Book/Printed Material Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel
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Image 1 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel NOBODY OWNS US Story of Joe Gilbert, Midwestern Rebel- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
- Date: 1948
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Image 2 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
- Date: 1948
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Image 3 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel Nobody Owns Us The Story of JOE GILBERT Midwestern Rebel by DAVIS DOUTHIT THE COOPERATIVE LEAGUE OF THE U. S. A. CHICAGO WASHINGTON, D. C. NEW YORK- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
- Date: 1948
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Image 4 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel CT275 G392 D6 COPYRIGHT, 1948, BY HENRY DOUTHIT RECEIVED FEB - 9 1948 COPYRIGHT OFFICE PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 5 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel gc BR/C 17 Feb 48 TO RUTH- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 6 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 7 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel vii PREFATORY NOTE Material for this book was obtained through interviews with Joe Gilbert and many of his acquaintances. Such information was supplemented by transcripts of court proceedings involving Mr. Gilbert, as…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 8 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 9 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel ix TABLE OF CONTENTS Prefatory Note vii 1 Gadfly of Progress 1 2 “ An Old Hypocrite” 3 3 One-Man Sitdown Strike 10 4 Joe Meets Julie 17 5 Life in Philadelphia…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 10 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 11 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel xi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Joe Gilbert, 1907 69 Joseph Gilbert, defendant in sedition trial at Jackson, Minnesota 159 Joe and Julie on their Golden Wedding Anniversary 223 Joe Gilbert nearing eighty 228- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 12 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 13 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel xiii “ To speak his words, is every man's right .”— Homer . “ To be a man is to struggle to be free .”— Horace M. Kallen , Dean, Graduate School,…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 14 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 15 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 1 1 Gadfly of Progress Joe Gilbert isn't what you would call a national figure. Perhaps he represented too many minorities, fought for too many hopeless causes, hobnobbed with too many underdogs.…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 16 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 2 struggle for freedom in two county jails in Minnesota is perhaps a more accurate commentary on the general state of man's freedom today than most of us like to admit. As…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 17 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 3 2 “An Old Hypocrite” Joseph Gilbert (for some reason none of the family had a middle name) was born in or near the Greenwich Park section of London on July 10,…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 18 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 4 Alfred, two years younger than Joe, was another conservative. The two brothers were as far apart as the poles in their views. To Joe, Alfred was a stuffy, formal Tory capitalist.…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 19 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 5 restrictions to his freedom, and rebelling at the “forced feedings” of religion, he began to hate Sunday and “the whole church business” bitterly. One Sunday, the Bishop of Worcester was to…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 20 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 6 that some day men would fly. But for a man of tradition, like his ex-butler uncle, it was too much. Joe went to the Wolverley village school a couple of years,…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 21 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 7 have saluted him then for anything in the world, and he did not. One of the rules of the school was that no boy should go “out of bounds” without first…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 22 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 8 Life at this school was indeed hard and brutal, master and boys alike exhibiting primitive and savage instincts. In such an environment, many a boy's spirit was broken completely. But.1the experience…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 23 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 9 bind the contract, under which the young apprentice was to start at two shillings sixpence, about 62 cents, for a 6-day, 44-hour week. This wage would increase another 62 cents a…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 24 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 10 3 One-Man Sitdown Strike Kidderminster , in 1879, was a grimy factory city of about 30,000 people. Most of the streets resembled country roads in the rainy season. Some of the…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 25 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 11 “Two sh'ps lost! Two sh'ps lost!” he cried. “Not th' sh'ps as sails th' seas, but sh'ps as snibbles and snabbles th' grass. Two sh'ps lost! Two sh'ps lost!” Virtually the…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 26 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 12 there was really nothing to let your conscience worry about. That was just the way it was, always had been, always would be. Amen. To Joe, the young carpet-designing apprentice from…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 27 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 13 The one-man sitdown strike became a one-man riot. Joe ran across the room, snatched up a pitcherful of water and, before the surprised Scot could duck, doused him. The rioter then…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 28 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 14 he was invited to his uncle's home for Sunday dinner, and deferred to as an honored guest. Emboldened by his successful foray into independent government, Joe went the next summer to…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 29 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 15 of the carpet-making firm to which Joe had been apprenticed. Tomkinson had little more reason to know Joe than Henry Ford would have to be acquainted with one of his workers,…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 30 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 16 of the second fastest liner afloat at the time, the Arizona of the old Guion line. Steerage passengers were told to take along their own bedding and eating utensils but Joe,…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 31 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 17 4 Joe Meets Julie After two days in New York, Joe used his railway ticket to Philadelphia and, upon his arrival in or near the City of Brotherly Love, received his…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 32 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 18 “Are you Mr. Nicholas?” Joe inquired of the tall minister. “No, I am Mr. Johnson,” was the reply, “but any friend of Mr. Nicholas is a friend of mine. Come in.”…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 33 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 19 feeling more and more uneasy about the whole thing. Again the Rev. Mr. Johnson departed. Again Joe braced up the doorknob. “By gosh, I'll bet he's some kind of rich lunatic,”…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 34 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 20 Quaker who had first woven carpets on a hand loom and had sold them in Philadelphia from wheelbarrows. The next Sunday, Joe kept his promise to the Rev. Mr. Johnson by…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 35 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 21 excitedly exclaimed to Joe, “I want $5 from you right away.” “What for?” asked Joe, surprised. “I want to get you a subscription to a book. This is a great book.…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 36 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 22 mother, ninety, and her daughter, seventy—from whom he rented his room, they were horrified. He might as well have told them he had bought a one-way ticket “plumb to hell.” “Oh,…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 37 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 23 offered him a job. This time, Joe accepted on a piece-work basis. It so happened that the head designer was frequently “out of order” because of too much liquor, and considerable…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 38 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 24 eyes, and her wealth of fine-textured golden hair. As he knew her better, he also came to appreciate her talents for dancing, singing, and music, and her friendly tolerant nature. They…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 39 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 25 “I'm sure I saw my sister Flo in this room,” she answered solemnly. “She smiled at me.” Her sister was in England, and the two women had not seen or spoken…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
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Image 40 of Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel 26 5 Life in Philadelphia The young couple began learning to take it on the chin even before they were married, for the Brussels Tapestry Company decided to close out its rug…- Contributor: Douthit, Davis
- Date: 1948
About this Item
Title
- Nobody owns us; the story of Joe Gilbert, midwestern rebel
Summary
- This laudatory biography of Joseph Gilbert, an outspoken British-American leader of the cooperative movement in the Midwest, is based on interviews, newspapers and magazine articles, and transcripts of court proceedings during Gilbert's trials for sedition during the years immediately following World War I. Born in London in 1865, Gilbert was raised in Wolverley, Worcestershire by a conservative, working-class aunt and uncle. Seeking education and control over his life, Joe emigrated to the Philadelphia area where he held several jobs designing carpets. After a few years' study, Joe became a lawyer. Dissatisfied with a successful but unchallenging career, he relocated to Seattle with his wife, Julie, where he became a socialist activist, editor, and organizer. Joe moved from state to state, and his skills led not only to socialist organizing but also to remunerative positions with various chambers of commerce and retail organizations. Eventually, he became a leader with the Nonpartisan League, established in 1915 to increase political representation for farmers, to demand state ownership of the major agricultural processing facilities, and to advocate federal ownership of the nation's railroads. In a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court, Gilbert was convicted of sedition in December 1920, and served the following year in the Red Wing, Minnesota jail. After his release, Gilbert edited a variety of small newspapers and involved himself with the Northern States Cooperative League. Later, he served as Midland Cooperative Wholesale's chief spokesperson, editor, and policymaker until he began to lose his vision in 1935. His home was in Minneapolis at the time this book was written.
Names
- Douthit, Davis, 1904-1999
Created / Published
- Chicago, The Cooperative League of the U.S.A. [1948]
Headings
- - Gilbert, Joe,--1865-1956
Medium
- xiii, 240 p. ports. 20 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- CT275.G392 D6
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 48014988
Online Format
- online text
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