The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-04-23

ablet that the school Should not
make its pupils inefficient and that
the churches should not create an
indifference to. religion" And yet
he shows that all Of these institu-
tions are so perverted in practice.
| The press dispatches from Paris
since the recent success Of the teleg-
raphers and postmen's strike have
contoined each day some new sign of
the revolutionary tendencies of or
ganized labor in the French repub-
lie. A restless uneasy atmosphere
lpervades Paris, as the leaders in the
general confederation of labor now
openly bid for organic union with the
state employees. In furtherance Of
this aim big meeting was held in
the Hippodrome at Paris last Sun
day, attended by more than 10000.
workers. The sentiment appeared
to be against the parliament, against
militarism, against patriotism and
the proposed law to regulate labor
disputes Of the state employees was
strongly criticized. Speeches openly
denouncing parliament and the state
were applauded, and Pataud, leader
OF the electricians union, advocated
the appointment Of joint committee
of the trades unions and the state
employees to study plans for resist
ing any course of repression which
the government might undertake.
Several of the prominent socialists
have made replies to the Roosevelt
attack in the Outlook on their polit
ical faith, these generally appearing
in the Socialist papers. But one, that
by Joseph Medill Patterson, the
wealthy Chicagoan, appeared in the
Chicago Record-Herald of recent
date. AS to the charge that social
lists preach free love, Patterson re-
plies: They do-in this sense: that
they believe woman should be econ
omically independent, so that when
the time comes for her to marry she
may give herself to the man she
loves, not sell herself in married
prostitution to the sutton with the
most money" He adds that two for
mer members Of the socialist party
were expelled for writing book adj
yocating sex promiscuity, and asserts
that "the percentage OF socialists
who advocate sexual promiscuity is
is less than the percentage of pluto
Gratis who practice It," AS to the
statement of Mr.. Roosevelt that "ex-
IRENE socialists hold that all wealth
is produced by manual workers."
Mr.. Patterson has this to say: '"They
don't hold anything of the sort. What
they do hold is that all wealth is
produced by labor (manual and men,
taD, and that no wealth is produced
merely by owning vacant lot and
waiting for it to rise in value or by
cutting coupons from bonds They
do not believe that the entire pro-
duct of labor should be handed over
to labor every day. In fact they are
the very ones who advocate enor-
nous masses OF social capital, which
is wealth withheld from distribu-
ton. The Chicago Daily Socialist
says: Roosevelt simply proposes
that abuse and villiflcation shall be
mixed with a proper proportion Of
reform, in the hope that the real So
cialist movement may be destroyed. :
Secretary Knox was informed by
the Nicaraguan minister, Senior Es-
pinoza. Monday, that President Ze-
laya had assented to the settlement
of the Emery case along the lines
proposed by the state department,
and that commission would be sent
to Washington for that purpose. It
is the understanding that Nicaragua
will endeavor to reach an under
standing with the Emery company.
The City Of Des Moines, Ia, end
ed on. March 31st, the first year of
It's experience with the commission
form Of government. An Associated
Press dispatch from Des Moines says
that every body regards the plan in
operation as the most efficient econ
omical conduct Of municipal affairs
that the city has experienced. Start
ling the year with $4,000 debt. the
commission FINISHED the year with
q surplus.
The representatives Of the anthra-
cite miners. headed by President
Lewis Of the United Mine Workers
of America had another formal con-
ference with the big operators in
the Reading Terminal at Philadel-
phia. Wedne sday. The miners re-
peated demands Of the earlier oper-
ators, who again offered to renew the
three-year agreement based upon
the strike commission award. The
miners sefe willing to waive the
question OF increased wages OF the
unskilled workers.
The steamer Hamberg, with Mr..
Roosevelt and party aboard, arrived
at Naples Monday. and there they
transshipped to the Admiral for
Mombasa. A great throng of the
popnlace had assembled to greet the
American ex-president. and also
many prominent oficials. Ambassa.
Idor Griscom was on hand to assist
the party and Ia company With him
Il Mr. Roosevelt went Ia call on the