The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-02


II you like it better, cooperative CONF
monwealth.
when the means Of production and
distribution will be owned by the whole
people; when, as, Carroll ID. Wright, SUI
perintendent OF the National Labor bu-
reau says: Three hours and fifteen
minutes will be sufficient to provide all
Of the necessaries of life for every man,
woman and child in the country. then
my fellOw-working men there will be no
dispatches like this sent through our
land:
IAN S-mont his old girl died of star
walton in Judge Horizons Juvenile court
room today in the arms of its mother
Chicago Daily News. Aug. /. And this
is but one Of the many that take place
throughout our country daily. for l hold
that where any man. woman or child
dies lacking the proper care and nour-
ishment they practically die OF starva-
ton. and one such case is enough to
damn the social system that causes it,
in the minds of all DISTRIBUTING people.
Eyes. my friends. and let me say to you
that every man that upholds by his vote
such a system is as guilty as the greatest
capitalist in our land.
For when we come to look into the
matter there is none of the wealthy
classes dying of starvation. and as we
constitute 80 per cent of the people, and
as a majority rules. are the cause OF
such crimes, ard fear on the judgment
day will have to give an account for
them.
LAS there Is considerable misunder-
standing in regards 70 socialism and
what it stands for. l quite some defini-
tions by Leon Greenbaum. the present
secretary of the United Socialist party,
and with headquarters at st. Louis:
"A socialist IS not an anarchist
IAN anarchist does not believe in any
form of government.
a socialist believes in the perfection
of government.
Il would like to have more time to
dwell on this question. but as l have
now taken more time than was allotted
to me. let me close by suggesting to my
fellow working men to read up on social
ism, get the Appeal to Reason. the So
cial Democrat or any of the many So
cialist papers being printed.
And in the near future we will be able
to look forward when. with eyes Of faith
and hearts full of hope, we behold the
new day ushered in by liberty and
reason.
Divine love is the supreme ruler Of
the universe, the golden rule, the only
creed.
And by these two the wall of want
| and woe has been hushed forever
Man has learned to use all the divine
forces of the universe, and through them
Danish poverty. disease and death.
Peace spreads her white wings over
all the world and the kingdom of heaven
has come on earth. 49,
Look! -.st
A glory shines across the coming years,
The glory of a race grown great and
| free.
Twas seen by poets, sages, saints and
Whose visions glmpsed the dawn that
is to be.
A shining shore is in the futures sea,
Whereon each man shall stand as
equal,
| And to none shall bend a knee.
Awake, my soul, shake off your doubts
and fears,
Behold the hosts of darkness fade and
flee.
Before the magic of the mornings face.
And hear the sweet and wOndrous
melody!
1t is the choral song of liberty;
1t is the anthem of the coming race"
Address of Charles Lane.
Dir. Lanes address was devoted to a
review and discussion OF conditions sur
rounding laboring people the world over
and particularly in Butte. He reviewed
the progress and achievements Of organ
lied labor in the local field and said
that the conditions here are of the most
| md ticfn .fNrN NI10
acter.
H esaid that the laboring people here
have reason to be delighted at the SC
suspicious opening of the new century
i'm this part of the world. Behind them
stretches a period of good times and the
vista of the years opening before them
is full of hope. While the present IA
vorable state Of affairs continues ir
Butte the local labor organizations will
have no cause for complaint.
Mr.. Lane went into the history of or
yanized labor in Butte since the formal
ton of the miners union in 1880. He
pointed out how the small body o!
miners who started the union grew into
the great organization of the present
with it's 5000 or more members. He also
= dwelt upon the growth of the man,
other labor unions of this city and upof
= their large membership and flourishlnt
;. state.
' The labor struggles and striker
\ throughout the country during the pas
| decade or so came in for discussion b!
Mr.. Lave. The great San Francisco
. strike and the greater contest between
! capital and labor involved IN the dis
pute between the United States Stee
g trust and the Amalganated association
q. steel workers, now in progress, Wer
= touched upon in his discourse. ii
6 pointed out the rights concerned Il
= these strikes. the problems presented II
d them and the lessons to be learne'
IS from them, and the subject was an IN
lie teresting one. The ideas suggested D.
le Mr.. Lane relative to these two tremeno
n Gus battles between union labor an
organized capital were of an enlight