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The poll tax law passed by the Alaska legislature
ica nt'y at Juneau, providing for the levying of a four
dollar poll tax on all male persons of the territory be
tween the age of 21 and 50 years, the proceeds of the
lax to be used for the maintainr.nce of the Pioneers
• h me for the ill and infirm pioneers of the territory at
•Sitka, hr.:- some merit.
It somewhat of an improvement on the old me
thod of levying an eight dollar poll tax on the people,
prmcip.y tne working class, for the purpose of building
ol. j!;C hw.iV,ays thvougnout the territory lor the sole be
neaL vL pi operty. It is a progressive step in one sense on
y. i;'.it Wii! the working men of Alaska realise the fud
intent a id purpose of sum a law. Tin harden of w mort
hg the ill and infirm w where is t > b e bora e by the work
ui! ‘houi.-s-i. cs. lu means Inai, the poor of Alaska is to
bo maintained largely by the poor themselves. Throughout
ail ages they have done that. Nine-tenths of the world's
cnariiy consists of the contributions of the poor people’s
money, either in the f orm of gift, or n tax is levied.
Property in this ease is exvnpt from contributing
anytiimg toward the maintenance ot the old and infirm
pioneers. Although in many cases the owners and pos
sessors of property are the least worthy of that ownership
and possession, the more worthy, after a life of incessant
tci! and privation in opening up and developing the natu
ral resources of this territory, find themselves old and
stranded only to become dependent on others, who al
though younger in years, are following in the same foot
steps that brought failure to themselves.
i< P i S
In Porto Rico, when the agriculture! workers who
were holding a meeting, the police raided the meeting;
drove the workers out; than attach ad their homes(shacks)
burning the same, then arrested a hunt red man and wo
men killing six. The workers and tljelr ft miles are now
shelterless and in greater distress than ever before in the
history of the island.
The five Socialist members of the Rtseian Douma
who are being tried for anti-wap talk, are having a public
trial.
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By R. A. Datgue.
I’eter Collins, who is delivering
lectures in different cities of
the United States under the aus
pices of the Knights of Colum
bus, urges as his chief objection
* io Socialism that it is “material
istic and atheistic.'’In his recent
Creston, Iowa, lecture he said:
“The main doctrine of socia -
ism, the very foundation on
which the whole structure of so
cialimn rests, is given the high
standard title of the “Materialis
tic Conception of Ilisto'y.” Nov.
to the average man, to the work
ing naan, to you and to rre, v/hat
does that mean? Simply three
big words sounding all very nice
to the ear, but having no definite
or positive nraning for the ave
rage worker.-But whmi we take
away this garb of the university
this clothing of the sehrol room
and college and look underneath
to see what doctrine really menhir
in the language of the average
man, in the ’angtugeof the work
people, then we find this doc
trine of the big words to be the
plain simple proposition of athe
ism, or in other worths the De
nial of God.’’
Every well informed perso;
will be surprised at the above
statement. Collins is either inex
cusably ignorant of the princi
I
pies of Socialism or he wilfullj
misrepresents it. Socialism shy;
nothing about God or religion. It
neither favors nor opposes reli
will
gion. It deals exclusively
industrial problems; it is propos
ing to so readjust our industrial
system and the prodiv.-iicn am
distribution of wealth created by
labor, that working people may
receive a larger share of thei;
earmings than they now get. Tin
claim of Peter Colons that “So
cialism is atheistic and denies;
God, is toe extreme of absurd-j
ity. Collins says it is Godless.
He might just as consistently I
say t!mt telegraphy or railroad
ing, farming or blaeksmithing is
atheistic and godless.
Vv'hat Socialists mean iy the
“Materialistic Conceptions of
History,’’ briefly stated, is that
history proves that in ail nations
(Continu'd on 3rd page.)
1. J or a single wcr.'ki power ic be ad
ministered hy. ar. p}j»«aa,,i»n3J congress
■vith authority to investigate :*nd to
settle the questions involved in the pre
sent war, to d<" duiad till ar rates, and to
dirfnanMe all forts and Warsnqis, to be
a p ».-ttlo*ient ’.vot'd government to take
over tive ownership of the higtt seat, t>
administer aU protectorate?, ,to deciae
all questions, of international controver
sy covering intowational trade and inter
national credit, and to maintain a su.Ti
eioMt awnyrad navy te> police the seas
and to etsfrA'oe its decisions and that
the United States should take tiio inicia
tivc in ii-itaul^'irins soon a world poiveri
2. Par the natioaei ownership and ad
ministration of ad e ;■ i r-itr;;1.’! and eom
orciai monopolies of every sort.
3. State, For a land system which will
bring into the most: productive use al!
iwiural ics'-urccs an 1 guarantee lo all
ipiers of the land ail values created
by (hum and appropriate for public pur
;>:nosoii values collectively created by
- epic.
it. For stale ownership and adminis
wHi.iun of markets, eoilcetions tians-.
porta.ticn and delivery of gxxfc <Btos
from producers to conouipars withoot
the intervention of any private agency;
f<* tire Reclamation of auid and awnwp
Jap.da, for State building, imfsovomertt
and manafuctuting enjtc*pt$gQg *> b*
retried on only when thcare are maze
n)' n than jobs, ano *o be closed always
wbe,; those are more jobs than mr«i.
3,'Por State medical aid, sanitation,,
hospital care, industrial and education
al employment for *k: deiosiive ;vv5
dependent, free education voth preryo
sions .for self supporting employment
and industrial training in all grade* o£
school work including univerity courses
pensions for the ay**l, defcr.no1. arul
permanently disabled.
4 For municipal o\vncr.-hip tvnd admin
istration of the water, light, heal. a>1
pov.;er. gas, markets, playground*, *5
vic centers and muni*p«.l dtveSrR?
houses.
0, For establishing and adm.nv* «*Ojg
t!ithings on an indu?b.-ixj, sol* it V
ern’ng, democratic fcaci; to the end
| regular employment may be >>cvid<$?
\ for ail. Education and : ii aise on a ha
sp.: of e opportunity.
“Y«j3 Lam a socialist—.'>ooa one for many years—always vo <
the ticket"-—but Ido not belong toUoe organization.” If you ar-j
n that chiis, yon should get out ofmt The only Socialists IIIft.
cowH.ar&the^ones that pay their
liuie “2o cent dues per month, and
aiditT the work of the party organi
zntiou.. ►These are the fellows tnat
are making the Socialist I’arty the
►feat force for the common good in
America. The capitalist class won t
finance bur, vparty and wo don't
want them to. Its the twenty-five
cents per month frcm its thousand
of real Socialists that k:ep f'n)
whcels'.of the organization goi ig.
'i -
Comeon^ln and find out how wa
run things. You will have inet as
much to say as another* We heye
made it easy for you to t%J*e the
first step—Wow is a coujj*i wM$i
you should
Out Out, Tear Off And Mail Today
To N. R. King, Fairbanks, § or L.' WeBtetwffk,
Cleary City.
I turn convrrced t-hat I should bo amember of it lie osgaamslaon you 5's
ressat. Please sent some oas to tak« my tpplieasoa.
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