THE WESTERN CLARION 25! ram « n«na» 387. *». • « . . <*. Published in the Interests of the Working Class Alone. Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, August 25, 1906. Subscription Me* Pea. Yba« tt.00 AE EDITOR STIBS1UP A HORNET. [Comrade John T. Mortimer Vigorously Replies to the Dtduth Herald's Criticism off Revolutionists and Lame Apologies for the Acts of Capitalist Henchmen and Tools. In the Duluth Herald of Monduy, I i,,jv 80th, Appeared an editorial en- Ititled "Dtbt, tht Incendiary,'' which lied forth a vigorous reply from I Comrade .l"hn T. Mortimer, of St. IVincent, Minnesota. John T's reply moved such an excellent athnuUut in tin- editorial bruin that another iirtiiii- *\>P*nrmi in a suliHixiucnt is- ciitii l>'d, "Thiiao Accused Min- • Tin- two editorials and Mur- Itimer'n r-upliei thereto ure given Ijc- ll.iu Bide by «lde tbey uftord un cx- ,.;i.-nl illustration of the nieniul uud „,nil bankruptcy ol a decaying cup- liMiiMii upon the one hand, and , irilit.v und fearlessness of tho un- uliiing revolutionary proletariat up- ,,n the other. I uue, l*IH lil'.US, TIIK INCENDIAKY. In a si-eeeh at St. Ixiuis yesterday h.i.iii' V. Debs, former proalderfltial candidate on thi. Socialist ticket ani*f ,i leading advocate of Socialism, IP* evidence of the distance he has I r»o-lliil from sense and sanity. Thr.-e officers of the miners' union letiirl.'S Moyer, W. I). Haywood nnd Ii'i-urgi- A. VcMibow. are in jail In l/iieho. chargeil with the murder of fun .--i-governur of that atate. Deb* advised the workingineii to li . -j- the accused men ut ull hu/- liinS. ny bloodshed if necessary, and [-•rotniM-d to l.-nd an nriny of work- inir men or any other kind of men. {Since they Is-lievc the accused men )-■ iniHK-ent. ii ls proper that lo- t„,r.r*. should sympathize with th.-ni ill is lirotherly thnt tbey should raise .i fund for their defense, and that ihej should leave no stone unturned : give them « fair trial. Bul things hnve not ree.-h.Hl such ii i.iiss in this country that arorklng- Imen n.s*«l rise to break into jails and lileliver fr.iiii the lu.nils of justice liien iirriiMsl of crime. Tin-*- men yx- going tO have a fair trial. The ihi Is vv.ii'hing their ruse with liuusiiitl interest, ond th.-r.- is no ,re .hnli.-i* that they will be IttV property convicted thnn ther.- is that JMr Dtiba will be convictc.1 in their jj.ln.es l( they are guilty, they ■ihould hang; if they are Innocent, |ihi*j ahould and shnll be treed. It will gain no sympnths. either If->r the :n i-us.-.! men. for the cause lei labor, or for Sociulisni, to preach [such incendiary doctrine as thc forc- lible iiiier.ition of men eeraiting trial. TIIK OTHEIl SIDE. class, ns witness the Huymarket tragedy in Chicago'/ Jt is useless to suy thut judges are not vctiul. If there is ono fact in connect ion with our glorious institutions better established than another in recent years it is thc utter corruption and moral rottenness of tnen m high public places. Judges gel their nomination and appointment in precisely the same manner as other politicians, ami you huve hud occasion, in more than one instance, to point out the widespread subservience of both legislatures and executives to capitalistic interests. In fact, the gentlemen who sits in the presidential chair has seen fit to hand down a rebuke to a judge for favoring the beef trust. Hut perhaps you do not favor violence, no matter* whnt injimtice is perpetrated ; if so, you had better denounce the founders of this republic ; you hnd lietter cry down as "incendiaries" those citizens of Boston who got so wrathy over a tux on their tea, or those Northern capitalists who made war on the southern institution of chul- •el-sluvery, in order to advance their mode of exploitation by means of vvage-lul-or. But then, perhaps again you are like numerous others of the "Bourgeois" American press, you cun bluster against the trusts for squeezing out thc middle class by railroad rebates, etc., but you cannot s«s- why the Workera should how! even when their trusted lenders ure being railroaded the name of th. reason than that they have been itiithful to their class. Your own reputation for fairness would improve if, before condemning B man for "Inciting to violence." .vou published nil the facts nf the nis'. Perhaps your sense of justice will allow vou to publish this defense, and then, again, i>er- tur-pa it will not, Yours sincerely, .IlilIN" T. MOH'IIMKIt !*ed and de- ported from their homes In Colorado by collusion of the Governors of Cols orado and Idaho, acting ut thc behest of the Mine Owners' Aseocla- H"ii In violation of the rights guaranteed every citizen under the con- , "dilution? Do you know that n ve- i"nl judge, Frank .1. Hmilh of Culd- »ill, refused these men imir.'. -hate I 'nnl unless they would waive those oglita? Do you know that the pro* "-"ciitinn boasted ol voluminous ovl- '•''titv. und yet refused to go on with ,h" triitl? Do you know that Me- •'iirliind. tho l'lnkerton detective, l"'iisti-d "that these men would never leave iduho alive?" tin you know that these men are Ui •after at leaat a year's imprisonment before being allowed an opportunity '«> prove their Innocence? Do you know that tho mine owners—who are '"'hind the prosecution—persecuted ""-ie men in Colorado because they '"'lured a Htriko to onforce a law en- '•"ised by referendum nt tho polls, "nd that the "machinery of justice" s"called, was merely tho instrument ■°f oppression In tho hands of tho St. Vincent, Minn., Aug. 16, 1900 To thc Editor of the Herald : • Sir :—Barely does one sec a defence of Socialists or Socialism in the daily press of the "Bourgeois." On the other hand anything anti- Socialist finds ready publication. In the issue of your paper wherein my defence of Debs appeared I found no less than three anti-Socialist items. The individual who chronicles the market price of butter and eggs could not forbear the lying insinuation thnt Socialism was destructive of family life and that—by implication—Maxim Oosky was the only prominent individual in America who ever violated the conventional family relationship. However in so fur that you huve published anything at. all in favor of those So- ciulist leaders Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone, you have evinced a fairness not ut ull characteristic of your trilie. The logic of your editoriul in that issue will, however, hardly bear examination. You concede the illegality of the arrest, the undue delay of the trial, und by your silence you also concede your inability to refute the other allegations made by mens to the subversion Of the "machinery' of justice in the interests of the mine owners and yet you still, usscnt that they are to have a "fair trial before a jury of their peers," and this is to lie guaranteed by "the country being awake and looking on." By the way who has awavoned the country but these Socialists you disparage? Moreover, what good will "looking on" do if It does not crystullize into sufficient action to do justice when law fulls? A "fair trial" haa been and is still gotten when a memlier of tho capitalist class is charged with an offence against another of the same breed, but not in the case of working-class leaders like Moyer et al whose recognition of the inevitable class Struggle impels them to to the gallows, in I organize the workers in a finish tight law for no other with capitalism on the poli'ical field. I suppose you never heard of u pacp- ed jury'.' llow will the "peers" of those tnen Is* cmpiinncllcd? Before a Judge already—by his actions—proven subservi.-iit to the all-powerful prosecution. No, sir. Despite whut you suv the spectacle of an aroused working class ready to apply "the primal law of force" to the law and Oiler of anarchists of Colorado and d.iho will do more for justice* thnn ih.- peaceful "onlooking" so corn- riicmlcd by you. What may I nsv is the Import of the phrase in the Aiu_ ericah constitution which provides "that the right of the people tO keep anil lieur arms shall not l-e in- frioged? Does it not mean that in ih.- liual analysis an armed populace is the most, efficient protection against the despotism of the ruling class'' To secure the colonial bourgeois lilx-rty and treed om from the ruling class of England this Republic wns borne by force and violence and at a later stage of its career wns deluged in blood merely to transfer the negro from the status of a chattel whose necessities hud to lw provided for to that of a commodity Whose necessities are only provided for when some capitalist sees an o(i- portunily to make profit out of his labor. This latter condition is the portion of the majority of the "free and Independent sovereigns'* of "these Dnited States of America and in this twentieth century" ns you so aptly remark. I nm ready to prove that' the misery and degradation imposed on the working class by the present economic system is justification a thousand times for uny degree of force necessary to secure relief. Because Moyer and his associates have dared to organize the miners to use their franchise to inaugurate an equitable mode of wealth distribution is the real reason for this in- iiiiik. owners? Do you know that Eu- B'-iii' V. Debs nnrrowly escaped Just ■"ii'h a capitalist conspiracy, somo •"'"is ago, and that he knew from •utter iNirsonnl experience Just what "h<>\v n workera' loader has whon bnuliKi before the tribunals ot cupt- UI7 Do you know that men have '"'"ti murdered under tho form of law '"'fore this timo in this so-called free ""inti-y for no othor crime thaa,|JJ°JJ THOSE \f< TSEIi MIN'EltS. Rleewhere in The Herald this evening is a eoinniuiiicut ion from a friend ut St Vinci-lit. Minn., who takes us to task for i oii.leiiiiiing the attitude E V. IV'bs has assumed toward the rase of ihe oilicers of the miners .niton who nre accused of the murder of an ex-governor of Idaho. Mr. beb* advocated an uprising of the uorkinginen to release lhe accused men from the •nils in which they are now uwaiting trial, assuming that the trial is to be u travesty on justice, and thut courts and laws ond everything else are to lie debauched to secure an unfair conviction. There can lie no doubt that this Impression prevails widely, particularly in Socialistic circles. Socialistic leaders all over the country have taken the position from ihe start thut these men are innocent, and that the.v are 1-eing railroaded to the gallows by a capitalistic conspiracy. They hove induced many to accept this view, nnd thousands of honest worpingmen all over the country have come to believe it upon their say-so. But there will be lots of time for the revolution that is to release these men from jail after the trial hns tuken place. It is true that the accused men wore kidnapped out of Colorado nnd taken to Idaho without due process of law, nnd this The Herald has condemned. Yet If the*, men are guilty, they should lie punished, for the offense of which they stand accused ,is one thnt cannot lie tolerated In any civilized land. They are charged with having caused the destruction by dynamite of an ox- governor of Idaho, for no other reason, apparently, than that he wns the representative of law and govern. ment, Whether they are guilty or innocent It Is tor the courts to say. To rlaliu thnt they will not have a fair trial with the country looking on, is absurd. To say that if they are unjustly convicted Ihey will never be • ii-p-d is equally absurd. They have oAXorneys employed in their behalf thnt are as good as any In the land, nnd while the trial hns been unduly delayed, it hns been partly with the consent of theso attorneys. This is the twentieth century, and the United States of America, and while Justice is sometimes lame and often corrupted by the influence ot wealth nnd power, such things do not hnp|ien half so often ns many- people think. They cannot happen when the people are awake and looking on, us they are ln this case. The Herald has cortnlnly never given anybody the right to say that it is unfair toward lnbor or biased in favor of tho privileged clusses. It is not three olliciuls of a labor un*. ion that are to be tried in Idaho, bul three men who will be given a fair trial before n jury of their |*oers who will he properly punished if convicted nnd duly liberated if acquitted. - Talk of uprisings to release accused mon from jail by forco does not work for lust ice, any more than the corruption of courts by wealth does. If the peoplo of these United States 1. ''.. ' . ..1.1... .,* .v....... famous prosecution which is the culmination of the high-handed series of outrages on the part of the mine owners in Colorado and Idaho. If our colonial fathers were justified how much more the present Working class? Then again, when you say "the Socialists have assumed these men to be innocent, und have induced honest workingmen to believe it on their say-so," you forget to remark that this assumption was preceded by a more widespread assumption of the capitalists and their press that ihey were guilty. Moreover, the "Socialist Assumption" has not only been justified by the conduct of the prosi-cution, the clenn lives und record of these men but it is held by the law of the country which "us- sumes" the innocence of a man until he is proven guilty. Again, "honest" or dishonest "workingmen" have so far taken little on a Socialist's "say-so," ami the large number that have rallied in this instance is some proof that the say-so squares with the facta. That Steunenberg was "the representative of law and government" I am well prepared to believe, but how did it work out in Idaho when he was the dominant fee-tor there? Just the same in the Coeur D'Alene's as later in Colorado which found typical expression in Sherman Bell's utterance "To hell with habeas corpus ! we'll give them post tnortems!" There is little reason to doubt but what Steunenberg like tyrunts lackeys in olher lands met his death at the hands of some individual rendered des[>erute by his experience of the application of this beautiful principle. But that the high-minded officers of the Western Federation of Miners conspired to that end is unworthy of credence. These men know and have often taught that while the ballot is in the hands of the working class they have the instrument to secure lheir freedom. They have taught that where a man will vote ignorantly he will shoot ignorant ly. and vice versa. It has been their mission to educate the working class to vote their own best interests. The.v have had nothing to gain by assassination. But unless the Capitalist class hold back their high hand nnd give the political movement of the workers a chance to develop fairly and freely, on |ieaceful lines, the revolution thut is to lie will be marked with blood at every step and ihnt in spite of thc wordy soothing- syrup so plentifully bestowed from bourgeois press and pulpit and further ;t is up to every man to whom liberty is more than a name to see in that event thut the blood of the working class alone does not constitute the st renin. You say that "no one hns the right to say tbat you are unfair towards labor or liiasi-d in favor of the privileged classes." To test this I challenge you to open your columns to a debate on the following : Resolved ! That the present dominant form of wealth production, i.e., cupitul and wage-labor, has for its result the robbery of lubor. (a) That it is a slave system. (b) That it tends to unemployment. (c) Thut it tends to reduce the standard of life and thc purchasing power of the.wage. (d) That it is destructive of family- life, encourages prostitution, and is largely responsible for the increase in insanity, vice ond crime. (e) That only through the conquest of the political power by the working class and the transformation of capitalist property into collective property In the means of wealth production" can the laborer receive the full of his lnlior and thereby cease the class struggle and eliminate the degrading features of our civilization. Yours sincerely, JOHN T. MORTIMER. SOUND LAW FOB WORKINGMEN Louisiana Legal Lights Cleverly Discover Means of Beating the Avaricious WoHurgman at His Own Game.—Mew Rule of Law Estaoushed That Looks Bad For Him. Complaint is frequently made that in considering cases wherein mcmlKirrt of labor unions are parties, capitalist courts are oftimes prejudiced in I'uvor of the interests of the masters and against those of the workmen. This may in some cases lie true, but that there are exceptions to the rule may lie seen from a decision rendered by the Supreme Court of Louisiana recently in the case of a workman who sued his employer for damages resulting from injuries received while loading bales of cotton on a vessel lying ut the dock. Tbe following summary of the ease and the decision of the court is taken from thc "Central Ijaw Journal" of St. Louis for May 18. The title of the case is Parmer vs. Kearney. FACTS OF THE CASE. "The facts in the principle case show thut the defendant, Kearney, was a stevedore employed to load vessels, that in loading a certain vessel, Mr. Kearney employed a certain foreman and told him the number of men to employ in his gang and instructed him to load a certain stock of cotton on the vessel. The foreman employed the requisite number of men. The injury occurred by reason of the negligence of the foreman and his men in failing to fasten two bales of cotton securely in the sling attached to a derrick used for raising nnd .lowering the cotton into the hold of the ship, by reason of which carelessness one of the bales fell and struck plaintilT, severly injuring him. The negligence is charged in the petition as follows : "First That the bales of cotton were not well fastened and, secured in the sling attached to suid derrick, and were improperly and carelessly slung by said defendant, his agents, servants, anil employes operating said derricks and its appurtenances at the time. Second. That said derrick was operated in too great haste while lowering the cotton in the hold of the ship. Third. That the derrick and its appliances, on which the cotton was hoisted and let down into the hold of the vessel, were not in the proper position, and should have been stationed on the forward compart ment. instead of the aft compartment. Fourth. That two bales of cotton, as is customary, were hoisted by said derrick and lowered into the hold nt one and the same time. Thnt the bight of the sling that took hold of the cotton and lowered into the hold of thevessel wasj entirely too long, and the bale of cotton which struck petitioner was loosened and fell out of the sling." THE DEFENSE. WINNIPEG SHORT ARM JOLTS Spartacus Gets in a few Observations Relating to one Thing and Another That are Called to His Attention by Events as They Daily Occur in the Prairie City. It is said that the citv fathers con- i what lives might hc lost so long as template building a public swimming he saved u few dirty dollars and his bath for men and bovs. Rumor [ own precious carcass wos not ondnn- makes no mention of provision being [gored. The owner of these piles is made for women nnd girls, lt is dlf- responsible for the lives lost on Snt- lieult to understand the view point i in-day last, and if Justice were meted of the city authorities. Why should | out ho would be indicted for mah- not onr sisters learn to svvini i» u i *■',« „*■... t. .... * ••"■'" * good stiff term themselves, neither of these HSnYon SSutlfT the" Writing I thing, will come about In this case. safe place and enjoy the cool water as well os ourselves? Is it because their vote in municipal afTnirs is so small ns to be negligible? Were the victims of boating accidents acquainted with the rudiments of swimming they could keep themselves afloat until help arrived, nnd it is just ns Important for women ..nil girls to be able to do this ns nvn nnd boys. This ignoring of women is a relic of by-gone bnrtmi'iim of which even capitalism *ho lid be ashamed were shomo possible o such a shameless system. The river bed fairly bristles with piles for nt least, two miles below River park. These aro at present covered with water, nnd it was ono of these that caused last Saturdays futalitv. In former years the boom chained to the piles showed their whereabouts but this WOi romoved ly tl.e owner, evidently with lho Intention of converting same into tollers and cents. Apparuntly the piles would have cost more to tnke out of too rivet- bed than they nre worth so the owner left them there, carln-i not whoso boats might bo destroyed nor of imprisonment, but the owner is wealthy nml justice will not lie meted out*. It is ever thus under cupit- iilism. Money is superior to Justice. '■Onlooker" steps into the ring in the last issue of the Voice with a remedy for over-crowding—Single Tax. Ho says that if taxes were taken on improvements and placed on the laud only ithe land to bo assessed at its full* selling value), "it will make land easier to get to use, harder to hold idle, encourage building, give employment to more people and raiso wages'." It is true that access to land may be had more easily under his system but when the land hus been rented the workingman cannot build without money and who will Iond the full valuo of a house and take the house only ns security? No one will do it now nnd no one will do it then. At the present time scene parlies of the ^rout reserve army of I any choice capitalism, tho unemployed, have in | vvinchman, Britain seined some vacant lots with tho avowed intention of raising fooil for themselves on same. Even if left in undisturbed possession (they have (Continued on Page Three.) "The defendant entered the unusual defense to the petition in this case that the pluintifl belonged to a labor union which dictated the selection of the foreman and of the personnel of the gang working under the foreman, and that such being the case he should not be held liable for any injuries resulting from the negligence either of the foreman or the fellow servants of the pluintiff. The brief of defendant's attorneys. Miller, Dufour & Dufour of New Orleans contains a full review of the evidence offered on this very interesting point. The learned attorneys for the defendant, say : "It is evident that the commerce of the port of New Orleans' is handled by two associations—the Longshoremen's Benevolent Association, which handles cotton up to thc time that the sling is attached to the hoist, and the Screwrtien's Association, which handles it from tbat time until it reaches the hold of the ship. These two associations control absolutely tho commerce of the port, forming together what is known as the Dock and Cotton Council,' and enforcing thc rules of this council by boycott or strike. The Screw-men's Association refuses to take cotton from anybody but nieiulvers of the Longshoremen's Association, and the Longshoremen's Association refuses to deliver tho cotton to anybody but members ol the Screw-men's Association. The stevedore does not. and is not allowed to come in contact with thc individual. He cannot employ the individual, but must employ an entire gang, which is made up of members of this association among thorn- selves, and to which they designate one of themselves ns foreman. These screwnien are supreme nboard ship. They handle the cotton from tho moment the sling is attached to the hoist. One of the rights which they demand is that one of the gang must ojierate the winch. The stevedore is not allowed any choice in the mutter, nnd on the day of the accident the screwnien and the members of the gang in which plaintifl worked, designated "Tony" one of their gang, to operate the winch. Every witness in this case, including tho plaintiff himself, hns testified thnt the stevedore is not allowed in the selection of the and if, on the lay in question, the defendant had put tbe most expert machinist to •> H-tuto this winch, all of the screwnien would have left tho work and would til one of their number had been reinstated at the winch." A SUFFICIENT ANSWER, "The court, in holding the defense offered by the defendant, to be a sufficient answer to plaintiff's petition, says : "When a |*erson contracting for work which he engaged to do needs a number of workmen to perform the same, thc individual wort • men employed rely upon the contractor's having and exercising proper knowledge, skill, and ^iruden■■ >. They rely, also, upon his exorcising himself (or through some one whom he selects to represent him) due care, knowledge and prudence in superintending the workmen aa they work ; that he will see that they perform their work properly. The workmen may, however, elect in any particular case, as between themselves and the contractor, to relieve the latter from these duties nnd obligations, and the responsibility resulting from their noniierformance, by selecting agencies of their own choice, to which they look for their own proper! protection, and which they substitute; for that purpose for the contractor. The responsibility of the contractor rests upon freedom of action in the selection of,the workmen and in bis suj-erintendence over them. When ttu» individual workmen, instead of allowing matters to take their usual shape and course, make it a condition of their contract to accepting service thnt he (the contractor) will yield in their favor his right of freedom of action as to selection and superintendence, they absolve him from responsibility which would otherwise be thrown upon him and look to thut of their own selected agencies. When the workmen delegate to n. labor organization which the.v have joined (and to others in privity with their own organization) the right of selection and superintendence, they agree to accept the membership of their fellow workmen in those organizations, and the actions of those associations, ipso facto, as a good and sufficient guaranty to them for their individual safety and protection, so far as tbe contractor is concerned. H they deem membership in such organizations as conferring benefits upon them, they cannot accept the benefits and repudinte the resulting legal disadvantages." It is now up to some trades union brother to point out wherein the decision is not only sound law, but backed up by irrefutable logic and common sense. The fact of the matter is that it is a stem-winder because of its logic, and It is by no means unreasonable to presume that it will be accepted as a new rule of law to be followed by other employers when occasion warrants and the facts can lie made to in any manner fit thc case. Undoubtedly Samuel G. is striking terror to the hearts of aspiring office seekers by asking them embarrassing questions as to their intentions towards organized labor. If he would be kind enough to refrain from such cruel, bulldozing tactics just long enough to tell us how organized labor is to esca]>e the consequences of such an eminently sound decision it would go far towards allaying the terror that even now pursueth us like a demon. The law being sound the master is relieved of all liability because he was denied tho right of selecting his slaves and thus exercising his judgment as to their competence. He did not hire them. They forced themselves upon him. He is, therefore, not liable for their wages. In fact, it looks as though an action for trespass could be made to lie against these infernal screw- men and longshoremen, including the one who had his back nearly broken by the bule of cotton falling on him. Employers of labor should look more carefully after their rights in these matters, ami noi, lie imposed upon by a lot of unscrupulous and greedy slaves. The decision in question is a sound one. Orent is the law! Great are its interpreters, but greater still the asiuinity of the "working plugs," who, though eternally "getting it in the neck," haven't sense enough to know whnt hits them. THE POLTrrCAL STKUGGIjE. The proletariat modelled its organizations for defence upon the pattern of those of the guild journeymen— the union ; so, likewise, did it fashion its original o/fenslve weapons, whenever it faced Cnpital in organized bodies, after those of the journeymen—the boycott and the strike. For reasons peculiar to the historic days when the guild journeymen waged thoir bottles against their masters, their weapons remained tho sume until thoir class became extinct. The modern proletariat, however, cannot abide by thoso original and primitive weapons. The more completely tho several portions of which it ia composed merge Into a single working class, tho more must its«-hnttleB assume a political char- -fl i'' I f: urtcr. All class struggle is a poli- huve declined to return to work un- | ticul struggle.—Kautsky. *"wv -- --1 «s.i.ri..is in —- ;~_j _-- - l^«aMM__-_M,MM»_n_t___^_e-ia»»-'--^^^^-'~ , I . BATUIUlAV, km\m mo, im, »• Uu Western Clarion Published every Saturday In tka intereata of the working class nlone at tka Office of tke Western Clarion, Flack Block bewement, 185 Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. O. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 PER ANNUM Strictly la Advance. Yearly subscrlptloa carda ln lota •>f five or more, 75 cents each. Advertialng rates on application. tt yen receive this paper, It Is paid •'or. Addraaa all communications to The WESTERN CLARION Box 836, Vancouver, B. C. 388 Watch this labs* oa your paper. If thla numbsT is on lt, your subacrlptlora expires the aext Issue. SATURDAY. AUGUST 25. 1906. AN OBJECT LESSON. The net earnings of tbe United States Steel Corporation for the last quarter amounted to approximately 145,000,000. Thc number of employees is 160,000. A little figuring will show that the company received a clear revenue of $290, for each employee in its service for this period of three months. This would be at the rate of $1160 per year. This revenue represents what was left in the hands of the company out of the sale of the output of thexjfuar- ter year, after the wages of the men had been paid, as well as such other expense of operation as may have been incurred. It is well to remember that all of the values brought forth bv the operation of its plant, were created by the employees and not by the Steel Corporation. The capitalists who constitute the corporation contributed nothing to the production of these* values. It is safe to say that the great majority of them never even saw any part of the plant during the period in question. Probably the most of them never have seen and never will see any part of it. It is not necessary that they should as their services are in no manner necessary to the operation of the business. Were tbey to come around the works they would only prove a nuisance and an obstruction in the way of the workmen, and, therefore, a hindrance to the effective operation of the plant. But in spite of their utter uselcssnesB in the matter of producing these values they have been able during the time mentioned to draw down $45,000,000. It is safe to say that this is in excess of the sum received by the workmen for their services during the same period. It is of the utmost importance that every working man should know how and why values to the prodigious amount of 45 million could be gathered by ail absolutely useless bunch of individuals while an army of useful persons who created this value were unable to retain it for themselves. The wtlge-workor wherever he may lie or at whatever industry he may be employed is not paid for what ho does. He is merely paid the price of his labor-power as a commodity in the market. The employer being tho purchaser of this labor-power owns the product that results from its expenditure in producing wealth. That the cost of labor-power in the market ami the value of the product it brings lorth are two entirely different sums is amply demonstrated by the fact that the Steel Corporation had in its possession at the end -of the quarter $45,000,000 after having paid the entire cost of its labor- power and other expenses for that period. This vast sum represents what the workers did during three months and for which they received no compensation whatever. Granting that the entire balance of the Corporation's gross revenue was paid out for wages the 45 million or $290 |>er employee, represents what the slaves of the iron and steel mills did for absolutely nothing. It went into the coffers of a bunch of useless individuals called capitalists, not because of their uselcssness, but because the government of the United States declared them to be the owners of the resources of the earth and tools of production upon which 160,- 000 useful persons riept-nded for the privilege of expending their lubor- power for tho purpose of feeding, clothing und sheltering themselves and their families. Under such circumstances of ownership the workers could not provide for thoir necessities except b.v surrendering their life force to these owners and receiving in return merely the market pricl» of that life force as a commodity. In plain language they were compelled to submit to a robbery of $290 each during a period of three months. "To the owner of the means of production belongs the product of labor " the onlv power that can assert ownership and successfully defend the owner in his possession 18 the State. So long ns the State is the instrument of a ruling class us nt present, it will enforce the systrtn of property agreeable to that class The exploitation of labor at the hands of capital must of necessity ontinue so long ns the ownership of the means of production is not vest- d in the working class itself. To take from the hands of the present ruling class its power to rule and rob, is the mission of the uprising revolutionary movement of labor. To (T.-ct this it is merely necessnry to obtain control of the State and use its power to transform the Halted States Steel Corporation and similur concerns from capitalist property ns nt present, into the common property of the people as a whole. Such a transformation or transfer of prop erty need not of necessity interfere with the carrying on of production for a single moment. The transfer of title to vast capitalist properties even now frequently occurs, but production does not. stop. The workers are undisturbed in their tasks, the wheels revolve and products come forth unaffected by the transfer. One thing thut will occur, when the workers have sei7.ed control of the state and transferred the ownership of the means of production from the capitalist class to the workers commonwealth, is the stream of wealth which now pours into the coffers of the useless capitalists will lie turned into the pockets of the workers as a welcome addition to the stipend the.v have been uccustomed to receive as wnges. Had such a transfer taken place prior to the last quarter year the iron and steel workers would have realized a revenue equivalent to $290 each over and above the amount they did receive us wages. Every report made by capitalist concerns showing the amounts of their profits affords an object lesson to every working man who has eyes with which to see and ears to hear. Every time these concerns publish a report of their profits the.v simply herald to the world the extent of the robbery they have boon able to perpetrate upon the wage-slaves whom fate has brought within .reach of their infernal skin game. Let the workers profit by these lessons, and having become wise, exercise their political rights by capturing the reins of government, und by public enactment dispossess the capitalists of their present privilege of owning and controlling the means of production upon which all men must depend for a living except robbers, confidence men and sneak thieves. With the highly developed industries under democratic ownership and control, the exploitation of labor ends. The wage-slave is no more. The owner of small means of production will be absolutely secure in their possession so long as he prefers to remain as an individual producer. The product of his labor will be his own. When the present huge combination of capital in manufacturing and transportation have been converted into the common property of a democratic community, for the first time since civilization was born the working mun will be free. Free to provide needful things for himself und those dependent upon him, by his own labor, without tribute to chattel slave master, feudal lord or capitalist. tinterl'ifietli slahvuH. utid undofiled ill the world-wide movement of tho wage-slaves to break their chains. Its constitutional enemy is the Socialist Tarty of the United States, a conglomeration of "freaks," of "fakirs. " of "jsriifters," of "crooks," of "bogus Socialists," in iuct an "ash- barreil" especially created by Divine Providence to receive such human "garbai-e and refuse" as might otherwise encumbe-r the path- be trod, und poison the ut- l* to be breathed by lhe only to.lian of the ivvolu- A SERIO-COMIC DEMISE. To die is thc destiny of all living things, unless it be such as were iiom dead to sturt with. Of course apology is due for tho rank contradiction in the preceding statement, an apology that is freely offered in view of the fact that there are numerous specimens of thc genius Homo running around loose, who, should the.v chance to meet a joke face to face, would tie more than apt to take it seriously and grow humpbacked lugging it around as thc very quintissence of dead, bard, cold and melancholy fart, more especially if it were one of those subtle jokes like tho above, that steals upon its victim unawares, and. if his humorous hide is not too thick, overwhelms him with u flood-tide of Joy like unto that experienced by a certain person whom we do not care to betray to the police, when he learns that it hus iH-en clearly demonstrated that the scythe blade of a Russian pea* sont will reach through two Cossacks at once. To die is. apparently, not a particularly noteworthy achievement. To die gracefully is, however, un urcolii- pllf-hr. ■••■ -.ho doubt meritorious from an artistic standpoint. To lie able to die both gracefully and humorously is an attainment seldom reached and murks that which is capable of so-doing as ono of tho most marvellous creations that over came forth from the womb of timo. With Chesterfield ian grace and tho humor of an Artemus Ward, the Socialist Labor Pgrty of Colorado, however, did the trick, Everybody knows the S. L. P. The name has Icing been a synonym for all that is genuine, cleor-cut, ' uncompromising, the the the William secre- of An of with affiliated gar to refuse According to forsooth. way to mosphcrt simon-pure cul tionary lightning of the working class." To make a long story short "nxh-tuinvl" became even fuller Simon puce even purer. At last Soeiu .ft Party nominated I). Hay wood, the Imprisons tary of the Western Federation of Miners for liovernur oi Colorado. Haywood was • trusted member ot an industrial organisation which the St..P. men we ihey did not see their vvuy clear to repudiate his candidature or to give him their support to the articles of their own party, as well as the code of procedure which the.v had already established, they could not endorse his cundiducv' without being guilty of "treason the working class" l*ecausc Haywood was not a member of the Simon-pure, and only "-genuine. He was a member and the nominee of the "bogus Socialist," or "ash-barrel" outfit, Under the circumstances the S. L, P. of Colorado, which had long been considered a standing joke, even by those not given to levity, decided to get out of the dUejxana by humorously und gracefully dying, thereby affirming the joke. This graceful and humorous demise was announced to William D. Haywood in the Acta county Jail, Boise, Idaho, in tin; following words tuken from a communication penned by the corpse, while standing on its bead, much to the amusement of the bystanders : "We have decided to call upon every member of the Socialist Labor Party of Colorado to withdraw from our party until after the election, that vve may give you our undivided support and do it without violuting our party constitution and thus dein onstrate to lhe World that working class solidarity as taught by the Socialist Labor Party is something more than an eniptv dream un.l dearer to us than 11 party name." While the corpse penned those lines, "the grave nnd siern decorum uf the countenance it bore," doubtless ilue to its inverted position, was excruciatingly humorous. That a single person may under certain circumstances be termed a party, coupled with the fuel thut hut one perso's name, thut of ths state secretary, appears in the published account of this demise, may lead invidious persons to infer that the "^e" in the above post mortem statement was used in the editorial sense. This should be frowned down as there is a possibility that the party consisted of mora than one person. In fact there may have lieen two or three, or even as many as half a dozen. Ucsfiect for the dead should prompt every fuir minded mun to give the defunct the benefit Of all doubt in the matter, especially in view of the fact that, the demise was such a serio-comic masterpiece. The words, "until after the election" in ihe obituary notice indicate u belief in ressurection and evidently have some reference to Gabriel and his fog-horn. borers always available lb lhe market will keep the price of this uim- modity well down to the cost of Its production, sb that the workeSs will got but sufficient, upon the iivoraga, to keep them in condition to work. All of the surplus value .0 ruing from their labors will remain in the hands of ihe owners of the plant uud property, us u reward for their abstinence from work, and their thrift and industry in devising wuys and meuns of getting rich in spite of such abstinence. The phenomenon "discovered" by Murdock in the Klondike cun be likewise discovered right here iu Uritish Columbia or any otbwr part ol the civilized vvor.d for that mutter, lt is just the ordinary every-.I.iy j-to- ivss of capitalist development. It is Just the ordinary every-day process of capitalist development. It is in line with progress. There is nothing about it that need cuuse undue alarm When the economic pressure becomes sufficiently great to loprtpel the wage-slave to realize its import he will muke a few discoveries on hi*, own account, that will transform capitalist property in the means of wealth production with its furious exploitation of wage-slaves, into the collective property of the workers, with production carried on by free men working together in their own industries producing wealth for the common good. The alarm caused in the Klondike among the small fry gold producers, etc.. is us nothing to that which will lie "caused among the t.'uggenheims uiul their trilie when the wage-slave gets to discovering things. ______ A WORD TO THE CARELESS. THE EFFECT OF CAPITAL. Something new in the way of effect of the investment of cupital in the West has been discovered by Mr. IL H. Murdock, of this city, who was in Montreal last week. In an interview with thc Montreul Star, Mr. Murdock says : "It is a very curious thing, but one effect of the (Juggenheims* presence in the Klondike has lieen a purtial paralysis of private effort. There seems to be a strangely oppressive power about so large an eenterprise which weuvens the courage and diminishes the strength of the smaller concerns in its neighborhood. The advent of this big establishment, with its muny squure miles of territory, its si.xty miles of ditch line, forty miles of power line, and its big power stu- tion in the hills, instead of proving 11 stimulant to enterprise and activity, has hnd a directly opposite, influence, und hns discouraged many." —News-Ad. Mr. Murdock has made a startling discovery indeed. It is u wonder how he ever happened to notice that small capital is put out of business by lurge capital. Of course every Socialist is entirely familiar with Ihis fuct, but Socialists ure not supposed to muke discoveries being considered merely us gas-bags anyhow. The Guggenheim outfit, which is merely a "Standard Oil" concern, is certainly creating consternation among the small fry in the Klondike. They ure bringing system and order out of the present petty, wasteful and chaotic method of gold production. By purchasing immense tracts of gold-bearing territory and putting in gigantic nnd ii|»-to-dnte appliances for working it, a much larger output can ve secured with no greater expenditure of labor. This meuns the elimination of thut which is merely Wasted labor under the individual method of mining. Whet is being accomplished in this cuse has boon und is still being worked out in other industries. Individual production based upon private ownership of the means of production, is being supplanted by Socinl production. Private property in tbe means of production is being transformed Into cupital, and the individual producer into a proletarian, Needless to say the product accruing from tho operation of the Guggenheim properties in .tho Klondike will belong exclusively to those who hold stock in the concern. The labor-power of the numlier of workers required to operate the plant will be purchased in the open market just like "potted ham" or any other commodity. Tho plentiful supply of ln- When sending matter in for publication WjVite on one side of the paper only. If you have business with the Provincial Secretary, address him |ier- soually. We have enough to do to attend to our own business. In notifying us of change of address, give old address as well as the new one and don't forget to sign your name. Of course we know every subscriber personally but there are u few whom we have not known long enough to be uble to rccognizo th.-tn by their handwriting. Wanted:—Men for the police force life job. Apply to the Czar. St. Pet ersburg, Russia. In Russia the hand tool still cuts no considerable figure in agriculture. Only lust week the peasants of one of the interior provinces neatly harvested an excellent crop of Cossacks with their scythes. The Pulujunes—wild tribesmen of the Philippine island of LeytO— iir>» to be exteriiiinat.il even if il tt kes OVerj American soldier in the islands' to do it. "lienevol.-nt assassination is not yet a forgotten art. One by one the time-honored rights of citizenship nre being tuken nwuy from the people of the Cnitiil States. A white man was recently sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment in North Cnrolinn for lynching negroes. The day has lieen set for the roco|>- tlon of William .1. Bryan in Chicago upon his return from his triumphant tour of the world. Some how this event culls to mind thut old adage about ah inferior coin of small denomination. Seventeen ice dealers and sixty ice companies in Boston were recently indicted for having conspired to advance the price of their commodity. The Western Clarion printery sincerely holies the local typos will take warning in time to avoid similar trouble. Thc Vancouver World hns recovered from tho nttnek of epilepsy into which it was thrown by Hawthornthwaite's last visit to the city. The best it can do now in this line is to dish out a job-lot of second-hand fits picked up from the Victoria Times and other obscure sheets. "It is said that Ralph Smith, M. P., is nftor the position left by W. T. R. Preston, as Canadian emigrant commissioner in Ixindon. — Exchange. Those who ure familiar with tho signs in the political sky out here in British Columbia '-an readily understand that it is hi-fh time he was locating some soft place 10 light. Nine Winnipeg plumbers were recently summoned to appear in court to answer to the charge of besetting it wus alleged that they had been watching the Canudiun Pacific railway station It seems rtneer thut free citizens of Canada could not admire the architecture Of B railway depot without being hauled in to court us criminals. ANOThER fArCEi A bill was passed by tho last t\.n- gress of the United StiiteS «nd signed by tho President, making every common carrier engaged In trade or ronimcrce within the jurisdiction of I'nclo Sam liable to any of its employees, or ih case of death, to their heirs, for ull damages, which muy result from uny neprl'gu. c ui its employees or defects In its machinery and appliances If. however, the injured or killed employee shull have boon guilty of contributory negligence the amount ot damages recoverable shall Ire shaved oft according to the degree of negligence. A careful reading Ol tho law discloses the fact that it merely secure*, to the employee. Ot, Ut event ol his deoth, his heirs tho right of recovering .'milages if they cun beat the employers out in the courts. The "-Kuilwuy Conductor" the (begun of tho 0. R 0., is highly dated our the superlative merlin of this 1. ic- lous MU. In its jubilation it si>*. "It is confidently believed thnt this law will revolutionize the leg.i' -1 «. tune of master and serva-it In federal cases " Just what leutherli.-.id- ed chump is afflicted with such a confident battel remains a mystery. One thing is certain. The master will still be master and the servant will rcnuitu servant. The former will still control the means upon which the latter depend-, for a living and will consequently have him at his mercy. What is 11 servant but a slave, un.v how? lt makes him no. Ie»* of a slave lo cull hnn an employee und grunt him uaruilsaloa to recover damages for a broken buck if be cun. The "Conductor" sees in this law a ■'concet.sion towards a policy which should he enacted into taw, ami be carried out In good faith by lhe courts, whereby the expense ol lost lives and limbs of employee*, bv accident should be borne by alt carriers us un incident of their businens, '-pile as property as the necessary repair ami replacement of rolling stcx-k. |»-.inuiu*nt way. and the Md* c-utury uppliuiices for currying 011 business." Stilt it Would resent the Implication that the cmployeaa of a railway company were virtually iho company's property. If they are not we would in all candor like to know why the company should be culled upon t» repair them in case lhey Ive- cuiue the worse for wear, or accident. Though the editor of the "Conductor" uses much of his apeus in fulminating ugaiunt Socialism, by setting up "straw men*' und daftly1 knocking them into smithereens by well directed blows upon the solar plexus, 110 Mo. in I ist could have more completely classified eJlipliMo» among the "necessary appliance*." for currying on tlie employers' business. This mny -H-rtuip* Im. consul er.d as a graceful a. know ii-.lgm.ii' of the pro|ierty rights of the mil why companies in thc uniformed, bra an buttoned, ticket punching brigade This brigade is a |«irt of then.*..-*. sury apparatus' nnd no ure tlie "spotters" who camp on its trail. In dilating upon tho decision referred to the same journal wiys 1 "it is absolutely necessary to lhe **er- petuation of our institution* that our people should have buth in the integrity of our Judiciary." This is mabifestly true As "our institu tions'' are capitalist institutions, based upon the enslavement of labor and its exploitation under the wnge process, it is "absolutely necessary that the slaves do not got on to what a ridiculous farce the judiciary und its mummeries ie. The law is the edict of the master cluss. Its purpose is to hold the enslaved in aubmission to their conquerors. It In the purpose of the judiciary' to interpret the law in such a mumble and jumble of windy phrases as to lead the slaves to believe that it is some mysterious creation designed f.,r their special benefit. Thus is reverence for the law and "faith in the integrity of our judiciary" maintained, and "our" glorious institution of wage-slavery perrMuated, This precious enactment referred to is only another chapter in the long drawn out furce Of government b- law. Behind that and all other laws stands the armed powers of government to enforce the dictum of the ruling class. In the lust una l.v sis thnt is all there ever was, is. or can be to government. It is purely a question of power, and not one of pieces of paper covered with hieroglyphics. The sooner working class reverence for such horse-pluy is do- stroyed the sooner will labor emerge from its long night of sluvery und stund forth free, gay. livery labor Union In lln .„<,„,„, ^* "uuTd lo plan ■ card uod-rr tin. 1,« 1 ," '« month •serttstlas ateest m,ic "•'■• ua No. note Phoenix Mlnera' Union, no. 1 W. V. M. Meets every Sutiirdij evening at 7.30 o'clock u> Miners' hall. V. Ingram, pies-id.nl Plckard, serrotarv. men' W-A. One ef the features of the coming 'trades and Labor Congress to be held in Victoria on September 17 vv|ll be the foundation of a political IMrogrumme for organized labor of the Dominion. It is quite appropriate that this should Ihi done in British Columbia. The atmosphere of the province is particularly conducive to vigorous and healthy politicul labor growth. The economic soil however, will stand for but one sort of plant and that already has Its growth well established. If the Congress is wise it will fall in line. It is very gratifying to noto tho moral clean-up in corporation management thut is resulting from the recent exposures of business practices and methods. It is to be hoped it will lie carried out to such perfect completion that even nn nngel might henceforth engage in the delightful occupation of swiping the products of lnbor and profitably disposing of tho same without losing caste among thu hen von l.v throng. J, Edward Bird, A. 0. BrydonJai, Geo. E. McCrossun. BIRO, IftYOON-JACK t MeCROSSU BARHIHTKHH. BOUlUTOItB, H< ' '"' ■■■'■■» ■ Tel. 839. P.O. Box, 932. 824 Hastings 8t. . . Vancouver. |»a Socialist brim; ftr Every Ijocal of the SWlMl,* Party of Canada should run a and under this head, fl 00 per month 8ecretariee please note. Itilllsh Columbia I'rovlii. 1,0 r,n-,,i||,e Committee. Mucin 11st |-,n-, .,f,all. ada. Me. ts wvi-t-,' alternate *Tt_f. day. I). G. McKenzie. Secretin Hox 836, Vancouver, li 1 IKimlnloii Kvi-. iitlv.- C'oininliici, *»„ clalist I'arty of Canada. jj»<, every alternate Tue-saay. j a, Morgan. ■eoraUtry, ill Btrnan) Hired. Vancouver. ' ('. l/ur-al VuiH-ouver. No. I, s. |>. of lu* a.la. HuxliiriiS mectlngl -,,rj Monday evening at headenurten, Ingleside Uiick. in Cambie Street (room 1. aseond Door) K on.l nnd fourth Ttteadays, bTooWW Headquarters, mm ij!j..-r> street Went, sf. Dale. iMretarj ll ll»nrjr 8tre#t. JewUh Hraii. i; meets even Sun,I.iv night, -...ii.. ha;! Local Winnipeg, S. P. of C, meeti every firM and third S ■ » a feari-***. ejtpoaent ia lhe cause of labor K"tt ar.4 rend their labor papere ttfOSD KVEtlY FRIDAY Tlie Vnlori l*iibli-diiuc Co., I id . Winnipeg, Man. Miners'Magazine Published Weekly try the WtiUre raitratiea SI Milan A Vigorous Advocate of Lahore Caure*. Clear-Cut and Aggressive. Per Year f 1.00. Bla Months, ftfe Addrese: MINERS' MAOAZINE. Denver. 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Hecretartea Is arc requested to luke ad- .,. ,,» them in. at Intervals, rc- "t i,K condltlone in their respective '' .jLjj I'onimuiilcatlons under thla should he addressed to the Dunn or Provincial Secretaries. Lo- '.(■r.-turles are further requested to k' l0 theee columns for announce- m, finm the Baec-utlve CommHtee*. this meana the business of the Irlv will ho facilitated and tho Do- nlun and Provincial secretaries leved of a llttlal of the increasing rr.il Of correspondence. lay in » flowing are nt pou paid ices '|ti *t« .._ -O STUDENTS OP SOCIALISM. n order to afford comrades an access to standard works on iliim, t'ie committee has decided stick <>f literature. The <.ii hand and will bc t.i any address at Two-cent stamps 1 be accepted for sums not exceed- 2t, cent* Origin nf the Fiimil.v, (F. ;ngel«' ■•• S il ltevolution i Kurl |Ut*k.V I '. . World* HevolutlonM (Krn- ,i | mi rmnnn) . H n laliste. who they ure nutinK rampnign literature. , All comrades wishing to collect fnr 'his fund should at once apply ,n the provincial secretary for » rc- ceipt book. No effort should bc ■Pared in building up this fund. , The following amounts received up 10 (la,c: . .„ "ovtourii acknowledged $ 7-W '' T. nod. * >-g *■ A. node a*52 T. p 60 ■ ci,;r{on'»ub«'..7.'";;.""^ ao° Total $14.50 ■'"i-ward all contribution*- t" 1'ROVrNOIAl. 8'IOCIIICTAI'Y. Tin- fat]owing extract from a -.pcrli delivered by Geo. ttimies, M. P., ut n demonstration held at the Zoological Gardens, Bristol, Kuk- lund. recently, hns been clipped from the "Ixibor Leader." it has the right ring: Mr tleo. Barnes, M I*., who was received with great cheering, after dealing at sonic length vv ith ■ Trade Unionism and Co-operation, launched forth into o splendid Socialist proclamation. He was in favor of labor representation Itecnuse he wanted the lines of political demarcation made to harmonise and correspond with the actual facta of life. He contended that instead of the people benefiting from modern inventions and progress, the Struggle of life had only been Intensified. They were sometimes -charged with being lacking in the sense of patriotism, that the.v were lacking in love for their own count r.v bocaUSO they mnde common cuuse with tbe working people of Other countries (Applause.) Hut what were the facts? Who owned the country In which they lived : Was il those whose industry uiul labor h:nl enriched the country? No: some 7,000 he believed, out of a population of 48 millions owned no less than half of the bind of this country between them ; and then, forsooth, the workers were told they were lai king in n sense of patriotism. They wero asked to maintain thcSC great navies nnd armies whereby they could fight, if need be, the people of Franco and (.he people of tier- many. He rebelled against such u condition of things. (Laughter.) He was a rebel, and dared to prdtcst against ii mean civilization which sacrificed Individual life to what was sometimes called national wenlth. There wns no national wealth, and there could be no national wealth except thnl poiio- and health and sweet Content which had been the dream <>f poets und prophets in all timrs, nnd under all climes. There could be no mil ionul wealth so long as they had-us they had today—« great mass of people down nt the bottom, squeezed nnd exploited, and robbed every day of their lives, by thoso who owned tho means of life, amongst them. (Applause.) It was for thnt reason he was there to de- claro himself a Socialist. A labor Rtdllns-ham, Wash.. Aug, 19, l!»i»<;. j Kditor Western Clarion :-rThe So- i i-iulists of Whatcom county. Wash., have nominated a full county ticket from senator down to wreckmoster on a plutfnrin short us possible. To the worker the product of his lubor. We passed resolutions condomnlng the Mayer, Haywood, Pettibone, St. .lohn Icidnadping and we Instructed the secretary rd luteal Belllngbam to send « copy to Governor Gooding McDonald and .Judge Smith. Father O'Grady gave a lecture here in lhe Ilellingham theatre lhe flight of the Kith, to u large audience in spite of the warning that vve are informed tha two priests gave their congragatlons not to listen to him. He gave one "f the l>est lectures ever given in Bellingham. I suppose the owner of the Herald took tho priests' tip as thero was no mention of the lecture. But in a little squib of un editorial he sn>s it is encouraging to find that Socialism is not SO dangerous as it is commonly supposed to lie. The grafters that nre in power here huvo finally put "The .lungle" in tho two, libraries, although it has boon banished from many libraries in the oust. WM. H. DANIELS, For the Campaign Fund. Having been authorized by the publ'shers of the Western Clarion to receive subs at the regular rate $1.00 per year and apply one half of all money received to the Central Campaign Fund, you are earnestly requested to assist in swelling this fund by sending your subs direct to me. Either renewals or new subs, to be taken for a period of not less than one year. Yours for a generous Campaign Fund which means a vigorous campaign. 0. 6. McKENZIE, Prov. Secy. Box 836, Vancouver, B. C. Many complaints are reaching this office from subscribers who fall to get their papers. In some instances there are several complaints from the same locality. As every subscriber's name | and the number of paper with which his subscription expires are kept continually in type and the malting list printed therefrom each week, after all corrections, alterations and additions are made up to date, the frequency of these complaints justifies the suspicion that postal employees are often guilty of reprehensible laxity in the performance of their duties, even If they be guilty of nothing worse. The publishers of the Western Clarion earnestly request any subscriber who does not receive his paper to promptly notify this office. Missing copies will be supplied at once and necessary steps taken to locate the reason for such non-delivery and to avoid j Its repetition in the future. SBV1NG MACHINE. ■OLLEK BBAIINQ. HIGH Tbe publication of periodicals of every description is a specially with Tbe "Clarion." Telepli.me or write for estimate*. Kvery facility for such work, and prompt ness and satisfaction -■iiuraiitccd. Five Clarion sub. cards—$3.75. Five yearly sub. cards—$3.75. by buying thig reliable, hc-nest, high grade i ing i STRONGEST GUARANTEE. National Sewing Machine Co- I SAM FRANCISCO. CAL. I »itc*n»VATitffl.vB>raiaHX. Five Clar'lOIl SUb. cards—$3.75. j Hudson's Bay Company, Agents. i COMMERCIAL PRINTING Party would be no fi"''" unless that Labor Party stood for, not political bickering, not religious difficulties, imnswuiflui (Continued from Pace One.) probably been evicted before this) thc land is useless to them without tools. Some of their number have been on begging expeditions, begging for garden tools ami wed, "Onlooker'' or anyone else would beg a long time in Winnipeg or anywhere else before he would got lumber for a house ... The readier access to land would doubtless encourage building by those in possession of siiilicient wealth or credit to build, and for u short time might, in this wny. give employment to Home who would otherwise be unemployed, but how an increase in the number of houses, or access to land which would be useless without, the means of building, could raise wages passes comprehension. Supposing the population to remain stationary, Ani increased supply of houses would mean lower rents owing to the competition among the owners to rent their houses. With lower rents the cost of living is lower and wages ure bound to fail in proportion, because an unemployed mun could thon tuko a job nt lower wages than before, thus forcing the job-holder to coino down to the sump level ; tho uiioni- ployod ure always with us. If thc workers, on the average, owned the houses they live in, wages would full by the nmount of rent saved. Only n few of tho worvors own their hordes and as wages are regulated, In the lust analysis, by tho cost of living, which includes rent, these 'own-ally gnin thc rent saved. This lust tact is so apparent that superficial Hunkers jump to the conclusion that if all were enabled to own their homes all would guin the rent saved —u grave fallacy. » . . "Onlooker" also saya thnt insurance and taxes fall on the renter.and are paid in the form of rent. Many consider this a proof that working-- j Victoria Advertisers | o o PATRONIZE THEM - AND TELL THEM WHY. Colonial Bakery a.: Johnson St., Victoria. B.C. UniON-MAOC BRUO MO CAKES Delivered to say part of tat dty. Prlver lo call. 'Phone 849. Ask Do you know we sell from 10 to 35 cents cheaper than our competitors. TRY HASHES' FAIR -FCS*-. .A. CHAWOE 71 BiverarscRt Street, Victoria, I. C. ONE KINO - THE BEST TELEPHONE 824 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ! ! TKI.KI'HOSK B779 |; HENRY BEHNSEN & Co. I; HaMfaciirtr ol '; HAVANA • > . CIGARS i I N» 8 Cislrt St. I | V10TOK1A, B.l\ >b********* IF YOU WANT TO KNOW what the Party Is doing on the Pncltle Coast of the" United States, HEAD THE "SOCIALIST VOICE" 528 Telegraph Ave., Oakland, California. "For the Socialist Party and By the Socialist Party." Ten »wks, ten rents; one year, 50 ctu. SEND FOR SAMPLE 00PY ®*3H&®®®@®®®®@®@© T IN B.C. * CVQMS BEST IN BC *«S9 United Hatters of North America When you are buying a FL'U HAT see to It that the Genuine Union Label ls sewed In It. If a retailer has loo.se labels In his possession and offers to put one ln a hat for you, do not patronise him. Loose labels In retail storel are counterfeits. The genuine Union Label Is perforated on four edges, exactly the sain-- as a postage stamp. Counterfeits are some times perforated on three edges, and some times only on two. John B. Stetson Co., of Philadelphia, is a non-union concern. JOHN A. MOITT'IT, President, Orange, N. J. MARTIN LAW LO It, Secretary, 11 Waverijr Pknotr- New York. | CT1 WBWWW CLAMMI. ▼A«W^ —™« COMWiilei --,/ - «ATUHPATj AOOlTtT ar ie*s ■ m .,5 '■ t . fe*rt s .'Ejs III ill »■ su: 5.1$ | ■Rip fl W-'fSili «ifi mP? ■ NEWS AND VIEWS' 9 9 9 9 AS GIVEN OR EXPRESSED BY SOCIALISTS THROUGHOUT THE DOMINION g 9 ■ s-* 9 9 cletvy. Probably no man la London Is better qualified to speak of this matter than is Mr. Sanders. For many years ho has been officially In touch with the neglected children of London, and this has brought him into an acquaintance with deserted wives mow numerous than the overage Londoner would cure to oe- lieve. | 9 Edited by R. P. PBTTIPIEOK, to whom all oorrespondence for this department should be addressed. 9 9 The mission of a trades union, ns such, is to make the best possible collective bargain for the sale of thc labor power of its members. And, as far as possible, to regulate hours, wages, etc. It Is not an emancipating movement ; but founded within the limits of the wage-systom. Like organized capitalists it is a class movement, for the benefit of those within its confines. Organized capitalists have been in politics—for themselves. Naturally enough they have written the law to suit their particular reqdirements. In doing this, however, an open conflict with the governed has arisen. So plain hns this class rule been made to the workers thut even the meek and docile subjects arc querying as to what it all means. Ho flagrabt hus become the use of Courts Church and State, to keep thc workers in subjection, that, they are beginning to see the necessity"' of a new line of action. The lesson is plain. The workers themselves must write the law. This necessitates political action, and the adoption of the program of the International Revolutionary Socialist Party. This is a movement outside the four walls of capitalism and the wage-system ; and is rightly so—not a matter for trades unions to deal with. But the trades unions of every city have, or should have, a Trades and Labor Council. The function of such a body is essentially legislative. It should keep out of squabbles, in the labor market as much as possible, and devote its energies to matters legislative. In other words, it must go into politics. But the delegates from the various unions, when determining their political allegiance, or framing their political policy, should weigh their decision carefully. Ijet them make sure that their political program is a reflection of working-class interests. f^^_ Recent developments in many cities throughout Canada are indicative ot good judgment on the part of the rank and file. "Liberal-Labor" decoys have been relegated to oblivion forever. The turn-down given McNiven, M.P.P., a couple of weeks ago in Victoria, is probably the last on the list. The job will be completed at the next provincial election. Only last week another striking instance of an awakening among the rank and file was afforded in Mon treal. Alphonse Verville, a "Conser- vative-Ijabor" false-alarm M. P., was defeated as a delegate from the Montreal Trades and Ijabor Council to the Dominion Trades Congress, which meets in Victoria a few weeks hence. And this in face of the fact that Mr. Verville is president of the Congress. It was very nearly as cruel a blow to betrayers of labor as that administered to Balph Smith a few years ago. Coming nearer home ; local events have taught the workers of Vancouver that they must go into politics for themselves. So far so good. But what kind of politics ? The rank nnd file, say Socialist politics. This news having reached the ears of local old party politicians some lively side-stepping is in progress. Political aspirants of both the capitalist parties concede that some drastic measures must be taken to head off the united support by the workers of Vancouver of the Socialist party's five candidates—all from the ranks of labor, and armed with the knowledge necessary to serve the interests of the proletariat. Some new frame-up has been found necessary for next election, in order to take tbe workers Into the capitalist camp. It is just possible an "independent" party will be sprung on the gullible producees of wealth. But of this more anon. iThe rank and file are doing a little sinking on their own account of And, in reckoning with so-called "labor leaders," In the legislative boilics of what is termed organized labor, old party political bosses should spend their money with caution. No longer can any man within the ranks of labor "deliver the goods." The political jobbery of the past in Vancouver must cease. It's about time trafficing in work- ingmen's votes was put a stop to, and thc traitors who profit by the dirty transaction given an opportunity to earn a decent living. The Socialist Party in Vancouver intends to nominate und if possible elect, five candidates in the next provincial election. For this reason, If for no other, the workers' campaign will tie a clean one, nnd nil their business conducted in thc open—fair and above board. Any attempt on thc part of paid traitors in the camp of organized labor to play the rank and file into the meshes of the enemy will be court-roartialled by publicity, and made to face tbe music, whatever the SOCIALISM IN THE BOUNDARY DISTRICT Socinlist Party Candidate Defeated Lust Election by Only Nino Votes But it Looks Like a Walkaway for Next Trip — Thc Workors Awakening And now Persia is to have a Representative Assembly elected* by the priests, merchants and land owners. the Shah himself to be President. The common herd may now be assur- od of being well looked after. BOUNDARY FALLS, Aug. 14.—It •may ,!ie of Interest to your renders, and an incentive to the Socialists of other localities to be up and doing to make a start tn the good work of propagating the doctrine of Socialism, increasing tho membership of tho Party, and, as a natural sequence, seating in our halls of legislation a larger delegation of Socialists—men who ure ever true to and watchful over the interests of the producing masses. Men who in all the annals of parliamentary conflict havo alone espoused and championed the cause of the working man, and the advancement of working-class interests is their only object in occupying or in seeking to gain benches in the parliament houses, unhampered by any misconception as to Identity of interests of Capital and Labor They hnve devoted their entire energy to securing the enactment of measured calculated to better in some degree, the conditions under which the working man must toil without losing sight of thc fact, nor permitting him to lose sight of it either, that in the exercise of his political power for the purpose of overthrowing government (which Labricola terms "a means of fixing, defending, and perpetuating inequalities") is there any hope of effecting his industrial emancipation. On June 14th six or seven workers holding these views organized Boundary Falls Local 29, S. P. of C. and in about a month the membership stood at 32 or 33 dues paying members, with a likelihood of a greater increase in the near future. We mnde arrangements to secure a date in Boundury Falls, for Comrade Hawthornthwaite, but the Miners' 1'nion forestalled us. However we cooperated with them cheerfully and succeeded in securing the use of Ryan's Hall from Mr. P. Ryan, who was kind enough to donate it ns an expression of his admiration for Comrade Jim. By hustling we secured the services of two very able speakers for our propaganda meetings. Comrades Moore and Caulfield of Oreenwood who were kind enough to not only donate their services but each stood the expense of his trip. Com. Caulfield joined the Local while hero but as the Greenwood Local has since been organized I fear we will be forced to resign ourselves to the loss of a very valuable member. We have no orators or spellbinders among us yet when the necessity arose, no outside speakers being available, the membership rose to the occasion and succeeded in explaining the subjects on which they undertook to speak. If there were an election tomorrow- it is safe to wager that of the 105 or 100 votes here a Socialist candidate would poll at least 100. But thc members of Local 29 are not content with knowing that the votes are safe ; they are determined that every worker here shall know WHY ho SHOULD vote the Socialist ticket ; and to this end they talk with their fellow workers during working hours, in thc boarding houses and in fact whenever opportunity offers. Boundary Falls is one place where Socialism is being propogated twenty-four hours a day and—there are others. Literature is being purchased and sent, on its mission of conversion ; Socialist papers and pamphlets *,ure being distributed effectively and we have tho pleasure of seeing the workers awake from their stupor and take an interest in our doings. "What is the subject for Friday night?'' or, "Who is going to speak at your next meeting?" is a common question now. We have arranged a series of debutes for Friday evenings in the schoolhouse and succeed in filling it to such an extent that many sit on the floor and tho ante rooms have been crowded. We havo comrades who sing, comrades who dance and a number of musicians, and a number who aro not yet comrades assist to make these affairs attractive. I am aware that the value of those Socialist debating clubs is a much mooted question but in isolated places like Boundary Falls whore any form of entertainment breaks the monotony of every day life, they catch the crowd and bring them within our reach. I am emphatically of the opinion that they have enabled us to interest people who from religious and other prejudices we could not hnve approached otherwise. Tho subjects are always questions of interest to the working class. Arouse, ye Slaves I The reveille of labor has sounded ; the workers of Boundury Falls have heard the call and taken their places on the "firing line," that extends from British Columbia to New Brunswick. It grows, it grows ; are we the same— The feeble band, the few? Or what are these with eyes aflame, And hands to dcpl and do? This Is the host that the word. No mentor, High or Low. The red flag of Labor is unfurled; from all nations the workers rally **m ^^^^ beneath its folds, tho proletariat of tho world combine for a concerted attack on tho citadel of capitalism. Workers of Canada enroll yourselves. Be with the colors and when tho fight is over, havo the satisfaction of knowing that you did your part in securing for yourselves the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Fall in ! Right dress ! JOHN F. LEHENEY. WATCH FOR IT. Comrade l». Burgess, secretury- trcttsuror of the Socialist Party of Washington, with headquarters at Titcoma. has consented to contribute to "News and Views" from British Columbia's neighbor stute. The comrade concludes : "I am glad to hear that you arc making progress under the Inion Jack, for wo lire often told that there is no room for the 'long-haired tribe' in It. (.'. Yours in the Social Revolution." VANCOUVER TRADES ANU LABOR COUNCIL New Vice-President and Secretary Elected—Protest Against Inadequate Telephone und Ambulance Service.—Opposed to Asiatic Labor Importations—Preparations For I,abor Day. At the last regular meeting of tho Vancouver Trades &. Ijabor Council, A. G. Perry,,of thu Street Railway- men's Union was elected Secretary, vice S. J. Gothard. Bro. McOraw, of the Carpenters Union, was elected Vice-President, vice A. G. Perry, resigned. A delegation consisting of Messrs. McVety. McKenzie, McConnell and Pettipiece were named to wait on the City Council with reference to the unsatisfactory ambulance service in connection wilh the General Hospital, und also lhe miserable telephone service, both endangering tho lives of workingmen, the only useful class in society. R. P. Pettipiece and R. Hums, i with the secretary, were appointed ii i Press Committee for the ensuing term. The following resolution from the Victoria Trades and Ijabor Council was unanimously endorsed by the local Council lust night : Victoria, U. ('., Aug. lith, 1900. To the Workingmen of British Columbia : Fellow Citizens :—The undersigned is instructed to bring to your notici the following resolution, which wus unanimously passed by this Council ut an adjourned meeting on the 25th of July last : "Resolved ! That this Council place- on record an craphutic protest against the proposed introduction in** to this province of Hindoo laborers, and calls en the workingmen of British Columbia to assist by every means in their power in preventing this further attempt to flood the country with cheap Asiatic labor." Trusting you will give this mutter your careful consideration, 1 re- inuin, sincerely yours, ClHilSTIAN SIVERTZ, Secretary. The Barbers' Union delegates reported that they were gaining ground every day, and the prediction was made thut a Settlement of the slrikr.' might be expected in the near future. The Lubor Duy Committee reported splendid progress, and a good programme und a big turnout is anticipated. The Trades Council Is now clear of debt und owns its own hall. The interest manifested by a large representation of nearly all the unions in the city indicul.es a dcteriniiiution on thu part of the rank and Illu to look more curcfully ufter their interests in thu future. President Jus. II. McVety also authorised the following notice to Ihi printed in the loeul press : "Owing to the trouble the Trades and Labor Council hud lust year before Labor Dny by labor journals soliciting advertisements for their papers, the Council wishes to announce thut it owns no paper, und advertisements given to any labor paper are given for the sole benefit of thut paper, and that the Trades and Labor Council derives no monetary benefit from those advertisements." Tho Council meetings are hold on the first and third Thursdays of the month. Standing commit tees will probably be named at the next meeting, and 14 representative attendance is urged by the officers. THOMAS McORAOY IN VICTORIA OUR Cascade Beer Queen Beer Ale and Stout The Socialist Philosophy Ably pounded By Tho Noted Lecturer. Ex- SOCIALISM WILL DESTROY THE HOME. In view of the many nonsensical accusations being made these days relative to the destruction of homes, under thc future social order, the following indictment uguinst capitalism in the daily press by one of its defenders, is not without signi- flcence : "Marriage is looked upon too lightly. Wifo desertion Is becoming alarmingly prevalent. It is time a strong hand should ho laid on this kind of work." Such ls the statement, mnde Iiy Inspector Sanders of the Charity Organization and Children's Aid So- Conirade Thos. McGrudy, the noted lecturer of Kentucky, addressed a fair audience at the old Grand Theatre On Monday evening Inst, dilating at length upon "The Social Problem.'.' Comrade Huwthornthwalte presided and after briefly touching upon his recent propnjpindu tour through the upper country. introduced the speaker of the opening. The speaker spoke substantially ns follows : Why is it with our advancing civilization the consolidation of our industries and the enhancement of our productivity, the toilers ar# still in the statu of dependence and ore deprived of all the blessings that glorify the dawn of the twentieth century'.' Hecuuse thu laborer being dis- puMcrerd ol the Instruments ol production, has nothing to sell but his labor-power and therefore his labor- power Is a commodity. Thu price of every commodity is regulated according to the cost of production. Whut does it cost to produce lubor- power'' Thu laborer must have food, clothing, shelter and roar a family so that when hu is dead other luhorors may take his place and keep up the labor uomy. The only roaNon for thu existence of the laborer under the capitalistic system of produc-i tion is that he might create weulth for the master class. It is nccessnry for man to labor to create his meuns of subsistence. Ijet . us say thut a man can create two dollars of nut wealth in three hours and two dollars will enable him to meet all of his expenses. It is consequently necessary for him to labor thnt length of time in order to create his means of subsistence. Hi.' let us say thnt he is hired for ton hours, or let us presume that he .-rentes tun dollars' of gross wealth in ten hours. The manufacturer di- v ides thut sum into several portions he gives the laborer two dollars and let us presume he |mivh two dollars for the material which thu laborer hus transformed into new commodity and let us presume thut fifty cents will pay for lhe wear nnd tear of machinery and fifty cents will pay all other necessary expenses, Now here is the sum of $."> and the capitalisl hus met ull of his expenaoa, has been remunerated for in*, own services as manager and yet there is the sum of **■.*• left over and above all expenses. Where did he make that five dollars'* Thc first three hours the laborer worked for himself and he got the full product of his toil during those three hours, but he was hired for ten hours hence he worked seven hours of surplus lubor time for which not one cent was paid. and during thu surplus labor time he created u surplus value, thut is a Milue above all expenses, including wages, material, loss to the machinery, and superintendence, nnd that surplus vulue which belongs to the worker, goes into the hunds of the capitalist in the form of profits, and it. is on thu product of thnt. surplus labor time that all the fabulous fortunes in the world have lieen created. In the early days of industry each man as a rule, produced for himself, he hnd his own tools which were simple. He bought the raw nmturial. ho finished thc product and he sold it. nnd he got the full value of hit*, toil. As each man was self sufficing, so ench little community wus self-sufficing. There were no means of communication and trnns- pi i tut ion. With tho overthrow of thu little principalities and baronies, tin commons were enclosed, the •!<>- in. stic serfs wore driven .ut -i lo the labor market, the kingdom w.,8 consolidated, vast standing nni.ics wero created and tho mobility of the army necessitated the construction of fine roads nnd the improvement in the means «if transportation and communication thereby increasing the facilities for the extension of the markets. The serf having lost his MTV ilu independence became a wage- slave, therefore as a neeesHury condition of his employment he created a surplus vuluo for bis employer. It was impossible to sell this surplus vulue to the worker for his purchasing power was limited by his wages, bonce it became essential to And now territory for the sole of tho surplus value. But to conquer new fields It was necessary to give some inducement in the cheapest of com- modifies. To sell cheaply, it was necessary to produce cheaply, therefore it wuh necessary to hnve a butter machinery and better organization. Capital was thnn limited, and to buy the machine several men combined. This wus tho first form of co-opurutlve activity in tho industrial world The partnership was formed, tho markets were extended, the machine grew more gigantic, tho organization increased In magnitude, und Increased^ capital was required, und the partnership Was absorbed by shu corporation which is a combination of several partnerships. The markets iwcnme International, the capitalists huve gone to tho ends of the earth to got tho sale of thoir surplus values, the commercial fight hns become world-wide, nnd the trusr was created to olfminnte waste nnd to limit production to thc requirements of the market. Thc individual producer by tho law of competition, was crushed by the partnership ; the partnership was crushed or absorbed by the corporation, and tho corporation wns crushed or absorbed bj tho trust. The trust will become international for capital is International, and the last step will be the combination of all the trusts under practically ono management In thc formation of ft world-wide industrial Sells all Over the Country Specially Recommended. The Vancouver Breweries, Ltd. Telephone 429 PROMPT BALKS QUICK KKTUtNS MX Ul'SINKHS STRICTLY CONhlDKNTIAI. W. rURNIVAL Q. CO. AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS. REAL ESTATE AND COMMISSION AGENTS. LARGEST MART IN VANCOUVER Cor. Abbott tk% Cordova Stn. Old Cos. Building. OOmblnatlon Tho surplus value -aill increase from the enhuncumeiil of production and the elimination of waste. Then the trust will ■ lose some of its plants to limit production, to tbe rei-uireinent* of the niur i.et. The closing of the plants will eventuate in the discharge of largo bodies of workers whose purchasing power will Im* destroyed and the surplus will In. still |-i.-iit.-r More plants will be cl.is.-d with the above results till ultimately from the inability of the trust magnates to dis pone of the over increasing surplus, commerci.il stngnut ion will result ami the throne of capitalism will fall and the co-op«ratlve commonwealth will take its place. The s-«-ukcr was listened to with close attention throughout his dis- • nurse. Hut for counter attractions a much larger audience would have t*-en in evidence, qui we predict a bumper (MvMW when I'oniriulc M.Grady favors us with another lecture. It has been suggest .*d that a tour Im- runp|>ed out for Comrade Mi''i«il\ . to cover thoroughly points' in British I'oluiiiliiu and Washing • on before the elm-.* of this yaarr Comrude Mclirmh in of spl.-iolul physique, comtiiaii.ling presence, and mis magnificent (lights ol orator holding al. limes his hearers s-*ell hound. I..Mids will make no mistake in securing his services, us he is us clear as a Mil. Hvi'iti.n BOBNKTT. The working |>eopl>- of the Doited States have a mighty task before them. The corn crop for this s.-as..u is estimated at 2,7flO,0>'' shirs slwsjrs on hsu.1 tW Wwllwlir tn. WAOILABOR AND CAPITAL j HY KAMI, MAKX. Single copies. 5 cents; copies, 25 rents; IC copies. ( rents; 40 copies, ill.00: 10 copies and over, S cents i" copy. These rates Include post.o: to nny part of Canada or th United Kingdom. « ♦ "The Weitem Clarion' i » **+ WlfKN IN VANOOUVKK, HTOI' M' THE DOUGALL HOUSE Annorr rtkf.»*t. Find Claaa liar. Kirwllcnt llonm*. CAFE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. 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