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WORK IN FEDERAL PLANTS
Metal Trades Department of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor Proves Its
Loyalty by Letting Down Barriers
For the flrst time in the history of
union labor in this country, officers of
the internationals in Philadelphia say,
the harriers between union an»l non
union labor iiave been torn down in an
effort to mobilize the skilled artisans
for work at the navy yards and federal
arsenals. While the union men have
charge of this work, directed from the
headquarters of the American Federa
tion in Washington, the nonunion arti
sans are obtained as speedily as possi
ble and sent to the federal plants.
Plans for the labor mobilization have
been worked out by Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy Roosevelt, Secretary
of War Baker and Albert J. Berres,
secretary of the metal trades depart
ment of the American Federation of
Labor at Washington.
Charles F. Scott, International deputy
organizer of the Boilermakers, Iron
Shipbuilders and TTolpers, and William
A. Kelton, business agent of the ma
ehiuists of the Philadelphia district, ex
plained the mobilization.
"There is no union and nonunion
labor as far as our labors are concern
ed," Scott said, "and if the newspapers
would only publish (his mobilization
plan any nonunion man who wants
work would know where to come. We
have forty recruiting officers all over
the country getting boilermakers, ship
builders and men for navy yard work.
"And It is a hard job. There are so
many private plants which pay higher
wages than the government, that while
tho labor men are patriotic they also
have to take into consideration the
high cost of living. But the govern
ment, through agreement with the
labor leaders, suspended the eight hour
law. So a man can work ten or fifteen
hours now if he wants to and gets
time and one-half for all overtime. In
that way he really makes more money.
If he only knew it, than under the con
tract system.
"This mobilization was up to us, and
it is the first time we tore down the
barriers against uouunion labor. We
believe that working with union men
they will become unionized, though,
and that this crisis only means a
strengthening of our forces. We fought
the bill to permit the government to
commandeer labor, and wheu the teeth
were takeu out of the bill it was up
us to make good. And that is what we
are doing. We keep a census of the
men we feel that we can get. and
when Secretary Berres sent us wore
we got to the front and got busy
bringing in the skilled men. We ar
just as much recruiting officers as any
body getting men for the army and
navy."
Under the mobilization plan all union
men are asked to submit their names
addresses, classification of the service
and if they will accept federal employ
ment- These are sent in duplicate I
international Uwidquarti s at Kansas
City, from where thej nr• forwarded
to the arm.v and navy departments.
When there is a shortage of men the
bureau heads at Washington send word
to Berres. The civil service examine
for the district in which the navy yard
or arsenal is situated is given a list of
men, and he personally visits the can
didates at their homes. If they pas
they are given transportation to tlu
navy yards or arsenals.
Whenever the supply of labor is in
adequate the international officers go
about the country seeking nonunion
men willing to accept government em
ploy ment. They present their names
to the civil service examiner, and he
visits them and obtains their quallflca
tlons.
Scott said he would not seek any
"war machinists," as he termed the
munitions workers who had flocked to
those plants and had had no training
as machinists In peace times.
Business Agent Kelton of the Ma
cbinists' union said he had made even
easier arrangements to handle his end
at Philadelphia. He said all Interna
tlonal officers had made arrangements
with the civil service examiners to
have them telephone whenever there
was an emergency force required.
Kelton has had all the machinists in
this section card Indexed, together
with the number of nonunion men who
might be available. As soon as he re
ceives the word Kelton will have the
local officers busy rounding up men
union and nonunion, to bfe sent to the
Parkway building, where they will be
flrst examined by Kelton and others
.and if found eflicient will be sent to
the Federal building for civil service
examination.
"1 have put a hundred men in League
island alone," said Kelton, "and w
make no distinction. We figure tb
these men will join the uniou anyway
after they have been working In the
navy yards for a time. We get po^t
era, too, from the Civil Service Roan
showing the number of men required
lit the various federal plants, and
there are too many for government
purposes here we see that they hav
their fares paid to ot[ %r places where
they can be used."
TV*
i
LABOR RALLIES TO NATION'S AID
OPENS UNION DOOR TO PROVIDE MEN FOR GOVERNMENT SHOPS
Against Nonunion Workers—To Mo
bilize All Artisans.
THE SINISTER DRUG MENACE.
How Society Is Facing an Exceedingly
Dangerous Human Element.
In rigorous effort to suppress the Ille
gal sale and use of habit forming drags
the New York police are now arresting
annually about 5HK persons and secur
ing 700 convictions. Of these fully 75
per cent have had previous police rec
ords, which include every crime in the
statutes. This is an official statement,
one of sinister portent. It means that
law abiding society is facing a human
element new and exceedingly danger
ous—so grave, in fact, that oue of the
most important duties of the police lies
In stamping out this traffic.
The danger is by no means confined
to large cities like New York it Is
probably growing in towns and vil
lages all over the country. Folice in
vestigations have revealed an appall
ing increase of drug addicts. More
than one-half of those confined in the
city prison, the Tombs, were victims.
Men and women following virtually
every business, trade and profession
were Included. Even school children
became adli ted to the habit of using
these drugs
It is with full knowledge of such oc
currences that ihe police are doing
everything possible to stop illegal truf
fle in drugs. Criminals of this class
present a problem even more difficult
than the old time bank robber and gen
eral crook. The police may arrest 1.000
offenders annually, but the problem
will not be solv-d until boys and girls
are taught ihe rrii i n ults which
follow upon i'i.* "f I Jit forming
drugs. It I i i Irs point that teachers
of physioi md personal hygleue
must lend •ful co-opei at inn.-— Cen
tury :i 1! •.
Skating Held Hirr..
Of all the si .Ills a .lapau student
at Missouri universilv h:is in this
country the rfui to him
is skating.
a
.-i i. il.
i i-
to si.:'." ii i•
ii i i' maintain
regions tin re iee •. iium p» ihe hikcv:
in sufficient -t o afford a elm
for skaters n :'ity Times.
Coin Profiles.
\Y here u lac« i*! rwd on a piece »i
money it is alw mi i i ile, because
the cameo is more el struck with
the die in that mannc ii ,-i full or
three-quarter face wei ::?cd the
nose of the gent'""c w»n!d
get damaged in s i
duce a ridiculous
THE
things he
Intends learning v in the United
States is the ar! gliding over real
ice. In Japan, be
:(j
i e i i e v i i
the Missouri an,
1
1 e i i i i i e n o u
1
Not Thorough.
'DJiggin* n(fee in "i csiv
man.'
"Ye-." i
1 1
W'M-hiiiL-I.ui
'I
he doesn't i ,. ii idea. Mis
clothes are i of style to
be nmim'He: u jive|»5«trtvlo*
Operations nnd Operations.
"After all,
sue is
tor en\ ironni' i
"As for.exampleV"
"Well, the ui
merely a mat
1
ln'.ht
possibly :i a! i. ".i et'atim
on the Sfoi u v.\ h.i r.. r, .st-.n Tran
script.
Her Sacrec! Word.
'Not going to Alice s luncheon/ But
you gave your sacred word!"
"So I did", and I'd tro in a minute if
|ny dres* bad ••••nie h-one." I larper
Baza r.
A Specialist.
"i'a, what's a specialist?"
"A man who has discovered which of
lis talents will bring him the most
lioney, my son."—Boston Transcript
Never mind where you work. Let
your care be for the work itself.-
Spurgeon.
Not Americanisms.
Those "characteristic Americanisms,'
such as "take it from me," "the real
stuff," "piker," "sure thing," and so on
have been traced to Sheridan, Thack
eray, Smollett, Dickens and others and
are in common use in Great Britain
while there appears to be little question
that Aristophanes was the flrst to use
the expression, "We take the cake."
Making Him Happy.
"When I die," said the husband, "I
want you to have this sentence placed
on my monument: 'There are peace and
quiet in heaven.'"
"I think," rejoined the wife,
would be more appropriate to say
'There were peace and quiet in heav
en.' "—Indianapolis Star.
To Open a Sardine Can.
In opening a sardine can start the
key in the ordinary way and, after
giving it a few turns, Insert the point
of the ice pick in the key Uop. With
the pick acting as a lever the whole
top of the can will wind off easily and
without breaking the sardine#.
Artistic Success.
"So your son is succeeding consider
ably as an actor. Who is supporting
hlmV"
"I don't mind telling you that 1 am.
MAN WHO FLIES.
Ha Should Be Young and Robust Both
In Body and Mind.
The work of an aviator demands ro
bust health of both body and mind.
From leakage of petrol spray the pilot
may become dizzy, and the exhaust
gases from the engine—carbon monox
ide and dioxide—may cause headache,
drowsiness and malaise. The rarefied
air at great elevations may induce the
symptoms well known in balloonlsts,
and Wells refers to a case of frostbite
in an airman who had been exposed to
34 degrees of frost at an elevation of
15,000 feet. Psychasthenic symptoms
•namely, loss of self confidence and
the resulting mental worry (aerosthe
nia)—are not uncommon and prove that
the victim has mistaken his sphere of
activity.
Flying is undoubtedly the job of a
youijg man under thirty years of age,
and not every young man is tempera
mentally or physically fitted to carry
it through. Perfect eyesight is neces
sary to insure safe landing, correction
with glasses being not without its
dangers perfect hearing is essential fo
detect the first indications of engine
defect, and free movement of joints of
the lower limbs to control the steering
gear.
Fits and teudeney to faint absolutely
deter the aspirant from the air service.
In one remarkable instance at Haslar
an airman who fainted, with the result
that the aeroplane dived nose down
ward 1,200 feet Into a plowed field, es
caped with such minor injuries that he
was at flrst extremely loath to give up
this branch of the service.—Tendon
Lancet.
A CONTINENT OF MARVELS.
Some of South America's "Greatest In
the World."
Brim -oil the superlatives! We writo
of Sooth America, the continent where
are the world's greatest mountain
ranges, densest forests and largest
ers.
Just for in-tan.v, th.* Amazon river
system has over 5u,uw miles of navi
gable waterway, enough to tie two
loops around our planet. It can bo
navigated for 2,500 miles by ocean
steamers, i rcater distance than from
New York to i'anama.
The Rio do la Plata N l_'o miles wid•
tt its month!
A i o i i i i s i i i a i
iVll.l e' 'i V. Bl'aZil
is hi! -e i i'
:.I'
JilSTl'll.
Tex.: e. i..» ill "little"
Veil'' ..
,:i :e.i !i .• e
Keii'1
... for
II 1 e
IV a!
lforiiiu, U:'e-o|., Washington, Nevada,
Arizona. 1 and Idaho.
And it i- .r 2.G00 miles from one
end of Chile to the other—almost as far
as from New York to (Jlasgow!
Gold is found In pvory state of South
America, and fn ni Potosl alone, the
famous "peak of liver" in Bollvia:
more than $2/m.R),(KX),000 in silver has
been m'ned in the last three centuries
World Outlook.
Ironing Kills the Germs.
One need not worry about receiving
infection In clothes sent to a laundry,
even though they be washed with those
of other families in which there may
be infectious diseases. Such, iu sub
stance, is a report Just Issued by the
United States public health service
after an investigation by M. C. Schroe
der and S. (J. Soutberland of the New
York department of health. For what
ever disease germs are not killed in the
washing will be killed by the Ironing.
In fact, the ironing kills more germs
than the washing.
There is, however, danger in having
clothes washed by a laundress at her
own home, for, "owing to the close
quarters In which the laundresses live,
there Is possibility of reinfection of the
clean linen If communicable diseases
are present among the members of the
laundress' family."
Finds Relief In "Needling."
For ages one of the customs of Ghi
nese physicians has been to thrust fine
needles into the body to let out pains
and various maladies, and it appear?
that bleeding in this way Is often real
ly useful. After long observation i
China, Dr. James Cautile reports him
self so much impressed with the re
suits that he has adopted the procedure
himself for certain cases. Needling
seems to lessen the tension in the in
flamed part and to relieve neuralgic
and rheumatic pains, swelling and
stiffness from sprains and fractures
and especially the indefinite hip* pains
usually called sciatica.
Quita Fatal.
A Newark firm doing a big business
in accident insurance received this note
from one of its clients a few days ago
"I received a fatal accident to my
hand. Have been looking for you to
adjust damages. Please come soon. I
don't want it to heal till you have seei
it, and It is quite a job to keep it
bound up. So please attend to it prompt
|y before it gets well."—Newark Call
Hardly.
Lawyer—Did you see what passed
between the two men during the af
fray? Witness—No, sir. Lawyer
But you were present, weren't you?
Witness—Yes, sir, but my eyes are not
quick enough to follow a bullet.—Bos
ton Transcript.
8illy Moments.
"You're so smart, can you tell why
the seaside?"
"Certainly because it waa blu».H—
Baltimore American.
PI -Ell COUNTS
VOL. XVI. NO 62. HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1917. $1.00 PER YEAR
FORTUNES OF WAH
English Heroes Gain More Than
Glory by Success.
WEALTH HEAPED UPON THEM.
Many Have Been Mads Immensely
Rich as a Reward For Winning De
oisive Battles—Gifts That Were Bw
•towed Upon the Duke of Wellington.
According to Burns, glory is the sol
dier's only prize, and his wealth but
honor, and in the eyes of most people
the reward of heroism is indeed mere
ly praise and medals. But many a
great soldier has won a fortune from
his successful campaiguing, especially
iu the armies of Europe.
American heroes have been rewarded
by private gifts of leal estate and by
the gift of public ofHee, but except for
the "prize money," which meant for
tune to many an adventurous lad or
man In ihe old days, the awards to
American soldiers and sailors have
been much smaller than those In Eng
land.
General Grant, General Sherman,
General Lee—even George Washing
ton, though he was made president
made no money from their successful
campaigns. But for his services in the
South African warlaloue the late Lord
Roberts of Englancl received from par
liament a grant of
American money
earldom was confei
he was made a I\i
and appointed 'om
the army.
All this follow eti
$G2,r00 for his
during which lie
march in tweuty-oi
to Kandahar, whit
among the men of
The late Lor. 1 K
fortune by his Mia
parliament awardii
his service in Soul
adding to that -1
the khalifa In M,
feat he also
house of lords.
The late Lore
parliament *2« v
and was also
of lords for his aiu
field, notably durin
But It was the I
whose victories bl
est spoils, it havi
1
o o n e
iioo .-rle, Si,i:ih \tuerica
still -. I area
of a •.
W' Ueiltal
Unit'-d e of the
"litt.e i
I V
nearly $."00,000 in
\dded to that, an
cd upon him, and
~'it of the Garter
ii H'.'ier in chief of
-•ward of some
i Afghanistan,
unuie the famous
e days from Kabul
i is still a fable"
he army.
cheuer also won a
ssl'ul campaigning,
him $250,0(X) for
li Africa and later
,000 for smashing
Sudan, for which
h'". sent in the
re Mid from
at various times
i it in the house
ut.iiti on the battle
the Ashanti war.
ike of Wellington
ught in the great
been estimated
that his fighting resulted in a fortune
of more than $0,000,000.
His great victory at Assaye brought
him a sword and a service of plate
from the inhabitants of Calcutta val
ued at nearly $20,000. while for win
ning the battle of Talavera he was
made a peer and voted a pension of
$10,000 a year to eiitinue through two
generations.
His victory at Salamanca greatly
added to this already substantial for
tune, since lie received after it the
thanks of parliament, most royally
backed up by a marquisate and $500,
000.
After the greic
nees and the
poleon to Elba.
a duke by hi
was given a gt
Income made
mpaign in the Pyre
:s which
sent Na
•Hington was made
ateful country and
•f $1,000,000 and his
'sr),(H1
In cousoquei.
pel'or escaped
that triumphant
Waterloo, the i1
turning a her..
all England wit
to reward him.
other $7,OOO.OOH
drew in add:
money, and ti
sented him wb
$50,000.
a y.-ar.
hen tl I -uch em
i Elba and made
arch that ended at
of Wellington, re
London, perplexed
lie problem of how
i'he highest honors
and a great fortune had already been
given him. but parliament added an
his wealth, and he
$."00,000 in prize
ntr of Portugal pre
ite worth more than
This is one of the greatest fortunes
ever made in warfare—that is. by pub
lic gift.
Nor do the rewards that England
gives her soldiers consist merely in
flat sums of money or titles. In many
instances the.v take the form of pen
sions, to be continued for several gen
erations. Lord Napier of Slagdala re
ceived a pension of $10,000 a year to
extend during two lifetimes, and whet
Lord Raglan was killed in the great
Russian war his wife was given $5,0h
a year and his son $10,000 a yea. whiU
Viscount Gough, the hero of thi* Sikh
war, received not only a pens-'fto of
$10,000 a year from the government
but an equal sum from the ITonorabU
East India company
For the victory if tlie Nile, \elson
received a pension of $lo,ono a year to
last through three generations. After
the battle of Aboukir Bay he was made
a peer, and a second $10.0tH) pension
was added. The Irish parliament at
the same time granted him a pension
of $5,000 a year for life, while the Hon
orable East India company added its
little gift of $50,000 a year
Lord Alcester, another great English
soldier, was awarded a pension of $10,
000 a year, but bad it changed for the
flat sum of $150,000
The commuting of pensions was done
•n several occasions by famous gener
als, Lord Wolseley preferring $125,000
down to the prospect of $10,000 a year
during his own and his son's lifetime.
Such pensions and rewards sound
enormous compared with those of this
country, but they show the value
which Britons put upon valor and their
belief in the oid saying that to the
victor belong the spoils.—Philadelphia
North American.
True friends visit us in prosperity
•nly when invited, but iu adversity
they coma without invitation.—Tt»o
phrastua.
7
FOREST FIRES.
Thara Are Three Kinds, of Which tha
"Crown" Fire Is tha Worst.
There are three kinds of forest fires
-the "surface fire," which merely runs
In the leaves and ground litter the
"ground tire," that covers the under
brush of the dense forests, and the
"crown flre," the most dangerous and
terrifying of all. A crown flre is usu
ally caused when the ground or surface
flre reaches the top of a ridge or knoll,
and the increased draft carries the
blaze up the trunks of the trees to the
tops of the "crowns." It is the crown
fires which have made the great forest
fires of history.
Surrounding the burning area by a
trench from which everything down to
the mineral soil has been removed is the
only kind of fire line which will stop
a ground flre, and it will often stop a
surface fire. For surface flre "whip
ping" or using brush branches or water
soaked sacking to whip the burning
leaves at the edge of the tire back into
the burned area is most effective. Sand
as well as water is valuable In fighting
this kind of fire too.
There is only one way to fight a
crown tire—that is, by "backfiring"—
fighting fire with fire. This method Is
extremely dangerous, consisting of set
ting a counter fire far enough from the
main body of the original fire so that
all inflammable material will be burn
ed by the time the flre reaches that
point, and the flre will die from lack
of material to feed on. The backfire Is
set far enough from the main fire to
escape the draft which is fanning the
blaze.—New York Times.
THEY WERE ALL INSANE.
Even the Expert Witness Himself Must
Have Been Pretty Mad.
Dr. Allen XlcLane Hamilton, in his
"Recollections of an Alienist," relates
the following incident which occurred
In an Italian murder trial hi which he
appeared for the state:
The defense was based on the shape
of the murderer's head, and much tes
timony had been given by an anthro
pologist and craniologist in regard to
the shortness of the head of the man
on trial.
So improbable was the testimony ot
the head "expert" that Dr. Hamilton,
during the noon recess, went to a hal
ter and ?cf-m-rd several conformate
tracings. u!,i ii he gave to the distri
attorney.
"Doctor, extreme length of the hesci
Is also a stigma of insanity, is it not'*"
asked the district nttorvey.
The quack assent
The district attorin •. him
the tracings and asked i in Ion of
them. The fellow exaniit i em and
declared' thn* tho iif.i'^iiii«- i .i whom
the., ,V:,. i -. e-'.-.ry In
sane.
"Well," v.-,:, merciless cross ex
examiner. v 1 it surprise you to
know tii:.t Series were taken
from tile i-.-.e V. !-. :•':-T
bilt and l.is 1 is
from the head of his hot e jud^»
who presides in this case"
It goes without su.viiu? ?!, i the wit
ness' "ex'.-e.-i" t.'-Mnony wa* prompt
ly ruled e it
Sinister Goodwin Sands
Seven miles at sea from Bn{eitai"-,
the sea i'i- resort :i che southeast
coast of i gland, the Goodwin
sands of sinister record in maritime
wreck annals and by tradition suppos
ed once to have been an island, Lomea.
in the estate of Earl Goodwin, and to
have been destroyed by the sea in £k
eleventh century. Lambarde, a skep
tical English chronicler, however, dis
putes this icjpnd. as he does also an
other
Wlt'e.:
'hich
all pi
•f train
I.-! -'iili CllOkLil-
himself U i: .. i read be
cause he had said, "May this bre
choke me if I caused my brothe
death," when, in po.itt of fact, he h..
procured it.
A lightship iect! maintained
Goodwin sands since 1795. but mari
disasters still occur there, and son e
times even in e]« tr weather —Natioi
Geographi. .••• i-ty I'. uietin
Clip Flower Stems Daily.
To keep cut flowers in good con
tion clip the stems a little daily. T-i.
pores at the end of the stem are apt
clog, and by clipping them it alio
the pores to reopen, and the flower will
be refreshed by the water it receives
It must also be borne in mind that all
strings or bindings as well as wire
should be removed so that there will
be no obstruction in the way of the
water reaching the blossom itself. If
you value your cut flowers and desire
to have them with you as long as pos
sible, under no condition allow the di
rect rays of the sun to sliinc on them.
Feminine Power.
Miss Louise says what tickles her
when she hears this pillle about the su
perior intelligence of the alleged lord
of creation is that jdie knows she can
pick one blindfolded and make him
break his fool neck trying to do sonic
thing he knows can't be done if she'll
just brag on him a little -Macon Telt
graph.
What He Would Say.
"Would you say that womau over
there is homely?"
"Well, I wouldn't put it as bluntly
as that. But I will say that if sheevet
marries everybody will accuse the man
of taking her for her money."—Detroit
Free Press.
Good Idea.
Hub—I bought a rubber plant yester
lay. Wife—Oh, good! Then we'll be
ible to get our tires cheaper, won't
re?—Buffalo Express.
The result tests the work.—George
Washington.
UNION WORK
But O
Oiir-.,.c..
Exploit
W"l*
THE UNION MAN.
Trade unions are based upon
4- democracy. They are voluntary
•J* associations of individuals bav
•J* lng common interest. The suc
cess of a trade union depends
upon the amount of energy put
•i* forth by each member, and to
•f- the same extent that one metn
4* ber shirks duty or fails to do his
part to that extent the whole
union suffers. The union man
who thinks he has fulfilled his
obligation to his union when he
pays his dues, never attends
4» meetings or assists in the active
work of the organization falls to
4* get all the good there is in union
ism.
*1* 4* *5* *1* *f* *1* *1* 1* 4*
WESTERN UNION CUTS DAY.
Railroad Telegraphers Not Included In
Reduction of Hours.
It will cost the Western Union Tele
graph company several million dollars
a year, It is estimated, to put into ef
fect the eight hour day for its 25,000
employees, recently announced. The
employees will work only eight hours
and will be paid the same wages as
they now receive for nine hours' work.
This means what would amount to a
12\i per cent wage increase.
The company is not able to give the
shorter workday to all Its 45,000 em
ployees, It is announced. It has decided
to install it on May 1 iu every place
possible. The majority of those unaf
fected by the dec .. receive wages
from railroads or oi
1
sources as well
as from the telegra: i mpany.
Although the n, 1 telegraphers
are net included ii e who benefit
from the We hour day
order, the O Telegra
phers is i1""-
i
general eight
hour u)' -h it Las been
success of railroads.
Also i -ail
road tel jei
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LOUL.
Lli
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v- W.-f -ot Stand
ay Contract.
organized
:'irntinns fiw
i.een
.n some
"The posit i
regard to the
what ni.-r.
del ihe
.uarter«," said Samuel (Jouipers re
jntly.ia New York. "The uosition of
Square is the name, Square is our aim
All Suits and Pants made to your
individual order in a
i y if men
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miwhuiiih im in
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Union Shop
organized labor is tins: It is patriotic
and loyal from start to finish. It will
do all that can be done for the govern
ment and the nation, but It will not
stand for the exploitation of labor for
the benefit of the army contractors.
"It does not believe that army con
tractors and others who may supply
the country with it needs in times of
war are entitled should have ex
orbitant profits, either at the expense
of the government or of the worker.
Labor expects uo praise for being pa
triotic, but it does expect that those
who employ it shall show some patriot
ism as well. There is no patriotism in
selling the government something be
low the current inflated prices for war
material, but at a profit far in excess
of whnt would be expected in normal
times.
"If the public and the press will pay
more attention to contracts and con
tractors and less to labor the result
will be better, for labor will do its full
share."
Danbury Hattars' Fund.
John W. ty iiUey of New York, na
tional president of the United Hatters
of North America, recently stated that
the American Federation of Labor,
which has raised funds to reimburse
the defendants in the autl boycott suit
of D. E. I/mwe & Co. against members
of the Hatters' uniou. would not make
a settlement with the plaintiffs by the
payment of a cash amount. The fed
eration, Sculle.v said, would permit the
attorneys for Loewe &. Co. to proceed
to foreclose the property uuder attach
ment and reinn.ur-c the defendants for
their losses.
Miners Get Increase.
Coa! operators in Maryland fields
have notified their employees that
hours will be reduced from eleven to
nine per day, wages for miners ad
vanced 10 cents per ton and 15 per cent
for day laborers in and around the
mines. Tlii the largest advance
ever grantee. miners of this field,
and it 1~ t'- time that the nine
hour day
e:
The SquareTailors
106 HIGH STREET
Peliahk Dealers in
Dry Goods, Carpets, Cloaks, Q,ueensware
Millinery. House Furnishings
Voss-Holbrock Stamps with
all Cash Purchases.
ailed.
The Yukon Valley.
There are n« blizzards in the Yukon
valley in win*- -».i n.n.p
Jg Uu)o
Snov about covers every
:hing from e: till spring.
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JO/l. jdf&L. jflb.
Cor. Front and Sis.
Dinner
Served every Day
Lunch Counter Connected
ay a illogical.
She—How do you that out? He
-She can always mber her birth
c7r:y. never her age.
Obeyed Orders.
She i- j'.'St landed
from I it was her
flrst dn. Wheu her
master and i to dinner
the latter s bring the
catsup, plea-v ..cut down
stairs and brought tlieni up—both of
'em.—Boston Tmnscriyt
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