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Socialism I
Department
I Conducted Under the Auspices of
the Socialist Party of the
United States.
Wots.—This paper <1 »es not advocate So
cialism. but gives its claim publicly as a
matter of public lnten-st and growing Im
portance.
CAPITALISM IS KING.
The Money Lord, Not the Warrior, It
the Master of the World.
The fact Hiat the capitalist and not
the warrior is the modern master of
the world lias been emphasized by the
recent visit <>f Andrew Carnegie to
the emperor << Germany. The emperor
personally «•«» ducted the great steel
manufacturer and philanthropist over
his own personal industrial properties,
and the canity Scotchman was vastly
interested at inspecting the great por
celain factory and the farms at Ca
dinen, in east Prussia.
The emperor, prouder of his success
as a business man even than his
much vaunted ability as a military
commander, personally loses no oppor
tunity to advance his own business in
terests. It is said that at every court
festival he l»esieges his guests for or
ders, which he jots down upon his
cuffs, military uniforms being usually
deficient in pockets for the reception
of order books. He has personally so
licited and secured innumerable great
orders from the other royal houses of
Europe when he has visited them and
is wont to boast of his successes as a
commercial traveler. His investment
is valued at $500,000, and within the
past year he has received $40,000 in
profits, about I) per cent on the invest
ed capital. Two thousand employees
man bis works.
This example has been followed by
many members of the German aristoc
racy, and it is possible to purchase
■uch articles as oatmeal, crockery, um
brellas, corsets and silks bearing the
trademark of princely families, while
Prince Fuerstenberg, related to the
royal house, is known as the proprie
tor of the largest breweries in the fa
therland.—Saturday Evening Tribune.
Tims to Study Principles.
Under the present efipitaltst system
the more wealth the workers produce
the richer grow the capitalist* and the
ng»mr rrnw thn
llt irrtalnly strengthens we»kl
Ithroats and weak
Sflrwnei IwiWoTTta history. Under
Socialism the workers would be richer
than at any other perlo<t*>f the world's
history. Are you a worker?
Workingmen. if you were to study
principles instead of men you would
be better equlp|»ed to judge that men
want the tiling that would benefit you.
Capitalists study out principles that
will benefit them and then support men
for office who carry out those prin
ciples. Why not he as wise as your
masters? You know well enough that
you are ignorant about government
aud laws, yet you play the game and
"get It In the neck" every time. So
does the working class of Europe. The
rulers study' their interest. You study
little or uothing except your work, so
you will become more efficient wage
slaves. Get a think on yourself.—Ap
peal to Reason.
Socialist Notes.
The Denmark Socialists recently sent
$8,000 to their Russian comrades to
help them In their Wattle for freedom.
The fact that a Socialist paper has
been started at Rekjavik shows that
the movement Is making headway In
Iceland.
Finland* has the honor of having the
largest percentage of Socialist repre
sentatives in parliament of any nation
In the world. Eighty-three Socialist
candidates were successful at the re
cent election, and nine of them were
women.
The Socialist press in Switzerland
la rapidly increasing, there being forty
six newspapers printed at present. Six
are daily and the balance weekly and
monthly. Of the total number tweuty
two are trades union journals, eighteen
political, three fraternal, two women's
papers and one comic weekly. Three
are printed iu the Italian language,
nine In French and thirty-four in Ger
man.
Principles* Not Revenge.
Shall we l>e Socialists merely because
we are getting the worst of it In the
game of dollars? It is true that every
poor man should be a Socialist, but not
simply because of his personal suffer
ings. Such men are the first to be
come the opponents of Socialism when
the tide turns a little in their direc
tion. "Once a Socialist, always a So
cialist" should be the watchword of
•very sincere man who sees beyond
his own nose into the needs of his fel
lows. I am a Socialist Ijecause I be
lieve in the principles of Socialism.
These principles force me to the attl
tnde which 1 take. They are so deep,
true and abiding that they simply com
mand my belief, and I cannot any more
evade them or disbelieve in them than
I can disbelieve in the existence oi
the sun In the month of July.—Buf
fnio Herald.
Martyrs to the Right.
There Is no more honest, law obserr
lug citizen than a Socialist, the onlj
crime of which he stands convicted be
fore "the people" l>elng his political be
lltf. But all beliefs, political and rell
glous, have had their martyrs, and So
dallsm, according to custom, is malt
tag Its sacrifices - Socialist Herald.
COLLECTIVISM AHEAD.
A Ralig ious Journal on the Exposures
of Business Immorality.
▲ prominent New York clergyman
propheaies that "the next great re viral
held in this country will have as its
dominant note the question of ethics."
One fact in particular has impressed
itself 011 the public mind. There is an
Insane individualism in American life
today. Men act as if the accumulation
of property were the only end of ex
istence and as if any means were per
missible in realizing that end. In its
fundamental aspect the problem is
simply one of old fashioned selfishness
—that is, the putting of the interests
of self before the interests of the com
mon weal.
One of the paradoxes of modern so
ciety is bound up in the fact that the
collective conscience is so much duller
than the private conscience. We do as
nations what we would never dream
of doing as individuals. A man who
could not be induced to kill his neigh
bor. whatever the provocation, marches
out in war time with a clear con
science to kill somebody else's neigh
bor. A man who is a model of the vir
tues in his domestic life loses every
restraining scruple in his business deal
ings. Mr. Rockefeller, when question
ed recently as to how he reconciled his
business transactions aud his moral
principles, is reported to have made
the significant reply: "The Standard
Oil company is not a philanthropy. It
is a business conducted along the lines
that are laid down in the business
world as being those of today." In
these words he exposed the heart of
the whole problem. And just because
the standards of the "business world"
are held to justify disregard for law
and the rights of others it is the Im
perative duty of the pulpit to indict
those standards and to use all its in
fluence to supplant them with other
and higher standards.
It may l>e that an investigation of
business conditions will lead to a reali
zation of the fact that the dishonesty
of our day is inherited in our competi
tive system. In that event it will be
come the duty of the pulpit to accept
the new alternative and to turn men's
faces toward a co-operative society,
which, being itself ethical, will make
it possible and practical for each in
dividual to live out his highest ethical
Ideals In conformity with the whole
social order.—Homilectic Review.
Charity.
Once upon a time a man owned a
herd of cattle, which were lean even to
starvation. He owned also a luxuriant
pasture, from whicfy bis cattle were ex
cluded by a'strong high fence. Bat
the owner, whatever might be said of
TfJFr "nf't'htH"amount the increase TrTj
gold in il'*' country is pomiMSfl&i
from the pasture and
shoving them through the fence to the
hungry animus outside. Nevertheless
the weaker cattle starved entirely. One
day a passerby said to him:
"Friend, do you own these cattle?"
"I do."
"And do you own the pasture?"
"Yes."
"Then why don't you let down the
bars?"
Said the owner: "I have as yet failed
to see that letting down the bars would
be a panacea for all the leanness these
cattle are heirs to. Instead of broach
ing faraway theories, do something
practical. Jump over the fence and
help me to pull grass and feed It to the
cattle."
What Is Socialism?
It Is the purpose here to give a brief
definition of Socialism, so brief and
simple that any one can comprehend
It, anil yet if possible complete enough
to embrace all the essential element!
of the philosophy. The following will ;
serve as such a definition:
Socialism is a social and political
programme that proposes—
First.—The collective ownership of
the greater material means of produc
tion and distribution.
Second.—The democratic organization
and control of industry.
Third.—The substitution of a co-op
erative In the place of the present com
petitive and trust system.
Fourth.—Private property In person
al income and of wealth pertaining to
thp private life.
Fifth.—The organization of an Inde
pendent political party distinct from
and opposed to all capitalistic parties
for the capture of the powers of gov
ernment in order to put the aboye
principles into operation.
Socialism Not Anarchism.
When persons approve of Individual
ism and denounce Socialism, saying It
Is akin lo anarchy, they show their lg
norauce. Individualism Is near to an
archy, but far from Socialism. Social
ism and anarchy are extremes, the for
mer wanting government supreme, the
latter wanting to destroy It. Many
persons favor Individualism and de
i nounce Socialism as being akin to an
archy, thereby showing their groaa ig
• norance, for their own bobby, indlrld
' uallsm. Is next door to anarchy.—Pro-
I fessor J. Allen Smith.
International Peaoe.
Bald Dr. Karl Marx: "In proportion
■a the exploitation of one Individual
• by another Is put au end to the ex
• ploltatlon of one nation by another will
B also be put an end to. In proportion
1 as the antagonism between claassa
' within the nation vanishes the hostility
of one nation to another will come to
I an end."
Wealth "Distribution."
'• I Tho total wealth of the country as eom
v puted some time In the past year Is O*-
' 000 000,000 —"The Concentration of Wsalth.'
i by H. L. Call.
j' And the total number of people ll»-
lng In a state of poverty In thla pnw
perous country Is 10.000,000.—Ten*
• tj." by Robert Hunter.
MODELPRAIRIE TOWN
VALUE OP CIVIC PRIDE AND LOVE OF
BEAUTY TO BLUFF CITY.
Bow Bca#tllc«tloa of ■ Kumm Town
Pfcld In Money—NwtMM ui
Cleanliness Aro Habits Then One
Man Responsible For Good Work.
A little town of 2(H) people upon the
Kansas prairies has the largest park
area per capita of auy city in the
world, says ilie Kansas City Star.
This is the town of Bluff City, In
Harper county. Where this town
6tands today was an unbroken, tree
less prairie eighteen years ago. Now
it has a beautiful park of teu acres,
where a baud gives concerts Sunday
afternoons. It has well kept streets,
beautiful lawns and wonderful flower
gardens. There Is not a weed patch or
an unsightly spot In the town. There
is not a shanty or a ragged outhouse
or an unpaiuted building or a rickety
leaning fence or a dirty gutter.
There are poor people in Bluff City,
as everywhere, but neatness and
cleauliness are habits in (his village,
and every home and lot looks well.
This beautitication of the towu has
paid in dollars and cents. It has
brought people to the plate to live. It
has tilled the school then* with a high
class of scholars from other places. It
shows in tho characters of the (>eople
who live there. There is uot a drunk
ard, a loafer, a shiftless person or a
bad boy in the place. Everything In
Bluff City must look well, and the peo
ple live up to their surroundings. Even
the railroad company has built there
the prettiest depot upon its line, und It
Is painted more often and kept neater
than any other depot, this soulless
corporation recognizing the right of
Bluff City to better things.
One man is responsible for this beau
ty spot upon tiie bald Kansas prairie,
this model village, lie berau when the
town was new to teach his fellow
townsmen to love trees and flowers
aud to have pride In ilieir surround
ings. At first he was laughed at aud
opposed, but he kept on, and it was not
long until every one .-aw that a tree
was a beautiful thing aside from Its
utility, and tuat a Hover garden was a
blessing, and that there was a comfort
aud a monetary value in beauty and
cleanliness alone.
The mau who did all of this was
James Glover. When the towu of Bluff
City consisted only of some squares
and parallel lines upon a sneet of pa
per he went to the .place as laud agent
for the railroad compauy. This was in
1886. He liked the place aud made up
than half the JfthSJl JUX.
"When the lot selling wan doue I »et
about tlie task of park bulldlii* really
more from a pure love of the work
than with the expectation or realizing
anything like what hi* iieen accom
plished," nay* Mr. Ulover.
"At Brut It was slow work ami utter
ly without appreciation liy th> citizens,
hut each year a little wa< done. anil at
length It began to assume outliue and
growth, interest or. perhaps more cor
rectly. curiosity Increase i. and the peo
ple began to talk about It. not as they
<lo now, but usually to ridicule. How- .
ever, the iilea grew, and mi did the I
trees, and with these tsvo itnc. esies en I
thusiaatn took root anil grew too. Then I
others took hold, and the "park idea I
was a fixed fact and to work for It the |
proper thiug to do. From s » small a
beginning It has grown to lie the won
der of all who see II and has received
unstinted praise from visitors.
"Our people willingly pay the tax
necessary to keep it up, and all sum- |
u»er a man Is employed to mow tt*e J
I grass and keep the walks and streets
In good condition."
This town has a mowing machine J
; and a road scraper and roller. A ui«n
Is paid to operate them. He keeps all 1
grass and weeds upon roads and va J
! cant lots mowed smoothly, and the j
i streets and roads approaching the town
look always as If Juat made.
"The ground of our teu acre park la
prettily laid out with winding walka."
say* Mr. Glover. "The trees are plant
ed In cluuipa, and all through the park
| are little openings, ao that every turn
there Is a change of view. I here ars
some flfteer- or twenty sorts of de
clduous trees and four of evergreen*, ■
| with perhaps twenty-five sort* of
shrubs and In considerable quantity.
' There are about ISO evergreens, many
•of them very beautiful specimen*.
"The effect of such a beauty »pot 1* I
far reaching and. we believe, uaeful.
I Frequently through the summer the
band plays here on Sunday afternoon*,
and the people come from coualderabl*
distances to l>e present. Such *ur
1] rounding* and such amusement cannot
' hurt the young and are very likely to
. .stimulate their lietter tastes.
-The work and the result have been
f«r reaching and au education to the
: town and the surrounding country,
j Bluff City has more pretty lawna than
, I any town of Its si Re lu the state. Tre«
planting took au Impetus when tb«
park showed what could *<e dons, and
now the town ia growing into a bower
Our stores are far handsomer than
,1 those found lu town* of this sire, as •
rule. The 'dea of having evervthlui
ij look its liest. not aloue lu park and
streets, but iu business places, home*,
£ churches, depot and school. I* the aim
». of every oue.
I "The park Idea ha* spread to neigh
boring towns, and many Inquiries art
I received of how to do It. The way
to gel a park 1* to go to work and b«
n_ |d earnest. 1 ion't mind the croakari
k- and kickers, for. like the poor of Scrip
ture. they are with you always. Ttw
people love the beautiful, but often
T " need some one to show them how to
"" achieve It. i 'lily the Ignorant and tbt
"" vreedy curnlut civic betterment,"
ODESSA NOTES.
(From the Record.)
Mayor Guth was a business visitor
at Harrington Wednesday.
Dr. Gansun reports the birth of a
daughter to Mr.and Mrs. Carl Schmidt
on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
C. O. Harvey made a business trip
to Irby yesterday .
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Wilburn were
visitors at Quincy the first of the
week.
Mrs. Adam Miller and children re
turned last Friday from an extended
visit with relatives in Minnesota.
Mrs. F. J. Guth was a visitor at
Spokane Tuesday and Wednesday.
Geo.Carsow and Ralph Purcell were
up from Lamona last night ot attend
the Odd-fellow meeting.
Eugene Hull of Krupp and Henry
Praetoreus of this place will make
proof on their homesteads before Com
missioner Hoagland today.
Geo. Finney went to Wilson Cceek
Sunday evening returning Monday
morning, accompanied by his mother
who had been visiting with relatives
at that place.
H. D. Richey, junior member of
the firm of Richey & Son, has rented
the Lilly house on Pleasant hill and
expects to move his family down
from Spokane this week.
S. R. Holcomb, who purchased the
Stout ranch west of town last spring,
has just completed the erection of a
residence in addition, where
the family will make their home in
order to enable the children to attend
our city schools.
Frank Hinkhouse, formerly a
lumber merchant of Krupp, was a
visitor in the city from that place
Tuesday.
L. A. Mills returned Tuesday from
a trip to his boyhood home in Minne
sota. He was accompanied on the trip
.by his family. . .
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thiel returned
last Saturday evening from Jtofy
Mill Silt
Having rented my farm, I will sell at
Public Auction on the Jacob Pflugrad place
Five miles north of Lind, all my personal
property, beginning at 10 a. m.,
MONDAY DEC. 23
2W Work Horses, 1000 to 1500 lbs in weight 8 Feed Hacks
1 Two-year-old Colt 2 3-bottoin (Jang Plows
i 3 Suckling Colts 3 Wooden Harrows
; 3 Milch Lows 12 Sets Leather Harness
> 2 Calves I j{ U ggv Harness
! 1 Thoroughbred Jersey Bull "
' 1 Holt 20-ft 28 inch Cylinder Combined lo P
Harvester and Scotch Hitch 1 Double-seated top Surrey
■ 2 Truck Wagons-one 3* and one 3| 1 Ualvaimed Iron 40 Barrel Water lank
2 Wheat Racks 1 Range
ai d ii- r>- 6 Dozen Chickens
'J f. , ng u Household and Kitchen Furniture and
• 2 Header Boxes . . ,
f 2 Superior Drills—One Hoe and one Disc Many Other Article .
! Pree Lunch Will Be Served at Noon
b. —^
I TrnHiVC All sums under $10.00. cash; over $10.00, time until (Jctol.er lst IWS
» TERMS: bankable notes with interest at 10 per cent. A discount of .> per cent
« will be given for cash on sums over $10.00.
£ Ml property must be settled for before being removed from place.
JACOB PFLUGRAD
weddinK trip and have been kept busy
during the week receiving the con
gratulations of their many friends.
They are fitting up the Miller house
on Third street, where they will make
their home.
Cunningham News
(From the Gazette.)
Sam Tuttle is putting in a stock of
lumber.
Miss Harlow came in Monday to as
sist Mr. Parker in the hank.
Harry Gregg and family have re
turned from their visit to Missouri.
The wheat market opened up Wed
nesday with wheat at tiXc and 70c.
The supper the ladies were figuring
on giving will not be given until after
Christmas.
Harry O'Neil, of the firm of Krails
& O'Neil of Othello, was in Cunning
ham Wednesday.
i The Cunningham school has organ
ized a *ase ball team. Better play
foot ball, boys
Aage Jurgensen displayed to us a
fine sample of sand cherries he gath
ered west of Hatton.
The Inland Trading Co. have been
improving the town by putting in a
substantial crossing on Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Grigghave been visit
ing the past few days with Mrs.
Grigg's parents, Mr. and Mrs. .1. F.
Moberly.
Mrs. J. W. Sawyer left Wednesday
night for I.eGrande, Oregon; from
there she will go to Ely, Nevada, to
join her husband.
There was a large crowd of young
people attended the dance Monday
night given at the Longmire home. All
report a good time.
Elmer Thompson departed Wednes
day for his farmstead. Elmer came in
to feed on turkey, and since the supply
has run low, what is the use to stay?
Rev. Boiler, who was on the Christ
ian charge here for the past year is
conducting services at liising Star
school house and is having the best of
success.
James O'Hare returned a week ago
Friday from Illinois, where he was vis
iting home folks - Jim a rv|iorts. crop
prices good Tn the east but little money
to move the crops.
that the present jury system is all
wrong and that one man tilled with
theory is worth twelve who have
naught but horse sense.
The ladies of the Christian church
collected $20.50 by subscription, Mon
day, which will be used to purchase a
Christmas tree and good things to go
with it. Santa has also promised to be
very liberal with the good girls and
boys of the city and country about.
Rev. Ware, of Walla Walla, is going
to hold services at the Highland school.
It will be remembered Mr. Ware con
ducted the revival services at the
Christian church here last springr.
Rev. Ware is an earnest, forcible speak
er and much good must necessarily re
sult from this meeting.
Next Friday Blliington will debate
the all important question, "Resolved,
man will go farther and further for the
love of money then for the love of
j woman." We have not been informed
who thejlebators are, but we will ven
ture the assertion that Mooney. Moor
| man and Walter will be present to see
that mere man is not disrespectful to
lovely woman.
A Criminal Attack
on an inoffensive citizen is frequently
made in that apparently useless little
tube called the "appendix," It's
generally the result of protracted
constipation, following liver torpor.
Dr. King's New Life Pills regulate
the l'ver, prevents appendicitis, and
establish regular habits of the bowels
25c at Rosenoff & Co. drug store.
NOTICE.
All persons knowing themselves in
debted to me either by note or book
account, will kindly call and settle
same. J. M. BKNNINGTON.
At Journal-Herold Office.
Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup for
coughs, colds, croup and whooping
cough grows in favor daily. Mothers
should keep it on hand for children.
It is a prompt relief to croup. It is
gently laxative, driving the poison and
phlegm from the system. It gives
immediate relief. Guaranteed. Sold '
• «.*■ > *
by Emerson Drug Co.

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