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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-01-21
The Normal Schools.

The completion Of the building and the
opening Of the new normal school at SUI
perioF gives the state seven normal schools
OF high character and excellent equipment
The prosperity OF these schools. judged by
the attendance. must be very gratifying
70 every person interested in educational
matters. No state In the union offers bet
ter advantages to those who desire TO
equip themselves for the honorable profess
sion of teaching than does our own state.
nd this is shown by the fact that In ssch
one OF our normal schools there re meny
students from ether states. The needs Of
these schools In the way of appropriations
are well known. and am sure the high
standard and efficiency of the schools will
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-01-21

In conclusion. desire to earnestly urge
upon you the necessity for wisdom and
economy i'm the expenditure Of the public
funds. The history of every state shows
that in proportion as a wise economy IL
practiccd IN the expenditure OF the public
money is the administration of public AZ
fairs clean and efficient. Yet II should not
be forgotten that economy does rot
imply INADEQUATE provision for the aci al
needs Of public institutions.
1t is apparently the popular Judgment
that legislative sessions have been unnec-
essarily prolonged. The times are hard
and the people are in no humor for extrav-
agant or unnecessary expenditures. and I
pledge myself to cooperate In every possible
way with what / know will be your wish.
that the work before us be carried forward
with due dispatch and economy.
EDWARD SCCrI ED. j
Executive Chamber January IA 1897
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-11-19
Che Npprectatipe "UbanR lrou."

On every hand one hears of the neglect to say
thank you,' :" writes Edward w Box on " The Say
ing Of Thank YOU" in the November Ladies' Home
JournaI. "Iwonder sometimes if people really know
how little of what to them is their due and
right, and how much of what comes to them is by
favor and courtesy. The vast majority of things
which to come by pure favor, by courtesy.
And we should recognize this. No act of kindness.
however slight should go unnotced. thank you
is simple thing to say; it requires but few
ments to write it, but it often much; it means
every thing sometimes to the person receiving it. 1t
means renewed faith in human nature IN some
cases word of thanks is never lost never wasted
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-11-19

WITH desire to be perfectly fair to all concerned
we desire to state that informed by Mr.. Jo-
seph L. Levy that he Saturday last received tel
egram from Mr.. Joseph Salobes secretary of the
Bne Birth Endowment Board of this district, re-
questing him to say to the editor of THE JEWISH
SOUTH that there is now over $50, 900 in the Endow
ment Sinking Fund, and that full particulars would
follow by mail
This letter has been received and it gives genu-
ne satisfaction to state that the explanation con
tanned therein is all that could be desired.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-11-19

In THE death of Rev. DR.. Morals, of Philadelphia
Judaism the world over has suffered irreparable
loss He was the greatest living exponent of ortho
doxy in America and in this direction particularly will
his death be keenly felt Were there more rabbs in
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-11-19

THE ACME of y-deality has been reached. An es-
tee1ned contemporary begins local announcement
lyke thys "Mr. and Mrs. Iyke" Us there any thyng
more to be desyred?
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-11-19

FROM THE interest that has been awakened in the
Dreyfs in Paris it begins to look if justice is
at last to be done that officer. God grant it may be
shown, as has often been done, that it the Jew
who was sinned against, not he who sinned. Like
other people, the Jews have been guilty of many
crimes, but cannot find it in heart to believe
that treason is one of them.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-11-19
Deserve to 1Be Calico names.


Mr.. Hunt the name is orinous-writes the
following letter to the editor of the Portland Ore
American Hebrew News:
ITO the Editor.-Some Of our Jewish citizens have
taken exception to of the word Sheeny in the
Oregonian of the 28th October, which we think they
are not justified in doing. The term has become
common that no ought to feel offended unless
personal is made of it. The writer has many per-
sonal friends among the Jews of this and other cities,
and they among the last of his friends whom he
would offend in any way whatsoever. Those who
know him will not readily believe that he meant any
such offence, and those who do not know him should
proper Judgment before condemning him or the
company he represents. Thanking you for your kind
ness IN this matter,
HUNT HARDWARE COMPANY,
BY J. E. HUNT, President
In the same issue of the News in which the above
letter appears in black type, informed that
the editor Re- bbi Farber had left official business
for Spokane, Wash, and it is only this that
explain the EDITORS failure to pour out upon
this man " Hunt" the walls Of his righteous wrath.
The writer of the above only adds injury to insult,
and does not stop at the contemplate hypocri-
sy which he betrays in every word of his. We pity
those Jews who continue to be that firms friends"
after the explanation given. Jews who are 'tper-
sonal " friends of of this calibre do deserve to
be called names.-JeWish Voice.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-11-19

IT IS not given community to have many such
citizens the late Leopold Levy, and when such
one passes away the loss is indeed great AS in
dulgent father, loving husband, fearless soldier,
a merchant of integrity and upright citizen, he
measured fully to every standard of life. It was
such as he that Pope had in his minds eye when he
penned the words that will never die" An honest
mans the noblest work of Cod
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-11-19

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Subscription 81 per annum, in advance.
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The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-11-19
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

the pulpit like Dr. Morals there would be fewer he
then among the mass of the people.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

spiracy to deprive plaintiff Of its right
to manage its own business. If such
a thing was lawful then combination
may be organized for the purpose OF
preventing the use of type-setting ma
chimes, presses, harvesters, threshers
and other useful inventions.
Judging from past experiences we
have no doubt that majority OF our
United States courts would be found
favorable to the principle enunciated
in the Kansas City decision when they
are appealed to, which would render
the boycott rather dangerous weap-
on for labor to lean upon. We have one
consolation left, however. 1t would DO
utterly impossible to stretch the law
so as to restrict the use of the union
label, and an intelligent and more gen.
eral use of the union label will bring
about the same results as are sought
to be attained when the boycott Is re-
sorted to. Let it be a part On the oD-
ject o. our trade unions to 6thool It's
members in the effective use OF the
union label, then let the label be pun
into use by every craft where 1t Is
found possible.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31


A tale of babes perishing at their
mothers breasts, children going coat
less and barefoot in an Illinois Deem
Der, and women gathering their latter
ed garments across their knees to hide
nakedness was recited yesterday be-
William M. Brown of Spring Valley.
He is in Chicago to beg food and cast
of clothing for the families of the
striking miners. The minister went to
that city to secure cooperation from
his brethren to the Methodist Episco-
pal church. He was introduced to the
labor men by letter from Rev. Mr..
Carwardine of Pullman strike fame.
Mr.. Browns address was revelation
to members of the labor council, al
though that body has been interested
enough in previous appeals to make
liberal distributions of food and cloth
ing among their starving fellow labor
ers. 81 can hardly picture to you the
extent and acuteness of the suffering
in the region where my church has re-
Gently asked me to make my home"
Mr. Brown said. II had no conception
of it before going there. One would
hardly believe that in our land such
things could be possible. But is it to
be wondered at where men can earn
only an average of So cents a day?
That is the wage under the present
coal-mining schedule. and not some
thing like 81 a day, as advertised.
Finding it impossible to support life
on this pay, they decided it was as
we'll to starve in idleness as while do
ing exhausting labor; that they might
as well die in the sunlight as below
ground, standing for their liberty in
preference to bending beneath OPP
time when the nation was singing of
liberty. l cannot tell you of the OPP
preston and tyranny Of the four great
companies making this Ubiquitous
stand for corporate greed. The Braid
wood, White Breast, La Sale and
Spring Valley companies stayed away
from the meeting called at Springfield
to adjust the scale. They have refused
to pay the scale up to this date. They
have used every threat to drive men
back to work at the old scale. These
four companies well know that If they
can break the scale they can crush the
smaller companies, and with them the
poor laborers. They know full we'll
the price of the fight to the poor wo-
men and children. They are willing
human beings should die to further
their monopoly. One manager has
boosted, After these fellows freeze and
starve while longer guess they will
come to my terms This is the kind
of prosperity that was promised.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

An opinion has been handed down
IN the United States court of appeals
at st. Louis Judge Caldwell dissent
ing), holding that the boycott is not
a legal weapon. The case in question
is that of the Oxley Stave Company
of Kansas City, Kan, versus H. c. Has
kins and twelve others, all members
of Coopers Union No. 8 of Kansas City
and the Trades Assembly of the same
place. Some of them were employed
by the Oxley Stave Company. In 1896
the stave company placed in their
plant a machine to hoop barrels. The
defendants, after requesting the COM
pany to remove the machine, and, hav-
ing their request refused, caused a
boycott. The company went to the
United States district court and Sc
cured an injunction against the de-
PENDANTS restraining them from push
ing the boycott. The defendants APP
pealed to the United States court of
aDpcels. which now affirms the decision
Of the lower court. Judges Sanborn
and Thayer, in doing so, said that the
defcadsats had % right to form con-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

Perhaps the most successful expe-
riment in city ownership and operation
of a lighting plant, says the Chicago
News, is furnished by Wheeling, w.
Va, which supplies itself with elec-
tire light at about $50 per lamp, while
its gas plant has been paid for out
of the profits of its operation without
levying a dollar upon the people, It's
gas plant yields an annual income to
the city of about $25, 900, gives the cit
liens gas at rs cents, and last year
the city used $4,000 worth of gas in its
public buildings, for which it paid
nothing.
Where public franchises are operated
honestly and economically, as at
Wheeling, they have been marked sue
cesses, and even where not operated
so carefully and we'll they have in
most cases given satisfaction to the
people. The mere fact that a venal
council has disposed, or tried to dis
pose, of the city's gas plant in Philadel-
phia is but an incident, though 8 re-
grettable one.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31
Testing an Eight-Hour Law.

A case of great Importance has just
been deliberately argued before the
United States Supreme court. The
question involved is the power OF a
state legislature to pass law liking
the duration of the workday for adults
and making it punishable offense
for an employer to hire man to Ia
Dor more than the prescribed number
of hours. The case has been appealed
from the supreme court of Utah, which
sustained the constitutionality of the
Utah eight-hour law for miners engag-
ed in work in underground mines.
The facts are as follows: An oper'
atOr named Holden was convicted for
employing a miner for tel, hours
day, contrary to the eight-hour law,
and sentenced to pay fine and serve
fifty-seven days in Jail. Holden, ad-
hitting the facts alleged, had pleaded
not guilty-first, because the miner
had voluntarily entered into the con-
tract for the services in question; Sec
Ouu, DCCduSt Tile Sldtutc was iNP"oNS
to the constitution of the United
States in that it deprived employer ana
employee Of the right to contract for a
lawful purpose; third, because tho
statute was class legislation; and
fourth, because it deprived the defend
ant of his property anSliberty, without
due process of law.
1t is plain that these exceptions are
those which would naturally be raised
in any state of the Union against a
law restricting the hours of adult Ia
Dor. But the familiarity Of the objec-
tions does not detract from their
strength and validity. The supreme
court of Utah, however, upheld the law
and denied petition for writ of ha-
beas corpus. 1t looked upon the eight
hour law as a proper exercise of the
police power of the state in protecting
life, health and morals. AS this Is the
first American case in which supreme
court has sustained law interfering
with the rights of adults to make con-
tracts for labor great interest attaches
to the proceedings in the federal court
The decision will turn on fundamental
principles of constitutional construc-
ton and will constitute landmark in
a,... ond ;udio;aI history
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

About a year ago one of our local
unions reported that the members
were nearly all out of employment and
that those who were working were on
a limit and that the town was over
run with non-union cigars and that
they were thinking of returning the
charter. We advised them to hold on
to the charter and to appoint live, en-
ergetic label committee. We have
Just received letter from the same un-
ion saying that all members are work.
ing, and on full time, and that they
are now negotiating with the last and
only non-union shop in town, with
good prospects of its coming into the
union at an early date.-Cigar Makers
Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

The only legitimate cure for the dis
tress of the unemployed is short
ening of the hours Of labor. Paying
a man for doing nothing is against
reason, besides encouraging Incidence
and fraud. Devote your out-of-worli
fund to making situations, where the
employers will furnish wages for la
Dor furnished by the now unemployed.
Eoualize the opportunities for employ
ment. and then if any will not work,
neither shall he eat.-Typographical
Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

The rosary consists OF ninety beads
and a distinct ejaculation Is appro-
priated to each as it passes between
the fingers. Each ejaculation general
ly consists of two words and declares
a name or attribute of God. Almost
all moslems in the upper and middle
ranks of life carry in their pockets or
bosoms string of beads for this pur-
pose, which they use not only on the
occasion l am describing, but while
sitting and smoking their pipes, walk
ing in the streets or even while en-
gagged in conversation.
When a moslem has gone over his
beads at the regular time of prayer he
folds his hands and then, holding
them up open, as if to receive some
thing from above, he prays for such
blessings as he desires for himself or
his household. When this is concluded
he strokes his beard with his right
hand and says: Praise be to God!'
This concludes the whole.-The Mind.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31
A PRAYER.

Protect me, Lord, from these Thy
saints, the sanctimonious few;
Oh! save me from their clutches when
my mortgages become due.
Oh! put me not into the hands Of these
the men of woe.
Who call the earth vale of tears"
and strive to make it so.
Oh! guard me from the blue-nosed
good who lend at cent per cent,
And take thousand dollar lien for
ninety dollars lent.
Make me, instead, the debtor of some
man with human taints;
At any rate, protect me, Lord, from
these Thy modern saints.
Ellis Parker Butler in Puck.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

ever, are protected in their thieving in
every possible way, and when one Of
them is convicted he soon secures a
pardon, and then those in high places
preach the doctrine that all are equal
before the law. In China, It is said
that when bank fails the officers Of
the institution are beheaded, and there
has not been bank failure in that
country for hundred years. Thas
plan should be adopted in this coun-
try.-Silverton Standard.
suit is the same. The bankers, how
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31
Homes for the Homeless.
Homes for the homeless!
Our nrayers still ariSei

Homes for the homeless!
Our prayers still arise!
Justice is faithful,
And truth never dies.
Roses for nettles.
And plenty for dearth;
Homes for the homeless,
On Gods free earth.
Homes for the orphan
The widow forlorn;
Homes for the exile
Where'er he was born.
Give us, o country!
Our right to the soil;
Earth shall be gladstone
With generous toll.
Homes for the homeless,
Who famish for bread
Earth for the living,
And earth for the dead.
Give us our birthright,
o tyrannous gold!
The Land is our Charter
1t shall not be sold.
A. J. H. DUGANNB
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

Informed Englishmen admit that
this country excels England in tho
cheapness of iron and steel manufac}
turing and that the south has superior
advantages over all other sections. The
south contains about 40 per cent. of the
total coal area Of this country, and in
less than two decades has increased its
coal output from IA to "a per cant. oil
the total production of American
mines. The coal and iron industries
of the south need no tariff protection
Demand from outside markets will bs
worth more to them than all the tar.
ifs that can be levied.-Knoxvills'
(Tenns.HTc'.bags
AHGClQA SpQlnS.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

The Republican party advocates two
measures: A'high protective tariff 20
keep European products out Of the
country. A gold standard, so that
we will have money good in Europe.
Now, will some brainy Republican
please harmonic these two PROPOSE
lions of Republicanism? For what
purpose do we need money that is
good in Europe il we intend to have
a policy that will not let the Europeans
ship their goods into this country
Mound City (Kan.) Standard.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

In the Forth bridge there is a hori-
zontal pull of 10000 tons on the chief
spans, and weight of 100000 tons on
their bases. Half dozen British iron.
clads might be hung upon them tsi;h
out causing any undue strain.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31


home"
England hath sunny dales, dearly they
bloom
Scotia hath heather-hlls, sweet their
perfume
Yet through the wilderness cheerful we
stray,
Native land, native land-home far
away!
pilgrims and wanderers, hither we
come;
Where the free dare to be-ths is our
home.''
Dim grew the forest-path: onward they
Firm beat their noble hearts, trusting in
God.
Gray men and blooming maids, high rose
their song
Hear 1t sweep, clear and deep, ever
along:
pilgrims and wanderers, hither we
come;
Where the free dare to be-this is our
home
Not theirs the glory-wreath, torn by the
blast;
Heavenward their holy steps, heavenward
they pass,
Green be their messy graves. ours be
their fame
While their song peals along, ever the
same.
pilgrims and wanderers. hither We
come
Where the free dar etc be-this is our
homer
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31
Keep 1t Before the Poop.

There can be no vested rights
against human rights. Abraham Lin.
coin
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31

Squeeze the water out or that dol
lar. and make it come down to par
ity" with labor and products.-Brad
ford Qll.) Silver Star.
Dollar wheat seems farther away
than ever Mckinley prosperity came
too soon and was too short-lived and
spotted to help the Republican party
when it will need help.-Star and
Kansan.
Taking the government out Of the
control and beyond the reach Of The
people is what the friends and advo-
Gates of trusts and monopolies call
taking questions out of politics.
Columbus Post.
The right of ownership is inherent
in the producer. The creation of any
thing certainly entities the creator to
the use thereof But if this principle
was applied to our social system how
hungry and homeless and naked orr
millionaires would be.-Topeka Daily
CO-operator.
Government by injunction Is legal
ICED despotism stealing the robes Of
liberty in order that it may destroy
the spirit of freedom. Americans
should remember that eternal vigil
ance is the price of liberty.
Events.
AS partner of bank presidents who
have wrecked banks and robbed the
people of their money, Mckinley Is
making a record. He ought to turn
his attention to the burglars, train
robbers and others who are serving
sentences for other forms of robbery
and pardon them. While the method
of the latter is little different from
that pursued by the bankers, the re-
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31
VERSE FOR THE TIMES.
MY UNCLE, THE MUGWUMP.

MY UNCLE, THE MUGWUMP.
MY uncle keeps a money shop,
(Not so low as your "three balls)
He takes president in pop
And senators he puts" and "calls.
He is as slippery man,
AS ever lodged a public slump,
He's neither black, nor white, nor tan
But simply a MUGWUMP.
My uncle knows his way up to
The royal presence needing loans,
With money sweat from me and you
He props some guilty blood-stained
thrones.
And then: may Greece or Crete be
free?
Nay! his crowned debtors that would
stump,
So peoples, by captivity,
Must pay the wise MUGWUMP.
Peter E. Burrowes.
WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?
Vote and the plute votes with you;
Repent and you grieve alone.
You voted for Mack -
TITS nut you must crack,
Mark Hanna's gold brick is a-rock
James Fitzgerald, in X. of L. Jour-
nal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-12-31
WILL NOT LAST ALWAYS.

WILL NOI LAST ALW AIS.
Since the slowly moving cycles Of The
nations first began,
Has the world been crushed and sad
dened by the selfishness of man 4;
And the student of the People can but
count his saying true,
That the many toll and struggle for the
pleasure of the few.
Yet, o Freedom !-labor's birthright--
not for aye shalt thou be sold
For the scanty mess of pottage granted
by the power Of gold.
10! brighter day is dawning; on
tow'rd vast reforms we range,
In the worlds deep heart is throb-
bling presage of a wondrous
change.
ROCKEFELLER' HYMN OF TRUST.
Deep in Earth's mother-bosom
The Father gave to Man,
Are oily wells Of treasure
Earth-held since Earth began.
Unnumbered homes of darkness
Shall of His bounty take,
Whereof to brighten leisure
And light of darkness make.
Unnumbered wheels shall answer
The mandate of its flame.
To do the work of mankind
And lessen Labor's claim.
l seize this hidden treasure.
Earth's mother-breast is mine,
II there be tithes or taxes
Let labor pay the fine.
The keys of Mankind's storehouse
Into my hands are thrust
BY their own God of Justice,
And in His name we trust
Virginia M. Butterfield.