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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-17
FIREPROOF SAFES.

for house, farm. lodge. $50. $35. $40. for
office store. mill etc. $50, $50, So, 800
Lock Box S. ToDeka. Kansas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-17

street to the east line of Monroe street,
Garfield avenue from the north line OF
10th avenue to the south line of Sth ave
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-31
Obituary

A. Z. Graves was born in Shelby
county, Texas, on the 18th day OF
January 1867, and died at Lucy, Tor
rance county, New Mexico, on the 23rd
day of August, 1916, being 49 years, 7
months and 10 days old. He lived in
Texas all of his life until May, 1915,
when he moved to Chaves county, New
Mexico. He came to Torrance county
in the latter part of May 1916. He
was never married, living most of his
life with his parents until they died
about three years ago. After the
death of his parents he spent some
time with nephew, then moved to the
home of his brother, E. l.. Graves,
about fifteen months ago, where he
lived until his death.
He never Joined any church, but
was of the Millenial Dawn faith
He was afflicted with rheumatism
for about twenty-five years. He was
unable to do manuel labor for more
than twenty years, and during the last
year of his life he was entirely helpless.
He leaves three brothers, E. L..
Graves of Lucy, New Mexico, j. A.
Graves and w. S. Graves of Texas,
and other relatives and friends.
Funeral services we're held in Lucy,
New Mexico, August Oath. in charge of
Rev. Nels w. Bard, of Estancia. He
spoke on the necessity of realizing the
shortness of life that we might know
how frail we are and thus apply our
hearts unto wisdom. Two songs were
sung. Rev. John B. Anderson led in
the closing prayer.
Interment was made in Lucy ceme-
terry.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-31
TO ARRANGE
FOR ESTANCIA FAIR

All business places in Estancia
will be closed next Saturday be-
tween the hours of one and two
o'clock P. M. This for the pur-
pose of permitting everybody to
attend a meeting to make pre-
liminary arrangements for the
Estancia Valley fair to be held
at Estancia. The town people
could meet at night and arrange
the matter, but the cooperation
and counsel of the country peo-
pie is wanted. The country peo-
pie know better how the matter
should be handled than the town
people. Now. don't forget it,
but let EVERYBODY attend this
meeting. This is going to be a
banner year in the valley, and
let US signalize it by having the
best fair yet. This can be done
by everybody taking a hand and
putting pep" into the move
ment.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-31
COUNTY
CONVENTION

At the Democratic convention
held here Monday to elect dele.
gates to the state convention, j.
N. Burton, county chairman,
called the meeting to order.
A. A. Hine was made tempo
rary chairman and H. G. Will
Jams temporary secretary, and
these officers were afterward
made permanent.
On motion the chairman ap-
pointed committees as follows:
Order of business-Dee Robin
son, G. F. Cobb, j. R. Wash.
Credentials. M. Milbourn,
Salvador Chavez, Dixie Howell.
Resolutions-Ralph G. Rober-
son, Geo. Terrence, j. H. Erwin.
Permanent organization-Juan
Chavez, j. N. Burton, w. F. An
derson.
After a short recess the COM
mittees reported and the reports
were adopted unanimously.
The resolutions are as follows:
That we adhere to the principles of
Democracy as laid down by Thomas
Jefferson, the founder of the Demo-
cratic party.
That we fight our enemies, the Re-
publican party, to the last ditch.
That we endorse the ADMINISTRATION
of our president Woodrow Wilson, and
especially his policy which has resulted
in keeping US out of war with Germany
and with our neighbor, Mexico.
That we endorse the administration
of Governor William Mcdonald, and
particularly in his position taken on
the Salary Bill.
That we condemn the railroading
policies and practices of the Republi-
can party both at elections and in legis-
latures.
That we pledge our support to the
nominees of the Democratic party, ma
tional, state and county.
Delegates present from any
precinct empowered to cast full
vote of precinct.
Motion prevailed to send eight
delegates to Santa Fe, each to
have half a vote.
Delegates and alternates nam
ed as follows:
Delegates Emilio Otero, Sal
vador Chavez, D. G. Howell, A.
A. Hine, j. S. Kelly, w. M.
Hornsby, A. j. Green, B. l..
Hues.
Alternates-Juan Chavez Y
Gabaldon, Esau B. Lopez, W. F.
Anderson, Dee Robinson, J. L.
Stubblefield, ]. H. Erwin, j. N.
Burton, S. N. Jenson.
Delegates present in Santa Fe
empowered to cast full vote of
county,
Motion that delegation go un-
instructed prevailed.
On motion county chairman
authorized to replace precinct
committeeman who for any rea-
son fail to discharge their duties.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-31
RHEUMATISM ARRESTED

Many people suffer the tortures of
lame muscles and stiffened joints because
of impurities in the blood, and each sue
ceedng attack seems more acute until
rheumatismhas invaded the whole system.
To arrest rheumatism it is quite as i'm
portant toinprove your general health as
to purify your blood and the cod liver oil
in Scott S Emulsion is nature 'sgreat blood
maker, while its medicinal nourishment
strengthens the organs to expel the
SCOTS Emulsion is helping thousands
every day who could not find other relief.
Refuse the alcoholic substitutes.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-31

Farmers are scurrying about
this week getting ready for bean
harvest, which will be in full
blast next week. The beans are
ripening rapidly. The crop is
now made, and the results will
appear when the threshers get
busy. The concensus of opinion
seems to be that the yield will
not vary greatly from that of
last year. Some farmers report
that their yield per acre will be
better than last year, and others
that it will not be quite as good.
But the acreage is considerably
larger, and if the average yield
is about the same as last year the
aggregate crop will be consider
ably larger. In the hills among
the native people the Iadybug
beetle has done considerable
damage, and a few individuals
find themselves badly damaged,
but the acreage so damaged is
small and will not appreclably
affect the aggregate production.
There is nothing new as to
prices. The corn and other crops
continue about as heretofore in
dicated in these columns-some
very good indeed, some fair and
some poor.
Tom Cain went to Tyrone, but
didn't like it there and came
back. There was plenty of work
at good wages, but living there
is "out of sight" Tom has
taken a job with the Estancia
Lumber Co. at the mill near Ia
jique, and is moving up there.
Mrs. Virgie Block left Monday,
accompanied by Miss Cora Block,
for Glencoe, Lincoln county,
where she will teach school.
Miss Cora will attend school.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-31
METHODIST CHURCH

Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Public worship at II a. m. Ser
mon by the pastor. Preaching
at Blaney school house at 3 p. m.
Epworth League Devotional
meeting at Z p. m. Farewell
service at 8 o'clock p. m. Ser.
mon by the pastor, Everybody
welcome. .-Nels w. Bard, Pastor.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-31
TRIP AROUND The WORLD

The Ladies Aid Society of the
M, E. church have arranged for
a social in the form of a "trip
around the world" Friday even
ing, September l. The first
stop will be West Virginia, at
the home of Mrs. Bush, where
hot biscuits and honey will be
served; the next will be Swed-
en-, at the home of Mrs. Jas.
Porter. Refreshments will be
served at Mrs. Porter's both
afternoon and evening. A
charge of ten cents will be made
for refreshments at each place.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-31
For SALE

Nine cows (mostly Jerseys) all
giving milk and two heifers
which will be fresh in 3 months.
Also several yearlings and calves.
Prefer selling all together.-H,
L. Hoover, 2 IL miles northwest
of Estancia.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-31
FOR SALE.

A Ford five passenger, driven
100 miles, $3.50. A washing
machine 81 90. An oil stove and
oven $500. -Nels w. Bard.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-31
NOTICE

Any person found on my prem
ises with a gun will be consid-
cred as hunting and will be
prosecuted accordingly. "A. j.
Green.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06

WEALTH A DAN -
GEROUS POWER

In a single year the seventy
or more companies managed by
the Stone & Webster Manage
ment Associationsearned (gross)
$26,688,521; their net earnings
were $11,104,764; they paid an
interest charge of $4,432, 104,
dividends of $4,184,476, and had
a balance for reserves and depre-
citation of $2,010,863. Their
street railways owned 1929
miles Of single trackage and car
ried BAL ,255,000 persons in a sin
gle year.
The electrical properties de-
veloped a commercial power load
of approximately 179,880 horse
power and an electric lighting
load equal to 2,41y320 16-candle-
power lamps. The total gas out
put was 1,754,158,300 cubic feet.
The various companies employ
about ~, 900 men.
A few of the most profitable
Stone & Webster concerns are:
Puget Sound Traction, Light &
Power Company, controlling
power stations, traction, gas and
electric companies in the Puget
Sound and Tacoma district, with
a capitalization of $40,000,000
and gross earnings of nearly
100000 a year; the Dallas
Electric Corporation, Galveston
Houston Electric Company, Mis-
sissippi River Power Company
(Keokuk, Iowa. and Northern
Texas Electric Company.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
ONE MANS POWER
THE MORGAN INTERESTS

j. P. Morgan acknowledged upon
the witness stand that he was abso-
Lutte dictator over corporations with
combined capital of twenty-six bill
lion dollars. Can you form some idea
of the vastness of this sum of money?
Can you picture 26 regiments COM
posed of a thousand men each passing
in review and every man a MILAN
aire; then just think of Morgan con-
trolling the total wealth of all!
What chance in the competitive field
has the little capitalist with only one
million?
Fifty years ago man who con-
trolled $4,000 was a big man in the
commercial and industrial struggle,
but now he is only a "piker" in the
business world.
Including j. Pierpont Morgan's
firm, the Guarantee and Bankers
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06

the largest of American financial and
industrial corporations, their political
power must become within few years
worldwide.
If the results expected by the pro
moters of the American International
Corporation are only half realized, in
the words of a far-seeing student of
Wall Street, THERE WILL RISE UP
IN. AMERICA ONE. OF THE MOST
POWERFUL PLUTOCRACIES THE
WORLD HAS EVER SEEN,
THREATENING OUR COUNTRY
WITH POLITICAL PROBLEMS
MORE INVOLVED AND PRESSING
THAN ANY WE HAVE YET HAD
TO CONTEND WITH"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
INDICTMENTS
AGAINST steel.
TRUST DISMISSED

Judge w, S. Anderson dismissed the
indictments brought against Ebert Ii.
Gary and the Steel Trust by Grand
Jury.
Judge Anderson ruled that labor is
not commodity, and that as a con-
sequence, there can be no indictments.
The workers of East Youngstown
struck for higher wages and better
conditions. Armed guards and militia
men Were called in, The workers at
tempted to cross a bridge leading to
the company's plant and were met by
a fusilade of bullets. Four workers
were killed and several injured. Hired
thugs started riots in order to get
public opinion" on the company's side.
The Grand Jury after thoroughly re-
viewing the case, charged the Steel
Trust and city officials with violating
the antitrust law and conspiring to
keep down wages.
And now Judge W. S. Anderson
(who looks like tool of the Steel
TRUST says the jury of responsible
citizens are wrong in their findings
So King Gary goes free and the slaves
of the Steel Trust will continue to
grind out profits for man that
should have been in Sing Sing long
ago.
(Seidel Dates, Page 2, Column 81
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
MORGAN AND ROCKEFEL-
LER INTERESTS ALLIED

In railroads, industrial concerns and
in public utility enterprises the So
called Rockefeller interests represent
larger aggregate of capital than do
the Morgan interests. And, further
than this, these two big interests are
themselves quite directly allied and
are becoming more closely cemented
in both their plans and motives, as the
years go by. And outside of these
two great groups are half dozen
other smaller groups of capitalists
which between them represent in cor
porate control easily fifteen billions
more Of capitalized values. These out
side groups are identified, both in in
terest and other important ways, with
either the Morgan or Rockefeller
groups, and thus we may, in present
ing an exhibit of concentrated control
of corporate undertakings, fairly state
that capitalized valuation of prob
ably thirty-five billions Of dollars is
concentrated in the hands and under
the control of not more than dozen
men.
Now, what do these figures, if ana
lyzed, signify?
Instead of merely signifying that
tenth of the estimated wealth of
the nation is under Wall Street con-
troll, we find that about 35 per cent
is under such control. And as all of
this great mass of capital is represent
ed by corporate firms, it is worth
while to ascertain what percentage of
the total corporate capitalization of
the country is represented by this $685.
0O0,O0OOOO
A careful estimate of the corporate
capitalization now existing in the
United States, including railroads, in
dustrial and commercial corporations,
public utility companies, banking, in
oNiI cllCC anu u VIII
that, outside of small, close business
corporations owned by individuals, the
total corporate capitalization in par
value in the United States at present
is not over $4,000, 100000. The wealth
Of the United States is in the neigh
borhood of $11O,OOO,OOO,OOO, of which
about so per cent is represented by
realty values, the balance being tangi-
BILE property of thousands of different
kinds. SO that we see, after all, that
the trend toward concentration in
corporate control has now extended so
far that approximately 80 per cent of
all the vital corporate capital of the
country is under the domination or
control of this powerful group of Wall
Street interests which we have refer
red to-
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
$4,000 SLAVES!

The census figures show that the
average annual value added to the raw
material by every worker engaged in
manufacturing in 1909 was 1920,
The average annual wage paid these
workers was $518. The difference is
$772. How many workmen would
Morgan need to produce his annual
income of $5O,OOO,OO0, if each worker
produced for him an average annual
value of of $772? He would have
GA, 766 men labOring for him eXclus
lively.
These are eye-opening figures. The
64,766 wage-slaves who work for the
exclusive benefit of Mr.. Morgan and
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
ROCKEFELLER'S INCOME

Rockefeller's income is not less than
S60,0O0,00O year, or about $6,845 an
hour.
One-half Of the male adult workers
in the United States earn less than
$500 a year; three-quarters of them
earn less than 5000 a year; and but
one-tenth earn above $500 annually.
In the ranks of the women wage earn
ers, the figures are even less; one
fifth earn less than 5000 year; nine
tenths receive less than $500; one
twentieth are paid more than $500 an
nually,
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
MEETING TUESDAY
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL

A mass meeting has been called for
all voters of Everett and vicinity, to
hear discussions by various speakers,
and volunteers, on the initiative meas
ures now being circulated for sigma
lures. President E. P. Marsh, of the
State Federation of Labor, will be the
principal speaker, and will give brief
outline Of what the various proposed
laws really mean to the average citi-
zen. AS every citizen of Everett will
be called upon within the next sixty
days either to sign the initiative petit
tons or refuse to sign them, he, or she,
should certainly make it point to at
tend the mass meeting, to be held in
the High School Auditorium next
Tuesday evening, at p. m.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
EVERETT BUT SMALL AREA
SUCKED BY GIANT
TENTACLES
Who Are Stone and Webster?

W no are stone ana W eDStef
Everett citizens who wonder why
the Stone-W Webster corporation are
able to continue gouging them, despite
the existence of state public service
| commission, need only to ascertain
the extent of their wealth and the
source of their power to understand
clearly that efforts to loosen the hold
of even one of the suckers of its nu-
merous tentacles is apt to prove futile
dnder existing conditions.
Charles A. Stone has just been made
head Of the Rockefeller $50,000,000
American International Corporation,
whose purpose is to develop Ameri-
cas- investments and commerce
abroad"
The full significance of Stone &
Webster's association is not generally
understood. Nearly 100 important
public service works in the East,
South and Northwest are under the
firms control.
Charles A. Stone and Edwin S. Web
ster, graduates of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, formed their
partnership in 1889. Their success in
designing a power plant for the Cum
berland Mills, Westbrook, Me-, in 1889,
made their reputation, and they were
led to specialize in public utilities.
Financial depression in the early
'90's caused the failure of many cleo
trio power companies. Stone & Web
ster at once went into the work of de-
veloping, refinancing and recognizing
such public service corporations.
Rockefeller began to invest in bonds
of the principal companies, through
the National City Bank, which in turn
acted through banks in Boston. The
latter operated through several firms,
of whom Kidder, Peabody & Co. was
the most active. And for this firm
Stone & Webster were consulting en-
gineers.
Through the Kidder-Peabody con-
Germ the Rockefeller connections of
American International Corporation,
of which Stone now is head, are some
of the company's biggest captains of
industry, the General Electric, United
States Steel, Westinghouse Electric
and many other corporations being
represented on the directorate of the
$50,000,000 represented.
FOREIGN ENTERPRISES
Their first steps will doubtless
be the promotion of engineering
and manufacturing enterprises in
Russia and Argentina. The cor
poration will either carry out these
works for an estimated sum or finance
and equip them and retain control. All
contracts will specify the use Of
American manufactured goods of the
firms represented in the corporation.
Thus the promoters will soon have big
increases in dividends.
The only novelty in this plan is the
extensive field it will cover. 1t has
already been successfully tried out in
the American public utility and cleo
trio power fields. But the operations
Of the new Rockefeller Stone & Web
ster corporation are to be worldwide
and will cover shipping, railroad build
| ing and management, mining, metal
lurgical, chemical and public service
corporations.
The control of such foreign monopo-
lies by few Wall Street financiers is
bound to give them a power in Amer
lea even greater than they have to-
day, and one they can use in whatever
way they please. AS they also control
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
BY II. l.. Call.

If present industrial and social con-
ditions are the result alone of human
institutions; and if the false and vici-
Gus notion that mans natural state is
one of warfare and hatred, is alone
responsible therefor; then these insti-
buttons and conditions can claim no
warrant or justification for their con-
tinued existence. And if government
is but the intelligence of collective So
ciety, and must ever act in adapting
it's institutions to industrial and other
onditions,-then what task so fit for
it now to perform as to remedy the
error it has committed, and properly
conform our institutions to present
industrial society?
If industrial society is cooperative
in it's nature, then should our institu-
tons be also cooperative.
The corporation should never have
been created at all, or should have pro-
vided for the real cooperation of all
the interests supplanted by it, labor
as we'll as capital, instead Of being
made the creature of capital alone.
But, above all, the public nature of
this mere creature of law should never
have been lost sight of, and it should
have ever been, and remained, under
public supervision and control; this to
protect alike labor, investors and the
public, and prevent its exploitation in
the interests of private greed.
If capital desired to enter upon in
dividual or partnership undertakings,
it could have done so. But when the
aid of the law was invoked, as by the
then the law had the right
to prescribe the exact and absolute
terms upon which the combination
should take place. And these terms
should have conformed to the nature
and requirements of existing society,
and not to old and outgrown dogmas.
If we may not compel the premature
adoption by society of ideal institu-
lions. neither. on the other hand, can
we perpetrate that other absurdity
and hold society in conditions it has
thereby fostering hate and
in the midst of an indus
trial evolution the principle of which
is peaceful cooperation and combined
effort. Thus, by these simple and nee
essary provisions, the corporation
would have been made the servant,
instead of, as now, the master of in
dustrial society: and this without in
the least interfering with it's greatest
possible extension, and widest range
o usefulness.
And what government thus failed
to do in the first instance, it must yet
do. If we see an individual pursuing
a mistaken course, we advise him to
reform his conduct, and thus avert his
ruin. Even so of human institutions.
Only by radical reform can grave So
cial and industrial diseases be eradi-
Gated; and any compromise or partial
measures can but end in disappoint-
ment.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
THE GLORY OF BATTLE!

81 asked the boys if there were any
prisoners" said Private johnson, dis
cussing the battle at Columbus, N. M,
land they answered that nobody took
any. l know l Drained one black Mex
lean with an axe"
Glory!
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06

The Democratic machine of the
State Of Washington is worrying over
whether to get out straight Democrat
ic tickets or Non partisan. The non
partisan is claimed to be ideal for the
purpose Of getting Democrats into Of
flee.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06

Governor Carlson's latest service to
the cause of industrial tyranny in
Colorado is his threat to use the State
militia to drive 700 striking smelter
employees back to work at the Lead
vile plant of the Guggenheim Smelt-
ing Trust. The strikers, remembering
Ludlow, have gone back to work.