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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-01-10
FIELD OF LABOR
Items of Interest Gathered From
Throughout the Country =
PRESENTED In BRIEF FORM
For The Perusaf Of Busy Readess.-
Printers Winning Every
where---Notes.

iEhe Photo Engravers of Nil:
.waukee, Wis, have won theil
strike after being OUT over a year.
The union Iebel is the creates
protector OF all who earn theit
daily bread Remember
The Typothetao has lost anotl,e,
follower BY the signing OF the John
single Paper Company, of SVrn
euse, NY
The machinists employed by The
>1A7ttauue, Coast Line OF Washing.
ton, D. c., have been given .n IN.
crease q twenty CENTS per day.
In 1885 carpenters in New Yor!,
City made $500 day and worlsec
titty-threo hours q week. They
now receive $40 a day and worL
forty tonr, hours "a week
The boys nj The coal mines NJ
.SprinshilI, S. D., who has becl.
.out..on strike for more pay, hav,
fesnmcd work without haSine
gained their demands.
See that your delegates atteud
Gaa neetlags of the capitol Cat,
Trades Assembly rcguiuriy. i
you want to keep IN touch witt
What the other t!atlps are doina
hats the way 70 CO it.
For the FIRST time in twenty years
Fceadwell rniue iii Alaska is closed
Douglas and juneau are suherina
rom coal famine, and lack Of fual
aas resulted in the Closing of ths
mines.
Ths Carpenters District Courci,
OF Ealt River, Mass. has notified
contractors that after MAY lst,
uext they Will demand Il wage OF
thirty seven and one-h half cents per
hour and Saturday afternoon of.
The Delaware and Hudson Coal
Company has installed machani.
cal Slate picker III its colIiery at
Wilkes Barre, and the report is
that it works success July. Twelve
boys and the mechanical spiral
slate picl1ers now take the place OF
800 boys who would be required
IN a plant or that size under the
old regime. The company pro
oably viii place these machinical
picllers in ali its other plants.
Some "a 600 breaker boys are en-
oloyed picking cu5 slate from the
coal ut the Galleries throughout
Pennsylvania.
NJ. Vile Geo, Of Buffalo, n. Y,
manufacturers of up to date union
labelled clothing, have for some
time used the words "Ctothes Of
Quality in advertising and sell
ing their clothing. This has tempt
I'd other manufacturers TO appro-
PIRATE and initiate the phrase and
to protect themselves, as well as
those who sell clothes of quality,
the hrm applied for a patient right
On CLOTHES OF Quality" The
United States Patent Office, re.
cognizing the justice Of TIE claim.
granted NJ Vie s. Co., the sole
right to the use OF the expression.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-01-10
ETetcaIf's YicRs.

Secretary Ietcalf says the anti
japanese agitation or the Pacific
coast is the result OF the opposition
OF the trade unions and the leading
newspapers of California to the
little yellow man. OF course, ac-
cordlEg 70 Metcalf, who IS a Cali
fofnia capitalist, the American
workiDgmen ought TO sit still and
see the coast swamped with Jap
cheap labor and their wages drop
aboat 30 per cent.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-01-10
Pgascrs Install Officers.

At the Tega-2r Idouthly meeting
Of Charleston i typographical Union
40. 10, the oLhcers elected as the
last meeting were installed and
general routine business transact
ed Soaa1e Bum berg was GlEo.tv-
81 As 40 apprentices rnasnoet. The
executive -o-1l1Ittee Was instructed
- make ! cGltr.licE }F-.th the Labor
GEas 6o- i've Lacnes space fut. one
gs;,lE iJE- The purpose OF GldveTLLs-Eig
the union l2be--
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-01-10
Notice to Unions.

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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-01-10

The necessities of life are going
up constantly. American heiresses
ind foreign noblemen are great
deal higher than they used to be.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-01-10

me Labor Argus sI-o0 per
vear or 81 cents for SIX moths.
Vow Is the time to subscribe and
keep tab on the legislature.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15
Col. Watterson Out of Politics,

COL. Henry Watterson. Kentuckys
best known and best beloved resident
says he is out of politics. AS the
colonel is still enjoying good health. in
spite of the inroads which prohibition
is making upon Kentucky. it will not
be generally believed that he has ac-
tually abandoned politics for good and
all. Yet this is his declaration in an
interview which he gave out last week
Mr.. Wattcrson has retired from poll
tics. ST. he declares. not because he is
tired Of the game or unable to continue
it lorgcr but because he is disguised
with Organism and because he realizes
the hopelcssness of the Democratic
party as long as the party has to stag
ger along in the mire with the burden
of Organism upon it's back.
Says Colonel Watterson. Look at
Bryan. For seven years | have been
proving 10 him why he should not lon
ger disturb the future of the once real
party in which l was raised. But
haven't feazed him. If he is weak
today, II" is stronger tomorrow; or vica
versa. He will not get out of the way
for others. He will ditch the train,
if he cannot ride in the box. l have
quit politics forever. l wouldn't go to
tlf
have been pugnacious. heaven knows:
but I'm through with that shall
become. or try to become. an essayist
dealing with the simplicitcs of life
the beatituGes. if you like. No more
politics for me-
While the colonel is tired of Bryan
ism and while he is an admirer of
Roose, cit in some particulars he still
feels that the country is getting too
much Rooseveltism and makes ii plain
that while he is through with Demo-
cratic politics he does not propose to
become Republican in the immediate
future. He has suspicion that
Rocsevelt's idea is to "Mexicanze the
country" whatever that may mean.
and that the present President will
force himself upon us as king or en-
peror. The wisdom Of this view will
fail II impress the average American
citizen.
Speaking of Governor Johnson whom
he .yroomed as a dark horse for the
presidential nomination. Colonel Wat
terSHn says he has no special interest
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15
GLEANlNGs AND GOSSIP.

The queen Of Holland diScouragcs
cunning So far as she is able. She is
an ardent lover of all animals.
Mr.. SalmOnSOn the marriage license
clerk in Chicago took a rest after he
had finished filling in a certificate for
EaZinsicras GumalewSki and Eva
Aleksa
When man has to be up for any
event at 3 in the morning. il he is I'M
der -. he stays up till 8. and il he is
over % he goes to bed and gets up at
2.-Atchison Globe.
Every village priest in Russia is
called d pope There are no cell
bates among them, as every priest is
obliged to marry but only once. Ii
his wife dies he must obey the rules of
the church by retiring to some monaS-
terry for the rest of his life.
Miss Jennie WinSlow Bubier. who
has charge of the room of happiness
in the Lynn (Mass) public library. is
said to be the only blind librarian in
the world. Besides performing the
duties Of librarian. Miss Bubicr teaches
the blind patrons Of the library to read.
The marquis of Butte owns the finest
private residence in the world. and
the largest in Great Britain. which cost
$4,000. 900. Everything from a dining
room to aquarium is to be seen there.
and among other things three libraries.
swimming and Turkish baths, aviarjes.
bililard-room and a dinirgroom
which will accommodate 800 guests.
There will be nearly 800 vacancies in
the naval academy at Annapolis next
year, and senators and representatives,
are now being invited by the navy de-
partment to make nominations of
young men to take the examinations.
wear. one in April and one in June 1t
is safe to say that the advertisement
the navy has lately received will result.
in spite of the Georgia accident. in
greater pressure than before being eX-
erted upon Sena tors and representa-
tives to secure their favors.
The picture postcards may yet be
retired in favor Of the small adhesive
stamps. which are pasted on the flap
side Of an envelope, where we are &C
customed to put the sealing wax and
our monogram impression. These
stamps are one inch by IL inches. and
bear the most exquisite engravings,
each worth o place in Horn album.
Some people are having them made of
the most costly paper with the family
creStS and notices impressed with
dos, 81, that the work seems embossed
III" effect is highly satisfactory.-\ew
York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

Lots of naughty children who pro-
test against parental discipline on the
ground that they are getting "too old
to he spanked will be interested in the
result Of suit which Miss Pauline
Law OF Piltsburg has recently brought
against her father. Miss Pauline, it
appears, had reached the age of 81
years. but recently her father. for some
act of disobedience on her part, dis
ciplined her with slipper after the
good. oldfashioned method. She had
him before the court on charge of as
sault and battery. Your father
said Magistrate Kirby to Miss Pauline
has perfect right to spank you if you
are disobedient, so long as You remain
under ms roof" Complaint dismissed;
costs on Miss Pauline.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

Governor Post of Porto Rico is in
inns country on rather urgent personal
business He is awaiting the return
of President Roosevelt from his hunt
ing trip and when the President is
back in Washington Governor Post will
sic3e tn, opportunity to do little ex-
planning. II seems that Governor Post
is none too popular in Porto Rico and
on n recent occasion made remarks
which have added much to his I'M
popularity. especially with the Ameri-
can teachers and missionaries on the
island. In an address before the
teachers he said various unkind things
about them which aroused their ire
and which Porto Rican correspondents
declare are not at all justified by the
facts. \ little later. so the story goes
he aoolocized to the teachers on the
ground that he had been drinking
any case. he finds himself in very hot
water and his visit to this country
seems hardly likely to restore him to
the good graces of the government at
Washington or of the people of Porto
Rico. Unless he is much msrepre-
scented man. his DAYS of usefulness. On
that Prosperous End progressive little
island are over.
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MAINE EDITORIAL COMMENT.
The Passing of the Road Fence.
(Guilford Recorder.)


One of tn, changes that has taken
place within 4 few years. and which
most people have forgotten, is the re-
mcval of the front yard fence. AT one
time nycrv citizen who had things as
they should be. had a fence (picket or
othcrw ise) around his house. either be-
cause nf cows or custom, or both.
Grad,lallv as the cows ceased to be
driven through the streets and custom
changed, on" person after another re-
moved his fence until now. they, are
things of the past. And the boys of to-
day are spared considerable trouble by
this change. for every fence had long
gate " hich had to be opened and closed
when q team went through and it was
the boys duty to be gate tender. An
other. and worse job for the boy was
painting the fence Some manufac-
turtrS. in order to show the magnitude
of their business, will state that if their
yearly products were placed end to end
they would reach around the globe,
more or less. and the boy who had to
paint q goOd-siZed picket fence felt be-
fore he got through that if the entire
surface coulG be spread out the two sides
and two edges of the pickets. and the
top and bottom and sides of the rails.
it would go around the globe. We speak
from sad experience.
Much the same change has taken
place on the farms by the removal of
road fences And the change is a
source of profit, for it was considera BILE
expense to maintain the fences. and the
land that was occupied by them and
Of ,,,Dl Ia
vatc up to them, Is now available.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

DR. \. H. Simpson by no means de
pend upon his great annual collection
at old orchard for funds to keep his
Christian Alliance work going on
through the year. While he holds big
meetings every August at Old Orchard
II" holds one in October in New York
city. and On last Sunday. the closing
uay "f his meeting. his collection
amounted t" the neat little sum of k6,.-
625. Incidentally it may be remarked
that "fiiiah" Sanford's rich father-in-
law. from whom Shiloh expected to in
h"rit Il lot Of money has just died and
left the whole of his large fortune to
Dr. Simpson,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

1t was a terrible blow to Detroit to
lose the series for the worlds cham
ponship after the victory which
crowned its splendid struggle for first
place. in the American league. and the
grief of Detroit is all the greater be-
cause it's team failed to win q single
game in the series with Chicago. As
for CilicagO's feelings about this time,
there are no words in the dictionary
that will begin to give them adequate
cXprCSEipn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

SWarthmore college which faces the
problem occasioncd by q bequest Of
$1,oCO, OGG which is conditioned upon the
abandonment of Intercollegiate attn
letit:. is to tax" a vote of the gradu
atcs and students of the college upon
the question As SWarthmore is CO.
educational. the women will of course
sllar-' with the men the privilege of
voting on the question and it is eX-
pcctcd that this makes the outlook
worse for intercollegiate athletics at
thvt Institution.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15
The Waning Hardwood Supply.


It is not simply in the American sup
ply of spruce, hemlOck and pine that
the enormous consumption is causing
very general apprehension, but in a
circular just issued by the govern
ment forest department at Washing
ton it is made plain that the supply of
hardwood for manufacturing purposes
is waning at very rapid rate. The
demand for hardwood lumber is great
er tran ever before and is constantly
increasing, yet TIE annual cut this
year is full billion feet less than it
was in 1900 In this time the whole
sale price of the different classes Of
hardwood lumber advanced from Is TO
65 per cent The cut of oak, which in
1899 was more than half the total cut of
hardwoods. has fallen off &c, per cent.
Yellow poplar, which Nas formerly
second in point of output. has fallen off
So per cent, and elm has fallen off one
half. The cut of softwoods is over
four times that of hardwoods, yet it is
doubtful if a shortage in the former
would cause ,iismay in so many in
dustries. The CooDerage. furniture, and
vehicle industries depend upon hard
wool timber. and the railroads, tele-
phone and telegraph companies. aSri-
cultural implement manufacturers and
builders use it extensively.
This leads to the question, Where is
the future supply of hardwoods 10 be
found? The cut in Ohio and Indiana,
which, seven years ago. led all other
states, has fallen off one-half. Illi-
nois, Iowa, Kentucky. Michigan, Min
nesota, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennes-
see. Texas, West Virginia, and Wis
consin have also declined in hardwood
production. The chief centers Of pro-
duction no~ lie in the Lake states. the
lower Mississippi valley. and the APP
states the presence of hardwoods is an
almost certain indication of rich agri-
cultural land. and when the hard
woods are cut the land is turned per-
manently to agricultural use. In Ar
kansas, Louisiana and Mississippi the
production of hardwoods is clearly at
its extreme height. and in Missouri and
Texas it has already begun to decline.
The answer to the question. therefore,
would seem to lie in the Appalachian
Mountains. They contain the largest
body Of hardwood timber left in the
United States. On them grow the
greatest variety of tree species any
where to be found. Protected from fire
and reckless cutting. they produce the
best kinds of timber since their soil
and climate combine to make heavy
stands and rapid growth Yet much
Of the Appalachian forest has been so
damaged III the past that it will he
years before it Will again reach a high
state Of productiveness. Twenty bill
lion feet of hardwoOds would be a con-
sentative estimate of the annual pro-
ductive capacity of the 10 900. 900 acres
of forest lands i'm the Appalachians if
they were rightly managed. Until they
are we can expect shortage in hard
wood timber. The government docu-
mcnt in which this matter is interest
ingly discussed in detail is entitled
Circular 1l6 of the forest service and
may be- had upon application to this
department at Washington. d. c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

Til" lingo of the sea is not So blind
4" landluhbcrs as in the old days. but it
is still somewhat confusing For in
stance. they persist in speaking of the
luSitania. the new Queen of the
Ocean. as "thc four-day boat" though
its record breaking voyage across the
Atlantic consumed only few hours
less than five days. Moreover. the
passengers were aboard for six nights
ana 1t appears that nothing is gained
fer then by this clipping off a few
hours from the record over which
there is 50 much rejoicing: 1t is the
time of landing at the pier that really
counts and those who travel in the
l.usitania will have no advantage in
this respect over those on the various
so-callcd slower liners
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

The fact that this is an exceptionally
good year for building operations
throughout The country and especially
here i'm New England. is indicated by
the returns of the F. w. Dodge Co.
months of 1907 contracts were awarded
in New England to the amount of s10S,-
10000. This was more than for the
corr, spending period in any year for
In" nast half dozen. with the single ex-
t"ptinn of 1902 when the contracts for
the first nine months were SIP .S27 900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15
Tuesday, October IS, 1907.

Even with two state tickets in the
field and the prospect of several 9TH
ers, Massachusetts Democrats are not
satisfied. There are so many varie-
ties of Democrats that the present sup
ply of tickets. even in Massachusetts,
is wnolly Inadequate.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

i'm the Johnson candidacy. He simply
mentioned johnson in the hope of
heading off Bryan. not that he loves
Johnson more but that he loves Bryan
very much less. II am not in favor
Of anybody" says the colonel; II am
absolutely out of politics. 1t will be
interesting to note how he sticks to his
resolution as the time for the 1908 cam
paign draws near.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

Some of the oldtime glory has faded
from Massa chusettS, but in golf play
ing its people seem to outrank all 9TH
ers in the country. In the recent con-
test for the professional championship
the first prize went to a Massachusetts
man and last week a Massachusetts
woman won the wOmans amateur
championship.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

up in the corners, besides the panellinE
running up by the side of the old stair
way. and last but not least there are
seven big fireplaces where the draught
is so fine that logs Of any size can be
burned. The old brick bins in the cell
lar are still in a fine state of preserva-
ton even as they are "a or 80 years old.
Some of the old clapboards have had to
be removed. but many of the original
ones are still to be seen, with the old
handmade nails i'm them, showing the
wonderful method used in what they
called in those days soaring" Each
end of the clapboards had been pared
or Whitfield down to a thin edge by hand
and then Tapped over each other several
inches. There are still many of the
original handmade panes Of crown glass
in the windows. When the wOrkmen
were Singing the roof the British
guns were heard at Castine. Sept. l.
1914 and they Immediately dropped
their tools. gave the alarm and started
i'm hot haste for that town. where theE
did good service for their country. In
the old days this place was called
stock farm. Col. Parker never kept
less than 60 head of young cattle. ne
sides all the Olucr ones, ana many Huii-
dred sheep. Up in the pasture now
owned by Ed. Mcintyre. was large
building in the top of which was kept
the hay and other feed, while below was
la sheltered shed for the live stock. There
are people IN Bluehill still living who
remenb Der when it was torn down The
house is now used as summer home
by one Joseph Woods great-great-
grandchildren. Mrs. Merrill of Boston.
Two years ago she entertained her
grand nephew. Wilson Friend of Water
loo, Iowa, who had the unusual Gistinc-
ton of sleeping in the same house.
where his great -sreat-Sreat-Sreat-
grandfather had died June 20, 1913
The Lewiston and Auburn committees
thaving in charge the entertainment of
tht> State Conference of Charities and
Corrections have arranged for the meet
rGs to he held in High Street Congre-
gational church of Auburn The church
will be opened Monday afternoon for
the registration. of delegates and the
committees will he OH hand with list
of boarding places for those who do not
wish to stop at the conference head
quarters at tho Elm house.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

ESTABLISHED 1925

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unsigned communications.
The Journal cannot bs held responsible
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Address oil communications relating to
subscriptions and advertisements to
BURLEIGH & FLYNT, Pubnahers.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-15

Across the English channel to
France Will amy one who has been
tossed and rolled and churned lin
transit ever forget the experience
I'll wager not. BY night boat to
Havre makes the trip trifle more
tearaDle but even then, the memory is
hot pleasant.
1t IS several times a tWice-told tale
to say that Paris is beautiful. IL mag
rificont city. To be quite convinced.
however. that all The extravasant
things we have heard in its praise are
tue. one only has to drive along that
finest of all avenue, the Champ Elysees.
(cytendng from the Louvre of which
we have all read so much it seems like
ali old friend) through the gardens Of
the Tuilcries ami the broad and ex-
tansive Place de la Concordc. Which
Hopkinscn Smith says is always bril-
liant with the never-ending Whirl of
pleasure-loving Paris" across this,
and by the Arc de Triompe of Napo-
leon, till We are lost in the delightfully."-
cool park. the Bots de BolOgne IT is
Il wonderful avenue, in wonderful
city.
Every place has its charm and dis
tinctivc features. and this is especial
ly true of Paris. The French are
bright and gay. and the city impresses
one in something the same manner.
Life flows on happily. the people sing
at their tasks if they have any, if not.
they sing Just the same. We cannot
help thinking. however. of past revo-
buttons and of how quickly these excit-
able natures may be turned into other
channels. But why look for trouble:
The weather is "brite and fair in
July. 1907: sunshine is overhead. VIII!
hunt for the scars left by the nobs "
We are in Paris. la belle Paris! Isn't
that enough? The buOyant spirit of
the, French capital is inhaled with the
air and we gladly add our feeble
tribute to the charm of this city of
turbulent history. but which through
al las. preserved its symmetry and its
beauty.E