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The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY

Education ought to be the most
democratic thing In the world said
Frank p. Walsh, chairman of the
United States Commission on Indus
trial Relations, to an interviewer for
the Peoples College News,
"And democracy In these days is
not only political; mostly II is indus
trial and social" he continued. THE
workers more and more appreciate
this true nature of democracy. They
more and more see the close relation
ship between education and democ
racy. Whether they see II or not,
the captains of industry do see It,
The establishment of the great foun-
dations, so-called, is the proof that
they see 1t.
"If the owners of the great basic
industries of the nation can train up
the young men and women of this
and succeeding generations In their
ideals, in their conception OF the right
relations of master and servant In
their doctrine of whats a democracy
should be--then the 'beneyolence' of
their foundations Is the best financial
investment for themselves hey have
ever made.
"In the New York hearing" Mr..
Walsh said, "the owners md man
ayers of the great foundations and
all others whose opinions were offered
or were of interest had every oppor-
tunity to present their opinions In the
most favorable light they could. If
Bishop Warren Chandler, Prof. e. A.
Ross and other forward looking
people of this country condemn these
foundations as menace to demo
cratic education, and consequently to
democratic life, they do SO merely
from the facts"
Mr.. Walsh said that the great mass
OF the people Of the United States,
the workers, the producers, must be
beholden to no one but themselves
for their education. True education"
he said, will be built upon their own
ideas of political and industrial JUS
tice and political and industrial gov
eminent; and 1t will have for its OBJ
ject the making Of efficient and self
sufficient and self-respecting citizens
of free social order.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
PAT QUINLAN'S REWARD
BY EUGENE v. DEBS.

The loyal service of Comrade Pat
Quinlan to the working class has been
sealed by his sentence to the peniten-
tiary at Trenton, N. ].
In the strike of the silk workers at
Paterson, which stirred the whole
country, Pat Quinran stood as the
fearless champion of the strikers and
fought for them to the close Of that
desperate industrial battle. The lords
of the silk mills had him arrested and
jailed and put upon trial on trumped-
up charges. OF course he was found
guilty in capitalist court and SEN
fenced to state prison for seven years.
Fred Warren and the Appeal to
Reason put up cash bond of $4,000
for Quinlan pending the appeal of his
case to the supreme court Of the
state. This court has Just affirmed
the decision of the lower court and
our brave and loyal comrade is now
branded convict.
Just before Comrade Quinlan was
taken from the Paterson Jail to the
penitentiary at Trenton, we received
letter from him opening with the
following heroic lines: Written in
Cell No. 5, County Jail, Paterson, with
poor light but with heart beating
for the Day"
Pat Quinlan has in his veins the
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
WEALTH PRODUCERS
BY II. w. WATTS.

Labor produces all wealth and to
the producer 1t should belong" In
order to prove this, let US look for
the "nigger in the wood pile" Here
is railroad, built by the workers of
various trades. Miners dug the coal
and ore. Loggers felled the trees.
Lumber mill workers made the ties
and lumber. Rolling mill workers
made the rails and parts Of cars and
engines. Machinists put together
the locomotives. Carpenters built the
cars. Civil engineers surveyed the
road. Workers of all trades made the
roadbed, laid the ties, the rails, the
foundations for bridges and depots.
Bridges and depots were built. Tickets
were printed. Schedules were ar
ranged and the road is ready.
Engineers, firemen, brakemen, sec
ents, managers, foremen, porters and
paymasters are hired and the trains
are ready to run. This is co-opera-
tive labor.
People buy tickets. Bookkeepers
make up the books and prepare the
pay roll
Everything is ready. Everybody is
at his post The word is given to
start and No! it cannot be operated
because there is something missing.
The owners of the railroad are not
there. How can the thing be run
without the capitalists?
You did not see any capitalists men,
toned in the list of workers who built
the road or who are ready to operate
the road, and if the capitalists-those
who own the road-are not there,
how can 1t be run?
WELL" says the man who has just
bought a ticket, this beats hell. The
capitalists did not dig the coal or iron,
build engines or cars, sell tickets or
handle the throttle, but they own the
railroad and. Tickets, please; all
aboard"
what has happened?" Why the
workers have confscated the prop
erty."
The capitalist performs no useful
function in society, hence he Is a
parasite and we can get along with
out him. Thank you. All aboard!
ToOti tOOti
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
MAKING WAGE SLAVES
MORE EFFICIENT
BY A. w. CALHOUN.


We used to believe that under cap
italism the wages of labor tended TO
hover around the level of mere physi-
cal subsistence and propagation. This
theory was fatally defective for the
reason that the desideratum under
capitalism is not merely quota of
ever growing efficiency. So we may
revise the iron law of wages" (Which
by the way, Marx expressly repudi-
ated) into this form: Under capital
ism, wages approximate the amount
that is necessary to maintain the pres
ent generation to the desired level of
efficiency, and to rear the succeeding
generation to the desired (probably
higher level of efficiency. 1t may
safely be said, therefore, that the nor
NAL tendency of enlightened capital
ism is to improve absolutely the con.
dition of labor, inasmuch as such inn
provement is form of more intense
cultivation imposed upon the capital
list by the necessity of meeting world
competition. 1t pays the capitalist to
cultivate his human cattle more in
tensively, with greater outlay, just as
it pays him to cultivate his field more
intensively and with greater outlay
up to certain point And that point
of man-culture marks the limit of re-
form undar canitalism
1t may be objected that, in the past,
capital has begrudged every improve
ment in the condition of labor. This
is true, but it ceases to be true as fast
as capital "a amalgamates and (2)
gets its eyes open. 1t could not be
expected that one capitalist would feel
disposed to improve the condition o.
his workers so long as other capital
lists did not do the same Why should
he waste money on men that might
leave and go elsewhere, carrying to
another concern the superiority that
had resulted from his benevolence9
But in so far as a concern secures a
monopoly and becomes the sole pur-
chaser of a certain kind of labor will
it pay to improve the life conditions
of labor. Because the monopoly
hold on them makes them quasi
cattle, and man is insane that does
not take good care of his stock More
especially when it is agreed to i'm
pose equal conditions by law and all
employers OF labor, does it become
evident 20 all open-eyNd capitalists
that IL pays to make thee conditions
increasingly stiff. in order to elevate
the efficiency of the human chattles
to the desired point This point of
view sets the measure to the progress
of reform under capitalism.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
CAPITALISTS DISCIPLINE
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Must Teach What Employers Want
Taught.

BUTTE, Mont--Five hundred pu-
pills of the Webster grade school went
on a strike Monday, May s, In protest
over the failure of the school board
to reappoint Miss Ada f. Madden as
principal for the ensuing year.
The strike was overcome In an hour
and a half by teachers, a truant Off.
Ger and squad Of Butte police with
moral suasion brought to bear by the
presence of the patrol wagon.
At the Blaine school In Centerville
fifty students refused to enter the
building because Miss Mary O'Day,
one Of the teachers, had not been re-
appointed.
A strike was expected at the Web
ster school, and Mrs. William Rosea,
one of the school trustees, was at the
building when school opened to CO
operate with the teachers in persuad-
ing the pupils to return. Two hun
dred women assembled at the school
at first advised the children not to
go to school, but after the teachers
had persuaded the women that a
strike" was detrimental to the school
and to the children, the women de-
voted their efforts to inducing the
children to return to school,
The trouble had its inception in
the summary dismissal recently Of
twenty-four teachers by School SUI
perintendent George Downer following
the election of trustees supposed to
be favorable to him. One of the rea-
sons assigned was that the teachers
were not In sympathy with him,
some, 1t was asserted, having ex-
pressed themselves as favoring union
ism and Socialism. Following a pub
lie meeting in protest the school
board reinstated seventeen of the
twenty-four dismissed, but failed to
reinstate Miss Madden and Miss
O'Day and five others.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
ENCOURAGING WORDS
FROM AN OLD TIMER
Marcus, Wash, May 4, Is.

Marcus, Wash, May 4, Is.
To the Editor Washington Socialist
Dear Comrade: At the last meet
ing of Local Marcus | made a talk
for the w. S. which resulted in secur-
ing ten names at 10c each for the
paper, our secretary has perhaps sent
you the names and money by this
time. ! mention this because | want
to tell you of the nature of the talk
| made. / claimed the w. S. was the
best educator in sound Socialist prin-
ciples published in U. s., that more
could be learned by reading it three
months than could be learned from
80 per cent. of the Socialist publica-
lions if one read them for a lifetime
| pointed out the necessity of every
Socialist member informing himself
SO that he could answer any question
fired at him, and so that he could
make an intelligent defense of our
principles when arguing with one OPP
posed to Socialism. Now what
claimed for the w. S. is in the main
true, and | think | am competent to
judge, as | have read Socialist papers
for twenty years or more, even before
the S. p was founded. The purpose
of this letter is to encourage you to
continue the good work. Make your
paper as revolutionary as possible,
hew to the line. What the comrades
want is the real dope. You should
have seen how quickly they put up
the money when l told them of the
true nature of the w. S., and they
are all farmers, too
| have written this letter in a hurry,
but ! guess you know what | mean,
SO I'll conclude with the request that
you write an editorial soon on the
following: What Would the Social
lists Do If They Had Control of Con
gress?"
This letter is not sent in for pub
lication, but if you think it will do
any good you are at liberty to use all
or any part Of it.
Yours for industrial freedom,
JOHN M. POWERS.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
TO BOSTROM ANO BARzEE

When Comrades Bostrom and Bar
zee have concluded their discussion
/ will request that each of them an
swer each Of the following queries
through the columns of the Washing
ton Socialist:
Do you think the workers of Law
renee, Paterson, Calumet, West Vir-
ginia and Colorado would have been
beaten, dubbed, shot, roasted, jailed
and had their organizations paralyzed
If class conscious working class po-
litical administration had been in pos
session of the guns, clubs and injunc-
tons?
What more could such a working
class political administration do other
than protect the workers in our or
ganized development for the organ
lied control of our labor power, which
we own, in industry where we have
to work to live?
Did you ever know of any group or
society of the human species to ad-
vance, socially, beyond the organized
power and intelligence they had
achieved in industry where they were
engaged either for \ livelihood or for
profit?
How can we have Socialism or
collectivism or industrial democracy
in society If this organized develop
ment in industry does not take place?
PROLETARIA BILL.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
LOS ANGELES ELECTION.

Los Angeles, Cal, May 4, 1915,
At city primary election Fred c..
Wheeler, Socialist councilman, run
ming for reelection, polled 25,703
votes, running second out of "A can
didates and being beaten for first
place by only one other candidate,
and that by only 70 votes out of To-
600 votes cast. Two other Socialists
qualified for the final election, H. II,
Hart and our state secretary, T. W.
Williams.
Ralph Criswell, for mayor, polled
5000 votes.
A heavy rain prevented a larger
vote being cast.
Mrs. Estell Lindsey an old-time
Socialist worker, received 1860 and
qualified.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
THE LABOR PAPER AS AN
ADVERTISING MEDIUM

Printers Ink, the recognized author
ity on advertising, after thorough
investigation on this subject, says:
"a labor paper is a far better ad-
vertising medium than an ordinary
newspapers in comparison with circu-
lation. A labor paper, for example,
having 1000 subscribers is of more
value to the business man who adver-
tises in it than an ordinary paper with
10000 subscribers"
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
BEWARE Of ALASKA
Notice to Wage Workers.


Concerted efforts are being made
to advertise all sections OF Alaska as
the paradise for the workingmen, and
alluring syndicate stories are appear
ing in the press, especially in the east,
where conditions are totally misrepre.
scented.
AS the season of open navigation
to Nome will soon begin, organized
labor ON this peninsula has thought
It advisable to send out direct and re-
liable warnings as to actual condi-
tionsj in Nome and contiguous dis
trictj
Fd some time during the winter
stories have appeared In the press
east and west as to labor conditions
In this camp that are wholly un.
founded and which, II believed by
workers. and acted upon to the extent
that they come up here in search of
work, can only end in suffering and
considerable useless hardship.
The mining industry in Nome has
considerably deteriorated dredges
have taken the place to a very large
extent of the open cut or other forms
of mining which employed numerous
hands, The largest employers use
but few men, and when they increase
their forces 1t is for short time
merely. Few men who arrive here
without a job will now stand much
chance of obtaining work of any per-
manence.
There is less and less local work,
also outside mining in this city. Long
shore work is growing scarcer, as can
be understood from the decreased tom
mage of all kinds and the fact that
the collector of customs returns shows
that about three hundred and fifty
thousand dollars less merchandise ar
rived in 1914 than in 1913.
Last year. as usual, hundreds were
destitute in the camp throughout the
summer and many of these were
shipped out at the government or city
expense after organized labor had
taken steps to secure this relief for
their stranded fellow workers even
though they were not members of
labor organizations. Year after year
we have to do this every fall
Every year, let it also be known,
from ten to twenty firms, employing
in all about two hundred men, either
fail to pay all or a portion of the
WAGES due and This IN n great meas
ure leaves many additional stranded
men recipients Of charity which con-
sists of police" ticket at best for
the outside, where they fill the ranks
of the unemployed and destitute after
passing summer at the hardest kind
of unpaid physical labor.
Yearly Nome is made the dumping
ground for the Industrial derelicts of
the Yukon and upper country, and
these try to make few dollars before
making their final getaway from this
camp. These also add to the number
of unemployed and as you can't live
off this country with it's Arctic condi-
tons almost anything is better than
restitution in Alaska.
To prevent any undue suffering all
workers who have nc jobs here are
cautioned to stay away to avoid I'M
necessary suffering both to them
selves and to those who are now in
the country for there are more than
sufficient men to do all the work in
sight. They simply will be out the
price of their transportation and re-
main destitute indefinitely.
(By Order) LOCAL 240, w. F. OF M.
(Seal)
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
RESIST WAGE REDUCTION.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3.-The
Bottle Gamers union is successfully
resisting wage reduction of 20 per
cent. One company has already
agreed to restore the old rate. These
workers have been on strike nearly
two monthhs.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
LOCAL EVERETT CHANGES
NAME OF MEETING PLACE

At the regular business -fIse5ting OF
Local Everett No. l, held last Friday,
a motion was put and carried to
change the name of the front audi
forum of the Socialist party head
quarters to "The Forum" The, rear
part of the building, where the diff
ferent offices and committee rooms
are located, will continue to be known
as the Socialist party headquarters.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
THE IDEAL OF SELF.

| do not know what l may appear
to the world, but to myself | seem
to have been only little boy play
ing on the seashore and diverting my
self in now and then finding a
smoother pebble or prettier shell
than ordinary, while the great ocean
of truth lay all undiscovered before
me.-Isaac Newton.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
REAL SOURCE OF RICHES.

Success (by law of competition)
signifies always so much victory over
your neighbor as to obtain the direc-
ton of his work and take the profits
of it. This Is the real source of all
great riches.-Ruskin
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13

The Socialist party Of Italy has
gained 10000 dues paying members
during the past year, the gain being
three times as great as in the three
years previous.
There are thousands hacking at
branches Of evil, to one who is strik-
ing at the root Henry Thoreau.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13

red blood of stanch revolutionist
and the Socialist movement is proud
of him.
Every hour this industrial liberator
spends behind the cruel bars Of cap
itahst dungeon viii hasten by months
the overthrow of the infamous system
in which thieves are throned and hon
est men are Gagged as criminals.
Pat Quinlan shall not be allowed to
perish at Trenton We shall take up
the work where he left off and we
shall never rest until this brave COM
rade energies triumphant from his
prison cell.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13

Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong
forever on the throne
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
and behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow,
keeping watch above his own,
james Russell Lowell
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
STRIKE CLOSES COTTON MILLS.

FALL RIVER, Mass, May 5.-Five
of the seven cotton mills of the Fail
River Iron Workers company closed
today, partly as the result Of a strike
by union weayers over working con
ditions. Five thousand operatives are
affected.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
LABOR FINANCES THE WAR.

The Federated Labor party of New
South Wales established the Common
wealth Bank four years ago. 1t has
been rapidly growing, and recently
financed the war loan of 500, 100000
for the commonwealth.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
FIGHTING FOR LIFE.

John R. Lawson is preparing for a
new trial. Over 100 union miners are
to come up for trial on the same
charges as Lawson, the state claiming
that while the specific assailant can
not be identified, any striker in a
fatal riot may be convicted of murder.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13

The imbecility of man is always in
viting the impudence of power.-Em-
erson.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13
6-HOUR DAY ENDORSED.

In Alameda, Cal, the Building
Trades Council has Endorsed a six
hour day proposal for the months of
January, February and March.
The plan was urged by Painters
District Council No. 8, which includes
all painters and decorators In Ala
media, San Francisco, Marin and San
Mateo counties in California.
The resolution, 1t is said, will be in
troduced at the next convention of
the State Building Trades Council
with the intention of making these
hours universal in the building trades
of California.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-05-13

Gorky says: ''In order to triumph
in the struggle for existence one
ought to have much wisdom, or the
heart of a beast"
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-11-05
Home Burned.

The home of Winfield Sullivan,
situated north Of Ralston, was
burned to the ground Monday
morning about 6 o'clock, most OF
the contents being a total loss, as
we'll as the smoke house, hard by
the dwelling house. The fire is
supposed to have had its origin
from the cook room hue. The
building burned rapidly and bat
little was saved, three feather
beds, two quilts and two or three
trunks, Mr.. Ed Fuller SAYS, being
about the extent OF the goods
saved. Mr.. Sullivan is a hard
working farmer and the loss to
him is heavy. While the build
ing was pretty we'll insured, there
is considerable loss on the house
hold goods.
The friends Of the unfortunate
family greatly Sympathize with
them in their loss,
Dresden enterprise and Sharon tribune. (Dresden, Tenn.) 1907-1997, 1915-11-05

keep his Percherons in show-yard55
condition on the same feed that it,
requires to keep his Shires and Clydes..
dales in good condition.
Surely here is subject worthy Of
consideration by the intending pur-
chaser.
The thing that most serves to arouse
my admiration for the breed is their
wonderful disposition. We find in
them combination Of almost all the
best traits of horsehesh.
They are ever on their mettle, yet
not nervousSor fretful. They are free,
prompt workers and always willing.
They always keep their heads" 1t is
very seldom we find one that is over
headstrong.
We have reached an age when the
demands of the times are for the large.
yet early maturing animal The Per-
cheron comes very near to filing this
bill.