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The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18

Is true that most workingmen have
come to the conclusion that they Will
always work for wages. and that what
ever reward comes TO them must come
in that form But even If that is true
II does not follow that there Is moth
ing better ahead. To be satisfied with
ones position in life. with no ambi-
tlon to advance, is the blight which
curses many n toller. Meat. Malt
and Mattress" seems TO be the motto
OF many a worlSingman
l can hear the professional agitator
or even the humble worker himself
insist that it is impossible TO advance
under the present social system.
think that I know something about
this and other difficulties that stand
In the way of progress. The present
social system is not ideal. but IL one
Is to walt until we reach the millen-
MUM before seeking better conditions.
the millennium viii never come. The
millennium will be ushered in very
lergely because some enthusiastic In
diylduals forged ahead in spite of
every obstacle. carrying with them
even those who were diSmally bowling
that the thing could not be done.
Something like four hundred years
ago n man became convinced that
there was undiscovered land beyond
the bounds OF his country. although
they had erected a monument on the
shore and stamped their coins with a
motto which indicated that their
country was the end OF the earth But
Columbus found upon the shore
strange things which must have come
from an unfamiliar land In spite
OF the ridicule of scientists, philoso-
piers, and nearly everybody else that
was supposed to amount TO anything
in those days, he began his search
for the unknown shore. and the result
Is America.
There IS many an apprentice In the
shop and many a journeyman. too,
who may become Columbus. Not
alone may he carve out for himself a
name that will bring honor and fame,
hut in advancing himself. he may pre-
pare the way for those who are bound
10 him by the ties of brotherhood,
Fer the best type OF manhood Is not
that which seeks power for powers
sake, but that which uses it for the
good OF others.
There is no greater field today for
the exercise Of real talent than In la
Dor movement There are few men
outside the movement who can ever
become the leaders OF labor. They may
study out for us the Significance of
certain phenomena and offer sugges-
ttcns which may be helpful but the
actual leaders must come from the
people The worllngman who has a
vision of what his people are, and,
what his people may be
come. has Il future which no one can
take from him. for neither capitalist
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18
Any question concerning Social
ism answered. Address all COM
munications to X. S. Hilliari,
436 Hcrrick Avenue.
UNEMPLOYMENT
II Merely Means That the Working
man Ir Unable to Find a
Purchaser.

Whenever unemployment is spoken
Of, what Is meant is, that social prob
lem which faces us in the shape Of 4
large number Of pToletariat seeking to
sell their y-laborpoweT-bu
who arc unable to find capitalists who
will buy the commodity which they
offer for sale.
Many political quacks are abroad eX-
planning to their own satisfaction, If
not 10 the present writer's, the causes,
and what they consider to be the rem
edies of this particular evil. We have
the tariff refTOmcrs. some bigoted tee
totlers, who assert that poverty, etc.
is caused by the drink evil and the
preachers of thrift frugalIty and TEN.
perance, We have also those who.
whilst believing that the capitalist
system is the best of all possible sys-
TENS and advocate Its conservation,
agree to its being patched up In some
lnconceivable way by those who are
wishful of alleyiatIng the distress
caused by the evils which arise out of
the system. They never seem prepar-
ed TO do any of the dirty work of patch
Ing up this rotten system themselves,
they leave that to such body as the
labor party. Some of US think 1t is
not worth while to spend our energies
in patching 1t up, we consider the
best and most expeditions way OF deal
ing with the evil effects of this system
would be to end 1t BY supplanting 1t
with another which would be more
scientific, being based upon funda,
mental economic and sociological
truths.
Causes Of Unemployment
What are the causes of unemploy
mcnt? The proXimate causes are
many but the primary root-cauSo Is to
be found In the ownership of land and
of the machinery of production by
small section Of the community. and
therefore the exclusion OF the rest Of
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18
House Cleaning and Moving.

cnic furnishings. In fact, It would be
we'll for a woman about to furnish q bed
room to pay a visit to the nearest hos
pltel nDd $50 tho manner In which rooms
are furnished thcre.
Many people pay littlo or no attention
TO ono OF the most important parts OF
the bouse-the cellar. ThI5 is q very
unfortunate condition of Affairs, but some
women arguc that they don't take their
visitors TO the ecllnr md neglect II &C
cordingly. In some houses the nBbeB from
the furnace are allowed ito accumulate
from year to year. either because of tho
slight expense necessary TO havc IL re-
moved. or tho uttor carclessncss OF the
members of the household. No matter
how we'll placed house may be. tho cell
lar Mt certuin seasons OF the yenr is In
clined to be damp. os It docs not receive
much ventilation and n not subject to
the rnys OF sunlight. Foul air Ia created
from the cellar accumu,ations, and often
disease OF q dangerous nature attacks the
household es n consequences. You will 6nd
that 1t will pay we'll to give as much at
tcntion to the cleaning OF the cellar as
TO any part OF tho house.
A Mans Misery.
House ac-clenniug Ia a delight TO n woman.
but 10 a man It means q season OF cold
meals. picture hanging, carpet tacking
md general misery. or course, a man
cannot understand tho reason for tearing
the house all TO pieces. rs the common
or garden variety OF the genus mnle
would sny- He does Dot appear to un-
derstnnd that his wife Is merely showing
her appreciation OF his tastes and genius
for work 10 allowing him TO do anything
for her Home he locks upon during this
trying period as tho last place In tho
world TO which be should resort: but
when II Is nil over. and everything "a
splck and spnn, he goes down town and
tells the boys what Cracking good
housekoepcr" his wife is, and You may
rest assured that ho enjoys the restored
house fnr more than the wife whose good
management brought about the rcstora-
ton.
House cleaning Is easy work. however.
when compared with house bunting
There ore many things to be considered
by tho woman who wants 10 locate
new home, There arc reasons why sht
wishes to desert tho old habitntion, aud
shc must guard against tnklng a now
house which might develop inconvoni.
cnccS of u ernycT nature than those she
has suffered The nrst item Of impora
tnnce Is the location; tho next, md 4
very vital one, tho possibilities OF the
family pockctbook. aud then there are
the thousand 0ud one details of closets
and cupbcards nnd mnntcls and wall
paper and sewerage and schools for tho
children And then, Mas, when the NOV
Ing Is oil done, and the family ~ settled,
very often glaring iDcouveniences ors
discovered that mako life anything bot
around.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18

He stood lrst Ia ono room and then In
another.
lie walked TO the window and glnrcd
out omlnousy, He fretted. He fumod
Ono minute he wos roaring lion and
the next frightened. trembling lamb.
And still no Mrs. Justwed
Another houc-ond another
Finally tho welcome sound OF key be
ing turned in the door reused him from
his ht or rage,
He hastily snt down and picked up tho
pnper-though the twilight was so deep
that be couldn't distinguish q single word
on the page before him. But he pro-
tended to be deeply cngrossed.
Mrs. Justwcd entered the room. bnlf-
groplDe In the somi-darkness, She de-
positod something on the table before she
recognized her husbands presence
And. when sho did. che jumped In
fright
"oh Homer," she gnsped. what a
fright you gave mel
Mr.. j hurled his paper to the floor.
"ob. / did. did II" be exclaimed. Il
guess you're surprised TO see me at home,
| ought 10 be at the Office. ! suppose or
dining downtown. What did you hurry
back for1'
II am 30 sorry. Homer dear" pleaded
Mrs. J.. II had no Idea II was so late
| was so iuterested. And tho girl Ia get
ting dinner ready for"
The GIRL" lntcrposed Mr.. Justwed.
dramatically. is out alsol'
WHAT" cried Mira. J. "ob. Homer.
pul-leose forgive me. l."
Never mindI" snnppod Mr. J.. you
needn't tell mo where you were"
Now. Homor-Homer dcar-dont scold
me-. Mrs. Justwcd poutcd. 81 know
ehould have been home. but-but / sim
ply couldn't resist an auction sale and
and look at these perfectly adorable bar
gains ! soti simply couldn't"
HUM snorted Mr.. j.. Throwing
nwny your money on auctions. werc you.
ond letting me como homo to au empty.
dinnerlcss houso,"
but ] simply couldn't resist. dear
And. besides, they're evory ono for you.
look-this smoking tacket-and this cute
httle smoking set-and-'
Just then tho phone rang. Mra. Just
we'd etnrtod toward It.
NO, you don't.' Mr.. ]. foIrly yelled.
"lou stay thcrer'
HS'o' po 6toWled, ot tho phone.
pause
You crazy. Jealous luontIcr' laughed
The voice 10 tho receiver, q male voice
'can't you rocoenlzc the voice of your
own orothcr-in-law when he talks 10 you
over the 'phone7 You're nn easy marki
ls Blossom ln2 1 want To-"
BUT Mr Justwed Ind dropped the re-
ccivcr and crushed the astonIsbcd Mira
Justwed cloSc 10 bis arms.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18

ors are devoid of the opportunities Of
becoming Individual owners of imple-
mcnts of production 0) on account OF
the size OF those implements. and (2)
on account Of the monopoly of them:
they are compelled to be, therefore.
lifelong wage laborers; they appear on
the labor market to sell their labor
power 10 the capitalists.
The capitalists buy the commodity
labor power. but do not give the work
ers an equivalent to that which they
as workers produce. The capitalists
buy other commodities which have
been produced by labor besides this
commodity-labor power. For these
other commodities. they have as rule
to give an equivalent; but, with re.
spect to labor power, If they gave to
the worker the full value Of his product
they would have no surplus and capi
talism would be at an end Labor
power is the only commodity sold on
the market which produces an ex-
change value greater than Its own eX-
change value. II receives It's value. ].
c. an equivalent to the social labor
power which Is necessary to produce
the commodities which arc so essential
TO the workers subsistence and to en-
able them to produce their lSind-so
that the labor market may be always
well supplied. The workers produce
an equivalent to their cost Of subsls-
tence in few hours, consequently
during the rest OF the time they arc
working they are producing surplus
value which passes in the form Of
profits, rent, and interest, TO the own.
ers of the means of production. The
products of labor are divided rough
ly speaking into two portions-profts
and wages, and the greater the portion
of the production which Is allotted as
profits the less will be the portion al
lotted to wages. and vice versa
Weekly People.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18
THE BOYCOTT AND
THE BLACKLIST

In our issue of April 11th, we print
cd letter from the pen of the Hon
| Seth Low, of New York in which he
| GcalS with the Injunction and the boy
| colt: which he handles In a thorough
| ~ impartial manner According TO
| Mr. Lows opinion, neither the In
| junction nor the boycott is based on
The principle OF right We have
thought for long time. that the boy
colt was wrong in principle: especially
the secondary boycott and whether
it was ever claimed as a natural
right" by the union people. is ques-
ton To my mind. 1t was employed
more as a war measure against the
blacklist. than anything else, There
Is scarcely a corporation or business
concern of any proportions. that has
not employed the blacklist against It's
employees. inso o-much that If an en-
p;oye was discharged for any reason.
or for no reason at all. he could not
secure employment from any of the
others. This was notably so among
the railroads; and Is still in force to-
day; but the employers of the black
list are too cute to be caught: and
with their facilities for letter com
munlcatlon without the use OF the U.
S malls, and the use OF the telc-
graph. they are reasonably safe from
detection. while on the other hand,
the labor union that wants to boycott
firm. or a corporation must Of ne
cessity do it openly, and above board
by publication. or course we are
opposed to these things. because they
are retalIatory in their nature. Not
withstanding our dislike for the boy
colt. yet we have practlccd it. be
cause II seemed to be the only means
of checkmating the other fellow, be.
cause he was not lnterfered with, and
was left free to continue the wreck
ing Of many bright futures. But when
the union man refused to stand for
the unfair treatment of his employer
and said so, and told his associates so,
and they decided to discontinue their
patronage To him, and notified their
brethren to tnat effect, they were i'm
mediately enjoined, or sued for three
times the amount of the supposed
damage. Now, we as union men are
only too glad to discontinue the use
of the boycott. but at the same time,
We Sndn continue 10 demand justice,
and a remedy for existing evils. at the
hands Of the powers that be. 1t seems
incredible that in this enlightened day
and age OF The world. men would dare
to be so calous to the demands of JUS
tice, as some seem TO be. Now, If
the boycott is wrong, the blacklist is
also wrong and as 1t seems to be con
trary TO law. OF to the interpreta-
tlon OF the law, we ask II there Is a
law governing the blacklist; OF would
the law be interpreted in the case Of
the blacklist. as II is in the case of
the boycott. Would the courts en-
Join large corporations from eXercis-
Ing the blacklist? Would they com
psl them TO employ union man who
had been discharged from the service
of another for insufficient reason? We
fancy they would not.
AS Samuel Johnson knew he was
free because he was free so we
know We are right, because we are
right: that is In the main. at least
And we don't intend to cease our
struggle, until we secure Justice.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18
n ow is THE SEASON OF the out-Of-
E door girl With the advent Of spring
she has come Into her own again,
and IL Just entering upoo the long

Ia oW is THE SEASON of the out-of-
VA door girl With the advent OF spring
IA she has come Into her own again,
d 4 and Ia Just entering upon the ionG
weeks Of opportunity to make ell
men ndorc her .ont-of-Joor virtues.
During the past winter months the oct
OF doors girl has been more Or less de
trop. Winter is the season OF the home
girl. proud OF her domestic capabilities.
and of the girl who goes 10 for higher cd.
ucstion. Browning. Ibscn. and the other
essentials of fully developed womanbood
'n Boston. On cold winter evenings even
the most outand-out, bcspocta clcd. high
browed" advocate of higher criticism.
woman's rights nod New Thought" Ia
sometimes capable OF holding the ntten-
tlon OF an unwary male for q few min
utcs nt time II. 10 connection with
these eeli-styled virtues. she may by my
chance happen 10 possess good looks. her
lot Is not so unfortunate. In fact, there
are ccrtnin young men who olnm to be
willing to overlook any moIdcp's lack of
looks II sbe but possess mind that scin.
tillates With Observation-Disclosures
rromptnees, The aforesaid masculine
N'''o "utNt uu tutuubluStlc ceEolloO TO
Omar Rhnyam. Stephen Phillips. Kipliug
ana. 10 reality. Eleanor Glyun In such
company the-out-of-doors girl with her Gu
pabllities OF hruwn. rother than OF brain.
is most nlways the proycrbial ofth wheel
But with the coming OF spring and the
exodus Of oil things 10 general to the
open air and the helds md the strenms.
The tables are turned, Then It Is that
tho girl OF the up-rollcd sleeves, coIInrless
waist. sunburned nrms and checks and
disarrongcd balr. alive md joyous with
the spirit OF spring itself. walks Into the
ceater OF tho limelleht ond holds the at.
tention OF all things masculine.
girl Is never moro attractive than in
the summertime 1t need not be IN n
moonlight night. nor In the becoming.
luxurious comfort OF swinging hnm.
mocE-but In the broad. open sunlight
In the hent Of the day. IN waving nclds
or grain or iu the cool shade OF q forost
green-then is tho time wbcn the ont.
ofdooro girl Is 10 on environment neon.
norly suitable to her chnrma Thoueh
the ayerngo muidcn-especinliy IL She he
ou out-of-doors glrl-wlll dcnv yirorona,y
my desire 10 nppenr attractive to men
IN that fn5hion. the fact romans that
more engagements are begun md con.
eummnted 10 the summertime. vhon
every one Is out OF doors. than MT onv
other season Of the year
Hnn, or no man, tho girl vho ia M,
an out-of-doors Glrl misses most OF Tho
charms OF tho oummertimc
Foremost or oil Is the bonent to her
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18
Rev. Hancock's Useful Life.

The generations OF pioneers who left
the east to settle the sgreat west are
steadily passing. There recently died
In Minneapolis. Mimi. Rev Joseph w.
Hancock. aged 90, who was the earliest
pioneer OF Goodhue county in Mime
sofa. and was the first white man In
Red Wing in 1Sis. going as a Presby-
terian missionary among the Indiana
He continued In that service until
1882. having organized the first Pres
byterian church of Red Wing, served
as its first postmaster. and as register
OF deeds and superintendent OF schools
Of Goodhue county.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18
MarXian Club Socialists
Editorial COMMITTEES:
KATE S. HllCIARO.
E. A. BATTElL.
ROY E. SOUTHWICk.

the community from all participation
In the ownership thereof This latter
portion OF the community IS allowed
to exist only on certain conditions
The conditions are these; they must
appcar-and driven by the pangs OF
hunger they do appear-on the mar
ket TO sell 10 the capitalists as a com-
modify the energy contained within
their own bodies The compleXIty of
our social life is hidden from the mass
Of the proletariat, and consequently
the capitalists are able TO keep them
divided each against the other-in
competition with one another-thereby
keeping the wages which the capital
lists pay TO them down at a very low
standard
About three hundred years ago
when the capitalistic system was in
its infancy. the owner of the machln-
cry appropriated the product, but at
that time the owner was working in
most cases at his trade: he was a mas.
ter craftsman. He paid wages to those
whom he employed, but payment Of
wages was an exception rather than
the rule. A young man used to go as
an apprentice, becoming In time an ar
tlsan. and later-on account Of the
small amount of capital required to set
up in business for bimself-he i'm most
cases became a master craftsman, so
as a general rule a man was only a
wage laborer for a portion OF his work
ing lifetime
Life Long Wage Slavery
There are several facts to be noted
In this connection. viz;
l. That the product was appro-
priated by the. owner Of the imple-
ments Of production, and that this Is
still done
? That wage labor. which was the
exception, has now become the general
rule as result of industrial and econ
omic development
3. That production was mainly for
use, where as now 1t Is mainly for |
profit
4. Unemployment is the modern
sense was unknown
The position is, then. that the work
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18
NRx[NgT;z F,:l = =: AIdxI0V9sSEKF SSEj

EB n HEN Mr.. J1stwcd returned
n A homo from the Office last We'd
"a IA VI ncsday and found Mira. Justwed
SZ$ip out he wac frankly md com
pctely nnbbergaStcd Never be-
fore had such a thing happened Always
Mrs. J. had met blm nt the door OF the
apartment with CHEEKY welcome
Mr.. Justwod stood stock still-as one
who has Joet made n terrifying discovery
Then he hurried through each room In
state OF alarm wondrous 10 behold Per
hops she had tainted, maybe eomcone had
murdered her Anxlously he wrcucbcd
aside ono OF the porucres-aud then on
Idea occurred to him
or courscl To be surcl 1t wns perfectly
obvious that Mrs Justwed was In hiding
some place about the opartmcnt-Just
whiting for him TO come looking for her,
In fear and trembling. when she would
jump out at him and enjoy hugely his
dlsmny.
sure. that wns I'll Well. he Just would
not blte-hc'd be utterly indl dldcrent 10
her absence Then she would eventually
come out from her hiding place and be
would hive tho lnueh on her
So Mr. Justwed ensconced himself com.
fortably in an easy chair and pretended
TO be absorbed In tho evening paper
And still net a sound In the fnt-c1-
cept the criukle OF the pages OF the
paper as he turned them. Slleuce-au
uneanny quiet
1t got on Mr., Js nerves. 10 n short
while. and he venturcd mild:
Blossom"
But no answer,
Mr.. j. jumped up suddenly and buried
straight through TO the kitchen. 1t.
too, wGs empty
Where was the servant7 All. he rcmem-
bored. II was her day out and she wasn
expected until just 10 time for dinner
Sometimes. too. IL was a hundred TO
one shot that she wouldn't appear until
the next morning
But where was Blossomi
Pocketlng his pride, Mr J. hurriedly
opened every closet In the apartment and
pulled nsdo each drapety. But 10 Mrs.
Justwed.
What could have happened TO hCr!
Perhaps she'd been run ovcri Per
hnpS sho'd been taken III downtown aud
was now lying 10 ono of the city hos
pitnls unconscious and close to Deaths
door Perbaps-pcrhnps- perhaps
thousand and one things,
Just then the phone ring.
Mr. JuStwed reached 1t from tho dIo.
ing-room In two bounds.
"Uolloi" he cried. brokenly, eagerly.
"Helio." answered the voice 10 the
receiver. 'ls Blossom inT"
1t was q mans voice, tool
No answered Mr.. ], "she-who Is
this. plenseT"
Speak little louder" the voice In
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18
George Ellot'e Church,

At cost of SIS GOO the three bells
in Chllvers Cotton parish church tower
are being recast and three others add
ed. says the London Standard AS
child George Eliot MARY Ann Ev-
ans), the famous novelist. attended
Chilyers Cotton church with her par
ents, and long afterward she drew
vivid word pictures of the ancient
building and its incumbents. Mr.
Cliff and Amos Barton" were the
vicar and curate respectively of Chill.
yers Cotton. the "Shepperton" OF
Scenes OF Clerical Life"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18
SCAe MINE CLOSED.

Gen Joseph Letter, after an un-
successful effort TO run at ziegler the
only large mine In Illinois operated
with non,unlon labor, has closed down,
During the period of its operation it
has been surrounded by 4 stockade
defended by Calling guns. The whole
power OF the state has been used when
asked for 10 assist In the breaking of
the power of the United Mine Work,
ers. During this time there have
been more fatal accidents in this
mine than any half dozen others in
Illinois. Its record has not been one
that the advocates of the open shop"
will care to publish. Now 1t has I'm.
ally been closed down because 1T did
not pay.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-18
LEADERS WANTED.

(By the Rev. Charles Stelzle)
1t is said that every soldier in Ma
poleon's army carried a marshals ba
ton in his knapsack. This statement
may be an eXaggeration but it is a
suggestion which may well become an
inspiration to every worker.
| have no sympathy with the idea
tnat the workingman must of neces-
sity always remain in the position
which he now occupies. OF course. 1t