J. M
The Commoner.
OCTOBER 16, 190S.
15
Deaf Man Invents
Cure fojjeafness
A Device That Is Scientific,
Simple, Direct, and Instantly
Restores Hearing in Even
the Oldest Person Com
fortable, Invisible, and
Perfect Fitting
190 Pagi Book Containing a History
if thi Discovery and Many Hun
dred Signid Testimonials
Um all Parts of the
- " World SENT FREE
The True Story of Ike Invention of Wil
son' Common Seme Ear Drnmi told by
Geo. H. Wilson, the Inventor.
1 wns deaf from Infancy. Eminontdoctors, sur
geons, and car specialists treated me at exeat ex
pense, and yctdld mono good. I tried all the ar
tificial appliances that claimed, to restore hear
ing, ut they fulled to benefit mo in the least. I
even went to tho best specialists in the world,
but their efforts. wore unavailing. Finally I be
gan to experiment on myself, and after patient
years of study, labor, and personal expense, I
perfected something thai I found took tho placo
of tho natural cur drums, and I called It Wlls n's
Common Sense Ear Drums, which I now wear
day and night with comfort, and do not even
have to rcmovo them when washing. No one
can tell I am wearing them, as they do not show,
and as they give no discomfort whutcver, I
scarcely know it myself. With theso drums I
can now hear a whisper. I join in tho general
conversation and hear everything gomg on
around me. I can hear a sermon or a lecture
from any rrnrt of a lurirc church or hull.
Since my fortunato discovery it Is no longer
necessary for any deuf person to carry a trumpet,
a tube, orany other such old-fashioned makc
Bhitt. My Common Sense Ear Drum is built on
tho strictest scientific principles, contains no
metal, wires, or strings of any kind. It is so
small that no on can see it when in position,
yet it collects all tho sound waves and focuses
them against th'o drum head, causing you to
hqar naturally and porfectly. It wilt do this
even when the natural car diums are partially
or entirely destroyed, perforated, scarred, re
laxed, or thlckoncd,or where there aro roaring or
buzzing noises, It fits any ear from childhood
to old uge, male or female, and aside from tho
fact that it docs not show, it never causes tho
east irritation and can bo used with comfort
day and night without removal for any cuuse.
With my device 1 can cure deafness in any
person, no matter how acquired, whether lrom
catarrh, scarlet fever, typhoid or brain fever,
measles, whooping cough, gatherings in tho car,
Bhocks from artillery, or through accidents. I
will gladly send apy 190-pago book free to any
deafporsou. It contains oonafido letters from
numerous users in tho United States, Cunada,
Mexico, England, Scotland. Ireland, Wales, Aus
tralia, New Zealand. Tasmania, Indid nnd the
romotest islands. I have letters frpm people In
every station of life ministers, physicians, law
years, merchants, society ladies, etc.
Don't delay; write lor the tree book today and
address my tfrjii-i-The Wilson Ear Drum Co., 187
Todd Building, Louisville, Ky., U. S. A.'
Address to Laborers,
Under date" Of Washington, D. C,
September 30, tin executive council of
the American federation of labor is
sued the follow'ng address:
To Organized Labor of America,
Greeting. -Dear Sirs and Brothers:
The executive council of tho American
federation of l'bor has recently ad
dressed organized labor by circular on
eubjects, Including bills, which will
be introduced In the forthcoming ses
sion of congress in tho interest of the
wage-earners of our country and
which were committed to us by you
through your representatives at tho
last American federation of labor con
vention. Since then the executive
council has held sovcral sessions, and
of all legislative measures, the oight
hour and anti-injunction bills have
received our especial attention. Tho
eight-hour day, becauso of the won
derful improvement in the methods of
wealth production by which the needs
of man and tho luxuries of life can
bo created in a work-day of eight
hours, we demand its enforcement,
not only in private employment, but
also on all work performed by or on
behalf of tho government, whether tho
employment be direct, by contract or
by sub-contract
While wo seek to avoid and avert
strikes and industrial disputes, any
attempt to cripple the right of labor
to strike In defense of pur rights
simply means labor's enslavement; for
industrial tranquility through tho
methods of conciliation and fair
arbitration is only possible and at
tainable when the workers are organ
ized and have the liberty to exercise
their constitutional rights. ,
Tho writ of injunction in Its proper
sphere is a right and protection. It
was never designed for the purpose to
which it is now put in industrial dis
putes. There is not now upon tho
statute books of the states nor on tho
statute books of the federal govern
ment a, Jino upon which authority is
given the courts for the issuance of injunctions-
such as have been issued in
industrial disputes. It is not the use,
but the abuse by the courts of the
writ of Injunction, against which we
protest, which is in direct conflict
vith the rights guaranteed to our peo
ple by the constitution of our coun
try. The men in the organized labor
movement are law-abiding, faithful,
and loyal citizens. They havo no de
sire for immunity from tho laws gov
erning other citizens, but they most
emphatically resent and protest
against tho actions of courts In con
victing men for acts which they have
the legal right to perform, and then,
too, without the right of a trial by a
jury of their peers. The American
principle of equal justice before the
law is being violated day after day.
Tho relics of antiquated judicial ty
ranny are being revived by some
judges, .vhlle others so misinterpret
existing law as to thereby aim to
financially ruin our unions and mulct
our men out of their hard-earned sav
ings, which they9 have endeavored to
lay aside for their protection in mid
dle orold age, when the employing
class and society have no further use
for their services.
All really educated and honest men
realize and admit that a thorough or
ganization of the working people to
render employment and means of sub
sistence less precarious by securing
them an equitable share of the fruits.
of their labor, is tne most viuu ten
dency of our times. Without organi
zation of labor in our present indus
trial era of weaith concentration even
a fair .degree of industrial peace could
not be maintained, the wage-workers'
condition would bo forced down to the
lowest possible plane, their liberty
would be crushed, their manhood ana
intelligence stunted, and the intel
lectual, industrial, commercial and
political standing of our country annihilated.-.
In spite of strikes hero and there,
organized labor has established and is
establishing a greater . degree of unin
terrupted peace by agreement with
employers. Sucl. agreement implies
the organization of the working people
in factories, workshops or mills, for
an organized body of men can only
enter into an agreement with employ
ers and -faithfully abide by and carry
into execution the terms of such
nirrpflment when the worklngmen of
an employer, at least in any given J
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HARD FACTS
ABOUT CREAM SEPARATORS.
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The HARD FACTS which concern tho intending
purchaser of a cream separator whejLhcr for factory or
farm use are briefly these :
That a DK LAVAL Cream Separator is an much fiu
perior to imitating machines as such other separators arc
to gravity setting systcma.
That protecting patents mako and keep them so to
gether with far greater experionce and superior facilities
in every way for cream separator manufacture.
That every big and experienced user of cream separa
tors knows this and uses De Laval machines exclusively
botlTin factory and farm sizes.
That it is as foolish to-day to buy other than a De
Laval separator as it would be to buy an old-fashioned
reaper if an up-to-dato self-binding harvester could bo
had for the same money.
The De Laval Separator Co.
Randolph & Canal Stu.,
CHICAGO.
1213 fILBKHT THCT.
PHILADELPHIA.
Ik 11 DKUMM STWCCY,
AN FRANCISCO.
General Offices:
la I YwvrtLf 8juAr,
MONTREAL.
74- CORTLANDT STREET, 70 TORONTo!'"'
NEW YORK.
r MeDtftMOT Avuiur.
WINNIPEG.
plant, are all members of the union.
Tho so-called "open shop" makes
agreement with the employers imprac
tical if not impossible, for tho union
cannot be responsible for the non
unionists whoso conduct often ren
ders tho terms of an agreement inef
fective and nugatory.
The agreement or joint bargain of
organized labor with employers de
nends for its success not only upon
tho good will o the union and the i
employer toward each other, out mat
neither shall bo subject to the irre
sponsibility or lack of intelligence of
the non-unlonlst or his failure to act
In concert with and bear the equal
responsibility of the unionist.
Tho right of the non-unionist to
work when, where and for what ho
pleases, carries with It tho logical
right of tho unionist to work or re
fuse to work when, where and for
what he pleaseo and with whom be
pleases, , " ,
To a non-unionist, despite that
which his advocates say to him, can
not be attributed the virtue of helping
his .fellow-workmen or 'contributing
toward the establishment of more
rightful relations between working
men and their employers. No force
but that of persuasion ana" moral and
intelligent influence should be exercised-to
convert 'the non-unlonlst to
membership In our organizations, but
In is hurtful from every viewpoint and
to every enlightened interest to ad
vocate tho "oper shop." As the im
mortal Lincoln said, "This country
cannot long remain half free and half
slave," so say we, that any estab
lishment cannot long remain part un
ion and part non-union.
By appointment, a conference was
held with the president of the United
States for the purpose of discussing
important labor legislation. The
oight-hour bill wan considered at
length, tho president stating that his
mind had not changed on that form of
legislation since ho had favored it as
governor of Now York, and therefore
vas favorable to tho passage of tho
proposed act, "f(
On the anti-injunction bill, in re- Y
sronso to questions submitted, the
president replied that the subject
would have his most careful and
earnest attention. m
Other important questions affecting
legislation as per decision of last con
vention, were taken up, and on behalf
of the international bookbinders' un
ion, the Miller case was discussed. The
executive council brought to the pres
ident's attention the manner in which
his decision had been quoted and in
addition to tho relationship of Mr.
Miller to the bookbinders' union as
brought forth in the charges against
him, the "open shop" Idea was care
fully considered. Replying to state
ments on the subject, President Roose
velt set forth that In his decision ho
had nothing in mind but a strict com
pliance with -the federal statutes, in
cluding the civil service law, and that
he recognized a difference between
employment by the government cir
cumscribed by those laws and any
other form of emplovment, and that
his decision in the Miller case should
not be understood to have any other
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