The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-06-02
The High Cost of Living
and Memorial Day


Teaay b. MAY Memorial psy.
Of oar dead soldiers and loved ones
las a day when much Is said about
what VAS has been ard used 20 te \
great truth skouit - recognised ard
Lesson should - learned FROM this
cAy. II 10 proper ana fittinE 70 re-
rpsnhsr respect reverence and hanor
tha dead bat Il 10 daty owed 60 nature
b. all men TO allow iise 10 the uvirx
Mach political capital ard cheap talk
Is the rule and fashion nov among the
retAiners about tho high cost - Twins
They remind me ~ hos ] played 18th
children when I pretended that could
not md them. yet had my eye on
them all 81 the time but ana not wsnt
20 fiad thrTn. The r-sNiurrs who repre-
s~nt privilege 30 rot want 30 IND tne
reason frr the high cost q hvinE ard
advise the people lths ifsfla toy~~pra-
ps~---nixht demand hearing ard Learn
what the retalnrrs have been doing ,
There IL. nothing new o. strange about
shs high cost % living Msuoroitss
we're granted time and again In Eneiand
and abolished 20 keep the people tom
using force to destroy them The prts
waite cwnsrwnfp In the means % lirn has
away. and mus, always result IN shs
owner. being compelled 70 80 the gov
.rnfneutai powers 90 rob and exploit me
people % their Substance When ihs
Irish people we're starving - Death and
long. with a small piece 81 Eunny rack
over their faces for casket were not
the farm products osinE extracted Tom
them. the prceucsra and shipped % ne
landlords In England. for rsntf Is y
rut a fact that fha doctors. lawyers and
PREACHERS. acting as retainsrs ~ tne
landlords. were a. fat and s~e& a.
l.rahs While they eouus@isd the people
that Il was Gods will thaS tfhs w-rrs
log class saasid st&rvsl tho famine
should visit ireland because OF her
sfnse These people did not sfarvs - .
cause there was not enough f9pd FAtsrn
IN Ireland. they starved beeanss what
th~r did raise taken frofn them ~
iia~ and xfvsn 20 the master ciass This
story earns 10 me By word % mouth
from my mother Her hth~r an9
mother lived in irsiant and ists there
a. ks~p from starving. ard after they
-, aw.v from the lhnd % starvation
ard legal robbery By thieves theT had
a. run a race With the sea pirates fer
their lives The -nrne thieves ard pirates
are with W. today. only the robbery aha
r1rrrv - nov done orderly under forms
81 iaw. but the principle. effect. and r.
salf IL the same
Living IL not high IN this country BE-
cause OF our advanced methods OF pro
6uction. Indeed. In many Ans@ ons 80
ar girl working on machine. produces
- much az IS. 80 or 100 man produced
tv hand labor 50 years ago. There u an
abundance Of wealth and our productive
Snssftutions are never runsing Al fan ca
pacity. s-.,.- =.
~.us~ cou~uru pthon does not begin until
after distribution takes place. Tns cost
81 production includes distrfhutiou. ard
you will notice that the proaa.s ~
veaf,h never see their product after u u
produoed and leaves them Iney ~
sage. the amount Of which VII only
purehas~ but one-fourth 81 what thsif
iabor created. tho other three -t"or VI.
goes to capital as rarPlns ..o.,iaT
surplus wealth costs eHpitai hg'nlhs
eapi,ai dtd not create IT, but rnftetl
cwued the machinery upon when W.
wealth vas created. and by this pstsl.
capital sxarts tribute In ths torh y
rroftt yor and IN this surplus fahe
srtth mi. surplus wealth the pcopls ar'
tie6 hand and FOO, bound and gagged
Courts are controlled. executives -
ewned and legislators nrs bought 30
sunuly h. limited By the owners y thi,
~t,-fn. wealth Chy throwing food ans
provisions 70 the Karbass dump. II nscsr
NV 20 force prices up. This reduces
a.. standard Of nvink and incsrese'
crime. prostitution and degradation,
Tn. farmers and growers arc ptifefef
- railroad pirates and combinations .
Commission merchants GOOD Trus'sI
Who belong to the same class or erpio't
a.. who own the producing institutions
srht. 4. IN. ciass who has much 20 ga,
.no,,, N. American Flag. and they hay'
,nanv flags made BY overworked ana IN
r~-ssa uttis waxo-siavs girls While thns'
40 mak. flags cannot get enough FOOD
much less a flss -,su,
Abraham Lincoln told the Arnericai
x.n-ia ara. a. a result % large aggrsga
-. ~ wealthy corporations CORRUPTION
"a NTH places would follow ana uDertl
feoouo,aic fraedomj would De po4t
foresaw waRe-rlavery ana riselos ~, ~
,'rs.eot class struggle between prodnes
snd eIpiolter for this surplus vaiue.
+, 10 tho surplus value which constr
80. ne mammoth accumulation
~.aIth in fhs hands % the muster elas'
Their econouite mastery ehaDi.s
.,nct urolt before the people can "a
90 enjoy what the peopis create. ffo
@,,e,ton Tor profit In the cause ~ the hig
cost ~ living. II II nara Tot ~"
charge some men with being SINCERE ~
honest when they refuse 70 fecys DIE W
fset and dsoeitfuiy look Tor the ea"s
where they know II IL not
MEMORIAL DAY
saw the old soldiers marching todal
They fought for a country that gave ther
a pension and reduced their standard Z
living By reducing the purchasing pows
Of their pension dollar Many died an
others are willing 20 die for their countri
but this country docs not neede men
dis for e. what this country needs
men VIM are willing % live for thel
country and make II possible for th
people TO work and live without bain
sxploitsd- Production for use will brin
ehis result and Memorial Day viii the
Bring life 20 the living and respect 70 N
1~ad
Memorial Day should bring 20 on
nsrnory all tho horrors OF war and deatl
war mas no aafilsyemsnts that could NJ
bs bsttsr usds with a pen. n our edt
Gated men were an great AZ they woul
have Us believe them 70 b.. thsy woul
make war impossible This however
the misaon OF tho working class. VII
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