The Western Clarion
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issued: 2016-03-31
issued: 1904-08-27
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note: ,i :..l.*. pa iso4 u • HE WESTERN CLARION Published in the Interests of the Working Class Alone. IS IBKR 301. Vancouver, B. C., Saturday, August 27, 1904. Subscription Price Pea Yeah Sl.00 IW LABOR GETS "SOMETHING NOW" BY WAY OF THE RALPH SMITH ROUTE readers of the Clarion will re- er the Royal Commission of last vhich has been more aptly term- Koyal inquisition," inasmuch as Irpose was undoubtedly to in- jjnto the political convictions of Drking people of this province, he object in view of thwarting political action as the workers ie inclined to take, Which would manner threaten the econo- jremacy of the present ruling It has been openly charged >vernment is distinctly a class ion, and'that its every act is purpose of defending the in-' of the particular economic human society which may at he be in possession of it. As ling class becomes relatively laller in numbers than they |hom its rule is exercised, and becomes of necessity more ar- and brutal, it is forced to deal tsly with its retainers in order their fealty in carrying out decent, impudent and dirty by which alone can the eco- ominion of the present capi- lass be maintained. It is well ■ that the present governments thout exception nurseries and of graft. From top to Dotty are just like that for which »nd. To correctly represent— true expression of capitalist |terest a government must per- merely a business machine, just like any other capitalist , If an individual or capitalist has especially objectionable do, such as might jar upon And tie Sad-Eyed Tax-Payer Foots the Bill to the Great Glory of the Party in Power. the finer conceptions of honor and manhood, it may easily become a matter of necessity that such finer feelings should be dulled by perhaps a generous application of that poultice which is too often effective in weakening the moral fibre the poultice of cash payment. It ts no accident that governments are a prolific field for graft. The work they have to perform, that of holding a ruled class in…
note: Titled The Western Clarion from June 18, 1904 to June 1, 1907; titled Western Clarion thereafter.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0318622
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Western Socialist Publishing Co., Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text