Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-10-13
PAID ADVERTISEMENT.


Try have within the last year rendered
decision after decision depriving the
WORKERS OF rights which they nau won
py generations OF strug gle.
Inc attempt. TO destroy the Western
Federation. or Miners. although defeated
py the solidarity of organized labor and
the SOCIALIST movement revealed the ex-
l lsna Of a lar-reaehing and unscrupu-
against the organizations of labor.
! tb IN Their efforts to take the lives of
ators violated the state laws ana the
federal constitution in a manner seldom
~ dominated by the profit seeking class
as is the United States.
labor as plainly and Enthusiastically as
na : she other branches OF government.
lions nave continually petitioned have
faiied TO pass. Laws ostensibly enacted
torted against labor.
Inc WORKING class of the United Stat
es cannot expect any remedy for it's
wrongs from the dominant parties So
long as a small number Of individuals
hpe peimitted to control the sources OF
y In competition with each orner and for
the exploitation OF their felowmen in
al certain intervals. No currency re-
form or other legislative measure pro-
against these fatal results of utter an
archy in production.
Individual competition leads inevitably
TO combinations and trusts. No amount
OF government regulation. or of publicity
or OF restrictive legislation. will arrest
development.
While our courts. legislatures and ex-
t eba.,vG Offices remain n The hands of
government Win be used N the inter-
toiiers. -
Political parties are but tne expression
OF economic class interests. The tcpub-
lican and Democratic and the so-called
Independence" parties, AMI ali parties
other than the Socialist party. are fin
aneed, directed and eontr lied by the
the ruling class.
In the maintenance of class government
both the Democratic and Republican par
Ties have been equally guilty. The Re-
publican party has had control Of the
national government and has been di-
rectly ana actively responsible for these
wrongs The. Democratic party while
saH,ea from direct responsibility by. its
equally subservient to the aims OF the
capitalist class whenever and wher-
chattel slave owning aristocracy of the
South, which was the backbone of the
by a child slave plutocracy In the great
party Is allied, with the criminal eie-
party IS allied with the predatory Grim
mails of the palace. in maintaing the in
terest of the possessing class.
The various reform" movements ana
parties which nave sprung up withia
sion of widespread popula. disconten
They are not based on an intelligelt
understanding OF the historical develop
ment OF civilization and OF the econom C
and political needs of our time. They
are bound to perish as the numerous
past have persisted.
PROGRAM.
AS measures calculated to strengthen
the WORKING class IN It's fight for lte
realization of this ultimate aim, and 10
increase its power OF resistance agail 1T
capitalist OPPRESSION. we advocate aud
pledge ourselves and our elected otfic4 rs
TO the following program:
General Demands.
1. The immediate government relief
Tor the unemployed workers by buildi lg
schools, by. reforesting of cuI-over aid
waste lands, BY. reclamation of aid
extending all other useful public works.
All persons employed on such works
shall be employed directly by the gov
rnment under an eight-hour work day
and at the prevailing union wages. The
government shall also loan money to
est Tor the purpose OF carrying on pub
lie works. II shall contribute to the
funds OF labor organizations for the pur-
pose of assisting their unemployed menu
bers. and. shall take such other meas
ures within its power as will lessen the
widespread misery of the workers caused
by the misrule OF the capitalist class.
g. The, collective ownership of rail
toSaSt - 80
lines and all other means of social tram
sportation and communication. Of all land.
All private titles, whether called fee
simple or otherwise. are and must be
subordinate to the puniie title; the Social,
ing used for the purpose OF exploitation
and speculation. 1t demands the %collec-
tive possession. control or management
of land to whatever extent NAV be
necessary to attain that end. 1t is not
opposed to the occupation and nosSeSlon
OF land bX those using 1t III a useful
and bona-fide manner without exploita-
ton.
8. The collective ownership of all in
dustries which are organized on a ma
tional scale and in which competition
has VII u ceased to exist.
4. The extension of the public domain
to include mines ,quarrles. oil wells. Tor
5. The Scientific Refreshing of timber
lands. The land SO reforested or re-
a part of the public domain.
6. The absolute freedom of press,
speech and assemblage.
Industrial Demands.
T.. The Improvement of the industrial
condition OF the workers:
Ia By shortening the workday. in
keeping with the increased productive
1b) BY securing to every worker a
rest period of not less than a day and
lc) BY securing a more effective in
spection of workshops and factories.
tdl BY forbidding the employment of
children under sixteen years of age.
(e) BY forbidding the interstate tran
sportatlon OF the products OF child la
Dor. of convict labor and of all unin-
sspected factories.
10 BY abolishing official charity and
substituting in its place compulsory In
surance against unemployment illness.
accidents, invalidism, old age and death.
Political Demands.
s. The extension of inheritance tax
es graduated in proportion to the
ness of kin.
8. A graduated infSpne tax.
10. Unrestricted and equal suffrage
for men and women, and we pledge our
selves to engage in an active campaign
in that direction.
IL. The initiative and referend am,
proportional representation and the right
OF annnIl