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March 9, 1911. at the pOßtOftio« M
Kindt. Washington, under the act
of March 3, IS7!> ,
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Published every Thursday by the
Tress Committee of the Socialist
Party of Snohomtsb County. Mil call
fornia. SI Kverett, Wash.
Maynard Shipley, Editor.
11. W. Watts, Business Manager.
Yearly subscription, $1.00; six
months, ItOj three months, r>c; single,
copies. sc.
UNTERMANNS LETTER
, -< ~■ -~ ————-
Comrade Untermann's letter em
phasises the fact that nearly all the
well known Socialist scholars held j
views contrary to o\irs, and that "We
place ourselves In an untenable posi
tion in declaring that these comrades
were not real Socialists. We beg to
disagree with htm. It is these. Illus
trious writers who have placed them
selves in an untenable position. If
they, or at least those of them who
are still alive, are Socialists, then we
are something more than a Socialist,
and those comrades who feel and think
as we do are In need of a distinctive
name, If not of a distinctive party or
ganization. Marx and tingles, and all
the revolutionists of the middle of the.
eighteenth century, were ashamed of
the name "Socialist," and were obliged
to call themselves "Communists," In
order to be distinguished from the mid
dle-class sentimentalists, and religious
Utopians, who had set out to "con-
Tert" the master-class to the lovllness
of the Co-operative Commonwealth,
the folly of selfishness, and the Chris
tian Imperative,— so to speak,— the
Brotherhood of Man. Hence we read
today "The Communist Manifesto,"
not the Socialist Manifesto.
We reiterate, that whenever a So
cialist takes up arms in defense of
"national boundaries," he ceases then
and there to be a Socialist, the essence |
of which is internationalism, not pat- j
riotism, the class struggle, not the
race struggle, or a struggle over po
litical boundaries or masters.
TEDDY AND "WE" AGREE
At last "We" have found one point
on which Teddy and ourselves are In
agreement. We both believe in "pre
paredness" for war. We both believe
in the necessity, under capitalism, of
a bigger army and bigger navy, the
bigger the better. Both of us regard
the pacifist propaganda as the great
est piece of "bunk" ever conjured. As
to the pacifists being mollycoddles,
here we disagree. That's not what
ails them. They're silly dreamers,
Utopians, or stupid sentimentalists,
wholly oblivious to the plain teachings
of history. They're doubtless brave
enough, as far as that goes. But, like
Bryan, their leader, they're uneduca
able, they can learn neither from ob
servation, study, nor experience. Ted
dy doesn't know much, but he is ai
least not blind to the fact that the
"morality" and "justice" of a class, or
a nation, is a self-interest, self-pro
tective morality. Perhaps we flatter
Teddy in saying that he is conscious
of this principle. At any rate, he in
stinctively acts upon this fundamental
fact. Were Teddy not conventional
by choice, and a natural-born bromide,
he would make a good "freethinker."
He knows that peoples are wholly un
moral whenever their conventional
morality conflicts with their selfish
interests. And he knows that we live
In a world ruled by brute force; that
the fruits of the earth belong to the
strong. So he would have the ruling
class of the United States strength
ened by a large and efficient army of
fool soldiers, a great navy, impreg
nable fortresses, and all the other
equipment suitable for a modern
Christian civilization. And Teddy's*
right, at that. Capitalism, brutality,
unmorality, religion, and WAR are in
separable. He v»'ho supports the first
must, to be consistent, support all the
rest. And this requires sharp and
strong teeth and claws, not sentimen
tal gush of the Bryan concoction.
Teddy's right, the earth and its full
ness belong to the strong. "It always
was so, and it always will be so."
Believing as we do that the work
ing-class is potentially the strongest
group in fhe world having identical
material interests, we call upon them
to unite under the banner of Social-
Ism for conquest of the world for the
workers. When they have been suffi
ciently educated and aroused, they
will heed this clarion call, and the
world will be theirs for the taking.
THE "SOCIALIST" CROP
Six sacks of spuds have been re
ceived from the following comrades In
Gold Bar district:
Hufus Wren, two sacks.
Gus Fleeder, two sacks.
Ely Richards, two sacks.
Be sure and attend the W. R. Snow
meeting in CITY PARK on Oakes
Aye. Sunday afternoon, Sept. 5.
MY PLEDGE
(From "War, Whal ioi">
i refuse to Hill your father i re
fuse to slay your mother's ion, I
refuse to plunge " bayonet Into the
breast of your sister's brother I re
fuse to slaughter your sweetheart's
lover*. I refuse to murder your wife's
husband. 1 refuse to butcher your lit
tie child's rather. I refuse to wet the
earth with blood ami blind kind eyes
with tears. 1 refuse to assassinate you
and then hide my stained fists In the
, folds of any flag.
Yoa Can Do This
If you wtlhi reader, to take a hand
in this oampaign, you *""> organise
your locality, (lot a subscription
blank, for "Wiir. What Port" and go
after your friends ami neighbors, get
ting each one to advance what money
In 1 can. It may ho the price of DM
copy, five OopleS. or a hundred, the
■IMIWIUIXHM to N that the money
be refunded when the hooks are (Ma
posed of.
There are many ways In which this
can be done. Kach contributor may
pledge himself to sell a certain mini
her. They may be sold on the streets.
They may be sold through the book
stores. Perhaps a friend is out of em
ployment, and would take up the work
of canvassing. Perhaps the comrades
of your locality will district your
town, calling upon each resident
There is a crying need for the book
at this time. Especially would it ap
peal to women, mothers whose boys
may be called to the front at any mo
ment. These and many other methods
might be used to spread the propa
ganda contained in this remarkable
book.
We should never fail to avail our
selves of the assistance of persons op
posed to war, whether they are So
cialists or not. Many who do hot un
derstand Socialism are opposed to war.
Get any such to subscribe to a fund
to carry the true meaning of what war
really is to the unthinking, youth of
the country. When they read this
book, their desire for the "glory" of
war will be forever dampened. They
will be perfectly willing to let the
Henry Dubbs do the fighting. We
have word from one comrade who
states that his copy of "War, W yhat
For?" has been read by thirty persons.
Now, comrades, If each member of the
Socialist Party of the United States
had a record such as that, it would
be something to be proud of.
On page one you will find a blank
which we ask each reader to fill out
and send to the Northwest Worker.
This list of questions is being sent
out to the local secretaries in Washing
ton and the adjoining states, as fast
as they can be printed and mailed.
We want your help. We want your
advice. We need organized effort.
>Vhat will you do to keep the boys of
the country from rushing to the front
to be ruthlessly slaughtered in the im
pending conflict? The situation is In
YOUR HANDS. WHAT WILL YOU
DO?
ALL ORDERS FOR 100 OR MORE
TO BE SENT TO GEO. R. KIRK
PATRICK, 473 MADISON SQUARE
STATION, NEW YORK CITY.
ALL ORDERS FOR LESS THAN
ONE HUNDRED TO UK SKNT TO
THE NORTHWEST WOKKKK. 1612
CALIFORNIA STREET, EVERETT,
WASH.
A STRONG ENDORSEMENT
The "strongest endorsement" of
Mr. Osborne's work in Sing Sing, in
the view of the New York World, is
"the nature of the campaign that has
been made against him." Since he
took charge, the World goes on to
say, "neither the little nor the big
politicians have had free swing at
Sing Sing," and "the traffic in drugs
has been checked and the profits of
crooked employees shut of." He has
established a new order of things
"where justice and humane treatment
are the first rules in the maintenance
of discipline," and this journal adds
that if his experiment prove, success
ful "there will be a revolution in pris
on administration throughout the
United States." The New York Even
ing Post emphasizes the fact that
leading prison-reformers who "have
been in closest touch with what has
been going on" are "wholly on Os
borne's side."
LECTURES HELD NEXT WEEK
Carrie W. Allen
Sun. 5, Portland; Mon. 6, Vancouver;
Tue. 7, Laurel; Wed. 8, Trout Lake.
This finishes Comrade Allen's tour of
the state.
W. R. Snow
Sun. 5, Arlington (2 p.m.); Sun. 5,
Nverett; Mon. 6, (1.30 p.m.) Kdmonda;
Tue. 7, Kennydale, Oemrade Snow
then goes to Portland, Ore.
Order a sack of spuds from The
Northwest Worker.
MORE ABODT WAR
EQdltor Northwosi Worker
l luivc befoi <■ me printed copies of
general orders posted up by II"1 GeN
man commanders lii French mid Bel
■lan towns snd ylllngos. Thej are no
despotic timl severe; they cover such
11 multitude of poßslblo acts Hint 1
am sure no Belgian or French civilian
even though Imbued with the pure (?)
non-resistant Socialism of Blveretl Lo
cat No. i could have obeyed them all.
Ami the penally for disobedience wan,
in most Instances, death.
One rule Initlted upon it that civil
iann ihall take off their hati or give
the military lalute to a (ierinnn offi
cer or Hohller.
Three windows In each Inhabited
house must he Kept lighted all night
All doors must he left unlocked.
in cities "in hostages win he takvr
in each street and If nny uprising tlftj
jeurs In any street the 10 hostagei will
he shot." and the following sentence
Is added: "The safety of the hostages
depends on the population remaining
quiet In any circumstance*."
in the province of Luxemburg—*
province no larger than SnohomiMli
i county It Is estimated that 1,000 civil
ians. Including many women and chil
dren, were shot.
It Is absurd to suppose that all these
thousand victims were "snipers." Un
doubtedly there were occasions when
the lustful Teuton soldiers taking ad
vantage of the unlocked doors bo
kindly provided by the orders of their
commanders, mado assaults upon wom
en whoso only defence and protection
were their husbands, fathers or broth
ers, and these civilians In such emer
gencies may have failed to remain
i quiet or show the proper respect for
the German uniform. During the civil
j war In this country "Bnlpers" were
shot when caught, but hostages were
never taken and assaults upon wom
en were punished with death by hang-
Ing.
War at its best Is hell, but the Ger
mans have- made It still more hellish.
Fraternally,
H. S. CROSBY.
,4823 W. Dawson St.,
Seattle. Wn. Aug. 24, 1915.
ANSWERING CROSBY
In answer to Comrade H. S. Crosby's
letter we have only to say that we see
in it no reason for joining in a capital
ist war. It only shows one the neces
sity for a more energetic war against
capitalism and war. War once being
declared, it's hell anyway. We're not
dodging this issue.
One other point:
If a soldier, native or foreign, en
tered my house with intent to harm me
or mine, I should kill him, or die In
the attempt. But such a death would
be in immediate defense of self or
home or loved ones, not in aid of
capitalism or a capitalist war, offen
sive or defensive. Why should a So
cialist act on any other principle? As
if to die were such a matter! It con
cerns us only that we die as a Social
ist, not as a dupe of the master-class.
War is hell, and we can but expect
hellish conditions under martial law.
We are not non-resistant.
On the contrary, we believe in fight-
ing like a tiger in immediate self
defense, or in defense of the; principle
of industrial democracy, If the issue
is forced upon us.
As for salutes, they're easy.
We've been saluting our economic
coiujuerers for so many years, "on
j the job," it would be no extra trouble
( to salute a uniform and nabre. Salut
ing is easier than digging potatoes, or
picking hops, or peddling Gibbon's De
cline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
As long as your master has you on
the saluting job, you're not breaking
your back laying a concrete sidewalk,
or digging a sewer trench, or saluting
a prospective boss seeking work as a
wage-slave.
TO EVERETT READERS
We want forty Socialists to go down
to the city hall and copy the names
of the voters in this city. Each one
of the forty will be given a precinct
and will copy the names of evory voter
that is on the books In that precinct.
This will ba a job that, the women
comrades can do in the afternoons.
There will be from 100 to 200 names
and addresses to copy. We want these
names in connection with the city
campaign.
All those wishing to help may call
at the office of The Northwest Worker
Monday afternoon at 2 p.m. If not
able to come on that day call next
day.
As si possible solution of the prob
lem of unemployment, a movement is
on foot in San Francisco to establish
a six-hour workday for union carpen
ters.
The settlement of the Chicago car
penters' strike was a victory for the
men. They received an increase to
70 cents an hour under a uniform
agreement to continue In force for
three years.
THE NORTHWEST WORKER
To Mothers:
Did vim ralie your boj to be t iol
dler?
hi".!! he understand whal war really
moans?
Doea he know thai wart are [ought
for the profit of tha tna»ter-claaa who
use tin' poor deluded youth ■ bul*
warki to guard their 111-gotten gains?
What have you done to teach him
Til 10 TRUTH ABOUT WAIl?
if jrou have mil ai vet given the mal
in- aerloua ooniideration, would it not
be Wile to begin at once? And then
there Ih your neighbor 1! hoy. What
Hi..mi him?
When the niotherH of the land an
ruiiy awake hh to the wav OAMH
they will imllr' ;ih one, to lee (hat ev
oij '/«.; will bo in poileillon of some
honk that teaches the awful horrors
of war; that teaches how they are
duped and tricked Into the army and
navy by mi UnaonipUlOUl lot of loot
ers, under the guise of "patriotism,"
"love for our flag and country," etc.
The Northwest Worker would like
to hear from the mothers.
Tell what you think, and what you
would suggest AND WHAT YOU ARH
WILLING TO DO. ÜBT US KKASON
TOGETHER. THEN LET US WORK
TOGETHER!
SHALL IT A BARGAIN BE?
By Geo. H. Goebel.
Is thin country defenceless? Say
nothing of the fact that our army costs
ub ten thousand dollars yearly per
Holdler. as compared with the one him
dred dollars yearly cost of the Swiss
soldier, and admit it. Yes.
Shall we enlarge army and navy,
things that fly overhead and dive be
neath? Shall we accumulate- great
stores of munitions and supplies? Shall
It be that every man (and perhaps ev
ery woman) be enrolled on the Swiss
plan? Yes —for the sake of argument
YES.
And having said yes, on what terms
shall we, the workers, out of whose
blood must come the toll, agree In this
with the masters of the bread?
Here be the terms, O masters:
1. If, as you, the masters, tell us,
this cry for "preparedness" does not
come from the makers of munitions,
fat with profits, let it be agreed that
no longer shall shot or shell, or pow
der, gun or cannon, or aught that has
to do with war be manufactured by
other than the people themselves,
working union hours, under union
wages and conditions, in publicly
owned shops and mills, with all profit
and graft eliminated. What say you,
Schwab, and Gary, and Dupont, and
all your callous ilk? Shall it be a bar
gain?
2. If it be in reality a Jap, or a
German, or perchance John Bull we
are to fear, let it stand as a covenant
that neither regular troops, nor militia
shall under any circumstances what
soever be used in time of strike, or
lockout, nor against any save those
outside our borders, in the act of cross
ing the border with intent to damage.
What say you, Mr. Carnegie, of Home
stead immortal ill-fame? and you, Mr.
Rockefeller, with your hands yet drip
ping with the blood of Ludlow women
and children? Shall it a bargain be?
X If this preparation be for OUR
good, and not our harm; if these guns
are for foreign invader, and not for
home use, enter in the pact that every
citizen shall have not only use and
drill in high-powered rifle, but ALSO
that this rifle shall be kept, Swiss
plan, in the home of the citizen, and
not In armory, or fort, or police sta
tion. What say you, big thieves and
little thieves, who rob us of the bulk
of our product, starve us to the rebel
lion point, and meanwhile, lest we do
just defense of our legal rights, stead
ily, in defiance of established constitu
tional right to have and bear arms,
make It a criminal offense for other
than legalized thugs to have arms in
their possession. What say you?
I Shall it a bargain be?
4. (For finally, though first) let it
Ibe bound and agreed that we, the
workers, shall name from among us
foremen and superintendent, sheriff,
judge, governor and president, and all
that functions as government, whether
of locality or shop. What say you, in
dustrial bosses, who in countless times
past have broken your every contract
with us? and you, political bosses, who
in our day of need have ever lined up
with the industrial bosses to our hu
miliation and death? Bhall it a bar
gain be?
These be the terms, oh masters, on
which we agree. If they be not ac
ceptable, go to Hell and do your own
fighting'
Comrade Goebel has been engaged
for a lecture in this city sometime in
the near future. He is one of the best
known speakers in the movement, be
ing one of the early pioneer propa
gandists.
Dr. Ross Earlywine, Dentist, 205
American Bank Bldg. Both Phonal
TJS.
THINK IT OVER
(Continued from Page 11
upper band, and that mistakes might
be made In Vienna, or Berlin, or I'uris, '
v. i>irii would i' ad to "n outbreak of
win Concerning thit polnl i have |
had iome correspondence with Bebel,
and we are <>r the opinion that, if Ui« ;
KusslanH Itart a wiir against ÜB, the
Qennan Boclallita will have to tmaih
ii> tin- iiiiiKisi the Ruialana and their
Etillei, mi matter who they are, ir
Germany is oruihed, so ibould we be,
whereat In the noti favorable caie
the fight will bt ho violent that Ger
tunny will be able lo hold her own
only hy revolutionary meana, and ro
It might be poialble that we might bo
oompelled to t.-ikc hold of the power
and to play at 1793. BBBBL has made
it ipeND to thiß effect which has cre
ated n great RpiiHnlloti In the French
prMI, I ihall try to (explain this to
the French In their own language—a
difficult matter. Hut although I
should consider It. a great misfortune
If war Hhould break out and we should
bo pushed Into power prematurely,
nevertheless we should be prepared
for this emergency, and I am glad to
have 8E8K1.., the most capable of
our men, on my side."
The differences among the fierman
Socialists at present do not at all con
cern the question whether or not they
should have taken part In this war.
The question at Issue among them Is
pre-eminently whether their Reich-
Htag's representatives Hhould have
voted unconditionally for the war
loans, or Hhould have made their vote
dependent upon certain conditions, or
should have withheld their vote alto
gether. Also, owing to the fact that
the Socialist International never came
to any definite agreement about the
question, to what extent a defensive
war must necessarily be carried for
ward with the support of the Social
ists into the offensive stage, there Is
now a good deal of confusion about
[this matter. But this is no particular
sin of the Oerman Socialists alone. It
It due to certain unclarified errors
which always have lurked in the
minds of all Socialists.
Perhaps It would be worth our while
to go a little more exhaustively into
this matter. I feel sure that you and
I, who have always been good friends
and have never had any reason to
doubt one another's sincerity, can de
bate these questions in a fairly imper
sonal way. I have been in direct
touch with Germany all through the
war. I know what really happened
in the historical meeting of the Ger
man Socialist representatives that is
now so hotly discussed. I am also
very familiar with the history of the
Socialist International dealing with
war and militarism. But before I un
dertake to supply you with a regular
series of articles for the NORTH
WEST WORKER, I should like to
know definitely whether such articles
would be sufficiently welcome to you
to save space for them in several suc
cessive issues.
Fraternally,
ERNEST UNTERMANN.
EDITOR TO UNTERMANN
Everett, Wn., Aug. 29, 1915.
Dear Comrade Untermann:
I would certainly be very glad to
save space for a series of articles
nlong the lines you suggest. I know
I shall myself learn much of interest
from them. More extensive knowl
edge of the history of our great move
ment is one of the crying needs of
our membership. However, you and I
may differ on questions of party tac
tics, I fully appreciate the very im
portant fact that your opinions are
based upon a most comprehensive
knowledge of Socialist history and
philosophy, and I read your contribu
tions certain of enlightenment, even
though still unable to see wherein my
own conclusions are adversely affect
ed by the facts you present.
Awaiting your articles with pleaa
urablo anticipation, I remain grate
fully your comrade in the revolution,
MAYNARD SHIPLEY.
The West can gain some idea of
the wildly radical character of the
New York Constitutional Convention
when it is told that Elihu Hoot is the
leader of the progressive element.—
New York World.
It comes as something of a shock
to find Governors Brewer of Missis
sippi, and Rye, of Tennessee, in the
ranks of aggressive prohibitionists.—
Boston Herald.
It takes a free and equal fraternal
and benevolent organization to dub its
chief mogul a grand exalted ruler and
universal potentate —Washington Post.
Poland has been devastated by the
Czar and the Kaiser in their contest
to decide who shall give freedom to
Poland. —New York Evening Post.
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