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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01

amounts of government regulation, or OF
publicity, or of restrictive legislation,
will arrest the natural course of modern
industrial development.
While our courts, legislatures and cx
ecutive offices remain in the hands of
the ruling classes and their agents, the
government will he used in the interests
of these classes against the toilers.
Political parties are but the express
sion of economic class interests. The
Republican and Democratic and the so:
called independence" parties, and all
parties other than the Socialist party,
are financed. directed and controlled by
the representatives of different groups
of the ruling class.
In the maintenance of class govern
mcnt both the Democratic and Repub-
lican parties have been equally guilty.
The Republican party has had control
of the national government and has been
directly and actively responsible for these
wrongs. The Democratic party, while
saved from direct responsibility by its
political impotence, has shown itself
equally subscrvient to the aims of the
capitalist class whenever and wherever
it has been in power. The old chattcl
slave owning aristrocracy of the South,
which was the backbone of the Demo-
cratic party, has been supplantcd by a
child slave plutocracy. In the great
cities or our country the Democratic
party is allied with the criminal ele-
ment OF the slums, as the Republican
party. us allied with the predatory
criminals of the palace, in maintaining
the interest of the possessing class.
The various reform movements and
parties which have sprung up within
recent years are but the clumsy express
sion of widespread popular discomfort.
They are not based on an intelligent I'M
dcrstanding OF the historical DEVELOPMENT
of civilization and of the economic and
political needs OF our time. They are
bound to perish as the numerous middle
class reform movements of the past have
pcrs he'd.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
Steel Trusts "MOdel
City" Lawless Hot Bed

Police Court Clerk Richard Winklcr,
OF Gary, Ind, has just published Il series
OF statistics that stamps the steel trusts
open shop town as more lawlcss than
the mining camps OF Colorado. The fig
urcs show that an average OF ONE OUT
OF EACH TWELVE of the city's IA 900
residents have been arrested on some
charge during the last seven months. The
total number of arrests in that time has
been l,242. The county commissioners
recently built a new 100000 jail but
the bastile is too small and MANY of the
men are crowded into the apartments for
women and children. Thirty men are
now required in the police department
and 30 lawyers find rich pickings in the
mayors court.
Gary is owned by the United States
Steel Corporation. 1t is named after
the chairman of the trusts board of
directors, and we are told it is Il ''modcl
city Within the bur" is found the
gigantic mills of the corporation which
are run on the open shop" order, with
life, limb and long hours no barrier to
dividends. When the city was built. no
saloons We're allowed. but the police
court clerk tells us there are now 1872
and more coming. with prospects good
that there will soon he one for every 80
persons.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
THE WORKING PROGRAM
Of the National Party Adopted in
Nineteen Hundred and Eight.

The socialist party, in national conven-
the party of the working class and ap
Pcals for the support OF all workers
of the United States and of all citizens
who sympathizc with the great and Just
cause of labor.
We are at this moment in the midst of
one of those industrial brcakdowns that
periodically paralyze the life of the
nation. The much boosted era of our
national prosperity has been followed by
one of general misery. Factories, mills
and mines closed. Millions of men.
ready, willing and able to provide tn.
nation with all the necessaries and COM
forts OF life, are forced into idlenes, and
starvation. Within recent times the
trusts and monopolies have attained an
enormous and menacing development
They have acquired the power to dictate
the terms upon which shall be al
lowed to live The trusts fix the Price
of our bread. meat and sugar. of our
coal, oil and clothing, of our raw
material and machinery, of all the
necessities of life
The present desperate condition of the
wor kcr= has been made the opportunity
for renewed onslaught on organized
labor The highest courts of the countr,
have within the last year rendered de.
cision after decision depriving the work
ers OF rights which they had won b,
generations of struggle.
The attempt to destroy the Westcr,
Federation of Miners, although defeateo
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
JULIUS WILL
LIAM HILL
Candidate for House of
Delegates on the So
Cia1iSt Ticket.

Julius William Hill, was born July 1st,
1889, at Pond Gap. w. Va, (then Vir-
ginia) and has resided all his life in Kan
awha county. He is the fourth child in
family eleven children, of Rev. Lorenzo
ID. Hill and Mary Z. (Currence) Hill who
was the daughter of William d. Currence
of Beverly. Randolph County. Rev. L. D.
Hill was the son of DR.. Moses Hill of
Fayette county.
The families of both his ancestors were
numerous and prominent in their localities,
through his father is connected with the
Van Bibbcrs. Ruthcrfords. and Robin
sons pioneers of Nicholas and Kanawha
counties, and on his maternal side the
Currences. Conrads and Daniels are the
leading families of central West Virginia.
Rev. L. ID. was Il man widely known
and respected for his piety and learning
He was in his early manhood minister
of the Nj. Z. Churah and maintained his
church connection and relationship as a
local preacher after locating at Pond
Gap in 1857. Here he was a prominent
farmer and Justice of the Peace. A
scholarly man himself, he gave all his
children the best opportunities of school
ing within his means and times. Thus
did the subject of this sketch obtain a
fairly good education.
Julius was from infancy vigorous of
body and mind; he learned fast and
evinced an understanding beyond his
years. He is a well informed, thought.
full man and public spirited citizen
possessed OF ability beyond the average
man who goes to the legislature to
serve the people both intelligently and
efficiently.
He is Socialist pure and simple in
whom there is no guile; an able expon-
ent. of the principles of Socialism and
living example of their practical teach
ings He has for a number of wears
been prominently connected with the
patrons of husbandry and is the master
OF his home grange. and is numbered
among Its most earnest and Jealous
members. His ability is known and
recognized throughout the county.
We predict for him if elected to the
state legislature a career of mark and
usefulness as maker of laws that will
reflect the enlightened :and progressive
spirit that is calling for true men from
the farm. mine. mill and factory. imbued
with the love of their fellowman to rise
up IN the might of the masses, tear to
pieces the statutes books written by
capitalism in characters of blood and bv
oppression: and enact laws in further
ance OF the better days and conditions
that must surely come with the ultimate
trump of Socialism
Mr. Hill has been engaged in farming
from his boyhood and is Il true soil.
lie IS deeply interested in good roads.
good schools and all that makes for good
Citizenship and the ushering in of the
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
MINERS
OFFICIALS
Continued from page ~

j
having surplus funds on hand, to ad.
vance one or more payments at their
earliest opportunity after receipt of this
circular. Our members will be kept
fully informed through the columns OF
the United Mine Workers Journal from
week to week of the progress made in
negotiating wage agreements in the dis.
tricts effected and now involved in
strikes.
send all money to Edwin Perry. Inter.
national Secretary-Treasurer, 11O1-11oe
State Life Building, Indianapolis, Ind.
By order of the International Execu
tive Board.
Sincerely and fraternally yours,
7. L. LEWIS, President,
EDWIN PERRY, Sec'y-Treas
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
Slaves We Are.

We work, work, work, we know not why,
We exist little while, then we die,
Another slave viii take our place,
The Self-same master he must face;
He owns the shop, the slaves will say;
What right has he TO draw your pay:
Where did he get the shop you see,
Except from slaves like you and me?
Tho cold and hard and cruel the truth
A contented slave is just a brute.
Agnes Thecla Fair.
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ton and speculation. II demands the col.
lectlvc possession, control or manage.
mcnt of land to whatever extent nav be
necessary to attain that end II is not
opposed to the occupation and posses.
sion of land by those using it in use-
full and bona-iidc manner without ex-
ploitation. ~
8. The collective ownership Of all in.
dustries which are organized on a ma.
tional scale and in which competition has
>virtually ceased to exist.
4. The extension of the public domain
to include mines, quarrics, oil wells,
forests and water power.
>. The scientific rcforcSting of tim
Der lands and the reclamation of swamp
land The land so rcforcstcd or reclaimed
to he permanently retained as part Of
the public domain.
G. The absolute freedom Of press,
speech and assemblage.
INDUSTRIAL DEMANDS
Z. The improvement of the industrial
conditions of the workers:
(al BY shortening the workday in
Keeping with the increased productive
ness of machinery.
% BY securing to every worker a rest
period of not less than day and
half each week.
(c) BY securing more effective in
spcction of workshops and factories.
td) BY forbidding the employment Of
children under sixteen years of aye.
(e) BY forbidding the interstate
transportation of the products of child
labor, of convict labor and of all unin-
spected factories.
60 By abolishing official charity and
,l,St Itttf 10 ala ,,,,tlz in
surance against Unemployment. illness,
accidents, invalidism. old aye and death.
POLITICAL DEMANDS.
s. The extension of inheritance taxes.
graduated in proportion to the amount
of the bequcst and to the n"arness OF
kim
.. A graduated income tax.
10. Unrestricted and equal suffrage
for men and women, and we pledge our
selves to engage in an active campaign IN
that direction.
II. The initiative and referendum
proportional representation, and the
right of recall.
l2. The abolition of the senate.
l3. The abolition of the power
usurped by the supreme court OF the
United States to pass upon ~" va
stitutionality, of legislation enacted oE
congress. National laws to ~ Tcfeaed
or abrogatcd only by an act Of congress
or by referendum of the whole people
IA. The abolition Of the veto power
of the president.
Is. That the constitution j" MADE
amendablc by majority vote.
l6. The enactment of further measures
for general education and fox the con
servation of health. The bureau oi eau.
cation to I've made 4 department. ins
creation of a department of public health.
IL. The separation OF the pre-e"::
bureau of labor from the department: %
commerce and labor, and the '''a"'i'"'
ment of n departing OF labor. ~.
Is That all judges he elected .! a.. ~.
people for short terms. and ihat ths
power to issue iniunctions should
surbed by immediate Legislation.
TO- The free administratlon OF
Such measures of relief as We ni.:
able to force from capitalism or" p". .hs
preparation of the workers I" ~-fe
whole powers of government, IN .hs
that they may hereov lay ho!d '' .t,,,
whole system of industry, "nd
come into their rightful inheritance
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01
PROGRAM.

AS measures calculated to strengthen
the working class in its fight for the
realization of this ultimate aim, and to
increase its power of resistance against
capitalist oppression, we advocate and
pledge ourselves and our elected officers
20 the following program:
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01

The union man who won't demand and
purchase labeled goods. wherever posi-
BILE. is traitor to his class-Colorado
Industrial Review
The ''union man who will vote for n
candidate nominated by a master class.
what is he? Don't all speak at once.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01

new era of the brotherhood of man.
He is kindly sociable man, popular and
widely known and has the repect and
confidence of all who know him. No
mistake has been made in his nomination.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01

if all the labor and Socialist papers were
killed off things would be still better
for the pluto organs.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-01

The Fayette County So
cialist Ticket.
FOR CONGRESS
L. c. ROGERS, Miner, Oak Hill
FOR STATE SENATE
D. o. BOONE, Lurnbernan, Anthony
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
H. M GROUNDS, Miner, Boomer
FOR JUDGE OF CRIMINAL COURT
J. H. DANIELS, Gardener, FayettevilleE
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
D. ". ARGA8RIGHT, Farmer, Hill Top
FOR HOUSE OF DELEGATES
G. NJ. DAVIS, Miner, Sanger
JOHN GATHERUM, Miner, Gatewood
w. c. ENGLAND, Miner, Elkridge
The National tribune., 1910-08-18
ONE MORE GRAND RALLY

Editor National Tribune: Please give
me leave to say thru the columns of
your paper that l hope the old boys in
Michigan will make one more grand
rally. and repulse the attempt which is
afoot to sidetrack Senator burrows,
their old comrade and tried and true
champion. We shall never have an
other chance to put one Of our number
in his place, 50 let us all rally and
make one more grand charge and sweep
the enemy from the field.-Charles II.
York, Second Duty Sergeant, Co. l., S.h
y. Y. Cav, Crystal, Mich.
This appeal to the veterans in Michi-
gan and their friends is most timely.
Not only is Senator Burrows a pillar of
strength in the Senate to the veterans,
but he is Of the greatest value and SER
vice to Michigan Few States have as
Nation as Senator Burrows gives Michi-
gan. He has richly earned this promi-
nence by his great abilities, by single
hearted devotion to his duties, and by
his unsurpassed knowledge Of public
business. In his nearly 40 years of ser
vice in both Houses no one can yoin.
to do the right thing at the right time
and with zeal and high discretion
Therefore. his retention in the public
service is strongly needed by the whole
country. Let there be no doubt as to
his reelection.
The National tribune., 1910-08-18
CONEEDERAT PENSIONS

The pension expenditures of every
one of the Southern States are con-
stantly rising in number and also in
individual arnourt.. So much so is this
that the same class of men who are
objecting TO pensions in the North are
in the South vigorously alleging that
more money should be spent for good
roads, education, sanitation and the
maintenance of the State institutions
for the dependent and defective classes
Confederate pensions are in all cases
lower than those granted by the Gov
ernmSat. but there are not lacking per-
s"as aho vigorously attack the bur
den. In 1906 there were found to be
99,O49 Confederate pensioners in al
the Southern States, with total ex-
penditure of s3,S75. 900, so that the av-
eraSe pension Gwas less ths.N $40 year.
There has been no collation. of these
statistics since then. but it is known
that there has been a general increase
of numbers and amounts all along the
line. Georgia began pensioning indi-
gent Confederates in 1896, and in 1902
extended the pension law to INDECENT
widows. Recently constitutional
amendment was adopted which makes
decided increase. INDECENT Confeder-
ate veterans and widows residing in
Georgia now receive a pension of $50
year. Those who have specific dis
abilities receive higher ratings The
highest is for total loss of sight, which
Is $50. Those who are completely dis
abled for the performance of manual
labor get 800. Those who have a to-
tai loss of hearing receive $50, while
the loss of a hand entities a veteran to
800. The lowest rate is for the loss of
one finger or one toe. IS. Georgia has
found it necessary to have a Commits
sioncr Of Pensions appointed by the
Governor, whose subordinate he is, and
who has power to revise and change
his rulings. Two years ago the office
mad become so important that it be-
came political prize and was made
elective. Pensions were formerly paid
in quarterly installments, but are now
paid annually. Since instituting her
pension system Georgia has paid some
thing over 1900, 900, which is a large
sum for State of no greater resources
and population than Georgia. The fol-
lowing shows the growth of the States
pension system:
The National tribune., 1910-08-18
JEFF DAVIS AND BEAUREGARD
HONORED.

The people of Calcasieu Parish, La,
into four parts, when two will be named
for jeff Davis and Beauregard. This
naming is the work of the Daughters
of the Confederacy, who wanted to have
these two men honored in the names
of parishes as well as Grant and Lin
coin. 1t would seem that the Daugh-
seeking to be as irritating and insulting
to the Union men as possible. The
Parish to he named Jeff Davis is that
portion which has been settled princi-
pally by Northern men, and has in it
very large proportion of the old SOL
diers of the Union residents in LOuisi-
that part of the State. 1T is for this
reason that the Daughters of the Con-
federacy particularly insist that the
new Parish should be given the name
most odious to the Union people 1t is
particularly ,ungrateful, since the
Northern men who have settled there
have made that part of the State un-
usually fruitful and profitable They
have spent money and labor to reduce
what was a sterile plain and make it
one of the choicest spots in the State
They have increased the value of the
land fully 100-fold.
The National tribune., 1910-08-18
SPEAKER CANNON HELPFUL IN
PENSIONS

The politicians whose sole stock in
trade is opposition to Speaker Cannon,
and who have tried so hard to make
him bugbear. are specially active in
denouncing him for opposition to PEN
sion legislation. Nothing can be more
unjust. Nothing can be more migrate
full to man whom we know from per-
sonal acquaintance of 25 years as al
ways being actively helpful in the mat
ter of pension legislation. Every pen
sion law now on the statute books has
been put there by the active assistoUrs
of Mr.. Cannon either as a leader in the
House or its Speaker This fact cannot
be denied by anyone. Its truth will be
attested by every comrade who has
served on the G.. A. r. Pension Commit
tee. The committee has always gone
straight to Mr.. Cannon, met a cordial
reception from him and found him in
stantly. wisely and efficiently helpful.
No one in the House did anything like
as much as Mr.. Cannon to bring about
the prompt passage of the McCumber
bill which proved to be the greatest
benefit to hundreds of thousands of our
comrades and their widows. IT is rank
ingratitude on the part of any veteran
to ignore this claim of Mr.. Cannon's
upon his consideration,
The National tribune., 1910-08-18

A few years ago the scientists conf
IDENTIFY assured us that they had mas
tered the destructive chinch bug, and
that he would trouble the farmers no
more. Like too many, alas! of the SAN
guine predictions of scientists, this has
not been realized, and the chinch bug
seems as ravenous as numerous and as
destructive as of yore. The farmers in
the great wheat-growing district of
Sumner County, Kan, held meeting
July 16. at which the prevailing ex-
preston was that they were tired of
raising wheat to feed chinch bugs. They
proposed to stop wheat for year or
so, so as to starve the pests out. The
question arose what they would make
take the place of wheat, and most Of
them favored corn growing until starv-
alton had done its work. If they can
get early rains. corn can be made to
pay more than wheat does.
The National tribune., 1910-08-18
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE PENSION

The only strong objections made to
The National Tribune pension bill are:
/. Its great expense.
2. That it is premature.
| AS to the first, it must be kept in
are shrinking its expense startlingly
every day. The Nations liabilities to
its veterans are being reduced far fast
er than any previous shrinkage of its
| Indebtedness, even during the marvel
lous debt-paying period which followed
siOners pass off the roll AS the aver
age pension is s169 a year. this makes
daily reduction of $4,000, or a re-
duction of $507, 900 a month, or &c.
OS4.000 year. This reduction must
rapidly increase as the years go by.
The death rate has leaped up. as shown
by the report of the Adjutant-General
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
from one per cent to nearly five in the
last few years.
The report of the Commissioner of
Pensions is even more eloquent, as it
shows that where there are some ESQ.,
600 pensioners on the roll at GO years
and under, there are only 47,S99 at 20,
and this drops to 1862 at II.
Had The National Tribune pension
bill gone into operation June so, 1909,
it might possibly have cost in excess of
s30,000,e00. 1t did not go into opera
tion then. and cannot even with the
nf
operation before June 80, 1911. BY
that time more than 100. 900 of those
who would have been its beneficiaries
June 80, 1909. will be in their graves,
beyond the reach of the most active
and willing pension agents. That is.
there must be at once a reduction of
100000 from the death of the pen
sioners alone from what it would have
cost June 90, 1909.
All the calculations against The Ma
tional Tribune pension bill are based
upon the condition of things which ex-
listed June 80, 1909, which will soon be
two years away, with two years awful
ravages in the ranks of the pensioners.
Second. AS to its prematureness, Con-
gress has never been noted for alacrity
in passing pension legislation, and
therefore experience has taught The
National Tribune that agitation for any
extension of legislation must be begun
betimes. That we have not been over
hasty in this matter Is abundantly
shown by the action of great political
conventions asking for s1-a-day PEN
sion, which is much farther advanced
than The National Tribune pension bill.
When we stop to reflect that every
year a greater army is marching across
the river than Gen. Grant landed at
Landing to fight the battle of
Shiloh or Gen. Rosecrans led out of
Nashville for the sanguinary conflict
Of Stone River is passing into eternity
far beyond the reach of pension legis- |
lation, with every man needing and
deserving all that the Nation can give
him to soothe his last sad, sick, de- |
spending hours, we do not think that |
the charge of prematureness is worthy |
of much consideration
The National tribune., 1910-08-18
A LAST CHANGE.

Subscribers The National Tribune offered
opportunity property the Florida project
bottom prices The has been extended August
until subscriptions property will be received the old
price
This project Washington County Florida This
is the best general farming and trucking section of the State
AT least of the will be located St Andrews Bay
the largest natural harbor the Florida coast
The United has authorized the expenditure of
quarter deepening of the channel
and Improvement the hbor This work will begin early date
The following prices hold good until August 3Ist:
One lot feet fve-acre of farming land
outside the ovnsite S6o
hve-acre tracts constituting
solid body of ten acres $4,000
Three lots constituting
solid body of fifteen $4,000
Four lots and four hveae the latter constituting
solid body of twenty acres, $4,000
This will positively be the last opportunity property
the above figures After August st
town hve-acre will be $4,000
Address THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Washington C.