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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
FIGHT ON THE
WHITE PLAGUE
Is Growing in Volume and Good
Results are ACQUIRING From
Crusade.

During the last year that has passed
since the International Congress on
institution or organization for the treat
ment or prevention of tuberculosis has
been established every day, Sundays and
holidays included, according to a bulletin
of the National Association for the Study
and Prevention Of Tuberculosis. Fifteen
new beds in hospitals or sanatoria have
been provided also for every day of the
year.
year ago the rate of increase was one
organization or institution every other
day, only one-half as fast as now. Less
than n year ago there were 40 consumpt-
ives for every hospital bed provided. To-
day the number has been reduced to 80
Nearly 10000 beds are now provided in
institutions for the treatment of con.
sumption, an increase of over $500. The
number of special tuberculosis dispen.
saries in the United States has more
than doubled the number of anti-tuber-
culosis associations has increased 6S per
cent, and the number of hospitals and
sanatoria 43 per cent.
In one branch of anti-tuberculosis
work, particularly emphasized by the In
ternational Congress, a signal advance
has been made, that is in the provision
of hospital Accommodations for advanced
cases. In all parts of the country, state
and municipal authorities have been
urged to provide hospitals for dangerous
cases of tuberculosis, with the result that
over 1000 beds have been established
in the past year. AT the present time
there are, however, only 5000 beds, and
10000 advanced cases which ought to be
in hospitals. Fully $4,000 others could
be treated at home, but it would be safer
for the community to segregate them in
institutions. Every advanced case of
tuberculosis IS center from which the
disease spreads, and unless the patient is
taught how to be careful in his habits,
and unless he has the proper home sur
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
! State Federation News !
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roundings, he should be in hospital,
where he will not be a menace to others.
The National Association for the Study
and Prevention of tuberculosis declares
that at least 10000 more beds in hospitals
are needed for advanced cases of con
sumption. Until these are provided, tu-
berculosis cannot be wiped out. If every
body in the United States gave So to
provide hospitals for the dangerous con-
sumptivcs, sufficient funds would be pro-
cured to destroy forever the threat of
tuberculosis from this country.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
EIGHT HOURS FOR MACHIN1sTs.

According to plan now developing,
the International Association of Ma
chinists expects to obtain the eight-hour
day within the next eighteen months. The
scale Sow calls for nine hours The
plan outlined consists in taking twenty
minutes off each work-day for the first six
months, repeating the process for the
second and third six months periods, the
result being a reduction of the full hour
at the end of eighteen months. Such plan
is now in operation on the Pacific coast
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
CROWLEY A CANDIDATE.

Some months ago Chicago unionist at
tracted, attention by dedicating his child
at its baptism to the cause Of organized
labor. Now comes another jealous trade
unionist who names his child in honor of
the president of his international union.
Charles B. Crowley has named his young
est son George Leonard, in honor of Presi-
dent George l.. Berry, of the International
Freshmen s Union. Mr.. Crowley was ap-
pointed an organizer of this union two
years ago and is now a candidate for sec
rotary and treasurer in the referendum
election soon to be held by it.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
CHILD-LABOR LAW VALID.

Labor has reason to be thankful that
it has at least one law on the statute
books of Maryland which has stood the
test of the courts. This week the Mary
land Court of Appeals decided that the ex-
isting law forbidding the employment
of children under II years of age is con-
stitutional and must be lived up to. The
act was contested because it apparently
exempted the Gamers of the State, but the
Court decided that the Legislature ap-
rarently had good reason for so en-
acting the measure and that it should
stand.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
NEWS OF THE
LABOR WORLD.
Child Labor Law Declared Valid by
Maryland Judge--Tin Workers Still
Firm.


PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE
The Pennsylvania State Federation of
Labor convenes at Harrisburg today in
special convention. The session will deal
with the startling development of in
dustrial and political tyranny which has
taken place in connection with labor dis
putes at Mckees' Rocks, New Castle,
Pittsburg and other points recently. A
large delegation is in attendance.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
TINWORKERS STILL FIRM.

Despite every scheme resorted to by
the United States Steel Corporation
to break thick strike, and every dis
enlargement that has fallen to their
lot, the tinplate workers refuse to yield
and reports from various districts are to
the effect that the men are settling down
to an all-winter's contest
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
PRESsMEN TO NOMINATE

Next month the nominations of candi-
dates for International Offices will be made
under the new referendum election law, by
the Printing Freshmen and Assistants
Union. Much interest is being taken by
the membership in the new method.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
AND STILL ANOTHER.

The Court of Appeals of New York
affirmed the lower courts in finding mem
bers of Typographical Union No. 6 of
New York City guilty of contempt of
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IleHTy hounlCn, ZSE SnpltOl street.
Kaufman Bros, 40 Kanawha street.
United Wooden Mills Co., 1Os Capitol
street.
DRUG SToRss.
Fields Pharmacy, Elk Hotel Building.
Arcade Drug Store, Arcade Building.
Ideal Pharmacy, 224 Charleston street.
Krieg g. Price, 10 and 1Os Capitol
street.
DENTISTS
DR.. H. 8. Barr, Capitol street, next to
posto1ice.
DR.. w. P. Kountz, Bradford Building.
DR.. w. r. Goshorn, Coyle 6 Richard.
son Building.
DR.. E. A. Botkin, Bradford Building.
FURNITURE.
The Woodrum Home Quitting Co.,
Kanawha and Court streets.
Prindle & Co., Capitol street.
MILLINERY.
Mrs. Cooper Burdett, SO Charleston
street.
Miss Belle Herson, 1924 1-2 Bigley
avenue.
MEATS, FISH, ETC.
Bauer Meat and Fish Co., 1880 Capt..
toll street and FOG Charleston street.
UNDERTAKERs.
NJ F. Spruce, Cedar Grove, w. Va.
UNION MADE SToGIEs.
Henry w. Schomber, manufacturer of
the RAJAH
WALL PAPER.
Moore's, 11s Capitol street.
JEWELRY.
Ernst, corner Virginia street and
Arcade
Eisensmith, PAS Capitol street.
VIM. Swank Co., Capitol street.
R. j. Satterthwait, 25 Capitol street
DRY GOODS.
The Peoples Store, cor. Kanawha and
Anderson streets.
The Calderwood Co., 3oa Charleston
street.
Sahley, George 6 Bsharah, IL Capitol
street and 720 Kanawha street.
FLOWERS.
Charleston, Cut Flower and Plant Co..
els Virginia street.
SHOES.
Payne Shoe Co., Virginia Street.
Bell Shoe Co., 7os Kanawha street.
Boot and Shoe Workers Union
BARBER SHOP.
ST. Albert Barber Shop, Kanawha
J. E. Canaday, Coyle & Richardson
building.
REAL ESTATE.
s. c. Bowen, 1o4A Capitol street.
QUEENSwARE.
D. A. Brawley, SOC Kanawha street.
FRUITS, ETC
I. E. Nichols, 20 Capitol street.
H L. Campbell, 23s Capitol street.
SHOE REPAIRING.
Economy Shoe Repairing Co., Gil Ka-
nawha street.
HARDWARE.
N S. Burlew, 716 Kanawha street.
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT.
The Star Hotel and Restaurant, 10
Summers street.
Busy Bee" Restaurant Co., 81 CAPT.
tol street.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
OUR ADVERTISERS.

List of firms that patronize your paper |
and are deserving of your patronage
Remember them.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
BANKS.

Kanawha Banking 6 Trust Company,
cor. Capitol and Quarter streets.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09

Tor this column and let the movement
know what your local is doing.
Now is the time to subscribe for the
Labor Argus and help the general move
ment in West Virginia.
Don't forget to send the names of the
secretaries of locals in your vicinity,
who are not members of the Federation
to the secretary of that body and also
news items for this column.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09

The National Stogie Makers League is
rapidly increasing in membership and is
becoming one of the strongest factors in
the labor movement in this state. A
strong and determined effort will be made
by the State Federation to have it affiliat-
ed with the A. F. of L. at the st. Louis
convention. Remember the blue label of
the league when buying stogies.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09

Keep up the label campaign and when
the next convention convenes the delegates
will be triple the number of the last one
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09
CLOTHING

Henry Smith, 222 Capitol street.
Kaufman Bros, no Kanawha street.
United Wooden Mills Co., l03 Capitol
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Point Pleasant Liquor House
Homer Smith, Proprietor.

All orders by mail should be accompanied by Cash,
PoNtoticc or Express Money Order Check. We will
send to address the following brands prices
stated below We conduct one of the largest Mail Order
Businesses in the State of West Virginia.
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Send in some items from your locality
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Federation Officers.

PRESIDENT w. +. WEIGH, 24O7
Eom street, Wheeling, w. Va.
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT-W. II.
street, Clarksburg, w. Va.
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT-J. H.
CRUMB, huntington, w. Va.
THIRD VICE Ohm
j. MILES, $40 Maple avenue, Wheel
ing, w. Va.
FOURTH VICE PRESIDENT-E. b.
VICKERS, Hansford, w. Va.
FIFTH VICE PRESIDENT-ORLIE
FULTON, 301 Highland avenue, Mann
ington, w. Va.
SECRETARY-TREAS URER-FRANk
w. SNYDER, Charleston, w. Va.
~
With tue exception of the mills where
the strike is on, Wheeling S big industrial
plants are wol king at Il dazzling speed.
Day after day and night after night the
local steel, tube, plate, and iron mills OPP
crate, stopping only for few hours on
Sunday for occasional breakdowns, but not
for holidays. During all of Thanksgiving
all of the big local mills continued without
break.
The Wheeling Steel and Iron Company
and the Riverside mills in Benwood are
making some splendid runs, and some
heavy pays are being handed out semi
monthly. 1t was only yesterday and two
days preceding that both Of the big Ben
wood mills paid out about 100000. The
effect on local business conditions is stimu-
lating. n
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09

Organizer Maier Schwarz OF the United
Garment Workers, and General Organizer
Cal Wyatt of the American Federation of
Labor, both well known to the unionists
of this state, are doing good work in the
organizing line in Young Ohio. We
hope that it will not belong until their
valuable services will be secured for West
Virginia.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-12-09

PAINTS, GLASS, ETC.
Grossman G Co., 6O3 Kanawha street.
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The monster demonstration of the I'm
ion men of Wheeling and vicinity has
done much TO help the striking mill men
in their struggle against the tyranny OF
the trust magnates.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08

lutely safe i'll the possession OF immense
deposits of coal and the finest iron ores
II had no haulS OF raw material from
Lake Superior to Pittsburg to make Its
I fuel, furnaces and ores were grouped N
compact territory. IL had ports for for
eIgn shipment closer at hand than those
accessible for the trust output Above al,
| il had installed modern methods. 1t was
making rails by the -oDen-hearth" pro-
cess. demanded for reasons both Of
economy and safety by all progressive
railroad managers
To the steel trust the possession of Ten
uessee Coal & Iron, including the great
Birmingham district. was q Nsboth's vine
yard, long coveted.
1t could not be acquired honestly But
Il was acquired. and in this way:
As money frightened. the Wall street
banks gladly accommodated holders Of
Tennessee Coal & Iron with loans to carry
on their business and TO protect their
other interests. 1t was liquid asset,
rated "giit-ecged Then between two
days came a change. Mr.. Perkins SAYS
that financial leaders thought it would
be a good thing if Tennessee Coal & Iron
stock were taken out of various loans"
Immediately the Morgan banks and the
firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co began
to call loans made on Tennessee Coal *
iron stock. The owners of the stock were
hard pressed and in difficulties.
Then from the banks the word went
around that it would be possible under
certain conditions to exchange all their
stock for United States Steel corporation
bonds. The stockholders, especially those
who were being pressed for loans, were
forced to accede.
Not one cent Of money was paid out to
relieve the business situation. The Wall
street banks simply nullified in an hour
the value Of a security worth 1l6 I'm the
market and gave the alternative Of bank
ruptcy or the substitution of collateral
worth 81.
The trap was sprung. The victims were
helpless. The steel trust swallowed the
only rival It feared. And the fools of the
country beslohbered Morgan with praise
as a patriot and a savior.
The national monetary commission
viii not report their financial scheme
to congress until some time next winter.
In the meantime it behooves the peo-
pie of the country to sit up and take
notice of what is likely to occur if Sen
atOr Aldrich is allowed to dominate
when the gan-Rockefeiler measure
comes up for a vote.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
DANGER coNFRoNTs US.

1t is extremely fortunate that the six
teen big bsttleships composing the At
lantic feet are hurrying homeward.
Panama has demanded a retraction on
the part of the United States for words
used by Congressman Rainey in a re-
cent speech. and an apology for an al
legged insult, The horrid possibilities
involved in an insistence upon compli-
ance with the demands made must not
be too lightly estimated. To begin with,
the puissant power which surrounds the
canal zone on the Isthmus of Darien
might lay violent hands upon Presi-
dent-elect Taft and hold him as hos
tage; the people. armed with shovels,
might assemble some dark night and
ill up the ditch Uncle Sam is digging
they might conclude to rejoin the pres
ent state of Colombia and take the
American millions with them. In fact.
there's any number of things that
might happen to US unless we make
haste in the matter of rendering an
apology and retraction.
Perhaps it would be well to give Will
liam Nelson Cromwell carte blanche.
with full authority to form syndicate.
and start him south al once. Our coun-
try must be saved.
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WEBSTER AND CH0ATE.
The Latter Rapid-Fire Maxim, the
Former a f3-Inch Gun.

Probably no educational institution
in our country has ever graduated two
more eminent and eloquent lawyers
than old Dartmouth college gave us in
Daniel Webster and Rufus Choate, =
says a writer in Our Dumb Animals.
1t was my privilege as a member OF
the Suffolk bar to attend many years
ago the trial OF one of the most inn
portant cases of the year in our su-
prene judic court at Boston.
"On the two sides were arTayed some
half a dozen of our most eminent law
yers. Daniel Webster and Rufus
Choate, as it happened, we're on the
same side.
"A hostile witness was put on by the
other side, some of whose evidence Was
of the utmost Importance to Webster
and Choate, If it could be obtained, and
Choate undertook the task Of obtaining
it. No man at our bar had more pro-
found skill in -examinat on and
the questions he put to the witness
we're like the fire Of d Maxim gun, but
IN every instance he failed to get the
evidence he wanted and finally sat
down in despair.
Then Webster. who had been sitting
in his great armchair. apparently about
half asleep. as though taking no inter
to his feet. put his great eyes on the
hostile witness, asked him in the most
serious tone a single question, and
brought Instantly the required answer.
Then as he quietly sat down and ap-
parentIy went about half asleep again
Tt was a scene photographed on my
mind, never to be forgotten.
THE difference between Webster and
Choate cannot better be explained, as
it rests in my mind, than to compare
Choate to a Maxim gun raining bullets
of eloquence wherever he chose, and
Webster to a great gun that can send
out a thirteen-inch shell TO penetrate
an iTOnclad.
1T was wonderful to listen to Choate.
I remember a case i'm which an ordin-
airy lawyer would have simply said to
the court that he moved q postpone
ment of the case because witness 50
and so was sick, but in this case Choate
arose and commenced by saying that
his important witness was on bed of
sickness. and perhaps bed of death,
and so went whirling UP almost TO the
skies on this simple motion. to the
great interest of everybody that heard
him.
Our old chief justice. Judge Shaw.
one of the greatest lawyers of his time,
was a plain. practical man. and looked
in his old age. as he sat on the bench,
somewhat like Chinese idol, and he
used to frequently cut of Mr.. Choate's
elOquenee by calling him back TO the
plain facts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
JAPANESE QUESTION.

The recurrence of the anti-Japanese
agitation on the Pacific coast has
opened the eyes of the whole country to
the fact that the question is before
item for solution. ami that the agita-
ton will not cease until laws restricting
Asiatic immigration are passed and en-
forced. California and Nevada are moi
alone in the matter. The fight in those
two states is directed against the hordes
of Chinese and japanese. In Oregon
and Washington the Hindus arc at the
bottom of the trouble. 1t is worse than
useless TO talk about treaty rights. The
people who naturally suffer by this
imported cheap labor can have no re-
spect for a treaty which takes the
bread out of their mouths. The Chi
cagO Inter-ocean recognizes the truth
of the matter when it says:
THE root of the trouble is that in
making treaties with the Oriental states
we copied a British policy instead Of
thinking out one for ourselves. 4 most
favored nation clause is desirable in an
Anglo-Japanese treaty. Englishmen
wish to go to Japan freely. No large
numbers of Japanese ever wish 10 go
To England.
I'VE failed to foresee that large num-
beers of japanese might wish to come
to America. and that thus their pres
encc would become irksome, and, to our
Pacific coast, uncomfortable. Yet such is
the fact
What We must do is face the facts.
set out of the false situation in which
we are, and put our relations with
Oriental states on the true basis of
American-not MISREPRESENTATION
'.The American white man will never
consent to have about him. in his own
land as equals. any large number Of
OrientaIs And he is in the habit of
having his way in any land that he
has come TO regard as hts own"
Outside OF roofing the white laboreTs
out Of their jobs. there is a larger ques-
ton involved. This country is not GO
ing TO attempt to mix the white. black
brown and yellow races. With a new
administration Of governmental affairs
elise at hand, perhaps the danger can
be averted without any unnecessary
noise Of Nominations from the White
House. Let congress act.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
possIsLE CENTRAL BANK.

The report comes from New York
that the National City bank. the Stand
ard oil institution, and the National
Bank of Commerce. known as the Nor
gan bank, viii be consolidated. the
combined capital and surplus of $780,
GOO, 900 and deposits Of about $500, 600
coo making the merged concern by far
the largest bank in the world. Frank
A. Vanderlip, now at the head of the
National City bank. viii be president
of the new institution. Kuhn. Loeb
& Co. are known to be heavily in
terested in both the present banks.
In view of the fact that Senator Mel
son w. Aldrich- who heads the national
monetary commission. fsvors a great
central bank as the corner stone Of a
new financial system. It is entirely
within the bounds Of reason to suspect
that the Morgan and Rockefeller IN
terests have Joined forces ana will con-
troll the finances Of the United states
through the consolidated bank, which
nil become the central Institution ad-
voeated by Mr. Aldrich.
The danger in such a scheme is ap-
parent even to the most hide-bound
partisan The action of J. P. Morgan
& Co. in squeezing the hold
ers Of Tennessee Coal < Iron stock
until they surrendered 10 the giant steel
corporation il Of recent occurrence.
and no special pleading Of paid attor-
neys. in congress or out will glaze over
the transaction. With full knowledge
Of what has happened in the past, It
would be a monstrous crime for the
lawmakers of the country to place Nor
gan in fun control Of the nations
finances.
The story o. the acquisition Of the
Tennessee Coal & iron company is
told by the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can. which is Republican TO the lack
bone. as follows.
II is not very long story. Il is a story
as simple IS X Is ugly. Tennessee Coal &
Iron was the only real rival Of the steel
trust in existence. The concern Has absO-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
"FINeY" coNNoRs' NEW STORY

CNew York Letter TO the Cincinnati
Times-Star)
-Fingy" James Connors is touchv
along certain lines. He doesn't like the
nickname that people apply to him. nor
does he enjoy comment on his personal
appearance. The story concerning the
Democratic chairman. when he was still
but boss longshoreman and the owner
Of Buffalo newspaper. has become q
classic. One day he presented his own
personal pass to d. train conductor who
didn't know him. The conductor doubt
ed COnnors' right TO pass. 50 he wired
back to headquarters for guidance:
Man who looks like a Iongshoremau.
talks like q tough and wears quart Of
diamonds has presented q pass made
out in the name Of William James Con-
nors."
And headquarters wired back: It's
all right. He's COnnOrs."
That story is rctold merely to cast
light upon the newest story on Connors
which is being told beh nd hands at the
Democratic headquarters at the Hoff-
man house According TO this narrative
Mr.. Connors came into his office one
day. blowing upon a skinned knuckle
redder than usual and bearing some Of
the marks of combat What's the
matter Mr. COnnors?" asked 2 solicit
Gus empiOEe.
'Naw'tin'." grunted "F'ingy." None
yer business. anyhow Aw. I lust hit
guy Up the street here He insulted
me and I handed him ONE
Mercy" sad the employe. Insult
ed you. Mr. ConnOrs?" in a tone OF
shocked sorrow. what did he say to
you. MT.-EOnnors2
"Aw,' said Finsy~ he insuIted
me, I tell you I amt s-goin' 10 say
what he said 20 me. Yes. I viii. too.
! don't care He says to me. he says.
Hey. you. do you know who Won look
like? You look like "Fingyr Connors.'
So l pasted him.
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THE PRooIeAL's RETURN.
fThe Delineator.

Martha had been naughty. SO naughty
that the punishment had been severe.
Martha thought il too severe and decided
that she would run away from a home
where people were unjust. unreasonab bic.
and cruel She STAYED away two hours;
then the pangs of Inconsistencies over
came her and she went back. To her
great surprise. there was no demonstTa-
ton over her return. every one had been
50 busy that her absence was unnoticed-
Martha felt that something must be said,
so in order to attract attention to her
return. she remarked:
Il see you have the same old cat