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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
AMERICA CAN
FREED THU WORLD
So Says L. S. Chamber of Commerce
Which Reports Wheat Is short.
but Other Grains Abundant

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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
FROM THE BOTTOM UP

The soldiers and wolkmen's dele
gates, having brought about a change
in Russian affairs, want the powers
of government placed in their hands
The capitalists press of this coun-
try is weeping tears over this fact,
but if democracy is going to be
something more than name, then
the masses must have the most to
say as to how the affairs of state
shall be conducted.
In American we are virtually in the
hands of one man and there GER
tainly cannot be very much Democ-
racy in that. Long live the Rus
sian revoutionl
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

for the GOLD COIN the most of
what is left will be boarded in their
own vaults, and Will come out only
for such a premium as the victims
can stand, or lose their security.
Should they be trusted with such ire
mcndous power?
Why should not the obligations be
made payable in the same Current
funds or farm loan bonds" as they
borrowed?
What guaranty can the Farm Land
Loan Board give mat the borrower
can get the American gold coin to
make the payments when due? This
guaranty should be insisted upon be-
fore he signs the contract.
The farmers who innocently put
their necl8 into that moose are to be
pitied. What Of the men who have
Iured them into the net?
The agricultural organizations, and
the representatives Of such, who were
deceived and misled by their political
leaders and press to support and rec
ommeud this Infamous law, should
now make prompt amends by at least
demanding the elimination. Of that
wicked gold coin trap before the Act
goes into effect.
An amending bill should be pre-
pared and submitted TO Congress by
the Federal Land Loan Board imme-
diately, if they are the true friends
Of The farmer they profess 10 be, AM.
Congress and The fIeSiGent put on
record
The .'"rsa Of Morgan now have the
laws to owe them complete control
/ Of all commerce and industry, lnclud
/ ipg the means e exchange and distri
button Of farm PRODUCTS, but not {.
monopoly Of and ownership. They
are reaching Cor hat now, and no law
/ was ever designed 10 % completely
and efficiently accomplish their pur-
pose as the present Farm Land Loan
! Act
viii the agricultural papers, ana
the press generally, who have unwit
tinely aided in the enactment and
boosting Of this vicious law, now pub
lish this exposure and aid in securing
its amendment?
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
FINANCIAL KINGS
CONTROLU.S.A.
Common People Have No Rights that
Plutocratic Bankers Are
Bound to Respect
(By Scott Nearing)

Every newspaper and every maya
zine for months past has told US that
our rights were invaded; that the ma
tional honor was at stake, ard that
immediate measures must be taken
to redress the wrong. That is all
true.
The United States, as we have said
over and over again, is the richest
nation in the world. The wealth of
this country is estimated at $3.50, 000,-
900, 900, which is more than the wealth
of the British Isles, Germany and
France combined. In March, 1917, the
assets of the national banks of the
United States reached the immense
total of $16,O00,000,000, which is $5,-
000, 100000 more than the combined
resources of the Bank of England, the
Bank of France, the Bank of Italy, the
Bank of Spain, the Bank of Norway,
the Bank of Sweden, the Swiss Ma
tional Bank, the National Bank of
Denmark, the Bank Of Japan and the
Reichsbank of Germany.
Since 1918 the resources of all of
the banks in the United States have
increased about $5,000,O0O,00O This
prosperity is without parallel in the
history of the financial institutions
of the United States.
Now, as to rights.
What created this immense pros
perity? Three things. The demand
for commodities made by the warning
nations of Europe; the great richness
of the natural resources of the United
States, and the labor performed by
the American people.
Who is in charge of this vast finan-
cial power? A little group of men
who own and control the banking IA
cilities of the United States. They
decide the bank policies. They reap
the profits of the only business in
which a man can make money on his
debts. The banks use their deposits
debts to loan for their own bene-
fit.
The banking business is one of the
largest and richest of all of the great
public utilities of the country. 1t is
a utility so vital that the modern
economic machinery depends upon it
to the same extent that it depends
upon the transportation facilities.
Yet the banking business of the Unit
ed States is still private business.
The Federal Reserve bank act is a
first, hesitatrng step. 1t must be fol-
lowed by other steps until the bank
ing system of the United States is
public, from top to bottom. The
banking rights are vital, public lights.
So long as they remain in public
hands the community is denied one
of it's most important economic
rights.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
PARTY
IS EIATED OVER
TRACY VERDICT
I Financial and Moral Support of Party
illustrates Com mefciai
Club Plot

The Socialist Party naturally feels
elated over the result of the Tracy
trial. From the very start Of the
trouble in Everett last May we got
into the scrap determined that the
powers that be should not have things
all their own way. And they sure
did not. IF publicity counts for any
| thing, the Socialists have gained far
more supporters than we otherwise
could have got through other activ-
tiles.
At its very first meeting after the
"Verona" battle, the City Central
Committee Of Everett Socialist Locals
ARRANGED mass meetings all over the
county. A dozen speakers were kept
busy and it was not long before every
little community knew the truth about
the slaughter. Resolutions were
passed at every one of these meetings
demanding Federal investigation
and the immediate release Of the men
in jail. The resolutions, however, had
no effect because the Commercial
Club pulled the strings.
Socialist locals all over Washing
ton, Idaho and Oregon held protest
meetings and forwarded money to the
defense committee. Several locals
sent their money direct, others sent
theirs through the State office. The
Washington State office turned over
$20G19 to the defense, but more than
that amount was collected in Everett
at the various meetings and turned
over to the defense direct.
The Socialist locals in Everett held
very few meetings of their own dur
ing the past six months because they
did not want to draw the crowds from
the /. w. w. meetings that were be-
ing held for the purpose of raising
funds, hence our propaganda was
practically suspended during the trial
Some of our members, among them
many women, tramped through the
snow from house to house getting
petitions signed for federal inves-
tigation. At other times, big feeds
were prepared for the boys in jail
which helped to revive their spirits,
if they happened to have become
somewhat downcast.
Last, but not least, The Northwest
Worker has gained the hatred of the
Bankers and Millowners and other
deputies through the publication of
the names of the aforesaid animals
who so brutally beat up the members
Of our class. But no matter what may
be done by this body of thugs here
after we are proud of the fact that
the intelligent portion of the working
class, organized as Socialists and In
dustrial Unionists, have beat the
Commercial Club so badly that they
will be long time recovering from
the effects.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
LAB0R'S PROSPERITY

Many people are under the illusion
that the wage earners have been
rcaping a golden harvest. In its April
bulletin the United States bureau of
labor statistics prints a comparative
table Of wage increases and the in
creased cost Of food as reported by
the principal trades in AS Of The lead
ing cities for the past 10 years. Dur
ing the decade weekly wage rates
rose Is per cent; retail food prices
80 per cent. Of these increases, 5
per cent in wages and IA per cent in
food prices followed the outbreak Of
the war In addition to this gross
disps ity, food prices made further
advance Of % per cent during Janu-
airy and February of 1917, while
wages advanced from 10 to Is per
cent, and this in a few industries only.
To the increase in the cost of food
must be added the increase in the cost
of shoes, clothing and rent
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

GIVE Uncle Sam your vacation"
is the suggestion of several of our
"best citizens" These dam pluto
Gratis are always telling the workers
what to do, in spite Of the fact that
we are shaving for their benefit ev-
cry day in the year. What's the
matter with getting all the Stock
Brokers, real estate sharks, retired
capitalists and their buffers and boot
lickers to go out seeding and harvest
ing the crops? Let them earn
their bread by the sweat of their
brow for once in their lives.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
WOMAN FOOLED, SENATOR
THINKS IT'S A JOKE

"Official Washington IS smiling
broadly at the telegraphic CORE
spondence between Representative
Medill Mccormick, of Illinois, and a
woman of Chicago.
"'We elected President Wilson to
keep us out of war; she wired, pro-
testing against any action against
Germany
'McCormick answered with a
one-word message. This word
was:
"'Stung.' ;"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

A loan of SlOO,OOc,Ooo made to
France. This is Frances first share
m the so,Ooo.o0G,O00 war chest. Sec.
rotary McAdoo turned over a treas.
Try warrant t" French Ambassador
Jusseland and received an return the
obI'sat4"n OF the French government.
Mr.. American citizen, did you ever
Try +" get a loan from your govern
Ment.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

DO you notice how the capitalist
press is bowling about the activi-
ties of the Russian Socialists? II the
soldiers and workmen's delegates be
come the ruling power in Russia it
will make American democracy look
like thirty cents. 1t will show the
way to the rest Of the world and the
prostituted press and parasitical
piunderers will have to make way for
the rising pro!etariat.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
RUSSIAN MASSES
To RUN SHIP
OF STATE
Bourgeois Politicians Cannot Give
Russian PrOletariat the Things
They Want

The die has been cast.
Kept in brutal subjcction by the
Russian aristrocracy, shot down at
the least signs of rebellion, cxilcd to
the I'll rrihle Siberian regions for pc
litical offonses against the govern
ment, treated like dogs and starved
and beaten the Russian masses are
row demanding their own.
Over the back of the revolutionistS,
n gang Of Bourgeois crept to of
flee. They were opposed to the
revolution from the start, but the
moment they saw that it was going
to be a success they climbed into the
band wagon and wriggled into of
flee. But for once in their lives
it appears that the politicians are go
ing to get stung and our own poll
ticans and editorial prostitutes are
bewailing the fact, that the Russian
soldiers and workmen's delegates re-
fuse to be soft soaped by the gang
of plunderers. The ministry is com
posed mostly of big financial mag
mates and the workers have come to
the conclusion that this kind of min
istry is not in the best interest of
the masses.
The greatest factor in the Russian
revolution was the Cooperative move
ment, which has been steadily teach
ing the masses the lesson of true
democracy. All of their work had
to be done under cover, but Social
Democracy was such grand cause
that it was worth fighting and dying
for, so not matter how the aristoc-
racy treated the teachers, the work
went on until the time was ripe for
the revolution. The cooperative
movement was an organized move
ment that eventually overthrow Gar
ism and will also put end tc
bourgeois rule.
The American plutocrats are very
much concerned over the outcome of
the revolution, as they think that
should the workers delegates die
tate to the would-be government, that
the war with the Germans might
cease and thus put the Allies in
very bad position.
But should the revolutionists get
control of the government they will
only cease fighting on condition that
the Germans withdraw their troops.
If the Germans withdraw their troops
then the Russian will have nothing
to fear. But should the Germans
continue to fight the Russians, it
will truly be a fight of democracy
versus autocracy. With the land
and the machinery of production the
property of the Russian masses,
theirs will indead be a grand cause
to fight for.
And that is the only condition un-
der which any Socialist will or
shought fight. Take the pluto
Gratis off our backs Put the bankers
and mill, mine and factory owners
to work doing something useful,
make the machinery Of wealth pro-
duction the collective property of all
and we will fight to the very last
trench against the encroachments of
those who would take this condi-
ton aWaV from us. These are the
conditions under which we will fight,
and under which the Russians will
fight, so all the believing in the
world about doing our bit" will
rot induce US to do it, unless the
conditions under which we are. com
PEELED to fight suits US.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
ALL RELEASED

The charges against the rest Of the
% l. W. VS. charged with murder
mas been dismissed and all the men
released. II is not known what action
the ]. w w. intend to take in CON
DectiOn With the trouble.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
FREE SPEECH-THE FIRST
CASUALTY OF WAR

an the last few weeks at least
a dozen persons, among them brok-
ers, writer's, lecturers and business
men and women, have been arrest
ed for lodging protests in one form
Or another AGAINST war and cor.
scription.'
New York SIN.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

The American Committee on War
Finance has just issued a statement
showing that the profits Of forty
two leading industrial corporation in
the United States increased from
$124242,776 in 19l4 to 1928, 983 ,235
in 1916, with The prospect for greatly
increased profits for the present
year.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

"The Yellow Peril" has been side
tracked for the time being and the
capitalist press is advocating the
letting down of the bars to Asiatic
emigration so that Japs and Chinese
can fill the places of the conscripted
and incidently curb the American de-
mand for more wages. It's time we
began to rule from the bottom up.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
KATE SADLER TO
SPEAK SUNDAY WEEK

Comfade Kate Sadler of Seattle will
deliver a lecture in the Forum, Sun.
day evening, May 27. Watch for fur
Their announcements next week.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

CHlCAGO-The 15-cent bread loaf
has arrived. Local bakers, preparing
the public for the added 'touch." be
can inserting explanatory advertise
ments IN papers.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

1lFs, ". l. Thomas, Of Chicago.
executive secretary Of the Women's
international Peace party, character
lied the war very aptly as an al
lance "between Lombard street of
London and Wall street of New
York"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
THE YOUNG IDEA TO SHOOT

Bridgeport, Conn.-"All boy scouts
acting as messengers for the mill
tary authorities have appeared to-
day armed with revolvers and it
was announced at the armory that
they have been ordered to shoot
to kill on the slightest interference
by civilians"
New York Tribune
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

John Wanamaker says that "Pa-
triotic economy does not mean the
lowering of Americas standard of
living" No Mr.. Wanamaller, the
standard is so damned low now that
if it gets any lower we will be low
cred into the grave. Wonder if Mr..
Wanamaker would care to swap his
pOrterhouse steak for our soup bone q?
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

james Eads How Of St. Louis,
known as the "lnilliOnaire hobo"
speaking for migratory workers, said
if guns were put in then hands he
feared hey would use them against
the ruling class Of America.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
ENGLISH COUNTESS
WARNSLANDED
ARIST0CRACY
Must Abolish All Private Means of
Production or the Workers
Will Revolt

1t is an established historical fact
that q class is doomed whenever some
of its prominent beneficiaries are
beginning to leave it and even to
fight it. That was the case Of
feudalism at the beginning Of the
great French revolution and this
seems to be the case of the aris-
tocracy of Great Braitain today.
The Countess of Warwick, owner of
$4,000 acres, has issued an appeal
to the landed aristocracy of Great
Britain to follow the example of
the Russian grand dukes, and turn
over all their feudal properties to
the state.
eve must CO." she says. "The
aristocracy of England, in it's posi-
ton of hereditary landowners, must
60 The country rings with sug-
gestions for the betterment of the
conditions under which land is Gull
tivated, but as l see things the sug-
gestions are in no instance drastic
enough.
"For the betterment of social con-
ditions in England a supreme sacri-
flee is required. 1t is no more
than justice that the men who have
offered their lives in this war for
Britain should have the freedom of
Britain for their reward.
'It is no justice that calls men
to fight for the land and leaves it
in the hands of a fraction of those
who fought. TO me it is impos-
sible that in the future his grace
or my lord should own square miles
of the mother earth for which Tom
died and Dick was sorely wounded
and Harry fought unscathed.
"The country has great needs. If
it is to remain solvent the united
work of one and all is necessary.
"The old feudal landlord will be
an anachronism, the new money-spun
landlord an abomination. Only the
nation can own the land in trust
for those who can made it produc
tive
"The only cure for the present evils
seems to me to be national owner
ship, the abolition of all private prop
erty in the earth that was given
to all of US in common"
Lady Warwick is known to be a
Socialist-although she has never
come out as plainly as this in the
past. The English aristocracy (and
the English capitalist class with
which it is closely allied), however,
will do well to heed the advice of the
countess. There is always the risk
that the English proletariat will fol-
low the example of the Russian work.
ing class. And from the few
glimpses the English censor permits
us-the climate in Russia lust now
does not happen to be very healthy
for either the aristocracy or the
capitalist class.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17
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industry
a--''.o 1Ao0 oa"h'AE is d business
o7,.'''~e0 ana oF~1".e" Iof private
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nave proven N my "ooN Jhat 'Ae
8 o'e.'io" P.eoses nave oeeh shame
-.-'' ignored SINCE Vh"I eiecton'
W o.se' una. ne farmers nave been
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.--@s OF INDUSTRY mas ever oeen' ana
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The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

For best meals, waffles and coffee
with cream, go 60 Everett Coffee
House, 1l13 Hewitt.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

Use Clausens FAVORITE COFFEE
35c h., lbs for $1.00. None better
M. II. Clausen, 2813 Rockefeller,
Phone, Black 581.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

Leather GOOds, Trunks ard Re pair
ing at Everett Rrunk Factory, 58l5
Rockefeller.
Bargreen's Golden Drip Coffee. Em
periai Tea Co, I4e7 Hewitt AyeaRa.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-17

Pass this paper on to your neigh
Dor when you get through with it.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-10-10
|. w. w. TRIAL is
SET FOR LATE
IN NOVEMBER

CHICAGO. oct 81 w. w mem
hers arrested turnout the country
two weeks ago on federal indict-
ments viii be arraigned Nov I. and
trial Is expected before the FIRST
OF December. Charles Clyne. u. s.
district attorney, today announced
All l. W VS. under arrest Will
be brought here Tor arraignmeut, he
said
Federal authorities are still
searching for 80 members OF the
organizations. under Indictment.
who have evaded apprehension.
They are expected 20 be arrested
this week
Attorneys for the indicted l. W.
VS. today asked 10 inspect the list
~ prospective jurors for the trial,
Clyne refusing
Frank Daley. 81 indianapolis. as
sistant United states attorney gem
eral. and other government officials
are expected here this week Go aid
in preparing evidence for the trial