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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-11-05
Technical Edu-
cation at Cost
What the International Topographic
cal Union is Giving in Effort to
Elevate Printers ~

1t is unfortunate for the rep
utation of trade unions that they
are in the public eye only when
engaged in industrial strife. In
the minds of many they are judged
by exaggerated reports of their
actions on such occasions, though
our respect tor nations is not de-
termined by their acts or by the
miSdcedS Of their representatives
during periods OF great stress. OF
course, the news quality does not
pertain to the usual, but rather to
the unsual, and it is the infrepucnt
thing for unions to be doing that
which iss questionable. More
likely they are quietly engaged in
good works like the Typogaph phical
Union. That organization has
spent hundreds of thousands of
dollars in housing sick members
and fighting the white plague at
it's magnificent Home III Colorado,
other hundreds OF thousands i'll
buryiug the dead, and millions
more in providing out-oi-woril
| benefits. Now it is on the eve OF
establishing an old-age penson, and
| is launching Il system of industrial
education that is without 4
parallel for its purpose and scope.
/ That work will he done by cor.
reSpondence, to which the printing
trade readily lends itself. The
student receives instruction from
| the head center of the course, N
l2O Sherman street. Chicago, III.
which is of itself valuable. but the
great feature is the criticism thai
follows when copies Of the students
work is submitted to the experts
The course Will afford specialists IL
the trade an opportunity to i'm
prove in their speciality and be
come acquainted with the Who'll,
range of printing office work, thu
enhancing their earning capacit,
and lengthening their life as crafts
men. for as a rule the age limi
dead line is set at an earlier periot
, for specialists than for all-roun(
men. The International Typo
graphical Union Course in Printing
as it is called-aimS also 30 in
crease the scope of the printer
!. Since the introduction Of lllustrat
ions. certain classes of printin!
have had decidedly artistic tone
This has been secured by calling
/, the commercial artist to the aid Q
the printer. The art principle
=, employed being few and elemental
4 the Union is urging art schoo
and schools of design to conduc
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courses especially adopted to
printers. Under the present
method the work is done at dis
advantage. The designer has little
or no conception of the limitations
Of the printers materials, while.
the compoSitor treQuently--per
haps usually y--tailS to fully grasp
the designers intent. This mill
tatcS against the production OF the
best results. As much Of the de
signing employed is not art, but
really craftsmanship. there is no
reason why printers should not do
the designing, coordinating the
two divisions in one man, which
would ensure greater harmony be-
tween the design and the type.
metal portions Of a job. This eN-
pansion of the printers art will
open new avenues Of employment,
and improve the tone of printed
matter without additional cost to
the consumer.
The Typographical Union has
arranged to furnish the corresponds
cnce course at cost. and. to en-
courage studiouS habits among its
members, supplements this at cost
by offering prize of 50 to every
student who shows by his pro-
tiency and assiduity that he is de-
serving. Employers are at liberty
to supplement this by additional
prizes to their employees rs AN in
uucement to take the course.
The Unions officials admit this
is an ambitious effort. EXper-
fenced educators and others who
have examined the plan unani-
mously pronounce it as being
sound and an advanced step i'll the
realm of teachnical education.
which encourages the Union tC
believe that it is embarking on a
work that will equal any Of its
many other previous performances
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-11-05
independence
and Liberty.
BY EUGENE Y. DEBS

\
From the earliest dawn of history
the soul of man has aSpired to in.
dependence and liberty. The
desire was not born with the sires
OF 7G, nor first expressed in tho
Declaration of Independence, since
ages before that poets had sung Of
the sweet flower Of liberty, and
brave men had given their lives
to secure independence from tyrant;
and king. Lconidas dying at
Ihermopyplae, Judas Nlaccabens
malshaling the Jews against the
encroachments of the Romans.
Charles Martel llammering the in
vadins Saracens from Europe,
Joan OF Arc battling for her native
king. Huguenots and P,tritarls
1ieelng to America from the re-
straints that surrounded them, all
had visions Of independence ard
liberty, as they saw them. that
glorlfieu to them the future ana
'ransfiguretl them before the eyes
Of men.
But, after all, it was only Il
partial vision these men and
Women had. They were hamper
cu, as we are, by Environment:
1helr aims were not full, their
work was not perfect. The
Grecian who was ready to renel a
Persian tyrant would accent an
Alexander; the Maid Of Orleans.
chahng for freedom from foreign
oomihatlon, saw in her sweet
virgin vision nothing better than
inc rulership of a French king in
france; the Puritan who sought
on the shores of New England
lreedom to worship God y was
ready TO drive Roger Williams
Or Anne Hutchinson from his
community; ard even the signers
OF the Declaration Of Independ-
ence suppressed the paragrapf,
which demands liberty for the
negro.
ineir very expression, the very
words they used, to voice the aspir.
a'ioh mat burned within them,
were cIrcumscribeyl and made.
qnatc. lIor countless centuries the
world looked forward to libertv
and independence as the acme Of
It's hopes, and boGh were jnadeou.
N'| eiiC.S 1dilctl 10 take INTO
consideration the great social life
which is at the base Of all advance.
mcnt.
Inc man who would be indie.
pendent cannot be social. He
must go to the wilderness and live
ana ale unto himself building his
own house, tilling his own field.
,.akihg his own clothes, providing
ms own amusements. If he should
speclallze his effort. and if he
should loook toward his fellowman
ne ceases to be independent; for
upon one he becomes denendent
,or ms shoes, another for the cloth
III ms coat, another for the salt
1haO seasons his food, and upon an
army of men and women for the
srtlcles dr. that supply him with COM
tort and variety.
If heswould have liberty be
must not be restrained. The civil
I'd" restricting him in the use of
rand, the unwritten social Law n,,e-
>crlhlng what is fit and decent and
lne moral law suggesting that he
restrain certain propensities he
may have. are ali limits to his
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-11-05
Workers Win After
Six Months Strike

The six months strike of the
Shopmen on the Iowa Central at
Malshalltown, Ia. has been termi-
mated in favor Of the workers
The shops will remain union and
the men also gain an advance of
i cent an hour over the amount of
fered when the strike began. The
contest and result was about as
clean as any fought in the
Western part Of the country in a
long while.
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unions to buckle on their armor Of
defense in defense Of their own in-
tcrests and for those dependent
upon them to DO something for
themselves and uot leave it to q
lot of politicians who have no
further interests in us after wa
have elected them to of1ice.-F.
Lewis Evans, See. Tobacco Work
ers' Union.
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Direct legislation on labor in
England dates a~ far back as the
reign of Edward Ill. when the
first statute of laborers was passed
The population had been much re
duccd by pcStilcnce. and the de
mand for labor naturally led work
ing classes to insist on higher
wages.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-11-05

Seamen's compensation laws.
for injuries received in the Scry ice
OF of Shipowners, arc in operation
in Austria, Belgium, Denmark
France, Germany. Russia. Italy
and Spain.
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SAMUEL GOMPERS>

ed races of the earth. Settling
principally in our cities. they form
their "GhcttoS' their "Little
ltaiyS,' their ''Bohemian Hills,
often retaining their old country
ideas and customs.
TIE FOREIGN ELEMi:MT.
But what kind Of folks are they
these foreigners? Some call
them !'thc scum Of the earth -
''the oi1Scouring of liuropc,' the
criminal refuse OF the old world.
tracking with disease and inn
mortallity.' At the recent tub
crculosis conference held in
aShington. Commissioner Watch
orn, OF Ellis Island, said that Of
two million immigrants examined
very critically 10y the medical eN-
perts on Ellis Island during Il
certain period, only Dos were af-
tlictcu with any form of tubercu
losl>. Suppose that Americans.
FOREIGN DEPOSITOHS.
IL tllS StCIlc vi NJ" r vi ~ litit
are about 2.OO0,OoO depositors in
the saving banks, these having de
posted enough money to pay off
the debt OF the United States
government. and having about
80, 100000 to spare. Seventy per
cent of these depositorS are foreign
born, Doesn't t look much like Il
pauper class does it?
OUR NEW ARRIVALS
The cry is being raised that we
are now getting the very worst
element from Southern Europe.
But our immigration officials de
clare that they are just as good as
any class that ever came to
America. Those who have been in
this country for even Il compar-
atively short period. csually look
with contempt upon those who
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-11-05
Our Own
Immigrants

@ltungry, Suppressed, exploited.
deccivcd-bOrn in lands where the
word government means op-
preSsion-thc immigrant is coming
to America at the rate of Il million
a year, looking upon our country
as the land OF promise. Like a
great wave they are coming.
threatening to flood our eastern
states. swelling the tide toward the
west. and sp!a~hing the spray
everywher..
RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION.
Even though immigration should
at this time be absolutely restrict
ed, the present generation Of
Americans will have all it can do
to adequately meet the needs of
those who are already here. But
they will continue to come. Every
law which affects human life
physical social political. economic
to have conSpred to make
a america the mecca Of the opprcSS-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-11-05
lookout Conditions
Undergo NO Chanqe
Labor Notes

The bankers Union of phila-
delphia. Pa. has begun crusade
to improve sanitation in bankerieS
IN che foreign quarter of that city.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-11-05

An order has been issued direct
ing heads Of departments and ui-
visions of the Panama Canal to re-
place all alien clerical employees
with men selected from Il list of
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There is bill in Congress that
conters upon employees Of the
government the right to sue the
government for damages i'll case of
permanent disability due to in
juries received while in the dis
charge of duty.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-11-05

The Lancashire Eng. FEEDER
alton OF Cotton Spinncrs has de-
cldcd to reduce the wages Of opcr-
ators > per cent. Notice to the
effect will at once be given to the
operators, 200, 900 of whom are
affected.
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Continued on Page Six.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-26
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
 HAS BEEN COMPLETED

K.T: Roberts, abstracter of the firm of Roberts and Son, yesterday completed abstract of title to the 520 acres of land in this county formerly belonging to the estate of Jefferson Davis, president of the ConfeGeracy.
 Four wills appear in the chain of title, the first from Mrs. Sarah Ann Dorsey, who wills the property to President Jefferson Davis, who wills it to bis daughter, Varina Anne Davis, who wills it to her mother, Varina Howell Jefferson-Davis, who wills it to her daughter, Mrs. Margaret How ell Davis Hayes, wife of Joel Addison Hayes, of Colorado Springs, Col.
 c. II. Triplett purchased from Mrs. Hayes all of the lands belong to said estate, consisting of some 2,100 acres of land.
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1. I. + + i. 9 l. l. !s. ]. I. i. i. i. i. <

Edmund Jones and wife to L. o. Knox, warranty deed $50; all that bayou.
 Nose McGaughy and wife to Louis McGaughy, warranty deed, $1; lots IS, 19, 20, 21, blk 6, Jean add.
 Wesley Williams to R. C.. Thompson, deed of trust, $92.40; 1-2 lot 1, blk l, Paul Divers add.
 Jas. c. Harding and wife to Mary C. Taylor, deed of trust, sS5 1-2 lot l, blk II. Geisreiter's add
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-26
THE ORPHEO OFFERS s FINE WEEKS BILL

3 Manager Wilhoit of the Olbheo the- ater offers an unusually fine bill this week at the Orpheo theater on West Second avenue. He has secured Andy Rankin, of black face and banjo fame, and he will be the headliner there. The moving pictures continue of a high
 standard and the attendance the past week was the largest in the history of the playhouse
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AT OHIO STREET
 BAPTIST CHURCH

Newer than the newest and more novel than the novelist is the subject of the sermon this afternoon at 3:3O at Ohio Street Baptist church. The subject is "A Man Buried Alive y Strange things and startling will be said and proved. The greatest crowd duri( E the great meeting is looked for (SpseRl music, sweet and inspiring, 1Nkvbe rendered. Dr. SledSe will go tOs the limit of his magnificent ability on this suspicious occasion. You will not be disappointed. Go early and get &2good seat. It will no doubt be one G& the greatest sermons ever preached x Pine Bluff. Everybody is talking
 Man Buried Alive" Nothing like
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-04-26

Assessor l.. T. Sallee has issued his annual notice, giving the dates and places where he will assess per sonal property for the year 1908.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-12-24

or all of them put together
Consequently, when another
Senator rises for big talk, the
remainder of the Senators say,
"Oh, piffle!" and go out to the
cloakrooms, where they exer-
else their we'll known talents
for story telling, as ascribed to
them by the Washington cor
respondents, proving said cor
respondents to be a highly
imaginative class. But it is
different with the public. The
public isn't jealous, and it
doesn't know any better, any
how.
However, it is crushing, real
ly crushing and most dlscour-
aging, to note the public drift
out in twos and threes and doz.
ems when McCumber is inter
preting the statutes or the Con-
stitution from the Wahpeton
(which is where he lives) view
point. 1t is art, L tell you, and
it isn't appreciated. There
isn't another man in all that
ninety-two who wear togas in
company with Porter J. who
can pronounce words the way
he can. 1t is positively mar
velous. He never makes slip.
He went over every hurdle and
took the water jump while he
was discussing a feature of the
Agricultural Bill one day OF,
Observation-Disclosures :
phenyicarbidrids n d never
turned hair Split it up into
beautifully lly-accentuated c o M
ponent parts, and rolled it out
without an error or a pause.
But the great, needless, ig.
norant public doesn't care. 1t
pays no honor to that perfect
pronunciation. It listens for q
few moments and then it says;
"Let's 60 and get some steamed
oysters. And that creates a
very fine situation, doesn't it:
McCumber there, pronouncing
flawlessly, with nobody giving
a hoot about it but the Vice.
President, who is nodding in
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Richard Bohn hauling rber AGO
Abercrombie Nero. Co. mdse
poor Observation-Disclosures. 40 90
A. r. Bonzer mdse poor...... 10 90
A. Star barrel for poor farm lOO
Grand Forks Herald blanks. 400
Ole Kind taking care of blind
s' '.'............ ~ OO
Imperial Elv Co. fuel for poor 500
John r. Jones fuel for poor II 81
X. N. Lee printing.......... 81 50
W. w. Jameson mdse p. f.... 10 IS
Walker Bros. & Hardy bollot
ooAeS.... .................... 54 OO
Lldgerwood Hospital ser... 124 40
James Purdon & Co, mdse epf 40 10
w. L. Forkner mdse poor f.. 5 IS
j. j. Keen mdse poor farm. o.. II 60
Connolly Bros. mdse poor f.. % 36
John Worner lumber for bdg 163 I6
WI. Dietz money adv poor l o.
+. Mitzel lumber. + %
st. Francis Hospital services 81 90
James Purdon & Co. mdse p. II 80
w. j. Robinson & Co. mdse p y 90
John Richard work C III c.. IL 90
G.. L. Harris freight. 6 90
+. c. Estes mdse p farm..... 81 s.
j. +. Morris fuel for poor and
CHB... 5000. 26O 25
John Richard work poor farm 8 O.
Halgren Brotten work on p 10 90
o H. Schultz work on poor { Al u
SALARIES FOR NOV. 1908.
L S. Cameron c. Auditor. 200 90
Frank Markus janitor. 55 90
A. ]. Nelson Reg of Deeds. 166 66
.. J.Olson Dep. Reg. of Deeds 81 90
Alfred Johnson clerk reg D 30 GO
John G. Goldwalp g. II. of d. 20 90
lola Cameron clerk Co. aud 55 %
J. NJ. Kramer clerk of Court $50 90
Andreas Jersin county Judge l5o 90
Louis f. Helm clerk CO. aud 70 90
Alfred Helling dep. co. aud 10 90
f. A. Chezik dep. co. aud go. 81 90
H. c. N. Myhra dep clerk of G rs
Stephen Braun treasurer. j.. 200 90
X. l.. Mikkelson dep treas.... s5 90
L. d. Braun elk treas. ........ 600
Avis H. Sleeper elk. county ]. 80 90
Lillian Shields Dep. supt. of
schools ....... ........... u IL
Geo. +. Wallace asst Atty. S2 80
r. N. Black supt of schools. 146 70
Fl. c. N. Myhra turnkey..... So 90
Gustav Schuler states atty. 166 IS
G.. A. Mexican dep clerk of G. 10 50
On motion Board adjourned Sine
Die.
+. S. CAMERON,
County Auditor.
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his chair and who, if it comes
down to that. doesn't give two
boots. 1t does seem as if art is
always getting the raw end of
it, for there is art in pronunci-
alton as in everything else.
The only explanation is that
perhaps,-it may bet is bare
ly possible-the public who go
to the Senate gallaries desire
something in speech besides
pronunciation. Can that be it?
There is this much to be said
about it: McCnmber's manner
of speaking is so we'll differ
entiated from the manner of
all others IT, the Senate that he
is in class by himself. You
can always tell what he is say
ing, even if you do not know
what he says. They hammer
ed that articulation idea into
him back there in his school.
days, and he never slips a syl.
liable. During his nine years
in the Senate he has never elud-
ed a letter or dropped a "g."
All of his language is always
there. And. appreciating this
priceless talent on his part, his
colleagues, wishing to show
their esteem, have made him
chairman of the Pensions Com
mittee, where there is ten times
more work than there is any
where elsa simple littls trib-
ute to Porter and his parts of
speech.
You may not know it, but
toiling with a few million pen.
sion claims every session is an
excellent antidote for oversyl-
labication.
N. B. Porter ]. may not know
it, either, but the Committee
on Committees does, and they
fixed it. Wise old owls!
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CHRISTMAS STOCKING

How dear to this heart is the stock
ing of childhood when
lection presents it view!
Christmas st. Nick from
whitened wildwood every
loved toy which my infancy knew.
The wide spreading chimney, the
sled which stood by it, and
some books-I remembe them
doll for sister, and baby house
nigh it, and then the full stocking
which hung the WALL the
stocking the beautiful stocking,
Christmas stocking which hung on
the wall! The we'll stuffed envelope
hailed as treasure early that
ing opened and fonnd there
the of n exquisite pleasure,
and sweetest supplies
How ardent selzed it with
glowing and back my white
sheeted bed went with all, then soon,
with the emblems of love overflow
ing, was happy in what to my lot
did befall-the Santa Claus stocking,
the generous stocking, the Christ
mas morn stocking which hung
the wal! How sweet through
it's round top explore
1T poised knee it
inclined to my view! Not
hot, tempting could
make me ignore it for
longer
minute
now, far removed from
loved situation The
of regret will intrusively
as fancy
habitatfon and sghs
stocking which hung
the Santa Claus stocking, plethoric
stocking, the Christmas stocking
which hung on the wall! But grown people
lind there's a later sensation as grateful any
they felt long 1t when they Wi
the glad exultation which on Christmas morning
their own offspring show. And now, Santa
Claus, me petition your favor for children both
large and small Bring all bright hopes the full
lest fruition that rest in each stocking which hangs
on the wall-the wealthy chlds stocking,
the poor urchns stocking; yes, fill
stocking which hangs
on the wall!
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one of our most ready little

1t is really treat to hear
Porter James say things. He
says them so accurately Every
morning, before the Senate con-
venes, he takes all the words
he intends to use that day aud
carefully divides them INTO the
proper number of syllablee and
sections with his trusty
try-square. Then he smooths
and planes off each syllable and
section until it glistens like a
many-faceted jewel, and, after
that, he is ready for business.
You never hear him getting up
and slurring: "Mist'rpres'd'nt."
Not McCumber! What he says
is. "Mis-ter Pres-i-den,-"
And so it goes. IL de-sire to
recall to the memory of the
Senator from Penn.syl. van-ia
a circumstance VIII ich his
per- spi-cac ity may have over
look ed, coming as it does in
the midst of this exciting
col-lo-vuy and being par-ti-cu
lar-ly appropriate to the sub
ject under dis Gus. sion." You
can bark back to the school
days of Porter J., out their in
Rochester, Minnesota. when
the teacher in elocution said:
"Now, Porter, remember what
l told you about Demostheues.
He used to go down to the sea
shore every morning and talk
against the waves with pebbles
in his mouth. He did this to
get articulation, Porter-ar-tic
u.lation-and remember that
that lie what fs necessary in
public speaking."
Thus. Porter got ar-tic-u-la-
tion, got it with a strangle-hold
and has constantly held its
head to the mat since that
time. When it comes to artic
lation McCumber has the rest
of the Senate talking like a
hired man on frosty morning
with his mouth full of buck
wheat cakes. He can articu-
late around them in rings
When he is in particularly good
form he can make three separ-
ate and distinct syllables of a
vote "Aye" on a proposition,
and can divide "Nay" into in
finitesimal bits and pronounce
each bit as clearly as a bell-if
there are any clear bells, which
is a subject that may be open
to argument, most bells being
throaty and all that.
Like many another good man
McCumber overplayed h i 8
hand. He took too much out
in learning to ar.tic- u late, ne
glecting. so people affirm, the
somewhat important detail of
getting enough to ar-tic-u-late
about. Thus, when he rises to
any ponderous subject you can
hear very plainly and perfectly
every word he is saying, but
sometimes you do not know
what he is talking about. Not
that that makes any especial
differance to McCumber, for he
will talk On anything that
comes his way, and he has all
medals and ribbons and diplo-
mas for being able to clear the
Senate galleries in less time
than any other man, now that
Senator Stewart is no longer in
our blessed midst to tell about
the Crime of '73, when the ap.
propriations for 1910 are under
discussion.
The public, the great, heed
less public, does not appreciate
art. That is certain enough.
1t has been proved many times.
Of course, it is nothing-dis
tinctly nothing-for the Sena.
tors to get up and walk out
when another Senator is speak.
ing. Most Senators are jealous
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