www1 vr --JXVn. t- ,. "r .crz ko y y ojrtw . OBGAH Of "THE SJATE f EDERATIONQF LABQRI vif -ENDORSED BY GREENSBORO TRADES COUNCIL MOTTO ; dfc& AND ELEVATION. ",'.V VOL. IV GBEBNSBOBO , N C; V EjBlD AY, JXJIiY 3 iTt'fefOS. ' V-- - -'4' : ;,5' . i .i r ' . DIVIDEP THEY-VOTE. The whistle has blown and, each man takes his fiace ; v" To toil f of the world at a death-dealing pace. Each movement is skillful, each brain is alert, While they patiently work in the fac tory dire. Just look at that picture and then make a note, That united they sweat, but divided they yote. The machines and the belts and the the shafting are still, And not a wheel turns there's a striked at the mill. A strike! ' Every workman has sol emnly vowed To stand by" his matesvtill their claims are allowed. ' ' JTis a brave thing to ido, but don't fail to note That united they strike, but divided they vote. Thesun brightly shines as there pass es along. a In holiday raiment, the Labor Day throng. Each man is decked out in his Labor Dsiy best -Labor omnia vincit," the banners at test, Yes, labor may conquer, but never, please note, "While united they march but divided they vote. Ellis O. Jones, in Trades Union News, Philadelphia. AVHAT IS THE WORKING MAN IN POLITICS? P Raleigh, N. C, June 27, 1908. Editor Labor News: In reading the "Raleigh Daily Times" a few days ago, I found among the editorials a comment, which caused me to "sit up and take notice." Among other statements this editorial informed the readers that Mr. Samuel Gompers had attended the Republican national convention at Chicago, for the pur pose of making a trade for the Labor vote, and had secured some conces sions from that convention in the in terests of the working people the la bor voters of the country. The edi torial then warned the national Dem-i ocratic convention, which- will meet in Denver, against any sort of, com promise with the same Samuel Gom pers, who will probably attend that convention, because,, it stated in the editorial, the said Gompers has not the power, is not able to deliver the goods, for this reason: the conserva tive laboring men will vote as their political preference shall dictate. I have nothing at all to say against the editoriaL I am afraid there is too much truth in it, and I shall cer tainly not contradict the editor who wrote article. Isn't it the truth? Of all the boasts that have been made, that the working men can carry an elec tion either way they see fit, because the working men do most of the vot ing in every election; still the rec ords of the past show that we have, like Sampson, of old, allowed our selves to be horn of that strength, because we belong to a political par ty. We are "Democrats", we are "Re-4 publicans," and when the candidates have been nominated, we "hurrah" for our own party candidate, and like a drove of cattle, with as little thought for our future, we march to the polls on voting day, and cast a ballot for our party candidate, because he is our par ty candidate, without giving a thought to the effect of . his election will have toward bettering the condition of the working people- or if he will be a help or a hindrance to our cauSe. We vote for him because he is a Democrat, for Republican), he represents us, is supposed to- be our servant, the pub lic's servant. Many of these officers : after election show us little apprecia tion to the working man, for his votes as the swine does the man who shakes the accjrh tree to furnish hhh food to eat, never so much as lookingup, to see where they come from, of how they get there. Is nbt this true? Again, you know in these days, and in this free country of ours it takes money to get a nomination for office on the Democratic ticket in North Carolina, because nomination means" election. You know that no poor j man (without he has money furnished him) can anord to buy a nomination. This often keeps out many good men, who axe too poor to pay the price. Gues3 how much money has been spent in nominating a Democratic vcandidate for governor! Don't you inow every little ward politician must "be paid for his influence, whether he lias any or not, and isnt it true that many times the money spent in get ting a nomination is morp than the income of a full term of office? Now, with these facts . in plain view; is it any wonder chat ve are sometimes tempted to question the honesty, of men who gain office by any such methods? Yet somebody must hold office, and as this is the only meth od which is effective, we are power less. Will ; the day ver come when we will have a clean, honest set of officeholders, elected for their merit, and not for "their -money? Isn't it true that if this day shall ever come "it will, it must, be "brought about by and through the united vote of the working people? . J C:, , ' G. T. NORWOOD. GET READY FOR' SPRTNG"BY USING VICies'-TAR- HEEL SARS A- PARILLA, $1.00 SIZE FOR" 60c. AND WORTH $1.00 TCTYOTJ OR MONEY IB A C EL. I AKPTHER NOTE OF ALARM BY THE ENEMY SILENCED. 'Ttrtlre' Editor of the Labor News : I , respectfully; request- that you give me space Ihyour valuable paper to repljr to the editorial which appeared in tile Raleigh. Evening Times June 24. ' The editor either has no knowledge of public affairs or maliciously at tempts to distort facts, and question the honesty and integrity of one of the grandest and brainiest men this countcy has eyer known. The' following is quoted from the editorial in question: "Gompers at Denver. "M4 Gompers will be at Denver, of course, as he jwas at Chicago, bring ing the terms of a trade for the .labor vote which he is powerless to deliver, even if the terms are accepted, and which received consideration at Chi cago more in form than in substance. "Will the democrats follow the ex ample of the Chicago convention and straddle Mr. Gompers' in ti-in junction proposition, or will they yield to the demand for class legislation and in vite defeat before the country by bid ding higher than the Republicans for the labor vote?" The editor of the Raleigh Evening Times evidently does not know Mr. Gompers, wljo nor how many people he represents,, neither does he seem to know by what authority Mr. Gom pers acts, and I dare say that should anyone attempt to enlighten him he would be none the wiser judging him by his editorial. "i who is convicted against his own w4ii4s,of the same opinion still." It appears'- j&o me that the editor of the Raleigh livening Times has some ulterior motive other than the safe delivery of the Democratic party. Even that is questionable. Mr. Gompers has not, and will not attempt to trade the labor vote. Mr. Gompers ha? never and will never be tray the confidence . of three and a half million members of organized la bor by attempting to sell out to any political party for a mess of pottage. Mr. Gompers, who is acting at the behest of organized labor, has no oth er motive than to endeavor to have enacted laws' which will secure an Impartial judiciary that will not at tempt to govern the people by arbi trary Injunctions of the courts, nor act as the pliant tools of corporate wealth. i ' Mr. Gompers s has not and will not promise either political party that he will deliver or cause to be delivered one single vote: Mr. Gompers' n honesty and integrity has not and cannot be -questioned by the men who have been honored by being elected to the highest office in the gift of the citizens of these United States, and should not be by a half fledged tyro at "editing.' If the editor of the Raleigh Evening Times could command the respect and enjoy the same confidence of the citi zens in -the community in which he lives as Mr. Gompers enjoys through out the entire United States and Can ada, and were he blessed with half the intelligence and good judgment with which Mr. Gompers is blessed, and had he a general knowledge of public affairs which Mr. Gompers pos sesses, he would npt be forced to drive the pencil for a little insignifi cant, apparently subsidized evening sheet. W. H. SINGLETON, Raleigh Bookbinders' Union, local No. 39, International Brotherhood of Bookbinders. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SALOON? By Rev. Charles Stelzle. I have been asked to. write a book on the Saloon a'n.d. tljfe - Labor prob lem, .which is to be1 given' wide circu lation and $hichwill serve as a text book for those who are studying this1 question. It will 'JJgj quoted quite ex tensively . in jtbJ1$c; jaddresses and newspaper article 1 1 am,' therefore, anxl6us tfiat the st&te'jnents . which'T make shall be absolutely .verified, es-i pecially witft" regard to; .the attitude Of : labor toward tfce" saloon proposi tion. '',, It will be greatly appreciated if the readers of this journal will sendimei information concerning this subject, answering as fully as they can the fol lowing questions: First : To the best of your knowl edge, what percentage of the working men in your fchop are total abstainers? Second. To te best of your knowl edge what percentage of the working men in your Bho frequent the saloon? Third. What1 is the general atti tude of the membership in your craft toward the saloon question? Fourth. What is" the chief attrac tion of the saloon to the.workingman? Fifth! Have you any suggestions to make as a substitute for the sa loon? Sixth: Has your national organiza tion passed any resolutions with re gard to the use of intoxicating liquor by your members? Seventh. Has your national organi zation any rules with reference to re ceiving sick or death benefits in the case of a member who was injured or killed while under the influence of in toxicants ? , - - f - Eighth. Has 'ahy legislation been enacted by your national body witli reference to i meetings xf .locals being held : in the rfear' 6t or over saloons? Ninth. Has the jCentral Body in your city paisea-y'rewltions with regard to the use of intoxicating liq uors by its members in ajid about the meeting place? - ' - : Tenth. the mattery of securing employment, to what extent does the usor non-use of intoxicants, or ,thef 'patronage 5f tlte saioGai' hdVer any r In-; fluence securing- apposition? Eleventh. To what extent have employers in your craft prohibited the use of intoxicants by those in their employ? If there are any other facts with reference to this subjecVor if you have any personal suggestions . to make, I shall greatly appreciate your co-operation in -giving met.the benefit of your thought and experience, f I am seeking to get information on both sides of (this question, and shall be glad to have, you give a frank ex pressidn of your opinion concerning It. Address me at 156 Fifth Ave., New York. PRACTICAL TRADE EDUCATION., Unique Effort of Typographical Un ion to Offsei Lack of Apprentice ship System. The International Typographical Union has goe into the trade educa tional field with much determination and some zest. This would seeidto refute the popular belief that trades unions are opposed to industrial edu cation. ; Union men say their opposi tion is reserved for those . systems which are spurious or do not aim to elevate the student, but have some ulterior purpose in view. The union's course does not undertake to "make" printers in a few months or years. It does aim to aid the man at the busi ness who is sufferer from a lax or lack of apprenticeship system to be come a more proficient workman Conditions in the trade make it im possible at this time to establish schools with an adequate equipment at a sufficient number of points to make them effective. Fortunately, however, important phases o the craft lead themselves to instruction by correspondence if effective meth ods ?,re used. And these methods the .Union's commission on supplemental education believes it has developed. It even thinks it has a system which will meet the needs of compositors more satisfactorily than the old ap prenticeship system could. The stu dent will be thoroughly grounded in the principles underlying present-day printing and then taken through vari ous branches of the trade. Haying firmly grasped the fundamental prin ciples, the student's mental powers will be fired to know and do. Under the tutelage of the instructors of the course he will travel farther and on a safer road than he could if learning by the rule of thumb, picking up ideas or half-developed ideas here and there withput any well defined . conception as to their origin or purpose. The printed lessons of the course are a mine at. informatiojrtxuAlmot every printer, but the merit of . the course lies in the detailed criticism of his work which is given every stu dent by an expert on the subject of the lesson. This close touch does not cease with the thirty-seven lessons, but 'continues indefinitely that is, the successful , student may at any time consult these experts on any technical problem which may arise to vex him. The advantages of this will be apparent to every artisan who has at times yearned to know what he should do and why he should do it. The course costs but $20 (which in cludes an outfit which would retail at about $5). This is as near actual cost as could be approximated. To encourage printers in taking the course, the Union offers a rebate or prize of $5 to every one who- shows persistency and diligence. Employers are invited to supplement the Union's prize and some are doing so. This system of reward was adopted in pref erence to giving prizes to a few of the exceptionally proficient because it is more equitable and the Union is par ticularly desirous of reaching and helping the average man, wnb is. the greates sufferer from our lack of an apprenticeship system. Full Infdrma tion can be obtained by writing the I. T. U. Commission, 120 Sherman St., Chicago, 111., which is chageri w'ith the duty of promulgating supplement- tal tradeeducation among printers. I TWO NEW LABOR LAWS IN OKLA HOMA. As a result of their activity the trades unions of Ohio have secured the passage of two bills by the pres ent legislature which are of practical benefit, the Reynolds child labor bill, and the Metzer's employers' liability bill. The first one, introduced by Representative Reynolds, a member of the executive board of the Internation al Association of Machinists, provides that no child under fourteen years of age can be employed and none under sixteen years employed more than eight hours a day. The Metzger bill is in substance the same as the na tional employers' liability bill. The initiative and referendum was defeat ed, however, and the Toledo Union Leader asserts that this action means complete obedience to those who fear placing a weapon in the people's hands whereby they could rule them selves. MOUTH AN INDEX OF CHARAC TER. A large, shapely . mouth signifies : breadth of mind- and toleration pf oth ers' t peculiarities. Thin . lips . . denote 'cpvetbusnesS,- greed, selfishness, and unless strongly contradicted by some other .feature,; intense love of power. The more curved and flexible the Hps .the more yielding the nature, says the 'New' YWk Weekly; ,Tbe mor.e straight abd firm the -lip the more severe' the nature., Lips that ; close : atf At , they had been" pressed into a : straight, line; show, self repression,, nervousness, and bbWtlnacy. A mouth to' be perfect rehCFuidrbe large and' sliafcely, 'the cor, nef s straight m very slightly s Inclined" to droop; lips neither thick nor thin, and firmly but easily closed. TRUSTS AND UNIONS. The Toledo Union Leader , shows the difference between trusts and trades unions and delivers. a few time ly sledge-hammer blows in .the follow lng manner: i "How can any one jjuf. an economic dunce .or a blatant grandstandei de clare that l?,bor unions are trust? "Who ever heard of a trust favor ing any. policy but one that limits the fceneficiariep ? ; "Who ever heard of a labor union that did not pour, out Its money for "organizing purposes? "Who ever heard of a labor union that ever sjtopd for anything but that each should contribute-his share? "Who ever heard of a trust going Into the by-ways and urging people to enjoy its benefits? "Who ever heard of a labor union demanding , legislation ONLY FOR UNION MEN AND WOMEN. "Who ever heard of a trust lobby battling for business competitors out side its monopoly? , "Who ever heard of organized labor battling in legislative halls for an eight-hour day just for its own mem bers? "Who ever heard of a trust battling tor any thing but special privilege? , "Who ever heard a union demand- Ing machinery-protection laws just for union men? "The successful attempt to put la- j bor unions in the list of mbnopolies j was never dreamed of by the authors jj of the Sherman anti-trust bill. in every civilized nation of the globe : unions of workers are exempt from anti-trust and anti-monopoly legisla tion. "LABOR iS NOT A PRODUCT. LABOR DOESN'T SELL A PROD UCT, and that's where your economic dunce and blatant grandstander stubs his toe. LABOR SELLS LABOR POWER. "LABOR POWER CONSISTS OF MUSCLE, BRAIN, A SOUL, INSPIR- ATION EVERYTHING THAT GOES TO MAKE A DEPENDENT BEING." i Progress. ' PRESIDENT GOMPER'S POSITION. A Chicago dispatch quotes Presi dent Gompers of the American Feder ation of Labor as saying: . "Before organized ,labor can obtain its best and highest ideals and accom plish the best results, there must be a complete end of fealty to the old political parties. And such conditions prevail to a far greater extent than is , imagined by those who are not in- Uiiately r acquainted - it&srganizsd-t labor, in fact, this feeling of politi cal independence exists among us to a degree greater today than ever be fore in our history. The time will come, and it is not far distant, when organized labor will stand completely free from the domination of or fealty to any political party. "We stand entirely free industrially but as to whether that freedom from allegiance to the old parties will mean the creation of a distinctive labor par ty, I do not care to expresss any opin ion at this time." Laborer. JUST A POLITICAL TERN. DARK LAN- Among the leading lights of the plutocratic press stands the Atlanta Constitution. Pluming itself on the results of the recent primary in Georgia, the Con stitution says: "As a result of the most remarka ble fight in Georgia in many years, the stock ticker announced that Geor gia Railway and Electric stock went, up ten points. That the market is optimistic since the result is known is. decisively shown." Hon. Seaborn Wright, challenging trie Constitution's purpose to cite this rise in stock as an indication of re stored confidence says: . . f'Jir would have , been a thousand times' lietter if there -had beh herald ed' as" a result of :, the great .victory dMttUer-cent, raise -of wages The. lowjfrCof the railroads have ho .emjh ty dinner pails ; and this result or tne . victory will not fill the half-full pails or tne Tnqusana.men. wuu.. vyui iw ; Georgia Railway and Electirc Com pany." -Central Union Times. SHOW PRINTING HOUSES SIGN WITH PRINTERS. The city council in Covington, Ky., has passed ah ordinance providing for the union label on all public printing. The firm of John S. Bridges & Co., Baltimore, which has been conducting a non-union job office for 33 years, has signed the union scale. The Riverside Printing To., of Mil waukee, a commercial and show' print ing house, Is now a strictly union es tablishment, after operating with a force of non-iinionists f or the pas ten months. The Riverside Company conducts" one of the largest plants in the Wisconsin . metropolis. ,,. - The Penn Show Print,. Philadelphia,' which has been in the ' theatrical prints ine business for more than 35 years (has secured the union label. Tobac co Worker. . . , . tksj A PROGRESSIVE URBAN -CAi ium. .The ' United Brptberhopd.- of parpen, ters arid Joiners . has advanced .We 'wages' in hundreds . of; localities throughout the country land placed .fully, $6,50tf,QQ0 more In: .pay:; annually 'In the' pockets, of- Its members. It has reduced the hours .from nine a, day to eiglit;inj4$0 cities,' and. from ten a ;daf. to ninej In' 791' other cities, not to nation ihanx : other, localities. in which it. has established thef ejght, an :nitie hour workday. Through , the 'Shorteiilng jo'f liours iipratd of , 30,00jD more, workmen-' haVe secufed employ ment' throughout the country. THIRTY-TWO YEARS OLD AND HAS HAD THIRTY CHILDREN. .i Caldwell, N.. J.---Four i boys were bprp to Mrs. Abram GotOfsky, of Tjoy Hills, N. , J., Wednesday. The com bined weight of the quadruplets is six teen pounds and four ounces. Mrs. Gotofsky, who is thirtyTtwo years of age, is the mother, of thirty children, fourteen of- whom are living. She was born near Warsaw,. Poland, and came to this country in 1891. She was mar ried in New York, In April, 1892, and immediateuy left for her new home on an eighteen-acre farjh near Troy Hills, Ms. Gotofsky gave birth to twins March 22, 1,893. Both are liv ing. Since then the Gotofsky lamily has had an annual increase of one, two, or three members. In 1894 but one. came, and that died within a. week after its birth. Twins followed in 1895, and in 1896 triplets, all of whom are living. The twins born in 1897, 1898, and 1899 all died in in fancy. Mrs. Gotofsky gave birth to one child only in each of the two fol lowing years, but in 1902. she was again the mother of twins. For the next .three years one child was born annually, and then in . 1906, triplets came. Last year they were twins, and the four which were added on Wedna- d.a7 make the total numtex thirty. Ber T v, Y15 ms rauiyf; ml .Gqtofsky has had time to farm sp successfully that he now owns his own place, with no mortgage, and has added, over 20 acres to the original bought ground. JUST A FEW THOUGHTS Before You Part With Your Hard Earned Cash. Did it ever occur to yonjwhy it was any merchant would have a "sale?" No doubt you understood, it's because he has not done the volume of busi ness he anticipated when he bought his goods; we can tell you why. There can't be but one reason (when his goods are bought clean, new, and up-to-date) and that is he is not satisfied with a small living profit. He thinks when the season is on everybody wants his goods, no matter what the price. At the wind up he finds they have bought their goods from a nier chaht who was willing, ana" did sell them their merchandise at- what they call sale prices in their great special sales. The great sale price is just tne same price that you can get your goods from the Original Racket Store every day in the year, without being faked on any single article... You will "hotlce the people who are judges of merchandise don't fall all over them selves to reach these great sales, for they know when they . reach the scene of this great, grand offering of merchandise that they . will be only told that the particular item adver tised is out. It's a great game but it's playing out. The people are on to it, and it's like every other skin game it don't work very long. We contend and we can prove by our 21 years' business experience in one store in Greensboro that there is .only one way to do business and exist, and that is to do a straight legitimate business every working day in the year, tye don't profess to sell goods cheaper than the mills can make them or cheaper than they ever came through any auction house in this country for every dollar's worth of goods that is billed to us we pay one hundred cents for, but we do say we turn loose this merchandise at a smaller profit than any other merchant in Greensboro can afford to and we do, it every day in the year. If we were to have one of these great gigantic sales and mark every dollar's worth of goods in. our( store at exactly what we paid for it, the difference at what we would sell it at then and now; would be s6 slight you prphably would not notice it. They cry hard time; they .fell , you the working people are not,. at r.wprk Tlie country people" are not coming to town. They give you , eyery other ex cuse in, the .world, because; they. haVe not done the. .business,, j Right in. the face' of that our business is increasing every' day and this year is hot ex cepted and why? Simply because ev-' ery customer that comes in our. store gets one hundred ', Cents worth of mer chandise . for every dollar he spends and he don't have to wait for any special sale to get it. He gets it every day in the year. We guarantee to save you money on your purchases. Get your sale price and. come and see us.- We will do the rest Yours for business, . . The Original Racket Store, A, y, SAPP, Prop. 318 South Elm Street. . V BEDFORD'S : HEADACHE PQ W-i DERS, SAFE AND SURE, 4 DOSES, 1 10 CENTS. , . ; BEDFORD'S LITTLE LTVEB PILLS. BEST PILL ON EAHTH- IN THE BOTTLE 25 CENTS. YOUR MONEY BACK IF , TOW WANT IT. FARISS-IUTZ DRUG GO, Two. th(oxf-fr36 acl t,.V; . WANTED. r We want twd or tKreo meii In e&ch' cotiiitv to t)laceacamIo&uj and di ertlse our - Family Supply,IInloiD rDoxtment rr.SlS.oa, per jweek 'JW9XT wltlv opportunity f o sxtra .conimifri DlUUDt f Cliuoucuk .vvaMWiwr Lake City Wholesale CoV 453' Wot fiSrd Street. Cbicaeo. I1L . FAVORABLE TO THE UNION. Judge, ; Walker gave a decision based on the lines of previous ones, notably j thht e:ustice--Alt6ir B. Par ker of. New Ybrk,- declaring that men who belonged to a 4abor organization were bound by its rules and by-laws, and had no right -to try. and disrupt a union because they were .dissatisfied with the action of its .. officials". Ho refused several dissatisfied men b the street car men's union ah in-line- , tioh to prevent the union insisting up- on their discharge because .they re fused to pay their dues. SPECIAL MENTION FOR BUSY PEOTCET" PATRONIZE HAGAN'S CHINA STORE. All kinds of China and Glassware, plain and fancy lamps, novelties, - wedding presents, etc., etc.. Large stock. Prices right. 215 S. Elm. street. HAGAN'S CHINA STORE HAS NOW a complete line of Tin-ware, Wood-en-ware and Enamel-ware. All new goods and prices right. Examine their stock before buying. 215 S. Elm street. GLASS FLY TRAPS CATCH ALL the flies, easily cleaned, last for ever, 25c. &t Hagan's China Store. . Stone jars, fruit jars, jelly glasses, etc. Largest stock of China and glassware in the city. PRIDE OF Smoking Tobacco is a killed union labor. bag has the blue label on tt arid i the finest smoKe that can - be produced regardless of cbstiv OUR RALEIGH FRIENDS. Some firms who believe in helping those who try to helpthemselves. Thos. A. Partin Company ISl Eayettevine SU Refgiy, C. The New Dry Goods Store'. Ladies' Furnish ings and Novelties Give ua a call. 'Hi is1 T H E B I G v Soils of MjM xtx Friends of MfiCHl&ifcs K Hunter Bros. & Brewer COlfoPATiY' h 210 FAxetteviire Street V i i 1 , t i'. DRY GOODS If, e raO TPUfifEW: Presiderit.' itO QUI itIOII CepM d 8orp!o3r S?5:Cu jjoper, cens laiereai paap. on Ask for the Union Label. naraware store SAVINGS . . i.i trrr . . : t I I