No one can any longer deny that
woman is a man’s equal in every re
spect. Very few believe that the
“man is the head of the woman even
39 Chirst is the head of the church.’’
Women must now consider the length
of time it took to arrive at their
present status. Through centuries
they have suffered untold misery, mis
fortune and agony, until at last, altho
they have not yet been granted full
rights, they are at last considered co
equal with men.
An exposition of what was thought
of woman in olden times we can find
in the Bible. Starting with Eve, in
the Old Testament, and ending with
Priscilla and Aquila in the New Testa
ment, woman is not more than an un
avoidable subject that had to be given
place there.
Women were always the upholders of
the biblical theories, cleaving to the
teachings, though not as much to the
teachings as to the ceremonies, which
they liked and were persuaded to ob
serve with heart and soul.
Whenever a new movement was
started, women always took great part
in it. Notone ideal ■ woman, whose
character we would admire, whose
action we would imitate, do we And a
description of in the Bible. Their
names occur, but little about them
is mentioned. Perhaps for the sake
of space they are dropped into obscur
ity very quickly. It is possible that
of all the women of those days, of all
the women who followed the Lord,
who served Him. there could not be a
portrayal of the character of one at
least which might All us with inspira
tion? Is it possible that such a
woman did not exist in those days?
No. They did exist, but were too
little thought of to be given consider
ation.
Woman who, after so long a period
of persecution and endurance has
come out upon the plane of equality
with men, must now give considera
tion to the position they are to
occupy, and must outline their own
career.
Women are the upholders of the
population. They have brought chil
dren into the world and raised them
up, only to be mocked in return. The
fate of humanity depends upon the
women. They will impress upon their
children their thoughts, their spirit,
their ideals, their aspirations, and, if
noble, their children will become a
noble and splendid people. Women
can bring the children up to be civ
ilized, sober, and industrious.
If the women of today are expected
to rear, or expect to rear such a noble
succeeding generation, they must Arst
of all have an object in life; and
then, must be given a chance to at
tain a higher physical, mental, and
social development. Under the cap
italist system the higher physical,
mental, and social development woman
is impossible. The Woman question
therefore becomes involved and in
separable from the Social Question.
The question then becomes not
alone the problem of their sex, but
the problem of the development and
civilization of the whole human race.
This is the relation of women to the
Socialist movement. Finding that
the system we live under forces women
out at a very early age into wage
slavery, compelling them to sacrifice
their life for what will barely keep
them alive undeveloped, ignorant,and
exhausted, after many years of hard
toil for the interests of their masters,
by the time they are middle aged
these women are fit only for “homes”
and hospitals.
If they have not missed the chance,
and have tried to fulfill their mission
in life, have married and raised chil
dren, it is not very long until they
are forced to send their children out
to earn a livelihood. Often must the
mother and her children all join to
gether as wage slaves of the same cap
italist master.
Such being woman’s position, women
must realize that the woman question
is not a question which concerns, or
can be solved by women alone, but is
a question which can be solved only
through the overturning of the sys
j tern of private ownership of industry,
, and by the establishment of a system
I of collective ownership. When the
| revolution is accomplished, and then
only will women have a chance to de
kvelop their talents and strive for
higher ideals. The women realizing
these facts and striving for the rem
' edy are the Socialist women. They
are to be helped by uniting with
them and supporting them and their
principles. Let all women wtio realize
their own condition under this sys
tem not let themselves be led astiay.
Let them take up and study Social
ism, and see for themselves whether
it is not the true salvation of woman.
Ignorance is a blank sheet on
which we may write; but error is a
scribbled over sheet, on which we
must first erase. Ignorance is con
tented to stand still, with her back to
the truth; but error is more presump
tuous, and proceeds on her own way.
Ignorance has no light, but Error fol
lows a false light. The consequences
is that Error, when she retraces her
steps has farther to go before she can
arrive at the truth, than has ignor
ance. Do not be deceived. Look for
J yourselves, judge for yourselves, read
I and study for yourselves, think for
i yourselves, and, finally, act for your
j selves.—Weekly People.
THE COLONEL’S
PHILOSOPHY
The thermometer had been climbing
all day and was still going up when
we returned, hot, tired and cross
from a session in court. It had been
warm work trying to convince the
judge that we knew what we were
talking about, and the fact that our
efforts had been unsuccessful gave the
temperature an additional boost.
We removed our celluloid collars as
a precaution against spontaneous
combustion, and were proceeding to
drain the water cooler dry, when the
Colonel hailed us from the doorway.
His cheery “Ship ahoy!” was as
refreshing as au ocean breeze.
“You look too clean and comfort
able to be respectable—how do you do
it?” we inquired, noting his iluen
suit, Panama hat and white canvas
shoes.
“Do what? Keep cool or be respect
able?”
“Give us your receipt for keeping
cool—we’ll take chances on being
respectable. ”
The Colonel tossed his hat into the
waste basket and made a few passes
over his bald head with a voluminous
baudana.
“Well, sou, my prescription fer
keepin’ cool—inside and out—is to
take things, weather included, jest’s
they come, an’ make the best of ’em.
As fer bein’ respectable, a man's own
conscience is the best doctor I know’
of.”
The Colonel tilted back in our
swivel chair ’til the spring protested.
“Supposing a man hasn’t got any
conscience?”
We’d argued all day and the cross
question came spontaneously.
“The man without a conscience Is a
derelict, an’ the sooner the govern
ment blows him up, as a menace to
navigation, the better.”
“Supposiqf hs> carrying too much
conscience ballast and has a list in
consequence—would you advise shift
ing the ballast or throwing it over
board?”
‘‘No man ever carried too much of
that kind of ballast. It’s the only
thing that keeps the ship to her
course. What’s the matter with you
anyway? Broke your steering gear,
or been out in the hot sun without a
hat?”
We assured the Colonel that our
rudder chains were still intact, and
that we’d been under cover, except
from the cross-fire of our learned
brother’s ‘defense. ’
‘‘What was the case?”
The papers on our desk were scat
tered to make room for the Colonel’s
feet.
‘‘My client made a remark. The
remark travelled, gathering sufficient
momentum to land him in court
charged with malicious gossip and
defamation of character. ’ ’
‘‘Served him right!”
As we were still smarting under our
defeat, and the Colonel’s decision was
a simplified version of the judge’s, we
did not trust ourselves to reply.
‘‘Here, have a cigar an’ forget your
troubles. ”
We bit off the end with one snap
and the Colonel resumed.
‘‘Now, son, near’s I c’n Agger out,
you’ve got ingrowing conscience be
cause you couldn’t defend a man
against himself. Your client didn’t
need a lawyer, what he wanted was a
doctor. He was suffering from Talker
itis—never heard of it? Well, It’s one
of the most popular afflictions en
joyed by modern civilization—beats
appendicitis an’locomotor ataxia by a
city block. Talkeritis is not only con
tagious, but it’s sure death to those
who are not inoculated. The devas
tation occasioned by this disease
makes the path of a Kansas cyclone
look like the petal-strewn walk In a
rose garden!”
As the Colonel paused to light np,
we threw out the lead and sounded for
depth.
‘‘Does Talkerltis have any relation
to ordinary conversation? Can’t a
man make a remark without being
haled into court?”
‘‘Depends on the remark—how,when
an’ to whom it’s made—an’ jest you
paste this up in your pilot house, son,
for future reference: Talkerltis looks
so much like ordinary conversation
that you can’t tell the difference ’til
after the ship's poundin’ on the
rocks.”
We’d caught the Colonel’s breeze
and kept alongside.
‘‘How about gossip? That have any
bearings on Talkerltis? ’
‘‘Reckon your binnacle lights don’t
need trimmin’—you’re on the right
tack. Gossip is one of the worst
stages of Talkeritis. When folks ar
rives at this stage they should be
chained up in the brig an’ fed on dog
biscuit. ”
‘‘Surely a man has a right to exer
cise his gift of speech—life would be
a nice, cheerful voyage if we all
crossed the ocean with our mouths
closed. ’ ’
The Colonel gibbed and came up
into the wind.
‘‘My boy, conversation as she is
conversed today is not only a lost art
but it’s a dead language. When I
meet a man who can open his mouth
without putting his foot in it, I feel
like handing him my pocket book an’
telling him to keep the change. When
1 meet a man who can talk intelli
gently an’ interestingly for ten min
utes without draggiu’ in his family
affairs an’ private troubles, 1 feel like
giving him a season ticket to the ball
games. When I meet a man who con
siders his neighbors’ habits an’ indi
vidual inclinations as sacred, 1 feel
like payin’ off the mortgage on his
house. ”
The Colonel was rounding the course
now, and we swung wide to give him
right of way.
“The energy that is wasted in su
perfluous language would carry the
Gulf Stream up ’round the North
Pole. If folks was fined every time
they talked too much there wouldn’t
be enough money in circulation to
pay the erew. If we’d keep as close
watch over our tongues as the man on
lookout, there’d be fewer distress
signals flying off shore.”
As the Colonel jammed on his hat
and made ready to go ashore we asked
his directions against fouling on the
snags of Talkeritis.
“Here’s the chart I’ve followed for
sixty years, son.
“If you have anything to say. say
it; if you haven’t, keep to your
course.
“When you hear the gossip breeze
whistlin’ in the riggin’, reef your
m’ns'l for there’s a squall cornin’.
“Near talk is a cross-wind that
never yet brought a cargo into port.
“ ’Nuff said is smooth sailin’ an’
the tide in your favor.
“Don’t cross a man’s bows unless
he tries to foul your course; if he
does, go ahead! Somebody will pay
the damages, an’ it won’t be you.
“Never make a statement you can’t
back up. Promiscuous assertions are
the sunken reefs that a careful skip
per avoids as he would the warning,
‘breakers ahead!’”—Hy Gertrude
Maryland Moorhouse.
PREAMBLE OF
THE W. F. OF M.
1. —We hold that there is a class
struggle in society and that this
struggle is caused by economic con
ditions.
2. —We affirm the economic con
dition of the producer to be that he is
exploited of the wealth which he pro
duces, being allowed to retain barely
sufficient for his elementary necessi
ties.
3. —We hold that the class struggle
will continue until the producer is
recognized as the sole master of his
product.
4. —We assert that the working class
and it alone, can and must achieve
its own emancipation.
5. —We hold, finally, that an indus
trial union and the concerted politi
cal action of all wage workers, is the
only method of attaining this end.
6. —Therefore, we, the wage slaves
employed in and around the mines,
mills and smelters of the World, have
associated in the Western Federation
of Miners, Mining Department of the
Industrial Workers of the World.
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Notice of Meeting
Local 264, I. W. W. holds its regular
meetings every Monday evening at
8:30 p. m. in the W. F. of M. hall.
Ed. Cunningham, president.
A. A. Banta, Sec-Treasurer.
After the Collision.—The Kid—“Pa,
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FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Miss Agnes Bauer (now Mrs Thos White),
Prank Bauer, Charles Barr. M A Bauer and
Fred Rosberg. your heirs, successors or as
signs :
You are hereby notified that the undersigned
has expended In labor and improvements the
sum of one hundred dollars for the year 1907.
upon the following claim, to wit: C. C. Group,
first and second tier benches, situated on the
left limit of Banner creek, a tributary of Nome
river, in the Cape Nome Mining District. Dis
trict of Alaska, and recorded in Volume 116, on
page 202. with : he recorder of said district.
And you are lurther notified that if you do
not, within uin**ty days from the date of final
publication hereof, cause to be paid to the un
dersigned your proportionate share of said ex
penditure, as co-owner, your interest in said
group will become the property of the under
signed. under Section 2324, rev ised Statutes of
the United States.
GUS. E. JONES. Co-owner.
Date of first publication January 24. 1908
Date of last publication April 17. 1908
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To VV. N. Stanton. C. C. Suter and Jeriy Calla
han. their heirs, successors or assigns:
You are hereby notified that the undersigned
has expended in labor and improvements
the sum of one hundred dollars for the year
1907 upon the following claim, to-wit: Sophia
claim, situated on the left limit of Seattle
creek, a tributary of the Flambeau river, in the
Cape Nome Mining District, District of Alaska.
And you are further notified that if you do
not. within ninety days from the date of final
publication hereof, cause to be paid to the un
dersigned your proportionate share of said ex
penditure, as co-owner, your interest in said
claim will become the property of the under
signed. under Section 2324. Revised Statutes of
the United States.
HOWARD WHAITE, Co owner
Date of first publication January 24. 1908
Date of last publication April 24. 1908
FORFEITURE NOTICI
To Ed Tomlingson, E J Fisher, Christina Mc
Kay, Laura Macquurrae. 1J Uibney. Sam
Engburg, Kitty Cordon. H. D. Blake your
heirs, successors or assigns.
You and each of you are hereby notified that
the undersigned have expended one hundred
dollars in labor and improvements upon each
of the following claims to wit: The Cordon As
sociation claims Nos. 1. 2. 3 and 1 situated on
the left limit on Sinook river, about three miles
below American creek and one and one half
mile below Derby creek, sis recorded in Volume
148,pages 352 and 343 in the office of the recorder
of Nome Mining and Recording District. Dis
trict of Alaska, in order to hold said premises
under the provisions of section 2324. Revised
Statutes of the United States, and being the
amount required to hold the same for the year
ending December 31st. A D. 1907.
And if within ninety days from the service of
this publication, you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of such expenditure as co-own
er. your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned under Section 2324.
JULIUSTOLLEFSEN.
CHRIS ANDERSON.
O. T. COLLINS.
Date of first publication January 10. A 1). 1908
Date of final publication April 3. A D. 1908
FORFE1 TURK NOTICE
To C. A. Diedrich, his heirs, successors or
assigns.
You. and each of you, are hereby notified,
that the undersigned has expended the sum of
one hundred dollars in labor and improvements
upon that certain placer mining claim known
as and being the “C. A. D.” Claim, situated on
Oregon creek, a tributary of Hungry creek,
being the second claim below the mouth of
Nugget Gulch, in the Cape Nome Mining a»ul
Recording District, District of Alaska, as will
appear by Proof of Labor filed and recorded on
the 30th day of December, A. D. 1907, in the
office of the Recorder of the aforesaid Mining
and Recording District, in order to hold said
claim and premises under the provisions of
section 2324. Revised Statutes of the United
States, being the amount required to hold the
same for the year ending December 31st. A. D..
1907.
And you. and each of you. are hereby further
notified, that if you do not, within ninety (90)
days from the date of the final publication of
tty is notice, pay or cause to be paid to the un
dersigned, your proportionate share of the
above mentioned expenditure as co-owner, your
interest in said claim and premises will become
the property of the undersigned, your co-owner,
under the provisions of said section 2324 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
CHRIS ANDERSEN
Date of first publication January 3rd, A D 1908
Date of final publication March 27th. A D 1908
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To Jafet. Lindeberg, Josephine Lindeberg. K
O Lindblom, Magnus Kjelsbevg, D Stevcson.
T W Campbell. Chus D Johnson and Theo
dore Hansen, their heirs or assigns.
You and each of you are hereby notified that
I. the undersigned.' have expended the sum of
one hundred dollars in labor and improvements
upon each of the following claims, to-wit: Em
pire. July and P. M. C. claims, situate and being
in the Nome Mining District, District of Alaska,
and that if you do not with n ninety (90) days
after the date of final publication of this notice
contribute your proportionate share of such
expenditure'your interest will become the pro
perty of your co-owner the undersigned, in ac
cordance with Section '2324 Revised Statutes of
the United States. CHAS RUSSELL
Date of first publication Jan. 3, A D 1908.
Date of last publication March 27. A D 1908
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