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John Spargo and Samuel Gompers Join Hands for America PtV Jl really happoned nt the Min convention of Mr, C.om ncrsV Ama riean Alliance for La -i Raa labor. allying Kor nTiil ii th Anierit'aii radiealB, really com bbI ta trt that T7L Bfltfiaad bj Arthur Henderson? Or lCal Hl the pairiotK of the Socialial party set out to capture organization. hoping to JVjjjgte many common aims of labor Milraal for (irivc on tn-' ol(i thi nexl Preaidential eleetion? Mftaai vith thi Minneapolai maitlng over, Tohn Spargo openly talks of the IS Of new Socialist party. iv F-atftl and itroiously behind tho Presi with Mr, GeanpOTfl prominent V.y. nhlBli with a vast cam taja." Spargo declared ia an later The Tribune.

"Mr. Ifjoflipera, Chai Edward Ruaaell, myaelf ,1 manv othera will make tour of tho C7l lii'l'otch Mp cities and addreaa maaa meetings twice Aia wi are to --end out an enor iteratun that will reach ia America. We are to that Will negotiate Btj mtt of Busain. What ihev need and spiritual ibaflCthening rather than military aid." Final Pioof ol a Split in Thr Socialist Party poeaibility of a new "American So-; tbe Bignal for interested per comment aa well as for the bl "mtellectuals" of the party. Aai ki from paying lahor a tre-: men.t' pledge of loyalty to the government at this time, the tbl appearance of dissentingj Socialist leader? at the convention final The I npHE emlattled suffragists have lost; I their firat enpagement of the present drive on the ballot.

By a vote of two to one against at the recent referendum eleetion the State i of Maine dafeatod the constitiational suf? frage amendment. An analysis of the voting by BBCtiona does not appear to offer much eaBafort to the suffragist party, as, the cause carried but one county and two! of the Nor did the soldiers' votes, on which the chairman of the party in N'ew York is quoted as counting, lend the ladies any two prominent Maine regi answered "No" in rather larger proportion than did the peneral electorate. to "The Portland Press," the result did aot come as a surprise to most people, and, indeed. that paper was of the opinion that tV? surprise consisted in the vote not heinjr larger against the amend? ment than waa. Among the reasons for the actinn of Maine.

as seen by "The Portland was the "natural con servatir-m af Maine people," and it inti mates that II will bl necessary to carry a more campaign of educa thar. wi poaadble in the last few gjTionths. As tr. ineral reasons, the local organ thus referi to the hostility excited the Washinpton suffracists: this natural conserratism people of Maiaa there have been one or tma betan I "-ram to have contributed matenally f.r defeat of PaaalMy the most potent agair.st it, tbe action of the in VflflUagtea, which came into pron.inence with the of the question to the voters of this ptate. MflSM Beoplfl, a- a whole, entirely disap-j aravfld ef Um aetion af the women agitators la Waahiagtoa.

They did not f.f campaigning which aaaai women adaptBd." Miss Rankin Considered One Of the Obstacles And, further. the record of Miss Rankin cited as an additional cause of distrust: "Another thir.g which had some influence I ragtagfl la IfaiBe the unfortu bBpraaaiea which Miss Rankin, the sole I RflpreflflBtative la Congress, made, Um arhflfli she came to vote upon the flflclaratiofl wnr Her failure to meas- up to flf bfl expeeted of a Rep- re-entatiTe ifl (ongiess on this occasion Btejidicfld nuiny voters in this sUte ankinst i the franchise to women and was forifotten wiun the ipsue came to be act- i BBon yesterdajr." Also, the example given by the women Voters 0f California and other Western i Mtragt states was held to be a deterrent I among the Kepuhlican voters of the far-i BBBfl Bait, thia view being thus expressed: vatod apnin-t Um that tbe atatea il latTrase whieh eoatrlboted Ifl Tbeae oina-n vetera of thoaa II ofliflily led tai oi-Iicve l.y tbat Prealasaat Wll ll i.i and that they CBllaMMnaa arirumcnt proof of a complete and irrevocable split 1 in the Socialists of thia country. Here- after only pro-tJerman Socialists will talk 1 peace nnd support the People's Council, 1 while loyal Socialists will jom tbe Alli- I ance. Wherefore "The CbicagO Tribune" 1 calls one Socialist delep.ttc at thc meetinp a "sensible Socialist!" "If I and' J. Morpan were facinp a pack of! that paper quotcs Mr.

A. M. Si- i mons as sayinp, "before I would out the economic problem with him Pd ask him to take a pun and lipht ofl the animals. If we want tioace to-dav Wfl must fight for it. If you stand in the road and interfere with the povern ment.

ami if by a aingle hour you delay a victorious peace, vour hands are red with the blood of our men sent over. .1 To interfere with the povernment isn't murder." "The like a Billy Sunday "amen" aid, pnnctQatea these i-uotations with fervent expressions i such as "Sensible Socialist! (iifted, more-! over, with moral perception, rare amongI pfleodo-liberali now. Bravo, i Simonsl Well apohent" This stand for out-and-out Americanism tehen by many leadinp Socialists at thej Minneapolis convention assumes added sip niflcance in view of various 'statements taadfl there. "Socialists ef reads the Socialist manifesto issued as a result, if thfl convention, "join your local branches af the American Alliance for Labor and Peeaoeraey." Frank Walah, of tbe tral t'ommission on Industrial Relations, thus explained the aims of the meetinp: "We are here to plan the enthusiastic support of the most democratic war cvci foupht and to hold for democracy the thircs the war bas brought it. Call it what fVO flrill socialism.

li you want, and I nm no So? cialist we are here to see to it that thlaga that aiv bfliag won for humanity in thfl proeOBS of Wianiag the war nre maric as I and certain as thc military victory OVOI autocracy ln the form Prassiflfl mil'tarism." i Tkrer American Senators Were the I Real Captors of Riga Even more pointed is the statement of Charlea Edward Russell concerninp ftiga: "Ttipa was captured by Senators La Foi- I lette, Gronna and Stone. the Kaiser pives out the declaration of victory he should ghra full eredit to these three men in thflM Uaiteal States Senate. They nnd tbe 'Peo? pli Council' and men like tbe Mayor of Cht eaao arp doinp more to prolonp the war nnd to slauph'er American aoldiers tban all the aoldiers of tho Kaiser." In short. the loyalty meetinp, which broupht "intellectual Socialists" and or? ganized labor men topether on common i pround, looked forward, ai one press dis? patch said. to a new orpanization that "will take an overshadowinp part in the and peaceful direct ion of iho readjustment of capital and labor, looking to the extension of democ raey la the aphen Of industry, which most thinking men now anticipate." And the lew Socialist p.irly, if it adds 'The Philadelphia Public I.edper," "will Get Out The Ironic Si HE following by Samuel Strauss nf fords an Interesting aidelight on tbe situation: "Jn thfl COMgIfltalfltOiy letter which Mr.

EVilaon vrotc to Baarafll Coaipers for thia eeek'l conference of loyal labor occurs a entenco of raggeation. "With all r.y heart." thr I'resid; nt rote, 'I B-BBt them feel that thoir devotion to country is in 10 wise 0 betraral Of principle, and that in lerving America to-day they aerviag caase no less than in tho "What ii the raeaBiag of this ieknowledgment1 Aro we to itand, throagh tho President, nflw ioil Of Is patriotiflfll a matter of ip and shall labor's 'devotioB eoantry' depend on serviea or diaflflrviea 'caase't Or hava ws been com wroag sboat the fraflmaa's duty 'ore his fundamental political ongflgenMntsI "Thia whole proceediag, the eoafereace Mr Wilsoo'a letter, the columns of i oromi ndal loa, hai baffied ronceptioa of the ladividoal' bility to the Aro we to i body of our eonstitatiaaal brothers ror choo ing, ia the testing hour. what thep already have ehosea whflii they put on he morali of eitiseaship? The eircamstance i jadeed straaga. We had thoupht a eiti tea'l Iidclity to the t-tatc fl tune such ar. present was BS much to bfl taken for at least have the virtue of beinp at the eataat free af the taint af disloyalty.

For by its very rreation it will be in protest npainst the pro-fiermanism of thc old party, and it will make its appeal to Americans who share with the orpanizera of the body the view that loyalty to their eara country is by no means inconsistent with the acceptance of the true principle of internationalism, and who repudiatc with loathinp doctrincs which sane Social? ists look upon as subversive of civilization and morality." Credit for leadership in the new move? ment is divided amonp John Sparpo, Charles Edward Kussell and other more prominent Socialists, topethcr with Samuel (Jompers, Frank Walsh and other patriotic members of the labor element. But probably no one has exposed tbe pro Qerman element in the American Socialist party so well as has John Sparpo. In an article on "Socialism and International? ism" in the current issue of "The Atlantie Monthly" he sketches the action of Social? ists in other countries since the war and i.rraipns the American party, sayinp that "it remaincd for the Socialist movement in America to adopt a position so far at variance with the historic Socialist posi? tion." He continucs: "The Socialist party of America is the most gnificance of I pranted as thc common virtues flaa takes for pranted in one's neiphbors. The repabliC without implied allepiance of its cor.stitutcd members was unthinkable. "And yet, with all of this, we rau.U confess that in common with the rest of the country our instmctivc reaction to the Minneapolii meetinp was.

a feclinp of gffltefttl relief; ve were considerably easier in labor's procia mation of faithfuiness. This mitipation of our aneonseioas anxiety woald be easily un derstaod if the gatheriag had been of one of the proups BS which, because of s.lien relation.ihips or eontradictorp philoaopbiea, were automati cully made suspect with the bejrinninp of the "Obvioafllp, thcrc is joy when any who. have itraped froai the path convince us either of their repentence or of our error eoacerniBg them. Hut labor is our very selves. Daily WS sit it at freedom table, tagather breabiag the bread of iea'l aiail and To the labor brother we have deferred; funce he was aot COateal with the size or comfortablenc-s ol' hi rOOfll in the fannly residir.ee, we have made him latterlp tho arehitecl of rearrangflSBflaU and have aeeaiesced in hi.

desigas. Nothing eoald have ben raora intiasate or more eonfldiag than oar association. "Hut the impulse is unrea find ourselves folieitfltiag our other selves, and for what? For that they aine Suffrage The Very Latest in Suffrage Maps Nineteen states have given women the right to vote for President. There are 8,557,308 women over voting age in these states. White suffrage.

Dotted suffrage. suffrage. five states have qiven women municipal four have giveu them botu while seventeen have aiven school. nfrage. TkeSO are not shown on th, The Woman Citizen.

which contributed largely to Preaident Wil son'a reelection. Such men remembered this when they came to vote, and doubtless many were influenced by it." Concluding, a ray of hope may bl dis cerned between the lines which convoy the impression that the causes of defeat miffht, after all, be only tcmporary: "The proponents of this amendment were -enously handicapped from the start be caune of tbe conditions which ex.sted. Tha country is at war. Men have other to think about now besules questions of this kind. Both those in favor of cuffrage and those opposed to it found campaigning dif ficult.

They did riot appear to be able to arouse great interest anywhere in any of the meetings they held. The larpe nm.or ity of the voters seemed absolutc'y indiffer ent and apatliet.c. Under thoflfl ccurn Btaaeoa, lt ia icaily aarprlaiag that aacb large af tbe VOtfl was polled." "The New York Times." however, holda out little encouragement, in the near fut at least, for the suffragists, and, after reviewing tha vote and tho condi-1 tions generally, comments in this fashion on the actions of the Washington pickets: "It Is no faalt of Mrs. Catt, er of the rea aanable the raajority, bat the which tho laffrage Eatreme Left i been and iagtofl eoaeeatrated pablic attention 11 di gual opofl thal apectacla of wia doa, patriotism and political capacity. 'Ihe feeling areased by it, however unjust tfl the saner aspects of the agitation, il deep, atrong and universal.

"That feeling, in itself fatal to the exten? sion of woman must have eounted for something. for much, in the Maine ver diet, there is a stronger reason. When the nation is flghtiflg for its life, when the greatest and tha gravesi laaofla hava stirred to rs depths, woman BOffrflgO seems, nay. ia, bat an laipertiaeaoo aad fatility. HWbefl our young men BaaOfllbliBg and liaiBg battle, ll natural that the ability tO lighl lld I tl'at plea of woman for the ballot ahould full on deaf Nevada and Montana, won throe yeara ago, ara likely to be the only popular triumphi that the can bout of I for some years to come.

State remain their only hope and the BBOfll pros pcrOBfl titl.i for their blandishment But "The Times" is also of the opinion that the suffrage effort il untimely, and winds up its editorial with these words: "When democraey itself is at stake, the 'emancipation of woman' is of the smallest moment. It Ifl the misfortune of the suffra fifltfl that the question comes up again in a yrar that tinds tha voters in no disposition ror aeatimentallty an.l compliment, on orgeal daagera aad dutiea, military ar.d eeo? nomic irntitte.l by the BtrOflfl laid hy thfl BBaTrafiata aa their Amid eruelty, atarvation, death oa land, death from the air aad arater, and while the nawer of American youth is jrettinu ready for its part in the trapeuy of the world, these ex I cfllcnt persons are poing up and down the country preachinp their whirasey." Decrystallizing Scntiment Once Generally Established New York World" predicts that in New York there will be an equally de risive defeat of suffrage if the White House picketing continues, and attributes the defeat to this cause in these words: "Laal fall puhlic Fontiment in tha I'nited States had practically crystallized in favor ot" BBtTragB, but the House pickets by their flagrant disloyalty succceded in de crystallizing it, and the leaders of the suffrajre movement in general adopted only half-way measura-s to dissociate themselves from the wild women who were napginp tho I PreaidOBt and shrieking for a constitutional amendment. The situation calied for some i thing more than pcrfunctory ex presMons of conventional disapproval, yet I nothinp more ronvineinp was offered." "The Xew York Post" stated that the Maine eleetion should surprise no one, aml added this interesting angle, anent the faet that Mr. Wilson was committed to the vote: "Ilaic we havc a case of not standing by the President in war-time; but as it was a purely domestic issue, no one will criti i cise on that ground. The question does I come up, however, whether the public ab porption in the war has not hurt tho suf 1 frage cause, ns is suggested in some of the dispatches.

EVOB in a war to bnnp about democraey abroad there apt to Bfl 1 Mt at horne. The teadOBey Ifl ta have reflaaifl aa they are, te forgel about reform hand, whilti eoneeBtratiBg cn tire defsal thfl aaeaay. That thia had IBflBeaco Maihfl deobUesa trae." Prior to the "The Indianapolis News" thought that the women hy their devotion and self-sacritice during the war nnd otherwise had earned suffrage; though i "The Hoston Herald" was of the opinion that the action of the Western women in voting for Wilson because he "kept US out of the war," the Washington picketing. Miss Rankin and other factors would he BBflOtlg the "numerous alibis held in reaiii neaa in case Maine votes On thi whole there has heen compara tively little editorial comment reeeived to date. and it would seem as if this apparent apathy is the result of the competition of 'other and larger as suggested by Post." A Smash on the American Front From Tht St.

I.ouit Post-Ditpntrh eosmopolitan of Socialist parties, as this ii the most cosmopolitan of nations. Inevitably, therefore, the war gave rise to many contro versies within thu party. In the circum abor's Pledge concl'ide and announee in this crucial bour a determinatiefl tO stand by the family, a detenaiaatiofl not to betray it to the enemy; they deelare that duty to their own group cause has been nconcilod, for the time, to the ties of country. "This brings us face to face with a que tion whieh peace did not give BtfBBgth to put to oarselves; war asks it in our half. In times of peace we had talked with labor by the historic hour; we had petted labor, wo had haaiored labor, always iii rhe effort to turn the corr.er before that dreaded question wojld have to bc met, always to avoid that painful intcrview which we felt must bring a fateful decision.

"NOW, however, the question hai been formed; there is no rr.istaking the portent af the Minneapolis conference, of Mr. Wil? son's admission. af our own easy respite from anxiety. Wfl welcome labor's sion of loyalty because we had secretly trusted it. The direction of labor, now that we need ro longer whisper the truth.

even to ourstlves, has been toward a solidarity of interest outside the nation, opposing its ovn proaperity, ItS conquest Bf power to that of t'ne wholfl BfltiOBfll groun. "Whether libs lt or not, labor Is less of BS tbflll flf labor throughout the world. Pai labor has, whether knowingly or unknow ingly, chosen to Sflflk its solutions througu 'iberty lirst and union when convenieni, through without the hampering par allel of duties." stances it might reasonably hare beeB et pccted to keep to the old international idca.s, and it is probable that it would hare done so but for the preponderance in its member ih of national groups whose sympath.es were naturally with the Central Kmpires, as in the case of thoae of German and Austrian birth or parentage; or national groups op posed to those of the Fntente Powers, as in the case of the Russian Jews and the Poles, bitterly hostile to Russia, and the Irish, equally hostile to England. Largely, perhaps by reason of the domination of the move? ment in this country by German influence, it has never appealed with any great degree of to Krench, Uelgian. Spanish or Italian worKers.

The small rcpresentation of these nationalities in the party membership prob? ably accounts for the fact that the policy adopted by the party has almost from the beginning coincided in a rcmarkable manner with the interests of Germany. "Germany protested against our insistence upon our indisputable right to sell munitions to belligerents. Her demand in the name of 'humanity' that we place an embargo on mu? nitions of war was in reality a demand that we revise international law in her. interest. Such a revision of international law would admirably serve to enslave the world to mil itarism, for it would place the world in sub jection to the nation best equipped with ar senals.

It was, Ifl a word, a demand entirely ineonsistent with a policy of true interna tionalism, yet it was urged by the Socialist 1 party of America ns cr.ergetically as by the German Foreign Office. At the very time the German Ambassador was urging that the government of the 1 I'nited States warn its citizens to keep off I ocean-going steamships the Socialist party was nuking an identical domand; and it oifered the saflVSflfl of Potsdam for the Lusi tania outrage as well as for the lavflsiofl and spoliation of P.e'.gium. For the ruthless vio? lation those lirnitations upon warfare and militarism which constitute such an impor? tant part of the fabric of internationalism such as the protection of hospital ships, the immunity of non-combatants at sea, and so forth Potsdam and American Socialism of fercd the same vain excuse.s and cxplanations. Never once was there any condemnation of Germany's conduct. Evefl the deportation into the worst kind of slavery of many thou? sands of Reigian workers Cflllad forth ro pro? test.

When PraaidflBt VViNon was urging Germany to respect the rights of aU neutral nations, tho official party organ, ia big black headliaea, called him 'The Maniac in the White A Legitimate Exercise of the Prerogative of Citizenship "It was quite proper that the party should oppose our entrance into the war. That was a legitimate exercise of the prerogatives of citizenship. But Socialist opposition to par ticipation thfl war by this nation did not need tfl be cast on tho same model as the propaj-anda of the (ierman secret service, and to a.lopt the BXCBSes ies of German diplomats and atateSBMB. "Following th" declaration by Congiess that a itate of war existfld between thia na? tion and Gein.any. tha Socialist party, at an cmergency convention attended by some two hundred delegates, adopted a resolution which cannot be regarded otherwise than as a re pudiation of Socialist internationalism and an adoption of anarchist Ignoring the B'saults of Germany upon fundamefltal righta of this nation, it de? elared our declaration of war to be 'a crime againat the people of the United States and against the of the It placed our entrance into the war on a lower scala than Austria'a war upon Serbia or Germany'a upon Belgium: 'In all modern history there has baen no war more unjustifiable than the war in which we are about to It declared that no single government waa to blame for tho war, and that the war was 'not the concern of the It made no dis? tinction between Belgian workers fightinr to repel an invading foe and the German workers fighting to subdue a neutral and friendly nation.

L'tterly disregarding the great moral issues involved, which of fundamental importance to any true inter nationalism, it calied upon 'the workera ot all countries to refuse support to their gov ernments in their the Belgian as well as the German! It warned the workera 'against the snare and delusion of so-called defensive and declared that 'tha i only struggle which would justify the worka. I ers in takir.g up arms is the s'ruggle of thfl) 'working class of the world to free itself I eeonomic explo.tation and polit.cal opprea In other words, only social rev. olution justilies the workers in taking up i arms. "This the antithesis of historic Social i ism. In the tny successful propapanda in this country based upon thia doctrine would be worth many army corps to the German military maehine.

Cons.dertd apart from the cxistmg ply as a statement of principle-a which ahculd the resolution is remarkablfl for its abandor. i.i. nt of the principies of in terr.ationalism which from the days of Marx havc guidf'l the movement. It plaees tha? Socialists who aceept it in direct opposition to all upnsing.i and wars for nulior.al inde pendenc. Aeeording to this declaration of 1 principies, no people can be justitied in arm ing itself to rep-d invasion by barbariau I hordes.

Such a doctrine is subversive of civiiization and morality, and no movement i based upon it can eva-r pam the support of the best elements of mankind." Coming Down on Him Hard ShouldlEverBeA Soldier Words by J. Hill Tune: "Colleen Bawn" WF'RF spending billions every year For guns and ammunition, "Our Army" and "our Navy" dear, To keep in good condition; While millions live in misery And millions died before us, Don't sing "My country of thee," Rut sing this little chorus. CHORU8 Should I ever a soldier, -Neath tha Red Flag I would light; Should tiie gUfl ever shoulder, It's to crush the tyrant's might. Join the army of the toilers, Men and women fall in line, Wage slaves of tho world! Arouse! Do your duty for the cause, For Land and And many a maiden. pure and fair, Her love and pride must offer On Mammon's altar in despair, To rill the maater's coffer.

The gold that pays the mighty fleet, From tender youth he squeezes, 1 While bimway men must walk the street And face the wir.try breezes. CHORUS Why do they mount their gatling gun A thousand miles from ocean, Where hostile fleet could never run Ain't that a funny notion? If you don't know the reason why, Just strike for better wages, And then, my you don't You'll sing this song for ages. The Marseillaise sons of toil, BWake to glory! Hark, hark, what myriads bid you rise; Your eaildrea, wlees ar.d gfaadstfae heary Bflhold their tears aad bear their criesl Bebold their tflais and hear their cries! Bhsll batflfnl tyraati siiachiflf breediag, With hircliag boata, a raflaa bar.d Affright ar.d da alata the land, While peace and liberty iie Mflfldiflffl CHORUS To arms! to arms! ye brave! Th' avenging sword unsheathe! March on, march on, all hearts resolved On Victory or Death. With luxury at id pride surrounded, The vile, insatia'e despots rare, thirat for goM and power unbounded To met? ar.d read the light and air. To raete Bad I Like beaati af bardea, woald 'hey load bs, gada woald bid ther slaves adore.

Rut Man Is Man. and who is more? Then shall thev looger lash and goad us? 0 Liberty can man resign thee, Oace having felt thy generous flame, Can dungeon's bolts ar.d burs confine thee? Or whips, thy noble spirit tame? Or whips. thy spirit tame? Too long the world has wept bewailing, That Falsehcod's uagger tvtoats wield; Bflt Freedom is our sword and shield; And all tbflil arts are are unavailmg! Mv Wanderiqg Boy WBERI is my wandering boy to-night? Ihe boy pride? He's counting the ties with his bed on his back, Or elso he's bumming a rtds. Songs of the I. W.

W. Oh, where is my boy to-night? Oh, where is my boy to-night? i He is on the head-end of an overland train, That's where your boy is to-night. i His heart may be pure as the morning dew, But his clothes are a sight to see. i He's pulled for a vag, his excuse won't do. "Thirty days," says the judge, you see.

Oh, where is my boy to-night? Oh, where ii my boy to-night? Ihv blows, to the loekup Bfl goes, where your boy la to-night. "I was lookiag ior oh. he saia. Says the judge: "I have heard that bet'orfl." So to join the he's led, To hammer the rocks some more. Oh, where is my boy to-night? Oh, where is my boy to-night! To strike many blows for his country he goes, That's where your boy to-night.

Don't search for your boy to-night, Let him play the old game if he will. A worker, a burn, he'll never po right, As long as he'? a wage still. Oh, where i3 my boy to-night? His money is out of sight. Wherever he blows, up against it he goes, for your boy to-night. Workers of the World Air: "Lillibulero" By Connall STA.NI) up, ft toilcrs! why crouch ye like cravens? Why clutch an existence of insult and want? Why Btaad to be plucked by an army of ravens, Or hoodwmk'd forever by and cant? Think of tlie wrongs ye bear, Thiak ot" the rags ye wear, Think on the insults andur'd from your birth; Toiling in snow and rain, Kearing up heaps of prain, All for the tyrants who gr.nd you to earth.

Your brains are as keen as the brains of vour masters, In iwiftaeaa and strength ye surpass them hy far; TflVa hravfl hearts to teach you to laaga at afltera, Ye tyrants la war. then, 'ike coward.i stand, I'sing not brain or hand, i Thankful like dogs when they throw you a bone? What right have they to take Things that ye toil to make? Know ye not, workers, that all is your own? Rise in your might, brothers, bear it no lonper; Asser-FiblF- la nri3sses throughout the whole land; Show theee who are the "tronger When workers ai.d idlcrs confronted shall stand. Thro' lastle, Court and Hall, Over their acre- Onward we'll press like waves of the sea, Claiming tha wealth we've made, Ending th? spoiler'a trade; Labor ahall triumph and mankind ba fraja. Paint 'Er Red By Ralph H. Chaplin Tune: "Marching Through COMI with us, you working-men, and join the rebel band; Come, you discontented ones, and gite fl helping hand, We march against the parasite to drWe him from the land With ONE RIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! i HORUS Berrah! bemhl we're going to paint 7r? red! Hurrah! hurrah tbfl way is clear ahead We're gaining -hon democracy and liberty and bread With ONE RIG INDUSTRIAL UNIO.V1 In factory and fie'd and mine wa gather ifl our might, We're on tho jeb and know the way ta win the hardest fight, Fot- the beacon that shall gulde us out of darkne.s into light, Is OMI RIG INDUSTRIAL UMONJ.

Come on, you fellows, get in line; well flll the boss with fears; Red's the color of oar flag, it's stained with blood an.l tears? Wc'll flou' lt in his ugly mug and ring our loudest cheers For ONE RIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! "Slaves" they call us; "working ferior by birth, Rut when we hit their pocketbooks well spoil their smiles of mirth? Well stop their dirty dividends and drlre them from the earth With ONE BIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! We hate their rotten system more than any mor'al-: do, Our aim is i.ot to pateh it up, but build it all anew, And flrhflt well bave fOf government, wheri fiually we're through, Is ONE RIG INDUSTRIAL UNION! Stand Up! Ye Workers! Ry Fthel Conner Air: "Stai.d Up for JeFUs'' STAND up! Stand up! Tfl workers; Stand up in all your might; Uaite beaeath our bar.r.er, For Liberty and nght. From victory ui.to victory i tara lll go, To wip. tbe world for labor And every foe. Stand up! up! Ve workers; Stand up in every land. Unite, and t'ght for freedom, In ONE RIG UNION grand.

Put on the workers' armor, Which is the card of Red, Then all the greedy tyranta Will have to earn their broad. Aroflse! Aroasal Ye toiirrs, Strifa Brill not bc long. This day the noise of battle, The r.ext the victor's song. All that alave tor waires, Stand up break your chainl in O.VE BIG UNION YouVe got a world to gaio..

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