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Vetutte ' lltt Bl t ttiu. Tssued every evening, except Sunday, by 'THE BULLETIN PUBLISHING C0. Entered as Second-Olass hatter, December 18, 1917, at the Postoflce at Butats, Montana. Under Act of March 3. 1879. P2ONEa. Business Office, 51 Editorial Rooms, 292 Publicat.aa Office, 101 South Idaho (downstairs). Editorial Rooms, 10.3 South Idaho (downstairs). SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 month ......................$ .75 a months ..................... .75 8 months ..... ............ 2.00 12 months ..................... .00 The Daily Bulletin as on sale every day at the following places in Butte: Depot Drug, 823 Fast Front. George A. Ames. Jr., 816 1-2 N. Main. P. O. News Stand, Went Park. International News Stand, S. Arizona. Harkins' Grocery, 1023 Talbot are. Palace of Sweets, Mercury and Main. Allen's Grocery, 1204 East Besecond. Everybody's Neow Stand, 215 8. Mon tans. \\ICIN .SDAY. FEIiIUAlIY 5 I, 19.1. ENGLAND, 1381, AND BRITAIN, 1920. 11 is.1tory is \verb-y i slli 'il ', mltl cI'C tlinlly w+lhell explainetl liruthi fully thei re is gt.ll fitg' ni r it' f i.'tu livi'. t lit 'i'luii say lhal't lli)t ll'y is to ( ]lllllilll hr('e \\ hill (' lt l tl'rit'el' is Ito the infliviIllu l. Thl e \\tr'lkill' \eis is ' I':11:Iland halii ii i',nl irluall le h sto.ll y. on)Ie t of Iil.lressio ., revoi f t ll fi htI l iili'. ie tht iisify e[ti iii II'sruet s. bul one hl t t 'll e 'iilihi - Ii ld the ih lfl'llS llatll niit't ie avoid 'd uo giull jile ,goal of i'ln. strial 'reet'o it'. Let bis t ut t to if. ioul liet'u-h of livuiig l'it I hountry. ' lwril. wlhicll w ill ever l 't' nu ii til'e rl- ii n it'It ifiu ti S ,of ll exillloitl ers. iand inspiringf. though ii iiclit f'ltif. 11iu the iii sk I. l i 3 thi e 1 girlt itll -t l l ei l i (' 1-Irtck1 l .i gl yu u . Starlittng i ll lice livO intllp rlator t seapoll rt, 1' l;ric il ull luul ' jUn ll n olll'to , ilt olllet'. Terrible w\ere ils r v1v1nge( o it ilf,. l' ' it ille l'I' t east nle third of the totall ltotll lation. AS utitlntg . i, t .lugh t heir l . ovet'rl Ilacl eo y ititi.n . l .he itworke In 'tl t lesatls suffered t .le patti: oti e(uelt ly'i pa t e lo a or sg lllyrat wa deolt ted, . ith tl.e t ll tat e e t h1 e I ll- the first ani l t lyh lime iw l the hisltory of capital mill labor. the ,Ineintl l'or labor was greater than the st lll,. Na ltltwIdy. lhe w\ages slarted lo rise. itml in slite (I' tf he la\\' iold threatened lltl1ishln'eil, to all who should give or ltake hiighe["r wages. thely ,nutionedl hI rise. 1I some cases lhey rose (i0 per cent. 1l 11l the cost of living c'lniged hilt very little. The worker's eniyt'ed bltler eolullions. lied mllt'lh happier. 'Ind Ia relit their lliu, ('tceater. ralher than have thetm ill'. atil ,herely" inzreased the Inlumber ,1' l enisan1t farmers, brt thev sold to the I a(, an.lts r oniti lian 'roun exaetlio. s. In f'lul. G ii hl., s ill his "' lI. i Is 'ial llistolry of, E' gl.l.o.l.' sia s: Serfage or villeinage gradually becatee practically extinct after the plague, though the land owners, backed by the lawyers, inter posed many- obstacles in the path of emancipation, and a great revolt was necessary- to enable the villeins to show their power. ctf l'm' Ilse II)l'i ill I r ! i 1' 11 1e 4 rtIt il l' e sil. I Wl ull, ri,. ll. g l i ;rs. nt they m ere Called. lllten Iltl.r i'.~ll' i thse ('tt ntryi clad in Ilse emu;Irsed kind of ,amen s, mal -ufft r \' Iu 't ' ll hardshi ,1 I Itreachinl t illlltlh 'l'. ( l ei an i tll' lh , The ' \Viiklil'. \\wit lauitphll that "as it was lawful to withdraw tithes from priests who lived in sin, so servants and tenants may a withdraw their services and rents from their lords who live I' openly a cursed life." li it 11'one a411 ng l ll. I e.ti r '\ t'l ll '' ln ')re I -ll- k illpti Wi the eUnrpif u tll andlu l ligilltIn p riesft t' he aIII . JtthIl it Ito 4 l'\ l i the .il· l inti l I l the I ll till' tl i . " .p111 l ; ill nlil t1 ti ls'ii '. li' 11y oodI friendt's, thiings cannot go on well in E1ngland, nor ever' ' will, until evelrythinig shall b in c4eon4m4 (n; when thcere shill neither be assadlnor lord, and all distinctions le veled; when the 1ords41 shail1l 14'be no r4ille m sters l4 hai oilurselves. How ill hav'e tlheyi ' usedl1 II; nd flor wha1 t reIs' O (in4 t( they thuls 11 hold its ill ebonlll4age?3 .Ihe we ' not all deseded fro11 the sa''1 parents, A idall and Eve? and what canI they shoe, or w'hat easonts give, why they should be more the (tasters than ourselves, except, perimps, in manking 1is lbor and w1.orki, for tIlhemll to splltl'd? Thy are' c.lothed ill veIlvets and rich stull'4s, tr'nam eteld with e'rmine and other furs, while \e are forced to4 wear poor cloth (1. 'The4y have wines, spi'es and tine bread, when we have only rye a.l the refuse of the straw; anid, if we drink, it ullst be water. They ha\e and1solme seats alnd nuners, whn' w1 e in ust brave the wind and111( I raiiln in our laborsll 1'1' in the field; but it is from our labor that ihey have the wherewith to support their pomp. We :ire (tcalled slaves; and if we do not perf'ormt our service., we are beaten. and we halwe not anIy sov c(reigll 114 41h(),111 4\'' ('lll llo whom 1e cancomplain, 'or who wishe ills to hear ls and do, I-4 .justice' . Le1 t is u (go to the king, whoi. is young()4, all(nd re1nt')ll strati with hint on our serviuhde, 'telling hin we ltust have it othllerwise, or that we sh l lilld a rellmedy for it o1urselves. If we wait on hint in a ibody, all those who it( e under 'lthe 4plehll'tion of slaves or are hehl ill boIllage will follow uI itl the h'opes of being free. When the king shall see ius, we shall obtain a favorable answer, or 1hen we m1st e'14'k ourselveli s ' ito ll4mend oursell''1 ve s. This eilk Was tlhe 4lnerl Il , en .' 1of he leai'( li .414 1li4 l llspokes lien ot ' tli e risii4ng 114! 4rk44t . a ll it w' i i1.1'1l.'11 1 t. aI( l l el c eii.,llll' . I ltwas trilt'. .lis l rl i u ni erll il , ' . f 11ur1 kert l'll '. Ii4sl 1\w s ll llThel (gi liiO t e lill liir4h that I lli brt hll sl i iltel' ring lire . Tl i'h lanid n 'e\\l's. Ihrf llhi rtuel l'iial trittkerti . strove to tlr'i e ]I\c'k the 'free .luael It -liiiit ,ge i. t hen (, Ih e w u it havei Itl agailn gie labor due . i al pll im\\- l l t ll ft',r1 11 tl iiiasers. arll - vest their grl in, 1 l1 y to thr e itrt'ii. It 4ti il a liI ninill iI. h iiar \ost the hay and Stack il. Tshe Swork.ers resented' , Su folk, Catlhe gl r Sl'l b fl p Ille uts il 'eoII broke ont. It was the year 1 :;,1. Led by W\iat Tyler, John liall n1 Join -tra. thollusanlsi ilarchediid Il ,siido. Tll ove u hiei was red out of t.heir very wits. They dared niio'tlie Varil ie Iates thle ity a theii their tongs a ached fo fteeda the exploiters lolltl elt il through other meihs aind liays. Sixth thoIsand or' morle troolil into Lld,,i,. rrii K14ent.I Essex, Sussex, Bedfl.ord, Suffolk, Camb"ge. ilTtFo)rd. Lincol,. Heading. Laieashlire and all over the eointry. They lodged themselves ilt the various laltls of the city, aild their .resence frightened the exploiters until they kept indoors I .hitl, si t}.@i l 11e )tigii,:. rife|ý lubmld_ it .. Then these (jiiil)0 Tl oroters v eltl a fi, NMI. Alli.lt h Union Stock Holders in the Butte Daily Bulletin UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA-Locals: Sand Coulee Stocket, Roundup, Lehigh, Klein. FEDERAL LABOR UNION-Livingston. MACHINISTS' UNION-Great Falls, Butte, Living.ton. MACHINISTS' HELPERS' UNION-Great Falls, Butte. CEREAL WORKERS--Great Falls. TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION-Butte. BLACKSMITHS' UNION-Butte. ELECTRICIANS' UNION-Livingston, Butte. BAKERS' UNION-Great Falls. SHOE WORKERS-Great Falls. PLASTERERS' UNION-Great Fails. RAILWAY CAR REIPAIRERS-Livingston. MUSICIANS' UNION-B-utte. BRIEWERY WORKERS' UNION-Butte. HOD CARRIERS' UNION-Livingston and Butte. STREET CAR MEN'S UNION-Butte. BARBERS' UNION-Butte. IMETAL MINE WORKERS' UNION (Independent)-Butte. PRINTING PRESSMEN'S UNION-Butte. MAILERS' UNION-Butte. STEREOTYPEIRS AND ELECTROTYPERS' UNION--.tte. BRIDGE AND STRUCTURAL IRON WORIERS--BUTTE. PIPEFITTERS' UNION-BUTTE. BROTHERHOOD 11OILEIRMAKERSi AND IHELPERS-Butte STEAM AND) OPERATING ENGINEERS-Great Falls. I U7TCH ERS--Great Falls. BAKERS' UNION-Butte. AND THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS IN BUTTE AND MONTANA they w\ailed ,ll Hic larl tile 11., theft lord, king, atnl divine ruler oi' .glautli. lie aul)i)rtanehed [them with a smile so write the Iti lt'ials). maull rodle in ua ini.g tlh-lt crying: "LMy good peo ple, I am your king and lord. What is it you want, and what do you wish to say to me? T hose who heard hint answered: "We wish thou wouldst make us free forever; us, our heirs, and our lands, and that we should no longer be called slaves, nor held in bondage." At whicht the king replied: "I grant you your wish; now, therefore, return to your homes and the places from whence you came, leaving behind two or three men from each village, to whom I will order letters to be given sealed with my seal, which they shall carry back, with every demand you have made fully granted; and, in order that you may be more satisfied, I will direct that my banners shall be sent to every stewartship, castlewick and corporation." .\AiI thle \\irlikers in their simpnile hotiesty believed this royal ,l(,eeive'h. 'r that Vwas lthat li he really was. subsetqltlelnt events! giving Ir of. It al)'eaars tliat tliottllgl llany thousanIlds, at this flie hil ,o piltieal trilckery, left flr their homes. Thitrty thout . ini. or lltlre retli iltied il Lonlld i. still untl er thle leadershlip I.o Tyl'er ltill tintul Shiaw. whll( evidently stusie)ecte( somiething (ltiillkeul. Thie w.l.irkers really hail h thii gs iln iheir own hanids hail they l ee'( tt ettsci(, t s oI', their real lpositionl aid iItbuted with class ki.aii'illgi,. Titis the king admitlted, a ltert tle fatal dlay whlich we will lnw llss it'. statinig thal t 'tt' lttlllei \w'iltted their letters before' they lef't.'" lTo this the kIing tegati l satuer1 out' that 'lie hall h a tdy ill sltrl(lell his sereltaries to write them. W at T'yler .wa, talonue withi Ie' kinig tiltd hit crowd of xi (t, -tlhroats, l ior, he thadl prel' 'vioist ly 1,1I I l'the wtrl'kers IIto renilt ill I iehiut h( ll(t. tiat to ltlerfere anttil Ilhe' siiilitl eei orcie rd Ifroti him. They never g'ot this v iii'o. i' i tt' .i royal g'routll tof t'ttrtIerers fell (lol aid killed him, 1 \hich the w-t'kerits werle tut to ch('lartI'ge. when again the le lying kin, l ive teet l he by riling Ill)p. crying at the toy) of his voice. ;I enitl(ttilllin. \wVilt i I ll. Vot about. 111 [ ' , 11ishall1 hav'e Ino ,lther cualtlill btul us,'. 1 anl your king; reln1itnl p eilceable.'" Again the simplle wttrkers were fooled and tilllalille inactive ,luring suillicienit lihe I'm-r llit, king to gather loyal aund well oita tl lItugtl iit litlertit' ait l s\weet) diown i t iet wo('rkers. take I'ri tt thei tllIhe writile rti yal Ilr ttm ises iallud le told by this sante kingl, lure\.ri'ator Thal "Villeins yoi were. tiuf villeins yoi me.. I1l ,itnin.g ywout hlall as i.fs, ud ltal T tnot your old bond 1i1( ' .llvv u ii. !e(t i, Il' ('iv,.'I, iatm t nll i .l t in 1leaders. VINvlliiret tlill, he' gIood or ii . I, l' those \wiii cOan be led one way' canll e led un thet , it ia i leieI i' i le is the army th l the killiing of him mitns yi' .ll on deatllh. Iti not believe tlhe exsl toitrs, eir.wtnedi j' ull 'rn Oniv ed. j t thI ey l have lied (lo\\'l thlr'ouih l history a tl they 'row\w 1-ealer in tlheir de;ei't with ever} ('aI . Best ill yout ,i\vl lwet an i Iii ut ith'4 it aw y. \\when Vout have it. for linO iio itu ses. Tlthis the oIrkers of lBrilain have no\ faenrted, and there are i lenrer nmi ls Ont the 'lass s.lruggle in the 1urld nltday. 'hley are ,.a nized,. equipped with the knowle lI.,e of their class nall its hitoi y. 'hey iikniw \ts hal they wautll. t1l IAoyd ictorge InoIIt deceiv ( e It hemll. W e wait. (..ali(enll iil the nwexard 1matr1xht if the workers of Ihose little it~les, ki .ois g Hll il t e ie txithe i , kit º oi ha eitlh e m tt will I.e able to l.nd tllh o em a le int i o. rlaIIl ,,e eral Iral stes . alition strike in llllri, was probably ulIled off jii .set lo make the delegates Iti lh1, 1'e e ct ren e arelt it ulteowt. it al lineg (eiI'-ie diayt.i.is . Do Your Duty! aini we want to talk to Iyou aoutt th;atl little job you I.;.,. perhaps, left umndne. HAVE YOU IlI,(ISTERIEI",I)? It ntih hatpcien that when a he time r ,,ines for votingh that volu will have cause to regret your negligence of this 11' it happens that you are a worker. )os now have the tinie ito qualify as a voter in the next eily ele ction. lemembler that if you fail to register yiou are disfran (.hised j*st as chattel slaves were without the right to vote belire the civil war. Millions of men have FOUGHT and DI)EiD 'or the RIGHT TO VOTE. S You can vote by stnply *ing down to the court house TODAY and registering. AT lili 'J, rN OOD NIGHT Ud COLUMN eTIE MUCKIR" If you want to know anything, ask the Mucker. If you Sdon't know any thing, ask the Mucker. If you know anything you know the Mocker don't know, tell it to the public through the Muck er's column. "Mickey, can you figgeir? "Yu can. Well, here's one: It costs the city over $12,000 per month to dishpose.of the garbage and ashes in the greatest mining city on earth. Along comes two ducks who call themselves laundry men and offer to do the work for $4,100 per month, and the city fathers give them the job. That enough, Mickey? I got the answer. That's figgerin' by figger heads to rotten egg the public, More of that same stuff, camouflage, used by Wallingford Kelly. They get the job to start work some time, but not until the figgerheads can use the figgers to fool the public. The mayor tried this same stuff at Helena last week, when his municiple bill to get more ravenoon got shot to pieces, because the mayor said he saved $65,000 on garbage in Butte. "A member of the legislature used the figures and the public was saved. But did the mayor save the city the $65,000? He did in figgers, but not a dime in money. It's the same with the job to be given to Falkner & Shay, the laundrymen, to dishpose of the garbage and ashes. The ad ministrashun uses the figgers and hand them to the public before elec tion. The would-be contractors never start the work. The public saves $100,000 a year in figgers only, and still us poor suckers will pay in creased taxes to keep the figgerheads figgerin'. It's a great game." "But say, Tim, when do the con tractors begin?" "Never, you chump, unless the contract is 'fixed.' " "What do you mean by 'fixed'?" "Well, Mickey, it's this way: They make a mulligan contract, all mixed up, you understand, like Kelly had. in which the city holds the sack and does the work and Kelly grabs the mazoo. Not making you a short an syer, but it, means this: Y---M-C--A --You Must Come Across." Dear ilucker: What do you know about. the terrible amount of illiter acy that has • been discovered throughout the United States since the "war" began? I always did have an idea there were several hundred thousand American citizens under six years of age who were unable to read or write, but I understand there were close to 700.000 grown men of draft age who were illiterate, and who knows how many women and older men there are in like circustances? H-ow could the far-seeing, mentally superior moneyed classes of the country allow such a dangerous con dition to exist? What's the danger about that, did you say? Well, they tell me nearly 90 per cent of the Russian people are poor, ignorant and illiterate, and didn't they abolish the so-called "Booshwa" classes and the autocracy in Russia, all in a jiffy, and didn't they estab lish Bolshevism? WVell, then, to work things out to a logical conclusion: If a larger per cent of the Russians had been "eddicated" and could have read the Russian duplicate of the Butte "Whiner" and the other "safe and sane (?) journals," and instead of getting restless and hungry for bread, they had been able to read Chamberlain's thrilling stories of love and suggestive daring in the "cuss not all of 'em" magazine, or Oftendine's wonderful tales of diplo matic intergue in the "Burst" or "Areslushy's" hair-breadth adven ture stories, there is no doubt in my mind but what the Russians would still be governed by the czar. The Russians were not "eddicat ed" enough to know that man lives not by bread alone. Since I have learned of so muck illiteracy in this country I am dis turbed, I used to pooh, pooh at the thoughts of a revolution, but now I don't know what to think, Then there is prohibition; What effect will that have on the future? All the socialists, anarchists,. I..W. W.'s were nothing but drunken bums, irresponsible and shiftless, ignorant and hopeless failures and now that booze has been legislated out of the country, one would im agine such people would disappear. Alas, and alack! I was .conversing with a man who is interestecdin the lumbering business: he had" just" re turned from Seattle. He filled me with-no not booze; that is illegal- apprehension. He said the cussed lumber jacks saved their money now, and instead of blowing it in on a grand old spree and going back to work within a week or 10 days like they used to do, they rent a cabin and buy a grubstake and read! read! read! that damned literature. What? Oh, that I. W. W., bolsheviki dope. ! * ! Say, Mlucker, what became of my logical conclusions? Help! Help! What I want to know is this: Does illiteracy or "eddication" prevent or retard revolutions? tion papers to all intents and pur poses when he sent forth the edict prohibiting the sale of intoaicyttign liquor in Russia. Do you-thing the WITH THE EDITORS SHAW EIXPOSES WAR FICTIONS. it The common soldier, the tax payer and the common elector are never v trusted with. the truth about the un- ii derlying causes of war. So says t4 George Bernard Shaw. "It is deemed a necessary to present the war to him o as a crude melodrama in which his country is the hero and the enemy n the, villain. The present war is no ' exception to the rule. "England must hold the balance of power. Whether her government is composed of Quakers or Theodore Roosevelts, she will no more suffer a formidable rival to take Antwerp I than to hold Portsmouth." If the t United States builds a thousand new battleships, 'England will build 2,600 new ones. "If France rises on the ruins of the Prussian monarchy toward a European hegemony, ENG LAND WILL COMBINE WITH GER MANIY to make the hegemony impos sible in the matter of foreign al liances. She will 1lo1w Belgium just as much freedom of choice as she allows Ireland-and no more." Shaw says that Germany was building a fleet that was a violation of England's rule and that the gen erous indignation which was inspir ing the soldiers to fight Germany to the bitter end was founded on pa triotic fraud. England began to pre pare to defeat Germany in 1905 and at the outbreak of the war was the best prepared nation in the world. "It was simply a direct struggle between two rival powers, eight years of which was occupied in masneuver ing for position and only fdpr in actual fighting and was masked by such bewildering camouiflage of cross dreams of martial glory and Chris tian pacifist compunction, that not until the armistice was signed was it possible even to approach the truth in a public utterance of any kind, spoken or written." It is difficult for us to see the difference of this statement and that of "The Majority Report" of the so cialist party that was made at St. Louis at the beginning of the United States entrance into the war. If. what Shaw says is true and it must. be, or else England would jail him; we do not see why over a thousand socialists should be languishing in American jails for making the same statements about the causes and the aims of those who want wars.--The World, Oakland, Cal. PROFITEERS NOT PULNISED. At the opening of the war, the president was in favor of the policy , of pay-as-you-g6. That is, the war was to be paid for by way of taxes as far as possible, instead of saddling t a big debt upon the country. This policy was speedily aban- I doned. We now have the big debt and more a-coming. In the meantime, the profiteers r have made millions and millions and I millions 'of dollars. out of the war. t The colossal fortunes which they a made out of the nation's tragedy i represent the wealth that would have I been taken in taxes--i order to carry out the erstwhile policy of I paying as we went and coming through without a big debt. It was not done. Furthermore, we have not heard ' of spies and district attorneys camp ing on the trail of the profiteers who I made millions out of the country's crisis. We have not heard of their being placed on trial and sent to the penitentiary. On the contrary, these ghouls are highly respected, The prostitute press looks upon them as our most desirable citizens. It seems that it is not a crime for the capitalists to deliberateluy make use of the tragedy of the nation in order to feather their nests. But it is considered a crime for a socialist to work for social justice, and, while doing so, to incidentally express his honest opinions about pub lic questions. - Milwaukee Leader. A CONTRADICTION. The Union Record editorial writ ers recognize the handicaps that con front those who would interpret the world's news. Human vision, at the best, is con tradicted-limited facilities, insuf ficient light and a thousand and one other factors contribute to twisted conclusions. Because we know these things we approach a discussion of other writ ers effusions with charity-with no intention to wound or harrass. Hbw ever charitable one may be, it some times happens that it is necessary to challenge the good faith of writers when they indulge in such palpable contradictions as are embodied in the following' paragraph taken from an editorial recently appearing in' the columns of the Seattle Times. Read this: "IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE SOUL OF THE WORLD IF CIVIL IZATION COULD OBTAIN AN AC CURATE DESCRIPTION OF CONDI TIONS OBTAINING AT THIS TIME IN RUSSIA-the savage tyranny 'of the bolsheviki, their oppression of the masses, their repressiot of lib eral tendencies, their utaladministra tion. resulting in the starvation of va.~ hIihbers' of nen, women aind children." ., The front part of the paragraph is an admission that no accurate in formation is available on which the predicate a conclusion. The last half of the jariagraph then proceeds with an indictment of the bolsheviki. A regular "Fickert" method of 1 proving a case. Having first deter mined who is to be convicted and what the charge is to be, they calmly proceed-to make the facts fit the con clusion already arrived at. Is it any wonder that the average man-one not entirely gullible-has come to look with distrust on the "canned" opinions that so often ap pear in editorial columns of the cap. following in his footsteps? I'll bet, a you say: yes. r ANOTHER MUCKER. P. S. Say; IMcker, you don't need + qvesti91l~° q you h , Aorkkimg-lfi "h Ia box, - too much of a mental effort after a t shift or two -Ii such , -dAC ltight r cause aervoui breakdown. afi.ttat is Sashbusineis man's disease and dactors italist press? The wonder is that anyone believes' the stuff. What better argument can be ad-. vanced for the NECESSITY of build ing up a great newspaper dedicated to telling the. truth and attempting an honest editorial interpretation of the world's news? Truth or untruth, information or misinformation-which do you want? The answer lies with you.-Seattle Union Record. A BIT" OF CAMOUFLAGE. The Employers' association is hav ing a field day at the legislature these days. As usual, their machinations are cloaked with the mantle of patriotic effort. This time, with Dr. Suzzalo of the university, waving the flag, the leg islature passes a so-called "soldiers' and sailors' relief" measure. This bill does not provide any specific method of administering re lief to soldiers and sailors. Under its provisions it is possible to estab lish A STATE CONSTABULARY; A SECRET SERVICE BUREAU; Or, as Dr. Suzzallo stated in the debate that prdeded its passage in the house, it might be used to force a settlement of industrial disputes. Never in the history of this state has a bill been introduced in the leg islature containing so many possi bilities of viciousness as does this act. That the sponsors of the bill know this and know, too, that it would not stand for extended discussion or 1 careful scrutiny is evidenced by the frantic haste with which it was 1 forced through the house. Most of t the members who voted on it had t not even had an opportunity to read it. We have an abiding faith in the good sense and common honesty of t the citizens of the state and KNOW that ultimately those who are now . so diligently serving their masters i will be stripped of their "pay-triotic" camouflage and will be compelled to t stand naked in their shame before , the citizenship of the state convicted I of being either rouges or stupid s simpletons. There is an orderly political meth od to throw into the discard the e men and measures that are now be ing fastened on a trusting electorate. That course will be patiently fol lowed until the hypocritical friends of the "common people" are boosted a into that political oblivion from y which no one returns. It means patient and laborious s work to ditch this gentry. However, g the work must be done if this state is to be a fit place for free men to live in Let the passage of this hypocritical piece of legislation, which makes of returned soldiers and sailors charity wards of a political commission at the commission's discretion, be the signal for renewed organization and increased activity along political lines by those who really believe if a. "government of, for and by the people." Returned sailors and soldiers should not be dependent upon the whim or caprice of a commission for what assistance they might receive at the hands of the state. The re turning service men have assistance coming to them as a RIGHT--not-as CHARITY.-Seattle Union Record. LIBERTY BOND QUOTATIONS. During the war the Leader, in helping the government to sell Lib erty bonds, published United States government statements declaring that Liberty bonds were as "good as gold," that the credit of "one of the greatest nations in the world" was back of them and that nobody would loseanything in taking their savings out of the bank and loaning them to the government. Yet toddy thousands - pdrhaps hundreds of thousands-of poor peo ple, compelled to sell the Liberty bonds which they bought through patriotism, are losing from $4 to $6 on every bond. To them, at least, the bonds have not been "as good as gold," and the credit of "one of the greatest nations in the world" has not prevented them from being forced to accept losses that they can ill stand. Liberty bonds have been quoted as low as $92 in the market. The Leader has not the slightest doubt but that any big financier, or even a humble bank clerk can, and will on invitation; give a lengthy and intricate explanation of the reason why the government's perfectly good securities are discounted from 4 to 6 per cent on the boards of trade, chambers of commerce and stock ex changes, which fix the prices of se curities for the whole country. But when they are through with their explanations, the fact remains that bonds,, which the government sold its citizens under assurance they were "good as gold," are not as good, as gold at the present time. It would be a sign of weakness and ineffici ency in our financial system for any kind of government securities to be diacounted so heavily, but when it is bonds patriotically purchased by hundreds of thousands of people who could ill afford i,t, and who bought them under promise that they Would lose no money, it becomes something more than weakness and ineficiency. It is downright double dealing. Investors should hold their Lib erty bonds till-the market.recovers if it ever does-or till maturity, and then get out of them what they put in. But this is no answer to the thousands of poor people who must sell the bonds at once on account of financial embarrassment and who shotild not be compelled to accept losses which the wealthy, who can hold their bonds, do not have to suf fer. There is also the fact that the overly rich can buy up the bonds at a heavy discount and make profits at the. expense of the overly poor, Another indication of the truth of the old proverb, "To him who hath," etc. It may be "pro-German" or "bol " shevism" to mention this matter of I iberty loan quotations, bt'. we'll take- a chance on it.-No na tisan Leader. " "Discontent," says a P dis - ispatch, "Is sweePlpg 'westwa the