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Sunset 357 Ex. 118
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2709 Lombard Phone Main 477
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Fancy and Staple Groceries
Main 328 2707 Wet more
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Staple and Fancy Groceries, •
Fruits, Flour, Hay and Feed ;>
Phone Main 465. Lowell, Wash.
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■- Tailor to Men and Women
2926 Colby Phone Main 709
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BUTTER BREAD
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Call for Royal Bread
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SHOE CO.
For Men' For Women
WE SAVE YOU DOLLARS
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UPSTAIRS
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1118 Hewitt
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Stand at Corner Hoyt and Hewitt
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LEADING CLEANERS
Phone Main 281
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Over First National Banh***^
. Everett, Washington
HEATERS
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FURNITURE CO.
2804 Rucker Tel. Main 643U
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UNDERTAKER and KMIIALMKU
Both Phones Main 230
EVERETT, WASHINGTON
GOLDFINCH BROS.
Paints, Glass,
Wall Paper and Brushes
Both Phones, Main 285
2112 Etticker Avenue
MINNEIIAIIA CLEANING
PARLOR
French Dry ami .Steam Clean
ing, Alterations, Repairing, Press-
Ing, Dyeing and Coats Relined.
2823 Oakes Everett, Wash.
THE ESSENCE
VND PROOF OF
\\ \<ii: SLAVERY
Trade unionism Is moving rapidly
along the lines of milking a demand,
not merely for a better shore In the
wealth produced by labor, but for
an actual participation in the man*
ajrement of industry. Thus Mr.
Bellamy (President of the Railway*
men's Union), addressing a mooting
at Shrewsbury, England, announced
that an Important national confer
ence of railwayman was to be held
at Leicester, England, and he hoped
the demand would be made for a
joint control of the railway- along
with the railway directors. We can
not help thinking that progress lies
along this line of development. At
present, capital not only hakes too
large a share of the wealth that is
produced by the union of capital and
labor, but assumes the whole re
sponsibility for the direction of la
bour. It is this, even more than
the inequitable distribution of wealth
which stamps the stigma of wage
slavery upon the workers of the
existing economic regime. Slavery
has nothing whatever to do with
wealth or poverty as such. Free
j men have often been poor. Slaves
have sometimes been rich. The es
sence of slavery lies in this that
the slave has no voice in the direc
tion of his own labor. It is this,
; even more than poverty, that brands
the present wage worker as a slave.
Now modern industry, with its min
| ute division of labor, and the ne
cessity of detailed organisation in
volved in the factory system, makes
it imperative that there should be
supervision and direction,
■» • *
Except here and there, the day of
| Individual seif-direction in labor has
gone by. There must, in the ex
isting order of things, he foremen,
overlookers, managers and directors.
But why should the appointment of
ii S be entirely in the hands of the
capitalist? Why should labor, as
such, have no voice in the manage
ment and direction of industry? Why
should not labor have an equal part
with capita] in electing the boards
(.!' directors or committees of man
agement who govern their industry,
and appoint managers and foremen
over them? Only one reason, so
far as we can see, and that is that
labor is in the position of serfdom to
capital. When labor asserts itself
land ends that serfdom, labor will no
j longer be content to leave all the
I directive powers to the nominees
jof capital.—The Co-operative News,
England.
SHOULD THE SCARLET
WOMEN HE PUNISHED?
No! They need more pity, and
less punishment. The laws of to-
day are all rock-throwing devices.
. Whenever a woman is fined $100 for
her wrong: doing, she has then been
stoned a hundred times. But the
other wrongdoer, the man in the
case, is excused.
This double standard of living
must be done away with. The old
saying, "What is good for the
goose is good for the gander," is
true and should be made true in
punishment as well as in pleas
ures. If internment is good for the
diseased woman, it should also be
good for the man, and better for
the community. A diseased man at
large is as dangerous to the com
munity as is the woman. Then
why not intern both, and treat both
alike when cured and released?
The men are required to earn a
living by a legal and honest occu
pation; same should be required of
these women, and the authorities
should assist with all the power at
their disposal to find employment
for these women and then assist
them in keeping this employment.
While interned occupations should
be taught these women. They should
not be released until employment
is found for them, and then only
upon a sworn affidavit by them that
they will never return to therr for
mer way of living, and that they
will report to the authorities every
0 often, that they may know of
welfai'e and guard the welfare
or Qa^ublic — (Fred Tuite in a let
ter to neVSeattle Union Record.)
TOM MA\V ON AFTER
■WAR CONDITIONS
Speaking It Saltaire, England the
other day, Mr. Tom Mann said that
he could n^ see that the Government
had any Jatisfactory plan for deal-
Ing with! unemployment after the
war. T)l re would be millions seek
ing emp&yment, and there was no
effective*nethod of coping with the
difficult other than that of a dras
tic ranction of working hours. A
figui4 which would probably meet
the caaV would be a six-hour day for
five da\ a week, and he believed
that witl the enormously improved
methodb^of production a wage of
r>-00 / day could be earned and
dain#d.
If is a very easy and simple mat
# to bow with the popular ma-
Vy. but it takes the stuff of
"■ l'ifi|# manhood is made to stand
fearless and erect with the unpopular
few, if need lu\ alone.
Myers photos show the charm, of
your personality—get your Xmas or
i tier in now.
HOW CO-OPERATION
WORKS IN INDIA
One would Imnlly believe Unit the
principle! hi' co-operation were real
lv Interwoven in the great network
of commercial lift In Baal India, but
Bitch li tinl caia
The > iiiiui ai Interest In lids
lection of the , world seem to hava
caught the spirit of this great re
form niovcnuiit among tha tillers
of the soil and have adopted many
of its principle! into their econo
mic lid', and have made them work
in wonderful fashion.
At :i faceting of the East India
Association recently held In London,
nn Interesting papa?! entitled, "Co
operation In India —It's Aims and
Difficulties," wore read by l>. Andy
Collins, 1. C. S.
Tin- lecturer pointed out thai tha
co-operative movement is spreading
in a marvelous manner in India, In
l!t<)7 there wan 848 societiesi with
'.iit.odi) members and over |786,000
of capital, in LBl2 tha number of
societies had Increased tenfold t<>
s.i 77, there ware 400,000 members,
anil dv' aggregate capital was well
over M.200,000, Three years later,
in Juno, 1916, the numbers of hoth
societies and members had more
than doubled, and stood at 17,827
and 825,000 respectively, while the
combined capital of all classes of
societies was just under $'J1),200,
--(loo. This was an astounding re
sult for a movement which depended
on the honesty, Intelligence and mu
tual confidence of the members <>f
its societies. Referring to the dis
trust with which many present re
garded this rapid progress, Mr. Col
lins said the feeling was baaed on
various ideas. Some considered
that the very system was uiisuited
to the Indian peasant, for whom
unlimited liability must be fraught
with danger; others doubted his
ability or even desire to repay the
relatively large sums advanced to
him, while others, again, feared the
stability of the higher financial or
ganization, which must tend to make
greater and greater demands on the
abilities of the leaders of the move
ment. The object of Mr. Collin's
address was to resolve thene fears,
I or, if that was not possible, to
show that those who were helping
to shape the course of co-operation
in India were fully alive to the
dangers and difficulties surrounding
them. He proposed, first of all,
to sketch the state of affairs which
co-operation was designed to remedy;
then to explain why it was that
! the types of society adopted might
ibe expected to prove, and had prov
ed, successful in helping the culti
vator, and lastly, to describe the
difficulties and the way in which
it was sought to meet them.
Co-operative credit, in India, at
any rate, is the foundation of all
other forms. It provides the funds
without which agricultural co-opera
tion could begin and the education
and training1 without which more
complicated organization would be
impossible. The cooperative credit
society frees the peasant from eco
nomic slavery, widens his mental
horizan, and creates the desire to
do and the courage to achieve great
er things. Agricultural co-operation
will be machinery by which agricul
tural improvements, such as new
crops, new manures and new imple
ments may reach the peasant, and
by the eventual elimination of the
middleman, secure for him the prof
its of new methods and new dis
coveries. Co-operative dairies, ma
nure societies, and the like, are al
ready in existence. Enough has
been done to show that where the
agricultural departments can prove
to the peasant that an improvement
will pay, the latter, when organized
and provided with funds, is not only
ready to take it up but capable of
using it to good advantage. The
progress must be slow and difficult.
The figures of membership and cap
ital quoted would be very big in
Europe or America, but they repra
sent little more than beginnings in
India. What is needed from the
government is a sound agricultural
and educational policy, a proper
financial control, and a clear deter
mination to befriend and to support.
The rest remains with the peasants
of India, and Mr. Collins believed
that they will show themselves not
less adaptable than the cultivators
in Europe. —Co-operator's Herald.
THE STRUGGLE FOR
INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM
The history of human society i.s
the history of a long, continuous
struggle between classes. All the
epoch* in the course of society's
development marks the revolts of
the oppressed against their opprea-
The struggle still continues on a
larger and more Intensified scale.
It is no longer a struggle for po
litical freedom and against divine
rule. It is a universal Btrui :■!< foi
industrial freedom. It is a struggle
of one class who is producing the
world's wealth again I 'Ik- other
class, who owns and controls the
means <>f production. This tremen
dous struggle will continue until uni
,i the
ili.st.
Tun in >itur mil> ranltt.
•I'IIK ftM)PKKATIVK NKVV^
! OPEN FOiillM I
i . tli Rock, Wash.
Dear Comrades! ■
I inn writing Hii • i" :■,'■■'' you ■ otm
Idea of how Socialists me being
persecuted In ovon this stnto of
Wushlngton. On the 27th of No
vomber I was foully taken without
any warrant of law to the goal at
Chehalts) was not allowed to com
municate with counsel, or even to
talk over die phono to my wife.
On Wednesday I was taken back to
Toledo to* bo tried without counsel,
or.even one witness; was forced to
defend myself and plead my own
defense against the County Attor
ney. All my papers had been ex
amined for evidence against me.
One Party Builder dated July 20,
also one picture poster of Comrade
11. 11. Slnllard of Oklahoma was
produced, against me to prove that
i was an I. w. W. So after the
prosecutor made his effort to con
vict me us I defamer of the flag)
I was );iven liberty to speak in my
own defense. The hall was filled
with Grand Army men and the judge
was an old Army man about 80 or
90 years old. So I was made to
appear before him in defense of
my patriotism to my flag and coun
try. I thanked the house that so
many aged army men were present
to hear my defense. The old gray
headed Judge leaned forward and,
waved his arms and hands over the
table, declared that the defense of
the prisoner at, the bar was so elo
quent, so earnest and sublime that
it placed him in a position that be
could not render at that- time an
unbiased 'decision on account of the
fact that he was so prejudiced in
favor of the complaint, and would
defer the matter for.'three days. I
asked him for permission to give
bond. He said :"No, I commend
you to the officer of the law." So
1 knew that that mean: Back to
jail. I was then given an oppor
tunity to talk over the phone with
my wife. She told me she would
be in Chehalis the next day, which
was Thanksgiving day, so I was
taken back to jail; was still denied
counsel.
The next day ray wife appeared
upon the scene, demanded the right
to see me, and I was brought out.
All this time I had been calling for
my lawyer and was every time re
fused. It was not long then until
we got our counsel aiHl he soon
found that the sheriff was holding
me thus without authority, and de
manded my release, which they had
to grant. So I went the next day
and talked with the old judge and
he had becc;.ie thoroughly convinced
the whole matter was a foul con
spiracy and frame-up.
I had called upon him to grant
the right to give bonds for my ap
pearance the next day at four
o'clock, and he said he did not want
a bond, nor would he accept one,
and declared that if I wanted to be
at the hearing the next day alright,
and if not, it was alright with him;
at the same time declaring that his
mind and reason had returned. So
you can see the whole thing was a
malicious libel, a foul conspiracy and
frame-up, and false imprisonment.
J. K. BOYD.
A CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF
VALUE OF CO-OPERATION
FARGO, N. i).—Secretary Boddy
of the North Dakota State Union is
distributing in his territory many
carloads of apples among the dif
ferent locals and farmers elevators
affiliated with the Equity move
ment.
An experienced fruit man himself
Mr. Boddy lias taken a great deal
of pains to see that the member
ship who buy these apples get their
money'l worth. A trip of several
weeks among the apple growers of
the coast states and a thorough
itudy of condition! gave him the
Information which he is using for
the benefit of our farmers in North
Dakota. The result is high grade
iruit al a very low price compared
to prices usually paid.
This i.s only one of the concrete
examples of what can be accom
plished by getting together and
doing buiinei , co-operatively. It
is only a small part of what could
be done if people would wake up
and get busy on co-operative lines.
We meet and resolute after dis-
Ciuaing evili of a system which sup
ports so many middlemen and then
go home and wait for some one to
come along and induce us to co
operate. This of course is not al
ways the case but too often it is.
There are hundreds of ways in which
collective buying can lie used to the
enormoui profil oi those who co
operate.
It should Ik- the business of every
i o operator to devote himself or
If constantly to the development
■of the ideava in which they believe.
| Co-operation will demonstrate its
'greatest success only when it a
really co-operate, If a hun
dred cars of apples can be distribut
ed a? a great saving to the
.or ten thousand
Ltiyely
. SiiWrihc fur Th< l'«>-oprratm- News.
AN ENGLISH VIKW OF THE
WAR _
The WorkrrH Will I'iiy,
Unleee
"Mr. Bonar Law's contribution to
the Intelihitteni dl cv sion on the
~ii or mi war bi Ingi to mind once
more the vital question as to what
section of the people is going to pay
for the hOWlllig bell of destruction
flint is (Toing on in Flanders, in
Italy, in Mesopotamia, and in many
other countries not usually thouirhl
of as being in the firing line
namely, such as (ireat. Uritain, where
some millions of people hit busy
manufactlng waste. Admitted that
it is evident this waste and de
struction must go on until the Spirit
I hat caused it is broken, yet there
is no reason why we Rhould become
so obsessed with its "beauty" ns to
be Never Kndians, nor that we
should try to devise some means by
Which the cost shnll be apportioned
in strict, ecpiity amongst those best
able to bear it. In any such con
sideration we should not attempt to
rule out the working classes from
I heir just proportion; nor should we
altempt to exempt any other class,
' yen the most wealthy. Yet it is
precisely because the latter class will
not only escape bearing their share
of the burden under the arrange
ments now in vot;ue, but will even
become richer as a direct result of
the war having happened, that we
must give our serious attention to
the methods of our present finan
ciers. The workers will pay all the
cost if the old-established methods
are permitted to continue.
More money must be raised, and
"The Economist" says that the terms
now offered by the Government
would have seemed "an impossibly
beautiful dream" twenty years ago.
A "beautiful dream," says our fi
ancial expert. It is well to take
note of this phrase. It shows
unconsciously how the wealthy peo
ple who lend the money for war
purposes habitually view the whole
matter. To thorn it is a question
of a good investment! They are
going to get something out of the
war. Something beautiful — so
beautiful as to be dreamlike. I
want you to remember, as a con
trast, that it will be the worker
who will pay for the beautiful dream
if he does not decide to demand
"Conscription of Wealth," just as
we had conscription of men.
Yes, the Workers Will Pay, un
less we take the right step and de
mand the Conscription of Wealth."
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE
FANCY WORK SOCIAL
Following is the list of those who
contributed toward the success of the
Social by their gifts. If there is
any omission or error of any kind in
the list, please notify this office and
the correction will be printed in the
next week's issue:
Mrs. George Clapsadle, two trim
med handkerchiefs;
Lida Clapsaddle, trimmed hand
kerchief and embroidered table cov
er;
Mrs. Curtiss, large crocheted yoke;
F. E. Craig and family, walnut
shelf and tatting doilie;
Mrs. James Crowley, large work
apron;
Mrs. Elder, two crocheted doilies;
Delia Engstrom, large crocheted
yoke;
A friend, china dish;
Mrs. W. J. Fortson, two trimmed
towels;
Mrs. A. Grogaard, three crocheted
napkin-rings;
Mrs. A. E. Holmberg, two aprons
and sleeve supporters;
Peter Husby, two pairs sleeve
supporters;
Katherine H. Hodgins, boudoir cap,
two handerchiefs and towel;
Mrs. Swan Johnson, pair knitted
hose;
Mrs. Oss, hand-worked handker
chief;
Tillie Roeder, towel and large
apron;
Mrs. Christ Solie, large apron;
Mrs. I. T. Svarrer, crocheted pin
cushion;
Mrs. I. A. Shiner, embroidered
dresser cover;
Ina Salter, fifty cents;
Clara Ulonska, three trimmed
handerchiefs and crocheted doilie;
Lucretia Walden, three aprons
and one trimmed towel.
An attempt was made to*keep an
account of the apple pies contributed,
but they were brought in so rapidly
and in such abundance at the last
hour, that the committee in charge
found it impossible to make a cor
rect list, so the plan was given up.
Suffice to say that there was such
a display of delicious pies in evi
dence that the picture they made will
not soon fade from the mind
those who were there to enjoy
them. Those in charge of this de
partment of the work wish to thank
the donors for their c in
making the refreshment part of the
Some people have strange kinks in
their craniums. They reason thus
ly: It's all right for the com
munity to own its public schools,
library, hoafiital, electric light sys
tem, fire department, roads and
streets, but it isn't right for the
community to make its own bread,
clothes and shelter.
RAT AT
EVERETT'S POPULAR CAfl
"THE MAIZE"
"The Uest of Quality At the lowest
Price Possible"
ever try our
"MAIZE SPECIAL COMBINATION
LUNCH"
consisting of your choice of two different meat orders and a plenti
ful assortment of fresh vegetables? Try it. Don't pay for it, H
not fully satsified. It is the talk of the town. We serve it
every day, 11 a.m. till 2 p. m. except Sundays and Holidays.
We run this place upon a Strictly Union Basis and materialized
the motto:
Eight Hours Work, Eight Hours Sleep,
Eight Hours Recreation
PASTIME AMUSEMENT
PARLORS
26 POCKET BILLIARD TABLES
22 SOLO CARD TABLES
Cor. Wetmore & Hewitt Ayes., in Basement
DRIESSLEIN & BECKER
BACHELDER & CORNEIL
BETTER CLOTHES
FOR MEN AND BOYS
EVERETT MUSIC HOUSE
2936 COLBY AYE. PUBLIC BEST ROOM
UKULELES $4 to $15
W. A. WIELAND
DANCING TEACHER
Tuesday and Thursday Evening from 7:30 to 9:30
afternoons 2:30 to 4:30
Lessons given in the Forum, 1612 California St.
Phones: Main 478, White 418
THE "CO-OP" *
Is serving more customers and members than v\-:r. It is
here to serve you. Share the benefits with us.
WE DELIVER
Take goods away and we allow a discount. We pay
dividends besides.
EVERETT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
2933 Broadway, Just South of City Hall. Fhone Main 342
HALL FOR RENT
BANQUET ROOM AND WELL EQI (PPSD KITCHEN
PIANO 225 (HAIRS LOW RATES
For full particulars call hid. Main 178
or apply at office, rear of building, U>l2 ( alilornia
TEACHERS
Several teachers (Socialists)
needed after the holidays—
Write to J. M. Salter. Lang
ley, Wash., Koute No. 1.
Patronize the advertisers of tht
1 aper, anil tell them so. It
help us.
Bargreen'6 (Gulden Drip ( oflt-k'. In.
l>irial Tea Co., 110" Hewitt Aviiau
PETER HUSBY
LAWYER AM) NOTARY
1612 CALIFORNIA ST.
Main 478 In*
Will do Conveyancing, Probate
Matters, Drawing of Legal
Papers, Ltc.
Will Not Take Collections.
Thursday, December 20, 19tV
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Watches
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Everett's Reliable Jeweler
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Everett, Wash.