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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1913-09-03

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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1913-09-03

TIER DECEMBER 2,r $780, AT POST OFFICE CHICAGO
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17
Democratic
 Politicians Begin To Smell
 A Rat
Politicians

Some of our loving Democratic pol iticians are beginning to see the nigger i'll the wood pile. They claim that they were sold out by their delegates at the Valdez Convention, at least by the two that got jobs
 According to all article ial the Alas ka Citizen Of the 6th inst, they fear that Henery Roden or Judge Wicker sham is likely to be the candidate Of the Democrats. Its candy to dough- nuts than the Democrats will recog- nize $ they did last fall that all diff erences existing between the old pol iticial parties are imaginary oply, and will ali support the same candidate which, in all likelyhood, will be Wick ersham, the local Democrat politicians notwithstanding.
 of course the regular Republicans, as usual, will be expected to have candidate in the field slq thae the foll- overs and hangers-on can participate il the distribution of the black sack which Shack and his pals generally sends around.
 The old parties will, to try to get the workers excited, and att ract their attention away from the main issue, probably put dummy in the field as ou fo1mer occasions, or pzob- ably two
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17
Is Now In
SEATTLE
will they be free

4 letter was received few days ago, by conlrade from conlrade Kaz- is Krauczunas, first candidate Of the Socialist Pasty. for Delegat- to Congress.
 Conrade Krauczunas srft4s s 5oll- ows: have received sevsr4! ~ lat- ely asking me if I would be a eandid- ate in the coming election for Delegate to Congress. You may tell all tue comrades that am positively ont of it.. But I shall always do what I can to help the comrades and the party.
 You have plenty Of good timber for candidate for. Delegate to Congress-.
 Give my regardseto all tue comrades and with happy recollections of our first campaign, I arn, your comrade,
 KAZIS KRAUCZUNAS.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17
Of The Socialist Party
 In Alaska

Wliat has the Socialist parts,. since its. advent ill Alaska, done?
 What it. has done and what it las not done will De told ia.a future issue. A article is now being written that viu tell ip detail all about it. It will also tell how many adventurers, thinking there were plunls to be picked, hockcd to the party We will also tell all ;llort tile schemes that the ''ootnrads' in tie, vicinity Of Fairbanks have on halld, and it< will prove inte. esting to the student of economics as Well as to the working class, in general
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17
REPUBLICANS ARE
 KICKED OUT MUST MAKE
 ROOM FOR
 DEMOCRATS
MUST MAKE.

1n the act passed by Congress on the 18th inst. twenty two deputy coil eotors and fifty five deputy marshals in the state of Washington and Al aska were taken out of the civil ser vice
 The Civil Service ;s branch of the Government Service that has bee kept clear of the vhinls of political appointees. 4 holder of q civil service petition was not affected by q new pol itical party getting into office, but now the Democrats, by all act q Congress. have changed that, for you see there is a horde of hungry Democratic oficc seekers whose appetites ior office must De arpeased.
 A There are several Federal rositions in this district held by men wllo refuse to sit behind q iackass when they can ride il al electric car. and t is runi- ored that tLe local Dems will comnl- ence an attack orl tiae holders of these positions by the underground method
 Some there are among them who, think they could be iudse, others are. under the impression that they could be : prosecuting attorney, and II tlat direction the Democrat can feel the smell of mazuna still others among them, without any previous experience. would ike to experiment with tie mails for you see the Dems have been a long time out and are very thiIsty
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17
The Lack Of Labor
 Organization

As yet, little or nothing hads been done b protect the rights of the laborer by legislation. He was paid at irregular intervals, and if not paid at all was un- able to secure his dues by lien on the product of his labor. The laws of debt were particularly harsh forindebtedness in even, the smallest sum q man could be thrown into prison and kept there until his debt and the prison charges were paid. The wage-earner. without property did not possess the right to vote or. hold office.
 From Bogort's History.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17
TIE CONDITION OF LABOR
 IN l79()


As during the colonial period, the majority of the population was engaged i'll agriculture, but, except in the South where the greater part of the labor was performed by slaves, most of the agric- ulturists in the country were indepen- dent farmers. The wage-earners were chiefly artisans and were to be found al- most entiEely in the North; it is this class that Is referred to in the discussion of the condition of the laborer. The Revolution made but little difference in his lot: after, as before, the ordinary unskilled workman earned on the aver age about two siillings q day the hours of labor were from sunrise to sunset. While poverty was rare, the standard Of living was low, and little beyond the bare necessities of life was secured by thG AdOo401 i'll CNI4lduSS AOA HIS NdSG.
 The westward migration and the de velopment of the carrying trade rais- ed the pay of unskilled labor about the beginning of the nineteenth century to between so and 90 cents day,
 The picture of the home and clothing e{ q workinginan abont 1790 which is presented by AicMaster, shows very un- attractive conditions. Sand sprinkled on the floor did duty as q carpet There was no china in his cupboard, there were no prints on his wall What stove was he did not know, coal he had never seen, matches he had never heard of He rarely tasted fresh meat as often as once week, aud paid for 1t ! price much higher than his posterity.
 If the food of an artisan would now be thought coarse, his clothes would be thought abominable. pair of yellow bucksl,in or leathern brooches, q red flannel jacket, checked shirt, rusty felt hat cooked up at the corners, shoes of neat s-skin set of by huge buckles ot brass, and. Ieathern apron, comprised his scanty wardrobe. The leather he sneared with grease to keep il soft and flexible. " The workers Of this period had, moreover, little intellectual stimulas; the environment was local and there was little contact with the outside world
 Prom Economic History Of The United States By l. l.. BOGART, PROFESSOR or ECoNO- MICS, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17
On Throwing
 Away Your Vote

The old party candidates during eanl- paign season tell the workers not to throw away their votes and if theF vote the Socialist ticket they will be throw ing away their vote Those two hun dred and ninety odd votes that Major Cum got were surely thrown away and what about these, few that Martin Harr- ais got2 They certainly were thrown away.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17

In 1857 the journey from Philadel- pllia to PttsourG s391 ea-le and one half days. Now It takes iess than nine hours
 Tie workres built the roads, but they do not own them Rocky and his pals own the reads. While the workers were listening to Rocky's orators and singing patriotic songs Rocky was swiping the railroads, so now the wo- rkers. have to walk.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17

When tliey ware experimenting with iron during tie revolutionary period, with the vlew of introducing it ir niak ing blows, the cid hill billies set rp the. plea that iron would poison the soil.
 specls' saws will not poison ycrr- wood as the old timers claimed. He. has sawed all the wood on the creeks and is now in town with two saws. Gala him up at tie FAIRNIEN ECTEI-
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17
Too Many Shoes

Why do you not put on. your shoes, my boy. you will catch coldo" T have 10 shoes.
 Why does not your father buy you some shoes?a
 He is out of work ' Why is he out of work?'' The factory's closed Why is the factory closcd?'' Too nlany shoes,
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17

4 wosker, to-day, by til aid of machipery produced by other workers, produces more wealth than fifty Hor- kers did sixty Xears ago, yet he re- mains, as formerly. wage slave.
 The workers must own the tools of production, then. and uot until then, will they be free.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17
('[EANIN(1S

The man who shouts for harmony, knowing graft to be rampant, is notll- ing less than first class grafter and will use any method from peldling bull con to running a poker game to fleece his victims.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17

It is said that John Hancock, one of the signers of the Declaration, was the great-grandsoh of a Scotch Presbyterian minister, ard at the time of the signing of the famous docu- meut was engaged in. 2, big deal of snuggled booze.
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17
SOMETHING MUST
 BE DONE

The Democratic Party took control of national affairs six months ago, but as yet the sun of prosperity has shed but few rays of light upon tle brawn and bone of this continent During the national campaign of less than a year ative to the changes that would come under the wise statesmanship of the N redagogue from Princeton. early ,000,0 900 of sovereign citizens walked E the ballot box last November, and showed by their votes that they placed confidence ill the oratory of the spell binders, who, from the rostrum, pro- claimed | il cir death1ess devotion to those sacred principles that gave the nanes of Jefferson and Jackson place in American history The people have waited patiently for six long months, living ill hope that industrial gloom would pass away through the brilliant efforts of the Democratic statesmen who. during the national campaign, were so extrayagant iil tue distribution of political promises. The gloom of ad- versity still casts it's shadow upon an American sky. There can be dis Cerned, not even by the vision of the mosc bi1oyant optimist, the slightest tint of that rosy dawn of coming prosperity, that was predicted by those po1itical prophets who thUndered such denunciat- ions against T proceeding administration that pandercd to the interests of pred --o.g wealth, '' The hungry statesmen '5s;-o promised 50 much end have done So little are loading their ston1acIls OH the emQluments of public offices, but the great mass of the people whose creduiity vas imposed upon by expert political jpSglers, are beginning to real ize that the capitalist system is 10 more fraternal under the disciples of Jefferson than under those political apostles who inlpoverish the English language ill - their tributes to the memory of Abra- ham Lincoln
 Congress was called into extra session to do things and when the message of Professor Wilson was read 10 the high brows' i'll our halls of national lesislat- ion, the mercury in the thermometer of hope rose . little ill anticipation, of bet ter 6ay i'll the not far distant future.
 But hope has been supplanted by despair; and men and wonlen who are close ob- servers, are openly predicting that the hour Is approaching when the crash of another panic vii. be heard from ocean to ocean. Congress has frittered away its time putting patches OH a currency measure that viii meet the approval of coupon-clippers and on tariff bill that wiN meet with but little opposition from the industrial Caesars of our irl- fant industries v Reliable sta atistics show that nearly 1000, 600 of people in this country are without steady employ ment and that 10, GOO, GOO of our people have not even the bare necessaries of life. There IS an unrest and discontent from the Atlantic to the Pacific. and the signs of tie times presage . storm that s44ay 5l1ake this nation to its very foun- cations. Something must be done and done quickly. not for the banker and industrial Czar, but for tha bone and brawn of this country, fpon whose shoulders rest the stability Iof nation
 MINER $ MAGAZINE
The Alaska socialist., 1913-10-17

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The Washington herald., 1913-03-09

ty in which he works. SO that he will be
on the job every day in the year.
Our reason fer getting men of this
type is because OF the diversified farming
In the North. 1t is not a single type
farming such as they have In the South.
There may be forty types of farming in
single county in the North, and We
want men competent to give the help
needed. Before any of our men go into
any section for denomination work. they
first will go out and study agricultural
conditions as they actually exist in that
section. When We know these conditions
We shall then be in a position to advise.
Cooperation.
'AH of tins work will be carried on in
direct cooperation with the agricultural
colleges and experiment stations within
each State. The government recognizes
these institutions the proper Centers
from which this type OF work should ema-
nate. The general plan will be to CO.
operate with the State In the employment
Of a man who will be known as the State
leader. This man will have charge OF all
the demonstration work done by each
State and the government within that
State. The State leader will have his
headquarters at the State agricultural
college and he will make reports in dupli-
cate to the college and to the Office of
farm management at Washington
Now this Stale leader will have direct
charge of all the county agents in each
State He will help organize the counties.
He will select the men in cooperation
with the local people for the jobs SUBJ
ject to the approval OF the State institu-
ton and of this department And he will
supervise the work after its organization.
When as many as eight or ten counties
have been organized in a State the leader
will be given an assistant to help him in
supervising the work and to aid in study
ing conditions throughout the State. So
that when all the counties have been
organized he will know the type of man
needed and the problem to be solved.
I'm this county work the government
The Washington herald., 1913-03-09
MICHAEL ANGELO
ny GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old Siwash."

About this time, IN the year 1f14. Mich
aelangelo was born without comment. in
Italy His real name was Michaelangelo
Buonarotti. but when il was observed
that at an early age he was becoming
bowlegged under this burden. the last
name was uncoupled and put in the store
house by his loving family
Michael Angelo was born at a time
when art was more important than mill
ing. steel making or farming. and he de-
cided to create a genius trust. He stud
led art and soon became able to knock
a tone poem out of a block of marble in
a manner which made him more admired
than If he had combined nine railroads
and made So 10000 by the operation Af-
ter he had sculpted a kneeling angel and
statue of David. he became as much
of national rage as if he had batted
.5f1 in the Cisalpine League, or had writ
ten six best sellers in one year. Italy was
nuts on art in those DAYS. and is just
now getting over il
Michael Angelo sCulpted until he had
all other sculptors looking like stone
fence builders and then turned his at
tention to painting. He painted a half
acre picture Of the Last Judgment"
and when the other artists of the dav
looked at it. most of them went into the
ka1somine business. About this time the
need Of a new cathedral at Rome became
pressing. principally because Michael An
Eelo had carved a work too large to be
put into the old one. and he was asked
to design a new ST. Peters. Dropping
his paint brush he went into architecture
and made another instantaneous hit. ST.
Peters Is acknowledged to be the most
architecture ever produced by one man.
and although it Is not copyrighted, no
The Washington herald., 1913-03-09
FARMERS OF THE SOUTH
TO MEET IN RICHMOND
Sixteenth Conference for Education to Be Held April
Is to l8-Talks on Economics and Other
Questions to Be Given.

be present from various parts of the
country to tell their story.
Some start toward farmers Co-op-
Grafton has already been made in the
South. Among the successful South
ern enterprises of this kind are the
Eastern Shore of Virginia Produce Ex-
change, which is a growers agency for
marketing sweet and irish potatoes.
berries. cabbage. and onions; the Vir-
ginia Fruit Growers selling and pur-
chasing agency, for the cooperative
selling of apples. located at Staunton.
the birthplace of the President: the CO.
operative Dairy Association Of Ca
tawba County, n. c.; and the Farmers
Cooperative and Educative Society.
which runs store in Woodford County,
Ky.
These enterprises will be discussed
at the conference, respectively, by A.
J. McMath, Clarence W. Moomaw, w.
]. Shuford and Frank NJ. Mckee. all
of whom have had a hand in their de-
velopment. The talks will deal with CO.
operation in all its aspects: with meth
DDS of organization and conduct. as
we'll as with the economic. ethical and
social aspects of the movement.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-09
GROWING HANDSOMER.
Not Yet So Pretty as His Sister, hut
He Has Father Faded.
pr,-n a.. ~


He Has Father Faded.
Prom the New York World
The announcement in the current
number of a medical magazine OF hisn
repute that the American man Is hand
somer and better housed ard fed and
clothed than ever man was before
comes timely to meet pressing need
of the day. Within 4 comparatively
short time no fewer than five colleges
in this country have presented claim
ants to the honor of being a perfect
woman. measured by the accepted model
of the Venus of Milo. but not one has
put forth a man claiming TO approach
the Apollo Belvedere.
The injustice is not confined to OBJ
leses. Magazines have done worse. The
romancers that write their advertising.
the realists that furnish their stories
and the artists that illustrate the lack
OF IDEAS of both show a like tendency
TO depict man either as a pignIy beside
come daughter OF the gods divinely tall
or else as dummy on which to exhibit
new styles of o:othing. II would be Diff
cult TO ilni pictorial art, so called
of our periodical literature. including the
commercial pages. in which mans
figure is presented In any other aspect
than that of foil to n girl or a dis
play of ready-made raiment In fact.
the evil has gone Sc far that within the
week a lecturer in this city stated thac
the average American is not fit to be
father: shat IL lOO Harvard or Yale
graduates were segregated with their
wives from the rest of the world they
would at the end or six generations ba
reduced 10 fifty persons. Wherefore It
is good to have a champion to the fore
Man may not be so pretty as his sister,
but he Is handsomer than his father
The Washington herald., 1913-03-09
THE SOUTH.


1t used to be the Sunny South Now
it Is the Golden South
A great part OF this weeks issue of
Leslie's is devoted to Southern topics
not because they are Southern. but be-
cause they are National
The development of the wonderful
natural resources Of what are known
commonly as our Southern States has
been the marvel of our industrial his
tory. We are only at the opening pages
The wealth in cotton, in lumber, iron,
coal oil. and even the precious metals,
which the South Possesses has been only
In part disclosed.
Its wide expanse of arabic lands. still
untouched, invites the immigrant South
ward. Its fertile soil. its genial CLINE,
and hospitable people make the invita-
tion particularly attractive. The tide of
emigration, turning Southwark now more
than ever, has only begun to flow 1t
means tide of wealth and untold
prosperity.
We have no patience with those who
patronize our friends in the South. who
talk of the forgiveness Of the past and
of the wiping ort of sectional lines The
South is the mother of the country
American patriotism was reared in its
bosom. 1t has given the nation some of
its ablest statesmen. its wisest leaders.
its most brilliant editors and sagacious
counseiors. p
In Its charities. its benevolences. its
religious and educational work. no part
of the Union eXcels 1t. For hospitality
it has no equal.
The South furnished the first stars in
the American flag and the bravest SOL
diers who fought in their defense. Bright
and luminous they were, are, and always
will he.
Go South, young patriot. Go South.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-09

eight was greatly dreaded. since severe
pain was OcCasioned the fettered person
did he attempt 10 move q limb.
There used TO be a form of handcuff
now happily abolished. called the twist
er." This consisted OF a chain with
handles at each end. This chain was
placed about the wrists and the handles
were brought together and twisted until
a firm grip was obtained. The least
struggle on the part of the unfortunate
captive resulted in the greatest suffering
for the chains bit deeply into his flesh. \
similar form of handcuff was that called
by the French ia ligote."
In some parts OF Europe there is still
used an exceedingly primitive form of
handcuT. 1t consists of a N-shaped piece
of metal. wherein the wrists are inserted.
the open ends being drawn together by
means of a crosshook. which. however,
The Washington herald., 1913-03-09
STYLES In HANDOUTS.
The Old-time ..Twlsters- Were In
struments of Torture.

The Old-time ..TwIsters' Were In-
struments of Torture.
From Harpers Weekly
1t is in the ''Aeneid' that We find the
first reference to the handcuf Virgil in
forms us that Protus was, by means Of
such a device, fettered and rendered help
less by Aristaeus
1t is of record that about 400 years be-
fore the Christian era an army of vic
torious Greeks came upon several char
lots of Carthaginians. which, among other
things. contained a large number of hand
cuffs.
Our term 'handcuff'' is derived from the
Anglo-SaXon ''handcop." In the Saxon
days these handcops were used in the
case of mobiles. while "footcops" were re-
served for kings. The terms employed in
the fourteenth century were shack bolt
and swivel manacle." and the specimens
thereof which have come down to us
show that the instruments We're as cum
bersome as their names.
Only two kinds of handouts We're en-
ployed previously TO the nineteenth CEN
tury. One the flexible, was very similar
10 that now in use. and the other, which
was called the figure eight" was utilized
to restrain violent prisoners. This figure