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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
LIKE WOLVES AMONG
A HEARD OF SHEEP
Are the Non Using Land Owners of the
Country Who Hold Property at
EXtortionate Prices.

To the Editor of the Labor Argus
IA war veteran recently in
quircd Of an Eastern daily paper
regarding the obtaining of free
lanI from the Governments; and is
informed, that there is still some
fairly desirable land which can be
had by homestead entry, the little
that is left is inaccessible and will
not last very long.
Yet there is a vast amount of
very desirable land which is al
ready owned by monopolists and
spectators which is either unused
or only used in a inferior manner.
This land cannot be bought at all
or it is held at such high price
as to make land artificialIy scarce.
These non using landowners may
be unconscious Of the harm which
they do the people at large. They
are of no use whatever in this
working world of useful enter
prise. They are "likc wolves
among herd of Sheep
However, there is an effective
way to bring these land specula.
tors and monopolists in the soil OF
''our' country to terms; namely
by the application of the syetem OF
taxation of land values.
With this system in operation it
would not be necessary for settlers
to go to "nowhere' to obtain a bit
of free land. Thousands of acres
now within easy reach of any large
city would then be- as free (and
freer) than government free land
Yours truly
r. l.. SMITH.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

ii"a}th authorities have figured
"H' mat over a billion and a half
III economic" value is lost each
year Ia deaths from preventable
DISEASES Under these conditions it
l. really hard for capital to keep
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
Resolutions of Respect.

Whereas the Great and Supreme
Ruler of the universe has in his
infinite wisdom removed from
among us one of our worthy and
esteemed fellow laborers s. /.
Taylor; and whereas, the long and
intimate relation held with him
in the faithful discharge of his
duties in this society makes it
eminently betting that we record
our appreciation of him, therefore
Resolved. That the wisdom aud
ability which he has exercised in
the aid of our organization by
services, contributions and council
Will be held in grateful remember
auce
Resolved, That the sudden re
moval of such life from among
our midst leaves vacancy and
that viii be deeply real
lied by all the members and
friends of this organization
Resolved, That with deep
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
WHY SOME WOMEN
ARE NOT MARRIED
State Endorsement of Motherhood May
Be the Law of Future
Genera tons.

'1f women are to be taught the
profound importance of mother
hOod-which, Notwithstanding the
proudiSh silence of their education
most of them realize at present far
better and more wildly than their
male criticS-even more i'm
portant," says writer in tine
Albany Review, in an article on
''Thp Feminist Movement and
the Birth Rate" lis it that men
should be taught the sacree impolt
of fatherhood-"the great chastity
of maternity' Most women feel
vaugely, in the dim subconscious
depths of their minds, that they
have Il sacred function to preform.
'"Thc writer on two separate oc.
casions, in a room full of profess
sional women starving for love and
maternity of which they had most
of them never had a reasonable
chance, heard an unmarried male
doctor, with Il satisfactory income,
gravcly discourse OH the sacred
duties of women in relation to flu
ture generations.
"Had these men understood the
feelings of fierce resentment that
burned within the breasts of the
women who listened to them, they
would have learned more about
the true Significance of the women's
movement than they are ever like
ly to understand.
One Of these women said to an
other. we would be only too
glad to preform those duties if
men would give us an opportunity
and the other replied, we
should. But that's more than I
have admitted to living sole be-
fore. The other replied. TO
hear them talk, one would imagine
tibet parthcnogenesis was possible
way of reduction even among the
human race.
''Thc simple truth is that as sex
is a far more serious and funda-
mental thing to Il normal woman
than to a man, and since under
our present social system she has
no other way-as the man has
of satisfying her sex instincts save
by marriage. it is safe to assert
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
Socialism or Shipwreck.

Modern society cannot escape
shipwreck unless it re organizes
itself into cooperative common
wealth. The establishment of the
Co operative Commonwealth i'm
plies n social revolution; it implies
the overthrow of the CAPITALIST
system of production, that has
become a drag to all further de-
velOpemcnt and an incubus upon
the common veal; it means the
placing of the machinery of pro.
duction now held and owned by
landlords and capitalists into the
hands Of the people; in other
words, it implies the downfall Of
the system of private ownership in
the implements oflabor-land and
capital, i. e.. machines, tools, etc.
and it's substitution with public,
common collective ownership to be
operated for use and not for pri-
vate profit.-Karl Kautsky.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
ANOTHER
INJUNCTION
Order Issued Against
Chicago Building Trades by
the Circuit Court.

One of the most sweeping in
functions ever issued in a labor
cause in Chicago was granted by
Judge Julian w Mack in the
Circuit Court last week to the
Chicago Mosaic and Tilling Com
pany and fifteen other tile concerns
restraiaipg Martin 3. Madden, the
entire associated building trades
and the striking tile layers from
interfering in any way with the
business of the petitioners
More than fifty of the more
prominent leaders of the building
trades are named in the writ,
which restraints more than $4,000
trades workers 1t pro
hibits sympathetic strikes. picket
ing, spying. intimidation and
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

Judge Mack struck out a clause
in the petition providing that the
defendants be restrained from
levylng fines against members of
any union who might refuse to
obey sympathetic strike orders or
other orders issued by labor of
fciaIs.
1.-The Supreme Court of Illinois
has not passed on this phase of
unlOniSm,' he ruled.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

Infant class in Socialism stand
mp Why d" the rich want you
:" t." patriotic and support the flag
with Your lives, and offer your
hearts blood for the good" of the
state! 1t is because they. for the
present, are the state. If you
"r." the ~tatc-as you should be
'Hry would not be concerned
"'"ui your patriotism.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

See announcement and appeal
on the second page this issue.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
TRUSTS AND
SOCIALISM
Graft and Corruption Fostered by
Trusts - temptation of Dis
honesty Removed by Socialism.

The grow tn of these corporations
70 which we give the name''trustSo
IcSsened the force of one stock
argument against socialism, and
added a wholly new argument in
its favor.
The difficulty of managing colos
sal enterprises formerly stood in
many minds as the chief consider
alton against naturalization of
capital and industry.
What man or body of mon, ran
possibly be wise and skillful
enough to handle such operations?
They are now, in some instances,
in process of handling them, and
those who wish to change the
present order tell us that all we
have to do is to transfer the owner
ship of them to the state, and let
them continue working as they do
ut present.
We have found men wise enough
to manage the trusts, and proba-
bly,, in most cases, they are honest
enough to do so in the interest of
stockholders.
On the question of honesty the
socialist has the advantage of the
argument, for he will tell lis that
with the private ownership of
capital made impossible by law,
the temptation to dishonesty is
removed. If the Socialistic state
could be warranted free from
graft this would constitute the
largest single argument in favor.
AS the difficulty Of Matchmaking
production has been reduced, the
need of it has been increased, for
the trusts are becoming partial
monopolics. able to raise prices.
reduce wages, cheaper raw ma
terlals and make themselves if they
shall 90 much further in this line,
altogether intolerablc.
Indeed, the single fact of the
presence of private monopoly, and
the lack OF any obvious and sure
plan of successfully dealing with it
has been enough to convert a
multitude ofintclligcnt men to the
S"cialistic view.
! am not 4 socialist, but ifs view
from the border land is alluring
enough TO make one think that if
It's advocates are not wholly right
they are very far from being alto
Ecther wrong.
THISEtp
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

sympathy with the breaved rela-
tives Of the deceased we express
orr hope that even so great Il loss
may be overruled for good by
Him who doeth all things well.
Resolved, Than Il copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the
records of this organization a
copy printed and a copy forward
ed to the breaved family, d. 81
Miller, G. r. Burtord, G. A.
Brooks, Committees.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

Why should a capitalist govern
m"nt care as much for the lives of
ia" workers as it does for the lives
OF hogs and sheep and cows, whose
health is looked after by lawl
These things cost money Human
''i" * cheap, so long as the supply
Is kept up by appeals against
race Suicidc.'
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

State of West Virginia, Kanawln
County. s..
At Rules held in the Clerk $ Office of
the Circuit Court of kanawha COUNT
on the first Monday i'll the month OF
April, 1909.
Dan Ceshcrn. Plaintiff
vs. In ChdnCcrv
Eer;ia Gosllorn, Dcfcndent.
$The object of this suit Is to obtain
divorce from the bonds of u1atriruonv
This date came the plaintiff by his at
torncy: and his motion. and it ap-
pearing by affidavit filed that the de
PENDANT is a nonresident of this
State. It is ordered that she do ap-
pca- within one month after the date
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

that most unmarried women, at
least among the younger generation
of the feminist movement, are
unmarried because they have had
no satisfactory opportunity to be
otherwise, because they have not
met sufficient men of their own
intellectual and spiritual calibcr
to find Il fitting mate,
G"A woman educated ina high
school then sent to a woman's col
lege, and finally teaching again in
high school, leads life practic-
ally as much clustered as does a
nun, and that not by choice but
by necessity. Sometimes under
those circumstances her sex never
awakens and she comes to resemble
the older feminists. But often
under the influence of reading and
thought her fundamental instincts
arise within her she longs fiercely
for lover, or more commonly for
Il child, and then she has to listen
in quietness to lectures by men
with whom from time immoral the
initiative in sex has rested on the
modern woman's shocking neglect
of her most sacred duties. The
irony of the situation would be
amusing were it not too painful
''The finest young professional
men rarely make enough to marry
very young, and not uncommonly
select heiresses. But they would
probably admit i'll frank moment
that, for real companionship, they
would prefer one of the girls who
had worked side by side with them
in laboratory or hospital.
''Surely a woman in bearing and
rearing children is doing even
fine work. than when she teaches
older children for a few hours a
day in school. Yet the.state will
pay her, for one, but not for the
other. Doubtless state endow-
ment of motherhood is vet many,
years distant. 1t can only become
possible after wide sweeping social
changes, But whcE it does come,
it will solve many problems, and
its consideration, and the deman
that so many thoughtful and edu-
Gated women shall not be forced
to lead lives of celibacy. nor men
driven to marry heiresses, is
however little the fact be under
stood-one of the strong driving
forces at the back of the newer
feminist movement
See announcement and appeal
| on the second page this issue.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
1IIIS

EE President Elliot of Harvard,
whose apothcosis Of the scab will
9" down in labor history, did not
have quite the tcmerity to accept
tn" Amhassadorship to England
In" tide of Socialism is rising
there, and English workers do not
admire scabs nor scab apologists.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22
Big Announcement This Week..

of the first publication hereof, and do
what Is necessary to protect her interest
i'll this suit.
Tcstc: IRA II. N1oTTEHEARD, Clerk
w. w. VERT, Sol.
NOTICE TO TAXI: DEPOSITIONS.
To Vernia Goshorn, Take notice: Tina: on
the list day OF May, a d. 1909, between
the hours of 9 o'clock a M, and p. m. at
the law office OF w. w, Wertz
in the City of Charleston, West
Virginia, l will take the deposition
of myself and others. to be read in
evidence i'll my behalf i'll certain suit
in cliancery now pending in the Circuit
Court for the County of kanawha and
State of West Virginia, i'll which Dan
Goshorn is plaintiff and Ncrnia Goshorn
defendant.
If from any cause the taking of said
deposition shall not be commenced or
completed OH the day aforesaid, the same
shall be continued from day to day, or
from time to time, at the same place, and
between the same hours, until. the same
shall be completed.
Dan Goshorr, by Council.
w. w. Wcrtz, Sol
- Apr S-l5-22-29
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-04-22

up a healthy and at all times
available supply of the unemploy-
ed If they could only staryc and
keep well at the same time, what
a fine thing it would be!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-12
AID FOR JEWISH IMMIGRANTS
Samuel Neveleff Of New York is in
Omaha for Conference.
TRAVELLING FOR GREAT CAUSE
Something ConcerninE the Central
Organization OF Jewish Societies
that Does Its work Ht
Ellis Island.

Samuel Neveleff Of New York, represent
ing the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
Aid society. is In Omaha for a conference
with a number Of local Jews touching his
work. Last evening he met with the
Omaha men interested IN the office OF
L. Harris in the Brandeis building
Mr.. Neveleff is on a trip which will
take him to the coast and then back
through the south to New York, In fur
thering the work Of the society.
The society represented by Mr.. Neveleff
is the one central authority for the jew
ish people. in immigration matters, before
the government OF the United states. Its
workers have fun charge at Ellis Island,
the gateway to America for all Jewish
immigrants. At this first station Of their
experience in the new land the immigrants
are met by sympathetic agents, who fur
nish them with all the information ncces-
sary to start light. They are posted on
the customs Of this country, instructed in
the first essentials Of good citizenship, and
are given advice as to possible employ
ment, good places to locate n matters
of that kind.
For the carrying out Of this practical
work, which is backed by the United He
DIeN CnaIllleS ana several OtneT lntluen-
tial Jewish organizations, the board of
directors Of the society which employs Mr..
Neveleff appeals for aid to all Jewish citi-
zens throughout the country. Since the
Capitalization of the work under one head
and in the hands OF one organization. II
has been found possible to reduce expenses
materially, and to accomplish much more
satisfactory results.
Specimen Months Work.
As a sample Of the work lone by this
society, during July, last, 545 immigrants
were assisted to their destination in diff.
ferent parts of the country. OF this number
eighty were placed directly i'm the care
OF the society by the immigration officers.
for eighty-one others the addresses OF
relatives were found and their friends sent
to them; advertising was done on behalf
of 175 who could not locate friends al
ready here; fifty-six were given financial
assistance; twenty-five we're provided witt
employment, and baggage was recovered
for eleven. The average time Of shelterinl
immigrants Is two days, and during tn,
month mentioned, 1,349 meals were served
The society has an annual expense o
about $4,000, and its revenues are provided
by dues of S. to so from individual mem
bers, $25 to 800 from wealthy contributors
$40 to $50 per annum from lodges an,
societies throughout the country, an
annual donations from declarations Of Jew
ish charities in different parts Of tn
United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-12
OKLAHOMA REPUBLICANS ARE
EXPECTING TO CARRY STATE
OWN Be Greatly Surprised II We
Do Not" Says w. A.
Webster.

w. A. Webster of Muskogee, Okl., is in
Omaha, visiting his brother, John r. Web
ster. Mr.. Webster was formerly a resi-
dent Of Omaha, but has become enamored
Of the attractions Of the state made IA
nous by Governor Haskell.
we are deeply interested in this new
campaign for improved navigation Of the
rivers" said Mr.. Webster. ''The Arkansas
river flows by Muskogee in a wider and
deeper volume than the Missouri boasts
at Omaha or Kansas City, and we expect
within a short time to have a line OF boats
running from our city to Little Rock, Ark.
We now have one steamer at Muskogee,
but IT is not in active commission as yet.
People I'm this section and elsewhere
seem to think Oklahoma City is the great
town of our state, but that is not so, en-
tirely. Muskogee has doubled it's popula-
ton in four years. and within the next
next five years we expect our city to out
strip all the others. We are in the center
of the greatest oil and gas belt In the
country, and our wells produce a better
grade Of oil than Pennsylvania. Then we
have a great climate that attracts people
from less favored sections, and we are
bound TO grow.
I'VE VIII be greatly surprised down in
Oklahoma II the state does not go repub-
lican at the next election. The trouble and
the chickering's brought about through dem
ocratic incapRcity have had their effect on
the thinking people, and the result is
pretty sure to be an overturning in the
political complexion OF the state"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-12
w orkman Falls,
May Cause Death
G. 7. Taylor Stepped Off Into Base.
ment of New Brandeis Theater-
Load of Brick Hits Another.

@. t. Taylor, a workman employed on
the new Brandeis theater building, tumbled
through a hole in a platform twenty feet
below and sustained injuries which may
prove fatal. Almost at the same instant
Ben Billows, working near the same spot,
was showered with a b~arrowload Of bricks
from a staging sixty feet above. His head
was badly confused, but his hurts do not
appear so serious.
Taylor's upper jaw and cheek bones are
crushed in and he is thought to have sus-
tanned a fracture of the skull. He was
carrying a board, which obstructed his
sight, and stepped into a space in the
planking of the platform. He struck head
first on a pile Of brick below. DR.. r. b.
Harris, police surgeon, was called and took
both men to st. Joseph's hospital.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-12
LEGAL NOTICE.

NOTICE OF SALE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT
PLANT-By virtue of resolution Of the
undersigned Board of Directors. the Chad
ron Electric Light g. Power Company will
at public auction to the highest bidder,
for cash, on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, Is
1903, AT 10 o'clock a. m, AT THE OFFICE
OF SAID CORPORATION. CORNER SEC
OND AND EGAN STREETS, CHADRoN,
NEBRASKA. all the property OF the said
Chadron Electric Light & Power Company.
as a going concern, and consisting of Lot
Q. in Block 4, City of Chadron. Nebraska.
and power house thereon, its coal houses
and office and power house furniture and
fixtures. and supplies on hand, and per-
sonal property of every character; also all
it's contracts for street lighting and sale OF
light and power to citizens or Cnadron, and
all its customers. its franchise, All its poles,
wires, lines. dynamos, transformers. en-.
gines and machinery OF every desc ription,
all its street lights, and other lights, wher-
ever located and on ham This property Is
in most prosperous and perfect condition
since its opening; the service is perfect and
the demand for light and power, from its
present and prospective customers, IL
greater han its present enlarged capacity;
an increase Of the plant and Its capacity Is
actually needed at this time. An entirely
sufficient reason for this sale will be given
to any inquiring purchaser.
Dated, October Il. 1909.
WILLIAM ELLIS,
J. F. NOTE.
BYRON L. SCOVEL.
O16toN1I Directors.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-12
RADIUM INSTITUTE FINDS
LARGER QUARTERS
LACK OF SPACE NECESSITATES CHANGE
Famous Specialists Move Into Larger
Quarters and Add -Four Eminent
Specialists to Their Staff
At New Location After
November IL,

On account OF the extreme lack of room
and the ever increasing practice the Rad
ium Medical and Surgical Institute nave
found It advisable to move from their old
location at 1923 Farnam to the northwest
corner Of Thirteenth and Farnam (entrancS
22) South Thirteenth) after November IL,
and thereby acquire a suite Of offices, con.
sultation rooms, examination rooms, etc,
adequate to their growing institution.
ADD SPECIALISTS TO STAFF.
While making a change, which will az.
ford them more room, they have not neg.
lected their staff Of physicians. Four en-
lnent, eastern specialists and Radium Sys-
tenn experts have been added to the al
ready efficient staff, which gives Omaha
one of the foremost medical Institutions in
the world. No effort or expense viii be
spared in placing the staff in a position to
afford service and to handle the practice
In a way which will cause the people Of
the country to be proud to harbor an in
stitution Of this kind.
This is the only institute OF western
America where you get the Radium System
of treatment. Every case will be thoroughly
examined by an up-to-date specialist, and
all medicine will be prepared In our own
laboratory, after consultation by these
eminent specialists. You can rest assured
when you go to this institute that II you
are suffering from any Of the following
ills such as cancer, epithelioma, lupus,
asthma, catarrh, rheumatism, epilepsy,
gall stones, stomach, kidney, liver, blood
and skin diseases you viii have the best
treatment known In the world today. We
have every modern and up-to-date equip
ment TO make and will make a scientific
and thorough examination OF your case.
II we can cure you we viii tell you so and
take your case, otherwise your case will
not be accepted. Even II your case is in.
durable their advise will make you COM
Portable and perhaps prolong your lifa
Come In and let us show you the radius
and explain it's wonderful propensities.
Consultation and examination free.
Radium Medical ana Surgical Institute
northwest corner Thirteenth and FarnaH
| streets, Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-12
GOVERNMENT NOTICES

OFFICE CONSTRUCTING QUARTER
master, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Octo-
Der 25, 1909. Sealed proposals in triplicate
time November IS, 1909, and then opened
for the construction of road, walks, etc,
at Fort L~eavenworth, Kan. Full informa-
on application. Plans and specifications
may be seen here. also at office Chief
Quartermaster Omaha, and Master Build
ers Exchange, Kansas City, Mo. The
United States reserves the right to accept
or reject any or all bids. Envelopes to be
marked Proposals for Roads. Walks,
Etc" and addressed to Captain William
d. Davis, Quartermaster.
/ q o. % al n ILL.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-12
ROME MILLER BEFORE COURT
Attorney for Hotel Man Asks POST
pOnement Of Cnse-T. j.. O'BFien
Not Yet Served,

Through his attorney, John C. Wharton,
Rome Miller, proprietor Of the Rome hotel,
charged with violating the 8 o'clock saloon
closing law, appeared in police court
Thursday morning. Al the request Of Mr..
Wharton the case was continued until No
vember "a
Service on Thomas J. o'Brien, proprietor
OF the Henshaw hotel, has not yet been
made, Mr.. O'Brien being out Of town for a
couple OF days on business.
No further complaints ave been made
by Harry J.. Stone, the secretary Of the
Anti-SalOon league.