The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-05-17

" Sloht lhcHl nintnOuE udy ana
l5 per cent increase in wages.
Out Of every dollar that the Amerl-
can nation makes each year the rail-
roads get about ~ cents. And out
Of every dollar that the railroads get
the employers get GO cents and the
government gets about cents in
taxes. The total income of the rail-
roads last year was nearly $1,000 ,000.-
900.
The strike Of the truckdriyers at
Kansas City, which has been in prog
ress for several weeks, has been de-
clared on by the Truckdrivers' union,
the strikers being advised to make
peace with the employers and each
striker instructed TO secure employ
ment on any terms that he may
choose
Every man or woman who holds
stock in accompany is responsible for
the acts Of that company, says Henry
White In a recent editorial. Those
We receive the profit Of child labo.
and sweat shops and the oppression
Of the poor should be held responsible
for these social evils.
The negotiations between the Ma
tional Metal Trades association, the
employers organization and the Inter
national Association Of Machinists
have been abandoned, with the result
that the strife which has character
lied the relations Of the two organiza-
tions during the last few years will
be renewed.
In Brantford. Canada, there is a CO.
operative binding twine factory that
is owned and operated by 5000 farm
ers. Il was started twelve years ago.
so that it IS no business bubble. Last
year It paid "a per cent profit. and
sold twine lower than any other rwine
company. The 5000 farmers are about
70 start a cooperative factory to man
ufacture their own farm machinery.
The National Metal Trades asso-
citation has found agreements with Ia
Dor unions in most cases worthless.
They are not lived up 70 and afford
no protection 70 our members. The
association discourages the signing Of
new agreements. Il is safe to say
that but few viii be made this year"
said Secretary f. r. Du Brul OF the
association, after the negotiations had
ended.
There are now IN Belgium four
schools for the instruction Of fisher
men. The pupils are taught how to
read weather charts. how to make
The best use Of currents. what the
bottom Of the sea is like. how 70 man.
age their own nets. how 70 manage
q boat In q storm, how 10 use the
latest inventions in the line OF fish
ing apparatus. etc. There are about
$50 pupils now in these schools
A proposition 70 form a wage work.
frs antthiekrent union % demand
reduction of 25 per cent In rentals
was not approved by the New York
Central Union Telegraph operators
have demanded $3.50 per day and
train dispatchers $50 per month from
the elevated railroad systems Of New
York The only labor bin 10 pass the
New York legislature was one TO pun.
ish counterieiters OF union labels.
Trades unions cannot be de-
stroyed. says the editor OF the Cloth
Ing Trades Bulletin. Unions repre-
sent the upward striving mass OF the
people They have brought the bene-
fits Of progress to millions, and they
can never be broken up, The union
is firmly implanted In the soil OF our
Industrial system, and looping OF a
branch here and there win not de-
stFoy unionism."
In this months Federationist Presi.
dent Gompers says: Organized labor
viii resist any attempt at wage cut
ting Just as It has prevented wage
cutting in the past. and preparation is
necessary 10 accomplish this work.
Just as sure as the sun rises and sets.
Just as sure as the tide ebbs and
flows. there win come an industrial
stagnation In our country We should
be prepared for it and let the burden
OF II fan on those who are directly re-
sponsible for II and not on the work
ing men and wage earners."
The A. r. OF L. exhibit at the ST.
Louis fair has been arranged. 1t will
contain "a articles. forms OF commits
sions to organizers. forms OF certin-
Gates Of membership. forms Of obliga-
tions and methods OF procedure. in
structions to locals. histories and
methods Of all the afillated interna-
tionals. photographs. constitutions. la
bel bulletins. trade banners. the orig
inai charter Of the National Labor
union. organized in 1866. and a chart
showing the growth in membership OF
the American Federation OF Labor.
from few thousand in 1881 to nearly
200. 600 in 1904.
Alleging that the United Brother
hood OF Carpenters and Joiners of
America rs a trust, an Illegal associa-
tion, a combination against public pol.
icy and contrary to law" a petition
was filed in the Office OF the circuit
clerk at St. Louis by the William G.
Frye Manufacturing company. the
Charles A, Olcott Planning Mil COM
pany. Fox Brothers Manufacturing
company and the Lohse Patent Door
company. asking a restraining order
and Injunction. pending action seek
ing the dissolution Of the Brotherhood
OF Carpenters and Joiners. against the
Carpenters District council Of that
body
President. Gompers Of the A. F. Of
T.. in addressing the United States
Senate committee on the Foster bnl
for compulsory arbitration. stated that
he had been placed in a false light