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The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-03-14
AIDING HIS EDUCATION

SEATTLE Mrs. Gust w. John
son whiting from Sandy, Utah,
gives the information that her
husband was arrested on the
charge Of being a draft evader.
She encloses the following clip
ping from Salt Lake paper:
"Ca tie charge Of being "A draft
evader. Gust William Johnson
was arrested ut Sandy yesterday
by Deputy Sheriff K. II MELON
all and taken to the county Jail,
whc'e M is held pending action
Of the federal authorities. Ac-
cording to the officers johnson is
an |. w. w. and has been open
in his announcement Of the
draft" Evidently the charge
against Fellow Worker Johnson
was groundless, as Mrs. John
son adds: II got him out today
and he was told to try TO get
that |. w, w. out of his head,
but | think he will be worse"
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COOPERATION IN
RUSSIA

Count llya Tolstoy, son of the
great Russian. Leo Tolstoy, call.
ed on the Co-operator the other
day. He was on his way from
Russia to New York. This is
his second visit to us this year.
Ilya Tolstoy, who is the Vice
President of the Moscow Con-
sumers' Cooperative Union, tells
US that the over-turn of autoc-
racy in Russia was only made
possible by the growth during
the last ten years of co-opera-
ton.
There are over $4,000 coop
erative societies in Russia with
3O.0OO,OOO or more members. For
several years they have been
quietly building up "a society
within a society" When the
crash came, and right up to the
present time, the only organized
NE IN the community was the
Federated Cooperative Societies.
The government depends al
most entirely upon the co-opera-
tive movement to keep the eco
nomic life Of Russia together. We
learn little Of this, however, from
she press. The astonishing thing
about Russian cooperation is the
fact that nearly all of it's vast
growth has taken pace within
the last ten Pacific Co
operator.
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Is SUCCESSFUL
Resign Industrial CO-opera-
tive Issues It's First Quar-
terly Statement - Good
Business for a New Con-
Germ.

ROSLYN, WASH.-Stating that
their purpose in making public
their first quarterly statement is
TO show the working class the
benefits to be derived from CO.
operatives owned by the workers,
the auditing committee of the
Ca scade Industrial Cooperative
Association of Roslyn have jus.
declared a 10 per cent dividend
for the first quarter. The divi-
depd will not be disbursed az yet,
but will be retained in the treas
ury as a reserve fund. The divi-
dend is declared upon the total
amount of purchases made at the
store. Careful account is kept Of
each stockholders purchases and
ca n quarters dividends will be
pad on this total.
Ownership of stock is limited
to 20 shares, or 500, and no
stakeholder may own less than
five shares. Fl. b. Joyner, for
merly of Wilkeson, has been
manager of the store since its
establishment. Following their
quarterly report, the auditors.
William Morgan, recommended
that a dividend of 10 per cent
on all purchases be paid to Gus
toners; that a sum equal to 5
per cent per annum be set asid z
for payment of interest on CAPT
tai stock, and the remainder of
undivided profits be placed in
reserve fund. The financial re-
port for the first quarter fol-
lows:
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S. P. CONVENTION

VII hhlih -, ~, anu lIIl, Tie
Socialist Party Of Washington
held convention Of delegates
at the Finnish Hall in Seattle.
The locals Of the state were rep
resented by their most active and
energetic members 80 there were
no dull moments or lack Of in
terest. The delegates were gen
orally sitting on the front edge
Of their seats, taking in every
thing and ready to take the floor
10 give their views on the ques-
tons before the house. There
was no letting George DO it
when it came to voting; meas
ures were not carried by a few
votes with the rest sitting mum.
rs frequently happens in local
meetings; when "A vote was called
for it was generally answered
by roaf--some times Of Ayes,
some times Of Noes; when
rising vote was called for every
body jumped up to register
vote, pro or con, as the case may
be.
Several timely and important
Resolutions were past by the con-
vention. But the chief work
done was on the Platform and
the Constitution. The delegates
were divided on the Platform and
two of them will be submitted to
the membership on Referendum.
The radicals proposed platform
which some of the delegates re-
ferred to as merely a Preamble
since no immediate demands
were included, although it is Wig
orous and complete. The other
faction Urged that we must set
forth our various demands in
our platform in order to compete
with the Non partisan, the Ma
tional. and the other parties.
Many changes were made in
the Constitution, some of them
being of Importance, some be-
ing merely necessary technical
changes. These Constitutional
changes, however. will go to the
membership for final decision.
Watch for the next issue of the
Party Builder, which will give
you complete information.
IL was the pleasure of the dele.
gates to hear speeches from Lena
Morrow Lewis, Kate Sadler, and
Hulet M. Wells on the convention
floor; and also to hear Kirkpat-
rick at the Hippodrome, where
the degeates attended in BODY.
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Kirkpatrick Will Return

The committee that had charge of the Kirkpatrick
meeting is glad to be able to just this
sue is going to press, that there remains but little
doubt as to the possibility of securing COmrade Kirk
patrick for return date the end of this month
His lecture will be- THE HYPNOTISM or THE WORK
ING GLASS; The exact date will be announced in next
weeks issue. Watch for it. Tell your friends.
Admission will be free
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THE SURVIVAL
OF THE FITTEST

The survival of the fittest is
as much a law Of the industrial
world as it is of the natural
world. For time an unfit
system may be maintained by
force of arms, or through the
influence of some religious or
political fanaticism. But soon
or late. supreme test will come,
and then whatsoever is essential
ly weak must fail
For four hundred years Fendal-
ism dominated Europe. 1t was
weak system. 1t yielded poor
results, industrially, politically
and socially; but it was power
fully iptrenehed ard seemed in
viDcible. Then came the great
crusades, which drained Europe
OF her fighting men and of her
financial resources Those long
wars against the Mohammedan
so weakened the feudal lords that
capitalism got a foot-hold in many
parts of Europe, and being a
stronger system. overthrow feu-
dalism.
Socialism is stronger system
4hap f;~r> 4, q H..
struggle between the two sys-
TENS. on either the Industrial
or the commercial field, there
could be no doubt of the result.
Put capitalism owns the means
# production and distribution
the basis of life. IL control the
great political. social and re-
iigious organizations Of the world.
In short, capitalism monopolizes
human opportunity and Is as pow
erfully intrenched as feudalism
was at the time of the Crusades.
But now this great world war
Fas laid bare the weaknesses Of
the capitalist system, and the
greater efficiency of organized
cooperation has been clearly
shown. Here and there, strong
holds Of capitalism have sur
rendered because they could no
longer maintain themselves in
this great emergency. The old
irresponsible, destructive methods,
and organized. constructive meth
DDS are being brought into direct
comparison.
viii history repeat itself in
this crisis? Will the weak sys-
tenn perish and the strong one
survive? That depends on wheth
er or not we are ready for the
stronger system.
II is obvious that for a more
highly organized system of So
c'ety, a broader basis Of human
intelligence is required.
Feudalism succeeds only where
the masses are ignorant and
where there is no middle class.
Hence feudalism flourished in the
decay Of civilization and Of hu-
man intelligence that followed the
downfall Of Rome.
Capitalism requires more in
telliPent upper class end a rea-
sonably intelligent middle class.
II is true that the development
of capitalism tends 70 crush out
ne Bourgeoise; but it is also
tue that as the middle class dis
appears, capitalism will become
a narrow aristocracy that will
degenerate into feudalism again.
The real strength Of capitalism
lies in the maintenance Of rea-
scnably intelligent and fairly
prosperous Bourgeoisie.
Socialism can be successful only
wncn resting upon the founda-
ticn Of broadly intelligent and
The Co-operative news. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1917-1918, 1918-03-14

If you have DOT yet read Kirk
oa'rick's latest book, Think or
Surrender, send Is cents to the
Cooperative News, and one will
be mailed you.
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'cad THINK OR SURRENDER

The author says that ii is as
hot as he could make it without
burning the paper. We have
read 1t and we know this to be
the truth.
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LABOR
NEWS

MORE WORK Frs THAN JOBS
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb.
l4.-The state free employment
bureau reports that daring the
first half Of January 500 persons
made application for work and
26l secured employment.
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SUB HUSTLERS

Geo. Lesich, Roslyn, Wn.. 4
Lee Squires, Vancouver, Wn.. {
Bert Goddard, Plummer, Ida. !
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Our boys should not leave home
without sitting for a photo at
MEYERS STUDIO.
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efficiently educated Proletariat.
Otherwise, Socialism is weak and
win lose in the struggle for
survival Peoples College News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
TWO BRITISH
PRISONERS ESCAPE
Got Away from German Pen and Made
Way Back to Ameri-
can Lines.

With the American Army on the Vesle,
Tuesday, Aug. IS Thy The Associated
Press Worn out from fatigue and suf-
fering from hunger, two escaped British
prisoners staggered into the American
lines north of the Vesle to-day, They
had escaped from German pen after
having been captured in the Marne fight
ing, and it took them seven days and
nights to work their way to Fismette.
On the last lap of their journey the
Britishers ran through German bar
rage.
They said the ration given prisoners
was three-quarters of pound of potato
bread, pint Of thin vegetable soup, and
"cofTee" made Of hawthorne berries. The
allowance of German soldier was the
same, only in somewhat greater guam
tity, occasionally supplemented by horse
meat.
1t is a common practice of the Ger
mans, they added, to beat prisoners with
clubs and butts of rifles. Wounded pris-
oners, they said, were sent to hospitals
only when unable TO walk, and received
little attention.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
LABOR OPPOSES
WORK OR FIGHT
Against Any Such Provision
in New Man-Power
Bill
EXTENDING THE
DRAFT AGES
Samuel Gompers Sends Let
ter to the Senate Mill
tary Committee

Washington, d. c., Aug. l4.-organ-
lied labor's emphatic opposition to any
work or fight provision in the new man
power bill extending the draft ages, is
expressed in a letter from Samuel Com
pers, president Of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, received to-day by mem
bers Of the Senate military committee.
The letter referred particularly to an
amendment proposed by Senator Thomas
of Colorado, proposing to withdraw de-
ferred classification given for industrial
reasons where men were absent from their
work for more than five days with cause.
The provision, as added to the bill yes
terday by the committee, was modif-
cation by Senator Reed of Missouri,
eliminating the fiye.day limit.
In my judgment" Mr.. Gempers wrote
of the Thomas amendment, mo measure
could be enacted with more injurious
consequences to continuous production
than the enactment Of such a measure
as indicated. ! submit, sir, to your Sc
rious consideration, whether. if a bill
were enacted into law which all the
workers of our country would be iusti-
fed as interpreting as reflection upon
their service and their loyalty, whether
1t would not create a reaction most I'M
favorable to our common purpose in
service and in winning the war.
"ln England, where the strenuous law
now obtains having provisions which
1t is said it is your purpose to offer for
adoption by our Congress, strikes, ces-
sation Of work have occurred in many
instances more instances, than exist in
the United States at the present time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
MORE THIN ONE SUB.
ON NEW ENGLAND COAST
At the Time the Tanker Frederick R.
Kellogg Was Sunk Another One Ap-
peared off Cape Cod.

An Atlantic Port, Aug 1.-The pres
ence of German submarine off Cape Cod
last night about the time the tanker
Frederick r, kellogg was sunk off Am
brose channel, confirmed the belief OF
naval officers that one U-boat was not
the only raider operating in north At
lantic waters.
Captain Morrisey, Of the fish trawler
Walrus, questioned to-day regarding the
U-boat attack last night, said the Ger
man rose to the surface dead ahead of
the Walrus, not more than a quarter Of
a mile away and evidently was sur
prised TO find the fisherman. He turned
about, submerged, proceeded in the same
direction the trawler was taking, and let
loose the torpedo, which missed by 20
feet.
Eight minutes after the U-boat was
first sighted, two shots were fired, one of
which, the skipper said, struck 200 feet
from his craft.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
THE FRENCH FORCES SLOWLY PUSHING
FORWARD THROUGH WOODED HILLS
BETWEEN THE AVRE AND OISE RIVERS
ONE REGIMENT u. S.
INFANTRY CAPTURED
3 OFFICERS, $50 MEN
The Picardy Salient Has Been Trimmed
on Front Of So Miles to Depth
of is Miles.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE l3ist in
fantry of the 33d United States division
has been engaged in the fighting north of
the Somme and particularly in the re-
pulse of an enemy counter r-attack at
Chipilly, General March said to-day at
his semi-weekly conference with news
paper correspondents This regiment
alone captured three officers, l50 men
and seven millimetre guns. General
March briefly reviewed the situation in
the Picardy salient, where the lines now
have reached the general position of the
front in 1916 before the Hindenburg
withdrawal At no point is the enemy
now within 80 miles of Paris.
The Picardy salient has been trimmed
away on front of SO miles to a maxi
mum depth Of Is miles, the chief of staff
said, and the line on the Aisne-Marne
front has remained stationary Amer
lean troops have recaptured Fismette, on
the north bank of the Vesle, from which
they were driven.
Discussing the work of the 2sth di-
vision, comprising Pennsylvania guards
men, in the Aisne. Marine salient, General
March said the only report upon its cas-
ualties received was that 400 men had
been hit during four hours on July 80 in
the advance to the Vesle.
The l3lst regiment is composed Of II
linois national guardsmen and is at
tached to the Goth brigade of infantry in
the SD division, commanded by Major
General George Bell. The troops were
trained at Camp Logan, Tex.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
CORP. EDGAR r. WHITE
SEVERELY WOUNDED
Barre Boy Member of 1o3d Machine Gun
Battalion, Had Been in Fighting
Line Since April.

Word was received last evening that
Corp. Edgar r. White Of the l03d ma
chine gun battalion was severely wound
ed July %. An official telegram was re-
ceived by his mother, Mrs. Matilda
White, of Ia First street.
Corp. White enlisted June 27, 1917,
with Co. c, and has been in France since
Sept, 1917, and in active service since
April, 1918. Corporal White has
younger brother, Napoleon White, also
in France and in the same company.
The boys enlisted together, Corp. White
viii be 90 years old Sept. %. He was
promoted to corporal shortly after be-
ing in the trenches.
Young White was employed as boxer
by Brown & Carroll Granite company
when he heard the call to the colors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
A. & p. STORES IN TT.
CUT OFF FROM SUGAR
St. Albans Store Failed to Abide BY
Regulations-Enosburg Falls Gro
Ger Win Contribute 500
to Red Cross.

As the result of two hearings that
took place before the state food admin
istration at Montpelier, two concerns are
sadder but wiser regarding the power
which the administration has. The first
hearing was that of complaints, which,
according to the testimony, were nu-
merous, against the Atlantic and Pacific
store in st. Adams. The New England
manager will be notified that it cannot
have any more sugar certifcations for
use of It's Vermont stores until ii has
made It's peace with the Vermont food
administration. Ii appears from the in
formation given that Mr.. Ryan, man
ager of the st. Adams store, was "in
Dutch so to speak, with all the other
merchants Of the city handling sugar. 1t
was alleged that he did not take the
sugar certificates, that he violated regu.
lations relative TO two and five pounds of
sugar, that he failed TO keep records of
his sales of sugar, and that he had ig-
nored the requests made in different or
ders. After good deal of talk Mr..
Ryan agreed that he had not lived up
to the regulations. He also stated that
the superintendent of his concern had
advised him to cooperate with the food
authorities in the food regulations.
The order OF the administration that
no more certificates will be given the
Atlantic and Pacific stores until peace
Is made with the food administration
affects each store owned by the corpora
tion in this state. The order given by
the county food administration, Walter
Breen, will remain in effect on the store
in st. Albans until new order is made
in the matter.
The second complaint was against W.
H. Billadeau of Enosburg Falls, who adj
mitted at once that he had not lived
up to the food regulations, but that it
was misunderstanding and that he was
willing to abide by its regulations. He
agreed to contribute to the Red Cross
800, after which the state officers win
recommend that the matter be left as
it is now 1t is a case in which Mr..
Billedeau had purchased somd $4,000
worth of sugar and wanted it moved
in. He went among the retailers asking
them to advance the money, but the
shipment of the sugar withou the Ger.
tifcates made mess of the affair, which
resulted in the complaint.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
Beginning Tomorrow Retail
Price Will Advance
in Barre
FARMERS HAVE
RAISED PRICE TO &c
Wholesale Price Advanced
from 7c at Yester-
days Meeting

Beginning tomorrow, Aug. Is, ths
price of milk from producer to retailer
will be nine cents quart in Barre, and
the retailers price to the consumer will
be Is cents quart, Announcement to
this effect was made to-day by A. L.
Smith, secretary of the Barre Milk Pro-
ducers' association, that at meeting of
the organization held Aug. IL, the pro-
ducers voted that the retailers must pay
nine cents quart until further notice,
beginning tomorrow morning, Aug. Is.
The price last winter was eight and one
half cents.
Following this announcement, G. Fl.
Gordon of the retailers association made
the announcement that beginning to-
morrow the price of milk to the consum-
er would be l3 cents quart
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
JAMES GRAY RUN INTO BY AUTO.
City Truck Takes Man to Police Station
and He Is Locked Up.

At North Barre early this afternoon
an unknown automobile grazed pedes-
trian and knocked him down. Employees
of the city, aboard 'he street truck, wit
messed the accident and picked up the
man They decided that he belonged Ell
ther to the police or the hospital, and the
first choice was headquarters. At the
station, where he gave his name as
James Gray, a moulder employed by the
Lane Manufacturing CO., with residence
at the Union house in Montpelier, he
was turned over to Chief Sinclair, who
locked him up. 1t is expected that an in
toxication charge win be preferred
against him. His only injury was cut
on the nose. Street workers say that the
occupants of the automobile did not tarry
at the spot where Gray was knocked
down.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
MILK PRODUCERS
MEET At MONTPELIER
Three Hundred Hear President Clark and
Manager Patte on the Milk
Situation.

Frank Clark OF Milton and Richard
Pattee Of Littleton, n H., spoke at a
meeting of the farmers in this section of
the state Tuesday evening in the Odd
Fellows hail. Montpelier 1t was at
tended by some 800 of the milk produc-
ers of the county. Mr.. Clark is the
president of the New England Milk Pro-
ducers' association, while Mr., Pattee is
the manager Both have their head
quarters in Boston, where they look after
the interests Of the association. They
occupied about three hours explaining to
those present the work which has been
done in the past year and what there is
to be accomplished in the future. Since
organization the association has shown
a healthy growth and has brought re-
suits in an improved state of affairs to
the membership. while the future is hard
TO predict because the years experience
had opened up such a large field. Mr..
Clark looks for better price for August
and September milk that New York will
pay. He is a large shipper of milk out
of Yergennes into New York but is af-
filiated with the New England associa-
tion. To the farmers it was explained
that they should have the operation Of
the milk business so that the prices will
be he'd uniform and not TO have someone
making the large profits from low prices
some months in the year. One of the
interesting things told was an experience
of Mr.. Pattee, who visited refrigerator
plant in which milk placed in it in June,
1915, was not taken out until the late
summer of 1917. OF course the milk had
been pasteurized and was sweet and
wholesome.
f. H. Abbott, county agent, and Coun-
ty Agent Jones of Lamoille county also
spoke briefly. A similar meeting occurs
in Randolph tonight. Several will be
held in the state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-14
FRENCH ARE SLOWLY
PUSHING FORWARD
Have Advanced Their Lines 800 Yards
Northeast of Gury-Fighting Their
Way Through Woods.

With the French Army In France, Aug.
l4.-(By the Associated Pressl.-Q D.
m.)-The Germans now are in Plemont,
about a mile southeast of Lassigny, to
which they retired following new ad :
vance by the French General Humbert's s
army moved forward two miles yester-
day and took the st. Claude farm, which
makes the hold of the French on the
southern part of the Thiescourt plateau
secure.
At Plemont the Germans found posi-
tions all ready to receive them and were
able to offer strong resistance. The en-
emy took Plemont during the fighting
early in June and their old trenches
there still are organized with wire en-
tanglements.
Paris, Aug. l4--In comparison with
the quick advance of the first four days,
the battle in Picardy now NAV seem to
be stagnant, but nevertheless the French
have pushed nearer to the Chaulnes
Roye e-Lassigny- -Noyon line, to which the
Germans are clinging desperately The
wooded hills between the Avre and the
Disc are difficult to traverse.
Tuesdays fighting put the French
more than a mile north of Cambronne,
close to Attiche and Carmoy farms,
which are two big machine gun nests.
The French left, advancing on Las
signy, met with vigorous resistance north
of st. Claude farm and north of Mareuil-
Lamotte However, they succeeded in
fighting their way through the woods
and moved their line 800 yards north
cast of Curry North of Curry they
reached the southern edge of Loges wood
and also penetrated the park belonging
to the chateau of Plessier de Roye. They
also reached Belval, between Plessier de
Roy and Thiescourt.
The enemy still holds the greater part
of Thiescourt wood and the formidable
plateau of Plemont
The French now have advanced their
line to within less than mile and q
half of Lassigny. 1t will, however, un.
doubtedly require tremendous effort to
capture either Lassigny or Roye. The
fall Of Roye automatically would cause
the evacuation of Lassigny.