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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28

td) By forbidding the employment
OF children under sixteen years of
age.
(e) By forbiding h interstate
transportation of the products of child
labor, OF convict labor and of all un-
inspected factories.
90 BY abolishinS official charity
and substituting in it& place compul-
sorry insurance against employment.
Illness. accidents. IIvalidism, old age
and death.
POLITICAL DEMANDS.
g. The extension of inheritance
amount of the requests and to the
nearness CT kin.
o. a graduated income tax.
10. Unrestricted and equal suffrage
for men AID omcn and we pledge
ourselves to Engage in an active cam
paisn in that direction.
IL Tho initiative and referendum
proportional representation and the
right of. recall.
IL. The abolition OF the senate.
10. The abolition of the power
usurped by the Supreme court of the
United States to pass upca the consti-
~tutiorality of legislation enacted by
congress. National laws to be re-
pealed or abrogate only by act of con,
Sress or by a referendum of the whole
people.
IA. That the Constitution be mad5
f~arneEdable by majority vote.
is. The enactment of further meas.
ures for general education and for the
of education to be made a department
The creation of a department o!
health.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28
Platform of the Socialist
Partyof the United States

Out IN abolishing the pree~ sys-
'em' the workingmen will nee NOT
ohiy lhelr own class, bug also al,
oIHer classes of modern society- Tho
SINAI farmer. who is today exploited
by large capital more 1ndfrccr,v bu.
hot less effectively than IL the vac
aborer; the small manufacturer ano
trader, who is engaged in a ~lesD.ra,o
and losing struggle for economic in
eEehden in the face of the ALL
conquering power of concentrate
capital; and even the capitaii,r him
self, who is the slave OF his NO IN,
rather than his master. The s.rr,,
gle of the working. elias. a-ajnsr rha
capitalist class, while. it ia a c,,s.
struggle for the abolition OF all cIas-
conservative of health. The buro,r
scs and class privileges.
The Rock of Class Rule.
The private ownership of the LAND
ahd means of production used for .x-
''oitatlon is the rock upon which class
rue is built; political government is
us indispensable Instrument. Tao
"aGe--worke canrot be freed from,
eHplolsation without conQrerinG the
political powcr and substituting col
lcctiVe for private ownership Of tho
land and means of pl oductjnn used for
exploitation.
The basis for such transformation
IS rapidly developing within present
capitalist society. The factory system,
with its complex machinery and
minute division of labor, is rapidly de-
stroyinG all vestiSes of individual
prouctihn in manufacture. Modern
production is already very largely a
collective and social process. The
sreac trusts and m]onopolics which
nave sprung up in recent years have
organized the work and management
Of the principal industries on n ma
tIonal scale. IL have fitted them for
collective use and operation.
Land and Public Welfare.
There can be no absolute private
title to land. All private titles.
whether called fee simple or Their
wise, are and nus 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
iective possession. contro! or manage
lnent OF land to whatever extent may
be necessary to attain that end. 1t is
not opposed to the occupation and pos
session of land by those. using it in Il
useful and bona lidc manner wi.hou,
exploitation.
The Socialist Party is primarily an
economic and political movement. 1t
is not concerned with matters of re
ligious belief.
~-Iabor's Interests Identical.
In the struggle for freedom the in
forests of all modern workers are
identical. The struggle is not only
national. but international. 1t en-
braces the world and will be carried
to ultimate victory by tho unite work
crS of the world.
TIC unite the workers of the nation
and their allies and sym%pathizcrs OF
all other classes to this end is the mis-
sion OF the Socialist Party. In this
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
all humanity from class rule and to
realize the International brotherhood
of man.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28
Does Silence
GiUe Consent?

~ CONTINUED from page one.)
knayes. In the present city admins
tration they arc about equally rep
resented, in fact in many instances,
we find officials who are both knaves
and foolS-they graft with such OPEN
ness and rccklessness that they prove
themselves fools and Knavcs, beyond
question.
After all the dreams he's
the hopes he's hoped; the plans he's
planned: the folks he's downed; Jim
Holley's aspirations for gubernatorial
hCnors have been nippcd in the head
frosted, squeezed and squoZened be-
yond the hope of termination. His
utterly faithless and shameless in
efficiency in giving the city the sort
OF government he promised-and the
people were led to expect his endorse
ment of AdulterouS GULL in all of his
nefarious and iniquitous operations,
after he was appraised of them, MAX
eS MIN particips criminals after the
1act, aId the voters will have no
more Holley in theirs.
II oc~hestration of the voices of
the masses in the Anthem of. En-
CURRY, is perfect in harmony, and ex-
presses the belief in the perfidy of
the present city Observation-Disclosures
exposed in the columns of the Labor
Argus. BY their works ye shal
know them"
q h Sirens on Fry street are now
wearing lovc-chains and forging gill
dcd letters. and binding in thralls
OF shame the officers of the city adj
mlnlStratlon, but the Soporific in
hueHcc of Illicit love will not always
make somnolen the officers of the
law; whose sworn duty it is to sup
press crime instead of upholding 1T.
The honest citizens of Charleston
were choloformcd by false promises
into voting fog Jim Holley on a re-
form ticket. but the shameless con-
duct of our city officers has opened
the eyes of the voters and never
again will they be subject to the hvp-
motto influence of liars, forgers, thiev-
es. grafters, ~perjurers, st~raw-bonders,
AdultercrS and scoundrcls of the most
damnable character.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28

l. The immediate government re-
lief for the unemployed workers by
building schools, by reforcstinG of cut
over and waste lands. by reclamation
OF arid tracts. and the building of
canals. and by extending all other
useful public works. All persons
employed on such work shall be en-
ployed directly by the government I'M
der an ciGEt-hour work day and at the
prevailing union wages. The govern
ment shall also loan money to states
and municipalities, ithout 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 the
worke caused by the misrule of the
capitalist class.
= The collective ownership or rail
roads. telegraphs. telephones. steam
BOAT lines and all other means of 90
clal transportation and communica-
ton.
.. The collective ownership OF all
industries which are organizedHbn a
national scale and in which compe-
tition has virtually ceased to exist.
q. n extension of the publici do
main to include mines, uuarrics, oil
wells. forests and water power.
.. h scientific reforostation of
timber lands. and the reclamation of
swamp lands. The land so rcforcsted
or reclaimed to be permanently re
tanned at as Il part of the public do
main.
6. The absolute freedom of press.
speech ands ~assemblaSc.
INDUSTRIAL DEMANDS.
Z. The Improvement OF the indus
trial coalition of the workers.
la By shortening the workday in
with the increased p.oduc-
of machinery.
CD BY securing to every worker n i
rest period of not less than n day and
half in each week.
(c) BY securing Il moro effectivsl
of workshops and factories
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28
The Vital Issue,

1ke struggle between wage work.
ers and capitalists grows ever fer
Ger. n has now become the only
VITAL issue before the American Deo-
pie The w~ase-working class, there
fore. has the nos direct interest IL
seelisting the capitalists system.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28
PROGRAM.

AS measures calculated to strength
en- the working class in it's fight for
the realization oil 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
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28
Power of Corruption.

10 maintain their rule over .hnjr
Fellow men, the capitalists must kccr
In their pay all organs CO thu pubii
powers, public mind and public con.
science. They control the dominan,
parties and. through them, the elect
ed put.ic officials. They select the
executives, bride legislatures ana
corrupt the courts Of Justice. They
own and censor the PRESS. They
dominate the educational institutions
They own h nation politically and
intellectually just as they own il liz
d~ustriaily.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28
G"GO THOU AND DO LIKEWISE"
italian Union Men and Women Feed
Families Of Strikers.

Itome, ltaly.-lmbued with the
spirit hat made Rome the mistress
or the world, striking workers at
Eiba are determined to win or perish
IN the battle they are no waging
against their employers.
h sight of starving women and
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28

The Litchficld. Mimi. Co-opcroH,,
Live STOCK Association in the past two
years aitected a saving in the lnarl-
etinS OF cattle and hogs avcragiu,
5oc. on each hl"ldrcd weight.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-09-28

Capitalists have purchased or t,r-
en- all the land, are now taking the
water. and they are selling it in their
stocks.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-09

| rich foods. | would like to eat
corned beef and cabbage, but, like
other persons who live in New York
hotels, | am always afraid somebody
/ will see me. Conditions are differ
ent now, and people can't expect to
live as long as our fathers and & and
| fathers did"
Returning from a business trip to
Philadelphia Saturday afternoon,
| Colonel Green went into the smok-
ing compartment of the chair ca.
and there he found half dozen men
discussing his death. One of me
men had read an announcement on
a newspaper bulletin board in Phil
adelphia of the death of Colonel
William c. Greene, the copper mine
owner and cattle raiser of Texas and
Mexico, and believed it was the an
nouncement of the death of Mrs
Hetty Green's son.
One of the men in the smoking
compartment, said Colonel Green
turned to the passenger near him
and said Too bad about the
death of Mrs. Hetty Green's son
The men then diseased my merits,
and, to my surprise, they spoke not
an evil word of me.
Colonel Green announced that
the Westminster company, which is
to take over all of his mothers hold
ings, has been incorporated in New
Jersey and a temporary organiza-
ton effected Later. he said, the
company will begin to conduct
regular banking business.
Colonel Green announced
bellboy, Miss --is waiting for
you in her automobile at the Thirty
third street entrance"
And the interview was brought
to an end.
Are you certain you are going
to take a year to find that bride to
be-" asked Colonel Green's friend,
R G. Langsdon, of the firm of Ray
mond, Pynchon & Co, brokers, of
No. III Broadway.
Il said before the end of another
twelve months" said Colonel Green
as he hurried off to the Thirty
third street entrance.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-09

A joyful shout thoughtlessly given
by an Italian Smuggler on having
eluded the customs guards on the
Swiss frontier was the cause of his
six companions being killed by an
avalanche, The party. coming from
the Grisons. had, with thousand pre-
cautions successfully negotiated the
Forcola pass on the Swiss-Italian Dor
der, Five Of the men were loaded
with valuable contraband goods, and
two acted as guides and scouts. When
they We're all safely on Italian soil one
of the guides named Maretoli gave
vent to q joyful yodel In the still
air the least sound causes a vibration
which may set enormous masses of
snow moving THIS is what occurred
here A quarter of IA million tons of
snow detached itself from the noun
tain side and came laundering down
upon the party, who We're swept in an
instant into an abyss. Maretoli alone
was able to extricate himself
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-09

In these days, when various schemes
are being suggested by which the loser
of personal property may recover ii
without offaring an extreme reward. ii
is interesting to note two advertise
ments which appeared last summer in
German paper. In these advertise
ments nothing so bald as suggestion
of reward appeared, They seem mere
ly to present two wits fencing, and the
reader forgets the matter at stake:
Berlin. Aug. 5,-The gentleman who
found purse. valuable beyond ex-
PLANTATION. in the BlumenstraSse. is re
quested graciously to forward 1t to the
address OF the loser, as he is recog
niZed.
Berlin. Aug. 6.--The recognized gen
tleman who found a purse, valuable
beyond explanation, begs that the loser
will call at his house at the earliest
convenient hour
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-09
CITATION BY PUBLICATION.

The State OF Texas To the Sheriff
or Any Constable of Ellis County,
Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to
summon Pearl Mitchell by making
publication of this citation once in
each week for four successive weeks
previous to the return day hereof, in
some newspaper published in your
county, to appear at the next regu-
lar term Of the district court OF Ellis
county, to be holden at the court
house thereof, in Waxahachie, on
the first Monday in September A D.
1911, the same being the fourth day
of September A D. 1911, then and
there to answer petition filed In
said court on the 24th day of August
1911, in suit numbered on the
docket of said court S0S9 wherein
VIII Mitchell is plaintiff, and Pearl
Mitchell is defendant, and said pc
tition alleging in substance That
plaintiff is an actual bona fide in
habitant of the State of Texas ana
has resided in the county of Ellis for
more than six months next preced-
ing the filing of this suit, and the
residence of the defendant is to
plaintiff, unknown That plaintiff
and the defendant were lawfully
married on July 10, 1901, and lived
together as husband and wife until
April 1908, when plaintiff ceased to
live with the defendant. she being
guilty of excuses. cruel treatment
and outrages toward the plaintiff:
That defendant distracted all mari
tai rights from the plaintiff, volun-
tarily. offered to engage In sexual
| intercourse with and submitted 70
the embraces Of other men plaintiff
is informed that defendant is now a
transient person; that during said
marriage there was born to plaintiff
and defendant three children. viz:
| ElMertie, girl now dead; Edgar
Lee, boy of years old and Virgie.
girl years old: that because OF
the immoral character of defendant
and her neglect of said children. she
is unfit to care for them that the
actions and conduct of the defendant
are of such nature as TO render their
further living together insupport-
able
Wherefore. plaintiff prays that
the defendant be cited to answer
this petition, for decree Of divorce
from said defendant, for care and
custody of said three children. ana
for general and special relief
Herein fail not. but have before
said court, at its aforesaid next regu-
laG term, this writ. with your return
thereon, showing how you have exc
cuted the same.
Witness, Lem Wray. Clerk OF the
District Court of Ellis County
/ Given under my hand and the seal
/ Of said court, at office in Waxaha
chic. this the 26th day Of August. 4.
d. 1871.
| (Seal) LEM WRAN,
Clerk Of the District Court Ellis
Il County.
| BY Dan Wilson, Deputy
eel A true copy certify.
,gA A w WILSON.
ed Sheriff Ellis County. Tex
an BY Frank r. Spalding, deputy $
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-09
The Green Kind.

A naval officer who has seen consid
cradle service in South American wa
ters once brought home two parrots
one of which he gave to the house
maid and the other to the cook.
For long time there ensued ami
mated discussions as TO the merits of
their respective birds. Finally the
housemaid said
Your parrot may be better talker
than mine. though | don't believe it.
final cinching argument in her favor
she added. Besides, you'll have to ad
nit that mine has the most beautiful
foliage. "--Lippincott's.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-09
ATTITUDES OF TEXAS CITIES.
Spirit Leveling and Topographic
Mapping by Y. S. Geological
Survey


Engineers and surveyors will be
F., interested to learn that the United
States Geological Survey has pub
lished another volume containing
the results of spirit leveling now be-
ing accomplished under the direc-
ton of r. B. Marshall. chief geogra-
pher. The new report Results OF
Spirit Leveling in Texas, 1896 to
| 1910 inclusive is one of a series
of bulletins which will include the
whole area of the United States, each
/ bulletin covering a single state or a
small group of states. The elevations
given in Bulletin 46S are derived
from the regular topographic work
of the geological survey, this work
being done in cooperation with the
state of Texas during the years 1902,
I 1903, 1909 and 1910.
This bulletin makes it possible
for engineers and surveyors to use
any of the United States geological
surveys bench marks without cor
respondence with the Washington
office, inasmuch as ii gives to three
decimal places the adjusted value of
these marks. The topographic maps
issued by the survey show the eleva-
lions only to the nearest foot. EIeva-
tons of approximately $500 points
are given in the bulletin. The highest
point in the state determined by the
survey and noted in the report is de-
scribed as follows:
Alpine, 10 miles southeast of, at
summit in gap, 25 feet north of
road, is volcanic rock; bronze tablet
stamped "5405 Maria 5,400225
feet
Maps of the following quadrangles
wholly or partly in Texas have been
published by the United States geo.
logical survey and may be obtained
from the director of the survey at
Washington, d. c., for five cents
each, or So per hundred. except the
larger maps of Chisos Mountains and
San Antonio, which are sold for ten
Texas which is sold for fifteen
cents. Bulletin 46S may be obtained
free on request.
Abilene, Albany, Alpine, Arson,
Atlanta, TEX, Ark. La Austin,
Ballinger, Bastrop, Blanco, Bracket
Brady. Breckenridge, Brentwood
Burnet. Cerro Alto, Chisos Noun
tains, Chispa, CIeburne, Coleman,
Dallas, Denison (TeX., Okla Eagle
Mountain, Eastland, Eden, Ell Paso,
Flatonia, Fort Davis. Fort Hancock,
rt McKavett, Fort Worth, Fred
ericksburg, Gainesville (TeX.. Okla)
Georgetown, Granbury, Hamilton,
Hayrick, Ke rville, Lampasas, Lin
den, Llano, Maria, Mason, Meridian,
Montague TEX, Okla New Boston,
Nueces, Palo Pinto. Polvo, Rio
Grande. Roby. Rock Springs, Ruido-
sa, Salt Basin, San Angelo, San An
tonic, San Carlos, San Saba, Shafter
Sherwood. Sierra Blanca, Stephen
] vile. Sweetwater. Taylor. Temple
| Terlingua. Terlingua special. Texar
| kama tTe<.. Ark Texas copton
map, Fvaide, Valentine. Van Horr
Waco, Weatherf9rd
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-09-09
SHERIFF'S SALE.

The State of Texas, County Of Ellis.
BY virtue of an execution issued
out of the Honorable County Court
of Ellis County, on the 7th day of
September, 1911, by the clerk there
Of in the case of A. j Davis versus
| e. r. Sullivan, and to me, as Sheriff,
directed and delivered, | will pro
ceed to sell within the hours pre-
scribed by law for Sheriff's sales. on
the first Tuesday in October. 1911,
1t being the Bird day of said month
before the Court House door Of said
Ellis County, in the City of Waxa-
haehie, the following described pro-
perty, to-wit; All right, title and
interest of f. T.. Sullivan. in and to
the following described real estate,
same being part of the Rafael de
lie Pena eleven league grant situat-
ed in Ellis County and State of
FeNas, and metes and bounds as
follows. Beginning at the n w.
corner of W. ] Rosson's farm at a
stake on the left 6 and at a spring
branch from which a Plum tree )
inches in diameter bear North %
East distance 1 yara Thence down
said branch with its meanders on a
right line South 20 East $50 varas
to stake A. q Halls East corner.
Thence N. 3912 f. AIS varas to a
stake one of J r. Farrar's corners.
Thence South 501a East with Far
rar line to a stake on the South
boundary line of said Pena Grant
from which triple blackberry
bears South 80 East distance varas.
Thence North 391a East with said
Pena line 967 yaras to a stake from
which a cottonwood A inches diam
eter bears south y east distance
1903 varas. Thence North 80 u
West 475 varas to a stake from
which an Elm 8 inches diameter
bears North 50 West distant u
varas Thence North 391R East
800 varas to Smiths creek a stake.
Thence up said creek with its mean
ders on a right line North 80 "
West 10 yrs. to the mouth of the
tank Branch; Thence up said Branch
with its meanders on right line South
771a West 230 YRS a stake in edge
of prairie: Thence North 3Sb West
270 varas stake a Pin-oak brs.
South SO f. IS 6-10 yrs Thence
South 39Ia West 1859 varas to the
beginning, containing 220 acres,
more or less, Book 1874, page 529.
Second Tract. All that certain
tract or parcel of land being part
of the l.. Brock 800 acre survey on
Trinity river in Ellis County, Texas,
and described by field notes as fol-
lows The West half of a certain
so acres of land c A Bottom and
wife decided to A Webb beginning
at S W corner of said 80 acre lot
/ in South lire of Brock survey
/ Thence North 60 T. along Soutl
line OF survey 235A WIS. to stake
Thence 80 West 500 yrs 70 stake i
North line of 50 acre 10
rhence s go w 235A yrs. 10 ". y
corner OF said so acre lot. Then
s. 40 e 500 yrs. 10 the begtnni
u containing % acres of land. Ley
on as the property of f. f. Sulli
d. to satisfy a judgment amountins
:, s34920 in favor of A. ] Davis
cost OF suit
Given under my hand this
day OF September, 1911.
a. w WILSON. Sherj
I BY FRANK r.. SPALDIEG,
Deputy Saf II