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No. 7
Civilization Is Young
Prom, Morgan’s Ancient Society
Naturally, when men camo to
possess inventions, etc... anti to
establish social institutions of
uny kind tlieir minds expanded.
The brain itself b camo- larger.
’1 b;s process of mental expan
sion ' -.is of course very slrnv at
first ticcjanse men had litt-e to
bjiiid 011, litfcle which could train
their minds. They had to- work
•,v:t almost qpthing to. e.-sist
iheir minds in grasping the
fa frgunizpd society also was
]jar t io bring about among our
savage aispeafora, because they
•yore hurdiy amenable to orgin.
izaticn- The first inventions and
the first socifil organisations
weiu-deubtless the hardest to a
chieve, and were consequently
separated from eaahotheiqby the
digest intervals of time.
Every item of absolute know
ledge, bccntp.e a factor in farther
acquisitions, until the present
.complexity cf knowledge was
attained.
As t:j the length of the ethni
cal periods—savagery .barbarism
civilization—it is safe tc, say
ihat mankir-d.spcnt three-fifths
of the time they have existed on
earth, in thp.savage condition.
i)f the remaining time—two
fifths—-half was spent, in the (fid
er Period of barbarism, and on
iy a comparatively very short
space of lime has been spent in
civilization. It,is a conclusion of
deep importance i:v ethnology
that the experience cf mankind
in savagery was longer in dura
tion than all their subsequentex
perienee, and that tlie period of
civilisation; covers . but a frag
ment of the life of the race.
Savagery was the formative
per.od of the human race. Com
mencing at zero in knowledge
and experience, without fire with
out arts, our savage progenitors
fought the great battle, first of
existence,and tli°n for progress,
until they secured safoty from
ferocious animals and perrna
subsistence. Out of these
efforts there came gradually a
developed speech, and the occu
pationof the entire surface of
the earth. Rut society from its
rudeness was still incapable of
organization m nu .ifoefs. \\ hc-ij.
the most advanc'- i portion of
! mankind had cm ft-d from sav
agery. Mid entered the Lowei)
i t, j ’
i Status of barbarism, the entire
{population of the earth must
, have boon small in numbers,
i The earliest inventions were the
‘ most (hlii 'ult to accomplish be>
'■iu.se of the feebleness of the no
i
| wer of abstrac t reasoning Each
subttan-ial item of knowledge
{gained would form u basis f >r
i farther advancement; hut this
I must have been nearly imper
I ceptihle for ages upon ages, the
! obstacles to progress nearly- bal
ancing the energies arrayed a
i gainst them. The achievements
’ of savagery are not particularly
roinorkable in character, but
they represent ail amazing
amount of persistent lab.;r with
feeble msans continued through
long periods of time before reach
ing a fa'r degree of complete
ness. The bow and arrow alford
an illustration.
The inferiority of ^.vage man
iu the mental and moral scale,
nr.developed, inexperienced, and
held down by low animal appe
tites and passions, though reluc
tantly recognized is, neverthe
Jess, substantially demonstrated
by the remains of ancient art in
flint stone and bone i in pie
meats, by his cave life in certain
areas, and by his osteological re
mains. It, is still further illustra
ted by the present condition oJ‘
tribes of savages Ju a low state
of development, left in isolated
sections of tho earth as mono
ments of the past. And yet to
this great period of savagery he
longs the formation of articulate
language and its advancement
to the syllabical stage, the estab
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Bism-ark, ‘Tile Greatest Of The .Germans*,
BISMARR, like all Germans, prized Personal Liberty
as the breajh of iliie a Natural Right to be guarded and
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the organization into gentcs
which gave tin- first form of so
ciety welRy of the name.”
Cor?espondep.ce
| The Socialist Press,
Fairbanks,
The Refere dum submitted to
the membership of ’he Socialist
party of Alaska- for the purpose
of nominating a candidate on the
(Socialist ticket for Delegate to
j Congress, at the coining election
to be held in November, resulted
in the nomination of John M.
Brooks of Jack Wade Creek, by a
majority vote over myself, the o
ther candidate, the Coast locals
of the party voting practically u
nar.imously for him, This is the
first time in the history of this
territory that the membership of
| any political party were ever giv
len. an opp rtunity to express
[themselves through the ballot as
i.to who should be their nominee.
It now becomes my duty as a
msinifrr of the Socialist party, to
.forget past preferences* and ac
cept the result of the referendum
as binding on the whole. We
should now all join in-unity to se
cure the election of our candidate
and present a solid front to the e11
erny, who is subt e and unscrupu
lous, and will hesitate at nothing
to accomplish ntr defeat. There
is truth in ti e motto “United we
stand, divided we fall.”
While thanking my friends and
supD ’rters for their vote of con
fidence in me, I willingly bow to
the will of the majority, and will
render all the assistance in my
power tq aid in securi ng the elec
tion of John M. Brocks as Dele
gate to,Congress from Alaska.
Dan McCabe, Vault Creek.
Alaska
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S ;ialism In
i Colleges.
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The Intercollegiate Socialist So
cWy continues to mako great pro
gross among the collegians oi the
country. During the past few
months chapters for the studv of
Socialism have been started at
the, universities of Minnesota,
Texas and Florida, in Rad cliff*'.
Western Reserve, Washington,
John Marshal Law, Oregon Agri
cultural, Hiram, and Howard.
Thousands of pamphlets have
been put out and scores of lec
tures have been scheduled. There
are now about sixty college chap
ters and a dozen alumni chap
ters.
Socialism Means
Colonel S. S. McClure, interna*
ti onal authority on the commis
sion form o1 city government and
founder of McClure’s Magazine,
has been delivering a series of
lectures in different parts ot' .he
country giving statistical proof
that the German cities had the
best and most efficient govern-^
ment in the history of the world. •
He was asked at ooe ©,f hi3 lec
tures: “What influence has Sooia
list propaganda had, on the Ger
man municipal government?’*
His answer was verbatim: “The
very greatest the very bestj
Without Socialist propaganda the
German people would not have
their high ideals of efficiency.”
Are You One Of The
Socialists who Says
I am a socialist—been one for many years—always vote
the ticket—but 1 do not belong to the organization.” If you are
in tluu class, you should get out of i,t The only Socialists that
count !»rf! the ones t.nat pay ibeir
• 1 i11!<? 25 cent dues per month, and
• a51 in- the work of the party oigitni
zatioa. These are the fellows that
an..mating the Socialist Party the
^reat force for the common good* in
Ameiica. The capitalist class won’t
finance our party and wo don’t
want them to. Its ti.e twenty-five
ceuiB per month from its thousands!
of real Socialists that keep th®
wheels of the organzatiow going.
Come on ia and find out how we
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