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"SOCIAL CRIMES."
According lo Clarence S. l)ar
ro\v, llie noted labor advocate,
best known as chief counsel for
the McXamaras, convicied of the
blowing up of |ho I.os Angeles
Times building and llie slaugh
tering of a score or more of hu
man beings, such, crimes as those
of the McXamaras are simply go
rial crimes and nol repr diensi
ble from the standpoint of jus
tice or the welfare of the people.
In the eharge that W. M. Wood,
president of the American Wool
en company, had "planted" dy_
iiamite in his establishments in
order that organized labor nii^hl
be blamed for attempted outrage,
Mr. harrow simply sees another
net in the soeialogieal drama in
which the wit* of the employer
are pitted against his antagonist"
in the game, and upon the prin
ciple that "all's fair in love and
war," Mr. Harrow sees nothing
reprehensible in this attempt to
c ast discredit upon a large num
ber of people, for does nol war ex
ist between labor and capital and
wouldn't such a scheme as Mr.
Wood is charged with having at
tempted, be but strategy of a
high order which either side has
a right to employ?
Organized society can no long
er tolerate these "social crimes"
or lapses and the sooner th.it
men of the Harrow stamp are
made to discover the fact th»bet
ter it may be for them. Murder
i murder, no matter whether one
kills in seeking to rob his victim
or whether he is actuated by class
hatred. Murder is murder wheth
er it is "<«yp the Blood" killing
one man or a McNamara slaugh
tering his scores. Subornation
of perjury is a crime against hu
manity whether a man goes up
on the stand and lies against a
fellow being accused of crime or
whet her the head of a great inan
ufarlurintr ins?it 11fion plants ex
plosives in order to create feel
ing against employes who lia-jw
pen to be mi strike for better
wages,
Mr. Harrow is proceeding upon
altogether (hp false presunipl ion
in declaring Dial there is a stale
of wnr between labor nnd capi
Inl. II is Irue that Ili«» relations
<>f employer ami employe arc no!
whal they shouli) be, bill this is
due ninn1 I<> misumlcrslanding of
aims and objects of each oilier
fban il is lo boslilily. There are
many inequalities in Ibe dislribu
Ii<hi nf Ibe proceeds of labor ami
capital combined; there is some
thing of injustice in the distri
bution «»f wealth created by Ihe
mutual etTorls of labor and capi
I a I. but these difference* arc nol
solved and lhc«e inerpialities are
not smoothed away through acts
of lawlessness upon the part of
cither labor or capital.
The relations of employer ami
employe are nol conditions of
warfare, they are problems which
must be studied and solved. No
problem was ever solved through
passion and lawlessness. The con
tempt for the right of labor en
tertained by some employers is a
social crfinc—I lie* irrational and
vindictive striking at Ibe lights
of capital bv the employe is a
social crime, hiif neither murder
nor subornation of perjury are
social crimes, but on the contrary
they are crimes which striking at
organized society imperil human
ity as welt as government and
make life insecure. They are Ihe
letting down of ibe bars to enable
;i wave of anarchy In «<weep over
the nation, while apologists for
dastardly crime* against ihe lives
or the reputations of fellow be
ing* such as nre men lil<e Har
low, nre hut seeking lo make (lie
relation of labor and capital,
which sliQiild work in harmony for
Ihe good of humanity, war of the
most desperate kind, a war in
which violence i9 matched against
duplicity.
Clarence S. Darrow may not
have been guilty of having re
sorted to bribery to free the men
who committed the crime of be
ing detected in a "social lapse"
such as the destruction of more
than a score of human beings, but
in the light of h.is labor day speech
at San Francisco, he cannot but
be regarded as a dangerous en
emy to society, which mean5 to
I he great mass of humanity.
ON THE BARGAIN COUNTER.
In an era 01 high prices how
dirt-cheap some things an*! The
cost of living rises, but the price
markets on privilege of every kind
arc low and the tendency is down
ward.
We read of sums that seem
large paid annually to the Police
System of New York for licensing
and protecting vice and crime.
Yet what a beggarly valuation is
*2,000,000 or 910,000.000 for the
right In prey upon a city of 5,000,
000 people, containing property
assessed at eight thousand mil
lions ?
We read »»f Mark Manna cam
paign funds of $(5,000,000 or $8,
000,000 used to cajole or corrupt
voters and carry elections. Yet
what bagatelles are these when
compared with I he things lhal
1 hey bought, such as the pass
age of the laws and the suspen
sion of laws in a nation <>f 00._
000.000!
We shall never know howl
cheaply we have been s<>|i| l»v the]
Police System ami I lie F.xlorl inn-1
I si I •• Tar ill" System unlil we apply
the rules of merchandising ami,
pul prices ami commodities into 1
Contrast. We are not only sold'
out and betrayed municipally and
nationally hut we are also asham
ed in the knowledge that our lib
erties and estates have been bar
gained away for a song.
II has recently appeared that
Standard Oil contributed J? 125,
000 to tlie Republican campaign
fund in 190i on the understand
ing that the money would be
"gratefully received" and "appre
ciated." It was asked for anoth
er donation of $150,000, which
was refused. Here we have Stand
ard Oil's idea of the market value
of the favor of the United States
government.
When Standard Oil declined to
pay more, it is now admitted that
the Steel Trust made good the de
ficiency. Both of these great
combinations owe their lawless
lives and most of the hundreds
of millions that they have rolled
np in a tariff-cornered market* to
the favor of the roiled States
government.
Daniel 0. Roper, chief clerk of
the ways and means committee of
the house of representatives, es-*
timates that the tariff lax averag
es «120 a year for every family.
Of this sum only $10 goes into
the treasury. The remaining
*10', i< absorbed by the protected
interests. He believes that an
honest tariff levied only for pub
lic purposes would save the peo
ple nearly s?,000,000,000 a year.
Willi lhis colossal plunder in
mind, what is to be said of the
Standard Oil haggling over the
h>rice that it was to pay for I lie
|;on's share of the graft? Wlial
of Steel's willingness to make
good the deficiency? What of the
contemptilde $0,000,000 or &H.
000.000 raised by the System to
continue in power the parly Ihnt
gave the United Stales govern
ment into its control?
AS IT LOOKS IN DIXIE.
1 Tin* Charles! on Ntnv.s and Cour
ier say* Hip Republican parly
j looks Hkf• a family back from
I Reno. II really looks like a fam
I'ily back from its second I rip lo
j Reno, Roosevelt anrl I,a Follelle
beinpr (lie I wo hlusbinK divorcees
(who are claiming alimony.-Nasb
Ivillo TennesHeean.
EDITORIAL NOTE8.
It would be inlercslitiK lo lenrn
wbal lliom» Nicaratnians do be
tween rovoluliona.
We arc beginning lo f«»«• I yontm
auain since Hit- Halkan war
"louds arc lianyiifK low.
No. dear mulcr, yon will nol
be llioimbl a Hull Mooscr by
playing progressive wliisl.
II is difTicnll, indeed, lo utider
•»land bow Col. V, iImmi escaped
ot.e >T Tcfl m nnini'i'ous parole*.
Teddy's \olc in I In* slnles re
minds us of a**ny cerliflcafcs we
have seen containing Ibe word
"I race."
Thanks to the Mark Hanna
System, the prices of everything
that we eat, wear and use arc
rising. It is only the things that
should be priceless, such as right,
liberty and justice, that are on
the bargain counter or hawked
about the street s.-New York
World.
Oringoes vs. Oreasers would
ensure a ealientc game on Ihe
enemy's field with no kicking
against the umpire.
ORDER TO SHOW CAU8E ON PE
TITION TO 8ELL LAND.
11 the United Stales Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct.——In
Probate.
In the mailer of the guardian
hi»» of Ihe estate of Nels Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on,—Order to Show Cause on Pe
tition to sell Land.
The United States of America
0 Nels Oscar Sail, Charles <i. Sail,
,ewis Sail. Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
eresled in the above-named es
ato or in Ihe sale of lands be
onging to said estate:
The pelition of Charles <«.
all, as guardian of the estate of
he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly filed in this court, r?p
osenling that iL would be for the
•eneflt of the estate of said in
ompetent person and of all per
ong interested therein that cer
ain lands and mining property of
aid mentally incompetent person
'escribed therein be sold, and
raying that license be granted
to the said Charles (I. Sail, as
uardion, to sell the same;
Now, therefore, you and each
of you are hereby cited, ordered
and required to show cause, if
any you have, hvfore this court,
1 the United Stales Commission
er's court room in I In* court house
j;i Ihe town of Valdez. in Ihe above
named precinct in Hip Territory
of Alaska, on Ihe 71 h day of Oc
tober, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. in.,
why Ihe prayer of said pelition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at. Valdez,1
Alaska, Ibis 2f>lh day of August,
4912.
THOMAS R. SlIEPARD.
Judge of the United Stales Com
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.-In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchie,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Last pub. October 5, 1912.
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