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“It is a right to be maintained in peace or war. It is a right that cannot be invaded without destroying constitutional liberty. Hence this right should be guarded |
and protected by the free men of this country with a zealous care, unless they are prepared for chains or anarchy.—Daniel Webster on Free Speech.
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DEMOCRACY AND THE RIGHT TO AGITATE .the solution of the entire social problem in all its WHAT DO
YOU CARE!
various forms.
FOR IT
Were it not for the fact that someone is get­
ting something produced by someone else, and W hat do you care w hether
In certain quarters where the desire for the
o f S
he M
f d ^ t pi'o- big business gouges enorm ous
protits out of the things you
dollar is the ruling passion there prevails the duce
r1lino strikes ,vn„iri
hist ar
would ho
be imnn«dh1e
impossible now.
now, just
as need
doctrine that after our representatives have be­ they once were. And no matter what means may W hy are you concerned W hen
trayed us on the' most vital questions, even those be used to prevent strikes,—no success will meet those who gamble with the peo­
ple’s destinies, coin fortunes
matters involving the «sacrifice of our very lives, the efforts, until the solution rests on a change1 out
of your distress?
we must bow in reverent acquiescence, and cease of ownership, whereby the few will lose their' What right have vou to com-
plain when American citizens
all efforts to attain our rights. This doctrine is.
™ nv
assiduously ioste e
p
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.
At present,
present two methods are followed m deal - I shot for asking for more wages
through every other avenue of publicity now in ing with
to meet the high prices exacted
the question; one is the forcing of the from
us bv the industrial over-
the control of the profiteers of the country.
workers to surrender, the other is trickery. But ¡ord" ?
This is not democracy.
v neither will succeed. The workers are becoming Where do you get the right to
If a minority, at the mercy of a manufactured enlightened, and as they attain knowledge they ¡ J - ™
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majority is to be forever silenced—and that is the also acquire power and achieve r eSUltS.
¡“honest, patriotic, industrious.
aim of the ruling classes in all countries—if this
And their growing power is the only weapon; ¡”teiiigent, sober, saving and
idea is to prevail, progress in the direction of jus­ available when the time to solve the question!
”'e"
ba”
tice will be retarded if not entirely stopped.
once for all has arrived. The time, when the what of it if bread in Eng-
This is autocracy.—The New Age.
“crust of the old society begins to crumble and J - t
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the expropriators will be expropriated, is near >i W hy do you continually crit-
DID YOU EVER THINK OF THIS?
ieise such “thrifty, honorable”
as the deterioration of the system is already men
as Morgan, Schwab. Rocke­
reaching its core.
feller, et. al., who have by their
¡“rigid economy" made hundreds
It has been stated many times, that strikes
THE MENACE OF DICTATURE,
¡of millions for them selves in a
should not be permitted to occur, as the “third
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which everyone has an equal
party/’ the innocent general public, is the suf­ . With
a
sigll
of
relief
we
leained
that
t.ie
Sit-
c.jlancc
ferer in every instance where industrial plants tings of the Congress were adjourned till Dec---- some day. become a millionaire
are closed by strik e;-th e lockout does not seem, g
- weeks at ,eagt we thou ht we Don t the men of big business
claim to have more sense
to have the same effect on the innocent third
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. , , u-iibont bm- nf new nn affairs
than
you?
thev claim they
party,” at least in the newspaper stories. Nor do ;
-e being^narted
P are not the Don't
spendthrifts that you
are?
Don’t
thev sav if vou will
these newspapers speak oi an occurence of an - -
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the government with
save your money like they do.
millions of men and billions of money; after hav- some day you will also be a mil­
i
ists and ‘that you will get ac­ they have pride left anyway. The
quainted with them and their
literature.
And further, that
when you understand them, you
will join the Socialist P arty and
become an active worker for a
world democracy.
If you can cast aside your pre­
judice long enough, stop the first
Socialist you meet and ask him
some questions concerning tfic
objections to our movement.
D on’t flinch in these.davs that
trv m en’s souls. Thousands are
flocking to the standards of the
Socialist Party as the onlv haven
of hope out of the world chaos,
Local Notes
party tried to break in. but there
was nothing doing.
It is not thought th at this re­
buff will dampen the ardor of tire
evangelist to rescue these w ay­
ward souls, as he is a man of en­
during persistence. On the con­
trary, it is rather expected that
his next move will be to get the
business men of the com m unity
to agree to give each woman of
the underw orld a job at. sav.
twenty-five dollars per week with
■ Saturday afternoons off and a
j two-week vacation once each
¡year at full pay. This is in line
’ with his practical Christianity and
! is expected to meet with hearty
i response from m embers of the
¡Chamber of Commerce and other
1 citizens-
Allen Acquitted.
TH E CHRONIC KICKER
Jam es Allen, superintendent of
W hen a resolution is introduced,
the M cEachren shipyards, was he is su re to offer an objection. Som e­
acquitted this m orning in Ju s­ tim es he kicks on th e subject m a tte r
tice Carnev s court of the charge itself. T hen he p ro te sts against- the
oi u n l a w f u l i m p o r ta t io n of strike-
,
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,
b reak ers.
It a p p e a r? ,
th a t
th e
j u r y w a s n o t s u f f ic ie n t, a n d so
t h e evidence acouitted him.
— — —
[orm in
■ been presented. F requently he finds
¡fa u lt w ith a word in the co nstruction
■ of a sentence, and often he will offer
! an am endm ent which puts th e origin-
j al resolution out of business. He is
prim ed for every p a rliam en tary dis-
I pute.
He seem s to be fam iliar w ith every
A s- i com m unication th at is read a t th e
Assured of Protection.
Eears of the workmen of
toria that the soldiers were about
to he removed is now proved to
be w ithout foundation. Ship
workers are invited to go back
to the yards again and the Sam ­
mies will see that they are not
molested bv German or Austrian
soldiers. However, the yard own­
ers remain obstinate and will not
give in to the closed shop propo-
lionaire
• sition and are keeping the men
from their work. Tn the mean
while it is reported that the
strikebreakers bab e a ship about
completed and expect to launch
it most any dav. It is suggestet
tliat the honor «if christening it
runm en in to C o lo rad o to he conferred on I’liree-Eingered
_ ack.
tU r^ ib l^ ^ V o n
! the job all th e tim e, with both feet.
both fists, and w ith a tongue th a t is
sh a rp e r than a two-edged sword. He
tak e s him self seriously. N ever does
he crack a sm ile He has a m ission,
and everybody soon com es to know
it. O ften have we w ished him in
Timbv.ctoo, w here he could spout to
his h e a rt's content on all the “ ism s”
th at so glibly glide off the end o f
his tongue.
But honestly, we’d m iss him if he
should go. Miss him n o t because we
love him. perhaps, but because he is
one of th e n ecessary facto rs in our
| development. As a m a tte r of fact,
j w ithout him, w e’d soon drift into a
rut. because m ost of vs a re too lazy
to think of an objection to say noth­
ing of an original prop sition. T h ere's
a t least one th in g th at we m ust say
to his c re d it—he alw avs a tte n d s the
m eetings.
F u rth e rm o ’e, he m ust
u n lit t tbe m in ers ot t o lo ra d o in ­
spend considerable tim e in reading
te rfe re w ith his p ro fits?
and in study to know as m uch as he
Saboting Our Streets.
W hy do vou find fault when
It seems, acording to local does about c u rren t e cuts, and the
those elected to office have one 'p ress rejxirts. that some one has th eo ries which m en a re discussing.
ally thinks.
law passed after another to sup- been practicing sabotage on our He He actu
may not alw ays be right, but
press the freedom of speech, as- city streets. An excavation near he certain ly is awa! e -and th a t's
the corner of N inth and Duane a n o th e r point to his c ie d lt. Also, he
keeps th e rest o f us aw ake.
And
streets a few days ago disclosed th a t isn't bad. But lie 's m ore often
Federal Constitution?
the fact that the pipe leading rig h t than not. W e < Ivect to him
w-hat right have vou to growl from the catch basin to the because lie is like a bee buzzing
and grum ble at Congress w hen sewer had never been connected about our heads, but even th e be©
it passes a law giving one man i hut was simply extended into the is a useful c reatu re.
Som etim es it hard to be p a tie n t
the power to crush each and every street below the pavement.
w ith the kicker. But (here a re o th ­
papbr or any piece of literature
W hether some
pro-German ers who a re w orse th an he is—for
in the United States that is dis contractor intended to breed dis­ instance, the fellow who never show s
tasteful to hini?
i ease here to destroy the city, or : up at the m eeting and then does his
kicking outside, w here it does a
“Stop that nonsense”, 1 hear w hether it was the work of some whole
lot m ore harm . H e's the chap
someone saving. Rut if it's n o n ­ pesky I AY. W „ to make more th a t should be jum ped on. and not
sense. let me ask vou. are not the
th e m an who is sincerely, usually
I r. ew tilings I have enum erated a work, is so far a conundrum. intelligently, though n et alw ays w ise­
¡However, an investigation is
reg iste rin g an objection in the
living reality? (dr are you so j said to he going on and startling ly,
open m eeting to proposed actions
blind and deaf to existing condi­ revelations are expected.
which would oft^n spell d isa ster.—
tions that you neither w ant to
B C. F.
Had it been possible to abolish strikes, it would
have been done long
inconveniences, but hard
beyond human endurance, and even force the after a year.
workers to surrender unconditionally; but strikes
We supposed that the Congress, and the Presi­
cannot be prevented any more than the freezing dent as well, were pleased with* their achieve-
of water at a certain temperature, or the issuing ments But it doesn’t seem so At the last mm
of smoke from the fire.
ment Senator Lewis moved that the Longiess,
Strikes are only manifestations of conflicting on adjourning, give the President an unlimited I
interests contingent upon our industrial system; power in all matters. Under that the President
indications that, under the cover of our appar­ could take whatever steps he should consider
ently existing prosperity, there are in operation necessary during the time between the sessions.
latent forces, untraceable to the masses, yet most Also, a dictature.
keenly felt by them.
Thus our hope of an interval of rest was
The apparent, or the immediate, causes of roughly shattered
strikes may be variable, and it may seem to aj
fa(d
gran^ ng of sucb absolute power
casual observer, that there can be no general| cannot yery widely diffef from what hitherto
cause tor all the strikes, yet, theie is, anc it i s R a g b e e n t h e ruje Ir every matter of any im-
n°t at all difficult to point it out.
portance the Congress has dutifully surrendered see them, nor hear of them ? If
It sometimes seems m ighty
The propelling power of the material life o f the commandg emanating from the White vou have vision to see and vour Godwin Unpopular in the Red queer
that the buying value of
Light
District.
ears are attuned to the wails of
m an is the desne foi betteiment, his insatia te Eouge ^ye at least are ignorant of any instance protest,
a
dollar
has steadily decreased
Three-Eingered
Jack
and
a
and if vour heart beats
longing for security against every possibility where the attitude of the Congress had been dif- for a better order of things, what party of Christians, so press re­ in the last few years. And wages
say. made a pilgrimage to are much higher—that is. we re­
that might render him or his postei it> dependent i
from tbat. Such a miracle was about to are vou going to do to brim ports
the red light district of the city ceive more dollars—today than
a change?
for sustenance upon the vicissitudes o fate often h
in connection with the Espionage Act. about
H aven’t the oeople alternately i last night to tell the inmates formerly. W here is that worker.
reaches a state ot covetuosness in which all ie- rpyæ Congress struck out the provision for estab- tried the Republican and D em -' thereof that they must he g o o d ! unless it he some alleged “pa-
parties and haven't they ! ° r leave the town. The inhabit- triot." who cannot see the justice
gard for the v/eltare ot others is foigotten. bgb|ng a cenSorship of newspapers. This inex- ocratic
proved a dismal failure? Relieve ants put out their lights and b ar-¡in asking for more money in re­
This, however, is not the result of the existence cusabje mischief was made up afterwards by en- us when we say tiiis dark h o u r' red their doors, which shows turn for his labor?
of some superhuman law which directs the fate acti
a law doublv as harsh in its suppression would not he one speck brighter \ _______________________________________________________________
Hughes been elected last
and destiny ot man but the result of our corrupt of
freedom of the press. Indeed, we are had
year instead of \ \ ilson.
and unfit industrial system, which deprives the whoRy unable to imagine anything that the The capitalist svstem. whether United We Stand, Divided We Fall”
inistered bv the iron fist of
The time has arrived when the workingmen of the country
multitudes of all the luxuries pro\ ided \\ human p regjdenc upOn the advice of his military guides, adm
an absolute autocrat or whether must unite! Organized capital is strongly united in its efforts to
ingenuity and nature s abundance
. , coujd wjsh and not obtain from the Congress.
it sails in the name of democracy, crush the rightful demands of the workers. The so-called capitalist
While the immediate causes of strikes seem to j
a matter of principle, the proposition of has furnisihed the sad music to papers are always trving to form public opinion against the w ork­
mad dance of death; ingmen. Thev publish news and articles in the interest of the
be want and misery, desire for enjoyment anc gena^-or Lewis ought to make even some of the the In world's
normal times there is a dif­ m aster class only.
easier living, the solution of the problem cannot upper cjasses to realize into what a bottomless ference in the political and civil j The workingmen of Astoria and vicinity know this to be an
be found unless the industrial structure of the
we afe rushing. Our constitution draws a liberties between an au to cracy ! absolute fact. The workingmen of this comm unity can see there
a democracy, in favor of the is onlv one paper in Astoria that is nublishim r the facts about the
modern society is based on an entirely new and fdg4-jrict dne between the jurisdiction of the exe- and
latter. So long as we have cap­ strike and that paper is “ the Daily Toveri" (The Daily Com rade!.
different foundation, rhe solution of stnkes m"»cutiVe power and that of the legislative. The italism. however, and the private
T his paper has been published in the Einnish language only,
ownership
in
the
sources
of
life
for
about
years, hut we saw the urgent need of a paper
volves inextricably the solution for poverty, want fundamental basis of ap Republican forms of gov- endures, we will have the Lud- that could ten
he read by the English-sneaking people also, so we
and misery insofar as poverty is the result oi ernmen^ does noj; anOw of any further intrusions lows, the Bi<bees, the Home decided to do
all we could to let all the people know the real
Hazeltons. exploitation facts about the strikes and all other m atters im portant to the
exploitation. .
.
£be o tte r’s disadvantage. From a constitu- of steads,
the masses, national and in­ workingmen, which are kept dark by other papers.
There were times, when poverty, misery and tioRal int of view Senator Lewis’ proposal is ternational
rivalries and co n se-!
W IL L YOU U N IT E W IT H US FO R YOUR OW N SA KE?
want were even more prevalent than now, but contravy to the law. And if it were declared con- quent wars.
the word strike did not imply cessation of work gtitutionai by some strange trick of “constitu­ You. fnv dear reader, may not I Do vou w ant the Dailv Comrade to be YO UR CO M RA D E?
the Socialists. Perhaps yon ;
You can answ er this bv simplv cutting out and idling the
ât that time; its present meaning is compara- .r „ fhe fact remajns that the proposed action like
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have no th in g to lose bv reading
omic and industrial system that made it impossi- Rcan mode of government
literature. Rut w'hether you
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ble for the workers to cope with the situation Wap ig ruinous to ap democracy—even a war their
dn or not. w hether you are
Cor. 10th & Duane St.,
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hlindlv prejudiced nr not. vou
without at times collectively ceasing from work.
ed foR «the gafety of democracy.”
Astoria,- Oregon.
admit that if the Social­
The strike is possible as well as unavoidable _ Die
5 shipyard strike in Astoria The slogan of tne wide-aw; will
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tribution, the owning of which makes them the M/ iv workmen
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ignorance for the working of the, world find them selves in
Address
Therefore, being a work- to dav.
absolute masters over those without a share in ;h<‘)Ught of their own interests
T his leaflet is addressed to
SUCh Ownership
before, are now beginning to be- ing m art get together with others
v o u in the hope th at vou will
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