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OFFICIAL PAPER EVERETT CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL VOL. XXXI. Rail Bosses Free To Drive Men Back TRIED AND FOUND WANTING Secretary of Council Raps Author of Poster Against Roscoe for Not Signing 1 His Name It li election, time again and the month talking politician and the dirty political skunks of the yester day ate still using the public as the onlookers while they (the politicians) tjtre using the opposition as their vrctims. Of all the dirty work on tit. i part of ■! politician or politicians this one will .sure take the "cake." Gel this one, Do the voters and tax payers of Snohomish County want to tiy C. T. Roscoe again? We Know that the author of this poster in the eyes of the public has been found wanting, and I believe we tlo not have to try such, who come like the sneaking undesirable thief in the right, who do not dare to face its victims but stabs 'em in the back, such is my conception of a man who does not dare apply his name to it poster in which he con demns another man. The aforesaid mentioned poster carries only two names, those of HOW JUDICIAL DISPUTES IN THE BUILDING TRADES ARE SETTLED (This article under the title, "When Labor Strikes Against Strikes", appeared in Collier's Week ly and is worth reading for the in formation of Building Trades me chanics.—Editor.) Have you ever gone through the ag ny of needless delay after delay in waiting for your new house? Or for your quarters in the new office building? Or even for your garage? Have you sweat blood while your carpenters fought with your metal workers as to which craft should put in the metal trim on your job? Have you had them both walk out because they could not agree, and leave you literally holding the sack through no fault of your own? If so, here is news for you. The problem of the jurisdictional strike—those quarrels in which men (■uit work not because of wage dis putes, or hours, or trouble with the boss, but because the unions them selves could not agree as to which should do certain parts of the job has been solved. And it was solved by those most intimately concerned by the simple expedient of getting round a table and putting all the cards on it. With speed, but not without diffi culty, a board composed of represen tatives of the contractors, builders and workers, together with the pub lic's representative from the United States Department of Labor, found a common ground for agreement. It is amazing fact that this board accomplished in a few months what the employers and laborers had been struggling to do for more than twen ty years. Since the board came into existence millions upon millions of dollars have been saved for builders and many more millions to the labor ers, in time. But most important of all is the restoration of morale in the workers. Moreover, the work of this board has dried up the greatest source of labor graft. Overnight it destroyed the weapon that made possible ex tortions of men like the late "Skin ny" Madden of Chicago and Bob Brindell, late of New York, but now of Sing Sing prison. Although the jurisdictional strike had been practiced for a quarter of j a century, not many realized how itsi tentacles reached into the vitals of I the building trades. Through itj building in whole cities was tied up season after season, contractors and investors were forced into bankrupt cy, while workmen, who perhaps could stand the loss least of all, lost weeks and months of employment. Because of it no workman leaving home in the morning for his place of employment was sure that he would not. be on strike before the day was out, not on account of wage dispute Or any other difficulty with his em ployer, but because the representa tives of two unions differed as to whose men should do a particular job. With men of one trade off a build ing, work on it soon ceased, for the trades are interdependent. Nor did it help any for the employer to fill the places of the craft that struck with non-unionists. When he did so, the other crafts quit, anyway. Which ever way he turned, he was between the devil and the deep blue sea. The rank and file of the workers were no better off. Business Agents with Itchy Palms Moreover, honest disputes were not the only difficulty. Where, as very frequently happened, business agents developed itchy palms, it was an easy matter to set up a technical dispute that could only he settled when the itch was cured by coin of the realm freely applied. "In fifty-two weeks," says William Dobson, general secretary of the bricklayers' national organization, "I have been in fifty-four jurisdictional strikes. Frequently I did not know what 1 was talking about." This condition obtained in the au tumn of 1018 when Edward J. Rus sell of the American Institute of Architects headed a delegation sent from that body to the Building Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor to ask if some way could not be devised whereby these needless strikes could be avert ed. John Donlin, president of that department, replied that they would welcome the assistance of all other elements in the industry, but more particularly the architects, the so called "aristocrats" of the industry, "who had previously held aloof from all labor matters." With their assistance and that of John B. Lennon of the Department the two accountants, Douglas Young and C. J. Dam, who examined the hooks of C. T. Roscoe and who made in part the following report: "WE 1)0 NOT THINK THAT THE DE FICIENCY IS THAT OP INTENT, HUT THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY A LA.CX OF SYSTEM." And this was way back in 1898 when the Indians still were running wild. We will ask the author how much system was there in any comity office in the then young State of Washington? Knowing as I do that this could he only done by an undesirable, by one who lacks the first part of decency, and honesty. It is up to every home loving citi zen, it is your duty to rid the gov ernment of such slanderous men. VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 12 For Men of The People Who .Stand by All the People. CARL LEONRAP. of Labor, it was, after much discus sion, arranged to set up a "supreme court for the building trades" to be made up of representatives of all elements in the industry—the inves tor in the person of the architect, the contractors, the engineers, and labor, with the latter in the minor ity. Accordingly, nine months later in Atlantic City, the National Board for Jurisdictional Awards in the Build ing Industry came into being with Mr. Russell, representing the archi- ( tests, as chairman; E. P. Miller, the American Engineering Council; Col onel E. B. Wiggin and F. J. C. Dres ser, the Associated General Contrac- , tors of America; E. M. Craig, the j National Association of Building Trades Employers, and John J.i Hynes, Thomas L. Preece, and Wil- j liam L. Hutcheson, the unions, with William J. Spencer, secretary of the . Building Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor, as secretary, but without a vote. To this body the seventeen build ing trades unions in the American Federation of Labor agreed to refer all disputes, the technical men agreed 1 to write decisions, when made, into all contracts and the employers to stand on the specifications. Each group further agreed to suspend any member or local organization break- ' ing these plodges, and—this was the { I big point—also the unions agreed that, in any dispute in the future, , work should continue, and that the 1 employer was empowered to say I which of the claimants should do the work in dispute. This meant, in a word, an end to delay in construction of a building while two unions battled for the priv ilege of doing work the employer was willing either should do, so long as it was done. It ended also the excuse for many "holdups." When the Big Test Came Union chiefs, builders and tech nical men hailed the formation of the board as the beginning of a new day. It proceeded to justify the acclaim by promptly deciding an ancient fued between sheetmetal workers and the plumbers and steamfifters over the assembling of air-cooling machinery. To determine the facts, the board— ' in itself a highly expert body— heard not only the union claimants, but manufacturers and installing em ployers and an outside expert or two. Cheerful acceptance of the ruling was taken as an augury of real re sults. "If," it was argued, "these battlers 1 accept its verdicts, others will have to." Succeeding cases increased confi dence in the board. This confidence, however, was tempered by doubt as to what would happen when the most famous dispute of all—that between | the carpenters and sheetmetal work- I era' unions as to which craft shouldl i have the placing of metal floors, win-: dow frames, and other metal trim in i fireproof buildings—was decided. This fight had raged for fifteen years despite attempt after attempt by the American Federation of Labor to compose it. Because of it the con-j itruction of buildings had been held up for months—a classic example was the Hotel Winton, in Cleveland, where strike delay cost the owners $100,000 —and the success of large enterprises, such as the San Fran-1 cisco fair, was imperiled. Consideration of this dispute by the board was delayed for month's on one request or another from the carpenters. Eventually on their ask ing yet more delay it was decided against them. Their response was a' refusal to abide by the ruling. They withdrew their member from the board. The refusal of the largest union in the building trades—it has over 300, --000 members—to abide by a decision of a body it hail helped create, was a distinct challenge to the life of the board. It was met by the remaining sixteen unions keeping their pledge and forcing the carpenters out of the Building Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor over the protest of the veteran vice pres ident of the federation, James Dun can, who sought opportunity for com- j promise. An attempt to force the suspension of the carpenters from the American Federation of Labor next threaten-; ing, Samuel Gompers intervened with an effort to induce the sixteen unions standing by the board to relent and allow the acceptance of the com promise. The response was the al most unanimous indorsement of the board and all it had done. Not even the cry of "the open (To his Politician) "Do you believe in the 'right to work?'" "I certainly do!" "When has a man the right to work?" "When you say so." "Good! Now sing for the ladies and gentlemen, that beautiful song, "There's a Soft Berth Waiting for Me." CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL NOTES A communication from the Washington State Federation of Labor announcing that some members of Ihe executive board and other prominent members of the labor movement had withdrawn their support from Mrs. Axtell and are now favoring Lamping as the candidate to oppose Poindexter, started a lengthy debate in the Council meeting September (i. Mrs. C. A.. Barnham addressed the Council in the interest of Mrs. Axtell, candidate for the United States senate and said that not the Federation had gone back on Mrs. Axtell, but President Short. The progressive women of the state favor Mrs. Axtell and are opposed to Lamping because he represents the wet element. The women of the State of Washington want a woman to represent them in the United Stats senate and Mrs. Axtell is the right one. She is a woman with a man's mind. During the debate on the political issue, a motion was made to refer all political communications to the Farmer Labor party and after dis cussion the motion was amended to allow political debate, but limited the time to 30 minutes. The whole thing was shown to be impractical, as it would limit free speech and all delegates present voted to lay the matter on the table. The receipts from the Labor Day dance, $118.90 were turned over to the striking Shop Crafts as formerly decided upon. The committee to see Joe St. Peter about ads appearing on the curtain in the Rose Theater reported that the objectionable ads will be removed as soon as contract expires which will be in the near future. It was explained by Delegate Fortson, the representative of labor on the Board of Directors of the Peoples Laundry that anyone holding any of the old stock of the Laundry Service Co. could retain that stock in the new corporation if he or she showed his or her willingness to subscribe for an equal amount of stock before October 1, 11122. This new stock can be paid for in installments, but should be subscribed for before that date. All local unions affiliated with the State Federation can, if they desire name a member of organized labor to the executive board of the Federa tion for the office of Seventh Vice-President. All recommendations should be in before September 15. Send directly to Federation headquarters. Delegate J. C. North, of the Cigarmakers' treated the delegates by passing around a box of his own brand "Home Town" cigars. They are good, and all smokers enjoyed them. LOCAL UNIONS Railway Carmen Adopted resolutions at their last meeting favoring amalgamation of railway craft. Pile Drivers Doing good business lately. Dur ing the last few weeks 44 new mem bers were initiated. Stage Employes Endorsed We Smith of the Plumbers for Seventh Vice-President of the Washington State Federation of Labor. Painters All members are requested to at- I shop" could swing the delegates from standing by the board, which, in the opinion of those best qualified to judge, passed its great crisis when the vote was recorded. Having been sustained to the limit by the unions which constitute its backbone, the board, in evidence of Its courage and convictions, has now lined up all its elements behind a declaration of war upon the recalci trant carpenter, declaring in a reso lution, free from all ambiguity, its intention that he shall be good or suffer the consequences. This reso lution, among other things, provides: "That the members of the Associa ted General Contractors and of the National Association of Trades Em ployers shall refuse employment to any local union or members thereof neglecting or refusing to abide by the decision of the Jurisdictional Board. "That the Building Trade Depart ment of the American Federation of Labor shall instruct local councils to unseat any local union refusing compliance with such decisions, and that associated international unions shall instruct their respective locals to extend neither recognition nor support until such time as delinquent locals accept and abide by all decis ions of the Jurisdictional Board. "That this resolution shall be en forced as expeditiously as possible, beginning with those localities in which the trouble appears to be most acute and where action seems most urgent, and that all these signatories make special and united efforts to ward securing general and complete Compliance with all the decisions of the board." That means, in plain English, that where carpenters refuse to abide by the board's ruling, the employer is to establish open-shop conditions so far as that trade'is concerned, the mem bers of other unions sustaining him EVERETT, WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1922 The Ventriloquist tend next meeting. Several new members are ready for initiation and will be initiated September 12. Other important business should be taken care of. The Tailors not fearing the injunc tion scare, slipped $18.00 to the striking shop crafts to help these men keep up the fight. This Union again urges all to look for the label on the cigar box, in fact, on everything. Ask for home made and Union made cigars. All Everett made cigars are union made, but to be sure, look for the blue label. If we all demand the label there will soon be a time that it will be on every box of cigars. in so doing, and that the fight will be carried on systematically and with all elements united to fight the one recalcitrant. How far the war will go, how long it will last, I do not know. Neither does any union men, employer or technical adviser I have talked with Many, however, are inclined to agree with me that with the carpenter, in corrigible though the record may make him appear, more interested in working than in lighting, an early peace honorable to all will be ar ranged. Meantime, however, of 200 dis putes, each a potential cause of scores of strikes, big and little, in a building season, but one remains. A colored boy walked into a lo cal drug store and asked permission to use the telephone; then he called up Mr. Jones, and the following con versation took place. "Is this you, Mistah Jones?" "Yes." "Well, Mistah Jones, I saw yo' ad in do paper the other day and yo' wanted a colored boy. Did you get one?" "Yes." "Is he givin' perfect satisfaction?" "Yes, he's giving perfect satisfac tion." "Well, Mistah Jones, providen this colored boy don't give perfect satis faction, you call me at 604." The colored boy turned and started out, and the druggist, who had over heard remarked: "You didn't do any good, did you?" "Yes, Sar," came the reply. "I'se dat colored boy what's working down there. |*s just checking up to see how 1 stand."—Forbes Magazine (N. V.) Smoke Olympia Capitol, 10c straight Tailors Cigarmakers CHECKING UP MRS. AXTELL FAILS LAMPING CHOSEN Tin' following letter is sent out by the Washington State Feneration of Labor announcing change of can didates: Six days remain before the pri mary election. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, the campaign to secure the republican nomination for United States senator for Mrs. Frances C. Axtell has proven a dismal failure. The workers generally have failed to respond to her candidacy. We are now confronted with a critical situation which is not alto gether boneless for the forces which are seeking the (lttfeat of Miles Poindoxter. The elimination of two ol the three progressive candidates for the Republican nomination would have insured success next Tuesday. Despite my L<:st efforts, and the best efforts of the officials of the State Federation, ihiil has not been accomplished. First, because Judge Austin F. Gl'ffiths has consistently refused to consider any conferences which might result in his own elimi nation, and, secondly, because at the i last moment Mrs. Axtell and her immediate following withdrew the offer to submit themselves to any pi tn which might bring about unity. Faced by this situation, confer et.ces were called ir. Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma, and Archie W. John ston came to Seattle as the rep.'c sentative of the Spokane Conference for Progressive Political Action with authority to asist, if possible, in finding a solution to the problem. It was agreed everywhere that Mrs. Axtell should be withdrawn from the race. At a conference last Sunday with George Maston and others of the campaign committee of Mrs. Axtell. the results of these meetings in the largest cities of the state were made known. Despite this overwhelming sentiment for the withdrawal of Mrs. Axtell, the personal adherents of her | candidacy refused altogether to con sider any proposition which might involve withdrawing her name. Later in the same evening, a con ference was held which included sev- ( oral vice-presidents of the Federa tion and persons prominent in labor's ranks who are working to defeat Miles Poindexter. A canvass was made of the relative strength of the various candidates. ' This showeil George Lamping to be strongest. None the les, knowing that Judge Griffiths would not with draw, it was decided to make an ef fort to secure the withdrawal of George Lamping and he was called into the conference and asked to ■ withdraw. This he firmly refused to do, saying that he had given much i of the time of his campaign to a I sincere effort to bring about elimi nation and had offered to sacrifice his own candidacy in the interest of : unity. But, he added, he had de- i veloped more strength than either : of the other candidates and could, t under no circumstances, consider I withdrawal now. He expressed him self as opposed to compulsory arbi tration in industrial disputes and pointed to his record as evidence of the fact that he was worthy the support of organized labor and all the progressive elements in the state, i He said that his campaign east of I the mountains had convinced him ; that with this support he could se cure the Republican nomination next Tuesday. Colonel Lamping was asked to I leave the room and the situation was | discussed by those present at length. It was finally agreed, after every angle had been thoroughly discussed, I that the only hope of securing the defeat of Miles Poindexter would be to throw the support of labor and I liberals to the strongest candidate. No way seems available today to secure this much hoped for result except through the individual initi ative of the members of organized labor and other organized liberal WE DON'T PATRONIZE LIST BARBER SHOPS I. H Tumor, 1104 Hewitt Bcrnhart Shop, Monroe. BUILDING LABORERS L. Starke, Emil Mitersbach, Phillips. COFFEE AND TEA HOUSES Manning's Coffin* House on Hewitt between Colby an j We t more. RESTAURANTS AND CAFES Montgomery's lee Cream Parlor, -82* Col by avenue. Maryland Cafe, 1901 Hewitt. CONDENSED MILK Ltbby, McNeil & Libby, Packers and Can ners. Carnation, Aster, Mt. Vernon and Wash butoa Brands. YuKinia City Creamery. CONTRACTORS R. Boxstade, mur. Columbia College. Columbia Collejr*. Reed and Willard and building 23rd street and Maple. Emil Larson, Carpenter. H. Muves und T. Huffier, carpenters. ELECTRICIANS F. R. Hare, electrical contractor; John Thueson. FISH COMPANIES San Juan Fish Co.. Seattle. GENERAL MERCHANDISE Butlers, MEAT MARKETS A. C. Snider, the Rural Butcher, in Mld whv Market. Star Meat Market. 19th and Weimar*. PLUMBERS Win. Plambcek. Joe Walleni and hl« house at the corner of 3026 1 ."i l .. . I LAUNDRIES Independent, Standard, Union, Paris and X nepers. PAINTERS Rain water & Son, Painters. A. J. Jones, Sign Painter. Steen Bros., painters. MISCELLANEOUS The Puyallup Fair. O. W. Ward, Cement Worker. M. Anderson. Mr. Burden and his house, 2511 Map!* street. F. S- Ijint Manufaeturintr Co., of Seattle- Union Oil Service Station, Cor. Rucker and Pacific. Mr. H.i i) and building at 41st and Ruck* er avenue. G. N. Gay Furniture Store, 2003 Hewitt Smoke BLUE Rlßr'.ON 6> Cigar. Shop Men's Unity and Equipment Break Down Will Defeat Their Purpose WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.—With the Hiding of present negotiations between striking shop men and rail executives the administration is hall heartedly urging congress to give the president power to take over rail roads. Assurances are given that this power will not be used unless "absolutely necessary." and hints ap pear in the public press that only coal roads will be seized. It is clear that nothing will he done without the consent of rail executives, who are pleading for time to break the strike while hoping that the unex pected will happen to the shop men's solidarity. There is no indication that an at tempt will be made to force the handful of rail executives, who are representing big business, to aban don their strike policy, which is rapidly choking the wheels of in dustry. Instead, it is proposed to further paralyse industry by cur tailing mail and passenger service with the whole rail transportation facilities of the country concentrated in the movement of coal. In addition to this program—or lack of program—an active propa ganda against the strikers has started. The charges of mail in terference is being revived, and lurid tales of train wrecking is intended to ereatt a reign of terror in the public mind. Every effort is being made to minimize the interstate commerce commission's report that the collapse i "CAN'T STRIKE" ADVOCATES IN REVOLUTIONARY CAMP If commissions can set workers' wages, and hold labor to its task by the power of government, why not probe the needs of professional men and fix their incomes? On what theory of the most primi tive justice can wages-by-law advo cates defend their plan that handcuff legislation shall only apply to wage earners ? It seems incredible that these pa triots, these "100 per cent Ameri cans" and haters of foreign ideas in government would favor the import ed theory that working men and women are apart from the blue blood of traders and money lenders. Do these wages-by-law advocates want to destroy the American ideal of equality? Do they realize what it means to have a nation lose its soul? Do they want to establish new the ories of government? Do they want ; to revise the Declaration of Inde pendence ? These men must either declare for , serfdom or they must favor the wid est extension of their wages-by-law system. They are now nibbling at the revolutionists' theory. Logically i they belong in that camp. i To be consistent they must apply their theory to lawmakers and I judges. None will say that the in- i tellects of these professionals arc uniform. Why not probe the home life of every lawmaker and judge and notify their wives of the num ber of hose and undergarments per annum they may have. What objection can there be to this procedure ? Surely, the advocates of compulsory arbitration and handcuff laws do not believe there are classes in this country! Why should the wants and aspira tions of workers, and none others, i be can! indexed by commissions that have the power to enforce their or- groups, who, realizing the situation, will vote for the strongest candidate on election day. As the head of the State Federa tion of Labor, I feel it my duty to lay these facts, developed from a state-wide survey of the situation, before you in order that you may be fully advised in making the decision in this emergency. Fraternally yours. W. If, SHORT, President, Washington State Federation of Labor. BIG BUFFALO FOR URUGUAY Biso is unhappy! He is to be deported, thrust from the land of his birth, torn from his wives and children and doomed to live in exile for the rest of his days. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has decreed that he must go; the forest service has arranged his trans ports and Biso is inconsolable. Biso is the big buffalo bull that for fifteen years has been the ad miration of visitors to the Wichita National forest and game refuge in Oklahoma. The city of Montevideo, Uruguay, has asked that its zoo logical garden be supplied with an American bison and the forest ser vice men who have charge of the buffalo on the Wichita say that Biso will be an excellent represent ative of this typical North American species of which mighty herds once roamed the great plains from Mex ico to northern Canada. It may not be generally known that there are buffalo in the state of Washington. There is a herd in eastern Washington, known as the Yakima herd, owned by parties liv ing in Yakima. In 1922, the owners considered the matter of securing a grazing permit for this herd on the Rainier National forest, but decided to wait until 1923. The Yakima herd are the remnant of the Conrad herd of Kalispel, Mont. The owners of the Yakima herd have been experi menting for some years with run ning buffalo on cattle range and they state that the experiment is entirely practical. PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF ORGANIZED LABOR i of equipment is causing concern. i Attorney General Daugherty has 1 called on federal district attorneys t to insist that federal judges mote ? cut severe punishments 'where in - junctions have been violated." This t means that the machinery of the > United States government will aid in - the prosecution of every striker who ' is charged by railroad officials or • their gun men with violating an in junction. It must be understood i that in these proceedings the striker •is not assumed to be innocent or • that it devolves on the prosecution ito prove his guilt. This is the pro cedure for bootleggers, counterfeit ers and mail rubbers, but a striker • who is charged with violating an in junction must prove his innocence to the judge that issued the injunction. There are no rules of law governing the case. The judge is law maker, law enforcer and executioner. With the growing demand for cars to move coal and the western grain crops, a car famine is inevitable be fore the end of the year. Even the smallest side track has its tpjota of "bad order" cars and long sidings hold a weird army of straggling and decrepit box cars and gondolas. Ad ditions to these side tracks are of daily occurrence while rail execu tives whistle their tales of encour agement in their friendly press that jis watching, panther like, to fasten some charge on the shop men that I public opinion may be aroused I against them. ders V Why should government officials jbe authorized to go into the home |of the humblest railroad section em : ploye and not, for instance, into the I white house. "But the section employe accepted eel tain moral obligations to the pub lic when he took his job,'' said the oily wages-by-law advocate. The section employe did nothing of the kind. The morality he and his fellow woikers know is that they and their families will be ground to bits by a dividend-hungry corpora tion if they fail to unite. To talk of the workers' "moral ob ligations" while the public is blind to its duties as citizens is to apply a logic used only by patriots of the thinnest veneer. It is impossible for a wages-by law advocate to be a patriot in the real sense. He may excel in hp service, but no man is capable of grasping the essence of American liberty and equality who favors such class legislation, such a serf pro posal as chaining workers to their jobs. This lip service patriot would drive the American ideal from the hear: and soul of every working man and woman. He talks of the constitu tion and liberty, but what he wants is a race of serfs, who will not in terfere with his profits. To him government is an invention intended to protect dollars. It has no other possibility. He would strangle liberty, deaden j the public conscience and make it a these are the men who pose as I patriots, and while advocating their wicked plan to chain workers to j their jobs they make hollow protest against "those who would create classes in our country." "O, liberty, what crimes are com mitted in thy name." i ..} n 1907, the government "planted" fifteen buffalo in the Wichita Na tional forest, in Oklahoma, and these have since increased to over 150 I head. This herd promises to main | tain the type and stamina of the : original bison, since the animals are | kept at all times under natural con : ditions. They subsist entirely on wild grasses and live within so large an inclosure that they are un der practically no restraint. So Biso has been well content and is reluctant to leave. Vet many of the younger buffalo bulls are cast ing envious glances at the old fel low. It would be very pleasant, they think, to doze idly beneath a palm tree and be served with fresh cut grasses r have their wrinkled noses patted by some dark haired senorita. But Biso has his doubts. Cooperatives—English, French and Swiss representatives, who recently visited Russia in behalf of the In ternational Cooperative Union, have returned with a favorable report upon the development of Russian co operatives. They predict a lively business intercourse in the future. Costs and Wages.—Certain trans l latioiis from the press of Soviet Russia | sia contain statistics showing that between November, 1921. and May. 1922, prices increased 6,000 per cent while wages increased 1,620 per cent. Extra Compensation.-—lt has been resolved by the People's Commis sariat of Labor that discharged em ployes who are entitled to lawful leave but have not made use of such right shall receive, apart from the two weeks' liquidation allowance, an extra compensation euual to their wages for the period of their lawful leave. Strike.—After 16 days of idleness, with an estimated total wage loss of $180,000, seven thousand striking quarrymen of North Wales returned to work. The strike was a protest against the announcement of the Employers' Association of a reduc tion of one-third per day in Un guaranteed minimum wage of pice workers. Smoke Olympia St. Rigis, 10c, .7 for 26c. adv. NO. L 9 Ruaaia, Wales.