Western Clarion
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issued: 2016-04-04
issued: 1911-01-28
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note: * si. 616. eg Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 1911. subscription mm'«| tim ran T*ua „••-■• 1 UNPLEASANT TRUTH. Conditions in East Force Recognition From Press A few years ago the theory, chiefly due to metaphysical teachers and the slave concepts taught by them, that poverty was a condition handed out by an almighty boss as a punishment for encroachments upon Divine law and therefore to be borne patiently, obtained. This conception is aptly expressed by an eminent church prelate, no less a personage than the most Reverend Dlomede Falconio, apostolic delegate, ln a speech delivered before the Federation of Catholic Societies at New Orleans a short time ago, in tbe following words: "Human Society has its origin from God. and is constituted of two classes of pdople, namely of tbe rich and the poor. . . .The normal relations between these two classes should be of a mutual confidence and harmony. To obtain this happy end, each class should faithfully comply with its respective duties, and either should re- > spect the rights of the other." etc. This conception of Ood and his alleged creation of classes is old. It is beginning to be moss-grown and has a decidedly "chestnut" flavor. It Is of the greatest Interest to note that this, as well as many more slave concepts, are receiving less and less attention and support, even among those whose only visible business apears to be that of bolstering up capitalism. Very often of late these fellows have made bad breaks. They have stumbled upon truths, either by accident or design. Whether they are doing so from a conviction that all is not well with present day society or whether on the same principle as that which is supposed to actuate rats in deserting a sinking ship, is an open question. However, the fact remains that much truth is being told, whether consciously or not, by the press of today. One of the most reactionary anti-labor pepers in Eastern Canada the "Dally Telegraph" of St. John, N. B. (1:2:11) publi…
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: 10.14288/1.0318849
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