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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

@. As a subscriber am coming to
you for legal advice. We have 20
acres on which is first mortgage Of
1925, due Aug. 2, 1921, and a second
mortgage Of 1894, due July is, 1915.
We have paid the interest on this sec
ond mortgage and will be able to pay
the interest on the first when due.
We are unable, however, to pay the
principal Of the second mortgage and
the holder wishes the matter cleaned
up by Aug. I, advising US to sell II
possible to adjoining owner who has
refused to pay the price we asked a
year ago, and we feel we cannot lower
without selling at sacrifice.
What are the laws on foreclosures
in this state7 What will the holder
of the second mortgage be able to do
upon failure to collect principal, and
would you advise us to sell at sacri-
flee or could we stand chance to save
ourselves by having more. time to dis
pose Of the property? j. B. z.
A. The holder of the second mort
gage, upon same coming due, may
foreclose, subject to the first mort
gage. The person buying the proper
ty at the sheriff's safe would get only
your interest in the property, and
would have the first mortgage to pay.
1t is very unlikely that the holder Of
the second mortgage will foreclose, as
nobody will buy under a second mort
gage so he would have to bid it in
himself. Therefore, he would not only
not get his money, but he would be
out the costs and attorneys fees, but
will also have to pay the first mort
gage. / would advise you to hold on
to the property until you can sell at
an advantage
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
ANOTHER BIG STRIKE ON
$1,000 WORKERS ON STRIKE AT
NEW YORK

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE ranks of
the striking pants makers were in
creased today by 1900 workers, max
ing the total numbers out on strike ap-
proximately $1,000. OF those who
went out today 5000 were knee pants
makers and 5000 were vest makers.
The mayors acouncil of Cancellation
met today to discuss the situation and
avert if possible, strike of $4,000
women garment workers. The wom-
en- are acting Independently of the
men, although the demands are sub
stantially the same-for sanitary
shops and restoration of the old wage
scale, which, it is claimed, has been
reduced.
In addition, leaders in the unions
of other male garment workers were
prepared, they said, to call out approx
imately 10000 more men should such
a step be thought necessary.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
CREDIT WHERE
CREDIT rs DUE

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-"Labor" truthfully
of public officials elected by Socialists
of the various cities there has never
yet been whispered the word graft"
In every case our opponents have had
to admit that the Socialists were scru-
pulously honest Wherever the Social
lists have been victorious it has been
said that the town would be bank
rupt, yet in no case has any Socialist
city found it difficult to borrow
money, and nowhere has any Socialist
town lost a single factory.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
USE MOVIE FILM TO EDUCATE

Brooklyn Socialist are still pegging
away in a great campaign. Every
|once in a while they have a Socialist
film run in picture theatre. George
r. Kirkpatrick speaks every Saturday
copies of his "War--What For?" were
sold at five meetings recently. A lee
ture Is given in well filled hall every
Sunday evening in spite of the hot
weather.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

American patriots" are financing
the development of China. There is a
great activity in China today in build
ing railroads to open the unlimited re-
sources of the country. especially the
mining resources. The Chinese are
capturing the German toy trade and
the millions of acres of lands are be-
ing developed for the purpose of com
peting with other nations in supplying
agricultural products.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
CAPITALISM DESTROYS
HOMES

Seven cities were destroyed by fire,
also seventy-five villages and fifty-six
country estates in the district of
Koenigsberg. In Allenstein, ten cities
were burned and 292 villages and
ninety-seven country estates. In the
district of Gumbinnen seven cities
were destroyed by the Russians, 205
villages and eighty-three estates. All
agricultural machinery was taken or
destroyed the cattle killed Off and
all factories wrecked. The total dam
age is placed at 1875, 340,726 marks.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Thousands of women and children
are employed on the farms in Ohio
Children work from Z in the morning
till at night for the measely pittance
of from 40 cents to $115 a day On
one farm alone there were ninety boys
and girls employed at ages ranging
from to IS. The majority of the
children employed ON these farms
range from 10 to ID years of age.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
WANTED-A "HAYSEED",
INCUBATION

If Clifford Thorne, the railroad com.
missioner, is correct, the Western far
mer is prepared to do business will,
the railroads, which are asking an
increase of the freight and passenger
rates to save them from bankruptcy,
and bring prosperity to the country.
But the Western farmer has worked
out the proposition for himself, and.
according to Mr. Thorne, this is it:
We will not pay for the improve
ments to these railroad properties
UNLESS WE OWN THEM.
We will not build their properties
for the railroad capitalists and then
pay them return on WHAT WE
BUILD. That isn't government own
ership,' or even what is mis-called
public ownership" It's SOCIALISM
instead. Social ownership.
1t is not on record that the Western
farmer has read Karl Marx" to any
considerable extent or saturated him
self with theories of surplus value"
But he knows what the thing is, and
he doesn't propose to stand for the
railroad capitalists extracting it from
his labor. If there is to be any sur
plus value, he wants it himself-and
then 1T won't be surplus
In short, the Western farmer is tax
ing a clear stand against capitalist
exploitation, and if Mr.. Thorne has
interpreted him correctly, he is not
likely to be fooled by any capitalistic
schemes of government ownership
or state Socialism with the rail-
road capitalist as the state"
Let us take a look around through
the eyes of this Western farmer. Sur.
vey the great foundries and rolling
mills, the factories, mines and all the
other productive plants in the coun-
try.
Are they not being run on exactly
the same principle as the railroads?
Are not the demands of their owners
on the masses exactly the same as the
demands of the railroad capitalists on
the farmers?
Who pays for the improvements ON
them? The mass of the workers
Everywhere.
Who builds these properties? Same
answer.
Who pays capitalists return on
what they-not the capitalists-build9
Same answer again.
Who owns these properties? The
capitalists. Just as the railroad cap.
ltal1sts own the railroads.
Who demands that, UNLESS WE
OWN these properties, we will not
pay for improvements on them, build
them, and pay return on what we
build?
Nobody. That is, nobody except a
comparative handful of Socialists scat
tered among the enormous mass of
workers.
But who put this proposition clear
ly up to the capitalists owning the rail-
roads? The Western farmer.
Is the Western farmer crazy? Maybe
he is. But nevertheless we wish he
would drop the straw he is chewing
Wong enough to bite the city proletar-
lat. An infection Of this sort would
be good for what ails him-The New
York Call.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

1t is now estimated that there are
21,000,000 men on the firing line in
Europe. There are 12,S20,000 on the
side of the allies and S,950,000 for Ger.
many, Austria and Turkey. The daily
cost Of the war to the ten nations now
taking part are estimated at $42,250,.
900. Forty days of this war cost Ger.
many as much as the whole Franco
Prussian war of 1901. Three months
of this war has cost England as much
as the Boer war, lasting two years and
seven months.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
YE PARTY COLYUM
WE MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT

WE MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT
We are now in position to make an
important announcement For months
we had been puzzled to know what
allied the party. Our meetings, we
noted, attracted less attention than the
Salvation Army. The CONS failed to
send in monthly remittances to the
fin. secretaries, and locals, in some
instances, could not afford to engage
the little red school house that had
been donated by the school board,
owing to the expense of oil for lamps.
At bus. meetings we occasionally
found ourself engaged in animated dis
cussions with the CONS. as to why
agitation had grown dull Being a
humorist by trade naturally we are
optimistic and prone to look at the
shining side of life. However, some
of the CONS. have grown exceedingly
restless and are chatting under their
enforced inactivity, but the most of
them are taking prolonged vacation.
We had been endeavoring to account
for this apathy for some time but were
unable to reach satisfactory conclu-
sion. Now, however, we know. 1t
is the war.
A CONTEMPORARY INFORMS US
We received this information from
one of our esteemed contemporaries.
Had we not been an observant stu
dent of our exchanges the truth might
have gone marching on forever undis-
covered. Our e. C. informs us that
Socialism is being installed in enorm-
GUS quantities in Europe by the Kaiser
and other popular leaders of affairs
in the war zone. Undoubtedly this
mania will spread to our shores and
we will find Socialism clandestinely
inserted from above, thereby render
| ing unnecessary the further existence
of the Socialist party.
1t is difficult for us to realize that
our historic mission has been fulfilled
For nearly year we have continued
to follow the old routine, iniating refs,
criticising the National Elk. Commit
mittee and so on only to discover that
our function has been assumed by
much more capable people than our
selves. How prosaic and unromantic
this ending is. Our ambitions, our
hopes and aspirations for the glorious
part we were to play during the revo-
luton have been wiped out at one fell
swoop. 'Tis indeed tough.
THE CONS. ARE WISE
Some of the CONS. must have had
an inkling of this for we recall having
heard vague speeches at meetings by
CONS who religiously abstained from
paying dues or doing any work be-
cause they were convinced that the
memorable forces of everlution
would bring Socialism about.
This was too deep for our compre
hension at the time but now the light
is beginning to break in upon us
They must have referred to the war
If it were not that hope springs eter
nal in our heart, we would suggest
that the National Elk Committee ne
gotiate the sale of the organization tc
some aspiring politicians before the
Kaiser's move is too well known. How
ever, we have faint suspicion thai
the Kaiser may be handing us a gold
brick and would request that the CONS
take fresh hope until further informa
ton is at hand. Until then we con
tinue to remain,
Yours for the,
w, c. r.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
BAY STATE SOCIALISTS
NOMINATE

At one of the most enthusiastic and
we'll attended state conventions ever
held in Massachusetts, the Bay State
Socialists nominated their guberna-
torial ticket and considered matters
of propaganda and general interest.
The convention lasted three days.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Miss Jane Adams, president of the
International Peace Congress, states
that an all the armies the soldiers
must be made drunk before they will
charge with bayonets. The German
army has regular form for doing It,
The French give absinthe, and the
English give what the soldiers call
dope before they can charge"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
MAN VS.. MACHINE

Labor displacing machinery is still
pursuing the glass blowers who have
been put out of business by the hun
dreds in the last few years. A new
machine has just been invented. in
stalled and found satisfactory that will
displace two men out of every three
previously engaged. 1t turns out with
the aid of one man, ten bottles a min
ute.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

lover. ! refuse to murder your Wife's
husband. 1 refuse to butcher your
little child's father. ! refuse to wet
the earth with blood and blind kind
eyes with tears. I refuse to assassin
ate you and then hide my stained
fists in the folds of any flag.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
MY PLEDGE
BY GEORGE r. KIRKPATRICK

BY GEORGE r. KIRKPATRICK
I refuse to kill your father ] re-
fuse to Stay your mothers son. / re-
fuse to plunge a bayonet into the
breast of your sisters brother / re-
fuse to slaughter your sweetheart's
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
NEWS IN BRIEF
NEW YORK SOCIALISTS
LAUNCH CAMPAIGN

At an enthusiastic gathering of So
ciaists in both the End and Sth dis
tricts of New York, candidates for the
assembly and aldermanic board were
nominated Plans are under way for
the most aggressive campaign these
districts have ever witnessed
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Henry Ford is going to teach his
$4,000 employees how and what to eat.
Experts are engaged to find out which
are the most nourishing foods and how
to cook them so that the greatest bene.
fit can be derived from them and in
cidentally reduce the grocers bill ST.,
100000 year. The new department
is in line with Ford's plan for increas
ed efficiency in his employees.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
FREE LEGAL
DEPARTMENT. OF THE
NORTHWEST WORKER
Address all questions to At
torney Peter HUSKY, 2t5 Stokes
Bldg, Everett, Wash.

Editors Note: Free legal advice on
any subject Is given in this column to
Washington Socialist subscribers. Are
not flfty-two copies of this paper and
legal adviser for year worth $1.oo7
Tell your nelghbors about this great
offer.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
Patronize YOUR advertisersl

place. So the Henry Dubbs got what
they voted for. In three months time
they'll have cut so much lumber that
they will have to work sixteen hours
per day or shut down altogether. oh
no, they did not cut the wages!
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

A total of 295,066 signatures were
affixed to the nine referendum petit
tons in protest to the work of the late
Washington legislature. The bills
were oversubscribed two to one.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Twenty-seven persons were killed
and 1851 injured this year in celebrat-
ing the action of our forefathers when
on July 4th, 1776, they declared that
the American workers should be ex-
plotted by American people only
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
An anti.socialist movement has beer

An anti-Socialist movement has been
formed in Hudson county, New Jer-
sey, because the Socialists are gain.
ing so much ground. The Socialists
are to meet this move with greater
efforts in organization and education.
The Hudson county Socialists use
movie films in their propaganda.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Holland is suffering seriously on ac-
count of the war. Forty-two per cent
of the workers are unemployed. The
out of works funds of the unions are
almost depleted. Municipal funds are
being used to feed the jobless and
their families.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

The English war munitions act pro-
vides for a fine of SIS day to be i'm
posed on every worker who remains
away from work in industries supply
ing war material. The government is
preparing to enforce the act in the
South Wales miners strike.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

John r. Lawson, convicted OF muir
der in connection with the Colorado
strike disorders, has been denied a
new trial. Lawson was sentenced to
life at hard labor in the state peniten-
tiary.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of tuberculosis
says that an investigation of 500 cases
in Boston shows that workers lost
over $425,OOO in wages as a result Of
the disease.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

After years investigation into the
lives of Ohio's working girls, the state
industrial commission has issued re-
port showing that it's costs 1874 a
week for the average girl to live away
from home. The commission found
that IS per cent of the states working
women received less than $1,000 a
week in wages.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Reports are to hand that Russia is
firing of the war and may make sep
arate peace. England fears this move
and is allowing no news of this char
acter to reach the British public.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
THOUSANDS LOSE EYEsleHT

Thousands Of soldiers have lost
their eyesight in the European war.
There are five thousand in the city of
Paris alone who are blind on account
of trench warfare.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
"WHEN YOU ARE NOT

A SOCIALIST"
The above is the title of the August
Appeal leaflet. Every local in Snoho-
mish county ought to distribute it.
Send in your money to this office
without delay.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

The S1,250,0OO damage suit brought
lby the Bache-Denman Coal company
against more than 200 officers and
members of the United Mine Workers
|of America was dismissed in the
United States district court.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

The recent appeal of German Social
lists for peace has failed to bear fruit
and the government have called upon
the people to "show an unbroken front
until the final victory"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

A fifty dollar diamond ring for the
lucky holder of a ticket that is being
given away by us for every dollars
worth of subs sent in. Start in hust-
ling right now.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Mr. Bryan gave up being secretary
of state to become secretary of state
ments.-New York Morning Telegraph.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Recent census reports give the total
wealth of the United States as $751;
600, 100000, or about $1,965 per capita.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

England proposes to Twin the war
from the air" by building 10000 aero
planes and attacking the German am
munition works and supply routes with
bombs.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

China is now in position to appre-
ciate the high cost of peace at any
price.-Boston Transcript
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Most of us prefer to profit by the
mistakes of other people rather than
by our own.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

The umpire of baseball game very
often would like to make a home run
himself.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Don't take too much for granted; the
loudest amen often comes from the
biggest hypocrite.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

The city council of San Diego has
just passed an anti-picketing ordin-
ance. The trade union movement are
going to resist the ordinance.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Do your printing through us. W.
can give you good prices.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Trunk Factory, 2815 Rockefeller.
Trunks and leather goods. Everett
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-10-25
Sporting Notes.

Harvard men stole the Cornell bear
for q few hours, but Cornell's eleven
stole the Harvard goat for all time.
Colgate, the team Yale will meet
Saturday, ran up a total of l07 points
against Rensselaer, Institute Saturday.
Columbia university resumed foot
ball Saturday after 10 years and did it
by defeating st. Lawrence university,
81 to 0.
Brattleboro high will play the first
home football game here Saturday with
Keene high as the opposing team. This
is one of the Glover league games.
Hammersley, former Northampton
twirler, while cunning the other day,
brought down a full grown man. 1t
appears he is wild in his shooting in
off seasons as during baseball time.
If Cornell S attack was built around
Barrett, considering that Barrett play
ed only six minutes and Cornell won
10 to Q what would have been the re-
suit had Barrett remained in the game
Two Harvard freshmen sustained
broken ankles in the game against
Worcester academy. As usual in the
case of accidents the men who sus-
Yale does not feel any better about
! that Washington and Jefferson game
when the team realizes that there were
only two veterans in the lineup of the
smaller college and the captain of the
team did not play,
Lorin Scion, captain of the Mime
sofa eleven, is another victim of cam
ateuritis which is now spreading rap
idly through college athletics. He, like
LeGore, played summer bali and re
ceived something for his ability.
The Cornell mascot, a black bear
was stolen from the lobby of the Lenoy
hotel in Boston early Saturday morn
ing by Harvard boys. Later it was re
turned to the owners who had put tn,
police on the track of their mascot.
Capt. Barrett of Cornell was mad
unconscious in the first period Of tn
! ilarvard-Cornell game while tacklin,