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Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-12-20

to let the masters of life rule them
under another name-government own
ership. And the silly populace breaks
out in cheers, and Theodore / is the
man of the hour. See how hard he
goes:
1.-THE government should assume con-
troll of the open range.
"The government must have super
vision Of rates of transportation
Congress should consider the ques-
tion of governmental power in respect
to domestic insurance..
"New York should give Niagara
Falls to the government.
Safely Guarded.
But, o, Reformer, exult not too great
ly; we are told that all this should be
Subject to review by the courts'; and
further on that: "Under proper super
vision there is no need of public own
ership of the railroads; they can render
better service when conducted by pri-
Vate lndivlduals'.
Manhood First, Bread Next.
The most nauseating and bare-faeed
fabrication is where the chief states:
''This government stands for manhood
first, and for business only as an ad-
junct to manhood. Every business
man even smiles, as he recognizes the
doctrine of the arch Pharisee.
All these ambitions for government
are well and good, but in themselves
they neither secure life nor terminate
injustice, nor help the human race to
grapple with the problem of crime, pow
erty, or misery. In themselves they
only minister still more TO those who
live in comparative comfort now.
Only in the hands Of triumphant
proletariat can this systematization
of life mean aught to the mass of life.
The "lilies of the field'', who "toil
not neither do they SPIN, will never
prepare the meadows of sunshine and
pleasure for the toilers and the spin
ners.
Toilers, you are many, make your
own government, and make it out of
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-12-20


aristocracy, the modern bourgeois, has
heralded its latest position to the
world through that plant spokesman
of its interests, Theodore Roosevelt, the
ideal of American manhood. This
message will go down in history as the
beginning of a new phase in the evolu-
tion of American capitalism. 1t is the
first time that the capitalist class has
officially outlined the class struggle.
Socialist Agitation.
The Socialist agitation has forced the
resignation of the class interest and
the class demand, and versatile Theo-
dore has not been slow to avail himself
of the new alignment. The war note
is sounded with the brazen trumpetings
that mark the fear of the trembling
throne of class exploitation for the per.
petuity of their unjust institutions.
With armies and navies we fight the
mad battle for position in the market
place of the world. But the menace
of the proletariat has shaken the throne
of stocks and bonds. 1t was the cry
of fear in the night that His Excel
leney gave when he Informed COM
mittee of railway presidents that un-
less they did something soon in regard
to rates the American nation faced
greater peril than it had yet known
the Social Democracy.
Increase Army.
The cannaille is talking Socialism
they are striking-they may demand
our prerogatives-we must increase the
army. Beware of armies, Theodore the
First They deserted the French
queen; they are in rebellion in ma
tions Of throne and crown; the Gar
gibbers in old womanish terror in the
palace of the Romanoffs, with their
guns pointed at him instead of at his
enemy-the people. A stable govern
ment is one that is established in the
affections of the people, not in the
strength Of its guns.
A Joke.
The author of the document takes
himself seriously throughout the laby-
rinthine windings of its infinite stu
pidity with the exception of one in
stance. This exception is a real joke.
II reads like this: "While the de-
partment of justice, during the last
four years, has accomplished much by
appeal to the courts in an attempt to
secure the enforcement of the anti
trust laws, the effect has more of a
moral character than of practical re-
suit Yes, Teddy, if absolute viola.
tion of every trust law that has ever
been framed constitutes more of a
moral character than of a practical re-
suit. the antitrust laws are superlative.
ly moral.
Glass Struggle.
Here is the sentence that accepts and
stands upon the challenge of the class
struggle: "The power of the courts to
issue injunctions in case of labor dis
putes has been abused, but il should
not be restricted; IL is coexistent with
the right to strike. Now, you work
ing class, is Theodore Roosevelt, Presi-
dent of the United States, your presi-
dentq Courts and guns against you
when YOU strike, and the president on
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Pres. Roosevelt
for Bourgeois
Historic Document Officially Outlines
Class Struggle From the
Capitalist Side.

the side of the courts and guns. Union
men, here is your Waterloo, no matter
how well the battle has been planned
in the lodge room. Again, we are told:
GAN men must work.. For God rs
sake, find the jobs for them, Teddy.
Three million men are hunting for them
with gaunt eyes.
Don't Strike.
But again that warning: "The
strike more often falls the heavier on
the striker than upon the one struck
att.
"The wage worker and the capital
list should regard each
other as partners and not as enemies -.
"The peril of class spirit must be
guarded against.
At last the American bourgeois has
admitted that there are classes in this
country, but they want to warn the
workers against emphasizing, admitting
OF acknowledging the fact.
Government Ownership.
Second only to the recognition of the
class line is the deliberate and marked
tendency to government ownership and
control in the recommendation. Does
the president represent the great re-
publican party in this unprecedented
departure, with it's strong, brutal, and
irresponsible individualismf No, he
speaks for his class, the capitalist class,
that beholds with terror the menace
of Socialism on the near horizon. Gov
ernment ownership is the refuge of pri-
vate owners against the Unsuitable de.
ment ownership with the government
still in the hands of those who have
ravished and despoiled the people
through their control of the sources of
life. The Socialists have warned the
working class from the first that this
move would be made.
German Policy.
Bismarck flew to such a policy when,
in spite of the penitentiary laws, of ex-
lie, imprisonment, confiscation, the ris.
ing Socialist tide filled him and the
people whom ne served with alarm ana
trepidation' The result is the feudai
phllanthropy That reigns IN "ermany
today under the name OF state social
ism' or socialism OF the chair The
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-12-20
j. Frank Mabie.

j. Frank Mabie.
Tn Sarvest days are over, the mower
and C self-binder are laid by for an
other year, the threshing has been done
and the farmer has hauled most of his
grain to market to get money to pay
his taxes, interest on his debts, and per-
haps get a few needed garments and
household supplies for the winter.
Many of them have long hauls and one
might wonder what occupies their
thoughts as they jolt along over the
frozen roads toward the nearest shear
ing pen. No doubt many of their
debts are for farm machinery, some
thing farmer must have nowadays
if he is to compete successfully with his
neighbors, and / want to direct their
attention to the way they are exploited
because of this necessity. / have be-
side me the Cosmopolitan Magazine for
April, 1905, containing an article en-
titled ga Trust in Agricultural Imple-
ments', by Alfred Henry Lewis, from
which ! quote few paragraphs for the
consideration of the farmers these long
winter evenings.
Speaking of pirates, Mr.. Lewis says
perhaps, of all that have swept the
commercial ocean in a black flag trade,
there has been none to maintain at the
masthead of its rapaeity a sharper look
out for prizes than those who are now
exploiting the agricultural communi-
ties. In August, 1902, the
harvester trust was resolved upon, and
under the name of the International
Harvester company, incorporated at
Trenton. Being thus launched at those
old familiar shipyards of modern
piracy, the New Jersey Trenton yards,
the harvester trust, without reserve or
setback, has marauded agriculture ever
since.
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American Farms.


''As exhibiting how opulent is that
field of trust endeavor, a rough review
is worth while. The round production
of the American farms, in figures. is
each year s4,9OO,0OO,OOO. 1t is three
times the gross earnings of all the rail
roads. II is fourfold the output of all
the mines-gold, silver, iron, copper,
,coal. II is six times the whole capital
of all the national banks. To produce
that annual crop, the aggregate value
of which is $4,000, 100000. the
farmer spends yearly $lOO,O0O,OOO
for tools, implements and machinery,
and il was for the conquest of those
sl00,000,000, and to turn them to its
own profitable favor, that the har-
vester trust was conceived II is not
too much TO say that, now. in the third
year of its existence, the harvester
trust from these Sl0O,OOO,OOO pockets
a yearly profit of over s40,000,O00,
eighty per cent of which may be
counted as merest rapine, attained by
methods that would shame footpad,
and are wholly criminal in the eye Of
the law
Did you help out any on that eighty
per cent this year, neighbor'
"As now framed. the harvester trust
controls over nine-tenths of the farm.
implement trade, and by methods of
extortion, construction and lawbreaking
so dominates the market situation as
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Continued on page A.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-30
Russians Will Send No More
Warships to the East.

city, and the main. facts were sempeiF
lished in picturesque detail, netwith-
standing the official declaration,
The Admiralty is without reports, OF
the defeat. Private advices are said 10
have reached the city from Vladivo-
stok, according to which Rojestvensky
is alive, but had a narrow escape. He
is said to have transferred bis flag
from the Kniaz Souvaroff to another
battleship, subsequently sunk. and to
have been wounded and picked up by
a torpedo boat. These reports are not
confirmed.
A large portion of the officers and
sailors of the fleet were residents or
st. Petersburg, and evidences of ex-
pectant grief are seen on every hand.
Wives and families are besieging the
Admiralty and are visiting the
churches to pray for the escape of
their loved ones.
Many of the people of st. Petersburg
refuse absolutely to credit the news
from Toxic, and are clutchinE at the
belief that, perhaps, it Is not official.
The Government undoubtedly fears the
effect of the news of the disaster upon
the country, as evidence of which Gov
ernor General Trepof has taken per-
sonal charge of the censorship IN st.
Petersburg
Peace demonstrations are generally
expected. though, pending the decision
of the Government with regard to the
opening of negotiations it is impos-
sibfe to predict what stand the. Gov
ernment forces may take.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-30
CREWS LACKED TRAINING.
Germans Blame Russian Government
for Crushing Defeat.

for Crushing Defeat.
BERLIN, May 3o.-The Berlin morning
newspapers. with the latest news of the
naval battle, give the fullest recognition
to Vice Admiral Togo's achievement and
say that it will rank among the greatest
events of history The battle is char
acterized as the greatest drama ever
known. Some of the newspapers assume,
however, that an important part of the
Russian feet was not present at the COM
bat and that the vessels composing this
part will reach Vladivostok and still give
the japanese trouble. Others express
the opinion regarding the fate of the
vessels fleeing toward Vladivostok that
they will hardly escape the Japanese
swift cruisers.
Astonishment is expressed at the sorry
figure cut by the Russian battleships
This leads a naval expert, writing in
the Lokal Anzeiger, to point out that a
modern battleship is most inefficient
machine unless manned by thoroughly
trained officers and seamen; that the
Russians were notoriously deficient in
training during the time of peace and
that it was impossible for them to make
good this defect since the war broke out
The event therefore, the writer says,
cannot be regarded as a sentence of
Judgment upon the battleship but only
upon the Russian officers and seanen
The National Zeituns curiously fdenti-
fies the entire white race with Russia's
defeat. which, 1t says, must fil1 any one
with grave concern who believes in the
great economic and civilizing mission OF
the white race. The paper predicts that
the white race will no longer be regarded
with respect by the yellow races of East
Asia.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-30
FRANCE SEES
NO HOP[. FOR
BEATEN ALLY

PARIS, May 29.-The magnitude of the
Russian naval disaster has fairly stunned
French public opinion. which had hoped
that late advices would show that Japan
also had suffered some share of the
losses. However, dispatches showing that
the Japanese fleet escaped practically un-
scathed from the encounter dispelled the
hope entertaind that Vice Admiral Ro-
jestvensky by sacrificing a portion of his
feet, had succeeded in Gripping Vice Ad-
miral Togos feet to such an extent that
the Japanese would be placed in a position
of inferiority. The disaster is generally
discussed by the officials, the public and
the press IN a tone of depression, the
prevailing view being that Russia now
will be compelled to seek some means OF
terminating the war.
The Bourse first gave evidence OF a
strong peace sentiment by the buoyancy
of the market. The leading journals, in
Guiding the semi-official Temps, urge
peace, declaring Russia has played her
last card.
1t was stated in diplomatic quarters
tonight that, while the result OF the bat
tie would contribute to eventual peace, 1t
did not give any Immediate prospect of
the opening of negotiations to that end.
1t was pointed out that the obstinacy of
character of the Russians would prob
ably compel them to turn to General Line
witch and await the result of another land
battle. 1t was said in this connection
that..the situation would not be. likely to
permit Field Marshal Oyama to strike
another decided blow within two weeks,
thus prolonging Russias hopes on land
and deferring her willingness to ask for
peace.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-30
Pears

Why is Pears Soap-the
best in the world, the soap
with no free alkali in it.
sold for IS cents a cake9
1t was made for a hos
pital soap in the first
place. made by request.
the doctors wanted a soap
that would wash as sharp
as any and do no harm
to the skin. That means
a soap all soap. with no
free alkali in it, nothing
but soap; there is nothing
mysterious in it. Cost de-
pends on quantity; guam
tity comes of quality.
Sold all over the world.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-30
Growing Power of japanese
Is Causing Concern.
Special Dispatch to The Can.

which would render japanese and Rus
sian interests still opposed to each
other in the Far East, so that each
would prevent the other from any ag-
gression into China or any encroaeh-
ment upon the interests OF other pow
ers,
1t Is now feared that Japan VIII ac-
cept no peace except that which stfpu-
lafes an indemnity which would enable
the hitherto second-rate power to build
a tremendous feet. With such n feet
Japanese influence would necessarily
be rated among the most important
elements I'm the world. hf
At the Russian embassy no oficial
details have yet been received from ST.
Petersburg concerning the fight. When
asked whether this battle brought
basador, said:
This battle has put peace further
away. Russia will continue the war
This is all I can say at present"
At the japanese legation. where no
particular elation was manifested de-
spite the increasing volume or news.
Kogoro Takahira. the Japanese Minis
ter. said:
TT is too early to talk Of peace.
Japan has been always ready for peace
after Lia0yang,S after Port Arthur,
after Mukden and before this battle
but Russia would not have It. You must
ask the Russians when peace. h to
come" ,ss.> -
From an indisputable source It is
learned that Japan has entered upon q
determined effort to Japanize Korea.
Within recent months 10000 Japanese
immigrants have gone into Korea and
settled. They are not soldiers: they
are persons OF various occupations.
forming a portion of the great surplus
population for which Japan has been
eager to find an outlet on the Asiatic
mainland
A policy of Japanizafion has been
projected into Manchurias where the
Japanese amIfates with the Chinese,
seeking to control eventually q suf-
ffcient portion of the Chinese to give
their own policies strength IN. the Ce-
Iestial kingdom.
This is compared by students OF Chi
nese history to the policy by which che
Manchu dynasty, founded centuries ago.
scattered its tripesmen throughout the
kingdom. 1t Is admitted, even In Eng
lish and German sources. that japanese
influence has outstripped every other
international influence in Peking.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-30

inch guns. She had a complement Of $50
officers and men.
The. protected cruiser Jemtchug was
of 310S tons displacement and 1900 in
dicated horsepower, giving her a speed
OF about twenty-three knots. She was
completed in 1908. had a protected deck
of two inches of steel and carried six
4.7-inch guns. six 1.S-inch guns, two
1.4-inch guns. Her crew numbered $40
officers and men.
The repair-ship Kamchatka was a
most important unit of Admiral Ro-
jestvensky's fleet. She is understood to
have been fitted up with every scientific
appliance. available for the repair of
warships and was described as being a
floating Workshop" She was launched
at the new Admiralty yard, ST. Peters
burg, on November 1. 1902. She was of
1900 tons displacement, was capable of
carrying $500 tons of coal and mounted
six small quick-fire guns She had
transport accommodations for thirty
two officers and 1000 men.
The Irtessin was probably an auxil-
iary cruiser. but her name is not given
in any Of the naval lists available.
The battleship Orel Is sister ship
OF the Borodin9 and carried the same
complement OF officers and men,
The battlship Nicolai l is of 9672 tons
displacement and 5000 indicated horse
power, giving her a speed of about
fourteen knots. She is sheathed and
although completed as far back as
1892 was thoroughly oyerhauled in
1900 She has compound armor bel,
six to four inches thick, has a steel
protected deck two and a half inches
thick and has six to ten inches of COM
pound armor over her gun positions
Her armament consists of two 12-inch
guns, four 9-inch guns, eight 6-inch
guns and twelve duick-f1ring guns, in
addition to 3 number of small. rapid
fire guns. Her complement is 604 Of
ficers and men,
The coast defense ironclad Admiral
Seniavin is a sister ship of the Admiral
Oushakoff.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-30

CALL BUREAU, POST BUILDING.
WASHINGTON, May 29.-"Thls means
we should increase our own navy, IS
the substance of the remark which
President Roosevelt made when In
formed early this morning that Togo
had swept clear the Eastern seas OF
Russian war craft. All through Wash
ington this sentiment was echoed. not
only by naval officers and Government
officials. but by civilians and even by
members of the diplomatic corps, who
have observed the tendency on the part
of Congress to curtail the annual naVaI
appropriations in favor of river ana
harbor improvements and public build
ing projects.
President Roosevelt was surprised at
the news, for he had believed that,
when the great fleets met. there would
be a hard, but not one-sided fight. 1t
would have pleased the Washington
Government better, TO judge from pri-
vate remarks of certain high officials,
had the fight in the Tsushima Straits
been a Russian instead Of a japanese
success This is not due to. any espe-
cial sympathy for Russia in govern
mental circles, but springs from the be-
lief entertained here that Russian
victory would have insured an early
peace.
Moreover, there is on the part of
some members of the highest admins
tration circles feeling that this final
great success will make the Japanese
altogether too confident of their own
prowess and that Japanese aspirations
to become world power will lead to
complications in the Far East. where
the United States has important inter-
ests. The desire of this Government,
which has done what it could to bring
about peace. has been for settlement
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-30
RISE OF JApAN's STAR
Baron Hayashi Talks ON the Effects Of
the Naval Victory.

Baron Hayashf Talks on the Effects OF
the Naval Victory.
LONDON, May 29.-Baron Hayashi
the Japanese Minister, in an interview
to-day said:
1--WE all rejoice at Togo's magnifi-
cent victory. We had confidence he
would not be so badly beaten as 1t was
supposed the Russians thought he
would be, but at the same time We
were not entirely free from anxiety
concerning the outcome of this long
expected naval battle Now we feel
quite easy in our minds and the re-
mainder seems easy.
"Regarding whether this fight will
prove a step in the direction of peace.
we cannot Judge. Outsiders cannot
express an opinion of value on this
point. The question must be regarded
from the Russian standpoint One
thing is ccrtain-this makes the jap
anese further naval and military OPP
tinues, yIadivostolx may become sec
ond Port Arthur. 1t seems improb-
able under the circumstances that
Russia will send more ships to the
Far East.
eve consider the victory as the most
decisive of modern times. Its effect
will be far reaching and 1t will have
an iunuencc not Only On tne 1uture OF
the Far East, but also on Europe. Rus
sian can no longer be reckoned with
az naval power.
ut is my opinion that Togo's victory
is on par with that of Nelson, achiev-
ed a century ago this year
at a late hour this evening Baron
Hayashi had not received a single tel
egram from Toxic regarding the bat
tie. He said that he thought his Gov
erument was awaiting thorough
roundup of the fugitive heet in the
hope of recording Rojestvensky
among those captured
Regarding the alleged Russian
threat to carry the war into Mongolia
Baron Hayashi said that the Japanese
would follow wherever the Russians
led. The Japanese Government. he
added. had only promised to confine the
war to the territory employed by Rus
sia-