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*mf true progressive of whatever type. must now lend
*Mf full fore# to th* fulfillment of the people • hop*. th*
•sUblUbmeul of th* people's right, that justice and
*rugraas toy go hand in baud,— wood ro w wilson.
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.YOUR HOME? you OUGHT TO KNOW!
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The expose of Hew Tork canneries by Miss Mary Chamberlain, a Vas
sal eoilefe graduate, shows the deep disgrace of the industry in that state.
And it is a disgrace that touches in one way or another almost every
manufacturer of oanned goods.
Only a part of the oanners ot the United States, however, and thank
the Lord, are directly guilty of the offences that have been brought to light.
Be it said to the credit of this industry in Detroit, that it has at its
head responsible men who would not for a moment tolerate such conditions
as those Mi— Chamberlain has revealed in the territory where her investi
gations have been conducted.
kmd Die same is true of other canneries in the East which The Times
has personal knowledge of and whose owners this paper knows to be too
conscientious to tolerate such conditions.
Chamberlain, in testifying before the commission, has attacked
not only the industrial and health conditions, but also the mofal ones, that
have —the jawing industry a great blot on our national honor.
“That women’s virtue even is not safe in the canneries.” declared Miss
“i» illustrated by the fact that I myself was insulted by a
keeper in one of the factories,” and to prove her point Miss Chamber
lain presented the man’s full name to the astounded commission.
yi— Chamberlain read from her direct experiences, while acting as
detective for the commission.
From personal observation, she charged, she discovered that children
ranging in age from four yean had been employed, “snipping” beans,
■ bM^* m g corn or sorting peas or beans. - Mils Chsmberlain said the spectacle
of these little human machines, tome of them four, live and six years old,
and some of them with their Angers wrapped in bandages, the result of
having them split in their work, was is sad as it was shocking.
Daring the busy season in the canneries, Mist Chamberlain said, the
youngsters worked regularly from 4 a. m. until 10 p. m., and sometimes
until midnight. She ventured the suggestion that the people of America
would be appalled and angered beyond words if they were to see these
ohUdien on cool mornings, wrapped np in blankets, at work in the canning
sheds, scarcely awake.
“Some of the children would fall asleep,” she exclaimed dramatically.
“Others would my and want to quit work, but I have seen them whacked ;
by their parents and compelled to stay at their tasks Happily enough,
th«M parents, in the main, were not Americans. Moot of the compulsory
work was at the hands of foreigners, the American mothers being more
eonsiidNte of their offsprings.
“One little fellow—Jack —told me one morning he had been pulled
r*Mfbod at 3 o'clock, and he had been up until 12 o'clock the night be
fore. ‘Honest, Miss Chamberlain,* said he, ‘it didn’t seem as if I was in
bad a minute.’ ”
look, the witness said, had werked one day from 4 a. m. until 11 p. m.
and had made $1.40.
M<«f Chamberlain told the commission that the owner of one cannery
insisted children were not employed as early at 4 a. m., but that the
awakened in her boarding place one morning at 3 o’clock and discovered
*a parade of mothers and children and baby carriages making for the can
nery. Mtf Chamberlain said she dressed and followed the procession and
found her conclusions were well founded.
Ml— Chamberlain said she slaved with other girls in the canneries for
10 oents an hour, often for 10 or 16 hours a day, and lived in crowded
b ifgrtrae&ts, with the cannery toilers.
“After the commission publicly visited one of the canneries, where
I was working,” said the witness, “the boat said children under five yean
of age oonld not work there any more.”
“What, under Ave years of age!” exclaimed Senator Wagner, “that
was a big improvement, wasn’t it TANARUS”
The testimony of Zenat Potter went to show that this summer there
was 1,336 children, under 16, working in Hew Tork state canneries, 968
14 and 141 under 10. He also deolared he is able to rite cases
whore women have worked 110 houn in a single week for 611.97. And
daring all this time, he says, they stood in pools of water.
Many of the oannraf kings themselves came to the hearing. They
bud brilliant oonnsel present, hot nevertheless appeared worried as the
testimony grew.
One oanher refused to deny that DIVEDEHDS IN A SINGLE YEAR
OFTEN WENT ABOVE 76 PER CENT OF THE ENTIRE INVESTMENT,
OR, INDEED, IN SOME CASES ON THE FULL QUOTA OF WATERED
Hers yon have the real label of the can yon open in your kitchen if
purchased of irresponsible eauners.
It MAT reek of starvation wages.
It MAT represent inhumanly long boon of grinding toil by women
who are treated no better than slaves.
It MAT tell of little ohildren losing the bloom of youth, sacriAoing
playtime and health, for a heartless employer's pro At.
It MAT suggest the vile atmosphere of cannery shocks where workers
are housed in unspeakable discomfort end privation.
It MAT smell, to the fancy at least, of Althy factory Aoors and nnriean
of helpless diseased workers.
It may be that, whether the food material itself be pure and whole
some or not, there is actual Alth in that oan, none the less unpleasant to
tike palate beoanse of the sterUsing praoess that has killed the germs.
And you will not be SURE that your oanned food does not deserve to
bear this grinning skull until the PUBLIC and the HONEST CAHNERS
And the LAWMAXXRS have seen to tt that such conditions are made im
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Let us suggest that you KNOW your canner. *
There are reputable, careful, responsible oanners in the country.
Detroit baa its representatives among them.
Patronise this das* and reward humane and honest employers.
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Reactionaries Arranging the F«*‘ r **
Inauguration!
To the Editor of The Time*:
Hare you noticed how friendly the
reactionary dementi in boih parties
are? The organa of the voLrawap
pers’ league are forever doing their
utmost to keep before the people their
cronies aud co-workers. Did you gig
gle a bit when you read In the morn
j lug organ of the league abo?;t how
i the arrangements for the Inaugural of
! Gov. Forris nad beeu taken over by
E. O. Wood and E. C. Shield*? No
j two men In Michigan did ao ranch lu
the direction of mailing the Inaugura
jtion of Mr. Ferris Impossible a* dll
• the two gentlemen named above,
j Everything was done to keep Mr. Fer
ils from being n candidate. You re
| member Mr. Wood offered to sacrifice
, himself on the altar of that nomina
tion, and Mr. Shields did all he could
| to bring about a situation to nominate
any one but his sidepartner Wood.
And It all worked well until the school
teacher from Big Rapids, realising his
duty to his party, came to the rescue
and saved it from disgraceful defeat.
We wonder If these politicians have
an Idea they can use these< tactics to
bitch an extent as to o*tog the govern
oivelect? Do they think they can cire
for the discredited, defeated Wayne
county contingent of the Vote-Bwap
pers* league? Have they an idoa they
can provide placet for John Nagle. Jim
Burns and some of the others of their
kind about the state? Not if Democ
racy can hope to win two veers hence.
If Ferris wants to be such a govern
or as was Folk, LaFollette, Wlleou,
Johnson, of Minnesota, or Johnson, of
Colorado, he cannot perm!; one of
these questionable* to have the alight
eat to do with his administration; end
If they truly want the coming admin
istration to be a success they won’t
embarrass it by putting themselves
too much la evidence.
It’s the writer's opinion from what
little he knows of the governor-elect,
that the political gamester won’t have
it all to say. Let ua hope he won't
have anything to say.
DEMOCRATIC DEMOCRAT.
Detroit, Nov. 29, lIIJ.
SAYS HORSE KNEW HER;
DECIDES OWNERSHIP
“Hello. Dolly/*
—Mrs. Klein, Royal Oak.
"Ha, he-ha, he-ha. ha/'
—Dolly Wajnek, formerly Dolly
Klein.
The latter gave "voice/' or rather
whinnied the words, wnlch, being in
terpreted the equine to the hu
man language, means. "Why, how do
I you do, madam; I'm tickled to death
; to eee you.” when Mrs. Klein, former
[owner of Dolly, called on Dolly In he*
■tall in the barn of a man named
Pratt, Royal Oak, a few days ago. Bhe
said so In Justice DeOaw's court, Fri
day, when Jacob Cohen. No. 1601
Michigan-ave., sought to replevin a
horse from John Wajnek, living on
the Grand River road. Dolly had
strayed on Pratt's premises.
Both Cohen and Wajnek lost a
horse. A man named Myers found
one and Wajnek claimed It; so did
; Cohen. The horses they lost were
marked much alike. Cohen was sure
1t was his horse and he produced wit
nesses, including Mrs. Klein, vgho con
vinced the court that the tyorse which
strayed on Pratt's’ pramlaes belonged
to Wajnek. This horse was sold by
the Kleins, who owned her for s num
ber of years, to another party and the
latter sold her to Wajnek. Mrs. Klsin
said she could tell Dolly under any
circumstances, and she also Skid that
Dolly knew her.
"When I spoke to Dolly, she pricked
up her ears and turned around and
looked light* at me," said Mra Kle’n
to the court.
Flai«rs.taktef 4 ■!—U.
The O. O. P. elephant.
Th* Democratic jackass.
The T. R. bull moot*.
Th* Tammany tiger.
The wolf at the doer.
The toe In the bonnet
The bulla beers and lambs of Wall
et.
Th* fly In the ointment.
The oat of nine tails
The dogs of war.
The bull in th* chins shop.
Th* ret In th* heir.
The Welsh rabbit.
The turkay trotter.
The bunny hugger.
Th* dog In the manger. ,
Th* snake In th* grass.
The bug In the ear.
Th* stag party.
The round robin.
—Harrey Peak* in Judge
FT# Ctonee at All.
Adam Bede, ths humorist of oongress.
has a singular way of sxprsselng Aim
self In opposing a certain measure,
he put the house In a roar of laughter
when h* said, “That bin doesn’t stand
any more chano* than a tow-legged
girl In the town where eh* was raised."
—Judge.
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Joseph E. Davies. Man of the Hour
Ths night before election e mem
ber of the Democratic national com
mittee gave a dinner to newspaper
men at on* of the big Chicago hotels.
The talk turned on the outcome of
the morrow and naturally drifted
back to the campaign just dosed.
“JDvery national campaign pro
duces some new man who suddenly
emerges from nowhere into national
prominence,’* remarked one of the
political writers. '’Who Is the men
of the hour In this campaign?**
"Joseph K. Devise, of Wisconsin,**
exclaimed every one, almost Ilk* e
chorus.
"You have hit upon the men the
very first guess," remarked the na
tional committeeman, a seasoned vet
eran of many campaigns. "I think
Joe Davies is easily the most notable
figure in this campaign, as far as
the Democratic side la concerned.
"I don't mean t>y this that other
men have not bulked big In th* pub
lic eye.' On the contrary, there ere
more new men in the forefront of
public attention just now then there
have been for years. But the others,
McCombs, McAdoo, Rolls Welle, Mor
ganthau and the rest, had attained
reputations before the opening of the
presidential campaign. When Davies
wee elected secretary of the Demo
cratic national committee, and later
on was named, at th* request of
Gov. Wilson himself, to manage th*
western headquarters, every on*
asked, 'Who’s Davies?’ ’*
So It has come to pass In a few
months that a young man of 36, a
lawyer of Madison, Wls., has become
a national figure and e man to be
reckoned with during the next four
years.
eee
About a year ago Mr. Davies end
hie close political and personal
friends, John A Aylward, of Madi
son, and Frank B Schultz, of Mil
waukee, the latter his successor es
•tats chairman, espoused the cause
ot Gov. Wilson. It was characteris
tic of Davies that he "burned bis
bridges behind him" when he went
Into tbs Wilson fight He made his
fight for the New Jersey governor
right out In the open and If Wilson
had lost at Baltimore, Devise would
have been a "dead cock In the pit”
sea distinguished personage recently
remarked about another distinguish
ed personage.
Not content with leading the fight
In Wisconsin, Davies "invaded" other
states end to him as much ea to any
other man le due the fine showing
which Gov. Wilson made in the pre
liminary can\palgn in the west.
Later on at Baltimore there were
two figures that stood op egelnet the
tide that beat upon the Wilson en
trenchments. One was William F.
McCombs, national leader of the Wel
ton forces, and tbs other was Joseph
B. Devise. Other Wilson leaders
wavered and feared the worst but
these two stood like rocks and never
weakened for a moment.
It was quite on the cards, there
fore, that when Gov. Wilson was
nominated, these two men should
stand out and continue In chafge of
the Wilson campaign. It so fell cut,
and bT direction of Gov. Wilson hlm
ielf. Both are young"meu'ancTnelther
bad ever had any experience in con
ducting a national campaign. But
togethar, McCombs, In the east, and
Davies In the weat, they have achiev
ed one of the* greatest political vic
tories lu the history of the country.
When Secretary Davies came to
Chicago to become chairman of the
western headquarters he found prac
tically everything waiting for hie
hand. Opening headquarters fn e
Michigan avenue hotel,-he sought
about for quarters In an office build
ing. This was anew Idea In Itself,
and caused much comment. Within
a day or two he rented a whole flow
of the Karpen building, and within
two days after the leaae was signed,'
partitions were erected, desks were
Installed and fifty or more clerks and
»t*nographers were at work.
That headquarters will serve as a
model in future campaigns for years
to come. With the sense of order
which he got from hie blacksmith
father, and the enthusiasm which was
his Inheritance from hla evangelist
mother, Davies whipped things into
ihape and had everything In smooth
running order In no time. Two days
after the headquarters opened one
would think he was In e large mer
cantile establishment, so well organ
ised was every department
When Davies opened headquarters
many of the western leaders did not
know him even by sight. When they
met him they were shocked at his
youth and shook their heads gravely.
But after talking with the new lead
er tor awhile the veriest doubter
eoon realized that this clean-cut,
well-dressed, smiling young man
knew what he was about. That “de
pendable look” which marked Joe
Davies at the university was still the
distinguished characteristic of Chair
man Joseph B. Davies. And it did
not take him long to communicate
his enthusiasm to the men about him.
And though he smiled and spoke to
every one fair and cheerily, listening
patiently, even eagerly, to sugges
tions, Devise was the directing heed
of the organisation. He eoon dem
onstrated that end by the same token
It was not long before every one ac
knowledged hie leadership.
At midnight, election night. Chair
man Davies and a group of Demo
cratic leaders were reeding roturns
(n Mr. Davies’ office.
"How soon do you expect to close
up?" asked one, an old-time politi
cian.
Chairman Davies tossed a bundle
GROGAN THE GROCER
He Sera an Objact Laaaon In the Uncertainty Over the Suffrage Vote.
By TOM MAY.
O lAY! Casey," said Grogan the grocer, "who was It that aald that *th*
hand that rocks th* cradle la tb’ hand that rules th’ wor-rld’?"
“Ol don’t know." aald Caaay, acratchlog hla head. "It
\ souuds lolke, Chase Osborn, to me.**
"No. yer wrong there." said the grocer. “It sounds more lolka Judge
Phelan, but whoever It was. he must have bln thinkln’ about th’ tolme
they would give th’ ladies a crack at th' ballot box. an that's what put th*
idea In hla head."
"Why so?" asked Casey.
"Because Oi've bln watchln* Sudshelmer at th’ corner, iver since th*
crusade, or whatever yed call it. was stharted, an’ what they’ve made ould
'Suds’ do Is only a sample av what has bln goln’ on all oVer town.**
"Whin th' thing was stharted you could get a dhrlnk from ‘Suds'
wnny tolme ye were dhry, an’ had th’ prolce. Sunday th’ front an’ baek
dure were as wide open as th' hinges would carry thlm.
"Some av th’ neighbors sed that he was thinkln’ av puttin’ la a ahoy
lolght t’ take care av th’ arroplane thrade from Qrosfe Point.
"Perhups that waa only gossip, but begorra. it’s a cinch that he was
thryln’ t* make It convenient f’r iverybody t’ get In.
"Young or ould. boy or glr-rl, didn’t make a bit av difference t’ ’Bud*
so long as th' cash register was workln’ lolke a child la a Noo Yark
caunin' facthory. • -
"Well, they stharted th* talk about given th’ vote t’ wimmln. At
hrst It was regar-rded as a folne Joke.
" ‘Ho ho,’ ses 'Suds,' we’ll show ’em where they gets a|T sea ha, an*
tb' back an' front dure were lift wolda open.
"Thin reports stharted t’ come la. Some av th’ long headed wsu
decolded that it was about tolme t’ frlnds wid th’ ladles. Art Gor
don danced th’ heels ass three pair* av pumps danclg’ wld ould ladle# at
th’ Maaaonic Tlmplo.
"Th’ brewers were froightlned out av their wits. Some av
could see nothin’ ahead but takln’ their places In th’ bread line.
"Others w«te havin’ bad dhreams. They could see ’votes f’r wlmmla*
all over th’ cellin’ Ivery tolme they closed their eyes.
"Thin th’ wor-rd wlnt out t’ ’Suds' an’ th’ loikea av him, t* be daelnt.
"Solde dures and back durea were shut wld a bang, A boy that would
ask f’r a dhrlnk, would aleep an hla face fr mr week afther th' ba-ar keep
was through wid him.
" ’Chicking,' as they call 'em were tould t’ go home an’ roost, an’ not
come back, an’ befors election day arrived th’ average saloon man was
thryln’ t’ look as pious as th’ vote swappers’ league, afther thryln’t* dump
ivery man on th’ Dtmmycrat ticket."
"What’s that?” asked Casey, who always had a fondness for Intrigue.
"That’s what," reversed Grogan. "Just as pious as th’ vote swap
pens’ league, that ar-re now worried t’ death f’r fear that Farris will
sthand in a draft an* get such could feet that he won’t be able t* lead thlm
t’ th’ pie counter."
"Didn’t They always taka good care av m.mhr^A
Casey.
"Yla," said Qrogan, "they always took good care t’ slnd him where
they thought he’d do hlssilf th’ laiat good, hopin’ all th* tolme that at
eome av th’ places they banished him t,’ that hs'd run into an open switch.
"But Oi’m gettln* away from ms subject,* said Gregan. "Ol wee
talkin’ about votes f*r wimmln.
“Well! whin election day came round, th’ average saloon man looked
lolka Wlllum B. did th’ day afther elactlon. They thought they were lost.
They began t’ see where th’ abservanc# av th’ law waa th’ folaaat thing
In th’ wor-rld. Durea were locked on tolme, an’ th’ curtains were drawn
so that th’ polls were given their first peep at th* place from front dure
I* back.
! ~ “ 'Sava ua from th’ wlnunin,' als th* saloon man. 'we’U have prohibi
tion th’ first tolme they get a crack at th’ ballot box.’
" We ll ab*erve th’ law,’ ses he, ’an’ ye can make th* law go as fa-ar
as ye lolke,* ses he, ‘only aave ua from th' wimmln,’ sec he."
"Did th’ wimmln win out?" asked Casey.
"CM don’t know, an’ 01 don’t cars," said Qrogan. "All 01 wants t* any
is that th’ hand that rocks th’ cradle not only, rules th’ wer-rld, but It la
abla t’ put mors rlmpact fr th’ law Into a saloon man than all th* polls
an’ courts between here an’ Wyandotts.
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of pepers into the vuU basket.
"This headquarters closed last
night,” he salu. “We are ready to
move out tomorrow. Our books are
closed. Our papers are boxed up
ready to ship to national headquar
ters. We have no papers to burn;
qo secret records to destroy.**
That remark contained the full
itory of the Davies idea of managing
a campaign. From the day the cam
paign opened until the night before
election, when it closed, he knew day
by day just what wli being done.
When the campaign was about to
close Mr. Davies’ associates decided to
give him a loving cup in token of
their affection and respect for him.
Congressman Burleson made the pre
sentation speech and there was heart
felt applause when he said:
"We have been associated with
you, sir, for two months or more. We
have worked, worried and laughed
together. Many of us, most of us,
have lost patience and temper at
times, but 1 do not recall a time
when you wavered from your smiling,
pleasant, coureous ways. I have
talked with many men and women,
here about you and each remarked
Ihe same experience with you. You
have won our affectionate regard as
a man- as well ss our respect as a
leader, and this loving cup is a small
•xpreaalon of our feeling toward
you."
Davies not only did not lose his
Saturday, November 30
1912
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temper. He did even better than
that. He maintained his balance
Honors were falling thick about him.
Big men of long experience wore giv
ing way, convinced, to his judgment.
Vet he never lost his smiling, self
contained poise of manner. No ens
can say that Joe Davies ever got *"the
swell head.*'. He w*s Independent
and self-reliant, but he listened to
every one and was not above chang
ing his opinions when convinced that
they were wrong.
The csreer of Joeeph EJ. Davies has
only just bsgun. This Is the Judg
ment of the big men who were closely
associated with him during the cam
paign. Already he is being men
tioned for cabinet positions and ss he
becomes better known to the country
he will go forward rapidly. He Is
only 36 years old.
Who can say where he will ends
For. oe has been said, Joe Devise
"grows with his job."—John Mc-
Laughlin In the Milwaukee Free
Preaa
vovembbs. 1
There !e one day of thie dark bmbUl
at least.
On which we ail forget Its skies se
murky;
Its gloom cannot affeot the souls
feast
On good, old-fashioned pumpkin pie
and turkey!
—Jadfa
There are 1,000 males to I*o females
In the world. •
By Condo