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Boilermakers assistants in Ade
laide, Australia, are on strike for
8s. per day.
The Knights of Labor held a
convention in Washington, D. C,
recently, at which thirty-four del
egates were present.
The strike of the taxicab chauf
feurs in Xew York ended on De
cember 5. The men voted to ac
cept the proposal submitted by
the taxicab companies.
The recent convention of the
Building Trades Department of
the American Federation of La
bor suspended the Steam Fitters
and Carpenters unions.
The Barbers Union of San
Francisco has inaugurated an ag
itation for the adoption of the
Kansas law for the regulation of
.sanitary conditions in. barber
shops of California.
Fined $10,000 for violating the
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, the Im
perial Glass company has issued
a statement that it would reduce
the wages of its employes pro
portionately.
Fifty thousand garment work
ers and their sympathizers
marched in Chicago on Decem
ber 7 in the largest strike demon
stration made in that city . since
the teamsters and freight hand
lers' strike five years ago.
The Ministers Union of Sacra
mento, Cal.. is arranging an in
terchange of speakers between
the churches and the labor organ
izations, believing that mutual
advantage, instruction and gain
will be the result.
Oregon, by referendum vote,
has adopted the most radical
Employers' Liability law in the
country. It practically abol
ishes the "fellow-servant," as
sumed risk" and" "contributory
negligence" rules of the court.
Men and boys employed in Los
Angeles, Cal., by the Western
Union Telegraph and the Ameri
can District Telegraph companies
as strike-breakers, quit work oh
December 8 when their wages
were cut from $3 a day to 2 cents
a message.
A commissary system on a
large scale has been organized
by the Chicago Federation of La
bor, working m co-operation with
the Women's Trade Union
League, for the relief of the needy
among the striking garment
workers.
James A. Schofield, formerly
business agent of District 15 of
the International Association of
Machinists in Xew York City, is
suing the international officials
for $25,000 damages. The cause
of the action arises from alleged
slanderous remarks made by one
of the vice presidents.
Several cases involving a viola
tion of the Alien Contract Labor
laws were dismissed in the Fed
eral courts at San Francisco on
December 6, on the ground that
the government did not possess
sufficient evidence to warrant the
prosecution of the cases. The
complaints- were -filed- about ten
years ago and the witnesses have
disappeared.
STARTLING STATISTICS.
Awful Toll Er acted by Greed
From American Mother
hood. According to Census Director
Durand's anouncement, ' Fall
River, Mass.. !.?.3 the heaviest
death rate of cny city in the
United States nineteen deaths
per one thousand inhabitants, as
against fifteen deaths per one
thousand for the country as a
whole. This mtisually large
death rate is dii-?, the director
claims, "to an abnormal mortality
among Fall River children, caused
by the factory system. Greater
number of women are empIo3ed
during long hours . every day,
with the result that the children
of the tired mothers are handi
capped, many more of them dy
ing than would be the case under
different conditions.
It is hardly necessary to add
anything to this statistical argu
ment against the evils, of capital
ism. The first duty: the supreme
duty of government is the de
velopment of manhood and wo
manhood. The Citizen takes no delight in
exposing the evils of capitalism.
It much prefers commendation to
censure. But the public must be
made to see the horror, the awful
ness. of a system that not only
degrades manhood and woman
hood, but shortens and destroys
life itself.
There is but one remedy, and
that is Socialism constructive
democracy which would utilize
government - and industry and
everything protective and pro
ductive for the good of all the
people. Los Angeles Citizen.
ANOTHER POST SCHEME,
Battle Creek Food Found ryman
Caught Once More,
Some months ago. Charles -W.
Post, purveyor of predigested
preparations for pallid people
printed a glowing report from a
Michigan factory inspector,
showing according to the in-J
spector s figures that Post paid
the highest average, wages of any
similar institution in the state,.
etc, etc., ad lib and ad nauseumV
It made a fine showing for Post
and his products.
But- .
It has all been xplairied. The
factory inspector who made the
report has a son, and that son is
in the electrical appliance busi
ness. Post needed a report bol
stering up his claims. The fac
tory inspector's son needed a nice
contract for installing electrical
appliances. Post gave the son a
fat little contract. The son's
father gave Post a nice little
boost.
Wasn't it just too lovely? Now
it is disclosed that the factory in
spector arrived at his "average
wage" by including everybody
connected with the factory except
its officers. Managers, secre
taries, superintendents and ex
perts were all joined with the
underpaid women and girls, and
the result was a fine '"average
wage." Just like this : General
Manager Holdrege of the Bur
lington receives a wage of -$1S,-000
a year. The section hand re
ceives a wage of $350 a year. The
average wage of the two is $9,-
,175 a year. That's a mighty
good average. The trouble is
that the section hand misses the
average by $8,S25 a year. But
the average, mind you, is $0.1.5!
The factory- inspector who
made the report is now up against
an investigation into his official
actions, and the pretty little re
port that he cooked up in order to
land a fat contract for his son
has "been made to look silly in
the glare of publicity.
SHROPE IS FIFTY-FIVE.
Easton Unionist Passes the Half
Century Mark.
Marquis DeLafayette Shrope,
editor of the Easton, (Pa.,) Labor
Journal, celebrated his fifty-fifth
anniversahy on December 10. The
Wage worker acknowledges the
receipt of a handsome souvenir
of the occasion, the same being a
replica of the .Marquis' smiling
phiz and some verses that sound
really like poetry.- -
Here's hoping that Marquis
DeLafaj-ette Shrope will live at
least another half-century. His
like is all too scarce. He radiates
good nature and sheds trouble
like a duck sheds water. A quar
ter of a century ago he "pirated"
along the Missouri river and set
type alongside some of the old
"swifts' of those days. Now he
has long since settled down and
is making money so fast he has
to hire a cashier to add up the
day's receipts. All this is, of
course, cheering to the Marquis
and pleasant news to his friends.
Here's our hand, old boy. May
you send 'em for many a long
year to come, and may we be
here all the time to receive 'em.
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
The Typographical Union will
meet Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock, it being the first meeting
of the new year and on the first
day of the year. A large attend
ance is desired merely to set a
precedent for the remainder of
the year. One important item of
business is the selection of the
local's director upon the Labor
Temple - Association board.
The different mortar trades un
ions in Washington will hereaf
ter work in close harmony with
the State Federation of Labor, al
though not actually connected
with it. .A special legislative
committee will be kept at Olym
pia to work for industrial bills
along with representatives of the
State Federation of Labor.
Three daily papers in Streator,
111., were completely tied up in
consequence of the demands of
the typoeranhical artists. Afi the
allied, jtrades went out. ,
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relieves the soreness, soothes the irrita
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It is an ideal preparation for children
as it containes no harmful anodynes or
narcotics.
25c per bottle
RECTOR'S
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Office Hours I to 4 p. m.
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