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Where The Trouble Is.
Everybody admits that the
limes are out of joint, that there
is something wrong with tin
economic and social arrange
ment of the world. War; .crime,
insanity and immoialitV' are
rampant, and poverty imiversa!
and cluonic.
What is the cause of all this in
it world where man hnsx-onquer
ed nature to such a drgie'e as to
make it possible to produce u
bundmtly for every human be
ing in it. and « here" scalping,
throat cutting, re moniic'canni
balism or strife of any- d-serip
iion is no longer necessary in
order that mankind may- secure
its every need. Prof; Tuft says
"God Knows.1' President Wilson
says it is a matter of psychology.
Jsmes J. iliil says the' trouble
is that too high wages are being
paid, while the Presbyterian As
sembly at n recent meeting in
Chicago goes on reco rd as say
jug thatslit skirts and cigarettes
are mainly responsible1 for the
dire conditions tlist overwhelm
ns.
This is no joke, but the above
arc the boiled down1 and real
meaning of those (Minted; and
they are sample- expressions of
opinion from business, .political,
Professorial and ecclesiastical
circles, and are such ns emailate
from the numerous organiza
tions that are gotten up for the
supposed purpose of grappling
with social problems and point
ing out a way for their solution.
It would seem however, that all
3«ch people ate bent on diver ing
attention away from the real
cause of our troubles, ration
than trying to find and point it
out, though they make laugha
ble displays ot assinity in do
ing so. As a rule it is some silly
and i'ool‘sh suggestion as to
cause, and an < qually siily and j
ioolisii remedy that is ottered—
something that will no! in the j
least disturb or end* nger their j
ecinfoitnt le positions mi the [
backs of the woikers- To sav j
that it is :gr.oian<e is giving1
then, the best of it, but whether j
it is or not, the sufferers from J
the conditions that these good I.
people proless to he li ving to a- i
meliorate, know, whether (lob
does or not, timt “I’sj cho'ogy” I
is not what ails them, an I ih y i
Subscribe l’or The Socialist
Press an 1 get the nows yo
need to know.
r \ ■%
know it is not high wages, and
those out ot' a job an d not know
ing where the next meal is-cotn
ing from will aflirm- that slit
skirls and cigarette* de not bo
ther them much. •
There is only one cause of the
ills that afflict society, and it is
the one that these capitalistic
apologists fight shy of. Tt is the
economic system wherein a few
own the machinery of produc
ion, and by means of that own
ership are enabled to rob tbe
toiling millions of 75 j er cent
of tne wealth they produce.
Those millions of workers get
hot to exceed twenty live per
cent, of the wealth they creute
while the comparatively few own
trs of tho means of production
get the rest. This accounts for
the mountains of wealth on the
one hand, and the abyss of pov
erty on tho other. Nothing else;
and all those so called social pro
biems How from and are the out
growth of poverty. Politicians,
professors and reformers may
patch and tinker till the crack
of doom, but nothing, will help
matters materially but the tJis
(ruction of capitalism, and tho
substitution therefor of the co
operative commonwealth, giv
ing the entire people free'access
to tne means of life,, whereby
they will receive the full product
of their labor instead of twenty
live* per cent of it.
Our Wise Legislators.
In view of the blundering of
the first Alaska legislative assem
bly, we wonder if the old party
politicians will have the galb to
assert or even intimate, as. they
have done heretofore that thfvSo
oialist working class candidates
are not competent to pc form the
duties of the offices to which they
aspire? That legislature was
composed mostly of business and
professional men, all Democrats
and Republicans, but no set of
men from any. walk of life could
well have made a worse botch of
a task, they sot out- to perform
than those legislators did . Prac
tically the laws they passed are
dead letters for the reason that
no provision was made for- their
enforcement. A notable e-fcep
tion, however, to-this class is the
law intended to proviftb for and
govern 1 ho sale of real estate for
delinquent taxes.. There are
means of enforcing this daw, but
it is so notoriously faulty that in
nil probability it will'beset aside
by the courts, and become a dead
one along with the others. Fair
banks will nicely have-much rea
son to remember this law kindly
and be greatly impressed with
the giant ability of those- who
HENRY JOKI„
I
$ BARBER
' 1- *'- i-.' li.
Front Stm t. Next to the
?.I m n >t i (’1 v hin z St or*.
j passed it, for in attempting to act
j under its provisions, the city has
! fallen into a pickle from which it
may encounter considerable difll
culty in extricating itself,,and in
the end along with many of its
citizens, .have to pocket a loss..
Speaking of laws passed by
j that legislature there is another
'one that so far as we know is en
1 forceable and will stand up in the
courts,,but it isnt good for any
thing except to give t’vo-or three
men nice easy .jobs. We refer to
the mine inspection law. 'J hat
law is supposed to provide for
the protection of- men in the
mines against injury through
faulty timbering or otherwise,
but little can be done in that di
rection under it. No matter, what
condition the inspectors find a
mine in, no matter how- danger
ous to life- and limb.1 they are un
| ble to close, it down until they
j have reported back to the gover
j nor, and received his instructions
to do so. In-the meantime the
mine can l»e operated right along
t
with the miners exposed to its
dangers as if there were no law
in existence for their protection.
And we all know- what this “re
porting” back-to superiors means
in official circles. It. usually re
suits in nothing at all being done.
If sufficient Socialist; legislators
; are elected this fall t-o< control
the next Assembly, Alaska: will
have a mine inspection, law that
will protect the miners, and not a
chalk-and-v ater affair gotten:up
to fool them.
How To kl
A Job
1. Spend af least1' twenty-five
hours a day hunting for wort..
2. Never wear shabby clot lies.
It does not make any difference
whether you have any other kind
or not! Don’t Wear ’em.
3. Remove your hat as you ap
proach the- employer to make
your request. I do not think that
it’is absolutely necessary to kneel
and kiss His feet nor pants legs.
4. -Never look hungry, though
you may have had nothing to eat
for a week.
5. Do not get discouraged!
P.-Hide all scars that may have
heen made op your head by
policemen’s clubs.
If all of these rules fail, I know
of nothing-else to do but pray!
Arley Weod-qw.
P. S. I forgot’ to state that one
should not wear diamonds' and
[isuch nor jc-wety,. either. It
shows bad taste. Exchange;
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