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The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
GERMANY IS READY
FOR ECONOMICWAR
All Supplies Carefully Preserved
to Meet Any Emergency.
OIL AND CREASE ARE SCARCE
Kaiser Is In a Position to Push Strug-
gle to tho Very End-WiIl Harvest
Sunfiower Seed, Use Substitutes For
Butter and Other Food-Dentists Use
No Gold.

Ii this is an economic war, as has
often been said, the Germans are Sc
riously prepared to fight it ON the eco
nomic field. 1t is doubtful whether
in any other country it could be posi-
BILE to organize such general campaigns
for the saving of rare materials and
for the use of substitutes in order to
overcome the effects of the British sea
blockade.
Germany is running short of oils and
fats. What do the Germans organize
but a semiofticial war committee of
oils and fats which devises means By
which the problem may be solved? 1t
consults with chemists on how the
fats in the horse cadavers found on the
battleields may best be used for the
manufacture of ammunition, and a
writer in the Cologne Gazette goes so
| far as to suggest that the dead bodies
of horses will furnish some soap and
grease for industrial use and. provided
that the sanitary authorities certify
that the animals have not died of a
! bic margarine" or artificial butter In
! this same journal it has been suggest
| ed that there be issued grease tick
/ ets.' as well as bread tickets, and that
| each person should be limited to sixty
/ grams of fatstuffs a day.
| Advises Use of More Honey.
What the "oil and fat committee has
/ actually advised the public, through
/ circulars. is that instead of butter and
margarine or lard it should use at the
table as much of fruit marmalade or
honey as possible. 1t adds that as
honey in its pure state is very ex-
pensive an artificial honey made of
! pure honey mixed with sugar starch,
/ a preparation that is guaranteed not
to be bad for the health, should be sub
stituted.
The committee has furthermore rec
| commended a general harvesting of sun
/ flower seeds which contain valuable
oils, and an unofficial adviser to che
public recommends the saving of the
berries on asparagus stalks, which are
usually neglected. They bring a price
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
Optimistic Thought

Wisdom is better even than great
valor
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
Sometime New.

"The single scull race!" exclaimed
an excited old lady, as she laid down
the paper. 'AIy gracious! / didn't
know there was race of men with
double skulls!"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
Peculiar Use for Granite.

In some portions of Switzerland
granite Is so plentiful that It IS used
for telegraph poles.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
cuha Uses MANY RaIsins.

Cub1 is the greatest consumer OF
raisins among the Spanish-Amerlcan
countries.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-03
Philippine Claar INDUSTRY.

Cigars are now regularly exported
from the Philippines to forty coun.
tries.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
DEMOCRATS TO STEAL
THUNDER OF SOCIALISTS

GRAND FORKS, N. D.--The demo
cratic national platform in 1916 will
provide for establishing government
owned warehouses for grain and pro.
duce if the efforts of the state COM
mitteemen in North Dakota are sue
cessful, according to statement made
by F. o. Hellstrom, candidate for the
governorship on the democratic ticket
at the last election and now a candi-
date for national committeeman.
The provision in the platform, if
adopted, will also provide for govern
ment grading and regulation of grain
besides a feature making it possible
for farmers to borrow money on sc
per cent of the crop stored in the
warehouse and valued at an average
value for 20 years.
Committeeman in this state will be
elected next March.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
FROM NEBULA TO MAN"
LECTURE SERIES TO BE
GIVEN IN ARLINGTON
WILL BEGIN JULY 80

Local Arlington has just completed
arrangements for Shipley's "Nebula to
Man" lecture course. The Scenic thea
tire has been engaged for three Friday
evenings. beginning July 80, when
1.-THE Wonders of the Heavens" will
be the topic. The second lecture,
Aug. 9Th, ''The Autobiography of the
Earth" deals with the origin and evo-
luton of vegetable and animal life on
the earth, as revealed by historical
geology-paleontology. 1.-THE Evolution
of Man" is traced in the third lecture,
Aug. 18th. Nearly 300 stereopticon
views are exhibited during the course
of three lectures. Admission to a sim
gle lecture will be 15c; course ticket,
30c. Arlington comrades anticipate a
good turnout to this rare educational
treat.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
LABOR HAMsTRUNG
BRITISH TRADES UNTONS
RECEIVE TERRIBLE SETBACK
A BLACK FUTURE

Writing to the labor and Socialist
press from London, Shaw Desmond,
noted labor journalist, draws a sad.
dening picture of Industrial conditions
in Britain. Labor has been carried off
its feet in England, as on the contin-
ent, by war insanity. Only a few
months ago the workers were solid in
their opposition to militarism and the
slaughter of their brother unionists OF
other countries. Now it is different.
''The future looks black for British
labor" writes Desmond Things have
happened within the last few weeks
which entirely change the industrial
future. There will be a recoil-but
when?
THE possibility of split in the la
Dor forces, and that at the moment
when unity is needed more than ever,
is but too likely. Militarism has
shown itself the great divider.
1--WE have seen the leaders of the
labor party, honest men all, fling the
party constitution of independence to
the four winds and put their heads
into the NAV of Moloch. We have
seen their old embittered critics, the
leaders of the revolutionary wing, the
British Socialist party, go back upon
everything they once affirmed.
ANY MORE FOR HE'LL?
"Over 100000 of workers have al
ready volunteered for the hell of the
west front. There are more volun
teers than the government can equip
at the moment. Volunteers are rolling
up. These are the arguments being
used by the l. l.. P. against the re.
gister--in other words against the con
scription to which it leads Whether
you like it or not, the British worker
today has the blood-scent strong in
the nostril, although the anti-militar
list forces are consolidating, it is all
Lombard street to a China orange
against the chances of weaving Bill
Smith from the war bottle. He wants
more.
81 do not say that CONSUMPTION will
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

Comrade Atwood's appreciation of
our efforts is certainly highly valued
Yes, the Northwest Worker wash
ington Socialist) does actually func-
ton as state paper, but it does not
receive state support-no, not even all
of our county's support! Comrade
Atwood will be astonished to read
here that there are secretaries of To-
calls right in Snohomish county who
do not subscribe for their official or
gan. And the paper receives no di-
rect financial aid from the county or
ganization, it's official owner When
there is deficit, it comes out of the
$500 total weekly salary account of
the editor and business manager. AS
for the comrades east of the Cascades,
hundreds of them give us no support
whatever, even though there is no
other revolutionary paper in the north
west. We have few open enemies
among the comrades who would like
to KILL the paper; but we may yet
be starved out by the APATHY of our
friends.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
DAY LABOR JOB MAY PROVE
SUCCESSFUL


Day labor by the city promises to
be successful, unless something un-
expected arises, on the sewer install
lat1on between Highland and State
streets north, according to the report
OF Commissioner J. M. Salter. No
contractor would bid on the job and
the city undertook the work, though
it was feared that it could not be done
within the engineers estimate. But
the council yesterday passed the bills
for labor and found that the percent
age of cost and work accomplished is
in ratio with the complete job and the
engineers approximation. Morning
Tribune.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
AMERICA AT PEACE

Statistics supplied by the u. S. fed.
eral bureau of labor, show that $4,000
wage workers of both sexes are killed
and 100000 injured and disabled for
four weeks or more in the industries
of America Almost a million work
ers are killed and MANNED every year
to satisfy the greed of American CAPT
talsts. 1t will be noted that the above
figures do not include those injured
and disabled for a shorter period than
four weeks This in itself would al
most double the figures given.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
Babies in London Die By Thousands
Because of War; Disease Rampant

force, hundreds having died from this
cause alone. other child maladies,
not dangerous in normal times, have
extracted great toll among children
under ten years OF age, whose re-
siatance Is less than older children.
Another cause of child mortality,
for which the war Is indirectly re-
sponsible is the great increase in the
industrial employment OF married
women and the lack Of agencies for
care Of children during the absence
of mothers from home.
Day nurseries, that existed before
the war. practically have all been con-
verified into institutions for the care
OF the wounded. These institutions
previously safeguarded and fed the
infants of working mothers for two
cents day.
Within the past four months in
Greater London alone 6,631 children
under the age of ten years have died.
Not only is the war killing children
but it is also responsible for an alarm
ing death rate among persons past
middle age, according to health sta
tistics today. War worries that sap
the vitality and break down physical
resistance to disease have caused
thousands of elders to give up to NAL
aides that invariably mean death.
Mortality figures for aged persons
who have sons on the firing line or
who worry about Zeppelins show that
wars toll is not taken alone by bull
let's and shells.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

not be fought, and strongly, and I
don't say that we shall not develop
formidable anti-militarist movement
someday in Britain--but that day is
not yet The labor movement is in
the melting pot. But so are the other
labor movements on the continent.
HAMSTRUNG TRADE UNIONS
I'VE have seen the millions of trade
unionists go to the shamble not only
without a murmur but proudly, eager
ly. We have seen the red flag of
revolution flutter down as the flag of
nationality ran up to the masthead
or labor. We have seen the trades
unions hamstrung flung down 100
years into the helplessness, hopeless.
ness of their early struggles. And
we have not seen the end.
This is not the time to be silent
Many of us have kept our pens dry
and our tongues quiet about things
that moved us to the depths for fear
OF d1ssension in the movement. Now
we must speak out if the remnant of
the international is to be saved.
When this war is over-before it is
over-we shall have to decide whom
| this day we will serve-God or Mann
mon.' Some day the labor millions
will come back to the international
faith-but for Gods sake let us keep
faith to which they can come back. !"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
NURSERIES TURNED INTO
HOSPITALS AND CHILDREN
SUFFER - DOCTORS AND
NURSES SENT TO THE
FRONT.

The war is killing thousands OF
babies in England.
In London alone, according to re
turns furnished the registrar general
infants are dying by hundreds. In 90
other large cities in England and
Wales, statistics just received show
that the present infant mortality Is
the greatest In history and indirectly
due to the war.
Children in Greater London have
been dying at the rate of 200 a week
for the past thirteen weeks in excess
of the mortality rate for the CORE
spending period in 1914.
The situation is directly traceable
to the scarcity Of physicians, thou
sands Of whom are serving the coun
try, according to health officials in
London today.
Those doctors who remain in Lon
don and other British cities are
worked to the limit of endurance
They have time only to give slight
attention to patients. Nurses avail
able for civilian duty are at a prem
ium. Practically all Of them are car
ing for wounded soldiers.
contagion Is Rampant.
A virulent outbreak OF measles
among London children is still in
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

the abolition or at least the modifica-
tons Of old systems
INDEBTEDNESS INCREASES
Last year the total indebtedness of
the nations now at war amounted to
about $24,009, 100000. Since that time
approximately $1,000, 100000 has
been added to the burden.
This situation has given rise to the
fear in some quarters that Europe
will soon be on a basis so obviously
paper that government bonds will
have slight value. 1t has even been
suggested by radicals that the entire
credit system may collapse.
European students of finance are
taking some cognizance Of these state
ments. The plan proposed is designed
to combat such tendency. 1t shows
that with the governments monop-
olizing, in the name Of the people, the
great industrial activities Of the sew
eral states, government credit would
be much dearer to the hearts Of those
people than it would be if trusted to a
few bond-floating banking houses.
TENDENCY At HOME
"In the United States the tendency
toward the government ownership of
great industries has been shown by
the support given McAdoo's shipping
bill. The Pan-American shipping COM
bine proposed at the recent Pan-Am-
erican financial conference at Wash
ington is but another exemplification'
of this tendency
There is bill in congress, which
shall come up at the next session, pro-
viding for the operation by this gov.
eminent of a great trading company,
designed to compete with private con-
Germs in the coastwise and foreign
trade. The bill provides not only for
the transportation, but for the manu-
featuring and selling of products by
the government"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
YOURS Is THE BEST"

Sisseton, S. D., June 20, 1915.
Dear Comrades:
Yours is the best state paper | have
ever seen and / have seen most of
them for fifteen years. The Washing
ton Socialist who will not take the
Washington Socialist is a doggoned
poor excuse, unless he is most awful
ly hard up, for it boosts Socialism as
no other investment of like amount
could do. We have only started our
paper but well grow a long time be.
fore we catch up with you.
Fraternally,
E. FRANCIS ATWOOD,
State Secretary South Dakota
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

A confidential circular Just issued
for banks and bankers of this country
on the financial and economic condi.
tons in the European countries after
the war, published by The Cleveland
Press, says that reputation of ma.
tional debts and period of financial
chaos are among the threatening indi.
cations after the war.
1t also points to government owner.
ship as likely solution of the situa.
ton at hand
The circular says, in part:
"a comprehensive plan, by the op.
Grafton Of which the governments OF
Europe may recover their financia!
stability following the conclusion OF
the European war, has been worked
out by a member of the federal re.
serve board, who has long been
known as careful student Of inter
national finance.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
"The plan provides for the active
entrance of the European govern
ments into the business world with
profit and the largest profit possible,
as the purpose of the venture.
ITO insure good business the gov
ernments would declare monopolies Of
IL
spective countries and operate them
to the exclusion of private industry, if
necessary, under this plan.
For it's success this plan is de-
pendent in a measure on a political
coalition between the present ruling
parties and the Socialists.
"The European war, according to
many keen observers, shall result in
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
HOW A PAPER DIED

After some millions of dollars had
been poured into it, The Daily Citizen,
labors' only daily in Britain, and, de-
spite it's war attitude, the most valu-
able weapon of labor, has gone under.
With a circulation of 100000 day, it
could not live for lack of advertise
ments. Thus the only mouthpiece of
labor is dumb and that at the moment
when it was most needed
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
BY II. w. WATTS

| The end of the present war will
bring in its wake such multitude OF
problems to be solved that somebody
will have to do some rapid thinking.
II the capitalists wake up first. state
Capitalism" Is almost an assured fact.
II, on the other hand. the workers
should suddenly come to their senses,
Revolutionary Socialism Is at hand.
State Capitalism Is bound to be the
next step unless we Socialists put up
great fight in opposition to 1t. Aud
we have every reason for being op-
posed to It; because wage slaves will
be no better off and Socialism will be
further away.
In the United States today the gov
eminent and public service corpora
tons employ a total Of 3,045,9SS men
and women. In the last ten presiden-
tial elections the president has been
chosen by plurality carrying from a
little over 1000 to about 100000.
Just size those figures up and see what
tremendous power is in the hands
of the Job givers Remember that
every one of those three million slaves
are at the mercy of the politicians
who hand out the jobs. Government
ownership would therefore place a
greater weapon in the hands of poll
Itical office holders than they have at
present. Even in our own community
of Snohomish county, dozens of en-
ployes have been 'let out" since the
change in the office of postmaster
With unemployment increasing ev-
cry year, the government slaves are
not likely to kick at the system of So
ciety because the job is a wonderful
convincer of what is best.
Government ownership of telegraph
and telephone lines could result in in
termittent press censorship and con-
tinuous press subservience to the ad-
ministration in power, thereby utterly
destroying what little freedom of the
press" that we have now. Just stop
again and consider the power that
would be in the hands of those in
power under government ownership
and then tell me that you think we
ought to boost government ownership.
Great Difference Between collective"
and "Government" Ownership.
Collective ownership,-not govern
ment" ownership,-is the only possible
thing that will benefit us; and as long
as we advocate something like it.
and label it as something that will
bring us that much nearer. so long
will we be compelled to answer ques-
lions that cannot be answered except
in untruths.
Socialists have tried to have people
believe that government and munich
pal ownership works all right. But it
has not. Failure may have been due
to the fact that it was under re-
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22
Dangers of State Capitalism

the last four years in more than half
a dozen cities where the service is
municipality owned. After the strike
In Glasgow, in 1911, 500 of the strik-
ers we're victimized and never allowed
to return to service; and after the
strike in Leeds, in 1918, practically the
entire force was similarly victimized
In Glasgow in seven years 1928 traf.
fic employees we're dismissed and 1884
resigned, a number equivalent to a
change in the entire force every four
years. The Glasgow management
maintains an open shop; permits no
labor union to exist and no employees
to take part in politics.
HOW TO AVOID TROUBLE
The best way to avoid trouble Is to
keep away from government owner
ship. 1t will not solve any of the
problems that trouble society today.
1T will not relieve the workers from
the high cost of living" 1t will not
solve the question of unemployment,
but it will make more docile the al
ready too docile slaves that work in
our midst today.
The fight that was in the slaves Of
old is not in the slaves today; so it is
an easy matter to put down revolt;
and If it's force you want to use to
end your slavery you will surely get
1t under government ownership.
A handful of well armed militiamen
can put down any kind Of a revolt to-
day; so it behoves us to get control
of the powers of government by peace
full means, and to abolish government,
and set up in its place an administra-
ton elected and controlled by the pro-
ducers of wealth.
Every time we demand that the
government take over" this or that
enterprise we at the same time de-
mand that the government put anoth-
err chain around our bodies and yet
we have for our watchwOrd you have
nothing to lose but your chains. :"
Fine, isn't it?
Government ownership may be all
right for politicians, but it will work
hell among the workers. Therefore
let the issue be clear, Let us loose no
opportunity to point out in unmis-
taxable terms the fundamental diff
ference between government owner
ship or state capitalism, and Social
ism. The people are cropping for the
truth. If those who have found it by
study and thought will do all in their
power to see that these workers are
not tricked to the trenches that have
been pointed out, we may do some
thing to avert a catastrophe.
Stay on the right track. There are
no short cuts to Socialism The short
est way is to get control of the powers
of government yourselves. Once hav-
ing got control, the power is in your
hands to do as you will.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-07-22

publican or democratic administra-
ton, and that is the best reason that
we can give for leaving 1t entirely
alone. It will always be failure un.
der any form of government until
classes are abolished and collective
ownership established.
In Great Britain almost all OF the
municipal enterprises are being run
at loss ito the ratepayers." In the
United States 212 municipal lighting
plants that were, after trial, financially
disappointing have been passed over
to companies.
In Canada the only government-own-
ed railroad (the G. T. p. is not yet in
the hands OF the government) has been
dismal failure. In reply to ques-
ton as to why this government rail-
way (the internationally failure to pay,
one old farmer once said: "Well, you
see, the boys that run this white ele-
plant think more of getting the votes
on election day than they do of getting
the trains in on time" And that's
just the trouble, the road is up to its
neck in politics the same as our post
office. and any other government en-
terprise.
LESSONS FROM AUSTRALIA
In Australia, member Of the Aus
tralian parliament said short time
ago that There must be an abolition
of excessive state Socialism, or it will
drag the country to a condition which
will shortly render 1t unfit to live"
None of the Australian railroads have
ever made both ends meet. Taxpayers
have to dig down into their pockets
every year to make up the deficit
AS far as l am concerned, l don't
care whether they pay or not. What
concerns me most is the power that
we are placing in the hands of our
politicians instead Of taking control
ourselves; and we will not get control
by advocating government ownership.
The status of the v'sf.ser under gov
eminent ownership is that Of con-
temptible, docile slave; and he cannot
be anything else unless he rises up in
revolt to be slaughtered by the thou
sands as they have been in every slave
uprising.
Wherever strikes have taken place
on state enterprises, the employees
have found that they are practically
compelled to work against their will,
and that to refuse to work amounts to
treason against the state. Only short
time ago I made note to the effect
that the Canadian government threat
ened to man the trains on the afore-
mentioned Intercolonial with soldiers
if the employees went on strike. There
has been no strike, and the men are
compelled to be satisfied or quit the
job.
Bitterly contested street car strikes
have taken place in England during