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I'atro l'<n ?The? Go-Operative News "Kuch lot All, And All l'<" Kneh" Entered as neond class matter March 0, 1011! at the Poet Office nt Everett, Washington, under the act of March 3, 187i>. PETKU MUSHY, Editor and Manager t,..i« > >,.i,,ieMi Phone Main 178 Published < very Thursday at 1012 California St., Everett, Wash. Subscriptions 60c per year; !I5 weeks for 250; 19 weeks for 16CJ \u25a0ingle copy sc; bundle orders at I cent per copy. ' YOUR DAILY PAPER It is impossible for the Co-op News to try to function as a I newspaper in the sense that a daily paper does Our little pa- per fills a nieh of its own and does not compete with the dailies. We know that a large number of j our subscribers also take a daily paper?and as to .some of them it is a capitalist sheet that they take. We would not have any criticism to make if there weren't a Socialist daily paper available; but there is. Not only dv) they get yellow and colored news, nut they fail to get news of great importance, which la many times suppressed because it might hurt business. Not only do they there- by give encouragement to the kind of journalism the plunder- bund is giving the people, but they are withholding needed sup- port from the dailies that are fightinj* their own cause, and giv- ing untainted news. We therefore urge all those of our subscribers who are taking capitalist dailies to drop the yel- 1 low paper and take the Seattle Daily Call, a red Socialist paper. The subscription price is: One month, 60c; 3 month-. 11.60; 6 nionths, $3.00; 1 year, $5.00. Ad- dress Call Publishing Company, 74 Pike Street, Seattle, Wash. mi: CURSE OF THE PRESS I am beginning to seriously think that the press, is a curse. There was a time when journals of repute were conducted by their editors and when those editors were men of high moral courage and independent minds. With but rare exceptions, the press of the torld today ha be- come a mere instrument in the i hands of unscrupulous exploiters. : Its power is now used not for the creation of a healthy public opin- ion, or for the real uplifting of the masses, but to serve the selfish ends of a small band of adven- turous capitalists. Take the average "newspaper." It is the property mainly of \u25a0 handful of investors who are per- \ sonally interested in turning the existing economic system into a good and permanent dividend pro- ducer. They art- financially con- cerned in many other ventures, and their paper is used to further the pecuniary interests of the ell to which they belong. These organs are entirely devoid of courage. The editors dare not touch on questions which would imperil the profits, or ruffle the complacency of their employers. Th«y satisfy their consciences by leaving all "unpleasant, topics Beverly alone. And they hire hardshell Tories to do the writing jobs which they know must be done by someone to please the bo#a. Of course, care in taken to see that the journalist placed in charge is himself a "safe" and table" man. Bat the whole thing is a sham and \u25a0 pretence. 'I he modem daily paper ia a gilded fraud. ..*\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ... Its innatlc vi' Independence tnd ;nip;n I i:>hl \ i an Impel I ni'i' it Mi I a marc C W, R. In A n^tl sllsti Worktr. ( ONSIMR \< V OK VVKAITH (By 1., s. Chumley) Unless you and 1 get to think- ing seriously about tin' miserable condition that we, the workers are gradually drifting Into, we will wake up lone mortimn to find ourselves virtually in a state of slavery. Already we feel the pinch of hunger! The coat of liv ing is rising bo rapidly that, soon our standard of living will be on \u25a0 par with that of the Chinese. Protective organtations that you and I have helped to build are being crushed by those in power. Never before,in the his- tory of Labor were the masters so intent, so determined to ex- tinguish forever the spark 'that inspires the workers to organize and fight for better living con- ditions. Working class papers through- out the country have been de- nied the right to circulate. Pa- pers that have told the story of the plight of the workers have been ruthlessly suppressed. That's why you and I must resort to let- ter writing. So that our fellow workers everywhere may learn of the attempt that is being made to enslave us. So that we may unite to meet the issue. In November, 1916, men rep- resenting Eight Billion Dollars of corporate wealth organized nt New York City and openly announced a purpose to crush organized 'la- bor. They selected the Indus- trial Workers of the World as the first (Organisation to concen- trate upon. Since then the I. W. W. ha% been subjected to un- believable, inhuman and illegal violence. Thousands of affidavits are proof of this. Strikers have been deported into the burning deserts and left to die. Frank Lit- tle was murdered at Hurt.' Hun- dreds of union men thrown into sickening "Bull Pens" starved, beaten and shot. Seventeen work- ins: men were brutally beaten and boiling tar smeared onto their bleeding backs at Tulsn, Okla., by Oil Trust Gun-men. The climax is miched by the present, indict- merit at Chicago of 166 members and sympathizers of the I. W. W.. on charges of conspiracy. Con- I \u25a0piracy to overthrow Capitalism j ?conspiracy to strike. The charges j against the I.W.W. are Industrial i in character and can be turned against any labor union. CORNELIUS LEHANE Word comes through ?i letter to a local Comrade from the Comrades of Ansonia, Conn., tell ing of the effective work being done there by Comrade Cornelius Lehane. . . The latter itatei thai he If carrying on an unprecedented campaign "f education amon^ the people "i" Comecticat, i »r-in «\u25a0 the meHKiiKl' of Socialism to many who never heard it before, We know fr«f7, having heard <om rade I. ??ham- in \u25a0 eriei of lee« turea hen- In Everett, that no ore able el thii Icii work thaq ii this Comrade from HcroHH the seas. We an- Hi hopet thai before too long, Comrade Lehane will tee his way tii come to the coast :i /.Illi The chattel nhive was merchan- dise. Hi- wax bough! nnd old just like any other ware. He wiim the property of hi owner. Hi worked for hia own i and pot nothing for it. In what way did lie? differ from the proud wage slave of today? the advertising THE CO-OPERATIVE NEWS WATTS IS OKPOKTKI) As reported in last it> lU< the petition for Writ of Habeas Cor- pus in tinl mutter of Henry W. Watts, was taken under advise- ment by .hull"' Neterer Under date of February 28, 1918, we. i have the judgment of the Fedora! judge, which ruin as follows: "The question In this CAM to be determined i* whether the po* titlonor wan accorded a fair trial by the Commissioner of [mml gration and the Department of Labor. An examination of the record which is presented upon this hear- ing established to my mind thut a full, fair hearing was accorded, and the supervision with relation to aliens being confined to the Department of Immigration, the. final determination of all fapts with relation to the deportation , within the limit fixed by Con- gress, intrusted to the proper immigration officers "whose de- cision is final, unless reversed on appeal to the secretary of labor." The Department of Labor on ap- peal affirmed the Commissioner of Immigration, The jurisdiction of this court -is limited to ascer- taining whether the petitioner was denied a hearing, and a fair | hearing having been 'accorded, which ha.i been affirmed by the Secretary of Labor, the Writ'must be {denied. Should the* petitioner desire, to appeal, he may be re- leased upon filing a bond in the sum of $1,500, conditioned as pro- vided by law to abide the judg- ment of the Court of Appeals. JEREMIAH NETERER; Judge." I This is the best example of side-stepping and subterfuge that we have heard of for a long time. Every point put forward during the argument on the Petition has been brusht aside; the plain letter of the law has been ignored and shattered like a tablet of clay. In the first place, the original decision was made by the Depart- .ment of Labor and not by the Immigration Department, as the judge stated,' and there was no appeal taken from the Immigra- tion Department to the Labor De- partment. The judge' would i \u25a0\u25a0' even state the facts properly. In the second place the state- ment that "the jurisdiction of this court is limited to ascertaining whether the petitioner was denied a hearing" is not true as to this I case. It is true that the decis- ions and findings of the Depart-J ment of Labor as to a question of FACTS is final; but all the ques- tions before the court were ques- tion." of law, and the applications of law to undisputed facts, and at to this the decision of the Secretary of Labor is not final.* The time may come when they will wish they had respected their own laws. By lome strange incidence a reader has just sent us the to] ! lowin detached observation. It fits in nicely nt this point: "The time is now full-blown when the higheaii rerommenda- lion In honor and love is, to have a good prison record ?by non- legal judicature, or "extra-judi- rial" authority. "Packed 1* Judicial benches and "packed" jury panels "arc ..the hope of tin- (bourgeoiae) world." Comrade VVntts will undoubted- ly be in Canada by the time this Rets in the hands of our readers. We will loM a food co-worker in the nodal revolution! but he will n.it in- lost to the world. Where- ever he might happen to he he will be teadfai tly working in the Interest of the Brotherhood of Man. ADDING INSULT TO INJURY MILWAUKEE Failing to .sup- port his wife and rix children. ranging from 9 years t<. 9 month*, Robert Mueller. . two ; the bouae '>f correc- tion by Juiltfe A. C. Backus. ?Society failed in the first in- htance to give the man a proper education: and in the second place i, made his conditions of Hvlihood bo precarious, uncertain and in- 1 adequate I hat he was not alile I to support his wife and children; l j anil then after practically depriv- ! ing him of the means of life it imposes on him the added insult of a prison record. There is al- ways a large percentage of un- employed under our present cap- italist system of production, and these out-of-work citizens must unavoidably fall upon evil ways.' Is not their condition had cm»ugh> without the added mistreatment of prison life and the subsequent indellihle stigma? No enlightened order of society would thus treat its citizens. Hut we will yet for .1 time have to endnre such condi- tion-, for we are still living under CAPITALISM. GIFTS FOB Till' BIRTHDAY PARTI NOT PREVIOUSLY ACKNOWLEDGED i E. O. Mitchell, Leese, Wn .. $1.00 \V. (\ Norcutt, City 25 E. Cox, Seattle # 1.00 E. 1.. Sylvester, E. M. Sylvester' ami * Mattie Allard, Olympia: Crocheted cap, work-bag, two g-uest towels, and two pieces tat- \u25a0 tine trimming. ! Mrs. H. F. llowarth, Lake Stevens $1.00! -* "\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- ?\u25a0"- ? ! WAITS DEFENSE FUND Walter Weldon, Granite Falls $1.50' Thos. Jensen, Arlington I.oo' Guia ki uetgiger, Locksley, Wn. 1.00; j I Kirkpntrick, March 10th, "p.m. ', Thursday. February 28, 1918 Is Socialism Practical PUT IT INTO PRACTICE AND SEE-? Mr. Socialist, have you sufficient confidence in the principle! of Socialism to help put the principles into practice? You have been talking Socialism for many years, it If now time for the proof. Join the NEVADA COLONY where economic problems are being solved, and have been solved. Co-operation has here eliminated the landlord, the bOM, the competitive system and the H. C. of L. Leaf than two years old and assets of over \u25a0 quarter million dollars. Be independent with us of the'outside world. Insure yourself and loved ones a home for all time. Write TODAY for literature, complete informa- tion and terms. Subscribe for the Co-operative Col- onist, the colony.' paper. Address: NEVADA COLONY CORPORATION Dcpt. 15, Fallon, Nevada Located in the great Lahanton Valley?Crop j~ failure unknown. ?????\u25a0? ? ????? Did you help increase our business $300.00 last month over December? Did you save five per cent on all your groceries during the past three months? Did you know that the shareholders have made 50 per cent on their invest- ment? EVERETT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY GO TO THE <i<»(»fl Shows all the Time MONEY TO LOAN?On Dia- . monds. Watches and all Ar- ticles of Value. Licensed and Bonded Broker. M. S. Silverman. 1412 Hewitt. BARGAINS?In New and Un- § redeemed Diamonds, High- grade Railroad Watches and all kinds of Firearms. M. S. Silverman. 1412 Hewitt. Leather Gocds, Tunks and Re- pairing at Everett Trunk Factory, 2815 Rockefeller. I Wednesday to Saturday A MAN'S MAN PETER B. KYNES famous story with Warren J. Kerrigan as the scrapping Yankee who fights for love. 1 friendship and any other excuse. It's a -raralta^ Play SUNDAY "FOR LIBERTY" Five-Part Drama Ml. RAINIER SCENIC "OUR LITTLE NELL" Comedy AT THE
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I'atro l'<n
?The?Go-Operative News
"Kuch lot All,And All l'<" Kneh"
Entered as neond class matterMarch 0, 1011! at the Poet Officent Everett, Washington, underthe act of March 3, 187i>.
PETKU MUSHY,Editor and Manager
t,..i« >>,.i,,ieMi Phone Main 178
Published < very Thursday at 1012California St., Everett, Wash.
Subscriptions 60c per year; !I5weeks for 250; 19 weeks for 16CJ\u25a0ingle copy sc; bundle orders atI cent per copy. '
YOUR DAILY PAPER
It is impossible for the Co-op
News to try to function as a Inewspaper in the sense that a
daily paper does Our little pa-per fills a nieh of its own anddoes not compete with the dailies.We know that a large number of jour subscribers also take a dailypaper?and as to .some of them it
is a capitalist sheet that theytake. We would not have any
criticism to make if there weren'ta Socialist daily paper available;but there is. Not only dv) theyget yellow and colored news, nutthey fail to get news of great
importance, which la many timessuppressed because it might hurtbusiness. Not only do they there-by give encouragement to thekind of journalism the plunder-bund is giving the people, butthey are withholding needed sup-port from the dailies that arefightinj* their own cause, and giv-ing untainted news.
We therefore urge all those ofour subscribers who are takingcapitalist dailies to drop the yel- 1low paper and take the SeattleDaily Call, a red Socialist paper.The subscription price is: Onemonth, 60c; 3 month-. 11.60; 6nionths, $3.00; 1 year, $5.00. Ad-dress Call Publishing Company,74 Pike Street, Seattle, Wash.
mi: CURSE OF THE PRESS
I am beginning to seriouslythink that the press, is a curse.There was a time when journals ofrepute were conducted by theireditors and when those editorswere men of high moral courageand independent minds.
With but rare exceptions, thepress of the torld today ha be-come a mere instrument in the ihands of unscrupulous exploiters. :Its power is now used not for thecreation of a healthy public opin-ion, or for the real uplifting of themasses, but to serve the selfishends of a small band of adven-turous capitalists.
Take the average "newspaper."It is the property mainly of \u25a0handful of investors who are per- \sonally interested in turning theexisting economic system into agood and permanent dividend pro-ducer. They art- financially con-cerned in many other ventures,and their paper is used to furtherthe pecuniary interests of the ellto which they belong.
These organs are entirely devoidof courage. The editors dare nottouch on questions which wouldimperil the profits, or ruffle thecomplacency of their employers.Th«y satisfy their consciences byleaving all "unpleasant, topicsBeverly alone. And they hirehardshell Tories to do the writingjobs which they know must bedone by someone to please thebo#a.
Of course, care in taken to seethat the journalist placed in chargeis himself a "safe" and table"man. Bat the whole thing is asham and \u25a0 pretence. 'I he modemdaily paper ia a gilded fraud...*\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ...
Its innatlc vi' Independence tnd;nip;n I i:>hl \ i an Impel I ni'i' it Mi I amarc C W, R. In A n^tl sllstiWorktr.
( ONSIMR \< V OK VVKAITH
(By 1., s. Chumley)Unless you and 1 get to think-
ing seriously about tin' miserablecondition that we, the workersare gradually drifting Into, wewill wake up lone mortimn to
find ourselves virtually in a state
of slavery. Already we feel thepinch of hunger! The coat of living is rising bo rapidly that, soonour standard of living will be on\u25a0 par with that of the Chinese.
Protective organtations thatyou and I have helped to buildare being crushed by those inpower. Never before,in the his-tory of Labor were the mastersso intent, so determined to ex-tinguish forever the spark 'thatinspires the workers to organizeand fight for better living con-ditions.
Working class papers through-out the country have been de-nied the right to circulate. Pa-pers that have told the story ofthe plight of the workers havebeen ruthlessly suppressed. That'swhy you and I must resort to let-ter writing. So that our fellowworkers everywhere may learn ofthe attempt that is being madeto enslave us. So that we mayunite to meet the issue.
In November, 1916, men rep-resenting Eight Billion Dollars ofcorporate wealth organized nt NewYork City and openly announceda purpose to crush organized 'la-bor. They selected the Indus-trial Workers of the World asthe first (Organisation to concen-trate upon. Since then the I.W. W. ha% been subjected to un-believable, inhuman and illegalviolence. Thousands of affidavitsare proof of this. Strikers havebeen deported into the burningdeserts and left to die. Frank Lit-tle was murdered at Hurt.' Hun-dreds of union men thrown intosickening "Bull Pens" starved,beaten and shot. Seventeen work-ins: men were brutally beaten andboiling tar smeared onto theirbleeding backs at Tulsn, Okla., byOil Trust Gun-men. The climaxis miched by the present, indict-merit at Chicago of 166 membersand sympathizers of the I. W. W..on charges of conspiracy. Con-
I\u25a0piracy to overthrow Capitalismj?conspiracy to strike. The chargesjagainst the I.W.W. are Industrialiin character and can be turnedagainst any labor union.
CORNELIUS LEHANEWord comes through ?i letter
to a local Comrade from theComrades of Ansonia, Conn., telling of the effective work beingdone there by Comrade CorneliusLehane. . .
The latter itatei thai he Ifcarrying on an unprecedentedcampaign "f education amon^ thepeople "i" Comecticat, i»r-in «\u25a0 the
meHKiiKl' of Socialism to manywho never heard it before, Weknow fr«f7, having heard <omrade I.??ham- in \u25a0 eriei of lee«turea hen- In Everett, that no
ore able el thii Iciiwork thaq ii this Comrade fromHcroHH the seas.
We an- Hi hopet thai beforetoo long, Comrade Lehane willtee his way tii come to the coast:i/.Illi
The chattel nhive was merchan-dise. Hi- wax bough! nnd oldjust like any other ware. He wiimthe property of hi owner. Hiworked for hia own i and pot
nothing for it. In what way didlie? differ from the proud wageslave of today?
the advertising
THE CO-OPERATIVE NEWS
WATTS ISOKPOKTKI)
As reported in last it> lU< thepetition for Writ of Habeas Cor-pus in tinl mutter of Henry W.Watts, was taken under advise-ment by .hull"' Neterer Underdate of February 28, 1918, we.ihave the judgment of the Fedora!judge, which ruin as follows:
"The question In this CAM to
be determined i* whether the po*titlonor wan accorded a fair trialby the Commissioner of [mmlgration and the Department ofLabor.
An examination of the recordwhich is presented upon this hear-ing established to my mind thuta full, fair hearing was accorded,and the supervision with relationto aliens being confined to theDepartment of Immigration, the.final determination of all faptswith relation to the deportation ,within the limit fixed by Con-gress, intrusted to the properimmigration officers "whose de-cision is final, unless reversed onappeal to the secretary of labor."The Department of Labor on ap-peal affirmed the Commissionerof Immigration, The jurisdictionof this court -is limited to ascer-taining whether the petitionerwas denied a hearing, and a fair |hearing having been 'accorded,which ha.i been affirmed by theSecretary of Labor, the Writ'mustbe {denied. Should the* petitionerdesire, to appeal, he may be re-leased upon filing a bond in thesum of $1,500, conditioned as pro-vided by law to abide the judg-ment of the Court of Appeals.
JEREMIAH NETERER;Judge." I
This is the best example ofside-stepping and subterfuge thatwe have heard of for a long time.Every point put forward duringthe argument on the Petition hasbeen brusht aside; the plain letterof the law has been ignored andshattered like a tablet of clay.
In the first place, the originaldecision was made by the Depart-.ment of Labor and not by theImmigration Department, as thejudge stated,' and there was noappeal taken from the Immigra-tion Department to the Labor De-partment. The judge' would i \u25a0\u25a0'
even state the facts properly.In the second place the state-
ment that "the jurisdiction of thiscourt is limited to ascertainingwhether the petitioner was denieda hearing" is not true as to this Icase. It is true that the decis-ions and findings of the Depart-Jment of Labor as to a question ofFACTS is final; but all the ques-tions before the court were ques-tion." of law, and the applicationsof law to undisputed facts, andat to this the decision of theSecretary of Labor is not final.*
The time may come when theywill wish they had respected theirown laws.
By lome strange incidence areader has just sent us the to]!lowin detached observation. Itfits in nicely nt this point:
"The time is now full-blownwhen the higheaii rerommenda-lion In honor and love is, to havea good prison record ?by non-legal judicature, or "extra-judi-rial" authority.
"Packed 1* Judicial benches and"packed" jury panels "arc ..thehope of tin- (bourgeoiae) world."
Comrade VVntts will undoubted-ly be in Canada by the time thisRets in the hands of our readers.We will loM a food co-worker inthe nodal revolution! but he willn.it in- lost to the world. Where-ever he might happen to he hewill be teadfai tly working in theInterest of the Brotherhood ofMan.
ADDING INSULTTO INJURY
MILWAUKEE Failing to .sup-port his wife and rix children.ranging from 9 years t<. 9 month*,Robert Mueller. .two ; the bouae '>f correc-tion by Juiltfe A. C. Backus.
?Society failed in the first in-htance to give the man a propereducation: and in the second placei, made his conditions of Hvlihoodbo precarious, uncertain and in- 1adequate I hat he was not alile
Ito support his wife and children; ljanil then after practically depriv-! ing him of the means of life it
imposes on him the added insult ofa prison record. There is al-ways a large percentage of un-employed under our present cap-italist system of production, andthese out-of-work citizens mustunavoidably fall upon evil ways.'Is not their condition had cm»ugh>without the added mistreatmentof prison life and the subsequentindellihle stigma? No enlightenedorder of society would thus treatits citizens. Hut we will yet for.1 time have to endnre such condi-tion-, for we are still living underCAPITALISM.
GIFTS FOB Till' BIRTHDAYPARTI NOT PREVIOUSLY
ACKNOWLEDGEDi
E. O. Mitchell, Leese, Wn . . $1.00\V. (\ Norcutt, City 25E. Cox, Seattle #
1.00E. 1.. Sylvester, E. M. Sylvester'ami * Mattie Allard, Olympia:Crocheted cap, work-bag, twog-uest towels, and two pieces tat- \u25a0tine trimming. !Mrs. H. F. llowarth, Lake
Stevens $1.00!
-*"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- ?\u25a0"- ? !
WAITS DEFENSE FUNDWalter Weldon, Granite Falls $1.50'Thos. Jensen, Arlington I.oo'Guia ki uetgiger, Locksley, Wn. 1.00;j
I Kirkpntrick, March 10th, "p.m. ',
Thursday. February 28, 1918
Is Socialism PracticalPUT IT INTO PRACTICE AND SEE-?
Mr. Socialist, have you sufficient confidence in theprinciple! of Socialism to help put the principles intopractice? You have been talking Socialism for manyyears, it If now time for the proof. Join the
NEVADA COLONYwhere economic problems are being solved, and havebeen solved. Co-operation has here eliminated thelandlord, the bOM, the competitive system and theH. C. of L. Leaf than two years old and assets ofover \u25a0 quarter million dollars. Be independent withus of the'outside world. Insure yourself and lovedones a home for all time.
Write TODAY for literature, complete informa-tion and terms. Subscribe for the Co-operative Col-onist, the colony.' paper. Address:
NEVADA COLONY CORPORATIONDcpt. 15, Fallon, Nevada
Located in the great Lahanton Valley?Cropj~ failure unknown.
?????\u25a0?? ?????
Did you help increase our business$300.00 last month over December?
Did you save five per cent on all yourgroceries during the past three months?
Did you know that the shareholdershave made 50 per cent on their invest-ment?EVERETT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
GO TO THE
<i<»(»fl Shows all the Time
MONEY TO LOAN?On Dia- .monds. Watches and all Ar-ticles of Value. Licensedand Bonded Broker. M. S.Silverman. 1412 Hewitt.
BARGAINS?In New and Un-
§redeemed Diamonds, High-grade Railroad Watches andall kinds of Firearms. M. S.Silverman. 1412 Hewitt.
Leather Gocds, Tunks and Re-pairing at Everett Trunk Factory,2815 Rockefeller.
IWednesday to Saturday
A MAN'SMAN
PETER B. KYNESfamous story
with
Warren J.Kerrigan
as the scrapping Yankeewho fights for love.
1 friendship and any otherexcuse.
It's a -raralta^ Play
SUNDAY"FOR LIBERTY"
Five-Part DramaMl. RAINIER SCENIC"OUR LITTLE NELL"
Comedy
AT THE
