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THE LABOR JOURNAL Mention the Journal to th-i merchant who solicits your patron age through these columns VOL. XIX. FOR YOUR SERVICE Everett's largest and most liberal Home Furnishing Store is anxious to help you furnish your home. Everything marked in plain figures and no extra charge for credit. For seventeen years we have been helping Everett's ambitious home builders. "Ask your neighbor—she probably trades at Barron's. One Solid Floor of Carpets and Rugs Barron Furniture Co. INCORPORATED Complete House Furnishers / \ 2815 and 2817 COLBY AVENUE/^ UNION MADE Call for them mvi CIGAR It is an ideal UNION MADE cigar, as good as the name. U IN I O IN MADE MURRAY'S SHOE STORE Union Made Shoes For the Whole Family Ask For Huiskamp Bros. Shoes For Women and Children Ask For Brennan Shoes For Men MURRAY'S SHOE STORE 1707 HEWITT AYE. Phones; Ind. 299Y, Sunset 116 a. Phones: Independent 700Z Sunset 175 BROWN & KETCHUM Farming Lands a Specialty Become Independent with a Ranch—City Property, etc. City Dye Works LADIES' AND GENTS CLOTHES STEAM OR DRY CLEANED 2883', Rockefeller Aye. LET US HELP YOU. Have You Tried the 2811 Wetmo c Aye., WORK GALLED 108 AND DELIVERED LADIES' WORK A SPECIALTY Panama and Soft Hats Cleaned and Blocked LEW. KETCHUM J. A. BROWN EVERETT, WASH. HWII Sunset 820, lml. 664Y THE LABOR JOURNAL THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE EVERETT TRADES COUNCIL Devoted to the Interest HONORS REST NEARLY EVEN Non-Combatant Tells of His Experience in Dry Town The battle for tin- elimination, or at least the partial suppression, of the Ml loon as an American Institution is be ing waged right royally all over tlie country. IMb sides are flooding tin' country with literature and it is prob able that ill their zeal tn present their ease iii the best light possible many statements are made thai are not strict ly accurate, in the following article Marlen E. Pew, a correspondent for tlie United Press, writes of conditions as be found them in Decatur. 111., a (ity about tlie size of Everett, after being dry for a period of twelve months: "There is a deal of 'fibbing" going on these days about whether prohibition is a good tiling for a town. Advocates of tbe saloon, driven by financial motives, and ant i saloon men. altruistic bul sometimes extreme in their statements and often even fanatical, are battling in almost every state and their press bu reaus are issuing enough highly season ed propaganda literature to wad tbe guns of history, Their claims are con tradictory. The situation seems to call for nn impartial statement based ll] actual conditions as found in a city which has been dry for at least one year. Here's a Sample. Decatur has 32,000 people and a little of almost every kind of life known to a city. It has been dry for a year and the people have just electeil a new dry mayor, whose instruction is to see to it that the local option law is rigidly en forced. The town is normally republican, but the new mayor is a democrat. His re publican adversary was an avowed wet. and for that he tell. This seems to show that Decatur likes to lie dry. •'This is not a '•dead town." finan eiallly, industrially or socially. The fac tories are running, every one seems to be busy, and tbe writer does not re member of having visited a town where in there are more pleasant faced people to the city block, where the people seem to be having a Ivetter time in whole some ways, and where so few ragged people arc seen. "Dead Town" Socially. "This is a 'dead town' socially, if a 'sporting town' may be called a live one. It is 1(1 o'clock tit night and the writer is looking down upon the main busi ness street. •*lt is deserted. "There are no sounds, there is no ribaldry there or in tbe hotel. Some 32, nun people are somewhere) I suppose they are at home, many of them asleep. In an hour a few hundred people will leave the theaters. 'Ben Hur 1 and vande vile are the rival attractions. There are a few score people attending the moving picture shows. "The morning newspaper scheduled social, musical or religious meetings at the various churches for every night this week. The town is baseball mad. Drinking Somewhere. "I suppose 300 men are at their clubs. Those who drink may drink Niere. Mem hers keep bottles in lockers. In one club, at least, it is possible to take a warm Isittle from a locker and exchange it for a cool bottle to be found in an ice box. "This local option works no hardship on tippling club members or people who can buy booze in quantities and drink from sideboards. The mail order houses in Louisville. St. Louis, Chicago. send spirits in. while beer, shipped in potato or flour barrels, or unsuspicious boxes, comes in from nearby wet towns, such as Springfield, Bloomlngton and Peoria. Tbe |>oor man who cannot af ford to buy a bottle Vr a case may go without or take a trolley ride. The "Booze Special." "The train arriving here on Saturday nights. 11 o'clock. is called MM 'booze special,' because it brings into tbe city from I'eoria packages. boXSS or barrels Unmarked and consigned to 2."> or 30 Decatur citizens. These people meet tbe special and cart their packages home for Sunday or week consumption "There are 32 'soft drink' parlors in the town, converted saloons, where pop, ginger ale and 'water wagon lieer' un dispensed. Tbe latter tastes like tbe real thing, but it is said to contain less thun one half of 1 per cent alcohol, tlie alcohol having bSBS cvu|>orated at the brewery. "The drys object to this, because it is a malt leverage, mid they have taken their case into court. There ha\c been ill a year nearly 100 arrests for illegal selling. IxMitlegging (peddling from a bottle or soliciting), blind tiger, or sell j ing in soft drink parlors. The booec sold thus, like some that is imported, is saiil to be of poor quality. Jim Sheets, a farmer, drank one two finger 'smile' in a blind tiger and in an hour fell dead. Tbe local newspa|«'is declared that the smile' did the business. Gains in Population. The city is said to have gained in population during the year: fhere are EVERETT, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY MAY 87, 1809 The Sumner Iron W or^s no figures. The head of the largest transfer company says thai for every three families that he has moved out of town during the year he has moved seven in. •In 1008, wet, there were 1,043 anest- : on all charge*. Of this total S7t were charged with intoxication. During the dry your there have been 080 arrest-. 303 for drunkenness, The vagrants lock ed up during the last wet year num bered 58; there were only It; arrested during tbe dry year. "The coat of policing the city, 821, --000, has remained the same, hut De catur bad a wet mayor and council. The police obviously were not a- busy dur ing tbe past year. It is a fact that the number of arrests for intoxication has been slightly increased in the neighbor ing towns since Decatur went dry. Then is not a great number of people, how ever, who go out of town to get full, if railroad men may be believed. Divorces on Increase. "For some reason the number of di vorces has increased. <>n the docket of the May term of the circuit court are 50 cases. For the May term a year ago there were 28 eases. Half of the cases brought against husbands arc upon the grounds of Intemperance or alleged abuses. Half of the ease- against wive are upon 'statutory grounds.' 'When local option came into power, ll.'i saloons, paying 831,500 city license, were killed, one small local brewery lost its valuable local trade, and sev eral Wholesale house- or liquor agencies had taxable property listed at $.10,200. This the town lost. ' The wets claimed for a while that local option made 800 vacant dwellings and a "larger number' of vacant stores. This has been disproved. A canvass of the town showed that on danuaiy 2."> there were 27!' va ant dwellings. as against 888 in January of the previous year. Ileal e-tale transfers increased sis 1.000 in the first nine weeks of the dry year. And in 1008 4M new dwell IngS were built at a -..st of 881,131,89.1. there were some eIaDSJMts dwellings, but most of the dwellings were modest $1,500 homes. UuiMings other than dwellings have been constructed at a cost of half a million. Bank Deposits Increase. ' The number ot hank deposit,,!- have increased. bSStkers ssy. However, the bank statement Shou'l individual dc posits for the last wet year at 85,204. --525.05, as again«t the first dry year's $s.ns2..'Wti. 12. l.oan- increases! There has Iteen during the last piarter an increase in individual deposits of 8331,485-82. LOSS] or general trade conditions that cannot be enumerated bere may have influenced these fifftirci somewhat. "Thi" 101 US postal receipts were $111. .(7.1.50: in 1007. f1fM,419.4C Last ( hri-t mas showed the biggSSi postal receipts in tlie history of the city. Which and 'Tother. 'Merchants view the conditions ot trade variously. The majority of trade people say that the) notice no differ ScM4 and tbe large department store papain prove that their trade has not deeerased. One de|.ii uient stole mall says that bis business has improved. A men's furnishings outfitter declared that -ome of Sim trade ha I gone out of town.' A alioe merchant r. jxirts a ktSS of t per cent, but considers adverse wealhci conditions. •There wss increased sale of children's shoe-.' he -ays. •'Druggists have lost some SSMSSSM They cannot s,.|l akoW ill any form, even U|H>n a doctor's prescription, l'bv sicians now cany a supply of BSjMOf foi medicinal purpose- but they me using I substitutes whercwi [sissible strych nine, for instance for stimulant. Here's a Hot One "One small men h int. »hoc». com plained of busim--. and give* this novel reason: "Men are usually more generous to their families when intoxicat'sl A man used to buy hi- children new shoes or his wife a new hat when he got chunk. Now these men can't get drunk and they seem to be holding onto their money.' "There are records of many individ mil cases of famihe- made more com tollable and happy One woman, name known to the writ.i. mid that her bus band is now supporting her tor the first time in years. He has always worked, but could never get his pay envelop by a saloon. 'I now get dollars where I of Organized Labor WILL RUN BETWEEN EVERETT AND SEATTLE DURING THE FAIR. used to get pennies.' she said. 'My bus band rarely goes out evenings. Taxes Increase. "The wets always cry 'higher taxes.' The Decatur city tax rate for 1007 was 12.60, for 1008 1*3.66, and for 1008 82.72. The county consolidated tax rate for 1007 was $7.27. in 1008 .*7.H!I. and in loiio is 18,06, The school tax rate. In cluded in the consolidate tax. has in creased 7s cents in three years. "The writer heard no one complain of increased tax burden except a few sa loon men, who seemed insincere. Coun ty Treasurer C. T. Tandy said he heard few complaints on the score of increase due to prohibition. "Decatur has no tenderloin now. The police say street women have left town. 11l the dry year there were 21 demented persons arrested, against 10 for the last, wet year." MISS CAMPBELL WINS W. 0. W. CONTEST HOOT, MON! THE OWLS WIN! Tlie popular fraternal society with the nocturnal name landed over the wire i a winner in the spirited contest for, queen of the Woodmen carnival and their candidate, Miss Hazel Campbell, will, on the Bttl of dune, wield the seep-j tie over a host of willing subjects. The contest was close throughout. Each fairr contestant had hosts ot friends who : backed them to win and many a man's pocket book is lighter from the terrific 1 bombardment of votes. That grand 1 piano was a prise which any girl would covet and tlie candidates worked as hard a» they knew how to win it. Only one could win. however, and Mi>s ( amp bell was tbe lucky maid. Here is the story in figures of the contest as announced by the manager of the contest Thursday noon: Mis- Hazel Campbell. Order of Owls' candidate 3S.4CS Mi«s Myrtle Elvrum, Scandinavian candidate 37.3ns Miss liUie Freeman, unions' candi date ' Miss Julia M ly, W. O. W. can di.late .' 21.320 ' The Woodmen ate planning great 1 things for the people who attend the: 1 merrymaking from June Oth to 18th, in- 1 elusive. All the popular features of a ' j carnival w ill be in evidence and many ' brand new attractions. Hull care will ' have 110 place in Everett during this eel .•/ration but mirth and merriment will t reign. And don't forget to see the crown > ing of the queen, .lune !'th to 1 SitH is | jt'ie time of the big doings and Everett ( is t In- place. SPLENDID SERVICE BETWEEN EVERETT AND SEATTLE Everett is to be boosted l>y the Ore gon I rTeahlngton steam Navigation company. The steamers City of Everett .iii.i telegraph will carry rsavss ban ners i \ tend ing from stem to stent bear ing ' Inscription, "Stop Over in Bv erett." The rnmpaay has had printed s booklet entitled "Slghls A. loOSJ the Smuiiiil" ill is a splendid cleserip thm i»i tin' < i-iii route between Everett and BaSVttls and a SCSSprshenslve review of the lesour. es ot tiie ( it v ol Smoke sfMks CITY OF EVERETT Daily Ltjtcumoru to Built in Everett by The Sumner Iron WorA;* WILL RUN BETWEEN EVERETT AND SEATTLE DURING THE FAIR PROCEEDINGS OF EVERETT TRADES COUNCIL. ..The credential! of C. Mont.'ll of the Tailors' union and Chauncey Iliggs of| the Machinists' were accepted and the delegates obligated and seated. i Communication from Gov, Hay was read and ordered placed on file. Communication was read from the In ternational union ot' plumbers and gas] titters in regard to jurisdiction, which was ordered filed for future reference.M Reports by union-: Shingle Weaver- One initiation. Tailors—Levied assessment for thol hatters. Laundry Workers One re-instate ment. Cooks and Waiters—One initiation: donated to the hatters. Painters Three initiation-. Engineers Donated to the hatters. I Building Trade- Working to adjust the elecertical workers' grlenvancc at the 1 .It high school building. Placed Thomas Fnrttuson, painter, of .Snohomish, and, .1 Joe Bramquist, carpenter, on the unfair i (list anl asked Trades Council to conn:,. l in their action. Council concurred in the t request and ordered the nanus inserted in the Labor Journal unfair list. Inside Wiremen One of the local theaters having wiring done by non 'union men. Committee appointed to In ! Vest igate. 'The sheet metal workers' union have ihad their share of trouble iii connec tion with the ti. N depot. C Olson and G Smith, of Bellingham, we c fined bj 1 the local union at their last meeting foi working on the unfair job regard!.-- of the notice given them as to the nature of the work. UNION LABEL OR NO WEDDING BELLS FOR HIM 11l TelllXsnX. Kan.. May _>ii. True to the principles of unionism, even at j the risk of losing a chance to be a bus M band. Coleman C. Clinton is the cynosure , of all eyes here today because of bis j refusal to aoeept s marriage license that[, did not bear the union label. Clinton i< _ now married all right, but be did not, i let the ceremony proceed until be was , , , , I certain that it was going to he a union , wedding. In other words, he induced the au I thorities t.i find a certificate that show ed it had been turned out by union . printers. Clinton's h uuc is in Portland, Ore and he is a linotype operator. He , •ently he came to Hutchinson to wed . Mi-s Ethel Johnson. Probate Judge j Jordon, who had just received s fresh lot of new marriage certificates, banded , one of them to Clinton when the latter. , called for the necessary, paper. The Portland man examined it closely and tossed it back. "Xo union label on tnat," declared Clinton indignantly. "No wedding bells for me with a non-union marriage cer tificate figuring in the deal." All hands in the court house got bUS) and finally an old certificate with the plitneis' union label on it was found. So the marriage ceremony was perform ed yesterday, although for a while it/ appeared as If it would be delayed. THE LABOR JOURNAL 13 the official organ of the Trades Council, and is read by the labor ing men and women of Everett. OPEN SHOP" WAS SLOGAN Building Contractors Forced to Abandon Its Policy ! Nearly every city ii pestered with a I lot of ' heap building contractor* who I use every mentis possible to glut the labor market with mechanics of all trades with the end In view of copping off fat profits for themselves at tlie cost of long hours and small wages to the hordes of workingmen thrown into the community. Everett has so Ear been very fortunate in being free for tlie most part of this class of contractors, but our neighboring cities of Seattle and Ta coma have not been "o fortunate. In the above named cities these gentry formed what is known as the Builders' Exchange with the "open shop" slogan as their rallying war cry. They advertised ex tensively throughout the east for work men of all trades, claiming a scarcity of labor supply. They offered glowing inducements to half-baked union men to I desert the union of their craft and work tinier the fatherly protection of this great American institution, the Builders' Exchange. They did not hesitate to break contracts they had with tbe unions in the building lines which called for specified wages and other terms of employment. In Seattle they used the A.-V.-P. as a bulwark from behind which they sought to break down the power of the labor unions. Some foolish ; union men w ere credulous enough in both cities to believe the glittering prom - ises held out to them and desert the or ganization of their fellows which stood 1 for their int crest. Right t'nere was where the contractors made a blunder. Hard feeling naturally arose between the union seceders and those who stood pat. Had the employers paid the union scale of wages to the ex unionists for a time at least it would have been good policy. It was the prom ise "i good wage- and freedom from "irksome union discipline" that got them aw iv. The longer they staid out the wider grew the breach and gradually t\ie wages could have reduced IBut, ni. the contractors wanted t.. I make big money and they w anted to make it quick, so they slashed wages far below the level of the union scale No method could have been surer to open the eyes of the misguided seeeders or deserters (whi never term describes them best i to the difference in real ma terial benefit to the worker in a closed shop and an open shop. As a result the majority of the men who left the unions to work for these builders' exchange out fits are hack once more inside the union of their craft, and though they are sad cler through their experience, they are »iser men and better unionists. I'lie > 1 \ hnngc in Tacoma is in i w haw ling foi mechanic*. "A dearth in all lines of (killed mechanic*;" "good opening* for industrious work men." There Is no dearth of skilled labor in Tacoma but the mechanics in that citj have got their wisdom teeth cut. are inside the union and refuse to work foi rat wages, 'usi as the builders' ex change in Seattle has been forced to abandon it- drastic open shop policy so will their open shop brthren in Tacoma ba\c to do the same. There are teVC al . lasaett of people who are loudly .tying open shop." It I- not our purpose in this article to enumerate or classify them. Some are -in ci. and some are not. and the am ploj ing class are not in the latter eate gory. P.u open shop employer loudly prates about the "indepsAassM work men" snd "s free country," hoping by his noise t,, ponce*] the fact that he has both bauds in the public's pocket■ Lflba powel leiu-esellt s profits to tlleln and is reckoned just as *o much hers, power. A man in hi aeyes is just so much muscle and bone. (Jet all the work you can out of them and when they wear out throw them in the scrap chap. Hearties-' Yes. I nunc? Xo. It is the at titude ot the most oi the big employers of labot and all of the o|ien shop fellows. I heap labor and tat profits thouah the heavens fall. Careful, Courteous Officer- Meals served on Board Xo. 20.