"4c3e72ed-e9fb-4eca-994c-6732b28bfa02"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2016-03-31"@en . "1905-03-18"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/wclarion/items/1.0318626/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " THE WESTERN CL\nPublished in the Interests of the Working Class Alone.\nION\nTHIS U A | A\nNUMBER tfljtf\nVancouver, B. C, Saturday, March 18, 1905.\nSubscription Price Si An\nJKR YlAR 91.UU\nHE PARIS COMMUNE OF 1871\nSeat Reaieat Way It Wu Crmktt\nhe 181 It of Muivh brings round tho\n11 anniversary 01 the inauguration\nthe fails Commune and ^socialists\nover mo world will celebrate the\nur-iun, not because the episode in\nfall furnishes uiatier lor gratula-\n11, but 10 keep green the memory\nthose who so nobly fought and\nm on that occasion and to point\nlinoi'al which cannot be loo strong-\ninsisted upon.\nConsidered in itself thu Commune\n|is nothing short of a calamity and\neffects on the, at that time,\nmg aud struggling Socialist movc-\nlui were disastrous, .so many bril-\n|iit. thinkers and active workers reived ai one swoop aud the inove-\nInt tmiotnerud in blood but if the\nfvious lessons of the Commune fee\n|licienlly well considered and *>-\nsled we today, may profit by its\nstakes and the men who suifered\nki died for it will not have done\n1 in vain.\nlarx somewhere says, \"He who\nbs out to make a revolution is a\nII; he who tfoes out tu stop a relation is also a fool, but he upon\noiii the revolution shall come unices is the greatest fool of all.\"\nIs Indicating that the revolution\npnot be made to order, but must\nse as the culmination of a definite\nliul process; that when it does so\nfive it is irresistible and that it\n[>ur business to so educate our-\n|res as to observe the trend of\nits and be enabled to seize and\nadvantage of the \"psychologi-\ninoinent\" when it does ar-\nThe Commune failed because it\nprecipitated out of duo time by\ntries of untoward events. Tho\njrress of economic evolution had\nas yet, drawn sufficiently clear\nlines and this manifested itself\n(Ihe composition of the movement\nlack of clearness on the part of\n[leaders und a constant wrangling\nbickering at the council board\n|m was suicidal in the face of the\n!\u00C2\u00BBy-\nis essential for the success of our\nlenient that each be clear on the\nHuts concerned and that nothing be\nOWcd to obscure Ihe issue.\nK*the second place, the members of\nVfotnmune were consumed with\nfjjilon of \"legality.\"\nSocialist movement contem-\nan act, or series of acts, which\n(ihe bourgeois mind, are mon-\nisly illegal, unjust and immoral\nit Is impossible lo do these\n|gs so as to satisfy their notion\ni-gnlity. Tho Hunk of France had\nIts vaults 2180 millions of francs\nmoney and securities, one hundred\nlions of which was in coin and\nlion; in dollars this would be\nfit 4.'l(i millions-which was at the\nMute disposal of the Commune,\nas 1 lie bourgeois is only accassi-\nvia his pocket, the seizure of\nsecurities would have made the\nkaillese mil'h more amenable and\nllil have been much more effective\npostages than the few priests and\npis that were seized and held,\nmoney the Communards relig-\n|l,v left ' alone and protected so\nwhen the city was taken not one\nwas missing,\ngain, so anxious were they to\nlegal sanction to their acts that\npersisted in holding elections\nthe city was in a state of\nand when their whole 'efforts\n^ld have been directed to repel-\nthe enemy.\nhey weakly allowed the members\nle Government and others to es-\nthem and get away to Versail-\n\"fwhere they concerted the mea-\nwbieh brought about the dis-\nIons fall of the Commune.\nlie capitalist class has never\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0pled to over-ride its own laws\nlti it suited them. Why then\nshould we, against whom these laws\nare directed, consider them for one\nmoment?\nAgain, the Communards, failing to\nprofit by former experiences, trusted\ntoo much in the small middle-class\nand this class, the meanest and most\ndespicable that has ever existed in\nany society, failed them as it has\never done and must ever do. The\nproletarian revolution must be the\nwork of the working class alone.\nThe Commune trusted too much to\nthe power of moral suasion. They did\nnot want to fight and never seem to\nhave expected that the bourgeoisie\nwould fight as they did. While the\npublic services were admirably administered, better than ever they\nwere before, the war department was\nin a continual state of chaos. The\nNational Uuard, which, ably led,\ncould have vanquished the force opposed to it at first, was simply led\nto slaughter by the incompetents who\nposed as generals.\nThe capitalist class, threatened in\nits most vital point, its property interests, fought like a tigress robbed\nof its whelps, and pursued the conflict with unmitigated ferocity. They\ngave no quarter and thousands of\nmen, women and children were shot\ndown in the streets after they had\nlaid down their arms.\nNo arguments, no moral suasion\nwill suffice; the working class need\nexpect no mercy when it threatens\nthe interests of a privileged class.\nWe have also an instance of capitalist solidarity in the action of the\nGermans, who released many thousands of prisoners that Thiers might\nhave men enough to suppress the insurrection. Where a working class\nrising is to be feared the capitalists\nforget their little differences.\nMany think that men and manners\nhave changed for the better since\nclassic and feudal times. This may\nor may not be true in some respects\nbut the Commune was suppressed as\nbrutally and as mercilessly as the\nslave risings in ancient Rome or the\npeasants' war in feudal times only\nthirty-four years ago in the most\ncivilized coun'ry in Europe.\nSigns are not wanting that our\nown capitalist class is prepared to\nact in ns brutal and merciless a manner if occasion calls. Experience\ngives us no reason to expect otherwise. History gives no instance of a\nprivileged class which voluntarily\nsurrendered its privileges.\nI>'t us sec to it that we know ox-\nwhat we want and appreciate\nthe enemy to be faced. We\nnot then be taken unawares.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094J. O. MORGAN.\n__ o\t\nRIOT IN NEW YORK.\nTHE COMMUNARDS.\nact Iy\ntruly\nshall\nThe response to a newspaper advertisement offering one day's work to\nfifty snow-shovellers brought such a\ncrowd to Kifth street New York, on\nMarch 2 that the police reserves had\nto be called out to disperse the\nhungry mob of applicants who wore\nscrambling for work checks. When\nthe police reserves arrived upon the\nscene a score or more of individuals\nwere engaging in fisticuffs over possession of the coveted job of shoveling snow all day for {2.00.\nAn instance of the \"incentive\" furnished by the present system and\nwhich it is alleged Socialism would\ndestroy. Heaven forbid that anything be done to destroy the \"incentive\" that impels workers to fight\nfor the chance to shovel snow. May\nsnowstorms occur more frequently.\nCompetition may appear to be the\nlife of trade, hut that it is death to\nthe small trader is a matter of fact\nand not of appearance.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Underneath the human tideways, *\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Where the restless currents meet \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 With the chattering of the market \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 And the rumbling of the street; \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 In the blaze of heartless splendor \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Where the souls of men consume; \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 There unmarked, but unforgotten, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Is a many-mart vrcd tomb. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 But no templed shrine upbuilded \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Points its finger to the sky, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 And no altar stones are shapen \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Where our martyr's ashes lie. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 'Neath the feet of vulgar tyrants, *\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Skulking priests and fawning \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 slaves, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 C'hainlcsK, now, their limbs are \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 resting \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 In their dark, dishonored graves. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 In the cold earth's kindly bosom, *\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Heedless, now, of blame or praise,\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 They arc silent all whose death- *\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 song ' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Was the deathless\"Marseil!aise\"; *\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00C2\u00BB\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 When behind the ruined rampart \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 And the flaming barricade, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 All their faith's full final tribute \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Unto Liberty wns paid. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 | \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Yet, all earth is now their altar *\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 And the priestess, Freedom, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 stands\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Holds our hearts as votive offer- \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ings, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Like the first fruits of the lands. *\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 For, from all Mankind's wide \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 harvests \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Hearts are consecrated now, *\nAt the world's great shrine of\nFreedom;\nOn Montmartre's bloody brow.\nNot In vain by torch and rifle\nPerished they who would be free;\nNot in vain the brave were murdered\nBy the faithless bourgeoisie.\nFreedom lights anew her censer\nAt such hecatombs as this,\nWhen the death-cold lips that\nloved her\nFeel her sacramental kiss.\nFrom the earth that drank their\nlife blood,\nLo! A phantom crop upsprings;\nSouls that move in changeless\nconcert\nWith the living soul of things.\nTruth, long crushed to earth, is\nrising;\nScorn and hate are overpast;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2luster years have born their\nharvest;\nAll must honor them at last.\nFor the eurth is rich with heroes,\nLo! They rise in many lands,\nAnd they speak Mankind's new\nconcept\nAt the clasping of the hands.\nHailing: \"Comrade,\" \"Friend,''\nand \"Brother\";\nThese no empty words will be;\nFreedom's soil at last will nourish\nLove that best befits the free.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094WEBSTER ROGERS.\nA DELIGHTFUL MESS IN COLORADO\nIN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY\n/\t\nParker Williams Introduces Aeieadaieat te Election Act.\nIt is a notorious fact that the elec- That efforts are being put forth by\nLion laws of British Columbia need a our Socialist comrades in tha Pro-\nmost thorough overhauling, \u00E2\u0080\u009Ehii\u00E2\u0080\u009Evincial House to remove at least\n, some ol the obstacles in the way of\nthey are (ajiiiy in more ways tnanl/reo ,,oliUL.a] ox,)iessioni furnished by\nthe present Elections Act, is shown.\nby the following bill introduced by\nParser Williams last week.\none, in the matter 01 compelling u\ndeposit ol the no Way\nlash in ilieir case ol providing a sum\n01 moiu'i in iilu uuj ol u deposit\nthat is a severe strain upon their\nBlunder resources. Whether the act\nas it now staiuis wus or was not designed for the purpose of putting obstacles in the way of a free political\nexpression oi working-class interests,\nit unquestionably does effect such\npurpose.\nThat which tends to hamper the\nfreedom of political expression is a\ncrime against human society as its\ntendency is to retard the peaceful\nand ready adaptation of such* principles relating to property as may be\nnecessary to the welfare of society\nand enable it to move onward and\nupward in conformity to the ever-\ndeveloping economic basis upon which\nit rests. To obstruct or hinder the\nfree adaptation of social and industrial institutions, to the ever increasing economic power developing\nwithin the bosom of society as the\nmachinery and method of wealth production, becomes more highly perfected, is to scatter seed for a crop\nof turbulence, destruction and blood-\n', shed, that every lover of peave and\nI progress must fervently hope may be\nt avoided.\nThe Colorado contested governorship case\u00E2\u0080\u0094Peabody against Adams\n(p. fi\u00C2\u00AB2)\u00E2\u0080\u0094is nearly concluded. On\nMarch 2 the contest committee filed\nfour reports. One of these, signed\nby 14 Republican members, u major-\nso, Adams will be unseated and the!\ndelectable James 1., seated for an-l\nother term. !\nHILL.\nAn Act to amend the \"Provincial\nElections Act.\" ,\nHis Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative\nAssembly of the Province of British\nColumbia, enacts as follows:\nX. This Act may bu cited as the\n\"Provincial Elections Act Amendment Act, 1905.\"\n2. Sub-section (1) of section 64 of\nchapter 17 of the Statutes of 1903-4\nis hereby amended by striking out\nthe words \"two hundred,\" in the\nsixth line thereof, and by substituting therefor the word \"fifty.\"\n3, Sub-section (ii) of said section\n04 of the said chapter, is hereby\namended by striking out the words\n\"two hundred,\" in lino two thereof,\nand by substituting therefor the\nword \"fifty.\" \u00C2\u00AB\nAs the passage of this amendment\ncould work no hardship to any political movement, it will be difficult\nto forecast what particular objection\nmay be offered to its passage. For\nthe benefit of those not familiar with\nihe present act, it would be well to\nsay that ihe deposit is in each respective case forfeited unless the candidate succeeds in polling at least\nhalf as many votes as the elected\ncandidate.\nSmull difference to the workers of|\nthe state whichever political ucci-1\ndent gets the coveted job, as each\nity of 1. recommends the unseating! stand for the same thing, that is\nof Adams and the seating of Pea-! the tbe system of property which,\nbody, on the ground that when frau-j has so mercilessly dealt with the redolent votes are deducted from' calcitrant Colorado workers during.\nRUSSIAN SAVAGERY.\nAdam's majority, a majority of 2,-\n200 for Peabody results ; but Ii\nof the 14 reserve the right to change\ntheir views after hearing argument\nin joint session of the legislature. A\nsecond report, signed by 1 Republican, favors nullifying the election\nand declaring the governorship va\nThe tale of the horrors heaped upon the Russian workiog class will\nprobably never be fully told, as from\nall accounts it is beyond the power\nof language to describe. The following extract from u private letter\nwritten by the wife of a man connected with one of the institutions\nof learning in St. Petersburg, to a\nfriend in Massachusetts we ciip from\nan exchange:\npast years\nThe outcome of the gubernatorial\nembroglio will be awaited with much\ninterest and will doubtless be of\nsuch a nature as might afford a useful lesson to those who believe that\nquestions relating to the material\ninterests of either men or classes,\ncant. A third, signed by 9 Demo-lean be settled by specious and senii-\ncratic members, finds thnt no case'mental argument as to right or\nhas been math- for Peabody, because wrong, lt will be discovered that about ii from\nsuch questions are not disposed of\nfrom the standpoint of right or\nwrong, but from that of power.\nThe Colorado affair is truly a de-\n. . .. lightful mess, and an additional con-\n40 Denver precincts, but that AdansJ fll.llul,jon of tlu. assertion so often\nstill has a majority of 4,800. Vo\u00C2\u00BBmade by the \u00C2\u00ABociailst> lhttt capital-\ning in joint session of the legislating t pomics aro uul|y as cU,an n,\nbegan on the 8th. Ihe first to.U th(1 svst(l,n of property whose ox_\nvote was oyer the question of over* pro8sion it is, Capitalist property\nruling a decision of the chair against ,a Utnc as Ued t0 the\nallowing the minority report nullify* plundering of the working class. This\ning the election and declaring tha ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E ,,.\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E dm,u d outr\ngovernorship vacant, to como bcfoi* ant| tho uUfer ,|isl.(.ga,.(l ()f every\nthe legislative body. The chair was worlhy conception of principle, honor' sent to the hospitals (and in what a\nthe Democrats, rein* or ^oconcy. Its political expression : condhion, great Ood!). The dead\nafter deducting all possible votes\nAdams still has a majority of 7,200.\nThe fourth report, signed by the\nchairman and three other republicans, finds thut fraud was shown\nlegislati\noverruled by\n1 can write you only a few words.\n1 am suffering too much over what\nis going on here. Vou surely know\nthe paiiers. All Europe is horror-stricken at tho cruelty\nof our government. The soldiers\ntired volleys into a peaceful crowd,\nwhich included children, old men and\nwomen, and whose only crime was\npresenting a petition. There were\neven cannon shots in the evening.\nWe could hear them distinctly.\nThe number of killed and wounded\nmust have been very great. They\nare trying to niako out that there\nwere only a few, relying upon the\nregisters of the hospitals; but only\nthose who showed signs of life were\npeople do not sulTer, and the sufferings are of every imaginable kind.\n1 think even those scoundrels who arranged the slaughter cannot be hap-\npy-\n o\nO'BRIEN AT REVELSTOKE./\nComrade 0. M. O'Brien, who is\nmaking a trip through the interior\nof the Province on behalf of the\nProvincial Executive Committee of\nthe Socialist Party of Canada, addressed an audience of over 100 persons at Revelstoke on March 9. To\nthose tiho know 0. M. it will be a\nmatter of no surprise to learn that\nhis efforts on this occasion were appreciated by those who listened to\nhim, as the following will show.\nNo votd it\nforced by 22 Republicans. \u00C2\u00ABo vou, lfl fts at.curat0 a reflex of \u00C2\u00BB as th(\nwas reached on the adoption of anjs. election in a mirror is of the object\nof the reports.-The Public. h\u00E2\u0080\u009E]d Move j(\nThat both the Republican and\nDemocratic gangs of highbinder The Provincial House seems as. t ^ dea(J ^ \u00C2\u00A3 om, Qf QUr stu.\ndoes not \u00C2\u00B0-Uiet f,8 a, ,\"\u00C2\u00B0,;g'lle a\".d U.s ,n,\"aU'sl!.le.ns. who had received six wounds.\n; were piled in a heap, to be buried\njail together without being counted.\nI'They had the cruelty to deny the\n[parents the ilcnit bodies of their\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2sons. We were fortunate enough to\npracticed wholesale fraud ^B \u00E2\u0080\u009E\u00E2\u0080\u009E* ^ wel,_behavwJ as churt.h deacons\nadmit of dispute. The question silK.e tho8C terrible eight-hour bills\nseems to resolve itself into which) were safely killed. Were it not for\none was the more skillful at the busi- an occasional pitiful and harrowing\nness. In the last analysis it will b \u00C2\u00ABq\"<*\"'k from the Liberal press over\ndecided by the one having sufficient s',ls of omission and commission on\npower to make its decision effective ,np I,art of tne Socialist members\nFrom reading the above it would ufw and their alleged government allies,\npear that this power rests with the no one would know it were in ses-\nPeabody side of the controversy. If sion. %,\nOur whole community buried him\nwith the greatest consideration and\nj love. To see the despair and grief\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 of his unhappy mother was very trying.\ntine can never be sure of returning\nhome in safety. I am always in the\ngreatest anxiet,\ when nn- boys and\nhusband are away. All Russia is an\ninferno; there is not a place where\nI\nEditor Western Clarion:\nComrade O'Brien lectured on Socialism to a line audience in Selkirk\nHall, Rivelstoke on the 9th inst.\nThose who were inclined to criticise\nwere much pleased with his method\nof handling the subject. His endeavors to point out to his fellow workingmen their true economic position\nand the solution of the problem of\nthe unemployed offered by Socialism,\nshowed evidence of careful study and\nan intense revolutionary spirit.\nWhile his delivery is forceful, he lacks\nconfidence, but his great earnestness\nand enthusiasm holds his audience to\nthe end.\nWith practice and a slight enlargement of vocabulary, Comrade O'Brien\nwill rank with the ablest exponents\nof the economic problems of the day.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ona Who Was There.\n o\t\nThe situation of the unemployed in\nChrist iania i.s becoming desperate. A\nmeeting of workmen recently decided\nto form a procession to the house of\nthe Prince Regent and to Parliament\nand claim their right to be provided\nwith work.\n\u00C2\u00BBll Citizens of the Civilized World: !\nyou, citizens of the civilized\nId, to you who enjoy political\nloin and civil rights, the Russian\niilutionary Party appeals, and by\n^is of this Proclamation explains\nactions.\nRussia, as iu other countries,\nRevolutionary Bourgeois depend\nthe working class to throw off\n[yoke of absolutism and conquer\nticul and civil rights, and after-\nds will betray the working class.\nle political fate of our mother\nptry makes us endeavor to unite\npr the standard of International\niilutionary Socialism the work-\nfclasH of Russia in an intelligent\nand for civil nnd political rights\ntil Riissiu.\nBs, Citizens, not very long ago\n\"Fighting Organization\" of our\nfty executed a bloody act of jus-\n|for which the \"Central Commit-\ntiikes all responsibility on itself\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0re the tribunal of History, and\nIre the people of all civilized mils. It was not the act of a mere\nfidunl. '\ndo Party after thorough know-\nand ripe reflection, came to\n'conclusion that the tyrannical\ncy of Minister of tho Interior Von\nIve\u00E2\u0080\u0094the real autocrat of all Rus-\n>MUST BK STOPPED in the\nway as we previously termina-\nor tried to terminate, the sway\nit her tools of the same despotic\nF.v\u00E2\u0080\u0094Von PUhve's predecessor\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nngiii; the .lack Ketch of the de-\nbless peasants, Obolensky; Bog-\n|vich, who pierced the breasts of\npful workingmen, and other ty-\ninsulters of political prisoners,\n|exiles In Siberian dungeons,\ndoing so our Party went back\nPROCLAMATION !\nFrom the Central Committee of the Russian Socialist\nRevolutionary Party\nto the trnditions of that energetic\norganization \"The People's Will\" in\nwhich more than a quarter-century\nback Karl Marx and Frederick Engels saw the vanguard of the International Socialist Revolution.\nThe execution of these political\nagents in whom was incarnated all\nthe horror and barbarity of Czarism,\ndrew out in the public press of all\ncivilized countries\u00E2\u0080\u0094notwithstanding\nthe usual conventional limitations\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nexpressions of general satisfaction.\nTherefore it is not necessary to enlarge on the political and moral significance of this act.\nVon Plehve was executed :\nI. Because twenty years ago he\nconfined in the stony cells of Sts.\nPeter, Paul and Schlesonburg fortresses, our brothers of the organization \"The People's Will\" and subjected them to such tortures that\nwere in violation of even the laws of\nthe Russian Empire, aa a result of\nwhich thev died by dozens, succumbing victims of bereavement and insanity generated by a life worse than\nis pictured in Dante's \"Inferno,\" and\na few are still dragging out a terrible existence.\n2. Because this all-powerful tyrant\nof Russia not only restored but reinforced those terrible repressive\nmeasures against the intelligent\nworking class nnd peasants; against\nall who live, who think nnd who suffer in Russia. During his two years\nas non-responsible Vizier he hung on\nthe scaffold or buried alive in the\ntombs of our ilastiles, HiilmasholT,\nl/'kkerl, Qerschung, the girl Frum-\nkina, and many, many other bravo\nchampions of Right and Freedom.\nIn Uffas, the central industrial city\nof the south, the streets ran red with\nthe blood Of hundreds and hundreds\nof workingmen, pierced by the bullets of the soldiers. He inaugurated\nin the prisons and the fortresses\nwhere our brothers were confined the\nmost hideous nnd humiliating custom\u00E2\u0080\u0094 disembowlment of prisoners-\neven going so far as breaking the\narms of prisoners across the knees\nof their jailers. At the time of the\nAgricultural Agitation in 1902, he\nordered the peasants flogged to death\nmeantime permitting the drunken\nCossacks to criminally assault the\ndefenceless wives and daughters.\n.'I. Because he wished to stop the\nspread of revolutionary ideas he bent\nall his energies in arousing aversion\nand antagonism between the various\nnationalities in the Empire, lie carried to its extremity the Russoficu-\nlion of Finland, destroying thi\ constitution of thut loyal and peaceful\ncountry. He pitilessly pursued Poles,\nArmenians mid .lews, making against\nthe last named in the cities of Kish-\niniefi and (lowell a real Bartholomew's night. Where merciless llus-\nsinn Hots, under Ihe influence of vodka (brandy) and excited by the police, inflicted the most horrible tortures on women, old men and children in a manner never dreamed of by\n\"Marquis de Sad.\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A21. Because he attempted to enlist\nin his service the international secret, police in all the civili/ed countries of Europe and endeavored to-\nsubordinate them to the worn-out\nregime of Czarism, and even davaif\nin Italy. Germany and France io lay\ntraps for Russian Revolutionists who\nhad escaped the claw of the \"Moscow Eagle.\"\n.\">. Lastly because he used alt his\nInfluence with the Czar to bring on\nthe war with Japan. Ry so doing\nhe involved our sorrowing country\nin the most uncalled-for nnd disastrous conflict iu her history. To appease the appetites of his friends, the\npirates ItresobrasolV, AlexielT & Co.,\nhe sacrificed hundreds of thousands\nof young lives and millions of roubles, which were squeezed from the\nhungry and Inhumanly over-worked\n'people.\nFor nil of these crimes against the\npeople and the Mother Country, nnd\nhiinianil.v he was sentenced and executed by the Fighting Organization\nof the Revolutionary Party, of Russia.\nNow we appeal with this proclamation to all citizens of the civilized\nworld, saying :\nOn you falls the task of spreading\nin your free countries rightful ideas\nregarding the character of the com\nbat which has arisen between absolutism and the llussian people.\nHo not believe the mean calumnies\nof~the minions of Czarism who wish\nto make it appear that wo are barbarous men and enemies to civilization because we seek to break the\nsavage clutches of despotism; because\nW0 wish to free a great people from\nthe yoke of Czarism and open to\nthem access to present civilization.\nWe Socialist Revolutionists are fighting now not. only for our own standard but for Liberal and Democratic\ndemands of all Russia.\nThough obliged to use force as a\nmeans of prosecuting our struggle,\nyet we condemn as strongly as any\nbody the \"terrorist\" tactics in a free\ncountry. But in Russia where despotism excludes ull open political action; where we know only arbitrariness; where we cannot find safety\nfrom irresponsible power autocratically seated on every step of the Bureaucratic ladder, we are forced to\nresist the violence of tyranny by the\nforce of Revolutionary Right.\nDo not forget that, besides the special actions of our \"Fighting Organization\" we put ail our strength and\nforce to propagate Ihe truths of Socialism among the working class and\npeasants, also into the repolutionary\norganization of the masses.\nAnd we hope that in this historical struggle for Freedom', Citizens of\nthe Civilized World, your hearts will\nbe on our side for I'ighteoiisness und\n.lust ice.\nSigned :\nCentral Committee of the Russian\nSocialist Revolutionary Party.\nTranslated for the Western (Marion\nby Comrade Paul Muluicoff. .1\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2i\n11\n'I\n\" 41\n\u00C2\u00ABl\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0JS\nThe Western Hon\nPublished every Saturday in the\nInterests of tlie Working Class alone\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2t tbe office of the Western Clarion,\nFlick block basement, 165 Hastings\nVancouver, B. C.\nWMCIirriOM : Sl.00 PER ANNUM\nYearly subscription cards In lots of\nB>\u00C2\u00AB or more, 76 ctnts each.\nAdvertising rates on application.\nII you receive this paper it is paid\nfar.\nAddress all commurdratloos to\nTha WESTERN CLARION\nBox 8j6,\nVancouver, B. C.\n313\nWstch the label oil your |tsper\nIf this DUfflbtr is on it, your\nsubscription expire* next issue.\nSATURDAY\nManli 18, 1*06\nHOT SHOT FOR IHE WESTERN\nCLARION.\"\nDavid H. Bynn of Ferguson, B. C,\ntook exception to an editorial which\nappeared in \"The Western Clarion\"\nand forwarded an article to that\nJournal, which was refused publication. The editorial in the \"Western\nClarion\" was a misrepresentation oi\nthe \"Manifesto\" that was issued from\nthe conference that was held in Chicago in January, und Mr. Byan sent\nthe following reply to the odltor, in\nanswer to his criticisms upon the\n\"Manifesto.\"\nSilver Camp Mine, Ferguson, B.C.,\nFeb. 6, 1&05.\nEditor \"Western Clarion.\" Vancouver, B. C;\nDear Sir,\u00E2\u0080\u00941 notice in the last issue of the \"Western Clarion\" an article knocking the proposed new national labor organisation. It is evident you have not aeeii the Manifesto leierred to, and have made\nciiliusi- based upon souie garbled\nucw\u00C2\u00BBpu|fi report, iou have quoted\nben'.eni\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2> as extracts from the \"Mau-\nUoo-o which do not appear in the\norifc \u00C2\u00BBnl a- all, and olhei extracts\nnave been so misconstrued as to lose\niltJir original meaning altogether.\nThe \"V, it, tern Clarion\" is always\nKnocking and belittling any ellort of\ntbe wciking class to improve their\npresent conditions, and especially\nwnjn such ellort is made by organized labor. 1 had hoped lo see this\nsulcida* policy luid un the shelf when\nthe paper changed management, but\n1 win disappointed. The \"Western\nClarion\" howls with joy (louder than\nthe capitalist press) whenever labor\ngets it in the.neck. You appear to\nthink that labor must be ground into\nthe dust by the iron heel of capital;\nthat we must each and all be covered by the * orious and vile slimes of\nthe gutter of degradation before we\nwill get intelligent independence enough to appreciate Socialism. A sui-\nvey of economic and industrial conditions will reveal the uttei fallacy\nof that iilea. The workers of Eastern Canada come very near the\ndepths, as a whole, and in part have\n.cached the bottom, yet socialism\nhas made slow progress there, whereas, here in British Columbia we work\nunder belter conditions and get belter wages than any place in Canada,\naad socialism is making enormous\nstrides with us The credit for this\nbelongs largely to the labor unions,\nwhich are the tthi ols of socialism,\neducating the workers in the principles of naternity, the sacredness of\nJustice and the power of organized\neffort. The Western Federation of\nMiners lead all others in spreading\nSocialism, intelligent fighting, logical, socialism, through the West, and\nwhen our president, Charles Moyer,\naad Secretary William Haywood,\nwho represent the most intelligent.\nstrongest and most progressive labor\norganization the world has ever\nknown; when they subscribe to a call\nfor a convention to organize a national labor organization, it is evidence that the organization will be\nup-to-date in every respect, and armed with all modern weapons of industrial warfare, and that all hoary\nheaded, useless traditions will be sent\nto the boneyard. To proceed to the\nOthers who have subscribed to this\n\"Manifesto,\" each and all have proved themselves honest, capable and\nprogressive, tho most advanced and\nbest writers in socialism, labor leaders (without reputations, thank\nOod). In the luce of this I would\nonly smile at your effusion, were it\nnot that 1 blush to think your\ncalumnies would be regarded by those\nwho do not know better as representative of tho Socialists of this province. 1 have heard union men, as\npood Socialists as walk curse your\npaper time and again The \"Western\nClarion\" should be a power for the\ncause, but instead of that it Is a\ndetriment. I am a Socialist and support Socialism with purse and vote.\nbut I wouldn't have your paper as a\ngift, so long us it is run on present\nlines.* Yours truly,\nDAVID S. RYAN.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094Miners' Magazine, Mar. 9.\ned by an ah\u00C2\u00BBolute lack of any argument whatever, would point to an\nextreme paucity of any thiuic uf val-\nwe in its editorial sanctum to fill up\nwith instead. The Clarion confesses\nto not publishing all such stuff as\ncomes to it. and presumes the Miners' Magazine does likewise.\nNow, to thp excitable Mr. Ryan.\nThe gentleman is seriously in error\nwhen he accuses us of \"kno.king and\nbelittling any effort of the working\nclass to improve their present conditions, and especially when such effort is made by organized labor.\"\nWe ha\e repeatedly asserted such efforts tu be laudable in the extreme,\nwhether put forth by individuals' or\norganized bodies, provided the means\nused are not such as to deprive other\nworkers of their legal rignts in the\npremises. We have repeatedly stated\nhowever, and we stale it again for\nMi. Ryan's benefit, that it is the\nhclghth of lolly tor tin- workers to attempt to better their conditions by\n\"bucking the iron law' of wages\" in\nu chronically overstocked labor market. Thai the average condition of\nlabor ha been continual!} sinking in\nspite oi tlie stubborn efforts of the\nworkers since the beginning of the\nupitulisi ays tern, to prevent it, is a\nfact so patent that il ought to be\nrecognized by Mr. Ryan, it hus already been recognized by every sane\nperson who bus taken the trouble to\nmake observations. We experience no\nfeeling of joy when labor \"gets it in\nthe neck,\" but on the contrary, one\nof profound sorrow. We have, however, little sympatihy to waste upon\nthe workers so long as they stubbornly persist in expending their efforts along u line of action that has\nalways, und must inevitably result\nin their \"getting it in the neck.\" It\nwould appeur that \"labor must be\nground into the dust by the iron heel\nof capital, before the workers will\nobtain the knowledge necessary to\npoint the way to a line of action\nthat will lead to their deliverance.\nThat finding must continue while\na master class i.s in control of the\nmeans of wealth production, and are\nthus enabled lo hold Mr. Ryan and\nhis fellow workers in economic bondage.\nThe assertion thai the workers in\nBritish Columbia get belter wages\nand work under better conditions\nthan elsewhere in failudu is a bald\none, and not borne out by the facts\nin Ihe case. By making it Mr. Ryan\nshows himself entirely uninformed as\nto the commodity nature of labor\npower, and the inexorable, though\nunwritten, economic luws that govern its exchange. As such knowledge\nforms ihe very bu.-.is of the Socialist\nmovement, in whicn Mr. ityau seems\ninterested, ii would be quite in older\nfor him lo ucijuire u modicum of it\nbefore again delivering u consignment of \"hot shot.\"\nMr. Ryan says thai Socialism is\nmaking \"enormous strides with us,\"\nami aili'ibulcs the same lo the belter conditions and wages obtained\nhere, credit for all of which he gives\nlargely lo the labor unions. Another\nbald assertion not warranted by\nfacts. We hud been leud to believe\nihul Socialism wus maning \"strides\"\nall over the capitalist world, due lo,\nand egged on, by ihe continually inert-using economic pressure brought\nio bear upon the working class, by\nan ever more complete development of\ncapitalist property. Mr. Ryan's assertion, however, clearly points out\nto iis where we w.'ie'in error.\nAs to the persons referred to by\nMr. Ryan, we have nothing to oiler.\nPresumably they ure us well-intentioned as Mr, Ryan himself. If it\ncomforts loin to pour out a little\nflattery upon them it is nut for us to\nobject. Me would not do it for the\nworld if we thought, by so-doing we\nmight detract from Mr. Ryan's pleasure in pouring il. We are quite firm\nin our belief that in the last analysis\nevery one gets whnt is coming to\nhim. As our portion seems to be\n\"hot shot\" we ure eminently satisfied especially if it be no hotter than\nthat which Mr. Ryan hus already\nTgg WgOTTOC CLABIOW, TMWOPTl^ \u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2-rs-r^tsSirTs:\nflATTTRBAY m\n**arCfc 1*\nCLINCHING THE POINT.\nLadysmith, March 13.\u00E2\u0080\u0094(Special.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nRumors that have been floating about in the Inst few days came to a\nhead on Saturday afternoon when all\nthp miner* working in the Extension\ncoal mines, owned by James Dunsmuir. received instructions that their\nservices were no loneer required, and\nwere ordered to take their tools out\nf the working's.\nOnly a couple of months ago the\nmen were told that hrlehter times\nwere in store, that the large contracts that had been made in San\nFrancisco for Australian coal when\nthe Ladysmith strike was in force\nsomewhat over a year ago, would\nspeedily expire, and that larger shipments than ever would be made from\nExtension once more. Now consternation reigns among the men and the\nbusiness firms as to what will be the\nresult of the present change of affairs. It is understood, however,\nthat the company now intends to\nwork one shift instead of two, and\nthat the services of some 200 or 300\nof the 1000 miners hitherto employed\nwill bo dispensed witli. The real reason, therefore, of the order is to enable the company to employ the men\nit wishes, as all will now have to ap-\npl.v again for work tie novo. As a\nmatter of fact, one shift under the\nnew management will dig as much\ncoal as the two shifts have been doing, and at less expense, as some of\nthe men as indicated, can be dispensed with.\nFor some months previous to the\nmiddle of December the mines were\nnot working full time; two or three\ndays a week the men were idle when\nthe ljunkers were full and no vessels\nwere arriving to load.\nUnderneath the order, those who\nare in a position to closely watch\nthe progress of affairs assert that\nMr. Dunsmuir has in view the weeding out of men who are considered\nundesirable. ladysmith, as is well\nknown, has a large number of Socialists among its population, and it\nis believed to be the plan of the management that by making all the miners apply for work anew, the Socialist, element will be dropped from the\npayroll and practically forced to\nleave the town, as there will be no\nwork for its members.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Daily press.\nHEAVY TASK\u00E2\u0080\u0094 CHEERFUL\nWORKER.\nJust where the Miners' Magazine\ngot its information as to our refusal\nto publish this extremely lucid production of the excitable Mr. Ryan,\nwe do not know. That such productions will pour in to the office of any\nJournal that prods the \"hoary-headed useless traditions,\" referred to by\nMr. Ryan, goes without, saying. That\nany sano sheet would find room for\nsuch productions, containing as this\none does, merely a string of bald\nassertions devoid of truth, and murk-\nshot.\nMr. Ryan might as well save his\nblushes because of our calumnies, as\nwe ure entirely unconscious of having\nuttered any. We would not feel it\nour duty to blush for him should he\neven make un ass of himself which we\nhope he will never do. Those union\nmen up around Ferguson who indulge\nin cursing should remember that\n\"curses, like chickens, come home to\nroost,\" Before we indulge in such\npastime we first make sure that we\nknow what we are cursing about.\nWo are extremely sorry, that Mr.\nRyan's \"hot shot\" us it appeared in\nIhe Miners' Magazine, was not an exact fac-simile of that sent to this office. In that, sheet he says, \" 1 am\na Socialist and support Socialism\nwith purse and vote,\" etc. In tho\n\"shot\" sent to this office, and which\nis still on file in the curio department, he says: \"I am u Socialist.\nI dug up a five-spot for Baker's campaign,\" etc. In establishing the con-\nsnnguinenl cash nexus betwixt himself\nand the Socialist movement it were\nwell to give some idea of the size of\nit, so that its binding strength\nmight be gauged with a fair degree\nof accuracy, Therefore the diagram\nsent In to this olllce is of greater\nvultle than that published by our\nDenver exchange.\nMr. Ryan is absolutely correct in\nsaying: \"I wouldn't, have your paper\nas a gift.\" The price of the Wes-\nern Clation is one dollar per year,\npayable In advance. The keen observation of the gentleman evidently disclosed the fact that it is not a\ngift enterprise. \"Hot Shot?\" well,\nwe should say, Yes.\nThe contention of the Socialist that\nownership of the means of wealth\nproduction necessarily carries with it\ncomplete control of the laborers even\nto the extent of depriving them of\nlife, receives striking confirmation in\nthe above news item. \"tyou take\nmy life if you do take the means\nwhereby 1 live,\" as Shylock said. In\nthe ladysmith case Dunsmuir virtually takes, or attempts to take, the\nlives of those among the workers\nwho do not coincide with this precious personage in his political views\nThe only way those discriminated\nagainst by Dunsmuir, or those dependent upon them, may escape with\ntheir lives is by the fortunate circumstances of finding some other\nmember of his delectable capitalist\ntribe who may be of less discriminating taste as to matters of opinion,\nor ignorant of their offending against\nthe Dunsmuir tyranny.\nOf all the ferocious creations that\nhave infested the earth, none can\ndiscount capital in point of ferocity.\nConscienceless and unscrupulous in\nits mad quest for profit, it strips its\nowners and votaries of all human\nsemblance or attribute, and exposes\nthem as the living personification of\neverything that i.s ghoulish, cruel,\nlow, mean, vile and contemptible.\nThe action of a capitalist as such, is\nnot the action of a man. A man\ncan be nothing less than a being\nwith humane instincts and attributes\nand as such could not exercise power\nto crush his fellows though such\npower should lie within his reach.\nThat Dunsmuir i.s a superior grade\nof capitalist none need question. An\nignorant clown, by the accident of\nbirth placed in the position of\nmotithpiece to capitalist property,\nthe very grossness of his ignorance\nrenders him particularly insensate to\nanything other than the interests of\nthe capital whose instrument he is.\nin the magnitude of his luck of all\nqualities of manhood lies his superior qualification to voice the interests\nof capital, that creation that fattens\nupon the life blood of labor by mercilessly wringing profit from its unpaid toil.\nIf there be a workingman either at\nLadysmith or elsewhere who is still\nin doubt as to tho truth of the Socialist contention thut the capitalist\nis utterly useless except to make\ntrouble for the workers, a few more\nlessons by Dunsmuir should convince\nthem by clinching the point.\nLet the workers be not dismayed\nbecause of these contemptible persecutions at the hands of Dunsmuir's\nilk. Those thut have already occurred are petty in compared with what\nis to come. That more and worse\nis to follow cannot be doubted by he\nwho understands the nature of the\nbeast of capitalist property.\nMay each added persecution stir\nthe workers to increased activity in\ngetting ready to kick tho beast into\noblivion. The Dunsmuir's will then\ncome down with a dull thud, and if\nthey ever get up again it will be as\nmen and not as vulgar mouthpieces\nof tyrannical capital, and public nuisances.\n o\t\nTho recent hasty departure of Mr.\nSergius from Moscow was attended\nby the destruction of a very fine\ncarriage This destruction of useful\nthings should be discouraged.\nMany a man finds it no easy task\nto provide an ordinary sized family\nwith bread and butter. Not a few\ncomplain loudly because of the difficulties they encounter in this respect.\nAs the average family consists of not\nmore than five persons who are dependent upon the family head for\ntheir bread and butter, the task of\nproviding it is a signed one compared to that of Senator William A.\nClark, of Montana.\nBeing questioned ns to why he\nworked so hard, he is quoted as saying among other things, that \"thousands of men and women were depending upon his energies for their\nbread and butter.\" In the light of\nthis, he who would complain at the\ntask of supporting an ordinary sized\nfamily should hang his head in\nshame. And yet the story is not half\ntold; Clark is reputed to lie worth\nseveral hundred millions of dollars\nwhich he has presumably been able to\nsave over and above the keep of the\nthousands \"dependent upon his energies \" And yet the Senator does not\ncomplain. In referring to the numerous enterprises \"he\" carries on. and\nout of which he meets these necessarily large \"bread and butter\" bills,\nhe says: \"These affairs are part of\nmy life work.\" Just what the other\npart may be is not stated, but this\nis the particular part which ho most\nenjoys. He who has only a petty\nhalf-do^on, or dozen, or even two or\nthree dozen dependents, nnd makes\ncomplaint of the difficulty of the task\nof providing them with \"bread and\nbutter.\" should be treated with a\nwell-merited contempt.\nSeems to us that we have heard of\nClork\"s penchant for hard work before Did he not cheerfully expend no\ninconsiderable energy in acquiring his\nseat in the United States Senate?\n o\t\nCLASS STRUGGLE.\n(Karl Kautsky.)\nThe Socialists, prior to Marx and\nEngels, had no conception of the\nclass struggle. This struggle was naturally a political one. Its aim was\nthe attainment of political power to\nbe used in the interest of the laboring class. The Socialists of that\ntime, disgusted with the actions of\nall old parties, refused to place their\nUtopia into the struggle of the laboring class in opposition to the old\nsociety, and sought rather to bring\nit in behind the shoulders of that society and outside the sphere of its\ncorrupt influence. They advocated\nabstinence from all political action,\naud every class struggle, in order,\nthrough isolated \"Propaganda of the\nDeed,\" by certain advanced individuals, to convince the mass of the\npeople of the necessity and utility\nof socialism. These socialists were\nvery peaceable people, who saw only\nmisfortune in the necessary conflict\nbetween the laboring class and eap-\nitalists and not a lover of historical\nadvance. They hoped to avoid this\nantagonism by educating the capitalist class concerning its true interests. As a means to this end their\n^'Propaganda of the Deed\" was very\nharmless, consisting for the most\npart in the founding of productive\nassociations, socialist colonies and\nthe like.\n,\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 The great achievement of Marx and\nEngels lay in their bridging over the\nchasm between tho theoretical socialism and the practical, political labor\nmovement. They sought to utilize\nevery power of the struggling proletariat to bring in the new society.\nIn place of the exertions of individuals they substituted tho power of\nthe whole laboring class; for the\ngood will of \"friends of humanity\"\nthey substituted natural necessity,\nwhich forced the laboring class on\npain of destruction to oppose the\ncapitalist oppression. Opposed to\nindividual efforts on a small scale\nthey maintained that the new form\nof industry could only be secured\nthrough the common united efforts\nof the class-conscious proletariat, of\nall lands They pointed out that the\nnew manner of production could not\narise from individual autonomous associations, colonies or communities,\nbut could only come through the\nappropriation of the means of production nnd the systematic organization of labor in the united nations\nof present capitalistic civilization.\nThey gave expression to this opinion in the Communist Manifesto,\nwhich also formed the foundation of\nthe \"Internntlonnl.\"\nThe time for the old unpolitical so-\nsialism appeared past. Labor parties\nwere everywhere adopting socialist\nand political programs. The year\n1S18 had destroyed, for all thinking\nlaborers, the illusion that only a\nmisunderstanding existed between\nthem nnd the bourgeoisie. The class\nstniercie sprang up all along the line\nIn Europe. There was no longer any\nplace for peaceful, unpolitical socialism. The question of po.ltlcal action\nfor the laboring class was no longer\na question of doctrine, but a question of life and death.\nBut the unpolitical socialism continued to appear, especially in economically backward lands, where the\nlaborers had lust begun to move, or\nin those where the little bourgeois\nclement still predominated, as in\nParis, or in countries where the laboring class were politically helpless, as in Belgium, or, finally, in\nthose lands where there could bo no\nquestion of a class struggle of the\nlaboring class, as in Russia.\nRut this new unpolitical socialism\ncould no longer he peaceable. The\nclass strugirle had become too well\nknown among the laboring class.\nFor the \"Propaganda of the Deed\"\nof individuals through colonies and\nassociations this new unpolitical socialism substituted the \"Propaganda\nof'the reed\" of individuals through\nconspiracy and force. The mnn who\napplied the old unpolitical socialism\nof I'roudhon In this manner to the\nexisting industrial conflict, and so\ncreated modern anarchism, was Ba-\nkunin.\nEvery Local of the Socialist\nParty of Canada should run a c\r I\nunder this head. $1.00 per month.\nSecretaries please note.\ns\nOCIAUST PARTY OF CANADA.\nHeadquarters, Vancouver, B. C.\nDominion Executive Committee,\nA. R. Stebbings, John E. Dubberley,\nW. H. Flowers, C. Peters, Alf. Leah;\nA. J, Wilkinson, treasurer; R. P\nPettipiece, secretary, 25 Tenth ave.,\nVancouver, B, C.\n4psw*lvfry Labor Union In the nron i\nvited to place a card under thm heart , '' 't I\nmonth. Secretaries pleaae uou ' '\u00C2\u00B0\u00C2\u00B0 Pt>\nGreenwood\nW. F. M. Meet a cv,M $\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.,\u00E2\u0080\u009E:;'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2}\nevening in Union hall. J \"k R.urd*>\npresident; Ernest Mill., 'e,r., '\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 3,rl-retary.\nMiners' Union, No^l\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Satur/,1\nRitch,!\ntreasurer.\nL\nOCAL VANCOUVER, No. 1, S. P.\nof B. C. Business meetings every\nWednesday evening in the headquarters, Ingleside block (room 1,\nsecond floor), 313 Cambie street.\nEducational meetings every Sunday\nevening nt 8 o'clock in the Le Petite\ntheatre, Cordova street. D. P.\nMills, secretary, box 836, Vancouver,\nB. C.\nPhoenix Trades and Labor fvT~~\"\nMeets every alternate fe*1\nJohn Riordan, president- 'r.\| y\nBrown, vice-president; '(-> m ,\"'\ncasse sergeant-at-arms; \y 'fi n '\nbury, secrTtary-treastirer !> c\ ,,\"'\n198, Phoenix, B, C. ' 'Lf\"\nPhoenix Miners'\nW. P. M. Meet.\nUnion, N0\n.'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0very Sai\nevening at 7.30 o'clock in M\nWm. Harnett, president; l\u00E2\u0080\u009E\nhall\nRiornan.\nMl,}\n'iiftiT\nsecretary.\nNanaimo .Winers' Union, Nc\nC. PETERS\nPractical Boot\nand Shoe Makar\nHand-Made Hoots anil Shot s to order in\nall styles. KepniriiiK promptly and neatly 'low,-. Stock of staple reaily made\nShoes always on haud.\n2496 WtttolMttr Ave Mont Plenut.\nr- i, \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 '77, Wl\nF. M meets every third -Saturd\"'\nfrom July 2. Alfred Andrew, ,\u00E2\u0080\u009EJ\nidem; Jonathan l.hcrwooil. |-,,[\nBox jjy, Xnuaiiiio, B. C., rcciirj\ning secretary. \"\nJ. KllWARD KIKII. A. 0. IlKVMlN-Jii K\nItEO. K. McCiioisiuh.\nBIRO, 8RYO0N-JAGK A McCROSSAN\nBARKIBTKR8, SOLICITOUS, ETC.\nRilhvny Blink Tel. 8\u00C2\u00BB. P.O. Sox (132.\n384 Hnt.tfli Street - Vncomr, B. C\nCORRESPONDENCE.\nThe International Brotherhood J\nElectrical Workers.-Local No J\nMeets second and fourth Thiiril\nflays at !. B. E. W. Hall, Room I\nIngleside Block. President\nDillabotigh; recording secrcUtl\nGeo. P. Parr; financial secretary ,{\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nH. Sellar. Address all conimunnF\ntions to the ball, A|l soiournml\nbrethren cordially invited.\nWAVI'KH.\nAMI\nEditor Western Clarion:\nDear Sir;\u00E2\u0080\u0094Please publish the following in your valuable paper after\ninvestigating whether correct or not:\nIn Census bulletin Liu, page 3, we\nfind that the Manufacturing establishments of the United .states made\na profit in the year 1000 to the\namount of $1,918,000,000.\nExample 31,918,000,000 divided by\n80,000,000 (the population of U. S.)\nequals $'2ii.97i per capita (man, woman and child, whether a producer\nor not).\nQuestion\u00E2\u0080\u0094Who are the confiscutors?\nThis does not include the $404,-\n000,700 paid the olllcers who receive\nthis snlary over and above the afore-\nStated prolit. Nor does it in hide\nthe $800,000,000 made by transportation companies, nor the billions\nmade in the manipulation of stock,\nwheat, cotton, or any other commodity which is often forced up to\ntwice its '\"'aliie and then sold out\nand left on the hands of those who\ncan ill afford it. Oram! system this.\nYours truly,\nAbel Hallberg.\nP.S.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Pleave give other papers authority to copy.\u00E2\u0080\u0094A, IL\n o\t\nThe Idaho Legislature slaughtered\nan eight-hour bill recently upon the\ngrounds that the miners were opposed to a shorter work day. Sounds\npeculiarly like some of the talk indulged in by the capitalist politicians at Victoria last, week while similar bills were under discussion.\n. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 -\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u0094 1 \u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n Visit\t\nThe Vancouver Chop Home\n3(1 Water St. (Basement)\nFor the Best and Cheapest Meals in\nthe City. One visit assures us your trade.\nMeals 15c. and up. Tickets $3. X).\nCHARLEY NEP, Prop.\nOpen Day nnd Night.\nLAWKS ami <:i:nili;mi.n i\u00E2\u0080\u009E ,\nand adjoining territories to re|,ri\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB\nund advertise the Wholesale and i-,i\u00E2\u0080\u009E,\ntioiinl liupnitmeiitii of nn old eStabllll\nhouse ni solid financial standing. s\u00C2\u00BB\nry 8M..VI per day, with \u00E2\u0080\u00A2zpenMS ,\nvanred inch Monday hy check din\nfrom hfndquarteie. Horse and bu\u00C2\u00AB\nfurnished when necessary; position\nnancnt. Address, lilew Uros. &\nDept, Ii. Motion Itldjr.. Chicago, III\nKSTAlll.rsHHI) 1894\nThe VOICE I\nThe Oldest I aber Piper ia cjnidi\nrti\u00C2\u00AB.vs a fearlesss exponent in the |\ncatiie of labor.\nFor one dollar the paper will le\n\u00C2\u00AB'iil to tili\ udilrcs lor i,nc- ytar.\nWorkingBieiiofall countries will\n* on recognize uVc fact that thetl\nmust ippoit ami read tlu-ir labor J\npipers.\nIssued every Friday.\nTlie Vote Publishinf Co., Liniilid |\nWINNIPEG, MAN.\n-THE-\nMiners Magazine\nPublished Weekly by the\nWestern FederatiH 01 Miners\nA Vigorous Advocate of Labor!|\nCause.\nClcnr-Cut and Aggressive.\nPer Year $1.00. Six Months,\nAddress:\nM1XEU.S' MAGAZINE.\nDenver, Colorado.\nI\nN the selection of the Tobutf\nthat we use in our Cigars wc\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2rcise the greatest care, onil\nbuying the very best Tob8fl|\nthat is grown. Our\nKurtzs Own\nKurtz's Pioneers\nSpanish Blossoms\nAre.made of the ypry best clear H\u00C2\u00BB*\"\"|\nna Killers und Sumatra Wrappaji\nand are made by expert Union \u00C2\u00BB<\"'f\nmen.\nUnited Hatters of North America\nWhen you are buying a FUU HAT see to It \"*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nthe Genuine Union Label ja Hewed In lt. If u rd'n1\"!\nha* loose lahela In his iiosseanion and oiler.-. tu\none in a hat for you, do not patronize him. I'0\"*!\nlabels In retail stores are counterfeits. The K\u00C2\u00ABi>ul\"j\nUnion Label la perforated on four edges, exactly \"|\nsame as a pontage It amp, Counterfeits are no\"\"!\ntimes perforated on thri>e edges, and some Ui\"M \"|J'\non two. John B. Stetson Vo, of Philadelphia I\" 1\nnon-union concern.\nJOHN A. MOPFITT, I'resldont, Orange, N. .1\nMAKTIN I.AWLOH, Secretary, ll Waverlv l'l\"'l\nNow York.\nOCIAI.I8M la inevitable. That means our economic and n\u00C2\u00BB\"'\ndevelopment will some dny make it clear even to the dnllest ml\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\nthat a eolation of our industrial problems is possible only bj J*.\ndn;J?in., co-operation. Bnt are we to look on passively and wol\nuntil the mind more dull and dense than onr own, has nt 1MJ\nreasoned it out all by itself? Certainly not. We want to get there\nsooner. And we will get there in the near future lf we set to wort\nand educate the man who Is still groping in the dark. We know\nthings will make him see the light some dny, but we want h \u00C2\u00BB\nI? \"\".I* now> Therefore our Incessant propaganda and nK'\"'\ntion. To do good work you need good tools. Select your prop\"\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2I* materlul carefully and you will see results. Two boo\"\nu.^___m. well tried as means of Socialist propus-anda nre . ...\nMODERN SOCIALISM.SthEJition; lSVPkgea; Paper25e,Cloth 75c\nPRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC^SpCIALlSM. 4%0Effnoi>\n^J!7l\u00C2\u00AB&\u00C2\u00A3J *l5e R\"V. C.MJL8, H* V\"V' Tn'y lm\u00C2\u00AB maa^Xouffnd. of Sm^li|\u00C2\u00AB\n&l\u00E2\u0084\u00A2r\"*\u00C2\u00ABJ\u00C2\u00BB**\u00C2\u00BBd convincing presentation of the principles of Socialism. Tohh''\"-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0olders of the Comrade Co-opcrntive Co. they are sold at n discount of 40 per cent\n ....... ... ss.oo share In00,'\na\u00E2\u0080\u0094 _ a s._\u00C2\u00BBsi Z \" A\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *\u00C2\u00BBe*J U'V nwtu iu II IIIHHIUl\nf-\u00E2\u0080\u009E n^5iE2?6'ltti,W \"\u00C2\u00ABg\u00C2\u00BB\"'e br monthly payments of SO cents n .\nmSa Sfl J ! 1?'],,h!?g Jlon,c Sn\u00E2\u0084\u00A2 t**\u00C2\u00AB,\">'T enjoy special rates for \"The Com\nand other Soelnlist l.lteratiire. fion't stand nloofT H tch your wagon to the\nCOMRADE CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY, 11 Cooper Square, New Vo'*\nrait\" 3AY\n\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB r\" 0\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0Marefcl*. IMS\nTHE 33SSSJB3 ^^MON, VAKCOTJ-yiR, B. 0.\nThe Economics of Labor\nA Lecture Delivered by H. QUELCH.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00C2\u00BB.\nj,re can be no mo.e important\nthan that of economics, and\nuieinbers of this institution are\ncongratulated upon having\ned a club for the consideration\na subject, 1 am not here to\nus an authority on this sublet' to lay down any dogmas.\nlis an age of inquiry, and there\n' reason why autnority, which is\n.so sharply questioned iu other\n[ins of thought, should hold un-\nted sway in tho field of econo-\nVet people who have no hesi-\nli In calling into question Moses\nlint I'rophets, seem to feel a\nof honor if any one dares ts\nl.ss scepticism in reference to any\nle orthodox theories of political\nliny. Important as is a know-\nof economic;., especially to\njing men, there is no branch of\nfledge of which most people are\nignorant. Political Kconomy\nbeen described as the \"dismal\n\" and it is perhaps, for this\nbecaii.se they find it so dull\nilismal, that so many, even coin-\nlively fairly educated people, are\njtiuinted with its merest rudi-\ntthy it is called the dismal\n(e 1 do not know, unless it is\nit bus been used to attempt to\ny what is most unjust and bru-\n1 human society.\ns here that the orthodox econ-\nhas forgotten his vocation. An\n(mist, us such, is neither an ap-\nit nor an advocate, he is simp-\nanalyist and political econo-\nJproperly understood, because it\nlins the action of laws which\nIce much that is harsh and\niful, is no more a dismal science\nnit reason than is chemistry a\nsi science because it affords\nvledge of the composition of\ns. Unfortunately the orthodox\nal economist has not recognis-\ns. Generally he has approached\nUbjeot with a bias in favor of\nknirgeois capitalist system. To\n\u00C2\u00BBw- is the only natural and\nfous system, and he has taken\nhimself to justify it instead of\nanalysing it. To him this is\nest of possible systems in the\nJ of possible worlds. Political\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ny therefore has been made to\n[with this view, and almost ex-\nfcly been presented from a\nc-claus standpoint. It is for us\nJyening to consider the subject\n|u working-class point of view,\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0* economics of labor.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0result of the false position as-\nI by ordinary economists is that\nid as you pursue the study of\nB.iect that you have to unlearn\nBCt as fast as you learn. In\nporing to \"squure the circle\"\nlass economists have promul-\nmany fallacies and contra\n.;..>' hah) becu y. wiijuiguieu in complete disregard oi the operation of\nlaws necessarily ui loiug uom existing cvuuu.mc conuiiious. jfiouaoly\nuns is one icasou \u00C2\u00BBny political nie-\nonoiuy is ctuicu tlie uismal science,\nUtiuuse tt luu&iia lo scoiu uie weli-\niiiLciUioiicu elioi is oi lae piiilaniiiio-\npisL uini Llie leioimci\u00E2\u0080\u0094oecause Uu\nittu.- are uuuiiectod oy u.ny muiu moral i.mi seiuiiueuiai consideration.\nIU; are una evening, tneu, to consider iim couuiuons uuuer wincn\nweaith is pioduceu today. vVe are\nnot, therefore, primarily concerned in\nI coiiucuiiiiK, excusing, or justify ing\nI ittoati conditions, Uui simpiy examining ihei...\nxt is lust of all necessury to cleuil>\nuiiUi.csli.iiu tne lenns we use. ihe\nleiui \"wealin,'' generally speaking,\nincludes all the material tilings\nwinch minister to human wauu,\nwnu n increase our comlort and hap-\npihe.is. J'-ivury mule-rial thing that is\nuseiui, desirable, und enjoyuole is in-\nciuueu in tins lerin. 'io many people\nunu, i tinuk, one might say, the\ngreat majority ol our class, the term\nwealth aiguilles only money; wealth\nand money and capital are regarued\nas convertible terms. This is a mis-\nso\ni ln\u00C2\u00AB i 11 i iii.ii'e duiigei'ous to\nany authority without strict\nin this province of\nin almost any\nion\nthan\nmistake ....... econ\nto have fallen appears to me to\ne assumption that the present\ninic conditions are natural con-\nis, and that the laws arising\nIf. or producing, these condi-\nire as far removed from the\nnee of human action as the laws\n1 govern the movements of the\nnly bodies. Now it seems to me\none of the chief points of im-\ne fo the study of economics\nthe fact thnt although many\nlaws arising out of existing\nlions are inseparable from those\n|tions. and are inexorable in\noperation so long as their\nremains unchanged, yet. these\nit ions themselves are largely\niced by mankind, and are sus-\n(ile of very considerable modifi-\nnnd rhnnire a' our hands,\ngiven rerfnin conditions, the\nInrisintr therefrom are absolutely\nable nnd inexorable, It is not\nisible to so change those rondi-\nas to brine- into operation a\ndifferent set of laws.\n(tud.v of economics is specially\ntnnt, further, because the econ-\nconditions, that is to say, the\nlions under which wealth Is prn-\nI and distributed nre the base\nlr social life and govern all the\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 conditions and relations of so-\ni The political, the religious,\nnornl life of the community are\nkmiinatorl by the economic\u00E2\u0080\u0094the\npal\u00E2\u0080\u0094conditions, T'pon this ma-\nhnsls of life everything else\nof necessity depend, wherefrom\nfulfs that economic dependence\nides social, political, or rellg-\nfreoilom. \"Tip who owns the\nwhereby T live owns my WW,\nnrnphrn^e Shakes\" .'are. Where\nl\u00C2\u00AB not eronomlr freedom, poll-\nllhertv is n mere sham and a\nfirm. Tt mnv not be Impossible\nuro <\u00C2\u00BBponn\u00C2\u00BBv>ie llh^rtv t>v the ex-\n1 of the mer> shndow of rwllt'cnl\nwhich lo possible; In a Mote of\nbrnle drnendetirp, hut Is Is rer-\n|lhnt this shadow of political\nhns freniiently effected nothing\n9p direction of economic liberty,\nIt Is ertnn'ly certain that men\nnever Ion? possessed economic\nom without effectually freeing\n'Ives from all political, social,\nbligious disabilities. To the Ig-\npg of this (as one would ima-\nself-evident fact, that all phas-\nsoclal life are based upon the\nIrlal conditions, so many schemes\n>cial reform owe thoir failure;\nthrough n \u00C2\u00ABnnt of proper know-\n' of thope conditions, and the\narising therefrom, so many sn-\nIreformers hive come to grief. 1\not lielieve that'nnv body of men\nthp right, to claim a monopoly\nhnpathy with human suffering or\n'exclusive pcssesslon of a desire\nitnedy exiting evils. There are\n(less ninnv \"ood men outside the\nof Social- Democrats, who with\nlity and honesty of purpose, try\nrmovp some of the wrongs they\n(irnund them. Their attempts are\nonly generally failures, but often\nlutely inischiovous.sknply because\n .u a mis-\nlakc, and is due to a contusion of\nideas arising out of the complexity\nof our social life. Wealth includes\nmoney and capital, but all wealth is\nnot either money or capital. All\ncapital is wealth, but money is sometimes only a symbol or token of\nwealth, and not really wealth at all.\nA man may be very wealthy and yet\nhave no money, aud he may possess\na great deal of money in the shape\nof mere symbols of weaith and be\nut the same time poor indeed. Nor\nis wealth always the same. An article must be possessed of utility in\norder to be wealth, lt will thus be\nseen that the very nature of wealth\nvery largely depends upon circumstances. A ton of coal is wealth iu\nthese northern climes, but ia Terra\ndel Fucga it would be esteemed of\nlittle worth. With change of climate\nand taste and custom certain forms\nof wealth cease to be wealth, that\nis, they cease to bo useful, while\nother lorms of wealth aro developed.\nCupital, say political .economists, is\nthat portion of wealth which is devoted to the production of more\nwealth, that is. wealth set aside for\nreproductive purposes. When I say\nthat it is sometimes sought to include in the term capital not only\nthe grain used for seed und the fodder lor cattle, but also .the food and\nclothing of tbe laborers, you will, 1\nthink, agree that the definition is not\nSufficiently definite. For tha:;, as well\nas others reasons, 1 submit Uiat tbe\nproper definition of the term capital\nis: Wealth used for the production of\nprofit. This Is by n. .\nW. C. Brown, vice president. New\nYork Central and Lake Shore and\nMichigan Southern railway,\n^ Out Victoria Advertisers ~\nTatronize Them and Tell Them Why.\nHAROLD BURNETT, News Agt.\nVictoria General Agent for The\nsfc.Lni.K Tl.MKs\nPOIC CLANK nllKOOMAN\nSA:\. Ht.-\ cisi.o I'lUM.Ml I.IC\nSAX .KKANUSt'O KXaMINJiK\nLOU t NHKLK8 KXAitlNEK\nUOfa A Mihl.KS TIMES\nCHIJOA t,0 I'.XA.MiMU: an l) AMERICAN\nl'K>\u00C2\u00BBNS VI.VAMA OKI I\nP. 0. Bex 4 44\nVICTORIA. B. C.\nSCOTT & PEDEN\n3. -M(l7 STORE STREET\nIrapoi\", eis rod DsiUtfTB in\nFLOUft, FEl'O KAY AMD GRAIN\nHams, 8acon, & utter, Eggs, Vegetables\nlelephone 2Ut* VICTORIA, B. C.\nMail Orders lYt tnptlv Attended To.\n__ - _>n- . TV ~ \u00E2\u0080\u0094 .\ncorn him. Its real function is to r,Pl\u00C2\u00ABs wd prog^m of the internation\nbreed, to fructify, to produce profit. \u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00BB\" \u00C2\u00AB-\u00C2\u00BB \u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nWhether it is used for the production\nof things good and useful, or of\nothers which are mischievous and\nharmful, is of absolutely no concern\nto him as \"capitalist.\" lt may be\nshoddy clothing, bosh, butter, leaden\nbayonets, or big guns, that he is engaged in putting on tlie market, but\nthe utility or the reverse of these\nthings does not concern him in the\nleast, so long as by producing them\nhe makes for himself. ,a profit.\nWhen a man invests a thousand\npounds in a commercial undertaking\nne does so in the hojie or expectation\nthat nt the end of a yeax his thousand pounds will harve increased\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nwill have grown. If at the end of the\nyear there was still only his thousand pounds ho would be dissatisfied\nand disappointed. He would feel tbat\nit had failed to fulfil its mission, that\nbe might as well have kept it in his\nstrong box. at homo. His only object in investing it was .to got a profit. Now I want you to understand\nthat, just hero wc are not concerned\nwith the approval or condemnation\nof this; we are stimply engaged in analysing existing facts, and what we\nmust all recognize as a fact is that\nthe investment of capital is dictated\nby no desire t*o satisfy hynm.ii needs;\nto, in the words of a pushing advertiser, \"meet a long-felt want,\" bat\nonly to make a personal! profit for\nthe investor, and that the true function or capital, therefore, is not the\nproduction of wealth, but the production of profit\u00E2\u0080\u0094a very different matter. This function to grow\u00E2\u0080\u009E to breed,\nto increase, has gained for capital an\nexaggerates! Importance in the eyes\nof bougeais economists, srho have\ncome by long contemplation of this\nwondrous creative power which appears to bolong to their oVity. to regard capital as a sacred thisig\u00E2\u0080\u0094but\nwithal a timid. They g-peak of it\nwith lowly reverence, ami with bated;\nbreath they caution working-men to\nbe law.abiding and moderute in their\ndemands, lest they fright tin from our\nmidst this timid, holy dove, capital,\nwhich is sometimes dest'iibcd by\ncourser but not less ardent worshippers ns the goose thut lays the golden eggs. To them capital is .everything and labor nothing,. Labor, in\ntheir view, is kept alfvei by capital.\nIt may seem a small matter, but the\norder in which they pllace tlie ele-i\nments of production shows thiolr relative importance in their eyes. There\nare, they say, three- eleim \u00C2\u00ABts of pro-\nLabor journals of Europe are predicting disastrous outbreaks among\nthe laboring classes because of the\nsize of the army of unemployed which\nis found in every city.\nA novel suggestion is made in London that the unemployed should be\nplaced on all the juries, as there is\na fee of 50 cents for each day's service.\nWhat, a delightful vista of possibility is thus opened up to the vision of\nthe messenger boy if he only jumps\nlively. Of course, what has been done\ncan be done again. The fact that the\nshining examples thus held up for inspection grew up, as it were, with\ncapitalist industries, from their infancy, has nothing to do with it. if\nthe messenger boy will only jump\nlively as these worthies did there is\na fat job as railway president or library peddler, easily within his\nreach.\nLet every messenger boy get /(i\nmove on and \"make good,\" so that\nin that rosy future, when he will be\ndrawing down his salary of say fifty\nthousand per year, he may not be\nhaunted by the consciousness of bav-\ning been disloyal to his employer by\ndrugging his feet in the days of his\nyouth.\nAll Tlie Working Men\nBuy Their\nCLOTHING\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094AT\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nThe Belfast Store\n24.1-24.-J CARRAI.l. STREET.\nL. Richmond\n37 Hastings Street, East.\n\ext Door to Mason's.\nPLATFORM OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA\nWe, the Socialist Party of Canada\nin convent! m a rembled, affirm ou\nallegiance to and support of the pn.\nciples and prog; am of the inter\nal revolutionary working class.\nLabor produces all wealth, and to\nlabor it should *u>tly belong.. To tne\nof government\u00E2\u0080\u0094the capitalist to hold\nthe worker to secure it by politica'\naction. This is the class struggle.\nTherefore, we call upon all workers\nto organize under the banner of the\nSocialist Party of Canada with the object of conquering the public powers\n_ _ __, _\u00E2\u0080\u009E0 .___ , jW\u00E2\u0080\u009E, \u00E2\u0080\u009E. <-u.iMuciiug mc puoiic powen\nowners of the means of wealth pro- ifor the purpose of setting up and en\ndttction belongs the product of labor\nThe present ecv.ur mic system is based\nupon capitalist ownership of the\nmeans of wealth production; therefore\nall the products of labor belong to\nthe Capitalist class. The capitalist is\nmaster; the worker is slave.\nSo long as the capitalists remain in\npossession of the reins of government\nall the powers of the .state will be\nused to protect and defend their property rights in the means of wealth\nproduction and their control of the\nproduct of labor.\nThe capitalist system gives to the\ncapitalist an ever-swelling stream of\nprofits, and to the worker an evcr-\nincreasing measure of misery and degradation.\nThe interest of the working class\nlies in the direction of setting itself\nfree from capitalist exploitation by the\nabolition of the wage system. To accomplish this necessitates the transformation of capitalist property in\n[the means of wealth production into\ncollective or working-class property.\nThe irrepressible conflict of interests between the capitalist and the\nworker is rapidly culminating in a\nstruggle for possession of the powei\nforcing the economic, program, of\nthe working class, as follows:\ni. The transformation, as rapidly\nas possible, 11 capitalist property in\nthe means of weaith production (natural resources, factories, mills, railways, etc.,) into the collective property of the working class.\na. Thorough and democratic organization and management of industry by the workers.\n3. The establishment, as speedily\na> possible, of production for use instead of production for profit.\nThe Socialist party, when in office,\nshall always and everywhere until the\npresent system is abolished, make the\nanswer to this question its guiding\ntule of conduct:. Will this legislation\nadvance the interests ef the working\nclass and aid the workers in their class\nstruggle against capitalism? If it will\nthe Socialist Party is for it; if it will\nnot, the Socialist Party is absolutely\nopposed to it.\nIn accordance <-itb this principle the\nSocialist Party pledges itself to conduct all tl e public affairs placed in\nits hands I.1 such a manner as to promote the interests of the working class\nalone.\nAPPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA\n(3 the undersigned, hereby apply for membership in\t\n, Local , Socialist Party of Canada.\nI recognize the class struggle between the capitalist clnss ntul the working\nelatg to be a struggle for political spretnacy, i.e. possession of the reins of\nJovernment, and which necessitates the organization of the workers into a\nofiticaI party, distinct fitotn and opposed to all parties of the capitalist class.\nIf admitted to membership I hereby agree to maintain or enter into no\nrelations with any other political 1 arty, and pledge myself to support by voire,\nvote snd all other legitimate menus the ticket and the program of the Socialist\nParty of Canada only.\nApplicant\t\nAddress\t\nOccupation ,\t\nAge\t\nAdmitted to Local\t\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2}\nCitizen.\n.Chairman\n...19..\nRec.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Sec.\nooooooo'Xioo 00000000000\n1 CHARLIE \ IO ^u'kant\n8 Clothing Madt to Order.\n2 Fit Guana '\u00C2\u00ABeil\nALL WORKINGMEN\nAppreciate the Benefi.s of\nTomato Brackr\nClam Cocktails\nK. P. C. Wins\n\"THREE HOT DRINKS\"\nMYUIbNE KOLA WINE GO.\nfffffSffff'\nTKLEPUOKE B779\n! HENRY BEHNSEN & Co. \u00C2\u00B1\nMuulictsrer ol\nHAVANA\nCIGARS\nNe. 8 Centre St.\nVICTORIA, B.C.\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0099\u00A6S3\n1'AVING HIOH PRIUUS\nBECOMES MONO. NOUS\n6 27 Store Street\nVictoria, B. C.\nooooooooocoooo 00000000\nCOMRADES, strike a t the ballot\nbox on Klecticn day, , \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"d be sure\nto strike the\nRock Bay R otel\nWhen In Victoria.\nARNASON BROS., PrtprlefK. *\nColonial Baket y\n29 Johnson St.. Victoria, B.C.\nUNION-MAD**. BRCAO AND CAKES\nUelivered to any jmrt of the city.\nDriver to call. Thone 849.\n^BASHES'FAIRLY\nCtaaife\n78 SoviriMiat Stmt, Victoria, 6. C.\n\u00E2\u0099\u00A6 SMOKE\t\nTHE PRIDE OF VICTORIA. |\nSoli Everywhere. Union Matt.\n68 Pandora St. Victoria, B. C.\nPatronize Clarion Advertisers.\nio ...\n5 yearly sub. cards for $3.75.\nBundles of 25 or more copies to\nt ne address at the rate of one cent\nWhile tho capitalist remains in control of the tools of industry, the\nworker who has only his labor power\nto sell taiiiiot. \"bull\" the market to\nany lasting degree, because by its\nvery nature his labor power is perishable and he has no other resources\nof raw materials niul machines from\nwhich to cover his \"margins.\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094Voice\nof Labor.\nWith the labor market in its present chronically congested condition\nhe cannot \"bull\" it, at all, and the\nsooner he learns that, the better for\nhtm, The \"control of the tools of\nindustry\" is the point at issue between the capitalist and working\nclass. It is the objective of the class\nstruggle ntul Ikis nothing in common\nwith the petty quarreling and bickering that takes place daily within\nthe narrow confines of the labor market. To wrest, that control from the\ncapitalist class is the mission of the\nworking class. It alone can call\nforth the best energies of every toil-\ntr. It alone can solidify the workers into ;in Irresistible phalanx. It\nalone carries within itself the possibility of class solidarity and class\naction, Itecause its purpose is one of\ndirect application to the highest and\nbest Interests of every worker on\nearth.\nCOMRADES\nStrike at the ballot box on election day but be siirw to strike the\nLKUrnilOL'SK REJSTAC KANT\n336 Cordova St.\nany day you are hungry.' .lust\naround the corner from the Socialist headquarters.\nT CHRISTIAN SEN* Prop.\n|sjv tteded in Every Home\nTHE NEW\nAND ENLAKGEJD;\nEDITION OF\nintel national\nDictionary\nA Dtctloa.,r \u00C2\u00B0lP\"$k}?\"'mU.\nftlairsphr.litotrt iphy. Fiction. \u00C2\u00ABte\nNew Plates 1 hr\u00C2\u00B0ughout\n25,000 Now Words\nPhrsaoo and Dofl *\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00C2\u00AB'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nPropsml under (do dh.tiC} supervision of W. T. MAKRIS, Ph./1'-' ''L.D.,\nUnited States Commissioner o. ^-Education, assisted by aiargoeorjiso* oom-\npetenl. specialists ntul editors.\nRich lMndtnf* 2364 Quarto P\u00C2\u00ABf\ \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nS0O* Illustrations\n 27i\u00C2\u00AB International teas first tmttdi\nin 1S90, succiedini/ the \"Unabridged.'''\nThe jVeip and Enlarged Edition of the\nInternational itMS issued in October,\n1900. Oct the latest and best.\nWe ulsn publish\nWebster's Colles'ato Dictionary\n[with Glossary 1 'f Scottish VCortisanil Phrase*\n1100 Pino. HWUIuilmtloui. Si-oTslOiIHInch.*\n'First-class in quality, second-class In size.\"\nSpecimen pages, etc. of both\nbooks seat, on application.\nIG.6C.MER.RIAM CO.\nPublishers,\nSpringfield, Mass.\nCompetition among sellers la al-\n' wgys desirable when we purchase ;\nbut never so when we wish to sell.\nTHE wheels nt fwroduction were\nnever mow nrrtistically occupied than !n\" the Job Department of the .Western Clarion.\nWo have all the mechanical devices\nof that branch of modem industry\nknown ns the Typographical trade.\nWe can print anything from a bread\nticket to a circus poster, and >(ap it\nright. Until the profit system is\nabolishes\"! wo intend to make th\u00C2\u00BB-\nB'JBUBS\nThe Western Clarion\n165 HASTINCS STREET\nP 0. BOX 83&\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nbest, of the present loircunistnnces by\ndoing tho finest woTkr at prices commensurate with gwod work. No Job\ntoo small and none too large. If\nyou need printing yom might as well\nget it from us ns from anyone else.\nAnything in the way of Letterheads,\nHillliends, Knvclojics, Cards, Posters\nor such like is .riglit in our line.\nSend us your printing and tell your\nfriends about us. I\nI\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2W*W*-!uif.Lftf>L \u00E2\u0080\u0094^ hAitmcliftujmw.,p>-\u00C2\u00BBT\" m ' -\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 gaE*\u00C2\u00BBJ***J**aCgJ^'.*ft*t^\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 m \u00E2\u0096\u00A0' i',1 i i un \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 nil \u00C2\u00ABnjimm\u00C2\u00BB \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 w^mmmm*\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094>\u00E2\u0080\u0094\ntsKfVKDKH\n3S\nV\n*..\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n;| .'51\nSMl\n4\nm\n1\natf\nI'j'J*':\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2A^-i't'\n16\"\n'>\u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nSocialist Party of Canada\nDOMINION EXECUTIVE HEADQUARTERS.\nR. P. Pettipiece. secretary. Vancouver, Be*.\nSecretaries of Locals should endeavor to send in their Local statements promptly the 1st of every\nmonth.\n o\t\nThe Dominion Executive of the Socialist Party of Canada is now ready\nand awaiting those application for\ncharter forms. Your move, comrades.\n o\t\nThe new charter of the party will\nbe out of the hands of the lithographer by April 1. Other party supplies arc now being printed, and will\nbe forwarded as speedily as possible.\nLock of funds is the chief obstacle\nconfronting the Executive. So hurry\nup your orders for charters und due\nstumps.\nHope to have Mrs. Irene Smith's\nfinancial statement for next issue.\nNot to hand as' yet.\nVancouver Local reports considerable progress in the mutter of membership.\nAll Locals should bend every energy from now until election day in\npushing their election meetings.\nOrganizer 0'Hrien is in the Boundary district. (loci I meetings at\nRevelstoke with results.\nCOLD COMFORT.\nof subsistence of 'the laborer which,\nin the ultimate, determines Ihe re-\nIt appears that all of the confus- turn to labor, compelitian in the la-\nion in regard to the exploitation ofjbor market operating to keep it to\nlabor does not exist upon this side of j tlutt level. The cost of subsistence\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nthe Atlantic ocean. Even back in (represented by Mie price of necessary\nOld England thore are persons who\nstill run away with the idea thut the\nlaborer is somehow or other held up\nas a consumer. A discussion hus\nbeen going on of late, through the\ncolumns of Justice, touching the\nquestion of whether the laborer doos,\nor does not, pay the rates. For the\nbenefit of those upon this side of the\nwater who are afflicted with the\n\"exploited as a consumer\" microbe,\nwe recommend the following from\n\"Tattler,\" ancnt this discussion,\nwhich is clipped from Justice of\nFebruary 25:\nI am obliged to Comrade White for\nhis contribution to the controversy\non the question of whether the workers pay the rates. But, il 1 may be\nallowed to say so, 1 do not think ne\nhas done anything to shuKe tho\nsoundness oi my contention that tb e\nworkers do not, as a general ruj.t,,\npay them.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nComrade White says that he t.f links\nit is \"clear that rent rates musV take\ntheir place along with interest and\nprofits as part of surplus value.\"\nBut 1 have never denied t'nis; my\npoint is that the workers ar e despoiled of the surulus valu.e, and it\ndoesn't matter the least bit to them\nhow the surplus valu'e is divided.\nCnce abandon this Wound position\nand admit that the T.vorKers \"pay\"\nrates, and 'pay' thi's, that and the\nother, and you will f,Jon ut. floundering in the quagmm. 0f bourgeois economics, unable Wj tind sound foothold. For if the workers pav rates,\nthen a saving of rates is to their advantage. If tb.is is so, and if they\nbenefit by a saving of expenditure in\nthis or in any other direction, then\nit follows 'tjlat the whole theory of\nthe exploitation of the workers on\nthe field Qf production is wrong; that\nit is r,ot as producers, but us con-\nsuiuoYs that they are fleeced; that\npro'dt is not made in production but\nif. exchange, and thut the duty of the\n'proletariat is not to organize for the\nabolition of capitalist domination\nand exploitation but tt make common cause with the bourgeois consumers to get a reduction in prices\nand rates.\nComrade While says that for years\npast rent and rates have been rising\nwh.le wages have not risen in proportion, and now wages are falling,\nwhile the price of some urticles of\nfood is rising, and thus the workers\nhave suffered a net loss.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThis, again, 1 do not deny. I have\nnever pretended that wages are stationary, or that they are so nicely\nadjusted to the cost of subsistence\nthat they rise or fall with every\nfluctuation, and that thus the workers can never obtain a net gain or\nsuffer a net loss. What I do contend\nis that these net gains or losses for\nthe workers are not, as a rule, due\nto any increase or reduction in rates\nbut to quite other causes.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 o\nQuite apart from any net loss to\nthe workers apparently resulting\nfrom increased rent and rates, there\nhas been a net reduction in wages\nduring the past four years amounting\nito nearly a quarter of a million a\nweek. This only shows that the\nmarket has been against the workers, and that they have been unable\nto secure as large a proportion of\nthe total product as formerly. If the\nmarket had been favorable they\nwould have been able to maintain or\neven improve upon their position. As\nit Is they have gone buck, but this\nis no evidence that they pay the\nrates.\nComrade White concludes that\n\"through tne instrumentality of rising rents and rates the workers ure\ngetting less food and clothing, &c,\nand to that extent they are affected\nby rising rates nnd rent.\" I admit\nthe reduction in food and clothing;\nbut I claim that tho rising rent and\nrates have really nothing to do with\nit. The point is that it is the cost\nrent and rales\u00E2\u0080\u0094muy\nis no corresponding\ncommodities, or\nrise, while thi re\nrise in wages, but this is no evidence\nthat the wo'rkir pays the rates, us\nsuch; it oil'.v proves that, the state\nof the labor market does not permit\nhim to iiiu.intuin his previous standard of subsistence, and that, iu consequence., there has been u diminution in the return to labor which\nwould, in all probability, huve taken\nplace in some other form if it had\nnot a ssumed the form of increased\nprice of commodities or higher rent,\nor rates.\n o\t\n'QUESTIONS THE PREACHER,\nWE WOO\nYour patronage and try to win your\napproval with no other argument\nthan the good quality of the goods\nwe keep in stink. When you need\nanything in Stoves or Paints and\nwish to pay the Toast for the best,\nget our prices.\nMcLachlan Bros., Ltd.\n131 HASTINGS ST. WEST.\nMASS MEETING\nin Commemoration of the\nBurns & Co.\n: Second Hand Dealers.\ni \u00E2\u0080\u0094__\n> Largest and cheapest stock of\n; Cook Stoves in the City.\nBoom Chains, Augers, Loggers'\n; Jackets, etc.\nMust reduce stock iu nest sixty\n'< days.\nRemember the place\n101 Powell Street\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2toft 1871 Vttcttvtr, B. Q.\nIn January, 1848, over 07 years\nago, Karl ikur.x aim Frederick Eng-\ne,s, the founders of modern Socialism, said among many oilier things\nwhich have since oeen amply borne\nout by fulfilment, \"the bourgeoisie\n(present-day ruling class; has stripped of its halo every occupation hitherto looked up to with awe. It has\nconverted the physician, the lawyer,\nthe poet, the man of science, into its\npuiu wuge laborers. '\nAs a further exemplification of the\nabove a careful perusal of the mouthpieces of the bourgeoisie\u00E2\u0080\u0094the daily\npress\u00E2\u0080\u0094should be convincing.\nLast Monday's Province contains u\nreport oi a \"sermon*\"' droned by Rev.\nW. E. Pescott, which must be read\nby the many socialists in tiiis city\nto appreciate tho slap in the face.\n\"Air. I'eseoU Saul ho hud beifj\nwarned thai in some of his, sermons\nhe bad approached dangerously near\nthe doctrines of Socialism, which\nwere expounded by many men who\nwere Infidels.\" And this after a\ncolumn of sentimental dishwasb regretting the. cruel economic conditions which made no provision for\nwage slaves going lo church to hear\ntlie doctrine of \"be content in the\nsocial strata in which Hod in his initiate wisdom has placed you.\"\nMr. Pescott should shy clear ol\nthe dangerous murk; il might thrust\nhim into the labor-power market.\nIt would be interesting to learn\nwho \"warned\" Mr. Pescott.\nWhile 1 have neither the time nor\ninclination to enter further into the\nunfairness, prejudice und misrepresentation of Rev. Mr. Pescott, 1 will\nconclude with one or two proposals:\nMr. 1'rescott says: \"lie believes\nsuch a system (collective ownership\nof things collectively used\u00E2\u0080\u0094production lor use instead of prolit\u00E2\u0080\u0094Socialism) would be a calamity to the nu-\ntion.\" If Mr. Pescott has other\nthan paid convictions, he should be\nwilling to defend his statement outside u pulpit. I will undertake Co\npay for the Opera House for an evening, and assure Mr. Pescott and any\nothers of his cloth a fair and square\nhearing, if he or they will assume\ntbe affirmative in a debate with one\nof a do/en workingmen in this city.\nIn conclusion 1 desire Mr. Pescott\nto place the following in his pastoral question box: Whut more has the\nSocialist party got to do with religion thnn the Conservative or Liberal parties? Why the taunting appellation of \"infidel\" to Socialists\nalone? What has Socialism got to\ndo with religion anyway, since it is\nthe political movement of the exploited class in human society? Who\ncomes nearest to regulating the price\nof beef stake\u00E2\u0080\u0094I'ierpont Morgan or\nJesus Christ? Why doesn't the\nchurch ' make the the law-makers\nbe \"good.\" cease corruption, and legislate against their personal material interests in the interests of the\nmen and women they draw their living\u00E2\u0080\u0094prolit\u00E2\u0080\u0094from? Whut else but a\npolitical movement can accomplish\nibis? Why don't church member*\nvote as they pray? Why wasn't\nChrist u locomotive engineer, when\nat the time he was upon earth it was\njust as possible as being a Socialist?\nViewing social conditions about you,\ni.s it not a fact, that Christians sot\nthe commandment of their Ood at\ndefiance; and as full as they are of\nreverence for Jehova and His laws,\nis not, their veneration of almighty\nCapital, still greater? What is the\nessentiul difference between owning n\nman's body, as under chattel slavery\nand owning his job as under wage\nslavery ?\nR. P. Pettipiece,\n2.*> Tenth avenue.\n o\t\nSPCIAL NOTICE.\nOf 1871\nWill be held in the\nSullivan Hall\n161 Cordova St. (upstairs)\nSunday, March 19,1905.8 p. in.\nCome and hear the story of how\nthe workingmen were butchered in\nthe streets of Paris because they\ndared dream of Freedom.\nEveryone welcome.\nDiscussion. Collection.\nThe slaughter going on around\nMukden of late should be quite sufficient to satisfy the taste of even the\nmost bloodthirsty. It hns been the\nart of human butchery carried on\nupon a scale eminently befitting this\nage of huge enterprises and gigantic\nundertakings.\nWhen the world's industries are carried on by great masses of laborers\norganized and equipped with the\nmost effective means for producing\nsurplus values for their masters. It\nis quite the proper thing that they\nbe similarly organized and equipped\nfor the purpose of killing each other\nwhenever the interests of their re-\nspectjvo musters may warrant.\nAbout, the only difference to the laborers between the Industrial field\nnnd the field of battle is that, death\nin the latter may come more quickly\nnnd with less suffering and misery\nleading up to it.\nTORONTO CORRESPONDENCE.\nThe Socialist class affiliated with\nToronto Local has decided to celebrate tho anniversary of the Paris\nCommune on Saturday, March 18 in\nTemperance Hall, Bathurst street.\nAddresses will be delivered on the\n\"Commune\" by various comrades\nand an attempt will be made to sing\nthe \"Marseillaise\" and other Socialist songs.\nThe meeting of Toronto Local on\nFebruary !i8 was an important one,\nthe object being to discuss educational matters. A committee was\nelected to act with Comrade James\nSimpson, the Socialist elected to the\nBoard of Education, und the committee will meet the 1st and third\nWednesdays, the night before the\nSchool Board, when instructions will\nbe given Comrade Simpson as to his\nactions on the various questions before the Board.\nSo far Comrade Simpson has follow! d instructions in voting alone on\ntwo matters, the equal remuneration\nof male and female teachers and the\nstriking out of the appropriation for\nmilitary training in the schools,\nwhile he has succeeded in having the\nquestion of manual training in the\nschools referred to a vote of the\npeople This latter quest ion is a\nmatter of controversy here, as while\nmanual training is undoubtedly right\nin some grades in the schools, the\nsystem is carried out in a thoroughly capitalistic manner hero and seems\nto only result in n waste of time of\nthe few years the children of the\nworkers have to secure un education.\nThe teaching of domestic science appears to be pushed owing to the desire on the part of the wealthy to\nhave a larger number of domestic\nservants. The girls arj rigged out in\nwhite bonnets and aprons and are\ntaught to cook cakes requiring such\nexpensive materials as from four to\nsix eggs.\nA complete program will be worked out for Comrade Simpson to follow during his two years' term and,\nwhile considerable friction has been\ncaused by his devoting nine-tenths of\nhis time to the trades-union movement and onc-tenfh of his time to\nthe Socialist party when nominations were due, the matter has been\nthoroughly threshed out by speakers\non both sides and Comrade Simpson\nhas promised to answer the roll-call\nat future meetings.\nLocal Toronto meets on the second\nand fourth Tuesdays of each month,\nP. J. Peel, 465 Glvens street, secretary. The Socialist class meets every\nSaturday night, the undersigned being secretary. AH meetings are held\nin Temperance Hall. Bathurst street.\nWESTON WKIOLEY.\nToronto, March 5, 1005.\nW \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \" \u00C2\u00BB\njgqrch jfl J\nANOTHER KANSAS CYCLONE.\nHarbadoes business men have offered to supply 300,000 negroes for labor in the Transvaal, and to agree\nto deliver them at Lorenzo Marques\nwithin twelve months, at $100 per\nhead, provided the wage should not\nbe less than $12.50 pei month, with\nboard nnd lodging.\nIT'S ALL IN THE CLOTHES\n\"Nt Ckarge for the Name, the Celt it all it tut Gltthu.\"\nMost makers lay great stress on the name. We devote our\nattention to the Clothes. We realize that when we \"deliver the\ngoods\" the name will take care of itself.\n\"Stilenfit\" Keady-for-Service Suils, $12. and $15. up to$30.\nSpecial lite tl Trousers for $ 3.00\nCorner Granville and\nPender Streets\nSOLE AGENTS FOR \"STILENFIT\" CLOTHES\nSamples and blank measurements sent on application.\nJ. DANAHER & CO.\nGIVEN AWAY.\nWe learn that Comrade George\nHnnnay, the genial secretary of Local Ladysmith, S. P. of Canada, and\nMiss Ellen Blair, daughter of Harry\nBlair, one of the Socialist aldermen\nof that city, were married at. Victoria on Match 9th by the Rev. George\nIt. H. Atlnins. The bride and groom\nwere given away by Comrades Hawthornthwaite and Williams. They\nare the first couple in the British\nEmpire to receive such honor at the\nhands oi two straight Socialist members of parliament, if to be \"gives\naway\" can be termed an honor.\nThe Clarion tenders its congratulations to Mr. aad Mrs. Hannay. May\nsuch troubles as arise to beset the\npathway of their married life prove\nto be little ones only.\no\t\nThose things used individually,\nsuch as food, clothing, shelter, otc,\nshould bo tho private property of the\ncitizen who does his share of the\nwork of thefCommonwealth, and no\npower on earth be allowed to take it\nfrom him. Collective or public property, in social or public things. Private property in the things required\nfor personal, or private use.\nWHEN VOU VISIT US.\nWorkingmen Are Always Welcome at\nNew Fountain Hotel\nC. SCHWAHN, Proprietor\nMeals 25 cents and up.\nBeds, 25 cents per night.\nRooms $1.50 per week and up.\n29-31 Cordova St. Vancouver, B.C.\nWalk right, in and make yourself at\nhome. Others may be busy but we\nnever are.\nTalk to the operators as much as\nion like, and more especially the\nman at the machine. The machine\ndoes not object and if the operator\ndoes he will be promptly discharged.\nShould the machinery interfere with\nyour conversation the press will be\nstopped.\nSit on the editor's desk and look\nover the copy as he writes. This will\nenable you to get onto his editorial\nsubtleties in advance of publication.\nHe does not mind it at all. Do not\noiler him a cigar, however, as ne\ncannot write and smoke at the some\ntime, and besides, you might annoy\nhim by so doing.\nHelp yourself to the exchanges. We\ndo not need them, but merely allow\nthem to come for the pleasure it affords you in carrying them away.\nShould any of the staff be uncivil\nor get in your way, report it and the\nolfender will be disciplined at once.\nCome again.\n o\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\t\nThe slave of the future will be the\nmachine. Upon it will be thrown\nthe burden of toll in order that th*\nhuman race may have leisure to improve itself.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Ex.\n o \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nAs the wage earners never have\nany ownership or control over the\nproducts of their labor, how can they\nhave any quarrel with the employer\nover their share of them?\nSubscribers should lie particular in\nkeeping tab on the number printed\non address slip, just proceeding their\nname. It denotes the number of the\npaper with which their subscription\nexpires. The number of this issue is\nH12. Quite a number of subscriptions expire with this issue and unless renewal is received before next\nissue goes to press they will be dropped from the list, lf you wish to\ncontinue receiving this paper without a break, kindly attend to the\nmatter of renewal in time.\nIN\nWATCH\nREPAIRING\nGREAT CARE IS EXERCISED, AS\nWE ENTRUST THE REPAIR TO\nEXPERIIINCEI) WORKMEN ONLY,\nAND NOT TO APPRENTICES OR\nAMATEURS.\nSPROTT & Co.\nTHE ARCADE JEWELRY STORE.\nThe Prefi1dont of the United Stales\ntransmitted to Congress on March 11\nCommissioner Garfield's report on\nthe so-called beef trust. It seems\nfrom the report that the six big con-\ncorns constituting the trust slaughtered about 15 per cent, of the total\nindicated slaughter in the United\nStates in 1903, and three of the\ncompanies averaged a net profit of\nill cents ' per head upon animals\nkilled. The combines are apparently\nnot' over-capitalized, and their profits during 1402. 1903 and 1904 ran\nfrom 18 to 23 per cent, upon their\nsales. The profit of the private car\nlines used In the packing industry\nran from 14 to 22 per cent, in one\nyear.\nAs this report was not what the\ndisordered fancy of cattle raising\nKansas had pictured, it has aroused\nthe ire of the senate of that state\nas the following from the New York\nlournal will show.\nTopeka, Kas.. March 6.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Tho Senate today declared that the Garfield\ninvestigalion of the beef trust was\nnot entitled to any credit, faith or\nconfidence, nnd unanimously adopted\nthe following resolution:\n'Resolved by the senate, the\nhouse concurring, therein, that we\nrequest the president of the United\nStates to reject this report and appoint some man with experience, independence, and nerve that shall\nqualify him for the task of investigating this gang of commercial highwaymen, known ns the beef trust, to\nthe end, that the public may be fully\ninformed as to the sources of their\nenormous profits nnd foundations of\ntheir colossal fortunes, und agreements by which for a generation they\nhave robbed both the purchaser and\ntho consumer, to the end that legislation protecting both may be intelligently devised and that the light.\n61 publicity, that light that is destructive of all trusts and combina.\ntions. may be thrown upon the operations of rhls vicious and iniquitous\nconspiracy.\"\nIt seems the heighth of Impudence\nto ask the president to appoint a\nman for any such purpose. Even a\nKansas senator ought to know that\nthe \"source of their enormous profits\nand foundations of their colossal fortunes\" lay in the wage labor that\nthey were enabled to exploit in their\npacking houses \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 because of their\nownership of these necessary parts of\nthe means of wealth production upon\nwhich the workers must depend for a\nliving.\nWhat are these Kansas farmers and\ncattle raisers kicking about any way?\nWith their well-known labor skinning\nproclivities, can it be that they are\nmerely sore becadse this juicy stream\nof profit did not pour into their\ntank? Looks that way anyhow.\n o\t\nBUSINESS NOTES.\nNegligee Shirt]\nNot Too Early to Look\nExclusive patterns are now h\nsome of the choice ones will h J\nearly, and some of thu design\ncannot duplicate. If you ap V\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2',\nunusual styles it will iutareBt''Jf*j\ncome promptly. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nFlatiron Hats\nThe Smartest Stlt Hit tl the SeaJ\nThese Hats have been enthuS\ncally received by young iuen rf\nthe very first day we brought tt\nout. Neither trouble nor ex.j?\nhas been saved in the production\nthese goods, as you will cheerhf\nacknowledge upon examination, I\nKILROY, MORGAN CO., |j\nno Cordova Street\nThat which is used COllectM\nsuch ans mills, mines, factories\nroads, etc., should be collective!,\npublic property, equally accosslblJ\nevery citizen for the purpose oil\ntaining tlie things required for\nsustenance.\nThe members of the Colorado!\nfilature have agreed among m\nselves to pot through an eight-3\nbill proposed by the mine oporaj\nThe one proposed by the Trade\nions was promptly turned down.'\nbosses evidently know wlmt is J\ntor the workers much better!\nthey do themselves. However,\nvors rather too much of patPrniM\nto suit some of us.\nkn Opportune\nfiine for Reading\n.Jrop in and sec our splendid iissurtaJ\nd reading matter. Try nir [J\nvehauge. Helmu two old Ux'kj|\n.\u00E2\u0096\u00A0c.'ivc one new one.\nE. GALLOWAY\nVANCOUVER. H. v..\ntl and 14 Arcade. 32b Abbott:\nMail order* promptly i.tUi ilu:i,|\nOUR OWN IM HUCATIons ;\nThe Clarion office is a busy place\nthis week. In addition to getting\nout the paper and other matter, 2,-\n000 copies of the Platform and constitution of the party are being run\noff for the Dominion Executive Committee, in the form of a neat little\npamphlet which will also contain a\nconsiderable amount of instructive\nmatter leading up to the party's\nplatform anil-program.\nThese pamphlets will be ready for\nmailing early next week.\nImmediately following the Platform\nand Constitution from the Clarion\nPress, will come Wage-I.abor and Capital, as announced Inst, week. This\nlittle pamphlet will be gotten out in\nneat and attractive form. A copy\nshould lie In the possession of every\nfierson who works for a living, either\nas a wage-laborer or farmer. The\nprice Is quoted elsewhere in this issue.\n\"Wage-Labor and Capital\"\ncome from the t iarion press\nweek in neat und attractive form I\nis one ef the best pamphlets i.J\nand should lie in the possession!\nevery working mun iu Canada |\nelsewhere. With its contents\nfully read and thoroughly studj\ntho workers will be well on tbe t\nto n complete understanding oi9\nm if and his position under thi\nof capital und its wage bj\nSi..h an understanding cannot 1\ncomplete and thorough in order I\nsafely guide him ulong the liu|\ncorrect action in the Irrepra\nconflict between capital und i\nwhich even now is shaping Itsell.j\nmust reach its culmination in\nnear future. To acquire this irni\ntales reading and study. 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