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intoxicating liquor in his life。 The act on the part of the authorities was one
of kindness for him; as in the county jail he will be provided with a good
place to sleep and plenty to eat。
〃Joe Coat; aged sixty…nine years; will serve ninety days in the county
jail for much the same reason as Westlake。 He states that; if given a chance
to do so; he will go out to a wood…camp and cut timber during the winter;
but the police authorities realize that he could not long survive such a
task。〃From the Butte (Montana) Miner; December 7th; 1904。
〃'I end my life because I have reached the age limit; and there is no
place for me in this world。 Please notify my wife; No。 222 West 129th
Street; New York。' Having summed up the cause of his despondency in
this final message; James Hollander; fifty…six years old; shot himself
through the left temple; in his room at the Stafford Hotel today。〃New
York Herald。
{4} In the San Francisco Examiner of November 16; 1904; there is an
account of the use of fire…hose to drive away three hundred men who
wanted work at unloading a vessel in the harbor。 So anxious were the men
to get the two or three hours' job that they made a veritable mob and had
to be driven off。
{5} 〃It was no uncommon thing in these sweatshops for men to sit
bent over a sewing…machine continuously from eleven to fifteen hours a
day in July weather; operating a sewing…machine by foot…power; and often
so driven that they could not stop for lunch。 The seasonal character of the
work meant demoralizing toil for a few months in the year; and a not less
demoralizing idleness for the remainder of the time。 Consumption; the
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plague of the tenements and the especial plague of the garment industry;
carried off many of these workers; poor nutrition and exhaustion; many
more。〃From McClure's Magazine。
{6} The Social Unrest。 Macmillan Company。
{7} 〃Our Benevolent Feudalism。〃 By W。 J。 Ghent。 The Macmillan
Company。
{8} 〃The Social Unrest。〃 By John Graham Brooks。 The Macmillan
Company。
{9} From figures presented by Miss Nellie Mason Auten in the
American Journal of Sociology; and copied extensively by the trade… union
and Socialist press。
{10} 〃The Bitter Cry of Outcast London。〃
{11} An item from the Social Democratic Herald。 Hundreds of these
items; culled from current happenings; are published weekly in the papers
of the workers。
{12} Karl Marx; the great Socialist; worked out the trust development
forty years ago; for which he was laughed at by the orthodox economists。
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