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

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Who looted the treasury of Har-
rison county? CAPITALISM.
1t is stated that former congrega-
man Joseph H. Gaines will ~re-enter
politics. Loud Applause.
Capitalism's motto: for the rich,
special privilege; for the poor, special
cells.
Sherman c. Denham's party SER
vice. came high in Harrison county,
but the people got what they voted
for.
The controversy between the Wat
son-Chilton papers and the West
Union Record has about reached the
of a skunk fight. The public
will tolerate the odor if they can real
iZe the hope that the scrap will end
as did h famous battle between the
Kilkenny cats.
Despite the black recor of the Re-
publican ring of Harrison county,
there still be those who eliev that
the party can continue to win victor
les. My son., be lot seen with Snch,
neither exchange with them COM
ments in the market place, for their
heads are but bone and their words
ARGUS
upon any subject but foolishness and
vanity.
We place n premium upon crime
and then wonder that crime increas-
es. We maintain all the conditions
for the wholesale Precipitation of tu-
berculosis, and then send out frantic
appeals about the disease. We
government for the exclusive
benefit of the fortunate and well-to-
do, and then wonder that some men
revolt against the manifold injustice.
is there any question that we are th.>
wise ones of earth.
The people Of Maine have endorsed
the Prohibition amendment, and the
law against selling whiskey in the
state Will remain on the statute
a NSl oibdll HluJOT1Ly DIV
which the law was endorsed was prac-
tically n reputation. -IIverywherc
thinking people are beginning to real
iZe that prohibitory laws are mere
pallatives of the evil. Profit is the
life blood OF the nefarious traffic and
until this becomes universally recoE-
hized, the efforts of those sincere.
but misguided temperance advocates
will como tn roIIoht
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company has found the remedy for
all economic ills. 1t is not to give
the employees more money, or improve
working conditions. Never, That
would destroy the home" The trick
is to be urned by making all employ
eS courteous.
Gilbert Hubbard, that able defender
OF capitalism in it's most fragrant
forms, is the teacher and his essaay.
Courtesy as an Asset" is the text
book. BY direction of President Will
laG several thousand copies of the
pamphlet have been distributed over
the Baltimore and Ohio system.
or course, it is not expected that
anybody should practice courtesy
save the slaves in the lower ranks.
The arrogant officials, who have been
reduced to subordinated brutality,
Will expect it shown toward them.
put as to themselves they are above
such fooliShnesS.
That courtesy is, to n great extent.
a virtue. few will doubt. But the
pupose i'll teaching it to railway
slaves is prompted by the hope that
it will make them more tolerant and
easier to skin. The essay is an eul-
oSy On flunkyism. and servants be
opeoient to your masters rings
through every page. True courtesy
springs from pleasant environment
and it cannot be cultured in a hot
oed OF wage slavery II oppression,
Land should be owned by the users
for they make homes. Homes make
patriots who defend theft country in
times of trial. said Robert Ingersoll:
Nobody lights for the landlord n,