Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-06-22

ing a bal record" he is called to-
headquarters for examination on
signals, placed under rigid test in
the dark ROOM" and invariably is
released from the service of the
company, under the pretext of be-
ing color blind" Perhaps the
marked wage slave, at some time in
his career, might have aligned him
self with the wage slave class,
and through a labor organization
have endeavored to add a mite to
his scant wages; might have violat-
ed the ordinary book of rules re-
quiring IS days notice before leav-
ing the service of the railroad; (his
dismissal requires but Is seconds)
or he might have incurred the en-
nifty of tyrannical superintendent.
Think of it, After putting in years
of his life to qualify himself along
certain lines of work, he is denied
the right to earn for self and family,
even though he is compelled to give
up approximately So per cent of the
wealth he produces. An advocate
desiring a change of this dastardly
system is termed boor in society.
\ gentleman of quick step, med
ium height. busy in appearance, and
wearing a confidential air, boarded
the Missouri limited" at Liyings-
ton, took charge of the train, col
lected the cash fares, checked up
Mr.. Conductor and left the train at
Helena, as secretly as he boarded
il. He was the collector and is
rated one mark above the conduc-
tor, in point of honesty. He was
seen in conversation with another
worthy, at railroad headquarters in
Helena. The other worthy was the
spotter" one degree higher in the
confidence of the company than the
collector. The business of these
TRUSTEES" is to detect each other in
stealings, and at the same time steal
all THEY can, before they are
caught.
Now the relationship of the en-
ployee, and waste of labor under
a distorted system: The collector
is employed to watch the conductor;
the spotter to watch the collector;
the railroad detective to watch the
spotter; the auditor and general
manager to watch the foregoing, and
the stakeholder legitimatized
thief (not the roor devil, out of
work, who steals ham to feed to
his family, and gets year for it)
he watches his dividends, and Incl
dentally the legislatures, the courts,
the pulpit and press, that his steal
ings are conserved, and the masses
of the people well-they Just
watch themselves being robbed and
they like id under 4 lying, thieying,
hyp0critical and damnable system
that will be eliminated only through
Socialism.
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the Local Candidates have been
nomiuated, we intend arranging an
other such meeting.
The three clubs in Greater New
York are about To- organize 4 Cen
tral Committee, the first meeting of
delegates to be held on June 18th.
After we are once thoroughly organ
ized We will begin to do some good
effective work and then there will
be no end to it, and will wake the
sleeping young element out of their
slumber, and educate them to real
ize that class struggle is on aud
make them enlist in the already
large army of Socialist workers.
Clubs of this kind should be organ
lied wherever there is field 10 agi-
tate for Socialism, and we will be
proud when the Young Peoples So
cialist Clubs Of this country can
meet in 4 national convention. as
the Young Peoples Clubs of Austria
| did on Nav ISt NJ the cams. time