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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-30

yet what they should he. but they
are Improving gradually, and the
iact Is important enough TO deserve.
the earnest consideration of every
one, be he wage Garner or not.
rms improvement is not coming of
Its own accord. The conditions
under which the workingman earns
his living will not advance to 81
higher plane without some pIooel-
ing force. There must he some
good and substantial power behind
II movement which is continually
ascending to u point high enough
TO he satisfactory TO those so yitaliy
Interested.
Most any sort of IL movement will
go backward if left To take care of
Itself, but it is Il show of push and
energy when a movement is ON the
upward trend.
mere Is no more powerful or
potent agency in the advancement
OF the labor than organized labor.
III the influence of organized labor
could be wiped out with one blow
now long would it require for con-
ui1lons and wages to recede to n
state that would be absolutely in
bolerable to the working classes9 IL
would reach this state Immediately
Tor there would then be no impedi
ment TO the greedy ambition of the
capitalist, who would glory in the
opportunity to treat with his en-
ployes individually, and thus force
conditions and wages down to a
stage of long hours and the lowest
possible pa=.
Even under the strong and ever
alert influence of organized labor i'm
demanding nothing more than hu-
man rights, the conditions are still
below what they should he. Ex-
perlence has taught the working
people that very few employers
voluntarily improve the conditions
OF their employees; therefore it has
been a matter of pure and simple
Self-defenSe that labor has organ
led Labor had to organize in
order to protect its own welfare or
else supinely submit to the en-
enactment of those who would
fatten their bank accounts at the
expense of the good health and
even morals of the working people.
To be candid, the working people
have been compelled to adopt the.
system of organization and hold it
as club over the head of the tyr
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-30
BASEBALL GAME
Between Plumbers and Electrical Work
ers at Athletic Park Labor Day.

The baseball game between the
Plumbers and Electrical Workers
ON Labor Day will be warm one.
as both teams are practicing hard
for the event. The game will be
played in the afternoon after the
speaking Following is the lineup:
Electrical Workers -Arthur
Smith. ID. Jarrett, E. f. Lusk. c.
II Heermanns, Geo Mathes. Geo.
Betdnger, Cooney Dame, Harry
smith and Mick Young.
Chas Foard. Will
hnee. Dick Sutherland. VIII TIGER.
Fred Spariol, Fred Porter. Frank
Ham, Jim Burkes. Joe Burkes. J.
J. Beller.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-30

rights and not upon prejudice and
oppression
The labor union is Il friend of the
non-unionist; therefore. he should
be man enough to join the union of
his craft and help to strengthen
the movement and better the CON
ditions all along the line.
Organized labor is not an institu-
ton of tyranny. nor * il an insti-
tuition of eSclusiveneSs. 1t was
lnaugurated to fight Increasingly
for right and justice. 1t sometimes
makes mistakes but what inStitu-
ton does not Mistakes. while at
all timesto be avoided. if possible
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union without 4 sacrifice common.
surate with the advantages he en-.
Joys, Is not only foolish in his eS.
pectatationS, but contemptible in
MS disposition He who is willing
10 sip the honey stored by the in
uustry and un>elfishnesS of the past
ana add nothing TO the futures
store, Is a mercenary of the most
miserable kind.
THAT job of yours did not come
by chance, nor the superior condi-
uonS, which surround it by the un.
aided press of things. They were
Drought and forced and fought for
by disposition that scorned sci,
hshnesS and stunned littleness and
surrounded manfully, obstacles,
obstacles, the overcoming of which
mas made easier the lot of poSterit>.
indefinitely.
Wv lille winding through the
mountains on my way to this CON
vention, | awakened before day-
light, and being unable TO sleen.
employed the tagging moments
Watching for the first glimpSes of
daybreak. And sure enough. it
came, as it has always done. since
the Almighty will divided light
from darkness and made and night
Keeping over the eastward hills,
old Sol smiled his glad good morn
ing and Silded all the handsome
with his luminous glow. And lust
so sure as it is that that sun will
repeat his performances again and
again, as he has done since the
world began, sure is it that the
eight hour day will one day cast
Its gl1ddening glow over all this
land.
1t Is involved i'll the inexorable.
everlasting, evolutionary processes
OF the ages, and asthe world moves.
ana God lives, and man aspires, it
must Gomez
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are sometimes, however. valuable
aS guides TO future action along
sale lines. As To the exclusiyencSS
ot organized labor, its conditions
Tor membership are fair 10 employ
or and employee alike, and any one
complying with these conditions
can become members. Those I'M
able to comply are unworthy of
association with good work
those who are competent and OF
good morals, however, are not ex-
Guided.
n great majority of the people
nave perhaps never stopped to fig
ure out the reason or cause of the
present standard of conditions and
wages among the working people.
These conditions and wages are not
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Oh these enemies of organized labor
has been to shake the convictions
OF Its members and of the public
IN the Justice and righteousness of
cause. The labor movement, they
declare, is un-American: it is con-
trary to the spirit of our conStitu-
tlon and the policy of the law. We
are band of bearded and bloody
bandits, irresponsible anarchists
raVaSeS of human rights, and
aVowed enemies of our institutions
and our country's flag. This defini
tlon of organized labor is very much
like that which Il certain student
gave of a lobster. He said the
lobster is red fish that moves
backwards, His examiner noted
only three objections to this defiini
tlon-the lobster is not fish; is not
red, and it does not move back.
wards. The labor union is the ma
tural product of conditions pro-
duced by modern methods of indus
try, and its existence SIS the intelli
gence which adapts itself to meet
contingencies as they arise.
NThe American unionist is to nv
mind, the greatest example we
nave as nation of the efficiency of
our institutions and the inspiration
OF our ideals. Stripped of all the
false opinions with which he is be-
daubed by his enemies, he stands
forth before his fellow citizens with
the noblest purpose patriot ever
possessed, and that God ever i'm
planted in the human soul: the
betterment of his own. condition.
that of his family and of his fellow
men.
''The Typothet;e, the particular
antagonist with which the body
has to deal, has sought to secure
victory by the subterfuge of declar-
ing for the open shop. But subtle
appeals to the public advocating
the right of every individual to
labor for an existence, it has sue
ceeded i'll some measure in bcfud-
ding the public mind. But public
opinion, which the immortal Gar
field has defined as that great ocean
from whose level all heights and
depths are measured. is as SuScep-
tible TO change aS the ocean itself
and know of no oil that can be so
etlectually allay its disturbances as
consistency and determinations
sin Los Angeles. owing to our
geographical situation. we have
suffered severely from strike break
eIS. The only city on the whole
Pacific coast which is not i'll the
elght-hour column, and far re-
moved any other large labor market
in our line since the destruction of
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leaders of the world from Julius
tieScr down, that i'll every decisive
battle there is moment of crisis
upon which the fortunes of the day
turn. and the commander who
Seizes and hold that ridge of
destiny wins the victory. | believe.
Mr.. President and ladies and gen
tlcmen of the convention, that as
the representatives of this great
branch of organized labor we are
faclng the ridge Of destiny that
determines the complete success or
partial failure of this eight-hour
movement. For months we have
been carrying on a campaign.
launched with practically the un-
anlmous Endorsement of the
whole organization. and prosecuted
with eminent effectiveness. against
the most imposing influences that
have every been arrlyed against
any movement on the part or organ
lied labor, and today the ewes of
our enemies, as well as those of all
the people throughout the iuris-
dlcton of this convention. are upon
us to see what action we shall take
on this eight-nour question.
sit is told of Napoleon that
while his soldiers slept the great
Corsican marshaled his troops.
hurled them against the enemy and
won the victory in his mind. the
night before the battle was fought.
In this great, practical. super
democratic labor cause of ours we
are apt to overlook the men who
plan the program and out of whose
minds emanate the provisions that
make possible the success of a
movement such as this. To the
men planned this eight hour cam
paign. and who have supervised it
with such efficiency and exactness.
is due, / believe, the most generous
gratitude, not only of our immedi-
ate organization, but of organized
labor everywhere.
1.-The past year has been one of
unusual activity on the part of the
opponents of trades unioniSm. By
means of powerful combinations of
capitaliStic. commercial. social.
political. and even religious inf1u-
enceS, they have undertakenIthe
StupendouS task of relocating to
oblivion this colossal and COM
pendlouS cause of the working peo-
pie.
The primary and persistent aim
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our sister city. San Francisco. and
habitually harassed by our ancient
enemy, the Times. Los Angeles
has had its share of the embarraSs-
mentS of the existing contest. But.
ia stands pat on this proposition
and is willing to fight it out along
the old line. if it takes another and
another summer.
This assessment may be a hard
ship. 1t has entailed in some in
stanceS The severeSt kind of Sacri-
fee ESt the individual who leN-
poets to heap the benefits of labor
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
WANTED-PoLITE MEN.

One of the many employers OF young
men in this city remarked yesterday
that he had great difficulty to find
young men who would be gentlemen
in their treatment OF patrons OF his
establishment. Most of the men he
found became gruff in their behavior
as soon as they were familiar with
the affairs of his establishment, an
swering inquiries with a rough yes
OF nav" attempting no explanation
and evincing no disposition 10 satisfy
or please the public. Complaints
come to him frequently on this score
and he had demonstrated with his
employees and made changes at vari-
Gus times. butf had not been success
fnl in bringing the young men to Urn
derstand that 1t was their duty TO
be polite and considerate OF the people
who came to do business with them.
What every employer wants. above
all things. in those who are to serve
him with the public. is politeness, for
politeness often takes the place even
Of competence.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
ANNOUNCEMENTS
wTrsins leave Oairo /
ILLINOIS CENTRAL r. r.

ILLINOIS CENTRAL r. r.
The Illinois Central maintains
Double Daily Service, and operates
the best of trains, with Dining Cars.
Buffet Library Cars. Chair Cars. and
Sleeping Cars, from Chicago, st
Louis, Cincinnati and Louisville south
to New Orleans. The best road for
reaching the Winter Tourist resorts
Of the south, including
NEW ORLEANS, vickSBURo, HAM.
MoND, La, GULFPoRT, MISS.
HAVANA VIA NEW ORLEANS,
Havana, Cuba, is best reached via
the Illinois Central through service to
New Orleans and the new ocean liner,
twin-screw, nineteen-knot
HOT SPRINGS. ARK. FLORIDA.
Daily Sleeping Car without change
Chicago to Hot Springs. with connec-
lions at Memphis from Cincinnati and
Louisville.
Through 'Dixie Flyer" Sleeping Car
Line St Louis to Jacksonville via
Nashville. Chattanooga and Atlanta
MEXICO, CALIFORNIA.
Illinois Central Weekly Excursions
to California Excursion cars through
to Los Angeles and San Francisco as
follows: Via New Orleans and the
Southern Route every Friday from
Chicago every Tuesday from Cincin-
natl and Louisville. Via Omaha and
the Scenic Route every Wednesday
from Chicago.
FULL PARTICULARS concerning
all OF the above can be had Of agents
of the Illinois Central and connecting
lines or by addressing either OF the
undersigned.
Chicago. III.
9. q. HATCH, @. p. A.
ChicsEo m
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
WHAT OF THE FOURTH?

As yet nothing has been said of a
celebration of the Fourth of July in
Cairo. That il will be celebrated, in a
way, goe' without saying--the small
boy will see to that. But how about a
proper. dignihed. patriotic demonstra'
ton of some kind, such as we used to
have and such as we have come TO
look upon as rare in late years. Jam
boress" there are in plenty. on a small
and on a large scale, by individuals
and by collections of individuals, and
one grows tired of them and DISCUS Ted
with them. Give us a touch Of the old
fire, with an Grafton. music, songs,
and plenty of flags, etc.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
Sanitary Nose Bag s.

In reply to Inquiries in regard to
the sale Of sanitary feed bags for
horses in England Consul Critfths. OF
Liverpool. writes. Much. OF course.
depends upon the style, quality, du.
ability OF the bags. and very I'm
portant item h the cost The nose
bags tyentilated) used here are made
OF strong cocoa fiber, and are sold for
three shillings t73 centsl eacl. Bags
Of the same material, leather.bot'
toned are sold for As Cd tSl09(
each. leathercornered bags. So Cd 80
cents) each, and extra fine manila
bags, $l.09 each
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
M. TIME CARD.
CAIRO ELECTRIC AND TRACTION
COMPANY
In Effect January I, 1905.
REIir LIME

~ IA
In Effect January I, 1905.
BELT LINE
Cars are due to leave Second Street
going North on Commercial ave, ev
cry 10 minutes from 6 a. m. to II
y. m.
Going North on Walnut Street ev-
cry rs minutes from COS a. IN. 10
10:53 H. IN,
POPLAR STREET LINE
fIolbrook Avenue Cars are due to
leave Second Street going North on
Holbrook avenue at 5.5Z;.6:27; Gag:
GET; 7:12 q. m. and on same minutes
every hour until 10:42 and 11:12 p. m.
Going West on Twenty-Eighth st.
at $40; 6;19; ga; G:49; and 7:O4
a. m. and on same minutes every hour
until 1924 and il:04 p. m.
Poplar Street Cars are due to pass
ST. Mary's park Is minutes after leav-
ing Second Street and make the trip
around the city in 30 minutes.
OWL CARS
North on Walnut-11:30p. M: 1894
a. mil iy$p a. M; $3.50 am; $3.50 a
m; 4:30 d. M; $50 a. m.
North on Commercial--12:0 p. M;
100 a. m; 200 a. M; 800 a. m;
400 a. M; 500 a. m.
Belt and Owl cars are due to pass
West Thirty-fourth street Is minutes
after leaving Second street and make
the trip around the city In 80 minutes.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20

Lord Curzon. late viceroy of India,
In . speech recently In London before
the Society Of Authors. said when ap
pointed yieeroy be vas about 10 pub
lish a book which he had written In
India, but he had TO cancel the ar
rangemeut. ss Lord Salisbury had laid
down the rule that IL was supremely
improper fer prospective vlceroy to
publish book on the country he was
about to govern.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
Sex In Population.

There are 1851 cities in the United
StatssI with more than 1880 inhsb-
itsnzsi a'sking them all together there
are ,s5s more women in them than
med This proportion has held good at
evefs Tee Igs except in 1880. when l.
$50 cities Of more than $500 inhsb-
itants. taken together, showed 6.s2s
more men han women although there
was an excess OF l.5i9.s5s men in the
entire country.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
BIRDS POINT, MO.
......+-.....
Birds Point, Mo-, June 10, 1906.


Postmaster Vim. Iiensley Is hom'
offer few weeks Journey throngl
Soniheasl Missouri
G. X. Purdue who Is employed a.
yard conductor for the Mobile a. Ohit
railroad al Tamm~, H.. is ependins
he week with relatives here
| Louis Bauer. a,fonsoria artist o.
Thebes. H., has located here and the
bewhiskered gentry are gathering
around his chair,
Engine Foreman James Watson who
had one of his knees dislocated by a
Cotton Belt engine a few weeks ago
il improving rapidly.
The New York Store Mercantile
company Of Cairo, are having their
property consisting of five cottages
repaired al this place.
Modern Woodmen Of America Camp
No. 1888 are making preparations
for a grand jolification July 4th at
their new Birds Point hall, said to be
one of the finest camps In Southeast
Missouri. Their committee reorts the
latch string hangs on the outside of
their cam door
Dick Handeamp, superintendent of
bridge service at this place has just
rigid inspection OF the
water service at Birds Point II was
predicted that he would find cats.
dogs and even infants in the reservoir
Mr. Handcamp looked little sheepish
when he had to report only one tad
pole three inches long" Ii is reported
that some of the citizens not in sym
patty with Mr.. Roosevelrs raee-sui
eide views Immediately ordered their
hydrants screened after hearing the
tad-poe story.
Mr. j. ID. Byrne is moving his bust
ness as rapidly as possible to his new
quarters, Cary Bird. an addition to
Birds Point. Mr. Byrnes is erecting a
modern store building 50x150 feet.
S0x200 feet and a corn mill
If 100 bushels daily capacity on his
ots at Cary Bird and making other
which are a credit to
his part of Mississippi county. The
new buildings are valued at $4,000. |
Mr. Byrne came to Birds Point sixteen
years ago as a village store clerk His |
teen foresight and business knowledge |
las placed him al the head of the !
financial interests of our little town. |
VIII someone else make $4,000 i'm. |
Quite a number of Cairo visitors /
rom Charleston, Sikeston, Poplar
'hff and other Southeast Missouri /
OWNS were on the Iron Mountain pas
enger train Sunday. They We're
lly, good natnred crowd going over,
nj after looking TOO long at Egypt
We some of the party are said TO have
allied 10 buy tickets for their return
rip and fatty refused TO give any coin
} the train auditor. However 1t is
aid when Missouri was sighted one
DING 20 pull Us through. Now Mr.. Hill
Ding 10 all MS through" Now Mr. Hill
one of the oldest engineers on the
system and every man,
oman and child along his run takes
i'm to their bosom. It was then Il
Oxen red-faced men shouted Wen
ay Andy Hill for our ride for we love
i'm in Missouri just like them blamed
uckers love Bryan's train in Illinois"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
Mental Athlstics.

Items In the frat great athletic
meeting held in China, which took
place at Canton, were arithmetic races.
Pupils from schools carried slatas and
pencils, and in the course of tie race
they encountered a blackboard con
tanning a sum to be solved. The boys
were lined up as they reached the
goal. and those whose calculations
were wrong we're then eliminated.
The first three left In the line were
counted winners.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
WafAr An Lnndnn

There Ia an Increasing tendency on
the part of large consumers Of wster
In Londen to draw on the water Tsser.
Soifs In the lower geological strata be-
meath the capital rather than be in.
debted TO companies for their water
supply. The latest institution to show
lie Independence In this fashion is
Clements Intg where not 20 yards
froIf the Strand an artesian well aas
Just been tapped. after three months
boring. al a Zenith OF asO feet,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20

The king Of England has in Asia
more than 300000,000 subjects; III
America, 100000; In Africa. about
$4,000. 000 In Australasia, over 5000
600 and In Europe. over 42,0O0,00O
Classifying them broadly by religions.
there are POS. 100000 Hindus. "a ,O00,'
900 Mohammedans, 5S000.00o Chris.
tians, 12.OU0 900 Buddhists and $4,000.
900 OF OF various pagan or non-Chris'
tian religions. 80.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
"Chee an e. IT,

Samuel Strict, who has been chees-
Ing at this place for the past several
years. reports the New Philadelphia
tO,) Democrat, moved TO near Wal
nut creek, where he will make cheese
the coming summer A man by the
name OF John Reeser will cheese at
this place this summer. Everybody
hated to see Mr.. Strict leave because
he WAS good eheeser. and we all hope
that the new cheeser will have the
same success.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
ouaky Island.

Lundy, in the Bristol channel IL an
Island whore one may see an earth'
quake at any time There is nothing
alarming about these earthquakes.
however, they are simply certain curl
Gus creyasses In the west OF the islsnd
which the local people call by that
name Lundy In former centuries was
a notorious nest OF pirates. In King
Henry HIS time William de Marisco.
a traitor to the king. built castle
there and set up as an early Capt.
Kidd
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
Women PredominAte.

There are l.S4e $50 more men than
women in the United States. and the
same proportion prevails In almost
every other country. The only exeep-
ton is In Paraguay, where there are
more than twice SIS many women than
men. This Is due to the fact that
some years ago. in a political revolu-
ton and war with Brazil and the
Argentine Republic. the men were al
most exteTminated
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20

post Office In Paris bearing the follow
ing inscription: ITO the Greatest
French Poet" The letter carrier was
instructed TO deliver 1t to Victor
Hugo, who refused to receive it and
sent II to Lamartine This genius also
declined TO accept the letter and
passed ii on to Alfred de Mussst The
latter. equally modest, resent 1t to
Victor Hugo, who finally accepted it.
Che letter had reached its destination.
-.Lippincott's Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
The ught She Was a Lady.

The restaurant waiter did not mean
to be rude The mistake was pa.e.y
social error.
What will you have next, LADY," he
asked. with .he courtesy that becomes
a waiter.
Don't address me as lady" retortei
the diner, with some show OF irFlta-
ton.
Excuse me. ma'am." replied the
waiter, but all of US is liable to make
mistakes
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
Judicial Clemancv.

Charged WITH allowing some OF his
sheep 10 stray, ali English farmer sent
a blank cne..t TO the magistrate. with
Il nOte reading; Kindly write out
your requirements, and oblige." The
court flied out .he check for small
fine and ne case Was ended.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
Good Governor.

Sir William Macgregor, governot OF
Newfoundland. Is one Of the mos. re-.
remarkable men OF the British
colonial service, both physically and
Intellectually; and. indeed his her
culean strength has contributed In no
small degree to Impress the sayages
over whom he has been called upon
to rule In the past with a sense 0:
power OF the British empire.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20
May Circulation.

The above is a correct and true
statement of the circulation OF The
Cairo Bulletin for the year 1905 and
for the month of May, 1906.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3lst day of May, 1906.
LEO J. KLEB,
(Seal). Notary Public.
My commission expires January 1s,
1909.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-20

The Bulletin is on sale at the fol.
lowing places:
Ccieman's, 214 Eighth street.
Halliday House News stand.
Walkers, 10 Sixth street.
Blue Front Restaurant.