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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-18
BULLETIN NUMBER 70 ...
BUREAU OF LABOR
Laws Relating to Woman and
Child Labor and Factory
Inspection.

J. Bulletin No. 70 of the Bureau of
Labor, of the Department of Com
merce. and Labor, just issued, gives
in full the text Of laws which hat
been enacted up to the end of 1907
for the purpose of regulating the en-
ployment of women and children. An
other article presents the laws relat-
ing to factory inspection and the
health and safety of employees. These
laws are annotated with brief REFER
ences to such decisions of the courts
as have been rendered in regard to
the provisions Of those laws during
the short period they have been lin
effect.
in this Bulletin are closely related,
the increased employment of women
and children in recent years having
led to the enactment into law Of
many special provisions designed to
| safeguard the health and safety Of
employees. Bot, hsubjects are among
those most often before the legisla-
lures of the various states, and leeis-
lative action from year to year gives
evidence of the public demand on
the part Of the public for improved
conditions in factory employment,
especially as regards women and
children.
All Of the states and territories
have at various times enacted laws
regulating the employment of women
and children, and, during 1907, % Of
them added to or modified their laws
relating to this subject ':.'-
Factory inspection and the health
and safety Of employees hav been the
subject Of legislative action in SO Of
the states and territories. These in
clude all those states (which manu-
featuring or mining employ any
considerable number of persons. New
laws touching this subject were put
upo nthe Statute books in IA states
during the legislative session of 1877.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-18
NEW POTATOES IN ENGLAND

From the Del1neator Tor May: ="
Quite the most delicious way:s OF
cooking new potatoes is to place them
In boiling water with two or three
spr1gs of fresh mint. When the DO
tatoes have been cooked and drained,
a little melted butter should be poured
over them. The mint adds most deli
cate, but not at all an obstrusive ma
vor. Instead Of trying to peel new po-
tatoes the English cook removes the
skin BY rubbing them very hard with
an extremely stiff brush. This leaves
them both white and smooth and
onviates the necessity of peeling them
after cooking. l. T. 1.ss@,. &. ~ 5 iI.15
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-04-18
SPRING RUSH BEGINS
4 Il / Il. TO POINTS MALAYSIA

II VICTORIA, 3. G.. April a14.-With
every every berth occupied and with men
sleeping on shake downs about the
saloon and elsewhere, the Steamer
Princess May LETT last night for skar-
way and Prince Rupert. The depart
ure Of the steamer was reminiscent Of
the days OF the K1ondik 81 rush. Most
Of the traYelers are bound to Prince
Rupert &, where the contractors expect
to have 1000 msn 1t york " fhs end
Of MAJ
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16

licensed places is nonsense, as everHone
familiar with the facts knows. 1t is to
be remarked, too, that large part of
the sales that take place in licensed
places begin in violation of the
statute" while the contempt of law pro-
claimed by every licensed saloon of pr.
tically every city of the United States,
is at once scandal and menace.
Still again, the assertion of the Times
that prohibition is an attempt to make
use of wines and liquors by one set of
people seem immoral, while such use by
others is put on a different footing" has
no basis in fact. The Prohibitionist and
ninety-nine percent of all who in any
way> oppose the licensed sale of liquor
are opposed to the use of liquor as
beverage in any and every form and un-
der all circumstances The no-license
vote of the people who have "highballs
or cocktails in their homes or clubs" is
very small factor in the case.
The attempt of the Times to make an
argument out of candy is as childish as
the candy habit is supposed to be. 1t is
a matter of common knowledge that a
very large percentage of the patrons of
the liquor traffic suffer therefrom and
their families and dependents with them.
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16

called supervision of the liquor business
by public officials is one of the most
ridiculous of the ridiculous fancies that
the defenders of the saloon indulge in.
The saloon-the licensed saloon, behind
the security of its license, perpetrates a
thousand atrocities that no "hole in the
WALL" hiding and trembling, would for a
moment dare to venture.
In the second place, it is by no means
true that the unlicensed sale of liquor
is the only kind which lends itself nat
urally to promoting crime. Crime is
caused by liquor because of the ability of
alcoholic poison to rob men of their rea-
son. A glass of whisky sold in the
palatial barroom of the Waldorf-As-
toria, under sanction of the costly high
license, accomplishes that result just as
promptly and just as effectively as
whisky sold in the lowest dive in the
Bowery. The talk which we hear about
the "bad quality" of liquor sold in un-
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16

Another is that Prohibition is an at
tempt to make the use of wines and
liquors by one set of people seem i'm
moral while such use by others is put
on different footing. 1t is fact
that many of those who advocate the
no-license vote use beer or wine or
highballs or cocktails in their houses
or clubs and would never advocate
Prohibition if it meant interference
with their own qualification in this
way.
For one more suggestion as to these
general parts of the question it is only
necessary to look at the familiar dec
laration that because some people
drink to excess the sale of intoxicants
must be forbidden If that is true the
rule ought to be applied also to the
sale of candy or any rich food which
tempts to excess and ruins the diges-
ton more surely even than al
cohol.
But the important things to remem-
Der are the inutility of no-license law
to stop the use of alcoholic beverages,
its cost to the city, and its demoraliz-
ing effect on the community.
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16
THE RECONNAISSANCE
of Current Newspaper Thought and Utterance the

To notice these assertions seriatim, it
may be pointed out for the benefit of the
Times that, while it is wholly doubtful
to put in in the mildest form possible, if
any drinking is harmless" it is abso-
lutely certain that by far the greater part
of the drinking at public bars is harmful
and that comparatively little of it is
moderate" The secret and illegal sale
of liquor, about which the Times is so
much concerned, is by no means neces-
sity and is a possibility only when the
political allies of the liquor business are
kept in power Yet, even where it exists
(and it almost always exists in every Ii
censed town, side by side with the law
full selling), such sale is no more "free
from SUPERVISION than is the liquor SELL
ing of any saloon or hotel The So
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16

with these of preserving order and de-
cency. 1t is too late to argue this
point. The truth is known to all who
have really observed facts instead of
adopting theories that have no foun-
dation.
Another objection of a practical
kind to the application of the no-li-
cense law is that under license the city
receives about $4,000 a year in fees,
which would drop out if no-license
were established. But the sale of
liquor would go on. One or two other
points may be touched on in few
words. 1t is enough to suggest them
for they are tolerably familiar. One
is that unlicensed sale of liquors is
the only kiri which lends itself nat
urally to promoting crime. 1t begins
with violation of statute, it encour-
ages the sale of poisonous compounds,
it educates in contempt of law, and it
does not diminish drunkenness in the
long run.
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16
FACTS VS.. HARTFORD
TIMES

The Hartford, Conn, Daily Times
throwing itself valorously into the breach
against the no-license campaign in that
city, with an air of hnality enunciates
certain statements which it evidently re-
CARDS as basal principles. 1t says:
Old as the contention is, it may be
worth while to state again the objec
tons to establishing Prohibition in
Hartford The most important is that
it will not promote morals or respect
for law On the contrary-as is abun-
dant'y shown by experience-the real
effe will be to discourage the HARM
less, open, moderate drinking of a
great number of people, and encourage
the secret, illegal sale of liquor. Such
sale is free from supervision, from the
restraint of publicity, and from the
necessity which exists in connection
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16
DIDN'T KNOW
That Coffee Was Causing Her
Trouble

So common is the use of coffee as a
beverage, many do not know that it is
the cause of many obscure ails which
are often attributed to other things.
The easiest way to find out for one
self is to quit the coffee for while, at
least, and note results A Virginia lady
found out in this way, and also learned
of new beverage that is wholesome
as we'll as pleasant to drink. She writes:
"I am 40 years old and all my life, up
to year and half ago, | had been
coffee drinker About ten years ago,
had dyspepsia so bad that often the
coffee drank would sour on my stom-
ach and | could not retain it.
"Severe headaches and heart weak
ness made me feel sometimes as though
| were about to die After drinking
cup or two of hot coffee, not knowing
it was harmful my heart would go like
clock without a pendulum. At other
times it would almost stop and l, was
so nervous I did not like to be alone.
IL L lOOk Walk IOI cXSIClSe, dS oOOll
as | was out Of sight of the house I'd
feel as if I were sinking and this would
frighten me terribly. My limbs would
utterly refuse to support me, and the
pity of it all was, did not know that
coffee was causing the trouble
Reading IN the papers that many
persons were relieved of such ailments
by leaving off coffee and drinking
Postum, I got my husband to bring
home a package We made it accord
ing to directions and I liked the first
cup. It's rich, snappy flavor was de-
licious.
'I have been using Postum about
eighteen months and to my great Joy
digestion is good, my nerves and heart
are all right in fact, am we'll woman
once more, thanks to Postum
There's a Reason" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich. Read
"The Road to Wel1ville," in pkgs.
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16

FOR SALE-Improved real estate in rap
idly growing city of 10000; three cottages
and one 15-room house. Rentals, SIS to $100
per month. Will give clear title for $4,000 cash.
Address Douglas, care THE NATIONAL PRoHIBI-
ZIONIST, 81 Washington street, Chicago.
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16
Subscribers Wants.

may use this column for publishing theii
wants or wares. Tho charge IS three
oontS for each word, tho cash to 40.
company orders. 100000 interosto6
people read this column oach week.
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16

SHEET MUSIC, five copies 25c. Free bull
letns of all the latest hits. Semple Music Co.,
s4 West avenue, Norwalk, Conn.,
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16

WANTED-A young man with clean habits
to sing tenor in mixed quartet, give readings
and representations and play marimbaphone.
Position will be open about the first of Janu-
airy. Compensation liberal to who can
make good" Address C.. w. Meneley, Room
3s, No. 90 La Sale street, Chicago.
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16

Plymouth Rock cockerels, $3.50; eggs, 75c
per setting. Apple trees, 12Hc; cherries, SAC;
plums csc; grapes, Sc; currants, 12 for $1.00;
hardy peaches, 25c. Best seeds. Catalogue
free Cyrus Harvey, Altoona, Iowa.
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16

100 CALLING CARDS neatly printed, so
cents. Samples on request. The Noyes Print,
Melrose Highlands, Mass.
The national prohibitionist., 1908-04-16

NOTIFIED ANCoNAS-Excellent layers
Eggs 50 per fifteen. c. A. Fairbank, Averill
PARK NJ Y
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13
\ BIFFERENtE.

Under Prof HARDEN Gadd. a
wh''0 Republican OF Mercer county
who mas nilc1 tho Office or county
Sugcr,ntcndCr+ Of FREQ schools for
the last oigh; years VIC have had
separate institutions Tor white aad
colcr'i teachers. There s. not a
county the state, IN al proba-
hiiity. that has more intelligent
or better behaved corrs OF colored
teachers than Mercer county. The
colored Institutes have been held by
competent Instructors, and we have
heard no objection to the arrange
ment On the part OF either white or
colored teachers. This Jim Crow"
arrangement has given very general
satisfaction, so far as we have heard
I'm Mcdowell county. adjoining Mer-
Ger. there Is difference. There
white and colored teachers are re,
CURED TO attend the same institute
under superintendent who had to
change his politics 20 get his lob.
Mixed schools are not permitted by
law and hence we find the Jim
Crow schools in Mcdowell. but we
hnd negroes serving on the board OF
eGucG, on and thus having control
of the white schools. and we find
a white newspaper apologizing for
it and mentioning by name one A.
H. Calhoun. a member for Browns
Creek district. who Is lauded by
the Recorder in these words: We'll
does he discharge his duties" This
is the same Calhoun who sells liu-
uor on Sunday, owns nearly all the
buildings at Keystone, used for i'm
moral purposes, and violates every
law of God and man: the same Cal
houn who dictates candidates for
flee and forced his own selection as
an alternate to the Republican ma
tional convention at Chicago. politi-
cal boss Of Mcdowell county and
owner OF the mayor etc, etc. Pshaw.
when we think of these things we
are proud OF the Republicans of
this county, bad as many of them
are. However, on the 3rd of No
vember we have every confidence in
the rank and file Of the Republicans
Of Mcdowell county that they will
wipe out the gang that now dis
graces them and once more enable
the honest white citizenship of that
county to hold up It's head.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13
TRUSTEES SALE OF
REAL ESTATE

Under and by virtue OF a deed of
trust bearing date the 18th day of
September, 1906, executed by Robt.
w. Williams and E. o. Williams.
his wife, to the undersigned l.. A.
Hooper, trustee, to secure George A
Shirley and w. =. Hawley, trustees
OF the Client Land Association. of
Bluefeld. West Va, the sum of
($466.66) Four Hundred and Sixty
SIX Dollars and Sixty-Six cents. ey.-
denced by two bonds of the said
Robert w. Williams, payable in
equal installments OF one and two
years; with interest from said Sep
tember 19,1906, at the rate of six
per cent; which said deed of trust
is duly recorded in the office of the
clerk or the county court of Mer-
Ger county, West Virginia, in trust
deed book number IA, page 242
and default having Oeen made in
the payment of the said notes. and
having been requested SO to do by
the said w. p. Hawley and G.. A.
surrey, trustees as aforesaid, l., the
said trustee, in accordance with the
terms of the said trust deed, will
offer for sale to the highest bidder
by public auction, in front of the
First National Bank of the city of
Bluefield, West Virginia, at noon.
on Saturday, the oath day OF Octo-
Der, 1908, the following real es-
tate:
First-Lot number 20 in section
S34, shown on the map OF the said
Client Land Association, beginning
at a point in the northern line of
Adams street, 400 feet from the
intersection of said line with
the eastern line of East Riv-
er avenue; thence northeast along
the northern line of Adams street
nifty feet to point in said line. and
with this width of fifty feet, said lot
runs back northwest between lines
parallel with each other, and IN
right angles to the said northern
line of Adams street, one hundred
and thirty-fve $3.50 feet to the
southern line of fifteen feet wide
alley.
Second-Lot number 81 In said
seton S34, beginning at point i'm
the northern line OF Adams street.
four hundred and fifty (45O) feet
from the intersection of said line
with the eastern line of East River
avenue, thence northeast along the
northern line of Adams street, fifty
COD feet to a point in said line.
and with this width of fifty (5O)
feet, said lot runs back northwest
between lines parallel with each
other, and at right angles to the
northern line OF Adams street, one
hundred and thirty-five (135) feet
to the southern line of n fifteen
feet wide alley.
Terms OF sale-Cash in hand on
day OF sale
This the END day of September.
1908.
L. A. HOOPER.
S-Zz-Z9-lO-6-13 Trustee
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13

II Mr.. Glasscock could be per-
suaded to spend a week on the Nor
folk and Western railway in Mer-
Ger and Mcdowell and Mingo coun-
tes we are sure that he would with
draw from the race for governor
and vote for Bennett. He knows
that his party cannot be trusted to
pass a separate coach law. Judge
Evans, a good Republican OF Mingo
county, offered a measure If that
kind in the last legislature and a
Republican majority killed it. A few
white men who are determined to
vote for the Republican candidates
anyway will take chances on it. but
the masses will make sure by vot-
ing the Democratic ticket.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13
VOLUNTEER FUND.

In accordG nee wi:h the request of
the national committee. the Leader
VIII take subscriptions for the ma
tional Democratic campaign fund.
Mr.. Bryan refuces TO accept contri-
buttons from corporations or trusts.
He appeals TO the people instead OF
the interests. He favors campaign
publicity and will publish all con-
tributioDs so that the voters may
know from what source the con-
tr.butions are received. Four years
ago Harrima1 raised quarter mill
ion dollars for the Republican cam
paign fund. Mr.. Bryan refuses
large contributions. and appeals to
the great masses instead. IL the in
terests put up the money they must
be repai, by special faYors. The
Democratic party Is the partyof the
people. All contributions given the
Daily Leader will be acknowledged
giving the name OF the contributor.
unless he requests otherwise and
the money forwarded to the treas
urer OF the national committee ey-
cry Saturday night.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13

Several days ago we asked II any
man would vote for a candidate FOR
office who had sought civil ac-
ton to impeach his own mothers
testimony. We further stated that
hundreds Of Republicans i'm Mercer
county had done 50 and would have
the opportunity TO do so again on
the 3rd OF November, as the nan
guilty Of that offcnse is a candidate
for reelection on the Republican
county ticket. While many Demo-
Gratis have asked Us the name Of the
man guilty of This dastardly deed
not one Republican, MP to thfs time
has asked for information. DO you
care TO know? Would 81 change a
vote?
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13

Joseph C. Sibley wrote John d.
Archbold that after the last cleo
ton he called at the White House
and the president wantd his views
upon tariff legislation. AS Mr.. Sib-
ley says he advised the president 20
stand pat there is no question as to
his having been regarded by both
Mr.. Archbold and Mr.. Roosevelt as
an eminently desirable citizen.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13

The New York Evening Post OBJ
serves thai il is futile for Chancel-
Tor Day to argue that President
Roosevelt is inconsistent because
he is infallible and hence the eter-
na!ly right when he is on both sides
u any question. Blu. the president
Is not on both sides of the present
issues. He's amuck in the middle
OF them.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13

The Mcdowell Recorder has no.
mad anything 20 say lately about the
exposures made by the Daily Lead
er of the rotton conditions that ex-
ist in Mcdowell Has the Record
er decided to take the advice of Sen
ator Whyte, who has cautioned his
trends 20 say nothing, as the
More the matter is stirred, the
worse 1t smells?"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13
MIR. CANNON AS AN OBSTRUC-
ZIONIST.

In his speech before the Lakes
to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways Asso-
citation Mr. Bryan expressed him
self vigorously in favor of The Mis-
sissippi River project and added
that he was heartily in favor of
the development of waterways
draining the mountains of the East
and West as wen as the Mississippi.
If there was no other reason for the
objection of the people of the Appa-
lachian region-and States affected
as to transportation and agriculture
by conditions in the Appalach ian
mountails-to House of Repre-
sentatives presided over by Joseph
G.. Cannon the outrageous Juggling
OF the bill 20 preserve the timber in
these mountains would be suffi-
cient cause for the votes OF all
whose partyism docs not override
their desire for material welfare to
be recorded as a protest against
party that maintains Mr.. Cannon as
the arbiter Of the fate of legislation
at Washington.
While the excellent project on
making a snip canal of the Missis-
sippi is under discuss. On. there is
untold suffering throughout the APP
p5lachian region and contiguous
territory from drouth The degree
of aridity is due in measure to the
dCnudation of the mountains in
which the a.fuents OF the system
of rivers in this section OF the Uni
ted States have their sources
Thousands o. workingmen are un-
employed because industrial plants
depending upon water power are
closed down. Tens. of thousands Of
persons are suffering for want of
water for household purposes ana
suffering the expense of securing
stock water from distant points
Typhoid fever ana other diseases
VIII be augmented as a result Of the
drouth. When the winter and
spring rains fall the damage from
the floods will be enormous. The
experts sent into the Appalachian
region by the Federal Government
decided some time ago that damage
done by the floods annually costs
more in dollars and cents than the
conservation of timber.
Fifty years ago charging polit
cal party with a drouth or an eDi-
demic was campaign humor. But
responsibility for failure to protect
natural resources entails responsi-
bility for the results, and # has
been demonstrated I'm this and o.he-
countries that destroying large
areas Of timber about the sources Of
watercourses causes aridity I'm sum
mer and foods in winter 70 is even
believed I'm some quarters tina; sys-
iematic tree planting upon large
scale In arid sections OF hill country
might produce n permanent water
supply IN the form Of streams
There Is no argument against the
proposed measure 20 protect and re-
plant forests I'm the Appalachian
mountains. but Mr. Cannon. whose
depth Of thought is revealed in his
statement that when there IS no
more timber in America invention
will supply thc need. defeated the
bill for reasons unexplained and Oy
methods for which he is Justly ia
nous
Greater extremes OF summer
drouth and winter food will be re-
corded in the future as long as Con-
gress fails TO pass the Appalachian
bill a Republican Congress with
Mr. Cannon as Speaker can hardly
be- expected to pass it.-Courier
Journal
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13

As the president has not written
letter within the last few days
public interest centers in the ques-
ton of whether he is getting ready
for extemporaneous speaking or
spontaneous combustion.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13

The Republican candidates for
the legislature have declared in ia
Yor of a Jim Grow" law, but they
buck at the disfranch!sement of the
negro. The white voters insist on
the whole hog" and will vote for
the Democratic candidates.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-10-13

Congressman James A. Hughes
made brilliant address" No. dear
reader, this is not a comic almanac
Joke, but the statement was actually
published in the Huntington Dis
patch and referred to James Antho-
ays speech at Beckley last Satur-
day.