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The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
BY J. E. Sinclair.

Some elderly persons, mostly ante
deluvians who have been teaching
school some time, have been throwing
few fits on account of this socialist
educational bureau. From somewhere
in the midst of the fluff and feathers
they have kicked up, can be heard the
warning shrek: Keep politics out
of the schools!"
Now, my dear old dummies, this
bureau is organized chiefly to PUT
POLITICS OUT OF THE SCHOOLS.
want you to notice the difference
between put" and keep" Your
squawk implies that the poison OF
your politics has not infected the
schools, but you know better.
Just step in here. This school room
is being instructed by Miss Blink.
She's a bull mooser or a COW mOoser
or something like that Notice the
metallic voice and the imperative man
ner. She believes in the whipping
post She is teaching good citizenship
and you can see the bull moose plat
form sticking out everywhere. In his
tory everything to her is political. The
between Charles l. and Crom-
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
The First Element of
a Truly Progress
siveSysiemI mIsPOp-
ular SciebtificEdu-
cation. Lester F. Ward.
ton. Lester F. Ward.

capitalist, or ownine class, return to
the workers in the form of wages from
one-sixth to one.f1urth of the pro-
ducts of their lahoI This is a very
agreeable arrangement for the capi-
talists, and the government, including
school, church, army, navy, press and
police, are maintained to perpetuate
this order. Now the workers are be-
coming tired of this arrangement and
are organizing to take possession of
the world, with its teeming resources
and magnificent machinery of pro
duction, whose wheels are turned by
power secured from natures store
house.
AS in all other stages of human ex-
ploitation the masters hold their
workers in slavery by instilling GER
tain ideas into them Now the teach
er's chief business is to teach our boys
and girls to become more docile and
productive workers and fill their
minds with a profound respect for
the present order, 50 that they would
even lay down their lives to pei Detu-
ate it. Slave teaching never was a
very honorable calling, and as our
modern wage work rs perform the
same function in SC iety as was per-
formed by slaves an serfs in former
stages of civilization it must be plain
that the public schrol teachers of to-
day are simply mcfstI dave trainers.
Although VIC ~ -4ge to wear
overalls at our - pt sport
white collar We j.. :. Lembers
OF the great woT ng class as though
we were wrestling lumber in mill
yard or shoveling dirt in a sewer. If
we had the superior intelligence that
the capitalist masters flatter US about
we would be leaders of this great
revolutionary working class, instead
of being about the most conservative
laggards and deluders in the modern
industrial army.
The ideas for which the true teach
er strives and dreams can never be
attained under this system of society.
If you really believe in human pro-
gression and the vast possibilities
bound up in a human being, lift up
your head, take lock around, aid in
this great working class movement
for emancipation through the abolish
ment of capitalism and the establish
ment of the great cooperative COM
monwealth You will then not have
to worry about paltry pension after
thirty years service nor about the
dignity or security of your employ.
ment
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
"A Word TO
TeacheFs
J. M. sALTER

The movement to obtain control of
the public schools by the Socialist
party is one that must indeed be of
vital interest to the teachers of the
nation, and especially to the teachers
of Washington, where the Socialist
movement has attained such proper
tions, that the time when even the
whole state will be in control of the
Socialist party is not far distant. The
teacher must be either for or against
this movement, as the teaching must
under socialist control be a very diff
ferent affair from the present. In
common with all other human institu-
tions the public school is constantly
the regular stages of evo-
luton and like the American courts
comes in for the most scathing criti-
cism from all classes of society. The
teachers like the other divisions of
the working class are beginning to
rely upon themselves, to remedy some
of the wrongs to which they are sub
ject, and are turning to politics for
the remedy.
The two problems that especially
interest the teacher at least in this
state is to raise the work of teaching
to the status of profession, and to
make provision for the time when old
age makes the faithful teacher unfit
for service in the nerve racking
school room. To secure this provi-
sion the teachers are depending upon
a pension bill that was brought before
the state legislature.
This bill meets with very little fav-
or among the great rank and file OF
the teaching force as they feel that
it is especially framed for few fav-
dl,.aa e,ra~ 1ane sst Of isna s.-er7gers.
are in no wise interested in pension
ing teachers as they cannot see why
a teacher should be any more entitled
to a pension than other members OF
the working class who have served
in the industrial army and are in
capacitated for work.
A great deal of misapprehension ex-
lists among teachers as we'll as others
as to what the Socialists expect to ac-
complish by control of the schools.
A statement of a few sociological
facts, and the part the teacher plays
in society will clear up in the minds
of the teachers at least all apprehen-
sion in regard to the Socialist activ-
ity in school affairs. Today the peo-
pie are divided into working class,
who comprise the vast majority of our
population, and a capitalist class who
comprise very small percentage of
the population Of the nation.
This latter class own nearly all the
nations wealth (110 billions). OF
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
Put Politics Out Of The Schools

well was merely POLITICAL she thinks.
The war between the colonies and
King George was merely political.
Andrew Jackson's war with the United
States bank was merely political. The
debate between Webster and Hayne
was merely political. That's what she
thinks, and that is what she teaches.
To her the great dramatic moments
of the worlds class struggles are mere
acts of parliament and political
speeches. The economic forces in the
background, the class lines, the in
dustrial changes heaving at the strata
of ancient things are mysteries to her
She does not know that political af-
fairs are but the reflex of economic
affairs, that military prowess is but
the tooth and fang of industrial might,
and that the ideals and ideas of any
given age are pounded into shape by
the class that owns the means of pro-
duction. and remain until a new class
urged on by economic necessity and
a growing class consciousness shat
ters the intellectual castles by captur-
ing Industrial power.
But watch Miss Blink teach Cur
rent" events, Foreign wars are dwelt
Continued on Page Four)
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
The Coming Commonwealth Must Radi-
cafly Do Away With All and Any Form
of Quackery and Amateurship, in Edu-
catiOnal Matters Especially.
L Gronlu
Commo

Lawrence Gronlund, in the Co
Operative Commonwealth"
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
The American Woman Believes That the
Children of the Race Should Be Edu-
Gated and Have Chance to Grow Into
Strong Moral Men and Women.
INCENT TIVE!
BY Frances c. Sylvester

repeatedly by supporters of the capitalist
fem that undr socialism would be incentive do
Every wagwor today knows that the low and the
conditions under them do
tive for his taseater effort his part only increases the profits
for adds nothing his How there could be
under system of government than there
beyond the comprehension of the writer
Consider briefly few points concerning school system
Every the public schools of this and
the countless hours of labor that must be
marking papers, grades making etc. ETC. All of
of school and for there
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
THE SCHOOL ELECTION

In this issue our comrades who are
teachers in widely different schools,
are not only unanimous but enthusi-
astic in the rally that is being sound
ed to carry our Socialist candidates
to victory. After the election, don't
forget, comrades, to send into the
Commonwealth the returns for your
district We want to publish complete
records.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
HUNGRY CHILDREN AT
SCHOOL.

A very conservative estimate made
in 1900 by a committee of the Chi
cago board of education gave the mum
Der of school children who We're under
fed at 60 per cent in that city. w. l..
Bodine, superintendent of compulsory
education in Chicago, stated that
many thousands of children go to
school breakfastless. They are even
found searehing the garbage boxes for
food.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

this wealth one man, J. p Morgan,
controls about 25 billions. This class
performs no function in modern So
ciety but TO own and control the ma
tions wealth. The other, or working
class, do all the mental and physical
work necessary TO maintain ciyiliza-
ton.
For doing the worlds work the
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

The Labor Advocate. Box $40, Pro
vidence, r. l., requests the various
papers to place it on their exchange
lists
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21
Control Schools Yourselves

of the fact that attempts being made to take the
schools from the people the rural DISTRICTS
asked he Commonwealth suggest form OF pe
ton against We have drawn the following and
all parts the state Some petitions
on this basis already being signed
of Petition
RESOLUTIONS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT Mo-
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-02-21

Joe Ettor will speak at Everett,
February 26, at 8 p. N. IN Liberty
hall
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20

At the recent Medical Congress
in London, skin specialist present
ed a paper on badness, its cause
and cure.
Badness, according to the spec
ialist, is due to frequent and dras-
tic hair cutting Lovely woman, by
sticking 10 her browning glory. es-
capes the calamity. Man wears his
hair long, whereas nature dictates
about thirteen inches.
On the other hand n Chicago man
writes to the rd-Herald contra
dieting the European expert. 1t is
the hat, he says. II all women, he
argues. wore a tight felt hat with
a sweat leather band excluding all
air. their blood at IS degrees ana
the sun say 10 degrees. the hair is
simply boiled out by the roots. The
scalp becomes itchy and the hair
falls out. and no doctor or medicine
can restore IT, And the worst of it
is, in the Chicago mans opinion the
young man won't learn by observa-
ton or the experience of others. but
after he, too. suffers the consequence
es of his folly he will look up :,
tree, down below, everywhere rattle
than in the right place for the real
or scientific cause.
Wherefore. before It is too late let
the man threatened with loss of hair
attend to the ventilation thereof
Burlington News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20
HANDS BAD WITH
SALT RHEUN
Small Water Pimples on Fingers.
Itched and Burned. Painful and
Sore Cracks. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment Cured in a Month.

Drooklin, Me -" "A few years ago my
hands were very badly afflicted with salt
rheum At first there was an eruption OF
small water pimples on the inside of the
fingers, and by not paying any attention to
the humor my hands gradually became
worse and began to itch and burn and one
after another cracks appeared around the
nails on the inside of the fingers and on the
bend of the joints until was discouraged,
as they were very painful and sore. had
TO omit work that required putting my
hands in water and could hardly work ut
all on account of the bleeding cracks.
II finally procured some Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. and found by washing my
hands in quite warm water and Cuticura
Soap that they were improving. ] began
wrapping my fingers nightly in pieces Of
soft linen. after good application Of Cuti-
cura Ointment which was very soothing.
In month Iny hands were completely cured
and ] have never been afflicted with the
trouble sincel' (Signed) Mrs. G. l.. Parker.
Nov. %. 1912.
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the advantages Cuticnra Soap possesses over
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In addition to being absolutely pure and re-
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gs-Men who shave and shampoo with Gu
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20

The news dispatches speak of the
capture of Harry Thaw just over the
line from New Hampshire. AS n
matter OF fact he was captured just
over the line from Vermont. If he
went over the line by rail on the
Maine Central the last station on this
side Of the line was Beecher's Falls,
While If his route was by Grand
Trunk, the last station on This side
was Norton Mills, and both of these
boundary points are in Vermont
If he went into Canada by auto the
two available roads are both through
Vermont. The matter is of no in
terest or importance save in the
event of his being deported from
Canada as an insane person or I'M
desirable alien in which case the
place of deportation is usually the
point of entry. This would throw
the case into Vermont and Thaw
would probably find the laws of Yer
mont fully as favorable to his main
tanning his freedom as the laws of
any state in the union
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed proposals will be received
by the architects for erecting the new
high school building, at Bennington.
Vermont. on or before noon Septem-
her second. nineteen thirteen.
The board of trustees reserve the
right to reject any or all bids or any
part of a bid should they deem 1t for
the interest of the district so to do.
The board OF trustees viii require
a certified check on some incor-
porated bank or trust company in the
sum of tS2000.0O) two thousand dol
lars drawn payable to the treasurer
OF the Bennington graded school dis
trict. This check to be enclosed with
the bid.
This check to be forfeited to the
Remington graded school district
should the contractor refuse to sign
a contract for the work within ter
days of notification OF award.
The contractor shall further fur
nish penal bond in the sum OF (S20.-
0O000) twenty thousand dollars from
surety company satisfactory to
trustees.
Contractors desiring n special set
OF plans for their own use may have
same by notifying the architects in
writing and depositing (S25O0) TWEEN
ty-fve dollars with them. (Sl5.00) fif-
teen OF which will be returned 10
them upon the surrendering Of the
plans and specifications to their Of
fees at SO Franklin ST.. Boston, Mas
saChusetts.
An bids must be placed in sealed
envelopes and addressed to "Chancey
5. Perry. Chairman" Proposal on New
High School" This envelope must be-
placed in another envelope, addressed
to Cooper d Bailey. Architects, Ben
nington. Vermont and mailed so as
to reach the postofice at Bennington.
Vermont. not later than 10 o'clock
noon. Sept >. 1913.
The heating and ventilation OF the
building will be awarded as n separ-
ate contract and must be figured &C
cordingly. No certified check viii be
required to accompany these propo-
sails but n penal bond in the sum Of
tS2. 500.00D two thousand five hundred
dollars win be required from q salts
factory surety company TO the trus-
tees.
Dated AZ Bennington. Vermont
August fifteenth. nineteen thirteen
Chancey $. Perry.
Chairman.
Homer IT. Webster. Secretary. !
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20
WALLOOMS SAC

John Lambert, Jr., of Springfield,
Mass, called on Mrs. l.. b. Van
Surdam Monday night.
The clambake given at Battlefield
park last Saturday by the ladies' of
st. Anne's Guild OF Walloomsac, was
one of the most successful ever
given by them. About seven hun.
dred people were served The pro-
fits amounted to nearly three hum
dred dollars. The bake was in
charge OF l.. b. Van Surdam of North
Bennington assisted by members of
the Unity club. The Holsters We're
cooked and served by DR.. w. f. Fox
of North Hoosick. Mrs. Kosten-
blatt's chowder was fully up to the
high standard of excelency All
said they had enjoyed themselves
immensely and would surely be there
next year
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20

will be lined with homes. He also
paid fond tribute to the memory of
his mother, and also mentioned the
passing of our oldest inhabitant re-
Gently. After singing America, the
afternoon was given over to renew
ing old acquaintances and the young
er people INDUCED in ball game.
The Ladies' Aid treasury will be the
richer by over 800 and the day was
a pleasant one. In the evening the
younger visitors gave a play at the
hall for the benefit of the c. +. which
Melted over $4,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20
NEWPORT TURKEY rRoT
One Of the Features Of the Play
Friday Night.

One OF the important features in
Little Miss Fix-lt' is the latest
dance craze. The Newport Turkey
Trot,' that has been taken up by
the exclusive Newport colony. As
introduced in Little Miss Fix-lt" Il
IS novelty that appeals to the aud
fence and ELECTS repeated encores.
Little Miss FiX.lt' will be one Of
the early attractions in this city
and these who have never seen this
latest craze or desire to learn the
movements will welcomes the an.
nouncement Of it's coming. The
charming Broadway favorite. Miss
Lucille Parrish. will be seen in the
stellar role, supported by company
OF unusual excellence.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20

Homer IL Webster. Secretary.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Pub.
BENNINGTON, VT, AUG. 20, 1913.

The removal of the duty on maple
sugar by the Democratic majority
in congress should show the YER
mont farmers what n Democratic
administration means. Free maple
sugar benefits nobody but the maple
sugar makers OF Canada and does
that at the expense of the farmers of
Vermont, New Hampshire and New
York.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-20
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-12-31

therefore, alleging that he is the alb
solute owner in fee of said real estate
and that under color of title and claim
of right, he and his grantors have been
in the open, undisturbed, adverse and
continuous possession of said real
estate for the ten years and more last
past; that in the chain of title to said
real estate a certain deed from Joseph
Hodges to one George J. Adams was
lost or mislaid and never recorded,
and that by reason thereof the defend
ant, Joseph Hodges, and the heirs and
assigns of the said defendant, all I'M
known claimants, have or claim to
have some title to, or interest in, said
real estate, adverse to the title OF this
plaintiff, constituting cloud upon the
plaintiffs title, but that all title or in
terest OF the said defendant, and the
heirs and assigns of said defendant,
in and to said real estate, has long
since ceased, lapsed and determined.
and said defendant, and the heirs and
assigns of said defendant, have long
since acquiesced in the title of this
plaintiff; that the names and address
es Of the heirs and assigns of said
Joseph 11OuScS, oil uuhuOWA SlnAAA-
ants, are unknown to this plaintiff,
although he has sought diligently to
learn the same and that unless you
appear thereto and defend on or be-
fore noon of the second day OF the
next term of said district court, to be
held at Denison, Iowa, commencing
on the 26th day of January, A. d. 1914,
default will be entered against you
and judgment and decree rendered
thereon as prayed for in said petition.
E. j. MILLER.
By p. J. Klfnker, Plaintiff.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Upon reading the petition in the
foregoing entitled action and inspect
ing the above notice, said notice is
hereby approved and ordered pub
l.shed in the Denison Review for four
weeks.
Dated this 20tn day Of December, A.
D. 1918.
F. NJ. POWERS,
Judge 10th Judicial District
51-4t of Iowa.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-12-31
Notice Of Probate Of Will.

State OF Iowa, Crawford County, S.
In Probate.
In the District Court of Iowa, in
and for Crawford county-Notice of
the reading and probate of will.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
You and each of you are hereby
notified to appear at the court house
in Denison, Crawford county, Iowa,
on the 9th day of January, 1914, at
10 O'Clock a. M, to then and there at
tend the probate of an instrument in
writing purporting to be the last will
and testament of p. E. G.. Lally, late
of said county, deceased, at which
time and place you will appear and
show cause, if any you know. why
said will should not be admitted to
probate.
In testimony whereof l have here
unto subscribed my name and affixed
the seal of the district court this 18th
day of December, 1913
(SeaD FRANK FAUL.
51-3t Clerk.