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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-05-04

Mr.. Union Man:-Notify your retail
liquor dealer that the Bell Phone Is
Unfair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-05-04
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-05-04

Mr. Union Man:-Notify Your Cigar
Dealer that the Bell Phone is Unfair.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-05-04

Mr.. Union Man:-Notify your butch
er that the Bell Phone Is Unfair.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
CONCENTRATES.

A kangaroo consumes as much grass
as four to six sheep
The churches are the Portuguese
polling places and votes in Portugal
are cast nowhere else.
Turbine propellers are steadily
growing in favor both in the British
navy and the merchant marine.
There are 1863 stock and 234 mu.
tual fire insurance companies in the
United States January 1, 1907.
Workmen in one of the streets of
Madrid dug up an old walnutwood
chest containing 300 gold doubloons.
Japan has bought and is buying
large numbers of Normandy horses
for the new cavalry regiments Of the
| empire. Prize winners at trotting
races are preferred. Many horses of
the Breton breed are also, being pur-
chased for Japanese service.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04

of an abundant supply to meet every
want Of the worlds business centers
without friction. 1t should also be
added that the worlds consumption OF
gold in the arts, etc, is not large.
though it has been gaining during re-
cent years. Growth is particularly
true of the United States, but it is also
true, though in a less degree, OF the
rest of the world. Our mint bureau
Is generally accepted by the world as
the authority on that point Mr.. Rob
erts' latest compilation is for 1905.
His total given for that year was $685.
l22, 600. If we assume s92,000,000 as
the amount so used in 190G-it being
a very active year in an Industrial
way-the estimate given for last year
would seem to be not far from the
actual figure.
The places of lodgment for this
large gold output and stock are much
merly There is scarcely one among
commercial nations now that Is moi
in some way adopted the gold \and
| ard, not on basis Of full valuaAbu
| by some fixed relation to gold, and is
Consequently keeping and building VI
a stock for reserve. This has come
about through the well known cir
cumstance that it is only a short time
since silver was the actual currency
of many countries that are no Longer
in that situation. One by one, through
different methods, they have gottei
into the current which has carried
them away from silver to gold. Witt
| such a tendency existing, it is hart
to follow the routes and stopping
places where the metal collects, o
to measure its volume. AS to the pro
spective output of gold little fea
has been felt lest the Transvaal pre-
duction might suffer a moderate sci
back. This feeling was due to tn
new phase of the labor prospect
which the new constitution imposes
1t plainly deprivess, the colony of
free hand in dealing with Chinese la
Dor, while allowing it to deal wit
kafir labor as 1t pleases. Altogether
1t is hoped thai the crisis in tn
Transvaal is now passed and tn
mines will continue to keep up an in
creasing product. If that expectation
is realized, we see no reason why tn
worlds output should not be furthe
added to. A noteworthy fact is tn
remarkable vitality in the supply fror
from the United States.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
INCREASING DEMAND FOR GOLD

The gold that was enough for the
needs of the world last year is not
enough for this year, and what is
enough for this year will be too little
next year. The director of the mint
reckoned that on December 81, 1906
there was approximately 81, 500, ,0OO. .O0C
worth of gold in vaults and in cir
culation, and during the last ten years
the output of gold has ranged from
0O,OOO,O00 TO $375,O00,OO0 annually
The output for 1906 is estimated at
over S4OO,OOO,O00. Yet there is not
enough. What concerns the average
man Is the fact that a scarcity of
gold means lower prices, while a pIen.
tiful supply means higher prices. The
output of wheat or corn is used I'M
every year, but the output of gold, as
the editor Of the Commercial and Fl.
nancial Chronicle New York; reminds
us, is simply added to the total. Some
OF the gold Of Babylon and Carthage
may still be in use, made over into
new forms. But, continues this finan.
cial journal:
How does the total output distribute
itself? Where has 1t all gone? WHY
should there be such lack in supply
III sight and coming into sight as to
warrant SO earnest a scramble to get
possession OF every little bit of the
new output? The size of the addition.
al totals the markets have received
during recent years is a marvel. In.
Guiding the year Just closed. the
eleven years since 1896 have added
to the old stock $3,S22, ,7eO.s41. 1t
should be kept in mind that we are
not referring to any article of the
character of food products, but to a
non-perishable article. The aggregate
product OF the same metal in the fif
teen years from 1882 to 1896 reached
but $l,s7O.434,Ss2. That Is to saw. in
the eleven years ending with 1906 the
new supply was $1,452, 1926, ,959 larger
than 1t was in the whole previous ne.
'iod Oh hfteen years. Moreover, as the
articie We are dealing with is, we re-
peat, not perishable, has a high yalue
and Is kept with special diligence, the
Pubic holds today, excepting what has
peen used In the arts. $5,19s, 1876 .723
III addition to the stock on hand in
1881. which sufficed to facilitate trade
at that time. These few facts would
on their face appear to AFFORD evidence
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04

ton between the trade union and the
socialistic movements."
Mr.. Mitchell himself Is neither q
revolutionary nor scientific socialist.
He considers socialism a visionary
creed, and says by way Of contrast
that the trade unionist INDUCES in no
Idle dreams. He keeps his feet on
the ground, even though his eyes may
be upon the stars" Socialism may
and probably will grow. but "if the
principles Of Cancellation. conference
and agreement. Of fair wages, short
hours and humane and American con-
ditions Of employment, as advocated
by the unions. are accepted by employ
ers, the danger OF confiscatory or COM
pensatory processes favored by either
the revolutionary or the evolutionary
socialists will not materialize. Rec
ord-Herald.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
A RAILROAD AND ITS GRAFT.

The Pennsylvania railroad, through
a special committee of the board OF
directors which has been investigating
charges Of graft among Its officers and
employees. complains that mistaken
public opinion misinformed as to
facts" have done grave injustice to
the whole service" OF the road. The
sensitiveness OF the directors is to
their credit, though In this case they
probably exaggerate the hostility
which they think they see in current
criticisms.
When the Pennsylvania graft reve-
lations were made at an Interstate
commerce commission hearing a year
ago they attracted attention, first be-
cause the Pennsylvania was generally
regarded as having as high standards
as any road in the country, and sec
ond because the offenses which were
clearly proven against number OF
officials were very serious indeed But
1t has been recognized all along that
what was proven against certain off,
cials did not necessarily involve all.
The present report, based on an In
vestigation Of 2,505 officers and en-
ployes, including all who were In a
position to show favors to patrons,
has revealed only fifteen who had re-
ceived interests in coal mines or other
Industries along the right Of way as
gifts, while 251 others had interests
which they had acquired by purchase
The fifteen have been reported to
the presidents OF the several railroad
companies for appropriate action"
Appropriate action" in the cases of
the fifteen gift-takers should be some
very severe form OF discipline indeed,
for their conduct was reprehensible,
and they knew 1t when they entered
into such relations with patrons. As
for the officials and employees who
purchased their interests in corpora
tlons along the line. they can hardly
be charged with having knowingly
done wrong. But It is clear that they
should now rid themselves of what
stocks OF this character they have.
and that In the future any railroad Of
ficial making investments OF this kind
must be regarded as knowingly vio-
lating his obligations to his road and
to the public. The evils Of such In
vestmsnts have been fully revealed.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
SOME WIVES ARE DIFFERENT.

New York Globe.
Most men," said the man OF ex-
perience. think II must be awfully
nice to have a wife who takes things
as coolly as Dave Potter's wife takes
them: but others. more discriminating.
prefer good honest row to her style
OF quiet cynicism. The way she be-
haved the other day when she found
letter in Dawes pocket from a girl
in Brooklyn is an example Of her
method.
al don't see." wrote this girl. how
on earth l can ever live without you.
Dawes wife read that gush, and
a lot more just like 1t, without ever
turning a hair.
"'Well,' she said, quietly, that girl
Is a fool. II she knew you as well
as do she would be wondering how
On earth she could ever live with you
"And that, In the opinion OF the
discriminating few, cuts whole lot
deeper than common, everyday
rumpus."
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
MEANS LARGE IR-
RiGATloN PROJECT.
Bill Permitting the Taking Up Of Land
On the Late Ute Reservation
Has Passed the House.

A letter from DR.. S. w. Morrison
states that the bill permitting the
taking up of land on the late Ute
reservation under the Carey act has
passed both houses and is now an
assured fact as 1t will be signed by
the president without any question.
In addition to the 1900 acres to ir-
rigate under the Carey act there is
something like 10000 additional acres
that can be watered by the proposed
ditch and reservoir system. AS stated
few days ago, the passage of the
bill means a great deal for La Plata
county. In the first place the com
pany filing bonds with the state land
board, under which the land is sub
1ect, Will have to construct bitches
and reservoirs costing in the neigh
borhood of 100000. This means work
for hundreds of men and the money
paid out will largely come to Durango
Tor supplies, etc. Then 1t means the
addition OF several hundred families
and inside of five years an increased
taxable value of several hundred thou
sand dollars.
When DR.. Morrison was in Durango
few weeks ago he informed The
Herald that the company back of the
enterprise. in which he is the moving
spirit. has filed It's bond with the state
land board to carry on this work. The
land is practically a desert at the
present time owing to lack of water
and will be subject to purchase from
the state for so cents an acre, but
the water rights will bring it up to
$50 an acre, but the land is said to
be the choicest In the country.
Regarding the land mentioned by
DIR. Morrison outside Of that embraced
under the Carey act we are not in
formed. but full Information will be
given Herald readers as soon - the
doctor comes 70 The city.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
KEEP YOUR MONEY At HOME.

A writer in Stoves and Hardware
Reporter" cites the following points
to show the relationship that exists
between the catalogue houses and the
farmer from the viewpoint of the
former. 1t is written In a sarcastic
strain, out has points well worth con-
sidering. It Is as follows:
/. You should sell your farm prod
ucts for cash wherever you can, but
not to US; We do not buy from you.
2. You shall believe our statements
and buy all you need from us, be
cause we want to be good to you,
although we are not personally ac-
quainted with you.
3. You shall send the money in
advance to give us the chance to get
the goods from the factory with your
money. Meanwhile you will nave 20
wait patiently q few weeks, because
that Is our business method.
4. You shall apply to your nearest
city to aid you In building good roads.
so you may conveniently get the
goods from the depot that you buy
from US. for we do not build country
roads.
6. You shall buy church bells and
interior church fixtures from us and
forward the money In advance. for
that Is our business method.
6. You shall collect from the bust
ness men in your vicinity as much
money as you can for tho benefit of
your churches. Although we get more
money from you than they do, still 1t
Is against our rules to donate money
for building country churches.
7. You shall buy your tools from
us and be your own mechanic. in order
to drive mechanics from your vicinity,
for we wish it so.
8. You shall induce your aeighbor
TO buy everything from us, as we have
room for more money.
0. You shall look often at the beau
tiful pictures In our catalogue Sd your
wishes will Increase and you will send
In big order. although you are not
In immediate need OF the goods, other
wise you might have some money
left to purchase necessary goods OF
your local merchant.
10. You shall have the mechanics
that repair the goods you buy from
US book the bill. so you can send the
money for his labor to us for new
goods. otherwise he will not notice
our influence.
IL. You shall believe us in prefer
ence to your local merchants. as we
want your cash. but we only become
millionaires by chance.
IL. You shall. In case of accident
sickness or need, apply to local deal
ers for aid and credit. as we do moi
know you.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
GAME ASA PUBLIC RESOURCE.

Both the federal and the state fish
hatcheries are doing excellent work in
supplying the streams of this state
with game fish, and the management;
of the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
deserves credit for the good sense and
public spirit 1t manifests in providing
the management of these fisheries
with facilities for depositing the
young fish In the streams reached by
the numerous lines of the Rio Grande
system.
Work of this kind is to be com
mended, because to keep our streams
well stocked with game fish, is to pro
vide public asset or resource of
great value in more ways than one.
When the subject is looked into it
is seen that fish constitute a large
percentage of the food consumed by
the people. More emphatically true
respecting communities near the sea
shore. 1t Is also measurably true of a
state like Colorado, where game fish
may be caught in great abundance.
Considered from the standpoint OF
food supply, the maintenance of good
fishing in our streams is matter
well worth public attention; but 1t
Is of interest for the additional rea-
son that 1t is an attraction to pleas
ure seekers from other parts of the
country.
What is true of fishing in the par
ticulars mentioned is more or less
true of the preservation of other kinds
of game. Our laws for the protection
of game are good enough in their way.
placing strong restrictions upon hunt
ing except at certain prescribed times.
But there is one phase of the problem
of game preservation which hardly
seems to have received the attention 1t
deserves, and that is the percentage
of game birds and quadrupeds destroy.
ed by carnivorous animals.
In one of his works Darwin ex.
presses the opinion that game would
decrease even If there were no hunt
ing at all in county like England II
vermin were allowed to increase with
out restriction. In other words, car
nivorous animals are a greater men.
ace than the hunters. This suggests
that the destruction of animals of that
kind should be encouraged by all pos.
sible means.-Denver Republican.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
are now being. carried out by the gov
ernment at cost of $6.000,000.
Half a million has already been sub

are now being. carried out by the gov
ernment at cost of $6.000,000.
Half million has already been sub
scribed for the new church, and there
will be no difficult. in raising as
much more whenever it is needed.
The other day one Of the leading real
estate operators in New York offered
the yestry OF st. Thomas the sum OF
81, 100000 for the present site. which
is undoubtedly the high water mark
for real estate in the residence dis
tricts of the United States. The old
church stands on the corner OF Fifth
avenue and Fifty-third street and is
surrounded by the Vanderbilt palaces,
the University and Union clubs, the
Gotham and st. Regis hotels, and Is
two blocks from st. Patrick's Roman
Catholic cathedral There is no doubt
that the offer would be occepted were
1t possible for the vestry to purchase
a site on the opposite corner. That
would enable the congregation to oc'
culpy the present building until new
one could be erected, which, of course,
would be great convenience, but two
of the lots needed belong to the Goelet
| estate, which, under the will, cannot
sell its holdings, and it is not likely
that the heirs would be so generous
as to present st. Thomas parish with
| hla nronarty
The original st. Thomas church was
erected in 1896 at the corner of Broad
way and Houston street, and the con
gregation removed to the present site
| IN 1866.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04

Wonder II Editor Curry was among
the number who witnessed the spec
tacle: "Those who were up and hap
pened on the street shortly before s
o'clock this morning. witnessed a phe
nomenal and most beautiful spectacle
in the western sky. A large star. or
rather light more resembling ball
of fire lit up the western sky Just
above the horizon. showing up the
clouds in the inky darkness just as
they are often seen In summer
evening just after the sun has drop
ped below the horizon. 1t was mag
nificent sight and so unusual as to
cause one to stop and wonder what is
coming off next among the forces of
nature In the way of an upheaval."
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
JOHN MITCHELL ON UNIONS AND
SOCIALISM.

II Is common thing to read OF
the efforts OF socialists to capture
trade unions and OF the powerful oppo.
sition that they encounter. Instead of
unity there is conflict that tells of
apparently irreconcilable differences.
more radical perhaps than those that
ordinarily develop In the direct strug-
glss between labor and capital. John
Mitchell, a good authority, discussed
the question In The Chicago Record
Herald's Sunday Magazine for Feb.
~ and described the situation as fol-
lows:
In the United States there are ap-
preGimately three million organized
werkmen: at the last presidential cleo
tioa about four hundred thousand
votDs were cast for the soclalistic
party. Not to exceed two-thirds of
thsss four hundred thousand votes
were cast by trade unionists. Even If
Tie entire number had been cast by
trale unionists, 1t would still be ap-
parent that only very small percent
age - the trade unionists are social
istA And II tho conclusions reached
AZ ~ resolutions adopted and de-
csatsA By the conventions of the
AWaFicAn Federation of Labor and Of
pfAes indspsndent labor associations
rsl1sct properly the sentiments and de-
Iirss of the workingmen. there is little
|yuDo1hy ed absolutely no oonusc-
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
GOOD WORK OF TWO BOYS.
Kansas City Journal.

Kansas City Journal
The Leavenworth Post has discover
ed the two most remarkable boys in
Kansas. They are the sons of Mat
Ernzen, prosperous German farnlN'
just over the line of Atchison county
These boys, who are only and 10
years old, cultivate Mr.. Ernzen's farm
of $50 acres, and they do it just as
well as the average grown farmer.
Mr. Ernzen has purchased riding tools
of every description for the boys, and
in this way all heavy lifting is done
away with. Last spring the boys, un-
assistated, planted over 100 acres OF
corn and cultivated thee rop without
any help from their father.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04
TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.


lower Texas house stood 20 to 40
Rigo, the gypsy who eloped with
Princess Chimay, lost his position as
leader of Harlem orchestra because
OF a new love affair.
Secretary Shaw, who retires from
the cabinet March 4, will on March 5
become president of the Carnegie
Trust company in New York.
The resignation of Third Assistant
Postmaster General Edward c. Mad
den, it is expected will be submitted
to the president in day or two.
Representative Brooks secured the
passage of the bill which has pre-
viously passed the senate authorizing
the city of Durango to acquire lands
for water storage purposes.
Afraid to tell his parents he had
been reprimanded by his teacher and
laughed at by his companions because
of his inability to master the English
language Paul Berek, IA years old, a
pupil of a Chicago school, committed
suicide by shooting himself in the
heart with revolver.
President Roosevelt has accepted
the resignation of Second Assistant
Postmaster General w. S. Shallen-
barger Representative James T. Nc
Cleary of Minnesota, who is to re-
tire from congress at the close of
the present session will be appointed
as Mr.. Shallenbarger's successor.
Steve Adams was on the stand yes.
terday and declared deliberate con-
spiracy existed between the officers
and detectives. He says he was led
into confessing by threats and prom
ise of protection, etc. Adams confirm
ed all of the early part of the con-
fession as to his family and past his
tory, but denied that part relating to
a plot ot kill Steuenberg and as to
his life in Marble Creek country.
A new chapter in the case of Miss
Helen Dixon was developed when the
local agent of the Northwestern Life
Insurance company of Chicago made
the statement concerning her connec-
ton with the company at Bloomington
as stenographer and bookkeeper. The
climax to a series of strange occur
rences in connection with her book
Keeping came when the auditor report
ed a shortage of 5000 and the dis.
covery that thirty pages of the ledger
had been torn out Miss Dixon attri-
outed the occurrence to burglars. The
agent made up the shortage out of his
own pocket and the affair was hush
ed up until now.
comptroller Glynn of New York will
appeal to the courts to compel stocl
brokers to open their books to in
spection that he may learn whether
the provisions of the stock transfer
tax law are being observed.
e. II. Gary, chairman OF the United
States steel corporation. says In New
York that he is in favor of the gov
ernment investigations OF corporations
which are bringing protests from capi.
talists, and that nothing but good can
result.
Col. Stanley II. Lewis, wealthy
man who has suffered from com,
plication of diseases. has entered into
an odd contract with specialist, by
which he hopes to improve his person.
al appearance. He has agreed to pay
100000 to the physician for an opera.
ton on the face and head Of a baboon.
and IL this Is successful, the colonel
agrees to undergo a similar operation
and pay $4,000 for the sAms,
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04

Many persons sending messages to
Andrew Carnegie asking him to award
a Carnegie medal to Miss Alice Mel
SOD for her bravery shown at the Az.
o'soF'um panic Saturday sisht
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04

The department OF superintendent
OF the national educational association
mas decided in favor Of simplifed
spelling.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04

ample warning has been given, and
the practices should be permanently
ended.-Chicago Record-Herald.