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The representative., 1901-11-14
THE INCREASE OF WEALTH.

1t is sometimes said that during this
grotesquely hideous march of civilization
from bad to worse, wealth is increasing side
by side with misery. Such thing is eter-
nally impossible; wealth is steadily decreas-
ing with the spread of poverty. But the
riches are increasing, which is quite another
thing. The total of the exchange values
produced in the country annually is mount
ing perhaps by leaps and bounds. But the
accumulation of riches, and consequently Of
All excessive purchasing power, in the hands
of class, soon staiates that class with So
cially useful wealth, and sets them offer
ing a price for luxuries. The moment a
price is to be had for luxury, it acquires ex-
change value and labor is employed to pro-
duce it. A New York lady, for instance,
having a nature of exquisite sensibili;y,
orders an elegant rosewood and silver coffin,
upholstered in pink satin. for her dead dog.
1t is made; and meanwhile a live child is
prowling barefooted and hunger -stunted in
the frozen gutter outside. The exchange
value of the coffin is counted as part of the
national wealth; but nation which cannot
afford food and clothing for its children
cannot be allowed to pass as wealthy be-
cause it has provided pretty coffin for a
dead dog Exchange value itself, in fact,
has become bedeviled. like everything else,
and represents, no longer utility, but the
cravings of lust, folly, vanity, gluttony and
madness, technically described by genteel
economists as effective demand" Luxuries
are not social wealth; the machinery for
producing them is not socially useful labor;
the men. women and children are no more
self-supporting than the idle rich, for whose
amusement they are kept at work.-G.
Bernard Shaw
The representative., 1901-11-14

the will. AS | have remarked elsewhere,
some were born tired, because their mothers
labored like galley slaves during CESSATION,
and the unborn foetus has been impregnated
with ennui and lassitude, and comes into
the world cursed with physical debility
Socialism and the Labor Problem, p. 27.)
The inexorable law of heredity stamps them
with the worn-out nerves and lifeless cells
of generations of over-work. Under So
cialism all the marvellous labor saving ma
chinery of our times would enable men to
do days work in two or three hours and
the danger of physical degeneration would
be removed and, therefore, the causes of
laziness."
Under Socialism every worker would
have $1,000 year and would not have to
work more than three or four hours day,
either
If monopoly is good thing for the capi-
talists, why not for the people?
In Massachusetts, Comrade Carey is re-
turned to the legislature for the fourth time
and Comrade Mccartney for the third time
and this result occurred right in the face
of the fact that the capitalist parties gave
it out that ''they would wipe Socialism out
of the state" AS a result of "wiping So
cialisln out of the state" very large in
crease in the Socialist vote is shown, which
goes to prove that Socialism is growing.
Some underground advices give us the
information that several Socialists a1ave
been elected to office in Massachusetts,, but
you would never hear Of it through the
capitalistic press. In fact you wouldn' t
know that there was Socialist vote polled
in this country if you had to depend entirely
upon our daily press for the information.
The third assistant postmaster general
has denied mailing privileges to The United
Mine Workers Journal because it is an
organ of the mine-workers.
There will come day in this country
when the workers will learn their strength,
and then, God pity their oppressors!
Tenant farmers in the northwest are in
creasing, says the Industrial Commission.
The representative., 1901-11-14

This is just what the '@fool populists" way
back in go claimed would be the result.
Under competition and private ownership
the great middle-class are slowly, but sure
ly, being crushed out and in a short time.
if present tendencies continue, there will
be just two distinct classes in this country,
viz: The owner and the owned.
CAscA ST. JOHN.
The representative., 1901-11-14

any decided answer, one way or the
other. To give scientific judgment on
the results of the referendum, it would
be necessary to have an intimate knowl-
edge of the history of twenty different
states, their traditions. their needs, the
character of the inhabitants, the impress
siOnable nature of the electors general
ly, the organization of the parties, the
action of the press, the influence of the
authorities, the contents and defects of
the laws which have been submitted to
the people, and the circumstances which
called them forth. 1t is, however,
doubtful whether the ti4 has arrived
for us definitely to prom ~. judgment.
Switzerland has only just begun her ex-
pericnce of direct legislation. VIZ must
leave her at present to experiment, to
develop and perfect her institutions,
which are rudimentary and incomplete
as yet. We must give the masses time
to become familiar with the new ma
chinery Of government. SeAe time mast
still elapse before we can actually ap-
prove or condemn the system"
But though NJ. Dcploige's training, re-
search and learning have not produced
any wisdom for Our guidance, he has
made thorough study of the facts and
stated them fully and impartially. And
these we will use here Everything but
the paragraphs marked Comment" are
taken from this book.
SWITZERLAND'S POLITICAL SIT
UATION.
Three of the twenty-five cantons are
subdivided into demi-cantOns, and each
of the twenty-five has its own constitu-
ton and special laws. its own legislative,
executive and judicial authority. They
| differ form each other in race, language,
religion, and habits of thought The
French occupy the cantons of Vaud, Ge-
neva.:~ ~Neuchatei. and parts Of FreibouFg.
| the Valais, and Berne; the Italians
spread over Ticino and part of the Gri-
sons, which is inhabited for the greater
part by Romance-speaking people, and
German is spoken by the majority of the
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
BRIBERY is CHARGED.
Speaker Montgomery Bold Statement OF
Use Of Money,

Speaker Montgomery. Bold Statement oI
Use Of Money,
Speaker Montgomery in the house yes
serday afternoon charged former Speaker
w. G. Smith and other members with
corruption In regard 10 the revenue bill
"Mr Montgomery said:
"Undue influence. have teen at work
among the members; former speaker
Of this house, With certain Of his former
lieu,enants, has been here in the lobbie,
working against this bill"
This statement. followed by others
created scene Of ezfsemeat Although
after denials 10 heated manner, the mat
ter was allowed TO r:a, there was much
talk. Las, evening Mr. Montgomery
made the sta,em.n. TO News re
porter:
Il am prepared to prove that money
has been used; i, was paid to some and
offered to others and refused. 1t was
paid over by this man Smith. l made
no charge this afternoon that money had
been used with any member. but l was
advised and am prepared to prov. it,"
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
SOME NEW BOOKS.

Mrs Slvory, librarian OF the reading
room, furnishes the following list Of new
books received there Tor the public use:
"The Isle Of Unrest" Henry Seton
Merriman; "Alice OF Old Vincennes,"
Maurice Thompson; In the Palace Of
the King" F. Marion Crawford; "a
Bicycle CT Ca,hay." Frank X. Stockton;
"Eben Holden" Irving Bacheller; THE
Will and the Way" Susan M. Belser;
"A Friend Of Caesar" VIM. Slearns
Davis; "The Gateless Barrier" Lucas
Male,; The Hearts Highway" Mary E.
" ilkins; "The Eagles Heart" Hamlin
Garland; THE Lane That Has no Turn.
ing" Gilbert Parker; "The Voice of the
People, Ellen Glasg ow; THE Farren
dons," Ellen Thorny Croft Fowler;
'Wild Eelin." Wm. Black; The Black
VOLTS Breed" Harris Dickson; The
Mantle of Elij,h." ]. Z,nswill; "rhe
Hoops Of Steel" Florence Kelly; "Un.
leavened Bread" Robert Grant; "1he
Maid OF Maiden Lane" Amelia {. Barr:
"A Child's Story Of the Nineteenth Cen.
tury."
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
Col. Montgomery
kUyI SHOW UD
THE SPEAKERS CHARGES.
Colonei Montgomery Must Prove Them or
He Will be Depostd.

He VIII be Depossd.
Denver, Feb. 28-Unless SPEAKER
Montgomery makes good his charges Of
bribery. he will be deposed. The major.
ity were ready to put through resolu.
ton for an investig alton committee to-.
day. but the speaker requested it to 90
over until tomorrow. The subject was
his interview in this mornings News.
The speaker said it was substantially
correct but contained som. verbal in
accuracies. He wants to change the
interview before it is investigated How
ever, he said ne meant William G. Smith
OF Golden, when he referred to "former
Speaker" OF the house and could sub
stantiate his charg. that money had been
used to reverse Yesterday the action OF
Monday in passing s:c,ion AZ Of his
revenue bill. This is the section which
gives the county assessor power to ex.
anime the accounts Of depositors in
banks. The resolution will come up to-
m morrow and a sensational fight may be
expected,
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
A STREET ON FIRE.

Gasoline Sets Fire t. Asphalt Pave mont ! I
Chicago.
Chicago. Feb. 28-A peculiar FIRE oc'
CURED here this morning. A trolley Cal
ran into a wagon loaded with gasoline
and tipped it over. Another Car came
by and sparks from the rails set the oil
on FIRE. The street for half block was
soon ablaz: and the asphalt on one side
OF the street and the store fronts burned
The fire department could not use watel
for fear Of the FIRE spreading. so it va:
allowed to burn itself out The cars ane
wagon were destroyed aud loss Of SIoo.
900 resulted to property.
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
Mr. EVARTS is DEAD.

Former Secretary of state Gathered to
His Fathers.
New York, Feb. 28-Ex.Secretary OF
State, ex-Auorney General William M
Evarts died of pneum onia at bis home in
this city this morning. aged 50. For
several years Mr. Evaris has been blind,
th ough at bis death he was nominally
head of the law firm Of Evaits. Choate
& Beaman. For half a century Mr.
Evarts was prominent, in The o.itics of
the ltioa,
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
TWO SOULS AS ONE.
La JuIta boy and GIRL Prefer Death t1
Separation.

Ii Jurta boy and Girl Prefer Death ta
Separation.
La Junta. Colo, Feb. 27-The fatal
end OF a little romance induced by re
cent quarantine. came to light today in
III. finding Of the bodies Of Louis Burch
and Addie Taylor. each but IS. in a
house south of here.
Death had come 10 them at the same
TIM, practically. as their hands were
tightly clasped. while small revolve
and two bullet holes through their heads
told the tale.
Letters explaining their deed were
left by the suicides. and the bodies were
discovered by Burch's father, who had
forbidden the intimacy that had sprung
up as the result of smallpox quaran
tine
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
ENDORSES MRS NATION.

St. Louis, Feb. cS-Ex.Governot ST
John OF Kansas today said that Mrs Ma
ton is a true re!ormtr. Though hel
methods are peculiar. so were John
Browns methods re pectiug slavery. He
called attention to that terrible institu
ton as il could not have been called ia
any other way and Mrs Nation has shown
that saloons flourish in Prohibition
Kansas. He denounced Judge Haz.n
and other officials for prosecuting heI
while saloon keepers 60 unpun,shed.
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
WILL BE A FUNERAL.

Brutal Act Of = CoiOred Man Down Ia
Go rgia
Atlanta. Ga, Feb. 28-Mr, Buchanan
house was entered by negro today. He
compelled her to cook breakfast for him
then tied her bands. placed her on bed
and set FIRE to it. He escaped. The
woman's screams brought her rescue and
a large posse is now searching for the
negro
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
Stronger Proof
0CON01' SGUl|
THE COILS TIGHTEN.

COrrObOrat've Proof That C0wan 10 the
Man Wanted.
Denver, Feb. IA salesman at Hen
drie & Bolthoff's today identified Al
Cowan as the man who last week bought
two heavy hickory hammer handles.
The police regard this as highly COR,
roborative as the three women slugged
were undoubtedly struck with that kind
OF tool.
Miss Johnson, the survivor of the three
women slugged last week, is improving.
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
A CANARD PROBABLY.

London. Feb. 2S-The Sun claimed
today to have official news of the sur.
render Of Botha and his troops to the
British. The war department denies
posse ssing any such knowledge.
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
COUNTESS COMING HERE.

New York. Feb. 28-A Paris telegram
states that the Countess de Castellane
tAnna Gould) will sail for New York Sat.
urday. presumab ably to get more money to
pay her husbands debts.
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
MAsoNs. ATTENTION.

There will be special communication
of Columbia lodge No. ID, A. F & A. NJ,
tomorrow friday evening at 1890 sharp.
All Master Masons are requested to be
present. B. HIsKEY,. w. M.
Daily camera., 1901-02-28

If the editor of the Herald will becoms
q s:ot kholder in the new electric com.
pany he can learn what the Indebtedness
is, and whether the stockholders are
eastern people or residents Of Boulder.
Daily camera., 1901-02-28
Notice.

There will be a meeting of Canton
Boulder Friday night after encampment
All members are requested TO be present.
E. M. HUxrABLE,
282t Commandant.
Cochise review., 1901-02-02

Copper Queen Store
News of Furniture

New odd pieces; different Rom the usual run of Furniture. More handsome single pieces than this Furniture Store has ever shown before. They were ordered for the Holiday trade, but unfortunately arrived here too late It doesn't matter much, for there's nothing Christ masy about them,
 fyou've corner where'a china closet will ht space for buffet or sideboard; room and need for large, easy chair; books knocking about for want of place to keep thein if the beautiful i'll furniture appeals to you, then these handsome examples of the artistic i'll furniture will interest you now, i'll February, as much as in Christmas month.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-06
FARMING IN The ATLANTIC.
sptain Thor1as MiIan's Tiny Tract of
Land in the Sea.

Twenty years at sea, but seldom
aEoat. is the record of Captain Thomas
Milan The captains ship is lonely
Mount Desert Rock and the lighthouse
or the rock is his coming tower. The
rock is less than half an acre in area,
and it is all rock-not enough Soil tosup-
pogt a gooseherry bush. There are three
persons there-Captain Milan, his wife
anJ an assistant-and their only visit.
org are the men of the gov, ment
lighthouse tender, who come I ice a
yeSr with oil and stores. and the occa-
siogal survivors of wrecked vessels to
whom the lighthouse people give assist
anta.
This year the captain tried farming,
hay ing gathered by careful boarding of
the ashes and refuse from the light
house enough soil in which TO plant a
few hills OF potatoes. 1t was very
small farm. about 6 feet by 10, but the
potatoes fiourished finely, and the fam,
lily xere CONCENTRATING themselves that
they were to have at dinner IA mess OF
potatoes grown out in the Atlantic
0ceRn. twenty-five miles from the near
est and. That night, however, a gale.
SWEPT over the rock. aud next morn,
ing the little farm had vanished-crop
and Ill.
The government provides potatoes
along with other things to eat, but Cap
tain ALLAN and his two companions feel
sorry over the loss Of their own crop,
upon xhich they had expended so much
care Vow the only living plants ON the
rock gre the morning gIories and holly
hooks. set in boxes Of earth on the
south side of the white tower. and these
are guarded from the gales as a farmer
woulG shelter pet lambs.
\ Sixteen miles 10 the northwest Of the
rock Is swans Island. where the light
is tenJed by Captain Milan's son John.
and tie two have arranged a system Of
light signals by which they can rom
verse 80 some extent. and by which the
son csn be notified should anything 90
wrong with his father and mother
Boston Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-06
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
a WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Three Persons Killed by 81. Paul Train
Killed By Falling Tree Almost
Swallowed by 0uicksand-Boy BADLY
Injured in Football Game.

The st. Paul passenger train leaving
Milwaukee Al 4 p. m. struck a wagon
containing four persons at lakewood, hf-
teen miles south. The dead are: May
Bonzel, instantly killed; Joe Paulifski, in
stantly killed; Annie Hanter, died later
from injuries. The fourth person in the
wagon, Martha Bronzel. was seriously
cut and bruised. but will recover. The
train was moving so rapidly that it could
not be stopped until it had gone half a
mile beyond the crossing. The horse was
instantly killed and the wagon thrown
against the moving train, carrying the
occupants 100 feet beyond where they
were struck. They were young poop
out for a Sunday drive and lived on
farms FIVE miles east of lakewood.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-06
Boy. Almost Perish in Mud.

In swamp south of La Crosse, neck
deep in oozing mud, unable to even strug-
gle against the horrible grasplng of the
mixture Of earth and water. two little
sons OF Gilbert Bronson. aged and o..
respectively, Were found by Officer Paul
Hefti The little fellows had become lost
from home and in their wanderings had
walked into the slough One got stuck
in the mud, and the other. going to his
brother, also became caught in the
swamp. Had they not been found in the
nick of time they word have been buried
alive In the mud
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-06
Am Torn ont on Gridirou.

Melvin Seyerson, aged u, had his right
arm torn from the shoulder socket while
playing in practice football game in La
Crosse. During the mix-up young Sever
sons collar bone was also broken. The
accident has aroused intense feeling
among the parents of the city against the
game. Petitions have been started, which
will be brought before the Board of Edu-
cation, demanding that football be pro
h;bited among all school children in La
Crosse.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-06

making in all 25s. Sd. That vas cheap
fire, considering all the circumstances
but it kindled light which shone all
around the world and aroused the L1ar.
tyr spirit, and out from that burning OF
Latimer and Ridley rolled the circle
wider and wider, starting other circles
convoluting, overrunning, circumserihIng
overarching, all heaven, circle.
But what is true of the good is just as
true of the bad. You utter slaU9er
against your neighbor. 1t has gone forth
from your teeth. 1t will never cclae
back. You think. You have done the man
all the mischief you can. You rejoice 20
see him vince. You say, Didn't l give
it to him. That word has gone out
that slanderOus word-on It's poisonous
and blasted way. You think it will never
do you any harm. But | am watching
that word, and | see it beginning 10
curve, and it curves around, and it Is
aiming at your heart. You had better
dodge it. You cannot dodge it. 1t rolls
into your bosom, and after it rolls In 9
word Of an old book rolls in after it, say
ing, with what measure We mete it shall
be measured to you again"
You maltreat an aged parent You be-
grudge him the room in your house. You
are impatient of his whimscalities and
garrulity. 1t makes you mad to hear him
tell the same story twice. You give him
food he cannot masticate. You wish he
was away. You wonder if he is going to
live forever. He will be gone very soon.
His steps are shorter and shorter. He is
going TO stop. But God has an account to
settle with you ON that subject. After
awhile your eye win be dim, and your
gait will halt, and the sound of the grind
ing Wall be low, and you will tell the
same s-ory twice. and your children will
wonder if you will never be taken away.
They called you father" once; now they
call you the old man" II you live few
years longer, they will call you the ''old
chap" What are those rough words with
which your children are accostiDg yen
They are the echo of the very words you
used in the ear Of your old father forty
years ago. What IS that which you are
trying to chew, but find it unmasticab,e,
and your jaws ache and yoH surrender
the attempt? Perhaps it may be the girls
tie which you gave to your father for his
breakfast forty years ago.
4 gentleman passing along the avenue
saw son dragging his father into the
street by the hair Of the head. The gem
tleman, outraged at this brutal conduct.
was about to punish the offender, whta
the old man arose and said: Don't hurt
him. It's all right. Forty years ago this
morning l dragged out my father by tie
hair Of his head 1t is a circle. Othsr
sins may be adjourned 10 the next world.
That circle is made quickly. very quickly.
Oh. what a stupendous thought that the
good and the evil We start S01ne back to
US, Do you know that the Judgment day
will be only the points az which the CIR
cles join. the good and the bad we have
done coming back to Us unless divine in
teryentioR hinder-coming back to US
with welcome Of delight or curse Of con
demnatiS1e
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-06

Rev. Daniel France and wife of Fair
view, Kan, were killed at Cedarville by
large tree that some men were cutting
down, which fell across the road when it
was wedged to fall the opposite direction.
The couple were instantly killed. They
were in carriage with Rev. Frances
brother. Adam France, and his wife, and
their mother. Mrs. France. The other
four occupants Of the carriage escaped
uninjured. The accident happened in
front of the home of Levi Fahs. where
the Franees were going to spend the day.
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pies from Strange Accident.

dence, went into smokehouse and fell
asleep. Live Goals were still in the house
and he was almost dead when discovered.
He was taken to the house 9 q neighb5r
and resuscitated. He thought he was
well enough TO walk about, and, arising
from bed, attempted to come downstairs.
r. fell headlong down the stairs, sustain
ing injuries from which he died few
Ilannnnnfs Inter
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-06
Bag,nuE1,S
Monkeys

"All well-all happy-lots
of fun. That is the regular
report from the monkey cage
of Barnum's Circus ever since
the keepers began dosing the
monkeys with SCOTS Emul-
sion. Consumption was carry
ing off two thirds of them
every year and the circus had
to buy new ones.
One day a keeper accident
ally broke a bottle of SCOTS
Emulsion near the monkey
cage and the monkeys eas ,,rly
Tapped it up from the floor.
| his suggested the idea that it
might do them good. Since
then the monkeys have received
regular doses and the keepers
report very few deaths from
consumption. Of course it's
cheaper to buy Scots Emul-
sion than new monkeys-and
that suits the circus men.
Consumption in monkeys
and in man is the same disease.
If you have it or are threaten
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-11-06

Socialism Socialism Is product Of
distress: the result Of misery. It il
stimulated by poverty. The most re-
marksble thug about the people IS their
moderation. The de-oands Of socialism
and the results attained are moderate
Rev. Or Wright, Unitarian, New York
City.