THE SOCIALIST PRESS.
Published Weekly In The Interest Of The Working-Class,
No. 30 \j-oJ
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, Oct* 31, 1914.
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' AN APPEAL TO WOMEN VOTERS
It is better to vote for what you want ar.d not get it than to votefci* what you dbht want ai cl get it
On next Tuesday the wo
men of Alaska will be permit
ted for the first time to exer
cise the franchise in political
affairs of wider scope than
municipal and school elections
A delegate to congress and
I’nemher* of the territorial
legislature are to be elected.
There are three tickets in
the field, Socialist, Democra
tic and Non-partisan..
Which of these, having the;
best interests of themselves, J
their families and humanity
in general, at heart, should
women support?
The vast majority of wo
men like men, are of the
great working class.' Their in
terests are with that class
and they must stand or fall
with it. They are subject to
the same economic laws as
men, and are even more mer
cilessly exploited. Women
who make their own way in
the world and are compelled
to seek employment in the
various trades and industries
are more shamefully robbed
of the value of their labor
than are men, in that they
are forced to work for less
wages, though they may per
form the same work and pro
duce the same values. And
in addition to this women
are often compelled to work
under worse conditions than
men’, and only too frequently
because of their helplessness'
are made the victims of the
bestial instincts of their em
ployers. To know that this is
all true we have only to read
the reports of various inves
tigations into the conditions
of working women through
out the states, and to the
discerning, the listfes's man
ner and gray face of the av
erage girl at the counter or
machine, are indicative e
nough of the privation hnd
hardship she suffers.
And while the lot of this
class of women is hard, the
genera! conditions of life
with the average working
class wife and mother are hut
little better. They may have
husbands or sons to' protect
them to some exteht from
the dangers that beset wo
men who are thrown upon
their own resources, and give
them such support as is pos
sible, but no woman knows
more what it is to skimp and
save and scheme and plan to
make ends nleet. The passing
days to her are little more
than ever-recurring sun-to
sun events of unremitting
drudgery, and her mind is
filled with anxious misgiv
ings lest the wolf of want ne
ver too far distant, be not al
ways kept at bay, and her
children suffer.
Working-class women, be
cause they are poor and the
victims of capitalistic canibal
ism, suffer a doiible servitude
- economic and sex. They in
common with those of the
more fortunate class, are de
prived by the laws and con
ventions of society cf many
For Delegate from Alaska
John M. Brooks.
For Members Of Terrftoiial. Legislature,
Fourth Division.
For Senator,
H. Ringdahl.
For Representatives;
Dan McCabe
A; A. Nelson
Charles Rogers
W. E. Waugh.
j rights and privileges accoi.!:
ed men. They are hamp
ed and hedged in by old idc .:
and prejudices which surviv
from a barbaric age th;.
looked upon woman'as an ‘ i
ferior and a slave; but w
men of independent mea
do riot feel the full force ( .
these prejudices and restrij
ttionsof society, and w:
their numbsr sufficient cou
overcome them altogeth.
and they can protect then
selves from other tyrann!
that their less fortunate si -
ters, owing td the latter’s c ’
nomic dependence, must s
mitto. The whole quest!, o.
therefore becomes one c;
economics;
Until women are econom'
cally free; they never can 1.
come eritihely free in oil.
respects, and the only reasc..
that women enjoy more free
, dom and privileges at thi;
day than they did in forme-1
times is' because the develop -
ment of the capitalist syste: :
has opened avenues for wc
men to become economical.,
independent that never exi
ted before, and these worn
are making their influer.
felt. But capitalism cam. :
make all women indep’v
dent, nor any great num'.
of them, comparative!
hence they must continue .. ■
suffer the restrictions pla. !
upon their sex by a mas .
and slave society, which.!
capitalism, until that systi
is destroyed.
Continued on last pag;o
CREEKS GIVE SOCIALISTS ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION
Reports of the meetings be
ing held oivthe creeks by the
Socialist -campaigners are
mosITencouraging lo say the
least. Meetings have been
held on every creek and if
the enthusiasm shown by the
people f or the Socialist ticket
is any indication, the creeks
will vote solid for it. In
some cases places of business
were locked uo so rl to her
»
mit of proprietors and em
ployees attending.'
The newspapers oi Fair
banks while giving good ac
counts of other political meet
ings on the creeks, have
maintained a tomb-like si
lence regarding the Socialist
meetings and the huge suc
cesses they have been, al
though they have had full re
ports. Most other political
'mactings have been tanie af
fairs in comparison.
There is no doubt but the
Socialists have the machine
politicians and the “gang”
they represent on the run,and
| if the temper of the people
can be guaged by the enthus
; iastic reception and the words
of encouragement given the
Socialist speakers every
where they go.,every man on
* uha . ticket will be elected.
SOCIALIST,RALLY IN F \IRBANI
The Socialists will wind u; '
. i
th'e?r campaign with a rally ii
I Fairbanks on Sunday afternoon
j The meeting will be held in the
! Orpheitrrf Theatre at 2:20,
Everybody should make it a
i point to attend this meeting. It
| will be time veil spent, In addi
, ticn to tne Socialist tenets beinf
' dealt with to sc.h? extent, local
j ond territorial issues will be
uscussed. It is said that the
)lci Dan McCabe digs into Vv\
;ham and the machine po'iti ,
)f Fairbanks is enough to dei ^
the heart of every man v.
tired of gr.r.;; rule.
In addition to McCa'oa D
ami Uingdahl, candlS^e
Delegate and Senator will ;:
At the Orpheum Theatr<.
day, Nov. 1st at 2:30 p. M.