THE SOCIALIST PRESS
Published Weekly In The Interest Of The Working-Class.
No. 42 . FAIRBANKS* ALASKA, Mar. 6. 1915 Vo1 1
(From Socialist Party Press Bulletin)
Prayers to God, public c*
opinion, the interests of the
majority are all swept away
before Wall Street’s haugh
ty demand for foreign “busi
ness.” America trembles on
tht brink of war and the na
tion is as helpless as a babe
in the grip of the kings of
finance. The senselessness
and bruta'^y ol fratricidal
strife in Europe has filled ev
ery normal breast in Ameri
ca with a loathing and hor
ror of bloodshed and yet one
feels that we are slowly
slipping into the pit. But
one thing can save us and
that is, “Starve .he war and
Feed America.” It can be
done and should be done
quickly. The lives cf tens
of thousands and the happi
ness of one hundred million
people hang in the balance
while the capitalist adminis
tration hesitates and quib
bles over precedents, the
laws of profit, and the rights
of “big business.” An em
bargo on /-merican food
staffs would be a deathblow
to capitalism and therefore
the capitalist admistration
, witholds its hand and pre
pares to defend dividends
even at the price of a Moody
criminal, useless war. Shall
the American people submit
like cow’afck whe'il the mltlo*
rity orders the majority to
murder against their will?
The Pulpit is silent, high fi
nance has satisfied a venal
press. Congress plays poli
tics, while the Voice in the
Wilderness, cries '‘Starve
the war and feed America!’'
If we go down to the black
night of military butchery,
it will not be because we
were unable to avoid it; but
LC:ause We are men and wo
men no longer, we are the
spineless slaves of a minority
class. ‘ 'Starve the war and
Feed and Save America.”
Municipal Railroads
The profits of the munici- e
pal railr^-ds of ’Frisco fo?
the month1 February were
almost fifty thbWsand dollars
and the wages fifteen per
cent higer than before the
city owned the railroads.
Breaking Up
The Home.
We have reverted to the
age of the cave dwellers ac
cording to the story told by
the Grand Rapids Press,
which shows that a family of
seven is trying to make a
^home in a small one-room
shanty built into the side of
a sand bank.
The story goes'on to shew
that the cave-shanty is
•‘dark,-damp, dismal and un
sanitary, There are five chil
dren and now the city poor
superintendent threatens to
to take the children away
and-break up the home, be
cause the father cannot earn
enough under the pr-sent
home breaking capitalist
system tb pro|>erly care for
his wife and children;'
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On Hi* Record.
London, Lbrd Cufzon ser
■ ving in the Navy, writes that
Kiswar record will enable
• him to win from Jonn Burns
at the next parliamentary
I
I
What We Stand For, Internationally
1, For a single world power lo be ad
ihiiiistered by an interna,ional congress
with authority to investigate and to
Settle the questions involved in the pre
sent war, to disband all armies, atd to
dismantle all forts and worships, to be
a permanent worid government lo take
over the ownership of the high seas, to
ac'rninister all protectorates, to decide
all questions of international controver
sy covering int'ernational trade arsTinter
national credit', and to'maintain a suld
ciont army and navy to police the seas
and to er.ferae its decisions and that
the United States should take the initia
live in establishing such a world powen
F..r Hie national ownership arid ad
ministration of all industrial and corn j
r ercial monopolies of every sort.
1. State.For a land system which will1
bring in'o the most productive use all
natural itsturces and guarantee to all
(tcupiers of the land all values created j
by them ar.d appropriate for public pur |
poses all values collectively created by i
the people. ,
Z, iWsta'e ownership and'adminis-1
tration of markets, collections trans
portation and delivery of goods directj
from producers to consumers without
the intervention of any private agency;
for the reclamation of arid and swamp
lands, for State building, improvement
and manufacturing enterprises to be
carried on only when tiiere are more
men than jobs, and to be closed always
when there are more jobs than men.
3, For State medical aid, sanitation,
hospital care, industrial and education
al employment for th» defective an-F
dependent, free education with provi
sions for self supporting employment
and industrial training H'all grades of
school work including university courses
pensions for the aged, deformed and
permanently disabled.
4, For municipal ownership and admin
| istration of the water, light, heat sri
I power, gas, markets, playgrounds, ci
i vie cent-rs and municipal dwellin'*
houses.
| .5, For establishing and administering
! tfieife things on an industrial, self gov
erning. democratic basis to the end that
regular employment may be provided
for all. Education and all e!s« on a ba
sis of equal opportunity.
Socialism and Christianity
Written for lie Socialist Press by Carl D. Thompson Article IS,
We ?% of (ft' told that social
ism means atheism. This is no'
true.
On the contrary, there is’ r^o
movement in the world to-day
that will do so much as socialism
to make possih’e the realization
oi the ideals of Jesus.
On this matter' let several
recognized authorities speak
authoritSSs that are disinterested
and thoroughly reliable:
The Eftcylope ^ EriUnnica
says: "The ethicsof Christianity
and the ethies of* socialism are
identical."
Professor Richard T. Ely of
ttie State University of W.iacon
Sin says: ‘IKe impartial ob
server can scpr'ceV ciairn^ that
the bible produces so marked an
effect upon the daily* habitual
life of the average man and
woman who profess to guide
their conduct by It as socialism
does upon its adherents. (.^The
strength of'socialism in this r*
spect is more lik* that of earfy
Christianity as described in the
new testament.” Socialism Shd
social reform, p. 146. ^
Walter Rauscnertbusch pro
(Continued on last page.) I
rnvate Or
Public Trusts :
Memoers of the United
States Chamber of Com
merce have* accepted Presi
dent Wilson’s diaHenge to
- * 7 ’ v i
“ show him” how for^gn'
combinations can be met' oh
ly by similar combines here;
Legalized trusts, it is said3
•will have President Wilson’^ .
approval if the' Chamber of
Commerce can shOv^Jlim that
such combinations will not
crowd out the small dealer.
(Mir learned President does
not1 think for a moment that
the little merchant can com
pete with the trusts, eithe^
in this country or abroad. He
knows as well as the mem
bers of the Chamber of Com _
merce, that’ combinations .
will only yield to greater
combinations. His part/ hoW
ever is pledged to the impos
sible task of protecting the
small fry m their hopeless
struggle. Wilson knows that .
the nation could condue i >
rfustry on such a scale U *t' ;
no trust can hor© to comp* ,e
with it. Ex.