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Abolish the Capi­

t a l i s t System

V O L . IV. HELENA, MONTANA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1905. NO. lo.

Public Control Fails in France

And now comes the word from

France corroborating the firm stand

the socialist movement takes against

government ownership in the hands

of the capitalist, class, as a solution

of social ills. A strike is on among

the government employees in the

dockyards of the French naval

works. At Toulon, where the

strikers number 6.000, all naval

construction is suspended.

Patrols of marines are guarding

the government proprty. As a

dose to the dissatisfied workmen,

the premier has declared in the

chamber of deputies that the gov­

ernment was unanimously against

the right of employees to strike

against the government, P A R T I C U ­

L A R L Y T H E B R A N C H E S O U M M W I T H

T H E N A T I O N A L D E F E N S E .

The socialists have slung the

slogan to the world that industries

owned by a government controlled

by the capitalist class, where the

masses have no means of voicing

their own interests, is still the

weapon by which surplus value is

forced from the producers to keep

a dominant class in power and lux­

ury. If property pa>s the taxes

of government, it is interested in

having the expenses as light as pos­

sible in order that taxes may be

lower. Labor is of course the

greatest expense in all productive

work. Under capitalist government

ownership the producers are still

left to fight each other in competi­

tive wage. Their only protection

is the union and the strike. But if

the government is in the hands of

the non-workers,, all the powers of

law, parliamentary bodies, courts,

police, army and navy are in the

hands of those who live by robbing

the workers. That they expect to

use every advantage even to for­

bidding the workers to strike, is

shown by the condition in France.

The capitalist class, in their fear

of the socialist demands, are at­

tempting to side track their revo­

lutionary program by appearing to

make concessions to them under

the name of government ownership

Whatever advantage government

operation of industries may have in

hastening the development of the

collective state life, the people will

never be free of irksome toil for

others and poverty for themselves

till they have achieved the conquest

of political power, in their own

immediate voice and control.

Workers Are Aroused in London

A dispatch from London states

that a remarkable demonstration of

the unemployed has occured against

the government because of the at­

titude assumed towards their de­

mands for relief. Thousands of

men and women marched through

the streets to Hyde Park, and held

a meeting. Speeches were made

and resolutions adopted declaring

"unending war against the capital­

ist system."

The surcharged markets of the

world are finding the bloated pos

s r s s u r s " I tin- wealth that labor has

created helpless and aina/ed. They

know of no w y to stop the hunger

cry. There is none under this sys­

tem, and the workers have found it

out. Fifty years of socialist teach­

ing is bearing its fruit, and thev are

crying, "let us end the svstem.*'

BEGGED TO VOTE. A dispatch from Washington states

that Miss Susan H. Anthony, accom­

panied by two other ladies promi­

nent in the woman's suffrage move­

ment, have appeared before the

president to plead for the right to

vote. There is nothing remarkable

in intelligent human beings wishing

to be represented in the government

by which they are governed. The

only thing surprising about the in­

cident is that women as intelligent

as these will do the same thing over

and over again that they have been

doing for fifty years, only to be re­

fused by the all-ruling male, who

lets them know that he is running

things on this mundane sphere. He

believes in the government by the

people, of course, but that does not

mean women. Women are slaves

to the will of men, because, as a

class, they are dependent upon them

for a living. Their only possibility

of achieving a universal freedom is

in obtaining economic freedom.

They are simply wasting their time

in begging for little palliatives, which

they will not set anyway. The cap­

italist class are looking towards con­

trolling the suffrage instead of ex­

tending it. They fear a popular

vote. Women had better devote their

energies to the socialist movement,

as many prominent women suffragists

have discovered. Not only does

every socialist platform in the inter­

national movement declare for the

woman vote, but economic freedom

carries every other possible advan­

tage.

Socialism the Solution of the Age T H E RACE QUESTION

One af the chiefes t beauties that un f o l d s i t s e l f to the student of soc ia l i sm is the wel l n igh un ive r sa l so lu t ion thaV it atTorilii of p e r p l e x i n g problems. T i n rare question in A m e r i c a to-day i t oni w h i c h no ray o f hope pierce* under c a p i t a l i s m . The negro is an helplessly ens laved to the w i l l of the wh i t e man as when a cha t te l , w i t h no assurance of support or pro tec t ion , care when siek, and a w a t c h f u l guard iansh ip over h i s l i f e . In slave days his Imdy represent­ed va lue to his master. N o w the same master gets the work without bother­ing about the o ld carcass.

In the mad compel it ion f o r employ­ment the negro is pushed to the w a l l by the whi le race. He Works at con­t i n u a l d isa tvantage . He meets oppo­s i t i o n in school, publ ic places, every­where . He tr ies to join the un ion . Fre­quen t ly he has not been able to succeed. If be does his union brothers say. " T h e w h i t e man f i r s t , " and d i s c r i m i n a t e against h im in the search f o r the job. T h e negro says. " I am an A m e r i c a n . I a m here, I have no where else to go, and I mean to l ive i f I c a n . ' ' H e m e he becomes the great scab, the weapon the cap i ta l i s t class uses to fight the workers in the i r combina t ions f o r bet ter condi t ions . It a l l resolves it­se l f in to an a n i m a l - l i k e eompei t ion f o r the chance to l i v e , wh ich means the job. and the worker goes down and out, and the more etticieiit are g radua l ly de­graded t i l l thev lose the power of re­sis tance.

t ' l u l c r a ra t iona l system o f the ar rnugement of the industr ies and human l i f e , that is under social isa i , a l l workers ( a n d a l l would be workers ) would Is' t r a ined in the schools of the nat ion f o r the i r l i f e work . W h e n they were grown thev would have a trade, a m i they w o u l d have a job . No one would ap­propr ia te the product of t he i r labor , and the p roduc t ive forces of machin­ery are such that each man's labor w o u l d procure f o r h im and h i s f a m i l y an easy competence. I 'nder such con d i t i o n s people w o u l d l ive where the* pleased, and the wh i t e man's treatment of the negro has not been such as to a t t r a c t onr co lored brothers to flock a round h im. The colored man f o l l o w s the job, and the wh i t e mnn has the j o b today . Where o ld persons were born to a j ob , p rov ided they took advantage of i t , and the w i l d scramble o f compe­t i t i o n fo r a chance to l i v e was gone, t he rai c quest ion would bot lo r t he m i n d of man no more. It has i ts roots p r i m a r i l y in economic compe t i t i on . Ware pre judice is s imp ly the howl of those who t h i n k they see an eennotmic advantage in i t ; ns instance the Jewish massacres in Hnss i i i , the A m e r i c a n negro problem, and the hat red against the or ientals on the western coast.

( i i v e us f reedom o f l i f e , and the new s t rength and inte l l igence w i l l soon solve the other problems.

What Is Socialism? Primary Principles

Soc ia l i sm is the co l l ec t ive owner­

ship of the means of the product ion and

l i s t r i b u t i o n of wea l th .

It is a systeinat ic method of c a r r y i n g on the indus t r ies o f the w o r l d .

It is the subs t i t u t i on of order and system f o r the chaos that reigns to­day.

It is the p r i n c i p l e o f co-operation ap­p l i e d to human l i f e ins tead of the struggle of compe t i t i on .

It is the ownersh ip , opera t ion , man­agement, i iud benefit l i the product ive forces of society , in the hands of n i l the people.

It is the es tabl i shment of an i n ­dus t r ia l governement f o r a po l i t i c a l government .

It means that the w o r k i n g class w i l l ha \o power, and there w i l l be none other but a w o r k i n g class.

The i r government w i l l be based on the i n i t i a t i v e and re fe rendum, and the power of the r eca l l o f of f ic ia ls .

Since the worke r s are the owners of the machines thev w i l l not have to g ive up the greater part of the product they produce to parasi tes who own and do not pe r fo rm u s e f u l work .

The p roduc t ive forces of society nre sufficient to keep a l l in c o m f o r t i f they w i l l work , and can have the i r product . A l l w i l l have w o r k .

The hours o f labor w i l l be shortened. C h i l d r e n w i l l be t aken f r o m sweat* shops and dens, and w i l l be in schools ami advanced i n s t i t u t i ons o f l ea rn ing t i l l they are o f age.

L e a r n i n g w h i l e young , and leisure a f t e r w a r d s w i l l g i v e cu l tu re , ar t , l i ter­ature, and r e f i n e d en joyment s to the w o r k i n g class.

Pove r ty , disease, c r ime w i l l vanish , because the causes have disappeared.

T h i s is soc ia l i sm. T h i s is what ten m i l l i o n people in

the world are v o t i n g f o r . This is what . " I O O . O O O i n A m e r i c a are

vot ing fo r . Th i s is what the Soc ia l i s t P a r t y of

Mon tana s tands f o r . Th i s is what the M o n t a n a News

stands f o r . It is not " d i v i d i n g u p " . A " d i ­

vided u p " machine w o u l d n ' t work . t 'onibiuat ion is the p r inc ip l e of mod

c m indus t ry , and not d i v i s i o n . Hut we want the c o m b i n a t i o n f o r the

benefit of a l l . and w e ' r e g o i n g to have i t . f o r the worke r s are the m a j o r i t y .

— I . C H .

A Frenchman's View Of Russia's Troubles

Paris, Nov. 18.—Anatole I.eroy-

Beanlieu, a member of the French

academy and an eminent authority

on Russia, has addressed a notable

letter to the Journal des Debats up­

on the Russian revolution. He

said in part:

"The events transpiring in the

Russian empire are nothing less than

a great revolution which promises

to be as long and as tragic as the

French revolution, although it is

yet to be hoped that the Russian

revolution may not bring about

the fall of the throne and dynasty.

The revolution will be social and

political whether it assumes a tor­

rential character, sweeping over

all boundaries, or whether it is guid­

ed in regular channels through the

foresight of Count Witte.

As in the case of the French revo­

lution, there will be a transfer of

power and property to new hands.

In the eyes of most Russians, it is

bureaucratic autocracy which must

end. It was never the army nor

the fleet which was defeated by the

Japanese, but the fore-vanquished

was the autocracy. The recent

savage violence and slaughter of

Jews, with perhaps more victims

than through the reign of terror of

the French revolution, is attribut­

able to the autocratic regime.

M i * Hazlett Will Speak Sunday even ing M r s . Hazle t t w i l l

address the W o r k e r s Kduea t iona l C l u b on the subject of " S o c i a l 1 'nrest" . She wi l l take issue w i t h Habbi K l e i n ' s address of two weeks ago. Dr . K l e i n w i l l fo l low her in discussion, a f t e r w h i c h the meet ing w i l l be t h r o w n open t >r general d iscuss ion , M r s H a z ­lett mak ing the c l o s i n g remarks .

S01 \ . client mus ica l numbers w i l l be fu rn i shed , and the even ing t h r o w n • •pen for social en joyment at the done of the program.

After the Fattle Is Ove/*

The bum in the Pullman costs

the people more than the bum on

the trucks.

Women are people, but the gov­

ernments by the poeple do not in­

clude them in the program.

THENAND NOW Senator Clark and the Ropemen

of Butte Have Trouble.

In r e v i e w i n g the results of the recent elect ion a n y t h i n g but s a t i s f a c t i o n is fel t at the showing of the socia l i s t vote. Some social is ts of a s t a t i s t i c a l turn of m i n d may f i g u r e our percent­age of votes cast, and show up an ap­parent socia l i s t ga in , and others may Matter themselves that the decrease of the social is t vote was not as great in comparison as the decrease i n the vo te east f o r the obi parties. Regardless of al l that our socialist s t a t i s t i c ians , ex-• users, consolers may say, the results are en t i r e ly unsa t i s fac tory . It is not the nature o f the social is ts to weep and w a i l over the results, but to nuike a ca lm survey , find our weak points in tact ics , adopt ourselves to the s i t ua t i on and tight on w i t h renewed v igo r .

The f a c t that a large number of people who voted the social is t t i cke t a year ago either s tayed at home or were side t r acked w i t h the r e f o r m wave, shows that more t ime should be g iven to the educat ion o f the soc ia l i s t voters in order that they may be thoroughly grounded and not be swept off the i r fee t by r e f o r m enthus iasm or become cureless and stay away f r o m the polls under any ci rcumstances , which is worse f r o m our v i e w p o i n t .

L o o k i n g o \ , r the field, we f ind that a vast amount of energy was expended in the va r ious states in wh ich e lect ions were held, and l i t t l e or no results were obtained f o r the amount of energy ex­pended, w i t h the exception o f Mass­achusetts ; wh ich would ind ica te that the energy was spent at the w r o n g t ime or not in the right way .

There are a large number of socia l i s t s who bel ieve in c a r r y i n g on a campa ign on o ld pa r ty l ines, such as c r ea t i ng lots of noise and t r y i n g to s t i r up enthus­iasm on the eve of elect ion. I l l th is the socialist cannot compete w i t h the old patt ies o w i n g to lack of finance, and that it needs in te l l igence and not en­thusiasm to make a person vote the socialist t i c k e t .

In New Y o r k where we have ..tie of the best o rgan iza t ions in the count ry ami the most ac t ive comrades, where as steady a propaganda work as finance w i l l permit is kept up the year round , and where one of the most aggress ive campaigns was put up. we went down i l l defeat

The defeat does not place :iny . l is credit on our New Y o r k comrades. The results in N e w Y o r k are what would have happened na t iona l ly i f it had lieon a p res iden t ia l e lect ion, w i t h the P r i m e of re formers as candidate f o r president .

I ' i \ e years ago W . A . ( l a rk was can didate f o r the I 'n i t ed Sta tes senator ship f r o m M o n t a n a . He needed the labor ing men ' s votes to get there. He was very l i be ra l w i t h promises to and wi th expressions of love f o r the Hutte trades. He p i c tu r ed the A m a l g a m a t e d copper trust as the greatest curse to humani ty on the l is t of curses. H i s partner 111 vote ge t t ing , Hc i i i / . c , shed great tears of sympa thy f o r the horny handed sous of to i l and, together, thev induced the w o r k i n g men, the men who dig , hoist , smelt and sh ip copper of Hutte h i l l , to march , y e l l and vote f o r • ' lark that he might d i sp l ay his wl i i s kers, and the wea l th the workers of Hutte produce, i i i the A m e r i c a n House of Lords in W a s h i n g t o n . The workers , the producers of a large por t ion of the wealth 1 la ik and his two sons waste in vices too filthy to descr ibe, voted f o r h im. and he was elected to the Senate. He went to N e w Y o r k , his home, and was sent f o r by II. II. Rogers , the head Amalgama to r o f " S t a n d a r d O i l . " Rogers conv inced C l a r k that he could not enter the Senate unless he first passed th rough the " p r o c e s s 1 and wns made to fit the A m a l g a m a t e d mold. C l a r k was born aga in , l i e j o ined hand" w i t h the other S t anda rd O i l e r s and lock sli pped to the A m a l g a m a t e d dirge of death. Wha t happened f C l a r k abandoned Hein/ .e and the workers of Hutte Hi' b roke every promise he, himself , had made to the workers , ami those Hein/.e had made f o r h i m . Hut ,

wl vc r heard of C l a r k keeping a promise? He was l i k e eve ry proselyte, li it amalgamated the A m a l g a m a t e d . H i s term in the Senate is about to ex­pire. H e wan t s a r e e l e c t i o n . H o is o i l i n g h is p romise mach ine ry . H e hopes to g l i d e a l o n g the o ld worn path to success; to f o o l the worke r s as of old. H i s hopes, however , are l i k e l y to be shat tered. T h e w o r k e r s are leary of h im. T h e y a rc t e s t i ng h i s w o r d . The ropemen in his employ have recent ly gone on s t r i k e for a raise of wages from $3..r>0 to $4.00 per day. He ra

fused to accede to t h e i r just demands and threatened to send his ores to the Amalgamated Washoe smelter f o r treatment. H a v i n g been through the process h imse l f it is mete and r igh t that his ores should receive the same to itiiient. .Hut an elect ion is near, what w i l l he say to the workers o f the State, A n d how w i l l the wo rke r s a. t .' Hein/.e has been amalgamated , t..... and is again boos t ing Clark. W i l l the worke r s be aga in foo led by Clark •in.l Hein/.e or will they open t h e i r • . is to the actual cond i t ions f a r i n g thrin and the great labor army of the world? W i l l they join another " L a b o r P a r t y " organized to divide t h e i r fotff—I It is hoped not. It would seem that the events in Russ ia and other Furnpcan countr ies w o u l d soon arouse them to the wre tched cond i t ion of the w o r k i n g class in A m e r i c a , m i l l i ons o f whom are on the verge of s t a r v a t i o n , f a c i n g s t a rva t ion in the midst of the greatest f a r m crops and the greatest fac tory output on record. It w o u l d seem that the workers would soon real i/.e that they produce a l l th is w e a l t h , and that h a v i n g produced it and the tools w i t h which to produce it, t hey would j o i n w i t h the i r class, the w o r k ing c lass ; wou ld j o i n the par ty , the great Soc ia l i s t pa r ty w h i c h represents, in a l l the c i v i l i / e d w o r l d , the 01 M worked, unde r fed , miserable wage slaves. The M o n t a n a wage earners, and those who have l i t t l e oppor tun i ty to earn wages, it w o u l d seem, should come soon to the point o f unders tand ing their class in teres t ; should rca l i •• that there is a class to which they be­long, and w o u l d also rea l ize thai C l a r k , l l e inze and the Amalgamated , and others of the i r k i n d , const i tu te a class absolutely opposed to the w o r k i n g class; that r e a l i z i n g th is fact they should march in so l id phalanx t o w a r d a r ea l i s a t ion of t h e i r class r i g h t s , wh ich is the ownersh ip by them of the jobs, and a l l the w e a l t h they produce through those jobs. T h i s can only be* done through the agency of the Soc­ial is t pa r ty . — B . B .

t ime, and Ma in the face of such a cr i s i s . W h \ * * two hundred and f i f t y dol lars to f t mpaign in N e w Y o r k t

The nat Q i execut ive commi t t ee d id a l l they w able to do, but in so do ing thev demonstrated the weakness of our o rgan iza t ion .

A f t e r the last na t iona l e lec t ion we saw that our pres ident ia l candida tes pol led a very large vote that c o u l d not real ly be cal led class conscious, but nevertheless a vote to be proud of at that. t ime .

We k n e w than—and th is e lec t ion has demonstra ted it to be a f a c t — t h a t unless we w o r k e d hard to educate and organize the mass of people who had voted the social is t t i c k e t , the next e lec t ion would witness a •.lump.

T h i s was un ive r sa l ly recognized b y the rank and file of the party a year ago—but what happened !

A na t iona l commit tee proceeds to blow in the finance and use the energy of the na t iona l office in r u n n i n g a m i n f o g r a p h bureau f o r the self educa­t ion and g ra t i f i ca t ion o f a f e w notor ie ty seek ing i n d i v i d u a l s who wanted to see thei r names to a mot ion censur ing H commi t t eeman f r o m another s tate be­cause he wore the pa r ty bu t ton upside down.

There has been enough money spent by the na t iona l commit tee t h i s year i n useless work , to have a l l owed the na t iona l execut ive commi t tee to keep t w e l v e organizers at work one month in N e w Y o r k du r ing the campa ign .

The fac t that a r e f o r m w a v e is sweep ing the country and o ld par ty l ines are b e i n g demol i shed , that the spi r i t of resentment against the ev i l s o f the present system are abroad in the land , is a very hopefu l s ign , and i f the soc ia l i s t s are awake to the oppor tun i ty , i f we are equal to the occas ion, such sent iment as now exis ts can be edu­cated a m i . - rvstal ized i n to soc ia l i s t or­gan iza t ions . The occasion is here f o r ac t ion and it is t ime that the na t iona l

imi t toe was ge t t i ng down to work , or ra ther go ing to sleep and not d ra in ­i n g the N a t i o n a l office by mine .graph work so that the N a t i o n a l E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e could have someth ing to work w i t h .

O a t propaganda c r y . " A g i t a t i o n , KducHt ion and Orga ni-at ion " . should i.o amended f o r the present " E d u c a ­t ion am* O r g a n i z a t i o n . " T h e soc­ia l i s t ag i t a t i on that has been k< pt up f o r the past f ew v e a l s has no doubt con t r ibu t ed largely to t in sp i r i t o f rebel l ion that was mani fes t at the late e lec t ion , and fu r the r demonst ra tes than

If there is any faul t to be f o u n d . i» I unless we f o l l o w up what we have done is in our na t iona l o rgan iza t ion not be ing able to meet the emergency that occured in N e w Y o r k .

When the par ty was being a t t a cked by the o ld part ies ami the S. L . p . to keep our N . Y . comrades o f f the ballot under the name of Soc ia l Democrats , and e v e r y t h i n g po in t i ng to a Hearst campaign , our nat ional forces should have been concentrated in N e w Y o r k , and every ctL.r t made by the nat ional office to g i v e the ent i re support of the nat ional o rgan iza t ion to repel the attack. . Instead of this we see the nat ional execu t ive committee be ing able to donate on ly some two hundred and f i f t y do l l a r s , to be pa id at any old

a long a g i t a t i o n l ines by educa t ion w hich w i l l g ive us mi l i t an t organi/.at ion a l l our effort of the past w i l l have been wasted.an.I some J i m C r o w of a r e fo rm-ei w i l l n a p the benefit of our work . Let us take the lesson to heart . I,et the na t iona l commit tee t ake the lesson to heart. .

Le t us get down to work , good hard work . A l l is not yet lost. The e lec t ion only shows us which way the w i n d i s blow ing .ami it shows a breeze f a v o r a b l e f o r the social is ts , p r o v i d i n g we take ad­vantage of it .

To w o r k Comrades. The t ime f o r act ion is here.

— J . n. o.

The Trust Farce. Slowly but surely the A m e r i c a n

people are beg inn ing to rea l ize what a g igant ic f a rce and impos i t ion the. present so-cal led inves t iga t ion of the Trus t s is. It is a scandalous a f f a i r

f r o m start to finish. It has I me the laughing s tock and joke of the eu t i ro wor ld . It indica tes most empha t i c a l l y the hypocr i sy and deception p rac t i ced by the en t i re admin i s t r a t ion . I f there was ever an admin i s t r a t i on that de­served the contempt of honest men it is the present. The recent inves t iga­t ions of the great l i f e insurance com panics show that the officers in power were elected by corrupt pract ices and are i l l e g a l l y r e t a in ing the i r offices P u b l i c sent iment has become so de­bauched that it w i l l tolerate a lmost a n y t h i n g f o r p a r t y ' s sake. I ' nder our f o r m of government pub l ic officers are supposed to be publ ic se rvan ts and to represent the interests of the m a j o r i t y . T h i s pleasant fief ion has served to deceive the people so long that they accept it as a t ru th . It is an insam and dangerous delusion and has cost the people b i l l i o n s of do l l a r s and social m i s e r y wi thout measure. The present p o l i t i c a l system is an outrage and an offense against human i ty , f l o o d government is a mocke ry and a fa rce under our present p o l i t i c a l or­gan iza t ion . F r a u d mid c r ime re ign wherever the present system exis t s . It is not p a t r i o t i s m to susta in a system so f r a u g h t w i t h p o l i t i c a l i n i q u i t y and unrighteousness. I t is the rankest

t reason count ry support ties, no

No c i t i zen that t r u l y loves h is and desires its w e l f a r e can

the policies of the two old par-matter who presides over them.

M .

Iowa Socialists Comrade Hurgess is now work­

ing in Iowa. l or some reason Iowa

is a state that has been unusually

backward in the socialist movement.

Hnt he has struck at least one so­

cialist spot, Mystic, Iowa, where all

the officers are socialists, He in­

tends returning to Tacoma in De­

cember, stopping in Idaho, Oregon,

and Washington. Soon after, he

will go south.

Sir Henry Irving, the great

Knglish actor whose death saddened

the theatrical world, had long been

an advocate of the municipal thea­

ter. He said true art was impos­

sible while the stage was dominated

by the commercial spirit.

Kighteen thousand deserted wives

in Chicago! Their husbands were

Catholics and Protestants, Habtists

and Methodists, I >emocrats and Re­

publicans-all capitalisticallv train­

ed minds. Who said Socialism

would destroy the family ? — Labor.

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THE NEW PAPER. The News is safely launched up­

on its way as the representitive of the Socialist Party of Montana. The moral encouragement has been all that the large vote in favor of taking the paper over led us to ex­pect. The financial encouragement has much exceeded our expecta­tions. When little locals like Stevensville and Chico send in $6 apiece, and we get a list of eight from Hillings and the same from Great Kails before we are hardly settled in our new places, it looks as though the paper was simply filling a sort of vacuum that had existed unconsciously for a long time before.

W'c are well aware that we are not yet in a position from which the best results could be expected either materially or psychologi­cally. The material concerns will adjust themselves as time goes on; but the educational matter of a pub­lication devoted to the science, the philosophy, and the intetpretation of society ami events from the basis of the class struggle, is a feature that cannot be handled as it should be without certain advantages of situation and working material, that are practically outside the reach of socialists in a western town.

Socialist expression calls for the latest triumphs of science and thought that the human mind has achieved. We must be right or we are nothing.

If the Socialist sees far ahead the dawn of a new day, when mankind shall have accomplished the con­quest of his environment, when the material shall have been brought in­to subjection and forced to minister to the collective happiness and op­portunity of all, upon him lies the consecration of shattering the brutal­ized idols of ignorance, superstition and degrading subjection, stripping the tawdry tinsel from the death mask, and letting the glorious sun­light, of science, truth, and investi­gation illumine the stagnant fester of a degenerate ami decaying civili­zation. In other words the socialist position is a survey of the ages, see­ing "a vision of the world, and all the wonders that would be;" and in order to do this he must know this ancient world and its daily evolu­tion. Libraries, reports, works of reference, an abundance of data and leisure to compile it—these are the tools with which the socialist must work, that the working class may be fortified in their demand for a collec­tive life based on economic justice. Needless to say these tools are not at the command of the Montana News at this time.

But there is another function that the paper must perform and that is the mobilization of the forces that make for social revolution in Mon­tana- Our locals want the encour­agement of collective action. They want to know what the other locals are doing; and this office, at least, a state paper, may be able to per­form, hoping for better results, as the movement grows in intelligence and power.

The socialist press in the country is still in a comparatively formative

stage. The reason lies in the char­acter of the movement itself. When­ever the working class intelligently desire to have instruments of class expression, whenever they learn what outposts of the capitalist must be taken, the socialist press will have support. It is positively pathetic that so valauble and scho­larly a publication as the Interna­tional Socialist Review should be on the constant verge of discontinua­tion, and that is as conscientiously and ably edited as The Worker has a subscription list of ouly 18,000, in a nation that cast half a million socialst votes.

But the cry of hunger is rising into a mighty chorus from men that want to work, self-consciousness is giving place to class consciousness and economic necessity will soon force the American working man to seek expression in the press of the socialist movement, for the wrongs and aspirations of his class.

IN UNION IS STRENGTH. And now comes word that the

great powers have joined in a noti­fication to Russia that they intend to interfere, and preveut anarchy. The nations will fight each other in a mighty contention for the mar­kets of the world, until the work­ing class begin to rise and struggle against the diabolism of the rule of the master class. Then the trem­bling thrones rush together, for in co-operation only do they find safety. The governments of today are simply committees to extort surplus value from the workers. If that surplus ever ceases, the dominant economic class are starving and helpless. They know this, not con­sciously, but instinctively, from the law of the self-preservation of species. When that pecular species of human deformity known as the capitalist class feels the tremble of its ancient foundations, every force of prestige, "law and order," ' re­spectability." culture, those dear prerogatives of bourgeois control, is mustered to the perpetuation of existing institutions.

Kach ruling class has held the same historic fortification unmind­ful of the industrial transformation that had made the old regime no longer possible. During the time of the French revolution, Danton and >jther of the Revolutionary leaders had their hearts and inten­tions set upon the "war of the propa­ganda." This was an aggressive army that was to carry the prin­ciples of the Revolution among the nations of northern Kurope. The throne of the neighboring powers trembled with apprehension, and the result was the mobiiization of a Kuropean army of the allied powers that afterwards, at Waterloo, de­feated the forces of Napoleon, re­presenting the new regime of the bourgeoisie.

Again at the close of the Franco-Prussian war, in 1871, the cry of alarm blanched the cheek of the aristocrat. Louis Napoleon, by a shameful surrender, had betrayed the loyal hearts of the working class, and the armies of Bismarck were before the gates of Paris. T o Napoleon belonged the slum, but the self respect of the workingmen revolted against being trailed like cattle for the stale dissipations of nastiest roue, of Kurope. That wonderful spectacle of resistance known as the Paris Commune, was the result. It was the one great proletarian revolt of modern times. The capitalists, leaders, traitors, aristocrats left the city. The work­ing class were in control, and the most decent and peaceful admini­stration that Paris ever knew oc-cured during the few months of the Commune.

Did the German conquerers take advantage of the domestic rebellion to crush their Krench foe? No; they sat down before Paris, and waited for the "better class" the "defenders of law and order" to drive back the workers to their shops, and their political silence. And when the guns of obedient regi­ments had thundered down the barricades, and slaughtered the innocent by the thousands against the deadly walls of the city, then and then only did negotiations pro­ceed between the belligerent "pow­ers."

A "liberal" form of government in Russia that the capitalists can control will be acceptable to the na­tions of Europe. It will be the same sway over the lives of the pro­ducers as exists today, only in an­other form. But let the socialists came to the front, with their de­mand for industrial freedom, and the parasites of the world are shriek­ing "anarchy."

In the meantime the silent forces of industrial evolution are crumb­ling their rotten structure about their heads, and the time is not far dis­tant when neither Czar nor liberal will be potent, but the sinews that build the beauty of the world shall have established the freedom of the Co-operative Commonwealth.

The Helena Independent says in an editorial:

The defeat of the present agita­tion for the restriction of unjust railroad rates will but add fury and force to the socialistic tendency which is already growing manifest in the demand for government ow­nership of public utilities. The pro­paganda is spreading, and it is but a question of time when ft will be­come an issue in the national poli­tics of all parties.

The favorable discussion of gov­ernment ownership is no longer confined to the socialist party. Republicans, democrats, populists, and independents are taking up the problem with sincerity and zeal: There it is—the livery of G o d to serve the devil in. T o hear the shrieking private owners express it, "they'll only give us socialism if we will just let them alone." That: is, the profit appropriators will re­linquish their holdings and their graft, for the benefit of the dear people. We have never noted that history has teemed with such bene­ficent examples of the love of the dominant class for the "unwashed.'. The socialist party is good enough for the working class to get control of the industries with. But then the capitalists can't run it. Hence the shriek.

Hearst states that his expenses to make the run as mayor of New York, were 165,843. He says that he contributed for the candidates on the Municipal Ownership ticket. Vet some people are afraid of so-cioaism because it would mean pa­ternalism.

Mme. Uaraeu gives electric scalp treatenent.

A Great Awakening. o

By J . K E T B B A R D I E . M P, in Lon don Labor Leader.

Tin- other wit'k I noted the progress wliieli the women's movement has made of late; the municipal election cam­paign, which is proceeding as I write, is 1 ri .elation of the wondrous growth of Socialism. The great awakening of the l in t i MII people has come. The slumher of a generation is passing, and the oppres-me nightmare of indifTerence is being shaken oft*. Bradford, Le i cester, Merthvr, Manchester, (ilasgow,

I Is. Hi nil i n yli a 111. everywhere, masses of people filled with the wine of the new evangel of Socialism are crowd­ing the largest halls, and with the fire of battle in their eves and the hope of Socialism in their hearts, are going exultantly forward to an assured triumph. Without any outside aid, with no press putting, with no aristor cratie patronage, with the cold shoulder of priest and parson turned towards them, still the people come in thousands It our meetings, they cheer our speakers—their own comrades,—they vote for our candidates, and the number of candidates keeps growing and multiplying all the time. The jieople are awake, and are beginning to know that whilst they have been asleep the enemies have bound them as firmly to poverty and toi l aa did the L i l l i ­putians, Gulliver. But they are deter­mined to burst the bonds which bind them, and when a people are roused and determined, who shall gainsay thomf

And what is the attitude of leading politicians towards this uprising? Tito star of Toryism has, for the moment, set; the meteoric splendour of the dawn of the century has now fizzled down t i l l it has become bnrnt cinders. Let us put the Tories aside; what they say or do can have no interest for us, or «ny direct bearing upon the coming general election.

Hut what of the Liberals, whose star is said to be in the ascendant! What is the attitude of the leaders of the Liberal party towards this wonderful uprising of the common peoplef Have they welcomed it with open armsf Are

they helping the new movement to ex­pound its gospel of Bocialismf They who are the special friends, and guides, and champions, and deliverers of the people—what have they to say to this wondrous movement of the people; this new birth of public l i fe ; this man­ifestation of independence on the part of the workersf

N O T H I N G . Do they know of its existencef I

cannot say. Their newspapers do their best to keep them in ignorance; it may lie that they succeed. It is just possible that Bosebery, Asqtiith, Merley, Lloyd-(ieorge. Grey, and others of their front rank colleagues, are as ignorant as they appear to be about the political revolution which is manifesting itself all over Kngland, Scotland, and Wales. It may be that they are really ignorant, in which ease a worse fate wil l befall them than befell three blind mice of whom the nursery rhyme tells. But I HHMMl believe them to be ignorant. They are not moles; they more re­semble the ostrich, who, it is said, ap­pears to think that so long as it can­not see danger, no danger is near, and so, when pursued by an enemy, buries its head in the sand. I have lieen read­ing the speeches, the great speeches, which these men have recently been making, reading them to try and glean same inkl ing of what is in their mind on social and industrial topics, of what the starving poor have to expect from them when they succeed to office.

BT'T NOTHING CAN I K I N D . Mr. Asipiith keeps stamping upon the

decaying carcass of the s t i l lborn , monstrosity of Protection. When •.'ravelled for other matters, he prates of reforming the procedure of the House of Commons, a ten days' task at most.' Mr . Morley hints at Home Hole for Ireland, and. following in tho wake of Mr . I 'hesterton, sneers at Lord Kosebery for making a fetish of the meaningless term "e l l ie iency ." Lord h'osebery snarls back, defends his fetish, and declares that on no account will he be a party to Mr. Morley 's Home Hule proposals. Mr. Lloyd-Genrga pats Lord RoseU'ry's shoulder in good romradeship fashion, imitates Mr . Winston Churchill in coining political Itillingsgate to sling at Mr. Balfour, and winds up with a great blast against the Kstablished Church. Sir Kdward (irey talks authoritatively about the woes of the Chinese serfs in South Afr ica , and then looks on blandly whilst two Kuglish girls are being violently hustled out from his meeting, ami subsequently sent to gaol for hav­ing the daring to ask him a question :il>out the political cut ranch iscment of the women of (ireat Britain. Occasion­ally there is a vague reference, com pressed into half a dozen lines, to the

1 1 of social reform, and that is a l l ; nothing definite or tangible; mere platitudinous generalities

And the Churches, especially the Free Churches? The Free Church Council and M i . Thomas Law passed a resolu-ti ibout the unemployed, whilst in Bradford every Free Church minister is opposing, actively, the candidature of the nine Labor nomi s, who are making tl are of the unemployed ami the provision of meals for school chil dren the s o c i a l topic of their cam­paign, and supporting the Liberal nom­inees, who have opposed the prov ision of public meals for starving children, and who are lient on making the new t'nomplovment Act a dead letter. (Ion eral Booth is spending his declining years in t rying to get rid of our " s u r p l u s " population by banishing some fifteen thousand families to the wilds of Western Australia, whilst the Bishop of London is thundering forth semi apostolic maledictions against those who are guilty of the national crime of l imit ing the size of their fain ilies and keeping down the growth of population.

And these are the self-constituted Mend* and leaders of the people, pol­itical and religious. When the blind lead the blind both shall tumble into the ditch.

So far as the Organized Labor move ment is concerned, the days of such stumbling guidance are over. Tho workers are tired of the ditch. Who ever wi l l may tumble into and wallow in the mire of ditches, but they have had enough of that. Socialism has come to lighten their path. The dawn­ing consciousness of political manhood is awakening self-respect. The blind may go on leading the blind, but never­more shall priest, parson, or politician lead Organized Labor. The awakening has been long in coming—but is has come.

Socialists Plan for Day of Thanksgiving

A great national celebration is pro­posed for the socialists of the United States. Tf the plan of Local Spokane is adopted, as declared probable, next Thanksgiving day, Thursday, November 30, may be observed by socialists throughout this nation as a day of eel eliration and rejoicing over " f o u r epoch making events for which it is declared the entire credit is duo to socialism.

The plan is thus summed up in reso­lutions adopted by a committee olected by Spokane locnl:

F O U R G R E A T E V E N T S . The year 1905, now drawing to a

close, marks a signal advance of tho human race, four epoch making events

being recorded in history as milestones on the blood stained path of civi l iza­tion :

First—The peaceful dissolution of the time honored alliance between S I M den and Norway peaceful despite the efforts of the capitalist class to prccipi tat 11 war.

Second -The threatened conflict be tween Frame ami (iermany was avert ed, in spite of the efforts of the "cap­tains of indust ry" to "unleash the dogs of w a r , " that profits might flow to their coffers in the streams of working class blood.

Third—The endowment of the first school of socialism—the first university wherein the. truth— the truth only, and nothing but the truth—will he taught.

Fourth—The awakening of the work­ing class of Russia. The revolt of the giant. Labor, from the most monstrous brutal government that modern c iv i l ­ization has permitted to exist.

DnD AS 11FLE T A R G E T S . Whereas, Socialism teaches the class

who have always been food for rifle, sword and cannon—the working class —that they are used aa rifle targets, their homes laid waste, their wives widowed and children orphaned, only in the interest of " the masters of the bread ." That the working class the world over are friends, not enemies; brothers and aisters of one common parentage; that the blood of the work­ers is red, whether their skin be white, black or yellow; and that they have no interest in tho wars of the master class, whoso battles they have always fought, under tho guise of patriotism;

Whereas, The teachings of socialism were plainly manifest and voiced in unmiatakeablo terms by the protests of socialists in Sweden, Norway, France and Germany, and by their protest! war with its attendant savagery, van­dalism and carnage was averted in those countries; and

Whereas, Socialism, in spite of the czar, the clergy, the knout, the Cossack, Siberia, censorship, oppression and suppression, has grown, spread and scattered its soed; its messago of l ib­erty, freedom and equality of oppor­tunity; the " j o y f u l tidings of peace on e a r t h " ; borne the light of hope to

minds and hearts bowed and bent under fhe yoke of kingcraft ami priestcraft, until the last of the socalled civilized nations has grudgingly yielded a portion of human rights to all its subjects; and

Whereas, The ail vantages obtained in the aforesaid historic events, and tho beneficent effects resultant therefrom, have been due to the education of the people through socialism, socialists are entitled to all credit. And the recent disclosures o f tl verrottennes* throughout the whole capitalist struc­ture, Is-iiig due to the merciless castiga-tion of the profit system by socialists, socialism has been p'oven, not only the greatest factor in making for world peace, but the greatest moral and eth­ical force in civilization; therefore be it

M A K F . IT A H O L I D A Y . Resolved, That Thursday, November

.HO, 190"), be observed as a holiday by socialists throughout the I'nited States; celebrating by parade, speech and song" the signal victories gained by our com­rades at home and abroad, and attest­ing our appreciation in fitting manner of the g i f t of our departed comrade, Mrs. K. I). Rand; at the same time, by this expression of the solidarity of the working class, gaining fresh strength and energy to push on to our final goal the cooperative commonwealth.

H . W. MANGOLD, JAS. EBICKSON, B. J . TAMBLIN,

Committee on Resolutions. —Spokane Chronicle.

Brotherhood of man is impossible so long as the industrial system forces some to starve, and some to live off the starving of others.

Lake Como Local of Socialist Party has obtained a Charter from the State Committee and is now ready to receive applications for membership from any farmer or wage worker in Ravalli county. For further information writh to the address Lake Como Local, Como, Montana.

MONTANA NEWS, HPLENA. MONTANA

Honored Friends of Freedom JOHN O L A S S E .

(Considering th* ntlrrlns timed In which the proletariat of the world Is paaelna- today, the following reraea from the Sociallut Song Hook are pecallarly appropriate.—Edltor.1

Tollere of the natlona Thinkers of the tima,

Sound the note of battle I...ml through every clime.

March ye' agalnat the tyrant*. Heedleaa of the ateel.

Be a baad of brothera. SptH'd the common weal!

Onward frienda of freedom. Onward for the atrlfe.

Bach for all we atruggle. One la death and life.

Seamatreaa In the hovel. Women "f the mill.

Low indeed ye grovel. Tame ye are and utill.

Come like the Valkyrlea. Beateou* in your might,

Sing ye eouga of valor, Nerve a* for the fight.

Toil we now no longer, For another's gain.

While our wive* and children. Pine in want and pain.

Grieve we now no longer At another's good.

Let us all be brothera. Lot n* all have food.

National News RESOLUTIONS BY LOCAL COOK

COUNTY, I L L I N O I S . WHKKKAS, According to the pro­

visions t f tlie National Constitution, it w i l l I N H M •MwMkTJF for tho National Committee to hold a regular session in 1906, the f u l l expense of whieh w i l l amount to over four thousand dollars and wi l l have to he borne by the treas­ury of the party; an it is altogether impossible for us to aequire such a large sum of money in our treasury even though special means would bo adopted to raise the amount, i t will surely plunge the party in a heavy debt of perhaps three thousand dollars. This tremendous burden wi l l l>e fastened upon our shoulders just on the eve of a very important campaign, thus pre­venting us from being free to put our best energies and resources into the campaign; and

WIIKHKAS: Kven i f a Committee meeting could be held without loading up the party with a heavy indebted­ness, the constitutional limitations put upon the powers of the National Com­mittee wi l l prevent i t from taking any action which would remedy the many defects in our organization as well as in the National Constitution, and bring i t more in conformity with the needs of our growing party; many vexed questions seem to hamper the movement in a number of localities, causing much confusion and irr i tat ion among both the membership ami the members of the National Committee; and

WW EBEA8: A great mental awak­ening has resulted from the recent rove lations of the internal rottenness of highly developed capitalism, which wi l l soon be taken advantage of by the Hearsts l.awsons et al. element to further confuse the bewildered public mind, and, in the same of "Remedies," lead it into st i l l deeper and more com plete chaos; with prolific use of ad­jectives, they wi l l move heaven ami earth to persuade tin ' American work-tngmcn that their interests are identi ical with the middle class, which class is fast being annihilated as an impor taut economic t'netor; a (dear, ringing statement from a national Socialist convention, setting for th in language that cannot be misunderstood, the rela lion of the wealth producers to nil classes of exploiters wi l l go far to clear up the situation in the minds of the workers. Especially w i l l this be so i f we have a year or two instead of a few months in which to get i t ham mered into their minds, and

WHEREAS: The National Oonstitu tion provides thnt the transportation expense of delegates attending a Na­tional Convention be met by a per capita assessment levied upon the membership. Af t e r all, tho same membership will have to stand the ex­pense, whether it is a meeting of the National Committee or a National Con­vention, but the results that a special National Convention held next year would he able to bring about would amply recompense the party for tho expenditure and would f u l l y j u s t i fy the sacrifice: Therefore, be i t

RESOLVED: That a special Nation al Convention bo held during the year

1906, and that we cheerfully pledge ourselves to contribute our share to defray the transportation expenses of the delegates: and be i t further

RESOLVED: That the National Committee be instructed to call upon the various state and territorial organ­izations to elect their quota of delegates and otherwise to take steps as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution:—

RESOLVED: That instead of a national committee meeting, a special National Convention be held in 1906 between the first day of May and the fifteenth day of July, for tho purpose of issuing a statement, setting for th tho party's position on the recent ex­posures of highly developed capitalism and warning the working idass of the frenzied efforts of the " b e l l wethers" of Capitalism to sweep them off their feet, thus better preparing the minds of the working class to grapple with the many fake issues which wi l l be presented to them at the next pros idential campaign; also, for the purpose of revising the national constitution; making such preparations for the gen­eral advancement and strengthening of the party in view of the developing political situation throughout the country; and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before such a convention. Adopted Nov. 12, 1905.

(THAI, l i . BRECKON, Sec'y. J . H. COPELAND, Chairmrai.

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WISCONSIN NOTES. The proprietor of the largest brew­

ing plant in Milwaukee offers the city a silver mounted bottle of beer for christening the c i ty ' s new fireboat. Now it happens that this proprietor is the man who recently admitted that he gave a bribe of *1500 to the former city building inspector. The latter is now in prison for accepting this bribe. Tho Social-Democrats hold that the ''business men" who furnish the "bood le" are as guil ty as the politic­ians who take it, although the latter have been indicted and in some in­stances punished, while the business men have not even suffered a loss of prestige. Accordingly one of our Social-Democratic aldermen in the last meet­ing of the City Council introduced a resolution, reciting the above mentioned facts am) proposing that the "board of public works be and they are hereby instructed to decline the socallcd 'magnanimous' offer of said (iiiHt.iv I'abst. and to christen thg new fire boat in such manner as not to bring reproach upon the c i t y . "

In view of the f;ict the mayor and City Council have refused to appoint the Social Democratic election inspect ors and clerks to which our party is legally entitled, the Soeial Democrats propose to form a huge election vig ilance committee, composed of 1,000 men. It wi l l be the duty of these men to carefully watch the elections in all wards ami to give aid in case of an\ attempt of the Rose "mach ine" to steal law) election. The methods of Tammany in the last New Vork elec­tion wi l l not be tolerated in Milwaukee

The agitation for a municipally owned clcctorical lighting plant in Milwaukee is likely to result in exciting events. The contract of the street lighting eoinpativ expires next month, and the company has offered a new contract, with a much reduced price for lights in case the contract is granted for a long period, or at a higher price in case the contract is given for a short term. I f these terms are not accepted, the company threatens to plunge the city in darkness. The corporation alder men in tin ' City Council have thus far succeeded in blocking all attempts of the Social Democrats to establish the municipal l ighting plant which the people voted for last year. Now, of course, there is no time to start one be­fore the company's contract runs out next mouth. So this deadlock wi l l probobly result in st irr ing times.

Throe new branches of the Social Democratic party were organized Inst week. The remarkable part of this item o f news is that the new branches are all in agricultural districts, which our propaganda has never reached be­fore, and that the majority of the members are farmers. The agricultural question which has been so difficult of solution by the Socialists, is thus be­ginning to settle itself. These branches were formed by our state organizer, Carl D. Thompson, who is now making a very successful tour of eastern and northern Wisconsin. His future dates' are as follows:—Ashland, Nov. 17-18 Washburn, Nov. 20th, Spooner, Nov. 22nd, Canton, Nov. 23rd, Ralsam Lake, Nov. 24th, and Osceola, Nov. 25th.

The week's lectures in Milwaukee by the Social-Democratics were as follows —Nov. 14th at Wisconsin Hall , lecture by T. Feeley on "Trade Unions and Socialism." Nov. 15th at Schacht's Hall by P. W. Thiol, "Socia l i sm." At Lay ton Park, " T h e Mission of the Working Class," by State Senator Rummel. Nov. 17th, Second Ward Rranch, " T h o Curse of Food Adulter a t ion , " by Carl P. Dietr, at Popper's Hall. " U n i t e d States Statist ics," by Vox Popull, at Raasch's Hal l . " W h y I am a Socialist," by Alderman E. T Melius. Nov. 19th at the Socialist Home, " U n i t e d States Statist ics," by Vox Populi. Next weeks lectures wi l l be as follows:—Nov. 2Srd at Odd Fel low's Hall, "Socialism as the Basis of Industrial Peace," by N . Rriggs. Nov 24th, at Locke's Hal l , "Socia l i sm," by

F. W. Thiel; F i f t h Ward Branch, "Trades Unionism and Socialism," by T. Feeley; Bresscmeister's Hall, "The Evolution of Industries," by F . W. Rehfeld.

Comrade E. E. Carr of Danville, 111., addressed three well-attended and enthusiastic meetings in Racine last week. A ball was also held at the close of one of his lectures, for the purpose of raising funds for the propaganda. The Racine movement is in good shape and everything points to a large gain in our vote there next spring, and a probable increase in the number of aldermen in the Racine City Council.

The attempt to debar the Socialist Party from participation in the elec­tions of Douglas County, Nebras:a, by making i t necessary that 1 per cent of the salary of the office be paid as a fil ing In by the candidate, was defeat­ed. The Supreme Court rendered a de­cision Nov. 11th, declaring this section of the Dodge Primary Law unconsti-t ut ional.

Tht resolutions by Local Omaha, N'ebr., published in the Weekly Bulle­t in of Nov. 11th, have been endorsed by Local South Omaha.

The proposed Suffrage (Poe) Amend in' nt to the constitution of the State

f Maryland, having for its purpose the disfranchisement of the working

ass, was defeated by 28,000 majori ty.

Vapor ha whs and shampooing MMe. (JAREAU

WOMEN'S CLUBS In order that a socialist organi­

zation may live, and do useful work there should be a definite line of action from the beginning. If a determined effort is made from the first to arrange a program of study, and each member does some read­ing and assists in some way, it is surprising how far ahead in in­formation the club will be in one winter.

In a state where women are not voters the majority of them have very vague ideas in regard to gov­ernment, political, and economic matters. Especially is this true of the wives of the working class. The monotonous routine of their lives, the scant money with which to buy books, and leisure in which to read them have given little opportunity to brighten their intellect, or ac­quire information.

Socialism has for its purpose the conquest of economic forces so that all may have opportunity for a healthy and rounded development. In order that the working class may achieve such dearly longed-for free­dom, they must clearly understand the causes of the present conditions, and the forces at work in society that will effect a remedy.

Such is the purpose of the social­ist propaganda.

a • a In taking up the study program

for the day, No I . , the drill in par­liamentary law, should depend upon the time that is desired to be spent upon this subject. All women in organized movements should under­stand something of how meetings should be conducted, motions should be made, and committees formed. One advantage of the so­cialist form of organization is that the practice of having no perman­ent chairman gives opportunity for all members to have drill in the duties of chairman. If the club is possessed of a woman who makes a good instructor, she could prepare a short drill, say ten minutes, for each session.

There are women who have had no experience in public work of any kind, and are timid about attempt­ing to express themselves. These can select a brief reading from some socialist matter. After gaining a little confidence they can venture on remarks regarding the selection.

Next week we will continue the disenssion of the program.

L C H.

SOCIALISTS D E M A N D I N G EIGHT H O U R W O R K D A Y

St. Petersburg, Nov. 13.—As the next step in their programme the Social Democrats have decided to attempt the enforcement of an eight-hour day in all the factories of St. Petersburg. The workmen in a number of big factories have already resolved to work only eight hours for their present pay, and to cease work entirely i f the employers attempt to enforce the old scale.

State News Great Falls is going along finely

after its revival. The secretary, W. A. Palsgrove reports as follows:

Our first meeting after the series of lectures, was held November 14, and we had a splendid meeting. We elected Comrade Buck as dele­gate to route the speakers. He was instructed to write to Comrade Rector to get more information about his duty. The recent meet­ings did a great work in the Falls. They took some of the sand and dirt out of some of the people's eyes, and made them see the truth. There are still some blind, yet can't see, and don't want to. But I'll give them a knock occasionally on the head, and say-dig up, and help the cause along. Enclosed find money order for three dollars for another book of stamps, for this book won't last me more than a few hours if I press the button. I can make good work when I get the fifty application cards.

The reference to the delegates to route the speakers is in connection with the work of the County Cen­tral Committee of which Comrade Hector is secretary.

• • • We have encouraging reports from

the Dean Local in Carbon County. Western Carbon County has shown remarkable activity in carrying for­ward the socialist propaganda in that part of the state. It was the comrades here who took Mrs. II az-lett in a carriage through a ten days tour last summer.

Comrade John Hudson has just returned from a trip to Chicago, where he sold his cattle. He didn't get as much for them as he expected, but he says, being a socialist he knows the reason why. He is wised up on the beef trust. He heard Comrades Debs and Simons speak, circled around the national office for awhile, and brushed up

on the latest socialist news.

• • • Helena local meets every Wed­

nesday evening in the office of the News. All persons opposed to this economic system, and interested in the socialist solution of industrial problems are invited to attend.

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The following letter from the Woman's Auxilliary at Great Falls breathes so much of the spirit of enthusiasm and determination, that we cannot afford to pass it bv:

Dear Comrade: Enclosed find $4 for subscriptions for the News. We have been rustling around and got eight of them, but had no cards so will send you the names and addresses on a separate sheet.

The Woman's Auxilliary met Wed­nesday afternoon, Nov., 15, and we had a very pleasant meeting. There were ten ladies present and three outside of the club members, two of these signed their names to our list and we got along nicely with the work, considering that we had no program outlined for us.

We appreciate the form of work outlined in the News this week and shall be pleased to follow it. Mrs. McDermott acted as chairman, and Mrs. Palsgrove was elected literature agent. Mrs. McDermond read the article in last week's News, "A Sermon on Socialism," by the Rev. Smith, and that was appreciated by all. After the meeting coffee and doughnuts were served aud they talked over the cup as they had not done before about the Cause.

Our next meeting will be the first Wednesday after Thanksgiving. They named the club, "The Mutual Improvement Club" with dues at ten cents a month.

Fraternally yours,

MRS. 010. W E S I . E D E R , I. C . H.

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To Our Readers We would like to ask the social­

ists who read this paper to take their work and trade to our advertis­ers. The working class must help those that help them. When you want to trade, hunt up a firm that advertises in the socialist papers, and tell them why you come. You will be helping the socialist paper and socialism at the same time.

If you are in need of any thing in the Printing line send your order to the MONTANA NEWS, Helena, Montana, and we will Guarantee you satisfactory work, at cheaper prices than any competitor.

Give \ i s a Trial Order!

It is the Job Printing Department that greatly as­sists in sustaining the paper, and has since the establish­ment of the same; so if you desire to help to keep the Montana News afloat, send us your order for Envelopes, Statements, Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Calling and Pro­fessional Cards. Send for estimates on By-Laws and Constitutions for Unions and Lodges.

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T h e M o n t a n a News is the first state-owned paper of the Social is t party. The beginning of a new en­terprise isnot the time fo r congratu­lations. These may be premature. Bu t the newspaper problem is one that must be solved by the A m e r i c a n party, and the fact that Mon tana has courageously undertaken to sus­ta in an oggan that shall voice the sentiments of social ism, and be a medium of the party in the s t i r r ing compaigns that are ahead of us, speaks well f o r the in i t ia l attitude of the young Northwest .

A great wave of hope and deter­mina t ion s e e m s to have swept through the state. Loca l s are awake and it is easy to organize. Immedi­ately, on the word going f o r t h that the party had voted to take the paper, subscriptions began to tum­ble into the office. They are com­ing faster every day.

T h e management does not expect that a part of its duties w i l l be to harp upon this subject. It is s imply the executive department of the pa­per. The col lec t ive party are the stockholders. T h e i r d iv idends wi l l be the aroused socialist sentiment in M o n t a n a , and they wi l l be distr ibut­ed on a social is t basis, accord ing to the energy expended.

• • • Through the act ivi ty of C o m ­

rade Alex Fairgrieves, the Helena L o c a l has made arrangements to give a progressive whist party, in the parlors of the Worker ' s C l u b , i n a few weeks, for the benefit of the News. Comrade Fairgrieves wi l l furnish the prizes. L u n c h wi l l bese tved , and l ocal Helena hopes to inaugurate the social feature, so prominent in the movements of the eastern cities.

It is suggested that this plan be adopted by each L o c a l in the state, where at all possible. Such oc­casions wil l not only furnish revenue f o r the paper, but they wi l l develop that sense of solidari ty, wh ich is as yet largely lacking in the western movement.

• • • Mrs . M . Traynar , a revolutionist

of Hunt ley . M o n t . , sends a long list of names to which she wants sam­ples of the News sent. W h e n wo­men begin to work for social ism as a solution of social horror,s a lever­age is put into action that some day wi l l injest truth into the o ld saw,

'The hand that rocks the cradle rules the w o r l d . " Today it is a pit­i f u l sarcasm. Only when woman has economic freedom, and can con­t ro l the cradle that she rocks wi l l

she rise into a " w o r l d power . " Let us have more justice and less

flattery.

• • • C o m r a d e B r a d f o r d of Helena

L o c a l is tu rn ing i n subs every day in the c i ty . H e is one the the earl iest of the H e l e n a Social is ts , and, in the past, whenever the News got into a t ight place because Comrade Walsh was on the road, he stood at the breach and saw that the paper came out. H e is especial ly inter­ested just now in showing the negro what soc ia l i sm means f o r h im.

• • • Butte L o c a l has appointed a sub­

sc r ip t ion commit tee to work for the News. T h i s shows that the comrades feel that the paper is a co l lec t ive re­spons ib i l i ty . If each L o c a l would do the same the subscr ip t ion list would soon be beyond the anxiety stage.

• • • Comrade Palsgrove. secretary of

Great Fa l l s L o c a l , writes: T h e com­munica t ion was read at last meeting about t ak ing over the M o n t a n a News, and a l l in f a v o r of helping to make it a success, wh ich we wi l l do. We must not th ink any other wav.

• • • C o m r a d e George Streib was in

f r o m C l a n c y Sunday to attend the lecture at the Worke r s ' c lub . H e is rust l ing subscript ions f o r the News with the energy of an o l d time pro­tester against condi t ions .

• • • Comrade Case, of Missou la , writes

fo r a bundle of samples to get sub­script ions wi th . H e says they are going to hustle up there. The fact of the party owning the paper seems to have put new l i fe in a l l along the line.

• • • L o c a l A n a c o n d a comes to the

f ront with a promptness worthy of that aggressive organizat ion, and encloses a check of ten dol lars as a Bviy

Cutlery that Cuts WITH AN EDGE THAT HOLDS

Knives, Razors and all kinds of Scissors

Hundreds of Patterns to select from at

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THE UNION BANK & TRUST CO. OF MONTANA, AT HELENA

Capital - $250,000 OFFICERS

G F O R G E L . K A M S F Y , President A . P. C U R T I N - • . V i c e President F R A N K B O G A R T S. M c K E N N A N . .T reasu re r C . F . M O R R I S - •

. .Cashier Secretary

Statement of Condition at Close of Business Nov. 9. 1905. R E S O U R C E S :

Loans and Discounts $1,145,930.15 Bonds and Warrants 288,759.63 Furni ture and Fixtures Bank bu i l d ing C a s h - • • • 162 D u e f r o m Hanks

5.1-57 515.219-5*-

-$1,434,689.78 0.00

65,000.00

" 677.371:09

T o t a l L I A B I L I T I E S :

C a p i t a l $ U n d i v i d e d Profi ts Deposits

T o t a l • • •

250,000.00 7 2 i 5 3 J - n -

• $2,176,062.87

* 3 ' * , 5 3 * - n » .863,530.76

con t r ibu t ion . T h a t means that the M o n t a n a News penetrats the N o r t h ­west.

• • • C o m r a d e s J o h n Beard and Frank

M a b i e , of L o c a l C h i c o , were the first to send i n subs and job work to the News af ter the party took h o l d of the paper.

• • • Secretary Powers, of the B i l l i n g s

L o c a l , sends i n eight subscr ipt ions , before the first issue of the paper came out. T h e list is r a p i d l y c l i m b i n g sky-ward .

• • • C o m r a d e Rose of Y o r k , a veteran

in t h : cause of f reedom, takes the paper f o r a f r i end . These " f r i e n d s " soon become good socialists , vot­i n g f o r their class.

• • • A letter f r o m L o c a l Stevensvi l le

conta ins subscr ip t ions , and a $5 .00 con t r i bu t i on f o r the News: T h o s e are the things that put backbone in to the paper.

• • • The W o m a n ' s C l u b of Great Fa l l s

sends in a list of eight subscribers . Those women up there are the real

th ing.

• • • T h e comrades of B o / e m a n are

wak ing up. A few subscr ipt ions are c o m i n g i n f r o m there every day , wi th promises of more.

• • • M i s s o u l a sends in a list of twenty.

Those f o l k s up there are going some. Real Propaganda Work

In the same rat io as the move­ment grows, our Socia l i s t press w i l l grow. O u r press is the real ther­mometer of the progress of ou r movement.

A l i t t le report has just reached us f r o m Copenhagen, Denmark , where our comrades publ ish a d a i l y paper nnder the name " S o c i a l d e m -okra t en . " Copenhagen is a c i t y with 500,000 inhabitants . In 1881 " S o c i a l d e m o k r a t e n " had a b o u t 2,500 subscribers. In 1893 the c i r c u l a t i o n had increased to 25,000. In September, 1905. our D a n i s h organ had 46,000 subscribers.

What d i d our comrades of C o p ­enhagen d o ? Si t down and re joice o v e r p a s t achievements? No . < >ur comrades met and decided that by the end of this year " S o c i a l d e m o k ­ra ten" shal l have a c i r cu la t ion of 50.000 i . e. 1 subscr iber to every tenth person in Copenhagen.

The comrades worked in the labor organizat ions du r ing the week; on Sunday mornings they met in the precincts of the thirteen wards and started out fo r so l i c i t ing sub­scribers. He re is the first five

weeks' work. T h e y secured the Fi rs t week, 560 new subscr ibers . Second week, 650 new subscr ibers . Third week, 690 new subscr ibers . Fourth week, 811 new subscr ibers . F i f t h week, 689 new subscr ibers . This is prac t ica l p ropaganda work .

H a r d , energetic and sys temat ic agitation is necessary to secure new subscribers to a Soc ia l i s t paper .— St. L o u i s L a b o r .

Labor News THE A. F. of L. CONVENTION .

Tlic A. K. of L . held its twenty-fifth

un until I I I I I V . lit urn in Pittsburg, this

hint wi'i-k. QMB}MM ri']i<irt«'tl in his

aililret*M that during the year the feder­

ation has issued charters to three in

trrnat ional organizations , one state

federal ion, sixty seven central bodies,

| M local trade and federal unions.

Tin total application of the various

.hisses of organizations was 1,796. \n assessment of $ s i i , ( M H i « a s voted,

to aid the printers in their efforts after an ei^ht hour day.

Victor Merger introduced n reso­lution to the effect that the Civic Fed­eration was making a hypocritical at tempt to convince organized labor that the interests of labor and capital are identical. The resolution reads:

••We point with sorrow to the close intimacy and harmonious relations es-tablished between Samuel (lompers and other labor leaders with the groat capitalists and plutocrats of the country*.''

Merger also introduced sundry other resolutions. showing their socialist origin.

One denounced the national guard, and wished the federation to go on record as prohibiting any member of a labor organization from joining the militia.

Another one provided that congress pension all men who reach the age of sixty years, provided they have never earned more than $1,00(1 a year.

The convention granted a charter to tlx- international association of steam-fitters. This organizes the steamfitters separately from the plumbers, an ar­rangement that the plumbers' union has fought bitterly against for the last II years. Thus Compers is using his club to still further divide the interests of lal.or He is subdividing the crafts, and their craft interests, instead of w i e l d i n g them together industrially, and thus, is opposing industrial organ­ization, and the economic solidarity of the working class.

President Fairgrieves of the Mon­tana federation Of Labor, in behalf of his organization, litis organized a union of 'M incinliers among the lumbermen, at Eddy, Mont. A union of the lumber men will lie of immense advantage to the labor movement of the state.

Mr.Fairgrieves has just returned from Missoula County , where he has been the past t. ti -lavs in the interest of tin-State Federation.

Comrade Ke.se Davis went to Clancy Sa turday ni^'lit to assist in the • oinplction of the organization of tin-L W. W. at that point. An organiz.a tion of L'ti members was effected.

WAR ON UNIONS. The Citizens' Industrial Association

in their annual convention at St. Louia,

passed the following resolutions against

organizations of labor: "That this association hereby ex­

presses its belief that such organizations are of labor as in their conduct and purposes are manifestly labor trusts should be investigated by the govern­ment authorities both state and national and so far that organizations that arc found illegal should be prosecuted in like m a t r as are trusts of capital and without fear or discrimination."

PSINCIPLK8 R E A F F I R M E D . The association reaffirmed its princ­

iples as follows: " ( 1 ) The open shop; demanding on­

ly good faith and fair dealing, it dis­criminates against neither union nor nou union labor.

" (-) The freedom of the apprentice and the right of the individuals to have a trade and to follow it.

"(3) The right of private contract with equal obligation upon employer and employe.

"(4) The right to work; limiting the hours of labor, whether of brains or of the hands, is a matter of mutual agree­ment, not a subject for arbitrary legis­lative enactment.

" (ft) The enforcement of the law."

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