.~e INTERNATIONAL SOOALIST REVIEW Vol. XVII Edited by Charles H. Kerr No.1 ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Mary E. Marcy, William E. Bobn. Lealie H. Marcy, Frank Boha, William D. Haywood, Phillips Russell Tlu ElliiiW >• r~st011d•u oni:JI /IW ...,., '"'"'"" n lh• •4ilorool ,.,, ond '" ""'''"'4 4•f••t••nt ,..,,. BGel• cofJirmlor ou •u•d"''' ldotor u ru#Oflllbl• /or """' '"''""" "'" Ill• ..,. ,.,,..'""· T A B L E 0 F CONTE.NTS War-Poem .............. -.............. Carl Sandburg.................. 4 Doings of the Month ..................... Jack Phillips .................... 5 The Flag Follows the Investor ........... Frederick C. Howe .............. 11 The Invisible Government ..... , .......... Martin M. Mulhall.. .. .. .. .. .. 15 Socialism in the Plant World ............. Eliza Frances Andrews .......... 18 Industrial Unionism: What Is It? ......... Maori/and Worker .............. 20 The Lies We Believe .................... :John Randolph .................. 22 The House Fly as a Carrier of Disease .... H eimydena N ederd . 26 The Left Wing .......................... S. J. Rutgers .... ................ 29 Virgin Forests of the Philippines ......... Marion Wright .. ............... 33 How Jim Hill Made His Money ......... Gustavus Myers ................. 35 One Way of Trimming the Farmer ....... Mary E. Marcy ................. 37 James Connolly .......................... William E. Bohn ............... 41 Libraries Wanted in Labor Unions ....... Jules Scarceriaux ........... .... 43 On Daylight Saving ..................... SunntY M'Nee .................. 45 DEPARTMENTS International Notes News and Views Published :Monthly, $1.00 a year, Cauada $1.20; other countries $1.110 BmuUe ..... 10 f031 88 OW.; RO fol' fl.OO; 100 fol' fi.OO CHARLES H. KERR t!c COMPANY, Publishers (Co-operative) Ul-148 East Ohio· Street, Chicaco, ID., U. S ..A. Entered at the Postoflice at Chicago, Ill., as Sec~nd Class Matter July 27, 1900, under l'N!Mir'IW'IM Act of March 8, 1879. f§Be INTERNATIONAL SOOALIST REVIEW Vol. XVII Edited by Charles H. Kerr No.2 ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Mary E. Marcy, William E. Bohn. Leslie H. Marcy, Frank Bohn, Willlam D. Haywood, Phillips Ruasell Tlu lUI,., II rllfotUitll nly for ftftlll 1~&#,.1111 H 11!1 11litorial IIIII 111111 i11 tmsit"'ll lllful•t111 ••"". &,11 'nlrlttllor a#ll IJiseeiiJII lililor i1 rllfotUitl• for """' '"'""'II oflr 1111 ... lil11&1ar~. T A B L E 0 F C 0 N T E. N T S Cartoon-Preparedness Gods ............. The Masses .................... 68 Doings of the Month ..................... Henry H egenburg ............... 69 Illustrated The Iron Heel on the Mesaba Range ..... Leslie H. Marcy .............. , .. 74· Illustrated A Plea for Preparedness ................. Business Men's League .......... 80 Abolition of Private Property .......... .. Karl Marx ..................... 81 The Hawaiian Pineapple ................ .. Marion Wright ................. 84 Illustrated Mexico for the Mexicans ................ Dante Barton ................... 87 "Our" National Insurance and Collection Agency ............ ~ .. : ............... Frederick C. Howe ... ........... 89 It Can't Be Done ....................... .. William 0. Nimock .............. 93 Illustrated The Passing of the Old Democracy ...... S. J. Rutgers . ................... 96 The· Cat Is Out of the Bag. 99 - Face to Face ............................ Ceo. P. West ................... 100 The Drone ............................. C. M. Drake ............ : ....... 102 Some Personal Reminiscences of J. Howard Moore ................................ Louis S. Vineburg .............. 104 Our Proposed Socialist Platform .......... Henry Dubb ..................... 106 The Origin and Earliest Traces of Man .. Wilhelm Boelsche ............... 108 DEPARTMENTS International Notes News and Views Publishers' Department Published Monthly, f1.00 a year, Canada f1.20; other countries .1.60 •-dle :aaw, 10 f~ eo cu.; 110 to~: ~.oo; 100 to~: ta.oo CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY, Publishers (Co-operative) 141-HI East Ohio Street, Chicago, ID., U.S.~. Entered at the PostoJiice at Chicaco, Ill., as Sec<ond Class Matter July 17, 1900, under . Act of March 8, 1879. ~28 We INTERNATIONAL SOClALIST REVIEW Vol. XVII Edited by Charles H. Kerr No.3 ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Mary E. Marcy, William E. Bohn. Lealie H. Marc}', Frank Doha, William D. Haywood, Phillips Russell Tlu B.tlllfW b "''oml•l• .,.,, for .;,., ••,ruu4 •• lA• ttlilorlel '"'' au itS """'"'' ,,,,.,,.,,,., ''"'""· Ba&lt _,.i.ulor au IIIIIH:lau ltlil111' il rn,oml•l• /111' "'"" ,.,,,,11 11111r "'' _,. "'""'""· T A B L E 0 F CONTENTS The Class War and Its Outlook ........... Eugene V. Debs ................ 135 Flashes Along the Battle-Line ............ Militant ....................... 137 Job Control in the Harvest Fields ......... W. T. Nef ..................... 141 Illustrated Will Eugene V. Debs Sit in Congress? ..... Scott Bennett ................. 144 They Belong Inside!. .................... Mary E. Marcy ..............· ... 146 Petroleum in Mexico .................... l M d t C R ll d j. 149 Mexican Feminist Congress ............. 5 ° es 0 · 0 · an 1.. 152. Going to School Thru Rovolution ........ Thomas Carter ................ 154 Liebknecht's Defiance ..................................................... 156 The Mesaba Strike ....................... Ceo. P. West ................... 158 Invading Miners' Homes .................. Otto Christensen ............... 161 Socialism and Patriotism in Germany ...... Cart Wittman . •. .. 163 Mass Action ............................. Herman Gorter ................ 165 The American Negro and the War ........ Palmer Hoke Wright ........... 166 Help Elect Debs ......................... Noble C. Wilson ..... ~ ......... 167 A Walking Excavator ................... Popular Science Afonthly ........ 168 George Andreytchine .................... G. P. W ........................ 170 On the Lid ............................. Seymour Deming .............. 171 Can the Railroad Unions Win? .......... Fullstroke ..................... 173 The Debs Campaign ..................... Mignonette Vermillion ......... 175 DEPARTMENTS ~,.· Editorial: Debs, Hughes and Confiscation International Notes News and Views Published Monthly, $1.00 a year, Canada $1.20; other countries $1.50 BmuUe :aaw, 10 fd eo ow.; 110 fol' ~.eo; 100 fel' ta.OO CHARLES H. KERR&: COMPANY, Publishers <Co-operative) 841-348 East Ohio Street, Chica1o, ,lll., U. S. ~. .\ Entered at the Postoftice at Chicaco, IU., u Sec<.nd Class Matter July 17, 11100, under ~Bm;~J Act of March 8, 18711. ~28 moe INTERNATIONAL SOOALIST REVIEW Vol. XVII Edited by Charles H. Kerr - No.4 ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Mary E. Marcy, William E. Bohn. Lealle H. Marc,-, Frank Doha, William D. Haywood, Phillips RUHell T A B L E 0 F TC E0 N NT S Cartoon, Pennsylvania Cossacks .......................... T.he Masses Why the Rails Won! (Illustrated) ......................... Militant Murder in the First Degree (Illustrated) ................. Eugene V •. Debs Politics and Pe~ple ........................................ Women as Gun Makers ...................•.............. London E!!gineer Shorty's Philosophy ...................................... Harrison Georgi! Kings, Queens and History ................................ Grace Ford - The New York Street· Car Strike (Illustrated) ........... What Capitalists Are Saying ............................... F arum The San Francisco Frame-Up ............................. Robert Minor Crime and Economic Conditions .................... : ...... Clarence Darrow Industrial Unionism ...................................... F. H. About Bananas (Illustrated) .............................. Marion Wright Hamstringing the Unions .................................. Mary E. Marcy A Man vs. Taxes .......................................... Georgia K otsch The Militant Harvest Workers ......... , .................. At the Mercy of Their Employes .......................... Jack Morton The Left Wing Mass Action ............................... S. !. Rutgers The Railroad Work Day., ................................. Fullstroke DEPARTMENTS News and Views International Notes Publishers' Department Published llloathly. $1.00 a year. Caaada fUO; other countries $1.10 •-a. ..,., 10 t02 • -....; 10 fu tJ,.eo; 100 fel' ..... CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY, Publishers <Co-operadve) Ul-148 East Ohio Street. Chicqo. Ill,. U. S. A. ~.-.:MG..,Entered at the Poatoftice at Cllicaco, IU., aa Secc.nd ciua Matter July 17, 11100, undet Act of March 8, 1879. ~28 moe INTERNATIONAL SOCJAIJST REVIEW Vol. XVII Edited by Charles H. Kerr No. 5. ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Mary E. Marcy, William E. Bohn, Leslie H. Marcy, Frank Bohn, William D. Haywood, Phillips Russsell Ihe Editor is respo11sible onl::,• for r·iews expressed on the editorial page and in unsigned department matter. Each contributor a11d associate editor is l'esponsible for ·views expressed over his own sig11ature T A B L E 0 F C 0 N T E N T S Cover-Arresting Union Miners in Pennsylvania.Photograph ............ Frontispiece-The Eight-Hour Agitators of 1886.Robert Minor .......... Politics and People ............................. Militant . 265 More "Law and Order" ......................... L. H. M.. 269 The Railworkers' "Victory'' .................... S. J. Rutgers ............ 271 The Tale of the Movie (Illustrated) ......... .Julius Hess ............ 273 How We Robbed Mexico in 1848 ............... Robert H. Howe. 277 The Campaign Forecast ........................ A. N. Oberver.. 280 Hunger in the Midst of Plenty (Illustrated) ..... L. D. Gillespie.. 282