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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-30
COMMUNICATED.

Editor The Labor Argus:
l will once more try to write Il few
words of encouragement to the brothers
IN the surrounding county, are get
ting along very nicely at present, though
we had Il little difficulty here the other
day, one of our brothers came out of
the mine and claimed his turn, he told
the boss he wanted what was due him
and the boss flew mad and began to
swear and rave like a mad man and
finally hit the brot err, then the joke
came which the picture explains. Am
glad to say the brother is now at work
and did not have to except Il discharge
which the boss tried to force on him.
wish to tell the brothers we had II fine
time here Saturday night the socialists
gave Il supper which did not cost any
thing but we came out very nice finance
ally. Everybody enjoyed themselves,
Bro. S. G. Rigg and w. c. England were
the walters and they were with the goods
May the good work go on and the broth
ers awaken to their duty as voting men.
Help and assist each other to do all you
can to help the right move anlong and
Ill Il few years you will not regret your
action.
Hoping this will be benefit to some
one | will ring Off to come again
ID
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-30

church has the right TO dictate policy
for its guidance, because the church is
purely voluntary organization If the
church infrenges upon the rights and at
tempts TO restrict the liberties of others,
tnen those injured have a right TO fight
the church in its operations. But the
church as such has the privilege to map
out its own social program as it maps
out its own religious program, and to do
precisely as it pieases, proyided-as es-
program does not injure
anybody else.
However, those Unidentified with the
general purpose of the organization have
the privilege to suggest to the church the
policies which should be pursued in con-
nection with its general program. 1t
is logical to assume, then, that if work
ingmeu desire TO have the church come
out even more strongly in behalf of the
things for which labor stands, they have
it in their power to say just what the
church shall do. They can make the
church whatever they choose
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-30
(By Robert Hunter.)

Not long ago the United States senate
and Labor at Washington to investigate
conditions at the plant of the Bethlehem
Steel Company.
This plant is owned by Charles NJ
Schwab and his men were on strike.
The commissioner of labor was sent to
South Bethlehem to investigate conditions
and he found them fashioned after those
of Russia.
1t seems that the United States govern
ment is very friendly to Charles NJ
Schwab.
1t gives him great many millions
every year for making battleships to
fight the foreigners, and Charles is such
an active patriot that he hires all the
Foreigners he can and grinds their very
lives out.
And Charles is ear. If he had the
chance he could give Nicholas cards and
spades and beat him at the job.
Read the report of the commissioner of
labor on the Bethlehem works. / say
read the report!
wei, you tstH dO lIidt DectuSe lne
United States government has SUP
PRESSED 1T. You can't get it any
more!
The government evidently doesn t quite
want to let the American people know
how its battleships are made. 1t might
seem something of a joke!
But the fact is, the workers under
Schwnb are working like slaves and the
government pays Schwab millions of dol
lars for driving those slaves to make guns
to protect g their country.
1t is a funny business and the govern
ment has decided the people had better
not know anything about it.
The resolution which demanded the in
vestigation at South Bethlehem was in
PRODUCED into the senate by the Honorable
Robert l.. Owen of Oklahoma
| wrote to ask for the report and he
sent the letter to the committee on
railroads and the committee on railroa DIS
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-30
WHY NOT CAPTURE
CHURCH FOR LABOR?
BY the Rev. Charles Stelzlc

In capturing fort of the command
er $ aim is to get the men inside rather
than to continue the bombardment from
"lthout This is II principle which ap-
plies to every kind Of warfare, and it is
good strategy in any case
In the battle i'll which organized labor
rs now engaged, ii needs all the fort
resses that it can command | u,estior
whether any power could be prcatcr in
peh'ih or workingmen than the church :;
out what the church needs is intelligent
and honest direction. There is 4 latent
power i'll the church which is rcodv to
cooperate IN a program which will mean
great things for the workers. The ones
ton IS, how shall the workiny1ucu avail
themselves of this power: They certain
~ cannot do it by bombardinu the
church from without. When a man or
an institution is assaulted, the natural
Inclination is to fight back 1t .hould he
the ann of labor not to raise autoponism
within the church against labor. but to
enlist ITS sympathy and cooperation. #
Is not question of winning in an ars,1-
meht, but one of winning the church
There is no institution which may no
more easily captured than the church.
ior II is democraticaIly organized and
the Will of the ma. iority rules. If is
SIMPLY impossible for a modern church
TO be controlled by any one man or any
set OF men. In the church. the voice of
the people is the voice of God II 6
logical, therefore. that if labor is 70
capture this great force. the thing for
the workingman TO do is TO became in.
aehtlhed with the church as in institu.
ton
mere are some workingmen who. be
coming impatient with the church in the
matter or social REFORM have coma ont
sue 70 work out their plans. and usually
'"'se impatient ones have assumed the
position OF dletators to the church after
,"eE nave left it. They seek to yvhin
N'o me the men and women whom they
profess I" scorn. They seem to FORGET
'''' III leaving the institution they for.
'e''e" All right to demand Of the church
those measures for which thsv .h
sunni; Tor no man outside of .he
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-30
JUST SMILE AND LET IT GO

When the fates hit hard and you seem to
feel
That life S but cruel prod of steel,
And your friends just nod as they quick
ly pass,
And you realize you re in the has, been
class; &
When the skies are dark, and you re sad
and blue,
And pretty near broke in your pocket,
too,
There's no use to peddle your tale OF
Just smile bit, and let things go.
The deal of fate somewhere $ sure to
lodge
It's the one dark cloud that you cannot
dodge.
Like an arrow aimed, SO swift and true,
You II get it sure if it's meant for YOU
So what s the use of the tear and sigh,
You have to live It'll it s time to die;
Then just cheer up bit,l the wild
wids blow
Wear happy smile, and let her go
DID YOU EVER STOP TO THINK
That the crouch is curse7
That smile is worth a hundred
frowns7
That you are going to be dead long
timer
That you will only go through life
once7
That charity begins at home, but
shouldn t stay there7
That love is the axe grease of the
earth7
That the "good fellow is always
broke2
That experience is a costly school, but
you never forget its lessons3
That the knocker is the enemy of
himself and everybody elsel
That politeness costs you nothing and
gets you a great deal?
That a kind word is like ray of sun.
shine2
That life is joke, and it s on youa
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-30
THIS IS SOCIALIST
YEAR SAYS RUSSELL
A Well Known Magazine Writer
and Gubertoria1 Candidate of N.
York to Buckle Down to Cam
paign Work.

Charles Edward Russell, Socialist can
didate for Governor of New York, writ
ing in the Daily Socialist, says:
~ think this is the Socialist year in
America. There is every reason for the
greatest encouragement. The rapid raise
in the cost of living, the multiplying
signs of the physical collapse of the cap
italistic system, the growing discoptent
with the two old parties are plain indi-
cations that our time is at hand. The
results of capitalism now too appar-
ent for the present system to last. In
public affairs there is widespread cor
ruption, because this system tempts men
to be dishonest. In the ordinary affairs
of life, in business and industry capital
ism is failing source of supply of
the things men need. The conditions in
America by which the cost of every neces-
sary is artiicially enhanced for the bene-
fit of few fortunate multmillionaires,
while the incomes of the toilers do not
Increase, are becoming clear to every
man who thinks l hear this on all sides
from all classes of men, except the few
that profit by these conditions.
Foreign observers look with amaze
ment upon the speed with which we are
travelling down hill, and see clearly the
smash at hand, unless these tendencies
are checked. Neither the Republican nor
the Democratic party offers the slightest
remedy.
The one hope is Socialism, which
would introduce economic sanity and save
us from the results of the capitalism run
mad that has practically abolished the
republic and set up government by cor
porations in its place.
No one that knows the American
people can believe for n moment that
these conditions can last, and no one that
understands basic economic principles
fails to see that the only cure is to sub
stitute the interests and welfare of the
community for the interests and welfare
of the handful of men that now rule
America.
All these influences are working to.
Sether for our cause, which never began
to look so bright as it looks now
In New York the party is united and
organized and ready for the best cam.
paign we have ever put up. ! think there
will be a Socialist vote this fall that will
indicate the sure drift of the American
workingmen to the only policy that will
bring about his redemption from indus
trial serfdom
didn t look for the nomination in
Ne" York and never expected it, but
having been chosen by the comrades
propose to put into the fight all the steam
| have
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-30

WORKERS

With the beginning of the worker s
day i'll the morning, il vast army of
young girls enter upon long hours of
hard and often ill-paid toll.
Forty thousand young women. makers
OF shirt waists in New York maintained
last winter one of the most obstinate
strikes record in order to gain some
improvement of the frightful conditions
incidental to their work. These condi-
lions had to do with the places provided
for them, places unfit for the housing of
cattle, and with the injustice which re
duced their wages to the minimum, by
fines and exactions.
10 watch the progress of that strike
was to have one s eyes opened to the
helplessness of woman as Il competitor in
the labor market when she has no voice
IN the making of the laws affecting her.
The answer may be made that When lueu
strike for similar reasons they ncur sim
liar hardships at the hands of those who
oppose them.
1t could not be made, however, with
truth. The brutality Of the police and
the snap Judgments of the magistrates
before whom many of the girls were
dragged on the complaint Of their EN-
ploycrs would not have been shown to
men of their class. 1t was safe to tram
pie on the poor working woman; she had
no redress.
Whether or not the woman who is
safely sheltered in home of ease and
comfort needs the perfection of the bal
lot box. it is certainly becoming clear to
many of us that her shaving sister should
have this shield
There is not an article of dress worn
by men or women ut this time which NAV
not owe some part Of its production to
Il woman s hands. There are few articles
OF food on our tables now that we have
great industries for canning and prescrv-
ing cereals. fruits and vegetables. once
prepared at home, in which women are
not engaged.
MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-30


We desire to call the attention of
our readers TO our advertising col
umns- If they will patronize our
advertisers they will help unionism.
and that is the object of this paper.
If we can help the trade of an ad.
Hertiser we will have conclusive proof
OF the value of the union man 8
friendship Tell your merchant that
Eou saw his ad- in The Labor Argus.
or II you didn t see it, call his at
tention to this paper. Don't be
afraid to help your labor paper along
little. 1t is trying to help you.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-30

The new Spanish national Legislature
has five Republicans and one Socialist
member
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-06-30

Attend your union meetings regularly
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11
Los Angeles, the World Beater

ny American cities popua
department the count
position reve in it. While many
francaly demanding recount Los Angeles
car aTordo
population shown by the
recount for
thousands
possibly, probably would push
Washington Angeles the past decade shot
satisfied with her
the
little with
call the Angeles spirit
appreciated by
had in 1900 added
almost
Louns total than all
a
MORE THAN THE COMBINED
Birmingham and Worth
Nash
than Schenectady
them is
metropolis Coming
swelling like bufrogs the
and
phegmatic
affected
Allegheny, which with Ptsbug
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11
AN AGED VEGETARIAN

Editor Herald: 1 read with a good
deal of interest the other day an ar
ticle on 1.-THE Foods We Eat Where
[ differ from the writer is on this,
that he appears to think certain
amount of animal food is necessary to
our proper sustenance, while | do not,
for have been strict vegetarian for
forty years and am now in excellent
health at the age of four score.
1t is certainly true that in my case
the eating of dead flesh is not requis-
ite to sustain both mental and bodily
vigor in a normal condition; for at
40, when 1 was indulging in the usual
amount of animal food, 1 was in del
icate health, whereas now, in my ex-
treme age, | am what would be called
"a well preserved" old fellow. L can
walk any pleasant day distance of
four miles without feeling any fatigue,
and so far as l can judge my mind
is now about as clear as ever and my
nerves as strong.
OF course I vary my diet of, eggs.
vegetables and bread from day to day
and generally eat at least two large
ripe apples. for I consider them very
valuable brain food, and l eat all the
seasonable fruit that comes into the
market. Now, do you not think that
from my experience of forty years
have reason to believe that we can
sustain vigorous health without par
taking of any animal food at all?
AN OLD VEGETARIAN.
Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11

Of ohstructing, and if possible de-
feating. the race track bill will never
be known while Mr.. Wallace is serv-
ing the term to which his fellow citi-
zens have just elected him. The COM
parison between the record which he
will make and. that made by his pre-
decessor in all these matters will be
something to inspire the lovers of de-
cent government with profound graf
itude to an overruling Providence for
the change which has come over the
political conditions in this state since
the last gubernatorial election.
The city of Los Angeles may con-
slider herself fortunate that she has
such citizenship as will permit of her
offering for the suffrages of the people
of the state two men who so fully rep
resent everything that good citizenship
should be as do Mr.. Wallace and his
opponent on the Democratic ticket
whom he defeated.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11

nails. And we say again that this sup
port should not be charged up against
Mr.. Bell. For the last four years OF
his political career in this state he has
done everything that he possibly could
by unreservedly condemning Hearst
and his yellows. to forever relieve him
self of the incubus of their support,
but nothing of this sort has any eff
feet upon Hearst, who lives and moves
and has his being for the purpose OF
gratifying his own abnormal love OF
notoriety or of serving the interests
to which he apparently sold himself
when, as the New York World charged,
in 1908 he found it necessary to accept
financial assistance from Mr.. Hartman
and his associates for which he un-
doubtedly abrogated his right to in
dependent action in the politics of Cali
fornia from that time on.
The results both in New York and
California show very conclusively that
while Mr.. Hearst and his yellow jour
nails have achieved such a character as
to utterly deprive them Of the power
of doing good in politics, they have,
like other malign influences that men
are called upon to deal with in life,
a great power for evil.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11
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in a
ACTUALLY
OF
thing before by
in the
lone n a
building all
probable that Los Angeles
building for
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cities the country had increased their bank cng Los An
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Of
residence enjoy sunshine flowers
the actual population of the city is today
it
the disappointed cities that
live the borders of Los
o
Observers to preemnent America other is the
communicative cro0dng the inhabitants
nigh the air
a
population
with in
the the harbo federal
governments
productions with populations the finish the worlds
supply million
expenditure $2OOOOOO
suburban railroads. other
pending hat every rsuht recount for
all
million population the territory is
proposed to supply with
Wy
to Los
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11
A DIFFERENT LIEUTEN-
ANT GOVERNOR

T HE HERALD congratulates its
fellow townsman, a. j. Wallace,
4 upon the successful race which
he made for lieutenant governor of
the state. A great many of the po-
litical wiseacres held that Mr. Wallace
might be defeated on account Of his
known opposition to the liquor business
and his having at one time expressed
himself as favoring state division un-
der certain conditions. These guesses
were wide of the mark, as is proved
by the returns which show he has Won
by a good margin. His fellow citizens
who know Mr.. Wallace know full we'll
that with him presiding over the state
senate and appointing it's committees,
it will be impossible for those bodies
to be set up in favor of the Southern
Pacific machine and it's allies, and such
a thing as a committee on public
morals being made up for the purpose
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11

Editor Herald: 1t is exceedingly
doubtful if it would either be wise or
prudent to advocate the whole or even
partial nakedness. as referred to in
S. NJ DIS letter in today's issue of the
Letter Box.
The quotation from Genesis 2:25 is
scarcely to the point, as at that period
neither the man or woman had trans
gressed the divine command not to eat
of the forbidden fruit (blood). After
the disobedience it was needful that
the human race be clothed as is proved
in Genesis 3:21: Unto Adam also and
to his wife did the Lord God make
coats of skins and clothed them"
In the coming dispensation when the
"sour apple" has lost it's sting and cor
ruption, when the children's teeth are
not set on edge, when the whole evil
condition will be blotted out and the
climatic conditions changed, as they
undoubtedly will be in harmony with
the divine purpose for the well-being
of his creatures, then may the inhab-
tants of the new earth appear in the
nude. But in this dispensation there
are few who could bear the test like
Joseph, and many who would fall un-
der temptation as David. j. *.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11
FRANkEp LITERATURE

Editor Herald: I have recently re-
ceiVed in my mail a "post card" some
ten inches long, bearing the 1nscrlp-
ton, part of Congressional Record
Free" and having, in place of stamp,
the fac-simile autograph of William
B. Mckinley. have reason to pc
lieve that the William B. Mckinley
whose name appears as the sender of
it is a member of congress from the
state of Illinois. The card bears, of
course, a campaign document, sup
posedly reprinted from the Congress
sional Record.
Inasmuch as numbers of my ac-
quaintances have been similarly hon
ored from time to time by various con-
gressmen, it is reasonable to suppose
that the United States mails are bur-
dened with many tons of this sort of
campaign literature" for whose
transportation the recipients. rather
than the senders, are helping to pay,
since the cost of every such bit OF mat
ter carried free must be made up by
the legitimate use of the mails by the
general public.
The absurdity of the situation should
be obvious. 1t amounts of course, to
a federal appropriation to the cam
paign expenses of the various parties.
Republicans and Democrats are free
to draw on the postal department as
long as their congressman hold out.
But how about the other parties which
may not be represented in congress,
but which have as much right to fed
eral aid in their campaigns as any
others?
Every such bit of matter that comes
to me through the mails bearing a
congressional frank in place of post
age inclines me toward the party
which doesn't send it. S. r.
Bakersfield, Cal.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11
ROME AND AMERICA

Editor Herald: Recently a promi-
nent college professor in speaking OF
present social, economic and political
conditions in this country, compared
us with ancient Rome. He pessimis-
tically declared hat the various condi-
tions JUSTIFIED the belief that the era of
the Caesars would come to America.
Far be it from my intention to attempt
to contradict so learned a man, but l
feel we should be optimistic instead of
otherwise. The recent exposes, the CEN
tering of responsibility upon the chief
offenders in all positions of life, the pop
ular demand for more truly representa-
tive government all signify the reawak-
ening of the American people to the con-
ditions that confront them. OF course
there is tumult while the robbers are
evicted, but 1, for one, shall never fear
for the future of this republic while
the people are awake and attempting to
battle with their enemies. 1t was a
Rome pampered and indolent, not wide
awake and Industrious, that became the
easy prey of scheming individuals.
OPTIMIST.
Santa Monica. Cal
Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11
New Federal Parole System

matter how worthy the case. Thus
hundreds of good men are blocked in
their efforts to get a fresh start in
life purely on account of their poverty
The Prison Reform league commu-
nicared with the committee that
framed this federal law and although
it is not all that was needed, it GER
tainly is long step 1.-THE right direc-
tion. And, strange as it may seem,
among the first applicants for parole
under the new law is a Los Angeles
man.
Section 9 says: whenever any per-
son has been convicted of any offense
against the United States which is
punishable by imprisonment, and has
been sentenced to imprisonment and
Is confined therefor in any reforma-
tory institution of any state in accord
ance with section 54S of the revised
statutes, or other laws of the United
States, then If such state has laws
for the parole of prisoners committed
to such institutions by the courts of
that state, such person convicted of
any offenSe against the United States
shall be eligible to parole on the same
authority and subject to recommittal
for violation of such parole in the
same manner as persons committed
to such institutions by the courts of
said state, and the laws of said state
relating to the parole of prisoners and
the supervision thereof in such insti
tutions are hereby adopted and made
to apply to persons committed to such
institutions for offenses against the
United States"
Section 10 says: "That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
impair the power of the president of
the United States to grant a pardon or
Communication in any case. or in any
way impair or revoke such good time
allowance as or may hereafter be pro-
vided by act of congress-"
Colonel Griffith ]. Griffith. secretary
and treasurer of the Prison Reform
league. vino introduced several prac-
tical bills at Sacramento during the
last two legislative sessions, and no
doubt was the cause of liberating OF
parole hundreds of worthy men. ex-
poets to repeat his visit at the session
commencing next January.