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JEROME WON IT.
The Gentleman From Georgia
Picked the Persimmon.
Major Jerome Jones of Atlan
ta, Georgia, sah, and he picked
the American Federation of La
bor convention persimmon right
offn the tree, sah. That's just
what he done, sah. It wasn t no
body but Jerome that done it,
nohow. There were plenty of
people from other towns on the
spot with long poles, but when it
came to wielding the pole Majah
Jerome Jones had all the rest of
the bunch backed up against the
kitchen sink and gasping for
breath.
Clad in his Lew Dockstader
overcoat, and some other gar
ments, and a replica of the hat
worn by General John A. Gordon
tipped gracefully over his
srbrd ear, Majah Jones circu
lated and percolated through the
milling delegates a few times
and it was all off with the rest
of the ambrttious cities. Majah
Jones had the convention longing
for Atlanta as a hen longeth for
her chicks at eventide, or as a
hobo longs for a hand-out in the
early morning after an unsuccess-
night before. One or two dele
gates were a little obstreperous
at first, but after Majah Jones
had steered 'era up against a lit
tle something with green leaves
sticking up out of the center, and
promised them the real thing in
stead of an imitation, even the
most obstreperous yielded.
This is how it comes that At
lanta, Georgia, came to be select
ed as the place of holding the
1911 convention of the American
Federation o Labor.
HELP THEM OUT!
The Illinois Tradesman,Spring--field,
is advertising the Youth's
Companion. Get wise, Bro.
Woodmansee. We will catch you
advertising "Postum" and "scab"
clothing next if you don't watch
out.
A "SWEATED" INDUSTRY.
How Garment Workers Are Ex
plotted by Greedy Bosses.
Garment making is a "sweat
ed industry.
The garment worker does not
make a coat, or a vest, or a pair
of trousers pants, in . shop talk.
She only makes a very small part
of the garment.
She sews on the buttons, and
nothing else. Or she makes but
tonholes or faces the pockets; or
bastes, or stitches the under col
lar, or presses the armholes, or
raises the armholes.
There are six people engaged
in making the different parts of
the pockets. There are fifty-
eight persons working on one
coat. Each does one little thing,
and nothing . else. She has be
come a machine, or rather a small
cog in a machine.
Much of the work is "piece
work," L e., is paid by the piece,
Buttonholes on coats are from
1 1-2 to 3 cents, depending upon
whether the girl is a greenhorn
or an expert. If she is "green"
she only gets 1 1-2 cents. Getting
only so little, and being necessar
ily slow, she earns less than a
dollar a day. Breaking of but
tons, or even of thread, m fact,
every little accident, is "fined,"
and deducted from the wage at
the end of the week.
The workers are under "fore
men" or "forewomen," where pro
motion depends upon the amount
of work they get done and the
low labor cost of the garments
produced under their direction.
This induces speeding up. It
puts a premium upon fining the
employes. It makes the "fore
man a slave driver. Many of
the workers refuse to become
foremen, because of the inhuman
ity a good foreman must practice.
When a worker reaches a cer
tain speed gets to make a fair
wage she is put upon a weekly
wage.
The boss always wins always
has the advantage.
Much of the work is taken
"home," if the places in which
most of the strikers live can be
called home. One of the girls
told us of how, by working from
7 to 12 at night, she could make
63 cents, and that the extra light
only cost 3 cents.
There are eioht different na
tionalities employed in the Chi
cago shops. Most of the workers
cannot speak English. They are
poor when they arrive from Eur
ope. They are industrious, and
go to work at anything and any
price.
Thus they become the helpless
victims of a conscienceless,
greedy set of men, who exploit
them in a most shameless man
ner. The moral effect is deplorable.
Young men and women are
driven to vice and crime.
The American people must pro
tect these foreign waifs. We
owe it to them ; we owe it to hu
manity. We owe it to ourselves.
Chicago Daily Socialist.
HORSESHOE LUCK.
How Luck Was Given to the Lit
tle Otd Horshoe.
There is a legend that the devil
once asked St. Dunstn who was
noted for his skill in shoeing
horses to shoe his "single hoof."
Knowing who his customer was,
Dunstan tied him tightly to the
wall and proceeded with his job,
but purposely put the devil in so
much pain that he roared for
mercy. And it was not until he
promised that he would never
again enter a place where he saw
a horseshoer displayed that Dun
stan would release his captive.
This story in some measure ex
plains the almost universal be
lief that a horseshoe over the
doorway of a room or house will
bring fuck to the dweller therein.
St. Louis Mirror.
The trade unions of To-ci.o,
Ontario, have instituted for ihe
v.Vter months. a series of lectures
i:i 1he different unions along edu
cational Hn-. Every uni j i will
devcte an evt-nig each month to
discussioi of its trade.