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rage r our. O 1w+iuutte BIl sItiilditt Isased Eery Eveniag, Ezeept SuBanday, by THE BULLETIN PUBLISHEING CO. Eatered as SecondClass Matter, Deeember 18, 1917, at the Poetoffice at Butte, Montana Fader Act of March 8, 1879. PHONES: Business Office, 62; Editorial Rooms, 222 SUSINEMS OFFICE AND EDITORIAL ROOMS, 101 SOUTH IDAHO STREET BUBOSRIPTION RATES: One Mentk ..................... 75 Bit Mouthe ................... 8.75 Three Mentha ..................82.0) By the Year .................... 7.00 The Daily Bulletin is on sale every day at the following places in Butte. Jacques Drug Co., Harrison and Cobban Depot Drug Store, 828 East Front St. George A. Ames, Jr., 316 1 2 N. Main St. P. O. News Stand, West Park St. International News Stand, S. Arizona St. Palace of Sweets, Mercury and Main Stse. arkins' Greeery, 1028 Talbet Ave. Everybody's News Stand, 215 S. Montana Helena Confectionery, 785 East Park St. - \WEDNL.DAY, SEPT. 24, 1919. SIGN UP! Come down to the Bulletin office and sign a monthly pledge :-: :: :-: A STRIKING CONTRAST. i Deslite the bonibastic uttera.nces ,of the seion of the Hcoue- I vel family aiId the empty ptlatitudes v\'oiced by otliers of his ilk I supposed to he speakinlg I'or the returned soldier, we are hegirii ning to have a suspicion that these satme shouters I'or "'unadul teraled ,Americanisnm have oa feelitg lhot all is not well with I them and their kind. The rank and file of the army of denocenracy scent In to ld views ihat the capilalist sheets do not care to give I o lnlIchlI publicity to; the rank and file are thinkingi , and their c ehtli sions are not at all in accord with the opinions expressed by the officer .aiste. if we car j..udge from Ie te lone of thlie pith licatiots supported by the enlistetd men. For instance. we clip the followinig fr'tm lhe Sohliers', Sail ors' ond Marines' Weekly News. It is anl editorial expression I of opinion and seems strangely at vtariatnce with the empty ldrnases that are dintted inllo onr ears bly the moutthlpices ofl imperialism. Our Consltitiulio ---- which even Ihe governlmen is bound to ob)ey-says that the blessings of liberty are tours ti, have tiutd to hold. let. at the end of' 132 Wears we find ourselves t tintiion of industrial slaves. And that iti a slutppinseilly free couiy. \\'h y? ecnause we have ntl a\vailed ourselves if our co('stilll tional rights. We have not stonod tp l'or them. We have plermitted ourselves In he luiilled o sleep byIh false doctrines and failse G(nds. Evils again have heconie insul'f'ertable. Now we are awakenitng. Once more we iecomloe aroused. This time we (ontl ItIed to resort to force. This time we have tl handil the tools t provided by the constitution) .to get vwh l justice say is i ours. Let's niiikee is ,e f lthis mat hilinery. Wh\\y four? "Ah, .someone says. "'he citarel' ul don't make a mnis take." Yes. it is an ag'e- l waitriiing given by those who niever' 1l'ilnt anything ' tone in those who want something done. It is a wa'rling givein biy those whoi hliappen to e ill li plo sitition ofi\i vaitl'ae I those who hawppen to be in a lposi tion of disadvanti'ne. \Why fear uistiikes? Liberty' nietuS lso thie lilte'ly In imaike itistikes. It' we imake themt. catli we not right them again? Let its iot c permitil our goveriit ieut offi't'c'ials to r'i1tt awayi with its. They have their dihllies Ito peirflorm. Let's see that they mind( their Iisiness. Lel's she'r some tof' theiAn of thle airhiliiary anid tiiiueces sary powers whichi they have usuripeId. And always-- y day a by night----let us remembher lthat thait i:I tt iillr is gIoveI'reI d best \w'hich, is governiedt least." - W\e i1.stl have i uslrial freedomii , as well as political l'reedoim. WVittihout iuit lstrial 'flreediiilm. ol iticail freedomli is iiit eminpty shell. The way to gol induiistlrial freedom is throuigh co-oper-ll Iiotn. .Men anid woimen of Aimericai: Irgatiizi. both as produic ers and consumers. Fol'r ll yio r aiissociatitltis ianid engage il eniterprises ytour selves. The pteople of En gland and other countries are doing it. Ycl u can dii it. (o-operationi, wit th e aid h of a most liberal constitiu Lion, will give .yo. the ntconirllien cemettl of a li herly thai will lie worth soinetllitilg. Without industrial l'reedonm, liberty is a sI liham. W ith industriail freedom.ttii libertv is a real blessing. Let its again hold high the torch tof liberty itn a wai'r-rid den, grief-stricken wor'l! The sptiril tof Aerieti is the stirit f "'nature and not tlife's (h lt!t " If the human race learis on lly by experience surely the hit ter experieinces iof the ieni tikeni fi their peaicetii'il taisks and swept into the tnaelstrot of' wil'ar have laught thean thliie rudiments of the great iproblem that i tlh wiorkeors itust solve the question of whether or noti the right ft' exercising in ulto craitic control of induistry, of pliulgiltg the world into wars from which they alone profit is to be left ill the hands of i mi nority. It is this qiteslion that thie ranik and file will dlecide iandil it is from this question that stretirlu, effort' s are heinig matile to distracet their iutleitiion. * THE PRICE OF BACON. Bacon at one tinie was considered a plebeiani dish, lit only for the table of the Iholy lahborer; Itoday only the w'ealthy Olan, afford it. The price asked I'or goodt hiteont---5 cents nto 75 ceints per ponid--places it heytnid tho b reCich oif the w'igte-eil'tueer. The followitig statleliei Is tr' tin the \'oleo of itlintor'. W iiilii Jieg, are iiiterestitig its stititwitig hi iw noin-opoly oipertiIes ititer iiationally: Tjhis newspaper presents three statements in cotuliec tion witlh the price o(' bacon. The two first are troit the testimony of J. T. Gordon. of Go'ioii. lihonsides & Fttt'es, Winnipeg packers, before the board of commerc'e, repoeit ed verbatim: STATEMENT NO. 1. "We have 3,000,000 pounds in England whi('h we thought was sold, but now we have to hold it there until .L .LJJI LI J .. .5. &AL Y D U ++J8.I.J . Union Stock Holders in the BUTTE DAILY BULLETIH UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA-Locals: Sand Coulees Stocket, Roundup, Lehigh, Klein, Washoe, Red Lodge, Smith (Bear Creek). FEDERAL LABOR UNION-Livingston, Great Falls. MACHINISTS' UNION-Great Falls, Butte, Livingston, Seattle. CEREAL WORKERS-Great Falls. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION-Butte. BLACKSMITHS' UNION-Butte, Miles City, Seattle. ELECTRICIANS' UNION-Livingston, Deer Lodge, Butte, Anaconda, Seattle. BAKERS UNION-Great Falls. SHOE WORKERS-Great Falls. PLASTERERS' UNION-Great Falls. RAILWAY CAR REPAIRERS-Livingston, Miles City. MUSICIANS' UNION-Butte. BREWERY WORKERS' UNION-Butte. HOD CARRIERS' UNION-Butte, Bozeman, Helena, Seattle. STREET CAR MEN'S UNION-Butte, Portland. BARBERS' UNION-Butte. METAL MINE WORKERS' UNION OF AMERICA. PRINTING PRESSMEN'S UNION-Butte. MAILERS' UNION-Butte. STEREOTYPERS AND ELECTROTYPERS' UNION-Butte. BRIDGE AND STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS-Butte. PIPEFITTERS' UNION-Butte. BROTHERHOOD BOILERMAKERS AND HELPERS-Butte, and Livingston. l STEAM AND OPERATING ENGINEERS-Great Falls. BUTCHERS' UNION-Great Falls. BAKERS' UNION-Butte. INTERNATIONAL MOLDERS' UNION, LOCAL NO. 276-Butte. LAUNDRY WORKERS' UNION-Butte, Seattle. PLUMBERS' UNION-Butte, Seattle. BROTHERHOOD RAILWAY CAR MEN OF AMERICA, LOCAL NO. 224-Miles City. TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL-Miles City. BROTHERHOOD RAILWAY CAR MEN OF AMERICA, COPPER LODGE NO. 430-Butte. BUTTE FOUNDRY WORKERS UNION-Butte. PAINTERS' UNION--Butte, Seattle. CARPENTERS' UNION NO. 1335-Seattle. TAILORS' PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION-Butte, Portland. BOILERMAKERS, SHIPBUILDERS AND HELPERS OF AMERICA -Tocamo, Seattle, Livingston. INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BLACKSMITHS AND HELP ERS. LOCAL NO. 211-Seattle. WORKERS', SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' COUNCIL-Painters' Hall, Seattle. BUILDING LABORERS' UNION-Seattle. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE AND STRUCTURAL IRON WORKERS AND PILEDRIVERS' LOCAL NO. 86-Seattle. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINIST HELPERS-Butte. SBROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY TRAINMEN, NO. 580, BUTTE. AND THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN BUTTE AND MONTANA. weI I'indu 44111 \w 'hethe the Ili1itisli mlinistry i g~i11ng 4) try 14 Fli 115 411 41 it. orpa' 411\ 14 II~ oubº pr45 41414 ice'. ---I. 'F. 14141un 44.I'44kel. Se1ld. I.). 191t). S T:ATEIKMIT NO.:2. "'There neveC was C7I 'f lI\' money C ill export' 14trit441 beforel th war. I.'s tihe de1allnd at l 1.alro ----- 'Is rlespnSib5le for41' high pi4ices,' 1)14t ill Mlr'. \\'hlitla. ST;ATFi'M tT NO. 8 In 1l(' 11144111 441 \i'ugus1t, Ithe IviVCrl44)4ol 11a14o41 1p1ar1> pel'c 41l1'ed1 a4 s144('eme'41 and1( seI it 14o the Ilihnll c'1144idates.' iii 4,'irl'1'4'4 Ii)e 41(e1111'44i441 Tatu ''one1-h11f 44f thle bacon in tihis ('4.4I1111 I'>' 5o 441( 141 1i1151o Iln)4uy p its arl'r'i\llI. 11nd(1 Ameri 4141l packeIr'1'M hailve Iticir' 1444415C5 glutltecd w\ithi g4444ds5 reclnir Thle LiverI'jool4 141)o4 par4lty is ai. perfcI'ely> ICsp40nsiblC hods'1. It posesss thie 11ost- aiple~i 111a41 o41 lse~eltainiill the (nditi44 o4f tIlhe \Ine a lln packers' wreha'es in ive'~rpool44. Its si atmet (le i (oL'rotlara Ied by> t he test imony' or' .I. TI. Gordn'41. \Vinniajeg pa1(kel, mayt he ltaken strISue. It' tr'(C.. it is 1not the 11º'MA\N albroadl which is respon sible far hi ghi prices hlt Ithe SHI-l PM ENT abroad, artifici 1411> 4creatin~g sc'iI'city CIer which141 is r'Csponsi5le for ex Cess1 \icIv highi price's o1f lhl 441 ) Ieot lile tile highi pIrices (o1) taiialhile he(1'e areI made41 the leve (l 14 extralet anI \4 e t~or4tioat This is kno4wn1 44s playing'u boith ciis ill 1av44 (41 the midl (tiC. II is 4411 (114ite 11111i 11141 Icgitillmt4t undce' ou1r pIrcsentI 114·' Il1' 11ade1 a4111 givell monopo14Cy ('441ditionIs ill the dhistr'ibil tion1 o)1 this ariticle o41 f0o1. Those54 para'isites w~ho4 were so b~usy' liguring ho0w they ('01114 ((se th44 s1ldie'I hIvs w~hien tihey' ('illme hack are' no4w doing som1e4 114alu gdllessilig 45 14s 1sa1ihow tile IeC1ur'14c41 5d1sliC's ale going 1(t ouCs liiClcii. AnId isilt th14 ('4hiiilaist c'lass 4'stlatIhlisilg s0(me fine Jl1'Ct'C d 141'e li'm- \the trkinl class 145 toseM ill the (lays tha1 are to 1conic? Workers' Training Course The enrollment for the full-tilme workers' training course of the Rand school for the 1919-1920 season is trom every indication sure to be the largest in the history of the school, in spite of persecution and all the efforts of the Lusk committee. This will be tie ninth full-time class in Sthe school's history. The t raining course will begin Nov. 10 and end May 8. The aim of the course is specifically to train work ers to leconte organizers, secretaries, teachers and journalists for the labor and socialist movement. The need for such sipecially trained workers is; beconme daily imore urgent. The trainingl of secretaries and nlanagers of co-opera i\i'es will be unldel thel sulpervisionl of a selarate departmeont of the workers' training course. l'ratically the whole of the stu dents' time during the six months is devoted to intensive and systematic study of the social sciences, history and politics, labor history and the naturIal sciences. Some of the courlses given ill the division of social science are tile elements of economliics., vo-i lution of modern capitalism, wealth and income, dyniamic sociology, sta tistics, criminology, elementary and advanced socialism; inl the division of history may be mentioned outli ln of social-economic world history, economic history of the United States. American civics and politics, politi cal science and ancient society; in the division of labor history, the his tory of the socialist and labor move ment. current labor problems, tlihe special study of some imiportant illn dustry; and in the division of natulral science., solne typical coturses are the prin'ciples of science, evolution. Ant hropology, physiology anld by giene. Intensive training is given in Etig lish. depending upon the needs of the students. Especial attention is given to the use of the voice in public speakintg and to the correction of for eign accent. Courses are also of fered in literary criticism, the mod ern dranma and social forces in liter-I at ire. In addition to the regular staff, inme consisting of the educational direc and tor. Algernon Lee and Scott Nearing I is 1). P. Iterenberg, Benjamin Glass the hirg and A. L. Trachtenberg, such nol. well-known lecturers as Norman the Thomas, H. W. L. Dana, A. A. Gol This denweiser. August Claessens, Robert I in -'cerrari, Eugene Wood, B. C. Gruen berg and others are among the in ov. str(uctors. I the The Rand school will continue the )k- partl-ime workers' training course to ies, fit the needs of those who cannot de- I bhor ote all their time to study. The ced part-time student's are given the s is same work that is offered to the full The time. students, but they spend only ;eis an evening and Saturday and Sunday I the at tih' school. tent Full information and details as to courses, fees, etc., will be furnished I stu- y wril log for the Workers' Training s is Course Bulletin, Room 401 of the title Rand School of Social Science, 7 lry East 15th street, New York city. the ----- SAYS PRESS AGENTS ais MUST DIG UP NEWS si_ _; I Iin , I o0ry (By United Press.) Nte. Nw Orleans, La., Sept. 24.-- titi- Publicity for American corporations ii is legitimate only when it is based on hi- public interest in the information it te contains, it was declared by James I. ('lark. manager of the .ervice de raln partiment of the National Bank of thel Commerce in New York, at an ad ion. sress here today before the financial l ;v\- trtiiers' convention. When built on this principle it is ug-' not only a guide post to clear think the ing set up by the public, but a con iven tribution to the success of the news iblic baler that publishes it. Clark said. for- "The benefit to the institution whose I of-' ltame becomes an essential part of aold- thet news value should rightly be in- I iter-I cidental, although for that very rea sioun more certain, lasting and dig- * taff, nified." I1 ~ IHogs! j.u ~I & -, I I.s 4· /5- // .:·::;,: 1 ~ ''· 9 - ii:i ::::l:j;~;~;~;~::·· I·· :i::'* The Epidemic of Reactionary Laws The veritable epidemic of anti-la. e bor legislation is today's most con. t] vincing sign of the toilers' growing H solidarity and class consciousness. c The panicky princes of wealth are ii hastily erecting legislative ramparts r. and storing legal ammunition for the b inevitable siege. But these defenses p will be impotent--the ramparts will n crumble like the walls of Jericho- -t the vast stores of ammunition will s melt into a deadly deluge --unless, it mind you, unless the feverish activity c of the capitalist class succeeds in di- f; viding the workers. Woe to the work- It iug class if it accepts categories of t the enemy's making! o In this, indeed, lies the menace of ti recent reactionary legislation, such as the "criminal syndicalist" law of a California, the "vagrancy" act of p Kansas, the deportation statutes, the b "sedition" and the "espionage" acts: a That they seek to undermine the es sential unity of the toilers, resting on o the sound foundation of a community h of interests. They define a dissatisfied migra- it tory worker as a "vagrant"; they b brand a reader of a labor paper as n a "criminal syndicalist"; they dub v every idealist "seditionist, spy, trai- b tor, anarchist"; they pillory as an v "undesirable" the alien who joins his s American fellow workers in the fight t for a better world. Categories of cap- e ital's making these are! Will labor t succumb to such superficial strategy? n Will it stone and crucify its spokes- a men? t Or will it maintain its undivided d strength, ready to defend every vic tim of the legislation? Fellow work ers, let us not be frightened by the r harsh voice of a frightened master. Let us not abandon a comrade be- v cause his enemies call him a devil. t In solidarity lies our strength and s our safety. s We must not forget that legisla- t d tion ostensibly aimed at the migra- t tory worker and the alien is actually p ' directed against all labor. The own- a ;t' m - NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS I * i Subscription Rates Are Going Up I TO KEEP THE BULLETIN UP a For the purpose of helping to maintain Them * Daily Bulletin; For the purpose of helping to make The Daily Bulletin independent of advertising; For the purpose of having the subscribers bear a portion of the deficit under which The Bulletin I unavoidably operates; For the purpose of continuing to fight for the people who toil; For the purpose of increasing the effectiveness of The Daily Bulletin.. - U Subscribers to The Daily Bulletin on and I Safter Oct. 1, 1919, will be asked to pay the - following rates: _ II One Month . . . . $1.00 C Three Months . . . . 2.75 Six Months . . . . . 5.00 I : One Year . . . . . 9.50 1 The inauguration of the above rates on Oct. 1 will not affect subscriptions I 3 which have been paid in advance beyond that date at the old rate. . As The Daily Bulletin is conducted for the sole purpose of serving the peo- I ple, and not for the benefit of those who exploit the people, the management I feels sure that all the present supporters of this FREE PRESS will readily - recognize the necessity for the increase in the subscription rates and continue *- their support. - THE BULLETIN STAFF. I -I 5. ll llll llllm UhuUUf ml UlU mUn + !ssmas manaw a nmassasassassmassassssummassanassummmamman ers of industry start their attack at the outer rim of the labor mass, but with the hope of penetrating to the core. Once the principles involved in the criminal syndicalist or vag rancy acts are established, they will be used to harass labor in every phase of its united activities. Nor must we rest content in the belief that our state is not affected. The success of a law in one state, mean, its precipitate spread all over the country. The syndicalist laws arc fast traveling eastward; the vagrancy laws are being enacted throughout the northwest; legislatures vie with one another in the framing of sedi tion statutes. As indicative of the kind of law' which are being riveted on the.peo ple in various states, we wish to treat briefly two we- have mentioned sever al times: 1. The so-called "vagrancy" law of Kansas: The law is so bluntly high-handed that it speaks for itself. "Any person engaged in any an lawful calling whatever, or who shall be found loitering without visible means of support, shall refuse to work when work at fair wages is to be procured in the conununity, or who shall threaten violence or per sonal injury to fellow workmen or to employers of labor, shall be deem ed a vagrant, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than $100 or more than $500 and shall be imprisoned in the coun ty jail for a period not less than 30 i days and not more than six months." Anyone who refuses to work at 'fair wages' can be jailed as a vag ra nt. Anyone who is engaged in an 'unlawful calling' can be jailed as a vagrant. Then it is left to the capi talist courts to determine what con I stitutes a fair wage, and what is con sidered an unlawful calling. Under - these conditions any striker may be - thrown into jail for demanding-a big - ger share of what he produces, and a member of an organization dis tasteful to the courts may be incar cerated for participating in an un lawful calling. Already hundreds have been incarcerated under the va Sgrancy act. It is the contention of the state that membership or employ at ment in the I, W. W. is equivalent but Lo an unlawful calling. the 2. The criminal syndicalist law of ved California: Section 1 defines syndi 'ag- ':alism as the advocating of "unlaw will ful emthods of terrorism"; then sec ery tion 2 provides a punishment of from Tor 'ne to 14 years for persons who by lief sp(ken or written word are guilty of The , ,justii.y such syndicalism; who an` )rint, edit or display apamlhlet or the 'ook considered to be criminally syn ar1 dicalist; who belong to certain organ ncy izations, etc. out An amendment suggested by the With State Federation of Labor which edi- would allow labor unions to conduct strikes or boycotts without inter Aw' ference by this law was decisively ueo- defeated. Why? 'eat Police Judge Brady of San Fran ver- cisco, during a preliminary hearing on a case arising under this law, law stated, June 6, 1919: "It will abso itly lutely put every labor union in Cali ielf. fornia out of business." Under this un- law if an act of violence should be hall committed during a strike conducted ible by your union, every official and to every member would become liable Sto to a 14-year sentence. or' Moreover, it will become impos per- sible to publish a labor paper. The or authorities have already classed as em- violating this law: Justice and La Lion bor in the Mooney Case, Tri-City La ,inm bor Review, Reading Labor Advo 500 cate, official organ of the Pennsyl rinn vaina State Federation of Labor, and 3 you may find the preamble of your is' union's constitution also illegal. rag- London.-Sentenced to one an mouth's imprisonment at Sunder i a land, Peter Lee, shipyard laborer, al[- yawned and asked languidly if it 0on- carried "hard labor." "No," said the nagistrate, and Peter yawned ider be again. big and Subscribe for the Bulletin. Don't dis- borrow your neighbor's. IIIe i IIillIInIInI EEllllllll UU