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The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-11-15
BELLINGHAM.

The North Side local has installed a
library of thirty bound volumes of the
socialist classics. These books are
loaned free to dues-paying members of
the party. The treasury has been de-
pleted to some extent, but the local
is confident no better investment of
the funds could be made. At this
time there is need that members of
the party should be posted on every
phase of the socialist movement.
Comrade J. E. Sinclair reaches the
point with an article in the Common
wealth of November /; above all
things make your local a book-reading
local, and it will not be long until the
slippery-tongued orators of capitalism
will fight shy of the meekest member
of your speakers squad" That is true
ad also timely, and Comrade Sinclair
will doubtless be glad to learn that
Local Bellingham has been working a
bit in advance of his advice Just the
same, the idea is worth repeating for
the benefit of other locals that may
have overlooked it.
The county committee held a meet
ing in Bellingham last Sunday after
noon to close the affairs of the pres
ent campaign. A balance of SS1.35 re-
manned in the treasury after all ex-
penses had been paid. The commit
tee instructed the county secretary to
send $31.35 to the national committee
to aid in making up a reported deficit
in national campaign funds.
Complying with the state constitu-
ton the local has taken the initiative
toward forming an autonomous county
organization.
The Central Labor Council is or
ganizing a federal union, and eligible
socialists have been invited to join.
The unions are pretty we'll represent
ed in the membership of our local, and
when eligible to membership it is the
duty of socialists to join the unions
and be active in the economic organi-
cations. This is in thorough accord
with the party's attitude on labor or
CARNATIONS, and the proceedings of
the national convention relating to this
subject should be looked up and care
fully read by socialists.
The party has put forward a candi-
date for councilman in each of the
three wards where elections occur in
December. In each ward our candi-
date has but one opponent, and for the
first time in a city election it is a
clear-cut question of socialist or re-
publican.
WILLIAM H. WAYNICK.
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THE FARMER S PLACE IN THE
SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION.

Our comrade who began this dis
cussion in the Commonwealth to
teach farmers their place in the pres
ent economy, did not anticipate or
desire debate" but in his third COM
munication he complains that no one
is debating with him. AL" he says,
"confine themselves to proving a prop
osition that l do not deny"
Here we must take square issue
with Comrade Herman on question
of fact. l did not confine myself to
proving that farmers "can" become
revolutionary, but that they ARE
revolutionary, because they have eco
nomic interests that capitalism cannot
protect, a proposition that Comrade
Herman by no means accepts, because
it overthrows his fundamental propo-
sitions."
COmrade Herman reiterates his
most important statements, but he is
shy on stating his therefore. stated
his therefore as l understand it--that
farmers being squarely in the capital
list class, they belong in capitalist
parties; that those who are coming
into the socialist party are headed the
wrong way, and he does not deny
that Comrade Herman admits per-
functorily that farmers can become
revolutionary but of course. only
when the law of economic determin-
ism stops operating
The truth is the farmers position
i'm the Industrial field is anomalous.
He is in a class by himself. OF course
I mean small farmers, mortgager and
tenant farmers, and they constitute
the vast majority The poor farmer,
Comrade Herman informs as. is
poor, not because he is exploited Dun
because he cannot compete with the
machine farmer" OF course. And
because he cannot be @ machine farm
er under capitalism, he is for the iu-
dustrial revolution
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Puyallup, Wash.
THE w. G. T. U. AND POLITICS.

Oak Harbor, Wash, Nov 8, 1912.
Mrs F. L. Cummings, Seattle, Wash. .
Dear Sister-Yours of the 31st re-
ceiyed and read with interest. I can
not for the life of me understand how
a thinking woman, a member of the
Woman's Christian Temperance I'm
ion, can support, and spend her time
working for, a party that has been in
power almost continuously for over
forty years, and have licensed a traf-
fic in liquor and white slaves.
And that is not their only fault.
They uphold and protect the most in.
famous slavery the world has ever
known, j. e., the slavery of the wage
Garner.
The negro slaves We're never as
badly treated as are the white slaves
Of today under your republican party.
The black slaves were fed, housed,
clothed and kept physically strong,
and when sick, were fed just the
same. Not so the wage-slaye. II he
sick his larder grows empty. his
children cry for bread and his wife
must work longer hours, while his
master gives suppers costing from
fifty TO one hundred dollars a plate.
Who says the waee-earuer is not q
slave? Why does the grand old part
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-11-15
BACK TO THE GOOD OLD
DAYS.

Royal will take you back through
the years to the good old days of the
minstrel men, whom you used to laugh
at when you were a kid. You all
know what kind of a show the old
minstrels used to give, and you will
recall with delight the hearty laughs
you used to indulge in at the sight of
funny Mr.. Tambo and Mr.. Bones. 1t
feels mighty good to get back at
something you used to enjoy when
you were a little kid, and that's why
we are sure you will like the show at
the Acme Theater, four days starting
Wednesday, November IS, with a matt
nee on Saturday.
Royals Big Circle of Real Dixie
Minstrels will amuse you just the way
the old-time blackfacers of old did,
and you'll laugh just as heartily and
feel just as good after it, and wish the
show was two hours longer.
Come and see Royal as a minstrel
end-man. You've seen him as a Swede
comedian, and in many other roles,
but we don't think you have ever seen
him as a minstrel end-man. He's just
as funny if not funnier in blackface.
There will be old-time songs, old
time gags, old-time sketches, and the
famous Dixie Double Quartette.
It's going to be the greatest show
of its kind in the history of the city
and we want you to come and laugh
with the rest.
On Saturday there will be a special
childrens matinee and two shows at
night. On Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday there will be only one show
nightly at S:15.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-11-15
MANY EXTRA ORDERS FOR
LVERMORE LECTURE TICKETS

proposed to the various locals and
some have already accepted. The or
der. subject to change. is as follows:
Bangor Olalla, Seattle No. g. Mon
roe. Machias. Hartford. Arlington, Nc.
Murray, Scdro-Woolley, Bayviow,
Bromertou. Muldlteo, Oak Harbor, Ia
coma, Buckley, Orting Rainier, Te-
nino. Centralio, Tono, Littell, South
Bend. Winlock, Ethel, Kelso, Van.
couver. Charter Oak. Woodland Castle
Rock. Chehalis, Little Rock, Puyallup,
Algona.
From acceptances coming in it will
be possible to arrange a northern and
eastern tour for the lectures for Janu-
airy and February. Locals should
write us promptly that arrangements
may be submitted
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-11-15

Among the first letters in reply to
routing for Comradc Livermorc were
the ones from Boyviov. Arlington and
Hartford They illustrate the spirit
OF optomism and enthusiasm I'm all
parts of the state resulting from our
magnificent growth i'm the recent cleo
ton and the plans for renewed effort
Bayview ordered so extra Liver
more tickets.
Arlington ordered 100 extra
Hartford ordered a total of $50
tickets
This should set the pace for the
locals of the state in the good work
for the success of the Liyermore lee
lures.
Proposed Routing for November and
December.
The preliminary routing has been
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1912-11-15

Carpenters and mechanics
tools, builders and shelf hard
ware, axes, hatchets, bicycle and
motorcycle sundries and repairing
at Arthur A. Baily's Sporting
Goods and Hardware Store.
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COmrado Herman citation OF con-
flicting interests are unfortunate; i'm
mediate demands, good roads, etc, are
not put forward as socialism, and they
are not wholly farmer measures Some
socialists advocate building roads as
a means of assisting wage-workers.
Fundamental propositions that deal
only with surplus value exploited from
wage labor, does not cover the ground
of the farmers case. The theory that
places the farmer squarely in the
capitalist class must ignore interest
and rent, two of capitalism's means
of extracting unearned wealth from
those who produce it, and which
catches the majority of farmers, and
cuts them out of being squarely in
the capitalist class. Wage-workers
cannot be Indifferent to interest and
rent, because it must come out of
productive labor and all labor engaged
in useful production must contribute
it's share to capitalist demands.
Comrade Herman has informed us
twice already in this discussion that
the wage class alone has the power
and ability to direct the social revo-
luton" l would describe that as a
bum" assertion. 1t is not possible
for one class alone to direct and con-
troll the social revolution because the
wage-workers and farmers are on the
job working together fairly well; they
are both needed as the complement
of each other. If one class alone has
the power and ability to do it, both
together can do it easier and quicker
am not Directing to wage-workers
taking the lead and directing the
movement, but they must do it in the
natural way-by wideawake, intelli-
gent solidarity, and not by asking the
farmers to be good and voluntarily
take back seat. 1--WE are agreed on
fundamental principles, the over
throw of government by capital for
capital, represented by interest, rent,
and profit, using collective ownership
of the means of production as a
means to an end.
I am glad Comrade Herman is pre-
pairing an article showing why farm
ers should join the socialist party. Il
will anticipate him little by saying
that there is but one reason, and an
article of one line tells it-because,
under capitalism, in some way or
other we are beat out of the product
of our labor. There are also reasons
why wage-workers should want farm
ers, and need them. No nation goes
to war without a commissariat. The
farmer is the commissary of the
world. In the coming death struggle
between capitalism and labor, the
side will win with a walk over
which is supported by the farmer
class. If the contest should have to-
be decided by the argument of last
resort, the argument of force, the
farmer will still be on the winning
side. Nobody knows these things bet
ter than the capitalist; but capitalists
are laboring under the pleasing de-
fusion that they can depend upon the
farmer. But they are mistaken. The
farmers place in the coming revolu-
ton is with the wage-Worker, and cap
italism is teaching both to know their
place.
N. L. BAKER,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-07
IS THE PANAMA METROPOLIS
Port Antonio in Jamaica Ships 5000.
600 Bunches of Tropical Fruit
Every Year.

New York.-Port Antonio to the
United States was eastern shore of
Jamaica, is the greatest banana port
in the world. In 1911 it shipped moro
than 100000 punches of bananas,
nearly all of which came to the Unit
ed States. Jamaica leads all other
countries in the world in the produc-
ton Of bananas, and Port Antonio has
the lead over all other towns in Ja-
maica, because the heavy rainfall in
its neighborhood is favorable to the
production Of this fruit. During the
busiest season-July, August and Sep.
TENDER eighteen to twenty-one fruit
ships leave Port Antonio. every week
for New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore or Charleston. But are all
these banana boats trading to the
United States American boats? Far
from it. The consular reports show
that in 1911 the number Of clearances
issued to vessels from Port Antonio to
the United States was 7OS, of which
523 were Norwegian, 102 British, "a
American and 9 German ships. Per.
haps we may rejoice, in the present
state Of our neglected merchant ma
rine, that as many as "a ships out Of
708 were American.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-07

contained the finest garden plants
available In those days, together with
q large selection of those plants
which, for some reasons not fully
known to us, were believed to have
religious power. It was with the OBJ
ject Of reviving a part of this beauti-
full Roman fora that Commentator
Boni has been working for the last
two years collecting large number
Of plants chosen among those which
are supposed to have grown in the
very place where the most important
monuments have been discovered.
This unusually difficult work has ne
cessitated extensive study, together
with an uncommon technical and bo-
tanical knowledge, and has now been
almost completed, and the visitor can
find among the marbles and the stones
left to us through the centuries some
fine specimens of the plants which
were in existence in Roman times The
acanthus, whose beautiful leaves have
inspired the design of the Corinthian
capital, is fully represented in this
botanical garden of antiquity" the
white jasmine, which, according to
the legend, was sacred to the vestal
virgins, is now climbing again on the
beautiful porch which had been erec1.
ed under the kingdom Of Trajanus
acre senatus populusque romani'
("with the money of the senate and
Of the people Of Rome''). The large
and mysterious basins found near the
house of the vestals, which probably
were used as bath by the Maiden Of
the Sacred Fire, have now had their
borders fully covered by velvet scarlet
roses, while the white roses, symbol
OF virginia. purity, are now blooming
around the statues of the VERSAILLES
maxim@," the women priests of an.
tiquity. White and red roses are also
decorating the statue of Vettius
Agonius Pratextatus, one of the last
projects or mayors of Rome, who,
having been one of the most strenu-
Gus defenders Of the dying paganism,
had marble statue erected by order
of the religious authority Of the time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-07

clean shaven IN efhgy. So it is with
the new Columbus statue unveiled in
Washington on June 8. This marks
the first great memorial which the
United States government has erect.
ed to Christopher Columbus.
There has long been feeling that
this country has not had really
worthy monument to the man who is
primarily responsible for the exist.
ence of the nation.
The feeling took concrete shape
when, in 1906, Representative James
A. Goulden of New York introduced
bill appropriating the sum of $780,.
600 to besused for Columbus memo.
rial. Congress passed the bill and 1t
was signed in 1907 by President
Roosevelt 49, .a
The design is a / combination OF
fountain, shaft and statue.
The fountain is semicifcniN, 70
feet wide and IS feet from front to
rear The balustrade| which half en-.
circles it bears the efigy of heroic
lion at either extremity The salient
feature of the memorial is a splen.
did stone shaft surmounted by a
globe. Before this shaft, which rises
in the center Of the fountain circle
is statue of Columbus.
The globe which surmounts the
shaft indicates the contribution the
discovery of Columbus was to the
science of geography. This globe
is supported by four massive Eagles
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-07
COLUMBUS IN STATUARY

Gated on November 9, 1852, although
the foundation had been laid as far
back as 1916. The inscription it bears
is: ITO Christopher Columbus, the
Fatherland." Spain, which country
failed the Genoese during his life
time, has been more generous to his
memory, and here are many shafts
raised to record the greatness of his
deed. .f". 49,
Perhaps the noblest monument yet
erected to the memory of Columbus
is that which stands in Barcelona. It
was In this city that King Ferdinand
and his consort, Isabella, received
the admiral on the return from his
first voyage. It is most appropriate
situation. Much care was taken in
the selection of the design of the
Barcelona monument, and the result
is artistic in every sense. of the
word. .n.
In the new world nearly every
country has testified in recognition
Of the deed of Columbus by the cree
ton Of some character of monument.
From the magnificent eff1gy which
graces the center of Columbus circle
in New York to the simple shaft
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-07

dous lot Of feeding and nursing; and
the megapodes seem to have taken
particular care, therefore, that this
should not be the case with their
youngsters. Why should their fine in
tellects be wasted in catering for
squeaking nestlings? And so they
found way out. That was by lay
ing enormous eggs containing enough
food to tide over the whole of this try
ing period. Accordingly, the young
megapode battens on his food yolk,
and grows and sheds his nesting
down, and develops his first suit of
feathers while still within the walls
of his ivory cradle. When. at last, by
means Of his "egg-teeth" he cuts the
roof of his cot and wriggles out, he
finds himself in a warm, reeking bed
of mold. And here, for few hours
more, he rests quietly, thinking out
his next move. This is to wriggle
out. So soon as this is done his quill.
sheaths peel off, and 10, presto! he
can not only run, but fly alone. And
having never known his parents, he
never pines for them, but forthwith
proceeds to explore the world and
grow big.
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MN NIX err
us, that there is no need here to re-
count the many injustices which he
suffered at the hands Of his contem-
poraries. The salient fact that he
was shorn Of his honors and returned
laden with chains, proves conclusive
ly the cruel contempt with which the
fearless navigator was treated in his
own day. Time rectifies many mis-
judgments, and it has done SO in the
case of the discoverer of America.
The wonder of his achievement is
universally recognized and the worlds,
both old and new, have testified in
many monuments to the respect and
honor in which they hold Columbus
The custom of preparing effgies in
stone, so that the names and achieve
ments OF a nations heroes may be
passed on to posterity, finds it's or
1gin in most ancient times. It is but
natural that this custom should have
been followed in the case of Column
bus. Today we find statues erected
to the discoverer in Italy, Spain and
France. and in nearly all of the
countries of the new world.
At Genoa, which city claims the
honor of being the birthplace of Co
umbus, there has been erected very
magnificent statue. which overlooks
the bay. It was completed and dedi-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-07

the first discoverer. It Is said to De
the original monument erected on
this continent to commemorate the
achievement Of Columbus.
It is unfortunate that there is no
contemporaneous painting or likeness
Of Columbus extant. For this reason
artists who have attempted to repro.
duce his lineaments in marble have
been at great disadvantage.
As matter of fact the accepted
likeness of the admiral is after the
manner of being an idealistic con-
ception. All are familiar with the
strong, c1ean-shaven face from which
deep, expressive eyes look out under
a broad brow: The deep lines from
the nose to the corners of the mouth
are also characteristic of the popular
portraits of Columbus. Who would
recognize the discoverer depicted
with a, gray beard? Yet it is more
than probable that: he,,.wore. one
when he planted the banner of
Spain on the shores of the New
World.
The few descriptions of the person
al appearance of the admiral which
We have from those who knew him
we'll tell us "he was man Of sturdy
stature, rather above the average
height, of a very ruddy complexion,
with freckles and red hair when he
was young. The latter soon turned
white. which was also the color of
his beard" Boards were the fashion
OF his day in Spain, and It is easy to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-07
Tells Of GEEYSERS.
Every Year More Tourists
Throng Yellowstone Park.
"Old Faithful" Resembles Symmet.
rica' Cone Containing 100000
Gallons of Steaming Water
$50 Feet High.

Yellowstone Park.-YelloWstone Ma
eonal Park every year furnishes a
center Of interest for increasing num-
bers of vacationists. The government
has taken precautions to preserve this,
the greatest Of American wonders, for
years to come. The acting superin-
tendent Of the park is the command
Ing officer of Fort Yellowstone, a four
company post. Hunting is not permit
ted in the reserve, but visitors may
fish for trout. The Government pro
tects the animals in the park and sees
to 1t that the natural formations Of
stone are not damaged by vandals.
The geysers are principal attrac-
tons in Yellowstone. There are thou
sands of these strange natural phenom-
ena there; some are almost constant
ly active, while others seem to be ex-
tinct. Old Faithful geyser has been
thus described:
I'm imagination lift in symmet-
rical cone 100000 gallons of scalding,
steaming water $50 feet high and hold
1t there three minutes, jewel the grand
fountain, with million diamonds, fill
ter through it the hues of innumer-
able dancing rainbows, commingle in
confusion every sound of splash and
splutter-and you will have a faint
idea of Old Faithful in action.
ut is the immutable water clock of
the Yellowstone, the most perfect il.
lustration of geyseric phenomena, the
most famous and beautiful geyser in
the whole world.
"The note of the beginning of the
play Of the geyser is an angry grow]
down deep, in it's throat, whence al
most instantly the water, in rapid re-
current leaps, forms the stately fcun
tain that plays for three minutes and
then slowly sinks into the earth to
await its time to rise again. Some
times the winds unfold from it's tor
an iridescent banner Of spray, but
more often the fountain form is a per
feet cone.
"Old Faithful plays every seventy
minutes, and never disappoints. In
the daytime, under the sun, it glistens
and CLEANS with prismatic hues; &but
the~nlost enchanting hour to witness
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-07
GARDEN OF FORUM AT ROME
Beautiful Flora is Again Revived and
Flowers That BIoored Ages Ago
Are to Be Seen.

Rcce The wonderful discoveries
which have taken place during the
last few years in Rome have now al
lowed the general public to grasp an
almost perfect idea of what must have
been the life Of our ancestors of over
two thousand years ago. The love of
the Romans for their gardens often re-
ours in Virgil and Horace, the poets
Of antiquity, as we'll as in Pliny, the
naturalist, and in Juvenal. In a recent
visit which I paid to Ostia, the pleas
ure city of the Roman epoch, noticed
that with every house of the place a
garden or a roof-garden has occupied
a considerable space, just as in Eng
land to-day. No doubt, then, the mag
rifceni villas" Of the Palatine and
the F'orum-the residence of the EN-.
perors and their court-must have
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-07
FARMER ASKS FOR $4,000
Tells Uncle Sam He Wasn't Able to
Do Much Work and Lost
Live Stock.

Washington.-An urgent appeal for
a gift of $500 from the federal govern
ment came to the treasury department
from luckless man of Lamport, Colo,
who wants life made a little easier for
himself and companions. He wrote:
We are not able to do very much
work and we lost several stock last
winter. We did not make very MUCK
feed last year and were not able to
buy feed and grain. We had to buy
most Of our provisions to help us out
OF hard place. We could use about
$500. We sure would be glad and
thankful for your kindness. Hope the
Lord will bless you, is my prayer. Let
me hear by return mall
The misery proclivities Of Uncle
Sam were asserted in the treasurer's
reply.