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Show Part Two VOL. IIL OGDEN NO. 56 I BRITISH CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS LABOR AND CAPITAL ON THE VERGE OF WAR; PARLIAMENT THE BATTLEGROUND i is BY Tbe life stories of most of these read like pages from a sensa- tional romance. Of the fifty represen- - . Utlves of Labor who will all id tbe new Parliament, all but half a dozen were horny-handeand hard-listesons of toil. Bricklayer, stonemason, coal miner, stoker, factory hand, printer. newsboy, engine driver, dock laborer, these are the various callings from which they have risen by a combination of physical fitness, endurance and brain power. The most outspoken among the leaders U Kelr Hardle, wbo began life In s coal mine. Mllliona In this country," he said, are steeped in poverty, whtle millions more are bill one degree removed from it. While the useful rlass toll and suffer, the owners of land and capital are heaping up untold wealth. Great accumulations of wealth menace our liberties, control the great London organs of the press, lead ua into wars abroad and poison the wells of public life at home. Landlordism and capitalism are the upper and nether millstones between which the life of the common people is being ground to duet. For these reasons I have taken an active interest for many years In building up an Independent labor party, separate and distinct from .any merely polltli-a- l Immediate object of the Labor party Is to create a driving force In politics, which will overcome the Inertia of politicians In regard to social reforms, and give the nation a strong, true lead on the path that makes for national righteousness." Such la Kelr Hardlei platform; and that It is not altogether chimerical Is attested by the fact that his Independent Labor party has over 100 branches and number among Its workera thousands of members. Tbe declared object of this organization is to form an Industrial commonwealth founded on the socialization of land and capital. The great central organizing force of the whole movement the Labor Representation Committee created by Rameey Macdonald has avowed as one of Its main objects the obtaining for the workera the full results of their labor by the overthrow of the present competitive system of capitalism ; and the Institution of a system of public ownership of all the meam of production, distribution and exchange." This resolution was adopted at the last conference of the Labor Representation ISO, by Curtli Brown. Reserved) London, Feb. IS. Labor bn thrown down the gauntlet to capital In England. Political leaden who are anything but alarmifita admit that a fierce struggle Is about to be inaugurated in the House of Commons a fight of vested Interests and private ownership of every description against communism and publio ountroL On the one aide are the great landed monopolies, bolding between them literally millions of acres of English oil; the great railway system, controlling millions of dollars, and ramifying through every section of the oountry;tha ownera of the coal mines, the canals, water and gas companies in fact, every source of wealth In the bends of private individuals. As England 1s one of the richest countries In the worid, practically untold wealth will ax art hs uttermost power to preserve Its existence. On the other side are the forces of labor, lined up and genemled as they never have been before, perhaps, in the history of the world- Backed by millions of the working classes, representing the trades unions throughout the country, nnd led by skilled parliamentarians. controlling, at the name time, sufficient monetary power to enable them to fight without feeling the exigencies of went. such as would lockbe their fate In strikes and outs" the forces of labor are not to Copyright, '(British Right 1 d - be ignored. The new Liberal government has al- ready committed Itself to several of the Important planks of the Labor platform as, for Instance, the taxation of land values, and other aa revolutionary measures will be brought before the House of Common aa soon as the opportunity presents Itself. Investors arc naturally looking to the House of Lords to checkmate the great measures which may be passed by the Liberal and Labor parties combined. Whether the House of Lords will go down under the strain of the Incessant bombardment to which It will b subjected remains to be seen. In order to give an authoritative forecast of the Labor program In the next Parliament tbe writer recently obtained the views of the most prominent lenders among the movement sack as Kelr Hardle, Phillip Snow-de- n the "Robespierre of the Labor Eerolntlon.gs. pome have called him --rl. organiser of the ferae of Labor, and others. Ramsey-Macdonal- d, The I R- - C." is today the strongest labor union in the world. It represents numerically over 1.ih0.Uoi actual fltain-istatus-b- uilt members and It up as it is by ronribuikus from various societies and individuals st present enables It to control directly not less than gdud.iiuO year, which candidates have sum, now that H nearly all won out, will doubtless be greatly augmented. Every candidate supported by the 1 R. C. goes In under a written agreement to work with a distinct group in Parliament, and not to owa Committee just before the general lion, which has returned so many members u Parliament. As the Labor Representation Corn- mlttee la the practical central governing body the general staff, aa It were, of ths whole Labor party it history eouhl not be omitted even from a brief tki-tuof this wonderful organization which has astonished not only England, but practically the whole world by its sudden leap into prominence. The prime mover in the labor Representation Committee are A. Header elec-me- n A. Blirtf MAC DOXALD. M. P. A. KEIH Wkt Win rtvhaUr son, its chairman, and J. Ramsey The "L. R. C" sa ft bss been nicknamed, Is composed of members from trsdes unions, trades councils, soSocialist societies snd cieties. It wsa brought Into existence for the express purpose of electing Labor members to Parliament. It has not. only elected many members, but it guarantees each member 11,000 a year while In Parliament Otherwise, many of the members could not retain their seats, being mostly turn drawn from ihe laboring classes. Msc-donsl- An DIR, M. Pa Letar Fariv lei! IM Sew MmIIsmssI I fealty to any section of political opinion other than that of Labor. Though th Independent Labor party and other organism Ions which have sent men to Parliament recently are supposed not to be under the "I It C., ft Is tsclily admitted that this powerful committee will, through it strong group in the Rouse, dictate tbe Laltor policy. All other Labor members whether belonging to (tie J'lL K. C." or nov will join forms with that organization In all critical Issuoa, and throw In their i from present Indications these aro the conspicuous feature. I think I can apeak aa one with authority upon the subject of the long coat This particular variety worn with a "matching skirt Is not a favorite offering in tha spring showing, ao during the coming wintry spring months wear out your long coat and skirt gown. But when you purchase your new spring suit be sure that it has when carried out in black broadcloth, the aktrt laid In Inverted box plaits that lit perfectly about the hip and waists and a tiny double breasted bolero with a dirartoire coffer Inset with Chinese embroidery, makes a eovetable walking ult. Then there are tho nattiest short block silk coats that fit the figure snugly. These are to be worn with black skirts. They are elaborately braided coot which wa first worn In Hie second net of "La Rafale' by Mm. Kimono la Bargy. This coat may be of cloth, velvet or lace, according to Individual tancy, but It I always en sac" and made without sleeves. Last Monday evening at the ('ntnedl Francalaa I saw one of these coats of bruge lore In a delicate ahAde of poach. It was worn over a princess robe of peach mousseline d veioura, and tbs slaevss. ul what ln-o- aft-a;i- w.? saked to state very briefly feature of the fashions fler tomorrow I should un-- '! sr prince gewna. frvxks, short coats and a military Jacket or one of those funny and aderned with Innumerable small reaching to the ill'sw, were composed little coats that are short waiated and metal buttons In which glint pretty entirely of plaited frills of velvet, chify, have a sparrow tailed effect In, tbe colored stones. A favorite wrap on the fon and lace. This ileevcless coat to a back. Riviera to s something between mart and very useftil garment, but at These coats have been worn all win- a bolero andeapelet s regulation short cape, the seme time It opens the doer tu InmaU lta prTched ter by tboo of tbe elect who demand m rakT wide elbow sleeves. For sumdiscretions. By reason of Its simplicity Thera to no set rule, I In their costumes something out of the boasting r J? ?h mer com dainty ooatees of guipure and It attract I a attention, and It Is totally orrived at that stage of ordinary, but It baa only he recently Irish laae fetching little affairs Juri sy to forget that a sleeveless garh r." The1' ororTboJ y does very reached th masses. touching the wstot line, with angel ment must be wnrn over a blouse that Please in settling Th rounded bolero, with graceful sleeves of the inevitable elbow length. belongs to It alone. The bodice will not again. Ztome curves in the back coming well up This to the season when novelties ere necessarily be of the same color as the oopririoua that the mny above the waist line, to another In the mirto good ought coat, this consummation to dekgh P.rw levo oomo "ow mode with I model. This to the approved top covror of fashion, and something really voutlyalthough to be wished, but the two must surprise har votaries But ering fog tbe corselet cerium. YTnlch, new Is ths looee, sUalgbL sleeveless bs part of the same sc J Ym bs th-- V" sa . ai aar-The- n, i even Conservative which Seems best to foxier tbe iuteri-ki- s of Labor. It i generally believed, however. that the IJberals and Labor members will work well together, chiefly because, in order to get into Parliament, the IJberals have committed themselves Indefinitely to so many of the reforms which the Laltor party are upholding. The Labor Representation Committee has already formulated its policy and begun work, and when Parliament it will come out strongly for the oou-vene- a vote, whether men or women; abolition movement haa had aa Interesting cm of child labor and "swmttag in fac- reer. 11a came to London from Lm atm tories; insist anew on an eight-hou- r day mouth. Scotland, whero he was bora throughout England, and, generally, In 1866. He first became interested la the stoppaga of tho oppressions uf eurlal problems by reading Henry capitalism. George's Progress and Poverty," and Ramsey Macdonald, when Interview- began to take aa interest la aortal mated. railed attention to the fact that, ter at Brietol when about 20 years while England la probably the richest old. Ha came to London at the age of country la the world today, the con- 21 mod began Ufa addressing envaiopm dition of its laboring and working st th rate of about H cents a tfcoum I class growing worse Instead of and. He managed to obtain tha posb better, uud that material progress has lion of clerk in a small office at a bar not brought any rvllaf to the poor, only living wage, bat, being a very hard addiug io the wealth of the few. The worker, he attended night claaaas at holding of immense tracts of land In Rlrkberk College. His luce rant toil England by a few landlords," he aaM.' brought on a serious breakdown, and "is to be broken up both by purchase, for soma month ba was a physical aa in Ireland, and by making these wreck. After tha recovery of his health he very rich persona pay auch heavy taxes that they cannot afford to keep became senrotv? to Thomas LougK millions of acre of land out of uae, as who entered Parliament for a London at present. Hundreds of thousands of borough. This was Macdonalds first acres, both in the country and In city eniranc Into political life. 11a remainsuburbs, are in the hands of land a pec- ed with Mr. Lough tip to the end of ulators . who are holding K until Im- XML and at the earns time Joined lew provements, uiado by th people them- eral social hrlio aocietiea. Among othselves, shall bring these vacant lands er laetlUitkms he became a member at Into demand, then tha wealthy will tha Woman's Industrial Council, when he met Mine Maagarot Gladstone, ha nap their harvest. "Ths Labor Representation commit- foreign amntary, whom ho married tee propoaea io make taxes on vacant In MM. Ha acquired a wonderful haowlsdgd land so heavy that holders will hav to let it go for Improvement The reduc- at ftarllametttary procedure, sad It ta tion of the noat of land to persona wbo this intimate acquaintance which haa wish to buy owing to an much more made him wo invaluable aa organises land being brought into the market i to ihe 1 R. C. In MOT, when that Union will oien up Hut building trade once Body grew out of the Trade mors and afford thousand of build-er- a Congress. Macdonald breams its aeciw work. Up to this time many of tha lory. Macdonald baa don much unemployed bav been out of word ow- ImpariaUxe labor, and has aSUistad (tig with parties ing to there being ao land for would-b- e various organisations siroad. Within ths next year or two builders to pat up bouses on. pedal embassies win be sent out from "The ruRansMantton of tha railways snd other anurrea of industry the "L R. a" to study trad onadfc will, of course, be aooumpllshcd by (ions all over the world and to profit by regular purchase from present ownera, Improved conditionsan in other land St sides that to la the same manner as the private K Is conceded on water companies wer rooeutiy bought Macdonald la mainly due the euaceaa out by (he Metropolitan Water Board of the prwent movement LUs bonk Bari ah at and Society" haa had ft of London. Tha aame principles will demand daring dm late ekefiflh large coal milk and to other mines, apply when Usually people speak form c trading which various private of "labor candidates" (hero - Is induetrie now control. mental uaxtaka batwvoa Bills for all than objects will be a Anar-cfcls- u and Introduced Into Parliament, and If tha them with dynamite bomba sticking Liberal parly dues not auppurt them mtweucM the labor nrgaulxationa will out of their pockete. Ao a master off withdraw their rapport from the IJb-er- al fact, meat of the labor am and fores them out of FarUae easily elected are anything Mg ute couth In appearanoM SMBp Snow mant, deg, H. P. for Jflaottw looks Hits Macdonald, leader at the and chM organiser of the entire Labor u Advance Spring Styles Paris PARIS, or J o:o:o:o Fab. II. Ta study tha styles ana must visit Riviera. A 11 the smart wsrld Is disparting Itself hi AH many spot, and for a week I wee unong the fortuaete clean merely, hough, as an ehaerver, a Inoker on In Henna." What a baawMul time ene fees have In that land of dole tar lent" where It always aeawia to be ftrmeon. Them afternoons, by the sy, are the meet Mreaueua parts of A day tar th women who, gowned In thair atunnliigeat frocks, play bridge rom 4 to (, usually ter small stakes. Bara and there. It la true, you will bid woman playing above their means llrl who after making IIS or 111 st bldg oaa day, WUI naively hiform you ith flunked etiaaka that they aro makes at tha rata af ao many hundreda a bar. Their elation anbaldea a wreck tor, whan, after a Sew runs of bed eck. they realise that they are loelng X the rate of aa many thousands. The Jority of women are See cautious to hke serious risks either st cards or on ha stock exchange. Ta pro nerve her 'eth la th aim of a woman's life, and frocubuiva ventures aro Invariably frdng. The eenffrsied woman gambler a freak, a creature of eroWa feet, hol-- w oheeka and clavrHk hands. Tou her In .the "rooms" at lfont JJt and Ssrta Blarrltm and occasionally In i drawing room, bat aha acts as a warning ta ths rest of her fx. A for the prevalence af gambling, Jhlrii among women we are told la en taTaeoa, I do not think tho matter s to ba taken seriously. Ta moralise a St-la Hfe, after all. but a gam- lottery. In wMCb wa all stand to n,as great prise or laws tho orlgl- stake? If we have any aim In Ufa must risk aewiethlng either our jmney or our health, eur happlnaaa and oar reputation 4o attain It otalng la to bo had In thfa wsrld tar "J"":on soma pay more dearly than settling day that's ths only "Thence. It u th belief In our luck holys the generality of ua the struggle against tearful T the delicious possibility of bring- -, coup" which supports us toughout the otherwise monotonous of our Uvea. 'ho sermon la over, thank heaven," roa "ay. and new to the world of In the mondaine por-- " h of It. which. takes tha form of clothes, and o ludiTl al.lof the,e u spring finery, lovely, light, becoming that we confidently hope will m .. u" young and beautiful again traln of th winter aerial com- lot with any part) -- whether Irish, Lib- eral COMMUNISMS. D, A. IHtraunn, M. p. following programme: Taxation uf land values; nationalize Mt hi of railways ; forcing the Government to provide work for the unemployed; of housing conditions of the working clashes; extension of muInsur-ancto lira nicipal trading ihe coal supply, the milk trade, and even to the making of bread; arbitral Ion trades of disputes; Injured compensation of workmen by accident ; ratabUtiiment of pensions for aged workers who have passed the limit ; tbe right of all udulta to e, The other day I heard some poor misguided Benedicts discussing th new princess styls, and tho creatures were actually approving theui un ths boots of cheapness. How 1 pitied them, for the masculine mind had argued that beta use there waa trimming only on tha waist a frock of thle kind must be Inexpensive. It to permitted to women to be paradoxical, nnd perhaps a little extravagant, In their dress, but to be reasonable never! The happy man who ventured the remark about tha cheapness of the prinreaa frock and whoa duty It to to pay tho Mils may have robes, seImagined that th prince ver In outline and ALMORT guiltless of adornment, wars especially designed to Increase hla bank account, bub also, that nna word "almor.t" ta hla undoing. Only on ths bodice and on the extreme hem may we Introduce trimmings on these gowns to be sure, but what is the nature and the value of tha trim- - . Lv (OuoBnuod Aa an Illustration, Ikuust has mad for Uma. Bargy an emhroMsrad princess gown of brown crop da rhino. So tins are tha embroideries, all of asset I y tha aame tint aa th gown material, that when granted tha privilege of gating on tha masterpiece I had to hold the precious oral uni in my hand before I realised tta unique value. Tble may ba art w lib a vary large A. but surely It Is a little too much, for viewed from the front row of stalls the creation will Just hs a well made brown crape gown, "with some embroMarlee." Embroideries, though, are the fetich of the dreaamaker's existence and tha Chlneaa example are the beloved of tha cult. The artists use for Ihrir bits of work that were designed for other than sartorial effects, snd tbs tsl are never recognised, so skillfully are they employed. ' Rivaling this oriental work are reproductions of old French embroideries, dons entirely with pastel colored ribbons. Tiny baskets, for Instoncs, are formed of grid or silver thread and filled with ribboa and chiffon tlowora.. This work is parlfcu-lar- ly alfertivs on evening snd smart afternoon gowns. But to return to ths mere prosaic gowns of every day ua sn ths nfiw circular skirts high circular raffles will apiiesr, elaborately trimmed with tucks, embroidery and braid. The Jupes of tomorrow that Is, tha beet cut onae will flew out freely from the belt and win be gathered, knife plaited or tucked Into tbe belt. Parisian couturier ea aro Instating upon thair patrons adopting empire modes, and aa a consequence women with flgares diametrically opposed to thee Ihies are struggling Into form by mean of trip bondages. Tou never heard of them? Welt, every stout woman who aspires to the svelte lines of the empire gown to swathed about the hips with yards of rubber bands. Tbe subject to awfully uncomfortable, but has the satisfaction of knowing that she Is getting Into line with her slim, willowy sister and will soon bs a candidate for the modified Joeephlne frock. In tart the princes and gll th dinging upper 'skirt lines demand the vanishing hip effect. The bust continues to be well defined, and the waist must be snag and trim. It Is only natural with tha continued erase for empire frocks that beautiful high combs should be worn In the hair, which to parted In the middle From theee combe spring out at th back of the head clusters of curia, ribbons and ' sometimes ostrich plumes. In moderation, this to a quaint and pretty feshlon. Just before the Lenten season begin there are a number of fancy costume parties given by smart Parisians. This year these affairs promise to be exceptionally brilliant, and th artists are vlelng with each other In the elegance and originality of their creations. A masked Enrhanfreea is a character to be taken by a lovely French matron who will wear a looee skirt of dark violet velvet, with an overskirt of the same color in silk game. Tha foot of the Jupe Is adorned with painted dragons Inclosed in a border of red pearls. The bodice has. aa decoration, an embroidered owl, done In gold beads and sequin. The sleeves are wide and transparent. Ideally beautiful le th costume of "Lotus Flower," evolved In while silk muslin. The skirt divides In front to display Turkish pantaloons of soft, dull green rilk. Th bodice end sleeves are covered with embroidered lotus flowera which also trim the skirt M,d belt. Orisette" and a dslntyf ttla figure other representing a "Jardlner-in- d charming costumes ore bring made for s bal masque here at the gay capital. CATHERINE TALBOT. oa fhp Rfteeo, min go? JLi Eapire Afteron Press 1 Is tiiU a leading Ibis rids el ths water It Is ins every Any mars Into favor, Tbe dross Unstinted la a Parisian creation. It la mads sf black and whits striped velvet, the skill style THE empire la Farta and aa com one-tum- ea having at tha bottom a aeries of flttri floancea. Ths short watotod bodice hai a gulpuro front and ravers of Irish tao caught with a wide steel buckla Tht wrinkled three-quartsleeves Haiti with turned beck lace caffs. er Hew to K women le well dreused wtieM clothes attract such attention that hat Thei penonallty Is overshadowed. should be a frame to a picture alIn ways secondary Tht Importance. same feeling should lead om to adapt ths prevailing mode to ones own style age, face snd figure. On writer hai wittily observed: "A woman should M mors socept a bonnet that to unbecoming because it Is tho fashion than ah would accept a husband of a certalr type because that Is the stale of mss women are marrying." Neither should ths same modsla bf worn at sixteen and at sixty. An ell tore never looks ao old as under youthful hat, and age to leas emphasised by mature looking garments that are yet becoming, which often lend a aerious, aweet dignity which to tha coquetry of age. Aewels aa aa Aid (a Raaoty. Bracelets set off a handsome hanl and often make overtat arms appeal more shapely. Overcrowded fingers am ml ways vulgar, but a few good rings well set and of becoming colors, an great embellishment. Th woman with dull eyes shnulj never wee . 'lamond earring, and such highly col 15 gems as ruble and sapnot be worn with red phires si., Pearls nrA ths fees mors than any tbtr JswtL J |