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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-21

a supper of portland cab
bage..or too many scotch high-balIs,
ste-was looking over the officSa3--fe-
ords and found an entry detailing the
circumstances OF zMordecai's saving
his life and Vas surprised and deeply
incensed, when, upCa inquiry, he
found no honor had been bestowed
upon him. The King Immediately
began an Investigation of>the matter.
and lost n otime in making ample
reparation for the remissness of his
subordflates-after he as~certained the
true status OF the situation. This pa
gan was a better man than Holley,
in this age of civilization
In the explanations which followed
the King learned many things which
had been surreptitiously kept from
him. He learned hat Mordecai was
first cousin to his beloved wife,, Queen
Esther, and he learned how he had
been duped by this ancient-Al Quill,
into entering a decree against the in
nocent Jews; he Learned about the
gallows. this ingratiating, ~insinuatins
scoundrel had quietly erected for
Mordecai and it made him so intense
ly angry tibet he ordered Hamon
hanged on the gallows which had been
prepared for Mordecai and served a
Writ of Judgement on lannon's FAM
ily-like Bill Evans had served on
John Baker White and Shirley Ross
threw them off the property and gave
1t all to Mordecai. The lesson Of
this story is-that evil is always on
the o a to execution and the retribu-
ton may be slow. but it will ultimate
ly arrive. The Hollcy's-BedelIs, Ross
and Adulterous, may continue for a
season but Honesty will eventually
prevail. The people. regardless OF po-
litical predictions, will arise and
overthrow the rotten, grafting,swindl-
ing gang. That ave fastened on the
body polite, like a Woo tick on a
NANCY dog. The next election will
hurl from place and power this gang
of political pilates and thieving
election buccaneers,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-21
Platform of the Socialist
Party of the United States

But in a%bolishing the presun. svs-
tem, the workingmen will free MOI
only their W class, b,t. also al,
other classes of 4 societr. r.
small farmer. who is today exploited
ny arg capital more Indirectly bu.
less effectively than is the wage
.aoorer; the small manufacturer ana
trader, who is engaged in a ~Iesnara,o
HH toaihs for economic in
in the face of The an
c~onquering power Of c~orra,,r,,n
capital; and even the caDitaiisr HIM
self, who is the slave of his we,i,h
Father than. his master. The s.rug-
gle of the working clas. a.ainsr rba
capitalist class, while it is a cI, sc
struggle for the abolition of all cI,.-
conservation of health. Tho brro,,,
ses and class privileges.
The Rock OF Glass Rulc.
The private ownership of the Iond
ana means of production used for ~
P'oitatlon is the rock upol which ella =
rue Is built; political government is
us indispensable instrument Tho
"aSc-workers cannot be freed from
eNpioltat'on without c~on1uerirg the
political power and substituting col
lectiVe for private ownership OFF the
land and near: of p; oductiGa used for
exploitation.
The basis for such transformation
IS rapidly developing within present
capitalist society. The factory system.
with It's complex machinery and
minute division of labor, is rapidly de-
stroyinS all vestiges of individual
prouctinn in manufacture. Mode1r,
production is already very largely a
cOllcEtlyn and CnniDl rr~a.r, nv
grc2t trusts and monopolies which
have sprung up in recent years have
organized the work and management
CT the principal Industries on a ma
tlonal scale, and have fitted them for
collective use n operation.
Land and Public Welfare.
There can. be no absolute private
title to land. All private titles,
whether called fee simple or other
wise. are and must be subordinate to
the public title. The Socialist Party
strives to prevent land from being
used for the purpose of exploitation
and speculation. 1t demands the col
lectivc possession. control or manage
mcnt of land to whatever extent NAV
he necessary to attain that end. 1t is
not opposed to tho occupation and pos
session of land by those using it in a
useful and bona ffde manner without
expectation.
The Socialist Party is primarily an
economic and political movement. 1t
Is not concerned with matters of re-
ligiouS belief.
Labor'S Interests Identical.
In the struggle for freedom the in
tcrcsts of all modern orke are
identical. The struggle is not only
national. but International. 1t EN-
braces the world and will be carried
to ultimate victory by the unite work.
crs of the world.
To unite the workers of the nation
and their allies and sympathizers of
all other classes to this end is the mis-
sion OF tho Socialist Party. In thi
battle for freedom the Socialist Party
does not strive to substitute working
class rule for capitalist class rule,
but By working-class victory to free
ali humanity from class rule and to
realize the international brotherhood
of man
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-21
DEMANDS.

l. The immediate government re-
lief for the unemployed workers by
building schools. by rcforcsting of cut.
over and waste lands, by reclamation
of arid tracts, and the building of
canals. and by extending all other
useful public works. Al! persons
employed on such work shall be en-
ploycd directly by the government nm
der an eigGt-hour work day and at the
prevailing uIion wages. The govern
mcnt shall also loan money to states
and municipai;t:"&, without interest.
for the purpose of carrying on public
works. 1t shall contribute to the
funds of labor organizations for the
purpose Of assisting Their unemployed
members. and shall take such other
measures within its power as will
lessen the widespread misery of tho
workers caused by the misrulc OF the
capitalist class.
The collective ownership of rail-
roads. telegraphs. telephones. steam.
p'at INES and all other means of 90
claI transportation and communic,-
ton.
.. The collective ownership OF all
industries which arc organized on n
a.ion scale and in which compe-
luton has virtually ceased to exist.
4: Inc extension of the public do
main to include mines. Guarrics. oil
wells. forests and water power.
.. The scientific rcforest alton oF
timber lands. and the reclamation OF
swamp lands. The land so reforestcd
or reclaimed to be permanently re-
tanned at as Il part of the public do
main
G. The absolute freedom of press,
speech and aSScmblaCc.
INDUSTRIAL DEMANDS.
q The Improvement of the indus
trial coalition of the workers.
(a) By shortening the workdav in
keeping with the increased
tivCncss of machinery.
OBJ By securing TO every worker Il
rest period of not less than 4 day and
a half in each week.
tc) BY securing 4 more effective
inspection of workshops and factories.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-21
The Hanging
of Hamon

Continued From Page One.)
INDUCED in progressive cuchre and
other pastimcs and doubtless, though
she had certain rights which, Ahasu-
erus hould respect, so when he sent
for her to dixie herself, and come to
his banquet, and display her charms
to a drunken and boisterous gang OF
genteel rutfiaIS like John ike
White. Shirley Ross and Mo Michl-
h Indignantly and preemtorily re-
fused. She was having n banquet of
her OWE at the time, and politness
forbadc her leaving her guests to their
own, DEVICE. while she acted the
"F1irting Princess" for the delecta-
ticn of some antique John Baker
White, and she was right.
The King had INDUCED in the
liquid part of the festivities too lib
orally. and forgot the chivalry and
courtesy due a lady, anywhere, every
where at any and all timcs-so when
Vashti's refusal was communicated
to him he became furiously mad and
cavorted like John Baker White at
"a Tammany Hall ~convocation, sur
rounded by chorus girls. Now this
boiNIuSt Dtcl SOlIS OIL LOT seven
dayS-scvcn days of feasting and
drinking-evcry banqueter drinking
out of an. individually designed cup
no two alike-just like Shirley
Ross campaign cards. The u.liqucncss
Of the plan, the ~copiousness of the
flow of wine and the continueSness of
h drinking, added the brain of
these riotous roisterers and they had
vain imaginings as to the importance
Of the male biped. They construed the
refusal of Nashti's as an omen of re-
bellion against the Kings authority
which. if not promptly nippcd,
would he cmulatcd by all their wives,
and cause an instruction against the
marital domination by the masculine
end of the institution. In every age
of the world maj has beer awrully
afraid to extend to the wife of his
bosom. the mother of his children,
any thinS-cverything Savoring of
political equality. These drunken
blatherskitcs induced the King to
take their view of the matter-iust
as Adultcrous and Shirley Ross work
lioleE-and TO enter a decree of total
annulmcnt of the marriage relation
ship existing between Niashi and
himself. and he was coward enough
to do it just as Holley does for the
gang. In those days it was really
easier to procure a divorce than to
go to Reno in our time: besides it
saved litigation. attorney fees. trav-
cling expenses for the trip and the
period of residence required by the
statutes of Nevada. he ceremony
was unique and double triggered in
action; all the King did was to say
TO his wife-scoot Vashti. scoot, ana
h scooted to pastures new and en-
braces warmer. The Chief of Police,
in this Christian age could do it with
even less In our day, the
King would have left his wife in the
enjoyment of her banquet. Tutoring
around the card table or Trapping
over the punch bowl. and have gone
with his friends to Fry street to fin
lsh their ebauc in modern New
York or Paris style, Mordecai. the
Jew. had, upon one occasion. been
instrumental in saving the Kings
iiie-for which he was duly grateful,
and. to do the King justice. he thought
Mordecai had been amply provided for
He knew no better. until one night,
having a bad case of acknowledgements
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-21

rime charged against the, Holley
Observation-Disclosures. meyer haYins
toosEhprribfss
indecent TO print-and restore tbs
government 10 pristine purity, We
would accomplish more, though we
we're killed, than We could hope to
through che publication of these
truthful articles. Some day-Somr
beautiful ! sunshiny day-while au-
tumn fingers lovingly in the lap of
summer on its way to the grave or
winter; lovers lettering on the street
in h utter abandon of happiness;
men chasing the elusive dollar from
place to place until its safely corrall-
ed in bank; men. women and chilo-
rem. dogs and baby buggies galore,
wadded and packed on Caption
street: everybody happy and in.
search of the particular things that
conduce to their happiness-on some
sweet day-if Mox Michl really
thinks h Il it would be of advantage
TO the administration, ard his COW
ardly heart will brace his cowardly
body long enough to attempt to use
a buggy whip on us, We will act our
part in public vaudeville to the mu-
sic OF the whip. Scat, MoXie, Scat
you're funny-really harmlessly-
~corruptly funny-go see Mother
McCaskey.
The true spirit of reform never en-
ters the leprGuS carcaSe of a SenSaous
brute-map, however we'll he may ad-
Vertise his peculiar brand of reforma-
ton. however beautifully he ma. pose
publically-you see the point don't
YOU
To spirtualize hpertinism would be
beyond the power of the worlds re-
deemcr, consequently, it cannot be
done. by otr city officials, who even
fail to rcspectabliZe criminality though
they have covered it from observation
pretty we'll in the. past four years.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-21
Power of Corruption.

L
To maintain their rule over their
Fellow men, the capitalists must keen
IN their pay all organs CO tn. puDlc
powers. public mind and public con-
science. They control the dominant
parties and. through them, the elect
cd pubic officials. They select the
executives, bride legislatures M
corrupt the courts OF justice. They
own and censor the press. They
dominate the educational institutions
They own the nation politically and
intellectually just as they own Il liz
dustria;ly.
The Vital Issue.
The struggle between wage work
ers and capitalists grows ever fer
Ger, and has now become the only
v&a issue before the American PEG
pie. The wage-working class. there
Tore. has the most direct interest IN
~eeeitstin1 he capitalists systen-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-21

said, the same shall be contirn1s
from day to day; or from TIM
t.met At the same place n hntw.a
the same hours, until the sams sn,H1
be completed. S""-'
NETTE FLETCHER
u b ATKINSON. Sol. N0""s'i'
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-21
PROGRAM.

As measures calculated to strength
en- the working class in its fight for
the realization of this ultimate aim.
and to increase its power of resist
ance against capitalist oppression. we
advocate and pledge ourselves and our
elected officers to the following pro-
gram:
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-21

We also handle Il number of other
different Brands Bottled i'm Ron1
iull quarts at $1.OO per quart.
ALI MINDS Of BARREL GOODS,
. ana % OLD, FROM $500
PER GALLON. UP.
WE ALSO HANDLE IA1pORTED
GOODS
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
A Fight in the Pen.

A fight between convicts over pay
ment for whisky has developed case
of wholesale smuggling into the peni-
tentiary. Charles Nibert, employed by
the e. B. Lanman Co., prison labor
contractors, was arrested by Deputy
Warden Charles Resh and confessed.
Soon after a fight started in the Ian
man plant between George Atwell,
Lucas county, ten years and Marion
Swank, Pickaway county, third-termer.
When the men were separated Atwell
declared he secured the whisky which
started the trouble, from Nibert. His
condition indicated liberal use of the
contraband beverage. Nibert admit
ted that he took in six pint bottles
on Thursday. The practice is under
stood to be of long standing.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
"Love,a Young pream.n

Married life Is yelled secret to
those who first enter into this sacred
condition. Courtship is a dream Of
bliss, but when the realities of mar
riage come and an increasing house
hold is recorded by the years, eco
Monies of time, labor and money be-
come necessary.
The cheerful, smiling bride sho1ld
not become n drudge-and she need
not. Cleaning up Of laundry work,
dishes, woodwork, kitchen utensils
and all the other necessary forms Of
washing can be made easy with Hew-
tits Easy Task soap, which costs no
more than the cheap kind-five cents
for liberal cake-pure white.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
CURED SORES WHEN
ALL ELSE FAILED
Norman Acts as Benefactrcss TO chn-
dren

Mrs. w. Linsky, Of Salem, Mass,
writes, telling of the wonderful results
from the use OF Resinol. In her own
words the letter reads:
IL have used your Resinol Ointment
Tor five years, as two different doctors
recommended 1t. l have given 1t to
number of children with sores that
they could not find cure for, and 1t
was always sure to cure them. would
not be without it,
Resinol is the indispensable stand
ard remedy for all skin troubles, from
the common pimple, cut, scald, boil or
sore, to carbuncles, felons, eczema,
erythema, herpes, barber's itch, psori-
hsis and every abrasion of the skin
from any cause. Resinol Ointment can
be instantly applied and its effect ts
instantaneous. 1t is put up in screw
top opal containers, selling at fifty
cents or a dollar, according to size. 1t
has the approval and recommendation
of thousands Of our best physicians,
and hundreds of thousands of families
are never without it. Another indis-
pensable necessity is Resinol Soap,
one of the finest, most soothing and
refreshing toilet soaps in the world
1t, Is a preventive of most of the skin
troubles. including blackheads. PIN
pies and chapped hands. 1t is espe
cially adapted to the tender skin oi
infants and children. Nothing is bet
ter for shampooing and cleaning the
scalp and for the prevention of falling
hair. The ointment and soap are solo
by all druggists.
Resinol Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
IN AGONY WITH ITCHING

about four years ago l broke out
ter two months they were all over my
body, some coming, and some going
away. In about six months the boils
quit, but my arms, neck and body
broke out with an itching, burning
rash. 1t would burn and itch, and
come out in pimples like grains of
wheat. was in terrible condition;
l could not sleep or rest. Parts of my
flesh were raw, and l could scarcely
bear my clothes on. could not lie
in bed in any position and rest. In
about year the sores extended down
to my feet. Then l suffered agony
with the burning, itching sores.
could hardly walk and for long time
l could not put on socks.
''All this time / was trying every
thing l could hear of, and had the skill
of three doctors. They said it was
eczema. l got no benefit from all
this. l was nearly worn out, and had
given up in despair of ever being cured
when / was advised by friend to try
Cuticura Remedies. / purchased Cuti-
cura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent,
and used exactly as directed. l used
the Cuticura Remedies constantly for
four months, and nothing else, and was
perfectly cured. 1t is now year, and
/ have not had the least bit since. l
am ready to praise the Cuticura Rem
edies at any time. (Signed) E. L.
Cate, Exile. KY, Nov. 10, 1910.
Although Cuticura Soap and oint-
ment are sold by druggists and dealers
everywhere, sample of each, with 32-
page book, will be mailed free on ap-
plication to "Cuticura," Dept. 81, X,
| Boston.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
Skeletons Unearthed.

While digging trench for the new
sewer system at the penitentiary,
workmen unearthed three coffins,
which contained the bones of as many
victims of the cholera plague which
40 years ago visited the prison. The
bones will be cremated and the ashes
will be placed in an urn, buried, and
over them will be erected tablet in
memory of the four and other vic
tins of the plague. The collins were
in remarkable state of preservation.
Warden Jones notified the city
health department of the find and was
instructed either to rebury the coffins
or cremate their contents.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
HOGAN WILL
PROBE MYSTERY
GOVERNOR HARMON AND ATToR,
NEY GENERAL EXPECTED TO
TAKE UP PORTRAIT CASE.
$1,000 PAID FOR FOUR PICTURES
Three Pictures Denounced as Worth.
less Now In Possession of State
Whereabouts of Artist Weiden-
bach Remains Mystery.

Columbus.-Attorney General T. S.
Hogan will take a hand in the mys-
terry surrounding the pictures of four
old governors. He will investigate the
payment of $1,000 to Mrs. e. j. Hol-
lingsworth, state library clerk, for
painting the four new pictures hang
ing on the wall in the capitol rotunda.
The legislature appropriated the
money on representations in letter
to the house finance committee and
the word of George S. Long, secre-
tary to Governor Harmon, who was
active in behalf of Mrs. Hollings-
worth.
Prominent officials in the state
house also made the prediction that
Governor Harmon will make a per-
sonal investigation as soon as he re-
turns from his summer home at Char
levoix, Mich. Long is credited with
securing the library appointment for
Mrs. Hollingsworth, at the instance of
Congressman James Cox of Dayton,
when she was dropped as drawing
supervisor in the Dayton schools. The
four pictures were made with Longs s
approval and it was his word that
put the appropriation for them through
the legislature on the last day.
Any effort to recover the money paid
| to Mrs. Hollingsworth would be based
on the statement in her letter to the
legislative finance committee that the
original picures were photographs
painted over and impossible to be
cleaned or repaired. Long, in an in
dorsement of the voucher on which
the money was secured, and Mrs. Hol
lingsworth, in an accompanying type
written statement, repeated the asser
ton.
Three of the pictures denounced as
worthless now are in possession of the
state. The portrait of Governor Rob
ert Lucas was found today in the
rooming house at 35 E. Main street
where Weidenbach had his studio aftel
he was pardoned from the pententiary
The landlady gave the tip.
The picture still missing is that o
Governor Willis Shannon. The Lucas
picture is in fine condition and look
anything but worthless. The legisla
ture was told it was only photo
\ graph, but on the bottom of the pic
ture are these words:
Painted by May Murray, July
1890"
1t is an oil painting and has all th
appearance of being a good one.
Weidenbach has not been located
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
Relief for the Laundress.

Under old-fashioned methods laun-
dry work was severe burden. Rub,
rub, rub and scrub, scrub, scrub on a
wash-board till the back ached, the
limbs were weary and the hands be-
came red and rough.
There is no need of going through
this ordeal today, because Hewitt's
Easy Task soap lightens this work
fully one-half and makes 1t much less
disagreeable. Just buy two cakes for
ten cents, and IL the first is not sat
isfactory return the other and gel
your full money back.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
Varying Prices Of Lobsters.

Lovers Of lobster ought to get lot
of comfort out of a recent paragraph
in the famous old Kennebec Journal,
which says that the crustacean are
dirt cheap" However, the Journal
adds, they are not as low in price
as in the old days, when they sold
six for 25 cents, but the price has
fallen to 16 cents a pound, which is
decidedly different from the figures
that were being quoted early in the
spring. Then they were being bought
alive for so cents pound from the
fishermen. and the price in Boston
and New York scared to 80 cents a
pound, and, in some cases, beyond" ]"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
Their Native Heath.

DR.. Eugene Fuller, president of the
American THEOLOGICAL association, said
at dinner in New York, apropos Of
independence Day:
1--WE must all try to be as truthful
as George Washington was. 1 am
afraid we have not, of late years. up
held the reputation for truthfulness
that George Washington gave us. l
am afraid that we have published to
the world, by our yellow press and by
other means, good many tall stories.
THUS an English teacher once said
to pupil:
"'What is a miracle?'
Please, sir the little pupil an
swered, it's something that happens
In America"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
To Bar Drinking Cups.

Railroad passenger car drinking cups
will have to go if sanitation COM
mittee, headed by DR.. C. o. Probst of
the state board of health, is successful
in its agitation. The committee was
named at a conference of health Off
cials in San Francisco, with the view
to secure better sanitary conditions on
trains.
DR.. Probst has just returned from a
three weeks trip through the West.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
In settle Grieuances.

With the view to untangle several
grievances that threaten to result in
strikes, state miners officials will go
to GAINESVILLE to confer with the opera
tors of the Crooksville district. 1t is
predicted that the grievances can be
amicably settled. There are not to
exceed 500 miners on strike in the
state, according to statement made
by Secretary G. w. Savage today.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1911-07-21
Railroad Says Rates Too Low.

Charging unreasonable discrimina-
tion in ordering the enforcement of
new coal rates, the Hooking Valley
Railway Co. filed suit against the
public service commission of Ohio ask
ing that the commission be enjoined
from carrying out an order issued
June 27. The company specifies that
rates which they have been ordered
to maintain between Nelsonville and
Toledo are too low.