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■ ■ ...** f ERN Published in the Interests of the Working Closs Alone. 4- 08T141805 fe&342, Vancouvkr, B. C, Saturday, Octobfr 14, 1905. •fCIANTJILLS OF ENGLAND Ireictionlng as Capital They Afford Their Owners the Means of Holding the Work- en in Bondage it Starvation Wages. ! following .'liPPed from an ar- ,,,„,,, Cawcroft, in Fennsyl- me b\ ' ," . ,,,1, throws a flood ol light iieuble and of course family arrango- Ihe my jfttisfactory ,,l„.is capital and labor Ineroui |H per » fmltted 10 froi ,,, ,,f Hrolher Labor, ! with the powerful -tit* "' '"'l _^_^__-^_K. LmipllfU-u in &***** the tluSsk f 1 ,(,nnitalism. The enormous pui-llvo l,ov* rL. implements of production, allowance of from *'-■ ■•*"• 1. which this llrothcr is , draw in tho form of „ ihe family exohei|_sr, Brother Capital draws ne source is problematic llu-t tmsi id,- sai l,ly no loss. Con- toon I I pr-suma ^^^^^^^^^ lerlng thc arduous duties (Involving BrothtT Capital, as compared ,nh Hie Joyous and lightsome task I Brother I.uiior. It would he rank itlrt u|ion the imrt of the latter my the former at least an espial irticipBtlon .n the products of thoir ■joint industry," But whal e huge farce this talk lilun! Capital and Labor ix'ing Ihcrs" is. No more striking groof ut th.. mastery of iho former ! the slaver-, 'if the latter could rjvwi than that furnished by Mr. •stroft, in In*, article, although it quite evident ihnl in writing ithe duo such intention in view. Ho fWently sol out to show tho rela- iic superiority of the condition of He Ameriimi workman over that of I cousin Blave ,if Britain. What he 1 BUcrecded in showing, however, lie porfu-l similarity of their con- iiiuih and their slavery. That hlih he |i lures of Knglish indus- Iriw can >,,■ duplicated nnd even jrsr than lhat, |n any of the great Imlusln.il DdU—IM11 •liters nf this western tho wool sorter— that lndep-.nui.nt workingman who, like the old-tV- printer, feels that marhin-ry m.-i-ot take the place of his nai.l.i That his wages an- the oqtial of any in a woollen mill follows us .1 nalt.-r o* course. Now, lot. us folio v !••:» ll',, e to oilier parts of the mill. The wool is washed nnd then it finds its way lo the comb, Tha man In charge of the combing machine works from 50 to 66 hours a week, and his compensation ranges from '_<» to 80 shillings. In other words he i.s paid a weakly wane of from $5 t,> |7, Either in a cotton <>r worsted mill, the cleansed and combed wool is placed on the spinning frame. Many young women are employed at these frames. The wages in this line of industry are small, ranging from $2 to SI a week as an average. The weaving room is one ,,f the most Interesting sights nf un Knglish factory far there the observer will find a greater number of adults at work, and ns many of tho men have families dependent upon them the wages ure necessarily hij^li. Six or seven dollars a week Is a fair estimate of the weekly swages paid to the weavers of the Knglish manufacturing districts. The extent uf those industries may be gleaned from some figures which iho writer elicited in official quarters Thore are 8,000,000 spindles working In Kngland and Scotland in the production of worsted goods; 2,- 000,000 are producing the material designated as wool and shoddy; while there are 48,000,000 spindles in the cotton factories of England, Another series ol figures tend to sustain the asset ion that, bailing Pittsburg ■ is a possibility, this is the most marvellous manufacturing section ,,n earth. It appears that 700,000 looms aro weaving Cotton g'Wids. in lhe Kingdom; 48,000 looms are devoted to thc milking ol wool and shoddy goods while 51,000 looms are employed In producing "ho worsted of the Islands. When ii is recalled, thai over 1,000,000 people are employed in the factories of thi-district, coupled with Hie statistics as o th.. number of spindles and shinties, iho reader will have more than l.'S of this country, the London work logman is receiving a somewhat larger compensation for his services. Hut let us leave tho spindles of Bradford, the lathes of Sheffield and tho ironworkers of tLceds to walk, along tho bunks of the Clyde. That body of water is at once the most remarkable, the most disagreeable, and most Important in the commercial life of the nation, of any in tho Un- ited Kingdom. A narrow stream, it floats the broadest steamships in ,he world; naturally a shallow river, the- Clyde Trust has made such improvements that during tho present year the largest Cunardor in 'lie world, will slide olT tho banks, doing down 'he Clyde, the touris, will observe turbines, (win.screw steamships, war vessels, propellers, little ships, big ships and nil manner of crafts, both ,(float and in course of construction. The shipping of the Clyde, next to Liverpool, is the largest in tho Kingdom; and tho gross tonnage of Ihe vessels constructed on the banks of this Scottish stream exceeds any other port in the world, doing down the Clyde then- is u rattling of riveting machines resembling the volley K& of a company of infantry in battle. Because this stream maintains a particular branch of industry and in view of the fact that its continuance ls essential to tho commercial , -pan- sion of the Empire, lhe wages paid thu men who build the boats will form un interesting study. The abler mechanics and tho men who do lhe real constructive work, roc, Ivc from Slo to $14 per week. These men are regarded as excop- tionally fortunate; and while the work is hard, the higher wages paid, coupled with tho increased "nirchas- iug ppwer of a dollar as compared wiiih this country, enables this class of workingmen to live in comfort. As a matter of course, Glasgow and Ihe communities llong tin Civile, swa-m with men doing odd jobs in connection with the snipping of the I oil. The man in charge ol ,he pleasure craft on which the trip was. taken, confided that he earned 30 Shillings, or $7.80 a week. He stated that he had a small house which cost in rent SSI" por month; and thnt. while his share of tho taxes was (jiiito heavy, hc was able to live fairly well, as do muny others who obtain no more. STOCKETT ACAIN IN TROUBLE Escapee ScyIII ol Eight Heir Law te Fall lite Chartbdli et Cheap Feel Oil. ■ption oi this r< IMPROVEMENT IN PIE-MAKING •hit Tooihione Oelicacy to be Made by Machinery bit Still to be Eaten in the Sane Old Way. Till'. WOOL TKA1.E. | be ,h:it us n may. England has a till in ever} ■>• >rt in the world, and lhe woul and cotton materials are Liberal, steam and Mjil carry ,lv Bdiirlnl fibre to 'ho mill doors of lorkahjre and Lancashire, Tbe read- will observe that tho Knglish fac- v building is not dissimilar in au- iiiwe to lhat found in the Elasticities oi tins country. Those who re some knowledge of American textile Industry, however, will real- ■ upon entering the Knglish factory at the system of manufacturing is taitedifferent. While the subdivision |l labor, and lho consequent sj-ccial- itlon nl industry, has been one of t common features of the economic ""volution of the century, that rcvol- I'lun lias been manifested in various WJ" in tne several nations. Here this country it has twon the aim tl the American manufacturer to take, - lhe unclean raw material at one ;'">i nml in turn to ship it direct 1 Lhe purchasers at thc other door. "til the present day, that has not sit tho prevalent system in the cot- >'» and woollen mills of the King- l°«i. Today in Bradford, Leeds, wnchr-ater and Nottingham,'the ob- J"r'''- will notice that the scouring, |"-"'liti(- and combing •"'"->' be done in Be factory and under tho direction J'* man who has made a specialty - 'hm lirnnch of business; while weaving and dying and o,h»-r "Hsning processes will engage the ''" uiul intention of another mill- y Is true ,,r the woollen Indus- ™ applies in lho same sen*" to "" manufacturing of rot ion. A re- "' Hrfilsh blue book states that "'"' '"<■ -iW worsted mills In the ""•"'""i. having one and one-half .Is "f spinning spindles, where "'»"*: alone is done; while there 1/■"a mills whore weaving alone •M particular branch of industry. 'mils,., it must lie renw-mliered . 'he combs and '"'lay are ^'ors modernized. We who hove il ih, " '" l",>,U ,,y ,h,! *-,*P»r-'"mc0 ast'i'"'*1' ',n'' wno have produced I I'lnnts j,, ,niH ro„ntry, where is token from the board and nn,"" """ cloth within the same 'lark i" m*mt •*'*■*•'*••••*«*•• 'hat this '" and minute .division of indus- w a ,'"' traced to tho days when () J'''1 ■''''■' 'he wool homo to comb ,, '"""wed |,y another who took Ctho h0UW ,0r <ho (application of ■tiro w l","','ss of hand mnnufae- om'ij ""'y s"l"'",'»t that, our sys- I preferable to this; we may OUcv r "" ",,"n*ti"*' in the fiscal iim,; ,,' .""' kingdom would stim- Itolrtil , h i,"l'IK<*'.v; and wo may n lho , "*' a *-ttW more Bleed he h»«ji, ° aml gf-nler Mgllltv in an abstract cone markable system Knglish industrial Life. Hut it is the puriiose ot these ar tides to present tn a genera,, yet concrete, manner, tho various phiucs of IHnglish industrial life; and hence it will be necessary to eliminate further details regarding this line of manufacturing in the hope that some other citation-, will prove etfually interesting. Tho writer remembers the day in .Inly last when he journeyed :o Sheffield from Leeds for the purpose of seeing the procession in honor of Knglund's King and Queen, They were to open u new Governmental arsenal 'hut day; Sheffield, big, ind enthusiastic, turned out 'in a body to welcome their Majesties. Over at the arsenal some working- ready ;'oc tho the nart of died, milking not to of COIII- I iM'llSIlt IOI1 mown in the steel ware. men ^^^^^^^^^^^ visit of inspxi-tion upon the part the King. Those men worked fifty- live hours n week and wore given a wage ranging from $9 to $11. While the official statistics show that wa- iros are slightly increasing in England, it is needless to point out that the wage given those men i be compared with the rate ^lierc. lt is generally that Sheffield leads the world manufacture of cutlery anil ^^^^^ Here is a branch of in- dustry requiring the u^-on lye and skilled hand of the practical uiechan- ic; it will afford a text for some ]>er- tineni. Interesting comparisons of the relative wages paid In Kngland and the United States, Take lho case of the hardy blacksmith, as an illustration: In Kngland he receives n wage, averaging IT cents nn " hour, while his American friend obtains 39 cents for tho same |>eriod of work. The bricklayers constitute a repre- body of workers, as Miich a strong union in l'.ng despite thai fat, their bul '-•' cents nn hour, Pie-making, that ancient and honorable calling of fragrant and tooth, some memory, is now to be destroyed by thut combination of levers, shafting, belts, cogs, cams and pulleys known as a machine. Like tlie other one-time cherished arts of shoe- making, spinning und weaving, it is to In- stripped of all the glamor of poetry and romance and reduced to I lie vulgar level of a mere mechanical process. Instead of |*e "like mother used to muke,'' we shall j \iiow the article as made by, say Smith's patent lever, double cylinder, high-s]>eod, repeating pie machine or by .I ones' standard duplicating, roller process, from the following account of the new machine we suggest that it might properly tie called a "linopio:" "Another severe blow for the arts nul crafts has resulted from the arrival in Philadelphia of the pie-making machine. It. has always been supposed that making pi,-s was a work for human fingers, Despite the inroads of machinery on the crafts, the pie artisan has si ood alone, un- touchod by modern Inventiveness; It was though' that a pic was too coni- p.lcated and individual a creation ever to Ix- produoed by brainless mixers and trimmers and stampers. Now comes this pie-making machine, to standardize the pie and destroy its Individuality and then to multiply and cheapen it. "ne man, thno boys, nnd the machine turn out from sixteen to eighteen pies a minute in the Philadelphia bakery, where ,he pioneer machine has boon installed. Tho inventor describes his contrivance as a boon to the human race, about 1(1 feet long and •*<> inches wide. An electric motor furnishes power, ami gas jets konp the forming dies warm. Over the machine is suspended a lank with "filling" for 4(tfl pies and in it an agitator revolves to keep the material from blocking thc outlet. Alter ,he paste for crusts has been properly mixed it is weighed and cut into proper-sized pieces by a dough- divider, A trny full of lumps of dough for bottom crusts is iplaccd at one end of the machine and another tray containing lumps for top crusts a, the other end. At the rear i» a stack of plates automatically fed by a ratchet. A magnetized arm swings around, picks up a plate and places it on a die made to receive it. A piece of dough is placed on the plate and the next movement brings it under a die which forms the lower crust. Then lhe fruit is deposited from the tank and tho plate moves forward. Ily this time another lump of dough is flattened out and stamped with an initial—such as "L" for lemon—while an automatic bellows blows a pull of flower over the dough to keep it from sticking. The next movement brings this filled pie and Ihis upper crust together, one operator being stationed hero to adjust tho top cover if necessary. Then the covered pie comes under the edging die, which cuts olT all scraps and tho pio passes forward on an apron which loads to the oven. So the process goes on with all regularity until 400 pies are lined up They are all perfect—too perfect per- ha-s. Thoy aro machine mode nnd no contaminating hand hns touched them from thoir initial stage of doci-hinoss until they are ready to bo taken from the oven—and therein lies their chief virtue.—Scientific American. Thomas Stockiett, manager of the Western Fuel Company which operates the mines at Nanaimo, appeared before thc Tariff Commission at Victoria, on Oct. 7, and made tearful complaint that crude oil is making serious inroads upon the coal trade of the Province. The astute gentleman intimated that he had no objection to the importation of crude oil for any other purpose than fuel. When imported, however, for the latter purpose! his judgment prompted him to suggest ,ha, a duty of just 2| cents per gallon would be about the proper thing.. lf there is a creature on earth that can give tho genius swine cards and spades and then bout them out in hoggish qualities it is thc average capitalist or his tool. To whatever extent the importation of cnude oil might inhjie the business of other members of the labor-skinning fraternity, this Stockett was supremely indifferent, so long as he could induce a "paternal" government to afford protection to his particular line of swindle. Surely no hog could out-hog this particular capitalist specimen. But a few weeks since the concern over whose destinies Stockett presides in managerial capacity was in close approach to the throes of dissolution because of an insignificant little piece of protective ilegislation intended to chock it in purchasing labor-power cheaply. The burden of the Stockett song was that the eight-hour coal mines act was an iniquitous measure because forsooth, its purpose was to interfere with the unbridled license to gouge the workmen which tho Western Fuel company and other capitalist swindlers, of li*o ilk, claim us their speuial privilege and right. For this ->erson, ight upon tho heels of his vehement •irotest against protection being af- orded the workmen in the sale of their commodity, to jump into the "ing and ask lhat protection lie afforded him in tho sale of his, is albout ns beautiful display of gall and impudence as it has boon our good fortune to witness for many a day. Stockott's consistency should as- dst. in showing to Iho workers who do not yet see it, that from the capitalist view-point, government is merely an instrument to be used igains, them, and as an aid to any lirty capitalist scheme ,hat might he hatched. Tho whole trend of industrial dc- veloptnent is along the line of etieap- •r production. That is the produc- •ion of needful things with less ex- benditure of human lnbo-. In fact that is all there is to industrial development. Capital not only seizes for itself all that is gained by such development, but when opportunity otters, it will erect reactionary barricades to ini|>ede further progress in order that its own individual hog proclivities may have full swing. lt is by trade and commerce that even tho spread of present day civilization, rotten though it is, Is made possible. The more rapidly it spreads the sooner will the baneful sway of capital lie brought to a close and the doors o|*-ii«mI for the advent of the next succeeding order. Every measure designed to check, retard or thwart, the free play of the forces of industry, trade and commerce, is essentially reactionary in its nature, and in the last analysis a stumbling Mock in the pathway of progress. Many such measures have been resorted to by ignoramuses in the past, and as the breed is not altogether extinct more may lie expected to apix-ar. The efforts of the old-time workman to prevent thc introduction of ..he machine and to maintain a monopoly of his craft by limiting apprentices, are cases in point, but the rankest, most cowardly and effective of them all is this tariff .scheme, which has surrounded each country with a cordon of the most contemptible, arrogant, nose-poking, brass-buttoned, scalawags that ever osca-ied thc hangman's noose. He who upholds the competitive system b.v his voice and vote, and goes fearlessly into the field and accepts its consequences without a murmur, might pass muster as a man, Wit. he who, like Stockett and his tribe. givo it their support, go into the arena and emit baby-squalls for protection from its consequences, should be compelled to suck tho sugar-tit of every decent man's contempt. Ix-t the workmen of Canada make note of the fact that Stockett, on behalf of his company, goes to the government for relief, Let them do likewise by marching to the con- ojuest of all ,he organized powers of the Dominion, and oni-e in possession use them for the purpose of putting Ihe Stocketts, et al., forever out of the business of masters of slaves. We sinu-rely hope that if there be a workman in Canada who is yet blind to his closs interest to the extent of supporting the present system by his voice nnd vote he will at least Im- manly and consistent enough to nu-ept tho consequences without squealing like Stockett and his Fuel Company. ^^ the few hun- would be spinning frames the hands of our sentatlve thoy have land; but wages art *0lll(| 111, '"'g of the spinning frame, '"''•"w- Utitain's ability lo l„|V|i markets of the world; hut I "J*" Ix'.vond (his, tho fnct ro- u, "nt given raw material, tho llm, ■'"rklnc-nian in nis own good „.,„! *"" m his own good wav. v.ill ncclte ti" ,'lm, of c,oth 'v*-i('h »••• " the ■ ,?Vy nf °-**y manufactur..,- , '" W'oilrl i,[( "■'■ I'ust „f th|8 KoHof) 0( nr_ ' S0I"« attention .van given to if wages in then there Tho writer vis- Vorlvshiro Morn- was well ^ >d li„oty|M> ma and a modern press; but, as a tho management same ..date EJngli* ■■|in,1 of hourly foiirnals. wore working at a week and receiving hour for their work. happy 08 the average fully' one (i "Tainted money" will be cheerfully accepted in payment of subscriptions to the Western Clarion at regular fates, We have a gry creditors whom we most happy to soak with the vile stuff. 1 o Tho newspapers chronicle in a fragmentary way the happenings in Russia, usually under the caption "Kern-wed Riots." Whenever the workers attempt to render lhe chains of their servitude less galling, of course its a "riot." What else could it bu.' o The unemployed problem in Australia is becoming each day more pressing. To help matters, the Federal government is furthering immigrn lion schemes, and Booth's Salvation Army outfit contemplates shipping to Island Continent at least i_,ooo '•'Where goost thou, ignorance?" "To fortify the mind of a maiden against a peril." "I nm going thy way. My name is knowledge." "Scoundrel* Thou art tho peril." —Truth Seeker. Hi ^ ^ ^^^M well-nigh HO cents less for the same hour's work than is paid the Am«.ri- ,an workingman. Machinists nnd plumbers i-ecolvo from 17 to 30 cents an hour in Kngland, a .s'utn far loss than tho American rato of wage those inipbrtntit trade are the compositors itcd the oiiice of tin ^ ing Post, The office was well equip |K-d with the improve, ihin< matter of course, did not seek lo take n.tva.ilage of those Improvements and nt th« time shock the i by the Issuance The compositors leasl 60 hours 18 cents an Thoy seemed ns ..... —-^^— printer and as fully contented as It is possible for ono of the craft to l»-. In Kngland. ns hero in this country, it is the unskilled mnn bilin, of tin- in is tho first — i Hmna ine nn.-,,*,,.... reooi vos! _W ■ > in Hinmanu e.w. necessitate a the my gut i _ ho -init" t'"' n'ustr'iul fight and ho pent- tno burden of 'l*1-* hard times. The unskilled laborer about 10 cents on hour ervwhero in England except London, «'■■'•'*■ ""^.Jm remarked by the average .,..,.,.>-ui-iile cited in hVes to •«'«««« „„.side of London. AsinNew York and other large cit- of England's paupers during next twelve months, That will fix it ull right. o The religion of Ihe Salvation Ar- vvill, I think, pass muster at the i of heaven.—General Booth! We were about to procure a package of tho General's brand of goods, but as ho does not. seem to be .sure that thoy will "pass muster" we shnll Ix- fotied to refrain. Will the peddler of some brand that ho knows will pass muster, please call? ' thinking business does not go us in mat lot's of such serious port. This with im- lnrge vvngc _.„v of explanation that was o, i , , ^ (| ttrticle, re- Do tho silly chumps, vvho are incessantly conjuring up schemes to get the pauperized rity workers out upon the land, realize that those nl- roody engaged ill agricultural pursuits are amply sufficient to kioep tho worlds market glutted with their products? This is so emphatically (rue thai people are driven into the cities by tho thousands in quest of nn opportunity to ninkie a living, an opportunity that the country districts no longer afford, Whichever wny thoy move is much liko "jumping from lho fry-ing pan into tho fire," it will require something of deeper import and of moro drastic chin';.ctcr (linn this shifting about to solve the problem. Kaiser Hill, of Germany, was so pleased with the parade of the army Corp at Coblentz during the recent army manoeuvres, that he gave each soldier 12 cents out of his own private purse, .lust what use the soldiers will make of this stupendous sum is not stated. o The buckets of the clam-shell dredger, now extensively used in California for levee building along the San Joaquin ond Sacramento livers have a holding capacity of 8 cubic, yards of material. The capacity of one of these huge dredgers is from 8,000 to 4,000 cubic yards in a day of twenty-four hours. o ——— In 1890 Germany swapped Zanzibar for tho island of Heligoland in the North Sea. Since that time the encroachment of tho sea has reduc- d the island's area by fully 25 per cent., nnd bids fair to wipe it out entirely, within the next half century. "Kaiser Bill's" attention should be culled to the matter, so he could put a stop to it. o Tho day is near at hand when the workers must stand together, Hc- liiililicun and Socinlist, employed and unemployed, union men and scabs. Ono will fool the (tangs of hi.ngor ns much as the other; repub lienns will got hungry the same as tho socialists. When the full dinner pail will be hanging on a rusty nail and when the workiingman begins ■dilling his 1h-W strap tighter, jt may bc that tho question of economical production and equitable distribution will bo more seriously considered by tho wealth producers, and it Is to be hoped that they may finally decide to restore to tho jwaple. (in other words to themselves) what is rightly theirs— Kdwr.rd Iliggins, Jn Machinists' Journal. ln prohibiting M. Jaures from speaking in llerlin, the German Kai-I ser planted something, which in duel time will bring forth good fruit whilo the mortification and humiliation felt by M. Jaures when the edict was served upon him will bring a rich reward. For when the working people of Germany have again an opportunity to select men to represent them in tho lioichstag it will be found that a greater number have been selected from their ranks than ever before. They have already acquired tho habit, which is a growing one, but the growth will be greatly accentuated by the Jaures incident.. This in turn, will have a good effect elsewhere, for the worktingmen of other ountrites, seeing how the working- men of Germany arc helping themselves by "going into politics," will do likewise, and in the end much good will have l»een done for the iBuse of labor through the futile efforts of a king—a relic of by-gone days—to stop tho car of progress.— Machinists' Journal. o The delightful conditions prevailing along the Panama Canal, are graphically hinted a, by a machinist working thero, who, in writing to the Machinists' Journal remarks: "1 can see no headway with the work since my arrival, while the sanitary conditions nre going from Iwid to worse. More sifuarc yards of dirt have actually been removed from Monkey Hill (our own graveyard) that from the Culobra Cut, (tho only- place along the lino whore they are pretending to do anything)." Monkey Hill i.s surely a suggestive name for a place to bury dead working plugs. Quito appropriate, indeed. into their respective sacks. It is claimed this machine will do the work of one hundred men. Those formerly employed in this line, may sit on the fence and watch the days go by, once this machine is installed in tho magazine offices. Thoy wiill h<*ve plenty of time ,o figure out the beauties of cai»i,olis> property in th% means of production. An exchange asks: Do you know that every able-bodied male citizen of the Lnited States between the age of 18 and 45 is a member of tho militia, and thnt tho president of the United States has authority through the Hick Military Bill, to order him out to do military service?" Of course wc know it. And we furthermore know that notwithstanding all li ck and other similar laws tho citizen of the United States or any other country, who will engage in military service for any other purpose than to defend himself and his liberties, is that sort of a fool that we could not specify without resorting to language that would shock our pious brethren. There are enough brutal and vicious laws, devised by the ignorant and unscrupulous tools of capitalism, that we are forci _ to obey, without obeying those that make for "murder. No man is under any oblige,ion, either moral or otherwise, to obey such a law. No creature entitled to be called a man would obey it under any circumstances whatever. o HIS ONLY CHANCE. Nero wns a brute, but the innocents ho had slaughtered only suffered physical pain for a few moments. Tho victims of the war of the classes suffer mental and physical torture during rhildhood, neglect and contempt in youth, persecution and degradation in manhood, all for the liberty of the masters of bread to buy labor in the cheapest market.— Sydney Worker. o Ooorgo Livingstone Richards, an American inventor, hns perfected a machine that "folds, wraps, addresses and sorts magazines for the post" In the space of an hour it folds up thousands of magazines, puts them in gummed wrappers, addresses each ono to the person for whom it is intended, nnd sorts them out into sacks, according to the locality to which they have to bo sent." Tho magazines are fed in at ono side of the machine and a moment afterward come out at the. other side wrapped and addressed, and fall sert himself "Is there a man in all this audience," demanded the female lecturer on womanis rights, "that has ever done anything to lighten the burden on his wife's shoulders? What do you know of woman's work? Is there a man hore," she continued, folding her arms, and looking over tho assembly with superb scorn, "that has over got up in the morning, leaving his tired, worn-out wife to enjoy her slumbers, gone quietly downstairs, made the fire, cooked Ms own breakfast, sewed the missing buttons on tho children's clothes, darned tho family stockings, scoured the pots and kettles, cleaned and fill* ed the lamps and done all thifc, if necessary, day after day, uncomplainingly? If thero Ik- such a man in this audience, lot him rise up! I should really like to see him!" And. ,n tho rear of tho hall, a mild-looking man In spectacles, in obeditonce to tho summons, timidly rose. He was the husband of the eloquent speaker. It was the first time hc "md ever had a chance to as. i i i -t i IN ' M 1 ii I I i _i -. ■;r': ami *_n_ wiftiraur (nj-tioir. tJ-WOOPyi*, B. h. SATUIl-OAy, OCT. it th, I_e Western Clarion Publish!- every Saturday in the Interests of the Working Class alone at the office of tha Western Clarion, Flack block basement, 165 Hastings street, Vancouver., B. 0. q ' ) I *S*m*mam*mf^n*mmw****n*W*m** %mm.mmnmSn*%mnmfn9m^nm SUBSCRIPTION: ill.00 PER ANNUM Strictly In Advance. Yearly rabacrtption cards in loU of Ave or mors. 76 crati each. AdvsrtMnf rates on application. It yon receive this paper It ts paid for. Addreas all eommunlcattooe to The WESTERN CLARION Box 836, Vancouver, B. C. 343 Wstch the label on your paper If this number is on it, your subscription expires next issue. SATURDAY, OCT. 14th, 1905. 'THE CURSE OF COOLIES." Having evidently learned of some of the brutal treatment which South African capitnlism metes out to its Chinese coolies when they fail to perform their allotted task to the satisfaction of thc masters, the San Francisco Chronicle, under date of Sep. 12, waxes virtuous in a manner truly touching, and sorrowfully proclaims that coolies "inevitably degrade the people who employ them." If they would only degrade themselves, presumably the Chronicle would have no complaint to make. The stripping nakt-d of these unfortunate wretches, and tying them up to stakes by their "pigtails,'' and the even more fiendish practice ol "tricing" them up, has shocked the good Chronicles' sensibilities and has caused it to aver that "slavery in its most degrading form" l-as thus been "established under the flag of Great Britain," as a "permanent institution." That the slavery exists we are willing to admit, but as to its being a "permanent institution." we have our doubts for the reason lhat history shows us that human institutions undergo continual changes, those of one period or epoch, differing materially from those of another. From this we arc forced to the conclusion tbat such institutions do not ond cannot wear the garb of permanency. The Chronicle, however, in a mild way attempts to partially excuse the drastic treatment meted out to the offending coolies by naively remarking that, "very likely many of them are bad men and do not comply with their contracts." Those who are at all familiar with the methods resorted to, to induce these coolies to undertake their South African experience, and who understand the nature of the beast (capital) that •rounded them up in its "compounds" and drove them to their tasks, will have no difficulty in imagining the nature of those "contracts." To persons at all informed in regard to this miserable business, it will not be a metier of surprise that some of these wretches went back upon obligations incurred under such circumstances. Be that as it may, I however, the fact that they refused to "comply with their contracts," is; amply sufficient to establish their "badness" in the eyes of their capitalist masters, and from the standpoint of capital renders them eminently deserving of thc most condign punishment. In fact, the breaking of such a contract is one of the most heinous crimes in capitalism's penal code. In the course of its virtuous wanderings, the Chronicle blunders upon the fact that "slavery Is as degrading to the masters as to the slaves," and adds: "No man can be given power over a great herd of human beings whom he regards as of an inferior race,, without himself becoming brutalized." And yet there is ( nothing startling or remarkable about this. Slavery is a low, vulgar, cowardly and treacherous institution, carrying within its bosom the seeds of all tho crime, and vice and moral filth that makes a civilization based upon it a stinking cesspool that neither master nor slave can escape because its confines are, ,©f necessity, as wide as the civilization that fills it. From out of this cesspool of a slave civilization, it is true there will struggle forth noble precepts and lofty conceptions that, if allowy-d to blossom in all their beauty and shed their fragrance upon mankind would tend to uplift and forward the race to higher and better planes of conduct, of reasoning aad of living. B-ut they struggle against' a material environment, so low, so course, so vulgar and bo brutalizing as to be almost overwhelming. T_ey are as far beyond the ap- * Jprecintion of the brutal master as that, of the grovelling slave. If ,hoy cannot lie advantageously ndded to the paraphronaiia of the shrine of profit and power at which the master worships, ho will have none of them. Tho slave is kept so busy in clinging to his chains in order to quiet tho demands of his belly, that ,hey appeal to hirn in vain. A rose may struggle forth from a compost heap and endeavor to fill the air with its fragrance, but its beauties will not appeal to the crawling slimy and disgusting creatures that infes, the heap, and its fragrance will be all but stifled by tho stench from the festering mass that environs it. Truly, ns the Chronicle says, "slavery is degrading to both the master and slave," and wo might add through them, it degrades the civilization based upon it. Tho Chronicle exultingly remarks : "In this country thore can be no "contract labor and no hording of human Ix-ings, unconvicted of crime in stockades." What, a short memory tho Chronicle has. But a few- short months since,, men, unconvicted of, nnd even uncharged with any crime wore herded in stockades in the State of Colorado. Perhaps the Chronicle would got out of this by saying ,ha, these wore not "stockades" but "bull-jiens." Stockndes, as used in South Africa, are unnecessary in tho United States or nny other highly developed capitalist country, for the reason thnt such countries are amply supplied with slaves who cannot oseape- If they break away from one master their necessities will soon compel them to seek another. It is unnecessary to round up cool- •ics in China and transport them to these countries. Thero is ample supply already on hand from which each Individual master or concern may recruit the number of slaves required. The Chronicle's own city of San Francisco is no inconsiderable slave "compound." There are within its confines some thousands of slaves of every degree oi quality, ready to lie put to the yoke at a moment's notice. The whole capitalist 'world lis a huge compound containing millions of slaves whose necessities compel them to hold themselves in readiness at the master's call. It is only in rare cases when thoir services are required in out-of-the-way places that have not yet afforded sufficient attraction to call them to the spot that the method adopted in South Africa becomes necessary. If any person doubts that present civilization, based as it is upon wage slavery, boars thc oar-marks of a cessjiool civilization, we recommend that they rend the Daily Chronicla, and the other members of the family to which it belongs. If the accounts there given of thc daily happenings in this glorious ago, docs not bring tho stench of the cess-pool to his nostrils, he had better consult a physician, as his smelling apparatus must be out of order. That which tho Chronicle'terms the "curse of coolies," is really the curse of slavery. It is a curse that will blight and poison human society until the slave shall have awakened from his lethargy and broken the chains of his bondage, by the abolition of capitalist property in the means of wealth production, and its attendant evil, the wages system. It is tho mission of the present slave class to accomplish this revolution. Once accomplished, and the means of production set free to the workers, so that they may produce food, clothing, shelter, etc., for the sustenance of themselves and those dependent upon them, beyond question humanity will move forward to a plane of civilization that will no longer be a stench in the nostrils of decency. who may pat-chant* bo possessed some particular hobby which they desire to elaborate upon for the benefit of their fellow citizens, are quite in the habit 01 using tho street corners for their particular purpose, lt is particularly noticeable that rarely if ever, does there come any complaint, in regard to such slight ol>- struction to tho free passage of the streets os may be offered by these gatherings, from thoy who use ,he streets for truffle, pleasure or pastime. The average citizen i.s altogether too mindful of the rights and comforts oi others, too courteous to his fellows, and too decent to make complaint becauso some other person or persons happen to make it necessary for him to ,ako a few extra steps. We have many times seen a sidewalk so completely blocked with people listening to some street speaker, or seller of nostrums, that all who passed wore compelled to take fo the middle of the street, and yet nil of them, men, women, (oftentimes with bnby carriage*) and children alike, would meet it with tho utmost good nature and unconcern. Once more we repeat that the average person is instinctively too decent nnd courteous in his association with his fellows, to grumble, growl and make a boor of himself over insignificant and ,rifling discomforts that others mny perchance unwittingly cause him. It should not escape the notice ot any ono that bumptious and officious policemen much more readily discover street obstructions in connection with socialist-meetings than any other street gatherings. When in the jungle, the master relies on the keen sevnt of his faithful dog to warn him of the approach ol dangerous beasts. In the jungles of capitalist production and robbery, tho masters may evidently rely iqion the smelling proclivities of tho police to likewise warn them of the direction of approaching danger. In the case of the dog it is termed instinct. What it may be in the case of policemen, we do not know, but much of thoir conduct at least stinks in the nostrils of decency. If these uniformed street loafers sec fit in tho future to arrest street speakers of whatever persuasion, let them at least be manly enough to rrtnte in court that thoy do so becauso Ihey do not approve of what those speakers teach. There is no valid reason why they should longer n,tempt ,0 disguise tho real animus of their action in this respect ^behind that ridiculous old plea of obstructing the streets." This poor old excuse has become so seedy and thread bare that it no longer affords the means of deceiving even suckling babes, Tt has boon trotted out so of ten and has become so common and of such ill-repute, that there are none so intellectually poverty-stricken as to longer do it "reverence." o WHAT GUARANTEE. ,,| robbery of labor, ho is justly entitled to as much of the plunder as ho can successfully lay his hands on. That is strictly business in every sense of the word, and should meet with the hearty approval of the entire business world, barring of course ihat part of it which got the worst of the deal by being thrown down. Among tho many accusations thut have boon made against legislators and other members of capitalist governments, there is one that has not appeared, and that (is. that oven one of those complained of has proven traitor to the underlying principlr of capitalism. Not one of them has taken advantage of his office to assert and render effective, the right of tho laborer to the full product of his toil. Should one of them be guilty of such traitorous conduct the beneficiaries ol Ihe present system would be Justified in stringing them up to the first lamp post The economic concept io-i 01 the Socialist is an entire- |j different one from that of the present order it is one based upon the verv reasonable assumption that every person should In- entitled to reap the lull fruits of his lubor. IVing s-uih it does not contain within itself the elements of graft. plunder and robbery. and it logically follows lhat ils every expression must bc equally free from it. True, anjn dividual may occasionally fall down in tho struggle, and why should such an oven, not happen. It is only the strongest of moral fibre that could be expected to withstand the 1 nerva- ting effects of centuries of capitalist poison. Small wonder if an occasional individual should break under the strain. This, however, would no doubt meet with short shrift, and does not in the least affect the general proposition that mon as a rule stand true to tho economic class in human society to which they belong and whoso interests Ihey are pledged to defend. __ Every I„»cal of tho Socialist Party of Canada should run a carl under this head. $1.00 per month. Secretaries please note. _ SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA. Headquarters, Vancouver. B. C. Dominion Executive Committee, A. It. Stebbings, John E. Dubberley, Ernest Burns, C. Peters, Alf. Leah, A. J. Wilkinson, treasurer; J. O. Morgan, secretary, 551 Barnard St., Vancouver, B. C. IX1CAL VANCOUVER, NO. 1. S.I', of Canada. Business meetings every Monday evening nt headquarters, Ingleside Block, .'Uli 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 H.'lo, Vancouver B. 0. LOCAL TORONTO — Meets 2nd and and 4th Tuesdays, Temperance Hall Bathurst St. F. Dale, Soerctary, 41 Henry street, W. O. Orlbblo, organizer, I.'IO Hogarth Ave. Union Direct When They Meet; wi, ere Th •Every Labor Union in tl„. , 0fy •V Mr, vile.1 to place a cnnl iiii,l,.r'"h,?,,,iro*'i-'-<' li I month. Secretaries pleSe aotfc ' -*-»l Phoenia Trades .nd'LaboT-0. Meets every altcm-,-- i." John Riordan, Jffffig. Moy, Brown, vice-president- 'p _"f casse sergeant-at-arms'; w'l ltd bury, 8ecretary-treaSurer™j,' ' Bjt 108, Phoenix. Ii r ' r- °- 9 Phoenix Miners' Union W. P. M. Meets POOR OLD EXCUSE. In the arrest, of Comrade Arthur Morrow Ixwis, while addressing an audience upon the corner o< Cordova and Abbott streets on tho evening of Oct. 6, the police, as usual in such cases, fell back upon the old excuse of "obstructing the street and tnter- fering with traffic." So often has this poor old excuse boon trotted out as justification for such impudent arbitrary and nose-poking conduct on the part of the police, that it has lie- come threadbare. * It appears conclusively from the evidence, that no street obstruction occurred upon ,he evening in question, and no trafllc was interfered with in any manner whatever. The only person who discovered anything that could by nny stretch of tho 'imagination be construed as an obstruction was ihe officious hulk In uniform who was res-ibnsible for the arrest. Street- gatherings -art? by 30 means uncommon in Vancouver or any other city of nny size. In fact thoy are almost n daily occurrence. Salvation Army, street peddlers, and those THROWS A FIT. The question is often nskiod, what guarantee can bo given that thc elected representatives of Socialism will not conform in their action to the ethics of plunder and graft followed by the representatives of capitalism? The same guarantee may be given that the former will not do so, as may be given that the latter will. Tho particular behavior of the political representatives of an economic system is determined by the fundamental basis of the system itself, In fact, all expression of an economic system must of necessity be likf the basic principle'ol the system itself. The basic principle of the present or capitalist system is the exploitation or plunder of wnge-la- Ixir. This is in itself tho very essence of fraud, trickery, robbery, deceit and graft It logically follows that whatever institutions arise from such an econom c basis must be per- nieated with nnd take on the character and habit of that from which they spring. This will express itself in tho moral and ethical code of the supporters and defenders of such a system of property and society. Hence we have every walk of life under the rule of capitalist property permeated with tho plundering and grufting characteristic of that form of property.. The legislators of capitalism could no more be expected to steer clear of their present practices, without proving false to the system they are pledged to defend, than a business man could to refuse to accept the juicy profit upon which the success of his business depends. It is not a matter of individual misconduct when a capitalist legislator or other governmental official throws down one gang of capitalist pirates and gives his support to another, or perchance throws them both down and feathers hia own nest', It is merely a matter of business, and an evidence of unsevering loyalty to the underlying principle of the robbery of labor, upon which tho entire structure of capitalist society rests. As a political defender of tlie "There is another matter worth remembering. Shame lurks in every discussion of a peace conference. Plenipotentiaries trade human lives as peddlers trade cucumbers. On the one side stand so much land and so much money; over agains, them are so many human lives and so much human suffering, I.and and money are very real human suffering is vory intangible. Kings and plenipotentiaries are ready to have men killed rather than to injure "national honor" by paying an indemnity. And when peace comes, each nation thinks tho other has the best of the bargain."—The World, Today. It is quite shocking to see a prominent magazine like "The World of To-day," throw a fit without any valid reason for it. What in the world of today, or oven of yesterday would "plenipotentiaries" do if they did not trade human lives as i>od- dlers trade encumbers?" This is an age of trade. Trade is the one dominant factor of present civilization It is by ttado thnt the proceeds of tho robbery of labor under the wage-system is made realizable bj the robbers. Wore this plunder not ddeposed of through tho channels of trade the "incentive" of capitalist property would be destroyed, and surely no one wishes to destroy thai sweet virtue except, perhaps, some crazy socialist. What is trade but trafllc in human life? Is not tho life of the laborer coined into the product of his labor? What is the essential difference between trafficking in his flesh, and trafficking in tho product of his toil? If ho wns purchased body and soul as under chattel slavery.' it certainly would lie for the purpose of enali- ling tho purchaser to utilize him as 11 labor-r. and by this method obtain the product of his labor. The "World Today" would no doubt recognize such a transaction as a trade in human life. By handling the worker in tho position of a non-owner in the means of living, capital secures possession of the product of his labor without being conqiellod to assert title to his body, as the chattel slave masters were forced to do. The ono system or method is as essentially a traffic in human life ns tho other. The entire business world of today is busily engaged in trafficking in human life. Plenipotentiaries are only agents of tho traffic, and it is their business to further it to the fullest possible extent. What would "World of Today" expect them to do, suck their thumbs? That estimable periodical should take tt dose of catnip tea. A Mr, Sydney Adamson, through the columns of nn Eastern periodical bewails the fact that "civilization is Wiling art in Japan." He says that art flourished luxurantly in the Island Empire, and brought forth dreams of beauty in "ivory, silk, and wood, del lento cloissone, and fragile porcelain, up to the time there ajv- peared upon ,he scone the "great trading nations learned in little save the wonderful machine power of production." Those have proceeded to "trample out unconsciously the flow er Of art," and now "Cockney deal ers, German curio merchants, and American dry-goods' agents arc all beguiling the .laps for gold into into cheap production, and. worse, insisting on nn adaptation of the worst Western Ideuls of design which handled by Japanese, produce a, vil- linnous mongrel compound offered in America and Europe to the world as Japanese art." Of course this is awful in the extreme, but the f-entlo- mnn's wail is quiet uncalled for. We are living in a practical age, and under a practical civilization. Art might stand some sort of a show in dream land, but it. certainly can have no place in a civilization that by virtue of its fundamental basis (capital) is devoted solely to the purpose of skinning wugo-sloves and swapping thoir hides. 'lhat in itself is art enough, and it is the only sort thero i.s any profit in anyhow. What more could a practical person wish for? o Panama Canal affairs aro beginning to take on an exceedingly suspicious appearance. It is well known that the powerful transcontinental railway interests do not look with favor upon tha project, as its completion would of necessity result in a demoralization of the present juicy freight rales which the roads are enjoying. If there is any combination of capital more powerful politically than that of tho railwa.vs of tho United States, it has not yet been located. It need cause no surprise if the present attempt to build the canal should prove as great a tia.sco as that made by the French company About the most, cheering feature of the nITair is thut tho French scalawags, uidod no doubt by those of Yankee extraction, succeeded in getting safely out of it forty million "simoloons" to the good. Where Uie forty millions came from is of little consequence. o ."Jefferson J. Prapleo, once a wealthy New York banker and business associate of J, Gould, Commodore Vanderbilt and John P. Blair, was son, to tho Poor-House here today.' —News Item. Prapleo will now have the opportunity of washing tho dishes, scrubbing the floor, cleaning up the yard, weeding tho onion bed, hoeing the "spuds," splitting the wood, or doing some other useful thing, an opportunity ho has probably never hud before, or at least if he has hud it, has failed to grasp it. If the* whole capitalist gang were sent t0 tho Poor-House., it would cost, the work- to- far less t„ keep them than It costs now. o- _ And now the unhappy and friendless Chicago moat packers have been haled to the bar of Justice, and mule- tied in the sum of $25,000, as a penalty for their schemes to "evade the law, and exploit the public." The majesty of th« law from now on, will 'ho to those guilty wretches something terrifying to contemplate. o The result of a police, raid in New- York City, uncovered a "pink tea," at whieh "keepers of disorderly houses" were the guests, and a "police captain," tho host. Another striking affirmation of lhe old adage about "birds of a feather." every <"•,,„.■ evening at 7.30 o'clock in Mi*' hall. Francis Knot. VellCl ddeF. -Berry, secretary 'e"t ESTABLISHED ,s94 The VOICE Thi Oldest Labor Paper iR Com, Always a fearless* eN|H„H.„tinn. cause of labor. %. 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Ghent. itattov the economic inter-j 0i history oi iiu- ec«>'«""^ •_•«•-1 Whenever these conquests occurred, Itis" p . i.i.mrv to hold that]among postHprimitlvo tribes, thoyus- ,f primitive tri- lution oi prii",,iv-; -*■»-" uaily resulted In a more or lesscom- Rc-*-"-' , gocial processes have in- plot* subjection of the defeated, I njcloty, j ,,„.,, in economic Whatever tho previous gradation of |tat)l- -r'",., ..tuniii-- class is un ug- classes among tho vanquished, the ibs-f- , nej-gons whose ocoupution quartering upon them of u new rul- ps""'"' IZ bearihg on the H'lpi'ly-ling class generally meant an almost B-1,16 wanted by mankind, and uniform levelling to the status of *|,,li"k'S/i occupation sustain the j slavery, serfdom, or peasantlhood. In -. - .( ..(tier luipnons. I Even In comparatively reccnl times, this form of subjection lias sometimes resulted, Such a conquest, for Inst mice, was that of ihe English Saxons by William of Norman- I tt.' porsons. an aggro- u {ia tion nation toward other «"'"' ' r ..mii.Is 11 '« ,„. »'• '"■ ,.rs()r... whose- BpBClflO econo- P""" i,ns and Interests are BllW •*■*' ,\vl,.> therefore, bear u F' relation l» ■••'' l»*vv*s'**"K dy, "Within the liietime of William *-""
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in doing whut they were bid i" {1 common relation of absolute "-Pendenco. Tin. ,.,,,-ij |«omlccla under pur, ''aiv nml |l.!l'''f '"'"''alilc, thnt. slave classes i appearance 0f an oco- ss is in the form of slavery. suvuger\, slavery is but incidental; it is possible and ■ns prolmhle, thnt. Mu to appear with the compiest of j '"'s who have developed tribal «niStrlos~that is the craft of mak- the u0'"r'. (>,,<' ■)ro(-"'*'" '•• which all to-? a* uu'mbers of a tribe on- crarti ,''il"' skiHod in a certain (,nv' is eon,,u,.reil by a rival tribe, ,■„,.., ""s "f ils product, and is hence- 11 "-ompollod to prpduoe for its (<fillers. Trlhaj lndy8trl08 ftp- **' a very early time in the "'•"' "f mankind, certainly as oar- tiritur " 1!,."'i<,d °* so-called "hoe- Wit h ,ho s*ub!*H|Uent, de- agriculture comes thc | him Lv I v,o "h.w atljacont 'inil eirsl workors in the fields: and tribes are conquered iT -'lasses also arise un division of labor K)n ., — -■ ju.mil- consequent try ."' 8r*>Wth of individual indiis- -y i,„I ,', lll'''"m|ilation of proper- a'ti'd I , 'is ls 1-MHsi-lutahl.v a later lorn,!, Jf Wcioty. Classes are thus ij..., under.either 'peace or war, In lation" ""■''' '"H'' ,-",*'*»«h the accumii- lattor ' '"'''v'"'"'0'! property, in tho 'oti,,,,,^',"1" -hrough tribal or racial Ilut in later times, coincident with the firmer establishment of poiiticni stutus nnd the development of more stable forms of Industry, conquest has affected classes less nnd less. Even the many conquests in feudal times for the most |,mt merely supplanted one set of rulers by another, effecting by taxation or tribute the exploitation of the defeated, and leaving the serfs, tenants, and overseers who escaped death in their former tenures nnd employments. And as feudalism passed away, and a new form of production arose, these classes were naturall", transformed to meet new needs. Thore is thus traceable in the mon.- civilized lands, lint particularly in Kngland nnd Germany, where econmmii development hns jinn- led along comparatively regular lines, ,, historic continuity of classes. "Oui ol 'lie slave class, as it was organized by the Itomans in the countries subject to the Empire" writes Professor Ingram, "the modern proletariat has been historically evolvod." Prom viIl<ins to peasants, from five tenants to yeomen or small landholders from retainers to professional men, is a common and discernible evolution. There are breaks in the process, it is true, due to th.- rise or fail ol Individuals from one class to another; to the expansion of indnstr... which has created now classes, and to tho overrunning ol communities and s,..-ii,,ns by hordes ,,f alien workers, displacing the resident workers, lint as under u particular form "f pr,„lint ion tho position of a class In its relation to the other strata of society remains gen- _ratly constant, <-,,. too (allowing for such modifying factors ns dis- plnccmenl due to capitalist concentration nnd alien Immigration, and t lie freer opportunities common to new countries), does it hereditary personnel Tne children take up the work of their fa'hers and carry it on lo the nCXl generation; and though the son of a physician b,-- .omes a civil engineer or a lawyer. the son of a baker becomes a shoemaker or n bookbinder, while troops of boys from the towns nnd country dock io industrial positions in the cities, \.et the general vocational class of the great mass of fathers and son- remains the same Even in America, despite its comparatively brief hi8tory, its less regular economic conditions, and its constant influx of immigrants, the evidences of clnss heredity aro abundant. Let one take, for instance, any stable community in tho Middle West, where the refinement of modern industrial processes has not as yet caused ii wholesale expropriation of the "middle class," and compare! lis character today with that of twonl", or thirty years ago. He will find that though the population has undergone considerable change, and though the variety and number of occupations have greatly Increased, yet tho farmers ,,f today aro In large purls the sons or grandsons or other heirs of the fanners of yesterday and that the mercantile, professional and even aitisan and laboring classes show a like heredity ol vocation. Thai individual exceptions, due sometimes io signal ability, 'but more often to chance, are many, is not to be disputed, but thev uiv rare compared with the instances that make the rule. The social Instances centering about the life of a boy tend strong!-, to conform him to hts tamer's class; and when to these are added the more powerful determinant of economic Influences, there is small chance of escape. The child of the artisan has one environment, the child of the lawyer another. Knch feels, thinks, and acts in greut- or less conformity to his particu- siirroiindings; and when the time is reached that the child's future is decided upon, it is the income and the intellectual training of the lawyer which determine u professional qaroor for his child, und the lessor income and lessor intellectual training of the artisan which determine for his child n life of manual labor. The first classes in America were the product of an older civilization, and wore imposed on our social '.le at its beginning. The Mayflower brought In Indentured servants, and in the previous year a cargo of negro slaves was sold In .lamestown. 'I'h,. status of tho white servants was lillle belter than that of slaves. During the term of their bound service •thev were worked hard, were dress- ast-off clothes of their ow- be Hogged as often master or mistress thought The nowcomer be eyes of the law n slave, Ihe civil and criminal und Indians. , They were fre quently sold to speculators, who cirovo Ihem chained together sometimes, through the country, from (arm to farm, in search of a purchaser. For nearly two hundred years this traffic was maintained, continually adding to the servile' white class of the North, as the importations of negroes at the South kept adding to tho servile class of thul section. At lhe end of their term of service these servants sought work for themselves. Many of them drifted West, and look up land, many struggled into small business, or developed some particular form of industrial service. Ilut the rapid development of American industry, along wi *> tlie still more rapid appropriation oi land, had created a proletarian class' in all lhe large cities; and lhe great muss of Ibe freed servants went to swell this body. The existence of a class of landless "free" workers at duy labor is revealed in pre-llevolu- tlunar- records. Following (ho Revolution, the development of capital- Ism in the North caused both bound service and slavery to disappear, and greatly augmented lho numbers ol l hose "free" workers. Though the outlet of unappropriated lands In tno West set some limits to the growth of this class, it nevertheless steadily Increased, The sufferings ol tho city pour were often appalling, nnd the six-lill writings of the lirsl half of tho nineteerflb century show that however hapless may now be the condition of a great part of the working class, it was worse then. Protective ami sanitary laws, labor or- gaii'/ations. nnd the general Influence of manhood suffrage, all of which combine in our day to set .some bar lo the otherwise inc-cnpenble loli- bery of "free" workers under capitalism, were as yet un'-lnown or uf bin slight efficacy. Winter in the the product of a'ny particular shop arc widely distinct; and throughout all society there exists a gradation of groups of men with varying re~ (Continued on Page Four.) 3. S and 7 STORE STREET Telephone 296 VICTORIA, B. C. Feed TNTETtNATlONAI, STOCK and Poultry Food, to obtain best results. 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Mail orders for Job Printing from other districts will bc promptly executed to the letter and sent return mall. Prices the same as for work done In this city. Try us with an order. We, the Socialist Party of Canada, in conventi a a 1 embled, affirm ou - -Megiance to and support of the principles and prog.an*, of the international revolutionary working class. Labor produces all wealth, and to labor it should *uctly belong.. To the owners of the means of wealth production belongs tbe product of labor.' The present ecuiic mic system is based upon capitalist ownership of the means of wealth production; therefore all the products of labor belong to the capitalist class. The capitalist ia master; the worker is slave. So long as 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. Tbe 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 1 struggle for possession of the powei of government—the capitalist* to hold: the worker to secure it by political action. This is the class struggle. Therefore, we call upon all workert* to organize under the banner of the Socialist Party of Canada with the object of conquering the public powers for the purpose of setting up and enforcing the economic, program, of the working class, as follows: 1. The transformation, as rapidly as possible, ct capitalist property in the means of wealth production (natural resources, factories, mills, railways, etc.,) into the collective property of the working class. a. Thorough and democratic organization and management of industry by the workers. 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 the present system is abolished, make the answer to this question its guiding role of conduct:. Will this legislation advance the interests of tha working class and aid the workers in their class struggle against capitalism? If it will the Socialist Party is for it; if it will not, the Socialist Party is absolutely opposed to it. In accordance with this principle the Socialist Party pledges itself to conduct all tie public affairs placed in its hands in such a manner as to promote the interests of the working class alone. aT\ 3, APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF 6ANAI the undersigned, hereby apply for membership in Local Socialist Party of Canada. I recognize the class struggle between tbe capitalist class and the working class to be 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 parties of the capitalist class. If admitted to membership 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 tbe program of the Socialist Party of Canada only. Applicant Address Occupation Age Admitted to Local. Citizen. .Chairman •19 .Rec.-Sec. ; I ;, .' 1 . I 1 • 1 1 i '' 1 • IMS ■ ! m ■ ■ tfci >4 1 . N> - ■■! II -ll I-—ill 1*1 III IIIIM II I III Jill _■!■_ II HI' aAttmDAY, OCT. >",h, Lm Socialist Party of Canada DOMINION EXECUTIVE HEADQUARTERS. J. O. MORGAN, Secretary. Vancouver. B. 0. VANCOUVER LOCAL NO. o 1. The regular business meeting of the Vancouver Local, was held at the headquarters on Monday evening, Oct. 2nd. Comrade Morgan in the chair. After tbe adoption of the minutes of tbe last meeting, and the authorizing of warrants for bills payable, a communication from the Victoria Local, suggesting sundry changes in tbe Constitution, was ordered to be laid on the table to bc taki-n up before thc delegates to Convention art- elected. After reports of committees, Comrade Morgan read a telegram from Comrade Lewis, of San Francisco, stating tbat hc would come to Vancouver immediately.' It was ordered that the Comrade lie engaged to apeak in Vancouver on SatuUlny and "Sunday. Comrade English was added to the programme commute and made chairman thereof. The -meeting then adjourned after receiving the financial report which showed receipts of $4.50. The Ixx-al again met on Monday, Oct. 9th., Comrade Stebbings presiding. After the adoption of the minutes two applications for membership, were ordered to trke tlie usual -ourse. and under the order of com munications and bills, warrants were ordered drawn covering some forty dollars of expenses. After receiving the reports of committees, the programme Committee wns authorized to continue the services of Comrade Lewis for another week, and to engage the City Hull for next Sunday evening. A motion to instruct the Provincial Executive that we do not consider it necessary to hold the annual convention this year was lost, and the question of location for cou- 'vention resulted in the choice of Vancouver. Comrade burns was elected chairman for next Sunday evening at the City Hall. After the receiving of the financial report showing gross receipts for the week of S">7.85, exclusive of a balance in the secretary's hands of ninety cents donated for the express purpose of purchasing coal for the headquarters, the mtvting adjourned. DAVID P. MILLS, Secretary. Box, 836, Vancouver. SHOULD WATCH HIS •YOUNO MEN." o In referring to the prospective trouble in the Pennsylvania coal regions, Hearst's Los Angeles Examiner, of Sept. 80, says, editorially: "The big coal strike is coming— sooner or later—and tbe coal mine 'owners' are ready. "They propose to refuse recognition of .the union. They propose to Agfat against the labor-saving device* Imposed by law to save min- *re' lives. They mean to continue overcharging for powder, and to force the men to give three thousand pounds for a ton. "There is no question that the man will bo forced into a strike sooner or later. "The fighting of union labor is in the air—and a series of strikes in which the employers have won makes inem eager for new victories. "The Beef Trust beat their workmen. "The street cars in New York City were made into 'scab' roads with the aid of Murphy and Mayor Mc Chilian backing up their owner, Belmont. ".'The employers think that there is not much fight left ln the union workman and they mean to go at him on all sidea. "The big strike will have to come and as we have said, the owners of the mines and the railroads ore rca- "■y _-_-_-_-__■_■_-■ They have piled up many mill ons ot tons of coal—near the railroad tracks and near the big cities. They have been getting tlheir labor cheap enough, and they have been running on full time—getting lots of coal ahead to be ready for the strike. "Of course it costs money to pile tip the millions of tons of surplus coal—and of course they have lost interest on that 'money. "But that does not worry them. The PUBLIC WILL PAY BACK THAT INTEREST THREE TIMES AND TEN OVER WHEN THE STRIKE COMES. "The labor in a ton of coal represent* very little money. That sum of ten times over will be added to the customer's bill when the high prices are quoted. "The coal strike will be the EX CUSE for high prices. "While the public pays a big price and the miners' families go hungry the mine owners will evict the families of miners from their shanties, rake in the strike profits and laugh "It will not lie a pleasant experi- «_ce or an easy fight for the workmen. If they win, it will be after a bitter and violent struggle. The coal is there piled up in the mountains all ready for the strike. What can the men do to win? "It is even likely—if they tail to strike of their own uccord—that they will be pushed into rebellion by a halfway lockout. Tho owners want revenge for the last strike, and they wa_t to 'teach their men a lesson.' "It will be a hard lesson. But it will not be w«stcd. And when it is learned, let the mine-owners look out. lt will im their turn to learn something. "The lesson that the miners must learn ls this: "THEY CANNOT FIGHT THEI It EMPLOYERS EXCEPT WITH THE BALLOT. "While they let the mine-owners own railroads, and legislatures, and make laws, their strikes can do nothing permanent. Ihe trusts are ar- gaoi-ed for POLITICAL ACTION. Everybody knows that. "The men must lie organized for l<olltical action, or they must remain in hopeless uncertarntv. on small pay. varied b.v painful strikes.*' Although tin- Examiner man sub- HBquenUy rfiha off into a lot of New Zn-aland rubbish and nonsense, such editorials are too perilously noai* Untruth to be of any substantial value: •in conserving capitalist interests. It worker* are once taught the fu- strnggle against the master class. William Randolph had better watch his "young men" a little more closely or they may perchance be the menns of setting other workingmen to thinking along the same lines. Mem who think nre dangorous to capitalist tyranny. o HISTORICAL ACCURACY. ing of all was thc decision that if the progress of the Social lK-mocra- lic movement lie in danger of being checked or hampered b.v (.lOVvinment- al interference, whether administrative or legislative, the workers shall retort by proclaiming a univetsal Any interference with th still holding out. Then the l'ana- niiin policemen, armed with clubs approached the laborers, and on their refusal to quit, begun to club them right and left. The /one police, a few minutes later, assisted in the clubbing, but with better judgment, and less indiscriminately '' ' IX ^nv'inierJere^e'Vnh^^e an ^indiscriminately About ng.,, of meeting. liberty of,he press 0£ 0^^^^ *£ t or res.neon o< suffrage will he met ■■ • sont by this expedient, which the Kaiser '■ u . N regardf" as revolutionary. The*ide- »-■ '■ ,__,, ,,.■_,_ and -^rations are regarded as _ dol.be,- ^v.. '>' " ,vlW bleedlwt fro_ ilarations are regarded as a deliberate throwing down of the gauntlet to thc Kaiser, who is not likely to stand being flouted in this fashion, although every effort he makes to defeat the Social Democratic movement in the present conditions of Cerman working class life, only gives it increased strength." — New- York World. _ o THERE'S PUN AHEAD. The Kansas City Star, a leading western daily, men,ions the fact that fo"(ir elaborate histories of the United States are now issuing from the press, while the fifth has been announced.. In length they range from ten to twenty-eight volumes, and at least, two of the five promise to be of the first rank. The Star points out that these modern histories that are lieing written, the "most comprehensive documents ever undertaken," are not based merely on "past politics," as has been the rule follow ed by Bancroft, Adams, Windsor and others, but upon the thoroughgoing Marxian conception of economics, which is unquestionably a great triumph for Socialistic philoso phy. The same paper adds: a "The modern historian cannot, for instance, regard the Revolution as caused by the capricious tyranny of a wilful government. He traces the causes of irrigation in the restric tions on trade and manufacture that were a part of the regular colonial policy of the age. He shows the development of a distinctive temper, bred of the conditions of life China is about to organize a modern enlisted army of 1,000,000 men on the Herman modern order, to form its own bulwark against foreign aggression, regardless of the Anglo- Japanese treaty, according to t!en- vral Yin Tchang, the Chinese Minister at Berlin. Iho general has been recalled to """akin, und will probably be entrusted with the re organization of thc army in the capacity of Minister of war. "China's future was never brighter ihon now," said General Yin to your correspondent today. "The Anglo- Japanese treaty guarantees us such a period of security from foreign ug gression, that we have resolved to create a real army. China must work out its own salvation. At present it i.s not ready for foreign treaties." When asked if the army, when organized, would be employed in a race struggle against the whites, Qeneral Yin replied, "Have we reason ,o love the whites? Do the whites love us'' We can easily understand the restrictions against the coolies, but the shutting out and persecution of educated Chinese, as prnc-., Used in some countries, cannot be defended and now must cease. Any friendship between the yellow race, and the white race will remain impossible until China shall prove herself able to defend her own interests. Then that friendship will grow on a basis of full equality. 1 am happy at the prospect of participating personally in the reform work my country has decided to inaugurate. "I hope that our serious efforts to bring the Chinese civilization up to date, will benefit all humanity." General Yin Tchang is one of China's most brilliant soldiers. He was educated in the German army and speaks the Kaiser's language like a native Berliner.—Press Despatch. o NO SLAVES UNDER OLD GLORY. several of them were bleeding ugly wounds. Boeing that resistance was useless, the men yielded. Many of them had not eaten since Saturday. At five o'clock, nil the laborers, who were in a pitiable condition, were placed on a train, which left for Oorazal, where they will he put to work.— Montreal Star. Tho above needs no comment. Those villianotis working men, having manifested a disposition to violate the sacredness of contract well deserved the treatment ihey received. Thc fact lhat they were lurc_ into the contrail under misrepresentation am] false pretense. b\ no means detracts from their guilt in breaking it. The right to lie and swindle, cheat and defraud workingmen, i.s among capitalisms most cherished rights, and should not be questioned. It should Ivc remembered thc t'annl Zone is under the folds of Old Glory, and slavery could no more exist their than under the Union out for yourself. "This classification (employers and employed) has been growing in importance, in Washington's administration, let us say, it at least would ivot have been unreasonable for an ordinary laboring man to expect to become the manager of a business of his own. Nowadays it is absurd to hold out to the masses of men such a prospect.. The few may rise as the few may draw prizes in u lottery, but it is foolish for an ordinary workman to look forward to great wealth or to the ownership of an independent business. There are, for example over a million persons engaged in the railway business in the United States, but less than one l>er cent, of them are officers of nny sort, let alone being jiersident of the railway." Jack. Figure 11 ONE THING AND ANOTHER. in t\M\ the trility of the revered strike and boycott, and become imbued with the fart that redemption from the industrial ills under which they are suffering lies in the political conquest ol their masters, it is not a "far cry" to the time when they will discover how to realiJ-c the fruits of such a victory once it has been attained. Thousands of t hem are already beginning to understand that the gates of economic liberty can only be opened to the working class as a result of successful political New World. From these and simi lar considerations, he points out that a rupture was inevitable, though not perhaps, the accompanying war. Again, in dealing with the slavery question, the modern historian does not praise the North and censure the South. He points out that slavery flourished where economic conditions made it profitable, and that it declined where it was not easily put to industrial use. The economic interpretation of history, which was first elaborated by Marx iii the middle of the last century, has given a new impetus to historical studies. Thus it happens that American history is now Ix-ing written on an el- aliorate scale and from a new point of view."—Appeal to Reason. o "BILL" HAS MUCH TROUBLE Kaiser "Bill" of Deutehland, a most "amoosin" cuss, and the European counterpart of the "strenuous" gwit who presides over the destinies of the "land ot the free and the home of the brave." has been having trouble of his own lately. At the recent army manoeuvres he got stuck in the mud just like a common mor. tal and had ,o be ignominiously dragged out of his ignominious position by a coiqile of lieutenants, losing one ro> V. boot in the operation. But his most serious trouble, how- ••ver, is caused by something more sticky thnn mud nnd which promises in the caurse of time to strip all the ridiculous duds from the royal back. This, of course, makes his royal highness somewhat uneasy, as the following will show: "The Kaiser is furiously angry over the success of the Social IMnocra- tic Congress just concluded at Jena. He had l»een" assured by von Bue- low. who fully believed it himself, thnt the congress would result in a split, destroying the effective power of the party for n long time, but the Socialists have emerged from the congress perfectly uniled, stronger, more dauntless and more determined than ever to wage war against the Kaiser's absolutist pretentions, and against militarism. The strife between Editor Eisner, of the Vorwearts. and Editor Mvh- ring. of the Ix-ipztg Yolks*-eitung. as to the methods of the press campaign has txvn stilU-d. Eisner was charged with Iveing too namby-pamby while Mehring, on the other hand was considervd too ferocious. Both parties agreed to abide by tho decision of a K|>ecial committee appointed to consider the subject. Then thc congress derided emphatically in favor of holding a labor festival on May 1, no matter what obstacles the Government and the employers may interpose. This apparently trifling matter was really most significaot ns a demonstration of defiance to the Kaiser, who has denounced this labor festival idea as anarchistic. But tbe most vital and far reach- Six hundred and fifty laborers from Martinique brought here yesterday on ihe French steamer Versailles, under contract to work on the canal, refused to debark or submit to vaccination, which is imperative under tho American sanitary regulations. They clamored to tie taken back to Mar- inique, claiming that they hndvbeen misinformed as to the conditions here liefore Ihey embarked, and they later learned these conditions were intolerable nnd deadly. Five hundred of them were with difficulty persuaded to laud, nnd these were sent to points along the line of the canal. One hundred and fifty re* mgined on board and declined to leave the ship under any consideration. These were forcibly ejected from the vessel yesterday afternoon by Panama and canal zone policemen, but not until nearly every one of them had been clubbed, und several were bleeding from bad wounds. Early yesterday the French consul M. Bonhenry, appealed to the men to listen to reason, explaining that they had left Marlinhpie under eon- tract with the canal zone immigration agent, guaranteeing the payment of their passage here, and that while working on the canal they would have, in addition to their wage* a guarantee of free quarters and free medical attendance. The men, IJOwever, were not amenable to reasoning. Notwithstanding the efforts of the consul and of the Panaman and American officials, and despite the information given them by several of their countrymen that health and o ber conditions on the ibthmue were satisfactory and the terms of their employment would enable them to save money, ihey persistently re- fuseti to leave the ship, hurting their breasts and invoking death in preference to going nshore. The captain of the Versailles, who all through *h° trouble, displayed an extraordinary amount of patience, told the men he was ready lo takj- back to Martinique all those who were able to pay their passage, but ihe men argued that the French Government would In- willing to reimburse the steamship company and that they themselves were |»*nniless. Before noon, at the instance of M. Raven, the agient of the company, and of the French consul, a squad of twelve Panama police went on board the vessel and told the men that force would be used if they persisted in their refusal to disembark. Seeing thnt the police were armed with bayonets and guns, the men again barred their breasts and said they preferred death to lieing taken ashore Governor Melendez, Mayor Andron, chief of "lolice. nnd others, argued wilh (he men, but acrain without effect. Ten additional policemen arrived at the wharf, but ,he Governor wishing to avoid bloodshed, and considering (hnt the police force was insufficient, telegraphed to President Adnmor. asking permission to use the canal /one police, to which the President consented. In the meantime twelve policemen from the zone arrivi»d at the dock and wen- being held in readiness. At two o'clock the laborers: were infr.rm«-«1 they would lie given two hours to reconsider their decision. and at four o'clock, three of them consented to disembark, the others An individual of the name of George Grey and his wife, who is addressed as "my lady" so that none shall mistake her for n mere woman, are about to visit Winnipeg and are to be met by a large number of Winnipeg tuft hunters and escorted somewhere or other by n procession. The question of precedence in this procession has caused great trouble and heart-burning among the various so ieties who are oignnizing this exhibition of sycophancy. The Question was decided by drawing lots fbui the tquestion that naturally arises in the sane mind, the question of why a procession at nil. was not touched upon. What has this man done to merit an escort of citizens in any town ? Nothing, absolutely nothing. The humblest laborer is ninny times more useful to the community. Earl Grey never did a useful day's work in his life, an idle parasite, living on the product (if other people's work, head of a public house trust which extracts profit from the slinging of booze which trade this man professes to deplore, a man who, not on account of any merit but solely by accident of birtli hns been appointed as the ornamental figurehead of the Canadian government, ond who thinks no shame to draw the pay from the Canadian people for do'-g nothing. This is the kind of man Winnipeg delights to honor.—Spartacus, in Winni|H>g Voice. WANTED; by Chicago wholesale house, special representative for each province in Canada. Salary $20,00 and exin-nses paid weekly. Expense money advanced. Business successful; position permanent, No investment required, Previous experience not essential to engaging. Address Qeneral Manager, 183 Lake St. Chicago, 111., I'.S.A. BRIDSON'S BAKERl ••"•Mil Street, Cedar Cove TRY OUR BREAD, CAKRS, ET(, sPecia|i Mounting large Came Ht.a,js JOHN COOPER Taxidermist and Furdreg.^ °PP People', ThMiJ VANCOfVliK. B, c "**■■ SIB Puftr SI. I Burns & Co. HARDWARE and Second Hand Dealers LEARN TELEGRAPHY and R. It. ACCOUNTING. *•">'* ,o 1100 par month salary assured our graduates under bond. Vou don't pay us until you have a position. I .urges, system of telegraph schools in America. Endorsed by all rrtilway officials. OPERATORS ALWAYS IN DEMAND. Ladies also admitted. Write for catalogue. Morse school of Telegraphy, t'iuciunalli, 0.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Atlanta, Cu.; Ln Crosse, Wis.; Texarkana, Tex.; San Francisco, (.'nl. IT PAYS ■(■■—MMMSH_^~_-i BUBSCBIBERS Twenty-five protectant bodies have missions in Ja|win. Thc troubles of the .Japanese did not end wilh the .lose of the war with Russia. o Mrs. Hardlippe— John, I'm sure there's n burglar in the house. Mr. Hardlippe—Well, I know what it nothing. I feel sorry for him; is to work hard for To deal at the Red Cross Proscription Drugstore—its modern implements for |ierfeet compounding — its superior system of preserving medicines with their original strength and) parity, and its skillful and poins- laking prescriptionisis, lends its aid to the sick and lame. French Hair Pomade, 50c jurs for _"> Razors, best makes S.'i, for t-2 Witchha/el Cream, 2.V- for IfiC Extract Wild Strawberry, Sfk for 2» Churchill's Kidney Cupe, Si for nr>c Embrocation Si, for <>.v Porous Plasters, 25c each for ... 1-Jc Electric Belts. Sl*n, for tlOlwill greatly 20 Per cent. Saved on Your i n Prescriptions Here ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦H* Largest and cheapest st0(_ u( Cook Stoves In the City. Boom Chains, An gors' .lacks, Etc. tort, Ug- We have moved into our Ilc.w and commodious premises 138 Cordova St, East X 'rant 1579 Vancouver, 8.0. ►♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦#n Cedar Cove Meat Markei .1. Fresh Ms* Salt Meati A. HAMLEY. 1 I 'l'0|l. Fish ni Vegetable An Opportune Time for Reading !*rop in and see our splendi. ■S reading matter. Tr, _c hange. Return two zr 'ive one new one. E. GALLOWAY VANCOl'VLK. B.C. 326 Abbott Street Vancouver, 8. Cl M il orders prompt!-, i tt i ded to - 1(1 assoriuit-nl <iur boojf 1<1 ln.oks and TAKE NOTICE, Butcher—1 need a boy about your size, and will give you $1 a week. Applicant—Will I have a chance to rise? Butcher—Yes; 1 wont you to be here at 1 o'clock in the morning. o According to the London Lancet, the plague in India continues with unabated virulence. From Januar lst to April 22, of the present year. <3:J,0,9tiS were sent to their grave by this awful scourge. By breeding and feeding his fowls in a special way, iX scientist in Wiesbaden, Germany, has been able to so increase the natural ipiantity of iron in eggs that they are medicinal and useful for the cure of various diseases The attention of the Doctors' I'nion should be called to this as n gross infringement r. he privilege, of their trade. CLASSES AXI» THE CLASS STIU'CdLE. (Continued in Next Issue.) gulnr product, and to production as a whole. Professor Ely, in his most recent book, frankly concedes the fact of dosses in America, briefly explaining their genesis and development • "If we take any definition which we will as a guide, w<- must acknowledge that We have classes in the Un- tod States. We have groups of individuals who possess common characteristics. They have their own peculiar habits of bod.\ and of mind, and their oun peculiar needs. The farmer has his own way of looking nh things, the merchant another way. The wnge-vniner, especially as hc develops, os he is doing, class consciousness, has still other ways of doing things and viewing affairs. The chief classification in our own day is that which is caused, on one hand by variations tn wealth, and on the other, by a separation between the employed and the employers." And again, in the same work, dwelling upon the clearer delimitation of cla«s lines under mohern bo- ' ' processes, he writes: Belladonna Porous Plasters, 25c for 12}c Face Powder. "»IK- |x-r box for... 2">c Electric Belts 16 per cent, reduction on price. Florida Water, 50c large size for .'KV Phosphate of Soda, |>er lb tin... !l;*>c Talcum Powder, perfumed kind, 25c for 10c Electric Liniment, 50c size for 25r Stewart's Kidney Pills, 50c a box for 80e Dyspepsia Tablets, ">0c a box for 80c Embrocation, 75c size, for 50c Embrocation, 50c size for '10c Whisks, 25c kinds, for 10c Chamois Skins, 50c each, for ... 25c Fluid Magnesia, 25c bottle for 15c Our Own Kidney Cure, $1 bottle, for 75c Antiseptic Tablets, largo bottles. for 25c Mrs. tlrcy's Complexion Soap, 50c a box, for 25c Rosalin Facial Cream, 25c for 15c Cream of Glycerine and Hoses, 25c for 15c Cucumber Cream. 50c for .'15c Fountain Syringes, Hot-water Bottles, from 80c each to S'J.50 Special prices in rubber goods for one week, etc., etc., otc. 'Phis Issue is No. H42. It tin the number upon your address Blld your subs ription expires with ibisl number. If further copes are (l(...*if*f ed, renewal should be made at ones If care is taken to renew before IN expiration of the old subscriptions ill Impllfv rnalU?ra in this oiiice ns well ns avoid any brcaji ill eipt of papers, THE WES'IT.HV CLARION. Box H'lo, Van ouvor ll. ('. Negligee Shirts] Not Too Early to Look Exclusive patterns are now bere-l some of the choice ones will be wl-l early, and some of the -Willi wl cannot duplicate. If yon rpiwIsmI unusual styles it will a't m ri- '-| come promptly. Flatiron Hats Ttt taartut Sett Hat ot the Statti These Hats have been enthusiastically received by young men from the very first day we broughl theffl out. Neither trouble nor e-PeMJj has been Raved in the production « those goods, as you will choerluUI acknowledge upon examination. RED CROSS ORUG STORE •-OEIIMAN- Prescrlplloii + druggists 68 Cordova St., opp P. Burns it Co. KILROY, MORGAN CO., 110 Cordova Street LTO. S. T. WALLACE'S Cash Grocery Store I . of Furnl- a I prices I Kindl)' We also carry a full li" ture, on easy payments, that cannot be duplicate Inspect our stock. Cor Wettnloster Ave and Harris Stmt | VANCOUVER, H ■' ial ATENTS 1 PROMPTLY SECURED! We «olidt the busl*_*» of Manufacturers, ■f-nfriuec's and others who realize die ailvlsaliil- i*y of tiariu,; tlieir I"alent tuiM-irs* tran-acted ly Experts. Preliminary advice free. Cha r*re» moderate. Onr Inventor's Adviser lent upon reqnest M»fi'>nJ"i Marion, New York UU* BMg, Uoutreal: auJ Washington, U.C, V.bJa. IN WATCH REPAIRING CHEAT CARE IS EXETfCISED. WE ENTRUST THE REPAIR EXPERIENCE!, WORKMEN ONLY AND NOT IX) APPRENTICES OR AMATEURS. AS TO SPROTT & Co. 2 Cordova St, next to Harvey's. >*•»" ELECTRIC LIGHT Thero are still n number of houses within the radlu Electric Lighting system that nre using coal oil lamp* should not be. The Electric Eight ia tho modern light, the safe lighl convenient, light, the cheap light. ONCE USED, USED; that is why we n.sk, you to try it. Call and seo the Chief of our Lighting Department the matter over. ol ' Thl- tln- AI.WAVS an I till!- B.C. ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO. ih
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