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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-03-06
CHAPTER I.

Back Of the massed red-brick and
clapboard buildings forming, In Jones
vile. Conn, the extensive group de-
voted to the manufacture Of Jones
pepgin Gum, was the abandoned power
house, wherein were housed the water
wheels which once had furnished force
TO drive the factory's machinery. The
streams diminishing flow, the in
creased needs of the business, and the
economy Of steam all had initiated to-
ward Industrial abandonment Of the
old building
Small boys never fished there, for
the sluice-waters were too swift, loaf
ers never idled there, for the watch
men Of the mills were too strict In
their guardianship; but lovers some
times wandered there, of moonlight
nights; and in the afternoons, when
the academy sessions had ended,
Broadway" really named Jackson
Jones, but nicknamed broadway" be-
cause OF his continual gloriflcation Of
New York's great thoroughfare. which
he had seen upon occasion, sometimes
went there ito get away from Jones
ville." This afternoon he was to teach
two Jonesville girl friends new dance
steps which he had learned in New
York city. Later, dancing these with
him at the Odd Fellows ball, they
would confound all other girls In
Jonesvtlle.
The girls came promptly. Clara
Spotswood was the daughter Of the To-
cal Judge, Josie Richards the daughter
of q recent manager the gum fac
tory. Her father was laid up with
rheumatism, and JOSH In training
for q bookkeepers DC "a great
enterprise which swa. ,st Of
Jonesvilles youth Of sex, as
soon as they left school.
Nov this step, girls" Broadway
said In preface, "was invented on
Broadway for use upon Broadway by
Broadway people. Don't mistake 1t for
quiet nap. It's not a sleep-dance. 1t
was not dreamed out In Jonesville."
"And was everybody dancing it,"
aShSI 5CSAS
Every girl saw" he answered. He
had been telling Of ball he had at
tended in New York, but not quite all
be might have told about 1t. Every
one I saw, but one"
And was she dancing old style?"
mo; she was being carried to an
ambulance. She had just sprained an
ankle"
"Oh, Jackson, you're too FUNNY"
Thanks for those kind words" He
watched them whirl together for a
moment. mo; not quite that way,
Clara. Don't give @ Broadway step a
Jonesville twist; you want to give q
Jonesville step a Broadway polish"
Breathless they stopped their ef-
forts. ooh, you and your Broadway!
You're always talking about Broad
way!"
Clara" said Jackson very seriously
have you ever seen Broadway"
"You know | haven't"
We'll, II you had. you'd never see
another place you thought worth see
Ing"
"Oh, you and your Broadway" Josie
Richards was an extremely pretty girl
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Wouldn't you rather be right than
be presidents"
Eyes," replied the busy stateman;
If I'm dead sure there's no chance Of
my being president"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-03-06

strict confidence. A woman can freely
talk of her private illness to woman
thus has been established a confidential
correspondence which has extended over
many years and which has never been
broken. Never have they published
testimonial or used letter without the
written consent of the writer, and never
has the Company allowed these conf
Dental letters to get out of their pos
session, as the hundreds of thousands
of them in their files will attest.
Out of the vast volume of experience
which they have to draw from, it is more
than possible that they possess the very
knowledge needed in your case. Moth
ing is asked in return except your good
will, and their advice has helped thou
sands. Surely any woman, rich or poor,
should be glad t6take advantage of this
generous offer of assistance. Address
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., (con-
fidentiaD Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to have
Lydia r.. Pinkham's SO-page
Text Book. Tt is not a book for
general distribution, as it Is too
expensive. 1T is free and only
obtainable by mail. Write for
it today.
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Graduated.

Villager-Well, Silas, you've had
visit to the city. What all did you
see?
Silas-Just lots of things. went
to one of them movies and saw all
the dances from the Virginia reel to
the tango. I've seen all them dances
now except st. Vitus.
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CHAPTER II.

Il should enjoy the supper better"
Broadway said later at the Spotswood
family table. eff everything / chew.
after I've seen uncle, didn't make me
think OF gum. | wish there was a way
NJ eating without chew s14"
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The Proof.

"Stolen sweets are dearest"
$50 men find out when they are
fined in the police court for stealing
kisses"
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FREE ADVICE
TO SICK women
Thousands Have BeenHelped
BY Common Sense
Suggestions.
Women suffering from any form Of
female ills are invited to communicate

promptly with the
w o m a n s private
correspondence de.
partnent of the Ly-
dia e. Pinkham Med
icine Co., Lynn,
Mass. Your letter
will be opened, read
and answered by q
woman and held i'm
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-06-11
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The Woman Pays the Price of War
- --RY JOSEPHINE coNGERKANEKo-
By JOSEPHINE CONGER-KANEKO-

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1 EMRYB0W5 OPiNIoN.l

say socialism would bring about, viz:
equal division of property and condi-
tons.
Why you should try to kill these
phantoms is hard to say, unless to
prove the fact that all institutions
Iof learning and the church las well as
all old parties are dominated by the
economic masters now as formerly.
You spoke in favor of equal oppor-
tunity and brotherhood, without say
ing how these were possible when
ione per cent of the population ownes
over 20 per cent of he wealth of
the United States, and sets the wages
Of the workers arbitrarily, and con-
trolls the transportation and the price
of what the farmers produce.
The church takes credit for all our
many blessings. It was in favor OF
slavery as long as it had legs to
stand on. The writings of Alex. Camp
bell will bear this out. likewise it
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Out Of the rack and wreck Of her
body woman gives q nation to the
world.
Woman pays the first cost OF human
ity in physical anguish-too often with
her life.
She pays the second cost in service.
In the feeding of little mouths, in the
clothing of little bodies.
She pays the third cost in the tax
on spiritual and mental resources. in
the training OF little minds, and the
guiding Of little feet.
She pays the fourth cost in the
neart-breahng separation that comes
at maturity.
She pays the fifth cost in the dis
coVery that the world inLO "uIc.. s..c
mas sent her patiently-re.lI ca ch11u
rem Is totally unfit, and in Inc buaA s.-
Of suspenes that hangs upon her Ioa
their welfare from that moment OF dis
covery.
And when WAR COMES, war for
which she is in no wise responsible,
war for which her children are in no
wise responsible, war, the reasons TOR
which she ca tut understand even
when she patiently follows the detail
ed reports about them-it is the wom-
on who pays in HEART ANGUISH
FOR EVERY DROP OF HUMAN
BLOOD SPILLED ON THE BATTLE
FIELD.
1t is, the mothers flesh and blod
that lies torn. bleeding, rotting, un-
cared for, on the deserted field. It is.
bone of her bone and sinew Of her
sinew that is fastened into the shall.
low trench, into the nameless grave.
What are martial music and the
nigh sounding phrases to the woman
whose heart lies In an unnamed grave
with the father or the son who lies
here?
What is the devastation Of an alien
country to FER who pays the first and
the last cost in physical and mental
agony?
What is the devastation OF an alien;
country, the staying of alien sons, to
her who has given birth to HER
OWN NATION?
Il WOULD THAT MIME OWN
PEOPLE MIGHT BE STRONG AND
FINE AND FREE" is her one ST.
PREME DESIRE. s.
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wages and fixes the number of hours
to be employed. Then he sets upon
a high and naughty pedestal, and with
a sweep of the hand says to complain
ing individual workmen," who man
age to muster sufficient courage to ap-
proach him: :"If you don't like, my
terms you do not need to work for
me-" And they call this individual
bargaining"
Trade unions, because they take
from men the right to bargain for
concludes American In
dustries, "are lawless they must 60"
The organ of the Manufacturers as
ISOLATION appears very solicitious
about the rights Of the individual
workmen, but is it not fact that there
are at least 100000 American work
men and women who are perfectly
content with the blessings that have
come to them through collective bar
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was opposed to free schools as long
as capitalism was. And now we
would ask who advocated, first the in
dependence Of this country? Who
first suggested federal constitutions?
en-? and proposed international arbi-
tration? Who first proposed the land
for the people whose writings gave
free press and free speech to England
and America? Not the church nor a
church member, but one whose name
seldom appears in our capitalist and
church dominated school histories and
press. It was that arch infidel Thomas
Paine. =
You spoke Of the freedom Of the baH
lot, but not a word about the millions
disfranchised by capitalism because
it has forced to vote as the BOSS
says or lose their jobs. .4
You told the graduates to keep theft
characters unsullied, and how Q little
extra work made the difference be-
tween success and failure. You call.
ed this extra" margin-the thing all
business men must have to succeed.
Under capitalism, yes, and this margin
Of business is the robbery Of capital
Ism, and the greater this margin the
greater the financial success, which
lis continually held out to the young.
as IL no other success counted. n.
Capitalism today by its ownership
of the peoples necessities takes "a
margin Of more than Is per cent Qf
all the workers produce, and the
church upho1ds capitalism in this rob.
berry. It is this robbery that is the
cause Of all modern wars, all strikes,
the butchery of the innoeents in West
Virginia, Michigan and Colorado, and
the other ills Of society!
Please study the socialist party plat
form and see how every one who
wishes can have work and get the
full produce of his toll which is over
S.. 90 q day, and that Is what social
ism would give each graduate; how
the old and crippled would be PEN
stoned and cared for as members of
Ia brotherhood; how 1t will forever
stop graft, political corruption, prosti.
tuition Of the body and the press and
of brains, and make it possible for
the preachers and professors to tell
the whole truth without fear or fav-
or.
The columns Of this paper are open
to any answer 20 umay make.
Very truly,
GEO. B. KLINE, n. D.
New Martinsville, w. Va
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| Today there Is war between the
United States and Mexico. There are
extra editions Of. the newspapers
rushed on the printing presses and
sold on the streets as war extras. j
There are columns of war matter.
They begin with 'sTFhE DEAD" Civ.
ing list of them. THE WOUND.
ED" giving list of thems The hand,
some face of young soldier is fea-
tured now and then as among the
slain 81
1t has come so suddenly that we
rare stunned with the thought of it
WAR! In CIVILIZED AMERICA!
And what is 1t all about?
Simply this: Mexico Is VERY rich
ountry in natural resources. A few
Americans own vast tracts of this
ich territory. But under Mexican
ru)eethe resources are not developed,
and therefore cannot bring much in
actual money. To annex Mexico to the
United States would at once embrace
the value of the land owned by a
few ,priFake individuals. Thus few
individuals ~ would GROW ENOR-
M0uiSLY RICH, If this step was TAX
en-.
And Ito make the step we must
FIND AN EXCUSE FOR A WAR
WITH MEXICO. 1t really doesn't mat
ter what, the excuse, it. That, is evi.
Edenced in the fact that everyone is
|deriding the excuse at issue.
Senator Root in speech before
the Senate voiced the sentiment of
the people when he asked regarding
the war.
What is the Justification for such
"a course? We must justify it upon
grounds that commend themselves
to our consciences, to our intelligence,
to- the conscience of the American
people, and to the deliberate judg-
ment of the civilized world. What is
the Justification? ask, what is it?
And we ask, WHAT is THE JUS
WHAT IS IT? War
with Mexico-Why? #
And suppose the war runs its
course? Suppose hundreds and thou
sands of American boys die of wounds
of fever, of, heart-break? Suppose
other thousands are crippled, MAIN
ed for, life, ruined as useful beings?
What then? &
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c. .|.:1A|DANS CO.,
1l4o114s Main o4.-Up0Nalro.
The Credit Store that Saves You
01on0y.l

Held under exOrbitant bonds.
This makes $50 men indicted, with
Las Animas and Huerfano counties the
centers Of the conflict to be heard
from. As these are probably the worst
corrupted counties In the state the en-
tire relief list Of the strikers will
probably be indicted.
And while all Of these men have
been held on serious charges, it is
interesting to note that not a sinAle
member Of the militia or one of the
operators hired gunner has even
been mentiOned3in the reports Of these
grand juries.
Considering that these imported as
sassins in the uniform of Colorado's
militia deliberately murdered nine
teen men. women and children at
Ludlow and that the miners killed
|no women and children and only such
men who deliberately attacked them,
the results Of these grand jury In
|vestigations should certainly show the
United States just how rotten is the
corporation control Of Colorado's
county and state governments.
Adjutant General John Chase who
ut the head of the militia tyra1nized
| the strikers for six months and kick
| ed Sarah SlatOr vicieusly in the breast
when he and his troopers tried to
slaughter parading women and child
rem In Trinidad, January %, showed
his size as a man" in q speech at
Greeley this week.
The plant lckspittle Of the oper.
at1rs who made miserable failure Of
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Suppose we annex Mexico and her
rich natural resources. WILL OUR
NATION OWN THE RESOURQ
Will it make us rich AS A NATI6
Our nation does not own. its own
resources. Private individuals own
mines, the vast tracts of land. the
mills, everything but the post office,
the public roads, school houses, and
q eW other things.
| PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WILL
OWN THE RESOURCES OF MEXl-
leo.
i Mexico Is hot country. The white
man connot work beneath that tropi
cal sun. The Mexican works for lit
tile. Driven by Yankee task masters
he would become more valuable, with
the resources at hand, than are the
lchild slaves of the South. He would
make his master, the private owners,
enormously rich.
BUT HE WOULD LOWER THE
STANDARD OF LIVING FOR ALL
OTHER WQ RKING MEN AND
WOMEN.
He would be a competitor in the
nel0 OF production, that the labor I'M
ION could not reach. That, moral sua-
sion could not reach. THAT ECON
OMIC PRESSURE COULD NOT
REACH. He would be a thousand
time more dangerous in cutting down
the price Of labor than the Japanese
or Hindoo or Chinaman who lands on
our western coast.
To conquer Mexico would mean the
annexation of riches FOR THE tEW
at the COST OF THE MANY. The
price would be national injustice, de-
graduation and decay.
American women, you who have
borne our nation in your body, who
have Graded it in your arms at what
cost only you can ever tell, are you
ready to pay the cost of war with
Mexico2
For upon you will fall the last cost,
the heavy, crushing burden. You who
live in your children more than any
man can live in his children, are you
ready to pay the price of an unholy
conflict with weak and defenseless
nation that few American capitalists
and land holders may wax enormously
rich p Coming Nation.
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"RIIGHTs"

American Industries, official organ
of the discredited National Associa-
ton Of Manufacturers, declares that
with trade unionists, it is not a ques-
ton Of collective bargaining nor of
delegated Bargaining, but the question
of depriving the individual of the right
to bargain for himself.
And is not this too bad? The cop
per miner In Michigan has enjoyed"
the privilege of BARGAINING for him
SELF" and there are now being ex-
posed at Houghton, before a cong es-
sional committee, the things that hap
pen to the individual workman when
he attempts to drive a better bar
gain from his employer It is no bar
gain at all. The employer makes all
the rules, all the regulations, sets the
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= Chase is now acting as an evange-
list for the Law and Order League, >
or Citizens Alliance. That one sen
tence should show the people of the
country what kind Of law. and order
Chase wants.
The operators are frantically grasp
ing every straw to win back public
sentiment lost forever when their gun
murdered the innocents at Ludlow. c.
w. Vornum, who is registered as an
attorney, toNi the Law and Order
bunch Of lickspittles for instance that
the massacre of the little children and
women at Ludlow was the most mag
nificent battle ever fought by citizen
soldiery.
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TO REV. CRAM HLETT
Editor Majority:

Editor Majority:
An open letter to Rev. Cramblett,
president of Bethany College.
Dear Sir:-Your sermon to the grad
yates Of the High School at New
Martinsville, W. Va, May 18th was a
mastery effort from capitalist stand
point.
We are glad to see the churches up
holding the free schools, and you
while the worKingmen of Boston, New
York and Philadelphia were forcing
the people to adapt them about 1880,
the church was with capitalism then
as it later opposed the freedom Of
the chattle slave but now is with popu-
lar opinion,
You did not say in SO many words
that you opposed socialism-in fact
you did not use the word socialism at
all, yet you endeavored to knock out
some Of what the economic masters
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COLORADO MINERS
tWalter III. Fink

After two weeks Of peace, the Colo
RADIO coal operators have renewed their
campaign Of misrepresentation, this
time by announcing that strikers fred
on federal troops.
Union officials received news three
weeks ago, through one OF their
sources Of information that the oper-
ators would plant guns and then an:
that they belonged to strikers.
This information was published ~ the
at that time. The nfing
on federal troops is q similar stripe Of
lie.
The operators submit very "convinc-
ing" proof that the strikers did the
shooting. They say the shots came
from the union tent colony.
People In Colorado, however, have
long since learned to know that this
is no sign that the strikers created
the trouble. They remember the case
OF Tony Langowski, who told the con-
gressional committee that he was hir-
ed by the operators to Join the Sopris
local and start trouble. He Joined
and became secretary Of the local
receiving s week from the union
and S. . day from the operators
I.angowsli did his work well. He
planted the dynamite. It exploded
md strikers we're blamed for the reign
81 terror. His testimony showed clear
M 10 what limits the Colorado Goa
operators win 50 IN their eiIort to dis
|credit union men.
Tlns Is the open season for indict
menfs IL Colorado. Fremont u th,
second cooperation owned county tia
6ad indicted union men. More thai
1fiy hnVo been arrested 81 charges q
S;S;ri1l - ottkUDt = UH1f1i ~
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gaming, and who have long ago recog-
n1zed that individual bargaining"
meant species Of wage slavery.
American Industries" as trifle too
nopefuL about the future fate Of trade
unions. They will be here, getting
more wages, shorter hours and better
conditions for workingmen and wom-
en-. when the National Association of
Manufacturers will be but q memory.
Labor World. i.
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Adams
Credit Talks

Everybody at some time needs
credit. Some people need credit all
the time. Whether you need credit
all the time, or only occasionally-you
can have it-and Welcomed Adams.
But we don't believe that people
should pay more for necessities just
because they can't pay cash. Nobody
pays more for credit at Adams-in
fact the Credit price and the cash
price are exactly the Same. For
Adams Is 81 stores, and the buying
power is equal to 81 merchants com
bined. This enables US to buy the
best goods-at the bed rock price.
And because We buy low, we sell low.
Yet. we extend most liberal credit.
Adams.clothes for the whole family
are full Of style. splendid material and
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Women's and Children's apparel Call
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Open a charge account. Suit yourself
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you In the. Adams, Credit System.
WE cLoTHE TIVE ENTIRE FAMILY
FROM HEAD TO FOOT.
- Xix 80. =.
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The worker is skinned every day
and spends his nights in nursing the
sore places so thereNWill be more Gu.
ticle for the Nrafters next day.
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LET the nation own the trusts. :"
Especially the money trust!
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Socialism is needed 10 give relig-
ion a chance.