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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
glprifc ScIIfn6s InrSfcit.

Yurffc Sclifnbs AarStelt.
Oct norife ScIifabS 39tc 9Ior&
fcit / SeIifabetS 2otoIc pao @oter
Street iioite Girsooaa apcIo Napoe
iontIct Ell itor % ieitIia 6orIam
lima, % man tiIbrogtc Ell 9icr1tem
Pnooelia "a intere@iout Gttcn.
ScIIfa6cts SormouO, ". Hnftn
fen, erifeoe @eltommcr % rcoc.
oiorSe Tor 4nIconiuacn iaut oct
Grogram, Ser par nrron8crct, hoor'
otter Sauaiorerin8cn "Slrcn"
ion1 "2Gmcrica", troitig % flrIo'
torig.
z. 2. Gale bIep ocrpoo i~orcitil
let % boIot Ell Gale, boori ban
bI. a. ouuIcoc pes gctpouiugcn al
q. beuorc Rinocrue ON Selitobct2
feritc Gi6. 0i$ic blir pGrb mere
o6 mere, 10 pIorc ScIifobct bIir,
% ocrior burNe oRiun oi5ie Iar2'
letter BIZ mere % mere %ifattct. 6aa
rorifc Sclitabcr tluloc Ic tllbaGt
oaa 80 @cburtaOuRc. San bcrcrte
Be itorc TorouoriuBer / &onoct,
ii0cn man fcircOc Aoraiciten trior,
9nuc aruitcr bar MI, % moottt
rprc, piet 0ntioucn& itorc VtooI at
r;noc oen arig, nj par fommct op
/ Ger fuuoc fouite uGrc Dem,
lem Inntc5, at set life bepcoc iiI
Tor ct norif ScIifob / Ocuuc Eio at
fcire tine Minocr % @cburtaoo1c.
@oIcren mcutc 0o8, at Bette Qo0t
fun0e i~oreuc3 meo Sc arao, Iont
&unoct itiler til o3 Iom Nmcrito.
rcrc % citcrcoe iom Stottc ior
0cnne SpiatninQ Ell Sale, lout
NirQcr Salano hoIot pco Stnoon.
u~crItppnct for cit 1jo itOcn. )
rcure Gale uotolte Wtr. 0aIou0,
at SET IIct life cr nor Scuii1t mco
uorigc Toreuiu6er ~ StGpucr her
/ &auOtt at o~prcgholOc noact uocls
IanoIf uoGcu irtnmco Plano.
%i cr % nil purc go0c Hlmcrtta-
mere, men vi bar life Ocrior Htt
til at gIcmme, at ri bar Qooc (ro'
0~itioucr bag oS, % oj2ic Groottio-
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
ScuntUr Snutc Rcliun hop6e for.

~'""'pl "hult ECl'uH pQpOP lgr1
lcocn ! 81 Saul 9eisg al mango
CcIcguter til SoroIiimeoet, al
hoiIfc ilerc por poIitiift 9e0cre. ou
ion ale iorcNe Tor, at ban IfuIos
title iia til GicuraIg til Scuatct.
San nUatcoc at oi1ioe uogct 9site
+, Den Nctnlng; men cn0ifiGnt man
REQ, at ban OiI0e iorctrpfte al trGf.
tr Itg ttIbaae troeSe man, of ban
p,loe bcte iia for set aIminSeliae
arao. Oct 'orIp6er, at 9emofra.
tcrne life oil opitiaa noaen aanSi.
oat iuoo ham. Ge Geleaater,
iom benueu6tc iig iii Senator gsel.
ion ! 6reSoas erfIpreSe, at ban
ror nsbpcnbj5 ! ocr npite aon.
ores, ioet ingeu IN MSano funoe
tu!oe Stiaiusen iau tiIireositiaen.
re unScr arigeu. Ran bapoe life
3oao III Matte aar al hare ell
iunbon poIitiit Stamp, iom Der piI.
DC blioe her i Sioicu, ON ban traf
liz tiIbagc. 2nu6et irpngcr ham,
% oct trGnger al Den Gnerai, Dor
Stats @pIgere fan meuitre for at
llGlpe III al pinoe ariaen.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
Gen nprif.lnthcrife airfc". DR..

y. ". Stub. Sorniallo tor Yen
norIf, lutberife Girfe / Inlerifa"
bar pGret paa Hciicr omfring | set
rpe ioreneoe airfciomillno npiteil
uaibrliot ii0en Sen 1Soe Septem'
Der; bans 9feiIer bar itruffet Jig
ira NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. til Sta,
terne paa Stiuebap5fpiten iamt til
Canada. San bar belta9et /
&reoSmebcr, NreitcfoniercnIer og
Menigbeo5feiter, % operalt har
Ian, bos iaaoeI M~eniabeo5folf iom
Ercitcrne iunoet gi0ne5bprb ON al
minoelig Silfreoshc0 oper Cant
mcniIrtnin8en al Sen 5oreneoe
airte, SAUCES Sprooe % BEN nor
lie Spooe, tiger ban. 5ornanb
Stub fnm nplig tiIbogc til Win.
ncapoIiS ira @innipcg, bpor ban
GcIto9 / ct arcosnooe % Ell Hefor.
mationSieit / Goit. Z. GaItbergS
Wcnigbeo Ssrbag % Ssnoag Sen
24Oe % 25be Septembcr. 2sroas
boIotcs areosmeoe % Spnoag 6or.
miooag 6citsubstirncite % ON ri.
tencn H~cformation&icit. DR.. Stll6
bolot 6eittolen peb bcgge Sam.
menfomitcr Ssn6Qa oa oeltoa /
3rco5meoctS SorhonoIinaer. Wes
ni8beNen / @innipeg arbeioer M
Iom 6Gl8e al arigcn unoer pan'fes
lige aaar; mango al oens llltge
Wpno er / MiIitrrtieneitc 8ors
monb Son3Ion al Sen islan6ife
Spnooe heltog / Heiormationsfe-
ten; ban uotalte 6oab ONT, at bet
Sio life bar fierlr, ga nue ifarbi.
nauiIfe airfepmfunN piloe Unite
Jig iamrnen / en- federation. Gen
tslallo'fe Wenigbeo ! @innipeo bar
life minore euo so Of fine Meo,
lemmer paa 9rigsironten. Sco
2llther tbeologiife Serninar bar
DR.. 8. G. Brandt miolertioig
ooertaget StiQingen Iom 6critan.
Ger peO Seminarium 5bpgningen /
@amline efter oioeoe DR.. SobS.
OIoisater. @ios0e DR.. DluiSafer
par 0lcebeitprcr FOR SEN norif III,
tberIfc airte5 Greiteifole oa Sor.
ltonoer peO Seminariumsbnanin.
cen | Sanline. Erof. 6. Sope
bar opertogct Trof. 0loisofers
Sag, GOan8elics6nrmoni Ser al
Stuoenternc uc0 2lltber Seminor
er llo'frcoct til Wilitprticncite.
On@oag oen 5tc december ifal Ser
poa GlGSbrr8 Yubliibing Souic
holoc5 CT OiBtigt Webe al 9rpIi.
oellterne % andre 8eprrIentonter
Tor ialntIi8e Iutberife airfeIom,
flrnO, ION orbcioer peitcnfor Wis.
'tsllppicn, Tor at oeotoge Blaner
Tor Somorbctoc ON firfelig 9ctie.
ming Tor SoI0oterne / WiIitprlei,
rene. Gen 96e 0ccember Ifol ser
bolSe3 bciti6eIi0 aabring5icit / Gu.
tberon brotherhood @pgningen
Camp Googc, bpor Yait. $. 6.
@oIm. 6ormnNo for Soma Giitrift,
fontnlcr til at boloe Sopeotaler.-
"Si0en0e".
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
Iuitur s. u. Suuicf, Brett peo

cen forbenpprcnoe ct. Toul norif'
Ilttbcrifc Wenigbeo i Sarge, er blet
faIot iii 6eltpreit / Ell al 2pelIeS'
letrene, men, Iaouibt oiocs, bar
ran enonu fife taget nogen cnoe-
Zig 9eitemmeIie / Sen Sag. Zen
iorcneoe Wcni9beb bar uoItcot
aoIo til Eaitor S. S. Sten6erg i
Tullltb.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
Is. @corae GrugneIS, grooer al

Rr$. 9roi, g. q. 9igrei5, Rortb'
ijclo er bIet uonpont iii "@enerol
Manager" for minneapolis Sri-
tune". San opertog henne StiI'
ling ben lite Roo. Orr. arogneIS
bar ppret fupttet til @Iooet / IS
9lar.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
Ynitur Sper SbaraloIcn,

Dorf, blc0 %ibufonmet paa lin iptti-
ur0e 5g0icI3Sag, ben t0be Roo.
Sra Ntcolemntcr al bans iorbenp9.
reroc Weutgbeo / Wooiion, Winn.,
mootog BAN Spfenitnin9er, baabe
pr. Foit og pr. Selegrai % Me.
Uigbeocn2 apil1ocr ienote bom Ell
itor 9Iomiterbufct, ligeiom ban og-
Iaa mooto8 Spfsnifninger ira
N2c0lcmmer al SmmouuelS Wenig,
be0.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
1nit. W. 9urac, Tom | henpc

Vnlt. VI. Worgc, Iom | benbc0
81. Ior bar bcitpret baabe Martiu
2utbcr @nrncbiem % SfaoIcu
@amIcbiem ueO Stougbton @i3.,
tar M ianet tit lGnge nereoe On.
Ife opiplot at nflsIc5 iom Scitprer
al Rarncbicnmct % oil bcreiter
finn beticnc observation-disclosures iom
Q;reit % 9eItprer. Sans Iorc$ic
Fir Oct iamme. iom fsr, uemIis
Stougbton, @i3. EaIt. g. q. Stub,
tirr er Sen me @citprcr for War,
tn 2lltbcr @arnebiem.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
@nlo6rpnup.

@%nlS6rplup. Zen 2Soc 90,
pcmber icirroc Mir % NrS. Gbri.
itian Sohnuicn pna Rortb aceIer
9luc. ! Chicago iii @ulobrpalp, /
lUiIfeu N~rleonina ser par urran.
Gcrct Ell 'citIi8 SiIitclniug for Dem
/ WorfustirfcuS 6orinmIinqslota.
lie. Qtr. % MrS. Sobnion bIir 30
Aar / 6ebruar.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
Vorrena.Krerif
HeSnftpr W. Wurfeu od

JitSaftpr N. Warfen og Suitru
/ Spofore bar ferret Sslobrpaup.
De bIeu piet / Den norif. lutberite
airfe poa Siuto % 3aibington ser
F.. gpcn 190e gtoo. 1892. 5eitoa.
gen bleo ieiret / al Stilbeo.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
Gbicn9o nurIfc alnb FAR oalQ

ielGcn0e @eitDrelie: Nrriioent,
@irger OSIono, 8iU.; GiceprGii,
cent, Soohim IS. @iaoer, aip.; &c.
tretrr, 6. 3. Irnet; 6inanSicfres
ter, Scnrp $. GrIano, aiu.; aa3s
iercr, Gnorcp 81. SobnIor, gio, =,
Eorntono i Iinan3fomiteen, @eter
". Stubr, 9ip.; 6ormano / Su5-
tomitccn @uS. O. Wfartin; 5or.
maro / Observation-Disclosures
&Obu @. Sinoirg. R%epiiorer: g..
2. @crgenbobG WnriuS airfc6p
GO o.. 2. s. NonneItob.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
George HUsnciS, encItc Son Il

George HpsncIs, encitc Scn til
Senner al NorGcs Sope0prpiioent
MihncI Ro&neia % @uItrlt, Ct.
EouI, oeoe IorIcocu poa @roofIpn
Ram HorO5 SoipitoI al 9un9c-
~tTn0cIie citcr eu llge3 Spgoont.
Otter al bare mo0taaet tc~lcgroi.if
McOocIeIie ON .Sprncn5 Spaoom
@rciitc 6oocrcn til 9rooflpn, men
"a ban raoe0c oio, oor Sennen
oIcrcNe sos. George Ro@ncI$ bar
p Mar gammcl. San bar Gleu
res M]orinen5 STOLE for GIcftri.
terc, % iif al line 6oreiottc SfltbS.
maol ior at prrc en- al &IasIenS
bcoitc GIcpcr.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
Or. =. :. McIoe iro Srnfnr

Sr. :. :. MclOe ira Spofnnc,
&oIb, or plloicIig oi8onet pes
0oOcn / Gbico0o. 0icrtcieil bar
G~0oaaorioQcu. 2Iiopoe par ira
Grne Or. @cr8cn "a bar en- Son
Al Gbomoa .. @ieIoc "a Suitru.
Som # Nor5 @ut itrcQ ban rs /
%crNcu % fom til 9Imcrifo. Ser
prepct han Iiot al bocrt Sc ferIta
2Iorcnc, % mes 6lio ca Strpo or
tcioct ban ii8 citerboonocn frcn
til at BIZ Sarge. Som Iao6on bar
han M uirfet ! S9ofoua, @oIb., /
hcIc % @or. 5 set iioite @olooor
clcr ioo bar han ophoIot ii0 ! Gbi.
co8o ior al hi S~pccioIiit i glen,
Ercn., 9tUio. a &oI5Ipg6omme.
@litru "a lire Darn o]pcrucIepcr
ham inmt Ell @roocr, 81. Z. Mel,
&C, ION cr IonoIrqe / Chicago.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07

Gunr &c former Tcrcs subHriptiun. feno
oelit Tott' eIer @nninnptsrine. Set CT mfr.
tert at feree Iefe Tcu9e / aIntrociige greoe.
% bt init life barre anfoarlt9c Tor TenGe, fom
bIir borte paa &eien.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07
0ouo bliper hpiere / Hris. Tan

- oine Iorbolbsreqler. @ior MT bit 6alg.
llnberie9 Nitfin G~ouutp. @ioere Sorbbuub,
bebre Sorbolbe. itsrre 2uIebuiuser TO- Sors
~tieuelte. mere b~sbaseli9t, minore Pen9eans
brtuSeIie trGnsss snb npset anoetreos. Snz
tet Timber at be, iom fomrmer til Gitfin
Scuntp, isnosr tilbaoe efter fine SIests
hinge og 8euusr. Seitripenbe Si.erutur
irit. grnoIb, Qanb agent, &ot SoIano
Railpap, 1875 @olpin Slos.. Sulutb, Minn.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07

ira Canada, hoor Dat par orDeloet
CONNER.
W3iIS Clara Rorum ira Sars
90, g 0uf., bar pGrct berreoe poa
en- @iiit hos iinc greore, Otto %
9. e. Narum.
Mil5 @cota gnoerior %
Q2r$. z. g Saniou ira IIbcrt
sea bcTcatc iioitc llgc i'm Roocr,
Mrs. q. 4. 6or0e,
Niii, Morp 8bompion o.
Nholpb Z. @oIm, bcagc FRA RuIb.
foro, Mim., bIcp Sen 36ic Gecem'
Ter Ugtcpict her / @pcu.
Wtra. 3. 8. 9lafer mootog
@ononQ ct Telegram ON, at gtr.
"a @lr3. Gnipcr .. gofcr / Minot,
q. Cnf hopoc iooet en- Cater.
SO. oq 6roufIin SampIou
iamt @2iI5 emma Compton bar
rrrct / Chicago til 9cgrooeIIeu cf.
ter ocrca Soitcr, @frS. Sobn Pin.
0criou.
Or. % Mrs. $. u. GrcIfIer
fom Dcrnco ira Ct. NouI iii Goffe,
0aqcn, iom Sc tilbragtc hos @rs,
CrcIhIcr3 Moocr, Mr3. ". q.
Ruop.
0}iI3 Martba NiI@ion, 3at.
ter al Mr5. &oitor Gbomo5 NilS.
ION fom @on0o1 bicm ira @ar.
rem, Winn., poo ct @eio8 hos i'm
Woocr.
Mii& Nuth SoIicn, Cater
al Wr. % AIRS. Nnorelp &oIicn /
C&iion bIcD IorriQe 0nS0ag / ocn
taif Iutbcrifc &irfc ! Gloornoo G9.
tcpict til 2lrtbur Tropp.
Mr5. Oscar @roocn fra
NinncapoIj3 fom iorIcocn bcrrc0
poo en- @iiit hos fin Woocr, Mr8.
Ole GQ1cn. Sum rciitc bjcm 2srs
oo1, IcOioQct al Mloocrcn.
W}ii5 &cnrictto NrTetb, ser
loor poa SfoIc / Rodc'tcr, Minn.,
t~iIbroatc GofiiacIic& 6erien biem,
ME hos line TorGIorc, Eroi. %
@r@. 9}rictb her I 9pcn.
N}r3 Ole CpiobI ira Nlbert
Sea, Tom bar orrct Der / 9cieJ
hos Mr$. Z. s. @oe % Mr3. Soer
@lmocrIou, rciitc 0n&oog til GS.
ian for at bcioac Ole Gonacn&.
&citnout &eitcr @orocr op.
6olocr iia for Giocu i @pen. Sam
nil / W&totcn al Mooucoen gao til
Camp Gutter, Battle Grccf, Wtit),,
huor ban oil aierc Gicncitc / Sen
rcGuIrrc Arme.
- g 8. No@bp Der al @pen er
Gicr al Gao @cre3 2ono I Wonta'
ia, buor Ser or Cliciorcfomiter.
San bar M bortiorpaatct Sonoet
til I~cnrioI0ouio Oil So, Tor cn
IouI NCftc al Nor.
Ntii2 Noru See, Cater al
cioc0c Omar See / 6roufpiQe
lomnIbip oohc Won0oQ / i'm Bro
ser, Ole e. Gees Stem. Sum be.
lroocnca ira @lcnuooo airfc. huor
Naitor Scaruie iorrcttcoc, i0Qar.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07

Efteriprrgiel. = On npoen
W fnnbe 9ipe SplpSnina ON bpor 2 Heru
er, Ell Grcn9, t2 9(ur. Nopu SunoiorO,
Eige, 10 9lar, Nauu gpelpn. Waa'fe be
bar andre Nopn mi. Ie blep aoopteret
ira Siour Nails @ornebism for 8 gar iibeu.
2ubrs 2'reore % Ssitre euifer at pibe bersS
CpboloSiteo. Bar iaa uenlia at itrius til
Mrs. Cars Sbomplou, Sell 6upios, Soutb
NufptQ.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07

ciialaS. = 800 Gcres 5arm,
meae. biais tilial1S / ipblise Rontana.
f40 aeres oprtbart, Al | 9lQer. Reiten gr9S=
cana. tsoot Sanc, 10 Mil fra @p, Qris
$4,000. 8. @aroner, 17l7 2pIer ct. q.
Is, MirusapoIie.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1917-12-07

SiHalgS.-80 Icres aoot Yrai-
RE, ano / !SanSiorb 6puutn, Serds,
tilia a. eler iilbptte. SiIitrip Better Sacpbs
ieu, Srapton. Soma.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-08
SEEK CAUSES OF UNREST,
SAYS WOMAN LEGISLATOR

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Mrs. Ina P.
Williams, representing Legislative Dis
trict No. IS in the State Legislature,
believes in seeking to find the causes
of industrial unrest. She says: en-
stead of in blissful ignorance stating,
4 do not believe in labor unions,' we
should find out what the causes are
that have brought about the unrest
and the agitation for changed condi-
tions. We are living in a revolution
airy period, both socially and CONNER
cially. A new sort of statecraft is
needed to cope with the problems of
such an era. We must get to the bot
tom of things, learn the fundamental
causes of the disturbances in labor,
education and society,""
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-08
STATE TRIED TO
BRIDE WITNESS
Everett Prisoners Defense At
torneys Charge Prosecution
Attempts to Influence Defend
ants to Betray Fellows.

Attorneys George Vanderveer and
Fred L. Moore announced they have
several affidavits and dictagraph rec
ords, purporting to show that the
state had attempted to bride defend
ants in the Everett I. W. W. cases.
This announcement was made on
the heels of the statement of the Sno-
homish officials that several of the
prisoners had confessed to a con-
spiracy made in Seattle in which the
l. W. w. planned to go to Everett and
shoot up the town.
Attorney Moore exhibited an aft
davit signed by l. P. Mcconnell, an
other prisoner, in which the latter
swears he was offered $4,000 and ex-
penses to Honolulu providing he
would identify the photographs of
Tracy and five other prisoners as
those who carried guns on the We
roma.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-08
SCHOOL ROOM MISS
ROUSES FLAG WAIVERS

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Miss Leonora
Walneson, twenty-five years old, a
teacher in city school, must appear
before the Board of Education to ex-
plain the following legend written on
a blackboard in her schoolroom re-
Gently:
"Why enlist? You have nothing to
gain and your life to lose. I refuse
to kill my brother and hide my fists
in the folds Of any fag."
The matter came to the attention
of recruiting officer of the marine
service here, and report Of it was
forwarded to the Navy Department
at Washington. From the latter
source came a request for an affidavit
from the teacher This, it is said
was refused by Miss Warneson.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-08
CALIFORNIA
SOCIALIST STATE
CO1VENI'TIO

The California Socialist State Con-
vention, just closed at Fresno, was
the most significant ever held in the
state.
Radical changes were made in the
state constitution. Provisions were
made for organization of locals with
out regard to territorial jurisdiction,
the entire management of all political
activity to be resident in the member
ship Of each political subdivision.
Provision was made for the complete
reorganization Of the state executive
committee, along new and original
lines. This plan provides for one
representative on the committee from
each of the following industrial
groups:
Farmers, miners, transportation,
manufacturing, building trades, print
ing, office and service employees, pro-
fessional, housekeeping. Each mem
Der of the committee will at the same
time become a state organizer, elect
ed by his or her particular industrial
group, and devoting his entire time
to propaganda and the organization
of said group.
The following initiative measures
will be placed on the ballot. A fair
election law. A bill covering social
insurance and embracing old age pen
sions, sickness, accident, unemploy-
ment and mothers pensions. A bill
covering a comprehensive system of
public ownership of all public utilities
ald embracing control of state water
power, the extension of the state
highway and the establishment of a
state owned passenger and freight
auto and truck system, state and city
owned markets, same to be financed
by special tax on land values. A
bill eXempting personal and individual
property and all improvements on
realty from taxation,
A state bulletin of the party will be
published monthly. The initial dues
for ali new members will be one dol
lar; twenty-five cents to apply to sub
scription to the state bulletin, fifteen
cents to pay the national dues for
three months and the remainder to go
into a special organization fund.
Plans will be made to furnish an
auto for each of the nine state organ
izers. There are two machines now
partly paid for. Instead of attempt
ing to staye off the sentiment which
has crystali1ed into the non-partisan
movement Of the Dakotas and other
western states, it is proposed to 50
orgtn ize the Socialist Party of this
state as to make the non-partisan
scheme both unnecessary as well as
impossible.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-08

The freight congestion ON the 1t
lantic seaboard, which has extended
to the west as the mass Of freight
has accumulated and "backed up" is
not so much due to the German sub
marine edict, with the consequent
paralysis of sea traffic, as to the in
adequate equipment of the American
railways to meet the demands of the
industrial activity that has been
stimulated by our exports and the
absence Of centralized control and
management of the means of trans
portation.
The paralysis Of transportation has
become so acute that we are told that
Chicago "grain operators and eleva-
tor men at conference, urged gov
ernment seizure of trunk lines until
the present crisis shall be broken"
The Iron Trade Review, voicing the
complaints of the iron and steel in
dustry, insists that "the railroad sys-
tenn of the United States virtually has
collapsed" There is no doubt what
ever that private ownership of rail
ways at last has come to an ingIori-
GUS failure. 1t has failed to make
any provision to meet the growth Of
industry and agriculture. it has not
been able even to keep it's equip
mcnt in repair. 1t has neglected max
ing necessary expenditures for bet
terments and repairs to such an ex-
tent that on every line locomotives
and freight cars are being forced out
Of commission, They can be operated
no longer without being repaired and
so great is the need for repairs that
the facilities to make them are Who'll
ly inadequate.
The great difficulty in the existing
management is the absence of any
coordination and cooperation among
the hundred or more separate and in
dependent railway Systems" What
sort Of postal system would we have
if the postal service were conducted
by 100 separate departments, each
acting Independently of the other and
each seeking to make a profit for
private owners rather than TO serve
the public needs? Yet that is pre-
cisely what our transportation "sys-
tenn is doing. There is no head to
it and no system. It is ending, ma
ourally and inevitably, in congestion,
confusion and paralysis.-Milwaukee
Leader.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-08
NJ. AND NJ. HAS
FINGER IN THE
EVERETT PIE
Notorious Detectives Continual
ly on Job in Behalf of
Big Business

The taxpayers in the county of Sno-
homsh will not be paying all the ex-
penses in connection with the trial
Of the "a men charged with murder.
There are several detectives around
town who have been working on the
case since the middle of November,
but who are not drawing pay from
the county.
One Of these is the notorious Nal
colin MacLean, who worked with
Burns in the conviction of the Nc
Namara Brothers in Los Angeles.
This mans job was to fix up wit
nesses and get line on the jury so
that a Cooked" jury could be OBJ
tanned. After the trial Burns and
MacLean quarreled over the spoils
and parted. MacLean started a de-
oective agency Of his own and later
on gave very valuable service to the
railroads in the Oregon Land Frauds
case.
j. Veltch is another of the Shiny
creatures whose work lies in "cook-
.ng" cases for the fellows who can
Gay the price. He worked in the
Prosecuting Attorneys office in Los
Angeles and has helped send many
poor fellow to the pen who should not
have been there.
What object have these depraved
wretches in this case if they have not
been engaged by Blacks office and
Black has not engaged them nor any,
body else connected with the county
administration. Their object here is
on behalf of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers Association, and when the
M. o. M. wants to "get" anybody
these are the animals that are used,
so we can infer from that that some
body is going to "get his" because the.
M. & M. wants them out of the way.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-08
ST. PAUL WILL BE
POLITICAL CENTER

ST. PAUL,-This city will become
the political center of all rural Amer
lea. The Farmers Nonpartisan Lea
que has leased the entire third floor
of the Giltillan block, Fourth and
Jackson streets, A. C. Townley,
president of the national organiza-
ton, conducted the negotiations on
behalf of the league.
"All the organizing and campaign
directing will be done from the ma
tional headquarters" Townley con-
tinued. "By next fall there will be
1000 organizers working in every
agricultural section of the country.
About that time the league will call
a national convention of Nonpartisan
members from all these states.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-03-08
LIFE OF FOLLOWING
MIGRATORY WORK

Born in Nebraska thirty-six years
ago with section man for parent, at
time when workers were still under
the delusion that the section was a
stepping stone to the presidency of
the railway system, in. the life of
Thomas H. Tracy, the first l. w. w.
to be tried in connection with the
Everett affair, there has been nothing
but the dread and presence of priva-
ton and want.
Denied an education as the result
of the circumscribed life of his par
ents, he left home when he was but
eleven years of age to battle with a
world that means a hell for the chill
dren of the poor. He left as there
was at home a lack of barest neces-
stiles of life. The comforts and en-
joyments that should surround child
hood were entirely absent.
Unable to attain an education, there
was left for him nothing but the
slavery of wandering from place to
place taking such seasonable work as
there was available. He became q
construction worker, homeless anG
often foodless, modern Ishmael.
The most of his life has been spent
as teamster in the various Western
states. He was also far a time a
prospector in Nevada during the days
when fortunes were made and lost in
day around Goldfeld But he found
that fortunes were not for the mi
gratory worker. He was also for a
time foreman of construction for the
San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt
Lake in Nevada. Later he freighted
from Las Vegas, Nevada to Ryolite
Beatty, Gold Reed and Goldfeld.
MY life has been one of following
the job through hell of abuse, scorn
robbery and hunger. At the best the
average life Of the migratory worker
IS little worse and less carefree than
the life of the average dog. l have
not learned that there is a class
struggle from the I. W. W. Every
job l have worked on has taught me
that the migratory workers are hated
by the very men who live in ease as
the result of their labor"
Thomas H. Tracy is thirty-six years
old, is 5 it. 8 inches tall and weighs
IT'S pounds, and appears to be of thai
tough, enduring fiber, which, wher
coupled with a servile mind, is Sc
much sought by employers. But one
glance into his clear, blue eyes will
convince you that Tracy has no ser.
vile mind, but that he wishes t.
stand up and meet every one as mar
to man, without humility being ex
pected from either side.