Western Clarion
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issued: 2016-04-04
issued: 1912-08-03
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note: tr I [WESTERN r OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA CLARI PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING CLASS ALONE JUMBER 679 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1912 Subacriptlon Price *H| an PER V&4K RAISING FOG AND DUST British Political Tricksters Have "Nice Old Time" Blabbing and Blithering in a Wilderness of Economic Ignorance and Deceit. We are having a nice old time here in the Old Country. The Insurance Act will be in operation on July IS. The gabfest continues on Home Rule. The Labor party Is going to oppose <?) the Liberal party. Then, there is foot and mouth disease amongst the cattle in north of England. Meat is increasing in price. Two bye elections are taking place at Hanley and Crewe, and what do you think? Mr. and Mrs. Borden, Mr. Hazen, Mr. Doherty, Mr. Hantnl and Mr. Pelletier have arrived from Canada. Personally I don't know any of the last-mentioned individuals, so cannot endorse the inane flattery "our" papers have accorded them. Mr. Borden gave the usual Imperialistic speech, statins; that besides ties of kinship and allegiance which bound Canada to the motherland, there were also ties of commercial enterprise, and he trusted that those ties might be more fully developed than in the past. There was no need for either his colleagues or himself to give utterance to expressions that those ties of loyalty were bound to grow stronger with the ties of their commercial undertakings." You see, it's the commercial business they are most concerned about. It must be plain to all that Borden and ■ his confreres represent the capitalist class, who are seeking and devising means of further securing their hold upon the workers. The development of "commercial ties" means more misery, slavery for the working class. Correspondingly, it will mean greater ease and enjoyment for the capitalist class. The important point must be realized that the new market of Canada is an outlet for the surplus products sent from this country. But soon …
note: Titled The Western Clarion from June 18, 1904 to June 1, 1907; titled Western Clarion thereafter.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0318814
language: English
lat: 49.261111
long: -123.113889
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Western Socialist Publishing Co., Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text