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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-02
ABBOTT AND MUELLER FAVORED
BY TRADES COUNCIL.

The special committee appointed at
the Trades Council meeting July IL
to report on George Mueller and M.
D. Abbott as political timber made
report to the Council meeting of July
IS. The report was entirely favor
able to both gentlemen, both as to
ability and fidelity to the common
good. The committee said that the
men were reputable citizens in all
respects and no doubt were well
qualified to care for the duties of the
positions they sought. George Muel-
Ter is a candidate for the state leg
islature from this district and nj. d.
Abbott is a candidate for county as
SCISSOR.
Other business of the Council was
discussion of Labor Day arrange
ments. the reading of one or two let
ters and the receipt of credentials.
Delegates of the Laundry Workers
union of Olympia were seated In the
central body. The addition Of this
union gives representation OF 70
delegates representing local unions
of Olympia
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-02

the means; more school revenue must
be forthcoming. We cannot get
something for nothing. Up to the
present our educational funds have
been too meager. All our education
al work must be under public
auspices, and at public expense. When
the public knows tn" advantages of
public will open it's pockets and gen.
erously provide the wherewithal. 1t
may happen that the bed rock of all
wealth may be tapped. A reasonable
tax on rental value of all land would
furnish the safest foundation for ed
ucational purposes. Land values are
created by the presence and activi-
ties of all the people-it should fol-
low as an axiom that all the people
should share in the values they
create. The share they are entitled
to should be expended first in educa-
tional work.
Our public schools constitute one
of the greatest public investments.
Several hundred millions are invested
in buildings alone. These buildings
should be used more generally for
adult and community education and
welfare. Make the schools open
forums to all the people and the
greatest single advance will be made
for greater popularity of our edu-
Gators and our educational institu-
tons. Once this step is taken, the
public will realize that our school
teachers are being mistreated, and
that their wages are wholly INSULT
Gent No generation in the history
of our country has shown more
patriotism and loyalty than the pres
ent generation, educated almost
wholly in our public schools. Much
of this credit is due to our splendid
corps of teachers in the graded
schools They have certainly done
their work we'll. They have earned
their pay many times over. No group
has helped more to make the world
safe for democracy" than have our
school teachers.
School teachers deserve a raise in
wages-a good substantial raise
over a one hundred per cent raise in
many localities. The minimum wage
base that has been popularized by
trade unionists and which has been
so effective in protecting the inter-
ests of our skilled and unskilled man
ual toilers should be intelligently APP
piled to the method of paying teach
ers wages or salaries.
Nothing less than $1,000 per year
will be adequate or just as a mini
mum rate for our teachers. 1t can
never be secured by teachers. as
units, or by individual effort: they
must learn how to organize and pro-
tect their trade, occupational or pro-
fessional interests like other people;
they must combat opposition; they
must first learn how they may col
lectively stand upon their own feet
and depend upon their own resources.
Then they must demand voice in
the management of the schools OF
their community, so they can more
generously contribute from their
knowledge and experience for the
benefit of the schools. If representa-
tive management of schools is to be
a success, the teachers must have a
full voice. In addition they should
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-02
"MOONEY A MURDERER"
SAYS MIR. ROOSEVELT

Writing in the Kansas City Star
against what he terms "parlor anar-
chists," ex-President Roosevelt says:
cat the moment it manifests itself
in sympathy for the l. w. w. and
for convicted dynamiters and MUIR
dercrs like Mooney"
This reference to Mooney is in
strong contrast to the plea of the
American Federation of Labor that
Mooney be given new trial because
of charges of fraud in securing his
conviction. This plea is strengthened
because Mrs Mooney and Israel Vein
berg, charged as co-conspiratOrs,
have been acquitted on their first
trial.
The attorney general of California
asked the supreme court of that state
to order the case to be returned to
the trial court for new trial because
the prosecution is charged with ques-
tionable practices in securing Moon
ey's conviction.
Judge Griffin, who presided at the
Mooney trial. urged Attorney General
Webb to take this course. The Judge
said that If he was informed Of the
Oxman perjury charges "at the time
Of the hearing of the motion for a
new trial. would unhesitatingly
have granted it,"
A commission appointed by Presf-
dent Wilson as his personal repre-
sentatives' investigated this case and
lol 10
the president should use his good
offices "to invoke action by the COVER
nor of California and the co-opera-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-02

The recent startling disclosures that
100000 men liable to military serv-
ice, can neither read nor write, and
that 100000 illiterate native born
white persons were reported in the
1910 census is not only a serious re-
Election upon our lack of foresight,
but it constitutes a positice menace
to our institutions. Unfortunately
these disclosures are only part of the
truth. The 1910 census report says
that there were on that date $685.
1853 persons over 10 years of age in
the United States who could neither
read nor write in any language.
If opportunities for the rudiments
of an education have been denied
illiterates or if educational opportu-
nifty is withheld from the least among
our people, nothing less than crime
is being committed against our re-
public.
1t will avail us nothing, however,
merely to call attention to these
shortcomings. We must face the
facts and correct the errors. AS a
people. we must assume our own re-
sponsibilities and not seek to place
blame where it does not properly be-
long. In our moments of Impotence
we are prone to criticise our schools,
altogether too harshly. Some even
enjoy quoting Mark Twain when he
jokingly said:
'In the first place God made idiots.
This was for practice. Then ne
made school boards"
Why Mark shot his bolt at school
boards and not at the labor unions or
employers organizations has never
seemed quite clear. Probably ne
considered it more popular to strike
at those who could not or would not
strike back.
If we must criticise, let us be sure
of our ground. If we refuse to bear
our responsibilities as a people and
must level our satire at group, then
let us hit the bulls eye and place the
principal blame for the defects In our
educational system upon that group
in society which is primarily respon-
sible for the creation of our free
schools and our public school system.
That group is the Labor group.
About hundred years ago the or
ganized wage earners of the New
England states made bitter protest
against the oft-repeated phrases by
public speakers, who preached the
doctrine that:
Equality among men results only
from education; the educated man Is
a good citizen, the uneducated an un-
desirable member of society The un-
educated must ever remain de-
graded caste"
Continual repetition of such gibes
greatly disturbed the souls of the
illiterate sons of the new democracy
who had fought so hard to establish
these free and independent United
States. The shafts of ridicule and
contempt had their effect. Free,
equal, practical, republican education
became the slogan OF the manual
toilers.
At specially called mass meeting
of working men in New York, NO
vember. 1929, this resolution was
adopted
Resolved, That the most grievous
species of inequality is that produced
by inequality in education. A ma
tional system of education and guar
dianship which shall furnish to all
children of the land equal instruction
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-02
Six Here Volunteer as Nurses.

Six young women of Thurston
county have already volunteered for
the student nurses reserve, for
training in army or civilian hospi-
tails. Mrs. J. w. NOVEL;, chairman Of
the women's division of the County
Council of Defense, reports. She
anticipates no difficulty in filling the
county's quota of nine and is making
every effort to exceed 1t.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-02
LABEL LEAGUE SOCIAL.

The Women's Card and Label
League were hosts of one the most
successful social gatherings in many
months after the regular Trades
Council meeting July Is. Music and
refreshments were provided.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-02
YOUNG AND HUDSON WITNESSES
IN KAUFMAN TRIAL.

c. B. Young, who was president or
the local Trades Council last Sep
TENDER, and Fred Hudson. who acted
as chairman of the Labor Day COM
mittee, were called to Tacoma dur
ing the week to testify in the trial
of w. H. Kaufman for seditious ut
terances. The jury has reported a
disagreement.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-08-02
STOCKS ON VACATION.

A. J. Stocks, secretary of the local
union of Steam and Operating Engi-
neers. and chief engineer at the State
Capitol, has been enjoying two
weeks rest, with pay. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stocks have spent good part OF the
town on the beach.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03
MANY INDIVIDUALS MUST IN
CREASE BOND SUBSCRIPTIONS.

In the aggregate the voluntary sub
scriptions to the Fourth Liberty loan
in this county look large, and it sounds
fine to say that the people of this
community voluntarily came through
with 100000 practically on the first
day of the drive; but compare this
figure with the total amount to be
raised in Shoshone county, $1,350,0OO,
and it is evident that only small
start has been made in accomplishing
the task that confronts us. An exam
nation of the list of subscribers
makes it clear that large number do
not yet realize that in order to raise
this large sum a real sacrifice must
be made; that they must dig down
deep into their financial resources and
give the government the use of the
money which they have been using for
pleasures and comforts, and that these
must be abandoned for the benefit of
the great cause for which our boys
are fighting and dying in France. 1t
is time for economy and self denial
1t is a time to show that we at home
are not unmindful of the sacrifices
that are being made by the millions
of our soldiers and seamen, and the
only way we can do this is to make
a corresponding sacrifice in order to
bring victory to our arms Many OF
us are not doing this, as evidenced by
the subscriptions for Liberty bonds
Attention is called to this fact now
in order that some subscribers may
save themselves embarrassment by
voluntarily increasing their subscrlp-
tons II they do not, then they may
expect to be waited upon by special
committee before the end of the drive
a committee having definite informa-
ton regarding their financial re"
sources, and they will have the choice
of increasing their subscriptions to
corresponding amount or allow the
discreditable record to stand. This Is
the acid test and it is going to be
applied to those whose SUBSCRIPTIONS
appear to justify 1t.
In contrast with these the list OF
voluntary subscribers also shows
many who have evidently gone to the
limit and who can pay for their bonds
only through the practice of the most
rigid economy. These stand in the
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03
IDAHO NEEDS BURTON L. FRENCH
IN CONGRESS.

The bare possibility of eleeting Pur-
cell, the nonpartisan league-d democratic
candidate for congress. should inspire
every loyal ldahoan in the first con-
gressional district to make every eff
fort toward accomplishing his defeat.
Fortunately his opponent, Burton l..
French is a man who has long served
the state in the lower house and who
has record for faithful and efficient
service which naturally draws to him
strong support In all parts of the
district The attitude of men toward
the war is going to be the crucial test
particularly in the congressional cleo
tons, and from this standpoint Mr..
French has made record without a
flaw. He has never faltered in his
support of the administration in all
war legislation, and he has shown his
deep concern for the welfare of our
soldiers and sailors when they return
to peaceful pursuits after the victory
is won. Amidst the strenuous war
work of congress which has claimed
much of his time, Mr.. French has
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03

never failed In his attention to the in
terests of his constituents. In fact, 1t
is doubtful IL there Is representa-
tive in congress who is more prompt
and successful in attending to the
myriad of matters that personally con-
Germ the people Of his district. The
possibility of losing such a represen-
tative and substituting in his place a
man of less than mediocre ability,
without public experience, barren of
political convictions. creature alb
solutely controlled by the socialistic,
anarchistic nonpartian league, must be
repugnant to every loyal citizen and
cause them to rally to the support of
French.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03
RED POPPlES OF FLANDERS IN
HISTORY.

Readers of the Miner will recall the
poem, 'In Flanders Field" published
on this page a few months ago. 1t
was written by Colonel John McCrae,
of the Canadian expeditionary forces,
and by some critics is pronounced the
best war poem that has appeared
The growth of red peoples on this
historic battle ground Is a phenomen-
on that attracted the attention of Ma
cauley in his description of the bat
tie of Landen, which was fought in
1898, and in which the French and the
British were the combatants Macau-
ley says:
THE region, renowned as the
battlefield through many ages,
of the greatest powers of Europe,
has seen only two more terrible
days, the day of Malplaquet and
the day of Waterloo. During
many days the ground was strewn
with skulls and bones of men and
horses, and with fragments of
hats and shoes, saddles and hol-
sters. The next summer the soil
fertilezd with 10000 corpses,
broke forth into millions Of pop
pies. The traveller who on the
road from Saint Trond to Tirle-
mont, saw that vast field of rich
scarlet spreading from Landen to
Neerwinden, could hardly help
fancying that the figurative pre-
diction of the Hebrew prophet
was literally accomplished, that
the earth was discharging her
blood and refusing to cover the
slain"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03
MARINE AND MULE.
They Meet in France After Parting on
Missouri Farm.


To nearly every U. S. fighter in
France "Tobe' is just an ornery OF
Missouri mule. But this doesn't apply
to Private Victor Irminger of the
Marines, formerly a farmer near
Neosho, Mo.
Irminger was basking in the sun
near an old stone wall in the war
zone during a rest hour. His near
slumber was disturbed by the terrible
bray emanating from a noisy speci-
men of his home states livestock.
There could be no mistake. Irmin-
ger hurried to the other side of the
wall and there discovered old Tobe
to whom he had said goodbye back on
the farm.
After Irminger's enlistment an army
mule buyer spied lobe and indicted
him into military service The story
o. how the Marine and the mule dis
covered themselves both engaged in
the business Of beating the Hun was
set forth in a letter from Irminger to
his relatives in Avondale.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03
THE REAL ISSUE IN IDAHO
PLAINLY STATED.

The recent primaries have brought
the people of Idaho face to face with
a new situation. They will have to
decide at the coming fall election be-
tween socialism and Americanism.
The so-called nonpartisan league,
camouflaging it's candidates under the
cloak of democratic nominations, will
attempt to secure votes for it's candi-
dates, already pledged and bound to
advocate state socialism.
In other words the new socialistic
party hides behind the name of the
old American parties whichever hap
pen to suit it's purpose best, and there
by figures on forcing members of
recognized political parties to vote
ostensibly for party nominees, when In
reality they would be voting for the
hand picked candidates of the social
ist organization, candidates bound to
advance to advocate collective owner
ship Of property and for overthrow
of individual rights and privileges
which have heretofore been so dear
to the hearts of the American people.
The danger lies in the fact that a
voter will think he Is voting for DEM
ocratic candidates when in reality he
will be stabbing his own party in the
back with a vote for socialism. The
real fight is now on between Ameri-
eanism and socialism. Camouflage it
as you will, this is the issue.
Which side are you on?
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03
WHEN A MANS A MAN.
Things That Count in Camp and Re
veal Real Character.


You can learn more about man
in a week in the woods than in
year in the city.
The ideal man may be large or
small, weak or strong. but If he is
willing nothing else counts.
If he is all in but not gutter, If
he is able to joke when tired and
wet If he will do his share and then
go with on your next trip.
When you come in from hard hike
he has the wood cut, hot meal
ready for you, and never kicks as to
whose turn it is to get the water or
do the cooking.
If you can butt in on him while he
is fishing a favorite pool and he will
only smile. if he will wash the dishes
when he is tired without kick, if
he is always cheerful even when luck
is not coming his way-a real chum-
hook up with him and stick.
If you are shooting together he does
not claim he made all the hits, he will
help you get shot if he is more
lucky than you, does not grab the last
piece of bacon in the pan, If he is
hungry, without asking if you want
it.
1t does not matter so much If he is
not an old timer if he is willing to
learn-in fact, it is just as much fun
to teach a bright beginner as to go
with an expert.
We know several ideal companions
who will always carry little more
than their share, do little more than
they should, are always cheerful, and,
believe us, one can have a better time
with them on an unsuccessful trip
than with others on good one.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03
(By Theodore Roosevelt).

(By Theodore RooSevelt).
The absolute prerequisite for sue
cessful self government in any people
fuses to follow either the wild eyed
extremists of radicalsm or the dull
eyed extremists of reaction. Either
set of extremists will wreck the ma
ton just as certainly as the other.
The nation capable of self government
must show the Abraham Lincoln quail
ity of refusing to go with either. The
dreadful fall which has befallen Rus
STA is due to the fact that when her
people cast off the tyranny of the au-
tocracy, they did not have sufficient
self control and common sense to avoid
rushing to the other extreme and
plunging headlong into the gulf of
bolshevist anarchy.
High Brow BoIshevists Dangerous.
In this country there are plenty of
high brow bolshevists who like to
think of themselves as intellectuals
ard who in parlors and at pink teas
preach bolsievism as fad. They are
fatuously ignorant that it may be a
dangerous fad. Some of them are
mere make believe sissy bolshevists
almost or quite harmless. Others are
sincere and foolish fanatics who mean
we'll and who do not realize that their
doctrines tend toward moral disinte-
grafton. But there are practical boil
shevists in this country who are in
no sense highbrows. The l. w. w. and
the nonpartisan league just as long
and so far as it's members submit to
the domination Of leaders like Mr..
Townley represent the forces that un-
der Lenine and Trotzky have brought
ruin to Russia II these organizations
obtained power here they would cast
this country into the same abyss with
Russia.
The l. w. w. activities have been
officially set forth by the Chicago jury
which found the l. w. w. leaders
guilty of reasonable practices These
leaders protested that they were only
trying to help "the wage slave of to-
day and had not taken German
money. But the jury found them
guilty as charged. The American peo-
Pile when fully awake and aroused will
tolerate neither treason nor anarchy.
No Americans are more patriotic than
the honest American labor men and
these above all had cause to rejoice
in the verdict Undoubtedly there are
plenty Of people ignorant who join
the l. w. w. because they feel that
they do not receive justice. We
should all of us actively unite in the
effore to right any wrongs from which
these men suffer. But we should set
our faces like flint against that Grim
inal leadership as that of the I. w. w.
Sought Alliance with the |. w. w.
The nonpartisan league endeavored
to ally itself with the I. w. w. since
we entered the war When the league
was started felt much sympathy with
its avowed purposes. I hope for and
shall welcome wisely radical action
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03

travel less than 100 miles In
week; that splendid, monster loco
motives are only driven 100 miles
In a day when mechanical ex-
perts assert that such machines
should be made to pull loads FOR
sixteen hours out of every twenty
four.
IF a privately owned enterprise
failed to produce 100 per cent re-
suits in time of peace the stock
holders would demand to know. the
reason and to have a change In
method or management. In these
times, when men are giving their
lives and both men and women
are straining every nerve to keep
things moving at high speed, 1t
would seem that there Is every
reason to demand highest effi-
cheney from the railroads upon
which every phase of civil and
military life depends for fuel-the
life of industry"
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03
FURLOUGH FOR MINERS.
Plan Adopted by Government to Pro
tect Mining Industry.

Plan Adopted by Government to Pro-
tect Mining Industry.
Under a recently promulgated or
der, all producers of metals and coal
who have lost men essential to maxi
rum production may secure the re-
lease of these men from army service
il the men will accept furloughs and
will return to their employment.
The bureau of mines will assist
metal producers to secure results.
Burroughs are granted under the fol-
lowing conditions:
The employee who has been taken
must have been engaged in a position
demanding technical knowledge, or
have been skilled operative in some
department where it is difficult to
place new and untried men. The mine
or industry must have been listed as
an essential" by the priorities board.
The employee must be willing to accept
furlough and return to his employ
ment without coercion. The man on
furlough will be excused indefinitely
from military service and will draw
civilian pay, but will retain his uni
form and must be subject to call from
the war department. If furlough is
granted the soldier retains all military
rights and privileges of a soldier and
also retains his established military
rank
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-10-03
WILSON, THE HISTORIAN.
(NatiOnal Republican,.

Historian Woodrow Wilson once
wrote, speaking of the power of the
president, "He may interpose his pow
erful influence in contests for places
in the senate. Such things are
not only deeply immoral; they are de-
structive of constitutional government.
They are sure, moreover, to destroy
both the fame and the power Of the
man who dares to practice Them But
this was written, of course, before
politics was adjourned.