready and they can move r ight in eve ry th ing w i l l be a l l r igh t , but i t ' s dollars to dough­nu t s that none of them w i l l put up w i t h the d< p r iva t i ons that the edi tor and manager of the Mon tana N e w s have done f o r months while they are w a i t i n g . (!o ahead and get out an­other paper or two. a n y h o w . "

W h i l e on the question of f r e n z i e d fea t s o f f r a n t i c (igurers a mat ter has just come up that is cer ta in ly one of the most dangerous proposit ions that an earnest and wel l - in ten t ioned pa r ty could under take . The Appeal to Ilea I son has induced the P e n n s y l v a n i a state o rgan iza t ion to vote upon mak­i n g it the s la te paper. The proposal is to p r in t a spec ia l P e n n s y l v a n i a ed i ­t i on , and the P e n n s y l v a n i a comrades are to agree to see that the Pennsy l ­van i a s u b s c r i p t i o n ' list is to be kept up to M y t t S , A w iter in the I 'n ion Sen t ine l , the l i t t l e P e n n s y l v a n i a paper that is s t r u g g l i n g to make a go in the state, remonstrates over any such step. H e says the same amount o f energy put into the i r own paper wou ld g ive them a cred i tab le paper of the i r own whose pol icy they can control . T h i n k of zTi.iMMl f a i r i e s , bul ldogs a n d ther­mometers let loose upon the unsus­pec t ing social is ts of P e n n s y l v a n i a . Moreove r , to keep the business go ing the members of the Pennsy lvan ia* or­gan i sa t ion would be in a |K - rpe tual mai l scramble to get subs fo r the A p ­peal . The other w o r k would suffer w h i l e the energy put in to a paper and an enterprise that the par ty nei ther owned nor control led . Bu t this , s u i c i d a l as it Is in i t se l f , is not the ch ie f objec t ion to the A p p e a l to Reason t a k i n g possession of a state. The most serious objec t ion is in the general tone and character of the paper i t se l f . In order to a t ta in its immense c i r c u l a t i o n it has to keep up a foo l ­ish, t r i f l i n g method of appeal that dis­gusts ser ious-minded and earnest i n ­vest iga tors , and a t t rac ts a horde of the people to the outsk i r t s of the movement that w i l l do noth ing f o r the cons t ruc t i ve w o r k o f a tremendous so­c i a l movement , but just work f o r the " d e a r o ld A p p e a l , " and jabber i n f a n ­t i l e nothings. The towns that have been the most flooded wi th Appea l s are where we can do the least in the way of a sustained, serious constr c-t i v e effort that is acompl i sh ing some­t h i n g . T h e w r i t e r can name them bv the dozens.

A state w i t h a large vote that can ' t support i t s own paper f o r i t s own needs is not very deep in soc ia l i sm. Let 11s conduct ourselves l i k e serious men and women a n i l not l ike ch i ld ren i m u s i n g themselves wi th a new t o w

is, under soc ia l i sm, toys w o u l d be w e l l made, o f good m a t e r i a l and w o r k m a n ­ship, a n d w o u l d las t and serve t he i r purpose. N o w they are made cheap ami f r a i l because there i s more prof i t i n i t . U n d e r a r a t i o n a l sys tem the produc t ive forces w o u l d be so r e g u lated that the hold o f eve ry i n d i v i d u a l (boycott decis ions that were recent ly on l i f e , cu l tu re and development w o u l d handed down. One was de l ive red i n

The - Judicial Mind and the Working Olaaf.

V a r i e d and woudroui i ast are the

work ings of the j u d i c i a l m i n d , one can

not help f e e l i n g s l i g h t l y amazed a t

the extreme v a r i a n c e shown in two

be secure. T h i s w o u l d m i n i m i z e most of the woes of b r o k e n heads a n d hearts. S top such sen t imenta l d r i v e l and get out ami do someth ing p o s i t i v e to b r i n g a more c i v i l i z e d c o n d i t i o n a hour.

The roya l arch c r i m i n a l . K i n g L e o pold of B e l g i u m , that has shocked the wor ld by his a t roc i t i e s i n the Congo , m u t i l a t i n g ami m u r d e r i n g the na t ives to fo rce them to gather rubber , en t renched his c r imes w i t h A m e r i c a n cap i t a l by c a l l i n g Thomas P . R y a n to his cour t and s e l l i n g h im a h a l f in -

Fond du bar , W i s . , the other at Wash­ington. D. C. In the one case B o g -berry seems to have aga in donned the era inc. in the other a Solomon sat i n judgment. T h e one declared that a boycott was an ac t ionab le conspi racy , the other declared that wha t an i n d i ­v idua l could do wi thou t t ransgress ing against the l a w a number of iml 1 \ 1 <1 uals could do wi thout m a k i n g the act i l l ega l ; that an i n d i v i d u a l could r e f r a i n f r o m p a t r o n i z i n g H c e r t a in establ ish­ment i f he so des i red and that a num­ber of i n d i v i d u a l s could do the same th ing w i t h i m p u n i t y should they so desire. A n d i n do ing so the i n d i v i d -

Hcrman Brown Herman Schnirk

THE MAJESTIC BUFFET The Sweilett Bar in Town.

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terest i n Congo, w h i c h i s wor th b i l l ions. T h e sale was made, as s ta ted ; n.il and tin i n d i v i d u a l s were w i t h in by those near the throne, " t o render the law. It so happened that both the y e l p i n g of the E n g l i s h and B e l g i a n 1 cases were i d e n t i c a l in the i r nature, socia l is ts f u t i l e . " A l r e a d y the soc ia l ists are the watchdogs of the na t ions .

both sui ts be ing at the instance ot master baker* and both d i rec ted against the labor unions , so that the

In an ed i to r i a l c a l l e i . " B o m b a s t i c decisions rendered b e i n g so w i d e l y d i f -. l a p a n , " the Independent has about fViei i t are of great moment and i n rem lied the l i m i t o f A m e r i c a n bom- tores'. bast ic ignorance. T h e a r t i c l e is a most 1 The decis ion handed d o w n at I'ond vu lga r and d i sgus t i ng t i rade against du Lac , Wis . , was de l ive red by C i r c u i t the l i t t l e b rown men wi thou t any bas is Court .Bulge Chester A . P o w l e r in the of knowledge of the qua l i t i e s o f the case of a suit entered by Ot to B . I pic whatever . T h e c h i e f source of S, hu l t /e , a baker of Kac ine . ag: inst compla in t is that these people are 1 ho Trades L a b o r C o u n c i l , B e n j a m i n l>. " l i a r s , thieves, and f a k i r s , " and then Kessen and others of that c i t y f o r $2.">,-

there is a regular l aughab le I n d i a n b i g • damages f o r i n j u r y sustained by-ta lk about " w e w h i t e men of A m e r i c a his business through the i r h a v i n g plne-w i t l i red blood ami sp lend id c r tu rage , " , od his name on the u n f a i r l i s t . T i m and how w o w i l l d r o w n the whole r a n 1 uWlsssT holds i l l ega l the contract ox id' ye l lo pigmies l i k e rats. O f course, acted f r o m the boss bakers by the the Amer i cans are ne i the r l iars , t h i eves union men in an effort to en fores a nor f a k i r s . Our adul te ra ted foods union shop. In this endeavor the de-alons g i v e us the w o r l d ' s first p r i z e tendants ami the i r f r i e n d s ceased to on a l l these qua l i f i ca t ions , to say patronize the p l a i n t i f f , wh ich , accord-noth ing of our a d v e r t i s i n g , s tock dea l • ing to his statement, damaged his busi i n g . bank fa i lu res , government scan ness to the extent of $i',."iiHi in profits dais, a m i compe t i t i ve business t r i c k s . I f r o m the t ime the boycott was star ted So f a r as the " r e d b l o o d " is con- . un t i l the t r i a l and "><MI in damages corned, just p la in common phys io log i for the amount of i n j u r y to his busi eal f a c t s show that the blood o f a l l ' ness and proper ty i n re la t ion to i t s races is red, no ma t t e r what the co lo r se l l ing value. The judge decided i n of the s k i n . A n d that " s p l e n d i d cour- j f a v o r o f the p l a i n t i f f and awarded a g e " is the biggest j oke o f a l l w h e n the whole A m e r i c a n business and so­c i a l class can get 10 one to go near

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damages in the amount above quoted The decis ion was in part as f o l l o w s : " T h e p l a i n t i f f has suffered a perma

the a rmy or fight t he i r ba t t les at a l l ' ncnt and a l l but des t ruc t ive i n j ' i r •

except the slums ot the c i t ies and the lowest f a i l u r e s in the dregs of soc ie ty everywhere . The best, safes t , and most d ign i f i ed w a y to boast i s by deeds, not words.

The i n j u n c t i o n agains t C . O. 8 h e r man. president of the I n d u s t r i a l W o r k - j as the other, ers of the W o r l d , has been d i s so lved . The court has recognized Sherman as the legal execut ive head of the organ­i s a t i o n . — M i n e r s ' M a g a z i n e .

D a n d v - l i o n l i c k e d once more.

to his business w h i c h has been caused by the combined acts and the a t t i tude of organized labor.

A n i n j u r y to one ' s business and trade is on the same f o o t i n g as an i n j u r y to his t ang ib le proper ty , and the law furnishes a remedv f o r one as w e l l

Edmonton, bull pen slugger, cap italist detective and spy on unions, is in town ready to help the plutes nut on legislature. Me was recog­nized in spite of his "gentlemanly" disguise—silk hat, and all of the fi est.

A t a N e w Y o r k banquet recently, in response to the toast, " T h e T i n t e d S t a t e s , " KI1I111 boot states that the •ountry has ou tg rown the dual system

of government , and that func t i ons pre­v ious ly exercised b y states must be relegated to the general government . The secre tary asserts that sometimes by an asser t ion of the inters tate com­merce power, sometimes by an asser l i o n o f the t a x i n g power, the nat ional government is t a k i n g up the per fo rm­ance o f duties wh ich , tinder the changed condi t ions the separate states are 110 longer capable o f adequately pe l - forming. The federa l a n t i t r u s t law. the anti rebate law, the ra i l road rate law, the meat inspect ion l aw , the oleomargar ine law, the pure f o o d l aw, are examples of the purpose o f the people of the U n i t e d States to do, through the agency of the na t i ona l government , the t h i n g which the sep­ara te state governments f o r m e r l y l i d adequate lv , but no longer do adequate

i.r. Ts th i s a movement toward democ

r a c y or f r o m itT W i l l c en t r a l i za t i on of government powers retard the ad vance of the prole tar ia t to f u l l con­t ro l , or make i t easier because the grand government t rus t w i l l be com­plete t

The g n at A m e r i c a n republ ic i s mak i n g new his tory , nnd i t i s by no means yet establ ished that i t s w o r k i n g class w i l l have in te l l igence enough to as snme p o l i t i c a l surpemacy w i t h i n a n y ca lcu lab le fu tu re .

The Independent snif f les and w a i l s me l l i f luous ly over the broken toys o f l i f e a f t e r the b i g t ime . There w o u l d not be so many b r o k e n toys, e i ther i n the nursery or i n l i f e i f commerc ia l s p i r i t o f cheapness and shoddy were t a k e n out of i t . U n d e r a ra t i ona l sys­tem of l i v i n g ' a n d m a k i n g th ings , that

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about A u s t r a l i a are g i v e n by C h a r l e s K I wa rd B u s s e l l in the cur ten t I ssue , d (everybody 's It seems that a f e w yea r s a g o A u s t r a l i a w a s not a democ­r a c y at a l l . but an o l i g a r c h y of l a n d • V M M , N o D i i . ' but proper ty n w n e r s cou ld v o t e ^ a n d In some canes a a l n -

• J . ' p n i p e i t y o w n e r had the r i gh t to cast t e n votes . It w a s u p h i l l w o r k to get the s u f f r a g e broadened. M r . R u s s e l l says . " A Q u e e n s l a n d m a n told me that he doub ted If in h i s part of the o u n t r y t h e y cou ld h a v e ach ieved m u c h If It hadn ' t been f o r the w o m e n . E v e r y a v e n u e of e m ­p l o y m e n t was a b s o l u t e l y i n the h a n d s of the e n t r e n c h e d g o v e r n i n g c l a s se s , and e v e r y m a n tha t a g i t a t e d f o r e lec­t ion r e f o r m was not o n l y d i s c h a r g e d , but b l a c k l i s t e d a n d boycot ted . H e f o u n d It Imposs ib l e to o b t a i n e m p l o y ­ment a n y w h e r e .

"I t l o o k e d l i k e a hopeless f i g h t . O f t e n the men were discouraged, b u t the w o m e n , n e v e r ; t h e y had m o r e p luck t h a n the m e n . T h e savage In­j u s t i c e had s t i r r e d t h e i r u tmost re-ient tnenl one and a l l I li 1 u rged

the i r husbands to k e e p o n and n e v e r to y i e l d . In m a n y cases wives as­sumed t h e bu rden o f s u p p o r t i n g t h e f a m i l y . 8ome t u r n e d d^WRum alder's, and s o m e cooks . O n e f a m i l y l i v e d f o u r y e a r s on a w e e e k l y Income o f be tween $3 and $4, e a r n e d wi th h e r needle b y t h e w i f e and mother W i t h such a s p i r i t a m o n g the women, t h e s i t u a t i o n c o u l d not l o n g c o n t i n u e . "

T h e r e was an u p r i s i n g agains t t h e o l i g a r c h y ; m a n h o o d s u f f r a g e was ca r ­r i ed , and e v e n t u a l l y w o m a n s u f f r a g e a lso . M r . R u s s e l l s a y s : " T h e o l d d r o o l i n g s u p e r s t i t i o n about the Infe­r i o r i t y o f w o m a n go t a s t a g g e r i n g b l o w a n d d e m o c r a c y w o n such an h i s ­t o r i c a l t r i u m p h as s t i l l echoes a r o u n d the w o r l d . "

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A Wrts t -End c l e r g y m a n wan l a t e l y p r each ing againat Babba th -b reak ing , a t the v e r y moment when hid aervant was seeking another place bemuse of the h e a v y Sunday-work.

T h . ' acta con ip l a inc i l of are, in my vi i 'wa , p l a in ly i n v i o l a t i o n of sort urn 4fitfa, Wiscons in s tatutes of 1K9H, as ronHtnu-<l by the supremo court . T h i s statute makes any two or more per­sons who shall combine, associate, mu­tua l ly i imler take , or concert together f o r the purpose of w i l f u l l y or malic­iously i n j u r i n g another in his trai le or business, by any means whatever , or f o r the purpose of m a l i c i o u s l y compel­l i n g iinother person to 1I0 or p e r f o r m any act against his w i l l , g u i l t y of an offense punishnblo by line and impris­onment.

T h e court i leehires that the contri ict the union sought to enforce on the boss l inkers ' ' w a s in i t s e l f an i l l ega l con­trite!, in that i t w o u h l b y i ts terms obligate the plalatM to employ union labnr only as d i s t i ngu i shed f r o m nun union l a B M nnd it wou ld ob l iga te hlsj to ma in t a in :t " c l o s e d . " as d i s t ingu i sh ed f r o m an " o p e n s h o p . "

The decision handed down nt Wnsh ington, I). ('., was de l ive red by Jus t i ce .Stafford of the Supreme C o u r t of the Dis t r i c t ot' C o l u m b i a in a case where .John bender, a baker , brought sui t against the C e n t r a l L a b o r I 'n ion of Wash ing ton , I). C., and L o c a l I 'n ion N o . 118 Hakef-y and ' 'idCfect ionery W o r k e r s , fo r damage* f o r i n j u r i e s sus­ta ined by his business through the i r acts. Bender ave r red h is business was be ing disas t rously a f fec ted by the a l ­leged i l l ega l ac ts on the part of the u n i o n ; that h is customers were threat­ened and in t ima ted b y c i r c u l a r s spread broadcast in w h i c h fie was character­ized as " u n f a i r " to un ion labor , and in w h i c h his customers were named and f r i e n d s of labor were requested to w i t h o l d patronage f r o m ! the persons named so long as they remained cus­tomers of Bender .

O n beha l f of the un ion i t was con­tended at the hea r ing tha t no i n t i m i d a ­t i o n or threats were i n d u l g e d i n , bu t that the union bake r s were a c t i n g c l ea r l y w i t h i n t he i r r igh t s w h e n they r e fused to deal w i t h B e n d e r and urged the i r f r i e n d s to do l i k e w i s e .

J u s t i c e S t a f fo rd in h i s decis ion , took the posi t ion assumed b y the a t torneys represent ing the union bakers , declar i n g that the p r i n c i p l e at s take was the r igh t of i n d i v i d u a l l i b e r t y . E labora t ­i n g t h i s idea the court h e l d :

" I t i s such a p r i n c i p l e that the p l a i n t i f f invokes , and i t is upon such a p r i n c i p l e that the defendan ts re ly f o r the i r defense. T h e p l a i n t i f f has a r igh t to conduct his business i n his own w a y , w i thou t coercion, , w i t h o u t i n t i m i d a ­t ion , exac t ly as he sha l l conclude i t is f o r h i s own Interest to act . T h e defendan ts j o i n t l y and seve ra l ly are en t i t l ed to the same p r i v i l e g e T h e y have a r igh t to se l l t he i r l abor to

w h o m they w i l l and w i t h h o l d it f r o m whniu they w i l l . T h e y have a r igh t to pa t ronize whom they w i l l an i l to w i t h h o l d the i r patronage f r o m they w i l l .

" I t seems to the court tha t they have a right to c a l l on the i r f r i e n d s and sympath ize rs to w i t h h o l d the i r patronage f r o m one who re fuses to em­ploy them, thei r f r i e n d s and sympa­th ize r s be ing lef t f r e e to answer .the appea l as they bel ieve t he i r own inter­est to d ic ta te . Ho long as a l l par t ies concerned are lef t f r e e to f o l l o w the i r own choice as they decide the i r self-interest dictates, it seems to the court that there has been no i n f r i n g e m e n t upon the personal l i b , r ty of a n y o n e . "

A c c o r d i n g to the op in ion of Jus t i c e S t a f f o r d , the defendants admi t t ed thri exis tence of a combina t ion , but the purpose of this combina t ion was not d i v u l g e d . The only r a t i ona l conc lus ion as to the coii.luet of the union men was, the court said, that they had com­bined to show Bender he cou ld not conduct a prof i table business so long as he cont inued to employ 11011 union labor, and thereby compel h im to em­ploy union labor. Hueh a combina t ion the court held to be l a w f u l .

A m p l i f y i n g this idea, J u s t i c e S ta f ­ford pointed out that what wan l a w f u l f o r one person was not made u n l a w f u l w h i n adopted l i / a number o f persons, or an associat ion represent ing n num­ber o f lasUviiluiils. The ac t ion of the union was charac te r ized by the court as a s imple appeal to the good w i l l of the pub l i c , and amounted to no more than c a l l i n g publ ic a t t en t ion to the a i d of un ion i sm, and that was not unlaw­f u l . In the absence o f threats or i n ­t i m i d a t i o n , boycott , as p rac t i ced by the unions, was declared to be lega l , and w i t h i n the cons t i tu t iona l r igh t of such bodies.

1'rotn th is i t w i l l bo seen tha t the o p i n i o n he ld by the judge i n W a s h i n g ­ton i s en t i r e ly at va r i ance w i t h the one he ld by his learned bro ther i n W i s c o n ­s in , but i t requires no lea rned j u r i s t or h i g h l y educated m i n d to de termine w h i c h o f them is r i gh t . T h e dec is ion i n f a v o r of the un ion l abo r s ide i s the correc t one, f o r un ion labor o n l y s tands f o r wha t is r ight and jus t , and is or­gan ized f o r that purpose. R i g h t - m i n d ­ed judges real ize t h i s and render the i r dec is ions accord ing ly . W h e n the j u d i ­c i a l mind is unbiased by class consid­era t ions and a case comes be fo re h i m i n w h i c h he has to decide be tween or­gan ized employers and organ ized em­ployees, he w i l l i n v a r i a b l y decide i n f a v o r of the lat ter , because t h e y on ly ba t t l e f o r the r ight . Judges e lected b y w n r k i n g m e n w i l l render jus t decis ions i f they are i n s y m p a t h y w i t h those who have elected t h e m ; judges seated by the e m p l o y i n g and c a p i t a l i s t i c class have no sympa thy w i t h the w o r k e r s and the i r decisions are not a l w a y s jns t . T h e T a f f V a l e decis ion , the R u t l a n d , V t . , dec is ion and the decis ion handed d o w n at F o n d du L a c , W i s . , p r o v e th is , f o r they wou ld bankrupt every labor

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Tan old hoft In Lancashire— Ha aelli a truly wretched beer. Ha sells it now; he gold it than; Ha aella it a l w a y s to poor men.

•h i r e ' i very pooreat folk Often to his bar room walk. They go in ahoea which are in two; Tkey go in clothea which are not new.

There cringing in the corner back Stands the paid and silent Jack. " N i g h t and day I plied my trade, Bn t never have my fortune mad*."

And Tom starts up: " F o r ninny a

I apun the threads s<> lino and clear. Others the woolen clothing wore, Bat T H t i i v i ' i l aaav as e'er !>«foro."'

And Hi l l then: " W i t h a : r u « v hand I led MM plow through Mritish land, I saw tlio growing rye and wheat Bnt never had enough to eat ."

A n d Ren the laat: " F r o m deepest hoi 4

I brought the many loads of coal. But when the wi fe a child had borne Tbov froze to death at early m o r n . "

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I M M A • • W g t Wirr th in Volkreelit; trans­l a t e d liv Hans I'revoat.

National News Comment by Comrade Lowry, National

Committee Member of Arkansas. " I wish to endorse the motion made

by Comrade Kodgcra of Ohio relative to placing organizers in the field. I t has been my experience and obaerva-tion that we have too many good speakers, comrades who make a red-hot talk, then move on to the next appointment, and that we are short of organizers. Instead of apending so much money and talent for speak­ers, let us concentrate all of our ef­forts on organization, and this, to be done effectively, must lie done under the supervision of the national office. One good working local in a week's time is tar boter than six speeches and no organization."

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A Glimpse at Child Labor. " 1 shouldn't be a hit surprised i f

that was a factory inspector." This remark was made in a serious,

thoughtful tone by a l i t t le g i r l of 14, aa ahe stood outside of a box factory •ear 'Franklin Mquare, Philadelphia. The remark was culled fo r th by a ae-riea of questions somewhat as follows:

" W h a t time do you start to w o r k ! " " H a l f past seven." " W h a t time do you stop at n o o n t " " T w e l v e o 'clock." " Y o u have half an hour for lunch,

don ' t you—what time do you stop at • i g h t l "

" H a l f past e igh t . " " D o n ' t you get any time for sup-

pert " " O h , yes, sir; we get five minutea." This waa during the ruah aeaaon

preceding the holidays, and it waa typi­cal of all the manufactories in the aeighborhood of Franklin Square. I n one place the work lasted from 7:30 a. m. to 9 p. m.. five days in the week, making a total of 72 hours.

A viait to the factories next day, in company with the inspector, confirmed the statements of the g i r l in every particular. A l l of the work rooms were crowded with work. Oreat moun­tains of paper boxes towered to the eeiling on every aide; between them were narrow passages, along some of which one had to go sideways to get through.

" H o w old are y o n t " " Fourteen." The aame question—the same an­

swer, always, and their certificates bear them out. "Queer ." says one of the superintendents, " h o w many of these kids were born in one month in MM, •*

One l i t t le girl crouches on the floor, turning in the edges of paper box cov­ers. I t takes 10 motions to turn in the edges of one cover, and she turns in 10,000 covers a day—a hundred thousand motions a day fo r #3.SO a week'

At the next machine is n gir l put t i ng on the cloth covers.

" H o w many boxes do you handle in a d a y ! "

" O h , about six or seven thousand." Four corners to the box, 6,000 a day

—16K.000 corners a week in exchange for 1*10.

The inspector reaches the elevator. " H e l l o , how ia t i h s t " Two men are working rapidly form­

ing a pile of paper boxes in f ron t of the elevator; already i t ia three rowa deep. But i t hidea not only the ele­vator but the door of the fire eacape.

The inspector atepa quickly to the atairway. I t ia narrow, of rotten wood, and on both sidea of i t and on each step are pilea of paper boxes, nine or ten feet high.

" W h a t would happen," aaka the In-apeetor. " i f there should be a fire heref Can't yon aeo that the first g i r l who runa through theae narrow aielea la going to bring down a shower of boxes and block the pathT Don't yon understand that one false move at the top of this stairway would block up the doors with a mass of boxes! Mr. Superintendent, do you realize that wi th your stairway clogged and your fire eacapea covered, a flre among theae flimsy boxes would be a terrible t h l n g l "

Many apologiea are offered—it ia the rush aeaaon, there are ao many orders; but the atairway and eacape are dlaen-tangled.

"Where ia your dressing r o o m ! " aaka the inapector.

The superintendent leads the way to a eloaat, three feat aquare, separated

Comment by Comrade Lee, National Committee Member of New York.

" 1 heartily welcome National Com­mitteeman Kodgers' motion, whieh .just forestalls one that I had in mind for the same purpose. With few ex­cept ions the comrades on our list of national lecturers and organizers are simply lecturers and not organizers, and almost without exception the work that they are doing is that of lectur­ing, not of organizing. I t may cost the national office as much to keep one organizer in the field in accordance with Comrade Kodgers' motion as to route t h r e e or four lecturers, as has lieen dune, but the money wi l l be well spent and in the long run i t wi l l re­turn in increased dues and in­creased demand for propagandists. Hv all means let this motion be adopted, and then let i t be put into effect, promptly and energetically, in a man ner to comply with the #pir i t as well as the letter of the mot ion ."

The socialists of Schuylkill county, Pa., met in convention on Dec. 17. C. F. Foley of Pottsville was selected to succeed Secretary Samuel Shell, who resigned. A committee was appointed to investigate conditions at the alms­house. The assessment of real estate for taxation was considered to some length. A resolution was adopted call­ing upon the commissioners to obey the convict labor act. I t was decided to petition the legislature asking for the appointment of a commission for the purpose of investigating some of the judicial actions of the local courta.

Comrade Chas. E. Weaver, precinct organizer of the first district, Fourth ward, Allegheny, Pa., is doing some good work among the voters in his district in the shape of disseminating literature. Comrade Weaver has the names, addresses and occupations, and is doing his missionary work on the workingmen of the district. He is the first precinct organizer to get down to real work, and i t is hoped that the other precinct organizers wi l l profit by the example.

A Des Moines, Ia., school teacher, looking for a book on animals, saw the " J u n g l e " at Jhe library and took it home. She afterwards 'confidentially told her pupils that she had learned so much about animals that she hail be come ii vegetarian.

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f rom tho toilet room by a lattice. " W h y ian't your toilet room acreen

e d f " " O h , hut i t i a , " replies the superin­

tendent, pointing to a bi t of torn news­paper which covered a great hole in the door. "Besides," says the super­intendent, "men never come in here."

"There are four different waya of looking at that matter ," replies the inspector. "Thero are four men here now."

Such are the box factoriea of Phil­adelphia, in which l i t t l e girls work ex­posed to dangers f rom flre, dangera to health, and dangers to morala. Long houra they work for l i t t l e wagea. We uae the paper boxes they make.—Writ­ten for Philedalphia Ledger by Scott Nesring, Secretary of Pennsylvania Child Labor-Committee.

T H E COMING I N T E R N A T I O N A L CONGRESS.

Manifesto from the Bureau. The next Socialist International Con-

gress wi l l be held at Stuttgart, in Wurtemberg, from the 18th to the 24th of Auguat, 1007.

The International Socialist Bureau, constituted in 1900 to continue the work and execute the derisions of the International Congress, invites to the Congress at Stuttgart, in i-uiiforinif . with the decisions of the Congreaa of London (1896) and thut of Paris (1900)—

(1) A l l the associations which ad­here to the essential principles of ao -cialism—viz., socialization of the means of production a n d exchange, union and international action of the working classes, socialist acquisition of the machinery of government by the peo-jle organized a s an independent party (parte de classe).

(U) Al l the corporate bodies which, placing themselves on the independent platform and expressly recognizing the necessity of political action, do not take part directly in the political movement.

I f your society adheres to these principles, the bureau invites you to inform it at its next meeting of your sending a delegate to Stuttgart, and at the same time state what subjects should in your opinion be discussed by the International congress.

The Kuruau has no desire to l imi t your choice to discussion, but it wishes to express the hope that i n the i n terest of the success of the congress the subjects already decided at past congresses wi l l not come again before tlie delegates at Stuttgart. In order to attain this result the Bureau, at its meeting of loth November, 1906, drafted a provisional agenda which comprehends matters specially r e f e r r e d to Stuttgart by the preceding con­gress, and also some special subjects which seemed to be ripe for discus­sion.

These questions are— (1) The confirmation of resolutions

of the Hureau. (2) The rules of International Con­

gresses and of the Bureau; the rules of the Inter-Parliamentary Confer­ence.

(3) Mil i tar ism and international warfare.

(4) The relations between socialism and the trade unions.

(5) The Colonial question. (6) The emigration a n d immigration

of foreign workmen. Societies which desire other ques­

tions placed upon the agenda should forward them with an explanatory-report, to the secretary o f t h e Inter­national Hureau. Maison du Peuple, Hrusels, before April 1st, 1907. These documents wi l l he published a t the same time as the reports and resolu­tions mentioned above, and Bent out about May 1st, 1907. to the affiliated organizations and parties.

May we further announce to the latter societies that i t is proposed to publish beforehand the reports of na­tional secretaries upon the activity of • lo i r parties since the congress at Aiiistet.l . im in 1004 up to 1st January, 19071 These reports, which ought to give comrades of every land a pre­cise summary of the socialist and labor movement, ought to appear at tho lat­est about the 15th February, 1907. They wi l l appear in three languages— Herman, Knglish and French.

So far as the material arrangements for the Congress arc concerned. we have the pleasure to announce that with the help of the (iermnn com rades we have made them as complete and agreeable as possible.

The congress wi l l meet at the Loed erhalle, which includes a meeting place for 1,000 delegates, and numerous committee rooms. The local commit­tee wi l l publish a guide to t h e town and its suburbs, w i l l appoint sub-com­mittees for the entertainment and ac comtnodation of the delegates, and wi l l attend to all postal a n d press ar­rangements. Together wi th the Inter national Hureau, i t wi l l organizers de pot of socialist papers a n d an exhibi­tion of socialist books published in every tongue. To make the last suc-•tessful we ask. the cn operation of socialist editors and authors. We wil l publish i n Herman, Knglish and French a short summary o f a l l the discussions which may take place in the congress.

To facilitate the preparatory M rungements we aak delegatea to let us know of their appointment as soon as possible. They will then receive provisional tickets, which, after the verification of credentials, they can exchange at Stuttgart for the final tickets, the price of whieh has been fixed at 8s.

We ask t h e socialist papers and re­views to give this the wideat possible publicity, so. t h a t t h e congress at Stutt gart m a y be worthy o f the growing power of international socialism, and we ask you, dear comrades, to accept our fraternal greeting.

Signed on behalf of the Interna­tional Socialist Bureau.

I have seen with pleasure that meet­ings are now being held in Paria in favor of woman suffrage. Home of the opponents in this country think that tliey have scored a great point when they are able to say that there ia no movement in favor of that reform in France. Hut the reason is perfectly obvious. In France, until quite re-c c r i t K , the education of girls has been entirely in the hands of the church, and the women are nearly all Catho­lics. I t is no uncommon thing for the husband to lie an aggressive free­thinker and for the wife to be a prac­ticing Catholic-. When, however, we s h : i l l have a generation of women brought up under a system of secular adneiH— matters will change, and we shall see France taking her part in the ({rest ami noble work of the cm.iluipation of women.— London Jus - ' tice.

A ease has recently M M up which Ma thrown a most lurid light on the frightful exploitation which prevails in the Vienna brothels. The girls who are completely nt the mercy of the h o i »e mistress are not e v e n allowed ' o g i , out. They cannot go out, for t h e house-mistress tak i s care that they have no more clothes than a light sort ot i i i . ' h t garments which are allowed t o t h e m . The police inspectors are paid by the mistress and see nothing. I t can lie well understood what is pos­sible on girls who have in many cases been tricked into these houses. Even, however, i f the girls In some cases went in with their eyes open, that makes the case l i t t le better. We do not the less protest against exploits- j tion because its victims submitted themselves " v o l u n t a r i l y " to avoid st II \ ation. Rut i t does show how l i t - j tie use it ia to trust to the police to help us much in these matters, and j th.it a system of police des moeura i (police of morals) ia almost invariably only a means to further degrade wom­en and to turn the occasional prosti­tute into the regular by depriving her I of all other means of obtaining her l iving. That is well known to all who have seen the system as i t is prac­ticed in Berlin, Hamburg and other towns. From a sanitary and hygienic point of view the system is worae than useless because they create a feeling of security where there is none at all, and they make the most com­plete slaves of the women.—Justice.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton ha* been the subject of many programs in clubs of women recently. Her bir th month is November. Mrs Stanton from her early childhood was n student of con­ditions aa well as of hooka. Her father, Judge Cady, was a man o f great abi l i ty and learning. When a l i t t l e girl Elizabeth spent much time in his office, where she heard the p i t i ­f u l tales of women clients, and often implored her father to do something to relieve their sufferings. She al­ways received the same answer, name­ly, that the law was against them. One day in desperation she asked her father to show her 'n his books where the cruel laws were. This he did. Later, aa her indignation and sympathy in-I leased, she took her scissors and cut

I a l l these statutes from his New York Keports, thinking she had thus de­stroyed the law. This spirit went with her throughout her l i f e . She married happily and raised a large family of children, both boys and girls, vet she found time to use her splendid talents in helping to abolish these ob­jectionable laws for women. Tn her early rnnrried l i fe when ahe was closely confined nt home wi th her children she wrote arguments which for logic and force hnve seldom been equaled. Armed with these, Susan B. Anthony would appear before the state legialature. Thus, together, these two w.oncn, at first nlmost alone, and later with the help of friends, reconstructed property laws Tor married women, enabling the women o f New York state to own their own clothes, their own wagea, to become co guardians with their husbands over their children, etc. Beenuae the New York code ia largely followed by other states, Mrs. Stan ton and Miss Anthony are reallv re­sponsible for the improved laws exist­ing all over the TTnited States. No wonder women do them honor!

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Three Subs a Week Will do the Business for the Legislature.

N e x t week the leg is la t ive repor t ! bo-gin. The M o n t a n a N e w t is undertak­

i n g wha t no paper i n M o n t a n a or anystate has ever done—to t e l l the who le

t r u t h about the actual happen ing ! in ihe legis la ture f r o m a w o r k i n g class

S tandpoin t . T h i s i n t en t ion has al-ready aroused the greatest in teres t

among a l l classes, a l l other papers inthe state are so comple te ly subserv ien t

to the w i l l of corpora t ion masters that the real machinery of leg is la t ion never

comes to the l i g h t of day at a l l . Thech ie f an imus of the present l eg i s la ­

tu re w i l l be the fight brought on Joe Toole and his pol ic ies by A m a l g a m a t e d

a n d entrenched, secure r epub l i can cor porate, cap i ta l i s t power . E x i t Toole .

E x i t a l l pretense of a d i v i s i o n of theforces of cap i t a l i sm w i t h the demo­

c r a t i c par ty i n M o n t a n a . B u t the bene f i c i a r i e s right over the plums. M a n

t i e has been the decoy duck. 8caIlonof Bu t t e , the representa t ive of the

A m a l g a m a t e d company i n Mon tana , ami p robab ly the speaker of the house,

has openly repudia ted M a n t l e . Thernan 's fi It liv reputa t ion makes decent

f a the r s of y o u n g daughters ba lk . D i x o n i s openly boas t ing that he is the Roose­

vel t candidate f r o m M o n t a n a . Teddyhas to get out of the presidency any

way , and so he is go ing to make a t r a i l of g lory f o r h i m s e l f by a g r a n d

t rus t -bust ing, a n t i - A m a l g a m a t e d s tageplay ; and Joey of M i s o u l a comes i n

as v i r tuous cour t f a v o r i t e . U e i n z e isthe man f r o m the bosom of the A m a l ­

gamated , l i e pours out Amalgama tedgo jd . The l o b b y ' s Ret rea t g lowp

resplendent ly at Broadwa te r w i t h F . A u g u s t u s as i ts pa t ron saint. He has

opened sp lend id headquarters at amagni t ieeut He lena hote l , w i t h J . M .

K e n e n d y ins t a l l ed as ch ie f l ieutenant .Oh, yes, the w e l f a r e o f the ragged

producers is b e i n g considered i n t l i i s - ampa ign .

To f a i t h f u l l y chronic le the passingpageant w i l l take f i n a n c i a l suppor t .

The paper must be spread broadcast tbat i t may do the utmost possible

good. A w a k e n , w o r k i n g m e n . Suppor t tbe paper i n wh ich y o u are a share­

holder . Send money and subs. Y o n c a n do both.

Y O U H A V E N O T H I N G T O L O S E 1 U T V O I R C H A I N S .

I f a paper owned by a state social is t pa r ty i s to record the doings of that o rgaz ina t ion and be in te res t ing , one of the ind i spens ib le condi t ions i s that we s h a l l have some doings to record. I f the locals are not h o l d i n g regular meet ings, i f they have a r ranged no w i n t e r study c lubs f o r the under­s t a n d i n g and sp read ing of the move­ment, i f there is no ef for t made ' t o have programs or speakers, no social en ter ta inments o f any sort to advance the socia l and financial w e l f a r e of the movement, i f there are no systemat ic plans f o r propaganda, a state paper w o n ' t have a n y t h i n g in t e res t ing to record in the w a y of state a c t i v i t y . The w i n t e r t ime should be our great­est seed t ime. The evenings are long a n d much can be done. Comrades, we have not a l l i e d ourselves w i t h th is r evo lu t ion because i t was an easy or a l i g h t task. W e have a l l i e d ourselves w i t h i t because o f a great and a b i d i n g Sense of r igh t , jus t ice , s t ruggle and necessi ty. L e t us conduct ourselves i n it l i ke men and women who feel that l i f e has someth ing wor th l i v i n g f o r , someth ing serious, g r and and

Comrade A r t h u r H a r v e y of Fergus county sends i n severa l subscr ip t ions .

Selby' i Report Missoula, Dec. 27.

I am pleased t o report good prog­ress here. The u n i o n fight is a very b i t t e r one here. T h e comrades are w e l l sa t i s f ied w i t h the News, and quite agree w i t h its pos i t i on on the union ques t ion . I have made arrangements ts v i s i t the brewery and the round aouse tomorrow. I am somewhat hamt ieapped b y l a c k o f finances amojig

4 workingmen owing to the holidays. 1 i n t e n d to stay to attend the local S u n d a y , as a number of the comrades have promised donat ions . I think when I s tate the c i rcumstances to them 1 s h a l l v e r y near ly accompl i sh my pur pose. I w i l l send a l l the money I can the end of the week . I sha l l s t a r t up the B i t t e r Root Sunday n igh t , and s torm S t e v e n s v i l l e first. T h e M i s s o u l a comrades are a fine bunch a n d they tho rough ly apprec ia te wha t i s b e i n g done at He lena . K i n d regards to you both , and a happy N e w Y e a r .

Comrade Chr i s t e o f L e w i s t o w n sends i n • L , . * > 0 f o r sub cards .

Comrade F r e d Sou thwor th of sends in $3 f o r stamps.

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Comrade J . C . W i l s o n of H a m i l t o n sends in f o r a bunch of sub cards.

Comrade FletSf was i n f r o m W o l f i ' r eek this week w i t h f o u r more subs. Coasted* Kis ter wan t s us to k e e p the pa r ty i n m i n d t h a t we must have a da i l y in M o n t a n a . T h a t ' s the proper w a y to look at i t . A l l that i s l a c k i n g is SBOHffc money. There i s p l e n t y of SSSS] f o r the paper. It w o u l d be noth i n g short of ecs ta t ic de l igh t t o the long su f f e r ing M o n t a n a pub l i c to have a p r o s service that w o u l d p r i n t the t r u t h , and not jus t the side t ha t the corpora t ions w a n t e d the p u b l i c to see. The European social is t movement have the papers w e l l e s t ab l i she s Some t ime A m e r i c a w i l l have them. A n d there i s no Ix-tter field t han here in M o n t a n a , cove r ing the nor thwes t ter r i t o r f .

Comrade G r a h a m haa been t a k i n g a

vaca t i on o f a week d o w n home, hear­

ing C h i s t m a s w e d d i n g bel ls r i n g , eat­

ing t u r k e y , sa lad, oysters and p lum

p u d d i n g t i l l he h a r d l y recognises the M o n t a n a N e w a f e e d on g e t t i n g back . H e v i s i t e d the loca ls of Ches tnu t , L i v i n g s t o n , a n d Boseman . A l l a r « much in tees ted and pleased w i t h the News and i ta work , and are m a k i n g arrangements to g i v e i t a d d i t i o n a l support , especia l ly (brought the ses­sions o f the legis la ture . L o c a l Bose -msn wants to get some one to can­vass the coun ty f o r t hem. L o c a l Chest­nut hue a l r eady made ar rangements to canvass every house i n town . L o c a l L i v i n g s t o n is p l a n n i n g to send M . L . Maker th rough P a r k county to make a - i . i la] onslaught on the fa rmers . T h e r e are a thousand of these in the county , and s e | over a hundred get any soc ia l ­ist l i t e ra tu re at a l l . P l ans are a l r eady being l a i d in L i v i n g r T o u l o r the s p r i n g campaign .

The I . W . W . o f M i s s o u l a take 2 5 copies of the N e w s a week.

L o c a l Bozeman sends $ 5 . 5 0 on dues and account.

Comrade K r u s e o f Bozeman sends in $ 1 . 5 0 f o r subs.

Comrade H o r s n e l l sends in to rcaew his subscr ip t ion f r o m Bel t , and sa \s he t rusts that the (i'.od w o r k n n y continue.

Comrade M a b i e has an app rec i a t i on of a social is t tha t has g r i t enough to do something that he expresses in a v e r y r e f r e s h i n g w a y :

" T h e dance o f L o c a l K r i d l e y cornea off a week la te r and there i s every prospect of it b e i n g a success. W h e n th i s comrade came into the movement it meant much f o r this par t o f the works . She is as f u l l o f ideas and in sp i r a t i on ss an egg is o f meat . A wri te -up of the resources of her char­acter wou ld read l i k e a page o f W i l -sh i r e ' s gold mine scheme and it w o u l d a l l be on the square, too. H e r latest idea i s — w e l l , may be she d o n ' t want me

you s t i ck a p i n i n y o u r map about where F r i d l e y l ies . She makes me t h i n k of that a r t i c l e b v V a n d e r v e l o i

A n a p p l i c a t i o n f o r char ter is in f r o m B e l f r y w i t h 2 2 names on i t . The re are two women in the o rgan i za t i on . l M w i n S. Dew is r eco rd ing secre tary , and L l o y d M i d d l e s w o r t h organizer . The f o l o w i n g are tSe minutes o f the tii-t meet ing , held DeS, 11:

M o t i o n made and ca r r i ed that E d w i n l»c\v be made c h a i r m a n t e m p o r a r i l y . I ' a r r i ed .

M o v e d and car r ied that L l o y d M i d ­d leswor th be made loca l o rgan i ze r ; e lected.

M o v e d that E d w i n S. Hew be mado record ing secre ta ry ; elected.

M o t i o n made that T h a d M i d d l e s w o r t h be made financial sec re ta ry ; lost.

M o v e d that W . E l z a Ogden be made f inanc ia l secre ta ry ; ca r r i ed .

M o v e d that T h a d M i d d l e s w o r t h be y a d e t reasurer ; e lec ted .

M o v e d tha t E d w i n B. D e w be made l i t e ra tu re agent ; c a r r i e d .

J . M . W o o d c o c k , O . C . H a n c o c k a n d 1 A . J . Ogden were nomina ted f o r aud­

i t i n g commi t t ee ; e lected. M r s . D e w . M r s . H a n c o c k , J. M.

Woodcock , I r s 8. B r a d l e y and C a r l H . C a r l s o n nomina ted on program com­mi t t ee ; e lected.

M r s . Dew, M r s . H a n c o c k nomina ted on l i t e r a tu re commi t t ee ; e lected.

A d j o u r n e d to meet aga in Wednes­day even ing Dec. 19.

. | i n the last W i l s h i r o f4M y o u read it*>

Comrade Coster of ( i lasgow sends on the " C o n s e r v a t i s m of the W o r k i n g $1<1 on the leg i s la t ive and says to send , Class . " She is a ump o f l eaven . N u him sub cards, and h e ' l l see what he loca l can go to sleep w i t h a member

can do f o r the cause and the paper.

to

other good candidate of the revolut ion.

f o r the soldiers

Oeamil esfSf l e f t f o r M i s s o u l a county on Chr i s tmas day. H e w i l l go f r o m there up through R a v a l l i county,

s do ing the business work of the 11

w o r t h v the greatest effort and sacri lets that h u m a n beings f a n make . | ( ' " ' " r ' " 1 ' <" the f r o n t * * * * * * * Wha t l . - y of Spokane >s do I t is e, gh to break the hesr t to I f o r t h " leg is la t ive w o r k : " H e r e w i t h - m e t h m g to help push :

«. . , , , . . . . the nledirc \ s soon ns vnn fiml r m r " E n c l o s e d find two dol lars , one to see the monev that avowed soc ia l i s t s . • * A " ""on as \<<u nun \ our | . . . . I ulun is a i/o semi me °il gnh e u r . U un 1 ap lv on mv o w n subscr ip t ion and the i n th i s western count rv w a n t o n l v i • ™ * " - ' " u n <arns an i i .

. , , " . . . I I w i l l remit " other f o r ; ( \ c a r ' s subsc r ip t ion th row away, seemingly w i t h no con­cept ion that there i s a cause that de- \ bands their dearest a l legiance , wh ich | w o u l d so l a rge ly profit by every ex­t r a cent that they waste. The hol i ­days might a f f o r d a fitting t ime f o r a l i t t l e conscience money in that direc­t i o n . H a v e y o u ever thought what y o u Hould do towards o v e r t h r o w i n g th i s horr ible system of g r a f t and degra­da t i on , which you profess to t r u l y ab­hor, by p u t t i n g aside just a l i t t l e money each day or w e e k f W h a t are you doing, anyhow, i n the way of seri­ous effort f o r socia l ism t The poverty-s t r i cken basis of our movement i n th i s country, w i t h the best pa id labor i n the w o r l d , makes y s the l augh ing s tock of other movements. W e need not say the A m e r i c a n l a h o r i n g man is too wel l p a i d f o r sac r i f i c ing . T h i s is wr i t t en f o r social is ts . I f you are dissat isf ied w i t h the w a y the move­ment goes a l l the more reason to get i n and do something. E v e r y o n e can w o r k in his own communi ty and among his own loca l condi t ions . There is p len ty to do. M a k e up your mind first whether you rea l ly care a n y t h i n g about soc ia l i sm, and i f you do show i t b y doing something .

. f r i e n d o f mine whose name is hereto

Comrade K u b e o f Chestnut has a ' »t<»< ,*» pd. y o u n g daughter who is going around " l h a v p r e a < 1 v o u r w i , h m l l < , h

the camp f rom house to house to get interest , a l w a y s w i t h an eye open to subs f o r the News She w i l l make an ( " a , ( ' h "ome th ing f r o m M i l e s C i t y ,

where T resided severa l ca lendar years ago, but as yet i n v a i n . H o w e v e r , I undrs t and the reason. M i l e s C i t y be­i n g i n the heart o f a stock sect ion of thi- count ry , w i t h l i t t l e i n d u s t r y and trades interest yet developed.

" T h e f r i e n d r e f e r r ed to is engaged i n f a r m i n g and stock r a i s i n g close to M i l e s , and is o f a progress ive disposi­t ion on p o l i t i c a l and sc ien t i f i c l ines , h a v i n g renounced the o ld p o l i t i c a l part ies years a g o ; but , ns ye t , he hss not reached the point to declare f o r soc ia l i sm, the i n e v i t a b l e remedv f o r a l l p o l i t i c a l , cecnomie and soc ia l wrongs ai i ' l abuses. H i s pos i t ion just now very much r eminds me of the one de­scr ibed in the l i t t l e verses in you r last issue, headed. " D e s p a i r of the Democrat . "

" R e n d h i m the N e w s f o r a year and see i f It w o n ' t ' l a n d h i m . ' A t

rate, i t w i l l g ive l i i m n correct j n ' report of the l e g i s l a t i v e proceedings

' f his state. '*

Comrade F i s t e r has sent i n som*

to g ive i t a w a y just ye t , bu t just suggest ions f o r o b t a i n i n g be t te r re­

sults i n the movement . H e w r i t e s :

" I w i sh to submit f o r your consid­e ra t ion a propos i t ion f o r f the educa­t i o n of the the . . i te rs w h i c h I t h i n k w o u l d IK- the qu ickes t , most l a s t i n g and economica l—which we must prac­t i c e a long w i t h e f f ic iency—as we are a l l in need of money f o r our own pres­ent personal needs. T a k e a commun­i t y i n the count ry or a w a r d or b lock i n the c i t y , and m a i l or hand out one book of one subject to N o . 1, one book of another subject to N o . 2 , and so on, w i t h a p r in t ed s l i p ins ide s t a t i n g :

l i k * h e r . "

News . Comrades are asked to a id his work in every possible way. W e must have co-operative help i f we are to de­velop the j ia r ty press. T h r e 1« a hard task before do what we can.

us and we must a l l

Comri:.)e la Bodnch h a j come i n to Helena ' m m his sojourn in the mountains. It goes against the gra in w i t h h im to see the N e w s c r a w l i n g a long so p a i n f u l l y and s lowly and to see so many avowed and v o t i n g so c ia l i s t s so ind i f fe ren t to the burdens. So he just went down in h i s pockets f o r and a y e e / ' s sub besides

Whereupon we were able to pav coal b i l l .

...

Savings Accounts Opened from $1 Upwards

E R E C E I V E D E P O S I T S BY M A I L on ex­

actly the same terms as though made in

person at the Bunk. The mails are entirely

safe and are convenient. People in all parts

of the country transact banking in this manner.

Deposits may be sent by registered mail, money order, or by bank check. When

the first deposit is received it will be entered on our l^ohs, and a pas. book re-

turned by mail as a receipt for the money deposited. W e have issued a small

tolling of the simple way in which an account can be opened by mail

d we will send a copy free to anyone asking for it

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N e a r l y 2 0 0 c h i l d r e n am! adul ts were " f e d and c o m f o r t e d " hjr the S a l v a v

11inn A r m y in B u t t e on Chr i s tmas D a y say the papers. A n d yet we are to ld that M o n t a n a is prosperous w i t h th is

J pauper i sm—and none of these good, i k i n d hearted C h r i s t i a n people w o u l d [ take the on ly steps there are to pre-j vent th is mise ry , fight c a p ' a l i s m , the system that makes it and estabHft so-e i a l i sm . T h e y would rather put te r

. a r o u n d to t rv and eefS the effects .

UNIONBANKAfJDmjjT H E L E N A , - - M O N T A N A .

l ive women were chosen as coun ty treasurers in Idaho nt the recent elec­t ion and 17 woruen as county superin­tendents of schools.

The governor of Ind iana has ap­pointed M i s s M a r y A . S tubhs as stnte s t a t i s t i c i an , to fill the vacancy i n tha t aflat caused b y the death of her fa the r . The office ts an e l ec t ive one. C o m m e n t i n g on M i s s S t n M i s ' appoint­ment a 1. i . l i n g Tndrfnnn newspaper says : " I f she i s competent to fill an office i n the g i f t of the people, w h y is she not competent to vote f o r s per­son to fill the p l a c e t "

Hea l th is l i t t l e book, take it to your nearest neighbor and exchange it fo r a bet ter urn—or another one. A n d I be l ieve it would be a success f r o m the s tar t . A n d then a f t e r the lapse o f sufficient t ime f o r Hhe gray ma t t e r to beg in to work , let a good soc ia l i s t — a n y one w i l l do, f o r they are a l l good—go a round and sol ic i t subs f o r the paper. A n d then we w i l l have more he lp to invade new t e r r i t o r y , and grow, a n d expand, and finally cover the s i tu ­a t i o n . N o w . of m y own obse rva t ion , a speaker i s l i s tened to p r i n c i p a l l y b y soc ia l i s t s who are a l ready safe i n the f o l d , and we do not get the ones wo are a f t e r , H * If seine s t ray one stop* to l i s t e n they fo rge t in a short t ime a n d become careless; but i f they s h o u l d read a f a c t p l a i n l y i l u s t r a t ed i t makes a l a s t i n g impress ion , some th ing tha t s t i r s up the gray pool tha t has l a i n dormant so long . A n d , f u r t h e r w h e n the ne ighbor cal ls to exchange b o o k s there is bound to be someth ing nnid on the subject . A n d i f one ne igh b o r is d i s i n c l i n e d to f«»low up the rend ing , by the others c a l l i n g f o r his b o o k and o f f e r i n g to h i m the one they h a v e read, there w i l l lie a g r o w i n g agi ­t a t i o n . A n d i n a c o m p a r a t i v e l y short t i m e we w i l l have a w h i r l w i n d , some t h i n g that could not be stopped, nor . \ . n p a r t l y c logged by the oppos i t ion W h y , the first book I ever read tha t s<t me t h i n k i n g . w a s en t i t l ed " T h e S e v e n 1 ' innnclnl C o n s p i r a c i e s . " I t took me but I short t i m e to read i t , bu t I assure vou it, w i l l never be f o r g o t t e n . I d i d not s h i p a w i n k tha t first n igh t , m y ido l w»is not only b roken , but was a l l busted up. M y sweetheart the G . »> P .—was ti deceiver l a i d b a r e ; 1 cou ld no more bel ieve her. and I f ee l t ha t others would bo somewhat. tho same. A t any rate , we w o u l d get 50 per cent of tho populnt inn t h i n k i n g , and the th inkers would be t a lko r s and ag i t a to r s and the 1 or I per cent to make tho m a j o r i t y would soon f o l l o w . F r a t e r n a l l y s u b m i t t e d . "

Jot. M l e k a s h Carl Y

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