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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
Students Make School Equipment

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Boys taking the shop work course now offered in the seventh and eighth grades of the elementary schools here are hard at work making tables and benches for use when the penny luncheon" system, authorized in 25 schools by the board of education, is established. It Is expected that the required lunch room equipment will be completed by the end of Septem- Der.
 The making of these benches and tables is only one of the useful things the boys will do in the shops during the season. John c. Grazee, associate superintendent of schools, in charge of vocational train ing. believes that practical work in which the pupil sees some purpose in his labors arouses and sustains interest. whereas the manufacture of worthless articles, simply to prove the learners mastery of his tools, Is apt to grow wearisome Or ders from the board of education's de- pertinent of supplies for school equipment will be filled by the boys from time to time throughout the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
Good Advice

1IOHu tue 1Outn SoulpauAOus
 MT. Jeptha Wade. a well known Cleveland man, has 8 winter home at Thomasville. Ga. One of his sons is an amateur balloonist and occasion ally makes an ascent from Thomasville. If the family fail to hear promptly from him they set forth in a motor car and search until they find him.
 One day, when the roads were slip pery with mud, the automobile skid. ded and slid part way down a bank. It brought up without damage against 8 large tree. MT. Wade could not get 1t back on the road. and appealed for help to farmer blowing in the field below. The farmer hitched his team to the front axle. and soon pulled the car out of trouble.
 MT. Wade looked back and said. That tree saved us from a bad acci- don't; if it had not been there we should have turned over and been badly hurt"
 "Yes. suh." drawled the farmer. that certnly is a useful treel This mornin' a young feller in balloon got stuck in it and I had to hist him out"
 Why, that was our son" exclaimed both MT. and Mrs. Wade exoitedly.
 The farmer looked at them for . moment with a puzzled expression; then his face lighted up with a smile. and he said:
 "I reckon you folks would find life easier if you was to stay home more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
CROPS INFLUENCE
 TRUCK BUSINESS Unprecedented Harvests This Year to Help
 Business

Record grain crops are exerting an i'm portant influence on the motor truck busi- ness, according to C. R. Norton, truck sales manager of the Packard Motor Car company of Detroit. The advanced meth- ods of cultivation and harvesting used by the growers have resulted in unprece- dented harvests this year, and it is nat ural that the growers, who have. shown themselves to be abreast of the times, have recognized the power vehicle as the most efficient and economical method of highway transportation.
 ''When one remembers that the cost of hauling grain 20 miles from ranch to ele- vator by horses and wagons may be sev- eral times the cost of moving it in ships from Duluth to Buffalo. it is easy to see why these grain-growers have well comed the motor truck with open arms" says MT. Norton. Quite a number of American growers have already provided themselves with the modern transporta- tion vehicle for the bumper crop they are now marketing, while many others after having had proved to them the economy of motor truck transportation, are con- templatng early purchases"
 MT. Norton points out that the present demand for motor trucks is exceptionally strong in practically all lines of trade.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
The J0cular Dullard From the Pittsburg Chronicle-T Tele

You will observe" said Professo1 Blank, ''the higher the altitude tho colder the temperature becomes"
 But, ain't it warmer near the tor of the mountains than 1t Is in the val ley?" asked a boy at the foot of thd class.
 "Oh, certainly not" replied Professoi Blank. Why should you think it would be?"
 "Oh," answered the youngster, ri thought perhaps the atmosphere was heated by the mountain ranges"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
Queen Mother

rom the Louisville Herald.
 Isn't that perfectly ridiculous!' ex- claimed Mrs. Binks. That young Mrs. Upstarte who lives around the corner ac- tually has the audacity to claim that she is of royal lineage.
 Well" said the hesd of the house. strol1ing his gray mustache as he thought of bygone days, "she may not be so far wrong at that. I remember her mother when she was a girl, and believe me, she was some queen."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
Plenty of Covers

From JudEe. I-- I-777 .T74 T
 First Summer Hotel Boarder-I couldn' t sleep last night for the cold. How did you manage. M
 Second Summer Hotel Boarder-Fine We put the railroad ticket, the hotel fold. CT and the proprietor's bill on the bed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10
Kitchen Stuff

From the LOuisvi1le Herald
 Father--Son, what did that fat lady on the street car say when you impudent- ly told her she could rise better If she had taken more yeast?
 Boy-She said if you'd given mo moro yeast would be better bred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-10

hour or a day. This was so unusual an experience that each of them has gone back home a thorough convert who will york with enthusiasm to spread the propaganda, already started in some sec tions, of hard-surfaced roads
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
STATE FARMS
By CLYDE WRIGHT

Agriculture has been beneficially
advanced by state colleges and ex-
perimenting farms. We are more JUS
titled in attempting to operate a prac-
teal farm by the state, then we are
in attempting the experimental farm.
1t is time for the state to establish a
farm upon which to apply the results
of successful experiments. If the
state rightly assumed to teach the
farmers how to farm, let the state set
the example for what it recommends.
Our agricultural colleges assume to
teach how to provide reliable seeds.
1t is not visionary for the state to es-
tablish practical farms to make use
Of the graduates from the colleges
and the results Of experimenting and
produce seeds for wheat, corn, oats,
etc, and sell tested seeds to the farm
ers at cost of production. In connec-
ton Herewith a state farm near a
large city, by erecting glass houses,
etc, can supply the city consumers
with reliable fresh vegetable foods di'
rect from under the eye of an inspec
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
WHY SOCIALISM GROWS

The Catholic Union and Times, as
its name infers, is not a Socialist
publication, but nevertheless it knows
something of "Why Socialism Grows"
Under that caption it's current issue
has the following quotation ascribed
to Senator Wagner:
Let me tell you about factory
in Niagara county. That company is
controlled by three or four men and
their profits run somewhere between
$20,000,0O0 and $3O,0OO,0OO a year. We
saw laborers working in that factory
breathing in air from which no at
tempt was made to remove the dust.
Medical experts said that men could
not work under those conditions for
more than three years without con-
tracing tuberculosis. These men get
from $3.50 to $500 a day and work
fourteen hours" - Inter Mountain
Worker.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

@. have two notes, one dated
July is, 1911, the other little later.
hold 5000 shares of National Bank
Stock as security. About the time
the notes we're given the bank went
into liquidation. The men that gave
the notes are worthless. Please give
your opinion. What can ! do or what
is best for me to do? When Will they
be outlawed, or will 1t be possible to
collect on the stock, whenever they
are redeemed? c. p.
A. The notes will be outlawed after
six years from the date of each note,
or If any payment has been made on
the principal or interest then six
years from the date of such payment.
If there has been default in the pay
ment of interest you can declare the
whole amount due and sell the stock
If you think you can get anything
out of the stock. | would advise you
first to look into the affairs of the
bank and see what has been done with
it and if the stock is or will be worth
anything.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

tor whom we are already paying for
such services.
Such farms should be located near
the best city market in each county,
in order to supply the city later, when
glass-house and market garden farm
ing could be undertaken, and the city
consumer supplied without profits 60
ing to private owners. Such farm
is likely to be a success because the
government, as an owner, has power
to rule and ability to finance it's I'M
dertakings.
The best methods and the most
practical machinery is possible, and
if the political machinery is taken out
of the hands of those who still main
tain a friendly attitude toward pri-
vate ownership, and put into the
hands of a party composed of the
producing class, the system will then
be in the hands of its friends and will
succeed. No system will succeed in
the hands of its enemies.
1t is self-evident that it is the in.
tention of capitalism to seize upon the
various agricultural processes at every
point where the farmer can be ex
plotted; it is the intention of the So
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
Will Somebody Please Answer ?

I A. Then how can we free the farm.
err from exploitation and do 1t at the
expense of the capitalist class only?
| would begin with the very thing that
will interest the farmer most-taxa-
ton. First, a tax on unimproved
values of land, wherever situated.
Thus unimproved land or lots, would
pay the same tax as the used farm
or occupied lot, while improvements
and personal property, generally
speaking, would pay no taxes. Next,
tax all incomes not derived from ones
own labor. The little farmer might
pay very little, the landlord would
pay, the loan shark would pay. The
doctor might be exempt, etc. Also
tax all incomes at their source and so
reach the nonresident, reach the rail-
roads, factories and mines, which
have been omitted so far. Exempt
all products while in the hands of the
original producer or of any co-opera-
tive enterprise for the benefit of the
producer Then, a tax on the gross
earnings of all corporations, not CO.
operative, and we reach the railroads,
mines, factories, ETC., with the per-
sonal property tax that does not touch
the worker.
The whole tendency would be to
foster cooperation, to increase study
of industrial and democratic matters,
to foster the building of homes, to
eliminate the landlord, speculator and
loan shark, to squeeze out the fictiti-
GUS values of capitalism. Land has no
value today but it has a price simply
in proportion to the possible exploita-
ton by means of ownership. This
price is the same as an amount that
could be loaned at interest to produce
the same income as the net rental.
Using the power of taxation to close
all avenues of exploitation to further
advance and we add to our numbers
ana to capitalist Willingness to give
up with less of actual fight.
This may be crude and / know it is
unfinished, it is so big. And, you see,
| think, then | write it and you think,
in your own thoughts. But you may
have other meanings to words and
phrases and, repeating as you under
stood, / may disagree with you.
Thoughts are always translated twice,
so try to grasp the thought and in
tent, never mind the clothing of the
idea and then tell me if these ideas
are contrary to, or in agreement with,
the ends and aims of Socialism. Thank
you.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
PEACE TALK NOT WANTED

Philip Snowden, Labor member of
the British parliament, recently call
ed attention to the reports of growing
peace sentiment among the German
Social-Democrats, and asked if the
premier would encourage any move
ment ito bring the war to an early
and satisfactory conclusion" Prem
Ter Asquith declared that he had moth
ing to add to his previous declara-
tons that such discussion would serve
no good purpose at this time. The
rulers of the countries now at war
don't want peace, so we can easily i'm
Iagine how much effect Our Program, "
that is before the membership as Ma
tional Referendum 3D." would have
on our own patriots.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

Exploitation and war go hand in
hand. Exploitation takes place every
day we work. War only once in a
while. If we want to put a stop to ex-
ploitation we can only do it by cap
turing the powers of government and
Transforming private property in the
means of wealth production into the
collective property of the working
class The ending of exploitation
means the ending of war. War can
not be abolished until exploitation is
abolished Let us concentrate all our
energies on the abolition of exploita.
ton instead of trying to reform the
present system. Vote No on Referen
dunn "B."
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
OLE X. FINGARSON
OF SOUTH DAKOTA
WANTS SOME DISCUSSION

I have been chewing the rag with
one of the Washington comrades, but
can't get a real argument out of
him, so ! ask the rest of you to argue
against any of the following ideas
that are not really Socialistic or that
do not lead toward the Socialist ideal.
1. Is relief from the wrongs of
capitalism to be sought through union
ism, through political action, through
cooperation under the present form of
government, through abolition of gov
ernments or through any combination
of these? Unionism has been tried
| from the building of the pyramids
and has failed to keep pace with the
growth of machinery and of the ma
chinations of the master class. Any
augmentation Of wages by PART Of the
working class is at the expense Of
the REST of the workers-they only
disturb the average wage without any
general betterment. Cooperation I'M
der capitalism is likewise a better
ment of the condition of part only
of the workers and at the expense of
the rest, eventually. Only education
of the workers to seize and use the
powers of government to foster and
protect production for use, and not for
profit, can realize the dreams of
unionists, co-operationists and also
even of those who are opposed to po-
litical government for we will then
have an industrial republic"
2. There has always been strug-
gle between the producer and the
er-without-value-re al
ways have so many of the producers
been fooled into struggling against
each other as to allow the masters to
control the economic situation. The
petty struggles between farmer and
laborer, between unionist and scab,
between little owner and tenant, be-
tween protestant and Catholic, be-
tween democrat and republican, all
have tended to blur the class struggle
itself Hence the absolute importance
all workers with hand or brain, to
stand together against him who
works the worker. We have no part
nor lot with any reform movement
and must realize our class as whole
before we can succeed in changing
results, though we may change meth
DDS. We remain the skinned class
until we unite on the basis of the
class struggle.
3. Improvement of machinery has
taken many trades off the land and
taught the factory worker co-opera-
tional methods and at the same time
has made the farmer more of an in
dividualist Yet SOCIALISM HAS
EXACTLY THE SAME THING TO
OFFER TO EVERY WORKER, if we
but state it properly. The group
workers can more readily grasp the
situation and the farmer too often
refuses to accept what we offer, be-
cause he does not understand and
too few of us yet understand that the
farmer is one of us, one of the ex-
plotted workers. Since the common
complaint is exploitation, the common
remedy must be emancipation from
exploitation, and, by the workers
themselves.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
NEWS IN BRIEF
WHERE THE REDS WENT

Shaw Desmond says: Denmark and
Norway are full of Socialists who have
fled from their countries when called
upon to fight their fellows In other
lands. | have spoken with many of
these--Germans, Russians and others.
Their attitude may be summed up In
the words of a German carpenter: 81
can never go back to the Fatherland
because ] have refused to murder my
brother Socialists--but that Is n small
price to pay for being true to the in
ternational." Desmond Is on lecture
tour through Denmark, Sweden and
Norway, and declared that Socialism
Is taking a firm hold on the masses
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
JAPAN GETS NEXT

A writer in a Japanese paper says:
"The time has come for Japan to cul-
tivate her strength. Remember that
in the twentieth century the feeble
may have right, but the victory will
ever go to the strong Remember that
commerce follows the flag. We must
substitute Japanese products in the
markets of this hemisphere for the
products of Germany, Austria, France
and Belgium.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
THE WEAKER SEX

Forty per cent of the munition work
ers in Germany are women and rs per
cent of the food canned for the Ger
man army is timed by women. Thus
we find Henrietta Dubb going to the
aid of "her (?)" country just as readi-
ly as her master" does for his master.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
TO BE FED ON AIR

Workers have been feeding on
hope" long enough, so a German
scientist has discovered a method of
feeding the workers on air 1t will
not reduce the high cost of living be.
cause the air is canned" Nitrogen
is taken from the air in great quaint.
ties by an electric process and turned
out with other compounds in the form
of nitrates. These nitrates are mixed
with other minerals such as potassium,
and phosphate and upon this mixture
yeast germs" are fed and bred in
great quantities and the worker sits
down to feed of canned protoplasm
or preserved amines.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
SHOE WORKERS IN LINE

At the convention of the Boot and
Shoe Workers Industrial Union, the
principles of Socialism came before
the house in resolution declaring for
the ultimate abolition of the compe-
titive wage system and the substitu.
ton therefor of collective ownership
by the workers of all the means of
production" This was adopted.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

Thousands of women and children
are employed on the farms in Ohio
Children work from 7 in the morning
till 6 at night for the measely pittance
of from 40 cents to $1.15 day. On
one farm alone there were ninety boys
and girls employed at ages ranging
from 6 to IS. The majority OF the
children employed on these farms
range from 10 to IA years of age.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

Concerning the displacement of Ia
Dor by machinery, granite worker
says Twenty years ago men were
more steadily employed; there were
no machines in the granite trade to
speak of, and consequently no rush
ORDERS" such as are the rule today.
A quarter of million jobs twenty
years ago would keep 200 men en-
ployed for one year; today the same
number of men with the aid of i'm
proved machinery, can finish it in
four months.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

Abolition of the manufacture of arms
and ammunitions of war for PRIV
ATE PROFIT" etc. Referendum "B.'
The abolition of the wages system
would have taken up less room and
have saved our lawyers, diplomats and
vote catchers whole lot of head
work We don't mean to infer that
they used their brains in the interests
of the workers when they made up
that program. Sawdust could have
generated more wisdom than our poll
ticians did on that occasion.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

Read the Socialist party peace pro-
gram carefully and then ask yourself
the question. Can real revolutions
larry Socialist consistently vote for
such a program?
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
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 fifty-two copies Of this paper and
a legal adviser for year worth $t.oo7
Tell your neighbors about this great
offer.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

cialist party to have the people seize
upon these processes at every point
where the capitalists opportunity APP
pears, and further to aid in bringing
the whole farming industry rapidly up
to date.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

The order prohibiting soldiers and
lcivilians from speaking or writing of
Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist who
was ordered to the front, has been
lrescinded by the German government.
The protests came in so strong that
the powers that be became rather
nervous.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

The masters do not give you a JOB
They allow YOU to amuse yourself
with their playthings and make YOU
pay for this pleasure.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

Scores of anti-war meetings have
been held in German cities, and in
Berlin the parliment buildings are
guarded day and night by police and
soldiers. Recently 1000 women tried
to break through the lines and storm
a session to demand that steps be
taken to end the war. Many were ar
rested and the press bureaus sent out
an order that no newspapers should
mention the occurrence
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

Do you think the war lords will let
us dictate the terms of peace? You
have another guess coming If you do
Vote No on "Our Program"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

A red is a red because he is well
read. A yellow is yellow because he
is green. james Sutton.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29
BULLETS NOT BALLOTS

Accompanied by rs brass bands,
forty thousand women participated in
the greatest suffragette demonstration
in England since the days of militar.
ism. The demonstration was to prove
to the government that women are
ready to 'do their Bit to help Eng
land win the war Let women work"
Shells made by wife may save her
husbands life,' read some of the
banners carried by women dressed in
red, white and blue.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

Socialists of New Haven, Conn,
nominated their ticket for the city
elections at an enthusiastic meeting
recently. Thirty-four candidates are
on the Socialist ticket.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

French censors will not allow a
word in favor of peace to appear in
the press. L'Humanite, the Partisan
Socialist daily, has appeared almost
daily with great white spaces where
the censor has suppressed news re-
garding peace. When nations are at
war peace only comes when the pluto
Gratis are ready for it. Our peace pro-
gram must be the collective owner
ship of the means of wealth produc-
ton.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

Hunt for the cause! There are
enough idiots chasing effects!
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-29

1883 Lakeside Ave, Seattle.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-06

per was good, and Burr Leitzsey will
testify to the good portion with which
We were served But he says he never
was as thirsty as ne was while at
Glenns and all the way home. He
doesn't like the water. Jordan Green
saws the water is fine. And so do the
rest of US. There are several New
berrians at Glenn's. Among t2ose we
met were DR.. and Mrs. E. H. Kibler
and son, Mr.. and Mrs. "A, G, Wise, MIR.
C. C. Davis. This Appalachian high
way will be great thing for Glenn
Springs, for most of those who go to
the mountains now go by auto and it
is always beneficial to spend a few
days at Glenn Springs before going to
the higher country of the mountains.
e. H. A