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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-23
The Socialist Partys

Tile Strickland meeting here las,
Thursday hight vas a decided sac
cess. The Hon. S. C. Cross 2ctcd
as chairman and opened the m"etin,
with Il scathins attack OH the thieving
trusts and monopolcs. Mrs. May
Strickland was first Introduced by the
chairman ana i'll her speech appealed
to TIL. ladies to take an interest in
the political problems OF the day.
Tho speaker described conditions as
they we're and then pictured 4 home
as il shoyld be. Then showed how the
r,I.cnt rotten system OF government
had destroyed the home. how poverty
had driven love out OF the homes of
the workers and brought II its place
misery and despair. Mrs. Strickland
then rccite1 a piece written 10 the
magazine by Randolph Chester show
ing how impossible it, was for work.
ing man to live {. straight. honest up
right life. Comradc Strickland who
spoke after his wife. was in fine con-
iition and Was at his best. After
showing up the two old parties AID
riGfculipE their methods he made it
plain To the audience that Socialism
was the only hope To-. the workers to
Setter their condition and that it was
the duty of the working people to join
the Socialist organization. The speak
cr went on TO :cll the duty and pur-
poSc OF the organization saytlg in
part that the Socialist organization
only had to lay the fence down and
show them the gap that Morgan,
RockcfclIcr and Carnegie would live
them throuEL
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-23
The Vital l>>u...

The struggle between wa., work
"rN and capitalists grows evsr fer.
Ger, and has now become the only
vital issue before the American peo-
pie The waSe-working class. there
fore. has the most direct interest III
Hbolishing the capitalists Syster1
But in abolishinc the present SIS
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-23
CRATER

If each CRATER ha,, IA bad smell
Washington. ID. G.. would stink like
Il tannery- dick Maple
Now. you straight haired and k!:lky
headed artists who air your troubles
in Squire Atkinsons court Why do
you pay him one dollar cash in band
for bonding you? Is il because YOU
don't know the law only allows hiui
." cents or is il because you hope by
laying low YOU VIII get his job next
term. If the last is the reason. you
are no better than he is. but all the
same he will be called Mister from
this time ca. for he has Just about
com pieted a court adjoining the State
st. NJ. f. North of God parsonage
that Giveo him a warrantee deed to
the it'll" look at the short time it
took b % do il. No wonder YOU
can't T.. Your grocery bills. darn YOU
You ourht to starve.
LJ'M HEZEKIAH-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-23
"FOol's Paradise'

"A fashionable church is FOOLS
paradise Dick Maple.
Say. you inud-splitters, do you re-
member during our last great dedfca-
ton week, how the Mail and Gazette
used columns telling OF the suffering
women and chiIuren in this city. ;:.ld
that the Salvation Army was trying
in all ways possible to get food for
them: But Dame Fashion under the
auspices of old Nick Hypocrisy car
ricd out her program to a mats brisue.
southwest corner OF Norris and Quar-
rier street.
lUM liEZEI[IAH.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-23

fe) By forbiding the interstate
transportation of the products OF child
labor, of convict labor and of all I'M
inspected factories.
% BY abolishinG !otiiciai charity
and substituting in its place compuI-
sorry insurance against employment.
illness, accidents, i:lvalidism, old age
and death.
POLITICAL DEMANDS.
s. The extension of inheritance
taxes. graduated in proportion TO tho
amount Of the requests and TO the
nearness of kim
9. a graduated income tax.
10. Unrestricted and equal suffraS.!
for men a.ld women. and we pledge
ourselves TO engage in an active cam
paign in that direction.
IL The initiative and referendum
proportional representation and che
right OF recall
IT, The abolition OF the senate.
I3 The abolition of the power
usurped by the supreme court of the
United States to pass upc.l the consti-
tutionality OF legislation enacted by
congress. National laws to be re-
pealed or abrogate only by act of con-
Sress or by q referendum OF the whole
people.
Il That the Constitution be made
amendablc by majority vote.
Is. The enactment of further meas
urcs fer general education and for the
conservation of health. The bureau
of education to be made Il department.
The creation of department OF
health. 81
16. The separation of tha present
bureau of labor from the department
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-23
GENERAL DEMANDS.

I. The immediate government re
lief for tho unemployed workers b!
building schools. by rcforcSt:Is of cut
over and waste lands. by Reclamation
CT arid tracts. and ih" building OF
canals. and by extending all Other
useful public works. All persons
employed on such work shall BE- en-
ploycd directly by the government I'M
der an eight hour work day and at the
prevailing Tlion wages. The govern
ment shall also loan money 10 states
and municipal;t.":- withun, interest
for the purpose Of carrying on public
works. 1t shall contribute to tho
funds of labor organizations Tor the
purpose Of assisting. Their unemployed
mem bcrs. and shall take such cthc-
measures within its power as will
lessen the widespread misery of tho
workers caused by the misrulc Of the
capitalist class.
>. Tho collective ownership of rail
roads. teicSraphs. telephones. steam
boat lines and all ether means OF So
cial transportation and communities
ton.
=. The collective ownership az al;
industries which are organized on a
national scale and in which coupe
tition has virtually ceased to exist.
i. The extension OF the public do
main to include mines. auarries. OIL
wells. forests and water power.
=. The scientific refoTcstation OF
timber lands. and the reclamation o:
swamp lands. The land so reforcsted
or reclaimed to be permanently ~
tanned at as a part OF the public do
main.
&. The absolute freedom Of press
speech and assemblage.
INDUSTRIAL DEMANDS.
=. The Improvement OF the indus
rial condition of the workers.
ca BY shortening the N'priiday in
keeping with the increased produc-
tivencss Of machinery.
CD by securing to every worker a
rest period OF not less than day api
half in each week.
Co BY securing more eftective
| inspection of workshops and factories
td) BY forbiddinG the employment
of children under sixteen years oil
i aG".
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-23
SIZING THEM Up.

William D Haywood, one of Teddy :
sc-called undesirable citizens. i lcc-
turing throu shout the country. and in
recent address handed out the fol
lowing boouet:
THE capitalist class have ma ccuu-
try. no flag. no patriotism. no honor
and no God but gold. Their emblem
is the dollar mark. their ensign the
skull and croSs-boucs for women and
little children, their symbol rhe bia ok
nag of commercial piracy and their,
password is graft
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-23
Platform of the Socialist
Party of the United States

TEN, the workinsmen Will free moi
only their own class, bu: also all
other classes of modern society: The
small farmer, who is today exploited
by large capital more indirectly blu;
not less effectively than is the wage
laborer; the small manufacturer ana
trader, who is engaged in desperate
and losing struggle for economic in
CeE enGencc in the face of the all
conquerins power of concentrated
capital; and even the capitalist him
self, who Is the slave OF his weIltn
rather than his master. The s.rug-
gle OF the working class against the
capitalist class. while 1t is Il cl@ss
stru sgle for the abolition OF all clas-
ses and class privileges.
The Rock of Glass Eulc.
The private ownership of the land
and means OF production used for eX-
p!oitatio1l is the rock upca which elias:
rule is built; political government il
It's Indispensable instrument. Tho
wage-workcrs cannot be freed frou,
exploitation without conquerinS th,
political power and substituting col
lcctivc for private ownership of tbs
land and means of productiCI used ioI
exploitation
The basis for such transformation
is rapidly developing within prcscn
capitalist society. Tho factory system
with its complex machinery ana
minute division of labor. is rapidly dc
stroyinS all vestiges of individual
PRODUCTION in manufacture. AIoder.
production is already very largely
collective and social process. The
great trusts and monopoies which
hnN ia,
organized the work and management
of the principal industries on IA
tional scale. and have fitted them 70.
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 other
wise. are and must be subordinate &c
the public title. The Socialist Part!
strives to prevent land from bein;
used for the purpose of cXploitatio:
and speculation. 1t demands III. col
lcctiVe possession. control or manage
mcnt OF land to whatever extent may
be necessary to attain that end. It is
not opposed to the occupation and pos
session of land by those using IL i'll
useful and bona iidc manner withou:
exploitation.
The Socialist Party is primarily ar
economic and political movement. |:
is not concerned with matters of re .
ligiouS belief
Labor'S Interests Identical.
In the struggle Tor freedom the in
tcrcsts OF all modern workers ar
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
crss Of til" world.
To unite the workers Of the natior
and their allies aud sSmpathi2crS o
all other classes TO this end is tue mis-
sion of the Socialist Party. In thi
battle for freedom thu. Socialist Party
does not strive to substitute Horkini.
class rule for capitalist class rule
but by workinS-class victory to fire.
all humanity from c;IsS rule and t'
realize the International brotherhood
OF man.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-03-23
PROGRAM.

AZ measures calculated to siren 9Th
en- the working class in it's fight 10
the realization of this ultimate aim
and to increase its power OF resist
ance against capitalist oppression W.
advocate and pledge ourselves and oui
elected officers to the following pro
cram
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23

on the mound and Dahlsn used his
reserves at the last moment and won.
Bell pitched for SIX innings, and then
knetzer went in. making way for
Rucker in, the ninth. Nap did not
allow the Reds a look-tn when IL was
put up TO him to keep them from get
ting man around.
The Cubs made 1t four straight
over tho Quakers. and the Philadel-
phia fans are wondering II Dooin's
men can go the route. Alexander.
their new star. was on the mound,
Against him was ReuIbach, who was
said to be slated for the minors last
week. Reuieach may repeat one of
mis- old-tne trtckA About three sea-
sons ago Charley Murphy offered to
trade Reulhach for Mcintyre. Eb-
belts refused. Then Reulbach went
In and Won something like fourteen
straight games. The collegian il not
all In by good deal.
the St. Louis team. Eallee pitch
Ing. beat the Terriera Curtis up. The
Terriers are in a bad way. They
have a team 40 fast as any in the
league, but they have no pitchers, II
the Terriers keep on they may equal
the famous record of the Red Sox.
who lost something like twenty-three
games, right after winning the flag
Tor the second time. The Terriers
nave lost twelve straight.
babe Adams was easy for the
Giants, and Raymond pitched one Of
his real games or course the Pirate,
were beaten.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23
William and Mary Wins Cup
From Randolph-Macon College

Those William and Mary boys de-
serve all kinds OF praise for the way
they won the Eastern Virginia inter-
collegiate baseball championship. The
team started off with two defeats
The outlook was most discouraging
Then they came along and won Ave
straight games. taking the cup from
the doughty RandolphM Macon boys in
the play-off at Broad Street Park.
Richmond College looked the best
of the bunch at the start, but the
team fell down at a critical moment
and William and Mary put the fin
tshing touches to the Red and Blue
boys.
The gameness OF Pitcher Spencer,
OF the Williamsburg team. had much
to do with the winning OF the cham
pionship. He performed a feat that
will be remembered In the annals OF
his college. Spencer won three games
In two days. q remarkable perform
Ance for any pitcher.
Spencer allowed only twelve hits
and four runs In those three games.
On Saturday he pitched against Rich
mond College in a double header and
shut the capital city boys out in the
first game. The following Monday he
held Randolph Macon TO seven hits
and one run.
William and Mary won the cham
pionship after 1t appeared to be hope
lessly lost. The boys gave a grand
exhibition OF gameness. and Pitcher
Spencer IL the hero of the series
In the final game the williamsburg
boys won right from the start
Four errors. base on balls and
single gave William and Mary a lead
of three runs in the first frame that
clinched the game. After Arnold had
flied out in the first, Garth reached
first on a bad throw from Ives. He
touched second on q passed ball and
after Games took the first sack on
four balls. scored on Peach's hit back
of third base. Barr famed, but Bag
ley sent a grounder to Anderson,
which Rowe fumbled at first base, and
two runs scored. Schenck ended the
agony by flying out.
The Wiiliamsburgers tailed again
in the third. which was their only
earned run. Peachy made first on
Ives wild heave. was sacrificed to
second and third. and scored on Hos
kins' drive to centre field The WIN
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23
Richmond and Danvlle Meet in Second Game Of Series
omething happened. The washing
ton fans feared the worst. They trust

something happened. The washing
ton fans feared the worst. They trust
ed that the slaughter would not be
too terrible. They considered what
Ty Cobb and Crawford and Delahanty
and Moriarty would do with fear
and trembling and then peeped for
the score. They nearly dropped
dead of heart disease. Washington
had won, Washington had beaten
the Terrible Tigers. Washington. that
had been easy for st. Louis and been
beaten like q carpet by the Cleve-
land team, had put one over on the
Tigers. and with Dixie Walker In the
box. Washington fans just merely
gasped and then gave utterance to
those never failing expressions that
cover the alpha and omega OF base.
ball: Well, that's the way she
breaks" and. YOU never can tell"
Washington outbatted. outfIelded
and outguessed the Tigers. says the
report. Mcbride got five hits In five
welt got three; Milan two: the team
eighteen. all told. They slugged Cap
tain Laftte's piratical pellets to the
far corners OF the field. Consequent
ly there is JOY In Washington. and
the fans aer exclaiming Just walt
till Walter johnson gets we'll again"
Boston beat st. Louis. Cicotte, who
was disciplined recently by Boss John
1 Taylor. pitched one Of his real
games. The Browns only got two
hits off him, and these failed TO score
a run. Powell was hit for nine saf-
eties. one being three Dagger by
Riggert, iris Speakers understudy.
Captain Wagner Is back In the game
for Boston, but Yerkes II playing Sec
ond in place Of Larry Gardner.
The Athletics beat Cleveland by
banging Blanding's Blenders. Barry
was back at short field and got two
two aggers. The marvellous Mcfnnes,
for whom Connie Mack 10 said to
have refused $4,000, may have in
duced Garry Hermann to raise hts bid
to $I5.000.ss. and thus have Joined
the Reds.
The Reds were beaten In Brooklyn
because Pinch Hitter Zimmerman
tapped dinky little grounder from
a ball Frank Smith tried to waste.
Smith had taken the place Of suggs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23
VIRGINIA ELECTS
CARTER CAPTAIN

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, May
Ts.-Thomas Clay Carter. ", OF
Meridian, Miss.. has been elected cap
tain Of next years baseball team.
Carter has been In college three
seasons, but has played on the var
sfty nine only two years He Is re-
garded as one OF the most finished
basemen ever at the university, He
Is fast on his feet for a big man,
and covers wide territory. His field.
ing average for the past season was
.97s. the best of any player on the
team. He participated in twenty
games, with ISL put outs nix assists
and four errors. His batting average
was only .206. but no was the lead
Ing sacrif1cer on the team. with a
percentage of $50, having made
thirteen sacrifice hits in the thirteen
games
Eight OF the eleven players who
secured their letter are expected to
return to college next session. They
are Finlay and Anderson, catchers;
Carter. first base: Douglas, short
stop; Blakney. third base; Lille, CEN
tire Held: Neff. right field: Rixey,
pitcher. Hume and Wilmer have
played four years in baseball, and
Driver. the leading slugger this
spring. does not expect to return to
college In September. or the sub
stitute pitchers. Grant looks to be
the most promising and he should
easily make good next year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23
WASHINGTON TEAM
DEFEATS DETROIT
PLAY ALL AROUND TIGERS, BAT
TING LAFITTE FOR EIGH-
TEEN HITS.
ATHLETICS WIN AGAIN
RED sOx SHUT OUT BRowNs--CUBs,
sUPERBAs. GIANTS AND CAR
DINALs ARE OTHER
WINNERS.
ATHLETICS WIN AGAIN

SuIl, the season is young and
the Boston Tenners may win
few more games.
Reulbach has Mt least made
his annual arrival 1t almost
scarcs Chance when he thinks
how close he came to letting Big
Ed go.
The Senators shook off their
sloth and cracked out eighteen
hits, every one n single, in the
burying of Detroit.
Mcbride with Ave singles out
OF five times up and Murray, with
a single, two doubles and a triple
out OF four trips to the plate were
the big bingiers OF the day.
Barry got hack in the game
temporarily and showed his APP
probation by pushing out two
doubles and accepting twelve
chances mt short without n skip.
1t WAS rather a tough PROPOSE
ton to put Raymond up against
such suggestive trio as Hun
ter, Wilson and Gibson, of the
Pirates. but he turned the tables
this time and struck them out.
st. Louis, Brooklyn and Bos-
ton, the three teams In the Ma
tional, played erroriess hall. 1t
was the third straight errorless
game for Brooklyn
II st. Louis can get an even
break at Phialdelpfdai 1t win
mean eleven games won and only
five lost no the Eastern invasion,
a record OF late years for
Mound City team.
The Cubs have quit PhiIadcI-
phia, leaving the cold gray dawn
Of the morning after" feeling in
the Quaker City camp. The
PhiIIics were hauled down until
now they are only two games in
the lead.
Lnjoie Is back on second for
the Maps, after. q two weeks
layof from an injury.
just for their effrontcry Mon
day. the Tigers arc likely to turn
in, and whale the life out of the
Washingtonians.
Baseball Is an uncertain game. Ju.
g the folks AT home were dreadin
} look in the newspapers to see tn
core OF the Washington-D Detroit gam
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23
GREENSVILLE SCHOOL
BEAT LAWRENCEVILLE

EMPORIA, VA. May 2s.-Ths
areensviile county High School team
10 sui talking OF its defeat Of the
Lawrenceviile team. to /.
1t was three up and three down
until the eighth inning. when an
error. stolen base a three barger
and sacrifice netted G. c. H. 8. tive
runs Lawrenceville scored one run
IN the ninth on a two Dagger and
Wild throw.
Both Briggs and CamelIe were ef.
fective with men on bases.
Score by innings: R.H. e.
g. c. II. s. 20 1000 o02s-2 Il
Law'ncevflle 5000 o 0 0 0 Ii 4 8
Summary: Batteries: q. c. H. S..
Briggs and Long: Lawrenceville. Ca
melle and Strohecker. Runs scored:
King. Long. r. Grant Three-base
hit-~L4ons-. Twc-h@se hit.----Ghanxhliss
r. Grant. Stolen bases-vaughan.
King fO, Long CD. Squire, Newsome.
Rawlings CD. Bases on balls-Or
Briggs, 2: OF Camelle. /. Struck out
by Briggs. 10: by Camelie. s. Um.
pire. Mr.. Bailey, Time OF game. 1880.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23

ners showed their last runner across
the pan in the fifth. With one down,
two bad throws by Ives and a base
on balls filled the bases. Hoskins
promptly famed. but Schenck brought
JOY to the WILLIAMSBURG camn bv
singing to left
The Ashlanders drove in their only
score in the last half of this same
frame. Rowe slammed one against
the centre field fence and stopped on
third. from which resting place he
was driven by Noiley's single to left
field. This determined rally on RAN
dolph- Macon's part WAS sqeeiched
when Garth stuck his fingers In what
looked like a safe swat to centre
Several other dangerous rallies were
nipped In the bud by hair raising field
ing by the winners
This game leaves William and
Mary the undisputed champions OF
the league. The score:
William and Mnrv
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23
Totals


Skies and ten and six-tenths per
cent. "Eighteens."
Orders for four-cylinder cars this
year are practically equal to the num-
Der received last year at this time,
so that the specifications for Skies
represent the increase in business.
A night force Ia now being put on
in the Packard shops which, have a
normal day working force In excess
OF FIVE thousand men.
American saGtcmckiic syaaussfactu.
rers present to the buying public this
season l,o21 models to select from.
There has been very little change In
them over last year. alterations In
body design being the hief differ
ence. The trend has been strongly
toward torpedo bodies. The fore
door type has made a tremendous hit
and demands for that style of body
have been correspondingly heavy,
One model offered this year is not
only different In body design, but
shows vast change. The Hudson
"3S" - new internally as well a. In
outward appearance Howard e.
Conn. who has been called the mas
ter builder Of cars, has been respon-
sihle for the Hudson "33." His years
OF European training are plainly dis
cerntble In the latest Hudson model.
1t has enclosed valves like the Eu-
ropean cars, its fan il combined with
the ny-wheel, making the motor a
more slightly and accessible Job. II
the automobile shows held through
out the country since the New York
show opened January 7. the "3s'.
has been minutes inspected by motor.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-23
American Auto Manufacturer
is Decorated by the Car

William T.. Lewis. chairman of the
board or directors OF the $4,000, ooe
Mitchetl-Lewis Motor Company, of
Racine, Wis. accompanied by Mrs
Lewis, has just returned from a tour
of nearly whole year In the British
Isles and through Europe In a Mitch
ell car that undoubtedly sets a record
for septuagenerian travel. Both Mr..
Lewis and his wife sought this means
OF taking vacation. and their mile
age reached the total of 23,6Teh miles.
ME-. 1se&ta Is ReyeNAy.-case syeas xa,4 of
age, and exposure to the sun of the
italian roads, rains OF the Scottish
and Irish highways and winds OF
Sweden and Norway have given him
the appearance OF ruggedness that
tempts him to at once re-enter the
naelstrom OF active business life
which for more than a half century
brought manufacturing fame and
fortune to the pioneer Badger State
maker Of wagons and motor vehi-
cies.
Mr.. Lewis. fortunately, was in the
Russian capital at the time that the
Car presented to the makers of the
Mitchell car the imperial silver medal
as trophy Of the government war
departments selection OF the Mitch.
ell car as the ideal type of medium,
priced automobile embodying maxi
mum features r. reliability and dura-
bility for strenuous work. The pro-
duct OF the Mitcheil-Lewts plant earn
ed this distinction In competition with
several European made automobiles,
Sales OF Packard cars for the first
six weeks of the 1Sl2 season show
a total of seven hundred and thirty
Ave as against Ave hundred and
eighty-four for the corresponding PEI
Rod last year. The proportion of
sizes IL sixty-six per cent. "Thirties,"
twenty-three and four-tenths per cent.