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XJr'CTORlA.-^ •tn> 582 s Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, June 4, 1910. tsata-aa Sl.lt ADVENTURES OF A RED A Holiday Trip to the Historic Battle-c round of Tweedledum and Tweedledee. It was the month of December, and having a tew stray greenbacks, coupled with an earnest desire to see something new, we decided to take the family to the arena of tweedledee and tweedledum, to wit the old country, so by way of added luxury, w-a called in on the United States "Socialist party at Syracuse, making the acquaintance of a number of the latter en arrival. I was given a good reception and consented to attend the Sunday afternoon propaganda meeting to hear Prof. "Waters, ot the University of Syracuse, deliver an address on- "Remedial Legislation.*' and take part In the discussion. Being a trifle late I only came in for the last thirty minutes, which was quite sufficient to make me feel grateful for not being there the preceding; halt hour. Old-age pensions, eight- hour days, and a string of others too -Numerous to mention came in for discussion, naturally, of course, from the capitalist point of view. Next came discussion. I anticipated he would receive a severe handling, hut to my surprise nearly all took the view or the speaker that they were a boon to the working class, and a resolution was moved and carried that future propaganda should be conducted ■with a view to bringing about these "desirable changes." I went after him apod and hot for fifteen minutes, showing them cause, and effect and the amount ot benefit it had brought to the working class ln Europe where these, or at least a number of them, had been in operation fbr some considerable period of time. Then went on to show tiie relative positions of the workers before and after, and wound up with a censure on the "Socialist party" of the United States who called themselves a revolutionary body, out for the abolition of capitalism and the reorganization of society, who were wasting their time dealing with the effects of a robbery, Instead of concentrating their energies upon the cause of nine- tenths of our economic evils—the rob- ' bery of tbe working class. The next item of importance did not present itself until our arrival ln Liverpool. The atmosphere was dense, the buildings weird and the people- having valises, v/e were the prey of England's degenerates. What a pitiful picture to portray—poverty written in big letters across their faces. This was some of the effects of remedial legislation in England. Sufficient to say no fewer than two dozen desired to help us with the baggage between the dock and the station, but we, heedless of their cry, boarded the train en route for Hull, arriving In good time to take a hand ln the election. I produced my card to a prominent member of the I. L. P. and was invited to speak on their platform. That was my.move and I availed myself of the opportunity. I spoke to about 250 ln midday, a crowd ot men and women of a cosmopolitan character, all anxious to hear what I had to say concerning the questions hovering about the political horizon. I made quite an impression upon the members of the I. L. P., •who, by the way, were perplexed at the way I presented Socialism. My next two meetings were adverticed and I had a crowd ranging from 500 to 750 at each meeting. I pointed out the misconception prevailing in the minds of the people ot Britain as to what Socialism actually was, the largest percentage of them accepting the brotherhood of man and kindred moralities. I also noticed the tendency on the part of the I. L. P. to hit out at their Conservative antagonists at every opportunity, leaving the Liberals untouched. The writer made lt his business to show clearly to the people that both Liberals and Conservatives were wings of the same bird of prey, both standing for the perpetuation of capitalism and as such both were enemies of the working class and it was the duty of any party claiming to represent the working class to, make the issue quite clear, that they stand fur gochHsm and that alone —no other tj-'i-..'<■'■• •'.'* ••'.. I attended a few of the old parties' political meetings. I tried to enter at one meeting when I was informed that only tickets would gain admission. I simply came out on the steps and called the crowd to order and offered to hold a meeting outside if refused admlsion inside. Then the fun began. Three authoritative looking "gentlemen" in blue came forward and informed me that I could not hold a meeting at all. and if I insisted 1 should have the pleasure of their escort to the nearest lock-up. By this time the doors were thrown open, thus the situation was saved. The' writer did not get escorted and the government supplies would last so much longer. I spoke at a demonstration of the unemployed in Hull. England, and what a crowd! I have assisted In a number of unemployed demonstrations in Toronto, but they do not compare with their brothers In misfortune In England. Those pinched cheeks, sunken eyes and stunted forms were quite sufficient evidence to move any conscious worker to violence. But what would be the use when the masters have got their hired assassins to use against us at the least sign of disorder. Anyway a demonstration to my mind once in a while ls a gentle reminder to .the plutes that such a thing as solidarity can exist, and, knowing that tbey might, for the occasion, cough up sufficient to tide the situation over. On this occasion it brought many donations, in fact it was in the neighborhood of $1,000. I am sure you will agree with me, lt was worth our trouble. If results would work out the same elsewhere I would be inclined to bring in a motion at our next meeting organizing a corps ot speakers around the country for the express purpose of demonstrations and incidentally replenish our own empty coffers at the expense of the parasites. But such a gift as 11,000 does not come all the time to the unemployed. Inside of three weeks it was all gone. I assisted in the soup kitchen for the sole purpose of studying these men, women 'and children. We fed about a thousand per day for three weeks. When supplies ran short, the mayor was notified of the situation but he could do nothing. Too well we knew lt, The only thing that could be done was to march those men, women and children to the town hall and let "his worship" view the crushed part of the working class once again. This we did. The results were not so good the second time, but sufficient was raised to feed tbem for two weeks more. In the meantime, I paid a visit to London and called upon tbe Executive of the 8. P. G. B. When 1 arrived at their headquarters I saw a very busy bunch of comrades all, in one way or another, assisting the folding and preparations for mailing of the party organ, "The Socialist Standard." I extended fraternal greetings from my comrades in Canada to them and was told to convey theirs when I returned. I was tendered the privilege of speaking to them, of which I availed myself. I was asked to speak ln Tottenham for them, which I did. I got a splendid reception, one of those revolutionary receptions. No others but the Socialists know tbe enthusiasm that is aroused. I presented our position here in Canada. At tbe conclusion Comrade Anderson Informed me that we were eligible for the S. P. G. B. In all I spent a week ln the metropolis. I had to hurry back to Hull for an indoor meeting to an audience of 'Christian Socialists," Fabians. S. D. F.'s, I. L. P.'s and a sprinkling of Industrialists. I spoke straight revolution. The reason is obvious—can't talk any other—and got well received. Yes, and to my surprise, some of the prominent I. L. P.'s endorsed my position. It seems to me this element has not taken the trouble to investigate, consequently they agree with anyone who appeals to them. I spoke at a few more o'its*<1« nippt- ings in tbe course of my SU' ' ■'■ REVOLT. Age long has been your misery, Old as the hills your pain; Unnumbered years in slavery You have toiled for another's gafn. Ancient as Nile your galling gyves, Age-worn as Karnak your chains; Countless years for glided thieves You have toiled; come count your gains. Come count them, your products of aeons past— All earth's great store of wealth—< Is it yours? Ah, no, unto this last j Idlers have filched by stealth. Arise, for your need is pressing sore! Arise, for your strength is your right! Arise, and win freedom for ever more, For who shall resist your might? Babylon's gardens and Mena's halls, Nineveh, Carthage and Rome; Gilded cities, begirt with walls, You have builded—yet lack a home. You have levelled the forest and ploughed the plain' . Till the earth with fatness brags; You have woven rich fabric, garnered grain, Yet you hunger and walk In rags. Oh, Atlas, staggering 'neath your load, Oh, Labor, bowed down with toil; Turn, turu on your master's stinging goad, Revolt, and the spoilers despoil! .. A. BUDDEN. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS The elections in France are over and our comrades there are wild with jubilation. Of course there are times when the light-hearted revolutionists of La Belle France become enthusiastic when there seems little to jubilate about, but at the recentt elections they have made some sweeping victories. In the previous house the party had 63 deputies. This number has now increased to 76. Twelve of the 63 were not re-elected but suffered defeat. On the other hand there was a gain.of 35 constituencies, making a net gain ot 23 seats in the new chamber. Among the deputies going out who were not re-elected, are one or two veterans, and the opposition journals are as usual making a great cry about it, while attempting to belittle the sweeping gains, this ls their way of whistling to keep their courage up. The most striking feature ot the elections, according to Compere-Morel in "l'Humanlte," ls the enormous Increase in the agricultural vote. This is the outcome of a vigorous campaign which has been kept up ln the rural districts since the last election. The farmer ls beginning to see that he ls robbed just aa much as any other producer of wealth, and that all that it left to him by the proprietor, the banker, the corn merchant, the implement agent, the railroad company and the hundred and one other suckers who fasten themselves upon his produce, is just a bare living. The reveille has been sounded ln his ears in France; there is a great stir ln the cimp, and the farmers have shown that they mean war by returning seven farmers to throw down the gauntlet in the chamber. GEORGE F. STIRLING. TAG* WE'RE IT! Current literature has been enriched. Mr. S. R. Guggenheim, president of the Yukon Gold company, in a magazine article, insists tbat the real cause of the increased cost of living ls national extravagance. His reasoning is clear. People insist on wearing so much silk, that silkoline is selling at twice what it was. They demand so high a quality of wool clothing that shoddy Is all they can get. They hanker for the choice cuts of meat, and as a result shank and liver have been sent, up to 15 cents a pound. They will live In mansions, and two-room flats have gone to $30 a month in consequence. It is so all along the line. You can see it would be so. The demand for luxuries is such that necessaries of life are high because nobody wants them. Perfectly clear, Mr. Guggenheim. All these things tend to reconcile us to tbe fact that the Guggenheims are gradually cornering the earth, ln so far as Morgan and Rockefeller haven't already fenced It In. Perhaps we'd better let 'em have Alaska^Balllnger may have been right about it. Listen to this fine old bromldiom of Guggenheim: "I believe," says ho, "that the wage earner is more extravagant In proportion tn his earnings than the millionaire.' Shouldn't wonder a bit! Right in Seattle wage earners frequently spend for meat to last them over Sunday every blamed cent left over from the week's pay check! Do you happen lo know any millionaires who do such a thing? A pipe or two of smoking lo in Sheffield, but was denied the privilege of speaking at an S. D. P. political meeting. They possibly thought I was a milk and water before they beard me. Their calculations were astray' that time. That concluded my public speaking as It was nearlng my time to return. My next adventure did not turn up until well out In mid ocean, when I actually had the audacity to lecture on Socialism at one ot the ship's concerts. It went well for twenty minutes, when I was interrupted, then another one joined in. until half the audience joined ln also. I beard threats of throw that B Socialist overboard." I threw up the sponge after breaking up the concert. It takes the Socialist to produce gall. F. WATKINSON. i'-H r."... bacco after supper will probably amount to one-half of one per cent, of the laborer's daily wage. Mr. Guggenheim's daily income is estimated at $30,000. One-half ot one per cent, of this is $150. Do you suppose that the thrifty Mr. Guggenheim smokes a hundred and fifty dollar cigar after dinner? Cejtainly not. He ls much more economical "in proportion to his income" than almost anyone you know. In order to equal the extravagance of the laborer who drinks a 5-cent glass of beer after his day's work, Mr. Morgan would have to consume 250 quarts of champagne at $5 a quart. Mr. Morgan doesn't do It! We state this boldly. Mr. Guggenheim asserts—and we believe he is right—that John D. Rockefeller Is the least extravagant man he knows of. Mr. Rockefeller has never been known to slip down to Billy's place on the corner and spend $4,000 playing pool in the evening, as he would have to If he equalled the extravagance—"according to Income"—of the stonemason who plays one game at 20 cents an hour. But the crowning extravagance In which the poor Indulge Mr. C.uggen- heim never refers to. The poor give up a large—a very large—part of their Incomes to make Guggenheims, Morgans and Rockefellers. When they come to real economy, here's where they wlll begin to cut down expenses. When they have reformed ln the matter of supporting millionaires, maybe they will be better able to stand the strain of more chuck steak and codfish — Seattle Star. ANOTHER FOR THE McMAHON SMITH. Dear Comrades of the Western Clarion:- I do not remember of ever having made out a check with the enthusiasm similar to the one which Inspired me to make out the enclosed check for $1.00 ln payment for subs to the Clarion. A Comrade—let him remain Immortal under the name of Smith- sent me a sample copy of the Clarion. I wish I could kiss him on both cheeks for it. As it Is I depute the prettiest lady Comrade in Vancouver to do lt for me.. Tell us yonr secret. How did you manage to escape the "practical Socialist.polltlclan?" May you so continue. Good for O'nrlen. More power to hlm 'irn>. fvi-ternally yours, •JI :.'\ '. Kf.OBODIN*. "WHAT IS WORTH WHILE?" A Great Spiritual Upheaval and its 'Purely (Material Insolation. Under the above heading a local journal publishes an article dealing with what is called a gigantic work. It Is too, and I would.respectfully ask the Comrades who are so keen for revolution to postpone their efforts till this great inspiring endeavor has been achieved. What is lt? you ask. Why, nothing less than "the evangelisation of the world ih this generation." It will take world ln this generation." It will take $100,000,000 a year and 40,000 missionaries. What a stupendous effort; what a worthy object; and, likewise, what a graft (or the 40,000. (Say Gribble, come oft it and get in on tbis easy line.) All going to be done in this generation, too, all step-at-a-tlmers please note. Guess we revolutionists had better get in on the ground floor, for, if the world ls made good ln this short space of time, why we won't need any more agitation. Every city and town in the States is asked to give a little, so it is intended that all classes should come in. Why not ask ->ro. Sam Gompers for his mite towards converting the avaricious capitalists who out of sheer hardness of heart, raise the price of food and cause suffering to the worthy poor, who wrongfully have the police to bludgeon the striking workers, when everyone knows they only want a fair wage! Or, again, let them ask Morgan, or St. John D. for a thumping hand out, to make the working classes more moral sober, industrious workers, all able at a moment's notice ready to jump In and take bold of a job wben they are needed, and when they are not needed—well, God knows. De Lawd will watch his own. America likes big jobs, evidently, or she wouldn't be hustling after this one. But she can do big things, when $100, 000,000 is spent on tbe navy every year, and ten times that amount is spent on the Panama Canal. Are not the souls of a billion people, thirsting for the love of the gospel, of more value than these? Thus speaks the scribe. We answer, sure thing, but we doubt whether tbe numerous billions already saved, are ot more value than even the paper you write on—they are cheap enough. These big things all go together, eh? A big navy for killing your neighbors, and converting your neighbors to follow the Prince of Peace. And what a price! We were under the impression that salvation was without price, and we were well acquainted wltb scriptural lore In days gone by. Probably It is Blow work that way, and no doubt you are anxious to see these lost souls gathered In quickly. Now, I wonder if It Ib the poor heathen again. We thought tbey were all saved by now, and civilized, but no doubt the surplus wealth Is piling up once more and new markets must be found. There are still de cullud people who dress In pre-Adamlte fashion, and it would shock the tender feelings of tbe 40,000 missionaries to Bee tbem thus. They must be clothed, their feel will be sore, they must have boots, after wearing these and being civilized they will certainly have to get the latest corn-killer. Their stomachs will be unaccustomed to our strong coffee and tea—Postum must be used. Trade follows the flag, the flag, of course, following the devoted mlsslon- arles, so it looks 100 chances to one, that here we have the real reason for our great effort. Our masters don't bvangellze for nothing, It Isn't business and ihere Is no law rules higher than bush ess interests. Anyway, it will take '0.000 surplus labor power packages off the market, giving the rest of us mules more room to breathe. But seriously, Comrades, let ub haVe an Immediate demand put on our program at the next convention, to have this sum of $100,000,000 handed over to us, as the only original laymen's movement In the world, the only one thst will evangelize the world and mako men be good. F( r. says our worthy editor, "what is woith while In trill Hf4f We eat, dress, drink and ac«i*"n i'-h'.«. imi Iih The "we" is certainly not us; we art* very pleased with ourselves If we hap-p pen to get a feed, a drink, and aa for-.- dress, good Lord, did you. ever see usv. out of our overalls? We accumulate*, what? Debts, and sundry troubles ot! that nature. "Why not," he says, "give-, the old world a taste of love?" We> sure would like to, old man. It only; you old party, fellows, would die off* quickly, you Intellectual . parasites, hangers on ot capitalism,,are some of the biggest stumbling block* ln tha. way. ot love. You teach the peovtee any old thing at all but how. to lose*. You delude them, .teach them wtatr. your master wants yon to at so muds per, and to prate of making this world better, while you uphold a system of. robbery of the producer, and then aat: the producer to love tbe robber. Come- off your perch, Mr. Editor; we call your* hand. And, be says also, -"the Blbler and Christianity are the fountain* of this priceless consolation." . po you see .much love abroad amongst, the*, dear Christian nations?'. Peace on-., earth and goodwill toward men at tbe ■. end of a 12-inch gun? More like the facts, eh? And in your own nation-,, very Christian and fond of these bbj. things, look at the priceless. conBOlatlcn* afforded just now. A working class , stirred up as they never were before.. to a point of exasperation against thetr. . oppressors. Perhaps, wheti they get wise and learn to hate the. class of - parasites who ride their backs, they, will get the priceless consolation! ptt seeing them rid of forever, and then maybe there will be love, you may call lt Christlike or what you pleasov , In this Godfearing and . llberty-lor- in community, as I see It is termed, the) followers' of the meek and. lowjy gave last year to this movement $750, and! their churches represent.a total, wealtm of more than two . million . dpflara.. Looks like they might study UP the* story of the widow's mite, or appoint a missionary to start right amongst them. What is a Godfearing community? Well, it ls made up ot men who tear God and honor the.dollar..- Who ara like some I know who thank God at meals for his goodnesa to tbem,. then start cussing tbe luck they hare lu raising the crop. And by love of liberty Is meant liberty to skin,.their neighbor, lest he skin them:-liberty, to work as many hours as they like .without the boss standing ovqj them, tha While. • ... .-.,., . | ' ;.., .-. Touching on the farmer's g^aft men* tioned by Armour of Meat. Trust fame, may say Mr. Farmer says price of corn and feed was never ao high; .gone up 300 per cent. In twenty years. It can't be him. We live and learn. F.S.F. '•jjf'l •,; -.ir I ■:'.i NOTICE. The attention of Ixieals ts called to the Dominion Executive Committee's) recommendation that the constitution be amended to allow any group of Language locals to choose ah executive committee; said committee to have the same standing as a Provincial Committee. Ixieals wishing the necessary referendum taken on this matter should notify their Provincial Executives and. with the necessary (Indorsation the referendum to amend will be taken. Suggestions or amendments are invited. WAGE SLAVES CHEAP. Gems from the Pamphlet Issued by the Chicago Association of Commerce. "The baBls of Industrial progtess 1st the cheap laborer who performs the patient, tireless and low-paid drudgery which Is in Kteatest demand, even In this era when complicated and automatic machinery is bo largely depended upon ln every department of Industrial enterprise. In facL It ls this very kind of machinery that creates the large demand for unskilled labor nnd which attracts such to manufacturing centers." "The Italians. Bohemians, Poles and Russians . are the best un skilled laborers to be found anywhere. They are robust, live cheaply, dress poorly, occupy small cottages or apartments in localities wnere rent is low* and they toil for a wage tbat no American would consider and which uosc foreigners would refuse." THE WESTERN CLARION. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. SATURDAY, JUNE 4th, 1910 tyrte WESTERN CLARION Published every Saturday kr the "Socialist Partjr at Canada, at the Office 'Ot the Western Clarion, Flack Block "Basement, 111 Hastaags Street, Vancouver, B. C. BOBT OmOB AXtBBBM, BOX 838. nMOKRISI: -fl.ee *er Year, SO oenta tot Bli Months, IS ente (or Three Heaths. Btito-Uy ta Advance. Bundles or t or more copies, for s series of not less than three months, st the rate or one oeett per oopy per Issue, Advertising rata* en application. If you receive thin patter, It ls paid Her. In making remittance hy chef ue, exchange must he added. AddresB all •os-munkatlons and make all money orders payable te TXB WBBTBBH OXABIOH. Wax ate TMuonver, B. 0. Watch the lsibel on your payer. If lids arumber Is oa It, 683 SATURDAY, JUNE 4th, 1910 "FARES, PLEASE" Says the manager ot the B. C. Elec- *Hc Railway company, ln a heart-to- iheart talk with hla rebellious slaves: •"In conclusion, let me say that I have •tbe employees' interests very much at heart, and I treat that a careful con- sMeratton of the points I am laying *efore them will result. In a satisfactory working- basis being arrived at, ••» that our relations may continue on 'the pleasant lines" which have gov- ■erned us during the whole period since -the company's operations com- ■aenc-ed." Bounds very much like a grace after ■meat, but we hope that it will. cause .'the employees,to display a little consideration towards their friend' and iMaefactor, the Company, which has, •a he points out, "three Important Interests to consider, the Employees, the Public and the Stockholders." The ' "Stockholders, they should note, come last, for, like all corporations, the Company exists primarily for the purposes, first, of providing the employees ■with a job, "cheap light, cheap gas (no, this is not a sample), cheap uni- -ferme, free transportation," and what la UT Oh, yea, "participation ln a definite proportion of the profits," and second, of saving the public the lncon- "wenlence of having to run home from their work without the friendly assistance of the strap,, and of living ln -hourly expectation of being dynamited "by an irresponsible coal-oil lamp. Tbe employees may complain that "-they are the worst paid trades unionists ln town, that they get about two- Hdrds the wsges ot a hod-man and nearly as little as a bank clerk. That, what with house rents and the prices ef victuals betaking themselves to -aeroplanes, and what with incorruptible fare boxes, lt la becoming almost impossible to make both ends come within wireless speaking distance of '-one another. They are not alone,among the af- "flleted. Can they not hear the piteous •cry of the widow and orphan stock- 'noMers? Do hot the "rising prices" make their meagre 6.29 per cent divi- 'dend look like five cents ln a faro game? We don't see how the em- -pleyees can have the face to take their proportion In the participation ln the -profit* without blushing anyhow. Nevertheless, Joking apart, what Mr. ■Sperling says Is perfectly true, whether he believes it or not. A "public utility" corporation (so-called, we presume, because it finds the public use- ■fnl) has. the interests ot the Employees, the Public'' and the Stockholders to consider. The order 'may be Inverted, but the good bonk says that the last shall be first, so we can pass that. There has got to be a dividend for tbe stockholders or the necessary money capital wlll not be forthcoming. Of course, the common or garden stockholder generally gets •milked, but that Is another story. The •Pablic has to be "convenlenced," or at -any rate, less inconvenienced than heretofore or they will not come up ■with the nickels. This convenience Ib meted out on the time-honored system of "all the traffic will bear." Finally the employees have to get something or else there will be neither dividend nor convenience. The current notion that an employee nnder Ibis arrangement should receive a "living page" Is utterly fallacious. It is by no means essential that an employee should be paid enough to live on. It ia merely necessary that he bo paid as little as a properly conducted employee can be educated to exist on. If it can be afforded It Is as well to throw In cheap light, gas. participation in the profits, etc., to keep him quiet. It pays, and some people think it is the best method, Just us some men hold that the best way to break iu a horse Is never to lick him and feed him lumps of sugar amen he is good. That Is what you "employees" are up against. If your wages are raised, dividends will have to be cut, or else rates for carfare and light will have to be raised. But rates are already so adjusted that a raise would mean so much of a falling off in volume of traffic, etc., that profits would be diminished and dividends reduced. Of course, if all wages in the community were raised, rates and prices generally would stand boosting accordingly, and would be boosted, too, but that wouldn't buy you anything, as it would cost you that much more to live. So where are you at? Of course, if you think that those dividends can stand slashing a bit, and that employees cannot be found in sufficient numebrs to hold down "permanent positions," with participation in profits, free etceteras, etc., thrown in, for less than you are asking, why, go to it. Only, If you are wise, don't bank too heavily on "public sympathy." The public keeps its sympathy where it keeps it car-tickets. And right there is where you are going to hurt it. You will hurt real estate. You will hurt business. You wlll hurt the building trades. You will make a lot of us walk and we will be more foot-sore than sympathetic. Your interests and the public's are diainetri- caly opposed. When you go on strike you are Ishmaelltes. The only people you will benefit is the strike-breakers and thugs, and even their sympathy you will alienate by heaving paving- stones at- them. Anyway, it ls not sympathy you need but sand, simole- ons, and a scarcity ln the labor market. However, be the event what It may, in the long run you will inevitably discover that more advantageous than either working for the company or bucking lt, is owning the works. Then you can get all the traffic wlll bear." PROPERTY AND ROBBERY. "Property Is theft." At any rate lt is flrst hand evidence of theft. Moreover theft ts the sole Incentive to property ownership. The aboriginal savage had no property, haa none now where there is any of him yet aboriginal. He does not even know what it means. He has personal possession, his arms and his clothing, etc., but these are as much a part of himself as his breakfast, and were so regarded by primitive peoples, so much so that they were frequently burled with him when he died. The land, the waters, the forests, etc., these were nobody's property any more than the air and the sunlight are now. But these people were uncivilized and lacked our glorioua Incentive, the Incentive to steal. There was nothing to steal worth while. It kept everybody hustling to get a living for himself, and there was nothing over. Later on, however, when the savage took to cultivating the soil because it brought him an easier and more assured living, lt was soon discovered tbat a man's, or woman's, labor could produce a surplus after feeding the producer. Then the incentive waa at last supplied for the financiers of the day to devise ways and means of separating the producer from his surplus, and property came into vogue. Exactly how it came about the historians have neglected to record. Not because there were no historians pres ent; a mere detail like that would not baffle a historian. But chiefly because lt ls the fashion to assume that property always existed quite naturally. To us, however, it looks not un likely that the religious fraternity of tbe time bad a hand tn it. Their present record and what we know of their past points that way. At any rate, the fact remains that the incentive to property ownership was in the flrst place, as It Is now, that by means of ownership ln property the producers could be robbed of their surplus. The various iorms of ownership through which property haa since passed have been merely newer and more improved methods of robbing producers of their surplus product, the most up-to-date of which Is of course, the present form whereunder tbe surplus has been Increased to a maximum and tho producer's portion reduced to a minimum, and robbery has been so elevated to a science that the producer does not know he is robbed, In fact knows that he is not, and is vociferous If not valiant ln defence of the "sacred rights of property." "Find no end ln wandering mazes lost," and whose endless fulmlnatlons may be all expressed In the method-madness of the Moody Dane's reply to the inquisitive Polonius' query as to what he wbb reading, "Words, words, words." For instance, Professor Carver, of Harvard chair of economics, declares that the causes of present high prices are "physical and psychological." On the physical side we are told that "so long as the gold standard Is maintained and so long as the government pursues the policy of free and gratuitous coinage of gold, the purchasing power of a dollar can never vary appreciably from that of 25.8 grains of standard bullion." He might as well have added that so long as 12 ounces make a pound of gold a pound of gold can never vary appreciably from 12 ounces. Or that if a dollar certificate were not equvalent to a promise on good security to pay upon demand 25.8 grains of standard gold bullion it would not be worth a dollar. The chief causes are, however, psychological, according to our professor: "A slight tendency of prices upward tends !to give a greatly exaggerated Increase in the value of productive plants, and the Investors' market ls violently affected, where the consumers' market Is only slightly affected. This is a serious phase of the situation because when the bearish forces ln the consumers' market begin to check effectively the soaring tendency of prices, the effect will be greatly exaggerated In the Investors' market, and that ls a condition which the wise Investor wlll do well to ponder deeply." Which same may be likened unto the peace of Ood. Before leaving our Professor I should like to call attention to the free and for nothing—pardon, gratuitous—phrase. I am sure a couple of columns of such matter would be better suited to the Winnipeg Voice than to the Clarion. They would prove an excellent auxiliary to the "flim-flam" articles appearing there and would serve well as a measure of ignorance in the elementary or accidental form. Which brings me directly to the cause ot thla brain spasm. Under the imposing caption of 'The Blunders of Karl Marx," I find ln tbe Voice an article "written especially for the Voice by- the author of 'Film Flam Finance' circulars." Its juxtaposition to the account of the formation of a Manitoba Labor party gives ample expression to the cause of Its appearance, bo I consigned my article in American professors to the flames In order to take up nonsense "native aid to, the manner born"; matter more related to our immediate welfare, I "Money as a measure of value,"'is The term money Is here used In its vulgar sense. But all these measures have a standard—a .concept—accepted by us as enabling us to readily under -land certain distinctions and magni- ludeB. What is the standard of lineal measure. The inch is the length of ihe flrst joint of a man's thumb; the foot, cubit, span, other portions of man's body. I have the Inclination to discuss this fuller, but not the space; so wlll jump lo the measure of value, I. e. gold. But what ls the standard of. this measure? Human labor, measured ln time. Surely not, someone will perhaps say. Different portion of man's body differ In different Individuals, so also tbe volume of wealth In given time by expended labor. Some Individual's flrst joint of the thumb may exceed an Inch, hut any score of thumb jolntB chosen at random will not be more, nor less than any other score, and wlll equal 20 Inches. A mile is the distance walked in 1,000 double paces. Some men would do It In more, some In less; but any given score of men taken at random would not walk more nor iess than 20,000 paces ln a mile, taking their collective steps. Similarly, no score of men taken at random can produce more wealth ln an hour than any other score slmiliarly selected. The average amount in each case ls the standard of measurement. Gold is tbe measure ot value; labor time,the standard of that measurement Ab an example par excellence of economics extraordinary, comend the following to your friends: "In a market where free competition and normal conditions prevail .... the price of a ton ot coal Ib the result ot a ratio between the 'supply' of coal and the 'demand' of money available to exchange for coal." Comment ls needless. Another simitar character might enable us to fathom the depths of Film Flam ignorance of Marx. He tells us "the theory of equivalents means that with six dollars as the price ot a ton of coal there ls an equal volume of labor embodied ln the money and the coal.", I have not time to look up all that Marx has said against this very conception. However, one sentence Is fixed in my mind and ever will be because of tbe months of thought it occasioned. I thought I had caught Homer nodding, or rather Marx napping. I give lt just as It occurs to me; I have not the work (Poverty of Philosophy) by me: "All this would be beautiful and true but for the fact that gold and silver aa money are of all commodities the only ones which are not determined by their cost of production. This MONEY MADNESS I have promised'a brief synopsis <6l Marx's position on money, not a "Marxian analysis of money" (such a flight being beyond my poor powers). Ere undertaking this I considered it would be well to prove that Gladstone's pronouncement regarding love and money held good of Americans as well as ot Bretons. After completing a lengthy article on this subject the thought struck me, of what Interest ls this to readers of the Clarion. What do we care about the sand-blind grobllo's and hired metaphysical word mongers, who strut, about under the Imposing title of Professor of Political Economy, etc.; whose duty It Is to lead humanity Into those metaphysical realms where, like Milton's fallen an-l0r money. The value of a yen ls fifty gels, as Lang has it, we I cents.' the blunder of Marx here dealt with.J. _ _" .. . . ' . ., , ,r I» ,'A a . ».. _ „ „ lis proven by the fact that thelnr place Henry B. Ashplant is the writer. Hei" is the misguided individual I had reference to in my former article as attempting to lead us after the will-o'- the-wisp, reformed money. Film Flam commences his article thusly: "It ls of the utmost Importance to students of social and Industrial problems that tbey should master the principle that determines the vital distinction between, (a) A medium of exchange; "(b) A standard of value." Now that ls correct. But It Is of greater Importance that we should understand the difference between a medium of exchange and money. "Money," sayB Film Flam, "Is a,medium of exchange," which is as enlightening as to say man is an animal. Bills of exchange, bank drafts, promis- ory notes, coins, copper, silver and gold all functions as mediums of exchange but none of these tokens are money. If Ashplant had read beyond Chapter III. Section 1, of Capital Vol. I. he would possibly have known this. On page 144, Capital, we read: "paper money ls a token representing gold or money;" on page 146 we find: "the commodity that functions as a measure of value and either ln its own person or by a representative as a medium of circulation (exchange) Ib money." But I shall deal with the question of Marx on money later. Let those two questions, then, suffice for the present. Money," again says Sir Oracle of the Voice, "Is not a standard of value." And no one ls more Insistent on this than Marx; the reason given by Ashplant, however, Is peculiar: "because it does not embody labor expenditure." The logical conclusion therefor is that anything which embodies labor expenditure is a standard of value. Ergo, doughnuts are a standard of value. It Is obvious that Ashplant ls unable to "master the principle that determines the vital distinction between": (a) A measure; (b) A standard of measurement He lacks his usual perspicacity ln this respect also. In the Clarion for May 7th he says: "To measure it it (wealth) In gold or ought else Is but to express wealth In terms of wealth and ls as explanatory as saying a foot Is twelve lncheB or an Inch ls a twelfth of a foot." Hut. how else can we measure wealth but In terms of wealth; how length but In terms of length; how weight but in t'rms of weight? "What ls the value of a yen?" is the now historic speech of Borden on the Japanese question. The value of a unit of money has answer but in terms can be taken by paper." What ever other Illusions Marx had, the idea that bank notes embodied labor to the extent of their denominated value was not one of them. In case any comrade should get tied up as I did over this passage, I quote from the same work: "Money Is not a thing; lt 1b a social relation." Karl Marx, Ashplant tells us, "failed to analyse the money end of his proposition." This, of course, will be startling news to those who have gloried ln the perhaps most brilliant analysis ever undertaken by a human brain, but of that more anon. Continuing, he remarks: "Marx assumed that money ls gold or silver. Because gold ls used as Industrial money, lt by no means follows that money Is gold or even Its equivalent. It is right here that the Socialists who accept Karl Marx's error have to do a pile of thinking/' Now, it will assist Ashplant in further exposing this error ot Marx which he supposes Marx merely assumed, let me tell him that Marx formulated lt into a definite proposition. "But since the capitalist system of production requires the crystaliza- tton of wealth ln the form of a single article, gold and stiver appear as Its appropriate Incarnation. Oold and silver are not by nature money, but money ls by nature gold and silver." Critique ot Political Economy, p. 212. Again in Capital Vol. I., p. 101, he | quotes this very passage: "The truth of the proposition that although gold and silver are not by nature money, money is by nature gold and silver, la shown by the fitness of the physical properties of these metals for the functions of money." If this be error, make the most of lt. Let me further assure Ashplant that Marx understood thoroughly the difference between money and token, something which our learned Ontario banko- phobe has yet to discover. I Our Film Flam economist next essays to tell us what money is. He gives us "an original definition drawn from practical knowledge of the facts, viz.: money ls a fraudulent medium of exchange, which does not embody labor time." Money, therefore, silver dollars, dimes and nickels, dollar bills and others (Ashplant's conception of money) were not produced by labor but rained down from heaven like the manna of the Israelites or the hypothetical chunk of gold of Bohm- Bawerke. Oh, a most profound economist ls this critic of Marx, and worthy to be praised. Indeed, such a mass of dogmatic statements, unbacked by one jot or tittle of proof, are not to be met with outside of religion. The display of ignorance concerning the works of Marx is nothing short of amazing. ghgf Every Locsl of the Socialist Party el Cseeds shetdd me e card under this heed 11.00 per month. Seerelsriee pkese note. Seclellet Party of Cauda. Meets every alternate Monday. D. O. Mc- Kenalo, Secretary, Box III, Vanoouver, B. C. . F-SOT-OtOIAI. 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Austin, Soey. X.OOAX, MOIIIX, BO. 8. B. T. OT tt, meeta every Sunday at «:30 p.m., ta Miners' Hall. Matt Hallday, Organizer. H. K. Maelnnls, Secretary. BOOAXi OAX-OABY, ALTA., BO. 4, B. T. ot C. Meetings every Sunday at I 6m. ln the Labor Hall, Barber Block, lghth Ave. K. (near postofflce). Club and Reading Room, ■ Labor Hall, T. H Machln Box 147. Secretary, A. Mac douald, Organiser, Box 147. -looax-- aB-bx-BT-oa, aha., vo. u, a. P of C, meets every first and third Sunday evenings, Bellevue Town HaU J. oliphant, Secretary. BOOAX, OOUnCAB, UtA, MO. S. Meets avsry Sunday night ln the Minors' Hall snd Opera House at • p.m. Everybody welcome. SooUUst speakers are Invited to sail. It J. Smith, Seoy. XOBITi Oram' . TXOMBXA, ao. a, S. ». OF O. ^quarters sad Weeding Room, im 1. Baals Building, lilt Qovern- it St Bualness meeting every I tax. Propoganda Sunday at Orand Secretary. Tuesday evening. Ktinge every atre. a. Ib _ mo. a, •. a. of o., rite avsry alternate Sunday evening rereetere HalL Business meeting at fits e'slssk sharp. Propaganda meeting commences at 1:11 o'cleokl Jack Plass, Has, geoy., Box III, eduoatlonel Union Hall, B. B. ef O, -jtlnge In the Tlotertn Ave., Inere' Fernle, . m.vw.. every Sunday evening at 7:41. Bust- aesa meeting flrat Sunday ln 1 month, same plans at till p m. David reton, Secy, Sox isi hi ho. t. b. a. oa Sunday in .Minors' C, meeta every ~ Union Hall at 7:1* p.m." Business meetlnge, 1st sad Ird Sundays of each month. Geo. Heatherton, Organiser; R. J. Campbell, Secretary, Box 114. SOOAX- TBBBOH, B. tt, BO. SS, S. T. OB C, meets every second and last Friday lu each month. Ones. Chancy, Secretary, Box 137, Vernon, B. C. X-OOAX tt, HO. stfujaa* weeuuKOB BOBBBT, B. v., mw. am. a. ef tt—Meets every Sunday ln 1 In Bmpress Theatre Blook at 1:00 p. m. Angus Mclvsr. Secretary. B.ttSa.0-— Propaganda and business meetings at 1 p.m. every Bunday evening In the Bdlsen Parlor Theatre. Speakers passing through Revelstoke are Invited ts attend. B. F. Cayman, Beoretary. W. W. Lefeaux, Organiser. , B. tt. Bo. IS, B. B. sf C, meets every Sunday In Graham's Hall at 10:11 a. m. Socialist apeakere an Invited to call. V. Fredsham, Secretary. LOOAX. BDHOBTOB, ABBA, HO. 1. SI P. of C. Headquarters 111 First St, Buslnesa and propaganda meatless every Thursday at 7.11 p.m. sh-ura. Our Reading Room la opsa to the pns- llc free, from 10 am. to 11 p.m. dally. F. Blake lit Athabasca Ave.. Blase tary-Treaaurer, T. Blssett, 111 Fourth St., Organiser. ._„ ,11, oa o. i quarters, Kerr's Hsu, ue 1-1 Adelaide Sttee opp.Robliu Hotel. Buslnees meeting every Sunday morning Ilia Propagastaa meeting Bunday evening I p.m. Everybody welcome. Secretary, J. w. Billing, 17a Young Bt; Organiser, D. McDougall, 414 Itrrlttt, xooax, -soaoavo, oHf, ao. at, a. a. ef tt—Business meetings Ind aad 4th Wednesdays In the month, at ths Ia ' Temple, Church Bt Propaganda 1 Inga every Sunday at l:|| o'clook at the Labor Temple. Speakers' elaaa every Thursday at 1:00 o'olock at Labor Temple. J. Stewart, Secretary, •*- II Beaton St UK-AX, OTTAWA, HO. S, S. T. OB tt Business meeting 1st Sunday la month, and propaganda meetings following Sundays at I p.m. ln Roberta- Allan Hall. 71 Rldeau St. The usual weekly inside propaganda meetlnga discou tinued during summer months. H.S. Old- bam Sec. 123 Drummond St. -LOOAX. OOBAXT, HO. S, B. T. OB O. Propaganda and business meeting's every Wednesday at I p.m. la Miner" Hall. Everybody Invited to attei Arthur L. Botley, Seoy., Box. 441. -looax aaauar, obt„ ho. «, a. a, of C, masts every seoond and fourth Wednesday evening*, at I p.m.. II King St B., opposite Market HetaL V. a. Huns, Sec, 99 West Laucaater Street. BOOAX, O&AOB BAY HO. 1, OB V. sV- Buslnese snd Propaganda meotla-- every Thursday at I p.m. la Maed-an- ald's hall. Union Street All are welcome. Alfred Naah, Corresponding Secretary, Olace Bay; Wm. SnUese*- land. Organiser, New Aberdeen; H. Q. Rosa, Financial Secretary, offloe la IX N. Brodle Printing Co. building. Ualea Btreet. 'c,"0Nt* .rjjr\r> ci BES*. INij.c.'' CVGJVH- •»»*»*»»»<H0re>»ff»--»» After stating that for $100,000,000 of paper currency in circulation ln Canada there is no gold held ln reserve, he asks If six dollars of this stuff (paper currency) exchanged for a ton of coal represents exchange of equivalent values. I am not one of the persons asked, but I hasten to assure Ashplant that It most certainly Is. When I take six dollars to buy a ton of coal I exchange through the medium of those six dollars, a definite portion of the commodity labor-power for a ton of coal. I tlon ln 1847; and many other things of Interest and benefit. He supposes that "an increaae ln the world's gold supply Increases prices," which is nonsense, and then be asked would an increase ln an "elastic currency not do the same?" He has read the standard economist!, bo I refer him to Ricardo. For Ashplant as for Proudhon, "the supreme reason in political economy ls the good pleasure of the King" (Canadian Bank of Commerce). Haa it ever occurred to him to Inquire Into the reason why a Mexican peso can also go to the Bank of Commerce, will sometimes buy 40 cents worth* of tomorrow and obtain for bank notes representing $100 that amount ln gold. No doubt about that. Everybody could not, of course. But I know of places, of towns, where If every citizen went to take a drink of water at the same time one-half of the town would not get any. Yet no one has ever called the water ln the well fraudulent on that account and everyone always has enough water. If Ashplant will read the third volume of Capital he will learn something about banking. He will learn that the British Government In 1844 attempted to restrict the issuance of bank notes in exces of their gold reserve, and he will find they were forced to remove those "absurd legal fetters," as Engels called tbem ln order to save the na- gold and sometimes 48 cents in Seattle or elsewhere, while a Bank of Commerce ten dollar bill wlll always buy ten dollars' worth of gold less the rate of exchange in the same town. Does he know tbat he can get more for a two-dollar bill in a foreign country Ihan for four fifty-cent silver pieces? Can he tell the reason why? But why continue? Enough has been said to discredit Film Flam's Marxian knowledge, and in conclusion let me Inform him that Marx wrote more than chapter three, section one of the flrst volume of Capital, and let me add for the benefit of others, If I may without taking to great advantage of ancient phrase, drink deep or touch not of the waters of Karl Marx. J. H. Propaganda Meeting Sunday Evening, 8 o'clock City Hall Vancouver B. C. SATURDAY, JUNE 4th, 1910 THE WESTERN CLARION. VANCOUVER. BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE SOCIALIST PARTY OF CANADA Tb1* Page Is Devoted to Reports of Executive Committees, Locals and General Party Matters—Address All Communications to D. G. McKenzie, Sec., Box 836, Vancouver, B. C. DOMINION EXECUTIVE. Meeting held May 30th, 1910. Present, Comrades Peterson (chairman), Karme, Mengel, Stebblngs and the Secretary. Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. Correspondence dealt with from Maritime and Manitoba executives; locals Newcastle, N. B.; Berlin and Gait, Ont.; Moosejaw and MenzleB, Sask.; Hillcrest, Alta. (Ukrainian)' Nelson, Victoria and Edmonton, Alta. Fernie, B. C; Comrades Hayward, Na- aperfect right to them, and that the mistakes, Comrade Hodgklnson did not express the opinion that the workers wer not ln sufficient majority to capture the reins of government, but was ot opinion that the industrial union would be a step In the right direction. An army marches on its stomach. In this union there are to be all kinds ot political opinion. At the present time the workers are in favor of a continuation of the present system, which means that they think that those owh own the means of life have ramata, and Maxwell, Cumberland, B. C; Hyatt, St. John, N. B.; M. Barltz, Manchester, Eng.; and Organizers Gribble and Desmond. Charter granted Local Vancouver, B. C. No. 68 (Lettish). Resolved that the committee recommend that the Party amend the constitution to allow any group of Lan- Ruage Locals to choose their own Executive Committee, said committee to have the same standing as a Provincial Bxecutlve Committee. Secretary instructed to enquire into the alleged unauthorized sale of Dues Stamps by the "Ukrainian Social Democracy" to S. P. of C. Locals. Resolved that a donation of $50 be made towards an organizing tour ln tbe Maritime Provinces. Warrants authorized for Clarion May deficit, $49.50; May Card, $1.00; printing pamphlets, $2.00; postage, $5.00 Secretary's May salary, $16.00; Maritime Executive $50.00; Organizer Desmond, $26.00. Receipts Manitoba Executive, Supplies...$12.00 Maritime Executive, Supplies... 5.00 B. C. Executive, Supplies 60.00 Local Menzles, Sask, stamps.... 5.00 Looal Hillcrest, Alta (Ukrainian) Buttons 10.00 laterature 2.50 Clarlan Maintenance Fund, (Mrs. O, $2.60; Lewis, 60c) 3.00 Publishing Fund (Nelson, $10.00 Victoria, $10.00; Fernle, $10.00) j- 30.00 Air Total »H7.50 read B. C. PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE. Meeting held May 30th, 1910. Minutes of previous meeting and approved. Correspondence dealth with from Locals Farnle, Nelson, Sandon, Nanaimo, and from Com. John Staples, Clover- dale. •Warrants authorized for Clarion May Oard,$ 1.00; Dominion Executive, supplies, $50.00; Secretary's Salary for ■May, $15.00. Receipts. local Nanalmo, stamps $ 1000 Local Sandon, stamps 5.00 Local Vancouver (Lettish) Cuar- ter l°nl John Staples, organizing 3.00 Donation to Organizing 500.00 Total »521-"00 SOUTH WELLINGTON, B. C. Dear Comrade,—Being a Socialist in embryo and having heard and read enough to make me hunt for more knowledge, lt does me good to get Into a wordy war with those who have different opinions, be they ln favor of the continuation of slavery or not. On Saturday, the 28th, Local South Wellington held their usual propaganda meeting with the usual poor turnout. We were favored by the visit of Comrades Cartwright, Brlggs and Hodgklnson, of Nanalmo. As usual, after the comradea had addressed the meeting, questions were Invited, One question wsa asked, and methinks had we not had to rest our carcasses to be able \o do our stunt of work the following day we would have been chewing the rag yet. For some time past Comrade Laz- zarls has been trying to peddle some kind of union dope, but owing to his Inability to express his thoughts ln the English language or Scotch glb- herage me no Bavey, Comrade Laz- zarls wanted to know If the workers over twenty years of age were ln sufficient majority to gain control of the reins of government. Cartwright answered that the returns at last provincial election proved that there were. At this a hubbub arose. One or two there were who thought the workers have not a sufficient majority and that we can only gain our emancipation by being organized industrially as well as politically. By the Industrial union we are going to show our masters that we have sacred rights and liberty which we do not mean to have torn from us. Comrade Hodgklnson was of opinion that as the franchise was being at- takced, the industrial union would be very useful ln having the power to cause a general stoppage of work and thereby force our mast- . era to restore that sacred right the right to vote. To avoid workers have a perfect right to go on strike till the skin on their bellies comes ln contact with their backbones, or be driven at the point of the bayonet out to perform their usual stunt, should they perchance think fit to partake of the goods which are stored up in the warehouses, etc. Since the workers are in favor of conditions as they exist how would the union do the trick? Yours struggling to get out of Kings- ley's proverbial swaddling clothes. J RUTHERFORD. OP INTEREST TO LOCALS The work of Socialist Locals to be effective should be twofold. They should carry on a work of educatlpn and organization. The outsider must be reached by some means or other. If tor any cause no speakers are avail-' able, lt ls no reason why locals should be stagnant. True, lack of speakers ls a handicap, but one that can be overcome to a large extent. There ls no reason why literature campaigns should not be carried on, and, as "Mc" pointed out a while ago, they bring results. The town or city wherein the local Is situated can be mapped out Into wards, or divisions, and a section allotted to each member to distribute say, the Western Clarion. Of course, not all the time. After a short spell, volunteers should go round again with a subrbbok tand canvass tor subs. This would help both local and paper. Now, to show how lax some locals can be on this matter, take the case of Calgary Local. Last March a whirlwind campaign was put up; strenuous work was Indulged in by all or most of the members. Every house tn the city received a copy of the Clarion, and the result was the vote Increased by 60 per cent, ln Ave months. But after the election, all efforts were apparently suspended; no attempt was1 made to secure subs, from the seed sown by the literature campaign, and today this particular local shows signs of life only when Gribble or O'Brien blows through. Spasmodic efforts like the above are no use for good results, and a more systematic method must be adopted. Here comes ln the organization. Though the-membership be small, if it is sound at bottom and composed of men who want the revolution, work will be done; instance Toronto, where the only workers are the reds. So get to business, and get the members studying the beat way to push on propaganda; see If each one takes In the Clarion. I know of men being on tbe Provincial Executive Committees who said "the Clarion was too dry and no good; the little old Appeal tor them." The latter ls a paper, mark you, whereof a recent subscriber said tn sending In his renewal, that he didn't know what Socialtam was but it told lots of truth. See If you have got many like this ln your local, and if so educate them, or If they are of the permanent opportunist brand, ask them to step outside; the 8. P. of C. ts no place for them. Also be sure of the fellows you put on the box. Many Locals Buffer from not being sure of their men before allowing them to take the stand. I've heard one well- meaning comrade say; "Fellow workers: We 'ave 'ere the heminent hara- tor So-and-so, who knows all about the capitalist system, the Grand Trunk system, etc." (Here he was cut short and hauled down to save him from making a further ass of himself.) You can't be too careful ln that way. Some locals seem to spend their time ln writing resolutions about various things of no particular account and running them in print. Lots of meetings are utterly spoiled by chewing the rag over these things whereas If the local was in fighting trim, all members ready for action against the common foe, there would be no thought ot nor Inclination for thus frittering away the time. Organizers should get In touch with all members, look them up, and see they come to meetings if they can, and not be content with payin dueB alone. And get after those fellows who seem content to sit around and play cards, the while declaiming against the ignorance of the slaves. Remind them of what they were once and ask theni If lt wouldn't be better to help romeve said ignorance, than continually jaw about it. I have never seen in this country yet, however, so bad a case of slackness as I saw at ana 1. L. P. business meeting. The members were all busy playing billiards, and rather than break up the game, one of the players proposed that Rev. So-and-so be adopted candidate for a municipal election approaching. It was carried and the game resumed ln two minutes Comrades, when, billlardB or anything else is going to come between us and our work tor the Cause, let us cut it out. We have a stern work before us. It may not be all a walkover, so be ready; keep fighting; get rid of the "won't works" In the party and we progress. Push the paper; you spare the Local a dip Into the treasury to keep lt going every time you get more subs. Now then, get to work, and anyone I have hit, don't get sore; there is nothing personal intended. I am out for Socialism, and I want all members to be too. F. S. F. INDUSTRIALISTS AND POLITICIANS There appears to be much more tol- erence towards the outside opponents In the Western Clarion than Is accorded us poor members ot the Socialist Party of Great Britain by the so- called "Socialist" press here. If we send a letter or article ln direct opposition to the Blatchford "Clarion," Justice or the "Labor Leader," lt ls Ignored. We are treated aa being below mankind. But "Gourock" when he states he is outside your party and lands you one or two in writing, you welcome him. Quite right, too. That is just the spirit. But poor "Gourock" like many another "industrial unionist" seems to be possessed of a lot of notions which, put under the searchlight, fade away as snow under the rays of the sun. He speaks (or writes) that the Confederation Generate Travail of France ls organised on the lines of "industrial unionism," "with the ultimate aim ot establishing socialist production." Those are his words. Now, perhaps lt will be Interesting for "Gourock" to know that the C. G. F. of France are anarchists and repudiate political action absolutely. How anarchists are going to Introduce Socialism (which can only be accomplished by the control of the political machinery first), ls a question "Gourock" must answer. As to what is going to institute or organize the Socialist system ot society. I am under no delusion what-, ever. Socialists alone can accomplish that. There the chief necessity must be the organization for socialism, and as the working class must flrst obtain political suppremacy (vide Marx and Engels), it means that political action ls the main road upon which we must tread to attain it. But is there anyehlng ln "industrial unionism" at all? Students of social and economic evohu. -i know that society is a growth. They know that we have evolved from' "lower" systems. They know that capitalism Is put a phase developed from the past, and In the past the present was born. In the present therefore the future is receiving its nourishment and wlll be born after the womb of cabltallsm can no longer hold It. As at the moment of conception all the potentialities of life and development are Inherent, so with the capitalist system. Capital- Ism has witbln Itself the germs ot Ub own destruction and it is that that makes for the action of political control. The present method of production Is itself developing and producing the Industrial organization which will "take hold" of the means of pro iluctlon. Marx ln his chapter on the "Historical Tendency of Accumulation," says: Along with the constantly diminishing number of the magnates ot capital, who UBurp and monopolise all advantages of this proceBB of transformation, grows the mass ot misery, op- preston, slavery, degredatlon, exploitation; but with this, too, grows the revolt of ths working elsss, s cists stwsys In creasing In numbers, snd disciplined, united, organized by the very mechanism of the process of cspltallst production Itself." Page 789, English edition. Therefore, as is plain by the smull quotation, the "Industrial union" ls a futile effort and a waste of time. Capitalism is bound to collapse, and, at the moment when lt collapses production must go on, or otherwise mankind will starve. When Harrlman died did the workerB on the Union Pacific stop work? No! Someone else took his place. If all captains of Industry died today production would still proceed and those who held political power would see It did. Napoleon, Cromwell, accomplished their actions because of the army being at their back. The workers are kept quiet because the capitalist owns and controls the political machinery. Just fancy what "Gourock" and his faction would do Inside a factory "holding the means of production" and they'd have a fine chance against a battery of artillery outside, wouldn't they? The capitalist class use force agalnBt the workers ln order to protect their Interests and that ls why army and navy and police are kept—to protect capitalist property, that ls all. Now suppose, "Gourock says, that these men are workers and should have been organized ln their "industrial union" before joining the "forces." But all the "I. W. W.'s" In the world cannot stop tbe Increase ln the unemployed. Men must live, and ln order to do bo aa a last resort join the army. If, however, we could teach them what Socialism is and what lt ls not. then I feel sure they would sooner listen to working-class representatives than the vaporings of the capitalist, If the working clas held the political reins. The army does what lt ls commanded to do. It ls unlikely that they will refuse to act when the workers have political dominance? No I think not. It ls the political power the workers must go after flrst; when they have got that, well, "Gourock," you wlll have a chance to suggest industrial organization if you like. In fact I resign my position now in your favor. But. my friend, though I disagree with you in "I. W. W.-ism," I quite agree with you ln the attitude you take up against the I. L. P. Here (speaking about the army) Philip Snowden did what John Burns did in 1893. He supported the shooting down of the working class. He is a lover of tbe people, a "Socialist," agreeing with the cold- blodded massacre of the workers at Belfast. The I. L. P. also believe ln "Social- Ism" as It Is carried on ln. the post office. They say they want tho "socialization ot land and capital." Just look at that! Dozens ot branches here supparted the Liberal party. Many speakers ot the I. L. P. are now upon Free Trade platforms. Two I. L. P, spoke in support of the Liberal candidates at Crewe a few days ago. They were prominent men ln the Manchester and Salford I. L. P. The I. L. P. are not Independent, because they support all kinds of fakes —mostly the Liberal party. They are not Labor, because they stand for exploitation and the subjugation of the wage laborers. They are not a party, because they cannot run their "own" candidates and even any themselves and because they are governed by a few who boss the show and lead the "vorking class" to any place they desire. So with the S. D. P., too. They are much more treacherous than the I. L. P., because tbey sometimes preach the diss war. Liberal and Tory are supported now and again and as suits the C, and that is usually determined by bow much money Is put Into the party's funds (Camborne, for instance). What with Liberalism. Toryism, La- borisra and S. D. P.-ism, we ot the Socialist Party of Great Britain have much to contend against. But gradually we are exposing the treachery of the so-called worklng-clasB parties and no doubt we wlll soon be able to stand before the workers fully vindicated and sufficiently well known as being (as we are now) the only Socialist party tn Great Britain. MOSES BARITZ. WANTED—A FIG LEAF UNITED FARMERS OF ALBERTA Receipts for 1909, $2,518.32; ot this amount we find the government grant to be $1,000. Government grant for delegates' expenses to grain convention to Calgary, $269.55, making a grand total from the government to this body of intellectual hayseeds called United Farmers of Alberta," of $1,269.56. In other words the government has put up $20.78 more dough than the United Reubens tor this show, and should surely be entitled to a majority of the stock, thus directing the management. We have no kick on this; its perfectly correct and In keeping with the times. We do wonder how ln hades the U. F. of A., a government concern evidently, found ways and means of extracting $1,248.77 from the bunch of united pumpkin-heads. This hunch, united and disunited, should be severely spanked, separately then unitedly, for following in their usual path of blunders, by publishing this little Item of charity bestowed upon them by their enemy, the government, of $1,269.55. When you scan the next yearly report of this fighting bunch we venture to predict you will see no such trifling Item mentioned as "really, lt does no real good to the cause, you know." This Item should have read: "By donations from friends and other sources too bashful to see their names ln print," $1,269.55. S. W. WELCH. OVER 66 YEARS' EXPCRICNCE qulclily ascertain ill. ' sontffiVte*''^ MivmClim is probniil- i'',"'i!,,1S',iSi««telB*"JS*?- lions strictly cr,iiiiii"«i '"'-.HMPBWKjm Patents Tradc Maims Designs Copyrights Ac. Anrona snntllna n rl'.rtr-h olid description mar *?$ ic-Hi "nr onmlng freewhetlier en n'Jjl" * limit In 1'iiMiiS taken tfir.aiijii'WmV*"(& teoeive tpeolal notice, -rltliuul clisroo, In tne Scientific American. r.-in-ad*, $8.1* a year, jwrtage prepaid- Bold fry ^MiBro.*-,, Hew Tort , fa » St, WesMastoe. P. OL Comrade Editor,—Is not capital a thing? Yea, verily, lt is a thing to thank God on. The more we analyse It the more we feel like singing praises all the day long. We read ln Galatlans, v. 9: "A little leav.en leaveneth the whole lump." I read ln local newspapers the other day how a duck in the United States thought he would put It to the test. He gobbled up some yeast and shortly afterwarde he busted. "The duck, oh where waa he?" And lt occurred to me that just as soon as the wage slaves are leavened w 1th the leaven of Socialism, capitalism and iwage- slavery will go off with a pop also. The leaven is already working. How can there be any compromise between capitalism and wage slavery or wage-slavery and capitalism? Ths one implies the other; the one conditions the other; the one cannot exist without the other. There cannot be a consclousnes of one without a consciousness of the other. We Socialists are out to abolish both. Our ultimatum is No Compromise. Labor creates its own antagonist and then submits to the tyranny and domination of its own rceation. All a labor candidate can do ls to agitate for more wages. Apparently tbls would resolve Itself into less profits; but do you think if the capitalists give a general rise in wages other commodities would not rise also? Of course they would. Capitalists are financial experts; they are sensitive to every fluctuation of the markets. They are sharks, and If they part with a sprat it ls only to catch a whale. Labor makes both wages and profits. We Socialists want both. We want what we earn—what Is justly coming to us, And we are going to get lt. What do you think of capitalism? How do you like lt? Capitalism hangs over the earth like a black cloud, and darkness is upon the face ot the deep. But do you see yonder shining light? No, It Isn't Halley's comet, nor the star of Bethlehem. It Isn't Napoleon's star. It Isn't one of those stars that you see when the policemen hits you on the head with his stick, Mr. Striker. And lt Isn't one of those on the star spangled banner. No lt doesn't confine its rays to a country; It Illuminates the whole world. It ls the bright, clear light of Socialism. It darts through every guilty soul and murder, treason and detested sins, the coat of night being plucked from all tbelr backs, stand bare and naked trembling at themselves." The thief, the traitor, capitalism, who hath been revelling In the night, knows he ls naked and ts abashed. For the sake of decency, somebody give the cowering, trembling forked radish a fig leaf. But you, Mr. Wage-Slave, keep your eye on the light. It shines for you. Let it be as a lamp to your feet and a light to your path. Truly the light ls sweet and a pleasant thing. It Is for the eyes to behold the sun rising in all Its glory. He tricks his beams and with new spangled ore flames ln the forehead of the morning sky. Arise, wage-slave, and shine, for thy light ls come. The day breaks; the clouds have departed; the shadows flee away. Let the bright and morning star shed its beams around you. How would some of you plck-and- shovel wage-slaves like a college education? The other day I was reading a chapter of the "New Ethics," a book by Prof. G. H. Moore. At Oxford and Cambridge they educate men till they receive the title D. D. Professor Moore tells us one of these D. D.'s devoted his time to finding out when man was created and he came to the conclusion that "man was created by the Trinity on October 23. 4004 B. C, at 9 o'clock In the morning." There is something so profound, so stupendous, so overwhelming about this discovery thst It staggers humanity. The word "dunce" had Its origin ln a name I. e., Duns Scotus (died 1308), the Bubtle doctor, tbe leader of the schoolmen, from him called Dunses, who opposed classical studies on the revival of learning. Ilences any opposer of learning—a blockhead—D. D., that Is to say Drivelling Dunce. Well, let us cease to talk about dunces. Let's talk of graves and worms and epitaphs. King Edward is dead and burled. He has exchanged his large kingdom for a little grave— a little,' little grave. It is Interesting to note that although he was respected and sincerely mourned by a good many, English kings have not laways been bo respected. Bigod, Earl of Norfolk defied Edward the First when he wanted him to go to war against his will. "By God, Sir Earl," swore the King to Bigod, "you shall either go or banc" "By God. Sir King," was the cool reply. "1 will neither go nor hang." Ami Oliver Cromwell said: "If I met Ihe King (Charles I.) ln battle I wmil'l lire my pistol at the King as at knotber." Was Oliver Cromwell a patriot *" Yea, verily. They hung his body upon a gibbet, and now thoy have hlm .nitsldn the Houses of Parliament Mdlng a cock hoss to Banbury Cross to s(e a fine lady get on a white hoss. Yours for Socialism, CLIFFORD BUTLER. tXere and Tfow By "Smith." j ____. The financial statement of the Clarion for May shows a deficit ot $49.50. How do you like it? In spite of all the belts and laurel wreaths and other badges of merit held out to Induce you atlffs to boost ±te only paper, this is all you can do. Pe i aps the hot weather has made you apathetic 1st mind and stiff In the j -in*9. We must do better or withdraw the , U. Let ua put it right next month. • • • Gribble ls still doing his bit notwithstanding a bum arm -or some other physical disability. He has managed to bring down five ln Steelton and Sault Ste. Marie. • • ■ A. Percy Chew, Winnipeg, Man., drops tn another one together with some interesting remarks on the nature of the Labor.party ln that spot of the world. He wlll not be surprised If lt dies a natural death shortly. For the sake ot the plug let us hope so. • • • A. P. Hazell'B "Summary ot Capital." recently published serially ln the Clarion, ls now off the press. This Is a work that should be sold by every local ln the Dominion. Many wage plugs not possessing the necessary power to apply themselves to the laborious work of studying Marx ln the original form will find this digest an excellent little work, aa it contains a clear, lucid explanation of the Marxian theory of value, concise definitions of labor-power, wages, etc., and a (ull account of the process of capitalist exploitation. My advice to every reader ls to get onto lt. Keep one In your pocket for reading in street cars ind other like places and carry a dozen with you for distribution amongst your fellow workmen. Local Vancouver has started the pace with an order for one thousand. The price Is fairly low, and, as the quack medicine sellers say, witbln the reach of all. To subscribers to publishing fund, $1 per hundred; 26 cents per dozen to others and 6 cents per copy. • • • Steen ls< busy as ever ln South Vancouver. Two more scalps on his belt. Keep lt up and you'll have as many In your district as in the city, e • • Comrade Lewis, Vancouver, had 60 cents over the cost of production of his . labor-power the other day and passed tt on to the Maintenance Fund. e e e Whether we speak of Canada or the States ss "the land ot the free and the home of the brave," makes little difference. It Is as true in the one case ss in the other. It Is a free country to those who are strong enough to bluff and sufficiently wealthy to control the lives of their fellow men. If all men are "born free and equal," they lose their birthright somewhere between the drawing ot the first and second breath. As we have to submit ln the most cowardly fashion to the end that we may secure something to eat, home ot the brave" Is just about as beautiful as the flrst part of the line. Two lies in two statements. • e e A good way to spend Empire Day or any other day like lt Ib to go hunting for subs. This ts how J. W. Treb- bltt filled It In, and he caught two of them right ln town. • • • Hugh Mitchell, Cumberland, encloses $3, renewing his own sub., hooking up a new one and a dollar to go somewhere. The heart of Watts ln Winnipeg will be gladdened by an Increase In tbe size of his bundle to the extent of the aforementioned dollar. • • • Job. Effler digs up a couple of clams In Qrandvlew, Vancouver. Everybody dig. • • • We have a communication from the postmaster here notifying us that there is no such person as Thos. Andrews, Room 6, Dominion Trust Building, known to the post office. If this meets the eye of Thos. Andrews or anyone who knows him, a postcard will put us wise. • e e A. 8tewart, Mooee Jaw, puts another one on the list and wants a dollar's worth of Charlie's dope, as also doea Jas. Haywood, who sends one fifty for his renewal and a bunch of "A Proletarian In Politics." One each as fallows: D. Graham, Prince Rupert; D. Pearson, Colling- wood East; F. Watklnson, Toronto; H. S. Oldham, Ottawa; J. E. Dubber- ley, Vancouver, B, C; W. S. Buchanan, Saskatoon, Sask.; Taque. Vernon, B. C, J. McComblo, Phoenix, 1). C; J. Wright, Dauphin, Man. ATENTS pMPTLY_SECyREP oUcf tke tjuslness of Manufacturer!', Itnrieeerii end others wliorealiM the Rdviaabsl- ity el baring thtlr "'ntcnl l,iiBincss transacted ly neat's. PreHmiimryndvicc tree. Clmrfree 1-K-ienUs. Oar Inventor's Adviser seiituwro rco»e«t. Merlon Ik Marlon. New York Life Bldg, 'ibatreal: ' u.l*WSstl'UfftOn, D.C, V.SJL. THE WESTERN CLARION, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. SATURDAY, JUNE 4th, 1910 ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. It recently being a wet Sunday afternoon, too wet for us to hold a propaganda meeting, some of us went up to that institution known as the People's Forum. This is the same place which some of the late reform members of the Socilalst Party attended and claimed that they were spreading "the Socialist Philosophy amongst a large and intelligent audience." To hear the discussion you would think they had been, all kinds, patriots, people who can prove poverty is your own fault, and single taxers, who talk about they are Socialists, so far, but do not see the necessity for it, for why don't you know that when we have got the land and the emancipation of labor, we could soon get the machinery, or If ■ot we could produce more, couldn't we. Where I can hardly see their arguments Is how labor can be emancipated, whilst one class still holds the most vital factor in production today, the machine. We might possibly get along on some kind of Tolstoi Socialism, but what argument that ls used against the ownership of land is tbere, that cannot be used against the ownership of the machine? The speaker was a native ot India, and his subject "The Cause of the Unrest In India." The speaker gave us quite ah interesting and educating talk on the conditions existing ln India, but not being a mastes of that useful Chinese hieroglyphics known as shorthand, I shall have to write from notes. He outlined conditions ln India which are certainly a disgrace to civilization, bnt are hardly any different ln India, when climate, soil, waterways, geographical position and other conditions are considered, than ln Canada or England or any other country. He spoke about the wealth of India, that it was the brightest jewel ln tbe British Crown, also of the great buildings, and the most modern and up-to-date hotels there, but all belonging and owned by ' the British. He mentioned how tbe standard of living there was being con' tinually lowered, and now the people of India were receiving on an average aa wages, about 6 cents a day. No wonder our patriotic bosses like to help the poor heathen by giving him work. He put up some good arguments against the thriftlessness and the laziness of the people there being the causa of their poverty and showed that since British rule had been established there the natives were compelled to work about twice as long to get about half of what they formerly got, which means that a man has to work 4 hours now to, get what he previously got in 1 hour. If this is the result of civilization, and It seems to be the general rule (Cuba is another example), the sooner we geT back to Bavagery the better lt would be for us, only we cannot turn the clock of time backwards, we must continually keep going forward. Then he told pf a previous system In India, ln which they lived ln a state Of Collectivism, he called lt Socialism and claimed that India had Socialism before Europe knew of it, but which really waa communism, a system which existed before chattel slavery and private property was Introduced Daring that time starvation amongst them was practically unknown, but that It was a product of modern civilisation, which undoubtedly is a very unpleasant truth. Still we muBt recognise that his ideas are simply a result of his environment, and according to the way he gets his living, so will his mind record, and convert these records Into Ideas. His remedy for the evils of India, wbb by giving the Hindoos self-government, such as Canada and South Africa have, thus the cause, the robbery by the British would be removed. Remove the British exploiter bo that the native capitalist could extract hU full pound of flesh from the hides of the workng claas! Truly an Ingenious solution of the situation in India. Do we find in any country where we have capitalists, It matters not whether they are of our own nationality or not, that we have a system where every man can be assured a living, where he can be certain that If he Ib willing to work he will be able to provide himself with the necessities of life? We don't, and neither would we In India so long as a capitalist of any kind was allowed to take unearned wealth. Whether he s a black or a white exploiter of labor, capital must have its just reward, and its just reward is all it can get. The remedy he puts up appeals to me In about the same manner as the single tax theory, which Is this. That a bunch of small exploiters, who know nothing ubout Burplus value, are exploiting labor, but after getting all the proceeds of the exploitation can't hang on to lt but are compelled to hand over the greater part to a landlord. Remove the landlord and the surplus would then be allowed to stay in their pockets. How very nice for them, but how nice for the fellow underneath to know tbat the surplus lie produces docs not go to the landlord, but the employing capllallst keeps It. Our friend assured us that he did not think the Hindoos would rise In revolt and give us a repetition of the Black Hole of Calcutta, because when the prrwi'i I'.'n':. tiovrpa V, was there"", they gave him a great reception. But would the memory of the great white Rajah be strong enough to counteract such an economic condition as starvation, I hardly think so. Give the people of Canada a good crisis and see which dominates their minds, patriot- Ism or economic conditions. Then, again, read the capitalist press, does It not seem as if a great fire was beginning in India? The asassination of Curzon Wyley, the publishing of the so-called seditious papers are these not embers smouldering and waiting to be fanned Into the flame of revolt? Why does England want India in Its dominions, especially when you remember the army that has to be constantly kept there? Simply because it is an absolute necessity under the system, lt is a result of Imperialism. Imperialism or jingoism is capitalism extending and preserving itself, with the aid of those hirelings known as the army ard navy. The workers who produce cannot buy back with their wages that which they have produced. There- tore, we are in a position of seeing things which we need produced not for use but for the increase of capital. So the capitalists through their government destroy the liberties of weaker nations and compel! them to find a market, to be exploited and pay interest on bonds. Their method of civilization is first, the missionary, then the rum bottle, then the bayonet to keep them in order while they rob them. Such is capitalism, out of which grows imperialism, resulting in the universal misery of the working class, which can only be removed by removing capital and capitalism, lock, stock and barrel. J. STEWART. CHARITY AND PHILANTHROPY Man has evolved to his present stage of sensitiveness slowly but surely and in tbe march of evolution will reach a higher stage just as soon as he is completely freed from the ever- present necessities, such as food, clothing and shelter. One class, the master class, does not have that present gnawing stomach-hunger, and their needs ln regard to fine raiment and fine houses are amply provided for, consequently that trait of sensitiveness is developed to a hlghter degree. The wage-earner Is forced by a competitive labor market to devote all his energy towards obtaining his food, clotbing and shelter. He Is always in the midst of poverty, misery and starvation, surrounded upon all sides by fllth, rubbish and literally wallowing In offal. He is accustomed to the sights, sounds tnd smells of the slums from the time he kicks ln his cradle until the time he kicks the bucket. "Vice is a monster of so frightful a mien That to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet, seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace!" These lines from the poet tell the true story in regard to the working class. They are individualists and have not realized the value of combination (only to a certain extent) in obtaining their material desires. Combination and Intercourse with our fellow man brings us to a higher conception of the liberties which we accord our fellow beings. To use a bourgeois and Indefinite expression, we become generous. All the actions of the human animal are determined, in the final analysis, by material interest alone. Take, for instance, the example of an individual finding a dog with a broken leg. He stops, puts himself to considerable trouble either to kill the animal outright or to bind up the leg ln the best poslble manner at the time. Now this man was probably unused to suffering of that kind, and the actual sight of lt caused him mental agony, and In order to relieve his own suffering he attended to the animal's wants as best he could. This man could read or be told of hundreds of dogs being burnt alive and not feel tbe slightest mental pain, yet the very Instant the dog appeared before his eyes he was immediately prompted to action. Why do men have this peculiar indifference on the one hand and so much "generosity" on the other? men wlll suffer as much from Indirect acts of cruelty as they do from the direct, it is foolish and absurd to call this act an unselfish one tnd that a selfish one. The master class ride In their Juggernaut car called capital, only feeling an occasional slight jolt when they pass over an exceptionally big heap of slaves, but never see, nor do they wish to see the writhing mass of hu- LADY FOR 8ALE Fortune was achieved at one daring stroke by a Chicago lady typist named Elizabeth Magie, who four years ago created astonishing excitement by imblishing a half-column advertisement, announcing herself "for sale to ihe highest bidder." The language she employed indicated that she was a woman of unusual ability, and the result manlty left upon the trail. Charity in i was that an army of Chicago reporters the main, however, ls "donated" for|i'>vaded her home,, and she explained the purpose of keeping the working ithat the brains of an industrial slave class from revolt. Their position has I 'vere at the disposal of the employer become so desperate that should this «'ho valued them the most highly. foul thing cease to operate for a short time, no ruling class could resist the hungry mob that would arise. The capitalist class Is wise to this fact and always keep the coffers of charity filled just enough to keep the wage- slaves from starving to death, and for a horde of parasites who feed and fester upon it. John D. Rockerfeller has recently organized charity upon a business basis, that is he uses his class government flrst to grant It privilege and then to endow it with authority. Now, as a business proposition, it must produce surplus value In some form or else John D. would have nought to do with it. With all bourgeois cunning lt must glorify and hold up to the world's admiration the name of John D. Rockefeller as the greatest philanthropist this earth has .ever produced. All philanthropists ln the past have received this kind of return for the money for libraries, etc., with which they have been blinding the wage slaves to their own material Interests, but John D. is ultra modern and looks into the future. This individual has amassed such an amount of surplus value (robbed from the wage-warker) that he ls now forced to turn large amounts of it back into circulation again In order to keep the value- of his holding up to the market price. We all know that under capitalism, values are low and business stagnates when money does not circulate freely and this is just the point where John D. comes in; that is, he receives insurance upon his vested interests free of charge. Andrew Carnegie with his free libraries is another example bf the bourgeoisie trying to hand down io future generations examples ot thdir "unparalleled generosity," Our frieid Andrew, however, would be locked ip in an insane asylum were he to erect monuments to the hundreds of mfcn slaughtered at the Homestead riots, presumably In protection of his property, but in realtly to make them become more docile slaves. ' The soldier's uniform is literally, the sign of charity. While they may be used in protection of tbe masters' property, the capitalist class are more or less afraid that they might turn their arms upon themselves, and are forced to dispense charity in this form by economic conditions. If the standing armies of Europe were disbanded, the master class would have one hell of a time retaining their ill-gotten gains. The capitalist class are enabled by their possession of the powers of government to rob the workers of all their product except that which will keep skin and bone hanging together, and although they waste a prodigious amount of this product, it is infinitesimal compared with the amount that is constantly flowing into their maw, therefore our Rockefellers and Carnegles are up against it when they try to dispose of It. The working class are getting wiser; they are joining the Socialist parties In every country upon the face of the earth, and when they control the governments, the workers will receive the full product of their toll. Charity will then become unnecessary and only then. In the meantime lt behooves the members of the Socialist party,to keep their eyes upon this Rockerfeller Foundation skin game and try if possible to block any attempt on the part of this human skeleton to obtain any more power than he now enjoys. JUNIUS BRUTUS. Within a few days she secured international attention. She was invited to lecture all over the country. She wrote a book called "The Slave Triumphant." She Is now a dramatic reciter ln large demand. She Invents and patents toys lor children in her odd moments and is generally earning a most substantial income. She ls still unmarried, but publication of the fact tbat she Is now living in luxury wlll bring her offers of marriage from every Joint of the compass. Whether or no this will appeal to her heart, it will certainly appeal to her sense of humor. The advertisement which gave Miss Magie fame and fortune was published at tbe time in our columns. It contained the following: "For sale to the highest bidder, young woman, American, slave, Intelligent, refined, honest, just, poetical, philosopher, broad-minded and big-souled, and womanly above all things. Brunette, large grey-green eyes, full, passionate lips, splendid teeth; not beautiful, but attractive, and full of character and strength. Height 5 ft. 3 in., well proportioned, graceful, supple. Had a 10,000-dollar education, but can only earn ten dollars a week. Age—well, she is not very old, but was not born yesterday. Artistic temperament, warm, generouB-hearted, kind, gentle, affectionate, bubbling over with merriment and withal dignified, sedate, studious, and sometimes bowed down with grief at the miseries of humanity. Can appreciate a good story and tell a better; is not a bit prudish, yet is deeply religious, though not pious; has a vivid Imagination and unusual psychic powers. Can not sew a little bit, but can plan a dashing costume. Cannot tell plank steak from porterhouse, but can arrange a swell dinner. Doesn't go to church, but obeys the laws of God. Cannot cook, but can create. Longs for Bilk underwear, but has to put up with cotton, while shallow-pated ladles air themselves and their lapdogs in 5,000-dollar automobiles. She is a crackerjack typewriter, but typewriting is hell. Has Axmlnster tastes and rag-carpet opportunities. This young woman, therefore, in offering herself for sale, is doing nothing but what hundreds of women are doing every day. In this case, however, the slave has given more than ordinary thought and consideration to her condition and the cause of it, and instead of offering herself for sale privately, she does so openly, in the hope of bringing a larger price than might be obtained at a private sale." Her hope, says the Dally Telegraph, appears to have been abundantly realized. EXTRACT FROM "THE MENACE OF SOCIALISM." (By F. Lawler Wilson) Page 316. Published in England, 1909. among "Meanwhile the extremists the Socialists are also prospering. The S. P. G. 11,. a young organization and In the one case the ,,„ offBhoot of the S. D. P. is spread- suffering ls concrete and obtrudes Itself upon the vision, and in the other the cries of the animal can not be heard and consequently Is abstract. We tlnd occasionally the women of shacks of the working class ami minister to the horrible wrecks of humanity therein, not merely to be In correct form, such Is usually the case, but lo relieve that material suffering which they themselves endure. They, however, are thoroughly cosnizant of the fact, that, from tbe poverty of the working class must come the luxury which they themselves enjoy, but here again the suffering is abstract, and as the bourgeoisie see little of the misery and the degredation of the working class, It Is absolute folly to appeal to the better natures which they are supposed tO pOBSeFS. I'l.'ll' ','.'• "','» •>' Ing about London and challenging the older organization in such districts as Muttersea and Tottenham. "The memberB are Marxians and re- olutlonaries; preaching the class war, the bourgeoisie enter the miserable The catechumens of the Party are put Hi rough a rigid course of training In the principles of their creed which they must be prepared to defend at. the risk of their liberty. What Is most remarkable and disquieting about this dangerous organization is the fact that the members are unquestionably higher grade working men of great Intelligence, respectability and energy. They are, bb a whole, the best Informed Socialists ln the country, and would make Incomparable soldiers or desperate larrlcadlsts. "As revolutionaries they deserve no mercy; as men they comim.r'1 ■•!> 'tor t. " "ROBBED" Comrade Moore ln last week's Clarion (No. 581) makes the statement that an upholder of the present capitalist system is not robbed. I say he is robbed and just as much as a worker who protests. The gist of Comrade Moore's argument Is mat if a worker voluntarily and without protesting allows the capitalist to take from him what he has produced, he is not robbed. Now the worker, or the majority of the workers who uphold the present system and voluntarily allow themselves to be robbed, do so' through ignorance, believelng tbey are getting their share of the products. I say they are robbed, and although they do not protest against lt, lt ls because they are not educated to the fact, and are therefore ignorant. There are thousands who do not understand that the capitalist system robs them. They do not understand Socialism and are not Socialists. They are filled with the traditional old-party Ideas which teach tbem to believe the capitalist class Is necessary. And furthermore, the worker has ever been a Blave ln society whether a chattel Blave, a serf or a wage Blave, consequently the master class has caused his environment to be such that the slave would be ignorant of the fact that he was robbed. When a worker understands he ls robbed and sees the weapon with which he can protest, he will do so. We must rid the slave of his Ignorance and he will revolt. We know there are a good many wage plugs who have a rather hard covering over their grey mater, but bit them hard. CLAUDE F. ORCHARD. Kamloops, B. C. CLARION FINANCIAL STATEMENT. (May, 1910) Expenditure. Printing $188.00 Mailing 13.60 Boy 20.00 Total $221.60 Receipts , Subs '.'...'! $133.60 Ads and Carda................. 38.50 lofHt. 49.50 .'.■I-, i $221.60 PLATFORM Socialist Party of Canada We, the Socialist Party ot Canada, ln convention assembled, affirm our allegiance to and support of the principles and programme of the revolutionary working class. Labor produces all wealth, and to the producers it should belong. The present economic system is based upon capitalist ownership of the means of production, consequently all the products of labor belong to the capitalist elsss. The capitalist Is therefore master; ths worker a slave. So long as the capitalist class remains in possession ot the reins of government all the powers of the State wlll 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 degredation. The interest of the working class lies in the direction of setting Itself free from capitalist exploitation by the abolition of the wage system, under which is cloaked the robbery of the working class at the point of production. To accomplish this necessitates the transformation of capitalist property ln the means of wealth production Into collective or working-class property. The Irrepressible conflict of interests between tha capitalist and the worker ls rapidly culminating in a struggle for possession of the reins of government—the capitalist to hold, the worker to secure lt by political action. This Is the class struggle. Therefore, we call upon all workers to organize under the banner of the Socialist Party ot Canada with the object of conquering the public powers for the purpose of setting up and enforcing the economic programme of the working class, as follows: 1. The transformation, as rapidly as possible, of capitalist property ln the means of wealth production (natural resources, factories, mills, railroads, etc.) into the collective property ot the working class. 2. The democratic organization and management ot Industry by the workers. 3. 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 tbe 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 Socialist Party Ib for it; if lt 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. Books of all Kinds The Works of Josephus 3.00 Rensberg's Bible ISO Ingersoll's 44 Lectures 1.50 Darwin's Descent of Man ISO McCabe's Life of Fcrri 30c Paine's Age of Reason ISC Three Weeks, Elinor Glynn... 1.50 Robbery Under Arms, Boldrewood MS The People's Book Store 162 Cordova St W. Attention ! 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