The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-04-11


States. has notified the governor OF
every state that it has succeeded in
nerfecting a new kind of riot bullet"
capable of causing widespread deatn
and destruction when fired into mop'
and it is prepared to furnish each state
with as large a supply Of this am
nnunition as may be desired. 1t is ex-
blamed that the riot bullets are not
designed to be. Of any use against an
army or in regular warfare, but are
useful only against mobs, where they
are efficient beyond anything ever be-
fore invented. In other words, 1t
strike of any great size takes place
the new dunn dun1s will make excellent
food for the unruly workers and their
friends who know Of no other way in
which to display their indignation of
oppression and their sympathies for the
toilers than to gather in mob, So
called. It. should be understood that
the militia in the various states are
now practically under control Of the
u. S. government.
FORWARD STEPS IN SOCIALISM.
These changes were not wrought
without opposition, the bitterest and
most determined opposition Christ on
Calvary was R0rne's retort to his plea
for the further sociaiization of men.
The ships and cannons and armies Of
George III were his answer to the
American colonists' demand for finer
socialism than the monarchs Of
| Georges day were willing to concede
to common men. Abraham Lncoln's 8
proclamation of Emancipation" is one
! of the noblest and most precious doc
! uments in the history of socialism.
| BY a sweep of his pen-backed by a
! million fighting men animated by the
| social ideal-he brought four millions
of human beings into membership with
all the others in the social organiza-
F! ton of this nation. The emancipati ton
of women, SO marked and beautiful a
characteristic of our own time, is a
forward step in socialism. We are all
In school for life, and for an endless
succession Of lives; none of us can
! dodge the truth forever. Not even the
mali who regards civilization as a fin
ished product-and he is pretty nearly
| the dullest pupil in the school. Moth
ing In human power can chill or kill
! the impulse that .animates mans social
progress: It is mightier than religions:
| it, creates religions, uses them and
| cast, them of like: worn out gloves It
is greater than governments: 1T makes
and t.brea gpvernnne It can, con-
lsquer ven. huinanHEEG "A, for I tt reveals
ssI6efi
han the sati III 1u 1nan
greed that these lose their hold uIppon,
hun1anity.-Frank Putnam in April
National.
| Secretary Miller of local Norfolk
Va, reports steady growth in member
ship, and that socialism is becoming
popular In Norfolk He says, "When
the Dixie boys are aroused and know
they are right there will be no stopping
them. Come what may. you will find
them on the skirnish line, to stay there
until we are in the capitalist strong
hold, which is the seat of the federal
| government"
! The Kentucky state npnvention OF
the Socialist. party, held March %, was
the largest in it's history and attended
by 100 delegates. The following ticket
was nominated: For governor, Adam
| Nagel Newport; lieutenant governor
! F. r. Markert, Louisville; treasurer
James Pocock, Bellevue; auditor, J. G
Wells, Louisville; superintendent OF
public instruction, Daniel Bond, Sci
ence Hill; commissioner Of agriculture
A. A. Lewis, Covington: clerk of Cour
OF Appeals, Daniel McMath. Press re.
ports state that there was great en-.
thusiasm when the state platform wa!
adopted.
John w. Slayton begins his toul
under the auspices Of national head
quarters at Erie, Pa, April Z, speakin,
Tor the Carpenters Union. The Cen
tral Labor Union of Warren, Ohio, ha.
him for a big demonstration on tn,
9Th, and carpenters of WASHINGTON, Pa
on the 18th. The intervening dates will
be filled with meetings among Obi.
locals. Slayton spoke at Toledo Marcl
"a, with Mother Jones, at a big So
c1allst meeting and the Toledo Time
said his address was "masterly and tn
clearest exposition of the Socialist 20
sition ever heard in Toledo"
The Mills school had it's share in th
hdnSd
! City. The scholars were in the mids
Of 1t. Prof. Mills spoke daily for tn
strikers in series of meetings of NOR
than fifteen thousand people in tn
great Convention Hall, showing no,
the strike was only one incident in til
age-long class war and how this strup
/ gle could never be settled except a
the ballot-box. The climax of his arg
uments was created with applaus
lasting for several minutes and re
newed again and again by the gkea
throng which had grown GREATNESS t
the argument which carried them fro1
step to step until all found themselve
'cheering for the position of the Social
lists.
Senator Hoar's Broad Greed is tn
leading editorial in. Wilshore's Maya
:: zine for April, and the distineuishe
Senator's strong, earnest face makes
striking frontispiece. The Prehistorj
Remains recently discovered at. Harly
Bay. Cornwall, England. are interes,
1nglyr described by Prof. Davies, {