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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-08
HOw's This !?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh hat
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
r. j. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known T.. ].
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable ia all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.,
Toledo, o.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. testimonials
sent free. Price - cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-08
AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC LIGHTING

Electricity is the only form of arti-
fetal lighting which can b. made
automatic.
One of the simplest forms of auto.
matte lighting is the tiny incandes-
cent lamp in the dark clothes closet
which lights every time the door is
opened and goes out the instant it
is closed. Too many houses have been
burned 10 the ground because people
were forced to carry lighted oil lamps,
candles or even to strike matches to
find something in a dark clothes
closet. Usually clothes closets are
filed with highly infiammable mater
ial, such as dresses and papers, and
the flying head Of a match, an over
turned lamp or a candle carelessly
held against a bit of cotton dress
goods instantly starts a fire which
cannot be put out. The clothes closet
should be equipped with an eight
candle-power lamp and so connected
that it automatically lights whenever
the door is opened and goes out when
it is closed. This arrangement by
inserting a spring switch in the frame
OF the door, on the hinge side, in such
a manner that when the door is
opened it releases the spring plug and
allows the lamp to light. Closing the
door pushes back this plug and cuts
out the light.
There is another form of automatic
lamp working on this same principle
which lights whenever a visitor stands
on the door mat and goes out when
he goes inside or turns away. This
automatic lamp makes it easy to read
building numbers. doorplate names or
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-08

one bank and all the gold and silver
money Of the United States was put
on board of a ship and the ship
should sink to the bottom of the sea
and the bank with the currency
should burn. What have we lost?
Now, Bow your heads in solemn
thought" for a few moments and ask
yourselves, honestly and candidly,
What have the American people
LOST" Nothing, nothing of value
whatever.
All the discoveries in electrical and
engineering science; all the wealth
produced by labor; (The only way
wealth ever was or ever can be pro-
duced); all the modern conveniences
of transportation and communication.
We have them all. Then, what have
We lost? Nothing only a convenience.
The Federal Constitution provides
that the government, through Con-
gress, shall" furnish this convenient
Medium of Exchange" to all the peo-
pie.
However; the people have been
strangely deluded into the belief that
banks and banking institutions should
exercise this government function.
"Paternalism,!" Who r the pa
ternal favorites? Seek and ye shall
find"
s. II. Goodfellow.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-08

the defendent, but it doesn't hurt
his feelings a bit. He can still eat
and sleep and sit around all day,
whihc is vastly better than work
ing.
California's new lazy husband
law knocks all the props from I'M
der fathers soft upholstered snap.
1t doesn't attempt to make a Grim
inal Of the man who is merely indo-
lent. nor does it treat him as a de
fectiye incapable of work. 1t does
not contemplate that the community
shall support father in one place and
his family in another. The purpose
of the statute is to make father go
to work and support his family, and
this is the way it works:
An information is filed against
the man who can but will not work.
He is brought into court and proved
to be a lazy husband" Then he is
sentenced for a term of years. The
sentence consigns him nominally to
the county jail, but that means only
that he shall be supplied with a more
or less coy bed there Of nights.
His daylight hours are to be devot-
ed to employment calculated to
make his sleep sound and restful. To
see that this is the fact he Is turned
i've to custody of the sheriff. The
sheriff is commander in chief Of a
county chain gang. It is the func-
ton of this gang to do some much
needed work toward the solution Of
the good roads problem. There is an
officer to see that each member Of
the gang performs his full share of
honest toll. For a day Of work with
the gang the lazy husbands account
is credited with $3.50. If his work
is worth more than that the differ
ence goes to pay for his frugal fare.
If not no matter. The wages is paid
out of a fund at the disposal of the
board OF supervisors. At the end Of
the week a warrant for SO is turned
over to the support Of the lazy mans
dependents.
Thus the miracle is accomplished.
Father is put TO work. The pro-
ceeds Of his toll are devoted to the
support Of his family. A drone Is
made a useful member OF the com
munity. And the process costs the
county nothing, or at most a trifie.
Any time father gets tired OF the ar
rangement the court will be willing
to consider a parole that will let him
return to his home and stay there so
long as he treats his family well and
supports it as we'll as it would be
supported under the county supervi-
sion. II father breaks his parole,
back to the jail and the chain gang.
Unless father can get in under the
cruel and unusual! punishment clause
Of the constitution he seems to be
up against h-Rapid City Journal.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-08
EVERYBODY WORKS BUT FATHER

Among the 500 new laws enacted
by the late progressive legislature
in California there is one that seems
to fill a really long felt want. They
call it the lazy husband aw." II its
practice is anything like its promise
it Is likely that fortyeight states
will have one Just like It shortly al.
ter Arizona and New Mexico have
been admitted to the union.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-08
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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18
Are We Ahead
of the Game
'(By John NJ. Work }

Some of our alleged friends are
fond sof saying that Socialism Is all
right in theory. but the times are
not ripe for it.
The fact is that so far as the
evolution OF the industries is con-
cerned the times are completely
ripe for Socialism. The minds of
the people are the only unripe fea-
tnre Of the situation
The industries have developed to
the point where the old hand tools
have been replaced by the great
modern machines.
Small industry has been replaced
by great industry. The great in
dnstries are now carried on, not by
single individuals, nor by few in
dividuals, but by vast number of
workers cooperating together.
With modern machinery it. is
utterly impossible for railroad or
a steel industry, or a packing in
dustry. or any manufacturing, min
ing Or mercantile industry worth
mentioning, to be carried on by one
person or by a few. Modern ma
chinery has literally compelled peo-
pie to work together.
This enforced cO-oDeration has
AhshAe an lle people lnlerueDenucnt
upon each other
Even in the farming communities
where there are none of the great
industries, the farmers no longer
produce for their own consumption
They produce for the market. They
are dependent upon others for a
place to sell their products They
are also dependent upon others for
what they have to buy So. they
also are interdependent.
In short. the course Of industrial
has brought the indus
tries to the point Where they have
made all the people interdependent
upon each other
This is the stage where the in
dustries become ripe for collective
ownership and control
The industries are therefore dead
ripe for Socialism at the present
moment.
AS for the unripeness Of the
minds of the people. ! will discuss
that question in my next
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18
Business Booming
In Milwaukee
(By Carl D. Thompson.)

"Milwaukee's building boom is
growing. Permits were secured at
the Building Inspectors office Tues
day for three structures to cost a
total of 1857, 900" - Milwaukee
journal, May 8, 1911.
Some more capital scared away
from Milwaukee on account of the
Socialist administration, we pre-
sumo
About week ago the Milwaukee
papers reported the fact that the
amount OF building of new factories
and Industrial concerns of various
sorts had been greater during the
past three months by thousands of
dollars than ever berore in a similar
period in the history of the city. The
Journal regarded this with amaza-
ment. and in fact the business pros
perity of the city is rather amazing.
And yet at the very time that
these facts were being reported in
the local press in Milwaukee, the
capitalistic papers. in various parts
of the United States were reporting
a terrible financial depression. an
industrial crisis. and all kinds of
calamities in the commercial world
in Milwaukee. Capital was being
threatened away from the city ac-
cording to these reports: the fac
tories We're shut down, and vast
hordes of the unemployed were
tramping the streets and begging
pitiably for bread.
Because Socialism frightens cap
ital away.
But as a matter of fact. the MINI
Billiard Company. whose plant was
recently destroyed by fire. will build
a new two story fire proof building
at the cost of $4,000 on the old
site.
The Hummel & Downing Com
pany will spend $1,000 for a board
mill and paper box factory
The North western MalIeable Iron
Company took out permit for a
two story brick building to cost
4O.0OO-all in one week
What cheerful liars these capital
ist papers are.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18

vaccinations of INSCRIPTIONS men.
And as often has the bath of fire
proved the fallacious and nnservice-
able texture of the web woven to en-
mesh them.
Whenever crime is committed
no matter by whom, whether it be
member of 4 union or not, after
the accused has been tried by fair
and unbiased tribunal, If found
guilty, punishment should be inlI1cr-
ed. Organized labor asks no i'm
munities from the law. neither is it
entitled to any. Labor does not de-
sire government to assist it in any
way other than that conferred on all
citizens, but it does demand that it
be permitted, in common with all
others, to work out Its destiny with
in the law.
Immediately after the arrest and
kidnapping Of the accused, President
Gompers and Secretary Spencer Of
the Building Trades Department. pro
cecded to Indianapolis to confer
with the officials of the internation-
al unions located in that city AZ
ter two days conference it was
advised that the executive council
OF the American Federation of Lab
Or, to avoid diffusion of effort. take
charge of the entire matter of re-
ceiving and disburslng funds, to-
gether with all other matters in
connection with the ease, so that
ample opportunity for proper de-
fense may be assured.
The men Of labor believe that the
men accused are innocent and they
will use every effort to defend them
inc &vr holt no
unjust accusation. According to the
concept of our institutions every
man charged with crime is assumed
to be innocent until he is proven
guilty, and acting upon this assump-
ton, organized labor will raise su fiji
cient funds to hire the ableSt coun-
sci that can be secured for the pur-
pose of procuring for the accused a
fair and impartial trial.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18
Latest News
From New Zealand

Happy. bossed New Zeala -
'A'Ialms Wall street organ in re-
'oidlhg the visit of Sir Joseph Ward.
'A r"nt" TO the coronation, to which
IN" premier might reply: Not
noES"d by Wall street, thought" Mr..
ward gave a few new facts about
MS thriving country.
IA" government ls now develop
jNE All the water powers under one
''"'fai system and supplying cleo
'Hrhi 10 various municipalities at
'"Hi. No private monopoly franch-
Is"-. no watered stock. no eNtortion-
al" rates.
In IL years New Zealand has it's
""hIe on the road to prosperity by
"""'h& money in small sums. Out
'' a to'al of $7O.0UO.O0O Just $500
WIS lost in bad loans. Can any
W'Ea'" bank beat that?
! new financial scheme provides
"ahu''i"s for people with $1,000 n
wear income or less. BY paying 20
''h'S week over a period of years
'"'.F ar" assured of a comforta bic
"lt age.
-\h"thHr new plan for helping
groups of citizens to get land for
"'a.'~, is for the state to guarantee
UreS issued to pay for the
'hi which accomplishes a double
''.--i"@ cit gives the land seller
s''' cash, as the bonds sell readil
"-0 -.tE'S the settler long terms of
janmant.
0'' report is not all rosy. though
'-' country has utterly failed to
'''1Hr" millionaire. Nobody is
PROSPEROUS hut the people.-Editor-
AL tkron Press, $3.50. w.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18
To Crush lronworkers International
Union by Fastening Crime
Upon Ii
UNIONISTS ARE AROUSED
Accusations of CriminaLty Against the Labor
Men Because They are Labor Men, Bitterly
Resenfed--- Time to Act

Washington, May G-The entire
country has been informed through
the press dispatches of the arrest
and kidnapping of J. J. Mcnamara,
S""retary-treasurer of the Iron
Workers, together with his brother,
and their spiriting away by detect
ives to Los Angeles, without hav-
lng been given an opportunity to
consult counsel, or defend themsel-
yes even in the most remote way.
With apparent studied and Drear-
ranged manner the columns of the
daily press have been carrying an
unusual amount of lurid and sensa-
1Ional statements Of what is alleged
10 have occurred. and predicting
sven worse. From these incidents,
indications are apparent that a con-
spracy is attempted with the end
in view to destroy the Iron Work.
"rs and cast odium on organized
labor in general. The sentiments
permeating the news assume that
simply because the men charged
ar" connected with the activities of
union labor they must of necessity
be guilty of the crime charged.
With only a few notable exceptions
has there been any effort to suggest
'I'd' ~ is uuJuSt TO I)FeJuuSe, tnaL
the better method to be pursued
would be to wait until both sides
have been heard be1ore public deci-
sion is rendered. TO build up pre-
mdice and infame the public mind
when hienOus crimes have been
charged against the accused is not
in accord with the spirit of Ameri-
can institutions.
The officials Of the American
Federation of Labor have always
been foremost in inveighing against
even the slightest infraction of the
law, ana the rank and file of it's
membership are in entire harmony
with This procedure. Times with
ont number have the men of labor.
although entirely innocent. been
called upon by unfair, unprincipled
aud Illegal combinations of wealth.
tn defend themselves against the
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18
The Socialist Nomifate
Ticket nt Ronceuerte

On the Editorial page of this
paper our readers will find the mu-
nicipal ticket nominated by the So
cialst in Ronceverte and their plat
form. We note with pleasure that
every one of the nominees are work
ing men. not parasites but bread
earners, men whom the working
people of Ronceverte can trust to
administer the Offices of their town
in the interest of the poor and COM
mon people. 1t makes no difference
how good man the democrats or
the republican may nominate he
viii belong to one or the other of
those corrupt old parties that are
owned and controlled by the money
ed interest and will have to obey
his masters voice. The working
class of this country must seize the
reins of government before they
can expect relief from the present
deplorable conditions of low wages
long hours and high cost of living
To do this We must first take over
the municipalities, the counties and
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18
CRIME OF CHILD LABOR.

Child labor is Americas peculiar
industrial shame. 1t is crime
against manhood labor. Every
child laborer at childhood wages
takes the place of a man laborer.
1t is a crime against the humane
business man. His goods made by
manhood labor at manhood wages
must meet his competitors goods
made by chile la Dor at childhood
wages.
1t is a crme against childhood.
Every little one has an inalienable
right. sacred right to grow into
sound bodied. clear Drained, pure
souled maturity It is a crime
against society. It pours into our
citizenship a stream of people weak
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18
Talks Socialism
Especial correspondence }


Auburn. n. v, May 11-Social-
ism, pure and clean cut. was given
direct from the shoulders this morn
ing at the Auburn The Biological Sem
mary by Dr. George r. Lunn, Of
Schenectady, and DR.. Charles C..
Hall, of Union Theological Seminary
of New York City.
About 300 ministers and students
were present and the speakers han
deG them Il few bombs filed with
truth.
The speakers made no apologies
for their statements No beating
about the bush, no softsoap, much
or slush, but straight Socialism,.
The church and the preachers got
some hot shot.
The seminary is one of the most
conservative in the country, and the
Socialists have been unable to place
Socialist in this institution. AS
constituent at the radical statements
of Lunn and DR.. Hall was clearly
evident among 300 ''chloroformers
of the working class
Lunn was at his best. and his re-
marks cut deep. Dr. Halls talk
was surprisingly frank and to the
point He knows what Socialism Is
and Just what it stands for.
And the graduates at this com
mencement will start out with a
clearer understanding of Socialism
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18

ened in body and mind 1t is an in
suit to our religion.
Horace Greeley was against it.
Even in his day, when greed had
scarcely begun to chain US to this
body of death. he sought to restrain
it. He declared, The state has a
right to see and ought to see that
the frames of the rising generation
are not shattered nor their constitu-
tion undermined by excessive toll.
What would he say today If he
saw our sweatshops. our factories
and our mines, where little chill
dren are melting their delicate lives
in the crucible of shame for the
greed and profit of rich men? These
places stand out upon our modern
civilization as brazen monuments
to mammon.-Senator. Beveridge.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18

states Will necessarily follow The
working class of America are begin
nlnng to realize their power. Re-
ports from all over the country
shows that towns. cities and coun-
ties are being carried by the So
ctalist and what other cities has
done Ronceverte can do. Just as
soon as the working class can be
made to realize that the Socialist
party is the only political party
that stands for their interest and
learn to vote for men Of their own
class just so soon will we put an
end 70 this rotten old graft ridden
system of exploitation, the canital-
ist-have forced upon the working peo
pie. the poor people Of our towns
and cities are taxed to improve and
beantify the positions OF the town
where the rich ana idle lives in
lnxuary. and the working people
of Ronceverte don't have to go
away from their own town to see it,
Look at the streets and side walks
in rront of your humble cottage
Mr.. Worker and then go into the
swell residence section of yonr city
ana see where your taxes are being
spent. The city fathers nominated
by the money interest Of your city
and elected by your vote don't care
If You and your family must wade
through the mud on dark and dirty
but Mr.. Richman must have
good sidewalks and street lights, it
would not do for them to soil their
patent feathers or their fine clothes,
but as you can not afford either of
these, Injuries why it makes no diff
ference if you do fall in the mud.
The working people of Ronceverte
have been good to the rich you
have improved their section of the
city, now the proper thing to do is
to vote the Socialist ticket and take
over the government of your town
and make the rich pay for your i'm
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-05-18
\ MISTAKE

The National Secretary's Finan-
cial Report for the month of April
contained a clerical error in that
the state of Iowa was not credited
with Il payment of $1,000 for dues
stamps. The report accredits Idaho
with a payment of S117.5O on thai
account. This amount is the com
bined payment of two states men
toned. Properly it should have
read: Iowa. $1,000: Idaho. $3.50
However. the totals are correct.