THE NEW 1911 MODELS IN
WHITE MOUNTAIN
REFRIGERATORS
Are now shown 45 styles and sizes
From 5.00 to 45.00
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White Mountain Refrigerators are better than ever and
that is important when you consider that for many years
they have been one of the leading makes in the United States.
We have sold them for several seasons with entire satisfact
ion to the purchasers more than 300 sold in Lincoln.
We buy them in car lots, having them shipped by boat
from Maine via Savannah, from there in solid cars direct to
Lincoln. This means a very considerable saving in freight
charges and enables us to offer the best values obtainable'
for the price.
White Mountain Refrigerators are built with the new
Duplex Cold Dry Air Circulation which maintains an even
low temperature and perserves all kinds of food perfectly.
They are thoroughly hygenic and sanitary, being lined with
odorless lining, some of them in pure stone white and made
of fine selected Maine lumber in both oak and pine, finished
with round corners and so thoroughly insulated that they
have very low ice consumption. We are pleased to show
them and demonstrate these facts.
TWO SPECIAL VALUES-
White Enamel Lined Refrigerators, 60-lb. ice capacity at 12.95
Snow White Stone Lined Refrigerators with wire shelves,
removable drip pan, ice rack and flues, finely finished, 100 lb.
ice capacity, at 35.00
Basement
INTERESTING CONFERENCE.
Nearly all the card members of con
gress responded to an invitation to
meet in conference at American Fed
eration of Labor headquarters short
ly after the convening of the extra
session of congress. The conference
was informal and a general discus
sion of matters affecting labor were
discussed. " Several congressmen, not
members of the labor group, but
whose loyalty has been proven, were
also present.
All legislation which has been be
fore congress relating to labor was
discussed, and in addition some at
tention was devoted to old age pen
sions, workingmen's compensation
and nullification of laws by the courts.
.- Congressman W. B. Wilson (coal
miner) has given much attention and
study to a statute for old age pen
sions. It must be borne in mind that
under the constitution as at present
framed a law of this character would
not stand ' the test of the courts.
Then the next step would necessarily
be the amendmnt of the constitution
but this is such a tremendous task
that it is problematical whether that
could be accomplished at all or not
for the purpose desired. In view of
these obstacles another plan has been
evolved, which, in the light of statutes
already in operation, appears to give
hope of accomplishing tangible re
sults. The details of the undertaking
are numerous and cannot be taken up
and fully explained and comprehended
until several points at issue are rec
onciled. There is a disposition among many
members in congress, in addition to
the labor group, to enact a law taking
away the assumed right of courts
from declaring acts of congress un
constitutional.
Conferences of labor members have
been held frequntly since their first
entrance into congress in 1906, and
the practice is to be continued.
FOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Congressman Sulzer has introduced
his bill in the house, to create a de
partment of Labor with the secretary
a cabinet member. The following ex
cerpts from the bill gives a genera!
idea of its character and scope:
That there is hereby
created and established an executive
department of government to be
called the department of labor, with
a secretary of labor, who shall be the
head thereof and a member of the
cabinet, to be appointed by the presi
dent, by and with the advice and con
sent of the senate
"That there shall be in said de
partment three assistant secretaries, to
be appointed by the president, by and
with the advice and consent of the
senate, to-wit:
"A first secretary whose duty it
shall be to supervise all matters re
lating to labor engaged in manufactur
ing and transporation industries.
"A second secretary whose duties
shall be to supervise all matters re
lating to labor employed in mining
and agricultural industries.
"A third secretary whose duties
shall be to supervise all matters re
lating to labor engaged in building
and the mercantile industries.
"That there shall be a branch of
this department to be known as the
bureau of fisheries, under the direc
tion of a commissioner of fisheries,
who shall have charge of all matters
relating to labor engaged in the fish
ing industry.
"That the secretary of the depart
ment of labor shall have the power
to appoint boards of arbitration and
conciliation in labor disputes when
ever in his judgment the interests of
industrial peace may rquire it to be
done."
Numerous additional provisions are
incorporated to facilitate the opera
tion of the department.
DECISION REVERSED
TERS' CASE.
IN HAT-
The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
Second Circuit, sitting in New York
City, handed down a decision on Mon
uny, April lt)!v ?eersing the
ment of the lower court in the Dan
bury Hatters' case, in which a verdict
was returned against the Hatters in
the sum of $232,420.12. The original
case was started over seven years
ago resulting from a strike
which was called in the Loewe
Factory, July 25, 1902, 240 employes
ceasing work. Suit was brought by
Loewe and Company August 31, 1903
under the provisions of the Sherman
Anti-Trust Law, $80,000 damages were
allowed, and three-fold damages under
ik'.vs claimed thi 'he Hatter uvA- i
ft' d ether union.-i - re not engaged in
s .me or commerce and therefor-! V
not come under the operations of the
Sherman Anti-Trust law. Relying
upon these points the Hatters made
no defense upon the bill of complaint.
Federal Judge Piatt of the Federal
Circuit Court or Connecticut main
tained this position and dismissed the
complaint. Loewe, or rather the
Anti-Boycott Association, appealed to
liUJ tucidi V 11 l, 1 1 1 I. jUUll Ul rtpj'lLl I ,
and both parties agreed that that
court should certify the case and ask
the question of the U. S. Supreme
Court as to whether a suit of the kind
could be maintained under the pro
visions of the Sherman Anti-Trust
Law. February 3, 1908, the United
States Supreme Court decided that
the case could be maintained. The
case was tried before Judge Piatt and
a jury, which lasted over four
months. Judge Piatt instructed the
jury that they must find for Loewe
and Company and left to the jury the
question of how much damage Loewe
and Company showed they sustained.
The jury as stated awarded $232,
240.12. Since the starting of the suit in
1902 and the beginning of the trial, 26
of the 240 defendants died. Attach
ments were issued against the homes
and savings of 10J of the defendants.
The Anti-Boycott Association and the
Manufacturers' Association stood be
hind Loewe - and Company. The
American Federation of Labor aided
in the legal presentation of the case,
and in addition gave its moral sup-
i i 1 1 t t j j iiT.n. ii. i
port to me nauers. vvim ims ver
dict against the Hatters, the A. F. of
L. appealed the case for the Hatters
to the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
and retained Judge Alton B. Parker,
Hon. Frank L. Mulholland, of Toledo,
Ohio, and Judge John K. Beach, of
New Haven, Connecticut. A magni
ficent brief and masterful arguments
were made to the U. S. Circuit Court
of Appeals and the unanimous de-'
cision of the court reverses the
judgment and remands the case for
a new trial. The latest information is
that Loewe and Company (the Ameri
can Anti-Boycott Association) will ap
peal from this reversal to the United
States Supreme 7ourt.
