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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12
VAsHoN p. T. A.
MEETING AND TEA

The vushon y. T A. will hold
its regular business meeting at Tile
Community Home. Tuesday, March
lG ef . p M sharp From three
until five O'Clock tea viii bc scrv.
ci Tor the benefit Of the "Lockar
Fund 4 good program IS dssur
od Everyone come mud enjoy your
.alf nd help buy the much needed
lockers.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12
BURTON HIGH SCHOOL
Cast of Characters

Letta (Letty) Willis
A new student from small town - Julia Larsen
Madge Stevens Lettys friend and champion Anna Finger
Esele Doottle, spoiled beauty Florence Wilson
Miss Rice, The landlady Elsa Schmidt
May Dorothy Jensen
Rose College Chums Eunice Hall
Grace Luceile Beaumont
aieaard (Dck) Bradley
The athletic star of the class Adney Smith
Punch Dooittle, The mschievous work
hating brother of Estelle Richard Bennatts
Jim Young neutral and coach OF
the Dramatic Club --.--.....~~-....- Sidney Coates
George Washington Watts Porter of Miss Rices,
A gentleman Of color and peace, Baird Fyler
Scene The sitting Miss Rces boarding house the
college campus.
Time The present
Act The arrival of the student and her reception
Act II The llaowe EN- Party.
Act Ill A Business Meeting of the Dramatic Association
Act w The Glass Dinner and Reception.
with Samuel French New YOh
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12
OLD ISLAND PIONEER
PASSES ON

Carl Deppman, one Of the old
pioneers of the island. died at the
residence opposite tie High School
Inst Tuesday at an age beyond %
years. He leaves three sons-
John, Charley aud IIerman-and
one daughter-Miss Frederika-
10 mourn his loss, besides all who
knew him In thet days gone by
Funeral services were conducted
from the Vashon VI 4. Church on
Thursday by The Pastor. Rev
Andersen and the body was laid
Ia rest IN the island cemetery
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEMBERSHIP GROWS

A. j. stuekey,
Mrs Stackey,
Il. Middling,
N. lioshi,
Herman Deppman,
Il. G, Piepo, Seattle.
Jay Smith, Seattle,
VIM Brown, Seattle,
DR.. Torlaud Seattle,
G. II. Stcffen, Seattle,
w. a, Steeplc, Seattle,
Il. Thomas Seattle,
Ms. A. q. Stecple. Seattle,
l.. Tarnbull,
b, =. Nelson,
Miss Ida Dysart,
Miss Mary Dysart,
G. Okubo,
NJ. Nakayama,
N. Nishiyori,
VIM. Francis,
A l.. Francis,
G. j, Olson,
Dir. V G. Coutts,
H. NJ. Hatch,
DIR f. A McMurray.
The above names have been soil
tied by secretary K. w f. Mar
a since the lust publication OF
ic members names.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12
BEALL POULTRY CATALoG

The Beall Poultry Farm has
Just issued 80 page eaialog
which is one Of the finest works
of art wc have ever seen. The first
edition was 5000 and these W5l
go an over the world. The lre:zf
and back pages each give d view
from vashon island and in the
front page appears in big bold
type Vashon. Washington. y s.
a." n is whoiesom publlcity for
the island as well o Mr. Benll
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12
ST PATRICK S SOCIAL

a ST. Pefrick's Social viii bc
hali uext Wednesday evening
March 18th of the Community
Home There win be- o museal
program etc. followed by pames
Rcfre,bmrnt. win De served AZ tho
close All are invited
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12
NOTICE OF CoNGREGA.
TI0NAL MEETING

Annual Congregational meeting
Firsi Presbyterian Church. Wash.
on will be held in the church on
Monday evening. March Goth, at
: o'clock Business to elect III
ders, Deacons. and seven Trustees
Three Trustees for a term Of three
years, two for term Of two years
and twa fer a term Of one year.
Hear The various reports and %
fend 10 any other business that
will come before said meeting.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12
BURTON
Mrs, A. Hunt)
- sss =

Mrs. Capt, Phillips who ha,
been quite i'll for some time, IS
home west of Burton.
Alfred Olson sports new 1926
sport model Ford roadster and
lately tried it out on the highway
leading through Renton. IssaquaI
and passed several cops in Seattle
md still arrived home the same
day,
This glorious weather incited
Mr.. ard Mrs. c. G.. Swanson with
pany, to 90 on moor trip iG
Portland one day last week TheS
stopped at Winlock to calI on tho
Schaefers aud other friends and
stopped one night in Portland
The trip. going aud coming was
continual ple6aue and will lona
be remembered
The Burton Circle was enter
iained at the home of Mrs James
Mcintyre Thursday Mrs. T.. Il
Stewart assisting the hos,cs.
The same afternoon the Ncwporl
Circle met with Mrs. Robert lIa
lev. Some thirty.three ladies wa.
the total attendance. All" with but
a single thought and hearts that
beat MS one" and the singll thot
for Burton.
Nineteen Commercial Club off
Gers and wives dincd nt Island Inn
Thursday and were "all in" when
they finished dining so qumptuous
was the feast. Tonsts were givcn
"a, a., ,o,.ot,.;..,, .,,4 .l,.....,'.....,.
lecretnry. W. Gov Meredith. who
for Two years had been a faith
ful recorder of the Gibbs doipqs
was presented with a beautirifl
gold pencil in appreciation of bis
services. II was a pleasant even.
ing spent
Those present were Messrs and
Mesdames Meredith. Hansen. Il G..
rl.a,..,...... 81. u,,......, 4, ~
Miller Wb;tfietI E,.t;no g,.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12

COMING EVENTS

lst your dates iu tbis col
umu ~ beast a week ahead 30
tme $50 charge This is
1f die convenience and beue-
80 of schools. churches. and
% clubs
iarch l2 iTHior play Bur
Hieh School
Muh i6 Jubilee Singer at
iur9l
Mareh i1th St pairiek's
Event Community Home by
Presbyterian Ladies
Nar b ~. Pound Social at
aheula Church.
aaass sssss 80
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12
LISABEULA
(Annabelle Dyer
= .

There win be Pound Social
1t the Lisabcua Church, March
i9,h. Come and bring something
hat weighs a pound. Nothing less
han a pound goes No Switching.
The pounds Of what you brin
will be sold n aurton Thc pr&.
.eeds will be turned over TO the
Community Home, So the more
loilars we can pouud-out the more
'he Community Home will have to
'iuish with. Come every one. A
program will be given and refresh
nents served. Don't forget the
late.
John IIiersch, son Of A. II,
iiersch, left the other day OH the
Hawaiian Standard, a boat that
ir 10 The PHILIPPINE Islands. 1t
p1wered with Diesel Electric en-
zines lie viii be the chief engi.
lcer and has signed up for one
ear and if not satisfied at the
Md of that time will be transfer
ed 10 o boat that runs along the
nciflc Coast. He has ialScn his
ife and ear with him on the boat
John lliersgh is well known here
lu the island having attended
chonl here and Mt Burton Iii. We
u wish him aud his wife the best
II luck.
Mr.. Ticg has returned home
fr0m Seattle where he has been for
come time while he has been
nvins his arm tended TO- IL Is
lning 20, nicely q. can be- expected.
Ms. Jochansan who is here
rom Alaska Is going 90 spend the
nmer with Mrs Wik. She has
rr thrn months old baby with
'er Her husband has gone bacl,
n Alaska whor he r in engaged
Ma work
Thc iadie A.d win meet af the
burch March III M Sutton and
lrs 40 lancy heiur hostesscs Ey
tnuc s invited fu come.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12

Mr. and Mr. Frd Furreson of
'oupeville. Wash and Mis-. Flor
nse Pratt. "a cousin of Mrs Fprg
son. Of Anaeortcs Wash spent
Tuesday evening and had dinner
w1h Mrs. Charles Christian oil
east Burton.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Storey mo
tored up from IIoquiam Saturday
10 spend the week end with their
Mrs. T Norstrand.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1926-03-12

Mr.. and Mrs Crouander were
over % Tacoma last week visit
ing their parents who reside in
that city
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21
FOR THE UNITY OF THE CITY AND LAND
"LONG LIVE THE FARMERS SECTION
OF THE DAILY WORKER KNUTSON

very that The DAILY WORKER special
This
for the revolutionary movement in the United States.
calculation of their problems
The DAILY WORKER it revolutionary
will
yoke Of capitalism by the revolutionary method.
Farmers, closer the city industrial
understand what their them
their friends that they themselves
the
operation with their natural ales-he city workers.
other
the capitalists the
the city industrial guided
these they hope win against the capitalists
they alliance with the produce
city
their problems together.
At the time the farmers loaded with high
high freight receiving
their being rapidly dspoessed
Coolidge
The DAILY will tell
farmers section Of The DAILY WORKER will
the
Iutionary of classes Of
Long live the section Of WORKER!
ALFRED KNUTSoN.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21
Commerce Predomnates i'm Union of Soviet Republics

struggle can be the poor in the viii
lage, the middle peasantry can in the
best case be neutralized. This is APP
plicable, Lenin wrote this for the
parties approaching power We are
however, party which has obtained
power. And in this consists the tre-
mendous difference in the question of
the peasantry.
Leninism knew three basic slogans
according to the three periods of the
revolution. 1t is decisive that each
slogan should fit into the correct
period. When we advanced towards
the bourgeois revolution, Lenin said,
alliance with the whole peasantry
against the car and the large land
owners, naturalization of the liberal
bourgeoisie. And with this slogan we
won.
In the second stage, in October,
Lenin gave the new slogan out: al
lance Of the proletariat with the poor
of the villages against the whole bour-
geoisie and the naturalization of the
middle peasantry. This is the slogan
Of parties which stand before the
seizure Of power.
In the third period, after the beat
ing back of the imperialist attacks,
and at the beginning of the work of
socialist reconstruction. Lenin issued
the third slogan: Firm alliance of the
proletariat with the poor of the viii
lage and the middle peasantry, and
this is the only correct slogan for the
period of broad reconstruction, for
socialism does not merely embrace
the town.
Socialism is an economic organiza-
ton uniting industry and agriculture
upon the basis of the specialization
of the means Of production. Lenin
pointed this outaas early as the eighth
party congress- Those who wish to
oppose this theoretical attitude by call
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21

in 1924.
For this purpose the state budget
contributed q sum Of II millions, and
apart from this, a further sum OF n
millions for the struggle against
drought. The conditions for the i'm
provement of the material situation of
the workers and the peasants are
present.
And parallel with them increases
the political- activity of the workers
and peasants. They began to Judge
the mistakes of the state organs critic
ally. We are entering a period of
the enlivenment of all classes and So
cial groups. This enhvenment is also
present with the new bourgeoisie and
their agents the rich peasants and the
intellectuals., And upon this basis the
decisions of the fourteen party confer
ence upon the activisation of the So
viets, upon the concessions to the
peasantry, upon the concretisation of
the rent question, the question of
wage labor, the material assistance
for the poor in the village, the policy
of the firm alliance with the middle
epasantry and upon the liquidation OF
the remnants OF war Communism,
we're passed.
A LII these decisions mad as their
"A object the regulation OF the rela-
lions in the village. the lifting of the
authority OF the proletariat and the
party and the safeguarding OF the firm
alliance of the proletariat with the
poor in the villages and with the mid
die peasantry.
This policy has proved to be COM
pletely correct.
With regard TO the middle peasan-
try, IL will be recalled that the second
congress of the Comintern (Commun-
list internationally adopted a resolu-
ton according 20 which the only ally
of the proletariat in the period Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21

ing upon the resolution of the second
congress of the Comintern should say
this outright. Leninism is not to be
understood in isolated pieces, but as
a whole.
PRACTICALLY, the peasant ques-
L tion appears as follows: After the
October revolution a process took
place involving a section of the viii
lage poor into the middle peasantry.
The middle peasantry makes up at
the moment the majority in the vii
lagos. The differentiation exists in
the village, nevertheless, 1t proceeds
slowly. The speaker made a polemic
against the idea that the village poor
and the rich peasants had grown nu-
merically and the middle peasants
strongly decreased.
Just as absurd is the idea that 61
per cent of the cereal surplus is in
the hands of the rich peasants, moth
ing in the hands of the village poor
and the rest in the hands of the mid
die peasantry. After the middle peas
antry, despite the differentiation,
made up the majority in the village,
and after the reconstruction and CO.
operative plans of Lenin demanded the
drawing in of the masses Of the peas
antry, the policy Of the alliance with
the middle peasantry in the N. e. p.
New Economic Policy is the only
correct policy. The October plenum
of the central committee passed de-
cisions with the purpose of corrobor-
ating still more the policy laid down
by the fourteenth party congress.
II was the task Of the October pie
mum TO prevent disorganization OF
the policy OF the fourteenth party
conference, as voices were loud in the
party according to which the firm
with the middle peasantry
was incorrect, unacceptable.
Some declared that this policy of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21
Banker-Farmer Head
of F arm Federation
Denounces u. S. Budget

The Chicago headquarters of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
yesterday announced that the recon.
mended budget for the U. S. depart
ment Of agriculture was a "mostrosi-
ty" and declared that agricultural
aides to the director Of the budget
were playing politics."
The head Of the farmers" fedora
ton, who is banker of Quincy, iii
nois, Sam H. Thompson, denounced
the budget as Seriously curtailing the
work of helping farmers" by limiting
the employment Of county agents. up-
un which county farm bureaus de-
pend. Thompson is particularly arous-
ed by the fact that tho the budget
of the department as a whole was
larger than last year, the SUN for
agricultural items is lower.
Thompson's statement, coming in
the midst of a crisis and just prior to
the annual meeting of the Illinois
Agricultural Association at Cham
paign, is expected to create a sensa-
ton.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21

at least a hundred millions.
TIME speaker then proceeded to a
discussion of the class relations
in the country and of the class activi-
ties. The development of the peoples
economy in the country produced a
betterment in the material situation,
in particular in that of the whole pro-
letariat.
The first dissolution of the working
class has been overcome and the re-
establishment and growth of the
working class is proceeding rapidly.
This is illustrated by the following
figures: On April 1, 1924, the total
number of all workers, including the
agricultural workers, was 10000.
OF this number one million were land
workers and 100000 unemployed. On
October 1, 1925, the number of wage
workers was seven millions, 100000
landworkers and $4,000 unemployed.
This proves the unGoubted growth Of
the working class. The average
monthly wages of the Industrial work
err in commodity rubles were: April
1925, IS rubles, that Is to say, 81 per
cent Of his pre-war wages.
In September 1925, so rubles, that
is, 95 per cent OF his pre-war wages.
In some branches Of industry the pre-
war standard of wages was overtaken.
Together with the growth OF wages
the growth OF the productivity of la
Dor can also be observed.
The speaker further dealt with the
formation of a wages fund and fund
for social insurance. In 1924, the to-
tai number OF insured was 100000,
In 1925-26, the number Is calculated at
seven millions. The assistance rend-
cred by the trade unions to the poor
In the village in 1924-25 amounted to
105 million rubles, including tax priv
ileges, cpntributions to the struggle
against 40 results OF the bad harvest
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21

to 10 per cent. The share Of private
trade has fallen from Fl per cent to
IL per cent. The share Of the state
in small trading in 1923-24 amounted
to 16 per cent, in 1924-25 almost to
% per cent. The share of the CO.
operatives rose from 25.9 per cent to
1873 per cent. The share of private
capital fell from 81 per cent to 44.3
per cent.
THE amount of the share Of the
i state in the provision of cereals
Is not growing so quickly as last year.
This comes from the mistake which
has been made upon this field. Not
only the state organs, but also the
party central committee have miscal-
culated, for the latter is completely
responsible.
The miscalculation consisted in the
fact that the plan did not take into
consideration the special market con-
ditions and the new conditions of pro-
vision. This year for the first time
the Soviet state adopted a measure
other that that of administrative pres
sure. The peasants and the repres-
entatives Of the government appear
ed on the market for the first time as
equal factors.
The land organs intended TO provide
20 per cent of the whole cereals to be
provided up to January 1. 1926. They
did not, however, consider that the
peasant also maneuvers, that he holds
back wheat for the future in expec-
tation of further rise In prices, and
that he prefers in the meantime TO
bring less valuable cereals TO the
market. 1A
In this connection the plan for the
provision Of cereals was reconsidered,
the plan for the export OF cereals
limited and similarly the imports
plan. The new export and import plan
must close with an active balance OF
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21

reckoned in the mind of the boss
What it is the workers do not know
One worker reported to the writer that
his bonus for a week was 81 cents
and another got a bonus of IS cents
in four days 1t seems to be working,
however.
An overtime pay of time and a half
begins after the worker has put in a
81 hour week If he works over 10
hours a day he then gets overtime.
The machinists, boilermakers, sheet
metal workers and other craftsmen do
not get in on the bonus so they have
asked for an increase of wages. This
was done two months ago but no
word back from Chicago as yet.
Minute Late; Docked Half-Hour.
Altho the men are not prohibited
from going from one department to
another, during off time, still the
boss usually wants to know where
they have been. If they are minute
late in punching the clock they are
locked half hours time. They must
have their work clothes on when the
gong sounds.
The law requires that shower baths
be installed but the worker in the
killing, fertilizer and hides depart
ment finds his bath consists of but an
old rusty pipe with tin can suspend
ed in the air with holes punched in.
Little of the stink is taken off by the
bath and it is carried thru the town
and to his home where maybe the
landlord supplies bathtub to finish
the scrubbing. To add to the joy of
the workers, in summer the places
where these men work are infested
with swarms Of flies.
Yes We Have Inspectors.
Oh yes, they have inspectors. They
are not there to keep the men in
health so much as to keep the meat
looking clean when it reaches the
public for consumption. The workers
are examined in some plants once
year but we hear that Armours
have had men there for twenty-five
years who have not been examined
since they came in. Since the meat
goes in one direction and the contents
of the CUTS and the hides in another
direction it is of little concern as to
the welfare of the hide and fertilizer
men.
We have no space to picture to your
mind these departments as they
should be. We can only advise you to
get Upton Sinclair's Jungle" and
read it again. 1t tells the story of
Kansas City as well as Chicago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21

capitalist class as a whole) or be lev
led from the cooperative associations
he had in mind.
Wallace favored the plan, however,
of a fund for surplus crop control to
be assessed from the co-operatives,
following the plan proposed in bills
introduced by Representative Dickin-
son of Iowa, which provides for the
creation of a farmers council rep
resenting co-operatives and market
ing board working with the depart
ment of agriculture, which shall de-
eide if there is surplus, declare it,
take it off the hands of the co-opera-
tives, market it abroad and collect
from the co-operatives any loss that
may result from the transaction in
the worlds market.
Pooling Losses Aids Small Farmers.
This amounts to pooling of losses
among such co-operatives as are brot
into the organizations, but leaves the
independent" producers which are
naturally the small, isolated farmers,
to profit by the higher domestic pric-
es without paying any assessment.
This aid to the small farmer indirect
ly charged to the wealthy, large farm
ers in the co-operatives, would, OF
course, never do for the politically
articulate wealthy farmers.
On the other hand, subsidy to the
agricultural industry which swill get
the government to shoulder the loss
of selling the surplus on the world
market, would assess the capitalist
class as a whole, and is stoutly OPP
posed by the big business interests
thru the Coolidge administration. Yet
political necessity for agricultural dis
trict support to the administration
forces it to propose something to aid
the farmers.
Another bright idea of Mr.. Wallace
was that investigation should be made
into using corn in the production Of
sugar. This silver lining to the cloud
turns out to be, however, not so sill
very when the proposal is holly OPP
posed by the beet sugar and cane SUI
gar producers. All in all, capitalism
is capitalism, and there is no way
farmers who actually farm the soil
can be permanently aided except by
overthrowing capitalism.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-21

alliance with the middle peasantfy
meant to ignore the poor of the VIII
lage. That is stupid. The question
Oh the village poor is not new, and for
this reason the October plenum did
not discuss it. The question Of the
village poor appeared solely in con-
nection with the activization of the
Soviets. The Soviet democracy means
the leadership of the working class.
The Soviet democracy under the
leadership of the proletariat means
that the proletariat must have its re-
representatives. in the village. these are
the representative of the village poor.
In order to hquidate the voices men
toned, the fourteenth party confer
ence had the task % to determine
the means, the amount and the con-
ditions OF the material assistance for
the village poor, CD the slogan for
the organization Of special groups and
fractions Of the village poor to be
used in political struggle to draw
over the middle peasantry and to iso-
late the rich peasant Both Of these
tasks was carried out by Molotov thru
the village commissions. The village
poor is still permeated with the spirit
OF war Communism and the result OF
this is passivity.
We must point out to the village
poor that It is necessary to act fnde-
pendently with the help of the Com
munist Party and the state to organ
lie groups in the Soviets, in the Co
operatives and peasant committees
and to work there, and fight against
the rich peasants. Nevertheless, not
thru administrative pressure, but
thru a political struggle.
NOTE-The speaker then proceeds
in concluding 20 enumerate the vari-
Gus digressions with regard 80 the
question Of the peasantry.