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This contribution to Socialist propaganda literature is not intended as a mere production for the passing moment, based, though it largely is, on a passing incident. The writer hopes it will grow in value, as an expose of Capitalism, as the Socialist movement grows. The Los Angeles tragedy is only one of the countless blots that stain a vicious arrangement of human society—a society that is openly perpetuated by strife and warfare. Were it necessary, volumes could be written of the awful tales of horror that Capitalism has been guilty of in all times. The object has been in this little offering to draw a comparative picture that will condemn class rule and its resulting wars. I trust that this humble effort will meet the approval of my comrades, and that it will be largely placed in the hands of non-Socialists and so stimulate them to a wider investigation of the Cause so dear to us.

HENRY M. TICHENOR.

Winfield, Kans.