"4c3e72ed-e9fb-4eca-994c-6732b28bfa02"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2016-04-04"@en . "1906-11-17"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/wclarion/items/1.0318690/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " '11' i.i >\n*t*%f\n<**.!*\u00C2\u00AB-\u00C2\u00BB v\u00C2\u00A5\nin the Interests of the Working Class Al\nVancouver. British Columbia, Saturday, November 17, 1\nA WORD FROM THE TALL TIMBER\nSome Reasons why the Lumber Jack Accumulates Much\nWealth and is Therefore not Readily Susceptible to the\nRevolutionary Doctrine of the Proletarian Army.\nCamp 6, Chemainus, B. C, Nov. 2. j potiurc ami want for all society cares.\nDear Comrade: During thc retenhj I'coplc find it profitable to deal in\niiklcment weathr*t.I ha-***, had arjMileJ; worn-out machinery apd aged horses,\nline iut lU'kaivil \"K,>PBi Laitt^ctt !'ut a worn-out woi*kcr is cf no use\n'xfbne^^^dHlMiblorbSgl RlfWtf, \".'i1 lo anybodv. and he i. practically told\n,\u00C2\u00ABnt time in this province, viz., their Ton loggers know that what 1\nttitudc of members of our class tii'jhave written is true. You know that\nrespect to socialism. Owing to the ! vv'i-lc you arc risking life and limb\n\u00E2\u0080\u009Er*;i\u00C2\u00BBtfnt rumor's of a pfovinciateleVSm producing material fer the shelter\nturn 111 thc near future, any contnbu-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0)\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 society, you live in miserable\n1 on however slight, may be of inter- shacks, deyokl of comfort and every\nr,t to readers of thc Clarion, which ,! convenience. You know that it mat-\nbears 'in this tubject, and this must j I**'**-* \"ot how good a man you have\nrve as my apology for inflicting this \u00C2\u00AB'<\u00E2\u0080\u00A2<*\" at vour work, or hew faithful\na. servant you have been, when you\ntire hurt in tV performance of your\nwork, your wages stop, and your master ceases to have any further interest in you. In his sight you are\nmerely a disabled piece of machinery,\nas such to be cast aside and replaced\nby a new piece. You know that after a lifetime spent in usefnl labor]\nW.hcn the time comes when you can no\nlonger, work f<>r your .living, society\nwill refuse- to grant you any recognition of your services, nnd you will\nhave to eke out your last days the\nbest way you can,\nNew. art- you satisfied with this\ncondition of affairs, with this outlook? Do you think i* a right apd\njust system of society, that provides\nfor the c|ass that produces the food,\nclothing and shelter, in fact does all\nthe necessary work of society, only\nthe barest modicum of those n;cessi-\ntics? You do not think it right or\njust, you are net satisfied. Very\nwell, let us sec how this condition of\naffairs ear* bc remedied.\nTin* fundamental motive, the mainspring, of thc production cf wealth in\nm reed upuu your unoffending read\ners.\nThe particular portion of the work-\ninn class amongst- whom. my. lot itv at\npresent cast; the loggers, arc, to toy\nthe least, not very encouraging to\nhandle, as a body. As a class, they\nare line fellows to work with, man-\nlv. honest and with a contempt for\nany kind of meanness and servility.\nWhile thc work it hard, it is healthy,\nand well paid, is* wc reckon wages,\nand the board it fairly good. (It\n. iighl to be; we pay $5 a week for it\nalone). Men are not driven to over-\nc x. rt themselves to produce greater\nprofitt, all that is expected from the\nworker being, that he does a \"fair\nthing\" in return for his wage. In\nthe near future I believe that whnt\nthe bosses will consider to be a fair\nuong will have grown to* an extent\nut of all proportion to the present\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 undard, and in that time things wili\nb coming our way irom thc woods.\ntide of immigration is setting\nsteadily westward, and when it start*\nwing down this tide of the K.-ck-\ni *. increasing thc competition for\njobs, lowering the wages and there- Ithe present system of society is\nhj the standard of living, our move- profit All the means for the. promt nt will grow amongst the loggers, jdnction add distribution of wealth, the\nV. present they believe they sre -get-j mines, nulls, factories, land and waling all that i\u00C2\u00BB comiug to them, antl j ter transportation, etc, are the proper-\n\u00E2\u0080\u009E-e content with their lot. Being out j ty of the capitalist class. All these\ntouch with the centres of pbpuls- I v.\"tings have lieen created socially, are\nti n. their ideas of socialism arc ] used socially, and arc needed sodsl-\nmainly those prevalent a decade ag... Iiy. but si. tongas the owners ol these\ndividht*\" up'*' rack**!, and they e-v--)\ntract huge luu out of the terrible pets\nue will get into when wc start to run\n-.Sings.\nWhile this is true of them a- .1\nass, there arc a good many exeep-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2ns, :i*. there arc to cverv riiie. Some\noi them adm t that tbey arc *1k>(\nl\ intent with thc rontine of\n'In a v c uge li igg er 'j.. 11 k- *---luu d *' \u00E2\u0080\u00A2* k\nI'.r some months to get a big cheque,\n' In- dissipated on cards, whisky, an I\nwomen, thc process tc bc repeated\nad nauseam. These exception* are\nthe best material to work on to form\nsocialists, There are many things lo\nwhich their attention can be drawn\nwith good effect that would bc\nlaughed to scorn by the happy-go-\nfcy crowd. For instance, in this\ncamp they deduct $1 a mr-ntb from\n. \. _...'- ..... t -JV- .1 \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB... Tl...\neach mans pay for the doctor. The\ndoctor lives some 12 rtiwes away\nfrom camp and never comes unless Iris sent for. There are no first aid\nappliances in camp that 1 have over\nseen or heard of, and I doubt if there\n- a single man who would know how\nto use them if there were. In the\nevent of anyene getting seriously\nhurt (by no meant an uncommon occurrence in thc woous). he runs the\nrisk of bleeding to death or lying in\nagonv for houtt before hc can get\n\"killed attention. If our comrades\n\"i the house can force a bill through\nmaking it compulsory for the com-\npan es to provide a first aid outfit in\nevery camp, with a skilled attendant,\nas th.-y have done lor the miner*.,\nmany a worker's life would be saved,\nthai would otherwise be lost and much\nsuffering avoided.\nI he less said about the housing ac-\n'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Humiliation the better. The shacks\n\"1 built of the cheapest lumber, full\not knot-holes and open eraeKs, which\nire stuffed with old overalls, sacking.\n1 it , loosely fitting windows and\ndoors; which let in wind and rain, and\n.1 or 4 bunks built.of rottgff. unplshed\nlumber, with an armful of hay. for\n'he slave to spread his blankets on.\nAny mattresses in the camp hs,vtj\nbeen In.tight and paid for by thc men\nCoal oil is free nnd lamps are provided, lt is a common practice, to paper\nlhe thjn walls with, old newspapers 60\nkeep out the draughts. Holes in the\nHoot have to be patched with .any\ns*raps that are laying around. No\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2natcriaj it kept lor repairs. Stoves\nof the .cheapest kind arc provided, but\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Ih- men have to cut firewood in their\n\"wn time.\nOn thc whole, |he wage slave in the.\nwoods is the recipient oi as much\n-arc and attention as elsewhere, and\nthat is a good deal less than is bestowed upon his master's horses .ntid\nnutopipbile. Hc it an animated commodity on two legs, compelled to peddle his labor, power for what lie can\nBel for it in an open market. Having,\nfound, a purchaser, he has to deliver\nthe goods, in bad weather or fine.. If\nhe is crippled with rheumatism before\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'is time, or. injured jn, such a man-,\nner, as ito incapacitate .him for ;hard\n'Vl>rk, he is thrown on thc social scrap\nheap, to eke out his existence the\nhent way he .can. Notwithstanding\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2he fact that he has spent his life 111\n1'reducing shelter for the health and\ncomfort of society, nnd the profit of\nhis capitalist master, hc can die of ex-\ntoctai necessities, thc capitalist class,\n.\u00E2\u0080\u00A2wn nn.) control them, they will . be\nued with a single eye to the owner's\ninterest, his profit. No matter how\nmuch a portiim 61 society is in want\nc-i.any necessity..t|iat want .will re-;\nnxai;i un supplied until Tt is seen that\npriiii.ctitt be gained by supplying it.\nSo '..ng as the capitalist finds he can\nmuke good profits from the operation\nof his capital\u00E2\u0080\u0094his prripcrty in the tha-,\nclcnery of '. wealth production\u00E2\u0080\u0094we\nkavc what thc capitalist press tells\nes arc \"gitod times.\", When his profits begin to dwindle, as , they do\npcriodieallv, we have stagnation in\nproduction, \"business depression,\" an\nunemployed problem, \"hard times.\"\n\"Good times\" ior us resolves itself into hard work and plenty of it, 3 meals\na day and a bed at night. (In 9 cases\noat of to a hired bed, not our own).\n\"Had times'' for us means fierce competition for thc chance to work, enforced idleness, steppage of credit, a\nmeal when we can get. it. and perhaps, a bed at a S, A, shelter,: Possessing nothing but our aiblity to\nwork with brain or muscle, our labor\npower, wc have to apply to the owners of the machinery of production,\nthe capitalists, to get access to the\nmeans by which wc can obtain food,\nclothing and shelter, and that of the\ncheapest and most inferior kind. If\nt.nic* arc bad we consider ourselves\nlucky if wc get there, or in other\nwords, if we get .1 job. Suppose wc\narc lucky enough tp get thc job we\narc after. Wc get paid a wage for\nwhat' Is it the equivalent of the\nwealth we arc producing? Not on\nife. It is the market price of\nyour\nheard\nour iabor power. You have,\nof the cattle, corn and wheat markets, and all the rest, of the commodity markets. That is exactly\nwhere we are and what we arc, under the rule of capital, commodities\nin an open competitive market and the\nprice (wages) of our comniodity( our\nlabor power, our very selves) is based\nlike that of all other commodities, upon the ci st of its production, subject\ntb the same law of supply and demand. What is the cost of production of our labor power ls it not\nthe cost of our existence from day\nto day? What it costs ,tp feed,\ncl. the and.shelter it\"*, so that we may\nhave thc physical ability to deliver\nthe goods? Thaji is the standard upon which our wages arc based, the\nprice of our commodity. ...\nThc law of suppliy and demand also\neffects us. The capitalist buyer of\ncommodities, whether it be cattle,\nt-orn or cotton, first ascertains the\ncondition of the market, before he\nmakes * deal. If there is a. scarcity\nOf the particular.brand of goods.he\nis after, be pays an enhanced price\nfor it and vice versa. It is .exactly\nthe saipc to hitti when he buvs labor\npower (in other words, you and I) as\nwhen he buys cattle. M he ascertains that there is | scarcity of labor\npower of laborers, tin the market he\nknows hc will h\u00C2\u00ABve to,pay something\nin excess of the cost of existence of\nthe laborer, S\u00C2\u00AB wages. If the abor\nmarket is overcrowded with men looking for jobs, the supply being in ex-,\ncess of the.demand, the price (our\nwages) of labor power, automatically\ndrops down to thc cost of existence,\nthe.cost of production, of the individual laborers. If the competition\namongst the laborers is fierce, the\nprice will even drop below the cost\nof existence and workers die of slew\nstarvation. That is no concern of\nthe capitalist. He it in the butiness\nfor profit, and sentiment has no commercial value;\nSuch, crudelv stated, are the relative positions of capitalist and wage-\nworkers, master and slave. Owning\nthe means of life, the capitalist class\nhave a dead cjnch on us, who own\nnpthin\u00C2\u00AB- but our labor power. Notwithstanding the fact that we, at a\n(lass, produce, transport and distribute the wealth of the world, all we\nreceive of that wealth it only sufficient\nto enable us to keep on working, year\nin and year out. The capitalist class\ntakes all the surplus as profit, to bc\nused afresh to enslave us and exploit\nour labor. It is a fine scheme, but\na dirty trick.\nWhat do you think of it? Does it\nmake you feel proud of \"your\" country, does it make your\" pulse beat\nhigh with patriotism when the capitalist press and politicians dilate on\n\"our\" prosperity as a nation, \"our\" imports and exports? Do you fell proud\nwhen the band plays \"Britons Never,\nNever, Shall be Slaves!\" or \"Hail Columbia?\" The power to alter all this\nlies in the hands of the working class,\nyou and 1. The capitalist class maintain their ascendancy over ut only by\nour consent. By voting for capitalist\ncandidates at elections, the working-\nclass have set the seal of their approval on their own robbery and exploitation, unconsciously and in ignorance it is true, but none the less effectively. The capitalist class have\nssed the political power given them\nby the workers to strengthen and fortify them intheir economic power over\nyou and I, to make their scheme of\nJobbery legal. Scan the measures\npassed by any legislative assembly in\nthc civilized world and what do we\nl;nd? Legislation -in the interest of\nthe master class all the time. Thc\nfew measures that are passed in the\nimmediate interest Of the working\nclass, are in most cases rendered futile\nto thc workers Sod harmless to capitalists by the Capitalist courts. They\nnot Only own the machinery for making laws, but they also own the machinery for enforcing the laws they\nmake\u00E2\u0080\u0094judiciary, police, militia. The\nsecret of their domination lies in their\npossession of the reins of government\nand in that direction must we move to\nthe attack. It is their one vulnerable\nspot, the' Weakest link in the chain\nthat binds us, and well they know it.\nThey will stand for strikes, \"labor\"\nparties that merely stand for casing\ntbe burden' without aiming to threw\nit off, and will grant a few palliatives\nin'the hone lhat we;wifl be satisfied\nand keep quiet while they! continue to\ngo through our pockets, but the one\nthing' that fills them'with alarm and\narouses them-.to fierce and savage resistance is a political movement ' on\nthe.part of the workers to seize and'\nheld thc wealth they'produce. That\nspells extinction for them as an ex\nploiting class and means that they will\nhave to turn to and earn their own living, and they don't like that at all.\nSo, then, a political organization pf\nthe wealth producers, conscious that\ntheir interests as a class and as individuals lies in capturing the political power of the state, with the object of seizing the machinery of production in the name of society, and ensuring to every one the full product\nof his or her labor, is the one weapon\nthat can be used by the working class\nwith irresistible eftect. As the ruling class have made their scheme of\nrobbery legal, so can we make it illegal. By the same process by which\nthey have been enabled to seize the\nCroduct of the machinery they own,\nut do not use, we can seize it, we\nwho use. the machine, but do not own\nit.\nThe political organization with this\nend in view is in existence. It is the\nInternational Revolutionary Socialist\nParty. It is international because the\nworkers of every clime, color and nation, are rapidly becoming conscious\nthat their interests are identical. It is\n\"revolutionary\" because it aims at a\npeaceful, but complete reversal of the\npresent system of wealth distribution.\nToday the idlers, parasites, and most\nutterly useless portion of society,\n\"who toil not neither do they spin,\"\nenjoy the results of the toil and\nsweat and misery of the vast majority.\nIt is a \"Socialist\" party because it declares that all those things that are\nsocially heeded and socially used shall\nbe owned socially, and not by a small,\nprivileged cSss. It seeks to establish\na Co-operative Commonwealth in\nwhich every man and woman would\nbe ensured the full equivalent of his\nor her labor. Under such a Commonwealth enforced idleness of able\nand fit producers will disappear, and\nwith it all the miseries and horrors\ndue to the capitalist system of production. For the first time in the\nhistory of the race humanity will be\nfree.\nDo not dismiss this with the con-\ntemptious phrase of the ignorantly\nprejudiced: \"Dreams, Utopian.\" It\nis not a dreamers' Utopia. It is a\npractical business proposition, and\nmust be handled as such. Give us a\nfair show. Attend our propaganda\nmeetings, buy our literature, read, and\nabove all, THINK! When ycu have\narrived so far we will be satisfied. We\nhave you. You will then line up\nwith the Socialists the wide world over\nand consciously-.march .forward..with\nus to the attainment cf our common\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0goal\u00E2\u0080\u0094the abolition of wage-slavery\nand the'dawn of freedom The goal\nis alreadv in sight. All over the world,\nfrom conservative England to virile\njapan; tbe workers are shaking off\ntheir lethargy and demanding their\nOwn. I Will YOU hang in the rear?\nIr Will Vou throw' in your let witb\nlose who are fighting YOUR bat-\ne? .\nLine up with us! Join the Socialist. Party and help w'th vote, voice,\npen and cash.\n' Yours for the Revolution,\nLUMBERJACK.\nmm me?\nM . '. - -\nDoes thc Trend of Thought, as Lqrcs^ by Nun>tts^\nWriters and Speakers Presage the Approach of a\nMore Rational Existence for Human Kind?\nTHE\nUP TO DATE\nAs a Slaughtering Machine the Modern Railway Throws\nPackmgtown's Equipment Into the Shade and Makes\nthe Isi-qrfements'of Warfare Look like Thirty Cents,\nFrom the reports made by the\nrailways of the United States to the\nInterstate Commerced Commission, it.\nappears that 3361 employees were\nkilled and 66,697 injured, during the\nyear ending June 30, 1905. The number of passengers killed during the\nsame period was SJ7, and the number\ninjured 10,457.\nNo one can fullv realize the ever\nconstant danger to life and limb that\nsurrounds the wage-slave in the service of thc modern railway, unless, he\nhas lived the life and. confronted the\ndangers himself. To move the enor-\nmouse bulk of freight, and convey\nthe millions of people from one point\nto another, requires the services of a\nmultitude of men. the very nature of\nwhose task, none too safe under any\nconceivable circumstances, is rendered doubly dangerous, because of the\nexacting demand for speed and dispatch resulting, from the stress and\npressure incident tq capitalist production and the disposition of its products. Not only is production itself\nspeeded up to. the utmost possible\nlimit, in order to wring from the toil\nof slaves, the maximum of surplus\nvalue or profit, but tbe disposal of\nthis surplus can only be,effected or\nrealized Mppn, by. the adoption of similar conditions in regard to its distribution throughout the various parts of\nthe earth where the needs of the capitalist market may determine. Millions: of tons of raw materials and\nfinished merchandise must be hurried to and from the factories and distributive points, in order; to 'appease\nthe; demands, of the modern Moloch of\nbusiness, demands that must be met\nno matter what, the. cost in human\nlife. There is no. time to be wasted\nin precautionary measures. There is\nno ti\u00C2\u00BBii< to he lost in providing safeguards to life and limb, Things must\nmpye with the, speed, of lightning no\nmatter if every tie in the track be\nstained, with human blood, and thc\ncrippled,, snd maimed, the widow and\nthe orphan be made as numerous as\nthe sands upon thc sea shore in consequence. The demands of busi\nness must be complied with; pro-\ndence and caution, and all reasonable\nconsideration for the protection of the\nlife and limb of the human cogs in\nthe.machinery, must be thrown to the\nwinds in order that the stream , of\nprofit may flow at full tide and with\nthe least possible interruption into\nthe eyer-hungry maw cf the masters\nof industry, commerce and finance.\nThe terrific speed at'which passenger trains are driven not only strain\nto the point of danger the service\nequipment used, but break down and\ndestroy all sense of prudence and cau.\ntion upon the part of employees, It\nit a well known fact that railway employees, as a rule, become in time so\naccustomed to the dangers incident\nto their employment that they arc absolutely indifferent to the risks taken and will often assume the most\nhazardous chances without apparent\nthought of the consequences.\nThe persistent demand for high\nspeed service comes almost exclusively from the business world. No sane\nperson, travelling , for pleasure, derives any additional satisfaction from\nbeing hurled through space at a rate\nof speed tbat ordinary reason tells him\n.is.hazardous in the extreme. But let\nhis travels bc impelled by the exigencies of business, like the railway employee who becomes indifferent to\ndanger because of his continuous\nproximity to it, all sense of caution is\njost, prudence takes wings and nothing short of the speed of lightning\nwill quite satisfy his demands. That\na profitable business deal may be\nbrought to a successful conclusion;\nthat a rival may bc outwitted or an\nadditional customer gained, the\nstrength of 9teel and the power of\nsteam must bc taxed to thc limit,\n:and human judgment to thc breaking po'nt. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 i , ,\n, The railways of the United States,\nas elsewhere, function as capital. They\nare owned by one set of men and\nOperated by another jjet. The former\ntake no part in their operation. The\n*+\n(Continued on page three.)\nOne can scarce follow the literature of today without becoming conscious of the fact that a far-reaching\nand radical revolution of thought is\noccurring in the minds of tbe world's\nstudents, thinkers and workers. Old\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2deals are1, being forgotten. L,>ng\ncherished conceptions are fading\naway. New ideals and new conceptions are finding lodgment in human\nbrain, and the best moral and intellectual fibre of the race \u00C2\u00BBis rapidly\nbecoming attuned to the realization\nof those hopes and aspirations that\nhave been the theme of the poets'\nsong and the sages' soliloquy since\nthe slave was first shackled and a\nvulgar and .brutal civilization -coined\nfrom his hlood and sweat. The new.\nly quickened : hopes and aspirations\nthai are now spurring men to action\nlead beyond the narrow confines of\nthe present day sordid and mercenary\ncivilization that cannot 'rise above\nthe level of \"exploiting slaves and wallowing in the plunder. In the fierce\nfires of. class war thc vision of man\nis being clarified and he is being impelled in the direction leading to a\nbetter, freer and more sane civilization.- 1 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 . . \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nAs all roads were at one time said\nto lead to Rome, sc do all channels\nof thought at the present time lead\nto the end of class rule, and tbe emancipation of labor from its age-long\nbondage and crucifixion. .The literature cf the duv is replete with pre-\nphecy of the approaching new order\nof society based Upon fraternal cooperation for the common good.\nWriters cf the most divergent schools\nproclaim the dawn o( a new civilization. From the philosophical materialist to the religious zealot, and\nthrough all the gradations between,\ncomes, unconsciously perhaps, the\nevidence that gives warrant for the\nquery: is human society, after its centuries of slavery madness, about- to\nbecome rational and sane? Unless\nall sign fail the query will be. safely\nanswered in the affirmative.\nThe following from the Literary\nDigest is interesting as snowing the\npresent trend cf thought: '-\nWhen Christians Cease to Make Fortunes. \t\nThe discontinuance.of. the amassing\nof money, especially by Christians,\nis recommended by a recent 'writer,\nas the\" proper answer to the \"loud\nand impassioned cry tor justice\"\nwhich is. going up from. the \"heart\ndf the mighty democracy.'* After interrogating the New Testament for\nan answer to his query expressed in\ntlie-title pf his book, ''Should Christians Make Fortunes?\" Mr. James\"\nPaterson Gledstone declares that the\nhonest adoption and faithful carrying out of Christ's principles \"would\nput a restraint upon the growth . of\nprivate capital and probably abolish\nit altogether.\" ' He is .not dismayed\nby the objection that without capital\nthere can be no development; What\nwe have looked upon as development\nbe avers, can not be regarded as the\nonly kind possible or even'the best\npossible, lie says:\n\"There must be a better' way for\nsociety to grow than Ser monopolists to fatten upon the'people; than\nfor money-hunters to pick the brains\nof men more intelligent 'than themselves: than for beauracracies to usurp all government whether -under a\nRussian autocrat or a British monarchy or an American republic; than\nfor enormous armies and navies to be\nmaintained in constant readiness to\ndestroy the peace of the worM and\nthe autcmony of the feebler peoples;\nthan for the sweet country to be forsaken for tne cities of smoke and\nfog and hideous manufactures and,\nghastly streets. If- society is evolving\nfrom stage to stage, hew happy will\nit be when this stage is passed! For\nthere must be a better way for thousands of our fellow creatures to live\nthan to be turned into animals by\nthe brutalizing conditions in which\nthey are now compelled to pass their\ndays.\"\nObedience to Christ's words, he\ncontinues, \"even were it universal,\ncould not create more poverty, more\nmisery, more degradation, more demoralization,, and..mere, danjeeraus.\nsocial and political consequences, than\nwe now have from competition tempered in some degree by Christian\ninfluence and humane principle.\" The\nChristian way. as he sees it, would;\ntints affect individuals:\nit would call a halt to the mad\npace at which most are rushing along.\nIt would spread thc crushing . work\nof ten or twenty or thirty years ovir\nforty or fifty years; men would n*ct\nbe too old 'at forty.' We should not\nsee the sad spectacle of men at their\nbest, mentally and morally, discarded\nfor boys and youths, who can be obtained for less money, and who have\nmore physical force\u00E2\u0080\u0094tnough not always tbat. The quieter and saner-\nlife among a great body of Christian\npeople would have a calming influence\nupon thi- rest And further:\nthis unworldly manner of living does\nnot imply that Christians would be\npoor, as that word is generally understood. They would not depreciate\nand discountenance the beautiful and\ngracious things of life that, in so\nmany instances at least, make life\nt?rr- \u00E2\u0096\u00A0;,-. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ,.-:\nmore like, heaven than it otherwise*\nWould be. Their avoidance of laying\nup treasures on earth would tend,to\nsimplicity of . lift* purity of- taste,\neconomy of m'\u00C2\u00ABans,'.and \u00C2\u00ABn|oymsat of\nnature, Which malfes lio heavy charges\nfor. looking at the-everchanging splen-\n\u00C2\u00A3*s of the skies, and listening to the\nutic of wind and water, and observing the wayt of birds, plants, insects,\nSnd animals.\"\"\nt The Church of Christ, says the\nwriter, has always inclined .to tome\nfot*m of ''coiomunitutr\" ;or \"socialism.\"\n\"and must do-so while she readsi llo*\nNow Testament, knows1 her own hist-\nbry, and has the guidance of the Holy\nppirit.\" Stalwart, hardy, God-fearing men and women,--he- continues,\nrwottld be increased in number and\nin efficiency if Christians were greatly\nless occupied in layrng'up capital for*\nthemselves.\" He-adds.:\nj \"The men and women are the real\nCapital; in them lies every potency\nfnd possibility. They can turn the\nearth into better than gold; into harvests of plenty and a home of contentment. We may not confound\nthings temporal with things spiritual,\nfor our aha all tnrottgh has been io\nSplift and dignify the spiritual\u00E2\u0080\u0094but\nthere can be no question that when-\nspiritual things are put first they immediately touch and transform earthly things, and 'these, again, affect the\nother. * A nation that bas a large\nbody of men who do not enter into\ncompetition to be rich, but arc models\npf industry, frugality, honesty, temperance, would soon feel a new regenerating force at work within her.\nEvery kind of industry would be remodeled.\n! \"But without our great 'captains\nOf industry,' without our great capitalists, now would much of\"\nthe world's- enterprise succeed?\nA good deal of it can af- .\ntord to wait. Weightier matters require attention in our churches,\nand in* our nation, and, unless they\nare attended to soon, we may find\nthat the world's enterprise, so far as\n; we are concerned, can not be attended\ntfo at all. 'The white man's burden'\nm heavy, too heavy for decaying\nstrength; let htm recruit himself-,\nspare diet will do him good; his dis-.-\nesse springs mostly from enlargement.\nOf dividends.\" -\nNOT IN THE SAME CLASS.\nHe was an honest working man ,\nit, of a job. As he doggedly pur- .\n|utd the \"even tenor of his- way\"\nlong the dusty turnpike in search of\nmployment, he espied a mule ia s\nsoadstde pasture industriously engaged in stockin- his locker with the nu-.\ntritious herbage that grew in luxurious abundance round about him. Numerous harness galls Showed clearly\nthat his muleship was not an entire\nstranger to the stubborn plow or the\nobstinate cart. Somehow the afore- -\nsaid harness galls seemed to, in some\nEysterious manner, suggest a sort of\nmd of relationship betwixt himself\nand the long-eared quadruped. Approaching his supposed relative, he\nqueried: \"Good sir; how is it that\nwhen out of work you are thus enabled to enjoy the luxury of an un- -\nstinted larder, and bask in the sunshine of a material prosperity that\nputteth fat upon your ribs and ancint-\neth yoor heart with a sweet content,'\nwhilst I, when out of work, find the\nroad long and weary, food becomes\nbut a memory, and the erstwhile\nthin layer *of \"fit upon ray ribs'fades\naway to a mere gristle that affords\nbut an imperfect, buffer 'twixt skin\nand bone?\"\n\"Avaurrt, base wretch!'' quoth the\nmale, with his mouth half full Of\nsucculent blue joint, \"I cost my master $147. I neither worship a job .\nnor work for wages when I have one.\"\nHis lips being otherwise engaged, he\ncurled his tail with fine scorn, and\nsaid \"skiddoo\" so effectively with his\nheels that.the aforesaid honest working man went over the . fence as\nthough shot from a catapult. In the\ncourse of his flight, as he passed over\na gopher hole, he felt so small that\nit appeared to him as a yawning\nchasm a mile and a half deep.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 o\nCapital is not a productive force.\nIn the last analysis it merely ex\npresses tbe relationship existing between the owners of the means of\nwealth production and their exploited\nvictims. The profits of capital, plus\nthe cost of keeping the capitalists,\n'their heelers, thugs, ruffians, apologists and hangers-on, measures the\nextent of the exploitation. It is the .\nprice the victims pay for that ignorance which alone makes their exploitation possible.\n o- 1\t\nJohn F. Murray, cashier of the\nWestern Union Telegraph Company\nat Springfield, Mats., has been relieved of hit arduous duties, given'\neasier ultility work and is to receive\nhis full salary as long as he lives.\nThis has been granted him as a reward for faithful service, and yet\nMurray has only worked for the\ncompany, and in the same office, for\nfifty years. In the light of this, who.\nwill dare to assert that corporations\nhave no souls. a\nI\nI\n111 \"Ml. MIWSlHIHSW \u00E2\u0096\u00A0t-..,/\"*H M**->M\nIlu to Clarion\n~ r--\t\nPublished every Saturday in the\ninterests of the working class alone\nat the Office of the Western Clarion,\nFlack Block basement, 165 Hastings\nStreet, Vancouver B. 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'\nSaturday, November 17, 1906.\nTHE RESULT OF THE ELECTION.\nFrom such meagre reports as have\nbeen received to date regarding the\nrecent election in the United States, it\nappears that the Socialist vote shows\na healthy and general increase all\nalong the line over the vote of 1904.\nThere seems tc be nothing in the nature of any spasmodic increase, but a\ngeneral and persistent forging ahead\nin spite of all obstacles, that promises well for the future of the movement and speaks volumes for the excellence of the work of propaganda\nand agitation already done.\nIn the earlier stages of the movement Socialists were often carried off\ntheir feet with that enthusiasm that\nfrequently comes from sudden conversion, and set their expectations so\nhigh as to believe that it was merely a matter of an election or two until their aim would be attained and\nthe millenium dawn. It is different\nnow. With a better understanding\nof the task in hand, and the multitude of obstacles to be encountered\nand overcome ere it can be accomplished, the seasoned Socialist is unaffected by the returns of an election, no matter what such returns\nmay appear to show. With an unshaken confidence in the cause he espouses, and an unswerving faith in\nits ultimate triumph, he takes up the\nthread of his work on the morrow after election with the same cheerful\nbut stubborn determination that marked his conduct before.\nThe comrades in the States are\neverywhere as busy now in pressing\nforward the work of agitation and organization as ever.\nThe esprit de corps of the Socialist movement cannot be broken, by\neither \"temporary victories or defeats,\nalong the battle line cf the class\nstruggle. The stubborn, persistent\npushing forward of the principles and\nprogramme of the revolutionary\nworking class is bound to result in its\ntriumph and the final emancipation\nof labor from the thraldom of exploitation. The future is assured. '\nONE KIND OF ACCURACY.\nIt will be remembered that net\nlong since J. Ramsay MacDonald and\nwife stopped in Vancouver for a day\nor two while on their way to New\nZealand and Australia. Mr. MacDonald is one of the labor members\nof the British House of Commons,\nand we believe occupies the position\nof \"whip\" of the Labor Party as represented in that House.\nIn the Labour Leader\" of London,\nEngland, under date of October 19,\n1906, appears a communication from\nMrs. MacDonald setting forth her\nimpressions of British Columbia, and\nmere especially of the Socialist movement of the province.\nThe MacDonald's made a flying\ntrip through the province. From the\ntime they crossed the eastern border\nuntil they took steamer for Australia\ncovered a period of something like\nfour or five days, a goodly portion of\nwhich was, of course, spent in travelling. A brief stop in Vancouver,\none night in Nanaimo, one in Victoria\nand they were off for the Antipodes.\nAs it is not a matter of record that\nthey attended any meetings of the\nSocialist organizations, either business or propaganda, nOr came in contact with any officers or members\nwho were either disposed or qualified\nto give them any information worthy\nof credence regarding the movement,!\nIU method of procedure and Us prospects, it is safe td assume that such\ninformation as they did obtain was\nmore than likely to* have been furnished by those who, for reasons best\nknown to themselves, were more or\nless hostile to it.\nIf there is -one thing above all\nothers that will arouse the venom of\nthat rag-tag and bob-tail of capitalist\npoliticians known as the Liberal Party, it is the Socialist movement. There\nis no lie sufficiently brazen, or slander so foul, that these worthies would\nnot use them to cast ill-repute upon\nthose who are pushed to the front in\nthc Socialist inovement. There are\nthose who profess to be Socialists, but\nwhose Socialist pretensions are but\nthe thinnest veneer to cover their Liberal proclivities. It is evident from\nthe following, clipped frcm Mrs. Mac-\nDonald's letter to the Labour Leader, referred to above, that if the\ngood lady did not fall into thc clutches of some Liberal in her search for\ninformation, she certainly fell foul of\nsome one well qualified to become\none:\n\"The two Socialist members in the\nBritish Columbia Parliament \u00E2\u0080\u0094 Mr.\nHawthornthwaite and 'Mr. Williams-\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nand an Independent, Mr. Davidson,\nwho has practically joined them, arc-\nin the undesirable position of holding\nthe balance of power between 18\nConservatives and 17 Liberals, and\nthey meet with much criticism because they unwaveringly support the\nConservatives, and keep them in\npower, and to do this have voted for\nsome very bad \"jobs\" in alienating\nland from the public, and some very\nreactionary legislation.\"\nNow as to the facts. The British\nColumbia Parliament is at present\nmade up of 42 members. 22 of these\nare Conservatives, 17 are Liberals, 2\nsre Socialists and 1 Independent Labor. The combined votes of Liberals, Socialists and Independent Labor\nwould amount to but 20, as against 22\nConservatives. No one even in the\nslightest manner addicted to truth\ntelling could locate the balance of\npower in the hands of Hawthprnth-\nwaite, Williams and Davidson. The\nbalance of the yarn about keeping the\nConservatives in power and voting for\nbad '\"jobs\" and \"reactionary legislation,\" contains an equal amount of\ntruth. In fact, the entire statement\nis an unadulterated lie from start to\nfinish. Every disgruntled Liberal in\nthe province has long since bawled\nhimself hoarse in uttering these and\nsimilar falsehoods.\nThe next -time thc MacDonald's\npass this way they should travel by\nballoon and make no stops. They\nmight thus be able to pass judgment\nupon the Socialist movement and the\nmen who are fighting valiantly in it\nin this province, without such judgment being warped by any Liberal\nprejudice other than that which they\nbring with them from dear old England.\nskill from their Greek and R.iiitali ancestors, but one thing I knrtw and\nthat is that Phedres (v?00 B.C.I speaks \t\nabout individuals of his tune whol Hett Mr. Smith lotes\nof Praxiteles and My- \" *-' -\u00E2\u0096\u00A0* -\nThe confidently expected wailings\nof that \"labor party\" infant, that was\nreported to have been born in this\ncitv about the first of this month,\nhave not materialized. Can it be that\nsome cruel jokestcrs worked off a\nsawdust kid on dear old confiding\nwetnurse Gray of Victoria? And that\ntoo after the old lauy had gone to the\ntrouble of providing such an ample\noutfh of infantile lingerie.\nOne excellent reason why the influx of Hindus into Canada should be\nencouraged ties in the fact that, being British subjects, they will come\nin handv as Liberal and Conservative\nvoters later on. And besides, they\nwill know fully as much about what\nthey are doing as does the average\nLiberal or Conservative of Canadian\nor old country extraction.\nThe general elections in Austria\n'will come off early in the new year.\nThis will be the first election held under the new universal suffrage law.\nIt is expected the Socialists will enter the next parliament fully 100\nstrong. Then there will be something doing worth chronicling.\nA miner by the name of William\nWells, had a leg broken by a fall of\ncoal in the mines at Nanaimo, another\nwas badly cut about the head and\nface. A miner by the name of Math-\neson was killed at Phoenix. All of\nthese mishaps occurred during the\npast week. The mines will, however, continue to operate as none of\nthe stock-holders were injured.\nMODERN ART AND THE GULLIBLE SUCKER\nIn the last month's correspondence\nby comrade Robinson, referring to the\nMassachussetts Museums 0? Fine\nArtt hc said: \"They contain a very\nlimited and inferior exhibit of leftovers.\" If comrade Robinson could\nlook a little deeper into that \"exhibit\ndf left-overs\" he would find out that\nover 75 per cent, of it is nothing else\nbut counterfeits and imitations of the\nreal Masterpieces.\nThis might sound a little tco exaggerated, but I am ready to prove\nwhat I say.\nIf all the museums and collections\nin England and America should bc\ncleaned out of all the counterfeited art,\nthere would be very little left \"over,\nindeed. The French and Italians\nhave cultivated this \"art\" through\nmany centuries. In fact their ability\ncan challenge the cleverest connoisseurs of any country.\nI do not knew if they inherited their\nused the name ^^^^^^^^^^^^^\nron on marble and silver statues, that\nwere nothing else bttt imitations of\nsuch artists. The Romans used such\ntricks although for different purposes.\nI.tuns XIV. was easily humbugged by\nMignard, who sold to him a very valuable painting thought to be by Guido,\nwhile it was nothing else but the\nwork of Boulogne. The cleverness\nof Boulogne was that of imitating\nGuido to perfection.\nThere is hardly a museum or a collection without some such imitation\naud trash.\nIn a bunch of letters written by a\nfriar in the XVII. century, very often\nhe speaks of art counterfeiters,\namongst others of a certain l.ottis\nwho can imitate the Etruscan vases\nin their very details.\nIf 1 could take Comrade Robinson\nto Italy for a month or so, I would\nshow him some studios in Rome\nwhere a good many artists are busy\nfrom morning to night modeling and\ncarving broken arms and slashed legs\nof satyrs, venuses, etc., trunks of\nstatues that never belonged to anyone. They have been clever enough\nto find compositions of acids which\nspread on the marble gives a very\ngood antique color tr it.\nThen there are pea.**:tts in the vicin\nity of Rt.-ni .j^^^^^\u00E2\u0080\u0094^^^\u00E2\u0080\u0094^^^\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nto graze at the nearby rains, where\nforeigners (mostly Englisi: tnd Americans) go sightseeing, and th\"re the\npeasants begin to tell thein how, in\nsuch and such a place, almost every\nday, they dig out wonderful finding*\nat only a few feet of depth. Hen\nthey begin to offer a few lire to the\nshepherd who usually is the main tool\nof the whole trick. These always\nhave the proper place to dig. There\nthey dig and dig for three or four\ndays in vain attempts, and just when\ndiscouraged and exhausted and ready\nto give up all hope lo! thc precious\nfind is made! The rich Englishman\npays the peasant well, and thc price\nis divided between him and thc artist.\nEngland and America is full of\nsuch ancient art that is only six\nmonths old.\nThis is neither the time or\nplace to show the tricks of the\n\"troquer classiO.\" In time I shall\nspeak of these also\nHowever, thc day is getting nearer and nearer, when the large army of\nskillful artists will no more need to\ndull their intellects and waste their\nenergy in faking foreigners with imitations. With a proper and even\nchance, and no art dealer that steals\nhalf of their product, their skill and\nartistic sense will give thc world new-\ncreations of their own brain; art that\nwill really be, bctli iu fact and in\nname, original.\nGIOVANNI B. CIVALE.\nToronto, Ont., Nov. 5, 1906.\nTrtE M6Pfi OP CANADA\n(Continued from last week.)\n[B Mr. Smith loies himself in a\nmaze of contradictions and patent absurdities, so obvious, that I prefer to\ntake the charitable view and attribute\nthem to a woeful but inexcusable ignorance of the subject.\nIU- asserts that the rights of the\nindividual are supreme; that thc individual unit is the first and last thing\nto be considered, and that inteference\nwith these rights is to strike at the\nr.i\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nevery alternate Tuesday, j. 0.\nMorgan, Secretary. It) )\u00E2\u0080\u00A2...,-.,r.j\nStreet. Vancouver. Ii C\nIjogbI VaUKtONver, No. I. R. P. uf 1 aa.\nmen. Business n...-.:!. k\u00C2\u00AB avwy\nMonday etenlnc at h<-u 1 marten.\ntuatlsalOc Block, tit Cetnblt Kim-,\n(room 1. second floor). K-tuca*\nttottal aTuewtlngs every Sunday tt I\np. ssw tr* Butllwin Hnll. rv\u00E2\u0096\u00A0' \"'\nany kind.\nFor thc majority this it \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2,\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0''\nHow can it be, when the hardest tot\nsesreely suffices to secure the meio*\nett, bsrett existence, for the nun\nthe workers, and it becomi nece*-\ntary for the children tn perl rm nm\nand exacting toil in order to live, in*\nfirst problem facing n*. is to . matt\nconditions so that child laboi i\nfit will bc impossible a*- it in\ntary. Then we may hope t.> 'l\u00C2\u00AB*v\u00C2\u00AB-\nop and train a race fitted to l>i\u00C2\u00BB!' ;' '\"\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nstarvation, misery and dcgr.i latin*\nwhile the few riot in luxuries refusion. Let us strive that \u00C2\u00AB '\" *'\nhsve patted to thc great beymi'l. \"r\nsons and daughetr* may inhei 1 >\ncial and industrial edifice, fntindc.l upon the eternal principle- \u00C2\u00BBi lr'\"n\nand Justice; where the all I\"'*\"'\"!*\nbondn of fraternity and fell' ^*1\"1\nmay knit together all rao and P\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00B0\"\npie* in one common brothcrh '\nIn conclusion, let me saj ' s '\nno partisan spirit I have trave'.'W\nMr. Smith's arguments, but 1- \"\nearnest student of economic in\u00C2\u00BBn<\ntrusting that in thc conflid <\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 mtc\nlect and the play of reason, the\nmay be evolved, and d**eu\u00C2\u00BBsion\nreeled along line* productive\ngreatest good to all. 1.\nI am a firm believer In the l\"\",cip',\nof ascociation, which is the la* \u00C2\u00B0\nprogress and brotherhood, and \",\ntined, I trutt soon, to rniatnii\"1'' J\"\nworkers from the grinding '*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\" ,,\nof Capital, so that it may be po\"-\" .\nto realize our fondctt hopes, tlia '\nthit Canada of ours, this land '| !\"'\nitless possibilities, a mighty N'\"1'^\nmay arise containing within ii* -*0\ners neither master nor slave\nJAMES YOUNU\ntrull'\nbe di*\nif tht .,u,^twsawti,tH\n*%mJ*\n}\u00C2\u00AE9<\u00C2\u00AE9\u00C2\u00AE99\u00C2\u00AE9\u00C2\u00AE99\u00C2\u00AE9\u00C2\u00AE9\u00C2\u00AE9999%99\u00C2\u00AE9\u00C2\u00AE\nS PARTY MATTERS *\ni\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A29\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-\nAND ANNOUNCEMENTS\n)$00\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AEQ\u00C2\u00AE******\u00C2\u00AEto*\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE999\nTheie oiitmiis havo been placed at\n|tha disposal of the Psrty. Secretaries\n\u00E2\u0080\u009Er jjocals are requested to take ad-\n|vantage cf them In. at Intervals, re*\nIportlng conditions In their respective\nliocalltles. Communications under this\n|iJ.,,,i ahould be addressed to the Do-\n[\u00E2\u0096\u00A0ninion or Provincial Secretaries. Lo*\n,,.,| m, retarles nre further requested to\niintik to these columns for announc**-\nlinentt from the Bxeeutlvs CommiUees.\ni , this means the business ot the\nI tarty will be facilitated and thn Dominion and Provincial secretaries\n(uli-ved of * little Of the Increasing\n(burden of correspondence.\nr0 STUDENTS \u00C2\u00B0OF SOCIALISM.\nIn order to afford comrades an\n.;,,)\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 access to standard works on\nicialitm, the committee hat decided\n> lay iu a stock of literature. The\nillowing are on hand and will be\nnt post-paid to any address st\nice* quoted. Two-cent stamps\nill l>t accepted for sums not exceeding 25 centt:\nfi 11 origin of the Family, (P.\nKngels) \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2..\u00E2\u0080\u00A2. 60\n|-1 he Social Revolution (Karl\nKautsky) ... , \u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0080\u0094 60\n[hi- World's Revolutions (Env\ne\u00C2\u00ABt Ititermann) 60\nfrhu Socialists, who thsy are\nanil what they stand for,\ni.lohn Spargo) S .60\nlhe involution of Man (Bolsehe) .60\nModern Socialism (Chas. II.\nVail) 25\nHans Strugrrles ln America,\n\ M. Simons) 10\nhi- Communist Manifesto,\nKarl Marx io cents\nocialitm, Utopian and Scientific, Marx ft Enp-elt...to cents\n/age, Labor and Capital,\nKarl Marx t cents\n.Minion of tbe Working Class.\nHats Vail nm iii- i -06\nM2M--j, snd Farmers, A. M.\nSimons 5 cents\nOther works procured to order.\nAddress tho Literature Agent, Box i\nI3B, Vancouver. B. C.\n n\t\nTO HECRHTARIES OF LOCALS\nLIST OP SUPPLIES.\n'mutilations, per doten f .86\n^!tmUrship cards, each 01\nlieatloa blanks (with platform) -wr 100 .... 38\nThc committee being a stockhold-1\nr in the co-operative publishing\nuse of Chat. Ken fk Co., can pro-\nure literature for the localt at cott.\nCampaign fund receipt books are\n>.t ready and will be furnished to\ncats at io cents each.\nthe campaign just closed has been a\nrevelation to many who have hitherto regarded organization a* of doubtful utility. Many of these are now\ncalling most loudly for more perfect\norganization, and they are showing\ngood appreciation of the meaning of\nthe term.\nBut a declaration that wc must have\norganization does not give results.\nOur decision to have organization\nmust be translated into definite, positive acts along correct lines. . All with\nwhom I have consulted seem to be\nagreed that the State Organizer\nshould bc kept constantly in the field,\nfully ei-uiped for such work as he\nmust do, the Secretary should support the Organizer by keeping in\nclose touch with isolated Socialists\nand Socialist sympthizert through a\nsystem of correspondence. It has\nbeen lus-gesteo! that a general letter, dealing with the nature, the\npower and the nccetsity of organi-\nza| on be sent to thc unorganized.\nTo do these things and thc things\nsssocisted with the doing of these\nthings, will require funds-\u00E2\u0080\u0094not large\nfunds, but some funds. Comrade*,\nwith the memories of the past in your\nminds, and with the luture prospects\nbefore you will you contribute fcr\nthe purposes herein indicated?\nAre you willing to accept the duties\nand responsibilities thrust upon you\nby the conditions of life in which\nyou are placed, and deal with them\nlike men and women who arc inspired\nb.v a high purpose, or shall we shirk\nand slink away like craven cowards?\nComrades, what is your answer?\nShall we open the 1908 campaign\non the morning of the 7th of Nov.?\nA few of the comrades have contributed $1,15 to a literature fund, and, if\nthe whole membership will do as\nmuch fi-f the work of pushing organization, we will give results.\nYi.urs in thc Social Revolution,\nII. BURGESS,\nScct.-Trcas.\ne.g., Markei price of \u00C2\u00A326 piid tip\nshares of the Compan*/ is \u00C2\u00A341 io, so\nthat the shares have appreciated in\nactual value over 100 per cent. The\nSugar company has a share list of\n150,000 shares fully paid up, \u00C2\u00A320, and\nthey had balances reserves and undivided profit showing upon their balance sheet amounting to \u00C2\u00A3418453.\nThanking you in anticipation, believing me a sincere well wisher for\nthe cause of truth and the triumph of\nclass conscious revolutionary Socialism. W. H. K. ROBINSON.\nFinancial Secretary\nNew Zealand Socialist Party, Wellington.\n1 miY\"siL\nearn \mm\n*amaaa*amamm*tbmmm\n'asm*\nTHE PHANTOM CAT.\nIn last week's\narticle over the\nplay,\" in which\nto give a \"clear\nVoice appeared an\nsignature of \"Fair-\nthe writer essayed\nand definite mean-\nCORRESPONDENCE\n'KOVINCIAL ORGANIZING\nFUND.\n1 c following amounts received up\ndate:\n< \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 niy acknowledged $LU*\u00C2\u00B0j\n1 liatim I.oo.\n[*0U\n.5IJ4-KO\nSocialist party campaign\nFUND\nIt has been decided by tbe Provincial\nxecutive to build up a central fund\nbe used in generally assisting in the\nloming campaign and more especially\nthe purpose of printing snd dittri-\nloting campaign literature.\nAll comrades wishing to collect\nor tii is fund should st once apply\nI\" tlie provincial secretary for s re-\nleipt book. No effort should be\nIpared in building up this fund.\nTlu- following smounti received up\n|o date:\nPreviously acknowledged $\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 SO\nBwo Clarion Subs '50\nTotal \t\n. .$-13 50\nv\n\\nWASHINGTON.\nI\nIth.\nIt\nl-ai\nlv,,.\n\"' Headquarter*, Socialist Party\n-'.tii.S 1-2 Pacific Avenue. Tacoma,\nWash,\n'All Comrades, Greeting:\n1 '\" political campaign in which we\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0' luttafned 10 conspicuous a pari,\nnow closed. Great as has lieen\n-tress, this campaign is a mere in-\n1 \"it in thc greater and broader cstn-\nKn ol organisation in which all\n'ialistt nre engaged throughout all\nteatons,\nI he state office ha* carried on a vig-\nnrous campaign, distributing thousands of pieces of free literature de-\nsl\"it- mtr meager income; it has car-\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2''I on a large and constantly incrcas-\nu|k correspondence.\n1'\"' State Organircr, Emil Herman,\n\"as made a set speech almost daily\ni'\u00C2\u00BBr ninety day*, has sold much liters-\ntl'fc, has gathered and transmitted\n-1; this office thc names and addresses\n\"\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 stores of isolated Socialist* and\nSocialist sympathizers. Other speakers have been routed and much aided\n''\"\u00C2\u00BB' this office. With more means,\n1111,1 li more could have been done.\nThe campaign arid all the activities\n\"' P\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00AB* cent.\nis taken over by the State is a lie, as\n1 shall show.\nThere is no country in the world\nwith the exception of America, where\ncapitalist concerns get greater profits\nand where the condition of thc loiiing\nmasses it to completely at the mercy\nof representative! of capital, including Sir J. Ward and hit Company. As\nfor monopolies, the meat companies\nthc Butter ring, the Colonial Sugar\nRefining Company, have the producers at their mercy. Now for the\nfacts.\nBsnks.\nDiv. Paid up\nNew Zealand, 5 per cent \u00C2\u00A33.68\nUnion, 10 per cent 10s HI*\nN. S. W. 10 per cent.\nAustralasia 13 per cent\nNational 12 per cent\nFinancial.\nOhristchttrch Building, 7 Per cent.\nEquitable Building 10 per cent\nPermanent Trust Dun 2Vi, 7!4d in A.\nTrustees Ex. & A., Dunedin 15 per c.\nios in \u00C2\u00A3\nGas Companies.\nWellington Timacu, Christchurch, 10\nper cent. ..\nAuckland 15 per cent.\nNapier, i8\u00C2\u00AB/j per cent. \u00C2\u00A310 shares selling at \u00C2\u00A325.\nInsurance.\nNew Zealand and National, 15 per c.\nSouth British, 25 per cent.\nMeat Companies, 8 and 10 per cent.\n20 other companies, 10 to 15 per cent.\nWestpool Coal Company 15 per cent.\nAucKland Sugar Refining Company\ntfin\u00C2\u00A3\ning\" to the term capital and described it as \"that portion of wealth used\nfor the production of more wealth,\"\nand, continuing, he M.yt when viewed\nin this manner \"that sphinx of Socialism, the capitalist, will begin to vanish behind a cloud, and capital, the\nlaboror's tool of production will appear in its true light as something\nwhich in a free ttate of distribution\nand production will be the property of\nhim or them that prodced it with\ntheir own labor.\"\nThe writer has often heard and\nread of Single Taxers \"teeing the\ncat,\" but the inability of these\ntame Single Taxer* to see any difference between the modern tool of\nproduction which is so gigantic and\ncomplicated that it requires the collective labor of whole armies of working men to operate it, and the small\nindividual tool which was the instrument of labor in the petty industries\nof former days, is another mark of\nsmall perceptive powers on the part\nof a cult possessed of a peculiar mental hallucination which causes them\nto see felines where nobody else\ncan. If this definition expressed the\ntrue meaning of the word capital then\nthe Chiaiaman or laborer who makes\na living hoeing potatoes or digging\nin a ditch is a capitalist, because he\nis the possessor cf wealth\u00E2\u0080\u0094a shovel\nor a hoe and a suit of overalls\u00E2\u0080\u0094which\nis wealth used in the production of\nmore wealth.\nThe instruments of labor may or^5j\"jves\nmay not be capital. When the tools\nof labor were small, individual hand\ntools which were owned and operated by the same person, and who,\ntherefore, appropriated the product of\nhis own labor, they were not capital,\nneither did they possess any of the\ncharacteristics of capital. They were\nmerely private property. It was only\nwhen the instruments of labor developed from individual use and ownership into the machine which required the sub-division and co-cpera-\ntivc effort of many workers to operate it that it took on its character\nas capital; that is, it then became the\nproperty of one man, or firm, or company, who owned it solely that they\nmight appropriate to themselves the\nfruit of thc labor of they who operated it.\nYour modern capitalist takes no\npart in production whatever. The\nfunction of capital isto enable the\nowner\u00E2\u0080\u0094capitalist\u00E2\u0080\u0094to take, not to\nmake. Thc owners of capital may\nlive thousands of miles away frcm\nthe locality of their capital, they may\nnever see it, in fact, but the returns\nfrom the labor of the) who toil will\ncome to them in the .shape of dividends, so sweet to the taste of your\ncapitalist.\nTrue it is that capital is something\ncreated by labor, is the result of labor and is, in fact, stored up labor,\nbut it is because of the lordship of\nthis past labor over the present living labor which gives it its distinctive character at capital. When the\ninstruments of labor are again the\nproperty of they who work them they\nwill no longer be or function as capital. The product of labor has always gone tc the owner of the means\nof production, and when the workers\nagain stand as owners of their own\ntools they will stand masters of their\nown product. But as the instrument\ncf production is no longer the small\nindividual, hand tool of a by-gone\nage, in order to possess it at all they\nmust do so collectively, because by\nits very nature it requires the collective labor of they who would own it\nto operate it. This is the purpose\nand program of the Socialist party\nthe world over, and until that program is caried into effect the workers\nwill remain just where they are today\u00E2\u0080\u0094wage-earners who sell their labor power in a competitive labor market and wnose iron dictates are wholly\nbeyond the powers of the Single Taxer to remedy or even understand.\u00E2\u0080\u0094\nFrom the Socialist column in Winnipeg Voice.\nTte Juttemaut % To Date\n(Continued from Page One.)\nlatter operate the roads and therefore perform whatever *ervice to human society is affcrded by their operation. The present, or capitalist form\nof property, enabled the owners of\nthese railways to exploit their employees to the tune of over $600,000,-\n000 in the one year covered by the reports above referred to. This, mark\nyou, after all operating expenses had\nbeen paid. In other words, bcaus\nthe railways functioned as capital, the\nmen who did the work, the employees,\nreceived at least $500 each less for\ntheir year's work than they would have\nreceived had the roads been the property of the working class and operated for its own use, instead of for\nthe purpose cf bringing profit to the\ncapitalist owners as at present.\nIt is well to note that no capitalist\nis included among the killed or injured\nemployees. The risks of modern industry are not taken by the owners.\nThat is those risks that endanger life\nand limb. These risks are exclusively the portion of they who operate the\nindustries\u00E2\u0080\u0094the working people.\nThere is no logical reason why thc\nownert of railways or capitalists in\ngeneral, Should put themselves out\nfor the purpose of safe-guarding their\nemployees against lcs$ of life and\nlimb. Thev purchase their supply of\nlabor power in the open market just\nas they purchase the balance of their\nsupplies. As they do not purchase\nthe laborer's body they are not in the\nleast concerned as to what may become of it. They suffer no money\nloss because the laborer is killed cr\ncrippled. .Another immediately takes\nhig place and everything goes on as\nbefore. Of far greater consequence\nto the capitalist is an injury to his\nmachinery, than the killing of half\nhis employees, or the whole bunch\nfor that matter. It costs money to\nreplace the former. It costs nothing\nto replace the latter.\nThis reckless human slaughter must\ninevitably continue so long as the\nmeans of production remain as capital. So long as the motive cf industry is profit, no one need expect any\nconsideration to be given for the\nsafety of the life and limb of the\nout of which that nrofit is\nwrung. It is unnecessary to shed any\ntears over this killing and maiming.\nThe slave* themselves seem to enjoy it. The results cf the recent elections in the States show that they still\ngive their support to the system that\nnot onlv robs them by wholesale, but\nslaughters them like sheep. As long\nas they like it, no one else has any\nkick coming.\nThis does not prevent us from re-\nmarkin- however, that the railway is\nthe modern juggernaut par excellence,\nand the modern working man the\t\nfool \"that ever came down the pike.\"\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2sm^Tfa\nfltkH\nNOTICE.\nToronto factory bosses are being\nthrown into a dangerous fever because they cannot obtain sufficient\nfemale labor for their factories. The\nvery foundations of our glorious capitalist civilization are being threatened\nby this awful scarcity of the raw material from which the sacred profit\nis made. May kind heaven send\nalong a plentiful supply of female and\nchild labor before the whole blooming\nthing collapses.\nThe Socialist candidate for District\nAttorney received in the city of Milwaukee 14.295 votes, as against\n13.554 for McGovern, the La Follerte\ncandidate, and 11,762 for Bodens, the\nRepublican. In the outlying districts of the county rhe La Follette\ncandidate received enough votes to\ngive him about 100 plurality over the\nSocialist candidate.\nNotice is hereby given that after\n60 days we intend to apply to the\nChief Commissioner of Land and\nWorks for a special license to cut\nand carry away timber from the following described lands in Rupert District:\nNo. 1\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing at the S. W.\nCor. of Sec. 23, Township 14, thence\neast 80 chains, thence north 80 chains,\nthence west 80 chains, thence south\n80 chains.\nNo. a\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing at the N. W.\nCor. of Sec. 14, Township 14, thence\neast 80 chains, thence south 80\nchains, thence west 80 chains, thence\nnorth 80 chains.\nNo. 3.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing at the N. E.\nCor. of Sec. 15, Township 14, thence\nwest 80 chains, thence south 80\nchains, thence east 80 chains, thence\nnorth 80 chains.\nNo. 4.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing at the S. E.\nCor. of Sec. 22, Township 14, thence\nnorth 160 Chains, thence west 40\nchains, thence south 160 chains,\nthence east 40 chains.\nNo. 5.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing at the N. E.\nCor. of Sec. 26, Township 14, thence\nwest 80 chains, thence south 80\nchains, thence east 80 chains, thence\nnorth 80 chains.\nNo. 6\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing at the N. W.\ncorner of Sec. 25, township 14,\nthence east 80 chains, thence south\n80 chains, thence west 80 chains,\nthence north 80 chains.\nNo. 7.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing near the S.\nW. Cor. Sec. 36, Township 14, thence\nnorth 80 chains, thence east 80\nchains, thence south 80 chains, thence\nwest 80 chains.\nNo. 8\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing at post half\na mile south of the S. W. Cor. of\nSec. 31. Township 15, thence north\n80 chains, thence east 80 chains,\nthence south 80 chains, thence west\n80 chains.\nNo. 0.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing at a post\nplanted at the S. W. Cor. of No. 8,\nthence south 80 chains, thence east\n80 chains, thence north 80 chains,\nthence west 80 chains.\nNo. 10\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing at a post\nplanted near the N. E. Cor. of Sec.\n17, Township 15, thence 160 chains\nwest, thence 40 chains south, thence\n160 chains east, thence 40 chains\nnorth.\nNo. 11\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commencing at a post near\nthe N. E. Cor. of No. 10 thence west\n160 chains, thence North 40 chains,\nthence east 160 chains, thence south\n40 chains, to point of commencement.\nDated Sept. 26, 1906.\nIMPERIAL TIMBER & TRADi.vG\nCO., LTD.\nA band of about one hundred revo\nUnionists held up a train last week\nat Rogow, Poland, and carried off\n$650,000 that was on board. Although half a dozen or.so soldiers\nwho were guarding the treasure were\nkilled, no damage was done.\neaooeoeftooooeoooooooooftoooMooo\n* AGENTS WANTED\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\nt\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\n9\nYOU CAN MAKE A LIVING ANO HELP THE CAUSE\nBY SELUN6\nTHE JUNGLE\nSome who started early are now selling ten \u00C2\u00A3\ncopies a day; and it pays from fifty to eighty cents %\na copy. Send to us for circulars and wholesale It\nprices. The book is now ready for delivery. %\nI\nl\nNEW YORK. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThe book is now ready for delivery.\nTHC JUNGLE PUBLISHING CO.,\nBOX 2064\nm%Z\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE&\u00C2\u00AE99GQ9S99\u00C2\u00AE\u00C2\u00AE99\u00C2\u00AE999999\nWANTED\nA Trained Nurse. Must be a\nGraduate from some well established hospital, for particulars write to\nW. B. MclSAAC\nSec Ymir General Hospital\nBox 506 Ymir. B. C\nAT HINTS\n.,\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 Jl*-'*'Vl'a<-ft\nby&rperte.\n oT aunuracUirara,\n. Where who reallae Itsc ad-rlaabll-\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2Mot their faltiil bualneta transacted\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0uTrrcUmioar*/advice free. Charges\nSITING MACHINE.\nBOUEB BKAttNO.\nHIGHCJUOi.\nao YEAitr\nEXPERIENCE\nTradc M*\"ms\nDcsions\nCorvmoHTs Ac\nAi-rone sanding a akdrh and deaerlptlon may\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0.etaklr aaaertala oar opinion fra-e whether an\ntii\u00C2\u00BBe>itlon la pfohatly |MU*ni*jU.-atConiiouiitf\u00C2\u00BB-\nn.>ns*4r**lrr\u00C2\u00AB.i*M\u00C2\u00AB.itl\u00C2\u00ABl. HlnTOOOS ooHateota\nmui Irt*. Oldest sa-mcy roe set-anna patents.\nTalenta taken tbrrxutts Mann * Co. metre\nawUutla. without eharae. la the)\nScientific Jhtolcai\nilhwtratad weakly. J-ajreeatelr.\neetentloc Journal. Terms. Sl a\ntha.ll. Bold brail wawadaalara.\nqui****,. New tork\n>, at t **, Waslioattji-, D. c.\nA hanaaomely lltaetnted weakly,\nenlatlon of any eetentloc \"partial,\nrear; four montha.ll. Sold brail\nSave\nMoney\nby buying thsf\nreliable, honest*\nhigh gradei\ningi\nSTRONGEST GUARANTEE.\nNational Sewing Machine Co,\nSAN FRANCISCO. CAL.\nrACT08V AT BELVtOEaia ILL.\nHudson's Bay Company, Agents.\n\u00C2\u00A73$$\u00C2\u00A9&$$$$M\n0V*H\nBEST IN B C\nX^\neve\n:,rv*>\n6*S\u00C2\u00A9.@S9\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BBSS\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BB*>\u00C2\u00BBw*\u00C2\u00BB9\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00ABtH\nUnited Hatters of North America\nWhen you are buying a FCR HAT see to It\nthat ths Genuine Union Label Is sewed in IL If\na retailer has loose labels ln his possession and\noffers to put one In a hat for you, do not patronise\nhim. Loose labels In retail stores are counterfeits.\nThe genuine Union Label Is perforated on four\nedges, exactly the same as a postage stamp. Counterfeits are some times perforated on three edges,\nand some times only on two. John B. Stetson Co.,\nof Philadelphia. Is a non-union concern.\nJOHN A. MOFFITT, I*re*5Ulent, Orange, N. J.\nMARTIN LAWLOK, Secretary, 11 Waverly PUoe,\nNew York.\nas\nTELEPHONE 84*\nCAPITAL CITY BAKERY\nG A. OKELL, Manager\nBread and Cakes delivered to any\npart of tbe City. You can always\ndepend upon our bread. Try it.\n37 Pandora St Victoria, B. C\nDo you know ws sell fron 10 to tB\ncents cheaper than our cosspetltors.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2HASHES'FAIR\nrors jt. c*JX-tvirc**SB\nTi Csvcraattt Strul, VMsrls, 6. C\n-tub-\nTELEPUONK B779\nHENRY BEHNSEN &\nMasslKisrtr tl\n; HAVANA\n* CIGARS\nIs. 8 Ctstrt SL\nVICTORIA, B.C.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0099\u00A6\u00E2\u0080\u00A2>\u00E2\u0080\u00A2!\nGo.\nBIS 3 C,MR\nRE0I8TKRBD\nModerate. Oar hrraarter'a Advlaer **at upon\ntt****. TsUrloefMai^, New York Life Bill*-,\nMontreal; aud Wa.hiuKtuu, li.C, V.&JU\nIF YOU WANT TO KNOW\nwhat the Party is doing on the Pacific\nCoast of the United States.\nKF.AD THE\n\"SOCIALIST VOICE\"\n528 Telegraph Ave.,\nOakland, California.\n\"For the Socialist Party and By the\nSocialist Party.\"\nTen weeks, ten cents; one year, 50 cts.\nSEND FOR SAMPLE COPY\nFor the\nCampaign\nFund.\nHaving been authorized by\nthe publshen of the Western\nClarion to receive subs at tbe\nregular rate\u00E2\u0080\u0094$1.00 per year\nand apply one half of all money\nreceived to the Central Campaign Fond, you are earnestly\nrequested to assist in swelling\nthis fund by sending your subs\ndirect to me. Either renewals\nor new subs, to be taken for a\nperiod of not lets than one year\nYours for a generous Campaign Fund which means a\nvigorous campaign.\n0. G. McKENZIE,\nProv. Secy.\nBex 838, Vancouver, B. C.\nV\n<\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 tnauei VAsoowia,\nooooooooooooooooooooooooo* .',**ammef ** \u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\"\u00C2\u00BB of mym*.\n-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0AND VIEWS\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\"-ags\n\u00C2\u00BBS2 -SSC* -^=52\njjaii~\u00E2\u0080\u0094^*-s^p\nI A8 t\u00C2\u00ABf\u00C2\u00A3M OB*XF*\u00C2\u00A7S8E\u00C2\u00AB OY SeOttU^B^THROUCHOu. TKE DOMINION\nEXPLANATldtf\nOf the MaterlsHst Conception of History; or the Law of Socisl Growth\nDi&COvcrcd by Karl Marx ami I-'retl-\nerick Kngels, 1848.\n(From the Preface to Marx's \"Critique of FolitiN pm?&\ ,*;\nlitncd 18s/.7\nr*'lr'\u00C2\u00BB\")\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB-\u00C2\u00BBft-\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00AB'wM*\u00C2\u00BB*\u00C2\u00AB>\nPublit\nThc first,,*\nfur thr jHrpose\n..work, avjlich I undertook\nptAc of'rfolvini* Ilu- 'li nhl*\nwhich perplexstJ mi\" WM 0 ''r\"K1:,,\nre-Mamination of Hegel* Mnli.ww.y\nof Law. Thi- introduction to tgts\nwork appeared in the German-Wrench\nYear Hooks, published in Pail! m\n1844. My investigation cmled in tho\nconviction that legal r**).i(i'''i'>. and\nformtof irovernment cannot b\u00C2\u00AB e\u00C2\u00AB*\nplained cither by themselves or hy\nthe,'so-called development Of lhe M*\nman mind,,but, ..11 the cottury, have\ntheir roots in the conditions of men s\nphysical rcxisuii.ee,- whrnc\nHegel, following thu Knglish\nFrench writers of thc cigl)\ncentury, summed up, under th\nof civil soMWy}j*Uldtfi|l the\nof civil sotb\u00C2\u00BBf.*po*t4fmsouglt\nlitical ccohofnii to vijilcl\nnext gave ttiy attention.\nThe. general retiHt\nrived st and whi\u00E2\u0096\u00A0-\nscritd as a guide\nstudies, can be\nfolErWt:.;.\nIH making\ner men .entrain voluntary\nThese\nof their\ncupatioi\never stafc-a^ieSy has rea\ndeveloptn*M,'&f**'\u00C2\u00A3,jroate\ntive ioTtmisr\u00C2\u00A3i\u00C2\u00B1~i--\u00E2\u0096\u00A0--:..\nDifferent stages of in\nduce different relations.\nThe totality .of\nlations' constitute\nstructure and basis'\nUpon this basis\nlitical sttperstructu\nThere are certain\ntonscfOn*m***ss\"' of *\"c-\u00C2\u00ABl.**d ^pwblic\nopipipn which , corrpsptpid ., tP-jAtf\nbasis. \"\" '\" ' *\u00E2\u0080\u00A2.'\u00E2\u0096\u00A0--\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nThe method -prewling in *s\u00C2\u00ABy* society oi producing, the materia! livelihood determines the social, political and intellectual life of\" men in\ngeneral.\nIt is not primarily men's consciousness* wlitth d\u00C2\u00AB*!Tih'ldes tft\"ei^'ittb\u00C2\u00ABe- df\nlife-, on the contrary it is their social\nlife which dcten\nscions;\n\"TtuTSTsn antftgcoicii growing out of We d vi'f expect all the rentiers to\nthe circitinstances in which men niM-r^v. -.11 %vc say%a!! the tittu-. l\f\ninust live who take part in social prV ,,e no* picturing the beatitudes DM\nduction. \u00C2\u00B0' '',H' a(*vai u\u00C2\u00A3fM oi \"\"\"K \u00E2\u0080\u00A2otwtl.lng\nBut the productive force- hid), for nothing ii -> be abb lo do it\nare developed in the lap ot cat. it..'.*-*! j yonr way\u00E2\u0080\u0094il von can get by the\nsiH-iety create at the same ,'ntr ihe\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ul'ramnnne giaphttel\nmaterial conditions needed io; tl\u00C2\u00AB*\u00C2\u00BB*| -.\nabolition of this antagonism. Thi\ncapitalist form of society, t.K.-iui*\nmtb br*xigip;S-faose thit fycl-- 01 th\n'nislory olliumari society* is\nThe Indianapollt mayor's\nr ' -ice >f pride In being a tiitn.ii\n, ,i-'ti iva-t tllowtl 111 the .ipp\u00C2\u00AB''nt-\nn*tt-- i pt-j.it-<->n of honor .md trust\noi'hum'iit society, is t h;i**.j\nexisted under the various iui ins of ex- \\nploitation. , .. v- * rj ->\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 o\t\nANOTHER \"UNION\" MAN WITH\nCAPITALIST PLATFORM.\nSIMPLY A MATTER OF FRCP\nERTY OWNERSHIP.\nOld Shylock, in his time, demat tl\ned in*, poufei oi .Mb,\nPremier 3Jiii\u00C2\u00BB\u00C2\u00BBti\u00C2\u00BBiiir. bd'^a K '\nCommission, declared: \"The mine\nare mine; can 1 not do as I like wilh\nmy own property? I'll clost n*\nr**4ns*!far tear year* ii.ncceiw-u-y .- . -h\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094 (to Marvin-,- the slaviit int.> ml;* j\ntion.) \"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ;\u00E2\u0096\u00A0;\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 \u00E2\u0096\u00A0}\nNow comes i.. \"tal\nLinossy,- of the\" \u00E2\u0096\u00A0O't.v\nmines, with the anno in ..rent th; I\n\"the Fernie mines Will t m;. closed-\nfor six years rather than ttt lit t<\nclosed shoo principles.\"a 1\nAll of which goes to pr\nrtitu-ffltn*.**! land \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 soundm-.,.-\nSocialtst position.\nSo long, as the w, Were\nto leaving the owneis.iip oi\nI resources and their means o\nthe hands of ind'vi uals, to\n. .1 rn. \u00E2\u0096\u00A0' .--it.nl opponent Ol or-iani\"*-\n-*,' labor uirt ihe one nttsttbdr of the\n'ocal t.-p' thet.u- who has pot in the\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0reater . .irt of his time in r-ndeav-\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 * t . disrupt the typographical\nmiion Mavor llt-okwallrr rode to\nrci on his union card, but seems\nto rave forgotten hU obligaiion to\n1 it \"wrong .-1 brother member or s\u00C2\u00AB*e\nim wlonged.\" -H. F. Wltitnker, in\n, po. Journal.\nMost\u00E2\u0080\u00A2*\"*v-r (THE \"RICE OF THE WORKBR8'\nOWN FOLLY.\nf\nthe\n.the\nOt .lit\nnat 'al\nlift in\niunction\nssary |as capital, the a\n*\" \" the owners is P\nBtit-tft\u00C2\u00AB- tl.\npo*m. asddktev vi\nvotjn fi\nof fro]\ne*msM\nr.'de asfjircti Dy\n\t^pJ*^\u00C2\u00BByUboT-\n*-cdiitin-idRM:to\no j,.u..<'flr lijit term\n\u00C2\u00B1r _erliif,wi>e,?..d(*p-\nmai eo##el|eiisiofc \\nMth&iat, Jth* ce-fgt-\ntive ownership ofMsiiei. .tr*t r; Action vfor,'.:usek 'as r-**\u00C2\u00BBir,.a fspMa. -t\nownership and proJuctit tot '\nIf the latter form of - owi.crship\nhas failed to.supply the neils arid\nrcciti'rertienfs Of the trling ri.*i\u00C2\u00AB.-t,\nwhat's the -matter with trying the\nformer? - \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 ' .-\nTh*jj^)C|aJis|f \10ne -.fcatd fo'-jsOch\na policy.\nMake a not* .' f'lis .^r next election''day. j\n' fa\nSay\u00C2\u00AB |oc Maiden, Sl. Paul, Minn.,\nin i.ie November Typographical\nJournal: During the year ending\nJune 30, 1906, an average of twenty-\nsix, persons were killed and 2V^ injured daily on railroads in the United\nStates. Three-fourths of this ruthless slaughter is without doubt due\nto the lo:i>i hours worked by railway\nv-mployees. Corporate greed is a\ngreater menace to our land than for-\n< gn war.\n o\t\nWILL UTILIZE ENGLAND'S\nOVERSTOCKED LABOR\nMARKET.\n\u00E2\u0096\u00A0 tal u-iti\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2*-1\u00E2\u0080\u0094'\u00E2\u0080\u0094^tJ~\nWASHINGTON AFTER\nREC k.D.\nB, C.S\nHer-\natritn\nce\nce:\nthey\nold conditions ol\nuse a legal expression, with the old\nprojpertv .rtdations,. under.^ytkkb Jhest,\nforces nave hitlierto been exerted:*^\nInstead of serving longer as insti-\ncome hindrances.. Then begins an\nepoch of social revolution.\n! With the change of the econornic\nbaiis the whole vast superstructure\nundergoes, sooner or later, a revolution.\nIn considering such revolutions we\nmust always distinguish clearly between the change in the industrial\nmethods of social production on the\none hand, this change, takes place\nunconsciously, strictly according to\nthe Taws of natural science, and might\nproperly be called an evolution.\nAnd on the other hand, the change\nin the legal, political, religious, ar-\ntittical or philosophical, in short,\nideological institutions; with reftr*)\nence to thesgnMBiVit outs^jPfteosS\nflict as a MyjfuIrK conali&y <\u00C2\u00A3\ntheir opposing interests.\nThis conflict tskes the form oi a\nclass struggle.^\nAs little as *we Judge an matv.Ti\nby wl-*** rai-c&glMStii'fcut\nlittle H\ntionary e\nnest.\nWe must rather e:\nsciousness cut of the\nmen's industrial 00\nthe conflict existing \"between tne pr<\nductive capacity of social industry\nand the legal institutions, under which\n\"Ws ikdiJsrry'I*tarried 'on.t*\"\"\"'n\n.. A itS^ty*. ,\u00C2\u00BBrP W\u00C2\u00ABer M\u00C2\u00BBt M fpjnx\nmay be, is never nroken up until all\nthei ptoducrtive pfiware. ass davoLepji\ned for which it is adapted.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2t-Ntw tmd hiPeV'*fscdsll*instiffurl?Ort'i\nSlrttf'VolIUitlon^o^\ntlfstmhaxcbeen prepared in .the, lap\nof the old society itself.\nI'Towefore/'manlrind nerer 'sets' !fof\nittcU any tasks, except those for\nwWcV V ha. mSfti\" tilt prcJpef\npinjng,aBd,,w.liich.it js..able.to nay*\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0080\u00A2'If-we examxte-'closely, if Will* oil*\nways .be fptind that the conflict it-\nself'-r/eVey-'aViM's exce^V,*wtter'e\" ttt\n^\u00E2\u0080\u00A2atfipL/JPadUifiis. of .&. r,..*t|olj*tion\nare already at hand, or at least in the\np.r^s 9itimh ,x Mij M-ujj\nwe may in wide outlines cnarac-\ntcriz\u00C2\u00AB\u00E2\u0080\u009Etho.. Asiatkj .,thei,,Mtiqua*. the\nfeudal and the modern capitalist\nmethods of prodBetion'ts a\"l(e3tle\e.:bf\nprogressive epochs in the evolution\n\u00C2\u00B0 T^fesVrfal relations arising cut\n<4*#& Wl1*'-81 method of production constitute the last of the antagonistic t4orpji,\u00C2\u00AB/,, sftoial p pfpdMctjjpn;\nantsgonistic not in the sense of an\nantagonism between individuals,\nThe Vancouver r\"r\u00C2\u00BBtreetjrailwaxmcp\u00C2\u00BB . -.\n.Vn.o\u00C2\u00AB1|\u00C2\u00AB|Tl^\u00C2\u00ABt onjr ..****,*&\.^xj\neach general meeting, for tne dis-1.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\"the Socialist vote,\" ;.ys T)r\nmon F. Titus, who will speak\n n Seattle nnd\nle one. I\nKJ*J~~~\nl*i,l\n*- \u00E2\u0080\u0094Jl' \u00E2\u0080\u0094*w\nas.* , **- Te\nAO .lit ptil j is\n\" with the Su\nparty vote of six years ago,\nwhich was exactly 96 ballots in Se-\nattde,* we have-nothing to be ashamed\nof.\"\nA representative of the master\np-intors sailed by the steamer Empress of Ireland last month to bring\nskilled hands from England to 'replace thc strikers.\nWORKERS GET WHAT THEY\nVOTE FOR.\nCongress was so much engrossed\nwith the consideration of the \"free\nseed\" bill at it* last -session, that it\nhad no time to devote to the discussion of matters looking to thc improvement of thc condition of the\nlaboring classes.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Commercial . Tele;-..\ngraphers' Journal. Thc member!*, of.\nCongress wefe not elected for the\npurpose of improving the conditions\nof the slaves. Their conditions arc\nnow quite as good as thev tjeji vc4 it\nnot a little better. If'slayes will\npersist in remaining such anytnirz.it\n^ood enough for theni. i\nLFjFT TO THE RANK AND FILE.\ngeneral meeting,\ncussion of politiesr*--*----\nWhin vou have -.jrde up your min I\nto join the Socialist Party of Canada, clip out the application form,\nelsewhere on this page, fill in, sign\nand forward to jthe Secretary of yotir\nnearest Local.\nthe recent general convention of\n\"nited Brotherhood, of Carpen-\nan. a* :\" * n?v* rcad o{ **V sP\u00C2\u00AB*ial\ngfcnflra'aartOcst Is; thetefort .hat\nis needed.\nVancouver Local, No. 1, S. T. uf C-\nhas admitted some 20 new rim-\nbert in as many days past. . Li'tif- I\nness .meetings are being well 11-\ntePd\u00C2\u00AB\u00C2\u00AB. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2-\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 *'* '\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 t\nAND\nTHE SOCIALIST TICK F 4'\nSTRAIGHT.\nJlln4*^\nlabor. The sure winner is the ballot op election, day.\n\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094 0\t\nCINDERS FROM THE TYPO\nJOURNAL.\nAMhbur/h -\u00C2\u00ABa6rgihfz*Jd, ' m-'tis\ncleaners work above the scale, ar\ndp not have- to skip suckers,' eithefj\nru eit-r serving meals to the union\nmen Irt prison, nor have I read of\nthem favlng brusselt carpt. on their\ncell floors, or dainty silk curtains tc\nhide tl.em from view, nor dp tbey\n\"\u00E2\u0096\u00A0leen on fine feather beds, and smoke\n?\u00C2\u00AB*-ceut cigars. And yet this man\n(Thaw; committed a most deliberate\nand ct-ld-blooded, premeditated, hor-\nril.Je murder, witnessed by a lafgc\ngatiitrinir of people, while there is no\nc.Je.ice of the guilt of the union\nmen except that of a confetsed mur-\n'\u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0rci, who was kicked out of his\nunion for utter depravity. And yet\nI have thc first newspaper to tee\nwhich objects. Judging from the\ntone of thc press on the two cases\nthings are as they should be and\njustice (?) is being done in this equal\nand no-class country.\"\nStill the same papers boast of from\n100,000 to 500,000 circulation each)\nand knowing there are *-o few Thaws\nand so many millions of Haywood.,\n(An\nemp!\nirrftist sayjs:\"\"\"'lUabor-sa^\ning! machinery is a misnomer. ., ft\nSiva's money, but lightens no man?\ntoil\". FPT \"\u00C2\u00BBaving\" read \"displac*-\ning?'\n'The figures of the bureau of labor\nsay that the average value of the\nyearly product, of the\nworkingman ir $2*400.\nAmerican\nThc same\nearly\nihflahihrcp.\nic' employer lets him keep one dollar\nfor evefy six M ctcates. What pro-\nfiteth it a man il' he' receives $10 a\nday in wages if he has to spend it\nall, and then go in debt, to live? It\nisn't what. you are paid; it it what\nE;ft*tve,'l**f(,,4^ Wjyfpfg \u00C2\u00BBpfke up, brother I\n\"We, farmcrt, intend to keep our\n! wheat\" thia fall until tlie; grain buyers\nwill give us a dollar a but-hel. We.\nare inaugurating the policy of the\ntrades nrtlon m the factory\u00E2\u0080\u0094simply\ndemartdint out rights without which\nwe refuse to work\u00E2\u0080\u0094refuse to tnrti\nover the products of our labor unless\nwe. are paid for that labor.\"\nVery \u00C2\u00AB I! if ws can do it. Possibly a t-Vilumii or so would be needed\nI., prove that we shall-be aMe to get\nthe dcltaf. fiui we will aifttstne that\n\u00C2\u00ABt shall be able to force the grain\ncapitalist to give us .1 dollar a bushel\nf.-r \"tir whrfll \u00E2\u0080\u00A2bef.'re-aiiwHn'r-li-ervest.\nHut tnat is not the end ol the story!\n11 wc can. force them tc pay ns a\ndollar a bushel, why ii\"i demand two\ndrrllaet a hitthelt. The wheat is surely worth ittHt. Think of it! We\nprepare lhe ground, sow the wheat,\nharvest, thr.--.li anil nmil it to market,\ntaking all risks of weather in it\u00C2\u00BB\ngrowth, or otic dollar a bushel or\nabout one and two-thirds cents per\n1 . ...'pound. Tlwn after it hat been run\nthrough Ihe null we seem willing to\npay Iwo and ihrec-fourtht cents ana\nmore tO get it back at flour. Is it\nwtrtb one and two-third cents per\nlb to |>r->dmc the w*eat and two und\nthree t|\u00C2\u00ABarler cents per lb. to simply\nrun it through a mill. Surely two\ncents for producing and three ceols\nfor malting would be much *****\nt.-i|iiit.ible:\nPsrhtWS we do not demand two dollars per bushel bettuse wc fear Ihe\nCapitalists wihii.. more turely, more\ntlitit.kly ait.l more boldly raise prices\nOf what we have to buy of them.\nWhen we have forced them to pay\nns a dollar for wheat, they, have ytt\nother cards to play.* They set the\nprice of Hour and bread. They tct\nthc price of farm machinery. They\ndetermine the ease with which money\nmay bc borrowed <^r credit gotten.\nAh! my farmer friend! in this game\nwhere we lahorcrs play with the capitalists ior stakes, the cards srs all\nstacked.\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2It Hiu.t .ic so! Think of the conditions \"n'Te labor began its fight\nfor its r-ghts. Compare the life of\nthe laborer then and now. The wages,\nthc hours, what those wages wouiu\nbuy in goods, how much is produced\nin the tan.e time now, the freedom\nfrom worry, anxiety about lots of job,\nchance to become educated, cultured,\nprospect ior comfort in oid age, the\nleisure to enjoy life, etc., etc. Remember also that a laborer now can\nproduce from ten to one thousand\ntimes -iSS much as then. For tuch ha*\nbeen tlie advantage which inventions\nand improvements of machinery have\nsecured. Why have not the laborers from ten to one thousand times\nas much as was possible then? The\nlards must be stacked cr they would\nhave.\nThe capitalists who own these machines do have thete advantages. But\nbecause of such private ownership of\nthe means of life they are able to not\nonly control legislatures and courts,\nbut can rlx prices ol everything the\nlaborer consumes and the wages he\nis paid and so the worker\u00E2\u0080\u0094either by\nhapd or brain\u00E2\u0080\u0094 never gets by that labor airy more than a liviHg\u00E2\u0080\u0094iume\ntimes decent,\"-sometimet not..\nThc miners of Pennsylvania in ifWg\nsecured ah .increatc-of ten per cent,\nin wages as the result of their strike!\nWithin a year prices of goods at the\ncom pa iy s stout' Had idcreated 20\nlief cent. The capitalist mine-owner\ncams out on top as usual, but many\nof tht miners thought they were ten\nper tent ahead.\nOne dollar a bushel wheat may\nmean that grocers can tay \"You are\ngetting so much for your wheat you\n'can turelv afford to pay cash net*.\nIt may mean another machine trust\nand a jump in prices of machinery,\nor it may be more indirect and mean\na raise in price of tea or fruit, sugar,\nclothing or hardware for the.capitnl-\nist class know, what we laborers aro\nso slew to learn, that it is a war we\nare engaged in, and to they know\nenough to hang together. The grain-\nbuyer is nearly always intcrcttcd in\nrailroad stock or tome other big industry, and if he docs not rsite the\nprice pf flour the prices of shipments\nwill make other products higher or\nthe goods in thc other industries can\nbe put at a higher selling price in\norder to pay that dollar on wheat.\nWe control the land; that is all. Until we also take control of ALI. the\nindustries in which profit or interest\nrob us of our full value for wheat,\netc., how.can we expect to force the\nclass who do own all these induttriet\nto give at what is. rightfully curt. If\nthey give ut a good price when we\n; \"H to them, remember they are ture\nto take from ut a good price when\nwc buy from them, ny controlling\nindustry for private profit they have\nthe power and who can blame them\nif they use that power.\nThc Society of Equity will help\ntemporarily, if the farmcrt can and\nwill hold tight enough together. You\nsec. it can not succeed, permanently.\nOply Socialism can do that by abolishing the profit making, eapiK.littic\nsystem.\u00E2\u0080\u0094S. I*\n. M-. ... . ., Q. , \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nthi use ct the machine. So long as\nheris such a stupid dolt as to give his\ntjiei*&il\nconsent to another owning\nthat he not only createt but operates,\ncajjlatt while the cwner of the machine wapl*. tc i4\u00C2\u00BBt;.hjm,, ,Uppn close\nobservation, Bryan's wisdom resolves itself into garrtilout tommyrot.\nA REPLY TO JOHNT. MORTIMER.\nlistened to a Socialist tpeech\nMueh of Mr. Mortimcr't\nJike?ha* account for the patronage P'PC of William Jennings Bryan, the\nthat keeps uch newspapers alive. following it of more than average val-\nD , . \u00E2\u0096\u00A0 . .,' ue. Says Bill: \"The producer has\nenormously multiplied his capacity,\nbut so'far'the-owner of the machine\nhas received too much of the increase\nand-the laborer too little.\" The \"increased capacity\" referred to hat come\nto the producer, because of the machine which has' increased hit productive powers. If the increase of\nwealth resulting from the application of the machine to industry should\nnot properly belong to the owner of\nthe machine, we would like to know\nwho it should, belong to. It would indeed be a fine state of affairs if the\nowner wat called open to share ithe\nbenefits arising from its,. use, with\ntome vagabonds who were too shift-\nlet's lo acquire its owncrttiip tortheth-\nhelves. In pur humble Opinion the\nlaborer has not received ' too little\"\nof the increased wealth resulting from\nBy thp way, Mr. Wage-earner, is\nyor- name on Uie voters' list in the\nconstituency in wht<-'i you are now\n' Now that the workers-if the Slates\nhav re-elected a republican Congress,\nthey may be: assure*! \u00C2\u00ABf Having their\ninterest.*, well looked' fcfter tot the\nnext two years. They are a wise\nlot, those workers.\nmgly oft. They have --inte an Umi\noi organizers and lecturer- ,\u00E2\u0080\u009E .h'.\nfield. .Every town pf mw m- irt. u,\nbranch of the 1. L. P. or S. ]}, p, -j*.\nhat a weekly (sometunei ohtsM\nopen air lecture in the tmnrner am\nindoors in winter, am] the .,,!,. ._;\nSocialist.books, pamphlet*, nnd |.-:.,;'.\nical.a increase with leapt ami Uma.\nFreedom of the ttrerts is enjojei\nthere to ari extent quite ouknowi) \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n\"free\" America. This i* (jrcat!* tt\npart due to the preteme ul nun* y..\ncislittt on the town sad city cossdk\nSome other of the wild talk u>\ndulged in by Mr. Mortimer in hiilo\nter,' ir hardly worthy <>( aotkc, boti* I\nthe outcome of bit frantic efforts t\ndiscredit, the propositi 1 ,1, r I'mj \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nhere st tbe expense of the one a\nBritain. 1 hope I have mcceedij.-.\nshowing that compariton of the t\u00C2\u00BBc\nis out of the quctti.m lie uyi tk\nmembers ol the l-atuT 1'art-/ m Bnt.\nsin arc nnsblc to definr ot agree dim\ntheir sitns. Trade uniooitti in |w\nsin, I. might inform him. are 111 fntl\nof the narnonalitatton nf trrtiei oft\nrosds snd other public utilities, stil\nhe would only pause to think, Vx\nMortimer mutt admit lh\u00C2\u00BBt mtcrr-n\ncommon to Socialittt and trade -.i. \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2.\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\n'ists of advanced view* arc mnamo-\nable, such at those he mentkrat ji\nhaving been introduced mto the Its*!\nith Colurnliia legitlattirt bj ow Ss\ncisbst comradct there. I mt-tht ata:\nrcmiqd him that several I tht !:.4t\nnnion repretvntatrves are .titrtri\nSocialitts, while their fe!!\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00C2\u00BB\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*., if rns*;\nSocialittt. arc at leati 1\ncaltsts I need noi comment\nprejudiced and base!!-1- 'titr-tent\nthat \"their press is to (tiled em\ncrimination and recrimination, wnh j\njangling peraonalitics tin-\ntie space or time io enlighten tie \u00E2\u0096\u00A0\nworker, etc.\" or thrir tine -sat at- \u00E2\u0096\u00A0'\ncopied principally by religHHM tel-\nering.\" Thit latter part 1 \u00C2\u00BBappoie "Titled The Western Clarion from June 18, 1904 to June 1, 1907; titled Western Clarion thereafter."@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Vancouver (B.C.)"@en . "The_Western_Clarion_1906_11_17"@en . "10.14288/1.0318690"@en . "English"@en . "49.261111"@en . "-123.113889"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Vancouver, B.C. : The Western Socialist Publishing Co., Limited"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "The Western Clarion"@en . "Text"@en . ""@en .