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I Choice of the House
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Winter Suits ««• Overcoats
SMAYI
Sustain Your Union Principles By
Purchasing Union Label Products
By J. W. SANFORD
secretary Denver Clsnrmaken Union, No. 1S»
An article in a recent issue of The
Bulletin by George If. Howell of Port
land, Ore.* entitled “Your Purchasing
Power and the Union Label,” strikes mo
as being about right and should be read
by every member of organized labor and
the suggestions put into practice.
If members of unions would make it
a practice to insist that everything they
purchase or is purchased by members of
their families for the space of one
month, say, was union made, some of
our merchants who now have a few
label goods and sell a lot of non-union
goods would reverse their methods and
put the label goods in the front row
and make an honest effort to sell them,
instead of keeping them hid and bring
ing them out only when insisted upon.
And if a lot of our so-called union mem
bers (and we have them in ull of the
unions that I know of) would demand
the label on everything that they pur
chase, and refuse the non-union stuff,
they would not have so much trouble
securing better working conditions In
their own trades, for every additional
label purchased helps build up that i«r
ticular organization and makes one more
on the side of unions and one less
against them.
When a member of any union pur
chases anything that does not bear the
label the merchant chuckles to himself,
and when, perhaps, a man does come in
and ask for the label on something, Mr.
Merchant makes haste to inform the in
dividual that Mr. So and So is a good
union man and he just sold him some
thing that did not bear the label. And
in many cases if the Mr. So and So re
ferred to happens to be known to the
other man the chances are that he will
also walk out with some non-union ar
ticle, justifying himself that the other
fellow did it and “I do not see why I
should not <U> the same; besides, I saved
a little, maybe, on the purchase.” But,
no matter how much you have saved
in mcmey, you lost in principle more
and strengthened your enemy—the non
union manufacturer and merchant —who
will throw it in your teeth sooner or
later that you are only a union man
for the benefit you derive from it per
sonally, and do not care a snap for the
other union man or woman or their
label..
That is where we make the mistake
when we fail to demand the label on
everything w<s purchase; our enemies are
strengthened and our friends are weak- j
♦*ned. If your own union is not strong. ,
don’t let that be your excuse for not
calling for the label of the other unions; j
make them strong by demanding their ,
label and vour union in a very short
time will feel the good effect. The lit
tle you may save in buying non-union
goods is not worth while either to your
conscience or in cash.
The union people in this country are
in sufficient numbers to dictate at least
to the merchants where they trade the
kind of merchandise to handle, and this
power would not need to be used in a
tyrannical wav, either, or to force the
GRAND BALL
GIVEN BY
Musicians Union
No. 20
CADWELL HALL
1247 BROADWAY
Friday, Feb. 12
ADMISSION 50c COUPLE
EXTRA LADY 25c
50-Piece Orchestra
continuoXjs dancing .
merchant to handle goods that were not
up to standard and exorbitant In price.
They could simply say: ‘'if you persist
in handling all the cheap labor and the '
sweatshop stuff we will not trade with 1
you.” In fact union men and women,
who in this community especially are in
a majority, refused to purchnsc anything |
but articles made under union conditions
the merchant would have very little of
any other kind on his shelves, excepting |
those merchants in localities where the j
working people were in the minority.
In another year there is going to l»e ■
a great change in business in this city !
and state, due to a majority vot£ of j
the people at our last election. A lot j
of people are going out of business who
in the pust have contributed largely to 1
all kinds of business. Many of them,
very likely, will leave here and, depend
upon it, they will be missed. Now* is
the opportunity for all that have the
welfare of Denver and Colorado at heart
to take notice now, before it is too lute,
ami purchase only such goods as are fair j
to organized labor, preferably Denver
made or Colorado made when possible to •
get them.
UNION LABEL LEAGUE BALL
TO BE RECHERCHE AFFAIR
SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEDNES
DAY NIGHT JVT MARBLE HALL.
President Stoughton and Sec’y Hoage,
Assisted by Energetic Committee, Pre
paring to Stage Labor Event.
Tango right and left aud hesitation 1
before passing to u seat will be the |
vogue at Marble hall next Wednesday
night, Felyuary 10, w-hen Denver Union
Lhlh-I League No. 1 gives its annual ball.
It is intended that this event shall ring
the bell as the topnotcher in labor union
society circles for the season. From the
sale of ticket* reported by the commit
tee there will be a banner crowd, as ull
the terpsichorean patrons are going to
be there. Especially fine dance music
has been arranged for and the program
so arranged that everyone’s favorite
will lx* scheduled.
President E. C. Stoughton and See re- i
tary Earl R. Hoage have been especially
| active in making preparations for this
■ affair aud stake their reputations on it
being the bc*t ever. Tickets of adinis-
I sion are 50 cents per couple, with 25
! cents for an extra lady. Those who
don’t cure to dance are to be provided
with choice observation seats.
The committee in charge consists of
James A. MacNnmara, W. U. Welsh, J*
W. Sanford. T. O. Spaey, Roy Herron,
Margaret* Noonan, S. I*. f>plinger, Au
gusta J. Frincke and Ray Ixmderbaek.
Don’t forget the date and number:
Wednesday, February 10, ut. Marble ball,
1614 Cleveland place.
Office Workers
At a meeting of Stenographers, Book
keepers, Typists and Office Assistants’
Union held Tuesday night at State Fed
eration of Labor headquarters in the
tiermun-American Trust building the
following officers were elected:
President —Clarence J. Moorhouse.
! Vice President—Ruby Kvits.
Second Vice—Fannie Peterson,
j Secrcta ry-Treasurer—T. 0. Spaey.
Recording Secretary—Mamie Hickey,
j Delegates Trades Assembly—James
i Kirwan, Fannie Peterson, Clarence J.
; Moorhouse. '
You will never miss a train if you
j carry one of O’Keefe's watches, 827 Flf
j teenth street.
Try a Principe de Lees cigar for an
after-dinner smoke. Union made.—Adv.
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DENVER LABOR bulletin
MINERS APPEAL TO
CARLSON FOR WORK
Committee lays Distressing
Situation Before 6oventor
President McLennan Says Celorado
Adents Pay No Attention to Rocke
feller's Line of Talk in New York
While John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is |
boasting before the federal indu-trial
commission in New York that his father
has given a quarter billion of dollar* to |
benevolent, religious and education ;il in
stitutions, and prays for a “place In the
sun,” bis former employes who struck
work in the Colorado coal mines in an j
effort to gain humane conditions ot In- I
bor are appealing to the state officials
to prevent themselves and families from
starving.
Monday n committee of former coal
mine strikers, headed by President lohn
McLennan of District 15, visited Cover- |
nor Carlson and made an appeal that
the estate aid them in securing employ- |
ment. •
The governor was told how- ‘J,IOO !
women and 5,000 children in the cool
fields are virtually starving. Figures j
were shown that 4,000 miners, the bread- j
earners of these families, are now out
of work because of the fight they made
for better pay and recognition of their
union.
Pay No Attention to Rockefeller.
"The actions of the coal companii-* do
not indicate that they are paying much
attention to the talk of Rockefeller,”
said McLennan. “But we hope young
Rockefeller means all that he saitl I**-
fore the commission. We hope that the
conference between our officials, “Moth
er” Jones and the young millionaire will
bring results.
"The proposition has now been put '
right up to Rockefeller. He has been
given his chance. It i* up to him to
make good or appear ridiculous before :
the whole country.”
McLennan said that the surest way I
of settling the trouble in the coal re
gions here was for Rockefeller to meet
with the union officials, leurn the con- '
ditions as they really exist, and act.
Miners Want Liberty.
"They talk of welfare coni mi ties," t
said McLennan, "and establishing (tool •
rooms where the men may find amuse- 1
merit. Why, they don’t want to play 1
pool. They want liberty. They want
I the same rights other citizens of the
, country have. They don’t want to be
guarded, with guns.
“The mining camps are still Watched i
I over by armed guards. There are incor
porated towns you can’t enter because j
! the guards wont let you. Families of \
' the miners can’t visit friends in other
| camps. The guards wont let them. Stores
j and town and county officials are owned
i by the operators and a miner simply
hasn't any rights.”
Married Men First. * U
McLennan declared that the big prob
lem now was to get employment for the
men. Only u small percentage of the
miners have been taken back. Gover
: nor Carlson was told that at the Mor
ley mine union men applying for .work
j were told to “go see ‘Mother’ Jones.
| She .told you to quit; maybe she’ll tell
you how to get back.”
The governor appointed a committee
composed of Representatives W. W.
Howland, R. M. Hagermann and Al
phonse Ardourcl to investigate condi
tions and later is expected to direct .an
appeal to the operators. Carlson told
the miners he believed the best plan
would be to endeavor to get the mar
ried men back to work first, to relieve
the suffering women and children.
ENGINEERS TO GIVE SOCIAL DANCE
Complimentary Function on Night of
February 19 in B. T. C. Halt
A complimentary card party and
dance will bo given by the local Steam i
Engineers’ Union on the evening of Fri
day, February 111. in B. T. C. hall, Club
building. Refreshments are to be served
and an evening of social enjoyment is
assured for members, their families and
invited friends. The following invita
tion card has been issued:
“Yourself and lady are invited to at
tend a card party aud informal dance
given by international Union of Htcam |
and Operating Engineers' Local - No. 1
at Is. T. C. ball, 1747% Arapahoe street, I
on Friday. February 111, 11115, 8 p. m. i
sliarp. This invitation must hc’snown i
at the door aud will admit you.
“K. fl. MOSER. Chairman, !
“K. J. BMALKB,
“C. F. BUOKLAM).
“Committee.” j
At the Theaters
THE DENHAM.
New plays are constantly coming into
the limelight of public attention, living
their lives of more or less popularity
and then passing into oblivion. But
plays like "Little Miss Brown,” which
the Denham players will offer for the
first time in stock, commencing next
Sunday matinee, remain long after_Jiun
dreds of others are forgotten. The rea
son will be instantly understood when
one witnesses the first performance of
it, for it contains all those attributes
, denr to the hearts of playgoers. Jt is
I bright and clean in spite of the opnor
! tunities offered by its novel situations
to be otherwise. There is a charming,
j youthful love story, a succession of sur
prises, thrills and dramatic climaxes, to
gether with many interesting character
studies. It is one of those rare plays
that please everyone and will continue
all next week, with the usual Wednes
day and Saturday matinees.
Beats them all. La Belle ftc cigar;
union made in Denver.—Adv.
Try a Principe de Lees cigar for an 1
.after-dinner smoke. Union mao#—Adr. J
. I
The Triumph of Science
A new era of commercial and social development has dawned for this busy,
progressive nation.
The means by which the human voice can be carried across the continent
have been provided.
Talking by telephone from New York to San Francisco is now an accom
plished fact.
The celebration of this latest and greatest triumph in the art of telephony
has just taken place. '
This triumph of American brains, American initiative and American scien
tific and technical skill has no equal among the civilized nations of the
world.
One hundred million people will have for their daily use the greatest system
of communnication in the world.
It knows no North, no South, no East, no West. It advances the neighborly
ness of the whole nation.
With no traditions to guide, and no ex perience to follow, the engineers of
the Bell System have created an entirely new are—the Art of Telephony.
They have given to the people of this country a telephone service that has no
equal.
The Bell System, with its connecting companies, now comprises 31.000.000
miles of wire and 9,000.00 c! telephones.
It serves daily a nation of one hundred million people.
The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co.
“The Corporation Different’’
Review National Pet Stock Show
Held in Denver, January 18-24
By WILLIAM E. TAYLOR
AmIiImI ■■cwtonr NbUouI P*i Stock AmccUMJob
The nutiouul pet stock show proved to
be dne of the best quality shown held in
Denver for a number of years and has
much encouraged the local fanciers, and
all are enthusiastically going to work
to make the next show still greater.
While the number of entries was not so
large as was hoped for yet each and
every one was a quality animal, and
from the showing made some of the
Denver fanciers will make the other pet
stock boys throughout the country get
up and hustle.
Thft question of quarantine on cat
tle, sheep and hogs occasioned a delay
in getting arrangements under wuy for
the big national stock show held in Den
ver yearly, and as the Pet Stock Asso
ciation showed in conjunction with the
stfßck show there was a possibility of
postponement until two weeks before
the date set for the show. In this short
time wonders were certainly accom*
I piished.
I Not only did the Colorado Pet Stock
j Association offer cash prizes in propor
| tion to the number of entries in a class,
but they also gave some very fine
i trophy cups aud specials in the way of
! merchandise, plaques, etc. These were
j given for the best bucks and does in
j each class and each variety, and for the
; best four of each variety as well as
i for la-st colored animals. Competition
| was limited to association members,
i The National Association gave a fine
j trophy cup for the best display of pet
I stock and offered special ribbons for the
• winners of first in each class where
competition was offered. The National
Western Poultry Association also of
fered two fine trophy planucs for the
sweepstakes in both the Flemish and
Belgian classes.
Competition was unusually keen this
year and the judges were at times put
to considerable work and worry in se
lecting the best animal in the class. O.
W. Akin took five firsts out of seven
classes, making a very fine showing,
while J. D. La Zarus and the Griffin
rabbitry were also successful in being
“in the* money” in the Flemish decisions.
The writer was pleased to receive sec
ond on his one and only entry in Flem
ish, and was further pleased with the
fine loving cup presented to him in ap
preciation of his work in connection
with the show.
The Belgian classes held more entries
than the Flemish. The honors wc*re di
vided between Mr. McAllister and Mr.
Davis, both of whom had some excep
tionally fine specimens. Several other
j exhibitors in the Belgian classes made
i good showings and are now in line
secure firsts at the next show.
Aside from the Belgian and Flemish
classes competition was not strong, but
due thanks must be given the various
exhibitors for the fine showings msde.
A special vote of thanks is due Mrs.
E. M. Akin for her splendid exhibit of
Himalaya ns, which waa very much
talked about and created quite a stir.
Mrs. Akin had little competition, as only
three other ilimalayans were entered In
the show.
The various other classes of rabbits,
cavies, pigeons, etc., were more or less
represented and helped make up a very
attractive display for the public.
All the Denver fanciers state they arc
promptly going to work on the next
show and hope to accomplish a great
deal, ns a friendly competition has
arisen which will cause each and every
one of them to raise only the very beat.
“GOOD UNIONS” AND “BAD UNIONS”
While giving testimony before the
United States industrial relations com
mission President Gompern was asked
this question, referring to a statement
by E. J. Berwind, coal operator:
“Mr. Berwind said there were good
unions and bad unions. Don’t you think
a union that didn’t nsk for shorter
hours higher pay and better conditions
would be considered by employers a
good union?”
“Yes, sir; magnificent,” answered the
American Federation of Labor execu
tive. “Corporations think good unions
arc like good dogs—don’t bite. They
like unions that will sing ‘My Country
Tis of Thee” and bless their employ-’
era.”
THE OLD ROUTE.
Senator Harvey German is roaring be
cause the free lunch counters are to lie
abolished.in Denver. He foresees hun-
Cr and starvation staring him in the
ce. Paradox can’t ace it that way,
for we well retnmcbr that he and we
started out tackling the lunch counter
route and before we gathered in n
“square” we had both spent twice its
much money as a good inenl would cost.
—Florence Paradox.
RESOLVED..
£=S 2 “KNEELAND”
UNION MADE
Sad. * raolntlon, comcleullooily nude ml retohrtely canted oat, will brhm to ana)
■ aiaa the Foal Comfort and shoe Sutetocttea he hoc always anal
The Joe Weiner Shoe Co.
UNEMPLOYED GIVEN H. U. WOK J
About 230 Boat Oat Aloof tho
toa aad Others to Paßaar.
About 260 of IV-nvi-r’a uormpfo, cl
hove been sent out on oonetractioa work
ol the nurliiiftnti railway la WyaaalOf.
and onothcr 500 will follow as mm aa
camping arrangements have teem made
The mountain parks road wt»h is ex
pected to take care of perhaps N more.
Between 500 and 000 man remain in
the headquarters of the league at 1320
Fifteenth street, where roadlM are
mid to be unsatisfactory from the com
fort and health standpoint.
Their committees told the Council un
Monday that cleanliuees ia impossible
where 500 men are parked on here floor*
without change of clothing and with no
arrangements for baths and laundry
work except two washtubo and one
stove.
Sickness is theatening the man. an
average of one daily being takes to the
County hospital, the committee stated
It was rumored among the men that
I. A. Humbert!, secretary of the city
board of charities and corrections, had
indicated a purpose of ceasing the daih
supply of rations, amounting to 4%
cents per man.
The matter of cleaning up the quar
tern and affording better comforts wa*
referred to CommlsMioncr of Kocial Wei
fare J. M. Perkins.
PLEASED AND WEARING A SMILE.
F*. N. Kisendrath. manager of the
Dundee Woolen Mills Cbmpnny, has
been giving his patrons extra measure
merits this week all on account of the
arrival of a baby daughter in hia house
hold, the first one. Mother aad child
arc doing fine and F’. N. is aimpiy fine
Send The Bulletin to distant fits tods.
NEW DENHAM
Commencing SUNDAY Mat.. Pub. T
The Denham Players
INCLUDING
Alice Fleming a*. Carl Anthony
In the Roaring. Rollicking Comedy
Success
“Little Miss Brown*'
Rule. Sunday. Wodnaoday. Saturday
Price* 10c. Me. Me