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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-18

bers of our association hoe to accom-
plish is the elimination of child labor in
our trade. It is wrong, dangerous,
and. the conditions are such that the
vitality and life of the growing child
is sapped, and when he becomes of age
he is a wreck :, Il.
I = Because Of the expense of skilled
blowers, bottle blowing machines have
been invented and tried. Nobody,
however, has done anything TO-. drive
the poor cheap lads out of business.
The Invention of such a machine, in
benefit to humanity, would be worth it's
weight in gold, but none of the in
yentors has taken. it up, and as" the
boys are paid so little, it IS doubtful
If the machines would ever besused by
the manufacturers. We do all in orr
power, but SO long as state laws and
officials permit the pernicious and
dangerous employment of children. in
the glass works, we have been able to
accomplish little.''s :-.. -. ..,,...-,.
That. laboring men may accomplish
something in politics is, shown by the
TACT that there: is one congressman
elect seated as delegate in the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor convention
and he holds card in the Miners
union. He is w. B. Wilson of Bloss-
Of the United Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca. At the recent election he was
elected to congress: from the fifteenth
Pennsylvania district, a district that
IS nomlnally rep& blican by 5000 votes.
He. was elected - on the democratic
ticket against. a candidate who had
served three terms. Tho MI. Wilson is
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MINNEAPOLIS BANKS "a.
SHOW STEADY eR 1; { |
DEPOSITS INCREASE S1,a41, 1886
SINCE SEPT. g.. T.:
Total Now on Deposit, Exclusive of
Smaller Savings Institutions, Is $780,
614,631-First National Leads with
Northwestern and Security Tied. for
Second Place.

The deposits Of the fifteen Mime
apolis banks that report upon call of
the controller of the currency or the
state, bank. examiner, have passed the
seven million mark and present the
largest total ever shown at a CORE
spending date. This does not include
the. deposits of two state savings insti.
buttons that do not report to the con
troller, or the deposits in three trust
companies not reporting, hence it does
not represent the banking volume. It
covers, however, all the commercial
banks and the two larger savings insti-
tut1ons and shows a healthy financial
condition. Since the last call, Sept, s,
the deposits have increased by $i.S4l.,
S55:Tf, and now stand at the total Of
$40 ,6l4, 631.29. .~ :" -
Nearly $17,OoO,00O of this money is
represented by two savings banks. The
bulk finds lodgment in investment in
bonds, real estate first mortgages. or
other strictly high-grade Investments
-: ~ Every Bank Sound. .: $500.
T6e commercial banks hold $53, $685.
since September. The commercial banks
nave their funds well employed. Every
Dank shows reserve well within the
legal requirement and a large available
cash balance. yet loans and discounts
total $43, 464 ,353.97. In September the
Loans and discounts were $40 ,O75,278.l5
the increase being $3,3S9, 075.S2. =,
1t is the opinion of bankers that
money,,:will remain reasonably firm For
some y time, but there will be- no high
rates Later on, when the smaller coun-
try banks that use Minneapolis az. 4.
reserve center and a clearing. house be.
gin. to adjust their fall business, there
WILL be flow of money this way that
should make new high figures in, sdepos-
It's and give the city new PRESTIGE az
the financial center Of the northwest.
One new bank has started business
since the last call. The First National
holds its place oof pre- eminence. The
National Bank Of Commerce and the
Swedish American show relative gains
that are favorable. The. interesting
feature remains in the close contest be-.
tween the Security and the Northwest
ern National, which in every item stand,
almost identical, the deposits : being
ST., 2o0,398.4 3 and $12,o92,782.76 re-
speetively and the loans and discounts
9,S79,378.33 and $9,417, O77.27. s.,
The smaller banks ali show increas-
condition 49,. -. -
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LABOR FEDERATION AS =
A PEACE CONFERENCE
Two Bitter Fights Over Jurisdiction of
90 Unions Seem Likely to Be Settled
: Here, ), -,

AS d peace, conference the conven-
ton of. the American Federation of
Labor, now in session in Minneapolis,
may stand as shining example to ali
national and international organza-
tions. 1t is believed that the, gather
ing may result in final settlement of
two bitter jurisdictional disputes in
the ranks of organized labor; those be-
tween the carpenters and the wood
workers; and between the plumbers
ands1the steam and = hot water filters.
In both cases the older organizations
have been liberal in granting conces:
sions to the: contesting organizations,
which in turn have granted some things
to the older organizations Practical
+ autonomy is to be conceded and here
after the carpenters and woodworkers
will be in one organization, as will the
plumbers and the steam and hot water
filters. t+.'. 49,
The settlement Of these disputes will
clear: the atmosphere :, in labor circles
of the country and. will pave the way
for the, settlement of the other lesser
+ jurisdictional dispates, such as the one
between the: brewery workers and the
brewery firemen, who are at present af-
fliated with the. stationery fremen.
The dispute between the carpenters and
the weodworkers is of long standing,
but that of the plumbers and the steam
filters dates back only few months,
the charter. of the steam and hot water
filters having been granted by the, ex-
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PORTRAITS EXHIBITED

.
r. There is a remarkable. collection Of d.
rect camera and lens -portraitures, full
life size, of prominent Minneapolis people
in the windows of the Beard Art com
pany at Dayton's, this week, The photo
graphs are productions from the Sweet
studios and the likenesses were made
with specially designed apparatus i'm
ported by these well-known photograph
ers. The pictures are excellent in every
detail and in their making the largest
camera and lens west of New York were
used. Among the prominent MinneapoH-
tans in the display are A c. Loring,. W.
H. Dunwoody, w. C.. Edgar, James l.
Bell, Henry L. Little, George A. Bracket,
George H, Christian, E. H. Moulton, w.
L. Harris, C. A. Smith, E. j. Phelps, s.
c. Gale, S. S. Thorpe, T. H. shevlin,
Charles H. French, E.. G. Walton, Richard
Burton, Douglas Volk, U. S. Kerr, Carlo
Fischer, Robert Koehler, D. c. Ben,
Judge Dickinson and Judge John Day
Smith. =
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pThe Farmer No Unionist-
Strike Violence-ChiId La.
bor-Politics and Labor
The Steel Trust.

said Mr. Brown. cit polled over the
necessary 8 per cent Of the total vote
to enable it to qualify as a party and.
hereafter may hold state conventions
and place its own nominees on the reg
ular ticket as do the other parties.
Massachusetts has never seen a cam
paign similar to the one just passed.
There were six candidates on the ticket
for governor and lieutenant governor,
leans elected the governor, there was
not the interest in their ranks that
our candidates aroused. You may say
one thing, and that is that the auto
mobile as a campaigner has come. to
= stay, in Massachusetts,. We went from
one crowd to another, often making
three or four towns in night, always
in an auto, and 1 believe I personally
addressed between 10000 to 10000 per-
sons during the campaign ~
Mr.. Brown credits his exceptionally
heavy vote, which is 10000 more than
won for democratic governor two
years ago, to the interest on the part
of the Independence league, and the
paign,' -. said he, con lines that APP
Pealed, to voters, especially. working
men. I maintain that over-capitaliza-
ton, inflated bond issues and other
deals of modern finance amount to the
old, principle of taxation without rep
resentation from which the American
people rebelled about 40 years ago."
Fighting the Steel Trust.
workers of the country believe that
what is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander. That is why we
are out to put the steel trust up
against the same proposition we are up
against says Delegate F. M. Ryan
|. of the Bridge & Structural Ironwork-
l*ers' International. HThe steel trust
and its allies are preaching the open
shop day and night and compel US to
| work against competition in finding a
market for our labor. On the other
hand, they demand the closed shop for
themselves and are constantly insist
ing on the tariff and if possible a still
/ higher. tariff. No open market and
far competition for them. They are
even. selling -American-made products
cheaper abroad than at home. Since
these are the facts in the case, our
organization, working with. others in
the: American federation, hopes to start
| sufficient agitation to place steel pro-
ducts on the free list or even steel
billets and pig there. If we can have
the same protection the employers get,
there will be something like fair
shake, but as it is there is not. If
| the open shop and competition against
| foreign labor is good enough for us, I
4 fail to see why it is not right and
proper for the steel trust to go against
the same proposition. -
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CORONER is. TO PROBE. 4.
: YOUNG WOMAN's DEATH
Miss A. M. Davis came to Minneapolis
from Country Town-Mystery: Sur
- rounds Demise. ~: ~ :...:...- :. !

=. A spost-mortem on the body of Miss
A. NJ. Davis, the young woman who
d died at the city hospital under peculiar
Quoted by Coroner j. M. Kistler at the
county morgue. tomorrow. -:
The case has not been reported to
the police and little is known about
the woman. She came to Minneapolis
from country town a few days ago
and engaged room in a lodging house
at 4 Washington avenue s.. She told
persons who lived there that her name
was Brown, and her real name was not
learned until yesterday.
She was apparently nagood health
until late Fridav night, when she be-
came i'll and was removed to the city
hospital in an ambulance. She died
early yesterday before an extensive
diagnosis could be made.
Coroner Kistler said last night that
there were peculiar circumstances con-
nected with the woman,s death, but he
would not talk of the matter, prefer
ring to wait until after the autopsy.
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s b, -. 20 -. -aaat
Warren H: Getchell, aged 81 years, one
Of the, territorial pioneers of Minnesota,
died Nov 10 at his home, 2741 Portland
avenue. e Funeral services will be held
from the house at 2:3O, pm. Tuesday; in
torment at Lakewood. !, -, 80.
Mr.. Getchell was born in Bloomfield,
now Skowhegah, Me, Feb. 49, 1925. His
youth was spent, in Maine, first on his
fathers farm, and later as a school teach
er. In 1916 he went Ito Boston and secured
employment as a clerk in a wholesale
store till 1851. when he set up in business
at, Oswego, N. Y. In 1856 he came to
Minnesota and in 1857 he was married
to DrusellaS M. Pray or Livermore, Me.
Until 1882 he was engaged in farming at
Alton, MINI. In that year he removed to
Minneapolis, where his wife died the fol-
lowing year.. 4,
Mr.. Getchell was actively engaged in
business as secretary Of the Twin City
Iron works. until 1904, when he was
stricken, with partial paralysis and was
confined to his room.
Y Thru the long period of inactivity which
concluded a life spen. IN useful labor,
Mr.. Getchell was cheerful and hopeful.
He enjoyed a talk over old times with
his friends and was, despite his illness,
an enthusiastic member Of the Hennepin
County Territorial Pioneers association.
He is survived by one son and one
daughter, Otis W. GetcheH and Mrs. o.
q. Briggs, both living in Minneapolis.
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not: the only man holding a union card
to be. elected to congress at the last
elections. he is the only congressman
elect in the convention. 80:
was regularly nominated by the
democratic convention,' said Mr.. Will
son: 81 had behind me in the contest
the normal dem cratic vote, the farmer
vote--for 1 am farmer as well as a
'mlner-and great part Of the organ
lzeds labor vote, together with some re:
publican support: Altogether it was
10 ,QO0' = placed no emphasis on the
fact that was a labor man. and did
not make my campaign solely on that
issue. | was. known, tho, as a labor
man and had labored with men and
that lost no votes. In fact, it made
votes. Think. -. Mr.. Wilson is an
orator: and a figure in the convention
in all debate and discussions. T.;
-: ga, T.: TT: !; . Printer in Politics.
Another delegate in the convention
who made the opposition sit up and
take notice in politics is Delegate" E.
Gerry Brown of Brockton, Mass, who
holds a card in the International Typo
graphical union. AS candidate for lieu
tenant governor of Massachusetts, on
the democratic and Independence
| league tickets in the recent contest
The ran thousands ahead of his ticket
polling a total Of $4,000 votes and
landing within $1,000 of the election
Mr.: Brown is: now the editor and pub
Usher of a labor paper and prominent
in organized labor circles in his state
Gas a result of the recent election
in. our state the independence leagu,
can lay title, to party organization, >
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Prominent Men of the A. F.
of L. Have Won Fame as
Heads of Divers Move.
ments in Behalf of Toilers.

HE leader leaders Of organi5ssa! labor in
bending their energies to aid
first their own subsidiary organizations,
and working at the same. time to fur
ther the interests Of trades unionism as
a whole. The occasion of their pres
ence here is the convention of the
opened its two weeks sessions inNor-
mamma hall last Monday. Names high
on Labor $ lists are on the convention
last election, and made phenomenal
and J ohm itchell-and there are 9th
ers whose prominence, while transitory,
hassbeen no less marked at times
Among these is E. Gerry Brown, who
ant governor Of Massachusetts at the
last election, anad made a phenomenal
run without financial backing. Then
there are Michael Donnelly and Homer
D. Call, president and secretary of the
Meat Cutters and Butchers union,
who with Thomas Sheae were the lead
srs OF the great meat strike in Chicago.
president of the A. F. of L., who is "a
well-known Elk as we'll as labor
leader. Another prominent figure in
the convention is Frank K. Foster of
thetsI. T.. u, Boston man, who is al
most unrivalled as finished orator; he
was the fraternal delegate to the Brit
ish Trades Congress this year, and he
might be cited as an authority on
trades unionism. He is the man who,
recently debated with President Eliot
Of Harvard university on labor ques-
tions.
In addition to John Mitchell the
Mine Workers have another prominent
labor leader here, in w! B. Wilson, con-
gresham elect from a Pennsylvania
district and one of the best-known Of
the, Goa! miners leaders in the great
coal strike. :,
These are only a few of the many
trades unionists, each prominent in his
own city. And every man of them talks
Interestingly on labor subjects-for of
Rourse they couldn't be expected to
talk about anything else at the time of
the annual convention of the A. F. of
L. They are not necessarily radicals,
Just because they have pronounced
opinions on labor question. And they
talk as readily about employers as
about employees
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cutive council since the last conven-

ecutive council since the last conven-
ton. =
=; ORR ginally the carpenters included
the weodworkers in their organization,
but the latter finally secured charter
of their own and have SINCE been indie
pendent. The carpenters have claimed
jurisdiction and have fought for it be-
fore; successive conventions, and both
sides. were prepared for afght again at
the present convention. =. The contest
between the plumbers and the filters is
the same in. principle, but not SO old.
Both were ready for fight in the con-
Vention tho.
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union, were the work of ruffians of
the city who took advantage of the
excitement naturally attending a strike
to break loose. One policeman lone
on that beat, told me that there was
never less violence in the stockvards
district than thru the strike.
'lnJunctions are all right, in their
pace. :; Theoretically they. are of no
inconvenience to the man who con
templates no wrong doing. Practically.
as issued by the modern American
COURTS, they work great Injustice.
sWhat we: demand is that the courts
90 not make it by Injunction a crime
for man to do as q union member
what he may lawfully do as private
citizen'' ~~., - 1''''o
Machines for Glass Work.
The old machine question is noslonger:
sore subject with labor men. Years
ago 1t. was, but now, their attitude. is
changed. '~''' Z -. ~
While they are inventing machines.
most OF them to take the place of high.
priced men in our trade, we wish some
inventive genius would take it upon
M to invent machine to replace
glass bottle Factories This state
ment is made by D. A. HAYES. presi-
dent Of the Glass Bottle Blowers asso-
citation of America and one of the vice
presidents of the A. F.. of L. .l,...>..
Glassblowers are skilled workmen
and demand large wages, says Mr..
Hayes: Under the. recent system
each blower has several boys as tend.
ers, who carry the hot bottles to the
anneallng ovens and do other. danger
Gus work. One thing that the mem
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francisco an opportunity to repent. The
morals of San francisco had become 80
corrupt that it made even, bad men
blush, but when the movement was set
on foot bv the good people to elect
Partridge as mayor and to clean up a
give us a chance. After the election
stood on Market street and heard men
howl and shout because the. reform
party had not elected single candi-
date. This left the feeling that San
Francisco had voted for vice. Said
one politician: 1--WE have beat the
preachers! and now we III drive God out
Of our city,
Premonitions of Calamity.
80 nThere were premonitions Of the
ssnt It. nne1i the cp 0P Bsr Of God
days God will destroy this city with
earthquake and fire. said one prophet
and he was seen to walk the streets of
the city on April 10, saying. I warned
you. | warned you. >.-~~
Another man saw q vision Of the
buildings of the city falling together
and fire sweeping over them and he
was urged in the vision to walk the
streets and warn the people, but he was
afraid. -. -. 49,: =
No aPp1OdCu VI Cuo CdlaH1CY was
in the air and those who lived nearest
to God felt it the most: The reason we
don't have more, warnings is that we
get so far from Christ. ., .:.f: -.
These are facts, brethren, that your
papers do not know. The papers say
nothing about them. :: = -, 80;
:, God was somewhere in that calam.
lty. San Francisco was the ear Of the
nation and God is calling to the wicked
cities of this nation I d rather believe
San Francisco was punished for her
w1ckedness than to believe that a. low
ing father permitted the calamity to
come to his people, 4e*~ - :,8':2 ;,
Mr.. Shaw does not trust the official
estimate Of the dead He believes It d
shame to tell. the eastern. people that
only 800 persisted in the disaster. In
the ashes Of: the burned buildings lie
the ashes Of hundreds Of unknown dead
he AYERS. When the lid Of Chinatown is
lifted hundreds of dead will be found.
49,: The Minneapolis Flour: !:
The Minneapolis -four incident was
touched upon by the speaker when he
began to talk about human nature: as
he saw it in San Francisco. However
others may talk against the doctrine Of
total %depravitY, it is his theology, for
he has lived in San Francisco. 3 tlWe
didn It get -four until we received word
from Minneapolis that the flour must
be given. to The refugees or sent back,
and then we got four he said. After
touching up; the graft question and the
use of '$6,000,000 relief money, the
speaker urged upon those present per.
sonal choice Of salvation. H.. -. d. -.
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Earning and Paying.

. Wage earners and wage payers have
no place in the same organization, &C.
cording to w. D. Mahon, president of
the sAmalgamated Association of Street
Railway Employees, the man who made
a strong protest against the alliance
between the American Federation of
Equity
: .-ssThese farmers are employers said
Mr.. Mahon, s'that is why I am kicking
and will kick on their being taken in.
Of course they say that the farm
laborers will be admitted to their or
ganization, but they won't have much
toS.say about wages. Our employers
would like nothing better than to be-
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CAUCUS IN HENNEPIN

The republican house members of the
Hennepin delegation caucused last night.
The session was executive and lasted
after IL o'clock. 1t Is said that matters
Of moment were discussed, but their
nature is yelled in secrecy. Some rivalry
developed over the selection of a chair,
man, but after several ballots W. I.
Nolan was unanimously elected. J.. B.
Murphy was chosen secretary. -
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long to the union. they would like to
be. president and secretary of the
union. You can bet, if they were, the
union would quit talking about wages
pretty quick and you would. hear. the
same silence about the hours of labor.
The worst thing. we have to buck when
we. 60 to organize a town is the .bene-
fetal association to which the bosses
belong. They look mighty pretty but
they never have done anything for the
working man. - - >::tr d. E',<a-:.: !
"This talk Of cooperation with the
farmers is foolish. They will sell us
union label butter for so cents pound,
If they can, and make things even. by
buying, union made <pos holes. 81. They
have furnished over half of ali The
strike breakers in the country, and
they are not, the men we have made
our organization for. If this American
Society of Equity were made Up Of
laborers, it would be different. I don It
care if they work sixteen hours day,
or eighteen; they own their land aid
are their own bosses; they hire help.
That makes them employers -
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der a holiday on the day of the inter
collegiate bouts, and pay George Siler's
expenses to Minneapolis if Siler would
act as referee 8. And Mr.. /; Gardner
painstakingly mopped a splotch Of suds
) from the top of the mahogany.
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A Gold Coast newspaper, recording a funeral,
says the body was followed by a concourse Of
sympathizing friends, =. Riney Hoeper,s i, band
headed the procession. Our coincidence with the
bereaved relatives 49, -~"'~. - ~---- 1870 =
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Unionizing a Plant.

Somebody said something to Homer
be established in Minneapolis. MI.
Call is secretary of the Meat Cutters'.
and Butchers union. He declares that
unionization Of the 10000 men to be
employed at the Armour packing plant
in Minneapolis will be effected by the
local Meat Cutters and Butchers union
without assistance from the national
body. ''''.','. .-'.,' 1922.
Minneapolis has one of the strong