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New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
Higher Wages Not Its Only GoalTakng m Intelligent
Intere st in Philanthropy. Sanitation. Public
Health and Legislation.

Boston and YOnkers the unions active in gath
ering funds for tuberculosis sanatoriums. The
already established Printers Home, in Colorado
Springs is such an institution. But l do not per
sonally advise the building sanatoriums consid-
elng 1t better for unions TO support existing nsti-
tutons- sending their sick members to them-and TO
carry on the eddCative campaign.
/ feel that unionism IS often misunderstood and
ihlsrepresented Its leaders. IN my experience, are
SOBER. hard working men. l have had dine at my
''Ole three business agents. Of whom drank
ol even smoked. As for the rank and file. take
me instance in the OF the recent printers
s'lhe OF liquor bar at headquarters that had to
DC closed up because not enough men cared 70
drink
Airea J. Bouton, Register Of Kings County. who
represented the stereotypers' organization before
ms eiecton 10 office the Municipal Ownership
"ohet last IAN, declared that unionism was In a
Peilod OF liberal growth. The handsome and ath-
ie''o Register believed that labor was wise in its
new stand Of conciiation and cooperation toward
me general welfare. He cited incidentally, a
printers union provision guaranteeing a six weeks
DoaId Oh! 10 boarding house keepers. Printers are
pS mature migratory. and the temptation ''bilk'
!ahdahles has not always been combated, with III
results TO the reputation Of the entire calling
II is pointed out that a public benefit promoted
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
B0uflMer Brothers
West TquenD-thrd Street.

without regard 10 population. can show such stu
pendous aggregate capitalization Of Incorporated
trolley companies If this opinion is well founded.
Rochester IS. and PROBABLY will be for several years.
one of the great centres OF trolley construction and
operation in the United States.
There are thirteen companies included in this
grouping all of them are active. except one. the
Buffalo, Niagara Falls & Rochester Railway Com
pauy which is in a more or less mOribund condi-
ton The Rochester Railway Conpany's system
the Rochester. Charlotte & N1antou. and the Roch-
ester & Eastern are IN operation: the Rochester.
Syracuse & Eastern and the Buffalo, Lockpert &
Rochester are in course OF construction; the Bur
fRlO. Batavia & Rochester has received Certit-
cate of necessity and convenience; the Buffalo &
Rochester Traction Company has application for
such a certificate which several hearings have
been held, pending with the state Railroad Com
mission the Rochester, ScottsviIIe & Caledonia has
applied a similar certificate and is to have its
first hearing the present month IN this city; the
Rochester & Elrira is expected to file IN the iune-
date future application for certificate.
The lines OF the Rochester Railway Company.
the Rochester * Sodus Bay Railway Company
the Rochester & Suburban Railway Company and
the Rochester Electric Railway Company
all a part OF system. that OF the first named
company. but they still have separate cor
porate existence. they considered separately
The figures were in all cases taken from official
REPORTS made by officers OF the companies or from
the certificates OF Incorporation and are approxi-
mately correct Total capitalization includes the
capital stock outstanding and bonded Indebtedness.
when such Indebtedness exists
II is TO be understood that these figures do not
represent the total capitalization II will be when
all OF the reads present projected are in opera
tion. BY that time most of the roads now repre-
sented by only issue Of stock will have assumed
a bonded Indebtedness II is conservatively esti-
mated that the ultimate aggregate capitalization.
assuming that all of the projected roads mentioned
will be constructed. will be between S65.OOoo00 and
S7oO0o.0O
The total mileage represented by the thirteen
electric railways centring in Rochester IS quite
astonishing as the aggregate capitalization. The
total mileage represented is a fraction less than
SEQ miles, distance equal TO that from Rochester.
by way of Syracuse and Albany, to New York and
return plus 90 miles. IL is also equal the dis
tance from New York a point six miles east %
Battle Creek, Mich, or from Chicago TO pOinr
ten miles west Of Schenectady. y. Y.-Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS.

g.anwhiIe the benehcent activities or LABOR or
sanizatiors cannot be eainsaid. Among the most
s,-;gng is the recent enlistment of the American
rsae-ation Of Labor in the fight against tuberculo-
=. which claims ten thousand victims a year In
,r,s citv and q hundred and fifty thousand in the
ertir. land TIE federation has issued 10 its mem
hers pamphlet that gives the facts and figures OF
.rha white plague" tells that il is an infectious
frf preventable disease and shows how II may be
conquered The consUmptive's golden rule. Don Z
Give Consumption 70 Others; Don't Let Others
Give II 20 You IS printed in large type, and there
eve minute directions for treatment OF every stage.
e-,uulants and patent medicines are discouraged;
Fresh air and good food recommended While. as
,he chart shows the four trades OF stone cutting.
cira-nskinE. plastering and printing head the list
q, victims there are several serni-professional
classes with high tendency, and therefore no one
can accuse the federation OF a merely exclusive
interest.
Equal suffrage the initiative and referendum.
scientific agriculture. immigration child labor and
lfgovernment n public schools are other reforms
undertaken by the new unionism in cooperation
with variety Of associations Rapid transit and
tenement house reform IN New York have been
largely advanced by the united power OF the
workers.
Within FIVE years. says Florence Kelley. OF the
National Consumers League. philanthropy and or
sanizeo labor have been working systematically to-
eether for child labor legislation. Just in proper
tion as this cooperation develops will the gains on
behalf OF the working children become permanent,
and the cooperation itself is process OF education
for both phianthropists and workngnen.'
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
Persons Would Better Omit Reading ms
Painfully Realistic of Russian Peasant Life.

like her body mass or hNlu oi iui'0'' On
wonders how IT happens that she does MOI ui'p :
to the earth and. hanging on by her pihione'
hands is not dragged by the cart along 'ne
warm. dusty ground. 90
On the cart stands n tall peasant In White
blouse and black sheepskin cap. from un-
der which cIeaying his forehead, hangs a tutt
Of red hair In one hand he holds the reins'
in the other his whip. and he methodlcaHy aa-
ministers cut with 1t now across the back OF
his horse and now across the body OF the slehueI
woman who is already disabled and dishgured
out OF all semblance to the human image. Inc
red haired peasants eyes are bloooshot anu
glisten with malignant triumph Ihe sieeNe'
of his blouse, turned up to the shoulderS' lay
bare his strong sinewy arms. thickiy coNe'eu
with reddish hair; his mouth Is opeh' sho"i"s
two rows Of sharp white teeth, and now ana
again he shouts in hoarse accents: "WeH now
hag. Ha, ha! That's one. ha! Isn't. that
right, brothers?"
Behind the cart and the woman tled 10 1t 'h1
dense throng sweeps on shouting, hoWlihs'
whistling. crying "Tally-ho! and esslns on Ais-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
UNION AID WELCOMED.

We seek and welcome the AID Of unions" said
Health Commissioner Darlington 10 & Tribune re
porter. They have done something 10 help US in
the past and can DO more Such organ ations that
meet regularly and have al earnest me lbership
ideal mediums Of the gospel OF sanitation. Their
taking up OF the crusade against tut erculoss that
terrible yet preventabe disease cannot be too
highly commended. Besides our general distribu-
tion OF tuberculosis literature printed IN nine Ian
guages appeal directly 70 lizaions OF labor
We address them and ask them 10 assist IN edU-
Dating the entire public Who better than the
Sorkingnaa knows the existence Of disease breed
Ing conditions? Our staff Is limited. II would take
q army 10 discover original evils but the workers
can compare notes and compile list Of cases for
Dur investigation The union BARRIERS and bakers
have given valuable information Of unsanitary
conditions in their respective trades These cond-
fions are harmful the public TO the work
srs We are glad 10 have such help, and hope 70
set more Of IL"
Herman Robinson, New York representative Of
the American Federation OF Labor was rather in
clned 70 resent The IDEA Of any marked change IN
union policy. Outright political action on the Eng
hsh model. even II desirable. negatived by the
inharnorous attitude Of certain organizations. he
thought.
On the other hand, Secretary Deyine Of the Char
iiy Organization Socitey said:
Philanthropy and labor have Joined forces in a
way that no would have believed a few years
ego. il is seen on both sides that there is q com
-'- ann 10 secure decent NNliS Tor The many. In
t4s purpose thing leads to another. Labor con-
niilons proper housing and what-not become inter
Related. Poverty and disease unwholesome shops
Ano unsani'ary homes keep company and require a
variety OF EFFORT on the part Of humantarians 1t
Is unoenishle that unionism at first had no friendly
eye for philanthropic societies. regarding them en-
hasse with the suspicion that individuals
We're apt TO entertain. They said. in effect: You
pretend 10 benefit the whole world our mission is
merely 10 help ourselves Since then they have
realized that the circle Of self-hep is proitably
s1dened include neighbors and doubtless
The societies also have come to a better apprecia-
uon ot organized labor's achievements.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Marlin Torky has this country 70 agltate tor
.a,,,,,, 4, Prussia which shall n republic ana
nm, government the hands Of PEASANTS Ike those
he describes in the following Premier Witte De
eves peasants Ike these should be trusted win
very limited self government Gorky dehouceS
yyitte Americas will make UP their own minds. 4"0
Road OF shame written by Gorky In leoo III"
translation IS by j. Dillon. 1t is reproduced here oy
courtesy OF the publishers Mcclure Phillips & Co inc
s,or, Dsa called In the original ''Vyvod' can Expos
ure, According Gorky II is in no sense notion ou'
brutal fact transcribed without touch OF FANCY "oAS
wrote regarding II: Il have written TINS sAe''" i'
a. u-,c,, acc,,n, Of the persecution and securing OF
prophet who recognition in the country OF ms
birth; no I sorry 1t is not 10 DC construed a.
such. II may called An Exposure ana IL IS 'hoS
that husbands chastise erring wives In RUSSIA IL Is
picture OF popular manners. a local custom wit
messed il myself in year 1881 July I5 in the vii
lara nf Kandynrlcn Government OF Kherson...
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
PART V.
EIGHT PAGES,

--rion,srn as synonyme for strikes is become less
..rr.,a signs multiply OF wdened scope among
-, orgauizations less effort 10 realize immediate
o,ol benefit and more TO promote the public
1,ss,s The old fashioned unlOnism was a sort OF
-, societv with narrow. exclusive aims. an in
80, Ishn,ael that scowled back the hatred and
understanding OF others More wages was its
.Soqsn and strike" its anal argument.
Ce. ne,r uDionisrn. whether through enlighten-
,o,nt or with a diplomatic purpose 10 capture pub
~ s-,na.hy is heartily IN accord with many
- -ar,.-ts for the general good. Insisting ever
-. moro politely the deemed rights of its
h.-s :, row shows an interest in such diverse
,,.rs as agriculture and pure food and the anti
hrc,,losis war. Il co-operates with general phil
..-o-y and promotes discourages legislation
a.. orv bodv OF public spirited citizens
..r LnoU there has been progress said an en-
-. -. other dav but We still have these ag-
sravating strikes
Would you prefer that progress perfected itse4i
- ,ta unions following the English example, sent
s,,v-.our workingmen 70 Congress- asked his
friend. -
Yes" was the unexpected reply AZ iole ss
-ris is republic. We can't object 10 the caFos
ts,,g +sbIed We must accept anything that is
cone legally and orderly. The strike comes Ike
,r,sf IN the night, bludgeoning the innocent with
The guilty"
..yEcu am having building put up. l have
s,v,.vs paid union wages and made union con-
,rsc, Suddenly ali work IS stopped and the build
,,e ,s s.layed for months. Why? Some contractor
- a Roston branch connected with a scab shop
a, p,,.shurg So I must suffer. II seems 20 me
.h., tbere ought 20 he some remedy-perhaps that
. york once begun for union employer under
rn,on conditions should be finished at all hazards. re
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

visit these tribes It is necessary 10 travel by horse
back. on account Of the rough nature OF the coun-
try 1 am always accompanied by two native
Indian police vino acquainted with the various
trails 10 the different reservations and also nave
an INTERPRETER VINO is needed account or the
many different languages among the tribes, each
OF which speaks a different tongue l have become
ohcieut in the language OF the Sioux, ana need
no Interpreter when among their different tribes,
but when l visit tho others am as much at sea as
though understood only the English language;
In writing music for the Indians or recording
native songs l use methods. one OF which -
writing tho music by notation while II IS oeng sung
the other by using blank phonograph records, each
thus verifying the other depend for this music
on the old men by getting them 10 sing their songs
slowly I'm some tepee and then explaining the mean
ing OF the words If words used. dltAOusA some
times they are only syllables. The makeup OF tne
music 10 q large extent $ in a minor KEY lhvIe
being little OF the major key used by the inials'
The only accompaniment is the beat or GIuII,
every beat in the measure being accompanied oy
striking the drum and heavy infection OF tne
voice Native music has no resemo olauce WTttIeNCr
TO our Indian songs, such as Navajo. ram
many" etc.
Mr. Ioring has visited the following tribes since
July 1905: The Sioux, who occupy eleven dlIrereht
reservations. Chevennes Crows. Flatheads Oiio-
vavs. Irmatillas Cayuses and Puyallupes
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
MUSIC OF INDIANS.
Carefully Studied By Government
lSuDPrJ1SOr.

Bangor Me. April IL (SpecaD.-Harold A Loring'
appointed by the government as a supervisor OF
native indian music was in Bangor this week. after
an extended trip among Indian reservations or the
West and started again for Washington. where he
makes his Headquarters IN the Indian Bureau, and
after few davs there he will leave that city again
for the West Mr.. Lorings work Is that OF col
lecting all the aboriginal music OF the hundred or
more various Indian tribes in the country and per
petuating IT.
Mr. Ioring gave interesting account OF his
work among the Indians and facts about the noble
red men themselves He said:
NV duties are to visit every tribe and reservation,
of which there over a hundred In the country.
and this duty will probably take me at least two
and n half years many OF the tribes being very
far from the railroads, perhaps 225 miles. and TO
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
DR.. Lyons
PERFECT
Goth Powder
Cleanses and beautif1es the
teeth and purifies the breath.
Used by people Of refinement
tor over quarter OF a century.
Convenient for tourists.
PREPARED 5Y
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tramped forty-two miles. leading the animal all
the way.
Raising of sheep and cows is a speciality with the
colOnists, but yet only hog has been raised
The women are especially Industrious, and add
materially 70 the incomes by curing skins and max
ing muffs and boas from the foxes which the Jews
hunt with great eagerness In the summer months
they take boarders. and last year the Of
an eight room house found room TO accommodate
twenty city bOarders at time.
The colonists have their eyes an aban-
doned church, which they will try purchase and
turn into n synagogue. They have resident rabbi.
who conducts all their religious ceremonies. They
are also planning TO build department store and
to erect hotel for the accommodation OF summer
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
ROCHESTER, TROLLEY y.
The Flozcer City Is Rich IN Electric
Rml1Cdys.

The total capitalization of electric raiIwaSs -
.o.,or IN course of construction or in contenp'a-
+ior IN Rochester having this city as one Ter ~
nus amounts 10 S41,o45ooo II the RocheS,e'' ~
nus nus 1,ritor Railroad Company, whose Inc
1,. has n terminal in this city, be incluueu'
., r,onnt is Increased 10 SH 1850 and inciu'eS
'V -rartes that have been Incorporated
~ 10 generally believed that in proportioh 20
Iation no other city in the United states ral
rD,, oxcention Of Greater New York ana IoSto@
poSS''-- po,rs F,urTalo can make an equal SHOWING
@' al s the opinion In certain well informed quarters
II Is ,.'' ,tas With a population above $1,000 To-
tnts With buffalo Pittsburs' Cleveland ana Le
sro,, bs excepted. no other city IN 'ne ooU'''-
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
JEWS LEARN FARMING.
Many Ludicrous Bunders. bit
More Steady Progress.

Sandisneld. Mass. April 13 (SpeciaD.-This little
town. out-of-the-way corner OF the Berk-
shiros, Is rapidly becoming Jewish colony, the
greater percentage OF the Jews coming from New
York City. II is said TO be backed by fund estab-
lshed by wealthy Jews to advance the welfare Of
deserving members Of their 1t is hoped that
IL will relieve somewhat the congested East Side
Of New York and that il is only a forerunner Of
other Jewish colonies situated within easy distance
OF that city
The industry. thrift and energy displayed by
these colonizing Jews is enormous. while their ig-
norance Of farming matters and farming tools is
almost Iudicrous. AS they are fast learning they
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
THEY DO GOOD WORK.

We must admit that in factory and child legis-
!aton more has been accomplished by unionism
Than any other agency. Il has been the early and
vigorous champion Of the sweatshop victim the
woman worker and the premature wage Garner.
The unions first co-operated with US on the tene-
nent house reform. They sont representatives TO
Abery and at our request Governor Roosevelt ap-
pointed Mr O Brien OF the Granite Cutters q mem
Der Of the state committee that formed the present
law and created the Tenement House Commission %
Paul Kennaday. secretary Of the anti-tuberculosis
Committee OF the Charity Organization Society, was
almost enthusiastic in describing the success OF the
movement among unonists. II was Mr. Kennaday
who obtained the cooperation OF the American
Federation OF Labor. and he has long served a
.oint committee OF the Central Federated Unicn of
this city.
Our potentially strongest allies in the work of
education are the trade unions" said Mr. Kenna-
Cay. The columns OF their papers open to us,
eac 10 limited extent may obtain hearing
~ their meetings Many locals have a large MEM
oership and a mass OF business TO transact; and
Others. again. suddenly have matters OF pressing
concern coming before them. The intelligence OF
NE audience on tie other hand. their Immediate
interest In tuberculosis the power which their help
can add 10 a movement 10 improve factory and
labor conditions and the close attention which
they give 20 q speaker when he does appear Defore
Nesn. make the work worth while.
AZ the committee sanitation OF the Central
1eoerated Union Issue circular 10 aflliated
iocals asking their united and individual aid All
members are requested 20 report any violations OF
me health or factory laws within their workshops
VI homes. The extension Of ou- work b. the na-
NoAai body is a great step Everywhere there Is an
,sSSurnHing increase OF interest In Brooklyn,
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
UNDER sIRE NlNETY-TWo TIMES.

Aged ninety years and holding the proud record
IN the British army of having been under fire n
battle ninety-two times, William Edwards late OF
the 9Th Iancers has Just died ButIocks Heath.
near Southampton
For twenty-five years Edwards served in the
army from January. 1872 until October . 1866 and
during that time he took part in various Indian
campaigns. including that of the NIutiry. retiring
on a pension of I'D. a day.
This income ne has supplemented by
working various trades, having mad support
invalid wife. who is now left in poor caxcu1a-
StanceS.-lLoadoneNall. a
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

by philanthropy and organized labor might be pat
termed after the municipal labor bureaus of Ger
many. There is a state bureau. and tho unions
an extent serve their membership. but a uni
versal exchange On the German plan IS under CON
sideration by some leaders. Each city and town
has its branch bureau. and the telephone speedily
gives information OF workers needed in any neigh
boring locality Last year in Stuttgart with a
population Of PAP 600 places found FOR % 979
men and j Ss5 Every class Of skilled and
unskilled labor was included.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
THE ROAD OF SHAME.

1t is a strange procession that is vending
along the village street between two rows of
white plastered mud huts TO the accompaniment
OF a long drawn. unearthly howl.
A crowd OF peasants is marching forward, a
dense throng moving like a huge wave and in
front ambes a sorry little horse. comically
rugged it's head hanging down dismally. When
ever it lifts Of its fore feet 1t shakes its
head at the same time in an odd way, as If en-
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-12-08

time before the election. He
practically held that tax dodger
is not taxpayer The attorneys
for the corporations tried to make
1t appear that any man could 90 to
the trcasurer's office Just before an
election and qualify himself as Il
tax payer by showing tiat he had
an interest IN town lot or few
dollars in II bank, pay II few cents
and thus acquire the right to vote
as II taxpayer A man may he
legally assessed and fail or refuse
to pay his taxes Such II man Is
not II taxpayer.
The Judge decided in favor of
the city of Denver and his inter
probation would seem 10 be sound.
The Monte Vista journal., 1906-12-08
Estral Advertisement

Motto. 10 hereby given to whom 1t may con.
e-rn that the follow wing described -strsy animal
Wa taken up near iIei Nort., Colorado, to~ii
One bay hor-e, small Whit. spot In forehead,
whit. hind feet, weight about 81 lbs, age abou,
Year,, branded hloteh brand left thigh.
said snimsl b~iug unknown To this Board
unless claimed by owner or before Dec. 81
lssi said c-tray Will he sold by thi. Board for
the benefit of tn. owner when found
srArE b",bp OF STOCK INSPECTION
COMMISSIONERS.
Denver, Colorado,