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

:, Then there is Mr.. Kahn. the Wall
street banker, who pretty nearly mo.
lnopolized the Mauretania on his trim
across the pond, engaging the accom-
modations for himself and family.
three maids, three nurses, two train
ed nurses. two governesses, three val
cts, two buffers. four chauffers, eight
ilaundresses and special stewardess
he also engaged transportation for
six automobiles and eight more
maids. who followed him later ON
the steamship Caronia
here comes a Mrs. Stilson Hutch.
ms, who told the District of Colum bia
Court that millionaire's wife can
not live properly on less than SGT a
day, or the small sum of s469 a week.
ASaln' the modest Mrs. George A.
lfude, OF Chicago. uses but S27
worth of face powder in one month.
while her beauty wants total S1,S75
year. Mrs. Trude says she spends
yearly $500 for perfumes and toilet
waters, $3.50 for face powder, s275
Tor other cosmetics, S2OO for mani
curing and $3.50 for hafrdressing.
Every year dozens OF this sort of
disgusting stories are told about the
iole rich, who segrate themselves in
Ncwports. Lakewoods. Tuxedos ara
on foreign shores, where they idle in
luxury. bcdecked with feudal titles.
aplng royalty and drawing sustcn-
ance from soil said to be "independ-,
ent, through the enforced labor OF a
population said to be free"
One of the absurd claims sct I'm
by this gentry to justify their exist
ence Is that they return to society full
value for all they receive. These
idiots modestly claim to possess all
the brains of the nation, call them
selves 'the direct geniuses" and tell
the workers through their hired cdi-
tors that without their directing abil-
lty the working class would starve
We ask frankly how are these plil-
to cratic, egotistical fools able ITO di-
rect things while yachting win the
West Indies. boating in the Adiron-'
dacks. mortoring in England. gaming
at Monte Carlo or attending a corona
ton? They direct them just the same
as they direct when at home-THEY
DON'T DIRECT AT ALL.
HALF THE CAPITALISTS NEy-
T. R L e r Fl E PROPERTY IN
WHICH THEY ARE STOCKHOLM
ERS. THE MAJORITY COULD
NOT EVEN TELL WHERE THEIR
INVESTMENTS ARE WITHOUT
CALLING UP THEIR BROKER.
ALL THE REAL DIRECTING IN
is DONE BY HIRED
SUPERINTENDENTS, MANAGERS
AND FOREMEN, WHO ARE PRO-
NOTED FROM THE RANKS OF
THE TOlLERS. THE CAPILTST-
II lMsELF NO LONGER IN THE
SLIGHTEST DEGREE PARTICI--
PATES IN PRODUCTION, YET THE
LAW GIVES HIM THE RIGHT TO
ROB HIS WAGE SLAVES OF FOUR
FlFTHS OF ALL THE WEALTH
THEY PRODUCE. BY owning thous-
ands OF jobs the capitalist also holds
the very lives of the workers in his
hand. He has the power to starve
them at will, as is now being done
IN the lu Der camps OF the South,
The capitalist class knows that the
socialists are always opposed to dis
order; that their very aim is to bring
order out OF the chaos of the planIess
and grating competitions; that the
plan OF the Socialists would bring
peace. harmony, liberty and plenty
Tor all. They also know that the So
cialists are ready in all things to ac-
cept the decision of the majority Of
the people, properly rendered at the
polls.
Our plutocrats, supported by lying
editors, are beginning to feel that the
working class is waking up, that the
Socialist sentiment is spreading rapid
~. that what has happened in Mil
waukee and thirty other cities will
happen in the future in other cities
and IN whole States. When that day
comes the reign of exploiting capital
ism, with grating and easy money,
VIII be at an end.
1t is for that reason that wolves
OF the Otis type. fighting for the life
OF capitalism, are now making light
OF liberty and threatening to swing
the bodies of laboring men from tel
eSraph poles. These sneering hvpo-
critics. who hide behind newspapers
and accept blood money to defend
the capitalist class, KNOW THAT
BURNS DETECTIVES CAN READ
LILY BE HIRED TO CREATE SUCH
DISORDER AS MAY BE NECES-
SARY TO GIVE a PRETEXT FOR
WARFARE on THE WORKING
CLASS.
But the American people are not
going to be fooled by any such
schemes. and the Socialist party is
ready and willing to defend the wirk-
ing class.
Let DlIl ltOcracy attemnt to p,t ~.