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MQRK BROS. 531-109 West First St. Beef Pot Roast Beef, Boiling 10c 5 and 8c Beef, Rib Roasts.. 12% & 15 Beef, Round Steak 15c Beef, Sirloin Steak 16c Beef, Porterhouse Steak. 1 8 Beef, Shoulder Steak... .12V&C Pork, Roasts, Shoulder. .12V£c Pork, Chops 15c Spare Ribs 10c per pound or three lbs for 25c Our grocery department ig up-to-date in every way. Prices lower than the low est MAXWIRTH'S" RE3 GROSS FHARNAGY 13 WEST SUPERiOH STREET. QUALITY COMES FIRST. We have the well deserved rep utation of being one of the best and moat reliable Drug Stores In the Northwest, but we did not gain this reputation by secri ficing quality for cheapness. With us quality comes first in •importance. For high grade prescription •work, for drug store articles that are perfectly reliable and for prices unbeaten anywhere in the Northwest this store is the place. WE CARRY A FUI.I. LINE OF HOME MADE UNION CIGARS. MAX WIRTH'S RED CROSS PHARMACY. 13 Wefft Superior St. IF YOU WISH SOMETHING NICE In the line- of nieats for your dihener or a choice quality of hajn or bacon for breakfast leave your order with Geo. Hassinger 429 East Fourth Street who will see that your order is filled to your satisfaction. Try our home made sausages. UNION MARKET. PALACE JEWELRY C0.'S SPECIAL PRICES FOR WATCH AND JEWELRY RE PAIRING. Cleaning watch BOe Main spring BOe Hair aprlnr 50c Jewel 50c Crystal 10c Hands 10c Soldering Jewelry 15c Set stone 15c Pins tor brooolicn 5c All work Kunrnntced. We buy old icold and slver. PALACE JEWELRY CO.. 324 West Superior Street.* IMPORTANT LABOR DECISION.' Boston Bartenders' Union recently secured a decision of great interest and importance to labor men. A. sus pended member persistent in wearing the union's blue button after being warned to desist and a demand for the button had been made by Business Agent. English and International Or ganizer J. K. Robinson. The union officials summoned the of fender into court. Judge Bennett Thursday found for the union, fined the offender $10 and stated that a man had no right to wear a button proclaiming" him a member of an. or ganization or order if he was not a member in good standing and thus with full authority to wear the in signia designating him as a fmember. The case was appealed. The decision Is the first ever given nuder the law of 1902 for the better protection of registered buttons and insignia of membership in fraternal, beneficiary, labor and other organizations. Men and Women Keep Young. VQ&TUAMA French treatment guaranteed to cur* IMPOTENCr'^anX Fsa?«"r«ira* si and vigor to old and middle aged, re storing the desires, ambitions and as pirations of youth and health, fitting for success and happiness in business- Kofesslonal, social and married life! a package or 3 for SB. Sent any where prepaid on receipt of price Be sure that you do not allow your druggist to talk yon into buying any thing else, If you waver he will try to do It The cheaper remedies will sever please you. GHEIT VICTORY FID MTJOIjll SYSTEM Battleship Connecticut, Being Built by Union Men, Is Ahead of Louisiana. Work Is Progressing More Fa vorable Than in Contract ing Ship Yard. Chicago, 111., September 19.—EJthel bert Stewart, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, has made a com parative study and analysis of the conditions under which the battleships Connecticut and Louisiana are being built ,and gave the result of these studies in a recent paper to the Chi cago Commons Mr1. Stewart gleaned his facts from: an Official article up on the subject in 'the form of a report by Mr. Frank J. Sheridan, special agent of the Department of Labor. From Mr. Stewart's article the' Machinists' Journal takes the date contained in the following: Ais ivfll be^remembered, the Connecticut is being built in the Brooklyn navy yard, under trade un ion hours and conditions, while the Louisiana is being built: by the New port News Shipbuilding Co. at New port News, Va., where neither union hours nor conditions are observed. On the Cujinecticut the-^etght-hour day is obFervsd, on the -Louisiana the men work ten hours a day. Organized la bor's contention ts that under trade union'rules the Connecticut is making greater progress than the Louisiana, and Mr. Stewart's figures go far to prove the claim. -At the end of June the Connecticut and Louisiana com parison rtoocT as' follows: From the date of the laying of the Connecticut's keel to the launching was 508 days, and' the percentage of work done was 54.6. In the case of the Louisiana the ttme elapsed was 570 days and the completion 53.59. To all intents and purposes the eight-hour men accomplished as much work as the ten-hour men, but really They ac complished more. The men who furnish the material for the Connecticut are interested in having the work done by private con tract, therefore they have delayed the government work by holding back ma terial and furnishing material which they knew would, be condemned and refused. But there is a better chance than this in favor of the eight-hour work men. The Louisiana workmen worked 2,413,888 hours and averaged 5.0608 pounds of iron work per hour. The Connecticut workmen workted 1,808,240 hours ind averaged 6.2995 pounds per hour. Working twenty per cent long er hours the non-union ten-hour men performed less than 1 per cent more work. The non-union men on the Louisiana averaged 50,608 pounds per day of ten hours and the Connecticut workmen averaged 50,396 pounds per day of eight hours. An average of 500 men a day worked ten. hours a day on the Louisiana. an average of 470 men worked eight hours a day on the Connecticut—ftrid the 470 men In the eight hours performed practically as much work as the 500 men in ten hrturs. Mr. Stewart says "Sb far, the claim of the labor lead ers that the eight-hour day is produc tive of better work and Just as much of it in the skilled trades as the ten hour day, seems -to be- amply sustain ed." Not only was the Connecticut ahead of the Louisiana whf-n the comparison was made, but' she led all other ships now under construction in either con tract or government yards. The showing made by the Connect' cut says a great deal both for the ef ficiency of the officers in charge and for the skill- and ability of our mem bers who are empfbyed upon her con struction. In the early part of the race between the Louisiana and Connecti cut, the latter was about two months behind, and many loud comments were made upon the "inefficiency of the government yard when it came to com petition with an up-to-date firm like that at work on the Louisiana." The constructors having: the Connecticut said nothing, but kept right on with their work. Now, it appears, they were doing some of the hardest work first, whereas the Louisiana was doing some of the quickest work first, and conse quently made the better showing. Hav ing the easier thing left until later the Connecticut is now going to the front. It is said that if ilo unforeseen obstacle intervenes and conditions are normal and fair for both yards there is no reason why the Connecticut should not keep ahmead. In his report Mr. Sheridan makes some vary interesting deductions which, give the reasons why the Connecticut has made sucA excellent progress. Here are the reasons "1. Higher rate of wages are paid at {he navy yard than by private compan ies in Qreater New York and vi'cintty, and the rates of the latter average higher than private companies else where. "2. Employment the year round is steadier end more secure than in pri vate yards. "3. The higher wages, shorter hours and steady employment attract the best grade of workmen to the navy yard, where a tactic recognition of an asserted economic theory prevails that the best workmen cannot be in duced to work extra hard wtlhout larg er pay than the average. "4. Prompt recognition of good work by advances in wages and pro motion in grade. "5. A large waiting list of mechan ics and others from private shops to select from. "6. The expectation or belief that If the ?onnectlcut were built in record time, the buildiftg of another battleship would be given to the Brooklyn navy lard. "7. A zeal generated by the general challenge, of the country to the navy yard workmen tomake good their claims in this test. "8. Prompt discharge for lnefficleri cy' "9. Dismissal of workmen- who could not: or would'not come up-to a required standard of output in. quan tity and quality. "111. No restriction^ of output indi vidually or collectively. "11. Loafing, soldiering or 'mark ing time* not tolerated. "12. Workmen required to begin work the moment the whittle blows, and to continue working until the mo ment the whiBtle 'blows at quitting' time. "13. Strict technical and exacting supervision of a high order of skill-and experience "L4. A desire on the part of naval constructors and workmen to remove an impression of inefficiency growing out of former navy yard construction of war vessels before civil service regulations controlled employment there." Whatve^ will be the^nal outcome in the construction race t}et\yeen the Con necticut and Louisiana, organized la bor has shown that the claimB made for union hours ar.d conditions are per fectly correct upon strictly scientific analy.da. A shorter work day will do all and more than is claimed for it. ANOKA FREE PRESS PLEADS FOR FREEDOM The Anoka Free Press presents a view of the eight-hour question which is at once sensible and convincing. If em ployers generally would look at the subject, however briefly, from the work men's point of view, it would not be hard to convince them of the reason and logic of the'r position. This the Anoka Free Press does, and how strong a case it makes for the eight-hour day will be readily seen after reading its article, which is as follows: 1 "The Free Press has been invited on several occasions to join in the fight against the movement set on foot" by the printers of the country for an eight hour working day. The Free Press, however, is not built that way. It is an eight-hour day and half-day Satur day institution itself, has always been, and so" was the establishment which, the present publisher conducted previous to coming to Anoka. That system has proven far more satisfactory In every way than the old ten-hour or nine-hour per day plan. It yields the employer more and better work for the'dollar paid in wages tflan the old machine like drudgery, and begets more agree able relations between employer and employe. "Besides, in this age and country labor is not synonymous with slavery. In disposing of his labor the workman does not, in our time, sell his body and soul to the employer, which is prac tically the case when every froiir which can be spared from sleeping and eating Is demanded by the employer. "The laborer Is as much of a man and has as many rights as such as the one who employs him. Even though he sell? his day's labor for a considera tion he is entitled to retain some of his time for his own use or enjoy ment. And the division of every twen ty-four hours into three shifts—eight hours for his employer, eight hours for himself and eight hours for rest and sleep—this division of the working man's time is« so productive of good re sults to all parties concerned that It will be difficult to devise a more satis factory scheme an^. for more difficult to convince anyone that it is wrong. "Of course, .this ..applies only to oc cupations where the' hour system of work Is ^practicable at all. In other fields of labor the plan Can only be followed approximately. In the, print ing and publishing business certainly the Press Press, stands for the eight hour day, and wherever practicable the half-holiday Saturday and this, po sition is backed up by many years of experience with both systems both as employed and as employer." FOR MEM. Classes in Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Electricity, Mechanical and Architec tural, Steam Engineering, etc. Classes open October 2. Fees moderate. Any man of good moral character is eli gible to admission. Call at T. M. C. A. Building, 18 East Superior Street. Office open till 10 p. m. VANDALS INVADE CATHOLIC CEMETERIES ESCANABA, Mich., Sept. 20.—Follow ing, similar attacks on the Roman Catholic cemeteries at Oconto Falls, Peshtigo and Birch Creek, vandals last night went through St. Joseph and St. Anne's cemeteries here and demolished the crosses on over 200 monuments, causing damage estimated at $4,000. Every marble and granite cross in clre two cemeteries was either broken or dislodged and the wooden, grosses wero taken from the graves and. piled up in heaps. There is no. clew as to', the perpetrators of the outrage. It is be lieved from foot prints found today that three men were in the party. The damage previously inflicted at Oconto Falls. Peshtigo and Birch 'Creek also amounts to several thousand dollars'. No motive for the vandalism can be imagined. NOTED CONVICT IS DECLARED INSANE LEAVENWORTH. Has., Sept. 20.— I.. W. Terrlll, a noted Oklahoma con viet, serving a sentence in the Kansas penitentiary, was.yesterday declared In sane and Will -be returned to the ter ritory. Terrlll was tile author of the capital punishment law of Oklahoma and was the first person to be con victed after it became, effective. His sentence was committed.. ST. PAUL PIONEER DIES IN MONTANA ST. PAUL* Sept. 20.—Information has' reached the city of the death of Judge Joh Hoyt, formerly judge of probate in this city, and prominently- identified with the early growth of St. Paul. Judge Hoyt died in Glnsgow, Mont., where he had gone only two years ago on accpunt of failing health. He was 75 years old and came to St. Paul Jn 1848. Judge Hoyt waa twice elected to' the position of judge of probate5 and also held the position, of county audi tor, county commissioner, member of the board of public works and a mem ber of the water board, for a period, of 10 years, ten of which'he wa* president of the board.. 1^*" files Testimony of Witnesseain the. Attack oh Certificate Law ^7 Discredited by Men Who Are Fighting for Safeguards. The attack by the coal interests of Pennsylvania oil the law requiring hard coal miners to serve two years' ap prenticeship, is .:belng waged in- deadly earnest, as was evidenced yesterday at the final hearing before Commissioner C. Wendt, .at the Astor House. The United Mine Workers are going to fight the law with all their, might. They secured its passage, only after many years', fight and they- and all good judges declare it (a splendid measure. The only witnesses who testified against the law were from .Missouri and Illinois, and, the attorney. for the miners, former Assistant District At torney Jones, of Scranton, showed the influence the coal .operators had over them. One witness testified that the law was unnecessary and was. shown to be a street cleaner, and not to have worked in a hjtrie for more than a year. RepresfeiTta ti^es of tfie mine workers, who reflect the ^opinion of' President John Mitchell, discredit the testimony and believe itv will fcot have the effect of dealing a fatal blow to the law The operators-have sought to show that any bituminous miner ean work a hard eoal mine- after two We®k£ of practice. If -the law were" declared- un constitutional^ and the right-given a bituminous miner to work- in 'a hard coal mine, the Pennsylvania operators allied with President Barr and his in terests, would be able- to..tlood the anthracite, fields With bituminous work ers in case? of big strikes^ One witness, Green, testified that he learned mining under John Mitchell, but a telegram from Mitchell said he never, had known Green. George Richmond, of Missouri John Roach and John. Car roll of Illinois, testified that conditions are alike to 'hjir&*"and soft coai mines. Commissioner Wfendt will have his re port ready for'tfie Pennsylvania court In November.' IT Initative kntf Referendum System' of Lawmaking at Operating In 0¥egon. The Underlying-t^dea Is Legislation by tba Direct Action of the Voters. Every Voter Givan Full Opportunity to Understand and Vote on th# Laws. .... Popular -interest is vlslbly increas Ingr every Iday 'in what is 'popularly know as the. .Initiative' and referen dum. When the principle is orice clearly understood by intelligent vot ers generally' In a given state the adoption of the system by that state is already assure^. Already the plan Is In operation"fn this country in the States of South pakota and Oregon, In onJer'thajt the ^readers .of the Labor World may get a fair notion of what the system means, and how it operates, the following* synopsis of -the measure as at present in operation in Oregon is given: The first requirement In that state to put the initiative and referendum system of law-Waking into operation was a constitutional amendment. This amendment was -ratified by the people in the election & 1902 ih Oregon by a vote of 62,024 W favor and 5,668 against. It reads In substance as fol lows: "Sec. 1. Thfe. legislative authority pf the state shall be-vested in a legis lative assembly, consisting or a sen ate and house of representatives, but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws and amend ments. to the constitution and to' en act or reject .the same at the polls, in dependent of the legislative assembly. The first power reserved by the peo ple is the initiative, band not more than, eight per cent of the legal voters shall., be require^ to propose any measure by such petition, and every such peti tion shall include the full text^of the measure so proposed. Initative peti tions shall be filed .with the secretary of .state not less than four months be-: fore the election at which they are to be voted 'upon. The second power is the referendum and it may be-order ed, except &s to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the pub lic peace,-health -r safety, either by the petition signed bly five per Cent of the legal-voters,4 or by the legislative assembly, as otheirsbill are enacte^. Referenduin ^etiilbn shall be filed with the secr4taiy Of staite hot more than ninety days after the final ad journment of the rtssloh of the legisla tive aesembly wlilch pa]Bs'ed the bill on whicli the! referendum'is demanded. The veto power bl the govettior shall not extend to treasures referred to the. people. All elections, on measures re ferred to the people of the state shall be hag at the biennial regular general elections, except when the .legislative assembly shall order a .special elec-. tion. Any me#fure referred to ..the people shall take .effect tod becoi^e the law when it is approved by the ma jority of the votes cast thereon, and not otherwise^ The style rf all bill^ shall be: 'Be it enacted" by the peon pie of the state of Oregon.' This sec tion shall not be construed to deprlv* liny member of the legislative assem bly of the right to introduce any meas ure. The whole nuinbar\.of yotes cast for Justldl of the supreme court at the regular election last preceding .the filing of any petltion for thft initiatlve or for the referendum shall be the basis on which the number of legal voters necessary to sign such petition shall be counted. Petitions and or ders for the )nitiaifve :an4 for the ref erendum shalU be flWd with t^ie secre» tary of -state." -The state^aw* wliiOh puts this- con stitutlo|ial% into oj^ratiort waa adopted aai into affeci Fashfons leading models always shownl Flannels. 1 lng- GLASS BLOCKS -STORE See the New Dress Goods—Cheviots, Prunellas, Hen riettas, Poplin Taffetas?, Abatross, Wool Batistes, Silk Crepe de Paris, Broadcloths, Scotch. Plaids and See the New Silks—new colored and black Moires, new Waisting Plaids, new "Bond" Taffetas, a«d otheTs—also the rich New "Velvets. See the New Laces—ederes, "insertions, all-overs—» Irish Point, Chantilly, Point "Venice, Cluny, fine Calais, Planen and Valenciennes—new meshes-— •new beautiful design®. See the New Ribbons—an especially beautiful show- See the New Dress Trimmings—braids, bands, op-. pliques. nnd. buttons of all descriptions. See the New Neckwear—new lace sets, ruchlngs, turn-overs and Stocks—a fine lot of new idea^. .i. See the New Gloves—all the newest shades and stitching for Btylish fall wearing. See the New Swell Shoes—the latest lasts and shapes1 for fall in our cosy shoe department. DRE88 GOODS 53c. All wort suitings—100 styles and colors, worth $1.50—fresh,, new. Clean, choice HANDKERCHIEFS 8c. Genuine all linen 15c handkerchiefs with inch hems, limit 1 dozen to a customer, iD each OC FLANNELETTES 7c. Light, medium and dark colors f^r wrappers,^ kimonos,. night gowns, real 10c values, only UNDERWEAR 29c? 1000 ladies' union suits, fine peeler Cotton, limit 2 to a customer!, an underwear "snap" at 8Uit 29c 21 ,1903. It is a mere amplification of the provisions of the foregoing con stitutional amendment, and provides a- number of details by which the peo ple will be able to judge Intelligently of the merits or demerits of a given measure, which is sought to be en acted into law by popular vote through the initiative and also of any existing law which the people decide to have submitted to them either for approval or disapproval through the referen dum. In order to put the initiative system into operation—that is to say, in or der to enable the people to vote di rectly for and aginst a Proposed law —a petition signed by 8 per cent of the voters must be filed with the secretary of state. If it is a proposed amendment to the constitution there must "be 15 per cent of the votes pe titioning for it. Where a given law is to be referred (referendum) to the people for approval or disapproval it can only be done by a petition signed by 5 per cent of the. voters. One of the most remarkable provi THE DIG WHERE Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21, 22 & 23 The opening display will not only show you the lnggest apd finest variety of niew fall and winter merchandise that it will be your pleasure to see, but the prices win prove to you that it is the place where guaranteed satisfaction and genuine economy work together to your advantage. GOME AND SEE THE BEAUTIFUL MEW THINGS FOB FALL. See the New Suits in all the latest decrees of style andelegance,* the new Furlined Cpats for ladies, misses and girls, the New Raincoats, the new separate skirts, the new silk and lingerie waists, new'kimonos, dressing sacques, negligees «nd! cornets. See the new furs—coats, scarf and muff sets, boas, throws, four-in-liands. $ee the new millinery display—the beautiful new pattern hats, etc.,-in so. manyartistic shapes.^nd rich color effects—the new suit hats in the natty small styles with rich triminings—the new misses hats, children's hats and ladies' street hat 250 large size Dplls, beautifully dressed, buy now for holiday gifts, 1 to a customer# only TALCUM 12c. A drug, bargain—Mennen's bor ated talcum/ 25c tins only IS to a custo mer QUALITY IS PARAMOUNT SeedQie A Dozen Big Bargains for the Opening Days. 81LK859c. Pure Taffeta and Louislne -silks, 27 inches wide, swell patterns, positively worth $1.00 yd. for rth $1.00 y1®* ej'il See' th6 Fancy Ntfedt«Wdii1£^fnbwsl pillow tope and all sorts of fancy: -work accessories See the :New 12c TINWARE 15c. .Heavy tin dish pans, and rulse pins, 17 inches, acrose, 5 and^6 inches deep, to a. customer sions of the law is. that witiich gives the officers of the ^organization or body applying for ,the. initiative or referendum the right also to file pamphlets for or against the .adoption or ratification of a given measure. The text of the proposed meaaure, or of the law which is referred to the people for indorserrien^ or Rejection, as the case may-be, iogether with such pamphlets of favorable' or unfavbrable comment, .is sent ,to each 'voter through the. proper public br election official, so that there i® vnt est. Union clerks to wdjt pn you. eicii'se whatever for anybody not voting intelligently and directly on the given measure, if to 5 'The movement is iSe^njj? actively pushed to have similar constitutional amendments and laws adopted by the people Of every state iii the XJnlon. which will put the iniiiative knd refei^ endum into actual dp^rati'dn. IJRUSdELS, Sept.- '20^-i-Stanton Sickles, secretary of the Aiiierican le gation Is convalescent after av-serious* illness.. v-ki-.a s.r. Union Label Fall Suits, $10.90, S^iOO, $18.00 and $20.00. Union Label Hats, $1, $1.50, $2, $3 and $3.50. Union Label Shoes $2, $2.50, $3t $3.50 and $4. Union Label ColIars, i-5c 2for25c. s""^ V-, /For quality and style bur prices Chas. W^prifisoii, The Clothier,v $umeri^r Streets Valuable jnoney savings in every purchase. Fine Lin*n»—1ovely damasks for table cloths,'napkins,: doylies—also fancy art lace linens. See the New Laoe Curtain*—Nottinghams, Irish ., Point, Bobbinet, Climy, AraMa, Benalisance. etc. the New Drapeines ahd jcliirtilhlnga-^-new Portieres IH Velo?irs, "imtjorted Tape®trfes Bordered Repps, Oriental S^rlj-es, Scotch Madras etcl—also the swell couch covers, pillows, table -covers 'and drekser "scarfs."".'. x:- •.•'•wV.C r* DOLL8 59o., PICTURES 79c. Artists'^ proof -etchings—2 sixes, framedi in flemish oak, worth $*.50, Gtne to an?fttbntten a b* 3 New Blankets and comforters^at!prices that mean savings of 10 to 30 per cent?1:i See. the New Floor Coverings—rich Velvet, Axmin s'fer. Body Brussels, Tapestry iuid" finest Ingrain Carpets—handsome Oriental,, Velvet *4Brussels and Tapestry rugs—linoleums, cork carpets,- oil cloths 'and mattings. See the Furniture Display-—the ehtli^ fmirth fTobr is jtulf Of high grade furniture forL eVery department afid'every condition of the hoifte. Our prices will save "you many dollars when compared %ith*prices you see at installment^ stores. I C. CHINA BOWL8.' Fruit and salad' bowls iiir all slz^ to .......... ...^.. .. /VC FOOT8TOOL8—2 for 50Ct good earpet covered footstools, well stuffed 25c v«Uues» limit 2 to acustomer 2 for -.i.., ifc* PLATE RACK8 96c. Solid fl^mish^'oait-Tacks, 24x34 and worth '$2 .OO^doinH fill to gel one— ope to- a customer y\ rt only The Y. M. 0. A. Night School. "THfe annliaT Kvenfn"gTschool prospec tus just. Issued, ip^ari attir&ctive eight page bobklet, wij^h a suggestive cover design which shows a night school stu dent preparing his lesson under the di rection of an-intellectual instructor. Tjiree regular classes will be or ganized October -J -aa follows Book- keeping, Femntfhahtjpr1 istettdgraphy, Typewriting Commercial Arithmetic, ESemeh^ary Arithmetic IdTechanical Drawing, Architectural 1 ajre Drawing Electricity EtogH'sh^ XJrammar and Correspondence, Beading arid Spelling for Foreigners classes in Window Card Writing, AdVertisihg aiid Com mercial Iaw for business men. -It' Is the aim of the Association to have all coutseif with' -the purpose of helping yoting meft ih' the position^ which- ^h£yj "fere ri&w located. '-An e«ceH^rit- (^rps of- teachers hai| been engaged. Mention- the "I^abor World" hen pa tranizingjour.. advertisers. Store" the low 1& !«.. y- 1