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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-08-18
PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE COR
RUPTED.

RUPTED.
! To maintain their rule over their fell
glow men, the capitalists must keep in
their pay all organs OF the public powers,
bubble mind and public conscience.
They control the dominating parties
and, through them, the elected public
officials. They select our executives,
bride our legislatures and corrupt our
courts of justice. They own and censor
the press. They sway our educational in
situations. They own the nation politi-
cally and intellectually, just us they
own it industrially.
The struggle between wage workers
and capitalists grows ever tierccr, and
has become the only vital issue before
the American people. The wage work
ing class, therefore, has the most vital
and direct interest il abolishing the
capitalist system. But in abolishing
the present system, the orkm will
free not only their own class, but also
all other classes of modern society:
The small farmer, who is today exploit
ed by large capital more indirectly but
not less effectively than is the wage
laborer; the small manufacturer and
trader, who is engaged in a desperate
and losing struggle for economic indie
pcndence in the face of the all-conquer-
ing power of concentrated capital; and
even the capitalist himself, who is the
slave of his wealth, rather than it's
master. The struggle of the working
class against the capitalist class, while
it is u class struggle, is thus at the same
time a struggle for the abolition of all
classes and class privileges.
MUST CONQUER THE POLITICAL
POWER.
The private ownership of the land
and means of production used for eN-
ploitation, is the rock upon which class
rule is built; political government is its
Indispensable instrument. The wage
workers cannot be freed from cxploita-
ton without conqucring the political adj
-ministration for private ownership of
the land and the means of production
used for exploitation.
The basis for such transformation is
rapidly developing within the very
bosom of present capitalist society. The
factory system, with its immense ma
chinery and minute division of labor,
is rapidly destroying all vestigcs of in
dividual production in manufacture
Modern production is already very
largely Il collective and social process.
while the great trusts and m~onopolies
which have sprung up in recent years
have had the effect of organizing the
WIN anu management OF some OF our
main industries ON a national scale, and
fitting them for national use and opera
ton.
AN END TO CLASS RULE.
In the struggle for freedom the in
tcrests of the worker of all nations are
identical. Tho struggle is not only
national, but international. 1t embraces
the world and will be carried to ulti-
mate victory by the united workers of
the world.
To unite the workers of the nation
and their allies and sympathizcrs of all
other classes to this end, is the mission
of the Socialist. In this battle for free.
dom the Socialist movement does not
strive to substitute working class rule
for capitalist rule, but by working class
victory to free all humanity from class
rule and to realize the international
brotherhood of man.
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amounts of government regulation, or of
publicity, or of restrictive legislation,
will arrest the natural course of modern
industrial DEVELOPMENT,
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the two types Of women in their cam
paign with men. and 1 firmly believe
that there is an art in the capture of
mans admiration-the art of knowing
nothing
Man does not wish to be informed
When he has made statement to a
group of people he wishes to be inn
plicitly believed by the eternal feminines.
A combat from the men present is all
very well, and expected; calm ac-
ceptance OF his superior views by wom-
an is the thing which he regards as his
heritage.
What happens when the strong mind
ed female rises in her intellectual wrath
and says: You are trifie mistaken,
Mr. Blank: there are many more pyra-
mids along the Nile than those in the
vicinity of Cairo," or, Il believe that
the dandelion belongs to the compos-
iter'? The scorn, antagonism and con-
centrated hatred Of the ages are for
the woman who dares.
The clever thing is to ask the erring
one, in meek tone. If he will please
enlighten you about mollusks. You
know the subject so thoroughly, Mr..
Prettyman. and I know comparatively
nothing about It, Tell me- is their hab
itat confined to any special tempera-
ture?' etc. The high priest will then
perform the rites of offering his facts,
plus deep admiration OF himself. to
yearning ignorance. He will glory in
his power. With every sentence there
Will be increased self-sstisfaction, and
she will bask in the reflected warmth
of his gratified eonceit.
Wise is she who soon locates the
lines along which any mans hobbyism
runs, and then follows him at re-
spectful distance-hehind
At the end of dissertation on the
paIeozoic ages, in which man has in
formed inquiring woman of the differ
ence between the Silurian and the
Devonian, cannot you see how pleased
he will be after the light of knowledge
has broken through the clouds of
doubt in her hazel eyes? Really, that
woman is worth teaching a few
things. He soon pursues the creature
and never sees the artful smile in her
eyes. Eventually the discussion on the
minor questions OF life resolves itself
into the all-important one of will
you marry me?" He has dominating
wish to teach her life. with a capital L.
If there is a rude awakening when
she asserts herself the result is more
or less doubtful. He respects her more
or himself less. 1t is hard decision.
II the role of liberty enlightenirg the
world appeal 10 you. pursue your way
alone. Battle with the mob of men for
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TT YOU are wise. you Will appear ig-
norant-that is. il your aim in life is
h to attract. hold and sway a man.
That is a proposition which a few wom-
en- of higher intellectual status will in
the spirit Of independent freedom refuse
to consider. Very well. then. They VIII
walk hand in hand with Minerva and
the muses.. but with adoring admirers.
never
Man has for thousands OF years been
considered the intellectual superior OF
woman He has with his judgment
stepped in at every possible turn. and
has directed. instructed and coerced gen
tie woman until his position is habitual
and acknowledged as natural.
We have had the pitiabIe number of
really intellectual women fiaunted in our
faces. accompanied by the triumphant
made that We really have not been
given the chance until a century ago, at
the most But it is.to be shouted from the
rooftops that in this day few institu-
tions of learning are opening doors to
women who knock: that the intellectual
standard of the weaker sex has been
raised, never to be lowered
Now there are many women who have
outstripped their masculine competitors
in the race for knowledge. but the wise
ones are they who conceal the fact from
the gaze of the multitude. 1 have seen
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she is dependent upon his gracious boun-
ty for an occasional garment. when be-
fore marriage she had the pleasure OF
selecting a suit to crafty her whims.
Even when she scrapes together the
few dollars from the house money, the
typical wife must secure her husband 3
appreciation before she can wear a dress
with any ease OF mind. What injustice!
How unfair Of the lord and master 10
attempt to dictate in matter OF which
he is quite ignorant. A woman Of any
sense will try to look her best. She
may fooIishly follow late fashion. but
a man is not above doing the same.
Compare the laughable derbies Of a few
seasons back, If you doubt it. Take
that hat off. Nellie. l viii not go out
with you II you wear it, says the
master. He doesn't. Do you hear many
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tates say nO-that is all, just no.
am not suggesting that al wives re-
sent this. There viii ever be a certain
class OF women who prefer the deci-
sions OF their husbands TO the trouble OF
making their own. There will always
exist wives who cajole their better
halves into free-and-easy knowledge
that judgment, discernment and a
knowledge OF what is best are the at
tributes OF man.
But-there Is well-deserved protest
that may never be voiced. that rises IN
the mind OF the fair and just woman.
To give up a refreshing Independence
for the docile. subseryient attitude to-
ward husband must undoubtedly
change the character OF the love which
IS supposed to be the basis OF the union
If a man should dislike a certain thing.
he should be at perfect liberty TO do so.
He should not insist upon change OF
view Of his wife. Freedom is more
binding In marriage than all OF the
chains OF coercion. Sincerity and con-
fidence which do not allow either wife
or husband to be ''bossed viii do much
to prevent ''the little riffs within the
lute.''
Love. but out Of a self-respect do not
allow yourself TO be ordered around. II
you secretly resent It. There IS always
the first time. That IS the critical mo-
ment when a dignihed, quiet under
standing will eliminate any future DIFF
fcuIties. The love OF husband and
wife is too great and glorious a thing TO
be shattered on the rocks OF an over
bearing assertion OF ownership.
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Wearing of Jade

IN ISTINCTIyE jewelry is just as
much a craze at the present time
- as distinctive dress. and to the
end that they may possess gems that
differ from those OF other women many
artistic individuals busy themselves
with making designs for pendants,
neeklets and even tiaras. which. having
been corrected and improved upon by
proficients in the art of jewelry are
carried out by clever workers
Lucky possessors OF Chinese jade pend
ants are wearing them at present with
dresses of the exquisite and elusive
green-blue shade of the stone, embel-
lished with Chinese embroideries.
Wedding presents of polished jade
beads divided by strings of pearls are
held to be especially appropriate, for
jade is the bringer of prosperity in their
undertakings to recipients of 1t. And
apart from that delightful excuse for
giving jade it is a lovely and fash
ionable triDket
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a short time, and soon a clear field
will be yours They will fly, as If pur-
sued by the furies. to the haven of
rest. where. to smiling women who do
not know but are willing to be told,
they may give forth the truth
If you are making a collection OF
hearts and hands. throw knowledge to
the four winds and ask a man to tell
you about anything. OF course, you
must be clever to ask about the sub
ject that Is familiar. Never make the
mistake of placing him in an ernbar-
RAISING corner. Be wise enough to
grasp his lucid explanation Of the sub
ject and thank him for opening up
vista of facts that you never dreamed
of beforei II is always interesting Ito
hin) to ask where he picked up his
information A breathless maryeling at
his wonderful ability to collect facts ana
to classify and generalize is extremely
successful. Repeat the dose as often
as you wish: there seems to be no limit
to his powers of assimilation.
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relation to the business world. Having
made this fundamental mistake, she
permitted him. for mere whim, to
throw away a splendid opening that
meant good income during apprentice
ship and a partnership later. And 1
The father might have put the boy
right had he known he facts, but they
were concealed from him until 1t was
too late. A foolish. indulgent mother is
a child's worst enemy.
SARAH CURTIS MOTT.
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Finance in the Nursery

KIT DO not see why parent should
not say to a girl. Here is SO much
- year: you have to pay your
school bills. your dress, your laundry,
your travelling expenses and the cost of
your games and your sweets out Of it, =
was the startling suggestion advanced
by a public speaker in a lecture on
Woman and Her Money" given, to a
large gathering of women recently in
London.
In his capacity as lawyer the speak
er has seen much misery and unhappi-
ness for which extravagant wives and
daughters. reared in total Ignorance OF
the value of money, have been respon-
sible, and in his opinion many disasters
could be avoided If women were more
wisely educated in the handling and in
vesting OF money.
The ideal father and mother give
their children an allowance" he went on
to say. "even IL IL is only a penny a
week This allowance should be in
creased as time goes. on. and Il girl
should gradually be allowed to pay all
her own bills and expenses.
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Sudden Riches

rs IT possible. we ask ourselves. that.
IL we were suddenly to attain great
b riches. we could throw aside all con-
sideration for our fellow-bein in a
mad rush to rise?
What is the height to which we would
attain? If il be merely position-the top
step Of the ladder of social standing
the reaching of II will no doubt blind
us to all else 1t would seem that this
is one height from which the aspiring
human fails utterly to see the plane be-
low.
Arrival on the top step of this new
and ill-built ladder seems to blunt the
sensibilities of the climbers, to dry up the
last drop of the milk of human kindness.
If the comparative poverty of the
present were to store up within us a
lasting charity for our fellow-men and
women. let us pray that our descent be
somewhat long drawn out: that our ar
rival at the top be even longer delayed.
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Circumstance

I" wO children IN two neighbor
villages
u Playing mad pranks along the
healthy leas;
Two strangers meeting at festival;
Two lovers whispering by an orchard
wall;
Two lives bound fast IN one with
golden ease;
Two graves grass-green beside gray
church tower.
wash'd with still rains and daisy
bloSSomed;
Two children in one hamlet born and
bred:
SO runs the round OF life from hour
TO hour Tennyscn-
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Ny EMPLOYERS
YHAT Of my various employers

w do you ask
w Well. it was in this wise.
They were. as rule, men, and they had
the most curious manners. They were
not in the least restrained by the con-
ventions, as women would have been.
The first man 1 ever worked under
ignored my very presence. He spoke
but rarely. and that to give an order.
never replied, because I would not have
dared to invade his silence
He was decidedly better than the man
who roared his wants in thunders that
might have been heard mile He knew
no moderation in tone or temper. and
left him to go into the employ OF a
morose creature whose breakfast made
him sullen until noon. The early morn
ing with him was a nightmare, and he
did not recover from the effect of his
midday meal until closing time. Dys-
pepsia. they said. A groan from him
would have been a satisfaction, so
silent was he.
His successor grunted. No one on
earth could have discovered which OF
certain cultural sounds meant what.
His yeas might just as well have been
intended for nays. 1t was only by his
expression OF COunleNdnCe--mOTP less
glum-that the difference was discern
ible.
| think. however, that he was better
than a garrulous man for whom /
shaved through one hot summer, and
who couldn't keep anything to himself
He actually thought out loud. II is
fact that when his dictation kept me
too busy to listen to his idle chatter, he
sang. His voice wasn't unbearable. but
1t went up continuously in anything,
from his own compositions, made on the
spur of the moment. to Jerusalem the
Golden" He seemed to work better,
like the cook, while he sang, but that
isn't saying that l did.
OF course, there is always the at
tentive man, hut no serious woman con-
siderS him worth moments eonsidera-
ton She wo-ks for him because she
has to. and If she has the sense she was
born with she downs him quietly when
she dares to without running the risk
70 losing her position. I've heard OF
worse employers whose attentions were
so insfstent as to bring about speedy
Office upheaval, which is as 1t should be-,
but quite another story. We began
with a mere matter Of dispositions, and
they are as nothing compared TO graver
faiiugs.
Yes, I, even La mere employe--dare
to open my mouth in criticism but
since women have got to be such a
big part of most business enterprises,
who shall deny them the right to speak?
Let me say. as wind-up, that not
withstanding their grave masculine
peculiarities, would never work for a
straight and narrow woman IL l could
work for broad-minded man.
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q large manufacturing concern wanted
q man to visit the trade. With the
confidence born OF youth, the young
man boldly applied for the job. He had
never sold anything in his life and had
not the first idea how it was TO be done.
HoEever. he kept these facts to him
self and put up so good bluff that he
was offered trial.
As might be expected. his success was
not conspicuous. but he did show quail
ties that were appreciated by the firm
and promised well for the future with
proper training. The place he was try
ing TO fill was too large for him. but
there was the possibility OF his growing
UP to it, So the manager took him
aside and had a kindly talk with him.
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and at the tail end Of a nlisspent even
ing he does the thing in an awkward
rush. il he doesn't, indeed. go away
, without doing it at all
Which among them could truthfully
declare his satisfaction with his own
effort in this direction, II asked. a year
later. 10 protest It? He has cut sorry
figure. and he knows it to his lasting
regret. for it has. he fears. given re-
soureeful woman an advantage - this
feeling that at the crucial moment
some one had blundered" so egregious-
" that she. the woman of his choice.
could have beaten him at his own game
But OF all we do hereafter. IN the
name of feminine tact and masculine
feelings, and for the sake OF his future
self-respect. let him think he did the
whole thing unaided.
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Awaiting Your Reply

WYE SAY good many things and there evidence that
NM read them all from the number of letters that come back
Now ask who mothers, you who
have mothered other wonant little and this IS
done by of the bd what think vital
subject.
What the happest time for mother Is the time when her
children helpless you life when they
rpng Was particular pride realize that
they and
It Is vital the readers of womans because
mothers keep such their chldren
welfare that they forget to take time them
Halt long enough children; take time to
yourself Sfexpon marvelously good for 1t gift
and after allowed lapse We close the she'll and
back until fatal day when would
but
After you've yourselves when been the happ with
children, short long, the that made
the and let the other mothers have the benefit of
realization
We looking for your
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His limited educa-
ton shut off many
avenues of enter
prise. Today he is
struggling along to
support his family.
He has found that
It is not possible to
earn his living with
out soiling his hands
and even his clothes.
The fault lies with
the m 0 t b e T. She
brought UP a boy
impulsive, undisci-
plined and with
wrong notions of his
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from the days OF courtship. He re-
CARDS her as his property. This is no
cynicisn. nor is it an attempt TO decry
the condition of affairs that some worn-
en- accept thankfully 1t is merely a
statement that when Rine out OF ten
men take unto their manly hearts q
wife, they add one more privilege to
their long list-that of bossing the
clinging vine.
A man who has absolutely no idea Of
dress Immediately assumes the au-
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Death, the Comforter

"HERE are a great many miseries
which nothing but death can give
4 relief to. It puts an end to the
sorrows of the afflicted and oppressed; !;
1t sets the prisoners at liberty; it dries
up the tears of the widows and father
less; 1t eases the complaints of the hun
CRY and naked; it tames the proudest
tyrants. and puts an end to all our
labors And the contemplation of IL
supports men under their present adver-
sites, especially when they have pros
pect of a better life after this.
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UT Notwithstanding that the most
* modern among women does not
~ mean to marry. she has shown re-
markable capabiity in love-maklns-
She will even, upon occasion. break
her promise TO herself. and accept
"Who does this pleasant courtins'
anyway sounds a joyial masculine
voice. Man once thought he did it. but
he is told there's been change. and
that educated woman prefers to do
everything now
There are others who fail to appre-
ciate modern progress and who still
fondly imagine that they do all OF the
worlds work even now. Courtshlp
has. been a manly Office since the be-
ginning. and why relegate 1t to weak
woman?
The delicate little thing does not al
ways wait to have these interesting
duties thrust upon her. She sees the
courting going wrong so many times
that she reaches cut helping hand.
intuitively, and grasps the opportunity
before it really has gone begging.
Women no longer walt meekly and
demurely for anything. They have
grown too used to business methods 20
"sit silent by" till man sees fit to pro-
pose in his deliberate. old-fashioned
way. She helps things along with. 1t
must be admitted, headlong speed.
Far be 1t from the writer to disclose
her secrets. She is to be excused. II
this seem unmaidenly. on grounds OF
changed conditions all along the line
Man needs help here if ever he needed
II anywhere Doesn't every woman OF
today know within her secret soul that
had 1t not been for her own judicious
wooing-her gentle encouragement-man,
in spite OF his reputed bravery. would
still be lingering on sore knees before
her. wagering on the brink of matrt-
mony. sinking in very sight of her?
Man. left to his own devices, usually
plans a campaign which doesn't work
when the time comes He finds HIM
self baffied by the unexpected in the
shape of her father or uncle. who Is
in a chatty humor. The time passes.
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What is Education !?

IkTyD U A TON" says Professor
II Huxley, is the instruction OF
AA the intellect in the laws of ma
ture. urder which name l include not
merely things and their forces. but men
and their ways; and the faShioning OF
the affections and Of the will into an
earnest and loving desire to move in
harmony with those laws. For me, ed
ucation means neither more nor less
than this Anything which processes to
call Itself education must be tried by
the test. / will not call it education,
whatever may be the force of authority.
or of numbers, upon the other side.'
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wives shall have. I
have heard wives
ordered to stop read
ing silly poetry. ("
There are many
husbands who insist
upon being asked be-
fore any little trip
can be made that
might absent Z h e
wife from the din
ner table. And num-
berless are the re-
fusals to join the
little circle of wom-
en- friends. beca use
the imperial poten-
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: WAS in his
teens when he
refused TO longer
90 to school. His
doting m o I h e ?
n a d nothing OF
consequ e n C Q TO
say. Her policy
was 10 let him do
as he pie a S e d,
His father, how
ever, in ST s [ e d
that he continue
his studies or so
TO work.
The want col
umn Of a daily
paper stated that
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; SOON as the
ring is placed on
the finger OF the
blushing, or more
truthfuny speak
ing. pale. bride.
there is a ka-
| e Id o 8 C o pi c
change OF atti-
tude and position,
and a yoke is
slipped over the
neck OF the wife.
She Is the prop
erty OF the man.
loved. OF course,
In a slig h t I y
differ e Mt way
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t h ority OF the
grand dispenser Of
clothes. and takes
unto himself the
gowning OF his wife.
Why n OF p? His
money buys 1t. He
doesn't consider the
fact that value need
not be monetary;
that his wife prob
ably works just as
strenuously as q
combination OF cook.
Iaundress. 5 c ru b
woman and nurse.
He frequently ig-
nores the fact that