r OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE SOCIALIST PARTY OP CANADA PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORMING CLASS ALONE NUMBER 693 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1912 Subscription Price iii PER YB4B 91 THE CURSE OF MILITARISM Greed for/ Markets and Hunger for Profits the Fertile Soil for Patriotism and Blood Lust. ot production, but of anything else worth while. Why, the majority of slaves don't own even a blade of grass, yet howl about defending "our country." The fact is, they are only lodgers on their master's territory. When they ask for a job, it's simply asking permission to work so as to get wages to buy food, clothing and shelter so as to stay upon the earth a little longer. And yet many of them act as tools to their masters by shooting strikers down. Shame on you of the working class who can stoop so low. It only proves the Socialist contention that the institutions of today teach us to reason from a master claBs viewpoint, and by that chloroform our minds to the truth. The capitalists in the madTUsh for wealth, for what means power today, are envious of each other's property, hence the German war scare. German capitalists want markets to get rid of the ever- increasing surplus commodities "legally" stolen from the working class, and they flnd, like all other countries, markets getting less ln relation to the Increased production of wealth. So they see Britain has colonies in a stage of development and by creating a war and winning would waift a bigger share of the earth as a concession and perhaps rule us from London. And while a war was going on theBe same '"patriotic leading citizens" would supply the enemy with battleships, ammunition, etc., to shoot their own countrymen down as long as there is a profit ln it. Proflt ls our masters'. Patriotism. Does a Canadian, British, German or any other .capitalist whep en*.plPKi,ng, jnbor, employ his own nationality only? Not on your life. If he can buy , , , a Chinaman cheaper he gets the job. ownership, tbe Church has always up-,^ u & ^^ ^ an anU. held in emphatic terms the right of a rmater)a] and Wg speculat)ve Qod man to the property which belongs to ^ materlahBtfc „„,-,„ ttn4jCe„.ts. nlm*" _ .. * '„.• , Np delving Into the unseen 'bat hiqv When we see Dreadnaughtsi.beta. he rea,lzes what lvefe nlta%ater. ,-built; aeroplanes made so as to hug comfort „ dolIfcrl an„ „,-„ ' their means of destruction to the earth -v. to kill people; ammunition and guns Th« firet tlme the writer saw an to- made so as to carry death for miles; ««" wl«* te*^ .'" U\^g & submarines to smash ships under the bought it amusing, but not ha% SO water, It makes one wonder whether [ ******** •* * B-"1*0' decorated Wage the human race is sane or Insane. \"*™* '" <•» Highlanders with horse Many workers realize that in war blanket Petticoats and big hats parad- they do the fighting and get maimed "W the streets, making themselves a or killed; many as yet do not under- '""Shlng stock to the cute capitalist stand, and the question ariBes, Why,8"*1 a tr**Blc Plcture t0 the •*>"**«»•• One can rarely pick up a paper nowadays without reading of war or rumors of war. In the Balkans at present the slaves of different countries are slaughtering each other in the name of their respective kings, and the honor and defense or "their country." Poor, propertyless slaves! Premier Borden has been arousing interest among the workers' of Canada by his trip to England regarding the giving of Dreadnaughts and some of the working claBs are much interested as to •whether "Canada" should give two Dreadnaughts or three. In defense of "'One King, One Country, One Empire." The Duke of Connaught appears to be a "wage-slave" exploited by the Industrial Capitalists to go from Atlantic to Pacific to herald the tidings of Patriotism to a slave class fast learning the bluff game ot the rule of Capital. Even the one and only war hero, Winston Churchill, is going to visit Canada, also Lord Roberts, to prate about Canada's duty to the mother country. How amusing! The dying gasps of Capitalism digging its own grave. In thlB day and age after hundreds of years of religion, with the slogan of Christ drilled into us, "Peace on earth, good will towards men," we find the Church organizing "boy Bcout" movements; training the youngsters to be submissive to their masters when they grow up; making them repeat like parrots their respectB for Royal Family •and other parasites and the Catholic Church sending • out "stalwart debaters" against the wicked Socialists who are materialists. Truly the Church is an institution of tha rule of capital, as a speech of Oardinal Bourne in the Catholic Record, says: "As God allows private WHY REFORMS WON'T DO We are not opposed to the worker bettering bis condition Whenever he can, but this we know, that as long as the wages system lasts there will be poverty and crime and the attendant evils of the proflt system and any effort made to lighten the burden from a few Individuals merely shifts the burden' to other's shoulders, that it In no; way effects the worker as a whole,, We want to see, and live in a world; wherein all the workers shall have the cleanest of surroundings, the safest of tools, the BEST of everything to worl? with. But we think that the way to get it is to center all our efforts—not on old age pensions and mlnimummery but upon the complete abolition of the system that today stands in the way of better living conditions of the working class. We are not getting excited about the high cost of living for we believe that ln accordance with the fundamen tal laws of value, foods today sell for ,....,>, . ... . TtZi A i , i\. N It suits today, the meek and base just about what it cobIs in labor ener-J ,„,, ,„'.,„ „.,„., ■ „„ gy to produce them. While some would clamor for some panacea to reduce the price of food, we point out that the thing that is the matter is: the producer doesn't get paid for the product of his labor. Cost of living is not top high. The producers of living do not get the value of product. Cost of living is figured on a ten-a-day scale, cost of producing ability to labor two-a-day Difference eight dollars. When you abolish the wages system and make it possible for the producer of value to the extent of ten dollars to exchange his product for the equivalent, then you will have solved the problem. This, then, Is the remedy: Work to overthrow the system; keep on telling the story of the systematic robbery of the toiler, show up the capitalist class in all its hideousness that your fellow workers fay become willing workers1 with you to the end that the capitalist THE RED FLAG. The People's flag ls deepest red, It shrouded oft, our martyred dead; And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold Their life-blood dyed its every fold. \ Chorus: j Then raise the scarlet standard high Beneath its folds, we'll live and die; Though cowards flinch and traitors 'sneer, We'll keep the red flag flying here. - Look 'round! the Frenchman loves its blaze. The sturdy German chants its praise; In Moscow's vaults, ts hymns are sung, Chicago swells its surging song. It waved above our infant might When all ahead seemed dark as night; . It witnessed many a deed and vow, We will not change its color now. Whose minds are fixed on pelf and place; To cringe beneath the rich man's frown, And haul that sacred emblem down. i With heads uncovered, swear we all, To bear it onward till we fall; Come dungeons dark, or gallows grim,, This song shall be our parting hymn! MUNICIPAL POLITIC8. In any city where Socialists organizations are sure of their grounds and where a majority of the members understand clearly the philosophy of Socialism, and so can keep the issue clear, much good can be done by entering a municipal campaign. Education cannot be carried on without political organization and every oppor- Class may,.!*, forced.to-dlsgorge. oC^, ?hm.^MmeiM_m H "help toard building up a thorough their stolen hpldings. Let him sing all the siren songs he wants to to tell you what he is going to do for you. But if yon want anything done you will have tpv line up with the members of yoUr.:'c#n olass and d-g the>.-jo*b'ifo*r y&£*ii-jBmldea, it is a irifl'e Ajpiish pa**J"l«',,ev»r*e****!pect t»»"{%i- politlcal machine. In every campaign the workers eyes must ever be directed toward* the: one goal—Socialism. T *** P""-"388 °* evolution, Soci- it Is ridiculous, on the face of It. The!*" ll*";lf doe8 evolve, but the present fact, that some workingmen have little money In the teapot, or that the system breeds a certain number of maniacs or desperate beings against whom society at large needB protection, only serves to obscure tho real reason for the maintenance of armed forces. It is not the private property of the base of society cannot. It started ln the same form that now possesses, and It must retain tbat form until It finishes its career. It came in as private ownership by a class, and as private ownership by a class It must go out. While lt Is true that In Ihe long ruu the social system ls determined by 'he (Continued on page four) workers that the armed forces of the stage of development of Ihe means of nation exist to protect. It Is not even producing wealth, the social system the private property of the master! and this stage of development may, class that It is primarily maintained to j nevertheless, be totally out of har conserve. It is the central point, the mony. Indeed, at recurring periods lt pivot, of the present social system— j must be, at least so long as society is the private property institution which | divided into classes. The reason Is is to be protected. j'hat whlle the development of the It is this private property Institution i means of production Is not under men's control, the social system, within certain limits, Is. , The industrial development, which men cannot arrest, la ever shifting the social centre of gravity, changing dominating values. Thus, at one time, whoever controlled the land controlled society. As industry developed, however, the Implements and machinery became of greater Importance. This change of values brought another class to the surface—the owners of the factories, machinery and raw materials. But the industrial development which brought to light this new class, did not arrange a social system under which thoy could reach their highest pinnacle of power. It gave them strength by altering the values of the sources Of wealth; lt gave them education by that ls the vital spark of the capitalist organism, hence Its preservation unruptured Ib of Incomparably greater Importance than the protection of present property from petty pilferers. As a matter of fact the State Is Itself an instrument for the violation of private property, as witness the "Death Duties." One section of the ruling class may use the machinery of the State to plunder another section, and that without straining a Joint of It But every atom of Its composition is formed to resist an attack upon the private property institution. lt was Bhown in an earlier chapter that the basis of society as at present constituted Is the ownership by the master class of the meanB of living. At the time society was placed upon this basis the machinery of production waB (Continued on Page 4.) \ PAGE TWO THE WESTERN CLARION VANCOUVER. BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE WE5IERN UON Published every Saturday by thc Socialist Party of Canada at the office of the Western Clarion, Labor Temple, Dunsmulr St., Vancouver, B. C. POST OFFICE ADDRESS, LAB OB TEMPLE, DUNSMUIR ST. SUBSCRIPTION. SI.00 Fer Year, 50 cents for Six Month*, 25 oents for Three Months. Strictly In Advance. Bundles of 5 or mors copies for a period •V not less than three months, at the rate ett one cent per copy per Issue. Advertising rates on application. If you receive this paper, It Is paid for. In making remittance by cheque, exchange must be added. Address all communications and make all money orders •arable to THE WE3TEBN CLARION Labor Temple, Dunsmuir St., Vancouver, B. C. £QA— Watch the label on your paper. If tt&t this number Is on It, your subscription expires the next Issue. and materially assist in making it a are clearing, the workers as a claBs facts of the situation, they decided to potent and powerful factor In the struggle of Labor for freedom from the bonds of capitalist domination. Personally I am sorry that the Western Clarion is forced to go out of existence as the organ of the Socialist Party of Canada. However, aB it is imperative we may as well make the best of it and earnestly hope for better results from the new deal. E. T. KINGSLEY. 8ATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1912. A NEW DEAL Beginning with No. 305, under date of Jan. 28, 1905, I took up the publication of the Western Clarion and have stood sponsor for the same, as far as finance ls concerned, down to the present time. The paper had been previously run by Comrade R. P. Pettipiece, but a continuous deficit eventually exhausted his resources and compelled him to suspend publication. At the time of suspension the Clarion had a sub. list of about 2500 with an average of six months to run. I assumed this list and filled each subscription and have continued publication down to the present practically without a break. The deficit has averaged considerably over one hundred dollars per month during the nearly eight years that have elapsed. I have patiently and hopefully looked forward to the time when through the zeal and earnest effort of the comrades throughout the Dominion its sub. list might reach such proportions as would not only pay the cost of publication but bring a revenue to the Party treasury. During the three years . from November, 1908, down to the end of 1911, the Action of party ownership and maintenance was indulged in with the hope that this might tend to spur the comrades on to extra efforts towards financial success on behalf of the Party. As far as Party maintenance was concerned, it was purely fiction, for I had the deficit to make good and deficit in publication ls a matter that will thrive without any effort at cultivation. At the end of 1911 I was still not ' only face to face with this deficit but was again forced to assume the editorial management as well. Eight years of thl! sort of thing is quite enough. No Individual could be expected to carry this sort of thing .forever. The patience of even Job himself would eventually wear out. If there appeared to be any probability of the circulation being pushed up to a paying basis there would be ample en-" couragement to continue meeting a deficit for at least a time, but there seems to be no disposition that way. For some time the circulation has been falling off, not rapidly, it is true, but rapidly enough to be seriously threatening. Hence I have been compelled to call a halt. I can stand this deficit no longer. Either the paper must suspend or some other arrangements be made to carry it on. As I see no prospects of such arrangements being made, I have assumed the responsibility of disposing of the matter as follows: Beginning with next week's Issue of the B. C. Federationist, every subscriber at present on the Western Clarion list will receive a copy of the Federationist until his sub. has been filled. The Federationist wlll continue as a six page, seven column paper. I have agreed to contribute two columns of editorial matter weekly to the Federationist. The editorial policy of the Clarion during the past eight years should be a sufficient guarantee of what the nature of such contributed matter will be. At least three columns ln tbe paper will be at our disposal for party purposes and in general Its columns will be open to a reasonable quantity of suitable matter from correspondents. The price of the li'ederatloniBt, for the present at least, is $1.00 per year, or 50 cents for six months. With a continuation of the editorial policy of the Clarion and as an official mouthpiece for the S. P. of ('., I feel sure that no subscriber now on the Clarion list will feel that faith has not been kept with him. If 1 succeed in filling all subs to the last number, and that ls my purpose ln making the arrangements referred to, I shall feel that I have accomplished all that, can reasonably be expected. The Federationist will carry general news of the world's labor movement in addition to all the Clarion lias been able to do in the past, lt wlll have means and opportunity so to do that we of the Clarion have not had. I sincerely hope that every Clarion subscriber upon the list will continue upon that of the Federationist and do what ho can to add the names of others. If such should prove the case it will strengthen the arm of those who are responsible for the Federallonlst A3 TO POLITICS. As far back ln human history as any authentic' record reaches we flnd the working people engaged In a continual struggle against their masters and employers. Upon the part of masters the tendency has always been to encroach upon the personal liberty of the workman and reduce his stipend to the lowest possible limit. That the workers have persistently struggled against this all down through the ages is a matter of history. That the lines along which their efforts have been directed have been determined by their understanding of the problem in hand goes without saying. That their understanding of the problem has fallen somewhat short of a thorough grasp of the real reason for their uncomfortable and often Intolerable conditions is certain, otherwise, by sheer force of numbers, they would have forced their interests as against the interests of the masters and thus relieved themselves of the burden of exploitation that bore so heavily upon them. Over two thousand years ago organized workingmen took active part in the political life of many Roman ities. By the exercise of the franchise they obtained control of Boards of Public Works and other parts of the administrative machinery, thus, in a measure, protecting themselves against the crushing effect of Blave labor being utilized in carrying out of municipal and other public works. As the Roman conquerors were pouring into Rome millions of slaves in the persons of the conquered people of other lands, their natural Inclination would Of necessity be to substitute the labor of these slaves in every manner possible, for that of the free and better paid Roman working men. The Inevitable result of this would be to force the free workmen back into chattel slavery from which they had previously emerged as a result of persistent and stupendous struggle. However, this at least partial political awakening of the working class was checked by the awful slaughter and ruthless repression of the workerB during the period which marked the downfall of Paganism and the uprise of Christianity. From Ward's "Ancient Lowly" and other sources we learn that the early Christian faith was not a matter of spiritual Balvatlon beyond the grave, but of material salvation from the Ills of Roman slavery here upon earth. are once more awkenlng to the neces- return to Vancouver the next morn- slty of intelligent and concerted action along class lines. They are awakening politically and that is the sole portent of Intelligent action, for political conquest implies the control of the field of industry and in such control by the working class lies its emancipation from that slavery, which for ten thousand years has rested as a blighting curse upon the human race. The political awakening of labor is the most cheering sign of the times. It is the rainbow of promise in the sky of capitalist civilization that is otherwise dark and drear with the clouds of Ignorance, superstition and reaction. OPPRE83ED TOILERS No one at all conversant with world affairs at the present time can escape the conclusion that the by no means distant future holds in store for humanity some swift, sweeping and far- reaching changes in social and industrial institutions. There ls evidence upon every hand to conclusively show that capitalist civilization has already passed the zenith of its power and is even now tottering upon its slave foundations in such a manner as to portend its rapid approach to that oblivion it is so justly entitled to adorn by Virtue of its crimes and iniquities. Capitalist rule is no longer tolerable. Under it humankind ls no longer able to provide for Its material existence. Millions are ln open revolt against its baneful sway and these are being added to with such rapidity that they will soon become an unconquerable host, and the doom of capitalism be sealed. If the movement of the oppressed toilers of the world against their brutal exploiters is anything, it is essentially revolutionary. It can make for nothing short of the abolition of the wage system upon which is builded the entire structure of capitalist robbery and rule. It means the downfall and death of Capital and the uprise of Labor to freedom and life. To attain to the mastery of industry upon which their freedom from capitalist bondage and exploitation (depends, renders it necessary that the workers, as a class, gain control of the machinery of government, as it is through control of this powerful Instrument of repression alone that their capitalist masters are enabled to hold them in subjection to their merciless proflt-mongering scheme. As the workers greatly outnumber their exploiters, victory Is easily within reach once the workers become conscious of their class interests and the power that comes from overwhelming numbers. Under such circumstances, it is ridiculous folly to even suggest a resort to any subterfuge for the purpose of disguising the revolutionary purpose of the movement of Labor against Capital. It should be openly proclaimed from the housetops so that all may know and none be deceived. Let it be It seems that hundreds of thousands of j hurled In the teeth of our capitalist workmen embraced the new faith, if so enemy that he is to be ruthlessly stripped of his power to rule and rob. That his alleged property rights are to be abrogated with as little conscience and scruple as has been shown by the capitalist class itself in riveting the chains of olavery upon the limbs of Labor. FROM THE STRIKE FIELD it may be termed, and clung tenaciously to its doctrine of communal property and communal life. All the thousands of years of human slavery with its brutalities and oppressions had not been equal to the task of crushing the communal instinct from the human breast. It would not down and the bonds of fraternity and brotherhood held those ancient workmen together in defense of their common interests against the The struggle between the mine own- most awful brutality and slaughter ers and the mine workers here, has that has ever been recorded. evolved from at case of discrimination, The "New Faith," a purely economic to one of higher wages. Attempts are doctrine of the workers, was finally j being made by the company to work adopted by the priests and rulers and; two of the mines here. The labor be- incorporated Into the economic prog-Mng used Is of the cheap brand, having mm of the masters by promising soul j been imported from China and Japan salvation after death, as a recompense some time ago by our patriotic mis- for the tortures of slavery sufferod, representatives at Victoria. These before that momentous event. Asiatics are mixed with a few of the Against the assault ot the masters, boys of the bull dog breed, who go to with their horde of hireling assassins | tbelr work humming Brltains "never then, as now, recruited from the rankB shall be slaves," for six days in the of the enslaved class itself, the work- week and on the seventh go and listen ers went down to defeat. Their or- to one of those soldiers of the Cross ganizatlons were destroyed by the (bones and skull) preaching content- wholesale slaughter of their members, ment, meekness and mildness; "you The property of those organizations must love God" above all, and don't was confiscated by the prlestB of the forget It Is your duty to suuport your new order and became the foundation pastor. Also remember that you stone of the modern Christian church J must think more of your soul than of with its doctrine of the sacredness of |your body, for Christ has said: "What property here and the sacredness of,doth it proflt a man If he gained the souls hereafter. | whole world and suffered the loss of The story of the downfall of the his own soul." Once a man is conoid labor organizations, that had ex-jvlnced of this type of knowledge, how isted for hundreds of years before can he be anything e'Fe other than a Christ's time, and the converting of meek, mild, submissive, cringing and the mechanism, property and faith of these organizations to the use of the master class to prolong Its reign of brutality and rapine is the most bloodcurdling page In human history. Thus were the foundations of Christianity laid, and cemented with the blood of millions of ruthlessly, slaughtered workingmen and their families. The political awakening of labor— the only real danger that ever confronted a ruling class—was thus summarily crushed and this danger averted for the next, eighteen centuries or more. Under the coarsely brutal rule of a conscienceless master class, aidetl by the powerful soporific influence of a state-supported superstition the past eighteen centuries, has heen a dark cowardly slave and scab? Once you load a man with this dope, you have got him. He will suffer untold misery, or pain on this earth, to escape that lake of brimstone and potash, and to gain that everlasting happiness beyond. If the rich man has the same incentive, or force, behind him, he will pass through that needle without touching the sides. The engineers, at a meeting the other night, resolved that they would stand by the miners in their struggle for higher wages. The same night 28 engineers arrived from Vancouver to take the places of the striking engineers. On being questioned, these Immigrant engineers said they were told there was no strike In Cumberland of ing, which they did. This action of the engineers was taken after being told by the high priests of their organization, that if they should strike the organization would provide men to take their places. A few of the "always was, is, and .always will be's" of the engineers were dissatisfied with the action taken by the younger and more revoutionary element of the craft, and so they decided to call a special meeting of all surface men employed in and around the mines. These special meetings are the order of the day ln Cumberland at present. The flrst was the business men, In the name of the Board of Trade. The next was a couple of Are bosses, and now a couple of engineers. They all received their authority from the same source, nowhere; and they were all equally successful in accomplishing what they set out to do, viz., to break the strike. The next thing in order would be another special called by the would-be founders of the Cumberland Boy Scout Movement, Patriotic Sundays, Rally Days, with sacred concerts as a specialty, or in other words, the sky pilots. In all strikes there Is much food for thought for the strikers, and this is no exception to the rule. The fusion of the miners and engineers is the result of the development of capitalistic proluction, which will ultimately break down all barriers between all crafts. By the continual compulsory revolutionizing of the machine, the skilled laui -ers are being reduced to a level with the common laborer, thus trades unions are destined to pass away, and industrial unionism becomes inevitable. But after all, this struggle on the Industrial field is not enough. True, it is a struggle between capitalists and workers, but It Is also a struggle between buyers and sellers of a particular commodity, labor power, therefore, it is a commodity struggle, and to understand it right it must be treated as such. As improved machinery increases unemployment which in turn increases the competition between workers for jobs, wages, or the price of labor-power tends to fall; therefore trades unions are necessary, and the only weapon available is the strike. To win or lose a strike, nothing is settled. The same class still owns the earth, and machinery of wealth production, which the other class must use, and the same commodity Btruggle goes on, and will go on as long as the workers demand nothing but higher wages and shorter hours. As Marx predicted some sixty years ago that the misery and poverty of the working class must increase as long as capitalism lasts, let us see how this comes about. Like other commodities, the value of labor power is determined by its cost of production, measured by labor time, its price, by supply and demand. When a capitalist has a surplus of commodities on hand, for whicli there is no demand, he curtails production by laying off a number of his hands. The owners of labor-power attain the Fame end, though in a difffferent way. What, the capitalist does intelligently, the worker, by using artificial means of limiting his family, does instinctively. When a commodity sells above its value, capital is attracted from other quarters, till tho supply Increases to such an extent in proportion to the demand, that its price is brought down often below its value. The same is true of labor-power, where it sells above Its value, labor Is attracted from other quarters, and this increased supply tends to bring the price of labor-powpr down to bare subslstance. Also, tho value of gold is being reduced in a greater proportion than all other commodities (there is probably one exception, viz., implements of war) and resulting in high prices of all commodities except one, labor-power, the worker being practically Ignorant of these economic laws, grins and bears it all, until the conditions become so unbearable that he strikes. And what is the flrst thing that he butts up against when he docs strike? Ab the chief of the provincial police said to the pickets hore the other day: "I am here to uphold the law that you fellows made. You have the power in your hands, the franchise, go ahead and use it right and change this law." There it is, fellow workers. We are face to face wHh the political power of the capitalist class. We are fighting a political battle, without any political power. The power that we handed over to the master class at the last election, is the power that is being used to whip us back into subjection. This Is the lesson this Btrike teaches. The working class must organize politically, not only for a few more cents a day, or a few shorter hours, but for the abolition of the wage system, and the emancipation of the whole working class. Spider. Cumberland, B. 0„ Oct. 26-1912. Socialist DOMINION BXECUTITE COMMITTEE Socialist Party of Canada, meets sec- ,ond and fourth Tuesday. Secretary, Wm. Watts, Labor Temple, Dunsmulr St., Vancouver, B.C. BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL Executive Committee, Socialist Party nf Canada, meets second and fourth Tuesdays ln month at Labor Temple, Dunsmulr St., Wm. Watts, Secretary. ALBERTA PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE Socialist Party of Canada, meets every alternate Tuesday, at 429 Eighth Ave. East. Burt E. Anderson, Secre- tary, Box 647, Calgary. SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVB, 8. P. ot C, Invites all comrades residing ln Saskatchewan to communicate with them on organiza- E0„n„m5tte""s Address D. McMillan, 222 Stadacona Street West, Moose Jaw. Sask. ' VANCOUVER LETTISH LOOAL No. 68. S. P. of C.—Business meeting every rtrst Sunday of the month and propaganda meeting every third (Sunday. Hoom open to everybody at 612 Cordova Street East, 2 p. m. Secretary, P. Anderson, Barnet, B. C. LOCAL VANCOUVER, B. C, NO 48, Finnish Meets every second and 1'ourth Thursdays In the month at 21S Hastings St. East. Ovla Llnd, Secre- MANITOBA PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE Committee: Notice—This card Is In- S'yM, for the purpose of getting VOU Interested in the Socialist movement. SOCIALISTS are always members of the Party; so if you are desirous of becoming a member, or wish to get any Information, write the Secretary, J. £>. Houston, 493 Furby St.. Winnipeg. MARITIME PROVINCIAL BXBOUTIVB Committee, Socialist Party of Canada, meets every second and fourth Sundays In the Cape Breton offlce of the Party, Commercial Street, Olace Bay, ,„■. °-,. Dan Cochrane, Secretary, Rm 491, Glace Bay, N. S. "tOOAL VANCOUVEB, No. 09, B. T. Ot C. Headquarters, Labor Temple, Dunsmuir street. Business meeting on flrst of every month at 8 p.m. Secretary, K Lefeaux, Labor Temple, Vancouver, LOCAL VANCOUVER No 1, B. T. ot C— Business meeting every Tuesday evening at Headquarters, 218 Hastings St. East, H. Rahlm, Secretary, Local Oibsona Landing, No. 49, 8. T. ot O. meet first and third Sunday of th» month In Socialist Hall. Secretary, J. N. Hintsa, Glbsona Heights, B. C. LOCAL COLEMAN, ALTA., NO • Minors' Hall and Opera House. Propaganda meetings at 6 p.m. on tha flrat ond third Sundays of the month. Business meetings on Thursday evenings following propaganda meetings at t. Organizer, T. Steele, Coleman, Alta.: Secretary, Jas. Glendennlng, Box It, Coleman, Alta. Visitors may receive Information any day at Miners' Hall Secretary, Wm. Graham, Box 63, Coleman, Alta. LOCAL EDMONTON, ALTA., NO. 1. 8. P. ot c. Headquarters 622 First Bt Business and propaganda meeting* every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. sharp. Our reading room ls open to tbe public free, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Secretary, J. A. S. Smith, «22 First St.: OrganUer, W. Stephenson. LOCAL PERNIE, B. P. of O, HOLD I'P'ds educational meetings ln the Miners Union Hall every Sunday at 7:30. Business meeting first Monday in each month, 7:30 p. m. Economic class every Sunday afternoon at 2:30. H. Winner, secretary, Box 380. . LOCAL CALOART, ALTA., NO. 4, S.P. of C.—Business meeting every Saturday evening at 8 o'clock at the headquarters, 134 Ninth Ave West S. K. Read, Secretary. LOCAL ROSSLAND, NO. SB, S. P. of 2., meets in Miners' Hall everv Sunday at 7:30 p.m. te. Campbell, Organizer. Will .Tones, Secretary, Box 126. Finnish branch meets In Flnlanders' Hall Sundays at 7:30 p.m. A. Sebble, Secretary, llox 54, Rossland, B.C. LOCAL MICHEL, B. 0., NO. IS, 8. P. of C, holds propaganda meetings every Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. Tn Crahan's Hall. A hearty invitation Is extended to all wage slaves within reach of us to attend our meetings. Business meetings are held the firs' and third Sundays of each month al 10:30 a.m. in the same hall. Partv organizers take notice. T. W. Brown, Secretary. LOCAL NELSON, 8. P. of C, MEETS every Friday evening at 8 p.m., ln Miners' Hall, Nelson, B. C. I. A. Austin, Secretary. LOCAL REVELSTOKE, B. C, NO. 7, S. P. of C. Business meetings at Socialist headquarters fourth Thursdays of each month. B. F. Gayman, Secretary LOCAL REGINA NO. 6, SABit., M11TI every Sunday, Trades Hall, i p.m. Business meeting, second Frldav 8 p.m. Trndes Hall. w. B. Bird, Gen. Del., Secretary. LOCAL LETHBRIDOE, ALTA., NO. IB. S. P. nf C. Meets first and third l«urT- days In tho month, at 4 p.m. la Miners' Hall. Secretary, Chas. Peacock. Box 1983 LOCAL MOOSEJAW, SASK., Ne. 1, 8. T. OT C.—Propaganda meetings every Sunday nt 8 n.m.. ln Labor Temple, .Tnmes St. Business meeting directly after propaganda meeting. Secretary, .1. O'Brien. Room 12, 530 Main St LOCAL No. I, WINNIPEG}, MANITOBA, S. P. of C.—Headquarters, Labor Temple. Business meeting every Saturday. 8 p.m. Prnnntranda meeting every Sunday at 8 o'clock In the Dreamland Theatre, Main St. Secretary, J. O'Brien, Room 12, 530 Main St. LOOAL SANDON, B. C, NO. 36. 8. P. OP t.. Meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m In the Sandon Miners' Unlor Hall Communications to be addressed Drawer K. Sandon, B, C. LOCAL VICTORIA NO. 3, S. P. of C Headquarters and reading room 576 \ates St. Business meeting every Tuesday, 8 p.m. Propaganda meet- lng Sunday, 8 p. m. Empress Theatre. LOCAL SOUTH PORT OEOBOB, B.O.. Xo. 61, meets every Friday night at 8 p.m. ln Public Library Room. John Mclnnls, Secretary; Andrew Allen. Organizer. LOOAL CUMBERLAND NO. 70 S. P. of C. Business meeting every Sundav, 10:30 a.m. Economic Class held twice caWi ihursdny, 10:30 a.m. (for afternoon shift), 8 p.m. ifor morning shift). Propaganda meeting every Sunday 3 p.m. Headquarters: Socialist Hall, opposite post office. Financial Secretary Thomas Carney, Corresponding Secretarv, Joseph Naylor. LOOAL OTTAWA NO. S, B. P. of C. Business meetings first Sunday in month ln the Labor Hall, 219 Bank Street, at S p.m. Secretary, Sam Hor- wlth, "The White Book Store," 144 Rldeau Street, Ottawa. LOOAL OLACE BAT, Ho. 1 OP MARITIME— Headquarters in Rukasin Block. Commercial St. Open every evening. Business and propaganda meeting at headquarters every Thursday at 8 p. m. Alfred Nash, secretary. Box 158; Harold G, Ross, organizer. Box 606. LOCAL SIDNEY MINES NO. 7, ot Nova Scotia.—Business and propaganda meetings every second Monday at 7:30 in the S. O. B. T. Hall bach of Town Hall. WllMam Allen, Secretary, Box 344, UKRAINIAN SOCIALIST FEDERATION of the S. P. of CL, Is organized for the purpose of educating the I'kralnenn workers to the revolutionary principles of this party. The. Ukrnnlnn Federation publish their own weekly organ, "Nova Hromada" (New Society), at 443 Kinlstlno Ave., Edmonton, Alta. English comrades do- siring Information re the Federation, write to J. Senuk, Fin. Secretary. WINNIPEOERS, ATTENTION. All who are interested please attend a meeting to be held in the News Hall, at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, Nov. 10, 1912, for the purpose of forming a Socialist or- perlod in human history. But the BkleB the engineers. When informed of the ganization. PLATFORM Socialist Party of Canada We, the Socialist Party of Canada, in convention assembled, afi'lrm our allegiance to and support of the principles and programme of the revolutionary working class. I^abor produces all wealth, and to the producers it should belong. The present economic system is based upon capitalist ownership ot the means of production, consequently all the products of labor belong to the capitalist claBS. The capitalist is therefore master; the worker a Blave. So long as the capitalist class remains 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 Btream of profits, and to the worker an ever-increasing measure of misery and degredation. The interest of the working class lies in the direction of setting itself free from capitalist exploitation by the abolition of the wage system, under which is cloaked the robbery of the working claas at the point of production. To accomplish this necessitates the transformation of capitalist property in the means of wealth production into collective or worklng-claBB property. The irrepressible conflict of interests between the capitalist and the worker is rapidly culminating in a struggle for possession of the reins 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 for the purpose of setting up and enforcing the economic programme of the working class, as follows: 1. The transformation, as rapidly as possible, of capitalist property ln the means of wealth production (natural resources, factories, mills, railroads, etc.) Into the collective property of the working class. 2. The democratic organization and management of Industry by the workers. 3. The establishment, as speedily as possible, of production (or use instead of production for profit. The Socialist Party when ln 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 clasB and aid the workers in their class struggle against capitalism? if lt will, the Socialist Party la for lt; 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 the public affairs placed in its hands in such a manner aB to promote the Interests ot the working clasB alone. ::^^o^:L, »t virt »"- t'ri'*'*w £- °Fst jn B.C. ci <*■*>**' ■ THE WESTERN CLARION, VANCOUVER. BRITISH COLUMBIA. PAGE THREE CORRESPONDENCE DOMINION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING. Tuesday, November 5, 1912. Present: Comrades Kingsley, Karme, Mengel (chairman), Lefeaux, Burroughs, and the Secretary. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Correspondence from Alberta Executive with application for charter by Comrades In Calmar, Alta. Charter granted. From Alberta Executive re taking organizers from Alberta. From Local St. John re making arrangements for Lyceum lectures from the States. From Local Montreal re organization work ln that city. From Maritime Executive Committee re organizing in the province. From B.C. Executive with application for Charter from New Westminster. Charter granted. Secretary instructed to reply to correspondents. Comrade O'Brien reports good meetings being held all along the line, especially on Vancouver Island. The matter of publishing the Western Clarion was fully discussed, and eommittee decided to leave the matter in Comrade Kingsley'a hands. Financial report as follows: Receipts. Due Btamps Alberta Executive Due stamps B.C. Executive.. Due stamps Martime Executive Dues A. E. Faulkner Dues J. W. Dargle Party buttons, Medicine Hat.. Dodgers, Local St. Catherines, Ont Local Calmar, Charter, A.E.C. Literature 15.20 Organizing fund 235.85 QUARTERLY REPORT CARDS. $15.00 19.00 10.00 1.00 3.00 2.25 1.50 1.00 The secretaries of the following locals have sent in report cards for the quarter ending September 30th. If your Local is not amongst these, flnd out why your secretary has not sent in the cards, and if possible have the report sent in to the D. E. C„ or reasons why he is unable to. Local So. Ft. George, B.C., No. 61. Local Montreal, Que., No. 11. Local Ottawa, Ont., No. 8. Local Enderby, B.C., No. 65. Local Vancouver Lettish, No. 58. Local Crawford Bay, B.C., No. 72. Local Nakusp, B.C., No. 74. Local Victoria, B.C., No. 2. I/jcal Gibson's Landing, B.C., No. 49, Local Langley, B.C., No. 73. Local Cumberland, B.C., No. 70. Local Edmonton, Alta., No. 11. Local Regina, Sask., No. 6. Local St. Catherines, Ont., No. 30. Local Vancouver, B.C., No. 69. Local Markerville, Alta., No. 31. MARITIME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. FEDERAL ELECTIONS. The federal elections are likely to be sprung on us at any timu now, so lt behooves the comrades in every riding to get busy and prepare Ihe ground for taking action in the elections. There are many things that can be done, whether a socialist candidate is in the field or not. One. of the things to do is to look around you for a suitable district where you can distribute Clarions or Meeting held Sunday, October 20th. Comrades present (Ross, Chairman) Nash, Alex. M. Klnnon, McLaughlin and secretary. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved of as read Correspondence read from Local St. John, Sydney Miens. Comrade Fill more and the Dom Ex-Committee. After some discussion lt was agreed that the fall was not the best time for an organizer to come to the Maritime Provinces and to ask the Dom Ex to place any contribution that come to them for organizing in tho Maritime to our credit until next Spring. Moved and seconded that the Executive send Comrade Ross over to Sydney Mines to distribute and sell literature and get In touch with the comrades over there. Moved and seconded that meeting adjourn. Receipts August: Local St. John, 50 due stamps.. $5.00 Local Glace Bay, 70 due stamps $7.00 September: Local St. John, 30 due stamps.. Local Glace Bay, 70 due stamps $12.00 $3.00 $7.00 THE WORLD'S HONOR. Bill Uno. $22.00 Expenditure. Dom Ex, 300 due stamps...... $15.00 Postage . .80 $15.80 DAN COCHRANE, ONTARIO NOTES. The result of the bye election just ended in North Waterloo shows many Balance on hand Oct. 1 12.28 Expenditure. C. M. O'Brien, organizing .... Dominion Express Telegrams Secretaries' wages Postage Stamps Offlce Supplies Literature from C. H. Kerr Co. Printing Pamphlets, Dodgers, etc., E.T.K Loan to Clarion Balance on hand leaflets to advantage. This can be things amongst which are: The the work of a comrade in whose town growth of the movement, the lack of there Is no Local. j organization, and the need of com- Locals should take the matter up at rades all over the Dominion to acq- their next business meeting and select, ualnt themselves and the Socialist a district in their city where they can press with the happenings of every work to advantage. j day events that touch the movement. Open up a committee room in the district selected, get all the Local com- Comrade Martin, who was the candi- rades to work In that one district; In da'in 1911 received 454 votes. Com- fact, make it the general headquarters rade Wayman, who was the candidate till the elections are over. Half an this time got 593 out of the smallest hour three nights a week distributing total vote ever cast In the riding. Not leaflets will accomplish wonders in a a word of reform or palliative has been month. Have the headquarters open caught. Clarion leaflets and our own all day, have plenty of papers on file, manifesto (S.D.P. enclosed) was used. 12 05 itw0 or vbTee checker boards, a smok-, We filled the opera house at Berlin Ing concert once a week, a short speech three times and about a dozen well- twice a week; ln fact, turn It into a attended meetings were held in the' Once in Romes renowned arena Mei two gladiators bold. Ont was born amid the northland Am Inured to storm and'cold; Whle his dark skinned lithe opponent Wa| the child of wine and gold, Ant was trained by veteran warriors Til" his skill at arms was told, Ovir all the broadening empire Wlither Roman rule had rolled. Llnbs of steel and savage prowess Bee the man of auburn hair; Hie a king of human giants Wi:h a freeman's haughty air, Anl his tread was firm, reliant; Ashe stepped Into the square Wlere the combat must be mortal; Wtere the victor could not spare; Wlere the only law was conquer, Anl no trick was deemed unfair. Bnwn and valor; brawn and cunning; Cuming bought with Roman gold; W«re the weaponB that contended, Wlere tbe prize was death's damp mould, Or the wild huzzas of thousands, And a crown''to ne'er grow old And a fame to live for ever; Such a fame as is not sold, Th*ugh the wealth of Romes dominions For it be together rolled. Steel to steel the din resounded; Thrust and parry, guard and stroke; Brawn and valor, brawn and cunning Now each flashing blade bespoke; While the turmoil of the conflict Cheer on cheer, from thousands woke; Cheers that with each fiercer conflict, Like the thunders swelled and broke, While the even matched contestants Fought like demons wreathed ln smoke. machinery of production against them selves. Capitalist control will be thrown off, and the workers will attain supremacy. The average worker does not see this, and at present he is still discussing the problems which perplexed our forefathers in the stone age. Reciprocity, Free Trade, Protection, militarist bogeys, citizen armies and navies and other nostrums engage and engross the attention of Trades Hall councillors, while the upas tree of capitalism spreads its deadly shade over and around them. Let those workers who propose to deal with the rise in prices and the in- -creasing cost of living by adopting Free Trade read what Marx said of Free Trade in 1848. In a speech delivered before the Democratic Association of Brussels, on January 9, 1848, he said: "Bue generally speaking Free Trade ls destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and carries the antagonism between proletariat and bourgeoisie to the uttermost point. In a word, the system of commercial freedom hastens the social revolution.' In this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, I am ln favor of Free Trade." What little the world bas seen of Freetrade fully bears out what Marx foretold it would do. It has weakened national prejudices, widened the class struggle into international proportions, accentuated lt, and brought the social revolution nearer.—International Socialist. 316.43 40.00 5.00 .50 7.50 2.00 .60 200.00 35.52 13.26 Clarion Deficit 345.75 W. WATTS, ^ Secretary. BRITISH COLUMBIA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Tuesday, November 5, 1912. Present: Comrades Kingsley, Karme, Mengel (chairman), S. Lefeaux, J. H, Burrough, and the Secretary. Credentials received from Comrades Lefeaux and Burroughs, who were elected on the committee in the places of Comrades McVety and Kavanaugh, who were suspended for non-attendance. It was moved and seconded that credentials be accepted. Carried. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Correspondence from Local Langley to the effect that a comrade who resided In the same riding as the socal was a member at large, and requesting the Executive to ask the comrade to become a member of Local Langley. Comrade to be notified. Application for Charter received j from comrades of New Westminster. | Application received and referred to j Dominion* Executive Committee. The matter of placing organizers in the Comox and Okanagan ridings as Soon as possible was discussed, and ac-1 tlon to be taken as soon as arrange- j ments can be made. Financial report us follows: Receipts. Local Vancouver No. 1, stamps. $10.00 " Vancouver No. 69, stamps 5.00 " Naramata No. 66, stamps 3.00 " Vancouver Lettish No. 68 • stamps 3.00 " So. Fort George No. 61, stamps 4.00 " Crawford Bay No. 72 stamps 2.00 " Vancouver Finnish No. 45, stamps 5.00 " Gibsons Landing No. 49 stamps 5.00 " Langley No. 73, stamps.. 1.40 " Vancouver 68, supplies.. .25 Balance on hand Oct. 11 68.53 club, but see that a little pick and shovel work Is done. Locals have attempted to do too $316 43 !muca during election time; don't do it this time. Confine yourselves to one ward of the city, put the whole of your energy to work on that ward, and we believe you will be surprised at the results. Comrades belonging to Locals in small towns can by a little judgment build up a good Local and a line organization. First thing to do is to get a store on a main street; if the rents are high, get one on a side street. Have a sign painted "Socialist headquarters," get a bunch of literature and a few Socialist and Capitalist papers (write us for the names of some socialist papers, and don't be afraid to have some capitalist papers on hand). Get some bills printed inviting every one to your headquarters, and, as suggested above, turn it into a club by having a smoker every week. Nothing is gained by being a bunch of hair- splitters. Throw your store wide open to the public. Have the store kept clean, turn out anyone that makes themselves obnoxious, and conduct the campaign in such a manner as to earn Ihe respect of everyone. ORGANIZING FUND. Local Greenwood, No. 9: Per .1. Cuthbertson $2.00 Per C. J. Johnson $4.00 Local Vancouver, No. 69: Per A. McDonald $2.35 Per J, Kavanaugh $1.30 Local Vancouver No. 1 20.00 Local Winnipeg, No. 1 .... $4.00 riding. The country vote showed an Increase. But the greatest gains are in the towns. I would like to correct an error prevalent among Clarion readers and S. P. of C. members. The Social Democrats of Ontario are mainly men schooled in the S. P. of C. and the Berlin Executive has done its best to educate the membership along the right lines. We even requested the Ottawa men to help us nurse their neighbors, Renfrew and Carleton place, and the Ontario organizer has spoken under the auspices of St. Catherines, Winnipeg and Ottawa locals of the S. P. of C. and he changed not one iota of his expression and no fault was found. I am compelled to think that only those who are not clear upon the Socialist position foster that tendency to diverge factions. Wayman is to be organizer in Toronto for a while. The S. P. of C. who are away out of city should help and not hinder his advocacy of Socilallsm, otherwise it will be harder than ever to pull the wool from the eyes of the workers in that city. Ottawa would do well if they would find a fixed place of abode—many reds have told the writer that they couldn't find any Socialists after weeks of search. The Sinner. Long and well the strife continued, But the Northman's iron frame Slowly wore away the Roman, Till the pampered child of fame Seemed at last to loose the battle; Seemed to meet a fate the same, As he'd dealt to countless others In this sanguinary game, Where the laurels crown the victor, And the vanquished has no name. Backward slowly he is sinking Till his shield Is in the dust, Yet his blade, as keen, as eager, Parries every lightning thrust. For he has learned in countless battles. Not one risk with chance to thrust; Learned that in the stern arena, Those who court its favors must Be wily as the serpent; Hoarding fortunes every crust. Falls his shield; his fingers clutching Backward quickly in the sand; Then with spring like eastern tiger Once again he takes his stand; While the Northman's eyes are blinded By the dust from out his hand; And the southern blade has entered And has closed the battle grand, And the child of brawn and cunning Greets tho plaudits pf the hand. Thus it is in life's arena; Be the trophy fame or wealth, Nations hail the man successful Who shall win, although by stealth; Though he grind his fellow-beings In the profit-mill where health, Cheer, and hope, and human honor Into Bhlning dollars melt, That the title of the owner May in flaming gold; be spelt. THE VANDERBILT BALL. WHAT SOCIALISTS WANT TO ACCOMPLISH RECIPROCITY BUYING A JOB. 107.18 Expenditure. Due stamps from D.E.C $19.35 Organizing by Com. Fitzgerald 18.00 Postage stamps 1.00 Secretaries' Salary 7.50 Organizing for New Westminster 3.00 Telegrams 75 Balance on hand 57.08 Meeting adjourned. W. WATTS, A bound volume of 1911 Clarions will cost you two dollars and fifty cents post paid. - Only six left. On page 20 of last Saturday's World, one man offers $25 for a job and another $10. This shows how much better off the wage slave is than was the chattel slave. The chattel slave's master had to pay a good sum of money for Mr. Slave and then was Ub- llged to feed, clothe and shelter him besides . But the modern slave not only cannot give himself away but has to offer a bonus to anyone who will secure him a master. Let us now sing "Britons never will slaves." be LOCAL WINNIPEG Every Sunday 8 p.m. LABOR TEMPLE James Street East Capitalism is a system of exploitation. Under capitalism the workers produce great quantities of wealth. Of this they gel just enough to live on and no more. The master class take all over and above what labor needs to live on. ,,,,„. ... ,, ., , .,,, . The amount of wealth which thc Why is It that millions are suffering magter clagB take BRUTALITY OF OUR CAPITALIST SYSTEM. There are necessities in abundance. There is food and clothing for all. What do we Socialists want to do? First, we want to socialize the machinery of production and distribution. This includes railroads, telegraphs, mills, factories, mines and enough land to break the force of unemployment and landlordism. What do we mean by socializing these things? Making them public or collective property. You can understand the relationship of socialized property by thinking of the schools, public roads, court houses, parks, ports offices, and other things that have already been socialized. Socialized property Ib not divided and cannot be divided; therefore the talk of Socialism wanting to divide things up is nonsense. When thingB are socialized they are conducted for service rather than for profit; it is so with schools, roads, and the mail; it will be so with manufactories and transportation when they are socialized; therefore Socialism will destroy profit, interest, and rent. 'But Socialism does not propose to socialize all things, only the larger tools that are socially used; therefore the claim that it is against private property is false; Indeed Its chief aim Is to make it possible for all people to have private property, the private property that they need for their comfort, welfare and happiness. It means also that Socialism is not a cut and dried thing that we are trying to force down your throats, but is rather merely a proposition to put all power into the hands of the people and trust them to do what they may think is right. It means that the talk of Socialism destroying religion or the home is necessarily nonsense, seeing that it cannot override the will and wishes of the whole people. But certain things will follow the socialization of the big tools of production and distribution. The people.will be able to employ themselves and to retain their full social product. Landlordism and profit-taking will pass. I As all will always have jobs and ge: all they produce, poverty will end. Af j poverty ends, ignorance will go. and 'nine-tenths of the prostitution and l practically all the wars that disgrace j modern civilization wlll dlsappear.- International Socialist. REFORM8. for the actual necessities of life? Is it because property interests, the proflt system, is of more importance than the life of the people? Suppose we were living under a form of government wherein each and every individual received the full benefit of his or her labor. A government wherein no one was allowed to derive a proflt off another, and there was no suffering for the necessities of life. A government with neither master nor slave, where no one need beg for leave to toil. Where we would have leisure to read and think, and no one need scheme and He and plan to bar the wolf of hunger from the door. Suppose we were living under such a government, would you vote for a system to create millions of slaves? Would you vote for hunger and rags? Is It just or is lt wise for millions to toll In poverty and want that a few may live In luxury? We are not a civilized people. We cannot claim civilization, bocause our present brutal exploiting system proves the falBlty of our claim.—-Modern Methods, Alaska. Is so vast that Ihey cannot consume it no matter how extravagant their expenditure is. Have you ever stood on a wharf and watched a vesrel being brought Into It. If you have you might have no- They amuse themselves ln building! Heed that the crew pur over the side palaces and yachts, In keeping racing] of the vessel next the pier what are. studs, automobiles, summer and win- j called "fenders" to protect the ship ter residences; In giving banquets,! from damaging Itself by too forcible balls, and theatre parties; yet they j a collision with the wharf, can only waste a portion of the wealth | When you hear an Individual or which the working class produces for party advocating "reforms," "pallia- them. I tlons," or "Immediate demands,' just What do they do with the balance? remember that "reforms" etc. are the It is utilized in building armaments "fenders" which are put out to prevent and ln adding to the machinery of pro- .the old Capitalist hulk from foundering ductlon. The armaments are used to on the rocks of revolution. Some Capl keep the working c'ssb divided against i tallsts oppose reforms, oh yes, but only Why does poverty exist in the midst of plenty? Because the capitalist lasB owns the means of life. themselves, while the machinery ls used to exploit and enslave them. The capitalist plan of building armaments cannot continue. It leads to bankruptcy and the breakdown of the system. Unlimited machine production Is also impossible, for in time foreign marketB must be glutted with unsaleable products. When the capitalist system gets Into full working order; when It has finished building railroads, factories, and other machinery of production; when there are no more foreign markets to conquer and supply; when the surplus products of labor are no longer saleable and profitable, the systom will break down. The working-class will refuse to use the armaments and the because they hate to admit that the old ship Is so rotten that It needs a soft bed to bump up against. How much easier the work of Socialists wou)d be if Iho Capitalist class could not hand out reforms, how much sooner the workers would get wise. Away with reforms! Onward revolution. If you wish to create discord In any organized effort of revolutionary slaves, Just taunt somo of them with aping others. Even If the accusation Is false, tho accused wll! feel so stung that they will Rtraln every point to flnd some excuse to differ with those whom they are accusod of aping.—C. M. O'Brien. ', Expensive balls gives ny the idle*' rich are common, everyday affairs. In fact, we are so used to monkey- parties, butterfly balls, and other so-' clal functions indulged ln by the "upper class" that unless something start- - ling happens we pay no particular attention to them. But here is a story of a wonderful entertainment. This particular affair was called au Persian Ball and was planned by Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbllt, wife of a New York railroad magnate. The ball ended at dawn, when then wearers of ten millions of do-Hare I worth of jewolB left a scene which 'in * probably the most elaborate ever set : for a single occasion given by any one ..- individual in the world. For the night of fashionable entertainment Mrs. Vanderbllt gave her guests she is estimated to have spent X, $175,000. Rather a deucedly clever way of'* spending money, don't you think? And t don't forget Bessie, the sewing mach-.- ine girl, James the butler, Jim thef- electrician, BUI the florist and Abraham the grocer, all benefitted by this lavish expenditure of money. The. poor must live you know. At this ball there were brocaded' hangings, rare rugs from Persia, India, and Turkey, fountains of gold and. ivory, huge searchlights that turned- the court into a wonderland of dazzling colors, avenues of tropical trees, a special theatre built for one night's entertainment, a ball room hung with, painted canvasses that transformed it', into a Persian landscape, and silk covered divans from which the richly- dressed men and women watched a-. $5,000 performance of ''The Merry- Countess," brought from the Casino inv New York. Of course everybody had a good,' night. Everybody drank and- "ragged" until daylight. Such a thing as work never worries swell society. There ia no to-morrow, no going into the shop, or mill in the morning. Eat, drink and be merry, was the rule at Mrs. Vanderbllt's ball. Thore was not only an elaborate dinner served by Sherry of New York fame, but a breakfast as- well. Yes, it was a glorious night, and it cost only $176,000. A mere trifle. While hundreds of thousands of human beings, men, women and children are-, struggling for existence, and the great . masses of them are doomed to die as - paupers, Mrs. Vanderbllt spends $175,- - 000 for one night's entertainment. This is as it should be. Isn't It her * money? Didn't Mr. V-j-derWJt earn it? Of course he did, silly** Therefore they hare a perfect right to spend*^ ,:"j it as they please. Don't you «nd**-$?''"'".•':'] stand Mr. Smart**, that whert-rlrh people spend their money they put it into circulation, and that, you and I who - work for wages are all liable to get a dollar or two of this money. If they didn't spend it, wouldn't we bo in an awful fix? You bet. Without money we would join the bread line. So let's sing songs of praise to Mrs. Vanderbllt, the benevolent lady who puts her hard-earned' money into circulation to bring Joy ami blessings to all of us who are doomed to a life of drudgery tn this land of the brave and the home of the * free. But just a parting word, brother. There are thousands of men working on the Vanderbllt railroad who get ihe magnificent sum of $1.50 per day. They toil from sunrise to sunset building tracks, repairing bridges running trains and handling freight. They do- ."11 the useful work anil make Vander- I.Ill's dividends possible, Vandrrhilt owns the machine the railroad i all of us must use. lie has locked UP in his private vaulls some printed slips of paper called bonds, and by virtue of that ownership he exacts the right to exploit all those who use lhe railroad and all those whose labor maintains It. All these thousands ol men who receive $1.50 for their we-k actually do from *M> to $'•> worth of productive lu- bor a day, bm the private ownership by Vanderbllt of this public utility gives him the right to utea $f> a day from each laborer, gives him the privilege to enslave a great mass ot human beings, gives him power of life or death over men—for under the present system of private ownership of jobB a job means life und the man who owns the Job controls the worker. Hut all these monkey parties serve - a purpose and teach a lesson. Wealth concentrated in the hands of a few as the fruits of exploitation of the masses Inevitably contains within itseir the elements of Its own destruction. it was so with tho ruling patricians of ancient Rome, It was so with the royalty of France just preceding the revolution. The vulgar, brutal, reckless extravagance of the Vanderbilts and Fishes are the symptoms of soc inl disease and decay. So, on with the ball, I-et Ihem eat, drink and be merry, for thoBo whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Gordon Nye. Fellow slaves, why cannot wo be powerful? We have the numbers. Why not the power? ,*>>,' ▼AGE THL WESTERN CLARION. VANCOUVER.'BRITISH COLUMBIA. At*. VISION OF THE MODERN WORLD "It's a, Mad World." (Fay, "The Bounder"). IS had a vision of the modern world, Not with the narrow hampered view of eyes; >~n thought' I saw this spinning planet hurled, ■One-half ln darkness, through the sunlit skies. NO COMPENSATION TO CAPITALISTS. (Continued From Page One.) make scientific management possible. You see that government bonds at 4 per cent would be gladly taken in exchange by the shareholders of many of the smaller lines. The burden upon the backs of the working class in that particular year would have E! saw the fields that Nature fashioned been increased if such a scheme had fair, | been in vogue. "Robbed of their green, smoke-black-' in the case of the C. P. R., however, ened and defaced, j 4 per cent bonds would lessen the toll l&y hideous factories that flourished immensely as the following analysis there; | wlll show. Capital, Including both iWhereunto men were driven, hunger-! stocks and bonds about $400,000,000 .chased. | (In 1909, $372,000,000). Earning in ' 1910-11 $36,000,000. 4 per cent on $400,- IMen, who, according to their parson's .000,000 would be $16,000,000. In the sleek, • I case of this one line the toll would be :Were fashioned In the image of their, iessened considerably. Go; I But we cannot take over only one "Stthimb men, at. sundown staggering une out 0f 84 or even two or three homeward, weak | for no one knows when one of the non- Beneath the brutal weight of labor's (paying systems will jump into the rod. 1 ranks of the revenue producers. If SATURDAY, "{Homeward they move, though Home's sweet-sounding name Pits ill the hovels where they rest and eat, JAfter the day of slavery and shame, Each face reveals the sorrow of defeat x% saw with pity one accursed den; A little child lay there In Death's great rest, Ja\ little life that sobbed awhile and then Ebbed out in pain, this kind release was beat. Wor what awaits the offspring of the poor? A life of drudgery and pleasures few; vlUntil they rest within the grave secure From all the harm that Capital can do. "Where night revealed a city's million lights, I saw the shapes that once were maidens sweet, "The ravages of mad licentious nights, With vain cosmetics they had tried to cheat. Lit moved along, this army of the lost, Pair victims all of Mammon and of lust; "The Idle rich are sated, and the cost, Pair maiden-honor trampled ln the dust. L.l saw the walls of prisons and the bars; Behind them bouIs of men were cru- *ciflenotice, without chart" > lutbe Scientific B^aw. k liaMl-otns,. orialu5l §mt0a with music, 25 cents. By Bouck White. Handsomely bound. For labor mass meetings, the home, etc. Propaganda on every page. New. Postpaid. Stamps or coin. Add"-.,:", Socialist Literature Co.. Uept. P" 15 Spruce St., New York City Party Lapel BUTTONS Price: 50< ; actor 5 for $i,U Don'n "11 F\ecutive Committee .lbor Temple „ with paralytics who cannot walk and The result is that "organized Labor whQ W(m,t be oarrIed Thu8 on,y C(m is treated to the spectacle of a "La bor" party putting down amendments that they dare not move for fear the Tories should side with them and defeat the Liberal Government. There is only one safeguard against this sort of treachery. The working class party must build up Its position only on the votes of those who understand the working-class position and working class politics. If this Is done the master class will realize that they are up against democracy; that the representative is only the representative; that the "rank and file" rule the roost, and that as the elected person cannot switch votes to one side or another he has nothing to sell. In such case they will realize that all there left for them to do ls to fight him, All the reasons here set forth dfe- m tOfl. wo build up a political organization composed of the sound, healthy material necessary for our purpose. Thus only can we base our actions upon exact knowledge of our strength. —A. E. JACOMB, in Socialist Standard, 198 Gray's Inn Road, London, Bug. Socialism proposes that every person shall enjoy all that their labor creates less the natural wear and tear of machinery and other incidentals that must be maintained and kept in repair. ' Under Socialism you will have free access to the means of production and you alone will determine the conditions that you will work under; and last but not least, you will enjoy the full social product of your DL JTIST w 1 ct