The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-02-14

The loyalty to principle, the steadfast
ness of purpose and bravery displayed
by the German comrades in the Reich
stag evoked the admiration of wen
opponents. In an open letter the &c.
year-old historian, Pref. Mo1nsen
writes as follows:
II am not d Socialist and I am not
likely to be one, but this must be said,
that to-day the ocial-Democratic
party Is the only party that deserves to
be respected. It is not necessary to
speak of the talent that is found there
in. Everyone knows that with BabeFs
brains one could fill the heads of a
score of Prussian magnates so that
they would shine among their fellows,
but the readiness to sacrifice every
thing for the workers and unity among
themselves must call for the. adnira-
ton of even opponents. Their disci
pline should be an example to our hbs
erals"
Comrade Tolstra, the leade-' of the
Dutch Social-Democrats, has been re-
elected to Parliament in the Third
| Amsterdam voting district.
! Tolstra is the eighth Socialist elect
| ed to the Dutch Parliament as spokes-
man for the proletarians of Holland,
and when one knows that only one out
of every three workers has a vote In
Holland, the election of Tolstra is no
small thing.
When TOlStra was first sent to Par
lament some five years ago, he had oc-
casion to speak Of the Socialist party,
and as there were only two Socialists
| in, Do r1i ha of
Socialist party evoked uproarous
sentatives. Tolstra turned toward
| them and said: =:
"You laugh gentlemen, because we
are few in numbers, but you do: not
know that We are stronger. than you
|:belieYe# us to are
,gA0 poor contente Inen, and
IkaaI '3ssEIs.ll ssssE So g s
lS
= f:SEhi gilt of those to come hay already
| arrived. ! !
The hunting down of the people by
the capitalists is more relentless than
the hunting down of enclosed game in
some royal park. When the people
could not get coal because of the greed
of the coal barons, they began to ex-
pertinent with burning oil, by means
of saturated porous tile No sooner
| did this practice become common than
up jumped the oil capitalists with a
big raise in the price of oil. Three
cents a gallon was added to the price,
/ but the people pay it with scarcely a
murmur-they have to-. It's that, or
leave it alone. And by that little S-
| cent. raise the Standard Oil Company
has increased it's profits $24,000,000 for
the year. Oh, no! the people won't
do thing some of these days!-So-
cial Democratic Herald.
| Under the system that produces in
! dustrial masters and industrial slaves
and to which many people seem at
tached-the religion of the Master can
never be fully realized. for under this
| system it's every one for himself.
There can be no brotherly love, or at
I least none of that pure, untainted love
upon which the Master intended His
kingdom should be founded: and until
system is adopted that insures the
brotherhood of man, the efforts of the
| ministry to convert the world will be
futile. A few believe, but the many
/ will remain as they are.-Oklahoma
| Socialist.
Detroit, Mich, will run it's own coal
| yard" says a news item, and the COM
mon council has asked the Legislature
to pass an act enabling the city to bor-
row $50, 900 to engage in the coal busi-
ness" Isn't it strange that in this
great, free and enlightened country
in. these times of wonderful prosper.
! ity,' that such miserable notions inn
ported from Yurrup' should get foot
! hold :, :. h;o o;tx l;lxa na+rcita Am,