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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06

him, and they led him to the high.
est position in this country.
There is not q man in the ranks
unionism who cannot better him
sell by progressing in his own,
natural way-by thinking, exer-
clslng his right and God given
power and forgetting his own self
long enough to consider what will
benefit his fellow workingman.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06
THURSDAY. FEB. 6, 1907.
LABOR'S WATCHWORD.

we 'oW stamI by our friends and
"d"'ntste'' a stimging rebuho To men
or pdrties 'oh0 are either indiGeyen emit,
negligent or hostile, ard, ,cheneuer op-
P''t"n'ty GDoris, secure the election
Of intelligent, honest, earnest h,ndcs
""io"ists aoih, nnblcmiaed, pub nm
"ntOn cards IN their possession.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06
WILL JUSTICE PREVAIL


The prospects for the passage O
a measure to restrict the abuses O
the notorious ''guard system'' il
the unorganized coal field of Yves,
lrglnla, at the present session O
the legislature are not very bright
Judging from the reply ELECTED
from the Governor through his
Executive Clerk to the petitions
presented His Excellency request
ing his assistance in securing the
passage of a measure to break I'D
this damnable practice.
But like Abraham Lincoln we
propose to Keep pegging away I'M
TIL the people arc given relief from
these thugS-whO have diSgraced
The state and her citizens-and
until justice and freedom prevail
within the borders of our state.
We quote from papers of other
states a sample of what is being
chronicled to the outside world in
this connection.
Here is what the New River
correspondent of the Mine Workers
journal has to say in recent
issue of that paper:
fragrant violations of the min
ing laws still continue here. The
two inspectors in the New River
field are trying to do their duty.
but Immediately after they have
inspected. mine the companies
think they are safe from another
visit for a few months and lapse
back into their old habits and the
men are thoroughly subiueatcd
they will not assert their right to
eau on the Inspector for special
VISIT Men are worked between
the headings and the last break
through, trap doors are propped
open to save the wages of a trapper.
'The Berwin- White company of
Pennsylvania fame, have two large
operations III this field, one at
Mlnden formerly Arbucklc) the
other at Gentry, on Laurel Creek
The Gentry operations are as near
slavery as is possible to get them
NO peddler, agent of solicitor of
any kind is allowed on tn.
premises and no papers are allow.
ed to be sold on the grounds. A
man working there can only get a
newspaper through mail Cand no,
that way if the company objected.
as the postoffice is in the company
store. "
Here is a contribution to the
Labor World (of Duluth. Mimi. }
by ii correspondent who has visit
ed this section:
1.-The conditions are friphtful
out at the coal camps. 4 man is
not allowed to purchase anything
outside of the ''company's store. >
The money they use is paper called
scrip No stranger is allowed in
side the Stockade for fear he NAV
enllghten the poor, ignorant fei
lows on a plan to better their CON
dltiOnS. The employers rob their
men to hire thugs and deputies to
guard them
"a human life is nothing to
them, and a man with 4 union card
in his pocket is waylaid and club
bed, if not murdered, i'll that
vicinity"
Can any patriotic, liberty loving
citizen of West Virginia who
really loves the flag which stands
for liberty. remain mute while
such outrages as these are perpe-
rated at our very doors ? Shame
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06

If you fail to get your paper, no
tify US by mail and the matter Will
be Investigated at once. Your pa
per is mailed every week, and if
you do not receive it, some one is
neglecting their duty.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06

Experience is a slow but severe
teacher, but the trade unionists of
West Virginia are beginning to
learn her lesson, as will be demon
strated early in next November.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06
Not Yet---But Soon.

The last jug OF red-eye
Left standing alone.
All the. fellows who tapped it
Are faded and gone.
No ghost of the cocktail,
No old friends to view,
To reflect back, Drink hearty
Here looking at YOU
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06

Instead of mplaining that they
don't get what they deserve, the
politicians of the state should be
very thankful.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06
Who said whiskey ringf

Patronize home industry and
call for the union label.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06

Now is the time to pay up your
delinquent subscription to The La
Dor Argus. We need the coin in
our business.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06

The Washington Herald saws a
certain grade of cheap whisky is
made from rags. Well, not all
rags viii make whisky. The best
ones are those that are made from
whisky While rags made whisky
whisky makes rags.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06
LINCOLN AND LABOR.


generally observed as a holiday
a mark of this nations apprcci
alton of ragged, honest, prophetic
Arabian Lincoln.
The common pcople--the working
people-have the greatest cause tc
keep fresh the memory Of Lincoln,
not one day of the year only, but
every day. Lincoln was youl
friend! No biographcr has yet
done justice to the Master ,Ameri.
can, because he was so far beyond
full and real appreciation that the
task was too great. 1t is not the
purpose of this editorial to dwell!
on the wonderful qualities of Lin
coln-they are well known. But
1t IS timely to urge the work
ingman of today to keep constantly
before him the recorded common
sense of the great man.
Lincoln was pre- emincntly the
leader of the working people of
the country. He sprang from the
working people, and the plain, com
mon sense that developed through
his association with working poo
pie, the greatest problems were
easily solved by him.
Lincoln never heSitated when he
was face to face with questions in
volVlng both capitol and labor.
lie often said in so many words:
Labor was here before capital.
therefore labor is greater than
capital and he analysed the
difference
In very few words, Lincoln dis
posed of questions that now re-
quire for discussion civic feder-
atlons, banquets, dress suits and
other furbclows Lincoln got to
the root, found Il truth, and held
it aloft. There was no doubling
his truth.
There is room for great men in
this country-rOOm for men who
spring from the same source as did
Lincoln. Unfortunately, however.
the majority of people choose the
tedious part, the entangled course.
and try to accomplish by one
bound what truly great men attain
only after Il iife'S struggle,
More of the modest manner. the
good, hare! common sense. the ex-
else of powers of divination so
Often dormant and the steady,
plugging forward march is needed.
The workingman will have ac-
complish"d something when he
realizes that the greatest questions
OF today can he handled with com
mon horse sense. He will have
learned something when he comes
to understand, that the most learn
ed, tlowery word treatment Of i'm
portant subjects can be boiled
down into good, plain english
language-the simple language of
Llncollr-and handled ali the better
, for the boiling process.
1t then follows that the working
people have it within their power
to participate in any movement
that involves their interest. I'm
fortunately, however, they do not
partlcpate-thcy do not exercise
their individual right or perform
their individual duties.
There are many reasons for this.
The working people as rule are
content with viewing the letters
that bind them instead of working
TO release themselves. The matter
OF ScItishnesS is another factor.
which same need not be discussed.
There is too much selfshncss. and
everyone knows it.
Again the worsingman fails to
appreciate his own power and has
not the confidence to exercise the
power that he may be partly con
scious of.
lincoln was mon Z, r -,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06

business meets a quick demise
if you fail to advertise.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-02-06
NEEDED LABOR LEGISLATION

While the. prohibition question
has been absorbing the attention
OF the legislature, sight should not
be lost of some questions of grave
moment that should have long ago
received favorable legislative con
Slderation.
a bill for the protection of the
lives and limbs of the miners and
the property of the operators must
be passed and also measure pro
vidlng protection for the miners
and other citizens against the law
less thugs who infest the state
under the present .'guard systcm''
maintained by corporations in
some sections. The Governor has
protested against this lawless sys
TEN through IA special message to
the last Legislature and recon-
mendcd that the people be given
relief, but his plea was ignored bv
that bod y, and the law makers
nave been begged, pleaded with,
| neSecched, Implorcd and petitioned
by Their constituents in an effort TO
get TINS much needed legislation
through the respective bodies. but
all to no avail. There has been too
much Inertia on the part of the
legislators or too much something
Tor 4 bill to be passed to give the
needed protection to these sturdv
IoiierS who risk their lives daily
to give the world one of its most
valuable products.
Ii IS hard TO view this neglect
calmly or to write of it conserya-
lively. 1t makes one feel like
dropping into Il full and free ex-
preston of Indignation. Imarina-
uon can supply what should he
said.
Another measure that should re-
ce1Ve attention at the hands of the
legislature is an Employers Liabil-
lty Act. This session is COSTING .
amount of money, and
the producer and wage Garner will |
nave to shoulder the burden LARGO.
~ ana these wee >ma' matters may
appear very diminutive when com |
pared to whether Il man shall hu,-
Il drink of whiSkcy legally or not
hut TO the bcrcaved woman. tho
manned man, the pitiful children.
Ihe Employers Liability Act will |
seem more blessing than the
county salary bill or prohibition
ne law may wiring some prowIs
"''i Il le" dollars from some of our
careless and constituencies corDo-
f''IiohS who care more for gold than
they do for the lives and limbs -.
'helr employees, but it largely lifts
That dull weight from the woman.
heart as she fixes the lunch basket
LOT Ihc man who must Of necessity
go forth and toll for the daiI>.
bread.
These are matters. that should
not De oVerShadowed by any issue.
and II the taxpayers have rot to
shoulder heavy burden. let's
tighten it some by giving the
MASSES something they really want
need and are justly entitled to.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01

us and ours? We're it not for
this country thousands of peo.
pie in the old country would
die OF starvation daily. Europe
cannot raise q crop of peanuts
without American plows; and
they would not have "A shirt
To their backs without Ameri.
can cotton, while half of them
would GO barefooted but for
American shoes. And if the
i%mpudent Holsters think we
won't fight, they had better
try US. America can turn all
Europe hatless, coatless, shirt
less, barefooted and bareleg-
|ged in six months, while
starving them TO death; and
it would not take us many
months 10 whale the daylights
out Of them just to restore
confidence"
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01
O Welded CAREER
Wright County Farmer Pays
"Heart Broker" SO for
Prize Package.

Springfield, Mo. April o.
Wooed, won, we .ded and
parted in a single day tells
the story Of the romantic
marriage of Mrs. Mary
Pierce to George Reiser, a
wealthy German farmer, who
lives near Mansfield, in
Wright county. Last Satur.
day Farmer Reiser came Ia
Springfield in search of a
wife. He drifted into an EN-.
ployment agency, and the
proprietor of the place told
Reiser he could provide him
with a wife for $40.
Mrs. Pierce had asked the
employment agent TO find her
u husband. When Reiser ap.
peared on the scene Mrs.
Pierce, who obtained a divorce
from her first husband last
September, was notified by
telephone. She called at the
employment Office, and after
an hours conversation with
Reiser, in which it was agreed
that Mrs Pierce should have
the priv lege OF taking her
four children to Reiser's
the couple were mar
ried in the employment office.
An hour later Reiser
told his bride that he was
busy with his spring blowing
and must hurry home. He
he would go home and
have the place prepared for
her reception. She has heard
from him since, and
she took legal steps to
obtain half her husbands
property.
Reiser is a widower and il
the father of three or four
sons. The bride Of
i've days believes that the
sons have objected to their
marriage at the age
~, and that they have turned
him against her.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01
Farmers Receive High Prices
for Dairy Products.

There are approximately
5000 ~creameries in the Uni
ted States, making a total Of
500, 900, 900 pounds of butter
annually. The average net
price per pound paid farmers
for butter fat ranged from A
to 5 cents higher in 1907 than
in 1906 This would indicate
an increased return of 20 To
25 million dollars to the pa.
irons for the year just passed.
An interesting thing about
the creamery business is the
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01

Howard A. Gsss state su.
perintendent of public schools
this week sent us a list of 80
premiums which are to be
given at the state fair for
forty competitive tests as
first and second premiums in
the Educational Exhibit. The
premiums range from 81 to
IS cash and the subjects 10
be exhibited include all public
school studies, such as writ.
ing, essays, drawing, paint
ing, manual training, etc.
While the high school pupils
are best prepared to compete,
it is open for all to try and we
hope Saline will get many OF
the premiums. II interested
write Prof. Gass at Jefferson
City for literature explaining
the contest more fully.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01
The Poultry Yard.

Good sour milk Is fine for
the little chicks-and the big
'ones, too. Give them some
every day.
Sitting hens are lice breed:
|ers. This is one reason why
the incubator is IN be prefer.
red for Matching chickens.
II is not too late 10 order q
setting Of eggs in order to in.
troduce some new blood in
your flocks. Better do it right
away.
Hens that are set outdoors
in barrel nests will not only
do better work but will be
less likely to have vermin to
contend with.
feed my chickens on
boards that are kept clean by
scrubbing, and since doing SO
have not lost q chicken with
the gapes.
The secret in growing May
Matched chickens Is to feed
we'll, provide some shade in
the runs, and see that the
chicks get some green food.
The first thing that should
he done after removing the
pretty, downy chicks and their
mother from the nest, il to
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01
We cannot make war on /

We cannot make war on in
dustries. We have had too
much of that. We can con.
vince the people that there
shall be a careful readjust.
ment in due time, and with
business precautions. While
the trusts have misused the
tariff, we cannot afford To
tear down the trusts all at
once. If we did there would
be universal bankruptcy, la.
Dor out Of work, railroads in
the hands of receivers, and
such distress as our country
has never known. 1t would
really be burning the house to
drive out the rats. -Birming.
ham (Ala.) Age Herald.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01

destroy with fire the old fill
ing in that nest.
II the chicks are not grow.
ing, something is sure to be
wrong with the management.
Keep them housed from cod
winds and dampness. Chill.
ing lowers their vitality.
The first OF May Ia a good
time 10 set the turkey eggs,as
the weather is warmer and
there is less danger of the
cold, rainy spells that so tell
on the April-batched turkey.
A red rag hung TO the top
of a four-foot stick in the
ground near the coop will give
the hawks and the crows a
pointer that they had better
keep away; they are likely to
mind il, too.
Never fuss with the sitting
hen, let her alone. See that
she Is constantly provided
with water and food, 50 that
she can help herself at will,
and then allow her to do the
rest. She knows ner bust
ness. IN May Farm Journal.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01

The farmers wife has beer
given a good deal of advice a,
u how she may make pin
money, but she wants more
than pins. She would like q
few ribbons and "A spring bon
net, TO say nothing of gloves
and shoes and a few yards OF
edging and filmy lace. How
would il do for the husband
to cut of his tobacco expendi.
lures, and help out the good
woman in her struggle for pin
money?-May Farm Journal.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01
Influenced by Reading

Many a volume has beer
written on what To read. but
the following paragraph from
the Peoples Companion is the
most sensible thing we have
ever read on the subjec.:
AS a man thinketh in his
heart 50 Is he.' BY constant.
l.y reading the same kind OF
of literature your thoughts
become TO a great extent the
thoughts expressed by the
authors whose productions
you read. The boy who reads
the Tip Top Weekly becomes
an amateur bandit or dreams
of the day when he can go
west and fight Indians. The
reader of a physical culture
magazine becomes an enthus.
last on that subject, and so
on. Slowly, perhaps, but
surely we are transformed by
what we read. Is il not then
a matter Of great Importance
that we be careful in the Sc
lection of our books and mag
azines? They should be di.
versified so that we will be.
come broad minded. We
should read something light
enough to give Us rest. 1t is
essential that we read some.
thing that will bear directly
on our daily work, and at the
same time, that will keep-us
IN touch with the mighty
sweep OF great world move
ments. We should read
as well as solid matter,
stories that are sad as well as
those that are joyful. We
should read that which ia In.
spirational as well as that
which is of the most practi-
cal character. In short, to
come we'll rounded we must
touch, in our reading every
phase of thought that is ele.
waiting in character"
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01

The presbyterian churches
Of the world will be represent
ed in a convention at Kansas
City on May 2lst which prom.
Uses 10 be a memorable meet.
ing. Being so near Marshall
no doubt many Of our people
will attend.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01

VIM. II. Taft has more
instructed delegates for his
nomination than all his op.
ponents combined and has
nearly enough already TO ge,
the nomination on the first
ballot.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01
Roses fragrant, roses rar,

Roses fragrant, roses rare,
roses, roses everywhere ARE
the opening words of a hand.
some invitation received to
the Portland (Ore.) Rose Fes-
tival, June ! to 6, 1908. The
public is invited TO this elab.
crate rose carnival.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01
The Eldorado Republican,

The Eldorado Republicans
def: "Dr. Allen McLane,
alienist, who is home from
Europe, says the people of
this country have no idea of
the widespread lack of conf.
dcnce the Old World has in
this more or less unhappy
jee1. Well,-who in thunder
r6sxhet they think Iai, sbouf
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01

s.Ss ss.s &fDOO VI WV VsOOO
creameries are cooperative
plants, and the number of CO.
operative creameries il con-
stantly growing. The great
err number Of c%reameries that
have gone out Of business for
one reason or another in the
past few years have been the
individual creameries, owned
by individuals or corpora.
tions.
Something over a thousand
c~reameries, mainly in the
Middle Northwest, have re.
ported the results of the past
years business to the De.
partment of Agriculture.
These reports are nearly all
from sections where the local
creamery (either cooperative
or individually ~predominates.
Careful estimates have been
made from these reports
which show that the net price
paid farmers for butter fat at
these c~resmeries averaged be.
tween % and % cents for the
year 1907. The lowest price
paid was in June when the
average was between "a and
% cents.
These prices are true only
for the local creamery, which
receives its cream or milk di.
rect from farmers wagons,
where there is neither CON-
mission to pay for buying
cream nor freight or express
charges for transporting it TO
the churning plant. Com.
mission and freight average
from 2 IA 3 cents per pound.
Farmers selling cream TO
agents who have TO ship the
cream to distant churning
points may expect to receive
= u 3 cents less per pound for
butter fat than prices paid by
local creameries.
The United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture IL desir.
Gus of getting additional in.
formation concerning the net
returns farmers are receiving
where, by reason Of their To-
cation, they are obliged to sell
cream buying agen.
cies rather than to a local
creamery.
1t is requested that all
willing to assist the
Department OF Agriculture 10
information on this
will mail 70 the Depart
ment at their earliest couven.
fence a report of the net price
per pound received by them
for butter fat for each month
1907. II original state.
ment. slips giving price per
pound can be forwarded these
will be copied and returned
upon request.
Correspondence should be
addressed to the Dairy Divis-
Unitad States noN,.t.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01

The suit to test the legality
of the local option election in
Higginsville has been drop
ped.
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01
Never Heard of Jake's Beer.

Never Heard OF Jake's Beer.
! For once the agent met his
match: "A book agent al
Auburn, says IN Indiana
paper, called at one of The
many saloons. The proprie-
tors wife, . big German frou,
came out with bare arms
akimbO to meet him. "Good
morning, madam" he began,
II would like to call your at
tentiOn to this Shakespeare"
"Jake's beer? Vot kind of
beer Is dot? I never heard
of dot brewery before
M adam, this is Shakes.
peare." ~ have heard 81
Schlitz beer and Budweiser,
and oders, but ! never heard
yet OF dots Jake's beer. vot
is dot?' "You are laboripg
under q mistake my dear wo.
man. this is . book" "Ysh,
dot is all right. but / have
hoCk hear. tOo.v
The Marshall republican., 1908-05-01

Before you paint or paper
have E. B. Hill, furnish you
an estimate. 101 W. North st.
6-16 Marshall, Mo.
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CAPITAL JoTTINGs.

Government receipts Tuesday: From
internal revenue, s31510S; customs, $685.
9O2; miscellaneous, s74,423. Expenditures,
$1,9900GO.
Thomas McCreary, the New York
horseman who was accidentally shot by
Representative Helm of Alabama in a
street car alteration nearly two weeks
ago between Mr. Heflin and negro, is
likely to die, according to a statement
made by his physicians Tuesday.
The insular bureau Of the war depart
ment was Tuesday Informed of the death
at Long Beach, Call of Edwin c. Jones,
assistant director of printing at Manila,
who had come home for the benefit of
his health. He had been slated for APP
pointment as chief of the Philippine
printing Office to succeed John S. Leech,
who has been appointed public printer at
Washington.
With the view OF averting such catas-
trophies as that which recently occurred
at Collinwood, Ohio. when nearly 200
school children lost their lives by fire
the House of Representatives unanimous
ly adopted an amendment to the District
of Columbia appropriation bill requiring
that all outside doors of school buildings
shall open outward and that they shall
be kept unlocked every school day for
one-half hour before and after school
hours, and further that whenever feas-
ible every school building hereafter con-
structed shall have at least four exits.