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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

Editor Labor Acquisition yeaIS
the people Of this State have been
asking the Legislature for State
uniformity of textbooks. Every
county in The State at Teachers
Institutes has annually made this
demand by resolution. At every
session SUCK legislation has been
blocked 10y the Book Companies
In Ohio, in Virginia, in Kentucky
iii nearly every other State in
the Union the same school book is
sold for less money to the pupil
than in this State. The reason is
obvious. Other states enter into
state contracts with publishers, at
competitive sealeu-bid prices pro-
viding for the use and sale of such
books for the entire state. In
West Virginia the Book Companies
'work' for county book boards.
Every publisher spends about
$40. 900 tor legitimate expenses in
samples and high priced agency
work in making the fight every
few years. How much is spent H.
lrgitmalely is Il matter of guess,
the people pay for it. Every
county has different series OF
books. Poor people crossing the
county border line must throw
away all their books and purchase
an entirely new series. Every
the greatest number Of books.
Surely this is not a matter of even
good common sense. The same
book that is sold for 81 90 in this
state is sold by state contract for
90 cents in All adjoining state.
Low long will the people stand for
this outrage and tax on education?
At the last special session Of the
legislature half a dozen bills were
lntiod uced providing Tor State
Board and state uniformity of
textbooks. The House passed a
measure by almost ii Unanimous
\ot but i, VS. killed lin the Sen
ate, as reported by theinewSp iper.
Why can't the people have a
Senate that will not be controlled
by the Book Trust? We are about
to e-ect Senators who will serve in
the next regular session Of the
Legislature. No issue is more
vital to education and to the people
than this one. How do the can
dldateS from this district stand on
the question: How will they vote.
II elected TO represent US? Let
every candidate place himself OF,
record, by publicly defining his
attitude, and whether or not he
Will support a measure providing
tor State uniformity of text books.
some OF us teachers and school
patrons want to know who we are
Young tor to represent us at
Charleston on this question. If
we are to have Il system Of state
Uniformity of examinations. we
want to know whether our Sen
at"tS and Delegates will support
measure providing for state uni
formity of textbooks, at the re-
gular session of the legislature
next January, or whether the
Book Companies will be PERMITTED
gain to control the question.
A Citizen.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
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At well attended meeting of
the Painters Union last Friday
evening it was decided to appoint
three delegates to the Trades AS
ssnbly to act until May LIST when
the election of delegates will be
held. The Painters are doing all
IN their power to solidify the
labs movement in this city and
will turn out en- masse to labois
protest meeting at the court house
tomorrow evening
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30
Editor Of Labor Argus.

L am no longer Il candidate for
prosecuting attorney of kanaw ba
county. Please do me the favor to
make this announcement in your
paper and oblige me.
John B. Floyd.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

The FRESHMAN held one, of the
best meetings in the history Of the
organization Saturday night there
being but one member absent.
The eight hour movement OF the
presSmen and assistants is making
steady Roadway. During the past
month Baltimore has been added
to the list, as well as Port Huron
ond Niagara Falls, and two more
offices We're taken from the ''tea
pat' in New York. The offices in
the struck towns, notably in Louis
vile and Milwaukee, are all pied
up AID The bosses are in IL fear
full state OF mind.
Despite the dizziness four new
unions were added to the inter.
national roll during the past
month.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

The Capital City Trades AS
scr bly, held a well attended. meet
ing on Monday evening and trans
acted considerable business OF vital
Importance.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

Stand by your contracts and
Your "'iiccfS- 1t means "a greater
victory in 1910.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

The Typographical Union held
Ats regular meeting Saturday night
and among the other business
transacted was the appointment OF
cleo ing officers to conduct the
election of a delegate to the Boston
convention and International of
ficers as follows: Frank w.
Snyder, Judge and Bert 6. Shook
and j. A. Hunter.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-04-30

Nail tor the union label a. al
tImes- show your colors.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04

are at a prohibitory price. He also finds that he has no remedy against the supply of inferior paper. Unity of action on the part of manufacturers and uniformity of price are obvious.
 Publishers who make inquiry of one mill discover that the others have been advised of that inquiry. A secret bu- reau of information Is at work. New selling agencies, representing an ag- gregation of previously independent mills have merged the output of those mills.
 Various mills have been shut down for various periods uopn various pre- texts, to starye the paper market and to create paper famine,
 These illegal combinations have i'm. posed burdens upon consumers of all kinds of paper, and, If carried out as indicated by the published utterances of the leaders of the various groups they will add at least sixty million dollars per annum to the cost of pa paper as compared with two years ago.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
PEACE IN IMPERIAL.

The termination of harmful litigation over water rights in Imperial Valley means everything to that fertile and rapidly growing section. With power full interests at war the work of de- velopment must necessarily have been slow. With peace and cooperation of all interests for the welfare of the valley its great natural resources must develop rapidly. AZ 4--|,
 There Is water in the Colorado en- ough to do everything but burn. There is large stretch of country as rich as the Nile bottoms and with per feet climate. Crops ripen there earlier than in any other part of the United States and get all the benefits of the best markets of each season., The fame of the imperial country has al ready gone abroad and Is better known every day, There are sure to grow up there communities of large popu- lation, of various industries, and of unusual prosperity. - Los Angeles Times.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04

merely thinks 1t shows the opposition to be wandering about between i'm becility and ineptitude.
 Thus broad and tolerant, 1t Is his part to rally the boys whenever there are signs of breaking away. When ever, in his opinion. the country needs to be told, i'm a few plain words. how all prosperity, all good fortune, all progress, all benefts-both natural and acquired-come from the benefi- cent policies of the Republican party; and how dire disaster, all epidemics, floods, blizzards, business Yailures, hard times, crop shortages, seventeen-year locusts and the grip can be traced directly to the Democratic party, he gets up and tells it.
 Keeper of the Scared Cow-there it is again, and this time 1t stands with out ouailReatlen-=fof the COW is scared. Dalzell, even rock-ribbed Dal- zell, admitted in one of his speeches few days ago. that, perhaps-it was just possible-it might be so arranged that that tariff would be revised af- ter the next Presidential election.
 Scared? Scared stiff! - Saturday Evening Post.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
zxsf V 7SHtO co" e.n-,.. -Tded As DOodle-5us Is Proteetionist Dalzell.

John Dalzell Is the Keeper of the Scared Cow-what meant to say was Sacred Cow-Keeper of the Sacred gow-but as the said COW is just as scared, at this time, as she is sacred. it can go either way.
 The Sacred Cow, as everybody knows, is the sole property of the Republican party, and Is the especial charge of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives Her name is Protection. Dalzell comes from Pittsburg, which Is synonomous with Protection; both, also, being synonomous with Dalzell As the Pro- tector of Protection no favor sways him. and no fear shall awe. He says that himself. He is for Protection. That is all there is to it. There are no reciprocity or favored-nation or any other kinds of foolishness about his creed. He is as single-minded as a doodle.bug about it. The Chinese Wall for his, and the higher the better, with John Dalzell always with few broken bottles handy to put on top if any one of the loathsome opposition tries to climb over with a revision propo- sition tucked under his arm.
 Entertaining these views it is but natural that MT. Dalzell is somewhat of partisan. Indeed, he may be said to have pronounced leanings toward the Republican party. Of course, there is nothing violent about it. He merely believes that any man who isn't a High Protection Republican is not worthy of the right of suffrage and should be confined in an institution for the feeble-minded. He has never been able to understand, although he has struggled manfully to master the problem, why the government does not put balls and chains on all the Democrats and work them on the roads. It is beyond his comprehension how any person can subscribe to any theory of political economy that is not the Dalzell theory, preached and prac- ticed by him. Of course, he does not go so far as to say this indicates any particular lack of intellectual force on the part of the non-belieyers, for he is essentially a courteous man. He
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
THE PAPER TRUST.
Schemlne illegally to PIunder Publish CTS to the Tune of Sixty Mil-
 lions Year.

Herman Ridder, president of the American Newspaper Publishers As sociation. has supplied Attorney-Gen- eral Bonaparte with voluminous proof of the combination of paper makers in restraint of trade. The paper trust is the American Paper and Pulp As sociation. From a mercy statistical body with a restricted purpose of dis eussion and interchange of ideas, 1t has become a centre for seven divis- ions of paper makers who have under taken to cooperate through 1t in a general restriction of production, a regulation of output and an advance in prices, through combinations so solidly organized as to control the market arbitrarily by pool agreements and penalties and restrictions.
 Publishers who apply for quotations realize that in some intangible way the source of their supply has been predetermined for them and that the price they are to pay has been pre- arranged for them. In each case the publisher finds that all bids but one
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04
Get a Horse.

"The horse must go." Sure; quite often he must go out and haul the automobile out of the mud.-Toledo Blade.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-04

$500 pictures at S7 cents with every $500 purchase or over at Goodrich's.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-26
Prouty Used Both.

By using political advertising candi-
date can reach many more votes than he
can hope to by personal visits, and at
much less expense than if paid agents are
mployed.-Bellows Falls Times.
He certainly used both in Addison
County-the advertisements were used
extensively over the State with no sigma
lures. Every important statement in
them has been declared by Mr.. Stanton
to be untrue, which will certainly be &C
cepted by all who know Mr.. Stanton and
practically by all who have seen his de-
NAL.
Will Mr.. Prouty tell us who is respons-
ible for these misstatements. 1t is no
more than fair that the authority of them
should be given.
AS to paid agents, our attention was
first called to this phase of the canvass
by gentleman who lived in one of the
county, who in discussing the political
situation said: "Prouty is trying to buy
the Governorship." We had before no.
ticed that those parties who are accus-
toned to work for money were for Mr..
Prouty, and shortly after we got complete
information of large expenditure of
money in several of the Addison County
towns by an agent working in the inter-
ests of Mr.. Prouty. 1t will be sad day
for Vermont when the selection of her
chief magistrate is determined by the
expenditure of money rather than the
honesty and fitness of the candidate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-26
CREAM HILL.

T. L. Wolcott has recently had tele.
phone placed in house.
Mabel Fuller closed her school at Town
line on Saturday last
Mrs. Carl Southland of Addison is spend
ing few days at Clark Myrick's.
Laurence Dewitt is entertaining a
brother and sister from Chicago
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Myrick took in
the excursion on the lake Wednesday.
Mary McGinity closed her school on
Friday with a picnic on w. N. Farm
hams lawn. After program consisting
of recitations and music, ice cream and
cake were served to visitors and pupils
The exercises and refreshments were en-.
joyed by all
Mrs. Hines and four children of Rut-
land are visiting Mrs. Maria Fuller.
DIR. and Mrs. John Hughes with their
infant daughter of Fair Haven are spend
ing week at j. j. McGinity's.
George Fassett and son Fred of Middle
bury were here on Tuesday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-26
Killed by Racing Auto.

While endeavoring to pass another au.
tomobile with which it was racing at
high speed June 90, big touring car
carrying five persons, crashed into a
third automobile which had been drawn
up alongside of the road mile east of
Hampstead, L. l., to avoid the racers.
and killed one man. j. K. Arose nina of
New Rochelle, N. Y, and injured the oc,
cupants of both cars. Mr.. Arosemina
directed that his machine be swung to
the side of the road. AS the two flying
cars swept down the turnpike the driver
of the rear car endeavored to swing out
from behind the machine in front and
take the lead. With crash the touring
car collided with the standing automo-
bile and the occupants of both cars were
pitched into the roadway. Mr.. Arose
man died shortly after being taken to
the Nassau hospital, where two of the in
jured were taken. Their injuries are not
believed to be fatal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-26
A Unique Enterprise.

More than year ago the Long Island
Motor Parkway Association was incor-
porated. 1t proposed to establish new
and interesting conditions for the sport
of automobiling. The details of the plan
were fully stated in these columns at the
time. 1t contemplated the construction
of parkway and boulevard from Floral
Park, on the west of Long Island,
through its center to Riverhead, on the
east, the roadway to be from rs to $50
feet wide. with stretches of grass and
frequent plots of flowers on either side.
There was to be no speed limit, but
broad white line through the middle of
the track was to show both corners and
goers their place in the concourse. 1t
was stated that, while this enterprise
would cost millions, it was in the hands
of men who had them or knew where to
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-26
RIPToN.

5. j. Billings started his moving ma
chine on the 22d inst.
we made mistake a short time apo.
we gave the name of G.. E, Foster as
Bethel, when in fact it is Nashville
Tenn. i''0'
ID. G. Bent and DR.. Hamblin went to
Waterbury on Monday last to ascertain
the condition of Mr.. Bent's son.
w. H. Chatfield of Warren mada nc
flying call few days ago. 80 "
A son at Ed. Stoves and dauobter
at 8. j. Billings were the arrivals on the
nth inst. va 'iio
5. {. Gibbs is building a bank wall
near Hog Back" to protect the road
from the encroachments of the stream.
and is doing good job
Our caucus was held the evening of
the 18th inst and delegates chosen as
follows; State, H. E. Day. VIM. Calvin.
District, 5; Z. Gibbs, j. E. Hodges: coun,
ty, ID: q. Bent, j. E. Goodro. L. r. Chr.
ran, ID. |. Spoor, G. Clark, F. Fittz.
Our caucus elected S. C. Gibbs n
Cook and Frank Fittz town committee
for the next two years.
While using an axe on P. A. Camn.
bells barn frame on Saturday last G +
roster was badly cut on his left hand bv
the tool flying from the handle. DR..
Hamblin was called and put things to
rights. ~
r. A, Campbell has pulled down one of
ms old barns, and since most of the old
timDers are sound, they will be used in
the the new barn that will go up near where
the old stood,
-. The school taught by Miss Arda M.
Fierce in the Boynton district closed last
Monday. The following scholars had
no absent marks: Beatrice Larrow. TO-
sseph Larrow, Cassie Boynton. Bertha
boynton. Stanley Cram, Estella Cram
u; Z. Hamblin and family with Mrs.
sucker were at Mrs. M. j. Kings last
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-26
GROVER CLEVELAND DEAD.
Former President Dies Suddenly
at His Home in Princeton.

Grover Cleveland, twice president of
the United States, died at $50 Wednes-
day morning at his home in Princeton,
N. j., where he had lived since his re-
tirement as president twelve years ago
Although Mr.. Cleveland had been con.
fined to his bed for three weeks, his con-
dition had not been considered serious, but
sudden turn for the worse developed
Tuesday, and the noted man passed away
the next day. His death was very peace
full. Just before his death Mr.. Cleveland
tried to speak, but his words were inau-
dible. An official statement shows that
MIR. Cleveland had for many years suf-
fered from attacks of gastric intestinal
origin, also long standing organic dis
ease of the heart and kidneys. Heart
failure with other complications was the
immediate cause of death. Mrs. Cleve-
land was with him at the time of his
death, although his four children did not
arrive until afterward.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-26
Discomfort fro m Autom o b lies.

The active demand for good horses in
all parts of this country does not indi-
cate the near approach of the horseless
age which was predicted by many writ
ers few years ago when automobiles
came into general use. The present de-
mand, however, is due in no small de.
gree to the numerous Driving Clubs that
have been formed in most of the cities
and prominent towns from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and from the st. Lawrence
to the Gulf of Mexico.
Except those who race on the speed.
ways, the number of persons who drive
for pleasure and health in the vicinities
of the cities and large towns has fallen
off greatly since automobiles have be-
come commonly used. This is due part
ly from the danger of accidents caused
by horses becoming frightened by the
reckless driving of automobiles, and part
ly from the injury to dirt roads and streets
caused by heavy touring cars.
The dust caused by rapidly moving
automobiles is still another cause of de-
terring some who love good horses from
pleasure driving as a health promoter.
The Notwithstanding and dust-creating
qualities of the automobile are likely to
prove serious questions, especially the
latter. The roads between cities and vii
lagos and over or by the side of which
trolley cars run are already frequented
by automobiles to such an extent that
the dust raised by them makes it both
uncomfortable and injurious to the health
of those who patronize the trolley cars.
In the course of time the boards of health
in the towns through which these lines
run are likely to take the matter up
and united, persistent action on their part
is likely to result in some means being
devised to remedy the dust evil.
1t has been suggested that applications
of crude petroleum to the roadbeds will
prevent dust. Granting this to be true,
who is to bear the expense of buying and
applying the petroleum? Justice de-
mands that the men who own or use the
automobiles should foot the bills. 1t
would not be fair to compel the real
estate owners of a town in which there
are but few, perhaps no, automobiles
owned to bear it, and if borne by the
State the expense will eventually fall
upon these same tax payers. This is
problem that the lawmakers of the diff
erent states must solve sooner or later.
Horse Breeder.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-26
INAUGURATION DAY,

Wednesday, June "a, at the college
chapel at nine came the presentation of
the portrait of the late DIR. Charles f.
Prentiss, followed by the annual meet
ing of the Associated Alumni
AT 1870 the procession, escorted by the
band, marched to the church. where the
Inauguration of the Rev. John M
Thomas as the ninth president of Middle
bury College took place in the presence
of the largest body of alumni ever as.
sembled here.
Among the distinguished guests pres
ent were Gov. Fletcher D. Proctor, Sena.
tor John w. Stewart, Congressman d.
j. Foster, exGov. John G. mccullough.
Prof, Brainerd Kellogg, of the BROOKLYN
polytechnic Institute, and Henry w.
Vail of New York city, of the class of
$780,
Just before the Inauguration cere-
mony, honorary degrees were conferred
as follows: LII. d. Fletcher d. Proctor
of Proctor; George E. Plumb of Chicago:
ID. ID. the Rev. Herbert Melville Ten.
ney, of California. 1t had been planned
10 confer the degree of LII. D. upon Gov.
John Franklin Fort of New Jersey, but
illness in his family prevented Governor
Fort from being present.
After the exercises of the morning the
corporation dinner was held in the town
hall.
The inaugural exercises opened by the
turning over of the college KEYS and seal
by President Brainefd to President-elect
Thomas. An address by the retiring
president, Ezra Brainerd, which we hope
to publish later, followed by the inau-
gural address of Rev. John M. Thomas.
which was so able, 30 inspiring, that it
aroused universal praise. President
Thomas dwelt at length upon the pres
ent aims and needs of the college, show
ton as it confronts Middlebury college
today. 1t is regrettable that an audience
of many times the number that heard il
could not be assembled here to get the
benefit of this discourse.
The order of exercises was as follows.
The Hon. John Wolcott Stewart, III. |
D., presided.
Invocation by the Rev. Henry Wood. |
ward Hubert, ID. D., of the class of 1879. |
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-26

The Register has recently colled atten-
tention to the fact that Prince Edward
Island and the Bermudas, have both ban
ished automobiles from their territory.
We have learned that both Norway and
Sweden have banished them from their
mountain and agricultural roads; and
Switzerland from two of their principal
mountain passes over the Alps. In the
latter case it has been stated that since
this action was taken their summer bus
mess has been very much increased.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-06-26
THE CONCERT AND BALL.

The senior concert was given We'd
nesday evening in the Congregational
church. The audience was very large.
Doring's orchestra of Troy rendered an
excellent program, while the soloists. Ben
Franklin, tenor David Stulmaker, violin,
Tobias Hester, cello, and Roscoe G.
Adams, cornet, took the house by storm
After the concert, the annual senior ball
was held as usual in the town hall, which
was unusually well decorated with pen
nants and electric lighting effects. A
feature of the decoration was the beauti-
fully wrought letters of ''Middlebury Col
lege" in blue and white and "190S" in
red and white. Fifteen pieces of Doring's
orchestra furnished music for the dancing
which lasted until a. m. The senior
committee consisted of NJ. S. June, chair
man, Ivan e. Winslow and Robert C.
Carlson and the patronesses were Mrs.
Theodore Henckels, Mrs. John E. But
tolph, Mrs. John H. Stewart and Mrs.
Silas H. Kendall.