fc piom Cupples’
Way To P^ace
Advocates Industrial democ
racy — Crowned and Un
crowned Rulers Would Get
their Trimmings College;
Professors Would Work, j
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To stop the present war and
piake peace permanent in Eu-i
rope, the following steps are*
suggested:
1st—The working people of
the warring nations shall declare
all present governments abolish
ed, vyhether kingdoms, monarch
ies, or capitalistic republics.
2nd —The working people shalj
.establish the Industrial Democ
racy of Europe.
3rd The Industrial Democ-1
racy shall commandeer all war
material factories, and all prop
erty used for exploration, such
as mines, mills, stores, farms,
factories, and all public utilities,
and all*means of transportation
by land and by sea. All social
means of production and distri
bution shall be held collectively
and operated for the mutual
benefit of all the workers.
4th—The Industrial Democ
racy shall abolish all laws for the
colleptipn of debts -especially
war debts.
5th—The Industrial Democ
racy shall furnish honest and
useful work for parasites suph
as kings, kaisers, c?ars, sultans,
pobles, diplomats (professional,
liars), clergymen, lawyers, poli
ticians, and philanthropists. The
uncrowned rulers especially shall
jiave a plape ip the sun where
they may share in the hard work
of restoring, as far as possible,
the waste of their cruel war. If
the parasites willingly do the
task laid out for them, well and
good; then they shall npt be
overtaxed for offences; but
should they attempt further
shirking, then they shall have a
place in the fc>t. Louis bread line
with the four thousand unem
ployed who, wait three hours in
the cold for a bowl of cheap soup
and a piece of dry bread - charity
offal. Should the quondam ar
istocrats refuse to eat and go on
a hunger strike, then they shall
be forcibly fed under the direc
tion of the Pankhursts.
-For the benefit of science, all
college, professors shall for a
WILSON AND THE TRUSTS
President Wilson is eating
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out of the hands of the trusts.
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Once more has it been dem
if < 0 n
onstrajed that the best in
tentioned government at
Washington cgnpot materi
ally help the people of the
United States under a profit,
divided system. Only by de
troying themselves commer-;
cially and the capital system
which they believe jn can the
capitalist politicians at tfie
national capito! bring any
degree of prosperity to the |
American ' wage worker.'
This, of course, they will not
do. They are capitalists be- -
fore they are Democrats and
they wilj see the Democratic'
party party in the ditch be
fore they will seriously men
ace the robber graft of cap- j
italism. Within tjie limita
tions and handicaps set up
by a capitalist national con
stitution, Wilson and hi§ as
sociates vainly tried to do
something for the small busi
ness man, and even tried to
filter a little prosperity to
thegreathnass of wage work
ers. They attempted the
im: ossible. So long as divid
ends must be paid on the
enormous amount of stocks
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and bonds and water held by
the master class and_ the
money to pay these dividends
extracted from thg pay en
velope of the working class,
just so long will the exploit
ing- class hold this country
where it is today. As Wall
Street whipped Roosevelt, so
fias it whipped Wilson. But
one thing will release the ten
ades of Wall Street from tdie
arteries qf American indus
try. And that ig to mak^.
illegal the pocketing the dif
ference between what the
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worker produces and what
he receives in his pay envel
ope. That is Socialism and
only a working class admini
stration, controlled by a class
conscious majority can fye ex
pected to overthrow Wall
Street, and Keep this differ
ence in the pay envelopes of
the toiling masses. A white
flag as big as a horse blanket
is fluttering in the breezes
that blow around the White
House. Peace on earth, good j
will toward the corporations
is a popular text in govern- j
ment circles since the reading
of the President’s latest
message.
The War Is Last Phase of Capitalism
What was the pause qf this un
paralleled carnage, fhis V'a3t con'
Hagration? It w^s brought ^bout
by the cpppercial rivalry pf
Engljsh and O'erman capitalists,
bac'ed up by their respec ive
allies. ‘ Europe ig drenched wjth
blood in order that capitalisip
might, if possible, be given a
further lease of life. There was
not room in the world for two
such cqmmercijf! powers as Eng
lish and Gepman capitalism. Cap
italism everywhere depended on
the foreign markets for its ex
istence, and as England found
her markets^ slipping from her
into thp hand of thp German
capitalists she had made up her
mind that, cost what it would,
she would smash Germany, and
England egged cn France;
France eggec} on Russia and Rus
sia egged on Servia, The whole
cataclysm was brought about,
not because a fanatical Servian
patriot killed a foolish ^rchduke
who was a relative of the em
peror of Austria. It was the
culmination of a historical epoch,
and the last phase of capitalism
was ushered in in a torrent of
blood and blaze of fire.- Ex.
term of one year, work hard for
$1 50 a day, Having earned his
degree in the college of hard
knocks, Mr. Professor may pur*
sue l«is calling, But. no one
shall ever bg exempt from his
pro rata of the disagreeable work
(the drudgery),
6th All parasites being ignor
ant and helpless, owing to the
useless and degrading nature of
their previous lives, shall have
intelligent workingmen to teach
how to work and how to enjoy it.
Oppose Coni'
mission Gov’t
Denver Socialists have adopted
reso’u ions favoring the repeal of
the present commission form of i
government,
CHARITY
By Dan McCabe
Charity at best is but the giv
ing back to the people a small
portion of what, has been sto en
by the rich from the poor. A
poor substitute for justice.
Like the man that keeps bees,
and robs them during the sum
mer season of the quarter part
of their product; and seeing
them during the winter nearing
starvation gives them back just
sufficieht to keep them alive that
he may further plunder them the
following season. To do other
wise would mean the destruction
of the hive. Organized charity
is but a fraud in disguise that
has covered up organized theft,
and blinded the producers. The
dispenser? of charity is oply too I
often the pliant' apologist of
thieves.
John D. Rockefeller through
the Rockefeller foundation if
giving to the homeless Belgian?
under the pretense of charity j
!whst he has stolen from the
American workers and oui
Christian cnurehes hold him up
as an example of tenvolenco&
a great human benefactor.
They Seek to
Evict Strikers
The coal barons of eartern Ohio
coal fields, where the miners are
on strike, have joined forces in
an effort to oust the strikers
from their homes*
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Coioado Strike
18 Exposed
c
Government Officials, News
papers and Clergy were
Inveigled Into It, Aided
as Strikebusters and Got
the Real Old Currency.
The ending of th^ great Color
ado coal strike took place recent
ly, tbe leaders having bgen suc
cessful in inducing the pipn to ac
cept the proposals piade that
they retprn to work on the guar
antee that the federal govern
ment will carefully consider a
basis of settlement which will be
compulsorily enforced. The terms
[upon which the miners are re
turning are .known as the federal
peace terms. ”
Rockefeller correspondence
just published is creating a tre
mendous sensation jn connection
with the strike. It reveals to
what lengths a favorable public
opinion in thejr the interests
have gone to procure regard with
reference to the strike. Appar
ently every jiterary hack that
could be dragged into use was
availed of for the purpose of
spreading broadcast the most
baseless reports, statements and
assertions with regard to the
strike.
Officials, newspapers and
clergy have been prostituted for
this purpose, and one of the
most startling facts is that Eli
Hubbard, the well known writer
and Roycrofter, was bought and
publicly paid for, for the rather
mean sum of two hundred dol
lars.
This exposure has created
quite a sensation, and where the
Fra had recently a following
of all kinds of simple minded
folk whose longing fov “culture”
began with the Philistine, he is
now bereft owing to the shame
ful exposure. -Es
The sum of $300,000, bringing
the contributions of New 6outh
Wales, Queensland, and New
Zealand up to $500,000, was
handed to the United States
Embassy in London recently in
ihe hope that it may alleviate
the miseries of the Belgians in
Belgium.
Kings and emperors are not
entirely useless- they cope in
handy in bestowing decoration*
and sending condolences.