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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-01-29
FIRST publication Jan. 20, 1909.
Timber Land. Act Juuf 3 1878.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONS.
q
United States I4And Office.
Mutisan. VII. Jan. %. 1900.


WuaSau, VII. Jan. rs, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that III compi-
amce with the rOviSinns pf thu act OF
Congress June 3. 1913. pmtitl 81 can act
for the sale OF timber lands in the States
OF California, Oregon, Nevada. and " ash
im9ton Territory" lIligah Z. Sturderant
Of Rhmplaudrr, County Of Onelda, State OF
Wisconsin has his day lied in this office
his sworn statement No. 1O5. ior thr pur-
chase OF thrSNH NiIH, " 4 SEh&Nl1A SEX
o. Section No. I, in Township No. IL y
Ra. gp No. 10 itnat. and will offer PROOF to
show tnat the land sought is more vain
abI. for its timber Or ston" than for hgrl
cultural purposes, and to establish his
claim to said land before the Register
and Receiver oi this Office at Wausau,
Wisconsin, on SAtui day the 7th day OF
April, 1900.
He names as witnesses: E. s Shep~
ard, +. H. Reed. Chas Dpcanter, OF Rhine
lander; Peter Noel, OF Merrill.
ANY and all PERSONS eIaimngadvrrSely
the allowed described lands are requested
to file their claims in this Office on or be-
fore said day OF April 1900.
Edgar r. WhpelOck, Register.
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Baldwin, Ga, Sept. a, 1893
DR.. !. II. McLean's Liver and
Kidney Balm cured my wife OF
after four physicians
had given her up to die.
]. F. Mcintyre.
For sale by Frank Beardsley
the druggist.
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Contract LabOrers For Hawaii.

The Southern Pacific company re-
Gently dumped 100 laborers into San
Francisco, the majority of whom were
paper. The men were brought here on
the Sunlet limited from New Orleans
to which port they had been carried
by steamers from New York There
were ia in the party that left the' me.
tropolis, two Of them being women
Fourteen deserted at New Orleans, and
another left the train at Port Costa.
The crowd had contracted to go tc
Honolulu and were to have sailed on
the City of Peking. In the party were
Italians, Swiss, French and Portuguese
On the train they began comparing
contracts, and it was found that part
of the men were to receive $23 month
and found; the remainder were to
found themselves. Then there was
trouble. When the train reached the
Oakland mole, a tug conveyed the
crowd and their baggage to the Mail
dock, the intention being to land the
laborers on the Peking from the off.
shore side.
Only few went on board, however
and they demanded to see a represent
ative. of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters
Association, with whom they had sign
ed contracts. No representative being
present, all hands refused to SAL.
The Peking was delayed two hours
and finally went to SCI without. the
contract laborers. y
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Federation of Labor i
Asked to Work For 1t.

American Federation of Labor i.
Asked to Work For 1t.
The following resolution was intro
duced by delegate .. H. Howell from
the Alton, Ill.,, Trades Assembly, at the
convention of the American Federation
of Labor this week and referred to the
resolution committee:
Whereas, the right of direct legisla-
tion is one of the leading political de-
mands of the American Federation of
Labor; and,
Whereas, we can never hope to ac-
quire this right as long as we continue
to divide our strength at the ballot box;
therefore, be it
Resolved, that the American Fedora
tion of Labor, as an organization, take
such steps as are necessary to go into
the next national campaign with this
single demand, upon which all lovers
of freedom and justice can stand.
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seVefl q White snecKIles Will not always
prevent man. when you tell him pub
licly what you think Of him, from treat
ing him rudely. It is, therefore, with
extreme diffidence that 1 have chosen
backcapping for a theme-nOt that
think I shall be treated rudely, but
from fear that the arrows in my sheaf
may hit unexpected places.
The backcapper, to put the matter
plainly and clearly, is too often an as
sassin of character. A nod, a shrug OF
the shoulders, a wink, a shake Of the
head, any sign of acquiescence, may
fairly be said to constitute a language
far more deadly than all the uttered
signs in use by the human race. The
dexerous use of the monosyllable in
commenting on bit of gossip or sug-
gestion of scandal is all too common.
The various infections of "Ah," "Oh, -
NO." and "Yes" Gnterrogatively), ETC.,
convey a world of meaning, and have
made and marred many. Then there
are such expressions as Really" en-
Decd" "Well, well,", "Is it possible?'
"You don't mean to say SOP" "You
don't tell me?" "You- amaze me-" etc.,
all of which are capable of a variety
Of changes, from in credulity to posi-
tive conviction, and when effectively
applied, they are first-rate weapons in
the hands Of the beckcapper.
AS things now stand, there is need of
a society for the prevention of cruelty
to man by backcappers. Such an or
,;1of without 1nl1ht ma 1<
it's influence felt, even if it merely con-
fined it's labors to the distribution or
the truths of Christianity and lessons
from the teachings of the churches.
1t is reflection our bringing up, on our
culture, that such a society should be
required; but if it were possible to es-
tablish one, it would be tribute to
the growth of the purer and finer in
stincts of human nature. In the days
of ancient Greece and Rome, fair ladies
of gentle birth and noble lineage wit
messed scenes of cruelty and carnage as
calmly as they gazed at a harmless
street procession. The great orators,
the great poets, the great philosophers,
whose names are more familiar today
than they were long centuries ago,
looked upon such scenes with an equal
Indifference. In a Christian age, in
this last year of the nineteenth century,
we can not pride ourselves on being as
humane toward our own species as the
gospel of Christ imposes on us, or the
instincts of humanity dictate. Back
capping in it's worst form is a practice,
an act of cruelty, as debasing as those
indulged in by the ancients alluded to
above.
In spite of the unpleasant fact men
toned, there must be admitted the ex-
iste1fce of more refined sense and the
growth of a more general feeling than
ever existed in the past, to cultivate in
the mind of man the human instincts Of
their own kind. This feeling may have
reached the backcapper, and If SO, it
Is vacuousness, and perhaps bitterness,
that led him on. For the vindictive
backcapper no one can have any use,
he is. simply vile. His words. his ac-
tions are cruelty. Now, curelty is an
expression that he barely understands,
and shat we term cruel he ils III
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cent of the ~ tll 5st 1lollts setfis Il.
" divided, white and black natives.
In corroboration Of the above let us
mention that few years ago an article
was published in one of our most con-
servative monthlies from the pen of a
conservative writer, giving full data.
never controverted, to the effect that in
our northeastern states the purchasa-
bic vote was not less than per cent
and often close to 20 per cent, in farm
ing regions if anything little higher
than in the large cities of the same
states.
+ Let us be moderate, call the puchas-
able vote for the nation at 10 per cent.
or 1'5O00O0 voters; make sure of 5OO,-
900 of them in the strategical points of
the principal states, and there you have
the situation we are in. Who is re-
sponsible for that? Our 10000, 900 pet
rified voters, with no more conception
OF ethics in national life than the
worm that grovel on the ground or live
farther down sunk in the mud.
Take, now, the reformers in this ma
ton of ours. Some of them are the
be brave in the moral order is not
enough. We must have sense to agree
on fundamentals and abide by them.
The lncidentals or details shall then
take care of themselves. They shall
follow the fundamental, as the tail of
the dog follows the head of the dog. as
effect follows cause.
But what fundamental in social re.
construction? There must be a grand
preliminary step in every process, from
winch all others shall follow by logical
sequence. That is so in morals as we'll
as in physics, in individual as we'll as
collective morality. Devine law is one
and lndivisible through the whole net
work of phenomena, from blade of
grass to star, from insect to man and
archangel. That divine law we could
call the freedom of Gods UNIVERSE
seek and We shall find" Truth be-
longs, then. to the close, impartial stu
dent. All brave reformers can know
the truth if they bend the energies of
tnelr minds In the impartial study of
1ne fundamental causes from which all
past and present social evils come The
fundamental step once agreed upon by,
say, 5OOO,OOO men in our nation, and
100000 or 100000 would follow
very soon. instinctively at least, or even
II the step was but partially under
stood, as they now. do with what is
wrong because not aught how to dis
criminate between, truth fundamental
and incidental. The fist step once es-
tabliShed, the rest would follow with
the same ease with which we walk into
the parlor after good meal in the din
Ing room. Light follows light as dark
ness and error follow each other.-Jose
Gros.
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IS A NATIONAL EVIL
!. - =
THE ONLY WAY SOCIAL RECONsTHUc
TION MAY COME.
Materialism the Cause of the Poll
tical and Social Life of Americans.
The Purchasable Vote Has n Con-
trolling influence on the Results
of ElectiOns-The RefOrmers Must
Agree ON Fundamental.

It can hardly be presupposed that the
than that of a small country town pos
sessing the following features. It is sit
uated in the midst of a healthy, rich
farming belt. It's railroad communica-
tions with large centers of population
are within 30 and 80 miles right and
left, with an abundance of daily trains.
The per capita wealth of that town is
double that of the nation and it's pow
erty but 20 per cent of that in large
cities or sparsely settled regions where
people have to live almost like wild
beasts in the jungle. About 10 per cent
Of the madams Of that town and some
of the gentlemen have hardly anything
to do but see how to minimize poverty
by the old, old process of patching an
old coat with old rags. The town is
blessed with the most admirable
schools, public and private, with an
abundance of good churches and first
class clergymen, active and on the re-
tired list. All the forces of a rotten
progress are bent upon normalizing the
town, and the town is glorious to look
at. The Inhabitants are cordial and
smiling, when not sick or preoccupied;
bright, intelligent, etc. But what hap
pens there when elections come local
or national? All, there is the point.
The whole political status is thor
oughly we'll known to the writer be-
cause of his constant, direct and friend
ly contact with all classes from rowdy
to potentate, from the humble domestic
and sewing girl to the most magnetic
and wealthy ladies, young or not;
friendly also with both sets of political
leaders, neither of the two sets being
sure of the writer's political views, but
sure enough of his being down on all
compromises between right and wrong.
Well, our political status is as fol-
lows: About 40 per cent of the voters
are ironclad Democrats and another 40
per cent are ironclad Republicans
Perhaps 1 per cent on both sides can
be swayed to and fro on special occa-
sions on purely materialistic views of
how the issues of the day may affect
their business or wages. Perhaps a.
small fragment of the combined per
cent from the 80 per cent may be able
to rise a little higher from the mate
| rialistic; view. But what about the 20
per cent that has not yet been mention
led They are only for the
Il, q l
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fclties, That not only the 81 tteiitiOn 81
| the police, but also that OF the people
at large was attracted to such extent
as to prevail upon various legislatures
| to establish free public employment
bureaus where the unfortunate unem-
ployed may secure work or such as
sistance as may lead to secure en-
ployment for them.
These free employment bureaus are
under direct supervision of the State
Bureau of Labor Statistics, and while
labor statistic bureaus exist in almost
every state, free employment offices
have so far only been established in
Ohio, Illinois and probably two or
three other states.
It may here be stated that the esta-
blishment of state bureaus of labor
statistics and free employment offices
is a direct concession to organized la
Dor, and the first demand for such
bureaus was made by workingmen at a.
labor congress in Cleveland in 1867, and
the first bureau established in Massa-
chusetts in 1869. The eight-hour agita-
|tiOn and the evils known to exist among
women and children were factors
which induced the establishment of this
bureau. After this Pennsylvania es-
tablished a bureau in 1876 Ohio in 1877,
New ersey in 1878 and Missouri, Indi-
ana, Illinois, New York, Michigan, Cali
fornia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Maryland,
Kansas, Rhode Island, Nebraska, Colo
srado, North Carolina, Maine, Mime
sofa, West Virginia, North Dakota and
Utah, who also established bureaus,
have since abolished them.
The establishment of the bureaus led
congress to create the department of
labor asa national institution. In most
states the chief of the bureau is ap-
pointed by the governor, who again ap-
points his subordinates, usually for a
term of two years, as in Ohio. These
chiefs are known as the commissioners
of labor statistics, but in some states,
as in Nebraska, the governor is chief
ex-officio, with a deputy to perform the
duties of the office. The chief of the
national bureau, at present Carroll D.
Wright, is appointed by the president
for term of, four years.
All these bureaus are of Importance
their work they have considerable pow
er accorded them by law. They may
send for papers, administer oaths, re-
quire the giving of testimony, investi-
gate papers and records, and in this
| manner secure for the public at large
important information as to capitali-
zation of corporations, wages paid to
| laborers and mechanics, number Of Ia
borers, mechanics and office help en-
ployed, value of material used, value
| of manufactured articles, amount of
wages paid managers, office help, num-
ber of females employed, etc., etc. All
this information is of benefit to the
public, inasmuch as 1t is a true reflect
or of the social condition of these
states and communities, and foreign
governments have seen the wisdom of
these institutions by creating similar
bureaus, modelled after those in our
country. :.
But while today there are in exist
ence labor bureaus in thirty-three
states and one national bureau. the free
employment bureaus are in many states
gunheard Of. and their good work ii not
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men in large cities, allow me to state
that in this city, in 1899, 400 men and
1,051 women secured work through the
free employment office without the ex-
penditure of one cent on their part.
What a harvest these 1,46O applicants
would have been for the willy operator
of an employment bureau. And the
total for the offices in Cincinnati, Cleve
land, Columbus, Toledo and Dayton
for 1899 is as follows: Positions secur-
ed for males, 5,05S; for females, 1881. a
total of 1889. An average charge of
800 from every applicant who secured
work would have enriched the Golfers
of the "charitable'' ca employment
agencies in this state to the mount of
1867, or in other words, the State of
Ohio, through it's free employment Of
fees, the expenses of maintenance of
which are comparatively small, has
saved the poor, unemployed men and
women the above amount.
In consideration of these facts, dear
brethren, consider it my duty to re-
commend that you, as representatives
of the great army of union laborers
employed as we'll as unemployed, take
such action as would make it impera-
tive on every state and local organiza-
ton affiliated to use their influence and
demand of the respective legislative
bodies Of all states where so far no free
employment offices exist, the enact
ment of necessary legislation for their
creation. 1t can and will be done if
the mighty voice of the toilers demand
it. 1t is for the protection of our fell
low labOrers, of strangers seeking en-
plOyment in strange cities, it is for the
protection of innocent men and women,
who are easily beguiled by the ever
hungry sharks, who are after their
| last dollar, without consideration for
the future of their prey.
To further protect the unemployed,
I suggest that the convention instruct
it's delegates, and through them state
and local organizations, to demand
such legislation as will tend to wipe
out these fake institutions known as
employment agencies, which may and
can be brought about through a. heavy
tax or license levy. AS stated before,
a majority of the operators of these
bureaus are transients, without any
| fixed place of abode. They open their
agency, Advertise, gather in the blood
money, and then depart to another city
to work the same game. There is no
| question but what free state employ
ment offices, in addition to those of
| charitable institutions, are wholly suf-
| ficient to meet all necessities, and the
| ''pay Offices" who usually rob the
seeker after work, should be wiped out
Resolutions adopted for the carrying
out of the foregoing suggestion will
make this convention memorable one,
and I am positive that such actions
and instructions to local unions Will
bear fruit and will 5bes q blessing to the
Egns1a ploysd 4 3. Il q 81. taelg
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J. X. Vicha, superintendent of the
Cleveland Free Public Employment
Bureau, sent strong communication
asking that body to work for legisla-
ton that will tend to wipe out the fake
institutions known as employment
|agencies, by either a heavy tax or
license levy.
The letter is as follows:
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. z, 1900.
To the American Federation. of Labor
in Louisville KY, in Convention AS
sembled, Greeting:
Brethren: While it is my desire to
meet with you and present to you GER
tain recommendations in behalf of the
toiling masses, conditions have arisen
possible, and I have therefore taken
the liberty to entrust to Brother Com
pers to lay before you my ideas rela-
tive to the work I am so deeply inter-
ested in.
For many years there have been in
operation in every city in this country
(as we'll as in other countries) under
the alluring cOgnOmen of employment
bureaus, certain offices conducted by
INSCRIPTIONS sharks and thieves, for
the ostensible purpose of securing en-
ployment for the unemployed and
needy. While I do not wish to be un-
derstood that all managers or proprie-
tors of so-called employment bureaus
are crooks, it is a matter of fact esta-
blished by police records that the ma
jority are transients, travelling from
city to city for the purpose of catching
the unWary.
The poor unfortunates who are in
need of work are lured to these dens
by glaring and promising ADVERTISE
ments in the daily press, and the be-
quilting operator will tell them that a
large number of good paying positions
are awaiting them, provided they drop
from $500 to $500 in the always open
palm of the procurer. Often without
friends to advise with, often desperate
through unsuccessful search for work,
the unwary will hand over their last
dollar or pawn some valuables and pay
Ito the polite LADY" or "gentleman"
the required amount for a, position.
| The usual modus Operandi then is to
send the victim to a place where posi-
tion was open, "but had just been fill
ed'' before the duped applicant arrived
land he is tout" the money paid to the
Il ieInnlGaHnefl eflt bIre DiFea
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Hoping that TIE tiohv ffon 81 aits Wiz
dom: deem it to the advantage of our
fellow-men to carry into effect these
recommendations, remain,
j. X. VICHA,
Superintendent Cleveland Free Pub
lie Employment Office.
If our city fathers desire to aid labor
in this particular measure, we would
inform them to inquire of the Duluth
Trades Assembly and get copy of the
law creating the bureau in Cleveland.
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IT'S What. We NEED
IS A FREE PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
BUREAU FOR DULUTH.

Cleveland Has One, and Its Super
intendent Sends n Lengthy Com
municatiOn to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor Asking That
Body to Work For 1t in Every LO-
calfty-Let Duluth Fall in Line.
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Twenty-one thousand six hundred
women are now engaged in the pot
terry factories Of England as laborers
and last year II ,57s We're the victims 81
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5 The Chicago Federation, of Labor is
now endeavoring to unionize the Deer
ing and Mccormick companies plants;
all the union stock yards.
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It is claimed that the big wood work
ers' strike In and about San Fran
CHS IS being won by the journeymen.s
They densnsl fthes 81
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as it were. characterless. II just
man, man of good character, of stand
ing in his union or his community,
should be misled into doing injustice
to a man toward whom he has taken
an oath of fealty and fraternalism,
there can be no doubt that he will do
all that lies in his power to remedy the
wrong. This in justice alone to his
own character and that of the person
wronged. Any good union man, any
honest man, will act in this way. Too
often we see the charaeterless man, the
professional backcapper-he has not re-:
trograded to being a common backbiter
assuming the air of injured innocence.
as if his acts were not transparent to
an amused world.
This sin of backcapping is not con-
fined to any one industry. I am happy
in the belief that no one with any sense
thinks worse of a man because he has
been backcapped or lied about by a
man of no character than for having
been barked at by mongrel. The
honest union man, for example, is judg-
ed by his fellows, not by his own stand
ard, but by their own knowledge of
him and his characteristics is,
by his bearing as a man-and by what
they hear about him from what they
deem trustworthy sources. Reckless
backcapper finds that no one will pay
any attention to his utterances, even if
those utterances have a modicum of
truth in them. An aphorism by the
great orator, Burke, is worth reprinting
in this connection. He said, 'The use
Of character is to be a shield against
calumny." This is very true. If man
who knows that he has been backcap-
ped would only think Of that aphorism,
he would be able to maintain his COM
posure and bear the attack with Christ
ian resignation and fortitude. He will
be voted an exclusive Of the first order.
There are other ways of looking at
the backcapper. The man who knows
nothing and wants to find everything
out is only equafed as a bore by the
man who knows everything and wants
to tell it all. Both of these worthless
may be found in the ranks of the back
cappers. The following confucianism
aptly fits their case: ''The whole fab
ric of society is mammoth farce, un
less there are in it, and above it, a
spirit of love and charity, rulership
of purity, and a grandeur beyond the
grave" Little dogs are generally the
cause of the disturbances in which big
dogs are engaged. Let us pray for a
little more of the alruistic spirit in our
dealings with one another.
Give a dog bad name and it sticks
to him. There was noticed recently an
advertisement which stated that GER
tain saloon was a resort for backcap-:
pers, meaning printers. The reputation
may be deserved. but it applicable to
the workers in other trades. Certain it,
is that what is wanted is a decided im-
provement in this respect. Mark Twain
says. BE good, and you will be lone-
some" but with that prophecy as de-
terrent there Is no reason why men
who meet in bon camaraderie should
descend to backcapp instead Of soar