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UNIOtt LA3EL TRUTHS. The union label is a constant reminder of the common interest and common duty of all trade unionists in and toward each other and a certain guide in the discharge of that duty. The union label is a weapon that profits the employer equal ly with the employee, but only so long as both aim at the same object. It can never be turned against the employee, because it is the latter's exclusive property. i to be given or withdrawn at X pleasure. To the woman of the trade unionist household the union la- bel affords a guarantee that the wages earned under union label conditions are expended upon X union products and for the f maintenance of union condi- tions, to return with interest in r improved conditions for all. X The union label enlists and arms in labor's cause those ele- ments which determine the is- t X sue of every cause in civilized 4 j society namely, the women and J J, children. X You can always tell a union T man by the coat that he wears if it bears the union label. T LABOR IN CONGRESS. Sixteen Representatives Are Members of Trade Unions. The 'officials of the American Feder ation of Labor are of the opinion that the Sixty-second congress will pass more labor laws than any of the past. They claim that sixteen representa tives are members of labor unions, some of them formerly prominent la bor lenders. Hero is the list of the sixteen union ists in tho house and their affiliations: Victor Li. Berger of Wisconsin, priut ?r and Socialist. W. I. Wilson of Pennsylvania, for mer secretary of the United Mine Workers and Democrat. Frank Buchanan of Illinois, former International president of the Struc tural Iron Workers and Democrat. Isaac It. Sherwood of Ohio, printer and Democra r. S. E. Iioberts of Nevada, member of Western Federation of Miners and Democrat. Robert E. Lee of Pennsylvania, blacksmith and Democrat. John A. Martin of Colorado, railroad fireman and Democrat. W. J. Cary of Wisconsin, telegra pher and Republican. Wiiliam Hughes of New Jersey, weaver and Democrat. James T. McDermott of Illinois, te legrapher and Democrat. David J. Lewis of Maryland, miner and Democrat. Charles B. Smith of New York, te legrapher anil Democrat. James P. Maher of New York, hatter and Democrat. Carl C. Anderson of Ohio, musician and Democrat. John R. Fa rr of Pennsylvania, print er rnd Republican. C. J. Cantrill of Kentucky, president Farmers union and Democrat. Labor Importers Fined. The supreme court of Arizona has fined the Grant Bros.' Construction company of Arizona $45,000 for bring ing forty-five Mexican laborers into this country under a promise of em ployment. The case has been in the courts since 1007. The fine is the lar gest ever imposed for violating the Im migration laws. . I: I f t T t t I t t THE CONSUMERS' LEAGUE. It shall be the special object of the National Consumers' league to secure adequate investigation of the conditions under which goods are made in order to en able purchasers to distinguish in favor of goods made in the well ordered factory. The majority of employers are virtually help less to maintain a high standard as to hours, wages and working conditions under the stress of competition unless sustained by the co-operation of consumers. Therefore the National Consum ers' league also purposes to edu cate public opinion and to en deavor so to direct its force as to promote better conditions among the workers, while secur ing to the consumer exemption from the dangers attending un wholesome conditions. The Na tional Consumers' league fur ther recognizes and declares the following: That the interests of the com munity demand that all workers shall receive fair living wages and that goods shall be produced under sanitary conditions. That the responsibility for some of- the worst evils from which producers suffer rests with the consumers who seek the cheapest markets regardless how cheapness Is brought about. That it Is therefore the duty of consumers to find out under what conditions the articles they purchase are produced and dis tributed and insist that these conditions shall be wholesome and consistent with a respecta ble existence on the part of the Avorkers. I i I f i 4 i9M',JtJM$H$,$iM3 jni iff 1 Trade Union Gossip. The International Uniou of Cutting Die and Cutter Makers will meet in convention at Chicago on May 1. Madera, Visalia. Exeter, Hanfora and Fresno, Cal., are building up strong labor union organizations. The Illinois legislature is investigat ing charges of blacklisting against the clothing manufacturers of Chicago. There are twenty-one unions, with an aggregate membership of 25,000, affil iated with the New York city Allied Printing Trades council. The Chicago Federation of Labor has indorsed Edward F. Dunne, Democrat, and Charles E. Merriam, Republican, as candidates for mayor of that city. The new constitution of Arizona con tains an anti child labor clause, provi sion for the referendum and initiative, an employers' liability clause and pro hibition of alien labor on public works. The Boston Cement, Artificial Stone and Asphalt Workers' union has taken into its fold a large number of the ce ment waterproofing men and has been asked to take in all the mosaic and ter razzo tile workers. The law of England requires the em ployer of every workman injured In his service to pay immediately the in jured man one-half of his rate of wages until he is able to work again and in the case of death to pay the heirs three years' salary. "Portland (Ore.) steam titters haveask ed that their daily wage be raised from $6 to $0.50 for a seven hour day. The strike order issued by President Lewis of the United Mine Workers call ing out 10,000 miners In the eastern Ohio fields was obeyed by all but about 800 men The Busy Dollar The busy dollar is the one that is earning money for its owner. We find jobs for your idle dollars. Deposit your savings with us and let your money work for you while you are working- for more. We Pay Four Per Cent Interest, compoundrd semi-annually. Ten years without loss of a dollar or the foreclosure of a loan is the record we point to with pride. Come in and let us explain our method of doing business. Incidentally you are cordially invited to see us in our new home on South Eleventh. We'll be there in a few days. AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK 132 NORTH 11 TH ST. EMPLOYEES' PENSIONS. Outline of System Employed by Penn sylvania Railroad. Stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad company at their last annual meeting added $200,000 to the annual appropriation for employees' pensions This, with increases to be made ijii year by cither lines of the company, will make the amount set aside annu ally for pension allowances for eni ployees of the Pennsylvania railroad east of Pittsburg ami Erie more than $850,000. The statement of the pension depart ment of the Pennsylvania railroad foi H) 10 as approved by the stockhold ers showed that the disbursements amounted to S6U0.G87.24.' Of this $5.- I) 7(5.!)!) represented operating expenses, all of which were paid by the rail road. The number of employees eutit led to pensions on Jan. I. 1010. was 2.320, and on Dec. 31 the number was 2,505. The Pennsylvania pension system basis for payment of pension allow ances provides that there shall be paid for each year of service 1 per cent ol the average regular monthly pay for the ten years Immediately preceding retirement, determined by ascertaining the total amount of wages the em ployee actually earned and for which he was carried on the payrolls during the ten year period and dividing that amount by 120 calendar months. The pension allowances are paid monthly. Dining the eleven years in which the pension system has been operating the total payments on the entire Pennsyl vania system have amounted to near ly $0,500,000. HUMANITY IN NEW ENGLAND. Factories Send Tuberculosis Patients to Hospitals For Cures. Two years ago Dr. Melvln Overlock, a factory inspector of Massachusetts, found among the employees of a well known corset company at Worcester a girl., withincinjent, tuberculosis .. He First Trust and Savings Bank 0wnedby Stockholders of First National Bank The Bank for The Wage Earners Interest aid et Feu r er Cent 139 South Eleventh Lincoln, Nebraska told her that she" mus7qufrwTrk alld go to the Rutland sanitarium. She re plied that she hadn't the money. The inspector went to the head of the es tablishment and told him that if he roti Id make it possible for the girl to go to Rutland she could be cured, oth erwise her doom was certain. A few days later he received a let ter from the manufacturer. Every employee found to be suffering from tuberculosis, he said, would immediate ly be sent to Rutland at the company's expense for three months or longer if necessary. Dr. Overlock has kept the letter. He has. secured others like It from all the prominent industrial con cerns of Worcester and its vicinity: New England manufacturers gener ally see the advantages of the plan. Twelve hundred of them have fallen into llne. Tens of thousands of em ployees come under the provision of the Worcester plan. One of the legiti mate expenses of the business of man ufacturing in New England Is the ex pense of sending employees who have incipient tuberculosis to a place where I hey can recover. They not only recover, but they come back to the community as trained experts on how to prevent tuberculosis by fresh air, cleanliness, sunshine and saving their energy. The Worcester plan has great vlrtnes. Victory For Brewery Workers. By the terms of the agreement signed by committees representing the Syracuse Brewers' Exchange and the unions directly and Indirectly interest ed in the strike all the strike breakers are to be discharged and all the men who went out are to be reinstated in their former positions. The brewers unreservedly granted the wage in crease of $2 a week demanded by the strikers. Garment Workers Active. A strike involving nearly a million garment workers In all parts of the United States will, It is said, be called In August if garment manufacturers do not accede to the demand for bet tered conditions for employees, which will be made at that time. CI