Will contain among its many important papers the following timely subjects which you cannot afford to overlook: SOCIALIST IDEALS. By EUGENE V. DEBS, candidate of the Socialist Party for President of the United States. A very important paper prepared expressly by Mr. Debs in which he clearly answers the claim that Socialism is nothing more than a materialistic and selfish political philosophy--a claim which egoistic capitalists who are seeking to give us little and grab as much as possible, are industriously disseminating. Mr. Debs eloquently and logically maintains that socialism is supremely idealistic. Not only Socialists, but all persons who wish to obtain an authoritative statement of a great political and economic belief from an accredited leader will be interested in Mr. Debs' paper. THE CLASS STRUGGLE OF TO-DAY. BY SAUL BEAUMONT. 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