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

assured are freedom. cultnre rnese are
duce food c gInoPnnent possible. To pro-
10 ahiheIy are needed. Land hv its an
la De not e satisfy human needs. Human
OF the soil raw ~ materials and food out
using 1t upon the land WhnaHan ana
tt rni re or land and machinery has cnas
no oi human labor. and With If IF IN hn-
man HE and liberty. 49, u hu-
a4oay the machinery and the land
USED Tor industrial purposes are ow iund
py a rapidly decreasing rninar, oWhsa
ionS as machinery is simple and "a civ
its nwne ps one man it does not make
dominate the sources of life ~ can
nut wnen machinery becomes more snS
auires ff for ne ana expensive. and re-
g5a aS y us effective operation the or
sanized effort of many workers IFS IN
life. The 1mes over wider circles of
become the dominant class.
,HE MAssE IN Subsection.
~ proportion as the number of sucb
Classes omners compared to all other
nation and pnddciienases, Their power in the
niihS ever larger masses of working ne9-
pe uhaer their control, reducing them
y TX point where muscle and brain are
ane!r only. productive property. Nillions
~ lorlnefly self-employing workers thus
lhaustrial masters. ~
r,i NE more the economic power of the
II has lass grows. the less useful does
overwhelming bulk of the useful work
OF the nation falls upon the shoui MoS
oi me classes that either nave no other
and mental labor power the wage wnrI-
G little ma ahat have but little land and
- pu W.. small traders and small
IN iarHiers, The ruling minority is stead
ny oeGoinins useless and parasitic.
A bitter struggle over the division Of
ne products OF labor is waged between
ene exploiting ,propertied class on the
ciass ila an ana the exploited propertyless
tIdSS oH lne Olnef. In This Sffulppla rhn
wage working class cannot EXPECT ade-
qua.e reIei from any reform of the pres
society.
THE wage workers are therefore the
n nos detepmined and irreconcilable an
.agonlsts OF the ruling class. They are
also the class which suffers most from
sae curse OF class rule. The fact that a
10 use all the country's resources and
social tools for their individual profit
and to make the production of the neces
safles OF our lives the object OF their
competitive private enterprises and spec
ulationS is at the bottom of all the So
clal evils OF our time.
MODERN INDUSTRY
In spite of the organization OF trusts
pools and combinations, the capitalists
are poWefless to regulate production for
social ends. Industries are largely con-
Quoted IN a laniess manner. . Through
perloas OF teverish activity the strength
and health of the workers are merciless-
~ undermined, and during periods of &.
forced idieness the workers are fire.
laently reduced to. starvation.
Inc eilmaxes OF this chaotic system
ring industrial depressions and crises
which paraiyze the nation every fifteen
In its mad and reckless race for prof
ITS the capitalist class is bound to ex-
[hoi, the workers to the very limit Y
physical, moral and mental welfare 10
us own Unsuitable greed. Capitalism
keeps the masses of workingmen in pov-
SILy, ueSllIQtlOn, PHYSICAL exhaustion
anu ignorance. 1t drags their wives
from their homes to the mill and fac
tory. 1t snatches their children from
the Fairgrounds and schools and grinds
their slender bodies and uniformed mirds
mains and kills hundreds of thousands
OF worklngmen annually in mines on
railroads and in factories; 1t drives
the unemployed and forces large num-
eers OF them into beggary. vagrancy and
all forms OF crime and vice.
PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE CORRUPTED
To maintain their rule over their fell
low men, the capitalists must keen in
their pay all organs of the public DOW
9rs, p eantroI nine the d ama pab1ie p s9nSele aed.
through them, the elected pubilc ot1ic-
ials. They select our executives. bride
of justice. They own and censor the
press. They, sway our educational in
stitutions. They he Own the nation politlo
it industrially.
The struggle between the wage work.
and has become the only vital issue be-
fore, the American people, The wage
working class, therefore, las a the most
the capitalist system. But in abolish
ing the present system, the w~orkingmen
also all other classes of modern So
ciety: The small farmer, who Is today
e redtiy but og Not laf less e effeetive isof than mus is
the wage laborer; the small manufac-
turer and trader, who is e~ngag,ed in a
nomic independence in the lace OF the
a~ll-conquering power Of concentrated cap
is the slave of his wealth. rather than
it's master. The struggle of the WORKING
class against the capitalist class while
same time a struggle for the abolition
of all classes and class privileges.
MUST CONQUER THE POLITICAL
POWER.
The priavte ownership of the land and
means of production used for exploita-
ton, is the rock upon which class rule
is built; political government is its in
d~ispensable Instrument. The wage work
and s%ubstitnting collective and demo-
du,tion used for exploitation
rapidly pna 9 develo pin wit Within the very' bosom m
OF present capitalist society. The fac
tory sytem with It's immense macnln-
idly destroying all vestiges of individual
production in manufacture; Modern pro-
duction is already very largely a col
Iective and social process. while the
great trusts and monopolies which have
sprung up in recent wears have had the
effect OF organizing the work and man
IN of some of our main indus
tries on a national scale. and fitting
for national use and operation.
AN END TO CLASS RULE.
In the struggle for freedom the inter-
ests of the workers of all nations are
The struggle is not only ma
tional, but International. It embraces
the world and will be carried to ultimate
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 fnis-
sion of the Socialist. In this battle for