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Show I A i I I t I ... - ' ' 1 tracts, Irades disputes, etc.. but mott people seem to have a ery ha.y idea as to tho meaning of the term. Some say it Implies a wage on which the I worker and his family can maintain , themselves In comfott, hut no two persons tan give the same definition of what constitutes "comfort." As the main object' of Trades Vuionlsm Is to compel employers of labor lo pay a "fair day's wajc for a fair day's work." perhaps a discussion of the matter from the Socialist standpoint may nerve to clear wny a good deal of the misapprehension that exist. Socialism argues that nodal wrongs are the logbal outcome or the economic eco-nomic law of capiia.lsni, and that consequently con-sequently the only way to remove such wrongs Is by abolishing capitalism, capital-ism, and establ'phlng in Its pIhcc a Co-operative Commonwealth, based on the right of every human beln? to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. DEMAND FOR A "FAIR WAGE" And the Impossibility of Its Fulfillment Fulfill-ment Under the Present Economic Econ-omic Sy6tem. The below article originally appeared appear-ed in the "Hamburjrer Echo," and was translated for the "Cape Socialist," Social-ist," South Africa. It deals with the fallacy of the crafc unionist's demand of a "fair day's pay for a fair day's work" A "fair wage" is often mentioned in connection with municipal con- |