Published Weekly In 'i
Ho. 4j
F'kiRBAiNK-S,
•H
ousewrve
Congress"!
Congress has been petition1
ori by the Housewives J.ea-i
'
goe :f \cw York, to prevent:
In law air* increase in the,
Ihrue of bread. Socialists are:
working; for government!
flour mills and bakeries that!
shall furnish the people with I
bread at, cost!
L0?$:-o k> /\f£
doming.
x ^
OU'KUoin vllOii* Ui'1 •/ liv i.'
r J,, : . I
il"- U] ‘ ; ;'t i !:poor kViVnC‘h bios J
* >pv. A : i.• I .- >i- 'ib'if.ion o! 1
how ihQ
f iSV 1
I
vunia i: i ooss-.C * that % •* shall;
riv -r* moun,*-: • •or:v'fpb',o>*' ini
P- ir,?
Wig t» ak dou i his I unue;.
lbs - ■ n^.;■:? jr<t‘;*5jr. l(■ v;. i1 vc: i
I
mother King Rocksfel’ei nor
K ■ ' Morgan ha- fcae.. . th-j
iraivr and • these i du i ;
masters have combined, the j
President lias ' ucom ? 1 m .
ent to t! or v>'■■
i
i
Ijjjwls .At
I>. commenting upon the an
nua! message of. the ant.-focia!-,
is* mayor pi Schenectady, N, Y
the Citizen, the Socytlist weekly
declares it is a howl at ''every- ]
thing connected with the past So!
administration.
s
'ociaiisf;
ojrnebody, we mrget \vhe;
once remarked that the de
ni rail quote script are; in
fact that he is quite expert
at. such quotation.
If there was such hperson
age as the Devil the remark
vcotld be probably true.
! e ■ business tie carries on
ma: ueb quotations mdis
pensible. The Devil must
lie a *‘practical politician,
and use every means to c ar
ry his point.
Ail politicians arc not nee
essori!!y devils, but all of
them well understand the
old game of “quoting scrip,
turn" y not that the word
maybe fulfilled* 5>u.t rmhor
their own uIt*, *h>rpur)'osw
For instance, we Ir.ve two
'Congressmen; iCithoidt and
Vo]me1 wd do not know
whether they are Republican
. or Democratic, and it vi >
•ml make a particle of ditTer
ence anyho: i roteCing a
gainst the L'nfted States fur
nishing the European be!iig
orents with food and ammu
nitions of war, so they can
continue the tight inn:.
They ray the war would
stop inside- sixty divys if no
thing of the kind was •- • ?nt
| from thi:t country it :.! one
• ot 'h-nn, Bartholdi, unctions
: h remarks that ‘the cutting
.-iff of iust one month- of war,
could mean more to us than
ai! I'-epi jkts the manufact
itirers of war in iteris? c )u'd
‘ make. '
1 And 1 he other, Volmer, in
ciignantly ask.3, ‘.'Are we t<;
take the .* -11 i of wch-hy
• * ;rite among tin nat; ms?
Are we to go on on, k.n ?e?
land pray ?.,r peace, an*, a1:
the same time supply the
I death-dealing instruments v
l
Europe? Are v\m to {/lead
| with God for p(a -e. with
j blood-money in our pocket A
This seems straight talk
j and bears a close ‘'e- emh
! lance t.o ilie Sociab.-t .• rmi
uosuy, n this subject, and
'tie Socialist demand to
i
i ‘sta-'/e the war a id feet! A
! mor'.ca.'’ But it A oof the
i
(fontlmu d or ora pafeo.
Written for The ^oeiaiist Press by Carl T>. Thuinpion.
•\rii -!e l .
SOCIALISM •' <YZ K f ■
Arlicle XIV
Xher< are three great ides 'f'
»;«u« of ideas, in socialism,
1 Democracy in government.
The first great purpose in Social
ism is to put the control of the
government, whether it he city,
state or nation, directly into the
lianch of the people. In order to
;. ;con;plish ibis. Socialism
world over, has worked out
a -,d advocated for more than
half a century a number of spe
-■flr. , ensures. Among th<m are
tht following
I: Universal legislation, in
eluding Uu uiitiati. "-..'am
and recall.
2: Universal suffrage, includ
ing, of cot rse, woman suffrage.
Proportional reprusentaiion,
.3. Simplification of fewmaking
bodies, through'the abo'ition o<'
the upper house in all legislative
bodies and substitution therefor
of a single house.
5,Restriction of the Supreme
court in the mat or of declaring
legislation unconstitutional (this
measure applies only in the Uci
ited States, s Is tlu- only
| nation where the Sepf me court;
is ? --riviittod to or assumes <".e
t power of inter.'ering -th 'on fi
liation.) .|
6: Direct election of the presi ■
dent and vice-pvesidi t.
7: Revision and amondabd'ty!
of state and nation a tone into J
Lions to be a -rom}>liah ••
1 m ’ TovtH
I These niv.ts-ir-.- are a:h"»n7ed
i by the socialist movement every
where hi order to acconv nsh t! :
first purpose of Socialism -the
detfioctratizing of got nmant.
Thus Socialism v "dd i s res
pect, eroaU
people, by the tic ■:> < aii-:
people.
he Public.ownership of P hue.
'utilities and natural resonrer
The socialist analysis reveal-. 1h
fact that the private ownership
and operation of the great natu
ral resources of the nation and
1 its public mdtic-?, constitute, the
very foundation of the capitalis
tic system. Upon this rest ail the
characteristic features of capital
ism. It is this private owner
ship of public 1 ■ ' ■
ables the 1»i* i •' atv r- 5 nc •to o* r* *v
out of the%e a§^.*bor of t.h<
p, .•i;' the \ MSt i'! "> • "fi ' ‘
’ Vii't todav iiiimryp countless
million-; in the hands of tV- C "•
Jt i? this private o’.v mrship of
public utilities that :: plundering
(tie life unci labor <%»' tin ■ pc pie,
manipulation of tiroes
and c»or iivi • or 1 ho Hie harad
and holding down o' wages on
tho other., the capita'ist'.'lass cv
ploUs the nation in tho in or
of i Si ■ few Henco the donvftnd cf
socialism that the pubhc ^ihtfes
Htei natural resources -snri^^oe
pub!'civ owned.
■ Fr ancipation o'- laln.tr. if".
!>"-■ 1
t: ;ve ;;;
robbeu >
of .■ e..
whether it. he ■ ‘ •■•hau, »•. -
fourths or :' or less. The fact
••e^iein's that - • workers do nor,
receive in retu 'n for their labor
(Continued Tn Pago -1)
nt < npilahrlh
• < . . . •• (Ti
: v.i U:
■: k - living'
x ■ • i’.iCtS
i clvK^- v,. ' lor
(Unemployment
i Day Recognized
j By orkers
i'hroi'g’.i'Ut tb Unit' 1
■States the workers ever.)
• where recognized the p”opo
i sal p the National Office to
'sotasid*- .•< eb. } 'l as tmer*v
ip!"'orient day.
I
Migratory
' Workers’ Union
rhe moo • vm:
i<-n :i. A iB : uh-u is - ' ali.n
r
of migrate y workers I here art
! 130.0f.rfi V.embers The* r< xntiy
raided half : ■ •hr.v.-- iv
,veiiS, than time t.< start p
•>!ailv rare
j ,
(
i
aovemor
Th< nor t Cali >mia in
n ret art of parties t ardon< d,
/,a.. tn.-on
: es
I Amotisr them >vas Ha-».. M. '‘c
. k.:v. £r :!tv f conspiracy, out
' there was n rut atior. ’ -o c r
j noction the conspiracy had with
jiho bat‘do for fr-o ’or, -p Kv
I
To Aid Evicted
i Children.
i The Socialist Party ot Ohio,
' IVi..- ivsuia and W. Va. \vi> s -
’ i hat the dhiMreu of the stri' ing
! miners of Eastern Ohio ar nvr
cd for if the minc^. Aarons m-'ry
■out their eviction thre:.^.