The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-11-10

now JUSTICE FAILS


Editor The Star; notice YOU arc
generally square IN your decisions
80 I would like you 10 read this
ana give your opinion on u. II you
Will The way I have democracy
doped out IL rs "a government for
alone law for both rich and poor@
am union man. worked IN tho
shlpyards during the time our nation
was at war with the Huns. Twice
my helper WAS taken from me and
sent TO IA training camp. each time
! was given "a foreigner that could
hardly understand English. I got rid
OF both. nut the point ~ both OF
these men was filling the place Of "A
good American. neither OF them was
a citizen OF our country. In fact.
they were both l. W. VS.. neither
90 them would join the army. sun
they we're getting big wages. while
our fine boys were getting barely
enough TO keep them In smokes.
some OF us felt very bitter about
this.
Mr.. Wells IL ono OF the men. union
men. that thought II was very un'
Just, IL was unjust. and because he
voiced his opipion. he ~ convict
today. lie IN a union man.
Nov we viii touch on another
class OF men. In the city there was
certain nas~s-sr Of high class men
opposing our government. paying out
big money 10 I. W. W. agitatorn.
paying men TO talk young men out
Of going into the army: IN fact. pay
Ing for anything that would hamper
our government ono Of our union
men. well known 90 me. was sounded
on how he would like 90 earn 1900
cash to destroy ship then nearly
finished. lie iH an American. 100 per
cent. nitho like Wells. often talked
Of wrong done By our government
Well. my friend thought he would
lead them on ana Try and trace where
this money was coming from.
II took him rome time to do II.
but be finally traced u. then he
gave Information to the officials O..
- officials IN this city. gave them
positive proof Did the United States
government arrest any OF them Not
that you would notice. No. Eir. they
were too high up" and you say all
men are equaiG Forget A.
Those high class crooks were do
ing a thousand per cent snore harm
than Wells. the union man.
shortly after my friend gave In.
formation 20 4. 4. officials abou;
them a bar Of iron was dropped 20
xiii him. then on another occasion he
had 10 throw himself on the ground
TO avoid being killed BY sheet iron.
eth another time he was knocked
down - a plank az IL had struck
him. az intended. u would have killed
HIM And all this within n week
after he gave the information. So
be quit to save his life and IL In
San Francisco today.
My brother came on visl, 20 our
I family two weeks ago. lie IL from
I skagit county. l was inquirlng OF
I him II IL would be poaslblc 10 set a
I timber location IN skngit county lie
IL well informed on timber. being a
/ timber cruiser. lie told me there
was no vacant timber IN SkaEi'
county. only on forest reserves. and
one can't set that Hc says large
tracts q fine timber IL held BY bank
ing institutions. ! said ! was Of the
opinion " was hardly n good asset
for banking. "oh." be, says. 1T really
don't belong TO tn. banks. You see
/ it's this way. The small country
banks In Mount Vernon and Sedro
wooIiey. for instance. are holdlns
the timber for Germans. The rca
German agent IL a bis banker and q
broker In Seattle. bur they use TN
banks out our way 90 hold IL. foi
some reason. and there IL a grea
deal .pf skagit and Whatcom COUNTY
held that way"
said; "Docs the United State
government know thlaT" lie Haid
"oh. yes. Graft. you know"
so there's our boastcd democracy
MIR. Editor. a bunch OF crooks 81
free because they are rich. Som'
poor devil. because he II poor. IL pu
Ia prison. JAMES WILSON.