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luM LABOR JOURNAL Mention the Journal to the merchant who solicits your patron age through these columns. VOL. XX. YOU Always save money White Sc Hackett Complete Hotel and Homefurnishers "Courteous Treatment and Your Moneys Worth." MURRAY Has the Largest Line of Union Made Shoes In the City MURRAY'S SHOE STORE 1707 HEWITT AYE. U IN I O IN M /A D E Call for them Have You Tried the mam CIGAR It is an ideal UNION MADE cigar, as good as the name. UNION MADE Big Discount AT THE REMOVAL SALE The JESDAHL CO., Incorporated CORNER WETMORE AND HEWI'IT. at 2807 ROCKEFELLER Phones; Ind. 299 Y, Sunset 1102. THE LABOR JOURNAL "PRICE AND QUALITY COUNT" EVERETT THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE EVERETT TRADES COUNCIL Devoted to the Interest WILL FIGHT BROKERS Shingle Men of State Hope to Form Selling Agency to Handle Output. The manufacturers have declared war on the broken and ns a consequence many shingle mills throughout the state have (dosed down for an indefinite period. In many small towns these ever recurring shut downs are nothing short of a calamity as they are en tirely dependent upon the shingle and sawmills for their prosperity. With shingle stocks in the East, nearly de pleted and hut few cars in transit it seems to the casual observer entirely uncalled for. The consumer surely will derive no benefit from the close down —whether shingles be high or low he pays about the same figure for the product. It is the gambler in shingles —the broker—who reaps the harvest. It will remain that way as long as shingles are a speculative commodity like corn and wheat, and cotton. The broker l>ots the Eastern dealer be can deliver shingles at a certain figure and to make good he squeezes the manufac turer. As long aa he can force the manufacturer to his price he wins his bet. lie has held the whip hand in the shingle business for years although there have l>een several attempts on the part of the manufacturers lo break up the game of the brokers by form ing associations to handle their output. This time the mill men claim it is a fight to the finish and that hereafter they will sell direct to the trade. If a majority of the mills can be brought in line and held there they may win out. They will have to give protection though to the small manufacturer—the man with small means. The brokers have been able to dominate the situa tion mostly because of the inability of the small manufacturers to handle their output direct. Tbe shingle busi ness has presented very alluring pos sibilities and many men have gone in to the business on n shoestring. They found themselves unable to wait from sixty to ninety days for their returrj*. The labor had to be paid, the timber paid for. payments made on their ma chinery, etc., and the accommodating broker, with his 90 per cent cash on bills of lading got the shingles. Failing in the past to form a selling association that would do the business, the reply of the manufacturers to the slash in prices has lieen curtailed pro duction. They have virtually said to the broker: "You have ipioted certain figures to the trade but if you can't get the shingles you'll have to revise your price-list—and we'll see that you don't get the shingles." A close down brought up the prices, but just as soon as the market began to sag a little after cutting operations were resumed, the broker resumed his slashing tactics and the mill men found themselves in the same position as before. It has always proven hard to make the shutdown effective enough to make any lasting impression on the trade. This because the large manufacturer has had a disagreeable habit of ignor ing the closing movement. Often a shingle buyer himself with yards in the East he was independent of the middle men and kept pounding away while the little manufacturer held the sack. The small men got it in the neck going and coming. A selling asosciation which will in clinic if possible every straight shingle mill in the state seems the only way out of the dilemma. Hut the manufac turers will have to get together closer than they have in the past. Keystone Overalls at the Boston. UNION WILL FINE TAFT IF HE GOES TO ST. LOUIS CLEVELAND BALL GAME. ST. LOUIS, April 29.—A notification was sent to President Taft hy the sec retary of the Central Trades and Labor Union today to the effect that he would offer affront to union labor throughout the United States, and would lie subject to a fine, should he attend the baseball game lietwecn St. tauis and Cleveland while visiting St. tanis May 4. The Cleveland club has been declared unfair. Taft will be sub ject to a fine, as he is a member in good standing of the Steam Shovel and Dredge Men's Union. The Central Trades and f<ahor Union represents every union wage earner in the city. The notification was sent to Taft following the adoption of a resolution which ordered the secretary to inform the president that the Cleveland club is on the unfair list. Through his sec ret ary the president ha* already ac cepted invitations to attend the haschall games while in St. Louis. Union label Suits. $20, 125, $SO, at the Boston. EVERETT. WASHINGTON. FRIDAY. APRIL 29. 1910. Learn Union made goods. With a view of stimulating the buying of UNION MADE goods by the union workers of Everett, their families and their friends, THE LABOR JOURNAL has inaugurated a campaign which is calculated to bring friends of organized labor to a realization and proper recognition of their true allies. It is embodied in a UNION MADE HOODS' CONTEST, details of which appear in another part of this paper. As a perusal of the published rules will show THE JOURNAL'S plan means cash re numeration for the participants. THE JOURNAL wants every one of its friends to take part. While earning a cash prize each contestant will be nssisting tlie* cause of organized labor by learning who of the dealers in the city are friendly to the interests of the union workers and what brands of goods are deserving of the support of organized labor. "When you go into a store. Mr. Union Man." advises the manager of THE JOUR XAL'S contest, "you should not forget the workers in another industrial branch. If some one should employ seal) labor on a work involving your own trade yon would be 'sere.' You would not like it if some one should'scab' in a trade in which a friend of yours is engaged, thereby causing that friend to lose something. Yet, when yon go into a store do you happen to remember always (now be honest) that you have a brother union worker who is struggling for an opportunity to make hats, to make clothing, to make collars, lo make pianos, TO MAKE A DECENT LIVING?" You do not have to have a union card to enter this contest. Yon do not even have In be a member of the family of a union card holder. Yon do not have to be a subscriber to THE JOURNAL. All that is required is that you answer the questions asked in the para graphs. You do not have to be a college graduate to earn one of the cash prizes. All that is required is that you commence early lo learn the answers to the questions by calling on the firms referred and asking them. Then mail or bring your answers to TIIF, JOURNAL office as soon as possible. The firms thai have co-operated with THE JOURNAL in this contest, have proven their friendship for organised labor in different ways. Son f them insist mi carrying UNION HADE goods and in bringing such products of organized toil to the front whenever possible. Others have shown their friendly feeling by employing whenever and wherever possible members of labor organizations. THE JOURNAL lias been careful in choosing its co-partners in this educational movement, which starts in this issue, with a UNION MADE GOODS' KNOWLEDGE TEST. NO DEARTH OF LABOR Skilled Trades of City Re sent the Published Re ports of Scarcity of Help in Building Trade Lines An architect was quote,! in one of the daily papers last week as saying that there was a dearth of skilled me chanics in Everett at. the present time, that carpenters were Wing Imported from Snohomish, etc. In the same breath the person qitotcd tipped his hand by saying that local artisans would deny the report as they wished to keep the work for local workmen. Member* of the building trades thai we have interviewed are emphatic in their denial of a scarcity of men in their line of work, and are indignant that reports of such a nature should be sent out broadcast to attract a sur plus of skilled labor to this city. They report that at no time this spring has there lieen a shortage and that there is none now. Because all the carpen ters are working one day it does not follow that they will all bo working the next. Several repair jobs may spring up simultaneously that will take the men and then again half the men may be loafing for a week. Anyone who is conversant with the building industry knows that such is the case. Work has not been so plentiful this spring that craftsmen could not be supplied almost any time needed and there has scarcely been n day that me chanics have not been around tbe T.a --l)or Temple waiting for a job. It is easily understood why contrac tors and employers of labor should wish to flood the local labor market with surplus labor. It takes constant fight ing on the part of tho unions to uphold their hours and wages when there are three men for every job and the employ er of labor knows that. Tho union man knows it, too, and he is neither to be blamed nor criticised if he wishes to see the bilior supply on a par with tho amount of labor to be performed. It is not fair to local mechanics who own or are paying for homes in the city, as many of them are, and who are contributing in every way to the city's advantages, to represent a labor condition that does not exist and flood the city with men who in their anxiety to obtain employment will threaten the stability of wages and hours that the unions have established. TROUBLE IN GREAT FALLS. I'nion officials of Great Falls, Mont.. I have wnt a circular broadcast warning all union men to stay away from that city until further notified. Every in ternational union in that city is in volve,! in serious trouble, so the circular states, and every workmen coming to that city at this time adds further to their difficulty. of Organized Lahor FAIR DEALERS, AND BE REWARD- ED IN CASH BY THE JOURNAL Who Is Eligible. Firms Referred to Are Friends of Labor. SHINGLE WEAVERS' FRIDAY NIGHT, MAY 6th, 1910 Norland's 12 Piece Orchestra Tickets $1.00 Dancing 9 to 2 EVERETT TRADES COUNCIL The Council was called to order at S p. m., President Luts presiding. The credential- of i. c. Beauchatnp, of the cigarmakers' union, were accepted nnd delegate obligated and seated. After hearing report of unions rela tive to placing a business agent in the field, council decided to place one out and P. (t. Pollard, of (he Cooks and Waiters' union, was unanimously chosen to fill the position. The union label was made a general subject of discussion and tbe delegate! were instructed to take the label agi tation up with their various crafts and assist in creating a demand for the la bel on all products, Attention was again called to the cigarmakers' blue label, There are at the nMSeat time only fourteen cigar makers in the city where forty should HANDLE UNION MADE GOODS. Mr. Trembly i the organizer of the United Garment Workers, who was in the city last week, left with us the names of the following firms who handle union made goods: Bennett Clothing Co.. Norman Suit House, .les dahl Co., Bust Clothing Co.. Host on Clothing Co., Oliver Criggs, Kdw. Wahl. The Toggery. We do not slate that these are the only houses iv the city that handle union made garments and inen"s wear, but they are the houses that Mr. Trembly visited in the limited] time he had at his fiapnsal while in the city. Elgin Shirts at tho Roston. CLERKS TO REORGANIZE. A movement is under way to again place a clerks' union in this city, and a meeting has lieon called to meet at I.abor Temple tonight for the purpose of re-organisation. Many merchants of the city are in *ym|»athy with the aim 3 and objects of organised labor nnd will not oppose the idea of their employes joining the union. There is no na-oii why the clerks should not have a large organization and a little concerted ef fort right now on the part of the clerks themselves is needed to start things off right. The clerks are urge,! to at tend the initial meeting in I shoi Tem ple tonight. "IV. .lacob Smith. Specialist, Kidney and Bladder, Toggery Bldg, 1505", Hewitt." NINTH ANNUAL BALL AT FRATERNAL HALL hi' employed. Union men should not only call at all times for the blue label product themselves hut should indue, their nonunion friends to ,l ( , the same. Report by Unions. Barbers—All members steadily em ployed. Bridge Workers—One application. Carpenters -OUT Initiations; one by card. Cooks and Waiters—Five initiations. Lathers—Work very good. Plumbers -One application. Shingle Weavers 'Two initiations: mills closing down for indefinite time. Stage Workers 'Two initiations; six applications. Meat Cutters Two applications. Teamesters Making rapid progress and growth in membership. Whether the Herald or Tribune re porters saw tin' eomel or not will prone bly never he known, hut Harry Hoi berg avers he has a little Rhode Isl and hen that has seen the mysterious traveler. Harry displayed the other day an egg this little lady* laid, re scudding the reported shape of the comet, tail and all. Kxcept for it* freakish sha|ie the egg was perfectly formed, the outer shell being as hard as any egg. So if in doubt about the COmet, ask the hen. Union label Suits. $20. $25. $.'!0, at tbe Host on. Organizer Schilling is very much pleased with the pros|Mvts for a big class on the night of installation of the new local lodge of tho Order of Moose, which will take place the night of May fi. While this Order is comparatively new in this state it is very strong throughout tho East, particularly in Pennsylvania. The lx-novelcnt and fra ternal features of tho order and the general high standing of its membership make it an attractive one to join The I Seattle lodge has a large membership, and many unionists belong. Tl is said some of those "stars", wtin curry the actor*' union card, enjoy the sc«h cigar, and expect to got their money from union men. He careful, hoys, you don't know who «ill report you and somebody might tiaw! you out when you least expect it on the stage Keystone Overalls at the Boston. I'nioi? label hats at the Ronton THE LABOR JOURNAL Is the official organ of the Trades Council, and is read by the labor ing men and women of Everett. VOTERS ARE TO DECIDE Whether or Not Direct Legislation Becomes the Issue of Fall Campaign. shall the people In ihi-< state hare, what those in Oregon, Maine, the two Dakota*, Montana, .Missouri, Oklahoma and scone other states have secured, the rijiht to propose a direct lav for public | discussion and vote. That is. shall j the voters haw a right to take the I Initiative in making a lav that the people want, and that the state leglslfl lure has not sen fit to enact. Faddists Will Not Do the Work of Law-Making. It is some work to devise a good law, to write out its full text, and to obtain for it the attested signature of eight per cent of all the legal Voters in the state. No one i- going to undertake so much work unless there appears to he sound reason why the said law should exist; nor unless there ex pectation that a majority id' the people will vote for it when it comes to them for approval or disapproval al tin' next election. The Referendum is the re ferring of an unsettled question to the voters for their decision; and no law .proposed through the Initiative). »an lake effect until it is approved by ma jority vote in Referendum. To secure the right of Initiative and Referendum i- the only sure way for the people to get such laws as they want. We Ought Not to Submit to Misrepresentation. Is it fair or right that the people should be compelled by the action of legislature to live under laws that arc injurious or unjust The people should have the power to veto any harmful | law that the legislature enacts. If. • at any time within ninety dayj. after a , law has hen enacted by tbe legislature, [ so many as five per cent of the voters • demand by pet it inn that the said law. , or some part of it. shall be submitted j to the people for their adoption or re ' jectlon, then the said law should !»■ . suspended until the nexl regular elec ) tion when the voters may decide by 'Imajority vote, whether the enacted law shall stand. The people may thus con trol the making of all laws. except such ns arc necessary for the Immedi ate preservation of peace. health or safety. I The right of Initiative and Referen dum docs no! do away with the leg islature, hut it prevents the legists tore imposing upon the people certain Ultra that the people do not want, and it enables the people to secure all laws thai they believe to be desirable. There are wise, far sighted, human ity-loving men outside the legislature. Among the people of the stale taken together, and including those In the legislature, there is more wisdom than li* po- tested by the hundred and fifty men who may make laws at Olympia. It is host for the state that all the wisdom it contain! should be utilised in the making of its laws. It Is Impracticable to Buy a Majority When money speaks to a legislature, [it may corrupt a majority therein, and secure legislation that exploits the j people at large. But money cannot I induce a majority of all the electors to vote against their own interests, and no law that is against the interests of the majority is likely to pass a Refer endnm vote. If the voters make i mi* take, the right of Initiative and Refer endum enables them to correct the mi* take quickly. We should have the Ini tiative and Referendum. How may the people ot this state DUre the right of using tho Initiative and Referendum in law-making 1 Hy electing to the ne\t legislature only candidates who agree to further tho plan of making an amendment to the state constitution, Which, if carried h] I majority vide in Referendum at the ileet ion of 1911. will give the people of this state "a square deal" in the making of laws. The state constitution can lie changed only by Referendum vote. on an amendment put before the people by the legislature. The constitution requires a Referendum vote for its own amend - ment. but does not permit I Refeieii dum vole on state laws. The constitn tion must Im* amended to permit the application at the Initiative and He ferendum to all law making. Stir up the attention of your fell, w :. it irons, urging t hem to elect to the next legislature only those candidates who will pledge themselves to the *.iid amendment of the constitution. Whenever, in other states, such an amendment of their stalo constitution ' has been offered hy the legislature to the vote of the people, the amendment j has lien carried by an overwhelming I vote ot something like eight 01 eleven to one. To pledge the candidates Is the first step: see to it that your candidate is so pledge! The Direct legislation league of the State of Washington No. 13