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WESTERN CLARJO Published in the Interests of the Working Class Alone. NOV 111905 -^l Vancouver, B. C, Saturday, Novembfr ii 1905. -b 'CTO R!A, nbacrlptlon Pries FUYIU Sl.00 BULLS FAMILY AFFAIRS Social and UdmtrUI CoadltloM Reviewed by Stcnehenge In The Winnipeg Voice. E •, review Komli'io"8 in of social and industrial Ilritain which covered of the community l„n|y wctmns ijld bo valueless or misleading, , covering the whole for a lim- L'ittd pn-'itK- WDowr,- wo»d ^ eiVlaily 80 ,or reasons, llobvi,.us man , not that tho best ' j times over remove or very much I Limit.- Poverty and its resultant *ir* hut becausd of the varied and haunting ihaieeter of modem in- jusiry- , ... \ ir*' |ierspoctlvo can only Ikj ob- _lntxl by comparing conditions today with .t period sufficiently remov- Jjln I,,,,,' to make the comparison -real I*"**-' -*-y "♦""nrs an*' some- ,hat varied experiaOOO enable ine to administration is thc most wicked, odious and contemptible in history, and it seems to have some claim to the distinction. It deserved one appreciation, however, like tho Laurier ministry, it has been mindful of the Deeds of its own members, and it. has been true to the class it represents. If it has flouted the work- in-,- class with u little more arrogance and dispensed from Ihe treasury a little more for tin- benefits of parsons und landowners, then these must be taken ns constituting the chief difference between Tory and Liberal policies. The obvious fact that both parties, liaw-, und must have one economic policy and attitude towards thi do this, i*'1'1 looking I*1***1- ■'•■■ a Ben-J, working dass has at last become flx- erntiun ft'"1 "'(,ro - *-m ■*'"",'c<* to lhc tonch-lon, allowing for an advanc- inj- gtaadard of life common to the nHtdle and best paid sections of the working classes, that poverty has a tanlt-r grip on the wage-earner than m 80 years ago: That his hold on lifi' is less secure, and as a conse- own c contains less of hope, of brightness nrnl satisfaction. Facts published from duy to day, statis- tiis ami common obnerviatlon ull pwc- thnt the now famous statement nf sir '-!■ Campbell Bannennao to wit, that "12,000,000 persons in the British Isles were practically paupers," i- infamously true. England is the classic land of ca|>- Itallsm, Here machine industry on ine grand scale had its birth and finds its truest ik-velopment. Through good times and bod the aggregate Health Increases, und in the same ratio the condition of the worker -To-vs: relatively and even absolutely norse. In rendering this verdict I am by no im-ans overlooking those changes ami Improvements in social conven- ii'mv commonly designated "Signs of Progress," and free to everyone who has the time and price; improvement* in transportation, recreation, etc. All these, however, point to whut loial life might lie, rather than «hat it is. They indicate potential- Itj rather than realization. The vital (one ol the average workingman 1> too far cotuaimed in toil and anx- Kt.v to have much to simrw for ro- ip-ntji.n uml culture of a beneficial Wnil. and go far as he docs indulge, it is mostly ul the cost of some needed home comfort. After u century of industriul activity unafuallod in thc world's history laden with a corresponding increase in vnulth lirimin finds herself in the sanMi p<*,iij„„ ns (no ("reeks some nnturics before our era. She has too many working helots for mainltaitiing •>'■* system of wealth production. She cannot, likc thc t!reeks, hunt -hem down for sport, nor kill thorn Outright, except in small numbers as " Petcrloo nnd Feathcrstonc. Nei- -**-• can she ndopt the whimsical *gge8tion of Carlyle, salt and bar- "'' them for victualling the navy. TO* methods nre a little out of fa's- hlon in these times. Hut thc sociul """reel-age that accumulates in spite 01 slum life and infant mortality, roust he cleared away by some moons 'he fostering hideous ulcer of novcr- V becomes burdensome and dangcr- moreover it offends the fine of lho ruling and owning "sues whose political and industrial Wiley have created it. 'Ihe plan most in favor just now is that of "» social scavenger, with General "u«*th as scavenger in chief. But to »uw that the stupidity of the rul- u_ l,'!*s*s mo"'° tha-- c-jjuals its blind «m blundering rapacity Hooth wise- y refuses to touch tho submerged, Z. residuum, tho inefflclonts. He "ants lor the colonies the strong. w moral, the capable, in a word 1 "» class sorely needed, nnd for 11 n there is ample room in Ilritain j. U*J-'18" her own resources. With • million acres of the richest land 1,1 ," B'obo' thtfpftople of the Brl- "■ ,1'|es could moro than toad them- .""'* without what is called into ,. ' "•"'•'vation, but it suits the li ' "■""•sr-'-'ing, rent collecting po- \lirL, th<' "■•nsters of thc people's hem ' n,llt ft 'hir«* ot this shall b. "' "I Ol;' ous •eases Id (ial 1 '* <if cultivation or only par- ,, • cultivated. Within tho last j -wio more than a million acivs of Si-? ***'" •*<1<-*-'*l ^ the deer 7.,N ol Scotlandi for- n *'00'h "■••y h° h well-monn- «A . ' "m,ly 'nnatics have been itv _ii_ tno Becrct ot I-*9 poimlar- |hei,T „ ,ho ri,1*nK c*ass with whom con.'" ? nnd hobnobs ls that hc is not it." 1 'only wlu* Bol-*a* offocts, I the f„ , 'allB-'a. more still perhaps. tics 1, *_" he kooPs w,t of Poli" -wisnil sfhemc, even if suc- land ,1 , Wou,d '••▼• Darkest Bng- 15" "•■••■•••I- sun. •tunBrS|?ri'n8 "ndor thc mouldy and [and v,.!,QU_ «r*--"tions of a thous- , *"-ars Ilritain blunders on. sow- «*tW,r wl,h * }>nsy, strong '.Wod 1 .' nna wiu- » M**W, l>ara- Rfowt \y™« to P-*"* *"P the rani I will ,„, . Wnat will the end, what of cr „„ ■»"■-»* lie? To what Wnd bha*' " uo indications point? To flacteH nt aro •,oc*al conditions ro- fl«eti,)n'n, polltlc*- Mto? These ro- !lo the "Y' mc try a natural course hviow "n(',URio** of my task, a brief t llr'tain Political acUvity In Llhi POLITICS. ioiirin'.] ""adical and democratic I Win '1 a ",eotn agreed on one ' v"-.: that the existing Tory ■il in the minds of the latter, at least of that section of them politically alive. They see now, as of course they might hav,' Been long since, that the land, the mines, the railways, the ships, the mills, the machinery belong about ecfually to UberalB und Tories, both are i;iter- estiil iii protecting the same things, lnoth live by exploitation of pro ilueiive labor, both sit on the beck of lhe worker, nnd Mt so close that then.' is no room for any divergent policy. Like two persons sleeping together in n very narrow bed, when one turns his bedfellow must turn also, or fall off—-parasites, however, seldom fall olT—unless stricken. So far. so good, and it is a lone; Step forward lo bring the workers In any considerable body to this point, viz.. the necessity for class representation and Independent poli- ti ul action. Here is where men on ihe firing line stand today, besieged with the laments and matronly pro- [>o*n!s of their erstwhile foster-mother, those "Friends of the People," the Liberal Party. Why the -working class in Britain have lagged behind their Continental comrades in the matter of political solidarity and organization is a cfues tiim m>t easy to answer; but a glance at events comparatively recent will help to a solution. That a revolutionary spirit existed in the working class for some years l»-fore nnd after the passing of tin- first reform bill in IH'12 i.s generally conceded und a matter of memory t<» Some still living. This hill was puss- i*il io appease the agitation of the workers and it was the exasperation that followed, on finding they were still excluded from tho franchise that brought into ix'ing the Chartist Movement, the finest and most intelligent expression of revolt agiiinsi oppression ond injustice in recent times. The movement was crushed in the Russian fashion, by truncheon bullet, snix-r nnd Imprisonment, The passing of tho ten hours bill in 1817 iniliistrinl activity and railway construction helped no doubt to tide over tho time until the reform hill of 1HI57 enfranchised most of ithe householders in boroughs, but it was not until 1885 that the rural worker Im*- lamo a voter, nnd it was 1871 before combination in trades unions was legalized. Another restraining influence extending over the most of this period was the strong personality of of Air. Gladstone. Add to ihe above the absence in Ilritain of much of the autocratic arrog-hco ond brutality lhat helped to stimulate nnd concolidnie Continental workfcrs and we have. In part at least, nn explanation of lhe (fuoslion why the workers have made so |>oor use of their political power, and so long trusted in thc good faith of their exploiters? But the mitigating circumstances noted no longer exist. The workers are down to political bedrock with hard limes in front of Ihem,, their faith, for the most part, in the old parties gone, ihey are compelled to go it alone, This it is thai makes Ihe pending gencrul election one of great interest. Ulnny are being culled in the coming contest, how many will Ih> chosen remains to bo told in the future. SOCIALISM. For reasons already indicated the revolutionary spirit of Socialism Idoes not capture the Conservative Itritoii so readily ns his Continental neighbor; his temperament seems to demand a milder form of it. This, however, is plentifully supplied by the Independent Labor Party, n pro-: fessodly Socialist orgnnitMitiion with a large membership wielding n considerable influence in labor politics. Its readiness, however, in the past to throw thc mantle of its patronage round the many lib-Lab hybrids calling themselves lnbor candidates hns chilled its influence. It claims now to be cleaning its skirts of all heresy, nnd is carrying on a very active propaganda. The Social Democratic Federation is nlso very active and has received largo accessions to Its ranks during the last throe months. Both parties are winning numerous seats on town councils, hoards of guardians nnd other bodies. In Edinboto and Loith thc Sociulist Labor Tarty and S.D.F. each maintain an aggressive propaganda. Today wo hear the rumbling of a social revolution in Russia. 'Tis not the cruelty of the cznr that causes Ut it is thc outcome of a system thnt defrauds Labor of its product. 'Ihis robbery of labor even lo the insane limit of denying the opportunity to labor exists everywhere. Behind the sectional struggles is a groater ono man's prostitute and growing more distinct for every state. When the time comes for Britain I believe it will be found these lines of Gerald Massoy were not writ*t ten in vain, llohold in bonds your mother, Earth, Tho rich slave; Your mother, Karth, who gave you birth, You only claim her for a grave. Then will you die like slaves, and see Your mother left a fettered thrall? Nay, act 'like men, and sot her free As heritage for all. WOES THAT MEN ENDUBE. POOH ABUSED DOGGIES. Special cable to The Canadian Newspaper Syndicate: London, Oct. 7.—Women owners of toy dogs have discovered a grievance which no doubt will elicit universal sympathy, awl may possibly influence the next London County Council election. The existing dissatisfaction has pom created by the action of the Dresden Municipal Council, which has decided to erect almost palatial swimming baths for the use of the dogs of lhat cily. Connected therewith will Ix* a hair-dressing depart-- ment, where the four-footed visitors will undergo the process of clipping. curling and, finally, "perfuming with the costliest scents." "A similar institution has existed for some time in Paris," remarked a lady member of the Kennel Club. '-Tt is a shame that London, which has a larger doggy population—I mean, of course, of the su**erior classes— than either Paris or Dresden, should have no facilities of the kind. "We had to intrust our tiny pete to inexpert maids, who have not thc slightest idea how to trim or 'crink' their charges' coats. And they are so cruel—these maids! Ihey even treat the dear little things less kindly than they treat one's children. "Besides, the ''kennel maids' are so lucking in taste. For example, the young woman who attends to my three Japario'so spaniels actually tied the 'top-knot'' of a liver-colored little fellow with a green bo.v. Just fancy the color scheme—green and brown! Bui the girl was previously only a parlor maid, and had received no tuition in tho science of dog tending. Therefore, she is to be excused. 'Now, if the London County Council would follow the example of their more enterprising brethren on the Continent, nnd erect swimming baths nnd haij--di-essing saloons for toy dogs, the little creatures would presumably receive the attention of people properly trained for the |K>sition" It is superfluous to remark that the baths nnd other accommodations are only for dogs of high degree. Thc toilet of the "prowlin* terrior" will be made with a shake and a rub, similar to that of the plebian biped, known as the "wurrikin mon." O —— A MONSTER PIN FACTORY. The largest pin factory in thc world is at Birmingham, Eng., says the Springfield Republican, and 37,- 000,000 pins nre made there every working day of the year. There are so many pins made that every person in tho world must lose a pin once in four days in order to keep the supply up to the demand. Anyone who has picked up pins in his wife's room will easily understand easily how the demand is created. The average woman seldom hear anything about the appalling cannibalism of the struggle for life and money. From the cradle to th grave sho is very much in tho position of a man who has a fixed and certain income over and beyond that he accAiires by his own efforts. Tho At tlie call of Toronto Local of actual battle for supremacy never ln0 Socialist Party of Canada, a comes directly home to her. Women , „. /*,_,„„!„ __,.;„i-„*., . ,. . ,. . a conference of Ontario Socialists are prone to underestimate the- tc.-» rors of this homicidal strife. The I wfts hcld -n tho Labor Temple, Tor- look upon a man in business as onto, on Thanksgiving Day, Oct. 26. I>eing who achieves large profits from The following delegates registered : small «rU«H, and entirely escapes I Wm Wilklnson, Ingersoll; Wm. Peard, the dull, plodding routine of house-., ,. „, „ _, • _ T kl-cping and children rearing t__tj0aU; Wm. H. Faber. Preston; Lome they must face. As a matter of Cunningham, T. J. Hughes, Guelph; fact, the average man, whether he be A'**-'x- Boyd, Hamilton; W. Bcllemare, THANKSGIVING DAY MEETING Ontario Socialists Gather Is Tortato For Tho Porooio 01 Oiiconiog Liaot 31 Adioa For Tho Fitiro. a bank president or a da" laborer. s|K*nds nine-tenths of his time performing drudgery of thc most depressing sort. It is a rare moment when he is not compelled to do something that hc doesn't want to do. It is a moment rarer still when .he does I ley and Mrs. Robinson, Toronto not find himself in conflict with the Comtade W. (J. Cribble o ganizer aims or ambitions of iome other tor the Toronto IxK-al, was elected John McCahon, G. W. Harrison, Weston Wrigley, W. O. Cribble, James Simpson, F. Dale, F. Peel, Jas. L. Taylor, Ruoben Chshnetman, J. Wor- sley, W. Pendleton, Thos. Kilncr, Phillips Thompson, Mrs. Weston Wrlg man.—Daily Paper. Even the plutocratic press Is falling into the fashion of seeing things in a not altogether untrue light. In fact the homicidal nature of the dally strife upon thc part of the workers for bread, and in the I nisi ness chairman, and Comrade James Simp-* son, secretary. Comrade Cribble, In a brief opening speech explained that the conference was called with a view to pushing on Socialist organisation. He said there was a strong local in To- world for place and power, is emits ront<- working on revolutionary lines glaring enough to attract the atten- The Comrades knew where and how tion of any one less stupid than a donkey, and yet if one were to suggest to the averabo capitalist sheet that some more sane and harmonious arrangement of affairs might l*c b'ought about b.v attending, first to certain little formalities in regard to a change in property rights, rt would fall in'o a conniption fit at once. However, no wage slave need lay awake nights sorrowing over thc homicidal strife going on in the business world. All the strife there is over the division of his own hide which he has already lost past recovery. Tho introduction of a cut.stone planer into the stone-cutting yard of Nicholson, Curtis & Vick, was tbe cause ot a strike of stone-cutters to the number of •")--, yesterday. The strikers say it Hs against the laws of the I'nion to work in the yard with ma nines.—News Item. In the olden time, the workmen used to smash the offending machine when it made its appearance, and threatened their jobs. We have lived a century or so since that time and have, of course, made considerable advancement. Instead of smashing the machine, wo simply refuse to work with it, which is less rude, and alMiut as sensible withal. The machine, however, doesn't seem to bc so particular as to what it works with. A "scab" will do as well as nn aristocrat and we may reasonably expect that the business .of tho Toronto firm will go on as usual. The intelligence of organized labor is something wonderful. o — Some comrades over in Colorado, are jubilant because a certain judge decided in their favor when they were arrested for street-speaMng. Nothing to jubilate over. No victory has been gnincd. He is liable to reverse himself the next time. It is some- ■thing like a scrap for wages, What is gained one moment is liable to be lost the next twice over. VALUE OF CANADIAN SLAVES As Sworo To Under Oath By Tha Ollclali ot Tho Garooy Fooadry Gompiny ia a Salt at Law ia To; onto. The man who has neve onomics laughs in derision when the Socialists tell him the worker today .Iocs not got one-fifth of what labor Vales. The following Toronto will give you Ids tele- irraiu from • . - , , some conception of the value placed on the labor of apprentices by the Gurney Foundry Company: -The Gurney Foundry Company has begun action against tho Western Foundry Company, of Wingham claiming $19,000 because the defend- aacompaiiy is alleged to have «* I iced away fifteen awr-mticcs and workmen. The taking of evidence was begun yesterday by the master. »W H Carrick, first vice president of the Ourney Company, referring to one apprentice, Mallory by name. said he estimated his services at $25 a ilav, but the wage he'got was sixty-two and two-thirds cents. Othor men are declared to havo been worth from $25 to $75 a day to the firm. Some have returned to its employ. Ordinary apprentices are valued at S5 a day. The trouble dates back to 1008, when thc Western Company was started." Ordinary apprentices are valued at $5 per dny—and their wages sixty- six cents iier day! And some of them are worth from $25 to $75 per dav Note the proprietary interest the employer has in the worker! What has become of the -boasted freedom of thc working ,c.lass? Not oven permitted to leave one employer and go to another! What difference between tho white slave' position and that, of the black slave b-fore the war? Any difference observable to tho naked eye? Dr. Thornwell, a supporter of tho chattel slave idea, said in his sermon, delivered on November 21, I860, "that slave-holding states will have to eventually introduce something so like slavery that •r studied ec- It will be impossible to discriminate between them. seems to me as certain as the tendencies in the laws of capital and rM>I«ilation toi produce the extremes of poverty and wealth." And hero you have tho "scheme" so like slavery that it is impossible to discriminate between the two sys totns, lf the freeman today, laying aside all controversy ns to what part of his product tho laborer gets and what hc is entitled to, Is not permitted to leave ono employer and go to another who offers him greater wages, in what does his freedom con sist? Virginia has enacted a law making it a misdemeanor for any servant to leave his master's employ without that master's consent—-if tho servant contracted either verbally or in writing to enter such employment. Can you conceive of a man entering the employ of another without verbally or in writing agreeing to such proposition? In effect this Virginia law makes every man in thc State of Virginia a slave, subject to the will of tho employer. There Is no law which provides that the master must give employment to the slave- in this respect tho chattel slave had much the best of the situation. All tho laws today aro ln thc interest of tho master class—and I defy ainy'iman to point out a national law enacted during the past twenty-five years, which does not give all the advantage to thc capitalist.. Nor will you find any effect ivc laws on the statute books of any of thc states favorable to the work people. Even the horses end rows and beasts of the field arc protected to a greater degree by statute than arc work people. And you think you have an In- they were robbed and how to stop the robbing. He then called for reports of conditions in other places. Comrade Wilkinson, Ingersoll, said there was an organization in thrt town when the leagues were organized but it had disbanded. There were however, a number of good Socialists carrying on the work and a lecture b.v Com. Wauhope had done much good and paved thc way for other speakers. He said that despite the enthusiasm shown by the anti-thinking organizations, Socialism was growing. ' "Which are thc anti-thinking organizations?" asked Com. Wrigley. The daily press and the churches,'' replied Com. Wilkinson. Comrade Peard, Gait, reported that the Local in that city hod been organized for five years, and during that time had never l>een disbanded. He considered it as good a local as could be found anywhere, and there wa* no city in Canada where there was so much Socialist sentiment. The charter members of tlie Local were all Socialists yet. They had not had many speakers, lnut were districting a large cfuantity of literature, having obtained 300 subscriptions for Wilshire's Magazine in a few w<-oks nnd an equal ninnber for the Appeal to Reason. An invitation had been extended to the Comrades to attend the Bible class of Knox Presbyterian Church and had been accepted. An attendance of 20 nt the Ilible class that Sunday, had lieen increased to 250 and thc 8o- ialists were enabled to do some effective propaganda. Waluhope had made o good impression in Gait and thc comrades intended to have other speakers during the winter. The Comrades had tried to ascertain where they could send their Provincial dues, but tho secretary had om itted to send his address. Whether they paid dues or not they would remain Socialists- The politicians of Oalt were ofrai J the Socialists would put candidates in the field. Comrade Hughes, Guelph. reported a five year old local in that city. An occasional Socialist speaker had created much Socialist sentiment llnit thc local was not growing. The disorganized state of the Provincial movement had had a bad influence upon thc local. The comrades were doing considerable local work, but were not in a position to do much outside work. They were doing all they could and conditions had improved during the post few months. Thc Guelph local would not bc committed to any action taken by the conference and the delegates were at the conference merely as listeners. Comrade Hughes did not approve of small bodies legislating for the many. Comrade Gribble said that the movement" of thc past did not rocog-- nlze the class struggle and the materialistic conception of history. The Socialist Party of Canada was now working upon strict class conscious lines. Tho conference would result in a more determined effort to induce the Ontario Locals to affiliate with the Canadian Socialist Party. There was nothing at present to war*, rant a Provincial Socialist Party, and the best course wns to affiliate with the National party. Thc members of Toronto Local were one in fundamentals, but had honest differences in non-essentials. Comrade Falier, Preston, said he had been a member of the Gait Local for five years. A local had been organized ln Preston last fall, but had disbanded for the summer of 1905 and the comrades had not come together yet. They were not relying too much on getting a large me*ml>ership and preferred to establish the local along right lines. The comrades had obtained 3G8 Hubscrip- system, and had had better oppi ft. tunity than most comrades, and h >>l been forced to learn more. ln» thought the Toronto Local was . - < tablished upon more revolutionui -/, basis than the outside locals, i,i,u that was only an idea of his own, and he might not be correct. A ye.if, ago a convention had been held iu St. Thomas on an hurried call. .\i platform and constitution had bc .. adopted and the secretary instruct, i to have it submitted to the refer. i.» dum. The secretary had neglected !ul do this. At that time the morvemi.'iiu, was run in a loose manner, and tle« St. Thomas Local was not In goi l standing in the Provincial organi. u ■ tion. it could not be expected thai; the Provincial movement would |.j right when thete was such a laxity; in the local movement. "We are here today .with one oi .1 in view," said Comrade Wriglvj. "and that is to build up a more revolutionary and better organiA I movement throughout the, province. '• Comrade McCahon, Toronto, sail he had recently arrived from London, Eng., and had been told thuc he would find no Socialists, but only Conservatives in Toronto. He wn*, therefore, surprised to have a «Sh-,v of "The A.B.C. of Socialism" hand-' ed to him soon after his arrival <uM informed where he could meet tle» comrades. He was glad there word Ishmaelitcs in Canada. Comrade McCahon said he had been a memb-r of the Social Democratic Party in London for fifteen years. In loc;il elections the Socialists were giv..u strong support and in West Ham. there were about eighteen menibei m of thc Social Democratic Federation and the Independent Labor Party iu the Town Council. At first only onj candidate was elected, but at subsequent elections tho number was iu- creased and the paiwrs began to think there was something in th» movement when so many respectable men were associated with it. Union conditions'had been recognized on all civic work and day labor was thi principle adopted in all civic works. The strength shown by Socialists had driven the other parties into one camp. The Liberals were dead in West Ham, and the Socialists an.l Labor Croup fought together. Th.i Socialists had not yet returned a member to the House of Commons, but at the last election, the Socii 1- ist had polled 5,000 votes, and his opponent 6,000, notwithstanding tho fact that the jingoistic sentilmc-nt waa running high at that time. Comrade Peard, Gait, asked what was done at the St. Thomas convention; the Gait comrades were in tho dark. Comrade Hughes, Ouelph, said that hc could not appreciate the actiou taken at that convention. It was not satisfactory, lt had been a mistake to call a convention on such short notice. There were only tour or five present who had attended previous conventions. The time had been taken up discussing the platform and constitution of the Western Socialists, and two hours was entirely too short to consider such an important matter. Not long after the Guelph comrades had received word that the Toronto,Local had joined the Western movement and heard from London that the Provincial movement had disbanded. Ho thouglht it was a mistake when Toronto left the Provincial movement. Comrade Simpson, Toronto, said the Socialists of Toronto had made no mistake when they took the uncompromising position upon revolutionary lines. There were false leaders of thc working class and the times demanded that those who represented thc wage.workers should be well grounded in the Socialist philosophy. There wns only one course for the different Socialist Locals throughout the province and that was to affiliate with the Canadian Socialist Party, whose platform and constitution was in harmony with the International movement. He stated thnt the time would come when the Canadian locals would be a part of tho International movement Just tho same as thc trades union movement and that the Executive Committee would comprise Socialists from both the United States and Canada. Comrade Cunningham, Guelph, said that the comrades in that city had taken the uncompromising position. He regretted that tho uncompromising resolution adopted in Toronto in 1003 had not been submitted to the referendum. It had hurt tho movement in Guelph. Comrade Gribble, Toronto, said tho movement was in bad hands in_ thc past, but was in good hands now The past should be forgotten. Ho corrected Com. Hughes by stating that the Toronto Local had not joined the Western movement, but had tions for Wilshire's Magkt-mc and ond joined the Canadian party. comrade had won third prize in the subscription contest. Comrade Wrigley, Toronto, said it had done him considerable good to hear that the Gait local was in such good shn|X'. Thore had never been a Socialist convention at which Gait, CuebJi and Ingersoll had not been represented. He wns glad to hear that these locals had been of such a permanent character. He had loarn- terest in this government—that ycd ed a great deal about Socialism dur- are free. Bah! • You aro fit only Ut ■*•*?* the past, few years because he bo slaves.—Appeal to Reason. [had been up against tho capitalist Comrade Peard, Gait, said he was glad to hear Com. Simpson say that the Toronto local had taken a clear cut stand. Gait had been there for years. Comrade Hughes, Guelph, said that there was no desire to cater to the tabor movement In that city. There wero some bitter opponents of Socialism in the Central I^abor body. Comrade Wrigley, Toronto, said (Continued on Page Four.) ■ :: \ ■ m -. i i i ■ iki.--.yi! ,■■■ ' ;lhi ."til 'i* ■■*%* __*#-•■' •H HP fflmL.'-J ■rv-; '& mm ■ ■i WttTWLK (JULIIOH, - _i ,.: .-I -,l »• .t if I Mull II' i _S_ j-A-rpto^ Novat, ^ ■ lb Western U& , Published every Saturday In tha Interests of the Working Claaa alone at tha office of tha Western Clarion, Flack Mock basement, 165 Hastlnga street, Vancouver, B. 0. ^VW%^^^^^^^*^*»»^^V^^*^'^*****^s>N*^^'<^»*>^**^^-,''*»,**^»'''-»*'*-'*'» SUBSCRIPTION: tl.00 PER ANNUM Strictly ln Advance. Yearly rabacrtption card* la lote of Avs or more, 75 cants sach. AdvartMag ratea on application. II you receive thla paper lt la paid for. Address all commanleatlooe to The WESTERN CLARION Box 836, Vancouver, B. C. the increase. Nearly everyone is cog-i nizant of lt, and students and thinkers stand appalled at the prospect. There Is, however, no redemption so long as the great mass of workers— the wealth producers—remain steeped in that ignorance that prompts them to forge the political chains that bind them to the economic chariot wheels of their brutal masters— the Capitalists, However small the Socialist vote, no one should be discouraged. It del-ends upon the Socialist workman to leaven thc whole lump, and no matter how staggering the job may appear, let all hands buckle to the task. Until the mass of the workers are enlightened, they may be expected to continue to make fools of themselves. o THE STOGIE RAMPANT. 347 Watch the label an your paper If this number is on it, your subscription expires next issue. SATURDAY, NOV. 11, 1905. RIGHT WELL THEY DID IT. If there is one special privilege assured to thc workingman of the United States, it is that of making a political ass Of himself, and right well does he avail himself of the privilege at every opportunity. On last Tuesday, State elections were held in a number of States, and numerous city elections occurred in various parts of the Republic. From the press accounts, it seems that the ■"working mules," with their usual political sagacity, assisted in rolling up a huge vote for the various factions that constitute the political expression of tho class that exercises its despotic rule over them in the field of industry. It is well known that countless thousands of these workers gall and chafe under the yoke of the wage-system. Often- Recent events down around Cleveland, Ohio, have awakened within us fragrant memories of a past that had well night faded into an oblivion from which there is no resurrection. But now that memory is again quickened into activity there comes to us a veritable flood of pleasant recollections of thc times when we wandered about in the Jungles of the wage-market in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York- and though persistently pursued ■ by the necessity of '- taking and holding" a master, still found time to engage in sincere worship at the shrine of the "stogie," whenever we were fortunate enough to locate one. Whether the incense we burned upon the altar was pleasing to the nostrils of the most high or the most nigh, we do not know, but we are free to confess that under its soothing'spell 'iwe'were? lulled into a forgetfuincss of the many trivial vicissitudes of a somewhat precar, ious mundane existence and watted, as it were, into a realm so replete with glass palaces, good living, and fine raiment as to make Bellamy's dream appear as a sort of Chinatown existence in comparison. I While thus intoxicated with the fer- times their complaints are both long and loud against the miseries it forces upon them. Thoy are continually protesting against a too meagre wage, too long hours of toil and the altogether exacting conditions that surround them in their employment. And yet the great mass of tliein are so dense in their ignorance as to be unable to see that their own political conduct is tho sole means whereby all of these unfavorable conditions are fastened upon tham, and their lot in life made continually more unbearable, my Tho forces that were contending for supremacy in the various States and cities on Tuesday, as represented by Republican, Democratic, "Purity in Politics" and Union Labor movements, were contending for nothing that could under anv circumstances bc construed into anything beneficial to the wage-slave, or in the line of advancing his interests. The political struggles of the various factions into which the capitalist1 class is divided, for points of vantage and place of power, can have no interest to any man who depends upon his labor for a living. Any wage-slave who will give to such conflicts his support by throwing his influence to or casting his vote for the candidate of any of these capitalist factions is that sort of a fool that cannot i>e described in the English language. There are not adjectives enough to do his case justice. Every vote cast for Republicans, Democrats, the Hearsts, and Jerome^ of New York; Schmitz and his dirty gang in San Francisco, and the lesser political scum that rises to the top of the cauldron of capitalism, was a vote cast primarily, for tho ■ontniued rule of capitalist property, that form of property that has made of the earth an industrial hell and of thc workingtman a servile and witless ass, and incidentally for the triumph of some particular factional interest within the confines of such form of property. Nothing these henchmen of capital could offer, or ever did offer, could possibly advance the Interest* ot the working fools upon whose political support they depend for their election. If the workers had as much intelligence as their four-footed brethren of the long oars and loud voice these political tricksters of capital would not get their support. Just how many workmen and others registered their repudiation of the, present brutal ami vulgar rule of capitnlism remains to bc seen, as no aduount has yet reached us of the Socialist vote. It will come along in due time by slow freight.. But whatever it is, it is the sole .redeeming feature of the whole affair. If all workingmen were still ignorant and unsufferable asses politically, the outlook for the human race would be dark, indeed. Humanity is today, staggering under a burden of vice, crime and corruption that is all but overwhelming. It is continually on vor of our worship we little dreamed that we were even then in touch with what was to later become the chief factor in one of the greatest "epoch-making" and ■'epoch-nark- ing" events ever recorded in the annals of time. But it was even so. Don't know what a stogie is; did you say? Why Ignorant one, a stogie is a smoke; a plebian smoke; a sort of a poor and distant relation of thc aristocratic cigar that affords its soporific and soothing qualities for the delectation of the King, Emperor Czar, railway, financial and insurance magnate, editor or other well- to-do person. Being pie-Minn it hath a sort of "lean and hungry look." which would indicate scant "filler." Its rough and uncouth exterior plain-; ly indicates plebian "innards," much as the garb of a wage-slave affords a criterion as to what brand of goods is encased within. The plebian nature of the stogie is further emphasized by the fact that it sells at the rate of three for a nickel, or seven for a dime. The stogie is a native of the region of which Wheeling, West Virginia, might be taken as the center, and extending into the jungle in each direction wherever the tobacco plant grows. In thc tobacco-growing districts nearly everyone smokes thero, as-tobacco-growers are too poor to smoke cigars. The stogie when full grown is about the length of a lead pencil, but somewhat larger around. Many a time during our peregrinations in Southeastern Ohio, we have, while in affluent mood, generously tossed aside a stogie not much more than half consumed in order to give our poorer relations a chance to obtain a smoke within their means. The stogie-maker is just now the king-pin of skilled labor. It must be remembered that stogie-making is a highly skilled trade as it requires as much skill to roil a stogie as it does to roll a cigarette. "Bowed by the weight of centuries" the stogie-maker leaned upon his elljbws and rolled stogies. This was in Cleveland, Ohio. Unconscious "of the power latent within him he meekly bowed his neck to the yoke, and the brutal stogie capitalist exploited him without mercy. He never looked up from his work; never saw the sun, the stars, and other glories of the heavens; never enjoyed the beauties of the field and the forest; never got a real good lung-full of the life-giving Lake Eric ozone that occasionally blew over from the Canadian side in spite of the tariff; he waa always too busy grinding out profit for his boss and the lash of necessity held him to his task. One day there was a whirlwind ln Chicago. This was no whirlwind that blew in a straight lino. Somehow or other, it blew round aad round like 0 wheel—-Hagerty's for instance. It loosened up tbe circumjacent atmosphere in all directions, even as far as Cleveland. It waa a l+xiullar wind, a sort of revolution ary whirlwind, if such a term Is per- missable, and had a most marvelous effect upon working plugs through whose whiskers it chanced to blow. It blew in through the windows of the stogie shop. The stogiLe-inaker got a sniff of it. His sluggish blood suddenly quickened into activity of molten lava and coursed like wildfire through his veins. He suddenly became class-conscious and revolutionary, and realizing his power rose up some dozen strong, and actually <luit rolling stogies. The stogie capitalists at first looked upon his action as a mere ebullition of temper that would soon subside, but thoy "reckoned without their hast." The stogie-maker was not the only one afflicted through contact with the peculiar wind that blew in from Chicago. From all parts of the country came not only words of cheer, but the sinews ot war in the shape of coins of silver, and coins of gold, banknotes large, and banknotes small, checks, drafts, express and money orders galore, until the total amount actually reached the enormous sum of f464.30 and bade fair to reach the $465 mark in the course of time. Then the wicked stogio capitalists weakened. Against this combination of class- solidarity and $464.30 they could not stand. Prostrate at the feet of the stogie-maker they accepted the terms he laid down, and this victorious one did not scruple to take his own in full measure. He took his freedom, that is as much of it as he could use in his business, and that was a ten per cent, advance on the stock of it that he already possessed! Where ho formerly get one dollar wages hc now gets a dollar and a dime. The ice is broken. Arrogant capital is now prostrate at the feet of labor. Whenever another dime advance is required it will be forthcoming by the same process. Henceforth capital will be compelled to snenk along the back alleys and byways while labor marches proudly, defiantly and triumphantly down the center of times' turnpike. At the head of the procession will march the gallant stogie-makers bearing proudly aloft thc banner of labor upon which is emblazoned, the "Stogie Rampant." o RUSSIAN FREEDOM. A great deal is being said these days about the freedom attained by the people of Russia as an outcome of their struggles against the autocracy of the Czar. Freedom, in the sense commonly used, is most decidedly a relative term, and means little when measured by the standard of freedom in the full meaning of the word. If the sway of autorracy has been broken in Russia, and constitutional government is established, which at present' seems probable, the people of that afflicted land may find themselves in possession of some privileges that have hitherto been denied them. They may be privileged to more freely express themselves in regard to their economic and political demands. They may be granted moro extended rights of association, and a greater freedom of the press, than was formerly the case. It is certain, however, that in spite of all this the working people of that country will experience no lessening of that exploitation which has been practiced upon them in the past, and which has supped their suthstance and heaped untold misery and suffering upon them. There is but one way in which tyranny or despotism can express itself, and that is by plundering those over whom it is exercised. The rule of the tyrant or despot can be felt in no other way. Perchance tho tyranny exercised over the Russian working people under the regime that bids fair to bo established as a result of thc downfall of Czardom, will be less harsh in its official expression but that it will bear less heavily upon tho material substance of its victims, is far from certain. Constitutional government is eminently fitted to the requirements of the labor-skinning process of capitalist production. Contrary to thc Chattel Slave and Feudal schemes of robbing labor, the capitalist process depends largely for its success upon keeping its victims in ignorance of the robbery, or at least ignorant of the method by which it is accomplished. The Chattel Slave master and the Feudal Lord held their victims in leash for plunder by open and undisguised force. Their military establishment was always ready to reduce the rebellious slave or serf to submission. The enslavement of the worker was so open and undisguised that it was impossible to hide It from him and make him believe that it did not occur. It has remained for Capitalism, however, to bring forth a form of slavery whereby the last square-inch of hide could Ua stripped from the slave's back while he would be singing the songs of freedom aj*i, boasting of his lib- 'ertlea. The wage system of labor is a most clever swindle. Upon its face it appears that the worker under it is free, because, forsooth, he is told that he is, and as proof of it, he is at liberty to quit his employment whenever he chooses. Constitutional government, the instrument of capitalist property, is artfully calculated to cover up the swindle with its rtulos, regulations, enactments, laws, decision, rulings and other legal thinrble-rigging and hocus-pocus. While this flummery, flapdoodle and tom-foolery would not keep a hungry mule away from a haystack It has the happy effect of holding the wage-slave in meek submission to the profit grinding process of capital, that squeezes the last drop of juice from his bones, while he fondly imagines that this constitutional humbug is the very bulwark of his liberties. Upon such a constitutional period, the Russian people are evidently entering. That it will be marked by the same phenomena that has marked capitalist development under its precious form of constitutional government ln other countries goes without saying. That the end of the journey will result in tho workers of city and country alike being reduced to the common level of poverty stricken proletarians, while the capitalist masters gorge themselves with the wealth that only comes by robbery, is equally certain. Just as the capitalist road has been travelled in the other countries of the earth, so must it be travelled in Russia and with the same result, An ever increasing magnitude of wealth in thc hands of the capitalist masters and ever increasing magnitude of poverty and wretchedness as thc portion of thc slaves. The merciless exploitation to which tho Russian peasants and artisans have been subjected under the rule of the "Autocrat of all the Russias," will be just as completely carried out under tho new constitutional regime. The law as made by a lot of duly elected statesmen and other scalawags will be just as/effective in protecting the rights of property, as has the Czar's dictum during the centuries of the past. And when the new machinery of government gets in good running order the court with its injunction, though less haralej in its application, will no doubt have a soporific effect even greater than the Cossack with his "iknout." When the final struggle comes for the overthrow of class rule and thc attainment of Freedom worthy of the name, tho workers will find themselves in death grapple with the same old tyranny that at ono time wore the. garb of Chattel Slavery and later on of Feudalism. The same claws, fangs, and blood-sucking propensities arc masked beneath the hypocritical garb of capitalism's constitutional government. The redeeming feature of thc Russian situation is that at the threshold of constitutional government, a considerable number of hor people know what thc future has in store. No other country was ever so per. moated with Socialist ideas at a sim ilar stage in its political duvelop- hient. The thousands of Russian So.ialists know full well thc greasy hypocrisy of constitutional government. May they prove the leaven that will speedily "leaven thc whole lump." Freedom in Russia, as in the other countries of thc earth, is still unborn. __ Every local of tho Socialist Party of Canada should run a card under this head. $1.00 per month. Secretaries please note. SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA. Headquarters, Vancouver, B. C. Dominion Executive Committee, A. R. Stebbings, John E. Dubberley, Ernest Burns, 0. Peters, Alt. Leah, A. J. Wilkinson, treasurer; J. G. Morgan, secretary, 551 Barnard St., Vancouver, B. 0. LOCAL VANCOUVER, NO. 1, S.P. of Canada. Business meetings every Monday evening at headquarters, Ingleside Block, 313 Cambie Street, (room 1, second floor.) Educational meetings every Sunday at 8 o'clock p.m., in Sullivan Hall, Cordova Street. D. P. MILLS, Secretary. Box 836, Vancouver B. C. Every Ubor Vnion In the m»~ v..™ to place a card under thu 1__T" mouth. Secretarlea please no!, *"•• > Phoenix Tradea and Labor r Meets every alternate M^! John Riordan, president- V?'>t Brown, vice-president; p ,;'/'( casse sergeant-at-arms; W "in 1 bu,T-*''s.ecr-,-*-**y-treasurer P n *-"■ 108, Phoenix. B. C Phoenix Miners' Union w W. F. M. Meets every Z* , evening at 7.30 o'clock in m' '" ■mu. jm*#m*gmim.m LOCAL TORONTO -Meets 2nd and and 4th Tuesdays, Temperance Hall Bathurst St. F. Dale, Secretary, 41 Henry street, W. O. Cribble, organizer, 130 Hogarth Ave. ing class against, all opposition; 'lhe ruling class has no interest to Int furthered by such application. Tlie insurance investigation in New York is bringing to the surface numerous transactions that appear twite startling to the average citizen devoid, of guile. For instance, it has been disclosed that, thc Mutual maintained a regular boarding house at Albany for the accommodation of its hired men in the state legislature. Some of those who have not yet passed the vealy stage of moral development are inclined to cast reflections upon thc company for being thus kind and considerate in its dealings with deserving employees. The horny-handed agriculturalist has long been accorded the privilege of boarding his help if he wished to do so. Just why this privilege should be questioned in the case of an Insurance, or other concern, is not clear. Surely there is no person so ill-informed as not to be familiar with the fact that not only ln the State legislature of New York, but of tho other States, and the national legislature as well arc filled with the hired men of groat capitalist interests. And why should not these interests treat Ihem kindly. They are no doubt worth the expense. People afllictcd with sentimental belly-ache, are <fiiite apt to view with suspicion the acts of others. There are altogether too many such persons running loose in this practical age. They. should have a little sense pounded "into them." ESTABLISHED 1894 The VOIC Always a fearlesss exponent in u, cause of labor. For one dollar the paper will |, sent to any address for one yen Workingmtn of all countries ■.; soon recognize the fact that llu must support and read their UU papers. Issued every Friday. Til Volci Pallthlng Co., Lliiui WINNIPEG, MAN. GAUNT POVERTY. With 7.r>0,000 men and 250,000 women out. of employment in the United Kingdom, just at the beginning of the winter season, the prospects for a veritable avalanche of misery during the cold months is excellent. A huge demonstration was arranged for Nov. fl, when somo thousands of tho unemployed were to march from lho east end of London to Downing Street, and wait on Premier llalfour to urge the necessity of heroic measures to avert the ''terrors of a work- less winter." A special session of pArliaim-nt <s to lie demanded to vote the necessary funds to inaugurate public works, such as the reclamation of waste lands, forest reservation and road building. This one million of unemployed with their dependents must aggregate fully three million people. That even one able- bodied and willing |*>rnon should be denied sustenance in this, thc world's greatest empire," is a most scathing condemnation of our boast- led greatness. The Inauguration of a few potty public enterprises of thc character mentioned, will accomplish nothing towards a solution of the difficulty. Whilo it may afford a temporary relief to the sufferings of a few of these workless ones, thc condition of tho working class miiRt continue to go from bad to worse, pending tho application of far more drastic measures to bo applied in order to effect permanent relief, and which must bo applied by the work* J. Edward Bird. A C. Bryn.- (ico. I. McChomin. BIRO, BRYDOH-JAGK ft McCRO.lAH | BARRISTERS, SOLICITOUS, EV 314 Hastiest Strati Tel. fit. P.O. Bo» -ut - ViKHver. i —THE-- Miners 'Magazine Published Weekly by Um Western Federation 01 Mlatn A Vigorous Advocate ol Lebui 1 Cause. Clear-Cut and Aggreeaiva. Per Year 91.00. Six Months, Address: MINERS' MAGAZINE, Deliver. Colorado. C. PETERS Prac,lt,l£"'•! y, 11.11.1w M-tt||li,|' flu ml* Made Boom nnd BhOM to ordfi h •U •lytes. Kepairttijt promptly ind mi-' ly done. Stock of Its pie rmdy-m- ■ Shoe* nlwiyn on liuud. 1456 Wtsta-iister Ave.. Mont Mux' | According to the American consul at Kdinburg, Scotland, a revolution in the refining of mineral oil has been effected, which will do away with the expensive method formerly used. Two distillations are now found sufficient instead of three as formerly, and there is an increase of 20 per cent, in the yield of products, coupled with an improvement in>(jual- ity. A sharp advance in the wages of thc workmen employed in this industry may now i>e expected to occur. Don't try to hold your breath until it happens, though. The absolutism of the Czar and his Uureacrats, may he broken in Russia, but only to lie followed by metre refined, polished nnd hypocritical absolutism of capitalist constitutionalism. Thc latter is far more suitable to the requirements of up.to-dute labor-skinning nnyway. The Magdeburg, Prussia, police on Nov. 7, arrested throe S]>aniHh-ap- pcaring men because they seemed to show undue interest in the movement of the'Spanish King, who was at the time visiting the city. Thc police are to lie commended for their action in the matter. Any man who would manifest nn interest in such aJfiolutc** ly useless relics of antiquity ought to lye arrested for committing a nuisance, if for nothing else. WAGE-LABOR mo CAPITAL By KARL MARX. Single copies 5 cents. 6 copi<* ajr-nts. 15 copies, 50 cents. J ' copies |i.oo. 100 copies and o»'' 2 cents per copy. These rates include postage 1 anv part of Canada or the Unit" States. Printed iu the Office of— THC WCSTEN CLAION 165 Hastings Street Box 836 Vancouver, B.C Per year. $1 00. Sin month),5'' cents. Strictly in advance. Bundles of 15 or more 1 cent pn copy. The Western Clarion is U «* , compromising advocate <*' *JJ 1 revolutionary aspirations ol working class iu tlie sboliUW 1 of capitalist property aud lUcotn pletuent, the wage system. TAK* YOUR HAT TO TH* HAT HOSPITAL 1SS Cordeva Street And have it rejuvenated *Vh «J| Ufa. Old Hata Cleaned, pr-lV,| Hade ut Oood aa Ns* V **' - workmen and at moderat* co* Elijah Leard. THB MODERN HAT ftM*0** 0^H "EST IN B C X*ti*S' SH BLOSSO*? United Hatters of North America ■■■■■■■a—i—a—H—i—B __- _»t im to ' u Wha_ *oa are b_yi_g a FUR -*--*-1 • 11 a ***, ths O.nulaa Uaiaa Label ia eewed » -*• " M W haa loose labala in his pesaaaalon and onw» ^ ena in a hat for you. do not patron /• -*» mi* labels la ratal! stores era counterfeits- (W w Union Lake! Is perforata* on four edges. mt earns aa a postage stamp. Counterfeit* M U»ea parforatad an thra. edges, •-^^■s * M twa. Joho 8. Stetson Co.. *-• P*,ME ■ non-union aoucans. ol Phils H.J- JOHJf A, MOa-JTITT, Preaidan*. Orea«e. . 11 tt a**"* MARTIN LAW_on, Secretary. I* " Maw York. . • ' ' r^„_Y.»ovAi,i^* -"■'•-• r'-'<" '" r, Tft_ wgBTMut nuMOH. TiiWoirviat, k 0. fhe Worker's Family Life , Mraons -•• -be Uoitod States '* . read of the tenement dis- 0 jfeiv York and Chicago. i*'S ItiH triemi and co-laborer of *_„t Uooscvelt. has done much *" ,,, the public with the '""*• 'liicli millions.of the low- rft:„llera live, rear thoir youngj IF*"1 ''.he fetid and diseesc-in- -' I disi ricti'. Hiis has been *i((i '"lallnnt, though •ineffective m*S the slum. In an a_- *■ eC. ae»lv»red recently, I , miVe this remark: "Thir- 1 ul'h when I commenced . 'ZXt there were 40,000 win- lis bless fight moms in New York* To- P__T_r- :iOO,000-and they ex- . . ..__ f lhe law.' J in defitui. Uiw :o of ,thc law. n chronic ulcer, society has .„ used to the New York and sore spots. We flatter our- IfW thut i |j,go.«r-.t-.H confinof, to tho80 Iim*. But it isn't, and as indus- illisin grows thc hard condition I ,he working class W-omes more ftarablo. • /____ Ickvcland, Ohio, aspires to lie the Wis Beautiful." It was tho home Senator llnnna and John D. JeWeller. Within its limits, mil- us of dollurs have been absorbed lhe captains of industry—it \» a Epical Industrial community of thu wre detent sort, its chamber of uufce recently appointed a com- itlee lo investigate the conditions IHi-working class in'Cleveland. It jnee<lles.s to sny that the republic- y win not use it as a campuif;n jiiiment. From the report the f«*l- hring exlrncts ure made: Ini" development op industry. Ia few generations ngo man de- Jwli'il largelj upon the work of his hniuis for sii|H)Ij ing his wants. fcro largely imlcpcndent of the lair ol others, nnd there was, like. fot. small demand for his services. is result, it was not necessary la- he live near the base of mip- us, »ml in direct tou<h with thou- uds of other men. There was ractiially no "labor market." With Introduction of machinery came Industrial revolution. Mechani- li was largely substituted for musclar power, and the factory, with division of labor, was Introduc- Kow men. insU-ad of being in- h-eii'i'-nt in thi ir means of liveli- pod. are largely interdependent. ■head of the faintly must l*o near |rommon exchange, where his f-er- wlll find a market value. The tobing which he wears, and thc (ml whi, h he eats, instead of be- | provided by himself and .a few of ! neighbors, are furnished b.v the |mliinn| labor of thr isniuls all over world. In exchange, his labor hit lie available equally, to these TouMnds thl'ough the medium of 'fmiiirv. lhe mill or the shipping P*. The factory operative, lhe W girl, Un- street vernier. tho tot-black, all must be near thc fti" of the day's work; the day la- fw must live near the center of field of action, for in all these the time nnd money which Iglit Imj s|«-r-t in trart-portation are fPiirlant factors. As has been P*u, in Lho earlier stages, of the jdustriai system this resulted in the p-inpnun's small cottage near the pr of industrial activity. Ilut as Jiwnd fur lnbor grew greater, the fv »«y in which increased rent [-rgw could be met was by filling houses, moving into smaller "-ftments und taking lodgers—the * ffsult being lho crowding of e.v- availablo corner in the double kker. TIIK BROOD OK MISERY. It was gathered that Immorality, perverted sexuality, th_nkenness, p_u perism, unit many lorms of debauch- cry, were cuu.vi-d in some instances, in others abetted, by th,- indecent overcrowding which existed—high death rates; a pitiful increase in infant mortality; terrible suffering among little children; scrofula and qdngeni- Jrul diseases; ophthalmia, due to dark, ill ventilated, overcrowded rooms; sheer exhaustion and inability to work-, encouragement of infectious diseases, reducing physical stamina and thus producing consumption and diseases arising from general debility, were sonic of the evils of over-crowding. imiOKDlNt* SPOTS FOR DISEASE. Thoy are inhabited by the laboring classes, comprising people of all nationalities, living in their respective neighborhoods or streets, in crowded ((uarters. engaged iii exhausting labor, and both working and sleeping in unsanitary surroundings. The air inside these bouses during the cold months i.s had, the ivs-iilt of having been breathed over und over aguin, until most of the available oxygen is taken from it, nnd the excretive products of the lungs have accumulated it in. in many of these rooms, especially those of the mill workers, from two to six jieoplo sleep at night, and when olT to work this room is occupied as a sleeping apartment by an equal number of night laborers, who sleep during the day. The windows are kept battened up in winter, ventilation lu-ing a tiiimg apparently not thought of. KAT, Kl.l-.KI', LIVE IN ONE ROOM. Mark off your floor six paces in one direction and seven in the other and you have lhe space in which over 50 per cent, of these families are car-* drying on their existence. It must itje remembered, too, lhat these advantages are deceiving, for very often the largest families are housed in the smallest quarters, and vice versa. For instance, we find seven people In ing in two rooms with an area of only Kill feet, while ull are sleeping in a single room. Nearly one-fourth of the apartments examined contained living rooms whieh were slept in as well, while one-fifth of all apartments had every room used for both living and Bleeping purposes. These were largely two room apartments. More serious still, of course, is the ease where all sleep in a single room For instance. we find nine people- father, mother, four children, nnd three lodgers—nil sleeping in a single room. Two of the children ore small, while two are about fourteen years old. The moral influence of these promiscuous relations must he most demoralising, Imagine the conditions where nil the functions of living, in lulling cookiing, eating, dressing, sleeping, bathing, giving birth to children, are carried on in a single small room. lJATHINC EXTRAORDINARY! Tho lack of bathing provision in these districts is so universal as to make a table showing the extent of their existence unnecessary. In Illock 1, there i.s not a single bulh tub; in Illock 2, there i.s one; in illock 8, i.s one; in Illock 3, six.were 'found: in Block 5 two. and in Illock 6 and 7, one. In other words, 'about t»9 |kt cent, of the people inhabiting these districts o.e absolutely without respectable provisions for bathing.—Prom Suppressed Information, by I'red. D. Warren. TYUANNY. pn the president of the National W Regiator company, before his ■ambled employes, told them he l-ld never sign thc agreement for I eight-hour day, demanded by the ■'--yiuphiinl union, ho used these TjiSi ns reported in thc Davton i«» News: I Hut her than sign such an agree- r1*. Hiis factory and its welfare |™ may sink into oblivion, its f'-ungs may stand hero and rot, ■m lho doors locked and the ma- pi idle." P-- Ki-neral manager, among other JW<i Bald; I*1' ure determined to rid ourscl- f °l the Socialist elcmunt, the liad I*""-1', regardless of any labor un- JJj'f «*« tbe kind of spirits that ll-h i_h'! MI*,io***-- industries, by I n the workers must live and sus- I" -'viliKati.m. Them men arc, b.v T. I'-ivoie ownership, thc czars J", '■"•■•''■•ors of the lives of. the In ,'f 1K'°|,k'' Th8i-* word is law !£•"«•■ of work. The men whoao |7 wo coined into dollars have no Kl ™. "--ylng what they shall do, I" . "-ey shall work, or what shall I none with their products when Vw7.l. ' Thoy Rr0 mendicants t )rk that ihey may live. They |„ ""--W-w* supplicating tho lily Ls ^ru,s °' tho9° -nto whose ltho.it 2, pour untoM billions. liio,. , ,|r "WViHt* there would I (» 'iull.onai.es, with their degen- swld u, i lasrivic_8 lives, but tho s-ui-tt,.?"!1 Ix' richer -*n*l happier. J m talist know this,, and so do sVth« o .' honc* th« capitalists r'nc Hoc „ii8ta and do not wftnt I'-Mise Ik WUh U,eir othcr 8,aVeS >Ub_ ih, S^ia,iHtH -**1'- K-W-1 to Nili,,- otnor 8,--v-» what their enfrt nmi ri*-hts re«-*»y *-•**-• « fnnanv m of "* Ca8h Register I (»l,i ,''"'.',thoir v«tes to maintain in nf .■;a''tios' which this cxpre*. FK ah I ',hows they aro wtl- h deu!;,. °?xlou-- 'or them to do, r- l.r_ •Ust 8Uth treaUnent as tovt^1? .Kivo U*cm' '""'yvot0 Ira. talk "indicants and bog- J" of ik the 8oi*ialists get con- Ill, (k,™ K'>vernment, which they l* 1'ftii . ^I1 b0 no dictation on BO to i, bn bosses. They will 1 hav0 .l that **• working peo- "sen from their degraded strata and are walking upright as men, not begging for work. They will lie masters of their own industries, and the bosses will have to take their places in the ranks of (he the workers if ihey get any of the benefits of labor. Socialism is what the masters fear—not labor unions. And well they may.—-Appeal to Rear son. MORALITY OF THE ARMY. The New York Post records the fact that during last year upwards of 2,500 soldiers out of the total of (111,000 men were sentenced to dishonorable discharge from the American army, liming the same period, the desert ions, aggregated 10 i>er cent, of the total enrolment. Iif addition to this, on the average, during the year, no less than 7lf> men were incapacitated from service by diseases resulting from immorality. It is difficult, also to retain thc services of men after their teem has expired; a company of the Coast Artillery, consisting of .105 men, has only ten men now who were with it In October three years ago. The maintenance of a large *icrmanent army is possible only in countries Where large numbers of people have to choose between service in the ranks and want, and in any army the standard, of morality must almost, necessarily be low. Idleness and crime are almost insupanuble. This military business is rapidly becoming known for what it really is, a low, course, vulgar and immoral institution, disgusting in tho ex- trome, and a withering curse to humankind.. An instrument of tyranny, it calls forth thc most vicious traits in human character, and can breed only that which is ns vile as tho purpose that calls it into being. It is a cheering sign, however, when such a large number of its victims desert nt the first opportunity. May the time speedily come when it will no longer be possible to induce mon to engage in such a vile and degrading occupation. The Socialists of Sweden now hold fourteen seats in the Hlfc-dag. Previous to 1002 they held but ono. This is -'hut causes the Swedish king more -mens!ness then did the breaking away of Norway. DIG HiKr.TiM; in CITY HALL. About 000 people attended the regular Sunday night propaganda meeting of Local Vancouver, S. P. of Canada, held in the City Hall! Vancouver on Nov. 5. E. T. Kingsley was the speaker of the evening, his subject being "Hussion events and their bearing upon the labor problem." He prefaced his remarks by referring to the large audience present as one ot the many indications of the increasing interest that was everywhere being taken in what was really tho only problem confronting human society today, and that was the Labor Problem. He then explained that the overthrow of the autocratic rule of the Czar and his following in Russia, was but a repUUion of that which hud already occurred in thc olher countries of Europe where the absolutism of the Feudal autocracy and its church had boon broken down in order to give full play and free i-eign lo capilalist forces and devel- opment. This particular epoch in Russia's history hud been delayed because of a somewhat belated economic development. .Vow that the economic development had reached the point, where Industry in many lines had alrenily assumed the capitalist garb, the autocratic rule of tho Czar and his bureaucrats became no longer Compatible with thc free development of capitalist production, Hen<e the revolution, for the purpose of breaking down autocratic rule nnd substituting constitutional government therefor. While tho Russian revolution possessed the same characteristics, ond arose from Hie same causes, as the French revolution, and the European uprisings of H-MH, and while it was attended with the'same ruling class, brutality and Wood-letting, the speak er contended that it differed from those previous affairs most markedly in ono reSpect, and that was in the attitude assumed by the proletariat. In the previous revolutions referred to, tho proletariat was merely a tool used by the bourgeoisie to assist in breaking the rule of the old order. It set up no demands of its own of any consecfuence. The capitalist method of production had not vet advanced far enough to clearly establish the clnss line between employer und employee, and thus awakr- t-n, in th'- latter, that class consciousness that would prompt it to become revolutionary in its own behalf, und break the rule of capital over lalxir, even as capitalism had broken tho rule of Feudalism. In this Russian affair tho proletariat is both loud and insistent in its demands. Capitalism has developed far enough, oven under Czarism, to create a considerable city proletariat These workmen have had access to the written and spoken record of the experience of the proletariat of countries much more highly developed industrially than Russia, and they have Imbibed the revolutionary ideas that such development germinates in the working class bruin. Ily virtue of this, the Russian revolution is mark- i d by much clearer and more pronounced working class demands than preceding events of similar character. The speaker felt sure, that, though ihat artfully constructed farce known as constitutional government, should follow lhe downfall of the Russian autocracy, with a numerous and revolutionary proletariat to deal with ut tho very outset of its career, it would travel u thorny path, and the span of its existence would l>e shorter than in the other European countries. At any rate the action of the Russian workingmen during these, recent troublous times, should prcve nn object lesson to workmen everywhere as showing the overwhelming power of the workers once they act in unison. Without the aid of these workmen, the power of Czarism couldj not havo been broken. Once these men laid down Iheir tools, thc job was done. Patronize Clarion Advertisers. 5 yearly sub. cards for $3.75. Bundlos of 25 or more copies to one address, for a period of three months or more at the rate of one cent per copy. The meeting closed at 10 o'clock, the Chairman announcing that Comrade Lena Morrow Lewis would speak in thc City Hall, on Sunday evening, Nov. 12, upon thc subject of "Child Labor." OBSERVER. THE HEATHEN CHINEE A Chinaman, clad in the typical laundryman's costume, entered a street car one cold day last winter, and took a seat next to an Irish woman of generous proportions. He Shivered, shook himself, and then, with that yearning for human sympathy which extremes of temperature bring to the surface, remarked to his m-ighbor: "Belly cold!" The Irish woman was not socially inclined. .She turned on him seornr- fully and snapped out: "Well, if ye'd tuck yer shirt inside yer pants, ye hay then, yer belly wouldn't be cold." o "NO SENTIMENT IN BUSINESS" Work that is on the whole, useless or detrimental to the community at large may tie as gainful to Uie business man, and to the workman whom he employs, as work that contributes substantially to the aggregate livelihood. This seems to be peculiarly true of the bolder flights of business enterprise. In so far as its results are not detrimental to human life at large, such unproductive work directed to securing an income may seem to bc an idle matter in which the rest of the community has no substantial interests. Such is not the case. 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TELEPHONE T1T VICTORIA STEAM DYE WORKS All Descriptions of Ladies' an! Gents' Garments Cleaned or Dye.I, and Pressed Equal to New. D; *\ Cleaning a Specialty, ehe Yates St. Victoria. B.C. .,, -f— ■* Harris <&• Moon* Dealers in Bicycles, Guns, Ammvnition, And Bicycle Sundries. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED T'J 42 Broad St. VICTORIA, B. C. Phone B969 Albion Stove Works, LIMITED MANUFACTURERS OF STOVES, RANGES, GRATES AND FRENCH RANGES FACTORY, 3d, 42 Pembroke Street, SHOW ROOMS, 81 Douglas Street, - 121 Hastings Street, • 4 - VICTORIA - VICTORIA VANCOUVER. PLATFORM OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA We, the Socialist Party of Canada, iu conventi in a tembled, affirm ou* allegiance to and support of the principles and prog:am of the international revolutionary working class. Labor produces all wealth, and to labor it should 'u«tly belong.. To the owners of the means of wealth production belongs the product of labor. The present ec««K mic system is based upon capitalist ownership of the means of wealth production; therefore all the products of labor belong to the capitalist claw. The capitalist ia master; the worker is slave. So long aa the capitalists remain in possession of the reins of government all the powers of the .state will be used to protect and defend their property rights in the means of wealth production and their control of the product of labor. The capitalist system gives to the capitalist an ever-swelling stream of profits, and to the worker an ever- increasing measure of misery and degradation. The interest of the working class lies in the direction of setting itself free from capitalist exploitation by the abolition of the wage system. To accomplish this necessitates the transformation of capitalist property in the means of wealth production into collective or working-class property. The irrepressible conflict of interests between the capitalist and the worker is rapidly culminating in I struggle for possession of the powei of government-—the capitalist to hold; the worker to secure it by political action. This is the claaa struggle. Therefore, we call upon all worker • to organise under the banner of the Socialist Party of Canada with the object of conquering the public power* for the purpose of setting up and es • forcing the economic, program, of the working class, as follow*: i. The transformation, aa rapidly as possible, ft capitalist property fas the means of wealth production (natural resources, factories, milk, rail-* ways, etc.,) into the collective property of the working claaa. a. Thorough and democratic ec- ganixation and management of industry by the worker*. 3. The establishment, aa speedily ai possible, of production for use instead of production for profit The Socialist Party, when in office-, shall always and everywhere until tho present system ia abolished, make thn answer to this question its guidin-; rule of conduct:. Will thla legislation, advance the interests of the worldnr- class and aid the workers in their claan struggle against capitalism? If it wilt the Socialist Party ia for it; if it will not, the Socialist Party is absolutely opposed to it In accordance with thla principle the Socialist Party pledges itself to con. duct all tie public affairs placed in its hands in such a manner aa to promote th*. interests of die working clas* alone. ^ APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA ^ 3 the undersigned, hereby spply for membership in ♦ Local Socialist Party of Canada. I recognize the class struggle between the capitalist class and the working class to he a struggle for political spretnacy, i. e. possession of the reins of government, and which necessitates the organization of the workers into a political party, distinct from and opposed to all partiei of the capitalist class. If admitted to membershiv. I hereby agree to maintain or enter into no relations with any other political party, and pledge myself to support by voice, vote and all other legitimate means the ticket and the program of the Socialist Party of Canada only. Applicant. Address.... Occupation Age Citizen. Admitted to Local Chairman •19 ,Re<\-_ec. i ; i I : ?! : mmaasesaastssaesaea ■>m*g,v:i *-"rV-.f^*v &:*■■,, - ii i:-i_ r-^;->--^^-"-^J^aii__ Socialist Party of Canada j. o. DOMINION EXECUTIVE HEADQUARTERS. MORGAN, Secretary. Vancouver, B. VANCOUVER LOCAL NO. 1. T__-NrtSGIVTNG DAY MEETING. (Continued From Page One.) The regular weekly business meet- Ing was held at the headquarters on Monday evening, Nov. 6, Comrade Pritchard in the chair. After the adoption of the minutes of the last meeting, a communication from Mrs. L.M. Lewis, stating that she would be here to lecture on "Child Labor" on next Sunday evening, was ordered filed, and one from the Provincial executive, re annual convention, was laid over to new business. Warrants were ordered for the following: Electric Light bill * 2.72 Rent of City Hall 11*00 Repayment Com. Burns 10.00 Total $23.73 Reports received from Local organizer and program committee. On taking up the communication of the Executive Committee, it was moved and seconded that it Iks the opinion of the Local that It is not -within the jurisdiction of the Provincial Executive to cancel the convention. "An amendment that this local request the executive to submit the matter to a referendum, was carried" Financial Report. Gen. Fund $16.65 Literature o.pO Dues '• 6.75 Total *28.70 D. P. MILLS, Secretary. WHY ! "Just now," says Jerome K. Jerome, in "London Opinion"—-(a really delightful and often ilhiminating journal)—-"just now we are having an excited corresjiondence in the Times on the subject of charity. Indignant ladies and gentlemen are demanding that the poor shall at once be abolished. Tho middle-class stock and share-holder is growing tired of thb poor—of the laboring classes gen-i terally. He complains that the working classes are claiming to be his equals, and points out very logically, that if that^bo so he ought not to be expected to pay rates for the education of their children, for the maintenance of themselves when old nnd worn out. Why should he be expected to subscribe to hospitals and fresh-air funds? lf tho working classes are his equals, why do they come begging to him? The argument is unanswerable." So we (Ihink. Jerome continues: '■'One thanks this middle-class Diogenes for his plain speaking. It is time the THE SOCIALIST PARTY. Dawson, Nov. 7.—The Socialists of Dawson are now strong enough to bstabHish permanent headlquarters and a clubroom. Their premises are on Front Street .—News-Ad. Wo hope they will in time get stron« enough to send down some account of what is going on in the Polar region. It is to be hoped the movement may develop strength enough in other quarters to do likewise. - o We are informed that Comrade Parkier Williams, seems to be the only employee of the Western Fuel Company, prior to the late strike, who has been blacklisted since its settlement. No one need be astonished if it proves true. Devious are the ways of the labor-skinners, and none more so than he of Yankee extraction. Sometimes he will do one thing and again fts opposite. Whatever he does, however, is the correct thing frotm the standpoint of Kis own "skin game. If P.W. has been blacklisted, it is because, in the^eyes of the company, he is a dangerous man to have around, i.e., dangerous to capitalist interests. If dangerous to those interests he can be nothing short of a safeguard to the interests ot labor. Hence, the blacklist in such a case is the very best recommend that P.W. can carry. If his legislative conduct has been such as to call down the wrath of his previous employers, it is the best reason in the world why his fellow worlc ers should see that he remains in office. While not particularly in favor of strikes we beg to suggest that such affairs might be instigated for a much less worthy purpose than the 're-instatement of some blacklisted workman who has been barred from employment because of political activity on behalf of his class, o According to the New Orleans Picayune, "the negro is rapidly leaving the cotton and sugar fields for the factories, and the towns and such as remain in the country are becoming yearly more shiftless and unreliable. How to supplement and supply this negro labor that is so rapidly diminishing, is a problem, the seriousness of which every farmer and planter is forced to admit, because it is annually brought home to him in a more forcible and tangible manner." Other Southern papers are decluring there is work for thousands of "industrious, intelligent, and law-abiding immigrants" in thc South, but care must be exercised in order to prevent the coming of "pauper and criminal classes." All of this sort | of talk hath a familiar sound. We working classes gave up this ever-1 have heard it a thousand lasting begging. They ought to be ashamed to accept charity. Capital does not go a-begging. Capital does not ask the state to maintain it when infirm nml incapable. Why should labor? The laborirv classes remain so lazy, so stupid, one begins to despise them. They appear to be fit for nothing [but whining and grumbling. You lady typists grumble at your twelve-and-six to fifteen shillings a week. I get letters from young clerks dreaming of absurd marriages—whining to be given, in exchange for twelve hours' brain work, a day, a sufficient wage to enable one to enjoy the primeval rights of common manhood. Your laboring man cannot pay for his children's schooling; they are talking now of providing his children with free breakfasts. Your farm laborer is whinning for a roof to his hovel. One is tired of his whining, especially when one reflects that if he did a little less whining, and a Httlo more plain thinking he would do away with the need for whining once and for all. Capital does not whine. Capital hns made the laws, and is content with them. Has it ever occurred to labor that the whole lawmaking apparatus of every civilized state is entirely in its own hands?" No comment seems required. Commercial failures in the United States during the first nine months of the calendar year 1905, according to reports from branch offices of R. O. Dun & Co., were 8806 in number, and $76,234,028 in amount of liabilities, against 9183 insolvencies in tho corresponding months of last year, when the defaulted indobitedness' aggregated $111,659,285. In manufacturing occupations there were 2040 failures for $32,783,285, compared with 2099 last year, when the liabilities were $38,769,016. • Trading defaults were "6531 in number and $38,614,237 in amount, against 6728 for $49,127,935 in 1904. All other commercial failures not properly included in the two chief classes, such as brokerage, insurance, real estate, etc., woro 235 in number and $4,836,506 in amount, comparing with 356 defaults involvdji- $23,- 762,254 a year ago. In addition, there were 63 suspensions of . -anklng and other fiduciary concerns, with an aggregate indebtedness of $12,072- 406, against 76 for 920,810,454 in the same nine months of 1904. All of which goes to show the utter impracticability of Socialism, as anyone with half an eye can very readily sec. times in the North. White labor as well as black is always shifting about from one place to another just out of pure cussedness, probably. Of course, the workers nre "becoming yearly more shiftless and unreliable." They are a bad lot, black, white, or vollow.- The trials and tribulations of the good capitalists in dealing with these! wretches, with their propensity for pauperism and crime, shlftlessness, and unreliability, must be a severe tax upon their patience and good nature, much greater in fact, than that endured by thc old-time joker, who had such a lusty crop of boils. It does seem a pity that working men should become so shiftless, ill-bihaved and disinclined to work, when their masters are so good to them and pay them such generous wages. The degeneracy of the laboring people in this age is really becoming awful. Hence these tears which we freely and feelingly shed out of sympathy for the oppressed and down-trodden labor.skinner who so sadly needs "hands" and can't get 'em. o that from the opinions expressed by outside comrades, he knew they had been reading the Appeal to Reason, and Wilshire's Magazine, papers good for propaganda, but not tlie best for revolutionary Socialists. He recommended the Western Clarion, Toledo Socialist and New York Worker, as the best party papers. He could not accept now the pledge and platform adopted at conventions held a few- years ago. Thc Canadian movement was more in touch wivh the movement in the outside world. He would like to forget the St. Thomas convention. Comrade Faber, Preston, objected •to Com. Wrigley calling Appeal to Reason and Wilshire's Magazine kindergarten literature. Comrade Peel. Toronto, said he was glad he had been told it he was reading kindergarten . ti..*ature at the time he was reading He Appeal to Reason, This closed the business of the morning session, and in thc udei- noon Comrade Peel, T.ir.iiro, -p-n ed with a declaration of the Socialist position. He said that at ires^nt ll-.-.n was a struggle for 'he menus of life. There was no longer a ••i.,|.'e:u of production to solve. The menus *o produce sufficient for all were provided and the problem I „d,-rtioii had been solved, (ine class vas engaged grasping .or n.oro *» • ?}o another class were witho it the ic<es- sities of life. A few were in control of the means cf life and by virtue of this possession were a separate class, brewing -.he germs .;. iv-ir own destruction. There wns ati'iitiH class which, in *he final analysis resolved itself into one thing—to live. The Capitalist class were not in the Socialist.movement. Ihey were band ing together and -*ere n ronti-"-* of the social, religious niid oil icntbiha1 Institutions for material interests. While the enemy is in control of these institutions thc workers have to follow their line of action. The struggle was political in its nature, consequently thc Socialists organized politically. Fusion must be kept out of the movement. Men must be subject to the movement. Thc Wisconsin movement was ruled by the voice of one man. We want to express the opinions of the rank and file. Comrade Peel said he was once Infatuated by idea of collective ownership, but he was not concerned very much as to how industry should be operated. He was anxious to impress upon the working class the fact that they are n roblied and exploited class and that parties, churches, and educational institutions are against them. He was not as much concerned about the rapid growth as the intelligent growth of the movement. Movements would die away and spring up and eventually stay as n result of the capitalist system. No great change has been discovered without a corresponding change in the economic base. We are engaged in a class war and no one has a tunism we have fusion "with labor bodies. Men have been influenced by environment that made them crook- til- they do not understand the scientific aspects of the Socialist movement. The institutions of society express the ideals of capitalism. Famines are not caused by drought. Capitalist papers say so. There were greater shipments out of Ireland during the famine than there were before. India always produced enough for her people, but it was ihe capitalists who wanted to make profit, who precipitated the famine. "Words are poor tools to make men understand the profundity of the Socialist philosophy," said Comrade Peel at the close of his address. "Don't refuse anything because it does not harmonize with present views," said Comrade Gribble. "I have only been a real Socialist for two year's and I have been learning all the time." Comrade Phillips Thompson, Toronto, said he was glad to sec thc thorough Socialist spirit of the Conference. Ile had only lieen a true Socialist a short time which made him tolerant with those just learning. He thought Socialists should fear the public ownership movement. At one time he would have thought public ownership men all right and said "let us go with thin." It would be no improvement under a capitalist form of Government. It would attract many who belonged to the Socialists properly, and it behooved Socialists to distinguish between Socialism and public ownership. Public ownership would attract to it many politicians who want to hold on to power; men who wouldn't object to being called Socialists, if it would win for them votes. Socialists should emphasize that the means of production should Ijc controlled by the producing class and ultimately the abolition of all classes. Comrade Thompson expressed the hope that the conference, would result in the organization of Socialist sentiment throughout the Province. Comrade Gribble asked for suggestions as to the best way to extend Socialism. Comrade Boyd, Hamilton, communicated the pleasing news that two weeks ago a local had been olrganiz- ed in that city with 23 charter members and an attendance of over 70. One thousand subscriptions to the Appeal to Reason had been secured, and an order for 1,000 copies of the trust edition placed. The lo al would invite the first speaker "brought! over from the United Slates and would conduct an energetic campaign Comrade Wrigley Suggested a tour by Coan. O'Brien, nnd other Socialist speakers nnd thnt organization follow the speeches; Comrade Hughes suggested that the [ilntform of the party be made more, expressive. He thought few people could lie invited into the party if the abolition of the wage-system was the only plank in the platform. The success of Tamma_y \n \he New York City telections, coupled with the fact that the city administration during the next four -ears will have the disbursement of $900,- 000,000, renders it unnecessary to ask: "What shall the harvest be?" —o While the propensity of the work- ■^^^mm^m,\\i^ ii ' i if V »■>-__; im- nff-i"i I 'jiki ■I.i ' ii i ■Hi i aaaamaammmm inr__"-— -Wi i — , •»■•«»»-*__■__. ■ ing class to indulge in "boe-ze' is exploited for all it is worth by frenzied temperance reformers, the junk that the best place bottles is in the dis- by the better class- accent on the "bet*. man informs us to gather empty tricts inhabited fes." With the ter," of course. BRIDSON'S BAK; Nwell Strcst, Cedar Cove TRY OUR BREAD, CAKEs Mounting targe Game Head- . 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Boom Chains, Augers, Loi Jacks, Etc. ■*' WE Sell For Less We have moved Into our «,.», i and commodious premises 138 Cordova St., Easi ■PMm 1579 Vancoiver, 6 »»♦»»»♦♦»♦♦»••♦»♦•♦♦♦♦♦♦ CEOAR COVE MEAT KAV J. A. HAMl.KY, Prop. Fresh Mi fui, i Salt Mutt Vtjjti-i "Labor is nothing but a commodity after all, a thing to be sold on the market for the highest price it will bring. I can't see for the life of me why we should expect that people who have labor to sell should beany more honest in their 'methods than those who sell oil or life-insurance policies. I know well lenoiigh that two wrongs never make one right, but I only want to point out that if thc goose isn't fair it musn't rail against the unfairness of the gander. It seems to mo that absolute standards of the right and the wrong of it arc « Dieezcd into a small corner of the market place when the battle for bread and butter grows hot and fierce."—I. K. Friedman in Chicago Daily News. o One result of the fighting going on in the Caucasus has been to completely wipe out two companies of Cossacks. What a pity! o Two carloads of sealskins, valued at $150,000 are to be shipped East from Victoria over the C.P.H. They are consigned to London, Eng, and are to be used to make winter coats for the wives of the unemployed in the East end. j right to say that Socialism is inevi table. Capitalism is moving rapidly to its destruction, and Socialists are out for the destruction of the citadel of Capitalism, and not for petty reforms. At one time Socialists appealed to all classes to wipe out Capitalism, but now they oaly appeal to one class—the working class. Socialism is the whole of life and we cannot enter into any study that, does not touch the philosophy of Socialism. Referring to the trades union machinery, Comrade Peel said that Mr. .lohn Mitchell had sold the minors by forcing them to accept lower wares. Debs had pointed this out. It was one of tho most tragic things to see m/en, willing to fight, being thrown down by leaders. Leadership has led to tho enslavement of the working class because self interest or material interest predominates. Who is dt endangers our movement? Those who want to lie broad; those who want to adopt capitalist methods to get votes. Ilecause of broad oppor- A bee, unladen, will fly forty miles an hour, but one returning to the hive laden with honey does not travel faster than twelve miles an hour. Much the same with the working- man. When hunting for a job, he will cover a larg|c stretch of territory*- at a "two-forty'* gait, but when plodding homeward from his jwarkjJ on Sarnraay packing the enormous burden of his week's wages, he is not so swllft. At a Socialist mass meeting in War saw, Poland, on Nov. 8, two infantry soldiers in full uniform made revolutionary speeches, assuring their hearers that the time was not far distant when the army would Jain ihe people in their effort to overthrow tho Czar's government. o The "ladies" belonging to the Comrade Faber said that Ixical (Jnlt had not expressed an opinion on the platform, and before hc could give any assurances that they would nfliliate with the Socialist Party of Canada, they would have to be consulted. Comrade Peard said he never saw the platform of the party till he came to the conference. As the conference had no power to take any action one way or another, it was left to the individual comrades to carry out as far as possible the suggest ions made, and there is no doubt the result will be more affiliations with the Canadian Socialist Party nnd a tour of organization through Ontario by Comrade O'Brien A tour for Comrade Isaac Cowan, will l>e arranged immediately and six locals have already expressed their willingness to fix a date for him. The conference has clearly shown that the Socialists of Ontario know where they are nt, and have a clear conception of the fundamentals of Socialism, centered in the class strug gle and the economic interpretation of history. JAMES SIMPSON. Toronto, Oct. 28th. Such rare values as those quoted below should not be overlooked. It is Impossible for us to convey to you fully through nn advertisement the rich savings this store offers you Enter nny section and immense bargains will confront you. 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It does tho utmost possible good without possibility of harm. Pleasant to take, prompt in results, orally good for children or adults. Two Sizes 25 and 50c. WORKERS MASS MEETING SUBJECT Child Labor LENA MORROW LEWIS SPEAKER wealthier clauses of Ehlngcn, inWur- temburg, petitioned the municipality to reserve the public markets for one hour daily for them, in order that they might do their marketing 'Hindis turbed by women of the poorer classes." The municipality declined to accede to this request. CITY HALL Joy.. 12th AT 8 P. M. COLLECTION WANTED: by Chicago wholrf house, special representatiw each province in Conaila. Sail $20,00 and expenses paid h-q Expense money advanced. i:J ness successful: jmsition peniip.nj No investment require*), Fuji experience not essential to ogfl ing. Address General Manager, 1 '!2 l,eke sd Chicago, 111., I'.sl SUBSCRIBERS TAKE NOT'ii This issue is No. 345. If tins I tfee number upon your address sll your subscription expires with ■ number. If further copies are -| ed, renewal should lie made al If care is taken to renew bafort expiration of the old sidiscription«| will greatly simplify mutters in i office as well as avoid any bn-a receipt of papers. TIIE WESTKIt.V CLARION. Box 886, Vancouver B. I REO CROSS 0RU6 STORE Pntcrlptlon •-OERMAN- + Oruggltli 53 Cordova St., opp. P, Burns & Co. Negligee Shirt| Not Too Early to Look Exclusive patterns are now I some of the choice ones will Ix-1 early, and some of the MP] cannot duplicate. If you tmvi unusual styles it will intsnst p-l come promptly. Flatiron Hats The SMartett Soft Hat of the Six These tints have been enthusi* cally received by young men ■< the very first day we brought 'A out. Neither trouble nor «!■• has been saved In the productlo-l these goods, as you will chw'l acknowledge upon examination- KltROY, MORGAN CO.. ll ItO Cordova Street S. T. WALLACE'S Cash Grocery Sto Kit* Wc also carry a full Un« «• U Hire, on easy payments, « H that cannot be duplicated. 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