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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-09
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
A Voice from Becker,
To the Editor of the Journal.


I read with much interest your editorial,
"Some Election Anomalies, AS one of
the original Collins men Of this (Becker)
county. I was naturally chagrined that
my man did not win in the primaries,
especially as I was not satisfied that he
was defeated by fair means. II held, and
do now, that the sentiment expressed in
express the wishes Of the people than
did the election Of a Dunn delegation from
this county express the wishes Of the ma
jority Of the voters of this county. Old
wheelhorses and convention politicians
overruled the slow and unsuspecting
farmers and ran the convention to suit
themselves, while we who had no vote
sat in the gallery and ground our teeth,
knowing well that in the absence of q
Collins leader no fair test would be had,
no fight made and that, Dunn delegation
would be sent to st. Paul. : We believed
that with a leader who could tell the del
egates what they were voting for, we
could have carried the convention: Many
Of the delegates to that county convention
did not know that 1t was all over until
told so on the streets. How, they felt was
shown up Nov. s. I would say that Dunn
failed to convince the voters of this coun-
ty that he secured the nomination by
fair and honorable means as he time
and again reiterated in speech here.
And 1--WE were not the only ones, oh, dear,
no." -Vox Populi,
Detroit, Mimi, Dec. 6.
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UNION PRINTERS
WANT, STATE. SHOP
PLAN rs RECEIVING STRONG SUP.
PORT IN. WISCONSIN. ...-
Opposition to the Plan Centers in the
Few Firms Which Have Practically
Fl Enjoyed a Monopoly Of State Work
s, Delegates Return from San Francisco
81 Convention.

J, John W. Hays, vice president Of the
International Typographical union, will
leave for - Madison, Wis, tomorrow,
where he goes. to assist. with the pre-
llminary. work in connection with plan
For the 1ntroduction into the Wisconsin,
estab lishment Of a state printing office.
A bill has already been drawn and rep
resentatives Of the union will !" sound ,
q number of members Of the legislature
IN order to secure some one friendly to
the measure to look after it when it
plan meets with favor all over the state,
outside Of Madison, and will have the
hearty eupport>of the union labor ele-
ment. The socialists have a number of
members in the legislature, and these
are also expected to. give the state print
ing office bill boost. Most of the
| It is expected that the strongest opposi-
ton will come from those. who have
done the state work. Unlike Minnesota,
there IS no general distribution Of state
printing to. towns and cities over the
state of.Wisconsin, comparatively few
enjoying monopoly of the business.
doing al! the work required by the
state, and its promoters claim great
saving will result over present methods.
The bill will be printed Immediately
and copy sent 20 each senator and rep
resentative in order that all may be-
come familiar with it's provisions. A
strong effort will be made to get IA
vorable action this winter.
milwaukee, Typographical union has
appointed business agent, who will de.
vote. his whole time to looking after the
affairs of the organization. One of the
principal duties will be that of pushing
the label. Mr.. Hays will attend the
meeting Of the Milwaukee union next
Sunday
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LABOR NOTES.

to re3resent Buiiding, Laborers Union; No. A.
Election of Officers will be held at the regular
meeting of the Bakers Mon saturday. Dec. II;
the fondft is 1T en6 the
Union headquarters known as AleNanders hall,
are, being Hastily decorated s Ill, o++ond
P. n. Wingreen and Z. Samson VIII attcnn
the international convention of the Tailors' Union
at as be- 3be @
in eleven years, the last being held in ST. Paul
in 1898. =
stonemasons' Union elected A. P. Skogberg
delegate to the convention in San francisco. Jan
8. Jacob Habel selected for deputy and A.
Twenty-two new members were initiated and
fifteen applications We're received at the taSt
aysnn Of the GasI the as Set for the
" Turner business asent of the the Local Sc;11
represent his organiZati ton at the 1nternatlonai
convention. which meets in Chicago next Monday;
Iron Workers Union will be presented to the
EMPLOYERS the first Of nezt month after ro tns
Council. Several changes have been made from
the existing scale. -,
international constitution voted on by the Car.
penters' Union last Friday evening failed TO get
The proposition to elect officers by 9. refer
endun vote was adopted by , nraetically un
of of ef and other business of
interest will come before the Meat Cutters Union
next Wednesday evening. A large class WILL De
initiated at the same meeting. q
The expansion plan of the Co-opera tive Gar
ment Manufacturing company was indorsed BY
the Trades and Labor Assembly Wednesday even
ing. .
James q. Flynn. representing the un!teS HAT
tiers of America and c. f. James. twin city
| business agent for the Boot and Shoe Workers
Union spoke before the Trades Assembly In the
evening. An examination Of the hats Worn
by the delegates revealed the fact that there
was but one non-union hat in the hall.
Delegates Wellington. DurRer and Gray We're
appointed by the Trades Assembly to assist the
entertainment of their international convention.
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sToNEMAsoNs WITHDRAW
Their Delegates Retire From the Local
Trades Assembly, =

,. Last Wednesday evening, the local
stonemasons' union notified the Trades
Assembly that it had Withdrawn it's
delegates. from the central body. While
no reason was assigned, it is surmised
that the stonemasons union considers
that it is ineligible to membership in
the assembly because the latter is affiE
lated with the American Federation Of
Labor, while the former is not. The
bricklayers' union is also out of the as
sembly, having Withdrawn long ago. The
question Of the eligibility of these or
CARNATIONS came up Wednesday even
ing and the secretary of the assembly
was instructed to get a ruling from the
officers Of the A. F. Of L. IN the matter.
The international union under which
both locals hold charters is not affili-
ated with the A. F. Of L., altno it is
recognized by the latter as Irregular"
organization. Should no objection be
made by the federation, these unions
will be invited to send delegates to the
assembly.
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THE FLY

Upon sheet of Tanglefoot the trusting fly
had it, -. p. ssss
And now with plucky heart he fought toward
= freedom, bit by bit. g.. :
He stood on tptoe in the mess and beat his
.gauzy WINGS 81 .s.- r..
II dragged himself with frantic jerks and jumps
and leaps and swings. g.
He wrestled with a sticky leg with all his might
and MAN,
He pulled and hauled and tugged and lugged
and pulled and hauled again. =
Across his fallen comrades he his painful prog
ress took b
And inch by inch he won his way by many a
hook crook, -. e.
edge: --:s~4r,-. 49, 9.
It was a nine days. wonder that he reached
the narrow LEDGE; :. 81
With feeble gasps he licked his feet and rear
ranged his coat,
And tried each tired wing again with low and
rs timid note.
Then up into the air he leaped, his joyous
course he bore
Straight to that sheet Of tanglefoot and waded
in once more.
"A fly is just an insect and his part In life is
Yet how exactly like "a man he does things aftei
all.
George Fitch, in Council Blutrs Nonpareil.
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Friday Evening,

centers Of TIE interior, it will be ground
in Europe or in Canada. To deny the
use of Canadian wheat for the export
great industry, a blow that can do good
to no other industry. There is no way
our farmers can keep Canadian wheat
from going to European markets in the
berry or in -four. The only way the
inhabitants of the United States can
reap any benefit from that commerce
is to turn the wheat into flour here.
And that is what Senator Hansbrough
opposes.
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BARRIERS BOARD FILLED
Thomas Colman Takes the Place of w.
O'Brien, Resigned.

Thomas E. Colman, Of the BARRIERS
union, has been appointed to fill the va
cancy on the state board of BARRIERS
examiners, caused by the resignation Of
": O'Brien, who has gone to Denver,
Col.
At the meeting Of the union last Mon
day evening, Messrs. Lockwood, Hamb-
lin, Curran and Hanson were appointed
to arrange for a dance on Thursday
evening, Dec. 20. G.. H. Becker, secre-
tary of the state, board Of examiners,
was present; and made an address. Of
ficers are to be elected at the meeting
Monday evening, Dec. 10.
Altho a conviction was not secured in
the last case brought in the courts by
the. union in the Sunday closing crusade,
It is not the intention to stop prosecu-
tions, when infractions of the law are
noted. There will be a special meeting
Of the union next Monday night, at
Alexander $ hall, to consider what ac-
ton shall be taken to prevent a repeal
Of the Sunday closing law, which it, is
reported some of the boss BARRIERS will
endeavor to have. removed from the
statutes. An invitation is extended to
all BARRIERS interested to attend, and the
matter will be taken up in earnest. ~.
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VISITED WESTERN UNIONS
A. E. Wellington Saw Flour Mill En-
ployees While in California.

a; p; .Kellington, secretary treasurer
Of the International Union Of Flour and
Cereal Mill Employees, has returned
from the convention Of the American
Federation Of Labor. He speaks in
words of praise about the manner in
which the visitors were entertained by
the San Francisco unionists. While the
attendance was smaller, than at former
conventions, much was accomplished
for the welfare Of the labor movement.
After the session ended, Mr.. Keeling
ton visited. the six locals of his union
IN California, located at San Francisco,
Oakland, Los Angeles, Stockton, Sacra-
mento and Marysville. The organiza-
ton in California is thriving, and it is
the intention to put special organizer
in that field as soon as practicable. AS
far as wages and hours are concerned.
the California unions have nothing to
complain of. The minimum scale in
San Francisco is 1926, which is the
lowest in the state; Oakland pays $3.50;
Marysville, 1915, and in Sacramento,
Stockton and Los Angeles, $50 isSt bel low
est wage paid. These unions are increas-
Ing in membership rapidly, and thru
them the members have secured much.
The Los Angeles union has contracts
with all the local mills.
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first entertainment will then be an
nounced. 81
TYPO AUXILIARY ELECTS
Ladies Choose Their Officers for the Ed
suing Year.

Ladies' Auxiliary to TypographieM
union, No. 42, met last night and elecE
ed officers for the coming year. Fhefe
was a large attendance and consider.
able interest was manifested in the re-
suit, which follows: President, Mrs.
drew Henderson; recording secretary,
Mrs. Frank Boreen; treasurer, Mrs.
Frank Frost; chaplain, Mrs. j. b.
Holmes; guide, Mrs. Charles N. Brown.
A corresponding secretary will be elect
ed at the next meeting.
A committee was appointed to look
after the arrangements in connection
with the banquet to be given by the
auxiliary on the evening of Friday,
Jan. IS, at which time the local typo-
graphical union will celebrate its thir-
tysecond anniversary. The committee
is made up of Mines. Holmes, Moore,
Kennedy, Miller and Thomas. Z
b Mrs. Andrew Henderson 1and Mrs. 7.
E. Frost. will entertain the ladies at "a
card party at the residence Of the for
mer, 2713 Third avenue S, on Dec. 80.
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PAINTERS TALK SCALES
The Same Wages in Effect Last Year
-. Are Asked. -. s-s.- .-..,.

At Monday nights meeting of the
Twin City Painters district council,
scales were presented by the Twin City
Sign Writers union, the Painters and
Decorators union Of st. Paul and the
local Paperhangers union, all of which
were Endorsed. The bylaws of the
Sign Writer'S union were approved
The st. Paul painters have raised their
scale to the level Of the one adopted
by the Minneapolis union.
There will be a special meeting of
the district council to consider the
scale Of the Minneapolis Painters ;
union. It is necessary that this be done
in order that the same may be pre-
sented to the Building Trades Council
for action at the last meeting of the
year. No.changes have been made from
the schedule o5f wages in effect last
year.
Next Tuesday evening the jollifca-
ton committee, TO which was referred
of social events this winter, will re-
port to the union. The date of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-09
Retail Statesmen Elect.

Officers were elected by the Retail
Statesmen s association Monday evening,
as follows: President, J. Knight; vice
president, F. NJ. Morley; second vice
president, S. E. McMahon; treasurer,
Colbert IS Knox; recording secretary, Karl RI?
sen; guide; F. H. Bucholz; sentinel, J..
W. .Dickinson; trustee, D. NJ. Allison;
delegates to Trades and Labor Assem-
bly, II. A. Lyngas, Robert Knox and
Karl Poertner. The union desires to
announce that the retail stores will be
open evenings, commencing Monday,
Dec. 10, until Christmas day in order
to accommodate holiday shoppers. All
stores will be closed Christmas day and
New Years daY. :
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USE THE REFERENDUM
Cigarmakers Think a General Conven-
tion Unnecessary for Next Year.

. Local union cigarmakers voted last
night upon the question of holding a
general convention next year. The
proposition did not receive favorable
action for the reason that good results
have. been obtained thru the use of the
referendum, and the money which
would would be expended for such a
gathering can be used to much better
advantage. The request for a conven-
ton came from Milwaukee and had the
necessary Endorsement.
= The number of labels granted for
Noyvember, 1904, was 22,575, this being
5,163 less than for the corresponding
period of 1908. However, Financial
Secretary Hall reports that ali members
OF the union are at work, and he is
unable to fill the demand for .cigarmak-
ers. Eight requests for men were on the
blackboard at headquarters Thursday,
with no one in sight to accept them.
No. II is sending out playing cards
as label advertising feature: On the
backs, Of the cards is reproduction Of
the, label, together with advertising
o.
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New England S Experience.

New England has been slow in aWak-
ing to the dangers of an industrial
crisis, but the awakening seems to have
come at last. It has been difficult for
some business men in the home OF high
protective principles to accept the idea
Of reciprocal. relations with Canada.
They have been forced to this new po-
sition by the stern lessons OF the order
book and ledger. Their supremacy in
the markets of the southern and west.
ern states is passing. TO keep. up the
volume of trade, they must extend their
sales in eastern Canada, which, IN a
geographical sense, is their territory.
The textile factories Of New Eng
land once supplied the country. Now
the south has over four hundred facto-
ries making cotton goods, many OF them
financed by New England capital, and,
thru the advantage in lower freight
rates, cheaper labor and sometimes
cheaper fuel, competing successfully
with the old factories. The manufac-
ture of shoes, once exclusively eastern,
has made great strides in the west, IN
cities near the raw material and the
market. The furniture industry in New
England is almost extinct. Western
and southern markets are supplied
largely by western and southern manu-
features. New England factories are
being shut in to their own peculiar
territory. Their foreign trade is al
ready pushed to the limit, and the only
relief in. sight is to break across the
artificial wall that bars them from
eastern Canada.
( Thus it is that the home of the
"standpat' doctrine is shaken by an
economic and political revolution, which
is responsible for changed sentiment
among many public men of New Eng
land. The New England sentiment will
be powerful factor in the impending
tariff changes.
1t is one of the humors Of politics
that sees the down-east pillars of pro-
hibitive tariff shaken to their founda-
tions, while men from agricultural Iowa
are taking the lead in obstructing re-
vision. .... .,.. ..,.-. s. ~. >ts
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Hansbrough S Untenable Position.

The degree to which the tariff is and
always will be a local issue is we'll
illustrated by the attitude Of Senator
Hansbrough Of North Dakota. Only
two or three years ago the senator was
in favor of reciprocity with Canada
and was quite sure that free wheat
would in no way affect the interests of
his constituents.
That was when tariff revision was not
imminent.
Now that it has practically been
promised in some form or other by the
administration, Senator Hansbrough is
opposed to any sort Of tariff revision
that will admit wheat at lower duty
than at present, tho he confesses him.
self still in favor of tariff revision as
general proposition. In other words, he
is willing to see the tariff revised in
any manner that does, not affect the in.
terests, real or fancied, Of his constitu-
ents, no matter whether it would be Of
great benefit or great injury to the rest
of the country. Nor is Senator Hans
brough widely different from his
brother statesmen at Washington.
Most of them are for tariff reform of
the kind not opposed by their constitu-
ents.
But when the senator goes so far in
his zeal for the wheat farmers fancied
interests as to oppose the application to
the milling industry of law that has
been on the statute books for many
years and utilized by other Industries,
he is overstepping himself little.
In fear of an impossible injury to his
constituents, he is willing to sacrifice
3 the very real interests Of a great indus
try. The American flour mills are now
out Of the export -four trade. Senator
Hansbrough wishes to keep them out, by
forbidding them to use Canadian wheat
to supply trade that at present can
not be supplied in any other way.
Just how the senator figures it out
. that such tactics can be of any advan-
tage to his constituents would puzzle
anyone who did not fully understand
how all logic and oftentimes fairness
are forgotten by statesmen when they
come to deal with the local aspects of
the tariff question.
lie there is to be a continued shortage
of good milling wheat in the United
& States, the question of whether the
mills Of the: interior can longer par
ticipate in the export trade will be
purely one of getting Canadian wheat
1f the wheat for that trade is, not
ground in Minneapolis and other milling
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THE. MAGAZINES

Secret of New Zealand's Prosperity
Edward Tregear of New Zealand writing
for The Arena for December, a number of
much interest for general readers, sums
up the secret Of New Zealand's prosperity
thus:
The secret attending the measure Of success
New Zealand has hitherto enjoyed has resided
in the word Organization" That principle
which in the United States has been admirably
exemplifed in control of expenses and materials
by the trusts, is in this colony turned into a
state implement. used not for the emolument
Of a few shareholders or for amassing gigantic
private fortunes but devoted to the uplifting of
the whole community. The prosperity of the
colony is not to be attributed to the labor laws,
nor to the land laws, to commercial enter
prise but to all three directed in unison for the
public good.
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Reckless Indulgence.

The city council is asked to allow
the old Haymarket site, at First avenue
S and First street, to be used for re-
tail lumber yard. A council committee
has already taken favorable action on
the application.
Before taking final action the alder
men should consider just what this in
wolves. In the first place, the proposed
lumber yard will loom UP at the very
gateway of the city. Persons arriv-
ing by way of the union station get
their first impression from it's surround
ings. Visiting business men will note
that property in what is presumed to be
the business section Of the city is worth
SO little that it is used to pile lum-
Der ON
= There is another and graver feature.
Insurance mon and property owners in
the downtown district are with good
reason alarmed at this proposed reck-
less suspension Of the fire limits regula-
lions. The most used railroad tracks
in the city are in the cut adjoining
UuG 1dy 1udikeG S1te. OpdihS 1IOll Iue
locomotives will be a, constant menace
to lumber piles. Just adjoining the To-
cation Of the proposed lumber yard are
blocks of frame buildings, in themselves
a great danger to the business district
A fire gaining Roadway in the piles of
lumber would be almost certain to leap
to these houses, and should the wind be
north or east, no one can tell where the
flames can be checked. Lower Wash
ington avenues closely built blocks of
old buildings would feed the fre-fend
fat. The experience of Baltimore
might easily be repeated.
The fire limits have been defined for
the protection of downtown property.
The council, with mistaken indulgence
has found it easy to suspend them in
numerous instances. Regulations for
the safety Of life and property cannot
be followed too closely. It has been
the practice to accommodate the regula
.tions to business requirements while
the correct public policy is just the re-
verse. The wishes of individuals should
be subordinate to the public safety.
It is about time for the Chi-fu man tt
begin to sight the Baltic fleet or to hea:
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LET'S GIVE IT a TRIAL.
Nebraska State Journal.

Nebraska State Journal. a
If congress will grant the interstate
commerce commission the needed power
to do things, and Senator CockrelI will
then add weight to the commission by c-
cepting the proffered membership the
country will he in a fair way to find out
whether government control OF privately
owned railroads is feasible, or is rather.
as the government Ownership advocates
assert, a perfect irnpossibility.
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Mitchell Sends REGRETS.

> John Mitchell has found it inconven-
lent to accept the invitation to visit
Minneapolis and deliver an address I'M
der the auspices of the Trades Assembly
this winter. In a letter to l.. Lund,
secretary Of the assembly, Mr. Mitchell
expresses regret at his inability to com-
ply with the wishes Of his Minneapolis
admirers, and says that the work i'll con-
nection with his duties as president Of
the United Mine Workers takes up his
whole time.
An effort will be made by the educa-
tional committee to secure some man of
prominence in the labor world for
public meeting to be held early in the
new year. The educational meetings
will be resumed after the holiday sea-