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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
PERTINENT INQUIRIES
Wriler on Socialism Asks Com. miiiee Some Questions Tbat
 Seem 10 Be in a Mist.
Editor of Democrat.

Editor of Democrat.
 The socialist committee referring
 to the Gotha programme make me represent the socialist plan as "de- manding equal pay for unequal
 labor" What I did claim was that the pressmen, reporters and others of the Democrat would, in the socialist scheme, have equal proprietary rights to the machinery, of the instruments of production, as would Mir Maloney. And, if that is not what is meant by the socialist principle that the in- struments of production belong to the workmen, then 1 must confess that can't understand what that principle does mean.
 The committee seems to think that man owning small printing plant is in no sense a capitalist, 1 would thence infer that the committee would not include the owner of the Democrat as capitalist. Would the committee then admit that the work ing corps of the Democrat have no proprietary right to the instruments used in its production? Either they have or they have not. If they have, then the committee would treat the owner of the Democrat the same as the large capitalist; if they have not, then stern logic must force them to admit that there are some cases when the instruments of production do not belong to the workmen and that consequently this fundamental principle of socialism is to be taken with the proverbial grain of salt.
 Another question then presents itself: How much capital must a man have invested in instruments of production before he will be classed in the ranks of the capitalist?
 From the committees definition of capital given in a preceding article. as wealth used to assist production" we get no definite idea of how much wealth is necessary to be considered capital. According to the definition all wealth used to assist production is capital. If the committee would have us know who is the capitalist class and who is not, it would be con- venient to know just what amount of wealth is necessary to become a capi- talist. I am aware that the word capitalist has sometimes a restricted as referring only to men of large means, but it cannot have that in a system that advocates the principle that all the instruments of production belong to the workman.
 To make another local application, 1 would the committee class the clock 1 shop, the watch shop, Manville's, | and Farrel foundry in the capitalistic | concerns? If not, there appears in greater force the necessity of deter ! mining the amount of capital neces- sary to be capitalist. for these are all fairly large concerns. If they are included. then would propose the same question that did in regard to the Democrat, viz: Have the em- ployes of these various concerns a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11

proprietary right to the instruments
 of production used in these shops in which they invested no wealth to as
 sist production, and consequently in vested no capital? A share in what
 is produced the workman should have because of the workingman's capital, viz: his labor and that share he re-
 ceives in his weeks pay, not always just it must be truthfully confessed. The committee sidesteps my illustra- tion of the owner of the little shoe factory by assuming that 1t would be driven out of business by large con- cerns. The question of absorption by larger concerns has no relation to the point I wished to illustrate. It Is an entirely different matter and perhaps
 l could agree with the committee on some of the evils of competition.
 The committee says that the so-
 cialist party to which it belongs takes
 no official stand on religion. May
 hap 1 received wrong impression,
 but from preceding articles I gleaned
 that the committee belonged to in-
 ternational and scientific socialism.
 Karl Marx and Engel are the found-
 CTS of scientific socialism. Does the
 committee admit them? Later on it
 quotes Karl Marks "Dar Kapital"
 and think it fair inference that he
 Is one of their authorities, and Marx
 took decided stand against religion.
 In the article preceding the one now under consideration the committee
 also used Bebel as an authority on scientific socialism. And he is, per
 haps no living man knows socialism
 better. And Bebel says: Chris
 tianity and socialism stand toward each other as fire and water" Chris
 tentum und Socialismus, 16.) Just here in regard to quotations the con- mtttee think I have been unjust in quoting meagre lines We'll, I gave the name of the work, the author and the page? It is very easy matter for the committee to show wherein have been unjust. It especially ob- jects to my quotation from the volks- zeitung. Let me inform the commit tee that the quotation in question was a part of an editorial in that paper and not merely the view of a 
 The committee in speaking of the of affairs after socialism is really here, has this to say: When the men who build the factories, who make the machines, own the machines together, there would be the same division of labor as exists in all well regulated factories to-day" We'll, let us suppose that the real socialism Is here. It becomes pertinent to ask: What does the committee mean by who built the factories and who made the machines?" Does it mean | the capitalist who contributed the money or the parties who did the work. the carpenter, the ma 'on, the machinist and so on? If the ormer, I have nothing to say; if the alter, I would ask by what right would they own the building and the will take concrete ex- lmple the Waterbury Manufacturing Co- l don't know who made the va 'ious machines, nor is it necessary. Suppose them to have been made in 'ittsburg, Chicago or Boston; does he committee wish us to understand hat the machinists of one or all of hese places would own that pachin- ny? They were the ones who made hem. therefore they should own hem- But in that cape of what use
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machine formed a cordon around IL, and Major Squier, acting chief signal officer, pressed forward to congratu- late the aviator. The newspaper men gathered about to hear what Mir. Wright had to say about the flight.
 'I encountered stiff breeze" were his first words. His eyes were blood shot and caused him considerable pain.
 I don't know whether the wind or dust causes the irritation of my eyes. I had on pair of goggles too. Flying in wind is lots of fun. The wind must have been blowing fifteen or more miles an hour, as could tell by the quartering of the machine kept much higher than usual on account of the wind"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
WALL OF FLAME EXTENDS FOR MILES
Leagues of Fire Along MInne-
 sOta-Canadian Frontier.

Fort William. Ont, Sept. 11.-A solid wall of flames twenty-five miles in length is said to stretch from Grand Marais to Chicago bay on the interna- tional boundary line.
 The Pigeon River Lumber company's camp at Chicago bay is said to be de- stroyed, and settlers are said to be very anxious. The flames are deyour- ing everything in the White Fish val ley. There is bad fire at Silver noun tain and Gunflint
 Two Pigeon River lumber camps on the International boundary have been destroyed. The fire in the Indian re- serve is still burning, but the Indians have 1t in check.
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would socialism be to the men who
 are now operating the machines?
 But, says the committee, "the
 draughtsman would do his part" Who would hire the draughtsman? Will it be the present owner of the
 Manufacturing Co or the body of
 workmen, or committee? Left to
 the body of workmen I am afraid that there would be more contention and
 squabbling than work. If to com
 mittee, shall the committee be self
 appointed or appointed by the body
 of workmen? suppose that draughts-
 man would be hired collectively
 since the committee tells us that the
 men who have learned to work col lectively together in factories will be
 ready to manage factories collective ly And the present owners of the Manufacturing Co who paid for the
 machines would take back seat and thank God that they are allowed to live. Great system, that! Anyone who cant see the justice of it must
 indeed be blind.
 The committee made a most un- fortunate allusion when 1t referred
 socialism to the men who carried on
 the revolutionary war. If they will
 read the articles of confederation they
 will find a definite plan for the ob-
 1ect in view. That object was politi- cal, not economic, nor a mixture of
 political and economic. The compari- son is somewhat lame. The constitu-
 tion of the United States gave us
 from the beginning definite details.
 It has been added to, to be sure, in order to meet circumstances that did
 not then exist. But what constitution does socialism give us? The nearest approach to definiteness that the con- m1ttee suggests, is that mo doubt
 higher ideals will be evolved and new heights come into view" There is considerable doubt about the higher ideals, especially if we consider it in relation to the family. But let that pass. For possible perhaps" we are asked to change radically a con- dition under which, as the committee says, great things of which they never dreamed have been accomplish ed. If socialism ruled the United States hundred years ago, I won der if those great things would have been accomplished ~
 But one more reference and I am done for this article. The committee alluded to the Pan-Anglican conven- tion. That convention advocated so- cialism, so have conventions of the Roman Catholic church as far back as 1883. But the committee forgot to specify that it was not the scientific socialism of Marx that was advocated. Indeed, one of the American repre- sentatives, Bishop Doane of Albany, in reference to marriage used lan- guage that Marx, Engle, Bebel, Bax, Hyndman and all the oth- CT great lights of scientific socialism would brand as sentimentalism. Be- tween the so-called scientific social ism and Christian socialism there yawns a mighty gulf The one is Christian and recognizes God, the other anti-Christian and says with 5chall: We must war upon God for he is the only evil" The one would preserve essentially intact the state, only correcting the existing evils by legislation, the other would tell us with Engel, that the state must die | put" and would give us only the state where according to l he same author every one would be
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
WRIGHT BREAKS
 RECORD AGAIN
Flies With and Against the
 Wind at Fort Myer.

Has Assistant Check Length of His
 Stay In Air In Ordef to Tell Him
 When to Alisht-says Advertising of
 Future Will Be Done by Painting on
 Roofs-sAeropIane Can Remain AIoft
 as Long as Power Holds Out, Is Be.
 lief of Observers.
 Washington, Sept 11.-Battling with . wind blowing ten miles an hour or sailing with and ahead of 1t and en- phasizing his mastery of the air, Or vile Wright again set a new worlds record for aeroplanes. He drove his great man made bird, back and forth over the parade grounds at Fort Myer for 1 hour minutes A seconds at an average speed of about thirty-six miles an hour and surpassed his former phe- nomenal performance by minutes % seconds.
 As he took his seat in front of the motor he told those around him that he would remain up only 1 hour min utes. In order to know exactly when to descend he commissioned his assist ant to climb to the roof of one of the nearby barns and mark in big figures on the black surface every time five minutes had elapsed.
 That is the way the advertising of the future is to be done," he remarked to the correspondents.
 4 Aeronsut Has Strenuous Time.
 Wright had to spend the most stren- uous hour of his career as an aeronaut while he was up, but he stuck 1t out and came down in as good order as when up. Every army officer and aero- naut who witnessed the feat declared there was no longer any doubt that he could remain aloft just as long as the gasoline in the tank of his motor held out.
 Whenever the machine pitched 1t could be plainly seen from below that 1t responded promptly to every move of the levers by the operator.
 A gust of wind unusually strong struck the aerial fiier during the forty second round. and it plunged sharply, causing the crowd to exclaim in alarm. Mir. Wright then brought his machine lower. but on the fifty-third round he had reached an altitude of 200 feet.
 When MT. Wright completed the fif- ty-fourth round he had beaten his own record, which In turn had broken the worlds record. The crowd gave a lusty cheer, but Mir. Wright was too busy manipulating the levers to ac- knowledge the salute.
 Lands Without Trouble.
 Mir. Wright came down at the north ern end of the field at the end Of the fifty eighth round, landing easfly. The c4yoIEy eQuo1 on .Aulv 1oz1GuoSrf v
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
Army Lieutenant Acquitted.

New York. Sept. 11.-Lieutenant Guy H. Wyman, Eleventh United States cavalry, who was court ,martialed on Governors Island for falsely certify ing that he was single man wheE he had wife in Huntsville, Tenn, has been acquitted. released from ar rest and restored to duty with the Eleventh cavalry. Lieutenant Wyman testified that he believed his wife had secured divorce from him, when as . matter of fact she had not.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
Sherman Visits New York City,

New York, Sept. 11.-James S. Sher- man visited both the national and the state headquarters. Concerning the governorship situation in thiststate, he declined to add to his statement. made three weeks ago. that he believes it is to the best interest of the Republican party in the state and nation to renom- mate Governor Hughes. He left New York for Utica.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
VICTORY FOR
 THE COAL ROADS
Commodities Clause' Is
 Declared Illegal.

Case Will Be Carried by the Governs
 ment to the United States Supreme
 Court - Section of Hepburn Law
 Called Drastic, Harsh and Unreason.
 able and an Invasion of the Rights
 of the States - Never Intended to
 Regulate Commerce, In Judge pal-
 lac Opinion.
 Philadelphia, Sept. 1.-The anthra- cite coal roads, commonly called tho coal trust, won great victory when the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania de- clared by majority of two to one that the so called commodities" clause of the Hepburn rate bill, which prevents the railroads from transport ing their own coal in interstate com. merce, is unconstitutional.
 This was one of the presidents pet measures passed by congress in 1906. Senator Foraker was one of the few Republicans who antagoni7ed tho measure, declaring it would be a fail- ure.
 It is announced that the government will take an immediate appeal to the United States supreme court.
 This is the second blow. the admin. istration has recently received. Only a short time ago the United States cir. cult court for the northern district of Illinois, presided over by Judge Gross. cup, declared by the unanimous voice of its three judges that the $29,240,- 900 fine imposed by Judge Landis on the Standard oil company for alleged rebates was illegal and confscatory.
 No Dissenting Opinion Filed.
 Language of similar import was used by Presiding Judge George Gray and his colleague, Judge George M. Dallas, declaring void the commodities clause of the Hepburn act, which is now a part of the interstate commerce law. Judge Joseph Burlington dissent ed from his associates, but filed no opinion.
 Judge Gray. who was at the head of President Roosevelt's anthracite coal strike commission, declares that the commodities clause of the Hepburn act Is drastic, harsh and unreasonable and an invasion of the rights of the states and therefore repugnant to the American constitution.
 Judge Dallas goes even farther and impugns the motive of the congress that enacted the measure. declaring that the measure was never intended for the actual regulation of interstate commerce but was really deeigntd to coerce the rlfroeds Into [ 'spcdtcys =
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
Town Reported Burned.

Duluth, Minn., Sept H. Foxboro, Minn.. may be destroyed by forest fires, against which the entire popula- ton has been fighting. A fire entered the city of Washburn, Wis, and caus- ed $1o0,OOo loss at latest reports. The forest fires have overwhelmed the fighters at Hibbing and have destroy ed the buildings ofNthe St. Louis Coun- ty Fair association. and several other buildings are on fire.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11

an office holder. The only point of contact is that both recognize that they are economic evils to be cured The one would cure in a peaceful manner. the other by revolutionary methods that would upturn society. Between the two the difference is abysmal.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
Lands Without Trouble.

Mir. Wright came down at the north ern end of the field at the end Of the dfty-eiehth round, landing easily. 1he c4yoIEy eQua1 oo .Aufv ozDruoSrt V
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
More Work In Railroad Shops.

Altoona. Pa, Sept. 11.-Orders were posted at the Pennsylvania railroad shops increasing the working time to fifty hours week. The order took effect today. It affects 10000 employ ees, most of whom have been working only thirty-six hours a week since las: November.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
southsrners to Hear Kern.

Chicago. Sept. 1l.-John w. Kern, Democratic vice presidential candidate. will make speaking tour in the south in October. The national committee Is now arranging .he itinerary.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
Abd.el.A.ix'. Las. City Fall.

Tangier, Sept. H. It is reported here that Mogador, the last stronghold Of Abd-el-Axiz, has proclaimed Mulai Hafid sultan and that Hafid also has been accepted by the Anfioos.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11
ka;s.r's War Game Over.

St. Johann on the Saar, Sept. 11-- The autumn imperial army nahex- yes, hald this yeer in AlsaeeI<e. ntna o6nDe e on - X
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-09-11

Taking and eloquence are not the sams. To speak and to speak well ars 1wo fhine.-Ben Jonspn. 5
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-11-26
TABOR PROBLEM
Partly Solved by Using ImprOy.
ed Implements.

The following valuable bulletin
was prepared by Prof. John M.
Scott, of the Florida Agricultural
Experiment Station:
The question of labor on the
farm is of great Importance, and
has been the subject of much at
tention and thought from the
farmer and also from the press.
Nearly every farm paper contains
articles with reference TO the solu-
ton of the problem of farm labor,
not only in Florida, but in nearly
every state in the Union.
Within the last few years, the
farmers of Florida have found
themselves confronted either in
one way or another with the prob
lem of farm labor. First, the
cost of labor has increased from
fifty or seventy-fve cents q day,
to one or one and a half dollars.
Also, even where the farmer was
able to meet the increase in wages,
he was unable for various reasons
to got the labor; and II he did Sc
cure the services of a few men, he
did not know whether they would
work one day or month. 1t was
likely that ut time when he was
most in need Of help, he either had
no help, or only enough to carry
on farm operations.
The question that is now troub-
ling the farmer is how to manipu-
late his farm operations so as to
do away with much of the cxpen-
sive labor. This can be done to q
great extent by the use Of inn
proved farm machinery. Nothing
shows the advancement of modern
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-11-26

as a colossal wind. break and so
give this country an equable
semi-tropical climate. The same
is the case in Spain where the
great Pyrenees mountains give to
the provinces south of them com
plete protection from the cold in
fuences of the North.
To sum up: Oranges can be
grown successfully and without
risk Of being killed by frost all
over this State and also all over
the Southern portion Of the South
ern States, if in a more or less
dormant condition, for when in
that condition i Is never cold
enough in these COMMITTEES 70 dam
age the orange tree, and tits up TO
the growers 10 produce that CON
dition artiticially jn regard to
which | VIII write again, in anotb-
er articIe, as to the manipulation,
time and method requiretI.l pro.
duce a semi-dormAnt ~ in Dr.
oo 49, 4. a Vxt0,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-11-26
FIGHTING CONSUMPTION
Simple Rules Which Should be
Observed.

The following is Il wall caEl
which, printed on large cards, il he
ing adopted by the WomanA
Clubs oil over the United States,
and used by them in their crusade
against consumption. They arc
being posted in conspicuous places
about the streets, and in cars and
buildings where people congregate;
The best cures for consumption
are:
/. Fresh air and sunshine,
which kill the germs Of Consomp-
ton.
2. Nutritious and well-cooRed
food aids the system to throw otI
the disease.
3. Regulated rest and exer.
else, and such medicines as ATE
needed to help the conditions
which accompany this disease.
Do not use advertised cures for
consumption. They will not cure.
Medicines are useful in treating
conditions associated with COZ
sumption, but should he prescrib-
cd by reliable physician for each
case.
Consumption is not hereditary.
There may be inherited narrow
chest, "a low vitality, a general
predisp6sltion to the disease, but
these can he overcome by judi
oious Ftraining, outdoor exercise,
nourishing food, regulated rest,
and avoidance of all excesses.
The careful, clean consumptive
is not dangerous to those with
whom ne works and lives.
The cause of consumption is N
germ which is found in the
sputum Spit coughed up by thu
consumptive. These germs may
get into the system in many ways:
~. BY inhaling them in dried
state from the dust in the air we
breathe.
2. BY putting into the mouth
that have been used by a
sick person.
3. by eating diseased meat, Or
drinking infected milk.
4. Occasionally through On
abrasion of the skin.
Prevent consumption by having
anli.spitting laws enacted and eh-
forced. Do not allow others 20
inhict their disease upon you.
Preserve your health by living,
and sleeping in rooms
Continued on page 81
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-11-26

Gainesville Sun: Municipal
ownership Of the water works il
proving profitable in Pensacola,
the net revenues for the inst quar-
ter having amounted to $1,000,
About $4,000 was expended dor
ing that period for iu'provements
on the pIaot, sand If Is expected
that the next quarter will show
much larger net earnings than the
first quarter Of municipal opera
ton.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-11-26

TheFIorida State Fair, which IL
to Be Held ia Tampa Feb. ? ID ~,
will 81 the biggest and best yet.
OF course it will, for Brown is
presidents and Stovall is ssere'ar5
and General manager.