The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-04-12
TO THE SOCIALIST MEN
AND WOMEN OF EN EREfI

How long shall IN, Northwest
Worker live? II is practically up
60 YOU to decide whether the Worker
shall be allowed to live or die. The
Everett Commercial Club has decided
that it MUST die. The records Of
the club, which We're read in court
at the Tracy trial last week, showed
resolution adopted by the CONNER
cial Club to the effect that its mem
bers were to do all in their power to
get the merchants to withdraw their
advertising from this paper In some
cases they have succeeded and now
the Northwest Worker is feeling the
pressure that has been brought to
bear.
1t is harder to keep a Socialist
paper in the field today than it ever
was before. The Socialist World Of
Seattle has suspended, the Oakland
World of Oakland, Cal, has suspend
ed, the Oregon Herald Of Portland,
Ore, has suspended and who shall
say that we will not be the next?
We have taken up the cudgeIs Of
the working class in the conflict with
the Commercial Club and in ~eturn
we have been inSulted and threatened
by the Mayor Of Everett We have
been threatened by deputies and the
police force are waiting for an OPP
portunity to throw us behind the
bars. This. however, is all in our
days work We take it as matter
OF course and we snap our fingers in
their faces.
AS long as we can get your moral
support their threats will avail them
nothing. But YOU ARE NOT Civ
ing US your moral support One by
one the advertisers are dropping out
and the cost Of producing the paper
continues to climb. We manage to
get a miserable pittance Of about
$50 a month out of the work we DO
and that amount is now made uncer-
tain through the loss and lack Of
advertisers.
You spend the money and you can
call the tune There are enough Soc
ialists in this city to make an eight
page paper easily possible but they
would sooner lock the stable after the
horse has gone than make the mer-
chants come across NOW. 1t disgusts
US to see Socialists entering stores
who have refused to even look at the
Northwest Worker but we can assure
you that we will refuse to be disgust
ed many more times.
During the past six months the fol-
lowing merchants have withdrawn
their advertising and unless you get
busy and induce them to come back
we will follow the Seattle, Portland
and Oakland papers:
Everett Dept. Store, Everett Meat
Market, Little Brick Meat Market.
Independent Table Supply, The Gold
en- Rule, Paris Laundry, Brodeck &
Field, Murray Shoe Store, Orpheum
Theatre, Star Theatre, J. c. Sovde
Grocery, Pillman Grocery, Scandia
Bakery, Citizens Bank, Everett Baths
and BARRIERS, Everett Dairy, Coast
Ice and Cold Storage, DR.. Earlywine,
DR.. Kobbervig, Owl Drug Store, Ever
EFT Pharmacy, Riverside Drug Store,
Northern Transfer Co., Smathers
Transfer Co., Holton Hotel, Strand
Hotel, Weber Paint and Paper Co.,
Black & King Stationery, New Can
yon Wood Co., Neutral Cafe, London
Cafe
Many excuses have been been made
for withdrawing the advertising. The
excuse sometimes has been lack Of
patronage. In that case it is your
fault. We want you to get busy and
get these advertisers back. We want
you to look up our present adyer-
tisers. Let your money talk. If
your money has not had any effect
by the end of this month then this
job on the paper will be open for
somebody else.