Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-03-29


won by Beulah Tansey, G3-year-
old pupil OF the seventh a grade
OF the Lincoln school, for writing
the best essay on "Why Socialism
Crows the prize being awarded
last night by the committee OF
three judges. Three prizes were
offered by the Socialists for the
three best essays on the subject
given, all public school children
being eligible in the competition.
The winners, together with the
prizes. were as follows:
First prize. $50. won by Beulah
Tansey, 10 years old, OF $40 Boone
avenue second prize, $40, won by
Bertha Daugs, of SI29 Grant
street; third prize, S., Hilliard
Etherington, o7I4h Walnut
street.
The prizes are to be gwen to
the successful contestants at the
regular propaganda meeting OF
the Socialists, to be held in the
Central Labor hall on March 10
The committee. consisting of
Judge William +. Richardson,
Professor Norman Coleman and
II. w. Mangold, adopted 90 points
as the standard for clearness of
statement of the scientific pri-I-
ciples which explain the growth
of Socialism and 10 points for
literary style. including spelling
and punctuation.
Eight competitors entered the
contest for prizes given by the
Socialists for the best essay on
the subject. why Socialism
Grows" the award OF the Judges
for the first prize being given to
the following essay by Beulah
Tansey:
Socialism grows because when
it comes upon anyone with its full
meaning it is so iorceful that even
though the person may want to
be rid of it he can not shake it off,
for he sees it is the truth, and
truth. il given any chance at all,
will grow. SO Socialism grows
Just the same as a plant. For,
even if it has been crushed and
placed in uncongenial conditions,
il it is hardy. as Socialism surely
is, it will grow and bear its fruits
and scatter seeds.
so. when one get this knowl-
edge OF truth and breaks away in
a small measure from the servi-
tude of the terrible financial con-
ditions. he can not keep still, and
he passes it on to another. These
two in turn pass it on to two
more, and so, where there was
but one a short time ago, there
is now four, and so on, until the
number multiplies over and over.
Two Glasses of Society.
"If he sees it clearly he sees il,
not as a reformer, nor as a party
composed of anarchists. but as a
body of honest workingmen,
working To bring about by rcvolu-
tionary movements the better
ment of the awful economic con
ditions under which the workers
now toll. 1t will bring about by
evolution the bctterment of So
ciety. which by time and events
has been divided into two classes ;
namely, the capitalistic class and
the working class.
THE capitalistic class includes
those few who hold in their pos
session the means by which the
many must live.
"The working class are those
who produce all useful things and
are paid by being permitted to re-
tain the privilege of going on pro-
ducing and giving what they pro-
duce to their masters. the capi-
talists, who hold all the surplus
aside from what the workers
merely require to exist on. Thus,
they hold the wealth of the world.
giving them the power which
money under present conditions
cxcrts, To make the workers come
To their terms under dread of
starvation by taking away their
privilege of working for a mere
existence. To be short, the work
ers are simply used as tools, doing
everything that il is possible to do
and receiving enough to keep
them alive, so that they may 60
on serving and working.
Cropping in the Dark.
The workers realize their con
ditions For years they have been
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