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THE AGITATORB._ The agItators are the loyal men Who staunchly stand for truth, though prison pen And death on scaffold grim ark wait. ang thee. The hemmpen noose may ntrangle their brave song; The eyes that biased defiance to the wrong May bulge from out their sockets as they die: The mocking saugh of tyrants and the wall Of the oppy.sen may be their re quiem hymna: let Truth will conquor. Justice will prevail. Their life blood tingles through the veins of time And warms the world in every place and clime. The agitators are the loyal men Whose names shall live when tyrants are but dust; We hall them as the saviors of the race; We haill them, yea, we honor them and trust. -John McDonough A OLORIOUS OPPORLTUNiTt. By John U Work. Through the joint action of the Wo. man's National Committee and the National Executlve Committee of the Socialist Party. a petition for equal outrage Is now belng clrculated for signatures. We Soclallets propose to bring about ondlttome wherein we an onaset what ever laws or ameadmenWt we desre. without petitioningr anybody. Bt, meantime, we have to take the best available means of ezpreeing our selves and arouosag public sentimet. The repubdcan and demoeratic partles have not champtoed equal miffrge. There has been nothingr for them to lose by It. but they have let It alone because of Innate couser vanim. Thor might still be nothing for them to lose by It it they ohan ploned It at once. But there is a great deal for them to lose by it if they do not champion It at onee. For, women are likely to cast their ballots for the party that sto most active In giving them the ufttrage. The ooelallet Party NKatlona plat form declaree In favor of unrestrieted and equal suffrage for men and wo men and pledges the party to make an actice campaign to secure the same. We oeialists want equal msnrage regardless of the coNeaquenee to uer. selves I It would result In tomper. ary defeat and delay for our move ment --o be It. We would not ceo promise a great principle for tempor ary advantage. But, there Is no ocaieo for any seuh reslt, Women are going to seeure the suffrage during the next decade or two anyhow. The best way for us to Imwre that they wtll vote agalnst us when they get the ballet Is by sbowlg Indiffer ence In their struggle for the ballot And the beet way for us to iure that the women will rally to the So clalist Party when they get the ballot Is by making a bold and viterous struggle to get the batot for them. The IocIaliot Party In many eoan biccl bas Orr ca...WvrrWltW6 ma. nki "rntl~HwYrn t" al y r 1 ln advancsts e.ºraigkand.T coy# duiý1eg Ich time ýrrw',the blcseead. pu t to fh tietl" wi. do laba takUULt1 'mW fecId, maIaled as m yon an p perlloodrmatllaf rý.o 1 tob U bac ui t _rnxusue a . udsi" mg be U SPA CIO e1ýý Enlink the high grsa 1 dlres behidb acultacki cot ostvO Ito mlihmern* psatbabu1 laedteatQa ff9?J · manutacturer. auajb· beb~Imb ci.. V ES bci~easa~Ur o *.p. . r4 jyju e our Cato le" our ·nwra ofr AMiw wu s W*?61tWme. m~ d bmug~ .m ib"ete n eMww ~ t hewe n N M thraamv ether . wIIrsinait $II.M Mr ý/M. t e lrr/wr o1RwM S.E-Iof dit.gll r$.s' U*YuFLf5Se di .dl SetCb ed A hndd thousand malt mol let year. rIdnit very du-abe and Dnedamnoe WILr Swecal auhlt, of rubber. wh never be aoo'aporous and which clue up imail ppn114ar ý wlt ·1Ytal ols` he ar ty sea".· N thiat. W· h*e llarerocad rtlrdng~ave r 'L . 'nn axim tt rodef l3.5 per pair. All order. hihppe ja de teoN ý"hp C. 0. pon approeal Yost Go t pay a cant anU 10r6 a loa SIOO ILL ow .. tý. am rrwý ..Te riwu e.ýu =r~n i·rPn ru 9 0N10 0009 ILL.l~ tries has soared val.aMse legsateuo out of the o14 partle by worklag up publlo sentiment to a polat when the old partles oounsded it neeumary to their own eontlnued politleal eZsttence that they should make ooesnsloaa In the ame moaner, the Socialist Party can scare equal sufrasge out of the republtoan sad democratlo partles The women wtl then have the belotl several years earlier than they otherwise would. Then they will ow. it to the Uooialiso Party. And they will be wise enough to know It. In the European countries the recipients of the benefits of remedial leglseatlon have In ever increulasing numbers showed that they recognise who It is that scared that remedial legislation out of the old parties. bo, grab these petitions and get busy. Olve every woman and man In your community a chance to sign. Tr.t's land a petition in Congreo that will make their eyes bulge. \Vhii ev'ery utterance in Congress 14 duly r*ecord'ed by stenographers and appears In the ('ong'reasional IRecord,. and while hearings before committees Iand c,,mminsins are ilkewise a matter of record. yet, owing largely to the v- luminous printed documents the Kcr, :lter portion of vital matters aret lIst to view. Just recently, in a sp.eech madl, on the floor of the House the follow ing facts were stated; hav Ing Ibeen collected by the New York Child lalmr c'ommission: Children's dresses are paid for at the rate of 50 cents per dozen. The average' daily out put for one person in thirteen hours is one dozen. Violets arme made for thirteen and one half cents per gross, and a mother three girls and a grand mother earn 60 cents per day The average wage of an entire fam ily at garme.nt finishing is from 60 to 70 cents per day. Making cigarette wrappers brings 10 cents per 1.000 and a woman wrok Ing from 6 a. m to 12 p. m can make $2 per week. Machinists Journal. WAR-WHAT FOR? I. a hand some, gold-stamped, high-grade cloth bound, double-backed book, printed in easy, open type on thigh quality paper. 8z5 inches in sise. The book contains 352 pages; 12 chapters; 13 intensely Interesting full-prge pictures (three powerful half-tones); several literary photographs of hell; trenchant discus sion of every phase of war, miltarlsm. and social struggle; more than a dos en strong passages for school and en tertainment declamations; over 300 citations and quotations from author. ities; bibliography; numerous suggest ions for promoting the propaganda against war and capitalism; an abun dance of material for lectures on war, midtarism, the class struggle, capital ism. socialism, and the history of the working class. A book of this size, stock, binding, and richness of illus tration is usually sold at $1.50 to $.00 Can be had from the Montana News for $8120 postpaid. To with hold deserved praise lest It should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold pay ment of a Just debt test your creditor should spend the money badly. bllmeribe for the Montana News. Victor Berger in Butte. Victor L. Ilerer, the first Socialist Congressman, delivered a lecture at the Auditorium, in Butte, last Mon day evening. A larugi and enthua Y `'' h ¢ýý A^~· pi rý: r lastic aulence were present to hear the veteran Socialist of America. As introductory to his lecture, Mr. Berger defined the word "Sociallmm" in (ti mewning to him. Capitatlsm. he termed the present day way of conducting business. Socialism, he said, was the name for the new epoch of civilization in , hlch each man would serve society, one for all and all for one. It is not the name of a theory, but an epoch. Mr Berget then went on to tell of conditions In Milwaukee before and after the com Ing of the Socialists Into power, and pointed out in what respects he th-ught the new administration had bettered conditions Freedom by Sodaloa. A synopsis a his remarks is as follows: "Social freedom, complete justice, can only be accomplished by the col lective ownership and democratle management of teh social means of production and distribution. "I realise that all this cannot be brought about by a single stroke-by a one day's revolution. But I know that all legislation, In order to be real. ,y progressive and wholesome, must move in that direotlon. "And the only party that is going I in that direction Is thn Soelallst party. "With the Socialils political issues are of minor consequence, and scon Smic issues are the important questions. '"Th-t is the reason that we refuse to be diverted or led astray by political reform, like the initiative and referen. t dum Each in itself Is a good enough I reform and has been agitated for a long time by the Socialists and forms a part of our programme today. Mere changes in the mechanism of expresi ing the will of the people are, how ever, of minor importance when com pared with the reform of economic condltions. Want Old A.e Pe~lon. "We want the initiative. But we want much more, the old age pension for every working man and working woman of 60 and over. "We want the referendum. But we want insurance against being out of work much more. "We want the recall. But a pension for orphans-at least for those who have no father-and a pension for working women during the period of child bearing is of indefinitely greater importance than the right to recall a judge. "Of the political reforms a new constitution is of most importance Be. cause, with the old constitution social reforms are almost Imposible No mater how good and beneficial a .'aw mer be. it will as a rule, be declared unconstitutional by the supreme court And, as a rule, it really is unconstl tutional, because our constitution was framed at a time entirely different from ours, and for an entirely differ ent people. "When the constitution was framed this was a nation of frontier farmers and hunters, with a few merchants in the seaports. "l'There was no machinery used, and there was n manufacturing to speak of. Ther were no railroads, no tele. graphs. "There were no mialionaires and no proletarlana. There were no corpor ations io the pesett sese--a corpor SatiUon In th days meant a city. And there were no trusts, of eourse Says ConstetuUos Is Worn Out. "It Washington. Jefferson. Madison and Hamilton could get up from their graves today, they would not know the country. We live in a diferent world And yet we have to wear the same political cloak-live under the same constitution . "In other words, a grown-up nation still has to wear its baby clothes. They do not fit anywhere and have been torn and patched in th,, most miserable way by 'decisions of the su prome court'-but anybody who dars to suggest a new suit is conlidtrr.d a traitor by the 'interests'. "A:ailn I say, though politic-a re forms are, desirable, they are of little acount whn compared with the n,' cesmity of changes in economla:l con ditions. "M1orft, or. the changes in poiitical conditions are upon us. "lWe soe the trusts not ,,n!y doing away wint. competition. but a..,, ask ing for government int,.r: r, rM, . and gove rnm, nt regulation of I,r:, s "in other words, we hie the spectacle of the trusts s rr nl.ring part of their ownership an I practi cally offering that part of th,. owner. ship to the government "That the trustM-or at I. ast some of the trusts--are wiling to part with their ownership because they now feel that their business has ceased to be a private concern Because the trusts feel that their business has become a public utility-of the most public and most ulltarian sort. "But the change is also coming from the other side. '"'he great majority of the people have no interest in keeping up the present system. And especially the working clas is bound to become revolutionarw as a class. Workingsm ein Howels. "Our workingmen of today build a few paieces and many hovels. The workmen live in the hovels and a few espitalists live in the palaces. "Our workingmes in the woolen mills make a small amount of tine clothes and mlUons of yards of shoddy. The workingmen wear the shoddy and the rich idlers wear the tine cothes. "Workingmen and their chidtre have to g down into the min- workingmen and workingwomen aad their chidren have to go into dlsg/ ill-ventilated factorite and work shops, and toll there from $ to 12 hours a day. They ruin their hoealth by over work so that a few people who have the money can ruin their health by doing nothing. "The great majorfty now degener ates through poverty so that the small minority shall be able to degenerate through luxury. "Again I say, he great majority have no Interest Ia keeping up the present system. Rding Cmaes No Suptesr. "'There is also this: "In former epochs the rul cl e.s was by) ar the abler and stronger physically and mentally . "In former years a few nobles, clad in iron and trained and acccustomed to warfare, could hold in subjection 20 times their number of common people. 'The ruling eiass was also at that time the only class that was in pos session o the wisd'n of the world whatever the world was then "The ruling class also had in its favor the belief that this system was God ordained, and that anybody de fying it wr.- a rebel to God. "Things are different nowadays 'The working class not only bulilds the houses, ships and machines, hut the working clas also teaches in the public schools, writes the papers and the books. Not only the man who sets up the type for the papers and books is a workingman, but also the man or woman who writes them usually belongs to our class. 'The capltailst class depends upon us not only for a living, but also for information and defense. 'The capitalist class surely has no better fighting qualities. It's the working class that hay to furnish most of the men in case of war--although the capitalists may start the war Even in order to hold our class in subjection the capitalists have to hire some men of our class who are for sale to do the fighting for the cap Itallst class. "We deny that the capitalist class is our superior In any way. Publie * Lool Makes Us Equal. "And as long as the public schools s exist-and men and women are rear. ing| how to read and write-no prlst 1 o; clergyman can make us believe that r this system Isto God ordained. That it is God ordained that a trust magn.vte' shall make fifty or sixty million do' lara a year, or more, and that his em e plyes should earn $1.75 a day on the * aSSEra, so that the trust magrnate' aughter shall be able to marry rme ibroken down English earl or French count. "Moreover, we h~ye the ballot No subjected class before had the same political basis as the ruling class. We have It. "On election day your vote is as good as Rockefeder's And you are many and the capitalists are few. fHowever, If you choose to throw your votes away and to vote with your exploiters and for your exploIters, tha; Is your own fault, not theirs. "The old Romans used to say: 'It is lucky that the slaves never had a chance to count us.' because there were 10 times as many slaves as free. men In Rome. "Now there are 10 times as many I wlge slaves as there are freemen in America, and there is a chance for a count on every ,.lertlon day. 'Therefore, I say, make use of this advantage that no subjected class in history has ever before had. Make use of your numbers on election day. Al .you have to do is to stand with your onn class and be count.'d All you have to do is to stand for your wives and children on election day and be counted. "All you have to do Is to stand for your country and for humanity, and for a new world, and be cot.,ted." J. P. Morgan is to x.d on an assess.ed valuation of only $8S10.000 Instead of a few hundred mlllon. Who pays his proper share of taxes? Can you guess? CONSPFIAC Y of the Money and Land-Owning Kings of the Period of the War of the REVOLUTION EXPOSED IN "UNITED STATES CONSTI TUTION AND SOCIALISM" BY SILAS HOOD A book of 32 pages containing the real truth about our "patriot" forefathers. It has history not found in our hcsool books. These are the articles which recently ran in the Social-Democratic HeraMd and for which there was so large a demand that they had to be printed in book form. Learn who are the real patriots were then and who the traitors are now. Adoption of the United States Constitution was the re sult of a monster conspiracy and every citizen of America should know the truth. Washingt,,n and Franklin not spared. Hamil ton and Hancock exposed. White slavery, kidnaping, murder. debtors prisons and poiltlcal trickery. It Contains Reference List for Historical Research in Libraries. Push the sale of this book. It is good propaganda. lnSlle Coy 10c. 25 Copies 11.75 100 Copies 3$.00 Postage Prepaid Montana News Helena, Montana. HEADQUARTER5 FOR UNION PRINTING. Comrades and Brother: We desire to call your attention to the printing omce of the Montana News. We do all kinds of printing for labor ,rganizations, Constitutions, By-Laws, Letter Heads, Envelopes Working Cards, all stationary and printed material used by unions. The Montana News is the only paper in the Rocky Mountain states that advocates the right of labor at all times and in all places. Regardless of what the grelvences may be we stand by the strikers in the struggle of the union against the corporations. In more than one instance we have turned public -pinion in favor of the strikers, and in more than one city and camp have we made the union label respected. The Montana News is supported exclusively by the workers and the profits from Job work of the labor organizations of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. Perhaps your union has not required the assistance of any paper in times of trouble, but rest assured, should you organization ever become involved in a strike; the Montana News will be found on your side and ready to give all the assistance that press and pen can do to win the strike. A labor press should be built up, and we need your assistance will you send us your order for the printing of your union? Why support print shops whose paper attack you or treat your eause with silence and Indltem.nce when you are involvel In a strike? a The capitalists know the power of the press and control the papers accordinhly. Should your union require anything in the line of printing s give us a chance to bid on same. Ask us for our prices. We may charge higher than scab shops, but we pay all ex press charges on packages sent out. Remember we are the headquarters for Union Printing In the Northw st and the shop that h:sa made the Union L4bel respected. No work leaves our shop that does not bear the Unles Label. None but Union men employed. Hoping to be favored by the patronage and support of your saloL Praternally, MONTANA NEWI Of late. somehow, I seem able to rPad my newspap.*rs and periodicals with some Interest. I know the reason now-I meet Roosevelt's name about once a week, and (od knows that's .nough for a little, qult-loving f, IHow like me. The farmer rec..iles one fourth of the product of his toil. This stat" niernt is born,. out by figures. hle h cann,,t li,,. Th,. farmrs moitat su.p ,rt th. idlerxs in th.ir leisiure, thi in nl'e.r'sary as uth, rwise tho "RhiD in o arder to lt,.. I-'ru·nt dirt-tt: hat JIl··il.ir "" thirt tit, *" nir.n it Ti n thit, . .N.in in i Ii it ar in nilling to t it r, stailr ti i',k..d food. I, '. I ..Iuld I.. " I . 11 9i 1 t I, ;,lars, fr1m iii, th , t , Iril. i'ti .n; try .\IQN,LIIIAI I.ii a T.ir' . tuurir.q the ,cJY in a it<pr at" t mlt to S curt a r.nnmin~r Al', Il(i tr.r. Hlntz Ixpens. a w ill amount to btt ". n $75,flior, and SI I.iuIuI 'hu pays~ h., billa of tliti ".'Scti in e ring? Th.- Mntana X. tan is nit thf' Ionly Serialist pap."r 4-'itwt on Minn'"apol:.. :.nil th.' I'acific roI)at buy is ii the± ttvin- -r Socialist paper