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The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
THANKSGIVING DAY.

Very shortly the proclamation viii 60
forth throughout the length and breadth
of the land: clear vel Hear YET On
the UNITY day of our Lord, in the
year and reign of Billy the Fat l9ll,
We shall eat, drink and give thanks Ell
cetera-and some more besides.
Mighty nice custom that-for the fell
lows who have the wherewithal and
something to eat and drink and bel
cheerful about-BUT-
To an ordinary ass it looks like this;
As long as this country is cursed with
the great national crime of child labor;
as long as the mother must leave the
home and find employment in the fac
tory; as long as full grown working
men are paid a wage barely sufficient
to furnish the actual necessities of a
physical existence; so long as uncer-
tainty of employment, even at the most
miserable wage, hangs like a menace
over the heads of millions of workers;
so long as hundreds of thousands of
working mems lives are yearly sacrificed
through preventable accidents; as long
as GRAFT rules and INCOMPETENCE
guides the ship of state; as long as
crime, misery, prostitution, drunken
ness, insanity, suicide and all the brood
of vices that spring from POVERTY
and INJUSTICE still are the common
lot of the common people; as long as
billions of wealth are spent for WAR,
and every so-called Christian nations is
armed to the teeth and ever ready to
fall upon its weaker neighbor, or enter
wars of conquest and plumber; in a word
as long as hell reigns supreme and the
God of Mammon sits upon his throne
of Gold while Truth and Justice lie
torn and bleeding, so LONG will there
be little occasion for THANKFULNESS
on the part of the disinherited, the be-
trayed, the befuddled people
Some of us may well be thankful that
we are not in quite as bad fix as our
fellows, but it is mighty poor grace
to boast it, and miserable ethics to
make it subject of personal approach
to the Great Lord of the Harvest, the
God of Nature who has provided in
abundance for ALL HIS CHILDREN, an
abundance that is kept from them by
the very powers that proclaim Thanks
giving Day." the representatives of the
Master Class.
Now the Ass who writes this isn't Il
crouch; he's willing to admit things
might be WORSE. But he is more will
ing to proclaim that things OUGHT TO
BE BETTER, and he isn't little bit
SATISFIED or thankful" about things
as they ARE.
And to show his mulish disposition in
this particular matter he has made a
vow that so long as one single child
slave tolls for wages, so long as one
single Tor married) woman is forced to
sell her body for bread; so long as any
one willing to work cannot find useful
NOlh w w, ttlh Nv a piNPNi
ton; so long, in brief, as capitalism
reigns, he will call days of National
Feasting days instead, and do
his best to stir up an intellectual PRO
TEST till JUSTICE shall be established
on this earth
OF course these are but the medita-
tions of an ass-you can do as you
please-it's still free country'-as
long as you do what the boss wants
you to do. But it won't hurt you to
think it over. There's nothing like a
Kicker if he's kicking for what is
right.
The ass himself did it.
G.. II. LOCKWOOD.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
LITTLE BUSINESS MEN.

We are somewhat interested in the
market report of the Northwestern
Fruit Exchange, Portland, Oregon, of
November 4, which was handed to us
by J. F. Littooy, our horticultural eX
pert. In part it reads as follows:
"The distribution effected by the ex-
change, and the prices obtained for the
growers, has been so much better, and
the returns of the cash proceeds so much
quicker, that it is unfortunate that
more associations did not cooperate
with the exchange. In this connection
the exchange reproduces newspaper
report of an extract from the address
of Prof. c.. W. A. Veditz, of the George
Washington University Washington, d.
co., government expert on the new
tariff board, before a meeting of the
American Institute of Bankers:
"'The so-called little business men,
he said are rapidly becoming living
monument to the shameful waste and
wanton stupidity of uncontrolled compe-
tition.'"
The report goes on to ask: 'Does not
this bit of shrewd observation by a
prominent government expert, point a
moral to the fruit growers ~
Well, it should, and to everyone OF
our readers and the readers of the re-
port besides The fact that the words
uncontrolled competition" are used
somewhat unadvisedly, matters not, the
substance for thought is none the less
present.
The time has come when the Little
Business Men," and even the Little Big
Business Interests of the west have not
only come under the dominating influ-
ence. but full control of the real Big
Interests of the East, and they are
coming to hate the eastern master with
bitter hatred. This condition of al
fairs is brought about by the rapid ac-
emulation of the wealth of the land in
the hands of comparatively few men
of the east, through our present system
of profit.
According to statistical figures, the
wealth of the United States is Sl25OOO,-
100000. OF this $500 men control so,
100000. These $500 men inherited
comparatively little of this enormous
wealth and produced, practically, none
of it. 1t has been accumulated through
the System of Profits and reinyested
Profits. until it is now aceumulating so
rapidly that it is a matter of but few
years. at least, before it will have not
only absorbed the remaining $4,000,
900. 900 of wealth, but all the newly ere
ated wealth into the bargain. And, dur
f ing this interim, these $500 eXploiters
will have exploited each other so sue
cessfully that probably the thousands
can be eliminated from the equation.
leaving something like 500 men owning
all the wealth of the country.
/ 1t that time there viii be but two
. CLASSES LETT in Free America the
800 capitalists and the one hundred on
more millions of -erfs.
Pleasing picture is it not
A picture that will be- literal posi-
tive reality unless the present SYSTEM
OF PROFITS Is ONERTHROWN.
We believe it viii De- overthrow. We
believe the American people are beeom.
ing d thinking people. That they are
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
SINGLE TAX PLAN
MEETS OPPOSITION
Everett Abstractor TO Test Legal
ity of the Amendment
in Courts
BURDEN HELD UNEQUAL
Argued That Measure Is in Contraven-
ton of State Law Requiring As
sessments at Full Value.

Everett. Nov ls.-Theodore Anderson,
of the Anderson Abstract company,
promises to bring action to restrain Ey-
erctt from further attempt to ineor-
porate the single tax amendment in the
city's charter
The opinion of some of the lawyers
here that the amendment is unconstitu-
tional comes as a shock of surprise to
many citizens, for it had been planned
to make Everett the pioneer among the
American cities to espouse the single
tax.
Can City Discriminate?
1t is argued by the opponents of the
measure that the state law requires that
all property be assessed at its full value.
while the single tax measure necessarily
contemplates either assessing improved
property at less than its value or unim-
proved property at more than its value,
The owners of unimproved property
maintain that they are entitled to have
their land taxed at the same ratio to
its real or sale values as is the owner
of improved property.
Revisers Interested.
The single tax, owing to its adoption
in the election of November 7, is, so far
as the popular mandate is concerned, an
official part of Everett's municipal pro
gram, and as a consequence may be eX-
pected to figure prominently in the
work of the charter revision committee,
which started its work yesterday.
Among the heaviest owners of lands
that would become targets for the sin
gle tax here are the Everett Improve
ment company, W. G. SwalweIl, B. j. and
w. j. Rucker and A. d. Austin.
Some lawyers suggest that single tax
would prove unreasonable unless forti-
fled by an income taX.-Sunday P. l.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
CONVERSATIONS HEARD ON
THE CAR.

"Say, do you remember the old man
who ran the elevator at our factory on
First Avenue North?"
you mean old Jim DalbergY'
Eyes, the little thin Swede. Well, he
is starting off to st. Louis with his old
mother-you remember she was an in
valid for years"
That's strange. Whatever is taking
those miserable people away at this
time of year|
The first speaker who seemed to
know good deal about the case,
mumbed, Il guess they're ashamed 10
starve to death where so many people
know them"
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01

waking up to a realization Of the enorm
ity of the crime they are committing by
allowing TllE SYSTEM or ENPLOl.
.TATION to continue. And this system
of Exploitation is no more nor less than
the Profit System, and it must be abol-
ished The New Time, Mountain Home
Idaho.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01

The Everett Shoe Manufacturing Co.
viii be open for business in their new
store, zoos Hewitt avenu, after Dec. 1.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01

FOR RENT 7-room house TO good con
dition. 1929 Smith Ave. CAN Ind.
552X.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01

Have you tried Wetmore Home Made
Bread, Cookies and Doughnuts?
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01

Eyes, Lowry was well off enough to
live without worrying about money
when he up and died It was the same
case with Gregory--he got it in his
nerves that he could not get enough
money and at last his nerves killed him.
Il is the everlasting race after the al
mighty dollar that hurries many Of us
off before our time. We certainly do
take our hats off % the man with the
dough. Il is always the man with the
dollar who has the first seat in the OBJ
seryati0n car"
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01

Chocolate Jumbos at Crown Candy
Co.'S, 25e a pound Saturday.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
WOMEN DO NOT WANT IT!

At the close of the registration in
Santa Barbara, Cal last Saturday, g.
600 women and $500 men had registered
to vote in the municipal election of De
cember 5. This constitutes % per cent
of the feminine populatiou.-Woman's
Journal
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01

From across the ear came another
phase of the same theme: mo. the
American people win NOT always be
hoodwinked. The poor win not always
consent TO Dee run over by the autmo-
biles of the rich without complaining of
Die aches In their shoulders"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-19

tho park and won q hand-corved, gold
and silver trimmed saddle and outfit
valued at E45O.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-19
CHOLERA SITUATION BETTER
Only one Death and No New Cases I'm
Past TWcnty-FOm Hours.

New York, July 1S.-The cholera
situation at Quarantine Is reassurlng
tonight according to Or. Alyah H.,
Doty, health officer Of the port and
his assistants In the last twenty
four hours there has been one death
but no new cases have been reported
and several of the eighteen persons
i'm the SwIncburne Island Hospital
are reported conyalescent Some OF
those now suffering from the plague
are seriously in and the death list
may DE swollen within the next few
luNa.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-19

Sam Houston Of Texas, a we'll known
cotton mill builder and Ex-senator
Campbell Russell will bo among the
speakers
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-19

The races close tomorrow, so don't
miss the snst two days. Como out
and enjoy thcm.--AdV.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-06-08
La muieT carpiOteTO

Par1s-El feminismo hace progresses
sOrprendentes en- todOs los |ramOs, in
cluso Ell la carpinteria de armar, como
puede verse por ell hecho siguiente:
Hay Ell Montlucon una joven carpin-
tero, que es objeto de la mas viva curio-
sidad p0r parte de sus convecinOs. Tie
ne veintinueve amos, es casada y natural
de Senlis, en- ell departamento del Disc
Todos los dias la joven carpintero acu-
de a los talleres de construction de los
nuey0s cuarteles de infanteria, vestida
con una jupeculotte" de pana, y al
lado de su eSp0so sc entrega q los traba-
JOS de carpinteria con una habilidad y
I'm cello dignOs de tod0 encOmio. Pero
no Sc limita, como pudiera suponerse.
a los trabajos Gle taller, sinD que esta
femlniSta practica sube los andamiOs,
Sc encarama por las cuerdas y trabaia
en- La carpinter1a de las techumbres de
las obras en- construction, arrostrando la
intemperie los riesgos del ofcio con la
misma intrepidez que el obrero mas ave-
zadO:
Dotada de una complexion robusta,
practica ell .ofcio hace va cuatro amos.
Actrlalmente CANA I'M jorna] de ocho a
diez frances.
Referese que en- Abrilly hab1a q. qui-
tar la veleta del castillo, enlpresa que
ofrecia verdadero peligro. La joven
carpintero Sc comprometi0 a guitar la
veleta, situada 4 una altura de Is me-
tros, y cumplid ell cqanproq1l7so SIN MN
gun incidente- iE,,7
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1911-06-08
ART|CULOS De FAMA

Sin duda alguna 10 son en- TODD ell
mundo los Que fabrican The Carter $
Ink Company, de Boston, Mass, E. U.
de America, contandose en- primera IL
nea Ell Fluldo de escribir de Carter, qM
es Ia tinta mas apreciada hoy en- el mer-
ado, por sus condolences de irmeza, CO.
lor, durabilidad Y envase.
Ell uso de la Tinta de Carter Sc ha ge-
meraLizado de tai manera que en- la ac-
tuaIidad es casi la 1nica que sc emplea
en- el comercio Y en- las oficinas.
De venta en- ell BOUETIN M1ERCAN-
TIL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
Inflammatory Rheumatism Quickly
Relieved.

Morton L. Hill of Lebanon, Ind,
says: my wife had infiammatory
rheumatism in every muscle and Joint /;
her suffering was terrible and her body
and face were swollen almost beyond
recognition; had been in bed for six
weeks and had eight physicians, but
received no benefit until she tried DR..
Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism. II
gave immediate relief and she was able
to walk in three days. am sure II
saved her life" Sold by Otto Grotjan,
1901 Second avenue, Rock Island, and
Gust. Schlegel & Son, 220 Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
SECURES FINE QUARTET
FOR NEW YEAR MUSIC

Manager Carl Mueller of the New
Harper has succeeded in securing the
famous Free Settlers quartet as one
of the New Years attractions in the
cafe. The quartet comes here from
Cincinnati for a three evenings en-
gagement commencing tomorrow
night, on which occasion, as on the
two succeeding evenings, Jabe's reg
ular Harper house orchestra will be
augmented by an additional instru-
ment, and Miss Midgie Woodruff,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

Empire for the last half of the week,
which includes Sundays perform
ances, is one Of the strongest uni
formly that he has had since the the
atre was opened. Carl Herbert, Eu-
ropean comedy magician, is clever
and entertaining, and indeed one of
the best ever seen in the three cities.
Raymond and Hall are classy singers
and dancers, and Blanche Holt and
her company of four people put on a
really delightful sketch, entitled THE
Star Boarder." Shaw and Everts dc
a turn with a pretty background and
Holman Bros. prove kings in the ling
of comedy bar experts, their act being
fitting climax to a truly meritorious
bill. Mrs. Mae Richards Casey is
singing THE Songs My Mother Used
to Sing" and the motion pictures are
of good order. There will be three
performances at the Empire Sunday
and likewise New Years day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
ILLINOIS.

Dec. 3O.-"Two Orphans"
Dec. 31.-Guy Hickman Stock
company.
Jan. The Kinomacolor moving
pictures.
Jan. 4-"The Red Mill"
Jan. GA Good Old Time" mu-
steal comedy.
Jan. 7-"Barriers Burned Away"
Jan. 12-Dave Lewis in Don't
Lie to Your Wife"
Jan. 1s-'The Smart Set"
Jan. 23-Mme. Aida under aus
pices Rock Island Musical club.
Jan. 29-"Baby Mine"
Jan. 3I-"wagenhals and KEN
per's Seven Days"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

One who has not been through it
has no idea of what was involved in
taking the Kinemacolor views of the
the Illinois next Monday, nor any
conception of the difficulties that had
to be met even before work could be
started, let alone what was encoun-
tered when the picture taking &C
tually began. When Kinemacolor
was invented 1t was tested in every
possible way and found to be all that
could be asked. Then came the prob
lem Of introducing to the world, in
so impressive a way that its FREEDOM
;nant-superiority over the ordinary
picture-would be self-evident, es-
pecially as regards the color feature
The most colorful episode of modern
days was determined to be the best
possible test and so diplomatic eff
the necessary consent to take the
coronation of George V. OF this
part of the proceedings one need nor
concern oneself; it was a problem in
statecraft. But when this permission
was secured, then came the real
work. The coronation festivities
lasted 40 days. 1t was found ex-
pedient to take all that went on dur
ing that time. To do so required a
battery all told of rs cameras. Some
OF these were especially adapted to
indoor work, some were outdoor ma
chimes. Through the permission
granted, stiles of exceptional worth
were had, and at vantage points the
cameras we're set.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
HSSSaEheatre

at the Illinois theatre Jan. 8.
Howe's pictures are conceded to be
on a par with those offered by Bur-
ton H. Holmes in his famed lectures,
and are well patronized in the larg-
'er cities. A representative OF Mr..
Howe was in Rock Island yesterday.
"Mr. Howe, because of poor patron
age in Rock Island, dropped the
city from his tours for three years."
he said, but he has decided to try
your people once more. confident in
the belief that they will respond
more numerously than they have in
the past when they realize the high
class entertainment that Is to be
presented. We gave our Travel
Festival in Davenport, and attracted
large tri-city audience. Mr.. Howe
wants TO place Rock Island perma-
nently on his route, and for that
reason is returning after an absence
Of three years"
"Three Years in Arkansas" will
be the attraction at the Illinois the
atre next Sunday, matinee and night.
Il comes well recommended as a
gloom destroyer. There are said to
be some of the funniest characters
on the stage taken from real life in
Arkansas. The cast is a strong one,
engaged especially for ability to
make an audience laugh. It is
headed by Willie PifHetiff. Good
speciaities are introduced during the
action of the play.
From all indications, The White
Sister" which will be presented here
by Morrison & Warde at the Illinois
Jan. 2, viii be welcomed in an unus-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

Many persons find themselves affect
ed with persistent cough after an at.
tack of influenza As this cough can
be promptly cured by the use of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. it should not
be allowed to run on until it becomes
troublesome. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
AT THE ILLINOIS.

The Two Orphans a melodrama
in six acts. win be the attraction at
the Illinois tomorrow. The scenery
and costumes alone, used in staging
this beautiful heart story. are said to
have cost an immense sum and fur
nish some OF the most attractive stage
pictures ever witnessed. Chief among
these are the view Of Paris along the
river Seine; the charming suburb OF
Bel Air. where occurs the great fete
scene at which are displayed the ex-
act counterparts Of the fabHlously
rich costumes worn during that time.
Rock Island is to have an oppor-
tunlty to ENJOY one Of Lyman Howe's
Travel Festivals to be presented
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
soloist, will have some brand new

The Free Settlers quartet is in
great demand by the best hotels in
the country at this season of the year,
and Manager Mueller, although sue
ceeding at considerable expense, feels
that he Is very fortunate in securing
the quartet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

ually substantial manner, inasmuch
as this play, recognized as Viola AL
lens most emphatic success, has
been seen all over the country with
special pleasure and profit. 1t is
a play wherein the conflict between
love and duty RACES to high tension
and in which the church finally wins
the battle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
THE EMPIRE.

Daily vaudeville performances at
3sOU and S:l5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
AT the EMPIRE

Manager E. q. Doliy's bill at the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

From all indications, The White
Sister" which will be presented here
by Morrison & Warde at the Illinois
Jan. 2, viii be welcomed in an unus-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-06-13
SCIENCE SETTLES IT.
Dandruff is Caused by Germ That
 Saps the Hairs Vitality

It is now settled fact that daa- druff is caused by a germ. F3lllng hair and badness ale the result of dlandluff. Dr. E. J. Beardsley, of Champaign, H., goj hold of the new hair preparation, Newbro's Herpicide the only one that kills the dandrnfi germ. He says: "I used Herpicide for my dandruff and falling hair, am we'll satisfied with the result. ' Dr. J, T. Fugate, of Ul'bana, ILL, says: T have used Herpicide tor diandruff with excellent results. shall prescribe it in my practice Herpicide kills the dandruff germ Physicians as well as the general public say so. Sold by leading drug gists. Send 10c. in stamps for sam ple to The Herpicide Co.,, Detroit Mich. One Dollar Bottles Guafan- teed. Bedell's Pharmacy Special Agents.