St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-09-25

Ed. st. johns NeNlcW. WOnueT i
Debs would be willing to exchang'
his position Of riding over the countr!
IN a special car Of laboring peoplei
expense for that of producerY
Darwin considers that all animals
feel Wonder" and we would say u
tho Editor. that there are thousands
of working Cattle In the Wake o
the red special whose eyes are be
ing opened to the present conditions
and they are begi ming to wonder
"Palaver is all right" Says the Ed
ltor. (Bcing accustomed to Repubii
can and Democratic politics which con
slsts OF calling each other liars,
&cl. "Palayer," says the dictionary
means to chatter; to gabble; to fiat'
ter. 90 humbug. II this all right,
MIR. Editor?
What we Socialists want Is not
'Palaver", but the truth.
You speak of the expenses. The
laborlng man always pays the eS'
,onsos. lie ls the enc who creates a'l
woalth.and when labor gets past the
s,,go nf wonder he contributes OF MS
moona Ia send man from his own
c,ass I'm n red special across the
continent not with dire" predictions
of what the country Is leading to-
but what Is II now. lie tells OF inc
wo millions Of little children In the
.woat shops and factories OF unltou
stntea colnlng their souls and bodic
into bloody dollars to make the
rich man richer. lie tells thom o'
tho conditions Of the great clues
NJ the United states.
The Chicago Board Of Health mas
issued map OF the wards OF tha'
,ity occupied by the working class
where slA hundred ana SIX
.y.nlno babies under one year OF age
lied during the month Of july The
BOARD says most Of these deaths were
under the proper san
tnry conditions. The map was made
iy "A young doctor attached To the
board. who made n canvas OF the
wards back of the yards" the Jun
,le." ns Sinclair calls Il. Tho story
his young physician tells In heart
ending "wo are very poor. doctor.
,aid on, woman: my husband out
4 work much; babies come most
very year: plenty babies. I think
Worry hard To care for babies. They
'ct sick. Better ihoy die ana become
ittlc angels In heaven. Here ther,
y hunger and stlnis. There In the
,ood God. Il ls better tho babicf
Iio."
This Is not a story from Russia.
Turkey or India. II comes from the
.oalthy city OF Chicago. In this
Land of the free aud home OF The
rave. where another baby.the grand
ln OF Marshall VI ID. d.'owns"ffty mil
on dollars Of wealth produced by the
'thors and mothers OF these dying
abics' DO you think Eternal Justice
~ permit these terrible wrongs %
D unayongcd?
lie tells them OF the census report
lat ninty'siX per cent of the people oi
.N Anpl In NOT ass,, m. h.u.sag |
icy live In, WHIT does home moan
these pooploG The census shows
at there are over seven million I'M !
arriod men In the United States !
ID about the same number OF un, 4
lrrlod women. Thoy cannot afford
get married. They cannot make = !
cent living fer themselves alone I
alone supporting a family. Fif;y
ousand women live In the red ligh, d
strict OF New York alone and ia Il
lor cities In proportions. h
)no million married women working 4
factories, aud over sixty-fiyo thou n
nd divorces Ia the United States
I year. y
These cannot he charged 20 social
No, Mr., Editor, Debs would not N
'hange his position. lie is the voice II
one crying out In the wilderness, 1,
! II he would change his position al
or would put another IL m
place for the time has come IN
I the cry of the laborer shall be IN
nd Aud II has entered into the
S of the Lord of Sabboth. SO Mr. IA
TOR quit wond1ring, The workers a,
wondering. Tthe workers are
beginning To think. You like all Ia, n,
OF MS are wage slaves SO Join Ia
r class and swell the cry for free, nj
D. Would We de stroy present con n,
onsY Yes sir! What would W, IN
In returng let my comrads sy
ius c. Knowles tell; th
ould build in the cold worlds Icy of
heart In
place OF love So grand;
facade should glow with the noble ia
art tn
hat is lii from the flame above. de
would build meath the church's ru
mocking spire
a altar OF brothorly love. tn
ere it's prizes, should nourish the wi
sacred fire en-
hat is lit from the flame above. co..
'ould build on the CHASTITY bat
tle-field =,
shrine to the angel OF peace. mo
're the demon OF hate his power m,