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ORGAH OF THE STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR.
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ENDORSED BY GREENSBORO TRADES COUNCIL.
MOTTO: ORGANIZATION. ED tfCATlbN AND ELEVATION.
VOL. IV
GRBBNSBOfiO, O,
APREL 3, 1909
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A TRADES UNION
Is the Most Ardent Defender of , the
Home and Family.
The trade union is engaged in a
constant warfare to keep ;:the; child out
of the factory' and ' get: iti into he
school, to secure decent and ., living
wages for both men and women and
reasonable hours of toil. If the in
fluence exertea by organized labor
during the last fifty years were to be
eliminated a picture of poverty and
moral degradation would be present
ed such as the world has never wit
nessed. 'lf.; . -
The trade union, is the only, institu
tion on -earth that is- ceaselessly and
ever contending Jfor better conditions,
that stands ror a living wage that-shall
enable a man . to maintain a credita
ble home, to bring up his children
and educate them properly, and devel
op them into honest, moral men and
women and useful citizens of the com
monwealth. :. : ;' . '-. . ,
The future of the continent ' is
hound up in the struggle for Taeter
wages and improved conditions, for
on the success of the trade union iri
maintaining" a high standard of wages
depend both! the moral and material
welfare of society, and the perpetua
tion of the home Itself. The hope of
the nation is bound up in the progress
of the producing class, and any retro
grade step would mean a moral disas
ter too fearful to contemplate.
Society as a whole should awaken
to the fact of the great work that or
ganized labor has accomplished in
the past, and aims to accomplish in
the future. It is the one institution
that has stood out boldly for true
righteousness, the moral uplifting of
the masses and the perpetuation of
the real home.
The home of the future rests not in
the hands of the licentious rich but
on the wage-earning class and in the
organizations of labor that work for
such conditions as shall guarantee the
toilers a competency thus insuring
their moral welfare and the perpetua
tion of the home. Exchange.
SUCCESSFUL IN OREGON.
Under the system of direct legisla
tion, or the initiative and referendum,
the people of Oregon voted on eleven
measures, adopting eight and reject
ing three. This shows that the voters
discriminated, and that not one bad
measure was adopted.
As showing how the referendum
can break the jpower over law-making
exercised by monopoly upon legisla
tures two acts adopted by the people
of Oregon are cited:
The Oregon State Grange initiated
a measure requiring sleeping car com
panies, refrigerator car companies, oil
companies and express companies,
which had been escaping taxation to
pay into the state treasury 3 per cent
of their gross earnings within the
state When referred to the people
this measure was adopted by a vote
of 69,536 to 6,440, or nearly eleven to
one. The legislature had refused to
levy a 2 per cent. tax.
The Grange also took up a bill tax
ing telephone and telegraph compan
ies 1 per cent., which the legislature
had refused to pass, increased the tax
rate to 2 per cent., and submitted the
amended bill to the people. It was
adopted by a vote of 70,872 to .6,360.
During the year 1908 the people of
Oregon have voted through the refer
these twelve were adopted and seven
rejected. The official returns shtiw
that as high as 85 per cent, of the vote
cast for Governor has been recorded
for and against a proposed law show
ing that the people take an interest
in law-making, and the results also
prove that they understand what they
are voting on.
Summed up, the experience of Ore
gon shows conclusively that the refer
endum is the method by use of which
the baneful influence of monopoliss
and trusts may be destroyed in our
law making assemblies.
WANT MORE WAGES.
Congress will soon be asked to
make sympathetic response to an ap
peal from the woman workers of the
bureau of engraving and. printing,
who desire that their present pay of
$1.50 -a day be raised to $2.
These women have recently organ
ized as Federal Labor Union No. 12,
776. A committee of the union is
now at work on the bill that later
will find its way into the congres
sional .hopper.
As an initial move the committee
of the women workers of the bureau
last week presented- to Director Jo
seph Ralph a petition asking that
their minimum pay 'be made $2 a day.
At the. conclusion of conference
the director said heWOiiW reply to
petition in writing within-a' few days,
He indicated, however, that he would
be in full accord with the women of
his department on the wage scale if
certain obstacles could be removed.
He declared his intention tfo aid any
movement for the betterment of his
employes.
The petition, which was drawn by
Mrs. Eva McDonald Valesh, formerly
of St. Paul, and the Misses Louise
Dangel, Gertrude McNally, Helen Bal
lenger, Edna Hardy, Ada Hudson,
Narcissa Birdsall, Sallie Griffin and
Belle Trouland, was signed by 630
members of the union. It follows:
"We feel justified in asking for the
establishment of this minimum rate
of $2 a day in the bureau of engrav
ing and printing, because $2 a day is
the minimum rate paid in the govern
ment printing office to women, who
take the same civil service examina
tion as we do, and whose wprk is not
only less laborious, but less -responsible,
than ours."
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xj Some Striking
T;?i? ' s'fflutocracy., - ,-; 1
Maliy of vthef fashionable women of
Newport spend i $2,706 a year' on their
pet jdogs.l i ; ) ;
One woman had a house built 1 for
her dog, the etact model of a Queen
Anne cottages 4 with rooms elegantly
papered and carpeted and hung with
lace 'curtains.; !
Every morning a woman calls (sort
of dog governess) to bathe, curl, and
perfume .the, little darling, and then
take'hlfe,'OTt-T6r?a:":Valkr'"He'-eats'-3ttt
of -silver dishes,- and :when he gets
the stomach ache a specialist is called
at once. (
Howard Gould has a cow house
which' cost him $250,000, a hen house
which cost i $150,000 and: a fence
around both . of them , which- cost $10
a running- foot..
It is , estimated that there are 6,
000 women in! New York who -spend
$10,000 annually on tli,eir wardrobes.
Ji Hobart Moore's table .expenses
are $200 a day, j. which does hot include
his wine.
. Mrs. Lars. Anderson has a dress
she wore in London society which cost
$500,000.
Howard Gould is to have a new
country mansidn which is to cost $1,
000,000. Mrs. C. . W. iMackay has a marble
bath tub which cost $50,000.
There are dogs in New York City
wearing, coats jlined with ermine md
worth $200 each. A pocket in each
contains a fine silk handkerchief.
These dogs wear collars set with
diamonds and rubies valued at hun
dreds of dollars. i
Its luxury madness has made New '
York the only American city in which
$100,000 fetes and dinners have been
given. New York can boast of din
ners that cost $500 a plate, and where
gold plate service was used costing
$50,000. It is the only city that can
boast of a $10,000 bed.
The late Countess Castellane (Miss
Anna Gould) has a bed valued at $1,
000,000. REPEAL IT.
The first serious attempt to put
into operation j the provisions of the
Sherman Anti-Trust act has revealed
the antique character and the mischief-breeding
qualities of that act.
As an equitable law, when applied to
present legitimate business methods,
and especially to matters of the socal
order, it inutility has been exposed.
Recent interpretations of the act by
judges of the Circuit Court of Appeals
of the United States make its restric
tions cover many combinations that
are perfectly lawful in their aims and
beneficial in their operations. It is
not necessary to exemplify these cas
es; it is enough to say that the un
fairness of the operation of the act
has been recognized by the president
of the United ' States, who has called
the attention of congress to the neces
sity of a substitute for it. Certainly
when any law can be made the means
of Invading the guaranteed right of
any citizen, it Is high time that such
a law was rubbed off the statute
books. We are for repeal. Trade
Union News.
"LgQp AND CAPITAL ARE ONE.''
"Times are hard," said the Picked
Chicken.
"Why," said the Rat, "this is an
era of prosperity; see how I have
feathered my nest."
"But," said the Picked Chicken,
"you have gotten my feathers."
"You must not think," said the Rat,
"that because I get more comfort you
get poorer."
"But," said - the Picked Chicken,
"you produce no feathers, and I keep
none "
"If you would use your teeth " In
terrupted the Rat.
"I " said the Picked Chicken.
"Without consumers like me," said
the Rat, "there would be no demand
for the feathers which you would pro
duce." "I will vote for a change," said
the Picked Chicken.
"Only those? who have feathers
should have the suffrage," remarked
the Rat. Life.
MORE WORK FOR INVENTORS.
With wireless telegraphy to stimulate
the , mind,
We ought to set to work at once, nor
rest until we find,
A . lot of undiscovered things to ampli-
... fy our joy , r -And
do away with many cares that
bother and annoy. .
A trackless railway route would save
a mountain bf expense,
A boatless line of steamships, too,
would surely prove immense;
And let some mind evolve for us a
. go-less kind of go,
So we can travel around the world,
yet stay at home, you know.
And since it costs so much to live,
. we scarce can save a cent,
A foodless dinner is the thing some
geniua should Invent;
And after all, if we would have exist
ence truly cheap,
Some grand philanthorpist should
make a bedless kind of sleep.
Today the trouble is that things are
as they llaye to. be,
Whereas we'd'; rather have them as
we'd rather have them, .see?
(These verses seem so tangled that
, the author here explains
It's -all because they're fashioned by
a bramleis kind of -brains.) 5
Nixon Waterman, In Windsor Mag-
Comparisons
Poverty. .
The American workingman receives
$457 a year with which to keep his
family of five. Eighteenth United
.States Labor Reports.
A hundred and thirty miners' fam
ilies were evicted from their homes
at Yates, Pa., during one week in
July, 1906. The evictions began whsn
the family of Frank Colly had their
household goods loaded into a wagon
.by the sheriff's deputies and hauled
to an open field and dumped. As the
deputies started with the goods the
Yatesboro band and 300 miners form
ed a procession and followed to the
.field. The evictions continued during
the week without interruption, and,
notwithstanding almost all the fami
lies in the town were evicted, there
Tvas no disturbance at any time. Many
of the families found temporary shel
ter in barns and neighboring farm3,
but some were compelled to remain
in the open field for a few days until
.tents could be provided by the miners
union.
One woman gave birth to a babe
within one hour after her furnituie
had been set in the street. A number
of evicted women had babes from
three to ten days old. Pittsburg Daily
Herald.
The workingman's wife is compell
ed to clothe her entire family on $100
a year. Eighteenth United States La
bor Report.
The workingman has about $125
with which to clothe his family for
one year. Eighteenth United States
Labor Report.
Many American workmen are home
less and bedless.
The American workman has but
$12.29 for vacations and amusements
in a whole year. United States La
bor Report.
Thirty years ago there were 40,000
windowless rooms in New York; to
day there are 360,000, in which human
beings are bred, born and die liko
dogs. Rochester Labor Herald.
PLENTY OF LABELED HATS.
The strike of the hatters has caus-
; ed a large demand for the hatters'
; union label than we have ever known
before. Union men are doing their
share in helping their striking broth
ers by insisting on the union label
on all hats purchased.
It is expected that through the ad
vertising given to the famous Dan-
bury hatters' decision and the pres
ent strike in newspapers throughout
; the country that the hatters will re-
ceive better moral support from organ
ized labor than is generally expect
ed. I There are thirty-five union label
hat factories to increase their output
to supply the big demand that has
been created by the strike. It is ex
pected that the business of the struck
factories will be turned to the union
factories, thereby giving employment
to many strikers.
Central labor bodies and local un
ions throughout the country are using
their influence on retail stores and
jobbing houses to have tnem order
union label hats only.
The strike situation is the same to-
day as on the day when it commenced.
TELEPHONES IN THE TRAIN SER
VICE. !The substitution of the telephone
for the telegraph in the train disfJatc.a
ing and regulating service on rail
roads will not deserve unqualified ap
proval if, as is suggested In the re
port of the meeting of the American
Railway Association, on of the rec
ognized advantages is that "any one
can use a telephone." It is suggest
I ed that a "new field of employment
for women and for super-annuated
employes from other branches will be
' opened up." Better stick to the tel
egraph rather than invite such con
ditions. First class, competent ser
j vice is needed nowhere on the rail
I roads more than in the signal ser
vice, which is a most important factor
I in th safety of travel. Boston Her
ald. WENDELL PHILLIPS RIGHT.
Let me tell you why I am interest
ed in the labor question. Not simply
because of the long hours of labor;
not simply because of a specific op
pression of a class, I sympat&Ue
with the sufferers there ; I am ready
to, fight on their side. But I look oat
upon Christendom with Its three hun
dred millions of people, and I see
that, out of this number of people,
one hundred millions never had
enough to eat. Physiologists tell us
that this body of ours, unless it is
.properly fed, properly developed, fed
with rich blood and carefully nourish
ed does not justice to the brain. You
canont make a bright or good man
In a starved body. And so this third
of the Inhabitants of Christendom,
who have never had food enough, can
never be what they should be. Wen
dell Phillips.
DONNELLy TO KEEP JOB.
It has been definitely announced
that Samuel ;B. Donnelly would be re
tained by President Taft in the. office
of Public Printer. Representatives
Calder and Bennett were given this
assurance after a visit to the White
House. Donnelly has given full sat
isfaction in the opinion of the" author--ities.
THE DANGER LINE.
i Bx-Commisioner of ' Immigration
Sargent is credited with having said
that the adverse ruling of the depart
merit, in the South Carolina. Immigra
tion case was : due : to the 1 fact that
the; proof showed that the mill : own
eraj sought to , bring in immigrants
ior vine purpose oi lowering wages.
'. We will not vouch for the fact that
Mr,j Sargent said this in so many
words;, butj anyway, it should serve
as, b. text lipoid which much thinking
may be done with profit by everyone
interested in the question of South
ern? immigration.
So long as the mill men of the
South, or any other class of laboring
employers f r that matter seek to in
duce, immigration for the purpose of
filling places vacant on account of
the? present scarcity of labor, they
wilt have the unqualified approval
and. encouragement of all right think-
i w- i ,t i i o j . i i
uig, peopie, dui let it De unaerstood
that they are seeking to use immi
grants to reduce the wage scale, then
they, might certainly expect trouble,
and lots of it.
We do not say or intimate that all
mill men are striving to reduce the
price of labor; we do not say that
all, mill men who are seeking to get
immigrants, are doing it for. this pur
pose Many of the mill men of the
South are nmong the most public:
spirited of our citizens. Many are
sincerely trying to better the condi
tion of their employes, mentally, mor
ally and physically, but at the same
time, it must be. forgotten that wages
in the mills of the South today are
none too high, to say the least, and
that it is just as important that our
working people should be able to get
a living wage, as it is that the manu
facturers should be able to fill all the
places in their factories or mills, In
fact, we say without hesitation, that
it is vastly more important.
No movement looking to the sub
stitution of a white serfdom in place
of negro slavery will be tolerated for
a moment. Recently, we have heard
much of peonage in the far South,
and while in most cases a legal ac
quittal has resulted from the trial of
the accused, there is little doubt in
the minds of most men that amidst
all the smoke there must have been
no inconsiderable amount of fire.
Years ago an English judge decid
ed that whatever might have been a
man's former condition he instantly
became a freeman upon setting his
foot in that country, saying that "the
airiikof England is too pure to be
breStfiea by a slave." And so we, of
America, and especially we of the
South, should look at the industrial
situation. The air of the South is too
pure to be -breathed by Industrial serfs
be they native or foreign born, and
the spirit of the South is too free to
tolerate any course of action which
has for its object the reduction of
the wages of the working classes, and
their reduction to a practical If not
a theoretical slavery.
We are not preaching socialism or
anything akin to it. We are not at
tacking the manufacturers or mill
men. What we have said is more In
the nature of a warning against a
possible future danger than a lecture
for past transgressions. We think
that both the laborer and the employ
er of labor have right, that the bulk
of both classes are honest and faii
minded, but that there is a small por
tion of each class which cares nothing
for the rights of the other. This
small portion In the manufacturers'
class may get it into their heads that
they can reduce the price of labor
by getting the pauper labor of Europe
but we predict that if they try it and
get found out there will be trouble.
And from what Mr. Sargent is quot
ed as saying, we take it that he Id
of the same way of thinking. Ex.
THE POWERS APPROVE.
Approval of the agreement between
the United States and Japan by the
European powers is not unexpected.
Assent to the principle of maintain
ing the integrity of China will proba
bly be as unanimous as was the accep
tance of the principal of the open
door. Assurance of peace In Oriental
waters is welcome In present crises
in European affairs. In fact, It is
quite likely that there has been ' an
informal waiver of responsibility on
the part of the European powers as a
preliminary to the undertaking be
tween Japan and the U. S. . For, if
the agreement means anything, the
duties which the two nations assume
will require something more than a
passive expression of friendliness for
China.
"RETURN FORBIDDEN."
Going back is sometimes a danger
ous business. It may prove disas
trous to others as well as to our
selves. In certain mountain passes
of Austria are found sign boards bear
ing in German , the words, "Return
Forbidden." These roads are so nar
row and precipitous that there is not
-room for two carriages abreast;
therefore, to attempt to retrace one's
path might bring disaster upon one's
self and upon those coming after.
Once haying started there, you must
keep straight on until you have reach
ed your destination. , Today's press
ing duties call us forward, not back
ward. -There are others coming af
ter; we must push ahead for their
sakes and for our own. Austria Is
not the only place where there is
need fqr the warning, : "Return for
bidden." Henry Clay Trumbull.
LOCAL UNIONS.
Greensboro Trades Council Jno. C.
Benson, president; Vernon F. McRary
secretary. f
Iron Moulders -R. R. Wyrick, pres:
ident ; C. L. Shaw, secretary. . Meets
second and fourth Wednesday nights
in each month. . .
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners, No. 1432 J. W. Causey,
president. y
Typographical Union,! No. 397 J.j
T. Perkins, president; J. S. Pender,
secretary. Meets 1st Sunday . in each
month at 3.30 p. m., In the Bevill
building:. . r .
A&&o,idC.n ' of Machinists A. J.
Crawford .president; John M. Glass,
secretary; R. M. Holt, recording sec
retary. Meets every Tuesday night
in hall over Hennessee's lunch room.
Tar Heel Lodge, Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen Meets every
Wednesday night In Odd Fellows Hall
on Fayetteville street. W. O. Reit
zel, Master; J. G. Whitehart, secre
tary; J. T. Lashley, financier.
SPECIAL LOW RATES VIA SOUTH
ERN RAILWAY.
$19.45 Greensboro, N. C, -to
Louisville, Ky., and. return on account
Southern Electrical and Industrial
Exposition. On sale April 11, 12) to
19, 20,- 1909. Final limit April 26,
1909.
$10.70 Greensboro, N. C, to Wash
ington, D. C, and return on account
of meeting of Daughters of American
Revolution. On sale April 15, 16,
1909. Final limit April 28, 1909.
$9.30 Greensboro, N. C, to Charles
ton, S. C, on account Omas Temple,
A. A. O. N. M. S. On sale April 21,
22. Final limit April 23, 1909.
$3.85 Greensboro, N. C, to Char
lotte, N. C, and return on account
of Grand Lodge of North Carolina
I. O. O. F. On sale May 8th to 11th
inclusive. Final limhVMay 17th, 1909.
$19.45 Greensboro, N.C., to Louis
ville, Ky., on account Southern Bap
tist Convention. On sale May 10, 11,
12, 13. Final limit May 22, 1909. Ex
tension of limit may be secured by de
positing ticket and paying fee of $1.00.
$5.95 Greensboro, N. C, to Ashe
ville, N. C, on account national T.
P. A. of America. On sale May 25.
29; "30Tanr murtiliig' train- of rstrTi-
nal limit. All tickets good to leave
Ashevllle from but not including date
of sale.
$12T.85 Greensboro, N. C, to At
lanta, Ga., and return. Dates of sale
June 19, 20. Final limit June 25th,
19Q9.
Approximately low rates from all
other points.
For further information, Pullman
reservations, etc., call on or address,
. W. H. M'GLAMERY,
P. & T. A.
Greensboro, N. C.
WHY LOSE MONEY?
Why do you not, when you have a
hard-earned dollar to spend, go
where you can feel satisfied that you
get the full value of that coin? If we
were to use ' this whole page we
couldn't illustrate and describe the
real down good bargains which we
have for you, and goods that we can
absolutely save you money on and
are saving our customers money on
every day. We don't run any skin
games (and right here we would like
to know If you haven't been skinned
more than once at these so-called
special sales, give you 9 cents worth
of nothing to skin you out of a dol
lar and a quarter on something else)
We have just opened one thousand
dollars' worth of sample shoes. These
we sell at 30 per cent, discount.
These are real bargains. We took
the entire lot of odds and ends in
children's clothing and men's cheap
pants from one factory. These are
real bargains, and it's all the way
through our entire stock the same
way. There's not a line that we
carry (and we carry almost every
thing) that we can't save you money
on. We have by far the greatest and
cheapest line of goods that we have
ever shown and you are standing in
your own light If you do not at once
decide to make our store headquar
ters for your buying this ; year. Tts
only a pleasure to us to show you,
so come and see. -t
Yours for business,
The Original Racket Stores,
A. V. SAPP, Prop.
318 South Elm Street.
IMPROVED ORDER RED MEN.
Minneota Tribe, No. 52, ,
Bevill Building, North Elm Street
Meets every Tuesday evening, 8 p.
m., from April to October; October
to' April, 7: 30 p. m.
Eno Tribe, No. 61.
Graded School Building, Revolution
Mills. Meets every Thursday even
ing 8 p. m., from-April, to October;
October to April, 7:30 p. m.
Degree bf Pocahontas. Washita, No.
8,. Revolution Mills.; '--i'
Meets every . Saturday evening 8 ,p.
m., - from April, to - October; . October
to April, 7:30 p. m.
OFFWERS BT4-TE FEDERATION OF
... 5 LABOR.
J President, E. S. Cheek, Raleigh,- N.
, . .Secretary-Treasurer Samuel Wal
drop, Ashevllle. ' 1,7
Second ' Vlce-President-MiThbirrnl-
son, Asnevuie.
Third
Vice-President -Beverly
MooreRocky Mount, tu
Fourth Vice-President H. G. Har
rington, Raleigh. .' . ,
Fifth Vice-President K. R. Thomp
son, (High Point. ; j v ;
. Sixth Vice-President TL R. Wyrick,
Greensboro:- ' ' ;- ; '
Seventh Vice-President J. D. Nash,
Ashevllle. , ..
Eighth Vice-President W. S.T Brad
ford, High Point, j , .
' Ninth. Vice-President -Samuel Pate
roan, Granite Quarry; -' ; t;v
Executive Board.
E. S5; Cheek, .Ralefgh,
W. C. Frank; Asheville.
Jno. C. Benson? Greensboro.
M. C. Reaves, Winston-Salem.
W. H. Singleton.; Raleigh.
UNION MEN.
Patronize the merchants who
advertise in your paper. THE
LABOR NEWS 13 appreciated by
merchants who are in sympathy
with the workers' cause, or who
look for the business of the. wage
earner, and they use Its advertis
ing columns. There is hardlyua
firm in this city that could stand
out openly and say it did not care
for the workingmen's trade, but
names could be mentioned of bus
iness men who have nothing but
hard words to aand in return for
a generous patronage. Stand by
the business men who stand by
you. You can purchase .as cheap
ly and advantageously from THE
LABOR NEWS' advertisers, with
as good treatment thrown in, as
from any or all others '.combined.
Patronize Home 'Industry.
Patronize our Advertisers.
Help your Friends.
Get Union Label .Goods.
Smoking Tobaccc
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is made by a Killed
union labor. Every
bag has the blue label
on it and is the fineot
smoRe that can bo
produced regardless
of cost .
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