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lngt ,cdrl and at each State e. capitol,

ingtoin and at each State capitol :::H:*
:: The difference between the postoftce
at it's worst and the railroad companies
at their best is not@one Of morality.
Only as the postoff1ce belongs to the
people they can demand and get infor-
nation of its methods and correct them:
With the thieving in the railroad COM
panies they have nothing to do except
to pay the freight.
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POST OFFICE OBJECT LESSON.

People who are afraid of any greater
extension of the public services Of the
Government are making a great ado
over the alleged revelat tons of con-
spiracy and corruption in the postoffice.
1T ought to be a lesson to the Social
ists,' they cry, "who want govern
naent railroads, parcels post, postal
saving banks and the like. Here are
postoffice clerks in high station buying
supplies that are not needed, paying
extortionate prices for needed articles,
selling promotions, lobbying for higher
pay, taking commissions, tips, brides
and blackmail. It is an object lesson"
We can leave the real Socialists to de-
fend themselves against this CHARGE:
They will doubtless point out that
whatever corruption, if any, there may
be in tho postoffice, is not so much due
to the fact that it is Government con-
Germ, as to the pressure upon it from
without Of greedy private institutions
looking for profitable sales. Bribes
blackmail. tips and commissions are
only the everyday methods Of Compel
tive business. Any travelling salesman
will tell you that.
But the demand for an extension Of
Government functions is not to be met
by pointing to the postoffce as fall
ure. It is the most useful branch Of the
Government today, and it is the only
department. Of the Federal Government
which renders the slightest service to
many Of us. The others devour. our
substance In taxes; this one is at our
command every hour in the day and is
virtually self-supporting.
There are irregularities and corrup-
tons? True, but 30 there are in every
great corporation. The postoff1ce being
under public control we can root out the
evidences Of corruption and punish
those guilty of it. But what Of the rail,
roads which are as essentially public
service corporations as the postoff1ce:
1.-The world OF graft" has it's capitol, in
their Offices. How about prices paid
for cars and the ownership of stock
in car building companies by prominent
railway officials? What OF the secret
rebates. the Standard Oil contracts. thu
growth OF the Pullman monopoly Tit
express monopoly, the rapid rise to high
positions Of sons Of presidents. and
heavy stockholders? What Of violation
!. t. Of laws by pools. "gentlemen's agree.
I nne .t and mergers? What about ztl,.
theft theft st streets tor ishts al waay;
What 90 4, about las Tall nv lobby Ct Wa,h
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

No selfish man has an incentive to
Join a truly humane movement. Sell
fishness seeks reward in either gold
or glory. There is neither in an adj
vance movement. Selfish men may
enter and possibly betray such, but no
good movement is weak enough to SUI
fer by such betrayal.
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WANTED "A WORD,

Men still young can remember the
days when the word millionaire" was
spoken in the United States with a
sort Of mingled reverence and wonder,
as though it described type Of men
unique and almost supernatural. We
needed then no other word to express
the idea Of "wealth beyond the dreams
Of avarice." When we said a man was
a millionaire everything was said. 1t
was as complete as the mathematician
term 'inflnity." And there were so few
to whom the word could be applied, that
almost any newspaper reader could call
their roll.
Now We need new word. Million
aires are getting common. Not as COM
mon as paupers. of course, for the pau
per, or rather the regiment of paupers,
is the necessary compliment Of the mil
lionaire. Quiet gentlemen, leading I'M
ostentatious lives, die, and their neigh
bors learn with establishment that they
were richer than any fifty fortunes COM
bined before the civil war. Only recent
ly, such man rejoicing In the not U.s.
ual name Of Smith, died at White
Plains, N. Y. His estate has been in
ventoried at $34,00o,00o. When A. r.
Stewart had $5,ooo,ooo, his fortune was
the marvel of the mercantile world, and
when he died worth 100000 his bones
were thought to be worth stealing. It
may be noted in passing that the fortune
disappeared as mysteriously as the
bones.
It is obvious that we can't describe
man with a pitlful $34,000,0O0 like the
late Smith, by the same term we ap-
ply to the nagnificen Rockefeller, the
benevolent Carnegie, or the acquisitiVe
Morgan. They are not in the same
class. To say man is millionaire
in New York is as indefinite as it would
be to say he Is parasite. There are
gradations in both classes. They range
from the merely irritating flea to the
persistent leech.
However, while writer's are seeking
the word to describe the man whose
income exceeds a million year he for
his part is striving to aid their search.
If he is let alone in his present course
for another decade he will be the long
expected Millionaire, and his, weaker
companions will have to. drop back into
the ranks Of the lower classes.
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NEW CLERKS HIRED,

WASHINGTON, July additional
clerks and promotions become effec-
tive today in practically all the first
and second class postoffices in tho
country, the two highest of the three
presidential grades. The additional
clerks already employed make an ag-
gregate increase of over 100000 in
the salary rolls.
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The retention OF H. H. Rand as
confidential clerk" to the postmaster
general argues a moral obliquity which
should be regarded as a Disqualified
ton for any cabinet office.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

Few more ludicrous reports have
been published than that which repre-
sents Senator Aldrich as wanting to be
secretary Of the treasury. y: Mr.: AID
rich the liialerS tha senate why
should i d: he become the servant u the
bankers? .- :~..s-*. x:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

The Cunard Steamship Company has
contracted for two new ships at. cost
of $6,250,000. They are to be $50 feet
long, and will employ In the machinery
department alone 800 men. They will
have a speed of twenty-six knots an
hour.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04
GEN. CLAY WANTS TO SEE
HIS DIVORCED CHILD WIFE

LOUISVILLE, KY, July IA special
from Lexington, KY, says: Gen. Cas-
sius M. Clay, the sage Of Whitehall,
has written to his former child-wife,
Dora Richardson Brock, whose husband
was killed by train in Illinois several
days ago, asking her to come back and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

New York is about to inaugurate a
great economy. Instead of carrying
her refuse out so sea and dumping it
overheard, the refuse is to be made
into briQuettes with bituminous fiux
and the briquettes burned to light the
city.
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.Toz-FoReE.F'ElTTER 8 Fo On.

r rOnSszssx. Ett lSs:a-tk6lfte
! One Of the most ssubtly constructed
bills aimed at trade unions was the
one introduced by Senator Tracy in
the legislature of the state Of Connec-
ticut. substantially the bill provides
that trade unions may incorporate
by stating the name of the union, the
purposes, the methods Of action, duties
of officers, and terms Of admission to
membership. It appears. therefore,
that the trade unions have the permis-
sive right to incorporate. and the bill
then proceeds to provide that any en-
ployer who shall discharge an employee
because Of membership in a union thus
incorporated shall be subject to a fine
Of $500, and any employer Of labor who
shall discharge an employe because
mot" member Of a union shall be
subject to the same penalty; that any
officer of a union, or "any member
thereof" demanding of an employer
the discharge of any employee because
mot" member Of union shall be
subject to a fine of $1,000, or six
months imprisonment. or both.
1t will thus be seen that a union
which may" become Incorporated
would be absolutely prohibited from
deciding whether it will or will not
| accept unemployment with non-union
men.
For instance, an employer agreeing
to use the union label implies neces-
sarily that the union label shall cover
the product of union members only.
In the event OF the employer failing to
| carry out that agreement, the union
would ensist that unless the employees
become union members the union label
would be withdrawn, and this in itself
would make the union. it's officers or
members, liable to fine of $1,000, or
six months imprisonment. or both.
Another provision, Of this friendly
(?) bill for the incorporation Of trade
unions has it that the members of q
union in the employ Of any corpora.
ton proposing to enter upon a strike
must give the corporation previous no.
I tice of not less than fourteen days. O,
be subject to g. fine OF not less than
$5-how much more than IS the bill
does not state Any person who shall
threaten "social' ostracism. or who
shall attempt to prevent the employ.
ment of any person in places made va,
cant by striking workmen, shall ,bt
subject to q fine Of not: less than 500
EThese provisions are intended to p,rohi
bit union workmen from withdrawing
from the same Social" circle, from til
same church; or from the: same club 8
/ which an offensive person may BE :.
member, and makes it an offense I,
4 even ak g workman It nv time, d d
i under g any circumstance, not ia t Til
a#stri k;ins yyor snan,aln,
4 sssare loenet Rhiehe III 2s aus
SSi5ppsed accrue toa uuj Sc fhelsyrsba
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remain with him the rest Of his life.
Gen. Clay realizes that he has only a
short time to live and he has called
continually for his young wife, even
since she got divorce from him and
married Brock.
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ILLINOIS VILLAGE GREATLY
DAMAGED BY CONFEDERATION

BLOOMINGTON, Ill.,. July 1.-Fire
at Ocoya, a village 80 miles north on
the Chicago & Alton, caused a loss of
100000, today. The origin was In the
immense elevator '~ Of Kirkpatrick &
Lakeland. This and another elevator
owned by the firm were. destroyed, to-
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

There once was a western pioneer
who expended his entire capital fenc-
ing his claim and had nothing left with
which to put in crop. The nation
which spends all it's surplus prepar-
ing for a possible war is likely to be
in the same predicament.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

If it is true that they who plead for
greater freedom. broader ,fraternalism,
and more humanity, are 'demagogues;
then every reformer who ever lived
was demagogue. Christ, Lincoln,
Jefferson and all other such democrats
were demagogues OF the worst type.
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come incorporated. + The Inducements.
we suppose. some lad dists viii believe
to be large, but to the ordinary mind it
would seem: as e the intention is. to
provide penalties galore without the
slightest scintilla Of counteracting adj
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

It has often been charged that GER
tain men have sold out labor organ
izations. No man can sell out a un-
ion. He may sell himself out, but it is
impossible to sell the union, and the
ones who have paid money for such a
purpose have only been victimized.
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NEW PoLlcEaEoRcE FOR '.:*e: !. ].
!. =. MANY><RUSSIAN PROVINCES

j. ST. PETERSBURG July The
car has sanctioned the formations Of
a. new police force to maintain order
and security lin rural districts of for-
ty-stx provinces st European Russia.
The sum ot $3.50. 900 In. been expend-
ed. !: IL II ss.z . ,.s. 5:5 M ss
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Nearly a billion dollars represented
solely by water, has been squeezed out
OF American securities during the past
six months and there is still enough
left to float ship.
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gether with the railroad depot, the gen.
eral store of Fisk Bros, loss $4,000 and
many other buildings and residences
contiguous.
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ANTHONY Ho PE HAWKINS i
N AR RTE 10 N SNEvkxYoRk

"a. LONDON y! y jul HOPE
t!aw''kins,
|sheld III & 6u.
"a
| 1s''s' street
1900 8 y ~ III
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

The proportion Of water in a child
is Is per cent. in an adult but So per
cent. But then the child generally
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

who, they say. works harder than any
ten princesses, or any fifteen queens
For that reason they call her poor
Alice" or even more affectlonatelS'
poor little thing
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

BERLIN. July 1.-German papers
throughout the country publish ex-
travagent articles on the social duties
and overwork Of Miss Alice Roosevelt,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-07-04

church was handsomely decorated and
the bishop Of stepney' offtciated. There
were six bridesmaids. among them be-
ing Ethel Barrymore.
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THEY PITY ALIcE'RoosEvELT.

German Papers Say She Works Hard
er Than Fifteen Queens.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-15
Strange siamese Custom.

They have a novel method in Siam
of getting rid of the bodies of paupers
and criminals. In one of the temples
is kept a flock of a hundred v~ultures.
and the bodies, instead of being buried
or burned, are given to them as food.
AS soon as they catch sight of a body
the rapacious creatures gather around
it, and it only takes them a minute or
two to pick all the flesh off 1t. A re-
pugnant sight it is, but, according to
Siamese physicians, 1t is an excellent
sanitary measure. The soil of Siam,
they point out, is generally moist, and
hence 1t is much better that bodies
should be treated in this way than re-
placed in the ground, for. if buried:
they would surely prove more or less
of a menace to the public health. Aft
er the vulthres have finished their
feast the skeletons ere placed in wood
en- boxes and burnS y Y. Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-15
THE SLEEPING SICKNLSS."
Experiments ia Uganda Tend to PrOV
That Ii Is Communicated by
the Tsetse Fly.

The British authorities in Uganda
are making great efforts to discover
the source Of the terrible sleeping
sickness" which periodically decimates
the natives of that territory and other
parts of Africa, and, if possible, to find
q means of preventing its spread, says
the New York Times. In May last year
the Royal society dispatched a commits
sion to Entebbe, Uganda, for the pur-
pose of investigating the disease, and
early this year a second commission
was sent from England for the same
purpose.
The conclusions of the joint commits
sion are now available through the
publication of a progress report. This
shows that the disease is caused by a
minute parasite in the blood, which
could not be conveyed from man to
man. Consequently suspicion fell upon
the tsetse fly, a species of which, sim
liar to the one prevalent in Zululand,
was found abundant in Uganda, and
experiments are now in progress to set
tie whether the Uganda tsetse carries
in its blood the identical parasite
which is peculiar to the disease. and
whether it can pass it to an animal.
One rather tentative experiment
seems to show this, and it is expected
that the truth or falsity of the theory
will soon be determined.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-15
CITY DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES,

Beth Mordecai, Hobart Street. Pastor,
DIR. M. K%opfstein. Friday, 8.I5 p. m.
Saturday, 1000 a. m. Hebrew School,
Saturday 1 p. m. Sunday School $50 a. m.
Congregational (Swedish)-Gordon st.
Pastor, Theodore Englund-Sunday Ser
vices 1890 a. m. 7.3o p. m. Sunday School
$3.50 a. m.
First Perth Amboy, Hebrew Mutual Aid
Society, Elm Street, P. Joselson, Trustee.
Services, Friday 6 to 7 p. m. Saturday
8. 80 a. M, Ago p. m.
First Baptist-Fayette st.-Pastor, Rev.
Percy R. Professionally Services, 10 and
and 10. 80 |. m. and 100 p. m. Sunday
school 2. 80 p. m. B.. Y. P. U. Friday 3.4s
p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7.45
p. m.
First Presbyterian, Market st and City
Hall Park, Pastor, Rev. Harlan G. Men
denhall d. D.. Sunday services, 10. 90 a.
m. and 100 p. m. Sunday School o.3o a.
m, 2.3o p. M, Junior c. E. $3.50 p. m.
Y. P. S. c. E. $40 p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday 7.45 p. m.
Grace English Lutheran. Smith Street
Pastor, Rev. E. J. Keuling. Sunday Ser
vices 10. 80 a. M, 1901 P. m. Sunday School
2.3o p. m.
Methodist (Danish) Madison Ave and
Jefferson ST., Pastor, Rev. A. Hanson.
Sunday Services, c. 80 a. m. and 7.3o p.
m. Epworth League, 3.45 p. m, Sunday
School, 2.3o p, m. Class meeting, Wed
nesday and Friday at 7.45 p. m.
Holy Cross Episcopal-Washington and
tombstone sts.-Rev.D D. A. Willes, priest in
charge-Sunday Services 10. 80 a. m. and
100 p m Sunday School $50 a. m.
Our Savior's Lutheran CDanish) State St.
Rev. V. B. Skov, pastor. Sunday services
10. 80 a. m. and 7.3o p. m. Sunday
School 2.3o p. m.
Simpson Methodist-High and Jefferson
SITS. Pastor, Rev. S. Trevena Jackson,
a. M. Sunday services $50 and 10. go
a. m. and 100 p. M; Sunday school, ago
p, M; Epworth League, 6.3o p. M. Prayer
meeting, Wednesday, 7.45 p. M; Bible
training class, Friday, 7.3o p. M; Young
Cleaners, Friday, AGO p. M; Junior Ep-
worth League, Friday, 100 p. m.
St. Mary's Roman Catholic, Center ST.
Rev. B. T. O'Connell, pastor; Rev. S. A.
Mitchell and Rev. T. F. Blake, assistants.
Sunday services 100 $3.50, $50 and Io.4s
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-15
CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS

Oct. 15-New England Supper, Ladies
Aid Society, Baptist chapel.
Oct. 10, Is, 17-Fair, Independent
Order Good Templars, Temp
erance Hall, Prospect street.
Oct. 20-Reception, L. O. B. A.,
Wilder Hall.
Oct. 22--Ball. Singing Society Har.
monte, Wilder Hall.
Oct. 22-Concert, Christian Endeav-
or Society, Presbyterian
Chapel.
Oct. 24-Ball, Dana Relief Society,
Braga Hall.
Oct. ~, 28, 29-Bazaar, Grace Eng
lish Lutheran church, Odd
Fellows Hall.
Oct. 29-Entertainment, Epworth
League, Simpson M. E..
church.
Oct. 29-Entertainment and Ball,
ladies of Vorwaerts, Braga
Hall.
Oct. 28-Private reception, Braga
Hall.
Nov. 1-Braga Club night, Braga
Hall.
Nov. 5-Marine supper, Parsonage
Ain Society, Simpson M. E.
church.
Nov. 9-Play, benefit of Free Kind
ergarten, Wilder Hall.
Nov. 11-Ball. Woodmen of the World,
Braga Hall.
Nov. 12-Entertainment, Epworth
League, Simpson NJ. E..
church.
Nov. 13-Delta Baseball Club, Braga
Hall.
Nov. 10, 10, 20-Fair, Presbyterian
Chapel.
Nov. 18-Ira B. lice Lodge, Braga
Hall.
Nov. 24-Roll Call, Baptist church.
Nov. 25-F. of A. Court Amboy No.
30, Braga Hall.
Nov. 90 to Dec. 3-Fair, St. Mary's
church, Wilder Hall.
Nov. 26-Concert, Simpson M. E.
church.
Dec. 31-Ball, Woodchoppers, Cabin
Amboy, 40, Wilder Hall.
Dec. 31-Steamfitters Union, Braga
Hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-15

Hebrews are wealthy in Perth Am
boy. At the corner stone laying of a
new synagogue this week, they con-
tributed So, O00. -Bayonne Times.
The Democrats of Middlesex county
have nominated for Senator Mayor
George Viehmann, of New Bruins
wick, and a strong Assembly ticket.
If there is truth in the reports that
the Republicans are badly split over
fractional differences based upon pre-
ferences for rival United States Sena-
torial candidates, it will not be at all
surprising.,if the Democrats sweep the
county in November. The Republic
an leaders are not needing the advice
of the late General Sewell: First
elect your Legislature: then select
your Senatorial candidate. "-Trenton
Times.
The people of New Jersey will re-
joice that the exposure" of irregu-
larities at the State Home for Boys at
J%amesburg came after the c~rookedness
had been Strengthened out by the
board Of trustees, and that there was
no reason for keeIing secret the
troubles for any great length of time.
1t would have been distressing if
rumors of the kind that nearly dis;
rupted the State Home for Girls had
been allowed to circulate freely fbr
weeks and months without an OFFICIAL
statement of the foundation for 1.-THE
the charges. The trustees of the
Jamesburg institution nave apparently
adopted the right course in letting it
be known just what has been discover
ed out of the way in the conduct of
the home and the steps they have
taken to remedy the trouble. The
general public will not nov be obliged
to depend upon wild imaginings. -
Newark Evening News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-15
"A Clam.

In Alaskan waters is found a mon
ster clam, the "geoduck." one of which
would afford a meal for several per-
sons; not so large, however, as the
great tridacna and its species, which
weighs, with its two valves, 500
pounds, the animal alone weighing 80,
This she'll, though common in CALI
fornia, is from the equatorial regions|
of the Pacific. where. buried in the SOFT
rock, its yiselike jaws partly open. II
is a menace to the natives who wada
along the reefs searching for shells. J
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-15
Room of Refuge from Thunder.

In a block of handsome houses re-
Gently completed uptown is one different
In an important respect from all those
about it, If not from every other house
IL New York. 1t is supplied with a
thunder room-an apartment SO built as
to be practically sound proof. The young
mistress Of this house has a dread of
thunder that nothing has ever been able
to overcome. So she determined to have
a place of retreat in times of storm. The
architect who had this unusual commits
sion arranged a room in the center of
the house SO situated that, with it's thick
walls no sound a penetrate to 1t. To
this apartment the timid owner can re-
treat whenever the thunder roars.-N.
Y, e.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-15

Such is the reverence in India for GER
tain birds and beasts hat wealthy Hin
docs have established homes or asyfums
for the aged and in1rm among them.
One Of these, a few miles from Calcutta,
has a staff of about 80 servants and an
experienced veterinary surgeon. On
fsstal occasions the cows In these asy-
huns are decorated and feted by natives,
who travel long distances for the priv
ilege. One Of the established sights of
the city of Bombay Is the P~injrapole, a
spot where wornout or diseased crea-
lures are tent by benevolent Hindoo
citizens, and there maintained until
they die or are restored to health.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-15

An international conference to es.
tablish by law a uniform workday
will be proposed at the convention of
the National Civic Federation, which
begins in Chicago, Thursday. Alfred
Mosely, who brought a delegation of
British workers to his country to
study conditions here, will make the
proposal. 1t is his belief that humane
employers now find it impossible to
reduce hours of labor because comrs-
tltors have to be reckoned with.
The convention of the Federation
will be perhaps the greatest gathering
OF its kind yet held in this country.
Capitalists, labor leaders, Socialists,
preachers, huma~nitarians, and trust
magnates will meet to solve the labor
problem.
Considerable interest is manifested
IN the proposal to be made by Mr..
Mosely. Chicago employers have long
complained of the disadvantage under
which they operate when unions force
a short workday here, leaving outside
employers in the same line to operate
long hours.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-15

the system and greatly aid in solving
the seating problem. The schools are
still crowded, however, and the plan
to build a new building in the south
ern part of State street should not be
dropped.