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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-10-18


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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29
Paroxysms of Repentance.

Pious John Wanamaker lost
his temper a while ago and
spoke right out in meeting"
John is very much Disguised
with the way the administra-
ton is trifling with Dame
Prosperity. And he has lots
of sympathy. There are mil
lions of republican voters who
are lying awake these nights
wearing out their consciences
in kicking themselves for their
idiocy last fall. Of course,
John thinks it's the tariff, but
out west here his fellow suffer-
ers know better. How they
must appreciate the closing
stanzas Of Bret Harte's parody
on Maud Mueller: ~
If, of all the words of tongue and
pen,
The saddest are ut might have
BEEN" "
More sad are these we daily see:
1T is, but hadn't ought to be-"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

To the man up a tree it looks
like mighty poor financiering
on the part of the council to
reduce the circus license to
$3.50 in order to entice the
Barnum aggregation this way.
II may he true that the city
will be $3.50 ahead; but it will
be equally true that many,
many times that amount of
money will go out of the city
that is sorely needed to sustain
what little industrial life is
still in existence. Penny wise
and pound foolish ...-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

The coming convention of
the A. r. u, which convenes
in Chicago, June 10, will mark
a new era in the reform move
ment. It will bring there the
brains of the country; some Of
our brightest intellects are ex-
posted to address the conven-
ton. Among them will be,
besides Mr.. Debs and his faith
full followers, Edward Bellamy,
B. Fay Mills, Herbert Casson
and Henry D. Lloyd. These
men are taking active interest
n Debs' cooperative move
emit.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

Debs's proposed cooperative
scheme is the first CLEAN of
common sense in an almost
hopeless agitation. The work
of agitating, of warning, Of
searching for the cause of ex-
listing evils has been done
it has been done thoroughly,
and there are few men left with
my capacity of understanding
that do not have pretty good
;dea of the desperateness of
resent conditions and the
e1essness of present meth
This being true the thing
,dful, the only thing proper,
practical demonstration of
at the different methods pro-
ed can accomplish. The
>usands, then, who believe
the efficacy of the coopera-
We commonwealth" can fur
j. e: no way 50
ing out
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

The imprisonment Of Broker
Chapman for refusing to
answer the questions of the
senate committee, because it
might be injurious to the mem
bers Of the sugar trust, adds
another roaring farce to the
long list that mocks justice in
the United States. Mr.. Chap
man has deliberately insulted
the highest court of the land
and shielded the big monopo-
lists from Justice. He has
thwarted the attempt Of con-
gress to turn the light of in
vestigation upon the methods
of trusts and snapped his
fingers IN the face of the
American people. What is the
result? He is sent to jail for a
r
few days. And such a going
Jail! The warden calls for him
with private carriage. Two
pleasant cells are reserved for
him. One is elegantly fur
nished as a bedroom and the
other for a sitting and reception
room. There are rugs, tables,
chiffoniers and easy chairs.
The chef of a neigh boring hotel
prepares soups and fancy
dishes for him, and a private
waiter serves them. He re-
ceives friends and callers.
How different would have been
the story had Mr.. Chapman
been a working man who stole
bread to keep his wife and
children from starving. How
different from that of the rag
ged, starving workingmen sent
up OH the hill t1~ f"r
no OF
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

Men who have not been many
years in the label movement do
not appreciate how difficult it is
to educate the otherwise most
earnest union man up to a
proper alertness in avoiding
unfair goods It is not enough
that a few public announce
ments be made of a products
unfairness. The agitation must
be persistent and practical.
Nor should we expect too much
of the new union man. He
has big job in hand. Not
only is the list of unfair prod
@ucts one Of great length and va.
riety, but it is extremely diff
cult to acquire the habit, every
time one buys something, of
looking for a label with the
same unconscious unconcern
that, at the table, ones mouth
flies open every time ones ell
bow bends. When we expect
that much we expect too much.
This, however, does not excuse
n-observance of the label. It
merely emphasizes the neces-
sity of more systematic and en-
ergetic work. p.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

In another column we pub
1ish extracts from a speech of
President Boyce of the Western
Federation of Miners. It was
endorsed by the convention.
The plutocratic press sets up a
great howl because Mr.. Boyce
advises workingmen to be
governed by a certain section
of the constitution of the
United States; that is, to own
arms of defence.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

The Herald has a new assist
ant editor. This latest addition
to it's staff only weighs nine
pounds, and for the next few
months, at least, it will require
a special. attachment to the
linotypes to handle his copy.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

The Western Federation of
Miners, it is said, will join
Debs' new cooperative move
ment. The miners will also
fight for government owner
ship of the mines.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

w. J. Bryan has been en-
gagged to speak in New York
city on Labor Day, September
6, and the unions in that city
propose to Guido any previous
effort.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

The senate voted to appro-
pirate $4,000 to aid the
Cubans. What is it doing
toward giving relief to the
destitute starving Americans?
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

is a pleasure to read of the
* done by the Western
federation of Miners at their
convention held at Salt Lake.
They have set a pace, let other
labor organizations follow.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

The American Railway Union
has received flattering offers
from North Carolina Texas,
Utah and Washington to start
the cooperative common
wealth.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29

printers, c1garmakers, electri-
cal workers, etc., have stuff erred
no reduction?
3-That wages depend on
previous savings.
This is the wage-fund theory.
An exploded hypothesis that
belongs with the geocen trio
system in astronomy, the doc
trine that the earth is flat in
geography; chattel slavery in
the science of government, and
the old stage coach in rapid
transit. Labor is paid from it's
product, not from any accumu-
lated wage fund. Rarely in
deed is it that an employe on a
city contract gets his pay until
the city council has allowed an
estimate. The clerk at the end
of the week is paid from the re-
ceipts for the goods he has sold;
and the pay of the railroad en-
p1oye comes from the freight
for the goods he has helped
transport during the previous
month. "a. ,.
Increase in wages comes al
ways from one of two sources:
Q)-From a lessening of the
excessive profits obtained by
employers through their power
to control prices
(2)-When there is no excess
i've margin of profits from
which to pay higher wages,
form increased selling price.
In the former higher wages
result from compelling the en-
ployer to share with his en-
ploye profits they together
have created. In the latter they
result from readjustment of
prices and come out of the
pockets of the public. Not
only can this readjustment
maintain itself, but it can work
no wrong, not even to the pub
lie that pays the higher prices,
so long as the increase finds its
way into the pockets of the
workingmen. For higher
wages result in increased pur-
chasing capacity and stimu-
Late. consumption equally.
with production and thus sus-.
tain prices. Production stops
not because the demands OF la
Dor deprive capital of its re-
ward, but because the poverty
Of labor deprives enterprise of
profitable customers.
REIMBURSEMENT of prices are
continually being made by
trusts, but the increased pro-
ceeds are not distributed.
Workingmen are not hoarders.
What falls into their hands
passes into the channels of
trade ard increases CONNER
cial activity. This is assumed
to be a fault. It is not from an
economic point of view, nor
from any other, unless spent
harmfully.
IF the wage fund were con-
strued to mean the difference
between the cost of production,
other than wages, and the sell
ing price, it would have a sci
entifc existence. But then, if
properly distributed, as wages
rose purchasing ability would
increase also, and increased
prices would not limit con-
sumption. But if that were
true the limitations of the
wage fund on wages, as as
serted i'll the extract quoted
last week. wouldnot apply.
This wage fund doctrine is
taught to cover excessive
profits. And while capital is
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1897-05-29
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Misrepresentation Therein of the
Principles Advocated by
Labor Organizations.

omy on the subject of Grades
Unions and Strikes" We wish
now to call attention to-the un-
soundness of some of the spe-
cific doctrines therein adj
vanced. It can hardly be
disputed that the best author
ity on what trades unions
teach are the union men them
selves. And with the facilities
for becoming acquainted with
our principles-the open meet
ings and the public lectures
is it not equally indisputable
that their Misrepresentation by
those who assume to explain
them, is wholly without ex-
cuse? OF the statements in
the quotations in question we
will refer only to three.
THAT wages could not be
raised by a universal strike.
Here there is a double error
one implied and one direct.
(1)It is assumed that trades
unionists contemplate a uni
versal strike. Such result is
not ever dreamed of as posi-
bility. Contrary to a wide
spread notion Existent by vir-
tue of such errors as here COM
planned of we measure our
success by the scarcity of labor
difficulties. We teach that
strikes are things to be
avoided. Furthermore, strikes
are always for specific pur-
poses and it would. tax even
the imagination of one of
Rockefeller's text book writer's
to conjure up an occasion for
one that would be both world
wide and inclusive of all trades.
(2)-Were a universal strike
possible, however, is there any
more grounds for saying that it
would fail than that it would
win? If a universal strike was
not meant why use the word?
Such a strike would stop every
wheel, put out every fire even
the one that cooks the pluto
cratic dinner, and when it
comes to such a test of endu-
rance, as compared with the
wide-bellied capitalist, it will
not be the scant fed and fast
accustomed workingnan who
will be first to give in.
2-That the belief held by la
Dor organizations is erroneous
which teaches that by working
in concert workingmen can OBJ
tain higher wages.
E Outside schoolrooms this be-
lief is not much disputed. No
business man doubts that by
combining together the prices
Of commodities can be raised
and maintained. Employers of
labor hold to it, else why their
frequent hostility to the organ
ization of their employees? Cap
italistic political economy
teaches that labor is a commod-
ity; then why not affected by
organization just as much as
OIL, coal or sugar? Again, if
organization does not keep up
wages, why do union men COM
nnand better pay than their
non-union competitorsj It is
because organizations do keep
up wages that employers fight
them, and the proof of it is that
the latter are able to make
much of a fight only when
they can find men-not organ
ized-who will work for less.
Let us appeal to the facts.
Why do the operators of the
typesetting machines across
the hav command less wages
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1897-02-17

,treter her beilisen 4esmanbas, MD6l
nnr ipenige Nnbere bdtten bic SoRr
iiberiteben iSnnen.
Gs DGrt Elm Wnnber geipe5en, Elm
nod biel er1beres, als bieie Tpur,
Eipenit Der Mihteh. bnr tpelben sr ge=
braht ipurbe, riht Elm ebenIp nierlihs
li6es &iibren gelpiirt bate, ipie ipeiz
lamb Der Snrann BON Sbracus. Sn
feiner Macbt ftanb es freilid nidt, ben
9efansenen freisulaiIen, aber er pera
hdnste bas niebrisite @trafmab, tpels
DIES bas @efeb erlaubt: 6 Monate Sc
fdnenib unb eine 9elbitrafe in bel
0Dbe ben rentliebenen". Mnltsselber
Oamit fdllt Der 8nrbang.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1897-02-17

-
Neraiften Bel ibret cine grDbe HDle,
unb fo Oft iie @fdmrless ober perf0ns
Iihe Gtrsitigieiten gum Mustrag brinz
aen molten, ipsnben iie iib an ibre gift=
bruuenben Mebicinmdnner, BITE cine
9lrt Rdite unter iin bilben. Wdn
tpeiB nur, bab biefe bic Stpffe baau
aus ben Wdlbern bolen. Sin Be
IdpDrer" riibmt iih Der Mn3abl feiner
Dpfer in berielben Weife, tpie iih dtlz
bere ssynbianer Der Mnaabl ibrerSealpe
bon sseinben riibmen! uebrigens
fpifIen biefe Meifterfdaftsz9 z9ersuter
aud milbere 3ufummeniebungen berz
auftellen. fpel1e rlar Drtlih ipirfsn unp
!. 8. bic 4eine bes Opfers fur INNER
IGhmen.
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1897-02-17

iDobner bes 0qnbes, fo ereibt iih. baB
obne 3peifel Mlosta i'm Durh{hnitt
isbeu feiner Hepobner cine biel bDbere
Sdhreseinndbme getpGbrt, dls irgenb
Elm cnberes Qanb Der Erhs.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-04-09
Bca aming with Smiles.

Are the counteuances of people who have
found speedy and thorough relief from ma
larisi, kidney, bilious. dyspeptic or nervous
troubles through the aid OF Hostetter's stom-
ach Bitters. Bueh countenances are very
numerous. So are letters from their owners
sttesting the efficacy of the great family
medicine Among the signals OF distress
throvn ,ut by the stomach, bowels and liver
in a state OF disorder. are sick headach, heart
burn, nausea, loss of appetite, saiiowness Of
the skin and eyeballs. ana an uncertain state
OF the bowels They should be needed at once
n the Bitters are resorted to the woe begone
look which accompanies sickness will give
way to cheerful looks produced by renewed
health II you are drifting on the coast OF dis
moning the Bitters to your assistance. II VII
keep you In safety.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-04-09
Notice..

NOU1COs
DIR. G. A. Green, dentist, Of
Portland, has decided to make his
home in Grangeville and is pre-
pared to do first class work at
Portland prices.
Ulcerations, deciduous teeth, ex-
posed nerves, diseased gums and
Irregularities Of the teeth treated
with utmost care and skill, vul-
canite, aluminium and gold plates;
also teeth without plates.
Proper care of childrens teeth
often pr. vents serious maliforma-
tions that are almost impossible to
rectify after maturity.
Weak eyes, earach, neuralgia
and arrangements of the stomach
are often caused by defective teeth.
Consultation and advice free. OF
fee hours 8 a. m. to IL m; Up. m.
to 5 p. m. Office, room 2, Jersey
House, Grangeville.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-04-09

DIR. Salsberg will return to Lew
iston Monday. Anyone wishing
to consult him should call at the
Jersey House at once.
The Lewiston Teller of 2 inst,
editorially states that there would
be a great city spring up in the
Seven Devils; one in Florence and
one in Pierce City. What about
Elk City? It's prospects are as
bright as any of the camps in the
northwest, and it also is as directly
tributary and more SO to Lewiston
than either the Seven Devils or
Florence, and steamboat naviga-
tion on the Clearwater will place
Elk within as easy distance to
Lewiston as Pierce City.
There has been no little work
done this last winter in the Crooks
Corral country. Messrs. Hallett
& Morrison with their associates,
have fitted up gravel mine that
is rich in coarse gold and will be
prepared to make run as soon as
the snow recedes. A sawmill has
been erected, two miles of bitches
dug, fumes built, ETC., and although
water generally dries up about
July 10, it is expected q handsome
cleanup will result from the opera
tions of these gentlemen. About
10 men are now employed.
The entertainment given by the
ladies society of the M. E. church
at the opera house last Saturday
night was we'll attended. The
features of the evening were Civ
ing pictures" of all the presidents
wives; the audience to guess who
the pictures represented, which
was done in all cases. A special
feature of the entertainment was
the music, the ladies trio, by Mrs.
Mitchell, Mrs. Stafford and Miss
Robinson, and the male quartet by
Mess Mitchell, Wilkinson, Stat
ford and Fulton, being especially
we'll received. The ladies spent
much time in preparing for thu
,, evening, and have the satisfaction
of knowing that their efforts wer'
appreciated.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-04-09

There Is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put togetner,
and until the aRt few years was supposed 10 De
incurable. For q great many years doctors
pronounced 1t a local disease, and prescribed
focal remedies, and by constantly fainng 70
cure with local treatment, pronounced u In
durable. Science has proven Catarrh to be
constitutional disease, and therefor Requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrn cure,
manufactured by r. J. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo.
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally In doses from
10 drops TO q teaspoonful 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system IN.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case Il
fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes'i
n'0n'A r. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills ara the best,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-04-09


DQ-special rates ON application tor transient
and display advertisements.
D-No paper or Advertisement discontinued
onul al arrearages are paid up.
RECORD OF THE WEEK.
Marines is coming.
Spring is surely here.
The roads are impossible.
A week of spring showers.
"Man, Monkey or Mouse"
Dry wood is at a premium.
Real estate is on the move.
A. F. Parker, notary public.
The FREE Press, 50 per year.
All kinds of legal blanks ON sale
at Magee's.
DR.. Geo. Wood is recuperating
in town this week.
NJ. B. Morrow was out from
Florence this week.
Editor Forsman, of the Lewiston
Teller, is in the city.
Jerry Baker expects to leave fos
Boise in few weeks. ..g2
Judge McFadden was up from
White Bird this week.
Cash paid for wheat at ths
Grangeville roller mills. 41'@
Winfield Harper left on Wed
nesday's stage for Portland,
The people are flocking into th'
the mines in a lively manner.
Are you going to the lecture
April II, at Odd Fellows hall?
Buy Starrett's seeds. They ar'
the hest. For sale by w. F. Sch
madeka.
Lewiston parties intend to tesI
the new gambling law in the Su
prcme court. 80
I Honest goods at honest prices a
George Browns. Give him a call
Stuart, Idaho.
No pupil or student can affOr'
to miss the lecture Saturday nigh
} at opera house.
DR.. Green, dentist, was calle'
to Elk Monday, and will remain
few days in that camp.
A number of Elk City miner
passed through town this week o.
their way to that camp.
Fl. Gibson, proprietor of th
Montain house on the road to Ell
was in town Wednesday.
A gentleman named Reeder
contemplating opening a real estat
Office in Grangeville in the nee
future.
Mrs. Beck offers her resident
on Hall street, consisting of hous
barn, d lots, with good orchai
for $1,000.
Prof. Elsensohn went to Keute
vile last Sunday after his famil
who have been visiting in tn
neighborhood.
Hanson, the photographer, b
ON exhibition the latest platinu
and carbons. The latest triuml
in photography.
= Deeds, bonds, mortgages, leas
and all other forms of conveya
cling promptly done by A. F. P'
ker, notary public.
The Attorney General of Ida
has decided that it is not necessa
,. for the ladies to register in orc
to have a legal vote.
!. Geo. J. Mclean, Of Seattle, cal
in last Sunday and left for FRI
dom, where he will survey so
bitches for III. X. Owens.
Not exactly right is the "
thousands of people feel. 1t is
cause their blood is poor. Hoo
Sarsaparilla, the One True Biz
Purifier, will promptly set tn
right.
Hoods Pills are purely veg
, able and do not purge, pain
N gripe. All druggists.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-04-09

Hoods Pills are purely veget-
able and do not purge, pain or
gripe. All druggists.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-26

standard. The weight of the lids, when
the wires come together, will raise the
standard so that the rounded shoulders
will rest against the under side of the
middle plank. This also raises the plat
form a little from the bottom of the
trap. The mortice through the middle
piece should be beveled a little to allow
the top of the standard to swing back
and forth just little. The four up
rights, fastened to the sides of the trap,
should be about six inches high. A
three-eighths-inch rod (d) passes
through holes near their tops on which
the levers work. Holes bored through
the sides of the trap and into the edges
of the lids and large wires inserted, will
securely pivot them. Fence wire staples
inserted at an angle on the upper cor
ners of the lids receive the ends of the
levers. 1t should be constructed to
work easily at all points, and when so
made the weight of mouse on the
trencher within the trap will spring it.
When an animal steps upon the plat
form it very readily moves enough to
displace the wires and the lids fall of
their own weight. f. Lawrence, in
Farm and Home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-26
WOMAN AND HOME.
SWEET JEAN INGELow.

A IN AuthOress She Ranked ms the
Peer of Mrs. Browning.
Miss Jean Ingelow, the distinguished
poet and novelist, Died in London re-
Gently, in her seventy-seventh year.
Jean Ingelow was more widely
known as poet than as novelist. Her
first work appeared in 1888 and immc-
diately created a furore in the literary
world, being ranked by many critics
of the day above Longfellow's and Ten
nyson's work.
She was q matured woman at the
time, being above 33 years old, and it
was noted that all her poems had a
quaint, tender note of sadness in them,
which Immediately raised the belief
that she had been disappointed in love
In her youth. However, whether the
tender passion ever held sway within
her heart was never known and by
some was never believed. They eA-
planned that it was not love which die
tated the strain of sadness found
throughout her work, but the many
years of her childhood spent in the
quiet, Unconditional life of the Boston
home off the Lincolnshire coast. A
ballad, which was published early in
her career and which fascinated the
literati of the time with its bizarre
meter and gentle tactful impulsiveness
of description, was "High-Tide OF the
Coast of Lincolnshire" And this
sounded the keynote to her character.
In 1887 she published second vol
ume of poems, after which they came
at irregular periods, but always were
sought for with avidity by publishers.
Miss Ingelow was regarded as the peer
of Mrs. Browning, her fame resting
alone upon her poems. Her work as
a novelist attracted not so much at
tention, despite the fact that the pub
LEGATION of her first novel, "Off the
Skelligs," was eagerly awaited.
During later years her verse was
kept afoat and before the public by
magazines and exchanges the world
over. 1t was not an uncommon thing
to find an occasional one of her early
efforts reprinted in any of the metro
politan dailies. And a great deal of her
work found it's way into the curriculum
of the schools, where it was regarded
rs classical.
Many of her verses have been set to
music and her songs "Oh, Fair Dove,