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WESTERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE SOCIALIST PARTY OP CANADA CLARI PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING CLASS ALONE NUMBER 656 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1912 Subscription Price Al AA SCIENCE OF SOCIALISM AND LAWS OF EVOLUTION Sot g Observations On the Law of Motion as Relating Jo the Growth and Development of Human f i Society. I c 1 i A jr ural law ts a generalization of mlt gives us "character.". Can we obs 5 d facts showing the necessary an<; gular relation* between them. Th stiflcatlon of a natural law Is, p firstly, our inability to think the opposite, and, secondly, its consistency with other natural laws. Newton's first law of motion says: think of any factor other than temperament and environment which hetps to determine character? (6) "The structure and functions of the social organism determined by the characters of its units." This is equivalent to saying that 'A body continues in a state of rest, the institution and actions of society or of motion in a straight line, unless are the result of the actions of all the It Is acted on by some force." , units. Society is impersonal, and the We are bound to accept this law changes in structure and function are because we cannot conceive the oppo-jdue to the efforts of each unit to sat- ,site. We cannot think of a body as isfy his desires in the most convenient being at rest and beginning to move without thinking of the force which moves lt. And also we cannot think of a body as moving in a straight way. Every individual, although his character is molded by circumstances, has some effect on the society which produces him. If the form of society line and then changing its course as ja not determined by the sum total coming to rest without also thinking of Its constituents, then by what is of the force which causes it to do it determined? so. Applying the second test, we find thfs law is in harmony with the other laws of physics. And so In every science we have Having dealt with each of the laws separately, we may now apply them in various combinations to the evolution of society, and if they harmonize a number of natural laws consistent j With each other an estimate of their with each other and which explain j sufficiency may be made. 1 the facts of everyday observation. The material from which these laws are formulated grows out of the common knowledge of the body of thinkers. Sociology is that science whose laws explain the relations existing between the individual and society, and the changes in structure and function I suuiciency may oe made. Beginning I with chattel slavery, we find here a number of human beings of low development. They have physical desires which move them to action. All things considered, they find it along the line of least resistance to work for their owners. Obviously, this mode of satisfying their hunger desires is deter- | of the latter. The following five laws ] mlnea by tneir characters and the are put forward as being sufficient to \ explain all these' relations and changes. From them a complete the-1 presence of men who are cunning enough to enslave them. Were they more intelligent they would combine ory of social evolution may be de- an,j gatisty their wants wIthout s]av. ducecl (1) Satisfaction of desire is the motive of all action. (2) Action is always taken along the line of least resistance. (3) The line of least resistance Is •'determined by the character of the individual and the nature of his environment. (4) Character is determined by temperament and environment. (5) The structure and function of the social organism is determined by the characters of its units. Let us take these laws In order and apply the first test—that is, to conceive the opposite. "Satisfaction of desire the motive THE LAST ROUND SOCIALLY DESIRABLE. According to political economists the idle rich are socially desirable, because they ^make work for and give employment to others. If they went to work, or curtailed their needs, they would be selfish in thus depriving others of the blessed privileges of toil. By the same sign the idle poor are also socially desirable, and, therefore, we need have nothing but complacence over the so-called tramp problem. Tramps give employment to policemen, detectives, judges, court attaches, prison guards, settlement workers, charity experts, reformers and many others. Let us be careful how we denounce them, lest we upset the whole fabric of criminology?— Life. THE MACHINE AGE. Our civilization is essentially a ma- chine civilization; the machine is Its typical representative. The steamship and locomotive, which play such an immense role in our modern life, are essentially machines. Nearly all the products we consume have the stamp of the machine upon them; either they are fashioned by the machine or the machine brings them to us. The next social revolution will be fought around the machine—the machine will be the storm centre. Modern society cannot live for a day without the machine; and, unlesB it is to be always at the mercy of a decreasing handful of machine owners, it must make the machine social property—which again means the triumph of Socialism.—Arthur Morrow Lewis. THE MASK REMOVED FROM CAPITALIST PRODUCTION Wages Continually Forced Downward Owing to Pressure Upon Labor Market of Growing Army of Unemployed. THE WORLD-WIDE STRUGGLE in? for a master. But, again, their I characters have been developed amid j these surroundings, and they can con-1 ceive of no other action. The slave- j owners have desires which they satis-: fy along the line of least resistance. I They are cunning, and there are igno-' rant men about them, so their line of least resistance is to ma.ie these ignorant men work and to own them like horses. Were the slave owners more intelligent they would teach the slaves how to work machinery, set them free, and buy them again by the day. From among the slaves the masters select slave-drivers, and these men, according to their lights, find their line of least resistance in driv of action." Is it possfble to think of lng thelr once feiIoW-slaves and in action without desire? Many of our desires arise and are satisfied unconsciously. We breathe, digest, perspire, and so on, without conscious ef toadying to their masters. And so we see that, the actions of all these men make up a social system of slavery. We could not imag- fort. If these desires are not satis-1 ,ne a ayBtem of thIs sort bullt up of fled we are uneasy-we have dis-ease. I agitatorS| or of men alI on a levei 0f The conscious desires may be divided, (lntel,igence. There must be cunning, for the sake of convenience, into two: and ignorance. Once established, this kinds, the physical and the mental. \ form of Boclety went on for hundreds The physical desires are for food and j of year8 becaUBe lt |)roduced the e]e- creature comforts; the mental desires j ments necesBary for ltB existence. But are for self-approval and the approval |t couW not ,agt foreveri although the ( essentials of it passed into the next come rich. historical form of society—serfdom, j The workers drink all they make The serfs found It convenient to work.and so don't save any wealth. of others. When the physical desires are satisfied, the mental desires increase—but in all cases and In all persons action Is taken only to satisfy desire The present warfare between workers and the hirelings of a master class which is being, waged in Christian countries today is truly worthy of mdie than passing notice. Scarcely a single copy of any paper that you may pick up, fails to give an account of at least one fight that is being waged in some commercial centre between the producers of wealth and possessors of wealth. If you, "Mr. Reader," will take the trouble to ask the first ten men you meet on the street why in this the twentieth century, where so much wealth can be, and io being produced with a minimum amount of labor there should be poverty on one hand and untold wealth on the other, sufficient to cause a continual struggle between labour and capital, you will doubtless meet with ten different answers, which would look something like the following If put into print: "Oh. Hie workers are a hunch of discontented sinners who are never satisfied anyway. If they would go to church more and be obedient and not do any kicking, and by being diligent and Industrious, they would soon be- three days or some part of the week for the feudal lord. The lord, on When they join the temperance oi- ganizatlons they will be well off be- "Action taken along line of least the otner hand> fol|n(, tnat a man wn0 cause tney will save what they now 1 resistance." This seems so self-evident as to need little emphasis. Everyone tries to satisfy his wants with a minimum of exertion, and it is a question ever before each of us as to which is the line of least resistance. "Line of least resistance determined <by character and environment." It seems obvious that the individual's choice of action is conditioned by his ■environment and his capacities; that is, by what he is able to do, and what he is permitted to do by circum- | stances. Is it possible to think of anything else that helps to determine the line of least resistance? | "Character determined by temperament and environment." By temper- [ ament is here meant the inherited or ' .constitutional qualities of the individual. We are born with certain de- i sires, and the development and satisfaction of these as circumstances per- could not be bought, and sold, but was only tied to the land, was a much more intelligent worker than the chattel slave. The serf had a "stake In the country," he had limited property spend In drink. Well while the ten different answers will all be a little different, the two given above will contain the substance of the whole. If you don't Propaganda Meeting GRAND • THEATRE Sunday, Feb. 25,8 p.m. Speakers: W. GRIBBLE J. H. McVety, Chairman rights, and so he dldnt trouble the I think so try It and find out. baron by revolting too often. Serf-1 Now if you are of an Inquiring turn dom developed into landlordism, in' of mind and given to pondering upon which the tenant is not even tied to what you see and hear, you will come the land but is compelled to pay rent, to the conclusion that you have not for its use. Contemporary with serfdom the individual craftsman developed. He was not tied to the land, nor did he own land. He produced his wares Individually and exchanged them for other things. As time went on it was found by sonie that men working together produced more than they did by individual effort, The men who were Industrious and clever bought machinery and paid men wages to work for them. With the profits thus obtained they bullt factories, and bo we have the formation of the historical classes of capitalist and proletariat. The capitalist, originally a worker along with his men directing them, withdrew to the offi after appointing a paid foreman lo take his place. From* the office he went to the director's chair, leaving a superintendent to succeed him. Today the capitalist is purely parasitic — Industry goes on regardless of his comings out or goings in. We have a large number of men who satisfy their elementary physical desires by working for capitalist corporations. been aided in solving the riddle to any great extent. For you will observe that the workers have been a contended bunch of slaves who bore with their lot for centuries. They have had the gospel of being good preached into them for ages. Have become converted to the Chris tian faith; have become so diligent and industrious, and have used their inventive faculties to such an extent that they only need a small fraction of their numbers to create more than the whole people can consume and yet the cold fact remains that even these industrious ones are constantly on the brink of starvation and are continually foiced to fight to keep their wages high enough to keep them and their families from being forced down to live on boiled rice. So much for their thrift. Now what about them becoming sober. ;Well if we look Into the matter deep enough we will find that they," the workers, have received on an average of less than $2.00 per day for each day they have worked, and have according to the statistics compiled by the master class created on the average of $10.00 worth of wealth per day. Now it is very evident that granted they live' completely on air and go naked and spend all they receive In wages In drink, yet that could hardly make them poor when they had yet $8.00 of a surplus to their credit. It Is not the purpose of the writer of this aitide to go Into the matter of what the wage workers create and what they receive In wages, but merely to suggest that the reader go into it himself. However, to return, we find that the workers Instead of spending $2.uc per day in drink they have become so sober (of necessity) that they no longer touch pure liquor of any kind but are content with a glass of water witli a spoonful of rank poison dropped in to give It the proper color. This last accomplishment "by the way" is the sum total of the magnificent results obtained by the strenuous efforts of a multitude of temperance organizations the world over. Now with all that has been done by the churches yet, you find more poverty, more crimes, more strikes than ever before. Surely, therefore, when you find A great many workers seem to have the fdea that in some way we can take the wealth from the capitalist gradually, and at the same time gradually divest them of their power. In other words, they think that revolutions come about a step at a tfme. While it is true that the overthrow of the landed aristocracy by the modern capitalist class was a long-drawn- out affair, this resulted from the fact that revolution was brought about by the displacement of one kind of property by another kind of property. Capitalist property became a more important factor in the life of society than landed property, which finally effected tl)e overthrow of the landed aristocracy and secured the supremacy of the capitalist class. With the advent of the capitalist regime came the beginning of machine production; and though the evolution of the machine has brought about a revolution ln production, it has not bought into existence any other kind of property which threatens the supremacy of the master class, such as happened in the feudal Bystem, and finally brought about its overthrow. While the wage system has not developed any other kind of property which threatens its overthrow, it has brought into existence a class of individuals, the proletaire, who, white they have nt> property, threaten the supremacy of the. employing class on the ground that the employer Is no longer necessary to production and that they, as the creators of all wealth, are the only factor vital to our social economy ■ All past revolutions were between classes representing different kinds of property interests. The revolution we are preparing for now is not between classes with different property Interests, but between the capitalist class, who have all the wealth or property, and the working class, who have little or no property. Can or will this change or revolution take place by one master stro"ke by the workers themselves, or will lt come gradually through political action or the gradual shortening of the work day? Here comes the disagreement between us revolutionists. Some think the change will come gradually through political action, while others think they can gradually shorten the ■hours of labor by the power of union organization. Some of us, on the other hand, believe that the revolution will come about by uniting the workers on an issue, the operation of which would abolish the Wage system and at the same time inaugurate the cooperative commonwealth. The last method 1b the one this magazine and its promoters believe to be the most easy and praclicnl method, for it Is one all members of the other. There Is another rule or factor Inherent in the very nature of capitalist production which has to . do with our hours and wages, and that is this: Labor as a commodity is bought and sold, and the rule governing all business transactions forces the buyer to insist on getting all he pays for, consequently when labor power Is bought the buyer insists on getting as near as possible all the power the worker possesses. No matter how we organize, the unemployed army, which is ever increasing with the improvements in methods of production, will keep forcing us down to the standard naturally set by the nature of capitalist production and the wage system. There Is another reason why we cannot, under the capitalist system, lower the working time below the productive powers of the worker; that Is, the race struggle. Up to the present time the struggle has been be- j tween different sections of the Aryan race. Now the struggle has shifted. Today the Mongolian race Is fast coming into position; in fact, the struggle Is now on, to challenge our supremacy. This struggle is for the worlds markets, and with the markets goes the civilization and independent powers of the vanquished. If the Mongolian wins in this struggle, he will impose his standards, his .civilization and his racial characteristics on the rest of mankind, Just as the Caucasian has done in the past. With the Mongolians enormous army of workers, used to a low standard of living, when their enormous power is applied to modern machinery and methods of production, It will simply mean, if we maintain our supremacy against such odds we workers will be forced down to conditions little better, if not as bad, as our Mongolian brother. A dark picture of the future, isn't It? If we workers allow the capitalist system to continue much longer lt Is a picture that will surely come true. Small hope to bring about a revolution by shortening the hours a little more and more till we receive the full fruition of our toil. For us to try would only result In the continuation of our own miserable condition. But there is a bright and hopeful side to the picture. It has force only so long as the capitalist system lasts. With the end of capitalism, the struggle for a living, the struggle for the worlds markets, the class struggle, and the ruce struggle will come to an end.—The Three-Hour Day. THE IDEAL SOLDIER Young men: The lowest aim In your life is to be a soldier. The good soldier never tries to distinguish right from wrong, lie never thinks; never reasons; he only obeys. If he Is or- worklng class can help to bring intojdered to fire on his fellow citizens, on operation. i hia friends, on his neighbors, on his In considering the possibility of the , relatives, he obeys without hesitation. revolution coming about as the result of a series of Bteps, or step at a time, each step being a shorter work day, until the worker receives the full so If he is ordered to fire down a crowded street, where the poor are clamoring for bread, he obeys, and sees the gray halrB of age stained with red and cial value of his product, which will the life tide gushing from the breasts In itself change the basis of approprl- |oi women, feeling neither remorse nor ation from the owners of the machine j sympathy. If he is ordered off as one to the worker, which is the revolu- Of a firing squad to execute a hero or tlonary act, nature itself has some- benefactor, he fires without hesitation, thing to say in the matter. There arc certain rules governing capitalist production which manifest themselves human breast in certain tendencies. Can these rules be broken within the capitalist system? Surely past experience Bhoulrl |not even a brute, for brutes only a man who answers your j teach us that to attempt it only means in Belf-defense. All that l* human In though he knows the bullet will pierce the noblest heart that ever beat In A good soldier is a blind, heartless, soulless, murderous machine. He Is kill This is their line of least resistance because they know no other way; they are Ignorant. Were they more enlightened they would band together for mutual benefit and refuse to work for others. Then we have the bosses (corresponding to the old slave-drivers), who find ft convenient lo make some work to keep others Idle. Their action is determined by circumstance, this being chiefly the presence of a large number of servile wage slaves who submit to being bossed. The capitalist sys'em, then, does not depend on the greed of the capitalists or the arrogance of the slave drivers, but rests on the broad form dation of the wage-slaves ignorance. W. BAGULEY. question, on the poverty question, in j disaster to all who try a manner that gives you more light the deeper you dig; surely you will be j capitalist production Fomcwhat refreshed when you find your head getting above the troubled waters, even though the one who has been Instrumental ln Betting you on the right track is a crazy socialist. Well if you will read the Western Clarion for a year you will get a solution that when checked up will be found correct. In conclusion, let me say, that If a solution of all the various problems bearing on social conditions Is worth a dollar per year to you then you can. have it In the Western Clarion. If! and different national standards of not, then your entire mental think- living, the tendency Is to force the worker down to a bare living wage on him, all that Is divine in him, all that Marx discovered the i rue nature of I constitutes the man, has been sworn He discovered j away when he took the enlistment roll, that the employer did not buy a work-1 His mind, his conscience; aye, his ers labor, but bought the workers I very soul, are In the keeping of his laboring power. He found that wages j officer, were mainly determined by the cost j DON'T BE A SOLDIER, BE A MAN. of producing the Inbor power of the worker plus sufficient to raise children to lake the place of the workers of the day as they die. Another thing he found out was that the number of hours the worker worked was mainly determined by the physical endurance of the worker. While this Is somewhat modified by organization tank is not worth one single copy of this paper. .T. PILKINGTON. the one hand and to the limit of the workers physical condition on the LOCAL VANCOUVER Propaganda MEETING Every Sunday Evening Empress Theatre PAGE TWO THE WESTERN CLARION VANCOUVER. BRITISH COLUMBIA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1912 Published every Saturday by the Socialist Party- of Grenada at the office of the Western Clarion, Labor Temple, Dunsmuir St., Vancouver, B. C. POST OFFICE ADDRESS, TEMPLE, DUNSMUIR ST. LABOR Sl'BSCRHTION. 11.00 Per Year, 50 cent! for Six Month), 25 cent* for Three Month*, Strictly In Advance. Bundles of 5 or more copies for a period of not leas than three months, at the rate of one cent per copy per issue. Advertising; rates on application. If you receive this paper, lt Is paid tor. In i making remittance uy cheque, exchange must be added. Address all communications and make all money orders payable to THE WESTERN CLARION Labor Temple, Dunsmuir St., Vancouver, B. C. the policeman, and the soldier are relegated to the past, the better. With these still in evidence peace is an uncertain quantity. Just now lt looks as though peace would prevail ln Vancouver, at least for a couple of month's or so. There is to be a provincial election within that time. See the point? flttj—Watch the label on your paper. If v»J/ this number la on It, your sub ■crlptlon expires the next Issue. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1912 PEACE. Peace, gentle Peace, once more abldeth in Vancouver. The riotous and plug-ugly element that had for the preceding three Sundays indulged in violence and brutality upon peaceable and unoffending citizens, and by their ruffianly conduct grossly profaned the Lord's Day, were conspicuous on Sunday last by their meekness, docility and general good behavior. Though the Individual bulk of one of these blue-coated alleged "guardians of the law would occasionally loom upon the horizon *»long the public streets as he hulked upon his way in the arduous task of "keeping the peace," not a pedestrian was assaulted, not an unarmed and defenceless citizen, however diminutive of stature, was beaten up. In fact the police of this city on Sunday were as nearly decent and well-behaved as it is possible for that sort of creature to be. This sudden transformation from the coarse brutality and ruffian ism of the preceding weeks to a standard of behavior bordering upon perfection, is certafnly enough to take one's breath away. No one seems to know just what means were used to bring it about, but everybody is delighted with the reBult. Now that the police force has been turned In the way of righteousness, the citizen of Vancouver may go upon the streets with a comparative degree of safety, for he will only have to run the risk of being beaten up by the ununiformed type of footpad and sandbagger. As these are less numerous than the uniformed ones and not nearly so vicious; he has at least a chance for his life. At any rate the change of heart that has taken place ln the city administration and its police force, speaks well for the Instructions that SAVING. "The working man would not be so poor, if he would only Bave his wages." This and similar phrases we often hear; to show the fallacy of such this article is written: Now this can best be shown by dividing lt under three headings, viz: The Impossibility of Saving; The Possibility of Saving; The Effects of Saving. The Impossibility of Saving is quite apparent to the majority of workers, for the fact that he receives only or tless than enough to supply his body needs and to be able to afford to marry. In some of the large, industrial centres, the corporation for whom he works, controls every thing. Take for example "The Model City" of Gary, where the Steel Trust owns everything. The cottages and shacks In which the ten-thousand workers and their families dwell; the streets, the stores, where you pay 25 to 35 per cent, more than in Chicago; where wages range from 20 cents an hour, for skilled laborers and 30 per cent. | edness of the prosecutor In the inter less than the union scale In Chicago ests 0( iaw ana- justice? for Bkilled mechanics, the lmpossibil- The Superior Court room was crowd- ity of saving is quite apparent here^d on February first, to witness the and this is just one illustration how unusual spectacle of a great criminal conditions are and are going to be.'jawyer> 0f national repute, whose throughout the Industrial world. | shoulders were bent by the hard study The Possibility of Saving is today' of years over important cases, stand- very remote and is getting even more ing beside his counsel, facing a young soon be ln chaos. For illustration, say everybody quit smoking, what would be the result to the tobacco workers, pipe-makers and all those connected with this large industry? they would have to hunt another job; the natural outcome would be that the ranks of the unemployed would be increased and make more competitors ln the labor market. The same can be shown in the theatre, if the workers all quit going to see the picture shows, plays, must have been given during the past i etc., It would mean another half-mil- CLARENCE DARROW ON TRIAL. In the course of his long and successful career Clarence Darrow has defended many Indicted men but the experience has come to himself to face an Indictment as an aftermath of the McNamara case in which he was chief counsel for the defense. He took the case with reluctance because the union leaders would have no other lawyer, than the one who had devoted his life and fluent pen to the cause of labor, but it has Involved him in the net work of complications through which organized labor is passing. When Darrow came to i.os Angeles and organized his forces for the conflict and realized how little foundation he had on which to defend his clients, his foresight may have traveled over the way and enabled him to anticipate and prepare them as well as possible for the fate awaiting them, which he could only hope to make as light as possible for them and the unions trusting in their innocence.' Shrewd lawyer and judge of human nature as Darrow is, he was obliged to trust his office force with details of the defense and all proved to be sleuths from the district attorney's office Instructed to watch for crookedness and report. If crookedness was practiced In Darrow's office it was undermined with deeper, craftier plots on which to make a case of intimidation of witnesses and bribery of jurors. Who shall prosecute the crook- THE NEED OF THE HOUR. so every year, this Includes especially, such places sb Western Canada. What are the possibilities of saving? (where the worker gets a small percentage over and above the cost of existence), has he not a right to a few of the luxuries in life, if lt is only the picture shows and a day out once or twice a year to see the local agricultural and Industrial shows. The only means of saving (?) the capitalist gives the worker, Is by fraternal societies, government insurance and savings banks; the most of these are best left alone. The effect of saving Is the most important part of this article, for I want deputy attorney, eager to make a reputation for himself at the expense ot the brainy man before him. He had hunted down all the evidence that could be secured through betrayals of Darrow's employees and looked exultant in his physical Insignificance as he stood before the court, the center of the stage charging the man before him with bribery and intimidation, two counts. It will be a stern fight for reputations, the young deputy attorney ambitious to make one for himself by destroying that of a great labor attorney, who is determined to make the fight of his life, assisted by counsel Earl Rogers ana to show the reader, that tf every man j Cyrus McNutt who already stand high who has a dollar or so to spare, was aB criminal iawyers. Darrow Btood to put lt In his stocking instead of j up before the gma]1 pr0secutor like a spending it, the world would very strong oak the Btorms were Deating week. If such a striking Improvement in the moral and ethical manners of a police force can be easily and expeditiously brought about, it is not unreasonable to suppose, that but Blight effort would need be put forth along similar lines to lift the ordinary lion or so, job-hunters. Another point of the effects of saving Is well shown by this true story. A harness- maker, in a small village, who went with others to the local city fair was very frugal ln his habits; he goes to the store buys a new pair of overalls footpad, sneak thief, porch climber, and jacket, while hiB mates go in and similar petty rogues Into thej decent clothes. Now, this man in an ranks of useful as well as ornamental . argument, was trying to show wnat he I moral reformes, Sunday school teach-1 saved ers and church deacons. Now that the police have been called off, peace will abide with us until the force is turned loose to riot again. There is never any riotous conduct at meetings of worklngmen that Is not due to the police directly or through its agents Indirectly. -There Is no organized force In human society that Is, In any manner, a menace to peace and good o.der, except the armed force— police and mllitan—of the ruling cIbbb. Whenever that armed force Is in evidence, brutality, violence, riot and bloodshed are us certain as the the difference perhaps was against, as if his long fight for the labor cause had developed his strength for such a time as this. He will make a strong defense for himself and desires a speedy trial, which will begin as soon as the crowded docket will permit. ' If the county prosecutor fails to 'secure a jury verdict it Is rumored that the government will take a hand when the Indianapolis investigation is finished, the interest swings between that city and Los Angeles and enough criminal trials are on' the dockets to keep prosecutors in good exercise for a year or so. The trials of the dynamiting tools while very serious for them, will be of lesser interest to that of the lawyer who Is too strong in character and achievement to be destroyed fn the height of his career by ambitious younger men. It was known to Judge Bordwell and both sides that the McNamaras would plead guilty the day before the bribers were ar- By Clyde J. Wright. No system can succeed in the hands of its enemies. It amounts to nothing If a friend of the present system advocates radical measures. No system can succeed In the hands of its friends unless its friends understand the system in all of Its details. Socialism is a philosophy. Like all untried systems it Is first a theory. To make that theory a fact is like building to the plans of an architect. In this revolution ws are now in need of both builders and architects. It Is possible to have an organization that begins and ends within Itself. The Socialist party conventions and Internal factional child's quarrels at times made some of us think that we needed two organizations, the one for factional "fusses," constitutional amendments, and "leaders" kindger- gartens, and another organization to fight capitalism and make our theories a legislative reality. There grew up a rank and file that were suspicious. Capitalism is responsible for this. Suspicion meant experimenting; and experimenting, even if it was expensive, was educational. It is bringing forth for the first time the possibilities of a democracy. The suspiciousness at first was only distrust. That suspicion and distrust as often caused the rank and file to Interfere with good work as with bad work. But its evolution is the hope of the world if it continues to make progress. The rank and file is commencing to learn by Its expensive blunders and to gauge its distrust to the point that will safeguard without damage to effective legislative construction. The past dreamers and enthusiasts are just commencing to catch the meaning of legislation, political action and organization. They commence to see the other half of Socialism, The evolution of our party will bring order out of chaos as these busy brains absorb the ideas of government construction. Capitalism never did let the people know how necessary it was to have organized management both before election and after. Capitalism never did let the people know how much campaign money was actually needed and how much of lt was unnecessary graft. The common people never were taught how much lt costs to run a press without corruption money. All this had to be learned and the Sociav ists had to learn It in their own way. Socialism can only succeed in the hands of its friends. Its friends are the rank and file of the common herd. And there Its progress must wait until the rank and file qualifies, organizes and plans its battles and pays its bills. Socialism will die anywhere else. It could die in the hands of lis friends and will if its friends don't apply themselves to the real problems of organized political action, but everything indicates that the rank and file are upon the threshold of an awakening. Socialist Party Directory DOMxanoar ixicvim committee Socialist Party of Canada, meets second and fourth Monday. Secretary, E. T. Klnguley, Labor Temple, Dunsmuir St., Vancouver, B. C. OOKUMSXA PJLOVWCIAI, Committee, Socialist Party of Canada, meets t1r.-.t and* third Monday In month R. T. Kinfi-sley, Secretary. ALBERTA PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE Committee, Socialist Party of Canada Meets every alternate Monday in Labor Hall, Eighth Ave. East, opposite post- office. Secretary will toe pleased to answer any communications regarding the movement in the province. F. Danby, Secretary, Box «47, Calgary, UAMITOBA PROVINCIAL BXBOUTITB Committee: Notice—This card is inserted for the purpose of getting "YOU" interested In the Socialist movement. SOCIALISTS are always members of the Party; so if you are desirous of becoming a member, or wish to get any Information, write the Secretary, J. D. Houston, 4!)3 Furby St.. .Winnipeg. SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCIAL Executive Committee, Socialist Party of Canada. Meets every first and third Saturday In the month, 8:00 p.m., at headquarters, 'Main Street, North Battleford. Secretary will answer any communications regarding the movement in this Province. L. Budden, Secy., Box 101, North Battleford, Sask. MARITIME PROVINCIAL BXBOUTITB Committee, Socialist Party of Canada, meets every second and fourth Sundays ln the Cape Breton office of the Party, Commercial Street, Glace nay, N. S. Dan Cochrane, Secretary, nnx 491, Olace Bay, N. S. LOCAL QREENWOOD, B. C, BO. 9, S. P. of C, meets every Sunday evening at Miners' Union Hall. Greenwood. Visiting Comrades Invited to call. C. Prlmerlle, Secretary. LOCAL FERNIE, S. F, of C, HOLS educational meetings in the Miners' Union Hall. Victoria Ave, every Sunday evening at 7:30. Business meeting first Supday in each month, Miners' Hall at 2:30. W. L. Phillips, Secretary, Box 604. LOCAL ROS8LAN9, BO. 15, S. P. .1 C, meets In Miners' Hall every Sunday at 7:30 p.m. E. Campbell, Secretary, P.O. Box 674. Roaaland Finnish Branch meets ln Klnlandora' Hall, Sundays at 7:90 p.m. A. Sebble, Secretary, P.O Box 64, Rossland. LOCAL MICTCRL, B. C, BO. IB, B. F. of c, holds propaganda meetings every Sunday afternion at 2:S0 p.m. Tn Crahan's Hall. A hearty Invitation Is extended to all wage slaves within reach of us to attend our meetings. Business meetings are held the first' and third Sundays of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the name hall. Party organisers take notice. A. S. Julian, Secretary. local mm, a. f. of c, kbets every Friday evening at 8 p.m., in Miners' Hall, Nelaon, B. C. I. A. Austin, Secretary. LOCAL PRINCE BTTFBBT, B. C, Mo. S3. S. P. of C, meets every Sunday In hall ln Empress Theatre Block at 2:00 p.m. L. H. Gorham, Secretary. LOCAL BETELSTOXE, B. 0., BO. T, S. P. of C. Business meetings at Socialist headquarters fourth Thursdays of each month. B. F. Gayman, Secretary. LOCAL SANDON, B. C, NO. 36, 8. F. OF C. Meets every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Sandon Miners' Unlor Hall. Communications to bt addressed Drawer K, Sandon, B. C. LOCAL TICTOBIA NO. 2, S. F. Of O Headquarters and reading room, 1319 Government St., Room 2, over Collls ter's gun store. Business meeting every Tuesday, 8 p.m. Propaganda meeting every Sunday, 8 p.m., at Crystal Theatre. LOCAL VERNON, B. C, NO. 38. S. F of C. Meets every Tuesday, 8:00 p.m sharp, at L. O. L. Hall, Tronson St W. H. Gilmore, Secretary. LOCAL SOUTH FORT OEOBOB, B.C., No. 61, meets every Friday night at 8 p.m. in Public Library Room. John Mclnnis, Secretary; Andrew Allen. Organiser. LOCAL VANCOUVER No 1, S. P. of O Hn-lness meeting every Tuesday evening nt Headquarters, 213 Hastings St. East. .1. A. Macdonnld, secretary. 1724 Albernl St. LOCAL COLEMAN, ALTA., NO • Miners' Hall and Opera Houxe. Propaganda meetings at 8 p.m. on tha drat and third Sundays of the month. Business meetings on Thursduy eventual following propaganda meetings nt 8. Organizer, T. Steele, Coleman. Alta.' Secretary, Ja». Glendenning, Box IS, Coleman, Alta. Visitors may receive Information any day at Miners' Hall from Com. w. Graham, Secretary of U. M. W. of A. LOCAL EDMONTON, ALTA., NO. 1, S. P. of C. Headquarters 622 First St Business and propaganda meetings every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. shara. Our reading room is open to the public free, from 10 am. to 11 p.m. dally Secretary, A. Farmllo, 622 First St.; Organiier, W. Stephenson. LOCAL CALOABT, ALTA., NO. 4, S. P. of C.—Business meeting every Saturday evening at S o'clock at the headquarters. 429 Eighth Ave. East, between Third and Fourth streets. LOCAL E.E0INA NO. 6, SASK., MEET* every Sunday, Trades Hall, 8 p.m. Business meeting, second Friday, I p.m., Trados Hall. B. Simmons, secra- tary, 1909 Garnet St., P.O. Box 1046. LOCAL BBANDON, MAN., NO. 7, S. P. of C. Headquarters. No. 10 Nation Block, rtossar Ave. Propaganda meeting, Sunday at 8 p.m.; business meeting, second nnd fourth Mondnvs at 8 p.m.; economic class, Friday at 8 p.m. Secretary, T. Mellalleu, 144 Third St., Brandon, Man. LOCAL LETKBBIDOE, ALTA., NO. II, S. P. of C. Meets first and third Sundays in the month, at 4 p.m., In Miners' Hall. Secretary, Chas. Peacock, Box 1983. LOCAL MOOBBJAW, BASK., No. 1, I. P. OP O.—Propaganda meetings avarr Sunday, 7:30 p. in., ln tne Trades Half. Economic Class every Sunday, 8 p.m. D. McMillan, Sec. Treas., South Hill P. O., Sask.; A. Stewart. Organliar, South Hill P. O., Sask. All slaves welcome. LOCAL No. 1, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, S. P. OF O Headquarters 628U Main Street, Winnipeg, room 2, next Dreamland Theatre. Business meeting every Sunday morning, at 11; economic class Wednesdays, at 8 p. m. Secretary's address, 270 Young Street. Propa- f:anda meeting every Sunday evening n lii-amland Theatre, Main Street, at 8 o'clock. Discussion Invited. LOCAL OTTAWA, NO. 8, S. P. of C— Business meetings the first Sunday ln the month at 3 o'clock p.m. .at headquarters. Secretary, Sam Horwith. Headquarters, 36 1-2 Rldeau Street. Phone 277. Address, 322 Gladstone Ave. LOCAL OLACE BAT, NO. 1, OP N. S. Business and propaganda meeting every Thursday at 8 p.m. in Mac-don- ald's Hall, Union Street. All art welcome. Alfred Nash, Corresponding Secretary, Glace Bay; Wm. Sutherland, Organizer, New Aberdeen; H. G. Roas, Financial Secretary, office ln D. N. Brodle Printing Co. Building, Union Street. LOCAL SIDNEY MINES NO. 7, Of Nova Scotia.—Business and propaganda meetings every second Monday at 7:30 In tbe S. O. B. T. Hall back of Town Hall. Wll'lam Allen, Secretary, Box 344. LOCAL VANCOUVER, B. C, NO. 4B, Finnish. Meets every second and fourth Thursdays in the month at 2237 Main Street. Secretary, Wm. Mynttl. UKRAINIAN SOCIALIST FEDERATION of the S. P. of C, Is organized for the purpose of educating the Ukrainenn workers to the revolutionary principles of this party. The Ukranlan Federation publish their own weeklv organ, "Nova Hrnmatla" (New Society), at 443 Klnlstlno Ave., Edmonton. Altn. English comrades desiring Information re the Federation, write tn .1. Senuk, Fin. Secretary. THE WHITE SLAVE. hank. Now, what does our petty cap- tides. If these lie not openly indulged lltallst do? he goes to the bank, bor- ln without excuse the very presence ' rows the $x0,000 (that has been depos- of such a force can easily be made-to Ited by his men), buys and instals $20., 0 until a Socialist, showed him regted an(, the charge8 Bprung_ B0 tne that, as an individual his argument defenBe will maintain they had nothing was good, but from a class view point, j ^ ga(n by reBortlng t0 brlbery aB lni, "he was cutting his own throat." Why, \ hfid already glven up thelr case. judge the fact that the $20 saved, was put- j I!ordwel, wl„ be fiumm0ned by the ting the tailor out of a job, the tailor defenge tQ tegUfy t(J tnege factg Tne then might turn harness maker, and I factg rema)nB tnat Darrov>.'B office was put another competitor for the <»"-! noney.combed w|tu detectives who nees maker's Job. Another vlew-polnt' ^^ Mg {] ugtfe(] employe8 wnlle tak. I shall show is, how the savings bank j ing from tn(j gtate for tne ,nfor. is used against the saver. A shoe I mMon lhey cou]d g(v(J Q. tl)e dere.ije manufacturer employing fifty men at; ]ang union wages, these men each save Ug Angeleg haB recentIy annexed ?200 a year and put it In the savings | twmty square m,leg Qf terrltory whlch afford an excuse by the exercise of such brutality as will compel resent- lead the hot-headed and thoughtless to commit some overt act. Never yet some up-to-date machinery, that will do the work these men have been do- ment or such devilish cunning as may ing; with the result that the majority of them are out of a job, those still working are machine tenders, at the was there a police or military that was jbare cost of existence wages, in place above using any means whatever to of skilled workers earning union justify its existence and indulge Its wages. Frugality in this case is "Kill- appetite for brutality and blood. j Ing the goose, etc." To sum up, wealth Several thousand people gathered is not made by saving, but by spend- at Powell street grounds last Sunday:Ing. To get wealthy, the capitalist and listened to the various speakers, spends In buying labor-power, but A number of meetings were going on I receives far more than he gives, at the same time in various parts of | A word to those who read this the square. The best of order and'article. If you have a dollar or so to good feeling prevailed. There were' spare, better spend It on Socialist pa- no police on hand, or If there were | Pe™ and literature, instead of sup- any there they behaved themselves In porting Capitalist sheets, for you have a manner truly commendable. Now the excitement of Ihe past few weeks will subside and the citizen of Vancouver will once more resolve himself into a reasoning >i»ln»r instead of one largely domlnntcu by his passions us during the piiBt Weeks In the Interest of common decency lt Is to be hoped that peace may long abide with us. if we are to boast of a Civilization worthy- to be termed decent, the Booner the club, the bayonet, the consolation of knowing that the printers, etc., generally get union wages, but more than that It will help bring the time when the workers will net "the full product of their labor" Instead of wages. J. A. WRIGHT. He who believes In free-speech must ilways be prepared to fight for It. lie who "has not who.'e to lay hiB head," had better "keep moving!" makes the city limits extend and cover 121 square miles. Some tourists from Vancouver island have been deeply Interested ln the rapid way this city has of doing things. They are studying our ways of meeting civic problems, building operations, harbor improvement, social life and viewing the scenery until they feel that so much newness and progress will give them mental dyspepsia when condensed into the doses of it they have been taking. We in turn go to the Dominion to learn new things. The labor problems of the North may not ..e so intense nor fermenting as those of the South while In as great need of satisfactory solution. The upheaval in the south has been caused by high explosive. M. E. C. PRICE LIST OF 8UPPLIES. (To Locals.) Charter (with necessary supplies to start Local) $5.00 Membership Cards, each 01 Dues Stamps, each 10 Platform and application blank per 100 25 Ditto In Finnish, per 100 50 nitto in Ukranlan, per 100 50 Constitutions, each .20 Ditto, Finnish, per dozen 50 Throughout the history of civilization women have sold their bodies for gold. It 1b only in recent times, however, that women has been looked upon as a commodity through which fortunes may be made by a third party— the actual owner of her as one owns a machine. A man buyB a machine to weave cotton into cloth, sets It up In his factory, runs it as many hours a day as he sees fit, and collects for himself the results of Its work. The machine is a dumb and helpless partner in the process. Just so the modern dealer ln the flesh and blood of womankind buys, steals or betrays into his power and place of business a number of girls and women, work them as many hours a day as he sees fit, and collects the proceeds of their labor for himself. The girls and women are dumb and helpless accessories to the process. This is white slavery. The owner of the white slave does not own her— does not steal, buy or entrap her— for the satisfaction of his own lust. He does all this as a money proposition. It is his business, his way of making a living, of getting rich quick. In the money competition of today, to get rich at this business requires the same mad haste, the same speeding up, the same working of the victim to the last notch, that any other business requires. It is frequently said that if the facts of the white slave traffic could be widely known, the American people would abolish this treacherous sore in our social i-ody. Unlike most confident reformers, we believe the white slave traffic Is Imbedded in the profit ■system, and cannot be abolished, nor very greatly reduced, until poverty, in which its roots find deepest soil, is abolished. The fear of poverty, combined with a lax moral nature (frequently caused by the struggle against disheartening odds for a livelihood) drives every man and woman engaged ln the business to ever harsher exploitation of their victims.—Progressive Woman. PLATFORM Socialist Party of Canada We, the Socialist Party of Canada, in convention assembled, affirm our allegience to and support of the principles and program 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 tha means of production, consequently all the products of labor belong to the capitalist class. The capitalist is therefore master; the worker a slave. So long as the capitalist class remains in possession of the reins of government all the powers of the State will be used to protect and defend their property rights in the means of wealth production and their control of the product of labor. The capitalist system gives to the capitalist an ever-swelling stream of profits, and to the worker an ever-increasing measure of misery and degradation. The interest of the working class lies in the direction of setting itself free from capitalist exploitation by the abolition of the wags 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 in the means of wealth production into collective or working-class property. The irrepressible conflict of interests between the capitalist and the worker is rapidly culminating ina struggle for possession of tha reins oi 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 tha banner of the Socialist Party of Canada with the object of conquering tha public powers for tha purpose of setting up and enforcing the economic program of the working class, as follows: 1. The transformation, as rapidly as possible, of capitalist proptrty in the means of wealth production (natural resources, factories, mills, railroads, etc.) into the collective property of the working class. 2. The democratic organization and management of industry by the workers. 3. The er*«blishment, as speedily as possible, of production for use instead of production for profit. Tbe Socialist Party when in office shall always and everywhere until the present system is abolished, make the answer to this question its guiding rule of conduct: Will this legislation advance the interests of the working class and aid the workers in their class struggle against capitalism? If it will, the Socialist Party is for it; if it will not, the Socialist Part yis 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. • SUBSCRIPTION[ CARDS 5 Yearlies - - - $3.75 10 1-2 Yearlies - - 4.00 20 Quarterlies - - 4.00 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1918 THE WESTERN CLARION VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA PAGE THREE- CORRESPONDENCE ALBERTA EXECUTIVE REPORT. The regular meeting of the Provincial Executive Committee was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and Messrs. Mushkat, Tipping and the secretary. • , Correspondence was read and dealt with from the locals in Edmonton, Green Valley, Erskine, Bellevue, and from Organizer Budden. Receipts: Edmonton Local, due stamps..? 5.00 Calgary local, due stamps 5.00 Erskine local, due stamps 4.70 Green Valley local, due stamps 15.00 Total '. $29.70 Expenses: Dominion Executive committee, due stamps ?lii.00 P. Danby, postage 1.00 Total $16.00 Feb. 13. PRANK DANBY. remembered by the many to whom he has shown the light of Socialism. And when the history of the present struggle Is written and read by our posterity we have every reason to believe that the work of such stalwart pioneers as Comrade McKay will not soon be forgotten. It is In order that our Comrade may secure full justice from the historians of the future that this slight tribute is written. Comrade .McKay Is survived by his wife, also a Socialist. We extend to her our deepest sympathy in this hour of bereavement. ROSCOE A. FILLMORE. , The Scot Highlanders and the 1 Orangemen'were held in readiness for a big battle on Powell street grounds j Sunday, but McRride pulled the string and there was nothing for these legalized murderers and crazy fanatics to 'do. HOW THEY COME GETTING READY FOR BUSINESS. ST. CATHARINES LOCAL. Dear Comrade: The following are the officials of the above local: Organizer—A. H. Grewar, 156 I.ake street. Secretary—D. Thomson, 8 Summer- , set street. ■ Recording Secretary—A. H. Grewar \ (pro tem). Treasurer—J. Milne, 31 Water St [ street. Literary Secretary—.1. Andrews, 31 "Water street. Propaganda Committee—J. Kean, [ J. Cowley, and F. Woodward, all ot ' St. Catharines. We held a propaganda meeting here on the 28th of January, when Comrade Green of Toronto delivered two lectures, choosing as his subject THE SOCIAL UNREST. The weather being a bit inclement, I may account for our audiences being small, but faith in the constitution, and favored with better weather, we hope to do good work in the district 1 soon. Headquarters at 31 Water Street. l Everybody welcome. DAVID THOMb^.,, Sec. REVELSTOKE OFFICERS. I The following offlcerB for 1912 were I elected: H. N. Coursier, organizer. B. F. Gayman, secretary. John Lyon, recording secretary. G. W. Bell, treasurer. T. S. Cassidy, literature agent. B. F. GAYMAN, Secretary. The Comrades named below are doing their best to make the Clarion pay for itself. Now it's up to all of you to get a hustle on. Don't let the plugs put you off any longer. Get a sub. from them, even if it's their last quarter. A. >/. Osterberg, New Westminster, B. C 15 L. R. Mclnnis, Sandon, B. C 8 A. Stewart, Moose Jaw, Sask 5 W. A. Blake, Victoria, B. C 4 E. Simpson, Victoria, B. C 3 W. Minton, Fernie, B. C 3 Wm. McQuoid, Edmonton, Alta 3 C. M. O'Brien, Edmonton, Alta.... 3 F. Tipping, Calgary, Alt? 3 W. G. McClusky, Calgary, Alta.... 2 F. Teeple, Brandon 2 J. Sidaway, Cfty '. 2 T. W. Adshead, Toronto 2 J. C. Bright well, City 2 Singles. E. Kuhn, Brandon, Man.; T. Melle- lien, Brandon; E. Fulcher, Brandon; D. McMillan, South Hill, Sask.; W. K. Bryce, Moose Jaw; Nels Sorlie, Mil- den, Sask.; T. J. Wallador, Glentanna, B. C; W. H. Anderson, Dewsbury, Alta.; F. E. Creer, Calgary, Alta.; Leeds, City; R. Nelson, City; B. Manning, City; H. Davenport, Brantford, Ont.; J. Rolls, New Westminster; W. S. Phillips, Fernie; David Paton, Fernie; J. Mclver, Rossland, B. C; F. Blake, Edmonton; Lee Wilson, Barons, Alta.; W. H. Devone, Raven, Alta.; A.' A. McNeill, Erskine, Alta.; i. Churgln, Calgary; A. Bonar, Moose Jaw; W. Steven, Victoria, B. C. ("MINUTES OF LOCAL FENNELL HALL Sask. Feb. 4, 1912. j Present: (Chair).—Woloshyn, Hab- lenicht. Crow, Nyhault, Gale. Election of Officers. Treas-Sec'y.—Gale (re-elected). Rec. Sec.—J. Crow. Librarian—Woloshyn (re-elected). Organizer—J. Nyhault. Secretary reported 13 weeks bundle delivery of Clarions for free distribution in neighborhood. Bill was ordered to be paid on motion of J. Crow, sec-'l onded by J. Nyhault. Correspondence dealt with. Ballon on proceedings of B. C. Convention was taken and Secretary instructed to send result to Vancouver. Financial report for half year 11 showing $4.75 cash In hand on 3ec. 31, was laid over till next meet- Ilng owing to chairman being unable to stay longer. Dance to be held ln Fennell Hall on I'.'th. Meeting adjourned. CHAS. F. GALE, Sec'y. Fernle keeps climbing, New Westminster comes on, Winnipeg drops back to her old place, Edmonton returns to fourth place. This Is how they stand: Vancouver, B. C 1 Victoria, B. C 2 Brandon, Man 3 Edmonton, Alta 4 Calgary, Alta 5 Winnipeg, Man 6 Toronto, Ont 7 Fernle, B. C 8 .Moose Jaw, Sask 9 Montreal, Que 10 New Westminster, B. C 11 Nelson, B. C 12 Ottawa, Ont. . .• 13 S. Fort George, B. C 14 Sllverton, B. C 15 N. Battleford, Sask 16 Cumberland, B. C. 17 Regina, Sask 18 Brantford, Ont 19 Ladysmith, B. C 20 HERE AND THERE. COMRADE MCKAY. On January 12th. the Socialist 'Movement sustained a loss In the death of Comrade John J. .McKay of New Glasgow, N. S. Comrade McKay had been a Socialist for many years and was always found prepared to shoulder his full share of the work | and financial burdens of the movement. During the civil war he like many I, other young men enlisted ln the Federal army believing that slavery was really to be abolished. Many years later he began to per- . ceive that he had merely been aiding ' his masters in ridding themselves of a ; cumbersome and unprofitable FORM i of slavery and that the substance ln Its new form, wage labor, with its I train of misery still remained. Our 1 Comrade became a Socialist. In July bf 1910 the writer visited New Glas- ' and spent a couple of days with i him. Even though a man of nearly i seventy years of age he was busy i reading and studying Gustavus Myers "History 6f the Great American For- I tunes." And he discussed the issues i of the day plainly and Intelligently. Our Comrade was not in entire agreement with many of us. He had I never grasped Materialism and clung to the philosophy of the Nazarene. Nevertheless his work was good and we have no doubt hU name will be (By Watts.) Dick McBride Is not only Premier of B. C. but also Mayor of Vancouver. • • • The Province Bays, there was no obscene language on Powell street grounds Sunday, so the police were not forced to stop the meetings. This sounds like an election stunt to me. . Business is looking up in England Blnce Lord Haldane'a visit to Berlin. Let us pray. • • * The Good Samaritan Society Is the name of a new society formed to aid the unemployed In Vancouver. One was also formed last week and is called the Chain Gang. • • • A Professor of Sociology has found ten separate species and many varieties of lies. He would do well to interview Vancouver's Mayor and several of our Editors. He would be sure to discover not only the ten species, but ten more besides. • » • The likelihood of a general Miner's strike In England is giving our tin pot monarch King George great anxiety but he hopes that conditions will soon be adjusted so that the miners' strike in England Is giving our tin- erally could be pacified. Will somebody give Georgie a lemon and tell him to make the best of the few short months he has to reign? • • » The B. C. Elections will soon be on, what is the matter with all B. C. locals getting a bundle of Clarions? Editor Clarion: We have started a campaign against capitalism and we need all the assistance we can get. Comrade Budden was here for four days holding (7) seven meetings which were a great success. "Alf." takes well with the farmers. He knows their position well, having been through the same experiences. We have decided to put a candidate in the field, as some of the reformers are working hard to run a farmers' candidate, instead of a liberal, so that it is imperative on us to show, up the game. We are calling off a conventfon as soon as posstble. Also we have started a campaign fund, so if any comrade has any of the stuff some folks are so afrafd we are going to destroy send it this way to Comrade Anderson, Dewberry, Alta. We stand a good chance of electing a man here as the sentiment is strong against the present system. All we need is some speakers to educate people to working class economics. We also had C. M. O'Brien here for two meetings which were very successful. Now Comrades we need some help as we have a large constituency and very few speakers so if any one can come we can find him hay and a. few oats. Also a rig to get to the meetings. Some farmers said to a comrade the other day "that we had our nerve to butt in with a candidate when they had every thing fixed so that they were sure to elect their man.',' They are deathly scared and we are longing to heap injury on insult, (if that is what they call lt) if we can defeat the farmers candidate. Yours in the scrap, C. W. SPRINGFORD, Organizer Local, Dewberry. Know Why Socialism is Coming Don't be a socialist unless' you know why you are one. Know FERRER DECLARED INNOCENT. Confiscated Property to be Restored to His Heirs. ' Mr. William Archer writes: "I have not seen any mention in the English Press of a noteworthy fact which has just come to my knowledge—namely, that the Supreme (Civil) Court of Madrid has practically reversed the judgment of the Barcelona Council of War, and declared the Innocence of Francisco Ferrer, ct of clemency indicated an uneasy rioters who were prosecuted acted under his orders; (3) that in none of the 2,000 prosecutions arising out of the riots was any trace discovered of Ferrer's participation or inspiration. The Court therefore orders the restitution to his heirs of his confiscated property. This news is communicated to a Belgian paper by one of Ferrer's executors, and there seems to be no reason to doubt its authenticity. It confirms what some of us had already suspected, that the King of Spain's recent act of clemency indicated an uneasy conscience with regard to Ferrer. Repentance has come too late to the Spanish Government after the Judfctal murder of Senor Ferrer. The Supreme Court has now found that the victim was innocent of any complicity in the revolutionary disturbance, for which he was shot in cold blood after the outbreak had been suppressed, and has ordered his confiscated property to be restored to his heirs. But that does not alter the fact that Ferrer Is a martyr, and that his blood cries aloud to the people for vengeance. That is the worst of shooting a man first and trying him afterwards — Reynolds' Newspaper, Jan. 1912. PULPIT ECONOMICS. The scene of the Free speech fight has been shifted from Powell street grounds to the side street. On Monday the clubbing and jailing continued on the streets. Brooklyn, New York January, 1912 Editor Clarion: Cutting as under is pretty good foi j the Republican Capitalistic New Yorli guaranteed, and are paid either out of capital or out of profits in advance of the 10 per cent, claim. The Bishop ought to be able to see that if wages are paid out of capital they cannot be j paid very long, since the capital would soon be exhausted. In order th there may be stability in wage pay-1 z~~.' '., . 7~" —~—'_T Y '.— . :~.'~.'. ments there must be profits, or capital | |*)c_ial»m,18 ?****•_ T«ce the economic development of civil. will not work, and there is no way of making it work. Thus profits are the guarantee of the worker, and are the best If not the only guarantee possible. "Flesh and blood or 10 per cent," is a pons aslnorum ot both moials and economics. There cannot be wages without profits, nor profits without wages. Neither is possible permanently without the other. They exist as a combination, not an alternative. Neither morals nor economics requires either capital or labor to work without reward. Addresses like the Bishop's are no help to a troubled situation, which will be settled by sense, not by sentiment, however admirable the sentiment may be as sentiment. But there is always danger that sentiment may be nonsense.— New York Times. AN ADVOCATE OF MURDER. through from slavery to the present and know why socialism nc-. inevitable. Victor L. Berger says: "A few socialist phrases Is not sufficient to make a. eelentfAss socialist. In order to know WHY SOCIALISM IS CONING, aa,. socialist should have an idea of evolution, he must know historr- he must know something of economic development. We ae socialists are vitally interested In the development «•" civilization. History for us is not a collection of shallow vllfoga* tales, the story of coronations, weddings and burials of kings. Focus the true lesson of history Is the story of progress of mankind by- gradual steps from brutal slavery to enlightenment, cultural . and humanity. * The manner In which one system has grown out of anotbeev feudalism out of slavery and capitalism out of feudalism Is moat suggestive of the manner by which the Socialist Republic will gradually develop out of the present system. To show how the Socialist Republic will gradually develop oar* of the present system, the Library of Original Sources has boas* . published. It Is a treasure mine." The Library of Original Sources (In the original documents—translated) clears away the bigotry and superstition that has accumulated around religion, Hear, government, education, etc.—brings to light the naked truth and shows whj) socief- ism is coming. This wonderful library gives the authoritative sources of knowledge - in nil fields of thought—socialism philosophy, science, education, etc. The rock-bottom. . facts which for centuries capitalist writers have deliberately kept from the people. Thousands of the Comrades in all parts of the United States aitsfa Canada have secured this library on our co-operative plan, a without a single exception are enthusiastic over it. Lettera like these come pouring in with every mailt John Spargoi "cTVtoat helpful. Ought to be In every library." Walter Lohrentz, Wash.: A boon to worklngmen who have not time nor money to get a college education." A. M, Simon*: "Superior to encyclopedias; will be read when novels are forgotten." C. E. Kline, Wash.: "1 am urging all my friends to secure your great work." Geo. Pae, cAlberta, Can.: "Just the thing ta bete fire the wheels of Die Post, the official organ of the war party in Germany, had the following editorial recently: "Only the diversion of a great war can arouse the best powers of the nation and subjugate the inferior qualities which And expression in the recent Socialist election victories. Germans have never thriven while enjoying an eventless peace. The German nation never yet has refused loyally to follow kings and emperors, especially along paths that lead to heights, even though 4,000,000 misguided citizens voted for a party which would dethrone the kaiser and destry the monarchy. The kernel of the nation _^^^^^^^^^^.,,,,,,,.......sssssssaassssss«saaaaaai remains true to the sovereign. Let Telling of a popular uprising in mediaeval England, n_ u„ i„ „„ j„„v. „„ ii,„t „„„„„ t _* an<l how 'he people got their rights. A rare docu- / him be in no doubt on that score. 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" Milwauke..Wiar - - -- -•'a- •*-i •" •■"- "■•««•■ »• companions this winter." jf T»Jt _" » ,"ogr•,,■ / *.u£$Fo££ An "original document" free ? ^ztez+SZ aaaaai aaaaaa^Baaaaaai •saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas asanas** kwpUa. AddM_ the gaze of the men workers, especially when they stooped to lift the ! chains or to empty or fill the wagons. Minister Approves Conditions. "I have also seen women compelled to lift anu handle cores and molds which were bo heavy they would tax the strength of the average man. war, in order that ln the tragedies j There are Beven hundred women em- enacted on fields of blood and carnage, the German people might lose sight of the goal of economic liberty. It Is more important to the scribbling fiend in human shape that a king should hold his crown and throne than that millions of people should remain at peace with the nations of the ployed in the Massachusetts foundries at tasks that utterly ruin their strength." John E. Augur, representing various organizations which are arrayed behind the measure, told the committee a similar story. Rev. O. H. Glfford, who appeared in world. The Kaiser must remain upon | behalf of the foundrymen, contradicted the other witnesses and said he had carefuny investigated the allegation that women were overworked and appeared improperly clad in the state foundries. This was absolutely untrue, he said. "As to these working, women being improperly clad," he concluded, "I must say that a glimpse into the hall room of the social elite would show women more improperly clad than would be found in any foundry ln Massachusetts." Even those who cannot at once fully grasp the Socialist poistion and philosophy are beginning to see the wisdom of lining up with the Socialist Party. They feel that somehow or other a protest against today's intolerable conditions must be made and as both the old parties ure bound to policies of perpetuating the present system and order of things, there Is no other his royal pedestal, even though battlefields shall be strewn with the dead and even though the nations of the earth shall hear tho wails of widows and moans of orphans. Rivers of blood are preferable to the dethronement of a kingly parasite and the boom of cannons are welcomed by a royal-worshipping editor, rather than peace, if peace shall mean the relegation of the regal-robed loafer whose reign is jeopardized by the intelligence of a people who are panting for Industrial freedom. The editor of Die Post will not be able to warm the fighting blood of the German empire. Four million "misguided citizens" with 110 representatives in the Reichstag, will be more powerful than all the journalists of Germany who bend the knee to the Kaiser. The brain and bone of every nation are realizing the cause of war and the class who stood In the fire and flame of war In the past will refuse to be sacrificed, In order that regal depotlsm shall live.—Miner's Magazine. way left to the voter but to turn *»• the Socialist Party, to the party set' the working class, to the party of tha- present and of the future. For joaftr as surely as the Socialist party lawmaking itself a factor today, just sa» sure<y does the FUTURE BELONG IT*' IT and the workers. THE SERVANT GIRL PROBLEM- .is easy to swing in a hammock, . j And watch the clouds roll by, And teach the cook from a cookery book How to make rose-leaf pie. 'Tls easy to sit in the parlour. And talk to a howling swell, While the girl below with her hand's in dough. Must answer the busy bell. 'Tls easy to don a shopping gown, And twist your hair in a curl, While to scour and scrub, and boll antl rub, Is the fate of the hired girl. While she sweeps and cleans, and dusts the screens. And washes the window with caret Tls e.'isy to turn in your scornful way And gaze with your haughty stare. 'Tls easy to walk in tbe moonlight, night, And listen to praises sweet, While the servant swishes mountains; of diBhes, And weeps for her tired feet.. 'Tls easy to tell If you only would". Hut you say you cannot see Why Mary should leave such a loves home, To worli in a factory. — V. S. K. In Life- IN WORK WOMEN LIKE BEASTS IRON PLANT. Joston, Mass., Feb. 15.—Inhuman conditions prevail ln the foundries and Iron manufacturing plants of Massachusetts, according to expert testl- Times, that caters to such minded to I mony offered to the legislative com whom it sells Its papers and thus lives by the profit, but even such an editor could not let the bad economics as expounded by the Bishop pass without a challenge. I am glad to see that there is at least one editor on the Capitilistlc Press of New York, who knows where the worker stands in the present capitalist or wage system. Let us hope that some" day he will be down and out and help us with his knowledge, which he now hides under a bushel.—McM. Smith. New York, Jan. 12.—The Right Rev. F. S. Spalding, Episcopal Bishop of Utah, at the Conference at the Church of the Holy Trinity on the Heights, Brooklyn, said: Capital claims as its fundamental right 10 per cent, profit on the business it does. I dispute this. The right to life and happiness and safe guarantee to every worker comes first; then the profit. Which shall it be,'flesh and blood, or 10 per cent:? Capftaf may "claim" 10 per cent., but nobody guarantees lt, and it seekB to get it at Its own risk. Wages are mlttee considering the Impending bill which prohibits women working in such places. Seven hundred women, ranging in age from girlhood to late womanhood, it is charged, work side by side with men In temperatures above 100 degrees, amid stifling smoke and. poisonous gases. When the hearing wan resumed today it was agreed by the committee that every phase of the Iron situation, so far as It affected women, should be probed, and It was expected favorable action would be recommended on the pending bill. "I have seen women, scantily anil improperly clad," said John B. O'Leary, International vice president of the rr°lders' union, which is behind the bill, "hauling heavy wagons by chains, past rows of men, to the ovens. The heat was stifling, and it was almost impossible to breathe because of the gases that filled the room. Because of this the women had their arms bare to the Bhoulders, and in order to get every bit of refreshing air to their bodies their scanty garments were thrown back at the throat, so that heir persons were exposed to Let Us Purchase Land for You at GovernmentPrice $5 Monthly Will Give You Snug Income Every Year A Co-operative Partnership Proposition The Western Farming <Sb Colonization Co.. Ltd. Office 5 Winch Bldg. Vancouver, B. C. FILL IN THIS COUPON AND MAIL TO US TODAY WESTERN FARMING & COLONIZA TION CO., L TD. Dear Sirs: Please send, free of cost lo me, information re above land. Name Address City or cUo0n 1 FACE FOUR THE WESTERN CLARION VANCOUVER. BRITISH COLUMBIA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1912 PARKER WILL AMS AND THE TIN POT NAVY The resolution of Mr. BREWSTER vuallbig on the Ottawa Government to -asiablish a fleet unit and naval base ■'Or* the Pacific Coast was discussed .Again today, the PREMIER resuming :ibe debate. As Mr. BREWSTER is •••the only Liberal in the Legislature, xscA It was necessary to have the res- 'Qlmion seconded to get it before the list workinemen of both countries re- IHfwise, the [member for Newcastle! fused to fight each other. When the itelped him out by seconding it. This* workers refused to go to war, war •fin."* was gravely alluded to by the would cease; other classes got sick al creasing strength of the interna!ional Socialist movement was the greatest and most effective force for peace existing today. The only reason that blood was not shed over the separation of Sweden and Norway was admitted by the statesmen of Europe to be due to the fact that the Social- G. M. O'BRIEN IN THE ALBERTA LEGISLATURE PREMIER in his opening remarks as an evidence of a change of heart upon ■■ortrtch he (PARKER WILLIAMS) iiMilil be congratulated. The great ■sanncern he was now giving to the na- •isal defence of the Pacific Coast was -isaruse for congratulation to the House zaaH his constituency on his change of V&rart and policy. The rest of the PREMIERS speech ■•was political, and he concluded by -moving an amendment to the reso- ibriSon endorsing the policy of the Bor- •fen ministry in connection with the vsacrj question. FARKER WILLIAMS (Newcastle) •=rajd that an explanation was possibly ■•/Ham as to his attitude on the question tteiore the House. As to the PREM- " ilEKS remarks concerning himself, he 'was glad to say that the congratula- -ioris as to hip change of heart were ;ncfi. deserved, and he would take the i tapportunlty of placing himself in a ■ ■■sxstivct position. Mr. BREWSTER •represented one party on the floor ot the house, and he (the speaker) anther. When the present rules of the House were adopted the Govern-1 Ttrent party and the Opposition formed -about 75 per cent, and 25 per cent.,! ^respectively, of the membership.! "vYnen the Opposition was in that po- aition the House had adopted the rule £hal necessitated that a motion should Hie,-moved and seconded before it rmild come before the House, ft had to be written in ink ami signed by both. With the existing state of the liberal opposition in the House un- 1«!ss he (the speaker) seconded the formers resolution it could not be ilisipussed. Until the return of the the smell of powder. During the recent trouble of France and Germany over Morocco, both governments appealed to the International Socialist Bureau at Brussels to use its influence for peace, and that had more effect that all the navies of Europe. The Social Democratic Party of Germany had come out of the recent elections with 110 members elected; only one-third of the Reichstag, but representing over 60 per cent, of the electors, who had thus signified their allegiance to the views of the Socialist movement. The only remark made by the leading Socialists of Germany, was that the result of the elections was a guarantee of international peace. In view of these facts the only policy for the Socialists of British Columbia was to take the same position as those in Germany and all over the world, and vote in favor of international peace. McPHILLIPS (Islands) followed. His opening remarks were along the line of party politics in answering BREWSTER, but he warmed up in dealing with the Socialist position until his enthusiasm for the "Hempire" culminated in a series of patriotic shrieks. Cooling down again, he seriously justified expenditures on armament, because it provided plenty of work for the worker. If the member for the Islands is not convincing, he is always amusing, when he expatiates on British glory. THE FIRST IN THE FIELD. Comrade Gribble has neen nominated unanimously by Cumberland Local ^^^_^^_^___^_^^_^^^__ to contest that riding in the forthcom- r.™ber_f?I ^anaim° hl^SV^Tl'^B election. . This action is being sub- mitted to the other local- in the riding, WHERE DO YOU STAND? toad been in the same position. Under Hbnse circumstances he had explained I at coul.ten[lv to xhe member for Alberni that he j was willing to second any motion he | required, even if it was to exclude thai Socialist Party from the floor of the! Tne medical quack may treat symp- Uonse. He was particularly anxious tomS| but tne physician aims, to find that tlie member for Alberni should and remove the cause of disease. How i feara every opportuity to bring any: ridiculous it is then that we should • matter he wished before the House. ..poInt wltl, I)rlde" to our charitable In [view of the ^nosition in the j institutions, hospitals for the diseas- "Bcnise it would be a gracious act on i ed and crippled ami insane, etc., ae part of the PREMIER to suspend I when it is a matter of actual fact | "the rules in that respect altogether. ] that our industrial system, and the It was a small favor to ask, and the ] social system which grows out of it, -people would appreciate it if granted. Ncdtner the member for Albenil nor ifhe speaker should have been under -anj obligation to seek assistance from the other. Since the return of the member for Nanaimo he (the speaker) was no longer in that position, but matters were not improved from produce fully three-fourths of all the miserable victims who fill these places to overflowing! These institutions are, in the main, simply manifestations of our horrible social and industrial diseases. While today we can, with enormous effort, care for but a small part of afflicted the standpoint of the member for humanity, yet our present facilities Alberni. j would be ample to provide for all if As far as the naval question was'the number were confined to the act- wmcerned, he (the member for New- ually unavoidable cases which would sastle) had no sympathy with any- arise under a sane system. thing of that nature. The PREM-| It may be, true that lt Is a Chrls- IKR S remarks as to his change of tian spfrit which provides these in- heart had been somewhat amusing to stitutions, but It Is the violation of the House and himself and he would I every Christian principle which sup- not complain. j plies most of the victims who fill While he never packed the flag them, anil the countless thousands around with him he was not insens-lwho suffer and die outside of them. Ibl* to the fact that British instltu-l In the world-wide efforts now being tions compared favorably with any, made to cure these foul social and others on earth, and as long as pres-; economic diseases, the mere reformer, «nt conditions existed he was willing i be he ever so sincere, follows the to see the naval and military strength i methods of the quack, and treats only of Great Britain maintained. But in i symptoms. But the Socialist, follow- Enrope, that country and Germany j fng the scientific method, seeks the were rushing to financial bankruptcy i CAUSE, and, finding It to be Inherent in the race for naval and military in the capitalist syBtem, advocates the equipment. No statesman in the only possible solution to the problem House of Commons could pretend to —the elimination of the system Itself. ■M further ahead than today, and no And, as this is In direct harmony with pretence was made that the ruinous, the la wof evolution, and therefore race was to have any termination. The: Inevitable, the question which we as only finality he could see to It was individuals must settle with ourselves that of one or other of those two Is, Bhall we step out as MEN and do nations going broke in the effort to our share In this great work, or shall snrpaBS the other in war equipment, we line up with the quacks?—Zanes- He believed that if the wealth wasted | ville Socialist. in that mad race was allowed to remain in the hands of those who produced it, poverty would be unknown. The patriotic agitation and Canadian nationalism had been overdone. It -was a curious thing that Mr. BELL IKVING, who was chiefly Instrumental in turning the white men out of the fishing industry on the Fraser , Hirer and supplanting them with Japanese should be so prominent in the agitation for a Canadian navy. His patriotic shouting was discredited in Tiew of that fact. Alter pointing out that while the Liberal government was at Ottawa the ^Conservatives had made it a political matter, and now that they had won the elections, protested that the ■nestion should be taken out of poll- tics. Tho speaker took up the argument that the crushing loads of armaments borne by the leading nations were necessary for the maintenance si peace, and declared that the In- Poverty, the poverty of civilized man, which is everywhere co-cxlstent with unbounded wealth and luxury, is always ugly, repellant, and terrible either to see or to experience: but when lt assails the cradle lt assumes its most hideous form. Under-fed, or badly-fed, neglected, badly-housed and Improperly clad, the child of poverty Is terribly handicapped at the very start. It has not an even chance to begin life with. While still in its cradle a yoke is laid upon its after years, and it is doomed either to die in Infancy, or, worse still, to live and grow up puny, weak both ln body and in mind, inefficient and unfitted for the battle of lite. And It is the consciousness of this, the knowledge that poverty ln childhood blights the whole of life, which makes lt the most appalling of all the phases of the poverty problem- John Spargo. EDMONTON, Feb. 3.—The grandmotherly care which the government I propose exercising over the pool rooms did not at all appeal to the members ■of the house yesterday. C. M. O'Brien j did more talking on this bill than he j has all through the session, and his arguments were In some cases sound land his language strong. Mr. Bramley-Moore was another opponent of the bill and several other members took a whack at it. There are some refreshing things about Mr. O'Brien—he talks ln the house just like he does on the Btreet. .This is exceptional among legislators. : A great many of them who talk the I language of the street while on the ' street endeavor to get somewhat pre- 'cise when they get on their feet in the house, and the result is that their opinions have to be translated from their ordinary thinking language to their parliamentary mode of expression. Never Changes. But O'Brien uses the same language all the time. When he is propound ing some of his political beliefs on the floor of the house he adopts the same language that he would use in a street corner speech on his political faith. In the house when he gets down to the matter-of-fact things of the world and temporarily forgets "the masses" and "the classes" that the Socialists tell us so much about that we already know ourselves—he uses the common slangy expressions that are very clear. Bramley Moore, who was also active in his opposition to many of the provisions of the bill, is also something of a law unto himseif, but his law is drafted in a much more restricted manner than that surrounding the Socialist. Bramley prides himself on his independence and is something of a Radical. He says lots of things In the house that a lot of i but have not the actual nerve to say. Preventing Betting. For Instance when this pool room bill was in committee of the whole he referred to the regulation which prevents betting of any kind in a pool room. Bramley got up in his little place and said he thought a man playing a game of billiaids should have the right to make a bet on his skill. Mitchell said there had been many complaints against gambling in pool rooms. Riley suggested that these bets could be made outside the room. Moore said there was nothing to prevent a man making a bet ln his home. These regulations were directed against the people who had no billiard or pool tables in their homes and had to go to the public halls. O'Brien said the chief kick that came from the fathers of boys who played was that the sons "went home and told mother that the old man was gambling." He thought there should be a general expression of the opinion of the house and he would mofe that the words preventing gambling and betting should be stricken from the clause. The vote showed only O'Brien and Bramley-Moore voting for the amendment. The Age Clause. A clause of the act states that no person under the age of seventeen years shall play any games, nor frequent, enter nor remain ln a pool room. O'Brien objected to the seventeen- year restriction. Bramley-Moore thought the idea of cutting out all the objectionable features such as gambling, swearing and other reprehensible habits made the billiard halls a most desirable place for a young man to go. He demanded a vote on this and moved an amendment that this restriction should be removed, but it was lost. O'Brien was promptly up on his feet again over the closing of the halls at eleven o'clock. He said it was a bill to prevent men from working between the hours of sunset and sunrise he would support that, and be consistent, but if they were allowed to work why not let them have their amusement also? The clause reminded Bramley-Moore of the country squire who objected to village dances, because the people could not work as hard after late hours. Recreation Necessary. Peter Gunn said the man who came in from the country wanted a little recreation and did not want to go to bed at ten o'clock and the pool rooms were about the only place they could go to. W. F. Puffer did not see any more reason for closing oft a pool game than a curling game. Calgary had a regulation that pool rooms close at midnight, said Tweedle, and he thought that was late enough. Mr. Gunn moved that the pool rooms close at 11 on Saturday and on other nights at midnight. Geo. Headley asked to have the hour of opening made 7 o'clock, and the mover agreed to the addition and the amendment carried. The bill reminded O'Brien of the blue laws of Connecticut. Five yea:s from now this bill would look as ridiculous. Clubs Exempt. An exemption case was placed ln the act which left clubs incorporated by the ordinances and the Y. M. C. A. out of the scope of the bill. "A lot of ordinary bugs around this town cannot belong to the Edmonton club," said O'Brien, and this looked like class legislation. In British Columbia they would not give the working men clubs because they had sawdust on the floors instead of carpets. He strongly objected to clubs having the privilege of playing pool or billiards while others had not. Then Sifton said for once he agreed to the suggestions of the member for Rocky Mountain. O'Brien promptly said he did not want the clause eliminated and there was a laugh, and then the amendment to have the clause struck out was carried, only Bramley-Moore, Cote, Stauffer and Tweedle voting aglnst it. All Restrictions the Same. So the way the act Btands now, clubs, Y. M. C. A. and similar places are governed by the same restrictions as other regular pool rooms. CHRIST AND SOCIALISM. To the Editor of The Leader. Dear Sir: In Saturday's Morning Leader you report a lecture and discussion ot the previous night on "Socialism." m one part of that report I find: — "It was also po.nted out that Christ could hardly be taken as an upholder of the Socialist View, as the acceptance oi a God denoted the acceptance of a Master, and as Socialism recognized no Master, It must therefore recognize no God. "This point was left delicately alone as being one of the points of Socialism on which none of those present cared to express an idea." How far this was the mental attitude of the meeting, to the point raised I can only express a personal opinion, but being present, I know it was far from being my own position, and those representing the "Socialist Party of Canada," notwithstanding the fact that it was not further discussed. The Chairman of the meeting had already extended to us more than the usual- time for discussion'and we were not at liberty to express our vieWs unless the Chairman, on the failure of the speaker of the evening to reply, had invited us specially to consider the point. Under the conditions obtaining at the time, the question was not very vital to the discussion, and I saw no reason to encroach on the hospitality of the meeting, by asking permission to speak. The question is not a difficult one, and having been presented to a large public In the manner it has, lt takes on a considerable importance, and with your permission I will briefly deal with it. The real question raised it; what position does God occupy in Socialism? The answer is in brief: that which he occupies, say, in the science of Mechanics. Socialism, appears as a scientific effort to determine the laws operating In the movements, and developments of society. It seeks to appraise the social mechanism as a whole. It also corresponds, to a social and definite educative effort, of a character in keeping, with the more or less accurate grasp of the science obtained. Hence, we have quite a number of phases of Socialism ln action, corresponding to different stages of knowledge of the science. It may be said by way of illustration without claiming for the analogy a complete rendering, that; Socialism in the realm of society Is a science conespondlng to mechanics in the realm of matter. It stands as an effort to ascertain, the movements and destination, of elementary economic realities. As mechanics investigate the laws of movement and force ln the physical- world, so socialism, seeks to find the laws of social force and movement. In investigating and1 testing, it must use the methods of science, and refuse the aid of theological dogmas; like mechanics lt must exclude God from its scales, balances, and mathematical tests. In short it must be free to use those tests which give truth. Any Master that the theologian may bring, as a criterion, or director of truth, lands us into contradiction with our experience, by demanding service that places experience on the altar of sacrifice, outside of the social order, leaving us alone, superstitious, and blind. The "Gods" have had considerable vogue ln the world as managers with not very happy results. Their "heart- ease" has certainly added patience to unnecessary suffering and foolishness to ignorance. Socialism is a protest against this form of tyranny, and demands the freedom of science and reality. F. 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The Peop'e's Bookstore 152 Cordova St. W. DENTIST W. J. CURRY 510 Dominion Trust Building Vancouver, B.C. The best and cheapest WORKMAN'S HOME Cordova Boarding House 512 Cordova Street East Party Lipel BUTTONS Price: 50c each or 5 for $2.00 Dominion Executive Committee 57) Homer-Richard Lane As Socialism uncovers the movements of society towards liberty, unconscious though it may be of the trend of its own inner life, we can foresee the degradation of a theology which has tried to stem the piogres- sive tide of life, with its false Gods. i he sciences, steadily construct their brilliant and fruitful way, seeking only reality. ' Socialism as a science is demand ing the same liberty; outside of this liberty it claims no power, no rights, no property, and has no quarrel with gods or theologies. Socialism then, as a science of edu cattve effort, seeks man's true social destiny by the paths of reality, in th( realms of freedom. I am, yours sincerely W. STOKES. Rose Street, Reglna, Feb. 4, 1912. Great as is the uncertainty for al: classes under our usual conditions, it Is further increased by the crises j which are periodically brought on, j with the certainty of natural law, the moment production reaches a certain. stage. The Importance which these' crises have assumed during the last decades and the general confusion o thought that prevails concernln- them, justifies special attention. The great modern crises which convulse the world's markets arise from overproduction, which, ln its turn, arises from the planlessness that inevitably characterizes our system of commodity production. Overproduction, in the sense of more being produced than is actually needed, may occur under any system. But it could, as a matter of course, cause no Injury so long as the producers produce for the satisfaction of their own wants.— Kautsky. P AH&6BeHnMi 91 WEBSTER'S < NEW ■ INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY THE MERRIAM WEBSTER The Only New unabridged dictionary in many years. Contains the pith and essence of an authoritative library. Covers every field of knowledge. An Encyclopedia in a single book. The Only Dictionary with the New Divided Page. j 400,000 Words. 2700 Paget. 6000 Illustrations. Cost nearly • half a million dollars. Let us tell you about this most remarkable single volume. Write for sampls pages, toll par- tioulara, etc. Name this paper and we will nnd free a set ot Poakst It is now reported that John Mitchell and Peter Collins will be brought to Milwaukee to campaign against the Socialists, in the spring election. The capitalists of Milwaukee can afford to engage the services of such men as Mitchell and Collins, and their training in the National Civic Federation equips them for rendering service to exploiters. The Kaiser who sees "red" in his dreams should make arrangements to have Mitchell and Collins hurl their thunderbolts against Socialism in Germany.—Miner's Magazine. Vancouver City and Suburban Real Estate B.C. Acreage and Fruit Lands W. W. Lefeaux Hollyburn (West Vancouver) Vancouver and Bevelstoke He who wants peace, may yet be called upon to fight for it. PREEMPTORS LOCATED A square deal guaranteed E. H. LIVINGSTON South Fort George Pioneer Land and Timber Cruiser 15 years experience in Cariboo and Peace River land district Men forming colonies write me
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