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-1 JAN ; _ 19Qti WESTERN CLARfON Published in the Interests of the Working Class Alone. NOMSSB OOf. Vancouver, B. C, Saturday, January 6, 1906. -I—*■»" rayamnm BmlMCrlptiOQ Prloo Put Ybak WHEN LABOR RULES THE WORLD Keir Hardie, in the "Labor Leader," Outlines PoitfMHllet Opened to the Working Class when Capitalism is no More. That the rule of the worker is on its way there enn bc no manner of doubt. Of its coming; we have many indications. • • • That which at present tells most against tho rapid spread of the Socialist movement in the United States is the opposition uf the recognized lenders of the triulo union movement. Five years ago n like remark would have applied to the leaders of British trades unionism. The growth of Socialist opinion, the pressure of economic circumstances, and the open hostility of the law courts to trade unions have all combined in producing; a inurkrtl change in their attitude to lubor politics, until now almost every trade union and trade -anion lead ■■ ■•r of any note in Kn^land, Scotland, Ireland and Wales is cordially cooperating with the leading Uritish Socialist organization—in ll/uilding up a labor party separate and distinct from existing parties. So great has been the progress already made that nearly one hundred candidates will seek election next year (190(1), most of them pledged to political independence. 1 venture upon the prophecy (knowing something of tho facts) that five years hence thc movement will have reached a sim- ilnr stage of development in the l'n- ited Stntes of America. To prevent a possible misunderstanding, it may lie well here to de-,1 fine what is meant by labor politics. To the So-iali«t the term menns legislation which aims at the reorganization of society on the basis of the public ownership of land and capital and tho co-opi'rative production of such commodities as the community renjuires for its sustenance, comfort, nnd convenience. Clearly this is a phase of the work of the lal |.r move-j ment In which all who accept S< ciol- ist conception of society may take tc 't, whatever their Social |*osition in life mny tie. Many of - lie best known leaders of Socialist thought and opinion in every country are drawn from the ranks of 'he educated classes. Socialists do not in .hose dajs dogmatize on the form which the state of the future -.ill assume. Ttiey are content to leave tbat to tho future as a matter which does not concern them. Thoy point to the indisputable fact 'hat the private ownership of land nnd capita) and the competitive method of wealth production of every country to a condition of industrial servitude and economic bondage, in which their reward CAN MOVER KISE MUCH ABOVE THE LEVEL OF A BARE SUBSISTENCE. The ideas of the non-Socialist liado unionist nre not so clearly developed. He is mainly concerned with the fact that his masters have been making thc laws, and that as a con.se- tJuDnce the law usually works out to his disadvantage. It is inherent in the nature of things that the ruling class should use its authority to benefit itself, and labor will be no exception to this universal law. But under the rule of labor there will be this fundamental difference from the present or the post; that in the past thc rulers have been only a small section of a nation who in legislating in their own interests have done so to thc hurt ami detriment of the welfare of the many, whereas under the rule of labor, and inasmuch as work is the lot of all, save the small parasite class which owns property, in legislating for itself labor will lie legislating for nil. From this defi- mtiwi of lnrjjor politics it will lite evident to the reader that the term later is not here used in any narrow or restricted sense, but includes nil who are engaged in nny useful service, whether it bo manual or mental. Only those' neod fenr tho advent, nnd success of thn lalKir party who are anxious to shirk their share of the world's work. There arc hoboes at both ends of tho social wale, and the idler who inhabits a Palace and fares mimptuously every ilny is a far moro dangerous creation thnn the poor "Weary Willie'' who moiiches by day and doses Whore ho may by night. They arc buth the products of our industrial system, and both will diwip|>enr under Socialism. When labor reigns supreme and Proiierty has become a public trust and work a Bocial service poverty will disappear. One of the most mysterious of tho many mysteries of modern life is the persistence of poverty. pack In tho misnamed Dark Ages in Europe, ere machinery had been dreamt of and when industry was in Its most primitive form, and society was based on thc military basis of feudalism, and the accumulation of wealth had scarcely l>egun, the .common people still managed to ocist. Now, when steam and electricity and mechanical invention and great store of capital, and tho organization of industr, halve increased tho productive P_] of labor a thousandfold thoso who toil for do no more th moved from, this condition, and are liable at any moment to be plunged into the pit by accident, sickness, bad trade or middle age. And all these, from tha most highly skilled mechanic to the most lowly graded laborer, are parts of an organization which is turning out wealth enough to satisfy a Midas. This is the modern mystery of mysteries— that though wealth accumulates, poverty shows no sign of decay—nay, in Great Britain and the United States of America, is actually a growing cfuantity. Riches and poverty growing side by side is surely 11 strange anomaly; strange—yet a fact. The Socialist has no difficulty in accounting for this puzzling phenomenon. He finds that land and capital are owned, whilst labor is hired, the wages of the hireling being fixed b.v competition tend always to fall to the point of subsistence; the lower the grade of the worker the keener naturally is the competition for jobs, and thc wages of the unskilled therefore are always nearest to the starvation limit. And just as thc worst land in the market fixes the rent of the best, so do the lowest wages determine tho highest, and thus, by keeping a great mass of partly employed people struggling fiercely for bare subsistence at the lower end of the industrial scale, all those above them are kept from rising as they might,, Thus it works out that the common people arc always kept poor, whilst the wealth that their toil creates is being filched from them in ever increasing amounts by those who own land and capital, without the use of which labor, as things arc is helpless. When labor reigns militarism will disappear It is pe,rt and parcel of the capitalist system, and will die with it. \ Some seek diversion in thc tented field, And make the sorrows of mankind their sport; But war's a game which, were their subjects wise. Kings would not play at. Wars are either the outcome of the ambitions of rulers or of the necessities of certain vested interests. Ilie Russo-.Tapnn'se war belonged to the former category; the American- Spanish and the British-Boer wars to the latter. Had there been no American sugar interests in Cuba, and no British gold mining interests in thc Transvaal, neither of these wars ever would have taken place. When we reflect that in the twenty- eight principal nations of the world there are 38,000,000 men trained as soldiers, of whom 8,000,000 are actually under arms in times of peace, and that the yearly cost of maintaining this huge engine of destruction nnd oppression in a condition of efficiency, more or less, and. apart from the actual cost of war, is £870,000,000 ($1,850,000,000), it is unthinkable that labor, which has to bear the cost of war in life and money, will not find a more reasonable and human method of settling such international disputes as may arise than that provided l.> the dread arbitrament of war. Already the international socialist nio.vnn-nt is considering means -/her.'by to insure the peace of the world ny making war upon .'-ir. 1 may not soy what is being uo:;e, but the WM future will reveal it. The methods b.v v*hich labor will seek to obtain control of thc avail's of thc world will be, in the n mu, constitutional. The ballot bot and tho general strike will both \,1 used as occasion may require, in the almost Immediate future a r.tw movement for tho objects aimed at in iho revolutionary upheaval which convulsed the continent of Europe in 18IH may bo expected. I'li-VWfftl adult Hiillrage 'or men and V0I1KB alike, with free and unfettered parliaments, is a reform almost ripe for Inauguration. The ltussian movement has proved what a |>owerful weapon the political strike mny be when used by Intrepid ami brainy leaders. In IHIS, as beforo and since, the revolutionary proletariat had no thought but the street barricade as a method of fighting; now it is seen that industry may be paralyzed, order turned into chaos and the most ferocious of war mi ' rendered Impotent, if o; ers of a nation wil the hour strikes Catling guns such a revo! Finally world, nobles, lies o bo t; 'ii ftM. not only will class be freed from bondage to class, but nations from subjection to nations. The race is one and indivisible, and freedom can only dwell in thc race, and not in selected portions thereof. Mankind, whether black, white or yellow must be left free to work out their own destiny by following the guidance of their own intuition. Even when labor rules the world tha race will ;bte far from perfect. There will be problems still to be solved, heights still to be scaled, depths to be sounded. So long as human passions exist life will have its times of cloud, storm and sunshine. All that we socialists claim is that the energy and time now spent upon an attempt, rarely successful, to secure an abundance of the material roqui- sitios of life will then be freed for use in other and higher spheres of effort. After all, the provision of foim1 and raiment, and shelter should be one of the minor affairs of life, not its all-absorbing interest. So, too, with the anojuisiUon of proiierty. Wealth brings care and sorrow, in its train ifuite as often as it brings happiness. Thc fable of long- eared Midas, turning everything he touched into gold, and being thereby in danger of being starved to death for* lack of food, is packed full of the wosdom of tho ancients. Socialism will not solve all thc riddles of existence;, but it will at least solve tho problem of food and raiment, and that is the work which lies to the hand of this generation, and to the doing of which the labor party hns set its hand, and will not bc denied. o THE PRICE OF ArOSTASY. One. Ministerial appointment we view with supreme satisfaction. It is doubtful if any one of Mr. John Burns' warmest friends is more gratified by his accession to office than wc are. At last our condemnation of his betrayal of his class stands fully and clearly justified by his crowning act of treachery. Brazenly and unashamed, he puts the seal upon his treason, and accepts the reward of his recreancy. Years ago we denounced him when he ratted from the S.B.F. and threw in his lot with the capitalist Ijiberal faction. We then declared our opinion that he had sold out to the Liberals, awl from time to time cited evidences of his treachery to the working class, as, for instance, when in thc House of Commons ho defended Asojuith's Featherstone butchery; an infamous crime which even a miidj Libteral-Lobour man like Sam Woods condemned. But no; the great body of the working class would not ad-' mit that Burns had done anything wrong. To abandon Socialism, that was nothing; the majority of workingmen were not Socialists; to desert and betray the S.D.F.—the body which had made a public ctareer possible for him—that was almost a meritorious act. Was not, and is not, the S.D.F. a body of intolerant fanatics, putting principles before popularity, and the emancipation of tho working-class bjefore personal ambition? Burns was still a good man, in spite of, or even because of, that. Now, however, we imagine that everybody will sec the truth, and that, as a "labor leader," John's career has closed with his acceptance of the handsome Judas bribe his Liberal paymasters have now given him.—Justice. Socialists the world over have) long since learned to assess "labor leaders," and "labor members," of the John Burns' type at their true value, as merely brazen impostors who steal the luxury of labor to serve capitalism in. Beneath their thin veneer of labor pretense, lurks the usidious treachery and deceit that only awaits the opportunity to betray* the cause they profess to cherish, in exchange for fat positions or other substantial benefits. Canadian labor has not as yet been so sorely aillictivl with this type of vermin as that of other countries. Still we have our own Ralph Smith, who is known to dream of senatorships, Lieut.-Governor fat billets, and other luscious morsels in that line. However, if Burns, a man of some ability, is to receive but a mere cabinet position in payment for services rendered, the oleaginous Smith should in justice get nothing better thnn a janitors-hip. VICARIOUS POVERTY.. A New York clergyman—it is hardly worth while to identify him, for iore are so many like him, but his " is Madison C. Peters—has dis- from statistics that the of Now York aro poor be- ,Yprk spends.JJ^Q0,000 a "The Western Federation of Miners have decided to invest one million dollars in acquiring mines bo that its blacklisted members can work on their own property. Which reminds me that the Typographical Union has levied a 160,000 a week assessment on its members to aid In its strike. If it had done that for a year it could have owned the finest printing plant in each city in the union years ago, nnd would be independent of the private employers for its members. But modern trades unions have for their notto, "Millions for fighting, but not a darned cent to provide members with tools to work with."—Appeal to Reason. Yes, and the wisdom of the Typo's in not attempting any such chimerical scheme exceeds that of the W. F. of M. in making tho contemplated venture. Such efforts are in no sense of the word any more of a solution of the labor problem than were the colonization schemes which the "Appeal" man will doubtless remember wero quite fashionable some years since. These various business schemes can be successfully carried •on in but one way, and that is along strictly capitalist lines, and even then the.v must be backed by sufficient capital to insure their ability to successfully withstand thc assaults of other capitals en|giajg|bd iq similar lines. The trade union move ment never was anything but a traders' or dealers' movement. It cannot, therefore, lift itself albove engaging in traders' and dealers' schemes. Its members may talk about the abolition of the wage- system, but the organization cannot act for such purpose, because that purpose lies entirely beyond its horizon. If the workers ever win their independence from employers they will have to follow some other 'line of action than that of becoming capitalists themselves either singly or by oi their unions. o ■ The fast mail trains beginning with the first of the year, between New York and San Francisco will cross the continent westward in 81J hours, and eastward in 874 hours. It will then be possible to mail a letter in New York and receive a reply from San Francisco or vice versa in seven days and eight hours. It might be suggested that labor, not capital, makes this possible. LONDON WORSE THAN RUSSIA & , i- Russian Refugees Anxious to Return to Ibe Scene ol the Revolu- '.' tion in Order to Escape Starvation in London. Hundreds of Russian refugees who escaped massacres in Odessa and else where, and fled to London, are finding staravtion in the streets as intolerable as the fear of death from the mobs of hooligans in the Russian towns. In Whitechapel recently an Express representative was told that on the day before a desperate body of fifty recently arrived refugees waited upon the Jewish Board of Guardians, and demunded to be sent back to Russia, as they ware starving in London. Tho Jewish guardians shook their heads, ami said they would appoint a committee to consider the matter. "We do not want a committee" declared the spokesman of the starving refugees; "it will be like committees in Russia—all empty promises. If you will not help us, we will come with swords and revolvers and force you t'o do as we wish." In the last few weeks, hundreds of Russian Jews, victims of the recent onslaughts on the Jews in South Russia, have landed in London penniless, or with only a few shillings in their pockets. Every ship from the German and Dutih ports brings twenty or thirty victims of mob anarchy. The more fortunate find work with sweating tailors, who pay them five or six shillings a week, which enables them to share a night's lodging in some filthy, overcrowded garret or cellar, where eight or ten men sleep on sacks on the floor. Black bread, a bit of pickled herring, and a cup of bad tea is their food, with a piece of gherkin or cucumber as occasional luxury. THE MANY WHO STARVE. The unlucky, who can find no work; are going without food often for a couple of days together. At night they roam the strtats of Whitechapel and Spitalfields, sleeping on staircases and in doorways until they are moved on by the police. By day they get a penny or a half penny from a compatriot—the aliens are good to one another— and then they buy a piece of black bread and a slice or two of cat's-meat, which they ravenously devour. Cat's-meat is not despised by tho starving refugee. In Russia hc has eaten the flesh of dogs, and horseflesh is often his only meat in London. In Wentworth street, where a Russian market is held, there are cat's-meat stalls, and stunted, starving, hollow-cheeked subjects of the Czar may bc seen openly making a meal, as they stand in the gutter, with a crust of bread in one hand, and a slice of horseflesh in tha other. Walking in Osborn strict, White-. chapel, with a Russian frijnd, nn Express representative met a refugee who has baaa in London for three months. He offered to show his lodging. Even with the window open the air of the room was foul and sickening. It was about nine feet square. Six men had slept ln it the night before. One was the refugee's fellow-lodger. The other four were starving men they had brought in from the street. "FORTUNATE." Yet this refugee reckoned himself fortunate. Now and then, since he arrived in London, he has had a remittance of a few shillings from a revolutionary committee in Russia. Now and then he had got work. "These," he said, showing blisters on his hands, and laughing. "I got at work the other day. I was shifting old iron about from eight o'clock ■in the morning until ten at night. I was paid ninonenco for the day." Here is bis menu since Sunday; Monday—a cup of tea given by the woman in the next room. Tuesday—a pickled herring and some black bread. Wednesday—A cup of tea and some bread at 4 p.m., which took his last three halfpence. "My father" he said, "Is a Very rich man, but I became a revolu- (Continued on Page Three.) MANIFESTO of Socialist Candidates Vancouver School Elections | January 11th. 1906. Fellow Citizbns:— As Socialist candidates in tlie municipal campaign of 1906 we stand primarily as advocates of the principles of Revolutionary Socialism. We affirm that poverty in its entirety, and the major portion of the crime, vice and wretchedness that prevails in our present social order is the result of the ownership by a privileged minority of the essential tools of wealth production. Nothing short of the collective ownership by the workers themselves of all the means of wealth production can give to the people that happiness and security which. is essential to life and liberty. Our mission as Socialists is to remove labor from the category of commodities; to abolish wage slavery, and establish an industrial democracy in which for the first time in human history, mankind may be free. To this end we must ask always and everywhere in regard to measures brought forth by governing bodies to which we may be elected: Is this proposal in the interest of the working class ? Will it aid that class in its struggle against capitalist domination ? If that question can be honestly answered in the affirmative, our vote and influence will be used to further the proposed measure; if it cannot so be answered, we remain unalterably in opposition. As candidates for school trustee we advocate the following changes in our educational system as being distinctly in the interest of the working classes: 1. The free supply of text-books and all utensils required by the pupils of our public schools; the establishment of a complete system of free kindergartens for the young; a general extension of manual training and the domestic sciences, such as sewing, cooking, etc., now taught to only a limited extent. 2. The extension of the Health Department's duties to the schools, a regular inspection of all pupils by competent medical men, the eyes, teeth and general health being carefully supervised at the city's expense. 3. The substitution of text books on history, ethics and political economy written from the working-class standpoint for those now in use that uphold and honor the capitalist system. Especially will we oppose tne cultivation of the jingo and military spirit in the young, and the glorification. and robbery under the guise of war and con^ inaugurate courses of exercises having .mental J^AtflttKdLllie ci T two THE WgSTBBN CLARION, VANCOUVER, EfelTlflB COLUMBIA. Saturday .... January 6 fhe Western Claries amt*emm\a*emembnmma*a*e ■>vwy»w»v*Jiiv Published every Saturday in tba tatamarte of tha working class alone at the Office of the Western Clarion, Flask Sock basement, 185 Hastings 8tiaet, Vancouver, B. C. t<**,m*S*a^***<***m™^r*****r**<***'*r*i**r***'<t,<* wvtrww******^*****-* SUMGIIPTION: SI.00 PER ANNUM Strictly in Advance. Yearly subscription cards in lots of flva or more, 75 cents each. Advertising rates on application. If you receive this paper, it is paid tor. VSMIMWWVirMI>|i>«>VlfVVVV Address all communications to The WESTERN CLARION Box 836, Vancouver, B. C. 355 Watch this label on your pa- par. If this nurafjer is on it, your subscription expires the next Issue. Saturday January 6,1906. "A SPREADING DEGENERACY." "And if we do not take pains to re-establish the old simple spirit of instinctive honesty, our commercial civilization will go down like a pack of cards. If we are to become a community of thieves awaiting opportunities, we can do about as much business as a pack of brigands."—Montreal Star. In an editorial under the above caption, the Montreal Star recently cites the case of CunliQe, the express clerk who stole $100,000 from his company, and when captured, said. that the temptation was so great tbat he could not resist it. The Star rather deplores the existence of circumstances under which one person should be tempted by another's money or other possessions, and appears to instinctively feel that such circumstances arc in some way part and parcel of our present "commercial civilization." Without making any inquiry as to why such circumstances exist the Star arrives at the somewhat doleful conclusion stated in the words above quoted. Some people seem to look upon honesty as an accomplishment to be acquired by education, and a lacs. of it to simply denote a lack of' schooling in this particular. The "honesty is the best policy" of the old-time copy book was not only used aa a means of teaching the youngster to become master of the chirographical up-stroke, downstroke and curve, but also to impress a worthy precept upon the youthful mind. If there is any one thing that is particularly drilled into the minds of the young, it is the virtue of honesty, in so far as mere teaching goes there is every reason to expect that honesty should be at least one of the chief human attributes. But in spite of all teachings, there seems to be a marked lack of honesty in connection with the daily affairs of life. The papers are daily filled wilh accounts of trickery, deceit, fraud, embezzlement and outright thievery involving sums ranging from millions of dollars down even to pennies. ' Not only does education along the lines of honesty and uprignt dealing, but also the strong arm of the law with its mul- lituues of punishments, appear powerless to successfully cope with it. It is continually on the increase, which has caused the Star to refer to it a* "A Spreading Degeneracy." if there is a "degeneracy" in this respects there is no doubt a good aud sufficient reason for it, and if thai reason can be ascertained, it might be possible to check the "degeneracy." It stands to reason that it could not be cheesed unless the cause be discovered and the axe laid at its roots. The present or capitalist system of property is essentially dishonest. ft has for its fundamental basis the exploitation of labor. From this basis is reared the superstructure of ' • J .'•nmfn.err.e. The entire that is the temptation to seize, when opportunity odors, enough of the material things of life to escape the hell of wage-servitude and ward off the assaults of surrounding thieves engaged in the same quest, and for like purpose. Cunliffe made the mistake of not realizing the odds against him. Re was evidently ignorant of the safeguards that had been erected by the big thieves to preserve their ancient and honorable calling against invasion by "tin-horns" like himself. Hence he came to grief, and is no doubt by this time in genuine penitential mood. But the thieving does not stop and dishonesty is on the in-' crease. Tho plundering of the working class daily in the held of production affords a rich "swag" around which swarms a "community of thieves awaiting opportunities" to seize as much as possible, each for himself, and the "devil take the hindmost." The "old simple spirit ot instinctive honesty," finds no abiding place under any system of property based upon human slavery whether it be chattel, feudal, or the wage form. Capitalist property, based as it is upon the robbery of labor, is essentially dishonest. It can breed nothing but dishonesty. Every institution that rises up in its defense is equally dishonest because it draws its sustenance from the same dishonest source. Whether the Star is aware of the fact or not, it has suggested a perhaps unpleasant truth. Modern society is a "community of thieves awaiting opportunities," and it can "do about as much business as a camp of brigands," the reason for which is obvious. That "our commercial civilization will go down like a pack of cards," is a prophecy that even now shows .■signs of fulfilment, o THE RUSSIAN OUTLOOK. From present advices it would appear that the uprising of the Russian workmen is gradually being sup pressed. Probably no other outcome * could be reasonably expected under the present stage of development In that country. While capitalist production has been fairly well established in the great cities it is undoubtedly a fact that the country districts are still in a backward stage of development from the true capitalist standpoint. The peasant must be first converted into an outright wage, slave before he can be expected to act in conjunction with the city worker in establishing a working class mastery of the means of production. While much disaffection has been evidenced among the soldiery and numerous mutinies have occurred, it seems that this tendency was not sufficiently strong to cause any con- siiderable number of troops to cast their fortunes with the workmen in their struggle for a greater freedom i At the last moment true to their brutal instincts the troops were used to crush the uprising without' mercy. From all accounts this is now to be followed up by an even more ferocious war of extermination than that practiced upon the Parisian proletariat after the fall of the Commune of 1871. While the absolutism of the Czar has undoubtedly been broken and government in Russia will now take on a form more suitable to the needs of capitalist development, the Russian workers will find themselves still at the mercy of unscrupulous and conscienceless masters, who will leave no stone unturned tr wring the last ounce of profit Uoai their toil and sweat. Against these constitutional masters the workers will be once more compelled to engage in death grapple in order to attain that freedom of which they are just now beginning to get a glimpse. The crushing of this uprising will take time. Crushed in one spot, it will break out in another. But it is certain the Russian ruling class will not discontinue the work so long as they can command a soldiery to carry it out. It will be carried out to the bitter end, and the capitalist world will look unmoved upon the slaughter. Whatever assistance the revolutionists get must come from their fellow workers of other lands. That assistance should be generously forthcoming, for the battle they are fighting is the battle of the ■"*»'-■-$ of the world, a battle ~"rht ere the vfc'" - It is gradually coming to light that the Chinese boycott against American goods has been instigated by the Japanese, and with true Oriental cunning. Japanese commercial pirates are thus securing for themselves commercial advantages that the American labor skinners thought they had a "lead-pipe cinch" on. This is terribly aggravating and should arouse the ire of every patriotic Yankee, more especially of the "working mule" variety. China is a promising field in which to dispose of much plunder taken from "working mules under the wage process of capitalist brigandage. If this field, or any considerable portion of it, should be denied to the American brigands (capitalists) they might be compelled to curtail their plundering operations and some of the mules would lose their jobs. And a wage- mule without a driver is a most pitiable object. 0 It seems that the wonderful JVits Roosevelt, while on hw recent Asiatic junketing tour witn ihe Hani- man tribe, received many valuable presents from Oriental crowned heads and similar chief p:ra:cs, t.j whom she was presented during her travels. The daily press states that the duty upon this junk amounting to $1,100 has been paid and the stuff forwarded to the Washington damsel. Some of the Socialist papers are impudent enough to assume that this truck was passed through the customs at much less than its real value in order not to tax the presidential purse too heavily. This impudence is entirely uncalled for. The tariff scheme never, was anything hut a thieve's contrivance anyhow. It is illogical to expect foot-pads to use the same degree of energy in sandbagging themselves or their retain, ers, as they would upon those whom their contrivance was intended to compel to stand and deliver. Of course the tariff thieves have to make something in the nature of a bluff. Commissioner of Immigration, Robert Watchorn, states that New York City is the centre of the white slave market of the world, and that there is a greater traffic in young women in the city at the present time than there ever was before. Well, what of it? Is not the United States the greatest capitalist country on earth, and easily taking the lead in the world's trade and commerce? Such being the case, her great metropolis is entitled to the distinction of being the centre of trade in all its branches. The.traffic above referred to is just as clean as any of it. The world's boasted trade and commerce is but the traffic in human flesh and blood, and this in itself implies that every virtue must be included in the transaction. — o One thousand four hundred and seventy-six of Uncle Sam's soldier boys were convicted by court-martial last year for desertion, Being an increase of 440 over the previous year. This gain in business for the court- martial was due to the increased reward paid to civil officials for the apprehension of deserters. How many escaped altogether is not stated. 2,529 men were dishonorably discharged during the year. It is great to live in the land of the free and the home of the brave, but it seems the soldiers' life is not quite as fashionable as it used to be. It is to be hoped the common plug will in time aoc/Uire sense enough to keep out of it altogether. Let those who own the country do the fighting. 0— A young sailor recently committed suicide on board H.M.S. Formidable under the public degradation of n flogging. According to the King's regulations this punishment is inflicted on the bare breech by the ship's police, in the presence of the executive officer, medical officer, two or more petty officers, and all the "boys." As this interesting ceremony is merely an expression of the majesty of ^he Royal power, thc sailor in question must have been especially thin-skinned to have felt that any humiliation was attached to the part he played in it. Such touchy people are entirely unfit for military of naval service. / A chap by the name of Stuenonberg was blown up by a bomb at Boise, Idaho, on Dec. 30. He was governor! of that state some few years since, and attained considerable of a reputation as the inventor of that revered American institution known as the "bull-pen." The bomb had been carelessly left, presumably by some Russian revolutionist, in the gateway leading to the Stuenenberg habitation. Such carelessness should be frowned down. The gate was completely wrecked. K> With the Typographical Union engaged in a continent-wide a ntest with the Typothetae, ihe Iron Moulders of Philadelphia upon the brink of a rupture with the .':i plovers, which, if it occurs, will probably spread at least to ilie other large cities, and with another huge coal strike practically assured in the Pennsylvania anthracite districts during tho coming summer, 15*06 bids fair to prove a strenuous year, though perchance not altogether a happy one to large numbers of the working people. o— A now cartridge has been invented which throws as a bullet, a cigar- shaped cylinder of bronze which revolves during its flight at the rate of 3,600 turns per second. At 800 yards it will have sufficient power to penetrate a mass equivalent in '•Hulk and resistance to six men standing behind one another. What a glorious achievement. o- lt is stated that there is likely to be a compromise between thc Free and United Free Churches of Scotland, the Free Church surrendering $25,000,000 of the $37,500,000 which it awfuired under the deedsion of the House of Lords. Somehow this spiritual food business takes on a grossly material aspect when measured in dollars and cents, o ____ The Province of Luxemburg, Germany, a few winters Sine; *as so infested with wolves as to in use serious alarm among lhe mhnl-it.ariis The authorities were, however, able to cope with the situation by using the soldiers for the purpose of killing off the wolves. Thus was one pest used in exterminating another. A severe famine is said to prevail in the northwestern provinces of Japan. There is also much destitution and suffering in the big cities of the Empire. This is some of the aftermath of the war, and is one of the penalties thc workers have to pay for allowing themselves to lie used as the tools of capitalist tyranny in lust for conquest and additional power. Folly exacts awful penalties from they who worship at her shrine. United States District Judge Kohl- saat, at Chicago, recently sentenced Daniel Garrigan, a city fireman, to three months' imprisonment, foi* having jeered at a "scab" during the teamsters' strike. Served him right. Any one who is so devoid of decency as to indulge in such ridiculous "horse-play" is not competent to run at large with safety. A special to the Montreal Star discloses the startling fact that the Queen has ordered a new hat. Just imagine the envy it is likely to causes in the neighborhood. i EDWixn Bibi*. A. C. Brtdok-jack. Uso. E. McCromah. BIRO, BRYOON-MGK i McCROSSAN BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. Tel. 829. P.O. Box 982. 114 HutlHi ftrui - ViRcuvar. B. C. ASA WORKING TOOL for the student and the writer, as an authoritative reference book for schools, teachers, families, business and professional men, there is one book which offers superior advantages in the solid value of its information, and tha • ease with which it is obteinfJT One's arlmiration for W,^ Intern "~" 'v.v*- dauV ... „The standard .of height t" '"* Brittfv*- PLATFORM rWKKRS Of THE WORLD UNITE* »^M*MS*^**SMS*< I ff Every Labor Union in the pi-twlnr*. . Tiled to place a card under tins heaa t, „T ■ month. Secretaries please u»te. ' " •*> We, tho Socialist Party of Canada, in convention assembled, affirm our allegiance to and support of the principles and program qf the international revolutionary working class. Labor produces all wealth, and to labor it should justly belong. To the owners of the mcann of vealth production belongs the product of lnbor. The present economic system is based upon capitalist ownership of the means of wealth production; therefore all thc products of labor belong to the capitalist class. The capitalist is master; tho 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 Fights in the means of wealth production and their control of tho product of labor. The capitalist system gives to the capitalist an cvcr-swellinir stream of profits, and to the worker an ever- Increasing measure of misery and degradation. The interest of the working class lies in the direction of setting itself free from capitalist exploitation by the aib-olition of thc wage system. To. accomplish this necessitates tho transformation of capitalist property in tho means of wealth production into collective or working-class property. _^m The irrepressible conflict of interests between the capitalist and the worker is rapidly culminating in a struggle for possession of the power of government—the capitalist to hold the worker to secure it by political action. This is the class struggle. Therefore, we call upon all workers 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 rapidlv as possible, of capitalist, property in the means of wealth production (natural resources, factories, mills, railways, etc.,) into the collective property of the working class. 2. Thorough and democratic organization nnd management of industry by the workers. 8, The establishment, as speedily as 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 rule of conduct. Will this legislation advance the Interests of the working class and aid the workers in their class struggle against capitalism? If it will, the Socinlist 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 the public affairs placed in its hands in such a manner as to promote the interests of the working class alone. APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA. hereby apply for membership I, THE UNDERSIGNED, 111 Local Socialist Party of Canada. I recognize the class struggle between the capitalist class and the working class to be a struggle for political supremacy, I, e„ possession of the reins of government, and which necessitates thc organisation 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 "'Mflf*, VOta and all other legltl- the ticket and the Socialist Party Phoenix Trades and Labor Council Meets every alternate Mon,u President, M. J. Gillis; Vta^ftS dent, N. Lenleux; Sergea*,* " Arms. T. B. Cosgrove; BecrMaS Treasurer, Webster Rogers Box, 198, Phoenix, B. C. P. 0 Phoenix Miners' Union, No 1 VV. F. M. Meets every Saturday evening at 730 oclock in Miners' hall. V. 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ATEINTS m,n;U5jeM#™ Ve aoUdt the biulneas of MaoMfacwrerii •Irjeera and others who renlize the n-'™"?", having their Patent busineM »"«B'»22 Stfc Preliminary ad vice free. <-b*rgt» ■ vnster'a AaMaw etatage ' itt.Nrw York MM »«■«• Matiirday .... Jantifify & J96fj; ■J^nnm-in*TiirTO *HE WESTERN OLARluN. VA&fomm, Bftttlfitt COLUMBIA. ON ONE THING AND ANOTHER Railway Rate Legislation—Government Ownership — Oividing up The Socialist Party—The press and the York County Loan. Jn the United States there is now jfivat talk of railway rate legislation by the government. In Wilshire's Magazine for December appears an article dealing with a book l,v Hugo R. Meyer, Professor of political Economy, University of Chicago, entitled "Government Regulation of Railway Rates." The writer of the article says, that in his opinion, the book is the best presentation of the case against government regulation of railway rates and of government ownership under uur present competitive system that he has yet seen. ■ i. "In the first place it is evident, ns professor Meyer says, that even ii thc Interstate Commerce Commission exercise the power to make railway rates, it would in no way prevent secret rebates. Thc railways would Iiml it no more difficult to depart svrcctly from rates made by the government, than they have found it to depart secretly fiom rates made b.v themselves." One of thc principal reasons urged in favor of 'rate regulation' is that it will abolish "secret rebates,' if it will not do so, and the evidence that it will do so is entirely lacking, much trouble would be saved by rmogniatng the fact. • • • Another reason for rate Legislation is the alleged discrimination at present existing in favor of certain localities. Professor Meyer shows clearly that government ownership in Germany and in Australia has resulted in the doing away wdth de- ferontials in favor of certain localities, with the result that these localities naturally most favored get all the tnnde, and the other localities less favore<l get practically no business at all. Hc shows that the tremendous concentration of population in the .Australian cities is largely thn result of these fixed uniform rates made by the government railroads, lie also shows that there could be great development in very many of the German industries if the state railroads could -make rates based upon what the traffic would bear, which would bring the coal and iron together from the different parts of the country for manufacture, where today the railroad tariff separates them. He shows that a distance rat,- would mean a disruption in the United States into innumer- able small industrial communities, nnd the breaking up of our great national industrial system, a system which is so favorable to thc easy realization of thc Socialist ideal. • • • Under these circumstances it is plain that government ownership of railways, instead of being as beneficial as thc middle class imagine it to be, would bring in its train, nnd lias done so in countries where it exists, grave dufflculties of its own, but this does not vitiate the Socialist argument for ownership of railways by the people. The railways are ne essary as a basis for the co- opcrative system, but under present conditions in the United States government ownership would mean a step backward instead of forward as fondly imagined by so many bo-fog- p.*d enthusiasts. Government ownership of railways is a (Juration of the utmost indifference to the revolutionary Socialist. Its only value is that it shows that thc joint stock! company or corporation is unnecessary but so far the lesson has had no ail'reciable effect. • • • it is often asked of a Socialist: 'Supposing you became possessed of n million dollars, would you keep them?' And when the answer is in the affirmative the questioner considers the Socialist a poor sort of a man for not practising what he is supposed to tie preaching. It is only the Socialist who recognizes less world, as so many emotionalists* consider it, but a case of the interests, the material interests, of tho working class against the material interests of the capitalist class. We have no quarrel with any individual because he has plenty while others ai-e starving, we are all struggling to obtain plenty, but we do quarrel with the system that gives plenty to the non-producing class while the producing class has nothing more than the necessaries of life and a tremendously large number have not even that. We want conditions that shnll make every worker safe from want, we desire to abolish the necessity of robbing others in order to avoid being rolibed ourselves, and this end can only be obtained by the working class acting unitedly to seize the political power and to back that power by force if necessary. We can obtain nothing by an individual here and there selling everything and giving it to the poor, a» a certain rich man wns recommended to do. • • • The capitalist press which we aro told is free, is very far from being so. It is in bondage to advertisers. The aim of thc capitalist newspaper is to increase its circulation so that it may charge more for the use of its advertising columns. Any fad of the moment that tends to do this* is tukk-ii up and exploited for all it is worth, but at the same time it must he a fad that will not hurt the business of those advertising in the paper. Sometimes, as in the ease of Collier's Weekly, the increased circulation more than offsets the loss of advert isment when any line of business is injured. This will account for the crusade against patent modii-ines now carried on by that valiant middle class journal. It did not discover that patent medicines were rank frauds until that discovery paid, and even now it is very careful how it treads. The Standard Oil does not advertise so it is fair prey for all the capitalist qjuill drivers, but readers of this column will notice that the T. Eaton Co. does advertise, nnd very extensively, and nothing against that company appears jn the local papers, though we can readily imagine the more than unkind things that would be said were it not for the juicy advertisements. • • • The foregoing does not apply to the Socialist press, which gets few if any advertisements, nor can it expect any, since its columns advocate a system that will put an end to the) businesses which advertise, therefore, thc Socialist press must depend on subscriptions and such job 'Cork as may be obtained. It therefore becomes the duty of Socialists to subscribe to the party papers und since charity begins at home the writer would urge Canadian Socialists to subscribe for the only Socialist paper published in Canada, the Western Clarion. ?ts editor will not "Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Whore thrift may follow fawning." Hero Tn Winnipeg there are many sympathizers of the movement, and a goodly number of socialists by conviction. Neither sympathy nor conviction is worth a hill of beans unless it .materialises in action. A dollar sent to thc Western Clarion, Box 836, Vancouver, for a year's subscription will show the Mncerity of thn sympathy, lt is so plainly the duty of a member of the party to support the only paper that voices his sentiments that to solicit a subscription from him should be u--s.iivaU.-nt to an insult. In London '100,000 people live ,n single rooms; 40,000 live five in a room, and 8,000 seven in a" room. They do not belong to the wealthy or "better classes." o News comes from London that .a famine is threatened in woollen stuffs. In fact it is already somewhat acute among that city's unemployed. Socialism means paternalism, and the sturdy virtues engendered by competition would wither away in a Socialist state and progress would cease, so soy middle class apoletgistis. Strange how these same gentry run '■"•ly that one must exploit" or be I lt- lhe government for assistance exploited In society as we have it • nnd that if he himself docs not ex- P'oit his fellows when the opportunity arises some one else will, nnd his fellows will not be a whit the better off for his abstinence. He leaves it to the individualist to be- liovo that 'great men' make history, that the social structure can be altered by the efforts of individuals, he knows that no movement can be •-uitessful until economic conditions are ripe for its success, when thc linur will produce the man, nnd he believes that in the meantime it be- hoovee each and every man of us to provide as best, we may for ourselves and those dependent on us. • • • The Socialist Party is a working 'lass party, and as such is thc expression of the material interests of 'hat class. It is not a case of unselfishness versus a cruel and heart- when they happen to get bitten by the fleecers wiser than they. A deputation of York County Loan shareholders waited upon the piWin- aial government the other dny and obtained promise of financial assistance in looking after their interests during thc winding up of the business, An investor of the York County Loan expected something for nothing, the fact that the president and some others got thc something and left the investors thc nothing or next to nothing foi very distressing, but merely shows that the investors were beaten at their own game The York County investors will doubtless continue to do thoir best to sustain the system under whi h they must rob, or be robbed. Possibly the next timo they get bdt- ten some of them may become possessed of some economic sense. SIL The attention of "strenuous" Teddy should be called to the fact that the dealer is the only one in a position to be assured of a "Square deal" and even then he must lake some chances on the other f'jlhmf's sleeve. o A Brooklyn man has invented an auto-car that is to develop a speed of 250 miles per hour. It is designed especially for the use of the sovereign American "job chaser," and is expected to quite comfortably fill a long felt want. o On every;square inch of our bodies the air presses with a force of 15 pounds. The head alone sustains a pressure of a ton and a haVf. This would indicate a strength greater than cast-iron. No wonder it is so difficult for an idea to get through a workingman's skull. o Miners Union, No. 215, W. F. of M. of Mount Sicker, is arranging for a Grand Ball and Supper on Wednesday, Jan. io. We acknowledge the receipt of complimentary tickets and would like to attend as a good time is assured. The miners know just how to arrange such affairs. o In referring to the killing of the Moscow chief of police by the revolutionists, the San Francisco Chronicle announces that the "campaign of murder has begun." Tbe slaughter that has been carried on for centuries by the Czar's Cossacks, and police, is evidently not to be classed as murder. It is probably just plain killing by authority. o The Scientific Amerian compiles some interesting figures showing the enormous amount of petroieum produced in the United States in a single year, and remarks that "lt is almost impossible to grasp the magnitude of nature's bounty in this respect." This is mose decidedly unfair to thc St anda td Oil Company. m The Merchant (to applicant)— Where did you work last? The Office Boy—For de Gotham Life Insurance Company. The Merchant—How'd you come to quit? The Office Boy—One day de president patted me on de head an' advised me ter be honest an' never tell a lie, an' I snorted right out in spite uv meselfl—Brooklyn Life. o Thomas Lawson, whose prolific gab has for Io! these many moons amused those whose risibilities are peculiarly susceptible to loud noise, is reported to have lost three millions, in trying to "bear the copper market against the "bull" operations of the wicked Standard Oil crowd. This is sad indeed. Our heartst*-ii-ii; aio as badly wrenched and twisted as upon that memorable occasion when Si Jones beat Deacon Watkins ' kid out of 30 cents in a crap game. THREE- LONDON WORSE THAN RUSSIA E. V. Debs is said to have delivered an "eloquent and epigrammatic address" at New York recently. "Soft words butter no parsnips," nor do eloquence and epigram solve great problems. Less of eloquence and epigram and more of indisputable fact and reason will be appreciated during these strenuous times. [ It will be of much greater value besides. FOR TBDDY'S DAUGHTER. A bunch of silly fools in Oregon ■•ave originated a scheme to raise a wedding present for one of Roosevelt's youngsters, who is about to commit the remarkable folly of getting married. It is proposed to raise the sum of $800,000 for this purpose by voluntary subscriptions, t amount to be subscribed by one p_ on is to be limited to This is quite a pro most assuredly ^a>iot who w tributing a stnsical a Roosevel entitle, than most CHRISTIAN!; A West tor of hJJ that hid churcl •Ii It should be always borne in mind that capital is a term applied to the means of wealth production under certain circumstances only. When used for making a profit out of tbelabor of others, the resources of the earth and the machinery of production function as capital. It is this specific purpose that constitutes their>)| character as capital. Capital is predicated upon wage-labor. It is this form of labor that conserves tho interest of capital. By holding the workers in a position of non-ownership in the means of production, (upon which their lines depend) tho owners (capitalists) are enabled to command their services and reap a rich harvest out of the products of their toil. Tbe power of the capitalists to hold the workers in this position depends solely upon thc coin tinned capitalist contrpl of the powers of the State, legislative, judicial and executive. Through the powers State they buttress, bulwark! /defend their property rights, and thus continue t-sjeir omti'nion over tha^orkers. wojilaLsiaa^^^Bclves 1. (Continued from Page One.) tionary, and had to leave home. I studied chemistry in St. Petersburg, and worked there for a time. By order of the revolutionary committee, I travelled ail over Russia, workiing in factories and converting the work-1 men to the ideas of the revolution. In Poltava I was arrested and im- pri-oned. Five months ago I escaped from prison in Ekaterinoslav, and reached London after two months' journeying across Europe. "Now 1 am going back to fight. Money is being sent by the comsmit- tee to pay my fare, and I shall go and help to win freedom for Russia, or die. Better die fighting in Russia than starve in London as I have done." POET REVOLUTIONARY. The half-starved refugee poured out a torrent of Yiddish, which the friendly interpreter explained to ibe a declaration that the revolution would not cease until Czardom had been entirely swept away. Then, laughting and shaking his head of lank black hair, thc refugee took a piece of dirty paper from his pocket, and read an exhortation in verse which he hid written yesterday. Although he only had three- ha'porth of .food, his revolutionary spirit burnt fiercely. In the cold, evil-smelling garret he declaimed his poetry with as cheerful a heart as any well fed laureate. His verses described his sufferings in London without food or fire, but declared that in spite of them he was happy, and he fed on the news from Russia, and rejoiced in the revolution. "'Freedom you must take for yourselves or the vulture Czar will tear out your eyes and your heart," were the last lines. Hundreds of "intellectuals," the refugee added, have in the last few weeks left London for Russia, where they are helping to organize the revolution. Other starving refugees were afterwards found. STORIES OF STARVATION. "I was a student at Odessa Polytechnic until a month ago," said a tall youth, with pallid face, who was, met in the street. "My father was a stockbroker and had plenty of money. I had four ((rothers and sisters. Our house was wrecked and my father's office burned down. My father and mother, brother and sister were killed. I and my other two sisters escaped. "With the little money we had left the other to friends in Paris. I sent one to friends in Vienna, and worked my passage to London. I landed without a penny on Saturday last. I have been able to find no work yet. Yesterday and today I have had no' food." A woman from Warsaw, fifty years of age, said that in the three weeks she had been in London she has not once slept under a roof. Her average daily food fund has been a halfpenny which one alien or another has given her. Two soldiers from St. Petersburg, who broke out of military prison and got away from Riga in workmen's clothes; nn artist from Sara- toff, who arrived a fortnight ago; and a Moscow student, who arrived after lieing swindled by the emigra- last week with only a few shillings, tion agents, completed the evening's tale. All these refugees were penniless, homeless, and suffering from hunger. The Coat-tail Pressers' Union, or something of that sort recently won a case before the New' York, Court of Apiieals. in which the legality of the "closed shop" was affirmed. This causes the versatile Uompers to chortle with much glee. In spite of this decision, however, various empluyers are persistently insisting upon ihe other Wind of a shop, with no inconsiderable degree of success. Perhaps they have not heard of the decision. Sammy should inform them bpfore they become liable for contempt of court. A young Englishman, employed by the C.P.R., at Montreal, shot himself in thc head on Dec. 12, and will probably die. He was disappointed over having to work Ior small wages, after having read glowing accounts in England of what could be done in this country. Merely another victim of a civilization whose tap-root runs deep down into the robbery of the men and women who do the world's work, and murders its victims by the millions.. Still it ia a Christian civilization. - Out {Victoria Advertisers ~ Patronize Them and Tell Them Why. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Demon* COPVRIQHTS ctC. 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Counterfeits ara soma, time* parforatad aa three edges, aad soma times only oa two. John B. Stetnoa Oo., af Philadelphia Is a aoa-unloa eaooarn. JOHN A. HOrriTT. President, Oraags, M. J. 11AIIT1N LAWLOR. Ms* Yo <m 0<8TEtt Br 1-OUR THE WESTERN CLARION, VANCOUVER, Rftif lRtt OOfctiftBU. ^^^—^^^^^^^t^^^^^^mm ■ ■ * -- - ;. .. * ... ee»sa»»»»^sa»»snn»»isn»»^sn»»» .Saturday .... January 6.1906 s»i«*aa»*MM-Mss«'*'M*,Si'—■■■■■■■^■■**— ■;/!' MU bit NEWS AND VIEWS gsgwa SS mrhbr AS GIVEN OR EXPRESSED BY SOCIALISTS THROUGHOUT TNE DOMINION saaumjf by r. p. PETTIPIECE. to whom all correspondence (or this department should be addressed. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 THE LAST "VICTORY." 'At a trade organization, the International Typographical Union en- Joys a peculiar advantage over most trade unions. To sell its particular brand of labor-power, a thorough knowledge of thc language spoken in ita respective Jurisdiction is nee- TRUSTEESHIP . CANDIDATES INTERESTING ADDRESS IN THE ' CITY HALL, ON SUNDAY EVENING. This makes it rather difficult for the b oases to go into the chronically over-stocked labor markets of the world and pick out men capable of serving their interests. And, by virtue of the Typos, being among the first workers to organize, they have succeeded by limiting apprentices, etc., in regulating the number of their craft easier than would be possible for even a similar organization at this Stage of capitalist development. The printers of America are now in the middle of a contest for an Eight-Hour Day. For the most part the demand of the Typo* has either been granted for some time past, or will be this week. Over 800 unions have already been "elgned up." if the printers "win" this time— and the conditions are not ripe for their defeat—it will be a significant and memorable event in the history of trade unionism. IT WILL BE THE LAST VICTORY BY THE OLD-TIME METHOD IN AMERICA. The printers are still given employment by men who serve conflicting interests—railways, corporations, etc. Aa the trustifying process becomes mora highly developed there will be leas left to scrap over—less need of a subsidized press, pulpit, and other capitalist apologists. The printers, like other tradesmen, are now face to face with the machine age. The machine is talking; it is compelling its operators to change their mode of procedure. Its very motor- bun, /vibration, and fumes of poisonous molten metal, breathes into it's slaves the message: "Shorter Hours or Death." On the other hand, the Owner and Master of the Machine, Bays: Profit -rgfve us Profit. We must have Profit. The struggle for existence is on. The Master and Owner is preparing fOr the downfall of the slaves of the Machine. To accomplish this, they must have say two, three or four operators looking for one job—their necessities such that they must have it or go hungry. "Schools" are being established. The foundation of the printers relative security heretofore has been Jarred; and in spite of all the forces which will be brought forward to oppose lt, tbe Typo Union, like all others, must sooner or later yield to the inevitable. Defeat? No: It will result In the greatest victory ever achieved by Labor. The wage-slaves of the world will be forced by the law of self-preservation to make common cause, and after seizing, (politically if possible) ths reigns of public power, will proceed to make Man Master of the Machine, instead of the Machine being master of the Man. It's a bitter pill for tbe "old school" to stomach; but experience works wonders. COMS. BURNS ANO WILKINSON Socialist Party School Trustee Candidates—Speakers of the Evening —Much Interest Being Manifested. Departmental stores sales-women* cannot live by wages alone. * ti a Man cannot hope to win the respect and confidence of others if ho has none himself. s a s Room artists make poor puTJlic administrators. They belong to capitalism, and will pass away with it. * * * The National Metal Trades Association watch Is now perfecting its nr-rnnt-'ation for thc purpose of comet I ins. the unions in their struggle for th- "open shop," ls to have a membership of from 5,000 to 6,000 employers with a combined capital of »1,000,000,000. It will be an interest ing spectacle to see this organization melt away under the assault of the "Industrial Workers of the World." * * * Root. Todd, a member of the local Typos, as chairman of a committee 11 -cted for the purpose, has laid the foundation for a provincial orinting craft central organization; and his !"■<-;•;--*.! was unanimously 'adopted • -m J ,,.^wir'*--t-v«--*--atinri In other ■ ., •• - •„«■• Not the festive "hogmanay" nor the arduous task of making resolutions for the New Year kept thc Socialists away from their regular propaganda meeting on Sunday evening. The City Hall was fairly well filled with an attentive and intelligent audience to listen toCom- rode Wilkinson and Comrade Burns, Socialist nominees for school trustees for 1906, on matters pertaining to education from a Socialist standpoint. Comrade Wilkinson contributed a number of exerpts from John Richardson's work on on Constructive Socialism, entitled "How It Can be Done," the object of which was to show the importance of proper education from the working class standpoint, and the revolutionary effect on modern society that might be obtained through the school system alone. Among. changes advocated by Mr. Richardson was the-lncrease and improvement of junior or kindergarten schools, in order that a proper physical, mental and moral basis' might be early laid for future education. School meals for all pupils;, a plunge bath to begin the day, likewise for all pupils-,, a pretty and tasteful uniform to be worn by rich and poor alike, and beds on the premises for those children needing the some, were some of the changes suggested by Mr. Richardson. Princes, prisoners and paupers are now fed and clothed in England at the expense of the nation, and the nation's young might well share the bounty thus lavished, for from the youth, rich returns must come in future service to the nation. • • • Com. Ernest Burns opened his address by a few comments upon the fitness of the gathering together of a revolutionary party upon an evening which marked the close of the most eventful year in working-class history, a year beside which 1789 that of the French revolution, bo- came insignificant. Notwithstanding apparent reverses the Russian prole- taire were bound to achieve a final victory, and join with the civilized nations in their march towards the co-operative commonwealth. Discusslag the utility which is sometimes (questioned of Socialists participating in municipal elections, Com. Burns said in part: ' ''The main business of a Socialist organization is to make Socialists, but why do we make Socialists so slowly? Why is it that so many members of the working-class who have everything to gain and nothing to lose by the adoption of our principles, treat our propaganda with scorn and indifference? Ignorance, lack of knowledge, is the cause. Their eyes are blinded to the light; they see everything through distorted spectacles. The minds of the mass of the people are systematically fed upon misrepresentation aad untruth, until they Imagine their welfare is wrapped up in tlie Interest of those who live upon their backs. The mass is too ready, like the Russian peasant, to crucify those who stand for progress and justice. Ths power of the capitalists lies not in their possession of economic wealth; not in the fact that they own the land, the mines, the factories and the railways of the country, nor in the fact that legislatures are their servants, judges tneir lack" eys and that the police, army and navy exist but to enforce their dictates. These things are bjut the outward symbol of their rule. Their real source of power lies in their ability to hoodwink, delude and bamboozle those who toil. Russia presents an object lesson to special privilege everywhere. There the armies and navies obey their commanders only so long ns they remain ignorant. When <*'**'a minds become fired with tho *"»«jrk of discontent they cease >;>3T vote torjhdrftii-, -. .--)*•->■■*■»■ young and plastic, and inculcates into the growing intellects false ideas of government, duty and society. Of all the agencies for ;>erv«*rting the mind of the people, 'lie public school is the only one which tho Socialist can hope to capture in the immediate future. The pulpic i.nd the press, are for the present, beyond • our grasp. Therefore, the Socialists of all countries have always laid particular stress upon school el. actions and educational 'questions. Herr Bdbel did not overstate the case when he Bays that in the last instance the solution of all social problems depends upon popular education. (Here the speaker cfuoted from the German Socialist platform, a plank pertaining to educational activity in German schools.) Applying the law of economic determinism to education, the -.peaker went on to say that the physical condition of the body is the basis on which is built the mental and moral superstructure, hence the Socialists made it a matter of primary importance that all children should be supplied with wholesome food, suitable clothing, fresh air and ample sleep, those things of which the children of the working class are so often deprived, to the constant deterioration of that class. Referring to local conditions where industrial development has not yet produced the acute pressure that is felt in older lands and larger cities, Cam. Burns prophesied that with the growth of population and the consolidation of capital we should soon have a situation demanding immediate attention. 'Already the (Question of school supplies (books and utensils) worked a hardship on the parents of precarious income and steps should be taken to make all such supplies absolutely free to all pupils, the books to be printed bv the Provincial authorities rather than by a profit-mongering book trust, at the dictation of which books were liable to be changed every six months. A system of free kindergartens is a crying necessity in Vancouver. Ample provision hus been made for high school education, yet, how many of the children that enter the first grade of our public school remain till they graduate from the high school? Probably not ten per cent, if statistics from other cities may be taken as a basis for conditions at home. In Milwaukee, half the children go no further than the second grade, and only three out of every thousand complete the high school course. In Ohio, three per cent, of school children attend high school, and one per cent, graduate therefrom. The high schools arc used by the children of the well-to-do, those who can easily afford to pay for the education of their children, and vhile we do not object to high school education and a generous provision therefore, yet we believe the care and comfort of the infant children is of infinitely more importance fioni the working-class standpoint, - and should receive first consideration in the plans of school authorities. Kindergarten methods of teaching, which train the powers of observation, and harmoniously develop the physical and mental activities of thu child conform much more i • sely to the scientific and rational ideal of education than the old-fashioned method of cramming with book lore. (Here the speaker took occasion to score one on Inspector Blair who, during his recent examination before the Drawing Commission in Victoria declared "a child had no business with ideas, it was his business to obey rules," as a typical concjntion of capitalist educational standards. In manual training and domestic science Vancouver is hopelessly behind the schools of France, or even England, and Socialists should insist upon the extension of these branches to all city schools. The cultivation of the powers of reasoning and observation are much more important than the memorizing of dates and. places. Manual skill, knowing how to do things easily! and skillfully with tho hands, helps more to truly educate a man than a knowledge of dead languages. For girls who will in the natural order, become the wives and mothers of the succeeding generations, a knowledge of house-keeping, cooking and raising babies is more essential than the correct pronunciation of mere words of the rules of grammar. Schools have in the past through this one-sided presentment of history, done much to foster the isolation of nations and the cultivation of the warlike spirit, of the future, written froml the acien. tins standpoint will not be concer-- ed so much with intrigue of and princes, tho details <j**' •>*Ai<! or tbe personal^* alone is man's true providence; that to it is owing all the achievement of the past, end to it belongs the future. In knowledge and experience, the workers of the world shall yet be united for the final struggle with the powers of capitalism, from whidta, struggle they must emerge no longer slaves but free men, for the first time in human history masters of themselves and of the destiny of the race. • • • The number of thoughtful, intelligent o>estions asked at the close of the address, betokened the serious interest felt in the subject by the men and women present. | AMONG THE WORKERS. I o 1 — o Com. O'Brien made good in last issue; read it over again. The chances are Com. O'Brien will return to the Pacific salt-sea breezes—where the revolutionary environment tends to break the monotony of the daily grind. Com. Dales arrived from Winnipeg on Friday week., looking hale and hearty, and pleased to rejoin his old friends and acquaintances here—who are just as glad to have Com. Dales with them. For some months—three years agio—Com. Dales was associated with Mrs. 1$. E. Burns (nee Miss Merrill) and the writer in tho publication of the Clarion, nnd after the U.B.R.E. strike returned to Winnipeg; then took a three months' trip to the Old Country; later visited Comrades Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer at St. Vincent, Minn., and now comes to Vancouver to reside permanently. Tho Socialist movement will be strengthened by his presence and knowledge. Let all such wend their way westward. The workers are forced to stop here—tho walking any further west, is bad. Capitalism on this Continent will be fought from West—to East. rades Parr and Godin, wero added to the list of Socinlist candidates for School Trustors, Comrade Stebbings was electad chairman for the meeting to beheld at the City Hall next Sunday evening. The Financial report for the week was as follows. Collected last Sunday $7.00 Donated by Com. Stebbings. ■ m Other donations Literature Sales Dues Total $110.10 D. P. MILLS, Secretary. TORONTO, ONT. The Socialist Party candidates for the Board of Education here are: Phillips Thompson, journalist; rred J. reel, pattern-maker, und W. H. Rawbone, street railway conductor. Five Clarion sub. cards- -08. P9t& to. 0 . | CLARION QUESTION BOX. 1 RAISING FUNDS TO FIGHT Fon FREEDOM. " A number of local Flnlandori ami trying to raise a fund for the aid „, their suffering fellow count SOCIALISM—SOCIALISTS. Tho Socialist movement Is naturally made up of men dissatisfied withj the present order of things. Such a class of men of course, do a little thinking for themselves. Few people think alike. All are more or less conceited. And also convinced that their way is the right way. Otherwise they would be of no 'use to a revolutionary movement. Socialism is the name given a scientific force in human events which may be retarded, but cannot be stopped by individuals. Disagreements may arise between Socialists on matters of tactics, method and whatnot; but as to fundamentals thero can be no wide diversion of opinion. An individual Socialist, or even more than one, or all of them might be bad men, horse-thieves, or even church-member, financiers, yet tho Socialist position would remain sound and its interpretation of material development be absolutely correct. A fact is a fact. A Methodist parson might run away with a Presbyterian's wife; still " Christianity would be intact and undnjured if based upon truth. The thing to discuss is Socialism— not Socialists. If its message of freedom from poverty appeals to to you as the solution, join the party and elevate its personnel with .your presence at its meetings. But if you are unable to run the organization to servo your personal hankerings after office, don't lay it to the cussedncss of the other fellow. i Attributing motives reveals the presence of the same thing nearer home. Get into tho gome; play the game; take a chance with your follow workn ''ers. Every little bit helps. Be men; be women! Carpers and mutual admiration 'cliques will never get time to work for Socialism. They're too busy -back-capping and finding fault with comrades who are working to that end. CAPITALIST ECONOMICS, Tho retail dealer's efforts to account for the prices of his articles are sometimes interesting. A house-* keeper the other day asked a gro- ceryman in Pike street' "Why nro apples so high in price?" "Bccauso they're scarce, ma'am." "But," she protested, "thc papers said the crop was so enormous that apples wore rotting on tho trees." "Yos'm. That's why they're scarce It didn't pay to pick 'em!" SBUTTLE, WASH. Tho Soattle Comrades have ar- | ranged for meetings during January ''as follows: Jan. 7 and 8.—J. W. Slayton, National Organizer. Sunday,— "The Social Revolution." Monday,—'"Sat umph of Socialism." Jt Jan. 14.—T. C. Wiswoll. "-" — ist Sori»;j£ Necessarily P Jan"' ' 'js**■ *ny» II' *" The histories f W P.W., Nanaimo—Party mentioned has been on Clarion list since number 34». Please notify him, W. J. C. Chilliwack.—Your interesting article received too lata for this wow. Next issue. Two other communications are held over till next issue. o Five yearly sub. cards—$3.75. . o ■ Starting Young.—Even tho very smallest children are learning fron- /.ied finance these days. On Sunday one of the ministers of NanaMno took* occasion to tell thc parents that a number of vory small Sunday school children who arc sent to Sunday school with collection are hi thc habit, of hanging on to it and spending it on Monday on candies.—Nanaimo Paper. A Nanaimo correspondent Muggiest s that tho falling off in the herring run .it that point, may perhaps be a mark of the Almighty's disploatmre at the depravity existing among tho younger generation. Ralph Smith being a specialist in all that pertains to fishing, either theological or the variety that roifuires a license, and a pull to get it, dqnbtod- less enlightened the Nanaimo savages on this point during a sermon he delivered in the Methodist Church of that town last Sunday, upon thc subject, "What the New Year ought to teach us." A good many of the savages have not forgotten tho lessons of tho old year, especially thoso in connection with the late strike, the famous R. Smith, Mnckmrie King, and also the Turkeys. o ALBERTA NOTES. "Wut ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ \yiiwn. in thsir appeal they say that whi-r-.,,, the working class ul Finland, •• iti, all the Russian proletariat, is ^v engaged in a struggle for poUtlaj] freedom amid much turmoil, nXmn. shed and suffering; and whereas un appeal has been made for fundi to aid in the work of agitation (or -^ establishment of adult sulTrafi am- the reversal of the ancient system of balloting by which the feudal lord may VOjtO any number of tluK.H ,,p, 25, for which reform the rtcenl overthrow of the Russian aulocratlc reign of gendarmes has but |.m»j Ihe way; we the undei-sigii.d. ranm. ni/iiig the kinship of labor lho world over and sympathising with our bio. ther Flnlnnders, sullen,,,. n^ through the wrongs ol their country do hereby nbWrlbS the gums Mt sj. ter our names towards thi .hum. 0( froedOm in Finland." Those interested In the ctrcularloa of this appeal are Miss Jenny .!,,•„,. son, Port Moody; Miss Ouitava if,,,,. hi. North Vancouver; Mrs || n,| ton, North Vancouver; Ur* Annie Knriue, Mrs. M. l.skota, Mr a he Karat, 661 Pacific strut Mr, tat Mrs. Ilnmley, Mm. Ida Stasia, ."il; Pacific Street; Mrs. Ida Ifolllt, Hrs Olgu Myntli, 757 Prior Street shune & Co., 71!1 Duntnruir Strut o Five Clarion sub. cards—$3.75, CLARESHOLM, .Ian. 2.—I-ast fall during a cold drizzling rain, a "prairie schooner" containing a man, his wife and little daughter, drew up in front of my homestcading "shack," and asked the privilege of camping for the night. They had got well started on their journey from thoir homestead in Northern Alberta to Southern California. A little conversation upon 'the hardships of homesteading, brought up thc inevitable subject— Sociglism. He informed tne that a neighbor of his near Rod Lodge, Alberto, was "a great Socialist." I ennfuired his name—Sam Welch. (In this and various other ways I have gathered names of Socialists of different localities in our new province.) Lost week I got a letter from Dominion Secretary Morgan, saying: "1 had a tetter from one, S. W. Welch, in some place called Red Lodge, Alberta, saying that 9 of them had formed a Socialist club [and asking information as to form- ' ing a local. I think they ore farmers." A large percentage of the homesteaders of Alberta have come from the cities (back to the land), and of these a large numbhr are already im- butfQ with Socialist ideas. This is only one reason why I believe Alberta is a fruitful field for Socialism. Tho Socialist meeting scheduled for Claresholm, Dec. 22. was a failure, but a failure which will teach us success in tho future. We could havo held a good omt-door meeting, but instead, attempted to drive the crowd into a hall. Wo havo llvo applicants for membership to pass upon at our next meeting ono, a Finnish comrade and another, the President of thc Grain Growers' Association. Ono applicant lives at Nan ton. There is to be a debate upon Socialism at the county school house, eight miles east of Claresholm. It is described as a regular nest of Socialists. Has Local Edmonton also been cholorofortned? ,«.,,".' OHAS. F. LOWRIE. ono member of the "'.112 last session, days' atten- . desk, or at .while ano- -aenranct-s ,0 an ap- jpobbery wnrk Negligee Shirts Nit Tu Early to Look Exclusive patterns are now some of the choice ones will be sold early, and some of the amis** at cannot duplicate. If you afsarsriat* unusual styles it will inta<--ai *•« to come promptly. Flatiron Hats Thi Smrtut Soft Nat ol thi Semi These Hats have been enthusiastically received by young men from the very first day we brought tam out. Neither trouble nor eipenst has been saved in thc production ol these goods, as you will cheerfull* acknowledge upon examination. KILR0Y, MORGAN CO, Ltd. tll Ceretn Stmt I BURNS & CO HARDWARE and I Second Hand Oealer { Cook Stoves and Tools a Specialty. » We buy and sell all l*in<ls ol } scrap metal, old machinery ruUier, sacks, bottles, otc. t Stores—138 Cordova St., E.. hardware & junk. 101 l'owell X St., new and second-hand fur- f niture. Pkoaa 1171 Vaocomr, 1.8. fjOOOOOoMOOOOOIMt*—*** ' 8. T. WALLACES CASH GROCERY STORE We also carry a full line of Fond- ture. on easy payments, at prfe" that cannot be duplicated, Kintal inspect our stock. Cor Woilalaitor Avo aad Karris to* VANCOUVER, fl. C. C. PETERS StSSr Hand-Made Boots and Shoes to order •■ all styles. Repalrin, prs-mptly »'''•"'*.' ly done. Stock of staple rer.ly•»•« Shoes always on hasd. I4M WMljHStitr km, taut nm** LEE t MORGAN Sanitary Experts. Plumbing In •J1 Its branches. Estimates fiirnlsMo. 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