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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26

hatred against Germany and all things
German that has been waged here in
this country for some time. There is
no regard or solicitude for Socialism.
But there are always two objects: one
is to- discredit in ali possible ways the
German people, and the other is to
widen any breach in the Socialist
movement and thereby weaken or
destroy it's powers.
We know full we'll that either in
victory or defeat, a united Socialist
party would have strong voice in the
social readjustment that will take
place after the war. This is as pres
and it must be guarded against. We
in America have not made up our
minds as to Germanys position by
careful analysis and reasoning, but
we have reached certain conclusions
and adopted position largely because
we have had certain news placed be-
fore us and because we have read the
opinions that have been prepared for
us by others. AS furnisher of pre-
digested convictions the capitalist
press is without an equal. We meet
it everywhere and we come across its
influence at every turn.
So systematic and careful has the
campaign been, and so thoroughly is
it worked out that any expression of
difference with asserted opinions is
seized upon as being an evidence OF
"pro-Germanism." 1t is almost in
creditable, but it is a fact, that even
some Socialists have accepted pro
German" as an epithet of ridicule and
degradation. If you speak for peace
you are "pro-German." If you point
to Lloyd Georges declaration that bat
ties are won not so much by the mer
the men in the workshops of the re
spective nations, and conclude there
r from that, by shipment of arms anC
ammunition from this country W,
thereby enter into an active alliance
, you must be "pro-German.
, But if we stop calmly to conside
J this matter we will find that underly
+ ing it is something of vast signifcanc
7 for us. Socialist support and goo
2 will have suddenly acquired value
4 but they must be anti-German to b
$ the real thing. If you hate Germany
e you love humanity; if you do not hat
of CONTINUED on Page y
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
Wheat, Wages-And You!
What does this mean?

Simply that with the use of modern
machinery that wheat can be produced
with less than half as much human
labor, less than half the former cost
and this results in less jobs for you
and more profits for the owners of
labor-saving machinery. Your job and
your wages are being lessened by i'm
proved harvesters, binders and feed
ers. Wheat and wages concern you
in vital way.
Right now 200 men are seeking
work in the harvest field at Colfax,
800 at Ritzville and like number at
Walla Walla. 1t signifies that no
longer can we of the working class be
told to go out West and grow up with
the country-to the fertile wheat fields
and the tabled Arcadias OF fruit. We
have gone to the last great West-we
have reached the last great frontier
and the development of capitalism
has followed us.
There is no retreat, no escape, no
possible hope Of evasion-we Of the
working class are with our backs to
the wall.
What are we to do?
We have got to organize, to think
and to fight for ourselves-to under
stand the forces of capitalism in pro-
duction and distribution.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
SUCCESSFUL GIRL MAYOR.

An English suffrage paper men
tons a small town in Southern France
that has a woman mayor, % years of
age. She was school teacher and
also mayors secretary, and when the
war broke out volunteered as Red
Cross nurse. But the mayor was
called to the colors, whereupon the
city council, instead of electing one
of their members to serve in the
position, urged the young teacher to
act as chief executive. The girl
mayor is said to be handling the posi-
the complete satisfaction of every
body in the town.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
(By Carl Ulonska)


There is a lesson that is being
taught by every wheat field-every
wheat harvester and binder-a lesson
that comes from all those sunlit fields
of ripening grain, tina. lesson is being
taught to every working man and
woman, that lesson concerns and is
of vital Importance to YOU!
That lesson which is being burned
upon the minds Of every worker OF
wheat is the power Of the labor-saving
machine in production and distribu-
ton, that wonderous geneii of making
things, which plays SO important a
part in your everyday life-that DOM
mating factor upon which depends
your job!
The power of the machine in pro-
duction is being illustrated so elo-
quently in the embarrassing sections
of Washington. In the great yellow
grain fields of Eastern Washington
the harvesting is being done by means
of combines that cut,
thresh and sack the grain ION the fly"
These combines" cut swaths varying
from IL to 20 feet wide, sack the grain
and leave it in windows" on the
ground. Today four men are required
to operate a combine. These four
men thresh an equal amount of grain
that by older methods required from
five to ten times as many men.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
THE FIRING LINE

Get the habit. Following are the
names of the comrades who get on
the Firing Line every once in while.
Following their name is the number
of subscribers they have put on our
list:
Carl Ulonska 7, Frans Bostrom 4,
Frank Cort 8, F. Craig 8, Mrs. Ander-
son 8, Proletaria Bill 2, F, G. Crosby
2, Mike Kronholm 2, Adam Hill 2,
A. B. Caswell 1, E. H. Fellows /, Chas.
Millward 1, K. H. Hodgins 1, H. Han
son l, Joe Forsell 1, J. Hendrickson
/, A. Oberg /.
Maynard Shipley took 81 subs at
Arlington.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
LECTURES HELD NEXT WEEK
Carrie w. Allen


Sun. 20, Aberdeen; Mon. 30, Ethel;
Tue. 81, Messy Rock; Wed, Sept. 1,
Sandy Bend; Thu. 2, Kelso; Fri. 8,
Charter Oak; Sat. 4, Hazel Dell; Sun.
S, Portland.
Carl UIonska
Sun. 20, Tacoma; Mon 30, Richmond
Beach; Tue. 81, Pinehurst Wed, Sep.
l, Granite Falls; Thu. 2, Edgecombe;
Fri. and Sat. and 4, Mount Vernon.
This completes Carl Ulonska's tour.
Emil Herman
Mon. 80, Winlock; Tue. 81, Cowlitz
Bend; Wed, Sept. 1, otter Creek; Thu.
2, Chehalis; Fri 3, Littell; Sat. A,
Centralia.
w. r. Snow
Thu, Fri, Sat, 26, 27, rs, Colville
(Stevens County Encampment) Sun
20 open; Mon. 80, Medical Lake; Tue.
81, Colockum; Wed, Sept. 1, Cash
mere; Thu. 2, South Lopez; Fri. g.,
open; Sat. 4, open; Sun. S, Arlington
q PM; Sun. 5, Everett.
Bruce Rogers
Sun. 30, Spokane; Mon. 80, Prosser;
Tue. 81, North Yakima.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
People Of Everett Y ote
For Municipal Ownership
ALL THREE PROPOSITIONS CARRY

This is not, as reactionaries would
allege, "a socialistic experiment" nor
a triumph for the Socialists OF Ever
ett 1t is merely an incident in the
evolution OF capitalism, albeit a nee
essary transition step in the progress
of society from individualism to col
lectivism. Municipal and state capt.
talism must precede, apparently, So
cialism, or Industrial Democracy
ownership and actual control of the
machinery of wealth production and
social utilities by the worklng-ciass.
From this point of view, we may say
of Tuesdays election, amen"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26

Included in this total is an amount
Of $28.62 covering the cost of stand
pipes ordered by certain property own
ers; consequently the amount of the
final cost, for the matter Of COMPARE
son, with the estimated cost of 1928,
is $1,070.S3 less $2S.62 or $1,O42.21. In
other words the estimated cost per
lot was $500 and the actual cost per
lot is $32.57, the cost of stand-pipes
not being included in either case.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26

At last the way is cleared for the
purchase of the present water plant of
Everett from the Stone-Webster octo-
pus, and the securing of an adequate
supply of pure muontain water from
the Sultan Basin for general use and
the development OF electrical power.
More than 1000 of those registered
failed to visit the polls, about $3.50 of
the S,75S eligible casting ballots. The
result was never in doubt from the
time the returns from the first pre-
cinct counted were received. OF the
40 precincts in the city, only one-the
29th-returned majority against all
three propositions.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
OPPOSE LEASE SYSTEM.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-The Farm
ers' Educational Cooperative Union
of Alabama convention unanimously
adopted a resolution calling for the
adjustment of the convict lease sys
tenn and the placing of these conyicts
upon the public roads. This question
is now being considered by the state
legislature.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26

cial-economic system of society. II
unionism Is the strongest social-eco
nomic germ developing within the
present system, 1t will supplant the
wages system and become It's success
sor If 1t Is not, then 1t will be com
PEELED to terminate through another
phase of exploitation (perhaps gov
eminent ownership before 1t becomes
triumphant in abolishing the steal OF
the wages system and substituting in.
dustrial democracy as an economic
system. Then unionism, growing into
an advanced industrial stage, will also
have become success in fulfilling It's
historic mission. But very, very far
more Of success is its utility to the
human race. We cannot have class
unions free from the control Of the
capitalist class until the working class
learns what It must learn and become
class-conscious.
Ole tells us that "unionism reached
its height of control In the first, sec
ond and third centuries, AID, and from
then on labor has taken the losing
side of the class struggle"
Impossible! Unionism could not
have possibly reached its height Of
control in the hand tool stage OF in
dustrial development such as had then
been reached. What was there to
control" at that time, anyway? A
primitive system Of production where
modern Socialism would be impossi-
BILE. Chattel slavery and commun-
ism that could not Withstand the alp
of ignorance and the development of
serfdom and the wages system.
I think that have already made it
plain that when I write of unions of
productive workers and unionism am
referring to an entity in it's entirety
ciety to the fulfillment of it's historic
mission as a social-economic force, or
system.
You appear to confine your thinking
and writing to one or two Of the birth
days in the childhood of unionism;
for such only could the hand tool stage
calendar.
Again Ole tells us that "unionism
beats nothing and does not and can
not free the worker"
On the economic bedrock of indus
try 1t must either be union or disunion
for the workers. Which are you ad-
vocating, Ole?
On the political field the manifesto
ton MUST agree with the industrial
status that determines political action
and be either union or disunion, for
the working class. Where are you
at? What is your conception of So
cialism or industrial democracy? Dis
union?
g. We are informed that land has
no exchange value, due to labor, as
do other commodities because bank
ers infest the country and because
land cannot be reproduced Why do
you not claim that no commodity has
any exchange value, due to labor, be-
cause the earth cannot be reproduced?
The raw material for ALL commodi-
ties is the virgin earth and nobody
claims that the earth can be repro
duced by human labor.
1t is the UTILITY of ANY object
for human needs that is produced by
labor, even though we were savages
knowing no other value that use value
for the virgin earth on which we trod
while gathering wild fruit. The mere
picking of wild fruit is the labor ex-
pended by which that particular raw
material is utilized and gets a value.
We only ask that you follow us from
the simple to the complex.
1t is the utility of land, canals, dams
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
DEBS COLLEGE HEAD

Eugene V. Debs has been elected
president of the Peoples College at
Fort Scott, Kansas. The college is the
one organized effort Of the working
class to control education through
correspondence departments.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
DEFENSE OF THE HOME.

In the House of Commons, on April
20, Mr. King said that little girl,
Dolly Hammett; aged years, has
been taken away from school, and
employed at shaving the soldiers at
Budbroke Barracks, Warwickshire.-
Woman's Dreadnought.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
COMRADE sALTER's REPORT

AUGUST III, 1910.
Honorable City Council of Everett.
Gentlemen:-Below please find re-
port showing total cost of labor, ma
terial and incidental expense in con-
structing the sewer in the alley be-
tween Highland and State Street, from
the center line Of goth to center line
of 10Th Street, or LID. No. 30S:
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26
JOHN X. LAWSON


BY Katherine Drummer, in The New York Call
Against the far horizon where the sky
Already shows a new days dawning light,
There stands man. Here in the gloomy nlalt
OF dark Misunderstanding we descry
murder But when the sun is high
Then shall we hero who dared fight
tyrant power, who dared claim the rlaht
To life, and seeking it, yet dared to die.
The shameful glory that the world will give
To murderers Of war, not that we ask
He suffers living death that men may live,
He needs higher honor. So our task
Must be to keep his faith and tribute pay
BY willingness to give ourseIf today
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-08-26

Labor Observation-Disclosures. 67598
Team 500
Pipe, fittings, sand, cement. 1905
Manhole ring and cover. .. 1000
Brick .................. 500
l case blasting powder. 5.25
roll fuse. ................. rs
box caps. 10
Lumber ................... $40
Sharpening picks, 65 hrs. at
57kc ................... 2427
Rental, wear and tear on tools 500
Industrial insurance. 3703
Interest on warrants. 1900
Fixed estimate ............. 150$$
Grand total 81, 070.S3
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-06
Masters Sale.
State of South Carolina,
County of Edgefeid,
Court Common Pleas.

Whit HarIing, ct. al.,-Plaintiff' s
against st-W. II. Harling-De-
fendant.
Pursuant to the decree in this
cause, 1 shall offer for sale at pub
lie out-cry to the highest bidder,
before the Court House, Town of
Edgefeld, county and State afore-
said, on salesday in November 1913,
same being the first day of said
month, between the legal hours of
sale the following described realty
consisting of two adjoining lots, to
wit:
Lot No. l.: One lot 40 feet by 46
feet on cottage street 100 feet from
the corner of Collier and cottage
street, 40 front on cottage street and
46 feet back and bounded north by
old Ferguson ferry road, east by
cottage street, south by w. J.
Wells and west by w. J. Wells.
Lot No. 2: One-half acre begin.
ming at corner of W. J. & L. E.,
White lot and Collier street, and
down Collier street to cottage ST.,
north by Annie L. Collier, east by
w. J. & L. E. White, south by
Collier street and west by cottage
street, containing one.half acre, also
one double house thereon AMI occa.
pied by J. p. Harling. The de.
scription and boundary of said lots
being, taken from the title as made
to said j. P. Harling by Mrs. An,
ME L. Sturkey, and recorded in
deed book 90, page 529 deed dated
Dec. End 1905.
Terms of Sale Cash: If purchaser
at said sale shall fail to comply
with the terms thereof within one
hour from the time of said sale
said premises, upon direction OF
plaintiffs attorney, will be re-sold
on said day at the risk of the for.
mer purchaser.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
J.H. CANTELOU,
Master E. @.
Oct. 4 1915.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-06
Masters Sale.
State of South Carolina,
County of Edgefeld,
Court Common Pleas.

The Bank of Edgefeld-Plaintiff-
against-E. B. Hammond and w
F West-Defendants.
Pursuant to the decree in this
cause, / shall offer for sale at pub
lie out-cry, to the highest bidder,
before the Court House, Town of
Edgefeld and State Of South Caro-
lima, on salesday in November 1915,
the same being the first day of
said month, between the legal hours
of sale, the following described
realty, to wit:
All that piece, parcel or lot of
land situate, lying or being in town
ship, county and State aforesaid,
containing fifty-two (52) acres, more
or less, and bounded as follows:
North by lands of DR.. w. E. Pres
colt, east lands of Alma P. Ham
| mond, being tract No. as assign
ed to her, south by lands of Henry
6 Hammond, being tract No. as
assigned TO him, and west by lands
of w E Prescott, being tract No.
2 of the land petitioned by the
court in case of E B Hammond vs..
| Jasper T Hammond and others.
Terms of Sale: One-half cash,
balance on credit of one year with
interest from date of sale, or for all
cash, at purchasers option. The
credit portion, if, any, to be secured
by bond of the purchaser and a
mortgage of the premises, said
bond and mortgage to provide for
ten per cent attorneys fees, in case
same shall be placed in hands of at
torneys for collection.
If purchaser at said sale shall fail
to comply with the terms thereof
within one hour from the time of
said sale, said premises upon direc-
ton of plaintiffs attorneys, will be
re-sold on said day at the risk of
the former purchaser. Purchaser to
be let into possession of premises
on production of Masters deed
thereto, but none of the growing
crops of 1915 to pass under said
deed.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
7. H. CANTELOU,
Master E. G.
Oct. 9, 1915.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-06
Masters Sale.
State of South Carolina,
County of Edgeield,
Court Common Pleas.

The Scottish American Mortgage
Company Limited-.-Plaint;ff-
against-T. j. LaSure-et. al.,-
Defendants.
Pursuant to the decree in this
canse, / shall offer for sale at pub
lie out-cry, to the highest bidder,
before the Court House, Town of
Edgeield and State of South Caro-
lima, on sales-day in November 1915,
the same being the first day of said
month, between the legal hours Of
sale, the following described realty,
To wit:
All that piece, parcel or lot of
land situate, lying or being in town.
ship, county and State aforesaid,
containing one hundred and ten
ClI0) acres, more or less, and
bounded as follows: North by lands
of Sam Agnew and estate of w L
Holmes, east by lands of estate Of
w l. Holmes South by lands of w
A Whatley and ives: by lands Of
John Griffis, same being kno wn a.
the Prince place.
Terms of Sale: One-third cash
and balance in two equal, annua
installments. payable in one and
two wears from day of sale with in
terest 8 per cent. from date of sale
or, for all cash, at purchasers op
ton. The credit portion, if any, te
be secured by bond of the purchaser
and a mortgage of the premises
said bond and mortgage to provide
for ten per cent attorneys fees, il
case same shall be placed in hands
of attorneys for collection, aftel
maturity.
If purchaser at said sale shall fai
to comply with the terms thereo:
within one hour from the time Of
said sale, said premises upon direc
tion of plaintiffs attorneys, will b.
re-sold on said day at the risk O
the former purchaser. Purchase
to be let into possession upon pro
duction of said Masters deed, bu
right to gather growing crops O
1915 is reserved to defendant.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
J. H. CANTELOU,
Master E. G.
Oct. 2. 1915
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-06

Folk and west by lands of John
Simmons and being the same tract
of land conveyed to the said War
rem w. Hill by deed from John Hill
dated May 30th 1915 and to said
John B. Hill by s. M. Smith, Mas
ter for Edgefeld county dated May
oath 1912, and being part of a
trac. said to contain 2ss acres con-
veyed by Mariah H. Fraser to E. j.
Minis trustee by deed dated April
9th 1894. The bearings and dis
tances by surveyor being set forth
in decree.
Terms of Sale: One-third cash,
balance in two equal annual INSTALL
ments payable in one and two years
from day of sale, the credit portion,
if any, of the purchase price to be
secured by the bond of the purchas-
er aud mortgage of the premises
said mo, tgage to contain provision
for ten per cent Attorneys fees on
amount due, if placed in hands of
attorneys for collection after ma
turity. Same to bear interest at
rate of eight per cent. per annum
from day of sale, or purchaser can
pay all cash should he so desire.
If purchaser at said sale shall fail
to comply with the terms thereof
within one hour from the time of
said sale of said premises. upon di-
rection of Plaintiffs Attorney, will
be re-sold on said day at the risk of
former purchaser. Said lands will
be sold in tracts as above subdivi-
ded, or as whole, as directed by
Plaintiffs Attorney. Purchaser to
be let into possession of said prem
ises on production of Masters deed
thereto.
Purchaser 70 pay for papers.
J. H. CANTELOU,
Master E.. @.
Oct. 2, 1915.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-06

lands of J c Allen, east by lands o1
w d Padgett, south by lands of J
G Allen and west by lands of j c
Allen.
Terms of Sale: One-third cash,
balance on a credit one and two
years with interest from date OF
sale, orall cash, at purchasers op-
ton, the credit portion. if any, to
be secured by the bond of the pur-
chaser and mortgage Of the prem
ises, said bond and mortgage to pro-
vide for ten per cent attorneys fees,
in case same shall be placed in
hands of attorneys for collection.
If purchaser at said sale shall fail
to comply with the terms thereof
within one hour from the time of
said sale, said premises, upon direc-
tion of plaintiffs attorneys, will be
re-sold' on said day at the risk of
the former purchaser. Purchaser to
be let iuto possession of said prem
ises so sold upon production of said
Masters deed.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
J. II. CANTELOU,
Master E.. G.
Oct. 9. 1885.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-06
SOUTHERN RAILWAY NEW
TRADE MARK

The Southern Railway Company
has adopted a new ana attractive
trade mark as shown above. The
design 'SR" is symbolical of the
name OF the road and the wording
"The Southern Serves the South"
is suggestive of the many lines ope-
rated by the Southern Railway
throughout all of the states south of
the Ohio and Potomac and east of
the Mississippi rivers.
There is hardly a city or town of
importance throughout the entire
South that is not connected with
the balance of the South, either di-
rectly by the Southern Railways
own trains or by sleeping car lines
over other roads in connection with
Southern Railway, via some ada
cent junction point. On this ac-
count e,itle The Southern Serves
the South" was adopted as being
appropriate.
Southern Railway spends about
5000, 100000 year in advertising
and great deal of this advertising
is done IN the Northern, Eastern
and Western sections of the coun-
try so as to attract people into the,
South, and on all of this advertising
matter this trade mark will appear
hereafter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-10-06

Hundred Acres, more or less, and
bounded as follows: North by
lands of Mouzon Dorm, east by
Sleepy Greek, south by lands Of F.
L. Zimmerman and west by estate
of s. W. Mcdowell, deceased, same
being known as the Savannah Tim,
norman land.
Terms of Sale Cash, and if pur-
chaser does not comply with terms
of sale within one honr thereafter,
or make satisfactory arrangements
with the said heirs of said estate,
said land will be resold on same
day, or on some convenient or sab-
sequent day, or salesday thereafter,
at risk of former purchaser.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
's'r0- J. II. CANTELOU,
Master E. G.
l.