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TOVERI
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“It is a right to be maintained in peace or war. It is a right that cannot be invaded without destroying constitutional liberty., Hence this right should be guarded
and protected by the free men of this country with a zealous care, unless they are prepared for chains or anarchy.—Daniel Webster on Free Speech.
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worse than death whenever they
are forced to submit their body
and the sacred functions of love,
by law. necessity, physical com ­
pulsion or any other power, to
a marl whom they despise. Go­
ing into battle must have been
a glorious exaltation compared
to that.
In comparison, how did the
Russian men shame them selves
—the Russian soldiers? W here
thev have heralded to the world
that thev went forth to the sacred
field of honor they looked upon
the women, even in their sacri-
, 'c’a ^ n d e> as instrum ents of lust,
a " d could only he forced back to
their proper places by the bayo­
net. Thev would have assaulted
the girls at their bath had it not
been for the same grim decree
of steel.
ijo
The Russian girls have vindi­
cated womankind forever from
the disabiling implication of im­
potence and subordination. No
more m an-rule for Russia, nor
anvvvliere else in civilization.
But, in spite )t w om en g iv in g
destiny may be free. The
e
I
their
bodies
in
ire w av erin g ;'w a r lords o n , ,
.
, to , be
, destroyed
, .
side threaten destruction. the »’""’ersal deluge ..1 destruc-
forib the banners of t!u. ]’’•>” that men have bn,ng,,t upon
the world, their mission as the
worm s only hope lor a perm a­
nent peace. Because it aims to i lipt there is som ething deeper preservers of life shall not van­
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undermine
the cause of strife and I and more potential than the final ish away. Through their blood
they hasten the advent i^f a free
selfishness am ong men, which is
insum mation in this step- world—free men. free women,
" of women from the fireside free society—that shall have
power
to the trenches. Remember that peace because it lias the condi­
-n,f aniversai
,,t so-
‘M.'r'Y.nunF.i"?,'
tion of peace.
w ,„ i.i m.-.i,, every « , * <ccn],,r
children less secure th an it of necessity is.
anv h in ^ c i !)r° f' ts in food or male of every species is the most
aggressive,
terrible, relentless.
For weeks now the ship contractors, who are
us V^iaiize food as ,.«r Verily, the female of the species
is more deadly than the male.
step toward Socialism.
One of the latest curiosities which h as come to w axing rich in th eir ship building plants, have ¡next
Let
ns
throw
profits
in
food
To expect that women will
settle the shipyard strike in A storia is “Three- held out ag ain st this purely hum an rig h t of la- overboard as our first step in place
peace above every other
F in g ered ” Jack Godwin. He has been going i bor to deal as a un it—to sell ih eir labor and skill ridding ourselves of the present consideration is like expecting
system of society.—The th at we must have peace to get
about the world for a long tim e m aking am ends through representatives. And not even the exi- capitalist
Eye < )pener.
Socialism, whereas it appears
fo r his earlier wickedness, he says, and in order gencies of w ar or the stability of the nation
that the world cataclysm , which
to fu rth e r atone for his past sins he has come which is enriching them is a factor strong A Plea for Socialism i* shaking existing system s to
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-heir foundations, is the whirl-
here to plead with the strik e rs to be good dogs enough to move th eir obstinate and greedy le w people
know a n y th in g ! wind sweeping away the debris
and go back to their chains. He calls this w rest­ hearts.
about the importance of t h e ’of capitalism , while the new or
And
the
carpenters,
who
are
only
asking
for
theory of Socialism. Some im-1 tier emerges in i,s strength and
ling with the devil. So far, the devil has the
iv id in g ' <dorv.
agine
it is some sort of f d dividin
for th eir , fam
best of it.
i decent , conditions
.
. ilies while • they
j j ttp scheme that puts everv one] These R ushan “ iris have shat-
The capitalist press and th e local powers are serve their country as mechanics, are rem inded on a, financial level, ami it’s i o l - 't tered
e r . \ the
hc sentim
sen tim ental
en tal' triditions
triditnm s
low
ers
are
ang
of
lavv-I
about
women
with
their
bayo-
ex ertin g them selves to prom ote his bunk, which, of their patriotic duty - of their duty to tru st to
not
believe
in
:
ncts
Thev
have
leaped
the
last
like the spiel of the strSfct fakir, is varied and! the hazards of the open shop and the mercy of
who d
>
harrier between women and hu-
sensational enough to appeal to the thoughtless th eir employers, said m ercies being som ething | This va„ue }(jea t i,e S o c ia l-j^ J n ’ity- that
ti
is. the human state.
longer male or fe-
of all classes and cloud the issue. The employers which is fresh in th eir memories and not likely {»<
1 h? ar,e
wealthy class l now in control) nia]e • thev are human beings
and Jack seem to understand each other, and the to be
r - forgotten.
” Y “
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• i ” ,,t Perm itting the people to be • throw]il ,r \h e ir all. themselves.
And
the
shipynrci
owners,
who
Will
he
lien
¡educated in tne schools or by the jn| U
struggle for ultim ate
w orkers understand them both. He would be
ship
along this line, because Ijfoertv, for universal freedom lor
run out of town inside an hour if he said any- when th eir workmen are poor, who are m aking press
they imagine it would be against every‘ one. Russia must be free
th in g sensible.
a hundred dollars to a m echanic’s ten, where their in eiests.
¡n order that the ideals of hu-
THE MAN WITH A MESSAGE
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of the discovery long ago of economic laws which they are prevented from tu rn in g out ships be-
affect the lives of us all and even determ ine the cause the closed shop is unreasonable.
conduct of nations; th a t the price of flour, and
When they deal with the men they deal on the
not the devil, is w hat m akes a red-light district; closed shop plan. They are simply denying to
and that,
th at, if he did know it and talked very much labor the
tne rignts
rig h ts they
tney institute for
io r themselves.
uiem seives,
about it he would soon find him self in jail for the are ham pering production and inviting defeat of
fifty-seventh time.
the nation at arms. If they do not hastily give
j? ”" '1’'5’ ’olts
NEW LAW SHUTS
To be sure, Godwin does not overlook the pa- in, th eir yards should be commandeered by the ¡„^„veri-w,,, .be,,,, i, i„ „ s
S
S
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MOUTH OF THE
N atio n al Service,
triotic stunt. He points to the flag about half the governm ent and they apprehended as tra ito rs
ilitv an,„ all standard, when they opened their
NEWSPAPERS
arm s to Death and said, “ W’e are
tim e when speaking, as though one should be and dealt with as tra ito rs deSd VC.
¡people. It stands for everything
ready,” and took his name and
that
is ,nt)ral-
moral, l,nre
pure an<1
am s 00*1’ superscription as theirs, with the
(C ontinued Iroin P age O ne)
en raged all the while in order to be patriotic.
"
, iml the bananas had spoiled i but
that ,s
nothing religious. Its tcach- sword of the life destroyer they
“W ork for nothing but bread and b u tte r,” he C aught W ith The Goods < tnd were no good anyway. jno jn perfect harmony with
special interests. Publication of
severed forev er the cords of bond­ any news calculated to urge the
shouts to the w orkers in his audience, while the
Or the Story of I But an examination of the s h ip -1 C hrist’s teaching, as well as be- age that had bound their sex to
i load proved that the bananas ing economical and democratic. the harem psychology, namelv. people to violate law will be con­
ship contractors and mill owners clap th eir j 3,780,000
Bananas
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¡were still very good eating.
] in commerce it advocates co- that women cannot back up their J sidered grounds for drastic ac­
tion. W’e will not tolerate cam-*
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fr.iH i Then the food profiteers .went > operation in place of competi-
pudgy hands in glee.
independence with physical force ! paigns against conscription, en-
I he I m ted b ru it t o . , t n e i r u i t i .
,
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into
executive
session.
I
hey
d
e
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tion.
and
universal
brotherhood
C ontrary to advance
notices,
though, l__ he
has i trust, is one of the big food
prof
\\ omen have always known listm ent, sale of securities or
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i • £•,»
,
■
'cid ed to w h ite w ash th em selv es of m an in place of strife a n d war..
they
could do i t : in fact, we may revenue collections. W e will not
80 far failed to adjust the differences betw een Iteers that has ta^ en_;adyanta&e | of this great crime of food wast- Its study gives one the an pure
education
truth.
I*av
t
hat a11 a1" '^ ’ the ,ine \ he'y perm it the publication or circu­
age, to deck themselves forth as jn actual facts or
capital and labor, to redeem A storia from sin or
pua.
Samaritan.-, and oflered to th e re b y e x p o -in g the weakness 1 ')ave rea" v done so. but they lation of anything ham pering the
e a t any “wobblies.” Perhaps a blight has fällen year bef« •re the war, were S-"'.- ¡good
ive the alleged "spoiled ban- ot our present social capital ami ha^ ‘. ” 9 ’^ been able to force the w ar's prosecution, or attacking
its
I
admission trom the old slave inqiroperly our allies.”
on his faculties. C
Or perhaps his talk is m erely , 3 i5 /m . Last y e a r.„ i ” 1' ^ ”, ;a,ias away eree .
political systems.
i profits had more
lh e Russian women
Mr. Burleson ex dained that
it ¡mints 11s to the millenium
the same old bunk.
am ounting to $11/U3.15L
have
made
the dem onstration so t |le policy of foreign language
or a higher form of civilization
a
T hi- fruit trust handles the: 'r i l l '
HUNGRY
populace than the world is prepared to that all ages mav see
Thev newspapers would he judged hv
bananas as one of its c h ie f' mobbed the banana ship in their accept to-day. but through a have literallv bought the freedom their past utterance and not by
THE CLOSED SHOP
staples. Have you noticed th.it | efforts to get the free eat-. Eor process of changes, will have to of all women with their blood.
newly announced intentions.
the price of bananas has been , t]le time being proletarian ton-
And
other
women
will
follow.
"W e have files of these papers,
come sooner or later. It is there­
;oing
up?
"i
he
banana
man
110
severed
acquaintanceship
oies
if
the
war
lasts,
till
the
m
en
'a
n
d
w hether we license them or"
The closed shop m eans w hat it m eans and not
fore wise to know how to con­
doubt told you that it was due iwiih tasteless black bread ami duct our aitairs as the dawn of shall say: To this slaughter pen j not depends on our inspetion of
w hat the mouth-pieces of capitalism say it to the war? the banana trees ] enjov ed the luscious fruit of the
a revolution approaches.— II. have we brought the best and > the files,” he said.
means. It is not a m onster with horns, standing down in C entral America were tropic.^.
German newspapers not licen­
W ebster. (In the Canadian For­ dearest that the world has; it is
W
hile
the
free
bananas
were
sed
will be require i to. publish
lime
that
we
all
quit
and
try
ever ready to gore and toss the employer about
Y liL n S n i;
ward ).
fast disappearing another ship,
some other ¡dan.
English translations.
w henever its anger may be aroused. It is no in Europe.
came up the bay. with a n o th e r!
Mr. Burleson -aid no socialist
And, behold, how the womanly
dreadful invention of a labor union to force in- if we hdiowed the ime of rea- load of bananas, the property of; The Real Sex Revolt nature shows its superiority to paper would be barred from the
the United Em it Co.
These!
the less developed personality ot mails unless it contained treason
com petent jvorkmen upon the boss o rto m a k e th e :- ';"^';" '?- ' "’¿'"I?,1
were -»»Id at the same high price |
men.
They showed no fear as able <»r seditious m atter.
T h e B a tta lio n s of D eath
union delegate a superintendent of industry.
scent a ¡»lot. and demand a fir- that had previously prevailed. I
the battle signal sounded. Thev
traitors and
The closed shop m eans th a t the employer o f n ^ ^quad f..r ti the
t Bv Ida Crouch-H azlett, in New went forward with joy to meet
told the banana
WE. D O N ’T believe in free
W hen times are “norm al.” that
York "Call.” )
their fate. Men—the vast ma­
labor shall recognize the union of the men w o rk -j trees there " is '¿a
war on the other bananas anv m ore th an we do
jority of them, at any rate are is to say. when ¡»rices are not
Merrily, the new things have afraid.
111 high priced bananas.
W e
ing for him and shall tre a t with them as a unit side of the ocean.
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l hey lack moral c o u r-! inflated, the average working
come
and the old are passing a g e ; thev lack almost every kind man's resources, in the event of
lon't believe in the “coffee and
and not as individuals. T hat is w hat it m eans] J «
I ot the breadline anv more than away. Some recent expre-sions of courage.
They have ruled sickness br idleness resulting
and about all th a t it m eans—the rig h t of t n e |Cast anv reflections on the hard we do in the $10 dinner. Yet of a feminist writer have a len- by power, not by desert.
¡from unemploym ent, do not last
the one begets the other just as ; denev to deplore the entrance o
\\ omen have faced continually over three weeks. This fact has
w orking class to negotiate collectively.
working banana trees.
the boulevard breed- the slum, (the Russian vvoi.itn into t.u
! death and worse than death. I repeatedly been dem onstrated.
Is it unreasonable or unbusinesslike for a body • WE ARE glad therci-()rCi su_ Socialism would abolish both tie lines a.- a .»nak.iu, (.own ( They face death every time a hu- \ No strike would last three weeks
conies into the world, if the capitalist class were not
of men who have labor to sell to negotiate prem e’v overjoyed, to know that the free and the high priced ¡all the i deats ot t i e in. w u a v tu man
lv
the
socialisation
of'¡and
the
new
ta
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w
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|en-s
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contribution
of this
provident”
trait
bananas,
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th ro u g h a representative? Do not the corpora-
has bccn bananas, as well as all other here \\ ueii \voiv.an
with the g(X»ds.
is pleasure.
Thev face of the laboring class,
tb p p
n n ( tu r n er
e r i I her own.
Women are to be the ■
tions have a representative to purchase labor Perhaps the atoused public food, the cost to the
consum
would be the cost of production ' doves ot peace, tne ang<
e
e
for them ? Or does each m em ber of a corpora- sentim ent of the nation forced and
distribution. And the b a n -' mercy. t*,e destrovers ot war “ ( J l U i e d W e S t a n d , D l V l d e d
W e B a l l 99
„vnmiapiinnalv
nnH
hil-P
lab
o
r
fo
r
tile
d»«/•■tborities
a,
Boston.
Mass
tion go out promiscuously and hire labor for the ( i ()o somcthin„ thev might not .......
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m a trees would go on p ro d u cin g »the V. preservers <
However
delightful
'¡'he . time has arrived when the workingmen
sm
just
as
willingly
industry in which he m ay own stock. It I t IS otherwise have done; Stopped i under S(»ciali , ......... . ......... „ ,
, it may be ,
. , of the country
kiicinoGC Du- fbp pnrnnrntion whv not for :he Lirited Em it Co., from dump-1 as t l.ev do at present. Thev d.» dwell on this apotheosis and, m ust unite! Organized capital is strongly united in its efforts to
good business IOI tl.e coipoiat ,
y
A
entire steam ship load of | would he no more affected b\ a j final canonization of w om anhood,! crush the rightful demands of the workers. I he so-called capitalist
a labor union?
bananas: 30,000 bunches. 3,780,- change in our social system than! it makes me think of the slogan ‘ napers are always trying to form public opinion against the work-
The shin contractors who are SO persistently OOO bananas, into the ocean to D iR.v '"are ¡)V the world-war. The of the earlv suffragists—“ W hen !;lurmPn. Tjiey publish news and articles in the interest of the
i««. fbn
ol-»rkr\ kovon’t n I p o * t n Q tn n r i keep up prices.
h»nlv difference would be that the women vote there w o n t be an\ m aster clas^ only.
O p p o s in g t h e C lo sed S h o p n B V e n v a le g IO s v u n u
f|nn*t know which t o o it v if ™ ;* trn a
cverv nossihle saloons.” For years there were]
The Workingmen ol \stona and vicinity k iv w this to be an
talcs that had the still- absolute fact. 'Pile workingmen of thi- community can see there
on
saloons were running ¡s onlv one paper in Astoria that is publishing the facts about the
food, would be wiped out ot
would foster incompetence and destroy discipline ■
"X ‘, 'Z existence.
It would disappear in them full blast, wiiile
wmie the
me j strike and that paper
papt is “ the Daily T overi” (The Dailv Com rade).
! prohibition states were those in i
T his paper has been published in the Finnish language only
am ong the w orkers is merely an excuse 101 le- (iu,npcd in.o the ocean, or sheep- along with ¡»refits.
of food . ! .................
which women
did not vote. I h i - | ] —
f,,r —
about
ten ...........................
years, but we saw the .............................
urgent need of .. paper
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tain in g the old system of “every m an for himself ish hum anity that perm its the W ith the socialization
as h whole will s i t , -bowed cleariy that, while worn- that could be read by the English-speaking people al-o, gp we
and the devil tak e the hindm ost by which they
fa^ni,)n
¡»,ut there is n o i (lown to a square meal
for the en in their deeper nature prob-j decided to do all we could to let all the people know the real
for years have been able to deman servility on need of pity this time. The ban- i first tim e ; because there will be ably abhorred the saloon, the facts about the strikes and all other m atters im portant to the
rtsrin nf hiring diftphare-pd
Above the neck of anas were saved!
• . I no one to ’exploit the human ap-¡econom ic reasons that called
for workingmen, which are kept dark bv other papers.
pet, e.
¡the saloon were stronger than
th^ individual w orker tghTs-Sw(»rd has ever hung,
w il l you u n ite w ith us for your own sake »
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Tliere will be plenty for all. the sentim ental prejudices of
to tile
the ground and they no doubt because we will then get all that women.
Do von want the Dailv Comrade to be YOUR COMRADE?
and the general effect has been to m ake him ;o
there would
would be he ' we produce, and there is enough
n v A r b i o n xzilo nnn riif inr» c m*
hi« f a m i l v f a c i n g ’ . c< concluded
»ticluded th th
at a t there
W omen abhor war and longi
y ()U can answ cr this bv simply cutting out and filling the
v \
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t j . vza
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k
i m i ~ f an awful
awll>l reckoning, if those human energy in the world to for ¡»eace because war ta^e- ; sub scrjption blank below. Bring it or mail it with the subscrij»-
h u n g er and want. Individually one m ust subm it ini11ions o f bananas went into produce more than enough for (their loved ones from them. ,u< tio n price to:
ajj
! when their homes and their loved ;
to w rongs which collectively they m ight allevi- the ocean. *
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ones can onl\ be preserved
Dailv Comrade
TH E U N IT E D FRUIT CO. through war they have never
ate.
,
e
SO , 5 HEY suddenly betam e
Cor. 10th & Duane St.,
No employer w’ho intends to be fa ir to his men rigbteous officials, who might planned to throw- nearly four wavered in courage and intre-
Astoria. Oregon.
million
bananas
into
the
ocean
pidity
of
spirit.
The
Spartan
Please enter mv subscription to the Daily Comrade for
need
ise have
ed a mum.
httie
livcrv* fear a closed shop.
t In fact he , should wel- 'otherw
hush monev
and acced
reniamed
at Boston. Mass.
’
mothers, when their cities were
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come it as a sim pler and more efficient way ot denian d in g 'in words that w ere, The
. . . . people were
. . . . . wide
..... . .. awake in the deat’i«broes with Athens.
dealing with a body of men. Grievances would heard on the front pages of a llifo r once and as a result got a told their sons to return w ith Name
R a
di’cnneeod In tbp nninn and r p l i p f q n n o ' h t ' ’be I5' ,ston newspapers, why free feed. It is hoped thar they their shields or upon them,
be discussed in tne union ana le n e i SOUgm hesc bananas m ust go into th e h v ill not be satisfied with this It was the German women!
¡bit of charity. Before
through chosen representatives. And no em ocean.
t.............
........ thev
.. . „ g e t ' leaving their homes
. , and fighting|
, , Address
n ln w r ivhn rinp« not e'loi’V in m aking cravens of The fruit tru -t grew confused hungry again let them cast the bv the side ot t.ieir iiu-nand-
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j ’u* 1 *lzl
» -î4-l •4-'U i,. and stuttered its replv. i’he présent profit svstem into the] that turned back tne tide ot m e; Subscription rates: $4.00 per year, $2.25 for 6 months, $1.35 for
those who feed him and his children with theil* e xcuse was tllat the refrigeration discard.
'
¡Roman legions and saved the i 5
3 months and 50c per month either by mail or carrier.
labor would w ant to m ake the lot of the laborer’s ( machinery had broken down W e need the ’ bananas. ' W IT e'w o rld 11 for civilization. The fe-|
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