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Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30
Democracy and Parryism Are Getting Aroused!

received most all that he produced.
But in spite of that happy condition
of affairs Moses describes the la
mentable condition of the people.
He declared in ringing words that
prostitution and drink were the evils
which no system of government
could eradicate. and he hurled frey
words at citizens of vice. He de-
clared these two evils to be the father
and mother of all poverty, and so
they are and always have been and
probably always will be. We are
not looking at this question through
capitalistic eyes or because OF capita
listic environment. Weknow where
of we speak and / take the
liberty of suggesting to you that in
stead of spending your time trying
to bring about an impossible condi-
ton of affairs that you take off your
coat and go to work and try to dc
an honest days work. | am certain
that the experience would be de-
lightful and refreshing.
Cordially yours,
John w. Maxwell,
Presidents Sec.
Let us get together and stick to.
gether"
The Citizens Industrial Associa.
ton of America.
David NJ. Parry, President; A. c.
Rosencranz, treasurer; A. c. Mar.
shall, secretary.
indianapolis, Ind, Oct 81, 'o4.
Mr.. Fred Brockhausen, Sec. and
Treas, Wisconsin state federation OF
labor.
Dear sir:-I have yours of October
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30

50 and wish to apologize now if you
feel that my letter was in the least
abusive. Such was not the intention.
| have the private conviction, how
ever, in my own heart that you peo-
pie are absolutely wrong. You are
trying to destroy the greatest gov
ernment ever given to mankind.
You know not what you do. There
is no country on earth where young
man has the opportunities that he
has in the United States and for any
set of men to try to build up a class
hatred and overthrow the constitu-
ton Of the United States with the
idea Of substituting a colossal tyran-
ny in the form of Socialism for this
government is something to make
the Gods weep. The present form
of unionism is dying a natural death
because of excesses-its lack of fra
ternity-its lack of brotherly feeling.
OF course you may deny all that,
but the fact remains the mass of pub
lie sentiment in this country is
against unionism as it is conducted
today. We are an intelligent, think
ing people and there must be some
reason for this change of heart. For
merly unionism had the respect and
sympathy of most all classes of peo.
pie, but not since the dynamiters,
the wrecking crews, the sluggers and
all the dangerous elements of society
have been permitted to take the con.
troll of these organizations. The
fact that you have lost public SYM
pathy is cold absolute truth, and il
you and your coadjutors are sensi.
bic men you will take heed. You
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30
Father MCGrady Scores
Archbishop Of st. Louis

A few words from a speech by
Father McGrady on November Ist,
at St. Louis. He said:
There is a great question pre-
sented to the people of Missouri in
the constitutional amendment pro-
viding for free text books for the
children of the public schools. Soc
ialism stands for universal education
for free books, free food and for
free clothing for all who are unable
to pay for them. 1t is true that we
have free schools, but the majority
of our children are compelled at the
age of twelve years to leave the
schoolroom, and answer, instead of
the school bell, the factory whistle,
and take their places among the toll
ers in the uneven struggle for exist
ance.
why should not the children OF
the poor, as well as the children of
the rich, be given an education to
fit them for the duties of life and
citizenship The child of the hovel
is entitled to all the privileges of
mental and moral development that
is accorded the child of the million
aire. We stand for the uplifting OF
humanity and for the highest degree
of mental and moral development
that glorihes the twentieth century
civilization.
The archbishop of this city has
announced his opposition to the
adoption of the amendment to the
constitution of Missouri providing
for free books for the children OF
the poor, and has called upon the
pastors of the churches of his dio-
cese to advise their parishioners to
vote against il, because it leads to
Socialism. ] respect the church and
| respect the religious convictions
and opinions of every man; but when
the church so far forgets her sacred
calling of saving souls and enters
the arena of politics, she must be
treated like politician. The Cath.
olics claim they are opposed 10 So
cialism because Socialism is atheism.
The charge is false. The Socialist
party is made up of people of every
shade of religious belief and of thos,
who have no religious belief at all
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30

it is made up of every race and color
on the globe. Socialism is opposed,
not by this church alone, but by all
churches and all religions, because
the churches now, as always, have
represented that conservatism which
is based on superstition and ignor-
ance. This move in St. Louis is a
movement in favor of superstition
and ignorance. The archbishop says
in substance, to his followers, we
must not allow the people to think;
for, if they think, they will become
Socialists
I'VE want every child, however
poor, to have the same opportunity
as the rich for an education and il
the church can't stand for that, it
must go down. If it cannot stand
for education, it cannot stand for
the truth; and if it cannot stand for
truth, it has no right to exist"
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30

In a recent issue of the Philadel-
phia North American" Caroline
Pemberton, a well-known Socialist
of the Quaker city, writes of the ser
want girl, and the conditions under
which she has to work, in the follow
ing manner:
The servant girl problem is a lit
tie different from the other labor
problems in this respect; that her
labor is not used, as rule, to make
profits for her employer, but to Sc
cure ease. comfort and luxury for
himself and his family.
Her toll sets the mistress of the
house free from toll. She prepares
delicate food for the family to enjoy,
and eats cold, leftover portions
herself, or goes without. She dusts,
sweeps, scrubs and carefully ar
ranges handsomely furnished apart
ments for others to occupy, and
shares a dismal, cold attic with her
fellow-servants as her only refuge
and the only spot she can call home.
There is no limit to the amount
of self-sacrifice demanded of her by
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30

the mistress of the house. In hir-
ing a servant many women announce
at the outset:
IL want you to be willing to do
anything that is asked of you, at
any time, and this indefinite kind
of service may mean night duties
that will rob her of sleep, or sewing
that will occupy all her spare time,
if she has any in the afternoon; it
may mean skilled nursing If any
member of the family is i'll, or wash
ing and ironing, for which she is
physically unfit; or it may mean
and often does-that she shall, un-
complainingly, perform for an inde-
finite length of time the tasks of
another servant who has left-and
this without extra compensation.
The attempt to find out in advance
what kind and what amount of SER
vice are likely to be required of her
is regarded by the average mistress
of the house as presumptuous and
impertinent. The newspaper press
of the country delights to carieature
this futile and feeble attempt on
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30
6be Servant Girl Problem! !!

the part of Bridget to select the
least forbidding of the places that
are open to her.
The truth is that domestic service
more than any other kind of employ
ment, harks back to the ideals of
slave labor in its search for the per-
feet servant.
The slave gave all he had to his
master without compensation, and
his life was at his masters disposal.
The problem of the servant girl is
the problem of how to reduce
wage Garner to the status of the for
mer slave; how to take as much as
possible of her time, labor and com
fort, and give in return as little as
possible in either wages or comfort
able living.
The result is that the young Amer
ican wage-earner very naturally pre-
fers the grinding, monotonous toll of
the mill, with its fixed hours of labor.
to the varied service of the house
hold, with its unending demands on
her time and labor
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30

its religious and social action. I'M
practicable and extreme to the verge
of absurdity as we believe the full
Socialist program TO be in this age
of mans development at least, it is
neither honest or polite to ignore
the fact that they are inspired by a
noble idea. 1t is true that the great
mass of their following comes from
class that is uneducated and un-
trained in logical thinking and have
little knowledge of and acquaintance
with the ethical, moral and eco
nomic forces that rule the world with
potency that statutes can never do.
but it is also true that among their
ranks are men of the widest educa-
ton and culture, college professors,
philanthropists, and men of prac-
tical experience in the business
world.
The Chronicle has no brief to
speak for the Socialist party or So
cialism. Such sweeping fundamental
changes as it contemplates in the
structure and operation of society
this paper does not believe it pos
sible to bring about by statutory law.
Only revolution in the moral nature
of mankind could give successful
effect to the full principles and pro-
gram of the Socialist party in our
opinion. But this opinion does not
lessen the force of our conviction
that the press of the state and other
agencies of publicity are making
great big mistake in adopting the
style of cheap abuse and invective
in its references to Socialism and
the Socialist party. That sort of
warfare which finds its leading ex-
ponent in the Butte Miner does moth
ing to prevent the growth of Social
ism. If we are to Judge of its
effect by the Socialist vote cast in
Butte at the late election, it only
helps it. Sneering generalities, mis-.
representations, appeals to religious
and class prejudices, such as has
constituted large part of the cam
paign against Socialism in these
parts may as well be thrown aside
as worthless weapons. The Social
ist propaganda demands from its
antagonists serious consideration,
courteous argument, and a strong
appeal to common sense and reason
instead of the cheap and clap-trap
tricks of rhetoric and demogogic
arguments which have chiefly been
used by its opponents.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30
Letters From Parry's Man Friday to
Union Secretary of Interest to the
Worker at this Particular Time.

The secretary of the Wisconsin
state federation of labor some time
ago secured 100 copies of the report
of the convention of the Parry citi-
zens alliance outfit, which shows the
true anarchism of the employers or
ganization and the traps it is setting
to take the workers into camp. AS
a result of the order for the books
the following letters were received
from Parry's private secretary, which
we reprint for the light they shed on
the intentions of the alliance crowd.
They are worthy a careful reading,
particularly the last one in which the
writer gets excited and speaks plain
ly, Something as to the character
of this man Maxwell may be gained
from the sissy-like expressions used
by him; you silly man." No bus
mess man ever used such an express
sion, rather it is the coinage of a
man of Jesuitical training and lack
of business contact with men. And
the remark grand old bull pen," is
a blending of effeminite impetuosity
and pietistic revengefulness. And so
our suspicion grows that there is a
link that binds Parry's Office with
the band of Jesuit traducers of So
cialism, as represented by Father
Boarman and Father Sherman. Per-
haps Maxwell is the link. We GER
tainly suspect it. The letters follow:
THE INDUSTRIAL INDEPEN-
DENT.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30
Says Socialist Vote in Montana was
Large Enough to Have Elected the
Democrats. ...GOOd Points Made.

The following editorial appeared
in the Bozeman Chronicle a demo-
crat paper of November 2Srd;
The late election continues to fur
nish texts for the editorial writer's
and politicians as the official returns
become available. There is one
noticeable feature in the election
returns that we nave so far seen lit
tie comment about and that is the
remarkable increase in the Socialist
vote. This vote has grown to pro-
portions which make it a factor to
be reckoned with in many of the
states of the union. In the Montana
election just concluded it was big
enough to have elected the entire
democratic ticket had it been cast
for the democratic candidates. 1t
would have insured the election of
a democratic United States senator
had it been cast for the democratic
legislative candidates in this state.
A very large per cent of this vote in
Montana and elsewhere is drawn
from the democratic party. All over
the United States this Socialist vote
has shown a rather remarkable in
/. crease. 1t left the populist vote far
behind this year. Debs had several
times as many votes cast for him as
did Watson. The prohibitionist
vote was a drop in the bucket com
pared to it. Since the last general
election the Socialist vote has iu-
creased about 500 per cent. In
Milwaukee and other places it came
near being the leading party. 1t
has not yet reached the proportions
that the populist party attained when
it carried whole states, and elected
many governors, senator's, and con-
gressmen, but if its growth continues
in its present ratio much longer that
day cannot long be postponed.
1t will pay the political student to
keep his eve on the Socialist party.
Sneering remarks about cranks and
long haired lunatics which constitutes
a major portion of the comment
which one reads in the political press
of the day about the Socialist party,
will not reduce their numbers. They
thrive on this sort of criticism.
These people are in earnest. They
believe in something and believe in
it honestly. The spirit that charac-
terizes the Socialist in his political
action is a good deal like that which
characterizes the salvation army in
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30


ways remember that there is nothing
secret about the work of ID. NJ. Par
ry's Office or the association which
he represents. | suppose it is reas-
enable for unions to believe that
they are confronting some great,
fierce enemy in the employers orga-
nization movement, but anyone who
believes that is radically wrong. The
employers of the country are not
banded together for the purpose of
expressing labor and are not hold
ing any secret councils to that end.
If you think otherwise you are fight
ing windmills.
In fact, we are very glad, indeed,
to have our literature get into the
hands of trade unionists for we hold
that they certainly need the benefit
of educational propaganda, since for
years trades unionists have been
taught all the absurd fallacies and
politics of the so-called labor move
ment. Men who believe in the closed
shop thus denying their brother the
right to work, who believe in the
boycott which was denounced by
the anthracite strike commission as
cruel, immoral and un-American.
men who believe in assaulting,
manning and numbering their fellow
worker simply because he does not
belong to the same organization
such men certainly are in need of
education as to the meaning of
American manhood and American
spirit.
We stand ready and willing here
to furnish you any literature we may
have. We are glad to give it to you,
just as a physician gives his medi-
cine to a sick person, for we believe
you need it. Your dream of Social
ism can never be accomplished on
this earth, for applied Socialism can
not come unless there is a radical
regeneration OF the human heart.
When the people of our country,
both rich and poor, escape vice slav-
cry instead of wage slavery. then it
may be possible that we shall reach
the social millennium. But when the
people of our country. both rich and
poor, spend enough money in three
years in drink, gambling and pros
titution to buy all the farms of the
United States, think that we are
engaged in small business when we
spend our time in decrying the So
called employer class. If the work
ingmen of Milwaukee would cut
down the amount of beer that they
drink and return that money into
, legitimate manufacturing channels,
|. e., that is by giving the money to
their wives in order that clothing
and other family necessities may be
purchased, and if all the other work
men of the country were to do like
wise, there would be and could be no
millionaire brewers trust (The
big bre wers, notably the Pabst and
Schlitt companies, are members of
the Parry organization. Ed 1t is
the inherent vices of mankind that
cause poverty, and you Socialists
are butting your heads against a
stone wall when you think that you
can regenerate the world by install
ing a tyranny which mankind has
been trying to escape for FIVE thous-
and years. Why, my dear Mr..
Brockhausen, Moses established a
Socialistic republic several thousand
years ago, and it was an ideal repub-
lie where the laborer got all that he
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1904-11-30
THE PAPER YOUR EMPLOYEES SHOULD
READ.

Published by the Industrial Indepen-
dent Publishing Co., David NJ. Parry
president.
Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. ~, 'o4.
Mr.. Fred Brockhausen,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
Dear sir:
We have yours of October 18th
and wish to thank you for your or
der for 100 copies of the late pro-
ceedings of the citizens industrial
association convention held in Indi.
annapolis last February. These books
went forward to you yesterday. ]
do not remember of having had any
previous correspondence with you
and confess / am slightly curious to
know the use that you expect to put
these books to. Can we be of any
further assistance to you2 We are
getting out little paper here called
The Industrial Independent" which
is a splendid educational medium.
am sending you a dozen copies un-
der separate cover and ask you to
give your careful inspection of the
same. This paper ought to be circ-
ulated by the thousands among
workingmen. AS you will see that il
is very moderate in price. We in
tend to make the paper better each
issue. Kindly let US hear from you
as to what you think Of the paper,
Cordially yours,
John w. Maxwell,
Presidents Sec.
The Citizens Industrial Associa
ton of America. :,
David M, Parry, president; A. {.
Rosencrans, treasurer; A. {. Mar
shall, secretary.
Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. a7, 'o4
Mr. Fred Brockhausen, Sec. and
Treas, Wisconsin state federation
of labor. xaa Orchard street, Mil
waukee.
Ny dear sir:-We have yours o
October IS and note with amuse
ment the reasons that you give TO
not coming out in the open whe'
ordering copies Of the proceeding
Of the Indianapolis convention o
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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-06
new DITCH At UMATILLA.
D. c. BrownelI to Reclaim Land Near
the Columbia.

D. c.. Brownel, the pioneer irrigator
of Umatilla has just completed new
ditch above his tract of land near
Umatilla and after he has finished his
hay harvest he will turn the water on
the tract and seed it to alfalfa and
barley. The new ditch is now in
readiness for the water, large Gull
vert having been built under the O. r.
& n track, near the gravel pit at
Umatilla, and the sandy portion of the
ditch having been constructed from
clay hauled in from a distance.
The tract of land to be irrigated lies
adjoining the town of Umatilla, on
the Columbia river, and is adapted to
the growing of any kind of fruits or
crops known to this climate. Mr.
Brownell hopes to get first class crop
of alfalfa from the land next year, by
seeding it this fall and will SOW bar
ley with it to shelter the young al
falfa from the hot sun and wind. He
has sufficient water to flood the land
from October to May, and with this
amount of winter irrigation this land
will yield enormous crops of forage
and grain.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-06
LATEST OF FISHING YARNS
now Bears on the Maine Iakes g..
Their Favorite Food.
(Maine WoOds)

\Nh1iiiC NOOuS.)
hearing some of your fish and bear
stories in Maine Woods. 7 must oo,
Tess some of them do smell a LITTLE
iishs' ana Tor a change I will give YOU
one founded on facts. You see il
was this way: We We're FISHING on ono
Of the Keswick lakes in the snrino of
1882 ana our catch had been enor-
nous. About o'clock in the after
noon we heard a peculiar noise on tho
pallk OF the lake like tearing of roots
30 we went to investigate, and. on
nearing the shore We're surprised to
find large black bear digging nm the
ground to beat nine of a kind.
we lay low to watch, and what do
you think he was doing? Why. he
was digging worms, and after mt
ting nice fat angle worms on each
OF his forepaWs he ventured out in the
lake on an old sunken log, put down
his forefeet in the water and actual
~ Scooped out huge trout so thick
and fact that he almost darkened the
sun. After While. thinking there
was enough fish for us, we put an
ounce ball in his head. Talk about
fish. Great heavens, There lay trout
two feet deep on which two Young
cubs were gorging themselves. Well.
We skinned that bear and. wishing to
secure the cubs alive, | just threw the
bearskin over me and got down on all
tours, and those cubs followed me
right into camb, thinking it was
mother bear.
The cubs I afterward sold for S25
each, and the hide of the mother bear,
which was a very large one, brought
me $40, not too bad a days work. oh,
yes, about those fish on the bank.
Well, we went back the next day and
barreled up "A barrels of the best of
those trout. The rest We're left to
rot in the sun. We put those fish in
cold storage and we have some of
them yet. Next.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-06

Beach points are reasonable and yarv
10 suit the visitor. At European hotels
ana loding houses rooms range from
20 cents to 81 a day; at restaurants.
meals run from % cents to so cents.
ana at the American plan hotels, the
charges range from 81 day 20 81 and
upward
Dozens Of delightful side trips may
De taken from the beach into a CONN.,
try of wild and picturesque beauty.
quiet and secluded among hills and
forest. with hunting and fishing In ma
tive haunts; to the United States Life
Saving stations and lighthouses. cram
berry farms, oyster beds, salmon fish,
ing grounds and canneries.
For particulars about the trip to
North Beach ask the nearest o. r. &
N. agent, or send two cents In stamps
to A. l.. Craig, general passenger
agent, Portland, for "Restful Recrea-
ton Resorts" which tells all about the
Columbia river summering places.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-06
HEAVY SHIPMENT OF BERRIES.
SaIock Fruit Company Sending Fruit
to Eastern Points.

The shipments of Walla Walla
Strawberries to eastern points con-
tinues to be very heavy. Both eX-
press companies are handling a large
amount daily. The BIaIock Fruit COM
pany is sending out hundreds of
boxes each day to eastern and Mon
tana points This company receives
every evening from Milton and Free
water an average of seven wagon
loads. The berries are hauled over by
four horse teams and loaded into
Northern Pacific refrigerator cars.
The strawberry season is now on the
wane and in several weeks the entire
crop will have been a thing of the
past Cherries are coming into mar
ket and several large shipments have
been made to Montana.
The Walla Walla Produce COM
panys shipments are also very heavy
and they have a large force at work
loading cars daily.