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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
PAINE-AND NOW

Thomas Paine. the brilliant author
nero of the American revolution
whose anniversary is just now being
celebrated. left this record of condi
tionS in the colonies:
Our present numbers" he saws
are so happily proportioned to our
wants that none need be idle"
BY Implication. Paine's words would
Seem 10 mean that, seeing today we
have, at moderate estimate. .. 900
ooo unemployed in the land, therefore
we are overpopulated to just the ex
tent of those 1000 000-they are SUI
pertluous to the supplying of our
wants, hence their idleness.
10 arrive at such conclusion
would be 10 leap in the dark. shut.
tlng ones yes TO the powerful search.
nights Naich modern economies throw
upon the subject OF unemployment.
Never In The worlds history has
there been too much produced. To.
day. more than ever, are We nea7 the
point where, theoretically, enough can
be produced to suffice every want. and
every wholesome aspiration OF all In
no other age were the machinery and
the productive organization there to
make this true. Yet, even today. that
sufhciency is not forthcoming. The
population of the earth has not in.
cerased so wonderfully over what 1t
was twenty, or even thirty centuries
ago. II has merely shifted centers.
What, then. must have been the an
pall1ng scarcity of commodities in pre.
Nlous ages. The abject millions or
ancient Asia the gyve-bound helot of
Athens, the teeming factory and az
ricultnral slave of Rome. tho purified
and unlettered peasant of the middle
ages-read on their furrowed brows
lie answer
Cause Of Unemployment.
AS far. then. as for anyone's being
unemployed because his additional la.
Dor would have added too much 10 the
already replete general store, that rea.
son would have held go no more In
Paine's day than 1t will in our own
Something else must be the cause of
unemployment
mat something is the idea Of bro.
ducinE for profit instead OF for use
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26

+, over, that is, j mean human nature
in It's healthy state, free from the dis
eases of mind and body SO readily
created by cunning sophistry OF un-
scrupulouS and selfsecking employ
ers. Show them by facts, figures and
u recital OF your own experience that
that they in1ure no one else as much
as they do themselves In their OBJ
srinate attitude OF refusal or indiffer-
ence Be patient with them. You
can no more expect Instantaneous re-
suits than YOU could hope TO perform
the stunt of changing a seed into a
blooming plant by wave of hand.
Never forget that you are the teach
er, and you must expect no more from
a toiler stepped In actual ignorance of
his own rights than you would from
a child struggling with its A. 3, G..
If you viii exercise tact and diplo-
macy you can prepare the ground.
then SOW your seed; after IL sprouts,
watch. tend and cultivate 1t, and the
harvest won't be long in coming in
the uplifting OF humanity from the
mire of dependency and despair,
while at the same time serving your
self and protecting those who await
you at the threshold OF that sacred
spot called home.
Then. again, You know the old say
ing goes. MANY hands make light
work" so don't it look like good com
mon sense 10 you TO get out and in
yite your fcllow-laborer TO give help
ing hand. instead of allowing him 10
sit with folded arms looking on while
you are sweating blood at every pore
by engaging in a task that is going to
benefit him as much as it is yourself.
and since the work of organized labor
cannot be accomplished without hui
man agency, and that power can only
come from within its own ranks, it's
up to every member. Of our organlza-
ton to get out and drum up the un-
Initiated, drag In the stragglers and
help keep the laggards in line. The
greater the army numerically, the
greater the necessary preparations,
but the less labor will fall 10 the lot
Of each individual TO perform in order
10 achieve the victory that sends us
up another notch on the way to the !
.oiler's heritage of Just oonsidera- i
ion of his needs and wants.
Organize well. organize carefully, |
persstently. and your or
yanization will repay your energy by !
hose benefits none can secure as In
lividuals Therefore, organize and |
loc't stop cinanizing until there is
lothing left to organize,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
MARKHAM Club Socialists
Editorial Committee:
KATE S. HllUIARD.
E. A. RATTELG.
ROY E. SOUTHWICk.

1 Once that steps in. and the hand
of the profit-hunting manufacturer
twines itself about the throttle OF
production, the whole lay of the land
Is changed. With all men producing
lo' use too much could never be pro-
duced-the races wants would ex.
pand with the expanding opportunity
1or their satisfaction. With men pro-
ducing for profit, however too much
can be, and periodically is. produced.
When the tool of production devel-
ops so that each man can no longer
own it and employ himself-when. in
other words, many men become de-
pendent upon the will of another man
whether they shall work or no. there
is laid the basis for unemployment.
When manufacturer sees no mar
ket for his goods and shuts down,
there begins unemployment
When manufactured wants cheap
er labor and knows that the only way
TO get it is to increase the supply to
him. there is laid an additional mo.
tive on his part for stimulating the
degree of unemployment
These three and other causes coop
Grating, unemployment has today
grown into a necessary adjunct, a
foundation even, of capitalist society.
Mans wants are ever present: they
are increasing rapidly with the spread
of knowledge and enlightenment
among the people But onthe one
hand these throbbinG wants remain
unsatisefd, and. on the other hand,
millions of workers walk the streets
begging for chance TO help supply
them. purely because the owner of the
machine, the producer for profit, says
no.
This is the social contrast existent
today. non existent in Paine's time.
the absence OF which enabled him to
write as he did. Sturdy revolution
list that he was. there is no doubt on
which side of the present struggle to
wipe out that contrast nc would range
himself and his pen
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UNION LABOR
| DEPARTMENT
Address all Communications to
w. M. PIGGOTT, Editor.
375 Twenty-fourth Street.

worn old saying as Il motto, and pro
! pose to ever keep before the member
ship of the l.. H. C. and b. l. u OF A.
the need of getting out among the la
borers. seeking recruits to our indus
trial army whose war cry is a living
wage. reasonable hours and decent
conditions.
/ have been assured by many OF our
members of their readiness to assist
II they only knew how to approach II
man or what arguments to employ t
bring him to realization of his dut!
10 himself and his fellow-laborcrs
This. of cOirse. is an impossible task,
since do not possess the miraculous
powers OF reading the unuttercd
thoughts of mankind. Therefore no
hard and fast rule could be laid down,
since you can only convince an op-
ponent, not by trying to cram set
speech down his throat whether he
likes its flavor or not, but by meeting
his arguments by such sound logic
that YOU will awaken his interest anu
by degrees lead him TO see that the
very means that tended to better your
conditions can perform the same ser
vice for him, provided he is ready to
enroll himself among those who are
fighting for the Joiler's emancipation.
Few are the men who are not con
versant with banking interest. You
can readily show a man wherein he
gels a greater percentage of interest
on his money through the medium of
a labor organization than he could
possibly get through any form of spec
ulation or by boarding the amount
such afiliation would cost in some
bank vault, receiving a paltry TWO !,
per cent. or three per cent interest /
on the pitilul sum.
Human nature is alike the world
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
The NEED OF ORGANIZATION
BY H. A. Stemhnrnh

a farmer walking into the store
os very successful country mer,
.nan, became engaged In conversation
relatlne to the merchants STEADY in.
tease oil wealth, the farmer wanting
~ Know what the method was or
,a.ner. wherein the secret of success
,as me merchant. who. by the way
VOC canny Scot. smiled and said:
.,,, success Is not a secret II ia n ro.
suie ootalned by keeping everlastineIv
soo o. any 3op you've got in hand" and T.
ou. .ins 10 me that while the phraseol,
o osy oil this definition may not be as
elegant as desired, the truth os tho %
suaont sra.ement is self-evldent. for it is
sou ouyinous with the old adage. Per.
severance IS bound to win"
- therefore. on the question os or.
eauizauon' have adopted this time.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
soYcoT VS.. BLACKLIST.

LABOR has used the 5oycot az ,
measure OF retaliation against The
u:dcElist and criminal conspiracy NJ
Tue organized employers associat,on
ana IN the defense of the riebt =;
iaoor 10 associate for legal and Lon.
I'M purposes. The boycot is = MOVE
lul weapon but there Is a rroator
power there is more successfn,
stronger and even more nowerfmi
weapon, a weapon which the most rn 49,
friendly judge cannot enioip mr. hy
Gourt : process destroy, the ITN10T
LABEL. Every trades union man ana
s woman should aid In pushing the the %leu do
N n,and Tor goods bearing the emh,en,
vi vel paid labor, and tho noaItbu
sanitary condition under which pnnGs
oearlng the union label are made
1t Is the duty of every trade nnion
Isl under any and all circumstance
n2t no, only to buy union made nrodncts
nlmself; but TO recommend and sd
'ocale IT'S sale at all times to Others +"
ERNEST VILLARD
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26

! sigh for dress, amusement. jewelry,
! They think. poor things, that by lis
tenIng to someone who promises them
tickets for the theatre and weekend
visits to the seaside, joy and happi-
ness will be theirs. And they give
way. But they find out, sooner or lat,
er, that it all turns TO dust and ashes
(, in their grasp.
I'VE find many girls who. 10 use
their own expression have gone wrong
in the country, They have been un-
able TO face the shame OF il In their
own neighborhood, and they have left
home and come up to London in the
hope of hiding their disgrace amid its
teeming millions. | have known many
who haye done that Perhaps they
take refuge in some maternity home.
and then they try TO fight the battle
OF life with the little one depending
upon them If they are very strong
in body and mind they may succeed,
but in a great many cases they lose
heart. and go under in the unequal
struggle. In their weakness and de-
Spair they listen to the voice Of the
tempter, and the blackness OF mid
night closes in upon them
The System to Blame.
Mrs. Hughes tells Of some OF these
women who resist the drink, and re-
tain somewhat the air OF modesty and
refinement. One such told her. amid
sobs, that she saw no way of escape
She had drifted 10 London from the
country seeking employment, and this
was tho end. IL am in spiders
web. she said; L am trapped on all
sides
Mrs Hughes relates how wonder
fully these women change once they
are rescued and provided for. But
from a reading of nor article one must
conclude how Intellectual the rescue
work is. Mrs, Hughes and her CO
workers tackle the evil at the wrong
end. There is cause for the evil
Instead of getting at the cause Mrs.
Hughes tries 10 minimize the horror
of the effects. The cause lies in the
social system which compels women
To sell themselves 10 the factory lord
or the brothel keeper. in either case
that they may live.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26

she sits by the hearth, the sumner
cold, waiting for you 10 return leay.
ing half or nearly all Of your wages
for some other ones pleasure. while
your bills go unpaid and your fam
lily in want. Have you no hear?
Do you not love your family? Reform
before 1t is everlasting too late, be-
fore blow falls that will mar you for
life. You gamblers, does your riches
give you pleasure? DO you never
think OF the sorrow our Joints cause?
IVA Ne power and grace TO shut
up every gambling device In Ogden
before the curse falls upon us as in
days OF yorc. The horse-race is harm
less In itself 1t is what follows.
Vices are all closely connected. one
follows another The Sunday ball
game breaks the holy day God set
apart for us as rest Could you rest
If you lived near a park where cheer
ing, hooting. curslng and disputiug
held full sway on the Sabbath after
noon? No? Then let us do away with
this useless pleasure. The moving
picture show on a Sunday night keeps
many person from the church, who
otherwise would be there. These
Ouuudg dlluSfluclll6 otIt NlOIdllblS ~
Gods hol laws and We are put here.
to keep his commandments RememI
Der the Sabbath day to keep 1t holy.
Let each one OF us sit down and con.
slider the welfare of our brother as
we'll as ourselves. Let us tend TO ele-
yate instead Of degraoe our fellow
man for the sake of the golden coin
Think of the judgment day. Will your
money do you any good there? Can
You buy or bribe Christ NO. We
will all have to give accounts OF the
deeds done in the body No one can
speak for you. You cant shift the
blame on someone else. God knows
and to God you Will answer. Reform
before it Is too late. Prepare to meet
thy God. B. HURST.
The Good Templers have adjourned
their meetings for the summer
months. The next meeting will be
held the first Friday In September.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
THE SOCIAL EVIL
Cannot Be Eradicated by Tinkerine
Its Effects.

In an article, 'London's Marke: of
Social Vice appearing In Reynold' S
Newspaper, Mrs. Hugh Price Hughes.
superintendent of a West London Mis-
sion. relates that "high-born" ladies
Shrink from hearing the falntest all
lusion' to her work u have known
ladies, after offering me the hospital
lty OF their drawing rooms, TO stipulate
i LOT perfect silence respecting our
work for fear their guests should rise
In body and leave the house"
Speaking of the sad procession Of
girls and women who belong 10 the
class that are called fallen Mrs.
Hughes says
There is no need for me TO do more
than hint at the friendess position.
that these poor creatures occupy. They
are class apart. and feel themselves
TO be outcnsts. They are stunned. in
egltably, by all respectable people.
with only the doors of tho public
house open for their reception. To
great extent they are given Ia drink.
and many Il poor girl has assured me
that she is compelled to drink I'm order
TO carry on her life OF shame al nil
And yet we find, amid these verg sad
circumstances, some beautiful traits
oil character in the midst of mucn that
IS degraded. They often display the
deepest affection for those whom
they have discovered TO be their
friends. and in many instances ex.
hloit pathetic desire to save the
Younger members Of their calling from,
tne awful life in which they are them
selves involved"
Causes Of Wsywardness,
How have these Enallshwonen
tound their way 10 the Piccadillv
streets? Mrs. Hughes says that there
are several main causes.
find that a great many girls On
under who arc physically and mentalI,
enfeebled and weak Thoy are noIt
properly equipped to fight the battle
oil lie for themselves. and so thoy fall
aI easy, prey TO those who tempt them
with ailuring promises of plenty OF
money easily earned"
lnen. too. there arc girls whose
i 1lveS are narrow and humdrum. They
'ong ior the good things of life They
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
OEsPIse CUCKOO AS MARAUoeR.
Birds Drive Australian GIutton from
the Bush.

Prof. Drummond, the well known
New Zealand naturalist, has been COM
pillng some further notes with regard
10 the yoracious habits of the long
talked cuckoo of Maoriland, He has
recently received a photograph, taken
by q. Buddle of Auckland. of a long.
tailed cuckoo that had half swallowed a
1alrly large lizard. and had been nearly
choked by its effort The lizard went
down head first. but It's fore limbs pre-
vented the bird from taking In the
whole body, and the reptile stuck In
the cuckoos bill until IL was rescued.
Mr. Buddle took a photograph OF the
bird with the lizard in It's bill, and
another one after the lizard had been
removed, and In the latter picture
the look of rage and disappointment
ls very strongly marked. A Burrows
or West Oxford, North Canterbury.
tells the professor that in the crop OF
q lonG-tailed cuckoo he found two
young Goldflnches, two large lizards
and several beetles, The goldinches
were t1edged and had been swallowed
whole These cad habits of the
cuckoo, says Mr., Drummond. are
strongly reprobated by more decent
birds, the tuis and others chasing the
marauder out of the bush whenever
they get a chance.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
Train Holdup In Oreoon

Conductor Boles on the Salt Lake &
Ogden railroad. near Delena, Ore. no
ticed a person trying to flag bis train
one day recently; when the train
came TO a standstill he found. not a
highwayman. but his wife. who rode
from Mayer. three miles. to get him
to come home and XIII a skunk which
she had shut up In the chicken coop
Mark knocked off and dispatched tho
intruder,-Mayger Letter to Clatskapis
Chief
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26

Inc device is a pretty design en-
ornoing silver receptacle capable OF
holding singlestorage cell The bat
terry stores sufficient energy to keep the
lamps aglow for IL hours. and the flu
mlnatioD emanates from three tungsten
lamps supplied with switch for control
loS them Fitting neatly over the stand
Is shallow glass dish containing cut
nowecS and water The former are sup
ported by cnstglass disk with nu-
merous holes into which the 6owcr
stems, etc. project The lamp thus
serves as 5ower vase as well. and the
eject OF the light passing through the
glass and water and playing around the
mowers and leaves is very pretty In
decd.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
Better THAN fEoIc CANDLES
Ne" Electric Device for Utility and
Decoration Without Wires

Every woman has realized for some
time past that the use of the candle as
a table decoration was attended by dan
ger and other shortcomings and u sub
stitutc has been eagerly sought The
solution OF the problem has not been
found 10 electricity, for the reason that
lamps OF this character locked the feat
ure OF portability and their use also
required the presence OF wires piercing
the cloths and tables. New York man
has recently designed piece of table
decoration which takes the place of the
candles on the dining room table in the
homo as well as the hotel md cnfc
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
TRIPLE CURRENCY TRAY
Can Be Locked Into Either an Open
or Closed Position,

or interest to bank clerks or the cash
ier5 of business houses. to say nothing
Of small storekeepers, is the currency
tray designed by an Iowa man. This
consists OF three-story comolnatio tray
that, when closed, resembles small cab
met Snd when open presents three open
drawers, which may be used either 10
keep banknotes in or to hold papers Of
ynrlous kinds The device has a verti-
cal rod running up through the corners of
the three trays, which rest one above the
other. The bottommost tray is station
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26

the walk sweeping around It, Is foun-
tain, which plays continuously through
the use OF the siphon principle. The
tank ie In the house and the water which
spoutS from the fountain is cnught In
the basin OF the latter and flows back
into the tank, which has a lift pump at
tached. The siphon, the principle of
which Is we'll known, and would have
been understood by the old-timers before
mentioned, keeps rcplenisbing the supply
Of wnter as fast as IL flows its course.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
HANDY POCKET BOX
Knife, Pins, Notebook and Pencil
sharpener in One Article.

One of the most complete combination
articles ever put on the market is the
pocket box designed by q Pennsylvania
mnn. This compact and astonishing little
device includes n penkOife, pencil sharp
encr, notebook, pincushlon, noil clip and
several other necessary things The con.
triyancc Is about the size and shape OF
large match box. In slide along one
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26

airy, but the other two are journaled on.
The rod and swing backward and forward
in opposite directions. The drawers are
held In position when open by means ot
pins and when closed all three arc locked
with the same catch. In its open position
the invention presents three trays of
number OF compartments In close juxta-
position, one OF which may be used for
coins another for banknotes and the third
for checks.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26

SIDE rs a knife blade, which. By means
OF projection extending through the
slot. may be thrust out when needed and
iepihced when uot In use Part OF the box
Is iid' on the bottom OF which is fast-
ened leaves OF blank paper. forming
writing pad or notebook. Beneath this
no is padded surface for pins. needles
etc AT one end OF the box is an opep-
ing large enough TO admit lead pencil
aud equipped with n sharpening knife In
SIDE While the nail clip is operated by
tue lid OF the box, which works on a
spring. with change OF linen and un-
oergarments and one OF these boxes n
mum might travel round the world.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26

adapted to receive projections on the at
tachment and hold 1t In place, the straps
across the top adding to this purpose
Zach Of these receptacles is large enough
TO accommodate a bottle OF the thermos
type and steaming hot or Ice cold LIQUID
can be carried around baDdily for a day
The reccptacles may also be used for tho
storage OF collars or cuffs, thus ensurinc
those articles from the damage that some.
times occur when they are tossed about
with other and heavier contents Of
bAy
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
The Boy Was Goinn some.

a novel experiment to demonstrate
tnePractlcability ofnpneumatic carrier
was recently tried in Chicago The
parcer shot through a short length of
sample tube was a 13-year-old boy.
He Travelled at the rate of 16 miles
an hour, G7d was in no wav the worse
for the journey.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
NealectInu the Ewes

NEGLECT of the eyes may result NOT
Ny in poor sight. but in poor skin.
Nesiect OF the eyes. weakening Of tho
yes causes wrinkles. screws up the
Iace In most unbeautlfying fashion
qua adds scores of tiny crowsfeet
ABOUT the face and forehead.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
SUITCASE ATTACHMENT
End Sections Will Hold Bottles or
Collars and Cuffs.

or especial value to the commercial
traveller who deals In wet goods Of any
sort ts the suit case attachment designed
by Californian. but 1t ls not only he
who Will appreciate the device Any
traveller who desires to carry liquids, hot
cold or only wet, VIII nnd Il great con
veniencc. The attachment. or attach
ments, for there are two. consists of a
circular receptacle, preferably made OF
the same material as the suit case. and
provided with top. which straps fast,
On the ends Of the bag are raised slots
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-26
To make one blade of grass grow
all nature must cooperate.

According to present appearances.
inc parents of the wage-slaye class arc
ABOUT TO experience the truthfulness
OF this. OF course. the owning class
parents will be under no apprehension
about their worthy offspring, who, as
everybody knows, has no courage
above that of the sneak thief and
who always take the best care OF
their carcasses-catch them facing
danger in any shape. The murder,
slo wor quick. of the working class
and their offspring is the sole condi-
ton OF existence OF the rich.-Syd.
ney. Australia, People.