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WORKING FARMERS, ATTENTION! On the ti,3;il,51r2 farms in the 'uited States there are about four million wage hands, two and one-half milliou tenants and thesev. 'ith the wageleau work ersl, and chillil slaves, and small fannrmers who work their laInds. itake up a working lxoly of adults of not less thaln 15,4N1.I004H. Industrial Ilioisni. taffiliation with a united woirking class comprising all essential society is our tily salvation. In 179, w bleen I saw the aetual grower of corn ie'ivinlg in Sollthe'rn Illinois feor his share but 8 cents a Itushel. :,anl wheni I saw working farmers in Cen tral Mississippi pay ing $1.60) or twenty times as much, in othller words, playing 20 1 ays ftor the product of :Ilanotht.r for ione. day. It Iiteraine certain to me that the soleittion of our trohiles lay outside of our own or. C(o-op,lerationll in rtoduction,. the plan on whicth we %%ork here,, may give relief, but the l olution is in con Irol of ilniustrites l? tlhe. workers. The 1. W. W. plan I al in ftavor of. It is the ontlly logical plan of ac etoni. * * The la ws and th l ('on.,aitutio ln back of the' hIms ~ere, imiade for property. We' ali gain no relicl' li,? estalllished legality. but we call legalize' aiiionIIg uill'ti\Se't our moral right tto the full enjoy uuelil' ,t' all Iet. wtealthI we produle. Yet rememiber we' iiist assolcate inlldistrially to exist or toe receive leefli I' frolim the u;,whine systei aid e'onomici distri }lImIoell. laalbor rcos of eixchlange lust hIn one of our 1rilniplal leiianiIuls. 'To set'cure this we milust he in ithle Illinll with all workers. who, luist our Iproduntsls or % Ilhose"' )lhrtiie'ts we ulint'. p'he. Iroce'ss otf orgaiizinug is simple. Thert' is 11no col1lpreltouslt farm work.rs' union in existe'nce. We iuist organize. ourselv's. A fe'w of us here in lIay St. ouisil. Miss.. are anxious to eoimbilne' with all others. We\ start with simple ltnion, as all things taraH. W\' 1o01r1 1 II nI'leui li (lo othetrs elsewhere. We' ell, ill our poverty uis the liiails, giver a ill initiative righ t. anlal Iby re'l'.renlilhl1l lllake' theli rules by which Wet are goveriled. My articleh inn No. 71 of The \'Vice coti'aelins eniiough of our princt'iples. Ilitre I hands, small /fuarm, rs. cIt nians, r'yrele'ss arl.', r.~ o/" theI 'farms, if you like those princ'iples. miiake organlize'rs of yourselves anilI write to it'e. Eu .liose' ptstage'I anlld Ole otf usi will act as seertetary Intill one4 e'ali Is'e e'lec'tetl . ()rgaii ize as workers, giving lio coinsidelration to prcI'.rlty. I'ent. inte'rent., wages. all p)rofits are' the' things ol)'I are fighting againsllt. Tihe ownership of a homlle oIr tle' land oin which eone woe'rks Imlakes Io one' an exploliter. We' mIIust Iluit this fool tightinll among ourselves. this dividing the' workers into castes and eaemies. OrKanize' whlere y(lou rianm. ()rganize. inhisntrially witll tihe Workers of tlie Worl I. Itay St. 1,ouis. HIiss. "Fred F're,. mat. RIPE FOR REBELLION. 'hlf Ihl.lak Ilake Illelne.r ('omplany eamp is ripe for organization. This' a111111 is ahboult four miles from ( ;qeliellil. Ia. Owing to had il tnalgermelt the logging department lof the illack ILake' Inllln'r Co. is ini ai dep'l)orable ttil lt1ionu. Til'e 1hbosses are almst wil l beaause it seims a:s Ih 'ariip will lo. st'veral thousand dollars worth , t iniller on eIoe'ut oif lnot InIg able to get their ral iroadll ear ollgh to log tlhe tiiiimber before' the' c!in Irarit l'iin Ielee. They hiive' st'it allneihe'r eiamp bully mtlh here' i r11 , IhrOls's ttI (lit ,'itgt'S oll the Int of the Ilnlilth. sii as to iieakt' the lelti 1iay tl'r the loss of the 11111el'r. .lle hIas ('IIt the blacksliith's wlage.s. whei has sliit. sec \w' er' e e.xIH'ttingl a sln;h ill Iiimest niiII tinme to take his pilae'e. 'rhiere lie no 0nioni lilmte till f lit' job, lett we have r:lIi s et llhig al e le)lt a salh 'at that hais helenl known to |ut ; hess lhri legh the wntsltl faster thaln a grey hillw ,''ll Iun t a rahlit through a briar iateh. 'We ar' 11" ; \iils eifr So/lle I. W. W. ie'n to droI p in .1 ',e ,s siln,' joithlters alelult hianllinig the t'at. as a i,' \\,' Ill gIlt (e . Olle' e very awkward things, if RENO, NEVADA, NOTES. { \e,. . tle. i' ol thlie Ih I. W. i. lap. Local 5$t aS oPe'lh'l ,'adquliarte'ls at tilc East h"eitirth stre't. Ii,,. I-'' tie. niiw hall hloated .h lh I e iiitlustrial center ,,If It.i ,iti'. .\All native worke,'s. t.lsicially singers, ailm'u'. \o ' pittiton [ihiilotsoJht.rs uiee'tle(l. VANCOUVER NOTICES. I'atrick Ilhaly. \who t as rc'e1,ttly e.xle.elletl f mni the ''rtza Ii itiit . (1a1 has b1n rt'einstate'eda I lit' regular busi Ip"c mIe'i'I' of. lstius. rei3l.... lVa sllr. I. ('.. oI th it nlowli th' lille tIlI'It spteake,'rs ;lll live wires are 1 R; E\TI'IY let'e'tle' htere. .tI r!. R. I.*',ml, r. ta , Se. 're te, tor:22 A LARGER VOICE On and ifter June 1st, if there is no majority ob jection, all standing matter, with the exeeption of one column, will be cut put of The Voice. This will give us space for about 3000 more words of new reading every week, but it will also necessitate rais ing the price of The Voice in bundle orders to the following BUNDLE RATES. In the United States or Canada: Orders for 10 or more copies paid montuly, or 50 or more copies paid weekly IN ADVANCE, 2 cents per copy. Orders paid for within the week they are received by pur-. chaser will be counted as paid in advance. TEN or more copies paid trn weeks in advaunce, I 3-4 cents per copy. ALL LOCALS. Will please take notice hereof and advise us before June first how many copies they will take weekly at the rates given above and remit for issue No. 74 of The Voice at the price of 2 cents per copy, where they ipay weekly. Covingto HallU. BEANS AND SOURKROUT. SWEET IlOME FRONT, May 12, 1914. Everything is getting along very well out here now. The strikers are all farming and going to church and having a good time. The company is well pleased, as they are getting enuf logs to run half time--whey they have a saw that will cut. They also have plenty of meni, such as they aire, but it takes 35 to run the steel gang now, where 18 used to be the limit. The seasl are getting mighty nice to the Union men out here, too. The other day they put off a parcel of beans at the tramin crossing with the inscrip tion on thenm, "This is for the UInion men; we don't need them; they do." (Many thanks).. Yes, we know we are hungry sometimes, but there is one thing we are proud of, and that is-when u'c meet c anyi ' 'we mut them like iun, witl a clean con .cic-nnuac and a smile on nutr faces. We are not curs. We have never scalbed on our chlae nor toted guns for the bosses, nor stolen milk from baby bottles. We arc rnot like scabs who, when they get out in' conm painy, stand around like an old hen half-cocked, ready to hop into the feed trough but smared to for fear sonice one will say shoo (or scab) and look like a keg of sourkrout or a gallon of pickled cucucoon. Also I think you are slhort with your beans, as there are about 100 union men around here, and 25 cents worth of beans will not go very far with them If I was scabbing for the immnense sum of $1.60 a day and paying 25 cents per pound for meat and $l.tNI for automatic pistols, I would buy the hungry people a whole sack of beans, and so help the boss from going broke. But there's one thing I wish you scals would tell inc: Why is it a strike breaker wants the "'honor" of breaking a strike and right on the other hand lie gets insulted when men further honor hium by calling himn by his correct name-A DAMN SCA B? E. M. Barton, Jr. C'OMMNET BY C('. II. Straws show which way the stream flows. The a~ct of these dirty armed skunks in chunkning off that sack of beans and labeling it "For the I'nion men, may not at first glance and to, the uninitiated look Iharmnful, but to those who have seen these low-browed Weast.'~ in action it pri'its th/Iy are huntiung troublc If they succed ill starting it ice hope thic wuorking mnun ond farmcrs of (Grant will finish it for them and thc bossy's, too. Then,. we suppase. OU'R men will be rushed to jail agaiin, and again we will hear that poor little old pat.'nt-insides that mooches its way thru the United States mails ulnder thet high-sounding title of "The Colfax Chronicle'."' howling some more about ''impar tial justice'," and offering to prove it by inviting The V'oice to conti to ('olfax and get thrown into jail for defending his OWN PEOPLE against the rotte(, Carlpethbaggers and ScHalawags of the Lumtber Tnrust. Our adlvice to the workingmen, women and farmers is for themu to put the SOCIAL BOYCOTT on Jim BHall's human hounds at Sweet Hlome Frnmt, that is, when TIHEY come into church or anywhere else. YOt' get uil and walk out. let these traitors to their class associate, dlance. drink and play c.ards with the bosses. deputy sheriffs and Burns defectives. Also, don't forget that the (Constitution of the l'nitedl States gives you the "right to keep anld hbear arms" and to I'SE them in defense of your LIVES. HOMES and LIBERTIES. I'nles "th. State of Lounisiana" sees fit to disarmn these hellions of the Luntwr Trust and cea.se issuing them deputy sheriff commissions. you reform the C'lans of Di.ri, andl defend yourselves and families,. holding the s/eriffs hereafter directl! and lurrsonall, rslponsible for the acts of their depo ties. Don't let the lumber Trust blacklist all the white and clored m,,,n out of Louisiana and fill up the State with a lot of lousy, curs in human fornm. Enlf is enuf. .IN WASHINTON, D. C. SBy ims L.N.r MaBrids. f Charles Edward ssll in a stirring speech em II May Day deounoeed war and treatment of Colorado a strikers by the government, and saidl part: S "I will not take a single step toward Mexrie, to e participate in this inndefeasible murder for all the conscript laws that can be passed.. If that be sedition make the most of it. "I love my flag if stands for liberty, freedom, dem ocracy and the rights of mankind; but if, under any r flag, human rights are trampled in the dust and it is d used to cover inhumanity and murder, then I say n such a flag is nothing but a filthy rag." r- Resolutions calling on the workers of the whole country "to rise up in holy wrath and indignation, e, and stop the great wheels of industry until peace is restored in both countries, and the workers are in sured the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of hap piness," were unanimously adopted. Following the resolution by the Socialists, there "e were tableaux by the children of the Socialist Sunday at School, and dancing. Ie The next day a Washington paper came to the ry front with the news that the fair name of the Capital City had been soiled. To think that here, in the capital of the United States, such an outrage could be committed, and the heavens refuse to fall! What are we coming to Yes, the speech of the Socialist was a very rude and unpatriotic thing, and we all stand with heads bowed in shame, but-the Washington papers had v. Iothing to say about the shame of the Capital City id when, on the day and during the night that that august body of men, commonly known as United ag States Senators, were in session wrangling as to at whether or not they would support the President in ,y his Mexican policy, one of the august ones was loll re ing in his chair so full of corn whiskey that he could hardly sit up, and during the night session he had In reached the stage where he insisted on clapping his a hands at the remarks of a colleague and was called p- to order by the chair. The chair being occupied by 't the senator of the pink whiskers in the absence of the Vice President. re The tanked senator got unsteadily to his feet, and 'c amid the snickering of the galleries, which were pack `- ed with the public and visiting diplomats, made his w. way to the chair and threw his arms around the pre pas siding officer and said something in his ear, and It after carreasing him in maudlin way, was help out n- of the chamber of the United States Senate, where ly he was making such a spectacle of himself. ar Another senator from ai Western State was tank ,g ing up steadily, and after the all-night seMsion, in which war was voted on. the workers of the United as States and Mexico licked up so much booze that he U5 was absent from his office for three days. n Did you hear the papers howl? a Not so you could hear it. ,Y JOE HILL'S TROUBLE. u The following letter is published at. the request of to Fellow-worker Ed. Rowan. SeciRtary L. IT. 69: he SALT LAKE CITY. May 2. 1914. ir Voice of thie People, New Orleans, La.: N t(entlemen--On .January 10th, 1914, .1. G. Morri ron, ex-policeman, was shot at 9::31) p. m. in his gro c.ery store by two masked men, in Salt Lake City, Utah. His son was also shot, but is supposed to have wounded one of the men first. Another son claims et to have heard the shots and reached the store just as at the masked men were running away. Four days later at the house of his friends, seven ik miles front Salt Lake City, J.h Hill was arrested on d informationl of a 1)r. Bird, who drove him to Eselius' Shome about 11:30 p. nm. the night of the murder. lill g- stated to the d(hitor who attended hint that he had id ~ten shot at the house of a friend because the friend thought he had insulted his wife and that he did not il want anything said as he knew the friend did not li mean it. d Another son of the (lead man claims to have iden he tified lill. Yet as the men were mnasked I don't r- think much of the identification. We are defending he him. but he states that he does not wish to involve il his girl friend andl will not state who shot him nor her II name. t. The main thing the State has against Hill is that rs he is an I. W. W. and tlhernfore sure to hbe guilty. Hlill n tried to keep the I. W. W. out of it and denied it. is, but the papers fastened it on him. For this reason I' he is entitled to be helped and not allowed to hang as for being an I. W. W. Every man is presumed to te s. innotent till proved guilty. It should not he neces 't nsary for hint to prove his innocence, and it would not es w if he was not an I. W. W. td SNott and MaeDom gall, per ,cott. S(Attorneys for .lhe lill) at WILL HICKS, NOTICE. e Will Ilieks. formerly of Vernon Parish. on the Sa I; bine River. please write to Fellow-worker Ike N l- Harvey. IMPORTANT. Anacaico. La. ap In any hig corporaton if the owner should happen ah. along, he would have to hunt up some slave and get a key before he could get in. a, -. tt -. . r u UMie** eas.. . .. ... t te e ' the eawdibs paq a wek ae Wass * B U is West ' m ism i beemge it ls "e8'" $. l & pay ag asry feety or afty day ay apI It.it's "argi" the law to dois th t Wet LMe lar whylatbe ,, Sa't it "aia" tl low. Mr lanh, South ad Bast Leahiami Siee you dm't display hem usny gats in a baet or pound send is a a l ha, san o yu.o g to be pi M afd mae ywr, a Cbhristam e, with a pair d nown-ua i rmade e alls and a plug of Star tobmeeo. Whoeverlnthebel beard of anything beug "agin" the law that the 8awiog Omabine iea to de They ordered me ofd their premise ame (private of coure) at deed of night. To lend dipOely to their order they habed me precede at short ramp the point of a gun. I was fjel enough at that time to iterview the U. 8. Court in New Orleans, with the hos of some edress. It was out of their "jurisdeloto." I suppose I should have proceded to Australia or New Zealand for some protection, but was not prepared to make the trip. You ought to know that any improvements in labor conditions in Louisiana is due entirelt to orgaisa tion in which many of you have taken NO part while others have back-elided, yet you share in say beneite that acerue from the efforts of your fellow-workers in the I. W. W. Any concessions made by the Lumber Trust is done to weakes organisation. It's time for all Rip Van Winkles to wake up and get a little common sense in their "beans." W. M. Wilt. WIDE-PLACE-IN-THE-ROAD. The City (uns here held another paper-dropping contest here yistiddy, to "disincorporate" or to not "ldisincorporate" woe the momentus qustun. It's only bin 3 yers sence we "incorporated" an then they tol us that we ud have a park an good streets an a hotel run by the "City" government. where we cud all eat an sleep an save the expense of maintaining individual larm clocks, as the "City" would have a elected waker up official to com aroun an tell us when to git up and git to keep frum bein fired fur hein late on the job. Well, it was a grate skeem olright, but the pesky ufficials went an put our taxes up so hi wv had to get step ladders to reach em. An, amy, the way us proletarians hustled aroun to "disincorporate" wiu a caution. To beer us pro letarians talk about the tremendus expenses uv run ning the "City" and how much it cost "us" (1) yud think that unlnem "we" "disincorporated" the Cos mos wud certinly fall tu pieces. But in spite uv cur tremendus effurts we are still "incorporated," an the forces uv evil still du bizziness at the ole stan an the Commos keeps on kickin. Meenwhile while we wus "disincorporatin," er tryin tu. us proletarians wus rite hizzy turnin out car loads uv eummoditties an sendin em on tu market so as not to interfeer with the Manifest Dooty uv our .lan to keep the industries runninn, no matter whut turns up, co as soon as the industries stop thare isent en"y profits oammin in to the boas, an when the profits stop eummin in the sorce uv the bosses' power dries up. Then if we are the cos uv the stoppin uv in ldustry the boss must have his "City" officials, an his county ufficials, an his State officials, an his National officials send thare purswaders aroun an indoom us to go hack on the job agin an bee good eityzuna, cor as long an industry gs on alright everyboddie is good eittyzuns. An when a industry stops goin on alright by premeditated maliss on the part uv the felloes what dus the wurk then, them felloes are "forrinerh unable to imbide the spirit iv American institoo shuns," anti so forth. I'roletvat~i Pete. P. 5.-I furgot tu menshun that while we, uv the proletariat, wuz so hizzy "disincorporatin" the ham had on wun uv those "smiles that wont crum oph," alsot a yard long, knowin that while we wuas biszzy "disincorporatin" we wuzzent threatenain his source Iv power, which is his profits and his control uv in dustry. P. P. LEESVILLE TERMS. The fee for a new member to join the I. W. W. at loc.al No. 210. Ieesville, La.. is 75 cents, and he will get a book and one stamp in it and three months' subh scription to The Voice. A member of the B. of T. W. can transfer for ,50 cents up to the first of July, 1914. and get the same as a new member. After July 1st it will cost 73 cents to transfer from the B. of T. W. to the I. W. W. The ldues are 25 cents a month up to the first of J.uly then 50) cents a month. A man 55 years of age. ,r a woman or girl can join or transfer for 50 cents anwl gt a membership card, which will pay them up for o,,e year. and get a three months' subschription to The Voice of The People. Busins is picking up here at our Iroal pretty fast. W. W. Walker, ,QervtarG!y 210. The flesh of a dead escab would give a buzzard the bubonie plague.