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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
MILITARISM AND SOCIALISM
BY Ellis o. Jones, in Life


Socialism was sauntering along the
highway when Militarism came
marching by.
"Out of my way and let me pass!"
commanded Militarism.
Socialism stepped aside as ordered.
Militarism went on a few PAGES, but
then turned back and addressed So.
cialism.
What are you doing around here,
anyway" he demanded. 81 should
think you'd be ashamed to show your
face after the awful mess you've made
of things"
"To what mess do you refer?" in.
CURED Socialism.
"Why, this terrible war, of course"
do you mean to insinuate that I
caused the war;" asked Socialism.
well, no, not exactly caused t.,
perhaps, but at least you didn't pre-.
vent it. You must remember that
you INDUCED in a lot of fine talk
which has all come to naught. Surely
you wouldn't have the effrontery to
stand up and assert that you prevent.
ed this war when here it is right be-
fore our very eyes"
"No, not exactly" replied Social.
ism. "And also l am inclined to think
that you didn't prevent it, either. Is
that correct?"
"Of course not, ninny. Pm fighting
it, You don't suppose I can fight it
and prevent it at the same time, do
your"
"But you INDUCED in a great deal of
big talk about big military equip
ment being the best preventive of
war"
Say, are you trying to belittle me
after all I've done for my country?"
demanded Militarism hotly.
81 used to think that soldiers al
ways died for their country" rejoined
Socialism, "but now I see that coun-
tries sometimes die for soldiers"
"You ought to be punished for ut.
tering such sentiments" said Militar-
ism.
'In short" concluded Socialism, 81
should think you'd be ashamed to
show your face around here after the
awful mess you've made of things"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
TO OUR READERS

When you have occasion to send in
the name and address of any person
to this office be SURE that we can
easily decipher the name. If you want
the person to get the paper you had
better take time to write the name
and address plainly. You may be
able to decipher the name after you
have written it simply because you
know the person, but when it reaches
this office it is another question and
in lots of cases we have to guess the
persons name.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

representatives, let alone for the mass
of the voters, to know anything def
mite about the actual motives and in.
tentions of the warning governments.
This, then, is the disagreeable stu,
alton: A purely negative attitude of
protest against any and all wars pro-
duces no practical effects of any val
ne for the working class under CAPT.
talist rule. Besides, in most Euro
pean countries, military service Is
compulsory for all able-bodied men.
Even where so-called volunteer sys-
TENS take the place of CONSUMPTION,
the freedom is more imaginary than
real Volunteer systems are conceal
ed conscription practices. RI the
workers refuse to serve, they are shot
or imprisoned. If they serve, it makes
no difference whether they serve in
an offensive or in defensive war.
because the military operations are
the same. AS for the real intentions
of the warning governments, the mass
of the voters and soldiers know moth
ing definite about them.
Furthermore, the Socialist demand
for cessation of war OF conquest is
addressed to ruling class govern
ment which self-preservation compels
them to support in the defense of the
nation. This amounts in practice to
a demand that the ruling class shall
cease to act as a ruling class and
adopt Socialist principles in the con-
duct of national and international af-
fairs. In short, all these distinctions
and demands of the Socialists have
not the slightest practical value for
the working class. The best that can
be said of them is that they have a
general propaganda value, but this
has no practical influence upon the
conduct of the government during a
war. The general propaganda value,
on the other hand, is useful mainly
for the agitation among the uncon-
verted majority of the same nation,
not for the already converted Social
list minority of the enemy. The fun
damental Socialist propaganda is car
ried on by Socialists of all shades,
and the differences in practical pres.
ent-day policies offer no ground for
any holier-than-thou comparisons, be-
cause even the most uncompromising
impossibilist is uncompromising only
in imagination, but adjusts himself
necessarily to the capitalist environ
ment. The decision of the degree of
permissible adjustment, when made
by majority vote of Socialist men,
bers, never alters the causes that pro-
duce the differences of opinion.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
WHO Is DOING THE DIRTY
WORK IN THESE DAYS?

The war proves among other things
that the o's-going -to-do-the-dirty-
rk-under-Socialism objection is fool
ish and vapid. Here you have doz-
ems of millions of men doing the I'M
pleasant work of slaughter. Here you
have the dirtiest kind of work being
done by vast armies of men. And
women, too, are doing their part
though, it must be added, where the
man destroys, the woman comes along
and tries to mend and replace. Man
does the dirty work; woman does the
cleaning
When you can get about 100000 900
men to do nothing but dirty work for
a few pennies a day, then you need
no worries over who will do the dirty
work under Socialism. A worker
will create under ideal conditions. He
will not be overworked. He will be
assisted by the finest of machinery.
He will get the full social value of
his labor. He will realize that for
the first time he is not being exploit
ed by a capitalist. Yes; there will
be dirty work to be done under So
cialism, but it won't be one-millionth
part as dirty as the work that must
be done under capitalism.-Appeal.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

able the national forces to take the
offensive, not even in a defensive
war.
This never was the idea of Marx
and Engels When confronted by this
impossibilist view, Marx said: SO, If
man hits me in the face, am only
permitted to parry his blows, but |
must not knock him down! This seem
ed too ridiculous to them to deserve
serious notice. Most of the present
day disciples of Marx and Engels
share their view. The distinction be-
tween a defensive and an offensive
war is not supposed to apply to the
military conduct of operations, but
to the diplomatic intentions of the
warning governments.
If it be admitted that defensive
war does not exclude offensive opera
lions. that, on the contrary. the best
defense is the attack, then we must
also supply the government with mill.
tary forces strong enough to carry a
defensive war through by offensive
operations. 1t makes no difference
whether the intentions of the govern
ment aim at conquest or at mere de-
Tense, the military forces required in
either case are the same If 1t is cor.
rect for a Socialist representative to
vote war credits in defense Of his ma
ton, then he is thereby voting for a
military power strong enough to car
ry on a war of conquest Let there
be no mistake about this, at least
The intentions of the warning gov
ernments are not publicly known, as
a rule, until peace negotiations are
begun. Even in supposedly Demo,
cratic-Republcan country like the
United States, the international di-
who handle it secretly. The mass of
the voters is not familiar with the in
tentions and real motives of the head
of the government. Even the con-
gress of the United States is not con-
suited in the conduct Of diplomatic
affairs, until an actual declaration of
war is imminent, and then the ques-
ton is decided by secret party eau
cuses and committees The final vote
in committee of the whole does not
reveal the secret wires. 1t is true
that even shortly before his death,
Bebel still declared that the modern
means of communication and infor-
nation made it possible for Socialists
to find out whether war was hon
estly defensive or Intentionally of
fensive, The present war, however,
has demonstrated once more, how i'm
possible it is even for the popular
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Millard Warner, Snohomish boy,
who attempted to assume the role Of
highwayman in order to get money
for his widowed mother, was recently
sentenced to from one to seven years
in the state reformatory In the mean
time his mother, whom he did his
best to support, will have to depend
upon charity for support. Thousands
of people are in the same condition
and yet they uphold the system that
enslayes them.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Continued from Page u
class government, and then wall,
proudly out, Bebel, although but re
Gently converted to political action
did not care to enact such a comedy
and persuaded Lieblnecht to act q
little more sensibly.
A DIFFICULT SITUATION
When the war of 1870 turned into
a war of conquest against the new
French republic, the German Social
lists found themselves in conflict
with themselves as well as with the
government. According to the gen
orally accepted view, endorsed also
by Marx-Engels, no Socialist could
support a war of conquest. The Ger
man Socialists had felt justified in
supporting the war credits, because
aside from the prospect of a more
united Germany, they had been led
by Bismarck to believe that Napoleon
was the attacking party and that Ger
many must be defended against an
invasion. Now the Socialists felt
compelled to denounce the same gov.
eminent which had, at the beginning
of the war, received their support
And when the workers of Paris at
tackled even their own republican gov.
eminent, it seemed as though all 9th
er considerations had to be cast aside
for the purpose of expressing the
solidarity of the German Socialists
with the workers of Paris.
SO this was the situation: When at
tackled, or fearing attack, from the
outside, the Socialists had to support
their government, but when the de.
fensive war turned into a war of con,
quest, they had to protest The de.
bates in the old International had al
ready made it plain that the Social
lists could do nothing practical to
stop any war, whether it be defen
sive or offensive war. They had also
proclaimed tnat mere protests might
salve the conscience of the Socialists
but could not achieve any practical
results against war and militarism
And if it was right to support a de.
fensive war, then a mere protest
against it's turning into a war of con.
quest could not help the Socialists
over this difficulty between interna-
tionalism and nationalism
Many Socialists assert that the mil
itary forces of a nation should be
prepared only for a defensive war,
and should not be strong enough to
take the offensive at all. These So
cialists contend that since the So
cialists are not allowed to support
an offensive war, they should not en-
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
ON THE JOB

A clergyman, who was not averse
to an occasional glass, hired an Irish
man to clean his cellar. The Irish
man began his work. He brought
forth lot of empty whisky bottles
and as he lifted each one he looked
through it at the sun. The preacher
who was walking on the lawn, saw
him and said:
"They are all dead ones, Pat"
"They are" said Pat "Well, there
is one good thing about it, they al,
had the minister with them when
they were dying"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL
MOMENT

In days when the holding up by
highwaymen of stage coaches was al
most a daily occurrence, two Jews
were travelling through the West IN
one of those stage coaches, when
without warning, they were suddenly
held up by highwaymen, who ap.
peared about fifty feet in front of
the horses.
One of the Jews sensed the sftua-
ton instantly. Turning to his friend
as he pulled roll of bills out of his
pocket, he said:
Here, key, is dot fifty dollars |
owe you"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
SOCIALIST PARTY
DIRECTORY

Cards will be inserted in this col.
umn for the sum of fifty cents a
month.
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE sEcRE.
TARY. - Walter Lanfersiek, 800
West Madison St., Chicago, Ill.
STATE SECRETARY OF WASHING.
Toni. e. Katterfield, Box 491,
Everett, Wash. Office 314 Com.
merce Bldg, Everett
sNoHOMISH COUNTY sEcRE-
TARY.-Carl Ulonska, Room 8, The
Forum, 1912 California Street. Ev-
erett, Wash.
LOCAL EVERETT No. meets every
Thursday evening at in the Forum,
1912 California St., Everett X. II.
Hodgins, fin.-sec.; Sophus Bonni-
vie, rec,-sec.; F. G. Crosby, organ
izer
LOCAL EDMoNDs meets every Sun
day evening at 8, in Engels' hall,
Edmonds. G. e. Briggs, Edmonds,
recording Sec; B. H. Davis, Ed
monds, financial sec.
LOCAL MONROE meets on the LIST
and 3rd Fridays in the month at s
p. m. in the st. James hotel. r. w.
Thompson, Monroe, Sec; w. s. Kel-
Ter, Monroe, organizer.
LOCAL CEDAR VALLEY meets OIL
the End and 4th Saturdays in the
month at 8 p. m. in the Cedar Val
ley church. Richard Pape, r. F. d.
Edmonds, sec; J. M. Hover, r. F.
D. Edmonds, organizer.
LOCAL LAKEWOOD meets every
Thursday in the month at $3.50 pm,
in Lakewood hall. Chas. Roth, r.
l Arlington, fin.-sec.; John Over
void, r. l Arlington, organizer.
LOCAL RICHMOND meets every End
and 4th Sunday in the month at 8 D.
m. in the homes Of members. F. D..
Hoffer, r. 1 Edmonds, fin-sec.; Bon
hNi D1i biCLIt rec. sec,
LOCAL GOLD BAR meets every 3rd
Sunday in the month at 2 D. m. in
the homes Of members. Rufus
Wren, Gold Bar, organizer; Gustus
Fleeder, fin. sec.
LOCAL SlLVANA meets every 3rd
Sunday afternoon in the months at
pm. in the Silvana Trading Union
hall. Arvid N. Berg, Silvana, fin.
and rec. Sec; Ole Larson, Silvana,
Organizer.
LOCAL BRYANT meets every End
and 4th Sunday in the month at 2
p. m. in the homes of members.
Mike Kronholm, Bryant, fin.-sec. {;
Oscar Carlson, RID. 4, Arlington,
organizer
LOCAL HOME ACRES meets first
Sunday afternoon of each month at
comrade Chas. Solie's residence. w.
]. Fortson, rec. sec.; Chas. Sole,
fin. Sec; Chas. Jurgus, organizer.
LOCAL MARKHAM, Seattle, meets ev-
cry Thursday at p. M, at 1913
Lakeside Ave. Lalla Rogers, 1893
Lakeside Ave-, fin.-sec.
LOCAL ARLINGTON meets every
Monday evening at p. m. in the
Labor Temple. Homer Caswell, rec.
sec
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
UP-TO-DATE LOVE LETTER

Put your wooden arms around me,
Take me in a cork embrace;
Let me kiss that northeast section
Where you used to keep your face
You are mine, and mine forever,
Darling patriotic boob!
And my lips they long to press thu
End of that there silver tube.
Get yourself all tied together,
Fly to me by parcels post;
Whom the Lord hath put asunder
would join, at least, almost.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

1t was a dark night. A man was
riding a bicycle with no lamp. He
came to a cross road, and did not
know which way to turn. He felt in
his pocket for a match. He found
but one. Climbing to the top Of the
pole, he lit the match carefully, and
in the ensuing glimmer read: "Wet
Paint"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

The libel suit that the Associated
Press brought against Max Eastman
and Art. Young, Socialist publishers
of the Masses, has been dropped
Eastman and Young were sued be-
couse they charged that gunner and
thugs acted as A. p correspondents
during the strike Of miners in West
Virginia two years ago.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Editors Note: Free legal advice on
any subject is given in this column to
Washington Socialist subscribers. Are
not ffty-two copies of this paper and
a legal adviser for year worth $500?
Tell your neighbors about this great
offer.
@. A has wages due him from 3
for labor performed on farm; 3 has
a mortgage on his place, and BIS wife
dies, and A files his claim against the
estate; in the meantime the mortgage
is foreclosed, leaving AS claim un-
paid; the years time for the settle
ment of all the claims expires about
the list of March, and B has till next
September to redeem his place in.
AS it is now, has nothing and all of
the creditors will lose what they have
coming. BIS lawyer informs A that
B does not intend to redeem his place.
Now A thinks that it is the trick of
BIS attorney to make the stateme Mt
that B does not intend to redeem, and
let B settle up all of the claims, and
afterwards redeem the place. Can
this be done without the hinderance
of anyone? Is it lawful to do it?
And could not A sue and get a
judgment against B that would hold
in case redeems his place? And
about what would it cost A to brinu
suit against B?
A SUBSCRIBER.
A. 1t may be that B does not in
tend to redeem. If so, it is his right
to proceed in that way If he re-
deems later, you can sue him on your
claim, and when you have a judgment,
you can levy on any property which
he may have, or subsequently ac-
quire. What it would cost to bring
suit against B would depend on
whether suit was commenced in the
Justices Court or in the Superior
Court, and upon the nature of the
case; but l might say that in the
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

The American Socialist, Appeal to
Reason or The National Rip-Saw:
any one of which can be obtained in
a Combination with The Northwest
Worker for one year for $11O
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
ENTHUSIASTIC CONVENTION

OKLAHOMA CITY.-With the larg-
est attendance in it's history, the So
cialist party of Oklahoma opened it's
convention recently with more than
800 delegates present.
Every delegate in attendance was
enthusiastic over the political outlook
for 1916, and it was the current asser-
ton that the Socialist party would
gain on its $4,000 votes obtained in
1914.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Two important national unions of
textile workers in England has con
solidated and put an end to jurisdic-
tional contentious. 1t is announced
that after the war quite a number of
trade unions will amalgamate.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

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, 1916-01-06

Military drill in the public schools
is getting some very severe jolts these
days. The Massachusetts Teachers
Association and the Federation of
District Boards of Education of New
Jersey have both gone on record
AGAINST it.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

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

If it is true, believe it;
If you believe it, teach it;
If you teach it, the truth will pre-
vail.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Help us make a sIedge-hammer blow
at the system next year by wping out
the deficit on the paper right away.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

The British are not alone response
Bile for the failure of the Dardanelleg
the Turks had at least something
to do with it-San Francisco Chroni-
Gle
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
for every child.
PHYSICAL DANGERS OF CHILD
LABOR NEVER YET MEASURED

CAS- general rule compulsory
school attendance ceases at the age
of IA, the crucial point of maturing
life, which educator and Psychologist
well know to be the most critical per-
iod Of growth. Yesterday great au-
thorities were experimenting on the
best methods of training their minds,
.of developing their bodily powers. To,
day the same children are beyond the
reach of all this costly solicitude-
they have gone to work"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Leather Goods, Umbrellas and Re-
pairing. Everett Trunk Factory, 2815
Rockefeller
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

Justices Court it would cost YOU
around $40, and in the Superior Court
a minimum of $25.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06
ROBBED OF EDUCATION

The need of developing standards
of rural child welfare, physical stand
ards for children in industry, and
standards of law for the protection
of all children, is the keynote of the
third annual report of the Children's
Bureau of the U. S. Department of
Labor, recently published
RURAL ILDREN-THREE-
FIFTHS OF ALL
"Three-fifths of the 30,000000 chill
dren in the United States are rural
children. What are the facts as to
rural child welfare? They are not
known. But it is noteworthy that the
percentage of illiteracy in rural COM
munities, according to the 1910 CEN
sus, is double that in cities. Where
the rural child labor is great, the per-
centage of child illiteracy is high. The
juvenile delinquency laws on the stat
ute books of most of our states are
ineffective over the greater part Of
those states because rural probation
officers are lacking; and the figures
of correctional institutions show that
the country is largely represented.
Time and money are required to
secure the facts about the physical,
social, and economic conditions sur
rounding rural children, but these
conditions must be understood if we
are to be sure that we are making
progress in securing a fair chance
for every child.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-01-06

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m BY Ernest Untern1ann
Continued from Page u

WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THE NORTHWEST woRkER)
The bee., 1916-07-18
FOLLOWING IS
THE STANDING
In Bees Green River Nam
moth Cave Trip

The Bees Green River NAM
moth Cave trip starts off nicely
with Miss Margaret Mitchell IN
the lead Miss Lena DAVIS second
Miss Emma Vinson third, Misses
Hattie Polk Oreushaw, Ruby
Ashby and Anna West are all
tied for fourth place. Remem-
Der this is a contest in which any
one can WIN. All that is neces-
sary is to secure subscriptions to
the Bee and get credit for 25cts
for each subscriber on the MAN.
moth Gave trip. If you DO not
secure enough subscriptions to
make you win, pay the remain
der of the $15 90 and go. The
more subscriptions you get the
less YOU pay. Get busy now and
win all or part Of this trip a big
bunch of your friends are going
aud you will miss a good time if
you are left behind.
The bee., 1916-07-18
SMALLPOX CASE
? AT Fl. THOMAS
Jackson Private Has Disease
Discovered by Com
pany. Physician
STEPS TAKEN TO PRE-
VENT SPREAD OF DISEASE

Ft Thomas. KY, July, 1S-
Small pox was discovered in Ken
tucky mobiliz alton camp this
morning. Examining physicians
found Herman Greed, private, F.
Company, 2ud. Regiment from
Jackson. suffering from the ma
lady and immediate steps were
taken to prevent spread of the
infection.
Creed was removed to an iso
lated tent behind the field hospi-
tai. The squad of men with
whom he had been sleeping was
separated from other mtn of the
Second Regiment. Movements
of guardsmen in the latter unit
were ordered restricted TO the
south end of the camp and orders
were issued that no uuvaccinated
man leave or enter the camp.
Rejected Guardsmen Held
Discharge of rejected guards
men have been ordered stopped
unless physicians know the men
have been successfully vacclna-
ted against small pox. Visitors
are barred from the camp by spe-
cid guards at the gates, amount
ing practically to quarantine Of
the camp.
Brigade officers and physicians
believe prompt discovery of the
case of smallpox will allow them
to prevent its spread. They say
every man in the camp has been
vaccinsted. Lieut.. Arthur NJ.
Oormack, secretary of the State
Board of Health, is in the camp
aud is taking personal charge of
the situation that under other
circumstances would be alarming
Although ply sicians fear no fur
ther cases among the soldiers
here, every precaution is being
taken.