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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

Harl,d Mace and family were up from
the Decker trout ranch Monday and
rep lrt the ice nearly gone on the lake
aud trout fishing season will soon be- en-
there.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

VIM Reese walked from Florrs'a to
kcbler Pass Sunday. 70 meni the Rotary
md 'aPe pictures of II. I'e reported
everybody well ana a,xious to see the
first train pull in.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

we're up from their ranch TO attend thu
st patrick's dance.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

On account OF taking away the switch
en-inr Il, III he yard sir aud Mrs u.
Slick returned To Gnnnisnn.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

FOR SALE cheap tie G-orge Middle
'on home. call at Pilot Office for prize,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24
Local News.
THURSDAY. MARCH. "A. 1910

Mrs Perry with her two cons depart
ed Saturday for Florauce. Colorado
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

day. it i,ing his iiis; "trip Il ere this sea.
son,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

Mrs C G McWiilians is whiting with
lister MIS- G l. Iirnswell il Gunnison
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

Mrs Booker was tap from her East
liver forks ranch Saturday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

Mrs + T. Souger returned Monda.
rom u visiting trip 10 Pueblo.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

Moved by Diel seconed by Kelly that
the bills be allowed Motion carried
Moved by Kelly. seconed by Diel that
the clerk send Mr. A l. Meade a memo
OF all fines collected and request him
to make report Motion carried
loved by Panian seconed by Diel that
the Boaip aejourn Motion carried
L, Wilson Clerk
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1910-03-24

". nave on the road. and
arrive in few days. II large assart'
n,ont OF the lates, designs ... " all
Paper. Get our prices tirn
pup ring.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-20

ny the solidarity of organized labor and
he Socialist movement. revealed the ex-
stence OF a far-reaching and I'M
,cruPulous conspiracy by the ruling class
against thu organizations of labor.
In their efforts to take the lives of
che leaders of the miners the con-
.pirators violated the state laws and the
cderal constitution in manner seldom
'qualcd even in country go completely
dominated by the profit seeking class as
lis the United States.
The congress of the United States ha {
shown its contempt for the interests of
labor as plainly and unInistakablv as
nave the other branches of government
lie laws for which the labor organiza-
tions have continually petitioned have
talied to pass. Laws ostensibly enacted
FOR the benefit of labor have been dis
torted against labor.
he working class of the United States
cannot expect any remedy for it's
wrongs from the dominant parties. So
long as small number of individuaIs
are permitted to control the sources of
the nations wealth for their private
proht In competition with each other
and Tor ;he exploration OF their fellow
men, Industrial dcpressions are bound TO
occur ut certain intervals. No currency
reforms or other legislative measure pro
posed by capitalist reformerS can avail
against these fatal results of utt.r
anarchy in production.
Individual competition leads inevi-
ABLY to combinations and trusts. No
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-20
THE WORKING PROGRAM
OF the National Party Adopted i'm
Nineteen Hundred and Eight.

The socialist party, in national conven
ton assembled, again declares itself a,
the party of the working class, and ap
peals for the support of all worker,
OF the United States and of all citizen
who sympathize with the great and jus
cause Of labor
We are at this moment in the midst O.
one OF those industrial breakdowns thai
periodically paraiyze the life of tn.
nation. The much boosted era of on,
national prosperity has been followed b,
one of general misery. Factories. MILL
and mines are closed. Millions of men
ready. willing ard able to provide tn,
nation with all the necessaries and com.
forts OF life, are forced into idlencss ano
starvation Within recent tines the
trusts and monopolies have attained ar
enormous and mcnacing development
They have acquired the power to dictate
the terms upon which VIC shall be al.
lowed to live. The trusts fix the price
of our bread. meat and sugar. of o,u
coal, oil and clothing of our raw
material and machinery, of all tn,
necessities of life.
The present desperate condition of the
Tor n renewed onslaught on organize,
labor. The highest courts of the countr,
have within the last year rendered de
cislon after decision depriving the work
ers OF rights which they had won b>
generations of struggle
The attempt to destroy the Wester,
Federation of Miners. although defeat.
workers has been made the opportunit,
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here they viii be given harp, a.
crown and pair of white wings over
there. They are blind leaders of the
blind because they have no vision
The reformers, fun OF zeal, work
overtime devisins one plan and an
other TO better conditions which most
people are frank enough 10 adIniN
disgrace our. civilization
These good peop.e seem utterly
blind to The fact that the poverty.
chilli labor and misery are merely
symptoms They have nc vision, aId
seem not to know that tie disease
from WHICH society suffers has its
roots deep down in our Industrial
system.
Into the midst of all this seething
social unrest the Socialist movement
projects itself the one movement OF
the country which deals with causes
rather than with effects. The one
movement which explains the ugly
symptoms and has the remedy for
the disease.
NO one can deny that the Socialist
mas the big vision. The entire econ
omic field, which is the basis OF life.
lies open before him. Every phase
of human life comes within fne radius
OF his vision.
| Socialism is the one constructive
force in society today We would
staoiish a system of society where
every man is sure of his job and ev-
cry worker Will receive the fail prod
llct of his labor. We want men to
forget now to say Master" an,,
Sla"c," and learn to be nej-hbors
and friends.
EVERY Socialist must feel how good
thlnS it is to be a living bart of the
greatest movement that the world
mas ever known. a movement when
| means the liberation of the human n
race from all forms of slavery.
! once one has caught glimpse of
/ the big vision, once one has comDrc-
hendcd the meaning OF the Socialist
movement. one can find no abiding
/ place in smaller movement.
II We go TO the suffrage pia torn
we must be muzzled. The class strug-
gle must be subordinated to the sex
struggle. Oar eyes full of the big
vision, We must only speak of the
small vision.
II we go to reform platforms We
must be muZZlcd. We must sDeas :,
only of the plasters that are to be ap-
piled to the social sores. Having the
big vision. we must deal only with
the small vision
/ Many Of us went through these
smaller movements before we came
to the Socialist movement We found
them inadequate. We came to Soc.
ialism because we round ali otiicr
movements inadequate.
That is why the Socialists cannot
be sidetrackcd into reform move
mcnts. That Is why neither praise
nor censnre can divert nim from his
work. With eyes fun of the big Wis.
ion he goes steadily on.
He sees the sordiL vrct chedness I'll
the world that is. with masses Of
human beings herded in cellars and
dark places. With thousands OF
children toilirg in factories. mines and
mills. With men and women hungry
ard shelterleSs IN the midst OF plenty
Reyond he sees the bright vision
of the world that is to be. world
4 full of happy homes and joyous child
rcn. The workers owning the tools
of production. All things made for
the nDbuildirg of the people Beauty
and warmth, education. art and litcra
turc within the reach of all This is
the meaning Of the big vision The
big. radiant viSion.-New York Gail
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GENERAL DEMANDS.

l. The immediate government relief fo,
the unemployed workers by buildinc
schools, by reforesting of cut-over and
waste lands, by reclaim alton of arid tracts
and the building of canals, and by e..
tending all other useful public works
an persons employed on such works
snail be employed directly by the gov.
eminent under an eight hour work d,v
ana at the prevailing union wages. The
government shall also loan rnonev n
states and municipalities without in.
teTest for the purpose of carving on
pubic works. 1t shall contribute 10
the funds of labor organization for tho
purpose OF assisting their UNEMPLOYED
members, and shall take such otber
measures within its power az will Icsaen
the Widespread misery of the workers
caused by the misrule OF the capitalist
class.
, The collective ownership of rail
roads, telcgraphs- telephones, STEAMSHIP
ilncs and all other means of social trans
nortation and communication of all land
mere can be no absolute title to iand
MI private titles, whether called f.,
simple or otherwise, are ana must HI
subordinate to the public title. The 90
ciallst party strives to prevent and from
being used for the purpose OF exbloitaI
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-20

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 ex
ccutive offices remain in the hands o.
the ruling classes and their agents, the
government will be used in the interest.
OF these classes as against the toilers.
Political parties are but the expires
sion of economic class interests. Th,
Republican and Democratic and the so
called Independence" parties, and ali
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:
ment 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 subservient to the aims of the
capitalist class whenever and wherever
it has been in power. The old chattel
slave owning aristrocracy Of the South.
which was the backbone of the Demo
cratic party, has been supplanted bv a
enid slave plutocracy. In the great
cities or our country the Democratic
party is allied with the criminal eIe-
ment of the slums, as the Republican
party is allied with the predatory
criminals OF the palace. in maintain ming
the interest OF the possessing class
The various ere form movement. .n6.
parties which have sprung up within
recent years are but the clumsy expre.
SION OF Widespread popular discomfort
,hcE are not based on an intelligent un
derstandIng of the historical development
OF civilization and of the economic anc
political needs OF our time. They are
bound to perish as the numerous middle
class reform movements of the past have
pershed.
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ton and speculation. 1t demands Ii, al.
'ectlVc possession, control or manae.
nent of land to whatever extent my h
necessary to attain that end II il NJ!
opposed to the occupation and po,p,
sion OF land ny those using il in U.
III and bona -iidc manner without IL
,loitation.
8. The collective ownership of 'lli
iustrics which arc organized on II
tional scale and in which competition hu
Virtually ceased to exist.
4. The extension of the public dom,il
to include mines, quarrie,, oil w.h
forests and water power
5. The scientific reforesting Of tin.
Der lands and the reclamation Of ,Einp
TO be permanently retained rs part o.
the public domain.
&. The absolute freedom Of press
sspcech and assemblage.
INDUSTRIAL DEMANDS.
.. The improvement OF the induitril
conditions of the workers:
(a) BY shortening the worldly in
excepting with the increased productive
ness of machinery.
\ (b) BY securing to every worker .rm
speriod of not less than a day and
ahalf each week.
(c) BY securing a more clFectir. in
sspection of workshops and factorisi.
td) BY forbidding the empIoym.n, Of
jchildren under sixteen ycars Of age.
Il (e) By forbidding the inten.'t.
transportation of the products of chih
Il Lob NE Ii ,f all tnir.
spectcd factories.
% By abolishing official charity nc
substituting in its place compulsory Il
surance against unemployment, illns"
accidents, invslidism, old age and d'sth.
POLITICAL DEMANDS.
8. The extension of inheritance taxes,
I graduated in proportion to the amour.
sof the bcquest and to the nearne" :"
kin.
9. A graduated income tax.
10. Unrestricted and equal suffrage
for men and women. and We pledge our
;selres to engage in an active campaign II
that direction.
II. The initiative and refeTtnd11'
proportional representation, and tie
light OF recall.
II. The abolition of tn. senate
-. The abolition Of the p7Ts'
lsurpcd by the supreme court OF -
United States to pass upon the Coz
stitutionality of legislation enacted =!
congress National laws to be rePea.ta
#or nbrogated only hy an act Of cong;e''
Tor by referendum OF the whole PeopN'
IA. The abolition Of tn" veto power
,of the president.
IS. That the constitution be n'''
:anendabie by majority vote.
l6. The enactment of further measures
flor general education ami for tn. c?n-
,scrvation OF health. The bureau Of ~
,cation to b. made n department. i l.,
creation of n department OF public h3zi,...
Il. The separation of the Pfs:
bureau of labor from the department: y
commerce and labor. ard the e''s0'.s-
jtnent of department OF labor.
IS. That all judges be elected y ~
people for short terms, and th'5 -
power TO issue injunction' 'hoHi1
Surhed by immediate legislation: -.
10. The free administration oil \.
Such measures of relief L, we "i&.
able to force from capitalism are p' -,
preparation of the workers 10 sex. a.
Whole powers OF government III ~ u,
hat they may hcreDv lay ho!H " Am,
whole system OF industry. anu
come into their rightful inh-rlt:re'
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-20
PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE COR.
RUPTED.

To maintain their rule over their fell
low men, the capitalists must keep in
their pay all organs of the public powers,
public 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.
stitutions. they own the nation poIiti
caily and intellectually, just as they
own it industrially.
The struggle between wage workers
and capitalists grows ever fierccr, and
has become the only vital issue before
the American people. The wage work.
ing class, therefore, has the most vital
and direct interest in abolishiny the
capitalist system. But in abolishing
the present system, the worknen 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 manufacturers and
trader, who is engaged in a desperate
and losing struggle for economic indie
pendencc i'll the face of the all-conuuer-
ing power of concentrated capital; and
even the capitalist himself, who is the
clavc of his wealth, rather than its
master. The struggle of the working
class against the capitalist class, while
1T is n class struggle, is thus at the same
time Il 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 ex.
ploitation, is the rCck upon which class
rule is built; political government is its
indispensable instrument. The wage
workers cannot be freed from exploita-
tIon without conqucring the political ad-
ministration for private ownership of
the land and the means of production
used for exploitation.
The basis for such transform alton is
rapidly developing within the very
bosom of present capitalist society. The
factory system, with its immense ma.
chincry and minute division of labor,
is rapidly destroying all vestigcs of in.
dividual production in manufactures
Modern production is already very
largely collective and social process
while the great trusts and monopoiies
which have sprung up i'll recent years
nave had the effect of organizing the
work and management of some of our
main industries on u national scale, and
htt1nS them for national use and opera.
ton.
AN END TO CLASS RULE.
In the struggle for freedom the in.
forests of the workers of all nations are
identical. The struggle is not only
national, but international. IT embraces
the world and will be carried to uIti
mate victory by the united workers of
the world.
To unite the workers of the nation
and their allies and sympathizers 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
Tor capitalist rule. but by working ella IS
victory to free all humanity from class
rule and 10 realize the international
brotherhood of man.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-20
PROGRAM.

AS measures calculated to strengthen
the working class in its fight for the
feailzation of this ultimate aim, and to
increase ITS power of resistance agains,I
Spi'aii7C OPPRESSION, we advocate ant
pledge ourselves and our elected officer
to the following program:
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-20
What Do Socialists Stand For
THIS TELLS YOU.

their homes to the mill and factory. It
snatches their children from the play
grounds and schools. and g:inds their
slender bodies and uniformed minds into
cold dollars 1t wantonly distigurcs,
mains and kills hundreds of thousands
OF worlSiugmcn annually in mines, OIL
railroads and in factories. 1t drives
millions of workers into the ranks OF
the unemployed and forces large mum
bers OF them into begSary, vagrancy and
all forms OF crime and vice
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Human life depends upon food, cloth
ing and shelter. Only when these are as
sured are freedom, culture and higher
human development possible. TO pro-
duce food, clothing and shelter, Land and
machinery are needed. Land by itself
does not satisfy human needs. Human
labor gets raw materials and food out of
the soil by creating machinery and using
it upon the land. Whoever has control
OF land and machinery has control of hui
man labor, anu with it OF human life and
liberty.
Today the machinery and ,ne land
used for industrial purposes are owned
by rapidly decreasing minority. So
long as machinery is simply and easily
handled by one man, it does not make its
owners SO powerful that they can
dominate the sources of life of others.
But when machinery becomes more and
more complex and expensive, and
quires for its elective operation the
ganiZed effort OF many workers, its in
iluence reaches over wider circles OF life.
The owners of such machinery become
the dominant class.
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THE LABOR ARGUS. 80 weeks, soc
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-20
MODERN INDUSTRY rLANLEss.

In spite OF the organization of trusts
pools and combinations, the capitalists
are powcrlcss to regulate production for
social ends. Industries are largely con-
Quoted in a painless manner. Through
periods of feverish activity the strength
and health of the workers are merci-
lcssIy undermined, and during periods
OF enforced idleness the workers are fire.
quently reduced to starvation.
The climax of this chaotic system OF
production are the regularly recurring
industrial dcpressions and crises which
paralyZc the nation every fifteen or
twenty years.
In its mad and reckless race for profit.
the capitalist class is bound TO exploit
the workers TO the very limit of their
endurance and to sacrifice their physical,
moral and mental welfare to its own in
satiablc greed. Capitalism keeps the
masses of workin"mcn in poverty.
restitution, physical exhaustion and
Ignorance. 1t drags their wives from
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-10-20
THE MASSES IN sUBJECrIoN.

In proportion the number of such
machine owners compare to all other
classes decreases, their power in the ma
ton and in the world increases. They
bring ever larger masses of working PEG
pie under their CONTROL reducing them to-
the point where muscle and brain are
their only productive property Millions
OF formerly sclf-employing workers thus
become the helpless wage slaves of the
industrial masters.
The more the economic power of the
ruling class grows, the less useful does
it become in the life of the nation. The
overwhelming bulk of the useful work
OF the nation falls upon the shoulders
OF the classes that either have no other
productive property but their manual
and mental labor power the wage work
crs-or that have but little land and
little machinery outside of their labor
powcr--the small traders and small
farmers. The ruling minority is steadily
becoming useless and parasitic.
bitter struggle over the division of
the products of labor is wagcd between
the exploiting prOperticd class on the
one hand and the exploited, propcrty less
class on the other. in this struggle the
wage working class cannot expect
adequate relief from any reform of the
present order from the dominant class
of society.
The wage workers are therefore
t he most determined and irrcconcilabIc
antagonists of the ruling class They
are also the class which suffers most
from the curse of class rule. The fact
that small number of capitalists is
permitted to use all the country's re-
sources and social tools for their in
dividual profit, and to make the produc
ton OF the nccessarics of our lives the
object of their competitive private en-
tcrprise and speculations. is at the bot
tom of all the social evils of our time
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-31
Contest for Junk Dealers Fortune.

Boston, Mass, Jan. 31.-When
William J. Corbett. died two years ago
he left will on the bottom of wash
tub disposing of fortune of quart
er of a million dollars, which he had
accumulated in the junk business.
The court decided the will to be in
valid and today hearing was begun
in the contest brought by those who
claim to be the heirs of the dead junk
dealer. The contest was originally
brought by Albert and Friedrich Bar
low, half brother of Corbett. Recent
ly, however, the case was complicated
by the appearance on the scene of
James F. Corbett, the brother of the
dead man, whose whereabouts had
been unknown for years. Francis F.
Corbett was working In Newark, N.
j., where he happened to read in a
New York paper of the death Of his
brother. He came to Boston on the
first train and easily succeeded in es-
tablishing his identity.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-31
Going to California

Herman lands. Fresno county, Cal
ifornia, with ITS yearly crop Of
oranges, lemons, olives, figs. peaches,
apricots. alfalfa. Indian corn. melons,
and all other fruits. grasses. grains
and vegetables of both temperate and
semi-tropical climates, selling for
over twenty-five million dollars per
year, offers you every possible ad-
vantage for health, comfort and pro-
fit. herman lands are level, rich
and immensely productive. Under
thorough irrigation. Every advant-
age. Very rapid settlement taking
place. Rapidly growing town and
surrounding country. Best lands at
very reasonable cost and liberal
terms.
This ia what you have been look
ing for.
CARNINE 4 sTORGAARD,
Herman, California.