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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07
100000 TRAINNIEN WREST THE
EIGHT HOUR DAY FROM Mates
Biggest Single Victory Won by Organized Labor
From Organized Capital BY Standing
SOdly Together

I ling them to call the most stipend
Gus walk-out ever contemplated in this
country, in their pockets, they did not
rush headlong into action to tie up all
the roads, thus paralizing industry in
the entire nation. They met with the
managers conference committee in an
effort to settle the demands amicably.
When a deadlock ensued and il looked
as if the strike would have to be called
they needed President Wilson's invita-
tion to confer at the White House at
once. The $40 brotherhood chairmen
went from New York to Washington
for the conference. They put their
case squarely before Wilson, and as
he showed when he called the railroad
heads together, he sided with them,
emphasizing the justice of their de-
mands.
The defeat of the railroad heads
came after they had tried to sway pub
dollars on huge advertisements in
lie opinion by spending millions of
newspapers, magazines, and on posters
in railroad terminals and stations.
These statements misrepresented the
case of the workers grossly, contain
ing howls that the railroads would be
wrecked and ruined were they to give
in to the demands. Efforts were made
to coerce railroad workers into sign
aing petitions stating they would rather
work ten hours than eight. 3
Desperate attempts We're made by
the magnates to have the whole mat
ter referred to the sort of arbitration
in which the workers charge they were
jobbed in the Western award case. But
the workers refused to consider such
proposal, or to submit the issue to
lengthy investigation by the Inter
state Commerce Commission, which
would have taken years, after which
the commission could only make
recommendations binding on none, for
it has no power to impose it's decisions
on anybody.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07
When you are through with the
Northwest Worker, PASS 1T ON.
COOPERATION IN ITALY

Within eighteen years cooperation
has made an advance in Italy in many
ways more fascinating than the story
of the airship. Small farmers COOP
eratively manufacture their own fer
tilizers. They run cooperative banks,
farms and market gardens. The COM
monest sort of labor hires engineers,
buys material and pays it's own bills
from its own cooperative banks. 1t
paves streets, dredges land, builds all
manner of structures, even to the Reg
gio Emilia Railroad.
This work now runs into many mil
lions of lire Ga lire is worth about 20
cents). The government and cities
are organically committed to a work
ing partnership with these co-opera-
tors.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07
BY ALLAN l.. BENSON.

The New York World, which is now
daily hammering Hughes, prints lead
ing editorial entitled as Hughes An
other Parker?" Parker, The World
explains, was nominated in 1904 to
"get rid of Bryan" and Hughes was
nominated to "get rid of Roosevelt"
Parker's nomination, which appealed
to nobody outside of Wall street, re-
suited in his overwhelming defeat, and
The World wonders whether Wall
streets nomination of Hughes will not
result likewise.
The World may find much pleasure
in specializing along this line. If The
World wishes to engage in some spec
ulaion worth while let it ask and pom
der over this question: "Is Wilson an
other Roosevelt?"
ROOSEVELT WAS DECOY.
Roosevelt, in 1914, beat Parker.
What good did it do the people of the
United States to have Roosevelt
elected? Roosevelt was the political
faker then that he is now, only most
people did not know it.
Roosevelt, in 1916, is a traitor to the
Progressive party, but he was always
traitor to the farmers, wage-work-
ers and others who do the country's
real work.
Roosevelt won lot of paper victo-
ries for the workers but he never
stood for thing that did them any
real good, and in 1909, he left the
country in great industrial distress.
What better is Wilson? What has
he ever done for the working class?
What does he know about working
class problems? In 1912, Wilson said
the working class needed a lower
tariff. Now he says the working class
needs a higher tariff.
WILSON FAILS WORKERS.
After Mr.. Wilson gave the working
class a lower tariff, times were bad
and the most of living was no lower.
Though the greater part of Wilson's
program had been put into effect, the
country was in deplorable state of
industrial depression until the Euro
pean war dumped $3,000,O00,OOO of
war orders into America and abso-
lutely compelled business to revive.
We now have what Mr.. Wilson calls
"great prosperity" We now have
everything in the way of legislation
that Mr.. Wilson promised US and a
great deal more prosperity" than he
ever dared to offer. The steel trust
has just announced the record profits
for the last quarter of more than
$80,000,000 Is the country happy?
Has it reason to be content? Are the
steel workers rolling in wealth.
TIMES ARE HARD.
The steel workers are not rolling in
wealth. They are working like the
very mischief for bare living. Their
wages are "high" as the wages of
steel workers go, but they are low
when measured at the grocery. The
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07
OLD PARTIES CAN NOT OFFER
LIVING TO LABORING CLASSES
The Socialist Party Alone Has Plan to Give Free
dom and Happiness Benson Exposes
Tactics of Old Parties

high cost of living eats up everything
that the workers get. This applies to
all workers, steel workers included.
What is the matter? Has Mr.. Will
son any remedy for such a situation
Should the American people elect him
again to get a remedy? The Demo-
cratic platform gives no hint that any
remedy is needed.
The Democratic platform gloats
over the marvellous prosperity" that
has come to us. According to the
Democratic party we now have moth
ing to do but to be happy. We have
nothing of which to complain. We
have nothing to fear but the possible
election of Mr.. Hughes.
is FOOLS TALK.
That kind of talk is fine fodder for
fools. A prosperity that means bill
lions for few and bare living for
the rest is pretty poor kind of pros
perity. That is the Wilson kind. 1t is
also the Hughes kind. They both stand
for the capitalist class. Wilson stands
for the medium sized capitalists.
Hughes stands for the biggest ones.
Neither one of them has the slightest
notion that most of the world need
ever expect anything better than a
chance to work.
Work is exceedingly poor stuff out
of which to make happiness. The
fruit of work is the stuff out of which
happiness is made. This fruit the
working class does not get. 1t gets
only enough to keep it alive and work.
ing. The capitalist class gets the rest.
We Socialists protest against this
sort of prosperity" We believe the
man who works should get the value
of what he makes. We do not rejoice
at the $S0,OOO,O0O of profits that the
steel trust, in three months, wrung
from the steel workers.
LABOR NEEDS PROSPERITY.
IL VIC WCIC III pOWCI, IiiC oICcl WOIh-
ers would have that $4,000 900. Judge
Gary, head of the trust, who was trav-
cling in the orient when the dividend
was announced, would not have drawn
dividend of cent. We do not be-
lieve in pay for idlers.
How much do you hate US for that :?
How foolish are we because we so be-
lieve? How much would you censure
us for building factories and giving
employment to the people? How
much would you denounce US for SELL
ing to the people, at cost, what the
people made in their own factories
How much would you fear such an adj
ministration if you had the power to
recall, at any time, even the president
and also had the power, by your own
direct votes, to make laws and repeal
laws?
These are the things for which So
cialism stands. Never mind what the
grafters say Socialism stands for. The
grafters do not tell the truth. They
have reasons for not telling the truth
They must lie to keep their CRAFTS.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07
'SNOHOMISH COUNTY NOTES

Comrades if you want to cover your
district with Clyde H. Tavenners
speeches, "The World Wide War
Trust, and the "Navy League IN
masked, send one address from each
family to the county office and we will
mail the speeches out from here.
Don't be bashful for you can not send
too many names, we want them by the
thousands, for this will open the eyes
of the people on militarism.
Be sure and see that every Socialist
tho Nc M urinary
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07

Numerous "sales" indicate that bus
mess people don't believe in the work
ers saving. If they did they wouldn't
advertise to induce them to spend.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07

Mating Suit Cases, Ladies' Hand
Bags, and Repairing at Everett Trunk
Factory, 2815 Rockefeller.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07
ALL FOR CAPITAL
Congress is about to adjourn.

Congress is about to adjourn.
It's labors on behalf of labor has
been so hard that the brain of a child
two years old would not have been
overworked had it been compelled to
use it for that purpose.
Labor has once more got what it
voted for. Nothing of any value to
labor has been passed unles it be the
last bill, the Adamson eight-hour law,
and even that is likely to be declared
unconstitutional by the supreme
court.
re legislation for the past year
beneficial to the master
I'd to the master class only.
easures that might have eased
5ufferings were introduced by
Meyer London but they were
n the borning. Not single
of legislation has become law
ould be honestly declared bene-
to the wealth producers Of this
.ntry.
And for this we have congressman.
rressmen who are elected by the
for the benefit of the shirk-
who draw the sum of $500
the express purpose of
business to exploit men,
;ldren Of the working
light even say that
Law is a good piece
we think that it is
ans to raise the
child shall work.
ions the exploita-
IRE over IL years
IN show us the
Station, then we
child under 20
ave to work
walk the high
<. 1t may be
.ent there are
n work, but
ng, for ere
men, able
<, will be
cities of
bic.
consti-
any of
t11tipp c
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07
APPEAL OF /
BRINGS

The result of
appeal against d;
treason has been
severer sentence %
month penal servi
from the army, q
patch from Berlin.
In addition DR..
prived of civil rigl
The court ammo
has the privilege
original sentence
prisonment and
army.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07
THINGS DOING
IN THE FIFTH DIS
TRICT OF INDIANA
By MAYNARD SHIPLEY
Associate Campaign Manager, Fiftl

Congressional Dist. of Indiana)
Comrade Debs is off to Colorado for
little rest prior to his great cam
paign to capture the Fifth Congress
sional District of Indiana for Social
ism. Gene will make a great cam
paign personally, but you may rest
assured that he will not make it a
personal campaign. working Glass;
control of the government versus cap
italist>class control of the govern
ment", this, l gather from conversa-
tons with Comrade Debs, will be the
main issue that he will bring before
the wealth-producers of his district.
The questions of war and prepared
ness" will, of course, come in for their
share of the general discussion.
Meanwhile a great deal of prelim-
mary work is being done by competent
speakers and organizers.
The campaign managers have dis
covered in Comrade L. nj. Rector an
organizer of unusual ability, and he is
doing splendid work in the rural dis
tricts and the small towns. From
now on he will devote his entire time
to the campaign.
In Putnam county we have an effic-
lent worker in Comrade Fred B. Clear
water, and he will have charge, also, of
the organization work in Hendricks
County.
Comrade Vincent Verde, who has a
splendid record as organizer and pro-
paganist among Italians, has been del
egated to bring all of the sons of Italy
into the Socialist camp. He win visit
every Italian colony within the Fifth
District, organizing and teaching.
And that valiant but amiable war
rior Rev. James H. Hollingsworth, who
has already accomplished much, will
continue his activities among the farm
ers until he shall have covered the
whole District more than once.
A novel method of propaganda for
the campaign, designed especially to
reach those who imagine they are not
interested in Socialism, is that of Cons
rade Charles L. Drake, who will give
number of moving picture lectures
in the District, using the regular
"movie" houses and their audiences.
His entertainment is very highly re-
commended by Locals who have en-
gagged him and know the quality of his
work.
The writer will give his stereopticon
lecture, "The Impending Crisis" in all
Locals where electricity is available,
and campaign talks in a number of
others, besides holding many outdoor
meetings.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-07

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Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-21
Chills and Fever Found.

DR.. j. c. Geiger and DR.. Frank L..
Kelly, of the Bureau of Communicable
Diseases of the California State Board
of Health, have recently discovered
the quartan type of malaria in Cali
fornia, a type which is new to the
state.
Two cases of this disease were
found in the Sacramento valley, and
the symptoms of both cases demon
strated them to be quartan malaria.
This type of malaria is characterized
by Il distinct chill, followed by fever,
the attack occurring every third day.
In these patients, the chills came on in
the morning every third day and last
ed about half an hour, followed by a
high temperature.
The discovery is interesting, for the
reason that, although this type of ma
laria is very common in other coun.
tries, it is very unusual for it to ap.
pear in the western part of the United
States.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-21
HEALTH BOARD DEMANDS
REPORTS OF DISEASE

A physician of Contra Costa county
who was summoned to appear before
the California State Board of Health
at it's last meeting to explain his fail
ure to report a case of typhoid fever
in dairyman, stated in his defense
that he had sent a specimen of blood
to the State Hygienic Laboratory for
examination, and that he considered
this equivalent to reporting. He was
warned by the board that formal no.
tification to the health officer of cases
of communicable disease is necessary,
in order that the provisions of the
law may be complied with. The board
is considering other cases of failure
to report communicable diseases and is
determined to secure such reports from
all physicians in the state.
Birth certificates will not be accept
ed for filing after one year from date
of birth, according to decision of the
State Board of Health. In some cases
attempts have been made to file GER
tificates several years after date Of
birth. The law does not authorize the
filing of birth certificates after a
reasonable length of time has expired
and the board has set period of one
year as reasonable
In reply to many inquiries concern
ing the matter of compelling danger
Gus syphilitic patients to take treat
ment, the board has replied that it has
mo power under the law to compel
treatment of any kind, but it may iso-
late persons who are dangerous to the
public health.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-21
New Chnnnel to the Sea.

The Santa Ana river tore a new
exit to the ocean yesterday. AT a
point a mile and half east of Hunt
ington Beach and toward Newport a
channel 500 feet wide was ripped out
through the sand dunes and the tracks
of the Pacific Electric and Southern
Pacific.
Hitherto the Santa Ana river has
emptied into tidewater of Newport
Bay. Mud bars closed this exit, Thou
sands of acres were several feet un-
der water when the flood broke
through the sand ridge. Engineers
had advised the river protection dis
trict to cut an opening. They said il
would cost $4,000. The flood has
done what the engineers wanted done
though not at the exact location Sc
lected by the engineers. This new
channel gave relief to the vast ares
of lowlands from mesa to mesa sOutl
of Talbert. With this new opening
and the falling of flood waters con
ditions in the Santa Ana valley were
greatly improved The channel ma!
be permanent.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-21
The Death List.

Following is list of the fatalities
from the storm, so far as known:
MRS. MAX KESTNER and Miss
Kestner, drowned, San Diego.
JAMES MCGOWAN, drowned in
Kern county flood.
MI. COREY, died in snowstorm at
Battle Creek.
PHILLIP BULLETTI, drowned in
Kern river.
n. NITHOGHAN, drowned in San
JacintO river.
FRANK SMITH, drowned in Lytle
creek.
FRED FRYMAN, drowned in Squir-
rel Inn creek.
JESUS MARTINEZ, drowned in
flood at Talbert.
Two unknown men, drowned in Tia
Juana river.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-21
Club Discusses Amusement
Problems of Present Day"

A goodly number of women assem-
bled at Davis Hall, Thursday after
noon, to listen to the program pre-
pared by Mrs. Vale on "Amusement
Problems of the Present Day
Owing to the impaired condition of
general traffic, Professor Crandail of
Holtville and Neil Locke. county di-
rector of the Y. NJ. C. A., were not
able to be present.
. Mr.. RICHTER, teacher Of athletics of
Central Union High School, spoke very
ably on "The New Athletics"
Athletics are taught through play
or recreation the same as a child
grows and develops through play. In
this recreation one must strive for an
ideal Of efficiency which will develop
and make our bodies efficient.
Unselfishness does much toward
making an ideal athlete. Oen must
lose a game as cheerfuily and un-
selfishly as to win it.
Good craftsmanship consists Of 5
major sports-football, basketball,
track meet foot racing, etc.), baseball
and tennis. All athletic sports require
brains. Those are chosen who think
quickly. The majority of these stand
higher in their courses of study than
those who, do not enter into athletic
sports.
Thoroughly good diet at home means
much toward the development, both
physically, of the boys and girls. The
Central Union High School is quite
we'll supplied with equipment for these
Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-21

sports, but feels the need of a gym
where young men can spend their
evenings. If such place were pro-
vided there would not be so many boys
in the pool halls.
The Y. M. C. A. does a great deal
toward furnishing these advantages.
Professor Randall of Central Union
High School told something of the
new building which is to soon to be
erected to the east and north of the
present structure. 1t is to be two
story building of Grecian type. 1t
will not require all of the money voted
by the trustees. Some of the remain
der will be used for improvements in
the gymnasium and manual arts de-
partments. Miss Dorothea Nath gave
a beautiful Interpretive reading, with
piano accompaniment by Miss Mar
garet Hign,an, followed by a piano So
10 by Miss Higman.
Madames Jobes, Foster, Clements,
McDougal and Vale were elected dele
gates to the County Federation to be
held here February s. Mrs. holland
was elected as the voting delegate.
The executive board of the club will
give card party on January 27 for
the members and friends.
All were grieved to learn of the
death of the young son of one of the
members, the 12-year-old son of Mrs.
Talbot having passed away yesterday.
All Joined in extending heartfelt SYM
pathy to the bereaved ones.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-21
Food Supply Cut OFF.

The Los Angeles Times said yes
terday:
"Flood conditions prevailing du-
ring the past five days have seriously
interfered with the food supply of
Los Angeles. Practically all the rail-
road lines running into the city have
been tied up, and as result ship
ments of eggs, butter, cheese, fruits
and vegetables have failed to reach
the local market. The situation has
become so acute that the Los Ange-
les Produce Exchange decided yester-
day to dispense with the daily call
Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-21
To Take Religious Census
Of Ell Centr0 Tomorrow

A religious census of Ell Centre will
be taken tomorrow The city has been
districted and large number of
workers will call at the residences. If
you are not to be at home tomorrow
afternoon, will you fill out this blank
and pin on your door where it can be
found?
Address .............
Name of family.
No. in family.
Members of what church Z?
If not members, what church prefer
ence? ................ ............
Sunday school members, and where ?
...... .........
Remarks .................
....,... .................
.....''. ...'..'.... ........'.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-21

reported that some bridges have
been washed out and that there
are numerous landslides, but it is
not known how soon the debris can
be cleared away and the road
opened to traffic.
Mail Is Welcome.
The postOffice force was on
hand early this morning distribu-
ting the mail for five days, and
many customers made half-h0urly
trips to the office or stood on the
ground consuming the missives as
fast as they were made available.
Persons receiving large numbers
of papers were loaded down as
never before with the accumula-
ton and Postmaster Collins
thought for time that he had
again become Santa Claus.
Eastern mail had been arriving
pretty regularly during the storm,
which had given Va little touch of
communication with the outside
world.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-01-21

er changed in the vicinity OF hunting
ton Park. Four houses on Vernon ave-
nue. were swept away into the stream.
The home residence of Jack Doyle, To-
cal sportsman, is being held in place
by wire cables to keep it from plung-
ing into the river.
The amount lost in drowned cattle
and other stock in the San Diego and
Tia Juana valleys cannot be estimat-
ed. All of the ranchers in both val
leys had to leave their homes and
abandon the stock. In the Tia Juana
valley a dozen houses on the Ameri-
can side and about twenty on the
Mexican side have been swept away
by the water.
The water in the San Diego valley
is receding, but Tia Juana river is still
rising. Enough water is impoundec
in the city water system from the
storm for a ten years. supply. Wa.
ter is running over some of the dams
of the system. When Moreno reservoir
is filled "Rainmaker" Hatfield viii
receive $4,000 from the city. This
however, will bring up a legal ques-
tion, as it is said the city would ther
be liable for damages done by the
flood to property of individuals.
More than $25O,0O0 damage was
h. CO nd; ~
highway system, according to reports
received from various sources yester-
day.
The family of J. M. Garrison, ma
rooned in their residence in Upland
when the swollen Cucamonga Creek
changed it's course, were rescued just
before their home toppled into the
rushing waters.
The Santa Fe Railroad is using the
Southern Pacific rails to Cotton and
beyond that it has open tracks. It's
line to San Diego is still out of CON-
dena. Washouts of considerable eX-
tent have occurred in the second dis
trict of the Albuquerque division, but
there will be temporary tracks there
within the next "a hours. The most
serious &C the damage in that district
is in the vicinity of Manueleto.
The Southern Pacific yesterday
opened its branch lines to Chino and
Long Beach. The lines to Santa Ana
and Whittier and Duarte were still
out of commission. 1t will require 4
days more to repair the Salt Lake
railroad bridge over the Rio Hondo
near Newmark. In the meantime the
Salt Lake trains will make detour
over the Southern Pacific from Los
Angeles to Cotton and will use the
Santa Fe tracks over the Cajon Pass.