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The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-01
CAPITALIST CONTROL O.
COUNTRY school.
By SETH CROSBY

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In the last school election at Green
bank, Island county, there was con-
siderable excitement felt among the
retainers of the capitalist class as
represented by the Calvin-Phillips
real estate firm; or, more strictly
speaking, by their lackey, Mr.. Guy
Richards, who is their farm superin-
tendent and all around slave-driver
and political boss.
And the reason is easily seen, when
the fact that Mr.. Richards is clerk of
the school board, and had as running
mates previous to election Mr.. Bar
ton foreman under Richards), and
Mr.. Jackson, a mechanic in the en-
ploy of the same company. Mr.. Rich
ards, by virtue OF his office, was en-
abled to employ his daughter as teach
er in that district, though this is in
direct violation of the school laws.
Previous to election there was a
rumor circulated that the horrible So.
cialists were going to run a man for
school director to take the place of
Mr.. Barton, who had moved away.
Now to lose the control of that seat
on the school board might cause COM
plications, and, worse yet, to have a
Socialist on the board would be gall
and worm-wood to the capitalisticly-
minded seFfs, SO campaign was
launched to keep the control of the
school board safely in their hands.
One Of the old time hands of the
company, at least, was solicited to
stay there until after the election; the
company team, with the foreman as
coachman, was put into service to haul
the adherents Of the capitalist system
to the school house.
The meeting was called to order
promptly at O'Clock, or possibly a
little before by correct time. The
judges appointed Mrs. Guy Richards
and Mrs. Jackson wives of the two
d1rectors.) The meeting was then
thrown open to balloting, in spite of
the fact that it is customary to have
nominations made previous to ballot
ing.
On the question being raised, the
names of VIM. Day, the companys
choice, and Lillian Marshal were put
on the black board, and the balloting
carried ON; incidentally the count
showed VIM. Day receiving %, and
Mrs. Marshal Is votes.
The question as to the district fur
nishing the school books was raised,
and Mr. Richards was asked as to the
means to be employed to secure them.
He stated that he, personally, did not
believe in it, and therefore he did not
consider that it was up to him to give
out the information unless directly
asked; but in his opinion, a petition
for a special election would be neces-
sary; this petition was started and
signed by 38 legal voters of the dis
'trict. including the two directors.
This was forwarded to the county sup.
erintendent of schools and returned
by her with the statement that it was
up to the school board to settle this
book question. Mr.. Richards in an
interview stated that they would fight
1t. Now as two Of the board have sig
nified their approval of the measure,
it remains to be seen what means Mr..
Richards will use to guard his mast
er's interests.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-01
Charles H. Maurer, Socialist

member of the Pennsylvania legis-
lature, has presented bills for
mothers pensions, one day rest in
seven, and also to prohibit opera
tons of any factory of mercantile
establishment more than six days
week, unless schedule is filed
with the state labor bureau. The
bill is aimed principally at the
iron and steel barons who operate
on Sundays while they sit in front
pews of the churches.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-01

Over 100000 miners are expected to
go on strike in Great Britain unless
they receive raise in wages to Off
set the increased cost of living.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-01

Comrade Carl Melmgrem, of Everett,
brought in a dollar for the Henry
Dubb list. We need another $4,000.
Who'll be next?
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-01

Henry Stolz, jr., Socialist mayor of
Manitowoc, Wis, has been reelected
to that office.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-01

In ten years over $4,000 trespassers
upon railway rights of way were kill
ed in the United States.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-01

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-16

Coz and two smaller companies the
right to get together and appoint
committee to run all the car lines of
the city. This committee is the Chi
cago Surface Lines. 1t is purely an
operating arrangement. The C. S. L..
has no treasury.
Old signs which tell whether cars
are owned by the c.. c. Ry Co. or the
c. Ry. Co. have been painted over
with c. S. L., which means that no
body that can be sued in court for
Overcrowding, bad ventilation or
anything else wrong with car.
Walter L. Fisher, personal attor-
ney of Bion r. Arnold, and Aid. Henry
D. Captain, both on the payroTIs of
the city, were hit by Hoyne yesterday
in a statement which points to these
two men as willing workers and han.
dy helpers of the street railway COM
panies. This statement by Hoyne was
issued in typewriter form to the
City News Bureau and all the trust
newspapers. The newspaper refer
ence was generally neglected by
every paper in town with the single
exception of the Journal. The state
ment says:
There was a symposium in one
of the evening newspapers yesterday
concerning the unifcatiOR ordinance
z
course by AID. Henry D. Captain,
chairman of the city council local
transportation committee, Walter L.
Fisher and L. A. Busby, president Of
the Chicago Surface Lines. Mr.: Bus
by, who is most interested, defends
the ordinance from his viewpoint in
a temperate manner. Aid. Captain
rushes to the defense of the traction
companies and finds it necessary to
-, in 1ifioc
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-16

Mr. Gurley or other counsel to these
meetings to represent them. Why
should Mr.. Captain at this season of
the year become oYerheated at any
attack upon the street railway COM
panies? His reference in his inter
view to Chester and Kankakee are al
most identical with similar utteranc-
-es made during my administration by
some Of his fellow citizens who have
unwiIlingly removed their residence
to VIII county.
'Mr. Fisher charges politics. There
is no basis for the charge. Brother
Fisher, it will be remembered, while
representing the city of Chicago drew
the traction ordinances in 1907, prob
ably the most vicious pieces of public
utility legislation extant. It was
promised that ultimately the city
would be able to own its street car
system under these ordinances.
Every lawyer who has examined
these ordinances knows that the city
Will never be able to obtain the trac-
ton lines under these ordinances for
physical and financial reasons, due
to their provisions. The constitution
limits grants to street railway cor
porations to term Of twenty years.
But the price to be paid will be so
high when that term expires that
neither the city nor company could
afford to pay it for the properties
then existing. -,
eff there ever is real settlement
of the traction troubles, out of which
the public is to get anything, it will
be necessary to throw the traction
ordinances of 1907 on the scrap heap.
81 would suggest, if we are to have
a discussion of the traction ordi-
nances, that Mr.. Busby and Mr..
Fisher furnish prior to one week from
Sunday to such Sunday newspapers
as win publish it, his defense Of the
mn onH hn
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03

ed elbow which was indeed very
painful. A local physician reduc-
ed the fracture but it was thought
best to have the injury examined
with an X-ray machine and Mr..
Krall accordingly went to Yankton
Wednesday morning for that pur-
pose. The other men on Che root
escaped injury.
From the meager reports avail
able it seems that the two story
residence of Joseph Pravicek, In
Lynch, Ne5., was swept away dur
ing the night and the entire family
drowned, the family consisting of
Mr.. and Mrs. Pravicek and sever
children. Mr.. Pravicek's three
brothers, Victor, Frank and Ed,
living north of town, were notified
last evening and left overland this
morning for the scene of the trag-
edy. Mrs. Prayeck was a daugh-
ter OF, Mr.. John Such, living north
of town. This family lived in
Tyndall but left here about twenty
five years ago vixen they moved to
Lynch.
Miss Anna DeRoos, a young
lady twenty-one years old, daugh-
ter of Mr. and and Mrs. R. De-
Roos, met her death Wednesday
forenoon. The body was found
late yesterday afternoon. Evil
IDENTIFY the unfortunate young lady
had attempted to cross a stream
which was swollen more than she
realized and the swift current gar
ried her down.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
From the Hutchinson Herald.

Gottlieb Schmitt sold thirty acres
on the Jim river bottom to Emil A.
Ulmer for $1O5 per acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dormaier were
called to Napier, Nebr., the first
of last week on account OF the
death of his sister, Mrs. Jacob
Walter, whose funeral occurred
Wednesday, May 10.
John Preszler, Jr., traded the
Otto q. Schamber house to his
brother -in-law, Emil Ulmer for
100 acres Of the Weber land, six
miles southeast Of town. The
house was figured about $4,000 and
the land at $1l0 per acre. There
are no buildings on the land.
Heinrich Colder, aged twenty
eight, and Martha Schallert, aged
sixteen, Of memo, were married
last Sunday. The young lady was
the second one Of Mrs. Jungmann's
hired girls TO get married lately.
Any young lady wishing TO gei
married should try to hire oui
there as their servants soon find
husbands.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
the Tyndall tribune

From the Tyndall Tribune
The Russell Mogul Road Grader
recently purchased By the county
arrived the first part Of the week
and On Tuesday il was attached to
Tho large Reeves engine the com
missioners arc contemplating buy
ING and both machines were tried
out on Che road east Of town. ed.
Hack has been hired b. the COM
missioners 70 run the engine il
they decide - purchase i.
The scaffolding which was being
used BY carpenters while shings
ling =. ] Krsll's residence broke
last Tuesday evening, letting three
men M 70 the ground. Fl the
tall Nj. Kali sustained ! fractur-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS
From ths Springfield Times.

Fred Cook, who has been work
ing ia 3. A. Crockett's meat mar
ket the past two months, left Mon
day morning for Sioux City, where
he expected to enter the employ Of
one OF the city butcher shops.
8. p. Tilton, q we'll known for
mer Hpringfeldite, who moved TO
Delaware, Ohio, three years ago,
hrs invested extensively in North
C&rolins land, having purchased
iOnr thousand acres recently. He
= Il present At Olivet, this state,
aoakise alter his land interests
s&sre.
~ lndsaa family BY the name
0f Fns6 Frazisr, living across the
siser ~ EaxilIs Greek, had thei,
bonss HestrDysd 81 The foods caus.
~ byfas nseyy rain Tuesday eve.
&Eend tfeir Two small children
Nors S1DSnsd. hi. Frazier wal
amsy from ho1ns II ths time ; Mrs,
Fnssim and hsr aged grandmother
ssyed their lives 81 climbing into
nonrby tzess.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
BRIGHT SKETCHES,
sNAPPY MUSIC
lie Gen WslIs Company In
Program Of Action, Music
and Mirlh.

a Time Tried Success on Entertain
ment Platform - Supported by a
Company of Real Artists-Sketches
From Standard Plays-Also Original
Conceptions-Plenty of Humor.
The Glen Wells Company is coming
10 Chautauqua TO put on a number of
clever sketche from various plays.
Some of these are from standard plays
and some are original productions.
Glen Wells is himself a versatile
genius who has spent many years on
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-06-03
HoW,a Thfs2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, O..
Wethe undersigned, have known +.
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE,
Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internal
Iy, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testa'
monials sent free. Price 76 cents pei
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04

of $50, of which $780,
$50 would be distributed among six
States that produce at least $780,
600, 700 of cotton, while only 49,
675, 497 could be issued in the State
Of Georgia, which produces annually,
a cotton crop worth from $120, 000,-
600 to $3.50, 100000.
The Atlanta regional bank cannot
possibly issue federal reserve notes
without maintaining as against such
notes a 4 per cent gold reserve, and
the Atlanta regional bank will have
no means of raising this gold, except
by the use of it's capital.
The Atlanta regional bank will
employ fifty persons, or less. The
Lowry National and the Atlanta
National banks that have each around
10000 depositors and thousands of
borrowers, employ less than forty
persons each. AS the Atlanta re"
gional bank will only have 378 posi-
BILE depositors, 378 stockholders and
under no circumstances more than
378 borrowers, it would be impossi-
Bile for the Atlanta regional bank to
find serviceable employment for as
many as fifty persons.
me Atlanta regional bank can
make no loans except to stockhold-
ers, and can make no loans to them
on farm lands.
Now, Mr.. Secretary, if these state
ments are true, please admit them.
If they are not true, please correct
or deny them. If true, what is the
federal reserve system worth to the
South, to the State of Georgia, or to
the city of Atlanta?
[ say with regret, that it seems to
me that the federal reserve act is
doomed to utter failure, and for the
time being could only be saved by
the passage of the Henry bill, with
such provisions as would avoid the
gold redemption feature of the
federal reserve act
Yours very truly,
S. G.. M'LENDON.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04
THE GENUINE AND THE FALSE

Any person who likes to be &C
curate about any mater, and to see
a thing as it really is, naturally likes
to read The Jeffersonian. Mr.. Wat
son undertakes to show the thing
just as it is. So if you want cor
rect reflection on politics, humanity
and business as it moves today,
without any of this artificial stimu-
liant, puritanical non-belief, lilly
livered hypocrisy or ''Touchstones,
seventh degree, the LIE DIRECT,
read The Jeffersonian.
Mr.. Watson is about the only real
patriot we have left among our pub
lie men, for he has stood by the great
principles which affect the masses of
the people for many years, and many
storms have beat about him, but he
is standing right where he was
twenty years ago on the vital princi-
pies, and for the welfare of the
masses Of the people. He has abused
men world without end, but he has
never abused any of the principles
for which he has stood all these
years.
w. J. Bryan was a great talker
for the people for good long time.
but he GOT HIS, and he forgot the
people. He has been MONEY MAD
for number Of years, and he is too
busy hunting gold dollars for him
self to spend any time for free silver
or anything else to relieve the peo-
pie. Still if it had not been for the
people, henever would have gained
that SPOTLIGHT which he now
uses to coin money for himself. and
which aforesaid COIN causes him to
lose interest in the common people,
This is the same path which most Of
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04

our public men have taken in this
commercial age, for at first when
they are struggling, and begging the
people for the glory and promising
how true and loyal they will ever be,
they appear to be sincere, but just
wait and see them get it, and then
look again later on. Mr.. Watson is
a rare exception. He could have CAPT
talized the glory he attained and
maed a great fortune in GOLD, just
as old Bryan is doing, but he pre-
fers to serve the people as patriot.
You might say the selfish side is the
best Well it depends on the soul
of the man himself. Thos. E. Wat
son will some day have a place in
American history along with Thos.
Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and all
other patriots who stood for the
rights of the people, and his fame
will be lasting and enduring, while
that Of the free silver talking, GOLD
GRABBING Bryan will be forgotten
with the other thousands of time
servers.-The Cordele (Ga.) Dis
patch.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04

for any other paper, nor for any
stage, collection of words in not
a single one of which a vestige of
truth can be found. It is not in
order here to make a joke about the
propriety of Col. Roosevelt's forcing
the resignation of the present presi-
dent of the Ananias Club, whoever
he may be, and installing the present
Secretary Of State; it is just little
too serious for that. We can under
stand why a candidate for office, or
an oficehoIder, or an actor, or even
an imitation Prince of Peace, might
slip up on the exact truth now and
then; but why he should part COM
pany with it entirely, as if to let it
alone forever, is beyond the compre-
hension Of at least one woman-and
we think of others.-Helen S. Har-
man-Brown, in 1.-THE Reply"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04
Tobacco Habit
Easily Conquered

A New Yorker Of wide experience,
has written a book telling how the to-
bacco or snuff habit may be easily and
delightful benefit. The author, Edward
J. Woods, H 651, Station E., New York
City, will mail his book free on request.
The health improves wonderfully af-
ter the nicotine poison is out of the
system. Calmness, tranquil sleep, clear
eyes, normal appetite, good digestion,
manly vigor. strong memory and a
general gain in efficiency are among
the many benefits reported. Get rid of
that nervous feeling; no more need of
pipe, cigar, cigarette, snuff or chewing
tobacco to pacify morbid desire.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04
ANOTHER "ANGLE". ON MIR.
BRYAN.
BRYAN,

William Jennings Bryan was a
candidate for the Presidency three
times, and was three times beaten.
He has been a candidate for the ap-
plause Of Chautauqus three thousand
times, or three million times. His
elOQuence is very effective-as that
of many an actor ESPECIALLY in his
justly celebrated impersonation of
the Prince of Peace. Mr.. Bryan is
now the Secretary Of State in Presi-
dent Wilson's cabinet-our Premier,
they sometimes call him. He has in
a measure-or betweenWhiles, when
he doesn't hear the yodlers calling
a Mexican situation on his hands;
and if we manage to keep out of a
war with one or more of the Euro
pean Powers, that will not be be-
cause Mr.. Bryan hasn't done his part
nObly by keeping away from Wash
ingtOn-in times of crisis especially
This man (whom we have given
far too much space to describe) re-
Gently wrote an article for his paper
(The COmmoner, Lincoln, Nebraska,
price a dollar year, if we remember
correctly, and doubtless at smaller
figures if you subscribe for sufficient
Quantities), discussing woman stuff
rage. We call attention especially to
two things that he said:
This active opposition to woman's
suffrage is to be found in the brew
cry the distilIery and the saloon, and
when this fact is known, those who
are associated with the anti-suffra-
g-sts will inquire the cause
The bad are a unit against
Woman's suffrage. Every woman
who profits by vice; every man who
draws dividends on crime; every man
who makes it his business to en-
courage sin of any kind-all these
are by instinct opposed to woman's
suffrage because they know that
wOman's conscience is against their
business"
These are apparently deliberate
utterances of William Jennings
Bryan, Secretary of State. 1t may
be that Mr.. Bryan merely deserves to
be called our juggler with words
without an equal. Even so, we don't
believe that he is entitled to write
for The Commoner, no matter how
badly it needs the circulation, nor
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04

4
barrassment that would rem
der the Federal reserve act disap-
pOintment and failure. My letter
was written in spirit of regret and
not in spirit of consciousness.
For the purpose Of eliciting infor-
nation from you for the benefit of
an anxious multitude in the South,
which daily scan the lowering clouds
Of disaster for some rainbow Of hope,
l write you this open letter, and beg
that you will correct any errors into
which l may have fallen. Let me
put what | wish to say in numbered
paragraphs, in order to make affir-
nation, correction Or denial the more
easy.
The Atlanta regional bank when
opened will have 378 involun-
tary stockholders. These STOCKHOLM
ers Will have stock amounting to
81, 200, which they can neither
sell nor hypothecate. [ say involun-
tary stockholders, because no man
will voluntarily invest money in that
which he can neither sell nor hypo-
thecate.
The Atlanta regional bank will
reluctant number Of depositors,
which cannot exceed 378. l use the
descriptive objective just employed,
because no one can be de-
pOSitOr who is not stockholder, and
when q stakeholder deposits with the
Atlanta regional bank the latter is
required by law to retain 35 per cent
OF the deposit for the protection of
the depOsitOr, who is also a stock
holder, and thus 35 per cent of the
deposit becomes frozen.
The Atlanta regional bank can
never have more than 378 borrow
ers, because only stockholders can
be borrowers
The Atlanta regional bank will
issue, that is to say, pass on
to the borrower, a new kind Of
money which is to be introduced in
to our system under the federal re-
serve act, which money will be a di-
rect promise of the United States and
in no sense the obligation of the At
lanta regional bank.
When the Atlanta regional bank
issues these federal reserve notes the
Atlanta regional bank must main
CCtlI Il S5Olu ICGCIN6 CNIdl " ~ per
cent Of the federal reserve notes put
into circulation.
The Atlanta regional bank will be
without means Of raising this 40 per
cent Of gold, except by the purchase
Of gold with it's capital.
The Atlanta regional bank. whose
domicile is the State Of Georgia, will
own $1,470,2 zee Of the capital stock
Of the Atlanta regional bank.
If all stockholders paid the sub
scriptiOns to the capital stock
Of the Atlanta regional bank
in gold, the Georgia stockholders
would have furnished the Atlanta
regional bank with a sufficient sum
Of gold to constitute a reserve basis
for the putting in circulation of 49,
G75,497 This would not represent
the value, under normal conditions
Of the cotton crop of three Of GeOr-
gia's largest cotton producing
counties.
All the national banks have CAPT,
tai and surplus amounting to s. 49,
$50, 601. Under the federal reserve
act 6 per cent Of this must be paid
in as capital stock to the twelve re-
giOnal banks This would make the
entire capital stock of all twelve
banks $1G0,891,830, and if all this
were paid in as gold it would furnish
a basis Of gold reserve for the issue
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-02-04
4 Book About the Socialists
and About Socialism

In TINS work Mr. Watson takes up by each Of the
propositions of Karl Marx and discusses them fully and
fairly,
He also Uses the great book of Herr Bebel the world
leader Of Socialism, "Woman Under Socialism,"
Mr. Watson cites standard historical works to prove that
ebe Marx and other Socialist leaders altogether wrong
about The origin Of PROPERTY the rise Of the Marital relation
the cause Of the Inequality Of aceazth, etc.
Mr. Watson demonstrates that Socalism-as TAUGHT bv
Marx Bebel, LaSale, Enge, &c, would annihlae
Indrld"5ty and personal LIBERTY HomeIe as ne knoO
IT. THE White Mans Supremacy the inferior races the
N0t1 TeGtSon eozt ats protection TO OOmen and finally
RELIGION OF I'LL KINDS.
Mr. Watson proves that Special PRIVILEGE
inrenched IN law and government now, and always has
been, the Great Enemy Of the Human Race.
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