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question of ornaments, England and
Germany both promote the Russian
expansion. The German Social-Demo-
cracy is acting in the interest of inter
national solidarity, as well as in the
direction of economic development,
when it demands an understanding be-
tween Germany, England and France
on the Limitation of ornaments and
on maintaining the integrity of China
Persia and Turkey. For Germany the
reduction of armament is as necessary
as the reduction of the tariff
81 do not claim. that the proletariat
is able today to comEeI, a reduction of
the ornaments. But we must srive
toward it. believe if we do not sue
coed in this endeavor we need not
hope to be successful in an attempt to
prevent war"
1--WE have quoted at length this arti-
Gle, . because the powers which rule
this country are seriously thinking of
applying the Philippine policy against
Central America. Besides it is our be-
lief that serious struggles are impend-
ing in Europe. And they will bring
more power to the downtrodden, for
they are bound to weaken the present
rulers, no matter what the outcome
may be. ~. S.
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+ A radical" politician, when he ID
not an utter fraud, To- Q Ws1l-moaninS
man who 1aot6f either tie courage OF
the insight to Do WELT He can SGD
wrongs, but he cannot . ) rights aorI
If he can see rights; he dare not dc
right. Always, there is some reason
why he should not do right. The PEG
plssare not ready. The time is moi
propitious. Thus does he appease his
conscience, betray his followers and
destroy himself. +
Abraham Lincoln, during all except
the last two years of his life, was such
man. 1 sometimes feel that this. ID
why 50 mary 1a6axrH s''raAieaAs"n -
lieve they are second Eanc6lHs. sTKsy
seem to forget what Lincoln did two
years before he died.st Mr.. Roosevelt
in particular, is suspected of harborI
ing the belief that he is a second Lin,
coin. In a way and to a degree, Mr.
Roosevelt is right The ground upon
which Mr.. Roosevelt now stands is
broadly comparable to the ground
upon which Mr.. Lincoln stood before
he signed the emancipation proclana.
ton. Mr.. Lincoln hated .chattef sIav-
cry, but was willing to end the wal
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-10-17
The American Radical Politician Is Conscious
or Unconscious Fraud

to end slavery and advocated means
that would have ended 1t, but Lin
coin, though he hated slavery as much
as they did, wanted only to restrict it.
He was radical" Brown and CARR
son were revolutionary; Lincoln
meant well. Brown and Garrison
were determined to do well.
But after Lincoln, even as president,
had continued to temporize with slav-
cry; after he had sent word to the
southern leaders that if they would
let him write into a treaty of peace
the one word union" he would lie,
them; write all the other words, in
Guiding "slaVery"-after all of this.
there came a change, and Lincoln
ceased to be a radical" Then, and
not until then, did he strike the blow
that in his youth he declaredhe would
strike if ever the opportunity should
come Silently and alone, he drafted
the emancipation proclamation. With
only the briefest words he laid it be
| fore his cabinet.
81 do not lay this before you for
your advice" he said, "but only for
your information. l have promised my
God that will dc this, and I'shall dc
| it."
Thus spoke the revolutienist. Th e
time for "radicalism" had passed
Slavery, during half century Of
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with slavery intact. Mr.. Roosevelt
hates the robbery of man BY man, but
he shrinks from trying to- seize the
club with which the robbery Is com
mitted. da He Unwilling tofpick at the
bsphnters upon the club, precisely as
Mr., Lincoln was long willing to con-
tent himself with efforts to restrict
the evil OF slavery. And, Mr.. Roose-
velt picking at splinters, is no more
useful in destroying poverty than was
Mr.. Lincoln when he picked at the
splinters of chattel slavery. the civil
war came on, in spite OF all that Lin
coin did, because ne did no more than
to temporize with the evil that was
! destined ito cause the war. Mr.. RooseI
veir, even as the leader OF new poll
tiacl, party, is doing, no more than td
6Ti2e WIN ms Mena1tpus Syn Of
6nnseg ssafy poverty Id America Il
Let us look, even more closely, into
the life Of Lincoln. The career of no
other man OF modern times is 80 well
suited to our purpose. We want I'd
know whether a radical, like RooseI
yelt or Wilson should be more highly
Regarded BY the people than a revo!
lutionist like Debs or Berger. Lin
coin, at different times in his life, was
both a radical" and revolutionistl
His radical" beliefs put him into the
white house. One colossal revolution,
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~ Qht691tA7EO
f.. ONA A5ED1 fAbRl HIEp
Modern Maud.

@ Modern Maud.
Maud Muller, on a summer night,
Turned down the only parlor light
The Judge, beside her, whispered
things
Of wedding bells and diamond rings.
He spoke of love in burning phrase
And acted foolish forty ways. d..
When he had gone Maud gave a laugh
And then turned off the dictagraph.
/ He had an invariable way of asking
the wrong question or making the
wrong comment. So it was, when at a
inner party his neighbor, lady, said
to him: v
Il am thorough believer, you know,
Mr.. Smith, that mems clothes should
match their hair; black-hafred man
should wear black clothes, a brown
haired man should wear brown
clothes. Don't you think sop
THAT may be-" bungled Jones, "but
suppose man is bald?"
Johnny" asked nervous neigh
Dor, what makes the baby at your
house cry SO much?"
. at doesn't cry SO very much" was
the big brothers indignant answer,
"and, anyway, If your teeth was all
out, and your hair was all off, and
your legs was so weak you couldn't
stand on them, you'd feel like crying
yourself"
at is said that Indians never
laguh. Is that true?" r.
II believe So"
what is the explanation-or is
there any?" Il
"Wen. for one thing, their women
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( These mine operators for years
have maintained and equipped a pri
vate army of blood-thirsty thugs, who
for money paid from the Golfers OF
coal corporations, have not hesitated
to s.'shoot to ktli'' any minor who raised
his voice in protest against the brutal
conditions imposed by the coal barons
Fof West Virginia. .
Miners have been murdered in cold
blood by the salaFied gunner of the
coal barons, and scarcely in any in
stance have the civn authorities taken
any steps to bring the paid mufderers
to the bar Of justice.
So infamous were, the outrayoS OF
the hired thugs Of thA mine pperators,
that the striking miners welcomed
the soldiers of the state and preferred
martial law to the reign of error that
prevailed under the armed guards Of
the coal cooperation.
Since the governor Of West Virginia
has been snubbed by the royal mag
mates of the coal mines, and his ser
vices declined in the adjustment of
dlnerenees, he should have starch
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roo Good to bel True.

'John," she asked, after she had I'm
ished packing her trunk, "will you re-
member to water the flowers in the
porch boxes every day."
''Yes, dear. IN see that they 4are
properly moistened regularly"
ss.sAnd the rubber plant in the dining
room, You know. it. will have to be
sprayed about three times . week.
I'll remember it"
'I'm afraid you'll forget the canary
and let the poor little creature gtarFe.
stDon't worry about the bird, dear;
I'll take good care Of him." So
'But I feel sure you'll forget about
keeping the curtains drawn, so that
things won't be faded out when I get
back. Sersz Il 6
Don't give yourself moments I'M
easiness about the curtains. III keep
the house as dark as tunnel"
John, I'm not going. You have
some reason for being anxious to get
nd Of me. San Francisco Star.
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"radicalism." had expanded H.,
the power to kill chattel slaya 11"Nlng
daring to use it, Lincoln killed cba anu
slavery. He put himself 4into ' w.
hearts OF men. He wrote his hama cue
Dig In history that the names of ~ ~
other men since his time seem Snla, an
Yet Lincoln. if he had been, cG ;,'@a,
to re'9ain merely a radical no'l5
have Informed no. service, for |9 sI.
county worth While, and Fame, woi 4S
have missed MIN by many a mia 0D' ~
the south la won, the north woni :
have blamed Lincoln. If tho n ou.u
had won, without destroying cb .Hi III =
slavery, nothing would have been ,' so,
tied. and Lincoln would have boog
given the credit for settling not5 Sgen
Lincoln's greatest opportnnity : ;,
serve his country lay in doipS my W
oisely what he did, and it is to p bia
;'. eternal glory that he had both The NM ms
derstanding and the courage to1do II u'
The times again call loudly for sncb
a man. Chattel slavery is dead bnt
greater slavery has grown up IN it,
place. e" 40
We Socialists want this. STONED
We don't demand that" ii be stonnaa
hundred years hence-we deman nS
|! that it be stopped now. We are. intaS
ested in our posterity, but we are also
Interested in ourselves. -Pearson's
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airy act put him into the hearts OF
men, We Socialists feel that he
ne=....es a little more closely. to our
hearts than he does to some others.
When Lincoln ceased to temporize
with chattel slavery and struck It
down, he became one of us. He actual
~ did to chattel slavery what we are
trying to do to wage slavery.
The magnitude of this act, as well
as the usefulness of a mere radical
politician, may be measured by what
Lincoln's life would have been with
out his name at the bottom of the
emancipation proclamation. Tradlr
ton has it that Lincoln became a rad
sical upon the slavery question when
las flatboatman upon the Mississippi
he saw a negress sold upon the auction
block at New Orleans. Tradition has
lii that fheF said: tffr / ever have "a
chance to hit slavery, will hit it and
hit it hard"
The fact is that when Mr.. Lincoln
began to get the power to hit slavery
he did not hit it hard. He was a rad
icaP politician. and therefore could
not hit it hard. He was against
slavery, but he was also against any
thing that would end slavery. In the
phrase of our-time, he wanted to reg
ulate" slavery. Men like John Brown
and William Lloyd Garrison wanted
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GGermany's ruling class is not a sep
arate struggle. It would have to be,
as Marx said about the foreign pol
icy recommended by him in his IA
nous inaugural address, "A part OF
the general struggle for the enamel
patton of the working class
THE aim is clearly defined and fol.
lows from the situation explained
above. The interest of the working
class demands an agreement of Ger
many with England and France, stip-
ulating a reduction of armament
Other countries will readily follow
if not voluntarily, then through dip.
lomatic pressure.
SIT all eenters around this ques.
ton: Has imperialism created con
flicting interests between England
and Germany that cannot be bridged
over? The German Social-Democracy
beiievs strongly that it can.
1.-TWO years ago stated in the Neu
zeit: The modern policy of colonial
expansion is the same as the policy
of high tariff. the work of reaction
and not OF progress. Both policies
only hinder economic development.
As far back as 1900 declared that
Imperialism is not the necessary re
suit of Industrial development or ex
pansion of capital. 1t is brought about
power of high finance, the bureau
efaey and the military men, which
factors prefer the policy Of violence
They gradually have gained control
of the social life, subduing more and
more thoroughly the industrial capital
capital and the middle class as we'll
limp rialisms is not identical with
the necessary strivingof capital for
expansion and the opening up OF
new markets" and chances for invest
ments. Imperialism is merely meth
Cd the method Of violence, which is
not a necessary condition of economic
Development The proletariat must
everywhere oppose this method OF
violence through practical action and
not merely by means of program
for propaganda only
There are no conflicting interests
between England and Germany"
Kantsky proves this claim thorough
ly, but we must, 70 RACK of space, re.
frain from bringing this part of the
article. Kantsky continues:
more and more important as a
market and an investing place for cap
lital becomes awakened China. Nowhere
else upon this earth exist similar
possibilities for capitalistic expansion.
The imperialist method of violence
/ is of no avail in this case for the ma
tons of Western Europe.
"They all have a common enemy,
however, in Russia, which can at any
time use her army, not only against
China, but also against Turkey and
Persia. -
"The exploited Russian peasantry
is not able to offer much Of market
to the Russian industry. The latter
is striving to expand its market, for it
can compete only il protected by high
tariff walls. That is why Russia at
tempts to swallow northern Persia
and Mongolia, and she may attempt
tomorrow to annex Turkish Armenia.
Here il a bond Of common inter-
est against Russia, (which should unite
the western powers, but owing to the
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-10-17
The Arrogance OF Greed In
West Virginia

! enough in his spinal, column 70 LIMO lnno
gurate some methods by which ep ,Sair
mic tyrants can be brough! 70 >. Ind md
knees. When sou1less exploltels uS DOR
the employers Of professional man III any
ers declare that they oblects - + the
interference by the state tneH boufd.
time is at hand when the state sS cgsrs
interfere and impress upon lne ota is
Of the coal mines that the s. ahSidg
bigger than any dividend s 10 fag.
corporation that ever planted ta n a+ s'N'
Of modern piracy in West ylslI+s
The priests and preachers wn s'gainst
hSen<hurling their maledictl0nSn ~ Of
Socialism, should take an i NV dslds
Industrial conditions in. the co., t5nnder
81 West Virginia and then Ol Social
from rostrum and pulpit now . dead dead
ism would reduce us, all u 9 -.
level, .n;tv should
not q. overlook this opportunity r 10 the the
how Socialism would ae9slTy to
home" and "KiI (the rin etag day.
store up a surplus%or a 9a finor
The sky-pilots9 have the ll0O''
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1912-10-17
10y John M. o,NellI.)

The mine operators Of West Vir-
ginia have rejected all overtu1es on
the part of the governor of the state
to settle the strike. The mine opera
OTIS have absolutely refused to permit
their employees to be organized. by the
United Mine Workers OF o America :
have refused to give, any recognition
to union and emphatically declared
against any interference on the part
of the state. 4'-s' :, - -
The attitude Of the mine operators
deserves the serious consideration.
not only Of the membership of organ.
izedElabor but o. every eitizenvof the
United States, whose heart bests fgr Ia.
human liberty. The governor of q
state, presumed to be the representa-
tive OF the people uses his oficial
position in an effort to adjust differ
ences and bring about an amicable
sefflement but Is spurned by the
naughty industrial despots, who have
decreed that men imprisoned in the
bowels Of the earth shah be slaves.
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Suicides III f91f.-f r. = 80 7's''s -
In 1911, the first time, the suicide
rate Of small cities in the United
States exceededwthe rate of cities OF
over 100000 population. The rate in
our small cities last year was. 1913 per
hundred thousand, whereas the rate
of suicide in twenty-one cities with
250,O09 or over Was~1O.5 per hundred
population. In seventy-nine small
citie6 out OF 100 cities of all sizes,
! 1896 Alle& themselves during 1911.
II American cities (seventy-nine
under 100000 and twenty-one over
that population) the rate of I suicide
has grown steadily from 1878 per tho
sand twenty years ago, to- 20.3 in thu
five year period ending with 1911. II
1910 the rate throughout our registla.
ton. area was 16 per hundred t3ou
sand, so that there must have. be.
$4,000 suicides in the United States
last year.
u These figures are taken from tAe
tables 81 Df. HOFFMAN actuary for 1kl0
IPrudential1 6nai Insurance COmpaay
and are commented on in recent is
sue Of The Journal of the American
Medical Association. Comparing
these figures with Prussia's record,
Dr.. Hoffman shows that the Prnssian
suicide, rate during 1910 was n, Per
hundred thousand, about that of Amer
ican, cities. - There were thirty-two
male suicides as against ten female
suicides. The suicide mortality under
Is years is 066, rising to 1851 be-
tween. the 10th and 18th years. and
to 1854 between the ages of 20 and
"a, during the latter period defective
education, mental moral and =econo-
mic, seems responsible for the high
suicide frequency. But the highest
rates are Inn 34.89 at 40 years to
5S.u at the 10th year, the period when
those given to mental depression mani
fest sdecadence of mind and body.
For all ages the principal cause OF
suicide in Prussia was unsoundness OF
mind (22.8 per cent of the male and
40.6 per cent of the female suicides) !;
next came bodily disease 90 per
cent males and 9.3 per cent females).
Nervous diseases accounted for 4.3
and IA per cent, respectively. AL
coholism was blamed for 10.1 per
cent male and but 1.5 per cent female
suicides. Sorrow and distress account
ed for 1872 males and ~ per cent
female suicides.
After reading the above, look around
you, note the condition people mus
labor under, then figure out for your
self why people take themselves int
the great unknown.-lronC City Trades
Journal.
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Must Put Reverse on

Genuine sympathy, an intelligent
appreciation of the workers condition
must be the beginning Of any constfuc-
ton work-a reversal of the rule which
today places government in support
of the strong, rich and cunning and
leaves the poor, weak and unfortunate
more equitable system Of distribu.
and more equitable system Of distribu.
ton must supplant our present day
method of legalized robbery in favor
of the strong and wealthy. The rule
of live and let live must. and will
eventually prevail despite the 5surpris-
ing Indifference with which political
leaders and prosperous business men
regard this distressing situation.-The
American Photo-Engraver.
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2 =
A CRY IN THE MARKET PLACE.
S(By Chester Firkins)-

| cry oh God. for refuge and for rest
I cannot pray;-there is no time to
kneel.
(Can the spoke stop the whizzngg
of the wheel?
Can the cast coal in the red Jorge
protest?) ~ =
l cry, by my dead ;fatherssof the Vest
Who, in their dire travail, yet coSlu
feel i =,
The wild. clean pulse of Nature Ill
the peal
OF storm upon. the lordly mountain
crest. !.
! cry, by right Of my ungotten; sons
For respite, for some. Stacking. VI
Some quiet in this rage Of life that
stuns ~
The Soul for slaughter in the Mar,
ket place.
cry, ID pity for the little ones, nat
Whose shriveled shoulders mus
bear on the Race.
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The coIoneI,s FeeIInas.-

The CoIoneI's FeeIings.-
The colonel has been explaining to
the senate committee, which owes its
activities to "our Bob" and Penrose
that when he told Hartman that "yor
and ] are practical men," IT had nc
significance other than that he desired
to reassure Hartman, who was fearful
that he might hurt the coloners feel
ings. 4fe< &
The press reports tell us that the
colonel perspired freely while the
probe was being inserted. s. {
Harmon, we fear, was more consid
crate of the colonel's feelings than
tour Bob" was when he ilibustered
and forced the senate to investigate
Milwaukee Leader. =
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win" 1t was practically unknown in
this country until w. D. Haywood dis
covered it on his recent European
trip. Since then it has been urged by
both he and the Chicago wing of the
Industrial Workers OF the World, who
declare against political action, an(
who are called 1.-THE bummery" by the
Detroit faction of the same organiza-
| ton.
Under the Sabotage" plan Of strik-
ingg men don't walk out. They stay
on the job, and whenever they can
find opportunity, they destroy proper
ty In the coal region, they would
ruin the mine by flooding it with wa
ter, by putting pumps accidentally"
out of commission. In a machine
shop, emery dust would be mysterious
ly placed in the machinery. In France
it has been, said that walters "acci-
dentally"" put castor oil in the vinegar
bottles. +
The scheme appeals to the ignorant
the base amongst workers. 1t is de-
Tended by revolutionary" editors, in
terested in booming their circulation;
alleged intellectuals, who are ignor-
ant of unionism, or even work shops;
and platform orators, who see in this
theory good advertising material be-
cause it stamps them as revolution
ists."a D 81 oOYlJ tfaf> u foU eTeW
It doesn't take a brave man to ad--
vocate sabotage" In fact it Is a cow
ards doctrine It calls for no intelli-
gence in its application, and results
in a terrorism that the nihilists ofsRus-
siay who risks his life, would !scorn.
The doctrine Of Sabotage" grows
where intelligence is at a low ebb.
It's public defenders are aware of this
psychology, and appeal to the victims
of repression and force, who have
been dumped on our shores BY brutal
capitalists, now called upon to pay the
cost of facing a doctrine fOTeignfto our
constitutions and belief. ss'f7.
The cause of, sabotage" is the EN-.
ployers. Men like Haywood could
not successfully defend sabotage il
the cause did not exist. Sabotage
will never solve anything lit iss,de-
struction. 1t, is not constructive 1t
does not demand brains, reason OF
logic. 1T rests on force that strikes in
he dark, and will therefore never win
ANY oresthan the present practices
Of capitalists can continue without in
terruption and without check r.
| If Sabotage" is right, so is war. And
So is brute force in any other form
regardless of who it is favored by
Toledo Union Leader. q
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never come out IN the latest styles
from Paris"