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ported that with the help of steam
power and the largestd SINE seine as
many as $1,000 salmon have been taken
AT a single haul. When the fish are
hauled into shoal water, if the catch
is a large one. they are scoOped out
OF the seine with huge dip nets into
IN caRneTies. One of these scows will
hold 1000 fish.
What is known as trap fishing is the
wholesale way OF taking the salmon.
The traps are constructed by driving
piles so arranged as to form a lead
which is covered with wire or cotton
netting. The fish follow this run into
an ingeniously arranged pot and when
this is once entered there is no escape
All the fishman has to do is to fill his
boats at leisure"
The largest cannery in the world is
at Fairhaven, Wash. and the process
Of putting up the fish is very interest
ing. When the plant is running at it's
full capacity, 500 people are employed
in il. Two transcOntinental railroad
lines have switches running up to the
warehouse in the rear of it. while at
the outer end there is pier where ocean
going steamers can tie up and load.
In the loft over the canneTy 10000. 900
tin cans are stored, preparatory TO the
coming Of the fish. During the busy
season, in July and August. this great
plant can handle 100000 salmon aver
aging six pounds each. every day.
One of the experts in the employ of
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minds seem to have come TO one result
political action. 1t would not be fair
to say that all trades uniOnists are
agreed as to the nature of the political
action, for they are not. The division
of the working people has always been
the hope and safety of the favored
class. and the English wonlxmen. like
the American Workmen, seem almost
hOpelessly divided as to the nature OF
this political action. In England, as
in the United States, there are not
wanting superficial leaders who can
not distinguish between political opiu-
ions and religious opinions, and who
say that a union has as much right 10
interfere with the one as the other
men who cannot understand that pO-
litical parties and movements are only
Of value if they tend to promote the
general good. But, however English
labor leaders may disagree as to ulti-
mate methods. they seem with one ac-
cord to have turned toward political
action as the only means that will help
them in their present peril.
All over England today the leaders
Of the trades union movement are
standing for parliament. In most in
stances they are leaving their old po-
iitical affiliations and standing as ia
Dor candidates" and announcing their
bitter hostility to the court DEGREES
that have done so much TO undermine
and destroy their organizations. 1t Is
safe to say that when Chamberlain IS
again compelled to go before the coun-
try, as he must some time within three
years. probably much sooner. there will
be scarcely a district In England that
will not be contested by the labor can
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didates, by men who, at least in a gen
eral way, stand for the rights OF the
trades unions. for democracy as against
vested rights. In the meantime in all
the special elections to Ell vacancies,
the labor men are busy and are really
carrying all before them Only last
week at Barnard Castle. not an indus
trial center, they elected their candi-
date, to the surprise of everyone. even
themselves Only few weeks before
Mr.. Crooks, labor candidate, received
a majority of 5000 in a district which
before gave an adverse majority OF
1000; while in another district a labor
candidate was allowed to be elected
without any opposition. either by the
liberals or tories. In the present pre-
cariOus conditions of both parties
neither one was willing to incur the
hostility of labor.
These elections have of course great
" encouraged trades unionists and
their friends; they have demonstrated
that their ideas are really strong with
the common people. and that il needs
only intelligent leadership to accom-
plish definite results.
In all of these campaigns the decf-
sions of the courts ere openly at
tackled and severely condemned. What
ever else these labor members stand
for. they are pledged to destroy the
Taft-Nale decision and all others of
its kind. In this, too, the English
workman understands what he can
accomplish. Fifty years ago the judges
Of England had completely bound and
fettered trades unionism. They had
50 shaped the law that any concerted
action on the part Of the unions was
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union on this account, TO say nothing of
the great expense incurred in its de-
tense. Similar suits and others which
the ingenuity of skilled lawyers can
readily devise have brought the unions
face to face with a crisis which threat
ems their very lives. Trades uniOnism
is, to say the least, stagnant in Great
Britain. II is not growing, it has not
grown for two years past; it has doubt
less materially declined in power. While
II has managed TO keep its numbers
almost intact, still it has been shOrn of
its strength 1t has been a long time
since the unions have conducted a sue
cessful strike of large proportions, and
with the law as now declared and ad-
ministered IL Is difficult to see how they
can ever again win such a strike. OF
course, trades unions cannot be kept
together unless they can do something
or at least promise something. for their
members. The ordinary workingman
viii not pay dues and support Off
Gals unless he sees that his union
can help him in his struggle for
life. And while il would be too much
to say that this good can only come
through strikes. still. better wages can
not be obtained through negotiation
without the threat or fear OF a strike
in case the negotiation falls
Wherever one goes in England he
finds the one opinion expressed that
trades unionism must go forward or It
viii inevitably so back: even the Off
GERS Of the organization admit the ne
cessity Of strong and prompt measures
to save their unions In casting about
for means to meet this grave crisis ali
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criminal, but by a resort to parliament
all these laws were destroyed at once
and trades unions left free to act. 1t
was fifty years before the courts again
commenced to undermine and destroy
the hopes of the organizations of work.
ingmen.
OF course there are few progressive
people in England who propose to stop
when these decisions are upset. The
constructive policy which should follow
this legislation is not so easily agreed
upon, but IL is safe to say that events
have taught the English trades union
list that he must go into politics or be
lost. and that the common people
when brOU : to the poll have shown
that the thing most needed is intelh-
gent, honest leadership for the hosts
of labor.
1t might be worth while to inquire
why the enemies of democracy always
suit. The reason is very simple and is
true in England and America and the
world over. The courts are naturally
made up of the most successful law
yers, and these have naturally been in
the service of the privileged classes
and have coGe to view all questions
from that size alone. The law is not
like arithmetic or geometry. fixed
science, hut il depends entirely on the
opinion of the men who pronounce it,.
and this opinion has almost always
been pronounced by men whose whole
lie has been spent with the privi-
legged class.
The movement in England toward
political action is Influenced by a still
deeper though perhaps more uncon-
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SOMEWHERE. -
fRook OF the 60 Biz

Book or the Royal Blue.l
Somewhere the roses are brave and red.
And apple blossoms are sweet and spread
A Wistful perfume that scents the day
And Clings to zephyrs that Groom away
When night comes slowly and bids them
stay:
A wondrous fragrance the blossoms bear
And wouldn't you like to be there2
Somewhere the meadows are stretching
green,
AS clear as jewels, and soft and clean,
With dandelions in spangled show
That nod to you when the breeZes blow;
Somewhere the meadows-but don't you
know
The tone and tang OF the bracing air.
And wouldn't you like to be there2
Somewhere there reaches a country road,
With crickets chanting a twilight ode,
And blending branches TO paint a shade
Where mOOnbeams glimmer and CLEAN
and fade.
And will-o'- the-wisps in the distance
wade;
Somewhere the fireflies flash and flare
And wouldn't you like TO be there?
Somewhere-you know it; oh. who but
holds
A memory that his heart enfoIds-
A memory Of the leaning trees
And soothing song of the honey bees
And all of the bOy-day melodies!
Somewhere you lived in IL alI-some-
And wouldn't you like to be there?
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SECTION TWO.
GIFTED and the decaying fish destroyed

lighted and the decaying fish destroyed
by fire"
All of these fish were destroyed as
they entered the Columbia river.
Among them were thousands Of mature
females hUrrying TO the spawning
grounds 10 deposit their eggs. Every
one intercepted meant a lessening OF
the progeny by many thousands. Con-
sidering the wholesale manner in which
these valuable fish are taken before
they can accomplish their habits or
reproduction. il seems almost marvel
Gus that the species has thus far es-
capped total humiliation. The law has
been forced TO protect them, but their
destruction continues in the most ruth
less manner.
Mr. Howard NJ Kutchin, special gov
eminent agent, tells this instance of
trap so arranged that il Obeyed the let
ter Of the law, while IN reality il vio-
lated and defeated the spirit of the
same, The law says that Instructions
must not be placed in the mouths OF
streams. To avoid this tire trap was set
just outside the mouth and built diago-
nally outward from shore until it be-
came practically a fence. although &c
left a wide entrance to the stream on
an approach from the opposite direc-
ton. The incoming salmon followed
along the beach on which the trap was
set not ledNAiE a course ctS a boetLitAetlt
would to get by it. They We're as et-
fectually prevented from entering the
stream as if the trap had. been built
straight out from one shore TO the 9TH
er. The abuses Of the trap system are
varied. In many instances when there
are enough fish on hand to run the
cannery for the time being. the traps
are still left open and the salmon crowd
into them and are left there TO rot.
This Is done n roraVpUt fish from
getting into the traps Of competitors
further up stream.
The law also requires that every firm
taking fish from the streams must take
up the propagation of salmon and put
back into the water ten minuOWs for
every matured fish they catch. In COM
pliance with this act one firm this year
released 0,OO0, 900 fry. There is no way
Of telling what becomes of these small
fish. They have many enemies that lay
iE wait for them, and il is doubtful II
one out Of every ten Of them lives 10
reach salt water. or to return at ma
turity to its birthplace. The difficulty
of propagation. even if conducted with
| honest intentions is that so little Is
/ known Of he habits of this mysterious
vsh.
The strange part Of the situation is
that although the salmon has been -pur-
sued and butchered in the most relent-
| less manner. It seems to utterly defy It's
enemies human and otherwise, and TO
be equal to surviving the terrible
slaughter to which It is being subjected
Every year there are more fishermen
and more canneries. and yet the salmon
come out Of the deep in countless mill
lions. and run into the rivers. where
sure doom awaits them They have al
ready outlived prophecy. The mystery
Of their charmed life seems not within
| the province of man to understand
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The English Trades
Unions q Political
Action.
By HON. CLARENCE S. BARROW

" improved the condition Of the Eng
lish workmen. and through them of all
the common people. would not be pub
liCly denied even 0y its enemies. Still
through all it's progress it has met the
opposition of the privileged class, Of
those powerful families who long ago
parceled out the land Of Great Britain
and decreed that it should belong to
them and theirs forever. Just the
same, too. it has been opposed by a
class stiH more powerful and agrees
slve, the commercial class, whose
wealth and influence really come from
their control OF the industrial institu-
tons of the land. Both of these classes
lnstinctively feel that any substantial
Improvement in the condition of the
common people must be at their ex-
pense. and at the peril of their precious
rights 1t is we'll enough for poll
ticians and "superficiaIs" to talk of the
real harmony between the capitalists
and the workingmen. but the plain fact
remains that their interests are con-
ficting and viii be always so until the
capitalist is the wOrkingman and the
Workingman the capitalist Both
classes feel this even when they do not
understand exactly what Il means or
why II is the case. So il is that. even
though trades unlonism has constantly
almost as firmly established as parlia-
ment itself, il has never met the con-
scious and unconscious opposition Of
all the favored class. This opposition
has once more been made effective in
the English courts. Today trades
unionism in Great Britain stands al
most stunned by the body blows that
have been recently given it by the
courts True il Is so strong In England
that it is cropping about for means to
defend itself against these deadly on
slaughts. but that il has been seriously,
y not vitality, wounded is beyond dis
pute.
The Taft-Vale decision and other
similar decisions in Great Britain. Ike
me injunction cases in the United
states. are striking at the very life of
trades unionism. and no one realizes
this more than the workingmen them
selves BY this decision the legal re-
sponsibility Of unions I'm cases of strikes
has been established i'm Great Britain
and almost $4,000 taken from one
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London. Aug. 15.-In spite of all that
the American fnds new and strange in
England. still the traveller soon dis
covers that the two countries are Won
derfulIy alike. OF course. with the
exaggerated egotism Of all men and
peoples, we are at first surprised to see
how many of our customs, institutions
and laws have been adopted here; on
second thoughts we marvel to find how
closely we really follow the footsteps
and experiences of the English people
In no way do we find conditions
more faithfully reproduced than in
what is known as the labor move
ment' of both nations. To determine
what America viii be tomorrow IL is
a good plan to see what England IS to-
day. Both in England and America
the labor question in some form over
shadows all other topics. 1t does this
because fundamentally the labor ques-
ton Is the question OF democracy Of
the rights OF the many against the
long usurped privileges Of the few.
The whole trades unions movement
of America has follOwd in the wake Of
the English lead. The history of labor
organizations in the United States, with
all Of their trials and tribulatiOns, their
victories and defeats, is but a faithful
CODY Of the tempestuOus struggles Of
the English wOrkingmen- To be sure
we Americans have written our history
much faster, exactly as we do every
thing else with greater speed, but we
do them more rapidly because the way
IS no longtr strange and untried.
The American trade unionist in the
presence of what seems to be his al
most invincible power is becoming
strangely apprthensive of serious dan
gers to his cause. In spite of the un-
precedented growth Of trades uniOnism
IN the United States its strongest sup
porters and its best friends are looking
TO its future with perpleXing doubts
and fears. In this we are but a step
behind the English trades uniOnist.
The Engishman is already in the pres
ence Of deadly peril and is seeking the
best he can 20 find a defense against
the dangers that surround him.
Trades uniOnism IS almost an ancient
institution IL Great Britain. It's every
step has been in keeping with the spirit
OF democracy, which is after all the
1 most constant aspiration OF the human
race. That trades unlonism has great
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the concern, in describing the process,
said. The fish are brought in on
scOws during the evening. They are
transferred from the boats. to convey
Ors. which deposit them upon the floor
Of the butcher room. Cinnamon are
employed as butchers. They stand in
rows at tables and cut off the heads.
fins and tails. In order to keep this
room clean it is frequently secured
with salt water. After the butchers
remove the heads and tails from the
FISH, they are pushed forward upon a
rubber belt. which conveys them to
new and recently installed cleaning
machines. The salmon are fed into
these at the rate Of fOrty-five per min
ute. They go head first between rollers
which move them into sharp knives.
which slit their bellies open, then
Scra pers and brushes, operating in a
force of water, clean out all entrails
and blood, and discharge the fish in
a tank of running water. To be dOubly
sure that they are absolutely clean,
they are inspected and placed in ele-
waited boxes with Slated bottoms and
left to drain.
The next step in the process is ac-
complished by placing the fish in peck
cts on a revolving drum. which carries
them around 10 a series OF rapidly NOV
ing circular knives. that divide the
meat into choice cuts, just the size re-
Quired to fill the cans then being used.
There are nine sets of these revolv-
ing knives across the cannery, and it
is remarkable to see them all running
at once. some cutting for one sized can
and some another. After the cutting
$50 tidy young women pack the meat in
the tins. Following a number of MI
nor processes, to insure perfect clean
illness, the cans are steamed for TWEEN
H. 80
ted to a heat of 240 degrees Fahren-
nett for an hour, which thoroughly
cooks the meat and the bone.
The two great industries of the north
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Why MI. Dickson Quit.
CNew York Press.)


Senator HOar used to be shaved by q
colored barber Of the name OF Dickson
whenever he went to Boston One morn
ing he opened a conversation by saying.
Il believe you are a member Of the Arr
can church in - street2'
mo. sab; not at all, san was the re-
ply. made with much dignity.
"Ah. / thought you were when L was
here last"
But not dis yeah. sab"
''Ah, have you resignedg'
We'll sab, IL was dis way: 7 jined dat
church en- good faith and de fuSt yeah L
give SO tO'ds the stated gospel, en- all de
church people calls me 'Brudder Dickson
De second yeah ma bizness fell off, en- l
give s.: en- all de church people dey call
me Mister Dickson Do dis razZer huht
yo' sah2"
Not at all; it is very easy
Thank yo', sab; well, de third yeah l
feel so polly dat I don give nuthin' I
all fur preachin', en- all de church people
dev pass me by en- say dat old niggah
Dickson After dat I quit EN-"
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scious feeling. Anglo-SaxOn people
love order and system, and this has
come to be very closely associated with,
law. The strike and the boycott and
the lockout are really systems Of war
fare and for this reason seldom lead
to permanent good. The great problem
is the orderly and lawful change of in
dustriaI and political institutions TO
bring about a condition of democracy
and equality amongst men. So long
as political institutions exist their &C
tion viii be considered the lawful,
rightful movement of society. and for
this reason if a state is really progress
sive and stands for democracy against
privilege. its political forces must rep
resent its real life.
Copyright. 1908. by Clarence s. barrow.
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When the mistress Of a Madison avenue
home returned from shopping she detected
the odOr of her faVorite brand OF peri Ine,
which evidently had been applied without
stint A new negro chambermaid imnlc-
diatelv fell under suspicion.
Annie began the woman. expecting
a NAT denial, have you been using my
perfume%
''Yes'n. yes'm," replied Annie. with
genuine delight on her chOcolate-hued
face rust time in nah life ever smelt
sweet"
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While 1 was preparing this article the
following dispatch from Astoria, Ore
was published:
During the past few days the run
of salmon has been so heavy as to COM
pei the packers to decline to receive
further catches, and as a result the
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beach for a distance of two miles is
piled high with dead fish, dumped
there by the boatlOad. Hundreds OF
tons of valuable food have been lost
in this way, and the city council has
had to take steps to have the putrid
mass removed. Great bonfires will be
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west are fishing and numbering, and
they are similar in the one respect that
fearful waste is practiced IN both.
Sometimes the traps fill up faster than
the Gamers can dispose of the fish, and
when this happens dreadful loss en-
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Her Explanation.

A lady who warbled in mezzo,
Repined, II am always In deZzo.
NY runs and my trtlls
Could pay all my bills,
And would, il I didn't fOrgezzo-'
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Kine Peter q 81 ssrvia.

Hail to the king-great Peter L.
Let trumpets sound and cannon burst,
But hold-there is chance for Doubt
king Peter he may peter out,
j. p. Case in Boston Post
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III HILE the land 90 the strange,
Wv silent north is giving UP millions
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80 peIighted b Lie.


Copyright, 1908. by Clarence s. Darr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-14
REPORT OF MRS. WOOD
THE WORK OF CONFEDERATE
 DAUGHTERS IN ALABAMA.
Much Has Been Done, She Says, During the Past Year By the Various Chapters of
 the State.

Charleston, Nov. 13.-(Special) )-The third days session of the United Daugh- ters of the Confederacy convened this morning at ten thirty o'clock, Mrs. Roun- saville, the president presiding. The ses- sion was devoted almost exclusively to hearing reports from the presidents of the various State divisions.
 Mrs F. s. Wood, of the Alabama divis- ion, reported that there was great and wide enthusiasm among the Daughters of the Confectionery in her State. She stated that there are forty-eight chapters in Ala bema and that all of them are in a pros porous condition and that they have ac- complished much during the past year. Monuments, she stated, have been eract- ed to the Confederate dead in several cit es and a large number of headstones have been placed at the hitherto unmarked graves of dead soldiers. The widows and orphans of the departed braves have been tenderly cared for and the decrepit vet crans well taken care of. She said that the individual members of the daughters looked to the matter of having the true history of the confederacy and the late difficulty between the States taught to the children of the schools.
 Delegates from other States made simi- lar encouraging reports.
 The election of officers for the coming year will be taken up at tomorrows ses- sion. Alabama, according to the commit tee on credentials, Is entitled to SS votes in this election
 The Alabama delegates were guests of the Commercial Club tonight, nearly all of the delegates attending. Some few were spending the evening at private res- idences and, of course, were unable to at tend. The 1st band, United States artil- lery corps, furnished the music for the occasion.