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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-22
ONE MAN KILLED
IN 100000 FIRE
At Least Nine People Are In
jured.

Chicago May 22.-One man was
killed. nine to dozen injured and
property to the extent of 100000 was
destroyed by fire in the plant of the
Wintermeyer box factory at Twenty
seventh and Troop streets. The
flames which originated from some I'M
known cause. spread through the
building with great rapidity, cutting
off the escape Of many Of the employees
on the second and third floors. The
identity of the one man killed has not
been established. Many girls were
employed in the box factory. but all
escaped. either through the doors or
down the fire escapes.
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copyright, 19OS.)

acterize the feelings of the soul in
its highest hours-tribute more elo-
quent than speech can ever be.
Done at the capitol in Indianapolis
and given under my hand and the
great seal of the state. this 18th day
of May in the year of our Lord, nine
teen hundred and eight, in the year
of the Independence of the United
States the one hundred and thirty-sec.
ond, and in the year of the admission
of the State of Indiana the ninety-seC-
Ond.
J. FRANK HANLY.
Governor of the State of Indiana.
BY the Governor:
FRED A. SIMS, Secretary of State
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-22
ARE NOW REVENGEFUL
Friends of Bryan in PennsyI-
vania Will Fight to
The End.
AIM A BLOW AT GUFFEY.

Harrisburg, Penn, May 22.-Declar-
ing that the state leaders had betrayed
the Democratic voters by defeating
the Bryan Endorsement, managers of
the Nebraska statesmans boom say
they will direct all their efforts to
turning the tables on the Guffeyites at
the Democratic National Convention
at Denver.
The Bryan Leaguers assert that
their organization will be in control
of the situation in July. and back OF
this assertion Is an implied threat
that should Bryan lead in the conven
ton and at the polls a reorganization
of the Pennsylvania Democratic man
agement will be in order
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-22
Back to the Club.

The honeymoon was on the ragged
edge of the last chapter.
My dear" said the ex-bachelor. Il
believe III teach you to play cards"
That will be just too lovely for
anything" rejOined the young wife.
What game will you teach me-"
SOLITAIRE" answered the heartless
wretch, who promised to love. honor
and pay the groceryman.-Liverpool
Mercury.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-22
NEW YORK FOR HIM
Fairbanks Will Get That
States Vote for Sec
ond Place.
HUGHES is OUT OF RACE.

Washington. May 22.-New York
state is lining up for Fairbanks for
the nomination for vice president in
the event that developments prove the
presidential nomination has been
foreclosed by Secretary Taft. William
l.. Ward, New Yorks national commit
teeman. and Representative Lucius
d. Attauer were here urging Fair.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-22

You say you hate that man" said
the close friend
Il do" answered the dentist
But you never show It"
Certainly not! You don't suppose !
am going to put him on his guard and
miss the chance of filling his teeth
Exchc--<
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CONDITIONS.

Ida Beeson, Greensboro R. R. II -35416
Go|die Myers CenervIe R. II ---3527
GoIdie Dadisman, 4O2 S. 18th street 3O823
Jennie Wine, 1117 N. G street 2953
Maude Pettibone, 400 N. 18th street -------18e32
Elsie Wyatt, 1114 N. G street 18456
Rosa Kuehn II South 9th street 1495O
Hattie Lashley, CenterviIe -.-.----- .-.---- O1O6
Marie Hodskn, Cambridge City --- 61OO
AIDA Study, Williamsburg, Ind. 4119
Ethel Wysong, Lynn, lnd.- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1914
EsteIa Coates, POI N. 9th street ---- 3273
Lena CornthwaIte, Cambridge City ------- 26O1
Ruby Hodgn, rs South 9TH street ------.----- 26O1
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Expert Accountant-Did you not keep
cash book? Cashier-No; the money
went out so soon after It came in that
"a could not antar it-Iud1a-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-22

STATE.
-Governor-
JAMES E. WATSON.
Lieutenant Governor
FREMONT c. GOODWINE.
-Secretary of State
FRED A. SIMS.
Auditor of State
JOHN c. BILLHEIMER.
Treasurer Of State
OSCAR HADLEY.
Attorney General
JAMES BINGHAM.
State Superintendent
LAWRENCE McTURNAN.
State. Statistician-
J. L. PEETZ.
Judge Of Supreme Court
QUINCY A. MYERS.
Judge OF Appellate Court
DAVID MYERS.
Reporter OF Supreme Court
GEORGE w. SELF.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-22

CLEMENTINE:
Don't try to make angel food unless Won
use Gold Medal Flour. BELINDA.
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in
Y, the
o
points of interest," all included
are Of lie
the o schools Other
are al seen in turn.
The ballots
CONDITIONS.
subscription n
One
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SpFHRUNIAs
Your grocer has Gold Medal Flour
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COUNTY.


Joint Representative
ALONZO NJ. GARDNER
Representative
WALTER S. RATLIFF.
Circuit Judge
HENRY c. FOX.
prosecuting Attorney
CHAS L. LADD.
-Treasurer-
ALBERT ALBERTSON.
Sheriff
LINUS P. MEREDITH.
Coroner
DIR, A. L. BRAMKAMP.
Surveyor
ROBERT A. HOWARD.
Recorder
WILL J. ROBBINS.
commissioner Eastern Dist
HOMER FARLOW.
Commissioner Middle Dist
BARNEY H. LINDERMAN.
commissioner Western Dist
ROBERT n. BEESON.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
Trustee
JAMES H. HOWARTH.
--ASSessor-
CHARLES E. POTTER.
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DISTRICT.

-Oonsress--
WILLIAM 80. BARNARD.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
OUR DUTY PLAIN.

Labor's protest to congress, and
President Gompers' appeal to the
Workingmen, plainly sets forth the
crisis which confronts our movement.
and each one Of us should be prepar-
ing himself to do his full duty in the
political arena when the opportune
time comes
1t is our duty to stand. faithfully by
our ,friends,-oppose and defeat our
enemies, on whatsoever ticket thew
.>-:ay oe: whether they be candidates
for president, for congress, or other
offices, whether executive. legislative
or judicial.
Each candidate should be QUESTION:
and pledged as to his attitude upon all
subjects of Importance to the toilers
whether in factory, farm, field, shop
or mine
We hope most earnestly for the pas
sage Of the measures we have urged
but should congress fail to do it's duty
we will by following this method be
able to place the responsibility upon
those who have failed to do Justice to
labor when it lay within their power
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
CHEER YOUR FRIEND,

The following quotation from an
article by Frank Duffy in The Car
penter ought to be passed around and
practiced by all of us more than we
do:
when a man is dead and gone peo-
pie have nothing, as rule, but kind
words for him. They shed tears over
his bier and pile flowers on his grave,
but what good is all that when you
abused and slandered him in life.
Give me kind word, simple little
flower, a hearty shake of the hand. a
pat on the shoulder while I am yet in
the land of the living, for when I am
dead it will be too late and then your
eulogy, praise, flowers and grand dis
play will amount to naught. In the
future let us try to stop our knocking,
kicking and fault-finding and take the
opposite course. Cheer your friend on
his way; help him. over the stile. En-
courage him to better and nobler
things; assist him in his efforts to do
good and you will make life worth
the living"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
COMMISSION TO
PREVENT STRIKES.

A labor bill OF exceptional import
ance has been reported to congress
1t Is claimed for the bill that it will
prevent disastrous labor strikes. Rep
resentative Townsend of Michigan in
PRODUCED the bill originally, and the
committee on Interstate commerce has
held extended hearings upon it. It is
the Intention of the Republicans Of the
house to make it party measure, and
they predict that it will be used with
effect in the next presidential CAM
paign.
The plan decided upon to solve the
strike question is the appointment by
the president, in his discretion when
occasions require, of a commission OF
not more than seven members to in
vestigate labor troubles. The commits
sion Is to have the power of summon
ing witnesses, examining books, COM
pelling testimony and Furnishing con-
tempt. Publicity is the keynote of the
plan: The commission is to report to
the president and the report is to be
submitted to congress and made pub
lie. The theory of the bill is th:,t
neither capital nor labor can defy pub
lie sentiment, and that when the facts
involved In labor troubles are ascer-
tained and published the party in error
will speedily yield.
Members of the committee assert
that they have discovered that the an
thracite coal railroads have accumu-
lated vast stores Of coal preparatory
to forcing strike, and that it was
planned to precipitate trouble to force
up the price of coal. They say that
their discovery, which has FASTENED
action upon the bill, will prevent "a
repetition Of the events Of several
years ago, when the price of coal ex-
ceeded $40 a ton.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

building the useful, the good, and the
true is better. Among the farmers
best proverbs Zoe the corn, and
Fthe7,weedsA will~ztakeA care Of them
selves" The Individual who is actu-
ated by right motives can use his time
to. better advantage, than wasting it
TN prosecuting people: for some TECH:
| meal violation ola compromise law.
The hands Of a clock are poor stand
| ards of right and wrong. The entire
traffic in intoxicants is based upon a
spurious philosophy, from the bottom
up. The whole fabric is sustained, by
two powerful props. They are Prohi-
pltlon ON the one: hand and high IL
license on the other. One seeks to pro-
h1blt and the other to regulate q
something that has recognized con-
merclal character in the activities Of
the nation. Both methods are la
inevitable failures, and can never be
otherwise; because, both are wrong in
aprinciple. Destroy the commercial
character Of the traffic and the traffic
is ruined. The saloon evil would then
be numbered with the evils that were.
How is this to be done? Remove ALI
taxes and t legal. restrictions. l.. Let
everybody make whiskey that wants
to-; let everybody drink it that wants
to; and let everybody sell it that
wants to, and it's character as a fac
tor in our nations commerce would
be utterly annhilated. Saloons would
then close their own doors, not at II
O'Clock at night, but for all day and
all night. The business would be no
longer remunerative, and all the evils
of the saloon would vanish from the
land. ,.
TEMP e. RANCE.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
WELL MERlTED REBUkE

The Social Democratic Herald gives
a calling down to a certain Wisconsin
editor for publishing tainted news"
The rebuke is severe but we endorse
every word of it. The Herald strikes
right out from the shoulder as follows:
There lies before us a country paper
from Wisconsin, in which appears the
equivalent of a full page of reading
matter, variously arranged and heal
ed, aiming to give municipal owner
ship a black eye. The thing we wish
the people to. get into their heads is
that this stuff is tainted news.
1t is wrong for any editor to pub
fish the stuff without letting his read
ers know that the matter is prepared
by bureau organized by the corpo-
rations and that the papers that are
willing to use IT get the articles not
only free Of COST but with the type
setting paid for by the corporations
and their bureau
The whole thing is a shameful
fraud, and all the more dangerous be-
cause the people who read it will not
suspect that it is virtually paid ad-
vertising.
Poisoning the font of knowledge is
a crime against humanity-and what
shall we say of an editor who is will
ing to lend his paper to such a thing!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

ers as selling the. goods turned out by
the non -unionists, and, as a matter cf
afact, many of the most decisive victo-
Ties Won by organized labor have oc=
sscurred IN 'esta blishments where the
places of strikers have been quickly
filled, but where the union has con-
tinued the struggle until loss Of pa
tronage has forced "a settlement and
the unionizing of the factory. Many
such instances will occur to the minds
of union men. 1t is the dollar that
counts in business. and that is a truth
that trades-unionists have learned to
understand. A man has a perfect
right to pend his wages in Whatever
way he sees fit. That is right that
none may dispute, not even the court.
Union men are awakening to the fact
that their dollar counts, and the union
dollar in business is a factor that cam
not be ignored and is an argument
that carries weight every time. The
manufacturers have to depend on the
patronage Of workingmen for the sue
cess of their business and working
men are no longer blind to that fact
The union dollar spent for principle is
a hammer that has driven the truth
home to many an unfair employer, and
the union dollar is coming more into
evidence every day.-Exchange
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
SURPRISING THE NEWS,

The Associated Press has beene sup
pressing news again. At the recent
convention of the United Mine Work
ers, at Indiana polls, a resolution in
favor Of political action along strictly
class lines was adopted. The member
ship everywhere was urged to do all
in their power ito elect men from
within their own ranks, and the ranks
of organized labor, to congress and 10
the several state legislatures.' The
Associated Press suppressed thi shit Of
information.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
M IN. TAFT,

The Inter-Island News, one of our
exchanges published at Zamboanga
Mindanao,. Philippine Islands, writes
of Mr.. Taft editorially as follows:
His sympa thies are altogether with
the great and the powerful, and, in
his estimation, the rights of property
are paramount to the rights of man.
He is a natural born autocrat. and
with a hungry mob of place hunters
back Of him, would set about Great
ing a strong centralized government
which would be the stepping stone tn
the abrogation of the most cherishe /
rights Of the American people.
In our estimation, his government Of
the Philippine Islands proves this be-
yond all dispute, since it was one con-
tinuous assault upon the rights of the
people through arrogant control Of the
judiciary, abolishing trial by jury, ap-
pealing from verdicts of mot guilty"
increasing punishments on appeal,
denying American citizens the right to
keep arms, and the enactment of Sc
we're libel and sedition laws
Let his record of despotism in these
islands be a warning to the American
people to trust Taft in no position
where he can demolish the structure
OF their government
Evidently they don't entertain a
very exalted open of Mr.. Taft in our
inSular possessions
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

No Movement Can Maintain Its
Place Without Conforming to
Moral Principle.
Men Are Insisting That Social
Questions Be Dealt With
!: In Fairness.

No organization can keep. alive the
interest Of it's members without
great purpose. The perfunctory meet.
ing and the platitudinous address
never win out. This is just as true
of the labor union as it is of the
church or any other movement The
social aspect Of an organizations life
is important, but oyster suppers
vaudeville shows, smokers and all the
rest of it never yet held together a
company of earnest men who were
supposedly banded together t. for the
purpose Of really doing things. When
an organization is compelled to%:resort
to such features III order to hold it's
men it. is an indication that somewhere
there is a falling down, either In
leadership or In purpose, and it is de-
stined to fall. =
No movement can long remain
force when all men speak we'll of it.
There is danger in too much common
dalton. Always will there be a letting
go when prosperity and flattery enter,
and almost invariably it4may be said
that the man who is always approved
by everybody doesn't count for much
as real power. The man Or the
movement which lives and moves is
bound to make Z mistakes. He who
never makes mistakes never makes
anything else. The call to "come and
suffer" has always appealed to true
men. Their response to this call has
been the secret Of success in the great
est movements in the worlds history.
No movement can maintain it's place
in social and, industrial life unless it
is based upon.-a moral principle. In
this day and generation might does
not long continue to make right,
either on the side OF the boss or the
workman. It may seem like good
policy to force an issue because one
hasssth whip hand, but: no question is
ever settled until it Is settled right.
More and more men are insisting that
social questions must be dealt with in
absolute fairness There can be no
other way. In view of this, it is an
easy matter TO prophesy who is going
TO- win out in the end.-Rev. Charles
Stelzle. -i>,...s~ -. sG~c@~- = .''-~ 81
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
DANGEROUS ORGANIZATION

. In a recent issue of that admira BILE
magazine, The Carpenter, Prof. Ezra
G. Grey, speaking Of the so-called
National Association Of Manufac tur-
ers said in part:
"Tinles have been when the coun-
try stood upon the brink of financial
ruin; it's national fate trembled in
1851, and uneasy apprehensions are
that it may hear war roar and see
ruin along it's shore line. Yet it is, as
1t has been, strong enough to remain
among the mighty governments Of the
world
None can destroy it., but all may
laugh at it in contempt for permitting
upon it's soil an organization that is
tyrannic, insolent and despotic, for
whether the matter pertains to gov
eminent in any form; to politics.
whatever party is before the people;
to religion, regardless Of denomin-
alton; to legislation, municipal, state
or national to manufacture, no mat
ter what the article is; to commerce
whether it concerns this country or
some other; in fact, there Is no action
Of the mind or muscle the effect OF
shape, construe and clai mas within
it's province and scope to govern and
control.
"The wonder is that its title is not
absolute and made to read: 1.-THE Ma
tional Association of We. the People
and the Power Of the United States o1
America" at least, that it. does moi
style itself ''The National Association
Of All the Manufacturers. Capitalists
and Employers Of the U. S. Of A." al.
though the people we'll know it has
but a small per centurn Of the manu-
facturers and employers, but large
one of capitalists Of the country ss
members.
Notwithstanding all Of its members
permit an egotism to enjoy member
ship in it, because Of it's high-sound.
ing designation-"The National Asso.
citation of Manufa cturers of the Unite:
States" many do not approve Of it.
deception upon the American people
| especially the manufa cturing and EN-:
ploying element, for the people anc
business men generally, are realizing
that its course is immeasurably harm.
full to the commercial, manufacturing
and industrial, CIVIL political ;anG
and that it is not only in itself men;
ace, but a, nuisance that should, be
eradicated at any and all COST"
We wonder how the Duluth aggre-
cation Of union. s1nashers~ enjoy the
/ dictation of such an organization a.
Prof. Grey. describes above? .,..,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
vefyDodyS Column.

To the Editor of the Labor World:
The following are copies Of resolu-
tionsa adopted by the last National So.
c1altst convention, and whatever opin.
ion you may entertain Of our phil
osophy, you must at~least admit that
we are not as hostile to trades union
ism as we are,,sometimes represented
to be. w
The Resolutions.
The trade and labor union move
ment is a natural result of the CAPT.
talist system Of production and is
necessary to resist the encroachemnt:
Of capitalism. It is a weapon to pro-
tect the class interests; of labor under
the capitanstic system. However,
this industrial struggle can only lessen
the exploitation, but it cannot abolish
| 1t. The exploitation Of labor will
cease only when the working class
shall own all the means of production
and distribution. To achieve this end
| the working class must consciously
become the dominant political power.
The organization of the workers will
not be complete until they unite on
the political as well as the industrial
field on the lines of the class
struggle"
"The trade union struggle cannot
attain lasting success without the
political activity Of the Socialist party.
The workers must fortify and perma-
nently secure by their political power
that they wiring from their exploiters
| In the economic struggle. In accord ,
ance with the decisions Of the Inter-
national Socialist Congresses in Brus-
sells, Zurich and London, this conven-
| ton reaffirms the declaration that the
trade and labor unions are a neces-
sity in the struggle to aid in emanci-
pating the working class, and we con-
slider it the duty of all wageworkers
to join with this movement.
Neither political nor other differ
ences of~opinion justify the division OF
the forces of labor in the industrial
movement. The interests of the work.
| ing class make it imperative that the
labor organiza tions equip their men,
bers for the great work of the aboli-
ton Of wage slavery by educating
them in Socialist principles"
Yours for better understanding,
SUBSCRIBER.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25

Must the doomed soul hover near:
He, saw the tears on his baby's face,
She no. longer smiled at play
Weaker and paler his darling grew
More languishing~ day by day. H."
Inc doctors who saw the banker die
And received a handsome fee =:
Those wont to dine at his sumptuous
board,
And Join in the revels free,
Refuse to come at the widows call
His soul sees their haugty stare
She r1sked the sting of their cruel
pride -
To plead for her little Claire. -.
Alas! when his orphan required aid.
When his precious babe was i'll,
They turn away with a heartless
'iNo,"
Refusing their Wanted skill:
Their time is not the bankrupt's child,
And the mother pleads no more
The charity wards the place for her
For the orphan child is poor.
'Mong little white cots the nurses
QdSSoQ
Till they found a vacant place,
Then tenderly left the wasted form
And sorrowful baby face;
With a shrek of pain the bankers
soul
Besought it's forgotten God
He burst asunder the bonds of sleep
And escaped the Christening rod.
He sprang from the bed in wild
amaze
And f11nging the window wide,
Ills not too late, I live to atone
God be praised, live!" he cried;
We dared not judge of a brothers sin
So we softly left him there
In the pale moonlight on Bonded knees
In the sacred shrine of prayer.
One lesson friends, from the bankers
dream.
Beware of covetousness;
We reap the fruits of eternal life
From the seeds we plant in this:
And the time must come for good
and bad
When we face the Judgment day,
When the harvest ripe is garnered in
And the chaff is lost for aye.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-25
EFFECT OF LOCKOUT.

The open shop agitation has mace
times hard and money scarce in Du-
iuth. It is much to be regretted thar
those most responsible for precipitat-
ing the trouble are not the ones to
suffer most from it's effects. Mer-
chants, contractors and their employees,
honest men and women, and children
suffer, while the consp1rators against
the peace and harmony of our indus
trial conditions are waxing fat upon
their connection with the National
Association Of Manufacturers.