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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
Department Is After Fake
Magazines
THE SUBSCRIPTION LISTS
Are Being Carefully Inyestigated-.Ths
Steamship Lines Are Blamed by
Sargent--Defends Closing Of
Ellis Island on SundayA

Washington, Aug. s.--A vigorous cam
paign is now being conducted by the
postoffice department against pubIica-
tions enjoying the one cent pound
postage rate in violation Of the law. This
campaign is being made with view
to check the deficit in postal receipts,
which last year amounted to more than
$I4000,000 and for which ii is charged
these publications are largely respon-
sible. The admitting Of magazines and
other publications to the low rate of
postage requires that each must have a
bona fide subscription list, and that
the subscription must be paid for in
cash by the subscriber or some friend.
The department has obtained possession
of the subscription lists Of many of
these publications, and it is sending out
thousands of communications, asking
those to whom these publications are
nailed whether they on their friends
pa.a for their subscriptions. When nm
aDie to furnish a satisfactory reason,
they are then denied the privilege and
TO continue their businesses they must
ray eight cents per pound. In his last
annual report Postmaster General Cor
telyou said that it cost the government
from five to six cents per pound to han
die the mail matter Of all classes. Dur
ing the last fiscal year the total weight
carried at one cent pound and free vas
663, l07,12S pounds. If it cost the gov
eminent FIVE cents pound to handle
this matter, it will be seen the amount
paid ont was s33, 55,356.4o. The actual
revenue was $6,1s6,e47.sA
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08


the country he said "That il not so.
There is plenty of labor. and good. hon
est American labor at that Such state
ments are merely the excuse Of the
manufacturers for congress that IS
too weak to enact proper immigration
laws.
"The farmers complain that they can
not secure laborers for the west. It is
no wonder Men are not anxious to
60 in the country for n few months
work at low wages Ny advice to tho
workingmen is: Be harmonious and
fair Transact business IN open con-
vention, not in caucus. Never again
make it necessary to resort TO com.
binations to secure the legislation you
want. Never again permit locality
TO wag the whole machine
Every improvement that has come
to the life Of the workingman he has
had to fight for The good things have
never been brought TO him on a silver
platter There are more good things
waiting for him IL he viii contend with
all his organized strength against gov
ernmental tyranny and judicial usur.
patton"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
NO RISING IN MEXICO.
American consuls Report No Cause for
Fear of Anti-Foreign Violence.


City Of Mexico, Aug. s.--The United
States ambassador, Mr. Thompson, gave
out kilograms yesterday from twenty
three American eonspls and consular
agents, covering practically all Of Next
90, relative 70 reports Of expected anti
foreign trouble These kilograms are in
answer to queries sent out By the Amer
lean embassy here. The consuls and con-
sular agents are unanimous IN the state
ment TINT there Is nothing in their re-
spectiyc districts To warrant sensation
Al reports. The majority say the first
heard of expected trouble was ia Amer
lean papers sent to their districts. In
i few eases the eInhassy's query was
the first intimation that the agent had
az expected trouble. lin Two or three
instances. consular agents state that
such reports have been in circulation,
but an investigation has proved that
there is nothing to warrant fears of
trouble.
In only two cases is there anything
which might possibly be construed as an
indication Of trouble. Mr.. $. 4. Cross,
consular agent at san Luis Potosi says:
There seems to be bad feeling between
American and Mexican railway employ
ees. | have been investigating all the
reports and find absolutely nothing au-
thentic in any Of Them Mr.. Lewis
As Martin says Mexican laborers
think they haze grievance against for.
eigners. This sentiment is perceptble,
but there Is practically no agitation.
These are the only ones 81 the twenty
three agents that even hint at posi-
biiity III trouble.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
AN ITEM LEFT OUT.
Human Life Not Rcckoned In the
"Cost OF Productsen.-

Human Life Not Reckoned In the
"Cost OF Production
The Chronicle Of Cincinnati reports
a speech OF Charles +. Neill, United
States commissioner OF labor, before
the Civic federation Of that city upon
sWhy the Public Is Interested In SAM
tary Work. We quote
''To sum up in very few words the
teason why the public is interested in
sanitary workrooms and in every other
form of welfare work that makes for
the health and comfort Of the workers.
| might say that it is because the pub
lie has very vital interest in the ques-
tion Of che cost Of productions We ire
familiar. very familiar, with this term.
The employer and the manufactured
know what it means, and they natu-
rally and properly keep close watch
on ii, for on this depends much Of the
success OF their enterprises But this
aspect OF cost Is measured i'm dollars,
and 1t does not represent by any means
tbt NhtAlr N1SA VI HAN1ANtA1As AhNAt ~
a further element in this cost, and that
Is the social cost--or, In other words,
what the production Of any given thing
represents to society This social cost
cannot be expressed In terms Of dol
lars, II IN expressed in terms OF sweat,
1t is expressed in terms Of fatigue. it
is expressed I'm terms of pain, and,
lastly. us we have heard tonight. In too
many cases it is expressed in terms OF
ruined health and even in loss Of hu-
man life.
Il recall now single industry, which
| need not name, in which the death
rate alone. leaving out even accidents
that main or disable workers perma.
nently. is so high that, taking thirty
years as the term Of the working life
in that industry. man has less than
one chance In six or escaping violent
death"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
WOMEN AT
COPENHAGEN
Suffragists Open Information
al Conference
CARRIE CHAPMAN Gait
Of New York Is Presiding No Anti
Foreign Agitation in Mexico
Serious Rioting by Unemployed
in Cape Town, Africa.
CARRIE CHAPMAN Gait

Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug. s.The
third annual conference Of the Interna-
tional league of women suffragists open
ed here yesterday under the chairman
ship Of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait Of
New York, president of the league, and
viii hold daily sessions until August II
inclusive. Twelve countries were repre-
sented, the American delegates includ-
ing, besides Mrs. Gait, Miss Hay, Rev.
Anna shaw, Mrs Rachel Forster Avery,
Miss Lucy i. Anthony and Miss Ida
Hustled Harper. The hall selected for
the meetings proved too small To ac-
commodate the delegates and the con-
vention adjourned To 4 larger one. Adj
dresses Of welcome were presented BY
the women's societies Of Denmark, to
which Mrs. Gait replied in behalf Of the
conference.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
7be Times Daily Short Story.


merchant was working among the
flower beds under her bedroom window
from 0 to II. Only the gardener passed
her. During the interval diamond
sunburst was taken from her dresser.
No one could have got In by the win
dow, and as her husband had been
sitting In his own room, which adjoined
hers he must have seen anybody who
entered in the regular way.
There were two servant girls, and
they were arrested against the protesta-
tions'o the family. AS II was seen that
the local police were making d muddle
Of the cases Scotland Yard man was
sent for and came down.
For three days there was no robbery.
The officer was swelling around and
claiming to have driven the slick one
away when two more diamond rings
were taken just as mysteriousy. In
this case the plumber was taken when
the door OF the room was locked. There
was but one servant, and the lock on
the. door was patent one and she
could by no possibility have had key,
Whoever came and went used the open
window That was on the second story
and only to be reached by the use Of a
long ladder. There was no ladder about
the place. No man carrying ladder
could have escaped observation.
A vegetable peddler drove up while
the detective was scratching his head
and looking for clews, and, seeming to
take great interest In the affair, he was
at once locked up on suspicion. He
could prove that he had not been with
In mile OF the house for two hours
before the robbery, but bic was hustled
to cell to give him time TO become
conscience stricken and own up
There might have been other rob
berries but for dough faced boy
about ten years old, who had the rep
utation of knowing even less than he
looked to know He was the only
child OF washwoman, and through her
and the boys on the street he heard all
about the robberies. He had no theo-
ries of his own. He had heard about
thieves and always wanted to see one,
and he hoped the culprlt would be ar
rested by daylight. so that he could
get look at him.
The Saunders boy was stretched on
the grass In his mothers yard, he be.
Ing left 10 mind the house in her abb
sence, and beside him were half doz.
en- fragments OF looking glass that
had been broken. Suddenly magpie
few down and seized one Of the frag.
ments and dew chattering away. Jack
watched the bird fly to Its nest, fol-
lowed II, climbed to the nest and, WOW
en- into II. found every piece OF missing
jewelry.
The police discharged their prisoners
and then resigned In body, while the
Scotland Yard man declared that he
knew II was the work of maybe at
once ana.had spent three days looking
for her nest However that may have
been. his resignation was demanded
within q week
The bird was shot, the boy generous
| ~ rewarded. and from that date to this
the town has been free of mysterious
occurrences. NJ QUAD.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
would crush thc union.

According TO the statements OF en-
ployees, the Cleveland Electric Railway
company discharged about 300 Of IT'S
$500 motormen and conductors follow
Ing the organization there Of d local 81
the Amalgamatcd Street Railway Em'
ployees Of America. Organizer Fay Of
that association declared the action Of
the company an effort to kill the local
union in Its infancy, the men having
been dismissed without other reason.
President and General Manager stan
ley of the street railway company said,
The only thing we will say is that we
do not propose to let labor organizers
tellus how we shall run our business"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
Labor pnx In Chicago.

For the first time since the organiza-
ton of the Chicago Federation of Labor
that organization will have no Labor
day demonstration this year In order
that the holiday OF the workers be rec.
ognized in some manner various or
CARNATIONS, notably the building
trades, will parade, but the annual
demonstration looked forward to by the
rank and file Of the unions will not
occur this year
II all the men who are expected to
take part In the building trades parade
come out, some 10000 persons will par
tlclpnte in It
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
WAGES or MILL HANDS.
Higher Pay Schedules For New Eng
land Textile workers.

HIHHFE fMt SFnE0ulcH EOE new NLnM~
land Textile workers.
An advance OF per cent In wages in
cotton mills IN thirty or more cities,
towns and villages Of southern Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island recently
went into effect. About $4,000 oper-
,atiyes are benefited.
e Since the inception Of the upward
movement in mill wages early Ia the
year 10000 textile operatives In the
New England states have had their
pay advanced TO IA per cent. OF the
total number 10000 work In the cot
ton mills and about $1,000 In the wooden
and worsted plants.
All the cotton mills in Fall River
increased wages 10 per cent the FIRST OF
July with the exception OF the Fnll
River Iron works mills. which were
paying 10 per cent more than the other
factories. This brought the weaving
schedules to the basis which existed
before the reduction OF 1904.
On July 10 the Fail River Iron works
mills, which are controlled by Nj. q.
Borden Of New York, made further
advance, which again places wages IN
Mr.. Bordens mills higher than those
paid in other factories. The iron works
employs about 5000 hands.
An advance OF per cent In wages
was also made In all the cloth mills OF
New Bedford and In some of the yarn
mills there. About 10000 hands are
employed IN that city. Practically
every cotton mill In Rhode Island and
fa.sa elsewhere controlled by Rhode
Island interests also gave per cent
raise TO their 10000 employees.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
A Boys Find

sh= - @@ea@ : e. al
Copyright. 1906. by Homer sprague.l
The town Of Roxbury had its police
station and five or six police. One aft
ernoon Major Adams, d retired army
officer. appeared at the station and
made complaint that his daughter had
been robbed of two valuable diamond
rings that forenoon. They were GA
her dressing table as she got up III the
morning, but as she was going horse
back riding she left them there.
The majors household consisted Of
himself, wife, daughter and girl Of
all work, who had been with them for
seven years. The girl had done the
chamber work and left both windows
open to air the room, 1t being in the
spring of the year. She admitted to
seeing and moving the rings, but de-
MED taking them. The police came and
questioned her, and, although the fam
iiy protested that she could not be the
thief. she was arrested and locked up.
Whenever there Is crime there must
be an arrest" Is the saying in every
police force. If Mary, the girl, didn't
steal the rings, then who did?
Before noon next day there was an
other complaint A Mrs. Williams, the
wife OF a retired manufacturers, lost a
diamond bracelet from her room One
of the stones was loose, and the brace
let had been laid aside to be taken to
the jewelers. after luncheon. Mrs.
Williams had the bracelet in her hand
at 10 o'clock. An hour later 1t had dis
appeared. and she could vouch for the
fact that no one had entered the room
meanwhile.
The police wanted victim, but could
not find one They searched the house
and grounds for what they called a
clew, but went away no wiser than
when they came.
While they were muddling about on
this case, and only the next morning,
the third complaint came in. Three
diamond rings were taken off the dress
ing table of Miss Saunders, wife Of ex-
Admiral Saunders
The person arrested for this robbery
was the family coachmsn He could
prove by one of the stablemen that he
had not been near the house for two
hours, and be had the backing Of the
whole family, but the police again
asked. 'If he didn't do Il, who dids
The three robberies created great
CONSERVATION in the town. and every
body had half dozen theories 70 adj
vance. The one that seemed most ra-
tionai was that slick thief from Lon
don was working the town. The police
could find no stranger to suspect. No
resident of the town had met suspi.
cious character. No matter how slick
the man was, there must be some rea-
sonable explanation Of how he could
enter second story rooms in broad day
light and steal the jewelry and get
away without being SEEN
The fourth robbery also occurred in
the forenoon The wife Of retired
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
SUNDAY CLOSING OF ELLIS ISLAND
Plan Defended by Commissioner Ssr-
gent.

When the attention of Frank p. Sar-
gent, commissioner general of imrligra-
tion, was called to the criticism Of the
closing of the immigration station at
Ellis island on Sunday, requiring on
last Sunday the detention for twenty
four hours OF more than 1000 immi-
grants, he talked with his usual can
dor
IF those who are finding fault said
Mr.. Sargent, Thought more of the good
of the service and less If the interests
Of the steamship companies, there would
be no criticism to answer. The immi.
grant station was directed closed on
Sundays during the months Of August.
September and October, our three light
est months of immigration, on the rec
ommendation OF Commissioner Watchofn
of New York. The reason this was done
is that the port Of New York is the
greatest port Of arrival for immigrants.
The force there is driven to its utmost
endeayors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
GIRL KILLS HERSELF.
Flecs From Sanitarium as Sanity Com.
mission Is Sitting.

Augusta Ga. Aug. s. While sanity
commission was sitting in consideration
Of a case questioning er mental capacity
Monday night, Miss Ida Calhoun, niece
Of the Rev G. NJ. Wilkinson promi.
nent Baptist divine, escaped from Me-
Naughton's private sanitarium, stealing
Dir. MeNaughton's pistol. The girl, who
was eighteen years of age, walked a dis
lance Of two miles to West Blew Gene
terry, where she fired bullet through
her heart
The bullet passed through photo
graph Of young man which the girl had
beneath her eloting next her body. The
commission reached verdict Of insanity
before il was learned she had escaped.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
CRUSADE FOR UNIoNIsM.
Rev Work Machinists Plan Cam
pafgn of Organization.

Kew York Machinists Plan Cam
pafgn of Organization.
District No. Is Of the international
Association of Machlnists has decided
upon campaign of organization which
should result In bringing into the union
every journeyman machinist In New
York and vicinity, writes Joseph X.
Buchanan in New York Journal A
special organizing committee has been
appointed TO carry on the work. This
committee has outlined comprehen
sive plan for reaching those machnists
not yet affiliated with the union, and
most satisfactory results are antici
pated from the working out Of the plan
District Secretary Edward HourIgan
said regarding the proposed movement
"We find men In a very receptive mood
at the present time. The widely adver
tised beauties OF the open shop have
come to be recognized as delusions, and
a reaction against the vicious discrIm
Ination shown by many Of the manu-
facturers has set In. Men are beginning
70 understand MS never before that IL
unity there is strength and that they
need all the strength they can muster
TO combat the organized efforts of the
manufacturers associations TO reduce
them TO condition OF seryle depend
ence by keeping them divided vel
knowing that when divided to conque,
them Is an easy task.
aMen working at our trade have come
TO realize that they are miserably I'M
derpaid when it is taken into consider
ation what d nigh order Of skill Is re-
onlred of them and the number Of
years required to attain and the many
hard knocks received in attaining that
skill"
It often happens during dull times
when work Is slack that the organiza-
lions Of labor exert extra efforts and
offer special inducements to draw men
into the unions. The rnachinists Of dis
trlct No. Is are rather reversing the
order at this time. They freely confess
tI1at business il good IN their line and
that work is more plentiful than under
ordinary conditions. But still they are
coming out at this time with an offer
If special inducements 10 the men OF
the trade who are not members Of the
union
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08

The Allied Printing Trades council
Of New York in convention at Glovers-
vile recently Endorsed the movement
for state printing plant at Albany
and also for municipal printing plant
for New York city The convention
adopted resolution calling the atten-
ton Of Governor Higgins to the con.
tinGance Of photo engraving at the
Elmira reformatory in opposition to the
expressed condemnation Of organized
labor Of the state.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
HAVE COME TO STAY.
Trades Union Growth In sentimen
and In Fact.

Trades Union Growth In Sentiment
and In Fact.
Frank X. Foster Of Boston was the
orator Of the day at recent labor cele-
bration at Meriden. Conn. In the course
Of his address Mr.. Foster said
"The trades union is as much an or
ganic growth as any other social insti-
tuition, and it has come to stay, Over
100000 English speaking people now
carry trades union cards. The union
is now not alone conceded TO be legally
permissible, but morally justified
1--WE do not assert that all these or.
ganizations are always conducted with
the greatest wisdom or that the union
leaders do not make mistakes, for all
human institutions are fallibIe and all
men liable to err, but we do claim
that for honesty Of motive. holiness Of
purpose and power of comforting bene.
fits the trades union movement has few
peers and no superiors among the asso-
Citations of mankind"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
rhs rnion a nIlshtr Foree

The Chronicle of Cincinnati quotes
Professor John r. Commons Of the
University Of Wisconsin,
erhe union is the greatest Of existing
forces in what is called Americaniza-
ton II breaks down the barrier of
races, nationality, languages and reli-
gion 1t teaches self government and
obedience to elected leaders and sets up
the goal Of an American standard OF
living Neither the church nor the
school nor politics nor employers can
do this work
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
LACK OF MILK.
Chicago Suffers from Dry Season, Supply
Being Cut SO Per Cent.

Chicago, H., Aug. s.-Clicago is suf-
fering from a milk famine. Owing TO
the dry season the green forage has been
burned by the sun aud dairymen are us
ing fodder prepared for next winter. II
Is estimated that the shortage in the
normal supply OF milk amounts to so
per cent.
Eight gallon cans of milk, which I'M
der the contract price for August, have
been selling at 30 cents, are selling for
So in some eases. Milk is being brought
to Chicago from points in Ohio as far
distant as 500 miles.
Ordinarily about 2s,20o eight-gallon
cans Of milk are received in Chicago
every day. The shortage means the
cutting down Of the receipts TO about
IA, 100 cans.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
DUE TO CAPTAIN.
Everyone for Himself Cry Of sirio's
Skipper, and Then Panic Came.

Madrid, Spain, Aug According to
the statements Of some Of the survivors
Of the Italian steamer Sirio, wrecked
August 4, off Hormigas island, the cap
tain OF the vessel came from his cabin
Immediately followed the first shock,
hesitated whether to 90 to the bow or
stern, or mount the bridge, and then
turned and jumped into it life boat,
-cryingi Everyone for himselfl"
Thercupon began terrible scene of
confusion among the passengers, who
engaged in fierce struggle for posses
sion OF the boats and life belts. The
crew with knives beiweea tieir fsrsl
and officers with receivers in their
hands, saved themselves.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
ToGo's FLAGSHIP RAISED.
Mikasa, Which Sank With 256 at Sase-
DO, Is Saved.

Toxic, Aug SILT is reported from
Sasebo that after repeated failures to
raise her, the battleship Aiikasa, which
sank last Sicmber after an explosion
had occurred on board, we successfully
iloated Yesterday &,
She was the flagship Of Admiral Togo
at the battle OF the sea Of Japan, where
she was the heaviest loser Of all the
Japanese warships engaged, her casual
ties being sixty-three killed OF wounded.
She sank after an explosion at Sasebo,
September II last, but considerable
mystery has surrounded the cause. At
that time 256 were killed and 343 in.
jurcd,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-08
ZOE q Union Plnnn Iractorr.

Piano and orgnn makers in conven-
ton at Bush temple, Chicago. took ND
the proposed plan OF establishing a
union Piano factory It was referred
TO the general executive board. which
Will draw up plans and submit the
matter 10 referendum vote Of the
10000 members There Is little doubt
that the factory win be established.