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The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02

masters, to arm your masters, for the
perpetuation of your ignorance, your
poverty and your misery
Danger of invasion?" Consider our
water barrier of 1000 to 5000 miles,
and then consider the vast difficulties
of the British Empire in overcoming
few Beers several thousand miles
from her chief base of supplies; con-
slider also the utter defeat of the
mighty Russian Empire trying to
fight the Japanese 5000 miles distant
from her chief base of supplies and
with railway connection, at that.
The yellow man" is a bogy man
with which to frighten Chautauqua
audiences into unanimous vote to
keep the flag flying" and fight till
long after the last man is dead in the
trenches. And as for the remainder
of the 'danger-of-invasiOn" argument,
it hopelessly destroys itself by what
it confesses, thus: The several great
Christian countries mentioned as
likely to invade our country are surely
Just as civilized as our own country,
and if we are no more civilized than
they are, then with such splendid
temptations as Canada, Mexico-and
Panama-we are just as likely to be-
come invaders as those other great
Christian countries" are. And if all
this be true, then it must also be true
that even the most advanced portions
of the civilized world are really man
aged by commercial buccaneers, po-
litical pirates, bond-lusting thieves-a
lot of national and international egg
sucking ruffians-all of them keen for
opportunity as marauders cunningly
masked as Christian statesmen and
great business men" And if this is
the situation, why indeed should the
working class have anything to do
with preparing" these groups OF
coundrels-in-control for ruling, rob-
bing and raping the world?
Danger that we shall become
Chinafied?" That is an argument in
sulting even to the mind of new
born babe.
Give the multitude justice and
everything worth saving will be safe.
And, without justice, why should we
arm our unjust masters to shackle us
for another century of injustice?
A decision for preparedness" now
will throw the working class under
the boot and fist OF the god of war
and of the capitalist classic cringe
and groan, helpless as sheep before
wolves.
I refuse to be confused,
Look at Europe and learn what
preparedness" prepares for. Look
at Colorado and Calumet and West
Virginia and learn what prepared
ness" prepares for. Look also, with
very special care, at the unholy
brutality and cunning of the assassins
of the sacred rights of freedom dis
cussion, and you will surely realize
that the preparedness" of militarism
leads straight on to the lynching Of
liberty
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02
By George r. Kirkpatrick

the despised, flogged, starved and ig-
norant prisoner.
Defend our civilization"
A very handsome phrase, indeed
But the seductive winsomeness of
the beautiful phrase, Defend our
civilization" does not confuse me
not in the least. Suppose we should
multiply the profits of prosperity"
by ten, and suppose also the workers
andleisure should be multiplied by so
humble a number as two, so that
they might have leisure and means
for the enjoyment Of "our civilization"
then the workers would swiftly
learn, at the point of the bayonet,
that under capitalism "our civiliza-
ton" is most distinctly not intended
for the working class, no matter how
abundant the prosperity.
Defend our civilization" The very
moment the working class proudly
shows it's class power and it's class
defiance to the ruling class, every
destructible element of civilization
can be saved-easily saved. The four
biggest, finest, best things in civiliza-
ton are the science, the literature,
the music and the fellowship of the
world, and the first three of these
are always, fortunately, safe-are alb
solutely indestructible under all cir
cumstances-they are beyond the
reach Of the most fiendish destroyers
And as for the fourth element here
entioned-fellowsh wars and
the class war are utterly destructive
Of fellowship-the big, deep, interna-
tional, human-racial fellowship
l refuse to be confused.
Defend civilization?' Civilization
has been my favorite study for twenty
years, and I venture to believe that |
can make more correct and adequate
definition of civilization than any
wealth-stuffed snob | have ever heard
of can make. Civilization? Certainly.
| But the profit-lnongers of this coun-
try, too stupidity british to blush while
they hurrah for their banner year
of prosperity" dripping with the blood
and tears of crucified ignorance; too
stupidity british to blush while every
five years they cOnscript by poverty
100000 daughters of the poor for the
Shiny trenches of prostitution; too
stupidity british to blush while they
sweat 100000 school-age children
into profits; too stupidity british to
blush when they beseech high heaven
for more of the same sort of blood
stained prosperity and civilization
these gold-lined savages and jackals
of capitalist "civilization" cannot de-
fine civilization for me. Nor can they
for one moment confuse me in the
present crisis in the worlds affairs.
I am for civilization, strong for civ
ilzation-for the working class. That
is why I would shout to all the work
ers of all the world, Unite and re-
fuse! In the proud might of your
class unite and refuse to prepare your
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02
I REFUSE TO BE CONFUSED

Why should chattel slave "pre-
pare" his master for defending any
thing monopolized by his master?
Capitalism rests on ignorance and
bayonets.
Capitalistic preparedness" is in the
ignorance of the workers and in the
bayonets for the workers.
The present cunning shout of the
ruling class for preparedness" is in
tended to perpetuate the ignorance
and guarantee the bayonets ''Pre-
paredness," as now defined and
planned by the capitalist class,
deepens and solidifes the workers
ignorance and equips the capitalist
state for operating always
and everywhere and under all cir
cumstances against the fundamental
interests of the working class.
The recent and present swift
growth of the great working class
movement of the world, convinced
and now convinces the ruling class
that it must either confuse the issue
or be destroyed by the working class;
that it must either confuse the issue
or be driven from the industries and
legislatures Of the world by the in
creasingly conscious and self-respect-
ing working class.
Therefore, confuse the issue; that
is, shout preparedness" and call it
"patriotism," and the old, old trick
will be turned once more against
another generation of the horny.
handed, gullible six-footers of the
working class.
AS long as the working class can be
confused and tricked into the pitiful
attitude and condition of political in
fant and intellectual sucking, it will
be flattered, crushed and robbed in
times of peace, and will be flattered
bled and robbed in times of war. In
the present war, and in the next
war" and in the class war, the only
thing the capitalist class sincerely
fears is working class too cunning
to fight for a civilization which the
workers are shrewdly kept too ig
norant and busy to keenly. deeply and
comfortably enjoy-a working class
too cunning to bleed itself into pale
faced stupidity, licking the boot that
kicks it, while it yawps patriotism
and wallows in its own ignorance and
poverty, from which ignorance and
poverty the working class can never
escape while the ruling class is 'pre.
pared"
Let us refuse to be confused.
The supreme war is the class war
And the supreme war issue is
victory for the working class in that
war.
And in this class war why should a
wage-slave prepare" his master for
defending the good things of civ.
ilization steadily monopolized by his
master, who mocks him for his pov.
erty and ignorance?
| refuse to be confused. I refuse
to build a prison in which am to be
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02
WANT PREVAILING RATE

San Francisco. - Machinists en-
ployed at the Mare Island navy yard
are demanding wages equal to the
prevailing rates in this vicinity. Pri-
vate employers are paying a minimum
wage of 81 a day, while $3.50 is the
rule in many shops. Wages of navy
yard machinists range from $3.04 to
S424 a day. with only 40 per cent re-
ceiving the maximum wage.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02
GAINS BY BROOKLYN
PAINTERS

Brooklyn, n Y Brooklyn painters
announce that they have won their
fight for a IS wage scale. Over 10000
workers are benefited Many New
York contractors are resisting the
painters demands, but the unionists
are standing firm.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02
In Organization
Lies the Hope
of Labor
More Pep Wanted i'm
Initiative Campaien

ABOUT Jne farmer VINO must go ten
or fifteen miles to register? The
farmer can't help you as he did last
year. You who live in cities and
towns, within easy access of places
Of registration, must do the bulk Of
the work this year in securing sigma
lures. The rural residents will help
you later but they are terribly handi-
capped now.
You all realize that the proposed
bills contain merit enough to war
rant placing them before the peo-
Pile. They contain more merit
than 30 per cent of the bills in
troduced in each legislative ses-
sion. It all resolves itself into
this: Are you willing to continue
making the fight for labor and So
cial legislation before an intensely
partisan legislature, working un-
der a set of rules stacked against
you, up against "pork barrel"
system of Iawmaking? If you are,
all right; it's your funeral. If,
however, you are tired of that
game, tired Of getting down on
your knees and humbIy suppIicat-
ing the powers that be, believe
in using the machinery for direct
Iawmaking that you brought into
being, then you will come out of
your she'll and get busy on these
petitions. b,
You know there are fellows that
accept the industrial conditions you
make for them without doing a thing
themselves to help make or maintain
them. They pay no dues, flout your
unions, but accept the wages and
hours. You don't feel very kindly
towards them and sometimes you ex-
press yourselves on the subject in
terms more forcible than polite
Well, there are members Of our
unions who are out working their
heads off for these initiative petitions,
while some of their fellow members
won't take the trouble to even reg
lister, let alone sign and circulate
petitions. Is that exactly fair? Do
you know, ! haven't much patience
with the fellow who curses the "sys-
TEN" in seven different languages.
who tells how "he would run the gov
ernment" but won't take the trouble
to even register and sign petitions so
the people may be given a chance by
their ballot to change some of these
unjust conditions.
What every one of us ought to do
is take our coats off and go at this job
of securing signers to these initiative
petitions as if we meant business.
The time is getting short and we have
simply got to make good on the task
hat we set for ourselves.
Let's make these closing weeks
hum with trade union activity.
and it will put US in good fioht-
ing trim to carry them later at
the polls and defeat the anti
picketing bill and other vicious
measures held up by the referen-
dun.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02
MACHINIsTs REDUCE HOURS

Chattanooga, Tenn - Machin.sts
have signed nine-hour contract with
the Columbian iron works. Wages are
increased for every machinist and
apprentice These workers are .rtf.
liant over their success in breaRir-
down the long work day system in
this city and predict that their
solidity will result in other victories
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02

The crown prince is striving des-
perately for a military reputation, but
maybe that won't be what the German
people will demand of their next
ruler-Boston Transcript.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02

Very likely there is no truth in the
report that Mr. Bryan is planning to
deliver his anti-preparedness speech
in Columbus, n. M-Nashville South
ern Lumberman
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02
DOCK WORKERS WIN

Erie. Pa.-Anchor line dock work
ers have raised wages to 30 and 40
cents an hour for warehouse and
boat work respectively.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02
CANNERY BILL VETOED

Albany, N. Y.-Governor Whitman
has vetoed the Argetsinger bill which
was opposed by organized labor on
the ground that it heightened the
hours of women employed in can
neries.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02
CARPENTERS RAISE WAGES

Newport, R 1.-The Carpenters
hour, making the hourly rate 55 cents.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02

Jack Costello. The finest of Cloth
ing made to measure, $40 to $40.
Union Made
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02

There is limit to everyone's
apability-but few have reached
their limit
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02
BY E. P. MARSH

President Washington State Fedora
ton of Labor.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-06-02

the despised flogged, starved and ig
norant prisoner.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
HOW TT WORKS.

When Governor Ralston of Indiana appointed the famous Tom Taggart to succeed in the United States Senate
 the late Benjamin F. Shively a wave
 of protest went up all over the coun- try. While it is realized that Tom
 he has had the making of many big
 men in public life, it was felt that he is not the exact type of man to wear
 the senatorial toga. On top of all this protest Taggart probably foresaw
 the futility of seeking to hold his seat
 by being duly and properly elected in November. So he announced the fact that he did not intend to keep the
 the contest started. That was a re- lief In many quarters. Now comes the same Governor Ralston who ap-
 pointed Tom Taggart and says that in view of the fact that Tom is not going out after the nomination he himself the Governor, will become the candi- date for United State Senator from In diana. Understand, the Governor says
 he does not wish the place, but he is willing to become the candidate of
 the democratic party if those gentle
 men see fit to entrust him with the
 nomination at the state convention
 which takes place in Indianapolis on
 the twontysixth of this month. An! There is a method in the Governors 8
 madness. The man who controls the , destinies of the Hoosier state certain " knows his business.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
Whaf the Capalry Nusf
 Encounter in Mexico

perfection in the world. Both men and women are splendid runners, and their endurance is phenomenal A healthy Tarahumare will easily run ITO miles at stretch. When sent out as a messenger he goes along at a slow trot, running steadily and con- stantly. A man has been known to carry letter 500 miles in five days While executing these feats of endur- ance the Indians live on pinole, whichs Is a dish. made of corn and water.
 "The Tarahumares kill rabbits with a species of boomerang said to be 8 relic of the days when they and their Australian kinsmen arc believed to have crossed the Pacific ocean by chain of islands supposed to have linked, at one time, Asia with America and Australia"
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
Mexico.
(Ncw York Tribune

Any one who has had acquaintance with the Great Southwest will recog
 nizc the justice as wcll as the hum or
 of the negro ScrgCant's summing up of Northern Mexico: 1T have been in
 nearly every land, but in this part or Mexico there are more rivers and less water. moro COWS and less milk and further to look and less to see It was Artemus Ward who remark ed, following a visit to the Bay of Fundy country of Nova Scotia, that he had never realized before how water inn proved river. Very probably the negro sergeant would heartily echo this classic, particularly after an ex- hausting days hike through alllali dust.
 But there is a decided injustice, too, in the Scrgeant'S observation. Mexico must not be measured by pastoral standards estimated ac- cording to it's flow of milk and honey. It has allurementS more compelling vast and savage vistas which tip the
 imagination with namc hidden
 charms to make men rave, calculated
 cruelties to goad them on and sun sets to induce adoration. We love the gentle and generous lands of our birth with the tenderness of flial af- lection, but those of us who have come under the spell of Mexico en- tertain for her the passion of a man for his mistress.
 And she knows so well how to keep her lovers. "Retain always 8 corner
 of your heart beyond their reach" "
 was the advice which Socrates gave to Aspasia. Mexico puts beyond them all but a COrncr-a vampire of a
 country for whose promises men have given their blood since before
 the dawn of history and one, they have never conquered.
 And she knows so well how to keep her lovers Retain always q corner of your heart beyond their rcach," was the advice which So crates gave to Aspasia. Mexico puts beyond them all but d cOrner--a vampire of a country for whose promises men have given their blood since before the dawn of history and one they have never conquered. "Who wouldn't fight for such a land!'
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
PANAMA CANAL OPENING.

General Goethals has informally announced that the Panama Canal will be reopened for the passage of vessels on the fifteenth day of this month, as expected by shipping men. The General has made this announce ment only after careful study of the conditions attending the clearing of the great slide at Calubra. Since the return of General Goethals to the canal zone he has literally made the fur fly and progress has gone on in systematic order. However, it is doubtful if the clearing of the canal by April 1 ) and the freedom to ships will be permanent Expert engineers have studied conditions at CaIubra and confess themselves at a loss to know when the turbulent earth slides will cease to cause annoyance. Yet there may come time, some day, when all will be well with the Panama
 Canal and General GoethaIs can fol-
 low the example of old Uncle Ben and Hay down the shovel and the hoe".
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
A CHANGE FOR WAR.

From Washington comes the semi official announcement that in the event the submarine issue reaches a further stage of seriousness, where the President feels he can no longer
 handle the situation, the whole as- sembly of facts in the case will be laid before Congress in order that the executive shall be advised by the leg islative branch, of what action to pur- sue This indeed is interesting. All along, critics have harped on the manner in which our foreign affairs have been conducted by President Wilson and his state department. The men of blood and iron have de-
 of notes. They want action,-War.
 If the president follows the course
 suggested, if the submarine issue be-
 comes more highly involved, if 1t
 impossible to exercise patience any
 longer, what will those men do who
 have followed the rantings of Roose- welt, Root, Lodge, and others? They will be forced to vote on the question.
 Will they vote for war? Will they want to go on record as in favor of something the ma jority of people in
 these United States do not want. are not prepared for? Truly this will be an embarrassing situation if 1t is ever
 brought about. Since the Lusitania
 went down, the United States has heen
 engaged in a controversy with Ger critics of the administration. The
 President has been accused of sacrt- flcing the nations honor in his desire
 for peace. He has been flayed on
 both sides. The pro-German element
 has been after him because of what
 they believe his harsh attitude toward
 the Kaiser. The warriors have been
 on his heels because he has not seen
 fit to take a stronger stand against
 the Hapsburgs and the HohenZollerns.
 Now the whole business may come to
 a show down" and if it does the
 President of the United States will
 be vindicated. We shall see just how far these men would go, these brave
 men, these wonderful statesmen who have been decrying every act of a President who has had more to suffer than any man in the White House since the days of Abraham Lincoln. It is easy to criticise and attack. To offer a good suggestion, to show the way out of a. bad situation is quite another thing. Probably it will be well If things come to such pass as to demand this contemplated action.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
The Banking Fellowship Idea.
(New Haven Journal Courier)

(NcW Haven JOurnal COuTleT.) With Harvard, Princeton and other leading universities of the east, Yale has taken kindly to the banking fel- I.lowship idea which the National City. Bank of New York has hit upon. The scheme is to all appearances simple one. From Yale, for illustration, six undergraduates will be sent on July list to spend three months in the New York banking institution, learning the practical end of that field of work. They will be students picked for their individual fitness and qualified for pursuing their banking courses by the( proper preliminary studies in the 1 theories of commercial law, econom- ics political science, history phlloso- phy and the sciences. These stu 1 dents will spend another summer in the practical laboratory course which l the New York bank has mapped out receiving a reasonable return for the services which they render. Upon graduation, those who have proyedy their ability will be asured of per-
 manent position and the future which may be supposed to follow such an opening.
 The advantages to the college man who contemplates such q career will be at once evident. To the bank in question and-pTesuming the ex-. pertinent proves to be the success it
 promises to be and other banking houses follow suit-to the banking profession in general, the wisdom of the banking fellowship idea will he
 nearly as apparent. In founding a post graduate course in business ad- ministration, Yale has recognized the
 demand for men, not only trained in
 the specialties and theory of business,
 bI.t with the background which the
 college course itself can best give.
 The National City Bank of New York
 has been the first to seize upon the
 notion that in college men specialized
 work of foreign banking and com-
 merce is to be found, perhaps, the
 most promising material for the best
 type of banker. It has been found
 true in the older professions of law,t>
 medicine and the ministry. and in all
 of the leading professional schools
 preparing for these fields the first de-
 gree of the BachAlor is required for
 matriculation So also the first
 course is required as the foundation
 for the higher degrees in engineering
 Quite aside from the fitness of many
 not trained in this way. there is little
 question as to the probable value ,pf
 men fitted for the work of banking
 according to the new fellowship
 scheme It will be interesting to
 watch the working out of the idea.
New Britain herald., 1916-04-05
Prepare Your Feet!
(Waterbury Republican, )

These are good outdoor days and for the folks who are able bodied and blest with some spare time on days like yesterday it is a tcmpta- tion to go a-Wall<ing in the countrE Yet some hesitate to do this because they fear the conditions of the cOun- try roads will not be very pleasant They arc folks with city-shOc feet and they probably would find it uii- pleasant to walk any distance over country roads in the spring of the year.
 These people never think about feet when they talk about prepared ness. They do not realize that, next to a proper supply of food for the inner man it is most essential that the soldier have proper pair of feet There arc millions of men in this country who are claiming that they are ready and willing to go to war when the call comes. The sam" men would feel insu'ted if told thai they would be almost worthless tO the country for some time on account of their feet. They are men with city. shoe feet and they would make pit fable spectacles in couple of days # suddenly called upon to march on to the front.
 There is much 10 Dc done towards