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Page Two ■ The l.ate Wm. Haferkorn'i Old Home of Union Made CIGARS AND TOBACCOS WiH be maintained by the JAMES R. BREWSTER CO., (Incorporated I Corner Colby and Hewitt. Our Special Sc Cigar —HAI KRKORN'S SEAL— The Rest for the Money Union Made South Park Grocery Dealers ie STAPLE AND FANCY GRO< FRIES. GRAIN AND PRODUCT We carry a complete line of chicken feed as well as a full line of groceries. 41st and Colby Phone. Main 40 EVERETT PHARMACY We carry 8 complete line of Drugs and Drug Sundries. Agents for the Santox Line of family remedies and Dr. Robert.-' Veterinary Remedies EVERETT TENT & AWNING CO. 1501 Hewitt TENTS TO RENT SMOKE THE COMMERCIAI.. EVERETT F.D.S. & LITTLE HA VAN AS All Union Made Cigars in Everett By F .D. Sartor DEAN'S Fi=2 The Rexall and Kodak Store STAR SHOE STORE 2909 Hewitt Avenue E. E. WEBER, Proprietor Everett Printers Who Can Put the Label on Your Printing 1 Everett Print Shop. 2 Herald Printing Co. 3 Tribune Printing (o. fi Paget Press. 7 Kane & Harrus. 8 Commercial Press. UNION PLUMBING AND HEATING SHOPS R. M. Wostover. R. Van Dyke. B M. Richards. A. Hedlund. A. P. Bassett. C. A. Healy. Kittleson Grocery Co. Good Things to Eat Phone, Exchange 47 1701 Wetmore Aye C ITY DRUG STOKE I air to Lalx>r B< !;< . - in Union Labor 1910 HKWKfT AYE. WATCHES Diamonds and Jewlry. Best grade guaranteed at the very lowest pfio possible, consider ing quality. I>. KAMERMAN Kveeatfs Reliable fear plot 1616 Hewitt Aye r \<K \ vi) M iZDA LAHTB give ttini- tm.es the lißtft at no greater co t for current. We sell them I.OVVKY & VINGEN 2H04 Colhy Avenue RECORD OF LABOR CONSERVATION SINCE JUNE 4TH Since the June number of "Labor Laws in War Time" was issued, con stant and growing support has been given to the campaign throughout the country for the maintenance of protective standards for labor; also to the idea that our Human re sources are more important than our Material resources. The following brief chronology is designed to be supplementary to our last one, which recorded the gains from March 2">- when the Executive Com : mittee of the American Association for Labor Legislation, realizing that ] war was imminent, issued its pub- | ; lie announcement outling the mm- . ; imum standards that are essential . for the protection of those who serve the industries in order to in- , crease production and to conserve , human resources —up to June 4. when President Wilson issued his . statement that it would be "most , unfortunate" to relax protective la- . bor laws and that there is "no ne- , cessity" for doing so. ] Witness the following labor better- , ments during the last seven months: June 6. Attorney General Lewis, ( of New York, rendered opinion that war is not "extraordinary emerg- , ency" within meaning of provisions of labor law which forbids employees ( on state contracts to labor more than eight hours a day; therefore, state has no power to suspend eight-hour law. j, Jure 15. Secretary of War Laker wrote to Wisconsin Industrial Com- f mission with reference to request of Army Quartermaster that the hours* of-labor law be suspended in certain . woolen factories that had undertaken government contracts: "This letter . was written without my knowledge and I entirely favor your view with regard to the unwisdom Of breaking down the enforcement of regulations which have been enacted as to hours of labor in the various states. * * * , Clearly wisdom and humanity alike counsel a maintenance of existing standards." July 7. New Hampshire Commit tee on Public Safety announced that Governor, in responding to any re , quest of Council of Natioal Defense ito relax protective measures "has no >ther intention than that any sus pending of the labor laws of the state should take place, if at all, only under circumstances so critical as imperatively to demand it, and then only for the briefest period necessary to accomplish the purpose" —also that "no backward step has been taken in this state." July 9. Secretary of Commerce Redfield urged that "an earnest ef fort may be made to see that not only are the safeguards for life and limb provided by laws maintained in full force and vigor, but that a special appeal is made to our leaders of industry to safeguard by careful provision and constant thought the lives of the toilers now so necessary to our country." July 10. Secretary McAdoo, after an investigation requested by Rep resentative Jeanette Rankin, ordered that operations of the U. S. Bureau i of Engraving and Printing be placed upon an eight-hour basis both for men and women, six days a week. July 19. Minnesota Public Safety Commission adopted resolution com ! mitting itself unreservedly to main | tenance of existing safeguards as to the health and welfare of workers. July 2s. Governor Brumbaugh, of Pennsylvania, vetoed bill aiming to suspend Full Crew law during the war. saying: "To disturb labor condi tions in a time of grave moment is likely to invite strikes, riots and I ' disorders, the very things that all | good men devoutly pi ay may not j arise in this country." September 10. Secretary Baker issued order to make conditions in army forts and posts conform to standards laid down by Federal Child Labor Act. September 13. Board of Control - jbmitted to Quartermaster General new form of contract for army cloth ing, which requires all work to be lens in full compliance with all tote labor laws; failure of contrac j tor to comply entitling Government •', cancel contract. B] ten bar 18. Secretary of War Battel d dressing War Convention of \rr... iean Business under auspices of Chamber of Commerce of the United States, warned against allow ing urgent demands of war to lower laboriously built-up standards safe guarding labor. September 20. Bill prepared by American Association for Labor Leg islation, upon official request, intro duced in Congress to restore to long shoremen and other workers in ma rine employment the protection of state workmen's compensation laws of which they had been deprived by j United States Supreme Court's de- I cision in Jensen case. i October 8. Congress passed and the President signed this, bill which 'he Association announced "provides an urgently needed adjustment which will do much to assist the effective f prosecution of the war work of the I Government, opening the way for the comprehensive application of state compensation lav.- to industrial acci dents in marine employment." October 6. Congress passed bill establishing for soldiers and sailors the most liberal government system of accident, health and life insurance ' ever adopted by any country for its I enlisted men. j November 12. President Wilson, 'addressing American Federation of ' Labor, said. "We shall see to it ] that the instrumentalities by which the conditions of labor are improved are no blocked or checked." November 12. Governor Whitman before American Federation of La-1 bor, said: "In the last forty years we have seen an industrial revolution that is slowly leading the world to j realise that it Is the human and; not the material element that goes to make the wealth of nations." November 15. Chief of Ordnance and Quartermaster General issued orders setting forth excellent memor andum of standards for wages, hours and conditions of work that should be maintained for labor's protection on war contracts. December 7. Bill introduced in Congress, upon official request by American Association for Labor Leg islation, to create a public Employ ment Service, as an urgent war meas ure. December 8. Official legislative commission in New Jersey unani mously reported in favor of universal health insurance as a war measure. December 22. Supervising Inspec tor Feehan, of Pennsylvania Depart ment of Labor and Industry, in an swer to inquiries, issued statement that all state labor laws would be enforced during the war, "particular ly those regulating the hours and conditions of employment for wo men and minors." , December 24. Commissioner of Labor Bryant, of New Jersey, in an ual report, said: "The physical worth to the Government of the nation's workers, the essential services they are called upon to perform at this time of national peril, have brought home the need for enforcement of every safeguard with which the state has sought to shield the men and wo men employees within its border.-." December 27-29. "War Emergercy Measures" for protection of health and safety of labor and for effective ' distribution of the industrial army were urged at Eleventh Annual Meet ing of Association for Labor Legis lation. December 31. President Wilson, in letter to National Child Labor Committee, declared that protective labor laws for women and children should be upheld and strictly en forced. December 31. Announcement made that at a joint meeting of the Coun cil of National Defense and Advisory Commission of organized labor, pro visions were adopted "for maintain ing labor standard.-." in any "war emergency" that may require the Council to ask a state for temporary suspension of labor laws. These provisions, in line with those urged last April by the Association for La bor Legislation, call for public hear ings, reasonable notice through full publicity to those interested limita tion to the sections directly involved, definite time limit for permits, re hearings for justifiable extensions, and restriction of permits to in dividual plants. I've builded your .ships and your railroads, I've worked in your factories and mines, I've huilded the roads you drive on, I've crushed the ripe- grapes for your wines. I've worked late at night on your garments, I gathered the grain for your bread, I built the fine house that you live in, I printed the books you have read. I've linked two great oceans together, I've spanned your rivers with steel, I built your towering skyscrapers, And also your automobile. I've gone out to wrecked ships in the life boats, When the storm loudly cried for its prey; I've guarded house from marauders, I have turned the night into day. Wherever there's progress you'll find me, Without me the world could not live; And yet you would seek to destroy me With the meager pittance you give. Today you may grind me in slavery, You can dictate to me from the throne; Hut tomorrow I throw off my fetter, And am ready to claim what I own. You masters of field and of factory, I am mighty and you are but few; No longer I'll bow in submission, I am Labor and a.-k for my due. —By Budd McKillips. THE LABOR JOURNAL WHAT AMERICA NEEDS IS FARMERS WHO OWN AND TILL THEIR FARMS The Country Wants No Asiatic Immigration—Wants No Con scription of Labor —Wants No Absentee Landlords. NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—What America needs is millions of addition al farmers who owh their own farms and are prosperous and contented. What she is getting is a rapid in crease in farm tenantry and absentee ownership, the disappearance of the American farm laborer, the I. W. W.. j a acute food shortage, and the ex ! ploitation of the people by land spec , ulators. This in substance, is what the J : American Economic Association was ! told at its annual meeting in Phila . deiphia the other day by Prof. El ' wood Mead of the University of Cal ifornia, one of the country's fore- . most experts and economista. What Prof. Mead said at Philadel- ' i phia goes far to explain why we have the I. W". W.. why less than half the cultivable land in the United States is being used: why opportun | ity on the land is cut off to all save , | the rich; why people crowd together , in cities and work for whatever , wages the employing corporations please to give them; why there is an agitation on foot for the importation jof Chinese coolies. | Prof. Mead did not declare for taxation of land values —an applica- j' tion of the single tax principle to j ' farm lands—in so may words. But j a reading of his art. se would con-1 vir.ee anyone that this remedy, spe- ' cificaliy urged by Herbert Quick of, , the :eral r'urrc I. board and by Samuel Gompers ::" the ft marl I f-r :r.s:..r, of La: -;r in a letter . to Congressman Keating, and more recently by Arthur Brisban, is the next zreat reform or. which progres sive ':.-.izer..- ■mat nr.:-.*. Prof. Mead's paper in part follows: "Little or nothing has been done to lessen Hm hardships or risks of pioneer life or to protect cultivators from being exploited by speculative landowners Or.iy a small fraction lof the public land was transferred directly to :\.lt'.vator3 Nearly three fostrthj mat toii to speculators or granted to corporations and States , which, :r. tarn, •oU mainly to%pec ulatora. The nation has been exploit ed rather t'r.a.-.* lei •>loped. Great land ed estates have veen created and ruinousiy infiate'l land prices now prevail. "The consequences of this careless, ; shortsighted, unsocial policy are , coming home to roost. We are be ginning to realize that the fortunes made in land speculation come mainly from the pockets of the poor; that ; our land policy i- not creating an i economic democracy, but the reverse; that inflated prices of unimproved land are like the watered stock of a corporation—not an evidence of prosperity, but an instrument for its taxation. Free Land Gone "There is a glowing belief that -omething must be done to make farm life more attractive; that broader opportunities must be given poor men to buy farms; that con tinued increase of non-resident own ership of land and the extention of area cultivated by tenants must be checked. The nation wants food, but men to provide it cannot be had. The movement of labor into the cities goes on. The high cost of living has LABOR a close relation to the narrowing: opportunities on the farm. "With the disappearance of free land this country entered upon a new social and economic era. Free land has furnished an open road to econo mic independence. This road has been closed and nothing has been devised to take its place. Privately owned lands have risen rapidly and con tinuously in price. On an average, farming lands of the United States sell nearly three times as much as they did in the opening year of this century. In 1900 the average price was $15 an acre. In 1915 it was es timated by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture to be more than ?43 an acre. This increase in the cost of land is accompanied by a corresponding increase in the cost of equipment and the expenses of operation. The cost of several typi cal farms in lowa, used in discussing results of leasing land in that State, varied from $50,775 to $24,882. The value of equipment varied from $9.05 an acre to $6.32 an acre. Recruits From Asia "The American farm laborer is disappearing. In many sections he is being discriminated against be cause he is too independent. Land owners are seeking men with low star lards of living but familiar with hard bodily toil. 'What we want,' de clared a recent conference, 'is farm labor weak in the head hut strong in the knees,' and this want is being filled by recruits from Asia or the Balkan peninsula, who may be good laborers but who do not contribute to the political or social strength of the nation. Immediate corrective action should be taken to prevent the ex tension of this. American rural life cannot retain its hopefulness and in dependence if it is to become a great pool wherein are dumped people who labor without ambition, without any agreement as to the standards of life, or any interest in our political institutions. "In too many of the newer rural liatrieta of America there is less social progress than in some of the older European countries. We are do : ing less than they to enable people who have industry and thrift and j but little else to buy and improve farms. The importance of this can hardly be overestimated. The ex ; perience of the world indicates clearly ; that the best farms, the most con ' tented people and the most stable political conditions are found where farmers own the houses they live in j and the land they cultivate. Those ! who realize the full significance of 1 these facts believe that our indiffer ent attitude toward the social prob lems of the farm must be abandoned and that in order to hold young peo ple on the farms we must plan a rural development which will pro vide economic, intellectual and social opportunities at least equal to those of other countries. Must Own Land "The economic foundation of this planned rural development is the ownership of the land by those who cultivate it. Let us grant that ten antry cannot be wholly abolished; but it should be regarded as undesirable and should be recognized only as a stepping stone to ownership. Only those who live under their own vine and fig tree realize the full value of rural life. The most satisfactory progress and the greatest advances in agriculture are found where pa triotism has its roots in the soil. "In no direction could the Federal Agricultural Department and the State agricultural colleges render greater service than in helping to create institutions which would pro mote farm ownership by families of limited capital. Such institutions would insure an environment which would make agricultural instruction more fruitful. It is not enough to give the farmer good advice and ig nore his inability to act on it. To the farmer struggling to earn a bare living good advice often becomes a source of irritation; it aggravates his helplessness. The tenant with a one year lease has no reason to rotate crops or to maintain soil fertility. 'What's the use of advising me to feed hay to live-stock,' said a sorely harassed homesteader 'when I haven't SMOKE CIGARS FROM A BOX THAT BEARS THIS LABEL. TH AT WILL HELP THOSE THAT HELP YOU a dollar in my pocket with which to pay fox steers or credit enough to buy a pair of overalls'." "The time has come when our neg ative, irresponsible treatment of land settlement should end. There ought to be created at an early date a competent land commission, compos ed in part of State and in part of Federal authorities, to investigate this problem and make recommenda tions for a new land policy." REGISTER!—REGISTER!! Register today and sign the Port District Petition. If you are already registered, sign the petition. We want the Port District. Trunks, Ladies' Handbags, Leather Goods and Repairing at Everett Trunk Factory, 2815 Rockefeller. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH. Hans Christenson and Sigrid Chris tenson, husband and wife, Plaintiffs, vs. Albert J. Grannell and Esther J. Grannell, his wife; Mamie A. Gran nell, Gertrude Grannell; Andrew Erickson, a bachelor; Halftan Dah len and Eva Dahlen, his wife; L. F. Spore and Mary 0. Spore, his wife; Fred Funk and Mathilda Funk, his wife; the unknown heirs of Cather ine M. Grannell, the deceased wife of Albert J. Grannell, a defendant, and the unknown heirs of any other party named as a defendant or otherwise; and al} other parties or persons, known or unknown, and all unknown heirs of any party named or referred to herein who claim any right, title or interest, legal or equitable, in the real estate described in the complaint, Defendants. The State of Washington to the said Albert J. Grannell and Esther J. Grannell, his wife; Mamie A. Gran nell, Gertrude Grannell; Andrew Erickson, a bachelor; Halftan Dahlen and Eva Dahlen, his wife; L. F. Spore and Mary O. Spore, his wife; Fred Funk and Mathilda Funk, his wife; the unknown heirs of Catherine M. Grannell, the deceased wife of Albert J. Grannell, a defendant, and the un known heirs of any other party named as a defendant or otherwise; and all other parties or persons, known or unknown, and all unknown heirs of any party named or referred to here in who claim any right, title or inter est, legal or equitable, in the real es tate described in the complaint: You are hereby summoned to ap pear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this sum mons, to-wit, within sixty days after the 4th day of January, 1918, and de fend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiffs, and serve a copy of your answer upon the un dersigned attorney for plaintiffs, at his office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court: This action has been commenced by the plaintiffs against all defendants named or referred to in the caption hereof for the purpose of quieting the title and confirming the possession of the plaintiffs in and to the follow ing described real estate in Snoho mish County, Washington: Com mencing at the Northwest corner of the S. W. V* of Sec. 29, Twp. 31, N. R. 5 E. W. M., thence South along the West line of said Section for 32 rods, thence East at right angles 40 rods, thence South 8 rods, thence East at right angles to last mentioned line to the Seattle and Montana Railway, now known as the Great Northern Railway, thence Northwesterly along the West line of said Railway right of way to the North line of the SW'/ 4 , thence West to the true place of be ginning, being a tract of about 14 acres, more or less, in the NW>4 of the SWVi. of said Section 29. You are referred to the complaint on file. Dated Jan. 2, 1918. WM. SHELLER, Attorney for Plaintiffs. 330 Stokes Bldg., Everett, Wash. First publication Jan. 4, 1918. Last publication Feb. 15, 1918. PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY MM by Autaorayot S» Bmom*mnt ImerittOonal Urvkwt of Arne r i cli Union-made Cigars. IW Oma to »ii avium ttinafaut* aail AtMMguMttufKMthis libel «»Tb« MMNMafIpMM Series D / 7T /-mmmM __ CXI U .fJmmrm. WHITE HOUSE PUBLIC MARKET MAIN 973 HEWITT & OAKES MAIN 973 WE HANDLE THE CHOICEST LINE TJF FRESH, SMOKED AND SALT MEATS IN THE CITY Pot Roast 12/2 to 17'/ 2 c Boiling Beef 10 to 15c Fork Steaks 28c FREE DELIVERY TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY Why wear ready made clothes, when tailor made cost you no more. Tlu>v wear heter and hold their shape longer. DUNDEE UNION TAILORS 1716 HEWITT Try "BLUE RIBBON" Cigar, sc. No. 17049. SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION Friday, February 15, 1918 Good Bacon 30c Sausage Meat, per lb 15c Pork Chops 30c THE DEVIL'S RESIGNATION The devil sat by a lake of fire In a pile of sulphur kegs; His head was bowed upon his breast, His tail between his legs. A look of shame was on his face, The sparks dropped from his eyes. He sent his resignation To the throne up in the skies. "I'm down and out," the devil said, And he said it with a sob; "There are others who have me beat, And I want to quit my job. "Hell isn't in it any more. With the land along the Rhine. I'm a has-been and a piker, Therefore I resign. One ammunition maker With his bloody shot and shell, Knows more about damnation Than all the imps in hell. "Give the job to the Kaiser, The author of the war. He understands it better A million times by far. "I hate to leave the old home, The spot I love so well. But I feel that I'm not up to date In the art of running hell." —By A. Fleurney Simpson, Glentana, Mont. When Secretary of War Baker re fused to give away war secrets to the senate committee in a public hearing he as good as told Senator Chamberlain and his co-trouble-mak ers that that was giving away mili tary secrets to the enemy. The scheme is to discredit the administra tion for the benefit of Wall street. Chamberlain's war cabinet bill might as well read "An act to aid Wall street operators and the German Government." Patriotic Oregon ought to be ashamed of Chamberlain. The people will have a whack at him two years hence. Smoke Chas. Sheets' CHALLENGE 10c Cigar. We have a repair shop in connec tion with store and have nn expert repair man in charge of same. We make a specialty of repairing motor cycles, bicycles, typewriters, oash registers, guns and revolvers. .We also do lock, safe and key work. Tel ephone and we will call for your w.ork and return same when repaired at Arthur A. Baily's Sporting Goods and Hardware Store. Both Phones 75 LOUIS ROEWERT LUNCH (The Green Front) 1719 Hewitt Chinese Noodles 2000 BLOCK 2015 Hewitt Dealers' Full Line. MECHANICS' TOOLS, All Kinds BUILDERS' HARDWARE, CUT LERY, SPORTING GOODS, GUNS, AMMUNITION, FISHING TACKLE, PAINTS AND VARNISHES Curran Hardware Co. Why not get your watch fixed at NICK GRAD'S 3005 Hewitt Aye., Riverside We Specialize on Up-to-Date Hair Cutting TOM ALLIMAN Barber Realty Bldg. 1605 Hewitt Aye- 1 LOCAL ST A Mi*