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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-31

eral weeks or months investigating
European conditions, and seemingly
did not hear of any such institutions
as agricultural credit associations
there. At any rate they did not report
such.
Now then a new organization with
a mission to help the farmer to secure
money at a lower rate of interest was
organized viz: The Southern Com
merical congress, and they plan an
other European investigation on a
large scale. The then federal admin
istration encouraged it, and started the
department Of state gathering much
very interesting data on the agricul-
tural credit associations Of Europe,
showing clearly that by cooperation
the farmers OF Europe are able to Sc
cure the use of money at as low, if
not lower rate of interest than COM
merce and industry, while in the Unit
ed States we have to pay more than
double the rate charged industry and
commerce. The commissions report
will confirm that.
Now congress is held in a special
session to enact a currency bill to pro-
vide an elastic currency" which will
amongst other things help the farmer,
etc. | have read the text of the bill
carefully and fail to find any adequate
provision for farm credits. Like the
Aldrich bill, it still leaves it to the
bankers whose business it is to loan
money for profit to decide when the
farmer needs money, how much he
needs, and the rate of interest he
must pay for its use Although they
have the reports and data, gathered
by the department of state, they make
no use of them. Nor have | seen in
any newspaper report that they have
called to their assistance or asked for
suggestions or advice from the repre-
sentatives of any farmers organiza-
tions, although two OF them at least
have headquarters in Washington. Nor
is there any indication that they in
tend seeking any such suggestions.
That this idea is not limited to the
administration side was made mani
fest recently, when our senior United
Sfatac cnnatnr woc in tho Ctatn and
the news reports were that he was get
ting pointers from the bankers as to
what they wanted. There was no item
that he had called on the representa-
tives of any farmers organizations to
learn what they wanted. This is not
limited to South Dakota, but will be
found to be true in every state of the
union. 1t is time that the farmers
and all interested in agriculture wake
up to the facts, first that no currency
bill will be enacted by the present
congress until amended to suit the
National Citizens league, and that
when so amended it will be as an in
dustrial and commercial banking law
This Is logical too, as the need is for
two distinct systems Of banking. The
one based on current deposits, and dis
counting commercial short time paper.
What they term liquid assets"
In this the farmer has only an in
direct interest and should cease to
place any dependence on relief from
that source.
The other a purely cooperative az
ricultural banking system, that will be
distinct and separate from the present
system.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-31
HIGHLAND

Mr.. and Mns. Matt Wachter and
daughter Lois, visited Sunday at the
formers parents 2. T. Bulger of
White.
John Belson and family autoed to
White Sunday.
Miss Bessie Bulger OF White, is
visiting at her brothers, Matt Wachter
and family, this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Trulock and fam.
lily OF Hendricks. accompanied by
Miss Myrta Hamilton, were driving
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-31
PRESTON

George Cotton and family of Volga,
visited in Preston Sunday.
Everyone is busy harvesting.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25
RAILROAD WORKERS RUN
GREATER RISKS AS YEARS
ROLL N--sTATIsTICS SHOW
PERCENTAGE OF INJURED
CONSTANTLY RISES BUT
BOSSES MAKE MORE.

The collision last Monday morning
near Mukiltco, resulting In the Sc
rious injury of many persons en-
phasizes the need of greater precau-
ton and less dividends in the manage
ment Of the railroads of this country.
We're Il not for the profit system,
trains could run for years without a
single fatality due to faulty construc.
ton, inadequate signal service, or any
other causes short of natures own
catastrophes.
official statistics reveal the de-
plorable fact that railroad casualties
are increasing year by year. rather
than decreasing. or being wholly pre-
vented
The work of the operating employees
on the railways is constantly becom-
ing more dangerous.
This fact was brought out recently
by the testimony of Frank j. Warne,
statistical expert for the trainmen
anu tOuuutloIbf btlolt lii i'VHih VI
Arbitration in New York.
Mr.. Warne showed that in 1890,
24,S47 were injured, including those
killed. and in 1907 the number in
jured, including those killed, was
shown in the table to be 92,17S.
Another table, giving the figures
oh
1890, 95.4S per 1000 trainmen en-
ployed were injured, including the
killed, as compared with 110.45 in
1909
In Eastern territory the table
showed 9127 injured, including the
killed, in 1890, 1878 in 1909.
None of the tables, of which a large
number of the same kind were gone
over, gave the proportion of the men
killed or the nature of the injuries.
DIR. Warne went over a number OF
tables and diagrams, copies of which
were furnished to the arbitrators, de-
signed to show that the railroads for
a number of years have been in
creasing the size, weight and carrying
capacity of freight cars, without
corresponding increase in the cost of
operation in the way of wages. He
was asked if the railroads were max
ing more revenue than they were
number of years ago, by L. e. Shep-
pard. one of the arbitrator represent
ing the employees.
81 think that is the tendency" was
the reply.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25
POWER OF THE SOCIALIST
PRESS.

The great mass of non-Socialists
are NOT opposed to Socialism. What
they oppose is what they have been
TOLD is Socialism, by the lying CAPT
talist press We must teach them
what Socialism really is and what it
means to them.
We know the quickest and surest
way to convert non-Socialist into
revolutionist is to get him to read So
cialist literature. Books and pamph-
lets usually seem dry and uninterest-
ing to the average non-Socialist and it
takes too long to read and understand
them, as a consequence they are laid
aside and forgotten.
Non-Socialists do read news and
articles upon important current
events. Here is where the Socialist
newspaper comes init gives little
doses of Socialism in it's news and in
it's comments on important events of
the day. Gradually the readers preju-
dice is worn away and before long he
becomes a Socialist.
Statistics show more than twice as
MANY become Socialists through read
ing Socialist periodicals as by any
other way.
State and national campaigns have
awakened the workers to high pitch
of interest in political matters. There
has never been so great an opportun-
ity to do effective work for Socialism
as now. Your comrades of the Com
monwealth realize this and are max
ing extra efforts to make the Com
monwealth an effective teacher of So
cialism.
We now ask the loyal friends OF the
Commonwealth to help us carry the
grand message of Socialism to the
toilers of Washington.
Ask your neighbor and friends to
subscribe to the Commonwealth. Try
to make them realize the necessity
for supporting a real working-class
paper.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25

enough TO be ON the inside. a. +. OF
! l.. officials usually vote with the
bosses and capitalist candidates, in
support of wage-slavery and eXploita
ton of the workers by the shirkers
Mr.. Gompers, the chief official, scabs
at the ballot box each and every cleo
ton day, voting against Socialist can
didates, in favor of such capitalist
candidates as William Jennings
Bryan, DR.. Prof Woodrow Wilson and
other enemies of the working class
The majority of A. f. of L'ites do like.
wise
(5) Question. Is the A. F. of L.
in any sense revolutionary organi-
cation?
Answer. The A. f. of L. is not
revolutionary in purpose or pro-
gram, but is, unwittingly, revolution
airy in EFFECT. In organizing at
least a portion of the working class on
the economic field. to fight the bosses
occasionally for better working con-
ditions, or to secure (merely) nomi-
nal raise in wages it unconsciously
lays the foundation for class-conscious
solidarity, and develops in the wage
slaves a better fighting spirit as re-
suit of the confidence that comes
through mere numbers and discipline,
and the actual conflict on the indus
trial battlefield.
CD In regard to the sixth question,
too long to requote, we can only say
that the small farmer has nothing to
lose by being put out Of business by
the l. w. w. Whenever the |. w. w.
ever attains power enough to put the
small farmer out of business, it will
also have attained strength enough
to demand of the big capitalist FULL
dress-at-dinner farmer far better COM
pensation for farm work than any
small farmer can ever hope to obtain
as an independent" victim of the rail-
roads, the trusts, and other parasitical
combinations of capital designed to
rob all workers, whether wage
slaves or small farmers, of the prod
ucts of their toll.
Not only the actual money COM
pensation would be better than now
obtained by the small farmer, but the
conditions of farm labor and living
would be infinitely improved, II all
small farmers lost their lives as such
in order to gain a better, freerer'
nobler life as member of power
full organization capable of debating
terms to the great farm magnates.
But when this stage of l. w. W'lsm
shall have been reached, the Socialist
party will have become full grown
and the capitalist system would be
forthwith overthrow by the joint Ell
forts of ballot and the general strike
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25
THOSE WICKED SOCIALISTS

The Socialists of Snohomish county
arc certainly a rude bunch. At least
Lizzie Jones thinks So 1t is reported
that every time that she tries to get
things her own way in any part OF the
county up pops Socialist and starts
something that makes her plans look
foolish She is reported to have Ia
mented along this line quite bitterly
last week.
"Here," she said in substance II re-
ports are true, 81 have been trying TO
straighten out that Arlington atfalr
and have had nothing but Sinclair on
NV mind for three months. | thought
II would be settled in no time, but l
find that Sinclair and his Socialist
friends are just beginning to flgh''
Wherever | go in the county ma
them. and if I do anything that as
nIeases any one l hear the threat tha'
they will get the Socialists after me-
Something ought to be done apou'
this right off Here we have lauy
doing all in her power by nook anu
crook to get the Socialist teachers ou'
of the schools and to keep IN the
schools Shiny hypocrites and nicotine
artists in various stages of decompo
sition. and the Socialists are uhap
preciative. Such people should Ger
tainly be shipped TO some island ou'
in the ocean and denied the right t'
mt up a clothes line for fear they
would catch messages from Snohomlsl
county.
It has been suggested that Judge
Humphries of the Seattle Times migh
be induced to come into this Socialist
infested county and jail the four thou
sand rebels here. There are onI!
eighty men packed in dark hole II
the court house building now. They
could easily store some more there 1
Judge John would only arrange Il
spend his next silent slump on bencl
or a barrel up here. We need thee
John, we do that.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25
BONE AND THE
TACOMA TIMES
CONTINUED from Page one.)


conclusive in the eyes of the working
class whose interests the Socialist
party represents.
The fact that a press that is owned
and controlled by capitalists and
which has proven to us in the past
that it does not hesitate to betray the
working class; the fact that Bone and
"his" party are boosted by the Shiny
Times is sufficient to convict for all
time to come.
The Times states that Bones new
Socialist party" now has many more
adherents than the old organization.
"Adherents" is the right name. The
Times and other elements of the CAPT
talist class 'adhere" to the Bone stool
pigeon in order to fool some more
workers and attempt to smash the or.
ganization that is regular but con
trolled by the workers themselves, who
have built up the organization in its
early struggles, and are class-conscious
in their purpose to emanclpate them
selves from wage-slavery and bring in
the era of Socialism.
Let every class-conscious working
man and woman cut out the Tacoma
Times. 1t is no friend of ours. Let
every organization of class-conscious
workers within the Times circulation
radius do this and instruct all workers
to let the Times and the merchants
who support it severely alone.
The trickery and the gall behind the
whole Times scheme, with its Bone
stool-pigeon, should be apparent tC
any worker with his eyes only hal
open.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25
AS SEEN FROM TWO ANGLES


some times I get to thinking that
things arc all wrong and I begin to
wonder if there is not something to
socialism after all But just about
then / happen down town and hear
some Id bonehead on a soapbox
rantng and tearing about everything
and everybody and / get disguised
again and say: To HI with all
of it,"
These words recently uttered by a
well meaning reformer and good citi-
zen led to the following dialogue:
Hold on a minute, my friend, [
believe you are somewhat incon-
sistent.
Did you not, several years ago,
speak from a soapbox from THIS very
corner?" 90
well, what if I did. I had plenty
of reason for it," replied tho good
citizen.
There had been crooked admins
tration in office and my taxes had
been raised $500. This extra money
had been squandered and there had
been plenty of proofs of crooked work.
| wanted to get quick hearing in the
reform campaign and I got on a
soapbox and believe me I called a
spade a spade. 1 mentioned names
and facts and gave the crooks of this
town the hottest grilling of their lives.
Don't you forget it, 1 would do the
same thing again."
The reformer paused and wiped the
sweat of indignation from his noble
brow. His companion laughed and
said:
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25

The Socialists of Washington pay
out enough money to the dying capt.
talist pluto press to maintain power
full daily paper that will print REAL
news. That paper will come into ex-
istance just as soon as you Socialists
who are so long on collectivist TALK
get busy with a little collection activ-
ity AND SUPPORT Financially
they can't pay printers bills with your
moral support.) YOUR OWN PRESS.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25

4 have you now. You are going to
see this matter from an entirely new
angle
Suppose yourself to be one Of these
so.called boneheaded workingmen.
Suppose that you had happened to
learn from census figures that each
productive worker in the world
creates $1,000 of wealth each day.
Suppose you had also found that the
average wage per worker was $500
per day and that the surplus value Of
So 90 per day was collected by someone
else as rent interest and profit.
Suppose you had noticed that the
worker who creates this wealth lives
in squalor and misery while his idle
master riots in realms of luxurious
plenty. wouldn't you feel like getting
on soapbox and Ranting and Tear
ing at the system that fostered the
injustice? Would you not consider a
grievance over $500 a year in taxes
mighty small when compared with
$500 a day in surplus value?"
The good citizen proceeded to de-
mand proof of $1,000 per day produc-
ton, received it, digested it and
acknowledged that the worker on the
soapbox was not the real bonehead.
AS he finally said:
"The real bonehead is the worker
who hasn't got sense enough to kick"
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25
THE OFFICE WAS CLOSED
GONE TO THE FAIR. "

The Arlington school board, having
been summoned to appear at the Of
fices of County Superintendent Lizzie
Jones on Friday at 1870, the editor
of the COMMONWEALTH thought he
would be on hand to see what action
would be taken.
Lo. and behold, when he arrived at
the courthouse, he found sign
pinned on the office door to this eff
feet:
GONE to the Snohomish Fair
Office closed for the day"
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25
NEW WORKERS A HOMELESS
PEOPLE.

The census report for 1900 gives
us the following facts. In Greater
New York there are total of 1927
$40 homes. 95.1 per cent of these
homes are not owned by the occu-
pants. In other words 40 per cent OF
the residents of New York own their
own homes.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25
IN A RICH MANS TOWN.

A municipal investigating commit
tee. after examining into $4,000 cases
at Los Angeles, reported that 81 a
day is the requisite amount for a man
10 support "a family there. In the de
partment stores GA per cent receive
less than 81 a day and So per cent less
than $50 a day.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25

Do something to hasten the coming
of the Great Emancipation Days
and DO IT NOW. The chains of
slavery were never known to forge
themselves into a key of Freedom.
Wake up and act. Show this to your
and ask him it it does not fit
h-your case.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25

There is one thing in the world
more wicked than the desire to COM
mand. and that is the will to obey
Kingdom Clifford.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25

Liberty of thought is mockery if
liberty of speech and action is denied.
Rev. Sidney Holmes.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25

A working sister, doing homework,
told me she worked from 10 to IA
hours daily, 7 days a week, for So.
This looks to me like working hours
daily for So a week and having to work
overtime for board and room. Five
dollars a week for 80 hours, $3.50 for
year of faithful service.
-Four thousand six hundred and
eighty long hours of drudgery for the
price % lap robe for pampered pup.
Verify the workers are patient and
long suffering.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25

Books rented at Hills Book Store
2g2g Colby Ave, 10c a reading.
The Commonwealth. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-25
CHIPS FROM A SOCIALIST
WORKSHOP.

Liberty cannot be given. II must
be taken ! am not opposed TO the
working class having all the holidays
they can get Goodness knows they
get few enough But | am decidedly
sHttish about this Legal" labor day
business. A labor day so kindly
given by the master class, wherein the
worker is encouraged by the boss to
blow in his hard earned coin, so he
viii be a docile slave until Thanks
giving time. 1t strikes me as being a
sort Of substitute graciously given, to
keep the workers contented and keep
his mind off of the labor day of the
international. All class conscious
workers will recognize and observe
the international Labor Day, May 1st
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-18
HAWAII WILL :.
HAVE EXHIBIT
. UNDER ONE ROOF
Continued from page one)

number of persons who visit the
grounds daily, an admission of Is
cents is being charged for each per.
son, while automobiles are admitted
at the rate of so cents each. The
proceeds from this toll are being used
to pay for the policing of the grounds,
which was found necessary long ago.
Many of the features in the amuse-
.ments. concession are being rushed to
completion, and more than 5000 men
are employed on the grounds in DIFF
sterent ways. From the. present out,
look, says Mr.. Woe& the Panama-Pa.
eifie Exposition will be the biggest
fair of its kind > ever held and will
eclipse those of Chicago, st. Louis,
Seattle and of the old world. Par.
ticular interest is being taken by the
fair officials in the stock exhibit, and
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-18
MEXICA|.Ns ON
A MYSTERIOUS
MISSION

To make liberal purchases Of small
arms rifles, munitions, as well as
field pieces, the product of the large
arsenais at Osaka and Toxic, Japan
four Mexicans, declared TO be pfomi-
|nently identified with the Haefta ad.
ministration, saifed with the Pacific
Mail liner Siberia for the Far East
this morning the quartet having kept
pretty well to themselves during the
12-houfi stay OF the vessel ut this port
Seniors B. Miguel, Romero L Ra.
fac, Victor Jose Velasquez and Ma
snlleh M. Velasquez were members OF
q party Of officers with the Mexican
government that took passage In the
Siberia at San Francisco. Accom-
panying the delegation were two Jap
.anese, said to be Representative of
manufacturers OF. armament and am
.mnniticn. the largest producers in
Japan. On the yoyage from the coast
to Hon0lllHi the Mexicans and Japan
ese did not mingle to any extent with
the hundreds Of other passengers.
Miguel and velasquez were said by
officers In the Siberia to have been
recognized by federal secret, service
men at San Francisco as officials con-
nected with the war department Of the
republic of Mexico. ses, E.sssyssss. :.
There are several large concerns at
Osaka, the great manufacturing cen-
ter of Japan. where quantities of
small arms and shot and shell are
turned out. As a result of, the. de-
mands brought about by the Japanese
Russian war, the finest equipment
procurable was installed. .-,... l..
1t was freely stated last night that
the delegation Of sMexicans might con-
tfnue their journey in quest of NUM-
lions to Shanghai, China, where one
OF the largest arsenals in the far east
is at present located.
4 In shipping arms and other war ma
terial, it Is predicted that much of the
Japanese product might pass through
Honolulu in the steamers following
the direct line from Japan to the Mex
lean and Central American coast, and
would be manifested as machinery or
agricultural implements, as was the
case when supplies were rushed to
Japan during the war with Russia.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-18

4 couple about to be married in
London, Ontario, discovered that they
were brother and sister A picture
of her fiance sent by the girl to her
parents revealed to them their long
lost SON..
Vincent Astor is engaged to Miss
Helen Dinsmore Huntington. laughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert r. Huntington
of Hopeland House, Staatsburg, NJ
Y. The engagement win be formally
announced in the near future.
The residents Of Messina, Sicily
were frightened by an earthquake
shock of decided severity. No harm
was done.