Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-10-27
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
socialism is THE NEW PATRIOTISM

,ng Human ana life depends upon food. cloth.
ans anu shelter Only when these an,
assured are freedom, culturs ana his a.
auce A foo ddeS nfnpnt possible. TO bro
dn a.ilinety are needed. Land by itseI
ITes not satisfy human needs. Huma,
Of the se soil raw av materials and food ou
ua,1s ~ upon the land Whoever ha.
tDnlfal or land and machinery has con- ,,'
man life human anna rh labor, and with it of hui.
usa quay me machinery and the lanf
hy ior INDUSTRIAL purposes are owned
long as ra maah na decreasing minority Sc
handled ia by one man it does not MAXI
AS owners so powerful that they car
Rni whan Inc sources of life of others
ai1ie complex and expensive. and re-
lures Tor its effective operation the or
| ffj nancaa ellort OF many workers its in
| NE The owners of such MACHINERY
become the. dominant class.
The MASSES IN Subsection.
MI ~ proportion as the number of such
cia ssas owners compared to all othe,
.;s uecEeases their power in the
i Lii; and in the world increases. They
Ills ever larger masses of working neo
i p,e th mnu m .tneir control. reducing them
-. ~ Inc point where muscle and brain are
Lnsu only productive property. Millions
% Formerly self employing workers thus
INDUSTRIAL masters.
Inc more 1he economic power of the
I. nLink class ~sroWs, the less useful does
nye peep1e IN, me life Of the nation The
DasIWnelm1ng bulk of the useful work
OF Inc nation tails upon the Shoulders
VI The classes that either have no other
and euu mants, property aby but their manual
s.sIM that have but little Land and
Mile machinery outside of their LABOR
po rysar-, M suall traders and small
- Ihe. ruling minority is stead
lly becoming useless and parasitic.
, "A bitter struggle over the division of
me me products or labor is ,waged between
the exploiting propertied class on the
class on the other. in this struggle the
qlate relief from any reform OF the nres
society. -
The wage workers are therefore the
most determined and irreconcilabie an
tag0nists OF the ruling class. They are
also the class. which suffers most from
s s,,s. curse 81 class rule The fact that a
to Use all the .ceuntry's resources and
social tools for their individual profit,
a sare 10 M MAKE a the vas Of The
competitive private enterprises and spec
ulations lis at the bottom OF all the So
clal evils of our time.
MODERN INDUSTRY PAINLESS.
In spite of the organization OF trusts
pools and combinations, the capitalists
are poWerless to regulate production for
social ends. Industries are largely con-
Quoted in a painless manner. Through
periods OF feverish ACTIVITY the strength
and health of the workers are mercuess-
" undermined, and during periods of e.
forced ldleness the workers are fire.
quently reduced to starvation
!. The clmaxes Of this chaotic system
OF production are the res llarly reclr-
ring industrial .depressions and crises
which paEalyze the nation every fifteen
or twenty years.
in its mad and reckless race for nrof-
plot the workers to the very limit u
their endurance and TO sacrifice their
physical. moral and mental welfare Il, TO
Keeps the masses of workingmen in pow
and ignoranaa. It ID ara as their wives
from their homes to the mill and fac
tory 1t sna1ches their Children from
the Fairgrounds and schools. and grinds
their slender bodies and uniformed mir DIS
.taipls. and kills hundreds Of thousands
:. Workingmen annually in mines on
ailroads and in factories; 1t drives
TIE unemployed and forces large Num-
b. re OF them into beggary, yagcancy and
al arms OF crime and vice.
PL &c INTELLIGENCE CORRUPTED
maintain their rule over their fell
low 4 en-, the capitalists must keep In
theil nay all organs of the public DOW
ers, pu.,lic mind and public conscience.
They c..ltrol the dominating parties ana,
.FG'tSn lleul, Lie GlSolCp pupiHS Yin
i. !; ',n.y select our executives. bride
OF l.sl,s: lures and corrupt our courts
of d. lie They own and censor the
press. hey sway our educational IN
stitr:i. ) They own the nation .pQliti-
call, 20. accidentally Just as they own
Il iL,.u slrialfs..
rs and .capa> alists grows ever fiercer,
~ has bee .a.e the only vital issue be-
the An.aichan rat people I ne W MAXI
an. dr.. interest in aboliShing
ne he y essen. .ystem, the woEkngmens
sisp n The sms i farmer. who IS today
y ID, BY NOT las e eifeeaiye Ror shsn is
rer nd trader .ho is engaged in a
spe,- AMI las st 1he lace eof Of e fhe
~ anu zen alist himself who
IS e 81 e OF rEalth; rather then
Las asa aeaI. At the capitalist class while
L Is class struggle. Is thus At the
iape time st na elas 1e priy WE a0n
MUST CONQUER THE POLITICAL
POWER.
The Used q n hs e snd nsa
s built. political government Is its in
lnSlruMeHl. AHc wax VIVA
srs cannot be freed from exploitation
without conquering the political power
ratio admnistratiog for private O. owner nsa
iustion used for exploitation
The basis for such transformation Is
i present capitalist society; The fac fac
nv and minute division OF labor. Is rap,
dfy DESTROYING az yestiges Of d indiyid nra
lnetion is already very largely ,i 2 col ,be
'reat trusts and monopolies which have
prung up in recent years have had the
fleet of organizing the work and man
gement Of some Of our main nan INDUS
hem for national use and operation.
AN END TO CLASS RULE.
In the struggle for freedom the inter
sts Of the workers of all nations are
IDENTICAL. The struggle is not only ma
fonal. but International It embraces
Fe world and will be carried to ultimate
,ietory 1y the united workers OF the
world. :. .;o
nd their allies and sympathizers OF all
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