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Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

that the people "pool their issues"
form a big trust, if you willard
20 into business on equal, or, rather,
equitable terms. Each partner will
have to do his share of work, and
each give his share of time to the
concern. No, Sinking permitted
without corresponding satisfaction
to the rest of the firm. Personal
Injuries must be paid for-no "nig-
ging"; no chance for it, no desire for
it. Business men know the good
effect of taking the employees into
the firm, even on small percentage
of the profits. How much better
the results would be (for the firm
not exclusively for some single indl-
vidual in it, if the dividends were
equalized according to actual earn
ings!
That's the socialist idea. The
people should cooperate in their
laborS and possess the capital neces-
sary. They can legally come into
possession of all the capital in the
country, and the country be no
poorer for it, and no one suffer by
the change.
OF course they must not be con-
trolled by those who are satisfied
with present arrangements; and the
only way they can escape the
clutches of the competitive, capital
istic system, is by another business
like mode of procedure-indepen-
dent political action, after deciding
upon the constructive policy to be
pursued when they get into power.
Yes, we have come across people
who look at Socialism as a sort of
religion; in our tenderer moods we
may have felt that way ourselves.
But when you come right down to
hard pan, it's business; solid bust
ness,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

should not be discouraged. His in
huence does not go for naught; for,
even if the people of Chicago did
not elect his especial candidate,
Roche, to be mayor Of the great
Western metropolis, they at least
elected his democratic" opponent,
Mr.. Cregier, whose opinions as to
Socialism no doubt coincide with
those of the great editor.
Thus our readers may rest as
sured that the country is safe against
socialistlc ignorance, as long as the
voters, the working people, continue
to confne their allegiance to the &.
0. p. of the Tribune, and the party
which has furnished the world with
such bright models of democracy as
the immortal Tweed and the brave
Sammy Tilden.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

this must follow the adoption Of
good and reliable system of ballot
ing.
There must be revival for the
ballot among our people; a more
general interest in the details Of
public affairs must be engendered,
and the Socialist Party will not be
derelict in this matter. We would
especially call the attention of our
German American citizens to the
fact that in a monarchy the elections
are but a secondary thing in the
government, while here they are in
theory, and must eventually be in
reality, the prime factor in shaping
our country's policy toward all the
varied interests. With the ballot az
a prime factor, all possible efforts
should be directed toward making
it effective and true expression OF
the will of the people. Hence the
Socialist Party urges political action,
and independent political action.
No matter if there is still reason for
serious doubt as to the efficacy OF
our present method, it is still our
duty in these United States to per
sistently utilize the ballot in the in
terest of our principles. The greater
the participation in the elections,
the greater the influence of our
platform, and the nearer we come
to the goal we have set before us.
There is certainly nothing to be
gained by voluntary dlsfranchise-
ment, but there is the adva ntage of
healthy drill in the exercise of our
elective franchise. This is the spirit
of the Socialist Party to-day, and
we shall not be disappointed in the
results Of our "new departure" In
deed, some of the good results are
already patent, as the increased &C
tivlty Of our Sections already
shows.
Let us use the ballot, the weapon
of equality, for all it is worth.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

SOCIALIST AND FALSE REPUBLICAN.
Our comrade, Costa, the Italian
Social-Democratlc deputy, has been
condemned to three years impris-
onment for supporting the cause of
the poor in Rome. He has the
right of appeal, and it is possible,
though we fear not probable, that
this iniquitous sentence will be an
nulled. Bad as things are in Ire
land and IN Great Britain, we have
not yet got quite so far as this, and
we deeply sympathize with Costa in
his difficulties and danger. What
makes the whole business the more
disgusting is the fact that Crispi, the
Italian Prime Minister, is at the
bottom of the prosecution of our
comrade. Yet Crispi, now the re-
actionist and prosecuting Premier Of
an Italian capitalist monarchy;
Crispi, who is engaged in crushing
the very life out of the Italian peas
antry by oyer-taxation, in order to
bolster up his iniquitous filibuster
ing on the coast of the Red sea, and
to maintain an excessive army and
navy to threaten France-thls very
man Crispi was himself but few
years ago vehement Red Republic
can and trusted supporter of MAJ
zini, AS Mazzini once said, moth
ing is sadder than to see men who
begin full of enthusiasm and zeal
for the cause of the people, sell
themselves for money and place to
the enemy. That is what Crispi
has done and Costa has not. There
fore Crispi is Prime Minister; Costa
is condemned to three years i'm
| prisonment. London Justice.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27
IT'S BUSINE

" hen you come to examine the
socialist idea of Capitalization and
public control of capital and the
industries, you will find, if you are a
practical business man, that It'll
nothing more nor less than bust
nesslike way Of conducting the peo-
pies business.
Private enterprise and competition
may have been all well enough
while there was something more
like equality of opportunity than
has been the case for the past half
century; but under present circum.
stances, any able business man must
see, even upon the most casual invcs-
tigation, that the iaiSScgt Gire way
of running the peoples affairs is
a miserable failure.
A man don't 90 into business for
fun, usually. He goes in to get
wealth. He don't propose in add
vance to sacrifice his time and his
abilities for the benefit of others.
Not if he knows himself and has
IA grip upon the steering gear. Tie
don t banker after work for the SAKE
of exercise. He wants return,
Every time he buys goods he wants
to see a chance to turn them over a
a profit. What's the use of invest
ing if there is no return?
Well, every man isn't in the bust
ness of buying and selling commod
tiles for profit. A large proper
ton of our people actually hay,
nothing to invest besides their phys
zeal and mental powers, and tn,
way society is managed now, the,
are compelled to invest that il
someone else's private business
forced into partnership, as it were
on inequitable terms. They can
60 in for themselves, for somebod,
else holds all the capital, and hold
on to it SO tenaciously that the grea
mass of people can't even get loa,
of it unless they give tangible Secur
ity-and as the tangible is all in tn
hands of the few, such security can
not be furnished.
Now, the Socialist Party come
along with plan based upon SCUM,
business p..nciples. They propos
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
BUNCOMBE.

The speeches Of congressman are
not of the same force as DEGREES of
the United States Supreme Court.
Nor are they to be accepted as Cos
pei truths; nor as text books on pO-
litical economy. The truth is that
the ordinary member of Congress is
very much like al attorney-at-law.
The one. tries to win his clients
case, the other to please his constit
uents. The lawyer is talking for a
fee, the Congressman for re-elec-
ton. Many years ago, when the
writer was a small boy, with big
eyes and open ears and a capacity
for remembering everything he
heard, he heard prominent South
ern man of those days, on his way
home from Washington, tell, as a
great joke, the now old story of the
member from Buncombe. He had
made speech and some of his fell
low members were kindly explain
ing to him that his remarks were
absurd. "Oh," said the Tar Hill
statesman, sit don't make any diff
ference what you fellows think
that speech was made for Bun
Comben -S0n Fran. AdDertiSer.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27
PRECIOUS INFORMATION


Those good citizens of Chicago
who read 10. Medill's Tribune, of
that city, should be counted among
the fortunate Of earth, for the edu-
cational excellence of the Tribune is
something that puts other daily
papers in the shade. Not only the
people of Chicago, but the readers
of such country papers as are so for
tunate as to have the Tribune on
their exchange lists may participate
in the feast of knowledge afforded by
the learned editorial writer of the
Tribune, which is especi lily reliable
in the department of political econ
omv and history. In order that our
readers may not miss all of the rich
ness spread before an eager public
with editorial prodigality, we take
the liberty of quoting the following
regarding the Socialists, which may
serve to onlighten our readers as to
the quality of brains and political
education that is required of the
editor of a great American daily
newspaper. We quote:
with the Socialist, brains count for
nothing. Care, prudence, temperance,
invention, enterprise and investment
count for nothing and should have nc
reward.
The soCialistic dream is of a society
where the State-meaning few office.
holders - shall manage everything;
where production shall Just equal con,
sumption, and where the community
shall work Just hard enough to raise the
food it eats and the clothes it wears
and to build the communal houses that
shelter its members. Whatever capita
there is, it must belong to the State
No Individual will be allowed to have OF
control any. He has no need of it.
The State presCrlbes his work, feeds
clothes, houses and amuses him. If he
works harder than his fellows it will no
profit him, for the fruits of that labor e
not to himself, but to The community
In the face Of such information i
is strange that there should be founC
in the city of Chicago anyone whc
would acknowledge himself frienl
of socialists, much less % socialis
himself. And vet, such is the peryer
slty of humanity that IN a population
of nearly half million, that Their
are to be found thousands who tol
crate socialists in their midst, ant
upwards of three hundred who ac
tuallv vote in favor of ticket com
posed of and nominated by such IN
reasonable people as are described
and held up to public scOrn by tn
Tribune. Still, the learned edito
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27
APRIL 27, 1889.
THE BALLOT.


yeloped among the American people
concerning the efficiency of the bal
lot. We say among the American
people advlsedly, for, especially in
large cities, there has been most
shameful tampering with the bal
ot-box, and the elections have been
practically used by INSCRIPTIONS
politicians for personal aggrandiAo-
ment, Americans have been con-
spcuous by their absence from the
primary meetings Of the two
''great' parties for years; and the
efforts to secure an honest vote, oX-
empllied in the tardy and hard
fought passage Of registry laws, only
90 to prove the generalization
which has existed. That these laws
were insufficient has also been dem
onstrated, and our voters have gone
to the polls conscious that they
were only making a choice between
two evils.
Judge prendergast has said that
the stutling of the ballot-boX was
one of the primary causes cf the cx-
istencc of anarchists in Chicago;
and we are inclined to his belief, for
if there is anything which domoral-
ICES and discouragcs earnest and
honest voters, it is the suspicion that
their votes are "thrown away that
the clique in authority has tempered
with the ballot.
One Of the most sacred duties of
an American citizen is that q eXer-
cising his elective franchise. Yet
we find that the actual vote cast at
elections is usually far below the
number of citizens entitled to vote.
When men have become pcssimlstc
on this subject they will naturally
take less interest in the registry
than in voting, and consequently
the registry list does not represent
the full number of electors.
Many Of our German fellow citi-
zons who are Socialists have shared
in this pesslmlsm with their Ameri-
can brothers; and while they have
freely contributed to the election
fund Of the Socialist Party in Ger
many, they have shown themselves
indifferent to the elections in then
adopted country. They actually
possess greater confidence in the
purity Of the ballot in a monarchy
than in that of this "republic' Of
ours.
But there is certainly an improve
ment visible in this matter of late
The introduction of an improved
system of voting, patterned after
the system in vogue in England
and more widely known here as tn,
Australian system, Ill several States
of our Union is a hopeful sign, anc
that system, wherever adopted, vii
60 far to establish confidence agaI
among the people,
But the greatest reformatory, aye
revolutionary, results Of the use o
the ballot will be manifest when tn,
referendum is adopted; when tn
people can vote directly for tn
measures they deem necessary 70
good government. 1t is here wher
the ballot will mean something, an,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

As a solution to the prison laCor
question. we recently suggested that the
convicts in our State prisons be edu-
Gated for lawyers, doctors, proctors,
preachers and similar professions. And
why should not this suggestion be car
ried out:-PdteFSOn Labor Standard.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

In these days Of the transforma-
ton and growth of our Party in
the United States, we are partlcu-
larly reminded, when thinking over
the comparatively retired attitude
of our individual members, of a
passage in August Bebel's book on
"Woman," which says:
at is one of the most important duties
of every man of the present day to take
part in public life; this fact is not al
tered by the failure of many men to COM
prehend it. The number of these who
recognize that public institutions have
the most intimate conception with the
so-called private concerns of each indi-
vidual is continually increasing, Peo-
pie are beginning to understand that the
prosperity and adversely of persons and
families depend far more upon the con-
ditions of public and general organiza-
ton than upon the personal qualities
and actions of the individual, inasmuch
as the utmost exertions Of the individ-
ual are absolutely powerless to overcome
evils which are caused by circumstances,
and by which his own position is de-
termined.
This truth cannot be too deeply
impressed upon the minds of our
citizens. Every time we enter a
political campaign, we assist in
bringing men to think and act in
the interest of public institutions,
and through these in their own in
terests.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

iumbles we have seen in certain
papers which proudly proclaimed
what they termed anarchy" OF
course the V. A. for the P. of |. of
N. X. will decide what natural
rights are, and Ego for the in
fripgers. Comstock is eclipsed.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

They aimed to found a nation
Great, glorious and free,
To make happy people,
Where all should brothers be.
They said, "all men are equal,
And have an equal right
To that which makes life precious
And sacred in mans sight.
They passed away and left us
Their work, their words, their lives;
And this Centennial birthday
Significance derives
Alone from their endeavors.
The honors which we pay
Are to their mem'ry only
Is there no better way
TO do our fathers honor?
To realize their plan,
OF working out that problem,
The brotherhood of man?
Is it thing accomplished
Are all men equal, free,
Who help to form this nation?
No; but this thing might be.
This land of Wanted freedom
On this Centennial day
Sees wretched men and women,
Fast wearing life away
In ceaseless, thankless labor,
Which hardly gives them bread,
Each crying, 81 am weary,
| wish that | were dead
Men? Women? Aye, and children
Our very babes are sold
Unto the nations M0l0ch,
That idol made Of gold.
Work.! meath the lash of hunger,
Work from the dawn till night,
Till men, grown desp ,maddened,
Curse the fair day-god's light.
Work from the infants cradle
Unto the paupers grave
There is no eye to pity,
There is no arm to save.
Work for the great and mighty,
Work for the rich and proud,
Whose velvets, silks and sables
Have cost full many a shroud.
Work! and be more than thankful
That there is work to do;
For there are many thousands
Who even envy you.
Work. and be very grateful
Each time you draw your breath.
Crouch, Slures, before your masters,
The lords of life and death.
Thousands of costly temples
Rear heavenward their spires,
Where well-fed priest and prelate
Breathe out their vain desires
Is there a God, ye Christians,
Who watches over all,
And notes the tiny sparrOws,
Unaided, earthward fall?
Alas both men and sparrows
To Heaven appeal in vain.
They fall, and fall unheeded,
And perish in their pain
The gods can only succor
Those who self-succor learn.
The weakened coward, suppliant,
COmemptuO1ts they spurn.
Then would we gain our freedom
a human beings right
We must assert our manhood,
And rise in manhood's might.
Stand, side by side, together;
United we shall win.
Then shall the coming kingdom
Of man be ushered in.
And so, we're looking" forward,
Not backward" friends, we say,
And call on all to help us.
That we may win the day.
And in the next centennial,
Our children's children here
viii have some cause for gladness,
Then shall our work appear.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

The nub of the single tax swindle
is free trade. 1t is ridiculous to
suppose that the capitalists who
back up Georges "little racket" de-
sire to benefit the poor dupes who
form the rank and file (if that term
may be used to designate the hock)
of his followers. The importers
are bound to make strong fight
for free trade, backed by English
capital, and the single-tax "move-
ment" is one of the tools used.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

Combination is the word, sure
enough. Among the latest are the
Salt Trust, with British capital,
and the growth Of the Standard Oil
Co., which is reported to have
swallowed up the gas interest of St.
Louis. Go on,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27
NOTES..

Little Connecticut is coming to
the scratch. A Socialist State Con-
yention is contemplated by the Sec
tons there. Next.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27

Some of the New York dailles
have announced that the Socialists
would not participate in the Centen-
NAL celebration. That's where
they err. The Socialist Party will
participate most theoretically; and
what other party can do so more
consistently? Socialists are evolu-
tionists, and as such can fullyappre-
Ciate the events of a century ago.
But the Socialists will hardly
"honor' the birthdays Of our nation
with "cuttlng up monkey shines
and pretending to sentiments they
do not eel. The spirit of 70, as it
animated the thinkers of that time
inspires the Socialist Party to-day.
The ''Typotheta," the union OF
the employing printers of the
United States, have petitioned the
President of the United States tC
subject the government printing
office to civil service rule. This
has aroused the ire of many mem.
bers of the Typographical Unions,
who see in it a scheme to make the
government printing office a "rat
concern. But the "rypothet@'
have stolen march, nevertheless
and their proposition will seem reas
enable to great many who do no
know their animus. The boys
can "get square" by working hare
for Socialism and thus, under
proper civil service rules, rid thu
printing business of boss "printers'
who don't know the difference be
tween a "gr9wler" and stick o
"nonpareil."
All, now We have it The Den
YER Arbitrator has kindly given it tt
the world. Read:
Natural law, natural rights and nat
ural liberty means equal freedom in tn
use of the earth, equal freedom to ex
change the products of human labor
and prevent the creation of privilege
upon which the rich increase thei
wealth. The substitution of natura
rights for those accrued from the Stat
will abolish or abridge the functions o
legislation to a voluntary association 70
the prevention of infringements of nat
ural rights"
Could anything be more convincing
Hardly, unless it be scientific in
quiry into the sanity of the patient
! 1t reads very much like the word
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-27
SOCIALISTS CENTENNIAL ODE.
BY SHERLIE WOODMAS.

IT'S not for self laudation
That we are met to-day
Upon our country's altar
Our offerings to lay.
We see no cause for boasting,
No ground for national pride,
But bow our heads in sorrow,
In shame our faces hide.
We raise no joyous anthem,
Nor march i'll proud array,
with banner and with music
To celebrate this day.
No cannon's deep-mouthed thunder,
No peal of Ginning bells
Proclaims our patriotism
AS on the breeze it swells.
In noisy celebration
We, comrades, bear no part.
Such joy can find no echo
Within an aching heart.
For, as we look around US,
We see on every hand
Want, suffering and sorrow
Throughout this mighty land.
Above the notes of triumph
The sounds of woe we hear;
The cries of those who suffer
Are waited to our ear.
What of our national greatness?
What of the mighty deeds
This century has witnessed,
Of which the student reads?
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1889-10-12
wEATRER-CROP BULLETIN.
WEEK ENDING OCT. ), 1889.

The past week was characterized by
its lack of rainfall and pleasant sun
shiny weather,-very favorable con-
ditions for the picking of cotton, hay
making, corn harvesting, and the mis-
cellaneOus field work.
The cotton is reported nearly all
open and III some parishes the picking
is nearing completion.
From Catalonia it is reported that
the crops will turn out 25 per cent
better than last year, and in the major
ity OF parishes in the cotton growing
section Of the State correspondents re-
port II greater yield OF cotton than
was anticipated.
In Avoyellcs sugar grinding has
commenced and cane though not
large Is very sweet and it is thought
will yield we'll. Farther south in the
sugar region there is IL complaint Of !,
lack Of rainfall for the cane and an
analyses of sug:M .ane made on a
certain plat If experiments at the
Sugar Experiment Station show that
the cane contains decidedly less sugar
than ut the same date last wear.
No general rain has fallen in the
sugar region Of the State since the 25th
ult. and but very little rain has fallen
in the no~tl,ern half Of the State since
early in September. Naturally, rain
is needed in all sections for gardens
and for the cane and late plant of rice.
Weekly rainfalls reported are: Shreve-
port 20, Minden .O1, Girard .O5, Vicks
burg, t.ace. Natchitoclles .2l, Marks
vile %, Melville .46, Clinton .25.
Anite ~, and no rainfall ut the re-
naming stations from whic reports
were received. X. f.. KEKKAM.
Signal Corps, Director.