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Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
IT JUST WILL GROW.

Two years ago Pemiscot county
polled but 80 Socialist votes. In
the last issue OF the PemiscOt Ar
gus, Democratic, appeared the
following:
1--WE are informed that the SO.
ciallsts had q speaking at Hayti
on last Friday night and that a
lairly good crowd was present in
the city hall. This party Is maxi
ing open challenges to both tho
oder parties. Several locals arc
being formed about the county
and they are expecting To poll a
strong vote in the county this fall
though we can not believe that
they will receive as many as they
expect"
Yes, the Socialists everywhere
invite the old party yelpers to
meet them in debate. but it Is sell
dom that one can be found who
is so foolish as to 60 up against
the real thing. They usually get
OH at a safe distance and squawk
bout "dividin up "agin religion,
want intermarriage between
blacks and whites" and So on bue
they wont toe the mark
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Socialism j. growing amazingly.
4 letter from Mississippi county
tells me that q full ticket will be
put in the field down there at the
election two years hence 4. q.
Miller was called last week to
speak at barbecue at Lilburu.
New Madrid county H was sur
prised TO find many wclI-informed
Socialists and n local with II
members at Lilburu
In scott county it begins to an-
pear a II it would be a scramb
FOR second place between the two
old parties in Noyem berthe one
coming in third not being entitled
to election officers two wears
hence
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
BREAKING Up HOMES

MRS. j. DODRIDGE PEET. WHO
was Mrs. Edward Thaw. is in Re
no. Nev. She is occupying the
sa me house Mrs william Ellis
Cory lived in three years ego
" hen she was here for her
divorce.
Mrs Peet divorced Edward
Thaw, half brother Of Harry
Thaw. in New York City, in No.
yember, 1905. Five weeks later
she married Peet. wealthy
New York clubman. whose father
left him large fortune. and now
she Is seeking a divorce from
Peet. And she wants the divorce
as quick as she can get it, for it
is rumored she intends 70 change
her name a third time. The
prospective bridegroom is said
to be a Pittsburg millionaire.
Divorce is a luxury and is evil
dent!y in the reach Of the rich
only She is paying S4.4OO Il
month rent for the house she oc-
cupieS at Reno; has "a retinue OF
servants and makes Use Of three
automobiles. Mrs. Peet has be-
come famous at Reno for her Law
ish entertainments
Mrs Peet is not a Socialist nor
iS she a member Of the Shirt
waist Makers union. She was
formerly Miss Freda March. Il
Boston and Pittsburg society
girl She was never known to do
a useful thing in her life.
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
HIS BREAD AND BUTTER.

|
From the Milwaukee Herald.
The other. day the mayor oi
New York city was shot and dang
erously wounded. 1t was a tlast.
ardly attempt at murder for
which there Is no possible excuse
Mayor Gaynor was the best
mayor New York has had in
many years. He was trying to do
his duty. Probably that was the
reason he was shot. II is amusing
the lessons some of the newspa-
pers are trying to draw from the
crime.
One says that people should not
be permitted to carry revolvers.
evidently overlooking the fact
that the knife could be just as ef-
fectively used.
Another cruelty tries to saddle
the blame for the shooting upon
the working women. who are
now on strike in New York city.
And 80 they go each and all over
looking the important lesson Of
the incident.
The great lesson to be learned
frOom the incident is found in the
words Of the assassin. He took
my bread and butrer!" They io
not justify the deed but they
should cause us to think.
Do YOU know. there is some
thing cold-blooded and cruel in
the way in which, throughout the
bushes. world. men are being
constantly deprived of their
bread and butter. The thing is so
cOmmon--we are SO used to it.
that it does not shock us as it
should.
When a man is deprived Of the
means Of procuring a living
"loOses his job" his bread and
butter is taken from him. Yet
millions Of them every year are
dropped without a thought as to
VII ther they can get another job
or not-whether they can buy "A
meal, or not. II must be SO. as
long as we do business under the
present system No man or firm
doing business for profit can nf-
ford to keep q man on the pay
rol! unless they have work for
him-unie>> they can make his
work profta Bile.
II they have nothing for him TO
do they must let him 70.
He may be starving in "A week.
but that makes no difference
He may have a wife and small
children dependent upon him
that makes no difference. they
can >tarve too
II firm has horses that they
no longer need in their business.
they are obliged to keep them
and feed them until they can sell
them TO someone else who will
feed them and Use them.
But a man. he may go 70 the
dogs, On. the cruelty OF it. But.
it IS the fault Of the iGen. Things
need not be -.
We have the remedy in our OWL
hands. 1t is not bullets but bal
lots When We learn To get to-
gether, when We learn. what we
want and then go for it with our
votes. we can have what we
want
We can then have our bread
and butter in our own hands, and
no one can take it away. as long
as We do our share of the work of
winning it, and the earth brings
forth in bundance.
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
SPEECH BY DERS

1t does not matter that the Gre
ator has sOwn with stars the
fields Of ether and decked the
earth with countless beauties for
mans enjoyment. 1t does not
matter that air and ocean TEEN
with the wonders of innumerabie
forms OF life to challenge man,
admiratio and investigation. 1t
does not matter that nature
spreads forth all her scenes of
beauty and giadne>s and pour>
fol tn the melodies of her myriad
tongued voices for mans deiec-
tatiOn. II liberty is ostracized
and eXiled, man IS slave. AMI the
world rolls in space and whirls
around the sun a Eilded prison. a
dOmed dungeon. and. though
painted in al the enchanting hues
that infinite art could command,
it must still stand forth a blotch
amidst the shining spheres Of the
sidereal heavens. and those who
Gull from the vocabularies of ma
tiOns. living or dead, their flash
trOphize liberty, no matter by
what subtle art the deed is done.
the spinal cord OF humanity is
sundered and the world is paraly-
zed by the indeScribable crime.
Strike the fetters from the slave,
give him liberty and he becomes
an inhabitant Of a new world.
He looks abroad and beholds life
and JOY in all things around him
His soul expands beyond all
boundaries. Emancipa ted by the
genius Of liberty. he aspires to
communion with all that is noble
and beautiful. and feels himself
allied to all higher order of intel
ligences. and walks abroad, re-
deemed from animaliSm. ignor-
ance and superstition, a new be-
ing throbbing with glorious life"
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
HOBOES HOLD COURT.

you're fined.' said two St.
Louis foot-pads to their victim as
they held him up and took his
money. They found $685. and re-
turned the IS cents saying,"your
fine Is only SO; You may need tho
IS cents"
How very realistic-iust like a
capitalist court. A poor man 10
yanked up on any sort OF q
charge and his money. II he has
any, taken from him by the Off.
Gers who divide 1t among them
selves as "fees". But the olficers
are not as c0nsiderate a. these
hoboes were. They don't hand
back any change that they might
keep. 4,
And there 4 Just about q much
Justice In the hoboes method -
n the capitalist method Ct -
leiving people q 4Aeir mooa1. ~
tAct. the hoboeo borroy11 fAe1r
method from 0Apttaliet eoae
aud It = . RAJ ROOD -, ~
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nD& mAlrD ~ 19'MH6 ~ soe
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Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
WHAT Is HAPPENING

On press day last week, VIM
Oliver. the Oran merchant. tele-
phoned for a half page of space
in the Kicker. 1t was impossible
to give him what he wanted. but
by crowding out cOnsiderab able
news matter I managed to give
him a quarter page. Among the
ma tier crowded out was a report
Of 4. Q. Millers meetings at limo
and Edna. At limo he had a fair
crowd that gave good attention.
At Edna. owing to show at Ill
mo at the same time. the crowd
was compare lively small. but
very attentive. He sold 81 books
and it Is the literature that we
want to get among the people.
They can learn more by reading
than by listening to speakers.
The triumph Of the season was
successful meeting at New Ham
burg Saturday night-the first
ever held there. It is a difficult
matter to reach Catholics with
Socialism. From boyhood they
are prejudiced against it and are
taught by their priests and teach
ers that 1t is a product OF the
Devil. They are warned not to
read the litera ture nor listen to
the speakers. But when they do
get their eyes open they make
the very best OF Socialists. The
strongest Catholic wards in Mil
waukee elected Socialist aldermen
in spite OF their priests.
Twas not at the New Hamburg
meeting. Mr.. Miller reported a
bout so voters present. r. NJ. Tir
menstein, our postmaster, was
there. He reported 80 or co..
A special invitation was sent to
Father MOenfg to come out and
listen-and ask questions. But he
was too busy to come. DR.. Schind
Ter met the speaker before the
meeting and told him he had sew
eral questions laid up for him.
"All right" answered Miller.
Miller spoke for more than an
hour and was given good atten-
ton. Then he paused for ques-
tiOns, but none were asked. DR..
SCHNEIDER and eight others bought
books.
At Chewnings Chapel, Sunday
afternoon, there was q good
crowd-abOut 60 men and women
who listened to Miller. Five
books were sold.
From now until November Mr..
Miller will deliver four lectures a
week-Thursday, Friday. Satur-
day and Sunday. for we believe In
doing good ON Sunday az well as
on other days. Beginning about
the first Of October G. n. Weaver,
the Socialist nominee for repre-
sentative. will begin q lecture
tour thru the county Both have
challenged their opponents on
the capitalist tickets TO debate.
90 far none have accepted.
Il the Old party politicians re-
fuse 10 meet the Socialists In de-
bate, then what must the people
thinkf
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
SOCIALISM AND WAR.
J.M.WOrk in DesNfOines Register

/ J.M.Work in DesMoines Register
4 In q recent editorial you quote
Victor L. Berger's interview a.
bout the Socialists preventing q
war. and YOU say the Socialist,
theory on the subject is very log.
ical. only they have no base for
their fulcrum.
Don't you worry about the base
for our fulcrum.
| When Norway declared herself
independent OF Sweden. the capi.
talists OF Sweden wanted by force
OF arms to compel Norway to
come back into the alliance. be-
cause the two nations combined
could exercise more power in for
eign affairs; that Is, in the gain
ing and retaining Of foreign mar
kets and opportunities for invest
ment.
But vast numbers OF the work.
ingmen OF Sweden are Socialists.
They declared that they would
refuse to fight against their
brother workingmen in Norway
just to help capitalists of the two
countries. And you know the cap
italists never fight battles them
selves. They always stay at
home and rake in the shekels
while the workingmen shed each
others blood. So. when the work
ingmen refused to kill each other
the war project was abandoned.
This Is one case where the SOcia.
lists have already prevented a
bloody war.
How is that for a base for our
fulcrum Mr.. Editor?
When Germany and France
were about to rush to arms over
Morocco. the German and French
Socialists realized that 1t was
merely a squabble between the
capitalists OF the two countries
over their investments and mar.
kets in Morocco. They therefore
declared that the workingmen of
the two countries had no quarrel
with each other and would not
shoot each other. And the war
was called Off That is another
case where the Socialists have
already prevented bloody war
Again. l say. how is that for a
base for our fulcrum. Mr.. Editor?
When there is any occasion to
fight for freedom. we Socialists
will be In the vanguard.
But nearly all modern wars are
fought simply for the purpose of
gaining and retaining foreign
markets and opportunities for in
,estment. In other words. they
are fought for the benifit OF the
capitalists.
We Socialists will prevent such
wars while we are in the minor
ity whenever we can. as we did IN
the two cases above cited.
And when we get in a ma ajority
we will prevent war altogether.
True patriotism takes In the
whole world. 4 man whose pat
riotism stops with the boundar-
les Of his own country is only an
embryo patriot. He is unde-
veloped.
We love our country
But we also love the whole hui
man race.
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
PUSHED TO DESPERATION

rom ttle tleNelanu Cltl2en.
From Germany comes the news
that a daily paper with a capi-
talization of one million dollars
is to be started immedia tely. its
a'owcd object being TO combat
Socialism, which, it is feared, Will
sweep the empire in the coming
election Behind the venture is
Prince Won Fuerstenberg, a mill
lionaiIe crony Of the Kaiser, who
is said to be deeply Interested in
the success OF the publication.
The annual expense e the organ
is estimated at S4oO.OOO and all
the great capitalistic interests
Of the country have promised
generous support in the way OF
advertisements. A similar news
paper "dreadnaught" was started
in 1908 by Wilhelm and members
Of his class, but it suspended pub
lication on election day when the
Socialists ran their vote up to
over 100000. This repetition
OF played-out scheme pleases
the Socialists immensely. They
declare that the opposition will
materially aid rather than re-
tard their movement.
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
er some
MILWAUKEE, MAKING GO)D.


After four months OF Socia!is
administration it is pertinent to
ask what the opinion Of the sit
uation in general is,
We met q Milwaukee man the
other day who Is not million
aire, but who has a good business
and a comfortable living.
We asked him: "If you had a
chance tomorrow to vote for
municipal officers. would you
vote for Socialists?'
He answered: II am a Repub-
lican and do not believe in the So
cialist philosophy. but if an cleo
ton came off tomorrow I would
vote the Socialist ticket"
We have talked with ministers
and lawyers and teachers. They
all speak in the same way
We have talked with wage ear
ners and workers in different
trades. and they are unanimous
in their verdict.
We have talked with John l.
Beggs. the street car king. but
he has no use for the socialists.
The demand that he clean the
cars; that he have lifting-jacks
to get the cars off Of the people
when run over; that he give uni
versal transfers, and that he
give such service as a civilized
people should have, does not suit
him.
Some big corporations do not
like the Socialists. Socialists de-
mand too much for the people.
And the people like them.
Now it Ia evident that the Soci-
alists have not as vet ushered in
the cooperative commonwealth
They never intended to do that in
one day.
But they have collected money
from corporations that the other
parties had neglected.
They have decreased the death
rate from typhoid fever from %
in the month OF April to seven in
the month OF July.
They have plated parks and
started to get more breathing
space for the workers.
They have secured several thou
sand acres Of land and are now
preparing to build homes Tor the
working people.
They have refused to grant
franchises that are not entirely
in favor OF the workers.
They have done enough to show
that thQv are on the road tn cOl.
lective ownership OF all the indus
tries.
state laws will have to be chan
ged to give them full sway. Ma
tional laws must be modified.
But Milwaukee is sending q big
delegation TO Madison and will
send at least two representatives
TO Warrington.
Milwaukee 10 making good.
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
CLOAK MAKERS WIN STRIKE +

New tpIh. sept. o.
Scenes " rejoicing unequaled in
the history of the East Side were
witnessed today as the 10000
clOak-maker>, who have been
on strike for nine weeks. prepar-
Ell to return to work after having
secured one Of the most nota bic
victories in the history Of organ
lied la bor
Yesterday all We're in the
depths Of dependency. facing
hunger and eviction, but de>per-
ately determined to contest to
the end for the right to labor un-
der sanitary conditions, avera re
hours. a living wage and recog-
nitiOn of their union Today, in
most OF the factories deserted
for 63 days. there was heard the
whirr of machinery and the chat
ter and laughter of workers.
In the crowded tenements the
aged and infirm dependents and
the very young children unable
to work. We're as cheerful as their
parents. brothers and sisters.
who We're back at work.
The end of the strike came sud-
denly. following a conference at
which the operators conceded
nearly all the union demands
On the question Of recognition Of
the union-the rock upon which
settlement propositions have been
wrecked in the pasta cOmprom-
ize satisfactory to the union was
reached. The employers agreed
that in hiring help, preference
should be given union members.
A 9-hour work day. with a Sat-
urday half holiday. wage-rate
ranging from SO to S25 week.
with higher wages for piece
workers, power to operate the
machines: a sanitary board and
an arbitration commission are a.
mOng the concessions.
The end OF the strike came OPP
portunely. The strikers are rescu
ed from starvation, and the en-
plOyers will save nearly all their
contracts. The strikers have lost
81 500, 900 a week for nine weeks
and the manufacturers many
times as much. Although bankers
business men and real estate bro
kers admit 1t will take months
for conditions to become normal,
the arbitration agreement prom
ises peace for years to come.
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
THIS IS SUFFICIENT

FROM the lndutrial Era.
We have repeatedly warned
capitalists Of the unfair, union.
hating type that they are pursu.
ing q suicidal course. We have
told them that the American
workingmen will not stand for
the brutality and inhumanity
that is being meted out to them
All the signs Of the times indi-
cate a widespread. restless
spirit Of revolt against the TYR
amy imposed upon them. Protest
Is now taking definite shape. If
capitalism will not tote fair
with the wealth producers. then
capitalism must be forced aside
and some other custom must be
introduced. This is fast becoming
the general temper Of the work.
erS.
4 very big straw was flOa ted in
that direction when the Chica 20
Fedora ton Of Labor unanimously
indOrsed the Chicago Socialist. a
daily organ Of the Socialist party
at the last meeting Of that body
such Endorsement from that large
and influential la Dor organization
can but mean much.
1t has not been long since New
York Typographical union numb
ering more than 5000 educated
end conservative trades unionist.
voted large donation. about
$1,000, to sustain The Call, all
other Socialist daily
The bitter and senSeless war
that has afOretime ragged be-
tween the trades unionists ard
the Socialists has ceased. and a
cooperative understanding has
been reached. Not only that, but
the farmers are beginnin, to
study the question from a Socia-
list point Of view. And SO soon as
the sc :hree mighty forces unite.
capitalism will be standing face
to face with its doom.
Why will capitalism not make
friends Of organized labor wn4le
it may? l. it the hand oi God lead
ing the Pharaoh, OF greed into
the Red sea Of doom and the child
rem Of bondage into the land Of
PROMISE
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10

Yes, yes, I understa nd-tile miss
ing limbs are the price you have
paid for all the wealth. True, ar
awful price!
But take cheer. Now you car
rejoice In your crea ton. Rejoice
and enjoy what you have made
Rest your aching body and ap.
pease the gnawing hunger. Let
the tOnics instill you with new
life. Reach out your hand and
take what YOU need-what you
have made.
You hesitate. You do not take
You say you cannot? WHY?
You reply: 1T IS NOT MINE"
You toll and labor and what
YOU make is not YOURS?
You weave fabrics and Others
wear them? You gather fruit and
Others eat them? Your own flesh
and blood living in want?-
WORKER! are you insane!!! Nc
bird, no beast would do that
WHY SHOULD YOU?
All. now I see. You are civilized.
Some must work that others may
dissipate. Some must be MANNED
that others may grow athletes.
Some die that others may live.
Shame upon such civilization!
But I give YOU a new creed:
"YOU SHALL NOT WANT IF
YOU TOLL Between you and
your product there Is a deep sea
Of tradition, superstition. false
hood, brutality. greed, perfidy
and YOUR OWN IGNORANCE.
Through the ages this mass has
been added to by the Judas priest
and corrupt levite; by the DOM
ineering monarch and brutal
nobleman; by the debauched leg
islator and the servile Judge; by
the greedy wage master and
your own ignorance.
But YOU need not despair. you
dare not despair. You who have
the power to create. have also
the power to possess. You are the
maker, YOU shall also be the own
er. That deep sea YOU must drain
Not by means Of violence or de-
spair. But by your own labors
can this be done. THE WORK
Err MUST FREE HIMSELF.
And though YOU may tire and
your back ache; though your TEN
pies thrOb and your frame be
shaken with the fever Of eXha us
tion-yOu cannot stop. You must
press foward-ONWARD. For
there Is no rest for you-not yet.
Not six or eight hours will do
it ; fourteen. sixteen. eighteen out
OF every twenty-fOur. The enemy
is powerful, crafty. resourceful
Perseverance will overcome him
Do YOU threaten to break down
Look through the mists, There l
can see the banner Of your free
dom. l can scent the morning air.
The dawn Is breaking. Soon the
sun will rise. Then we can see
better.
This Is my message OF cheer.
Only a little while longer. Then
will end the long, long night Of
ages OF suppression. Over the
deep the mists will melt in tn.
morning sun. Day break will
come in the burst Of glory. That
will be the realization of your
dres ms. That will be the answer
to your prayers.
WORKER, THAT WILL BE
WHAT YOU HAVE WORKED
FOR THROUGH ALL THE LONG
DREARY AGES. Labor Day-LA-
BORIS DAY.
Scott County kicker., 1910-09-10
MORGAN-BOSS OF THE U. s.
From LaFollette's Magazine.

From LaFollette's Magazine.
Thirty years ago Judge David
Davis, with prophetic foresight
expressed fear that this
country would fall under the con.
troll of great combinations OF
wealth. and that this rule OF the
Many by the Few would bring a.
bout a crisis even greater than
shat OF the Civil War. Judge Da-
Wis was one time president OF the
senate, and was one OF the ablest
men who ever sat ON the Supreme
Bench. He said:
"The rapid growth OF corpor-
ate power and the malign inilu-
ence which 1t Is beginning to ex-
.ert on the national and state leg
islatules, Ia q well-grounded
.caus. Of q Arm. A struggle 10 com
iAg in the future between the
.over-grown power on the one
hand and the people, in an unorga
inized condition, on the other, for
uhe control Of the government.
IT will be watched by every pa
triot with intense anxiety. This
6 npndition OF things Is truly a.
lsxning, for unless 1t be changed
/. free institutions are doomed to
/. % skbverted by an oligarchy rest
ing upon a basis OF money and OF
corporate power"
What Davis ioresaw has come
St> 1,aw. Corporations, bound to-
0ether In a few great combine
tons, are STILL enthroned. Cor
,nuption-amazing cOrruption--ts
found In high places. The money
mower holds absolute sway over
Al the nations affairs. The
struggle u at hand.
The Crisis OF the Sixties was
.seftled by bullets. The Crisis OF
1910 viii be settled by ballots.
And In the present crisis, no less
1!han IN the one OF Llnc0ln's time,
r involved the fate OF the repub-
. 1ic. It = THE peoples war against
xfhe Money Power.
!. what = the money power ol
which Davis spokef Has 1t grown
,noWerfW enough 70 menace our
free institutions? A clear and con
I yincing answer TO this question
-wul help In winning the peopIe'a
likht. For the oeen enemy u
.@oss easily vaRauished than the
Linco,n steifens b answering
sth1 Qusstion Tor tho people Of ths
+ r .