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The Calloused Hands.
"Whatsoever thy hand filHlcth to do , do
' . It with thy mlght.-Ecelcslulltes , ix 10
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"I \ Now some write books oC empty words ,
And some weave fanclcs Into wng-
But hI who tolls among the Iherds.
Barehanded , amonf fate . and strong ,
And clears the place where shall al'lso
The structure that shall long endure ,
Though he be counted far from wise
; Ills portion oC reward III sure
Spine , with , the brush and many hues : ,
Make llcfurel that men rush to sce-
let there arc no more worthy views
b Than those where many workmen be , .
Where chlel : 1 rings against the stone
And hammer clangs upon the steel
For ; peasant's hut or 1110nurch'l'1 throne :
The fingermnrl oC toll re\'ol\l. :
Words writ In Ink grow dint and fade ,
' The canvas turns to dust In lime ,
But structures which bare hands have
made
Last through the ccnturl,11 sublime : ) :
The bridge , the temple , and the street ,
: rho castle wall und city gate
Tell at men braving cold and heat ,
Of hand that bullded high and SI'eat.
Clear In the harmony or liCe .
i"J There III one chord that rings alone
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1 And which with surging strength Is rlfo-
The hum ot toll Is III Its tone ,
p The Bounds ot tl.PJIR that blend and blur
In harmony from all the lands ,
: 'fhe hymn ot the nrtlficel'
, , ; „ The world owes much to calloused
hands
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- NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD. i
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: . . Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
The high dues system has become
permanent and the organization has
been successful.
" The Chicago Federation of Labor
, . decided to call oft Its proposed convention . . .
vcntton at Victor , Colo.
Under the caption "Organization Is
Progress ; the Boot aid Shoe Work-
ers' Union Journal says :
Just 635 credentials have already
been received for the Journeymen
Barbors' convention , which will he
, " ' held at Louisville , Ky. , beginning October -
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tober 4.
Twelve men visited the home of
G. N. Hooten of Anaconda , Colo" , and
deported him over the hills toward
Canon City. He Is charged with come
p1lr.lty in the Victor rioting of June 6.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers Is agitating the abolition of or
R. change In the present system of
mail cranes A number of engineers
have been struck and killed recently
by the device
In Washington the old war between
, the Federation of Musicians and the
Marine Band has broken out afresh.
Union bands refused to march with
government bands In a parade of vol-
: untecr firemen.
In the daily consular reports Issued
by the Department of Commerce and
r . Labor , James A Le Roy , United
States consul at Durango , Mexico , has
" this to say concerning the Immigration .
tion of Mexican laborers to the United
States :
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Word comes from England that Pe-
ter Curran , the well known English
t labor leader , who represented the
British Trade Union Congress In the
J A. F. of L. , as a fraternal delegate ,
; , some years ago , will be present at
: the International peace conference
f- a which will convene In Boston In Oct -
t tober.
. . When the high dues system was
adopted the omcers realized that the
membership might attempt to force
t the old plan of paying ten cents a
; ( week , and they had a clause Inserted
In the constitution that reads : ult
4 1. . shall forever be unconstitutional to
, , . seek to reduce the amount of dues as
. provided In this section. "
international President Larger of
the United Garment Workers , In his
recommendations to the annual cone
vel.tlon of that union at Buffalo , dc-
t dared for a big defense funel One
proposition Is to increase the per cap
. Ita tax to 15 cents , with special assessments .
[ sessments until the reserve fund Is
' built up to say , $200,000.
' " William J. Merrlc1 , a Beverly man ;
\ was re.electetJ International president
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of the United Association or Plumb !
ors , Ins and Steam Fitters and Helpers ' .
ers nt their recent convention. The
re , was by ucclnmatlon. John
H. Alpine of Boston Gas hitters , Fixture .
ture Fitters , and HungerH' union wus
elected sixth vice president.
Judge Adams or Chicago lias.declar-
ed that tile "cIOlJecl" : shop If ! illegal
and criminal : hut , aR the monthly review .
view of the National Civic Federation
puts It , the ju go's declaration wn'1
not a decision , but a dictum , and the
consensu of ollinion of able memo
hers of the bar Is that It stands ihe
test neither oC law nor oC logic
The Boot and Shoe WorliCrs' International -
national union was formed in J 889
out of a number , of local unions ,
mostly confined to the New England
states. For years It made little prog
ress , and In 189G an amalgamation
was brought about between It and the
Lastors' Protectlvo union , which was
formed at Lynn , 1\Iass. , In 189.
The labor movement must bo kept
pure or It will prove a curse Instead
of a blessing to the WOJ'ICI'S If a
limb of the human body ; ; becomes diseased .
eased it must either , be cured or amputated .
putatedIf a labor union falls under
the influence of bad men It must be
liberated OJ' It will to some extent
cause great damage to the whole
moement.
International Association of 1\Iachln.
late and the International Association
of Allied Metal Trades l\Iachlnlbts
have amalgamated. The amalgamation .
tlon will become effective Oct 31. The
new organization will be known as
the National Association of Machinists .
Ists , and It will have a membership of
100,000 , malting It the second largest
body of union men of a. single craft In
the United States
Time membership oC the combined
organizations at the time oC the amalgamation -
gamation was about 12,000 , but In the
next few years It dropped , until , In
1899 , there were fewer than 9,000
members In the international organi-
zation At the convention helll that
year the officers practically forced the
high dues system on the membership ,
: old since that time the rise has been
rapid. At the present tine the membership -
bership Is over 30,000
The Church Association for Advancement .
"ancement of Interesfs of Labor
! : ; ; rejoices -
Joices over the progress made by the
Boston chapter In Its early closing
cI'usalle. According to Hammer and
Pen , official organ of C. A I. 1.uDor. .
chester and Roxbmy grocery ' stores
begin this month to close at J 0 o'clock
on Saturday nlghtfl It Is a good beginning '
nlng and we hope for future reduction .
tlon of hoUl's Surely ' no class needs
help more than the grocer clei-Its. "
We should say so , when the right to
quit work at 10 o'cloclt at night Is
cause for congmtulations.
"Doubtless there has been at least
some exaggeration In all this talk
about a great exodus of Mexican
laborers , as well Hi In the taU about
their returning to the border starving
and relating stories of abuse and failure -
m'e to keep contracts There has
been , however , n considerable move-
ment of Mexican laborers to the
United States this rear : and it seems
to have been related to the shortage
or laborers In some Southern colton
fields , owing to the emigration northward .
ward of negro laborers If such a
movement should spread seriouslY
throughout Mexico It woulll create a
great embarrassment In some dis-
tricts. "
I "A little feature or he I Typographical -
cal Union's International convention
at St Louis deserves more notice than
It has yet had It was proposed to
adopt a resolution warning the members -
bel's of the union not to enlist In the
militia Any man with good , red blood
In his veins would have been delighted
to see the way the labor men treated
tIle resolUtion. ' l'hyy did not simply
vote It down They jumped on It ,
metaphorically , with hobnailed hoots.
They said that memhOl'lIhl1l In n labor
union was no reason why any labor
man should be unwilling to be ready
to defend his state , his country OJ' his
Slag from enemies at home 01' abroad ,
'I'ho Typographical lotions of this
country are made up largely or men
who think for themselves : and In this
matter they thought Wee' true Anmrri-
cans , " says the St. l.ouls star.
" The press of Mexico has been cone
sldeJ'l\bl occupied for some weeks
past with reports and comments upon
what consider ' ' extensive
they n very
and 1\ very deplorable tendency among
Mexican laborers to emigrate to the
United States. According to reports ,
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, 'c'-"n hhor'rs lave : been crowding
ll.e border cities en route to the cotton .
ton fields of Texas , Oklahoma , sand
even Louisiana and Mlaslsslppl. It Is
also reported that many , disgusted
with their treatment , are l'eturnLl1g ,
Hslllualoned by failure to receive the
high JUlY promised to thom. ( Some of
the periodicals severely cl'ltlclso the
ranch owners and mine owners or time
country , the former or whom , they
state , keep their laborers In the old
condition of peonage as far as possible .
sllJle , holding debts over them and
paying the smallest possible wages ,
without taking Into account the now
conditions which have arisen In Mexi-
co , while the mlno owners arts taxed
with not taking adequate measures for
the safety of their workmen and with
absorbing the major portion of the
wages paid to them In profits of the
company stores , which arc generally
operated } I\t every camp of any size ,
tickets on them being given the worlt.
men as llay
'rhe call for the tweuh'-scconll ;
nual convention of the Illinois State
Federation of Labor has ] just been Issued .
sued by President Barney Cohen and
Secretary James F. 1\Iorris The comm
ventlon will he held In Aurora , beginning ,
ginning Tuesday , October 11 , at 10 (
o'clocl The Call Is , In part , as fol
lows :
"The Illinois State Federation 01
Labor Is a deliberate body , calculated
to benefit the trades unionists and the I ,
working class ot the state In the way
or legislation , agitating for union
labels , pushing boycotts , nnd the gen
crab advancement of trade unions In
our state. In view of the work performed .
formed by the Illinois State 'Fertern'
tlon of Labor through ! Its legllllatlve
committee In torcing ( the enactment or
various laws for the benefit of the
wageworkers and the people In gene
oral , and while n great deal was acts
compllshel1 at the last session of the
legislature there still remains a great
deal to do Realizing further that timework .
work can be more thoroughly done
hud ; with , greater case when backed
up both morally and financially ) by
every organized body In the state ,
therefore I wish to call your attention
to the necessity of your union atfillat-
lug with the State Fedel'utlon of
Labor and be represented at our next
state convention to be held at Aurora ,
If possible , and In that way help to
bring about the changes and.l'efOJ'JI1s
most needed It Is not necessary for
me to tell you how essential It Is for
YOU ! ' union to be uffillule , for us you
all know , better organization means
better conditions , and we cannot he
too thoroughly ! organlzell Therefore ,
1 that ' ' willOat
hop your organization will at
your earliest convenience lrecome , n
part - of the Illinois State Federation or
Labor and bc 11 power to battle for the
rights of working men and women.
"Jivery : trade union In the state that
Is desirous of complete organization of
labor In every city In the state should
he represented with a full quota of
1elegates. It IH as essentIal for a
trade union to affiliate with the tate
federation UR It Is to affiliate wltll 1\ I I
central hodr The federation Is endeavoring .
def.\'orlng 10 do in the state what your
central body III doing In the city.
Therefore , the Importance of this convention -
venllon should not be lost sight of
As It 16 expected that this convention
will be the largest ever held , let every
live and energetic union be rcpro'
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ented. " .
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Every housekeeper IIlIould know
that If they will ) bUY Defiance Cold
Water ; Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time , because It
never sticks to the Iron / , but because
each lUclmgo ] contains 16 oZ.-ono Cull
Jlol\UlI-whlle all othel' Cold Water
Stlll'cho5J'O put up In 4.IO\mll ) packages .
ages , tend time price Iii the same , 10
cents. 'l'hon again because Defiance
Starch Is CI'eQ from all Injurious chem-
Iculs. It your grocer tries to Bell you a
22,07. , package Jl III because ho has
a stock on hand which ho wishes to
dispose of before ho puts } In Dofinnco.
Ho knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package In large letters -
ter and IIguros " 16 OZ8 , " Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and time annoyance of the Iron
lUcking. Deflanco never sticks
Football Games Aid Detective.
The Australian detectives find foot-
ball usoful. Criminals will hldo six
days In the week : but they have to
come out on Saturday to Bee trio football .
ball game , and Ta police are on han .
More Flexible and Lasting ,
wou't shake out 01' blow out : by using
Defilluce Starch you obtain bettor 1'0'
anita than possible with any oUtel
brand and onc-thh'c1 more for sane
money .
Real Leaders of Men.
Men of genuine excellence In every
station of lICe-mon of Industry , ot ins
grltr t : , of high principle , or sterling
ttOlesty ! of purp08c-commnnd the
spontaneous homage of man1dnd It
is natural to believe In such men , to
have confidence In them and to lint'
tate thel11. AU that Is good In thus
world 18 upheld by thom , and without
their presence In It the world would
not be worth living In-Samuel
, Smiles.
Catch Words fir Phraau.
If you desire to get rich Quickly , invent "
vent catch-w rds or phrases that will
grip the attention of the public. Big
sums are paid for the right article.
The Inventor or n word now used for a
rand l of crackers 'Is said to have roe ,
celve $5,000 for it. Manufacturers of
various things from soap to nuts have
flUid nearly ns high. A railroad company "
J1au gave $100 , . to 0 : girl who , suggest
ell a name for one of its fast trains.
Tribute to a Dutch Smoker.
To pay due reverence to the memory
ory of nn ardent smoker named 0:1 : :
clersmans , who had cUed In Rotterdam ,
all his old cronies came to the funeral
smoking long cloy pipes. Ondersmans
left n Hum of money to pay time eX'
lerl8es or a yearly smoking concert to
keep his memory green
SOlUe men go , through like pretty
much as a dorg with a chain to his
collar and n woman yanking at the
business end.
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Men who expect to die like dogs are
likely to live like dogs
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WHAT'S THE USE
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To Keep a "Coffee Complexion. "
A lady says : "PostmD has helped
my complexion so much that my
friends say I am growing young again :
My complexion used to be coffee colored .
ored , muddy and yellow burr it Is now
clear and rosy UII when I was IL 111'1.
I was induced to try PostUIJI by a
fdenct who had suffered just 6S I had
suffered from terrible indigestion , pnl- )
ptnUon ! of the heart and sinking
H)1ells.
"Arter' I hud used Postum a week A
I wan so much better that I was
afraid It would not last. Dut now
two years have passed and 1 am a
well 'oman I owe it I all to leaving
'ff coffee and drinking PORtum bits
vlaco
"I had drank coffee all my 1If' ? . I
suspected } that It was the cause of my
trouble , but It was not until I actually
limit coffee and started to try POF.tum
that I became certain : then nil my
troubles ceased and I am now well
and strong again. " Name furnished
by Postum Co" , Battle Creek , Mich.
'There's reason. .
Look In each package for n Call or
the famous little book , "Tho Road to
WelhUle.