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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09

Price Of labor power. and to fix The
conditions 1t shall operate under. the
workors are. compelled TO combine
with a View OF "corneripg' their com
modify labor power; that is. with
drawing from the plants OF produc-
tion, paralyzing industry and stopping
profits, whenever the conditions OF
operations are hurtful or the price In
nufflcient for physical necessities.
This is right the workers have
enjoyed In Australia for years: 1t Is
a right they should never have given
uD. The defect is not so much in
the weapon as II Is In those operat"
ing H. However, sufficient has been
stated to show to q bona fide worker
that strikes are the outcome ,ot the
economic mode of capitalist production
Tor profit, system which divides
society into two classes; ownerless
wage eaTners and owning profit TAX
ers, between which there Is no iden-
tIty OF economic interests
Makeup of Capitalist Society.
When one understands the economic
and class makeup of capitalist society
the cause OF strikes, lockouts. unem-
ployment, and poverty in the midst of
plenty, II Is an open book. No indi-
vidual is responsible for the effects
flowing from a social cause 1t is
sheer ignorance on the part of any
one to blame Peter Bowling. and his
Imprisoned mates. as the cause OF
the recent coal strike: these men sim.
ply directed affairs after conditions
had forced q result-a strike result
The miners became so disgusted
a yyIfh tho nonIiffnt-, of ri. ~
that they could no longer suffer them,
and as protest they withdrew their
labor power from coal production
According to capitalist ethics. those
men acted quite correctly as sellers
OF labor power. II capitalist choos-
- wiMdlaw from sale the goods
he OWNS In order TO get more for them
~ some 4a.er periou. he. too, is act
Ing consistently with the ethics OF
the system Of production for private
profit, or individual gain. And, while
this state OF things exist we may ex.
pect to see strikes and lockouts occur.
ring and recurring. in spite OF laws
passed through the legislature 10 en-
force Industrial peace"
Socialists are no dreamers; they see
that strikes are the Inevitable out
come OF capitalist conditions OF pro.
duction, The suffering entailed
through the strike is not overlooked,
but the socialists know II to be un-
avoidable until the workers In their
organized class might register a SOL
id demand for the legal overthrow
OF capitalist ownership, and are edu-
Gated, organized. and prepared to re-
main In the whole of the Industries
and lock out the capitalist" class
from ownership. thereby stripping
them Of the means and power to fur
ther exploit the only useful class OF
society-the working class. That
day Is coming, and the economic
events OF the hour predict lts coming
much quicker than most people spec
ulate upon.-Sydney People.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09

hand with those Of the saloon We
nave heard this idea frequently pro
lnulSated from the platform and press
and as often decried by the other
side, II Is refreshing. therefore. to
get the facts in the case straight from
Official headQuaTters-from the col
umns OF the Cigar Makers Official
journal In Its issue for February Is
the correspondent In Decatur, Ill,
one OF the many cities which have in
recent years gone under the new To-
cal option rule. writes as follows;
Trade is extremely dull in this
city at the present time, Cause, en-.
lorcement OF the local option law
Ihls city, and township In which it
Is situated voted on the local op-
tion question just twenty -one months
ago. The election was carried by the
drys, or local optlonlsts. The law
was never enforced until the last
lew weeks, They had a change in
the administration In the police de-
partment the last month or six
weeks. Consequence the law is rig
ioiy enforced There was In exist
eDce and doing business UP TO the
above stated time at least fifty soft
drink establishments. and each and
all OF them carried full line of
union"inade cigars. mostly of home
product These markets for orr
goods are now closed. we might saw.
with crepe on the door, Ii ia real.
iy surprising how the trade has fall.
en- oil since this law has been en-
forced. II the present conditions con
tinue' 1t doesn't look good for the IN.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09

What with the psychologists dec
laration that the present work dny is
too lone. as 1t keeps the majority of
the workers In perpetual condition
OF over-fatigue, and the inventors
statement that electricity at present
Is only In its infancy and that soon
appliances Will be available TO do ev-
cry bit OF servile labor now perform
ed by hand. the poor old question.
"Wno will do the drudgery under So
cialism2" is between two ralcing fires.
In the first place. even If there were
drudgery under Socialism, those who
performed it would not be kept so
continuously at it as to make them
brothers 10 the OK. as they now are.
In the second place. there won't be
any
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09
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kuTe.
SlSar makers throughout the coun-
try who will be advised from one
VINO mas had actual experience. what
ever you do. Use your best endeayor5
- ueieat your enemy. local option.
',o"eNer, We have one refuge in
view lhls local option question will
aeaih De submitted TO the voters here
on April u, 1910 II we are strong
enough TO carry the day. and We can
nave the licensed saloon. It will
orlng revival OF trade. and Decatur
VIII be as of yore
Wen does the writer of the above
communication deplore the passing OF
.ne licensed saloon 1t Is the licens.
co saloon which sells more tobacco
we might well add. bad tobacco. il
there is any condition under which
one Kind of tobacco can be classed
ds pad and another good-than any
Cther agency outside OF the stores
oeEoteo 10 the sale OF tobacco alone.
IL mas been said that there is scarce
~ saloon which does not carry
stock OF cheap. Inferior cigars which
are passed out TO the man who tells
the bartender to Gin me a cigar,
without specifying the brand. This
is by no means an infreouent occur
renee,
The licensci saloon is a remarkable
marker Tor tobacco; but II the cigar
liiakerS union secures any special
credit or distinction by such an open
animation with that particular agency
OF iniquity, 1t Is entirely welcome te
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09
MARKHAM Club Socialists
,ony . .ileStIon concerning Social
ism anaWercd. Address all COM
munlcat!one to X, 6. HllliarJ.
436 Hcrrick Avenue.

history oil endeavor TO cheat nature.
70 make water run uphill. To twist
a rope of sand. 1t makes no diner
cnce whether the actor be many or
one, a tyrant or mob Emerson.
Tell fl 10 your Socialist neigh
Dor" says Bryan's "Commoner'.
"You can not control the trusts by
the government when the government
is controlled by the trusts. Senator
Robert L. owen" Presumably Bry-
ans remedy is to smash the trust But
would Bryan mind riddling the riddle
how the trusts are 10 be smashed by
the government when they control the
government so that 1t can not even
control them?
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09
MARKED PASSAGES
CuIled from Serious Thinkers on the
Problem That Afflicts Us.
The Dirty Work.

Further, much of the most disagree
able and laborious work might be per
formed by machinery, as II would be
now II it were not cheaper to exploit
helot class. When It became ille-
gal to send small boys up chimneys.
chimneys did not cease 70 be swept; q
machine was invented for sweeping
them. Coal cutting might now be
done by machinery instead of by
man lying on his back, picking away
over his head at the imminent risk
Of his own life; but the machine Is
much dearer than men. so the miners
continue to have their chests crushed
In by the falling coal Under Social
ism, mems lives and limbs Will be
more valuable than machinery: and
science will be asked TO substitute the
one for the other.-Annle Besant
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09
A Healthy Nation,

Healthy people look TO the future.
sick people are content to inger
through the day. or ready TO sink into
oblivion; the mark of a healthy ma
tion Is that 1t looks forward. prepares
for the future. learns from the past,
gets rid OF It's parasites. shakes on its
social diseases and walks resoluteIy
In the service OF her whom Defoe cele-
brated as the Most Serene. Most In
vincible, Most Illustrious Princess,
Reason Professor York Powell.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09

and liberties must be related TO, and
prescribed by, those of other people
Every one has the right to accum-
ulate wealth, but he has no right to
do so by taking that which belongs to
another In SO doing he tramples
upon another's right, and forfeits his
own property and liberty. The muir
derer destroys another's right to life,
and by that act forfeits mis- own nat
ural right to existence.
A person living far from others may
build his house OF wood or straw.
while. in the city. he may be prevent
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09
y LIBERTY IN PROHIBITION.
NV NJ Healey !


BY prohibition we mean prohibition
OF the liquor business by civil law.
Has the state a right 10 prohibit the
sale and the manufacture of intoxl-
eating liquor?
II is the duty of the state to pro
tect all Its citizens In the possession
and exercise of their rights. In or
der to secure the rights OF all. every
one must be prohibited from lnfring-
Ing upon the rights of any. All acts
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09
The Socialists Question.

What avdls 1t that the waste places
OF the earth have been turned into the
highways OF commerce, II the many
still want and work and only the few
have leisure and grow rich? WHAT
does 1t profit the worker that knowl-
edge grows II all the appliances Of sci.
ence are not TO tighten his labor?
Wealth may accumulate, and public
and private maGnificence may have
reached a point never before attained
In the history of the world but
wherein Is society the better, II IS
asked, IL the Nemesis OF poverty still
sits like n hollow-eyed specter at the
feast st?-Benjamin Kidd.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09
a Hard Fact.

1t is no use to try TO conceal the
sorrowful fact by fine words. and to
talk to the workmen about the honor
ableness of manual labor and the Dig
nifty OF humanity. Rough work, hon
orable or not. takes the life out of us;
and the man who has been hevlns
clay out OF a ditch all day, or driving
an express train against the north
wind all night. OF holding a Golfers
helm In gale on a lee shore, or
whlrllng hot iron at the furnace
mouth. is not In the same condition at
the end of his day or night as ono
who has been sitting In quiet room.
with everything comfortable about
him, reading books. or CHASING butter
flies or painting piotures.-John rus
lip
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09
STRIKES AND LocKoUTs.
Are Conditions lnseparabIe From the
Capitalist Mode of Production.

Strikes are the result OF economic
pressure brought to bear upon the
workers in the Industrial arena-in
held. factory. mill. mine on wharf
ship, etc.-by the employing class,
known today as the owning capitalist
class. With the march OF progress,
mans mind broadeus. his intellect
bHghtcns, and his wants and desires
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-07-09
RELATION OF TOBACCO AND
ALCOHOL.
r. o. Eastman

Since the prohibition movement be-
gan tobacco users and representatives
OF the tobacco interests have scoffed
at tne Idea SO frequently put forth
nat tho tobacco interests go hand in
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
Pleased His Majesty.

The dark monarch from sunny At
RIGA was being shown over an engi-
neering establishment in an English
city by the manager. who In explain
ing the working Of certain machinery
unfortunately got his coattails caught
in it and in a moment was being
whirled round at so many revolutions
per minute. Luckily for the manager.
his garments were unequal to the
strain of more than a few revolutions,
and he was hurled, disheveled and
dazed. at the feet of the visitor
That exalted parsonage roared with
laughter and said something to his In
terpreter.
"Sah.' said that functionary to the
manager. This majesty say he am ber-
ry pleased with de trick an will you
please do it again '-Sketchy Bits.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
An Eve to Business.


One day a man with case full Of
handbills entered a restaurant in Gin
cinnati run by an astute old German.
''Vot hat you dere?" the latter asked
as he observed the man about to dis
play several Of the bills on his walls.
Railway ars-excursion."
ooh, no." exclaimed the proprietor.
zone Of dose cheap ten day exgur-
sions. Go away cheaper vot you stay
at home. eh?"
Exactly" said the bill man.
"Und you want to hang dem up
here?"
Certainly You've no objectionY'
Il hat most clear objections" said
the German decidedly. "Dake dem
away! Do you dake me for fool.
man. dot would want my customers
to read dose bills und den go away
und eat at some cheap place for ten
?'-Detroit Free Press.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
Perhaps.

Il don't have no opinion OF these
newfangled wOmen's notions" said
Mr.. Hyde when his wife timidly ex-
pressed her desire to join the Woman's
Self Improvement society.
.'But we learn SO much there" ven
tured Mrs. Hyde.
Don't believe IT. snapped Mr..
HYDE, women don't know much,
that's a fact. but let 'em stick to their
domestic duties and learn them. That's
my opinion. Let 'em follow st. Paups
Injunction stay at home and ask their
husbands if they want to know any
thing"
"Rut. John"-
give settled it. and that's enough,
Jane"
"But, John. that's what women have
been doing all this time. and perhaps
that's the reason they don't know
much.'
And then Mr.. Hyde threw his boot
at the cat and boxed Freddy's ears for
grinning.-Pearson's.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
Will Show at Chicago

Spokane. May 6.-Oficial announce
ment is made by the board of trustees
of the National Apple Show, Inc, that
the prize winning fruit of the third an.
nual exposition in Spokane, next No
yember, and district and general dis
PLAYS from Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana will be sent to Chicago for
exploitation purposes in First regimen
armory during the week of the interna-
tional live stock exposition.
The Chicago plan involves an expen-
diture of $50, 900, exclusive of the cost of
the Spokane show, which is estimated at
$4,000.
Officials of transcontinental railroads
interested in the development of the
Northwestern states have guaranteed a
large proportion of the fund for the first
named exhibition, and the various fruit
districts in the four states are depended
upon for 10000 by taking space for dis
play purposes at Chicago.
No charge will be made for entries ~
exhibition space at the Spokane show
which is open to the world.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
A Soldiers Beginnings.

We were visiting at Sandringham
Sir Evelyn Wood, who is very deaf,
crept up as near as he could to the
musicians, and in one of the pauses he
said to me, "Are you fond Of muster"
I answered, eyes" "Do you play
anything?" I said, mo" WELL" he
went on, 81 am so fond Of it that,
would you believe 1t, began to prac-
tice scales at twenty-four. But one day
my sister came up and put her hand
on my shoulder and said, My dear
boy, you had better give that up and
so l did," He also told me that he
began life as a sailor, then went to the
bar and finally entered the army. The
only profession he had not tried was
the church, and his enemies say he
would have tried that, only he did not
know what church to choose.-"Life
Of Sir William Broadbent."
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
Small Forest Fires Numerous

During the past few DAYS several small
forest fires have started. but none have
attained dangerous proportions. One of
the most threatening occurred in the
National Forest near the Halfway house,
between Priest River and Priest Lake.
The fire was on the Bessie Pritchal d
place, which was logged several years
ago without turning the brush. The
place has always been considered DAN
gerous, and the fire coming at this tine
before the woods are very dry is consid-
cred a good thing. Forest Supervisor
Millar went to the scene and is prepared
to handle the situation. On Tuesday
the fire was on both sides of the main
road leading from the river to the lake
and the stage was unable to get through.
The heavy wind that started Wednes-
day noon distributed embers from the
brush fires lighted by the force clearing
the right-of-way along the power line of
the Northern Idaho & Montana Power
Co., near Albeni Falls, into adjoining
timber lands. An extra force of men
was put at work fighting the fire and by
evening it was under control.
The wind also caused some alarm in
the neighborhood of Tweedie, spreading
fire from clearing work on the Fielder
ranch, and threatening to consume large
cordwood piles in that vicinity. Section
men from the I. & W. N. were sent to
the scene to protect railroad property
and with the help of ranchers the fire
was got under control.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
4 f;.h with Teeth on HE Tongue.


The biggest Of fresh water f,snes'
Tho ..,rapaima'' of the Amazon, Id
Sm,th America. which grows to SIX
feet in length. has teeth on its tongue.
=, fiat the latter resembles the nle
and is used as such. Sorne kinds OF
from also have the same peculiarly.
Fishes that swallow their prey entire
have their teeth so supported on fexi-
bic bases as to bend backward. but
not forward. in order that their VIC
tins shall not escape after they nave
been once seized. In ages gone py
there were ferecious sharks. seventy
feet in length, such as would make
mouthfuI Of you without blinking.
Plenty of their teeth have been FOUND
which are five inches long, whereas
the biggest of the teeth belonging to
sharks that exist at the present day
are one and a half inches long.
Speaking Of extinct creatures reminds
us that all of the early birds-those
of early geological times. that is-had
teeth. with which they captured the
early worms OF the same period. Be-
ing descendant from reptiles. 1t is nat
ural that they should possess dental
equipment. but when they ceased to
be carniyorous they had no teeth any
longer.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
Bees and Ants.

Bees will place their honeycombs in
any place regularly or irregularly
shaped, and when they come to cor
ners and angles they seem to stop and
consider. Then they vary the shape Of
the cell, so that the space is exactly
filed. 1t could not be done more sat
lsfactorfly if the whole thing had been
worked out on paper beforehand. Ants
make hard and smooth roads and drive
tunnels compared to which mans ef-
forts In making such things are insig-
niffcant.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
EpIGRAMs OF THE SHOP.
Weekly Bulletin issued by Cynical
MANAGER Who Thinks He's Funny.

Weakly Bulletin Issued by Cynical
Manager Who Thinks He's Funny.
The Office manager Of a wholesale
house, who has something Ike 800
men under his supervision, each week
issues set Of business eptgrams to
his assistants and department heads.
This Is what he said last week:
I'm hiring man ask him II he ever
worked for any Of our competitors. Il
he has take him on. You can get out
of him in week all he knows about.
the other fellow and fire him In two
weeks If he isn't any good.
Don't let past performances weigh
too heavy in judging an applicant.
Look at his eyes and chin. There's
more to be learned in two minutes In
a mans face than in ten years Of his
past record.
eff you think that one OF your men
has outlived his usefulness with US
ask him if he can get another job. Il
he says Sure and means 1t keep MIN
with you. His slackness probably IS
your fault, not his. Stir him up.
Don't for minute let your men
see that you know there Is anything
more important in the world than get
ting out the days work. knew
man once who disorganized whole
department by talking ancient history
during lunchtime.
Don't overlook your Office boys.
The man who owns this business was
once one himself.
Remember, the growth Of this firm
and the increase Of competition de-
mand that this weeks work be just
a little better than last.
"Think it over noww-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
The Falling Branch.

In the grounds Of Dalhousie castle,
Scotland. is said to be famous ex-
ample Of the sympathy Of the vegeta-
BILE world with human death. 1t was
anciently believed in the neighborhood
that branch always fell from this
oak when a member Of the family died.
Apparently the fail Of the original tree
early in the eighteenth century did not
break the sympathy, for a new one
sprang from the old root, and it is
upon record that as lately as 1874 an
old forester. seeing branch fall from
this on still day, cried, 1.-THE laird's
deed noor' News of the eleventh Earl
Of Dalhousie's death soon followed.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19

Ye Old Fashioned Entertainment will
be held at Kelly's Hall on Friday even
ing, May 81, at o'clock. Ye program
follows:
LYsTE OF YE PLAYERS, SINGERS d SPEAKERS.
One Part.
Playing Piece.
By Ezra Hopkins, his darter, Sarie Ann d Pri-
cilly Sweetbriar's guide man.
"Auld Lang Syne" ....... BY All Ye Audience
Aunt Jerusha's Weddin' Day. .....
......................... .Iapltha Primrose
Revolutionary Tea"
This will be sung by Prudence Hanson.
"Wen Pa Begins to Shave"
~ By Parson Simpkin's Son, Hollerwell
"Sound the Loud Timbrell"
BY Pricilly Sweetbriar, Humility Cooper, Spin
ster. Hezekiah Barebones and Parson Simp-
kins and will be helped by all the rest.
1ahe Johee Observation-Disclosures.
.Pricllly Sweetbriar's son. Ketchemquick
olsler NUN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Humility Cooper, spinster and Hans Han.
Adam
"Church Fairs Adeline Modesty
Fiaylng Plece. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Ezra Hopkins will draw his bow over his fiddle
and his darter, Sarie Ann, will thump on the
piano.
"Seeing Nellie Home" ..
A onette by Hez akiah Barebones, assisted by
quartette of four voices.
"Widder Budd"
49,. A speaking piece by Samantha Kingdom
"Stars OF the Summer Night"
woman 4-tette, Pricilly Sweetbrlar, Mary
Jane, Tirzah Ann & Humility Cooper, Spin
ster.
One Other Part
"Der Trubbles of Hans Han Adam"
...-.-,..-. ........... AS spoken by himself
"Anvil Chorus" All singers sing as one voice
when Hulda Spects Her Beau
......................Pat Patience Stepandfetchem
"Grandma's Advice. AS sung by Tirzah Ann
Sposen Case" ............ By Parson Simpkins
O'i Oos Observation-Disclosures.
Hans Han-Adam. Hezekiah Barebones, Oba
diah Barebones g. Parson Simpkins
"Cousin Jedediah"
onette by Pricilly Sweetbriar, assisted by all
the rest of We singers
Don't Know What This Will Be-
...............H Humility Cooper, Spinster
oteai away ..................A woman tette
TROUBLES of Little Fritzie''
-.t............ A crying piece by Trzah Ann
Ye PLAYING Piece.
............ Ezra Hopkins & darter, Sarie Ann
"Good Night, Ladies'. ........ By all ye singers
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19
A Practical Prayer.

"And now, Lawd-uh," continued
Brother Fagg during a recent prayer
meeting in Ebenezer chapel, 1--WE
would mo- especially ak thee to-
Well-uh, bless us to goodness, If dat
amt Brudder Dickery Wagstaff come
back and uh-settin' right dar on de
left hand side! Sawtuh slip uh-twixt
him and de do, Lawd, and keep him
fun slidin' out befo' kin git to him
and ak him how bout dem dar two
dollahs he borried off'm me most a
yeah ago and den went away and
isn't paid back twell plumb yit!
Amenw-Puck.