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V OL. XXXIII. “oooooooooooooooooofllco-eperatiw Socialism. Socialists are simply indicating the trend of evolu- tion, and seeking to prepare the way for its orderly reception. The comng of Socialism is with them not a debatable. question. That is not a matter of sci-i cntific calculation. ' The evolution of the social organization is a fact in na- ture. In the ceaseless process one state of society follows another. in the se- quence of succession. Capitalism. the present system. was warmed into life in womb of feudalism and sprang from the medieeval system. Within the span of two centuries this system has practically reached the climax of its development, and the marvelous material progress of SAVINGS BANK that period exceeds the achievements of i i i i 9 DEPARTMENT: % .1. ... .1... of i i Q ’ OPENS A SAa-VINGS accouwr IN THE Bank of British ' North America. was: The Bank’s View of small Bargains. Pharoah built the pyramids. The rapid centralization of capital and the extensive co-oporation of' labor mark the high state of economic devoi- opment. Individual initiative and com- petitive efforts are becoming less and less possible. The day of small produc. tion has passed, never to return. Not- withstanding all outcry, trust and de- partment stores, these great modern a- gencies, increase in number and power. They are the inevitable outgrowth of Deposits taken of $1 and upward. Deposits can be withdrawn on demand. as: use «A! 7 To make room for our spring ' stock we will sell everything in the line of footwear at great- R. M. HAMILTON, 1y reduced prices for the next it accounts is that one more “,6 00m -- T , - petitive system. he efforts of ii" affcount means one more thlrty days‘ the small capitalists to destroy trusts l- irlend- ’ V will prove as utterly'futile as were See our goods and get our the efforts of .tho workingman to des- _ 00000000000000“ troy labor-savmg machines when first i, , , prlces’ and we you introduced in thelast century. Socialists ' a take the ground that the trust in itself is not an evil, that the evil' lies wholly .__â€".â€" W be convinced that this is the . . . BY V. DEBS. “I the private ownership, and pro- In the United stams as in other pose to transfer all such agencies from . y - - . countries, Internafional Socialism is private hands to tliovcollcctivlty, to be Professional Cards. best place in the County to LEGAL. F.‘ A. MODIARMID. ARRISTER, SOLICITOR,Etc., FENE lon Falls. Office, Colborne street opposite Post-office. WMoney to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. M CJJAUG HLIN & PEEL. ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &0. Money to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. Office, Kent street, opposite Market, Lindsay. R.J. MCLAUGHLIN. J. A. PEEL ___________________________._._.â€" G. H. HOPKINS, ARRISTER, &o. SOLICITOR FOR the Ontario Bank. Money to loan at owest rates on terms to suit the borrower. buy your boots and shoes. The choicest of all kinds of Groceries always on hand. cache: J. L. ARNOLD. making tremendous strides, and its mil- lions of supporters spread over all the bells and zones of the globe. and the most active propagandists ever known, will in the next few years be multiplied into controlling majorities in all lands which have modern industries as the basis of their civilization, Socialism be- in: wholly a question of economic deâ€" velopment. This will mean the end of the present capitalist competitive sys- tem and the introduction of its succcs~ ear. the oo-operative commonwealth. The movement is international, be- cause it was born of and follows the de- velopment of the capitalist system, which, in its operation, is confined to no country, but by the stimulus of mod- managed and operated for the good of all. In the last century millions of work- ers were exploited of the fruit of their labor under the institution of chattel slavery. Work being done by hand. ownership of the slave was a condition necessary to his exploitation. But chat- tel slavery disappeared before the march of industrial evolution, and to-day would be an economic impossibility. It is no longer necessary to own the body of the workingman in order to appropriate the fruit of his labor; it is only necessary to own the tool with which he works, and without which he is helpless. This tool in its modern form is a vast machine whiclrthe worker cannot afford to buy, and against which he cannot compete: with his bare hands, and in the very crn agencies of production, exchange, communication and transportation, has roverleapcd all boundary lines and made nature of the situation he is at the Offices : No. 6, William Street South, Lind- mercy of the owner of the machine, his say, Ont. T. STEWART. STEWART it O’CONNOR, BARRISTERS, NOTARIES, &c. MONEY to loan at lowest current rates. Terms to suit borrowers. Office on corner of Kent and York streets, Lindsay. ' L. V. O’CONNOR, B. A W MOORE do JACKSON, ARRIS’I‘ERS, SOLIUITORS, &c. Of- _ fies, William street,Lindsay. ‘ F. D. Moons. A. JACKSON ______________________â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" _________'_____.__..â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"~ AUCTIONEER. STEP HEN OLIVER, LINDSAY - ONT. Live Stock and general Auctioneer. Write for dates before advertising. __'_______________._.______â€"â€". MEDICAL. DR. H. H. GRAHAM. â€"-u. 9., 0. BL, in R. c s. Eng, M. o. P. a. 8., Own, F. 'r. M. s.â€" HYSICIAN, SURGEON tit ACCOUCHâ€" our. Office. Francis Street, Fenelon Pails. DR. A. WILSON, â€"n. s., M. c. r. at s., Ontario,â€" HYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCH our. Office, Colborne Street, Fenelon Falls. ______________â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"-â€" DENTAL. fifâ€" . Dr. S. J. SIMS, DENTIST, Fenelon Falls. Graduate of Toronto University and Royal College of Dental Surgeons. ALL BRANCHES OF DENTISTRY performed according to the latest improved methods at moderate prices. _ OFFICE :â€"Over Burgoyne’s store, Col- orne street DRS. NEELANDS & IRYlllE, DsNrisrs - Natural teeth preserved. Crown and bridge work a specialty. Splendid fits in an ; _ High in Quality, ' but always correct in price, 1s what you will find preâ€" = veils in our grocery store. other things w. L. season. he’s Your Tailor? _..._. _.___.___..___. If you ask any particularly well-dressed man in Fenelon Falls or surrounding district, “Who makes your clothes?” invariably he will tell you c To W NLEY-’ 1mm Be one of the number, and call and see ‘ 'What he is doing for the Fall and Winter. Pickles, Gatsup and that we handle are always the best. The best is al- wa s cheapest because it is wholesome. adulterated stufi‘ is dear at any price. our “high in quality” goods andbe’fisafe. Poor food Get. the world the theatre of its activities. By this process all the nations of the earth must finally be drawn into rela- tions of industrial and commercial co operation as the economic basis of hu- man brotherhood. This is,tlie goal of modern Socialism, and it is this that in~ spires its disciples with the zeal and ar- dor of crusaders. What is Socialism ? To answer in a single sentence, it means the collective ownership by all the people of all the means of wealth productionand distribu- tion. It is purely an economic question; the evolution of industry has developed Socialism. Man can only work, pro-_ duce wealth, with tools. The mere hand tools of former times have been displaced by ponderous and costly ma- chines. Tlicsc machines, Socialists con- tend. represent progressive social con- ceptions. These and the factories, mills and shops in which they are housed, as well as the lands and mines from which the raw materials are drawn, are used in commou by the workers. and by their very nature are marked for common ownership and control. Socialism does not propose the collective ownership of property, but of capital; tliatis to say, the instruments of wealth production which, in the form of private property, enable a few capitalists to exploit vast numbers of workers, thus creatingr mil- lionaircs and mendicants and inaugu- rating class rule and all its odious and undemocratic distinctions. . Socialism proposes equal rights and opportunities for all, without regard to sex, color or other conditions. Equality is the vital principle of Socialism. Its mission is to abolish class rule by mak- ing all equal proprietors of the means upon which all depend for cmplbyincnt, and without which there can be no “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.” This insures economic freedom for every human being. As no one would have private property in that upon which an- other dopcnded for employment, indus- trial mastery and slavery would disap- pear together. and competition for profit would give way to cooperation for use. The rapidly changing economic con employment is precarious, and his-"vary life is suspended by a thread. Then, again, the factory and mine are operated for profit only, and the owner can, and often does, close it down at will, throw- ing hundreds, and perhaps thousands, out of employment who, with their fam- ilies, are as helpless as if in the desert wastes of Sahara. The few who own the machines do- not use them. The many who use them do not own them. The few who own them are enabled to exploit the many who use them; home a few millionaires and many mendicants, extreme opulence and abject poverty, princely palaces and hideous huts, rioting extravagance and haggard want, constituting social scenes sickening to contemplate, and in the presence of which the master hand of Hugo or Dickens is palsied and has no missmn. The Socialist party is organizing in every village and hamlet, every town and city of every state and territory of the Union. is is appealing to the peo- ple. It will neither fuse nor compro- mise. It proposes to press forward, step by stop, until it conquers the political power and secures control of govern- ment. This will mark the end of_tho capitalist system. The factories and mills and mines, the railroads and tole- graph and telephone, and all other means of production and distribution, will be transferred to the people in their collective capacity, industry will be ap- eratcd co-operatively, and every human being will have the “inalienable right " to work and to enjoy the fruit of his labor. The hours of labor will he re- duced according to the progress of in- vention. Rent, interest and profit will be no more. The sordid spirit of com- mercial conquest will be dead. War and its ravages will pass into history. Eco- nomic equality will have triumphed, laâ€" bor will stand forth emancipated. arid the sons and daughters of men will cleri- fy the triumphs of Social-Democracy. .0. The United States people are taxed millions of dollars annually to pair the ' costs of prosecuting railroad and corpo- artificial teeth. Painless extraction. Gas right’ ‘Vith firstâ€"Class adminis‘el‘e“ -‘° W 990° Perms with style and workmanship. He makes no other ditionsfnre paying theway for the tran- union officials for vi,,1,,ti,,g.,i,p 13,“... SlUOD 10m competitivo capitalism to and none of the“, have been puuishud, great success.