The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-09-22
Have Been Exploited for Years by Capitalist Con-
troI|ed Political Parties---0aIy Salvation is
Socialism Gives Immediate Relief

oearoet il and rob the whole populs-
/ rlou ot millions that ought to have
remained Is real private property In
tie Lands thar actually earned IL
The becetaceor dSs become i bur
den TIE railroads, teIesraphs ani
, telephones, and tater-urhaa electrtc
Ines must all be socially owned.
owned by the people
No one man car use these great
social equipments They are v1lue-
less as personal property Tor personal
Use and valuable. only because all use
/ then Therefore the whole people
should own them and run them In the
interest Of all
II New Zealand while oGr railroads
were Increasing treignE and roo
otnS the farusrs OF mTIioos of Col
Lars the minister OF railways, an
nounced 40 par cent, decrenzs on raru
products and % per cent decrease on
butter and Cheese such = reduction
in America would save sI5o. .eOa, 900
annually as private property to our
farmers All excess over per cent
earnings On the New Zealand raH-
ways goes to the peopre In decreased
rates
They carry little chtEd.n 20 school
free, and nigh school children As
far as SO miles each day for three
months tor $3.50
They carry hfsE-six pounds OF rzlztt
o- vegetables anywhere ,or Is cents
Stations, brood mares. rams, shep
herd dogs and other domestic ant
mats for breeding purposes. are car
rted For nothing TO the farmers Seed
Cleaned, IS returned free. and favor3
aTe shown. If any. to the smallest
shipper.
There was one bad year for wheat,
and the government saTed the whea,
farmers over = million dollars By
Specially reducing the rates. The pa--
GELS posi- at cheap rates knocks our
taz express company steals
As Que OF New Zealand Railway
companies said We &C, not RIM the
roads to make money. but for the con
Tsat=nce q the public and Sss good
ot the men
Farmers, GO you want thEnsz gone
in this way. That Is Socialism with
reference 20 rsitreaes ard r-,eans Of
eenr1unieatien and Transportation
: But the farmers ara exploited
another way. that Is by the mftdae-
a1ssn who buys yot1r Pro6uce a1i eeIs
IL 10 the consumer IN other words
the Capitalist Class controls Eour
market for fruit grain. cattle, and
III farm products Think OF the huge
fortunes that have been made out
OK wheat. and hogs aad fruit, by the
gamblers OK the wheat market and
th= owuers OF the beet trust. etc
Ren VINO never tsd 4 hog OF picked
4 UuzheI q fruit, or planted He9r
Of grain -obbing the farmers Of r1fH-
ions and laughing IN their sleeve at
you. as you work On from daylight to
dark
Now Socialism proposes that this
robbery OF the producer oy the garb-
te-s OF the market shzu b. absolute
y stopped The market snoutf be
socially owned AMI socially admins
tsre5
N Australia nan can send a aaI,
dozen chickens in I basket on the
Peoples railroad fo- z mere easa-
teiIe- 10 the cold storage warehouses,
pubUcaIIy owned
Th=re the chickens are killed By
the whoEesaI=. with others. stored By
tnousanG- the exact weight being
registered TIE. are shipped IN car
g1es- and the bare cost OF handing
L charged He gains II private prop
e-tE oE socially o~ur storage plants
and 4 socially Operated market
: 8ut azn- Think Of tie pie os
Eeaftl paid 20 t1= already r5ch II
interest At eGorof2nr rates, from tie
preface ot u1orrRget farms. And
thousands of ta-Ee-s have never hit
ID tie nortS.g=-1rerest pa=usnts
zlt ali weat 10 the uorer-Ieuders-
= syscsu cE STATE Credit could b.