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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
TOWARDS SOCIAL
DEMOCRACY AND PEACE
BY Meyer London
Socialist Congressman.


Az no time in the history of this
country has the political situation
been SO clear as it is in this campaign
We Socialists have always been say
ing that so far as the property less
masses are concerned, the Republican
and Democratic parties are identical.
While it is true that the Republican
party receives more generous support
from, and is looked upon as "A nearer
relative by the magnates of industry
and finance, the Democratic party has
not shaken off, and has no apparent
intention to shake off, the influence
of the very small financial and indus
trial powers.
There is nothing in the old platform
of the Republican party which has
not been absorbed and appropriated
by the Democrats. The tariff on dye
stuffs, the anti-dumping law (Which is
another name for stupid tariff law,)
the tariff commission whose experts
will have to manipulate figures ac-
cording to whether upward or down
ward revision is required-all three
laws enacted by Democratic admin
Observation-Disclosures every vestige of
distinction between the two parties.
That is why the fight between the
two old parties is so dull, 50 uninter-
estng. Poor Hughes is trying to
clutch at any floating straw. His old
issues have been stolen and he is not
the man to raise new issues.
Now more than ever the issue of to-
day and of the days to follow stands
out plainly before all thinking men.
Are we working toward industrial
democracy, or away from it. Are we
working for real peace within this
nation, and between this nation and
the rest of the world.
That is the issue today. 1t is up to
the Socialists to pound away at it.
Nothing short of industrial dem
ocracy will satisfy US, and this within
our life time. We want every man to
have access to the land. We demand
the restoration of the natural re-
sources to the people. We demand the
naturalization and democratic man
agement of all natural and unnatural
monopolies. We refuse to be scared
into believing that the country is in
danger from external enemies.
There is only one enemy-the ignor-
ance of the masses.
To dispel that ignorance is our chief
duty.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
SNOHOMISH COUNTY

Minutes of the meeting of the Coun-
ty Executive Committee of the Social
list Party of Snohomish County, Sept.
"a, 1916.
Meeting called to order by the sec
rotary. On motion by Roth, Thomp-
son was elected chairman. Roll call
Present, Roth, Thompson, Gilmore !;
absent, Caswell and Salter. On mo-
ton of Gilmore, Comrade Fortson,
alternate, was seated in the absence
of Salter. Motion by Roth to approve
the report of the secretary, carried.
Report showed cash balance of
$6.9S.
Secretary reported that he had is
sued sixteen M. A. L. cards since last
meeting. Motion by Fortson to APP
prove, carried. Resignation of Kron-
holm read and accepted. Letter from
Arthur H. Hansen, regarding one of
the members being reported calling
for Republican ballot at the Cedar
home precinct, read. Motion by Fort
son to investigate and proceed accord
ing to the constitution. Motion car
ried.
Motion by Fortson that the C. E. C.
condemns the action of the so-called
Second Congressional campaign COM
mittee for functioning without the
authority of the membership of the
district, and for technically violating
section4 of article 16 of the state con-
stitution. Motion carried.
Motion by Roth that the secretary
send copy of the minutes to the
Northwest Worker with request that
they be printed. Motion carried.
Motion by Gilmore, to adjourn to
meet on call of the secretary or by
referendum. Motion carried.
Fraternally submitted by order of
the c.. f. C.
w. J. MOODY, County Sec.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
ONE BIG UNION is
AUSTRALIAN PLAN
Committee Has Made System
attic Arrangements to Unite
All Labor Forces

SYDNEY, n. S. W.-Thc arrange
mcnts for the formation of the pro
iccted cone biz union" organization in
Australia are nearing completion. The
New South Wales state unions meet
in conference in September at Sydney.
The committee has been busy draft
ing the constitution, and manifesto
is now to be printed and distributed
and the various unions will be given
an opportunity Of discussing the pro-
gram and instructing delegates in
reference to the congress proposals.
The grouping of the unions, IA far
as New South Wales is concerned, has
been completed. 1t comprises II
groups taking in over $50 unions.
Each group is composed of individu-
ais or sections of unions in allied
trades or industries.
1t was intended that the group
councils would be the controlling body
in each, but each separate unit would,
as TAR as possible, retain It's Identity,
or classification, and possess auton-
omy in matters of purely local or in
dvidual character.
The central council, or governing
body of the whole, would be composed
of delegates from each group, and
would control matters of policy, OPP
GRAFTON and finance. 1t would be the
final court of appeal for all group
councils, unions, or individuals.
A skeleton constitution has been
drawn up, and the organization of the
congress is already arranged. The
congress will prove the dawn of a
new era for unionism and labor in the
Australian commonwealth.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
BENSON A GOOD SPEAKER

Acting on the mistaken idea that
the Presidential candidate was not
speaker, the national organizer has
sent Comrade George H. Goeble to ac-
company Benson, but Goeble inimit-
able speaker as he is, bringing tears
and laughter from the audience in al
most the same breath, was only pre-
liminary. The big thing of the even
ing being Benson himself, and his
speech, which was such a whitening
arrangement of the candidates and
platform of the old political parties
that the capitalist newspapers of the
town failed to print a word of it fur
Their than to say that Benson "scored
the two other candidates in a sarcastic
manner" leaving out the important
message that Benson is giving in
every speech to the American people,
a message which if not hardened to
points the downfall of democracy in
America.-Public Ownership, Hager-
stown, Md.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
YOUNG JAPANESE
TRICK RECRUITER
MAIN THEMSELVES, BRIBE EX-
AMINERS OR HIDE TO ESCAPE
CONSCRIPTION.

SAN FRANCISCO-IIeimin Shin
bum, the japanese Socialist paper
published by Sen Katayama, writes
that young japanese employ many
tricks to escape CONSUMPTION.
To develope shortsightedness, they
use very strong eyeglasses. Others
starve themselves two weeks before
examination in order to be declared
unfit.
Some drink Soy bean sauce and then
take a quick run, in order to develope
heart trouble. Others overeat, in or
der to show intestinal trouble when
they are examined.
Many contract venereal diseases on
purpose, in order to be free from ser
flee. Young men with money move
to district where they know the ex-
aiming doctor and bride him.
Many run away and hide them
selves, until they can escape from the
country.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
ILLEGAL FOR UNION
TO FEED STRIKERS

TORONTO, Ont, Sept. 20.-Action
to annul court decisions making it
illegal for unions to give relief to their
striking members will be taken at the
coming sessions of the Trades and
Labor Congress of Canada.
Another case in point is that in con-
nection with the strike of the workers
on the Montreal street cars, in which
the Superior Court ruled that the men
could not ask the government for an
arbitration commission under the In
dustrial Disputes act, which provides
that thirty days notice of strikes or
lockouts must be given.
A still more vicious decision was
made in the case of the Nova Scotia
toilers who struck before a board was
called for, and later were provided
with food paid for out of the funds of
the union.
AS result, one of the union offic-
ials was heavily fined for "encourag-
ing the men to stay on strike" and
Chief Justice Townshend held that it
sis difficult to find any more efficient
means of aiding a strike than by feed
the hungry strikers" Commenting
on the decision, J. G. ODonoghue,
counsel of the Trades and Labor Con-
gress, said:
''In other words, the courts view
was that the strikers should have been
allowed to die of starvation. If the
strikers had been in Jail, the court
would probably have disciplined the
jailer for allowing them fresh air
another means of allowing them to
live. Shades of British justice!"
Minister of Labor Crothers has also
prepared amendments to the present
law, and in his analysis of these, At
torney O'Donoghue says:
"The more | consider the act and
its suggestions, the more l am of the
opinion that the intent of the drafts
man was to choke organized labor to
death.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
HERE'S THE STORY OF
1,i15,12i LEAFLETS (!
RY j. L. EnEdnhl.


COMRADES of the Social Revom-
toni Friends of the cause of human
ity! The arousing inspiration for this
years titanic politisal strugEl
against all the degrading and dchu-
maniziug influences of the capitalist
system of Society is hercl This mag
niticcnt urge to greater achievements
to bigger accomplishments in this
campaign, is to be found in the magic
figures at the head of this article. |
repeat them. They are as follows.
1,4l5,l2i
That is the total weekly circulation
of the Benson campaign leaflets ms
this is being written. That number
has been ordered up to the present
time for weekly distribution for ten
weeks throughout the nation during
this campaign. The number is increas-
ing each week. 1t is expected that
100000 of "Leaflet No. 3" now on
the press, will be ordered.
Three readers to leaflet is CON
sentative estimate-Socialist litera-
ture is read and re-read because it
carries a worthy message. This means
that more than four million men and
women Of the class that carries the
burdens of the world are now, EACH
WEEK, reading this message of hope
of the Socialist Party in this camp
align, written by it's Presidential can
didate, Allan l.. Benson. Help the
Everett comrades to distribute their
leaflets.
Number is Increasing
MOST CHEERING fact of all-this
number is leaping upwards, mounting
higher, every day, every hour, as the
kilograms and letters arrive with
fresh demands for this brain-stirring
literature. The great army of Social
list soldiers in this campaign is just
beginning to feel its strength-just
beginning to realize its power. But
more distributors are wanted in Ever
EFT.
The demands for the Benson cam
paign leaflets come from every state
They come from big cities and little
villages. They come from the wage.
workers who sweat away their lives
thru days and nights in our industrial
hells. They come from the lahore,
on the land who tolls from dawn t
dusk to win bare living from tn,
soil. In the homes the little children
join their pennies with the meagel
savings of their mothers to help buy
these leaflets to drive igorance from
our firesides and strive for an enhght
aned next generation. Yet there is {
lack of volunteers to distribute then
in Everett.
Two weeks ago, pointed out tina
this leaflet campaign would be create
than the "RED SPECIAL" that her
aid of the new day that blazed it.
broad trail across the land eight year
ago.
On Saturday of each week the leaf
lets are ready in the Headquarters
| 1912 California Street for distribution
Call and get bundle.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
STRIKEBREAKERS RIOT

CLEVELAND.-About 400 strike
breakers, returning West from New
York, where they had been herded in
the event of a railroad strike, broke
loose in free -for-all fight when their
train reached this city. 1t is stated
that the riot began because of a feud
between st. Louis and Chicago "free
and Independents" Every window in
two coaches was shattered by bullets
and the tracks were strewn with re-
volvers, knives, and blackjacks dis
carded by the thugs when the train
stopped and it was charged by police
reserves.
One man was shot and killed and
his body thrown from the moving
train to the tracks, where the wheels
dismembered him; second, shot in
the side, was carried from the train,
dying; two men, one of them seri-
ously hurt, were captured and charg-
ed with murder; another so badly in
jured that he had to be placed under
guard in a hospital, was charged with
shooting to kill; a sixth was stabbed
so he is in a serious condition, and 10
others were thrown into cells at police
headquarters.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
HE SHOULD SUBSCRIBE

Allan l.. Benson, Socialist candi-
date for President, evidently does not
read The Register with any regularity
or he would not have spent half his
time in his speech last evening defy
ing The Registers reporter to publish
facts about the military policies of
the last congress which The Register
and The Evening Tribune made pub
lie long before Mr.. Benson became
a candidate for President.
His principal defiance to the re-
porter was to publish the statement
that congress had made it legal to
draft every ablebodied man between
l8 and as into the army. The Regis
ter is perhaps the only newspaper in
the United States that has disclosed
that feature of the Hay army bill. 1t
was not mentioned in the news assoc
iation reports from Washington at the
time the bill passed. 1t has not been
discovered yet by a single daily news
paper of New York or Chicago, nor
by any of the enterprising weeklies of
national circulation. If the Army and
Navy Journal or other military pub
locations have commented upon it, The
Evening Tribune has overlooked the
comment.
SO Mr.. Benson had good warrant
for assuming that The Register had
joined the conspiracy of silence and
that his def to the reporter would
pass unnoticed. He will get little
help from the newspapers of the coun-
try in his effort to advertise the fact
that the United States has changed
from a volunteer to a CONSUMPTION
basis of military defense-The Even
ing Tribune, Des Moins, Md.
Clemson. Eyarett OGt i un)
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
(Benson, Everett, Oct. s, 2 p.m.)
THE SCRIPTS PAPERS

l have heard Socialists say that a
Scrip paper was just about as good
as Socialist paper. | want to say
that they are a greater menace to
Socialism and the working class than
the stand-pat organs. While the
Tacoma Times and the Seattle Star
lay claim to being the only independ-
ent in those cities the fact is that
they are the only ones that are afraid
to run an open forum in their col
umns. | have not been refused a
hearing for the past two years by
any of the stand-pat papers. While
in these so called reform papers it
is almost impossible to get hearing
against their hobby, preparedness
and militarism." | have talked to
several other comrades who have had
similar experience. Let no Socialist
be fooled by these fake reform papers
with their good man" fallacy. They
are snare and a delusion to the la
Dor movement. Strictly speaking a
Socialist should not patronize a capt.
alist paper at all. For every dollar
spent with them just puts off our day
of deliverence little farther. Some
comrades tell me that they cannot af-
ford the North West Worker. That
a dollar is too high. But | notice that
they seem to be able to dig up dol
lars for the Seattle Star. How about
it anyway, comrades?
j. c. MCKEE,
Birmingham, Wash
p. S. Every paper in the country is
having to raise the price of sub
scriptions on account of the cost of
paper. Better subscribe to The
Northwest Worker before we are
compelled to raise the price. ED
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
MINERS WANT 7-HOUR DAY

INDIANAPOLIS. - The United
Mine Workers will try to make an
agreement with employers for an
eight hour day from bank to bank"
which means seven hours of mine
work and one hour for going and COM
ing from work. This was announced
by President John P. White.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28

UphOlstering and Furniture Repair
ing neatly done by Svarrer Bros. 2811
Wetmore, rear of Robbins Transfer
office.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
Get your Inks and Stationery from
Black & King, of 1916 Colby Ave.

knows enough to send its own repre-
sentatives to the legislature to annul
every law, it will remain servile
class to the Vaccinations of capital
Speed the day.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
NATIONAL REFERENDUM "C(a)."

Sixty four Locals and twenty M. A.
LIS voted on Referendum "C(a)".
Vote was tailed in State Office on
September oath and resulted as fol-
lows: Amendment 1916 yes, and Al
no; Amendment 1888 yes, and 10 no;
Amendment 9,544 yes, and II no.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28

Every worth while Socialist will
join the party if the proposition is
properly presented to him or her
THINK, TALK AND ACT ORGAN
IZATION.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
N. Y. SOCIALISTS DEMAND
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Municipal
ownership and operation of New
York's traction lines was demanded
in resolutions adopted by two Socialist
mass meetings attended by 5000 per-
sons. Socialists also pledged not to
ride on the street cars until every mo-
torman wore the union button.
Support of the traction strike was
urged before the meetings by William
b. Fitzgerald, organizer for the car
mems union. "If there ever was JUS
LITIGATION for general or sympathetic
strike to save 10000 union workers,
this is the time for it," said Fitzger-
aid.
Suggests One Day Strikes.
j. Mahlon Barnes, former national
secretary of the Socialist party, told
the audience that general strike
would be a mistake. eve tried it in
Philadelphia and it didn't work." he
said. "You cut off your resources.
1t is better to have one-day strike
and then give the next days wages to
the strikers. If the company doesn't
come to terms, have another one-day
strike a week or 10 days later. But a
general sympathetic strike would be a
mistake"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28

Mating Suit Cases, Ladies Hand
Bags, and Repairing at Everett Trunk
Factory 28l5 Rockefeller.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-09-28
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
CAMPAIGN FUND

Geo. Rieder, Hartford-......-.....$.8 80
j. T. Deacon, Snohomish LOO
William Tupple, Everett 90
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
CREAMERIES MAY ADOPT
COMMON MARK ETING PLAN

Allison Peck. head Of the Delta
creamery of Imperial, together with
managers of other creameries in
Southern California are making plans
for permanently organizing an asso-
citation to improve marketing condi-
tions for the creamery business.
A preliminary meeting was held in
Los Angeles, July 10. 1t was attended
by managers of creameries all the way
from Fresno to the border. Harris
Weinstock, state market director, was
also present, to offer advice and suf-
gestions for perfecting the organiza-
ton. Mr.. Peck of Imerial was chair
man of the meeting.
A campaign of organization of the
creaery men was started. 1t was de-
cided then to work out better sys-
tenn of marketing than is in force at
present among the cooperative cream
cries of Southern California. The or
eanization will also seek to find larger
markets for gutter.
It was decided. that the creamery
men are marketing at disadvantage
al present through the medium of the
commission men and wholesalers.
The creamery men are now working
upon ways and means and will call a
meeting soon for the purpose of per-
fecting a permanent organization. 1t
is believed by them that with such an
organization a better market will be
established, proper distribution be
made during periods of heavy supplies
of butter and that the creamery men
will be benefited in every other way
commercially.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
Thirst Kills Horses.

Brawley News: Eight horses are
dead of thirst as the result of a Pc
culiar and unfortunate accident on the
John Fortiner ranch, five miles out
of Brawley.
Fourteen animals were left in a
field, where they were supplied with
water from a mechanical contrivance,
by which buckets, suspended from
wheel, dipped the water up and emp
tied it into a pipe, from which it ran
into a drinking pond. In some way
the mechanism failed to work, and the
water was carried round and round in
the buckets. Before the trouble was
discovered eight of the horses were
dead.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
Like a Boy At Fifty
Bubbling Over With Joy

Prof. Consoles Natural Iron, l am
convinced that the lives of thousands
of persons might be saved who now
die every year from pneumonia.
grippe, consumption, kidney, liver and
heart trouble, etc. The real and true
cause which started their diseases was
nothing more nor less than weakened
condition brought on bv lack of iron
in the blood. Iron is absolutely neces-
sary to enable your blood to change
food into living tissue. Without it,
no matter how much or what you
cat, your food merely passes through
YOU without doing you any good. You
don't get the strength out of it and
as a consequence you become weak,
pale and sickly looking, just like a
plant trying to grow in soil defi-
cient in iron.
If YOU are not stronr or well you
owe it to yourself to make the follow
ing test See how long you can work
or how far you can walk without be-
coming tired. Next take one quart
of Prof. Consoles Natural Iron for
one month, which will cost you $125.
one tablespoonful after each meal.
Then test your STRENGTH again and see
for yourself how much you have
gained. / have seen dozens Of nery-
Gus, rundown people who were all
ing all the while, double their strength
and endurance and entirely get rid Of
all symptoms Of dyspepsia, nver and
other troubles in from one to two
months time simply by taking Prof.
Consoles Natural Iron. And this aft
er they had in some cases been doc
toring for months without obtaining
any benefit. But don't take the old
forms of reduced iron from acetate
or tincture of iron simply to save a
few cents. You take iron in natu-
ro' form. the way God put It out:
otherwise it may prove worse than
useless. Many prize FIGHTER has
won the day simply by taking Prof.
CONSOLES Natural Iron.
For perfect health YOU should drink
one glass of Console Water daily for
each 10 mounds of YOUR weight.
Prof. Console will prove that in the
last two months he has cured more
than fifteen cases.
T also have a table water. 1t is 80
clear that it can't he seen in glass
bottle. lust the wav it comes out OF
the srrinp. Natural Prof. Console
will show tonight at the Palace the
a+re in films the method Of bott.ing
his pure mineral water. IT YOU went
water established. don't delay. Or
ders filled at
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
Army of Mules.

Calexico Chronicle: The advance
guard of a large army of mules which
will invade Calexico and pass through
in a cloud of dust, came through yes
terday. There were 6S head of them
in the first batch, belonging to the
Walker Construction Company, leaving
the Cerro Prieto canal works.
There are over 1900 head of mules
in Mexico which will all come through
Calexico today or tomorrow, it is be-
lieved.
A great number Of scrapers and
other paraphernalia have also arrived
in the city, being stacked up on va
cant lots in the vicinity of Blair ave-
nue..
Imperial Valley press., 1916-08-05
Big PAYDAY.

Calexico Chronicle: With about Al
days apiece for the National Guards
men encamped here coming in some
time today, probably, in the shape Of
good American gold for the soldiers
cncamped here, including Washington
and Oregon troops, it is estimated that
nearly 100000 will be distributed
among the soldiers.
The pay for the privates is approx
Gmtely so cents day fo reach man,
while the pay for the officers runs
higher, according to the respective
ranks. This will be the first payday
that the men have had since June 49,