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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01

we had n lot to do. Also ! was taken
ILL., and ! was sent TO the hospital. !
am feeling a little better, so don't
get upset; also don't send any letters
to the company, because | won't get
them. Also you cannot send any let
ters to the hospital. as | won't get
them. Dear mother, do not worry, !
will be all right. Hoping all Of you
are getting ON well. was only hurt
in the back | will try to send you
letters every few days if | can to let
you know how ! am getting on. We
get plenty of food in the hospital.
Dear mother, know it will break your
heart, this, but don't get upset about
it, ! will be all right, but | would very
much like to see you.
January 6, 1916.
have been in hospital for nine days,
lying in bed all the time, and now
have a sore heel had it cut today,
and it is getting on better.
Deserted His Post
Several other letters from hospital
followed, and on January 20 he wrote
to say he was quite well and was out
of the hospital. On February % the
boy wrote to his mother, telling her
he was in trouble:
Dear Mother,-I have sent you
letter that | have received the parcel
| am well, hoping all of you are quite
well. Dear mother, we were in the
trenches and / was i'll, so | went out
and they took me to prison, and / am
in a bit of trouble now and won't get
any money for long time. | will
have to go in front of a court / will
try my best to get out of it, so don't
worry. But, dear mother, try to send
some money, not very much, but try
your best. | will let you know in my
next how | got on. Give my best love
to mother, father and Kate.-From
your loving son, ABLY.
lhere were no more letters until
April. Then came the following curt
official notice:
Sir,--I am directed to inform you
that a report has been received from
the War Office to the effect that No.
-, Private ---, 18th Battalion,
Middlesex Regiment, G. S., was SEN
fenced after trial by court-martial to
suffer death by being shot "for deser-
tion," and the sentence was duly exc
cuted on March 20, 1916.
| am, sir, your obedient servant,
P. G. HENDLEY.
End Lieut.-Colonel |. C. Infantry
Records, Hounslow, April 8, 1916.
That is the story of human life in
the grip of soulless militarism. The
lad went in and out of the trenches
until, as result of mine explosion,
he was laid in hospital suffering from
wounds and shock He went again to
! the trenches, and evidently broke
down under the strain He was tried
by court martial and shot.
He had been urged to sacrifice him
self to fight for his country and his
king, to defend the hearths and homes
of his native land, and that is how he
was treated by his country's military
caste.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01
THE OPEN SHOP

The directors of the Everett Com
mercial Club have declared in favor
of an open shop, This was brought
about because of the strike of shingle
weavers.
The Commercial Club therefore is
in favor of low wages, 1t is in favor
of bad working conditions. 1t is in
favor of child labor. 1t is in favor of
the blacklist. 1t is in favor of beat
ing the workers up with clubs, 1t is
in favor of the importation of thugs
and gunner. 1t is in favor of pros
titutior.. In other words, it is in favor
of all the calumny and abuse that can
be heaped upon the only useful class
in human society, the working class.
The members of this club ought to
be taken out and publicly horsewhip-
ped. Were it not for the fact that
labor unions are not in favor of vio-
lence they would probably do it.
But with the Commercial Club it is
different. They would stop at moth
ing to gain their ends. No business
mems association in the country has
ever been known to stop at violence
when they could hire gunner to do
the job.
And these business men live off the
sweat and blood of the working class.
These business men ORGANIZE to
protect their own interests, but deny
that privilege to the working class.
These business men are the go-be-
tweens of the capitalist class-the big
interests-of this country. These
business men ape the Rockefellers
and the Morgans, the Guggenheimers
and the Schwabs. They are used to
defeat the attempts of the workers to
better their conditions.
These business men, these tools of
the kings of finance, are being duped
by the lumber barons of Washington
for a few pennies that are handed
over the counters of their stores by
wage earners.
We care not what the workers are
getting now, whether it be 1925 day
or $500. We know that they are not
getting the full social value of the
wealth they create. We know that as
long as this is the, case, so long will
the workers strive for more of the
products of their labor. Organized
or unorganized the workers will ever
be striving for more. The cold-blood-
ed and brutal acts of the ruling class
have never yet stopped the workers,
and let the Commercial club resolute
how it likes, the workers will con-
tinue to organize both along the in
dustrial and the political field, until
they obtain the full product of their
labor.
The United States Commission on
Industrial Relations reports that one
of the causes of industrial unrest is
the denial of the right and OppOrtun-
ity to form effective organizations.
And no one has ever refuted it. 1t
has never been questioned but these
little petty mugwumps called business
men are afraid that effective organi-
cation will prevent the nickles and
dimes from coming into their Golfers.
We dare you, Mr.. Everett Business
Man, to kill that resolution. We dare
you to face your masters and tell
them that your interests are, and will
be, with the wage earners.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01

ton of the working class, and so the
working class in spite of the bowls
of the petty bourgeoisie and the cap
italist class, will go on with their
work Of education, let the capitalist
politicians and their henchmen call it
what they may
"For our banner is raised and I'M
furled,
At your head our defiance is hurled
Our cry is the cry of the ages,
Our hope is the hope of the world"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01
CHARLEY RAYMER
ON THE WARPATH

Geo. w. Scott has joined the "Bene-
diets"
There's hell to pay, but war won't
pay it.
Better be a good worker in the ranks
than poor schemer.
Quarrelling and pickering is bad
business, waste of energy. Cut it
out!
A wise man knows more than he
tells, fool tells more than he knows.
The worrying class are too busy
hustling for a meal ticket to worry
about automobiles except to dodge
them
We're all fools, more or less. In
the vast majority of cases the differ
ence is hard to distinguish.
Millions of fools allow few "ser-
wants" to sell them into bondage and
haven't the sense to break the chains
Like asses you submit to scourging,
and, without the wit of the ass, you
fail to kick the oppressor into oblivion
Fools, you do not see that all the
wealth comes from the soil, and with
out your labor it would remain there
If you were wise you would not
produce wealth for parasites who la
Dor not, yet despise those who toll.
Your masters say that you are not
fit to rule yourselves. If you were not
fools you would rule yourselves and
let the policeman devote himself to
raising his own potatoes.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01

Capitalists are the only animals
that believe they can gain the friend
ship and confidence of others by pre-
pairing to fight them.
A sample copy of this paper is an
invitation to become subscriber.
No man should be his brothers
keeper, but he should endeavor to be
his instructor, by handing him copy
Of the Northwest Worker.
Do not take your rules Of conduct
from your foes and exploiters. The
foes and exploiters are those that per
form no useful function in society
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01
SHOT FOR DISCRETION


The fate of an East London boy,
narrated in the Womcn's Drcadnought
Of April %, reveals the nature of mil
itarism in all of its heartlcss brutality.
The writer of this almost incredible
story of inhumanity describes n visit
to the boys home:
"a short, middle-aged man, humble
and sad in manner, awaited us at the
top of the stairs and silently motioned
us to enter the front room. A woman
lay ON the bed, too miserable to care
for life, turning her head from side to
side in the restless way of one who is
i'll with grief. The daughter and the
father, with hushed voices, speaking
now in English, now in Yiddish, told
us the story, and the mother moaned
and turned in her bed as though their
words hurt her.
"They brought out pile of crum-
pied letters written mostly in pencil
on small sheets of irregular size. They
were letters from the only son of the
house, who had joined the army in
September, 1914, aged 18 years and
three months. He had enlisted with
out his parents knowledge, and al
most every letter from the boy ex-
pressed regret for the grief and anxi-
ETY. he had caused his parents and con
Germ for their happiness"
Sorry He Enlisted
He wrote from Aldershot:
Dear Mother arrived safe, and
everything is all right was very
sorry to leave you, and very sorry to
see you cry SO much as you did, but,
never mind, | will come home one day,
so be happy at home. Dear mother,
do not forget my 10Th birthday, that
| is on Saturday May /. | want you
to enjoy yourself on Saturday. Dear
, mother, did not like to leave you on
| Tuesday. | was very sorry to see you
cry. Tell father and Kate to be hap
py.-From your loving son, ABLY.
| Dear Mother would like your
photo to hold on me.
The lad wrote again Immediately be-
fore his departure for the front, and
another letter, dated July 2, 1915, told
his parents he had been four times
into the trenches. A number of let
tiers followed, and in January an Off.
cial yellow document was received:
Infantry Record Office, Hounslow
1915.
Sir,-I regret to inform you that 8
report has this day been received from
the War Office to the effect that -
Regt., 18th Bait, Middlesex G. s., is
! ill at 3Sth Field Ambulance, France
suffering from wounds and shock
! (mine explosion).
His parents also received a letter from
the wife of the commanding officer
who said their son was wounded
though she did not yet know whether
he would be sent to an English hos
pital or kept in France. The boy
wrote:
| January /, 1916.
Dear Mother,-I am very sorry
did not write before now, but we were
in the trenches on Christmas Day anC
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01
SIS, 900, 900 MUNITIONS
ARE SHIPPED TO RUSSIA

Three steamers carrying a total of
21,O00 tons of railroad equipment and
war supplies consigned to the Russian
government, and valued at more than
$15,O00,00O, sailed from Seattle for
Vladiyostok.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01

The Socialist movement in Wash
ington seems to have sprung into life
over night Everybody is busy.
Whoop her up!
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01
MILITARISM

The story of the East London lad
printed in this paper is II story that
could he told of hundreds of Soldier
boys" who have enlisted and then got
sick of the fighting. Hundreds have
been contaminated and shot in
France for "deserting" the ranks, af-
ter having had "bellyfull" of war.
The story of conscientious Objec-
tors" is another that makes the blood
boil. Men whose ELECTIONS to war"
are not good enough for the "Tribu-
nails" are forced into training and are
drafted to France right away. Once
there they are doomed, because the
first time they disobey military or
der they are taken out before firing
squad and shot.
The military prisons of England are
full of Conscientious Directors" and
there SENS to be no let up to it. The
country is greatly stirred up over the
affair, and there is likely to be trouble
that the authorities will find hard to
handle
Our propaganda efforts must be
doubled in this county if we are to
avoid the Course of militarism." The
dollar patriots are determined to force
some kind of militarism upon us, and
once having obtained bigger army
and navy" the prospects of war with
other nation will be far more possible
than it is today,
And to say that war in this country
is impossible is to deny the law Of
value, and that means denying the
Socialist philosophy. SO we must
bend our energies to greater efforts
than we have ever done before. The
Juggernaut of capitalism must be de-
stroyed and the workers of the world
must destroy it. Show these war
stories to your friends and neighborsr
discuss it with your fellow workers.
Tell them of the boys who went "joy-
fully" to war and were eventually shot
by bullets of their fellow countrymen.
What about the addressing machine
fund?
You can rustic subs just as well as
the other fellow. Get busy. Let us
send you some cards.
It's not who's going to be the next
President, but who should it be?
Boost for Benson.
The open shop is detriment to the
working class. 1t means low wages
and bad working conditions.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01

How many sub cards do you want?
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01

You can rustic subs just as well a
the other fellow, Get busy. Let u
send you some cards.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01

What about the addressing machine
fund?
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01

It's not who's going to be the next
President but who should it be-?
Boost for Benson.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01

The open shop is detriment to the
working class. 1t means low wages
and bad working conditions.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-06-01

Financial Secretary, Local Camas
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-13
APACHE FARMER
HAS DEVELOPED
NE " POTATO

EAGER, Ariz., Oct. ia new var
iety of potato, said to be superior to
any heretofore grown in Arizona has
been originated by Peter Rencher
a local farmer. The new potato was
developed by Rencher from an i'm
ported variety by the process of ar
tificial selection. Rencher found that
the potatoes he was raising were
large but were dark in color One
DAY he noticed that some of them
had white eyes. The next spring he
cut out all the white eyes and planted
them by themselves. He noticed that
the potatoes from that patch were
lighter in color and had white eyes,
BY repeating the process he has de-
Neloped the largest potato grown in
northern Arizona. 1t is entirely white,
quite mealy and has an excellent
flavor. The new variety is being
rapidly introduced into the other
counties of northern Arizona
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-13
RUMOR BACDAD
MAY SOON RESUME

HILLSIDE, Ariz., Oct 13.-Engineers
said to be in the employe Of the Gug-
genheim interests are making an in
vestigation of the property Of the Bag
dad Copper company, 25 miles west Of
here Negotiations are under way, it
is reported, which will be conducted by
November 1, and which will result in a
change in the. ownership of the Bagdad
property. Resumption Of operations at
the Bagdad within a short time is prac-
tically assured according to mining en-
gineers familiar with the situation.
The Bagdad property was. explored to
the extent Of over 1000 acres by churn
drilling some years ago, and great de-
posits Of copper ore blocked out.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-13
NO. 80
PUBLIC AUCTION SALE
State School Land
2 STATE LAND DEPARTMENT

Phoenix, Ariz., September II, 1915.
In conformity with the provisions of
the Public Land Code Of the State of
Arizona, approved June rs, 1915, notice
is hereby given that the State Of Ari-
zona will on Monday, November 20,
1915, at 1880 p. M, at the County
Court House, Florence. Arizona, sell
at public auction the following
school lands in Pinal County, and also
certain improvements thereon.
s1z; NEA; sh NwA sec 1e, T. 4
S., R. 16 E.. $50 acres more or less ap-
praised at $1944.0O. fmrovements.
claimed by John Meadows, appraised
at $120S.o0.
VIZ NWA; VIZ sWA, Sec. Sc. T.
S.. R. ID E., and NEA NEA Sec. 2,
S s., R. IA E.. Qess County Road and
river bed) 157 acres more or less, ap-
praised at $1S75.oO.. Imrovements,
claimed by Josiah J. Anderson, ap-
praised at $45SO.SO
SEA, Sec. 1e, T. S. r. 15, 100
acres more or less, appraised at $S8500
Imrovements, claimed by Jim Braca-
monte. at $S12.40.
NEA NEA Sec. S6, T. 8 s., r. Is E..
40 acres more or less, appraised at
$16400. Improvements, claimed by
Miles w. Reay, appraised at $500.
SEA Sec SO, T. S., r. Is E., 100
acres more or less, appraised at $1,000.
Improvements claimed by Henry Young
appraised at $1504.00.
Ell NEH; Sh Sec. So, T. g., r. 15
E., 400 acres more or less, appraised
at $2400.00. improvements, claimed by
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-13
NATIVE CROPS OF
RUBBER ARE BEST

Plants native to Arizona adapted to
produce rubber, / will name guayule
as the first and foremost. Different
strains of this plant have been isolated,
producing 1929 per cent of rubber in
the dry shrub, and yield Of 20-25 tons
of dry shrub has been demonstrated in
a four year crop. The lowest price at
which guayule rubber has been sold is
27c, so you see that the gross returns
per year figure pretty high. AS to ex-
penses of cultivation, these vary enor-
mously, according to conditions, but
under favorable conditions will put
them as low as 5000 per acre per year.
In general, I will say that the guayule
situation is very promising, but as
yet very few people have any reliable
it being held as a trade secret by agen-
cies promoting the proposition.
Another Arizona plant that produces
rubber is the common ocotilla which is
stated to contain as high as 25 per
cent of rubber
There are various other native plants
of the aster tribe that contain small
amounts of rubber and 1 have heard
that the stomachs of slaughtered sheep
are occasionally found to contain small
Jumps Of rubber, which they had
chewed out Of the vegetation upon
which they had browsed-R. H. Forbes
Director, University of Arizona.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-13
Gold Bar Starts
Large Operations

WICKENBURG, Ariz, Oct. 13.-
commenced by the Gold Bar Mines
company, which has taken over the In
terror mine near here. The company
also acquires the 12stamp mill with a
capacity of 100 tons a day and two
tracts of land at Wickenburg The In
terror mine was formerly one of the i'm
portant producers of this district and
in eight months the company sold al
most 100000 worth of gold bullion
The new company plans to sink the
shaft to depth of S25 feet, where it is
believed the two main veins of the
property meet.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-13
ST. LOUIS MAN
BUYS TWO MINES

PRESCOTT, Ariz, Oct 13.-For
$42,5OO, R. M. Locey Of st. Louis has
purchased the Independence and Cross
groups of mines and will at once begin
operations at both properties The In
dependence group is situated in the
Jersey Lily district and the Cross mine
in Crook canyon. A large tonnage of
low grade ore is on the dump at the
Cross mine, and mill of 100 tons ca
pacity is to be erected at once to handle
it. The independence has been active
at intervals for many years.
D. A. Byrne of Oatman has bought
the Mint gold mine in the Copper Basin
district, three miles west of the Com
mercial and will at once begin work
cleaning out the old shaft and driving
series of crosscuts on the 200 level.
The property is less than five miles
from Skull valley
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-13
PRiVATE CAR
COMPANIES TAX

PHOENIX, Ariz. Oct l3.-Private
car companies operating in Arizona
will this year pay into the state treas
ury over $4,000 in taxes, according to
the statement of taxes levied on corpo-
rations Of this sort, just issued by the
State Tax Commission. The Pullman
company is the largest taxpayer of
the private car lines, and it will pay the
state of Arizona $13,7297S in taxes.
The smallest tax to be paid by any pri-
vate car line is $1.40, this amount being
levied on each of three companies. The
private car lines operating in Arizona
are assessed a tax equal to the average
Of all taxes, state, county or municipal
levied in the state each year. This year
the tax on private car lines is $1,4O39
per 500 valuation. The tax is collect
ed by the state treasurer direct and
goes into the general fund of the state.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-13
SUING FOR DEATH
OF AN INDIAN

GLOBE, Ariz., Oct. 13.-In order
that suit may be brought against the
Arizona Eastern railroad company,
the parents of Harry Moore, an Indian
who was killed recently in a railroad
wreck near San Carlos have asked
the superior court here to appoint
Ernest Stecker, superintendent of the
San Carlos reservation administrator
of the estate. If suit is brought for
damages it will be the first time in
history that the Arizona Eastern has
been sued for damages for injury or
death of an Indian. When the gov
ernment granted the railroad a right
Of way across the reservation the
company agreed to charge no fares
for Indian passengers and they have
always ridden free of charge, with
the understanding that no civil action
could be instituted for injury or
death.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-13
UNITED EASTERN
GETS CONTROL Of
SUNNYS|DE


OATMAN, Ariz., Oct. 1S.-Com-
pletion of transaction whereby the
United Eastern interests acquire con-
troll of the Sunnyside Mining com
pany has been announced following
meeting of the stockholders Of the
latter corporation. BY the terms of
the contract United Eastern interests
are to furnish $86,50O for develop
ment work at the Sunnyside proper
ty. Frank A. Keith. r. l. Rogers and
c.. H. Palmer, Jr., have been made
directors in the Sunnyside company.
Work on the Sunnyside property,
which is located on the main belt
Of the district, is to begin at once.
The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-13
K. OF P. DANCE
BIG SUCCESS

The Knights of Pythias gave a mus
ical program and dance in K. P. Hall
Tuesday night The affair was well
attended and was marred only by the
accider, that befel Jimmie Nelson, an
accou. 1T Of which appears elsewhere in
thes. columns. The program follows:
l. Opening Speech Mr. w. B. Nor
ton.
g. Music, Whitehead and McPhoil
8. Vocal Solo, Mr. o. T. Moore, ac-
comTanied by Mr.. Paul Whitehead.
g. Recitation, Mrs. r. Kane.
A. Vocal Trio, Messrs. Johnson, Par
Ker and Nelson.
5. Clarinet Solo, Mr.. G. Shields, ac-
companied by Miss Meyers
g. Recitation, Mrs. Grace Mooreman.
T. Vocal Solo, Mr. J. A. Walker.
8. Violin Solo, Miss Mullen, accom-
panied by Mrs. Bromley.
g. Vocal Solo, Mr.. Page, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Hopkins
10. Vocal Trio, Johnson, Parker and
Nelson.