p» ftttis^x HE WESTERN CLAPTON Published in the Interests of the Working .Class Alone. IIS IX iSBKR 317. Vancouver, B. C, Saturday, April 22, 1905. Subscription Price PBS YBA» Sl.00 IMMENT ON CURRENT EVENTS 1 Separata Schools, Labor Partisan, Arbitration aad Patriotic Fervor ,. is one very hopeful t-igu in lion with current political con- fersios, namely, the absolute in- Iwice of the working class to questions. All the fun- and seme of the capitalist press of lutu over the Northwest school lion is entirely on the surface. Lad the News or the World you |i siipfioHt; that the country wus verge of a civil war. While |le 1 luss opinion,which is largely ,,l by fanatical preachers of the and Wild type is to a certain Li responsive to the agitation in uwspapertji the working people entirely unmoved by it, and look |i a spirit of apathetic amuse- Thcre ure no names of recog- trades union leaders' on the fcn's t'onimittee, no labor spoak- ., the platform at meetings held riliernnce of the agitation, eiity—yes, or even ten years ago yoald have been .very different, the appoals to bigotry and pre- insleud of falling on deaf ears (l have caused an agitation in st, instead of the sheet-iron and red-lire business now jiiir the stage. The workingman iiively recognizes that it is of his luneral whichever way it whether the ecclesiastical dic- Ijehind the scenes is named P'ltii or John Potts it will maike Vrt of difference so far as his flrilc interests are concerned. He it be robbed of a cent the less Ipitalism or gain a minute's ad- nul leisure; nor will the solu- nf the problem how to prevent spoliation be advanced one Why, then, should he worry ie awake nights brooding over III aggression," or the danger lovincinl autonomy? 1 jft the lllsts and the preachers figure This Indifference indicates a |nd dawning sense of class-confess, not sufficiently developed to induce any considerable ac- to the ranks of Socialism. lite enough to show that the Bgmcn of Toronto as a class litgrowlng tin- rabid and un- hing pnrtyisra which has been liief obstacle to the growth of Rism. Ibor I'arlisans at a Discount. It her encouraging feature is the Vi ion of the parliamentary la1 Bartizan—the man elected us a (ui ur ( onser\alive with a trade record and the endorsement of ahor organizations—pledged to Irl the general policy of his except on "labor questions."' ■nrs the capitalists, who con- uih parties, have found that. l-iisiest and < heapest way of inking and befooling the work- lless voters wns to permit tho liimal election, in an otherwise lifui constituency of a Labor- I'lvative or a Labor-Liberal, gi\- piui considerable latitude in the ui' supporting palliatives and i measures," which could ea«i- voted down by a hostile ina- of both parties. In return for Night concession he wns expoct- carefully refrain from raising vital issue nnd to support all >r of capitalist legislation, such Iml and money grants to corpo rations, higher salaries for judges und officials, militia afjpropriations, immigration appropriations, etc. The changed attitude of labor is evidenced by the disappearance of this clnss from politics—Ralph Smith is about the only survivor. Puttee, of Winnipeg, after carefully serving his capitalist masters, was duly turned down in favor of a straight unhyphenated OHt lust, election. K.F. Clarke, personally a most unliable •nun who lived up to his professions ns a trade unionist, leaves no successor. His hold on l,h,e workingmen was persona) rather than political, and in filling tho vacancy for Centre Toronto the Conservatives have elected Edmund Bristol, a lawyer without any labor sympathies up to the present. He inny perhaps he able to acquire some later on if political exigencies seem to require it, but it won't do him much good. Evidently the dny of the Labor-Conservative and the Labor-Liberal is about over. The working class have come to realize the folly of expecting anything at the hands of un adherent of either of the capitalist parlies, even though he may grariouslv be permitted by the caucus to vote for a "I'nion Label Rill" oi- something of that sort about once or twice in a session, just to make good with his unionist supporters. The game i.s up. The vuters are getting class conscious. Nothing to Arbitrate. The Saw.yer-Massey Company, of Hamilton, who arc having some trouble with their moulders havo just replied to the offer of the Hoard of Trade in that city to act as arbitrators in the dispute, that they hud "nothing to arbitrate." They are quite right. The phrase is harsh, ar- rogantl, truculent—thol-otigihly characteristic of the attitude of capitalism—but foi nil that il is true. There is nothing in arbitrate. Either thu capitalist is right in supposing that his control of the means of production entitles him to manage his business exactly as he sees fit, and to employ whom he pleases on any terms they are willing to accept; or the Socialist' is right in holding that the means of production belong to all and that, the worker isfcantitled to all he produces. There is no logical st milling ground between these propositions. Why should the capitalist arbitrate if the land mid the buildings and the machinery nnd the money nre really his? What business have you or i, or a trade union, or a board of trader or anybody, to dictate to him whom he shall hire or what he shall do with his own? Once grant that assumption, on which nil bourgeois political economy is bused, that the capitalists aro the rightful owners of the wealth produced b.v labor, and arbitration between them and the workers becomes an absurdity and an impertinence. Byt tho public mind is not logical, and while the refusal to arbitrate is resented ns arbitrary and unreasonable, the trude unionists and their sympathizers fail to see thut the only ground on which arbitration is a tenable proposition involves n great deal more than any such petty concessions as a capitalist board could secure for it. No, there is "nothing to arbitrate" between Capitalism and labor, and never can be. It's a good phrase; let. capitul- sm reiterate it on every occasion, and let workingmen remember it and act upon it when the day of deliverance comes. Creditable to Young Canadians. flood news from Halifax. 1 have said that the separate school agitation wus all on the surface, purely the creation of tho political demagogues and capitalist press, and now it appears thai the military and Imperialist enthusiasm of which wo hear so much at public, functions from officials and parasites, is pretty much in the same 'category. Our sycophantic government has offered to help out the step-mother country in the defence ()f the Empire by garrisoning Halifax and Ksquimntt with Canadian troops, thereby sotting free n number ol red-coats for piratical raids in Africa or Asia, or wherever the capitalists of London cun find some territory belonging only to "natives," that they think worth stealing. But this is easier said than done. Canadians cannot be got to enlist. Of course, Canadians aro the most loyal, patriotic people on earth, always ready to die for the flag, etc., but the proposition doesn't work out as was expected. The Halifax correspondent of the Toronto News says; "The diffi culty is in getting Canadians to join the colors. To the average young man the humdrum life of the soldiers in garrison has little attraction. It is said that it would be extremely difficult to get men enough to form one good regiment, Met alone enough ?o garrison Halifax and Esquimnlt." He goes on to say that military men assert that the Canadian is not a good professional soldier. Just fancy, after all the vaunting und swaggering of the Imperialists over the readiness Of Canadians to support the Kmpirc, it simmers down to this conclusion. It does really begin to look ns if the common people, who have to do the fighting and the paying when capitalists want to go to war. were getting some sense pounded into them at lust. It is highly creditable to young Canadians that they don't care to become food for powder, or waste away the best years of their lives in idleness for the benefit of the predatory class. But. ''what will they say in England" where they have taken all the hollow bombast and vaporing of the Lnur- iers. Tuppers, Stratheonns and the rest of the bunch of titled tax-eaters at its face value? —Phillips Thompson. Toronto, Ont., April 10, 1905. THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND Straws Froai Various Countries Shew Socialists Everywhere Persecuted AN UNHOLY PURPOSE TO CULTIVATE DOCILITY, Incredible though it may seem, it appears that Montgomery, Ward & Company, proprietors of a big Chicago department store, hod the audacity to refuse to grant the modest, and just demands of its drivers, for the closed shop. This very projierly aroused tlie righteous wrath of the drivers, who proceeded to wreak ten- rible vengeance upon the audacious firm by refusing to work. When the firm carried its unsufferahlc impudence to the oxlont of employing other drivers, the striking heroes gathered in force, unsheathed their trusty tongues und yelled "scab!" until the yery structure of civilization rocked upon its foundations in such a manner as to threaten total collapse. Hut the firm persisted in its unholy purpose of attending to its own business, by calling upon the police fur protection against the victorious Onslaughts of the peaceful, law-abiding and justice-loving strikers. The cowardly, traitorous and vicious police came to Ihe firm's assistance, instead of siding with the strikers and helping throw bricks at the vile scabs who were attempting to betray organized ,abor by taking some vacant jobs that belonged to Montgomery, Wind & Co., and with that, firm's permission. When the strikers at last, in sheer desperation, appealed to the newly- t lee tod mayor for assistance, that miserable scamp responded by sending more police to assist the firm in the high-handed tyranny of minding its own business. Whether the valiant band who have been thus courageously upholding the rights and dignity of organized labor, belong to the old school under the old name, or the old school under the new name, i.s not stated. This is of minor importance, however, us the result in either case is equally disastrous to them. Still it would be a comfort to know whether Ihis display of assininity is made upon the basis of the "class struggle," or not. Adopting the French plan for amalgamating the interests of the corporation and its employes, Mr. B.F. Yoakum, chairman of the executive of the 'Frisco system, has declared that, a homestead will be provided for every employe of the system, from Vice-President down to section hand. By this method Mr. Yoakum to establish an "entente cor- a in on g the employes and a affiliation with the corpora- interest. One of the things hopes diale" closer tion which it is expected to accomplish is the elimination of strikes. The first experiments nre to be made on tho Texas line, lt is declared that already a majoritH ol* the men have signided theiir intention of taking advantage of the plan. The idea is to soil to every employe a parcel of five or ten acres of land tributary to the railroad, supplied with water and at a fair valuation, to be paid for in ten years, deferred payments bearing a low rate of in- I direst. ! It is provided that should an em- ] ploye discontinue his service with the Company before the completion of his contract all money paid in by him will be returned, together with interest per- milium thnt has been charged against him.—Exchange. The above sjieaks for itself us another of those clever schemes to so fetter the wage slave as to make him properly docile and submissive to his master, lf he can be fettered with some insignificant little property, ho will, no doubt, be less inclined to wince when the lash is laid upon his bock b.v means of the exactions of l he boss. , Clever scheme. Clover Yoakum. Male "Symbol" clerks in the big New York Central freight yards at Dewitt, N. Y., have been substituted by those of the female persuasion It was found b.v the company that women could do the work eniinlly well, and could be obtained at ISO per month, as against the |50 whiMi had been paid the men. There seems to be a lull in the Russian storm, if we nre to believe the reports appearing in the capitalist press. But whenever the veil is lifted enough for us to see anything of the actual conditions, a scene of conflict is revealed extending over almost all Russia. Strikes are breaking out everywhere. Poland- and Finland are in almost open revolt. Disaffection is reported iu the army at numerous points. The red terror carries on its deadly work of execution upon the tyrants and murderers who compose the autocracy. Humors come of revolutionists being found within the Oar's household, and the St. Petersburg police have become so affected with revolutionary sympathies that it hus been found necessary to accompany each policeman with a Cossack. Such a condition cannot be long continued. The Socialists of the world are offering an excellent example of international solidarity. From every corner of the world funds are pouring in to assist the Russian comrades. One single collection agency in the United States has already sent over two thousand dollars and is sending more weekly. Many more sums ore doubtless sent directly by those who have left friends behind in Russia. European countries are responding much more liberally, because of their greater realization of the need. Indeed the sums that havo been sent b.v American Socialists are still so small as to be disgraceful. Mexico. A letter received from a comrude in Mexico, formerly living in the United States, und for whose accuracy we can vouch, sends an account of Ihe following events. For obvious reasons the correspondent does not wish his name mentioned: On February 19th of this year the first and last issue of a Socialist paper culled "Aurora Wocial" was published in Guadalajara, Mexico. The editor was Rogue Estrada, a student of the law school at that place. Ho was at once arrested and put into the states prison located in the city where the paper was published and which contains about 8,500 prisoners. 7-1 fellow students issued a protest in leaflet form demanding his release, not because the signers were Socialists or necessnrily favored Socialism, but because they wished to retain the right of free press which is guaranteed b.v the Mexican constitution. As a result he was finally released but was bonishod from the state of Jalisco, being allowed but one month in which to arrange his affairs. The paper was printed in Spanish nnd our correspondent assures us that its Socialism was the real thing. Comrade Estrada is a Mexican and doubtless will be heard irom later. Meanwhile the government has demanded tnat the students publish n retraction of their protest They have refused to do this and we shall wait further details of this struggle with interest. Japan. It is a long call from Mexico to Japan, but the following pathetic postal card which we have just received tells us how the same battle is going on, the same sufferings being endured, the same victory being kept in-view by the Socialist workers in every corner of the world: Bear Comrade: The final trial having decided, I am just going to the prison. Few days ago I have written an article concerning the details of the persecutions and sent it to Comrade T. Mfirai, whom you know. I hope you will hear from him. Now I must go. Au Revoir. Fraternally yours, I). Kotoku. Germany. The capitalist press gave wide circulation to a report from Germany that the Socialists had been wholly discredited in the coal fields of Germany as a result of the Ruhr strike. , It was reported that Socialist agitators had been driven from the mines and that the Socialist Party was practically disrupted in that lo. cality. These are the facts, as reported by the papers on the spot. The German Miners' Union has grown with great rapidity during the last lew months. Its membership has doubled in the Ruhr field and is increasing daily. The Miners' organ which had ('.">,000 circulation on the first of January, 1905, now has 155,000 circulation and this paper supports the Social Democratic Party. The army of organized miners is today stronger and better eouipped than ever before, and all this has been done in spite of the fact that the Anarchists and the capitalists combined to discredit in all possible ways the activity of the Socialists. Italy. The workers on tho Italian railroads have recently been conducting a peculiar sort, of strike. The stoppage of work on a government railroad having been judged as conspiracy treason, they decided to use other methods. Taey adopted the policy of simply enforcing all rules. Every- inspection demanded by the rules was scrupulously carried out, all stops were made exactly as ordered and as I a result the trains were from two hours to a day behind time, and in : some cases the service was so crip- I pled that one-fourth of the trains wbre entirely dropped. The irovern- ment finally agreed to some slight concessions, but the struggle is not yet ended. England. Keir Hardie has recently aroused considerable interest in the introduction of the following motion tin the House of Commons: "Provision of meals for school children. That, having regard to recommendations contained in the report of the Physical Deterioration Committee, particularly regarding the importance of providing proper food for children, this house declares in favor of powers being immediately conferred upon oducationnl authorities for enabling them to charge the funds under their control with the cost of supplying meals to children attending school." Sweden. The Socialist movement in Sweden moves steadily onward. A congress was recently held in which it was shown that tho party membership had increased from twenty thousand in 1897 to forty-four thousand in 1900, and at the present time it is over sixty-three thousand. —International Socialist Review. he Difference Between Labor and Labor Power ure few persons today who 'I realize that something is with the sociul und industrial fs of mankind. As to whut that |g is, and the remedy for it, is wide divergence of opinion. I rule men pronounca those things |c which unfavorably affect their lal welfare, and are in nowise "U'lied about any other. In fii'l I her real wrong can exist. When lu-rve of material interest culls pun's attention to the existence j wrong, thut person will almost Jiubly attempt to place the ro- pibilily for the wrong upon some Individual or individuals. It ! not seem to occur to him that fviong may have sprung from away beyond nnd outside of (duals, and over which they hud no control. Tho fanner I Unit the milling and beef coin- do not pay him what they to pay for his wheat and cat- af the other trusts charge him inch ,or the things he pur- ■ :The small dealer feels that »s been wronged by tho larger vho has undersold him, or by "railroad charging exhorbituiit The wage earner feels ag- k'd towards the employer because |»'s not. pay higher wages, and |*,'£ He Western Dark Published every Saturday in the Interests of the Working Class alone at the office of the Western Clarion, Flack block basement, 165 Hastings street, Vancouver, B. C. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 PER ANNUM Yearly subscription card* In lota of live or more. 75 cents each. Advertising rates on application If you receive this paper it Is paid for. Address all communleatloos to The WESTERN CLARION Box 836, Vancouver, B. C. 318 Watch the label on your paper If this number is on it, your subscription expires next issue. SATURDAY April 22, 1005 MANUFACTURE — AGRICULTURE Editor Western Clarion: Bulletin No. .150, of the United States census of the year 1900, gives the following interesting figures: In agriculture there were during the census year, 5,739,657 establishments engaged with a total capital of $20,51-1,051,838. The average number of employes was 10,- 338.519, and the total value of the product. 3,764,177,706. In manufacturing, 640,606 establishments, with a capital of $9,884,424,167, employed ar. average of 5,393,246 persons, and the value of the output was $13,011,876,790. By the above wo see that there was more than twice as much employed in agriculture as in manufacturing, and almost twice the number of persons employed. The total value of the finished product was about four times as much in manufacturing as in agriculture, nnd the earning capacity of the corporation capital about eight times ns much as that of private or individual capital. Why do such conditions exist? —Abel Hallberg. Greenwood, B. C, April 10, 1905. To apply the term capital to at least, the greater portion of the twenty billions credited to agriculture is a misnomer. In so far as it consists of moans of self-employment, by the owners, it does not take on the function of capital, which is to exploit, or,mako a profit, out of labor. Only thnt portion which represents the larger concerns, and operated solely by wage labor, properly belongs under the term of capital. As'we go down tho lino of the smaller establishments we find less of the earmarks of capital, that is, the exploitation of wage labor. The smaller farmers, it is true, employ wage lubor lo a more or less limited extent, but ns the large, and more clearly capitalist, concerns, through cheaper production have a very potent influence upon the market, the smaller farmer i.s as a rule forced to surrender to big capital at least a goodly portion of such profit as he may havo been able to wring from his wage laborers. Still further down the line is found the farmer whose operations are circumscribed to such limits as admit of the employment of no labor outside of himself nnd ' family. Such person's holdings are devoid of all capitalist character, although they no doubt represent a very considerable portion of the twenty billions referred to. With manufacture, trade and transportation, however, it is different. The holdings of those interested function almost exclusively as capital, by the direct exploitation of wage labor. As no inconsiderable portion of farm products go into the factories as raw materials of manufacture, it should be remembered that their value Is embodied in that of tho factory output, A very large portion of the three and three-quarter billions of agricultural products will thus lie found in the thirteen billions turned out of the factories. The difference between the sum prnid to wage laborers and working farmers, and the total value of the products as they were turned out of the factories, would closely approximate the extent of Ihe exploitation of the wealth producers up to that point, but it by no means tells tho whole story. The process of production is not completed, nor the full exchange valuo realized until tho product has reached the hand of the consumer. From the factory door to the consumer i.s ns a rule no inconsiderable journey, involving the labor of numerous other wage earners who assist in producing the linul and complete exchange vnlues. lf there is any one thing that stands clearly forth In the figures our correspondent has gathered from the Census Bulletin, it is the absolute domination of capitalist property over private or individual property. Tho latter though still widely prevalent in agriculture and kindred pursuits, affords next to no protection to its owners against, the exactions of Ihe former. It becomes a veritable will-o'-the-wisp to its owner, in distracting his attention from capitalist property,. the real cause of the increasing pressure he feels coming upon him. Flimsy though the disguise may be. private or individual property in the means of production screens, from its owner the cold and brutal fact of his exploitation as n wealth producer, at the hiiniis of capitalist property. Under the garb of this small property is hidden the naked shamelessness of wage slavery Though the average sninll farmer flatters himself thot ho does not work foi; wages, that which he usually gets instead is indeed a sorry substitute. While the wage earner is forced to surrender his labor power to capitalist, property direct, the small former first crystal- izes his into commodities and is then forced to surrender them into the same hands. This is but an indirect method of reaching the same result as that arrived at by the wage earner, i. e., the poverty tbat comes from complete exploitation. Our correspondent's query is easily answered. These conditions exist because the wage earner and farmer insist on stupidly clinging to ideas of property that do not tit in with the modern Implements and method of wealth production. With superstitious reverence they cling to the idea of individual property in wealth production, in spite of the fact that the individual hus long since been unhorsed, by collective production, or production carried on en masse. Being as yet victims of their ancient superstitions, they fail to see that the means of carrying on collective production (mines, mills, lands, factories, railways, etc.), those things which function us capital, must be owned collectively by those who use them 'the workers), if they are to realize any of tho benefits arising from their operation. So long as they remain steeped in this superstitious folly, the present semi-collective or capitalist form of property will remain in the saddle, and at the end of each year it will require a longer row of figures to express what tho capitalists get, and the workors do not get, out of the toil and sweat of the latter. o NONE SO BLIND. It has been said that there are none so blind as those who will not see. No more convincing illustration of its truth could be furnished than that afforded by a certain section of tho so-called labor movement which of late has become afflicted with a sort of Utopian dream dubbed industrial unionism. Tha worthy person«| thus unhappily afflicted, appear to have awakened to some sort of a realization of the fact that whatever efficiency the trade union may have possessed in the past, it has been lost in these days of gigantic mobilization of capital, and concentration of economic power. .Before their very eyes occur daily demonstrations of the absolute futility of the penniless wage sluves expecting to wring con cessions from a labor market chronically overstocked. Each recurring attempt ends in more complete defeat than its predecessor. Some of the most, sadly afflicted ones, within the past twelve months have themselves token part, in such attempts upon no mean scale, only to meet with complete defeat and overwhelming disaster. They even profess at least some knowledge of the commodity character of labor power, and tho circumstance and condition surrounding its sale, and yet, in spito of the teachings of a century of absolute failure; in spite of the repeated and overwhelming defeats that aro daily being suffered, in spite of their own disastrous experiences of recent times, and in spite of their \ professed knowledge of labor's true position in present-dny society, they delude themselves, and use every effort in their power to delude others, into the belief that this lost cause can be made to rise—Phoenix like— \ from the ashes of its defeat, merely1 by indulging in tho ridiculous farce of re-christening and re-bupt izing it. 1 The trnde union is essentially a trust, and it cannot break nwuy from tho trust feature, and line of action. Tho only logical trade union lis that confined strictly to craft, lines. So long ns production was carried on by hand, rendering necessary a high degree of skill on the part of the individual workman, it was possible, for those within the combine, to keep others out of the trade and thus maintain n sort of monopoly for themselves, nnd out of which they derived a benefit. As they could prevent, the trade being invaded by oth ers, they could escape the compel it ion that would otherwise occur and which would tend to force tho wage to an ever lower figure. With the advent of machinery into the process of production, craft linos were little by little broken down. As the machine was made to furnish the skill formerly provided by the individual workmen, it became more and more impossible for them to maintain a monopoly of their particular crafts. With every" forward step fn the development of capital- production, the trade union position became more untenable and illogical A trust is a combination of persons, firms or even corporations, bound together by nn agreement ns to prices, conditions of sale, etc., of their particular commodity or commodities. The strength of such a combine is determined by that of its weakest member. Each must sell in order to meet expenses, that is, in order to survive. When one is forced by stress of circumstances to cut prices in order to obtain purchasers, the combine collapses. Like a chain it snaps asunder nt its -weakest link. The Standard Oil Trust was one of the first, if not actually the first, trust among capitalists. It went to pieces for the reasons stated above When its weakest link gave way it [ collapsed. The Rockefeller outfit, however, is composed of men of sense, fine lesson was sufficient to show them the weakness of the trust. Out of its ruins came the Standard Oil Co., quise a different thing. A huge combination of capital, it absorbed the various separate establishments in the field of oil production, and did away w-ith the competition in that line. A chain was then constructed as it were with but a single link. The trust feature was abandoned, and control of the oil industry secured by the one gigantic concern. Monopoly wns reached at the end of a fierce competitive journey. It was secured by a combination of capital of sufficient magnitude, and consequently power, to [control the field of production and sale by eliminating the unnecessary I producers and dealers. Stick a pin there. The labor trust was the first trust formed, of which wo have any trustworthy information. Skilled workers in various handicrafts formed la- [ bor trusts by binding themselves together with agreements as to prices, conditions of sale, etc. As outlined above, croft lines were eventually broken down as capitalist production developed. As their labor trusts went to pieces, through their weaker members being forced to break the 'agreement, or by outsiders breaking into the trnde ond cutting the wage, no gigantic combine could rise from the ruins to control the field of production mid sale of labor power, by eliminating the unnecessary dealers (wage earners). The reason wns self-evident. There was no lower economic class into which these unnecessary ones could lie forced. Therefore, like Bunrmo's ghost they would not eliminate. In fact they could not. With the advancement of capitalist production, t labor trust after labor trust, has met {defeat and disaster. Knocked down they rise up, upon the same lines only to be knocked down ugiiin. The more complete the development of I capital, the easier to deliver the knockout blow and the harder the fall- Tho more complete the develop- iment of capital and the nearer its approach to the end of the competitive journey, the more completely are the wage earners plunged into competitive strife Capital was born in fierce eompet.tion and the end of its journey i.s the comparatively peaceful haven of monopoly. The journey J of wage labor, however, is the other wuy. Begun in monopoly by the oJdtiine handicraftsmen, its end lies i ia the fiercest and most brutal compel it ion imaginable. Fully developed capitalism implies a world-wide labor, market chronically overstocked. Out, of such a condition men can be recruited for any purpose, however vile What a plentiful crop of strikebreakers, deputies, thugs and assassins such conditions will afford, ought to be already known by every trade unionist on earth. It should be especially familiar to the late strikers on the lntorborough car linesj in New York, at tho packing houses in Chicago, and in thu mines of Colorado. To extend union organization to take in every worker on enrth, by no' means eliminates the labor market nor alters its conditions. Such an organization is still confronted with the manifest impossibility of fitting a large number of workers into o limited number of jobs, or of breaking down the laws of exchange. To fly in tho face of obvious facts and to induce others to do so, is folly that must end in disaster. This union superstition seems as firmly fixed upon its followers, as was tho religious superstition of tho middle ages upon its devotees, and it has no more basis in fact. If those who by their vary position as spokesmen and leaders of tho so- called labor movement refuse to recognize the facts which stare them in the face, and tho rank and file are weak enough to follow such leadership, it will be but another case of tho "blind leading the blind" into the inevitable ditch. The task confronting the working class is the abolition of the wage system, and its filthy corollary, the labor market. To accomplish this culls for the best energies of the workers, and demands that time, energy and means be no longer wasted in silly and futile juggling with the conditions and circumstances of that market. To conquer the public- power for this purpose is the supreme demand of the hour. If half as murh energy and means were expended for this purpose during the nexr, as has been wusted in this iooi struggle in the past decade, the task, would be accomplished. Many may not, some cannot, others will not see. None, however, so blind ns tho latter. o CASU ALTIES—MILITARY, CIVIL. And now it would seem that the steam railroad has a close rival in the art of killing and wounding; for the latest statistics of the Census Bureau show that during a single year 1,218 persons were killed and 47,429 injured by street railway lines in this country. To those of us who happen to live in New York, where just now the daily collision on our elevated and subway lines, with its list of casualties, is an item that we should miss from our morning paper, these figures may not prove so startling as to the citizen who travels under more normal conditions; but in all conscience they, aro big enough to be positively shocking, particularly when we remember that a great number of street car accidents are never reported. Added to the statistics of steam railroad Occidents they show that people are being killed at the rate of 5,300 and wounded at the rote of 100,000 a year! And it all happens to persons who nre engaged in the "peaceful pursuits" of "the most highly developed civilization" of modern times. Add together two or three years of such statistics, and you get a total casualty list equalling that of thi> Russo-Japanese war. Odd, is it not, that we should blench with horror, as we read in one column of the wholesale killing and wounding on Manchurian battlefields of men whose profession it is to kill and be killed, and yet read in the next column with easy composure of the day-by-day killing and wounding of our neighbors and associates, under circumstances for which in nine cases out of ten there is no excuse whatever to be offered.—Scientific American. gaW Every Local of the Socialist Party of Canada should run a carl under this bead. $1.00 per month. Secretaries please note. It would seem that by no means all of the risks of industry are assumed b.v ca|fttal, and the risks of war, however great, appear in no way to exceed the risks of peaceful pursuits. It is plain from reading the above that it is about as safe to go to war, as to stay at home and engage in peaceful industry. Tho Scientific Americnn need not be surprised over if, however. Industry is carried on for the purpose of profit nnd this in itself precludes all assurance that proper safeguards will be taken to protect the life and limb of he who engages in it. With a labor market overwhelmingly supplied with labor, there is little reason why masters of industry should go to needless expense to provide precautionary measures and safeguards to avoid an occasional killing or maiming. As far as the workingman is concerned he is worth practical'.'- nothing from a cash point of view.. If placed hors du combat, in industrial warfare, his place Is immediately taken by another, and industry suffers neither shock nor delay. The only way to look at the matter is from the standpoint of dollars and cents. So long us capitalist profit is not made to diminish thereby, it is of little moment how many are killed or crippled. It is rather a heartless way to look at tho matter it is true, but capitalist property is devoid of all feeling other than that which expresses itself in its balance sheet. However much tho Scientific American may deplore the fact the killing und maiming will continue so long as the rule of capital exists. If the paper would remedy the evil it will need to take a different course than that of merely Unocal ing the fact. o ■ UP AGAINST IT. Some two years ago a strike of machinists took place in the shops of tbe Patch Manufacturing Company, of Rutland, Vermont. After the strike was over the company went into court with a suit for damages alleged to have been suffered because of the strike. After a lively legal fight a judgment of $2500 against the strikers was obtained. An appeal to the supreme court was taken on behalf of the strikers. That court in a decision recently handed down confirmed the decision of the lower court, and the company is now about to collect the amount of the judgment by seizing the private property of such of the men as are fortunate, or rather in this case unfortunate enough to have any. The position of tho wage earner is continually becoming more untenable. With all of the machinery of government in the hands of tho employ ing class, it is possible for that class to make life a burden to the workers. Tho present ruling class like Its predecessors manifests a hearty dlsposl- SOCIALTST PARTY OF CANADA. Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Dominion Executive Committee, A. R. Stebbings, John E. Dubberley, Ernest Burns, C. refers, Alt. Leah, A. .1. Wilkinson, treasurer; .1. Q. Morgan, secretary, 551 Barnard St., Vancouver, B. C. LOCAL VANCOUVER, No. 1, S. P. 1 of B. C. Business meetings every Wednesday evening in the headquarters, Ingleside block (room 1, second floor), 313 Cambie street. Educational meetings every Sunday evening at 8 o'clock in the Le Petite Hall, Cordova street. D. P. evening at 8 o'clock in the Sullivan B. C. C PETERS KMticiiBHi u. rcic.no a(- S|M -i(jfr Hand-Made Boot! and Shorn to order in nit styles. kepaiting promptly and neatly done. Stock of Maple rrady-made Shorn always on baud. MM WeetMeeter Aw. ■"heat flttuat. J. EnwARi) Bird. A. 0. Hhyhon-jack. Geo. K McCHumuN. BIRO, BRY08N-JAGK i McCMSMN BARK18TKR8, SOLICITORS, KIT Railway Block. Tel. K». P.O. Box Wfi 3M ffaitfeei Street - Veeceever, I. C. tion to use Its power without mercy in the protection of its material interests. Decisions of the character of tho one mentioned are becoming of frequent occurrence, and ought to show to the worker the necessity of some other line of action than the one usually followed. With the powers of government in possession of the class which profits by the present labor-skinning process, usually dignified by tbe term "free labor" the workers' condition is truly a precarious one. Turn which way he will he finds himself up against capitalist -made laws, with capitalist courts to interpret, and capitalist executives to enforce them. The very purpose of caHtallst government must of necessity be to hold him within the confines of the labor market and compel him to meekly submit to its iron dictum. It is about time the workers realized that they are up against a political struggle for tho conquest of the public powers, if they are to relieve the,m- selvei from the fierce exploitation of which they are now the victims. No more energy should be wasted afong the lines of the so-called battle in the "industrial field." It is altogether too onu-sided. Huge combinations of capital backed Ir all tho [towers of government cannot be brought to book by men whose weapons consist of empty stomachs. vited mun livery tabor tntoii m the or, ,., -m 1 to place a card under II,,. CdV,u'- k , ith. Uecretariea pleaae uoie. »**B Greenwood Miners' evening in Union hell. J?R RiUfl Ireenwood Miners' Union nT^I president; Ernest Milb treasurer. i-clU •eereij Phoenix Trades and Labor <3Tbu Meets every alter,,.,,,- J«N John Riordan, president' 1;-i Brown, vice-president; p n S c^se sergeant-at-arms; VV 11 J4 »toJTi «cmary.treaiorer p ,', S* 198, Phoenix, B. C ' ' ^ Ph°en» wMinf»' Union, W. 1«. M. Meets every evening nt 7.10 o'clock in hall. Wm. Harnett, preaidi Riordan, secretary. Nanaimo Miners' Union, No F. M. meets every third from July 2. Alfred Andre ident; Jonathan leherwoi Box 259, Nanaimo, H. 1 ing secretary. No. SaiufJ Mine! "uijel The International Brotherhood Electrical Workers.—Local No nt Meets second and fourth ThinJ days at I. B. F.. W. Hall, RoogL Ingleside Block. President, Dillabough; recording icereUI Geo. P. Farr; financial secretary, J H. Sellar. Address all coiiiniunia tions lo the hall. All lojounni brethren cordially invited. WANTKll. LAD1RH ANU (.'KNTl.KMI.N ,„ J and adjoining territorial to repra. and advertise the Wholesale „,i.i pJ3 tionai Departments ol un old esUbUd. house ai Holld financial standing sj ry f.'I.SO per day, with expanses vanced Bach Monday by check di^ from hend(ruartei» Morse anil |IU, furnished when necessary; position L manent. Address, Illew llroa. & Cfl Dept, «. Monon llldg . Chicago, nj A CONUNDRUM". If n person can purchase an article cheaper than he could make it, how could ho be robbed as a consumer? Figure it out. BSTABUKHKD 1894 The VOICE I The Oldest Labor Piper ia Canadi Always* fearlesssexponent In the can* lesss expoiic -e of liilmr. For one ilollnr the paper will I* | sent to any address for one year. Workingmen of nil countries will I soon recognize the fact thnt lliej I must : 'ipiMiit anil read their l;i!«: papers. Issued every Friday. The Voice Publishing Co., Limits | WINNIPEG, MAN. -THE*— Miners'Magazine Published Weekly by the Weitera Federation Of Miners A Vigorous Advocate of Labor 11 Cause. Clear-Cut and Aggressive. Per Year $1.00. Six Months, 'M Address: MINERS' MAGAZINE, Denver, Colorado. There are many forms In which \t\ bacco is used, but Kurtz's Own Kurtz's Pioneer Spanish Blossoms Cigars Is the. height of perfection of tlntl all. Only the best material is us in them, and they aro mude hy ski led Union workmen. We giiamnti them to be composed of the belt 9 Clear Havana Fillers with the Wl of Sumatra wrappers. Kurtz & Co. Pioneer Clear Manufacturers VANCOUVER B. C. United Hatters of North America! When you are buying a FUH HAT let to the tlenuine Union Label |a sewed In it. If a has looae labels In his |,otii)emi»n and offers one In a hat for you, do not patronize him. labels In retail stores are counterfeit!*. The Union Label la perforated on four edges, exai same u a postage stamp. Counterfeit* arc times perforated on three edges, and *oine tlm on two. John B. .Stetson Co., of Philadtlphli non-union concern, JOHN A. MOFKITT, President, Orange, N. J. MARTIN LAWLOR, Hecretary, ll Waveilv New York. Il tW retailer to n 1.00* gl inlnl :tlji (A HI*' DM <4 In l» ' PIlSl lOCIALiai* la Inevitable, That mean* our economic and eocU}. development will aome day make It clear even to the dullest OilM that a solution of onr industrial problem* ia poaalble only by I"; ""J™1 co-operation. But are we to look on passively end wig1 until tbe mind more dnll and dense than oar own, mm nt lu»* reasoned It ont all by itaelf ? Certainly not. We wunt to get theft sooner. And we will get there In the near future If we set tow"" and educate the man who Uatill groping In the dark. We knoji thing* will make him aee the light aome day, but we w«n' hW I? ,ee.it n.ow- Therefore onr Inceaaant propugnndu nnd n|!""' tion. To do good work yon need good tool*. Select yoor prop' »*£°*.«>W"«1 carefully and you will aee reaulta. Two book" aa/sm-.... __ T"1 tHtA" «"•»»• of »ociell*t propaganda are , „,„ WODEHN SOCIALISM.GtbEdition;lSOPkges; Papcr25c,Cloth *>' PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISM. 4th Edition {Ei!iKl";?itf%^ to aw* aoweraorm Comrade Co-operative Co they are sold at a dl.count of 40 per cent p 1 °r^^^^^7uV,^iAiii •loV°^ aVBSSjov wagon to the COMRADE COOPERATIVE COMPANY, 11 Cooper Square. Now Yorji m. rUBDAY 1905 THE WESTERN OLAEION, VAKOOPVER, B. A (Triumph of theSfcciai Revolution From "Socialism," by "SVefl oriak Engele. Inutorialist conception o. his-|sivuly ' [org being ready. Mo single m oceeds upon the principle thu | 9*r*i. ->uW say ol them: This I this jihiion, and, next to production, exchange oi its products, is the nduork of every social order; iluii i" every social system that ,,risen hist >rically the distribu- ol Ihe pioducts, together will-, social divisions into clashes and i-s, depends upon that, which is need, and the manner in whiwi i produced, and u' upon the u, i in which the art*ci< -> produc i-u exchanged. At ordi g to this, prime cuuses o' all social t'cs and political revoiu'ionb ava |!„< traced not to the lu-ai s of n,it to 'their increasing pertfip- ,,f "eternal trut'- and justice," ,, ihe change- in the method i| n i inn und exchange; they are - traced, not. to philosophy, but ||, oitomics of the resins tl\ The awakening perception listing social institutions are unable and unjust, thut I net? iriiine lion-sonso, and right is only an evidence Kit, in i hods of production an' forms Image, changoe have «| ptij place with which th ■ , i,,i lilted lo the previous i-coriiiiulr [lions is no longer in keeping. |i>< ii is ii the name 11 ue im- iIimi the in<. -is Hi,, removal . discovered ale . ■ must bo la- iml more or loss u 'vioped IU |lianged conditions ii pi 'duction plves, Hut these n oi.ns re hot invented by tin- hi .ir • lie discovered with the urn Ins, in the material ' |ii iion that are hand. now, does it stain' v I I Socialism? existing social order—a-d this is now pretty generally ,-onci-il- ilie creation of 'ie pi-, sent ml- Hass, the capita' st class. The d of productio peculiar Lo the Bnlist class, whi iiti'e the time lui'X. hus been - liberty of emigration, matter of eoura Hy .ghtfl among owners of i product rested, liuAe u.ude; this is my work." Wheie, however, tin- natural division, <)• lo.\lot within a community ljec.oine.fl the basis of inilusiry, 11 sun ips the products with the form if commodities; whose mutual t&- chunge, put chase, and sale, enables ihe individual producers lo satisfy l.uir manifold needs. This was the case iu the middle Ages, Tim farmer, for inst 'nre, sold to Ihe urlisiui ag Ticultural ami bought in exchange handicraft, products. Il was inlo tins society of individual producers of Commodities thul the new system of production pushed itself. Iii thu midst oi the natural, yet planless division of labor, as it then prevailed throughout, there arose the planful division of labor, as organized In the si■; unite fucloiies. Alongside of individual, social production itoppud Up, Ihe products of both were sold iii Ii- siiine market, hence at prices at husi approximate!) oqual But the planful organisation was more powerful iluin tne natural division uf labor, Tin- factories thai worked I upon the liocial plan turned out tin-it- I wares more cheapbj than did the In [dividual producer. On one field after Imioil'cr Individual production was ihruwii down, until its social competitor wholly revolutloni/ed the old method, This notwithstanding its r volutlonary charade* was so utti recognized thai it wus, on the contrary, Introduced ns a means for aiding and promoting the production of cou.uiodilicN. It nrose in direct connection with certain already existing levers of production and exchange, lo wit: merchants' capital, handicraft und wage-labor, Vet, while it, ltsolf, appeared aa a new form of production the old forms of appropriation remained in full vigor. In the production of commodities, such as hud developed in the middle ages, the question could never arise: To whom do the proceeds of labor belong'.' The Individual producer bad brought I hem forth by his own labor, or thut of his family, and with ', OUt of the raw materials belonging to, and oflon produced by, himself. Tin-re was no need of I heir bolng appropriated by, tlie.v belonged to, him as a Property in the I tainers of the feudal lords, the eject- jinent of tho fanners from their homesteads, otc The divorce became complete* between the means of production concent rated in the hands of the capitalists, on the one side, and the producers; on I lie other, reduced I" tlie possession of nothing but their own labor power. THE CONTRADICTION HKTWKEN SOCIAL PHO- IWCTION* AND CAPITALIST APPROPRIATION BECOMES V1SI- HLE IN Till-; CONTRAST BE- rWEEN I'lll', PROLETARIAT AND llll': CAPITALIST CLASS. NEW ROTARY ENGINE A steam ermine in which tlie power should be applied continuously to produce rotation directly instead of WBJBtoftillj Jerking a piston buck and forth iii a cylinder, hus been the dream 0/ many inventors. They have produced hundreds of failures and few successes, the greatest of these, "I1 to dale, being tho various types of the No-culled steam turbine. An- othur kind which is nearer In princir pie, to II relating types Of steam engine is the machine devised i,y William M. Hoffman, of Buffalo, which after thirty years of experiment now bids inir, according to some experts, to eclipse nil its predecessors ,-iii(l even to revolutionize transit. Hu,\s Wallace Armstrong, writing in Leslies Monthly (February )j "Many remarkable inventions have had I heir striking romance, but there is none in which the triumph of character i.s more signal than in the Hoffman rotary engine. The patent olliies of ihe nations have thousands of patents on file, taken out by men who thought they were about to succeed, and even now at least ten thousand investigators have dropped their work only long enough to learn whether William M. Hoffman's uch- levement is so great as to mako their further research in vain. Many Notable mechanical experts have decided that it is, and Dr. Nikola Stradola, of the Zurich I'olylecliiiiiuin, the author of 'The Steam Turbine," says thai ho believes Hoffman is ton years ahead of any other specialist steam engineer In tho world. If ho hud been lodities, and what all the other kits beat) '-s may be. Thenoa- capltnltsi ,.i iduction could un- ilh freed" i Hince steam and jn machine', had ransformed Id sysitt manufacture into pf produotii n in gross, Inrius- luitiiiid under l i, ostoiing euro capitalist clos. spauded with Ipidity and • a dog run 'before heard of. Hut the same its days, manufacture and iho fcrafl thut. under il.- , Huence, Iurther developed, came in con- frith the feudal trillion-Is of tlie system, so lik. wtise d ">s pro- Bin in gross, when perfection come in coutaci Ithe limits within which the [ilisi method of production con- lit. Already the new powers of |rtlon have grown over the head capitalist form of their utili- The conflict between the and the mode of production one that has sprung up from •'.ol of man. like that between lal sin nnd divine Justice; it exilic facts, objectively, outside elves, Independent if the wish- |l doings of even those who have M it in. Modern Socialism is ft else but the intellectual iv- ihis actual conflict, whose is found first of all in tho of that class which suffers di- by it, namely, the woi accordingly, upon one's own labor. Kven there where the help of others was used, thnt, as a rule, »vns on'.v a by-mutle-, and often received, besides wanes, other and furthiT remuneration. The guild apprentice nnd journeyman, for instance, worked, not so much for the sake of their board and wages as for the sake of tilting themselves for mastership. Thereupon came the concentration of the means of production iu large workshops and factories, und thereby their conversion into means of production de facto social. Bui these social implements and pro- ii .cis were treated as (hough they a now. as before, the implements land products Of individuals, .viile, t until now, the owner of the means of labor hud taken the products becausi us a rule, they were his own product, and foreign help was the exception, thenceforth the owner of the im ans of labor proceeded himself to appropriate the products, although lliey were no longer HIS OWN but th • product of 'I HE LABOR OF (ill I.US. Accordingly, the now so- clally produced commodities wera appropriated, not by those who actUal- niere'y uu inventor of the first rank, In- would not have succeeded, for he has been compelled to be his own laborer, financier, patent attorney, und doctor us well. "The details Of his engine, which are now familiar to the scientific and mechanical world, are simple. The engines in use today are called reciprocal ing engines, because the piston is forced in one direction b.v the Introduction of steam into one end of 1 in- cylinder, and forced back by the introduction of more steam into the oilier end, and the starting and stopping of motion thus achieved is made to ding g wheel around by a crank attached to the" piston. Por every revolution of that wheel, the piston must start and stop twice. In the Hoffman engine the cylinder itself revolves. It encloses n steel ellipse tin Versed by a hollow shaft, into one end of which the steam is introduced, and from the other end of which the exhaust takes place. Steam is admitted by a port in the ~i'Io nf the ellipse, the cylinder, and a Segmental blade protruding into the space between tho ellipse and the cylinder, but so arranged that it can be pushed back into a housing ;1i tho cylinder as tho cylinder In revolving presses against tho surface of the ellipse, lt has its duplicate blade diametrically opposite in the cylinder. The blade is moved by the expanding steam, and forces the cylinder to revolve until the second blade forces the further revolution, each blade performing its function for half the revolution." That there is practically no limit) to the speed of the engine, which could, if applied to locomotion, drive a train at the rate of one hundred miles tyi hour with ease, is the claim of its more enthusiastic advocates. It should be remembered that the recent German high-speed experiments showed clearly that the development of great speeds is now chiefly a mutter of roadbed rather than that of motor, It is more interesting to rend of what HolTinun's engines have actually done, lie has built twelve in all, in the course of his years of investigation, each on improvement on its predecessor. Says Broughton Bradenburg in The Technical World (Chicago, April): "The tests which have been made during the past seven months gave given the following results: , "The 50-horsO-pOwer engine which is running the shop, compared with the highest type of reciprorntliiig engine, has consistently shown an economy of .'Id per cent, nnd a saving of 7."> per cent, in the floor space, as well as proportionate reductions in friction anil load. Under the most favorable circumstances the friction load was IJ per cent., as compared With 7 uer cent in the reciprocating engine. The engine consumes 21 pounds of steam per horse power per hour. "In the 800-horso-powor compound engine, which Is the largest of its general type ever built, the economy- has been increased lo .'".'I per cent., nnd the saving in floor space to 8u per cent, while the friction load bus been reduced to 1.1 per cent. "In both sizes there is a complete absence of vibration. As to speed, Hoffman believes that in the present types the resistance of the steel to centrifugal force is the limiting condition in the smaller sizes, while in the larger types the limit will be the expansion of the steam. At first glance it seems ns if the reverse would be true. A specially constructed 13-inch drive wheel will stand 2,000 revolutions per minute. Taking this as a basis for speculative calculations, one can figure that 11 train could travel 2*>0 miles an hour. ~ Out Victoria Advertisers ~ Patronize Them and Tell Them Why, { 3. 5 and 7 3TOHE STKBBT Telephone 396 t VICTORIA, B. C Feed INTKRNATIOXAL STOCK and Poultry Food to obtain best results. SCOTT & PEDEN FLOUR, FEED HAY ANO GRAIN Agents for SUTTON'S SJ3EDS. 0000 $ CHARLIE BO ?,KANT Clothing Made te Order. Fit Gearanteed. 17 Store Street Victoria, B. C oocKKiocwoooaooaooooooo COMRADES, strike at the ballot box on Klerticn day, and be sure to strike the Rock Bay Hotel HAfiOLO BURNETT, News Agt. Victoria General Agent for The BKATTL*: TIMKS PORTLAND. OKEOONiAN SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE SAN KRANCI.SCO KXA.MINKK LOS ANOKI.I-.S KXAMIMik LOS AiMU-I.KS TIMKS CHICAGO EXAMINKK AND AMERICAN KKNNBYLVANIA (IRIT P. 0. Box 444 VICTORIA, B. C. ♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦ TELEPHONE B779 HENRY BEHNSEN & Co. Maoefactartr of HAVANA CIGARS j; Ne. S Ceetre Sf. VICTORIA, B.C. ♦»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦»♦♦♦» When in Victoria. ARNASON BROS., Proprietors --. Colonial Bakery 29 Johnson .St., Victoria, B.C. UNION-MAOE BREAD ADO CAKES Delivered to any part ot the city. Driver to call. 'Phone 849. Aek Patronize Clarion Advertisers. 5 yearly sub. cards for $3.75. Bundles of 25 or more copies to one address at the rate of one cent PAYING HlOn PUICES BECOMES MONOTONOUS rfI BASHES' FAIR ^ It Severe-Beet Street, Vlcterla, 6. C. »»»♦#♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦ SMOKE | THE PRIOE OF VICTORIA. Sold Everywhere. Uelee Made'. BB Pwdora St. Victoria, B. C. »»»♦♦♦»♦♦»»♦»♦»»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ set in motion tho means of p ro- All The Working Men Buy Their CLOTHING —AT— The Belfast Store 243-245 CARRAI.L STREET. L Richmond •37 Hastings Street, East. N«xt Door to Mason's. PLATFORM OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA We, the Socialist Party of Canada, ui1 "Jin does this conflict consii capitalist production, i. < • middle ages, the system of industry prevailed everywhere ested upon the private owner* '>' the producers themselves of instruments of production. A? urn was conducted hy the small or dependent farmer; in th' handicraft. instruments of labor—land, Htural Implements, workshops. ■Wore individual property, rul- 'I only for individual Use, "ere, accordingly, pa.try. ,v|1 and poor. Por thai i '•"fiNon. ns ft ,.,,!,, thoy ed to the producers themselves 'Mieiitrnto thesi) scattered ar I d implements of production, to '" Hiein, to transform them intr [™en< powerful lover of produce "iiil wos exactly the historic 11 the capitalist method of pro- jn, and its upholder, the capl- ,'lass. How it historically ac- lsned (his sjnoe the fifteenth IT, through the three stores „f co-operation, manufacture and 'tion in gross. Marx has ex- < circumstantially in the fourth >f his work on Capital. Hut (he P"sf class, as it. is also shown could not transform these .' implements into mightv pow- lUlou.t turning them into social meats of pioduction, available *>.v the COMIIINEP EFFORT NPMHKR mi* MEN. Tn the '» Ihe spinning-wheel, the hand tha smith's hammer, there ap- ' tne spinning machine, the me- loom and the steam hum- 11 the stead or the single work- re appeared the factory that '""d the combined labor of hun- .and of thousands. The some 1,1 'he instruments of produc- Production itself was trans- irom n series of isolated into PI of social acts, and the pro- f'om individual into social pro- I The yarn, the cloth, the me- ' lies which now come out ol Il'lo'y, were the joint product "V working people through hands they had to go succes- dmii ui and actually had produced the goods, but bj th'- capitalists. Th" i tipletnents oi production and production itself lad become esseii- .illy social: yet, nevertheless, were they subjected to a form of appropriation, which presupposes the existence nf private nnd individual pro- luction, under which everyone owned am brought his own products to ii'' I, The new mode of production ronmii ' hiect to the old form of npci■■>pri. i'lti, although it does away . Ill tho conditions upon which the liter nas predicated. In 'lus contradiction, which fin- pans lo the new system of production its capitalist character, LIIRK8 N I'MliltYO THE WHOLE CON- l'\l,K"I' OF TODAY. The more the I'l.'.seiit system of product ion gained the upper hand on all Ihe leading I I'b of industry and in all economically lending countries, und thcro- i by r owded Individual production down to trilling brunches, T1IK SfOltM MAltM'Ti BECAME ALSO Tli K INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN SOCIAI, PRODUCTION AM) CAPITALIST APPROPRIATION, The first capitalists found, as already stated, the form of wage-labor in existence. Only, wage-labor was then the except ion, it was a side oc- cupntioti, a makeshift, a transitory incident. The farm laborer, who occasionally worked for wages, owned his couple of acres of hind, which sufficed, at a pinch, to puppoi'L him. Thcprov'Shiiis of the guild saw to it thai the journeyman of today became the 'iiuster of tomorrow. Soon, however, ns tho means of production became social, and were conceiitia- tof' in the hands of capitalists, this was phaagodi Both the means of production und the products themselves of 'he small individual producer became more and more valueless. There was left to him nothing but to l\int wuge-worker under Ihe capitalist. Wnge-lnbor, formerly the exception rind a makeshift, became tne rule and the basis of the whole system ' of production; formerly a side occupation, now It became tho exclusive persuit of the liillorer; the temporary wage-laborer became one for life. The number of tliese permanent wage-laborers was, moreover, Immensely increased b.v the contemporaneous breaking down of the feudal order, the disbandmeiit of the ro il; conventi n a sembled, affirm ou * allegiance to and support of the principles and prog:am of the international revolutionary working class. Labor produces all wealth, and to labor it should 'uctly belong.. To tne of government—the capitalist to hold the worker to secure it by political action. This is the class struggle. Therefore, we call upon all workers to organize under the banner of the Socialist Party of Canada with the object of conquering the public powers owners of the means of wealth pro-1 for the purpose of setting up and en duction belongs the product of labor. The present ecoiK mic system is based upon capitalist ownership of the means of wealth production; therefore all the products of labor belong to the capitalist class. The capitalist is master; the worker is slave. So long as the capitalists remain in possession of the reins of government all the powers of the state will be used to protect\and defend their property rights in the means of wealth production and their control of the product of labor. The capitalist system gives to the capitalist an ever-swelling stream of profits, nnd to the worker an evcr- inc easing measure of misery and degradation. The interest of the working class lies in the direction of setting itself free from capitalist exploitation by the abolition of the wage system. To accomplish this necessitates the transformation of capitalist property in the means of wealth production into collective or working-class property. The irrepressible conflict of interests between the capitalist and the worker is rapidly culminating in i struggle for possession of the powei making allowance for friction and nir resistance—or more than four miles per minute. It seems probable that a liner could be driven across the atlantic in less than two days. The things that are really attainable however, remain to be proved in the next decade Thoy may be even more wonderful than present indications warrant us to assume."—Literary Digest. ,—. 0 After a Jengt hy conference the committee o." operators and miners of the Central Pennsylvania coal fields signed a scale for the coming year. The operatoes signed under protest. Rather than assume the responsibility of bringing on a strike, thev submitted to the rapacious demands of the merciless miners, who will for the next twelve-month riot in that luxury that comes Irom mining coal at. 62 cents per ton. The conscience of these callous wretches should prick them severely for thus draining the very heart's blood of the poor de. fenceless and down-trodden operators. o Sam B. Donnelly draws $3,500 a year as secretary of the National Civic. Federation and lives in peace— no one to roast him for every hotel bill and the proverbial travelling expenses for a sleeper. Mr. Donnelly was once the president of the International Typographical Union, and in his position as secretary of the Civic Federation has by no means lost his love for organized labor. though he is fair to the three great parties involved—Capital Labor and the Public—Exchange. To be fair to these "three great parties" is such an easy job that it is u wonder that Sam would have the gall to draw down $3,500 a yeur for doing it. Needed in Every Home THE NEW ' AND ENLARGED EDITION OF webster's International Dictionary A Dictionary of ENGLISH, Biography, Geography, Fiction, otc New Plate* Throughout 25,000 New Words Phroaoa and Definition* Prepared under tlie direct supervision of W. T. HARRIS, Ph.D., I.L.D., United States Commissioner of Education, assisted by a large corps of competent specialists and editors. Rich Binding* 2364 Quarto Page* 50e0 Illustrations *£g~The International was first issued in 1890, succeeding the "Unabridged." The New and Enlarged Edition of the International was issued in October, 1900. Oet the latest and best. We iiIbo publish Wobator'a Collegia!* Dictionary with Glossary of Scottish Words and Phrases 1100 P«gW. 1100 UluitmtiMn. 8i-«7xl0«SMIiK'liM. "First-elass In quality, second-class In site." Speclmea pages, etc. of both books sent on application. c .6C.MERRIAMCO. Publishers, Springfield, Mass. The Gurney Company, of Toronto, gets a judgment against the unions for damages suffered through the latter placing its goods upon the unfair list. forcing the economic, program, of the working class, as follows: i. The transformation, as rapidly as possible, rt capitalist property in the means of wealth production (natural resources, factories, mills, railways, etc) into the collective property of the working class. a. Thorough and democratic .organization and management of industry by the workers. 3. The establishment, as speedily a> possible, of production for use instead of production for profit. The Socialist Party, when in office, shall always and everywhere until the present system is abolished, make the answer to this question its guiding rule of conduct:. Will this legislation advance the interests Of the working class and aid the workers in their class struggle against capitalism? If it will the Socialist Party is for it; if it will not, the Socialist Party is absolutely opposed to it. In accordance with this principle the Socialist Party pledges itself to conduct all tl e public affairs placed in its hands in such a manner as to promote the interests of the working class alone. — N APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA • £** the undersigned, hereby apply for membership in ' Local Socialist Party of Canada. I recognize the class struggle between the capitalist class and tlie working class to Ik- a struggle for1 political spremacy, i. e. possession of the reins of government, and which necessitates the organization of the workers into a political party, distinct from and opposed to all parties of the capitalist class. If admitted to membership 1 hereby agree to maintain or enter Into no relations with any other political party", and pledge myself to support by voice, vole and all other legitimate means the ticket and the program of the Socialist Party of Canada only. Applicant Address / Occupation Age Citizen Admitted to Local 19 Chairman Rcc.-Sec. Newspaper Publishing WE ARE MAKING a specialty of newspaper publishing, and are prepared to give estimates on printing all kinds of weekly or monthly publications. If -on are thinking of publishing any kind of pamphlet or other matter necessitating a large amount of typesetting, come to us as we are par- The Western Clarion 165 HASTINCS STREET P 0. BOX 836 VANCOUVER, B. C. ticularly equipped for just sucn work. Also anything In the way of olllco stationery, business cards and advertising matter handled with neatness and despatch. f Mail orders for Job Printing from other districts will be promptly executed to the letter and sent return mail, prices the same as for work done in this city. Try us with an order. va * 'if: i I f ' IJ 53 i ■lif. 1 ■ a : ' ii v;. ■m i ! I* 111 THE WESTERN CLABION, VANCOUVBtt, B. 0. SATURDAY ••April 22 VICTIMS OF THE LABOR MARKET Treated to Outpourings of Flattery and Maudlin Sympathy The recent incident at Salrno, B. C, of the white employes of the Kootenay Shingle Company being ousted from their employment in favor of Chinese and Japanese workmen, has brought forth a lot of high-flown editorial bombast about the intelligence, magnanimity, fore- bea'rance and law-abiding proclivities of the Canadian citizen. Maudlin sympathy galore has been poueed out upon the ousted workmen and their families. To make this sympathy especially palatable to the afflicted ones, it has been well seasoned with , a savory and judicious application of phrases condemnatory of the shiuglc company for making the change of employes. But in spite of it ull the cold fait remains that the cheaper labor will hold the fort, and the ousted workmen and their dependents will be • forced to fare forth in search of employment elsewhero, If this were to be their last experience of this* nature, it would not bo so bad, but turn which way they may, they will still be confronted by a labor market as wide as the earth, and con- w j tinuully glutted with workers forced J;J■;! / to dispose of their commodity, la bor power, or perish. That employers of labor will take due advantage of the conditions of this labor market in order to secure the cheapest and .therefore tho most profitable labor from it, goes without saying. And why they should not do so has never yet been satisfactorily explained. Thu right of men to own shingle mills und other forms of property, and to purchase such supplies as they may require wherever they can buy most, cheaply, has not been denied by the workingmen. In fact, the Kulino workingmen who have met with this recent unpleasant experience, wo believe to a man, voted at the Dominion election last fall In support of that right. Ho long as the workers give their support to a system of property which can only stand by virtue of that right, they should logically accept the consequences ot its application. The Kootenay Shingle Company in this instance, in so far as we know, vio.lutcd no law of either the Province or Dominion, nor did they step outside of their rights as established FRENZY OF SMALL CAPITAL. by law, and sanctioned by the ag- to hit the trail. grieved workingmen themselves. If the Chinese and Japanes/ were disposed to furnish the Company with labor power ut a lower rate thun they, the company was within its rights, already established by the franchise of the workers themselves, in taking advantage of the opportunity offered. The only legal right possessed by the workers was to meet the cut in the price of labor power (wages), or "vamoose the ranch." And as Ihis right was also established by the workers support of the political'parlies of capital, it is really surprising that they should have so forgotten the "dignity of labor" us to have made an unseemly exhibition of themselves hy hooting the Chinamen and .laps, and making complaint over the company's action in the exen ise of its rights. Si line of these men, perhaps all of them, will harbor ill feeling towards the Orientals, under the impression that, they have been ousted by these workers of another race. If they will but stop to reason a little they will discover that the impression is a false one. They were ousted from their employment by the owners of the shingle mills, men of their own race, and presumably us loyal Canadians us themselves. In taking advantage, of tho condition of the labor market to obtain the cheapest labor possible, they have acted only in obedience to the demands of their property interests. The Oriental as well as the white laborers are merely pawns upon the chessboard of capitalist exploitation, to be moved to suit the needs of the Kings, Queens, Bishops, Knights, etc., of capitalist property. Neither editorial bombast nor maudlin sympathy will heal the wounded feelings of the victims of capital in the Salmo easy, nor prevent the repetition of such' occurrences in the future. Equally useless for tho workers to cry over spilt milk. The lesson must, be learned no matter how painful the process, that so long as the present system of property stands, the owners have the right to use their property in such way as to best conserve their interests, and the only right the workers have is to take the consequences, no matter how often they may be called upon That section of the capitalist press that is inclined to voice the aspirations and interests of smaller business concerns, seems to have ■ gone into a frenzy of denunciation against the big ones. The diatribes they hurl at what they term the trusts, and the pictorial representations of trust, magnates and their methods, •tvtbiild be painful to the thoughtful reader were they not so supremely ridiculous. When one approves of the game of competition in which the gain of one must of necessity he the loss of another, for the loser to play the baby act by squulling is extremely humorous to the observant bystander. The entire business scheme is merely a gamble in the the products of labor, and like any game of chance it cannot smile with impartiality upon all the players. The big fellows, like the Rockefeller crowd, are accused of cheating at the game, or playing with loaded dice, as it were, thus beating their honest, competitors. The only loaded dice the big fellows use i» their huge capital, against which that of their puny competitors i.s like a pigmy against a giant in comparison. Not a thing has been done by the big fellows that the little ones would not resort to if lhey had the chance, There is one thing that should not escape the attention of the working class, however, and that is the manner in which the sqtiawkers against the "trust" overlook the part, the working class plays in the industrial scheme. In every penny-a-liner's gas explosion, and in all of the cartoons, the poor unfortunate competitor, and the equally unfortunate consumer, is' painted as the suffering martyr. The workers out of whose hide the sum total of the swag, over the division of which the capitalists, big and little, are having such a lovely time, receives not even a modicum of sympathy. This is quite as it should be, for it will require something more efficacious than sympathy to get the whole thieving pack and their brutcl exploitation oft their barks, and besides"; "soft words butter no parsnips." If the worker could logically have any leanings in this scrap between big capital and small, it must, perforce be upon the side of the former. When capital shall have become completely concentrated in a few gigantic concerns, and the fewer the better, the day of deliverance of the working clnss from wage slavery is at hand. If the worker feels that he cannot refrain from taking sides, as did the old woman when her husband and the bear fought, let him b.v all means aid the side that makes for the completion of the capitalist cycle Burns & Co. ii I HARDWARE and X Second Hand Dealers. largest and cheapest stock of Cook Stoves in the City. Boom Chains, Augers, Loggers' Jacks, Eta We have moved into our new and commodious premises : 138 Cordova St., Cast 'Phone 1579 Vancouver, B. 6. STRENUOUS HASH. The following recipe for strenuous hash as it is prepared in the City of Chicago is furnished by the Sunday Tribune of that City. A deuth every 16 minutes. A birth every 8 minutes and 27 second/' A murder every 70 hours. A suicide every 18 hours. A serious accident, necessitating nurse's or physician's care, every 4 minutes. A fatal accident every 5 hours. A case of assault and battery every 2G minutes. A burglary every 3 hours. A hold-up every 6 hours. A disturbance of the peace to attract attention, every six seconds. A larceny every 20 minutes, seconds. An arrest every 7 minutes aad «0 A fire every hour. An arrest for drunkeness every 15 minutes. A marriages-very 20 minutes. A case for the coroner every 8 hours. O'BRIEN GOES EAST. Comrade C. M. O'Brien, who has been touring the Boundary and Koo- tenny districts under direction of the Provincial Executive Committee, has gone to Eastern Canada via the Crow's .Vest Pass line. Ills rather sudden departure was made necessary by reason of business Interests iif his own in Ontario which made an unexpected call upon him. He expects to stop at Aloyie, Fernie, Col- man' Claresholni, etc., on his way, and do something iu the line of pro- pnernnda work. I We do not know just, how long the C'OPirade will be content to remain in the east, but of onu thine we are sure, and that is wherever he may lorrfle either temporarily or permanently ho will be tireless anil etuvye- tic- in furthering the revoluHonurv movement of the proletariat, lie is too thoroughly proletarian and class conscious himself to admit of nny "lay-olf" in the good work. o —— Signs point to trouble in San Francisco in the near future. It is reported that chief strike-breaker Farley is preparing to ship his plant to that city in anticipation of a juicy contract to break a strike on the street railways which is scheduled for next month. OUR OWN PUBLICATIONS. We recommend to the reader a careful perusal of "Wage-labor and Capital," by Marx. We are mindful of Ihe fact that as it was written before he had thoroughly completed his analysis of capitalist production, he has not been so clear in making plain the distinction betwixt labor und labor power as in his later works. If the wage earner will take bains to keep tho distinction clear in his mind, "Wage-Labor and Ca pital" will ftrove an invaluable aid in arriving at the knowledge necessary to insure correct action for the purpose of effecting his deliverance from capitalist exploitation. "Wage-Labor and Capital," single copy 5 cents; , 6 copies 25 cents; 15 copies 50 cents; 40 copies $1.00; 100 copies and over, 2 cents per copy. These rates include postage to any part of Canada or United States. TUB WESTERN CLARION, o QUITE A FAB. An Opportune Time for Reading Drop in and see our splendid assortment if reading matter. Try our book .exchange. Return two old books and rervive one new one. E. GALLOWAY VANCOUVER. B. C. II and 14 Arcade. 326 Abbott Street Mail orders promptly attended to Municipal ownership of public utilities is getting to be quite a fad, and many ol its devotees are gleefully pointing to Glasgow as a shining example of the beauties of such own- ei.Hliip, in successful operation. lf we are to believe those who have been upon the ground, however, the misery and squalor of the working people iu that city cun scarce be duplicated on the face af the earth, and the adoption of this much-vaunted municipal ownership has in no way lessened it. A certain section of the propertied class has benefited by it as it has afforded Ihe opportunity to shift the burden of taxation onto the shoulders of another portion. The revenues raised by operating municipal cur lines, for instance, does not have to be raised by levying a tax on other properly. So the owners of the latter lind relief to that extent, in so far us the wage eartiurs are concerned, no relief can come from municipal or state ownership utilities unless such ownership THAI' ERE PIYI'RTY PARTY. Local Vancouver inaugurated a series of social gatherings by a "Poverty Party," held in the Sullivan Hall last Sal unlay night. As indicated by the name, good clothes were al a discount, and this suited the "fellers who ure out of a job," to u nicety. After the court of ins|iec- tion had completed its task and the treasury wns jingling with the money collected from those whose raiment was not according to rule, a good program of song interspersed with special features in the form of a blindfold drawing contest, and a trial of s*jill in locating the proper place for a donkey's tail, was participated in by the entire audience. Refreshments were served and much social Intercourse enjoyed. The next "event" in this series will be held about a month later, the May-day picnic intervening meanwhile. o MOVEMENT IN FRANCE. MILWAUKEE SOCIALISTS. and the dawn of freedom for the proletariat. A congress of the Jaures wing of tbe Socialist party was held in Rouen the 26th and 28th of March. The congress will finally decide the question of t.he conflict between some of the parliamentary group and the party regarding the support of the bourgeois government. Jaures is in favor of independent action, but the majority of the deputies oppose him However, since the party has already decided upon the independent course it is probable that this policy will win out. The conditions in Spain are reported as something terrible nt present. U is claimed there are 40,000 unem- ployed in Barcelona, and 150,000 in Catalonia. EASTER f f GREETINGS "STILEUFIT" J. DANAHER & CO. Corner Granville and '• Pender Streets SOLE AGENTS FOR "STILENFIT" CLOTHES Samples and blank measurements sent on application. BUSINESS NOTES. Comrade C. M. O'Brien has sent In over 00 subscriptions to tho Western Clarion during his trip in the interior, besides having looked up many old subscribers whom we had lost track of by reason of change of address during the time the paper was suspended. Should any of these fail to get the paper, or there be any error in the address as it appears upon the paper, notification sent to this oflice will insure correction. o In requesting a change of address, the subscriber should be particular to send old ns well as new address. While we would like to bo personally acquainted with each subscriber to the oxtent of knowing just where to locate him at a given moment, it is quite out of the question with several thousand names upon the list, ff old address be given it is an easy mutter to make the change. TO VICTORIA READERS. of comes directly under tho bund of the working class, so that the wage system may be abolished. As long as it remains untouched it matters little to the workers whether the state, the municipality or some capitalist concern buys their labor power. They will be subject to tho conditions of the market, as powerless in fixing tho wage they shall receive as at present, it is more than probable that large numbers of workers will be led away from working-class interests for a time by this latest fad of the middle class. In so doing, however, they will merely be used as monkeys to "pull the chestnuts out of tho fire" for one section of property owners as agaiust another. Tho deluded workers will gel the shucks. S. T. WALLACES Cash Grocery Store We also carry a full line of Furniture, on easy payments, at prices that cannot be duplicated. Kindly inspect our slock. Cor Waitmlmter Ave and Narrli Streat. VANCOUVER, B. 0. Workingmen Are Always Welcome at New fountain Hotel C. SCHWAHN, Proprietor Mdai* 25 cents and up. Beds, 25 cents per night. Rooms $1.50 per week and up. 29-81 Cordova St. Vancouver, B.C. Comrade iVincent, Harper will b% the speaker at the regular weekl propaganda meeting of Local Victoria, Sodialist Party of Canada, at the Edison Theatre on Sunday even- inging, April 28. As he is understood to have little use for the middle class philosophy of "opportunism," n rare treat may be looked for b.v those who attend. Admission Is. free and all nre invited. Tho Local is also making preparations to hold an entertainment, banquet and dance at the A. O. U. W. Hull on Monday evening, May 1st. The admission wdll be, gentlemen 50 cents, ladies, 25 cents. A general good time is promised. Boors open at 7'.'*0 fi. m. Do not forget the date. The evening of International Labor Bay, Monday, May 1st. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS (I. E. A. Watson. Red Lodge, Alta.: Changes in mail list, have already been made by request of Weston Wrigley, Toronto. The paper you refer to is worse thun worthless for the purpose spoken of or nny other Hint we dure mention in print. As to addresses you wish, also membership nt large, matter will be referred to the Dominion Executive Committee, which will no doubt attend to it sal isfuctorily. o And now "Northern Securities" move up, and Jim Hill has ousted Karri man from the directorate of the big trust. And we thought this bad concern had been completely smashed through the adverse decisions recently rendered by the courts. Really we must have been dreaming, or else wo aro too green to burn. We learn from the Social-Democratic Herald that the four social democratic members of the Wisconsin assembly, who were elected in Milwaukee last fall, have introduced forty- six bills during tbe present session. Of these twenty-three havo been indefinitely postponed, one has passed and two have been ordered to third reading. In the senate the one lone Social-Democrat, Hummel, of Milwaukee, has introduced eleven bills, some of them not Socialist measures. Five of his bills have been buried and the balance are still embalmed in committee, awaiting obsequies. From a dispatch quoted in the Herald it seems the peculiar thing about it is that the Democrats of the assembly, themselves few in number, pay the most attention to the members of the new party. A Socialist is like a red rag to a bull with them. They cannot help "going for him," as they express it, and yet, strangely enough, when by their attacks they have stirred up trouble and the newspapers mention the fact, they come around the next day and complain about the "advertising" the Socialists are getting. This similarity in character and habit to the pitiful little Liberal bunch in the Provincial House would indicate that they belong to the same species, something in the na ture of blood relatives, as it were. • —o The Employing Printers' Association through the west was organized at Kansas City, Mo., on April 10. 200 delegates were sent from 10 or more states. An almost unanimous sentiment was shown among the delegates against entering into anv further contracts with organized labor, and also against the eight-hour day. Some of the Typo unions are getting tired of being displayed as j»o- lithtal wares for sale to the highest bidder, A move is on foot among them to abolish the custom of parud- ing on Labor Day, and to devote the time to pienics, barbecues and mass meetings. The opportunity will, however, sii\l be afforhed the wily politicians to furnish the seductive picnic beer, the toothsome barbecue ox, and the inflating and soporific muss-meeting wind. o In London great unemployed demonstrations are still fashionable. These public functions are attended by thousands of wretched and poverty-stricken workers who are actually starving in the midst of the plenty they have helped to produce. That bunch of montcbanks and old women known as the House of Commons, continues to drool and drone over trade and commerce, foreign rela- c:ons, colonial possessions, fiscal policies, naval and military affairs, and everything else necessary to protect the interests of the class that exploits the British worker. But then, the Queen has recently expressed her sympathy for the unemployed and hungry, so what is there to kick about anyway. Negligee Shirt; Not Too Early to Look Exclusive patterns are now he some of the choice ones win |)c re"" early, and some of the deslgm4 cannot duplicate. If you a^jinW.** unusual styles it will intanet vb/'* come promptly. ° Flatiron Hats The Smartest Soft Hat ol the Sent, These Hat* have been eiithusiMti. cally received by young men (ro, the very first day we brought the, out. Neither trouble nor ex[^ has been saved in the production & these goods, as you will cbeerfuj acknowledge upon examination. KILROY, MORGAN CO., LTD. m Certeva Street A big strike of employees of the porcelain industry is on at Limoges, France. 8,000 strikers carrying red and black flags, surrounded the leading factories on April 15, and smashed the windows and doors. They also smashed the motorcar of one of the proprietors, pillaged his factory, also a gun shop, and erected a street baracade. Strange though it may appear to us of the western world, strong military detachments were dispatched to the scene of the trouble. — o In referring to a purchase of coal lands "recently made by London capitalists, an exchange says: "English Capitalists wifl exploit Alberta Coal fields." In justice to those capitalists it should be said that they harbor no such intentions. They purpose to merely 'ndulge in the pleasing and profitable pastime of ecploiting a few workingmen. Our ecchange should refrain from making such rash, unwarranted and libelous statements, lest it be sued for damages. o Labor is a commodity, and, like other commodities, it. exchanges in the market at its cost of production In human labor. That is, the labor- force of the laborer is sold In the free and open labor market, at what It costs to produce that labor force. We have no slavery here. "Britons never will be slaves." Quelch. In Christiana, Norway, as overt where else the only useful |iortlonj human, society,^ the working eld meets with the usual experience, unemployed demonstration uf s,.V(t al thousund was recently held In j streets of the city. Thai vallMU an/d highly necessary piece of brW bruc known us the Crown Prince])] gent, received a deputation nnd wl mised to try and induce parllamJ to grant some relief so I Inn- is prospect ahead for u howl ui V)u each for the hungry men. o HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS UUJ You see that noble engineer Whose record can not Im.' bed The one with an independent air, As ho saunters down I In- strut He pulls the Coast Line Limited And lands her in on time, And with the officers of the r«>ud, That man cuts quite n shine. He sits up on the seat box, With a keen and watchful eye, He pulls the throttle open wldt. And fairly makes her fly. If she will hold her vapor, He's sure to make the time, As the iron horse makes a whipli Of the coaches on behind. But who Is it that feeds the U nace? His name you never hear, He's the man that makes the cord For that noble engineer. He stands down on the deck. With a black and anxious lace; And with his brain and muscle Keeps tbe pointer to its pin.' 'Tis not the man that pulls throttle, At a mile a minute rate; But the man that wields the all el Keeps the train from being In •—Locomotive Fireman's Maga*j RULES FOR BANKINC Apropos of the recent bank rolte at Cody, it may be of Intcres know that the most of the Wyosl banks display the following sign Member American Sharpsliim'ii Association. Patrons thinking nn error hosM made are requested not to shootf cashier In-fore investigation. Strungers must, enter tho I* holding the hands above their l»i or they will be fired on by the sH Deposits of persons killiil nn I premises remain the property oil bans. The bank will not be respond! for lost guns or bowie knives. Patrons desirous of keeping in pi* tlce are requested to shoot the pf from the clerk's hands and io Id' the cashier undisturbed, Persons desirous of trnnsadii business quickly will please rcmcniM that shooting the lights out it* to delay rather than hasten tin of the staff. Undertakers—This bank will notj responsible for tho funeral bills persons killed by the stuff in course of business. o AN EXPERT. "Why yes, he has a genius for pii anthropy." "A genius for philanthropy?" "Yes; he can make a little """* go a great way and talk a grt deal." IN WATCH REPAIRING GREAT CARE IS EXERCISED, AS WE ENTRUST THE REPAIR TO EXPERfRNCED WORKMEN ONLY, AND NOT TO APPRENTICES OR AMATEURS. SPRQTT & Co. THE ARCADE -JEWELRY STORE. Vancouver Co-Operative Association] 532 Westminster Avenue Positively the Best Bread in the Ciiyl Telephone 1734 C. N. Lee. Manager A Union Shop and Endorsed by Lory Union in Vancouver WEBB & EVERETT 1 MAKERS OF LOGGERS1 & MINERS1 SHOES ONLY EVERY PAIR WARRANTED - HANO MADE UNION WORK W Cirtova It. Wait, NO SWEATING Vancouver.