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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
WIT AND WISDOM.

In a short time the necessity OF
Socialism will become so plain that
people with no better mental equip
mcnt than an empty stomach will be
fully qualified to perceive II.
Our opponents say that Socialism Is
q dream In that case, capitalism
must be nightmare.
II the capitalist could liquify the at
mospheres and sell it by the quart
there are some conservative and lib
eral workiugmen who wouldn't live TO
vote at the next election.
Competition brings out the best that
Is In US, and gives 1t 10 the capital
lst.
Nobody openly attempts to justify
stealing, but most people believe 10
making a profit In the first case
you take what somebody else has
earned. In the second case you take
what you have not earned yourself
The distinction is one OF the triumphs
OF civilization
Most OF the advice given to the poor
could be followed II they were not
poor The New World.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
BY kANTSkY.

The following quotation Is taken
| from his Social Revolution"
The analogy between birth and rev.
olution. however, does not rest alone
upon the suddenness OF the act II
we look closer We shall find that this
sudden transformation at birth Is con-
fined wholly to functions. The or
gans develop slowly, and must reach
certain stage of development before
that leap Is possible. which suddenly
gives them their new functions. II
that leap takes place before this
stage of development Is attained, the
result is not the beginning OF new
functions for the organs. but the ces-
saton of all functions-the death Of
the new creature. On the other hand
the slow development OF organs 10 the
body of the mother can only proceed
70 a certain point, they cannot begin
their new functions without the reyolu-
tionary act of birth.
Comparison.
I'VE find the same thing In socl-
city, Here also the revolutions are
the result OF slow. gradual develop
ment (evolution) Here also IL is the
social organs that develop slowly
That which may be changed suddenly,
at leap, revolutionary, is their func-
tions The railroad has been slowly
developed. On the other hand. the
railroad can suddenly be transformed
from It's function as the instrument to
the enrichment OF anumber of capt.
talists, into a Socialist enterprise hav-
Ing os Its function the serving Of the
common good And as at the birth
Of the child, all the functions are si.
multaneously revolutionized-circu
ton. breathing, digestion-so all the
functions OF the railroad must be 81.
multaueously revolutlonized at one
stroke. for they are all most closely
bound together They cannot be grad
u9lly and successfully socialized, one
after another. as if, for example, we
would transform todny the functions
of the engineer and fireman. a few
years later the ticket agents, and still
later the accountants and bookkeep-
ers, and so on. This fact Is perfectly
clear with railroad, but the success.
I've specialization OF the different func-
tions OF railroad is no less absurd
than that OF the ministry OF central
lied state. Such ministry constitutes
single organism whose organs must
cooperate. The functions of one OF
these organs cannot be modified with
out equally modifying all the others.
The idea of the gradual conquest OF
the various departments of a minis.
try by the Socialist is not less absurd
than would be an attempt to divide
tho act of birth into a number of con.
secutiye monthly acts, in each OF
which one organ only would be trans
formed from the condition OF fetas
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
China Gettinn There

Chinn has had famines before. Peo-
pie have starved there before. But
never. that history records, have peo-
pic hungercd and a famine ragged in
its provinces under the circumstances
now holding sway over them, which
have finally led to the vast native
uprisl1gs llbeiously designated riots"
In the foreign dispatches.
In the communal form OF govern.
ment. which China. In common With
all other nations. passed through.
hunger no doubt periodically stalked
the land and carried off Its thousands.
But then IL was that the crops had
failed Natures bounty" so freely
prated about by the misunderstand-
Ing. had resolved Itself into what 1t
really is. natures obedience OF nat
ural laws. The rains had deluged tho
ground, or the sun had parched e..
or the blight had fallen upon it
grain was not To be had. Then all
suffered alike The common store was
parceled out in common IA long as It
lasted. and each had his equal share.
When 1t was gone for one, IL was
gone for all There was no such
thing as some members of the tribe
fcastlng while others plned and faint
ed Much less was there any such
thing as some members reveling on
the the proceeds of their brothers
suffering
Property Versus Life.
In the year OF Christianity 1910.
how different Capitalism with It's
golden wand has changed all that"
Now there rages a famine in Hupen
province. Rice, the staple food OF the
people. Is low Distress Is rampant.
In Human province. right next door"
rice is plentiful. The starving poor
of Hupeh are sent to Human for re-
lief There the governor OF Human
postpones the opening Of the relief
stations from March II. the adyeTtis
cd date. to May 9-Nearly two months
and does go upon the persuasion of
the rice market,
Under communism lifo was first.
property second. Under capitalism
property is first. life second Well
might Morgan say Of property that
"the human mind stands bewildered
IN the presence of It's own creation"
Only by wrestling with that bewilder-
mont can the human mind acquire the
strength and knowledge necessary TO
rcassert It's supremacy over its ere
ature. China, which is now under
going. with famine accompaniment.
the performances Of a Patten in this
country, is getting there-Weekly
People.
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Labor and Ahstlnnnce-

Since the human race has no means
OF enjoyable existence II existence at
all. but what II derives from its own
labor and abstinence. there would be
no ground of complaint against socie-
~ II everyone was willing to undergo
fair share OF this labor and abstin'
cnce could attain q fair share OF tho
fruits. But is this the fact? Is II not
the reverse OF the fact? The reward.
instead of being proportloned 10 the
labor and abstinence OF tho indivld-
ual. is almost In an adverse ratio TO
It; those who receive the least. labor
and abstain the most
John Stuart Mil.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

to an Independent child, and mean
while leaving the child Itself attached
to the navel cord until it had learned
to walk and talk.
People Not Profits.
Since neither railroad nor a mlu-
istry can be changed gradually. but
only at a single stroke, embracing all
the organs simultaneously. from cap
italist 10 Socialist functions, from an
organ ot the capitalist TO an organ OF
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

mont OF the human organism. but
rather the beginning Of new epoch
in development In the same
way. a social revolution Is not the
conclusion OF social development but
the beginning OF a new form cf do
velopmcnt II 10 thus apparent
that the analogy between birth and
revolution ls rather far reachinS.
We can go NO further upon
the ground OF such sualogies than "a
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

conclude that as each animal crea-
ture must at one time 20 through a
catastrophe In Order 70 reach high
er stage OF development Ctbe act II
birth or Of the breaking OF a she'll.
SO oociety can only be raised Ia
higher stage OF development through
a catastrophe"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
THAT'S AND THINGS.
(By H S. K)

The other day l had a talk with a
Single TaXer who declared that If
the principles OF justice and human
ity prevailed today, conditions would
BIZ better He had some Utoplan
scheme that he was sure would bring
about hte reign of right and love
This man. like all Single Takers, Ia
an upholder OF the present social sys.
ten. and when | asked him why ne
found fault with the fruits OF the sys-
tenn he upholds he pronounced me a
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

the laboring class, and this trans
formation Is possible only to such 10
cial organs ns attain a certain degree
of development, II may be remarked
here that with the material organism
II Is possible to scientifically deter
mine the moment whc1 the degree OF
maturity Is attained. which is not true
OF society
On the other hand. birth does not
mark the conclusion OF the develop
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

When the working poor arc paid In
return for their labor only as much as
will buy them the necessaries OF life,
their condition is Identical with that
OF the slave. who receives those neccs.
saries at FIRST hand: the former we
call free men'and the latter Slaves"
but the difference is imaginary only
John Adams
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

must confess that Socialists are
dogmatIc. as dogmatlc as the princi-
pies that two and two make four.
We don't look for figs on thistles.
nor for Right and Justice as the fruits
OF a social system founded on Wrong.
As things are today the capitalist
must suck labor's blood or do To
stand for the bloodsucklng system.
and then prate against the Injustice
OF grinding monopolies" Is nothing
else than whining. Socialists don't
whine. They arc organized to over
throw the bloodsucking system. Not
until that is done Is there any chance
for the virtues. right. justice, love.
etc
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
)r1ly Costs 29 Cents a Day
I his Maxwell 100 Miles a W.

Our advertisement showing actual figures the low Of
maintaining our big Maxwell touring aroused greater public
interest than predicted The results proved that ghn
believing that people know just how much
costs run-beore they buy it. We wait with interest
other makers dare follow lead and tell how much their
Among thousands Of letters received hundreds
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

With this Runa-
bout your radius
is unlimited
you can dnve it
100 miles each
day or more.
When not in use
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
Tho Earth as Private Property

Tho Earth as Private Property.
The great ones OF the world have
taken this earth OF ours to them
selves; they I've In the midst OF splen-
dor and superflulty. The smallest
nook OF the land is already q posses
sion; none may torch It OF NEEDLE
with II. John Wolfgang Goethe.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

L wish you'd stop reminding me ci
Your first wife" she complained.
How can help IT, he replied
She supported me twice as good s'
you've ever done"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

have been from people who have need for big 6vepasenger
touring These ask for similar figures famous
Maxwell Runabout Here they are We gladly show how little
operate this Maxwell Its remarkable economy and
great utlityo pleasure and buness-appea thousands Of
people who have considered horse and buggy beyond
their means.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
For Travelling
Statesmen

story Of competitive testmade by large New England
concern to determine if its statesmen could do their work
cheaper by automobile than by railroad. Their
report was Overwhelmingly In favor Of the Maxwell
Runabout 1t was an impartial test test IN which
we did not figure. We repnnt it by permission You
should leam why railroad expenses were more than
"cut in half and orders increased 800 per cent"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

a squaw. Correct Now who can tell
me what an Indians baby IL called
Bright Pupil know. miss
squawker.-Boston Transcript.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
Cheaper 10 Keep
than a Horse
and Buggy

all expense stops-a horse is constant care and ex
pense. Three horses will not do the work Of this Runa
bout-yet one horse costs more to keep. Consider the
saving in time; 5 minutes day is all that is required
to eli it with OIL gasoline etc. Compare this with the
time taken to feed groom and harness horse. Anyone
can drive the Maxwell with half an hours practice.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
WeCo-operate
with Maxwell
Owners

stuct Maxwell owners to operate their econoni.
eally: Of course cannot guarantee that everyone
will run this Maxwell at the exact cost above stated
an average Many Maxwell owners do better: There
are few who cannot afford to keep this Runabout and
we want you to know what great convenience it is
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

dogmatic Socialist-"it must be your
way or not at all"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

Every pnncipleusedin in this
Maxwell is found on
one or more Of the highest
priced cars. For example
the Maxwell engine is
water cooled by the ther-
mo-syphon system, the
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

Teacher-An Indians vito Is called
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

We take pride In the
record Of every Max
well sold. We make it
our business to teach
you how to runit. We
publish a semi-month-
ly magazine to IN
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

Every salesman and
every manufacturer who
employs statesmen should
write for the Economy
Runabout" booklet, just
off the nreas Ii L. The
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

This high class Max
we'll Runabout can be
run 100 miles a week
at a total cost Of $2.05
Cor 5000 miles a year
for $l06.40) This in
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
Maxwell
Construction
Adopted

same as the Renamt one Of the costest French cars
We use the unit construction and three point suspen-
sion as do the Napier and Motobloc. famous English
and French machines. The Maxwell was the first
to use the metal multiple disc cutch-now generally
adopted here and abroad
Everyone may not thoroughly understand these
MECHANICAL FACTS but we give them to show
that when you buy a Maxwell, you get a car that is
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
MARKHAM Club Socialists

Any question concerning Social
Ism answered. Address all COM
munIcatlons TO X. 6. Hiilisrj,
436 Hcrrlok Avenue.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

the result not only of our eight years of expert
ence but reflects the BEST judgment of the ablest
European engineers.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

This is not just an advertisement-it is news.
wireadit with interest, because they will Learn th
Runabout affords the cheapest transpor
two people. Many who do not keep horse
this MAXWELL costs SO little to maintain.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14

For long, hard this Runabout just adequate for two
passengers big 30 H. P Touring Car for five passengers
the difference carrying capacity only Any hill that
will climb this will climb The Runabou does not do
justice is 2-passenger touring car with speed Of
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-05-14
SALE OF MAXWELLS TO DATE

New Castle, Ind. Providence, RI.
Pawtuclet, R. 1. KnGsland Point, NY.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-12
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN SPOKANE LOST EVERY YEAR;
TRAGEDY AND COMEDY IN POLICE COURT RECORDS

On the morning Of September 8
an agitated little woman hurried
into police headquarters. Her hus-
band had disappeared and she had
a premonition that he had been
murdered. The police tried 20
soothe her, took the mans descrip-
ton and entered it in the Missing
Person" ledger.
Six days later the body of Bryan
Cogger, a rancher of Jefferson
county. was found in a narrow
ditch under a house.
And all the Missing Person"
ledger at police headquarters
shows is:
"Cogger, B., reported missing
September 8. Found dead Septem-
Der A."
Cogger was only one of several
hundred persons who were report
ed missing in Spokane during the
past year.
OF course, many more turned
up" but jubilant mothers, fathers,
wives and sweethearts failed to
notify the police of that fact.
| But it is safe to say that fully
so per cent of those reported miss.
ing have disappeared into the NAV
of silence, never to reappear.
! What becomes of them?
| The Missing Person" ledger oc-
casionally offers a hazard. Down
the list appears Supposed to be
drowned" Thought to be insane"
and the like.
Behind the brief notation, ere
turned to parents" which appears
opposite the names of several
young girls, lies many sordid,
dirty story of mans perfidy and
woman's weakness.
Mother thinks she Is with a
man 5 feet 10 inches" ETC., ex-
plains many an elopment, but
scores of notations, Left home
last night" have been eventually
solved and the trail leads to the
lair of the white SLAYER, the most
serious menace with which the pc.
lice have to contend in the case
of Spokane girlhOod.
You don't believe it?
Ask any patrOlman and then
doubt his word. Then note his
tolerant smile.
No, the white SLAYER, always
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-12

band?"
John Doe" was brought down.
Wifey didn't mind his tousled hair
and red-rimmed eyes a bit. She
made one leap, gave him regular
bear cat hug. Then she turned to
the smiling policemen and loosed
stream of Gliding for not notify
ing her last night" that John"
was in that horrible jail"
There are many John Does in the
Missing Person" ledger.
But the many who never "show
up" the many who disappear as
though the earth opened and swal-
lowed them-what?
The waiting river, the train, the
missed step, all the terrors Of river
and land, get scores Of Spokane
people every year.
The Missing Person" ledger is
silent-and mothers, fathers, wives
and sisters wait in vain for the
silence to end,
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PENCIL p DIN T S

estate T. os sse,s s;o hi: % the
he restores portion of the earth the people
How could
pec it, with all those Harvard boys few miles
TAFT asks the insurgents the White House. they won't have
the they've got to bak the sunshine the smile
the Rhode Islander will call her essay
rich and the Tariff
about The n.uraence of In.
but what we want know the standpaenes
Panama Cape cutting ship canal too
that would otherwise be lost
eresson orator incidentally showed that Congress
sonal literature has suffered a similar relapse.
NOW Martin Luther is enjoying boom in the magazines It's
change from the Napoleon stunt anyhow
Say this Navy rotary Meyer He returns to tn.
treasury saved by his system Of thus
good cooking ~om.ns club for good works.
and said there of that
many womans clubs.
m NEVADA sass t % % m
,s: sx
GARMENT MAKERS strike Chicago
early that war Is hell ''' 'n'' re 'ea'n'"S
tts love in it fine nothing
But don't forget to inclose your heart
GENERAL REYES that soldier with following in tn.
had tackled Daz he would have made lively the old gentle
.n ~. s.: s.s: s:: ~: :..:
New England for them to do their struttng
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-12
Ube41etter

Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

! dropped. His teeth chartered, and
he started blankly into the clergy
mans face.
Il came here to rob you," he
said.
Harding gazed at him; his
glance wandered to the black bag;
he turned his back and bent over
the coffee, bubbling above an al.
cohol lamp. Maxwell regarded him
miserably. Harding lifted his
head with a smile.
We'll talk that over later, Carl"
he said. 'Sit by the fire-you're
cold. And drink this coffee.
The man sat down. The hot
coffee was almost at his mouth,
when he looked up into the other
face.
How do you know 1 won't take
the money!" he asked. 81 could"
! The parson laughed. He put a
friendly hand on the deep shoulder
and patted it, as if the man were
child. well, yes, you could"
he said. Drink your coffee, Carl
Ten minutes later the man stood
OCIolS tnS liz dIlu IOlu Alo olOl 4.
He finished the recital with look
of bitterness in his eyes.
81 believe I'm a fool" he said.
'The money means the chance of
my life for start-and I've no
other chance. l meant to take it,
till the children came, and then l
lost my nerve. Alice has grown
a lot I taught her her first word
do you remember? l didn't do
the beast act entirely to get rid
of them. l did it so they wouldn't
be disappointed. I'm a fool. I'd
planned the thing and I ought to
have put it through. l could have
gone to China, and in a year I'd
have sent back the money-Id
have had a clear conscience and a
grip on life such as I've never had
before. But it's beyond me now"
The man looked down suddenly
at his dingy overcoat. He smiler
queer smale at the clergyman.
81 happened to think of how they
used to sing Silent Night" before
we had our Christmas tree, and of
the velvet clothes l wore one year."
he explained. "And now,"-- he
lifted the skirt of his coat, to be
talking about Christmas treesY
and carols. I'm just one Oh The
submerged. I'll go now, Doctor I
might as well go. had my chance
and threw it away for sentiment.
I'll go now" He held out his hand.
at won't hurt you to shake hands. :
The clergyman did not stir.
"Carl, I've got something to tell
you about your cousin Sidney" he
said.
The man scowled. 81 don't want
to hear it," he shot through 9 his
teeth. when I saw him walking
with you today in his furred over
coat and his prosperity wanted
to kill him. He's forgotten fIsm
alive. It's nothing to him that I'm
strangling-in the depths"
That's where you're mistaken"
replied Doctor Harding In quiet
but positive tone.
Maxwell lifted his chin and
threw at the clergyman a glance
like a blow. Harding went on at
ease.
Continued tomorrow
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-12
When She Is OUer Forty

The employment of in stores and factories is be-
ginning to produce and disturbing problem.
it's hard to bnt thew do Hnd what is harder
to say they lose their attractions and longer
activee in the days of their youth
Now, the in the comfortable home melows and
sweetens with age. Why shouldn't she-she is provided
for and has husband and children to do her honor But
the aging in the store and the in the factory
why, THEY not needed any more, AND THAT is
A TRAGEDY.
What shall be done with the workingwoman of forty,
fifty? She can't lay up money to live out of her
meager wages for much of the time she is out of work
every year.
What SHALL she do? That is one of the interrogation
points of our times
hand. They social and economic problems. They
MUST be solved or civilization goes down.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-12

alert at moving picture shows,
penny arcades, post card stands,
at public dances-well, there's
where he recruits his dirty dollars
and his presence explains IRAN
away last night"
But it is not all shadow.
One day wild-eyed woman
rushed into police headquarters.
She was sure her husband had
been hanged, drawn and quartered.
Yes, she just knew he had been
done away with by foul means. An
Injured police clerk patiently wait
ed until the torrent of doubt and
suspicion ran itself dry and then
he patiently jotted down most
complete description of the miss
ing man.
THAT sounds like the guy who
was brought in last night with A
brannigan," said the clerk. Hey
Mike, bring down that John Doe
and see if he isn't this lady's 'hus.