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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
Canton AboIlshes Gambling.

Petitioned by mor than $4,000
members Of the Anti-Gambling
society, headed by religious leaders,
asking for the abolition CT gambling
III Canton, China. the governor Of
Kwangtung province has prohibited
gambling there. The official order
was given following a great demon
stration Of yer 1900 citizens Of
Canton Id a parade several miles
long, lasting six hours, when the
petition was presented. In this great
Christian parade. one Of the largest
Id China Ia many years, representatives
from all the Christian colleges par
ticipated. Lee Mink TAX. and Use
va LUX were. the marshals OF the
parade, with volunteers from the
Canton Christian college and secre-
tarieess OF the Y. NJ. g. "a. as their
aides.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
An Appreciated Auditor.

Your small boy asks you q grea,
many puzzling questions
HE does" rejoined Senator Sor.
ghuln. but it's a relief to go home and
listen to him. He always believes
am giving him the correct answers,
which is more than l can say for my
constituents" ,G
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
Must Undergo Test.

It doesn't take much to set us back
from u acquired character to our
original nature. Sometimes q long
spell OF sickness discovers to US what
we really are, as compared with the
fine creature we like to pretend we
are. Starvation will bring old-friends
to the point of clutching each others
threats, and an excess OF bodily IN
tigue may curdle the sweetest temper.
Let us not hear that any human being
has an angel character till he has been
under some excruciating trial and has
emerged with honor from the ordeal
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
CONTEMPT.

State why you believe the pris-
oner Is insane" directed the learned
Judge. > j r.
HE always bets heavily on two
pair In 4 poker game"
us q man insane when ne bets on
two pair?" m@
I'm my opinion he is"
The judges face grew purple.
'Ten dollars" he roared, for col
tempt Of cOurt."-American Legion
Weekly.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
Sympathy.

"See that man going into the Office
buiIdingy q the chauffeur inquired as
he casually prepared to move his car
from the curb. Il feel sorry for him
sometimes-he has to work SO darned
hard
"You mean In order to make his
iying?" the 'doorman. in response,
asked idly.
NO." the chauffeur replied. as he
gently let in The clutch, ITO make
mine"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
4 heartrendino Affair

Movie Actress-The new. cowboy
tells me that you and he are moi on
friendly terms. He limited you had
trouble over an affair OF the heart.
who was the fady, and what was the
trouble?
Bill the Cowboy (grimly)-Well. if
he's told you that much. reckon ! can
tell you the rest. The lady was the
queen of hearts. and the trouble start
ed when caught him slipping her up
his sleeve.-Film Fun.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
TITS to Siuh.
The Limit.
That. Different.

Bacon-You're looking fine, old man;
what have you been doing?
Egbert-I've given up coffee
"Goodi I told you long ago you
should give it up. There's a reason.
you know"
"Well, you see, every time I ate
coffee
ooh say now ; nobody eats coffee"
II say. whenever / ate coffee-cake
It gave me indigestion, SO I gave up
eating It"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
Specializing.

Eyes, my two daughters are study
ing music. / expect they will be in
great demand for Dances"
"Pshaw, girls used to learn the
piano, but we have player-pianos now"
"Just SO. And that's why my girls
ars studying the cowbell and the
drum
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02

The worlds standard remedy for kidney,
nysr, bladder md uric aed troubles and
National Rsmsdy q Holland sincs 1924.
SThrss 49,, 81 drnggists.
~ ~ nanesGea Mo5alaa svssy
~ accepk - imftnNion
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02

James w. Harris, on April l, 1879.
was given a job or a construction
gang Of the California Street Cable
Car company Of San Francisco. Jusr
~ years later Mr.. Harris was made
president and general manager Of the
company and chairman Of the board
of directors. Having been for SO
years the superintendent and general
manager OF the road, he is the Oldest
American street railway executive In
point Ut service.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
Wouldn't Be All at Sea

but suppose" they said to him,
this bill you are so keen about
should cause your party to throw you
overbOardY'
WELL, in that case," the young
politician responded. Il am quite sure
I'd have strength enough to swim
across to the other side" ,.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
Thrills.

why don't you make one Of those
old-fashioned ringing speeches that
thrill the hearts OF the multitude? r.
Because" replied Senator Sorghum,
people who want thrills nc longer
depend on ~orations. They 60 to the
pictures
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
Suitability.

rs your daughter going to a dancer
mo, she wouldn't dress 30 elabor-
ately for j dance. She's going 10
work"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
so WEAK
50 NERVOUS
How Miserable This Woman Was
Until She Took Lydia E. Pink
ham. Vegetable Compound
T~oomsboro, Cat suffered terribly
with backache and headache all the time,

do ~ WCdha I1u kl01S
vous | didn't know
what to do, and could
not do my work. My
trouble was deficient
and irregular peri
DDS. / read in the
papers what Lydia
p. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound had
done for others and
decided to give it q
trial. / got good
results from it's uso,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
DON'T
DESPAIR

II you are troubled with pains Or
aches; feel tired; have headache,
indigestion, msorlnia; painful pas
cage Of urine, you viii find relief -
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
Had historic Foundation

Had Historic Foundation.
Babes In the Wood is founded 0
q crime committed in the Fifteenth
century. the full history of which may
be see carved On the mantel shelf In
an ancient house In Norfolk, England.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
IN the Flat Next Door,

She-What makes you tiInk WOr-
ship you?
He (pointing to very well-done
roast)-This burnt offering.-Fargo
N. d. Y
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02

MORE USEFUL THERE
list Pal: Wonder why Tom Bangs
married that old dried up lookin'
woman for. r@..
End Pal: Well she is Immensely
wealthy and he had to marry her in
order to keep the wolf away from
the door.
list Pal: Well why don't he hang
her on the front door knob?
: TITS to Sigh. b
A certain prima donna
Says she's fat and she is glad;
The receptions of the ladies
Make us not a little sad. @
~s The Limit.
Henry" CALCULATED Mrs. Smith u
see in the papers that William Simp-
son just got married" ,
"Just got marriedy" retorted Smith,
making ready for a swift exit. saint
that enough?" American Legion
Weekly.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02
orinln of Wall Papar.

Wall paper originated In China. but
in China 1t was not known as wall
paper. II remained FOR the western
.sOrld 70 take the Idea from huge wall
spsstntlnga I's eeSatsa npae splleff 1lsh
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1921-06-02

( IA /
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-12
MASS ACTION.

The mass struggle of the proearat grows out of the
increasing anagonsm between the workers the capitalist class
The capitalist State the expression of the organized power of
ruling class Standing apparently and above both classes is
in reality instrument of coercion for the ruling against
ruled
The power of the State is used more and openly and
gressvey in the class struggle Finally revealed its role
standing in the of protaan victory The economic
forces of the workers. organized and directed against the forces
capitalism combatted by the forces of the State Strikes
declared unlawful njuncons issued against the workers.
police and military units of the State openly used against sr
el to drive them back into submission Thus the workers
forced to recognize the capitalist State as their enemy and the
economic struggle of the working class takes on political sgnf
cnce The battles for higher wages and better working conditions
are transformed into struggle for political power The scattered
struggles of groups of workers against groups of capitalists now
into revolutionary conflicts between the working class and
the capitalist class defended by the capitalist state The
of that State and the annhaon of machinery
becomes the immediate object of the struggle.
Consciously to direct this inevitable development and to lead
the working class in the final conflict is te historic mission of the
United Communist Party To this end tie party makes the great
industrial struggles of the workers its major campaigns Il will
strive to give them conscious Revolutionary direction II will en-
deavor to develop understanding Of The strike in relation to tho
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-12
The Program of the American Arm Of Communist International

EDITORS NOTE The only political International of workers
of any powe the world today is the Third Commun
st International headquarters in Moscow The old Second Inter
national Socialist parties dead Not the reaetionay
American Socialist will accept probably because it realizes
can into sembaue of life Since the Second
CONGRESS of te concluded its sessions at Moscow
last summer representatives Of 32 countries represented this
International steadily gained and prestige 1t has Pur
no sniff No in all old socialist parties the
more revolutionary with it building Communist parties
instead Every country single Communist party closely alel
with ard discipline the Third International or Is form
ng one m this time Congress the Third irrational the
greatest polcal event Indeed, important
that the United has recently issued Official
nulaon containing official acts h world of Com
but party the United Communist Party
.ccOgnon from the Third International
Other parties applied but without The Socialist Party
has en rejected view of The growing world importance
of M Third its 10 build country
of communism The Tolcr feS that should in
form American workers program and policies of the American
arm Of the Third the United Communist Party American
workers many will startling statements theories
and this document undoubtedly with which
the interest information the
duty of workers keep of all large political and economic
Developments WORKERS offer it to readers The Program
rs here printed ofcia, organ of the
United Communist Party It will be concluded numbers
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-12

all can it be part of Communist order which there
Twill be no class struggle and no State
Therefore the United Communist Pabs attitude toward par
Lament is hostile We recognize that at future time industrial
crises and revolutionary manfesat compel the cap
tast government for the sake of eaakeg faith in bourgeois
government to permit party of avowed revolutionary aims TO par
cipae elections In that the United Communist Party
nominate candidates only to 90 into eecn campaigns for poa
ganda purposes If elected these will enter the egsa
tive bodies not egislate reforms but the fulty OF par
lament and prove the necessity of its opea throw
Until such time legal partcpation activities be
comes possible if such time ever occur will make
election campaigns occasions for wdep propaganda reveal
ing to the workers the deceptive harac exercise of
popular will" #G4w
Although realizing the usefulness Of mentaly platform
as auxiliary in its revolutionary WORK med Communist
Party nevertheless will decide the question: tcpatlon in par
lament i'm each instance according to S c conditions OF the
moment F
Representatives of the United Co Marty OF America, If
elected to public office remain under te control OF the Party
Their activities in all instances suk0hnae to the needs of
the struggles of the workers outside parliament These
struggles the essential weapons of poletaat
against the capitalist State.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-12
SOCIALIST REFORM PARTIES.

On the the clash that will settle Forever the between
capitalism and Socialism clear the evo-
onary ranks all confusing and beayng leadership Bourgeois
reform parties making sentimental Of the Socialist
ready the of crisis accept leadership of the capitalist
State to defend capitalist democratic institutions must
the crisis Develops be exposed and deprived of all influence
The American bourgeosie slow to learn the ckery already
known and used with dealing effect by the bourgeose Of
Germany Hungary France Poland etcthe trickey of employ
ing Social democratic parties and leaders at the asfmoment
prevent overthrow any overthrow Of the cap
ast state Only recently has American capitalism begun the
shorghedness of it's way and to how signs of willingness per-
NIT its misunderstood and msteated servants such the go
cast assemben of New York State legislative bodies
Capitalism has compelled its humble Socialist servants publicly
and party promise fidelity to the capitalist constitution
publicly declare their willingness to defend the existing bourgeois
State against attack of foreign Bohevk governments and
amend their Socialist Party constitution permit the voting
of credits for the defense of the capitalist government The
American bougeoisie has done itself i'll turn requiring its
Noskes publicly to admit in advance t willingness butcher
EwerlSingmen in defense Of esissiRRg sap ensts
The United Communist Party makes this unusual oppor
tuniy teach all intelligent that he American Socialist
Party the Socialist Labor and any other party pretend
ing to bring Socialism through prescribed by capitalist law
are but the last trench the bourgeois focato Communists
will at the time make clear the toer of city and country
the futy Of such frankly bourgeois reform parties the F
mer-Labor Party" and the Single Tax League"
Where the yellow leaders of the Socialist Party advance their
project for Fourth International Communists will ruthessy
expose the project coward evasion advanced for the
of preventing the alignment of the American working class
with the only revolutionary International the Third Communist
International Communists will point theSociast Party rank
and file members that there difference principle program
between the projected Fourth International and the old Second
international that most countries with the respective
capitalist governments in dragging the working the
cton and murder of war the United States where the ef
elements OF the Socialist Party it then existed succeeded in Oh
tanning mild official and perunory opposition the war; the
Socialist Party officials have since succeeded expeg all these
left elements and have revised their party program
pete debasemen Having lost most of their working following
by this sevy the Socialist Party leaders now strive to avoid the
loss of the rest of their following by building ntemaonal
that but duplicate of the NoskeSchedema Second ntena
ona United Communist Party members will hold up the Fourth
well the Second international to the contempt of the world
which all such 'Internaonals" deserve
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-12

overthrow of capitalism the capitalist State 1t will enter into
organize and lead mass protests and demonstrations constantly
disturb capitalist society whole system mass demonstrations
must be developed growing acute FORM and logically
leading to uprising against the capitalist State The
will then function openly military dictatorship The class g
ge which long appeared in forms recognizabe the mo
of workers directly engaged in it. develops into open combat
CIVIL WAR
The United Communist Party will systematically and persist
entity amiarze the working class with the fact of the nevitab
OF armed conflict in the preaan revolution The United Com
unst Party must prepare the working for armed nsree
ton as the final form of mass action by which the workers shall
conquer the State
AT the proper me the United Communist Party will initiate
the formation of wich the whole power
the working class be united into overwhelming offensive
against the military and police power of the capitalist State
Through the Sovets the working class will exercise it's dcatora
powers for successful termination of the civil war against the
capitalist class and for the reconstruction of society on Com
munist basis
Workers Councils will be formed in time revolutionary crisis
as the instruments OF the revolution They will be used to organ
ze the lnsecon OF the workers against the State and become the
organ OF the working class under the guidance of the
united Communist Party AS the poeauan State the Workers
Councils will maintain order during the transition and will trans
form capitalist society into Communism.
The Dictatorship of the Poetalia through the Workers Co
ellis IS only transitional instrument for the ulfment of an his
torc mission After private property shall have appropriated
ana converted to Communist class divisions will dsapDea
with the passing OF class anagonsm the Satewhic is at anv
given period history but the organ of domination Of one class
over anothe also out of existence The Workers State
ceases to exist as State the now
police and military compsion and converted into the admins
Iatve organ regulating social production and distribution
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-12
ATTITUDE TOWARD PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY.

The of Of the United States and Of its
suen states is the model for capitalist democracy 1t places the
awnang power into the hands of representative paaments
congresses assemblies city cs etc. The placing Of this
aw-ang power in the hands Of body elected ostensby by
popular vote the basis of the contention of the ruling class and
the democratic reform socialists that this government is by
reforms be made government by the people, In this con-
fusion lies the greatest obstacle to the working class understand
ing its situation and berang itself The people collective
for anagonsc and reconcabe forces that have
object and therefore cannot hold power ogeherthe
that lives by its labor and the class that lives by
plotting labor Government consists the domination of Of
these the other therefore, both classes cannot at the
same time govern These two reconcab classes cannot be
summed up under the one term 'the people,
TIE democratic parliament but blind to OBJ
the fact of class division Congress functions and only
function the clearing house for petty differences within the
sphere of capitalist influence The slight latitude to popular will
latitude allowed only within the boundaries of basic capitalist
interest Exercise of that viii outside of these limits is punished
crime.
The American Congress is only the of conceang the
dictatorship of the capitalist class 1t cannot be the for the
struggle of the proeaat for power Nor paamntasm be
the forms Of proetaan iue during the period OF transition
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-12
PROGRAM OF THE UNITED COMMUNIST PARTY.

The United Communist Party came into existence the close
of the world war that has doomed capitalist civilization
It is steadily peectng its machinery for assault upon the
American capitalist system the powerful remaining strong
hold of world Imperialism.
In the short period of this pays existence the American
section of the Communist International it has accomplished much
of the preliminary labor of organization and has begun its his
toc role as the aggressive conscious vanguard of the Amer
ican proletarat
American capitalism the ruthless and formidable
preston of worldwide capitalism In resouey confronting this
enemy necessary understand the nature and development
of its being.
The essential characteristic of capitalism production for prof
it on the basis of private property the principal of pro-
ducon exchange This property concentrated in the hands
of few
Starting the simple tool of the handcrasman the Of
production have developed into huge and complicated Of
machinery around which have gathered hosts of workers whose
part the productive process that Of budesone abo for
which they receive the scanty panc allowed them by their task
masters in the form OF wages The values ACQUIRING from
industry apart from that portion allotted to the workers wages
appropriated by the numerically small but politically and
mcaly powerful employing class.
we have the one hand small class Of idle capitalists
living xuousy the proceeds of the labor of the oes ad
on the other the great mass of workers whose sole asset their
power to labor which they compelled sell to their masters
for bare sustenance.
The economic grouping these classes inevitably generates
i1econcae atagonsm On the part Of the capitalists the de-
sire to extor the fullest value for minimum return and on the
part the workers. constant effort to increase the wage Tor
which they are forced to sell their abo1-power.
Owning to of the capitalist system, small group
of fmperast had the opportunity for four long years
to compel the workers of various countries to cut each others
oats The bourgeois has cast the entire world into state
of extreme destuto and starvation Unless the capitalist system
is ovehrown the repetition Of such criminal not only
possible inevitable The has mechanically destroyed econo-
mic ties world the development OF which of the
most important conquests of capitalism.
Meanwhile the runaon OF mankind going on The growing
burden the destructive forces of Imperialism and increasing
poation gradually drawing the workers closer to an under
standing social forces and revolutionary determination to
throw the whole capitalist system instead of betteng their stand
ard of life within the limits of the present system To develop and
direct this struggle for the seizure of the instruments of production
and exchange by of the overthrow of the capitalist State
and the establishment of the Proear Dictatorship through the
Sovets complete abolition of classes and the realization of
Socialism first step of Communist soces the responsible
task of the United Communist Party
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-12

What became of Wrangel S army? q
thousand are harbored at Galipoly
where disease and bad food conditions
are wiping it out at the rate of a
hundred a day. Other contingents are
IN Greece being maintained by the
Greeeian government. 10000 are sta
-tioned at Lemnos where Wrangel him
self is staying. These armies are keIa
alive by the reactionary capitalist
governments awaiting an opportunity
to make another assault upon Soviei
Russia.
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-12

The Jewish Federation of the Social
ist Party of America, is debating the
question of-withdrawing from the S.
+. account of its refusal to accept
the Il points of admission to the Thir6
International
The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-02-12
Along The Soviet Front
By Propaganda Pete.


The appeal for a new trial of the ~
members of the Communist Labor Party
who were convicted of conspiracy TO
overthrow the government by force OF
arms" has been denied by the Superior
Court at Chicago. However the senten-
ces have not yet been pronounced and in
view OF certain developments may never
be.
The charges against the so members
of the Communist Party and 80 memb-
ers of the /. W. w. which were to have
been heard in the same court where the
9. L. P. cases were tried have beer
dismissed.