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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-21
LOOKING AHEAD TO 1908
Statehood Bill Passed-Meat Inspec-
tion Law Agreed Upon-The Rate
Bill in Conference

Bill in Conference
Washington, D. c., June 20.-(Spe-
cial. )-The routine work Of the ma
tional Legislators during the past week
was somewhat enliyened by the tilt
between the president and Chairman
Wadsworth of the agricultural com
mittee of the house who had charge
of the meat inspection amendment to
the agricultural bill. 1t was well un-
derstood that President Roosevelt,
who has been chafng over the escape
of the packers from prosecution un-
der the antitrust law, had determined
to use the power of his Office to the
utmost to force congress to pass a
rigid meat inspection law 1t was al
SO well understood that the packers
were equally determined to resist the
passage of such measure as would
eurtail their power to dispose of all
sorts of packing house refuse in the
form of canned products, a source
from which they derived millions in
profits from material of very little
value and of a questionable character
from a sanitary point of view. The
attorneys for the packers were on
hand to assist their friends of the
committee in framing a measure and
amendments thereto available to the
purposes of the packers. But the
president also had his legal advisers
inspect all proposed drafts to protect
him against being imposed upon in
this respect. The clash came as all
expected when the president made
public his position, accusing the chair
man of working in the interest of the
packers to defeat a measure of in
spection that would protect the CON
sumers of meat products Chairman
Wadsworth retorted with sarcastic
denial which would be fese majeste IN
many of the governments of the old
world. Finally Speaker Cannon acted
as intermediary between the commit
tee and the president and the matter
was settled by an agreement upon a
measure that is considered a just and
reasonable one.
The rate bill which was recOmmit-
ted to the conference committee still
hangs fire. The Standard Oil people
are making a desperate effort to have
pipe lines stricken from the roll of
common carriers, aud the express com
panies and the sleeping car compa-
nies are also working hard for ex-
emption under the bill. The argu-
ments pro and con take up most of
the time of the conferees, who are
also members Of important commit
tees and in the rush of the closing
days of the session cannot give their
undivided attention to the conference
work on the rate bill.
The statehood bill has finally passed
making one state out of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory, and referring
back to the people of New Mexico
and Arizona the matter of making
one state or two out Of these terri
tories.
The members of both houses are
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-06-21

Berlin-The Technical university
has conferred on George Westing~
house, the American inventor. the de-
gree of doctor of engineering
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28

years, he is willing to take chances ia
on the Concentration" Of trade union
votes on the most favorable candidates
which he intends shall be his men. He
is simply playing working-class votes
against the Bryan radical-plutocrat
combination.
It's an interesting game, isn't it
a game between political straddle bugs,
yellow demagogues, labor skates Of the
dirtiest kind, bloated plutocrats and
greedy Office seekers.
But the most interesting question is,
"Mr. Working man are you fool enough
to become a political catspaw for out
fits that see no more in you than so
many votes to be manipulated, and
bargained for, or are you going to
vote the party of your own class, for
your own emancipation and for a
larger and happier lifei"
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28
The Call
From Russia
Executive Committee of Social Dem.
Ocrats Appeal for Aid -RevO.
luton About to Begin

| guns, and for months the cars brave
generals, who won such renown for
their mastery retreat before the dis
ciplined Japanse troops, revelled in
bloody orgies, subduing defenseless
girls women and children, now in the
streets Of Moscow, now in the villages
Caueasia, and now in the Polish and
Baltic provinces. Yet, in spite Of
these apparent successes Of autocracy,
the victory of the cause of Russian
freedom is at hand. The Russian people
is just preparing to enter upon a new
stage of the struggle, which, no matter
what sacrifices it may require, can
have but one result. Neither the wiles
Of smooth-tOngued wholesale murder
ers, like Durnovo and Witte, nor the
chickering's of a brutal and stupid Cor
emykin ministry with an impotent
"parliament" can avert the "irre.
pressible conflict"
tarily commit suicide by abdicating its
power; and whether parliament
suecumbs to the willy Establishments Of
the courtiers, thus betraying the peop-
les cause, or whether il consistently
maintains its present manly attitude
and forces the governmet to disperse
it at the point of the bayonet, in
either ease an immediate cataelysm is
| inevitable. And in this new revolution.
which is bound to be the beginning Of
the end, the brunt of the struggle will
again fall on the shoulders of the class
conscious proletariat. Aglin il will
give profuselly of its blood to fertilize
the soil for harvest of freedom which
perhaps only others will reap. Com
radcs: Their victory is ours! II is
for MS here. away from the danger and
stress of actual conflict, to see that our
Russian brothers do not lay down their
lives in vain. II is for us to help make
their sacrifices fruitful. Remember,
to successfully contend against the
Cars cohorts arms are necessary.
Give us your treasure that we may con-
vert il into lead and steel. Help the
Russian proletariat forge the sword to
strike the blow.
/, r. II. Brumberg. j. Friedland,
II. Greenfield, NJ. Romm, d Rubinow,
Executive Committee Russian So
cial Democratic Society of New York.
Contributions should be sent and
checks and money orders made pay
able to DR.. M. Romm, Treas, 306 e
! 18th Street, New York City.
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ploiters. For no one is exploited more
than the farmer over and above the
farmer is the packing house and re.
firgerator car that handles his meat,
vegetables and fruit, the grain elevat-
or that handles his grain, the mill
that grinds 1t, the railroad and steam
ships that carry his product and bring
him into competition with farmers in
every part of the world-all absolute.
ly necessary to his existence and all
absolutely outside the farmers control.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28
Bryan, Hearst
Wall Street
Wall Street Adopts Bryan to Offset
Hearst Hearst With GOmpers
to Offset Socialism.

ing to take their chances on Bryan de-
stroying their private monopohes or
controlling their corporations. Just as
Bryan is willing to accept their sup.
port and their change.
Bryan then is the double-faced dem.
ocratic jackass standing between mon
opoly on the one hand and socialism
on the other and kicking both ways at
1t the same time.
How has all this come aboutf
Simply because Wall Street has taken
Hearst 8 newspaper utterances serious
ly and believes him to be a socialist.
OF all the snags that Wall Street has
encountered, the snag of public owner
ship of their "industries and in
struments for robbing the people looks
the most hideously terrific and form.
idable. This is because the PROPOSE
ton is plausible to them and Bryan 3
destructive idea is something to be
laughed out of existence. That is why
they have adopted Anarchist Bryan
and froth at he very mention of the
supposed Socialist Hearst.
But Hearst should never have been
taken seriously. He has put Just
enough public ownership into the edit
orial columns Of his paper to make him
palatable to the vast uniformed mass
OF workers, whom he intends to lead
to the voting shambles to vote him
into the White House. While he has
been hoo-dooing the workers he has
evolved the perfect middle-class pro-
gram, which is the public ownership
Of such monopolies as would remove
the particular enemies Of the middle
class, but would leave these petty little
grafters in power to rob the workers
The deep laid plan of Hearst has given
Wall Street an awful shiver. Last
week at the invitation of Gompers.
which looks significant, to say the least,
he appeared before the executive coun-
ell of the American Federation of La
Dor and advised" the workers to
keep out Of independent partisan pol
itics and concentrate on the candidates
in the old parties, "Most favorable to
their views'
The "News" herewith offers a re-
ward of $500 for any one who will find
republican OF democratic candidate
for Office who will not be "most fav.
orable" TO the views of the labor
voters. But Hearst's game is easy.
With is powerful press, which has bid
especially for the labor vote for many
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the federal government and the state
government in many of their depart.
ments.
fourth-It is claimed that the union
demands are arbitrary" Is there
anything more arbitrary than the de-
mand made by these individuals, when
they insist that a man shall work nine
hours instead of eight, against his will 2
Fifth-These men claim the distine.
tion of being the "Boostersr of Bill.
ings. Let us see. The non-union con-
tractor hiring eight men for nine hours
per day, gets out Of these men every
working day, sx9, or 72 working hours.
The union contractor hiring nine men
for eight hours, gets 9xs, or 72 work
ing hours. The union contractor gets
the same number of hours from nine
men that the non-union contractor gets
from eight but as both are paying by
the hour, and are offering the same rate
per hour, the cost is the same in both
cases. The union contractor makes
room for another citizen in our city,
he gets a fresh man for eight hours
instead Of the fag.end hours from eight
tired men, he is obliged to stay one
hour less to oversee his men, he has
given contentment instead Of discon.
tent, and who, we ask, is the real
Boosterf"
Finally we call attention to the fact
that labor unions, like bankers asso.
Citations and citizens alliances, are
subject to the economic changes going
on throughout the country, and do not
possess "the key to the wrole situa-
ton" in any one locality; therefore,
we earnestly solicit the cooperation
Of all fair-minded people to help us
again establish the harmony and pros
perity enjoyed by this community, prior
to the time when these few erratic
individuals-who fred the first gun
created discord.
Yellowstone Trades & Labor Assembly,
VIM. Nelson, See.
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To all American Socialists!

To all American Socialists!
Comrades:
During the past two years the eyes
Of the civilized world have been turned
eastward, breathlessly watching the
development Of drama, whose world
wide significance has scarcely a par.
allel in the history Of mankind: the
struggle of the great Russian nation
to throw off the yoke of czardom.
For many centuries the Russian
ezars, whose cruel tyranny is scarcely
equalled in the annals of human his
tory, have been weltering in the blood
of a nation until its very life-sap has
become wellnigh exhausted. Many
and generous have been the self-sacri-
ficing efforts Of noble heroes to arouse
the groaning giant to consciousness
Of his power to assert his human rights
and to resist oppression. In vainl
Millinos of toilers bled and starved
and groaned and submitted to the rule
of the ezar.vampires and their heneh-
men, despairing of the possibility Of
ever throwing off the yoke. But with
the advent of capitalism and the spread
of industry in hitherto purely agri-
cultural Russia, the day of reckoning
with the old regime grew near. An
avenger at last arose in the form of
the industrial class-conscious proletar.
lat, and no sooner had il struck its
first blow than the throne of thecZar
nearly toppled over and the empire
shook to its very foundations. Since
that day a ceaseless struggle of lifo
and cath is going on between the toll
ing classes of Russia aspiring to liberty
and the dying but tenacious autocraey
which in its very death-throes would
not relax its grip upon the nation s
throat. On the one side the harrow
ing atrocities and staggering outrages
committed by the ear and his tools
and on the other side the unpreeedent
ed heroism Of self-sacrifeing devotion
manifested by the revolutionary pro
letariat during the relatively brief pc
riod since the beginning of this struggle
both beggar description. The world
stands amazed at the sight of thou
sands of young men and girls, who
Drawing death and torture at the handi
of dehumanized Cossack hordes ant
fighting against horrible odds, are max
ing onslaught upon the bulwark o.
despotism.
They were moved down by the thou
sands with Howitzers and machin,
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28

What do the radical laborites Of
America now think of their particular
political pets, Bryan, "the Great Com
moner," and Hearst, "the friend OF
labor"
How many of you have read the
latest concerning the doings Of these
two great champions Of popular
rightsi''
Did yuo know that through the
"infuence Of Hearst, the revolt of
the American Federation Of Labor to.
ward Independent political action had
gone kerflunk, and that this seeming
evidence of the Hearst power had
scared Wall Steet into putting forth
Bryan the late Anarchist and Gin.
cendiary demagogue" as the "safe
and sane" and conservative candi-
date of the rejuvinated democratic
party. Strange to say Bryan is not
at all worried about associating with
those fellows who according to his
own words were engaged two years
ago in "crucifying humanity on a
cross Of gold" This champion polit
ical straddle bug and "idol of the
Masses" however, has no easy task
assigned him. He is expected (for a
consideration to hold into one pen.
fold the radical sheep of the land with
the corporation wolves whom they were
formerly taught by him, were espee
tally created to devour them. This
explains Bryan's latest utterances:
First against public ownership OF
SOCIALISM and for competition y
and "individualism.
Second for the destruction of "priv
ate monopoly" and the "control" OF
corporations.
Nothing less than the first part OF
the program would make him accept
able to the trusts and monied interests
and nothing less than the second de
elaration, which came by cable from
Norway last week, would make him ae'
eeptable to radicals and reformers.
Such political straddling is unique
in a country noted for its political
lightning change artists. That the
latter declaration is considered harm.
les by Wall Street is evidenced by
the fact that Belmont, Morgan & Co.
are still vociferous in support of Bry
ans Conservatism and "sanity. y
II he will preserve "individualism as
as capitalists understand individual
ism, and fight socialism" as capital
lists understand socialism, they are will
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28
ISSUE MANIFESTO
Billings Trades Council Throws
Searchlight on Alliance
Motives

There is a movement on foot in the
city Of Billings, promoted by some half
dozen individuals, who have no defn.
ite motive appearing on the surface but
discord, pure and unalloyed. The sec
ret motive underlying this movement is
the forlorn hope Of annihilating union.
ism in the city of Billings. We wish
to call the attention to some facts in
connection with this question that may
have been overlooked by the public at
large.
First-The unprecedented prosper
ity enjoyed by Billings, dates almost
from the day when unionism became
factor in the situation. This is no
mere coincidence; good wages are a
healthy indueement to outsiders to come
to our city, and they came.
second-our opponents acknowledge
there have been no unreasonable de-
mands made by organized labor in the
city Of Billings, for they are vainly en-.
deavoring to get men at practically
the same wages asked by union men.
BY comparing the cost of living in
Billings with other Montana cities, we
find, on the contrary, that the demands
Of organized labor are very moderate.
Third-The beet sugar plant is hang.
ing fire. The "hue and cry" will go
out to the farmers of this community,
this fall, that, had IL not been for the
unions, this plant would have been
completetd. While union labor is at
present, for the most part, employed
in this vicinity, plenty of men can be
found to go to work on the sugar plant,
under union conditions. No question
of wages is involved. Brick -mnsons
could not well go to work on the build
ing under present conditions, without
having their charter revoked, and max
ing IL impossible for them to get work
in any union town, which means almost
all towns. The men are simply asking
for an eight hour day, the same length
day advocated by eminent republicans
and democrats alike, when soliciting
the working man for his vote; the same
length day already adopted by both
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28

The Gompers-Hearst plan Of endorse
ment Of favorable" candidates in
the old parties by the trades unions
the coming election is not meeting with
universal success as is evidenced by
the following resolution adopted by
the st. Louis Central Trades Council
at a meeting June IS to discuss the
proposed plan of "political" action:
"Sec. 3. This Central Trades and
Labor Council shall not endorse or sup
port in any manner either the repub-
lican OF democratic parties, or any can
didate of either, as there is and can
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28
THE FARMER AND THE MACHINE


The one great dominant factor in
changing social relations in the last
century is the invention and develop
ment Of machinery and it's application
to industry. The most pregnant fact
concerning this wonderful change in
methods Of production, is the fact that
up to the present time machines have,
on the whole, added little or nothing
to the comfort and enjoyment OF the
people who operate them.
When the sewing machine was in
vented, IL was hailed as a great boon
to women to relieve them Of the weari-
some toll of the needle, yet no class OF
the exploited workers of this age are
working under more distressing and
unhealthy conditions than the users OF
these same machines. When the self
binder was invented it was hoped It
would tighten the labor OF the farmi
vet the farmer to-day works as hard
and lives no better than his grand
father who swung the cradle. Indeed
IL is doubtful, IT, on the whole, the
farmer now enjoys as much good solid
comfort as in those days. And yet II
is estimated that the productive power
of the modern farmer is at least nine
OF ten times as great as that OF the
farmer of few carnations ago IL
the farmer is not getting the benefit
Of this increased product, IL seems az
though II were time he was finding out
who is getting IL. Expensive machin'
cry is to-day a necessity IL a farmer
is to compete with his neighbors and
every improvement taken advantage OF
by one makes necessary the same i'm
provement by others TO meet the com
petition. When all have gotten i'm
proved machinery they are on equa
terms Of production as before with the
added expense Of keeping up the eI
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28
,UNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE

That Schmitz and his administration
of San Francisco should prove TO be
the plant tools Of corporate property
is by no means strange to the socialist
There has been nothing in the pro.
CRANE of Schmitz, and the trade union
element stood sponsor for his admin.
istration, that could point to any other
outcome or lead to any other conelu.
sion, Predicated entirely upon the
present system of property and with
no more radical pretension than that
Of Mt one and the same time conserv.
ing the interests of both employers and
employee, il was forgone conelu
sion that sooner or later il must prove
itself subservient to that which holds
supreme mastery in the field Of mod
ern industry and trade. IL must even,
tually stand exposed as a mere instru
ment Of big capital. The final result
could not be hidden from the eye OF
the socialist by the hypocritical mask
Of labor pretence. Clarion
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28

"The Jungle" is now In its sixty.
fourth thousand. IL Is now becoming
the best selling book in the United
States. Over $4,000 were sold during
the first ten days Of June. II has al.
ready been translated into ten foreign
languages and Sinclair is now engaged
in dramatizing II. It will be a Eve
act play closing with the socialist ora.
tion as given in the book.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28

II. q. Wells, Of the greatest living
writer's in the English tongue and a
member Of the Social Democratic Fed.
Grafton of England, one Of England 4
socialist parties, is visiting America
He said in a recent interview with
the Chicago Record-Herald that the
Fabian society, to which he belongs
admits its failure to permeate the cap
italistic members Of parliament with
socialism and has come out for direct
frank instructive propaganda Of social
ism.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28
Lewistown Federal Labor Unions

Lewistown, Mont. June Q, 1905.
To the Governors of the States of
Colorado and Idaho.
Gentlemen:
Whereas, the inherent rights of the
free American citizens, Meyer, Hay
wod and Pettibone, who were maliei-
ously kidnapped and otherwise unjust.
ly treated by the governors of the
States of Colorado and Idaho, has been
grossly infringed upon, and,
Whereas, we believe these actions
to be a part Of deep laid conspiracy
on the part of the capitalistic class to
disorganize the working class in their
struggle for industrial emancipation,
and,
Whereas, we believe the parties to
the prosecution have manufactured
false evidence and otherwise twisted
facts, having declared before trial that
the prisoners would never leave Idaho
alive, therefore be it,
Resolved, that Lewistown Locals Nos.
6 & z, condemn the above mentioned
actions as contrary Ito all principles
of justice, also be IL
Resolved. that we demand of the
authorities a speedy trial or release
on reasonable bail, and be IL further
Resolved, that these Locals Nos. 8
& 7 pledge their moral and financial
influence in support Of the above reso-
lutions and that copy of these be
sent TO the governors Of the state Of
Colorado and Idaho, and copy spread
in the minutes Of this union.
Respectfully,
W. II. GRANGow,
President.
j. o. BERGGREN,
Secretary.
8. D. ANDERSON,
President
F. D. CoMsToCK,
Secretary,
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28

The national committee is now tour.
ing IL organizers and lecturers. This
does not include a large number Of
speakers that are kept in the field by
individual states.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28

Seven social democratic editors of
Stockholm have been sentenced to
ten months in prison for anti-military
agitation.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28

Jules Guesde, the socialist leader in
France, predicts the domination of his
party in 1910.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1906-06-28
MASS CONVENTION CALLED
Fergus County Socialists to Nom
mate a Full County Ticket.

A mass convention of the socialists
Of Fergus county is hereby called to
meet in Lewistown, at the Y. NJ. c. A,
Hall, July 3, s pm. for the purpose
Of nominating a county ticket and
such other business as may come be-
fore the convention.
By order