Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-05-08
A.. NJ.



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Abandoned, an orphan, alone in boundless
1 made my entry into this gloom
that you call society. The first thing saw
was law, under the form of gibbet; the Sec
ond was wealth-it was your wealth-under
the form Of a woman dead Of cid and hun
ger; the third was luxury, under the shape
Of haunted man chained to prison walls;
the fourth was your palaces, beneath the
shadow of which covered the tramp.
tor Hugo.
Ignorant, and guided by the lip service Of
political hacks of the hour, the majority Of
the workers are still enthralled in the
meshes of capitalist sophistry. Wonder
fully receptive though the human brain may
be, it seems yet possible to become crystal
lized in thought for successive generations,
and undoubtedly wage slaves the workers
would for ages yet remain were it not for
economic causes which force them on to ad-
vance despite themselves. Justice.
more unnecessary anarchy than the
present cannot well be imagined. The land
is an element necessary for the life of every
man. Labor is the original function for
which man was brought on earth. His
development Of the earth's productions
entitle him to their possession and imply
his efforts being directed toward produc-
ton or nontitle to possess-plainly,
those who do not produce should not eat
G.. B. Benham.
To-day the human race is engaged in
one long struggle for existence, from the
cradle to the grave. 1t is struggle to get
wealth. What for? To hand it out again q
part here, Ia part there, for the right to
live and produce more wealth. We stand
to protest against system which makes
life unnatural, and makes the conditions
which surround men and women un-
natural.
In Belgium the Socialists elected repre-.
sentatives in sixty-one cities, towns and
communes aggregating population Of
l pa, 900. In nineteen they have an alb
solute majority of the Council; in thirteen
the Liberals, the Conservatives and the
Socialists are Of equal strength, and in
twenty nine the Liberals have agreed
to sustain the Socialists, thereby giving
the latter majority
Instead of producing in common to supply
the needs of all the members of the COM
nunity, Capitalist production for exchange
oredominates, and desire becomes mani
'est to secure the particular commodity
because its possession gives the holders
control over the producing power which
,ustom has secured it.
The present Capitalist exchange of COM
nodties involved the existence of private
property, the ultimate outcome of which is
he division of society into a property
,wning class and a proletarian class. Why?
Because, commodities are exchanged foi
he sake of profit. The profit takers are
,etting richer, the profit-losers are getting
,oor, poorer, the poorest.
The miner. the railroad man, the factory
land and the farmer are all prisoners in
Japitalism's stockade. They may boycott
he products Of prison labor, made within
he inner Jail, but they work for the same
Capitalist in the outer Jail, and do the same
lind Of contract work. This is condi-
ion not theory. L
Chinese competition will soon be felt in
he worlds market.
"German, American, and English capt.
alists,'' says Money, ARE ordering
machinery for setting up new works, and
s many as five new cotton mills are in
curse of construction at Shanghai
lone.''
Bridge Collector Mosely in St. Louis stole
few nickels of the collected money; he
as to serve in the workhouse for one year.
he Gould family, who own the bridge,
re stealing dime from every passenger
rho crosses the bridge-but his is being
one in Legitimate way That's the
Inference!
The Typographical Union Of Switzerland
as forty nine local unions with total
of 9, 060. The total amount
, the treasury of the organization is about
D 900 francs, or Sl2, 0O0 Excellent for
0 small union! ~
1t is stated that lone New England
,ctory employs IL, 600 women" and if it
true, that ''misery loves company"
hat factory is the place to find the
rticle.
After striking all winter the differences
i the Negaunee, Mich, mining region
ave been adjusted and the miners have
,turned to work.